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_,' LSYINESS IARDS.
NAPTON & NAPTON,
A'; 'lL)NEYS AT LAW,
Offlce-I. l 12 . uover Kleinsclllilit & Bro's
store. ii er Losuge, Sotitan.. 2"-tf
j A. MILLER,
SIIRGEON DENTIST.
Office in 1. I ('oleinlll Loosing Block, Deer
Lodge, 71 tllll.
0W. IclNSIL1ALL,
PIIY;I('c IAN AND SURGEON.
Office Over I.alsilg's lbure, eier Lodge, Mont.
Office houlrs front 11 to 12i. il.; 2 to 5 p. i.;
and frosm 7 to S t ml.
C S. CIANSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURtGEON.
Office over Willitmo Coleman's Store, Deer
Lodge, ?donton.
SR31S 1; KOSKY'S
TO NSOIIIAL PATRLOR.
NoLe bllt first-class workl in their line. The
tinest baths in the city.
GEO. S. MILLER,
NOTAIIRY I'PC IC.
Careful attention given to coveyantcing. Olfice
with N. J. Iielnuberg Sc Co., Deer Lodge,
Io. 'TLiRIPPT,
ATTOIIiNEY AT LA,:kW,
Onfice West Side Court Sqmoire. Doeir I.ti[e. lsllt.
Practices in all the coorl of the l te. ' Specii'
attentlio Io o Coooeyaoo''in t'liin.
EO. C. DtIUCIIA, M1. Di,.
I'TI,'lN(Ia bIIY-asli.\N AND S.t'In.,tn
Jroliitt dilethnl ilt il l ANrill Si.
Prompt Attention st all Tines.
Olliee thlor.; to 111;0 i. v.; 12 i i 2 and 7 to 8 p. m.
SitL
DP 1EE1 LOID.bI. A.',,VY Ot1ii'-'('r:.
Gold. Silv,'r. Le.td. t'uIo i'stot tul Iron.
Deer Lodge. Monti., lhaviiong bought and sIlot in thel
mnost approveid machiinery for igeneratingll
Sod, Sr.ilprilla, (inger Ale, Lemonadlli e ll d
all Ciribostte Drinks, with experienced wortc
charge. ITe prepaireid to furnishll
tiett issil bled or in sisirges for fountains,
prompttly on notice. and i low as any house in
VA) N Ge..ont. i& lllE ilh eer illlt.l nt ill e.
the5tiltott'. 2-tllrt-tn orl, let to
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LASSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CU(ifSES.
COILLE3GE OF MONTANA.
Normal and PreparItiory Coorses. Specia
Courses in Art. Music, Ty)er\ritilg, Steo
graphy, lloskkeeping and School of l Mines.
Delpartment of Engirleering llnd Chellintrl ,
inchluding Matllenaalics,. Surryilng, Mehianical.
Civil and Mining ERlglnerlig. IMetllurgy, Min.
eralogy, Assatying. General, Amalyial ;aid Ali
plied Chemistry, hicwfipe Arnalyls, Etc. Open
to both sexes on equal e'rIS.
For terms, etc., apply to Yev. Jills Reid.
President. Deer Lodge Monlt.
LARABIE BROTHERS & CO.,
-BAN IE EIS
Deer'Lodge, Molntana. Do a General Banking
Bosiness and Draw tExhangi e t Oall thel prin
clpal cities of the world.
Careful Attention given given to Collections,
and Remltt;lices Pronmptly i latde, New York
correspondent, lllmporters alnd Traders' Natlonal
Batik, New York City. N. Y.
S. E. LARA.a.ot. C. X. LAHRAn.EE. 1. S. REED.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
HELENA, MONT.
.Paid up Capital, $500,0(00. Surplus and Profits,
$700,000.
Interest allowed on time deposits. General
:banking business transacted. Safety deposit
boxes for rent.
DIRECTORS.
S. T. HAUSER, President.
E. W. KNIuGT, Cashier.
T. H. KLEINSCmiIDT, Assistant Cshiler.
GlEO. H. HILL, 2d Assistant Cashier.
(1LANVILLE STUART, Stock-grower.
HON. T. C. POWER, U. S. Senator.
J. C. CURTIN, Clarke, Conrad & Curtin.
R. S. HrIAIILTON, Capitalist.
O. R. ALLEN, Mining and Stock-grower.
CanS. K. WELLS, Merchant.
A. M. HOLTER, Pres. A. MI. Bolter Hardware Co.
ASSOCATED BANKS.
Northwestern National Bank, Great uFalls.
'First Nutlonal Bank, Missoula. First Natlional
Bank, Butte.
H'T E THOMAS CRUSE
SAVINGS BANiK,
HELENA, ....... MONTANA.
'Incorporated under the laws of Montana.
PAID IN CAPITAL................... $100,000
'THOMAS CRUSE.........................Presldent.
FRANK H. CRS..................Vice Presldent.
W. J. COOKE...... Secretary and Aust. Treasurer.
W. J. SWEEs .............. ..........Treasurer.
BOARD OF TRUSTEEF.
'Thomas Cruse, FraInk H. Cruse,
S. J. Cooke. John PFagan,
W. J. Sweeney.
Allows 4 per cent. interest on Savings Deposits,
tcompounded January and July.
