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NE sC4e4e.- ~ C.-tS Iof i.1d SeSnes 10 ciothe
with poetry. Here" he continued, chang
ing the subject, lis my message. to the
young authors: Employ not evil for its own
sake. Make it foil for purity"
told him of passages in his writings
which I admired and referred particularly
to My Captain" that eloquent lament
that marks the martyriom of Lincoln like
a monument. Iquoted:
Exult, oh. shore , and ring, oh bells;
But l. with mournfdl tread
Walk the deck; my captain lies
Fallen, cold and dead
I'm glad, you fancy that he said
quietly. Il thank you for your appreci-
alton"
Not aword OF self praise; not a syllable of
self depreciation; a simple proud humility
in the acknowledgment of pleasure that his
printed thoughts were remembered By a
stranger.
| had outstayed the moments TO which
was pledged TO limit my visit. rose to 20.
and our hands met in friendly farewell
Stay" he exclaimed do you care for
thisf' and he wrote with firm stroke the
following:
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MME. 5IARIA DERAIsNEs.

PARIS, April 2G.-In this letter [ pro-
pose giving your readers some little ac-
count Of a few of the chief women
reformers and philanthropists of France,
a numerous and noble body who will
bear comparison with the radical and
charitable women of even the United
States, where these two classes abound.
Perhaps the most interesting, and GER
family one Of the ablest, Of the French
female reformers is Maria Deraismes.
She is an excellent and witty speaker
and endowed with much oratorical
power. Tall, with a large, commanding
figure, q fine expressive face and strong
voice, Maria DeraisTnes thinks on her
feet" in a manner surpassed by few men.
have heard her at banquet tables, in
public halls, on the lecture platform and
in drawing rooms, and on every occasion
she has proved herself to be IL ready, elO-
quent and charming speaker.
But Maria Deraismes is not simply an
orator. She is a clever writer, an ener-
getic journalist, an enthusiastic Mason
and painter. The walls Of her hand
some apartments, where she lives with
a widow sister who adores her, Nine.
Feresse-Deraisn1es, are adorned with por
traits and landscapes in oil, painted in
her early womanhood and youth. More
than one newspaper contains trenchant
articles from her pen, and she has pre-
sided over an excellent journal as editor
in-chief. She is perhaps the only female
Mason in France. being a member OF the
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Jury. and his trial began March 81, 1SJJ,- IN
the old city hall. at the corner OF Wall and
Nassau streets Chief Justice Lansing,
Mayer Richard Varick and Recorder Rich
ard Harrison sat upon the bench Cad
wallAder D. Golden, assistant attorney
general, represented the state. Alexander
Hamilton, Brockholst Livingstoce and
Aaron Burr appeared as COUNSEL for
Weekes It was proven that the prisoner
had been absent from his brothers house
with horse and sleigh on the night OF the
murder between the hours OF and Q. The
prosecution established the existence OF
sleigh aid horse tracks, identical with those
Weekss' outfit would have made, near the
well, which stood some distance from tho
country road In fact, what might Be
called strong circumstantial case was
made out against the accused.
Court sat continuously, and the speeches
OF counsel followed at once on the closing
OF tie evidence At $50 on the morning OF
the third day Of the trial Mr.. Golden
begged an adjournment, saying be Vas ex-
hausted- His request being refused, he
submitted his side without argument.
Judge Lansing charged the jury thSt there
was no evidence to warrant the conviction
Of the defendant, and an scquittal nae1r-
ally followed at once IL WAS now twenty
minutes Of 8 in the morning Tho tagged
out participants IN the long legal hatSle
were preparing to 80 home. when the soli-
tary woman present swept forward. In
her dress OF gray she looked weird beneath
the light of the Pickering candles To
Hamilton, who had called the dad Eirl
unchaste, she directed her first remark;
"If thee dies natural death I shall think
there is no justice in heaven" Then her
pent up anger burst FORT in $ fame Of
fury AGAINST the rest, and while the awe
struck throng stood silent and aghass she
voiced that terrible appeal for vengeancss
II call upon the Almighty to curse you
all and lie will do il"
The record Of the subsequent years, 20
far as known, is this:
Weekex, the day after his release, re-
ceived pressing invitation from a citiDens'
COMMITTEES TO leave town and never come
back. He departed. and on his journey
southwark was waylaid. killed and robbed.
