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fore his death he suddenly conceived an
idea that he should cease his active life
and remain indoors. though still in per-
feet health. II is likely this change hast
ened his death, as he never was very
sick In his life, and only employed q
doctor once before his last illness. He
used liquor hnbitually early in life, MS
every one else did. but gavo II up when
Maine became temperance state, con-
tinuing tho uso OF tobacco, however, to
the end.
His mental faculties were unimpaired
10 tho last; ho had never had a headache
and his hair was not entirely gray till he
reached 100. 1t is curious to reflect on
the many changes tho world has seen
during that mans life Sixty such lives
would reach back TO Adam. Allowing
for each TO become old enough to re.
member all that his predecessor could
tell him, wo might have complete
tradition Of tho flood brought down
through only fifty such men.
-.
Tho recent Tooth anniversary of tho
birth Of Elihu Stevens, of Maine, excited
great deal Of attention In that state.
Mr.. Stevens was 10l years old. He was
born in that portion Of Belgrade which
was onco known as Dearborn Planta-
ton, on Jan. 20, 1888. Ho never saw
his father, who was accidentally shot
while In the regular army shortly after
the sons birth. lie passed his boyhood
on q farm. He enlisted In tho war of
1912, was convert TO tho Baptist church,
Of which no is still q member, and was
married three times. lie has been the
father by these three marriages OF
twcnty-one children; has had sixty
grandchildren, and year ago tho mus
ter roll Of his descendants numbered
$40 souls He voted for Andrew Jack
son, but joined the Republican party II
| 1856 and voted for Fremont.
Mr.. Stevens is very temperate man
never using liquor or tobacco. He wa
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Counterfeit Bills.

"No matter how expert bank teller
may become in detecting bad money,
there are counterfeits extant which will
stump the best of them. was for many
years United States treasury expert,
and have handled all the famous counter
feits ever made. have in this roll of
bills s., 200, about one-half Of which Is
good and tho rest worthless. often test
bank tellers by offering this money for
deposit, and you would be astonished to
learn how largo u proportion of the
counterfeits are passed By some of them
as genuine. In fact ] have never found
ono who rejected every bad bill, some OF
them accepting as much as si,T0e OF it,
and from that down. have been testing
somo Kansas City bank men today, with
varying results. Four hundred dollars
was tho least counterfeit passed by any
of them, and one bank, il it had taken
the teller's decision on tho money, would
have been stuck for more than 81, ,ooo'-
Expert ia Kansas City Journal,
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Napoleon.

The duke said! "After the retreat OF
Bonaparto from leipsic, no never, in
fact. had any hope Of getting over his bad
fortune. Mole, then minister of war,
told me that shortly after Napoleon's re.
turn at that time to Paris ho was playing
at billiards with him when he became
thoughtful and, laying down his cue, be
gan talking to him of the impossibility Of
ever reyiying tho spirit of the nation suf
ilciently to expol tho northern powers.
Had these rcyersos, no said, occurred in
tho first daysof therepublic. there would
have been n freshness of spirit that might
have saved the game, but that spirit was
how worn out and never could again be
expected TO revive. Yet, with this dc.
pressing conviction upon his mind, he
went through his wonderful campaign Of
Champagne with an activity perhaps un,
paralleled in his former wars The
dukes invariable comment on Napoleon
was: "He was not gentleman. Per
sonal Recollections of Lady do Ros in
Murray's Magazine.
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able renultlOnS OF
Merys, Cousin, Edmond About and other
French authors. Her TRANSACTIONS en-
braced some forty bound volumes, be-
sides vast amount Of current miscel-
lany. She also wrote school history OF
tho city Of New York, which was highly
praised.
Her patriotic labors during the civil
war made her name dear to many people
and thereafter her literary reputation
greatly increased. When the Harpers
began The Bazaar, in 1867, she was made
editor, and maintained tho position with
great success. Her salary was $4,000
per year for many years, with oppor-
tunities TO earn much moro in other
work; and The Bazaar under her manage
ment proved highly profitable. Proba-
bly, no woman in tho city devoted more
time and study to tho needs OF women
Of all classes, especially as to tho best
methods of securing and doing good
work and getting good pay for it. She
maintained correspondence with many
of the best thinkers ut homo and abroad,
and her opinion was often sought on tho
methods Of improving the condition OF
working women.
