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HERBERT AND CAROLATH ROMANTIC EPISODE IN YOUNG BISM ARK'S LIFE. WKD NONH OTHER THAN Il(lfCIS!( OAItOL.,TH. Tlielr First Love cpnrntctl br the "iron'' t'lniiii'ollor llciilul or Slorle strengthen tlio 'Ilicorj or m "fliirrlitiie. UK DENIAL, Y cable, the other dny of the proposed itlliiincu between tount Herbert His lnnrck and Lndv Kdith AVaid, the beautiful and ac complished dauph ter of l.udy Dud ley, and heiress to an immense for tune, recalls n fam ous love affair m which he once fig ure 1. The cable states furthermore, that Herbert I5is marry durinir the marck lifetime of his father. This state ment furnishes a link between the past and the present which lends additional interest to the roirantic story, which had its beginning' more than a decade ago. Prince Hismarck's power was then at its bight. Herbert had not yet ob tained any political prominence. His father had him in training for a career, it is true. He had been attached to the German embassies of various cities, and was at that time secretary of le gation at Uerlin. He was an unusually handsome young man of 30, very popu lar in society. Among the many who were attracted by the good looks and manly bearing of the Chancellor's son was a ladv whose beauty and fascination, as well as whose rank, gave her a position of great prominence at the court. She was the Princess t'arolath, born Coun tess Hatzfeldt of Trachenburg, Silesia. Hi, v 7 HcrVeTlMBismarcrC She came of a family of beautifu. women, almost every one of whom has . been the heroine of a romance or two. Sh- was many years her husband's junior; she was as lovely as a Hatzfeldt ought to be and as fascinating as any woman ever was. Her portrait, painted by Gustave Kichter, "the right," as he is called, to distinguish him from an inferior painter of the same name, shows a tall, lissom woman, witli clear cut, aristrocratic features, large, calm blue eyes, perfect a ins and hands, an imperial head, with inu'-ses of red-gold ringlets, shoulders like marble and the bearing of an empres-. The Princess ( arolath was ( years older than Herbert ltismarek, she was infinitely his superior mentally, she was already a wiie bilt nevertheless she fell madlv, hopelessly in love with him. What might have happened is a mat ter of conjecture. What did happen was the serious illness of the Princess, and a consequent interruption of the morning concerts at the palace. Kor a time the I rineess' life was despaired of, but she was iinnlly pron juneed con valescent, and was ordered to Nice to recover her strength. To Nice also went Herbert on ltismarck. Itoiii Mce at length came a letter to the prince, in which his wife confessed her love for louiit Herbert, who had offered to relinquish his career, to give up. if necessary, his family, his for tune, his country if she would get a divorce from her husband and marry him. A divorce is no' easily obtained by women in (!ermnny, therefore the princess prayed her husband to him self bring about the annulment of their marriage, (-he had never loved him and Mie did love young Bismarck. Elizabeth Uutyfeldt could brave public opinion, but she could not sacrifice her honor. Therefore she threw herself on her husband mercy and prayed for the freedom which she finally realized. It was agreed that a decent inter val should elapse before her marriago "TWcs (arol afb. with Count Herbert, and that after tlu event they fchould live abroad. Venice, tho cradle of romuiu-e mid home of d rim ins. wait (.elected by tho PrlueubH. Tho Muni hpud and tho day ct for their uittrriutfo wan lc than u woolc away. Tho Count wit oxpuoUul to urrlvo thut morning, utnl (ha PrlnttttM, roy ully urrwyud, wultod cwytirly for lliu mil ii for wliuiii kirn liuil murllkod pi luuuh, A courier from tlio umrt at will not Germany was announced. The Princess received him, and with a deadly chill at her heart took rom his hand u lottv ! as from fUe chancellor and it informed her that Count Herbert would not visit Venice while the Princes Carolath remained there. It further stated that Bismarck had reflected on the matter of his son's marriage and had concluded not to per mit it. He willed the young man to remain in t ermany: he had certain po litical ambitions 'for his son which would be materially in'erfered with if lie married a divorced woman. Mndam, the Princess I arolath, would therefore consider all connection with Count Herbert on Bismarck at an end. What agonies of outraged pride and wounded love, what bitterness of dis appointed hopei the beautiful woman suffered no human be ng can know. She bore herself witli perfect dignity, never betraying the leatHgn of the anguish which must have devoi red her night and day. Mie lived in her Venetian palace two years. hat fortitudes! What sublime scorn of fate! This romance of the nineteenth