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MINNESOTA'S PIONEER GUARD.
Some of the Leading Men Who Were Among Its Members.
The years that have passed since the
organization of the old Minnesota Pio
neer guard have but served to remind
tlie present generation of St. Paul and
vicinty of its great prominence. With
scarcely an exception its original m m
beis have played leading parts in the
history (f St. Paul. In that early or
ganization were thrown together the
nit-n whose names have come down to
us through forty-three years of com
mercial and social activity in the build
ing up of two cities and the develop
ment of a great state. As the reader
of The Globe glances through the
roster of officers and men he will be at
once struck by the significance of what
has been said concerning this splendid
company of Minnesota's first and earli
est soldiers.
The Minnesota Pioneer guard was
organized April 17, 1856. Its earlier
meetings were held in a rented hall on
Wabasha street, which was fitted up
for an armory and drill room. At re
quest of the members Gov. W. A. Gor
man issued to the new company arms.
Uniforms they supplied themselves.
The first uniform of the guard was a
cadet gray coat, brass ahoulde'r pieces
trimmed with yellow, black leather
waist belt tor bayonet and cartridge
box, l>hie pantaloons with wide yel
low stripe and army pattern cap with
yellow pompon. This was the original
uniform, and in it the guards made a
brave and imposing appearance, but
succeeding uniforms were much hand
somer and more costly. The first uni
form arrived from New York city on
the evening of July 3, 1556, and on the
Fourth of July following the Minnesota
Pioneer guards donned their "soldier
clothes." shouldered their muzzle-load
ing muskets and marched in a parade
that only terminated at Lake Cnmo,
where they banqueted. Following are
the names of all who at various times
belonged to the guard:
ROSTER OF PIONEER GUARD.
Officers —
A. C- Jones. William IT. Acker.
E. E. Palmer. John C. Devereaux.
W. A. Van Slyke, H. 11. Western,
Theodora Borup, J. U. Irvine.
L. C. Dayton, A. T. CliambprTain.
I). J. Justice. • John W. Hamilton,
Joseph 1. Beaumont, J. Q. A. Ward.
Charles C. I.und.
Pri rates-
John W. Cathcart, Wtjiam 11. Shelly.
B. F. Irvine, Joseph G. Hyland,
11. J. Horn, A. C. Lewis,
James F. Ruche, John W. Crosby,
T. G. Dalton. William F. Wheeler.
G. Thomas May, Francis Gihnar,
li. F. Housaworth, John Primrose,
George W. Coc-ley, Morgan L. Sprost,
I. V. 1). Heard. Harry C. Coates,
J. M. Campbell, Albert B. Curry,
J. H. Knight. C. C. King.
R. O. Sweeney. George C. Mott,
Thomas French, L. E. Clark.
H. 1... Carver, Norman Kittson,
John G. McGregor, C. H. Beaulieu Jr.,
1). W. We'.lman, Joseph E. Chappell,
R. Galloway. Henry B. Buell,
J. 3. llarrutt. Sol Walters.
W. G. Konseca, William B. Heal,
K.'.niund Rice, 11. M. Shaw.
Harvey Officer, O. S. Locke,
M. E. Ames. John li. Oliver,
L. C. Dayton, M. It. Patterson,
George L. Otis, S. S. Eaton,
E. V. Due!. M. C. Tuttle.
B. W. Lott, Janips J. Hill.
K. L. Thompson, A. T. llou-omb.
C. D. Benson. M. B. Terwilliger,
Harmon Iglehart. M. IT. Mills,
Elte'ry P. Corey, X. 1.. Sbattuck,
'George P. Metcalf, William B. Langley,
JT. M. w. Scbwarer, T. Blenvenu,
William P. Payte, Thomas Venettin,
John B. San torn, Joseph R. King,
W. M. Hayward, P. J. O'Connor,
A. C. Garni:!. Joseph S. C.K>k,
W. Crawford. William L?:p.
Andrew C. Dunn, F. T. Thibandeau,
B. Densmnre, R. L. Gorman,
11. B. Pierson, Henry E. Vitt,
H. C. Btewver, Charles H. King,
Joseph W. Prince. A. R. Kiefe-r.
Cha-les Ziercnberg, Chas. R. Trowbridge,
William C. Gray, Wiiiam S. Combs,
L. !i. Martin. H. C. Burbank,
JL. C. Dunn, E. J. Van Slyke,
Thorn is 11. Campbell, Robert A. Smith,
R. T. Fren-ch. E. E. Hughson.
G. C. Borup,
Of the officers, fifteen In number,
there are now but five living. Of the
privates, r.inety-seven in number, but J
thirty-one are now living, a mortality
of about 64 per cent. It should be
borne in mind that the list of officers j
and men comprise all who served at j
different times, and not those who
were officers, or on the muster roll at
any one time.
