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A CABINET OF AUTOGRAPHS.
Ir* or THE heebm* of
aUMUTT McKIRLEV'I cabmbt.
How ■ n®y
4me rkMn ® runrln Hr-
T „ lr j hr H>r 1 lil®*r**l •>!*■
f Ihr Writer*—f®r*l®rr H® *
M ,r*ou® Writer—KTect of llrrnm-
Minnee® *" Seerelorjr Owe'® Fro.
Ilnrr tbe Oeeretoer of Wor Go*®
>1 brooch Ml® Cool*ooo*—Attor
n,y Qeoerol Ortega *!*• Sothlaa
•1 hot l®o‘t Correct to the Letter,
laoientoblr Hraolla of Too Morb
raotoooahlp lr® ho Moot* ol
, horlea Emory "tollh.
Copvrlfhi. !W. by B 8 MrClura Cos.
XVa*hlnton. Brpt. - ,f #" " r * w *"
B . jualntfl with a cabinet offlcet th® bl
„„.r ro ree him I® when h* I* en**rd
,unin M " °* ™**” n
4 nd private ®*crelarl will not allow
in p**a th® entrance to private offi< *a
voo are known to them Hut once
~,, -r , iarrived and they learn to know
* , r (aaturca. nn<l out what time the
raJmet officer aln hi* mall and you nr*
fc ,. r * ®( a dally Interview.
h>w |eopl® unacquainted with govern
„irrl me iln da reoltae th* lime ®penl by
(t , head® of th® different d®partm®nta In
BrP en.llrt* their algnature® to public doc
oniente and letter*. In each department
t n, exact hour at which th* 'head" will
(l< n mall ®nd document® I® known and
b! ih® flve minute® prevlou® to the hour a
(tream of me*nger poura out of th*
„m-e® of the different bureau* and down
the long marble ctorrldor®, converging at
bi office The document® and letter® are
taaen In charge by a private eecretary
ard by him classified H* also Inform®
himeelf of the nature of each. Then the
■ignlng legln® The private eecretary alts
beside th® cabinet officer Indicating to him
the nature of each letter or document
A messenger alao elands beside him and
as -a. h signature la appended the mee
esngsr lifts letter or sheet and with * pad
carefully dries the Ink With thl® assis
tance It la urprl*ln* the number of sig
natures than can be appended In an hour.
There ®re few day® when a cabinet offi
cer tpsnds lesa than that time at the task
The work become* more or less mechant
ral and that la why th® cabinet officer
will talk to you wtille engaged In it.
givlft signer* ire Secretaries Hay
anil fiage.
The Secretary of State has a signature
which hi® messenger ami secretary de
clare Is ma<! alwnya with a single nerv
our dash of the pen. That Is a way Mr
Hay has of doing things. If he wants to
®.r th* Secretary of War or Secretary of
•he Navy, with both of whom he has to
r ° n ' , ‘ ' frequently, he doe* not send hi*
rr e**r.*o r tor them, hut with sudden en
*rr ‘ rushes bark his rh*lr and darts
e *n thr broad hall* of the State, W*r
• t*l Navy building with short quick nrv
• . *i|>B that puh the ordinary mdlvld
’”>! to a "do* trot” to keep pace with
rto i|.. never loop* over the bottom of
* I ind the flnal *T’ of his signature
• Iralghl line with a little book
• ousted it the end.
"• Treasury Department the clerks
’* Mr Huge has the "Miaelest" *tg
" In the r-nblnet. Just what they
J'*' 'h,it only the clerks known Mr
'*• a blunt pen and always roll*
‘ n 1 OVf r so Ms weight reals on hi*
’ ■ • r.*er He get a a firm grasp on hi*
• ' ■r bv thrusting It between his first
" ~nd Unger and closing his thumb
'"■ rr I* Although Mr Oage'e elg
* perhaps the most ornate In the
1 ire* tew of his colleague* can beat him
v signing It t* claimed by his
I 11 <■ retary that the l*e of the loop*
v nd "i," and "O' 1 Indicate the
er t , r.f good humor he enjoys on
" hen matter* In his depart
-1 •• moving smoothly and to hi*
and the same thing I* erne of
• • apparatus, he uses big and
"ps In his signature. When
fc In an unsatisfactory state he
i \" h ,h, ‘ loop' and make* them
. ’-an things that hi* me**ng*r
I*' ' •“ to blot.
