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LEXINGTON; N; APRIL W, 1891.
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THE HUEDEL0U3 MAFIA
INSPECTOR BYRNES CESCR1DES THIS Rfc
: TCr.IDUS BAND OF ASSASSINS.
OtUImII Tmmti tke- 'MMIt
, U Pbudly Degeaemtaa late a
bthtr-Tki Mala ta Be
The recent lynching to New Orleans of
elevon Italians, believed to have been Im
plicated In the assassination of Chief of
Folloe Hennesay, ha drawn attention to
the Mafia, the secret band of assassins, to
whom the death of Hennessy to directly at
tributable. Inspector Byrnes of New York gives the
Herald a description of this murderous
band.
. "This organisation," said the Inspector,
"which la now made up of a lot of cut
throats and thieves, was ones, strange as
It may seem, banded together tor a patri
otic purpose. Its history dates back sev
eral centuries. The society when first
started was known ss the Carbonari, and
had for Its aim the abolition of the tyrranl
cal rule then in. vomie la many of the
mall p ...cipalitiee of Sicily and Italy.' It
Was made up of rich and poor people alike.
The patriotic aim of the sootety was final
ly accomplished, and with it died the or
ganization's usefulness. t 1 .
. V It then became known as the Mafia, -
Word that has always Inspired the law
abiding and self-respecting Italian with a
feeling of terror. It was made up of all
the bad members of the old organisation,
and had none of the good ones. ' It has con
tinued to exist up to this day, and Is still
powerful -organisation on the other side
and has a strong auxiliary connection in
this country, with headquarters In New
Orleans. .' -. ,v ' -
' "Up to about eight years ago little or
nothing was known of the Mafia on this
continent. Italian murders were of fre
quent occurrence In New Orleans, but no
one paid much attention to them down
there. An Italian found In the street with
a knife stock in him would be looked upon
as too trtvai a matter to demand serious
Dolloe attention. - -
"Prior to this time the Mafia in Sicily
bad been particularly active. Its leader,
Giuseppe Esposlto, was about as cold
blooded a Titian as ever wielded a stiletto,
If. ia 1.1 Ha IHHaH anmiffh f rumnla X All
respectable graveyard. ,
" As this fellow is without doubt the per
son who gave the Malla In this oountry its
real start It is well to know something
about his history before he honored Amer
ica with hla presence, v --- - i
" In 187 Esposlto and his gang visited
the villa of a wealthy old Sicilian named
M. Fasd Veqeenxie. The old man was
own servants and thrown into a cave in
the mountains, where he was left to starve
unless his friends would pay big ransom,
tor his liberation;
"It was In this same year that Esposlto
became the subject of an International dis
pute. It all came about in this way s
"An English curate named John Fostel
Boss, while riding with two Italians
through Leerero, a small Bidllen town,
was oaptured by Esposito's band and car
ried off Inter the mountains. A ransom was
demanded of Mrs. Rose for her husband's
release, i She refused to psy. -v. ? -.Js -.'-a-
" The next day Esposlto cut off one of the
clergyman's ears and sent it to his wife
with a note stating that if the ransom was
cot forthcoming Itr. Boss's stay on earth
would be very brief. The woman thought
that the bandit was Joking and sUU re
fused to pay. A few days later she reoeived
the other ear of her husband, with another
note from Esposlto that Just bristled with
Italian crispness. " .
.."Esposlto informed Mrs. Boss that he
meant business, and that unless he- was
paid Mr. Boss would be killed within soer
taln time. . . - , '.-i-
" This was too much for the preecherl
wife. Bhe paid the money and got her hue
band back, minus his ears.
"The English government took hp the
matter, and the authorities really did make
' an effort to take the daring bandit. They
were not successful, and Expos! to, after
committing a few more murders, came to
this country, ,
" I had heard of the man, and reoeived
Word that he was probably hiding in this
city, After a thorough investigation I
found out that the murderer was in Hew
Orleans, and the police of that city wer so
notified. In 1881 Esposlto was arrested and
ont back to Italy.
" During the short time this man was In
Kaw Orleans he gathered together the
scattered members of the Mafia that had
been forced to flee to this country, and
moulded them to very formidable organi
sation. This was about the time murders
Wre so frequent la New Orleans.
" Ths organization is still a terror to New
Orleans people. The murder of my friend
. ilennessy Is sn illustration or the wonder
ful power of this murderous gang. '
" We have a branch of the Maila In New
York. There are, however, very few Itai-
Ihfis In It. There is as much difference
between a Sicilian and an Italian as there
is between a Bowery bum and a Fifth
avenue swell. I am of the opinion fhat very
fw people in New York understand the
lUlllUflB.
As a matter of taot there are very few
eiibitinu criminals among the Italian
niiumes of this city. It is true, however,
t! in t a lartre number of Sicilians are and for
some time past have been engaged in
oouiitorfoiitng, and have boon source of
much trouble to the officers of the secret
tmrvtee of the United States. Outside of
ttiis lulUtr class thoxe addicted to habitual
ci mie among our Italian population 'are
- j i in.'i' "! y yoinm men buru lu this coun
try of luiiiiiiU parents.
t" iiiiinlerof Antonio Flaooomlo,
a h i iiw of Cooper Union on the night
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1 In tills city byjluiiiuus
. u pjcognizod as the work of
AU'ien a f w Italians In this dty
oarenie- --it' n ivialla,1 continued
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ri..i.lo. torf.o .! f. :,r f hann that
t mie to fioiu if tuey wvcirnil their
m hit. Xhewe ait) p"i ioiis who
sof tlieordor before comlmf
. ; t .ere Is no r-"iiiiiroi
,i of t!' ? .;i:a anil for t t
4, V.110 in oilier ciU;s v'-
.. t hen tneyoimie hra im
t from tl.a society alw-
f t!ie IUllan popula
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THE SENORAS OF SPAIN.
