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The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29
WALTER SCOTS FAMILY.
His Descendants Arc Few and Far
Rcmoyed.

His Descendants Arc Few aud Far
Removed.
The recent marriage of Miss Mary
Josephine Maxwell-Scott in England
recalls to writer in the London
Sketch the story of the house OF Sir
Walter Scott, which is one of the most
pathetic in the whole range of family
building. Miss Maxwell-Scott is a
great-great-gr of Sir Wal
ter Scott, and her alliance to Mr.. Alex
ander Dalgleish Is the first that the
eat-great-grandchildr of the poet
have made. The writer referred to
says: 1t was Scott's dearest wish to
found house which should carry on
the traditions of his great ancestors,
who were cadets of the SCOTS of Har-
den, now represented by Baron Pol
warth. Scott reared Abbotsford at
enormous cost. but here his work be-
gan and ended. His eldest son, who
succeeded to the baronetcy, survived
him only fifteen years. and died In
1s47. unmarried, at the Cape. And 30
the baronetcy became extinct. His
second son died at far-off Teheran. also
unmarried. So the name of Scott was
left to his daughter Charlotte. who
married Lockhart, the biographer of
Sir Walter. Her son. Walter Scott
Lockhart. adopted the name Of Scott.
but. with all the extraordinary fatali-
ty that had overcome his uncles. he.
too, died unmarried. at the age of 26.
and SO the estate passed to his sister
Charlotte, who married ]. R. Hope, Q.
c., member of the Hopetoun family.
and he, of course. adopted the name
Scott. They had three children. but
their only son died in childhood. and
once again q woman came to rule. This
was Mary Monica. In 1874 she mar
ried the Hon. Joseph Constable-Max-
we'll (third son of Lord Herries) who.
as a matter Of course. adopted the namo
Scott. They had six children, the eld-
est of whom, Walter Joseph MAXWELL
Scott, born in 1875. Is in the army. He
has two brothers and two sisters liv-
ing. Mary Josephine. who was mar
ried recently, was born in 1875. Thus
it will be seen that the present genera
ton of Scots have been in turn Lock-
harts, Hopes and Maxwells. These are
excellent names, with honorable his
tories behind them. and yet. in strict
genealogical sequence. the present gen
Grafton, to which the bride OF today
belongs, is very far removed from the
author of "Waverley."
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

Henry D. Thoreau: 1t is never too
late to give up our prejudices. No way
of thinking or doing. however ancient,
can be trusted without proofs. What
everybody echoes or in silence passes
by as true today may turn out to be a
falsehood tomorrow, mere smoke OF
opinion, which some had trusted for
cloud that would sprinkle fertilizing
rain on their fields. What old people
say that you can not do you try and
find that you can. Old deeds are for
old people, and new deeds for new. Old
people did not know enough at once,
perchance, to fetch fresh fuel to keep
the fire going; new people put a little
dry wood under a pot and were
whirled around the globe with the
speed of birds in way to kill old peo-
nile. as the phrase is. Age is no better.
hardly SO well, qualified for an instruc-
tor as youth, for it has not profited 50
much as it has lost.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

birth, when the abolitionist republicans
put him up to make speech to tell
the Dutch farmers that the abolition
lists had made convert from the dem
ocrats. All OF young Chauncey's Dutch
relatives were democrats, and this
breach in the ranks at Peekskill was
regarded by the abolitionists as great
triumph. 1t made Depew, Sr., hold
up his hands and say:
III you have a promising son OF
whose future you expect to be proud
and you want to make ID fool OF
him, send him to Yankee college,"
George William Curtis was to have
spoken at the Peekskill meeting, but
he failed to arrive. Young Depew
talked for an hour and half, and two
days after the state committee sent
him an invitation to so on the stump.
Ever since he has been more or less in
politics. He supported Cleveland in
1884, but continued republican. say
ing that the ex-democratic president
was good enough republican for him.
Mr.. Depcw's first Office was place
in the New York assembly in 1S61-62
He was elected secretary OF state in
1863, came near being a United States
senator in the bitter contest that re-
suited in Warner Miller's election, and
was defeated for lieutenant governor in
1872. Besides, he has been tax COM
missioner of the city of New York, re-
gent of the state university. and one
of the commissioners for building the
Albany capitol. He was minister to
Japan for a short time before his cleo
ton to the railroad vice presidency,
and was popularity supposed to have
been rendered the British embassy a
year ago by President Mckinley. Mr..
Depew, besides being president or vice
president Of somewhere near Il dozen
other organizations, is president of the
Empire State Society Of the Sons Of
the American Revolution. and he is
proud of his ancestry, He was born
in the Depew homestead at Peekskill.
which his French Huguenot and Dutch
ancestry had possessed for over 200
years and from which several of them
went out TO fight in the American revo-
luton.
Mr.. Dcpcw Is candid enough to be-
lievc. along with every one else who
has heard him speak. that his oratory
IS natural gift. Some of his greatest
speeches have been carefully prepared
beforehand. His after dinner speeches,
and some OF his best efforts that have
brought him fame as a more serious
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29
A Fascinating Island.

