Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1893, Page 11

FAMOUS OHIO MEN. Stories and Gossip About Some Buckeye Statesmen. RISE OF CALVIN BRICE. ‘The Old Story of His Marringeand Wedding Trip—Some New Anecdotes of Grant and His Ambitions. pene eer ‘Written for The Evening Star. Y ALL ODDS THE most prominent United ‘States Senator in Wash- | Th ington at this time is Senator Calvin Brice of Ohio. He has jumped like Minerva from the head of Jove full fledged into the arena of na- tional politics and his name is on every one’s tongue. He 1saman of wonderful brain power and his nerves fre iron. He has within the last decade made enough to average a million a year and he be- Geves in spending money to accomplish his ends. His house during the past month has been the most talked of of any residence in ‘Washington outside the White House and every one expects that it will be the social center of the Cleveland administration next winter. It Will, to a large extent, take the place that Sec- retary Whitney's home had during Clevelar first term, and Senator Brice and bis wife are well fitted for managing it. They are bot possessed of decided personal magnetism, generous tos fault and are noted for their taste and refinement. The contrast of Senator | Brice’s condition today with that of ten yearsago iestriking. I visited Lima, Obio,the other day, where Brice began life nv s voung lawyer. Itis Row a city of perhaps 20,000 people and it has Istely had a great boom through its oil and its natural gas. For miles around the town on every great ghostly derricks poke their | heads into the sky and s smell like assafcedita | fills the air. The town is now furnishing « large amount of the ofl of the United States, | ‘THE Lost waTcR. and it pipes its gasand oil toa number of cities. ‘The oil interests are practically owned by the Stendard Oil Company, but the town has a good local business aud does considerable manufacturing. Cal Brice, as I was told, has an office in it, and he comes to Lima now and then for a few days. His headquarters is, however, in New York, and his family spends most of the time there and in Washingnon. HOW CAL BRICE GOT MARRIED. Theard a number of good stories of Brice during my stay in Lima and I found every one spoke weil of bim. He began life in this vicin- ity asa boy, the son of » preacher, and | be trotted around for some years almost on his uppers. Every one tars, however, that he was honest anda bard worker, and the citizens speak admiringly of his wonderful confidence in himeelf and his future. He never hesitated to borrow money of his friends to carry out his Tittle schemes, and in some way or other he always managed to meet his obligationa One | ‘of the queerest instances of this I have heard of | ‘was connected with the story of his marriage. | Cal Brice was in love and he had been engaged | for some time, when one day at Toledo he met @ Lima friend of his who had just been mar- ried and bad left Lima to go east on his wed- ding journey. Brice had been away for a short | time and had not known of the marriage. When | he saw his friend and heard the story he was | delighted. yesterday, were you” | eaid he. “Why, I congratulate you! I want to married myself, and if you Wil wait here a Soy tor me Til ran down to Lime and got mar- ied and go with you.” “ “said his friend, whore name, by plenty of time,” said Brice, as he looked at bis watch. “I have fifteen minutes to go to the Boody House and get my grip snd take the train. I will get bome by 3 o'clock this afternoon. We will get this 7 fing, come to Toledo on the express and tomot Tow we can start east together.” Brice carried out this program and the two E, York via Nisgara Falls on to Boston. While they wero im Brice was so happy that he bought silke and i jerywhere. He soon ran out m he burrowed of Holdridge from time to time until Holdridge one morn- ing reached into his pocket to give him some more and found that he had none le: Both of the men were comparatively unacquainted at that time in Boston, but Holdridge had a fine watch, and be pawned this until he gets remittance from home. When the two came back from the panbroker’s shop ‘they promised each other to say nothing about the situation to their wives, and as they met them their faces were as bappy as though thetr were stuffed. As Holdridge pulled off overcoat, however, his watch chain, which he had stuffed in his vest pgeket, came loose and the chain fell down what's become of your watch, my dear,” said his wife. said Holdrige, as he reddened = little, “it out of order and I had to leave it at the —aaere to be fixed” This was all that was said, and a few days later the remittance | which be bad hed for arrived and the | trip was without further finan- cial trouble. Brice made & tn strike shortly after coming home and he paid Holdridge for the debts of his wedding journey. friend said allright and eat and waited, a course an hour # message came ea} that the clothes could hardly arrive on time, and the boy, not to be late, put on his old suit and went to the wedding. le had just gotten himeelf into a good place for watching the eer- his friend’s new suit, and he was tor thas time at least the best d-eseed of his fellows. During this dinner Senator Brice spoke with able