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and adopted the recently-scquired title,
We met at a reception at the house OF
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. then Minister to
Paris, and she iifrmed me OF her
new dignity as s's-cessor to Madame
Blavatskv as the leader OF the
Theosophists. She firmly believes IN
the reincarnation OF souls ana
is convinced that she is carrying around
tho soul OF Mary Queen OF scots She
said that she strongly suspected me oil
having feloniously misapproprlated the
soul OF Queen Elizabeth. If so, the
Tudor and Stuart souls have ceased TO
clash, for our interview was entirely
peaceable. She is decidedly stout,
usually dresses in black and wears black
silk gloves, even in the depths OF win
ter Her toilets are always set of by a
profusion OF the most magnificent dia-
mouds, OF which she apparently pos
sesses a most inexhaustlble collection.
She owns a splendid hotel IN Paris and
a villa at Nice and vibrates between the
two places. in each OF which she enter
talns most layishly and Hospitality.
JULIA WARD HOWE.
Then there Is our own julia Ward
Howe, Of whom We are 50 proud as the
writer Of that stirring battic.hymn Of
the republic. the most splendid national
hymn ever 7ri,ten since Rouget de Llsle
fred all French souls by his " Marseil-
laise" DO We not ali know her, and are
We not proud Of her?
Jane G.. Austin, the Boston author
has q bright. alert face framed in lovely
masses Of soft silverwhite hair. She
BEGIN her literary career 10y contribn-
tons to the 1t0n(ic UoHhtY at time
when 10 write acccptably for that maga-
Zine was the ambition OF all aspiring
Hhcr0f,orS. Reared in Concord, and
the daughtcr of mother OF great lite
rarv taste, the ncighbor Of Emerson and
hicott, she grew up IN an atmosphere
which fostcrod Eer native ability, and
her vivid pen pictures bring home to
us as do those Of no other author the
quaint Puritan manners Of the Pilgrim
fathers and mothers. In addition TO her
charm as q writer, Mrs. Austin Is one Of
the best conyersatiOnalists orr country
has ever known.
Speaking OF the Pilgrim mothers re-
minds me that Il WIS at the dinner given
recently il honor OF those much
neglected anccstres-es that renewed
INV acquaintance with Mrs. Elizabeth
CaIy Stanton, who presided. Her
voice is as clear and sonorous as 1t could
have been when she, tho pioneer Of the
claimants for womau's suffrage, pro-
claimed that if taxation without repre-
sentat.on Was unjust. its injustice was
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thoughts we're concentrated on my edi-
torial duties and correspondence.
Among the contributors to tho maga-
zinc. of which had thus become editor,
was young English girl living at Knox
Vile. Tenn, with tso brothers and their
families who as civil engineers were
at work on some railway in tina. State,
and this girls genius at once impressed
me. and an intimate correspondence soon
ensued between us, full of advice and
suggestion on my part. Later on she
wrote that she was about to return to
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alone without even hope 10 cheer her ex-
istcnce aud realizing bitterly that
at e. truth the poet sings
TaRf so-r)w'a crown ~ sorrow
J. remembering happier tlings.

Crossing the channel is s much more
eNsy. not 90 say agreeable, thing on
popcr than in sober earnest, so we will
go across and ! will introduce you 10
one Of the authors Of. England, whose
personality gave me the greatest shock
OF surprise ! have almost ever known.
From my childhood / had read with
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An Excuse Wanted.
flood Nows.l

Aunty hear there was q terrible
panic aud stampede at your school to-
day. What was the cause ? Did somo
one cry fire ?
Little Boy: l didn't hear Just what
il was, but it doesn't take much TO start
panic wen the weather is pleasant an
th' lessons is hard.
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Bass Notes Rang Out.

