s
hummus-taut.“
a sewvacos “sea sour-s
W Vogue Through Wrilby." ‘
v Hasfleorgo Du Manrier made Rom
“votive Thomas Dunn English, of New
, N. .‘L. famous, or has the 00qu
"I lifted the English novelist and
, mono to a higher pinnacle of fame?
1a Du hisnrier'e last novel, “Trilby.”
which is having such a sale, the song of
"hen Bolt" is echoed and re-echoed
throughout. It has even been claimed
that fair Alice furnished the theme of the
However this may be, it is certain that
6!..er of theNewarker, first published
Misantnry ago, is once more on ev-
uybody’s tongue, and it Do Maurler. as
k etatedmas not aware of the author
‘ of“Bon Bolt” when he penned "filmy."
hehae learned who he is by this time.
Dr. English—for he practiced medicine in
early life—talked in an entei-taining man-
ner to a local interviewer the other day
who called at his home.
3. He is an old man. You see that ata
lance. He was born on June 29, 1819, in
iladelphia. Without his glasses he
hardly sees at all. But his voice is strong
and musical and winning, and when die
talks you like to listen to him. There
was a copy of his poems among the litter
on the table. ‘
“This,” he said, opening the volume,
.“has been published by subscription. As
you will see, it is edited by my dau :hter
Alida It contains "Ben Bolt" as it as
originally written in 1843. and publisged
for the first time in the New York Mir r.
In its travels it has met with some hard
knocks, like‘its father, and there have
been many mutilations of its lines.
“I have seen the use made of ‘Ben
Bolt’ in Du Maurier’s novel "l‘rilby,’"
went on the Doctor, “and it is by no
I . means to my liking. But, after all,what
does it matter? All this controversy
about the author of ‘Ben Bolt’ and the
British assumption that he must have
been 'a Briton is surprising to me. N ow,
let me read you this.” The Doctor took
up a copy of “Trilby” and read:
lts harmonics in the playing of “Svengsll”
were all magnified into a strange. almost
holy. poetic dignity and splendor quite un-
drehmed of by whoever wrote the words and
music of that unsophisticated little song,
which has touched so many simple British
hearts that. don‘t know any better—and
among them once that of the present
scribe—long. long ago. -
The Doctor laid down the book. Now,
had any one read ‘Ben Bolt’ carefully
and intelligently,” he said, “he would
have seen that it was written by an
American."
“Why?”
“I will tell you. There are certain
words in the poem that would only have
been written by an American. ’l‘he,_word
‘slah,’ which occurs in the first stanza, is
an Americauism. It is not used in Eng-
land. Themagain, ‘hickory iree’ isused.
There are no hickory trees in England '
known by that name. When the Eng-
lishman speaks of a tree he calls it an
oak.”
Then the [bu-tor grew reminiscent.
“W'hen l lirat floated into Congress on
the Democratic tidal wave,” he said,
“seine of the newspapers, speaking of the
newly-elected member, fell back on my
literary record, and dragged ‘Ben Bolt’
from its lurking place. The result of
this was a sort of ‘Ben liolt’ revival
through the country, but a source
of great. annoyance to me.
“I wnsassnrcd by one member of the
House that his wife had won him years
ago by the pretty and pathetic manner
in which she had sling ‘llcn llolt‘ to him.
Another told me that, like llr. (,‘omi, in
the Sandwich islands, his mother had
sung him to sleep with 'licn iiolt,’ and,
to cap the climax, l was introduced to a
lady who had been christened ‘Alice Ben
Bolt.’ She was a daughter of General
Pickett, of lhmfcderate fame.
“Whenever i got into a mood of indig-
nation at some legislation adverse to my
views.” hewcnt on in his musical way,
“and expressed my imlighntion in strong
and perhaps emphatic terms, some of the
members would clap me on file back and ‘
sing:
Don‘t you remember sow-l Alice. lien lioltl
Sweet Alice. is how hair was so brown.
"This Would put. me in a rage. ‘00::-
found it,’ i have ol'tcn said. ‘1 begin to
wish that “lien Bolt" or i had neverbeeu
born.”‘—».\'. Y. Herald.
Dolly the Outlaw.
