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POOR LITTLE PRINCESS. ‘Pathetic Story of Elizabeth, Daugh- - i ter of Charles I. of England. . For Stven Years a Prisoner—Her Lovely # Character, Wonderful Attainments and ’ Sad Fate—Died with Her Cheek 2 : : : Upon the Bible. ; [coPYRIGHT, 1896.] - Have you never wished that you had bLeen born a prince or a princess? Most Jboys and girls have such fancies now " and then, especially if they are deeply read in fairy lore. What could be jollier than to have ail the money you want, servants-to gratify every wish, dogs and horses and dresses and toys without stint—in short, to have one’s own way in everything? But people who think in this way are ~ very much mistaken. Probably there “are hardly any children in the world . who have less freedom—fewer ‘“real. -good times”—than the sons and daughters of Kings. Many of them would gladly have changed places with the poorest children that play upon the streets; their misfortunes are often as . great as their rank is high. In thepast this was especially true; and hereisa sad little tale to prove it: / The Princess Elizabeth—who must not be confused with the famous queen, * who ruled Fngland so long and well—? was the second daughter’ of that Charles I. who was so loved and so hated, who ruled so ill and died so well. - But when the little princess was born jn ‘St. James’ palace on the third day after Christmas (in the year 1635) it was thought that her life would be a very happy one. A few days later she was baptized by Archbishop Land, that ‘sincere but misguided prelate whose blood at- last flowed on the scaffold; but there was then no thought of the disasters that were in store. /. . : I'rom the day of her birth Princess Elizabeth had a full suite of attendants _of her own—a nurse, three cradle rockers, a groom of the back stairs, and all sorts of nursery servants of lower rank. She had the same governess as her elder sister Mary—countess of - Roxburg, whom both little princesses loved very dearly. There was a difference, of four years in the ages of these two . royal sisters; but they looked much alile, with’ their long fair curls and regular features. The poet Crashaw

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wrote a poem about them, calling them | . f4wo silken flowers on one stem.” Eliz- I abeth, however, was the more delicate, and had an unusually sensitive and affectionate disposition. Little Elizabeth was only seven years _ old when she and the sister she loved so! wer¢ separated; for when the Princess | ‘. Mary was married Queen Henrietta tool | her to Holland tolive with the family of | her husband. Although' neither knew | it then, mother and daughter were never to meet again. War had broken out between King Charles and his sub- . jects, and Elizabeth lived a lonely life ' in the great palace, with no companion but her baby brother, Henry, and her * kind governess. Her father had taken her elder brothers with him when he joined his troops; and when Queen Henrietta returned to England after her year in Holland, she could neither “ join her children nor send for them to come to her. Henry and Elizabeth - were really prisoners in St. James’, and ~ the house of commons, which now had everything its own way, hardly allowed them decent food and clothes. - ‘ _ . After awhile, however, parliament or- "~ dered a proper amount of money to be . paid them every month. Butthe ch:fdren were ill and unhappy, and in the - midst.of their troubles their much loved governess died. Wretched enougflx “the little prisoners must have been then, . with nobody to care for them but two or three faithful servants, and one day in 1643 the peers in the house of lords listened to the following letter which the earl of Pembroke had brought-nw;n . our princess, i My Lorps: T account myself very miser- - able that I must have my servants taken . from me and strangers put to me, You promised me that you would have a care of e, and 1 hope you will show it in pre- | venting so great a grief, as this would be rest,” Yous oving ﬁﬁf Euﬁgm " _*Fo the right honorabié the Lords and 5 | Fhis was 9 very dignified letter for o - Nile i nardly Rine yearsold to i, et e et R . 4 e ﬁ*““‘”””‘?“gﬁ“‘% ore was & plot going 33 R megm ot T E’w,,-w R LT bl“ w,l"&‘ﬁvi"”w ,@%‘3‘?&“‘

The children now had a new governess, the gountess of Dorset, and Elizabeth, like her grand namesake, Queen Elizabeth, was fond of study. She is said to have been able.to read Greek, Latin and Hebrew; as well as French, Spanish and Italian, before she was ten years old. It is hard to believe that one so young, even by diligent study, could achieve so much. Butmore than one learned man of her time complimented her learning—among them William Greenhill, who dedicated a book on the Scriptures to her, and Alexander Rowley, who, in dedicating to her his “Schollar’s. Companion,” called her the “peerless £lizabeth.”, Two years later her second governess, the countess of Dorsett, died; and soon afterwards the children were sent, first to Chelsea, then to Whitehall. A néw keeper was now placed over them, the earl of Northumberland, who treated them with much kindness.