For many years before her death she
lived with an adopted sister at No. 1Ol
East Fifty ninth street, New York city.
and her occasional receptions there were
occasions of delight to all present, as she
usually brought together many of tho
foremost men and women in the local
world Of letters
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urprunass n 20 Esep . gooa eoDn -
cultivste the ladies.
Here in the United States our choSce
is oysters, tefrapin, canvas bSck duck
and turkey. A Greenlandcr's great luz
ury is half putrid whales tail or .
walrus liver; and q trspper In the far
north has for relish beaver tail and
bears paw. They eat their rum and
chew their brandy, as everything freezes,
and an arctic sandwich Ii frozen slice
of whisky between two slices Of beer.
Porpoise meat was once favored dish
with the English nobility. but now
"therc's no hale like tho Hinglish hale,
and no beef like the Hinglish beef" A
delicious morsel TO the Australian q
kangaroo and the Wild dingo. The Of
tomacs in South America eat clay as .
luxury, but with some people (even in
our own southern states) IL is necessity.
Baked elephants trunk, palm worms
fried in their own fat, roasted spiders
and mice are tho favorite dainties with
the tribes Of Africa; and tho nations Of
the West Indies can abide anything but
q rabbit stew. In China the diet is
sharks fins, birds nest soup, ducks
tongues and the chrysalis Of the silk
worm after the silk has been wound
from IL. And no on throughout tho en-
tire world, each nation having its par
ticular specialties. s.--Hartford Times.
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A GENTLE SOUL TAKEN.

Mary Louise Booth, Of Harper . oros.,
Lately Deceased.
Miss Mary Louise Booth, tho late cdi-
tor Of Harpcr's Bazaar, was q cheering
example Of what bright American
woman can do both for herself and her
countrywomen. For her country and
fellow men," too. might appropriately be
added, for in tho crisis Of the civil war
Miss Booth did some work Of immense
benefit TO the national cause. She was
thorough French scholar, and by trans
lations from the French periodicals OF
the day and communications for tho
French people TO read she did great
work in the way Of popular enlighten-
ment. She translated and published,
with other things, Count Agenor do Gas
parin's work, "Uprising Of Great Peo-
ple," completing tho copy in one week;
tho work made n profound impression
on the country and caused Senator Sum-
ner to say that it was ''worth whole
phalanx TO the cause of human freedom" "
Miss Booth was born fifty-seven years
ago at Yaphank, L. L., tho daughter of a
cloth manufacturer, who was good
scholar and an advocate Of popular edu.
cation. Tho daughter was quite preco-
cious; read the Bible through Mt tho age
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y
tractableness, and may DO said born
broken to tho harness. ! harnessed n
team Of them for tho first time one
morning at . o'clock At o they were
drawing plow IA well as well broken
team, and were only little awkward.
They plowed in tho field all day, only
being rested now and then, that their
shoulders might not get sore. Tho next
day my farmer drove them into the city
Of Detroit. and. though they had never
seen u crowd OF people, an electric car,
street car or steam car, or the innumcr.
ablo objects displayed in business city,
they showed no fcar--only kind of
laudablo curiosity. They would smell OF
n steam engine, and whilo ] was blow.
ing up stumps with dynamite this sum
mor thoy stood by and watched the
pieces blown up into tho air without
moro than raising their eyes ut the
sound. attribute this fact to their re-
markablc intelligence, in the first place,
and again TO tho fact that these horses
had never heard cross word or been
struck"
Two years ago ho had 100000 worth
OF these horses.
On his farm Senator Palmer has built
a very handsome house Of logs. A
couple Of years ago, when no took n
score Of prominent men TO the Michigan
club reunion Mt Detroit, among the
diversions offered to his guests tho scna-
tor suggested trip out TO his log house.
A party was made up, and tho keeper OF
tho rural retreat was told to get up q
dinner FOR fifteen persons. But in some
way tho word got around that Senator
Palmer was going TO givo n "grand
spread" at his log house, and when he
and his guests started for their drive
through tho woods they were surprised
to find other wagon loads going in the
same direction.
81 think" said the senator, "that II
would DO safe TO raise that dinner order
to twenty-five"
Accordingly he stepped into store that
had q telephone, and raised his order to
twenty-five. When tho log house was
reached, the senator was appalled, to find
about 200 hungry and thirsty individuals
awaiting his dinner, They were not in
tcrlopors, but men Of distinction in Mich
igan attending tho club reunion, and the
senator's natural hospitality inclined him
to treat them well.
