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X RULKB A3TI> THE MAH BO SEEKS BIS OVEBTHBOW.

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3m BabEmp of St. Potors* barv« and Bis Remarkable History—The Son of a Peasant and His Menace to Alexander.

Tbs remainder, tjpical Russian

after the manner of the i ▼oooir De Reitern, who

statesmen, be pocketed, liked by Alexander 111, was on doty in tbs

personally doty in tin

ART ATTHE WORLD’S PAIR

He owns land to tbe Talus of many millions fa rarioo* prorinees, and he has mill- j tone in ready money at St. Petersburg, wbieh be loans at nsuriona interest. Ignatiew himself does not appear in these money-lendinp transartions, and he is not known to tbe borrowers as banon snr part *■ is them. He operates through

tbe Jews, and is the hanker and that he had pat bia hand into his pocket of many a money-lender, sup- j in order to draw a pistol. Withont further

plying all tbs capital and easting upon

foe The ladlaaapoite JTewe.1

HE AUTHOR df this remarkable

Czar's apartments, be Tentnred to smoke a cigarette in tbe reception room. Saddenl y tbe Car entered. In order to conceal the smoke De Rditern promptly pat the etgarcite in tbe skirvpocket of his naifora. Tbe Car aw tbe net, and this, with De Reitera's erident oonstemation, was saffiant proof to him that De Reitern meant to kill him.

tbe ostensible lender all tbe odium of extortion. Tbe origin of this fortune lay in the gifts and sonTeoirs acquired daring his Oriental experience. He lias enriched not only himself, but his family and his wife’s family also. Hia wife was a eery poyerty1 stricken princess of Tartar extraction ; named Eogalytscbeya. As intrigna soc-

and startling pre> : seeded intrigue at Cooetantinople, as each sentotion of the j brought its profit to Ignatisw, if me. Igna-

political situation

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to Jgna bliebed

thought the Czar, who has tremendous physical strength, especially la the arms and fists, struck De Reitern upon the temple with sack violence that the aide-de-camp fell dead. Then they showed him how a simple cigarette had frightend tbe monarch of Rossia, of a country containing 100,000.-

000 of inhabitants.

Ignatiew plays skilfully upon this personal cowardice of Alexander III. W en the Czar was about to be crowned at Mos-

. r,„ . fA __. r i *°rj on bis property in tbe province of in Koaein icrmer- wbere at lost he nearly, if not quite, ly practiced law controls tbe industries of carpet, doth,

la St, Petersburg, glass-making, etc.

factory after fac- cow, on May 15, 1883, Igaatiaw feared that

and attained no little celebrity aa a writer. The expression of his political opinions

made ft inconvenient for bim to remain in his nsttv# gauntry, and be now lives

In London. Other Russians

London have told the translator that they regard Jnrawaki's writings as autborItatiys and himself as an rminsnt mao. Hs speaks and writes as one perfectly assured of his facts, and there ean be no question that bftyias bod ample opportunity to gain eommaodof many fact# that will be new to

Students of contemporary history.]

There are at present two Czars in Russia. On# wears tbe crown and is recognized by tie government# of the. world as th#ieffitimate bead of the vast empire included within tbe boundary linee ot Russian dominion. The other Is as yet uncrowned, although he hopes some day to posses# that final mark of the power be already wields. One nods his bead and tbe Russian empire seems to shake; tbe other bides bis bead find unseen brings about zueb a relation of eirsumsteacss that tbs man with the title Is compelled to shape his ways according to tba unsuspected will. One site upon the tbronsi tbs other is not only the power behind the throne, bnt bis powsr is exercised unknown to tbe throne itself. One is Csar Alexander Third; tbe other Is Nicolas

Ignatisw.

tub czab of KuaeiA.

How comas It that Ignatisw, a wealthy

banker of Mt Petersburg, a m-o who has held do offisial position of eonseauencs, if

v, for tea yaars, has attained tbis ordinary and peoatiar eminence?

