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OF the ship was led to believe that he
had seventeen fathoms of water when
In fact the lead had recorded only
seven.
There are those who suspect treach-
cry, for our people are cultlvating
quite as great belief in British trick
cry as our transatlantic cousins recent
ly charged us with in the case of the
Defender But, as n matter of fact.
the St. Paul was taking chances in try
ing to make port under the clrcum-
stances she did, and there is little doubt
that the proper course would have been
for her to have laid outside the bar
until the fog had cleared up.
Among the sailor men along the
wharfs the incident caused the live
liest interest. Many an old tar shook
his head and said: II told you So" The
superstition that a ship that sticks on
the ways in launching is sure to be un-
lucky is deeply imbedded in the nauti-
cal mind. 1t will be remembered that
the st. Paul stuck for several days on
the ways before she could be got into
the water. The same accident hap
pened to the Defender, and look at the
career of Ill luck our champion yacht
had. Truly, events have n way of as
sisting at times in the tendency of the
human mind toward fatalism.
The upper circles of society are agi-
tated now by two items of gossip of the
first Importance. The first relates to
the reconcilemcnt of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Coleman Drayton. II the reports are
true, Mrs. William Astor has effected
an adjustment of the difficulty which
has been the cause of so much scandal,
and the divorce proceedings will be
called off.
1t is also reported that William X.
Vanderbilt is likely soon again to en-
ter the marriage state. The rumor has
for its basis apparently the fact that
the mill!onaire's residence at Fifth ave-
nue. and Fifty-second street is under
going redecoration and renovation. The
lady in the case is Miss Amy Bend, and
1t is said to be an accepted fact with
the friends of the couple that the en-
gagement has been made. The project
ed union is said to be eminently salts
factory to all the members of the Van
derbilt family. The reputed bride is
the daughter of Mr.. George II. bend,
and the ties between the families have
been for years those of the closest in
timacy. Miss Bend is of medium
height, is considered pretty, and is very
popular in the social circles she fire.
guents.
The probability Of action in the dlrec-
tion of Greater New York is very graft
flying to most of the inhabitants of this
city. There is no doubt that the pros
perity of the city Is considerably check
ed at present by it's rather analamous
political relations. and the discordant
elements that enter into the effort to
perfect a solution of the problem of its
Inevitable extension of boundaries. No
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Special washington Letter.

came back with the rather unlucky
aumber of thirteen ducks. This does
not seem to presage a new message.
Regarding foreign affairs, the Vene-
zuela question presents no new fea-
lures There is no doubt manifested on
the part of the English press and Gov
eminent the most earnest desire to pre-
serve amicable relations with this
country The probability of a war with
the mother country has almost wholly
disappeared. The Venezuela Commis-
sion Is proceeding with great deliber-
alton in its work, and there is an un-
dcrcurrent of opinion that in the end
the adjudication of the matter the
commission may make will prove the
basis of negotiations for a final settle
ment No report is expected within
couple of months and the solution of
the matter is likely to wait upon the
action of the commission. All reports
from Venezuela indicate that no set
tlement is likely to be effected directly
between the parties to the dispute.
Venezuelan patriotism is running high.
and it is scarcely probable that Presi-
dent Crespo would grant concessions
that would be satisfactory to the Sails
bury Government. 4 peaceable solu-
ton is assured, because the aspect of
Eastern affairs disposes the English
people at present to seek the friendship
rather than the hostility of the United
States. The Venezuelan question will
doubtless await upon such initiative as
the British may assume following the
action of the American commission.
But how about Cuba? Undoubtedly
the recall of Gen. Campos places d
different face on the situation of af-
fairs there. The declaration of SYM
pathy with the Cuban struggle for lib
crty as expressed in the resolutions re-
ported by the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations are likely to precpi-
tate crisis unless the President takes
previous action The expectation Is
that the new Spanish Captain General
will pursue policy uf sanguIrary ven-
geance toward Ahe rebels. Gen. Weyler
y Nicolan is said to be the opposite of
Campos in every particular. He has
reputation for severity and harshness,
but he is certainly not the equal of
Campos as a strategist. Mere cruelty
is not now likely to daunt the Cubans,
but rather to rouse them to greater ac-
tivity. Late intelligence shows that
Gomez is in good health spite of his
NoullNl, anu is recruiting ms SlreDSln
for the struggle that must ensue when
Weyler and his %, 900 additional Span
ish troops arrive No doubt the Span
ish troops may gan some successes,
but the Cubans can readily avoid a
decisive contest. The rainy season is
near at hand, and military experts
here believe that the Spanish oppor-
tunity has passed. BE this as it may,
the Cuban question seems to afford
about as lively a chance for new for
eign complication as anything at pres
ent in sight.
To be sure, there is the Armenian
question, which some enthusiastic gem
tlemen in Congress would like to make
the preteXt for a declaration of war
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40


