Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1891, Page 8

HAPPY NEW YEAR. Some Reflections Which Are Appro- Priate to the Present Season THE CUSTOM OF CALLING. Though It Has Gone Inte Disuse in Some (Cities It Still Remains in Washingtos— ‘What 2 Fashionable Gir! and a Swell Young ‘Maa Are Supposed to Think. ‘Written for The Evening Star. WAS A PICTURE drawn a few years ‘ago for s weekly paper in New York which had « certain pathos in it. It represented an elderly gentlemen, handsomely attired, ascend- fing the steps that led to the door of # house | ‘here it had been his customs for many years to his respects upon the first day of each year, ted the arties bad skillfully depicted a look of sadness and disappointment upon the old man’s face when he saw that the door that had so often opened to him was closed and thata basket to receive visiting cards hung upon the | bell handle to warn him that be must not ask | admittance. The time-honored custom of pay- ing New Year calls had gone out. It is a pity, bat it is a fact, that in New York, Philadelphia and Boston and in other less im- portant cities that copy these New Year calls | are no longer as general as they used to be. It | is easy to understand why. The social circles | have become so large that the caller, in order | to perform his obligations, would have to begin his labors early in the morning and continue ‘them till after the dinner hour: and while call- | ing all day was wearisome, to receive calls all day was equally a bore. Therefore men began | to stay at home and ladies began to put baskets | at their doors. But here in Washington the" custom lingers and is not dead yet. for the | President receives officially and so do other high officials, and many lesser lights follow suit. THR PLEASANT CUSTOM OF CALLING. What custom can be more fitting than the custom of calling upon your friends on New Year day? The old year is over, a new year is | about to begin and you come to wish them good luek for the twelve months that are before | them. Itisidle tomy that New Year da the sameasanyotherday. Itisnot so. Every. body thinks of the year that has passed, of what | be or she has done and what left undone, and everybody looks forward to the coming year wit Jespair, a# the case may | lene ene i oe well, enoagh. bat it is | pleasant to be greeted cheerily and to be urge onward im me jens with a heartfelt God- Let us imagine some of the medita- tdons that come to different persons. THE FASHIONABLE GIRL'S REFLECTIONS. ‘The fashionable young girl, having danced the old year out and the new year in, all tired and weary in body, but alert and excited in | mind, lies awake and thinks, somewhat in this | wise: “I have passed the year as I had mapped it out I bave read fourteen new novels aud I) have talked about them with alot of men. They | didn’t know much about them, but I didn't ; nevertheless, I feel that I have aecom- something in the way of reading. And then, I bave had « good time; yes, there is no doubt about that. I have had four proposals and I told Maria Telltale of each one, and I) know that everybody knew about them and my reputation was increased. Once, for a little while last summer at Narragansett, I was en- | gaged. It was very good fun, but I got out of | it very cleverly. “I think I’ can congratulate | myself on being clever. I haven't got into any | serapes of consequence. Ihave been in love lots of times and I like that. and I have no! been in love nd that is pleas ant. too. Charlie Soliman «doesn't come to any more. Iam sorry for that, but then « become serions and isn't balf the he used to be and [don't ee him at partics anymore.and I don't care to have visitors who aren tswells. Ithink I like Charlie, but then I prefer swells. Ican get along without him. SATISFIED WITH HER COURSE. “On the whule I am quite satisfied with my course. Next year I think I'll get married. | Tommy Coseher has a drag, and I know he’s | pretty rich, and he is a real swell, and we could Eives splendid big wedding’ I’ think Til be married at night and have eight bridesmaids | and a big re m at home after the wedding. | And then Icould have a house of my own and entertain for myself and go toall the parties | anddance just the same. The men wouldn't | make love to me any more-—that is, some of them wouldn t—and that’ a drawback; but some of them that don't make love to me now would do so if Iwas married Iam sure. Aito- gether it would be better to be married, for in 8 year or two I may become passe, and then I'll | have to take any one I can get, and now I can take my pick. [wish Charlie Solidman would opose. Of course I would reject him, but he | isso independent that I think I would sooner Bave him propose than to have all the others. Tl try and make him any way.” THE SWELL YOUNG MAN'S THOUGHTS. | And then the fashionable girl goes to sleep, | and when the sunshine of the first day of the New | Year breaks into her room in the morning it | doesn't wake her, for she is tired from her dance of the night before, and she will not be likely to wake until her maid comes and tells her it is ‘time for her to dress for midday breakfast. ‘The meditations of the fashionable young | man, the swell. may be conceived easily. | “Well,” he thinks as he walks home from his New Year eve party, “well, I got through this year pretty neatly. Iwon a steeplechase last | ‘spring, and that's an accomplishment, and I} know I have the best tandem team in Washing- | ton. I haven't been left out of a single party and my invitations to dinner are gratifying. | My clothes have all been handsome and that | new London tailor is certainly an acquisition I | have o right to be proud of. Some of the | plainer at the club are treating me | goldiy, and I'am glad of that, too, for it shows | that | makes me envied. have arrived at a position in society that ‘the broad “a,” and once in New York I was mis- | Thave adopted the use of | taken for an = lishman; that is certainly an | achievement. about me, and . y's husband | threatened to kick me out of his house last month, which shows Iam a man worth being | Jealons of. ‘THINKS BE'LL GET MARRIED. | “Tthink I'll get married next year. Miss Mon- eybags bas » big income and I think she would me. If I married her I wouldn't have tegive up any of my horses or any of my elothes. I think Tlike her as much as the horses and the clothes—or nearly. If I loved @ woman as much as the horses and the clothes. I would go through fire for her, and if I loved her more. I'd commit suicide for her. If I got aarried I know there are some girls I couldn't flirt with any more, but then, there are some who won't flirt with me now that wonld flirt with me then. Yes, I think I will get married, | but whatever Ido Iam resolved never to be anything but a swell, for Iam thoroughly con- vinced that it is the noblest career on earth.” | ‘These and the