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A STEAL THWARTED
Tie Ramapo water scheme in New
York, which has attracted so much at
ention that city and state recently
an - Tfhich received at least its tem-
p ° rar > r quietus last week by the vote
o the board of puH)ic improvemen’s,
furnishes an exceedingly interesting
35 dangers and
c.ils which beset municipal govern
ment in this country, and as to the har
monious manner in which polltic’ans
ojpposite parties work together in ef
forts to plunder tie public. According
to t{*e history of the case, as presented
• n the New York World, a number of
well-known republicans and democrats
organized in 1883 the Ramapo Improve-
designed to secure con
trol of the water supply of New' York
City and ultimately of Brooklyn. It
was a Tammany scheme, but it're
quired republican co-operation, and
this 00-operation was readily secured.
Much of was ready for issue
and use at the assembling of the legis
lature in 1884, the usual transfer on the
back of the stock certificates being
signed in blank for greater convenience
and more ready circulation. The com
pany. under the circumstances, found
no difficulty in securing the necessary
legislation, which created for its bene
fit a practical monopoly. The aque
duct commission, which bad charge of
the extension of the Croton water sup
ply, stood between the .public and the
hungry corporation, in spite of the al
leged distribution of stock in influen
tial quarters, so that in 1887 it became
necessary to reorganize as the Ramapo
Water company "so as to wipe out the
holdings of a lot of men who had be
come politically dead.”
This reorganization, however, failed
to accomplish what was expected, in
spite of the fact that "as the politics of
the legislature changed, the men rep
resenting the company changed, show
ing the union of interest between the
two parties.” “But,” says the World,“in
1895 the hand of Boss Platt appeared
in the game. Then was passed the
bill which gave the Ramapo company
exclusive control of all the available
■water sheds in New York state. The
bill was introduced by S. Fred Nixon
of Chautauqua, who was speaker of the
last assembly, and one of Platt's most
faithful followers. It provided that
the Ramapo Water company should
have the right to take possession of the
Ramapo water shed and every unoccu
pied water shed in the state. The com
pany was given power to supply cities*
towns and corporations with water for
any term of years that might be agreed
upon. It also gave them power to con
struct works in any county, to condemn
private property and to lay pipes under
the navigable rivers of the state. The
bill passed both houses within three
days, and the legislators seemed to
know nothing about it. Gen. Benja
■ min F. Tracy, who subsequently be
came president of the company, resign
ing only when Mr. Platt directed him
to run for mayor of greater New York
in opposition to Seth Low, and Frank
Platt, son of Senator Platt, saw Gover
nor Morton to make sure of his signa
'ture to the bill.”
Great pressure was immediately
brought to get the Strong administra
tion to consider the project, but the
company’s application was refused, and
the corporation was once more foiled.
BJlt this water-snake had many lives,
and, it is claimed, that it had in
fluential friends on the commission
Which prepared the charter of Greater
New York. The charter provides for
the clty> obtaining water by contract
from a private person or corporation,
places the making of the contract abso
lutely in the hands of the commissioner
of water supply and of the board of
public improvements, and, apparently
for the purpose of greater explicitness,
goes on to declare it unlawful to make
% contract for water in any other way.
The section is regarded as one of the
most carefully and precisely drawn in
the whole charter—as bearing the
Ifcparks of a most expert hand. The
Kin imuni of supervision and veto is
No veto is vested in the
'SLthe comptroller, the municipal
Jffity either branch of it, or the
of \mate and apportionment;
the water supply commissioner and a
majoritv of the'tboard of public im
provements are supreme, and from
them lies no appeal, except such gen
eral appeal to the courts as citizens
Mnay possess.
When this provision was introduced
,V the charter, the World, Gen
-111 Tracy was president of the com
pany and of the charter commission as
well, Silas B. Butcher, the present pres
ident of the water company, was also
a member of the charter commission.
The resignation of General Tracy as
president was followed by the election
of Silas B. Dutcher, also one of Sena
tor Platt’s most trusty llctßecants. as (
president, the other officers being
Horace G. Lament, secretary: PeteT
Elbert Nostrand, engineer: Henry C.