Alexander Hamilton fell by the hand of
Burr in n duel the details Of which are
matters Of history.
Aaron Burr lived to see his schemes Of
empire fail, aud died disgracsd. neglected
ola man.
Chief Justice Lansing left his hotel one
day 10 take the Albany beat At ths foot Of
Cortlandt street. He was never heard q
again
Even TO this day, ninety years subsequent
20 the commission OF the crime, the people
residing IN the vicinity of seif Greene strees
avoid the location Of the wei after dark
Strange means and cries Sre often beard Of
a stormy night. IL il probably the wind
whistling about the old carpenter shop, but
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Nine. Bogelot saw at Washington, and
she never wearies in singing the praises
of American women to her French sis
tiers.
Among the many peace reformers
should be mentioned Nine. Cries. Traut,
an Alsatian by birth, who has known
personally many of the radical English
women and who reads English with per
feet ease and can speak it with consider
able facility. She is a subscriber to sew
eral Of the English and American
womenis journals and keeps her French
co-workers informed Of what steps of
progress are being made in the Anglo
Saxon world. Nine. CRIES. Traut is a
delightful old lady who keeps actively to
the fore in all that concerns her sex. Her
husband, who died few years ago,
seconded all his wifes efforts and worked
hand in hand with her in all their reform
labors. His death was grievous loss to
her, but has not lessened her ardor in
the various movements in which they
were both so deeply interested
Another interchangeable reformer is
Nine. Louise Hoppe, editor of little
monthly called La Femme ct PEnfant.
Her chief efforts ara directed towards ex-
tending the rights of married women and
protecting children from cruel parents,
and in improving the laws concerning
boys and girls in the mines and factories
and in guarding girls from the pitfalls
which surround them.
Nine Pauline Kergomard has done
much good work in this department of
philanthropy She is the founder, and
was for long time the soul of an ad-
mirable society for the protection of
children. Nine. Kergomard is related
to the famous Reclus family, and has
much influence in official circles, from
the fact that she is member-the only
woman, in fact-of the Superior Council
Of Public instruction, a body much re-
the New York State Board of
Her election to this council
was a great victory for the advocates of
woman's progress, and Mime. Kergomard
has shown herself an able and useful
Of this important educational
body, which counts among its members
some of the most celebrated savants of
France
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LEATHER BLOTTING PAD WITH BURNED IN
DESIGN.
same. The design and quotation, "a
letter may alter the plans we arranged
over night for the slaughter of time"
are burned in after the directions given.
The lotter.which goes with It is done in
the same way. The leather is not sus-
ceptible TO the same amount of work as
the wood, and it would be well TO ex-
pertinent a little before beginning a
large piece.
In decorating a room which requires a
quantity of bordering or repetition of
geometrical or other designs the work
may be greatly facilitated by the use Of
stencil plates cut in zinc; these should
be nailed to the wood and the hot poker
run over the openings. Great care must
be exercised TO keep the poker within the
lines, so as not to melt the zinc.
A round piece, piano stool or top of a
table might be pokered with zigzag
border round the edge. burning the
ground dark from the outside to the zig
gags and filing the center with some
radiating pattern.
A strip bearing an Invocation to sleep
might be pokered and hung above ones
bed. Indeed the worker who gttains any
proficiency whatever in the art viii find
an endless variety OF uses 10 which it
may be dedicated
LAURA B. STARE.
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lodge OF LIE Pecq, the little town near
Paris where the latest Rembrandt was
recently found.
The next ablest female orator, if not
the equal Of Maria Deraismes, is Nine.
