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The morning call., 1894-06-10
STAMP CONTEMPLATING.

Ever since stamps came into use for the
prepayment Of postage they have been
fruitful material for the arts of tho coun-
terfeter. He has not piled his nefarious
practice for the defrauding of governments
only, but has devoted q large share of his
opera tons to the beguilement of the phil
atelists. In fact the latter field has proved
the more tempting as the danger In it was
less while the prospective profits were
greater.
OF late. however, the precautions that
have been taken by the different govern
ments to prevent successful imitation of
their postal issues and the close study
given by the stamp collectors to their spec
linens has made it exceedingly difficult to
market stamps that are not in every way
genuine. and the various kinds of counter
feiting that have been resorted to are much
more numerous than one not posted has
any idea of.
Most common is the imitation of the
stamps themselves-that is, their general
design, and in some cases so cleverly is
the work of the counterfeter executed
that microscope is necessary to distin-
guish it from the genuine.
Another favOrite practice is the slmula-
ton OF cancellations. which frequently
give value to rare old stamps; but in some
cases the postoffice's DELIBERATIONS are re-
sorted TO 10 cover defects in the spurious
stamps. Sometimes perforated stamps are
trimmed to initiate the unperfora ed Issue,
and vice versa. whichever happens to be
the most valuable. Even the size of per-
foratiOns are changed by contracting or
expanding process applied TO the paper of
the stamps. many stamps being graded in
value according to the size OF their per-
forati0ns. In the case of provisional
stamps, which are of a most varied char
acter, the greatest danger lies, and in this
line the greatest successes have been
achieved by the designing individuals who
appear to be on the constant lookout for
opportunities to fraudulently tighten the
purses Of unsopnistcated dealers and col
lectors.
Early in the history of postage stamps,
before the surcbarged stamp became the
philaielic pest that it is considered to-day,
provisional stamps were created by the
public by cutting stamps of a certain de-
nomination into halves and, 10 few in
stances. into quarters to prepay postage in
| The proportlOnate amount represented by
these severed portions of the stamp.
| These split PROFESSIONALS, as they are
! termed, are valued as such only when on
| the original covers. In most cases the en-
tire stamps from which splits were
made are purchasable for comparatively
| little money, and the counterfeiter has
shown himself an adept in converting
The morning call., 1894-06-10
NOW DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY.
The First Woman to Be Graduated
From a German University.

Inc triumph Of Miss Kate Windschied
III oelhg graduated from the old Univer-
Sly Oh heidelberg with the title of doctor
VI phllos0phy is a triumph for all German
Momeh. she is the first woman to win
.n,s Instruction in Germany, and she won
1t from the prouGest and oldest university
Oh the 1atherland. and against prejudice
anu 'rautiohs which heretofore had been
lnsufmouhtaole. The theory-or fact,
rather-ot the intellectual eoualfty of men
and women has never been admitted by
Germans 10 general, although they have
read proofs OF 1t in their coDies of Plato
and In the pages of thousands of other
writer's. Ihey kept not onlv the nrnfes-
slOnal schools at the universities clnsed to
women, but the gymnasia or coileoes and
forced the clever ones to nuench THAR
thirst for knowledge in the Sn-caIIed
"seminaries" whose curriculum was made
I'D chiefly of history, literature and modern
languages.
But with the action of the universi,v re-
garding Miss Windschied all prei1dica
seems to have been overcome. ana 6v tha
time that the first diplomas are granted
by the %omen's gymnasia the doors II
every university in Germany Will prob
ably be open to their graduates Miss
Windschied was born on August %, 1859.
in Munich. and is the daughter of the late
Professor Windschied. one of the most
famous teachers of law on the Continent.
She was educated at schools in Munich,
Heidelberg, Leipsic and Berlin, attending
The morning call., 1894-06-10
AS A WAITING-MAID.
A Young Woman's Queer Experience
in TennySOn's fi0usehoId