PROMINENT MEN IN IT.
While this roster does not by any
means embrace the names of all the
adult male population of St. Paul at
that time. It contains a number of the
representative men of Minnesota to
day. This military organization, it
should be remembered, was formed at
the close of the war with Mexico, and
preceding the breaking out of the
great Rebellion, which swept many of
the members into the whirlpnol of real
warfare. Yet many are left, and in
most prominent positions. One now
fills the mayor's chair in St. Paul. An
other is postmaster of the same city,
and still another is at the head of the
greatest railway system in the North
vest.
The panic of 1857 did much in the
way of dampering the enthusiasm of
the old guard. Yet a reorganization
took place in 1858. and the guard then
became merged Into CompanyA, First
New Undergarment to Wear Under the Sheath=Like Clinging Skirt.
Here's a state of affairs! The skin-tight skirt, known fifteen yeara
ago as the "pull-back," Is coming into fashion again, and just at a
time, too, when women are priding themselves because of their common.
6ense dress.
It almost seems Incredible that this uncomfortable, much ridiculed
tight skirt will be worn by the modern woman. Yet such is the rumor
from Paris and such are the indications in New York. ■ If
authorities are to be believed, walking will soon cease to b»
a pleasure and even sitting will have Its disadvantages from the fashion,
able French woman's point of view. The clinging skirt has worked its
way into favor gradually, and now It Is declared to be the correct skirt
of the day. When it was here before In its most extreme style it was
whispered that the belles of fashion even went co far as to dampen
tbeir underskirts in order that the outer skirt might portray more per
fectly the contour of the fl^ure.
Hut the modern belle will not have to submit to damp and chilly
lingerie, for a new and marvelous undergarment has Just been designed
which Is warranted not to hide a single curve of the figure.
And not only has it b«en designed, but many orders for it have
been received from prominent New York women.
This new undergarment is made of finely ribbed woven silk. The
upper part of It looks not unlike a jersey, only it is much longer. It
la pulled on in the same way, over the head, and clings, to the figure
This sheath of woven ellk reaches as far as ten inches below the hips
Here it Is finished with a band of coarse mesh lace Insertion through
which ribbons are run. which -are tied at the back, drawing the
garmeut closely to the figure. To this band of lace inserfon a -lik
flounce is attached, which is now all that remains of the ultra fashion
able woman's once cherish, d silk petticoat. With this remarkable un
dergarment the outer sheath-like dress skirt may be seen to advantage
in aJI its clinging beauty. f
These garments may be purchased in a variety of colors and by
their trimminea of lace and ribbons may be made exquisitely dainty
A prominent society woman has just ordered a half dozen of these
undergarments in different pretty colors. One to be worn beneath
a ray Venetian cloth gown Up of pale violet woven silk, cut with a low
round neck, which is trimmed with a frill of lace caught in the cen"
ter with a rosette of ehaded violet ba,by ribbon. The same narrow
ribbon is run through the insertion near the knees. The silk flounc*
la of deep violet peau de sole, trimmed with two ruffles of the sam
silk, which are appliaued with band* of narrow mauve velvet
IS THIS THE REAL MUMMY OF RAMESES 11. ?
Among the more recent discoveries in Egyptian tombs is the mummy
I of Rameses 11.. one of the most famous Egyptian kings. Although
there ig no positive proof that the mummy is that of the omimw
of the Jews, there is enough to have caused the conservative mm
gers of the great museum at Carlo to place it !n the m-useum 7nd
to catalogue it there as authentic, while the British museum which U
even more chary a 9to alleged discoveries, has taken the gorweousl,
decorated sarcophagus In which the mummy was found and labels ft
that of Rameses IL w-übuki v
I Minnesota regiment. In 1857 the guard j
I had served as an escort to Gen. James j
Stockwell, who visited St. Paul. In
i 1859 the company visited Stillwater,
i going there on the steamer City Belle.
j They arrived at noon, July 4, in a I
j heavy snow storm. By 3 o'clock p. m., I
however, it had all disappeared. They .
« ere escorted to the armory of the
| Stillwattr guards, and banqueted on a
glorious lunch, with washtubs full of
champagne, on the sides, literal wash
tubs full of genuine iced champagne,
which the boys drank from tin dippers.
