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CHAPTER -ENNlI.

10 show rlte point to which intellectual
activity goes in America, cannot do hctter
Than speak Of the Nineteenth Century club
Two O. iIrec years ago Mr.. CUurtlani:
'.IueI, oMe oi the leading inhabitants Ct.
Eew Yo;'E:---n gentleman IT'S rich i'll iii
t.Ipcta "t;slnlnentS rs in dollars ru'.-
ceiPp the tupI'g ide;l Of iEI"l'ina; Its
friends In t,c.t Twice (, moh;A IN his
drawing room for The purpose 1t discuss
Ing the important questions O: the day Ills
Invitation WAS accepted with l.acrIty, and
thus the clnh, which consists Of lady item
bars as ,vri rs gentlemen, was formed,
Ih4 association proeeetis III q manner rs
simple as it Is practical.
Is il ,!ccitleti. for Instance, To pass IN even
i.g in l!s;.uaSili,, s1cill&lat Tie president liz
ytttS Il we'll known socialist to come and eG-
plain his views before the members of the
club. he irrttcs also, un nnti-socialist O.
tait..lt To answer him.
One evening last winter was devoted TO the
dlseussis:, of sectarlanism. Tho president OF
th: club invited Catholic priest, I'm Episco-
IHtllan and Presbyterian minister, a Cnita-
rian and. unless my memory misleads me, an
agnostic All were listened to nttentively,
and each llad his harvest OF applause.
Thank. to the vlvacity of their minds, the
Americans have special talent for making
the mort arid subjects interesting. All these
debates are en!veucd with humorous re-
,nnrEA, anecdotes flashes of wit and clever
rtpnrters. Needless to say that they are con-
Quoted with the utmost courtesy. The most
trrir'hant weapons employed at these sourna-
uei1s are si,rcasn and banter, and tho
Anci-,ru,l+ are adept In the use Of both.
In America, such is tho respect for the
opinions Of others, TINT the widest, most in
congruous ideas did not raise IL nurmur.
The nutlio1,co would smile and seem to say:
"Wha. IL iroll ideal" and if the droll idea
was expressed witti,y tho orator was ap,
pluudcd-
! saw nothing more striking during my
stay in America, nothing which appeared to
INC more hopeful for tho future of the country,
thun this sight OF these crowds of four or five
hundred people, men old and young, young
girls mil mntrons, all In fashionable evening
dress, met together to learn something, and
to keep themselves posted in NIL the new ideas
of the day | have heard young ladies read
papers of their own composition at thest
meetings aud their discourses were MS clever
| MS hos" Of thoir ecnt"'nen antagonists.
In short, what strikes ono is the all per
vnding activity, the intellectual life led by
women of good society us well as men.
| Impossible that Truth should hide her fnct
| in II country where there is such flood Of
! light.
T7o be continual
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] BLAINEss WASHINGTON HOME.
A Historical Mansion Where Traditions
Still Lurk. Y

A Historical Mansion Where Traditions
Still Lurk.
More than City years ago, Commodore
sion of red brick in Washington. Asregards
design nothing could be palmer. The only
principle of architecture about it is tho lay
ing Of ono brick plumb upon another. When
tho commodore died his big mansion became
n boarding house. Later 1t was used as
club, and Barton Key used to sit at an upper
window ,lnd watch for the waving Of a hand
kerchief from the window Of the Sickles
house across Lafayette square. When the
handkerchief was waved, Key understood
that Sickles had gone out, and that he could
leave the club and meet the faithless wife.
One day, having seen the signal, Key left the
club to meet Mrs. Sickles, but tho husband
was waiting for him across the street, and
upon seeing him fired, fatally wounding him.
Key was carried back to the club house,
where he died. Two years later the house
was rented by William H. Seward, who lived
there for eight years, whilo secretary Of state
under Lincoln and johnson. The convenient
location of the house was probably his reason
for renting it. 1t was in one of the upper
chambers of this mansion that Secretary
seward was lying, Slowly recovering IRON q
severe accident, when Payne, the fellow con-
spirator of Wilkes Booth, entered the house
on Il pretext Of delivering an important mes
sage The would bs assassin rushed into the
room, sprang at the secretary and struck at
his throat, but the blade Of tho knife glanced
upon some Of the surgical appliances with
which Mr.. Stewards lower jaw was being held
in place while healing, and only wounded
him. Leaving his deadly work unfinished.
Payne started for the door, meeting Mr.
Seward's son, with whom he had struggle,
escaping only after using his knife again.
Mr.. Seward and his son lay for weeks In their
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CHAPTER EXEL.