Then the great battle of Naseby was fought, and soon after their father became a prisoner in the hands of the enemy; and their brother, the duke of York, was sent to join them in their captivity. At last when King Charles was at Windsor parliament gave his children permission to visit him. As the carriage, drawn by six horses, with the children and the earl of Northumberland, dashed along the -country roads crowds of people rushed out to greet the children of their sovercign and threw flowers and green boughs in their path. Henry had not seen his father since he was two years old.

After this Charies was permitted to visit his children several times at Sion house, and they were sometimes allowed to stay -with him at Hampton court. But after a time Charles was taken away to Carisbrook castle, and when they next saw him they knew that he was to die, and his time was spent in giving them loving counsel and in sending messages to the absent members of the family. :

~ “But, sweetheart,” he said to Elizabeth, “thou wilt forget what I tell thee.” B

Then the little girl, weeping, answered:

“I will write down all you say to me.” And because this little girl carefully wrote down all that her father had said, we have a long and touching acount of this last interview. : :

Two days later Elizabeth and Henry had no father—he had been put to death by order of the English people.

"1t is hard to see why Elizabeth and her brother were kept prisoners after this. They might have joined their mother in France, or theirmarried sister in Holland, had they been permitted. Elizabeth pathetically petitioned parliament to let her go to her sister, but her request was refused. ' : Instead of granting it the commons wrangled about the amount of meney to be spent for the children’s maintenance, and paid so much less tham they had promised that Northumberland no longer cared to remain in charge of them. This, however, proved no very serious misfortune, for they found a pleasant home with his sister, the countess of Leicester. But about a year later .when Charles 11. their brother, who afterwards became king, made an unsuccessful attempt to get back the crown, the two little prisoners were 'sent to Carisbrook castle. No wonder poor little Elizabeth drooped, and grew iill at the prospects of living in the castle which had been her father’s

prison. ; Her last wish was that she might go to her sister Mary in Holland; but when the cemmions at last voted to grant this request Elizabeth was already dead. She had passed away, heart-broken, with her cheek resting on the little Bible which was her father’s last gift. Poor little 15-year-old girll Although born the daughter of a great king she had been for seven years a prisoner for no fault of her own. -~ In the church of Bt. Thomas on the Isle of Wight there is a monument to this princess, erected by the present queen of England. It is a full length statue, representing her as she died with her clieek resting upon the open Bible. This is the inscription: “To the memory of the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Charles 1., who died at Carisbrook castle on Sunday, September &, 1'659;., and is interred beneath the chapel of this church. This monumént is erected, a token of respect fo» her virtues, and of sympathy for her lxgéafortqnes.”. S v S ' & Good Renso mrie. v morming and 14 said e hopedyon Here Wl aiaein b b g nbberly—Strange thing for a doetor to say, wasn'tit? e R MR fﬂk’iﬂpa s ﬂ.l“f‘h‘mlm g

WILL NOT CONTEST. Carlisle Declares He Will Not Be g a Candidate. He Writes a Letter to the Kentucky Democratic Committee Announcing His Position—Deeply Interested : : in Party Success. : Washington, April 6.—Secretary Carlisle Sunday evening gave out the following letter to Chairman Long, of the democratic state committee of Kentucky, declining to enter the contest for the democratic nomination for the presidency: :

“Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D. C, ‘April 4, 189(— Charles L.ong, Esq , Chairman Democratic State Central Committee, Louisville, Ky .-~ My Dear Sir: Your favor of March 30, in which you say in substance that many of my friends in Kentucky ard elsewhere desire me to become a candidate before the approaching national deraocratic convention for nomination for the office of president, and requesting me to give some authoritative or deflnite exypression upon the subject, was duly received and has been maturely considered. . “Many communications upon the same subject and of similar import have heen received from friends in different parts of the country, and while very grateful for these numerous expressions of confidence and esteem upon the part of my den'ocratic fellow-citizens. 'I have not be¢en able to reach the conclusion that the existing conditions require me to comply with their requests by authorizing them to announce me as a candidate for the presidential nomination. :