Transacts a general banking bsliness, draws
exchange on the principal cities of the United
States and Europe
Sells money orders on all points in Europe.
First-:lass State, County, City and School bonds
and warra.nts bought and sold. Loans made on
reea estate mortgages at 10 per cent. Money for
depositslcan be forwarded by drafts. cheeks,
money orders, postal notes, restered mal or
OfIfe hours from . D aB m, to 4 p.m. Also on
tulldpayandMondayeveningsfromlto8s 'ollk.
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VOL. 24, NO. 32. DEER LODGE MONTANA, FEBRUARY 25 1893. WHOLE NO. 1033.
Two Ideas of lifppiness.
An old farmhouse, with llltadows wirdlo
And sweet wills clover on each aide;
A bright cyed boy. whoo looks fr1o1 out
Tle door with lvoodhiale wreathed about
hAnd islhes his olnle thoght all day:
"Oh, if coould but lyt away
From this dull spot, llthe world to see,
IIHow tappy, iap. happy-,
IIow happy I shoold bel'
Amid the city's constant din,
Atlna who round the world has been,
Who, mid the tumult and tihe hlrohlg,
Is thinking, thinking, all day loug:
"Oh, could 1 tread once lore
The field path to the l'armhouso door,
The old, green meadow could I see,
How htprpy, htl.-ly, hptijy,
How happy I should be!"'
Who Is to Blame?
Shall I raise the broken vessel
lEnllleln of Imy light, :ny love
Now despoiled by inlln's mil1d passion
Like h soiled and a wounded dlove?
Slil I tocllh theilt lid polluted
By the libertinu's foul lllale?
Shall I lllurl lly cureS o her
Crsh lher with the guilt and htmlume?
Shall 1 join ile mob's whild fury
Alnt her faults the louder1h swell?
Shall I blast the liclkerinog lope
Tremblillg on the vrga of hell?
Oh, what colits rage wit]i me
'ires that tears calnnot abate;
.olnlls that cry revenge, rovllge;
Wrongs that know no law bill thatel
hlPnltlntlS othlnme ad iir ja.ls furies
laei myIo hel in w"hilde lli ict, leeps;
lta,"oll uuvW I' slave to pa-:ion:
Slltlid grtlllloans, n ll1lpity viiceps.
I kltnOW tft hwv she was ltrtcp in)t,
110l0w she str1lg:, t, 1 n1 tai
I was told and prould nd haughty
Fillcd her heart with do~fbt. and fears.
I can see how 1he has ltunge0leld
ItIs 1111',1 Ie of 10forlmler diI s,
IHIow ,be tIrhed to drlwlaine to*) Ic
IBy ai thulllstlld visolltglolleays.
Have I 1been s kilin anld .eitlel
Ilavy i t.un ts true and faithful
As ay w\ife has been llto 1111?
Ullve I shielded her f'roin dancer
(1t.1lltl h1 r front llheyedl sin?
1Vhelre the wolf founlld eit rance in?
Is ly recold free froll siniung?
Is the guilt ell bur shion
Alld clast forth the. killig slnllo?
Fl'tlll the cltl. Ihalt I0 ,lltll palroel
Bear her ololtdling and eloseooeling
For the lorve that she sh llid share!
Dry thine eyes. Tie 1 sca1le have fallen
And rev ealed our infull lihfe'
Ptlll'Idon gat!t The 'illlLt wa mninel
Iia e and be mly trusted wife.
-J. l. Mlnnyon.
The Irony of Gratlllis.
A pilanl gilV lllanonce gel.0;, glltu 1 colelebrated.
D)iaml( tillllldy 'l t 111 ll illt 11ih -l bhlldest
bill1h1.
And Mrs. Shoddy, finding in muchll feted,
Gave hilll a dinllner in her \well.t style.
Her dining table was a blazeot of glory;
Soft light f'rolt lmailly 1clto1reo-I -a1llelCs fell
n011 young, 1h1 nmliddlliloed 1 d1 1 \'-
On beIlauty and on thoe who "lalllde up" well.
The fl owera weret wonderful-1 hillnk that
Eacli roie as hig e ( hlllh t(o 1 l 111lall "i hb
And llHir; were several bLtlools of h1111
there.
The serving wais tile acue of perlfetlion;
Wnailers were mnan;-. clcnt, eh:ft nud fleet;
Their manner seetmed a reverentl atfction.
And. oil, what stacks of things there were
to outl
And yet the man for all this honor singled
W\Vould have exchanged it witth the greatest
joy
For one plain meal of pork and cabbage min
gled,
Cooked by his mother when he was a boy.
Nligst.
Come, though tear rdilntlel, tbydewry eyes.
Lo, day is dlead thatdid Tiuhee wrong!
Unveil again thy starry skies,
Deep drowned in garishl ight so long;
Unveil again each silver stlar,
Nor fold about with cluodo thy head,
For day indeed, that did but nlar
Thy nightingale's sweet notes, is dead.
Come; fear not now the flaming sun
That all too long has scorched tile sky;
Ilis tyrant reign is dead and done;
esume of rigllht thy throne on high.