IV Paeileaate Beaw tim VTh
Talk with Tawtr FaMa, "
The lapse of centuries has not changed
the 8panieh woman much. Ths soups of
her mental explorations is limited; it ex
tends bo further than a thorough knowl
edge of the history and literature of her
native land. In this knowledge she sur
passes ths women of every other national
ity. The heart, too, of the Spanish woman
knows two supreme passions her country
and her love. To the former shs bends her
energies occasionally, to ths latter always,
8hs puts no spectacles to her eyes when
shs sits down to study, She does not want
Injurs those beautiful orbs. The brilliant,
superb emblems with which she proves her
womanhood to the world, for shs to proud
ly arrogant to be a woman, and in order to
fulfill her mission shs conspires and In
trigues everywhere, and against whomso
ever, In ths saloon, on the street and In
the church. With these predominating
qualities she could not be expected to be a
model housewife, but, ah I she Is very
treasure trove for the muse of poetry and
the representation of woman's psychologi
cal powerrad Spanish poets and drama
tists sad artists have beooms great jlly
because the female Spaniard's character
istics Inspire the dullest pen and enthuse
the faintest brush. ' . -- j
Some Englishman has recently said that
ths tan in the Spanish woman 'b hand is her
soul. I dont know how far this is true, but
to my mind it Is the bulwark behind which
she fortifies herself against ths suspicious
look of her mother ; the bridge across which
her glances gWs slowly and comfortably
toward her lover; the letter carrier through
whom she distributes her billet donx and
her refusals; trusty, discreet maid who
with devsr hands covers up one or the
other defect in her toilet; an Abigail who
can be relied upon at all times; who never
refuses to do her bidding, who is held in
high esteem therefor, and upon whose
maintenance capital lis often expended.
Ths Spanish woman is amiable, gay and
Intelligent, for a woman, perhaps, too In
telligent. Her heart is free from "ran
cune," she is never offended, but always in
good humor; her advices are opportune,
but seldom available. Aside from the
smallest foot she is ths possessor of the
most neauutiu eyebrows in the world. Her
form to small, but pliant and fulL-SL
Louis PosMMspatch.-,,;"-! :;
iiV';v A Caaim''t- LabrMor. ,;S'j.'':f
The lnteriot of Labrador is undoubtedly
the largest unexplored area on this con
tinent. Up ths ttrand Klver, which emp
ties Into ths Atlantic Ocean at Hamilton
Inlet, are the Orand Falls, which, if every
thing to true about them that is reported,
are ths most stupendous falls in the world.
They are only about 160 miles up the river,
but only two white men have ever seen
them. Ur. B. F. Holme three years ago
went from England tot visit the Orand
Falls.-' .,(-'.-.-..' ,. :,..-..
Heorganlnd a little party to aooomDany
htm inland, and arrived within about SO
miles of the falls, when he was compelled
to return on account of the failure of his
provisions. The Labrador Indians say
these talis are haunted, and they carefully
avoid them, believing that they will die If
they look upon them. ; The two white men
who have seen them are Mr. McLean, who,
ne was ascending the river in 1838. was
stopped by the tails, and Mr. Kennedy, who
over 80 years ago had charge of Hudson
Bay Poet In Iiabrador. Mr. Holme says
ths bight of the fall is not certainly
known, but In some respects then is little
doubt they are ths greatest in the world.
Though inner Labrador Is so lnadao. uate-
ly known, ws ass aware that it is a vast
table land whose limits an quite clearly
defined. In ths southeast the descent
from ths table land Is quite sudden, and
almost immediately after leaving the plat
eau level is reached that to very little
above that of theses. The Orand Falls to
the place where ths Grand Biver tumbles
over the edge of this table land, and almost
the whole of the great drop to effected in
this one descent, Professor Hind gives
ths height of this Plateau as 1,M0 feet. It
has been estimated that the region at ths
foot of ths falls to only aoo feet above sea
level, and that the waters of Orand Elver
have perpendicular descent of about 2.000
feet. Ooldthwaite's. Magazine.
Haw ta IiUm KHane Dog.
A good method of conquering dogs was
exemplified in the presence of a corres
pondent, who tells the story as follows;
While Buying at a oountry nouse ths
conversation turned upon the ferocity of a
dog, bait bulldog, halt mastiff, that was
chained up In the yard. A small, delicate
looking man, who was one of the guests,
smiled contemptuously at our host's de
scription of the hound's savageness, and
offered to bet that he would go down to the
kennel and take a bone from under his
nose. The bet wss taken, and ws all ad
journed to ths courtyard to witness tha
feat. : - - -V ' -
The small man, who had vanished for a
moment, reappeared, and strolled up to
the kennel with his right arm outstretched.
The dog rushed at him with open mouth,
then stopped, turned tall and sliuik into
his hutch. The man followed, put his baud
Inside, pulled ths dog out by the collar,
and' then, after permitting it to crawl
back again, ooolly took op the bone it bad
been Just enjoying and threw It away
without any protest on the part ' of tha
animal.
The secret of his success was that hs had
rubbed bis hand with a solution of am
monia, A dog cannot bite without draw
ing In its breath, and the Inhalation of this
pungent odor was too much tor it. Spirits,
or campnor, eau ae cologne ana otner pow
erful perfumes at the kind are sd to be
almost as eneotlve. . ' .