meditations of other young | Berle who are swells are sweet to contemplate. | the reflections of old people who have fol- lowed out thé careers which the young man | and young woman above referred to have planned for themselves would not be sich nt reading, for the delights of the simple me cirele are not often theirs, WEEN THE HOME FEELING ASSERTS ITSELF. The Christmas time and the New Year time | are the two occasions in the year when the | how necessary to his happiness is ‘was Anthony Trollo . It pointed out that no | man on Cl day would dare to dine at | his clab, and the remark is equally trae of New Year day. Alas for the poor bachelor who is sway from his kindred and upon whom no ends who have a home have taken to take him lion lovely | brothers he knew not one intimately As he strolled the streets, dasconsolate and . the sounds of revelry and family “re- Juicing were loud enough to penetrate through the ing. closely fastened white shutters | to which Philadelphians are so tached. In nearl: eS ee ae ha | ici the id is al He sees in mental vision pict of ast New Year fonsta, He recalls how he sat at crowded table when he wasa He’ remembers ‘now his father always iamy the drumstick of the turkey on him, but, for the sake of having that perhaps he recalls that other New Year dinner, when the father or mother was not there, grief had invaded the family circle, when there was madness, but sadness that was shared ail. Now the circle is gone. Some that com- posed it have married and formed new circles of their own, some have died, and bachelor, remote from those who constituted the old ‘circle, must sit and eat alone. Poor, poor fellow! if such a thing were possible it is to be devoutly wished that there might be a law enacted compelling every family circle to admit to its sacred precincts on Thanksgiving day and Christmas day and New Year day at least one lonely bachelor, provided he had no kindred of hia own from whom he was es tranged. see MIDDLE-AGED BEAUTIES. A Woman Must Not Necessarily Be Young to Be Fascinating. History is full of the accounts of the fascina- tions of women who were no longer young, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Helen of Troy was over forty when she perpetrated the most famous clopement on record, and as the siege of Troy lasted a decade, she could not have been very juvenile when the ill fortune of Paris restored her to her husband. Strange as it may seem, the long-suffering spouse received the fair Helen, so sys report, with unques- tioning love and gratitude. Pericles wedded the courtesan Aspasia when she was thirty-six, and yet she afterward for thirty years or more wielded an undiminished repntation for beauty. ‘The beautiful and fascinating serpent of old Nile, Cleopatra, in whose history every | woman is interested, was over thirty when Antony fell under her spells and which never lessened until her death, ten years afterward. ras thirty-three when she won the heart of Augustus, over whom she maintained her charm until the end. Turning to more modern history, where it is possible to ve y dates more accurately, there is the extraordinary De Poictiers, who was | thirty-six when Henry II—then Duke of Or- | Ieans—-at that time just half her age, became attached to and fascinated by her. ‘She was held as the first lady and most beautiful woman at court upto the period of the monarch’s ath and the accession of Catherine of Med- n of Austria was thirty-cight when she was described ax the handsomest queen of Eu- rope and when Buekingbam and Richelieu were her jealous admirers. Ninon, the most celebrated wit and beauty of her day, was the ido! of three generations of © go h of France, and, behold, old ladies, rage ye who” still cling to youth Ninon was only sever: i y take nd emulate its charms. two when the Abbe de Bernis fell ve with her: Trne it is in the case of this a rare combination of enlture, talents and personal attractiveness endowed the possensor seemingly with the gifts of al youth. Bianea Capella was thirty-eight when the Grand Duke Franciscan of nce fell cap- tive toher charms and t his wife, though he was ears he 3 Louis XIV wedded Mime. di ‘inon when she was forty-three years of age. Catherine IL of Russia was thirt; e when she seized the pire of Russia and captivated the dashing Up tothe time of her death— she seemed to have retained the same bewitching powers, for the Jamentations were heartfelt among ail those who had known her personali tlle. Mars, the French tragedienne, only at- tained the zenith of her beauty and power be- tween forty and forty-tive. lov e « rated throughout Europe. The famous me. Recumier was thirty-eight when Barras was ousted from power, and she without di- pute was declared to be the most beautiful woman in Europe, which rank she held for fourteen years. Among all the examples given there ix no English woman. They were nearly all French women who retained their beauty, ably from their bright and lively disposi- tions and vivacity of manner. A few years ago a solid but charming south- ern belle visited St. Louis and other astern and western cities. She seemed disappointed at her reception, and said that one thing struck her forcibly in the society in western cities: it was composed mostly of quite young girls, and nty-five received little atten tion and was considered passe. She had had h and must stand aside. Now, the southern belle referred to was quite thirty, and although it was known in New Orleans’ and other cities where she had lived and reigned a lle. it made no difference so ong as she was autiful, faseinating and youthful looking. Shrugging her statuesque shoulders one even- ing she said: “I am sick of the discussions on age that Thear in the west. It is the first question that one hears a> soon as a girl's name is mentioned. ‘How old is she?’ In. the south @ woman is as old as she feels and looks, neither more nor leas. ‘There a girl is forced to marry before she matures to give place to others who will point at her in seorn as an ‘old girl,’ one who has seen several seasons. Iam glad to live | where women can enjoy their yonth before they settle to the graver duties of wife and mother.” eee SHAKSPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE. The Property at Stratford-on-Avon to Be Cared for by a Company. A bill is shortly to be introduced into parlia- ment for the purpose of vesting ina body of trustees the property in Stratford-upon-Avon, known as Shakspeare’s birthplace, as well as other property connected with his name, and also to provide for the maintenance of the library and museum in the house in Henry street. The bill appoints as trustees the lord lieutenant of the county of Warwick (which office is at present held by the Right Honorable Lord Leigh), the high steward, the mayor of Stratford and the town clerk, the vicar of the parish, Mr. Cyril E. Flower, who has