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the city. At the appointed time the entire
board of selectmen. appeared at the hotel,
and after a short negotiation, tickets were
purchased for the entire party to Boston.
The board then went into session and passed
a special ordinance prohibiting theatrical
performances in the Town Hall for ever
more.
When Boston's millionaire manager,
John Stetson, after years enjoyment OF the
liberties of bachelorhood, announced to his
friends that on the following day he would
sail for Europe and be accompanied by his
wife, the information took the form of a
thunderbolt No one had an intimation of
his intention to commit matrimony, nor
could anyone imagine who the lady could be,
but when it was discovered that his choice was
Miss Kate Stokes, all were ready to admit the
good taste of the selection, and his bachelor
friends declared that their grief at parting
with "Old John" was shorn of half It's
poignancy when they relinquished him into such
excellent hands.
Miss Stokes is a tall, aristocratic woman,
whose slight figure, supple as a reed. conceals
a wonderful strength, gained during her train
ing for circus life. She was for years principal
rider for Barnum, before she forsook the
glories of the arena for the quieter and more
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money by the scheme proposes to build 9
bridge over Red Rock creek, collect the toll
for ten years and then turn it over free to
the Government.
A CAUSE FOE CONGRATULATIONS.
One of the schoolboys who left looking
gloomy, cross and Grabbed, as if his liver
were out of fix, returned the other day the
very picture of brightness. He had been on
a nice visit to the Iowas, and the coun-
tensnce of his friends had sharpened his.
He came into the schoolroom in real Cos
sipy style and told me all the news. This
was his conversations: "James Whitewater's
down there. He's been in prison in Ne
braska for II years. What for? Why, for
killing two white men when he was drunk.
Has good clothes, just like he's been at
school" Then he smiled and looked ex-
ultant, as if the murders he had committed
and the disgrace of being in prison were
nothing in comparison with the fact of his
having good clothes and looking like re-
turned schoolboy.
We remember that the Otoes collected
money to the amount of two or three hum
dred dollars from the Indians in this tribe
to release this man from prison.
1t is very warm here, too warm for the
Otoes to make hay, but pleasant weather
for dancing and general merry-makirg.
REDBIRD.
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butchery of thousands of the Aztecs fresh in
his mind, the genial father may reasonably
be charged with unseemly satire.
SIT is enough; will none of 1t, and
Montezuma turned his face to the wall.
Some of these Spaniards erected temples
commemorative of their achievements; and
charities, made necessary because Of their
exploits.
SCENES IN A MEXICAN PARK.
There is one spot in the city which is al
ways beautitul-the Alameda. At rough
guess, there are about 20 acres in this park.
A band stationed in one part is filling the
air with music. and when this one ceases
another will take up the melody. One may
see every grade in the social scale among
the throngs that are strolling along the spa
cious walks. The paIsied and the blind
gather here on Sunday mornings; the beg
gar in his rags and Dives, who now conde-
scends to go afoot, will touch elbows with
Lazarus multiplied. The dude who exists
upon nothing per day, and his congener
upon stipend of four reales, lock arms and
puff cigarettes as affably as the don with
credit at the bank.
A young man bearing a cane and other
wise dressed within an inch of his life, finds
no care in considering the source of his next
meal. But little dust has settled upon his
tghthttlng, snarp-toeo shoes; ne brings
gorgeous handkerchief into service, and his
shoes shine resplendent. His action sets the
example to a dozen others just from the
streets, and they all dust and are happy. In
one place on stone bench plebeian suspi-
ciously scratches himself. On the other end
sits duenna and her Juno-eyed charge in
silks and lace rebozas listening to the de-
licious music. The hawker is here, and not
the least persistent among them is the vender
of lottery tickets. At one side is large
circular building Of stained glass and iron,
where the drawings take place monthly
under Government supervision 'for the ben
eft of the public" Under its caves is a
pavilion where the little ones are enjoying
a merry-go-around on wooden horses, to the
sound Of wheeling organ, if the bands are
silent moment, but that organ stops when
the band begins. The children and their
nineras are everywhere under the shade,
making amends for the chill that must
haunt them in the daily incarceration within
stone courts and galleries.
DECOROUs LITTLE ONES.
The little ones are not given to romping,
but stroll along with the decorum of their
elders, chatty and gravely joyous. Now
and then peal of childish laughter breaks
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WHEN LOVE is YOUNG.
The Newly. Wed Couple Travel TO WASH
ington TO See the Sights-The Head
Walters Fnvorite Pastime-
15.000 Brides a Yenr.

