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SIR RlCHARD BUFTON’S WIFE.
\Vlio Sam-Alicea $30,000
to Conscience.
A story of the late Lady Burton has
the following:
The marr 1113, re of Exp101 er Burton was
of the most romantic sort. It 15 said
that the two met at Boulogne whenhis
future 11 its was a school girl there, but
they were separated immediately. and
it was not until after he had made his
famous jouiney to Mecca. and had then
gone to the Crimea for the war, that he
again encounteied his inamoratc, this
time in London, at the Botanical Gar
dens.
There they entered into a sort at
understanding, but before it could be
ratified Sir Richard had started for the
heart of Africa with Spoke.
The lady was the daughter of Hemy
R. Arundell, one of the aristocratic
Arundelles of Wardour, and her family
objected strongly to the alliance on the
allegedg "round of his infeiior social po-
sition and lack of faith. At length the
lady wrote a decisive answer to her
mother:
“He is the only being who ewes me
into respect, and to whose command I
how my head; and any evil opinions
you may have heard of him arise from
his: recklessly setting at defiance con
ventional people. talking nonsense about
religion and heart and principle, which
those who do not know him unfortu-
nately take seriously, and he amuses
himself watching their stupid faces.
Once he is married to me he will be the
favorite of our family. '
“Let me tell you another thing. You
and my father are immensely proud of
your families; and we are taught to be
the same; but from the present to the
future, I believe that our proudest
record will be our alliance with Mr.
Burton.”
Finally Cardinal Wiseman’ s interven
tion smoothed away all difficulties and
they were married in 1861, the explorer
being then 'forty years old. The mar-
riage proved a. happy one, and Sir Rich-
ard and Lady Burton enjoyed thirty
years of life together traveling much
of the time in remote places of the
world. ,.
When her husband died in 1890, she
was constituted his literary executrix.
She edited her husband‘s manuscripts.
with the exception of his “magnum
Opus,” upon which he worked until th
day of his death—a translation from the
Arabic 0f the “Scented Garden.”
Burton when dying. told his wife that
this work would realize an annuity for
her. After his death she read the work,
and was offered $30,000 for it. After
days of self- torture trying to decide how
The “'oman
. to act in the difficult situation, though
left with little mOney, she burned the
manuscript sorrowiully. She said:
“Not for six mi.lion would I have
risked its publication.”
Lady Burton was a keen shot, a fen
cer of no ordinary ability and a splendid
swimmer. She had a pronounced fond
nose for animals, and made their pro-
tection 150111 pain and suffering one of
her principal objects of life in the
East.
MRS. PEARY’S GOWN.
She Wears Exquisite Bl: 19 Fox and Arctic
Sealskin.
In a box with a party of friends at
her husbands lecture in the Brooklyn
Academy of -Music, Mrs. R. E. Peary
was noticed wea1ing a unique gown.
It was a 11h1te silk, trained wi 1.1 puffed
elbow sleeves.
Down the front from the Open square
neck to the hem, was an Arctic seal
skin, which looks something liker’fiiir
leopard skin, but with smaller spots
while around this, as a border, and
around the high white silk collar as
well, ran an edge of exquisite blue for.
Mrs. Peary has an abundance of this
rare and almost priceless fur. one of
her winter wraps being a superb
pelerine cape of it, reaching to her
feet.
Little Miss Peary, too, who is one of'
the handsomest and most charming of
small girls, goes about delightfully fur-
clad. One cloak in which she is especial-
ly bewitching is of thick, soft white fur
several inches long. This is just come
mon Arctic rabbit up north, but is rare
enough here and very effective any-
where. .
Plan to Pay Debts.
A rather original plan to pay off
debts was laid bare in the courts the
other day. A man was asked if he was
married. He replied in the affirmative,
adding that he did not at present live
with his wife for the sake of economy.
A further elucidation of the facts
showed that he was in receipt of a sal-
ary of $18 a week and his wife of 37;
that he lived in a furnished room... and
she with her sister. He had no quarrel
with his spouse; 0n the contrary, he saw
her every evening. When asked to ex
plain the reason of this rather curious
state of affairs, he replied that he owed
some $200 to different people, and until
he had paid these debts his wife and he
had hit on this novel mode of com 10
inizing.
For His ltlissing Son.
