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Inc SERVICE IN 1901,
and set about the study Of philosophy and
literature He eventually went to England,
and found a warm friend in the great Thack-
cray. He was also intimate with Herbert
Spencer, and many other Of the famous liter
ary men Of the day. He was given charge
of the foreign department Of The Pail
Mall Gazette. on which journal he
did some admirable work, especially during
the Franco -Prussian war, when he wrote
some strong and picturesque letters from the
seat Of war. These letters stamped him as
an acute observer, a bold forager for news,
and clear historian. After the war and
downfall of the commune, Mr.. Thieblin in
creased his reputation by contributing to The
Pail Mall Gazette series Of letters over the
signature ''Azamet Batuk," which were af-
terward published by the editors Of Punch
rnder the title Of "a Little Book About
Great Britain" He also contributed to sew
eral magazines. He translated and edited in
the Russian language all the works Of
Macaulay, Buckle, Darwin, Huxley, Guizot,
and several of the works of the German
philosophers. He visited Spain and wrote
two volumes about Spain and the Spaniards,
which were published both in England and
the United States. He became the Paris cor
T6SpOuu6uC Ol 1u0 ave" 1OIA 11eTdAU, 6uU
was subsequently the Madrid correspondent
Of the same journal. He was afterwards
sent to join the army of Don Carlos, the
Spanish pretender, as war correspondent
At the close of the war Mr.. Thisblin deter
mined to make tour of the world, depend
ing upon correspondence with English news
papers for the means with which to travel.
When he arrived at New York he found his
calculations at fault, and accepted a position
on The New York Sun. This was in April,
1874. He made his first mark in a series of
articles called "The Strangers Note Book, !"
in which he discussed American men, man
ners, customs, and resorts, from the foreign
er's standpoint, and in the caustic picturesque
style that was peculiarly his. In 1878 he
began his famous financial and business series
under the name of "Rigolo," which he kept
up until year and a half ago.
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that year he accepted an election to the cir
cult court of Cook county, Chicago, and re-
signed his office in the supreme court. On
the establishment Of the appellate court he
was appointed by the supreme court one of
the new judges.
Judge MacAllister was not only liked and
admired for his talents and his kindly quail
ties, but was pleasing in his personal appear
ance He was of medium height. His fore
head was large, and bespoke the intellect
within. He did not wear any beard, and this
exposed his brown features, which with his
blue eyes gave q kindliness to his counter
ance. Few men have ever possessed better
combination Of faculties for the bench. He
was fearless, he was sincere; he combined the
better qualities of a practicing attorney.
The criminal classes of Chicago so hated
Judge MacAllister that on one occasion sew
eral men waylaid him to murder him. He
went home by a different route from his usual
one, and so escaped them, but they got into
his house and into the cellar. The judge got
up in the middle of the night, armed himself
with two revolvers, and went in search Of his
would be murderers. He found two of them
in the cellar and opened fire.
Judge MacAllister had no dread Of death.
He was 70 years old, but vigorous when he
died
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TROUBLE Al HAYTI.
IT HAS LED TO THE SEIZURE OF
SOME AMERICAN VESSELS.

They Have Been Detected, So It Il
Charged with Conveying Arms and
Munitions to the insurgents, and the
Kearsarge Goes to Look After Them.
When President Grant attempted to annex
the San Domingo end Of the Island Of Hayti,
and was vigorously opposed by Senators
schurz, Sumner and others, the American
people were suddenly awakened to the fact
that they had at their very doors, and wait
ing to be taken, one Of the richest and most
Interesting islands In the world. They were
literally surfeited with information about it:
for annexation was made an administration
measure, and fought over in the senate dur
ing all of 1870, and early in 1871 commits
sion sent to the island by vote of congress
was accompanied by corps Of keen eyed
correspondents. All agreed that the prov
ince was literally full of uadeveloped wealth,
but it was assumed that, I'VE really do not
want the country if we have to take the
people with it."
The excitement ceased as suddenly as it
rose, and for seventeen years Americans ig-
nored Hayti; then it was announced that
they had had another revolution there and
the two districts of the island were united
under one government, and now it appears
that there is an insrrection, that the
Haytian rulers have seized some American
ships on the ground that they took arms to
the ''rebels," " and that Secretary Bayard has
sent thither a naval cruiser, the famous
Kearsarge that destroyed the Alabama. So
interest is revived in the black-and-tan
republic
Hayti is historically the most interesting
of islands, for on the first islet of its coast
was land in the New World sighted by Co
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BUILDING OF THE PENSION DEPARTMENT

BUILDING OF THE PENSION DEPARTMENT.
There are 1900 clerks employed in the
pension Offices, and their offices are in tiers
running about this great court. During
somo of the days of last winter the men kept
their overcoats on, and the women threw
their shawls over their shoulders. Most Of
them had severe colds. and the pension Office
had more cases of chilblains than any other
department of the government.
There is frieze running around the pen
sion building lit must be fifth Of mile
long,, representing tho scenes Ct army and
naval warfare, and its effect is very artistic.
When the building was in course of erection
there was some criticism made that brick is
not good material for a government build
ing. This is, however, a mistake There is
no s.onc so durable as brick, and you may
find bricks in tho ruins of Rome which are as
perfect today as when they were made in the
time of the Csssars. The baths of Diocletian
were made of brick, end their walls still
stand
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THE KEARSARGE.