Eight Thatuaad Stadias af Paamlea.
Dr. Johnson defines the novel as a tale
"usually of love," and there to no doubt
that niout novels, since the Greek roman
ces, have been very full of this passion. In
his EuKliuh novel, during the time of
bMikpare, M. Jusserand gives soma
BUktixtiitt, as to the preponderance of fiction
In liio-l 'i KiiKllHh literature. In 1886 there
were more books of theology than novels,
but novels took the first piuoe In 1887, lB-t4,
sud 1 9. In the last year, l.frtO novels
ware published. This gives us, at the very
hwHt, tue stones oi ii.imu numan nearw;
but it would be more fair to multiply the
!"iuiKr of novels by nine, allwing for four
' t lovers" In each, the villain, generally
o 1 to the heroine,) end four unsuo-
0.4 ,1 i rnrg, male or female, ibus the
yeiir l ) ri'"v have provided about 8.000
S.'.-lieaof t " I " lon of love, as It is fair to
I), i ..e a.iiiwoht! f-r novels In which treas
nin. or nnii'ii-r, it i "icy was the main
liiten-xt. 'i unit it v-o ! I s nm as if what is
ciiiii-1 c-e "love in,! :, i" were ths main
tti-a-iion "f romance, sml v -t lucre seems
reaxon to .. t WW ii"r I fi Ih not a mere
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A JAPANESE GARDEN.
ORIENTAL NOVELTY TO BE REPRODUCED
" IJI NEW YORK. . : -
"Little Japan to ths name given ton
prospective Japanese tea garden In this
city. It will appear, fairy-like, during the
Coming Summer, and will be the first and
only enterprise of Its kind In sxlstonoa, -
Ths tea garden to '.the result of several
months of scheming on ths part of a Bright
young Japanese of this olty. There are in
this dty, however, two pretty and dainty
young Japanese ladies who wars In Paris
during ths Exposition, and who have
oblique little black eves that fairly dance
with intelligence, and it to poaelbie that
the whole scheme of the tea garden origi
nated la their round heads. ' TVey in turn
say they got the Hea while visit' g Japan's
exhibit In the World's Fair at Paa- .
At n dinner-recently given byl Well
known Japanese of this dty ths two young
ladles were present. The schema of "Lit
tle Japan" was thoroughly discussed. One
of those present was M. Z. Sato, and hs has
given a description of ths novel garden. -
According to Mr. Sato, arrangements
have been completed by certain wealthy
gentlemen, acting with some Japanese, for
the site of ths garden, its general features
and its management.- The ground to be
occupied Is nearly a block in area, and
enough to give room for an exact repro
duction of one of the most beautiful private
gardens In Tokio. A large building will
cover the site, and It will be fitted with fix
tures for steam heat, so that the tea gar
den may be open to its patrons all the year
rouna. - ,. . ... -- ,-- -
After the construction of the building.
the floor space will be arranged Into little
hills, slopes and nooks. Then ths magic
of Japanese art will convert the outlined
walks into white and winding shell paths,
ths pile of earth into green mounds and the
elopes and level places Into velvet hits of
lawn. Near ths center will be a little pond,
and in the pond a variety of the oddest
Japanese fish that can be gotten here alive,
or hatched here from eggs imported es
pecially for the purpose. , . . . . . - ,
It Is in the adornment of this bit of ths
Mikado's Empire that the greatest charm
of ths garden will lie. The oddest and
rarest small trees and shrubs will abound,
and among them will be a tree whose root
rise ont of the ground to ths height of a
native of Japan, and there meet the trunk.
which rises ss high again and bears droop
ing branches. Japan Is famously rich in
flowering bushes and shrubs, and the most
beautiful of them all will be selected for
the garden, f It will be gay with flowers,
and sweet With their mingled fragrance
from New Tear's to New Tear's. There
will be bits of shell walk, overhung with
interlocking branches, blossoming dells
and quiet nooks. A brook will ran under-
neath a little Japanese bridge.
Hall bidden by trees and shrubs in one
corner, overlooking a slops and ths pond,
an imported Tokohoma dwelling, or tea
house, will be placed. - It will be built In
Japan by native carpenters, and sent hers
in pieces. In this house, and perhaps in a
second, Japanese tea Will be served as it to
customarily served in Tokio. In the serv
ing of the tea will be Introduood a most at
tractive feature of the glimpse of Japan.
Young girls, all of them Turn Yums,
Pitti Sings or Peep Bos, will be brought
over to prepare and carry the tea to ths
patrons. The girls will be dressed dain
tily in ths style of their native land and
will serve the tea in little lacquer cups on
laoqner salvers. Ths tea, as all know who
have enjoyed the hospitality of ths Japan
ese at home, will be of a light amber color
and served without sugar. But in the
plans of the sweet little American cubes.
ths Japanese girls will serve stoneless pre
served cherries and sweetmeats. The
cherries will be strung on sticks, six on
each and lie in a drcular laoquer box. The
other sweetmeats will be served in a clrou-
tor box. Both boxes will be of bamboo, and
will be enclosed in one large section of
temboo. ; ':''','" !
If some morning' visitor shall happen to
ay "ohayo" to one of ths young ladles
erring tea, she will smile a funny little
mile, and make a qulok, jerky little bow.
Then shs will patter back in her Japanese
Uppers to ths little straw-thatohed, plo
turesque tea house. " Ohayo " (pronounced
Ohio) means "good morning."