Bind, bind inl oran02e bloolt tIhy brow
And crown our bhlushig love witl bliss.
Oh, give us thy good leave; till thou
Be ne01ar 0we are afraid to kiss.
Colme swiftly; all t l1ate tile la1pse
Of thine ilconlstantt giding oon;
On earth it' aught of evil oaps
It is not in the nights of .11lle.
Come soft ly; hold thy healinlg hanllds
In deep do, deep silence o'er ny brow;
No bally beeze fronll soullthern ands
Is softer sandaled, Night, than thou.
Rlemembered.
I need not be missed if another succeed me
To reap down the fields that in spring I have
sown.
He who plowed Illd who sowed is not missed
by tile realllpr;
He is only remembered by what lie has done.
Not myself, but the truth that in life I have
spoken:
Not myself, but the seed that in life I have
sown,
Shall pass on to ages-all about meo forgotten,
Save the truth Ihave spoken, the things I
have done.
So let my living be, so be my dying;
So lot my name be unblazonod, unknown; o
Unpraised and unmissea I shall yet be remem
bered
Yes, but remembered by what I have done.
Enthroned.
He sits enthroned who sits supreme
Above the passions of his clay,
Nor fears remorse nor feels the scourge
Of conscience with the ended day.
He has no greed for wealth that's won
By bargain in the marts of sin,
Tie hollow heart thoat weAils woithin.
His lips nttnted to nature's lyre,
He sin00 au. sug the early stars;
His clean hands suitedt to Gotud's plan,
His handiwork no blemish mars.
He gives to all unselfish due,
Nor claims what others may not share,
And every cry of woe bespeahs
His ready tounty with his prater.
So, doing odo's will on the earth,
With love illimitably zonedl,
Tbotgh waiting yet his higher birth,
He sits enthroned. --S:Imuoel Hoyt.
Running a Race.
A little tear and a little smile
Set out to run race:
We watched them closely all the while;
Their course was baby's face.
The little tear he got the sthrt;
We really feared he'dl win;
He ran so fast and made a dart
Straight for her dimpled lchin.
But somehow--it was very queer;
We wathed- them all the while-
The little shining, fretful tear
Got beaten by the smile,
To be faithless oft means to bo.faithful;
To be false often means to bs true:
The vale that loves cloudsd that are golden
Forgets them for skies that are blue.
To forget often means to.remember
What we had foraotrtn toa long.
The fragrane ls aot the bright flower.
S-The , eaho iaanott:he iswe.e n.
THEYY WIELD THE PEN
BRIGHT WOMEN WHO HAVE WON
FAME AS JOURNALISTS.
Something About the Officers and Leading
Lights of the WRont:an's 'ress League.
They SWill Hlold a Convention at Chicago
Durting tihe Fair.
(Copyrlight, c 13, by American Press Associa
tion.]
One of tile most interesting features of
the World's t'air will be the convention
of the Womanu's National Press league,
which is to be held in Chicago during
March. April, May and June of the pres
MARY U. Tl OUT.
ent year. To appoint a regilar time and
place for tlhe meeting of so lnity busy
women wor!:ers is implllossible, so the of
ficers of the league have determined to
allow thle convetiontll to exstelnd ovr sev
eral mlouths so as to .give .l the ilnem
bers a chalice to be present at some of
the proceeedings.
The Womllls National Press .eagtue
now nulllle'rs nlore than !300 eminJbers.
They are setaltered all over tihe United
States anll reipreient every state front
Maine to California. There is nlt a staite
il the Unlionl which has not ait least one
imember, lland malny of them have half a
dozen.
Tth presid'nt of the leade is tMiss
Mary 1i. iKruut of the Chicago Inter
Ocean, and she is also chairman of the
Congress Auxiliary Daily Press in con
heotion with the Wiorld's fair.
luiss IKront is of Ktlntucky extraction.
The family home was in Covington,
where the Krouts have lived since 175,.
Her father was a manu of higryh culture,
and her tlllher was ell h1] lnow'nt ill Cov
ngton social and literary circles s as
woman of brilliant intellecrtual attain
moats, doubtlesi s inherited frotm hei
father. Professor ltyland T. Io.n, ole
of 1Ihe earliest ani most perstreut tadvo
ates of ai oliiti' : in hi is , etint. Mliss
Krount's distinguishiig traits iei mental
PAU-tNE G. SWA1LJl. HELEN 1. WINSLOW.
force and acute discrimination. These
have doubtless been the factors which
ore than tiany others contributeI to her
elevation to her pIresent high position.
There tare very few political writersin
the United States, but it is in that line
of newspaper work that Miss r Krout has
earned her reputation. Miss Krout first
attracted attention as an editorial writer
on The Express, a Republican morning
daily published in Terre Haute, Ind. It
seemed incredible that a woeman could
atve written the bright and logical but
outting editorials attributed to her. In
1888 she received an offer to join the ed
itonal writing staff of the Chicago Inter
Ocean and has been with that paper
ever since. At one time she acted as its
political correspondent at Indianapolis
and sent in an interesting letter a col
umn in length every day, in addition to
the smaller though not less important
telegrams of a newsy nature.
