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Mild AVlntcr Weather.
Trom 11ms Now York Tribune.
The' Canadian Weather Beview for
November, just received, affords littlo
comfort to the icemen, coal-dealers,
plumbers and others who have been
annoyed at the mildness of the winter
thus far. For more than three
months a wave of weather warmer
than usual has been crossing the con- j
tincnt. In September, which was a
period of nightly abnormal cold east
of the Mississippi, the temperature
over Southwestern British America,
and from Northeastern Montuiifv to (
Oregon and Washington Territory, I
was 2 dep. or H dec. higher than the
season called for. Two degrees look
likoa trifling" variation; but, continued
night and day for a month, it is tinus-1
ual and clearly discernible. By Oc-1
tobcr the warm tract had overspread
the whole Pacific coast of the United
States and most of the Bocky Mount
ains, the greatest excess over the nor
mal temperature being? deg. at Port
land, Ore, Meantime the weather from
Georgia to the St. Lawrence was be
tween 1 dug. and 8 deg. coldor than it
should have been. The sperial bul
letin of the Washington Weather
Bureau for November showed that the
warmth was- subsiding in Oregon,
t hough it had not entirely disappear
ed; that the most marked departure
from the normal was between thu
Hockies and Upper Mississippi, rang-1
ing from 5 deg. to 0 deg.; that the east
ern cold tract had gone; and that
slightly abnormal warmth extended
over the northern part of the United
Stales to New England. i
Dr. Carpniad's report for last month
shows that in Manitoba the tempera
ture averaged over 0 deg. above the
mean of previous Novembers, while
there was an excess of from 1 deg. to
I deg. in Uie regions thence eastward
to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. These
facts, in the light of certain pre
cedents, would' excite an expecta
tion of mild weather in the Lower Lako
region, North Atlantic Stales and New
England through December and Janu
ary; and, in spite of two or three cold
waves, that prospect has thus far
been realized. The average tempera
ture of New York, for instance, for the
last four wioks has been more than It
degrees above the normal for Decem
ber. Tii is persistent and unusual
warmth may subside without a fur
ther eastward movement of the wave;
and there is some reason to expect
that it will, oventunlly be followed by
abnormally cold weather. From the
littlo that is yet known of these weath
er areas of slow movement, however,
no great hope of a decided and lasting
change before February or March
would bo justified at present.
Tlic TjJiw of liOii Liifo;
Youth's Companion.
Nathan Allen, M. D., LL. D., has
given many years of study to physi
ological laws in their relation to m eat
social problems, lie has contributed
to the New England Medical Monthly
a suggestive paper on tho "Normal
Standard of Physiology." Thisstand
nrd, ho holds, consists in the perfect
balancoo all the organs ami their
harmonious working. lie compares
the body to a complicated machine,
so thoroughly and perfectly made that
tho friction comes equally on every
part, according to the design in its
construction. A change at any one
point destroys the balance, and thus
becomes the entering wedge of disease.
Hence, a perfect standard of health is
where every organ is perfect in struct
ure and function.
Such a. standard indicates the law
of longevity, as well as the law of
health. Long life must depend on the
harmonious working of a well-balanc-rd
organization. Hence, we find that
tho very aged are remarkable for ev
enness in their mental, moral and so
cial elemonts of character.
Hence, too, the classes specially
defective in body and mind are nota
bly short lived. Hesphatio-i, digestion,
circulation. auinilation and secretion
must bo otpially sustained. A failure
at one -point disturbs tho harmony of
tho whole.
The same principlo lies at the basis
of tho law of heredity. Tho long-lived
of to-day have had long-lived ances
tors, froui whom they have inherited
well-balanced oi nns.
On this general balancenlso depends
ihelaw of increase. I Ienec.a predomi
nance of tho nervo tissue lessens the
birth rote, and tends to th extinction
of tho family and the race. This is
illustrated in tho case of the European
nobility. It is as signally illustrated I
in New England. Within two or three 1
generations the birth-rnto of our na
tive population has diminished more
than onq-hulf. That of tho Irish,
English and German among us is
twice ns largo ns that of . tho "former.
