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Plano Lessons. was. GEORGE W BRAD LE1. (daughter of the late Wm. . . Nash ) gives edit-em and satisfactory instructions on the Pianv 3 her home “10.193 \[sin "reef. .;. J. D. Jennings. UNDERT A K F R Opposite Street Railway Depot": 1 EIGflT BELL-AT OFFIO E. 1 1 CURRENT COMMENT. Gieen Grass Coxey, of Ohio is organ- izing anothe1 brand new political par- ty. This will be the third article of its . kind that Coxey has turned‘out since last November. That man is a wonder of several distinct varieties. In abolishing slavery in his domin- ions, the Sultan of Zanzibar has per- formed a service of the most heroic character. do the same thing and‘was murdered by the slave traders, who forsaw that any such action meant the destruction of their inhuman traffic. Whether the ’preSen-t ruler will be able to escape the murderous vengefulness of the man , hunters depends largely upon the pro- tection he receives form Great Britain, .whose government maintains the pow- er of ultimate control over his own. . Great Britain built up her colossal shipping interest upon a system of dis- criminations, bounties and premiums which virtually excluded foreign ves- sels from her carrying trade, and her policy in that direction laid the basis of her commercial greatness. Her rule was that goods intended for British consumers should be carried in British ships, that »British manufactures should be sent to market in British ships, that the interests of producers, exporters and importers were identi- cal, audithat a commercial policy bene- ficial to one would be equally so to all. I Congressman Bailey’s conflict with :the dress coat question ought to be pre— served in a marble as a sort of Texas ‘Laocoon. On the whole, it was heroic, and the Congressman won. It is safe to say that the Congressman who will not change his coat wil not turn it, and :any man who takes the swallowtail by the horns, so to speak, is Worthy of high praise. A man’s conviction, let it be noted, can extend to clawhammeis and plug hats, two of the mightest so- cial tyrants that make men miserable and the hero who can defy both is de- serving of a mission to France, where his convictions would doubtless be purified by fire. Nearly all men of our time weakly consent to become mar~ tyrs for the sake of the dress coat, but here at least is a man who conSents to be a martyr rather than wear one. The passage of the Senate resolution declaring it a duty of the President to protest against the trial of Gen. Rivera by a drumhead court-martial has had the desired efiect. It seems to have pro- duced an almost instantaneous change cf heart inthe Spanish authorities. In twenty-four hours after its passage Secretary Sherman had the pleasure of announcing that Gen. Rivera would not be tried by drumhead court- martial, but that he would be treated as a pris- 'oner of war. We do not know exactly 'how this was accomplished, but it is fair to infer that Secretary Sherman, unlike his predecessor, was in thorough sympathy with the resolution of the Senate, and that he communicated it promptly to Minister de Lome, who kept the wires hot between “IaShington and Madrid until the Spanish G0vern- ment gave the ncccessary orders to .Gen. Weyler. ; Rapid as the construction of the new navy has been, it has not yet reached the proportions which National safety requires. This is particularly true with regard to vessels of the larger class. Capt. Malian, the eminent naval ex- pert, for instance, gives it as his opin- ion that the security of the country against foreign aggression demands a fleet of at least eighteen battle ships of the first class. We have as yet but four such vessels, the Massachusetts, the Oregon, the Indiana and the Iowa. Five others of the same type are now under construction, namely, the Kear- s'arge, the Kentucky, the Alabama, the Illinois and the Wisconsin, but none of these will be launched for a year, and it Will be two years before any one of them is ready for trial. The thing to remember, therefore, is that while the navy is making progress, it has by no means reached ”the proportions essen- tial to National safety. The new suppressive mania has in- duced the librarian of the CarnegieLi- .brary to throw out the works of Mrs. Holmes, 'Mrs. Southworth, ”Mr. A.'C. Gunter and the late _.E P. Roe. Not only has he done this, but bee, '-’ see into a current periodical to explain why he does it, and if we understand him it is because this class of books tend to make confi1med fiction fiends, he de-’ claring that youths who start with this order of romance does not outg1ov1 it, but becomes habituted to 1t. This is a. confirmed fiction fiends, he declaring ‘that a youth who starts with this order » of romance does not outgrow it, but becomes habituated to it. This is a far-fetched and arbitrary conclusion. All readers choose their literature in accordance with their condition of in- tellectual development. They feed on milk and water and pap until they are strong enough for meat, and