As one of the members expressed it:
"We feasted royally at the Sawyer
house, returned home and woke up
; sighing for more washtubs full of
j champagne."
On the reorganization of the o'.d
guard in 1858. It adopted the following
uniform: Dark blue frock coat, single
breasted; white epaulettes, white cross
j belts, carrying bayonet and cartridge
box. light blue pantaloons with wide
white stripe, bear skin hats, blue over
coat with cape and red lining, white
! gloves and scarlet fatigue cap. On
i May 27, 1858, the citizens of Mlnneapo
; lis gave a banquet to the old guard
;at the Nicollet house. The members
i went to the city on the steamer Den
' mark. The reception committee con
i sisted of Maj. Eugene Wilson, Col.
! H. T. Wells. Col. Cyrus Aldrich. Col.
I Edward Murphy and Col. E. Case. The
I dinner occurred at 2:30 p. m. On July
: S. ISf>9, the guard attended the funeral
of Dr. Charles M. Borup. one of the
j earliest territorial settlers. During tha
years of 1858. 1859 and 1860 the com- j
pany participated in a number of i
street parades. They did not require
much target practice, as they were
j all crack shots, and game was plenti
ful in those days.
SERVICES TENDERED.
In 1857 news of the Ink Padootah
Indian massacre was received, and the
guard tendered their services . to the
governor, who could not supply
them with ammunition. In 1859
Gen. Sibley ordered out three
companies of the state militia, the
Minnesota Pioneer guard, the Stillwa
ter and the Shields guards. They went
to Monticello. Wright county. The
"march" was performed In some of
Burbank'? old-time four-horse coaches,
on cushioned seats. They were under
immediate command of Col. John S.
Prince and Col. William S. Crooks. No
blood was shed on this expedition.
On March 23, 1860, Mrs. Belanski was
hanged in St. Paul for having poisoned
her husband. The hanging took place
in the court house square and the
Pioneer guard appeared on the scene
at the time in uniform and under
command of its officers.
OFF FOR THE WAR.
The crucial test of the metal of
which the old guard was composed
came in 1861. Gov. Ramsey was in
Washington, April 12, IS6I, the day on
which the rebels fired upon Fort Sum
ter. Gov. Ramsey then and there ten
dered to President Lincoln a regiment .
of troops from Minnesota, and also
wired Lieut. Gov. Donnelly to issue a
call for volunteers. Gov. Donnelly at
once sent for A. T. Chamberlin, at that
time captain of the Pioneer guard,
informed him of Gov. Ramsey's tele
gram, and suggested that he call a
meeting of the old guard. The meeting
was called, and the members of the
first military organization in Minneso
ta, state or territory, were promptly on
hand that evening at 7 o'clock. The
armory was packed with an excited
crowd of citizens, many of whom had
come for the express purpose of
joining the guard. It was the unan
imous voice of the old Pioneer guard
that it should at once recruit its ranks.
Then Col. Joe King stepped up to the
table, signed the roll, and, to the cred
it of Minnesota, he was the first man
in the state, if not in the United States,
: to volunteer for the War of the Rebel-
I lion.
On that evening, April 13, 1861, sixty
names were enrolled. Within forty
eight hours the list had swelled to 127,
and the old Minnesota Pioneer guard
passed away into history, and was re
incarnated as Company A, First regi
ment, Minnesota volunteers. The proc
lamation calling for volunteers was not
issued until the 15th of April. 1861. and
the last home meeting of' the guard
was held on the evening of the 13th.
AN IMPRESSIVE REUNION.
The War of the Rebellion had been
fought to a successful issue. Another
war with Spain had been closed with
victory perching on the banner of the
United States troops. On July 27, 189S,
the following members of the Old
Pioneer Guard assembled at the servi
ces incident to the laying of the corner
stone of the new Minnesota state capi
tol building.
Gen. John B. Sanborn. R. A. Smith, H. C.
Burbank, R. I>. Gorman, J. M. Camnbell. M.
C Tuttle, Norman Kittson, B. F. Irvine, Wil
liam A. Van Slyke, C. C. King. E. E. Hugh
son, J. C. Devcre, J. I. Beaumont, T. Vanettin,
W. S. Combs and William Leip.
' ABOUT THIS TIME
Up to the breaking out of the war
Minnesota had been preparing for
Th» New light -Ruing Chemise Hade to Wear
Under the New Clinging Skirt
IHK ST. PALL ULOBE, SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1899.
statehood, and had recently taken her
place among the sisterhood of states.
