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‘\A_ YOUNG GIRL DIPLOMATIST. ‘ ,
Conducts the Business of Russia at the.
Court of China.
Diplomatic circles of Europe are
wondering at the great success oi
Count Cassim' in the far East. He
made his debut at Peking five years
ago by insisting on presentinghis cre-
dentials personally to the Son 01
Heaven, and he speedily threw the
German Minister, then ‘in the ascend-
ant. and all the other foreign diplomat-
ists quite into the shade. Owing to his
prestige, the Count was owed to
travel across Chinese territory from
Peking 'to Kiakhta by the route re-
served for mandarins only, accom-
plishing the first stages of his long
journey in a mule chair, and the rest
in a tarantass. ' ‘
The mystery is now explained.
Count Cassini’s niece, a girl of less
than fifteen years of age, is his mas.
cot. She has been of the utmost use to
him in bringing negotiations with the
Tsung-li Yamen to a head. Her mas-
tery of Chinese is remarkable, and she
has the familiarity possessed by most
educated Russians with English,
French and German, so that her uncle
has no need of an interpreter in deal-
ing with delicfie matters of state.
Russia has always offered a. fine field
for feminine driplomatists, and Mlle.
Cassini, beginning thus early, ought to
have agreat future before her.
" General Beauregard’s Answer.
Although General Beauregard al-
lowed the use of his name to a lottery
:ompany, he didn’t think much of lot-
teries, according to a writer in the Chi-
cago Times-Herald. One day he re-
ceived a long letter and a dollar from
a- man living in Mississippi, who want-
ed a ticket that would be certain to
win. He reminded the General that
he'had faithfully served the Confede.
racy four years, and that at times he
had fought under him. He stated,
moreover, that when he returned to his
nonfe after the war he didn’t have
clothes enough to wad a shotgun. Gen-
eral Beauregard sent his Confederate
friend a ticket, and in the same enve-
lope enclosed the following letter: “I
trustthat you may win the capital
prize. One as poor as you say you are
certainly deserves a difierent sort of
luck from the kind that you say you
have been having. But mark my
words: If you stick to the lottery as
faithfully and as long as you say you
did the Confederacy, when you get
through with it you won’t have clothes
enough to wad a popgun.”
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' 31“...va The Spanish Censor.
They Have a curious way of sup-
pressing papers in Havana. Instead of
submitting their proof-sheets to the
censor, as is usual where such a pro-
tector of public opinion exists, they get
at the matter backward. The publisher
goes ahead on his own judgment,
prints what he pleases and takes his
chances of going to jail or paying a
The censor reads the paper at
the breakfast table the next morning,
and if he finds anything mildly objec-
tionable, he writes a polite note to the
editor, calling attention to the article.
The latter prints at paragraph next day
explaining that "he was mistaken or
that the public had misinterpreted his
remarks. But when any high official
of the Government is attacked, or the
proprieties are violated, the editor is
lined or imprisoned, and a policeman
takes the subscription list and call at
every house at which copies have been
delivered to recover them.—-C~or. Chi-
cago Herald.
Let Them Paint Bull Run.
On a visit to Boston, Gen. John B.
Gordon, the ex~Confederate, was en-
tertained by a well-known lawyer, who
showed him the sights. One of the
places the Southerners visited was the
cyclora ma of the Battle of Gettysburg;
the old soldier did not make any com-
ment on it. When the tWo came out
of the building and were on their way
down town, the lawyer inquired:
“Well, General, what did you think
of it?”
“What did I think of it?” said the
General, coming to a standstill and
striking a defiant attitude, “Let them
paint Bull Rung’rArgonaut.
To Render Iron “Heather-Proof.
Countless attempts have been made
to deal with. the rust problem in iron
structures. A new process has been
suggested which consists in treating
the iron with a solution of ferro-cyan-
“do. This forms a coating of cyanide
of iron that is stated to be'uniform
and impermeable, and of such a nature
as to effectively protect the iron so
covered. The solution is mixed with
flaxs-ned varnish, to which has been
added a little turpentine or beuzol, so'
as to 'cause a ' very homogeneous
emulsion which can be applied with
out difficulty. The evaporation of the
alcohol leaves the flaxseed: varnish,
which forms a coat and protects the
cyanide of iron which is deposited
upon the metal. The iron requires no
preparation for this treatment beyond
removing any rust that may already
save been formed, and which may be
too thick to admit of the action of the
form-cyanide—From Industries and
iron. ......
. A Neglected Land;
It is related that an English lord
once said to his guests: “I have a man-
sion in Wales which I have never
seen, but which I am told is very fine.