feeling about his college days at Miami. He was a fair student, and he says that hie school days were the happiest of his life. His father, you know, wasa preacher, and he was of all the boys at colisge among the poorest, but with all his poverty he did not lack independence. An instance of this was in his actions in coming to the school from time to time. There was in those days no railroad to Oxford, where the college is located, and the students came by rail to Hamilton, Obio, and thence went twelves miles by stage to Oxford. ge hugh and Cal Brice felt that be could not afford to salt was that he usually Hamilton to Oxford, refasing the offers of his Ficher friends to pay his fare. ‘These friends often walked with him merely to keep him com- pany at such times, and there are numerous evidences of his great popularity among his fellows. MAJOR MKINLEY'S BIRTHPLACE. Major McKinley's failure is still attracting some talk in Washington and there is gen- uine sympathy for him here, for it is well known that he is not a money maker or a money spender. He began life like Brice as poor boy and he has devoted himself more to making a reputation than to making money and the most of the property that be had came, I am told, from his wife, who was the daughter of a well-to-do newspaper editor of Canton. MeKinley was born at Niles, » little mining town in northern Ohio, and I saw here the other dey the little two-story cottage in which his boyhood was spent. It did not cost more than $1,500 to build. anda part of it is now used asa grocery store. There is a porch over the front door and McKinley, when he mekes stump speeches at Niles, usually comes out on this porch and addresses the people. His father was one of the more important em- ploves of one of the rolling mills of the town add young McKinley was given # fairly good education. He was known in Niles as “Young Bill MeKiniey” and the people there told me that he was a studious bor with enough muscle to take care of himself. He went into the army when be was seventeen and when the war was over he went to Canton, which was then a town of perhaps 17,000, and began the practice of law. It was from Canton that he came to Con- gress, and the best part of his prime has been spent in political life. He has never spent mueh money in entertaining at Washington, though this may have been due somewhat to the poor health of his wife. He usually lived at the Eb- ditt House end always looked clean and well- dressed. He had a fair practice before he came to Congress, but he bas never saved much money tozpeak of, and I understand that his Political career bas cost him more than bis salary. He isa very ambitious man and he speaker. him during many of his campaigns told me that McKinley dislikes to talk politics when off the stump, ond thet he is a mun of wide readi and of much general knowledge. He said that McKinley had no particular rules as to the use of his voice, but that after he finishes a speech | he always goes to his room agd takes off every | stitch of his clothes and then rubshimeelf down with a coarse towel. He then puts on new un- derclothes to wear during the rest of the day or evening. NEW STORIES OF GRANT ABD SHERMAN. Speaking of Ohio it is wonderful how many Prominent men come from thatstate. In Har- Tison’s cabinet there were four men who were born in Ohio. These were Rusk, Elkins, Foster and Noble. President Harrison first saw light in the same state. Senator Allison spent his boyhood in Ohio. Manderson came from Can- ton and Jones, the silver millionaire, went to school in Cleveland. Senator Stewart of Nevada came from Newark, Ohio. Dan Voorhees got his first spanking not far from Cincinnati and Turpie of Indiana first equalled in Hamilton county. The two great generals of the war, Grant and Sherman, were born in Ohio and the buckeye woods are full of good stories of them. Among others the following were told me by Gen. W. H. Gibson, the famous Ohio orator, who is now postmasterat Tiffin. Said Gen. Gibson: WITH GEN, GRANT. “I knew both Grant and Sherman before they became famous and I was very close to them during the first part of the war. Grant was the great general of the war and Sherman was the great field marshal. Gen. Sherman was great asa pysher of men and a fighter, but Grant was the Washington of our civil strife. Sherman was full of good ideas. y called him crazy when he proposed 100,000 men to be marched right down into Tennessee and on through the south, but that idea was correct one, and had it been followed the north would have conquered the south more quickly and with a less loss of men. | superior ase leader of an army where the lines were mapped out, and as for Grant, he could carry the whole country from the mountains to the sea in his eve. He knew every part of our fighting grounds and of its people from the Pacific slope to the capes of Virginia, and he played the game of war witha full knowledge of the position and the possibilities of every man on the chess bi GRANT ON THE GENERALS OF THE BIBLE. “Speaking of military genius,” Gen. Gibson went on, ‘during the earlier part of the war we lay for a long time inactive and Gen. Grant | used to come to our headquarters and we bad Many talks together. Grant has been accused of getting drunk