Among those pioneers of early days
perhaps none were more closely iden
tified with the commerce of St. Paul
and the Northwest than Russell Blake
ley, J. C. Burbank, Mr. Beaupre, A. L.
Larpenteur, William Constans and
Borup & Champlin. The companies
■ doing the river transportation were the
Old Northern line and the Galena
Packet company.
Practically everything in the subsis
tence line, such as oats, corn, pork
products, flour, butter, eggs and fruits,
came to St. Paul from points in lowa,
Illinois and Missouri. Large quanti
ties of them came from the following
points on the Mississippi river: St.
Louis, Keokuk, Galena, Davenport,
Albany, Savannah, Sabula, Dubuque,
Guttenburg, McGregor and Clinton.
Many of these towns are hardly known
today, but in the '50s they were im
portant shipping points.
MARKETS THEN AND NOW.
Following are comparisons of ruling
prices in the St. Paul market of 1855
and 1599. The figures are taken from a
St. Paul daily of March 12, 1555, and
compared with the average prices pre
vailing during the past week in this
city:
Articles. 1855 1899
Cows $40 00@75 00 $22 00
Hogs 8 00® 8 50 3 60
Sheep $4 per head 4 10
Beef on foot S> 00@ 9 50 4 20
Work oxen, per yoke.. 100 @ 175
Mutton, per lb 12c .06®. 07c
Pork 12c .04®. 05c
Chickens 350 doz lOVfcc lb
Oats 45c 28@29c
Barley 70c 36@42c
Apples, per bbl 600 $3 00@3 50
Hides, green 3Vj>e 7V4@Bc
Onions 100 35@45c
Tallow He 2%53c
In 1850 Galena was the great down
river metropolis, and in the Weekly
Pioneer — there were no dailies in St.
Paul then— of date Jan. 23, 1850, nearly
a whole page is taken up with Galena
advertisements. George W. Campbell
& Co. appear to have taken the lead in
general merchandising. It was the
fashion to list new arrivals of goods by
schedule, and the following announce
ment by George W. Campbell & Co.
will give an idea of the miscellaneous
character of stocks handled at that
time by one firm. The announcement
states that the firm has just received
per steamers Bon Accord, Doctor
Franklin, Cora and Montauk, sugars,
coffees, syrups, nails, salt, glass, geese
feathers, cheese, ciiocolate, sweet oil,
ink, figs, fcath brick, mess pork, soap,
dried apples, peaches, vinegar, candles,
calico, dry goods, pecans, lemons, etc.
They are described in lots as 100 sacks
G. A. salt; 5 bbls golaen syrup; 15 hhds
N. O. sugar; 20 bbls tar, etc. Other ad
vertisers from Galena were Edward
Hemstead, B. H. Campbell. H. F. Mc-
Closkey and S. Crawford & Co.
St. Paul advertisers were represented
by L. Roberts, dry goods, groceries and
liquors, corner Water and Jackson
streets; A. R. French, harnessmaker,
"On Third Street;" J. Holland & Co.,
"Late of Galena," glazing and paper
hanging; H. Jackson, groceries; John
Randall & Co., general merchandise; J.
W. Simpson, 'hardware and groceries;
J. Brooks, "Galena Bookstore;" Mr. J.
Frost, "Late of Galena," furniture;
Dewey & Cavileer. drugs, and H. W.
Tracy & Co., dry goods, groceries and
liquors. In the same issue of Jan. 23,
1850, Freeman & Larpenteur published
. a notice to all parties indebted to them
to come forward and pay up.
On March 12, 1855, the Pioneer had
become a daily and was edited by
Earle S. Goodrich. On that day the
steamer Falls City, built at Wellsville,
0., J. B. Gilbert master, is advertised to
leave Pittsburg, Pa., for St. Anthony
Falls, Minnesota territory, direct, and
all landings on the upper Mississippi.
The Blackhawk is advertised to leave
St. Paul each Wednesday for towns on
the upper Minnesota river, and the
steamer Luella to leave for Mankato,
St. Peter and other points on the Min
nesota river.
Forbes & Kittson, jobbers in Indian
goods and domestics, located on the
corner of Third and Robert streets,
have considerable of a display ad in
the paper. J. .C. Burbank & Co. were
doing most of the receiving, forward
ing and shipping business.
AN ANNEXATION PROPHECY.