The poor lady was quite III and lying
quite exhausted. while the doctor and
nurse were occupied in an adjoining
room. Old black Nancy had watched
her chance and. stealing quietly in.
parted the bed curtains and whispered:
Miss Liza, dun fotch yer up sufiin'
] know'll temp yer appetite. There,
honey: des open yer mouf an I'll feed
YER
And she fed her.
Chucklins softly, as she slipped be-
tween unresist!ng lips, the crisp slices
of cucumber and vinegar and bits Of
well buttered corn pone, she murmur-
ed. Il knowed l shouldn't git another
chance. The stuck-up nuss III jes' Civ
her slops now, and Miss Liza aIlus did
like suffin' tasty"
As the cold, gray light Of morning
stole through the windows some eight
or ten hours later. and doctor and muse
despaired OF saving their patient, who
lapsed from one convulsion into an
other, again the sable fAse appeared,
this time not gleeful but tear-stained
AS she forced her way to the bed,
wringing her hands and easping, ond
hung over her beloved mistress, "Oh,
Miss Liza, honey" she said, "die game!
die game! Nebber split on OIL Nancyw
Judge.
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Meantime, Miss Clara Barton Is pro.
ceeding on her way to the Orient. an6
1t Is doubtful II any fleet we could send
would prove so powerful to render rca
assistance to the suffering Armenlnns
as this representative of the Red Cross
Society and volunteer commissioner OF
the American people.
Socially Washington was never more
lively. 1t is one continual round OF
teas, receptions dinners, etc. varied
occasionally by wedding. Undoubt-
edly the most interesting event this
week was the wedding of Miss Mary
Quay and Mr.. Louis r. Davidson. SEN
ntor Quay is known far and wide as
politician whose shrewdness and pow
er dominates Pennsylvania politics, and
as such he has friends and enemies
galore, but personally and socially he
Is popular. But he is not to be COM
pared in popularity with the charming
daughter who has taken on herself the
VOWS Of matrimony. The well wishes
Of hosts of friends go with her in her
new life
The annual meeting of the National
Equal Suffrage Association here this
week was quite as interesting and zeal
Gus as any previous gathering of the
cloud rests on the cause at present,
and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, the
president, frankly stated that II was
due to the new "Woman's Bible" which
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and GER
tain coadjutors have put forth. One
may well wonder at the real purpose
of this book. No doubt 1t was intend
ed to advance the cause of woman's
political emancipation, yet II really
threatens to divide and weaken the
forces working to that end. Mrs Stan
ton and those who accept her leadership
represent the past rather than the
present of the suffrage movement. The
present trend of the suffragist view, If
one may Judge by the spirit rather than
the words of the convention, Is that
the new woman is to give up none of
her charm or domestic qualities in
seeking equality with man in the eXer-
else of political right. This picture Of
woman adding to her intellectual pow
ers while retaining all her personal
graces is an alluring one. And some
of the fair speakers at the convention
fully realized 1t. 1t is useless to deny
that the old style of suffrage argument
was distasteful II not alarming to most
men. The new style is much more ac-
ceptable. Yet the committee of the
Suffrage Association that undertook to
llist the sympathy of Congress met
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Just after the war of 1776 an Amerf-
can frigate visited England. Her crew
OF gallant tars had been principally re-
cruited from the fisheries, and some Of
them, 1t Is to be acknowledged, did not
compare favorably In appearance with
the spick-and-span. Jaunty English ma
val seamen, for the former were all
shapes and sizes. from the tall, round
shouldered, long-armed Cape Colder
down to the short, wiry members of the
ships company who hailed from vari-
Gus ports farther south, where less
Drawn was to be found.
One day the captain Of the American
ship paid visit to the commander OF
British man-o-war at anchor I'm the
same harbor. The coxswain of the gig
was great, lanky seaman, whose
backbone was 30 rounded as to form a
Veritable hump. While the boat rested
at the gangway Of the open ports and
took stock" in a rather disdalnfuI
fashion OF the occupants Of the gig. At
last one of the seamen on board the
man-o'-war called down to the cox
swain:
Ello there, Yankee; I soy. what's
that bloomin' Jump you ave on your
back?"
The American sailor looked up and
called back. quick as a shot: That's
Bunker Hill!"-Harper's Round Table.
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Feathers as Popular Trimmings.

