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**THE SHADOW**
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CORDILLERA;*
** Oi', The Maonofia F'ower.
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BY VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ.
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CHAPTER VII.
Unna had returned from the country
with ?nrk half circles under her eyes
and :111 her pretty color tcmie.
"Too many long walks, ton much vie
lent riding sind that sort ot thing, I've
overdone it.*' she explained ?., Mrs.
.Morris. But she added, seeing the look
of distress on thai lady's face, "I'll
soou freshen up you'll see!"
She did. And when t|M. Ron son open
ed she been tue uiosl popular; she was
here and there and everywhere. The
piquancy of her foreign flavor gave her
bii additional nttrnctlveness. Her so
cial triumphs now for the drat Unjo
fully awakened the Important De
Witte to her charms, and he wondered
at his former comparative apathy.
As to Liana, the awakening distress
ed her greatl> lie was his mother's
Idolized sun; she, Liana, was her pen
niless protegee. When her happiness
came t<> he weighed in the hulni.
against hi; It was n<> open qucsttou
which would tip the scales. And she
was beginning in feel something nl
niest Ii!.?- it repulsion for the man, Im
maculately groomed and tailored as he
was. His continual low whispers and
gazing eyes, the dulcet tete-a-tetes
when the family were out, the tanta
lizing passages as ho waylaid her on
the stairs of nn evening?all these
brought her trouble and unrest. Ah,
were nil men self seeking?
Margaret Maitland and Liana had
become fast friends, as their first meet
ing promised. The experiences of the
summer bad brought them closely to
gether. It was the day after Anna
Abbott's wedding, at which both the
Rirls had been bridesmaids, and Mar
garet, who was not feeling well, was
lying down in her boudoir, propped up
With cushions. Liana had dropped in
for a few moments' chat, but, Unding
her friend indisposed, had taken off
her wraps and decided to pass the nft
ernoon with her.
"Anna looked every Inch the bride,
didn't she';" said Margaret; "pretty,
Hushed ami tremulous. I hope she'll
be a good nttle wife to Charles, he's so
desperately fond of her. And she's
such a spoiled, petted creature."
Liana acquiesced in nil these things,
playing Idly with her big muff, which
lay oil a chair beside her. Somehow
her heart was heavy today. !t was
"Lohengrin's Wedding March" which
had fetched the heaviness, she saitl to
herself. Vesterday when the strains
had reached her ears in her usual
senseless fashion she had felt her lips
tremble, and a great, foolish sob nearly
bad broken up from her thront.
But of this she said no word. She
began to talk instead of the guests
who had been at the wedding, of the
stream of men ami women, old and
young, people with a great deal of
manner and not much else. It amused
her to sec the faultlessly dressed men
i.iressing their hats, grinning vacuous
ly and clacking out set phrases and to
hear the women gossip turbulently
about such things as the shop windows
COtlld bring to view any day. from
Alaskan seal garments nt one end to
Jeweled barbarities in buckles nt the
other, with turquoise blue fantasies In
millinery coming somewhere In be
tween.
They talked of these people for
awhile until Margaret, rising Impetu
ously and letting an unregarded cush
ion fall to the floor beside her, said:
"Unna. I'm sick of It all- this thing
they call society. It's only the cllek
clacklng of a gristless mill, whose
noise more than anything else pro
claims its own emptiness."
"One must imagine to like It." put in
Llnnn, smiling archly. "That Is how
one learns. This is how one could
wdsh things to be. and this is how they
nre." She crossed one slim tinier over
another as she laid out the case. But
we must Imagine to like tbcm all.
No?"
Margaret watched her silently. Then
she reached over to u table nt the head
of her couch ami picked up nn open
pamphlet. It was a little cssny writ
ten in the preraphaellte vein and ar
gued against tin? prosaic outward fur
niture of modem life and the spread
ing of "the hldcotlfl town." She found
the place she wanted and read:
"Say what you will, we nre lost chil
dren, and when alone and the dark
ness begins to gather we long for the
close relationship of the brothers and
sisters we'knew in our childhood nnd
cry for the gentle arms that once rock
ed US to nleep. We a: e homesick amid
this sad, mad rush for wealth und
place and power. The calm of the
country Invites, nnd we fnln would do
witlt less things and go bnck to sim
plicity nnd rest"
"Child of nature," cried Margaret,
suddenly turning on Llann, "how can
you be satisfied?"
"Perhaps I am not," answered the
girl.
"Well?" said Margaret.
"Well," echoed Liana, and the shad
ow of the dear old peaks of the Cor
dillera crept over her face.
But Mnrgaret hod never seen the
Cordillera ami did not observe Its shad
ow. She went on:
"So it came about, nround the year
2001. that men began to tldnk, and
they said: 'Let us go home. All Is so
quiet there.' They found, having taken
it little time, Hint there was a beauty
In the country they had quite forgot
ten, nnd the melody of the water run
ning over the pebbles was a song of
pleasure. They saw, too, that animals
and birds that lived In the open air nev
er went into decline; that the chip
munk's health did not fall nor the
quail have nervous prostration."
"Yes," admitted Liana, who bad been
Uetenlng with her cheek on her hand,
Tit I? bj$i#r to eat titan Xq be **?**-"
She saiil llit? wunls slowly and precise
ly. She was us proud of an English
quotation as most peopio are of u Latin
one.
They chatted a little more until half
past 5 came upon them. Thcu It wns
time tor Liana to leave.
When sin? had dressed for dinner
that lllgllt, she went Into the library
nnd. sinking Into n chair t>y tho open
(Ire, began reading. She was all In
soft yellow, and a bunch of yellow car
nations mixed with some maidenhair
was burled In sonn- creamy lace Just
under .Meli shoulder. Presently De
Witte paiied the portieres am' out in
his head.
"Meg pardon tor disturbing you.
Where's mot her?"
Lintia took her bead out of her book,
literally and llguratlvely, with some
unw illinguess.
??Your mother? She's dressing, 1 bo
lleve."
"Oh. all l ight: 1 only wanted a pin
for my necktie. The little loop at the
back has come away, and It gets eon
slamly crooked."
"I ''im che you a pin If that Is all
you want."
