Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1893, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTO?} D. C, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1893-TWENTY PAGES. ‘KING LOBENGU (SKETCHED DURING THE 19 ITE SEAT, PIPING TIMES OF PEACE.) LOBENGULA’S CAUSE. The Matabili as Described by an African Traveler. RESISTING AN ENGLISH FRAUD. ered by hunters and traders who in years afterward frequented that country. Descriptive History of Mashonaland. army was Tati, which is practically the commencement of Mashonaland. This was the beginning of the end, because when the Mashonas, who were then a great and pow- erful nation, heard of the advance of the Matabill army, they force to resist any encroachments by the advanced with all their might and main into Mashonaland, and here one of the most bloodthirsty and savage battles oc- A Fighting Nation and Its Despotic Ruler. curred, which, if it could be properly re- corded, would eclipse for gallantry and dar- ing many of the famous battles fought by European nations; for the Matabili on the “The first point arrived at by the Matabiii | esembled in great | Matabili on their territory. The Matabill | ber of parliament, Sir John Swinburne, who subsequently sold his interest to an English syndicate, which interests repre- sent Tati gold fields, where several blun- dering attempts were made at mining with- out any success to speak of. The Mata- bili_were very suspicious of the intention of the concessioners who had obtained Mr. Bayne’s interest, and therefore kept thi strictly within the limits of the agreement respecting said concession, Subsequentiy it was rumored in mining circles through- out Africa and in London, that the inte- rior part of Mashonaland in the Matabuilt kingdom was a rich gold bearing country, fabulously wealthy. It became known that Matabililand was the country in which Ri- der Haggard hatched his stories of “She” and . “King Solomon's Mines,”’ because there was found in that country old ruins | of an alleged buried city having marbie/ Pillars bearing hieroglyphics and other far- fetched antiquated things, whicn always have a most wonderful effect on the 1 agination of the English gold seeking ad- venturer. Swindling the King. “These things were commented npon with a great flourish of trumpets by the African press. It was taken up and re- echoed by the English press, and the coun- try was praised to the skies. The Mata- bili was at this time, according to these | papers, the most desirable and bravest and finest native race in Africa, because they were supposed to have riches of a mineral nature with a fertile and prosp: cus country. Mr. Rudd, a man of great sagacity, with an unlimited amount of Wealth to back his actions, proceeded to Matabilliand on a flying expedition, with Several other gentlemen of his caliber, and interviewed King Lobengula, with th ject of obtaining a concession for ti eral rights of the whole of and Mashonaland, which refused by Lobengula, at a spectal c etl held by ¢ chiefs of the nation. Rudd and his his country would, be Mr. party promised the king that thoroughly secure | under his own jurisdiction and that the mineral concessions askei for was only for | the purposes of mining, and not to acquire land or to set up & government otaer — the | the existing native government country. “After much parleying it was ncmi agreed by the ch’efs that King Lobengula could give a concession for the mining of gold and other minerals in the sectio» of the countr; nNown as Mashe only. It was distinctly understood in encroachments would be tolerated | the f the of . and that in con- concession the essioners should pay tie sum of %) (100) #s a renta annum for the min- eral rights stip in the concession, | This and this only was the agreement be- | tween King Lobengula and the concession- ers, and this is the fundamental principle “I, A. B., having taken out a prospecting license from the British South Africa Com- pany, do hereby agree to comply with all the laws and regulations of the company, to assist In the defense of Mashonaland or in the maintenance of public order when called upon to do so, and to obey without question all the decisions and directions of the company’s officers, subject to the forfeiture of this license and of any rights accruing therefrom. And 1 moreover here- by acknowledge the right of the company to remove me from the sphere of their operations if I resist such decisions or dis- obey such directions. “I will not comment on the contemptible meanness of this compulsory law, a8 any- ene can see at a glance what an effect such a regulation would naturally have on En- giish and American miners who had trav- eled thousands of miles to reach Matabill- land. “After the return of the envoys from Eng- land, the Matabill, finding that they couid get no redress from the imperial British government, became quite frantic and hostile, not only to the British chartered ecmpany, but to every white man in the country. They massed their regiments in \every part of the country, end especially j near Tati, walch w: then the prominent highway to Matabililand. By these means hundreds of diggers and mining syndicates were driven out of the country, and many of