during the first part of the civil war. This was not true. He took a glass now and then, as most of us did, but I have never seen him under the influence of liquor. He was a fine talker and full of ideas. His talk | showed that he had been @ great reader and he | was especially well posted on the Bible. Asan | instance of this I remember a chat we hadon a book entitled ‘Partisan Warfare, which Gil- | lam, an officer of the southern army, had pub- lished. I referred to it and asked Grant whether he had seen it. Yes, he replied, I have read it. Gillam was always a great fool’ and his book is pure rdasb. Talk about partisan warfare! There is no partisan warfare going on in this world today. ‘The only man in this SESATOR BRICE’S FIRST DRESS SUIT. Speaking of Cal Brice’s wedding reeslis the story I heard concerning him by one of his old echoulmates at a fraternity dinner here in W the night. When B: Sent to school be was very poor and he bad Berely enough to psy his tuition and board. conid not indulge in fine clothes. as Be fonest to go in debt and without seeing ment he was if te £ fr Behe war who is carrying on his fighting in this way is Gen. John Morgan, the Kentucky raider. If ' you wantan example of partisan warfare you | can see it in him. ‘The days of such fighting | are gone by. ‘That was the warfare of the past. ‘The Bible is full of it and one of the greatest Prtitan warriors of the world was King David. fe fought all of his campaigns along such lines | and he was # good fighter. But the great mili- the work for you, to accept their prophecies and rely upon their estimates. Let them make out the papers for their own branches and in- corporate their ideas into your report as yours. Devote yourself almost entirely to great ques- tions and you will end your career in the de- Partment with o record as the greatest and ablest of our secretaries.’ I think Foster went into the treasury with the idea of doing this,” said Gen. Gibson. ‘but he is such a practical Dusinese man that lie could not let things pass him’ without investigation, and hard work almost broke him down.” “Secretary Foster has large interest with Senator Cal Brice, has he not?” “No, I think ‘not,” replied Gen. Gibson. “He was with Brice in the Ohio Central deal and he had a small amountof stock in the Nickel Plate railroad. but most of his interests are right here in Ohio and I don’t think he indulges to any extent in speculation. As for Cal Brice, he sa born speculator and he has the greatest uerve of any speculator I know. He can loro a million dollars and not wink, and from his face and talk you would not know any difference. ‘They would be just the same though he bad gained a million instead of lost it, Brice is. Yery shrewd business man and he has extraor- dinary ability.” Fraxx G. CARPENTER. —_—_—_+o+—___—_ ODDITIES OF MOLLUSKS. Strange Uses to Which Some Species of ‘Them Have Been Put. NAILS HAVE NEVER OBTAINED AP- proval as table delicacy in this country. People in the United States may be educated up to relishing them some day. Already they aro Yery commonly included in the bill of fare at fashionable restaurants in our principal cities, under the name of ‘‘escargots,” though the dish is only ordered by foreigners as a rule. These mollusks are eaten by millions in Europe. They are reared and fattened arti“icially inFranceand Switzerland, the trade in them being particu- larly brisk during the season of Lent, when good Catholics abstain from meat to a greater or iese extent. From the religious pointof view snail flesh is not meat. Thus, technically con- sidered. nothing that crawls or swims is meat. For that reason the flesh of the mazine mammal called the manatee is permitted to be eaten on Fridays iv South America. The ancient Romans took great pains with the Tearing of snails, which were rogarded as 8 dainty. They were kept in inclosures termed “cochlearin” or snaileries, and these were par- titioned off so as to keep different species separate. There were the white snails, the African variety, the very large Illyrian kind and the incomparably choice Solitanes. The creatures were fattened with a paste made out of wheat meal and other nutritious ingredients. To grow the biggest snails came to be a matter of pride with the producer. At the present time the mollusks are prepared for the table by boiling, frying in butter. stuffing with force meat and in many other wavs which the in- genious French cooks have devised. TYRIAN PURPLE FROM SEA SNAILS. ‘The most costly and brilliant dye known to the ancients—namely, Tyrian purple—was ob- tained from a species of sea snail. It was a liquor contained in a transparent vessel or vein on the back of the animal. This is said to have been the first color which man was able to fix permanently on wool and linen, Its perma- neney was oneof its most marked characteriu- tice, It was applied in the simplest possible manner, the fabrics to be stained being sonked in itfor a great many hours. A great many of the mollusks were required to furnish enough of the dve to color a garment, and ¢o it was very costly. For that reason it was reserved for staining the hangings of temples and the robes of priestsand kings. The hue of the best resembled that of coagulated blood. Wool dyed with this stuff