That which strikes the European most i'll
his first walk through New York Streets is
the absence of stupid faces All are not
handsome, hut all are intelligent looking ami
full Of life The uest thing that strikes him
is th4 well grown look OF the people Few or
no dciovnities. He does not see one halt or
hlllctbaclct person out Of the ten thousand
he may meet. With the exception o! tho old
people, few have defective sight. Apart
from tho complexion, which is pale, every
thing seems TO Indicate active. strong,
healthy people. The constant crossing Of
races mist daily tend to tho improving ci
tho Americans, physically and intellectually.
You SEQ so many thin men and many
stout women that you almost Immediately
conclude that the former live in furnace Of
activity, and the latter in cotton wool This
impression grows upon you, and soon takes
tho form of a conviction.
The Americans do not wall; much. 1t is
not that they arc intlolent. Far from it. 1t
Is because their legs VIII not us!Iy tl4rs.. rt.se
enough.
The faccs of the men you NEE. look ab-
soruc,. al, ,nou.,nl. iucu uats arc "e1l down
on their heads. This again is sign of intel
liycncc Do not smile The fool perches lis
hat on his head, tho man with well filled
brain puts his head into its covering
These samo faces arc pale, and you sec
many prelnaturely gray heads The want of
open nir exercise, tho lryness OF the atlnos-
pherc, tho sufrocating heat Of the rooms, the
vitiatcd air in the houses, which seem to nve
windows only for tho purpose Of letting in
little light, easily explain this double phe-
nomcnon.
Tho women of every country arc unani-
nous in pronouncing tho American men
handsome, and as there are few men who do
not think the American women lovely, there
can bo but ono opinion on tho subject: tho
American race is a good looking race. But
that which makes the charm Of the mems
faces is not regularity of fe:ture: it Is, us l
have already said, the intelligence written on
them, the wonderful activity which auiinates
them.
This activity you find in nll stations Of life,
in the financial world, the literary world, the
world Of politics, everywhere. 1t is II fever
with which the whole nation is smittcn.
In the eyes of tho worthy, peaceful French
man who has not Travelled, an American is a
lunatic, who docs nothing like other people.
After nil, ecccntricity is but an exaggerated
form OF activity, but for certain people with
narrow ideas, eccentricity and madness ure
bat one and the same thing,
Let lis take little look ut Americans at
| homo, and SEQ if | was wrong in calling
| American life pure phantasmngoria.
| We will begin by the private houses
| In n well appointed house you will find in u
little room on the ground floor brass plate
fitted with several buttons You touch the
first and Immediately cab drives up to you1
door. II you press 1t twice it Is two horst
cab that comes. You touch the second and
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CHAPTER NIX.