•'tee no Storm by geeretary
Moot.
h. p t
' ry \ ’ *h Secretary of War. come*
~, " * hipting the new style of "vertl
p . * r ll *•” now being taught In the
g,,. f lhan any of the cabinet
<, "Iwaya join* hi* first name
).. >r " nd If there I* room on the
hi / ""hl**lon or communication, he
t-s'le- * n ' ' Kl, ig a -Ingle looped flourish
•* name. He never accepts the
1,.* " (,r P'lrat* mark of a clerk or a*
t... rl r nrlvat* guarantee of the eon
li * "n the contrary unless
p fi .' '"Port | known to him he eus
’* b*i' lr, "* r Worl, r Mta the electric
-1 J ""a. hed to his desk to going
► m ,h * head* of division* to
' "* has aattefled himself on the
b n "ht- Mr Rott’a method of
f. • ', * 'hi k parchment • omml**lon
ii, ' n *••* I* odd and original He
fs. t I'"** * tpeclal Ink Which leave* a
C-t . " p| Hng the commission* on hi*
“koUhes everyone els* from hi#
T * nd ’ U,r, * lo *‘ , * n Know.'
”1* l ,h *‘ u “* of he bloitrr would -Is.
c.'.mm. ,h r “ f “* *'“** '* llf *a each
ommlsslon by on* corner and tosses It
.k l> to boat g.miv
to the door. When he grig done ih. tl sir
Is literally carpeted an I, these commla
lons strewn alsnn with only such , are
as preventa one from falling on top of
tha other, and blurring the slgniture or
the under commission. on completing his
work liie Secretgiy carefully picks hie
way across the ..-mml-ton str. wn floor
lo tho door of his office. Then, u h. g.w.
oway to lunch-on he dlr.n- his private
secretary to pick up the commissions af
ter the signatures hat® been allowed to
dry for nfie. n minutes.
The Attorney t.eneral a Stickler for
Form.
I'erhapa the most particular of any of
•be members of tho cabinet as regards
the mode of expression of his official cor
re*|omlcnce Is Attorney General Griggs.
He las stickler for exactness of style and
Is prone to uller adjective and adverbs,
substituting carefully and with ronsldera
tlnn other words which suit hint better
The mall vouchers which require his sig
nature are nev. r brought to him until he
touches n certain b n ton In his desk which
sets a gong to ringing In the offl •• of the
chief clerk It Is called the ••mall bell”
and Immediately the clerks from the dif
ferent divisions hasten lo the office of the
chief clerk with everything pquirtr-K the
signature of the Attorney General Mr.
Griggs has the peculiar faculty of being
nhto to sign his mall very rapidly, all the
lime talking on any topic drsir.d, but nev
er missing the contents ofethe letter. His
office displays on its walla nn unusually
extensive.••morgue." which Is the official
slang for the portraits In oil of those who
have held the office under past adminis
tration*. done at government exiiensc His
••hl.f rlcrk sugg.-sis that the surveillance
of the sore of faces which look down
upon him at Ills work give* him u sense of
responsibility even In the smallest details.
Trouble With the Name of ffmitk.
There has been much discussion as lo
whl h of the members of the cabinet Is
required to sign his name moat frequently,
but there Is a dls|n>*ttion to concede the
palm to th* Postmaster General A sin
gle Item among the scores which are in
cluded In his allotment Is Hit signing of
the commissions of the fourth-class |h>sl
masters. There are JO.MO of th nlone
and, as hanges occur whl h re- .% In his
being obliged to sign two or three com
missions for some of the office*, it is ,n
--servatlve to say that for this feature of
his office duties alone 100-OUi signature
ore required annually. When Mr Smith
became postmaster General and th. busi
net* of the office was turned over to him
he was asked whal style of signature he
would adopt. Promptly enough he sil l
he would nlwmy® sign his name In full
"Charles Emory Smith." Hl® predecessor
In office ventured the prediction that when
ha learned th<- extent of the dally tusk"
of affixing signatures to commissions and
official documents he would surely shorten
the signal lire. The Postmaster General
reached a similar determination In a few
days, hut In a mock despair d* lire.] thnt
the name “Smith" was one which must
hav# a distinguishing rhrtsllan name to
go with It. in view of the large family of
Smith* in the country. Then lie tried "V.