“While I fcel a profound interest in the welfare of my party, I am much more concerned about its declaration of principles than in its selection of candidates, becawgse, in my opinion, its failure or success at the election as well as its capacity for useful service to the conuntry .in the future depends upon the position it takes or omits to take upon the puhlic questions now engaging the attention of the pconle, and especially the questions affecting the monetary system of the counrtry and the character and, amount of taxation to be imposed upon our citizens. ‘‘lts position upon these and other subjects having been agreed upon, and clearly and distincetly announced, the convention ought to have no difliculty in selecting an acceptable candidate who will fairly represent its views; and, in order that its deliberations may be embarrassed as little as possible by the contentions of rival aspirants and their friends, I think my duty to the party will be best perforrred by declining to participate' in a confest for the nomination. f,

‘“The obligations assumed when T accepted my present official position require me to devote my entire time and attention to the public interests committed to my charge, and T shall have to continue my discharge of duty as imposed upon me to the best of my ability, and in sych manner as will in my judgment most certainly promote the true interests af the country; and, if in the opinion of my fellowdemocrats in Kentucky iny services entitle me to their commendation and approval, I would regard their indorsement of my public course as an ample reward for the little I have been able to accomplish ‘n behalf of honest administration and « sound financial policy. i ‘“With many thanks for your kind letter, T am, very truly yours, ‘“J. G. CARLISLE.” Louisville, Ky., April 6.—The CourierJournal publishes the following editorial on the letter of Sccretary Carlisle made public Sunday night: “The position whiech Mr. Carlisle takes is one entirely in accord with the dignities of the office of president and the duties of the office of secretary of the treasury. Fie declines tc participate in a contest for a nomination, holding that the matter of first moment is the declaration of the party’s principles. Hedesires the indorscment of his services by his state, and, though he does not say so in so many words, if his state shall present his narme to the national convention on a satisfaetory platferm he will undoubtedly accept -that responsibility. i “mhis. is a matter of exceptional momont at once to the democratic party and to tte entire people of the United States. To the democratic party it brings squarely linme the issue whether it is to continue to be the party of Jefferson, Jackson, Benton und Cleveland, or whether it is to set up strange gods and lend the priceless prestige.of its name and history to an alien faith. “To the people of the United States it is of vital concern, for upan the decision, within the democratic party, of the isene thus forced upon it depends thie one possibility that this country shall have a peecidential candidate backed hy the organized resources of either of the.two great political parties—a man with a universally-con-ceded clear comprehension of the natuvre and necessities of a sound monetary syvstem as indispensable tu the protection of mational integrity and matewial prosperity and with a record not of profession but or performance, in itself at this time the only unimpeachable proof of practical, unswerving and unassailable fidelity to the principles of such a system. i “Kentucky is ready. It needs no campaign to bring Kentucky ta Carlisle. Lot the convention be called—the sooncr thc better—and the state which took the lead fer an honest tariff will.take-the lead for an honest currency. i ¥

ENDED IN MURDER. On: Man Killed and Ancther YWounded e in a Fight in. Chicago. Chicago, April 6.—As a result of a fizht between a lot of toughs on the West side Sunday night. Thomas Monohan is in the morgue and Robert Ramsey is at the county hospital with several bullets in his légs and arms. The fight was started by a dispute in a game of ball in an alley west of Canal. strert and between Barber and Henry strects. A man named Andrews didi the shooting, and after killing Monohan and wounding Ramsey ran awax and escaped. The balance of the ball players are locked: up. . Raines Law Strictly Enforced.. . New York, April 6.—The Raines liquor law was enforced Sunday all cver the eity. The saloonkeepers made Lo attempt te evade the provisiens of the law amnd no violations were re‘ported at police headquarters. Reports from all ever the state indicate that the new law was quite generally enforeed. : Few praprietors defied the law. FThose deing so were promptly arrested.

¥Fatal Prize Fight. . Haverhill, Mass., April 6.—During a prize fight Saturday night between Arthur Bradley and Richard Ingram, the latter received a chance blow on the vein under the right jaw whichrendered him uncomscious, and from the effect of which he died twe hours later. All of the spectators and participants are under arrest. . Matabeles Murder 100 Whites. i . London, April 6.—The Standard puhlishes a dispateh from Buluwayo fur nished to it by a news agency, saying that the Matabeles have murdered 100 whites and that 250 are still missing. _State Funds Tied Up. | Decatur, 111, A*;)ri-l 6.—ln the closed Farmers’ bank is $45,000 belonging to the state. B. K. Durkee, superintendent ‘ol insuranee, togéther with Mr. Casner, the chief s?ckho}dér; and L. E. Eyman, started the bank in 1893. The state money is ‘well seeured and every cent, will be restored us soon os the.assignee can get at the-cash dud the concern, _Eight Thoussnd Killed ot Ortan, Viennu, Aprl br—The Vaterland pubiutisp Vet 3000 Aritkuink bava bas