Tho power to nurso offspring baa
oquaUy-aintinished. j
Gcoi-kc J21HottsIifc. i
"Sho was xeally one of tho most
sceptical, unusual creatures I over
know, and it was this sido of her char
acter which to liio was the most at
tractive. She told mo that it was
worth while toundertnkeall the labor
of learning French, if it resulted hi
nothing more than reading one nook
Rousseau's 'Confessions.' I can -ice
her now, with her hair over her should
ers, tho rahy chair half sideways to
tho.fire. her feet over tho arms and a
proof-in 'her hands, in that dark room
at the back of No. 142, and I confess
1 hardly recognized her in tho paged
of Mrs. Cross's on many accounts
most inUuresting volumes. I do hope
that in some future edition, or in !
some future work, the salt and spice '
will bo restored to tho records ol
George Eliot's entirely unconven
tional life. Asthe matternowstands,
bhc has not had full justice done to
her, and she has been removed from
tne daw the great and noble church,
if 1 may so call it of the Insurgents
to one mote genteel, but certainly not
eo interesting." Halo Whit'j in Lon
don Times. I
TlianooLWhittier recently remark-
ed to afriend: . "I think I was bi,T
with a'headadis."
Farm and Household
For tlio Uye of the Cook.
IjAriiANDnu Cakks. Or.o pint of
flour, 2 eggs well beaten, a tablespoon
ful of butter, a tcuspoonful of salt, n.
tablcspoonful of sugar. Pour into hot
pans.
Jenny Lisps. Two eggs, half cup
of butter, a tablcspoonful of sugar, 2
tcaspoonfuls of baking powder, a cup
of milk, .'$.1-2 cups. of flour. . Baku in
gem pans.
Birrrfiu.un.K Caki:. Ono cup of bilt
tennilk, tho same of sugar, one egg,
ono teaspoonful of saleratus and a
piece of butter size of an egg.
A Dei.icati: Cocoanut L-vyku-Cakk.
Is nuido by tho following recipe:
One-half cup of butter, two cups of
sugar, ono cup of milk, three and one
half cups of flour, threo tea-spoonfuls
of baking-powder and tho whites of
eight eggs; bako in jclly-cako pans.
For tho filling, one grated cocoanut.
three-quarters of a pound of sugar and
tho whites of three eggs. Beat the
whi; i of tho eggs to a stifT froth; then
beat in the sugar: put this between
the cakes, sprinklo a thick layer of
cocoanut over each, cover tho top and
sides with tho cocoanut and icing.
Potato Chips. Select largo pota
toes, peel them, slice them on a plnte
or cabbage cutter, which may bo pro
cured at any house-furnishing store,
throw the slices into ico water or veiy
cold water, and let them soak a while
to draw out the starch; then removo
to a clean towel and absorb all tho
water from them with tho towel,
throw them into a wire basket in hot
lard, keep tho slices separate, and
when a delicate yellow drain them
from the fat. Spread on brown paper,
to absorb tho fat, sprinklo them light
ly with salt and put in a dish. They
may bo eaten cold or hot, and are
good for many days, as a littlo while
in the oven will m.i.ko them as good as
new. In New York and Brooklyn
they havo been sold by the barrel.
Con.v Bukad "Into one pint of rich
buttermilk stir ono level teaspoonful
of soda, until it foams. Add tho well
beaten yolks of two eggs, then tho
white Southern corn meal, until the
mixture has tho proper consistency.
To this add two tablespoonfuls melted
lard and lastly the whites of 02gs well
beaten. Use iron muffin molds well
greased and heated. This recipe is for
hiuflins, but batter cakes can be made
in tho saino way, only make tho bat
ter quite thin and tako half as much
lard. The batter for muffins must bo
soft enough to drop nicely into tho
moulds, else tho bread will not be
light."
Note. Wo havo always found it a
good plan when using soda with sour
milk or but termilk to put it in tho
very last thing, and its fonniingraises
and lightens tlio whole mass.
KontunUy ltluo Grnns.