Emory Smith." but after a day or two
decided that the style of signature was too
much affected by cockney*. Then he tried
"C K Smith.” but Immediately there
carnet to hlme the protest against hie drop
ping the family name of "Emory." At last
as a final resort he adopted hi#’presen*
style of signature. “Oh. Emory Smith,
slurring the "Emory" *o us to greatly
shorten II When Mr Smith entered the
ablnet he ha I one of the dourest and
mo-t legible signatures A certain .unount
„f nervou t energy atal Ihe pressure of
official routine has altered the algnature
to what it now
The Illegible >avy and the l.eglhle
Interior algnature.
Few cabinet* In the past have contain
e.l a less legible writer lhan Mr long
the Secretary of the Navy. Washington
rumor hos It that he was obliged to have
the name "John 1> Deng." placet at the
upper left hand corner of al! the dciaart
mcl hd even cf his private etatlorrery
liecsuse Of the llleglt.il.tv of his flgea
jure Mr Isrng I* orlgtn.il In most thing*
lie differ* from his coll sgues In the cab
in*! ns well a* his pre lessor* In h *
way of conduci ng hi* de-artment Ills
manner of signing his mall, documents
and ommlsslons ludlcaies this originality.
A, one side of hi* prlvat office he his
hsd a small walnut stand with a sisnd-
Ihg top creep and It* top I* at such a hlght
• hat he can *tan>l creel and Ironing
against the le*k sign hl mall A shelf
I, so adjusted that he .tin raise his left
foot and rest It there The thick walnut
;£h o? which It * ma le has ion, been
worn dee,, with the Imprint Of he S£-
retar'' boot He Is iurtle.ilar *hou the
wav h’s typewriting Is done and will ro
)et a letter bmemutm two in a word
mr* tranpo*ed
Uke Beoretary Hoot. Secretary of the
interior Hitchcock I* very l^ ul *J
about understanding every phrase , r
anv communication to which he sign* h *
nsnw* n.l If there Is any doubt In his
mind nlweye lay* add* gny.hln* n fully
under*to<sl by him. *lgns <U* Ihe balance
of hi- mall and then *etb Jor *
rJcrka f Hltdu
:1.~ ... Infinite capacity
. orisenuence of his years of husine**
training and never delegates to another
i task which he can dispowt of biraaelf
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. woo.
HU signature U one of the clearest and
most * artfully written of *try of the ab-
Inei autograph*.
An %n r Icuttural lutograph.
Mr Wtlaon. th# flecretary cf Agricul
ture. nay* good humor#dlv that h# ulttm
hlf name “Just like a farmer.*' and Just
•** he wan taught to do In a country
school house year# ago H# never In
dulge* In flourish except In mtslng > per
pendicular lln# when he finishes up th#
"W" of hi# nam#. end he usually forget*
to “dot th# I" In hit* lift name.
Th. record in tho rolled S.t*’#. nd
fifohiihly tn th# world, of th# rapid #ln
mit of th# natn# cono#cuttvety n.uy tino -
U hUI tn \N a#litnKt<av Rial th# dUflno
tlon Honfi to Col J (1 H#rr#t Purlng
President Polk*# Rtmlnl#tration Col H#r
r#t wa# connected with th# treasury l*
fMirtrmnl Konda to th# amount of $12,-
imhhhi w#r# iia*u#). anti tt w# nec‘Mry
I lor either ih# #cr!ar\ of th# tr#i.*tiry.
11. J. W.ilker. to them or for *on#
in# in hit* #t#ud ll# d#l#gateft Col. H#rr#i
<* jiTtlx hi 4 * ftirnatur# t* a h on# of th#
forty coupon# on each bond, ljn.uk> c*u
l*oti- in all Col It#ri#t i*lKti#l hi* ram#
4 m time# th* day of th# work mid
ke-pt thl# av#rae up #v#ry day, iomplcl-
Ing hit ta*k m thirty day#
DlVkfiO I'MOM PKCOI DKIIHiK.
Peril Harmon U# t liallrniird to 110
It nx I'roofa f Ilia la*vf.
From th# St. I®oul# (llob-Democrat.