to say that the food which their immaturity craves prevents them from afterward reaching a stronger diet is unwarrant- able. It is a great deal better for an intellectual infant to wed Mrs. South- worth and E. P Roe than to read noth- ing, 01' than to Lead what he does not assimilate. ~ ' His predecessor wanted to- ried books, WASHINGTON nuns. From April 1 until July 1 is the ideal season in, Washington. Then the weather is perfect, not too hot, but warm enough to make fires unneces- sary and light clothing agreeable, and from every point of view the Capital is at its best. The parks, with their thickly—planted plots of spring flow- ers, make the city seem like a great? flower garden, and the air is heavy with fragrance. This year is no ex- ceptiOn; the weather cannot be criti- cized, and all the people seem to live out of doors. The. grounds about the Executive Mansion are the most attractively ar- ranged of any of the public parks, and from the first crocuses of spring until the fall frosts, when Chrysanthe- mums are the only flowers that will flourish out of doors, the gardens are filled with blossoming plants. This year the coming of a new President seems to have inspired Mr. Brown, the head gardener of the city, who, under the Superintendent of Public Build- ings and Grounds, has charge of all the Government reservations, to un- usual efforts, and the White House g1ounds have never been more beauti- ful. The admirable order and beauty of the public pa1ks stimulate the 1esi- dents of Washington to keep their plots and yards in good condition, and there are many handsome private gar- dens in town. During the lifetime, of Mr. Bancroft the small yard in front of his house in H street, which is now deserted, closed, boarded up and rap- idly going to decay, was the first spot where crocuses and hyacinths could be. seen. Their appearance was eagerly watched for, and -while they lasted people would make long detours for the purpose of going by his house to refresh themselves with a sight of the venerable historian’s spring garden, which he tended and watched over with faithful care. This year Sena—- tor Lodge has just such another gar- den in front of his house in Massachu- setts avenue, and it is astonishing how many people this gay little parterre tempts to include this portion of town in their walks. , The much discussed question wheth- er Mrs. McKinley will .be able 'to un- dertake her social duties seems to be answered in the aflirmative. Two or three times a week she receives in the Blue Room, which she has chosen for her reception room, though if the vis— itors be intimate friends they are asked up-stairs to the library. The present new Administration—that is, the Cabinet circle—has many more young ladies in it than for a long time past, so that Cabinet dinners and oth- er purely oflicial afiairs will have a larger youthful element about them than they have had for a long time. Miss Mabel McKinley, daughter of Mrs. Abner McKinley, and a favorite niece of the President and his wife, will be almost a permanent member of the White House family. She is a pretty girl of about 17, with light, cur- ly hair, blue eyes and fresh complex- ion. Her greatest charm, however, is her voice, which has been carefully cultivated. Among all the Strangers who have been here during the last few weeks none have attracted more attention in a way than a party of Osage and Kickapoo Indians, who are here on business with the Government. These Indians are such as we read of in poetry and romances, with their gay blankets, paint and feathers, and Panama, the Chief of the Kickapoos, might well be the original of “Hia- watha.” One of the most interesting parts of the parade on the 4th of March was a company of young In- dians from the Carlisle School in Pennsylvania,,who marched in eight platoons, each one representing somb feature of the school work. The first platoon, representing education, car- globes and signs. The second one typified agriculture and its kindred pursuits, carrying tools _‘for tilling the soil, while the third carried bread and other food products. The fourth was composed of blacksmiths and wagon makers, the fifth tailors and -shoemakvers, the sixth harness makers and tinners; printers and painters made up the seventh, and the athletes, though the last, were not the least. The old saying that “the only good Indian is a dead Indian” is fast losing its significance and should be changed 10 “the only good Indian is the educated Indian.” «7 It begins to seem possible that the first practical test of the peculiar rela— tions which our country sustains toward Hawaii may be made by an Asiatic rather than a European power. When the Japanese representative at Honolulu yielded to the order of Pres- ident Dole’s government, sending back a body of Japanese immigrants, brought thither unlawfully, as it de- clared. he did so under protest, and with the suggestion to his government to send a war ship to his support. Now the Yokohama news is that two ships instead of one will go, and that the J a- panese press demands a firm attitude toward both the Hawaiian and Amer- ican governments. This demand im- plies that Hawali, powerless against Japan, is certain to be backed by the United States in resisting undue for- eign pressure. What is meant by “a firm attitude” does not appear, but it is certain that the colonies of laborers she has scattered over the Pacific form one of Japan’ s chief interests. SENATOR. “Well, whatever ybu may say of Mr. Perkins, I think it was nice of him to give his wife Credit “fa-1 every success ~- he has had.” “But, my dear Mrs. Gladys, you seem not to have. observed the fact. that Perkins fails at everything.”