Probably no section of tho world is
more famous for its pastures than tho
blue grass region of Kentucky, and
many a horso reared upon these fer
tile meadows, has received tho admir
ation of thousands, for the combined
qualities of speed, beauty, and endur
ance. Tho grass which forms tho
basis of those great pasture grounds
is well known over a large portion of
the United States. That few grasses
are so well known is evidenced by the
popular names, green meadow grass,
June grass, common spear grass, and
others which have been applied to it.
This is ono of tho earliest of our grass
es, with a perennial creeping root,
erect, smooth, and round steins, linear,
flat leaves, and a spread ing.erect pan
icle. In color theplant isa light green,
tho spikelets often having a tinge ot
brownish purple. As beforo stated, it
is especially valuable for pasture, be
ing much relished by stock. For hay it
needs -to-bo outfit the timo of flower
ing, as afterward it soon dries up. As
a lawn grass it is most desirable, its
fine herbago making an excellent turf.
An eminent cattle breeder, writing
many years ago of tho value of this
species, said: Whoever has liniestono
land has blue grass; whoover has blue
Brass has tho basis of all agricultural
prosperity; and that man, if ho havo
not tho finest horses, cattle and sheep
has no ono to blumu but himself.
lllnckliorry unit lluxplierry Cimen.
Mr. J. C. Plumb reniindi readers of
Tho Western Farmer that last win
ter's experience warns us to protect
blackberry and raspberry canes. His
own practico is thus referred to:
"This is about tho last thing wo
usually do, first taking up nil super
fluous plants, cutting back all wo
would of tho fruiting cane in bpring,
and removing tho old wood. This
leaves about onohnlf ns much to
handle. Dig or plough away from tho
row and loosen theplant at tho roots,
so that tho bend will come entirely on
tho ropo liko and pliable roots. Lay
all one way and cover only enough to
hold them down on tho ground,' and
follow with a little mulch to shade tho
plant after thoground is frozen. That
magnificent berry, the Gregg blackcap,
last winter proved only holfhardy on
rich soil, and that also should ho got
down under tho unow line whero prac
ticable. Tho Cuthbert red will also do
much better with this treatment."
An Hmllage KxperlmenU
Professor L. Wotherell stated at the
recent dairy convention in Morrisburd,
Ontario, that Mr. Lnwrenco of Gro
ton, Mass., who makes fancy butter
for tho Boston market for which ho
gets seventy cents a pound from per
sons who buy to sell again, tried giv
ing a I jed of what ho considered nice
ensilage to his cows onco a day, with
out tho knowledge of tho purcnasers
of his butter in the city. For tho
first churning which ho sent after th
use o' ensilage began, the purchaser
returned thirty-five cents i pound,
frith the inquiry: "What is the mnt
:er with your butter?' Such exper
ences, taken in connection with .the
ecent action of the Swiss Milk Con
densing Company in reject ins wholly
milk from cows whoso rations include
msilngo, it must be confessed, tend to
insottlo the value of ensihigefor milch
:ows. Professor L. B. Arnold.
Frot Proof Cellar.
Mr. Henry Ives once advised read
ers to render cellars frost proof by tho
simple expedient of tilling all crevices
ibout doors and windows, and espe
cially under the sills, with mason's
roinnion lime mortar, such as is med
tor house wails, .lube, of Zin acted
an the excellent suggestion, and re
ports that he was surprised to find
now many small openings there were
through which cold air came in with a
.milling rush. These were perfectly
'topped, with the greatest care, and
lie never performed half a day's back-,
idling labor which gave more satis
faction, his tored fruit and vegetables
remaining absolutely secure during all
the severity of the winter, without
iny outside banking, or use of kero
sene lamps during coldest nights.
How rl Mioiil.l Vfosir TlnUr Sid it.
l)ri' Their Iliilr, mill So Ou.
Harper's Hiuar.
Girls 1 1 years old wear their skirts
long enough to come within two inch
es of their shoes; these of 10 years old
havo them reach to tho ankles. A
jood foundation skirt of alpaca is m
most dresses, and tho overskirt and
'ower skirt are draped upon this.
There is a pad bustle and a short
steel spring across the back breath in
many dresses, but these must bo very
mall or they will bo obtrtisivo and
ungraceful. Exl emely narrow and
very wide kilt plaits are used forgirl's
skirts; others have double plaits all
round, with one passing up to tho
belt on the left side over tho apron.