Fort Clark. T* x -The gr* ;t bruin#
ionatructed by th# Bun*#t Railroad aero##
the I’eco# river, In W#f#m T*ih#. very
nearly th# lofii##t structure of th# kind In
the world. A few day# ago this l*#ro#
hr 11k# w ih th# acone of one of th# rnoet
remarkable occurrence* #v#r wtn* '# 1
Mini l®ena Hln#r#. th# only daughter of
n pro#p#ron# ranch owner and cattleman
in the Rio Grand# valley, la on# of the
Whom t-1 Im
many AmonK the younn m* it
w tio w*er# attracted by th# b#f*uty and
many ac ompllbhm#nt# of thl# very lively
Texa# Klrl non# was more #.rn#tt and
per#late#* In pressing hi# rult than Fred
A li.irmon. who I# a very reaiiec'tabla
HMtoy of th# Western plains, tin last
Sunday aom# fifteen or twenty young m*n
und young; girls, the eons and dauahtera
of rancher# In th# neighborhood, went to
th# Pecos river bridge for the purpose of
• njoyin* n picnic. Among the g*y crowd
w#r# Lena Rlners anl several of her *d
mirera. Th# young girl on thin occasion
vru# In on** of her happiest mood# and ##-
P# dally attrill’dve. Fred A Harmon had
failed to i#t ure th# enviable favor of t
t-orting th# young lady to th# plcnfc
grounds, but h# kc|>t close enough to her
to nnnov a more fortunate rival and It
was not long before lie found an opporttl
nttj to pma • atilt Mtaa Rlnara Im r
self. with ure.it # irn##tn## and without
reserve tells how It all hapepned. for she
ha# not v#t recovered from her fright.
“I wa# In th# utitk#t terror.** she ways,
“for a long time after th# dreadful occur
rence. for fiwr that Fred hid suffered
f*om# fat 4 Injury. If he had been killed
I know that I never could have recovered
fiom the shock, for m> eonaclem <• would
have accused me of having wen tis
ause of file dew:h It was ail brnugnt
iPout by a Jest I loved Fred-loved him
well enough to marry him—but It had not
•* curred to me that the proper moment
hud art ived for me to admit th* fact to
him He wan o awfully i>ersl*tent. and
his love making was always a. ompanic.!
by sib h s woe-begone look tnat somehow
I foollshlv enjoyed his great perturb•-
tlon Krisl ot.d I had strayed away fr.an
iho crowd and while I was asking qius
non* a hot) the great bridge he wae .on
stantly annoying me with earnest protes
iat lon* of his iMsrton Finally, in a Play
ful flt of mock anger. I said ‘Oh. Fred
.on. you talk about something else? You
Nays are all alike You have the same old
story to tell Why den t you do something
to prove all this stuff you are ..mtlnually
talking about*
• What en til I d*T he asked I re
piled: 'ih, I don't know. There are
ni. lion* here to kill Oo to war or Jump
ofT that bridge up there '
"I well remember now how he looked
though I thought nothing of It at the
time when he aid: Ta-na would you
marrv tit' If 1 "'re to Jump off ths'
I ridge" I mithink.ngly gnwere.l 'Of
comse I would ’ At that moment our
, hit rot tailed us so .-ome to imp cd
1 thought no mote of th' matter until ws
missed Fred I pon looking around one
of our pari> egclalmd Why. yomler is
|.*rs,f. up >ai t.'ia bridge' A premonition
of Momethlng terrible at once arose in mv
mind atsl 1 felt a choking sensation In my
throat.
"All eyes were at once lumed tow irt
the dtxiy heights Of the bridge, and ecu
can Imagine our feelings when we raw
Fred throw off hi* coal and hat and step
up on the railing I * him waving his
hands and throw.r.g klsees toward us.
and I barely caught * glimpse of his
form a* he plunged headlong through the
air MV eves closed in terror and I fell
uina- the earth senseless."
another member of th- party. Mr John
Addison who was present, tell* the re
mainder of the story He *ay* "I ** w
Datmot jump fnan the bridge I eiip
is.se<l that he had suddenly become In
, c and I Stood paralysed with terror.
W.mlmg on tne railing more thsc ore
hundrvd yards above the wa.erh.
