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THE "YANkEE KING" OF SPAIN,
Gossip About Gen. SIcltles. New York's


Gossip About Gen. sIcleles. New York's
Present Sheriff.
Gen. Daniel E. Slckles, recently appointed
sheriff Of New York county in place Of
Elack, who resigned after convection Of u
crime, has in his time played many parts upon
the stage Of life. He was first printer, then
lawyer, and next politician. He went to
the New York legislature in 1s47, and subse-
quently served as secretary of legation at
London under Minister James Buchanan In
1856 he secured seat in congress, and re-
ceived reelection two years later. While
serving his second term he killed Philip Bar
ton Key, Mrs. Sickles' lover, and was acquit-
ted after n trial lasting twenty days.
When the civil war began Sickles raised a
brigade in New York city aud rode to the
front as a colonel. He rose rapidly in rank,
and at the time the battle Of Gettysburg took
place was major general. In that fight he
lost his right leg. He joined the regular
army as colonel after the war, and is now
on the retired list with the full rank of a
major general. III 1860 President Grant ap-
pointed him minister to Spain. Until re-
Gently he was president of the New York
state board of civil service commissioners
The turning point in sickles' life was un-
donbtedly his trial for the killing of Key.
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The generally accepted story is that the
waltz comes from Germany; but u little in
vestiSation will show that this statement is
open to discussion. AS far back as the
Twelfth century the waltz was known in
Provence, but under the name of the volta
The song which accompanied it was called
ballada. Under Lewis VII it was brought
from Provence to Paris, and was the fashion
during the whole of the Sixteenth century,
especially i'll the luxurious court Of the Va
lois
Then the Germans adopted it, and the Pro-
vencal volta became the German waltz. The
years passed, and then in or about 1890 the
waltz once more crossed the Rhine and was
introduced into France From France it was
taken to England thence it spread to this
country and soon became the favorite dance
of the civilized world. San Francisco Chroni-
n,
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Lawrence Long, young mnn who resides
at Jellcrsonville, Ind, has had ut least three
ESCAPES from death of a most remarkable ma
tnre. When n lad he fell off the Louisville
bridge, and despite the terrific tumble did
not receive scratch or bruise, his only dam
age being thorough wettng. When II
years old Long married the daughter Of a
neighhor secretly. On hearing the news, the
girls father loaded n shot gun and started
out to kill his son-in-law. They met and the
old man empted both barrels ut the boy, but
failed to hit him. Longs latest adventure
occurre.lnt Louisville on the night of tho re-
cent tornado He was in tho i'll fated Fails
City hall when it was struck by the whirl-
wind, and went down with the wreck He
promptly crawled out Of the ruins and found
That the only injury he had sustained was a
small scratch on ono ear.
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mysteriously covered plate. Thele were
three covers laid Benjamin, Jr,, having the
seat of honor i'll the middle, his little Cousin
Marthena at his left, and blue eyed Baby
Mary at the right The three nurses stood
at the backs of the chairs.
There was monentous pause,
1.-The blessing. Benjamin said Katie, the
nurse Mary clasped her chubby fists and
looked down, Benjamin laid his head on the
table and nlumbled something, Martllena
pouted and looked at the beef
''Say it, benjamin. Cod is great" prompt
ed Katie. Silence, only Mary looking de-
vout, ''God is great" again prompted Katie.
No response from Ben, who was luxuriously
rolling his head.over his arms.
Katie will take everything away until
you are ready said the nurse, beginning to
remove the dishes. There was wall of de-
spair from Marthena as she saw the precious
prunes go; the uncontrite and irrurcrent
Ben grabbed u cracker and began munc.i.ns,
looking thoughtfully out of the window ut
the war, state and navy buildings Marthena's
vail became a well maintained cry of hun
ger, and Benjamin, aroused by it to action,
plucked the cover from the mysterious dish
the severe Katie was removing and disclosed
squares Of golden cake richly sugnred He
Justify joined Marthena, Mary alone preserv-
Ing a dignilied attitude. "Say it, Benjamin,
God is great" said his mamma.
Now sobs of rage and despair, but no signs
of capitulation from Ben.
"Well, WE'LL what is the matter with my
babiess" came in CHEEKY voice from the
doorway, and Mrs. Harrison hurried up to
Ben.
benjamin won't say grace! OF course, he
will for grandma but a look at her grand
sons determined face and at Marthena, cud
died, sobbing, in her old nurses arms, assured
her that the riot was past settling by arbitrn-
tion.
Coming clear over into the enemy's camp,
the grandmother said indulgently: '.Weil,
let it go today; the children are hungry. and
Marthena ate so little breakfast. Well for
give them this time, Katie; put tho things
back on" and tho Modified Ben was soon
dipping his crackers in his soup without hav-
ing acknowledged the omnipotence Of God.
At least two-thirds of the dignited senatorA
are grandfathers to totldling babies; three,
Senators Cameron, Cockerill and Hnwley,
have wee baby daughters, but only one, und
that Senator Philetus Sawyer, has the honor
OF being great-grandfather to q pink bit of
humanity. The baby who stands in this re-
lationship to tho Wisconsin senator Is Jewell
Sawyer Chase, scarcely one year old. She
has spent part Of her short life in the big
brown stone castle Senator Sawyer has lately
erected ON Connecticut avenue, and dainty
nursery is kept there for her.
Master Mitchell Handy, Senator Mitchell's
grandson, is n pretty, rotund youngster,
hardly baby longer, for he Is past three
His mother is Senator Mitchells Oldest
daughter. Master Mitchell has always had
every want satisfied since he was born. He
lives with his grandfather and has q brother,
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Most people, when they hear Of corn fed
oysters" laugh ut what they take to be Il little
extravaganza intended to convey the idea OF
fatness, the association Of ideas with extreme
fatness and corn fed hogs being natural But
corn fed oysters are us much Il fact US corn
fed hogs. Oyster cultivation i'll all the bays
and sounds Of the east is conducted with as
much science as the cultivation of agricultural
products, and in many places on no Chesa-
peake buy the oyster farmer every morning
strews with u liberal hand upon the surface
of tho water covering his beds of tho bvnlves
quantities of finely ground corn meal, which
rapidly sinks to the bottom and is devoured
or absorbed by the gaping shell fish, the result
being an especially fat and luscious OYSTER
St. Louis Globe Democrat
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shall never forget him rs he stood there
in tile majesty of his grand old age, His
thiek, silky hair fell like Il veil OF snow about
his shoulders, His tall, guunt figure was
strnlEht as an arrow. Ills dark blue eyes
were dazzling in their penetrating brilliancv.
They were eyes that seemed with one glance
10 search and know ones inmost soul. His
striking aquiliNe features were full of wun-
ueriul expression ;.s he talked. He seemed Il
god to fear and worship. His sarcasm, his
brilliant wit, was beyond conception. do
not believe any man on enltll ever contained
SO much greatness. To call him simply Il
great musician is to stop at hut ono quality
i'll his genius. He WAS Il great artist, /, great
writer, u great scholar. He had every ac-
conplshnlent and every quality which man
kind reveres and strives fora Pupil in Al
lantu Constitution
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Aunt Lily and that little girl, who is just Il:
the serious age of -, ndores ler Her gray
eyes glistan when ",Nana'' is mentioned, and
She says oh, what do you want t. know
about Mana. She is the dearest little baby
and oh, 50 naughty She got into the draw
ing room tie other day and before knew
it she had pulled down a great big Chinese
idoland it was shattered into pieces She loves
flowers aud she pulls them Off the tables be-
fore we can stop her. Once mamma said
something 10 her about it and she looked up
and said; Shut up, honne maman.A
There wasa tragic scene one day when the
three White House babies sat down to their
II O'Clock dinner. Tue bill of fare was simple
but nppet;zing In addition to the bouilon
there was Tiny plate Of crackers, dish of
very rare roast beef, a generous plate of
brown lread n side dish of prunes and e
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MITCHELL HANDY

