Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1895, Page 16

16 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. ELECTRICITY WOMAN'S BUILDING. BUILDING. THE ART GALLERY, THE COTTON STATES About to Celebrate Their Progress at Atlanta. “PREPARATIONS FOR A GREAT SHOW Exhibits to Be Made From All Over the Globe. FUN ON “MIDWAY HEIGHTS” ———— ee Correspondence of The Evening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., September 12, 1895. HE COTTON states and interna- tional _—_ exposition, which will be one of the great industrial everts In the his- tory of the southern states, will be for- mally opeued on the 18th with an address by President Chas. A. Collier; after which the machin- ery will ve started by some member of President Cleveland's family by telegraph from Gray Gables. Congress has appropriated the sum of $250,000 for a government building and ex- hibit. The legislatures and leading com- mercial bodies of all the southern states have indorsed the enterprise, and a large number of southern states have erected state buildings. Good exhibits will be made by nearly all the other states. But even mere remarkable than the local and na- tional interest in the exposition is the at- tention it has attracted from foreign coun- President C. Collier. tries. Mexico makes a complete exhibit of her resources, and a picturesque Mexican village fias been built on the grounds of the exposition. Guatemala will also have a Guatemalan village, in addition to a fine eneral exhibit. Nicaragua, Honduras, * Venezuela and Colombia will also fill space. Cuba will Rave a fine exhibit of tobacco and other products of the island. Europe's Exhibits. The European exhibit comprises these: Great Pritain—Artistic pottery, electro- plate and silverware, cut crystals, Shef- field cutlery, Birmingham goods, Bradford woolens. and cloth, Coventry cycles, pi- nos, furniture, chemical products, terra cotta statuary, ship models and railway ap- plances, books, ete. France—Tapestries, rich @rawing room furniture, bronzes, lamps, statuary, uphol- atery, scientific and electrical appliances, Marine and mathematical instruments, Parisian novelties, jewelry and fancy _or- Raments, enamels. apparatu: 1 at Pas- teur Institute for the di nd treat~ Vice Vresident Hemphill and ond Vice President Cabant ment of bacteria and bacilli, soaps, wines and liquors. Germany—Pianos, artistic majolica, Dres- perfumery, @en china and glassware, cut stones, new Pkoto paintings and scientific apparatus and piiances, Italy—Most impertant and beautiful col- lection of marble statuary, carved and ar- tistic furniture of all descriptions, deco- rated panels and drawing room ornaments, artistic bronzes, Roman and Florentine Mosaics, Venetian glassware, artistic ma- fotica aud ceramics, Neapolitan corals and tortoise shell ornaments, Roman cameos, artistie and high-class jewelry, tapestries, Cloth and cottcn fabrics, hats, bleycles and sewing machines, chemical and pharma- ¢eutical products, scholastic and scientific books and publications, and a great va- riety of exhibits in olive oil, wines and Hquors. um—Brussels lace. embroideries, Patent hand stitching machines, operative exhibits of glass engraving, fancy goods, chocolates, splees, ete. very important collection of . from one of the largest fur rs of St. Petersburg; also, a splen on of stuffed bears, seals and other animals, Russian silversmith work and enamels, carved weod and art fabrics, ete. A New “Midway There will be a lively Midway Plaisance, guly It will Re cailed "Midway Heights.” ‘There Is to be a Cairo street, and German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Indian vil- lages. Then there will be a big revolving Wheel, and no end of other novelties that will ma “Midway Helghts” en ex- ceptionally y place. The electric foun- tain wiil compare with that of the Chicago | sition, fhe water will ft will flow at the rate of 15,000 gal- a minute. One of the features of hisy interest will be the old liberty bell from Philadelphia. Besides the goverment building, the fol- Jowing bulldings have been erected: Manu- facturers and liberal arts, 216x370 feet; machinery, 100x500 feet; minerals and for- @:try, 40x220 feet; agriculture, 150x300 feet; eleciricity, 91x250 feet; transportation. 126x418 feet; women’s building, 110x220 tect; fine arts building, 100x215 feet; negro buflding, 100x300 feet. The buildings are rise 180 feet, | imposing, substantial and roomy, the de- Sigos being mostly Romanesque. The min- eral and forestry building is a handsome mosaic of all the woods to be found in the south. The horticultural building is espe- elally designed to make a complete ex- hibit of the flora of the south. Not the least Interesting feature of the exposition vill be the negro exhibit, which will show the best work of the negro race in every department of labor, and its progress in education and the industrial pursuits since the emancipation. The commissioners of this department are leadirg colored men of the various southern states. A gratifying fact in regard to the exposition is the way in which party lines are ignored in Sts management. Members of both the great political parties are on the executive com- mittee, and the secretary of the company is Gen. J. R. Lewis, an old Union soldier The Liberty Bell. and an active republican. Piedmont Park, two miles from the Union station, ts the site for the exposition. More than $500,000 has been expended on the site. Inland lakes twenty acres In area have been con- structed, and nearly all the biiidings nave a@ water frontage. A tnorough system of transportation to and from the park that will be adequate for the largest crowds has been devised. Electric launches and gendolas will furnish transportation on the exposition grounds. The City of Atlanta. Atlanta is admirably adapted for the holding of an exposition. It contains a population of about 100,000, and its citi- zens are intelligent