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great was the alarm excited by the attempt
on Mr.. Stewards life that from 1855 to 1869
q soldier was kept constantly on guard in
front OF the old mansion. The Secretary re-
covered, but his only daughter, who had
witnessed Payne's assault, was so terribly
shaken by the affair that she died not long
afterward.
Secretary of War Belknap was the next
tenant Of tae house Of misfortune. and for
time the sober old ediice became gay with
the life of the Grant regime. Before twelve
month its evil genius had again asserted it.
self and Mrs. Belknap lay dead under its
roof after brief illness. Then, after the
Belknaps vacated. it again did duty, as in
the earlier days, as boarding-house,. but
Washington had somehow got the impress
sion that the place was uncanuy and thas its
tenants were dogyed by an evil fats. For
time the Commissary Generals staff
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by the then Secretary OF State, William II.
Seward. and he moved into it with his fam
ily. On the night OF April Ia, 1866, while Mr..
Seward lay sick in bed in one of the upper
rooms, big, oak complexioned, broad
shouluered man rang the door bell and
told tho servant who admitted him that
he had a package of medicine which the Sec
retary's physician had ordered to bs deliv.
cred to him personally. The servant re-
fused to allow him to go upstairs AMI thu
Secretary's son, Frederick W. Seward. also
opposed him; but the stranger, making a
feint Of departure, suddenly sprang at
Frederick and felled him to the floor with
| the butt of a revolver, almost on the same
instant sIashiue the servant with knife.
he then darted forward and reached the
SICK chamber where Secretary Seward was
| sitting up in bed. The knife cleaned again
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both sides were seeking to communicate
with him. After finishing the reading of
the letters Mr.. Blaine turned to the Chair
man of the Committee aud demanded to
know whether he had received any dispatch
from Mr.. Caldwell. Receiving an evasve
answer Mr.. Blaine asserted, as within his
own knowledge. that the Chairman had re-
ceived such dispatch completely and ao-
solutely generating me from this charge
and you have suppressed it."
In 1875 Mr.. Blaine was appointed to the
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the re-.
Sgnatlon Of Senator Morrill,, and the next
winter was elected by the Legislature to the
succeeding term. His career in the Senate
was both brilliant and distinguished, as it
had been In the House. He was called from
the Senate to enter President Garasld's
Cabinet as Secretary Of State. 1t was while
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The Infanta Eulalta and Husband to
Represent the Queen Regent.
The Queen Regent Of Spain will be repre-.
sented at the Chicago Columbian Exposition
by the Iufanta Eulslia and her husband,
Prince Antoine. The Cabinet has sanctioned
their visit to tho Worlds Fair as representa-
tives Of Queen Regent Christina.
1t was ut first thought that the Infanta
Isabella would represent the Queen Regent
at the Fair, and, in fact, she made pro-
visional promise to do so. Subsequently,
however, she withdrew ths promise on the
ground that her civil list was not large
enough to permit her to incur the
heavy expense attendant upon such a
visit. The Infanta Eulalia, who
has now been selected to represent Queen
Regent Christina, was born February H.
1854, and is therefore nearly twsnty-nine
years of age. She was married to Prince
Antoine, son Of Prince Antoine dOrleans,
Duke Of Montpensier. February 2, 1855:
The Infanta Eulalia is the youngest sister ol
the late King Alfonso.
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The Telescope Of the Future.

What the telescope of the future can
do may be partly learned from COM
parative survey of its past history and
progress. When Galileo, in the early
part of the Seventeenth Century, showed
his first telescope, which magnifed only,
three diameters, to the astonished'
authorities of Venice, little did they
dream Of the possibility Of the Lick re-
tractor of to-day. Galileo's first instru-
ment was similar in construction to the
ordinary opera glass. It was no more
powerful, and was far less perfect. In
fact, it consisted merely of two single
lenses, one being convex and the other
concave. Even his last and best tele-
scope, magnifying thirty diameters, was
much inferior to some Of our spy glasses.
But even with this small instrumental
equipment new world was unveiled.