Every day dinner'for twelve is set
there, and the carriage drawn up to
the door in case I should arrive.” This
may illustrate the relation of Wales
no the average Englishman, for, al-
though most all of the Welsh towns
ire merely a ten hours’ ride from Lon-
am, there is. perhaps no other coun-
try in the world lying so close to the
'centre of civilization of which so lit:
:leis known to the outside world.—L’p-'
pincOtt’s Magazine.
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WHERE LYNCH FOUND- ills—MILL.
The Trees Had Grown Teller and the
Building flnd‘ Ascended.
'Away up in the Adirondacks, in the
town of Minerva, a few years ago,
lived a man of the name of Daniel
Lynch. Mr. Lynch lived back in the
lumber district and on the banks oi
a nice little stream. Anxious to
make money and turn his timber into
cash, he built a mill. It was a rather
queerly constructed alfair, for, instead
of a frame, he used as corner posts
Dan began .
for his building four trees.
the manufacture of lumber and had
it piled up in ~-large quantities all
around. Buyers came from all parts
of the country to look at his stock in-
tending to buy, but all went away dis.
satisfied, for the boardswere uneven
and worthless. After trying in vain to
get a few dollars out of his venture, he
abandoned the place and moved into
town. ‘ .
Years passed, and. one day Dan
thought he would visit the scenes of
his unfortunate speculations, but on
his arrival at the spot was surprised
to find that his mill had gone.
flume and wheels, but no building. As
he stood gazing in wonder on what
was left of his old establishment some-
thing—perhaps a. little bird—attracted ,
his attention up in one of the trees,
and imagine his surprise on looking "up,
for about twelve feet in the air above
him was his min. In his absence the
four trees that he had used as corner
posts had grown and taken the mill up
toward heaveo.—-Utica. Daily Press.
The ‘Vrong Station.
The train was rearing along at about
forty miles an hour, and the conductor
was busily punching tickets full. of
holes when a little thin old man who
sat in one of the corner seats plucked
his sleeve.
“Mister conductor, you be sure and
let me off at Speers station. You see,
this is the first time I ever rode on
steam cars and I don’t know anything
about them. You won’t forget it, eh ?”
“All right, sir, I won’t forget.”
The old man brushed back a stray
lock of hair and, straightening himself,
gazed with increasing wonder at the
flying landscapes, every now and then
exclaiming, “Gracious!” “By gum!”
etc.
Suddenly there was a crash, and af-
ter a number of gymnastic moves that
made him think of his schooldays, he
found himself sitting on the {grass of
the embankment alongside the ‘t 'ack.
Seeing another passenger sitting a
short distance away patiently support-
ing various parts of the splintered car
across his legs, he enquired:
“Is this Speers crossing?”
The passenger, who was a drummer,
and not altogether new to such hap-
penings, replied with a smile in con-‘
siderable pain:
“No; this a catastrophe.”
“Is that 'so?” he lrrltably exclaimed.
“Now I knew that conductor would
put me off at the wrong place."—
Harper‘s Round Table.
. ANovel Passport.
On one of his journeys to Switzer-
land, Gustave Dore, the famous artist,
found when reaching Lucerne that he
had lost his passport. He forthwith-
made inquiry for the major of the
town and requested an interview. Hav-
ing stated his name and profession, he
was thus addressad by the worthy
functionary:
“You state that you are Gustave
Dore, and I am willing to believe you.
Stillwstill,” he added, pushing across
the table a blank sheet of paper and a
pencil, “I'should like to have further
proof.” '
Dore looked at the paper, then
glanced out of the window, and saw a
couple of peasants selling potatoes in
the stré‘et. A few clever strokes of
the pencil, and the scene was sketched.
He appended his name, and handed it
to the mayor. .
“This passport is quite sufli‘cient,”
said the latter; “but perhaps you will
allow me to keep it. as a souvenir, and
I will get you another made out in the
usual form."
Tire P’lacew‘i'nr Him.
The remarkable youthfulness of Mr.
Chamberlain's appearance has given
rise to many distinctly amusing, sto-
ries.
In the days When the Colonial Secre~
tary was a member of Mr. Gladstone’s
Administration, he had occasion to
cross the Irish: Sea on a day when the .
steamer was overcrowded, and,there
were not berths for all. He was at.
tended by a private secretary, with. a
beard, who picked acquaintance with
a Scotchman. The latter made a sug.
gestion for the distribution of the
party on the principle of age before
honors
“You and 1, mon,”' he said, “will oc-
cupy the berths, and the wee laddie"
—indicating the distinguished states-
man—“can just lie himself down on
the floor.”—Answers.'
She Knew Her Business.
That there is honor among thieves is
an exploded theory, but that they
have an appreciation of sharpness is
not denied.