"Could you7, it would be so good of
yon." 1 >e Witte came In and stood
warming his hands by the lire. Llnutl
fumbled among her Mowers and
brought oil! tilt! desired pin. One of
the yellow carnations that had been
added to make that hunch the same
sl/.e as Its companion fell to the ground
when she removed its prop.
De Witte picked It up. "Itrnvo!" he
said. "1 had no (lower."
"Bill you mustn't take mine!"
"Yes, I must." he said earnestly. It
wns hard work for Liana to resist even
a dog's dumb prayer these days. That
was why she answered:
"Take it, ihen."
Maua loved Mowers with an almost
personal love, ami as the man was
clumsy ami promised to break the car
nation in getting ii through his but
tonhole she offered to fasten it for him.
The nails of her white lingers restdd
on his dark coat and gleamed like
milky agaies in \[u. ,,f !t moon
light Btream. The heat of the open
lire caused some of her loose. Huffy
hair to lly up in his face.
The man whose wishes had always
been their own Just I lien t Ion wns rapid
ly losing presence of mind, lie . aught
her wrists suddenly ami begun show
ering kisses upon them.
"1 love you, and you know It." Ik
said in a voice which she scarcely rec
ognized for Its thickness.
AS Ills lips met the llesh oil her pulses
she gave a gnat hack ward start and
remained at bay. panting. "How dare
you'.-'' she gasped. But in a moment
she hail recovered her poise.
"I am sorry this has occurred. Do
not lei it he renewed." And with n
quiet dignity she left the room. The
dinner thai followed was something
dreadful for her. She wondered If the
torture chambers of (he Inquisition
could have looked much like this sump
tuous dining room of the end of tho
nineteenth century:
That night she sobbed herself to
sleep, questioning when the whirl in
nil things would cease and reality re
turn. Everything had got grotesquely
mixed, Irrationally Jumbled. There
seemed no -olid foothold anywhere.
Just ns she was going Inlo dreams a
few word- I'.ml Mni'gnrct had uttered
that afternoon came hack to her.
"There nre only two or three great
facts in life; there is Death and there
Is Love and tin re Is not much else."
Yes. to be sure, one always Is con
fronted with dentil her mother, her
father, her grandfather, her little
brotheis. that famous musician the
other day. Liuna reached for her rosa
ry under her pillow. "As to love"?
The little sliver cross nl the end of
the rosary caught the moonlight and
seemed to smile a Messing.
"As to love"
How beautiful it ?vos, the little cross
In the moonlight. Liana looked at it
dreamily through the lashes of her
sleepy eyelids. They flickered for n
few seconds and she was asleep.
?**?**?
"A gentleman waits for mademoi
selle in the drawing room." announced
the little French maid the next morn
lug.
"Iiis card," said Llniifl indifferently,
reaching back one hand toward the
Then unrrticctcillv, like n broken thing,
she, slipped into hin arm?,
mnld. while with the other si. > put the
finishing touches to her morning toilet.
She l ad ordered her breakfast In her
room.
"It Is that he had not one, mademoi
selle. He bad tho wish to surprlso
you."
"Me?" Linns turned uround. "To
surprise me? Oh, no. Ho must have
asked for Mrs. Morris."
"For mademoiselle," corrected the
maid.
As Lintia descended tho stairs a few
minutes later she could see In a large
mirror over tho mantel the rtgure of a
man standing by the window. She
found herself reaching for tho balus
; trade.
I "now absurd r she murmured. "My
dream last night has made mo fool
ish."
The man at the window seemed to bo
aware of her noiseless entrance and
tujrjpjdL. _ j_
"() Ii!" Tbc word was breatbcd tuucb
as tb? girl bau breathed it when for
th<1 first time she bud seen the mighty
sea. sin- took no step forward to wel
come him. but 0 great BUffusltlg Joy
came Into her face.
Iliocenclo crossed the room and stood
before her, close, but culm.
"You are so glad, little one. to neu
rue? it would be too good to be true"?
As it' to stop his words Liana un
awares made an impulsive forward
movement, ami he. seeing It, half held
out his hands to her. Then unexpect
edly, like a broken thing, she slipped
Into his arms.
For the first time since they were
children making toy adobes out by the
accquhl he bent down and kissed her.
"Mi hello magnolia," he said, touch
ing the girl's buried forehead as one
would touch the petals of a flower,
"nil holla magnolia."
It was natural that he should re
lapse into tho dear, soft Spanish of
their childhood.
? ??????
M. I'cyrae's picture was well hung
and made a stir at the Salon that year.
The painter now wears the red ribbon
of the Legion of Honor gleaming In his
but tonhoh .
Hut he did not secure the fortune of
Mile, de Gueriu or any part of It.
THE KNO
Collf UClUM,
In the district of Yen ('ban in the
year 551 It, <'. was horn the philoso
pher Confucius, one of the most unique
ami remarkable men that the world
has ever seen. Certainly no other has
ever attained such a mastery as his
over his race by the sheer merit and
strength of his teachings. For over
2,000 years his system of ethics has
been the basis of Chinese education,
and the onl.\ road to political prefer
ment has led through examinations
based on bis works. He has made the
Chinese a race of philosophers, a con
tented and happy |.pie. His control
over their daily conduct Is shown every
day.
A missionary happened to be out
walking one day with a party of
friends, and a company < f native chil
dren began to follow at their heels.
At first the children began making
humorous remarks, but soon their com
ments been mo vulgar and Insulting.
The missionary turned and quietly
asked: "Have your parents given you
no (mining? Confucius says that a
parent Is honored by the manners of
the child." The children stopped short,
looked shamefaced at each other and
without a word slunk away.
How near Confucius came to the true
philosophy of life Is shown by his state
ment of i be "supremo rule," "Do not
do unto others what yon would not
that others should do unit) you."?Les
lie's Popular Monthly.
"You referred to your friend as a
dead game sportsman."
"Yes. He always buys his birds In
the market house. Dead game Is his
Specially."- Washington Star.
Unw riicy Cut I? the Vnl <roi.
In tlit; morning many eat gnudes, a
porridge mode of Indian corn flour
mixed with milk, or a soupo malgro
With cream, Iben curds, ?>r goat's
cheese, of a peculiar kind, homemade,
culled fromage fort, a well deserved
name, tor I have never seen a woman
partake of it.