done so much to further the interests of Stratford; Mr. Edward Flower, Mr. Henry Graves, Mr. Fred- erick Haines, Sir Arthur Hodgson, who was for some time mayor of Stratford, and the owner of one of the finest properties in the neighbor- hood, Mr. Henry Irving, Sir Theodore Martin | and Mr. 8. Timmins as life trustees. They are to form a body corporate under the title of “The Trustees and Guardians of Shakspeare's Birthplace.” They will have power to receive donations and subseriptions in money, as well as gifts of books, pictures, objects of art or antiquity, which are illustrative of the times or works of Shakspeare. One power of absorbing interest which cannot be too greatly insist on and whick will bear a great deal of repeti- tion is the clause in the bill that enables the trustees to purchase Ann Hathaway's cottage, as well ag Mary Arden’s house at Wilmecote. — NICKNAMES OF KAILROADS. | Some of the Populaf Titles Bestowed for Fun or for Short. Prom the Pittsbury Dispateh. Big Four—The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railway. Nickel Plate—New York, Chicago and St. Lonia. The Soo—Minneapolis, St. Paul and Seult Ste. Marie. Piubandle—Pittsbarg, Cincinnati and St ais. Queen and Crescent—Cincinnati, New Orleans bg Fad po OOS jonon isville, New and Chicego. Nypano—New York, Pennsylvania and Oblo. clsPle Leaf —Chicsgo, St. Paul and Kansas ty. el Leaf—Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas ty. Cotton Belt St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas. Blue Grass—The Kentucky Central road. ‘The Sunset—Soutbern Pacific railway. The Consolidated—New York, New Haven and Hartford. Katie— Missouri, Kansas and Texas. Big Sendy—Elizabethtown, and ig Sandy. At that period the | inesa of her hands and arms expecially was | ULRIC DAHLGREN. trous Results. sponsible for the Failure and Slaughter. HE. MOST PERILOUS expedition during the-whole war,” sald the old soldier who was waiting to get his pension toe Stan to- Porter, ‘was that under command of Col. 66! daring in ite conception, bravely carried out, so far as Col. Dahigren and his command were concerned, and had Gen. Kilpatrick been ae true and as steadfast success might have crowned their efforts. As it was Kilpatrick made his attack in the afternoon, four hours before the time agreed upon for a joint on- slaught, with the result that he retreated, leav- ing Dahlgren without any support and without in any way communicating with him to let him know that he was to be deserted. ‘The disaster that followed is a matter of history. Col. Dahi- gren’s life was sacrificed, his body was mu- tilated and his men were either all killed or captured. ‘T have with me,” he continued, “a paper which gives a more minute history of that dis- astrous march than any that was ever published. It is the statement of Lieut. R. Bartley, who accompauied Col. Dahlgren as his signal officer and who was one of the few survivors. Lieut. ‘commences by stating that the idea of ‘releasing the Union prisoners at Rich- mond had been often discussed in army circlea and was considered impracticable by all except afew. Brig. Oen, Kilpatrick suggented this raid to Gen. Meade, but the latter said to him, “You are a good hand to get into trouble, Gen. Kilpatrick, but a poor hand to get out.” . KILPATRICK AXD DAHLOREN START. Nothing daunted, Kilpatrick, through the Senate's committee on the conduct of the war, applied to Secretary of War Stanton and to President Lincoln and so obtained the author- ity to attempt it. He believed that if success- fal he would obtain another star, which would make him a major general. Col. Dahlgren had but recently retarued to daty after the loss of his right leg in the Gettys! campaign, | buthe insisted apon going with Kilpatrick. aud was given command of the advance, an’ tm- portant, hazardous and detached portion of the expedition. ‘Krter giving the force of the whole expedi- tion, the different detachments that were to iq | with Kilpatrick and those which were to be especially under Col. Dablgren’s command, and | referring to the conferences between the two | oficers and the arrangement of the code of | signals, Lieat. Bartley says: our conversation was about a night at- and the continuency of a fog was dis- cuseed, ag that was all we feared, and would | prevent our signals from being seen. | will state here with emphasis that the agree- | ment between Gen. Kilpatrick and Col. Dahl- | gren was that 8 o'clock Tueaday right, | 1, was the hour for the simultaneous attack to be made on Richmond. Please bear that in | mind and never forget it.” He then describes minutely every detail of | the perilous and tedious march up to the early | morning of March 1, when Col. Dablgren'’s command halted for rest. NOT FRESH, BUT OVERWORKED MEX. He then mys: “It was at this halting place that in conversation with some of the riders of | the most worn-out horses that I ascertained | that many of our men had just before starti come in off of a ten days’ outpost or picket duty and were not fit to go anywhere, having lost so much sleep. This the colonel never knew. He | had been promised the best and freshest men d horses in the cavalry corps, bat he was de- ‘ed on this point as well ax on some others.” ‘They slept until daylight, then ate some rations and pushed on. statement con- tinues: “We halted for a short time on the farm of | John A. Seddon, confederate secretary of war, | and near the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Morson. We were prepared to carry out the last part of the program. So far we were on time and had fost no men. It looked as though we would come out all right and Col. Dahlgren, as well ax all the men and officers, felt in good spirits and hopeful. We then pro- ceeded to Dover Mills, where arrangements | were sade for dividing the column. “Col. Dahlgren an e largest portion were to ford the James and go down the river on the | south side by way of Sellana Arsenal (which | ¥as to be destroyed) to Manchester and be | ready at the appointed hour to attack from the south side and liberate the Island. He was to send a detachment before leaving the ford to destroy the large railroad bridge at Mattoax, on the Richmond and Dan- ville railroad. Our company was to have been | j ta ce low the river down and attack at the appointed hour—8 p.m.