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ROUTING .THE REDCOATS.
A VETERAN’S STORY OF THE SIEGE
OF PLATTSBURG.
A Meinorublo Conflict, tho Seventy-
Mveath Anniversary of fVhich r« About
to «o Celebrated—Wliat Private sim-
eon Cmwetl Sitnr anil Heard.
tOoprrliflit, 1801, by American Praia Anaoclo.
tloa.l
ES, I was there!
1 To bo sure, I
l didn’t get bit by
any British bul¬
lets or grape or
canister, hut 1
was there all the
same.
Tho speaker
V, was Simeon Cas¬
well, my towns¬
man In Bridgeton, Mo., an aged vet¬
eran of the war of 1312-15, an honest,
truthful, excellent man, over whose
honored grnvo tho grass has waved for
many a day.
And yot It seems only recently that 1
listened to his narrative of personal ex-
periencos and observations in connec¬
and tion important with ono military of the most rewJj*.able
events in Amer¬
ican history. It was the bnttlo of Platts-
burg, N. Y., fought in September, 1814,
between 14,000 of Wellington’s troops,
ondor Sir George Provost, tho governor
general of Canada, and nbo^t one-third
of that nninber of Americans, chiefly
raw militia, with a few regulars, led by
Genoral Macoinb, and constituting all
the available forces in that immediate
region. The fight culminated in a simul¬
taneous land and naval engagement.
Tho British fleet was commanded by
Captain Downie; the American fleet by
Commodore Macdonough, and by so
simple and pivotal a procedure ns the
swinging round of Macdonough’s flag¬
ship at a critical moment the British
fleet was captured, and the appalling
power wielded by tlio combined land
and naval forces of a great nation was
shattered in a moment.
Before taking' up Private Caswell’s
narrative, a brief glance at tho military
situation is necessary for a clear under¬
standing of the matter.
Late in August, General Izard, who
had succeeded General Hampton in
command of tho right wiug of the
American army, was ordered to leave
Plnttsburg, with the most of his troops,
and go to the relief of General Brown,,
beleaguered at that time in Fort Erie, on
the Niagara frontier. This he djd, leav¬
ing General Macomb at Plattrimrg
with only 1,500effective men, and cheer¬
fully predicting that tho place and its
garrison would soon Ihj in the hands of
the enemy t
But Macomb was not the kind of a
man to give up before tbe battle was on,
as tho event signally proved.
Neither was Macdonough, who lay
ready with his hastily prepared—almost
improvised—-fleet to dispute the passage
of tho British fleet into Plnttsburg bay.
Tho news of the advance from Canada
of Provost's magnificent army, and the
wall equipped British fleet having pene¬
trated the adjacent districts, the militia
ponred into Plnttsburg. As f.tsi as they
arrived they were placed under the im¬
mediate command of General Mcocrs,
whose force, when complete, was in nil
about 3,000 men.
General Macomb stationed his troops
on the south bank of the river Saranac,
on the peninsula form -d by the bend of
that stream as it empties into Burling¬
ton (Plnttsburg) bay. Having strength¬
ened his position by three redoubts and
two blockhouses, mid made every other
preparation feasible in so abort a time
and under such pressing circumrtances,
he posted bodies of militia at different
points on the route by which the enemy
was expected, hihI quietly awaited the
progress of events.
The Gth day of September, lSl-i, will
ever Ik* memorable in Plnttsburg his¬
tory. On that day there suddenly ap-
peaml tho advance guard of the British
army. It marched in two' columns
along the roads from the nprth.
Some of tho militia now adopted the
Concord-Lexington mode of warfare,
firing from ambush, and harassing the
invaders in every practicable manner, bnt
still tho majestic body moved on. Not
until it had arrived within a short dis¬
tance of the village was any serious
show of resistance mrde by the Ameri¬
cans. This was by a detachment of
light artillery, which Macomb had sent
ont, and which tired end retreated alter-
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SIMEON CASWELL.
nately. Presently the British recrossed
the bridge over tlie Saranac, whereupon
the American sappers and miners quick¬
ly removed tho plank coverings and
formed them into breastworks. Provost
repeatedly attempted the passage, bnt,
finding it impracticable, he withdrew
his forces to the cover of a neighboring
hill. Attempted flank movements at a
ford several miles up tho river, as well
as at otbcT points, were promptly met by
forces of Mooers’ militia and rendered
abortive. The artillery on either side of
the stream soon opened tire, both from
the temporary batteries of the British
and the forts of the Americans, which
vra» continued almost uninterruptedly
through the six days’ siege.