those that were en route to Matabillland Matabelle Bridegroom in Fall Dress, had to turn back. Others who had some wiedge of the country had taken old WORK AND WORRY. How Our Great Statesmen Fight These Demons, |SOME GE? RES? ON HORSEBACK, The White House Billiard Table and Statesmen With the Cue. READING, WALKING, HUNTING Written for The Evening Star. T HE GREAT AMER- ican brain ts botling today as it has sel- dom botled before. Fi- nancial troubles and busine: worries are blazing away under the kettle, and the demon of overwork is stirring up the soup “{\ With ghoulish glee. SQ The newspapers daily WH record the suicides \ a Vand insanity of lead- Wo! ing men and the nerves of rich and poor are stretched to their utmost. A level head and a steady hand are greater necessities now than sil- ver and gold, and the question of how our great men keep them is more interesting to ‘he masses than the discussions of Con- i gress. I am surprised to find how promi- nent men have to fight for steady brains. | Half of the members of Congress have shat- | tered nervous systems and there are a num- jber of leating Senators who are fighting the arch tier.d of insomuia night after nigat. Abe Hewiltt’s Fight for Sleep. Perhaps the worst sleeper who eve: came to Washington was Abram 8. Hewitt. He had a suit with a baker in the next biock, whore dog barked at the moon at midnight, and he went almost wild over a cock that crowed near bim in the early morning. He kept house here for a time and had beds in half a dozen different rooms. He would change about from one room to the other god of health by taking long horseback rides into the country. Rest From Card Playing. A number of our statesmen get their rest from cards. Secretary Carlisle Plays poker nearly every evening and the financial problems of the treasury fly away before the excitement which comes from a game of penny ante. John Sherman eases his mind with a game of whist and Gartield, when he was troubled with insomnia, used to get up and play solitaire in his night shirt. Carlisle, I am told, plays solitaire during some of his hardest work. Wolcott, Don Cameron and Gresham lose them- selves in poker, and nearly all of the south- ern statesmen are addicted to this game. Henry Clay is said to have been the best seven-up player in the state of Kentucky, and when he was making the treaty of Ghent he relieved his mind by winning all sorts of bets from Albert Gallatin. Powell Clayton of Arkansas is very fond of poker, and the good Deacon Smith of the Cincin: nati Commercial Gazette is said tb take his rest through cards. President Cleveland, {during his stay in Buffalo, was an expert at penuchle, and I venture to say that he and Postmaster General have a iet game after cabinet affairs are over. early all of the Supreme Court justice: play whist, and Gray of Massachusetts said to be the ablest whist player in Wash- ‘ington. Harrison was a good whist player and Secretary Foster could play almost any sort of cards and play them well. Billiards and Brains. Billiards is one of the best games for boiled braing. John Quincy Adams found this out years ago, and he bought the first billiard table that ever went into the White House. There is a billiard table in the Executive Mansion today, and it ts said that President Cleveland handies the cue for an hour at a time after he has been worried to death by office-seekers. Presi- White gets his rest by studying the stare through @ telescope and working out astro- nomical problems, and the late Justice Bradley got his rest in mathematics. How Our Presidents Piay. By all odds the ablest of our Presidents are those who have had some way of re- laxing their minds. George Washington was fond of a good horse race. He sot his rest in horseback riding and hunting, an@ he spent @ good part of every year at Mount Vernon. Thomas Jefferson spent a part of every day in riding through the woods about Washington while he was President. He was often taken for @ pri-' vate citizen, and once in crossing Rock! creek near here a man who wanted to ford) the creek and not get his feet wet asked him to carry him over bebind him,which he did. jie rode every afternoon while he was President from 1 o'clock until 3, and when he was almost crazy on account of the death of his wife he roamed about for days on hi He was fond of good and his coach horses cost $400 cone Krank Pierce was another President whe some of been in ti was always ur rode a great deal on hi and I think that it was at the advice of Physician that he took his caily Jackson kept good horses and he bet the races. At one race near here his vate secretary and adopted son, Jackson Donelson, entered a was living at Oak View he straddled @ steed occasionally, but his favorite exerciae today is im the carri . Presidential Walkers. President Clev his family he could be seen every afternoon out about the White lot, near the Washington monu- ment or taking a stroll through the parks, He always walked to church and when he was worried about public matters he would drop his work and go off for a long two or three-mile walk into the country. Gen, Grent was often seen on the streets here during his life in the White House. He usually had a ciger in his mouth and