"Of all fascinating places under the
sum-" said gentleman who has travel
ed much, "the island Of Tahiti one of
the Society Islands, is the most fasci-
mating. In that country, little earth
lost in vast ocean nature has done
everything to make indolent souls hap
by. The climate is temperate and even
all the year round, the vegetation is
luxuriant, the women beautiful, and
the nights, full of perfume and mystical
light, stir the most practical mind to
love of meditation and dreaming. The
influence Of this dreamy. lazy life Is
very insidious. 1t is not necessary to
work, as the island furnishes food
without the labor OF tillage. l know
a number of Americans and French
who have gone there for a visit, and
have become 80 enraptured with the
dangerous existence that like the
visitors to Lotus land, they lie down
and forget friends, home, ambition and
everything. l remember how l used
to feel the influence steal upon me.
Many time wished earnestly to cast
my lot with those dangerous people.
I can look back now and see myself
as l lay one night against cocoanut
tree in a sort OF ecstasy of meditation.
Overhead was n sky bright with mil
lion stars. Sounds came to me In
strange fashion, blending into muir
muir. short distance away group
Of natives, girls and men, were shout
ing the rhythmic chant Of the upuupa
dance. l thought of myself on this lit
tie isle, with ocean on every side and
New Orleans so many miles distant.
Nothing seemed real to me but that
spot in which one could hear indis-
tinctly the chant of the singers and
Gus charm possessed me-"
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29
LEES DIGNITY IN DEFEAT.
A Picturesque General on the Day of Hi
Surrender


Surrender
1 took my first and last look Mt the
great Confederate chieftain, says
what l saw: A finely formed man, up
parently about 60 years Of age, well
above the average height, with n
clear, ruddy complexion-just then suf-
fused by Il deep crimson flush, that
rising from his neck, overspread his
face and even slightly tinged his broad
forehead, which, bronzed where 1t had
been exposed to the weather, was
clear and beautifully white where 1t
had been shielded by his hat-deep
brown eyes, firm but well-shaped
Roman nose, abundant gray hair, silky
and fine in texture, with full gray
beard and mustache, neatly trimmed
and not over long, but which neverthe-
less almost completely concealed his
mouth. A splendid uniform of Confed-
crate gray cloth, that had evidently
seen but little service, was closely but
toned about him and fitted bin to per-
lection. An exquisitely mounted sword
attached to gold-embroidered Russia
leather belt, trailed loosely on the
floor Mt his side, and in his right hand
he carried n brond-brimmed soft gray
felt hat, encircled by n golden cord.
while in his left he held pair of buck
skin gauntlets. Booted and spurred,
still vigorous and erect, he stood bare
headed looking out of the open door
way, sad-faced and weary; soldier
and n gentleman. bearing himself in
defeat with an all-unconscious dignity
that sat well upon him.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

