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TO PRESIDENT TYLER
MEMORIAL TO A MUCH FOR¬
GOTTEN PATRIOT,
A Long Neglected Grave to no Taken
Care of by Congreaalonal Action—Sim¬
plicity of the Man Who Succeeded
Gen. Uarriaon.
There is pending before the United
States senate a joint resolution pro¬
viding for the erection of a suitable
shaft over the grave of John Tyler, in
Hollywood cemetery, In Richmond,
Va., which, since the Interment in
1862, has been unmarked by stone or
cross. It seems hardly creditable that
the the grave of this Illustrious citi¬
zen should have been so long neglect¬
ed, and speedy action should be taken
says Leslie’s Weekly, to honor the
man who from early manhood to ex¬
treme old age, through a long and
eventful career, served his country
with conspicuous ability, fidelity and
zeal as a member of the General As¬
sembly, as governor of the common¬
wealth, as a member of the state con¬
ventions of 1830 and 1861, as a member
of the House of Representatives, as
senator from Virginia, as president of
the peace conference at Washington,
as member of the Provisional Con¬
gress of the Confederate states, as
chancellor of William and Mary col¬
lege, as vice president of the United
States, and as chief magistrate of the
republic. This tribute to her dis¬
tinguished father will add, too one
more bright chapter to the history of
his daughter, Mrs. Semple, for a while,
during her father’s incumbency, the
chatelaine of the executive mansion
and for many years an inmate of the
Louise Home, an asylum for gentle-
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women provided through the generos¬
ity of the late W. W. Corcoran, one of
the capital’s noted philanthropists. Re¬
garding the life at the White House,
known at that time as the president’s
house, in her day, Mrs. Semple says:
"The president lived exactly as he did
at our old home in Virginia. On the
plantation he always rose when the
horn blew to call the servants, and be¬
fore breakfast saw his overseer and
gave directions for the day. It was
Quite Hhe same in Washington. Father
left his bed early, which was no hard¬
ship, being a life-long habit, and,
kindling the fire that had been care¬
fully arranged the night previous,
seated himself to work, transacting
much important work before break¬
fast and the arrival of visitors. At 8
his servants would attend him to make
his bath, and at 8:30 he was invari¬
ably in his seat at the breakfast table.
Those were charming days; no admin¬
istration since has equaled them in
republican simplicity.”
Mrs. Semple was married in her
early girlhood and was scarcely more
than a bride when her father entered
the .White House in 1841. The death
of her mother, and the domestic re¬
sponsibilities of her older sister made
Mrs. Semple virtually the lady of the
White House from 1842 to 1844. Her
husband had entered the United States
navy, and his death, together with
financial reverses, made it necessary
for Mrs. Semple to earn her living.
She was for some years principal of
a young ladies’ school in Baltimore,
but failing sight compelled her to re¬
linquish that occupation. She is now,
as stated, spending the autumn of her
years in the Louise Home in Wash¬
ington.
Spoke Like a Sporting Man.
Two gamblers had a quarrel and one
cut the other’s ear off. The victim had
a warrant issued for the arrest of his
assailant, but when an officer went to
arrest the latter he found him and the
complainant drinking together, and he
was told that the charge had been
withdrawn. Whereupon a sporting man
present remarked in the simply pictur¬
esque vernacular of his kind: "He lose
his ear like a red chip and he’s a dead
came loser."
PREPARING DIAMONDS.
Polishing Them la the Moat Important
Proceaa.
Among the many industries of Am¬
sterdam one of the most interesting
as well as the most important is that
of diamond cutting and polishing.
Though an unknown art until the fif¬
teenth century, it has since that time
flourished greatly, until now at the
present day there are no less than six-
ty-two firms registered as diamond
companies In this great city. When
the diamonds first arrive in Amster¬
dam they are in the same rough uncut
state as they were when found in the
South African mines. Before reaching
their highly polished state they have
to pass through three separate and dis¬
tinct processes—the processes of dia¬
mond splitting, diamond cutting and
diamond polishing, and when these are
accomplished the stones are ready for
the jeweler. Diamond splitting and
diamond cutting look somewhat alike,
as the tools are very similar, but in
reality the process is not the same, the
great difference being that pressure is
used In the first instance always on the
same spot, with the Idea of causing
the diamond to spilt into two stones;
while in the other case it is used
equally on every part of the diamond,
in order to give it simply a round
shape. To gain this roundness Is,
therefore, the one leading idea of dia¬
mond cutting. As the diamonds are
cut a fine dust falls from them into a
wooden box on the table, and this pow¬
der is most carefully preserved, as it
Is used largely in diamond polishing
when mixed with oil. As the object of
diamond cutting is simply to make the
stone a round one, so the object of dia¬
mond polishing is to give the diamond
the many “sides” (to use a technical
expression) considered necessary by
the jeweler before it is ready for set¬
ting.—B. W. How, in London Golden
Penny.