he would talk to any one who spoke to him. President Lincoln walked about somewhat, but his cabinet were afraid to have him S so c zc 5 tch the ou- | tracks to the north to avoid coming | in his efforts for sleep, and when in New ‘ out of the house and it was they who in- A RICH MINERAL LAND. Bie te Papetl Deke ba soc ae Che eieea: | in teanlind_ with otha bec tatnca ec mas rine | cries ecreould geiehout roam eheniay aah White House Billiard Table. sisted upon the guard which he took with sion wes obtained other stinvlations were | thesc men lost all they had and had to | house for the same purpose. During a part | dent Garfield was also a good billiard play-| him when he went horseback riding. Line forged Into the agreement by writing be- tramp through a wild and desolate country | of his congressional ceree> he boarded atjcr, and he was also fond of croquet and = @ great deal of his rest from the tween the lines of the concession, in which | infested with wild beasts, through the in- ball. Arthur used the billiard table of the 4 ad A box was reserved for him at HERE IS NOW it was set forth that the king ceded the | justice of the British Chartered Company White House very freely, and his best — here and he could go in and among the sojouraers wheie of Mashonalend in consideration of | to the Matabili, brain tonic came from a game of this sort. |OUt as he pleased. He was sometimes in PR pon a a fgg | Ex-Senator Palmer of Michigan had a bil-| the theater, I am told, when the curtains in Washington a the shove sum and certain arms and am- | The Matabilt Army. Mara room in his house, where his fellow |°f the box were drawn oem ane a a = when dellvarel to the King he weutl nee | “The military eleseliication of the Mata- Senators often came to play. He was|did not know that he was present. He most interesting ex- rereive and sald it was nat a nart of the | bili is somewhat different from that of the troubled a good deal with insomnia, und one | Often took Tad with him and the boy used perience in Africa. | agreement. A large number of Vertini- | Zulus, The Matabill have a regular perma- of his best recipes for sleep was to get £0 behind the stage, and once or twice and who has an inti- Henry rifles and ammunition were Aettv- | nent military system. The whole of the physically tired. Senator Butler of South nod man in —_ ge where he had mate knowledge of ered at the king's heedanarters, which he | iighting forces of the country are divided ory that Reed of Maine ‘and Crisp pat walked trom the White House tothe Gea ould n colve. and which » andine | 1 : a 4 Gar ata, anal Dutetle tt the nen nie Nr an dite her ane | into fifty military kraais. The regular num- Garde eseeeeee ee tol and back every day. When ‘ite see their land ard the stocks of the rifles havine heen eaten awny | ber of warriors in each of these kraals is Statesmen Who Fish. rigid RR ad take a long tramp causes that have ied py the white ants pecres the king haa |1,000, excluding old men, women and chil- T understand that Secretary Smith caught | tradition here that during “ove ofthese to the war in that attempt to steal ar thke away one of these {ates Each of these kraals is commanded 120 trout in two hours in the Yellowstone | swimming excursions his’ clothes ‘cere country. He is Mr. guns wonld suffer the renaity of denth, | BY 2 patty chvat wo receives (em ware Park this summer. This is at the rate of | Stolen and he had a hard time getting Francis Brant, who After this the cancerstoners went off t9 | direct eee cad ube beat deere @ trout to the minute and makes Smith's ee in time to go to the Executive 4 Was born in South Londen. where the ne ee fee ee fish story one of the biggest on record. He |” Sonn < zt, 4 on the streneth o ‘The Britfsh | field of battle they are quite proficient in john Quincy Adams also liked horses, Africa, being an Africander. He has spent Benth Atlee Con vas form: had three hooks on his line and ae often | though he rode but littl Sow for apany’ was formed. And | ovine 3 cs le and he used to walk his life there, having traveled all over the new we come tan vere amusing ‘etary | Moving about these regiments in accord: continent and had many thrilling experi- ences in wild countries and among savage People. He is known in South Africa as a frontiersman and has a thorough acquaint- ance with the tribes of the interior. He speaks the Zulu, Namaqua and Dutch languages, but was educated in England and has a ready command of good forceful English. To a Star reporter Mr. Lrant gave an account of the Matabill and the present difficulties, which is of especial i:.