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anv, for tan years, has attai

rdInary and peoulm

He js th« mb of ai ordinary pefiMat,

whose carter shows that a count-y need not be democratic in order to ofier pdvanlagoons opportunities for promotion to station and wealth to those roost lowly boro. Paul Ignatiew, the father of the uncrowned Czar, was sent by the lord of his province Into tbs army as a recruit Ones enrolled, he was assigned to the Imperial Guard because of his unusual stature. With this advantage be combined exceptional alertness of mind, and hs soon attmeted the attention of a powerful general, who made him hia body servant (densohifc), and eventually secured him several promotion* During the great insurrection of 1825 Paul Ignatiew. by a bauoy chance, was appointed chief of tbe Senate guard, ana la thle capacity rendered considerable service to Csar Nicolas, for hs prsveutsd the eoldiers under bis command from holding anv communication with tha

insurgents, and thus made it impossible for rebellious subject# to enter ths Senate House. For this important service the Csar Nicolas mad# Iguafew his aidc-de-

camn, and afterward promoted him so rapidly that at the beginning at the reign of Alexander 11 Paul Ignatiew was Gover-nor-General of 8* Pstersbul-g, and bis eld•est son, Nioolas, with whom we now have to do, bad attained the rank of imperial suite, and was dispatched to Bokhara at ths bead of an extraordinary Russian mis* nion. 1 may add that Patti Ignatiew, in common with other Russian dignitaries, had paid due attention to filling his packets, find had accordingly become a wealthy

mia.

A •VOCM8FUL ©IFLOMATB.

The mission to Bokhara met with complete success, and, as a reward, Nioolas Ignatiew was appointed ambassador to China.

IfiKATtkW THE BANKER.

By a series of sty manipnlations hs procured the cession of Amoor bv China to Kusaia, and upon th* basis of this prestige he asserted thatfceconld secure immense advantages for Rnssia by tbe free use of money, and he asked th* Czar for a vast •am, a sum for whieh, of course, the diplomatist coaid not be asked to account. The Oxer willingly gave several million roubles to Ignatiew, for it was no secret that similar expenditures in Poland bad wrought great beaefit to Russia. Ignatiew earnestly •seared ths Cnr that he could speedily give the death-blow to Turkey, and be set forth his desiro faatastically^pvinting out the distress and weaknesf of tbe southern State. Csar Alexander was thoroughly that he only had to path the forcesta the banks of tbe Danube. ' like Jerteho of old at tbe of tbe trumpet, would fall before - -* t rejoiced that he had so

ked hie monarch, aed of the him expended but • small purpose of corruption.

A GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY.

So matters ran on until 1876, a year that marks an epoch in Kn-sinn history. At this tims, side by side with other conspiraeiee more or leae insignificant, conspiracies by different organizations, socialistic, anarchistic, nihilistic, and so on—nine oat of

now lives of watch were made np by tbe police— resident in ' ** < * e ^ N 1 *** 1«—* conspiracies . . there arose one of enormous proportions, i la tor that i OM that potoauod and still possesses inter-

national importance. To a great part of tbe operations of this conspiracy I was an ocular witness, and many of tbe leaders were personally known to me. It will be necessary, in order thoroughly to understand Ignatiew’# remarkable power, to tra^e tbe history of this conspiracy, but limitations of space forbid the narration of any but the

most important details.

It originated as long ago as 1856 in St. Petersburg. There was nothing whatever of liberalism in tne program, no patriotic aim to curtail tbe power of the throne and give to Russia a constitutional or parliamentary government, no design of etlectiug needed reforms. Its object was nothing more nor less than to overturn the Czar and let up a new dynasty on tbe same lines. Such an event had happened before m Ruseiao biatory, and the originators of the conspiracy saw no mason why it should not happen again. This conspiracy is in existence to-day, and tbe living members are of tbe same opinion. And why should they not be? Are not the conditions in Ru-sia similar to tbose that have made revolutions

possible in the past?