century, ltle Uudyard Kipling's "Light that Failed," has two endings, of which the reader may take his choice. One version is that when the Prin cess was in Ireland Lord Londonberry, who was Count Herbert's most inti mate friend, effected a meeting and a reconciliation between the lovers; that the Count visited her frequently thereafter, still continues to visit her in Dresden and will undoubtedly marry her as soon as his father dies. The fact that the young count re mains single strengthens the belief that there is a mutual understanding between him and the Princess. Some have asserted that thev are already married. In the meantime music, flowers, and her pretty daughter ap parently engage a'l the attention of the Princess theiutnre of his country engage that of the Count. A GAY LATHAKIO HE. A IVe;jro who Would llnvc .Man ted u V. S. Scuiiior'o Ditiightcr. Five years ago, or thereabouts, there arrived in Wasli ngton, I). C, a swell young man whose pleasing presence, suave manner and fair education soon frccuredfor him a situation in one of the big wholesale concerns of that city. He was handsome of face and had soft black eyes that could put on a dreamy stare, when their owner wanted to play that kind of a part. He dressed faultlessly and hud three or four changes for every day in tho week. He liked the ladies and they doted on him. One so equipped, though lacking a single letter of introduction or an hon ored namo. may enter, and if he pos sess the address and the wit he may in lime be eagerly sought after to purtake of the sweetest favors of the circle. There are many such instances m all great cities. Washington does not stand uuique in that respect and awakens at times to the knowledgo that her select society has admitted within her sacred precincts a person morcjtitto adorn a criminal's cage than a drawing room. Washington has had her share of such experiences and ho one has contributed more generously to it than young 15. Shepard White, whose talents are above icferred to. His arrest in Chicago the other day, on a charge of forgery, caused a flutter of excitement in Washington society. So practical had he I ecame in the art of love making that he managed to get engaged to three or four belles there, among them the daughter of a L nited States Senator. To make every thing worse for them his family history proves that lie is part negro. Will illiirrv n Murderer. Ed. Ncai, tho murderer of Allan ana Dorothy .lones, at Omaha, Neb., 'or which crime he will be executed 2W KD. NR. VI. J08EIMIINE CI.ARK. in October, is to be married in a fow days to a woman known as Josephine Clark, and the story of their wooing is uncqualed in the annals of life. Shortly after his arrest and return to Omaha, and after lie was confined in tho county jail, the wmian uppeured upon the scene. She talked with him through the bars and ort'ered words of encouragement both to the accused and his attorney. When the case was called each day she was an interested spectator, occu pying a frontseat within the bar and as near the prisoner as possible. After each session of tho court she followed him to the jail door, and after the cul prit was locked in his cell she would stand under the window for hours at a time, talking in a low tone, trying to cheer him. hen he was convicted she made fccveral efforiK to effect his escape, tho last discovered, which involved tho murder of all the ja 1 guards. A Lllllo Ctrl .tllhslii-;. Katie, tho l.Vyear-old daughter of Mrs. James Hutchinson, u widow of Columbus, Wis., left homo one morn ing last week before the family was up. Sho was teen on an east-bound truin on tho afternoon of tho sumo day, and that is the only trace her mother has of her child, although search has been made in all directions. Kittle was a uprightly child, small for her age, slight build, bright auburn hair, and pleatdint manners. Sho had been disappointed in not grading in school as she expected ami had experienced some other childish grievances. Wen- iicmiI on: James (inthi'iiK Mint and fatally wounded Joseph Neumann ut Puoria, JU.. tho othor night. Tho men had nruvlutuly ijiiuriolod in .Neumann's hu loon. Gut). emu wu badly Imuton mid wont homo vowing vunguun o. llu ro tumod witli a hliotgiiu. und entering by thu buck dour inul )iU vlytlin. lio nnjM Iho trJgtfwr, Hourly liluwliig Kuumunu hum! off. Tim viulliu U ubout 30 und iiiiinurrloil. UMliun U ubuut 81 una but u wlfo und nblld, THE P01TLAI. DA NANA. CUTTING THE FRUIT REVEALS THE OUTLINE OF A CROSS. Said to ( Ailain'H Apple Tree An Oft Disputed Oucstlon c'ultUnttmi or Mm Itanium How It Huh Lately Sprung Into I'avor. Girard, tho old English botanist, in refer ence to tho iMiuuun, says it is Adam's uplo tree, and that whichever way the fruit may bo cut tlio form of u cross may be seen in it. Again, tradition further asserts that in CVj lon, where, according