.,.IM MITCHELL. HANDY. ..o' .a, g..%a
daughter Of Judge Sherman, of Cleveland.
Mrs. Cameron is accounted one Of the most
beautiful women iii Washington, and the
baby daughter inherits her beauty. m...
Much of the money that Gardiner Hub
bard has made from electricity will one day
60 TO tho brightest baby boy in Washing ton
his only grandson, Gardiner Hubbard Bell
His two daughters married brothers, Alex
ander Graham Bell-telepllone Bell-and
Charles ]. Bell the banker.
The first named has three daughters, Elsie,
Marion and Aileen, who are pretty, happy
children, and seem not to mind it in the least
that they are like their mother, deaf aud
dumb The seconl--tlie banker-has three
children, Two daughters and this little 10
months old boy. who is the idol Of the whole
family, his young mother and setiate nurse
being his most devoted worsnpers. He was
on!y . months al4i when tho picture used here
taken. #@ -
Nile, Rosla Saenz-Penu has the honor of
being the only little Pan Secretary Blaine's
Pan-Anercan congress brought to this
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Tie orchestra of the Metropolitan opera
house consists Of about fifty players who re-
ceive from $50 to $50 week for playing
four nights Il week. Theirs is n profession OF
itself and differs rs much from ordinary
orchestral playing us etching does from
whitewushing.
The members Of Thomas orchestra and
Gilmores band get from 81 to $50 Il perforn-
ance, depending on their skill, and s.. 80 to
s7foru rehearsal. OF course the higher prices
are paid out TO tho great soloists. Thrse
are tile best paid orchestra players in America
and the chief beauty or their work is, that
while these Two organizations pay them Il
fair living, they have so muci. time TT their
disposal that they can double their salaries by
playing at concerts and other like entertain
ments.-New York News.
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INTELLIGENT EAGLES.
they Fed Their Captive Young by Drop.
ping Fish Into q Pen from, MILF Il a.. I.