Full gathered back breadths, with
braided panels on tho sides and box
plaited fronts, are stylish skirts.
Largo buttons sometimes tako tho
place of braid on the panels. A wide
band of plush or of velvet, or many
rows of Hercules braid, are placed,
n round the pleated skirts of wool
dresses.
Girls of 10 wear their front hair
in r. short bang that may bo either
straight or waved, and their back hair
in a low Catagon loop, which is a thick
braid of threo tresses turned upward
to the nape of the neck and tied, there,
with a ribbon bow. The long hanging
Gretchen are again worn in either ono
or two plaits by girls from 10 years
upward; these are left unplaitedattho
ends, and are tied with ribbons above
the loose, fluffy ends. Flowing tresses
are less used than formerly, and when
worn by largo girls they are confined
by a ribbon at tho nape of tho neck,
instead of falling straight from the
frown. Snfnll children wear a short
bang that does not extend far on tho
sides, and tho hair then falls straight
down the sides and back onto the
neck; a tress on the top, jast back of
tho bangs is tied with ribbon to keep
it back, instead of usinga round comb.
Short cropped hair is also worn again,
and is commended, as it strengthens
and thickens tho hair.
Standing linen collars and gathered
linen frills are worn in tho neck and
wrists of misses' dresses, and also by
quite young girls, as their dresses are
now finished with a standing band.
For tho street a whito embroidered
muslin necktie is worn, tied in a vetv
largo bow. The large embroidered col
lars are still worn by small children.
lVomtwi Learning IIuxIiiokh Muthoilft.
Many ladies in Chicago keep bank
accounts and check against their de
posits for household and personal ex
penses, just as their husbands do in
their business. They can thus do
their shopping without tho bother of
carrying around .bills. One lady, who
has a regular allowance from her hus
band, a merchant, takes entire ehiirgo
of tho household, tho grounds, the
stable, everything. Sho watches the
domestic end of their a flairs as close
as her husband does tho busines end.
Sho issues her checks to pay tho ser
vants, tho stablemen, tho harness re
pairer, tho carriage maker, the grocer,
the butcher and everybody. Shoeven
takes charge of all homo improve
ments and pays tho painter, tho ma
son, thedecorator, tho carpenter, and
so on. There is a sortol crazo among
Chicago Indies for bank accounts and
-.heck-books.
r.irm Kspnrliicou
New varieties of fruits and vegeta
bles are to bo purchased with great
caution. A few instances may occur
in which ono finds an acquisition, but
tho prizes aro exceedingly rare ns com
pared with the disheartening blanks.
Let no ono bo misled by a high sound
ing name. Jumbo strawberries, scaly
bark, Mid Cuban green watermelons,
guaranteed to bear up u weight of
1,200 pounds; Ironclad, Boss, and
others, all equally worthless, havo
been put oil upon the public to tho
great disappointment of purchasers.
Now roses, new tomatoes, potatoes
by scores, all have been an ant deceiv
ers. It has been tho worst when a
farmer who crows largely for market
has been misled into plantinghis whole
crop with Homo now "promising" kinds
which have nothing but tho promises
of sellers to recommend them, and the
unhappy victims havo lose largely.
Tho on'y fcnfo way is to experiment in
a small way and test these vnrioties,
but a safe way is to keep to tho old
established kinds until something cer
tain is known of the now ones.
Of the now strawberries not one in
a score is worth planting. Crescent,
Milson, and Campion aro still at tho
head of tho list for ir.arkot purposes,
whero tho grower has rich, heavy Hoil
and will nivo the best culture, and
grow in hills two feet apart; Cumber
land, Soth Boyden, Charles Downing.
Colonel Chceney, and Kentucky will
ivo pleasure and profit. All others
are to be tried in a small way before
any largo venture is made. To this
list may bo added for domestic use
Sharpless and Miner's prolific.
Cuthbert Unspberry still stands nt
the lnnd of tho red varieties ami
Groiat the top of the list of black
kinds, while Kit tat inny.not withstand
ing its proclivity to rust, (but this
onlv when its culture is neglected,) is
tho best blackberry.