It is made of dried curds and old
goat's c heese, kept in wood ashes for a
year, the two grated and mixed to
get her, with salt, peppor, brandy and
sometimes gitrllC. These Ingredients
being put Into an earthen pot, the
goal's cheese acts as leaven, and fer
mentation begins. When It has sub
sided, the whole presents the appear
ance of yellowish, sticky, strong smell
ing, curdled cream, far fron: appetiz
ing. In my opinion, which Is not, how
ever, that of a great many Burgun
dinns.
White wlno Is the general beverage
at breakfast. For the midday dinner
there Is often salt pork, cured at home,
boiled with different kinds of veg
etables?cabbages, potatoes, turnips,
beans, carrots or peas?the broth being
Utilized for soup In the evenings.
As a change, the wives prepare occa
sionally a ragout de mutton, sometimes
a pot nu feu for Sunday dinner, and,
the people thereabout being extreme
ly sociable, they Invite each other fre
quently anil do not mind sacrificing
ducks, fowls, geese, pigeons or rab
bits In honor of their guests.?Black
wood.
The Umi.-r.ni Girl.
In Donegal there Is a custom of en
gaging both farm bands and servants
for six months at hiring fairs, the girls
receiving board and only n low wage
because their Ignorance hitherto has
made tbotn only (it for tho roughest
work.
It Is, however, more astonishing that
girls from these poor little homes
should know anything at alt about
service than that they should be, ns
some, of course, are, bad server' .
Their ow n homes have mud floors, win
dows that do not open, no stairs, hard
ly any kitchen utensils, no range, the
cooking scarcely extends beyond boil
ing potatoes and cooking grltidleeakes,
SO how can they know even the names,
still less the uses, of the thousand nnd
one things In our houses? How learn
to scrub or sweep or dust? Yet given
a short training, not too lote in life,
nnd a good example, nnd there Is not
a servant the world over to compare
With a gootl Irish servant. She lias a
heart which Is wholly given to her
mistress, she never degenerates Into a
mere machine, and she may lie trusted
to cling even closer In times of trouble,
sickness or poverty than when all goes
smoothly.?(Jood Words.
An extract from the New York Even
ing Post of Oct. 2, 1807, may afford
some amusement to travelers by water
In this progressive age:
Mr. Fulton's new Invented steam
boat, Which Is fitted up in a nent style
for passengers, nnd Is intended to run
from New York to Albnny ns a pocket,
left here this noon with 00 passen
gers, against o strong bead wind. Not
withstanding which, It was Judged
that she moved through the waters at
the re to of nix miles an hour.
Btun th# ^/i The Kind You Hate Always Bought
Mfaatttl
IT IvS MARVISIvO?S HISTORY.
GREAT KKCOlU* OK THE PAST.
The linadlng One Hundred Kvnnte
of ih? Nineteenth Century.
Christian Herald.
An oveutful century truly has bet i
this uluctcunth century of the Uhrie
Uan era now witbiu a month of its close
From whatsoever standpoint It is r>
warded, its history in marvelous. 1
the knowledge we have gained durin.
Us progress, id our osvn globe, it stand
unparalleled. Tnere baa been wonder
ful progress also in science, In educa
tum, and in too adaptation of natural
forces to human purposed. Political
and territorial changes,too, have mad<
this a very ditTcreut world from tha'
of 1800 [t was not possible in Bmal
pace to even mention tbeevoots whicl
nuku the century memorable, but b
nay he interesting to recall a hundred
which, if oot the moot Important, art
.huso that havo had th- greatest it llu
neu In shaping and ucveloping tto
condition of the nations.
WARS AND REVOLUTIONS.
Battle of Austern z, Nupohon de
? tits Aut-trians and It uadans, 180">
Btitle of Trafalgar, Noitou sink:
French Ueet, 1805.
Moscow burned bv the Kussians ti
entrap Napoleon, 1812.
liattio cd Watorljo, Napoleon van
qulshed, 1815.
H title of Navarlno, securing Greek
Independence, 1827.
Crimean war, Great Britain, France
tnd Saruinia nj.-iiimt Russia, 1863 55.
I idia mutiny, in which Dative sol
diera massacre Foolish men women am.
children, is.">7.
Franco Austrian war, 1859, ft 1 owet
1,1 < "aribaldl'a campa gu unil> Ing Italy.
18150.
no great civil war in America.
1861-65. Surrender of L'etoGranta
tppomattox, April 9, 1805.
Auatro-Pru-slan war Decisive bat
tie, Satlowa, July 3, l^i'i
Franco Prussian war. I) chive bat
de, Sedan,September 1,1870; foliowei
iy federation of German Stales in Gei
man i moire.
Russo Turkish war. Battle of Plevna,
December 1U, 1S77. ^A
Bombardment of Alexandria by tin
Brltiah, 1882, followed by the occupa
urn of E i> pi.
War between Chineso and Japanese.
1894.
a. imrico-Spaniah war, Manila, Mn\
I, 1898; Santiago, July 3, lM'S.
War by Great Britain against South
African republics, IS'.i'j 19U0.
France becomes an empire, 1801 : M
?opu lie, 1848 ; ?? ? mpire again, lo?2;
third republic, 1870.
General outlmak of revolution
throughout Europe, 1848.
Borne, si 'zed fromtuu pom.', become*
capital of L'oited Italy, 1870.
EXPLORATION.
In tho An tu . Expedition of Si'
John Franklin, 1845; D Long, 1870;
Greely, 1881 ; Peary, 1892 : Nansen
1894; Ihm ol the Abruzzl (farthesi
..ru ). moo.
In the Antarctic : Biecoc, J831 : II I
??ny, 1838; D U-ville, 1840; U 1841 ;
vVilker, 1812; Borobgrevink, IS9S.
In Afr'ea. ; Li v Inge tone, i^iti".'?: ,
; -tnley, 187.*) 87 : Speko and Grant
1803. 1
In America : John 0. Fremont's j mr
noy westward to the Pacific, 1842 10.
INVENTION.
Firit steamboat, the Ulemont, made
t voyage from New York to Albany.