— Brooklyn Life. ' - T “HE 11v E is I’N'e' 1;.le T TE. THREE cumous PLANTS One \thle [min-e. are Strong Enough to Crush the Life out ot-a. Man. ' Three of the most dangerous of veg- etable plants in the world . re the “cannibal 'tree” of 'Australia, the “death” 01' “grapple plant” of South Africa, and the “vegetable python,” of New- Zealand. . The “cannibal tree” grows up in the shape of a huge pineapple, and attains a height of 11 feet. It has a series of bread, boardlike leaves, growing ina fringe at the apex, which forcibly brings to mind a gigantic Central 'American agave; and these boardlike leaves, from 10' to 12 feet in the smaller specimens, and from 15 to 20 feet in the larger, hang to the ground and are easily strong enough to bear the weight of a man of 140 pounds or more. In the ancient times this tree was worshipped by the native savage-s under the name of the“ “devil tree,” a part of the interesting ceremony being the sacrifice of one of their number to its all too ready embrace. The victim to be sacrificed was, driven up the leaves of the tree .to the apex, and the instant the so—called pistils of the mon- ster we1e touched the leaves would fly together like a trap, crushing the life out of the intruder. In this way the tree would hold its victim, sapping his vitality and life, until every particle of flesh would disappear from his bones. The “grapple plant” is a prostrate 11e1b growing in South Af1ica. Its flowers are purple and shaped like the English foxglove. Its fruit has for- midable hooks, and by clinging to any passer-by is conveyed to situations where its seed may find suitable con- ditions for growth. Sir John Lubbock says it has been known to kill lions. 0 The “vegetable python,” which is known to the naturalist as the clusia, or fig, is the strangler of trees. The seeds of the clusia, being provided with a pulp and very pleasant to the tropical birds which feed thereon, are carried from tree to tree and deposited on the branches. begins. upwtard, while the roots flow, as it Wow, down the trunk until the soil is reached. Here and there they branch, changing their course according to the direction of any obstructions met with. Meanwhile from these rootlets leafy branches'have been developed, which, pushing themselves through the can- opy above, get into the light, and cum— mously accelerate their g1o.wth Now a metamorphosis takes place! For the hitherto Soft aerial roots begin to 1121-- den and spread wider and wider, throwing out side branches which flow into and amalgamate with each other, until the whole tree trunk is bound in a series of‘ irregular living hoops. From this time on it is a struggle of life and death between the forest gi- ant and the entwining clusia. Like an athlete the tree tries to expand and burst its fetters, causing the bark to bulge between every interlacing; but success and freedom are not for the captive tree, for the monster clusia has made its hands very numerous and wide. Not allowed expansion, the tree soon withers and dies, and the stran- gler is soon expanded into a great bush, almost as large as the mass of branches and foliage it has effaced. It is a tragedy in the world of vegeta- tion—Les Angeles Herald. Science of the Mosquito. There are fourtruths respecting the mosquito which modern science has established. First—A mosquito cannot live in air free from malarial poison. Untainted air has the same effect on him as ‘a healthy community on a doctor. It. deprives him of patientsrand he must go to less-favored localities to prac- tise his profession. Second—The lymph, which flows through an automatic valve when it inserts its proboscis, contains a modi- fied germ of the malarial fever, and, according to the well-settled law of' inoculation, the introduction of the weak germ renders harmless a subse- quent attack by the strong germ. Third—The mosquito never swal- lows hum-an blood. It cannotf The fact that its body becomes discolored and swells, while probing, is caused by the discoloration of the lymph in contact with the blood and the muscular effort of inserting the probe. ‘ Fourth—5A mosquito will'never insert its lancet in- a person not susceptible to an attack of malaria. In this re- spect, its sense is more accurate than the most skilled and experienced pa- thologist. This also proves, not only its unerring instinct, but thiht it never wounds