To this conspiracy have belonged many ministers, Walupew, Rejtern, Toi toi «uot the celebrated author, but a relative) and •everal members of the royal family, for example, be who died recently, Frinoe Constantine, brother of Alexander II, and Prince Peter of Oldenburg. Some time after tbe inception of this conspiracy the leadership passed into tbe hands of a’ man renowned for energy and activity. Ivan Aktakow, of Moecow, who is wrongly believed by many to have been the ‘chief of the Slavophil party, a party which, as a matter of fact, does not exist in Russia. P.aced at the bead of a conspiracy so great that it rivaled the power of the Cxar himself, Ivan Aksakow began to a*-p re to the Russian crown. It was not enough to be the directing genius of the secret movement; be must be the absolute ruler. To effect tbis it was necessary to prepare tbe ground with exceeding care, to gather about him men of political force, concentrate their interest and confidence upon himself, make his leadership indispensable. If the liberal elements in Russia had been strong, Aksaxow doubtlsss would have made overtures to them, for he dearly loved to pay court to liberals; but at that time there wyre no skillful leaders among the liberals, so that there would have been do profit in pretending to include con•titutional reform* in tbs program of the conspiracy. Moreover, Aksakow had set his heart upon instigating a war between Russia and Turkey, and upon this event, which would disturb everything in Russia, he hoped to base his success. Following tbe sugge»tious of those of the conspirators who were in the Russian army, Aksakow gained the aid of Servia, or, to speak more precisely, Russian agents were sent into 8ervia who eventually inflamed public sentiment there to such an extent that the unequal war of little Servia against Turkey was instigated, and tbis provoked the declaration of war by Russia against ths Ottoman empire. Trusting to the assurances of ignatiew. Czar Alexander II was not suflioiently prepared when he threw himaeif against Turkey. Near Biela, in Bulgaria, he was surrounded by the Turks, and at Plevna tbe brave Osman Pacha checked the Russian advance. Then at last Alexander 11 saw that Ignatiew had deceived him, and when, reproached by the Czar, the former embassador to Turkev began to explain mattera in an impertinent fashion, the Czar lost ail control of his temper and struck his faithless servant several tunes. It goes without saying that Ignatiew saw in this an end to his official career, and all that was left tor him was to decide how he could revenge himself most effectively for his fall and disgrace.. AN ALLIANCE OF ENEMIES. Admiral Nioolas Tchiehatchow, of Odessa (be is now Minister of Marine), an oid friend ot Iguatiew’s, aided him in tbis matter, lie showed Ignatisw how he might take the place of Aksakow, and thel the Czar would be in his hand* Ignatiew followed Tobichatehow's plan, and made • proposition to Aksakow to tbe effect that they should co-operate. Aksakow knew that such an alliance threatened biin with certain peril, but at tbe same time he recognized the character of Ignatiew and the methods He employed; there was nothing for it but to accept the proposition. Two mortal enemiesto the Rues an throne and to each other became ostensibly allies, each meanwhile making attacks upon the other, attack! equally perilous for Russian officialdom. In 1878 and 1879 Ignatiew artfully provoked a political disturbance in Kiew. One of Ignatiew’a accomplices, General Brcntlen, who was then chief of the gen d’ armes, exploited this disturbance before the Csar as the manifestation of a very terrible agitation that embraced *11 Ruseia; and the Cxar, convinced, took measure- to suppress the agitation by appointing au Armenian general, Michael Loris-Melikow, dictator. This general was a stanch friend of Ignatiev. Thus Ignatiew strengthened the hands of the conspigacy in general, and his own designs in particular. At the same time Aksakow interested Macarius, metropolitan of Moscow, and Gaa. Michael Skobelew, who distinguished himself in the war with Turkey. Macarius was a highly educated man and an excellent

theologian.

There were two powerful parties within tbe conspiracy, each with its ohief, and each chief fighting cautiously against the other. Such a state of things could not endure long. It wee inevitaole that one of the chiefs must give way, or the whole organization would fall to pieces through treachery on one side or the other, or through some blander arising out of excess of rivalry. The internal struggle failed to destroy the design, but it resulted in tbe other alternative, so that now the conspiracy knows but one chief, and that is

Ignatiew.

SYSTEMATIC INTIMIDATION OF THE CZAB. In his capacity of secret but real governor of the so-called empire of the Cxara, Nicolas Ignatiew always arranged that the acknowledged Csar, Alexander III, spall never approach the Russian people, and that the people shttl see in the Cxar not their protector, but the friend of the nobility and the offisial* This policy, so perilons to the Ruseian throne, Igaatiew maintains systematically and with an iron hand. It should be understood that the Claris not only devoid of eivio ability, but that -fin important element in his character, is cowardice. Everybody vil! recall the death of De Reitera, aide-de-camp to tbe Cxar, whose father was Minister of Finance and President of the Ministerial Connell, mod n member, therefore, of the moet powerful eifiM of R«m ; n" offisial* One dsj when

tbe leaden of the peasantry assembled from all parts of Russia to take part in the ceremony would return home with a favorable impression of the new ruler. Ignatiew saw that it was imperative, in Tiew of his eld designs, that the Czar should declare himeelf frankly and wholly as the enemy of the peasants. That was brought about in this way:. Just before the coronation at Moscow, several people in 8t. Petersburg dressed in peasants' costume tried to enter

THE ADMINT8TR ATIOH BUILDIHO AM INTERESTING AVJTAIB. '

ligmroa That Eloquently Uluotrato Man’s Conqueat Over tbo Wild Eoroea ot Haturvw Ailegrory and Art Go Haad to Hand.

f | Written for The Indianapolis News.)

