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THJTJAY.
FT OBZA1 KXMCTOfSa.
! Tbe vmy of Mfe 1b dark enough,
Ite ragged heights uo worn and rough;
i It* turbid stream with en 1km flow
Hath much debris, enough of woe,
Without 'they say."
Ite eyes have full enough of tears,
Its heart6 are burdened now with fears;
Ite hopes are trembling in tbe scales,
Its courage faltera, staggers, fails,
Without "they nay."
Its trials ecaroaly can be borne,
Ite beet is Badly tattered, torn;
lte brightest Is a darkened gloom,
Its sweetest is the blight ol bloom,
Without "they say.*
lie happy thoughts have muoh ol dread,
Its comfort otherwise Instead;
ItB gladness brims with dread alloy,
K Ite sighs have little place for joy,
Without "they say."
ItP smiles arc full of bitter frowns.
Ite budding prospects sore with -wounds;
Its joyful hours aie thinly strewn,
Its expectations wither soon,
Without "they Bay."
Ite disappointments gather fast,
Ite doubting* breathe a scorching blast;
Ite failures mount and higher crow,
Its sadness wails forever, "Oh I"
Without "they say."
Its carts are filled with bitter gall,
Its burdens never leave at all;
Its trials come, are ever near,
Its worries never disappear,
Without "they say."
May we therefore hence ever do
What wo will henceforth never rue,
Eschew "they say," thus ever live
To gladness, joy "and comfort give,
Without "they say."
Chicago, 111.
BERENICE ST. CYH
A Story of Love, Intrigue,
and Crime.
BY DWIGHT BALDWIN.
CHAPTER V.
8TBICTXT CONFIDENTIAL.
ELP yourselves
- t0 obairs, gentle<
i JDr men," said Sears,
I what wae
meaut tu uo a
f IV* ^laugh, bat whicb
j/g^/i\l Imp /Botinded mor?
I like a groan, as
. IA he seated him*
1\ /ft?!! self upon aboard.
vlM^Jn] JV ment is not a very
\ . elegant one,"re\
flffli||Pl P^e<^ Morris.
ed the thircfman,
and onr business
wffil Bloom seated hit
jwjfShe&vy form upon
"^fW^/Nx Jot /* box which
j^rf H ^ 'Irf B c0006*!^ onr
' /m !/.? m 'ero a v*?*
Lmj tfl' % W W ^ence that threat''
m? 'w * / ened "the destineM
"" tion of the lid,
m > "Now tbe whole
rie. "If I'm to become a member of the
triangle, as yon call it, I want the bottom
facts."
"Bnt you know "
"Next to nothing. I know that yon
3 1:~ "r>1 *fl trio Q<
Ha juunui x>juuui, usiv, <.iuuo ? ?w ...
midnight last night and proposed ^ a
scheme for half a million or so. Yoo
had located the bonds purchased by the
First National Bank for St. Cyr last
week. I agreed to negotiate them, though
if will be risky business, and you undertook
to produce them. Besides doing
that you seem to have killed the olo
man."
"Don't affect innocence, Max. That
?' wm part of the original plan, and you are
as ocpd in the mud as wo are in the mire.
I hate hypocrisy."
"Not more than I, so tell what you've
done, and what the chances for detection
are."
"There is no danger. After I left you
I struck an idea?an inspiration."
"I judged, so since the papers announce
that the polioe know the perpetrator to be
one Cole Winters, with whom I have a
slight acquaintance."
The man smote his thigh and laughed
oarsely, though at the same time he took
care to moderate his voice.
"Yes, but the burden fell on him
through the merest accident."
"How so?"
"He rescued Berenioe *
Ijead all about it."
~ane oia man too*, hiz: b*me. and, in
my hearing, told him that the bonds were
in the safe. Then he engaged him to
care for his property during the prospect,
ive absence of himself and daughter in
Europe."
~yuite providential. '
"To crown all, he presented him with n
ring which he had worn for more than
ttrcctv years, and invited him to pass the
night 10 the house."
* 'And the inspiration?"
"Was the ring."
"I don't see??"
* it was found in the
d?Ji&-^cked hand of the old man."
* Jfou're a geniue, Al! But tell me all
about it."
After we left you last night, we vrent
once to Calumet avenue, where I entered
the house by means of keys with
which I was shrewd enough to provide
myself mouths aeo. We found the old
man still in the librtjy, and?don't sap
there's nothing in luck aft6r this?actu
allv engaged in looking over the bonds
and making memoranda for his no*
steward?curse him!"
