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BUCHANAN'S ESCAPE.
A Story of SIapiachs and Scandal.
Washington Letter.

James Buchanan, when president, had a
very narrow escape from being mixedu up in
the Sickles-Key scandal. When Buchanan
was minister to England, Sickles was his
secretary of legation. Mrs. Sickles was
from Pennsylvania, and one of Buchanan's
pets. He thought as much of her as he
would of his own daughter, and when he
became president he was very intimate
with the Sickles family. Whenever he was
tired he had the habit of slipping out of
the White house, and walking through La
fayette park for chat with Gen. Sickles
and his wife. The day before Key was shot
was Saturday. Saturday morning Mrs.
Sickles came over to the White house and
called upon the president. Buchanan was
very fond of buckwheat cakes. Mrs.
Sickles called on him to tell him that she
had received some very nice buckwheat
flour from Pennsylvania, and that she was
going to have some hot cakes for their
Sunday breakfast at the Sickles residence.
She invited the president to attend the OBJ
sequies of the heated SLAP jack" and he
consented. Harriet Lane was then mis-
tress at the White house, and when she
heard of the invitation she advised the
president not to go. At that time Wash
ington society understood fully the nature
of the intrigue which was being carried on
between Key and Mrs. Sickles, but Gen.
Sickles and Mr.. Buchanan were the two
last men to learn Of the scandal. Miss
Lane was asked by the president to give a
reason for his declining to go to break
fast. Said she: Il 90 not care to give my
reasons. Act on my Judgment and you
will not regret it, Buchanan was more
impressed by her manner than by her
words. When the tragedy took place
Buchanan fairly shuddered at his escape.
If had been at the breakfast he would have
been with Mrs. Sickles at the time of the
shooting of Key, and he would have been
dragged into the scandal beyond all hope
of escape.
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PrestfdiDit0tiOls.
IChamber:s Journal. |

Robert Houdin no doubt raised presti-
digitation to the science in which it stands
at the present day, when the Royal society
does not disdain to listen to speculations
as to the real nature of some of its recent
manifestations; and chemistry, electricity,
optics, pneumatics, and most of the ologies
are pressed into its service. He was the
first to discard the flowing robe and other
traditional paraphernalia and reduce the
accoutrement of the modern sorcerer to
ordinary evening dress with skeleton
table, holding that true skill lay in con-
cealing not only show it is DONE" but show
it might be DONE" But as an actual per-
former it is questionable if he was the
equal of Herman and several of the more
modern professors. The paternal mantle
has fallen upon the shoulders of M. Robert
Houdin fills, who, as a little boy, used to
assist his father in many illusions which
ne created; but the son devetes his talent
chiefly to the construction Of exquisite au-
tomato, which he exhibits, in conjunction
with slight-of hand, at his pretty little bou-
doir theater in Paris. His countrymen seem
to be born conjurers. Only short time
ago / saw one of them execute very pref
ty little trick, solely, I might say, By virtue
OF MS De1nR freDcHman; 4 Lrlck, dG any
rate, which would not have been SO char
acteristic of an Englishman. Coming
forward on the stage as the curtain rose he
made an amusing Introductory speech with
much characteristic gesticulation, hands
extended and shoulders shrugged up to his
ears; then he breathed on his gloves, and,
presto! they vanished. The gloves-I got
it from him afterward-had no backs to
them, and were secured only by the tips of
the fingers, which barely covered the nails;
piece of strong elastic ran in hem
around the margin of each and kept them
in position. the end passing up the sleeve,
to be attached to the back of the waistcoat.
A slight f1extnre of the fingers, therefore,
freed them and caused them to fly away
with lightning rspidity. But everything
depended upon the palms being alone ex-
posed, FrenchmaD-like all the time.
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MOTHER AND SON.
Ans Irreparab le Misfortune Lightened 6y O.
Mothers Devotion.
New York Truth.