- terest, as it presents the questions involved in a new light. “The Matabili," said Mr. Brant, “are a tribe of warlike Kafirs who were originally Zulus (with all the fighting characteristics of that nation), formed into a powerful kingdom about the beginning of this cen- tury by the great Zulu chief, Chaka. In 1828 Chaka was killed by his brother, Dia- gaan, who succeeded him, and during his reign in Zululand proved himself onc of the Most bloodthirsty savages that ever reig- ed over the Kasirs in that count: The Transvaal end Orange Free State Boers celebrate the downfail of Dingaan as a Rational day of rejoicing, which is called “Dingaan’s Day. Dingaan having be defeated in 184 by the Dutch and Englis» settlers In Natal, was deposed in fevor of his brother Panda. In 1513 Panda died and was succeeded by his son, Cetywzcyo, the hero of the Zulu war, who was in lice man- ner defeated by the British troops at the battle of Utindi, Zululand. “The object in giving these it history is to show the exact ori Matabili as a nation, who speak the Zulu language and carry out all the customs and traditions of the Zulu nation, nh the exception of the military organization into which th are classified. After the defeat and deposing of Dingaan, the section of the then Zulu nation now known as the Matabili fled into Transva: where y for a number of section of the then Zulu wn as the Swazis, called Swaztiand, situated the on gouth st of Africa, where they became cul nation, and have been in many of the recent y, in Africa strictly ernment. The3 vaal Boers as a bu; of that country. ‘The invasion of Mashonaland. e M Limipopo ziver cn to the enaland, and after much figh ed between the the Limpop the northwest ty Matabili and river should n boundary Fiver; that the whole of the northern ter- Limpopo to arded by the pertod spies & reconnolt of that count fr over this | whole a, . Lares | tha ment sortie tosanle aun picturesque | deputy chairman, the Duke of Fife (married “ Brave and Fiancee. ‘id of battle is the most daring and bivod- thirsty warrior that can be met with in southern Africa. The first Matabili-Mashona war lasted two years, at the expiration of j which the Mashonas were entirely subdued and the country was c uered by the Ma- nas down into h country is now known as Ma- shonaland. The Mashonas eventually made |pecce with the Matabill, with the under- standing that they were to pay an annual which does crest discrotit te certain ates tingnished persons in Enzlend. ard which shows ve thetewe hawe vn idea of the re- spectability of that country. The Royal Charter. “On the application of Lord Gitford. V. C. who acted as man Friday to the Hon. Cecil J. Rhodes, at present premier of the Cane lof Good Hope colony in Africa, with the | | proverbial title of the ‘Diamond King’ among the stock jobhers and London guinea pigs, a royal charter was obtained on October 29, 1889. This royal charter in- trusted the above compeny with the de- velopment of the extensive regions lying | ance with the plans previously arranged by the king in council. The native law in Mat- abill land provides that no warrior or sol- dier can marry until he has first obtained the king’s permission through the petty chief commandiag his regiment, and no such permission ts at any time given by the king until the warrior or soldier in Question has distinguished himself on the | field of battle. After a big war it is invari- ably the custom for the king to give per- mission for a whole regiment to marry, | that ts providing that they have captured ;@ suflicient number of women and cattle during the campaign, for whith permis- sion the warriors always pay a tribute to the king In cattle. The native law further provides that the subject in Matabililand has actually no individuality; all and every- thing he possesses—wives, land and cattle— belong to the king, and can be confiscated in the event of a misdemeanor or any se- rious crime on the part of the subject, The Matabill as a nation regard the possession of wives and cattle as their wealth, and although the native law is very stringent and the subject ‘s no individuality, yet the desire for women and cattle is so great among them that they are always ready and eager for war. A war to the Matabiii tribute to t 1 he Matabill king, and were al- ve In peace; but ever since the ded by the Matabill been great hatred and ill- ting between the two nations, ount of the Mashonas con- ves the natural owners of i feeling aggrieved at the ‘aids on the catu and the wo- men by the Matabill, on account of which a perpetual system of faction fights be- tween the two parties has been going on sr since the invasion of the country. ‘Matabililand in itself is unquestionably ved to territory in the whole of southern Africa. | The country is very fertile and on the high watershed extremely healthy. It is the rica, having the most luxuriant grass and water, and the climate stands second to none for health in Africa. The country abounds in wild beasts antelope of every possible description. It is, indeed, the happy hunting ground of the sports- man, and, above all things, the El Dorado of the proverbial gold miner, as the country scription. very industrious. They are the great black gold, copper, iron and cotton workers among the African tribes, being very in- genious in the manufacturing of these ar- ticles. They are as a nation very civil and hospitable to white people, always regard- ing a white man as their superior. I regret exceedingly that I cannot say this for the Matabili as a nation. King Lobengula. “The king of the Matabili nation ts a genial old black philosopher, very hos- pitable and obliging to white people, and at all times courteous and ready to do a good turn. And in the words of the inimitable M: Rudd, I may say ‘Not so black as he is painted.’ Lobengula as a soldier and a chieftain in his nation has distinguished himself in his younger days, to the sur- prise and admiration of the Matabill na- tion, ant his kind hospitality and generous espectfi! consideration of all white people. ® many other native kir warlike nation nda ric through the instrumental- venturers, who have subjected hia to the indignation of his tribe and brought upon them as a nrtion a war which cannot pos- sibly be ended until some considerable blood- shed has taken placa and imperial g; the present dimer Afriea Comnany stances wh ‘Tnment wire pullers in Y are ‘The British South The actual circum- which have led to the present war of a number of weare in rarions ) syndicates endeavoring to oh- om Kine Lobeneula ana the Matahill nation. These concessions were for the mineral rights of Mashona- land, ehiefty for the nurnoses of gold min- ing. The first concession that was given some years ago for a mere bagatelle to Mr. Bayne. a conferce of the {ustrious Dr. Livingstone, was sold to an English mem- Ly, tata erncenntnn cattle grazing country in the whole | 1s fabulously rich in minerals of every de- | The Mashonas as a nation are | . | minerals in certain localities defined in the | ture entitle him to the most cordial and | y and covetons parcel of ad- | The chief movers | Ito the south of the Zambezi river, known es Mashonaland and Matabililand, which had been proclaimed British territory on , the strength of the fraudulent concession | referred to. It was alleged among cther | things that a satisfactory understanding |had been come to with King Lobengula. ; The public was asked to subscribe to the [shares of this company, not because the ,company had a bora fide and legitimate |right in the concession, but because they | {had an ornamental board of directors as follows: “Chairman. the Duke of Abercorn, K G.: {to Queen Victoria's daughter). Directors, | Lord Gifford, V.C., Alfred Beit, Albert Gr-y, | Cecil J. Rhodes, George Cawston and Sir Horace Farquhar, bart. “A pioneer force under Col. Pennefather | Was dispatched from Kimberly diamond | flelds, South Africa, on September 12, 1890, | which reached the vicinity of Mount Hamp- den and there established a fort called Fort | Salisbury, the present so-called capital of Mashonaland. British Diplomacy. “During the whole of this time King Lo- bengla and the Matabili nation protested against the outrageous proceedings and the | encroachments on their country by the con-| cessioners. The Matabili king sent two en- voys to London, where they were allowed | the privilege of looking at her most gracious majesty, the queen. They delivered the mes- | sage from the Matabill nation, protesting against the proceedings of “The British | South Africa Company,’ and pointed cut to Lord Salisbury and’her majesty’s re- sponsible ministers that the concession | given to Mr. Rudd and his conferees was merely for the purposes of working for | Mashonaland concession. The agreement, | or concession, was produced by the prime! minister of England and the envoys pointed | out to him that the words in the concession | stating that the country had been ceded in | consideration of the rental and the payment of certain arms and ammunition was a dia- | bolical forgery; but they received no re-| vere coaxed and were taken | ‘n of by the English | ebony oy = board of di- rectors ai vere assured that everything | | would be ail right; that the British arse | ment would be responsible; that the com- | pany was nominally under a royal charter, and that they would be responsible to her majesty’s government for the fulfillment of | the agreement, or concession. They were | instructed to convey to King Lobengula her | majesty’s most cordial wishes and that she would protect and defend the Matabill na- | tion from any encroachments whatsoever. | While the envoys were negotiating in En, land ‘The British South Africa Company | took forcible military possession of Mata- bililand, establishing a government super- \ vised by an edmintstrator, with courts, magistrates and commissioners for the va- | rious districts into which they had divided is welcome news; it means women, cattle and booty of every possible description, After they once get permission to marry they are allowed to marry as many wives as they like. The female children when of age are sold for cattle by the parents in accordance with the old Zulu system, and the marriage system is precisely the same as that of the Zulus. “The actual fighting force of the Matabili nation as they exist at present is about 60,000 strong. This represents regiments properly organized according to the custom and usage of the country. The Matabili have in their possession about 15,000 guns, which are chiefly muzzle loaders and were originally obtained at Kimberly diamond fields in Griqualand West and from traders in about 1871, ‘72, '73 and '74. They are usu- ally good shots, as they have been equipped with these guns for about twenty years and have had lots of practice, as the coun- try is full of game, and their chief vocation outside of the military requirements is hunt- ing. They have been the terror of the sur- rounding tribes for a number of years on account of the continual raids made by the Matabili