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In THE LIFE OF An ACTRESS.
By G. M. S. MCCLELLAN.

in the same calm and impenetrable way
that was habitual with him. john West
was evidently struck with an idea. He was
thoroughly familiar with Deming's per
sonal appearance, but now he was examin-
ing him as though it was the first time he
had ever seen him. His thoughts were nat
ural enough. He knew that his friend was
a singularly handsome and talented fellow,
and that the average woman upon seeing
him would Immediately be taken with Q
sentimental regard for him. He was 50
clean cut and sensible looking; his hair was
so dark and heavy, his eyes so warm and
blue, his smooth shaven face so delicately
nodded, and his figure so firm and grace
full, that he attracted interest wherever he
moved. He was of that order of beauty
that men of the world will stop to admire,
the sturdy, careless, intelligent type,
the possessor of which has evident
ly forgotten that he is more gratify-
ing to the eye than is every. other
man in the neighborhood. The face OF
Jerome Deming was enshrined In many
tender hearts to which he had never devoted
a thought, He had ended half cynical,
half enjoyable existence of five feverish
years by settling down to the brilliant
journalistic work for which he was splen-
didly fitted, and by learning to love little
halfmatured woman, who believes that all
the beauties of earth and heaven were
especially created for this glorious man
who was so gentle with her, and who seemed
so supernatural that she dreaded his pres
ence might fade from her at any moment,
and leave her ready and anxious to die.
These two were to be married in December.
"Are you still susceptible, Jerome?"
asked West, after regarding Deming for
some moments.
"Well, L should think not" replied
Deming. 81 am susceptible only to the
trembling requests of Madge Maynard, who
has taken the place of all womankind in my
selfish life. But 1 never was susceptible,
for that matter, Jack. I think 1 have de-
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A Man Whom Brown.sequard's Elixir Could
Not Possibly Help.
Detroit Free Press.I
A middle aged man with troubled look
on his face stood on the corner near the
Central depot and attracted the attention of
a passer-by who inquired:
"Can I do anything for you, sir9"
'Stranger," said the man, "I've lost my
grip"
"Oh, brace up" said the other in a CHEEKY
voice, you'll get hold again if you push
in. 1t happens to us all some time or other"
'I'm afraid I'll never get 1t again" said
the other sadly.
Nonsense, man. Don't give up now when
they've just discovered the elixir of life,"
advised his friend. 'Take hold again like
a man."
What air you talking about?" asked the
other, 81 lost my grip with four new shirts
in 1t, new waistcoat, pair of suspenders,
and my wife's photygraft. Just give me a
chance and you'll II see whether I'll take hold
of it or not" and he walked off with sus-
picious look at his late adviser.
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The Arr of Eating Watermelon.
Baltimore Amerlcan.l

Eating watermelon is an art, learned only
by experience. As dessert it is not sue
cess. 1t falls tho heavily on dinner. Like
pretty girl, it is best by itself; it loses
half its charm by being mixed in crowd.
The melon should be cold. It should be
ripe. Its flesh should blush like a gradu-
ate. Its heart should glow like sun-kissed
cloud at close of day, and its temperature
should be as chilly as the, smile of Boston
belle. When you get such treasure do not
bother with other food. Open 1t, gaze on it,
bury your face in its sweetness, and let your
appreciation run riot.
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that suggested ITSELF Religion, politics,
literature, each was lightly touched upon,
always agreeably and intelligently, in the
fashion of the alert young man of modern
times.
'That waltz that the band is playing"
said the older of the two men, "is the one
that was all the rage in Paris two years ago.
1t goes to jolly set of words. 1t was first
made popular at the Eden by Clarice
Rinauld.'
"Clarice Rinauld, repeated the younger
man. "Why, that's the name of the emo
tional actress who plays here in November"
Exactly. Two years ago Clarice Rinauld
was singer in the variety theaters in Paris.
She had just come up from Lyons, and no
one knew her. Its an interesting case,
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1t has about 100000 in Greece and Tur-
key, and it is in Jerusalem the most power
full and the richest church of all the denom-
instions represented there. There
Is no king in the world who ap-
pears in such splendor upon state
occasions as the Patriarch of Jeru-
salem. He wears cloth of gold and his great
hat is covered with magnificent diamonds,
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emeralds and rubies. His bishops, who
march with him, have crosses of diamonds
hanging to their necks, and their dresses are
of gold and of silver brocade, and the mitre
and other church implements are of solid
gold and silver. In the treasury of the
Greek Church here there are jewels which
would make the treasury of many a palace
commonplace, and the rich men and the
tlngs of the world have for generations been
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CORRECTED BY A CHILD.


