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A Callfornia Sunday.

SAN FRANCISCO, June IA. TO an east
ern man the most striking feature Of
California life Is the Sunday business.
Here are churches and church people,
as in other cities. and these are not un-
like the same classes Of people In Phila-
delphia or Boston. But not only are the
churches open here on Sundays, but the
theatres, baseball games, shooting tour
naments, fishing and hunting parties,
picnics and all manner of pleasure seek
ing go on in full blast. Market street,
at the ferry docks, is indeed a scene of
lively activity on Sunday morning. Fol-
lowing on each others heels are bands OF
music and uniformed ranks of men
marching to take boats or special trains
to spend the day in festivity at some
island or grove resort.
The people have become accustomed to
this sort Of thing until 1t does not strike
them as being anything out Of the ordi-
nary every day occurrence. But what
strikes me as the most amusing feature
Of the whole scene is the heather Chinee,
who apparently governs himself by his
own Asiatic calender. In China there Is
no such division Of time as weeks. They
have no Saturday for halt holiday and
no Sunday for day of rest. One day is
the same as another, and as one passes
through the outlying market gardening
districts hereabout he sees the industri-
Gus heather busily plowing in his corn
or hoeing in his cabbage field. On the
streets their laundry wagons keep on
their rounds in search of soiled linen or
delivering big baskets filled with starched
and blueing daubed wash Of previously
gathered garments. At their laundries
the lines are filed with drying shirts
Haunting in the breeze, and in their fac
tories the sound OF the hammer and tho
click of the sewing machine is heard tho
same as on other days.
Thus is seen on Sundays here the cos
mopolitanism of the most cosmopolitan
city ON the North American continent.
w, G. BENTON.
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Was II Human Nature?

ALBANY, June 19.-The season Of va
eating the cities for country resorts hnv-
ing arrived, the question of "Where
shall we spend the summer" is an all
important one. was going up town in
street car the other evening when two
young ladies tripped into the seats direct
ly in front Of me and began conversa-
ton for the evident benefit of the passen-
gers. Said number one to her companion:
Pepper wanted us to 90 to the country
this summer, but says to mommer, i
won't go to the horrid mountains; let's
go0o Saratoga for month or two, then
for few weeks to Bar Harbor.' That
settled it, for mommer and pepper al
ways do as say, even when at Sara
toga. Iwonder which 10 the best hotel,
the Grand Union or the Stats? Guess
Wen stop at the Union. They say it's
splendid early, and am just too awfu!ly
fond Of Saratoga life, you know. New
port is just little bit too quiet for me-"
And thus the silly little body chartered
on for twenty minutes.
Yesterday l saw my young lady on
board the o'clock train on the Susque-
hanna road. "Mommer" was there, too,
and SO was "popper." They were going
to spend three weeks near the lakes in
the Helderbergs, where the board is four
dollars week and tripe and salt mack
erel the standard dishes w.
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THE HOME OF GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.
father-in-law, Mr.. Shaw, upon the other.
A carriage house and stable are ut somo
distance from the house, and in an in
closure grazes Jersey COW.
Mr.. Curtis is n great pedestrian, taking
long walks about Staten Island, nearly
tho whole Of which he has traversed ut
ono time and another. Mr.. Curtis Stat
en- Island farm IL where he spends tho
winter; in summer the family 60 TO their
other home Mt Ashfield. Mass. There he
has much larger house and u vast num-
Der Of books. His library ut Staten ISL
and is a goodly sized one. tho walls Of
his study being lined with bookcases
reaching half way up to the ceiling.
Drawn up to the desk where Mr.. Curtis
does most OF his writing is nm easy
chair and near by comfortable lounge.
Comfort and convenience rather than
elegance arc tho characteristics OF tho
place. In tho ntudy nre sono interesting
souvenirs--a photograph OF Thackeray
which no gave Mr.. Curtis, the first pub
lication of tho "Sketch Book" and one Of
Bryant's first volumes. Mr.. Curtis
spends one day In the week at the Harp
er building in New York, hut the place
Is too noisy and too crowded for him.
He prefers to do his work at his own
home. FRANCES NJ. SMITH.
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Glad to Wear . Queen. Old Clothes.