: The business arrangements tor placing a
Little Japan in ths midst of the metropolis
are carefully guarded secrets ss yet, but It
is said that there are five in the oomvany.
and that the five Include a very rich and
enterprising New Yorker. They will send
a special agent to Japan at onoe, if they
have not already, to secure six of the best
native gardeners who oan be induced to
come. If possible, gardeners with pretty
young daughters will be engaged, as it to
quite difficult to separate Japanese daugh
ters from Iamllles--N. x. uontinent.
'. How As Kartltquke Faela. ' .
To the average resident of ths temperate
ones an earthquake is a rare and terrible
svent, creating mors oonstornatlon than
any other visitation of nature. - In ths
tropics, however, particularly in Central
America, it Is wonderful how easily the
residents become accustomed to these
shocks, which - do not Come, however,
Wholly without warning.- ., .:- ' '
Yon are sitting on a piazza, of a hot after
noon, chatting with your friends, when
suddenly the sky seems to grow hairy, the
crows stop cawing and ths buzsards quit
fighting in the street. There to a general
rrush, and, though you may not know what
to the matter, you cannot help feeling un
easy.' - - "".
The old natives say. "We are going to
have a little shake," and then the house be
gins to rock, the tumblers tali off the table,
vou feci deadly sick at ths stomach, and
the tiling is all over. The sky clears, ths
trows begin their noisy screams and the
buzzards resume their quarrel over the
street offal. .. " -
There is something Inexpressibly terri
fying, however, about the trembling of ths
earth, says the New York Journal. Ths
slightest oscillation will awaken the popu
lation of the whole town, but unless some
considerable damage Is dons everybody
goes to sleep again as a matter of course.
A Lattar aa a Poataga Stamp,
When the postmaster at the little coun-
tryoMoe in Ellington, Oonn opened his
nutllbugonsday last week a single can
eoiiml postage stamp fell out. lie lxked
among the letters to see If the stamp bad
came from any of them, but they were all
rlKlit 1 lien he examined the liack of t"6
sijuiin toi-. " if the Rum was still on It. He
found tiiat h i s. J. F. Ii-vIhs. ot Shaker S! a
tionlu this hi ute, liml esercc.oil her In
genuity and stnii ncd tier eviii lit by wnt.
ing a letter on t .e I n of I a n, ( M
otie edge. was smml !- n of '-p"
mr, such as Is alwi'-i I I oil n I 1
f. icot of stamps. Bed C'l t , - a. i -l
t ii-Uiens, lull Li L. -J. a.
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TklV SeavtUkl Private liHas
' AH the Tear KmmmM
v aws ta Ba Dlipmaea Itl a Tefcakajaa
COBWEB PARTIES.
A ir Faaalaia Ptv. law AJtWratag
A cobweb party to great fun. -
It to work, too work for ths amiable and
inventive hostess and most tantalizing and
pleasurable work for ths investigating
guests. It to as sxdting ss a chase, with
the gams just beyond the tips of your fin
gers, or the reach of your gun.
At first it seems ss u one were trying to
catch a will-o'-the-wisp or find ths bag of
gold at ths root of the rainbow, in taot.
the effect of the gay yvns, worsteds or
ribbons (Whichever one chooses to use),
crossed and reorossed and interlaced and
intertwined, to not tuiLte a very beautiful
rainbow, which has at the end of each
bright strand a real prize. Not the tradi
tional bag of gold to be sure, but .anything
from silken shoestring to a diamond pin,
or a book, or a picture, or anyt ,ng and
everything that a ready, inventive faculty,
artistic taste or tun -loving fancy ban make
or devise. .
Cobweb parties may havs a- Juvenile
sound, but they are not for ths enjoyment
ot rollicking youngsters; but tor ths diver
sion of those who have learned, as ths
years increased, to rein in thela-vimal
spirits and to take their pleasure with a
certain amount of seif-eontroi.
So ths nostess knows as shs weaves her
cobweb ot ribbons for her party, that no
matter how often they are twisted ana in
tertwisted by her there will not be any
tear of them getting into a hopeless tangle.
She takes as many strands of worsteds or
yarn or ribbon as the number ot people she
Invited, and fastens at on anil of each
strand a prise. Some of the strands are
yards and yards In length and some are
short.- The prises are snugged away in
noon, under cualrs, behind pictures, op
stairs, down la the oellar or up on a shelf.
Ths different strands are crossed and
woven and Intel wutou like the airy threads
ot a oobweb. Ths ends are toft within
reach. - .;..
The guests are Invited to select a strand
and to find the other end of It which holds
ths prise. Each goes to work and follows
the wanderings of his strand in ths seem
ingly Inextricable mass of bewildering
twists and turns and colors.
It's great fun to watch the busy prlsn
seekers. At first It seems deliriously silly :
but ths philosopher forgets ths fun of it
as be marks how each one works according
to his temperament. With what sest and
energy and en thus! as tic haste one grabs
his string and follows its lead with eager
expectancy. With what slow, deliberate
Inquiry another pursues the windings ot
nto strand I With what doubting timidity
and misgiving another hunts for his prise.
asking numberless questions and having
to be helped by his comrades in ths knotty
places. .. -.' . . -. ,
But cobweb parties are not Intended tor
ths entertainment ot philosophers, but to
while away an evening in a novel and
pleasant way. And they dOi - -
The most Indifferent are piqued to action
by having the thing they wish Just within
possible reach. At ths end eacn one baa
nto prize asa satisfying result of his labors;
no matter It he found .it behind a dock
iter many times wandering about the
room he first entered; or whether, after
skirmishing down stairs Into ths cellar, np
again, down and np ths hall and up stairs
to the garret and down again to the draw
ing room to find the end of his apparently
ndless strand that led- -him Into diverse
places in diverse ways, fastened to a gem.
of a picture, which he Is privileged to take
way with him to bis own domicile and tell
sver after what a time he had finding it at
oobweb party.