Nothing is ordinary in America.
The ordinary American himself is extra
ordinarily ordinary.
He takes liberties with his fellow creatures
and with the English grammar. lie murders
your ears and the mother ton; ,;uo OF Shake
speare,
He chcw,s, hawks and slits; but lie has a
certain good Eunnrel bras and !ivcline5s
which invite further acquaintance.
His fingers, cs:tvat and shirt front sparkle
with diamonds
In conversation he attacks all subjects i'm
agiaabc with complete assurance He talks
tall and through the nose. He does not raise
his VOICE much. He bu2Zes rather than
speaks; at u certain distunce you think yoa
hear the iro,liny Of baspiles
This man, whom YOU hogan by tukin:; Tor
SONS ignorant habbler, presently gives to
his conversation u turn that ustoaisles you.
lie speaks to you Of France i'll u way which
Shows yon that l!e is couvcrsant witA ali that
is go;ng on there. The sayings ana ao.nss ot
Gen. "Boiangere' are familiar to him. lie
knows tho names Of tie chief members; Of the
French ministry. He i, Interested il VI,
P;steurs researches, he has read n revipw
and an account Of NJ Ernest Romans list
book and Of N. Eictorcn Sarlo;!s latest
play. lie has jutliciot5s re:,,ari;e to mako
upon literature. He knows his Shakespeare,
US not one Frcnchnan of his c!,7s knows Cor,
nellie Racine, Moliere, or Victor Huge You
discover That lie is well read tAI, man who
says come for came. you .t':s, yon didn't
ought, don't i;llow as 1 do, etc, lie can
give you information about his country, rs
useful as it is exact.
This same American tails Theology He
discusses the Eibe, icrcaCls the writings Of
Col lngcrspll reflti'.s that grntlcman's ideas
or accepting bis conclusions.
In word, you thought you Were i'll t!.,
company Of an ignorant bore OF n ha.mal,
and you have had one or two hours talk With
au intelligent and Interesting man.
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humanity. Pigott takes his place with the
historic perjurcrs of England, who murdered
noble men and women by fabricated testi
mony-with Titus Oates, Bedow and Danger
field. And the government is deeply involves,
us the attorney general had conducted the
ease and the Salisbury cabinet had virtually
sustained the charges In all the annals of
Journalism there is no other case Of such IL
diseruccful defeat as The Times has sustained
none that even compares with it in humilia-
tion loss Of prestige and far reaching con-
sequences.
Tho reported suicide Of Pigott makes tho
fall of the case Of Tho Times complete.
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FAIL OF THE TIMES.
THE MOST HUMiLlATlNG DEFEAT
IN NEWSPAPER HISTORY.

Heretofore The Tinscs Was the Most Sue
ccssfu!Iy Managed Newspaper i'll the
World-Joliu Walter ind Other Eminent
Men on The Paper-Thc Perjurcr riGott.
''1'ac Decline and Fall Of Tho London
Zines will not fill so many volumes us did
that of the Roman Empire, but it is certainly
one Of the momcntous events OF these times.
Molnentous if not ominous, because The
T'i,sss is not only the greatest Journal in the
world, most cautious i'll taking up anything
sensational, and managed by men of the
widest experience but it has been almostu uni
rn1mlH successful and is in u WY identified
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The Divided NIuH,

a specimen of the divided muff, more to
bo recommended on account Of its originality
than beauty or utility, may be seen in dark
cloth trimmed with narrow beaver. It resem-
blcs long purse tied round the center with
long ribbon, bow and ends. Tho hands
pass In at each end, and silk cord passes
round tho neck to suspend tho whole, Each
end has frill Of the material, lined with
plush and band of fur or plush, like .
bracelet, above it.
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THE MINT

THE MINT.
style. The fronts on Chestnut street will be
advanced until they are nearly in line with
tho front of the main building. The tower
will bo raised above tho center of this Chest
nut street front, in the top of which a break
will be made that tho front of the tower may
appear.
The change from one style of architecture
to another is explained from tho fact that no
further acquisition of ground at moderate
cost could be expected, and no additions
which would leave the building in its present
form nor any now building adjoining tho
mint can be erected.
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WHOLE NO. 1927.