New York, June 19.--It Ia not gener.
ally supposed that any society woman in
New York arrays herself in anybody's
old clothes, but few of them have done
80, and been proud enough Of the fact TO
tell about II, though it does not seem to
have reached the ears Of those gifted and
imaginative writers for some Of tho pa
pcrs whose vivid descriptions Of the pet
ticoats and nightgowns of society lead
ers whom they do not hesitate to specify
would seem to indicate remarkable in
timacy in the boudoirs of those ladies'.
But there are women Of abundant
wealth and refined taste who wear sec
ond hand clothes, though they do not go
down to Bleecker street to buy the gor-
geous satins and cottony velvets which
hang at the doors of the old clothes shops
In such tempting magnificence.
No, the possession Of these castoffs im-
plies voyage across the sea. and stamps
the owner - once as u woman of means
and opportunities. For they are the
once or twice worn toilets Of royalty,
and are only to be obtained by the fortu-
hutS low WIN Cuu H'L III w tHc
sale Of costumes of Queen Margherita.
Of Italy. And it by no means follows
that because they IRE second handed
they are cheap. The modern kings and
queens appear to have degenerated from
the lavishness Of splcndor attributed to
old time soyereigns and to have n thrifty
satisfaction In turning nm honest penny.
Queen Margherita is beautiful wom-
an, and is said to be one Of the best
dressed in Europe. The exigencies OF
court life. with its brilliant pageants and
ceremonials, require great many splen-
did toilets in the course Of the year, as
the same one can only figure at two or
three OF these grand functions. Nor can
1t be supposed that any pretty woman
neglects to live up to her opportunities
and TO fulfill these requirements SO at
the end Of the year the accumulation Of
scarcely worn fine gowns is sold to the
hi ,hest bidders by court chamberlain
or some other royal functionary with
much pomp and circumstance. Happy
is the American woman with money in
her purse who gets into one of these
most exclusive auctions, but oh! thrice
and four times happy, as Mr.. Virgil re-
marks, the woman who brings home
with her, as did the wife Of rich New
Yorker lately, u sumptuous gown Of
green velvet. with train of royal length
and strange, unique metallic embroider-
les, calculated to make every woman
who saw her in 1t mentally inquire,
"Where in the world did she get that
gown HENRY X. ELLIOT
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A new violet has just been discovered
by Mr.. A. P. Gordon-C Cummings on his
place near Sykesville, Nd. The foliage
leaves Of this violet are longer than those
Of the ordinary wild or cultivated violet.
The flower leaves Of the new violet are
soft white, striped or mottled, with light
and dark purple. Unlike the other cult
waited violet, the new one is single vio-
let. All the cultivated violets have
hitherto, without exception, been dou-
BILE. Single violets, until this discovery
of Mr.. Cummings, have been without
perfume. but the Sykesville cultivated
single violet, says The Court Journal,
has . wealth Of rich perfume that can
not be surpassed. Those sweet plants,
Daphne Odora and Oleo Fragrans, do
not give of more delightful odors than
this new violet.
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implement of his trade, and proposes
never to part with it. saying iocularly
that he will always be able to fall back
upon it to earn living in case of neces-
sity.
At the breaking out Of the war he en-
listed in the Sixty-seventh Illinois in
fantry and was promoted to be second
lieutenant. Being honorably discharged
he re-enlisted in 1868 as a private in the
Seventh Iowa cavalry, and was pro-
NOTED to be the adjutant Of the regi-
ment. He served until June, 1866, hay
ing been twice breveted for efficient
and meritorious services" He went to
Nebraska in 1865 and was appointed
three years later register Of the United
States land Office at Omaha. While in
this position he finished the study Of law
and was admitted to the bar and en-
gagged actively in practice until the fall
Of 1878, when he was elected Judge Of the
sixth judicial district. Three years later
he came to congress and served through
tho Forty-sixth and Forty seventh con.
Rre6Se6,
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property in the neigh

DRAWING ROOM, KEARNY MANSloN.
grounds surrounding the place were for
merly quite extensive, sloping ON one
side down to the Passaic river. A long
lane led from tho house TO the entrance
gate at the foot Of the hill.
If You visit Newark, aperfect stranger,
and inquire the way to the Kearny
house, tho native directs you ut once to
tho mansion or the "castle," as he
oalls it. This is place vastly more i'm
portant to his thinking than the little,
low brown house on tho other side Of the
Passaic. The mansion" as the name
by which it is commonly known would
suggest, is IN imposing structure Of
brick and brown stone, with its ivy
grown tower, its bay windows, broad
veranda and walled terrace. It was
built by Gen. Kearny after his mar
riage. This house Is owned by the gener-
ais son, Mr.. John Watts Kearny, who
has lived here with his family for tho
past six years.
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The Testimonial to France.