1807 ; ti.o first steamboat to cross tin
ltd an tie, tho Savannah, 1810.
First railroad, Stockton and Darling?
on, Fngland, 1825] Baltimore anc
Ohio, fourteen miles long, 1830.
Lighting tho streets by pas, first ex
lerlnient In L'mdon, 1807.
Klectric light produced by EJlaOc't
a ?olioation ol subdivision, 1878.
pho McCurmick reaper 11 vented,
1834.
Howe's sewing machine, 1846.
Tho electric telegraph, Samuel F
B Morso. 18IJ7. Pirat line in the Uuitei
States. 1814
Tho telephone Iii at exhibited, 1870.
Tno phonograph, 1877 88
Gable, laid across tliu Atlantic. 18,">7 ;
perfected 1866.
Kiectric railroad at Edison's home
at Menlo Park, 18^0.
Photograph : F rat experiment hy
Daguerre, 1829; first auccesaful por
trait by Moreu, 1039.
Tho spectroscope, first used, 1802;
perfected, 1859.
Roeutg-n rays found to penetrate
solids, 1890.
SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN.
Slavery aholiohed in tho British do
minions, I8.'I.'J.
Alexandria II, emporor of Russia,
emancipates twenty-three million serfs,
1861.
Lincoln'a omancipation proolama
lion, 1802
First international exposition In
Hydo Park, London, 1851.
First settlement Of an International
quarrel by arbitration Instead of war
(Alabama claims of tho United States
against England) 1871.
Intorna'Umal Peace Congress sum
monod by Russia nieots at The Hague,
1899.
Organization of tho Rod Crots
Society at Geneva, 1804,
Organization of tho Woman's Chris
tlan Temporanco Union 1873.
First college sottlomont established,
180(1.
Tho Christian Herald adopts f>.000
fdii dron orphaned by tho India famine,
1900.
RELIGIOUS.
Organization of tho American board
of commissioners for foreign missions,
1810. First missionaries sent out, 1 s 11
Organization of tho (Wat Sunday
school union In London, I80:i. Ameri
can, 1821.
British and Forolgn Blhlo socloty
founded, 1804.
American Biblo socloty organized,
181?.
First Young Men's Christian associa
tion established by George Williams
In London, 1814.
Tho Irquisltlnn abolished by the
Spanish cortos, 1820.
Beginning of tho Salvation Army,
18?.r).
Doctrine of Papal Infallibility form
ally endorsed by tho Ecumenical coun
oil, 1870.
Blhlo revision . Now Tcotar.nont
Issued, 1881 ; O d Testament. 1885.
Organization of tho first Young Poo
pie's Society of Christian Endeavor,
1881.
Organization of tho Order of Kind's
Daughtors, 188G.
DISASTERS.
Earthquakes: Ca.'aca? J811!; India
(2,000 poisons killed), 1819; Canton,
China. (0 000 perls ed) 1830; Calabria
(1 t)00 norsons burled), 1836; San Dom
ingo (5,000 killed). 1812; Southorn I'alv
(14 000 lives lost) 1862 ; Calabria (10 000
killed). 1857 ; Quito (5.000 deat.hp), 1859;
M^ndoza, South America (7 OPOdeaUn-),
1800; Vianlla(1,000 .leat.he), 18U3; Mlty
lene (1,000 deathr), 1867 I Ar. qulpa and
dlstrlot (25.000 deaths). 1868 ; San Jose,
Colombia (14,000 doatha), 1875; Solo
(4,000 death-), 1883; Charleston, S. C
(property worth $5,000,000 destroyed
? d 41 ives lo??), 188?; in th.> K vera
(2.0U0 death-), 1*^7 : Japan (4 but) dead
5,000 woundcu) 1801.
Famines: I "eland, 1840: Russia
(America contributed through The
Christian Be raid t? cart'o of corn, Bent
n the board the [/??) 1 s?H : In ]
I8.'I7, 1800, 1805 1808 ls7d lsH7 1899
In the last two named years, then
Aoro large American contributions in
money and grain th ough Toe Cm-is
tian Herald. Io 1807 iheso eontrliui
Mona amounted to 9400 000 Including
?orij on board ti><> C tv ol Fverott; in
1809 and 1000 *<>U0 00U, including corn
? n board to Q .no
The great ? e in Chicago, .^71
Tim Conetnauph Hood, destroying
Johnstown, Pa., l 889
Tidal wave at Ciiveaton, Tex., 1000
Tidal wuvu in Japan sweeps nwaj
50 000 houeca and kills 2, IIP persona.
1889.
LITERATURE
Ooothe publiabee F.ust, 1808.
\'icior Hugo writes L.-a Alioorablos,
1802
Fhomas Carlylc'a History id the
F enob Revolution published, 1837.
K"i?h Waldo Rmersou'a Islasaya,
1841-71.
Jona U' kM.'ri Modern Painterb
puhliahed, 1843 00.
WbiU-er'a I Vein.-. I8:i<; 75.
Harriet Bencher Stowe'e UncleT< m'a
Ca hin, 1851 52
Darwin'o u It/In of Species, 1859.
STATESMANSHIP.
President Monroe propounds tho doc
trine that bears his mime, 1823.
Sir it 'bort I V-el Premier o( Groat
Britain, 1834
Jotin bUertnan, U. S. secretary of
? ???usury, resumes specie payments,
1870.
Abraham L'nc^'n elected president
Un He.I Slates, 1800.
W. IS, Gladston becomes premier of
Groat Britain, 1808
Blsmark mad president of tho eabl
net, Prussia, 1802.
Count Cavour, liberator of Italy, sp
ool n ted premier, 18?
Louls Ko-jsut'i dictator of Hungary.
1840.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cold dUcover-d in California, lsls;
fn Australia. 1851; lathe Trauavactl,
1887 : in the Klondike, 1807.
Diamond minus worked in tho Trans
vaal. 1*70.
Opening of the Mont Cenis tunnel,
1871.
1 ..ist spike of the Union Pan Ho rail
road driven, 1800.
Trans-Slbertun railroad operated,
18011.
Opening of the Sm /. canal, 1809.
Alu-k? ended t>y llussla to the U ulted
S?>*tcs, 1807.