"But what shall l do:" appealed the
distracted steward. DINNER for twenty
five and hero arc zoo"
"Can't you kill Jersey COW"
"Ihero isn't time"
But hero brilliant idea struck the
senator,
"Why. I'll tell you what TO do" he
said. "We'll call il n lunch, not dinner,
Dinner for twenty-five ought 70 make
lunch for 2oo."
And thereupon the "lunch" was spread.
That il was success is indicated by the
remark Of one Of his Washington guests.
Palmer" said he. "as dinner this
Is q trine light: but as 'lunch,' IL is the
finest thing ever saw in my life."
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passed the latter part of his life, the land
having been given him In 1880. Thehill
is $50 feet high. commands flno view OF
Plymouth and Duxbury harbors, and tho
monument will bo 100 feet high. 1t Is in
o sense unfortunate for Capt. Standish
that his "courtship" has made him tho
subject of jokes, for no was a sturdy
fighter. IN unfaltering Christian, though
not q Pilgrim" or "Separatist," oneof the
honored hundred and one to come over IN
tho MayAower. He was Lancashire
lad" born in 1884, and died Oct. 0, 1856.
He was one Of those rare men who seem to
have perfect command Of their faculties
only in q fight OF other time OF peril In
common life he was rather bot tempered
and sad blunderer in social matters. In
1925 no went to England ms agent Tor tho
colony, and after tho end Of the Indian
war was made q magistrate for life. Tho
excitement Of battle operated ON him
much as a healthful stimulant does to
most men; In the midst OF the heat and
danger he became cool and clear headed
10 q remarkable degree.
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~ tesa ssssss<y" ~ the Capital
1la1e Rss1sss.s~ Aiwsyu Have In the
-, - = rAssr 1aSbssds Arc Sup
n16 = 1saA n National Politics.
u Gunss in ths administration Of the
tDumens q the United States Is nc
nto6 . Z matter Of course BY a
ISon1p social change at Washington.
~ Harrison. who IL now. by virtue
E ~ h1b high Office. the leader
= y - nnial society, Il familiar
- occjety, for her hus-
f oH ~ Uu1esd 6ln1os senator for
|S13x l Wh3ch - coutso tlxcd tho
1lnsnoo u - thqoS Il NJ capital.
\ II essool = 1hc(nl rank. Mrs. Nor
-. has krown - u u gay circles Of
|{leW York, and waats - sble assistant
H unfsveling knotty points Of etiquette
- oo state occasions. Her husband
ho0ng very wealthy, and Mrs. Morton
49, Still comparatively young. she
~ b looked TO for as great promi-
nasce - the wife OF vice president
oan b. 20
i OF course, as tho secretary OF state Is
to ths president what chief OF staff Is
o . general, that officials wife leads
~ social group Of women who are the
wives OF secretaries. Mrs. James q.
Dlalns has passed the greater part OF her
lfs IN Washington, and Is well known
thsre. Ono would suppose that Mrs
Blaine would not relish any place except
that Of the first social position, since her
1.,,sl,nnd has for SO many terms been
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charitable woman and takes an interest
In all that il philanthropic. She Is also
naturally socially inclined.
OF Secretary WINDOWS children Miss
Ellen Is q young lady In society and
beauty. She has been finely edu.
Gated and Is a good musician. Tho next
daughter Is Miss Florence, who is still ut
school There Is q son, Mr.. William
Window, OF Boston, who is married and
has children. Mrs. Window Is. there
fore. o grandmother. The family homo
4 at Winona, Mimi, but Mr.. Window
has made his home in New York city for
some years. ..
Mrs. Proctor, wife Of tho secretary of
war, Was born in Vermont. and she and
her husband were children together,
having been brought up at Proctor, Vt,
Q town named for her husbands family.
There Secretary Proctor has u fine estate,
the old Proctor homestead. Secretary
Proctor having been goVrnor OF his
state, Of course his wife has been used
70 social prominence, and she is also
used to the possession Of wealth. She
will be new TO Washington, however,
for she has never lived there, though
she will not be likely to take promi-
nent part socially, since she is in mourn
ing Mr.. and Mrs Proctor have foul
children living-Mrs. y. q. Holden, of
Ban Francisco; Fiecher ID. Proctor, who
b married and lives on his fathers place;
Miss Emily Proctor and boy 10 years
old Miss Emily is In society and fond
OF Il She is an accomplished horse
woman.