during the reign of Augus- tas sold for #180 a pound. Strict laws forbade any person save the highest dignitaries to wear this wool. The art of spplying the dye came at length to be pra ticed by a few individuals only, who were ap- pointed by the state. There is some doubt as to which of several varieties of ven snails pro- duced the coloring matter employed by the an- cients. At least three kinds secrete a purple liquor. ‘The difficulty of obtaining it would render it very costly at this day, but the dis- covery of the comparatively cheap cochineal has made it valuciess. Nevertheiess it might be found serviceable for the marking oflinen, since the hue grows brighter by washing and cannot be removed by any chemical agent. It may be permanently fixed upon linen and cotton by ‘the most simple application and without any Preparation. The fluid, when first extracted the living animal, is cream colored. When applied to cloth it is first a light green, then turns to sea green, changes to blue an finaily becomes a very deep purple red. CHANOES THAT MAT BE MADE. If the cloth is now washed in scalding water ‘and soaked it comes out bright crimson, which no subsequent process can change or lessen. If light is excluded from the freshly dyed fabric changes described do not occur. The stain keeps its pale yellow color for years under such conditions. Pieces of linen saturated with it have been shut up between the leaves of a book for nine years without any visible altera- tion in respect to tint. On bei light at the end of that period, were influenced by it in the same way as re- cently stained pieces, as readily acquiring the glowing purple. All along the coast of New England are to be found the snails which yield this wonderful dye. Yet the frugal housewives buy bottled es inks, not ee hat a superior article for this very purpose is to picked up along the beaches. It seems surprising to find among the mol- lusks « rival to the silkworm. Nevertheless the curious bivalve called the “‘pinna” spins kind of silk which has been woven into articles of dress, in early times so highly prized as to have been set aside for the use solely of royal per- sonages. This silk is the “byssus” of the ani- mal, by means of which it attaches itself to rocks, just asthe common mussel does. The threads are extremely fine and of great strength. To begin with they are cleaned by washing in soap and water and by drying and rubbing with the hands. They are then passed through combs of bone and afterward through iron combs. By these processes a pound of the crude silk is reduced to about three ounces of fine thread. When mixed with about one-third of real silk it is spun and knit into gloves, cape, stockings, &c., forming a stuff of a beautiful brownish-rellow color, resembling the bur- nished goiden hue on the backs of certain flies and beetles. It was possible a fow years ago to purchase a pair of stockings made out of thie material for $3. The moiluek in question is native to the Mediterranean. There is a very remarkable species of spider. & true arachnid, which lives habitually in and under water. Not being naturally an aquatic animal, nor able to breathe in that element, it rocures for itself a sort of air-tight chamber. ‘or this purpose it appropriates to its use an empty ll of a water snail. Entering the the spider closes the opening with = web of varnished silk, which keeps the water out. The shell containing the found lying at the bottom of a pond; but, ren- dered buoyant by the air within, it often rises and floats on the sur! t is in ber pres, which feels no alarm on the approach of what looks like s snail. Two insects nearly allied to the bee make their nests in the de- snails, tary leader of that time was Joshua. He would have been in any generation and in any war. He saw ail things and he manipulated his troops with military genius.” ™ GOSSIP ABOUT EX-SECRETARY FOSTER. replied Gen. Gibson.“ Fos | ter_was raised st Fostoria, an te oes Tiffin, and he has a large amount of property there. His father came hen the country | was Young and Charley was born in @ —— and * his business edueation in his e store. same store is still in existence and Foster bas an interest in it. He interests throughout this part of Ohio private property is such that he can't take a public office. [happen to know was very reluctant to accept of the treasury and he is glad to get ‘The treasury has so affected his fear be will never be the man he FE be i rr bate F ry gunF. t | col 2 |JOHNSON AND FORNEY|& The Breach Between the President and Secretary of the Senate. ORIGIN OF “DEAD DUCK.” Mr. Johnson’s Reply to = Voice From the Crowd When He Was Making a Speech— Burying the Subtreasury Bill in President Tyler’s Time. a Written for The Evening Star, 3 MORNING JOU RB- mal announcéd “‘au- thoritatively” a few ‘days ago that the Prest- dent had expressed some opposition to one of the candidates named for the secre- taryship of the United States Senate, and those unfamiliar with the mode of gathering such important in- formation might * be misled by the “ex-cathedra” style of the para- graph; but we “who aave been there” know that too frequently, as in thie case, itis the coinage of the writer's brain. ‘The case of the late John W. Forney in his relations with