Nor is the Woman's National Press
league less happy in the choice of its
other officers. One of its tost efficient
vice presidents is Miss Helen M. Wins
low of the Boston Beacon and a regular
contributor to many of the woman's
magazines of the day. Miss Winslow is
also treasurer of the New England
ANTOIN'Z re VAN sOESEN wVhUIEMAN.
tion she has held from the first, and is
one of the six women who formed the
association. Besides this she is at writer
of pIoems and will shortly issue her first
book.
Miss Winslow has v always been a good
deal of a free lance, and there is scarcely
a periodical of any note in the United
States which has not at some time con
tained contributions from this gifted
lady. Personally she is a very charming
woman, with a directness of manner and
speech that at once prepossesses a visitor
in her favor.
The recording secretary of the society
is Mrs. Virginia Lull of the Chicago
Evening Journal, and its correspond.
ing secretary in Miss Eve H. Brodliqne
of the Chicago Times. Mirs. Lull began
her work in the east on the Newarn
egister, but is now a book reviewer anp
humorousi writer for var*'6i'.,wA.tai
papers, besides doing woman's work on
the Chicago Journal. Mrs. Lull's hus
band is a successful physician of Chicago,
and her housme life is idea:t
Miss Brodlique is perhaps the most
earnest of the league workers, as the
duties of her position as corresponding
secretary scarcely permit her interest to
wane even for a day. Miss Brodlique
is a French girl-a Canadian by birth
and boasts of having been the only wom
an who ever "vent through an entire ses
sion as parliamentary reporter in the
Canadian house of commons. She is
unique in style and piquant in face and
speech. She tells you that she is 27, al
though she does not look more than 18,
and then she adds that she is not a
beauty nor a genius, but just an earnest
woman worker and an enthusiast in the
work of the Press league.
Among the other distinguished mem
bers is the talented Antoinette Van Hoe
sell Wakcman of the Chicago Evening
Post, who is its treasurer and to whom
the league is indebted for nmany of its
most valuable and sensible resolutions
in its constitution.
Mrs. Wakeman is one of the founders
of the Illinois Woman's Press associa
tion. She had done no writing esceptin
connection with her charitsable work in
Chicago until 1886, when she adopted
literature as a profession. She estab
lished The Journal of Ildustrial Educa
tion, and after a hard struggle for exist
ence turned it over to the trustees on a
paying basis at the end of a year.
During this time Mrs. Wakeman was
also doing editorial work onil The Cur
rent. She is the author of a book en
titled "Studies of Dickens the Teacher."
She has always been a prolific contribu
tor of short poems to the periodicals, but
withal she has never neglected the chari
table work which endeared her to the
poor of Chicago. She has done consider
able work at different periods of her
professional career on the Chicago
Times, was once editor of an aimbitious
quarterly review. and has built several
publieations up froml the condition of
"stricggledom"into solid mioney m'aking
instittitutions. Altetlr Mrs. lt M Wakeman
is one of the lut,:t untiringly iindustri
ous and versatilely talented of the many
bright women wrho have earned reputa- F
tions in Amserican literature and journal
And, then, there is Pauline Given
Swahnil, ho edits, lianaugts and owns the
Oskaloosa Herald of Iowa, and who repre
sents the press womenu of her state at
the Weorll's fair. Mrs. Swaln. while still
a schoolgirl, ihadl given evidence of the
liossession of journalistic ability and
was offered i position on the Oskaloosa
Register. She -decided, however, that it
was poor policy for it rospective liter
lry woman to !ver'nit anything to inter
fere with heir education. She thlerefore
persisotelntly declined the lphaCe until she
had 'grsaduated, whole she accepted it and
satisfactorily discharged tihe duties for
suloe years. After her ismairriage she
jointly edited the skaioousa Ilerald with
her hInslb1nd, and her excsillet work on
that plaper quicktly icised her to be ree
og'iz'-d as one of the birilttest 'tof x"olies
journali-is in tle wxs:. P'revions to this
the coul.le had ally edited tel Jefierson
Bee and the Fort Dodge .tlssengelr.
Mrs. Scwaln a style is direct, and wihile
exceedingly graceful is never flowery.
Another member is Mirs. Cornelius
Gardiner. formserly the Ruth Kimball
of the St. Paul Globe and the repre
sentative league member from Mlinne
sota, but now a vigorous Washlingtcn
correspondent.
The Press league contains the names
of many of the women lawyers of the
country who have written on law top
ics for the daily press, and also women
doctors and women clergymen who find
it of benefit to them in their work. No
dead wood is allowed, for there is a
clause in the constitution which says
that no one is eligible to membership
who has not been within a twelvemieotli
connected with some reputable publica
tion as an editor, a special writer or a re
porter.
All the league members are most en
thusiastic in their praises of the work
which the society is doing by rendering
assistance in the gathering of news,
asnd allready plans are being laid for the
accumulation of ia fund to aid dis
abled members and for obtaining posi
tions for those in search of new fields of
labor.
With a few more years of prosperity
like the last one, the members declare
that their organization shall rival in
strength the Actors' Fund association
and all the other powerful societies
which are recognized powers in the va
rious professions to which they belong.