K.rst scsaion of the parliament of
Un u d Canada, 1 y'i7.
The Australian under one govern
ment, 1900.
Maximllllan executed In Mexico,
ls'i7.
Kxon'oioa of tho emj)eror from Bra
zil, 1880.
Assassinations: L'ncoln, 1805; G?r
Odd, IH81 : IS in per or Alexander 11
i 1 : Cm not, president of France, 1894:
Suah of Persia, 1890; King Bumouri
of 1 aly, l'.illi).
Expulsion of Jews from Russia, 1882
id.
Massacre of missionaries ard con
vert- in China, 1000.
Army draft riots in N< w Y >rk, 1803
Chloroform first USOtl, 1817.
Vaccination legalI'/.od, 18 13.
1* stour discovers rem?-ny for hydro
phobia by Inoculation, 1884
The Rosetta Stone (urutshes key to
niuroglphs, 1841,
A STRANG K I'KxSloN BIO IVY
Widow Ol a Trooper Made Bono
(lciary Ol ller Own Aw.
A pension has been allowed recently
to fch? widow ol a soldier of tin- Sixth
United Suites Cavalry for whose (b ath
.im benebolary was responsible, Wluu
ihis startling biet would seem U debar
the widow, the peculiar and interest
ng circuinstances of the. soldier's d ?
in hie r< ndercd it proper for the pen*
iion olliciala to pass favorably upon her
Application,
It appears that the eoldler, accord
ing to the coroni r's verdict, came to
oia death May 7, 1888, through chok
ing wnh a leather watch chain In the
hands of his wife while she was pro
.ectii.g her life. The widow's state
hient before the jury disclosed a re
markable series ol incident-', and was
corroborated in all essential respects
t>y other witnesses. Shu testified that
nor husband had been drinking beavl.y
'or a week. She had gone to him at
12 o'clock and told him that dinner
*as ready, lie made no response, and
after the meal as finished, and the
diners had gonr. lie came and told her
to prepare, dinner at once. She at lirst
remonstrated, hut observing a strange
look upon bis face, became frightened
and began to do as commanded, Toe
tiushanu then said, v/ltb an oath, that
he Mas going to kill her, ami struck
Her, knocking h>-r against tlu tahl i,
The wife then lied from the house,
thinking to tind some of tho nu n about
he place who would quiet or restrain
ner husband. She ran to a tiold where,
men were ploughing and hcsougln
their interference, or protection. Ttiey
refused, saying they could do nothing
with the man. Meantime ho had
gathered up tho baby, mounted a
norse and followed in pursuit of tier.
The husband rodo up to Iiis wile, who
begged him not to hurt her. 11 > re
plied, with an oath that he would break
her bones and would kill her; that she
must die. lie then threw the baby to
ihe ground, pulled his six shooter from
nls licit, tried to make his horse run
over her, and reaclu d out trying to
striko her with bis revolver. As he
leaned over ho fell from his horso to
the ground on his sidu and back. I i
falling be fell against his wife, knock
ing her down. She jumped up, tine*
{ herself upon her husoand, Intending to
' get his revolver away from him. She,
aid hold of his leather watch chain,
which ho woro around his neck. This
leather guard fastened with a Blip
knot. The wlfo clutched tho chain
with one hand and with the other held
one of her husband's hands. Sho was
exhaurted, and lay in that condition
for four or live minutes. He did not
strugglo, but made a queer noise in his
throat.
When tho womau recovered she
arose, hid tho revolver, and ran to the
houso. When the men went to where
her husb-tnil lay they found him dead,
The wife had unintentionally strangled
her hiihband. Her pern ion has been
granted and she is drawlng,$8 a month
- mmw? - ? - 4m*mm?
?The late Senator Davis, of Mln
ncsotn, died from blood poieoniiq
cauacd by tho dyo from his horn gottlnj,
Into a brulso on his foot.
OASTOniA.
Beart tb? _/) IM Kind You Have Always Bou?W
Signatare
<4
AN INCltKASU OP SUICIDES
A HAKK EVENT AMONG NEGHOE9.
"till Ai p ?*?>h They Have no Remorse
Hfll Dewtruo Inn was Ouoo an Kvi
tletlOO of Insanity.
Tho rapid inorease of suicides in tho
South la nl inning and provokes tin
-??riou? study of our thinking people.
l"\fty years ago a suicide was a ran
eveut among the while race, and m Ver
heard of UtnOFg tlie negroes. When it
d'd occur, it was considered an evi
dence of Insanity. I d ? not recall but
ono Instance in my youth and that wat
a woman who jumped into a deep well
when no help was within reach. Hut
nowadays almost every daily paper'
contains an a count of one o?" more s- If
murders, ai d even negroe ? 1 avo taken
lie Info ittoo, for ih >y will imitate evnrj
vioo and frailty of the whites. Ol !
Li wis, who is my wooil chopoer, a?k. d
me the other day how it was that tho
white folka kill " ders'Ives so much,
and the niggers dident."
" Because," Bald I, " white folks are
more easily ovoioomo with grief or,
remorse, or distress, than negroes
Y u i. eg roes don't borrow trouble, nor
take it hard when it dots come. You
don't give yourselves much anxiot)
about tomorrow, or next week, or next
year. You don't grieve long over a
death in the family ; your emotional
natui e Is of a low grad. ; your murrlag?
relation is loost ; in fact, it a on the
decline since fret dorn oatne, Tho mar
riage records show that your legal
marriages art ?? per cent, less, accord
ing to population, than in tho white
race, and the deer, aso gets less ami
less every year. Your young men and
women don't marry ; lot y just take up
and quit when they please, and so the
men don't earo very much about the
welfare of their children, if thoy have
my. Besides all this, Uncle Lewis
your race has a trait of stealing little
things, and this accounls in a great
measure for their indifference to the
laying up of something for tho futon :
something for the winter or the rainy
days, or for oltl ago. If the worst comes
to tin.: worst, tlu-y know they can steal
or beg. If your young folks, men and
womeu, haven't got but a dollar in the
world, they will spend it for a water
melon, or au OXOUrslOD, and t ?ko the
ehanoi s. Now, Uncle Ljwis, you re
member when there wasn't a chain
gang in the South., nor a heinous crime
nor it brutal outrage, committed by
your oeople, from tho Potomac river to
the K o Grande, Now more uro in i
Georgia alone over 4,000of your people
in the cbalngangs, anu there would be
4 0?0 more if ad tho litlla stealings
weru punished."
