Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-10-21

be parioned for walking issilv. ss h~
lives st Mount Pleasant, nearly i've
miles from the Capitol.
wherc 90 many distinguished fcct
tread there should BE- an even surface,
hut unfortunately the sidewalks of WASH
Ingtou are atrstous, While the strccts
are easily the beet in Ameri,s. The
former are piy~l With brick, which .ink
Into the earth in the spring, arr tire. chr
Gus ani slippery Ia the wiuisr, squash
10 the sumner .howcrs aud stub the Tar.
at all seasons.
An amusing accident was once occa-
.ion~l by these bricks. lie was q gallant
Major in IA. Fay Corps of the army. lie
~rnt io bel ON. night plain Mr.. smith
aud he awokc In the morting q Nslor,
having bceu sppolnted q isym,ster With
that rank ani title. lie IL exressivriy
military. wears long dropping mustachr
and TRAD. the earth heavily, AZ though
be had on army hoots and spurs, lie
used to be q terrible ltdy-killer, and q
n. clsnkc,i along the sirrrt one dsy. he
| spiel In trout III him q lovely, demurr
young giri-on. OF those creatures ~
whom II cannot b. .,li she walkei. bit
irlppci along. Thc,loughiy Major t~ irlci
his mustich. expr-sslvely, az Que ~so
should .ay "something may he done in
that quarter. aud he quickrne'l his pa,-.
She hcsri him coming, turnrsi hastily ,o
look-thc trick. were terribly uneven
IA. .iubhci her little foot sgsiu.t q
VII ,lnous one that smbitiou.ly raiss,i ~.
head above Il. fellows, gave suppressed
shrek. and fell. In an Instant Oh. Major
va. by her .Ide and heipcd her up.
"Nou srr not hurtr' No, .he wasn't
hurt, she thanked him. II MAS getting
dsrk, might he .e- her safely bomef Her
.llcncc be construed Into consent, aud
by her .Iie hc waik~i. ershlike, siic~i.-,
o. men arv apt to walk when they Wish
to talk to and iook az pretty w"min
at the same time. She made short an
.scr., bu, III. conyer.tion flowed on.
soon they came to q most fashionable
quarter of the city. aud presently she
stopped In front of q large handsome
house. The Major va. delighted. Tie
had made most extraordinary conquest.
lie Implorri her to walk With him again I.
Ill. hspplnc.. depended upon u.
''Oh get along With you," aid the
lovely, demur. young girl, losing all
patience. ~ hs,nt the tim. to waste.
I'm Mr..-'s maid"
Aud, of cOur.. .b~ didn't tell Mrs.
| and, of course th. story never got out,
but the real point 70 the thing lIe. In the
fac, that the Major never would have
made hl. mistake, In all probability, W
II hadn't h-en for those hssstly unsNen
bricks that male the girl fall aud made
him help her NJ.
Nov, thl. MsIor merely exaggerated
the gait of most military men, Who love
generally to initiate tbsir chests aud pat
their fc.i down heavily upon the ground.
This l. not the way the great Arctic b.ro,
Gen. srvely walks ,hosr,-r. lie dos not
hold hIm..lf sr-c,, th~rr !. no strength
Ia al. step. bs moves like q man la
had h.alth. Gen. Schoheld, Who is nov
tb. head of th. army, 4. military enough
la hI. department. but d. Il too stout Ia
b. much 10 pedestrian.
In all Washington on foot the sighi
that |. the plesssnie.t to .e- u the Coz
r,au legation coming along under full
sail. Mr.. FAX Chung Yang, the minister
|. absent. and Mr.. We Wan Yong, the
charge d'aii.lrr. al interim. and Mr.. We
Chs Nuu, the SECRETARY % legation,
walk together. u !. all the same which
!. which. q. nobo'iy can tell ihsm apart.
Their co.tumr. ar- .o striking that their
fsc-. are ~ no consequence. NJ home,
Ia Cora, the gentlemen 81 that peninsula
walk bat little. pr-fcrring Ia be bornc
In litter. q. an easier and more dig
nlfiei mean. 20 getting about, bat
they have gra.p~,i our cusiom. even w
they have no, grA.p-i our costumes, sni
they walk on.iiersbly-rspldiy In long
.ir.si.., detsrmln-,ily, sni apparently
Without lncon,,niencc from their skirts.
Her, psr.n,hstlcally, word - prsl..
must br t-e.tos c,i upon th. Juvenile popu-
Iaiion of the town, which !. so veil brvi
that II has r.frain~i thu. far from mob
bling thc.s worthy strangers.
After all. III. Oriental representatives
srr no, .o hlicbouni In adh-ring In their
home co.tufns. Tho members 81 the
chinese isgaiion even smoke cigarette.
-could anything be morr ci,illfrd than
thait-and sometimes In walking they
carry can-.' Th-r srr three lsdIe. Who
belong to the Chinese legation; Mrs.
r.ui kwo Yin. the wife of the Minister; {;
Mrs.. leong She, Who !. unattached Ia
ant memhcr of the legation. and may
safely 10 presumed to b. Mrs. Nln'. com.
psnIon aud friend, ani Mrs. Wang Hung
Ting, the scrrrtary'. Wife. tsn " be-
aid that tb. Chinese Ar- welded io OrIsn-
tai custom. when they permit these
ladle. Ia walk the publlc s,rcet.f or
p.rhai,. IN. hdlc. took the matter Into
their hands ani went out, WHETHER the
gentlemen liked II or not, having before
them the example ~ th. Corcan Indies,
Mr.. leong aud Mr.. Nin, who insisted
upon accompany Ing their husbands to the
President. r-c.p,Ion last winter.
II !. true st all events, that Mrs. Yin,
Mr.. she, and Mrs. Ting sometime. take
. walk, u stamping around on feet four
inches long can b. called walking. N.
for th. Japanese, they have ceased to L.
interesting. They wear the same drc.s
that We do aud do the same thing they
are hardly foreigner. aud havnt even a
national walk.
The elderly Brlti.her always has the na.
| tionai walk. sir Edward Thorntou's
bow leg., long feet, aud long stride w-rr
unml.taksbly English, and Lord sack.
Vile. while he walked morc rapidly ani
With q shorter step than SIR Edw,ru,
nevertheless. walked English-that u,
until President Cleveland made him walk
spanish. The present Minister, sir Jul-
Ian Paunccfste, q. T.. VI. e., n. &. H.. ].
tall aud heavy, aud walks With his fe-t
turned out and puts the sole aud heel of
hi. foot down on the ground at the sfme
time. Engllshmen are seldom graceful,
aud sir julian IL no exception to the rule,
but he gets over the ground at lively
pace.
Hut Who shall describe the pathetic
face of the statesman Who u . Statesman
no longrr--or the defeated candidate, or
the high Official who has "resigned''
llI. Important strut has given place Ia .
miserable shufiic, aud the disappointed
ambition that his face betrays so psio-
fully L. reflected In his unpro.perous
gait. How true Was the picture that
some one drew of the deposed great mtn
Who went to some public ceremony-
the unyeiling Of = statue In a public
.quarr-wbere no one spoke to him eN-
cept the policeman, who told him to get
OF the grass!
MRS. HAYES GOAT.