hkf a little hoy 2 or I year* old. In do-
through the air hi. Mji
Jd to double up and for a second or m on
Hs-unia-d the shape of iKill Ah he nrr#d
th# witters of ih# I’ei'ow he strata hi* n I
ut iiiHt d# sc ended head fnrtouMt. with
th# palm- .kf hi- hand# toaether tn front
flu- hel after th# manner of .in ac
! ompiibhed dfvr* I rin toward the tunk
of the liver, which wan only a few- steps
ow.iy xml reached the brink of the stit-.irn
Jnt In tun** i. nr the desperate hoy dls
*!]•• ir i>eii* .ith the water. J glt ntw®o
iuieb <••:.!in that he wa-* dead and I
-uppoMNt ih.it his hotly would he simply
i limp mim of bruts#.l flesh ami broken
; lon#t The riv#r at that ik.ice is ah>ut
seventy-five \ ird# wkl# and from twenty
to forty feet lu depth While I w*** hur-
Medly throwing off my c.mi an<l shoes,
to my utter nniiirmrnt my ftb-nd poppol
op out ih*® w irr. and I plunged Into
th# stream hnpimc to rescue him If pos*
slhl# A long Jump ind twt* or three
strok*'h brought me to hit* dd# just In
• Ime lo griNp hi# hair w# h* to
►lnk Another young m.tn cam# to my
••*-fst.inet"■. and w * .*- 1 1v diagger th#
b*' lv of our friend tt* th# slmre He wi
upimrently llfeh-t, hut w# all fell to rub
bing him. and .ifter 4 few minutes h#
gasped for breath. In the course* of
-ome twenty-flve or thirty minutes h#
o|ened nl i vi -and fw*gan to mutter wim*-
thing about Vli- !enn Rtners The love
sick sc imp hatl p|s>ii#l our pt< nl< and.
being mad enough at him to have thrashed
him. 1 \\.*lk-d a wax t4*m* |#ople,“ addel
Mr \<M|pon with n ’aegh are talking of
giving Fred a medal for being the great
est bridge jump* r or high diver In the
world hut I think h# ought to have a
button f*r being the biggest fool Iti West*
• rrt T#ias.“
The two lover* recovered their sens##
• bout th# r-irrv' ttm* and there wag *
little scene that brought nhnut a perfect
ui d* rstandmg h#tw -* n them Miss Itinera
was greatly ami --rtalnly most agreeably
surprised when die found herself abl#
to 1 1 up. nn-! h i told that Fred was
alive and unhurt * ll# must have wings.*'
eh# said Tit# foolish lover was an |# r
slsient ns ever though ho was hirdly nhle
to move When hi# sweetheart h#nt ov r
him his flr?*i words were Will you
marry me, now Uni?" Everybody heard
the reply: “Yes. I am ready to marry >*‘ti
*i any moment, but. Fred. 1 am afr-ild
that you ar cra*\ “ ll# was not hi all
cragy Thoe who know him hest say
that he Ip a very geiudble young man. tl#
Is Industrious, temperate and honeat. hih!
In every way worthy of th# esttmahle
young latly whose heart he had won long
before he made his foolish Jump from the
Pecos bridge
When th# story of the extraordinary o
•Mirren* #. was first repeated In I>* l libs and
th#r towns near th# Pecos jw-ople laugti
#d about It iind treated It with IndlfTc r
#nce. but n • then Mrs. M-rvy. the
chaperon of Ih* picnic parly, and other
estimable ladles anti gentlemen who wlt
d Mr lurtnoti • wonderful I up,
have de-lare.l that they nr*- ready to
make mi affidavit suhtanttatlhg the fuels
as they have stated them There Ih no
room to doubt the word of such people
Frederick A larmm m*>t certainly tump
ed from the Pecos bridge Into the rtver.
and he Is altvo to tell the story of hi#
foolish f*at.
From the ground below a full grown man
standing on th# top of the Pecos bridge
looks like a small hoy. Railroad trains
run very slowly while crossing the lofty
structure, and few people are capable of
summoning atifflcinef csnirage to take a
second look from th# windows of the pas
senger coaches With the exception of th#
stone pillars upon which the great #t##l
• oiumns ar# placed the whole bridge l*
composed of Iron and steel It Is on# of
the sights of th# Bunet road, and travel
ers from every part of th# world often
stop to look at It. Great engineers regard
it as one of the grainiest triumphs of m*
chanlcal genius to t># cr#dlt#d to th*
nineteenth century. It Is believed that It
will withstand the action of the eltmen s
for many centuries.
*
SOSG KITE# TO MEBT.
A PlrlnnH** ntliFrl* Eipfrtfil
In Paris—The llffoilfiff t Mont
martre.
Paris Dispatch In the tondon Pall Mall
Ossetia.
The son* writers are about to hoM a
Con*ress. It should be a picturesque
Katherine There are some few ehanson
nlers who are ronlent with the garb of
ordinary folk, but eccentricity of coatume
la the darling weakness of the race In
general. Arlsttde Bruant In sage-green
corduroys Jack boots, voluminous scarlet
muffler, and vast slouch hat; Hypsa of the
l*cg*top trousers and the Immaculate white
Davalliere; Theodore Botrel In his Breton
waistcoat, Marcel Begay, the wearer of
unexampled frock coats—these and a acore
of other apurner* of the tyranny of the
fashion plates Will make a brave show
The Tout Boheme atlll keeps up appear
ances. sartorially apeaking. though II dors
so. which the •‘ancestors” did not. on an
excellent Income.