While these events w«f iking place,
Simeon Caswell, who a ^ort time bo-
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lake waa quietly at work jU6t across the
twelve near Burlington. He bad served “ a
months* term and done some
good fighting, too, in the northern fron-
tier campaign of 1813 nnder fjeneral
Wade Hampton of South Carolina, who
commanded the right wing of the Patriot
army that year. Despite all expo6tula-
tions—some of his neighbors telling him
he wat “a fool to throw hhnself into the
jaws of death, as it wonld be impossible
to hold the British in check"—Simeon re-
solved to join the volunteers who were
hastening to the front. As the roar of
battle continued his impatience in-
creased. Walking and running alter-
nutely he soon accomplished the three
mHes’journey to Buriington.
‘When 1 got to Burlington,” said
Simeon. "1 found everything in con-
fusion and a general panic prevailing.
Merchants were hauling off their goods
in a hurry; others were packing their
movable property into wagons or carts
and driving away; some were rushing
this way and that way, looking scared
almost to death. 1 don’t wonder at it,
for no one had any idea but that Plutte-
would burg would hnpry be taken, and then the enenfy
across tbe lake and attack
Burlington. Many had relatives over in
Plnttsburg taking part in the tussle, and
of course they were intensely anxious
for their safety.
“Well, down 1 posted to the shore of
the lake, and, by good luck, found a ves¬
sel just ready to cast off from the wharf
and start for Plattsbnrg. 1 asked the
skipper if he conld take mo aboard.
‘What for?* said he. ‘To fight,’said I.
•All right; jump aboard/said he. ’The
Lord knows our folks need all tho men
tlu-y can get.’
“It was pitch dark when we reached
Plnttsburg. We were some afraid we
might fall into tho enemy’s hands on the
way, but we got across without any
trouble. Tho cap’ll didn’t think it safe
to go very close to the place, for there
was no knowing bnt what the Britishers
had got possession, so he prudently
anchored a good piece outside. But as
9oon as it was light next morning we
saw the dear old stars and stripes n-
floating in the town, and you may just
bet we was an impatient set of fellows
till the cap’ll brought ns up Tongsidc a
wharf. We hurrk-d ashore, and l ’iisted
in the first, company 1 came to—a com¬
pany of Plattsburg militia, commanded
by a merchant names Mahew.”
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THIt MILITIA FIIUtD FROM AMBUF.il.
But plucky Simeon Caswell had arrived
too late to face once more the British.
They had retreated. The great naval
battle of tho war had been fought, and
the young American commodore had
won.
In short, after a fierce engagement of
nearly two hours and a half, Downie
having four ships and twelve gunboats or
barge*, ninety-five guns and 1,000 men;
Macdonough four largo vessels and ten
gunboats, with an aggregate of eiglity-
six guns aud 850 men, the latter, by
casting a stern anchor and cutting a bow
cable, swung hi* flagship, the Saratoga,
around, bringing the otiier side to bear
upon Dowmo’s flagship, the Confiance,
and so quickly riddled and disabled it
that he struck his flag and surrendered,
with a less of nearly GOO of his men
taken prisoners, besides a considerable
number killed and wounded.
This took place on the Sabbath. The
morrow, tho morning when Simeon
Caswell landed in Plattsburg, opened
with an intensely interesting change of
scene—tho British fleet annihilated and
Prevost’s powerful veteran army, minus
2,500 men in killed, wounded, prisoners
and desertions, in full retreat toward
Canada, never more to return.
“I shall never forget that morning of
Sept. 12 so long as I live.” said Simeon,
with flashing eye and excited manner,
“All the jubilees I ever saw wasn’t a cir-
cumstance to it The bells kept ringing;
the panic stricken people came swarm-
ing back into the place almost crazy
with joy, and then the hurrahing and
jumping and swinging of hats ami the
mounted messengers dashing off to
carry the good news to the inhabitants
in other parts. Oh! it was just glorious!
And to think, too, that in all
that land contest of nearly six days
our folks lost only about 120
men. And you’d just ought to have
seen the amount of stuff old Provost
left—canr.cn, munitions, provisions and
so forth, and all of hb sick and wounded
to boot I ran across several of my
army comrades of the year before, and
you'd better believe there was some
handshaking and grabbing hold of one
another and dancing like all possessed!”