BE saw the spots on the sun, the phases !;
Of VeEus, the mountains OF the moon,'
the satellites of Jupiter, the rings OF
Saturn, and thrust back the barriers OF
the steller world. It may be remarked
that there are two general classes OF
telescopes, the refracting and the re-
fecting. Much success has been attained
by the Herchels, Lassell aud Others in
the construction of rejecting telescopes,
but the refractor has proved itself the !
superior. The refracting telescope is
composed of two principal parts, the OBJ
ject glas, and the eye glass. The object
glass has general convexity Of form,
and its purpose is to collect light from
the object and bring it to focus near
the eye glass, where it forms bright
image. The eye glass, in its turn, mag
mites this image aud renders it visible TO-
the eye on an enlarged scale. But in
order to enlarge the image we must cola
lect considerable light, and the more we
magnify or spread out this image the
more light we must collect to render it
visible, a,d consequently the greater
object glass or light-collector, we must
have. Hence it was that simultaneously
with the first telescopes arose the desire
to get more light in order to obtain .
greater magnidcation.
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the new one. The death of Garfield and Mr..
Blaine's retirement from public life caused q
change in his plans and he leased his Dupont
Circle house to Mr.. Letter. He was
absent from ths city for several years, al
though he spsn1 portion of one or two
winters there and occupied the house on La
fayette square adjoining General Beale's
residence, which is owned by the daughter
Of the lats Rspr sentative Scott, Of Pennsyl-
vania, Mrs Scott Townsend.
About the beginning of his administration
he purchased his late home. which Is on the
opposite side Of Lafayette square, and is
known az the Seward House. The old place
had been unoc:upied for some years and
was in dilapidatei condition. 1t was
considered uotoriously unlucKy, two
tragedies having occurred within its portals.
During Bucaanan's administration it was
occupied as a clubhouse. One day Philip
Barton Key, the young and handsoms Dis
trics Attorney of the District of Columbia,
had just left the clubhouse when he was
shot down by Congressman sickles, Of New
York. Mr.. Key was carried back to the
clubhouse. An intrigue which Key had
been carrying on with Sckless wife was
the cause Of thu encounter.
Two years after this occurrence the house,
which was for time unoccupied, was taken
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earnest efforts that provision was made ir
the Mckinley bill for the reciprocity trea-
ties which formed such prominent features
Of National policy. The Samoan difficult
ties, the complications arising out of the
lynching Of Italians at New Orleans, and the
killing Of American seamen at Valparaiso
were also disposed Of while Mr.. Blaine was
at the head Of the State Department. The
events preceding and atten1ing the recent
Minneapolis Convention are too recent al
most to need recouuting. Mr.. Blaine was
induced to permit his name to be Used as a
candidate, and resigned his place in the
Cabinet. Whether in public position or in
private life, he always remained a central
figure in National affairs.
BLAINE's LIFE IN WASHINGTON.
For nearly thirty years MIR. Blaine has
been resident OF Washington. While he
never gave up his home AMI home life in
Maine, where he had p town residence in
Augusta aud a summer residence at Bar
Harbor, vet he also had home in Washing
ton. It was only few years after going
there us a Member Of Congress that he
bought the residence, S21 Fifteenth street.
where he lived so many years. This
was about the year 1859. when he was
elected Speaker of the House for the first
time. The house he bought was one Of a
row which had just been built and was re-
garded at that time as one Of the chief
architectural features Of the city.
He made his home at S2l Fifteenth street
for over ten years, and then having built
the fine residence fronting on Dupont Circle,
he sold the old house and took possession OF
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out; 'They shall hupfsr no more, neither
thirst any more, neithyr shall the sun light
on them, nor any heat, for the Lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall lead them
to living fountains Of water, and God shau
wipe away all tears from their eyes. =
Oh, .unglove your hand and give it to me
in congratulation on that scene! feel asff
l would shout. 1 will shout halleluiahi
Dear Lord. forgive me that I ever conn
fore US, who cares for anything but God and
heaven and eternal brotherhood Take the
Grape off the doorbell. Your loved ones are
only away for their health in a land am
brosial. Come, Lowell Mason; come, Isaac
Watts, and give US your best. hymn about
joy celestial.