They Fed Their Captive Young by Drop
ping Fish Into Pen from NIiL-Air
II see great 1eal of talk in the papers
svery little while,' said man who has built
many miles of railroads and contracted for
any number Of big engineering enterprises,
about the foolishness Of having the eagle as
( an emblem Of our country. He is represented
Us a cowardly, thievish, unintellgent bird,
and any number Of other fowls Of the air are
put forward as candidates for the proud po-
sition of the nations bird. Now am not an
ornlthologlst, 50 am not prepared to argue
over the relative merits of the different
hyers, and | must confess that the eagle is
thief always and coward very often, but
that heis lacking in intelligence l most en-
phaticaily deny. Let me tell you one little
story of him that puts him in very favor
able light,
Years ago." lie began II was engaged in
building big western road, and one spring
day We pitched our camp on the banks Of one
OF the turbulent rivers Of the region and set
tied down for three months job on ravine
bridge. A few days later we noticed an
eagles nest perched up the bluff across the
river and the following Sunday two of our
men swan the stream during the absence Of
the old birds and brought buck two vigorous
eaglets with them.
I'VE hurriedly patched up pen of pine
slabs for the captiyes, making it about seven
feet square and leaving lots of space between
the slabs on the top and sides SO that we could
have good look ut the squalling punches Of
feathers. The parent birds came back about
noon and when they found their little ones
gone they kicked up a frightful row and few
about in search Of them us though they were
distracted. When they finally discovered
where the eaglets were they circled around
in the air over the pen, keeping out Of reach
OF our rifles, and sllrieked advice to their
chicks about keeping up their spunk and
making themselves comfortable us plainly as
human beings could.
'Then the old birds flew away and came
back after a little with two big fish in their
talons They circled and circled around over
the pen, ana finally let the fish drop straight
as die right between the slabs in the roof.
They keptup this performance every day for
a fortnight, and never in all that time did
they miss hitting the pen with the fish they
dropped. Their parental affection and intel
ligence SO worked on us that we put the eag-
lets back on the other side of the river again,
and | tell you it was really affecting to see
the way those two old birds hung around and
caressed their offspring. They seemed to u1l-
derstand after that that we were friendly to
them, and during the rest of the time that
we were there they flew all about the camp,
and had no hesitation in coming down to pick
up tie scraps of meat and fish we would
throw to them l can't say that they shed
tears over our departure, but will warrant
that they felt the pangs Of separation as keen
y as we did. "-Omaha World Herald
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4 Famous Church Rebuilt.