And as tlie aged vetvtu.n ended bis nar¬
rative he rose, anil going to a cupboard
produced some relics of the Plattsburg
fight. There he gave me, and 1 still
preserve them as valued mementos of
the long ago. Stjckney.
Charles O.
A fJn'itt Tuwiscl to 55^
It looks m. wus though the long dis-
cussed Siui : : ui tunnel might become an
actuality. . • us* nlnns nave ta*enacceptou,
•
tni the.? , - , *•;;• . ctiuut.l , is iUtnng*
• ____- he : • saiaul- - i
mg \\n:« , .*:to , »h- ;i t b**nug , r
fnmltet.
• i., The . the lr.rn.el
will be ll: ...ih , lot.-, with a siujile
e-r u ; r d. white tile wurii vrill
. t ,ne,-Ur r.tt«.
THE RULER OF EQUATOR1A.
I _
! Km,n Ra»l>a Provo to Re S««iactUing
5,oro T,:nn » **«e tb'utcr.
I The eareer of Emin Pasha, who has
i recently recoaquere*l Iris old domain In
1 tiie eq'iatorial provinees of Africa,
y T . mightfurnixhex-
r f :" ceilent material
- T for melodrama
r > r opera fcouffe.
Years ago he
*%*' -P oirulo his way
< -• through the Sou-
^ vj- dan. and in the
name of the lche-
:' V;-5 dive f the took southern- control
AY ' v' > *-‘4 d i •«
\ most [i'*.«ses3ions
emi.n pasha. ?, 1 R i ! n ,°' 1 b y
Egypt. rr . _ faen
' camc the Mahdi uprising, tho Jeaguor of
! Khartoum, the death of Gordon and the
! triumph Emin of the desert tribes. T hus
! s communication with the civilized
| ! ■ considerable vvor ^ was practically time, during cut off. which After the n
j ^‘ m K n state had l>c**n rstaojisJjcd, au agi¬
tation was begun f r his rescue.
Stauley took cliaige of the expedition,
and all tire horrors and triumphs of the
inarch are still fresh in public memory.
Emin was found at Wadelai, the ac¬
cepted ruler of a barbarian land in
which comparative peace prevailed. It
took months to persuade liiui to be res¬
cued, but finally he consented and was
borne in Stanley's train to Zanzibar.
There he attended a banquet, dwmk too
much champagne*, tumbled out of :i ,*rin-
Jow and crackod hi.; skull. German
physicians attended him, and impressed
upon his mind their belief that Stanley
was acting not for humanity, but fur
English interests.
When Emin recovered be declined to
visit England, and at the first oppor¬
tunity made off for tire interior of the
dark continent with a force furnished
him l>y Baron Wissmann, the represen¬
tative of Germany. He was thereupon
referred to in various speeches and pub¬
lications as an “Austrian Jew” a “short¬
sighted, spectacled bug hinder,” a “trai¬
tor to his preserver” and so* oil. Over a
year passed and his name had dropped
out of memory almost, wlion the other
lay news came "of a startling nature.
Emin has reached and reconquered the
equatorial provinces, has again set up
his scat of government at Wadelai and
is again the recognized and welcomed
ruler of all that region, the only differ-
ence being that he now holds the coun¬
try uot as a representative of Egypt or
of England, but ns the sworn agent of
Germany. A writer well acquainted
with the facts says that “Emin’s deed is
one of the most magnificent bits of work
ever done in an African expedition.”
Tho IlioajiJ! (L-oimjikcr,
It is said of George (J. Crosby, who
has lived as a licnuit in a secluded part
of Great Barrington, Mass., for the last
thirty years, that his evcentricili* s are
due to disappointment in love. Tradi¬
tion has it that long ago he. wooeil a
pretty school teacher. ft!io frowned
upon his aui L and y N.
he became a re¬ r.
cluse with a pa
sion for pie and a - V. .x
'
hatred for the ! ' '
Masonic frater¬ i4
nity and tramps.
During his soli¬
tary years, how¬
ever, Crorby has
i developed great ••Ss.
mechanical in¬
g e u n i t y. He ghough c. cnor.DY.
took up tlie repairing of small or us a
means of livelihood, au 1 in bis abundant
leisure devi.-vd and ui-::mfnetn:v*l eev-
era! ;; ms with twist boro barrels that
are r *i.l to be a gr^ii improvement on
all existing styles. Vue other day an
agent from the L,-ri:! 1 armory tried
to buy Crosby’s seer; t. but lie.refuse 1 to
j ae “. at he:mit ml .... Ins at
A noes worn ui- n
j n ,° °ue has ever seen Lie interior of
p h°P' ^ 1U J r - I - t -XU 11 ’ are
j poison, and his only retneuy in case of
illne.ss is powdered chnrcoa;.