This prosperity may not last; there are
Flgne. indeed, that II la drawing to an end
As periods of vogue go In Paris, the chan
sonnters have had a long Inning, and It
will not he surprising if. for a time, they
are under a cloud. It was early In the
eighties with the foundation of the ever
memorabl. t hat Nolr. that the new gen
eration of chanaonnlers first made their
voices heard-an expression literally cor
rect as M is characteristic of the present
,h.v' chanson mens that they sing their
.... as well ns write them. The Chat
\o|r was the beginning of Montmartre,
he Montmartre of songsters mourner
able and band-hox c.f-™ncen. art^lc
cabarets, and bouls-houis at ev
•mussunents of Parisians, and perhaps on
am isem ... |i has left Its
m,Tk on hterary. and even on po.Mlcal.
hwtory. Who Is known at rotweflO
■" f
Mommartte In the fie... of P*"'" '*'
Th'rd Republic hae known no Heron#-r
Ihose influence was ... great that It <*uM
>... said of the Bourbon restoration that It
was -a monarchy tempered by
jouy. who during he htxht of
: C7.n,li movement turned out .
new song every day exerted a real Influ
ence The popularity of M Veils kaure.
Z to• large extent the work of
th* Mofttmartr* . han*onn*rp .
,Touu* gave him -he saving reputation of
a good *orl." irvl coupled hi* nam* ,tr *
* KupPtan all Mine# . „
The decadence of Montmartre has been
revealed by the exhthltlon <H alt th
fatllirca of the great show, the "tost glar
ing ths most lamentable, hae btta tHt
de Pan- the , af-' oncerts of who n
r. modeled on. those of M-aitm .rtre They
save had no -I ess. and -hey hav* de.
.erved none The ea.t truth ts that tal
entonce so prolific on .ho Button totof
the moment of rare growth If. Indent
a h. discoverable at all. Of the mm wno
made the reputation Montmartre w
gre dead Mavnab and Jules Jouy. -<>r ln
,ance and others euch aa Donniv. H<n-
Unat. and Bruant have ceased writing for
•he Hu tie T.toae of the older srhpoi who
remain were never pernap# quite In the
itont rank and would seem to have long
eincc given their het work The new
,omer am leaion. but the quantity do*,
not mvkc up for the almost total ah,en. e
of quality In <*”• * ‘‘■yg. interesting
debuts occurred aa frequent intervals. BO
that the Parisian who had kept away from
the dletrlet for a while *• eure. on hls
return, to hear aometning fresh and curi
ous Times have changed and Montmar.
tre Invaded bv inil alors. imposters, and
mountebanks has come to live on H*
reputation Thu! the c.mgrese of than
sonnlers will mend matters doee not seem
likely Montmartre can osaiy be saved by
a fresh efftorescss.ee of talent, and It
cannot ha egpeeted of a congreaa that la
will serve aa an Incubator of genius.
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PICTURES OF PAINT-BOX TOWN.
Th# Rrown'g Parlor.
This is a parlor In Paint-Box Town,
In the l* auttful homo of Poiuthy Itrown.
>w** t lor< thy ih#r#, meant to greet you
I know.
But she's fallen asleep In her chair, and
so
Let * quietly all to mix and to paint
To make It look pretty and tsty and
auatiit.
And then when Miss I>orothy open# h#r
w a a
I m M'f she wld think It th# grun lest
surprise!
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PICTURES OF PAINT-BOX TOWN.
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Cut out the above picture and paste It
with flour past*, on cardboard. After hav
ing painted the picture according lo the
rhymed directions given below, preserve
ihe flnlsh.d work, doing thl* each week
until you have a complete set of Ihe pic
tures selling forth the doings of Dorothy
Brown. Finally bind them all together
and you will have a pretty picture book,
and doubly attractive because you have
done all Ihe coloring yourwrlf
tiilivil.lt Ml. At R Wild Ml IT.
she ts Awarded a Valuable Portion
of the Vlaster'a Estate.
From The Klehmond (Va.) Dispatch.
The Supreme Court of A lie's I* has not
In a I..eg while decided a mote Interesting
css- than that of Burdlne vs Burdlne'i
executor, in which an . pinion was Imhvß-I
down at h aunt, n b.t vek.