ex-President Johnson shows how little intercourse there is or need be with the sen atorial official and the President. Not very long after Mr. Johnson had been installed in the Executive Mansion the writer of this was engaged with him one evening when Col. Forney ealled with an enrolled bill to be signed by the President, and being on official business had privileged entrance to him at all times. He | P®™! entered on this occasion and I withdrew to another part of the room while the President affixed his name to tho “bill.” when the colonel said: “Mr. President, I would like to talk with you this evening about my friend, Mr. Steb- bins, who is so highly recommended for the torship of New York.” Mr. Jobnson, in most unmistakable terms of displeasure, said: **I am engaged, as you see, sir, and you must excuse me.” ‘orney withdrew in anger withont a word, and next morning the Chronicle contained an article of great bitterness against the President, who up to that time it had supported very ear- ly. For the allusions to the editor of the ‘ational Intelligencer in that article an apology and retraction was demanded, and it was made in the most ample manner. From that time up to the close of Mr. Johnson's administration there was no intercourse between the President and the secretary of the Senate, and yet the business between the co-ordinate branches of the government was transacted as usual, ‘The idea advanced by the journal in question that Mr. Cleveland could not hold any personal or official intercourse with the representative of the United States. Senate is absurd. The abuse of the President was continued in the Chronicle, and on the 224 of February, ‘65-6, meéting of the democrats of the city was called at the National Theater for the purpose of sus taining the President. The theater was crowded to its utmost cay ‘On that occasion the late Richard T. Merrick and other distinguished democrats spoke, and the meeting adjourned to the President's house to present the resolutions Passed at that gathering of democrate, which outnumbered any previous occasion. In the reply of the President, which was quite lengthy, some one in the crowd shouted, “What avout Forney?” “Oh!” said the President, dead duck.” a long time. MR. MEBRICK'S SPEECH BEFORE TAE ELECTORAL commissi0s. ‘The mention of the name of Richard T. Mer- rick recalls the speech he delivered before the lectoral commission, which added so largely tohis fame as an advocate and orator. Mr. O'Conor was to make an argument defore the commission and he was consulted as to the timehe would select for eech, but for some reason he hesitated for a day or two to say when he would speak, and in the mean- wnile Mr. Merrick deferred to the aged counsel 'd waited the decision, which was withheld for some unexplained reason until tho time had come when, if at all, Mr. Merrick was obliged to appear before the commission the next day. It was long after midnight when Mr. O’Conor's decision was made and Mr. Merrick began the Preparation of that masterly argument which secured him national fame. Itwas the argu- ment which Gov. Tilden regarded as the ablest delivered before the commission. Mr. O'Conor's age had in » great measure impaired bis powers, and his effort was © weak and impotent one. Judge Black's great speech was almost impromptu, for it was at the breakfast table the morning of its de- livery, I urged him to appear in the case. He had refused up to that period to appear before the commission, as he did not recognize its legality. He refused at first to go before ‘the —— commission,” as it was useless, he said, but I argued if he did not go Mr. Tilden would not be represented except by Judge Montgom- ery Biair, who, in consequence of the illness of the gentleman’ who had undertaken the case (the case of South Carolina),” had bed but little time to prepare an argument. Finally ‘he consented Biair would call for him he would talk frover,” but said, “I don’t promise to go, but if I do you must take the responsi- bility for what I may say.” We all know what he did say—such indignant invective a4 he hurled against that commission has no equal in forensic eloquence. BURIAL OF THE SUBTREASURY BILL. The turbulence which characterized the ad- ministration of Mr. Tyler was not confined to Congress. An old friend who participated in the burial of the subtreasury bill, which created reat sensation as the time it occurred,in August, 1841. abtreasury Dill had been repealed, and the whig ardor which prevailed here at that time determined to give it burial. Mr. Seaton was the mayor of Washington and got au inkling of ‘what was going on, and fear some unpleasant result, be presented himeelf at the place of meeting of those engaged in the demonstration and appealed to them to give it up, and many of the prominent citizens who were engaged in it consented to do so and left with the mayor, but the younger element were not to be balked of fun, About mid- night they rendezvoused under a famed tree near the Van Ness mansion, the funeral. With suits and tray & coffin suitably inscribed, pallbearers, mar- shals, orator,éec., they marched to the music of ® band playing the “Dead March” up 17th street to the avenue, past the Executive Man- sion, but with no intention of insulting the President, as