"So you could have got along without
me, an' my ab.lity to pick a lock and
a? a frt oov nMKinr* nf a I iff 1*
V1UV.XV m jjv|y?v*| ?V J ? ? ?
toy safe like that." interjected Bloom.
"Well, I'm in the deal, an' I propsse to
stay there till the Inst card's dealt And
the game won?or lost."
"Don't croak!" snarled Sears, "well.
*e made a bargain. As Martin wonldn'i
bo called, on to blow open the safe, 1
traded work -with him and let him tend
to the old man. He was weak and
conldn't have lived long, anyway."
"Hist!" warnod Bloom, nervously
Not so load. You're jnst as guilty as 1
m, both of you."
"Nonsense! This isn't a question of
guilt, it's a matter of business.
"Go on!" urged Morris impationtly.
"After I'd appropriated the bonds and
irhat otber valuables Mart hadn't alreadj
towed away in his pockots, I went upetairs
to look after the young man, youi
former clerk, who, besides capturing the
old man, seems to hare made a decidec
impression on the susceptible heart ol
my oharmiiig little Beronioe."
"You didn't kill him there?"
"Don't be stupid, Max. I didn't kill
him at all."
"Then you've bungled matters in a way
1 didn't tains posBiojer
"Stop croaking. I had a better Bcheme. *
"Oat with it."
"First, I put him under the influence
of chloroform. This done I closed
the ring in the hand of old Paul, and when
"Winters had revived a little forced a good
doee of your elixir down bis throat."
"Capital idea! And then?"
"He become as tractable as a lamb and
went with as to a room in the block below
-<2ieTe."
"Apd is there now?"
"Can't ?av."
-j "You don't mean-;?*
f
1
"That wo left the door open so that
be eonld walk oat when he wakened."
'That was foolish!" .
"Why bo?" ;
"Be will tell all he knows."
"Which i6 nothing."
"And what then?"
"He will be convicted and hang."
"Bat the case against him?how strong 1
will it be?" 1
"He will plead gnilty."
"Talk sensibly!" j
"I do. When he is searched the most
damaging evidence will be foand apon' ,
him. In hie pockets there are numerous ,
articles taken from the St. Cyr house,
I including the old man's watch and dia- ,
mond pin. Besides, sewed ap in bis ,
shirt ore one of the bonds and the bcaa- j
tifal set of jewels presented Berenice by
her father yeBterday. What do yon think
of that?" i
"Good. Better than I expected of i
van."
"And there's lots of blood on his
clothes," added Bloom, "anl some of my i
beBt saws, files, and keys in his pockets." I
"You've done well!" cried Morris, enthusiastically.
"Only "
"What's the matter now?"
"You might have put in something of
less value than the jewels and that bond,
which is for ?5,000."
"You deny it, Morris, but you're a Jew, i
and a mean one. Those things are i
trifles. Besides, they will all oome
back."
"How?"
"Thev will be found and turned over
to the daughter."
"I suppose so." j
"Which is a roundabout bm no less a I
certain way of getting them into my i
hands, sinoe I'll be her husband within a i
year."
"Well!" cried Morris, admiringly, "bat 3
you are a more comprehensive rascal ]
than I ever imagined." i
"But she Buspects you," warned Bloom. |
"Bhe won't very long."
"And the landed property you get with i
her?" suggested Morris.
'Well divide the same as the bonds, j
You and Mart help me through, and you i
hall have one-half of it between you, )
net." .
"Xaat'B fair. Speaking of the bonds, !
where are they?"
"I was afraid to carry them about and
had to take some chanoes in disposing of '
them, until we met here to-night."
"Where are they?" cried the two others 1
in a breath.
With hiB ear against the narrow open- 1
ing our hero awaited the response. He ]
had learned the details of tne infnmous
plot, and was about to locate the immense ,
stolen property.
A moment later he knew the secret, but
it sent consternation instead of joy to his .
heart.
"Those bonds,Wwnlsperea Sears, "that
is the fifty-nine of them, are in that box ,
that Mart Bloom is sitting onl"
CHAPTER VI. ]
A BUN OF GOOD I.tfCK. ]
Only for an instant did the stout heart
of Cole Winters sink within him.