In the same issue Editor Goodrich
stumbles inadvertently onto quite a re
markable prophecy, considering the
fact that he was writing before the
Civil war, forty-four years ago. Under
an editorial heading, "No Mail," he
says :
"Since last Saturday week we have had no
mail from the South, owing to bad state of
roads and the impracticability of crossing
streams on the route. This accounts for the
dearth of news in our columns this morning.
We did think of manufacturing a quantity
to order in advance of the mail with the
following caption: 'Highly Important From
the Seat of War!' 'Sebastopol Taken— Bo,ooo
Russians Slain and Taken Prisoners.' 'An
nexation of Cuba and the Sandwich Islands.* "
FIRST GOOD ROAD MOVEMENT.
Editor Goodrich appears, also, to
have been a pioneer champion of good
roads, in Minnesota, at least. In his
issue of March 14, 185S, he says:
"Nothing tends more directly to the set
tlement and Improvement of a new country
than good roads. The need of them the past
summer, from prominent points on the
Mississippi to the interior of the territory, was
a matter of much complaint on the part of
emigrants."
Further along; he notices that a good
road had been from the lowa
line to St. Paul,, traversing that portion
of the territory north and south. From
Red Wing, on the Mississippi, a good
mm mm m i ci
Irresistible Power of the Young Man Who "By a Wave of His
Hand Can Make the Earth Shake and Change
the Course of History."
PARIS, March 2.— One of the great
est stirs of the year has been created
in this city by the sudden return of
Mile. Verena de Feraudy, the beautiful
sculptress, whose attachment to the
young czar of Russia was a subject of
general comment last winter, when,
abandoning all friends and associations,
she went to St. Petersburg and there
established herself in magnificent style.
The Russian correspondent of a great
Paris daily has sent a letter to his
paper in which __he states that Mile.
Verena was expelled from Russia be
cause she made herself too conspicuous
there by repeated attempts to renew
the friendly intercourse known to have
existed between herself- and the czar
at the time of the latter's visit to Parl3
a little over two years ago. Already
all sorts of complications have, sprung
from this afrair, and more of them
undoubtedly wilt follow.
A prominent weekly having compar
ed the expulsion of Mile, de Feraudy
from Russia to the expulsion of La
Belle Otero from Monaco (which took
place some weeks ago), the sculptress
now sues the editor on the ground that
her reputation is besmirched by this
insolently suggestive comparison of
<fiW«B3IMHEBB^^BP^SSSKKfjy mmf^m
VERENA DE FERAUDY.
herself with the notorious Spanish
dancer.
Whereupon the hot-tempered Otero
in turn comes forth in great wrath, and
alleges, through her attorneys, that
the reflection upon her character con
tained in these first legal papers has
Injured her feelings and damaged her
to the aggregate amount of 100,000
francs, for which, sum she now sues
Mile. Verena de Feraudy. Out of it
all the public is having lots of fun,
and promises itself more before the end
of it all is reached.
Meanwhile everybody Is rushing
forth to say what he or she knows,
until it becomes" extremely difficult to
extract the real, /undoctored truth from
this mass of assertions and denials.
The World correspondent has secured
Mile. Verena's story. Although reluc
tant to speak at first, she seemed to
state the facts in all sincerity.
THE HEROINE OF THE STORY.
Mile. Verena de Feraudy is quite a
.character in Paris, at ease alike in the
upper sphere of artistic Bohemia and
in the most exclusive sets of society,
to which, in truth, she belongs by right
of birth. Against her good name noth
ing was breathed until some things
began to leak out about her extraor
dinary friendliness with the great
Eastern ruler. In physique she is op
ulently endowed. Her features are
regular and haughty; her figure and
every movement show high-bred per
fection. „
In his book, "Beautes Parlsiennes,
Paul Chardier describes her as "twen
ty-five a Juno Just matured, whether
seen in the flowing robes she wears
in her studio or In the proud 'creations'
which at great functions let her bare
arms and shoulders dazzle men ana
torture with envy women who have
been less favored by nature."
Mentally she is well equipped, as her
work shows. She was the favorite pu
pil of the sculptor, Tolenaar. Her
statues have been admitted to the
salon three years in succession; her
bust of Sarah Bernhardt is well known,
and her little bronze statuette, 'Pre
mier Corset," although it- would never
do in America, is conspicuous in all
the show windows .of Paris, and ar
tistically recognized as a thing of great
merit and strange conception.
The following is a precise transla
tion of what. Mile, de Feraudy said of
her first anu subsequent meetings with
the czar. After it was written, this
statement was submitted to her by
the World correspondent and approved
as absolutely correct::;
"I am sorry that the story should
have become coiflmon property, as I do
not believe in lfavin£ my private af
fairs discussed jtmbliely as they now
are In several co%ntrie». But it is none
ot my doing, aftd could not very well
be avoided, since there -were other peo
ple present every time I met the czar.