The family are now travelling In Cali.
sornia, and II Is understood that before
going to Washington they win visit
friends In New Orleans. Mrs. Proctor
having been born "to tho purple" vii
exert an influence In the social sphere o
Washington. -.
NrA Tracy has been used to the sam'
social influences as Mrs. Morton, botl
having long been part Of New Yorl
enciety and that Of surrounding nlaeas
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Two spinster sisters up in Maine who
run sixty-five acre farm, arc credited
with being the smartest women in the
state. One of them chops every winter
the years supply Of fire wood, going into
the woods early in tho season and ro-
manning until tho work is completed
She works in tho bayfield, in summer and
digs from seventy 10 one hundred BUSH
els OF potatoes yearly aud puts them in
the cellar. The other sister is the car
lpenter of the family and has added all
lmanner of improvements to the farm
iPittsburg Dispatch.
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mNS' "A"h""hHn' has Tor SIX years
been the presiding lady at the gubcrna.
torial mansion in Wisconsin. Mrs Rusk
has light brown hair and bluo eyes She
Is Of medium height and has charming
manners, and Is a great favorite IN WIS.
consin There arc two Of Secretary and
Mrs. Rnsk's children living. Miss Mary
Rusk Ia "a young lady, and has long been
of great assistance 10 her mother In the
executive mansion at Madison. Blaine
Rusk, the other child, is u little boy.
e..
And now comes one whose husband
possesses unlimited wealth, yet who will
doubtless from choice DO less OF leader
than any Of tho other cabinet Indies.
She Is very retiring woman. Sho was
Miss Mary Brown, OF Philadelphia.
Her brother and John Wanamakcr went
into tho clothing business many years
ago, setting up the much advertised Oak
Hall clothing store. Miss Brown was the
daughter Of a grocer. Through her
brother she became acquainted with MIR.
Wanamaler aud they were married
when hc was poor mun.
When wealth began to pour In upon
tho Wunamakers, tho wife did not use 1t
for tho purpose Of gaining social posi-
ton. Indeed Mrs. Wnnamaker has never
entered tho gay world Of what may DO
called tho American city Of lineage,
Philadelphia. But sho has devoted her.
self to better work, attending to the
wants Of the poor. She Is n member OF
the Presbyterian church and Is especially
Interested in Sunday schools. One OF
her especial favorites, Bethany Sunday
school, has somo two thousand scholars
enrolled by her. Her social lifo haa
always been confined TO tho homo circle
and to few intimate friends. Sho has
four children Thomas, Rodman, Minnie
and Lillic--Thomas, tho Oldest, Is "a
years old, Rodman 10 90. They are both
married. Tho two daughters arc 20 and
Is. Mrs. Wanainaker is now abroad
with them, perfccting their education.
-.
OF all these ladies' perhaps the one hav.
ing longest lad great prominence and
experience from her husbands position
Is Mrs. Blaine; tho richest is Mrs. Wana.
maker; tho most high born, Mrs. Tracy
and Mrs. Proctor; tho youngest--there Ia
no oldest and no youngest, for any one
of them Is old enough to DO a grand
mother, and several Of them have that
felicity. a..
Much Of tho information contained in
tho foregoing is taken from recent ar
ticlo by Nellio BLY, in Tho New York
World. Tho portraits also arc from The
World. "
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MINISTER 70 SPAIN.
SOMETHING ABOUT SENATOR
PALMER, or MICHIGAN.

MA Fine rercheron Horses. His Gilt Edgo
Farm end Bis Costly Log House Near
DctroIt--A story ar Two That win In
forest.
Ex-senator Thomas w. Palmer, Of
Michigan. who has been nominated min
lister 10 Spain, has been called the bucolio
senator Of Michigan. He Is n great
breeder Of horses and is an enthusiast on
the Percbcron breed. lIc has q bcauti-
full farm near Detroit, and would rather
raise horses, he has said, than be In
Office. Some years ago he saw Rosa
Bonheur's "Horse Fair" In A. I. Stew
arts gallery in New York. Ho was par
ticularly struck with the Perchcron
horses painted there, and sent an agent
abroad 10 procure some Of this rare stock.
The agent was also instructed TO secure
fipe Arabian mares, which the senator
desired 10 cross with tho Pcrchcron
horses.
