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16 TWMTY-THME PRESWCATJ. ©oat Oar Gbief Executive? tie Has Koowq. OprH|%ted. me *»T Frank o CSV jer.fsr. j TEHP.E HAUTE, Ind Jan *-I came tr Terre Haute to have a chat *.! th * man who saw Thomas Jeffersor.. w >.a was dar»d»»d en the of Jame S\ i and whose boyish head was pstted by MootM. who saw John V Adam* w?teo he was In the White House, and was serving with him in congress when he dropped dead in toe hai: of repr-s-n- Utires. This man waa given political : B'!vice when he started out in life by Andrew Jackson, it-' knew Martin an Buren, He was one of the presidential electors who put Wil.lam Henry Harrison In the executive mansion, and he refused •be mission to AusTia when it wa off-r ---f; to him by President Taylor. He had {■lose associations with Filimore. H wa<* a friend of frank Pierce and he knew well James Bochansn He served In con gress with Aor a ham Lincoln, and during the letter's presidency he was his trusted friend. He knew Johnson; was* a friend of Grant's, and during the presidency of Have* h< was the secretary of th navy. With the except lor. of (horg* Washinsiton nad John Adams, h- :i-*« <"* tied with **.'< xy president of the United States, so that today he forms, a* it were, a bridge between the pat: aad th" pre- nt. Knit f» (.ron OM. Th* uu". T re?er to '« the Hon. Richard W. Thompson, ef Indiana. H- is now ".-are of age, hut ;%l<s Intellectual facul •ifß are ae iirieht r- ti'iey wfe when l.*j (.".triagffl tc,«- oavy o f 'he United States, .ud bis s&ul 1» a* young ft when he wis • ,ni :t•• Ito th* bar. iow more than slxty 'ijur > -ars ago. Tall, straight an I fine » hi* blue ey«-j shine with life, h:.« *klr. Is as fresh as tna' of a baby, and the chief sign* of his ape are in his sil very hair and th* slightly feebV way in which he move* ah >ut from pine to !■ ace. His y >|<:e was strong as he hatted v ith me and as I looked at hirn 1 could 11-,t r<-a!l*r ths' he had lived more than • #;ee as iong as I Ui'r>n this earth, and 1 a -ked him th.-. *ecret of h'.s w inderful vitality. Mr, Thompson replied: "I suppte the secret of my good health Is largely <lu to temper t n< e in eating and drinking I drink very little, and I never eat anything that floes not agree with me. 1 was born, you know, in Cul nenper. Vs . and when 1 was approaching manhood th- doctors held a consultation over me and de irt.-il that I would die of i onsumptsnn They said my only salva tion w.i < t<» keep out of doors, and my f.ither mad* me ;.»k>- a horse and lottr over the mountains to Kentucky. I did hi- and spent the greater part of two years on horseback, coming home with much more tle*h ti>.«n when ! started, and In excellent health. 1 don't think th»- (lectors ktuw what they w« re talk ltiK about, hn? I taV e .10 <loui»t the horse baek r<d!na <lld me KOO.! " "I tt'St vou 11 e tobacco, Mr Thomp son." said I. as I pointed to the cigar which he was smoking. "Yes. "1 htive smoki-d all my life. at «l most of th> ttnv to • xce Not long .»«•> 1 subject to a -or- of tits, and the docl >rs told nie it was due to nicotine pot*, n They ,-aii! 1 « otherwise per f. i;!y ! ' »l:h\ but that my wi<» >tin-it.-.! with i»>eoUn< 1 then propos. <1 to top my smoking, but the doctors ail v(«ed nie to reduce tti\ limit to four ci- K t;i 1 day. I have done this, itul am now fre> r t m tn> bad tendencies of any kl ,d " Itesrr t Iny t«» t» I iilim-eo » lirwer. "Then the mod»rate tise of tobacco is pr>< *(» had fir on. "I Mi ink mati would tve 1 trrejt deal bet t. r o!T wlthotit it." r-plled ' •»! Thomp son. "I h;tve us. d It, but I have a strong ■ >n't I 'ct!iand my t.inj.r.inee in ftther th'ns* has enabled tn.- to withstand its bad effects. 1 once ch<*e.l tobacco to ex e<« tnit 1 h-iv" T»i»t used 1' in that n \ for fift\ v< tr«." "How did yen come to stop chewing. "There is onlte a story in that." was the reply. "Y'-u !in>o«t all young nidi chew > d tobacco 11' y v.- ir* .aao. T b-«<1 a quid in m\ tn >uth aim >«t a!" the tlm» 1 was particular n■- to what brand of toba.