and progressive. It is well lighted, and has an approved system of sewerage. The streets are well paved, and there are more than 109 miles of elec- tric street railways. Ten important rall- roads put the city in close touch with the rest of the country. Numerous conyen- tions will be held there during the expost- tion. .Among these will be a reunion of the confederate and Union soldiers. Among other events will be the National Irri- gation congress on North Carolina da: October 7; Farmers’ National congress, Oc- tober 10; Road Parliament, Women's Fed- eration of Clubs; Daughters of the Con- federacy, November 7. The cost of the exhibition will be about 000,000, a considerable share of which has been raised In Atlanta. The United States government appropriated $250,000 for its building, New York appropriated $25,000, Pennsylvania $38,000, and Massa- chusetts and other states have also made appropriations. At least $500,000 has been raised in Atlanta by subscription and other means. There have been fairs and bazaars innumerable for the purpose of raising money. Here are the officers of the exposition: President and director general—Charles ©. Collier. First vice president—W, A. Hemphill. Second vice president—H. H. Cabaniss. Third vice president—W. D. Grant. Executive committee—J. W. English, chairman; H. T. Inman, James R. Wy F. P. Rice, R. D. Spalding, 5. berlin, M. F. Amorous, Alex. W. Forrest Adair. Finance committee—S. M. Inman, chair- man; W. D. Grant, T. B. Neal, R. J. Lowry and H. M. Atkinson. ‘The president of the board of lady man- agers is Mrs. Joseph Thompson. — Written for The Evening Star. The_Old Flag. @ediicated to the genuine soldier.) ‘The shot upon Sumter aroused a great nation And sounded the knell of slavery’s cause; It echoed the hope of a new-found salvation— Rang out for liberty, loyalty, laws. The hosts of the North and the South marclied to battle And met with a crash ‘neath the light of the sun, Where loyalty suffered amid the death rattle And rout that pervaded their ranks at Bull Run. Cham- mith and While the star spangled banner, though tattered aad torn, = Went down in the blast of the first shock of war, It rose in its pride with the hearts that had sworn ‘To leave it intact, without stain, rift or scar. It waved in {ts glory at Shiloh and Vicksburg, Antietam, tle Wilderness, Gettysburg, too, And triumphed at last on the stream Appomattox; ‘The pride of the world—the Red, White and Blue. And pow, when the roar of war's fierce alarm Has ‘vanished away lke the death of a day, We'll pray that the Gods may still keep it from harm, To float o'er forever the Blue and the Gray. Hurrah for the heroes who fought ‘gainst each other, . Who honestly battled on land or on sea For home, love and honor, for sister or mother— ‘The warriors that battled with Grant and with Lee! . —JOHN A. JOYCE. ——— WAS A DIFFICULT GUEST. Charles Dickens’ Experience With. Hans Christian Andersen. From the New York Herald. When Dickens first met Hans Christian Andersen in a London drawing room he asked his fellow novelist to pay him a visit at Gadshill. The invitation was promptly accepted and the guest remained a long time. Upon many occasions during this very protracted visit Dickens found hfs patience put to the test by his new friend. In spite of Hans Christian’s many merits and good qualitles, his very marked pecu- lerities made Kim an exceedingly difficult person to entertain. He was extremely sentimental and emo- ticnal, and frequently, for no apparent rea- scn, would burst into a flood of womanish tears and rush away to his own room. A few days after his arrival he rang the bell and asked to see the eldest son of the house. ‘The eldest son was away, and when Dick- ens himself went to see what his guest de- sired he found that Andersen wished the eldest son to shave him, that being the cus- tem of his own country. Dickens explained that in the firet place young Charles was absent, and that, sec~ ordly, it would be an experiment fraught with danger for him to attempt the desired service, as, with the very best intentions, he would probably nearly decapitate his il- Ivstrious guest. Under these most untoward ciroumstances Hans Christian, weeping, betook himself to the nearest barber shop and had his beard attended to professionally. PREPARING FOR WAR Uncle Sam Takes Time by the Forelock. PLANNING BIG FORTS FOR THE COAST Lessons From Japan's Recent War With China. GREAI GUNS AND DYNAMITE Written for The Evening Star. N © SECRETS ARE preserved by this government so care- fully as those which relate to the plans for defending our coast cities in the event of war. The en- tire scheme of opera~ tions is outlined on paper in the office of the chief of engi- neers of the army, but no outsider could : Possibly get a peep at it! A system of submarine mines is therein provided for every important har- bor, and every weapon available is located, from a bomb-throwing mortar to a dyna~ mite gun. Here are all the details for the ccnstruction of the superb system of forti- fications which a few years hence will effi- ciently protect the shores of the United States against any foreign invader. The forts comprising this system will be wonders in their way. The modern type of fortification differs not less from the style of a quarter of a century ago than does a new steel warship from its obsolete Wooden prototype. It is no longer the fashion to construct big fortresses with mighty walls. Instead great guns are planted at considerable distances apart, as if each were in a little fort by itself. Each gigantic weapon is mounted upon what called a disappearing carriage. As quickly as it has been fired it is lowered beneath the level of the parapet, so that it is ex- posed only for a moment. Reloaded, it rises again to deliver its projectile, sinking out of sight as before, In Boston Harbor. Entering the harbor of Boston from the sea, the first thing that strikes