HE Administratioa Bmldiag de. signed by Ricnard M. Hoot is likely to be the most iatereftiag aad beautiful of all the buildings at the World's Fair. The directors have decided to la-

the vast exterior attractioos by means of symbolical groups of fignrei, whieh will be placed around the base of

crease

the palace of the Czar by force, the palace i the dome, oa the upper rotunda aad la called Anicskow, situated in the center | front of the entrance oa the ground aurof the Perspective Nevsky, the most irapor- face. They are not intended to be pifirely *“"* "*—* the capital. These decorative, hut are designed to break the

tent street in

people, who, withont any doubt, were perfectly well known to the prefect of 8L Petersburg, Gen. Pierre de Gresser, a devoted adherent of Ignatiew, ran away; nobody gave chase; nobody tried to arrest them, tint everybody in the capital was astonished at the episode, which was laid before the Czar oa a plan of the peasantry, profiting by his absence, to effect a revolution. The Czar was frigflteoej and irritated, and under the influence of his excitement he delivered to the peasants who were presented to him an .address overflowing with anger. Thanks to this speech, all the Russian peasantry understood that the Czar was against them. Ignatiew bad

won.

Five years later, that is, in 1888, Alexander III proposed to make a tour of Russia with his wife aud children. This journey had its perils for Ignatiew, because tbe Czar might chance to meet well informed and candid men who could open hie eyes to the truth, in which event Ignatiew would lose alL To ward off this catastrophe, the wrecking of tbe train bearing the Czar’s retinue, which will be remembered by everybody, was arranged; it occurred on October 17, 1888. at Borki, near Kbarkow. This was a bloody lesson, a terrible warning addressed to the Czar, and the moral was that Alexander III would better not travel in Russia for the purpose of learning anything about bis dominion. Anatol Koni, Solicitor-General to the Senate, a man devoted soul end body to Ignatiew, investigated the wreck in such a manner that the criminals never were discovered. For thie service, aided by Ignatiew’s influence, Koni was made Senator.' Not very long ego, the Kolnische Zeitung announced that General Reiiwerstow had been killed in Peris because of the Borki affair; that he knew who hed planned the wreck and why it had been done. Now, I am positive, knowing Russia as I do from bottom to lop, that the assassination of Seliwerstow was one of Igna-

tiew’s job*

THE PRESENT SITUATION.

Systematic and long-continued exhaustion of the soil and complete aud lasting anarchy in the social life and economic policy of Russia have produced, by reason of tbe consequent distress m many provinces, such a plague that it threats^* the country with i^eril to-day. The famished Russians, who nave ceased to trust the officials and the nobility, appeal to tbe Czar and beseech him to aid them. That the Czar may not listen to this plaintive voice, that he may hot approach tbe people, which would be dangerous for Ignatiew'# designs, he is keptm such a state of terror that he dares not net foot odtnide of Garohine, his residence. Everything is effected by Ignatiew'# clique. To this end they arranged the break-down near Orol on the Opuohta river. Even the Nowoje Wrerona, at present Ignatiew’s official organ (a newspaper which, between us be it said, will soon betray Ignatiew, for it has become prosperous and no longer needs financial backing), avows the breakdown was absolutely mysterious, arranged purposely and with cruel malice. In No. 5,6u6 of this newspaper we find proof beyond all doubt that Iguatiew desires to oast mystery about the wrecks at Borki, near Charkow' and at Opuehta, cost

what it may.

Nowoje Wremna reports that the gen fi' artne B >uchwostow and the conductor Woskresienzki, who were on the train and fell from tbe bridge into the river, are now insane, and that they have been taken to an asylum where nobody can see them. According to this newspaper it is proposed to send them to Moscow and keep them there. Tbose who understand Russia know that powerful men there endeavor ordinarily either to kill witnesses who may injurs them or make out that they are* insane, without doubt Boucbwostow and Woskresienzki couid reveal something that would prove that the Nreck was brought about by design. In case this were proven the intention of alarming the Czar would be indisputably evident But this, 1 repeat, would not be bepeficial. It would rather be detrimental to ignatiew’s plot—this Ignatiew who for many years has been awaiting the disruption of Russia, preparing, as did the Czar Boris Coudonow under similar circumstances, to place upon his own head

the Russian crown.

• VlNCSNT Ju RAWS XL, Renan’s Creed In a Nat •hell.