Mr.. w. II. Brearly, of Detroit, an
nounces that the dollar subscriptions to
the fund for the proposed testimonial
from America to France are still pour
ing in. The Masonic fraternity have
specially interested themselves in the
affair, for both Washington and Lafay-
ette were Freemasons, the latter having
been initiated in the st. Johns lodge at
Newark. N. ]. Referring to this, Mr..
W. B. Melish, prominent 33d degree
Mason Of Cincinnati, says: "The Mar
quis Lafayette was an energetic, loyal
and enthusiastic Mason. Numerous Ma
sonic bodies in this country bear his
name. While in this country during the
revolution he frequently attended Ma
sonic bodies in company with Bro.
Gen. George Washington"
W. Fl. Brearley, Of The Detroit Jour
nal. is receiving many contributions to
the fund for the purchase OF testi-
monial from America to France. The
subscriptions are limited to 81 each, and
among those already identified with the
movement are President Harrison and
the governors of nearly half the states
of the Union,
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Ono Of the oldest houses in the state Of
New Jersey is that belonging TO the
Kearny estate in Newark. 1t Is low
frame building, and was the boyhood
homo Of Gen. Philip Kearny. The
house was built by tho generals grand.
father, and is now owned by member
Of the family who lives abroad. II Ia
generally spoken Of rs the Ogden house,
As II has been occupied by tho Ogden
family for over quarter Of century.
The upright part Of the house, with tho
wing ut the left Of tho entrance, Il .
rather recent addition. The old Dutch
door Is just as it was made years ago,
when a street door was 80 constructed
that Mein Herr could open one half and
take his ease leaning upon tho other. In
tho interior there have been few changes;
there arc the wide, old fashioned fire.
places, with fender and andirons, In
every room, with the high white man.
tells characteristic Of colonial architect
ure.
Gen. Kearny's father owned much
property in the neighborhood, and the
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to this spot and regaled with cup Of
tea. The grounds are not extensive
Just large enough TO admit Of pretty
lawn in front Of the house, a fairly good
sized garden, with a handsome carriage
house at the rear and poultry yard.
The interior Of Mr.. Edison's house is
naturally quite elegant in all its appoint
ments. There IL q spacious aud lofty
drawing room at the left of the hall as
you enter. There are some handsome
paintings upon the wall, many rich
curios, q little Florentine table, q cab
met with an array Of Sevres vases and
Dresden figures. Many charming and
valuable bits Of china were purchased
last summer by Mrs. Edison while
abroad. The furniture Is Of crimson
satin, with rich damask hangings at
doors and windows. The beauty Of the
drawing room is the corner where the
piano stands, with dainty little figure
In white marble near by; just over 1t
hangs q painting Of Capri, one Of the
really good paintings in the house. The
piano is beauty in rosewood, with
much ornamentation.
The dining hall Is stately room on
the north side Of the house; here are the
conventional oak wainscotting and high
oak mantel; the furniture is also oak,
the chairs being upholstered in dark
green velvet; the oak floor is nearly COW
cred with Persian rug. Mrs. Edison's
sitting room on the second floor is such
q charming room with its low, luxurious
divan piled high with cushions, its easy
chairs, pretty work table and writing
desk that it is no wonder the family
call it the pleasantest room in the house
Livingston, Staten Island, is famous
In two ways: here are the cricket
grounds and here lives the genius Of
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A P,rnaoious sparrow. Punishment.