ILife.l
He: Lanier says music is love in
search of word.
She: Then l should think just now
that love has stepped on tack"
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This ability to Americanize Rome
which Bishop Keane indicated was even
more clearly set forth from DIR. O'Con-
nell, the eccicsiastic from Rome who ac-
companied Mgr Satolli on his original
mission as papal representative at the
dedication OF the Worlds FAIR.
It was Dr. O'Connel who ushered
Archbishop Ireland into the presence Of
the Pope when his Grace of ST. Paul
went to Rome with particulars Of the
school question. The forms which gov
ern the audience of even an archbishop
with the Pope are unyarying and cere-
monious in tue extreme. Moreover, the
natural reserve of Leo XIII. Is such as
to keep all persons at distance. That
it itintimidates royalty is well known in
the story of how the young Emperor
OF Germany in an audience dropped
the present he had brought to the Pope,
then let fall his helmet which he held
in his other hand. shook like leaf, and,
with his eyes glued 10 the floor, stood
unable to speak an Ineligible word.
A DEMOCRATIC ARCHBISHOP.
Within a certain radius of his imme-
date presence no one ever approaches
the Pope. In conformity to the etiquette
governing the situation Archbishop Ire
land was seated before the Holy Father
at the prescribed distance, and thus oe
gan the presentation of his case. But,
warming with the vital interest he feels
in the school question. involuntariIy he
arose to his feet and talking rapidly the
while with an utter absence OF the
fine phrases with which ambasaa.
dors and foreign dignitaries Of al
sorts are apt to embellish and obscure
their real purpose in addressing the
Pope, the Archbishop urc ,nseiously
moved up inch by inch to the foot o.
the Supreme PontiaTs throne: then
still impelled by the single force OF hi
overwhelming earnestness. he was oI
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as manifest in Z woman's case as IN a
mans. Although Mrs Stanton has
given SO uUch effort and time TO the
amelioration of woman condition, she
has none the less the strongest love OF
home, and IS a very devoted mother. 10
Is prottv rielt to- --t~h1io t.s uc.t ,
womanlv of women surrounded by her
family If handsome sons and daughters,
and hv her grandchildren, Of whom She
is inordinatcly fond. And ! shall never
foreet tho charming picture she made
when first called on her IN Paris III re-
aponse TO the following invitation:
"lou anl are women who shoWIt
know one another, and if you are half
as desirous to meet me is | am to see
You, come to me at my sons house
No. --'
Lucy h. Hooper. the senior and best
known of our Paris correspondents, was
born in Philadelphia and a great heircss.
Heavy pecuniary losses, however IN
duced her to adopt az profes-
sion the literary career she had
taken up as an amusement merely.
In her pretty Parsian home She
works steadily and methodically and
accomphshes surprising amount
Of writing with little apparent effort.
She entertains almost all distinguished
Americans visiting laris, and her din
ner-partics are moro celebrated than
those Of most of our foreign Ministers.
OF her cannot write all that | would
WISH for in doing so ! should feel as
though I were prMslug a member OF my
Own family. for her presence IN Paris
sulices to make me consider that fair
city second home.
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LEARNING ENGL1