600. and enough was retained to dctray ali
local expenses There is no deep mining
now, and only little washing of gold sands
by the poorest class of people. The island is
easily capable of supporting ten times its
present population, and in great comfort,
hut there must be more efficient govern
ment.
The late difficulty appears to have grown
out of the fact that the Haytian authorities
declared a blockade Of the ports held by the
insurgents without giving other governments
the notice required by international law.
The British schooner Alta sailed from New
York Oct 10 with cargo largely composed
If arms and other munitions of war, which
we're supposed by the firm that furnished
them to be designed for Venezuela. She was
found cruising in Haytian waters, and was
seized by the Haytian man-of-war Ioussalnt
L,Ouverture When the Haytians found that
she had on board 1876 boxes Of rifles and a
corresponding amount of fixed ammunition
thew at once began vigorous hunt among
other vessels from the United States and
seized the Haytian Republic, steamer
owned in Boston. The offense charged
AGAINST this vessel was that of carrying some
armed insurgents from ono port to another.
Oher American vessels were put under an
annoying surveillance. and the relations he
tween the two republics became, as diplomat
lists would say, strained" Hence the dls,
match Of the Kearsarge, ordered by Secretary
Bayard.
The American steam sloop Kearsarge is
the same that, under command OF Capt. A.
Winslow. won such renown by sinking the
famed privateer Alabama, Capt Raphael
Semmes. near Cherbourg, France, on Sun
day. Juno 10, 1864 Even for that time the
Kearsarge was not war vessel of the first
class, and Capt. Winslow had armor plated
her middle section by the naval device OF
wrapping them with cable chains, ~h,en sftsr
wards complained bitterly of this deceit"
as it practically drew him into fight with with
wooden sides. But it is not for q civilian
writer twenty-four years afterwards to de-
eide how far strategem and deceit may hon
orably 20 in war The public applauds the
man who succeeds.
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doms arc distinct but under the constitution
of the German empire such proceedings may
he instituted.
1t is claimed that the king, by his munifi-
cence to his three friends, is impoverishing
himself, that he is obliged to curtail his ex-
penses when he goes to Nice, which he does
every winter for his health, and that he has
also been compelled to sell some of the horses
from the royal stable.
The monarch being very old and infirm,
and his nephew the heir apparent to the
crown being of unsound mind, the people are
alarmed for the succession. In case the king
and his nephew are both incapacitated, the
crown goes to another branch Of the royal
family who are Roman Catholics, while the
bulk Of the inhabitants Of the kingdom are
profac
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JUDGE WILLIAM X. MACALLIS TER.
His Death Recently Occurred in tho City
Of Chicago.

His Death Recently Occurred in tho City
Of Chicago.
There is no man whose loss is of more i'm
portance to any community than that Of
wise and conscientious judge. A common
consensus of opinion makes the bench sacred.
Chicago, in Judge William K. MacAllister,
senior judge of the appellate court, has lost
q man and jurist of whom she was justly
proud.
The name Mac Allister seems to indicate
Scotch or Scotch-Irish stock, and there is
none better for physical and intellectual
vigor, though Judge MacAllisters ancestors
were born as far back as can be traced in
America Judge MacAllister, himself, was
born in Salem, Washington county, N. Y,
in 1918. He secured collegiate education,
studied law and was admitted to the bar
when he was % years old In 1854 he went
to Chicago where he soon made reputation
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MAP OF THE ISLAND OF HAYr1.