—from the west side. ‘THE PLAX OP ATTACK. “Kilpatrick was to attack from the north side on the Brook pike. Thus all these attacks would be simultaneous and the success of any one meant the success of all. “While those preparations wore being made I asked Col. Dahlgren, ‘Which party am I to go with? He replied: ‘You stay with me #0 Teun trick.” communicate with “If the west attack was even successful it were to unite with Kilpatrick. Concert of action was to have been obtained for the three simnl- taneous attacks by the code of signals arranged by Gloskoski and myself, assisted by Gen. Kilpatrick and Col. Dablgren. “About — a.m. we led out to move on our tive lines, but had only gone a short dis- & serious mistake. There was no ford but Jude's ferry, with the ferry bont tied up to the opposite bank, which we had.seen from the top of Sabut Hill. On being quos- tioned the negroes told us that we were wrong, | which we soon became convinced of, and that we had been misled sold out—somehow. ‘THE TREACHRRIOUS GUIDE HAXORD. “The colonel now called up the officers of the various detachments, or most of them, and in their presence examined the contraband gnide, who admitted that the bargain was a bed of old if he was right or death if he misle: being reminded of it again he admitted | positively that that was the bai Before | starting he had sworn that he had not oaly seen others ford the river on horseback, but | had often done so himself. He could not or would not give any explanation for his conduct land appeared de! ‘ia reason for which | will always remain a myste: | that he knew the country w | guiding us without fault overall even of the darkest, stormiest nights. It did not look like treachery, for he could have es- caped atany time and not ridden to cortain th, which he knew would be his portion if there was no ford. “A brief drumbead court-martial found him guilty aud he was se: nearest tree, which was carried into effect some distance down the pea bay hows His Cay tehell's party been aa from Wacking [- | ton to Kilpatrick and recommended as intelli- | gent, trusty and of the country, where tI not do it darough ignorance. ‘A CHANGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. “An entire change in our arrangements now became necessary to conform to the altered oe WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, J EgzsS pase .f fy 4 sheer e i z . ion, actin; code. Th afterward, bavi federates—by Col. in concert by means of Fs BEES fi t fi E find Kilpatrick and tell him that he would attack as soon as it was dark ie) ae asking’ Kilpatrick's co- our a been captared by the con- dley T. Johnson, near Yellow Tavern. He then ordered me to take my signal wagon, driver and two (ibbey and Davis) and escort nal men and an escort of cight men the two confederate officers who had onsand a March | risoners on Belle ; left on the north side of the James and to fol- | respect tance when we found that our old ro guide or negro § eral rage wa the Brook e and it seventy-five led horses, two reel of contrabands to Boa Kilpatrick, who had evidently retired from in front of Richmond. KILPATRICK DEFEATED. “I started about sundown and w way through the-woods, over a very orked my high trail to the Brook pike, having had to abandon my two grain wagons, which became tangled up in SR seade Hie act tens eodtsen Fie lowed the toward Richmond ant an old darkey, who said that I was wi = farther said that Kilpatrick wi ped ind thet outer line of works. letter. in Richmond, who described the panic at Dahlgren’s approach, and that for exodus of the k and fled. “This was pleasant news. I did again, was al mand late at night, just before 11 p. m. carbine flashes ‘and heard their cant woods that night and of the attempt ho} Union lines. They were annoyed but met with reached St. Stey made for resi oor success. When colonel’s attention was called to it standing on a fence observing us, at I that man ‘off that fence,’ and fired. one. dark we crosred the Ansomannock bi to feed the horses and cat the last o tions. The colonel’s colored servai therg and bee hey this earth. It was now saddle had only eighteen miles to go to be c danger and would not stop until we that distance. nite sgt until we were fully in the trap A halt was made to close up the straggling ranks, when the the now closed up column. accony mreclf, where Licut. to foree back a aqua’ of men in the them and ordered them to surrend |ing his domand quickly and at the | pointing only snapped. “Immediately there was a eras along our entire left flank, accomp: was a down-planging fire, as of sunken road. It was like a lightning, close at hand and confa us. By that bright flash [ distinc: colonel in the act of falling off his hi Dullets hd entered hia bead three of which wore instantly fatal.” Then follows the | various rebel dungeons until be was changed. Appended to this s dvemed to “My plainly and foreibly expresse: Col. Dahlgren was sacrificed Bart! ion thi jealous: of his advancement’ ‘The fact iss rificed rather than that he should to enter Richmond.” He is very | Kilpatrick. for the terrible suifering endured by | ueaped death oul to be starved in rebel prisons. | Col. Cooke and is satisfied that all | absclutely correct. | Peete From the Ciicazo News. John Greenleaf Whittier qui his eighty-third birthday at his coun longevity. The | univormly rounded out more than span of human life. the foes Beyant “and ‘Longtellow ric in the flush of v: igo what galaxy——Whittie ernsh of musketry not twenty fect away. e were ina sort | how f stroke of y of those who should have boon pri “Col. Dubigren and his few brave men were snc- m whom he lays all the blame for the miscarriage of the expedition—for th slanghter of the brave colonel and his men and til we met thin a half mile of their works, on their intermediate line. had been and had retreated down the peninsula he was taking a letter to his master, Jobn Stewart, who lived nearby, close to the I at once turned around and went with him to the house and read the Tt was from his danghter, a school girl in the city ‘a while an pulation was imminent by the north side had not a force of Yankees been re- d there; that Kilpatrick had been beaten not know which way to tura. However, I started off passing some of their camp fir iso near enough to sce and hear the! sudden and briefer attack on Kilpatrick's com- en, and I dr very . I saw the non shots, words of command and knew that the attack was successful by the peculiar rebel yell.” COL. DAMLGREN AND 118 COMMAND. Lieut. Bartley then describes his meeting with Col. Dahlgren at midnightin the Emanuel Chareh, of sthe terrible march through the to eseape the next day. Hiv command had dwindled very much, but he still encouraged his men in the that they might mneceed in reaching the by bnsh- whackers anit guerillas, who picked off the men from behind trees, farm houses and barns, and they had had a brief brush with x company of home guards, who attempted to detai them, n they had en's Church a short halt was and here, continues the state- ment, ‘a confederate scout was noticed dog- ging our steps as if to count our numbera. e ashe was least three- quarters of a mile away. Taking a carbine from a trooper, thé colonel enid, “Watch me move The man raised one arm and fell. We afterward passed "| him, minus one arm above the elbow. was the colonel’s last shot and it was a good ‘That RIS LAST SLEEP ON RARTH. “We went on some