From intllxut'l‘crritory there have lately
been coming stories of "liolly. the Queen
of the Outlaws," who has become fully
identified with the Cook gang. She no-
compsnics them on their pillaging cxpedl‘
tions, and is said to ho a handsome, dash-
ing young Woman, who posse-sacs courage
unlimited. and whose daredevil rookies»
nose exceeds that of the once noted liellc
Starr.
Showcure a six-shooter and a big bowie
knife and carries a rifle. With a rifle she
is adead shot, and is cool and collected in
time of danger. The gang was camped
not far from Sallmw, two stations west of
Huldraw, not long ago, when she went
into town m-compuulml by two or the boys
as far ps the outskirts.
Attlrcd in a short dross, close lilting
jacket and felt but. she boldly walked in
to the Post (lilies and inquired for mall,
after which she visited several stores,
where she dhl some trmllng, carrying a
six sltooterull the while. Near the edge of
town she held up three own. inkling from
one it gold watch, and from the others a
small sum of money: then coolly walked
up the railroad track. whore she was
joined by the outlaws. Holly is but 2:3
years old. ller true unnw is unknown,
and she guard» the secret of her identity
well.
FIVE NOTABLE WOMEN.
One Smokes, Another "as Enough Chan»
pages for a Lake.
Mrs. (‘lmrlvs lludlev Warner, is said to
be the best mnateur musician in New
England.
The wife of the ltallan Prime Minister.
Crispi, is an ardent lover of cigarettes and
«joys pulling a cloud whenever she
is disengaged. Grispl does not use (.0-
hence.
The French Duchess d’ilzes has ha
tween ”memo and 14,000,000 bottles of
champagne in her cation in the line do
hpls, Paris, and as many more in her
. vaults at Bholme. '
Ill Braddon has now been writing
{cavernoyeare with undlmlnished re.
pumice. She usually commences work
seen after breakfast, and considers her
mksompleted when she “composed
mam words.
' We! Mews“ Jackson
’“ will:
,_ ‘ehatwhenhems accrual her
‘orseeleseso
W'- s.
that.
u as
Wm locust hue-ks of life
mes er. LEGERTé-CURIOSITY LED To
use momma In rat: canes.
Ilse Was Caught Peeping. and Bad to
Choose Between Death and Taking the
Iolioweraft Degrees. This happened
in "85 in England.
There is a legend that tells about the
bride who merrily kissed her finger at
her husband, after the marriage feast,
and then in a spirit of pure fun hid her-
self in an old chest, hoping that he would
find her. A a ring loch, however. snapped
and fasten ,her down forever. Long
years after the chest was forced open and
a skeleton with a betrothel ring on its
linger dropped out.
At the Masonic Temple, at the corner
of Twenty'third street and Sixth avenue.
the officers having found a chest. old and
dusty and full of—papers, not bones.
They shook the old chest. as the finders
of the chest in which reported the bones
of Genevra had shaken it, and a picture
dropped out, partly wrapped about with
an old manuscript.
The picture, a crude thing, of nearly
cabinet size, was the likeness of a woman,
dressed after the Elizabethan style, with
one finger of an exquisitely rounded arm
and hand resting on a Masonic emblem.
The face represented a woman, not old.
but long past her girlhood days, and told
.no tale save that she ivore tlieupron of
the Masonic order. That was strange
enough and set the finders to speculating.
Then they remembered that in the hall
was the large picture of a woman of sim‘
ilar appearance, about which there was a
legend reciting that she was the only
woman who had ever been admitted to
the order (Mary Ellen Lease, notwith'
standing). and that she hac‘. reached the
second degree.
The picture was that of the lion. Mrs.
Aldworth. the daughter of the Right
Hon. Arthur St. Leger, the first Viscount
Doneraile, who before her marriage, when
she was the lion. Elizabeth St. Leger, had
bya happy, but dangerous coup d’etnt,
not only gained the second degree of
masonry, but a wealthy and devoted hus-
band ss Well.
Part of the story reads like a trans
planted and reversed copy of the story
of Captain Smith and Pocahontas. This
lithesome maiden who had so wantonly
and thonghtlessly invaded the sacred
precincts and listened to the sacred se-
crets was near losing her head for her
fun, when the lion. Mr. Aldworth, who
had been detailed to not as one of her
guards in an adjoining room, while the
brethren discussed the feasibility of cut-
ting off her beautiful but foolish head,
became so enamored of her charms and
so sorry for her plight that he rushed
,' back to the council, whom he could ever
~ hear in theirdlacnasion, and pleaded so
eloquently, for her that they admitted her
to fellowcraft.