-vo 1 used, am! when a ft, nd of mine from Vlritnta presented me with n lot of very fine plug tobacco, I took it with me to t'-e house of r* presentatlv. s in! laid It iwsy In my d«-sk I \v;<s. you know, then a member of congress. There v, e» e lot of Other t'lbaCCi ' hewers s|t t'nit • me Torn ?■! irshall. >t lv-n --tu Uv w H n or,« side Oarrett Pavls « a on the o.her. md th.-re w• -e gon.l f-11. * s all .r »und n -. So ! pa-»s.-1 rr.v l«tb!t »r«»und The;- w>« •« *n vl lot of foba -i o and ! vimph d the party r t att-d l ot rvt f, ; l :.u the • •• tii.nl to be itnint; fast-c- trie v. is risht and i' ' t rr foi s » • art tim- 1 uspect ed the i>age b>\ s and a ecus I them of •••e ■»'dt>g rn.i toba .1. "i"n. dent* a it. A' sas; »r.- w ■ • r.i; a page came to nie and sahi: Itr Thompeon, 1 eat! te!l jnM Who 1* ste v -ur * ' •••> It b S»-nator y\ ■ n'futn of Nertb t* -> ■ 1 ' 1 ... ance W' nt o t"e senate • 1 found H» nry Clay ard M »Mf.:tn sftb!' ' .»«••' t oth •}:• w • • -v* I cb irt d M I'-ijum with tbe tt«f - H owtv 1 I ut> ' < it, and told ni" t» 1* tie did I? for my good Thereupon ?» tn v brok.. In. and th- two gave n- i lectors on the • vii . ft. cts -f to } !, * ch«?w -g They to'd m-» '.hat T »,• c 1 •.» -jz to m\! h and that 1 wotitd cer tici r dn my • rv.ntis system i' I did » ' • In «*• ft t;-e\ made auah an Impression -tp«->n me -ha? after supper t dl.l nor • <k • my usual eh> w Mv wife n feed the omission, but «-ald •••I'h" g It' etu'.>r •>.,> ;>■ over after !w- ».» tv 1 sf.d ' .i *0 s: >p. 1 gave wl; it 'ib. eo \ > i, ft, and T have not chewed from tl ft day to thi«." * Health* Old Mnu's ilnhln. "Te" n-.e about your hftblts, 1 don't know that 1 have »-v wt« C- rt, o • wv> ! w us retarv of the navy it Vfaaktngtoa I Sid not touch a » ns and do rv. t BOW. I take about !' • •> teasruv.-uf.il of whisky a day ■ v f*- \ * I '■ at,. m . ' res»f t- » I 1 '-v . -id ' ef«--.»k a ! it plen-.y ■' it 1 dri: k one cup of coc.-e Ht th:s tlnse " ' H about o*k u»r* I I » •• »kc* an, i ar.l 1 rat them ** "H A ~bout the cthsr n sis*" ' I don't car? much for them, I e 1 *y plain food and v«ry Uttie of •? •• " ?'*o yaiu t*k» much aleepT* 'V- s; I have always »! > g'.-a* Va'. 1 T Bleep late now \\ ten I w > •>» \N , fc , j h*d to be tin as ;*v a> 1 r t ,>'c. •>■"» *A- -v i i»ht. i«* 1 u«u • \ re ■ lin V"d i.n'.ll late 'n the moru.ng." 'P> you h :ev« in »v»ld . athsT" " Vo, 1 th': -. one *:-.>uld bathe « tn: v to keen ,-Kan This 1 dj. i)•. •*? • ,-. Mb ha* done m >r« for my health than any thing • -e la the vi«e ~ f .% jxi r of nn r .». l air m'.tttns. Wtth tht «» I rui my sktn until It g'-aws from crown to sate R «ht a* 1 m mine T v, » c riitior 1 ha\» don® th a for r >ra than forty \ear« e%ery night and nww: fnc and 1 uo«t; r t it has save«,l r. .. f' v m ;11-hr ftith- My *ktn :« n< was *o?t and rasy »» ♦» at of a bab> I p.,sr!re eaai'.v i tea rubbing »K:n opeo. Tbs pwraa of t_ # »a.t. axe. you know. the of the human ay»* tem and T keep toy thousands of leweri a!*ayi! open." Mr*. Ilnres ao<l Whl«e Hooif Wlaee. "You speak of not using wine at Wash ington. Col Thompson. Mrs. Hayes. I b'-.ieve, set the example to the capital by not usinj.* wine or her table at her state dinners T' ¥V ■. that was the case." replied tho «-vi ret try of the navy. "Put my use <,i win* a: Washington was not confined to thr period while I was in the cabinet. I n> vcr Iranfc a glass during all my pub- V. service. In congress and elsewhere. I (•-It that I had the need of all my facul ties and that I could not afford to impair them by the use of wine. As to Mrs. Hayes, she insisted that no wine should be u«»d at our cabinet and at her private darners. She did ndt do so at the state dinners given at the White House to the diplomat* She refused to serve wine at the dinner given to Grand I>uke Alexis, although Secretary Everts asked her to do so The omission created such a de cided sensation that she gave in to the state d- M.irtment thereafter on the basis that the diplomatic dinners were nation «! matters and not a private entertain ment over which she had any control." Mr. Iluye* Mas Pretldeut. "Mrs. Hayes, however, was a very stnjmc-mlnded woman, was she not? You know It was charged by some that it was she and not her husband who rrm tho government during the Hayes adminis tration." "That Is not true." replied ex-Secretary Thompson. "Mrs. Hayes was a woman of strong character. She was a lovable v oman in evety respect, but not an am -1 itiou.s one in the way some people though; I don't think ahe bothered her self at all about the policy of the admin istration, She liked the social position which < ame with the presidency. She was fond of being the lady of the White House. She was always present after each cabinet meeting to shake hands with lis as we came out of the room, and she seemed to delight in seeing people and making them happy. At one time 1 re member, we considered the advisability of moving the business offices of the White House to the state, war and navy building, but Mrs. Hayes objected to this, saying she would not then be able to see so much of the cabinet and of the public men whom she so delighted to meet." "How about Hayes, was he an honest president ?" "I think he was," replied ex-Secretary Thompson. "1 will not say he was the purest man I have ever known, but that he was among the purest of men. I think he did what he thought was right, and that this was his sole aim. I don't b.-'lleve he was much actuated by desire for self-aggrandizement." Storlra of Lincoln. "When did you first meet Lincoln?" I asked. "Lincoln and I grew up together about | tlie sam*. time." repiied Col. Thompson. : "He was on one side of the Wabash riv ' er. in Illinois, and I was on the other side. In Indiana. We had known about each other for years before we came together. 1 knew, of course, of his election, and w'h n at the tirst of the session I saw a tall, ungainly man coming across the hall >f the house ~f representatives, with 1 rmlle on his face, 1 knew that St must be he. He apparently knew me in the same way. for as he reached me he held out his hand, saying, 'How are you. 1H- k " 'How ar« you. Abe*" 1 replied as I took It. ,<rd then began a friendship whicii lasted until Lincoln died. "l wis v. -y fond of Lincoln." Mr. 1 1 ompson went on. "We much to- K-dh. r during his first term In congress. I I eitev, iv made his flr»t entrance into fash ona'le society w.ith m\ A most -omp'tshed lady from Virginia. a friend of mint', five a rc<-«i>tion early in the sea son. Ai »<»s11 fifty distinguished men wi>ro Invited, but Lincoln was not am mg the numlxr I concluded he sh-uld go and I w. Nt to my friend and told her that I wanted «n invitation for him, a.* I was anxious that she should mc« Mm Hh*» fc'avt me v invitation I remf rntn-r how I.rccoin ' "k»-d a> !: -at among the cotn- T i: \ that n'«ht. He w.v. you kn w tail. •£' 1 »■'< i awkward S :mc •:rn• • aft r h'« prison tat ton he liecame engaged in carve -ation with my lady friend taking a « -at , n a % erv low rooking chair at lv>r feet A* h> crrw irJcr-itid in talking he k- ?'t e.'ting cine. r .ind closer to his hos • ««. Ho wa* so lew that his knees al most me r.-- hi< chin. and to <:••{ rid of h'.s it: wrap d them one ar >und the ether As he ,»r.w m »ri> Interested he c 'me o »•; >..• that, hi* knees touchwi the lady's d:>'«<* and as T h->okd 1 thought ho n".. t finally <>• din her lap The.r. xr day ' ■" ' toy ' ady friend tM a sited b«r what sh ( bought of IJrt-oin. Shi replied at on . Th it mar has *h*> elements of rwi:nr«s in hint. Of all those at my house !:«t nUM t thir.k he ha« th.> h «t •h n e of he.ntr president of the I'nited S'ales ' Th's was about •• n year# be to:- wig thought of a« a presidential eandi.' it* I inrnl n ntnl tt>«* Host on Vnn. The conver-:itlon here turned to Lin ' • ' "»* •* story -teller wl-n Mr Thomp son -iid' ' l*r eidert Lincoln did no: originate the t>< «a f his stor: s. H- had l very recrp • \ m.tncrv ind -tor d away every <n • -* ' ■ he trd. 11m m'nd w*«. «uch that }■ « -• ai ■> me «m<-h thir g«- in the wiv of "M«Tration. His favorite way of !