six miles, when about ridge and half » mile further on halted near a small field of our ra- nt drew a few rails from the fenee near by and inclined reala blanket over them and the colonel took a short nap—balf an hour—his last dark. We cd up and started on, encouraged by the colonel to persevere, though worn out, as wo lear of any had gone “We had gone about a mile when Lieut. Mer- ritt, fifth New York, who still had the advance with thirteen men, rode back and reported that he wanted more men, as the road was ba ricaded and he had only @ few meu left. It was q All was quiet ahead, except a rustling as of the pine trees, and no oe was visible. There was no inclination to fire on us set for us. somewhat vance came in on “At this moment Col. Dahlgren and Lieuten- ant Colonel Cooke rode forward to the front, nied by Capt. Dement, C.8.A., and lerritt waa found trying road." Re- volver in hand, Col. Dalilgren spurred up to er, repeat- éame time his revolver at one of them. His cap THE GALLANT COLONEL KILLED. hand the darkness was lit up by a dazzling flash of light anied by a t stunned tly saw the jorse. Sev. aad body, ry of Lient. Bartley's own cupture and his long imprisonment in finally ex- tatement is a letter ad- 12 opin- 1 “through a imply this: 0 those who ad tortured He atates that while in he compared the notes in his diary with jiout. his state- merits as to dates, time and conversation are Literature and Longevity. ily eclebrating y home ntenced to be hung on the | near Boston is a picturesque reminder that there is something in American life besides the | fever and bustle of material accumulation. | Poetry asa life work seems to be allied with tost American poets have e allotted Of those that are dead in ‘are con- uous examples of singers who continued to in the evening of matured lives as well ae rous youth. Of the livin, . Holmes, Walt Whi ARY 8, UNCLE SAM'S PART. What the Government Will Do-For the Columbian Exhibition. THE MONEY AND BUILDINGS. ‘Plans fer the United States Building Are Com- STAR REPOBTER has ascertained that the question of what the United States gov- ernment is going to do for the world’s fair has plans and specifications for the government ex- hibition building and they have been formally accepted, although some immaterial changes may be made, so thateverything isin readi- ness for driving the piles on the Inke front and beginning the structure. A combination of beauty and utility has been most happily attained in the edifice as designed, which will | be nearly square, covering 150,000 square feet of floor space and having an ornamental facade, with @ main entrance resembling somewhat the Are de Triomphe at Paris, In the middle will rise a handsome pagodslike tower, beneath which will be a big rotunda. Around this rotunda the great hall will be divided up for the uses of the ta, La ding will ev vhich will afford more fect of floor «pace, will we navy, the life mving service, the military horpital service, &c. ‘That the gover Seip considered that st in Chicago will far «ur- t the centennial in Phi Bircelved when the tact is ‘exposition of 1876 only upon the display it contained. AK INDEPENDENT EXRIRITION. ‘The scheme on which this government ex- hibition is being organized is that it shall be one harmonious whole, entirely independent of the fair at large. For example, the fish commission's show will be located notin the ral fisheries division of the exposition, rut in @ section of the United States building. In short, Uncle Sam's contribution will be complete in itself and without relation to the rest of the celebration. The managing board has provisioually allotted the millign dollars to be spent among the departments, giving each a sum in proportion by no means to its relative importance as a department of the overnment. The departments of State and 16 ‘Treasury were given comparatively little, for the simple reason that diplomacy and finance do not materialize very well for show Purposes. On the other hand, the ent of Agriculture necded a big slice, because it has very much to display that is’ well worth exhibiting. THE NAVAL EXRIAIT. Of all the departments which propose to ex- hibit at the Columbia fair the War and Navy have the easiest task of proparation, inasmuch as their materials are all pretty much in readi- ness for exposition purposes. The most im- Rortent contribution of the Navy will be the uplicate, already spoken of in the newspay of a battle ship which will be a fag simile of one of the latest war vessels built by Uncle Sam. Nevertheless, for the sake of convenience and cheapness, it will be built of brick instead of wood und iron and covered on the outside with painted cement, so that the effect will be quite Tealistic, even though the craft sails on dry land. In this ship wil! be housed the entire | naval exhibit, and the people from the western | states who have never seen the ocean will get s notion as to what o war vessel looks like and will learn how the officers and men live, for there will be an Sa — of selios and mariners, properly o} an latest naval appliances will be on. view for the edification particularly of the inland folk, who will thus have the privilege of seeing what they | are paying taxes for. IMPROVED GUNS. As for the War Department, a board of five officers under Maj. Comly has been appointed by the Secretary and is busily engaged now in putting things into shape. ‘The exhibit of this | section of the government will be quite elabo- | rate. “It will embrace, among other thing: display of improved small arms and big f cation appliances.an exemplification of the man- ner in which cartridges are made, models of typical engineering works and illustrations of telegraph, hospital and ambulance and flag- wignal servicer. signal service pro would be included likewise bat for the fact that it will be transferred in July next to THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. This latter department is rather more em- barrassed than any other to know precisely what it will do for the fair. It has so many di- visions, cach of which is especially interesting, that it is a question which of them deserve best to be exploited. Neither the means available nor the space provided are sufficient to show | all. ‘The work of the department in the way of | importing and distributing seeds will be alfus- trated by the e: ion of various kinds of | cereals, fruits, vegetables and grasses raised in | different parts of the country. Incidentally to this, attention will be given to showing the | modifications of crops by soil and climate, | which will be most interesting to the farmers. The chemistry division will show the processes of analyzing foods and the component elements of which they are found tobe composed. By | the burean of entomology specimens of bugs, injurious and otherwise,will be displayed, while the division of