He had made his reputation as an
orator and a skillful railroad manager
long before that. however. His first
connection with the Vanderbilt inter-
ests was In 1866. when he became at
torney for the old New York and Har-
lem railroad company. When the Har-
lem road was consolidated with the
New York Central Mr.. Depew was con-
tinued as general counsel of the con-
solidated roads. When the New York
Central management was reorganized
in 1882 he had shown such skill In
railroad corporation lore and manage
ment that the Vanderbilts made him
second vice president. and. on the death
of President James Rutter in 1885, he
was elected to fill his place. He was
also president of the West Shore road,
the consolidation of which with the
New York Central has recently been
effected.
Mr.. Depew, as a lawyer. has prac-
tically been lost sight Of by the general
public since he became identified with
the New York Central management
and began making after dinner speech
es. It was as a lawyer and politician
that he achieved his first fame. how
ever. He began as a politician the
week after graduating from Yale. and
1t is only recently that this part of his
wonderful versatility has been cast In
the shade. He started his political
career at Peekskill. the town OF his
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29
EFFECT OF WORRY.
It Has q Very Had Influence Upon tn
Brain.

Brain.
Modern science has brought to light
nothing more curiously interesting than
the fact hat worry will kill. More re-
markabie still, 1t has been able to de-
termine, from recent discoveries, Just
how worry does kill.
1t is believed by many scientists who
have followed most carefully the
growth of the science Of brain diseases
that scores of the deaths set down to
other causes are due to worry. and That
alone. The theory is n simple one-so
simple that anyone can readily under
stand it. Briefly put, it amounts to this:
Worry Injuries beyond repaid certain
cells of the brain; and the brain be-
ing the nutritive center of the body,
the other organs become gradually In
jured, and when some diseases of these
organs, or combination or them,
arises, death finally ensues.
Thus does worry kill. Insidiously,
like many another disease, 1t creeps
upon the brain in the form of single,
constant, never-lost idea; and, as the
dropping of water over period of
years will wear groove in stone,
SO does worry gradually. imperceptibly,
but no less surely. destroy the brain
cells that lead all the rest-that are, so
to speak, the commanding officers of
mental power, health, and motion.
Worry, to make the theory still
stronger, is an irritant at certain
points, which produces little harm If 1t
comes Mt intervals or irregulnrly. Oc-
casional worrying of the system the
brain can cope with, but the iteration
and reiteration of one idea of II dis
quieting sort the cells of the brain are
not proof against. 1t is as If the skull
were laid bare and the surface of the
brain struck lightly with hammer
every few seconds, with mechanical
precision, with never sign of let-up
or the failure of n stroke.
Just in this way does the annoying
idea, the maddening thought that will
not be done away with strike or fall
upon certain nerve cells. never ceasinS,
and week by week diminishing the vi
tally of these delicate organisms that
are so minute that they can only be
seen under the microscope.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

when Dr. Aver announced his sarsapa-
riiia to the world, he at once found the
physicians his friends. Such remedy
was what they had looked for, and they
were prompt to appreciate its merits and
prescribe ii. Pcrhaps no medicine-known
ms a patent mcdicine-is so generally ad-
miuistcred and prescribed by physicians as
DIR. AYERS Sarsaparil1a for blood diseases
and diseases of the skin that indicate n
tainted condition of the blood. Ex?erience
has proved it to be a specific in such
Ulcers. chronic rheumatism, and many
other like forms of disease have yielded to
the persevering use of DR.: Ayers SarsapaI-
lila after other Medicines had utterly failed
The testimonial received from physicians
10 the value of this remedy would nj!
volume. Here is one leaf signed by Rich'd
H Lawrence, NJ. D., Baltimore, Md.
at affords me pleasure to bear testimony
to the success which your preparation OF
sarsaparilla has had in the treatment OF
cutaneous and other diseases arising from
a vitiated condition of the blood. Were It
necessary. might give you the names OF
at least fifty individuals who have been
cured OF long. standing complaints simply
by the administration of DR.. Ayers Sarsa-
pa-rilla. One very remarkable instanee
was that OF quite old woman who had lived
at Catonsvillc. near this city. She had been
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

Eyes" said the man who had BEEN
looking at some apartments in the bsi
building, "it's very nice. But l don't
sac how l can take the place.
whats the NATTER" inquired thu
janitor.
81 observe by your printed rules that
Won don't keep the elevator running al
night. And must say | don't like the
idea of walking up and down five az
six flights of stairs every time my wife
wants to know whether burglar Is
trying TO get into the cellar. WASH
ington Star.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