He was possessed of true American 1
grit, and a moment's reflection decided i
him to profit, if possible, by his sad predicament
The box was about one-third full of
old rags and peioes of cloth, and among
these be began feeling, taking care to
make no noise.
Almost immediately bis search was re* 1
warded by the discovery of what seemed i
to be an envelope or wrapper nearly an ?
incb in tbicknesB.
He was in the act of transferring this
to one of bis boot legs when a thought
etrack him. *
While at the exposition the preceding 1
night he had taken quite a number of the 1
circulars of different city firms represented
there, his object being to call on some ?
of them and try to secure employment ' *1
To his joy he found that they were still
in hie pocket. ' {
It required but a moment for him to *
chance these papers forthe bonds, thrust- 6
ing the latter into his boot and replaoing G
the envelope where he had found it.
This done, he turned his attention orioe (
more to bis enemies.
As he did this, the door closed and the
key turned in the lock.
"Well?" queried Sears. c
'They're after him," replied Bloom, I
who had just entered. "That's what E
caused the racket" ?
-Who?" b
"TJia nnlicfti Thav'ra after Winters." i
"Has he been seen?"
"They had him once, hat be broke
away; at least that's the talk on Clark 4
Btreet."
"Tbey may Conclude to search the 1
buildings along here," suggested Morris. *
"True," assented Sears, "and we'd bet- 4
tor be getting ont." *
"Bight you are!" cried Bloom. "Secure n
the picture cards, and we'll -vamoose the *
ranch."
He pointed to the rough box, and in a
moment the young man had sprung forward
and thrown it open.
With a cry of dismay he staggered
back.
""We're betrayed," he hissed, drawing
and cocking a revolver.
"What's the racbfet?" demanded the
burglar, imitating his example.
"There's some ono in the box. Make
a move, and you die for itl"
The warning was addressed to the unknown
intruder,
"J?ring forward the light. Max," ho con- jj
tinned,' keep nim covered."
"Thunder!" ejat;:]ated tho last named
individual as he flashed JDtO *b? J?ox the a
penetrating rayB of a dark lantern,
"What is it? queried Searg. h
*AdeadmnnJ* w
"No, he's d;unk."
"Thunder." cried Morri3. ? p
"What'sthe matter now?"
"Hanged if it ain't our man, Cole Wint?rR!"
c
Another moment nnd three pairs of
eyes were glowering upon the apparently j
inanimate form of our hero.
"How came he here?" asked Morris.
"Slipped in to evade the polico!" re- I
plied Sears.
"iBhedoad?" ,
"No; don't you see he's breathing?"
"The cIobo quarters nnd lack of air
have revived the power of the drag, that's t
all. Lend a hand." t
A moment later Cole was lifted out and
laid, or, rather, thrown upon the floor.
"Look for the bonds!" urged Bloom. '
"Here they are," announced the youc^ 1
man, as he drew forth the package upon
which our horo hnd thoughtfully replaced t
the rubber band that hold it together, .
"See tf they're all right," importuned
the burglar. t
"Ob, nonsense! We've other business
to dispatch." *
Witb this he thrust the supposed valuable
packet into his pocket.
"What are we to do with him?" asked
Morris, giving the form upon the floor a
I kick.
"We'll leave him here, and take good
pains i hot the police search the building.
Oh! we'ro in for a ma of good lack."
"I don't know about that," declared
Bloom, lugnbriou6lv.
'Why?" demanded both the others.
"The newsboys are crying ont extra,
wjt.b ft la l pi.ecQ of naw.s,.outside. I forgot
to tell you when Tcame in."
"What's that?" asked Sears.
"The sudden death of Berenice St,
CjrJ "
zYou don't mean that?"
"No, I mean that!"
The burglar emphasized the final pronoun,
and pointed ut Colo Winters.
He had borne without wincing his rude
fall to the floor and the brutal lciok of the
so-called banker, but the suddou announcement
of the death of her who,
though the acquaintance of an hour, hfid
made an indelible impross on upon hig
heart, was too inuoh lor him to bear.
He had forgotten his perilous position,
; and with eyes wide open had half risen <
, toj? silting posture. ( ]
" Confusion!" cried 8ears, at the same ^
time producing his pistol. J
"You're keener'than I imagined," said
Morris in admiring tones. "Yon ought
to be a financier, Mart. You're wasting
poor talents on burgling."
In tbe meantime our here, seeing that
nothing was to be gained by further simulation,
had risen to his feet, and with
folded arms stood confronting his armed j
memies.
