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A LITTLE OVERSENSITIVE.
Tho Simple Ilrinuik That Almost Kndetl
a (iiMitl.-inmi' I.lfi hi Kentucky.
We were all chatting pleu-tintly in tho
smoking compartment of a Michigan Central
sleeper tho other night, v. lieu wnno one be
gan to rail at what he deemed u prevailing
lack of delicacy on the part f American
women. He said that the men, ns a rule,
overestimate the sensitiveness of women and
that in their common contact men are moro
punctilious than those of the oppoi-ite sex. A
quiet, handsome man ho was tented in tho
corner and had befcie remained tilent at
this knocked the allies from his cigar and
said:
"Gentlemen, I tnu-t disagree with the last
speaker. The nearest i ever came to being
shot was once when a woman misunderstood
mo from pure iveieiisitiveir'ss."
"How was thntf'' every one asked in a
breath.
"I had n friend." he said, "not an intimate
friend, but something much more than an
ordinary acquaintance. The man was named
Gardner, and was thoroughly good hearted,
but very hot headed and stubborn. Some
years ago lie married, and afti-r his return
from his wedding journey ho met mo on tho
street one night ami fairly drugged mo up to ,
his charming little house and presented mo to '
his wife. She was very gracious. Gardner
produced a box of cigars, insisted that I
should take one and at the same time lighted
one himself, saying that there should be no
formality in their house, and that I must
drop in at uny time, without announcement
or formality. I tell you it was pleasant and
comfortai-le. Then, while Gardner sat be
fore the lire und smoked, his wife went to
tho piano and U-g.m to play a nocturn of
Chopin. It iva. a dream to hear her, for she
was almost an artist, und I, an enthusiast in
music, stepped over an 1 turned tho pages for
her. When sim had finished she began to
improvise softly and to tell moot' her educa
tion and early life. Among other things sho
said that her parents were very strict in cer
tain matters, and that she had never yet
been within a playhouse, much less heard an
opera.
"At this, thinking only of her rare appre
ciation, I said: "I should hue to bo with you
when you hear your first opera.'
"At this I thought ho stiffened a little, but
she played u f;-w chords in silence, then, aris
ing from the piano, p hailed fatigue, excused
herself and retired. 1 don't know why it was,
but I felt somewhat uncomfortable, and, re
sisting tho 'resting imitation of my host to
remain, went home as soon as I could with
reasonable politeness.
"Tho next day I was kept from my ofllco
until nearly noon, and upon reaching it was
astonished to find awaiting me a note signed
by Gardner, which ran as follows;
" 'Silt I ha tailed to find you thismorn
iug. What do you mean by inviting my wifo
to attend tho theatre without a-klug my per
'niissionf' "I at once replied:
" 'Slll-I havo not asked your wife, with
or without your permission, to attend tho
theatre.'
"To tho second missive cume the reply;
" 'Sin My wife says you did do so, and I
behove her. You would do well to send her
a written apology, mldres.x.d to me, by 0
o'clock.'
"Then it all Hashed over me, and I wrote,
not an njiology, but uu explanation, und tak
ing advantage of u good bu.ims excuse left
for New York at a quarter to 4. For, you
see, nil this hapjieued in Kentucky, whero
they nro apt to do their investigating a little
too lato for comfort." Detroit Free Press.
Why tin Juds" Hurried.
Judge Peters teils tho following story, and i
nl ways laughs as ho tells it: faherill Urown
had been elected in Penobscot county, and
hnd made his son tint igo or messenger in'
court. Judge Peter presided nt tho first ,
term, and in the middle of the forenoon an- 1
nounceda recess uf fifteen minutes. He ro
tired to tho library ami soon U-eame im
mersed in some legal books, looUing up soma
points of law. When tho time mentioned
bad expired the jury camo in, but tho judge
did not. The llruivn boy, who was anxlom
to have everything go oir in good shajw uu-,
der his fathor's udmini.tration. grew uerv-,
ous, and ut last made a bolt for the library. 1
Walking in and pulling out his watch, ho
tapped tho judge ujioii the shoulder aud said: i
'Come, Mr. Peters, you've got to hurry. (
Your time is up, and the folksaroa-waitlng." j
The Judge "hurried." Lowlston JournaL ,
An Unfortunate Stumble.
An unfortunate stumblo sjtoiled an ancient
ikeleton, aud deprived somo museum of a
chance to get a line specimen at Hamilton,
O. Mr. Tweedalo, who give his leisure mo
ments to tho pastime of briuglug the content
of ancient wound to the light, dug up a giant
of old, whoso kkuletoii was Indubitable evi
dence that tho person It ohm Iwlongud to was
over seven feet tall. Tweedale, with bU
valuable freight carefully eucireled by hU
.i i
Z
disastrous The riwle shook simply pulverU! i
tho skeleton. Thro nun nothing left of It
but a pile of ilutt Tim decutl Out of a
foruur aKe, IxiMMVW, had found at iMtt oiw
ilneere mournr In lh Nlinrtventh twiitury.