The manuscript referred to, which de-
tails tho interesting story, begins tints:
“This lady received—about the year
171i5—the first and second degrees of Free-
masonry, in Lodge No. 44, at lioncrailo,
‘ in lreland. The circumstances connected
with this singular initiation were first
given publicity in 1807, by Spencer, the
' celebrated Masonic ilibililpnit‘ in London.
It may be observed before proceeding
that the authenticity of all the circum-
i stances was confirmed to Spencer’s satis-
‘ faction by an eye witness to the transac-
tion.”
The story, after reciting that the Mir
sons Incl. occasionally at. the house of
Miss St. chcr‘s father, tells how she
made a hole in the wall through which
3 she witnessed the work of the first two
degrees. She was discovered by the tilcr,
who, the manuscript says. was soon joined
by the members of the lodge prcsvlli, and
luckily. for it is asserted, llllll had it not
been for tho prompt nppcnrnlu-o of her
brother, Lord Doncrallc, and his friend.
the lion. Richard Aldworth, her life
would have fallen a sacrifice to what was
then cstemncd a crime. The first care of
his Lordship was to resuscitate the un-
fortunate lady, who had fnintod. without
alarming the house, and HHicuvnr to get.
from her an explanation of what had in.“
’curn-d. llnving done so. nmny of the
members being furious at the transaction,
she was placed under guard of the tilcr
and another member, the lion. liichard
Aldworth, in the room where she was
found.
The members reassembled, and tli'ill)’
eratcd as to what, under the circum-
stances, was best to be done. For over
two long hours she could hear the angry
discussion. and her death deliberately
proposed and seconded, but the lion.
Richard .\ldwortll, impressed by her
charms and her sorrow, joined the assem-
bly and pleaded for her life.
At length his good sense succeeding in
calming. in some measure, the angry
feelings of those who clamorcd for her
life, and so, after much had been said,
and many things proposed, it. was resolved
to give her the option of submitting to
the Masonic ordeal, to the extent she had
witnessed lh‘eliowcraft). and If she re.
fused, lin- brethren wr-re again to con.
suit.
iielng waited upon to decide, Miss St.
Leger, exhausted and tI-rrillcd by tho
storminess of the delmte, which she could
not nand partially hearing, and yet, not-
withstanding ull, with a secret pleasure,
gladly and Imhesltntingiy lwcoptml the
offer. She was accordingly initiated.
Mrs. deortdt, or. as she was appru.
printcly culled, Sister Aldworth, lived
many years after, but does not seem
ever to have forgotten the lessons of
charity and fraternal love which she
received at. her unexpected initiation into
the mystic doctrines of the order. Placed
as she was by her marriage with Mr. Ald-
worth at the head of a very large fort-
we, the poor in general and the Masonic
poor in particular had good reason to
record her numerous and bountiful acts
of kilitliless.wN. Y. Herald.
l
Many needs to Heaven.
"Why should we quarrel about affairs
of the world to come!” asked Henry
Wetterson. “i cannot rid myself of the
belief that there are many roads to
Heaven.” He said he was born a Presbya
,terisn, baptized a Catholic. educated an
Episcopalian and married in the Church
of the Disciples. He came very near
being a doctor of divinity. For the life
of me," he continued, "1 have never
had it in my heart to heteony manho-
cauae he chose to worship God according
to his conscience.”
“Oh. why ehould‘et then be dead when coin:
men men ,
' their trivial
' . Will
flamenco to roofless “booking,
1 .
THE would MASON;
Pace. memes is any. ‘
Only One Prophecy land that tar 0‘
Talk of Kara and the ~13“qu
Prof. it. Stone Wiggins, of Canada, so
rived in New York recently on a short
visit.‘ lie had been suffering from ill
health for some time. and has been
granteda leave of absence by the Gene-
dlsn government. While here he dis-
cussed the deluge of Noah's time.
"i find," said he, "that the deluge was
exactly as the book of Genesis says it was
and l intend to prove conclusively that
the writer of that book in the Bible With
the truth. about the deluge being uni~
versal and not local.