"What- have you heard?" demanded
Morris.
"Don't turn fool in your old age, Mai,"
sneered Bears. "He's beard everything,
Df course!"
"I beard you say that Mies St. Cyr woe |
lead," faltered Cole, who hnd instantly
'ealized that he had been trapped. "It
Bn'.t true, I'm sore it isn't." I
"I guess you're right. Mart Bloom is a <
conscientious, truthful man, but I'm /
afraid bis imagination was rather active Q
when he made that statement. My pretty Q
Berenice will have a piece of news tomorrow,
and, what's more, it,will have ft,
the merit of being true." T_
"And that is " ,
A A -* ? ffl<
ALl UL'L'UUIII U1 yVUI UOttllil "
"Good enough1" ejaculated Bloom, thi
while Morris breathed heavily through suj
his close-set teeth. sei
"Do you mean to murder me?" demand- m(
Bd Cole, taking a backward step and
clinching his hands. .
"Oh, my, no! That's a rough word, 8al
We propose to remove you." we
"You re a lot of miserable cowawls!" toi
"You're becoming rather personal, Mr.
Winters, but I'll overlook it in *iew ol wa
your excited condition. Besides, to tell ?
the truth, you are about right. We are *r
a little bit afraid to leave you running
around loose. W
Cole Winters looked from the sneering hei
face of the young man to the cold, im- >pb
passive one of the money-lender, and
realized that no chance for life would b?
given him. ? P
"I'll make one for myself," he decided bei
suddenlr. Ac
This iesolutiou formed, he dealt young He
Sears a blow which sent his revolver fly- jjai
ing across the room, and brought him
beavily to the floor.
He was in the act of following up hii
advantage by assaulting Morris, when Bti!
bis anus were seized from behind. ?
Although unusually strong and active.
Dur hero was ss powerless to move as ii
held in the grasp of one of the giants described
in the romances of his boyhood.
*He struggled and plunged, but thi
jirengwi ui iuarnu diuuim bu iui pui*
passed his own air to render bis efforts entirely
futile.
Than he bethought himself of hie '
roice.
-Hel "
The irord was fairly driven back into ?
lis throat by the brutal hand of Morris, Z
which descended heavily upon his month.
"Let me at him!" shouted Sears, who
iad regained his feet and drawn a marlerons
knife.
"Hist!" warned Morris, raising hia
land and stepping between the enraged
foung man and bis intended victim. *~
"Don't we want to get rid of him?" *ha
"Yes, but not that way. A blow has de- the
jrived you of every idea save that of or
,ejenge." par
He must die. f
"True, but it must be accidental." . .
"How?" bac
"That's for you to decide." pal
"I'm equal to the emergency." Du
Eeason had gained the supremacy over ?
age, and Almon Sears laughed mockngly
and smote his white hands together.
"Good! What do you propose?"
"This way." ^
Leaving Bloom in charge of the prisoner,
Morris took the dark lantern and folowed
the other to the rear of the long
ipartment. SB
Sear the back wall the young man O
(topped, and stooping over began tugging H
it a ring in the floor. B
After a little a section of the floor began BP
o move, and a moment later a trap-door M
lad been, laid back, leaving an aperture ^
lome four feet square from which a close,
ilmoat stifling smell arose.
"What's that?" queried Morris, at the
lame time recoiling rrom tee oDening.
"It's ft cellar, just the place for us.
"How came yon <o know about it?"
"Mart and I brought some plunder here
>yer a mojith a?o. We spent the greater
>art of a night here. I like to know the
latureof my surroundings, and the differ- ?
nt avenues of escape in tbe event of a ? .
urprise, and so surveyed the premises.* bui
" What's below?" ing
"Nothing but foul gases and death." fori
"But his body will never be found ?mi
here?"
"Won't it? I'll arrange that matter.
t will not only be found, but with it *e"
rhat will t>e regarded as certain proof mai
hat he was accidentally killed by falling I
hrough the open trap. Leave that to the
ie. I've a liking for details. This way,
fort!" 2V'
pTO BE CONTINUED.J CltJ
WORDS OF WISUOA. bci]
ent
"Worry is a tack in our thoe. c .
tmi
Poverty and sin are partners. jan
A kiss is a language to itself. put
A sigh is the effervescence of sorrow, ing
Therp'n rrAnfi nn the door of the whole
* "w,v * ""?I
rorld.