BARON GEVERS.
The post of minister from the Neth¬
erlands to Washington, which has been
suffered to remain vacant for more
than two j r ears, is now filled by Baron
Gevers, a strong advocate of the Boors.
The baron is a man of distinguished
appearance and agreeable manners,and
has made a pleasant impression on all
those who have been privileged to
meet him. He is greeted as a compa-
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triot rather than a foreigner, and can,
indeed, hardly be classed a3 a stranger
to this country, since he visited it in
boyhood and has kept in touch with
his American relatives, the family of
his maternal grandfather, the late Sen¬
ator Wright, of New Jersey. While the
baron is prevented by his position
from discussing the. Boer cause it is
not doubted that, should opportunity
offer, he would be prompt In tendering
his services to the twin republics.
Among Colorado’s relics of cliff*
dwellers is one building that sheltered
probably six thousand people.
SUCCEEDS JOUBERT.
BOTHA A MAN OF GREAT MILI¬
TARY TALENT.
New Commander of the Boer* X* a
Good Soldier and Strategist Such an Is
Needed In the Fight Agaluet thm In¬
vaders—Ilero of Splon Kop.
Gen. Louis Botha, the ablest by far
of the Boer generals, is the new com¬
mander-in-chief of the Boer army •suc¬
ceeding the late Gen. Joubert IloUia is
a brilliant soldier and' an able strata
gist. He was at Swartkop and Sptan
Kop when Buller crossed the Tn&ola.
He was in front of Ladysmith aad
there he fought with a cunning
which the conservative correspondents
present say was unsurpassable. He
covered the zone of fire in front of his
lines with English dead and wounded,
and he brought off his guns and men
every time a retreat or ohange of base
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was necessary. There are many other
able soldiers among the Boers. Com¬
mandant Olivier recently performed a
brilliant feat in landing his army of
5,000 men and a wagon train, 25 miles
long, between the British lines and the
Basutoland border, without losing a
gun, a wagon, or. a man, although the
British cavalry was scouting all over
in an endeavor to reach his lines and
cut off his retreat. That was strategy
of a high order and military critics re¬
gard the retreat as one of the most
masterly on record. Tom Kelly Is an¬
other strong commander. He ranks
among the first, although little heard
of yet. He is in charge of the Zout-
pansberg department, and has 20,000
Kaffirs under him. He Is a rampant
Boer agitator and as fond of fighting
as a Matabele warrior. It is not hard
to understand this when it is known
that he is an Irish-Boer descendant of
the old stock that finds its way so
strangely into ali lands under all flags,
but is still ever proud of its Irish
blood. Tom Kelly speaks only Dutch
and Kaffir. Then there are Gens. Smet,
Schalk-Burger, Delarey, Franz Joubert,
son of the dead commander-in-chief,
Henning Pretorius, Meyer and a host
of others, all of whom have already
distinguished themselves. Besides
there are many French, Russian and
German officers, who are able strate¬
gists and artillerists.
WHY MOUTHS ARE DEFORMED
Smoker* Are Not Careful Selecting
Pipes.
Physicians throughout the country
generally have been called upon to
treat a large number of cases of spithe-
leoma of the lips. This disagreeable
complaint is charged almost entirely
to the pipe-smoking habit. Some sur¬
geons are of the opinion that the imi¬
tation of amber used In the manufac¬
ture of mouthpieces for cheap pipes
has much to do with the alarming In¬
crease in the disease, while all of them
agree that the majority of cases are
directly traceable to the short clay
pipes smoked by thousands of labor¬
ers. The hospital records show that
over 50 per cent of all the cases treated
were laboring men over 40 years of
age. The heat brought close to the
lips by the short-stemmed clay pipes
causes a small blister to form, and the
smoker promptly picks it and keeps
on smoking. Then a hard, knotty
wart forms where the blister first ap¬
peared, and soon the whole mouth is
involved and sometimes the tongue
swells to enormous size. The warty
growths multiply until the chin is en¬
tirely covered and the mouth protrudes
far beyond the nose. The-surgeons
cut away the entire growth and fash¬
ion an entirely new mouth out of flaps
drawn from the cheeks and so much
of the chin as may remain unaffected.