the eye of the observer is a white glare on the surfsce of the masonry of a new fort on an island near the Boston light. This is a fine spec- iment of the modern type of fortification. There is a thickness of thirty feet of ma- sonry and a further thickness of thirty feet of earth for protection, both forming a plane sloping toward the shore. Any pro- Jectile striking would glance off; penetra- tion would be out of the question. Serious damage could hardly be inflicted rave by @ shell that might chance to burst imme- diately over the works. Behind the barrier described are the ‘huge steel rifies, each of which in a battle would be supported by half a dozen rapid-fire and machine guns, discharging a continuous shower of expio- sive shells. To damage badly such a structure it would be necessary actually to batter down the landscape, one might say. Its capture would seem to be almost out of the ques- tion. Suppose that one of the little forts composing the fortification were taken by an enemy. Immediately it would become a target for all of the guns of the other forts, and it could not be held. On the other hand, ships attacking from the sea would be plain marks. The harbor being all dotted over with buoys, the exact loca- tion of each of which would be plotted cn a chart in the fortrass, the range of each hostile vessel would be known precisely. All this, too, without considering the sub- marine mines, which could be exploded by’ pressing a button on shore whenever a ship happened to he over one of them. Mines of another kind would be arranged fe 0 off automatically when struck by a cel, A Large Force Necessary. Each big gun, with its rapid-fire and ma- chine auxiliaries, would require the ser- vices of from fifty to 100 men. The present plan is to afford additional protection to the men by means of so-called gun shields of steel. This tdea, however, is likely to be done away with, owing to lessons afford- ed in the recent war between China and Japan. In the great sea fight of the Yalu gun shields were repeatedly struck and penetrated with disastrous consequences, sie.ls bursting inside of them so as ‘to fill the inclosed space with flame and frag- ments. In the previous engagement of July 26, on board of the Tsi Yuen, a projectile tus burst and kiled seven men and wound. ed fourteen, disabling every person behind the shield. If there had been no shield, the shell would have gone clear and done no damage. In the same fight the conning tower of the Tsi Yuen was pierced, and the occupants were “shattered into a shapeless mass.” Such fs the account given by the Ameri- can, McGiffin, who commanded one of the Chinese battle ships at the Yalu. He says that during the latter part of this engage- ment there was an ominous silence in the military foretop of his vessel. A modern warship has masts not for sails, but to sup- pert elevated turrets from which machine guns are operated. In this case the foretop was not silent for lack of ammunition, but because a shell had entered through the steel wall and killed every one of the six men inside. Accordingly, military critics are now inclined to think that light steel protection is a failure. On the other hand, the recent war in eastern waters proved the great value of armor. The ten-inch conning tower of McGiffin’s ship at the Yalu was struck by such showers of pro- jectiles that he was almost deafened by the banging of them upon the steel walls from behind which he directed the movements of his vessel. Yet not one of them penetrated, and the fourteen-inch armor belt that pro- tected the vital parts of the man-of-war was practically uninjured. Solid Shot Abandoned. The use of solid shot in warfare has been practically given up. The projectile of to- day is a conical shell of steel, hollow, and sometimes loaded with powder so as to ex- piode, or by a time-fuse. 1t is wonderfully different from the shell of twenty-five years ago. In those days one could watch the projectile as it sailed through the air in a graceful curve, at length bursting. There was even time to get out of the way, under favorab e circumstances. But the new style of shell moves at the rate of a little over half a mile a second. On striking a metal target, its energy being transformed in- stantaneously into heat, it becomes red hot, and a flame is actually seen to burst forth from the point struck. Such a pro- jectile moves, one might say, in a straight ite and its impact at a distance of a mile seems almost simultaneous with the dis- charge of the gun. Such a shell, passing near a man, will tear his clothes off, merely from the wind- age. If it comes very near, though with- out hitting him, it will kiil him. He drops dead without a'sign of a wound. Whereas an old-style shell would burst into a few pieces, the modern projectile files into a myriad of small fragments, each of them moving with tremendous velocity. It may easily be imagined that half a dozen six- pound Hotchkiss shells finding thelr way {nto a vessel would scatter death and de- struction in every direction. Protective ar- mor, owing to its great welght, can be placed only over the ship's vitals—that ts to say, along the middle part of the hull near the water-line, so as to cover the ma- ckinery. in future battles gunners will direct their fire against the unarmored ends of an opposing vessel. Effective Firing of the Japanese. Commander McGiflin speaks of an ex- tremely effective method of gun fire adopt- ed by the Japanese at the Yalu fight. Every gun on board of a ship being aimed at an enemy’s vessel, the entire battery, Joined in one electric circuit, was fired by the press. ing of a key. The shock of so many pro- jectiles striking simultancously is fearful, and fires are started at once in many places by the exploding shells. But the most thrilling incident described by the American captain was where a Chinese ship, mortally wounded by a shot beneath the water line, dashed in desperation