Every man has in bis heart a slumberng
hog.
Who ceases to be a friend never was
friend.
A bird would sing iu9t the same if noiodv
heard it.
The prettiest women arc rarely the
irettiest wive?.
Do they cull it a white lie because the
lirt shows on it so easily.
He who deserves nothing has no right '
o complain of auythiog.
We like those to whom wc do good
letter than those who do us good. .
True courage never figures on results. ||
Prudence looks after that consideration. V
The average reformer never sails into i*
he faults to which he himself is ad- I *j
licted,
Happiness is the shadow of maD; renembrance
of it follows him; hope of it 1
>recedes him. ?
If Cleopatra's nose had been shorter
he face of the whole world would have re(i
)een cuan^ea. i
I cat
The mind of each man is the focus of
he human racc and his voice an echo of
he whole creation. ^e]
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steel from rusting is to coat them with a toe
solution of rubber inbeuzol, made about
the consistency of crearu. It may be s^r
applied with a brush, and is easily
rubbed off when desired. A coating of ^
more use when the "tooth"' imparted by stc
rubber would be disadvantageous is pre- 1)U
pared by dissolving two parts of crystals L,(-''
of chloride of iron, two of antimony tei
chloride and one of tannin in four of ('v
water. Apply with a sponge or rag and ac1
allow to dry. As mauy coats can be sul
given as are deemed necessary. When thi
dry it is auam washed with water, ag^in *ftl
allowed to dry, and polished with lin- n 1
seed oil. The antimony solution should b?
be as nearly neatial as possible.?New wl
York Telegram. fP'
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TnE world is full of heroes whose m(
aames will never be kncwi: in this .
life. b
J
HE WHITE HOUSE.
1ST AND PRESENT OF THE EXECUTIVE
MANSION.
I First Occupants Were the
Idamses?Its Partial Destruction
by the British?How It Came
to Be Terraea White.
HE "White
dlU-Y-i?, House of today,
says the
s White House of the past that Mrs.
hn Adams, its first occupant, spoke in
>wing terms, writing to her daughter
it "the house is upon a grand and
perb scale, requiring about thirty
vants to attend and keep the apart;nts
in proper order; an establishment
ry well proportioned to the President's
ary." So naive and so simple-minded
sre the great dames of our early his yl
And how came it that Mrs. Adams
jb the first .occupant of the White
>use? Simply because the seat of
ivernment was not transferred to
ashington until towards the close of
r husband's term, November, 1800.
e change had indeed been decided upten
years before, and so early as 1792
>rize of (500 had been offered for the
it plan for a Presidential mansion,
oong the competitors was James
>ban, a young Irish architect, who
i ettablished himself in Charleston
i was building the large, substantial
i picturesquely uncouth houses which
11 remain the characteristic features of
THE WHIT
t town. He bad not seen much of
world, Dor had he much originality
versatility of intellect. So in preing
for his master work he took for
model one of the finest houses that
1 come within his field of vision, the
ace of the Duke of Leinster in
L1"- mi.:-. . ? Ji- mnn an imifa
Uilfl# '21119 ill J10 tUIIi ?ym au JiuibaTHE
PRESIDENT'S LIBRARY.
i of the comparatively light sad airy
ictures which the Italians learned to
Id when the rest of Europe was livin
massive piles of brick or gloomy
:ified castles. An American-Irish
tation of an Irish imitation of a
Jitcval Italian villa?such is the inectual
genesis of our Presidential
ision.
\)r, as fate willed it, Mr. Hoban won
prize. This was attested by the
owing certificate published in tne
r of Washington on July 18, 1792:
'James Hoban's plan of the palacc
Dg approved by the President, he is
itled to the reward promised and
oses a gold medal of eight or ten
neas value and the balance in money,
aes Hoban is hereby retained in the
)lic service. He is to make the draws
and superintend the execution of
THE PRESIDED
plan of the palace, for which he will
eive 300 guineas a year."
Notice two things about this certifie.