in TennySon's Household.
Some of the difficulties of living un to a |
disguise are illustrated in an old story re- |
Gently printed in Black woods Magazine !
1t is part of lady's journal kept in the |
year 1889. and tells her experience in Wis !
iting the Tennyson family in the guse of
q lady's maid. Her friend Mrs Neville |
who was invited TO make the visit, could |
not afford maid or a nurse for her little |
girl, so the young woman volunteered to
act in that capacity under the mama of
Marion LangIais" They both belonged
to the same literary club, which included
Mary and Emily Tennyson, but as she
had never met them she considered her
self safe from suspicion. She arranged
her pretty tresses under coarse bag wig,
and quite transformed herself into con-
VentiOnal lady's maid.
AS soon as they arrived at the poets
house her troubles began. She was eX-
pected to sleep with the housemaid. and
aside from her unwelcome company she
found il awkward to dispose of her black
wig, and had to wait for the wondering
girl to fall asleep before she could settle
herself for the night. After few days
she was called upon to appear In the
dining-r0om as waitress. and had her hrst
glimpse of the poet. Her journal says:
81 was to wait at table. and my heart
beat so fast as | went in that l could hear
nothing else for few minutes, for on en-
tering the room | saw Alfred IennysOn at
last! And Frederick, HoratiO, Emily.
Mary and the mother. Was 1t delusion
that l stood there behind them, changing
their plates. helping them, and they so
little dreaming of my identity with the
servant Marion" Was l asleep when the
maid of all work thrust handful OF dirty
forks into my hand and bid me Cut and
n
do all this many times before dinner was
over, and although l did it very we'll my
hand shook so the first time L took Alfred
| Tennyson's Ilate thai | thought 1t must DE
seen. The romance OF the affair rushed
over me"
The poet began to observe her very
| closely after this, and she became so
nervous that she nearly forgot her part
| One day as she was passing the open door
| of bis room, where he lay smoking and
| reading, he called her in and asked her to
| bring him a book from downstairs. He
attempted to describe it, but it was Ger
man work and he thought she could not
read il. II know" she said, and quickly
went down and brought it to him. 80
YOU understand German" be said. and she
gave an evasiVe reply and left the room.
| That evening at dinner TennySon could
not draw a cork from a beer bottle, and
after every one had tried aud failed, he
said to Mrs. Neville: Where is your
| Marion? She can d it. She can do every
thing from reading German to waiting at
table Let her try." Marion came and,
| amid a chorus of apologies and eXDiana-
| tions. she drew the cork. Another day at
| dinner she was summoned to the table for
some trivial reason. aud it was found out
| afterward that it was to settle a dispute
about the color of her eyes Eventually
her identity was revealed. and the family
took the trick all IN good part.-New York
| Sun
The morning call., 1894-06-10

A " oman Who Was a Guerrilla
Finds Her Lost Daughter.


The Circuit Court of Burksvile, KY, at its
next session will find a case before it bristlng
with romance. The litigation is over a land
title. In the early days of the war company
OF guerrillas made their headquarters in the
Bennett neighbOrhOod, in an adjoining county.
One of the members of the company was a
dashing fellow known as Jack Mason. None
of his fellows knew his antecedents but as he
was jolly, good naIured, enthusiastic and brave
III raids no questions were asked. Mason was
feminine in form and Conduct, but this was
attributed 10 his youth. In skiTmish one
night Mason was wounded and left at the house
of family named Orth. Here 1t was discovered
that Mason was girl
Her wound though painful was not serious.
but kept her confined TO her bed for several
months, during Which time she became a
mother After her recovery she disappeared,
leaving some jpwelry and money for The baby.
The excitement of the war caused the Orths TO
forget the girl and they came 10 look upon and
love the winsOme baby as their own and did
the best they could for her. She grew TO
wOmanhoOd and married young farmer, and
now is the mother OF two children.
Her husband owned some land in a distant
county, which he sold. Later question of title
came up, during which the walt was called TO
testify. During the hearing Mrs. Mayhem told
her life story she had il from the OrthS The
local newspapers made some reference to her
story, which was republished in several places,
including Knoxville
This last was seen by the wife of a prosper
GUS merchant in a country town in Tennessee.
and created the widest joy in her bosom. In
Mrs. Mayhem she recognized her baby, lost for
years ana she visited BurkSViile TO investigate.
Her story Is that shortly af er marriage she
b came Jealous of her husband and accused
him. as she now knows, falsely. They quar-
relied and he left her. In despair aud ashamed
TO go to her parents. who mad forbidden her TO
marry, and being young and romantic she lied
as she could and joined the guerrllaS. After
the birth of the child, without resources, She
ran away from the OrthS, In ending 10 return
home, tell all 10 her parents and then return
| for the child.
When she reached her home she FOUND she
had overtaxed hrr strength and was III tor
many weeks When she recovered She couId
not locate her baby She had not maze any IN
uulries about The country nor even the nearest
town while at Orth's. and the raYageS OF war:
tOoetheT with the constantly moving DooleS oil
The army in East Tennessee, prevented
search. -. ,,,,..
After the war search was made, but WITHOUT
success and the baby was given up as lost IN.
| nj the publication came to her notice. Inc
MOI her who mad been reunited TO her huSoahu,
at once went To Orth's. was recognized ana
proceeded TO see her daughter, VINO was lrantlc
with iov at seeing the mother she never tX-
nected TO know. All this story VIII ne con
tirmed in the next session OF the Cirenit Court,
when the land case comes up.-N' L hecoruer'
The morning call., 1894-06-10
WIASEMSKY'S FAD
His Hobby Is to Ride on
Horseback.
IN SADDLE THROUGH ASIA.
The Adventures He Had While TraV-
cling in Strange Lands With
His CCSSackS.