Uncle Lewis had stopped cutting and
was leaning on ills ax helve. " D^t'e
all so," raid he, " and boss I knows it,
and b.;ss what 1 wants to know is i 1? :
What must wo poor niggers do about
it V" Tliero is the rub, 1 couldn't 10.1
him, but 1 did say, " Uncle L-jwis, your
race has got some mighty good traits. I
and I liku to havo you about us : you
are kind-hearted, good natured, easy
to please, and don't carry malice or
revenge in your hearts; jou steal, but
you don't cheat anybody, The white i
race won't steal, hut they will cheat or
lake advantage in a trade, and that is
worse, if you tru.it a negro with any
thing he win not abase your confldenoe,
but a White man will embezzle ami de
fraud and even the cashiers of banks
will appropriate the bank's money, an.,
falsify llio hooks for months and years,
"wcry race has its race traits, both had
and good. Some of your bad ones were
almost run out by slavery, but they 1
have come hack again, and ail your
college education does not stop it. It
makt s it worse. There Is nothing will
stop it but work, constant work, every
day, under some gooii employer. Work
on the farm is your best safeguard, or
work as mechanics under good conirae
tors. Your puoplo make good mech
anics, and the white peoole employ
them and patronize them just a- will
ingly as tticy do white mechanics.
The negro blacksmiths and masons get
good employ me tit hero and every Whei e,
and as for cooking and washing ami
nursing your women have it all. Toe
two rac s would tit together nicely if
it wa.-n't for politics and idleness " An
idle negro is a dangerous creature auu
should be ink n up and put to work.
He is much more dangerous than an
idle white man, for ho has no shame,
and fears not God nor regards man.
If I were a law-maker, I would make
continued idleness a crime, for, as U :n
Franklin says, " It is the parent of
vioo."
1 started to wrlta about suicides, but
got to preaching U.icle Liwisa sermon
and got til: the track. Nineteen bun
?red years ago Plutarch, tho Greek
historian said that s K-muriler was
cowardice for a brave man won d suffer
rather than take the life that O nl gave
nun. Self-murder was a heinous crime
under the old 10 iglish law. Tue estate
of tho felo de so was confiscated, and
taken away from his family. His body
was buried on the highway without a
e. Ihn and a sharp stake thrust through
it to mark tho accursed spot. Suicide
was unuer the ban of the church, and
no prayers were said for his soul. In
no oivinzid country has suicide been
ju-titi id, except in such cases as tnat
of Saul, who foil on his sword because,
as be said, " L st these unclrcumoiscd
Pn ills tines tnmst me througu and
abuse me." Or perhaps that other
notable case tho Scriptures record,
that of .Indus, whoso remorse was so
dreadful ho preferred hell or anything
that would bo a change. Hut generally
It is "bolter to endure the His wo have,
than lly to th.iso wo anow not of."
Almost ovory day wo read of young
men and young women killing them
Selves because of disappointment or
dissipation, or about love or money.
They must believo thoro Is no hereaf
ter, or a!l punishment ends with this
life. Surely no Christian man or wo
man would tblnkof self-murder. Wait,
wait, young man, young woman ; wait,
1 say?sutT :r and he strong : only cow
ards kill themselves. The soul is lock
ed up In this casket and God only has
tho key. Walt and trust Him. Ito
morso for a great crime may atono
somewhat for solf-murdor. Miss Mor
rison might havo klllud horself alter
sho killed her rival, at id It would have,
seemed ncrolc. Wnen Othello discov
ered his groat mistake In killing Oes
demona, his peroration was grand as
[ ho said. " I took tho circumcised dog
by tho throat and smote him thus,"
, and then stained himself and died, for,
' as Shakespeare says, "He wa great
of heart.1 In ancient Greece and Rune
heir notable warriors sometimes killed
i themselves, rather than suffer the
, -.tings of defeat in battle. In Japan
military < flicors commit what is called
harakari (ripping open tho abdomen)
t ? avoid personal disgrace. Hut in our
land tho pistol or poison has supercoded
' all other means of sulcidn. It would
! savo thousands of llvoa If tho pistol
was abolished by law. Not ono should
be ollowod In any household ; they are
entirely too convonlent for murderer
. sulcido or robbery or revenge. And
the sale of poison should bo so togu
lated that no one could buy It except
upon the most oareiul Inquiry as to Its
intended use. Human Ufo Is too altered
to be endangered by pistols nnd poison,
for, as St. P iul save, " We uro made in
tin- imago o' God."
Weil, we see that Mr. Crumplckor,
or Stumpeuoker, or some such name,
from Indiana, has opened tho ball at
Washington with bis usual screech owl
howl against the South. Ho was in
such a malignant hurry that be got in
tho tirst bill, and it ia to reduce the
representation of tho South in Congress.
Ho reminds mo of Hainan, whose atom
ach would not digest his food as long as
he saw Mordecai sitting at the king's
gate. 11" has begun to build a gallows
for us. Let him beware, for it was Ha
inan who was hanged. Some of these
rabid it-publicans remind mo of old
Cato, tho it unau ensor, who bated
?he Cartbegenlanssobad that he never
voted un uny question in tho Hunan
Senate without adding, " And I also
vote that Carthage be destroyed " Hut
nobody caret; we will yet have a School
book commission in every Southern
State. Tho South ia moving right
along In spito of Northern Insults an
Northern literature. 1 so j that " Hir
tiara Frletohle" Is to ho played in At
lanta I wonder if that dramatic lio
will bo patronized by any self-respect
ing Southern man or woman ? Many
vears ago a Yankee troupe came to
Ititne with ' Uaole Tom's Cabin," and
wo egged them out of town. That's
what we done. They may abuse us from
afar otT, but t! ey a.'iau't conn down
here and rub it in. Bill arp.
IHK PENSION KUH OK CUB STATIC.
Tho Rules and ItogutMii >na Under the
New Act-New .Applications Are Ke
(] Hired.