>;«tar,e. T.ike an Incident which occurred •• e r ' w: r. T was it the W *e Hons*- J had h »n spending the evening • w h l*rp-!dent Tdneoln. 1 ws 1- "r; n: or m*- hark upon a lounge l.in ro: - iv * :» !'•;• tr a 'ha " v to h:< fc t pr ; d 1 ; V<:te m-\ ha' <h irt-1 ; r »:• h ar or so wh- n th»- clock struck K Ife Ttb a not up «nd «a!d HUit I m;i«l rv 1 to! ' • ;*e presiii-nt 'hat he W • <s* b« * ' ■ 1 j» • 1 » to \ f.l " x * c* t *hr r -?i -K - h* •*! frr'lfx him f >r the w rries ar 1 :r u -1 '■ s of m -row N ~t;i Pf i--n* I.ir. 'n ' * 't e•y t. Stai half-hour 'ong» r I ha\e *n ipjiointmir* tt 11 «i*—: k with a man *- m l*os* •• *ho has a '"aim of «"*rcv-- * v v.g iKe ? * <i* **•*'"© acalrs- th«- g 'VrmTn'ti* I have to' ' h m >o ;ld hr'jig his papr-s here 1- " and h> w'! • • r--'y call on the tr. • -ate' *' ' \ : rttht." c iid 1 'f w!i stay ' "Wi I. th«* man v « • k lan« dn ok !« j«ajvs • 4 * a id I fsti't 5 "Is (iv. r «h s ma'ter n w. hut if \ou wi.l :■ «vf th- tapirs I w'il attend t" t a« soon a# I *t; '": 1 t;mi * •"These were a rrrotter of par-'es on- I'Oslrg th* ; ar.d I 'id see that the man *v • d•«.. . ■ - m !»a a» t « hat hi# ,hir..s were h*f. r* he ief'. He vol- a T»»e?' >n < •t < to draw the pr «;de? • at Ur appre iati-d his a* t U '4 the *«> i w n g *• Vr.u n. h.- mi* *t -\k of a lawyer out 'n !'l ■ Is w'to * »r.:r<S • ;rr. merchant. He Jr. 't at >h* : •w, and he d- adt-d to c >»• f,*» th and open a 5-'> re. ||r wrot* to K-* y k f ra fo k c-I % OviJ* jkti viftisrrv* &.• Joi:ow-atton;ft^'® THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGEN'CER. SUNDAY. JAoTARY !*, 1898. as references. The wholesale housa wrote to or.* of these as to the responsibility of the would-be storekeeper, whom we will call Ti m Jones. The reply which was re ceived was about as follows: "'I think Tom Jon** is good. I know he is rich. His assets. I should say, amount to at least S2OO 000. He has, In the first place, a wife, a beautiful, 'ark haired hrunette, who is worth to him or to anV man SIOO,OOO. lam sure he would not sell her for that. I know I should not if she belonged to me. He has also two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is perfectly sound. He is eleven years old. and is bright, energetic and smart. I don't think he couid he bought at any price. T know Jones would not sell h'ra for J50.000. I think that 119.950 would be a low estimate for the girl, as she has the making of a good woman in her. In addition to these Items. Jones has a table In his office worth $2. two chairs worth *>o cents each. an Inkstand worth 15 cents and a double-bladed Harlow knife, which I put at a dime, and, besides, there is in his office a groat big rat hole, which i 3 worth looking into. And so,' concluded the president, 'although I don't know much about your claim. I think there may be a great big rat hole there which may be worth looking into, and I will look into it.' The man laughed and went away well pleased." A Purm by John «|nincjr Adams. "You knew John Quincy Adams quite well, did you not. Mr. Thompson?" "Yes. T sat beside him in the house of representatives for several years. He was a pleasant man but a very dignified one Life was a serious matter with him. and he sp nt little time in frivolity. Still, be was kind and gentle, fond of chil dren." "Yes," said Miss Thompson, who was In the library at the time I had this con versation with Col. Thompson. "Mr. Adams was very kind. 1 was with my father during his stay in Washington, and when I was four years old he took m<* to the house one day with him. I had an album with me. and father me with this to John Quincy Adams, asking him to write a sentiment for me ! n my book, Mr. Adams took me on his lap. and holding me with one hand, he «roi» a poem for me with the other. It was a ery pretty poem, too." "Have you a copy of It, Miss Thomp son?" I asked. "Yes," was the reply. "I have the or iginal. and Secretary Thompson's daugh ter thereupon fetched a faded yellow