Now so many jnalicious things have
been' said that 1 shall very willingly
give you the trufe account.
SHE MEEjrS THE CZAR.
"One morning! i; wSnt to Detaille's
studio. France yjlld with enthu
siasm because ths cza^and the czarina
had reached Paris t»e day before.
When I reached Det&llle's place I
found my old friend in great excite
ment, and he pried: 'Why, my dear
girl, you can't come in; you can't stay!
The czar is due here every minute!
Please go away!' I laughingly de
clined to leave and lose the opportunity
of seeing the great sovereign at close
range, although Detaille explained that
one may not appear in such, august
presence without special command
and all sorts of formalities.
"We were still wrangling about it
when the Imperial party Came. li>. There
were President Faure, the czar and
road was about to be opened west to
Henderson, on the Minnesota river.
From Winona another road was con
templated, running in a northwesterly
direction to the same point on the Min
nesota, passing by Farlbault on the
Cannon river. .A good road was then
open from St. Paul to Chaska, Carver
and Henderson and to Traverse dcs
Sioux and St. Peter, through the rich
farming lands north of the Minnesota
river.
But not a-foot of railroad in the ter
ritory!
quite a suite of officers and great per
sonages, whom, of course, I did not
know. Fortunately, two artists were
there, too, Puvis de Chavannes and
Gerome, whose studios had already
been visited and who had been invited
to Join in going the rounds of the oth
ers.
"While Detaille was showing his
pictures and trying to find the proper
words to acknowledge the compliments
of both Nicholas 11. and Felix Paure,
I remained quieter in a corner talking
in a whisper with Gerome, who had
just been decorated by the czar and
was feeling as happy as you please.
"Suddenly the czar stopped before a
terra-cotta statue — a portrait of my
little brother as a gypsy boy — which I
had made and given to Detaille.
" 'Ah! this is good," said the czar:
'Indeed, I think this is exceedingly
fine.'
"And he began to look at it from
different points of view.
"Gerome whispered to me, 'Isn't that
thing yours, Verena?'
" 'It is.'
" Then look out; you're going to be
decorated, too,' said the dear old chap,
with a merry twinkle in his eye.
'And before I could realize what had
happened, Detaille, having told who I
was, the whole party was in front of
me, with the czar saying he was glad
to know me because my marble statue
Grief, which is in the St. Petersburg
palace, was one of his preferred bits
of sculpture.
"After my first surprise I recovered
my wits and began to answer him.
The conversation between us was soon
very animated, and, although F-^lix
Faure looked annoyed and M. Mollard.
the chief of the protocol, was making
desperate signs to me, especially every
time I laughed outright, the czar him
self did not seem displeased at having
found somebody who could talk to him
for Detaille and the other artists were
completely awed and so busy thinking
of the proper bows to make that they
were positively stupid. He was so
young, so unaffected, that I hardly
realized he was a greater personage
than myself, and I spoke with him
as I would have spoken with any oth
er interesting foreigner.
"At the end of about twenty minutes
the czar went back to Detaille, whom
he had forgotten all that time, sl
though in all the world Detaille is his
favorite artist. After a little while
the whole party went out.
MEET A SECOND TIME.
"The same night after the opera
Comte d'Espagnat took me to the Cafe
de Paris. We went into one of the
smallest rooms, where there are but
few tables, reserved for very select
company. At one table were Prince
George of Greece, the grand dukes of
Russia, Marguerite Duval, who Is the
editor of La Fronde, and Mile. Delna
of the opera. At another table was
Gen. Panizzardi, the Italian military
attache, and a lady I did not know
With us these were the only occupants
of that room, but toward 1 o'clock
three other men came in, and Comte
d'Espagnat, leaning over, told me:
" 'Here is the czar.'
"I looked up and recognized him at
once. He said something in Russian
to Prince George and the grand dukes,
who had risen to salute. Then he went
to sit at another table with M Mol
lard, who seemed t o act as night pilot,
and the other man, a Russian of the
imperial suite.
"Thus the czar and I faced each oth
er at a distance of a few tables. He
had not removed his overcoat, simply
opened it, so that I could see he was
in the usual evening dress. I after
ward teamed from him that he had
left the Palais de l'Elysee at 11 o'clock
to take an unofficial stroll and see a
little of the Paris night life, and that
much against the wishes of his ad
visers, for the French lived in mortal
dread lest their imperial guest should
be murdered while in France.