First, that the compensation for
) architect is fixed at about $1500 a
tr. Imagine a modern architect unrtaking
a great public work for such
um as thatl Then, second, let,your
nd rest for a second on the word
alace." Does it not call up all sorts
associated ideas of royalty and aris:racy
and courtly ways? So at least
jught the yonng Republic. And
aightway a great protest went up from
over the land at this aping of foreign
bious. Congress bent before the
irm. It was decided that the new
IIJS 1?..1,1 !.? ?? ?.Rr.
llUlLIi; nuuuiu i\uui(u iw vuw ? .
itive Mansion"?mansion being then a |
m of common use for the better-class
relling of the Southern gentry. Extly
when this more stately mime was
perceded by the popular nickname of
3 White House is not known with cernty.
There is a tradition that this was
eminiscent compliment to the former
me of Martha Washington, the place
jere ihj future Father of Jus Country
ent his iionevinoou, which was famil ly
known by the shine name. But the
>ry is rather discredited. The term is
jre authentically thought to have
ined currency at the time when the
building first became a white house ii
fact, at the time when it w&b rebuilt af
ter being burned by the British, an<
when all traces of their vandalism wer
obliterated by a liberal use of the pain
pot.
On October 1, 1792, the corner-ston
of the manison was laid in a bare field
eloping to the Potomac. Washingtoi
himself was present. It is a pity tha
people in those days cared little for cen
tennial anniversaries. A postponemen
In L'
HISTORIC BAST ROOM
of the ceremony, just twelve days woulc
have given it a certain historical appro
priateness. The 13th of October, 1792
would have marked the tier-centenary ol
the discovery of America.
In 1814 the British army, under General
Ross and Admiral Cockburn, having
taken possession of Washington and
burned the Capitol, finally wound up bj
setting fire to the Executive Mansion jusl
as they were about to retreat to theii
0 I 51II ^ ^
B HOUSE.
ships. One memento of this fire survives
to-day?the so-called Gilbert
Stuart portrait oI Washington still hanging
in the East Room, now known to be
the work of an imitator of no special
fame. The story is otill told of how Mrs.
Madison cut this picture out of its frame
with a pair of shears to save it from the
enemy when she fled from the town. The
story is a pretty one, but it is just as
apocryphal as the ascription of tne picture
to Gilbert Stuart. In her own letter
describing the flight Mrs. Madison
says that Mr. Custis, Washington's
nephew, hastened over from Arlington
to rescue the precious portrait, and that
a servant cut the outer frame with an
axe so that the canvas could be removed
stretched on the inner frame.
When the President's family returned
to Washington they rented a house to
live in while the White House itself was
being repaired and reconstructed. Hobaa,
the original architect, was called in
to do the restoration. When everything
was finished the mansion was bigger and
grander than before, but even yet it was
neither big enough nor grand enough
for the greatest official of the greatest Republic
in the world. General Jackson,
in spite of?indeed, partly because of?
the rery democracy of his tastes was during
both his terms a loud murmurer. The
rooms were not large enough for the
motley throngs he gathered at his receptions.
The crowds wedged and pressed
him against the walls and almost choked
the life out of him; ladies were even carried
fainting out of the building. At last
he gave up the public feeds which had
become a feature of his administration,
alleging that they were a nuisance to
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JDimsen ana 10 am ineuua an umug iu u
lack of proper accommodations.
fiom that time on to the present the
discomforts and inadequacies of the
White House have been felt more and
more severely by its occupants. The
ever-increasing needs of the President's
r's BHD JtOOM.
official life have encroached more and
more upon his living-apartments, until
now of the thirteen apartments on the
second floor six are used for the executive
offices and ante-room*, and two for
dressing-rooms, leaving only tive bedchambers.
A memorable and rather mortifying occasion,
when the exigencies of the President's
home were exposed to the gaze 01
the world at large, was during the visit
of the Prince of Wales to this country
in 1860. He had been invited to spend
five days at the White House. Buchan
an's family was one of the smallest tnat
ever dwelt in the White House. It con
sisted only of him and his niece, Miss
Harriet Lane. Yet he was chagrined to
liud that he would have to divide the
Priaoe's suite with the British Minister.
The Prince himself was stowe.1 away in
tlic little room occupied by Mrs. Cleveland
as a boudoir and more re teutly as a
bedroom by Mrs. McKee ar I her chil
dren. The President gave up his owt
j room to the Duke of Newcastle and
found extemporized quarters in one o
the ante-rooms.