book from among her treasures and showed me a page covered with verses in a crabbed, trembling, but legible hand. It was the handwriting of John Quincy Adam Later on Thompson kind ly allowed me to have the poem photo gtailod. The words are as follows: To Mis* Mary (ianllner Thompson. Oh' had I. lovely maiden, but the power Here—on this page, thy destiny to write! With lavish hand, what blessings would I shower To rill thy future days with keen delight. Spring, summer, autumn, winter, each in turn. To thee the tribute of his joys should bring; For thee stern winter's; social fires should burn; For thee resound the minstrelsy of spring. For th e should Flora shed her soft per fume; For thee her luscious fruits should sum mer yield; For thee should autumn's waving harvest loom; For t? » 0 Pomona's vintage crown the field. I And all the roiling s asona should he thine— i 1 And thin?- they shall lie. for thy soul Is pure—■ ! Ami virtu.- shields, with energy divine. From ail th« ilia, that mortals must en dure. Thus, as through life thy fickle fortunes ! fly. Shoo! 1 winter's with pain thy bo im wring, j Turn th."i ;o virtu "s sunshine in thi- sky. And Idiom afrt-sh in nev<>r-fadlng spring JOHN QUINSY ADAMS. Washington, 24 August. IM2. Jncksoii'* tihlrf to h r»litielan. The conver»itinn here turned to Jackson j and <"0! Thomj-sin described fir me his ! inauguration in 1X29, spi king of the so , UniUitv with which lie kissed the Hible i and giving a vivid picture of the scene. ! Sa.d he: j "I w>s l? years old ar that tim.> and I I can..- to • e the inauguration w.th my i fith- r. Father was a strong Jackson j man. and he had .1 juts >nal acquaintance j with t!i - prr«ld<nt I did no* atri-e with f.ath- r as to his political sentiments, and -j I t id him tiiat i should never vote for a ■ run"- lik*- Jackson A day or so after the j inauguration father took m. with him and i v.< nt to ill upon the prvsidert. He and I Jackson chatted together for sum time, j and then just as he was about to leave. father horrified me by saying: Mr. Pn si ■ (iiir, 1 w to ■.sk you to give some a-i --vice to my son. He does not hold the same vh-ws concerning you as I do. and I wish you cotild say something to keep h'm in the traces of the party." *'l expected a reproof from Jackson, for r>e ha i. >as know ♦ repu: ti nif beir 4 1 rather severs an ', dk tatorlaL (»n the eon* I trarv he iookvd at mi with a smile, which : in a few seconds faded into sertmsness, , ib 4 then said: 'My boy, if I couid give you 1 y advict- :t won id he to think fr.r ■ yourself on poiiti'-al matters and to al ways act u; 11 w' .t: you hon stly lal'cve to '■ rict* - ' Vi - i t.' j k- ". was in- I deei' so k that day that I have never liow* 1 mys'i if to • iv a word against him. He was not *he man whom the world } knows i.« "Old Hickory " He was very ; t' r.-tl-n ■>?;■} m i not ro :gh in manner j< r bear -Ig it.' w• s A man of ability and ! the s' ri'-s f !;is r. a having written his ( ctr inaugural ar< untrue. 1 have letters I if tr.v fr m Prt s-dent Jackson 1 "n- r A• n J i k-• 1. Dor..'son ar.d | others whi~h show this to he the fact." •li-fferMin, Madison nnii Moi*ror. | T ask- ! «-oi. Th- mps n questions lah ut Jeff.-rs. ti. He then toil me his nt • :vi • >s of 's.-n. M . . .-on and j Man roe. He Jrftrs.r, at Montlcsilo. Je!T-rs ; •.'« h n--- was near the town, ar.d I it *is it a ciuntrv store that lit?" I.H k j ThoaspKW first saw him. He had heard of the greai x-presiiient. and learning I that hi* was i>i t ie v.oe, he entire,! a- A j w nt arvind »•- hir.d the -oanter so that . he c tild i. -k J <T- rs -n in tne fac» w .t< h • ing h.m as he hivarht goods for his farm. 1 Mor.r--e and Ma lison w»-re frier,is f Mr. • Thomr? t5 t ttner at 1 h's men • ry of j them is v* ry d. Mr Th m; son is. in | fact, n w «. » ige | m writing the last voi j ume of * .s "Ke-• ilections * the Presi dents." He showed mi* a sreat mass of manuscript and pap*»rs upon which he 1 working at 5 told me that if he lived until spring he w 1-; ; w -e at ie to cotnpi-**.e ttv<» w *k. H- has <*; ready written two vol ' i;mes, hrltigitig his recollections down to j Lincoln, and the third. "From Lincoln to j McKinley." upon wn:-h be i» now writing, j pr '."ruses to U f.