What is the use Of postponing our heaven
any longer? Let 1t begin now, and whose
ever oath q harp let her thrum it, and who.
soever hath trumpet Let him blow II, and
whosoeyer hath an organ let him give us
full diapason. They crowd down the air, ,
spirits blessed moving in cavalcade Of tri-
umph, Their chariot wheels whirl In the !
Sabbath sunlight. They come. Halt ar. !.
mics of Godi Halt until we are ready TO-
join the battalion Of pleasures that never
die. -.
long as eternity to tell the JOYS that are
coming to us. + just ses open the suushiny
door. Como in, all ys Disciples Of the
world who have found the world mockery:
Come In, all ye disciples Of the dance, and
see the bounding feet of this heavenly glad
ness. Come In, ye Disciples OF worldly
amusement and see the stage where Kings
are the actorA and burning worlds the foot
lights. and thrones the spectacular.
Arise. ys dead in sin, for this Is ths morn
ing Of resurrection. The joys OF heayeu
submrge our soul. Ipul out the trumpet
stop. In thy presence there is O. fullness Of
joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures
forevermore. -. ss5 .:,.l'r,..T (. :, i
Blessed are tha saints beloved Of God; ~
Washed are their robes In Jesus,s btosd;
Brighter than angels. 10! they shine.
Their glories splendid and sublime. :,
ny soul anticipates the day, * A}&|g T.
Would stretch her wing and soar aw1y Is ~
To aid the song, the pslm to bear, IL H.,
And bow the chief Of sinners there.
Oh. the sunshine the glorious sunshine
the everlasting sunshinal ,
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passing through the railroad depot leaning
on Mr.. Blaine's arm and pleasantly chatting
The death Of Mr.. Garfield led to Mr.. Blaine's
retirement from the Cabinet, in December, +,
1882. From that date until he entered Mr..
Harrison's Cabinet as Secretary OF State.
he was in private life except during his
campaign for the Presidency in 1884.
During his retirement Mr.. Blaine wrote
his Twenty Years in Congress-" work OF
great historical value. 1t was in accordance
with his original suggestion and duo to his
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A MADEMoIsELLE PoLA1RE sang the com :
nosition or a wel-known sportsman in Paris
iecently and her listeners applaude1 vocifer'
ously. Then bouquet was presented to her;
Not nice, handy little thing which could
easily be grasped by Iady's dainty hand,
but nosegay in the shape Of q lite-slzed
horse, which, either by means Of h2ure m
aide or because it was propelled from Dehlnd'
advanced on to the stage by itself.
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and Mr.. Seward. weak aud helpless, was
stabbed in the face and neck, but ths band.
ages that swathed his neck saved him
from mortal wound. As the murderous
intruds retrested he was again intercepted,
and an attendant, but he shook them oil,
and running down stairs, leaped on his
horse and rode off. He was captured
few days later. and being fully identified
as Lewis Payne one Of the men
implicated in President Lincoln's
death. was tried, condemned and OK.
ecuted with his ow-couspirators. So
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and out of investments in West Virginia.
Mr.. Blainss last visit to the Capitol on q
public occasion was when he attended, with
other members Of the Cabinet, the Congress
sional funeral of Samuel J. Randall: Mr..
Blaine had always q great respect and admir-
alton for Mr.. Randall, who had led the minor
ity in the House when MIR. Blaine was the
Speaker. His last appearance before q COM
mittee was when he protested to the Senate
Finance Committee against the passage Of
tine Mckinley Tariff bill in the form in which
il had come from the House and brought
forward his policy Of reciprocity with the
other republics of this continent. Mr.
Blaipss last visit to the White House was
when he attended the funeral services OF
Mrs. Harrison.
Mr.. BLAINE'S HOUSEHOLD.
OF Mr.. Blaine's six children. three-two
sons and @ daughter-were suddenly stricken
down By death after reaching maturity. His
eldest son. Walker, a young man OF
fine parts, who hal given evidence
of rare abilities ..ani was apparently
destined to brilliant future, died two years
ago. Enmons, his second son, bright
business man, in manner and character
closely resembling his father, also died sud-
denly in the heYday OF youth and prosperity.