WON BY REBELS. Spaniards Repulsed with Heavy Losses as : Pinar Del Rio. New York, April 6.—A long cable dispatch from Carlos Garcia, son of Gen. Calixto Garcia, ‘the leader of the bermuda expedition to Cuba, has been received by M. Stern, who makes his home with Mrs. Garcia, ghe wife of the general, in this city. The dispatch was written at Manzanillo, which is about 35 miles west of Santiago, April 2, and says the men and the heavy-artillery were landed in a bay between Bahi Honda and Muriel, which is about 50 miles west of Havana in a straight lime. There was absolutely no inte:ference. :

The two Hotchkiss guns and the six other heavy pieces of artillery were taken off, with: the ammunition for them. The ship, with the remaining arms and ammunition, was sent to Santiago. The 100 men in the expedition were landed on the morning of March 22. They made a march of 40 miles inland, where they were met by Gen. Maceo, thus carrying out the plan to the letter.

It was decided an attack should be made upon Pinar del Rio, but Mace»n had caused the report to reach tha Spanish garrison that he had started on a long march. Maceo and Gareia, with 9,000 men, swept down upon Pinar del Rio early in the morning of March 23, and it was a complete surprise. The Spanish troops numbered about 6,000 and they were thrown into a state of panic by the cnslaught. The use of the heavy artillery which Garcia had brought added -to their terror. The message says: ‘““Consternation reigncd and the Spanish troops were ‘thrown in wild disorder. Officers could not form their men The insurgents captured two pieces of heavy artillery, 1,700 Mauser rifles, 1,200,000 cartridges, 2,800 swords and stores. Burned 600 houses, sparing the weak. Spanish lost 850 killed and 200 wounded. Cuban loss, 150 killed and wounded.

‘‘After this victory, which is 6ne of the most important that the Cubans have wnn, inasmuch as it will be almost impossible for the Spaniards to find a shelter for their troops .in the interior during tre rainy season, Gen. Garcia took 500 men on horseback and started eastward, making the hardest possible marches. They had not the slightest difficulty in passing the trocha, which is a line of Spanish troops, and they went on swiftly to the eastern part of the island. Many volunteers joined them. g

Tampa, Ila., April 6.—Pasengers arriving from Cuba report that Spanish Cen. Inclan’s forces were entirely surrounded by the insurgents and a hand-to-hand conflict ensued. 'The conflict occurred in Vuelta Abajo district. Nothing official has been published, but 100 wounded at this engagement were brought into Havana Friday night. All the wounds were machete cuts.

IVES LOSES.

Schaefer Defeats Him in the Last Game at New York. _ New York, April 6.—The last game of the New York series of the international billiard tournament was played Saturday night. The contestants were Frank C. Ives and Jake Schaefer and the latter won by superior play.. The score stood: Sehaefer, 600; Ives, 534. Ifighest runs, Schaefer, 176; Ives, 129. Averages, Schaefer, 30; Ives, 26 14-20. This makes a tie between Ives and Schaefer, whieh will be played off in Chicago next month. : :

Following is the general record of the tournainent: : i

Ives—Total numherof points, 2,334: total innings, 64; grand average, 36 &R-64. Schaefer—Total number of points, 2,1%4; total inmings, 8; grand average, 24 10391. Garnier—Total number of points, 682} tctal innings, 75; grand hverage, 9 7-15. : The uext tournament in the series will be played in Boston and will be at cushion caroms. 1t will open a week from Monday next, and Maurice Daly will take part in it, so that the contestants will be Ives, Schaefer, Ga;‘nier and Daly. ; 3

ATWATER TO: RBRE AVENGED.

Murderer of the Young Chicagoe Artist Is ¥ound Guilty. - i St. Logis, April 6.—The jury in the case of Peter alias “Cotton’” Schmidt, -one ef the trio that held up and murdered B. A. Atwater, the Chicago artist, im Webster Grove, several months ago, returned a verdiet Saturday of guilty in the first degree. About midmight Friday mnight the case was given to the jury, whieh waited watil Saturday to consider it. The accused, who is but 17 years old, anticipated a verdiet of guilty, but hoped that his youth might save him. When the verdiet was read Peier showed no signs of fear, lroking at the jury with a. contemptuous smile. The trial of Feoster and Peter’s brother, who are ‘alse: implicated. will be held later.