In one of row of conventional brown
stone fronts in fashionable New York exists
remarkable example of maternal devo-
ton. No less so are the virtues of pa
tience and persistence in the face of the
worst human affections and misfortunes,
even though it be amid the surroundings
| of luxury exemplifed on the part of both a
| mother and her idolized son.
The family of two, to whom the refer
| ence is made, are wealthy. They are i'm
| mediately connected with three families
living in the Bay and Empire states which
| have furnished presidents, presidential
| candidates, governors and statesmen as
| well as honorable fnanciers.
The son, now about twenty three years
| of age, was seven or eight years ago rep
resentative New York boy. He was intel
| igent, bright, with lots of vim and snap,
was called by his companions ''a good fell
| low" and, was the pet of his widowed mother.
| His fond parent supplied him literally
| with pocket money, and while his quondam
| companions of his own age were still play
| ing tag and prisoners base in Union square,
| he had precociously, to quote from the
venacular, 'got ON to the town, and was
going it while he was young. His sporting
| existence was cut short before he had reach
ed his majority by fearful stroke of
Providence. He was stricken blind.
The years of indulgence and pleasure
had deprived his mother of much of his
society. He returned to her side as help.
less as a child. The mother, who had been
always reader of books, had, during their
partial separation, sought relief in literary
pursuits. When her son came back to her
she found an unexpected use for her men
tai treasures, and applied them to tighten
ing his affection.
At her suggestion that he take up some
special study he chose that of medicine.
Beside bringing to him the best instruct
ors for the blind, she read all his medical
studies to and with him and accompanied
him through several courses of lectures.
For companion for her son she secured
gentleman of culture, who also studied
with him. Together the three made an ex-
tended tour through Europe, spending a
great portion of their time in French and
German educational institutions.
In the frequent gatherings of literati,
with whom this particular house is a fa-
vorite meeting place, it is said their SYM
pathies are touched by peculiar pathos
in the favorite phrase of the gifted young
man, whose life is forever darkened:
"What I saw in Europe" His memory of
the impressions received through the eyes
of his devoted companions of the art works
and historical remains of the old world are
better than their own.
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TIE StoteIy Won,e,, of Hunoarv.

The women of Hungary are the most
magnificent specimens We have yet en-
countered, confesses Nasty, in the Toledo
Blade. They are tall, stately creatures,
with figures that the women of no other
country yet explored possess. They have
generally black or dark brown hair, regu
lar features, with complexion that is a
delight to look upon. 1t is not the start
ling red and white of the English woman,
but delicate pink tint that
shades off into pearly white,
the blending SO delicate that it is impos-
sible to determine whore the red ends and
the white begins. Their lips are invarla-
bly, red, healthy, natural red, and their
teeth always regular and of dazzling
Wilderness, their necks as graceful as a
swans, the busts magnificent, their waists
small, naturally, not artifcially so, hands
and feetsvery small, and always exquisitely
dressed. In two weeks in Southwestern
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ties of transit to the sea-board by the con
struction of new railways, and in reduction
of freight; it has removed taxes, export
and octroi duty; it is diffusing knowledge
and instruction in the cultivation of wheat
and the improvement of the soil; con-
structing canals for irrigation and trans
portation, and in many other ways giving
moral and material aid to this great cause
in the hope that India may ultimately be-
come the granary of Great Britain.
When all these facts are summarized il
will be found:
That India can produce an average
quality of wheat at as low cost to the pro
Queer as the most favored locality in the
United States.
That she can now supply the European
market with about 20 million bushels an.
nually, and possesses facilities for increas'
ing the supply to an almost unlimited ex.
tent, owing to the great elasticity of the
home consumption and to the vast amount
of land awaiting cultivation.
That in quality, cheapness of trans
portation, facilities for handling, safety
against damage during transit. and stabil
ity of money exchange, the American
wheat. especially that from the new North
west, has such advantages that there need
be no serious apprehension on account OF
Indian competition at legitimate prices
but that in order to maintain this advan
tage, it is absolutely necessary that Ameri
ca should keep pace with India in the
efforts to reduce and maintain freights al
the lowest possible minimum.
On the other hand, it is an indisputable
fact that Indian wheat has already become
and will continue to be, very important
factor in the grain markets of Europe, anG
a check against high prices, brought about
either by speculation. or any other I'M
necessary or artificial means.
And finally, that upon the basis of a fail
average crop throughout the world, tht
American farmer will have to prepare him
self to reduce the cost of production to the
lowest minimum, and be content with small
| profits, or else wheat growing in Indi;
| may be stimulated to such an extent tina
| subsequent competition would become ex
| tremely formidable.
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A NEW USE FOR RABBITS.