upon the foe with intent to ram. Immediately several Jap- anese vessels concentrated their fire upon her, and, just before she could reach the adversary that. was ht target, she plung- ed nose dowrward ints the depths of the sea, her screws revolyipg in the air as she disappeared. In case of war it ii likely that the old monitors would be of good service. Ope- rated under cover of forts and armed with high-power guns, they. would make first- class floating batteries. Their crews would be well protected inkide of the turrets. The turrets, ing the only parts above water, would be hardito hit. Hach vessel would be provided prabably with one mod- ern six-inch rifle, weighing eight tons. There are thirteen of<these monitors. four of 2,100 tons and nine-of 1,875 tons each. Six of them, which shave been rusting away. in the James. river, were ordered recently by Secretary Herbert to be taken to the League Island mavy yard, near Phil- adelphia, there to bei mestored to respecta- ble condition. They izve to be held ready for an emergency, being utilized meanwhile for training purpcses:. Their sides are full of dents made by shot and shell, ard to keep them in their ‘present stale has cost the government a great deal of money. Two of them cost originally $127,000 eac while the expense for building the remaii ing four was something over $625,000 each. Torpedo Boats. In the event of a conflict a great fleet of torpedo boats would be built. Their effec- tive work would be done at night. If such a craft can get close enougn to deliver a torpedo she can sink the biggest fron-clad that floats. So tremendous is the destruc- tive power of a little vessel of this type that her moral effec y be said to be her most important attribuie. At the same time,.if exposed for two minuics lo guu-fire she is as good as sunk. ‘Che sinal! torpedo boats, such as we would depend upon in war, could not cross ihe océxn, because they are too light to carry enough coal. This, of course, does not appiy to torpedo boats of the larger class, such as the Cush- ing and the Ericsson. ‘The “Ash” torpedoes fired from these boais are autorcbile. They are fired by a small powder the concussion starting a little eng:ue in the torpedo itself, which is run by compressed air and causes a propeller to revolve. Such a torpedo travels at the rate of thirty-two miles an hour—much faster than any ship, So that it is almost out of the quesiion to dodge. It carries nitro-glycerine or dyna- mite, exploding on impact or by # clock- work time fuse. The coast defenses of the United States are under the direction of the fortifications board, of which ‘the general of the army is chairman. The board meets once a month. It has one civilian mem! sally an ex- Congressman, who draws $5,01X) a year and has almost nothing to do. Congress appro- priates from $3,000,000 to 35,000,000 annually to be expended on fortifications. At Sandy Hook, for the protection of the harbor of New York, a good deal of work has been done, inciuding the pianting of a formid- able battery of mortars. Recent tests show that these mortars are able to throw pro- jectiles a distance of three miles with ‘suf- ficient accuracy to hit a ship. The shells are conical, contain high explosives, and burst on impact. © Their purpose is «: sion and not penetration, Such a proje describing a’ trajectory high in the air, is Intended to drop upon the deck of a ship. A Big Gun at Sandy Hook. Up to date only one great modern gun has been mounted at Sandy Hook—a 12- inch rifle. Two dynamite guns also, have been set up there. They are able to throw 60,000 pounds of dynamite three miles with accuracy, it is said, but as yet they are 1e- garded as experiments. Navy men say that they would be of no real use in war. Their accuracy is not to be relied on, and the flight of their projectiles 1s so slow that torpedo boats could easily dodge them. It is not diMfcult to get out of the way of an object as big as a hogshead tossed into the air. Furthermore, ships could with safety come near enough tg ‘batter the dynamite guns to pieces with. their rapid-fire guns. One dynamite gun is to be mounted soon at San Francisco. An army ordnance factory was establish- ed half a dozen years ago at Watervliet. It 1s now turning out twelve-inch and thir- teen-inch rifles for the coast defenses, and preparations are being made for the’ pro- Uuction of similar fifteen-inch guns. Up to date the largest rifles built in this country have been of thirteen-inch caliber. ne of these guns will be placed at Sandy Hook, while others ‘will be mounted at San Francisco and other coast cities. Mor- tar batteries also are being prepared for various points. Fort Monroe, which com- mands the harbor of Norfolk and the ap- proach to Washington, BAltimore and Rich- mond, is to have some big guns and a ba tery of mortars before long. This is the biggest single fortress in the world; Gibral- tar, of course, is a series of forts in tiers. Fort Monroe is obsoiete and would be cf little value for defensive purposes. Tho smallest of the high-power guns carried by a modern warship would knock her massive walls to pleces. Around Wasiington and Baltimore. Half a million doilars has been spent recently in preparing Fort Washington for the mounting of several twelve-inch rifles. This {s another obsolete structure, and has had no garrison for years. It is situated a short distance below the national capital and has a clear sight of twelve miles down the Potomac. It is believed that ample protection could be given to the river with mines and torpedoes. Anyway, no modern fleet could get beyond Fort Washington, the channel not being deep enough. For the protection of Baltimore no surveys have yet been made. Its sole defense, Fort McHenry, in the harbor, is an old amd useless structure. Great sums have been spent since the civil war on Fort Carroll, seven miles south of Baltimore, but ths money has been wasted, and