L tUWPHOLD MONROE DOCTRINE.

[fLa.tin—Amexica: Couwntries Believe in i Making It a Law.

City of Mexico, April 6.—The Uni versal newspaper publishes telegrams from all over Central ana South America rvegardimg President Diaz’ utterances on the Monroe daetrine in his recent inessage to congress. The government here contimues to receive by telesraph eommunications on the bold stand takepn by Gen. Diaz in support of the cinplified Monroe <doetrine and making it internatienal law in the new woritd. Among the eountries thus indorsing the principles are Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Riea, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Chili, Urnguay, Argentine and Brazil. ’

Down’t Like the New Law. ' ! Chicago, April 6.—Saturday was pension day, but the 8,000 pensioners im Chicago who have been in the habit of calling personally for their money did not get it as formerly. The mew law which requires vouchers to be certified by notarfes and mailed for return checks, was responsible for much profanity and denuncijations of national law makers by “the angry pensioners. Many of the veterans were ignorant of the new law until Gen. Anderson, the pension agent, and his clerks explained its requirements. The notaries near by reaped a harvest of fees, ] : Valuable Horses Burned. = ~ Buffale, N. Y., April 6.—The stables. of the Buffalo driving park were de ‘stroyed by fire Saturday night, and with them some 20 valunble horses which were there in training under Alonzo McDonald for the coming season’s trotting. Twenty horses are known to have been burned, and it 1= thought quite probable that the loss. Wil Texceeq fhiat wmber. Among these were several valuable animals, especially Bllen 8. (2:11%). who was nlued at {lOOOO “The total loss will RS Tl T e i e EE R e

APPEAL FOR ARBITRATION. Three Famous c;ttliolic Cardinals Present a Plan to Prevent War. Baltimore, Md., April 6.—Cardinal Gibbons on Sunday gave out an appeal for a permanent arbitration board, with full powers, to prevent war among the nations, signed by himself, Michael Cardinal Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, and Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, Archibishop of Westminster. The document is the result of a correspondence cn .the subject between Cardinal Gibbons and his colleagues, and is issued on Easter Sunday because of the appropriateness of the day. A synopsis of the document follows: The cardinals, in the name of the Prince of Peace and of the Catholic church, invite all to cooperate in the formation of a puklic opinion which shall demand the estahlishment of a permanent tribunal of arbitration as a rational substitute among the English-speaking races for a resort to the bloody arbitrament of war. They recall that such a court existed for centurirs when the nations of Christerdom ‘werc united in one faith, and suggest a tribunal composed of trusted representatives of each sovercign nation, with power to nominate judges and umpires, according to the nature of the differences that arise. Such an international court of arbitration, they say, would form a second lire of defense, to be called into requisition only after the ordinary resources of diplomacy had been exhausted. It would at least postpone the outbreak of hostilities until reason and common sense had formally pronounced their last word. They appeal for a united cffort to press this matter upon their respective governments.

NATIONAL REFORM PARTY.

Call Issued for a Convention at Pitts« burgh, May 25.

Pittsburgh, I’a., April 6.—The executive commniittee appointed at the recent conference of reform elements has is-| sued its call for the convention of the rational reform party to meet here May 25 next, two days prior to the assembling of the prohibition hosts, to nominate candidates for president and vice president. In issuing the call the committee suggests that the delegates to be chosen should be favorable to the following doctrines upon which to base tlic platform of the new party. 1. Direct TMegislation, througsh the initiative and referendum, should be the first principle incorporated in a national platform, in order to restor« the ancient rigbts of government ‘‘of the people, by the pecple, for the people” : 2. The favoring cf an issue of all monevs —gold, silver and paper—by the general government, and that this money should be legal tender for all debts, hoth puklic and private, and that each shall be exehangeable into the other at par at the option of the government 3. The abolition of the liquor traffic for beverage purposes, with a government'control of the same for all other uses. 4. The free or equal coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of sixteen to ore, government ownership of railroads, telegraph lines, telephones and -other means uf communication; equal suffrage and proper means to raise revenue for the government and publie improvements.