M. Ingraham, counsel: Charles H.
Truax. William H. B. Pratt. Stephen
Kelly. W. J. Jenks and Silas B.
Butcher, trusteea.
Soon after Tammany took possession
of the city, continues the World, Ed
ward lauterbach, representing the re
publican end, and Jo" in F. Carroll, rep
resenting Mr. Croker, discussed the
subject of an increased water supply.
Shortly after the subject began to be
talked about in Tammany circles.
Those on the Inside were given a hint
that a good thing was on the table and
the boys would get a rich plum. Then
came the old story ~f shortage of
water. The Croton w 1 shed was
never so dry before; Brooklyn was on
the verge of a water famine. It was
the same old song, always used when a
water job is in sight. Vhe board of
public improvements began to talk
about the various water plants held
by private corporations in the greater
city. President Maurice Holahan was
evidently interested. He was not a
stranger to the Ramapo water scheme.
Old-time senators and assemblymen re
called the fact that in 1884 days he was
a frequent visitor at Albany, and dis
played much interest in the legislation
then enacted.
On the 10th of last June the represen
tatives of the company appeared before
the board of public improvements and
presented arguments in favor of their
scheme. President Holahan at once
showed himself in favor of the scheme,
but it met with strong opposition, the
company’s representatives admitting
under cross-examination of borough
President Grout that it owned no water
rights or other requisite property, had
built no reservoirs and had laid no
pipes, except legislative pipes. In re
sponse to questions by Mr. Grout it
was stated that the capital stock of the
company was a little over $2,000,000,
and that most of it had Been issued.
Mr. Grout then said:
“I asked about the capital stock be
cause to my knowledge the company
went to a prominent man and offered
him $50,000 of the capital stock to be
come president—and I want to know if
all the stock was issued that way?”
No action was taken at this meeting,
and the subject did not come before
the board again until recently, when
Borough President Grout, who was
about to sail for Europe, offered a
resolution favoring the municipal own
ership of all water companies. This
was tabled. Taking advantage of his
absence, an attempt was made about
the middle of August by President Hol
ahan to jam through the resolution to
enter into a contract with the Ramapo
company. It was prevented from
passing by the denunciation of Comp
troller Coler, who called it a most in
famous steal, and had further con
sideration of the matter post
poned until he could present facts and
figures on the subject. On August 3
the subject came up before the board
of public improvements in accordance
with the arrangement, made at the
previous hearing, and, greatly to the
surprise of the friends of the company,
a resolution was adopted declaring the
Ramapo contract to be against the
public interests and the j'olic?’ of the
democratic party.
At this hearing the water scheme
was literally torn into fragments.
Comptroller Coler made his report, in
which he showed that the company
was a secret and irresponsible organi
zation, and that it wouldn’t be an asset
until it got the contract from the city.
He demonstrated that the city could
furnish any additional water that it
needed at about one-third the cost of
the Ramapo contract. He also demon
strated that the city had ample funds
to do this work without encroaching
upon the debt limit and without hin
dering any other great public improve
ments.
The only members of the board who
voted against the resolution were
President Maurice H. Holahan and
William Dalton, commissioner of
water supply. Several members of the
board were absent, among them Mayor
Van Wyck, who, says the New York
Herald in its report of the meeting,
“has failed from the inception of this
steal to take the slightest interest in
the people’s fight for the protection of
their interests.” It is estimated that
the contract with the Ramapo com
pany at the end of 40 years would have
cost the city $200,000,000, independent
of large amounts necessary to utilize
the water supplied, while the city
would have been practically it the
mercy of the powerful corporation
grown “enormoasly rich by the aid of
the municipal treasury.”
In addition to injunctions gotten out
against the scheme, an application was
made and argued at Albany last week
for the revocation of the company’s
charter. When the Mazet committee
reconvenes on September 12 the chair
man promises that the Ramapo scan
dal will be thoroughly Investigated,
but if the prominent republicans said
to be involved in it are really interest
ed, they will probably induce the
committee to forbear.