A third and crushing bereavement was
the death of the eldest daughter, Alice,
who was married to Lieutenant Colonel
JohnJ. Coppinger. 1t followed closely
on the death Of her brother. Walker
Blaine whose funeral she was at at
tending when seizsi by the fatal i'll
ness. or the three surviving children,
the SON, James g., made an untortunate
marriage, the results Of which en-
bistered the latter years Of his fathers
life. One of tho daughters. Miss Margaret.
is married to Mr.. Walter Damrosca, the ia
NOUS New York musical director. AMI tne
other, Miss Harriet is uumarrle l.. MRS.
Blaine is still an active and orllao1
lady. She has been devoted wlie 70 ele
crest statesman, whom she marriel forty.
one wears ago when both were school
teachers in a country district with but little
to Indicate the prominent place they were
destined to fill in the highest circles OF tne
Nation.
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THE cow with the crumpled horn
that tossed poor Gladstone all forlorn
is providing relics for Liberal enthu-
siasts, who have paid high prices for
its skin in which to have savorite
volumes bound
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held possession, then when they bad
moved to the War Departments new build
ing it was again tenantles:. 1t was about
this time that Mr.. Blaine, shortly after his
appointment as Secretary of State by Presi-
dent Harrison, astonished his friends by
renting the ill.omened house for ten years
at 5000 year. He decorated and reno
waited it throughout tearing down the walls
OF the room in which the attempt on Mr..
Stewards life took place. and by generous
expenditures transformed the dingy old
wide.roomed house into magnificent mod
ern residence. Yet all the changes failed to
eradicate the characteristic attributed to the
mansion by the superstitious Washington
ians. Becoming its tenant, Mr.. Blaine has
encountered the greatest reverses to his am
bitions, and experienced the keenest sorrows
Of his life.
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M2. BLAINE'S PROPERTY.

Although known as man Of compare.
lively large wealth, Mr.. Blaiue's life during
his term as Secretary of State was far
from being ostentattous. His home
on Lafayette square was we'll suited
for entertainment, out, owing to the fact
that what Is called the "adminis.
tration circle" has been almost constantly in
mourning during the past four years 1t has
been used but little for that purpose, MIR.
Blaines fortune had its origin in tracts
which were left by mis- father, Ephraim
l.. Blaine who had himself in
inherited them from the elder
James Gillespie Blaine. The most valuable
Of these properties was a tract Of coal Land
near the Monongahela River. MIR. Blaine
made most Of his money out Of these lands
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JAMES C. BLAINE
RiS Public Career From Man.
hood to Old Age.
1RIuMPHS AND REVERSES.
His Early Life as a School Teacher
and a Journalist.

Beginning OF His Political Career
Speaker, Senator, Secretary of
State, Presidential Candidate and
Historian-His Bereavements and
Ill-Fated House in Washington
The Blaine Household.
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This is not the advice OF misanrhrope.
There is no man iu the house to whom the
world is brighter than it is to ne. 1t is not
the advice OF dyspeptic-my digestion Ii
perfect: it is not the advice OF maa woo
cannot understand joke or who preierS a
funeral: it is not the advice OF wornout
man, but the advice of man who can sac
this world in all its brightness, AMI. ,nsii-
ering myself competent in judging what Is
good cheer, tell the multItu les OF young
men in this house this morning thas thsre Is
nothing in worldly associations so grand
and so beautiful and 80 exhilarant rs In
Christian s,ciety.
/ know there is great deal OF talk about
the self denials OF the Christian. have t.
tell you that where t1e Christian has on!
self denial the man OF the world has taou'
sand self denials. The Christian is not c)n'
manded to surrender anything that is worth
keeping. But what does Il man deny MIN.
self who denies himself the religion OF
Christ. He denies himself pardon OF sill;
he denies himself peace ot conscience; he de-
nies himself the joy of the Holy Ghost: ne
denies himself comfortable death pillow;
he denies himself the glories OF heaven DO
not talk to me about the salt denlalS OF the
Christian life! Wnere there is Qua i'll the
Christian life there ara q thousand III tns
life OF the worll. "Her ways ara ways OIL
pleasantne's"
Again, lind a great dea! otreils!ou' sun
shine in Christian and divine explanation.