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DrsPArcH.i
WASHINGTON, July 26.-"From here 1
can count you Is brides clustered within 80
square feet of space" quoth an official
guide, with laugh, addressing stranger
up in the Capitol one morning this week.
Indeed! Show them to me-"
The guide in answer pointed with his
hand, and one by one. singled that number
mentioned out of a crowd of young ladies
and gentleman scattered through q spacious,
statue bordered chamber.
.Ab. YES. you seem to be right. They do
really all look like brides and groops"
They positively are brides and grooms, " de.
that many and more, at almost any hour OF any
day IN tine year. Yes" he adds, ANY day in the
year"
ingtop certainly is a wonderful place for brides
somehow the grooms are less interesting and
are lost sight of in contemplation OF the brides
"A Variable CITY of fascination and worship for
married lovers, like Jerusalem and Mecca and
Rome for faithful devotees In the rehgious
pilgrimages Of yore.
And it is not strange, after all. 1orK
can always draw its quota of bridal urlsts'
being the commercial metropolis of - coun-
try and numbering among its many {, .ne ctlons
the bridge to Brooklyn, the statue ttra Derty
and a tremendous business activi VI u NO
where else; Niagara Falls. with l. see eaK'
able natural spectacle of rushing Is uhsp will
ever enjoy a fair share of po maIsI, the
White Mountains will not fail in PuiaIItii TO
their breezes and rocky scen. meicomins OF
Young New Enganders newly ory IoopS W
Orleans, lying a-dreaming in hrue,I, her e,I,Nnrid
CieoIo r its f frasSlv m.rried ose any of her
Ca o ior - hraszv and hnst toutherners; and
Snicag99;;, e'ea 10 csntar ~ ling, will doubt
less f ssliI SIg Westsrn con lively interest
iui naPIs srrnavS Rnt Wples on their
it continues to be tba cara;,., "AS LIZ
tne hasior, ~ T haart;snl straa old treasures and
nues will still remain the Chief nbi.ct;n. 49,
of our land for the married and r;yan q; Po,ns ,
riage-the city above all Others wh;ch aach ~
our CO. 600 900 of people naturaIIv desires to 500
and visit at least once in a lifetime and mar.
ticularly in the dewy spring time of youth.
The principal hotels here are usually full of
wedding couples at the height of the season.
say from April to July, and from September to
November and it is asserted that at tn Arlinp.
ton, the Ebbitt, Wizards, and even the Ma
tional, fully 80 per cent of all the guests all the
year round, are brides and grooms. Of course
the number fuctuates considerably with the
seasons, but still steady average is main
tanned. Between 1900 and 10000 is not too
high an estimate. it is said, to place on the an
nual number of brides who arrive here 1t ia a
common thing in the dining halls of those
hotels to count two dozen pair sitting at table
at once. and am told that a favorite pastime
among the head walters is the calculation of the
number of brides each day.
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from one of them and the sound of it will
always linger with me as one of the delight
full memories. The Mexican seems, as a
rule, to enjoy himself mildly and is not
given to boisterous exhibitions. Dignity
begins early. and it may be because of the
clothes. As soon as boy begins to walk, it
would seem, he is put into trousers, jacket
and q high hat. The little tots look comical
thus appareled. A school of boys is coming
down the walk toward me. They will range
in years from to II; all are dressed alike,
neatly in blue cloth, and they march with
the precision of old soldiers. miss the
kits, the knickerbockers and shoes, but for
the bright eyes and merry faces, they might
be taken for band of gnomes. The boys,
no doubt, have their pastimes; what they
are or where enjoyed, did not learn. I
saw neither marbles nor tops. balls nor
kites, ner any youngsters playing in the
streets. The ever present policeman stands
at intervals, a sort of ornamental sign OF the
laws majesty, in the orderly and well-dis-
posed throngs
The reverence with which the young peo-
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UPS AND DOWNS OF BASEBALL.