A clause in the will of the great Lon
don publisher, Alexander Macmillan.
furnishes the elements of, a romance
quite as good as the plot of many ol the
stories he himself published. In his
estate, which amounted to upwards of
£180,000, 3. . considerable provision is
made for his missing son, Malcolm Mac"
Several years ego Malcolm dis-
appeared, and' since that time he has
not been seen nor heard of. Should he
ever turn up he will find considerable
money waiting for him.
Heavenly Shopping.
Mrs. Blossom—I dreamed last night
I. Was in Heaven,
Mr. Blossom—What was it like?
Mrs. Blossom—An immense dry goods
store, and I didn’t have to do anything
but shop. And oh, 'Joe, you should have
seen ,the bargain counter! Why, they
had goods maiked at 98' cents that
would have cost a dollar here. --—San
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A WOMAN?!" ISLAND.
1 Three Times as Many Women as Men M
Tristan da Cunha.
From the isolated group of little
Islands in the South Atlantic, whence
the caged eagle, Napoleon, was guard-
ed, though 1, 300 miles distant, on
lonely St. Helena, comes by rounda-
bout means the strange tale of life with-
out communication with the rest of the
world for six months, and a bit of his-
tory in a community in which women
outnumber the men by such a majority
that they may compel obedience by
force, if violence should be necessary.
The news from the group of Tristan
da Cunha, the three little islands mid-
way between the Cape of Good Hope
and the coast of South America, came
through the captain of the ship Dart-
ford. who says that in about latitude 37
degrees 5 minutes south and longitude
12 dagiees 16 minutes his vessel was
signaled by a small boat. The yards of
the Dar tf01d were hacked and a small
boat came alongside. In it were sev-
eral men and "a quantity of potatoes.
eggs, milk and penguin skins. The
men oifered the fresh produce and the
skins, in trade, saying they wanted
clothing, tea, rice, sugar and flour from
the ship’s stores in exchange for the
articles they brought from their island
home.
They told the captain that they de-
pend upon passing vessels for the pro-
visions they named and for clothing
because for six months not a boat had
succeeded in hailing a ship.
The population of. the island of Tris-
tan da Cunha, as reported to- the cap
tain of the Dartford by the men in the
boat, is 60, the women outnumbering
the menin the proportion of three to
one. Therefore there are 45 women
and 15 men.
The group consists of three tiny vol-
canic isles, Tristan, the largest, being
seven miles in diameter, (in the centre
being a. mountain 7,600 feet high); In
accessible, about two miles across, and
Nightingale Island, a baby islet, just
big enough to hold two hills.
The islands have been under the
British flag since 1816, though, as the
men in the boat, told the master of the
Dartford, ‘ no European government
had'paid any attention to them in the
memory of any of the inhabitants.
When Napoleon was at St. Helena,
was stationed on Tristan, but was with-
drawn after the death of the exile.
Corporal William Glass, his wife and
iamily and two private soldiers were
permitted to remain on the island when
the garrison was withdrawn. The pop-
ulation had increased to 60 people, some
of the accessions being due to ship-
wreck and some to desertions from
whaling vessels—Boston Transcript.
HER HOUR OF DEFEAT-
thn She Saw 1101' Wedding Present
Marked “Repaired. "
An amusing incident occurred at a
fashionable wedding in London. One
friend, who determined to save her
money and credit at the same time, took
a broken earring to a famous jeweler
of Bond Street, and ordered the little
stone to be set as a scarf pin for the
groom. As she sagely remarked: “It
does me no good, and coming from such
a famous establishment they are sure
to prize it and think I paid a lot of
money.”
When the package was returned from
the shOp, the wedding guest failed to
examine her proposed present], and more-
ly dispatched it with her card and com—
pliments. Imagine her disgust, when
strolling through the rooms where the
bridal gifts were displayed, to find a
dozen people about her offering, and
each one smiling.
'For a moment she hesitated, then
pressed forward, and 101 there was the
precious white satin covered box hear.
ing the prized name, it is true, but,
alas! below, “From repairing depart
ment;” and even worse than all, resting
on the blue cotton beside the pin, was
an old broken bit of earring returned
by the conscientious firm.
Dr. Nansen and His Wife.
Dr. Fridtj of Nansen began making
his experiments in the far North when
he was ab0ut twenty-one years of age.
Apart from his reputation as an intrepid
explorer he is a recognized authority in
many departments of zoology, and his
published papers on various anatomical
subjects are of considerable interest
and importance. Mrs. Nansen, like
"most Norwegian women, whether they
need it for a livelihood or not, works
hard. She gives lessons in music and
sings in public. Before their marriage
Dr. Nansen and his fiancee agreed that
their mode of life should not be changed
—that he sh. luld not abandon his ex
p l'01ati0ns at d that she should continue
he1 teaching
A Bit of Boston English.