Wanna! Drew la 1315. .
This description of the dress of English
women in 1515 to taken from a letter writ
ten by an attache of the Venetian legation
to a friend at home: ., , . - .- ,
" Their usual vesture Is a doth pettiooat
over the shift, lined with gray squirrel or
some .other fur; over the petticoat they
wear a long gown lined with some choice
fur. The gentlewomen carry the train of
fhAlr mwnt nnriAr tha arm! tha Mmmfln.
r alty pin it behind or before, or at one side.
The sleeves ot the gowns sit as doss as
possible, are long, and unslashed through
out, the cuffs being lined with some choice
fur. J heir neaagear is o: various sorts of
velvet, cap fashion, with lappets down
behind over their shoulders like two hoods,
and in front they have two others lined
with some other silk.- Their hair to not
seen, so It is not possible to see whether it
be light or dark. Others wear on their
heads muslins which arc distended and
bang on their backs, but not far down.
Home draw their hair from under a ker
chief and wear over their hair a cap, for the
most part white, round, and seemly.
Others, again, wear a kerchief In folds on
ths head, but, be the fashion as it may, the
hair to never seen. Their stockings are
black, and their (hoes doubly soled, of
various colors. When they meet friends in
the street they shake hands and kiss on
ths mouth and go to some tavern to regale,
their relatives not taking this amiss, as
such to ths custom. The women are very
beautiful and good-tempered."
A TPaljraaalaa IjagaaA,
Turn, coming from over seas, found him
self in a land named Otea, and leaving bin
canoe, Journeyed inland. Traveling
through the dense forest, he saw fairies
sitting in ths flowers ot ths climbing plants
and swinging on the lianas which trailed
from the high boughs across ths vistas of
the wood. These fairies were curiously.
shaped beings, having small heads and
large bodies, while their hand and feet
were attached to limbs so short that they
seemed ss If extruding from their bodies.
Turn had brought with him ths sticks
wherewith fire to produced by friction, and
he proceeded to kindle a fire and toeook
some food, much to the astonishment of
ths fairies, who had always consumed their
food in Its natural state. Turn fell In love
with one ot the fairy women and married
her. His wife reclprooated his affection
and they lived happily together; but one
day, when the elfin spouse was combing
out her husband's hair, shs suddenly cried
out, "Oh, Turn, what to this white hair
among the black ones?" Hs told her that
it was a sign ot age and of approaching,
decay, ths forerunner ot death. Then his
wife wept bitterly and refused to be com
forted. It la a touching story, ths sudden
surprise and grief ot this child ot the im
mortals on herdlsooveryof that which to
us poor sons ot day to so common and ob
trusive a tact. The old legend has given
rise to a proverbial saying, "The weeds ot
Turn," as a synonymous expression for
gray hair. Longman's Magazine. ;
A Taaag Weaseat Braat Baa4.
Ilumboldt, Kan, is a musical town, and
poetwfises a young women's military bnd
that would lie a credit to a large city. 1 lie
members are all women except Prof,
lliwo, the director, and the ohltwt is oniy
Si) veins of ace. It is said they have ati
t iincil a iricit. ileal of pro! 'ency, and r-'iy
rimt i. - y well In tune. It Is not lc "0
t i nt, ui! n p'ny tiis (I mm S"d ti' i, 1c t
w i i v I i i " lu I I .
J v h ' ' - f I, w- in - I -I
1 ii c u. j uliiimcd Wuu a --i.W
- HAM
XOTHE PEESIDENT."
tOUt CURIOSITIES Of THE MAII
AT TMt WHITE HOUSE. '
Car
ata AASiass Ska rvasV
mt rraaariy Hearty Ail Will A44 Aa
Kxam Title Sama Qeaar ; gpaahaaaa
Fraaa tka OShdal Mail Ba.
On half ot ths President's dally mall
Is addressed to "His Excellency the
President of the United BUtM." This,
of oosrss. is exclusive of matt from
official sources. It this record is taken
a a criterion, one-half the people ot ths
United States srs Ignorant ot ths Preal-
oant's official title and oi the fact that
ft was determined early la ths history
of ths republic thsiths President should
not be sailed " His ExoeUsney."
Ths question - what styles or titles It
will be proper to annsx to the office ot
President and Vise President , of the
United Btetes, It any other than thoss
given In ths G institution "earns before
the first Congress, and after much dis
cussion ths Bn ate passed a resolution
m May M. 1789, fixing the title of ths
rresldent, which stm remains in (ores.
The conclusion of ths resolution wast
'Besolved. That the present address
be: To the President ot the United
States.' without addition ot title."
In tha President s mall at the Execu
tive Mansloo a few days ago was Just
oas letter In the sntlrs package whloh
was addressed correctly, and that was
from a railroad company in Camden,
X. J. Four were nearly eorreot. Two
were addressed "To the President.
Washington, D. C," and ths other two
"To ths President, Executive Mansion,
Washington. D. C." Tie Ban Frsnolsce
Board of Trade addressed an envelope to
Bis Exosllsncy Benjamin Harrison,
President, Washington. D. C." and a
leading Insursnce company of New York
sent a letter addressed to Bis Excel-
lencr Benjamin Harrison. Pi evident,'
Ac., and In tns corner of the envelope
was ths word "Private." Another let
ter was addrssssd " His Excellency. Ex
ecutive Mansion, D. 0., and marked
"Personal." Ths " Personal " ; mark
never takes a letter beyond the desk of
Executive Clerk Tibbot, who hsndlss all
of the President's mall, and turns ovsr
to Private Secretary Haiford the letters
whloh do not require the President's
personal attention.