MAP OF THE ISLAND OF HAYTI.
lumbus. He landed there in December, 1892,
and named it Hispaniola, meaning Little
Spain" The simple and unwarlike natives
died of rapidly under Spanish rule, and were
replaced by negroes to such an extent that
the latter grew too strong to be kept down.
In 1852 1897 the French obtained possession
of the west half Of the island, and developed
it SO rapidly that it long furnished all the
cotton and sugar consumed by France, and
surplus was sold to the rest Of Europe The
division between French and Spanish sections
continued till this year, the former known as
San (more correctly Santo Domingo), and
the latter as Hayti. The French revolution
resulted in the emancipation of the negroes;
Bonaparte in 1901 attempted to restore
slavery, and then rose the great Toussaint
LOuverture, who maintained independence
till he was betrayed and taken to France,
where he died. The wars that followed were
long and terrible, but in the end both sections
of the island became Independent.
There has Fince been, On %eee oveaRge; q
revolution once in seven years. and two or
three short wars between the two govern
ments. The island is 405 miles long, its area
$4,000 square miles and its total population
100000, of whom nearly zoe, 900 are whites or
nominally so, the rest Of all shades from pure
black down through griffe, metif, mulatto,
quadroon and octoroon to melanoid and leuco-
melanoid, the last two known to have African
blood only by their family record, as none
but an expert could trace the trituration.
No other tropical island can compare with
Hayti for general healthfulness; the average
of life is equal to that Of the United States.
Only once in ten years the mercury rose above
95 degs on the central lands, but it has gone
to 1O4 degs at Port au Prince. The soil is Of
inexhaustible fertility, the forests abound in
the most valuable hard woods the mountains
are rich in minerals of all kinds, and the gold
mines were once so productive that from a
single district the viceroy of the Spanish
province sent home the annual tax Of $780,
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U. S. PENSION OFFICE.
Its Abode is Great Brick Building Which
Is Hero Described.

Its Abode is q Great Brick Building Which
Is Hero Described.
The pension Office at Washington is the
largest brick building in the United States
and one of the big buildings Of the world.
It is one Of the newest public buildings Of the
national capitol, and is undoubtedly the
ugliest. It looks like gigantic beer hall,
and seems to have another house built on top
Of it. It is patterned after the style of the
Roman palaces of the middle ages (only it is
good deal worse), and it has glass roof
which would cover about two acres. The
building stands in Judiciary square "a beauti-
full park, near the city hall. It has court
within it, covering nearly an acre Of ground.
paved with colored stones. and in the midst
Of this court plays q large fountain. It was
in this court that the Inauguration ball of
President Cleveland was held. It was tha
largest ball room ever used for presidential
fete. The floor had waxed surface 316 feet
long and 116 feet wide.
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ing been engaged in MINISTER DE cLAPARED.
a great number Of Swiss charities he is presi-
ident of the Aid Union of Swiss societies in
Europe. When in Berlin he was honored by
the degree of doctor of laws. He is also cap
tain in the Swiss army. Capt. Clapared is q
married man and the father Of five children.
His family, however, will not live in Washing
ton, and his wife will not have an oppor-
tunity of entering Washington society dur
ing the coming season.
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IN the 1ustallment Plan.

There is one grand scheme that has caused a.
mo frequently to wonder why It, mas n1e o.
heen i,es brought into general application IN IN
v;ew , Of the ingenuity and genius that = y.
ing around loose; and that is the ge.ens 49, ~ =
m;5e % On the instailment plan; that IS, dons = :
m,ssn % the wife, but the dowry: There a are ona
eood many fathers who couldn't spare ;n'1o tn Nv
cam aMnasnt. uSm Of say $5oo or $1,000 per year:
Notes could be given, and even nortgag. 1 .+od on
,sud % for security Of payment at the s,'ea s.a.eu
periods say from one to ten y.d year. IL aae fore'
70 s9o His money would be safe at any ra1e'
donT you seef-American Hebrew
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Father Doubtful Matter

A big news5oy at the postcfice corner was
eating an apple yesterday, when little news
boy finally mustered up courage to ask:
"Wiu you give me the core when you git
down to it!'
'.Mebbe will and mebbc won't, }" was the
reply. ''It's accordin' 20 whether it's wormy
or not, and it don't look that way now
Detroit Free Press
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as q lawyer. Two
of Chicago's most
prominent lawyers,
Jno. N. Jewett and
I. N. Stiles, became
his partners. In
1868 he was elected
to the recor d e RS
court judgeship,
and in 1870 was
made one of the
five circuit judges
, of Cook county,
but he had mean
while been elected
to the supreme 70
court of Illinois,
and held that posi- :
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. THE KING OF WURTEMBURG.
Ee Is in Trouble, and All About an
American Friend.

Ee Is in Trouble, and All About an
American Friend.
The old king Of Wurtemburg is in trouble.
A certain American named jackson has for
number of years been the companion of
the monarch, and Jackson was afterwards
joined by his friends, tue Rev. Charles B.
Woodcock and Donald Hindry, both Ameri-
cans, the former of whom is said to have
formerly been assistant rector of a church in
New York. The king presented the three
with handsome house in Stuttgart, where
they live, and the king spends nearly all his
time with them.
The monarch is very old and infirm, and it
is supposed by his subjects that his mind is
giving way. There is great jealousy Of
jackson and his associates, who claim to be
spiritualistic mediums, and the ministry
have resigned because jackson was not
from hie Yosifion aS counsellor
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Satisfactory,

Magistrate TO small witneS)-Do you
know what becomes Of people who swear to
what is not truel
Small Witness-Yes, sir; dey skips for
Canada.
Magistrate Swear tho witneA-Texss
6iftinga g
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Let Him Como Out.