The operation is one of extreme deli¬
cacy, and when properly executed the
patient is inflicted with a “fish mouth,”
that gives a very funny expression to
the face.
A Latin (?) Sentence.
It is the custom of a teacher in the
Central High school to have her
scholars write their Latin translations
on the blackboard, each pupil writing
one. The space for such work is small,
consequently the sentences are often
so crowded that it is difficult to find
the one being read by the pupil whose
turn it Is to recite. It greatly facili¬
tates matters if he designates the part
of the board on which his sentence
may be found by a few words, as
“front board,” or “by the window.”
Not long ago a boy was the innocent
cause of a great deal of laughter by
interposing the words “on the side
board,” after he had read the first few
words of his sentence, which were:
“The Helvetians were fighting fierce¬
ly,” making it appear, “The Helve¬
tians were fighting fiercely on the
side board.”—Cleveland Leader.
KINDERGARTEN INFLUENCE,
It 1. Particularly Il.n.flclal to on Only
Child.
Writing of the advanced edu¬
cational ideas put In vogue at Quincy,
Mass., by Francis Wayland Parker, E.
W. Krnckowizer says in tho Boston
Herald:
“For example, the child from the
moment of entering the true kinder¬
garten recognizes himself to he a re¬
sponsible member of that little com¬
munity. But he quickly appreciates,
too, that his responsibility Is limited
by his ability. He receives no partic¬
ular inhibitions or Instructions; no
’thou-shall-nots' or ‘thou-shalts’; hut
is immediately accorded abundant op¬
portunity for contributing to the com¬
mon weal. He plays with his mates,
he studies with them. Hence he feels
not only with, but also for them, and
finds his highest joy in serving the
community which ir turn seems all the
time to be concerned about nothing so
much as his own welfare and happi-
ness. On the other hand, the typical
‘only’ child is trained into priggish sel¬
fishness by the misfortune of his isola¬
tion. No relations to others are estab¬
lished in his case except those of su¬
premacy; from each contest he usually
emerges the temporary victor, and
therefore the permanent victim. Now
let this unhappy, selfish tyrant, enter
the kindergarten. He sees the other
children at work and play. He segre¬
gates himself, and finds himself !»ior-
ed. He interferes and discovers him¬
self to be a marplot. Meanwhile, the
good kindergartener contents herself
with permitting him thus to observe
and to sulk without apparent restric¬
tion; and soon the good which is com¬
mon to all human nature begins to
twine its tendrils about his heart. He
longs for companionship, and even
more, he longs for a just recognition
of his own ability and usefulness. And
thus he apprehends the fact that lie
must become a member of this living
organism subject to all the other mem¬
bers, and yet Indispensable to each. He
yields of his own free will and his un¬
happiness ceases. And by this object
sson he becomes duly socialized so
ar as the childgarden Is concerned.”
A GREAT NATURALIST.
Sketch of Alexander Agatnlx, Opponent
. of Evolution Idea.
Alexander Agassiz, naturalist, was
born in Switzerland in 1835. He ac¬
quired considerable learning before
coming to tlie United States in 1849.
Graduated from Harvard in 1855, one
of the brilliant cluster of that decade,
he taught for a time in a young ladies’
school which his father directed. He
studied chemistry and engineering and
went to California in 1859 as assistant
on the coast survey. Returning in
1860, he became assistant in the muse¬
um of zoology at Cambridge, whose
department of zoology and geology In
the Lawrence Scientific school had
been created to honor his father. Most
emient of American scientists of his
time, Alexander Agassiz rose to be the
best authority on certain forms of
marine life. A copious and absorbing
writer, he stood until his death first
of purely scientific opponents of evolu¬
tion of species. His writings on em¬
bryology include investigations show¬
ing that the ovum of any species if
normally developed produces the same
species. He carried on the "Natural
History of the United States” begun by
his father. All the European scientific
societies honored themselves by plac¬
ing his name in the Hat of correspond¬
ing members, invariably as an Ameri¬
can.
A BRIGHT SIOUX MAIDEN.
A striking example of the wonders
being accomplished through education
In the Indian race is offered by the
case of Zitkala-Sa, a young Sioux girl,
who is attracting considerable atten¬
tion through her brilliant attainments.