thing tls,' Il, az vast establishment. except
tile paper. Is ~ 81, ~ the -',,,t
The to-, ii,rir is ti.rptal to the bound files
of the paper AMI the regular appliances for
easily consulting them. On tho next floor
nre dining rooms and kitchens for the differ
ent classes engaged on the paper; the meath
are roasted before open fires. Also many
other rooms for "living and leisure" us it
sometimes happens that no one is allowed to
leave the building betwcen the time of OPEN
ing and tho final shipment Of the papers.
Next below are the broad and high compos-
ing rooms, lighted with electric lamps; tcle-
graphic and telephone Offices the dispatches
being i'll many cases set up direct from the
slip. us it unrolls. One room is devoted to
tho special wire from Paris There are tcle-
phonic connections with both houses Of par
lament und-otber public institutions; tlie1e-
porter who has taken his report down in
shorthand talks it through the wondrous
wire to the transmitting man in the of1ica
who takes it down in turn in Shorthand, md
dictates it to the compostors, one transmit
ter succeeding another SO. rapidly that the
speech Is in typo in few minutes after it is
uttered in parliament. The typesetting ma
chimes made and used in The Times building
arc about as near perfection rs that inven-
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department in which experiments are con-
stautlv in progress with u view to improve
mcnts The present proprietor is the inventor
of tho "Waltel printing PRESS which is
though il5 usual output is but -12Qo0 Add
to-tlis ,lrll=t tho ty,., i; mostly set by lEa-
chjnrrv. and TINT all the type setting ma
chimes, type. mollin5 and ccctrotyping ap
t,ar,t,ls even to the smallest appliances, are
manufactured in tho Same building with tho
printing. an! it viii he seen that The Tin!rs
has The l5eSt appoin;e,l printing establishment
in the world.
1t is also, all things con!4 lcrcl, tho most
finished paper as it comes from the press
Typonrapbiral errors arc almost unknown
a considerable reward for the detection of
any failed To produce proof Of one Tor several
days together. To an American the daily
edition has II sort of 'blocsy" appearance,
differing as it docs 50 much from American
Journals III make up; but in n few days the
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" as first printed
loy steam, that be-
ing the first appli-
cation Of steam to
printing; and from
t he start Tho Times
has been among the
first to adopt all
i n prorements in
the great art. Not
only are the i'm
proye;ncnts OF all
O t i el's tested us
soon as heard of,
and, if successful,
adopted, but Tho
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LII the war of 1872 leading position be-
longed to Gen. Jacob Brown, who was born
on May 9,.l7775, and died on Feb. "a, 1928.
His parents were Quakers residing in Bucks
county, Pa. and from his 18th to his 25th
year tho future general devoted himself to
school teaching in New Jersey. From this
he turned his attention to land surveying in
Ohio. In 1901 he opened a private school III
New York city and began the study Of law.
At this tino he attracted tho attention of
Gen. Alexander Hamilton, who appointed
him his private secretary. In this capacity
Brown went to northern New York and
bought lands on Black river, nenr Sackett's
Harbor, Oh the site Of the present village OF
Brownsville, whero he built tho first house
within thirty miles of Lake Ontario. He wns
elected county judge and becamo II colonel of
militia in lS0p and brigadier general in 1910,
and in 1872 was appointed commander OF tho
northern frontier, fl%m Oswego to Lake st.
Francis, a distance Of 200 miles. During the
war Gen. Brown was twice wounded and his
services were rewarded by the thanks OF con-
gress and gold medal. He retained his
military command after the conclusion of
peace and i'll 1921 was appointed general-in-
chief OF tho army of the United States. Gen.
Brown was inferred in the Congressional
cemetery In Washington, where a marble
column bearing a eulogistic inscription WINS
erected by tho government In honor of his
memory Philadelphia Times.
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y cut is here given, taken from n photo
graph of II Model of statue to be erected to
Gen. Grant at Leayenworth, Kan. Tho
artist, Mr.. dorado Taft, of Chicago, has de-
picted the general as he would appear in WIN
ter in the field. He is attired in uniform with
an overcoat, aud holds i'll his hand Il chart
The expression on the faco is grave and
ihourhtfui rs though the trreat commander
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tives in their resistance Mr.. Klein denies
nll this, of course, and has returned to Amer
lea. 1t having been rumored that the Ger
man government would demand klein's pun
ishment for his alleged evil conduct, The
New York World has uttered a valiant
''def" at Bismarck. assuring him that Klein
would be protected, and threatening, If the
demand for the correspondents punishment
is repeated, to urge upon him the necessity Of
self defense-in the slang formula, Johnny,
Sitcher gun."
However, there seems to be no probability
now that Germauys demand will be pressed.
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leo i,s u Heater.
Ono of St. Patricl's most famous miracles

Ono of st. Pntricl,'s most famous miracle:
Is thus commemoruted in the old Irish ballat
Of "Polly Roc"
St. Patrick, as In legends told,
The morning being very cold,
In order to nss,iage tho weather,
Collected bits OF Ice together;
Then gently breathed upon the pyre,
When every fragment blazed on fire.
OH II the saint had been SO kind,
Az to have left the gift behind
To such a love lorn wretch as me,
Who daily struggled to be free;
I'd DO ocontent-content with part;
I'd only ask to thaw the heart,
The frozen heart OF Polly Roe,
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Jonathan and His Continent.
by Max O'Rell, Author of John Bull and
His Island," "John Bull, Jr., Etc
and "Jack Allyn"

