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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. i| 'lt l^?i1lllfllll L i' , 'Jl 1 1111 l • \Wm !' H oU h.i'-m. W 1 ' U wk H®S Mm i m 4 a* OWNS W M. immu®. 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! Q -•> 2 $ i/Jf rV^ Lr^k J 'S’ ‘ ’ Va.l - • •*?s \ \ h. u . .gjr v . w -*3* /'Of,. PICTURES OF PAINT-BOX TOWN. No. t 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 1 ••'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. 21