persistently on their opponents and neighbors.” —— + NEW STYLES —_—__— N SHIRTS, They Are Now Made to Put on Like a Cont. From the Clothier snd Furnisher. The most striking piece of news is that some of the fine furnishers are making underwear to order. The open-front under- shirt, that goes on like the coat shirt, is made in three lengths of sleeves; to the biceps, over the elbows and to the wrist. ‘The word “pants” finds a place in the new regime. Thus the misnomer, drawers, is disposed of. Drawers being a shortened edition of the old-time pantaloons, the ab- breviation of the word pantaloons naturally follows, and “pants” is the result. More- | over, it finds a suitable place for this de- rided phrase, and removes it safely from all future confounding with trousers. Un- der-trousers would never do! “Pants” it is! The coat shirts are being more generally worn. Those that button down the front— the only really feasible garment of the ilk a gentleman can get in and out of re- spectably. There {s an innovation in the form of a skirt that buttons around to the right side, along the waist line under the bosom, and down the side where the open- ing occurs. This is easily laundered and easily ironed. There are shirt waists made to order, to which the skirt is buttoned on the inner side, and the pants also attached to the | outer side waist buttons, the button holes | and buttons on both tallying, so that the nang of the trousers shall not be handi- capped as with the present suspender at- tachment. ‘The made-to-order shirt waists were more generally worn last summer than is gen- erally Known. With them the narrow belts were utilized merely for ornateness and bracing them around the waist; the waist buttons kept the remiss trousers in place, doing away with the suspenders, and securing a finish which did not require the wearing of the outing coat on the warmer days. There is a custom clothier in New York that makes the trousers fit about the waist so that braces are not needed. He has also taken orders for pants and undershirts. But the making of undershirts upon the new coat basis could be done by the fine furnisher when the shirts are ordered, and will add quite a surplus to the aggregate of sales. —-— +0 Beyond Hope. From Puck. “This,” said the attendant, as he led the way through the incurable ward, “is one of the worst cases we have. He was once a Newspaper man.” “But what is his hallucination?” asked the visitor anxiously. “He thinks he has money,” answered the attendant sadly. Some Difference. From Vogue. | the country under the royal charter. They |also published a pamphlet setting forth j ‘Mining regulations, No. 1 of 1890," In sec- | tion 4 of which they had the following stip- ulation: Clara—“Do you know, people are ac- tually beginning to call me an old maid.” Maude—“You mean that you are just be- winning to hear them.” Secretary Smith’s Big Catch. Wormley’s, and he had at this time the en- tire upper floor, embracing three bed rooms. On the morning following the first night went to Wormley and complained of t dogs which kept him awake. “I can fix that, said Wormley, and the next di were taken away. On the day following Hewitt said he was kept awake by the yowling of the cats. Mr. Wormley replied: “The cats are harder to get rid of than the dogs, but I will see what I can do to get rif of them.” The third night Hewitt came down more disgusted than ever and said he had failed to get sleep because of the noise made by the birds. mley hereupon threw up his hands in despai “I don’t know what I can do, Mr. Hewitt,” said he. “You can poison dogs and you ‘can shoot cats, but the man has to get up early who Would kill all the sparrows and the larks.” Hewitt’s insomnia continued through the whole of his congressional career, afid 1 think he carried it back to New York with im. Get Sleep From Exercise. A number of prominent men get sleep from exercise. Secretary Smith keeps his | System in order by a horseback ride every day. Joseph G.Cannon takes a gallop into the country three times a week and Henry Cabot Lodge spends a part of each day in the saddle. Some of the greatest horse lovers in the United States became in- terested in horse flesh through their de- Sires to get away from their work. This Was the case with the late Senator Stan- ford. He had been working day and night on the Pacific railroad scheme when he began to break down. He lost his ap- tite, failed to sleep and his doctor told ‘im that he must throw up everything and | take a rest. He replied that he could not do it and the physician then advised him to buy a horse and drive several hours every day. He bought the best team he could find and as he drove them he became interested in them and his mind went from the building of railroads to the speeding of horses. He studied the horse and for- mulated a new theory for horse breeding. In order to support it he had his famous photographs made of the horse in motion, the taking and publishing of which cost him over $40,000. Throughout the remain- der of his life he got his best rest when he was working with his horses. and his stock farm when he died was worth millions. How Robert Bonner Secured Health. It was the same with Robert Bonner, the proprietor of the New York Ledger, and the owner of Dexter, Maud S. and Sunol. In 1856 Bonner, who began life as an office boy, and who up to that time had worked without cessation began to fail in health. He could not sleep and his meals did not agree with him. One day his family phy- siclan came into his office and said, “Rob- ert I want your check for $375." “What for?” said Bonner. “I have got a horse for you,” replied the physician, “‘and I want you to drive him. You are making a lot of money, but it will be of no good to you if you can't live and enjoy it, and your only salvation is to get into the open air for a part of every day.”’ Well, Bonner gave the man the check and got the horse. He began to speed him and tried in his drives to pass such men as John Harper of Harper Brothers and Com- modore Vanderbilt, who were taking the same medicine. He soun became interested in horse flesh and bought a team for $2,000 which trotted a mile in 2:38. This was con- \\ a) Enjoying a Game of Cards. sidered very fast in those days, but Bon- ner went on buying from year to year un- til one day he paid $40,000 for the mare Po- cahontas, which was the highest price up to that time ever paid for a horse. Poca- hontas went in 2:17, and a year later Bon- ner gave $40,00 more for Dexter. He after- ward pail the same amount to Vander- bilt for Mand S., and it is said that the price he paid Stanford for Sunol was more than a hundred thousand dollars. All to- | gether he has spent in the neighborhood of half a million of dollars for horses and his chief pleasure in his old age is said to be driving. his rest from his horses. He keeps a good stud and he used to get up at 5 a.m. and speed his team for an hour before break- fast. The late millionaire Congressman Scott of Pennsylvania eased his brain with horse breeding snd Don Cameron woos the y the dogs | John Rockefeller gets much of | brought in three trout at a time. Vice President Hendricks once told me that he had pulled in four fish at once on one line one time on the Atlantic coast. The big fish stories that you can hear in the cloak rooms of the Capitol ere more wonderful than the tales of Munchausen. Seratcr Aldrich will tell you of the wonderfal tar- pon which he has caught in Jiorida. Senator Frye will describe his cabin in the Maine woods which he supplies with trout from the lakes and streams, and Platt of Connecticut will go into ecstasies over the delights of salmon fishing. Senator Quay is a good fisherman in all branches of the piscatorial art ahd Sherman has caught |bass and white fish. One of the greatest Sportsmen who ever came to the Senate was John Kenna of West Virginia. When he went eway from work it was to rest his brain in the West Virginia mountaius. He [always took a camera with him und he illustrated his stories with photographs. He had thousands of snap shots taken in all parts of the woods near his home and for some time before his death he was <on- templating the publication of a pook cf hunting adventures such as he thought would be popular with the boys of the country. Every one knows how fond Presi- dent Cleveland is of fishing and how he is able to get away from himself when he has a fishing pole in his hands. lt was the same with President Arthur and also with Andrew Jackson. Jackson used to go down to Fort Monroe and spend a week at a time on the old fort known as the Rip Raps fishing. He was fond of horse raciug and cock fighting and he eased his brain by get- ung entirely away from his work. Dat iel Webster composed many of his speeches ccm peng — some of the best sen- in his speech against Haynes were while he had a rod in his hands. Hunting on the Potomac. Quite a number of the Senators and big officials go down the Potomac to fish and dent Harrison shot during one of his tion jaunts. Vest and Vance often go out to shoot reed birds during the season, and one of the best stories told in the cloak rooms this fall was of a hunting excursion justice of the Supreme Court, and the late Senator Beck of Kentucky took a few years ago. It was during the Christmas holidays, and Beck, Vance and Jackson wanted Vest to go with them to shoot ducks. Vest objected, saying he didn’t pro- pose to get his feet wet to his waistband all day and come home without a single Senator Vest eat at one sitting every canvas back you kill.” “All right,” replied Vance and th others, “we will keep you to your bargain.” “I will stick to my word,” said Vest, and the trio of United States Senators started off. Well, the hunters had a streak of luck. Howell splendid shot, Vance knows how to handle a gun and Beck killed his share. They j brought back a hundred ducks, mostly canvas backs, sixty snipe and two geese. | They put the canvas backs in a pile and sent for Vest. His white hair stood on end as he thought of the idea of eating 10) ducks at one meal, and his little fat round stom- ach perceptibly shrank. He got out of the matter by setting up a champagne supper to the crowd, and a part of this supper was a Mmited number of the canvas backs which the Senators killed. As to the exact number of the ducks there is no certified fact, the number above given is on the au- thority of one of the Senators who did the | shooting. Senators