A Player Talks of the Vicissirudes in the
Life of n Professional.
Said Robinson, Of the Browns, to a Globe.
Democrat reporter:
There is no life in which there are SO rnapy
ups and downs as in q ball players. One day
we are heroes. the result of some brilliant
playing; the next we are relegated to the list
of back numbers and 'stiffs' on account of some
costly errors. People who patronize ball
games are never reasonable. They will ap-
plaud You for play OF the brilliant order and
hiss you for an error almost before the echo Of
their applause has died OUT.
"A man who follows our profession must
make up his mind to stand all kinds of treat
ment without a murmur. The ball player NAV
be truly: Yesterday king, to-day and none 80
poor to do him reverence We rise in q day
and fall as rapidly"
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JULIA GRANTS EYES.
An Incident That PrettiIy illustrates the
Hero's Great GalIantry.


Hero's Great GalIantry.
New York Graphic,
1t is doubtful whether any chronicle or
romance of the days of chivalry contains so
touching an instance of matrimonial devotion
as that lately told of General Grant. When
the honors came upon the Grants. like sorrows
to the house of Denmark. not single spies, but
in battalions, the mistress Of the White House
began to renew the dream of her girlhood-toy
have her cross eyes Strengthened Wishing to
surprise the president, Mrs. Grant, telling no
body sent for the most eminent oculist in
America. He willingly promised to undertake
the operation. which he assured her would be
easy to accomplish and without danger.
The good lady could not contain herself for
Joy, and, woman-like lam right, mesdames?l.
gave way when she saw her husband and con.
nded to him her secret, the pleasure she had in
store for him. He looked wistfully into those
dear eyes which had held him with tender gaze
through all the trials of a checkered career
and said. in simple way: Julia, wish you
would not change them. love them as thew
are, and they might seem strange If altered.h
Nor Launcelot, nor Romeo, nor lover of any
cline or age ever spoke words OF tenderer gal
lantry than those of the hero of Appomattox
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A HERoINE's DEED.


A HERoINE's DEED.
One day while ont riding an alarm Of fire
sounded, and an engine came tearing down
Washington street in the direction of the con-
fiagration. Near the corner of Temple place
the right side of the street was occupied by
line of private carriages, and the center closed
by blockade of horse cars, leaving only mar
row open space on the left for the passage of
the engine An old lady had started to cross
the street, when, frightened by the warning
cries of the lockers on, she lost her selfposses-
sion and stood still directly in the center of the
open space. She seemed incapable of moving,
and the ladies covered their faces, momentarily
expecting to see her trampled to death beneath
recognized the danger and attempted to pull
up the horses, but he might as well have tried
to check the flow of Niagara He could not
turn out without running into the carriages
and cars filled with human freight and doing
immense damage and it seemed as if the old
lady would be sacrificed. Miss Stokes, from
her position behind the line of vehicles wit
messed the situation. Without a moments
hesitation she drove the spurs into her horses
flank and clearing an intervening animal at a
bound she rode directly in front of the ap-
preaching engine. With an oath the driver
ground hIs teeth together, expecting two VIC
the old lady .diss Stokes bent in the saddle.
and, catching her, she actually lifted her to the
saddle in front of her, and passed up Temple
place. and not a second too soon, as the pole of
the engine grazed the horses quarters. A
hairs breadth and the animal would have been
thrown, and the heroine and her burden
trampled to death. MORTON.
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love of nv counselors and frierds.
But 1 would not upbraid you; 1 pray that
my ruin will benefit you. I beg of you care
for my children"
Queer words these from a heather king
and high priest to a Christian conqueror;
and it is said that Cortes, "the lovable vii
lain, was deeply moved.
"What is it you would have of me?" turn
ing wearily to Padre Olmedo. 'Do Span
iards go to this heaven of yours?''
''Assuredly; it was made for them, and is
held by Christians against all others as
reward for their pure belief and gentle
deeds"
With the knowledge of the heartless
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THE EYES OF GREAT MEN.
An Oculist Says the Color of Most of Then
is Blue or Gray.