“There is absolutely no truth in Miller's
accepted theory that it was only a local
flood. Perhaps the most interesting of my
discoveries is the remarkable change of
climate that has taken place since then.
and I regard the deluge as the greatest
physical misfortune that ever befell the
human race.
“If Miller's theory be true that it no
curred. by volcanic action then it may
occur again, and may have occurred
many times. But the writer of Genesis
says it never can occur again, and men.
tions the rainbow as evidence of the dio
vine promise to that edect.”
“What other investigations have you
made!” was asked.
“Well, among the most important,” he
replied, “are my discoveries in regard to
Mars, and l intend to show that the theo-
ries adopted by astronomers and scientists
are none of them correct. Mars has an
atmosphere of great density. The moon
also possesses an atmosphere. I will
meet the narrow objections brought by
scientists against my theory that Mars
is inhabited. You know I am the origl‘
n‘stor of that theory. it is also asserted
that the Marslans cannot see the electric
lights in our city because the Sandy Hook
light can only beseen a hundred miles.
This I will also explode.
Prof. Asaph Hall, of Washington, dis-
covered the two satellites of Mars in 1887.
One of these is only seven miles in diam- .
eter. This is equal to seeing a cricket
hall from New York to Philadelphia; so
that the Sandy Hook light could easily
be seen on our earth, especially through
an atmosphere like that of Mars, which
must enlarge all bodies in the Msrsian
heavens. Even the sun is probably much
larger to the Marslans than to us.”
“Have you any predictions to make?"
he was asked.
"No,” he said. “I gave up predictions
three years ago. The only prediction I
can make is the great earthquake that
will appear in the Eastern States in 1904.
That prediction, however, I made in 1886.
The great storm that we had last month
lpredictcil ten years ago, and was only
twelve hours out of the way in my calcu~
lotions."
M. CASIMlR-PERIER.
Carnot's Successor a Statesman of High
Character.
No one would have believed when the
New Your was ushered in that the bias of
November would find the l‘n-aident of
Franc:- lil'ilil by the hand of an assassin,
and Alexander ill. dead of diwasc. By
one of thus-- startling variations from the
expected which often iit‘t'llf' in human
lives, (‘urnot was assassinated, and the
oft-threatened Czar died a natural death
at the age of forty-nine years, although,
reckoning by probabililcs. and taking in-
to account his giant strength, his life
should not haw,- bccntuwthir l~ ~wont.
\l. llthlli I‘l‘LlilMi.
'l'hedcnlh of President l‘nrnot was fol-
lowed by the election, to the Presidency
of the ll‘rcnch nation, of .\l. (Taelmir
Parlor, whose picture is given herewith.
lie is a man of llllilly quallllwulous for
his high olllce, being a statesman of ex-
pcrlenco and a man of high character,
whoin many important respects in well-
fltted to follow the lamented ('arnot.
He seems to have been very successful so
far in keeping the confidence and support
of the French people and the French
Congress, and a successful term is gener-
ally prcdlctod for him.
ill. (,Iaslmir‘l’orlcrls a man of wealth.
and he has the means to fulfill the social
duties of the place in line style. ills car-
riage-s and horses cost a Mililll fortune
his turnouts are the admiration of
Paris, and in every place where wealth or
originality is required he makes us good
aehovvlng as in the hall.- where states.
manahlp is demanded. His wife is as
well-fitted for her position as he is for
his, and the duties devolving upon her
will be perforated with grace and discre-
tlon.
no. . ..a.
l-Zva was There on Time.
in in Sioux Falls paper on a recent Sum
day appeared an advertiscnwnt, “Stew
ogrspher wanted." Miss Eva licence, of
Salem, saw the ad.. but Sioux Falls is 45
miles from Salem, and there would be no
train to that city until late Monday. and
before that time half a dozen persons
might apply for the place. Miss Homes
therefore attired herself in a jmmty bicy.
ele suit, provided herself with a luncheon,
mounted her wheel and niece neariyoo
miles over a rough and hilly road to
Sioux Falls, and early Monday morning
applied in person for the position an
get it.
strictly [feel-eso-
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twittered the young woman, in the meet
artisan manner imaginable.
"it fleet. “in Father 7 " said the
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