The New York World states on the
authority of a Tammany politician that
Richard Croker and Hugh McLaughlin,
Brooklyn’s democratic bosd, “are on
the verge of open warfare on account
of the Ramapo water ‘deal.’ The
Tammany leader is incensed at the
action of the followers of McLaughlin
in persistently ‘holding up’ all of
Tammany's pet plans. The reason
given for McLaughlin's interference
with the Tammany's leader's program
is that Croker refused to help the
Brooklyn democrats in a water ‘deal’
of their own —the matter of the Long
Island Water Supply company. Comp
troller Coler, according to the Tam
many official referred to, Is doing the
bidding of Hugh McLaughlin in vio
lently opposing the Ramapo water con
tract. Hugh McLaughlin, who, it is
claimed by several Tammany politi
cians, owns a large block of stock in
the Long Island Water Supply com
pany, aimed to have bis company con
tinue their monopoly for many years to
come. The Brooklyn politicians have
known for some time that Croker
would not aid them in their plans.
James Sheviln, first lieutenant to Mc-
Laughlin. made clear jo Croker the
wishes of the Brooklyn democratic
leader several months ago. He wanted
Croker to promise that the city of New
York would not force the sale of the
Long Island Water Supply company to
the city for the sum fixed by the court
$570,000. This Croker refused to do.
When McLaughlin was fully informed
of Croker’s decision he decided to
show the Tammany leader what power
he had. Tammany’s plans were
thwarted at every turn in the munic
ipal assembly. The Rrooklyn mem
bers of the board of aldermen and the
municipal assembly have carried out
the wishes of McLaughlin time after
time of late, to Tammany's great dis
comfiture.”
Thus when the bosses fall out, the
people come by their own.
DRESS GOODS OF FALL.
“The Colors of the Materials Are Ex
quisite.”
It’s barely possible, says the Balti
more Sun, that if Charles I. and the
rest of the Stuarts had gone to the
trouble of finding out from Queen
Fashion her secret recipe for bringing
her subjects into complete submission,
they might have succeeded in establish
ing absolute monarchies also. Nobody
seems to know what happy accident
or whose fortunate caprice led to the
issuing of the decree among fashion’s
devotees that “pastel colors must be
worn this coming winter.”
Since the decree has been Issued no
body would dare to ignore it, and the
truth is that the colors themselves are
so soft and artistic and satisfy the eye
so completely in their combinations
that nobody seems to want to evade
the decree.
Madame George, modiste who re
turned last week from Paris, said,
when asked about the fashions for the
winter, before she had uttered a word
about fabrics or styles: “Oh, the col
ors of the materials are so exquisite!”
Then she opened some boxes on the
table near her, and, catching up a
handful of soft silks, pale rose, laven
der, gray, blue and tan, said, as she
held up the silks: “See the effect is
like an opal.” In other boxes were
other pretty things. Wilde plush rib
bons for “touches,” Madame said, for
belts, collars and the like; broad gros
grain ribbons with old-fashioned flow
er designs woven in them, for the same
purpose, and new velvets.
Velvets will play such a great part
this season that they are worthy of
being described in detail. The new
velvets are midway between a velvet
and a plush in finish, very soft and
“satiny” looking. Then in color—pas
tel, of course—and in shades of gray,
as well as in the darker colors. One
piece that was intended for fancy
waists—and fancy waists are to be
used more extensively than ever —was
of white combined with pale tan, a
tan with a hint of pink about it. On
the broad stripe of tan were disks of
white, and on the white, disks of tan.
An old rose velvet, intended either
for fancy waists or for entire gowns,
was sprinkled all over with black and
white dots in a Foulard design. The
Foulard designs are much in evidence
on these new velvets. One piece that
was intended for fancy waists, and that
looked as though it might possess kin
ship with the old-fashioned bandana
handkerchief, had a center of black
polka dotted with white and a broad
Perisan border.
“Now, you want to hear about the
gowns,” Madame George said when the
velvets had been looked at. “But be
fore I begin just look at this piece.
Velvet gowns are going to be worn for
the street this wintep, and this mixed
gray makes up handsomely for a gown
of that sort. Street gowns of velvet
will be trimmed with fur, with stitch
ing and fancy buttons.