AUoUSTA PRFSCOTT.
Wonderful Little Padloek and Chain.
In a curious old book entitled "The
Wonders and Curiosities of London,"
there are the following particulars con
cerning a minute padlock: In the
twentieth year of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, Mark Scarliot, a blacksmith,
made a lock consisting of eleven pieces
of steel, iron and brass, all of which,
together with the key, weighed but a
small fraction over one grain. He also
made a chain of gold, consisting of forty
three links, which, after fastening it to
the lock and key above mentioned, he
put around the neck of a common flea,
the whole being so minute that the little
insect could draw them over a silver
plate with perfect ease. All of these
together, lock, key, chain and flea,
weighed a slight fraction less than 21
grains.
Turkey Bunzzards in the South.
The turkey buzzards that are to be seen
in New Jersey and that appear to be
working their way northward in consid
erable numubers have changed, or rather
extended, their habitat within recent
years. Before the war there were ilo
buzzards in this latitude. They are un
clean creatures, and if angry or alarmed
will vomit at the object that has enraged
or startled them. In southern cities they
are protected by law, for they act as
scavengers, and flocks of them may al
ways be seen about the markets watch
ing for offal. They become as tame as
poultry, allowing men to approach with
in a few feet of them. Their voices are
harsh and croaking, and theyhave a lop
sided run as if they were lame in one
leg.-New York Sun.
At a recent sale in Paris two anto
graph scores of Offenbach were sold at
fifty dollars, and that of "Le Prophets"
of -aeyerbeer at thirty dollars. -
FOR LAKE DEFENSE..
TWO SHIPS THAT WOULD FIGHT FOR
UNCLE SAM.
In the Piping Tlles of Peace They Carry
Freight Cars Across Lake ]tichigan-The
Canadian Revenue Cutter That Looks
Like a Gunboat.
In 1817 a treaty was made between the
United States and Canada, the terms of
which forbade the entry of war vessels
on the great lakes. Each government,
however, was permitted to float three
revenue cutters on the lakes-one on
Eake Ontario and two on the upper
lakes. The armament of these boats
was not to exceed one 18-pounder gun
each.
Not long ago the English government
entered what to Uncle Sam looks like a
gunboat on the great lakes as a revenue
cutter, and this has caused a great deal
of discussion in the United States. It is
only fair to say, however, that the Cana
dian government claims that this gun
boat comnes within treaty requirements,
and that the United States has no cause
whatsoever for objecting to its entry as
a revenue cutter.
Uncle Sam, however, has been up and
doing. To offset the entry of this gun
boat and the fact that Great Britain can
at short notice introduce gunboats on
the upper lakes from the lower St. Law
UNITEnD STATES LAKE DEFENDER.
[C(ut coprighted by Once a VWeek.]
renc andl the .ilf, where a numbner are
constantlllly in col)nllission, and where
thl-y mu:y be sent firo England at any
tile, tihe United States has put two
"lake defendrs"-A.nln Arbhor No. 1 and
Ann Arbor No. 2-into service. The
Canadians do not like this, and they cry
out quite as loudly against these two
bats as the United States previously
cried out against the British gunboat.
Tile now vessels have a peaceful mis
sion to perf, ormi, however, during peace
fil timen . They art- ,e t n, set,, - t .. ,-,-,
freigiht cuars acrtoss Lake Sticihigan for the
Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan
rai'lrad fromti Frankfort, Lich., to Ke
waunce. "Wis., but they m:y be converted
int tl warships in tWo hours time.
Til "defenddrs" enasure 2(;7 feet in
length and 57 feet issunit. Each draws
normally :I fcet of water, wsitlh a dis
placenent of 2,550 tons. Each ship has
three screw: s, placed one on each qluartel
and one in the .vow. The lower tips of
the propeller blades are flush with the
keel, :td this rei:ders it iimpossible fos
the propeller to tuch g'round below the
keel. The three reparate engines of the
horizontal compound type with which
each vessel is furnished are all placed be
low the water line.
The forward screwv is designed ex
pressly for crushing ice, and the hulls of
the ships are shaped with especial refer
ence to rising above and breaking down
the ice in order to enable the work of
the boats to continue during the winter.
The hull construction is of oak up to
two feet above the water line. At the
water line a belt of iron extends all
around the vessel, having a uniform
width of six feet. In the bow, extend
ing aft to the distance of 11 feet, is a
massive backing of oak. There is extra
oak backing under all the beams along
the water line, and a steel cord running
entirely around the vessel, "niplping" to
gether the oak backing, adds strength
longitudinally.
The battery of these two ships may be
made up of is heavy ordnance rifles as
may be desired by the navy department,
owing to the decks being very much
stronger than those of the majority of
lake vessels. In the opinion of the naval
boards, rendered after careful inspection,
12 6-inch high power ordnance rifles,
or 4 50-ton breechloading guns, may be
mounted on either of these vessels. If
the 6-inch rifles were used, one would
be placed on each bow and quarter and
8 amidships. If 50-ton guns are used,
they will be placed in turrets.