Acorrespondent sends a rare bit of
Enghsh. It was written by a woman
in excusiug her tardiness in answering
an inquiry that had been addressed to
her:
'Iwould have written before, but I
have been Sick with a dog bite in the
arm. The man that owns the sawmills’
ing Transcript.
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I ' A Remar kablc Man—or Story.
Luigi Erba, a remarkable Italian
from Perugia, about 40 years of age,
started out some time ago to pick up
wives of all i‘accs.‘ With them he re-
tired to Polynesia, and word comes from
his retreat that he is now the happy fa-
ther. of 3'70 children. He set up his
harem in 1889.
SERING BLOSSOMS. ’
The Lily praises God with open heart,
The Rese in perfumed chambers prays apart.
The Tulip flushes like a. trumpet’s Mari e,
Love .1 blood-red banner answering Love 9
praye
Crocus and. Daisy their snug secrets keep,
sleep;
While lowly. Grass and Dandelion lay
Their green and gold to deck the King ’5 high
way 1 -J ulia W 11rd H011 e.
1,300 miles distant, a British garrison
dog hit me in the road—Boston Even-'
Of the Spring wakening and the “1 1111.61.
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Of Course. . ‘
In France, instead of our “What
else may I show you?” the shopkeep-
ers use the phrase: “And with that?’
An Englishman recently in Paris
had bought several things in a. large
shop there and considered the formula
repeated between each purchase most
impertinent. , '
The last thing he bought was a.
pocket handkerchief, and; the shopman
most blandly asked: “And withthat?”
This proved too much for the cxas~
perated Briton, who angrily replied: .
“And with that,” pointing to the hand-
kerchief: “I blow my nose, you block-
head.”
The Sale of New Jersey Havanasc
“Good morning, sir,” said the oily
stranger, entering the office. “I hear
{that you are a lover of fine cigars.
Now, if you know how to keep a. secret,
I have here a. few boxes of perfectos
which were smuggled through the cus-
tom house, you know, which I can sell
you at—”
There were two reasons why the oily
stranger did not continue. One was
that he had sold cigars t0 the same man
before; the other was that the man was
in fine physical trim and needed exer-
cise—Chicago Record.
Time by the Forelock.
Father—Seems to me you have been
making a. big lot of additions to Dick’s
wardrobe lately. _
Mother—Well, he just teased for first
one thing, and then another, until I
had to get them. You can’t blame a
boy for wanting to look nice.
Little Dot (in another r00m)—Why
did you make such a. fuss about want-
ing new things? Your Old ones look
all right.
Little Dick—I wanted to get ’em
now so they couldn’t give me any of
'em as Christmas presents—‘Good News.
What’s One Little Cinhem
May B. Willing—You remember I
told you when you had a salary of $10,-
000 a year I—would marry you.
Ben A. Fraid—Yes (hopelessly).
May B. Willing—How much is it now,
dear? ‘
Ben A. Fraid—One thousand (more
hopelessly).
May B. Willing—I don’t suppose the
extra cipher is really worth bothering
about, do you?—Harper’s Bazar.
MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
/
Mr. Police—Land 0b lub, Clindy,wha'
"yo doin’ Wif my razah?
Clindy—What’s I doin’ ? Why, dere
hain’ t 110 papah ’tall in de house to:
make a blaze wif ter scorch de hair off
dis chicken, an’ I jes natchully has to:
shave ’im.——I—Iarper’s Bazar.
Identified. "
They served us at our boarding house
With “lamb" to-day; egadl
I‘m sure it was a portion of
The one that Mary had.
—Yonkers Gazette.
The Prescription Free
Tramp—I jus’ dropped in, mum, to
offer my new cure for indigestion, dys-
‘pepsia. and kindred ailments, mum.
"It may prove a great blessing to your.
family, mum, and I charge you noth-
ing for the prescription.
Housekeeper—VVell, I must say that’s
reasonable enough. W hat is the cure?
Tramp—Live on plain food, and give
your rich and indigestible dishes to the
poor. I’m the poor, mum. -— N. Y.
Weekly, , - .
' Verv Nice.