my old friend informs me, and he was one of the mounted marshals, down the avenue to 43¢ street and to the bridge over the canal, where the coffin was lowered, after an appropriate funeral oration, and then the crowd quickly dispered. The crowd, somewhat un- ruly when passing President's house, shouted, and the “baby waker,” as John Richey had christened his cannon, was fired, but be- yond that an investigation ordered by Congress found no design to insult the President. A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION. ‘The resolution ordering the investigation was offered by the Hon, Levi Woodbury, and the city. eo is a That phrase stuck to Forney for pider is sometimes | strati imaginary pate at, & woluded ‘his speech by saying: * 1e popping of cor! and the flow of wine, and the general hilarity, the disturbance might have been’as great inst the executive mansion as the later one against which the resolution is directed.” ‘THE SCOTT CAMPAIGN. I recently disinterred from a collection of quaint odds and ends, books and rare prints which my good old friend, Prof. Foertsch, pos- senses, a reminder of the campaign of 1852, when 'Gen. Scott was so badly beaten by Gen. Franklin Pierce. It is the smallest campaign document ever issued, entitled: “The Life and Exploits of Gen. Scott. Respectfully dedicated to his commander, Gen. Bill Seward. Una bridged edition, New York, 1852." The page is one inch in length and three-quarters of an inch wide, and this Tom Thumb edition contains fifteen pages, It concludes with a postscript dated “Nov. 2, 1852. By telegraph. We are pained to announce the melancholy news of the political death of Gen. Scott.” ‘Thousands of copies were circulated of this liliputian cam- terature. Gen. Scott was belittled in every way by the opposition to his election, and his groat military renown was clouded by the assault made upon him. His correspond- ence was not falsified, bat expressions taken from the context were ‘used with effect. For instance, “Hasty plate of soup,” “Sweet Irish brogue.” &c., &c., were among the many upon which the changes were rung, when if the whole letter or paragraph was published they would havea different meaning. Jon F. Corie. WHERE ANCHORS ARE MANUFACT- URED. ‘The Little Maine Town Where Nearly All of Them Are Forged. “The little town of Camden, Me., ought to have its name changed to Hope,” said a dealer in ship supplies and stores toa New York Sun man, “for it turns out more of the emblems of hope than all the other places in this country combined. All of the stately ships that come out of the Maine shipyards look to that little village on the Penobscot for their anchors. Scores of sturdy smiths swing their hammers day after day all the year long in the black, smoky, long, low Camden shops, where only anchors are forged. Sometimes the tripham- mers are going all night about the forges, and the blazing of the fires and the:ring of the hammers are seen and heard miles away. ‘Thousands of tons of old iron ats purchased by these queer establishments every year, for an- chors are forged largely from cast-off iron. The material is cut into emall pieces by groat shears that clip through the tron as easily a3 cheese knife slices a cheese. The pieces are bound into bandies by strong wires, and are then fused in the forges. Then they are pounded and welded into the varions parts of the anchor. some workmen fashioning the rings, others shaping the flukes, others ham- mering out the palms and others forging the shanks. Then the compleiers take the differ- ent parts and fase and weld them into the fin- ished anchor. Anchors of all sizes and weights are turned out from the noisy shops of Cam- den, the graceful little pleasure boat anchor, weighing but a few pounds, as well as the great 30,000 and 75,000 pound anchors of the biggest ips. “There are many interesting r: den in the line of rusty and broken that did duty in their day on famous merchant vessels, historic war ships and sturdy whalers. Whatis left of the anchor of the United States frigate Cumberland is among these relics.” ——_-<+____ THE MORMON TEMPLE. A Fast Day Recommended to the Faithful on Its Completion. ‘The Deseret News, oficial organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, printsa two- column address by the first presidency to the officers and members, suggested by the near ap- proach of the date for the dedication of the temple. “For forty years,” it says, “the hopes, desires and anticipations of the entire church have been centered upon the completion of this edifice in the principal city of Zion,” and the first presidency make the event the occasion for reconciliation of all differences, the dismissal of every harsh and unkind feeling, the confession of sins, the seeking of forgiveness one of another, the promotion of fellowship between the indi- vidual members of the church. The following is the closing portion of the address: Asking God's blessing upon you all in your endeavor to carry out this counsel, and desirous of seeing it take the form of u ypited effort on the part of the whole people, we suggest that Saturday, March 25, 1893, be set apart asa day of fasting and prayer. ‘On that occasion wo advise that the presidencies of the stakes, the high councils, the bishops