to some, Paradise was situated, there exists a tremendous banana tree, tho fruit of w Inch when cut transverse ly, presents tho il,;uro of a man crucified; and local tradition asserts that from its huj leaves Adam and Eve niado garments for themselves. But whether Adam ato tho ba nana in the Garden of Eden or not must Ixs n matter of complete indifference to those who live iu the Nineteenth century; yet if the banana lo tho tree that produced the for bidden fruit that "tho woman saw was good for food, pleasant to tho eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wis.1," wo cannot bo surprised sho was tempted to eat it. At any rate tho description, to our mind, applies with especial force to tho luscious clusters of this popular fruit. Tho antiquity of tho banana is beyond dis pute. Pliny, anions other ancient scribes, undoubtedly scales of it under tho nanio of pala. After writing Uxn the properties of thu Indian ho bays: "There is another tree in India, still larger and oven more re markable for tho size wid sweetness of its fruit, tiKu which tho sages and gymnoso phists of India live." True, some authorities contend that this does not iu reality apply to tho banana at all, but to another kind of fruit; Upon tho face of it, however, with due respect to theso adverse und able opin ions, wo think wo uro safe in asserting that it doe). So much for fancy now for fact. AN OIT DISPUTED QUESTION. As I have previously stated, to refer to tho nniMi, or plantain tree, is tantamount, to opening tho oft disputed question as to whether it bo a native of southern Asia or of the Now world. It was generally considered as being a native of tho former until, as Do C'uiidollo states, Ilumholdt threw doubts upon its purely Asiatic origin, fortifying his contention by an apiieal to numerous writers who maintained that tho banana was culti vated in America before tho Conquest. Yet, oven this point may bo left in abeyance; and whether 1 incline to tho general belief that probably tho species was introduced by tho Spanish into San Domingo and Brazil or not, ono fact is clear that of lato years its popu larity for tho tablo has vustly increased, and if it possesses tho healthful properties attrib uted to it this is not to bo wondered at. With regard to their cultivation, wo thai that not only do they require tropical heat, but that, on tho other hand, no fruit is more suscepti ble to frost than tho banana, and oven in tho trojiies, says old Philip ilillcr, they are care fully cultivated by tho planters, who raise them in low. rich ground by tho side of gul lies, where they produce fruit most parts of tho year. 1 suppose it is now pretty well known that most of tho bananas aro raised iu tho West Indies, tho Island of Jamaica especially though thoy grow freely in all tropical lands. Tho tact of their cheapness hero shows that they must bo easily cultivated; and this is so, for oven tho wildest tribes in South America nnd eisowhero succeed well in raising thorn. In tho culture of this luscit. us fruit it is not too much to say that Nature seems to do all tho work herself, tho share necessary for man being almost nil, since ull tho labor needed in cultivating tho fruit consists ip setting out tho suckers that form tho trees, Nature being then left to do tho rest until tho time to cut tlio fruit arrives. This occurs within a year from planting, tho plant, or rather tho tree, by this tinio having reached a height of ten feet. Whero considerable intelligence is brought into re quisition the suckers aro set out regularly to mnko plantations, with tho trees ubout fif teen feet apart, something like our orchards. In caso irrigation is practicable (for tho plants do best iu a damp, cloggy soil) trenches are dug between tho rows for water. On tho other hand, tho plants are iu most cases planted about tho above distance, but, of course, as with our orchards, so witli our banana plantations. It is now admitted that thoy both thrive and succeed, and yield liest, too, if planted further apart than is custom ary at present. With tlio natives and others tho planting of tho suckers is dono with a primitive and ponderou:i hoo. KASY OF DIGESTION. Doubtless no fruit is nioro easy of digestion and so healthful as tho banana, it takes on an averago only ono hour and forty-flvo min utes' stay in tho digestive orguns, and is, I believe, tho only fruit in existence thut re quires such a short time to do so; oven rqo pears require nioro, nnd tho proverbial ripo strawberry takes ono hour longer. Hence, to tho epicure, tho above fruit, iu my opinion, offers esjcciul advantages, and when proicr ly rijio forms a delicacy that has fow equals. Liko that of tho tomato, tho enjoyment of tho banana arises, though not to such a great degree, from a purely acquired taste, besides which tho condition of tho fruit should bo