A Bipablloan club In New York sent
the President a sampls of American tin
plats Inaa envelope addressed "Hon.
Benjamin Harrison," te, "National
Capitol." As ths Prssldsnt visits the
Capitol about onoe In two years, ths tin
plats would havs swelled bis attention
a long tins If ths directions on ths sn
Telope had been followed. .
- Ths foreign Idea of the President's ad
dress found illustration in a communica
tion from ths Department of Neglected
Children and Bformatory Bohools at
Melbourne, Australia, It was directed
to ths "President of the Republic
White House. Washington, U. 8. ,
Officially there Is ne such plaoe as the
White House. The President's offloe
and residence la the "Executive Man
sion." Boms of ths letters which the
President reserves suffer delay from In-
auffioionoy of address. Postal olsrks are
busy deciphering ths addresses on the
Tl 1 .11 -rt A
drssssd to " Bengerman Harson, Wash
ington. It was mailed at Altoona. Pa.,
and ths Postmaster thers sent It to
Washington. Pa. There "Try Pres.
Harrison, D. C," was scribbled on ths
envelope, and ths letter found its det
tinatlon in ths Executive Mansion. As-
other letter reoeived In the same mall
was addrssssd to Hoasrbls Prssldsnt
B. Hsrison." These are unworthy speci
mens of the way the casual correspon
dent abuses the spelling of the Prssl
dsnt name, Mr. Tlbbott baa made
collection of strange envelopes received
at ths Executive Mansion. They fill a
large drawer in his desk. Here are some
aseolmena : x- .
Mr, president balnoa, Wathlncton. i
Mr. oae-eNs treat lent b harlaoa, -.
r Waeblnstoa. d. .' .. u -.
That letter whloh was mailed at Cairo.
IU strsyed about for a time, and came
to ths Executive Mansion with "Mis-
sent stamped all over It. r
Boaory Pres. .
at taeVolteda.et-.
WashlBinoa
y
y&eetrDeot or Bat .-; '
aM states
- Wash lag toe DO '
: Wlshlag v So . - " . ' . ., .
i a tte Pi-sadaa
IfBMI
WteitaaS.a
o free a eil - .s-x.
. . Ittrtwn . ' ... ....
That letter was sent to Philadelphia
by the Postmaster of a small Pennsyl
vania town who could not decipher the
address. Ths Philadelphia offloe added
" Washington, D. 0," and forwarded the
letter to ths capital. . .
Mrbn
Xon kara-m
mi laeat Washlniem
. a ' -
' Ttat letter, which csme from Arka-
dslpbla. Ark., got through without de-
toy becauas tne elty address was plain.
trma Dead Ber-v
- otDO
: Waaalostaa "
' That latter was from Blohmond, Ind.
where Mr. Harrison should be well
known. Oiymer. N. J., furnlsbsd tbs fol
lowing gem. It hat few equals In the
eollsotlos :
preaedeant ; ' ,
' ears '. ..v
Weestliatoraa ,,. - - .
. to
Hot quits satisfied with his spelling ot
the President's asm, the "Clymer cor
respondent wrote "Hress" across the
end of ths envelops as aa alternative.
Lsasdals, Pa., sent ths following : .
Mr rraaaldesl
are . ';.
1 WBaMaglOB ,
P0
- From Kansas City, Kan., earns a con
tribution originally addressed to " Mr.
Hirron," but ths address waa altered to
read:
M'. Hlrma, K B
WM koeaa . ' - . .. . , ;
Wadiliaelty
(What "P. stood for wss not de
veloped svsa by tbs contents ot the
latter. Possibly It wss an Americaniza
tion of ths Queen of England a Y. B.
" Presldens Bex.")
One Irreverent eorresnondentl to
small town in Ussourt, addressed a let
ter to " Lis lioval Ji(t, ths President,'
and another iulssourlan adilressea
rommioiloation. Intended for the Chief
l.xecc sv, simply, WBshlnitton, D. C,
ths t tolls Louse. N. Y. bun.
af Some Ottnerale,
'' 1 atCT, K.erldan at
. . 'le at i i. Li-"!
i I ' " i V, 1 ' - , t
.. dj, l.i.t tj lii
TTTi
Stat.
The daughter to a great pet la Bosafaa
families, perhaps because there are geoer
ally more sons than daughters. Take tbs
younger members of the Imperial family
as an example, and we find twenty-two
grand dukes and only seven grand duch
esses; and this may be stated to be about
the average oronortlon In most families.
The necessity for men in the rural districts
assistants in the agricultural labors of
tbdr fathers has given rise to a saying :
one son is no son: two sons are halls
son; but three are a whole son." . ::
Notwithstanding the pride and satisfac
tion with whloh ths birth of a boy to hailed,
the little girl Is the darling, the object oi
the tenderest affection and care of parents
and brothers, not to speak of other adoring
relatives. -Much to not expected ot her in
the way of assistance In the family, she to
indulged as tar as their means and circum
stances permit, and she takes it quietly
and as ner due. but It to rarely that shs
does not voluntarily and tadtiycontrjinite
ner share in helping her mother.. Her oc
cupations are mach about the same as
those of all' European girls, but parish
work in Bussla sxtBtoth not for her. Bhe
cannot have classes at Sunday-schools, as
religion is (aught by priests or daaootis.
It would DS thought quite extraordinary
and Improper were a young unmarried
girl to visit the sick or poor in towns, but
in villages it to sometimes done under the
direction of mamma or grandmamma.