She had only seen three dramatic perform
ances since the Prince Consort's death, which
was indeed great loss to the art culture of
England. The first was "Our Boy" which
the Prince of Wales thought would amuse
her and perhaps bring back her interest to
patronize the arts little more, but it had
little effect. An: actor, who took part in the
performance, told me that the Queen sat in
the front row, and when anything occurred
she did not quite understand, she would
stop the actors and ask them to explain the
situation.
Lord Tennyson was one evening dining at
court with little grandchild. 1t so hap
pened that near the end of the meal there
was plate near the Queen with single
piece of bread upon it, which Her Majesty
reached over and helped herself to, when
the child pointed her finger at her, and to
the horror of all present, who expected
nothing less than instant decapitation for
the daring infant, said: 'Piggy-piggy--
pigl" The Queen with great dignity and
tact said: "Quite right, my child; nobody
except Queen should ever take the last
piece of bread on the plate"
Telling the anecdote to q witty Irish
woman she hotly replied: "Why didn't she
say nobody but a queen or pigl''
OLIVE WESTON.
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current OF 100 amperes, and this are will
dazzle you blind if you look at it too long.
The chief of the electric service of the
tower had the goodness to give Harrison the
carbon which had the evening before served
to illuminate the Lighthouse, it is three
centimeters in diameter. The current is
sent from the bottom by a cable conductor,
the electricity being produced by dynamos
installed in the south pillar.
PLENTY OF LIFE THERE.
A veritable mandatory exists in the in
terror Of this column, steam engines for the
dynamos machines propelling the pumps
destined to mount the water to the stories of
the tower for the use of the lifts, etc. NV
two confreres wanted to see the blue of
heaven over their heads. so they entered a
little opening pierced In q tube of 80 cent?
meters in diameter.
"Your hat will blow off out there" said
M. Eiffel, who had accompanied his guests
all the way up to the lighthouse. But Har-
rison pulled his hat close down over his
ears, and the 100-miles-an-hour wind of
Mount Washington couldn't have budped il.
Bars placed in the sides of these tubes are
used for a ladder; these they carefully
climbed and presently were at the highest
possible summit surrounded by an iron bal
ustrade. The wird lashed their faces vio-
lently, and the flag aoated furiously in the
y. a
thermometer was turning with rapidity and
sending below the swiftness of the wind.
This terrace is only yard in diameter, and
they were as isolated up there as if in bal
loon. No noise was heard from the third
platform, and all was as still as death
around them, but for the Tapping of the tri-
color.
ST thought the apex of the tower would
oscillate like the top Of high chimneys
under the action of strong wind, ,"said
Mr.. Harrison, "but neither oscillation nor
trepidation was felt by either of us. 1t il
quite immovable."
JUST A LITTLE MOTION.
The tower is rigid and straight as dart,
the balustrade alone swaying a little. 1t
was a clear day and the view was magnif-
of Lyons, more than 56 miles from Paris, but
all the distance that Russell and Harring-
ton could cover with good telescope was
about 40 miles. Sometimes the cathedral
of Chartres can be distinguished, and it is
81 miles away. Everything depends on the
hollows and reliefs, on the height of the
sun at the moment of observation, and on
atmospheric circumstances. The ordinary
visible circle embraces Fontainebleau,
Etampes, Pontoise, Chantilly and Melun.
After saluting for the last time the French
flag, the torn one which floats In the exas-
perated wind and carries the glory of
French industry into the very clouds, our
friends descended to the third platform,
only to find again the same stirring public
coming and going, and where Consul Gen.
eral Rathbone and M. Eifel were seated at
q table, on which saw six or eight tum-
blers and bottle of champagne that ten
minutes later was ''dead soldier"
Il want to show you the Javanese dan:
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which fell cape of the same color, forming
a striking background to his strong, intel.