Emile de Morsier, Swiss by birth, who
speaks English with great ease and who
is in correspondence with many leadiTg
female refor1ners both in the United
States and England. One of her best
friends is NJ. Yves Guyot, minister of
public works, a man of broad views on
all subjects, who, since he has been in
office, has aided Nine de Morsier in
many ways in her efforts to advance her
various reform enterprises.
Last summer there were two interna-
tiOnal wOmen'S congresses held IN this
city, one with Nine. Maria Deraismes as
the prime mover, and the other with
Nine. de Morsier at the head. Through
the good Offices Of II. Yves Guvot, Nine.
de MorSier's congress was taken under
government patronage, and, for the first
time probably in the history of the world,
a great government gave an official stamp
10 a congress devoted exclusively to the
interests OF women. Nine. de Morsier
was very proud of this result, and with
good reason, for 1t made an impression
here and has already done much good.
After Nine. de NorSier, the most ac-
tive member Of this congress was Nine.
Isabelle Bogelot, the intelligent and
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alone to which be made no reply, bat
looked earnest and Thoughtful sn1 leaned
down ais bead on his hand continued.
Indeed. Levi. 70 tel tree the sruth. / b.
heve she went With thee Size told ne she
was 70. and I hare good reA4on q th!nk
she did"
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aware CO the in1eDde1 u.S-rfzze. and
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In response 10 the announcement / climb
ed a narrow stairway 10 an upper room
For an instant the Presence within dom
mated everything I beke!d nothing save
the man with the Ieoaiue head. seated in a
great easy chair and rendering nee courteous
welcome. went directly 70 one object Of
my mission and told him that an qdIaiTer
was anxious 10 furnish him easy employ
meat q a oongeuial nature. The fine pink
skin flushed, the eloquent gray Glue eyes
lost a little Ct their IusJer-
Tell Mr. - he said, that Walt
Whitman thanks hin Thes@ sra al bad
days now, but When they sre only half bad
like 10 scribbIe yet This offer means
g pause-'-iL Means that | shall be glad 70
90 the work Il can"
Was there Tot another meaning, also, -
that broken ssntenss? l thought 50 Is
looked s. the great taials Piled high with
books and papers. az the hard bed and IN
inviting lounge. a. tie windows through
which no waving trSs or nodcing flower
smiled welcome 20 their life long friend at
the man himself royal and self respecting,
a diamond SCI n dross, but shining With
greater briIlisnce becs use c. The ueau sur
rs1ndings
--, We alSs1 % .keaSSs Of 6rzss- the book
which seczrgt TLIrr2zu's discharge FROM
The l2.sT.oT a-,ysE1z1eut x SecTg-zFy Hsr-
ian soG gained hLIIs LIZ 1-.ez2-AzElP q ] en-
nysou, ant e the DAYS wae2 IL z1thng
E1l-~sSi ne Solal5y- Isoyx -EE-nvEz T. ar-1s7l.
II sl1 -zz1- = G= IL sEsc S.L--G=--s
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WALT WHITMAN'S HOME.
A VISIT TO THE HUMBLE DWELL
ING OF THE GOOD GRAY POET.D

The Aged GIorifer of America Sends
Greeting TO "the Boys''-The Surround
ings of the Man Who Has Worked and
Suffered 5Iuch.
Copyright, $780, by American Press Association ]
Give MY regards to all the boys in New
York city, and don't forget it,"
This remark, uttered in full rich tones,
was accompanied by a hearty hand clasp.
Who was the person 20 voice this CHEEKY
farewell? -
1t was not a prosperous merchant, self
sufficient in the pride OF success, or a gay
young fellow about town at peace with all
the world because of inherited millions,
but poorly clad old man chained by dis
ease to his chair in a dingy room, sur
rounded with no luxuries and few com
forts-an ancient sage with kingly counte-
nance, benignant eye and g heart still full
OF hope and love of humanity, despite the
bullets, the disappointments and the sor-
rows of three score years.