-» mos: interesting of the I t-et. FRANK Cm CARPENTER. ELEGANT cfScea for rent low. Buia- I vaa bvudio*. luxuriant' | JHPFI Lustrous ® With clean, wholesome Scalp, free from itching, bleeding, and scaly eruptions, is produced by warm shampoos with CUTICURA SOAP, and frequent dressings .with CUTICL RA, greatest of emollients and purest of skin cures. This treatment clears the scalp and hair of crusts, scales, and dandruff, soothes irritated and itching surfaces, stimulates the hair follicles, nourishes the roots and makes the hair thick, soft, and glossy. ' f.old throughout the world. I'OTTBU DBCG A*t> CHRH. CORP., Sole ITops., Boston. British depot: F. NrwutßY .t Roxs, London. "How to Prolt.ce I.unitiant Hair," j>r*l fr«* SCANDINAVIAN NEWS Mr. Modee, the wealthy stove manufac turer of Stockholm, is at the head of a party of gold seekers who left Sweden last month bound for the Klondike. Arthur Thlel has been appointed Swed ish commissioner at the World's fair which t.ak"S place in Paris in and Is about to take up hi* residence In the French capital. Adelina Patti. thg American prima donna, will appear at the Industrial pal ace in Stockholm In April. Mrs. Rosa Wall, the widow of the mil lionaire editor. Rudolph Wall, diet! last month in Stockholm after a lintcrine illness. Her late husband died In lv.tf, and n conformity with his will she mm aced b : s • -ta'e during her life *ime wlth- I out the Intervention of court. The es ; tale at his death was valued at 1.553.078 ! crowns. *■ nsist tsg chU fly of shares $?» the I Dagilp NyheU r the Harparanda Print ! tnc Company ar I 'he Southern Marine Insurance A »oclat!on of Sw dep. At the widow's death the estate had increased | about T? per ctnt. In value. Th" ln j ventory of the e«»ate shows that Wall ; was .1 v> ry accommodating man to inti i mate friends a® he appear® as surety on j a not« f r 2,'a.iX*) crowns, issued by a ! friend who ow>*d him besides the ne:?t little * tn of iT'OOtt crowns. !>»»rinsr his i life time the lar» edl*or had caused the transf r of stock in the Daglisr .Vyheter < Publishing Company to several of his old- I er journa'istic co-labor- rs and had also donated liber i lly to the reli-f fund for i old printer- who had worked on the ; newspaper. The fortune *v'll now fall to ; Ms four i nit'' **rs who are married to i officers in the army. The Broxrk drama is drnwirr to an end. and th» myst-ry surrounding th* death if fhanrverlf' n Taube Is solved. Mtss I!• 1- F >1; Id who caused the arrest of Mrs T :'.e for po;«onlnc h» r husband. so previously stated In these e<|t* umns. Is now under arrest while Mr«. Tin be 't; been re'eas d. When the case was called for trial 'he court received a letter from M-s Fagerskjold. In whl h # v cov,f - -ed that she ».s the murder* 1 of the !at( niitb r' »{••. Simultane j-dy ffco pubUo prosecutor received a teletrritn from the 'hi ' * ••>!«••» of Stockholm, i stat'r.:: th ' Mi»« F.it-erski id t"e previous everirg h-.l n murderously assaulted In one ■ ' the - "rbs of ?' 1} escapii.c ■» • her l;f-, having been fd lowed by tet • «« to w'">m she had shown <r. an'.nvmous letter from some ler«->n who !• «-• d to m»•' h*r a* an ! appointed hour in said suburb. This ; MMMiyow person stated In his letter that i he had lmr.orr--news to impart to her which W'VtM ct,-ar '.p the Rroxrik drama and fasten • rime upon the guilty party. The eed confession Mi-s Faierski«'d d- •! Itobe a force ry. If now deveir;i« that 'he a!h ?»' 1 con*e<i«|, fj was really w "e- v,y >f S a Fasrersk jold. 3he wa* a'«o -he w -pr of "he manymo.ii letter h *he h i m i:"ed to he-s if. Arriv!"j» • the rda » of de-;*- nated in *he \j Faeerskjoid had Inflicted seven," .'. re wounds up-n ,-r own persons ,r 1 -s as found in a f nn*- ln» condition bv " detectives who fol lowed her at he- own ren'ie-? >• -* Fagerskjolil ha< !