Another vaunted fraud is the Mam
moth Clover. It is coarse in the ex
treme; makes wretched-hay, and' is
only good for plow ing under. Alfalfa
is another deceiver, excepting on dry
arid soils, where red clover is all-sulli-cient.
and is the head of all tho ciass
of meadow forage plants.
A remarkable improvement in the
flavor and appearance of poultry
which has been fed in coops or pens
two weeks before killing has been no
ticed by thosewho havetriedtht'plan.
Clean corn and cold water havo been
found to bo the only requisites for
rapid and healthful fattening.
Apples which have been gathered by
ban 1 and carefully packed in bands
and stored in cooi, dry cellars or fruit
houses havo brought threo times the
pru-o of fruit which has been shaken
Iran the tree or ''nocked oil' by poles.
The rfilTerenco in value consists in the
longer keeping and the absence of dis
coloration by bruising. An almost
univf-sal experience is that the best
keeping Winter apples only aro profit
able. In fact, long-keeping quality is
the groat desideratum in everything in
the shape of fruit and, it may bo add
ed, dairy products as well.
Hepeatid warnings are necessary to
guard farmers against tho nefarious
designs of swindlers of various kinds
who go about seeking whom they mny
devour. At one of the fails tho great
burden of complaint was of these
rogues who depredate upon the public
in so many ways and with such allur
ing deceptions as to make victimsof
men who have tho reputation of being
shrewd and sharp. There is but one
way to escape, and this is to have no
dealings not oven parley with peo
ple who go around t o farmer's houses
to solicit business of any kind what
ever. A firm, emphatic no is tho only
relmfl these deceivers will submit vo.
Soaking seeds in solutions of various
fertilizing substances has often been
recomnit-nded as a valuable aid to
the earliest growth of the plants. Sev
eral patents havo been taken for en
veloping seeds in a coating of soluble
fertilizing matter, but this method has
had no advantago which has counter
balanced the cost of the process. A
German experimenter who has inves
tigated this matter finds no benefit to
accrue from the soaking of seeds in
any solution whatever; pure water
alone has given as good result nns any
solution which has been tried. Other
experiments have shown that soaking
the seed in water alone hastens the
germination oply sometimes, but not
always, and is thereforo of very
questionable utility. N. Y. Times..
On Hoard the "Alnlmnm."
One of the best known personages
along Brooklyn's wat er front is Charles
Wilson, or "Dutch Charley." He is a
river "speculator," and considers his
profession one that is wrongly estima
ted by outsiders, including tho police,
lie makes no secret of his business,
and explains it thus: "If 1 buy goods
from men on boord ship and pay
thorn good, hard, American money for
them, what right has a policeman to
interfere?" Wilson was for twenty
two months of the civil war on board
tho Confederatoprivateer "Alabama,"
and to a Union reporter he told a few
incidents of his lifu with Captain Sem
nies and how he came to enter his ser
vice. I wns an ablo seamen on board t lie
Boston ship "Pawnshop" sailing be
tween the East Indies and Liverpool.
This was in tho latter part of 1802,
and wo were on our return voyage
with a cargo of jute and linseed oil and
but a few days out. It was my look
out, and I sighted a ship's light ahead
to tho leeward. I informed the mate
and suggested to him that tho vessel
might bo tho "Alabama," and got
laughed at for my pains. I was re
lieved in a lew minutes, but mean
while tho bt ranger had hovo to, and
presently wo were hailed liko this:
"What ship is that?"
"The 'Pawnshop.'"
"Whero are you from?"
"Boston."
"All right; I'll send a boat over tc
you."
But tho Captain did not proposo tc
receive any boat from the "Alabama,"
for it was her, and wo crowded on al'
sail. Then they fired a gun at us,
which missed its mark, but mado tin
Captain think ho had better surrend
er.
Wo were nil taken aboard tho "Ala
bama," including our Captain ami lib
wife. Everything of value was taker
off tho "Pawnshop," and sho was sel
on lire. The poor old Captain ownec
a shnro in tho vcsnel, and In cried bit
terly when he saw her burning.