"Presently our eyes met. The czar
immediately recognized me, smiled a
little, and, raising his glass as if to my
health, drank a mouthful of cham
pcgne.
"A minute later he spoke to M. Mol
lard, who came to offer me his arm
and conduct, me to the czar's table, ac
cording to the imperial wish. There I
was asked to sit down, and was soon
left in tete-a-tete with his majesty.
"I did not feel as much at ease as
I had In the morning at Detaille's stu
dio, and after a while the czar said
to m e in his pretty, slightly-halting
French:
" 'Why are you not as you were this
morning? And why do you not laugh?
I like to hear your laughter.'
"This, of course, made me laush In
voluntarily. So we conversed atraJn
like old friends, the czar asking me
many questions about myself, Paris
women, Parts artists, and speaking
very freely about hie own tastes.
"After perhaps two hours he said:
" 'Your people are taking me to Ver-
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rmJst go. Are you going?'
'"I did not know what to say. I said,
'Yes.'
"When we reached the sidewalk my
coachman drove up, and the czar ex
claimed:
DRIVE UNDER THE STARS.
"'Ah! you have an open carriage.
It is a lovely night.' Then he handed
me In, and, without asking my leave,
mounted and sat beside me. His own
coupe and M. Mollard followed at a
gcod distance.
"When we reached the Champs Ely
sees the czar ordered, 'Au pas.' Then,
turning to me, he said: 'I suppose you
are not in a hurry. It is such an ideal
night for this sort of thing.'
"Perhaps a dozen bicyclists were
darting forward of the carriage, com
ing back, riding on the sides and be
hind. When the czar noticed them he
laughed and said: 'These must be the
detectives detailed to look after my
safety. They must be astonished. This
little outing was not on the programme
at all.'
"After a while his hand took mine
and held It. I could see no great harm
in this and made no demur.
"The victoria was now going slowly
toward the Arc de Triomphe, that
could already be seen in the distance
dimly white against the night. In the
course of the conversation I used the
expression 'Your Majesty,' always ad
dressing the czar in the third person.
All at once he cut me short impatient
ly:
" 'Don't use that expression.
" 'What shall I say?' I asked, laugh
ingly. 'How must one as humble as I
address the czar of Russia?'
" 'Say 'you,' Bimply 'you,' ' he an
swered. 'Treat me as your friend.'
And he pressed my hand to his lips.
"When he finally reached my door
the czar said: 'I wish I could know
you more, Verena'— for he had been
calling me by my first name from the
start. 'I wish I could run away from
ceremony more often and enjoy the
company of clever artists.' My door
was now open and the servant was
waiting for me. He Bignalled to his
coupe, which had stopped half a block
away; and, as it came dashing to
where we stood, he said: 'Adieu. I
thank you for having granted me your
agreeable company.'
"He then entered his own carriage
and was driven away rapidly.
ABROAD EARLY IN THE MORNING.
"I was yet dressing the following
morning when the maid came to my
room to say there was a man in the
studio who wanted to see me.
" 'Where is the card?' I asked.
" 'He says he has no card, and I
couldn't understand his name. I think
he is an Englishman, mademoiselle.'
"Suddenly it flashed through me that
it was the czar, and I rushed to the
studio.
"It was the czar. He stood there
simply dressed In a sack coat, with his
derby and stick in his hand, just like
any ordinary mortal out for a morn
ing walk and dropping in for an infor
mal call.
" 'Will you pardon me for coming so
early?' he said. 'I managed to escape
at dawn for a solitary promenade In
the Bols de Boulogne, and your house
is on the way. I leave today. I want
ed to say good->by. I wanted to see
the place where you work. Are you
well this morning, Verena? ' he added
with a very kindly smile and extending
his hand.
"I was very much touched by his at
tention, very flattered; and, if I must
say the whole truth, his calling, his
having thought of me, made me very
happy. He examined everything, Fe
lected a silver medallion portrait of
me, engraved by Roty, as a memento
of His visit, and gave me a trinket as a
token of friendship. He remained
about three-quarters of an hour. To
ward 9 o'clock he took my hand and
said: 'You are very beautiful, Verena.
I shall always remember you when
my mind turns back to th,ese few days
of Paris, I am sorry to say adieu."
" 'Oh, you will come again to Paris,"
I said, trying to smile, although for
some reason I felt sad.
" 'Who knows?' answered the czar.