Feathers are everywhere. Combined
with imitation jewels and jet they make
most elaborate trimmings. Nandyke
points made of black ostrich plumes
are striliingly effective on light col
ored evening gowns. Small curly tips
are used for outlining decollete bodices.
In the stores narrow feather trimming
Is sold by the yard for expensive cloth
costumes 1t is appliqued to the bodice
to simulate vest or to outline seams.
Spangles are frequently combined with
q feather fringe. Trimmings formed
of feather pendants are eanothernovelty.
The pendants swing from a jeweled
band, and outline corsage beautifully.
The newest satins for evening gowns
have raised velvet flowers for the de-
signs and are wonderfully soft and
beautiful.
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ooAsTINa EXTRAORDINARY.
1t was an Interesting Story and Carried
n Long Distance.

II Was an Interesting Story and Carried
Long Distance.
A century" fead passed the little
grocery, and lifting his feet from the
pedals. prepared to coast down the hill.
The man with the ginger beard rub
bed some of the CRIME from the win
dow pane and stood watching him.
That dude allows he's something
fine" said the man with the ginger
beard, but ef he knowed rode thata-
way once eighty mile In eighty minutes.
guess he wouldn't be so struck on his.
self"
"Git out" said the grocer. "They
ain't hill eighty mile long in all the
whole world"
II didn't say nothin' about a hill"
said the man with the ginger beard.
The way II happened was this: I
wuz out In Californy before the war
and had n old-fashioned yeIocipede.
None of these here pneumatic tires i'm
them days-jist wood and iron. Wal
1 was rollin' along the perary. when
all OF sudden 1 feels the earth kinder
hump up behind me-earthauake. YOU
know; common thing out there-and I
finds myself ridin' down hill on that
hump. 1t may sound to any one ignor-
ent of the mighty processes Of nature
In the wild West like a lie. but It is
a fact that the angle of that hump was
so even set with the rate the quake was
travelin' that Jest set there an rode
down hill on the level for eighty mile
before the thing stopped"
report like that of n pistol was
heard. The man from Potato Creek
looked out and saw the coaster at the
bottom of the hill with an exploded tire
BY Goshr' said the man from Potato
Creek. THAT feller Is n full hundred
yards from here. too. hadn't no idea
them yarns of yours would act that
fur. r."-Indianapolis Journal
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A Word About Birthdays.

A lonely woman, one who was bear
ing patiently a great sorrow, surprised
q friend one day by saying: "Come with
me next Tuesday, it is my birthday,
and want you TO help me celebrate it,"
sWhy should she care to celebrate her
birthday" thought the friend. But
the pext week she learned, for the sor.
rowful one went loaded with gifts to an
institution in which she took q keen
Interest. 81 want some one to be glad
that was born" said she, and that is
The noblest, best and happiest thought
that can come to us on our birthdays.
1t is pleasant to be remembered and to
receive presents, butwhether surround
ed with love or suffering from neglect,
which is more often thoughtlessness
than intention, we can make some one
happier because we were born.
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A Few Words to skaters.