Mgr. SatOlli, who now speaks only
Fuf-a and Italian, IA buil,s instructed IN
Che English language by Bishop hcann.
1t is interesting to learn that the first
word the apostolic delegate was ahle 90
utter in English was lawful, as applied
10 the methods ot the American ln-
tervicwer lie approves our FREQ
schools. reycrences our Constitution,
and has even consented 10 grace q
J-o'clock tea to DE given IN his
honor next week by Mrs. Madeline
Ninton Dahlsreen. Indeed, all Our
American institutions he either respects
or is resigned to, but for the American
interviewer he has a dread, relieved by
nothing but gasps of amazement. lie
submit 10 an interview? Oh the eX.
pres,iyeness of his literally fine Italian
haud
But | yentured to assert, the
Holy Father himself was interviewed
lately, and that by woman.
Quick as a flash came tue retOrt in
Italian "Ah, the Holy Father in Rome
may safely DO that which LIS representa-
tive could not do in America and sur
yiyr.
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the steps OF the throne and close beside
the Pope, under the very papal nose, he
was laying down the facts of the Ameri-
can Church with emphatic gesture and
strong. plain-spoken words When he
had exhausted his subject, without any
apparent consciousness Of the tre-
mendous breach of etiquette he had
been guilty OF. the!Archbishop gathered
up the papers he had scattered along his
democratic way and With no more clabo-
rate adieu than "good morning took
himself of.
A BREATH OF NEW LIFE.
For some moments after his departure
the Pope sat in silence with bowed head,
as If still under the spell of that unfct-
tered will and earnest soul. Then slowly
lifting his ewes and drawing a long
breath. he said THAT man is a rove
lation 10 me. He brings a breath Of
new life with him. Such courage, sim
picity, force surely great good shall
come ont OF the West. ."
THE UNIVERSITY.
The Pope's representative in the West
has about him in the environment OF the
Catholic University conditions distinctly
American. Several miles from the heart
OF Washington, the university stands IN
the midst Of the 400 acres it calls It's
own. A steady and rather rapid ascent
from the street leads to the main build
inc. which crowns the rise OF ground,
overlooking in two directions n sparsely-
settled tract of rolling. wooded country.
In another direction CLEANS the
marble tower Of tho Soldiers Home,
almost hidden among the intervening
trees, and to the south bird's-eye
view of the street stretches away
to the Potomac. The clean, far-reach-
inc survey the eve enjoys, tho uuob-
structed play Of the sun and wind. and
the apparent elevation above everything
outside which one feels standing ut the
door of the university, all combine 10
produce that American idea of the IN
tinitude OF life and liberty which is COM
monty only t. be had in the western
prairies. In the matter of construction
the university has obtained but some-
thing over QUO sixth of its complete ox-
tent. The hall of philosophy now
building has progressed sufficiently
to show, like the man building,
great magnitude without a suggestion OF
magniiicencc. There is something al
most puritanical IN the unostentatious
stretch Of gray walls that neither pleascs
nor ofenjs the eye. Within the build
ing corresponding simplicity prevails.
even to the private chapel wherc Mgr.
Satolli now celebrates mass every morn
ING. All tins T. peculiarly i'm accordance
with the tastes of MGR Satoli, who,
from his long intimate associatlon with
Leo Kill, is American. at least in so
far as 10 be American Is to be of simple,
austere habits.
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When Leo XIII. was elevated to the
chair Of 81. petar he brought with him
to Rome the hit.r court wl;h which be
had been surrounded IN the archbishop
ric Of Perugia. of thus court was Mgr
Satoll. and It is not TIE imagination
that perceivcs thit q score OF years
spent in close relations with iop.
Leo have lmprt~ci Nor. SatoHi
strongly with his per5ouairy ae
resemblance is that subtle like
ness which IA most in -piut, and is never
so evident as in ths impressive picture
the Archbishop presents when cello
brating mass. His face wears naturally
the serenity Of expression which. WIKI
its proiundity, balles curiosity and
though breaking now and then into "a
smile. seems to leave forever uudi5.
turbod the calm breath of the surface.
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MRS. SrANNARD.

John Strange Winter, the writer whose
graphic picture of barracks and mess
room life in " Bootles Baby cause
the Loudou,rs to speculate As to which
officer had taken up his pen to describe
his daily surroundings, not dreaming
that the masculine nam ne pi"mc had
been assumed by a very fair and stately
English matron without a trace OF mas
culinitv Ia either her nature or her ap-
poaraace- Mrs Arthur Stannard, TO
give her her own name-ls the most
charmlusly hospitable Of Aostcsses, and
her receptions and garden parties rank
among thc most appreciated function Of
the London season. Surrounded 10y her
handsome, sturdy children, with her stall
wart husband 10y her side, "John
Strange Winter is the central figure il
the most home-like and attractive OF
family groups.
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A GREAT EDITOR.