“Everything is going to be as cling
ing as possible, 'laffeta is still used as
the foundation for most of the evening
gowns, but softer and more clinging
materials are used in many of the cloth
gowns. The drop skirt has been dis
pensed with in some of the cloth suits,
and cloth and lining are sewed to
gether. A skirt of the softest kind of
black broadcloth is going to be the
favorite skirt for wear with fancy
waists—and the waists will *be either
of the fancy velvet or of silk.
“Draped skirts are going to be worn.
I don't mean separate skirts, but just
the single skirt caught up and draped
slightly over the side. The skirts of
cloth suits are to be trimmed with a
great deal of stitching. Of course, the
skirts are going to be very long and
sweeping, just as they are worn now.
And so far as the fullness over the hips
and in the back is concerned, I saw
some that were very tight and some
that had fullness, so a woman is free
to select the style which is most be
coming.
“I saw a beautiful costume of black
broadcloth, a jacket and skirt. The
skirt was made of bias folds
of black broadcloth stitched
down tight on the lining
Each fold was edged with a nipt eg of
black silk, and the folds were applied
on the lining in fichu effect. The bo
lero jacket was made entirely of folds
of the cloth, too. The fronts of the
jacket were lined with black fur edged
with white. Almost all of the jackets
to the cloth suits open over little vests,
and the jacket fronts flare back, show
ing a fancy fur or silk lining.
"Cloth is combined with velvet in
nearly all the suits, I saw one suit of
reddish brown cloth—quite anew
shade of brown, almost a chocolate
color—which was combined with the
same colored velvet. There was a lit
tle insertion of velvet near the waist
line of the Jacket, giving a short-waist
ed effect. I noticed the same effect in
fancy waists, as well as other jackets.
“There’s going to be the greatest
amount of work on some of the even
ing gowns. Some of them will be made
of strips of hemstitched vel
vet ribbon, black or white or colored,
combined with lace insertion. Prin
cesse effects, long, unbroken lines from
the throat to the bottom of the dress
will be aimed at. I saw a gown of
white point d’esprit, the skirt of which
was strapped with rows of narrow
black velvet ribbon. The bands of
ribbon were dotted with rhinestone
buttons. A deep flounce of lace finish
ed the skirt at the bottom, widening at
the back to form the train.
“To make it more fluffy about the
feet the chiffon flounce on the white
taffet drop skirt was tucked and ruf
fled into a deep ruching. The waist was
strapped with the velvet also, the lines
of velvet on tho waist matching those
on the skirt, so that the effect was con
tinuous.
“Soft crepy materials will have a
great vogue. I saw a dainty gown of
white crepe de chine embroidered all
over with pink loses. Black lace in
sertion was the trimming used on it.
There was a very artistic evening gown
of black crepe de chine at oue of the
oper’ngs. The w'hole sJdrt was plait
ed clear up to the waist; then to keep
the plaits in place black velvet ribbon
was run through them in some myster
ious fashion and was tied in a huge
bow above the knee. The low-necked
corsage was made of the plaited crepe
also, and through these plaits another
ribbon was run, ending in a bow on the
left side. The sleeves of this waist
endeo just above the elbow with a deep
fluff of lace and chiffon.
“Superb costumes of lace covered
with jet will be used this winter. 1
saw' one in which the princesse effect
was secured by using different kinds of
jets. Instead of the round segnius
that have been in use, oblong spangles,
some of them more than half an inch
long, were used. They were very bril
liant and were applied in straight lines
up and down the waist and skirt. Be
tween the stripes of large spangles
smaller jets were used.
“Waists and skirts powdered with
hundreds of tiny steel or gold beads are
very chic. 1 saw a black plush waist
that was powdered with tiny steel
beads. The waist was made of strips
of the plush, which were crossed and
interlaced to porduce the effect of a
plaid. The steel beads were sprinkled
over the tops of the sleeves and here
and there over the waist. The effect
was stunning.
“Then there was a dainty little gown
of cream-colored lace to be worn over
cream or pink taffeta. Applied on the
lace were arabesques of taffeta pow
dered with gold beads. A flehu of
pastel colors, pink, yellow and lilac,
was to be worn with the gown.”
FOOD FOR YOUNG WASPS.