["Recollections and Letters” by Ernest Renan. | What we call time is, perhaps, a minnte between two miracles, "tfe do net know;” that is all one can sav clearly about that which lies beyond the finite. Let us deny nothing, let us assert nothing, let as hope. Aa immense moral, and, perhaps, intellectual decline will follow the day when religion disappears from the world. We can get'along without religion, beeause others have it for u* Even those who do not believe are swept along by the more or less believing mass s; but woe* to us on that day when the masses have no longer any enthn-

monotony of straight lines, and lend a certain uniqueness to the eorviog iines of tbe dome. The groups will be placed in pairs, and will cleverly symbolize the great forces of civilization in the progress of man. Tbe figures at the base of tbe dome will be eight in number, typifying Art, Induetry, Peace, War, Theology, J nsties. Science and Commerce, while tbe figures at the base of the upper rotunda will embody the attributes of civilized man ai distinguished from the savage. These are to be arranged in twelve different groups, eighteen feet in hight. They will portray Abondaoce, Strength, Liberty, the Chasa, Agriculture, Unity, Religion, Amusement* Charity, Pa-

TRADITION.

triotism, Tradition and Troth. The system of ornamentation has been so cleverly carried out that while illustrating the progress of man ths statuary will appear not as something added to, but as essential por-

tions of the design.

ALLEGORICAL FIGURES.

Mr. Carl Bitter, the sculptor, has engaged an extra force of workmen in his studio, who will be kept busy until the day of opening. All of the clay models are to be made in New York, wbere every attention can be given to the work by both architect and sculptor. The figures are all mo ded one-sixth of the required size, when they are sent to Chicago and enlarged for the

building. I

The eight groups around the entrance will bo thirty-two feet nigh, typifying the forces of nature in their wild state and as subdued and made useful by tbs genius of mao. Tbe subjects illustrated will bo Fire,

Earth, Land and Water.

One of the most important of tha figures around the dome is Justice, repneented by a female figure, fully draped and seated f upon e throne. In her left hand she holds the sword and scales and in her right a floral wreath. The outspread wings indicate swiftness and full preparation for flight

THE CHASE.

at a call from Justice. The effect le completed by two cherfibi with trumpet* ou either side. ~ As these figures are 150 feet above th* ground, it was necessary to make them prominent, and they were designed twentytwo teet high, with a distance between th* outspread wings of twentr-foor feet The draped female figure, typifying Theology, is represented as about to fall on her

-j ^ . . ( knees from the chair in which she is seated. .i»m. On. cn do m.oo lew with, hn- sh , ,, . cro4 . b „ br , u ^ , od m *“. f. ! C .k h* 1 XT* ? ,lM ,m ' eii>K»ion of d.T.thm I. woentuted

mortality of the soal than with a humanity

which does believe in it A man’s valne depends upon the proporuon of religions

by two cherub* with incense-burning een-

aer*

War ia suggested in a group of three fig-

of humanity live oo a shadow. We live only upon the shadow of a shadow. What will tne people wbo come after us live

upon?

Let ns not quarrel over tbe quantity or tbe formula of religion; let ns confine ourselves to not denyinglt; let us preserve th* category of tbe unknown, the possibility of dreaming. Christianity has rendered as too exacting, too hard to pleaee. We want heaven, nothing les* Let us content ourselves with smaller profit* A few yean ago when M. de Rothschild was upholding with vivacity, in the Israelite consiatory, the doctrine of the immortality of the eoul, a learned Israelite of the most ancient school said to me: “Can one nndentand that? So rich a man—and he wants a par* adise to bootl Let him leave that to ue

poor devil*” Men ana Ant* as Builder*

bight .. termites are one thoosand times the hight of the insecte which conatruct them. Their habitations are thus twelve times higher than the largest speeimen of arehiteetur* raised by human hand* Its Evident Purpoee. tNew Yorx fiua.1 Mr* Snooper (reading)—A New Jersey paper mill has produced a sheet of paper six feet wide ana seven miles long. Snooper—For some ioe dealer to make out a hill on, I suppose.

and furled banner. There are two minor figures on hooded knees, with trumpets raised, ready to reeout an Insult by defending honor with arm* Peso* ia quietly restingon partially folded wing* The figure is draped with • tunic.

mud appears satisfied with the repose that followed strife. Palms are strewn around the pedestal ot industry. The draped figure ia bolding fi laurel wreath and chiseled cap. SPIRITED MODELING. Commero* is represented by a figure —«*d upon a pile ot corded balsa aud hoxaa, the fruits that her sister industry has reaped. Au anchor nets apou the bake

gyjU-.'-yJli ;-.fE

AGRICULTURE.

at her right, from to ber feet. Wi

which a chain has fallen With on* band she bolds a

laurel, while the other grasps a wand of Mercury. The cherubs common to tbea* groups are here blowing their trumpets to

urge forward trad*

Science, draped, is surrounded by her instruments, globes, books, ete., white the expression portrayed is on* of intense

earnestness.