With Fads. A large number of our public men find their rest in a change of work. Some of them take no vacations to speak of and sel- dom go out of the city. Not a few have fads by which to rest their brains, Senator Davis gets his rest by reading the classics and by throwing himself into French novels. During the past campaign he read half a ; dozen biographical and historical works and he is now re-reading his Virgil. One of his most restful studies is Napoleon Bonaparte. | He buys ali he can find concerning him and } he bas more than 0 volumes about the great Napoleon. He believes in hot baths sieep. He says that the best rest for an overworked brain is a change of in jectual diet. Allen G. Thurman read French novels to rest his brain while he was in the Sen- ate and he varied this by mathematical problems. Senator | Hoar American history. Ex-Congressman 5. hunt. You remember the hog that Presi-| ca- | which Senator Vance, Howell Jackson, now | duck. “You fellows go ahead,” said he, | “and leave me here, and I will promise to | Jackson proved himself a | before going to bed as a good thing for, working out | rests himself by looking up questions of | next to you humming his V. | Vogue. in delirium concerning office seekers. Gen. Garfield was fond of base bali and he often attended the games here. George W: ton was a noted jumper in his day, and when he was a young man, taking a walk up the Potomac, he stopped at a plantation ere there was a jumping match. As the tory goes, the prize for the best jumper was to be the beautiful daughter of the planter. Washington entered the match and much to the disgust of the young lady jhe distanced her lover by full ten inches. | Noting the black looks on the girl's fece and the disappointed appearance of every one as to the result, he withdrew his claim and the real lover, who up to that time hed never had his equal as a jumper in thi part of the country, got back his sweet: heart. FRANK G. CARPENTER. co PASSED HER LIFE AS A MAN. na Jorgensen’s Queer Career as Soldier and Bushman. From the Westminster Gazette. Australia is fertile in senyations. The latest—a case of disguised sex—is that of Private Jorgensen, late of the Victorian Rifles. Though passing for twenty years under the name of Jack Jorzensen, her real name was Johanna Marguerita Jorgensen. Her career has been of a most extraordi- nary character. When a pretty girl of stx- teen, according to her sister's account, she received a sad disfigurement by @ kick on the nose and one of her cyes by a horse. | Jorgensen herself accounted for her ée- | formity by declaring that she received her injuries in the Schieswig-Holstein war, in which she had fought on the side of Ger- |many. She showed a medal which she had received for service in the field, and claimed to have received special commen- ; dation in connection with the wound she ustained. Whichever story be correct, it is clear | She commenced her extraordinary career of masquerading as a man nearly a quar ter of a century ago, and, | likely circumstances, prese: the secret of her sex throughout shat period. Some twenty years ago she appeared in the Run- nymede district of Victoria, dressed as = bushman, and selected @ ‘block of land which she commenced to farm. She, how- ever, did not uttend very ussiduously to her country duties, but employed men to clear and fence her selection ¥: she wandered about the coloaies vering jrambling lectures and canvassing for an insurance company. The jatter found dt difficult to get rid of her unuil a threat of medical examination induced her to retire, One of her strangest excapades was to join the mounted rifies, where her extraor- |dinary appearance induced the command- j ing officer to mistake her for a Chinaman, | She made a good soldier, rode well, and exhibited a knowledge of military service which was in keeping with her story. She was 5 feet 7 inches in height, thick set, and strongly built, with a stubby mustache. She frequently rode through the strects of Melbourne, and on one occasion was se- lected to form part of the governor's es- cort, but the officer in command ordered her to stand out on account of her ex- traordinary appearance. ‘The better to sustain her character she often made love to girls, and once obtained the consent of a girl's father to marry her. She did not, howeve>, go quite so far as another Victorian celebrity of the same kind named De Lacy Evans, who worked a8 a miner in the deep claims at Bendigo | for years without her sex being discovered, and who was actually married three times in succession to as many womcn. Jorgen- ‘ ren was taken fl with rheumatism recent- ‘ly, but refused to allow a doctor to ex- amine her, though he prescribed for her. On her death a post mortem was end the secret of her sex was discovered. The affair has created an extraordinary sensation in the colonies. Oficer—“You'd better put yer friend in a* cab—he's got a terrible load on. Where'd be git it Cholly—""Miss ~ pane | wore an absinthe-green hat, a claret-color- ed dress, and chartreuse-yellow gioves—and poor Reggie is completely overcome by it!” ———___+ee—____ | One of the redeeming features of a Wag- | ner concert is that you can’t hear the mam accompaniment.—