. " 'And then, I may go to St. Peters
burg, and transplant my studio there;
and if you ever deign to honor me
again by visiting it sometimes' —
" 'In St. Petersburg conditions will
be different,' he replied. 'We have met,
we now part; our ways are far apart.'
THE PRIVILEGE OF ROYALTY.
"Then he kissed me, and as I had
always heard it was a privilege"*" of
royalty, I offered no resistance. He
went out. Raising the^ curtain*^! saw
that a companion was waiting for
him. That man had called a cab, but
the czar declined to ride, at least all
the way back to the palace, for I saw
the two going down the avenue briskly,
absolutely unnoticed by any ojie, al
though pictures of Nicholas 11. were
being Bold everywhere. Later In the
day, when the czar and the czarina
were departing, I occupied a seat In
?n „ H th V, tands and r saw him pass
hnn«« H UUfU i unlform - by
thousands and thousandsof voices He
V.^/ SCOr i cd . by brtlli *nt: officers pS
ceded and followed by regiments of
cuirassiers, surrounded by all the dig
nitaries of European courts. Ah' sure
ly h e was a different man from my
?nl Hi° f t a n feW hours before - Our
friendly talks seemed far, far— a sort
of wild, half-faded dream.
"And that is all," concluded Mile
de Feraudy. "You have now the
long and short of it. I have never
seen the czar since that day in St
Petersburg o r elsewhere, I went to
Russia, not to see him. but to see his
country. I remained there nearly a
year; I was very pleasantly received
and entertained; I returned here when
I got ready, and all that talk of ex
pulsion is simply malicious fabrica
tion."
HAMADRYAD,
"Sot Nymph, but Reptile, Follows to
the Death.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
There is only one beast that will track you
down to avenge the death of Its mate, no mat
ter how far you go, and that Is a snake
Moreover, it is the moat terrible of ' all
snakes, and the largest of the poisonous va
rtl ety ' *J. U Dame is the hamadryad. -A bite
rom this reptile will kill the strongest mau
r«J \ a minutes, and, of course, there is no
™ edy - No one bitten by a hamadryad has
East BUrvlved - II chlefl y beI »n«3 to 'the far
There are generally two hamadryads it
o^hPr wn" e K aDd U you kiU oue of the «i ttol >o
otner will be on your track before long in
th« p a roba^ Ut >'- Shor * of taking ship across
™» £ a> . 1J c 15 .. n0 way ot scaping unless
you watch for the snake and shoot it It
will follow you for miles for the chance of a
stealthy stroke, and you may climb trees or
mountains or ford rivers, but there is no way
of evading tho hamadryad. It Is a sort of
nightmare hunt to be chased by one. and
when the chase begins either one or the other
will have to die with'n a day or so. Tne
mate of the slain snake never makes a
mistake, but always kills the slayer of Its
companion, and him alone. This reptile
grows to a length of fifteen feet sometimes,
and Is fairly common In Malay and New
Guinea. One scratch from its fangs is cer
tain and Instant death.
SWISS lIANKERS
Operate According to Slow But Sore
Methods.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
• Some of the methods of banking In Switz
erland are sufficiently antiquated, accord-
Ing to our standards. For instance. It re
quires IB minutes in which to make a
deposit at a bank. Every banking house
has numerous chairs outside the railing
and the visitor Is expected to sit quietly and
cultivate a spirit of patience while the ma
chinery is getting under way.
A customer who wiuhea to make a deposit
goes to a window and hands In his money
together with a memorandum of the amount'
The employe behind the railing counts the
money and prepare* a receipt for it, adding
nis signature by way of preliminary
A small boy takes this receipt up stair*
and submita it to an official, who studies it
?.. »,*f » onders for a while as to whether
it will be safe to take the money If he de
cides that the bank can undertake the risk
he passes the receipt to another man who
prepares a duplicate- slip and makes several
entries, and finally algns his name.
As soon as another man has examined the
receipt and added hia name. It ii taken down
stairs and turned over to the depositor There
lg one satisfaction— the money U thorouchlv
depot* ted.
♦
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The cane with which Lieut. Robert Pate
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was leaving Cambridge house, Piccadilly, was
recently advertised for sale by a London
auctioneer. It attracted thousands, but when
reached all were disappointed. A desire for
its removal came from Osborne and it was
not sold.
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Oil to calm the waves was used on an un
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In the English channel. The water breaking
over Folkestone pier, made it difficult for
steamers to enter the port till someone
thought of pouring a few gallons of oil into
the harbor, when the aeas immediately be
came smooth.
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