In Art the female figure is nearly nada^ with outspread wings, as if about to fly. The monotony that might occur with similar grouping around tbe dome has been prevented by bestowing upon th* figures different positions aud attitude* Where needed to portray the true idea, the groupa are nude, while the others are wholly or partially draped. The groups are also represented here without wings. They are designed to eymboJise tbe attributes ot eiviiisatioo as compared with tbe arts of primitive man. Th* expression of tbe mole figure in the allegorical grouping representing •‘Swength” ia stern. A lion resta beside him, and he is ■urrouaded by shields and trophies that he is supposed to have captured in war. STRONG GROUPING. The female figure in “Amusement” is seated on a chair covered by a panther rug.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, hut it acquires great smoothnes* We do lots of disagreeable things because they are eenerally spoken of as pleasure* Th* man who objects to being called a crank is flattered If you term him ecceotrie. Tbe future is a magnifying-gloss, whieh often enlarge* anticipated good or evil to impossible proportion* Looking on th* right side of things doesn’t result in nearly as many disappointments as looking on th* bright side of thing* When n man sits down and thinks bow th* beet things in life ere alwnys just out of reach, be wishes he had arms like hia 8imian ancestors. Nature likes an nverage, and we geaeraily get the difference between whet we think we deserve and what other people think w* deserve. Mneh depends on th* point of view: it is hard form man who is soaked with rain aad chilled witn sold to appreciate tha beauties of a storm. :

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Vine le*v*#-and grapes are entwined about her head and she holds a wine cop in ber band. A nude boy is at her feet, pinying the flute. The old men, typifying “Tradition,” is •eated in a obair, surrounded by books, globes and a raven, bnt he is apparently absorbed in the boy at bis feet, to whom he is relating Stories of olden time* Some of the most important groups have not been completed, and, as they wifi oecnpy more time in deeiguing, have been lett to the last, when careful work can be given to their study and better eer* in molding the plestic material. Diligence will become a prominent subject. The female figure here ie fully draped, and ber feet are covered by sandals, wbiob rest upon tbe pedestal. Her attention has been called from the wheel at ber right by the youthful figure at her left, wbo id unsuccessful ia his efforts to indues her to abandon her task. Agricnlture is represented by the figure of a woman partially draped, standing with a bundle of sheaves ia ber arm* 'lb* female figure represented in the Chase is also partially draped with a akin loosely thrown about her. She is about to start forth with th* faithful dog at ber side. Th* two male figures in Unity are clad in armor, and famish material for careful study. The father bids godspeed to.the youth kneeling at hia right, resting upon a shield. Fir* ia portrayed by a series of allegorical figure* . In tbe first the element in its native, unrestrained fnry is typified bv a figure. A fireman ignites a pile of wood at tbe base, from whieh auetber figure arises, with a serpent soiled about her arm, the look of anguish In strong contrast to tne furioui expression depicted on the face of tbe one who light* the pil* The wind, shown by a male figure at tbe Mt, raises his head to the fire, giving it force and diiaction by blowing. The aoene changes in the accompanying group, showing fire as governed by men, when tbe wind lies helpless at tbe bottom of the pile, with the hammer of the blacksmith resting opon his breast. The figure before a flame is now shown with a torch—the best gift from light in its various form* Worth Her Weight th Bird* A Naw York cat humid by hsr owner to have eaten one hundred and twenty-five dollars’ worth of canary birds ’during the past year. Jj RHINESTONES.

f Corrmood<Jence of Tbe Indianapolis K*W*I

Washington, Jan* 2. GREAT prosideoiial battie i* at hand, and tha White Hons* is th* medal to be awarded to th* winner. For th* next six (months it will be th* most important of all the buildings of the United States ia the eyes of th* public, and it is interesting to know just wbatit i* The presidency of the United States is worth more than most people

suppose. They look upon tbe fat salary of $50,000 a year which our chief executive gets aa his sol* revenue, and every now and tben some newspaper kiates that it coats all of tbis and more to keep up tbe establishtent. I don’t believe a word of it Nearly every President saves money whU* he is in the White House, and tbe extras whieh th* President gets are nearly eqoal :• his salary every year. Be pave no rent, in the first place, and he has a famished house fro* He has nothing to lay out on light or heat, for Unolc Sam pays his gas bills, and he can have a wood-fire in every room in his house from morning till midnight aud it will not cost him a cent. He he* a grand conservatory for nothing, and tbe choicest of flowers are cat and placed in hie room, and his tables are decorated with roses ia the middle of winter. The country keens up his library, aud he has as many servants as he can use. He never needs to write a letter himself, aud his high-priced private secretary keeps tha crowd away from him, and he has stenogiaphers and olerks at his beck and call. The stables which Uncle 8am has built for him ere os fine as many a house, and bis kitohens are supplied with copper cooking utensils, and his laundry has stationary tubs and patent washing machines. The coat of .keeping up the White House, including the President’s salary, is more than $100,000 a year, and notwithstanding tbe official troubles of his position, its occupant ought to

he happy.