The wasp is not a vegetarian like
the bee, and our cement-maker has
before her the problem of supporting
her young with meat rather than with
bread. As her eggs are laid out in
hot weather, and as enough food must
be stored in the cell with the egg to
mature the young insect, the question
is how to preserve the meat fresh for
so long a time. She meets the diffi
culty thus: After a tube is finished
except one end, which Is left open, she
flies off on a hunt for spiders. She
finds a fat. healthy one, pounces upon
it, stings it and carries It off and places
it in the mud cell. She repeats this
process until she has placed as many
spiders in the tube as, according to her
judgment, will be needed. She then
lays an egg in the cell and walls up
the opening.
The remarkable thing about this
performance is the magic effect of her
sting. Whether it is the result of a
subtle poison or whether it is a special
spot in the spider’s nervous system
where the sting is inserted we do not
know. Certain it is that after b"ing
thus stung the spider lives on in a
paralyzed condition for weeks and
even months. It can move only slight
ly and remains helpless in Its mud
sepulcher until the wasp egg hatches
into a voracious grub, whioh at once
fails to and eats with great relish the
meat thus miraculously preserved.
Whether the wasp sting renders the
spider insensible to pain or not is a
question not yet settled. However,
the chances are in favor of the theory
that it does. Anyway, we need waste
no sympathy on the spider, the most
bloodthirsty of ail the little people of
the fields and woods. There is a sense
of retributive justice in the thought of
a spider helpless at the mercy of a
small insect which it would have mer
cilessly devoured had it been able.
So we need not accuse our alert, In
dustrious cement-maker of any unrea
sonable cruelty if she, like us, Insists
upon a meat diet for her young, nor
need we have any fear of her sting,
for she seldom uses It as a weapon of
offense or defense. —Chautauquan.
WARNING TO LADY SMOKERS.
ladioe who smoke had better watch
it. A scientist (more science!) de
clares that the frequent pursing of the
lips that a cigarette involves will pro
duce in time a vigorous mustache.
This should be a warning to ladles
who want to share the Joys of the
sterner sex, without its res|K>nsibfll
tles. Wo may, in an indulgent mo
ment, tolerate an occasional cigarette
among our sweethearts and wiyes; but
if in course of time we find our sweet
hearts and wives with whiskers grow
ing on them, we shall cease to bang up
the mistletoe bough, and shall (migrate
to cooler climes. T do not. wish to
threaten, of course, but while there is
no immediate prospect of war, smok
ing by ladies will henceforth be re
garded as —In diqlomatic language—
an unfriendly act. —Golden Penny.
Barber—Does the razor pull?
Customer —Well, rather—what horse
power is It?—Ohio State Journal.
DREYFUS DISGRACED
it
FOUND GUILTY AGAIN\YET TO GO
FREE.
t
BUT THE STAIN REMAINS
Prisoner Receives a Ten Years' Sen
tence Which in Effect He Has Al
ready Served—-His Pardon Antici
pated Soon —Demonstration in Var
ious Parts of France.
Rennets, France, Sopt. 10.—Yester
day the great retrial of Dreyfus on the
charge of selling war secrots to Ger
many ended in what is reported to
he conviction and yet virtual acquittal.
Dreyfus' sentence is for ten years and,
•= he has already suffered five yonrs
solitary confinement, which counts
double, Dreyfus will be free inside of
a fortnight. Should the president of
the republic not pardon the prisoner,
he will be again degraded inside of
eight days. The votes of the court
were taken separately, beginning with
the inferior grade and the youngest in
the last grade, the president of the
court having to give his opinion last,
Ihe decision of the court was as fol
lows: “The court declares on the
question, by a majority of 5 votes to 2,
‘Yes.’ Tho accsued is guilty. The
majority agreed that, there arc extenua
ing circumstances in consequence of
which, and on the request, of the com
missary of the government, the presi
dent 'put the question and received
again the votes in the above mentioned
form. Asa result the court condemns,
by a majority of 5 votes to 2, Alfred
Dreyfus to the punishment of ten years
detention.”