^
Ko Success;!? tr> Rlavotsky.
When asked recently regarding the re-
port that Lady Caithness w is to be
\ Mm?. Bl.watsky’ssuccessor, Mr. William
Q. Judge, th? general secretary of the
Theosophical •oci, ty in America, who
j has just returned from Europe, said;
5 “This rumor is an abatin'!Ly, no matter
| who is named. Although Lady Caith¬
ness is a member of our society she does
net exhibit any interest in its work or
official routine. Mine. Blavatsky'j title
to respect und distinction among Iheoso-
phists rested upon the secure basis of her
great learning, altruistic earnestness and
occult knowledge. These qualifications
are not possessed by those who have uot
had the training, and cannot be con-
ferred by election. But, to dispose of
the whole matter.it is enough to say-
that no successor to H. F. Giavatsky has
been or will lie elected. Her only office
was that of corresponding secretary, and
the constitution provided for its Zircon-
tinuanea upon her death.”
Proctor to Succeed Edraamu,
Redfitid Proctor, rccret iry of war,
who is appointed senator from Vermont
to Like the plase
cf Senator Ed¬
munds next De¬
j cember. was born
i June 1, 1831, iif
-Kc* Cut on dish, W ind-
sor county. Vt.
>; . < He was grade, at-
■L ed in 1351 from
Dartmouth col-
^/ legs and later
^ from tbei - vde-
- ' / partment ot the
kedfiki.d r ' L
proctor. He ,en-
' ‘ v *
tered . , the federal . , army as lieutenant . ,
-
and quarleniisster 1 r.i . June, lbt>l, and ,
* was mustered . . ont , as colonel , in August, *% /
W.!®e*lich . , . . dw , _ . he . has . held al-
m;»t «er>-cM cthceu. tae etote from
I selectman to soventor. He entered Uar-
"»"* Match, “^“ 18b9. ct 1,3 <***»“»»““. “
ONE OF CANADA’S BRICHT G1RLS.
A Ilt-Illiant Stmloit, a Snprf»*(i!l Author
and Sow IVIfp of a Ci»llft»r»»la«*.
Miss Helen E. <4i\xr>rv, tlie well known
writer, who recently became the wife of
Mr. Frederick Charles Flesher, of Cali-
fornia, was horn at Hamilton. (hit., and
is the only daughter of Mr. 6. F.. Greg¬
ory, of tlie civil service. Ottawa, and
granddaughter of the Into venerable
Judge O’Reilly. «»f Hamilton. Ont., whose
grand father was the first principal and
profess »r of (fierk in the LX.versify of
Pennsylvania before tiie American Rev¬
olution. She is also a cousin of Dr. John
Milton Gregory, LL. O., of Washing¬
ton. formerly principal of tlie Ann Arbor
(Mich.) anl State of Illinois miiversi
tiea. Another branch of the family
(Gregory) has .-.ho furnished for a long
period professors of high rt »nte in Scot¬
land.
Miss Gregory was the first woman to
receive the degree of bachelor of music
from a Canadian nniveraity. Four suc¬
cessful examinations were necessary, em¬
bracing a course in harmony, counter¬
point, canon, fugue, history of music
and instrumentation. At the last exam¬
ination she was reqny-od to write a mu¬
sic.-.] composition with full orchestral
accompaniment, one or more choruses
of ; t least four or six parts, a fulfil cho¬
rus and going. In order to keep tlie
standard as high as possible the papers
were sent to England and examined by
three noted professors of the University
of Cambridge*. All this Helen Gregory
went through successfully, claiming the
credit of opening Trinity university, To¬
ronto, to women. Blie then, at tbecame
s^p
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5IE1 .!'•>: R. GUKGORV.
college, by dint of perseverance, succeed¬
ed in persuading the senate of the uni¬
versity to grant her permission to pur¬
sue a full collegia to coarse, which em¬
braced mental and moral philosophy and
divinity, classics, mathematics, physical
and natural science. English literature
and modern languages. She was grad¬
uated with honors, and the degree of
bachelor of arts, and afterward that, of
master of arts, was conferred upon her.