ligent face. He wore long, full gown oi
some fine black cloth and he had two gorge.
Gus gold medals about his neck, each as big
as the palm of your hand and between these
hung a cross OF diamonds. He met us in
the middle of the salon, shook hands with
us and conducted us to divan at the right
of his chair-of-state. We then chatted
through the interpreter, the legation ad-
dressing HIM, according to etiquette, as
your blessedness. He was pleased when
q told him that had come as an American
to pay him my Easter greetings and when
told him 1 was the correspondent of this
newspaper, and that intended to tell the
American people of my visit to him, he
smiled like political candidate who has
a chance to be interviewed on the eve of an
election, and he sent one of his servants to
bring me his photograph and told me that
might publish it with the article if I
wished.
Consul Gilman here made a happy re-
mark, complimenting his blessedness on his
handsome face and stating that he supposed
he got his beauty from his Armenian Greek
ancestry. There was then some talk about
the Greek church as to its extent and doc
trines, and, while this was going on, liv-
cried servant brought in a silver tray con-
tanning a golden bowl filled with silver
spoons, several glasses of water, and two cut
glass dishes, one of which contained brown
mixture and the other was filed with pre-
served oranges cut in small slices and float
ing in a molasses-like syrup. Luckily the
tray was first passed to the Consul, and
followed suit in partaking of its delicacies.
Lifting one of the silver spoons out of the
gold holder, dipped it into the orange pre-
serves, conveyed some to my mouth, and
then dropping the spoon into another dish
reserved for it, took a sip of the water. The
preserves were delicious and the water was
good.
PLEASANT POTION.
Then there was a little more talk about
the Greek church and a second servant
came in with another tray more gorgeous
than the one preceding. Upon this were
wine glasses filled with liquor the color of
the dark moss rose. 1t was favored with
peppermint and it had the rich. oily
strength of age. Though scarcely more
than three thimbles full, it brought pleas
ing warmth to the whole frame five minutes
after it was drunken and the doctrines of
the Greek church fell on my ear like the
poetry of Moore. This liquor was followed
a few moments later by third waiter who
brought in Turkish coffee, served in little
cups of fine china, each the size of the
smallest egg cup. The coffee was as thick
as Vermont nolasses. 1t was sweet and de-
licious and was served without cream.
Coffee in Jerusalem is the same as cham
pagne in China. After the coffee is served
the caller can politely terminate his visit.
We slipped the aromatic liquid and then
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of how the Queen'prompted:Erlen Terry in
"Portia's Mercy Speech" on the occasion OF
Irving's and Terry's recent visit to Sand
ringham, showing the little great lady's Gas
they call her in England) knowledge OF
Shakespeare and ignorance Of dramatic
houses
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triarch Of Jerusalem has
charge of the Church of
the Holy Sepulcher, and
as the head of the Greek
church in Syria, Palestine
and Arabia, he is to his
people the Pope of the
East. The Greek Church
contains about 1000, 900
members in Russia. A
number equal to the popu-
lotion Of fba TTpifad Cto,as
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the United States made
to the very top of the
Eiffel Tower. VIII e n
Russell Harrison and his
companion passed from
the third plat tform
through a door prohibit
ed to the general public
they saw a stairway of
onIv ten stems and bv il
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ARIS, Au-
gust 2. Let
me tell you
about the
vi sit which
the son of the
President of
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Z r q s A LEM
July 22.-I have
just had an audi
ence with one of
the highest relig-
ious functionar-
les of the oriental
world. The pa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
THE GREEK CHURCH.
Our Correspondent Calls Upon the
Patriarch of Jerusalem.
A DESCRIPTION OF HIS COURT.
The American Pilgrims and Their Many
Bushels of New Beads.
CANDLE SELLING AND THE HOLY FIRE

