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THE CAMESYILLE T J m CO -*\ 00 co zc LU CO -U cn 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- i A j§ \ : * fm > - i 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- CD LU CO rH iLu zo\ >1 ski ■X,— s c=| c < m! rn CO o < -< CO m "U LU 3L 00 Lu az CO CO SM-KuS*,?: Vt., 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.” fm JI 1 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 / ., '■ #; - Vi . I "'w X Vi fm i \J r* 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 MS w ~, v; . F ss. x rTCKtKG ROT?. * 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 * M p; m \ ! v >w- I’T r ‘ • ’ y U rang tew Q o O Cb O o I 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