Petite, slender and almost fragile in
appearance 1 she enjoyed unvarying good
,
health during her college life, and was
h hard wo; king and most nssidnou;
student. Eipvdiy methodical and per¬
severing in her presuit duties, she de¬
votes the morning to literary work, the
afternoon to domestic afT i:-.;. and the
evening (unless pressed for time) to so¬
cial gayei.ies or reading Pc* h * -t authors
on all subjects and playing (on the piano)
the compositions of her favorite com¬
posers—Beethoven, Liszt. Chopin, etc.
Her literary abilities have already
commanded for her a prominent place
as a contributor to leading Canadian and
American journals and magaziues. She
is also ft member of the Press Associa¬
tion of tho Province of Quebec.
Some time before her marriage Miss
Gregory made an extended tour of the
northwest territories as the representa¬
tive of a Toronto paper. She then went
to Japan, and was present at the open¬
ing of the first parliament. Her letters
were brilliant and enjoyed wide pub¬
licity. Since she became Mrs. Flesher,
Helen Gregory—thri-siill being her pen
name—has resided at her beautiful home
in the Santa Clara valley.
The portrait given herewith shows
Mrs. Flesher as f lu* appeared in her aca¬
demic dress at the time of receiving the
degree of master of arts.
Exorcised the LviI Spirits.
Some of the customs endeared by tra¬
dition and time to the people of England
look rather remarkable viewed from the
practical American standpoint. It is an¬
nounced that Rev. Dr. Creighton, tho
new bishop of P>terborongh, complied
with all the historic regulations when
he took possession of his cathedral
lately. lie went to the church .ar¬
rayed in his fullest canonicals, rapped
with his pastoral staff upon the door,
and waved it in his hand for the purpose
of exorcising the evil spirits from with¬
in. lie entered preceded by a chaplain
bearing a crown. He was himself
dressed in a “genuine mediinval cope of
white satin with elaborate trimmings,
with tr miter upon his head, which was
made of white figured satin with en¬
vironments of claret colored silk bor¬
dered with red silk between the points
in the summit.” ■
The ItahlK on C«n> or;< t!«»»»#.
Persons vrho wouldn't steal a ]?*nny if
starving sometimes think it no wrong to
make unjust assaults on i n* bank ac-
count of a wealthy corporation. In n
London court tlie oiher day tlie chief at-
torney for the Great Northern railroad
6tated that daring the year l^K) £7.000 |
persons were detected in attempts to de-
fraud that one company, chiefly by
means of fraudulent claims for dam-
ages.
Verdi’s Splendid Charities.
Verdi, the celebrated composer, is lav¬
ishing the wealth earned in bis profes¬
sional career on chari table enterprises.
Sometime ago he built a hospital at a
cost of $10,000. He recently bestowed
on it au endowment of $200,000, and is
now engaged in erecting at Milan an
asylum for aged and impoverished art-
ist**. On this latter project be intends
tc by out $500,000
WILLIAM flAS WHISKERS
THE TRUE REASON WHY THE KAISER
TARRIED AT SEA.
He Declined te Go Ashore Until ON
Heard TVas Grown—Some Speculation as
to the Change In Ills Appearanro—Pos¬
sibilities Illustrated.
Tlie young emperor of Germany has
assorted himself in many ways since he
came to the throne. He has dispensed
with Bismarck, adopted civil and inili-
- ("’AAv. tary policies of
(Tmy JS \ his «wn. practi-
V cully declared his
autocracy and
^ countenanced by
' ‘ iorsmnl praise
-4
the customs in
vogue among st u-
%v£tv;,rv; m-. i-b; '•/SvI'J&J JS? j dents. He has
iVired to criticise
e ' o-bUA the connection of
the Priuce of
Wales with the
^ ! baccarat scandal,
viP".'; 4‘r has spoken of
England’s volun¬
WITH A MUSTACnB. teers as n lot of
jnlf drilled tradesmen, has profeseed in-
differencH to Russian designs, and was
only restraiii'-d by the strongest argu¬
ments from pitching into France after
the Paris mob insulted his widowed
mother.