In case there is ever occasion for the
use of these vessels in a warlike manner
that plan will be decided upon which
will admit of the'quickest and most effi
cient conversion. It is proposed to build
three more ships of the same type, mak
ing five in all. Owing to the remarka
ble maneuvering powers which these
vessels will possess because of the three
screws and their heavy armament, it
will be next to impossible for any ordi
nary gunboat to successfully oppose
them. As raimmers they will be well
nigh invincible, especially when pitted
against any one of the unwieldy propel
ler type of vessel which the IBritish gov
erumnent proposes to convert into war
ships.
The new "defenders" would be able to
run entirely around one of these big ves
sels, which would also labor under an
BRETISH GUNBOAT.
other and serious disadvantage owing to
the fact that their decks are not strong
enough for the mounting of anything in
the artillery line except light rapid fire
guns of small caliber. It was J. M.
Ashley, Jr., who originated the idea of
making these ships readily convertible
into war vessels. I. D. MJasHALL.
Within two years a wonderfully rich
collection of treasures will be brought
together at an international exhibition
of Christian art which will be held in
London on the site of the proposed Ro
man Catholic cathedral at West~inster.
CALIFORNIA AT THE FAIR.
She Is Preparing an Elaborate Exbhibt of
Her IProducts and Industries.
California, in preparing and arranging
her exhibit for the Columbian exposition,
encountered a
more complicat
ed problem than
other states. Tex
Sas is larger, it is
S true, but Califor
/ nia has a coast
line on the Pa
cific equal to that
from Boston to
Charleston on the
Atlantic, h a s
flourishing com
munities at all
elevations from
sea level to over
THE STATUE OF CALI- a mile high, and
FOR.IA. in addition has
some 30 valleys .in the Sierras with cli
mates varying fromn that of Yreks, with
four montihs of snow, to others where
flowers blhom in February and figs and
oranges flourish.
Hter agents have, however, entered on
the work with a zeal which promises a
brilliant success. The state building,
near the Fifty-ninth street entrance, is a
reproduction of one of the old Domini
can mission chapels of southern Califor
nia. The architect departed from the
original only to interject enough of the
more ornate Moorish style to relieve the
somber effect. The building is a clear
story with a great flat dome as a crown
ing feature, and the semitropical appear
ance will be heightened by roof gardens.
The measurements of the structure are
500 by 110 feet, and the elevation of the
dome is 80 feet. In this building Schmnid's
colossal figure, typical of California, will
be a feateeo. It was recently exhibited
in San Francisco, where it created much
favorable comnment.
In every one of the main buildings
California will have exhibits, but will
excel of course in the departments uf
fruits and flowers, minerals and semi
tropical productions generally. A par
ticularly interesting display will be that
of thle relics, where all the history of
mining will be shown, from the pan and
the rocker to the days when individual
miners gave place to large companies.
The ladies of California have been grant
ed the right to decorate a large reception
room in the Woman's building, which
will be known as the California room.
The redwood lumbner dealers of the state
furnished the wood and the carving, and
graining was done by a master in the
art, who received $2,000 for hIis work.
The cactus was taken as the "'motive"
of the decoration and the design has
o, ,,,,-... ,-,.1 ,e- ,,n,«ei ,1..:...
in the cut glass windows the cactus is
beautifully reproduced. The paneling
is i reprodulction of that in vogue ini
Spain in 1-092, and tile adornmients re so
thoroughly Californian as to excite eln
thusiasm. Thus, on one pedestal will
stand in stuffed grandeur the biggest
grizzly lear ever killed in the state. and
oil an onyx p1vedestal opposite a bust of
Macry Anderson, who is a native of Cali
fornia.
JUDGE JACKSON'S PROMOTION.
Sollethling About tile Late Justice Laumar's
Suceissor one the S upreim e Bench.
Howell E. Jsackson, the new supreme
court justice, was born in Paris, Tenn.,
April 8, 1832, and was reared at Jack
son, Tenu. He wasgraduated from West
Tenneisscee college
in 1848, spent two
years at the Uni
versity of Vir
ginia and then
went to the Leba
non Law school,
from which he Cle
was graduated ua
inl 8i6. iHe locat
ed in Jackson nd. .
three years later
removed to Mem
phis, where he fCowELL E. JACKSON.
had already taken high rank as a lawyer
when the civil war began. Being muore
a jurist than a imali of action, he served
the Confederacy in a civil capacity and
returned at once to the practice of law
at the close of the war.
He served in the legislature and on
the supreme bench of the state, but was
not prominent as a politician till the
question of the state debt became the
overpowering issue. He threw himself
into the fight as a champion of the
"debt payers" and soon became a leader.
As such he was elected to the United
States senate in 1881. At the same time
Mr. Harrison entered the senate as a
"Hard Money Republican" of Indiana.
Their views on finance were substan
tially the same, and they differed but
little on the tariff question. They soon
learned to respect each other and formed
one of those quiet but earnest friend
ships which often cross party lines in that
social and dignsified body.
Near the close of his term in the sen
ate President Cleveland appointed Mr.
Jackson United States judge for the
Sixth circuit, which includes Michigan,
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, the du
ties of which position lie has discharged
with marked ability.