The word skate was imported from
Holland. where the schaat, as the
Dutch call it, is almost a necessity in
winter. In many places there they have
canals instead of roads, and when these
are frozen, market-men and women
with their loads of vegetables mer-
chants transacting their business, boys
and girls going to school, and almost
all foot passengers glide swiftly along
on skates. 1t is probable that the Dutch
first learned the art from their more
northern neighbors of Norway and Swe-
den, where the first skates were made
of the shin bones of the deer or sheep.
bound upon the foot with strips of skin.
This must have been hundreds of years
ago, as mention Is made of skates in
one of the oldest Scandinavian poems.
In Northern Europe there is less snow
than in this country, and skating is a
universally popular amusement. In this
country it has recently become fash
ionable for both sexes and all ages to
skate, and ponds for this purpose have
been prepared near most of our large
villages and cities,
We have seen clergymen, lawyers
doctors and their families enjoying this
recreation. and all agree that when
properly INDUCED in it is a most health.
full as well as pleasant exercise, 1t has
its dangers, however, against which oui
young readers especially should guard
Skating should not be allowed to in,
terfere with work or study. Teachers
often say they dread smooth ice and
| pleasant weather, lessons are neglected
and the minds of their pupils go skating
off during school hours; and not a few
mothers have had reason to complain
that their daughters found the skating
| pond too attractive for the performance
| of home duties. Some care Is needed
| to prevent injury to health from this
exercise. Physicians report large in.
| crease in some diseases in winter, since
skating has come into fashion. Avoid
| great eXertion as In racing, by which
the body becomes heated, and then sud.
| denly cooled by the keen air when the
exercise is over. Never sit down out
of doors "to cool Off" A friend of the
writer nearly lost his life from this
cause, and Is yet subject to q trouble,
some throat disease. Keep the mouth
closed while skating. Cold air freely
| taken into the lungs while person is
exercising violently, may produce sud,
den and serious illness, No sensihl,
boy or girl will under any oircum.
stances endanger life by venturing into
known danger to show bravery. 1t IL
foolhardy, not brave, to skate over thir
Ice, daring others to follow, or to &c
because others have given the chal.
lenge Keep your courage to face nee.
essary evils and be brave enough te
bear foolish taunts.
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1t Is said that the Hon. Samuel Gal.
loway. Of Columbus. Ohio, was one Of
the plainest men ever known in the
state He told many stories relative to
his own personal ugliness of face with
great good humor.
one which he often related with much
relish, says Youths Companion. was
that OF the remark made by the little
daughter OF friend in another city
with whom he was dining.
Mamma" he heard the child say. In
ana awe-struck whisper. after a pro-
Iohged survey OF the peculiar features
OF the guest. that gentleman's mamma
must have loved children mighty we'll"
why so, my dear?" inquired the un-
suspecting parent.
Oh" returned the child in the same
audible whisper. cause she raised
him!'
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but cool reception. But two Senators,
Cali and PETER were present in the
marble room of the Senate to receive
the committee of ladies. The judiciary
Committee of the House likewise re-
ccived the ladies and listened atten-
lively to their arguments. But Con-
gress is apathetic, and what the ungal-
liant statesmen doubtless consider more
serious matters await their action at
present. But Washington will always
welcome the suffragist convention.
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Laura" said the fond mother, what
are the intentions of that young man
you are permitting to call on you 80
often?"
Never mind that, mother" answer
eu .he maiden, II know what my in
'ehtions are."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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craze may be responsible for the re-
vival of interest in skating. The sports
are somewhat similar and call into
play largely the same muscles. No ex-
ercise is more healthful and exhllirat-
ing. and with the modern skating rink
all danger is avoided. 1t is note
worthy fact that the skate most In
vogue to-day is very much like that Of
our forefathers and is fastened to the
foot, not by means Of clamps, but by n
screw driven into the heel 1t is sew
eral inches longer than the ordinary
club skate, and as the fastest time can
be made with ii, no small boy In the
town Is satisfied until he has persuaded
his father to present him with n pair.
1t is not at all unlikely, in view of this
condition of things. that the whirliglg
of time will once more bring to the sur
face of metropolitan life the once fa-
miliar figure of the boy with one skate
exercising fiercely in frozen cutters.
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Interested,

MY soul Is full Of bitterness" said
the sentimental young woman.
You need little quinine." said the
practical doctor.
why, dear me. doctor. didn't know
you mad taken up with homeopathy
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Dukane-What a strange combfna tiop
young Manchester Is.
Gasweii-What do you mean?
Dukane-He has pigeon toes and a
moarse voice. - Pittsburg Chronicle.
Telegraph.
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NOTES FROM GOTHAM.
a BUDGET OF GCssIr FROM THE FL
NANCIAL CENTRE.