Translated Ivy Nine. Paul Blouct. Copyrighted hy
tassell & Co, New Yo,k, and published by special
arrangement through the American Press Assoc!a-
ton. Paul Bouct tMax 0 RELY is remarkably clever
Frenchmn1.. who has devoted his talents mostly 10
sntiri2in,r tbc Anglo Saxon race. The hook from
which the following extracts nHdc Is his lntrst
production and ilatcrial for 1t WIS gathered during
his recent visit to AmcIica.]
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There will also be LEArESwoRTH STATUE.
Il bronze panel, showing some incident in
Grants life, in relief. The statue will oc-
cupy n triangular lot, with three granite
entrances,
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Tho first bank in tho United States was
the Bank of North America, chartered by
congress ut the instance Of Robert Norris in
17S0, aud by tho state OF Pennsylvania in
1881, with capital of SA000 1t is still in
existence III Philadelphia.
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In some of tho country districts Of Ireland
1t is customary for tho young girls between
II and IS years Of age to engage i'll ''slnock
race" on St. Patrick's day-that is, q foot
race in which tho prize Is snock or chemiso
Of tho finest Irish linen ornamented with
rihhope
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other things. He
llnd received the
letters, he testified,
and knew the plans
Of the Irish con-
spirators. lie was
cross examined and
then the whole case
broke down. He
confc sse1 his vii
laiily, his forgery Of
tho letters aud lied.
y pcrllsal of his
testimony makes III,
honest Elali's cllcSH
burn for his sllnrc
of the shame which
attaches to common
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Hero is a portrait Of John c. Klein, the
American who went to the Samoa islands
some little time ago to act Us correspondent for
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the lower rooms are the clcctrotypng and
many other departments and ut the base Of
all the grand machines for putting the
thought and news on paper.
Mr.. John Walter is usually spoken of as
s'proprlctor Of the London Times" and so
that phrase is used here but he is merely
principal proprietor, us there is a stock conf
pony. Many employees Of The Times, both
regular and occasional, have risen to fame,
such as W. Vernon Hnrcourt, John Oxenford,
NJ Blowitz, the renowned manager OF tho
Paris bureau of correspondcncc; Edmund
Yates, John Delane Henry Labouchero md
the renowned Dir. William II. Russell, whose
reports from the United States in 1861 gave
sensitive Americans so much occasion for
anger, which has since given place to good
hunored laughter. DR.. Russell hnlsclf very
pleasantly says that no country with 4 COM
plex system Of government, md extremely
Heterogeneous society (alld the United States
certainly has both can he fully understood
till tho observer has lived in it long enough to
become saturated with the national feeling.
1t is needless to detail the recent troubles OF
The Times Suffice il to state that in 1887 the
Journal began publishing 4 series of fierce at
tacks on the Irish leaders, charging that they
were secretly melting violence while pretend
forms. THIS was followed by another series
headed "Iarnellisn and Crime" and when
the Parnellitcs called for proof The Times
:savc fac-siinics OF letters alleged to be those
of Mr. rarncll i'll which assassination was
defended The sensation created can scarcely
be described; il extended to every part of the
English speaking world. At lcngth Ole
ODonnell brought suit against Tho Times,
and was defeated, after which tho Tory gov
crl..lc.l: accepted all The Times stateinents as
true. and the managers OF the journal seemed
to lay aside u!l prudence il their frantic ut
tacl:s on tile Home Rulers.
Thu accused being members OF parliament,
that body was compelled to take action, and
after much squabbing special court was
created The trial was q state caso, fairly
rivaliu,r that Of Warrcu Hastings The Times
at last produced its great witness, one Edward
Pigo,t, who claimed to have been Fennn, 81
soldier il, the American civil war and many
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tion is li:ely 10 be brought. And finally in
tile lower rooms are the clcctrotyping and
many other departments, and ut the base Of
all the grand machines for putting the
thought and news on paper.