The did.i n. In effect, gives to a colored
w tn.n a >*(*•■ iHjrllon of the .stale of a
prominent citlx ti .f Ituas. 11 county. and
denies tie claim of the widow to dower
ilghl ihrr. n. A more intei. adng case of
the kind has not atlrn In Virginia since
the celebrated case a me ><ars ago of Hei
ne Thoma J.< wla tcgloredi of Henrico,
who *u< and for and ee tired the greater pnr
tlon of Ihe estate of her natural father,
Mr William A Hi mas. a roan of w. ilth
In Hie . .is. In queatlon, N 1C Iturdlne of
Bi. css I, Cf-timy, slid two of his form, r
slaves. Ho* na aid Nancy Iturdlne. neither
and daughter, entered into a contract, evi
dence by writing put upon record, where
by the two rp grig's w. re to live with and
serve him whip he lived, and were to re
ceive In i.turn at M- death h - r.irm. sl.n>
Ir he Bank of Abin-d n, and past cash to
be iMild to Nancy Burdlne
The n gto.s tied tedd and with Mr Bur
dlne from Ihe tun they wer# freed until a
short time before tl-e foregoing contract
was mate. Iti I*M In that year Koena
went to Washington County to live hut
ow.ng to the severa l.lnesa of Mr Burdin..
.Nsrry a u.d i.ot go, but t-roamed to car#
lor her ol i mlstres. Mr Iturdlne was
very acxi.ua to have the mother oac-K
ghe had long l>e<n a faithful and trusteij
servant. There was evidence to show that
Mr llur.l.n- admitted bring Nancy's fa
ther by Rocna He mule the contract
mentioned to Induce R.ena to return Aha
came ha k when notified of the contract
The agre. ro. nt was signed only by Mr.
Burdlne
Mo.her and daughter se ved the Burdin"
family until Haem's death. In MM Nancy
, ol itu,u. and to live with an Is- rvrd them
until th death of Mr- Burdlne. Mr. Bur
dire mar:led a >e ond lima, and th* ee<-
or.d wife and Nat ev not getting along
well t* geth r, the nlgieee was removed to
a house <n the farm Her i. derive was
several timer change.l by Mr Burdin",
bul aho always remain. 1 on the r>|a- e.
Nancy was not married, but became the
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••'nr fnrnl'nr*—try a nisha iffy stain;
I'll I*ll you jutl how that *ffcl lo at
tain.
Tak* l.iirnl si- nn* and mix It wrll
thrmurh
sni* riitn. s varmllllon— m small dab of
blit®.
A ffrliral* arrrn for Ih* trtpu on Ih*
wall,
OM hlu* for th* rarp*t I® nlr*tt of all
A dellnat* crMßi for th* woodwork la
r Ik tit.
To x*t It, u®* y*!low ami t’hlms* whit*
N< xl ui*hn|sl*r th* rhalia In dull *r**n
or blu®!
Dorothy at Golf.
DOROTHY GO EH A-OOBFINO WITH
HV'H PAPA.
Of all Ihe young golfera In Paint Box
Town
There's none half ao clever aa Dorothy
Brown.
Beast so her fond father has often told
Me.
And there's no better Judge of hht daugh
ter than he.
What beautiful limes as Ihesa two have
together
Most every day In this cool autumn
weather.
They "drive,” and they "loft," till with
cheeks alt aglow
They march home to lunch and mother
erlea, "Oh!”
mother of arversl children. But ehe was
not discharged Irons the service of Mr
Burdlne Indeed, during the last two year*
of his life, being old and feeble and unwe.l,
and no other person living In the farm
house, he slept much of hie time In Nan
cy'* house In Ihe yard. 11* wa# walled on
and cared for by her, and she managed
his cows, kept the key sof his granary and
mb, atvl looked generally alter things
around Ihe house. He died In 1*97.
Nancy brought suit lo enf .roe Ihe con -
tra -t by which Ihe farm arid bank clock
w-re to le given lo her mother and her
self on Mr. Burdinc’a bwlh
Th# lower court decld.d against Nanoy,
but the Huprerm Court of Appeals. In so
exhaustive declsl' n by Judge Hie hanan.
holds Nancy .null'd lo the proi>eriy wnlch
Mr Burdlne agreed lo devise her. and thai
the personal re. r srntlvc of her mother
Is entitled to the bank sto-k mentioned In
the nlract. The court futher holds that
the rights which the s'eond Mrs Burdlne
acquired through her marriage are subor
dinate to those of the complainant, ac
quired through the record'd agreement
to make fhc d-vise, and lhat. therefore,
she ts not entitled to dower In Ihe land
which N E. Burdlne agreed lo dsvlsa to
Nancy.