Mr.. w. Saville Kent. the naturalist,
who has made snapshot photographs
of the curious little creature called the
frilled lizard in the act of running on
two legs, suggests that 1t is only nee
essary to magnify the animal to a gi-
gantlc size. in order to see how the
immense dinosaurs" whose remains
are among the wonders Of geological
museums, looked when they lived on
the earth. The frilled lizard when
running on wet sand makes three-toed
impressions resembling in shape the
tracks of some Of the monsters of No
Eozoic time.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29
DOCTORS DON'T DENY 1T.
The frank testimony of q
famous physician.

afflicted with the rheumatism for three
years, and had taken as she had informed
me, more than one hundred dollars worth
of medicine to obtain relief, yet without
any beneficial result. advised her to try
a bottle of DR.. Ayers Sarsnparills and told
her that il it failed to do her good, would
refund the money. A short time after,
ward, learned that il had cured her, and
a neighbor OF hers similarly afflicted was
also entirely relieved of his complaint by
its use This is the universal result of the
administration of your Sarsaparilia. IT
is without exception, the best blood purt-
Ger with which am acquainted"
There is no other similar medicine can
show similar record. Others have imi-
tated the remedy. They can't initiate the
record. DR.. Ayers Sarsaparilln mas inc
friendship of the physician and the fnxor
Of the family, because it cures. II iulnlis
all promises made for it. 1t has healed
thousands of people of the most malignant
diseases that can mutilnte manEina.
Nothing has ever superseded 1t ana NOM
ing ever will until a medicine is made
that can show a record OF cures greater in
number and equal in wonder TO those
wrought by Or. Ayers Sarsaparilla pr.
AYERS Curebook, story OF cures told by
the cured, is sent free on request by the
]. c. Aver Company, Lowell Mass "f"e
Tor IT,
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

Cleanliness begins within. If man Isn't
clean inside. he Is far from Godllncss A
constipated sinner is stencil In the nostris
OF the deity. A man whose food sours In
his stomach. and whose liver Is leaden. can't
help looking at the world materially with
jaundiced eye. and conJnrlng up evil thoughts
In his tortured BRAIN Cleanliness OF person
candy cathartlc Is the missionary medicine
which purihes mems bodies and minds.
Pure fragrant, palatable. mild and positive,
they clean out the intestinal canal. stimulate
the liver and strengthen the bowels. Then
man enjoys again feeling OF charity ana
mends others to take Cnscarets and be as
huDpy MS he.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

Weshman who was In London when eN-
tcnsive sewcring operations We're in progress
lost his watch. He reported the matter TO
Scotland Yard. and the officials said they
would leave no stone unturned to find the
missing tmc-kecper. Shortly aftcrwnrd
Tnffy again visited the metropolis and saw
street after street turned up. He was told
that in all thirty.siy miles Of road were in
the same condition. He rushed down to
Scotland Yard and exclaimed to the wonder
Ing Inspector:
II didn't think was giving you nil that
trouble. If you don't find the watch by Sun
day l wouldn't break up any more streets"
New York Evening World.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

The "mincral wealth" of newly
found mining regions largely run by
syndicates is in too many instances Il
fable. The products nearer home are
surer and promise more rewards. No
one will 20 unrewarded in the matter
of improved health who use regularly
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for mala-
ria and dyspepsia.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

Hermann Boerhaave. Dutch physi'
clan, scholar and scientific author, waa
was born in 1868 and died in 1913, has
left it on record that he was once SO
absorbed in his studies that he passed
a period of six weeks continuously do
voted to work. During all this time h1
existed without sleep.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

Recent improvements in the Millas
loom will, 1t is claimed, revolutionize
the weaving industry. as with less at
tention than ordinary 1t will turn out
from 14O to 200 yards OF worsted coat
ings in ten hours.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

The improvements that the Bnlti-
more and Ohio Railroad have had I'M
der way at Pittsburg for the past fif-
teen months have been completed with
the exception of small amount of paw
ing between the tracks, which will be
done in the spring.
The line now has splendid terminals
at that point and sufficient trackaGe to
handle the vast amount of business
with not only economy, but with ce-
lerity, The changes cost in the neigh
borhood of $45O,0OO and consist of n
new yard at Glenwood Zone of Pitts
burg's suburbsJ, Il double track trestle
nearly two miles in length, the chang
ing of the line of road leading into the
passenger station and the building of
new freight yards near that point.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