this big ma- sonry fortress 1s not considered in the plans now entertained. A new fort is to be erected on the west shore of the b: but the location decided on is a secret as yet. Years, perhaps, will elapse before it is built. For the southern coast cities ittle has been Gone. Doubtless a formida- ble line of fortifications will ‘guard New Orleans a few years hence. Tho fortifications at Sandy Hook will be among the strongest In the world. Unt their batteries shall have been silenced no hostile fleet can bombard New York city. Taking the Atlantic, gulf and Pacific coasts together, and excluding Alaska, we have a total outer seaboard 5,558 miles in length— certainiy a great water front to protect. In the event of war, however, much for our defense might be expected from what the English have called our “infernal Yan- kee ingenuity. RENE BACHE. ————— Not Adapted for Carriages. From the American Machinist. It is not as generally understood as it should be, perhap., that bicycle wheels seldom or never are subjected to lateral strains. They need to resist only those strains which pass through their own plane, and in this plane only have they any sirength worth speaking of. This is worth remembering when the use of wheels of this type is being considered for three or four-wheeled vehicles, where the conditions are essentially different, and where, in turning corners rapidly, or In go- ing over ground that causes the vehicle to he inclined sideways, a very considerable lateral strain may be brought upon the wheels—a strain which the ordinary bi-, cyele wheel is, very properly, entirely un- fitted for. This 1s to be considered also in connectioa with devices for attaching two bicycles side by side.to make a duplex or four-wheeled muchipe of them. Neither the frame, the bearings nor the wheels of a properly constructed bicycie are adapted to such use without injury. —_———-+ee— —____ Lincoln's Log Cabin to Be Rebuilt, Lcoln Park, in Larue county, Ill., is to be made one of the most historic places in the south. Mr. A. W. Bpnnett, the owner, has wired Mr. Harvey Bingham to have built at once a log cabin Pn the old Lincoln farm exactly wherg st6od the cabin in which the martyred Fresident of the United States was born and spent many hours of his life. The cabin is to be built of the identical logs that were in the original cabin. Years ago, when the cabin was yet standing, unoccupied: by; any one, it was torn down, and the logs removed about a mile, and put into the house now occupied by Mr. John Davenport, who has sold his home to allow the erection of the Lincoln landmark. The logs are yet sound, and will be good for many years. Thousands will go from the G. A. R. encampment at Louis- ville to Lincoln Park and see the famous rebuilt cabin. ——_—__+e+_____ Says He Lighted Waxhington’s Cigars From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Louisiana claims the honor of having within her dominions the oldest_person now living in this country, If not in the world, in the person of George Brown, colored, a native of Virginia, who boasts of 131 years and of having acted as a servant to George Washington. He claims to have frequently blacked the boots of and lighted cigars for the father of his country. He has a certifi- cate from Ea Cronigan, his former master, certifying that he was born in 1764. THE STEPS OF A LADDER BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD. (Copyright, 1895, by S. 8. McClure.) ~She was pale and thin, but might have Been pleasing had she not been ghastly with the motion of the ship; for there had been quite a swell on from the hour we cast off, As it was, she lay back, indif- ferent te life or death or the receding world, and received as to the manner born the kindly attention of Mrs, Pridéaux, who kas crossed so often that she is as much at home at sea as on shore. “Who is she?’ I said to my sister, ob- serving her case. “My maid,Annis Beecher,” she answered; and she afterward told me she had engaged the young woman the week before, because she had shown a pretty knack in the ar- rangement of hair and the designing of gowns, the young woman having also de- clared that she did not know what sea- sickness was. She told the truth perhaps; she did not know at that time; she had evidently found out since. And Mrs, Pri- deaux, half compassionate and half amused, was by way of winning eternal gratitude, in seeing that the deck steward made the young woman confortable, and in not hap- pening to think of mentioning the relation between them. My sister had been visiting at a country house which some of our American friends, desiring to try English Ife, had taken for a few seasons, when she first came across the girl, Annis Beecher, the daughter of a laborer on the neighbor- ing estate of the Earl of Saverleigh, ill fed, scantily clothed, and running wild. The good housekeeper at the castle had presently sent for her to take some sub- ordinate position, and noting her aptitude had promoted her till.a chance brought her to the attention of the old countess; after which she was more or less about that personage, waiting on her and reading to her. She had been taught at the village school, and, quick to mark and heed, she soon acquainted and familiarized herself with the gentle movements, the low voices of the drawing room, and the observances of the table. Then her father had received some injury, I believe, and she had been obliged to leave these pleasant places and go hack to the cottage and care for him, feeling sharply, it may be, the contrast, the rough tore, the rude habit, the hard- ship, too, and the unloveliness of life. When A Solitary Indivdaal. he died another lady ruled at Saverleigh; and without a relative in the worid, with a heart aching with ambitions and desires, | and ith nothing before her but service, she had conceived the happy thought of procuring a reference from the old house- keer and had begged Mrs. Prideaux, Who