Every succeeding President has suffered
in something the same way,
though his sufferings have not been so
publicly displayed. It was only bj
crowding several members of the house
i hold into one room that families like the
- Grants and the Garfieldg could find an;
I accommodation whatever for guests ' <
e Even President Arthur found himsel: ;]
t uncomfortably crowded when exercising ]
hospitality. It wes a great ann oyancc 1
e to Mrs. Cleveland, a young bride fond o' i
, company, that she could not entertain ]
i more than two guests at a time. Wha <
t was an annoyance to Mrs. Cleveland was
a positive discomfort to Mrs. Harrison. ]
t whose family occupied every available ?
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Of THE WHITE H0U8E. '
I room in the building. ,
One of Mrs. Harrison'! first thoughts .
when she came to the White House was
> to devise some remedy that eight relieve
her successors from the trials which
. she had to undergo. She poured out her
. mind to Mr. Blaine, who agreed that it
[ was an outrage and a disgrace, that
r while millions of dollars had been spent
; to keep the National Capitol truly repre* ,
r sentative of a great people, not a dollar |
. had been voted to make the home of the ,
executive head of that people even approximately
worthy of the dignity which /
it housed. The proper war out of the
difficulty, he thought, was tbe enlargement
of the present building made in
accordance with its order of architecture,
and the addition of wings on each
side where the purely official part of the
President's duties might be transferred.
Something of this sort had vaguely F
floated through Mrs. Harrison's mind, g
Encouraged by the Secretary's'approval, *
she began to reduce her ideas to order. *
I With the assistance of Colonel JoiinM. | J
I Wilson, U. 8. A., engineer in charge of *
public buildings and grounds, and Mr. 8
Frederick D. Owen, she made a series of ?
charcoal drawings, which were submitted i
to a Washington architect. With these
drawings as a basis the architect made a ^
design, which was enthusiastically indorsied
by Mrs. Harrisoo. *
The main idea is to retain the old t
building substantially intact, interfering 3
as little as possible with Its historic in- '
terest, and only V) render it more habit- <
able. For this purpose wings are to be {
added on the west and the east sides, <
A PRIVATE CORRIDOR. f
the whole forming a sort of crescent. 8
To the west wing would be transferred 8
all the Executive offices. A grand salon *
for diplomatic or other large reception;, P
parltfrs, reception and retiring rooms 8
would occupy the first floor, while the a
second floor would be given up to the
President's offices and the Cabinet- 81
room. ?
The east wing would be a museum j jj
and art gallery. The White House, as ?
it stands, has no room on its walls for a
further portraits. Mrs. Harrison's idea 81
was that the art gallery should contain ^
portraits of all the Presidents and their
wives, as well as of all other Americans
Who Have UlSllliginsueu i>ucui9ci*ca iu
official or military life. In the museum
might be preserved such furnishings of
the White House as may be removed
from time to time. Everything connected
with this historic building has a
historic value, and Mrs. Harrison held
that it was vandalism to destroy or sell
it. Indeed, when she first came to the
White House she went from garret to i
cellar searching for old pieces of fur- 1
niture and the china and silver of ;
previous Administrations.
The Rat Cuba's Fiercest Animal.
There are no animals on the Island of
Cuba more formidable than the mount
ain rat. Some snakes reach ten or twelve
feet in length, but they are like Artemus
Ward's boa constrictor, "as harmless a?
a new-born babe." Deer run in the in- ,
. ?? haunt the river3. and
tenor, wwwu???.? r
sharks frequent the bays. Little lizards
of gay color whisk among the cavities _
in the coquica rock.?New York Times. t<
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Toulon's Women iioot blacks. tl
While American and English women
have been clamoring for some intangibie b
sort of equality with men, the women of 6
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Toulon have long had one practical ,
privilege of th?ir lords and masters. }
' The profession of bootblacking is not
" there a masculine prerogative. The fair
1 bootblacks wear pretty white caps and
I aprons, and look altogether not unlike i
f French bonnes.
M. Desrousseaux, whose death recent- J
Iv occurred at Lille, was known as the ,
? "National Bard of French Flanders." ,
' More than 100,000 of one of his cradle
songs were sold in France and Belgium.
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Strange Posies.
A distinct breed of wild ponies haftj
sxisted on Cbinpotea,gue Island for per-j
aaps hundreds of years put. Nobody
snows how they got there. All that can,
be told is that they hare been there ever
Jince the advent of civilized man. The ,
[ndiana knew nothing about their
3rigin. Some old sea captains of Dela-i
trare and Maryland say that a pair might
have been washed there from a wreck
centuries ago, but this supposition does1
not fully answer the question, as it is
believed that there are no such ponies
found wild in any part of the known
world.