Exert your talents and distinguish your
self, and don't think Of retiring from the
world until the world will be sorry that you
retire. / hate fellow whom pride, or cow
ardice, or laziness, drives into corner, and
who does nothing when he is there but sit
and growL Let him come out az do and
bark,-Dr. 8. johnson.
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LORD MAYOR WHITEHEAD division in West
moreland against the Hon. w. Lowther
He was elected alderman of Cheap ward in
1852, and served the office Of sheriff Of
London in 1S8+'S5
He is follower Of Gladstone and be-
lever in Irish home rule.
The Inauguration of the lord mayor elect
is an event of great state, splendor and gen.
eral flourish Of trumpets, and the Same cere-
monies have been observed for centuries.
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4 witt KNOWN JOURNALIST DEAD.
Napeaeon L. Thieblin, Whose Signature
Was 'sRisolo."

sNAp44e00 l. TbteDl16s WhO86 S1Sn8Lufc
Was ''RiSolo."
Napoleon l. Thieblin, who died in New
York city the other day, was man with an
eventful history. He was soldier, author,
war correspondent and editor, and he passed
d life in many lands.
He was born in 1884 His family was
French, and one of the Oldest royalist fami-
Hes Of Lorraine His family was driven from
France during the first revolution, and set
tied first at Bologna, Italy. When he was q
boy his father was appointed court architect
ct st, Petersburg. Young TMeblin was sent
to Hassian military school, and finally en-
{ tered 4he Russian army as sub-lieutenant Of
. artil1erY. He had lust completed his educa-
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port, it is possible
to purchase every
imaginable article,
from e bunch of
peanuts to q horse
and buggy.
He is 81 years of
age, and is IN ac-
tive, on ergetic
looking man. He
was educated at the
Appleby Grammar
school. He b q s
t W j ce unsuccess-
= a.
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Making n Quick Trim.

The following conversation took place in
Detroit one day:
II would rather live in Paris than any
other city in the world"
"Why don't You 50 to Paris, then?'
mo money. II had $1,000 would be in
Paris tomorrow"
How was that for rapid transits-Detroit
Free Press.
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SHAKESPEARE IN PARIS.

an open book, and stands upright, with the
mantle draped over his left arm. On the
front of the statue are the words civilian
Shakespeare, 156+161G." The sides are orna-
mented by four sickles, and a garland Of diff
ferent fruits entertwines ribbon bearing
the names Of Shakspeare's chief plays At
the unveiling of the statue speeches were
made by MIR. Knighton, Lord Lytton, n.
Jules Claretie and NJ. Mezieres in the name
Of the Academic. II. Mouret-Sully, the &C.
tor, recited passages from the poets works.
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Tho Lawyers Mild Hetort.

There were two opposing barristers .1ne
LAWYER for the defense was SO severe upon
ia prosecutor that the latter rose and asseo: ~
..noes the learned counsel think me foolf
The retort was prompt. my friend w'snes
ia know if consider him fool, ana N se
NV to his question can only say that am
not prepared to deny it-Chambers 'ou1"a'
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- =
and Vienna for
twenty years. He
is by descent q HUI
guenot, and in ap-
pearance he isa dis
tinguished looking
man of about 45
years, and is erni-
nently well fitted
to represent his
government. He is
highly esteemed by
his countrymen,
and is noted for his
philanthropy,
which is wide
reaching and eRec-
tive Besides hay-
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Quick Work.

Philadelphia Guest lat reasonaDe
rates" seaside boarding house)-Humpn!
Here is an elaborate bill OF fare' but you say
everything ask for is out 1 came in1o the the
dining room within i've minutes aiteF Tue
bell stopped ringing.
Waiter-Yes, sab; but some OF the guests
rot in befoh the bell stopped r1nglng'-Fnlla'
delphia Record
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W a K down the
Boulevard Hauss-
man to where it is
illtersected by the
Avenue de A1essine,
his eyes will now be
greeted by a statue
of the immortal
bard. This statue
of Shake s peare e,
which has been but
recently erected,
was presented to
the city of Paris
by Mr.. William
Knighton, and is
the work of Paul
Fournier. As is
shown by tho cut
of the statue given
herewith Mr.. Four
nier has repre-
sented the poet as
he is com m only
known to us. 1t
is conv entional.
Shakespeare holds
in his right hand