That Agitntc society--Promisc of the
Greater New York scheme-Popuiarity
of Skating.
Special New York Letter.
The stranding Of the big American
liner st. Paul on the sands Of the Jer-
sey side of our harbor entrance is
rather an unfortunate event at this
time. We have practically challenged
British supremacy on the high seas,
and reports that are pretty reliable
have 1t that the st. Paul challenged
the great Cunard liner Campania to
race when they encountered each other
some miles off the coast. 1t is said the
American boat outfooted her rival, and
her commander was doubtless actuated
by a wish to reach dock first i'm at
tempting to enter the harbor in fog
and without n pilot. The immediate
cause of the accident was false re-
port made by the officer who was taxi
ing soundings, by which the captain
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Mrs Louis Davidson tnee Miss Mary Quay.
against Turkey. But 1t is difficult to
see how the United States can inter-
fere without danger of becoming in
Volved in such "entanGling foreign alll-
ances" as President Washington par
ticularly warned the American people
against. Besides, the Turko- Russian
pact, which seems to be the newest
phase of the Eastern situation, un-
doubtedly involves proper protector
rate of the Christians in Armenia. The
concurrent resolutions adopted by both
houses of Congress relating to the Ar
menlan persecution simply request the
President to inform the signatory pow
ers to the Berlin treaty of 1878 of the
opinion of Congress that the treaty
should be enforced. The inutility OF
such a message to the powers of Eu-
rope can readily be perceived. Unlike
a joint resolution. or bill. concurrent
resolutions are merely suggestive. and
II is not compulsory on the Executive
to pay any attention to them. :
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bowdier (excitedly)-I tell you, sir.
this town isn't big enough to hold us
both.
waugh (caimly)-All right. WheB
ars you going awayf-Somerville Jour.
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body doubts that the consolidation OF
New York and Brooklyn must come,
and come soon, and it will be crown
ing glory to the present Legislature II
II Is broad and patriotic enough to ef-
feet 1t at the expense. If necessary, OF
some of the clamorous minor interests
which have hitherto effectually blocked
progress. IT is a little peculiar that
shrewd politicians should attach SO
much Importance to the possible politi-
cal results when the history of recent
politics demonstrate very clearly how
uncertain quantity political probabil-
ity Is Politics has got to be much more
uncertain than horse racing to the
prophets. 1t matters little what politi,
cal plans are laid SO long as the prob.
lem Of the enlarged city is settled
promptly. The people can attend toathe
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che thickness Of human. hair varies.
from the 250th to the 600th part of an
inch; blonde hair Is the finest and red
the coarsest.
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The police census of Washington Just
completed gives that city population
OF 270.5l9. an increase Of 12.0ss In threg
years. -.--1
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political darkey In the Greater New
York woodpile afterward, IL occasion
should arise.
Not in years has skating been as pop
ular in this city as 1t has been this
winter, and the same report comes
from other places. Possibly the bicycle
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
DUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONTINUE
TO EXCITE ATTENTION.

The Relation Between Ducking Trips and
Ncssages-The Venezuela Commission Is
SIow-Cuba and Armenla-Social Gaiety
Woman Suffrage.
Special Washington Letter.
The fact that the President took a
day off on a ducking trip down the
Potomac this week seemed to set the
tongue of gossip in full cry. Nothing
less than new war message was ex-
pccted in the camp of the newsmongers
here. While speculation was busy as
to whether the new message would re-
late to the Cuban rebellion, the Arme-
nian massacres, or some new phase OF
the Venezuelan question, the President