She is a finished violinist, an elocu¬
tionist of more than ordinary ability,
an author and a young lady of wide
culture besides, Zitkala-Sa, which
means Red Bird, was born at the
Yankton agency, South Dakota, and Is
a member of the Sioux tribe. She ran
wild over the prairies until eight years
aid, when some missionaries visited
the agency and took her along with
some other children to their school in
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Indiana. She remained there throe
years, when she returned to the agen¬
cy, not yet being fitted for the new
life. After a stay of four years in her
native place she again came east, en¬
tering Earlham College, Indiana,
where she carried off several prizes in
oratory. Ultimately she became a
member of the faculty of Carlisle In-
iian school. She resigned shortly to
devote her time to literature and mu¬
sic, and now makes her home in Bos¬
ton. She will go to the Paris exposi¬
tion with the Carlisle Indian Band.
REFORM RUINED HIM;
A DERELICT ON LIFE'S STORMY
OCEAN.
Famous Now York Gambler W!*r» Xa
Now » Fanper—Joseph Jewell Ones
Ilad Money to Burn, but How It«
Wcurs Striped Clothes.
On Blackwell’s Island, arrayed In tb*
striped uniform with which New York
brands her citizens for the crime oi
being poor, Joseph Jewell, who once
had money to burn, occupies a place.
Fifteen years ago Jewell, famous as
“Gambling Joe,” could afford to lose
$8,000 at a single game of poker. To¬
day, the sum total of all ho expects
from tho world Is a clean place to die.
Jewell is the scion of a distinguished
family. His cousin, Marshall Jewell,
was postmaster general under Grant,
and later ambassador to Russia. An¬
other relative, Pliny Jewell, was the
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intimate friend of Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
Jewell attributes his misfortunes to
his reformation and his giving up
gambling as a profession. Fifteen
years ago he conducted several of the
leading gambling houses in New York
and piled up a fortune. His brother's
constant nagging at him to reform at
last influenced him to get out of the
gambling business. He opened a butch¬
er shop, which soon failed, and he was
stranded. For several years past he
has been living from the hand to the
mouth. It wrecked his constitution,
and he was obliged at last to apply
for public charity. Jewell is now 65
years old. He asserts with sound con¬
viction that If he had never given up
gambling he would not now be a
pauper. “No,” he says, “I have no
warning to give young men against
gambling.”
FUTURE OF WD1AN GIRLS.
Flans for Touching Thom the Old
Household Art*.
It is said that a good many people
who’are interested in the future of the
Indians feel sure that one of the most
serious problems is what to do with
the young girls who have been edu¬
cated in the government schols. When
they return to their homes in the vari¬
ous reservations they find so little to
work with that a large part of their
education is as good as wasted. A Bos¬
ton lady has just received a copy of
a letter, written by Miss M. E. Dis-
sette, supervising teacher at Santa Fe,
which outlines a plan for helping some
of the Pueblo girls and women and
making their education useful. The
aim Is to show them how to make the
best of their limited resources, to take
care of a family with the most comfort
on the smallest amount of cash, and to
lift the home above the level of
squalor. To bring this about the Eng¬
lish-speaking girls will be taught to
make soap and candles by hand, to
spin wool, knit stockings by machine
and by hand, weave clothing that will
be acceptable to their own people, and
to cut and make garments for both
sexes in all sizes.
“Fiddling Dave" of New Mexico.
Foraker’s Ranch, Grant County, N.
M., April 10.—“Fiddling Dave” stopped
at the ranch last night on his way
from Silver City to Gold Hill, where
he Is due to play for the cowboy dance
next Thursday night. Don’t ask who
Fiddling Dave is unless you want to
air your profound ignorance of the
best-known personage in the territory
of New Mexico, not barring Governor
Otero. For a quarter of a century Fid¬
dling Dave has furnished the music for
cowpunchers’ and miners’ dances on
every range and in every camp in this
section of the country, The little
schoolhouse on the Gila river has many
time resounded with the festive notes
from his scarred instrument; the Red
Onion saloon in Silver City has heard
Its dulcet tones; the miners at the
Mongollon camp, ninety miles back in
the mountains, have kicked their hob¬
nailed shoes to its Inspiring voice
—indeed, from Phoenix to Demlng and
from Mule creek to Lordsburg Dave
and his fiddle are household words and
ae welcome as a cocktail in the morn¬
ing,—Correspondence Chicago Chron-
icle.
Ha ConM Afford To.