Dreyfus was told the result by his
lawyers, and wept bitterly, but when
in the presence of the officials of the
court-martial, he listened impassively
to the sentence. Hi* wife, who was
waiting in torture and suspension at
her house, bore the news bravely, and
showed no sign of her suffering as she
walked from her carriage to the prison.
Matthieu Dreyfus was present in the
court in the afternoon, hut visited his
brother after the verdict had been
rendered. He found him perfectly
calm and wit) out any manifestation
of surprise at the finding of the court.
The prisoner simply shrugged his
shoulders, uttering an expressive sen
tence, adding as he embraced his
brother as the latter, was preparing to
leave: “Console my wife.”
The general belief is that Dreyfus
will be pardoned; but this will not sat
isfy his admirers. They will refuse
to submit to the verdict and will con
tinue the battle until the judgment is
reversed. The verdict, they say, is
directed more against the Jews than
against Dreyfus and if It is allowed to
stand, will make their existence In
France impossible. MM. Labori and
Demange took a midnight train for
Paris. They will sign an applica
tion for a revision of the cast, al
though there is no hope the verdict
will be reversed.
The rioting in the city was wild and
was suppressed by the police. in
Paris some turmoil also occurred.
GRANTS’ ANCIENT LINEAGE.
We are apt to think that when an
American girl weds a titled man that
she must necessarily he inferior in
birth to her husband. If Miss Julia
Dent Grant marries into one of the
princely houses of Russia she can feel
assured that in her own veins runs
the blood of a noble nnd worthy an
cestry, to trace which has
proved a fascinating study. The line
age of the Grant family, briefly told
by Col. Teetor. genealogist, of the New
York Tribune, Is as follows: A cel
ebrated manuscript in Scotland bears
the title, “An Account of the Rise and
Offspring of Grant,” and the author
shows a great deal of ancestral pride
In his attempt to trace the origin of
the clan of Grant to a certain prince
named Wodine. This prince came out
of Asia about the year 600 and settled
in Norway, where he built a great city
and where prayer and sacrifices were
made by the Norsemen.
Coming down to the ninth century
history records the name of Hacken
third of that name from Wodine and
earl of Trondelagen. one of the most
renowned men for courage and
strength in the kingdom of Norway.
Because of an unusual feat accom
plished over his enemies, he was called
Hacken Grant, the latter word being
used in the sense of great, and all de
scended from this Hacken were called
Grants. It Is said that Memlng. son
of Hacken, having become converted
to Christianity through the influence
of his wife, a daughter of Adelsteln,
the first Christian king of Denmark,
was banished from Norway. Whether
the Grants came from Norway to Scot
land by the way of the Hebrides or as
followers of Rolf the Ranger, at.center
of the dukes of Normandy, they were
undoubtedly Normans. They did not
rise to the proportion of a clan until
about the beginning of the fourteenth
century. Richard lae Grant was
archbishop of Canterbury In 1228.
About the same time William Lee
Grant married Albreda Byset of the
baronial family of that name, and he
went as a crusader to the Holy land
in 1270. Sir lawronce I,e Grant was
high sheriff of Invemcsehlre In 1258.
Sir Dutican Grant was the first owner
of what Is now the castle arid barony
of Grant, chartered to him as heir of
his mother, Matilda of Olencaime. Sir
Ludovlc Grant Is fifteenth in descent
from Sir Lawrence, and was
the first to be / ed Grant of Grant.
He was the son of Sir James Grant by
Lady Mary Stewart, niece of Mary
Queen of Scots, and *as called the
Highland King ” He was succeeded
by his son, Sir James Grant of Grant,
baronet, member of parliament for
many years, who died in 1747. Castle
Green l}ns been the home of the chiefs
of the clan since the fourteenth cen
tury, and is cherished and venerated
accordingly by all who bear the name
of Grant. Among the features of the
castle is the magnificent dining hall, 47
feet in length and 27 feet in width and
of proportionate height. The walls
are adorned with numerous and rare
works of art and 99 ancestral portraits.