studied, since, if uurijio or unsound, it is apt to bo found ruthcr nuuseous, but when eaten in good condition it is exceedingly palatable and rich. It is astonishing to find how rapidly, es pecially of lato years, tho banana has sprung into favor, hundreds of bunches of this pretty fruit being put on tlio markets day after duy through the season. Nutritious and healthful no wonder need Ikj expressed ut their increas ing popularity and consumption, and iu veri fication of tho hitter jKjhit wo simply refer to tho tradoiii bananas fromTcnerilfo, which shows that its oxortutioii lrom Grand Canary is considerably oil tlio hiereaso, and it is expected thut it will soon bocomo ono of tho principal exports, as direct communica tion between Grand Canary and London is established. During ono yeur from 40,000 to S0,000 clusters of this fruit wore shlpjxxl to Europe, averaging threo shillings icr cluster, Grand Canary ulono contributing between 2.1,000 and 150,000 clusters. According to ono authority, ono pound of tuuianas contains more nutriment than threo pounds of meal or us many xaiuds of jiota toes, while as a food it is in every bcnse sujienor to tho wheuten brcud. Although it grows simultaneously throughout tho tropics, when cultivated Its yield is prodigious, for an aero of ground pluntod with bananas will return as much food us thirty-three acres of wheat or over 1U0 acres if potatoes. It is not generally understood thut bananas fried, baked, or roustud uro very appetizing, and thut (diced and placed in a dUh with ulU.Tiiuto kliees of orange thoy uiuLo a mout dolicioiu diM'i t. In tho Wt Jodie, whom tlwy uro grown In profusion, a tdkowheru. thy uro iiiuuh imUshiuiI uk food, und, b uily obtutuul nearly ull tho yuurr thtiy uro Jiutly louUnd ujii u Mug a iu4 dainty by tltu iwtHu., tlto jfeihu. flubiiwrino llvr luiur umi lltu vlu,U1t ft-lt CHICAGO'S PHYSICAL PECULIARITY. Three Vlllcei tVlileli llnve rtoconie Cltle In Sli A Prophecy. Chicago tin a physical peculiarity that radically allects ltsocial condition, and pro Tents Its becoming homogeneous. It has one business center and three listinct residence parts, divided by tho brandling river Com munication tietween tho residence sections has to bo made through tho business city, nnd Is further hindered by tho bridge cross ings, which caiiMj irritating delays tho greater art of tho year Tho result is that threo villages grew up, now tieconio cities in size, and each with n peculiar character. The north side wusongttinlly tho more aris tocratic, and hiivlngfenerrailwni-sandaless occupied with business Inke front, was tho most agreeable ns a placoof residence, olwnys havtng the drawback of tho bridge crossings to tho business art. After tho great tiro building lots were cheaper there than on tho south side within reasonable distance of tho active city It has grown amazingly, and is beautified by tatly houses and tlnoarchitec ture, and would probably still bo called tho 1 more desirable place of resideneo. Hut tho souui sine mis mo great ail vantages easy access to the business center and to tho great southern park and pleasure grounds. This latter would decide many to live there, Tho vast west side, with its lumber yards and factories, it foreign settlements nnd Its Herniation outnuiutiering tho two other sec tions combined, is practically an unknown region bocially to tho uorth side and south side. Tho causes which produced threo villages surrounding a common business center will continue to operate. The west sido will con tinue to expand with cheap houses, or even elegant residences on the park nvonmra it is tho glory of Chicago that such a largo pro portion of its houses nro owned by their oc cupants, and that thero aro fow tenement rookeries, and even few gigantic apartment houses over a limitless pruirio, tho uorth sido will grow in increasing beauty about Lincoln park, and tho south sido will nioro and more gravitate with iniosing houses about tho attractive south parks. Thus tho two fashionable part of tho city, separated by live, eight mid ten miles, will develop a social litoot their own, about as distinct as Now York and Hrooklya It roniaius to bo seen which will call tho other "Hrooklyn." At present these divisions account for much of tho disorganization of social life, and pro vent that concentration which seems essen tial to the highest social development. Charles Dudley Warner iu Harper's Maga zine, Artlxt 1'rlor'n ruinous Cartoon. At Tamai, in the Egyptian campaign under Gen. Graham, Mr, Prior camo "within nn aco" of losing his life, "Tho gallant Forty bocoihI" having been ordered to chargo, opoued up a gap and advanced In doublo column. Tho brunt of tho Soudnnoso attack fell at onco on tho front of tho supporting Si.tty-tlfth. I'rior, who had been hard at work making sketches, ivus by this changoof front Intt fully exoscd to tho