Most of tho crew joined that of tin
"Alabama," and those that did nol
wore pu, ashore at tho first hand
place. I did not want to bo dumped
off in a foreign laud, so I took ser
vico with him until wo got, tc
England. Once, when four Ameri
can cruisers had us penned up in e
little bay on the Chinese Coast, Sem
mes rigged up a counterfeit of tin
"Alabama" as sho was then rigged, ol
a bark, and while theenfiHcrs kept theii
eyes on her (the counterfeit's) light
we stole out in tho dark togged out ai
a full rigged ship. That was tho beaut)
of the "Alabama." You could nevei
tell what sho was. Sometimes elu
was a brig, and at others a bark.
"Somnies must have had a vuluabli
collecuons,of broils?"
"Well, yes. lie hnd more chronom
eters than you put in the Union's bus
incss office, and gold, silver, tools, fur
nituro and other Bluff. He was not i
bad fellow at all, but he did not nihil
deatroying property much."
tJl'll.tMNO UPON Till: SAND.
"TW well to won, 'tw ell to wed,
Kor ko the world dilution!)
Finn1 myrtle crow, anil roue blew.
Ami tiiorniiiK brought tin-mum.
Hut Imvo n rnro, yo .voum and fair;
l!o sure yo plitlio with truth;
Yte rrituin thut.vour love will wear
Hi'.vonil the ilnyn of youth.
For if ye a'uv not heart to honrt,
As wt'll ns hiinil to hnnil,
You'll tint! you've played the"umisepart"
Ami "built upon the hiiiuI.''
'Tin well to save, 'tin well to hnve
A cooilly store ot colli.
Ami hold enough of Htcilln; stuff
For charit.v in cold.
Hut place not till your hope ami trust
In what the deep mine lirini;s;
We cannot live on yellow dust
Unmixed with purer tilings.
Ami he who pili'MUp wealth alone
Will often have tti tttuml
ISeV.do hi foffet-fhent, tir.d own
'Tin "built, upon thu Hand."
'Tis good to speak in kindly Rtiise,
And soothe whute'er we can;
Forspeech should bind the human mind,
And love link man to man.
Hut Htny not at the gentle words;
Let deeds with language duull;
The one who pities starv ing hiids
Should sen tter crumbs as well.
The merry that is warm and true
Must lend a helping hand;
For those who talk yet tail to do,
Hut "build '..pontile sand."
Ki.iza Cook.
lnug:liter.s of Hoiiiiiizii Kings.
1 saw a newspaper paragraph tho
other day about Miss Jennie Flood,
the daughter of James C. Flood, one
of the partnurs of tho Nevada Bank, of
San Francisco, and ono of tho rich
men of the Pacific coast. It was nn ex
tract from a letter written from San
Francisco by a lady correspondent of
tho St. Louis 'Globe-Democrat who
was out to the Sandwich Islands last
summer, and who writes about society
at Washington every winter. Sho
said Miss Flood is a very plain and a
very economical young woman, and
intimated that it was a lucky thing
that young Ulysses Grant did iut
marry her. Sho is very stout, has a
round, red face and combs
her hair straight back from her fore
head. When Patti was in San Fran
cisco last winter Sho had a box
every night, and sat up in full and
somewhat painful view, and held u
her hand always a big bouquet, but
she was quite unmoved by tlio most
rapturousst rains of tho great Adeli
na, s voice and (lid not onco throw so
much as a single rose from her big
bouquet during the entire season.
This piece of gossip about Miss Flood
suggests some interesting facts about
the daughters of that very remarkable
group of men who suddenly made
enormous fortunes on tho Pacific
coast. A daughter of Mr. D. 0. Mills,
for a long time President of the Bank
of California, but now a resident of
New York, married Mr. Whitelaw
Beid. the editor and principal pro
prietor of the Now ork Tribune.
She has a distinguished husband and
is most happily situated in life. Ex
Gov. Leland "Stanford, who is in
Washington as a senator this winter,
had but ono child, and that wususon,
who died a short time ftgo in Italy.