IFRoM OUR TRAVELLING CoAIAnssI oNER.l
IFRoM oUR TRAVELLING CoNIAGIs sIoNKR.l
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Twisted History,

Sunday School Teacher-And now, Johnny
Hapgood. it's your turn. What did his
father do when the prodigal SON returned {?
Johnny (who can't help reading the sport
ing editions of the daily press)- PLEASE, sir,
he jumped ON his neck and kissed him.
Puck.
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ON THE VERY SUMMIT
Of the Eiffel Tower Russell Harrison
Looked Out Upon France.
ESCORTED BY THE INVENTOR
he Penetrated All the Mysteries of That
Remarkable Design.
TIE PERSIAN ROSE OF THE MORNING

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DrspArcH.I
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THE ORIGINAL CHURCH.

THE ORIGINAL CHURCH.
The Greek church has a score of monas-
teries and converts in the holy city, and it
can accommodate pilgrims by the thousands.
Its believers come here from the borders of
Siberia, from the isles of Greece and from
the wilds of Arabia to worship, and as I
write there are thousands of Russian pill
grims paying their devotions in the gorgeous
Greek chapel of the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher. The Greek church has faith
which might be called a cross between
Roman Catholicism and Professionalism. 1t
differs from Catholicism chiefly in denying
the spiritual supremacy of the Pope, in its
not prohibiting the celibacy of the clergy
and In its authorizing all of its people to
read the scriptures. 1t claims to be the
original Christian church, and says that the
Roman Catholics broke away from it.
The troubles between the two branches of
the church began three or four hundred
years after Christ. 1t was question as to
what should be the rank of the patriarch of
Constantinople, and as the Pope would not
give in the trouble began. 1t continued off
and on until about 1,000 A. D., when the
two churches broke apart, and the Greek
church from that time has existed on its
own footing. The church has five heads to
govern different parts of its territories One
OF these is the Gar of Russia, and he ap-
points all officials in the church in Russia.
The other heads are the patr.archs of
Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch and Con-
stantinople. These patriarchs are elected
by the clergy and the laItv. They have
limited terms of Office, but the patriarch's
power over the people is here in Jerusalem,
to large extent, that of judge as we'll as
of Pope. He settles the disputes of his
people, and he has much the same power as
had the patriarchs in the DAYS of the past.
GORGEOUS ESCORT.
The patriarch of Jerusalem lives in one
of the biggest and best mansions of the hoIy
city. The American consul and myself in
going to it wound in and out through mar
row vaulted streets. We passed through
arcades and with the aid of the consular
canasses pushed our way through the
denEe crowds of pilgrims, Bedouins and
Syrians which are filling the holy city dur
ing this holy week. We went, of course.
in oriental state, dressed in our
black morning coats ands preced-
ed by the canasses. The canasses
are the guard of the consul on
state occasions. They are tall Syrians who
stand as straight as West Point cadets and
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tneater slpplng lceu aD-
sinthe, discussing the
peculiarities ofthe sur
rounding crowd, sem
timentalizing in a
playful way over the
beauties of the moon
Lit sky, and starting
out in a desultory
manner every now and
oooin rDan on-s-b.oot
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telling the patriarch that we doubted mot
but that he was fatigued with his labors of
holy week, we arose to say goodby. Before
we did SO the Turkish generals bade their
adieux and to each of these he handed an
Easter egg from basket which sat on the
table beside bis chair. The Turks prasped
his hand before he could let go of the egg
and bending low, imprinted a kiss on his
fist. They then, with many crossings and
sslaamings, bowed themselves out.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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GERS" said NJ. Eiffel. On the Esplanade
des Invalides they saw the curious troupe
from Java, whom have already described
In this correspondence, and then they hur-
rled back in time to be at the Care st. La
zare when the Shah arrived. There they
were in the front row, almost alongside of
President Carnot, and little later on wit
messed an incident which is not without its
significance.
THE SHAFTS VISIT.
It is we'll known that this 'king of
Kings" is accompanied by two young favor
ties, one little boy of some II years of age,
who is supposed to bring him good luck; the
otner who appears to be somewhat eff
inmate looking individual perhaps IL
years, but is in reality young woman. 1t
seems that the Shah was very much smitten
with the charms of a Circassian beauty
known as "Rose of the Morning." and when
leaving his country for this European trip
he wanted her to come along, so it occurred
to him to dress her in male costume, this
being the only way to bring and present her
officially in foreign courts.
Well, "Rose of the Morning doIned
masculine garaerts, and. jealously guarded,
accompanied His Majesty. But rather an
awkward thing occurred when she reached
Paris. All the carriages composing the
official cortege had departed from the rail-
way station, and the young favorite and her
two jailers were left behind, so the poor
creatures stood there on the pavement of
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"
gust n ig h t,
four years ago, ,
two young men
sat at one Of
the secluded
tables on the
roof garden of
a New York
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HE HAD LOST HIS GRIP,