vegetable pathology will show | how fungus and other parasites affects plants. i logy and ornithology will ‘ow the animal and vegetable arcas of United States aro divided up, th ing immediate relations to each othe | experiment stati i | is most distinctive of its branch of work. ‘THE DEPARTMENT OF TRE INTERIOR. Now for the Department of the Interior. The geological survey, to begin with, will make a superb display of tho mineral resources of the | country. By the patent office a board has been ppointed to prepare a collsction of ‘models nd instruments showing what the patent sys- tem hax'done for invention and mechinical | civilization at large. For example, the germ of a machine will be shown a it first origina- ated and this will be followed up by a display of progressive improvements upon the begin- ni owing the steps which led to each com- perfected creation. ‘The Indian bu- show by illustration the progress of the aboriginal races on this continent and the industries which the copper-colored people | have Iearned to me. To the bareau of ethnology the savage in hia primitive condition will be left, including the theories as to his origin and the lines of demarcation which sep- nrated the various great tribes at the time when the white man first came to America. The bu- reau of education will show the most approved appliances for teaching the young idea how to oot, But the great exhibit in this depart- ment will be that of the fish commission. It is always a great success and this time it means | to be particularly so: The latest fishory up- | pliances, which are far ahead of any known | abroad, will be displayed; likewise aquaria with living see and fresh-water creatures, big and little. Of all the Gisplays at the fair this is likely to be the most popularly attractive. MONEY AND LIFE SAVING. fet | show. By each department a large $80,000 was spent npon a building and $500,000 | fh, Tyontha, and ot ‘not in» m, to do the first of Fartheraore, the entire appropriation of fears expences of Sentennial commission, Is was Sot said in So eet Seer eisbarramment. For the commission, i ae i i ff 80 ‘SPACE, 80 However, the government up ite mind that this is none of its bi Congress has mid that $400,000 shall be paid for the buil: and that the floor idea shall be 400,000 square feck,” Teas siseriy ‘8 question of arithmetic to determine that am juisite to fill that roperly is $1,000,000._ ‘Therefore $1,000,500 hae Yeon” as. sumed as the sum to be spent and all ments are being made u; that jum ptive basis. “If the commission hae provided for, the expenditure of most of the money in other di- | rections that isa matter for it to settle with hay Meanwhile the toa great extent reallotied among the bureaus and divisions of the departments. In the di- visions and bureaus plans being formed for the part to be taken by of ite allotment is reserved for the time being on the strength of experience,which shows that any plan of today aa to an exposition may be vastly amended and improved by one adopted six months hence. When the bureaus and divisions have com- pleted their plans the latter will be submitted to the heads of the departments and, subject to their approval, carried out. Meanwhile all the branches of the government are laying their plans for the fair just as if they had in hand ¢ 21,000,000 in ‘cash which Congress is ex- pected to provide. The commission can hardly interfere, it is thought, inasmuch as its | function, as defined by the law, is to “enlarge and promote the government exhibition.” Having made these arrangements and fixed orerything in readiness to go ahead the depart- ments, as soon as they get their money, will be Prepared to set all the machinery in motion find ret up their display in Chicago. The gor- ernment board incindes three experts in such matters—Prof. G. Brown Goode, Capt. Collins and Gen. Hazen—who have had to do with every world’s exposition that has ever taken THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING isthe first of the structures for the Columbian fair which has got, so far, completed plans. It will be an important feature in the superb are of facades which will afford an impressive view, architecturally speaking, from the lak off Jackson Park. It will occupy, with its an- nexes and grounds, twelve acres; to the south of it will be the hinge general exhibition hall, and near by, to the north, the fisheries sec tion, with the horticultural and viticultural quarters beyond. Between the general exhibi- tion building and the machinery hall Fept devin, of water admitted from Lake ichigan, while on the west will be a wooded island surrounded by a wide canal that rans from Lake Michigan, at the south end of the grounds. to an artificial sheet of water of some Size at the north end. Agriculture, mines and electricity will be provided for near the lake with the wooded ._ For live stock sixty acres will be set aside. This is the first exhibi- tion known to history that has hada great water feature. Whereas others have had rivers, this one is to be given on the shore of a great inland sea, rendering possible many features of dis- play which could not be shown under less vast conditions. Heard at the Races. From the New York Herald. In the exhibitof the Treasury Department the burean of engraving and printing will taken most interesting It will show how paper ‘and revenue stampa pI as the manner in which the engraved plates for these are made up. | The life saving sotvice will make itself entertaining by Teseuing from the tal ie as y at life boat of | a teller in one of Chicago's leading banks re- light house cently. “Of course only the better class of survey will have on show some counterfeits remain in cireulation, and even : then do not pass undetected long. “The detec- counterfeit however, does not exhibition in the | 0m te Coane ae te cae Toe, te the Smithsonian Institu- for instance, who finds « #8 counterfeit , however, will not | bill in’ his money drawer st Sotabic to ‘oney question has | argue tat he cannot well afford to lose the Plased to, the |amoust, ang cho Sint wees it is true that the | was good to deceive | is good enough business all the | to deceive some oe else. next day some ‘will have to be ere | omega bo pete ay hg It holder of the bill can tell who paid it to him. foot pain fa | He oe aen mere ‘maobds bat it | but it very far it years later tx | the ‘is’ worked over We ‘A merchant may Sereeal iovarie, | bendred dollars and among the bills a siglo will be a} ‘A Woman's Story of How She Kntertained ‘Btm ta Mis First Suit of Clothes. Prom the Denver Repablican, It was back in the "70's when a camp of civil engineers constituted what is now the well- known city of Fargo, N.D. My husbend was among the namber, and I, with our little Gaughter, had recently joined him. Our had many visitors that year. It chanced that two well-known French