PARIS, May q, 1S94.-Mme. Adam al
ways gives her guests agreeable surprises,
and one of the most interesting entertain
ments in her Paris home was the lecture
by Prince Constantin Wiasemsky, who has
made a most wonderful horseback journey
through Asia. Thirty Thousand Miles
on Horseback" was the subject of the lee
ture, ard the Prince described the rivers
he had crossed. the towns he had visited,
the people he had seen. the establishment
of the population as this phantom voyager
dashed by on his little Siberian horse,
accompanied by his Cossacks. Thirty
thousand miles across Asia on horseback
is an unparalleled exploit. and although the
Prince has several times been sent on
perllOus missions he has always travelled
at his own expense. Only So years of age,
he has spent sixteen years in travel and
accomplished 100000 miles. When very
The morning call., 1894-06-10

populOus city which had no connection
with the sewer system. Such cases are
rare, but it is we'll 10 satisfy yourself as to
the drainage and cleanliness of a place.
You should see to it that your horse has a
liberal allowance of pure air. 1t is an ab-
SOlute essential to health, and many of our
city stables are constructed with very
little provision for it. This is not unavoid-
able, and if patrons of livery stables would
insist upon attention being paid to this
matter we would soon see a great i'm
provement in this regard.
In most cases where horse becomes i'll
through breathing impure air the owner
is more culpabie than the Stable-keeper.
Many a hOrse-owner, keeping his trusty
servant in a public stable, does not even
know where the animals stall is in the
building. This is very apt to be the case
where the owner is lady. She usually
hesitates about going back among the
stalls. The stableman will tell her it is
too dirty and ill-smelling a place Tor her
to venture into, and she will generally
take his word for It. But she may be sure
of one thing-if the place is not fit fer her
to pass through IL is not fit for her horse
TO spend large part of his time in. In
ventiating a stable an outlet shaft for
impure air should be provided for every
three horses.
Economy Of space usually causes stalls
TO be built entirely too narrow. No horse
over 10 hands high can be really cOmfOrta-
bic at night in stall less than SIX feet
wide, yet few stalls are over five feet
across. The floor of the stall, too, usually
slaEts far more than is necessary to secure
drainage, and nothing is more wearing TO
a horse than to stand ell his leisure time
on an inclined plane. The strain Oh the
back and tendonS is very great.
Nor Is the situation much better when
the animal lies down. The incline causes
him to slip backward when his muscles
relax in slumber. and his rest is broken in
consequence of the resultant unea siness.
When / have been obliged te keep my
horse in such a stall | nave often remedIed
the defect by having strong, hardwood
The morning call., 1894-06-10
They Do Say

That time is money; out just now we
would rather have money.
That appearances are deceitful, but dis
appearance eS are still more so.
That we should do lovely things, not
dream of them all day long.
That when the question is legally set
tied that women may vote they won't
want to.
That he who does not find other people
entertaining is never entertaining himself.
That aerial navigation is on the wing,
and we may be able soon 10 take fly" 10
Europe.
That when the minister prOnounces a
man and woman one it is hard to decide
which is that one.
That the man who always wears flower
IN his buttOnhole has tender heart and
clear MISUNDERSTANDING Telegram.
The morning call., 1894-06-10
HORSE LORE FOR WOMEN.
The Animal in the Stable.