A Ne,c York StGtioner Proposes to Utilize
the SE:jns of A6out Flee Thousand.
Mr.. A. G. Brown, stationer at so Beck
man street, has plan for adjoining and or
namenting writing-desks and work boxes
which is both novel and interesting. A re-
porter of the New York World called at
Mr.. Browns Office. Writing desks are seen
on every side. They are all rich and artis-
tic, and are covered with plush and velvets
of every color, from bright red with streaks
of blue and blue streaked with gold to
somber brown velvet. Some of these desks,
although scarcely one foot long by
foot wide. cost $25 or $50 each at retail.
81 believe in originality" said Mr.. Brown
to World reporter. 'See, here is an
Easter present which has never been seen
on the Market and he pointed to box
on the lid of which stood a stuffed chicken
looking with curiosity into broken egg
she'll, on which was inscribed the words
"Easter Greeting" The whole was very
pretty, and pleased Mr.. Brown so much
that he stroked the little bird in a fatherly
manner, as if consoling it and reconciling
it to the wires which ran through its body
and the dark box which formed its hen
coop. "Now," said Mr.. Brown, as he
closed the box with snap, 81 am going,
perhaps, to stuff nice white rabbits, per-
haps four or five thousand of them, and
put them on the tops of those writing
desks. How pretty white rabbit will
look on brown velvet box. I will
get rabbits from two weeks to three
months old, and will use them not only
on writing desks but on bon-bon boxes and
chlldren's toys. 1t is strange it was not
thought of before, and yet I am not GER
tain whether will go into it at all; the
speculation is almost too risky. There is
no telling what people want in fashions.
The rabbits would cost, dead, about twenty
cents each, and good hand could skin
about sixty of them day, and prepare
them for the taxidermist, who could stuff
probably twelve in day. We could have
them in every natural attitude. We could
have them running, hiding, every
way, eating grass, and looking
for gross to eat. The ordinary
| American hare, when young and CUTE
make very pretty stuffed ornaments. But,
| then, they are extremely hard to get.
| Great numbers, however, might be taken
| on the prairies of the West, where they
share the underground houses of the prai-
| RE dogs. Every one is now wanting stuffed
articles, and would not be surprised if
number of men will be employed on the
coast of Labrador gathering the fuzzy
little young of the wild duck, which make
the most amusing and just now the most
popular of stuffed animals. When they
are taken, their brains and tails being re-
moved, they are sprinkled with arsenic and
are packed in straw, and in that condition
keep fresh for years."
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GOOD QUEEN BEsS."
Her II,delicdcY Wtth Her Host of Suit