*■" jen'la? relatives, wno ver>- -ll srv to l* that the on'v punishment meted to her w!ij t* con flnernent In ar ir*ane lsytum. Meart wh!te the motives ' r her crime* lie She was • ngaee 1 'o Fvert Ta'.'V-. a son i of the late chamb. rlain. who. in his will. | had named his wife as r i? executrix ard • mauler ot ois e»'.a:a. Mus Fagerskjoid knew of the provisions contained in the testament and knew also of the mother's partial fondness for her younger son, whose future had b en provided for In the will, while nothing had be< n said about the inheritance of the eider brother, to whom Miss Fagerekjold was engaged. Actuated by a desire for social position and wealth, "Miss Fagerskjold conceived the devilish plan of poisoning the cham b. rlatn and fastening the crime upon the widow, thus depriving her of the right to aft as executrix of the chamberlain's last will and testament. She executed her plans to the minutest details with cold-blooded Ingenuity, and appeared verv unconcerned when arrested and accused. "When placed behind the bars she broke down aad confessed everythinsr except the murder, insisting that she had not administered poison to the late chamber lain. This crime, if she committed It, cannot be fastened upon her. atid this modern Medici will escape punishment for murder. The doctors who conducted the post-mortem crimination found nrs, nic in the stomach of the corpse, but there is nothing to prove that the chamberlain died from the effects of the arsenic. Neither can it be proved, if such were the case, that the arsenic was administered by Miss Fagerskjold. Hieh placer fliSonars have been discov er*-d !n Swedish Lapj marken. Th - finals have caused considerable excitement, an 1 n great rush will undoubtedly take place In the spring for the new gold fields whl h are located in the upper Torneaa regions. A new railroad will be b>i:lt nex* spring from Fnkopinr to Fnnn.?<r The K -st'-rn Centra! Railway Company will also coo struct a railway at an expense of S iW.OOO crowns from Llckojdng to Vlmmerby. C". S. TTollbeck. the SwedNh-Amerl an artist and newspaper illustrator, died re. cently at Kvere't. Mas=. The j wa« born In 1W in Gothenburg, and eml gr.iti ! *o America !: I>^. At the !a*t distribution of traveling vi t>er<ds to author® Mr. Knut Hammin. »he N rwifian flc vi<-nt author, who onee r— or eked out an existence !n Minn - apois \T!r.n.. ■» <* am on? the nnf ruinate number of applicants- who did n.>t «m .. ceed !n pitting one of the national t Jumx. Th« Norwegian Author*' So<~'«»ty ba* of. fi dally pr. tested aeainst the anion of ih storthing clalminir t v v the rto'th'ng his a-re-? unjustly in refu*!n* a «-i: end *o on" of the bri«rhtes» literary lie-Ms of Nor way At home Mr litres n fr-* a ; ire ! "on-.f notoriety or fame Immediately up n hi-- re»>;rn from th- v I'oit- d S?at» « b". ■* r |t - ir.jr r» book ent fed "The Spritu*! L f<» 0 # Modern Ameri n." This work rinsed quite 3 stir in Norway. Sweden and Den mark, -where the n3a.««-« hf tf <> p-opi * krrrw a* It?!- about American litest'We condition- a- tt. average Arr-rijan know* about S andlnavi«n b^ratur'. *!ir* and affii--. Th" b k was a m v-v-mak r atid started Mr Hvmsun in life, so to speak, and iaid the :<> hi* prfame a.« in author. Tha* th.-- bo >k i« :inkr.rwn outside n' the Scandinavian countr es except anions Xi-rvmen and S •andinavian-Ameri an* * to have read j from '-urio*;ty. I# not to anv one's rred:' as the »H»k 1* a product so untruthful' bteaurr* and diaboli ally inspired a* to do #erve bit pas- r.g at>ertion. The r rote-t of the KMKHIKI Aiwhonr s N Mr tmnn the action of the |t«rthlßf -.n it* aliased unjust- treatment of Hamsun has <au«ed Chr. Collin, the eminent -T ■{ to take the *"»i»ty to r -k for j- 9 r*-«o~lu tion in a cri-k-al review of Hamsun's writ ings. iwWMw* I® the ChrtotlanU i, a ~. bladei. ilr. Collin review* "The Spiritual Life of Modern America" very elaborately. Collin admits that Hamsun is a talented man. but claims that authors' stipends are not nit rely intended