Some time ago. in front of lovely Cali
fornia home, party of young people were
preparing to start for an evening ride
One of the young ladies had been waiting
for her horse to be brought around from
the livery stable. Presently the animal
arrived, ridden by boy, who, tying him
at the rail, went off.
There was some further delay before all
were ready, and presently the mother OF
the young lady, who was to ride the lively
animal, left the porch, where she had been
watching the horses, and came down the
walk.
"My DEAR" she said, that horse does
not seem happy. He is so restless and has
such an expression of distress on his dear
face l am sure there must be something
wrong with him."
sob. | think not mama" was the reply.
He is merely impatient 10 be oil. de VIII
be all right when once we are started"
But the lady was not concerned 81
know no comfortable animal ever looked
that way" she persisted, and finally,
tho the impatient young people chafed at
the delay, she insisted that the saddle
should be removed and the creatures back
examined before her daughter rode away.
The saddle was a heavy, we'll made side
seat, the pads were of the best and 1t was
securely cinched, but under the pad, fitted
over the horses withers, was found an Old
bent pie pan. Lifting this there was
exposed TO view a saddle-gall so terrible in
its appearance, and evidently causing the
creature such suffering that every member
of the party uttered an exclamation of
horror. The poor brute nlckered CRATE
fully and seemed ineXpressibly relieved.
and his would-be rider was earnest in her
expressions of gratitude that she had been
saved from the infiicti0n of the torture he
would have suffered had she gone forth
upon her ride.
81 would never have forgiven myself"
she said, shiverlng.
How fortunate it was" concluded a
The morning call., 1894-06-10
PAssIFLoRA sANGUINEA.

Aloof she stood beneath the palIld glare
That flashed and hickered through that garish
bower: S
She wore mystic symbol in her hair
crimson passion flower.
Whatiwayward chance allotted unaware
So apt emblem of the years that lower
Above her fateful head, and twisted there
That crimson passion flower?
Alb. innocent face. the blossom that you bear
Fades in the amorous compass of an hour:
Red stains of martyred boot have licked so fair
Your crimson passion flower?
Some Judas kiss betrayed you to despair;
Dead thornS and cankered nails shall be your
dover;
And with your own blood's price you bought and
wear
That crimson passion flower.
GRANT ALLEN
The morning call., 1894-06-10
A Senate Mystery.

Senator Harris of Tennessee is supposed
10 be The oldest man in the Senate, al
though he will not disclose his age and
gives no statistical inform ton in the au-
TYPOGRAPHICAL sketch that graces The
pages OF the Congressional directory; but
by figuring out his public service any one
can discover that Mr.. Harris is a very ola
man.. lie says he commenced to practice
law In 1S41, which was fifty-three years
ago, and IL he was only 20 years old at the
The morning call., 1894-06-10

The Victoria Lyceum in the latter city.
Her course there was supplemented by
studies in England, where she worked
much in the British Museum. In 1890,
having been teacher in the meantime.
she began the study of philosophy at the
university and was graduated few weeks
ago. The subject OF her thesis Was THE
English Pastoral Poetry from NO to
1925" Miss Windsched has an interest
ing face. kindness being expressed in al
most every feature. Her type iYpurely
German.-New York Recorder.
The morning call., 1894-06-10
Jimmy Hopes Opinion.
New York world,

Jimmy" Hope, the ex burglar, is living
quietly in this city. He is often seen on Broad
way, but always alone. A few days ago he was
asked II there was such thing ia existence as
burglar alarm that could be depended upon.
YES he replied, "a dark house Will never be
entered by any one but greenhOrn. Cropping
about in house where there is no light is a
The morning call., 1894-06-10

time he must be "a years old now he was
presidential elector in 1S4S, when Zach
airy Iaylor and Lewis Cass ran against
Martln an buren,, ana in 1S49 he was first
elected to Congress.
The morning call., 1894-06-10

head Ore-sorter. He has been at work now
several months and has never made a mis-
take, so the chances are he can have the
job as long as he wants it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-11
ALL SORTS OF SERMONS.
Bishop of waksneids Classification Of
Pulpit Eloquencs.