A Man Whom Brown.Sequard's Elixir Could
Not Possibly Help.
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WRITING FOR THE PRESS.


I am told. on good authority, that on any
State occasion, or when for any reason there
have been guests or artists at the castle, her
secretary or chamberlain ascertaining the
names of those present, sees that they are
spelled correctly and gives them to Her
Majesty, who, before she retires for the
night, with her own hand prepares the court
circular-the Queen of England actually
writes her own press noticesl
This, accounts for their dullness and mo-
notony-for as her published diary chiefly
chronicled John Brown and small beer, the
court circular is exasperating in its silence
to all really interesting happenings, and
only writes that "the Queen rode out this
morning accompanied by the Princess Bea-
trice and the Prince Henry of Battenberg,
or the Dowager Duchess of Ety. that
''the Princess Beatrice was safely delivered
OF son this morning" Indeed, this latter
piece of news is now kept always set up, in
stock for constant use.
The papers are now full Of the anecdotes
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WRITTEN FOR THE prsPArcH.i
CHAPTER 1.

N q warm Au-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-01


Miss Jay. who has been evaugeliz-
ing the Moorish troops in Algeria. says:
that what seemed TO astonish them
most was the fact that il they believed
in Jesus Christ they must .eave their
sins One o. the soldiers said: Truly
your religion is bette than ours; for
we can have our prophet and our sins
too
1t Is always great abuse of the
Bible to place upon its language a false
meaning. 10 MAKE it teach what it does
not teach and to substitute our infer
ence from it for its actual teaching.
Every one. in reading the Book, should
be exceedingly careful to seek its true
and exact meaning and then be content
with that meaning.-N. Y. Indepeni-
emit
In lecture at New York a young
convert from brahminism. Mr. Vishun,
gave the number of Christians now in
India, including Protestants and Cath
oiics. rs about three millions, and said
that II the increase in the number of
conversions should continue as in the
last ten years. the whole of India, with
its population of over two hundred and
fifty millions. would be christianized
within a century.
The fidelity of some Chinese con-
verts may be learned from a nickname
given few of them living near Shoa-
WI. They are there called the ..Kneel-
in-bed sect and some heather declar-
ed that the Christians always went to
sleep on their knees. In the ace and
at the time when their neighbors would
suppose they would be asleep, these
Christians were at drawer.
Usefulness Is greatness As the
title of BOOK has it, there are ''celes-
tial objects for common telescopes"
So there are high spheres of usefulness
for the common minds when touched
with profound desire to do good. No
one is incapable of such greatness
Church Union.
-''To be a universal friendly pres
ence in the whole of our common life
in this phi ase is formulated the spe-
,,ial ministry of the individual in his re-
lation to humanity. The power OF pc
sonality to stimulate the faculties OF all
with whom one comes in contact and
thus create working atmosphere is
one that implies and comprehends
much of the responsibility of life. -Bos-
ton Traveller.
BE polite to your children. Do you
expect them TO be mindful of your well
fare? To grow glad at your approach?
To bound away to do your pleasure be-
fore your request is half spoken? Then
with all your dignity and authority
mingle politeness- Give it niche in
your household temples Only then
will you have the true secret of sending
out into the world really finished gen.
tlemen and ladies.