to give young prom ising writers a schooling in the rudimen tary elements of literature. If such were the case, there are other young authors who stand more in need of that kind of schooling than Hamsun. Itesidis, one journey abroad would not suffice for Mr. Hamsun, whose sojourn in America does not seem to have improved Idm ethically. "To be sure," says Collin, "ho snems to have entertained some regard for Emer son. America's (ttttwrt ethical entm !at<r. What he found eood and useful in Emer son, however, was that author's "happy fatuity to say things and Invent inter esting possibllit es.' while h was repulsed by Emerson's passion for the ethically beautiful. Hamsun speaks of this great est quality of Emerson's as a deaf man would of music. 'Emerson is surcharged with moral feelings. Morals wto in stinctive with him and born in him.* A terrible inheritance! And that is undoubt edly, Mr. Hamsun, the reason why Mr. Emerson didn't amount to anything, in spite of his 'happy faculty to say things.' We must remember," continues Mr. Col lin, "that Hamsun while in the United States studied the art of saying 'interest ing impossibilities,' and that he in all like lihood wrote his hook about modern spir itual life in America for the Oopenhagen ers, Oeorg Brandes' Copenhapcners. It was Dr. Hrandes who had the pleasure of introducing the book to the Norwegian public. Hamsun is not only witty, but surprisingly funny. The book shows tha* he has lived and stiff ere-!—bodily and mentally. The book about America is a revenge. • • « "H imsun has not been able to digest American poetry, because it 'trifles -R|rh virtue and Boston morality.* He «cems to have suffered from f-Pniatie fever in the. moral climate of America. One gets the Impression that he dot a not feel •well whenever he sniffs the air of morality, like eertain persons who are uneasy if a cat is in the vicinity. "W hat is the Story of American !mml gration. according to Hamsun? First rh-re came a fi-w 'good people.' industrial slaves, muscular animals. Then ther> came a stray coffee-house keeper -who had failed. • • • Time passed; a bark anchored in Portsm uth harbor; it carrl d •hundreds of slaves, thousands of pounds of prieses, half a dozen murderers, four tf• n forgers ar.d twenty tni v<-j, people of nil race* ar.d tongue:, bankrupt merchants and crimkials. idven ui is a-d insane per sons riots and nf-srrThen follows in a line by Its* If - 'And no noble souls" Oood heavens! Af'er Hamsun's return there is no? in great America a single not'!e-mlnded disciple o* the great Copen hajren doctor in modern ar stocratic cul ture. ' The book was distrusting and Irrigating. On- could not help hut feel for the gif-ed and author who snapped hU fin gers at the irreatest namt-s and works of the world-culture. • • • "Hamsun is a born humorist, but no* a gr-at author. He la ks ethical »duoa-i, n and gifts. He ---and- on a rudimentary «tej, in ethical respects end is unable o d. *'• i et the workings of the human soul an-; human life. Time will show that ev n such an eminent art critic as r>r. Oeor,- Ftr.tr,-les unknowingly ha* hurt Xorwegian and I'm - h literature by overlooking the ttuthor':* .ITion." S ifty ladies in Christian]* recently gave 't f iir for the b'-r.eflt of th* servant union, which rs>-tt<»d 22.<v<0 crown*. Th* Danish brig Claus. of Nordby, Capt. st ran. If <1 recently off Fa no. The crew was drowr.ed. Privy Councilor As'rup and Consul Thame* hav* left for Paris to make the nectary arrangements for the participa tor. of Norway in the international exposi tion in 1900. Edvard Grieg an-1 wife wre recently the jr-Jests of Quf-.-n Victoria at Win l«or ca»- ri "- Th« queen expressed hers»lf as he fc-tf a great admirer of Grieg's miieic. Mrs. Or leg sang several of her husband's coo posltiona. When the artist couple left tha queen presented Mrs. (Jricg with a diamoo4 cluster breastpin and the composer a ]»• bilee medal. Prof. Unger died recently in Christian!*, 80 years old. 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