The female sparrow, it appears, re-
sents neglect as spiritedly as the Nine
teenth century American woman. The
story comes from Scranton, Pa, Of q
pair Of English sparrows that began
housekeeping recently in little box
fastened to the top Of pole. The head
Of the family went away one morning
and didn't return till sunset, leaving his
wife to look after all the work. When
he got back his tail feathers were gone,
and he bore general evidence of having
been whipped in fight. The female
sparrow promptly divorced him, got a
new husband and went on with her sum-
mer's task Of raising nestful of little
ones.
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nnder wn,cn " ashington to-

under whicn washington too
of the American army, and ~
situated the first college founded in l.
country, Harvard university. Nearer
flowed the stream celebrated IN song and
prose, Of which Lougfellow wrote:
Riveri that n silence windest
Through the meadows bright and frea
TIL at length thy resi- thou andest
In the bosom oe the seal
-Four long yeArs Of mingled feeling.
Half In rest and half in strife,
Ihave seen thy waters stealing
Onward like The stream OF life
Dr.. Holmes has been said to have can
entire want OF reverence for everything
which IL not naturally and nationally
worthy Of reverence" And II has been
added, "This tendency sometimes makes
him strike too heavy blows at the mar
row creeds Of men," His exact position
Is best defined by words from his own
lips: II may speak slightingly Of creeds,
but no one ever heard me speak lightly
Of the Master"
You have heard Of the three doctors
who are the best physicians--"Dr Diet
and Dr.. Quiet and DR.. Merryman." The
last must mean the CHEEKY little man
who is the subject Of this sketch. His
aim has been to make life less hard for
mankind by administering the best Of
all stimulants and revivants--a good
hearty laugh. He Is . doctor to the
mind as well rs the body, and may be
regarded as our national physician. His
pleasant doses may not avail in the cure
of dyspepsia or cancer, but let any one
take good spoonful Of his famous med
icine for melancholia, heartache, home
sickness or hypochondria, and he will
thereafter testify to the efficacy Of this
treatment. ANNIE ISABEL WILLIS
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In this house are many interesting
souvenirs of the general. There is a!Bo
. bronze bust inscribed:
Gen. PHILIP KEARNY.
Natus 1914 Obit 1852.
Presented 10 Mr.. John Watts Kearny by the
Veterans Of the New Jersey Kearny Brigade.
The house where real, live American
count lives cannot fail to be interesting.
When tho house happens to belong to
the Chevalier Edison, grand cross Of the
legion Of honor and wizard Of Llewellyn
park. Orange, 1t is of interest because he
lives in 1t and also for the reason that 1t
IL quite castle in itself. "Glenmont,"
it is called and. as the photograph shows,
it is handsome residence Of imposing
appearance. The lower story Of tho
house is Of brick, tho remaining part Of
wood. One thing struck me as particu-
larly novel about the place and that was
its six towering chimneys, only two Of
which show In the picture.
Over the roof Of the conservatory In
summer is stretched an awning and here,
with beautiful view spread out before
them. the family often sit of an after
noon and any chance caller is conducted
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knows Mr.. Cam p'' "'A
non, and he knows what is coming. He
knows that Mr.. Cannon's blows of en-
phasis have crescendo movement-that
they gradually gather force and increase
in recklessness-and he soon retreats
amid the smiles of his more fortunate
neighbors.
Yet Mr.. Cannon must strike some
thing with his hands, and he instinctively
looks about him for another victim.
Judge Caldwell, Of Cincinnati, is sitting
close by, but he is lame man, and the
orator is too brave and manly to strike
him. Mr.. Mckinley is also conveniently
near, but no one was ever known to slap
the back Of the leader Of the house, nor
to call him Bill" Mr.. Henderson, Of
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CHARLES A. LEE.