The beautiful Life of FRANCES z.
WILLARD will be promptly supplied
to all solicitors from Denver agency.
Report your orders every week.
CHARLES WESTLEY, general west
ern agent. G0J-6O6 Kittrcdge building
Denver, Colorado. Write for outfit
and all particulars.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

"There is n theory that innnimnte objects
have n sense OF humOr.' "Of course; Look
ut the bicycle and the fodIng-bed."
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

"Keyser's wife came back Mt the seance
last night" "How did he know II was his
Wife," "She thumped him on the head with
something
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

II told Bobby l punished him be-
cause 1 loved him." ''fIow did that
impress him?" "He said he wished l
wouldn't love him any more"
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

Whene'er man attempts to drown
His troubles, then / note
He always seems to think they are
located in his throat.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

"There are 800 varieties of fish in Amer
lean wnters.' ~ know II man who has
caught more kinds than that himself"
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29
THE GREAT DEPEW.
THE MOST POLISHED CITIZEN
OF OUR COUNTRY.
lis Retirement from the Presidency of
the New York Central - Tho Only
American Orator Who Can Enthuse
and Amuso and Yet Say Nothing.

HAUNCEY M. DE-
PEW, who has re-
tired fro m the
presidency of the
New York Central
system to become
chairman of the
ent Ire Vanderbilt
system, had been
president Of the
New York Central
since June IA, 1885.
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

No-To-Bao for FIFTY Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong blood pure. 5Oc. 81. All druggists
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29
If your grocer

doesn't sell Sczl2Mg's Best tea, tell his name,
what kind you want Japan, English Breakfast,
Oolong, Ceylon or Blend), and what size pack
aee YOU want We'll see that you get it.
Don't send us any money We don't sell at
retail.
"a Francisco II. SCElk1US @ company
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

what is dear little Tommy crying
about?' 81 have just told him that he
is too big to be paid for taking medi-
cine"
The Springfield herald., 1898-04-29

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathnrtic. 10c or so
III C. c. c. fail TO cure. druggists refund money.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Indian Antipathy to Fish.

At meeting in Baltimore of the
American Folklore society DR.. Wash
ington Matthews of Washington read a
paper on "Icthyophobia," which he de-
scribed as an antipathy to fish. This
aversion is especially strong in the Ma
vajo, Apache and other Indian tribes Of
the far southwest, who will not eat
fish or have anything to do with articles
made in the shape Of fish. This taboo"
with the Navajos extends to all things
connected with water. A probable rea-
son why no more children Of these
tribes are sent east to be educated, DR..
Matthews thought, was a fear that they
might be required to overcome this cher
ished taboo" superstition, which is as
firmly rooted as any religion.
A legend to account for this fish eta
boo" was given. There was time
when food was scarce, and the mountain
Indians had big powwow with the
river Indians The result was that the
river Indians agreed to kill no deer, but
live entirely on fish, and the mountain
Indians agreed to eat no fish, but live
entirely upon deer This made food
plenty for both.
In the discussion of the paper it was
stated that the Zuni Indians will not
eat fish because savage tribes in desert
lands regard water as sacred because Of
its scarcity, and this reverence extends
to animal life in water. Several men,
bers thought perhaps this idea conveyed
the true reason for the fish taboo"
Baltimore Sun.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-31
Cromwell.

Cromwell kept quiet during the years
in which Charles was governing with
out parliament He is not heard of as
resisting the payment of ship money
or even as setting at defiance the eccle-
siastical courts. Clearly he was no am
bilious firebrand, but man under au-
thority, whose aim it was to carry obe-
dience to the utmost limits consistent
with his personal duty. This, too, is
characteristic Of the man and displays
itself again and again in his prolonged
hesitations to break with established
authority.
In his conservative dislike to hasty
changes, com bined with religion infu-
encing the conduct as we'll as the creed,
Cromwell was a fair representative Of
the better part of England, none the
less because when once his reluctance
to step forward had vanished he was
capable of administering heavy blows
against those who blocked the way too
persistently even for his patience and
because when once he had broken with
the past no going back was any longer
possible for him. s Place
lii History" by S. r. Gardiner.