As such a judgeship is in rank next to
that of a place in the supreme court,
Judge Jackson's appointment is in the
regular order of judicial promotion. The
high character of the federal judiciary
is all times, from clhief justice to dis
trict judge, is a fact of which Americans
are justly proud. No other country can
present a more uniformn record of ability.
integrity and judicial dignity than thlis
nation los presented from Jay and Ells
worth to Fuller and Jackson.
Judge Jackson married early in life,
and his children are grown. His wife
and Mrs. Harrison were very warm
friends while their husbands were sena
tors. The present Mrs. Jackson is the
second wife of the judge, and they were
married in 1874. She is a daughter of
General W. G. Harding of the Belle 1
Meade farm and is still quite a young
Now everybody will be polite to old I
gentlemen who fall in the street. Near '
Kensington, England, some years ago, a
Miss Birch picked up an old gentleman I
who everybody else declared was drunk.
The other day she was informed that the
man whom she had befriended had died
and left her the tidy sum of $750,000.
A.kaverage of five feet of water is es
timated to fall aemnually over the whole
-earth..
ASIATIC EMBASSIES.
LADIES OF THE CHINESE, JAPANESE
AND COREAN LEGATIONS.
The Wife of the Chinese Minister Dresses
With Mongolian Mageiflcence and Es
checw Washington Society-The Japanese
and Corean Ladies Dress Like Americans.
lCopyright, 1808, by American Press Associa
tion.]
There are two ladies in the Chinese
embassy at Washington. The wife of
the minister, who has a name unpro
nounceable and unwritable, is called by
the people in Washington Mine. Tsui.
She never attends any of the social func
IMr. TSm.
tione, never receives callers and never
goes out unless she is closely attended.
There was at one time a rumor in Wash
ington that this lady was not the head
wife of the minister; that that favored
person had remained home in China. A
Chinese mandarin is allowed to have
more than one wife. But it is the first
woman he marries who is recognized in
Chinese society. The others are sort of
official wives.
Mme. Tsni, however, I found most in
teresting. It was through the courtesy
of the first secretary that I was allowed
to see her. She came down to the par
lor attended by the interpreter, two of
the secretaries and the wife of one of the
secretaries, Mine.Wang. She was arrayed
in all her Mongolian splendor. Her petti
coat of white silk was heavily emnbroid
ered with gold. A sort of tunic of black
satin worn over this had also a heavy
border of embnlroidery. Her sleeves were
of white china sillk, veryr full and very
aine. ncr meet swere in eniurotleret satuI1
shoes that were certainly not ilore than
2i inches long, and the stockings just
visible above thoem seemed to be of solid
gold thread. Her straight black hair
was worn brushed 0up fromn the forehead
and ornamoIted with many golden pins.
This coiffure was fearfully oand wonder
fully ianise aond must have cost some
bodyo a deal of lime and patience.
Her hands were very plump and pret
ty. Upon the first finger of each she
wore a mystical loolking ring-one of
gold filagree, set with a large catseye,
and the other a hugo blood red stone
that resembled a carbuncle. I was told
that this lady was considered a great
beauty in China. Her eyes are blaclk as
sloes, and the corners of them have a de
cided downward curve. Her mouth is
red and full, and her complexion is a
clear olive tint. The breadth of the face
just below the eyes is not according to
the European standard of beauty, but
this, 1 am told, is what renders her such
a very great beauty in China. She wore
huge ornaments in her cars, but they
were held on by gold springs. Her ears
were not pierced.
Mine. Tsui does not speak one word of
English, but she talked very readily to
the interpreter. I as:ked her how she
liked this country. She replied guard
edly: -"It is very well. All countries
are very well to those who live in them."
I said: "Do you not think that the wom
en of Anlerica have nmuch more freedom
and independendceo tan they have in your
country? And do you not think that
their condition is much better and hap
pier?" The interpreter propounded my
question in the queer, choppy language
of China. The wife of the minister
looked down at her plump hands and
then at the tips of her little shoes. Then
she looked at the secretary's wife, who
smiled; then. loolking back to nme, she
made answer: "Your country has its
customs, and thy country has its cus
toms also. It is not for me to say which
is best."
The secretary clapped his hands, or
rather he rubbed them together in a
pleased way and laughed, as he said in
WIE. wAIo.
very good English, "Is she not a true
diplomat?" The little woman seemed
atterly unconscious that she had nmade a
clever remark. I asked her if she would
not like to attend the receptions in
Washington and the balls. I thought
she looked a little wistful for a moment,
but she answered readily enough: "It is
not the custom of my country. We do
not dance, and I do not understandEng
lish, and I ..now nothing of American
miaoers. I think it is betterthat I stay
at home." Then I asked her how she
passed her time. This seemed to inter
east her. She took up the border of her
black satin tunic and held it toward ma
speaking eagerly in Chinese. She seemed
to forget for the moment that I could
not understand her..
"She says," explained the interpreter,
'"that she did this embroidery herself,
and that she does a owreat deal of emr
broidery. Shemakesher baby'sclothlies
Then I asked to see the baby, and after.
some consultation it was brought down..:
It resemlbled n;thing so much as a funny
little brown doll. It squinted at mch
through its little slits of eyes and puck."
ered its Lace into agrimace, which the
fond mother called a smile.