Guest (trying to be agreeable)—
What an enormous number of maga¬
zines you must read, Mr. Millions! I
notice your library table is piled high
with them. Millions (testily)—Must,
my dear friend—must? I hope you’ll
admit I can afford to subscribe to
every magazine that is published
without being obliged to read one of
them.
JAPANESE CHRISTMAS.
Buddtil.U Vnlvcrvally Olebnte "O Wa-
liati” April 8.
Japan is called "the Land of Festi¬
vals,” and o l all the gala days of the
year those west interesting to foreign¬
ers are the twelve celebrations of the-
months. January honors the new year;
February, "Ten Jin,” the god of learn-
i lg; “March is the doll festival month,
the one time in the year when a Jap¬
anese girl feels herself of equal Im¬
portance with her brother, and April
holds to two-thlnls of the people of
Japan the greatest of all festivals, for
on the eighth day of that month is
celebrated ONehan, the Christmas day
of Buddhism. Many Buddhist festivals
are local and vary with different sects,
but this celebration is universal, rep¬
resenting as it does the birthday of
Prince Guatama, the founder of the re¬
ligion, and also tho day on which he-
“entered into eternal glory.” By the
side of every Buddhist temple—fre¬
quently on both sides—are several
small shrines. In the row with these,
close to the temple, stands a small edi¬
fice consisting of four posts and a
roof. It is usually bare and empty, but
on the eighth day of every April the
eaves are decorated with curtains of
scarlet, purple or white, on which U
embroidered the temple crest. They
are looped up between the posts by a
cord having neavy tassels, thus dis¬
closing a large basin of water, on
which are floating many wooden dip¬
pers having long bamboo handles.
From the center of the basin rises a
pagoda-shaped pedestal, topped with a
lotus blossom. On this is placed the
temple image of the infant Buddha.
One hand points toward heaven, the
other downward toward the earth, thus
signifying "In heaven and the earth
I am the One!”
CATS FOR COMPANY.
They Cheer the Llfc-Savora During
Lonely Vigils.
Nearly every life-saving station,
along the Atlantic coast of Long Is¬
land is a haven for cats. It may seen*
strange that among the beach hills,,
surrounded by water in many In¬
stances, the cats should be represented:
so largely in Uncle Sam’s service, but
life-savers say that if It was not for
the presence of the animals life would
be a eonstant bore and at times dan¬
gerous, for hived among the beach
hills, with their growth of seaweed,
are swarms of rats, vicious as wildcats
and ready to devour anything from a
Jolly fat life-saver down to a fish. Fre¬
quently fierce batties ensue between
the cats and their enemies. Capt.
John Edwards of the Short Beach Life-
Saving station, opposite Freeport, lias
the largest number of cats, there being
about fifty at present In the family at
the station. The captain and his crew
take great pride in showing them to
visitors and explaining the reason ot
their habitation among them. Each
man in the crew has become strongly
attached to the cats, and at a signal
from any one of them all the pussies
will scamper toward the station and
stand in a circle as if expecting orders.
When meals are ready the cook calls
them by a shrill whistle, and each
family seems to form Into a group of
eating.—New York Journal.
A MILLION DOLLAR FEE.
James B. Dill, who brought about a.
settlement among the warring factions
In the Carnegie-Frlck suit, Is the most
talked-of lawyer in the United States
today. This is owing to the wonderful
tact which he displayed in bringing to¬
gether the Carnegie-Frick factions.the
ability shown in drawing up the arti¬
cles creating the new corporation con¬
trolling nearly $200,000,000, and the es¬
timated fee of $1,000,000, which he re¬
ceives for his labor, This is the
largest fee ever received by a lawyer.
As Mr. Dill hurries through Wall street
he appears more as a business than
a professional man. In fact he might
be termed a legal business man. His
practice has been devoted to the guid¬
ing of business enterprises. He has
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acted as counsel for some of the most
important corporations of New York
city and has been brought in contact
with powerful rivals In the business
world. He is 45 years old and is a
graduate of Yale, Before taking up
the law he was a new’spaper reporter.
He is a great lover of horses and every
morning with his daughter, Emma H.,
enjoys the exercise of horseback riding.
He owns an estate in Huntington, L. I.,
has a camp in the Adirondacks, is the
owner of the sloop yacht The PoFMe,
which won several races on the sound
last season, and is vice commodore of
the Huntington Yacht Club, of Hunt-*-
ington, L. I.
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Another Mona Mmi.
"Stimson is a mean man.” "Why
so?” "He’s got a way of keeping his
wife from going through his pockets
for loose change." “How's that?"
“He spends It all before he gets home.”