He is now childless and will prob
able die so. An associate of his in the
Central Pacific railroad syndicate
wherein ho made his money was Mark
Hopkins, who went out to California
from Massachusetts in 1818. Iledied
six or seven years ago and left thirty
or forty millions. He never had any
children, but his widow, who got
at least 20,000,000 from his estate,
and who is ono of tho richest women
in tho world, had adopted a son and
afterwards married him to a relative
of hers. Tho young people now live
with her, and will, no doubt, inherit
tho bulk of her fortune. She is now
building a residence at Great Harring
ton, Mass.. her old home, that will
have cost when completed about $1,
000,000. As sho is 00 years old, this
splendid palace will probably bo on
joyed not so long and so much by her
as by her adopted son and his wife.
James C. Fair, w'.o, liko ex-Gov.
Sanford, is a senator at Washington,
hails from Nevada, but belongs to the
Pacific coast, tribe of rich men. lie
has no grown daughters, but a num
ber of children yet young in years.
He is divorced from ins wife, but had
his children with him in Washington
winter beforo last. John W. Mackay
has no daughters of his own, but tho
story of Miss Eve Mackay, his adopt
ed daughter, is well known. Sho u
counted t ie blest daughter of one of
Hie blest California millionaires, and
has made a match that is called illus
trious because her husband is Princo
Colonna. Two other daughters of
these rich men of tho Pacific coast
married foreigners. Ono was Miss
Sharon, daughter of ox-Senator Sha
ron, who recently died. She is now
Lady Heskoth, of England, and is
said to be most a lovely woman. It
was after she left California to live
abroad that her father became involv
ed in tho noNonio Sarah Althea Hill
scandal, which was, of course, a groat
humiliation to her, but which she
bore with becoming patience and for
titude. She was not in California af
ter that scandal fell upon tho public
and did not see her father in his
lastillness. Iledied aniostlonely nnd
uumourned death, having been almost
entirely deserted by both family and
friends. Beforo his daughter's mar
riage he was very fond of her, aud al
lowed -her every luxury that money
could provide. lie fitted up Belmont
for hor. the most beautiful country
neat in Ainorica, probably, west of
the Alleghanies. Jlor afllancea came
to San Francisco for her in tho finest
private yacht that over entered tho
Golden Gate, and as her friends bid
her adieu they said if there was ever a
clilid of fortune, sho was the ono.
Little did sho dream that the sky
would so soon be overcast with thu
cloud of scandal that darkened the
last days of her father. It is a fact
not generally known, perhaps, that
Lady Hesketh's husband first propos
ed to ft daughter of Charles Crocker,
who is as ridi as Stanford and who
vmwlehjsmonoy thesamoway. Ho was
rejected, mainly because Mr. Crocker,
a very plain and blunt gentleman, ob
jected. He told the ambitious young
toreigner one bright morning that ho
thought hisdungutcrcould fund a man
in America entirely good enough for
her. Perhnpsso. but shewent abroad
after all. She fell in love withayoung,
impecunious Englishman who went
out to San Francisco, and, Schilling
like went to serving ns conductor on
n street car. He was thus employed
when Miss Crocker inetandlovcdhim.
They were married secretly and lived
apart from the enraged millionaire,
father for two years. At tho end of
that time tho old gentleman gavo a
great feast at his house, and among
tho guests that wero thero was this
ttndntiful daughter and her English
husband. There was areconciliation.
The daughter was taken to Europe
by her father on a pleasure trip and
the devoted husband was given a lu
crative place in tho main office of tho
Central Pacific railroad. Miss Sharon,
Miss Crocker and Miss Mackay wero
therefore tho three California million
niregirls who married out of their own
country.
There was another marital incident
in thu Crocker family, of California,
that excited a good deal of comment
.t tho time and that is not yet for
gotten. Charles Crocker had a broth
er, now deceased, who wns Lno.wn as
Judge .1. B. Crocker, lie also mado a
fortune out of the Central Pacific bo
nanza, being chief counsel for theconi
pany. lie left, a widow and daughter.