Ms. Nicholson. the editor and pro-
prietof of the New Orleans PicGVUHr,
~ one of the most celebrated Of femi-
nine "newspaper-men" in the South
Her editorial work beng 50 well known
has almost overshadOwed her reputation
MS a poet. for under the name OF Pearl
Rivers she has written many most eX-
0nislte verses. She Is typical south
eru woman, small and OF delicate
phvsiuue, with the soft voice and charm
ing accent characteristic Of her section
Of the country. her husbands death
left her the entire management OF the
Pic0VtlH,, a task with which she grappled
firmly and successfully. Some years
ago she married her business manager,
Mr. George Nicholson, and deyotes her
life to her work, her adoring husband,
aud their two handsome sons, who are
already taller than their slender little
mother.
Another woman who has since acquired
great AMI well-merited reputation,
both IN the old and new worlds, is Mrs.
Hodgson Burnett then Miss Hodgson.
for / met her at the outset Of her career
and on the very threshold of my own.
At that time my dear old southern
physician interested me IN one OF his
patients who was mortally i'll and urged
me instead of writing gratuituously for
different periodicals, as / had
been in the habit OF doing since
the age of 13, to assist the poor
invalid in her work and thus enable her
to still enjoy the comforts to which she
had been accustomed. When she died
the proprietor OF the magazine learned
the fact of my collaboration aud offered
me as permanency the position which
/ had filed as stop-gap. During the
following winter, while suffering from a
chest affection, and vibrating between
my sofs aud bed. my whole time and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-23

month, and continuance at that rate
for twelve months was guaranteed.
The pair of precious scamps were only
too successful. They unloaded the mine
OH English investors, thousands of
whom were widows, who sold out their
consols and annuities to reap the larger
returns offered by these swindlers.
In few months the shipments of ore
fell off; the stock dropped; investiga-
ton showed that Stewart had unloaded
worked-out and worthless mine, and
swindled the people out of their money.
A congressional investigation followed.
in which it was also shown that Stewart
had played false to his client Lyon.
and beaten him, as we'll as the English.
Stewart at one time wanted Lyon to
consolidate with company in which
there would be ''Siares enough to give
all the witnesses and jurymen all around
Salt Lake City all that was necessarysP.
Park. before his union with Stewart.
told Lyon that Stewart would buy
judges and juries" Stewart told Lyon.
that Park would do the same. The
rogues evidently understood each other.
And this is the man who upbraids;a
'venal press" who denounces the En-
gllsh; who poses as the friend and pro-
tector of the farmer aud the working
man, and who will now rather over
throw constitutional government than
release the government from tribute to
his interests.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-23
STEWART, THE PHARIsEE.

One need not wade far into the flood
of words with which the senator from
Nevada has deluged the senate and
swelled the Record to learn that he
poses as the defender of the interests of
the mass; as the opponent of SOrdid
greed and crafty fraud; as the bulwark
against which rapaclty may break It's
forces in vain. All who oppose him are
venal and corrupt. The press of the
country is the mere tool and slave of the
''gold conspirators," selling its services
for lucre. The great commercial bodies
of the country are the dupeS of the gold
bugs. The banks are the centers of the
movements which would deprive the
dear people, but for Stewart, of their
dearest right-the privilege Of Juggling
about IS cents worth of silver from
Stewards, or Mrs. Stewards, mines
under the delusion that they had 100
cents.
1t is good service, then, that the New
York Times has rendered, to brush off
the dust which accumulates so rapidly
or the memories of our people and show
them what manner of saint this is who
now takes on such airs of purity.
Briefly, as our space demands, we re-
late the story of the Emma mine which
stirred such scandal twenty-one years
ago. In 1871 Stewart, then as now
senator from Nevada, became associ-
ated with one Lyon, who claimed a
third interest in this mine. Trenor
Park represented the opposing inter-
ests. 1t was finally agreed that the
mine should be sold and Lyon get $780,
600 for his share. Later Stewart wrote
to Lyon that the mine was being "pro-
moted'' in England with a good pros
pect of sale at big figures. "They
have worked the mine up so in Eng
land by the ore they have sent and the
manner of sending it that l have no
millions" This settlement" which
Stewart assured his client was all he
could get, ''has this adYantage-thatw we
will not be fighting for a worked-out
NINE" 1t may be added that Stewart
was to get one fourth of what Lyon
made.
Stewart and Park, from being fierce
enemies. became thick friends. and
went to England to promote" the
mine. Quantities of rich ore from
somewhere, but purporting to come
from this "worked-out" mine, followed
them. bob" Schenck, then minister to
England, was beguiled into becoming a
director in the English company. A
| glowing prospectus set forth the value
| of the mine, which, it stated, was de.
| Glazing dividends Of 15SS Per cenz a
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GIVE HILL a CHANCE.