Bhe to undoubtedly fond ot pleasure, likes
to be well dressed, and generally adores
dancing, writes Mms. Boumanoff in the
English Illustrated Magazine. Muslo Is
not the Busslan girls forte, nor to solo sing
ing. Most of ths Institotkas, though they
thoroughly know ths theory ot music, play
ilxe a child ot twelve ; ot course there are
exceptions, but It to seldom you find a girl
able to play a quadrille or poke off-hand.
The uymnaslstkss affect a magnificent
contempt for all such "delloadea." After
securing their diploma, 75 per oent ot the
Qymnaslstkas begin to pine tor higher
culture, or the so-csiled work among " the
people." It to not only orphans, or daugh
ters ot persons with large families and
small means that endeavor to obtain board
appointments. It to the fashion, the erase
ox tso aay. -
Higher culture used to be attainable bv
joining the higher courses at Petersburg,
Moscow and otner university dues, where
girls with a diploma went through a uni
versity course and reoeived alter five years'
study another, which gave the owner the
right to teach In Institutes and gym
nasiums. -
Aatles af the Ha Ami,
The following remarkable story, told by
an eye-witness, to entitled tea place among
the instances ot Intelligence among the
lower animau: - r
A cook was much annoyed to find bis
pastry shelves attacked by ants. By ca
tul watching it was discovered that they
came twice a day in search of food, at
about T In the morning and 4 in the after
noon. How were the pies to be protected
against me invaders? :-., ,,
He did not have long to wait, for at 6 0
o'dock he noticed that in the left hand
comer ot the pantry was a line of ante
slowly making their way In the direction
of the pies. -
They seemed like a vast army coming
forth to attack the enemy. In front was a
leader, who was larger than any ot ths
others, and who always kept a UtUe ahead
of his troops. -r;: -..--..'
They were of ths sort known as the
medlum-elzed red ant, which to regarded
as the most intelligent of its kind, whose
sdentlfls name to Formica rubra.
About forty ants out of five hundred
stepped out and Joined the leader. The
general and his aids hdd a council and
then proceeded to examine the drule of
molasses. Certain portions of It seemed to
be assigned to the different ants, and each
selected unerringly the point In the section
under his charge where the stream ot mo
lasses wss narrowest. Then the leader
made his tour of inspection. ? m
The order to inarch waa given, and the
ants all made their way to a hole in the
wall at whloh the plastering was loose.
Here they broke ranks and set about car
rying pieces of plaster to the place in the
molasses which had been agreed upon as
the 'narrowest. 'V-v.j.rr.-.'-v-- ''V-
To and fro they went from ths nail-hole
to the molasses, until, at U o'clock, they
had thrown a bridge across. They then
formed themselves in line again and
marched over, and by 11 :5 every ant was
eating pie. Bocky Mountain News.
A Caurteas CatawWeaaa,
"Bpeaklng ot coincidences," said the
man with the wooden leg, as hs lighted
half-consumed dgar he had been"' carrying
in an old handkerchief; "speaking of co
incidences, gentleman, I can tell you a
very singular thing. I was going up Ni
agara street. In Buffalo, when I saw a man
with a wooden leg on the other side ot the
street coming down. We looked aoroes at
each other and stopped. Says I to myself,
and says be to himself: -
" That fellow lost hisJegat the battle of
Gettysburg, or Tm a sinner T , iS, , :
" Wdir asked one of ths group. '
"We looked at each other across the
street for a moment, and then says I to
myself, and says na to nimseir :
" I'll strike him for a quarter, and an old
comrade and fellow-sufferer will , shell
out," 'lit u.-.vV't-.i-'-'vyi-! .'.'
rwenr
" Very curious coincidence, ' gentlemen
very curious," continued the man, as be
puffed away at his old stub.: "We met on
ths cross-walk. We shook hands. We
struck each other for a quarter, but didn't
get it We were both dead broke. Ndther
ot us was In ths battle ot Gettysburg, or
any other battle. Then says 1 to myself,
and says ha to himself :
" Blast his eyes I but he's a traveUrur on
his shape and tolling a tale of woe, and he's
nomas forms to assodate with!" and so
we walked off. I dont like ooinddenoe
myself; there s no money In em. . -
OlUMBgtaa; DeeaMda la Reeta areata.
- A restaurants waiter In this dty nays:
" There are some things about people's
habits of eating that defy explanation. For
instance, Monday is known in ths restau
rants as sandwich day, for twice as many
sandwiches are sold then as on any other
dayot the week, and what to still more
curious, more coined beef Is called for on
Monday than at any other time, Baturday
is devillod-ham day, tor two orders of
devilled ham will be called for on Saturday
to one on Monday, though why no human
bang can guess. Bomeumns a most unex
rjejted demand will be made for a particu
lar kind of food. Uomeday everybody thut
comes in will want custard pie, and tee
next day we will not need to cut a sin:: a
slice. On Good Friday, w we b'l not
made much preparation for a r"'i-t u -not
exoopltntr to do acytliicsf In i t I
and, to the ai.Umihhmerit of evc?
the place, thore was more mc t i i
on any oilier deyin the ynr. H t 1
as if all thelmiiiols In toiM e ,i l
cn!!il for meet to c of
iity-iSt. Louis Ccilie l 'C'
Tool.;- 'otl.ei'
B!IOllg0 Willi UlKV-
y
FOUND AT LAST,
I ware ta a ray
e4 Ibe fads wee (as ta the (aa.
for tbr aada't mlu Btlea ba fry
4 eoejaal a aa wtsb lee eeee.
laeoasasaf
aasest have euppltoa their aa, '
Bui anBUeiy aaaneS seey loan tbam.