Til is) year there are a number of ?
changes In the pension department of
the State government which should
receive the careful attention of all mem
bers of county boards and applicants
as well. In tho tirat place each pen
sioner has to make an entirely now
application. In <"d-r that the pen
slonera or those Intending t" get on the
hat may fully understand the rtquirt
moms the Stute board bus prepared ai.d
issued the following "rules for the guid
ance of county boards ol pensions, as
iiu'hor z-d by thu act approved Feb. 1U,
1900," which are given for the infor
mation of thu veterana.
(1) The county pension boards will
meet as n q ilred by law in January at
tho county beats, for tho purpose of cx
a.tuning the applications of the \ arious
BX Confederate soldiers and Bailors and
widows who are applicants for non
siona under act approved Fob. 19th,
I'JUU. Said applications must have the
approval of too county board before
tue State board will approve.
(2) The attention of tho county pen
aiou hoards ia directed to the certili ate
of Hie two witnossca, which required
that hey shall not be on tho pension
roll. This ia a change from the old
form and too much attention cannot bo
given to It.
(3) Do not send to this olll ;u disap
proved applicununs for neraiona.
(4) Do not use. oi l hlauka, but those
prepared um.er act l'JDU. They will ho
designated by "Application, under act
1900."
(;>) It will bo necessary for every old
pensioner to maae new applicaiioua ex
aotly aa If they were applying for the
lir-t time.
(li) The county boards oro cautioned
to provide tho applicants with hlanka
suitable to his or her individual case.
The State Hoard will not consider ap
plications where this rulo has not been
observed.
(7) Class A.?Those who as a result
uf wounds received in tho war are
physically helpless, or who whilo in
auch service lost both arms, or both
legs or sight; or who aro dioablcd by
paralysis and aro unable to mako a
living, and win s ! Income does not ex
coed 116000. Tula doo-t not Include
aoluiera wuoae disabilities arise from
dist asca and caueea slnco tho war.
Class B.?Tbose wtio have loat one
arm or one leu and whoao lncoino does
not exceed $150.00.
Class C, No. 1.?Thoso soldiers and
sailors disabled oy wounda during the
w,ir, whoao income dooa not exceed
$150 00.
Ciass C, No 2?Those who have
readied the age ol 00 years and whoao
income does not exceed $70 00.
C a a C, No II ?Widows of thoao who
lost tneir lives wolle in the aorvice
of the Stale or tho Confederate States,
and ?hose Income does not exceed
$100 00.
Claa- C. No. 4 ?Widows above tho
ago of bO yearn wtioso income dooa not
exceed $100 00.
County hoards cannot bo too careful
in tiies.-. matters of "income" and
"physical condition." lie Is a vory
poor man whoao gross Incomo from
a-ior, rent, and other sources dooa not
exceed $70.UU, or poor lands, If any,
t hat will not produce tills amount eross
Property aulllclont to produce 875 In
applicant's or his wlfo'a name debars
him. Where soldiers or widows dis
pose Of their property bv giving or
aclllng to tholr children they aro de
nn r rod.
Widows of pensioners who remarry
aro not entitled any longer to pen
sions.
Pensioners who havo moved to an
other Stale aro no longer entitled to a
pension. Thoso who lia/o moved to
another county must have thoir names
transferred and draw their pensions
from that county.
Pleaso note vory carefully tho follow
Ing: Lit. county hoards act promptly
ami fairly, giving the Stale b.iard ful.
Information with complut'3 reports by
town-hips for each county, and writing
tho names alphabetically, full and
clear, and beginning with Class A, and
giving their reasons for approving. In
in iking reports to the State hoard the
eports should bo slgnod by each mem
bor ol tho county pension b <a-d.
.1. P, DBKHAM,
Comptroller General, C ? ? -man.
W. I) sTARLINO,
W. B Jami:s
W II HaUDIN.
?A coal Hold of ext aordinary large
dimensions has boon discovered In tin
11 mat district, on tho Danube river
m Soutborn Hungary. Tho lio d has
a length of about thirty-four miles by,
live miles in width. Ton coal Is sam
to bo of flrst-cla-s quality, and that
thousands of millions of tons can hi
mined there, and that oven at tht
greatest output, posslblo tho deposits
will last for conturlos. Another ad
vantago is that tho ti -Id Is situated
vory favorably, not far from tho Hun
garlan Stato. Ktilway linos, and
right In the groat riiivigab'o river ol
tho Austro Hungarian monarchy, the
Dtnube. A syndicate with a capita
of 26 000 000 flirins Is now botng or
gamz-td for the early exploitation ol
the field.
?This is tho last month of th<
nlnot.imnth century. On tho night ftl
the 31H watoh meet n /s will bo holdall
ovor the country and "watching thi
old year out" will bo attended wlib
unusual Interest.
BCKIKIY iv W \hlllNC*TON.
Tho AmblitoM ui . society Leader
Has tit-i n Mpjictl in ill" Hud.
Tli" Washington correspondent of
the News und Courier relates too fol
lowing story oi the reckless extrava
gance and loordioate umb tioa ol M^.
Cusbuai K, Davis, whoso uu&btnd dioi
recently ;
"By the dcntli of her distinguished
husband ono HtUU tiOUS woman is out of
t ie raee for 800lit I udvaouCui nl. Thtl
is Mrs. Cusham K Davis, wife of tho
statesman who has iaoor< U so untiring*
ly In his Senatorial work, und whose
lust utterance was th tt he rogrettod to
die whil ? there wit, still word to bj
done for his country.
Karely has thoro boon u woman
moro talked about, more purposely
conspicuous, moro ambitious in olll i d
circles than Mrs. Davis Pbrougu her
husband's posiikoo siio was entitled to
much social consideration, hut usiilo
from that she found many obstacles In
her path toward luudursiilp when she
lirstcamo to Washington, and if she
surmounted some of them it was due
ooioly to her untiring t II iris und not
by reason of oUUOUrag? moot received
from the wives ol S mutor Davls'a
friends and associates in tll? SeuatO.
"Mrs D.ivis is of tho type .1 UOOi squo.