The Chincoteague pony is generally
rather large for a diminutive horse?
very much lareer, in fact, than a Shetland
pony. The Chincotcague is more;
slender in build and scarcely so shaggy.t
His coat is a beautiful shade of red,' 4
lighter than bay and almost a sorrel J i
rhe mane and tail are strikingly con-.
spicuous, being of a soft,, creamy white,!
suggestive of silky Angora wool. Manej ,
ind tail are both abundant, the tail!
sometimes sweeping the ground and the
mane falling to the knee. The contrast
in color is strangely pleasing and effect
five.
Chincoteague Island lies in the Atlan? ^
ac Ocean, off the coast of "the penin-| 1
lula"?that is, the area of conntry in- 1
:luded between the Chesapeake and l
Delaware Bays and the adjacent ocean. '
rhe State of Delaware and the "eastern;
ihore of Maryland" are within this tcr-'
itoiy. The narrow atrip of land at the
A CHINC0TKAGU8 PONT. .
oint of the peninsula belongs to Virinia.
Chincoteague Island is part of
faryland, although it is a little south of
he southern boundary of that State. '
Tie island is within a bar, and is one of ,
number of low, sandy islands. Bat, .J
trange to say, it is tbe only one upon ''\pl
rhich the ponies have ever been ioiind .rajf
a a state of nature.
From earliest times the breed hai been
:ept pare. As in tbe case of the cattle - l
a the Channel Islands isolation favors >Sjg
his. The owners of the ponies allow jSM
hem to run wild the greater part of the J.
ear. Every autumn comes the annual V
'penning." Detachments of men go
>ut, and, beginning at the seashore, ?
gradually drive all the animals to the >
:entre of the island. There they are
jenned up for the yearly sale. This is a I'm
jreat event on the islands. It lasts sev?
sral weeks, during which time Chin- ^
:oteague is visited by hundreds from the
nainland. The owners divide the pro- igfe
jeeds after the sale.
The -Chincotesgue pony is valued'
ihieflyas a family horse or a child's i
>et. Strange to say, it is not much1 7-T'i
cnown outside of a limited area includ~ ' V,
RtatAH nf Dataware. Maryland
aid Virginia. It is known in Europe,
iowever, as it has been placed on exilbition
at the hone shows.?San Fran*
:isco Chronicle. - 8
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A Camel-Shape<l Granite Book. J\zM
Curious rock formations are to be ' / r
ound all over the world, but most of
hem require a long stretch of the imginatiou
before the objects they are
aid to represent can be seen. In Ariz ma
here is one that is .^irving of tirst
lace. It is a short distance east of tbe
tage road between Tucion and Oracle,
nd stands on a knoll several feet above
he surrounding sandhills. When tirst
sen the effect is startling, and tbe mind
as to get over a shock before the pecuar
object can be comprehended. As
escribed by the San Francisco Call it is
most perfect representation of a camel,
ad is formed of one piece of granite. ,
ro effort of the imagination ? required '
CAMEL-SHAPED GRANITE ROCK.
) perceive the "ship of the desert''
ending like a sentinel in the midst of
ie sand and almost verdtireless hills.
This curiosity is of the colowal size,
ut perfectly proportioned. It is about
ixty feet high, and is very white and
mooth. There are very fesv fissures oa
he surlace,.and they, strangely, arc in
he proper places to fortn features. The
?nly real projection from tha surface is
ixactly placed for an eyebro n. The two- ' '
lumps are plainly to be seen and the neck <
v,nontifniitr. The rock is really
b UUl V CU uvauvi4?.y.
i solid piece rising from the ground, but
he effect of legs is produced by a clump
)f dark colored brush that grows beside
;he stone. The white stoue shows plainly
it both sides of the brush and the effecc
)f legs is unmistakably produced. . The
itrangesc part of it is that it looks like a t <
;amel from all sides aud at all timss of
;he diy or night. Tlierc is no disguising
the resemblance.
How the rock got into its present
shape is one of the great mysteries of
nature.
White Guinea Fowls.
White guinea fowls are kept only by *
' '? ?"omonf inrl nro scarce.
fanciers iui uiuquk/uv ...^
because lor ordinary use they arc uot so
good or profitable as the common fowls.
The flesh of the guinea fowl is very dry
and tough. The common pricc of a pair
of the whit variety is $10; the blue
ones are worth about half as much.?
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