was then visiting her friends again, when she -should join me at Southampton to let the service be Perhaps she thought that in over here, which gives all a chance, s would find her own. But certainly she couid then have had no idea of playing any other part in it then that of a skillful lady's maid, which was in itself a great step on the ladder of life for the young factotum of the housekeeper. It may have occurred to her, however, when in any interval of comparative ease, after she had been brought en deck, ‘she saw certain of the young girls gayly promenading with as much of theit war paint and feathers as wind and weather permitted, realized with her quick wit a difference ‘between their ways and manners and the exquisite breed- ing of the ladies at Saverleigh, had a sense of injustice in the Inequality of position, and felt @ sudden purpose spring within her soul. Owing to her very violent seasickness, she had had no opportunity of seeing me with my sister, and she had no idea that the solitary individual pacing up and. down the deck related to he> mistress. But at one time when the chip had given an unexpected lurch, I chanced to hinder her, limp and helpless, from fallirg out of her chair; and after that I now and then ad- dressed her a word with the freedom of fellow passengers, and hardly thought a change In my conduct worth while when I learned who she was, the more as I was something of a student of human nature, be it in maid or mistress. The young girls whom she was watching, when she could, often stopped and spoke with her. “It e dreadful to be so ill,” said one. “Oh!” she sighed in answer. “I could wish I had never left Saverleigh. Where ts that?” $ place, don’t you know.” “And you lived In an earl’s castle?” ; ‘We lived on the estate,” murmured An- nis. And then the other rearranged the ruge somewhat reverentially about the invalid who had something to do with an earl's castle, and tripped away. When she saw Annis again on deck among her wraps and pillows, this young person came to Inquire for her health, “I am “The head of the firm was with her.” afraid it 1s as much homesickness as sea- sickness,” she said. “I should be homesick, too, if I had lett a castle. We went over Warwick Castle just before we left. [stole a sheet of note paper—at least the man saw me take it, and I tipped him. Did you often go to the castle at—at Saverieigh?* Did you know the earl? My! And the countess? ‘An earl’s wife is a countess?” “The idea! And you left all that for the sake of seeing America?” “Fancy! said Annis Beecher, with an effort. ‘“‘And then it may be you left a beautiful home—and dear relatives—for the sake—of seeing Europe.” “Oh, girls!” cried the’ questioner, on re- turning to her compatriots. “She knows earls and countesses, and has left such a beautiful home as Saverleigh Castle for the sake of seeing America!” And Annis would have been deaf not to have heard the shrill sweet voice. When, a day or two afterward, I took a vacant ‘chair, and saw that it was beside her, and saw how wretchedly she looked, I said encouragingly, ‘‘We shall soon be in port now.” “Oh, it’s not that, indeed, sir. It's to think of the whole thing over again,” she sighed with languid seasick bitterness. She Came Aboard. “Weil, well, perhaps you won’t have it over. You may stay on this side and not go bome again.” “Not go home to Saverleigh, sir!” she ex- claimed. I noticed that something later she dropped the “sirs.’" “is Saverieign your home?" “Oh, certainly,” she said—which was true, but might have been misleading. However, we arrived in harbor shortly after this, and Mrs. Prideaux drove to her house, and I to my club. And having vari- ous affairs to arrange, some days slipped by before I went roynd to my sister's. I was hardly surprised to hear her say that Annis Beecher, as soon as she was suffi- cientiy restored, had manifested her eternal gratitude by announcing that she was go- ing into a dressmaking establishment con- nected with a great dry goods firm, where she had called, feeling quite sure of her ability and referring to Mrs. Prideaux, and that she had further declared that she knew Mrs. Prideaux would be no obstacle in the way of ner endeavor to mount anoth- er step on the ladder, that although she should repay the passage money that wouid rot repay Mrs. Prideaux's kindness, and meanwhile make no allusion whatever to her engagement as a maid. My sister rather enjoyed it, as somethi unusual, and occasionally went to the shop. more to watch the little drama than for arything else. But Miss Beecher always fitted her herself; and ‘t was evident that this especial attentioh paid her made Mrs. Prideaux a person of much more import- ance in the shop than her carriage and fcotman and all ner money could. M'ss Beecher was a wonderful fitter, my sister said dolefully, with an undoubted gift for her work. She had become rounded and wholesome and attractive; and she had in the course of the year’s de: ing and fit- lrg teen brought into close contact with so many fine ladies that she was now real- ly quite a fine lady herself. - It was a number of months after the passage mony had been repaid that, going over in the Gasconge, I saw Miss Beecher come aboard. She was escorted by a son of the head of the firm, which, I afterward learned, nad sent her over to se2 the styles ond to’ make purchases in Paris, her tal- ents having won her the opportunity. “Oh, no,” she was saying in reply to some question from the young man. “The house allows me but sixe weeks; and, with so much to do, it wil! not be possible for me to take in Saverleigh. And, beside,”—she hesitated, and buried her face in the roses she carried. “Ah, I see,” said the youth. “The earls and earlesses don’t approve of people who strike out in the world for themselves.” “Quite so. But the dear countess can neither approve nor disapprove now of what I do. Lady Saverle'gh died last win- with a downward giance