Is Blue or Grny.
From the Philadelphia Press.1
An oculist who has made the human eye q
study for 30 years, and who has examined many
famous mems eyes, declared the other day that
the thoroughbred American" eye was steel
blue IN color.
Would you say that black-eyed and brown
eyed men are deficient in intellectf'
mot that to be sure, since history has
afforded some examples of able men whose
eyes possessed this pigment. But, undeniably,
among the people OF higher civilization eyes
grow lighter in hue. and there are to-day Tar
more blue-eyed persons than there were a CEN
tury ago. II you will be at pains to inquire the
color of the eyes of Bismarck. Gladstone. Hux-
ley, Virchow, Buchner, Renan, in fact of any
of the living great as well as of the great army
of the dead who in life distinguished them
selves, you Will learn that most of them have,
or had, eyes of blue or gray. 1t has seemed to
me that the pigment is IN the way; that 1t OBJ
scures the objects presented to the visual organ,
and that the aspiring mind seeking the greatest
light casts 1t or"
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Salf Yaar scda.

soda water ID good" says gentleman who
ought to know. provided you don't get too
much Of the syrup. That is not always whole.
some. But IL you want . good morning drink
tell the soda boy. to sprinkle little salt In
glass, say enough to cover the bottom, then
pour little acid phosphate in and next ali up
with pure soda. II will bite your tongue, but L
will do your stomach rood
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The Absenr-Minded Woman.

Chelsea Record.I
An amusing instance Of observation-disclosures
occurred at a Shawmut street residence last
week. The woman of the house was getting
an early breakfast for her husband, cooking
it over kerosene stove. Just as she was plac-
ing the victuals on the table, the smoking
wicks showed lack of oil in the stove. She
Immediately lifted the coffee pot and poured
the fragrant Java into the reservoir.
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IN AN ANCIENT CITY.
A Pagan Monarch Who Could Not
Understand Christianity.
LASSOING A RUNAWAY TEAM.
Mexican Boys Who Do Not Fight and Re-
spect Their Parents.
MODERN DUDES IN TIE CITY OF MEXICO
tconREsPoNpENcE OF THE DIsPATcH.1

ITY OF MEXICO,
July 6.-"The end for
me approaches, Ma
linche; it is even here.
You cannot harm me
further, nor help me
if you would; I have
given you all; you
have taken all, my
liberty, my kingdom,
my life, and that
which is more to me
than kingdom, liber-
ty or life: the affec-
tion of NV neonle the
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A Thing He Ought to Knew.

In England 1t has been decided that when
man is hurt by the slamming of . door Of Q
railway carriage he can't recover, The idea il
that he ought to have sense enough to know
that 1t is as natural for door to slam a. for
dog to bark.
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FOR SWEET CHARITY.
How the Order of Elks Was First
Started in a Beer Saloon.
TEDDY BYRON TIE KING OF NERVE.
Putting an Entire Company in a New
Hampshire Poor House.
MISS KATE STOKES HEROIC RIDE
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,

OW many of those
who took part in the
recent celebration of
the Elks, to say moth
ing of the lookers-on,
are aware of the origin
of the order? Very
few. if any, I warrant
you.
Not many years ago
a certain saloon on
Fourth avenue, New
York City, was the
favorite resort of many
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AN INDIAN PARADISE
On the Usage Reservation, Where the
Sand Plum and Pecan Grows and
THE EAGLE BUILDS ITS NEST.
Fourth of July Celebrated at Red Rock
Agency.
A GOOD CAUSE FOR GENERALIZATION