unnecessarily. Its thrusts are those of a skilled and human sur- geon, and even more unselfish, for hope of a fee never quickens him, nor does the malediction of his patient de- ter him in the fulfillment of his duty. Remember, then, that the presence of a mosquito is an infallible sign that malaria is in the air, and that you are exposed to if, and when you hear that well known but solemn note of warm ing, do not treat him as a foe but as a friend—Boston Transcript. Candlefish. Recent experiments by the curious at P01tland,0re., have revived recollcc~ tions of a primitive light used in the early days of the settlements along the Columbia River, when the residents called smelts candlefish. The dried smelts burn as well as candles, and give off an appetizing odor. —Chicago Inter- Ocean. ‘No. sir,_" said the physician, pomp- ously, “I never lost mme than half a dozen patients in my life.” ‘ "Well, I’m surprised,” answered the cynical 111111.11 “Smpiiserl at. what?” “At your ability to make a living on so small a inactive ”—,V\"1sh111gton Times. I . I ICAKE OF TOILET SOAP IN EVERY PACKAGE. Here germination The leafy stem slowly rises, \ PLUCK OF FOUNDRY EMPLOYES. Men “forking Stripped to the Waist in Showers of Molten Steel. Modern Machinery, of Chic-ago, in describing the'work‘ done in a - steel foundry, tells of remarkable instances of nerve displayed by the men. When the furnace is tapped there isa torrent of scoria thiat scatters over a wide area, descending in an umbrella- shaped mass of sparks that envelo e the men at the ladle. Through the pyrotechnic display of— the rain of fire and luminous reflec- tions you can see a workman shrug his shoulders or wriggle a little. This is the only sign. he gives that a spark of molten steel has fallen inside his flannel shirt. The manager said that in the performance of their work the men would run into a deluge of flying - sparks so thick you would think no one could go into it and come out alive, and that, too, in summer when they were stripped to the waist and had not even a shirt to protect them. In the shadow of the furnace and ladle it would often register 125 degrees. and the very life was cooked out of the air. Some of the men are singed and scarred more than veterans of many battles; heroes of the work-shop, they stand under fire every day of their lives and expect no songs to be sung in their honor or monuments to be erected to their memories. The manager related an incredible incident, which he gave merely as a sample of the nerve these men have. One day the foreman of the casting department had started a ladle of steel on its journey among the moulds and was, seen to shake his foot several times. He went on, however, and not until all the steel was safe in the beds of sand did he bobble to 'the wall, where he. took apiece of steel as big as his thumb out of his shoe. It had burned into his great toe joint, and the man was laid up for weeks. HOTELS. IN GREECE. Landlords not Particularly Enterprising in That Sunny Land. In Greece the hotels of the interior follow one general type—the Italian. There is no common sitting room. Why should there be? There. is no of- fice, but that does not seem to inter- fere with the presentation of the bills. The ground floor is given up to a cafe or restaurant, if the innkeeper goes in- to that line of business. Very often, however, the master of the Apollo has only rooms to le‘t. $1112 sleeping apart- ments on the floor above are often ap- proached by an outside stairway, and, as is to be expected in a southern cli- mate, they are scantily furnished. Overfurnishling is a. vice anywhere. Under a southern skv it is a crime of which the Greeks are not guilty. There is usually a mirror, though that tribute of human vanity is sometimes lacking, and, like the Turk, the solitary Turk- ish towel bears no brother near his! The bedstead is invariably of _ throne. iron. As in primitive United States within my memory, 'single rooms are rare. Two, three, four, five beds are put in one room or strung along the corridors. A fastidious person who desires to occupy a room alone has to pay for all the beds therein. In some places special charges are made,» for sleeping in the daytime, and there is a fixed rate for sleeping on the floor.— Atlantic Monthly. ’ Unseasonable Civility. A Northern visitor in Atlanta was walking with his host in the garden the other morning, when they came upon the gardener, an old negro of 70 years. “This,” said’ the host, old family servant.” “Mr. Moses,” siad the Northerner, extending his hand and touching his hat, “I am happy to: meet you.” The old negro, ignoring the prolfuered hand, threw his own hat on the grass and pulling at his wool, made a low obeisance. When the guest was gone be ap- proached his employer and former master. :‘Marse Jim,” he said, “ain’t do ’lection done over?” “The, election?” “Yes. suh—de votin’?” “Of course! Why do you ask ‘2” “Bekase,” said the puzzled old fel- low, “dat’s dc fust white man dat lif’ he hat for me e11 ‘try ter shake hands out 0’ season. Dey sholy is sumpin’ “is Moses —an ' up l”—Atlanta Constitution. 