at her gow I noticed then that M Beecher wore mourning, against which her armful of red roses was effective. “But Lor erleigh knows,” she went on, “that many of the the nobility and the coun- families," correcting herself in t! ‘quite ovr equals, are in trade. “And a very good thing for t From my co:gn of vantage I took a sur- vey of the young woman, for she afforded me an object lesson. Good living, ocd e>pectations, fine ambitions, the receipt of deference, the experience of pleasure, a vely hope, had all done well by her. She was tall and finely rounded, her clean, fair Engijsh skin and white teeth, her bright, abundant hair, and clearly cut features, gave her a rather decided beauty of a sort, quality, Im t “I looked over her shoulder.” and her appearance, while the long brown lashes swept the Velvety cheek, was quite charming. But when she lifted the lds, the bold and steady gaze of a pair of cold blue eyes took much of the charm away. The fact that the child of a village laborer, bred from nothing, accustomed to nothing, had such receptivity for much that aristo wealth, breeding, lorg descent, im~ plied, was an interesting feature in here2 ity. ‘Where and how hid the strain come in that made this possible? Could it be the mere circumstance of sex, of femininity, that rendered her superior to the clod from which she sprung? Or was she a spon- taneous instance of new departura? 1 wondered for a little In what way the ele- ment that gave her these capabilities came into her blood. She had evidently found her chance and improved it; she could have wasted no tim must have gone a great deal to the th: er, that picture and School of life; she must have read and reasoned, watched, observed and imitated; doubtless she could have passed an exami he ration on the heroines of the novels of fashionable life. And then, as she appear- ed no more during the passage, I forot her. I saw her, however, by accident, just before the allotted six weeks of her ab- sence ended; but it was in London, after all, and at the opera. She was not caring for the play, I judged, or the music; her whole attention was given to the boxes It was a night when royalty was in great evidence, and some one was with her po:nt- ing out the people-of importance. I felt that not the beauty of Eames, nor the majesty of the De Reszke, not the marvel- ous echo of Voi che sapete, but the pose of the princess, the droop of the eyelash of the Duchess of Leinster, the gentle hauteur of Lady Brooke, r. prance of the clothes of the professto uties and of the way they wore them, were what she would cerry away with her When I saw Miss Beecher was at home, and at the horse show--it was no longer the son of the head of the house, Lut the head of the house himself, who accompanied he faultless ed as her patrons, she w: brilliant and beaming. Rather sure th she was of an impeccable social morali according to her code, I regarded it on as a further step on her ladder. Goubt she was comparing the horses to the Saverletg! nd was not surprised again—she ppy L to overhear, as I passed round into an nd- it is quite broken up. Ours was a great hunting country, don't you know. But the stables are closed Lord Saverleigh is not living, you may have heard. The titles were in the male line and they have lapsed, and an Ame’ can has bought the castie. Fancy “Hard on you aow, I call that, companion. “It is sad; but it ts so;" she sighed. “I shall neyer see Saverleigh again. I couldn't bear to see tt, don’t you know.” And the filemaker began to jump. My sister showed me, shortly after this, a pretty trifle which Miss Reecher had brought her from Paris, where she now made the yearly trip for the establishment, joining box, sald her | Know Thyself. From the Era, Bradford, Pa. Too few people are acquainted with the rapit advance of medical science, and too many doctors are still plodding in the old paths. Once it comes to pass that people know themselves, that all wsicians are abreast of the world’s knowledge, ‘b of our suffering will come to an end. Medi- cal scientists are not delving Into the depths of knowledge for the mere beneftt of brother physi- clans, but for the benefit of the world. They place tn the hands of the well man a means of keeping well, in the hands of the sick a means of recovery. To the parent they give the power of saving the child. Science is working for you— will you accept the proffered help? Mrs. George Rowend, an estimable Indy who re- sides nt East Main street, has case to feel grateful toward the science of medicine One day recently a reporter, Jearping that Mre, Rowend had been greatly benefited by the use of a Dew medicine, interviewed her. She stated that she had been suffering with a female trouble for many years. She bad been doctored for the afl- nent for a long time—in fact, nearly all her Ufe— aud had never recefyed anything more than tem- Porary relief. During the last three years her | T had no | condition grew worse and was aggravated by an affection of the Lexrt. Her health was sa poor that she found it almost impossitle to perform her household duties. never believed in sald Mrs. Row an article in a proprietary medicines,"” “but one day last fall I read er which told of the cures effected vy Dr. ink Tills, and I de- elded to ter t Berore 1 wd taken the cont of one box I begin to feel better. The depressing weakness which had bothered me for so isany years began to disappear, and the action of the heart at once became stronger and more regu “I tok nine boxes of the pills and [ am now ~ feeling better than J have fer several years, A dmve unbounded faith In the medich Mrs. Rowend is steadity gaining in health and Strength and gives all the credit. for her restora- tion to health Paie Pe I to Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for . Williams’ Pink Pills contain all the elements rssary to give new Nfs and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by all