1t was Walt Whitman.
Poole's Index of Periodical Literature"
contains reference to-over twenty articles
published in the leading magazines of
Europe and America relative to this man
and his work. He is accorded the same
recognition as a poet that is given to
Wagner as q composer, yet, less fortunate
than the author OF ''Parsifal, he has had no
mad monarch" to recognize his genius
and force for him a hearing. Instead, he
has trod alone, but undaunted, the thorny
path OF individuality, and now, with serene
to environment, gazes fearless
y out toward the shoreless sea on which he
must soon embark.
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1t IS not given to many men to preserve
through unvarying seasons of popular mis-
apprehension the optimistic temperament
and faith in his kind that characterize Walt
Whitman. Unduly abused by the many,
extravagantly praised by the few, he has
neither drawn tighter his cloak to protect
him from the storm, nor cast it aside be-
cause Of the MONDAY suns fierce heat, but
has walked forward undismayed along his
appointed course, praising humanity, glori-
flying America, confident in the future of
his race. As a result he has two constant
friends. They are:
4 woman and q dog.
l hope never again to experience such 4
shock as did the other afternoon on reach
ing 32S Mickle street, Camden, n J. I had
read of Walt Whitmaa's comfortable but
modest home" and was Unprepared for the
reality Only on the testimony OF two wit
nesses-a passer by and the door plate
could bring myself to believe that this
was the house of the good gray poet" 1t
needs paint on its weather beaten boards;
it needs new blinds at the dingy windows;
but more than all 1t needs condemnation
and destruction at the hands of the city
authorities. The door was opened in re-
Spouse to my ring by a gentle faced, visit
full eyed, elderly woman.
please step i2.o the parlor," she said,
''whild / take your card to Mr.. Whitman.
His health IS very precarious now"
a spotted coach dog shifted suspiciously
about me-
Don't mind Homer" she added; "he's
harmless, and Mr. Whitmans favorite
companion. Why? Because he doesn't
bother him with silly questions, 1 think"
Homer and entered the parlor, and the
woman went to the poets room. What
scrupulously neat but utterly cherries
place that parlor is, A mantel crowded
with photographs and testimonials; floor
nearly bare: bust Of heroic size in the cor
ner, and not bit OF furniture worth a
place in a cheap auction room. ! picture
of a noted English actor bore the inscrip-
ton, Il place my hand in thinc-Wilson
Barrett" while the bare boards under foot
seemed to say: Here lives one whose lat
ter days resemble those Of Brinsley Sheri-
dan. Now the world rushes 10y unheeding
Tomorrow, when he is dead, it viii bury
him with al the hcnOrs."
Mr.. Whitman viii see you for few
minutes"
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SIGN.
lights and shadows settled, the irons
should be placed in good cinder fire;
when they are red hot they are taken out
and all the darkest parts burned in, the
lighter shading being worked as the
irons cool. The drawing should be
stumped in as in a chalk head, and lines
avoided as much as possible, or a spotty
effect is produced.
II q head, size Il by 70 inches, is being
done it will take about two hours to
roughly shade it in; after that the de-
tails, such as the eyebrows, nostrils and
mouth, may be worked in by sharp touch
es with the smaller irons. Now the back
ground must be burned in with the poker
and an appropriate tool, working toward
the outline until it stands out in full re-
lief. This is tedious process and takes
several hours before it looks a dark
brown even color, which is only ob-
tanned by rubbing the poker constantly
over the inequalities.
The artist must have patience and not
be easily discouraged, even though the
picture looks a confused mass for the
first few hours, which it is sure to do,
until the high lights are scratched on
with a penknife, when a good effect is
at once produced.
The penknife is quite as important
factor as the iron; by it any Irregular
ties of outline are corrected and the
high lights and gradations of tone OBJ
tanned. twill also be found invaluable
for working hair and fur. 1t must be
clearly borne in mind that this work is
rough art, and looks best when so
treated; consequently the panels should
not be placed too near the eye.