A nicely-dressed young man called at
a‘ fashionable residence one afternoon,
and asked if the master of the house
was at home. ' ,
‘ A‘bright-looking maid responded that
he wasn’t. .The young man then
wanted: to write a note, and med to
send the maid out of the richly.
fu'fiiihhed parlor... She smiled and re-
mained, and, after biting his lip in
vexation, the young fellow wrote and
sealed the note to the gentleman. This
is what the latter read on his return at
2 a. m.:
.“Y-our maid is 9. Jim dandy. Keep
her and you are all right. A Burglar-1’
-Golden Days.
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There.
in the bed of the stream was the, old
building.
rsNrssssrs CENTENNIAL.
President McKinley Will Start the Ma-
chinery at the Exposition.
Nashville, 'May 1.—Four thousand
two hundred men are at work today
putting the finishing touches on the
Tennessee Centennial exposition, which
will be open for the reception of visit-
ors tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock. A
heavy rain fell last night and the skies
are overcast today, but the officials are
working with undampened ardor, for
the weather man predicts fair weather
for tomorrow. '
The city is gayly decorated, and ev-
ery incoming train adds to the throng
of visitors; Director General Lewis
says the first day's crowds will find
more in perfect readiness than they
can see in 12 hours. The inaugural at-
tendance, the” conditions being fair, is
variously estimated at from 35,000 to
50,000.
The ceremonies at the opening to-
morrow will be very simple. A civic
parade will occupy the early morning
hours in the city, ending at the grounds,
where brief addresses will be made by
exposition, state and city officials. Ex-
actly at noon President McKinley, seat-
ed in the White House, Will touch the
button which, will, by electric current,
set the machinery of the exposition in
motion. This exposition is nearer ready
for the opening than any other ever
was. '
Shoe Factories Consolidate. ,
Boston, May l.—The Lynn Real Es-
tate Trust and Investment company,.
with a paid up capital of $106,000, has
acquired the deeds of five of the largest
shoe factories in Lynn. The trutees of
the company are Harvey N. Shepard of
Boston, George 0. Proctor,
Carpenter and Dr. Arthur F. Gibson of
Cambridge, Stephen F. Breed, Fred T.
Baker and Edward E. Strout of Lynn.
Mr. Baker is secretary and treasurer
and will probably be. manager. The
buildings already secured by the syn?
dicate are the Strout building, the Shil-
labar building. the Proctor building,
the Stearns building and the Rumsey
The Mayflower Log.
Boston, May 1.——Plans are being
made in Massachusetts for the recep-
tion of the Mayflower log. On June 21
the British population of Boston will
celebrate the queen’s jubilee, and it is
suggested that the presentation to the
state of the manuscript be made on
that day. If it is done there will be a
great demonstration in Boston, and
Mr. Bayard will come here to turn over
the manuscript to Governor Wolcott in'
the auditorium of the Mechanics’ build-
ing in the presence of distinguished
gentlemen from Canada andlrepresent—
atives of the British and American
governments.
Chamberlain Under Oath.
'London, May 1.—The parliamentary
committee, which has been inquiring
into the Transvaal raid, resumed its
session today. The secretary of state
for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamber-
lain, made a long statement, under
oath, declaring in the (most. explicit
manner that neither himself nor his
colleagues in the colonial office had,
until the tidy before the raid, the
slightest suspicions of anything, in the
nature of an armed invasion of the
Transvaal.
For Dr. Angell's Chair.
Ann Arbor, Mich, May 1.——The re-
gents have tendered Barry L. Hutch—
ins, dean of the law department, the
presidency of the Michigan university
during the period of Dr. Angell’s ab-
seibe as minister to Turkey. Mr-
Hutchins has been given until May 5
to decide.
Big Flight of Gold.
New York, May 1.—-Von Hoffmann
&. Co. will ship $1,500,000 gold to Europe
tomorrow. Lazard Freres will ship 31,—
250,060 'mixed gold bars and coin and
Heldelback, Ickelheirner & Co. will ship
$500,000, making the total of gold ship-
ments announced thus far $3,250,000.
First Grass Twine Factory.
Oshkosh, Wis, ‘May 1.—In thirty
days Oshkosh will have in operation
the first grass twine factory in the
world. It will employ 300 hands and
will make binding twine from marsh
grass, something never attempted be-
fore.
Not a Trace of Kolpin.
Mcunt Vernon, N. Y., May 1.-—No
trace has been found of John Kolpin,
the missing contractor, although the
police have carefully investigated every
avenue through which he may have
disappeared.
Marshall Field Denies It.
Chicago, May 1.-—Mr. Marshall Field,
says the story that he is to marry Mrsz
Sheridan. v:idcw of the late General
Phil . luv-iii; is untrue and without
any foundation whatever.
Ah,
Queen Victoria’s Return.
London, May 1 -— Queen Victori--.
reached POlIFD'lO' today from Cher—
bourg on her i'-.:;urn from the south of
France. -
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