enemy's tiro, ami turned towards tho Suty-ilftli. Thoy wero nlroady i-etiring, pressed buck by tho momentum ot tho tnuatics' chargo. This left the correspondent in the open, and tho brown wnrriors made a rush for him. Thoy camo to within fifteen feet, almost overtsking him. As the foremost Arab launched his spear, it whizzed over Prior's shoulder and transfixed a soldier of tho Sixty-fifth immediately in his front i'rior fell Into his proxy's placo In tho fly ing ranks, and when tho rally was mudo tho native assault was easily repulsed. The column was reformed into n long lino and in their advnnco 4,000 fcjoudaneno wero killed and wounded. Tho rest lied. After the flurry Prior went to tho sceno of tho deadliest attack and began sketching this famous buttlelleld. Tho Hying enemy wero out of range and tho sand was strowa with savage corpses as ho thought Suddenly he heard a voico from the rear call out "Como out of that, Prior; we've just hud a man killed therol" Ho turned Within eight feet of him writhed tho bloody yet still supple form of a wounded Soudanese. There was a gleam of bloodthirstiness in tho fallen chief's eyes and of. triumph tit tho swilt vengeance ho already counted sure on ono ut least of the white in voders His stubbing sour, a short, heavy weapon with n broad doublo edged steel blado and an ironclad butt, was raised In his right band, ready lor the thrust ho would iu a mo ment bo near enough to mnko. Ono look was enough Prior "camo out of that" And then tho Ilritish soldiers wont over tho battlefield and shot every ono of tho wounded, as a means of self protection. This scene furnished for Tho Illustrated News Mr. Prior's famous cartoon "Killing tho Wounded," which excited so much fooling in London that a parliamentary investigation was hud Into tho Justification of such "cru elty "John Paul Uocock In Now York World. White Nullvm of Africa. Most people who hovo read Itider ITag gard's tale of tho greut whito race in Africa consider It the purest fiction, but such is not tho caso. South of Tiinhuctoo and north of Kong mountains. In tho western part of Africa, live tho Poolahs, tho whito tribo of tho Dark Continent This tribo has good feutures, a skull modeled like thut of a whito man, und a complexion aboutas dark as that of the Italians Thoy wero grout slavo trad ers in tho uld duyB, but thoy mudo a specialty of the finest grades of captives, und but few of thoir own uumler wero over transported. It is said thut u shipload of them was once landed on thu count of lxulslana, and that tbo Creoles, refusing to bclievo them darkies, sot them frco and hung tho slaves. These Fooluhx settled down In the marshes of Southern l-ouuinnu, and after a wiillo be came civilized, and in that trt of the state today you will llnd tall, dark, rather good looking white men who havoall the indolonco of tbo black African, who aro sometimes as florco as tbo Arab, and always hospitable and musical. Thoso people uro tho descendants of the Fooluhs. and their Muyflower was a slaver. 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The autv. ttanco and practical utility r( twenty ordinary Tohinir' ar comprltftl In ttifRft four, anil reptelft I the work tvUIi knnwIedRft of fry kind, no flllril la It "clli unrlul hlnta and hrlpfml KiitCKratlona, that c fully hellno that In etry home In nhlch It Khali flud In way It will mo mm to tr rfpr.l'l aa worth If a weight In aolJ, Fiir want of ace we can only briefly aumraar lr a ainall portion of thecontentiof thla gnat xrork, fnllnna ; CMoeif. Jtrn, ef InJIt, Afrls. Ma)ataearc Palfatlni. Icvlantl. Ilornro, Hiirntftli, th Mtadaleh Utaatias Hcrvla. KtfTtarl, Ttrttrj, Cvhmtr aal Tunlt. tha Aral, Turha, Wf ilotni, South Americans, Amtrletn IndUat. Bffi, tltoi. nlamrif. AbTilinlam, Nrw(ltna. Hntnltril. flwlia, Itllltai, (Irvtkf. Uuiiltoi, HlbtrUm, Afghani, rtrilaav Bloileml. AuHrillftm, Hulrlant, Sieillini, tie. ate. M AMTACTIIItKf . 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Intarrallrf and Inatiuetlta daacilptlona, tecompanlad bt llluatratlona, of tnimtroua boaaaa. blrda, rlabaa andlnatola, allbtnuoh aurlout IdIot tnatlon ra, uoV lug ibalr Ufa and bablta. LAW. Tnt Mammoth Crcternlla alao a eompltta law book, tolling taary man how ha may bt hla own UwTtr,aa4 containing full and canelat tiplanatlont of tht control laa andthoUwoaf tht aattralfltata upon all matlcra which ara aubjtottolllltatlon, witli nunitroua fornia of Irgal doouojtnta. MINING. Paioilrlloni to 1 lUnatrailona or tha mlnlof or gold, alltcr, dlamouda, aoal, tall, copper, load, line, Us aa qulekallttr. IVONIIKItN P THE SEA. ritroln art dtaarlhtd aa4 llluetrattd tht manr wondrrfuland boauttrnl thlnga found at tha ballon afthaoctan.lhtptanta.rlowtrt, thtlla, Bsbta, tta..llka wlat ptarl dlilog, (oral tithing , ale, ato. ftTATIHTICAI. 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