Her massive biauty del go tod lo snow
.iself in ihe most startling of costumes,
and in glv::ig ontertaintUuuts tins wo
man's aim was 10 aeh eve something
out of the ordinary, o i her reception
Uay Mrs. Davis has n. en known to
wear a Grecian costume complete, and
with ono rounded arm exposed she
would ontertam her guests With selec
tions on the harp.
List wintci 0..0 made her first ready
start ing Old for popularity When She
l"ok for the season a large in insiou on
F.rragut square anil oiilerluiUOl. in
cessantly foi ono month, !?" - ry nignt
there was a dinner, end party or in
formal dance, by day liiere wereiunou
eons and hroaafasts galore, auu tlio
climax was ruueued wht n Iiv ? thousand
invitations were sent out for an even
ing reception. It proved to be tlio
rush of too season ami substantiated
the statement thai a Washing lou crush
can he a tiling tu marvt i ai ami dread,
I went to this rocepllou at 11 3d o'clock
when buuureds had already left and
were departing in tnroogs, Otit at even
this late hour it look exuctiy twenty
minutes to react) a dressing room.
Many arriving guests t.u ntil from the
entrance in despair uuwllliiig lo pene
tratti so dense a crowd, and others ar
rived ut the scene of guyoty, Out did
not attempt to greet tlio Hostess of tho
evening. Tue house was Cleared of
furniture und the confusion in tlio
dre.-siiig room was Weli-nigu pitiable,
so great was the devastation of oostiy
wraps and gowns De icutooperu cloaks
were tossed etv n rows deep upon the
Hour, their owners wading through
the billows of finery in a vain atu mpt
to lind what belonged to them. Several
wome.i fainted ami Oozuus of them
carried ll mnces, mill .is und even
gal.'/ j sleeves home, in their arms,
ineir costumes having been liti rally
torn to pieces In the crowd. Tnose
who reached the neigh Kiriiood of the
supper table were deluged with salads
and wine, auu 1 board on an sides mat
conditions had been infinitely worse an
tiour earlioi.
" Tile Da Vises engaged an tqnaliy
roomy house this season on 11 street,
opposite tho French embassy aud oio->o
to tne Metropolitan Club. Mr.-. Da vis's
plans and thoughts for tne future
covered a wide area. It was ner dream
to attain to lb-si place in tho ottljial
set. ami had qoi death Intervened u is
not Improbable mat Senator Davis
would have become S.-orotary of .natu
in tho event of John 11 ay'a resigning.
"To-day all niese aspiring dreams
are shattered, and ll Sirs. D.vis re
turns to Wasbingtoe she wil Hud mat
the position of wife to a stati smao de
ceased Is far from the pleasant one of
wife of u living, uotive politician."
A CI.KAN MVi,i;i' 1 was mo no m
hour unu tneru .>ere a d< /. itl " hands
gathered in tne to >acco wareiiouoo?
all very bl.uk. Various forms ol ojiiy
gaming had Oeen triod ai bOUl luliy
satisfying luoir gaming instincts,
Tiien Steve, who was Dig and fat, oa>d:
" Boys, less make- up er puss. L,-?s
all pul in er ulctCu , and den tot do pile
go lo de pu-soti What names oo Oea'
eatings. Marse Junmy'il OUUejcdge.'
This was agreed tu aud soon tnere
was a little ht ap of IllOKolS on loo box
round wnicn Ho y were gathered.
" N.irt,' said Steve, wt-'.i draw for
dj fust go." I'no next inuiUdOt ho
grinned with delight a-, he ore* lue
m.irked sup iroin Marse Jimmy's nut,
He paused lor a spuje us no ^vj mo
wolgh'.y mailer ad.-qdU.U oiisidira
lion J men he said slowly :
" Um, yaos; de hos eatings ! Wdll|
1 sa>s, 'pottsum, taters, waiei m litoua
a amaii DlaOK hand snot forwaiu and
snatched up one of too coins
"Wnatcner doio', Uliarlle, you
sneakin' hound dOjJ ? ' roared S.uvc, in
rago.
" Shot up, yOU h am' fool nlggor 11
answered Charlie Outiantly, " Yj
tbink Lo gwino to stay in dis yore
game, wnun yo' done gone name all doy
la Y '
?Carson one ol to .-u m* nan lines
in St. Luus are being tq lipped with
telephones, Tne listrum ml Is plaood
in mo rear of ach car, too negative
wire being connected through tho
wheels to the rail, and the positive
wire being lined ?Ith a simple device
resembling a jolntod ti lling pole, by
which connection is secure'! with a
private overhead wire paralleling the
trolley. Tne motorra to is at ail times
able to COtnmuniJUt0 directly with tue
off! .lu.
? a lunatic who osoaped from tho
Wisconsin asylum luring bis freedom
stood tho civil service examination
and passed at the head of tnooiass. II j
wus given high commendation ny tne
board and was at tho hea l of tho list
for an early appolntmont when his
identity wus di-c v re I, ami he was
returned to the asyium.
?Tne latest dlVOroe statistics for
Paris show a steady Increase. Tho
number of cases now rotchis an aver*
tgeof 300 monthly, of wblcn 210 are
from the working classes a i l DJ Iroin
the arlstocralic. upp r e.i i-s
oori otttt vTwar -?*??' i vlist.
For 20 yearn Or I Newton II whaway
haa so success!u ly treue.I ohri>nlo diseaa*
en that he is acknowledged today to atadn
at the head ol Ins profoaaion in this hue.
His exclusive method of treatment for
Var.cocele and Stricte,re, without tne aid
ol knife or cautory curea In 00 per cent, of
all cased In the treatmonl of the lo88 of
Vital Porcee. Nervoua iMeordera, Kidney
and Urinary Complaints, i'aralyala, Blood
Poisoning, Rheumatism, Ca'arrh, and dis
tiancs peculiar to women, he in equally
auoccBflfui i>r Hathaway's praotW is
more ihan doubl" that of mn' otoor apoo
taiist. (Jaaoa pronounced heb-'-hs i>v oihor
physicians readily yield 10 hir traaimnut,
Wfito him today fully atioui your tiase.
He makes no charge for <>.on?u">?tion or
advice, either at his OtUoe or by mail.
J. Newton Hathaway, M. 1)., '11% H th
broad Btroot, Atlant?, <>n.