To great many people life is an ine12lica-
bic tanyle. Things turn out differently from
what was supposed. There is a useless ,wo-
man in perfect health. There is an indus
trious and ronsecrated woman complete
invalid Explain that. There is bad man
with s30, 900 of income. There is a good man
with 1890 of income. Why is that? There IS
foe of society who lives on. doing all the
the damage ne can. 20 ssveury-nve years OF
age, and here is Christian father, faithful
in every department Of life, at thlrty-ave
wears taken away by death, his family left
helpless. Explain that. Oh, there is no
sentence that oftenar droos from your liDs
than this: 81 cannot unlsstsud it, Ican-
not understand it."
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AN INTERESTING rALK
On Electricity by Prof. Denote at the Y
NJ. G. A. last Night.

On Electricity by Prof. Denote ut the Y.
NJ. G. A. last Night.
Prof Denotes lecture on electricity
at the Y. NJ. G. A. hall last evening was
great treat to the people of Wheeling
2Iost people do not really understand
electricity. 1t has more than its share
Of quacks, and the wonders exhibited in
museums are generally flakes" As
advice to people, hcsaid it should never
be applied except under extreme cir
cumstances, and then by an expert.
There is a Chinese tradition that cleo
trcIty was discovered by one OF their
nationality about 5000 &. c., but it was
not until tho sixteenth century that it
began to DO at all understood. We are
indebted to all nationaltles for our
knowledge OF electricity. 1t was fret
used in chemical processes in 1900, and
the first light was made in 1909. lie
followed up the history Of electricity
till it is known rs taught in the text
books OF to-day, and then gave the
results Of moro recent researches.
Nv eulu CbllCENs AlS NOllsCl NAhANOs
1t generally takes them five or
ten years TO get ready 10 teach
anything after it has been made known.
What great men to-day AFRO trying to do
is to separate light from heat. He had
seen u room lighted sufficiently to read
by without the presence OF heat. tio
belongs to that class OF persons who be-
lioyo that this age, or the age Of steam,
is as far behind the future as tho pos
tilon and the stage coach arc behind
US. 1t has even now been proven that
from l20 to 200 miles per hour can DO
made with electricity.
The experiments were fine, especially
those representing the synthcsis Of
water and the theory OF sound waves.
Tho house was packed and the audience
enthusiastic and attentive.
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NOTES ON NAVIGATION.


Stage of Water aud Movements of Boats.
The River Interests.
The marks on the wharf show l6 feet
0inches in the channel and falling.
All of the packets have hecn running
irregularly for the past two days.
There we're lots Of small cakes OF
shore Ice floating in the channel yester-
day. In the afternoon n thin skum OF
ice formed.
To-day the II. X. Bedford, for Pitts
burgh Il. M, Keystone State, for Gin
cinnati, 8 a M; Courier, for PRrkers.
burgh, 1880 a, NJ, will be the packets.
The Bon Hur passed down for Park
ersburg at o'clock last night. he
Congo was also expected at u very late
hour for Cincinnati, having been dc.
tanned for hours by tho storm.
Tho Andes has been having rough
time down about Portsmouth, having
been blown ashore during the big gale,
with force which required the joint
efforts OF several boats to set her atloat.
She is not expected for lew days, on
account OF being late when she left
Cincinnati and detained by mishaps on
her trip up.
The reports from hoadwa,ors last
night were rs follows:
Brownsville, Pa.-l0 feet inches and
falling; clear and cold.
Warren, Pa, % feet nine'tenths; clear
and cold.
Morgan,own, W, Vas feet and fall.
ing; clear and cold.
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"a Fair Rebel" which is to be given
at tho Opera House Wednesday, Febru-
airy %, matinee aud night, holds the
lead OF the military dramas OF to-day.
At its FIRST presentation AT the Four
teenth Street theatre, New York, it
sprang into popularity and received the
unqualified endorsement OF the press.
In every scene the author has been
careful as to detail. Tho escape Of off
GERS from tho famous Libby Prison is
wildly portrayed, and ali the scenes
are strikingly worked out. As relief
pretty love story runs through the
drama, interspersed with comedy aud
pathos. As contracted the drama holds
front rank among stage productions.