and their counselors, meet together with their saints in their several meeting houses, confess their sins one to an- other, and draw out from the people all feel- ings of ang of distrust or of unfriendliness that may have found a lodgment, so that entire confidence may then and there be restored and love from this time prevail through all the con- gregations of the saints. ——_+e+—_____ A Secret. "Tis not in seeking, *Tis not in endiess strit ‘Tay quest is found; “Be stil and Histen; Be still and drink the quiet M around. Not for thy crying, Not for thy loud veseeching, Will peace draw near; Rest with palins folded; Heat with fhine eyellds fallen— Lo! peace is here. —Epwaxp Rouanp SIL. ee How a President’s Nose Was Pulled. From the Baltimore Sun. Mr. James Carrigan is a venerable Balti- morean whose mind is as clear and active as if he were in his prime instead of in his eighty- ninth year. He lives at 615 North Calvert street with his family. He was born in Phila- delphia oe 8, 1804, and he saw in that city the fifth “President of the United States, James Monroe, when Mr. Monroe visited Phila- delphia after bis inauguration. Mr. Carrigan came to Baltimore in 1885 and established a morocco factory on what was then French street, but is now Front street. He obtained for five consecutive years the awards from the land Institute for morocco sam- f ie 8 i Hi i i | i i H i i § Hd AD ad a é i i i & i fs Fak i I F i i f i | f A a | 4 ! SPRING WRAPS FOR CHILRREN. Somte Costumes for Young People—Fashion and Comfort. OR THE BREEZY days of eurly spring some light wrap will be found absolutely neces- sary. ‘The pretty capes so much worn are just the thing, and every girl should have one. ‘They are made of broad- cloth generally, and when made of this ma- terial are very simple, as the edges are cut and left without a hem. costume seen in Dupont Circle the other day is pictured below. The bt Se red cashmere dress was made with a full rohind skirt and fluffy waist that was trimmed with black velvet. Atriple cape was worn with this and was exactly the extra wrap needed for such » ious cool day aa that was. The cape was SEEN IX DUPONT CIRCLE. of red cloth to match the dress and had the upper cape or collar made from black velvet. A large velvet bow tied the cape at the neck in front, and the bat that went with this costume was red and black also, ‘or older girls single capes are appropriate, being mado” with velvet’ collareties, * Light green with velvet of a darker shade is chosen for the next cut. The cape is cut round and is without fullness at the neck. The velvet rufile FOR OLDER GIRLS. is lined with cilk of a shade lighter and falls just over the shoulders. The ruftie is cut straight ‘and is gathered at the neck, where a full head- lined with silk gives it « pretty finish. The iny fall gored skirt of the dress that matches this wrap is of light green cloth and three dark velvet bands ornament it. For quite small girls a wrap that sa it can ly Covers the dress is often desirable. be A MOUSE-COLORED CRALLIE. light material, and thus will not be warm for spring. Tn the third cut the cost pictured is from all-wool Freneh challie. It is made of g i lil ses i é, 4 3 5 F E A 8 G i 4 4 He f if it H iy 33 i vii HEI He gE Mlustration, It has short full upper sleeves, and the lower portion is plain and tignt ttting. ‘The body is doubled breasted and is fastened with large pearl buttons It is cut open in the neck and in place of the usual lapels, large raf ’ A JACKET. fies, wide at the shoulder and narrow in front, supply the necessity for some finish. The coat is high im the neck in the back, and the ruffle hangs down in a point from it. Another long coat {s next shown. It ix of garnet light serge and is trimmed with velvet of so dark o shade as tobe almost black. A double rafiie, gathered in the middie and en- circling the neck, and the lower portion of the sleeves are made of this latter material. The coat is gathered full at the neck and falls in 4 LONG coat. one piece and bass double box plest beginning at the waist line. A pointed piece confines the fall front at the waist. This piece has a conven- tional pattern on it outlined in black narrow silk braid. edge of the sleeves are trimmed with a band of a sumilar pattern. As we must not entirely forget the boys we Will devote the next illustration to showing « 4 SPRING COAT FOR A LITTLE BOT. spring coat for a small lad of four years. The color of this garment is fawn and itis trimmed with brown and green ‘The front is formed of two large pleats reaching from neck to hem. The onter one of these is made from the material, but the inner is» fold of the plaid. The belt, ‘front, collar and cuffs are also made of plaid.” The back of the coat is ‘tight fitting f a little below the waist, where two large box pleats are let in. Another cost for a very small boy is shown in illustration eight It is of navy blue and is trimmed only by large buttons. ‘There a he oe ae front and three in the back. back are confined by a » about five inches long, Suite lage perl buttons reye Earever tothe hem. The back is tight fitting | brown broadcloth and is cut ins point a waist, thus giving « girdle ef- SWEET SIXTEEX. large row of buttons. On this strip «mall pearl Dutions are thus securing the