THIEWES IN FLORIDA. Guests oJ Fashionable Hotels Lose Gems Worth $30,000-Rewards Offered. St. Augustine, Fla., April 6.—Diamond thieves have ‘“weorked” the Flagler hotel on the east coast for jewels valued at nearly $30,000. The heaviest losers are Mrs. llenry M. Cutting, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Camp and Mr. William Ireeborn and daughter, all of New York. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Camp spent the winter at the Roeyal Poinciana on Lake Worth. Their rooms were entered and $7,000 worth’ of gems were taken. Mr. and Mrs. Freeborn were guests of the Aleazar at St. Augustine. They lost jewelry valued at $6,000. For the recovery of the Camp and Freeborn jew¢!s advertisements offering $2,200 in rewards have appeared in the Jacksonville papers. The rewards are offered through third persoms. Mrs. Henry M. Cutting, however, is the heaviest loser. ler roomns at the Ponee de Leon were entered, and the thieves are said to have secured gems worth $13,000. The thieves worked so eleverly thatnot an arrest has been made. They did the work while guests were at dinner, using pass and skeleton keys, and left no trace. £

FAMOUS RACE TRACK CLOSED. Charter Oak Park Sold for a Song—Re- . sult of Anti-Pecl Law. Hartford, Conn., April 6. — Charter Oak park, the scene of many of the mwost important. trotting races in the country during the past 25 years, and of great gatherings of bieycle riders at tournaments, was sold at auection at noon Saturday, the stockholders having voted to close up the affairs of the association. The sale is the result of the stringent anti-pcol law of 1893, which prohibits. all poelselling and betting on horse racing, and the managers of the associatieon assert that racing cannot be conducted without loss as long as that law stands. The property was knocked: doswn to Col. Henry Kennedy, a vice president of the Charter Oak Park association, for $19.000. The land and improvements thereon origin2ily cost abaout $150,000. ,

FATAL DISASTER.

Explosion: the Cause of the Loss of Twelve Lives. .

Antwerp, April 6.—The boilers of the tug Virginie, plying between Ghent and Antwerp, exploded Sunday when the vessel was near Termonde. The captain escaped, but the crew of four men were killed. Pieces of their bodies were scattered among the trees on the banks of the river. The explosion caused the sinking of a barge and the drowning of eight persons who were .a2board of it.

! Repudiated. - Chicago, April 6.—11 t is questioned whether Secretary of the Treasury CarElisle vwill come to Chicago to address the workingmen after thie action taken hin the meetings of the labor congress apd the typographical union Sunday, 'The congress passed a resolution after a brief discussion, and the union took similar action, declaring that the in--vitation extended to him to address the toilers-on the subject of finance did not issue from organized labor, but was ~sent by a number of self-appointed rep resentatives, presumably working in fudividual interests. ‘

Alleged British Alliance with Spain. New York, April 6-—Ballard Smith cables the World from London that the positive statement has been made to Liin by a leading financier of that eity, a man who has unquestioned opportunity of knowing' the facts, that*-gng-land has concluded a treaty of nlliance with Spain, and thit within ten days Jiropes will be startled by the efcial announcement of thjs faet. ' . Getsn Life Sentence. ~ Omaha, Neb, April 6.~Darney MeGinn, for the murder of Ed McKenna, LT SR O R TR

'FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. .~ TWO MAIDENS. - I know a winsome little maid, So fair to see— ; Her face is like a dainty flower. : So lovingly . : : She looks upon this world of ours, And all who pass, 2 r That sweet content makes beautiful | My little lass. o I kr?ow another maiden well, 0 She might be fair— : . Her cheek is like a rose-leaf soft, . Like gold her hair. -But ah! her face is marred by frowns Her eyes by tears, . For none can please. I dread to think : Of coming years. ! - Would you, dear, grow to beauty rare - In thought and deed? Then learn the lesson these two teach " To those who heed, And in your heart, as life begins, Give this truth place: Yol 'Tis only lovely thoughts can make A lovely face. - ; —Gertrude M. Cannon, in St. Nicholas. FEATHERED PARSON.. An Antipodean Bird Who Probaby Is the . Best Talker of His Kind. Some time since a friend of mine, having occasion to purchase a small article, entered a little thread and needle shop in the environs of the city of New Orleans, but found no one in the place, writes J. Carter Beard in the Philadelphia Bulletin. As he turned about to leave a hoarse voice called out: i : : “Wait a moment, ma'am. Take a chair.” ‘ Looking around her in some surprise at not seeing any source from which she could suspect the-voice to proceed or any possibility of accepting the invitation so cordially extended to her, she replied: : : “I’ll wait, but I see no chair.” £ - “Betty! Betty! come quick! come quick! come quick! Some one here. Take a chair,” ealled out the voice loudb ot L Rather alarmted, for there was no one in the little shop but herself, my friend