gentlemen, heavy bondholders in the Northern Pacific, were making the tour to judze of the wisdom of their investments. Two or three New York stockholders were spending a few days in camp, also, and a couple of St. Paul wholesale mer chants, on the lookout for possible contracts for supplies. Theard an unnsnal commotion outside the tent before rising in the morning. and, ing out, saw a party of eight or ten Indians, full-blooded Sioux, from the F way to Father” in Washington Wily, keen-witted, merciless mvage who after- ward became so famous—Sitting Ball. ‘They had left their native haunts cind only in their native garb, but at Bismarck two or three of ‘eeded the evening before they left in inducting themselves into some of the cast-off clothes of Fort Lincoln soldiers. Over these they had thrown their own blankets, «9 Sitting Bull had not discovered the change un. til the next mornin ile openly aecthng at such degeneracy, the interpreter accompant- ing them told us the chief was secretly chagrined at not having procured such gorge: raiment for himself and upon his arrival at Fargo he declined to he presented to the po- tentates of the Northern Pacific railroad watil Properly attired. TRE LONG AND SHORT OF rr. As he was resolute in his desire to have white man’s clothes, a contribution was levied on dif- ferent members of the encampment, the remit of which, although satisfactory to him, strack the rest of us as inexpressibly Indicrons. The only pair of trousers whose waistband was suited to his girth belonged to a very short man, and gave to their present wearer that laughable appearance inseparable from abbre- viated nether garments. As no ordinary mas- caine sock was long enough to fill the cap be- tween shoes and trousers, Aunt Venny. the hage old negro cook, was called to the resene, and a pair of snow white stockings were given to him. There was, of course, some difficulty in giving these the smooth, unwrinkled appearance de- sirable, but the ebony aunts (whom I have al- Ways suspected of presiding over that extraor- dinary toilet) got round the difienlty by fasten- ing hose and tronsers together with those use~ ful little articles known as safety pins One of our brawny teamsters contributed » shirt. Flannel shirts were in general wear among our engineers, and_a white one (com- monly known as a boiled shirt) was an almost unknown laxury. However, one of the men resnrrected one long buried in a hidden trunk, and to Sitting Ball's great satisfaction be was instructed as to theapproved manner of entrance and exit. A vest was not to be found, and it seemed fora time that civilization, as represented by a coat, was forhim still in the dim future. But here again his good genius in the shape of the fat old negress interencd. A cont heving been found whose only objection was its ex- treme narrowness actors the buck, this in- genious woman energetically ripped the center feam and inserted a broad stripe of vivid red, ent froma heavy blanket. A stove-pipe hat visit to the “Great equipped the famous chieftain made his debut before the presiding officials of the encamp- ment. TRE LITTLE GIRL LAUGHED. The wives of several of the officers had been at various times resident in the camp, but just then I chanced to be left alone with my little girl to represent our sex. [had been warned of the impending call, but had been told noth- ing of the change of raiment, and when this astounding toilet appeared before me the keep- ing of the muscles of my face under control and maintaining a gravity befitting the occa- sion was the great triumph cf my life. My little daughter was not so fortunate and at once gave utterance to an uproarions burst of mirth, causing her father to instently seize and bear her ignominiously from the tent. Sitting Bull's language was a compound of pure Sioux, mongrel English, bespattered here and there with a word or two of French, picked up in his intercourse with post traders. Ax these traders generally use languag= adapted to the strength of their emotions when their stores are pi by the half-breeds, the ejac- ulations picked upand embalmed by Sitting Bull were occasionally somewhat startling to ladies. But women on the frontier learn to ex- hibit great fortitude in matters of this sort. So proudly felt that I was acquitting myself very creditably during the interview, and as I had been instructed to invite the chieftain to dine with us in due form and state, Idid so. He evidently viewed the idea of sitting down to a meal at the same time with woman with much disfavor. His creed taught him that I should stand meekly behind his chair, bringin, to him his nectar and ambrosia, as represente by bean soup and venison, myself thankfully swallowing .t intervals such morsels as he might see fit to toss me. TRE BLESSING. Among our guests that day was a young eastern clergyman, making his first trip over | the prairies. He was a very zealous youth, strongly imbued with the missionary spirit, | albeit sadly lacking in experience. I soon saw he iooked upon the meeting with these Indians as 2 special providence and burned with a de- sire to turn it to account in their behalf epirit- ually. Still no opportunity seemed to offe: we took our places at the table. N: “s¥ men were rare visitors in those regions at that date, and we had become lamentably thoughi- less ‘as regarded many of the religious ob- servances of civilization. No sooner had we seated ourselves than tho dreadful conscious- ness came over me that my husband was en- tirely oblivious of the fact that when a minister of the gospel was present -race was a custom- ary preliminary to a meal. He prepared to carve the substantial roast of venison and there was no lull in the conversation of the entiemen. In vain I fixed my gaze upon his Yoce and strovo to send lim a mettal telegram, In desperation I thrust my foot across, secking his beneath the table, hoping in this way to give him an intimation ef what should be done. But alas, when I did succeed in touch- ing him he, with that depraved obtuseness seen only in man, looked up with a cheerful “pardon me,” as though he had trespassed beyond his boundaries beneath the table. The poor young clergyman had given one or two aloud “ahem” in vain and now in despair rose from his seat and, with arms extended over the table, loudly invoked a blessing upon our feast. Despairing of any other chance, I suppose, he dexteronsly interwove a petition for the conversion of the grim old savage be- a fore him, making in ali a rather lengthy pre- amble. ting Bull's eyes had been dea eagerly on the venison, wandering only to the motions of the carving knife in the bands my husband. who, finding his hospitable ef- forts suddenly ssperded by the unexpected prayer, rat with the carving implements in his Finds ‘gazing belplonly st mo with an air of mild reproach, as if to say: “Why didn’t you warn me?” ‘The old warrior evidently regarded this de- yout exercise as some sort of incantation by a medicine man of the pale faces, designed’ to ness to offer a suitable petition, wildly waved his hands over the various dishes Sitting Bull glanced suspiciously from one article of food to @nother, then to the faces of the white mon and finally sank sulleniy back in the unnecus- tomed chair. SITTING BULL'S TABLE MANNERS. ‘When at length his plate was filled and sent as interpreter and who hung about the tent awaiting his turn toeat. After a reries of grants exchanged with the savage the half-breed in- formed us, “Great chief say white medicine ‘bad spirit Si F F fi Sere, H a | i E 8 ii : i : ii g if i 4 3 i | irik bey ri i | Missouri valley, | Among them was the | polished to the last degree was found, and thus | affect food, for as our minister, in his eager- | | i tee + & i i Fs 7 ar plume worn battle, and, plucking one heer, a ge treme it was white, it of some huge wild beh bat with crimson, and he was the blood of he | Arickarees.”” 