druggists, or may be had by mail trom Dr. Williams’ Medicine ny, Schenectady, Ne ¥., for 50 cents per box, or six boxes for $2.50. and which she had begged Mrs. Prideaux to accept as a token of sensibility to kind- ness received since first coming to this vouutry, kindness which had made it pos- sible for her to rise on the ladder of life, and kindness which she now felt would never fail her. And then I heard no more of this young women till a year or so had passed, and I was called into a case in- volving an attempt to defraud the govern- poeat of duties on a quantity of costly lace. The firm employing Miss Beecher were the parties answerable to the charges, and I went to represent my sister; whom Miss Beecher had requested to certify her re- eee she having brought over the lace. Her distress was so evident, but her at- testations were so quiet and well-bred, that her innocence impressed young Van Benthuysen, who appeared for the govern- ment prosecutor. “I entered it as I thought I should. As I did last year,” she said, the blue eyes softened with their brimming tears. “How can I expect to know your constantly changing laws?” “In these days," said the head of the firm, “when many of the nobility of Eu- rope are bettering themselves in business, we have felt ourselves fortunate in hav- ing an English lady of Miss Beecher’s rank, and associations, and—and irth, at the head of our dress department. But it hardly seems to me that we spould expect the same familiarity with our customs laws as with laces and velvets, from one of the family of the Earl of Saverieigh.”” “This lady?" said Van Benthuysen. She bowed. “A member of the earl’s household,” she murmured half inaudibly, so that one heard only the word “earl” with distinctness. Then she raised her head haughtily—that was her innocence cf the smuggling—and looked at me, her cold eyes melting into something like a be- seeching smile—that was her appeal for ~ my silence. I have no class prejudices. But I plead a love of truth in general. Here, however, it did not seem as if the balance of the universe were to be disturbed. Perhaps if I had foreseen the future; but I am not. sure. A pretty woman in distress has a claim superior to some considerations of right and wrong, and nature enforces it. “My sister, Mrs.. Prideaux, has been a friend of Miss Beecher's for some years,” Isaid. “And I beg to assure you that it is quite impvrsible to consider this charge in relation to her. As the firm are ready to meet the demands of the government, I think you will be quite within the law, Van Benthuysen, if you accept their proposals.” “I will make such report,” said he. “And no one can regret more than myself the unpleasant duty that was forced upon me here.” And after a short conversation with us in general, and a few words in parti¢ular to Miss Beecher, he took himself and his Papers off. “2 fine fellow, young Van Benthuysen,”* said the head of the firm. “In training for Political life. Blood will tell—as I’m sure you make us feel, Miss Beecher. He is one cf the old Knickerbocker stock. His father, the general, fine upright old fellow, wes minister to the court of—concerned if I re- member just where. But he’s a millionaire times over, and he boasts that there's no tluer blood than his this side of Amster- dam. .But I reckon we can see him, and &° one better, eh, Miss Beecher?” A great bunch of orchids, of a species grown only in the Van Benthuysen’s orchid houses, that I saw on Miss Beecher's dress at a Philharmonic, attested possibly young — Van Benthuysen’s appreciation of this sangre azul of hers, a little later. Some one raid she had developed a quite sur- prising knowledge of orchids—orchids, she had sald, were a fad of the earl’s; and it was said that it was on a visit to these orchid houses that she met other members of the Van Benthuysen family. TI do not, however, know accurately any- thing about that. But in these days one ig Surprised at nothing. And so possibly I ought to have felt no astonishment \ hen in the course of a few months my sister, coming in from her carriage with Miss Cortlandt, opened a billet containing wed- ding cards. “The old simpleton!” she ex- claimed. “Think of it! General Van Ben- thuysen! Is it possible that he has mar- ried again? And to whom? Let me see—~ fiss Anne Beauchamp. Very aristocratio sound. I wonder who she is now. 2 Acs over iis Saye shoulder, “It is the way they spell Beeche ae I said. = ee “Why, haven't you heard?” cried Miss Cortlandt. “It isn’t half a bad thing, Brenton eays. People thought it was Van at first. But he isn’t in it. She hasn't any money—but then the old general has erough for two, with a moderate degree of ecoremy, you know. She is still young and very well-looking, dresses perfectly, Quite well connected, too. I hear the gen- eral will have her presented at the next drawing room after they go over, unle: they go first to Italy. She is a member oj the family of the Earl of Saverlaig! And neither I nor Mrs. Prideaux smiled. “Don't you think an impoverished and lcng-descended Italian prince would do well by himself if be married the very wealthy widow of an American general?” said my sister to me once, after reading her foreign mail. “A connegtion of the Eurl of Saverleigh has a cight to marry amorg princes. Our princess will not be tly an example of ground and lofty bling— ‘No; only of climbing a ladder into the ds,” I said. ‘Well, ycu cannot say my mald and I have not furnished you entertainment— very pretty petite comedie.” “Tf it is not rather that high tragedy which makes the angels weep,” I said. ——__+ e+ _____ Her Face Against It. From Tid-Rits. Ethei—‘‘What did you do when your fiance sald he was going to have his mustache shaved off Maude—"Oh, I set my face against it.” Tramping a bh rper’s Bazar. never io come here pe you will pardon me, madam, but it is the fault of my seeretary; he has neg- lected to strike your name from my calling list.”