2EREL e g g X ¢ o~ : ( v ~, : ¢ o | %’Wmf’ g 4 S /! ,/’/’ RS Ty (TN B = /’"’u%"/”’fl///f’/ AT % v N R\, =gl 7 Y [0 Ty ) W\ sy Y g/ \%‘\\ ~-“d‘,f;, G %// I (R ’ (- WV gl (.~ - o e T . R { a 7 it = gl . = Wi/ THE FEATHFRED PARSON. hastened to the door, when she hap: pened to catch sight of a bird cage just inside it, containing a strange Jooking black bird, with Iwe¢ white bands, that reminded her of those worn by English clergymen, extending downward from its throat. At the same moment a woman appeared at the half-opened door leading to the rear of the shop. “Tas tha burd be talken, mum,” said she, with a strorg North-of-England accent. “Tas a parson, mum; them do gc on wors’n parrots.” . On inquiry, the talker proved to be what naturalists eall P’rostehmadera, which had been brought by the .shopkeeper all the way from New Zealand (where she had formerly resided), of which the bird is a native.

Its popularname, *“parsonbird,” given it by the carly colonists of New ZeaJand in allusion to the peculiar tufts of long white feathers that hang down from the throat as if to set off its glossy black plumage, and which resemble. clerical bands, certainly seems appropriate. Perched on a stump, as an extemporized talker, it gives vent'toa jargon of sonnds,'disp]ayingwits bands and gesticulating in & manner that irresistibly reminds one of the declamatory style of preaching. A gentleman desceribing the bird says: “He shakes his head, bending to one side, then to another, as if he made his remarks first to this part of his hearers and afterward to that, and once again,. with pent-up vehemence, contracting his museles and drawing himself together, his voice waxes loud, as if to: awalcen sleepers to their senses.” Tt is a favorite cage bird with the-col-onists, being easily reared in confinement, and its extraordinary powers: of mimicry make it a very interesting pet. It can repeat whole sentences and imitate, among other: things, the barking: of dog to perfection. Its memory, teachableness and articulation are better than those of any parrot; in faet, perhaps, it is the best talker among birds. ¥

LEE’'S MAGNANIMITY. | The Great Confederate Leader Was Abeve Lk Petty Spite. 5 ' The keynote to the character of the man is found in this anecdote of Gen. Robert E. Lee. " Early in the war, before he had proved his preeminence as a general, he was sevelely criticised en more than one oecasion by ‘a certain Gen. Whiting. Whiting had steod at the head of his class at West Point, and was considered a bright amnd capable man. One day President Davis, wishing an officer for some important command, called upon Gen. Lee for advice. o “What do you think of Whiting?” asked Davis. e kg ot Lee answered without hesitation, commending Whiting as one of the ablest men in the army, well qualified in every way for even the most responsible place. One of the officers present was greatly surprised, and at the first opportunity drew Lee aside. \ Lo “Don’t you know what unkingd things Whiting has been saying about you?” he inquired.. ~ . Ao Sy Lee’s answer was of the best. . “1 understood,” he said, “‘that the president desired to know my opinion of ‘Whiting, not Whiting’s opinion of me.” SCATRORPE e i U g . . Try This Easy Experiment, = Take a piece of twine and tie a num-! ber of knots in it at short intervals. 1f this knotty twine is laid around 'somebody’s head so that it will'turn the ears forward, nd thenthe. forefinger and thumb of each of your hands albk 1o SHeR SRy the dtviag il e B the experiment, %0 T AL

THE GENTLEMAN APE. ‘Consul Was One of the Brightest Monkeys Ever Exhibited. : Consul, the gentleman ape, one of the brightest monkeys'in the world; recently died in Manchester, England. The New York Journal says there was never an ape more polished in his manners or more punctilious in his dress or more considerate of the feelings of others. Consul was born ‘in Central Africa, and, like many others of his kind, led a wild, roving life for a number of years. Nothing is known of his parents, except that, owing no doubt to the constant. sultriness of the weather in that region and to a custom-that had long prevailed :among its inhabitants, they wore no clothes. But one day Consul unexpectedly encountered a very beau-