Upon his arrival at Damascus he
learned that firman had been issued by
the sultan prohibiting the further expor-
tation OF horses because OF the probability
Of war, In which they would DO needed.
This did not daunt Senator Palmer's
ngcnt, neither did tho historical belief
that no Arabian horses are ever disposed
Of except as gifts 10 royal personages
and for purposes OF war. He pushed on,
and had little trouble In persuading the
sultan TO revoke his firman In the inter
est OF n United States senator Ho was
cIated by his success, but he failed in his
effort TO get the horses. Tho rules against
selling did not prevent: he failed from q
far different cause. Every horse shown
him was spawned, ringboned, wind bro
ken, blind or afflicted with some other
disease to which horses, even the pink
eyed, soft skinned Arabian species, nre
subject Only ono horse did tho SEN
atorial agent SEQ that apparently was
worthy of being transported TO America,
and that one, on close inspection, proved
also TO be unsound. Tho enterprise wat
given up in despair.
Though failing to get his Arab horses
Senator Palmer's agent returned will
| twenty-four of tho finest Pcrcheror
| horses ever brought TO America. They
were purchased at La Perchc and taler
| 10 MIR. Palmers Fort Hill farm.
Mr.. Palmer has thus given n descrip
ton of his first experience with hi
favoritcs;
"Tho horses are generally Of dappl
gray, though they may DO black, an
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TWO ceNreNAaiANs


Chssley Heal sd Elfhu sssvsws, Both -
tho stats u H1stso.
Chcsley Heal, Of Searsmont. Ne. made
q noble effort to solve the ofs discussed
question % TO how long man can live
BY taking caro- Of himself and not get.
ting excited. He certainly took care OF
himself, as his living was plain almost
20 parsimoniousncss, and rs he could not
read, and 80 gave novels and daily pa
pers the go by, he probably seldom got
excited; yet no died quito unexpectedly
before completing his 10th year. He
was born Nov. 10, IT'S, and died Oct. Q,
1888, though till q recent period he bade
fair TO live many years longer. His par
ents werc English, and camo to Maine at
an early day. He was born at the dark
era Of tho revolution, and lived 10 voto
for every Democratic candidate for pres
ident from jefferson 10 Clovcland--twice
for each Of these. So far rs known, no
never scratched ticket" state or ma
tional.
He was an enthusiastic patriot and
served most Of the war Of 16f2-15, in the d.
vision on the coast of Maine. He was feet
8 inches high, and his usual weight was
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- ~ t1us syss ana Light hAif, and b
rather plump. She Il fond Of society,
though . member Of the Methodist
church. Tho Tracys live ON Montague
street, Brooklyn. Tho family consists OF
Nm. Emma L. wilmcrding, who Is a
widow with ono child, and has resided
with her parents since her husbands
death; Frank D. Tracy, man Of 80. and
Miss Mary Tracy. Mrs. Wilmerding Is a
handsome woman. and will be figure In
Washington society. Miss Tracy has re-
Gently been very III. Mrs. Tracy is a
very cultured woman and especially fond
of books.
II Is understood that Mrs. Noble has no
aspirations TO social leadership, but that
she is inclined to lead literary coterje.
She Is very fond Of books. and has
sister who is an autborcss. Sho has no
children. Mrs. Noble has been used TO
having friends about her who have sim
liar tastes rs herself, and when they are
assembled they discuss some subject In
philosophy or religion or political econ.
omy. II may be expected that tariff and
free trade will be among the topicswhich
these ladies will toss between them like
shuttle cocks, and II is TO bc hoped that
they will settle tho matter before tho
next presidential contest.
Mrs. Noble was Miss Halstead, OF
Rochester, N. Y. and was married TO
Gen. Noble twenty-five years ago. She
is short and thick set. Having no chill
drcn, she will doubtless have her sisters
with her in Washington.
The department Of agriculture being
the last created Mrs. Rusk's social posi-
ton will be at tho foot Of the list OF
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The Alaska seals have paid Unclo sam
for Alaska, which cost him $1,000, 900.
Since 1870 the Alaska Commercial COM
pany has paid tho government S5,597, 100
or seals killed. The customs duty from
Alaska seal skins dressed insEurope have
yielded in round numbers about $i ,000,-
600. by the new contract with the COM
pany the United States is to receive $780,
900 per annum for ten years and $3.50
per head for each seal taken, the annual
catch 10 be limited to 100000 seals
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