Just now public attention is directed
toward him, not on account of any war¬
like utterance or declaration of pur¬
poses, but iieranse lie has made a change
in his personal appearance. Some weeks
ago, that is soon after leaving England,
the kaiser Inwirdcd tlie imperial yacht,
and for a time sm.
was not on view
sailors, to any save his tho fTiV/.'mj, t,
sor-
van to mid iin- tmhi
All mediate Europe family. ^ -j£p* ”*
won- '
m
dered at this ro-
tireincnt and held
its breath. Was
t b e impel nous
young ruler con- bjvfb “ ^ ^ '
cocting a plan of
campaign lined to drench d e s- ^ \ ' v ;^m) A';'.. ;V /%‘
-.; s r
t h o continent
with gore, or was wixii wai.i::; UKAJU).
he snff ring from the chronic ailment
which >.e attributes to tlie strain of "dis¬
eased Guelph bloo.1” in his veins? But
one fact got to the general cm That
was that William had hurt his knee by
a fall and was temporarily confined to
his cabin. On this superstructure of
truth tho papers outside of Germany
built sensational edifices of falsehood.
The French journals particularly rev
eled in colossal fictions.
One Paris daily outdid all rivals by
giving a circumstantial account of the
kaiser’s madness - how he I ! gone
crazy, ordered the officers of i he yacht
from the deck and “with I l<* till of
God’ f opted
m 1b navsg.v.o the
/> vessel alone. Uo
& K i \ widespread alarming tho swollen grew and
mass
; of rumor that
when the impe¬
x: rial craft made
port the specta¬
tors half expected
to see a madman
or a corpse
'M W&P- il'r* >«*«<*' ^rimglit to land.
l »'
v /f •• held a brisk, ac¬
WITH H UtTmON’K tive, healthy j
I1K.UU). young gentleman j J
adorned, for the first time in his life,
with a full beard. Then the secret was
out. Tlie kaiser had tarried at sea until
his whiskers grew.
He undoubtedly is immensely proud
of his new acquisition, for he lias issued
an order that no mure pictures shall be
sold in Germany which show him with
a mustache only. As a result there is
groat activity in art circles, and f*n-
gravers, lithographers n n ! photogra-
phers are hard r.t work getting ont
portraits of their sovereign as he now
appeal's.
Some weeks must elapse before pic¬
tures of the bearded kaiser can reach
America, and uhile waiting for the. ) it
will do no harm to indulge i:i n little
anticipatory speculation, lias tlx* young
monarch given a Vandyke, a Boulanger
ora Walt Whitman twist to his whisk¬
ers? Do they look like his father’s or
like somebody else’s?
These are questions to be settled later,
although the cable brings the news of
the arrest of two
Prussians who r-!
undertook to f.••'>/;- \
solvo them by a ' y '$;*•
fist figl.t. One ysfk J 5 y \
characterized the , M ^
growth kaiser’s "stub- new \ '‘WZLt?k> ^
as
by and nnbecom-
ing," ana the r/M
other smote him ' y \h
under the jaw.
The critic got £!?$$$
thirty days for -4.v
ridiculing his J\ 'm'-^-T
sovereign. The WITH
assailant went DANAS BEAP.D.
free, with a reprimand that was mostly
praise of his over zealous loyalty.
The change made in a man’s appear-
ance is well shown by the accompany-
ing illustrations. In each the npper part
of the face is identical. But note the
difference between the emperor as he
was and as he would look wearing tha
beard of the Prince of Wales, of Presi¬
dent Harrison or of Charles A. Dana.
Meanwhile the telegraph informs us
that patriotic Germans have added a
new expression to their vocabulary.
They now emphasize their conversation
with the phrase, “By the beard of the
kaiser.”
From far off Cracow comes the rejjort
that Professor Riewicz has diacoveml a
remedy which Is a specific in cases of
i amer.
CD r- c: £ X c
I BUILDER OF THE TA3FRNACLC.
Mr. .John Wot>il Dined anil (liven it Wi
Kartii-tl Ti'Clmonlal.
\ft< r the rninjj of Dr
tabernacle in Brooklyn some time
j the past* r and his flock began to
for the erection of the DOW allll illlpO.
st met are in which the service** are
held. Work was begun, advanced
idly «nd ivaehed satisfactory
litrg* ly through tlio efforts ot Air.