One does not look TO a prelate for
frank fun, but the bishop Of Wake
field, unasked, has vouchsafed some
genuine humor on the subject of
preaching, says London Black and
White. lie has clearly made study
of the art, and he divides the modern
sermon into seven species. Thus we
have:
THE Sesquipedalian-Big words hid
ing little thoughts"
"The Wishy-Washy-No explanation
required.
"The Pyrotechnic - Blazing with
brilliant metaphors and illustrations,
and finishing with faint odor OF gun
powder
"The notwithstanding with sto-
ries-some of them good enough once,
but gone bad by keeping.
"rhe Flowcry--In which rhyme IL
Of more Importance than reason.
THE Mcllifluous-With calm, I'M
broken now.
THE Paregoric-Against which the
powers of wakefulness fail; like a roll
of ribbon, so much alike at all points
that n yard can he cut off anywhere"
Who does not know each and all OF
these? This is form of pastoral which
congregations, as rule, do not disap-
prove.
In connection with this severe epis-
copal uttcrance there is story on the
other side going the ecclesiastical
round. A clergyman prepared TO
preach few Sundays since, and gave
out rs his text: 1.-THE devil, like q
roaring lion, goeth about seeking
whom he may devour." In the same
breath, before beginning his dis
course, he continued: my friends,
yon will probably have heard that the
bishop of Manchester has announced
his intention Of visiting every church
IN his diocese, and consequently we
nny worry shortly expect to see him
uinonI us"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-11

again, rudeiy, almost nerceIy:
"This is the hand you want, Dorr
Jewett, Is it2 Look atit-closely, boy,
closely"
Coralic softcncd and trcmbled. She
must havc'thought, with me, that he
was crazcd
Look az the base OF the hnger-nail;
see the little quarter-circle, which upon
your nails and mine is pure white.
Look at hcrs"
We looked. The circular mark was
duslty and cloudcd.
aye, IL Is the mark OF Cainl II
speaks n terrible truth, that ! have
kept hidden from the world. But one
man living knows II, beside myself;
there was another once who threat
ened TO reveal it-and slew him.
Girl, there Is drop Of blood in your
veins that is Of the dcspsed race. You
are my child; but your mother was not
my wife. She was slave; and you,
following her condition, are also a
slave"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-11
POWERFUL WAVES.
Tho Effect OF Gale Over the Great Salt

\ correspondent of the Youths Com
paniOn recently witnessed a most con-
vincing proof of the weight of salt
laden waters of the Great Salt lake.
A strong gale of wind was blowing
over the lake and driving its surface
into low. white-capped ridges, while
along the shore the foam lay like fat
banks of ncw-fallen snow II it had
passed across lake of fresh water of
equal extent that wind would unques-
tionably have produced such an agita-
ton of its surface that navigation in
small boats would have been difficult
II not highly perilous.
But the waters OF the Great Salt
lake, although driven into ridges Ms
just remarked, showed n curious re-
distance TO the wind and the waves,
rising TO onlya slight elevation, moved
along with an appearance of lcthargy
that the eye could not but notice.
Yet there was an immense momen-
tum stored up In those low, heavy,
slow-moving waves. Venturing into
the water at point where the depth
did not exceed four feet the observer
| found that IL was impossible to stand
| against them. Their sheer weight
swept him resstlessly along,
The curious buoyance of the water,
containing twenty-five per cent. OF
salt in solution, increased the helpless
ness Of the bathcr. lie was not sub
merged, as sometimes occurs in the
Atlantic breakers, but was lifted and
carried like cork
1t would probably have been impos.
sible TO dive through an oncoming
wave after the manner practiced by
bathcrs along the Atlantic coast In
the Great Salt Lake people are not
drowned through sinking, but stran-
glcd while still aAoat. The bitter
water may enter the air passages with
fatal effect, hut the body continues to
float until II reaches the shore or Is
picked up
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-01-11

mo" remarked the young man with
a touch of sadness in his voice, "it may
be that some day happiness will be
mine, but ut present II is beyond
me. There is "A girl whom | love
dearly. She would have me If only
asked her, but dare not. really
cannot marry and live on 10000 u
year" His two friends to whom he
spoke looked at hiil in wonder. For n
moment they were spccchlcss-con-
~tcrnation and pity depicted on their
Youthful countcnaucc5, But present
~ speech returned to thcm exactly at
the same time and they fairly howlcd
in their excitement; Won cannot mar
ry on 40, 200 year? Why not?' why
not2" echoed the youth with the sad
voice, which grew still saddcr, "Why,
simply because | haven't the 10000
And the mystery was explained.