The case I* remands 1 to the Circuit
Court. It being impossible to enter a final
de Tea
THE 1M.1.U-ri*t;Vt M PROBLEM.
A Suggestion of Further Steps To
ward International Amenities.
From the I-on don Westminster Oasette.
The main thesis of lord Avebury's ar
gument is souiul-lhat If Frenchmen and
Englishmen take lo paying each other out
for wh.it they deem to be objectionable,
they may do ao at Ihe expense of their
bread and butler A disregard for the
material might in certain case* be high
ly commendable; hut In this particular
Instance It Is all to Ihe good that the two
countries should be reminded that they are
good customers, rather than traditional
opponent* of each other
lot us hope. too. that the visit of the
laird Mayor and of the chairman of the
louidoii County Council to Darts will also
tend In the same direction. The hosts In
this case are the Municipal Council, and
(aa a correspondent has already painted
Anfl drrsa up Mlaa Dorothy 'for® you ar®
• h rough
In ,ssl ortnk* silk and hla- k torkln(t.
t.o!
Whll. Si-owhall, th* klltrn that ll*a at
her f**t.
In a h-w of rink ribbon will r*a!ly look
swrat.
And nuw follow arorkrr®, 'll® ploaaant
to 1011,
Th* Itr ■ win Ilk* ou' work o, awfully
wall.
W* r* lo ro rllit ah*ad *lll th® whol®
houa* is ilon*.
j Bo m* m* to-xt w**k and i'll promla®
you fun. Ikmgla* 1 >'><y.
i When she sees what terrlbia appetites
they
Have discovered while golfing and
hruuglit home that day.
But, i.ally, she's pleased and imllea In
her eup
As father and daughter eat everything up!
And when they attempt to tall her the
score,
Hhc laughingly erlea. "I knew It before!
"And Dorothy's score ,s really first rata;
"it’s a pair uf rad cheeks and a big
empty ptale;
"And your score, my husband," laugh*
sweet Mrs. Brown.
"Is the gain of a laugh and the loo* of a
frown!"
Douglat 'As brisk I* Doty.
out) the Etigllth guests will have to taka
ear* lo pm themselves right with iho
French government, between whom and
the Municipal t outwit relations are not
ol the best. The Municipal Council has
sent Ihe Invitation* a* "an eipresslon of
appreciation on the pari of Ihe muclpoll-
IV ol Faria of the assistance given by tbs
.tropic of Condon toward the suecoao of
Ihe rghlbitlon. amt with a view to
strengthening the bond* uniting th* two
title* ol ltolon and Farls." W# wl'h
that llik assistance hod been more sub-
Munil.il, but tliese Internal..awl amenltlew
are distinctly to bo encouraged. Nor
should ll tie forgotten that there I* plenty
of time to go lo Fori* to see the eshlbt
lion. It Is a unique and beautiful show.
Which cannot and will not again be called
Into being for a good many years to
come.
Flylao Tower of the Homstilng Bird.
From the Fop.liar Bdenc# Monthly.
The humming bird files an tlw Fishman
played the riddle—by main strength—the
frigate lard relies on his skill In taking
advantage of every varying currant of air,
and th* skeleton of the one Indicate* groat
muscular power, while that of the other
shows Its absence. No other bird has such
~ro|toiiInnately gieat muscles as the hum
ming bird, the keel of ihe sternum or
breastbone front which thee* muse lag
arise runs from one end of the body to
the other, while at the same time It pro
jects downward like th* keel of a modern
racing yacht. These ntuecleo drive at
th* rate of several hundred strokes a
minute a pair of small, rigid wing*, the
outermost hone* of which are very long,
while the Inn. rmoet are very short, a fea
ture tiklilstwl to give the greatest
amount of motion at the tip of th* wing
with Ihe least movement of he bon*# of
the upper irm. to whk-h tho driving mus
cles are attached. Another peculiar foa
ture l t ei. outermost feather*, tho
flight feather*, or primaries, are long and
strong while th* Innermost, those attach,
ed to the forearm, are few and weak; no
far ' flight Is concerned, the hlrd could
dispense wMh these secondaries and nnf
feel their loss. Finally, the heart, which
we may look upon as Ihe holler Unit sup
plies e.am for this machinery. I* Urge
and powerful, as Is necessary for such a
high pressure engine as th* UHlt hum
ming bird.
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