6 é i 7a ii rt F eg if i — STARVING THE LUN From the New York World. “It is possible for a woman to improve her complexion, brighten her eyes and increase ber strength without the expenditure of a nickel, or the loss of minutes’ time a Gay, if she will do ae I say before a party of women friends, who had been | discussing ills and aches for an hour or tore in her uptown flat. Two of them were married | women and they both looked worn and dragged | One wns childless, the other the mother of four children. The rest of the party consisted of one twonty-year-old girl. pale, wenk; another girl about the mime age, whee labored breathing was partly aecou | when we looked at the waist and | casing plainly visible under the drem. | there wase third, possibly half a dozen older than her companion, of better than they, but dull-eved and langu bowtess was in direct and striking contrast with all five. Her eyes sparkled, her cheeks glowed, | her step was firm and there was a cairn | netiam in her henlthfalness that attracted you | while it made you envious. | When Nellie’s headaches and Emma's thred back and Gertrnde's weak lungs had been fully | discussed, pitied and «ighed over, and when the childless wife had explained about her own |nilmenta and those of ber pug dog. end the | mother of four boys told of her daily routine ndoors the! symporium had nearly reached | the ‘verge £ tearful srmpathy. "It wos ahen | that the one healthy-minded, | | woman spoke. It wasarather rude shock to have one’s ailments so euddenly aet at i, | ad the very novelty of the thing cS 4 listen. “The trouble with you girls,” she said, and categors, she included the two wives in this “is that you are starving.” ‘There was a murmur of at this, and the young women looked at each other. “I don't mean you are starving your stomachs, continued the matron, “but you are starving your lungs. You don't drink in enough air and what you do take in you take in imj erly. Now, what I want yon all to dois to try to imitate ‘my manner of breathing for one month.and take this lung exercise not less than four times a day for the first week, and a doxon times day thereafter. Now, all’ stand up— hands at your sides let them hang naturally chins ap and mouths shut. See how I do it. The teacher threw her shoulders back and slowly took a deep inhalation through the Bos trils.” The well-ronnded bust filled out and the veins on the neck swelled. A tape inches, showing an expansion of 8% inebes. “It is imy it,” suid the instractor, as she threw the tape aside, “that this be taken in the open air, and to gain the benefits I have mentioned you must these ralone Firet—Wear no corsets at all; or, if must wear them, have them looser than you wore them before. ‘Necond— Breathe the nose and keep your mouth shut. is is of vital im- portance. “Third.—Take a breath with every step as you walk, and continuetthis until the langs are fat. ‘Then exhale the ait more rapidly than you took it in and empty the lungs completely. This as important as breathing through the nostrils. because it empties the lower lobes of the lungs that are rarely called into action violent exercise. Their capacity is and strengthened by use. Follow out these rules for a month and report results.” The instructions were faithfully by four of the party. One of the | ill and was unable to make the four who carried it out, the most provement was that of | the you the weak lungs. She had good, her in weight, her appetite was brighter and the muddy complexion signs of clearing. “It was really @ task at first,” she said. “I don't think Lever took a deep breath before in | my life. [loosened my corsets as directed, and | the firnt inhalation gave me pain in the | up] Pus of my right } Itseemed, too, the blood rushed to my head per that al I walked over the big the air from river twice a week. At the end of ten days my appetite to increase. 1 ate more and let out another inch of corset. After that the in right dnp peared and I didn’t feel such a each of Blood fo the head. The chest expansion is 25 inches, an increase of half an inch.” The languid yo later in the day, but j agus % declared her intention of continuing the trest- ment indefinitely. The mother of four reported progress. She to tell the forgotten ber instructions for days at a time because there was “so much to doat home. The childless wife was as livel | year-old school girl and her ment had increased from af? and no meeting place, but I hope every woman in the city of New York will become a member the rules.” en Fashion Following Bernhardt, From New York Letter to Chicago Herald. It is rumored that the women who love ber- Daric and oriental things are going to adopt Ber: hardt’s example and mingle fur with gauze. Tn one act of “Cleopatra” Sarah wears a tiger skin bound about the hips over draperies of gauze. This will be soon «prang upon swoll- dom by some of the daring belles. Fancy skirts of green gauze with a scarf of ermine | hips. That surely would be effective. Or pie- | mre some of those golden brown furs over yel- | low geuze. Another trick of Sarah's has been canght-that of swathing a bodice om instesd | of lncizg or hooking it. The ungodly cheese- | cloth is very susceptible of this treatment, and | the girl who te slender and lithesome can make | an effect by her mummy-like folds. The soft | material is wound about the bust and shoulders | ina sort of «urplice fashion, though no definite | rule can be Inid down, for the wearer must | study her form and decide what is most be- | coming to her style. ne j American Title Hunting. that it is far easier to establixh « conmection | with some foreign family of repute end to ap- propriate their honors and insignia thee to | Manufactare outright, says John D. Champlin in the January Forum. Thus, our Mug- ins has Maurs | eral these transf | been effected without