The sentiment of the American press
is almost unanimously in favor of the
repeal of the silver purchase act. 1t is
quite as unanimous in the opinion that
the management of the repeal cause by
Senator Voorhees, has been lacking in
many essentials, and that the cause
would be promoted If the chairman of
the committee on finance would step
aside and entrust the management of
affairs to some other and bolder spirit.
The courtesy due to the senators has
been used as an excuse for the perpe-
tration of the greatest wrong known to
parliamentary history-the denial to the
majority of the United States senate of
the right to rule or to vote upon a
proposition involving the highest inter-
est of the American people. Months
have been frittered away in debate.
frivolous IN character and avowedIy OBJ
stru2tlVe III purpose, and yet the end is
far distant. Unusual expedients have
been resorted to in order to bring mat
tiers to crisis, but all have failed. The
country is disappointed and Disguised,
and there are threats that at the first CD
portunity the senate itself shall be abol-
iShed.
During the past week a new leade
has appeared upon the scene-a man of
great national distinction, but hereto
fore inconspicuous in the pending con-
troversy. Senator David B. Hill has
been spectator of, rather than a partici-
pant in, the proceedings. He has re-
Trained from consuming the time of the
| senate by forensic defamation, esteem
ing it unnecessary as long as his posi-
ton was understood. But his patience
has at last been exhausted. He insists
! that the past policy of inaction and OBJ
struction shall cease, no matter what
the cost, and that the senate shall no
| longer stand in the way of the repeal of
measure that has wrought so much
disaster, and whose power for greater
evil cannot even now be oVerestimated.
His was not an idle protest. 1t was ac-
companied by plan which, while it
overturns some of the precedents Of the
senate, does not violate its rules nor in
| fiict hardship, and will result in a direct
vote upon the questions at issue. His plan
involved the acquiescence of majority
of the senators of all parties, and already
it has secured the Endorsement Of ma
jority without the Necessity of seeking
the approval of a single Republican,
although many OF that party faith give
the scheme their cordial support His
theory is that the presiding officer has a
perfect right under the rules upon a roll
call. either upon his own suggestion or
that of any senator, to first ask ask a sena-
torwho is in his seat to vote. If the sena-
tor refuses to vote, then the presiding
officer has the right to direct the clerk
to enter upon the journal that the sena,
tor was present, and declined to vote.
This is not "Reedism," as some assert
Reedism consisted of the counting of a
quorum when quorum was not pres
ent. Mr.. Hill would count a quorum
when the required number of senators
were in their seats, even though some
of them declined to answer to the roll
call. The difference is wide one. Mr..
| HIPS proposition is backed by prsce-
dent, both Democratic and Republican;
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it is not in violation of any of the rules
Of the senate, and its necessity is die
tated by public policy and justified by
common sense.
The vice president has now been
formally requested to carry out Senator
HIPS plan, and in doing so has the as
surance of the support of majority of
the senators of all parties combined, as
we'll as of majority of the entire sem
ate who owe allegiance to the Demo-
cratic party. VIII he refuse to adopt
the suggestion? Will he consent to a
continuance of the lame and impotent
discussion that has brought the senate
into such disrepute at home and abroad?
His duty in the premises is clear, but if
he desires to shIrk it, he can surrender
the gavel for brief hour to the senator
from New York, and the deed will be
accomplished.