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH!
RED Rock, OToE AGENCY, I. T., July
20.-The children have all gone. The five
girls who remained here because their peo-
pie were away visiting, packed their wee
trunks this afternoon. tied up their valua-
bles in their school shawls, donned their In
dian dresses and trudged off toward home,
sweet home. 1t was a Southern scene out
and out, and the old palmy days of the
South seemed to come back to me as I
watched them walk along with their packs
upon their backs and hot sun almost blist-
ering their bare heads. And the vacation
we have been looking forward to for weeks
is really here at last. The closing exercises
of the school, which required weeks of
preparation, passed off very creditably in
two hours time. We had mixed audience
Of cowboys, Indians, railroad and Govern
ment employees and passing boomers. The
fan drill and tableaux with the chemical
light attracted the Indians, the recitation
of "The Tramp" and the comical dialogues
were applauded by the cowboys, and the
class-dr conducted by little 9-year-old
Indian maiden received the commendation of
the teachers who were present. The whole
programme was ably rendered for Indians,
and proves the fact that Indians can become
more than what they are. And If the Gov
eminent used the same policy with the old
that we do with the young, the perplexing
question would be settled before many years.
We had a miniature Fourth here. One
of our employees who had been down to the
city of Guthrie, in Oklahoma, brought up
with him some Roman candles and five
crackers. 1t reminded me little of one
Christmas, long, long, time ago, when
times were hard. But there is so much in
cultivating contented mind and in draw
ing upon the imagination that we feel that
the few simple fire works we had were
appreciated and enjoyed away out here
among the Indians fully as much as those
we have seen on more elaborate occasions.
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of the leading members OF the theatrical
profession, who met there nightly TO drink
glass of beer, smoke cigar or favorite pipe,
and exchange tales of experience on the
road or bemoan the decline of the good old
stock days. What fund of anecdote /
have heard there, what "reminiscences OF ia
nous actors, of Forrest, the elder Booth, of
J. W. Wallack, now dead and gone, but
whose memory lived fresh as of yore in the
recollection of their compatriots. How
tenderly their faults were handled and
their good points brought forward. What
famous people 1 have met there. Old
"Jack" Studley, a capital actor, at one time
leading man for Mary Anderson and John
Mccullough, Dominick Murray, one of the
greatest character actors the world ever saw,
gruff and erratic, yet generous to a fault.
Charles Thorne and John Parselle, of the
Union Square stock, w. L. Gleason, and
the ideal of stage lovers, iamented Harry
Crisp, w. III. Leake, afterward manager of
the California Theater, and others.
THE ELKs' RETREAT
A certain corner of the room was always
reserved for them, and styled the "Elks'
Retreat" in contradistinction to the famous
LAMBS" Club, organized by Lester Wal
lack and members of New York swelldom.
Here the question of an actors benefit as
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A SUFFERER gC@Gh. JFS% erTSs: %a:.lGs %
weakness. lost gor, etc., wasrestOred to health
in such a remarkable mannerafter all else h ad
failed that he will send the mode of cure FREE TO
all fellow sufferers. Address L. G. MITCHELL.
East Haddam Conn. my3l-23-DSuwk
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HARES REMEDY
For meni Checks the worst cases in three
days, and cures in five days. Price 81 90. at
j. FLEMIMi'S DRUGSTORE
ja59-TTSSu Az Market street
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A PLEASANT PROSPECT.

The Usage reservation is just across the
Arkansas river not many miles from here.
We can see the deep wooded timber loom
ing up blue in the distance, like the view
you catch of the Blue Ridge Mountains
from some of the high elevations not far
from Pittsburg.
There are many nice sand plums on the
Usage reservation, and eagles nests, and
young eagles. too, but we dare not 60 over
there. The Osages are warlike. They
killed several white men not long ago who
were fishing in the Arkansas. 1t is temp
tation, though, when the river is low and
we can ford 1t with our ponies. The Ar
kansas is beautiful stream. Viewing it
from Arkeketah's tepee. which stands just
on the brow of the hill, or from Harrowgar-
rows deserted house, wherein his newly
welded daughter died, is seen a lovely ex-
panse of country. Beauti Iul bends in the
river, islands here and there and the rich
timber of the Usage reservation, uninhab-
tied apparently, free for the eagles nests
and the dark red sand plum and the pecan
and the dusky Minnehahas and Hiawathas,
but closed gateway to the enterprising,
thrifty, but avaricious white man.
The bridge is down that spans Red Rock
creek. 1t parted in the middle leaving each
end clutching to the banks. The teams that
pass must now go around by the ford, and
it is surprising to see the number OF illit-
crate or negligent people who have gotten
into the promised land and are disgusted
with it, and others who are lured on to it
with poor worn-out horses and poverty in
every feature A sign has been erected
telling them in good plain English that the
bridge is down and pointing them in the
direction of the ford. But they pass by it
and must turn back.
A gentleman who thinks he can make