'Ee Didn’t Know. Schoolmistress—“Come here, Charlie, and let me hear you recite your lesson. Why, what is the matter? What are you crying for?” Cha1lie—“Some of the big boys made _me kiss a little girl out in the school yald. Boo- hool” “\Vhy, that is outrageous. you not come to me?” “I—I—didnt know that you would let me kiss you.”—Philadelphia Press. '— Why did‘ ! 'civilized world. ~ K STRADIVARIUS IN ALASKA. A $10,000 Violin the Friend and Co‘inpan— ion of a. Miner. , At the Cornet mine, on Berner’s Bay, eighty-five miles northeast of Ju‘ 11ueau, Alaska, in probably as bleak and wild a spot as can be found on this continent, can be heard on the long wintei nights strains of harmony that have been lauded through the A naveller who has just returned says. “One evening, as I was approaching the Cornet mine, Ilheard some one _ playing a violin, and though I had.’ - , heard what have been termed the greatestmasters of both hemispheres, I must say that such sounds as came from the unseen player I had never heard equalled.‘ “When I reached the camp I was . welcomed by the superintendent, Wil- lis E. Nowell, and after a hearty surp— per I asked him who was performing so beautifully on- the violin as I ap— ; proached the camp. Mr. Nowell said: . . ‘I was the player, though your praise of my playing rather embarrasses 111e.’ When I questioned the gentle. man regarding his instruments he said the one he was playing was a Stradivarius, named ‘Eliza,’ for which he paid $10,000, but he also had the ‘Nero,’ which cost him $5,000. "I discovered in a further converse.- tion with the gentleman that he was an ex-p-rofessor of the Boston Conser‘ vat-oryof Music, and that previous to ~' his coming to Alaska he had per- formed on the same instrument that nightly gave forth its melodious tones in that bleak region, in nearly every place in Europe. _ “Mr. Nowell has been at the mine about three years, and says the soli- tude often inspires him to themes that all the grandeur of civilization could . not bring forth. Mr. Nowell told me that from a child he had a love for the violin that gradually grew on him so that by the time he was twelve years old he had sufficiently mastered that instrument to make his professional debut. “Mr. Nowell will probably stay at the mine a couple of years more, as he has an interest in the mine, and as it is very rich, as high as $27,000 hav- ing been taken out of pockets in three days. When asked if he would sell either 'of his instruments, he said: ‘This mine is rich, but not rich enough? to make me part with one of my loves; nor-are all the mines in the 'world rich enough to make me part with either." ‘ ' —Portland Oregonian. .___..—.——__—__._ ‘ AN lMMENSE FARM. It Consists of 1,500,000 Acres. The Fenc- ing Said to Have Cost 850,000. The largest farm in this country, and probably in the world, is situated in the southwestern part of Louisiana. It extends 100 miles north and west, It was purchased in 1883 by a syndicate of Northern capitalists, by whom it is still operated. At the time of its pur‘ chase its 1,500,000 acres was a vast pasture for cattle belonging to a few; dealers in that country. Now it is di— vided into pasture stations for ranches, existing every six miles. The fencing is said to. have cost about $50,000. The lahd is best adapted for rice, sugar, corn and cotton. A tract, say half a mile wide, is taken, and an en- gine is placed on each side. The en-‘ gines are portable, and operate 3. ca.- ble attached to fourplows. By this arrangement 30 acres are gone over In. a day, with the labor of only three men. ' _ There is not a single draught horse on the entire place, if we except those used by the herders of cattle, of which there are 16,000 head on the place. The Southern Pacific railwayruns for 36 miles through the farm. The company have three steamboats operating on the estate, of which 300 miles are navi- gable. It has also an icehouse, bank, shipyai’d and rice mills. The Privilege of Peers. ' ' [There is a curious case in Fortes- cue’s Reports relating to the privileges of peers, in which the bailiff who ar-. rested 21 lord was forced by the court to kneel down and ask his pardon, though he alleged that he had acted by mistake; for that his lordship had‘ a dirty shirt, :1 worn-out suit of clothes and only Sixpence in his pocket, so that he could not believe that he was _‘ a peer, and arrested him through inad- vertance.——Green Bag. A Famous—Poem in Danger. Tennyson, just after finishing the manuscript of “In Memorium,” had trouble with his landlady, and gave up his lodgings. He forgot the manu- script, but could not be induced to go back and face the landlady. His fr,ibnd Coventry Patmore, who was with him, returned to the lodgings, forced his way in, and found the poem, already thrown carelessly into a draw- er of rubbish. -—Cl,‘,id- Bits. , , . THE , ORIGINAL Stamped 1: Boss n I Always the Same
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