. for skey all had bees aeaga te Rao. ... ,
Bai at last than ana a faror - ;!
- And tb U wrote tndaljrad la
They has tou4 aa fcnkMlleal farar
whs never had read Bbepepera,
OapsOodia
"WaLXphraham Linkum. an' wat yon
see In de dty?" ssked Uncle Moss of his
nephews lew days ago, when that wortby
returned from Klchmorid full ot'de larnlu .
Obdedtyfolkses."
"Bee I Undo Mose. man -alive I I sea de
whole wort'," said Ephrehem Linkum. "I
see houses er hundred times Uggem Mar
Will's an' Miss Lisa's, en er hundred stories
high, sn some on em had rises doo's aa'
wlmlerB all over em, an' I see ksrriges vat
wenter long tbout no horses nor mules
hitched ter-em, an' you kud ride In em-far. .
a nlokei, and I see lamps in de streets wet
made it ligbtom day all night; an' dey
doan hatter fill 'em up knee de tie runs on a
wire an' bums at every pos'an I see" v
"Bhet np, nigger, 1 alnt axed yon ter
ns an' If you lies tor me ag'ln I 'clar yon
kalnt go back ter de dty." . .. .
"Uncle Mnse I to teUln de gospel truf,
and dey got twelerfonegraphs, and day.
talks to each odder fer sr hundred miles,
an yon kin hear 'em Jos as "
" Nigger r thundered Uncle Moss, ..
" does you take me ferer fool? Didn't I ;
done tole you not to tell no-mo' Uesr -
"But, Undo Moss, I 'dar fore goodness .
1 ain't tole you no lies, and wen dey twel
erphonegraph a boy dressed up In blue
dose come an bring wat dey want. I axed
one v de boys wat be git er moot an he
say be git er hunderd dollars, an' I speck
he do 'case he say bis doss ooe' him er
hundred dollars, I toll yon dey wss fine an
aont you turglt It, an- 1
" Look er yer, nigger, does you surmagln
I Is er goin ter b'lieve all wat you to er
tellln', you good-fur-nufnn, triflln' nigger;
you Jia' git np in de mawnin'wen I calls
yer and go to wuk. De dty ain't no fit
plaoe fur sioh a you. You dun bin to de
dty a whole monf , an' kalnt tummembes
wat yon seed. I tell jrou it won't do, yon
mils' ".- '5.-- ' J"'''c-:' -''-:.rV
" But, Uncle Moss," Interrupted Ephrn
ham, " I alnt got dun tellln wat I "
"Bhet up, nlggerJl alnt got no time to -listen
to yo gab. Uo out dar and out some
wood fur yo' Aunt, yon hear P and with the
look of one who bad dons a good act, Unde
Mose leaned back In his ohatr, drew forth a
large, square pieos of tobacco, cut off
piece about an Inch and a half square,
leaned back and soliloquised thusly : "Wen .
Iwuser boy if Ibader kumhome an tote
such tales ss dat nigger, Mars Will 'ud er ,
beat me nigh tor death, but times to
changed. - Yas indeedy, times to haint no
mo wat der used to be, an' dat's fao'."-.
Arkanaaw Traveler. ' -
' Be Flaaa Fear Ceaate.
He suddenly halted as hs saw a sign "To
Let" in Irving plaoe, and In answer to his
ring a young woman came to the door.
"Booms or whole houser " ne asked.
"Booms," she replied. . 4"
" Southern exposure I " " r
"Yes."
"Deooratedf"
Yes."
Steam heat?"
Tea"
ra ,.we vi jwiima i .. s
"Yes." -
Elevatorl"
"Yes."
"Halls carpeted and everybody made to
fed at home? " , ,
Oertelnly." ' '
Eeferenoee required f
Of course." ,
Ah I then. I am done fort I cannot
furnish them and yet preserve my incog
nito ss tne unnt Btephanio. Give me -dead
away, yon see, and I would be con
stantly bored with caller end newspaper
notices." i.,c:- V.C.'-';pi
"Well f the woman asked in a voice
whloh had a touch ot snowdrifts in It.
' Therefore, madams, if you would kind- "
ly hew me off a liberal slice ot bread, and
put a liberal hunk of oold beefsteak on It,
and add a hard-boiled egg and a couple of -olives,
I do sincerely believe"
She banared the door on him. and after a '
bit he turned away and deoended the steps
with a disconsolate look, and said to him
self: i- --...-
- "They dont seem to be upon Oounte in
this street. PU drop down a square or two
and announce myself as the Governor of
New Hampshire," N. Y. Bun. - -
" - The Bags aa4 tka Bayi A tahk, "
A Boy who had his hand wrapped up In a
Bandage called upon a well-known 8ags -and
said: - -
"0 Sage, I am but a young and innocent . -Kid,
and I Desire to be made Wise."
" What wouldst Thou, my Bon?" queried ' .
ths Bags as hs crossed his Legs and cut off "
Chaw ot Plug Tobaooo.
" Yesterday I Picked up Hareeshoe in a
Blacksmith Shop."
"IsesV
"It was red hot" , . "
"As usual." -. . .---." '.c-c't - h
"Teach me, 0 Sage, how to tell theDlf- '
ferenoe between a Hot and a Oold Horse-.
hoe, that I may not get Blistered again."
- my eon, quoin us nags, aa ne spa
out ot ths nearest window, "It Is as easy. .
as Boiling off a Log. Walt until some '
other Boy has Ploked up the Shoe, and then
you will know all about It free of OosU"
- MORaX; "
But we never dUv Detroit Free Press
laAeSalte.
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