upper restce of the wrap. The back ts plain and t fitting. In the doubie-column ent at the head of this article three stylish outdoor garments are represented. ‘The large girl wears a dove gray cape, withe velvet overcape that reaches to the shoulders at the side and then falls ine deep point in the front, ‘The small child wears an old rose coat, made quite simply, with a rose , of ribbon around the neck, yoke and sleeves. The boy represented wears a gray blue reefer Jacket, with f large sailor collar and deep cuffs, ‘which are trimmed with rows of very narrow white braid. It is double breasted. being fastened by large white buttor, = ME. S& JOE MILLERS JOKES. e Jests Were Never Known by the Man ‘Whose Name They Rear. All of the older generation and many of the younger have read or heard of “Joe Miller's Jest Book," a collection of jokes and stories that were supposed to be irrepressibly funny at the time they were written and which were attributed to an English actor, who gained great reputation as acomedian, though before the appearance of this book he was never credited with being an original humorist, In reality, says the Chicago Herald, Joe Mil- Jer did not write or compile the book; he was not even conscious of ite existence, and it is | doubs: year after year since its appearance regularly been reprinted in the almanacs and thus almost become housebold words, WAS A SUCCESSFUL ACTOR. Joe Miller was in reality an actor who made his appearance at the Drary Lane Theater in November, 1709, when the character of Teague in Sir Robert Howard's comedy, “The Com- mittee,” was personated, as the play bills stated. “by one who never on the stage before.” In the same season he also the part of the servant Jeremy in Com greve's comedy, “Love for Love.” have been an actor not only of much ability, but also one who. for he was cast jorical old theater at that time. He continued s member of the Drury Lane Com- Fany for many years, his popularity i nore and more. Dating tow tim o aprested in Steele's comedies, “ihe Funeral “The ‘Tender Husband;” in Addison's comedy, “The Drommer:” in an «adaptation of Moliere's = Dandin,” in Fletcher's “Wit Without Money” and other pinys too numerous to men- tion, “borides ‘almost all the original versions an jons of Shakespeare « thet wuciean posters he Sir Joaeph Whlinthe Old Bachelor” be achieved such a great success that Hogarth, the famous earicaturist, became interested in him and designed the ticket of admission for the oocasion of the performance that was given for Miller's benefit, one of tue principal scenes from whe taird act. The engraving from Hogurth’s design bas now become a very scarce print an@ com- mands an almost fabulous price. Miller re- mained a member of the Drary Lane Company until the close of the season in 1788. In the London Daily Post and General Advertiser of August 17, 1798, there appeared this aunounce- ment: “Yesterday morning. died of pleurisy, Joseph Miller, « celebrated comedian, ing to the Theater Rosal, Drary Lane, am admired for hix performance in gencral, but | partionlasty tm the cherseter af Teague in'*The Committee, or the Fai:hful Irishman.’” Ac- cording to one of his biographers the favorite actor boasted little education of any kind and had not even learned to read. He was a mar- ried man, but it was snid of him that his prin- cipal object in marrring was to have = wife who was able to read his parts to him. COMPILED AFTER HIS DEATH. As for the jest book it did not appear until @ year after Joe Miller's death. It owed its ex- istence to a certain John Mottley, a gentleman of good family, whom circumstances had con- stramed_ to live could make of . He was the | author of several dramas which met witb suc- | coss. He bad political aspirations and might | have made his mark had his friends who were | then in power, among whom were such well- jnown men as Lord Halifax and Sir Robert Walpole, kept their promises to appoint him to important positions. In com; the jest book he assumed the name of Elijah Jenkins and af- fected to be a friend of the recently departed Miller. *-Among several pieces be bas given to “ie that which short stories in the English language, carefully coliected in the company and ‘many of them transcribed from the mouth of the fa- cetious gentleman whose name they bear, and now set forth and publishe< by his lamented friend and former companion, Elijah Jenkins, eq.” The work was “most humbly insoribed” to “those choice spirits of the , Capt. Bo- dent, Adexander Pope, Professor rans Oretor Henly and Job Baker, the kettle drammer.” BURCH CLAP TRAP. Spectacular Shows Instead of Preaching the Gospel. From the Brooklyn Eagie. In various more or less unchurchly cities the attempt to substitute an occasional sensational titillation for the old-fashioned preaching of the gospel goes on with evergy. ‘The Rev. ©. H. Tyndall of the New York Broome street tabernacle is a case in point. Whether be bas more religion may be less doubtful than that be has not so much science as his En- Slich namesake. He exhibited a lion last night, pursuant to announcement, in illustraten i Be : : f the word “fread” ; EEE i i i Eff f if H I ' e i | i | fF i f ! l i 4 I | [ i | t j f ' i { E z i kt is : i z i i ! i t z ij | i J i iif 4 F 3 ul i y i i