2 ')“‘ e ;ﬁ,"‘/l ,{“‘:?/)“\\ }_. AT ; :W ‘;{‘;: P *" (’ ™ i ,\\':‘,\\?.—/:A' )5 ; j ='\ ‘:; ;Z]/’ gh ” B\ 79 N ; %,W FResd) ‘ " '%, 4 ?i %. / ) LR o (o | \. %,? t& N o;,il 7 AR N e . B : ‘ \\\\ INN %2~ X i R N\ aha ’ ' N?’ g ? 1 . CONSUL, THE GENTLEMAN APE. tiful chimpanzee, whose name was Miranda. o . - Consul had never seen such a beautiful chimpanzee before, and he fell deeply in love at first sight. Miranda returned his regard, but she had becoms iattached to the household of a British ‘trader, and she insisted that she would i not live elsewhere. @ | Miranda took great pleasure in instructing Consul, and it was not long ’b(:fore he could eat raw eggs, drink ifrom a teacup and smoke a pipe—accomplishments which were shared in t a higher degree by his wife, Miranda. Some years after this, in 1893, Consul [ accept an engagement with the Zoologiical gardens at Manchester, it having been agreed that, in return for board and lodging and care in sickness, he was. to exhibit his performances in public. ' The managers of the gardens, not being ' aware of Consul’s high moral character, ' and fearing that he might leave, the . premisesat the first opportunity, locked 'the door of his apartments on the first ‘night of his arrival. This was an in--dignity which the newcomer took immediate measures to resent and to correct. Having read some of the marvelous tales about how certain priseners had escaped from their cells by oddly improvised tools, he set to work on a teaspoen and in a short time had devised a very serviceable chisel.

With the aid of this instrument he soon regained.his freedom, and since that date never knew confinement. Until the time of his death Consul might have been seen any fine day, gravely( parading the walks of the gardens i gorgeously decorated coat, stockings and shoes, wearing a comfortable soft hat and leaming on a cane. Occasionally he smoked a pipe, and he always ‘had a pleasant word for those whom ' he met, whether they were'within oi"’loutside of cages. And it was with the: greatest sorrow that the people of Manchester heard the news of Consul’s death. : ; 7 SEVEN INCHES LONG. . Abnormal’ Nasal Appendage of Thomas Wedders, a Yorkshireman. 7 ;Abnormal. noses frequently set all canons. at defiance by being hugely significant of just nothing atall. Eanly im the last century a man, Thonias: Wedders. (or, rather Wad-

: "_"/%{ 4 : e .. 71//,%'1 . q 7 i ; . Lo s g R N 5 i i i W » /( ’,z{//' /. § ;'[ IJ‘!, £ ’,; ] ['[] t s H_ 1 A £ ? i L : i I b ! ‘ L | I } e | e, O : ‘ THOMAS WEDDERS. ‘hcuse), with a nose 71, inches long, was exhibited throughout Yorkshire, says the Strand Magazine. Thus! if noses were uniformly exact in representing the importance of the individual, this worthy ought to have ¥ amassed all the money in Threadnedglle street and conquered all Europe, for this prodigious nose of his was a cpmpound of the acquisitive with the martial. But IR's'chin was too weak or his brow too low, or mature had so exhausted herself in the task of giving this prodigy a nose as to altogether for'get to endow him with brains; or, perhaps, the nose erowded out this latter commodity. At 2]l events, we are toldff" the Yorkshireman expired, nog’qgn:f all, as he had lived_,f in a condition o mind best deseribed as idiocy most abject, e = Singular Optical Delusion, ; © Here is a singular illustration of the” optical delusion whieh a change of position will sometimes effect. Take & row of ordinaty eapitel’ letters mff ﬂgﬂres: § 5 '-(“‘:j.l;“: s ;'f‘:\,'}: ¥‘. . - -Tﬁssssssxxxxxmﬁssmmﬁ . ' They are such as are made up of tw> parts of equﬁiwmpm?m“cﬁr&nﬂy ‘at these, and you will preceive that the w*mxm&mwm yery Jittle smaller than the lower halves—so | them to be of equal s gﬁm paper upside down, and, without any | careful looking, you will see that this ated; thet the real fop half of theletter s very much smaller than the bottom hath 00l el Rt %M’ Riotoh Hewiolier dbothrks that & - | dar el i i R R