1 have seen menv of the fine bouses of the United States, but the White House has some advantages overaiL It ought to make a very comfortable home. Its rooms are all large and the ceilings of the first floor must be nearly twenty feet high. Tbe windows are big and the bouse is perfectly well ventilated and though there are said to be rats in she basement, there ia no damp or musty

amell about it.

To give you a description of the White House in plain common-sense words: The people really knoW but little about it and the pictures published of it give only its outlines. It stands, you know, in front of a beautiful park which, when Washington eity was a v Uage, was used as a race track, but which ia now full of fine old forest tree* There is a big iron fence, fully ten feet high, between the front yard and the street, and th* driveways whieh lead np to the front door are of tbe shape of a half moon, and pavements of flag as wide as the ordinary eity sidewsJk run along tbea* to tbe port* cochere. This pavement is well kept, but the aafchalt is cracked ia .places and In the summer it almost blisters your feet under tbe sun. The White House itself oovere about one-third of au aore. It is a long, low, twcnitory building with a basement which, at the front, is almost flush with the sidewalk, and which at tbe back is level with the lawn and forms almost a third story to tbe mansion. Yon all know that th* White House is of a dazzling gbastlv white, but it has not that rich mellow tint of wbite marble, and its color is produced bv white lead. The building is made of sautf-stone, and it has been painted again and agam nntil in some nieces it is said that the whit* lead upon it ie aotuelly a quarter of an inch thick. The buildnig was modeled after a castle iu Dublin, end when it was first built it cost $300,000, end sinoe then about $1,700,000 have been spent upon it. so the total cost of it to-day is sometning like two million. %Thia seems a groat deal of monev, butaayonguin it you see that but little

was wasted.

The entrance to the meneipn is worth a description. Th* ports cochere has a roof upheld by great stone columns, each as big around as a flour barrel, and it covers a stone platform or porch so large that it would furnieh th* foundation of tbe ordinary seaside cottage. In the middle of tbis porch, between two great windows, are the front doors of the Wbite Honse. These are double doors of bigbiy polished walnut, aud into each door is set an oval piece of plate giase, with panels of mosaic glass about it, and through these th* doorkeepers can see wbo wishes to enter, and if they are dangerous cranks can refuse to open tbe doors, in one of thee* door plates a card hangs. This card is made of tin aud upon it in black letters is

painted:

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Open 10 * m.

Closed I

2 p.m.

The White Hons* ie always closed to visitors after 2 p. n>., and alter tbis time, if you have important matter* and must see th* President, you must us* the door-bell. Th* door-bell ia of bronze, and, like th* door-knobs, it was especially designed for th* Wbite House. These door-knobs are

The blue, rod aad green ro this corridor, and alse the ervatorv and state diniug-rr

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corridor, witn of the'past, ha than ever. The

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and at one end of it there is a stairway leading to the second floor.

itsell is fnliy as wide as the a and it is furnished jast like n

•oft oarpets, fine furniture aad oosv corner* I don’t knowhow much it eoet to furnish it, but you may get some idea of the money spent oa the fixing up of the White House by the fact that the decorations aud the refitting of the east room during this administration are said to have cost more than $lu,000. It woqld indeed be an extravagant woman ^ who would object to such furnishing*, and the wives of tba varioue candidates will not need to bring anv pieces from their own homes in order to

help out the White House.