Her IndelicdcY Pith Her Host of SuitOrs.
Elizabeth, according to writer in the
GentIemGn'S Magazine, when the delicate
matter was preached to her of marriage
with the duke of Anjou,was not unwilling to
entertain the idea; indeed, her majesty
of England was seldom unwilling to think
of any man. She would think, and that
was all; thought never developed into &C.
ton or led to any practical result. The
queen liked what she called proper
man"-one handsome in face, graceful in
carriage, tall in stature, sound in limb, and
who exceIled IN ell manly exercises.
Among all the aspirants whom she had at
one time or another encouraged there was
not man-and from Courtenay to Essex
the list is crowded one-who YVES not
pleasing to look upon. Now, the duke of
Anjou was essentially proper man"
''He is taller than 1 am by an inch" writes
Walsingham to Leicester, who had been
somewhat curious as to the appearance of
his successor, ''rather pale, well made, and
with long limbs. If all that one does not
see is as good as what one does see, he is
healthy enough. At first sight he seems
naughty, but on acquaintance he is cour-
teous and far more easy of access than
either of his brothers. He has numerous
friends, partly for his own sake
and partly to humor his mother,
with whom he is the favorite son." Tall,
with well-cut features, and the dark Ian
gushing eyes, which made the women of
the Valois race SO bewitching, the young
duke was the most favored of all the ia
vored gallants in the loosest court of
Europe. He had begun life as a soldier
and had brilliantly distinguished himself
in two battles; but he soon permitted him
self-after his sword had been sheathed in
his scabbard-to be corrupted by the idle
and voluptuous life which then made Paris
the most courted city on the continent.
His early manhood was passed in one sue
cession of what are called "conquests"-
though when the citadel is ever
ready to surrender, conquest is
perhaps too strong a word to en-
ploy. He was great dandy and spent
enormous sums upon his wardrobe; he was
given to much jewelry, and his hands, of
which he was justly proud, were covered
with brilliants. His disposition was gen.
ereus, and the presents he bestowed upon
the frail beauties who attended upon
Catherine de Medicis were said to be lavish
in the extreme. "If the queen, your mis-
tress," said great French seigneur to
Walsingham, who had gone over to Paris
to sound the queen-mother, ''is not content
with monseigneur, she should never marry,
but at once take the oath of perpetual vir-
ginity." Elizabeth was, however, perfect
" willing to be contented-at least for
time.
She carefully studied the portrait of tn
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young duke, considered him handsomer
than the duke de Nemours, and hoped
that he would take boat and pay her visit
at Greenwich. Lord Buckhurst was dis
patched upon special mission to Gather
inc to support Walsingham, and to give
expression to the views of Elizabeth upon
the matter, Her majesty, he said, was de-
sirous of entering into an alliance with
France; she was honored with the atten-
/ tons of the duke of Aniou, and it was her
wish seriously to consider them. The
queen mother, who was perfectly aware of
the weakness of the daughter of Anne
Boleyn for tempting a man on by
false promises to certain point, and then
quietly DESERVING him for a newer and
therefore more fascinating rival, was re-
solved, now that her favorite son was con-
cerned, to tolerate no feminine trickery in
the matter. She replied that if she was
sure that Elizabeth really intended mar
riage and would not behave to the duke of
Anjou as she had behaved to the others
who pretended to her hand, both she and
the king of France were in favor of the
match; but she must be assured that there
would be no evasion in the negotiations, no
giving of promises and then backing out
brother of monseigneur. Buckhurst there
upon declared that he had been especially
| charged to say that the queen
of England had resolved upon mar
| riage; that she would not marry one of her
subjects, and that she was DESTROYS of unit
ing herself with one of the royal houses on
the continent. The duke of Anjou, he
urged, pleased her, and the alliance was in
every way suitable one. Her other royal
suitors, the kings of Sweden and Denmark
| and the Archduke Charles, were poor and
| belonged to countries at a great distance
from England. The duke of ,.Aljou, on
the contrary, was the near neishLar and
the dependant of great king; in the pres
ent state of Europe an alliance between
England and France was most desirable
| Catherine, thus treasured, was Of the same
opinion; she entered into details with
Buckhurst, and drew up series of articles
upon which the proposed marriage was
based, which she requested the envoy on
his return to England to place in the hands
of Elizabeth. The interview then ended
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PrirGte Life of Royalty.