tuAhisrS ~ IAkEs
COL. J. u. STANLEY. =. B. TLxrcu1R.
The occasion Is the sixth annual con.
vention Of the National Editorial associ.
alton, an organization made up ce dele.
gates from all the state and local odito.
rial associations in tho country, and rsp.
resenting about onc-fifth Of tho member.
ship Of these bodies. The meetings ara
by no means tho junkets which the meet.
ings OF editorial associations used to Be-.
The association has solid purpose, and
the papers which arc read and the dis
cussions which follow arc generally Of
great practical value. The country edi-
tor--and but few Of the larger city papers
are represented In tho association-is
generally the publisher as well, and u Il
the aim Of the association to systemattss
the newspaper business.
This meeting will be one of unusual
importance, for at 1t will be concluded
the arrangements which were begun by
the executive committees of the fespec-
tive associations to affiliate the National
Editorial association and the American
Newspaper Publishers association, the
latter organization being the strongest
newspaper association in the country.
It is composed Of 1o2 Of the LEAKING
dailies and few largo weeklies and
represents over one-half Of the total
newspaper circulation Of tho United
States. This afiiliation will place the
country editor in touch with his mstro-
politan brother and be very long step
toward unifying and strengthening tha
guild, both as business and profea-
sion.
Tho deliberations Of tho convention
will DO held in the state house, and
It will remain In session from June % t0
"a. The members will be entertained
during their stay In Boston by the Bos-
ton Press club.
The president Of the National Editorial
association is Mr.. Charles A. Les, sditos
and proprietor Of Tho Pawtucket q. II
Gazette and Chronicle. Col. ]. B. Stan,
Icy, Of The Greenvillc (Ala.) Advocate,
Is vice president. Mr.. A. n. Lowyie, a
The Daily News, Of Elgin, Ills, Ii tEeas.
urer. Mr.. William Kennedy, editor a
The Evening Standard Of Pottsvills, Pa,
is recording secretary and Mr.. ]. w.
Doane, formerly Of tho star Of The Ohio
State journal, now state librarian q
Ohio. Ia corresponding secretary. The
second and third vice presidents are Mr..
4. B. Fletcher, Of Tho Morris (Ills.) Hsrs
aid, and Mr.. e. w. Stevens, Of The Hsrs
aid, Columbia, Mo. The broad territory
which tho association covers IL showp
by the above list of officers, representing
az they do nearly every section In ths
Union.
Outside Of the social features Of the
convention the following addresses win
be delivered:
Address Of welcome by Governor Rraekstt anl
RESPONSE by the president OF the associatloai
'The Modern Newspaper by Col. g. Il. Tayioe.
Of The Globe; poem by W. K Pabor Of The 6tas,
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the leaves drop ont and futter to the
floor like exaggerated snowAakes. But
no snow or storm can cool the ardor Of
the orator. He is afire and must burn
out. A few more gyrations, a few hard
blows ut an imaginary antagonist with
the now sadly wrecked book as weapon,
and the volume is flung upon desk with
80 much violence that the ink will slop
over and the penholders dance jig with
the eraser. Then Mr.. Cannon sits down,
the coolest man in the house, and there
is applause on the floor and in the gal
leries. WALTER WELLMAN.
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Buried treasure is oftener written
about than found, but it is announced as
n fact that Victor Boulet, poor work
man of Keenville, Pa, has made lucky
strike. The path from his house to the
gate had worn down SO that some stones
In il became troublesome. One morning
he took a crowbar and began prying
them up. He found that they were cob
blestones that had been driven into the
ground, forming circle. Beneath them
was large, fiat stone. His curiosity
kettle full Of money,
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ALAN FoRuAN.

Every one knows the meaning Of the
term pin money" but the origin Of tha
phrase has been involved in some OBJ
scurity. The Dry Goods Chronicle says
that long after the invention Of pins, In
the Fourteenth century, the maker was
allowed to sell them in open shop only ON
the lst and I'd of January. II was thea
that the court ladies and city dsmsa
nocked to the dspots TO buy than, hav-
ing been first provided with mopey By
their husbands. When the pins beeame
cheap and common the ladies spsnt
their allowances on other fanciss, bat
the term pin money remained in vogue.
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Il appeal TO the other side. bag Mr.. Cannon
begins to pound the air. Now more
fierce and warlike than ever he draws
his right fist to his shoulder and then
hurls it forth like prize fighter who is
about to put the finishing touches upon
the peppers of an already wsterlogged
antagonist Blow follows blow with in
credible rapidity, and Henry Cabot
Lodge, Of Massachusetts,. and William
II. Grain, Of Texas, the best boxers in
congress, shake their heads at each other,
as much as to say: "How would You like
to meet Uncle Joe with hard gloves:"
The orator now changes his movement.
He points his finger at his imaginary
enemies on the other side Of the hall, and
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men in the commonwealth. He owned
more real estate than any other person
in the eastern part Of the state, was one
Of the leading spirits in the directory
Of the Maine Central railroad, and had
large interests in several banks and finan-
cial institutions Of kindred nature. Be-
tween 1850 and the time Of his demise
he held nearly every Office in Maine ex-
cept that Of chief executive. He leaves
widow, one daughter and a son. Death
was caused by pneumonia, which cul-
minated in heart failure.
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resident Of Exc
ter, Me. Over
half q century
ago he began u
business career
that has been
noted for its un-
interrupted sue
cess, and at the
time of his death
he was probably
q ~