Thie is equally so m to the dinner-table arrangement* Mr* Harrison has improved the looks of tbe state dining-room, and tha private dining-room ie good enough for any family. Tbe state dining-room ia an immense apartment, and ou tha night* of state dinners itnow blazes with electric ray* It has perhaps the moat beautiful marble mantels in America, which were carved ia Italy, and which have groat mirrors above them. Its big table will seat fiftv, and Uncle 8am has supplied the President with enough china to dine hundreds and have a change of plates at as many courses aa you will find at the swell dinners of the Chine** It is nice to drink out of cut-glase and eat even your buckwheat cakes and sausage on Dresden plates and drink your coffee outof the finest of Haviland cup* It was Haves who bought the Haviland set of china for the Wl)ite House, and Mrs. Harrison baa added to the chiue closet a new set of American china which will compare with the finest products of Europe or the far East. The designs for this china were made by an American artist. Among the articles in it are an especial oyster-plate serviee, a dozen soup-plates, twelve fish-plates, a dinner service of a dozen pieces, with a p fitter, and twelve plates each for tbe game course end the dessert. There are after-dinner coffee-cups and saucers, tea-oups and saucers, and other pieces, all elaborately and appropriately decorated. Tbe next President will wipe his mouth with the finest of damask linen, and Unoie Sam furnishes the napkins aud table-cloths for tbe ruler of hie nephew* The napkins used at the W L! ^ House at state dinners ere almost as bii table-cloths* and they shine like silk, and they are very heavy sod thick. The glass used iu the White House is cut-glass, and whether one Wanie to drink out of the water-goblet or the champagne-glaa* or wishes to end * hie dinner with pony of brandv, he can have bis osthfi soul delighted by a vessel as white as t purest diamond and as thin aa an egg yb< and a* he loeka into it ho will ms the i

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icon eagle engraved upoa its side. $ every President boys new linen fo

Whits Hones, and one of the pi the next First Lady of tbe Land r ■hopping which she can do, at Gc

expense, in replenishihg tbe linen and ch..,. closets of her establishment. 8he will not have the pleasure ot doing her own marketing. That is out of fashion now, though President Harrison's grandfather used to start out every morning and walk to Georgetown end piek nut tbe choicest cuts for his owo tablo. Tho President now has a steward, aud I don’t suppose that either Mr. or Mrs. Harrison snyidsaof wbat they ars going to el fore they sit down to the table. The < ing is ail done in tbe basement, and Mr* Harrison bee hed the whole lower part of the establishment renovated. Tho kitahen is now tiled both as to floor and as to the dado of the side wall* When she earns ia •be found that there were three rotten wooden floors pleoed one on top of the other, and she had these taken out. and these tiled floor* put in their place on a basis of concrete. The laundry of tba White Honse is a very fine one, and all of

its arrangements ar# of the best.

It must take nearly half an acre of glass to cover tbe flowers of the White Honse conservatory. It keep* two men busy all the time to tako ear* of it, and tho finest of all kinds of flowers from orohids to roses are continually in bloom here. Private Secretary Halford has tbe small room at the sontboast corner end the President he* taken the room which Dsn Lamont used to oecnpv, which was the office of Presidont Lincoln. The ether roosne farther oa beyond tbe one in wbieh the Cabinet meets, are all large and airy,and they are fitted gp for the living rooms of the family. In the President’s business office you will find a half dozen clerks, end you ean reach out year finger and touch any part of tho world. There ie a telegraph operator whose key ie connected with tbe cable aad telegraph wires ef the United State* and there is • cleark who dose but little else then attend to tho newspapers, and tba

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tbe cashier of the White

and there are oameroo* typewriters at other employe* There is ao elevator the White House, and all in all, the

mansion is packed fnl! of

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drove the wagon could stand up and his head would not touch it At the back of it is a wall of the finest of glass mosaic. It is made of precious stones and colored glass and crystal, and at night it shines like the jewels of th# palace of Monte Cristo. Tbe floor it of mosaic, and these beauties come out in striking contrast to some of their surroundings. There is, for instance, at tbe further door of tbe vestibule through which you pass to go up to the President’* office, a two-dollar walnut umbrella stand, and tbe wood work of tbe room you see is grained to represent black walnot, and is by no means genuine. Against tbe wall there are a couple of tbroe-dollar wicker chairs, in which the messengers sit, for tbis room is

for half tbe day public property.

The parlors of tbe White House are on the grouid floor, though there are enough rooms on the second floor to give a place for a sitting-room, and tbe bedrooms arc so big and airy and have soeh beaotifai views that any ordinary raorjal could sit in thsm without getting the blues. Of the parlors below stairs only the east room is shown to visitor* and it is here that tbs President holds hie noon reception* Tbis i* perhap* the biggest parlor in the United States, and it is a wonder of magnificence. Its Weils are of silver aod gilt, and in them are set eight massive mirror*, each of wbieh is as big as the top* of two billiard tables placed side by side, and your foot sinks almost up to the ankle in the neb velvet earpet wbieh oovere tbe floor. This room ie eighty feet long aad forty feet wid* and it takes more than four hundred yard* to carpet it. The furniture » cushioned, not with exeelsior, but with genuine hair, and it ie covered with the finest of satin. Tha room ie now lighted bv eleetrieity, nod there are In the neighborhood of a thou-

stfigbte in ll

I $5,000 apiece,

U in the mansion, ho east room cost

and each contains 6,000

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