Wood, treasurer ’J&
and chairman of A,
the building com¬ *>- \
mittee. fcto tho
j o! ' , ” r da}', after
j a)1 ‘-nsiness and
! mechanical ile-
lia ‘* , - > cen ; M
vionrod up and
S( ' ttl,d for &«***
the board of Inb¬
orn aide trustees MR. JOHN WOOD.
gave Mr. Wood n complimentary
at Cottage City, Mass. The board
presented him with.a series of
engrossed and gold framed
complimenting him on his
vigilance, forethuxght and wisdom,”
declaring that “it is to his busmens
hunueia! ability and general skill
rie final ia>; v . plot loo of the great
is largely duo."
lu his reply to the address
ing the resolutions, Mr. Wood said
“it was a standing-disgrace to tho
insurance companies, banks and
companies of New York and
that they refused their.aid because
was a church. For their lack of
and works let them be condemned in
old Presbyterian fashion, and for
tiiriidn ih.it ilia assist, glory and
iuyi l ,,;lise 1________
. ,,, .... .........
ihcro waa until recently , ,
at Maintou, Colo., writes Fred Li.
sot. a l:-!ond, whose symmetrical
perfectly rounded figure is
ized by all the languorous grace
the south. Her complexion has
soft purity seldom seen beyond baby
hood i:i the north, but which
women seem to have inherited the
of retaining at will. She is foml of
monds, and as they sparkle in
about her person her fuse, in its
moonlight beauty, reminds one of a
cate opal framed in a setting of
diamonds. Upon her white,
fingers jewel studded rings seem no
out of place than do the myriad
ing dewdrops on ! bo stalks of
iilies. But while her person gives
evidence of daintiest care, one has
to listen to her brilliant conversation
learn that her mind is no
waste. Blossoms of thought and
are luxuriant and wreathe her every
tence. For two seasons she reigned
Miss Fenton, a noted southern belle,
is now Mrs. W. A. Snead, wife of one
the wealthiest cotton planters of
phis.
An Ancient Parsonage Torn Down.
The oldest parsonage in Kings county,
N. Y.. has just been tom down.
stood in Flatbnsh, near Brooklyn,
Seventeenth was erected during tho latter part of
surrounded century. Originally it
with palisades and, thus
fended, formed a refuge for the
against Indian attacks.
Johannes Johnson built it, and in
sold it to the Reformed Protestant
church as a residence for Dominie
man. It remained a parsonage
ISIS. Bines then it has been a
shop, an inn, headquarters for the
bush Republican association and
Italian boarding house. It was a
acteristic specimen of Dutch
lure, ft had an old fashioned
doer entrance, small panes of glass
the windows and shingled gabie 3 .
IlOW TUB 01,0 HOUSE LOOKED,
solid foundation walls were of the
stone of the region, and lingo
of the same were topped with brick.
The large, square timbers showed
marks of the ax with which they
hewn h l -re the days of sawn ills.
lung, sloping, overhang roofs made
erings for the piazzas in front and rear
of e house without posts to support
tii; 'ill.
Novel ncmllna; Parisians.
According to the annual report of
tho e having charge of tbe tree librario*
in Ear is. novels are the staple literature
of t he working classes. The librarians
cannot persuade the readers to try more
soii 1 fare, and tV'hen instructive books
are pressed upon the people they go
away. Otherwise the Parisians thor¬
oughly appreciate their sixty-four pop¬
ular libraries, which are usually open in
the evening or during the midday dinner
hour They read over 1,500,000 books in
the year, and those volumes loaned out
are scarcely ever lost or damaged.
A ’* <>ii:i" Worowi’i Strange Power.
AH fashionable London is talking
about Nina Kennedy, a young woman
•.v! o j ; . doing a land office business as a
mind * n-h-r and prophetess. Sh i grasps
a client’s wrists,
feels his pulse » &
and tells him
what he is think¬
ing about. Some •-!# ’ jp?
time ago she in¬
formed Mbis Gar-
tier, who later on
married Gordon-
Cumming, of bac¬
carat notoriety,
that she wonld
wed and live hap¬ KINA KENNEDY.
pily with a man “who had a halter
around hi- neck.” Mis? Kennedy’s father
was ao nniuniginartive Scotchman, bat
her mother came of Spanish gypsy stock.
She I ;t= tin explanation to give of her
sir.". :ge powers, and those who have in-
v t> igated her doings c.,u a.- rt-t account
l or h»tu by no satisfactory : beery.
EASTER EGO CUSTOMS.
The chl’-f emblem of Easter is tho egg.
| I Many opinions ns to bow it camo to be a
symbol of tho day are c u r ren t, lmt most
think it. t.; because th-vegg is tho symbol
of !;£?, on the pvindpla or enurrin ex ovo.