Tho former is known to-day as one of
tho most charitable women on the
Pacific coast. She has endowed sov
eral worthy institutions, among them
being the Old Women's Home and tho
Indu trial School of Sacramento. Hoi
art gallery has been said to bo tho
largest and most complete in the
United States, and this she throws
open to the public twice a week,
charging a moderate admission fee,
which gods to a charitable fund. Tho
dnnghlor grqwup with every wish grat
ified, and was a true typo of the
free and independent young woman.
Sho was in tho habit of breaking
over a good many of theconvcnfional
rules of society, but was fair as a lily
and was never under tho suspicion of
wrongdoing. Sho was fond of driving
and other out-door sports, and could
niako herself interesting without .be
ing a bono of propriety. Sho wns at
last, however, unfortunate in ono of
her acquaintances, lie was a young
man who had no visible means of sup
port and was exposed by tho papers.
She took it to heart and wont over to
England and came back with a trous
seau, expecting to marry the man
whose acquaintance sho had formed
over there, but there wan a lawyer in
San Francisco, Porter Ashe, who had
long admired her. and her eyo had no
sooner fallen upon him thanshechang
ed her mind about tho Englishman,
and without her mother's knowledge
sho took Mr. Asho and tho trousseau
she had brought over from Worth
and went to a minister to bo
married. Thoy Btnrted on a. South
ern Pacific train to go on a wed
ing tour. It so happened that this
was thu very train that caught fuo on
tho Tahacliipo grade threo years ago,
and ou which so many people mob a
sudden and terrible death. Young
Asho and his brido wro in a drawing
room car, atid escaped unhurt through
a window, and tho first intimation
that tho young woman's mother had
of her marriage or her whereabouts,
for sho had married secretly, was from
a list of names in tho paper of thosu
who had been saved from tho awful
calamity. "Ono of tho saved was
"Mrs. Porter Ashe, nee Crocker." Mrs.
Crocker immediately telt graphed both
brido and bridegroom to conio homo,
which they did, and tho family seems
to havo been happy enough ever Hincc.
Asho, however, gave over tho practice
of law, and now makes himself quite
easy in life. IIu has one of the best
stables in California.
There aro other daughters of rich
Californians that aro eminently worth
writing about. The founder of thu
bank of California was Robert Tullant,
who died soino years ago worth eight
or ten millions. Ho served in tho
early days with D. O. Mills and Will
iam 0. Italston, but was not so much
known in tho East as either of these.
Ho left a widow and two daughters,
and both tho latter Misses Flora and
Jane are still unmarried. They are
worth i full million ft piece, and while
not beautiful, aro bright and interest
ing and independent. Thoy are Bo
hemian in their tastes, aud liko to
stroll through tho country, and row a
boat. Every summer they comoEast,
and spen 1 tho season at soino watering-place,
having generally their own
exclusive cirdo of congenial friends.
Their mother has a house at Oakland
ns well as in San Francisco. Miss
Lydia Woodworth, of San Francisco,
is probably tho handsomest ,of all
these daughtors of rich Californians.
Her father was Samuel Wood
worth, the son of tho poet who wrote
tho famous "Old Oaken Bucket." The
family went to California many years
ago, anil Samuel Woodworth made a
great deal of money. Ho died and left
a rich widow, who married a Lieuten
ant Donnison, of the United States Na
vy. Two or thi.ee years after tho mar
riage Dennisou went to tho Palace Ho
tel and blow out his brains, having
become mentally unbalanced. No
blamo over attached to Mm. Deunison,
who is a cultured and excellent lady.
Thero was ono son born of thissccond
marriage who is called Woodworth
Dennisou. A son by tho first marriage
is now a student at Harvard. Miss
Lydia Woodworth is worth at least
SftOO.OOO in hor own right, and is a
most attractive yourg lady, but asto
niarriago h understood to have inde
pendent ideas. She, like tho Misses
Tallant, and as for that nearly all the
California girls, is devoted to out
door sports, and rides a horso ani
handles nn oar with equal skill. Slu
con vault a fence with a certainty ofn
young Indian and with perfect modes
ty and innocence. In ban Francisco
sho is at tlio head of tho topmoat so
cial circle and is loved and respected
by a very large number o! friwius.
Sam Jones, the indefatigable revival
ist, has insured his life for $5,000,