a fact little known is thut the Church Of
the Puritans tCongresationall, which Dr.
George &. Checver brought into particular
prominence by his vehement Sunday evening
nnti-slayery sermons, delivered on The break
ing out Of the civil war, was, after denoli
ton, put up again, stone by stone, in another
part Of the city. When it stood Of, the west
side of Union square its gray granite walls
covered with ivy and its two irregular tow
ers we're for years conspicuous to the Broad
way lhronr. III its present restored condi-
tion i'll F'ltty-lhrd street, near Seventh ave
nue., its walls are ivyleSs. whcs alters its
appearance that it really cs"t:i'rS rrcuyni
ton, especially under the nal.le of the Colored
Baptist church, which purchased tic old cdi
fee and lad the material carefully removed.
New York CNululnrci;l AGNnrtisnr
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VICE ADMIRAL ROWAN. ,I,. p,.it;. s,t,,r,
ron, and during tho Mexican war was pres
ent AT the capture Of Monterey and San, Die
60, On blockade duty in the Gulf of Cali
forna the Cyane captured a scors of Mexi-
can vessels and destroyed several gunbonts.
Al the victories of San Gabriel and In Mesa
Rowan was wounded in the shoulder He
espOused the cause of the north on the break
ing out Of the civil war, saw much active
service, and at the end of the conflict had at
taned tho rank of rear admiral He was
promoted to vice admiral while in command
OF the Asiatic squadron in 1868. He was
native of Ireland, and was 81 years old at the
time of his death
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The Late Empress Aurnsta,s Tact.


At another time l figured in way not cal
culated to increase my reputation as diplo-
mat. Royal persons deem it duty to ad-
dress, ns far as possible, every one in the cir
Gle. Her royal highness one evening entered
into conversation with me- Among other
things she said she was very fond of reading,
but sometimes had difficulty in getting inter
eatins books. With the innocent inexper-
cnce Of an American replied: "Why, your
royal highness' palace adjoins the Royal
library" had sense enough to perceive that
had made mistake, but, as Macbeth says,
retreating is worse than going ahead, 1 fin
ishcd the sentence as I had first intended:
And there are 100000 volumes OH its
shelves" III Il German this speech would not
have been very leniently judged But, with
tact and grace, She answered very kindly:
That is true, but we sometimes want new
books" l think she was rather pleased with
my simplicity S. Fay in Phila-
delphia Times
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He never GU
pied his scat i'll the
house during the
present session be-
eau SO of illness.
The oath of Office
was administered
at his home at the
same time Samuel
j. Randall, also an
invalid, was sworn,
in, and the two,
III e n renal e d
paired until Mr..
Wilber's death.
Mr.. Wilber WAS
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JOAN OF ARC MEMORIALS.

Two Coruy Structures to Be Built by the
French People.
The French people are at present II unit, at
least on one thing, and that is the deter
mination to honor the memory Of the
Maid of Orleans by the erection Of two
remarkable structures AT Domremy, Joan
of Arcs birthplace, basilica is al
ready in process of construction, and
the monumental group, representing Joan
listening to the voices, has been completed.
At Vaucouleurs more ambitious memorial
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Emiu to Remain in Africu.

'lhe charm of Africa" that mysterious
spell whicl, lures back to the jungles md the
forests of tho dark continent every explorer.
who lids once set foot upon its soil, remains
potent in tho case Of Emin Pasha. He has
faced danger and death for years in the Sou
dan and i'll the equatorial belt, and his rescue
wns a feat in which all tho world took inter-
est. But he cannot even move beyond the
confines of tho magic power that holds him
He has abandoned hts proposed visit to Eu-
rope, joined Maj Wissman's exploring ex-
pedition, and Is preparing once again to
plunge into tho mighty wilderness Of Central
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Eat u Good Supper.

Going to bed with well filled stomach is
the essential prerequisite of refreshing slum
Der. The cautions SO often reiterated in old
medical journals against late suppers were
directed chiefly to the bibulous habits of those
early times. Nature and common sense teach
us that full stomach is essential to quiet re-
pose. Every man who has found it difficult
to keep awake after o hearty dinner has an
swered the problem for himself. There arc
few animals that can be trained to rest until
after they are fed.-American Analyst.
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born III Schenccta- HON. DAVID WILDER.
dy county, N. Y, in 1890. In childhood he
removed to Milford, in Otsego county He
was Republican in politics, and represented
Herkimer, Otsego, and Schoharie counties
the Twenty-fourth congressional district-iu
the Forty third, Forty sixth and Fiftieth con-
gresses. and was reelected to the Fifty-tir
congress In nprivate business he was bank
er and hop grower. -
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No Trees on the Falkland Islands,