,,H«1 hence of the ree.irrcct! >n.
Eggs were hold by tho Egypti’ma its
>» encml emblem of tho .rrnovathai of
eiunkind after the delnge. Tho Svvn
! adopted J: egg to cult the ciTcnrnotcwioca
or th* irhie ry osa t-ypoof theirrh-yoTturo
'j® ■i
•gr?
smBm
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frOTn tho ht:) ; of Egypt, and it was used
; n the feast of tlie p:..^,over m*r .rrt of
rjj 0 fnrtrlturo c-f tho table with tlie
cal lamb.
TlKMUiriotn of dyeing o*nr.t at Ernster-
tide dates Imcx to th * Fourth canlnrv
of the Christian clmrch. The Romish
church at that era p:\ihibllr* 1 the eating
of eggs during Lr: c. Tim store of eg«n»
which nccumnlaU J was counted the
property of the children, and to enham o
the value of the*' ;gs in Their estimator!
they were dyed with brilliant colors
and gayly omaineut• d.
Here is the rigid way to l>oil Easter
eggs: Boil fresh, chrau, white e.ggs at
lc:ist tea minutes. Add a little (Trsrolred
dye, any col <r waated., nnd a t-xmiioon-
f.’.i of strong vinegar t( a j-int of water.
Then put in the eggs, and let them re¬
main until the desired shade is obtained.
Tlie eggs may Ircenim with safely after
being colored. E ygatr -n l>a cohco<l red
by dissolving a little redvv«x*l, cochineal
cTcarmii.’cin the water in which they
are boiled. Let them remain In tho
water .some time. When done wipe
them with a tlaanel slightly oilod. Spin¬
ach water will make the eggs light
groou; saffron, yellow.
The patterns of any print may be
transferred to the egg by Fewing^t up
in a jnece of the calico, tlie right side
next the e.-yg, end boiling the egg for
ajrout ten m inn Ice* in water in which a
tnblesponufnl of sodahae lx*en dissolve*.!.
Generally it will be found best in
decorating eggs to •'blow” thorn instead
of boiling. Pierce e;»ch egg with a
darning needle and blow out the con¬
tents. Then the shell is ready for deco¬
ration, and may be painted in wafer
colors or sepia.
Tlie street gamin docs not lose his
sbare of Easter jo}’, though he goes to no
church and has no new clothes to wear.
Eggs are cheapest at Easter, and the lit¬
tle fellows gamble with a game that is
called “picking eggs.” Each boy looks
for tho strongest egg, testing it by tap¬
ping tho end against his teeth. The
sound tells whether the egg is strong or
Dot. When the particular young pur
chaser is soiled with the strength of h‘,
egg he finds some boy with whom u>
“pick.” The sharp end of the egg is the
“pint,” the round end the “butt.” The
pints are struck, ike boy who proposes
the game striking first. The other boy
holds Iris thumb and forefinger around
the top of liis egg, so it can be struck
only cn the “pint.” The striker keeps up
his blows until one e?;g is cracked. Then
lie holds rp the “butt” of his egg, r.nd
tlie ether boy strikes it until one of those
is crack.-i. The boy who caecnoda In
brer,king the other’s egg at both ends
wins broken egg. Ho can sell sQ
he win.; for n cent' apicco nt borne or fa
the ro-,*rr.. -*'ere there is always a brisk
tre.d for c’ !rcd eggs.
The* : robing in tho Whito House
jro ryy i;b Easter Mc«n<.l»y is a scene no|
repr.Kloc* d anywhere else in the United
3tatr*v Ti c grounds are thrown op*er» to
the pnkfic, a d pan j ia and nurses with
children of all ages cocao in the morn¬
ing. They carry baskets of lunch and
others filled with gayly colored egg%
which nre to !x> roll* 1 down the grassy
xiopes on which tlio Lildren play, or
“picked ” as the clrc-ci gamins do fresit
ones. J. of children fill tha
gr. inid: and with eggs under tha
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EGG ROLLING AT WASUINGTO!*.
trees until they get hungry and eat *fe«
! Eardboiledtivala with their lunches, with
.Tgnlur incnic appetites. Tha big band
plays ia the afternoon, and the visiting
’.lousxnds Ria delighted with a sight or
the preeidentird family, who show fh»m-
aelves on the piazza whh their fricn*?a.
,Df Irtn course the little White House ehil-
are chief object! of interest