An American lady who has been passing
some time in circle very close to the
crown in England sends some curious and
entertaining details of the private life OF
royalty to a friend in this country. She
writes: "The personal attendants of her
Britannia majesty have pretty hard life
of it," They are not as badly treated as
poor Miss Burney when she went into
bondage as second keeper of the robes to
Queen Victoria's grandmother, but, ''tak-
ing one consideration with another" their
lot is not happy one. The Hon. Horatia
Stopford, cousin of the earl of Courtown
and one of the queens bedchamber women,
is the queens favorite amanuensis,
writing most of her letters and taking
down whatever she dictates.
and, as etiquette requires Miss Stopford to
stand while thus engaged, she passes
whole hours som times writing at an up
right desk when her majesty happens to
be in an epistolary mood. On the recent
confinement of the duchess of Albany, the
queen, who took very particular interest
in the event, never sat down from in the
morning till 6 in the evening, to the in
tense WEAKNESS and disgust of the unlucky
maids of honor in attendance. The mother
of the duchess of Albany, the princess OF
Waldeck-Pyrmont, was equally provoked,
as she thought herself as much entitled as
the queen, if one may use such very low
language in such very high connection,
to ''boss the jobs" and the two motbers-in-
law kept politely and persisGently inviting
one another to take rest and let the poor
duchess enjoy little quiet. When
it was all over, and little princess of Al
bany had come into the world, it was the
turn of the father. His royal highness,
the duke of Albany, on being informed of
the result, quite lost his temper and
stamped on the floor with rage that the
child should not have been prince. AS a
general thing, however, the duke of Albany
gives less trouble to those about him than
any of the royal family. His elder broth
er, the prince of Wales, e1acts constant
and assiduous attendance of his household,
but he is personally considerste of them,
and changes his equerries once month in
order to relieve the strain put on them.
He never opens book or so much as
chances at a newspaper, but his officers are
all bright and clever, and keep him accu-
rately informed of everything that is GO
ing on in politics and in society.
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from which it appears that in those four
provinces alone there are nearly $4,000
square miles or 100000 acres virgin
land, the larger portion of which can be
made suitable for the cultivation of wheat.
1t should be remembered, however, that
this land is overgrown with jungle, and
the process of clearing is very slow and
expensive, and that nearly all of it re-
quires irrigation.
In order to facilitate the development of
the wheat resources, and to assist the
wheat export trade. the government of In
dia is pursuing policy of encouragement,
which has already resulted in better facili-
*NoTE-Tha only exception would be in favor
Of light, cheap hand-fanning mill, and that
only because the grain cannot be properly
cleaned and separated by present methods for
the English market; and here is good opportu-
nifty for some American manufacturers, the
English tanning mills sent here for trial having
proved too heavy and expensive.
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She stood in the middle of Richmond

She stood in the middle of a Richmond
street helpless from terror, while a drove
of untamed mules, ears dormant and ia lis
rampant, bore down upon her like bur-
ricane. He dropped his valise, sprang to
her side, whirled her over the gutter, and
the mules rushed past in the darkness
Miss Alice Beauohamp, of Boston, is about
to become Mrs. Louis Shearer, of West
Point, Miss, and at last credit can be
entered on the mules debt-burdened ledger.
ey-Dresses, cloaks, coats, stockings and all
garments can be colored successfully with the
Diamond Dyes. Fashionable colors. Only l0c.
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GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.

Expenditures IN The States and Territories.
A statement prepared in the treasury
department and now in the hands of the
printer shows the amounts appropriated
and expended by the national government
for public buildings in the states and ter
ritories from March 4, 1889, to June 80,
1882. The total amount appropriated has
been $88, 49,, 1852, and the amount expend-
ed has been $83, 404, 221, distributed as fol-
Iowa.
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WHEAT PRODUCTION.
4 PALC4BLE SETTLEMENT FROM
BRITISH INDIA.

How the "Ryots" Raise Their Grain-Lack
OF Machinery and Intelligence, but Sur
plus of Labor-COmparative Cost of the
Crop in India and America-SOme Sug-
SestiOn as to How This Country Can
Maintain Her Supremacy.
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burg we did not see homely girl, or one
that would not attract attention on Broad
way. Even the peasant girls in their enor-
nous boots-the peasant women wear
boots the same as men-the figures and
faces are pretty.
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s14914 H66l Ganrnia

This statement does not include the cost
of the mint buildings or the cost of any of
the public buildings in the District of Co.
lumbia.
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GENTLKMEN-Your Hop Bitters have been of
great value to me. / was laid up with typhoid
fever for over two months and could get no re-
lief until tried your Hop Bitters. To those
suffering with dibility or any one in feeble
health, cordially recommend them.
J. c.. SToErzEL, 683 Fulton street, Chicago, Ill.
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Mother SWANS Worm syrup.
Infalible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic. for
feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation :.
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Col. Hans Mattson, of this state, who is
consul general of the United States, at
Calcutta, India, has made valuable re-
port to the state department relative to
the wheat production of India as contrast
ed with that of the United States. The
document is of sufficient interest to war
rant its reproduction entire. 1t is as fol-
lows:
The annual production of wheat in Brit
ish India has of late years increased, until
it now reaches about 24O million bushels,*
and the export for the last five years has
been as follows.