A very effective frieze may be made
for library by using series Of portraits
of prominent literary men Of the day,
burned il on sycamore panels and var
nished. For a smoking room grotesque
figures may be burned in, while cham
bers or dining rooms, in fact, any room
may be made individual by appropriately
decorating with ones fayorite motto,
legend or quotation, on panels, spaces
above the windows, above a bookcase or
door, wherever there is room for the let
tering. This form of decoration is far
simpler than the pictures. and the novice
will do well to attempt this first. A
variety is obtained by the shading and
size and kind Of lettering.
The portfolio for stationery is made Of
stiff brown leather and tied with thongs
of lighter leather: the leaves of blotting
paper are also tied in with thongs of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
La Grippe a Cure for Insanity.

That la grippe's mysterious influence ex-
tends beyond the limits of the immediate
illness is amply proven by the develop
ments subsequent TO the epidemic Of last
winter. On the continent Of Europe the
successor to influenza Is IL mona, disease
of which the prominent symptom is an al
most irresistible desire to sleep. Unless this
inclination TO somrolency is overcome
within three days the patient has small
chance to live. On this side of the Atlantic
the pranks played By Ia grippe are of still
more singular nature. DR. Paine, OF the
Massachusetts State Hospital for the In
sane, reports that seven lunatics afflicted
with influenza o. recovering their physical
health also regained their reason. Five
of the seven" ne continues, would never
have been sane if the epidemic had passed
off without entering the hospital" In con-
trast to this he mentions that four patients
have been admitted of late whose madness
is due to la grippe.
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Atwo hundred and fifEy pound ooiored
woman got into the Fifth aveEus Eaags and
insisted on riding for nothing. EIpoStnlA-
tion did no good, 80 the driver called = 20
hceman 10 put her out
so you won't pay your farer' said tia
policeman, looking at her from bead TO
foot
NO, III die first. They shOuld have given
ne transfer"
but / am obliged 80 put yOu ont II you
don't pay your fare sa4d the policeman.
rolling up hi~ sleeve
You jes' try II. ;" said the old lady. with
glazing eyes.
The policeman took another look at the
gianteSs. thought moment. and then
quietly dropped a nickel Ia the box Il
guess that is the easiest way 20 adjust this
case" be said ~ be went whisthng along
on his beat Ell Perkins.
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PRETTY POKER PICTURES
LAURA 3. STARR WRITES OF A MOST
DELIGHTFUL ART.

1t Will Be Found Best to Do This Work
on an Easel - Two Tasteful Designs.
Some Detailed Instruction for Those
who Are to Do the Work.
Copyright, 1890, by American Press Association.
1t is far more comfortable to do poker
pictures on an easel steadily fixed and
maui stick than on table. for the fumes
Of the burning wood or leather viii be
found, sometimes, to be very painful to
the eyes.
After the outlines are sketched and the
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LAURA B. STARR

The Federation Of Wo1nen's Clubs ct
its formal organization in New York de
cided that any club having for It's object
literary, artistic or scientific culture
might become a member Of the sister
hood Of societies. At the same time the
broadly human movements" may be
recognized. Organizations with purely
educational, industrial or philanthropic
aims VIII be not admitted. IN adopting
their constitution and conducting their
sessions Of several days the Federation
OF Women's Clubs showed a knowledge
OF parliamentary usage that would have
done credit 10 any assembly. The
women's club has been a wonderful
educator Of women.
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A Sim OF ProsDerity.

A recent English publication cites rs
proof of the excellence OF the crops in
America for the last two harvcsts TINT DIR
ing the first quarter OF 1850 Great Britain
imported from the United States ! / ,6d5 live
cattle and Il. 4ol quarters Of beef in excess
of the amount received for the correspond
ing period OF 1859 Says the article referred
TO: "A good crop means, Of course, abun-
dance of feeding stuff for beasts, and Us a
result large number OK cattle are offered
TO us which otherwise would be kept at
home"