I saw the ladies of the Chinese em
bassy a day later out for their walk.
They were veiled and closely attended.
They went down to the Central market,
which seems to have a great attraction
for them. The two younger women
seemed quits giddy. They gathered up -!
a handful of potatoes from one of the
market stalls and pelted each other with
them.
Mme. Tateno, wife of the Japaiese
minister, is a very different type of a
woman. Not only does she attend all
the social affairs in Washington, but
she enjoys them keenly. She joined her
husband a year ago last winter, in the
middle of the season, and made quite a
sensation. Not that there was anything
sensational about the lady. It was be
cause there was not that the people
were surprised. She has the eyes, and
the complexion, and the shining black
hair of the Japanese women. But that
is all. Her dresses all come from PariS;
and they were sent from that qity to ..:
Mme. Tateno's home in Japan, and she
wore the same dainty creations of Wsrth.
and Felix long before she ever dreamed s ",
of coming to America.
Mr. Tateno, too, was well acquainted
with broadcloth evening suits while yet'
he was governor of the province of ',
Osaka; and he long ago discarded JSp
anese headgear for the Parisian silk bat.
Mme. Tateno speaks very good English.
She replied to my questions with somei
amusement. "Society is not a new
thing to me," she said, "and the habits,
and customs as well as the clothes of
England and America have been quite
extensively adopted in Japan. We area
progressive people," she said. "Since
our young men have begun to look at the
world over high collars and getting en
gaged to Boston girls we have lost much
of our old world simplicity."
Mme. Tateno's chief impression of this
country is that it is big. The houses are
big, the people are big, and, more than
all, she is impressed with the bigness of
the railroad cars. She crossed the con
tinent from San Francisco in a Pullmanms
sleeper, and her conversation proves that
she was very observant all the way.
"The climate of Japan is not warm." sho
said, "but almost the same as that of
Washington."
The home of the Japanese legation is
much more modern than that of the
Chinese. It is very tastefully and hand
nuts?. TrATENO.
somely furnished. I inmagine, as far as
anees, that ,Mr. Tacteno is very wealthy.
The first secretary, Mr. Satio, is one of
the most cultivated men in Washington.
He is a thorough gentleman and learned
scholar.
MIme. Ye, thle little wife of the Corean
charge d'affires, is a tiny woman. She,
too, goes about a great deal. At home
and on the street she dresses like an
American, but at all affairs of state she
iappears in the costume of her country,
which consists of an odd little short
waist and straight scant skirt, with a
wide sash tied round her waist just un
der her arms. Upon her head she wears
a little round red cap with a button.
She looks like a child and is said to be
under 20 years of age. She, too, speaks
English, but was very much discouraged
about it when she first began to study.
She pronounces her words with great
precision and very slowly. She never
admits that she fails to understand Eng
lish words.
When anything is said to her that she
does not comprehend, she invariably an
swers, "I-do-not-know." Sometimes
the answer is apropos and sometimes
not. She is quite averse to being writ
ten about and has refused all interviews.
She is inclined to be quite indignant
when any one expresses a desire to write
about her. - She is unable to understand
why her private and personal affairs
should interest the world at large. I
asked her if she liked this country better
than her own. She answered with a
shake of her head and an uncompromis.
ing "No." And when I asked her why.
she said, "I-do-not," and when I
pressed her with further questions she
puckered up her little red mouth in ade
cisive manner and said, "I-do-not,"
and I was unable to make her say any
thing further.
Mme. Ye is a very diligent student.
She spends six hours of each day in her
study. Two lady teachers are employed
for her all the time. She is fond of
riding and fond of walking and fond of
visiting, but she is not fond of talking,
particularly when her listener is any one
who is likely to write about her.
The Corean and Japanese ladies are
very good friends, but there is no inter
course whatever between them and their
Chinese neiglhbors.
cARnARnET MANTON MIERRILL.
A Georgia Statesman's Recreation.
There is musical genius in the Georgia
congressional delegation. Colonel Liv
ingston plays the flute. The colonel has
an old flute that has seen service for
many years, but is still mellow in tone
and its notes are always true. The colo
nel's flute playing is, however, a secret.
He never plays in public, but in the se
clusion of his room, with the doorlocked
and the windows closed, the colonel
often performs in tones that are cap
tivating to the one who is so fortunate
to hear him. The colonel can play "Ta
ra-ra Boom-de-ay" and "Chippie, Get
Your Hair Cut" in the most approved
style, besides all the old southern melo
dies.-Atlanta Constitution.
Removing Tumors Early.
If it were generally known among in
telligent people that great numbers of
innocent tumors sooner or later become
malignant, and that malignant tumors
often simulate benign tumors and re
main quiescent for a great while, the
sufferers would unhesitatingly consent
to the removal of these morbid growths
in their inception, long before the pos
sible advent of serious mischiefs, or when
the cure might be effected by minor
operations which would leave the small
est scars, especially in such parts as the
face, neck, arms or. handa.-J. W. .
asneral Spealmens.
Mr. Arturo F. Wendt is engaged in -
mining in Chili, and is preparing a fine
collection of mineral apecimepe wh'vich
will be esbiitaed at the m!Q W'BrMt