Tho Falkland Islands have very damp
and chilly climate, and are SO swept by the
south polar winds that they seem always
cherries and uncomfortable. Snow may fall
at any time of the year, and yet it is never
really very cold. The cattle and sheep thrive
well the year round without hand feeding Or
shelter, AID the inhabitants, mostly of Eng
llsh or Scotch origin, have thus far found
stock raising profitable and safe invest
ment. In such a windy climate no tree can
grow, but nature has provided immense sup
plies Of excellent peat, which serves well ns
substitute for wood or coal for fuel-Notes
and Charles
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is to rise. It will be colossal castle Of me-
di,eval design, The donjon above the castle
will be l40 feet high, and at the summit it is
intended to place gigantic group, of which
Joan shall be the central figure. The Vau-
conleurs enterprise involves the collection Of
al enormous sum of money, but contribu-
tions are being literally made, and it is
thought the needed sum will be realized with
in reasonable tima. The Domremy memo
rial displays Joan as receiving her mission !;
the other is to represent her as the warrior
maid who saved France.
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tho is nearly two years older.

'
That 5Hawley baby"i phrase that every
mother in Washington has used, for ssthat
Hawley baby" ever since she was born, eigh-
teen months ago, has been model for all
other Washington babics all because her En-
glish mother brought her up in the Spartan
English fashion. When young mothers would
carefully carry their bundled up darlings into
the close conpes where they were to have their
daily outing they wouil see 'that Hawley
baby"pass without even veil over its fat face
and clapping pink fists devoid of mittens So
"that Hawley baby" is well known, partly
because it persists in going out every day in
the year and enjoying it, and partly because
it is the only child of Senator Hawley, who
was o. when the baby was boru.
Senator Donald Cameron has half dozen
grown children, but he also has sweet baby
daughter, who is scarcely 8 years old. She
ts the child, of his second wife, who was the
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The highest structure of masonry in tho
world is said to be the National museum re-
Gently completed in Turin. 1t was originally
designed for synagogue, but it proved i'll
adapted for that purpose and was sold to the
city. It was then converted into museum
Us monument to the memory of Victor En-
manuel. On top Of the dome rises a spire
nearly as high as the whole OF the rest of the
building. The gilt statue on the top of the
spire stands 5ss feet from the ground DE
troit Free Press
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Practical men look upon visionaries with
pity and contempt, and yet the dreamers of
rose colored dreams are the happiest people
the world contains. Among oil the inventors
and discoverers on earth, there is none so for
tunate as he who can fashion out Of the air an
elysium of his own, believe In 1t and live OH
1t. Hard common sense may kneer at him,
but II it cannot dialodge him from his castle
in the clouds the visionary has the hest of 1t.
New Vorls ad car
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Now a Japanese mud buddhist.

Sir Edwin Arnold, the author of the Light
of, ASIA" is enjoying himself immensely ut his
present home in Toxic, Japan. He has adopted
native customs even to the extent of taking
off his shoes on entering a house. According
to his daughters statement he drinks eighty
or ninety cups Of tea day, believes in Budd-
hism, and champions the extraordinary doc
trine that children are no relation to their
parents, but that the wandering soul finds its
family among the souls which suit it best
Sir Edwin is delighted with Japan and in
tends to reside permanently in that country.
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The ..costume albumn is one Of the presen

The Costume album" is one of the present
fads Of fashion. The lady who forms 1t must
have herself photographed in all her hand
some gowns. When the pictures are ar
ranged they are surrounded with patterns Of
the material and specimens Of the trimmings,
and on every toilet the date when it was
first worn is noted. In this manner society
woman can keep record of the triumphs as
sociated with each dress.
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MILTON pICTATISG TO HIS DAUGHTER
live is indeed, deep and dark, and despite all
that can be done for them they must dwell
for the most part in u region of thought apart
from Others. Instead Of thinking it strange
that out of so many blind there should be so
few who have attained eminence, there is
cause for amazement that there should have
been so many. J. H. BEADLE