The possessions of the Grants, as the
chief dwellers of Strathspey, were sit
uated between the Craig Elachies—
two great rocks on the river Spey. “A
mountain in flame” is the Grant crest,
taken from it. The name means “rock
of alarm,” and in the time of danger
huge fires were kindled on the craig
as a signal of alarm for the clan to
assemble. “Stand fast, Craig Elalche,"
was the war cry, and is today the mot
to of the clan. The oldest, stateliest,
and most formidable dwelling place of
the old clan chiefs is Castle Urquhart,
built upon a rocky promontory on the
west side of Loch Ness. It was found
ed In the Norman period. It was be
sieged land taken by Edward I. in 1303
and was chartered to Grant of Grant in
1509 by King James IV. It is the
lordly seat of the Grants as earls of
Soafleld, and is a mouldering ruin of
eight centuries of Scottish history and
400 years of the annals of the family
of Grant. Matthew Grant, 40 years
(own clerk and surveyor of Windsor,
Conn., was a lineal descendant of this
old Norse race, oalled In Scotland a
Highland clan. He came to this coun
try from Plymouth, England, landing
at. Nantasket, Mass., on May 30, 1630.
Gen. IT. S. Grant was the seventh in the
line of descent from Matthew Grant
Sir William Frazer of Edlnborough
met Gen. Grant upon the occasion of
his being accorded the freedom of
that city while making the tour of the
world, and he said the resemblance be
tween the distinguished descendant of
Matthew Grant and Sir James Grant,
earl of Seafleld, was so striking as to
he generally noticed and commented
upon.
HOW DIFFERENT NATIONS EAT.
Refined, the Reckless and the Go-as-
You-Please.
The English and Americans are ad
mitted by all unprejudiced foreigners
to he the most refined eaters in the
world. To see them go through the
various stages of their dinners Is to
have a lesson in the art of graceful
eating.
Very different is the behavior of the
Russian, who does not disdain to use
nature’s weapons when he considers
the latter more convenient than the
knife and fork.
The Frenchman will use a piece of
bread In nearly all cases where he
should use a knife. The German, on
the Other hand, plunges his knife into
his mouth in a way that is terrifying.
The Swede cuts all his food into
tiny pieces first of all, and then, hav
ing laid aside his knife, proceeds to
take up piece by piece with his fork.
The Italian uses a spoon quite as
often as a fork. He will employ the
former for vegetables, and sometimes
even for fish. The latter use of the
spoon is somewhat curious.
The Japanese diner uses chopsticks,
a form of implement somewhat diffi
cult to manipulate without consider
able practice, while the Chinaman tears
his food with hits long nails In a man
ner thoroughly repulsive.
The Greek swallows his meat In
huge mouthfuls, and would probably
devour a steak weighing half a pound
In half a minute. Taking a very sharp
knife, he divides the meat into four
or five sections, each of which he flings
into his mouth in rapid succession.
It Is not to he wondered at that the
Greeks suffer much from Indigestion.
—Omaha Bee.
CANADIAN HALF- UR EE I )3.
The more I have seen the half-breeds
of Canada, the more I have come to
admire them. They are of fearless
stock, and have inherited many good
traits from both races. They regard
with amusement and pity their half
brothers, the full-blood Algonqulus of
the remote forest, hut they understand
the arts of wood-lore which make life
more than endurable there. They
have French, English, Hootch and
Scandinavian family names, and any
one who thinks they lead an uncom
fortable life is very much mistaken.—
Frederic Irland in Scribner’s.
HOW THE BEAVER BUILDS HIS
HOUSn.
The beaver’s habit of building for
himself and family a comfortable and
conspicuous residence enables me
hunters to take a pretty accurate
census of the population, and to tell
Just where the animals are to be
found. On our way we turned aside
and photographed a b<aver-dm and
a bouse. The natural history books
generally picture these coslructions as
quite symmetrical affairs, but all I
have ever seen have been rough piles
of sticks and mud, and the photographs
show typical beaver construction.—
Frederic Irland In Scribner’s.
THEIR BEST.
Folks that alius does their best
Finds at last the sweetest rest.
.Troubles come an’ troubles go—
Tempests o’er their dwellings blow;
Hut the way—the way they know—
leadin' still to perfect rest
Folks that alius does their beat!
—Atlanta Constitution.
The hot weather recortLavas broken
In Chicago and other towns.