Dusty Rhodes—I said to Mrs. Dogood
that the merry Yuletide brought to me
only sad recollections; memories of a
day when I had turkey and cranberry
sauce, and hot mince pie and goose-
berry jam, and—
' Hungry Higgins—And—then—she—i
Dusty Rhodes—Said she considered
those very comfortable things to think
fabout. ——-Truth.
Probably Not Their Lust.
Mr. and Mrs. Wickerby’ s first quar‘
rel had reached its height.
“I was drunk, madam, when I pro-
posed to you,” he said, s.avage1y
“Then I owe you an apology for hav:
‘ing misjudged you, Silas!” rejoined
Mrs. Wickerby, sweetly. “I thought I
was merely engaging myself to a rich"
idiot. "—Chicago Tribune.
Hobson’s' Choice.
J ack—Miss Gushly and Sappy are on-
gaged.
Tom—Is that so? She has been hunt~
ing for an affinity for years. Has she.
found one in him?
J ack—No, but she wasted so much
time seeking an affinity that, as a last
resort, she had to take up with an'
asininity. —-Tru th.
Then She Knew All About It.
“What is that big' iron thing?” asked
Laura.
“Locomotive b0iler,”' said Tom.
Laura looked thoughtful. After a
,moment’s silence she asked: “Why do
they boil locomotives?” -
“To make’ em tender,” he said, slow-
1y. -——-Boston Globe.
~ Out of Sight, Out of Mind.
l Chicago Youth—Is Shakespeare a
Chicago man, papa?
Chicago Papa—Shakespeare? Let
F—me—s-e-e +- Shakespeare. Seems to
me that feller retired from business
here ’bout the time of the fire, and I
dunno where he is now. -Judge.
. The Best Excuse. _
( Mother—Oh, you naughty, baud
’wicked boyl Why did you kill that
’pretty bird?
l. Small Son—I—I thought you might
like it for your hat, in, place of that
Lold one you are wearillg 2996.61 News.
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HE WAS A ' Gilt-IRENE
lil tlzc'Same He {Té'r'ouily Hopes HI-
Voice “I 1° 1': Blcngnizvd
A man has been spending a few day?!
at Minnfionka and this s what happened
to him: He arri~ ed at the lake late one
right. It was crown and clear and
everybody had gone away somewhere)
He wanted to go in swimming, so he
sought ac. hurl: little cove, and, as no one
was in sight, dispensed with a bathing
suit, but kept strictly in the shadow.
In_:the midst of his enjoyment he was
horrified by the sound of two feminine
. voices. He submerged himself to the
tip of his blushing nose just as two
young vomen he knew came—skipping
to the shore and plumped themselves
down in the moonlight. He stood in the
water and quaked for what he savs was
an hour. Then one said.
“Oh, Maude, isn’t this lovely ?”
” It’s a perfect night. “Ve‘v ’llnever have
abetter chance, nevei.’ -
“ Oh, I’m afraid.”
“Oh, boshl Every soul is in bed.
It’ll be an awful lurk—all by ourselves,
too.”
“Maude, if there’ s any one about I
shall simply die right her’e.’
-\_“There‘s no one about, goosie.
you think I’d risk it if there was?”
“ V17 e‘d better go up back of that rock.
Did you bring a buttonhook?”
“ I never thought of it.”
Horrors! What were those awful
D0
drops of perspiration starting out on a
man under water that’s how that man
felt. A horrible fear flashed over him
and it became an awful certainty when
the voice went on: ‘
“' Oh, Maude, I’m awfully scared.”
“ \Vhy, what a conventional girl you
are. If you’re such a ’fraid cat we can
go over in that little cove where it’s
dark.” '
Then that man lifted up his 1' ice—or
at least he says he did—and screamed:
“ Ladies! You are observed l"
There were. two sudden screams and
one mad rush for the rock, and then a
quivering voice said:
“ If—if you are a gentleman you will
remain where you are, sir.”
And the shivering man shattered:
“ I—I am a gentleman, but please
hurry up, for I am freezing to death.”
There was a three-minute silence,
broken now bywsobs and cutting remarks,
and then a. streak of blue serge 'and pink
muslin across the lawn to the hotel. The
man followed later and retired in confu-
sion, accompanied by whiskey and qui-
nine.
And now he wants to know if those
girls recognized his voice.— St. ' Paul
Globe.
Living Proof.
Doctor J choose—What’s the matter,
313' good fellow? Trying to be ill v?
fevei.
Doctor, J olicose—Typhoid fever! Bad
thing. One of two things follows : Pa.
tient always dies or is left an idiot. I’m:
land it; I know—Judge.
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