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Missionaries Assaulted In Japan.
The Pacific Mail steamship City ol
Peking has arrived, bringing files of
newspapers from Yokohama to May 20,
from which tho following is taken:
During the past few months several
missionaries in the vicinity of Yokohama
were assaulted and brutally beaten, the
injuries in one instance terminating fa
tally. First there was tho unrevenged j
murder of the Rev. T. A. Large; then (
tho assault and reckless persecution of '
tho Rev. J. Summers, followed by the
perpetration of a wanton outrage on the
Rev. Dr. Imbrie on Saturday, May 17.
It appears that tho Rev. W. Imbrie. D. !
D., of tho American Presbyterian mis
sion, in company with the Rev. J. L.
Amennan, D. D., set out to witness a i
baseball match. j
In entering the field, however, tho ;
former crossed a hedge, while tho latter
went around tho inclosuro to enter on
tho other side. Thus tho two wero
separated, and it was during this period
that tho assault took place. Tho mo
ment tho students descried Dr. Imbrie
they savagely fell upon him, beat him
severely, and one of them cut a deep
gash in his cheek with n knife. Dr. Im
brio saved his life by llight. Tho out
rage was reported to United States Min
ister Swift, and efforts will bo made to
punish tho offenders. Tho Rev. Mr.
Summers was persecuted to such an ex
tent, and tho lives of himself and family
threatened so, that ho was obliged to
abandon his residence and seek protec
tion in Yokohama. He subsequently
embaraed for England. San Francisco
Alta.
A Steak That Cost 830,000.
Tho trip of George Francis Train
nround the world has recalled some of
hiseccentric doings when he was wealthy.
Nearly twenty-five years ago ho was in
Denver and had called for beefsteak for
breakfast, insisting that ho wanted it
broiled. It came to him fried. Ho
abused the waiter and tho cook, but ho
got no satisfaction, and finally swallow
ing his anger and a portion of the steak
wandered out into the office, where ho
met the proprietor. The subject of tho
steak was discussed between them in
animated language for a few minutes,
when Train suddenly asked: "Say, what
will you take for this hotel and get out
today? You don't know how to run a
hotel." Tho proprietor named .-13,000 as
his price, which was a figure far above
its real value. "All right," said Train;
"I'll take it. Make out tho papers at
onco and I will make out a check for the
amount." The hotel was duly trans
ferred to Train, who discharged tho
waiter and tho cook, ran tho establish
ment lor two weeks, called in an auc
tioneer and sold out everything to tho
highest bidder. When ho settled up
with tho man of the red Hag he found
that ho had paid just $20,000 for that
fried steak. New York Press.
Illulne's New Fon-ln-I.iiw.
I was told upon good authority that
Walter Damrnsch's income was now not
less than -.20,000 a year, which for a
young man barely 30 years of age, and a
musician at that, is not doing badly.
Notwithstanding that he does tho work
of two men as assistant director at tho
opera house and conductor of his two
societies, he finds time to give every
winter n number of musical lectures
upon liis favorite composer, Wagner.
Ho first began to givo his now famous
Wagner lectures in the parlors of rich
New Yorkers who wished to entertain
their friends, but such was tho demand
for tickets that for tho last two years
they havo been held in public halls onco
a week, and if New York is not entirely
converted to Wagnerism it is not Wal
ter Damrosch's fault. Cor. Charleston
News.
Clutched tho Pulley unit Saved Illmtelf. '
Mr. Charles Griffin, while engaged in
adjusting ono of the largo pulleys at tho ,
leather board mill, Milton, N. II., came ,
near losing his life. Ho was inside tho 1
pulley, and, the gate not shutting tight,
his weight on the front sido caused tho
shaft to start, find his only chance for ,
eafetv was to clutch tho arms of tho
pulley nnd revolvo with it. It was a
desixjnito move, but ho did so, and for
two or threo minutes rodo as fast ns n
man often has an opportunity of doing.
Oscar Hueston discoy red thi Mttiution
and stopiwd tho machinery.
Griflhi waa
releasod from ids dunger unharmed.
Cor. Boston Herald. i
A Ghoul SlntUod it I'lirlOlne Hulir.
TJio inotliu! ut purifying writer In
ventel by l)r Willmin Amlwouii. anil
now omploywl nt Antwerp with hhwum,
coii-M In nhtf Hi wittur tlirmigli ft
lowy rovulvUiu i)llidi iwiitulnliig
. .Ill- i .,, 1.. ... I, .mi. t.1 kjjfrti I tU ir
l(rf...iiii -i.i. ...... ii.li UftUwl
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CITY WINDOWS.
Through manj- cn evening, while my spirit pains.
Amid the por us city's ebb and How, ,
A keener sens .' solitude, than they know j
Who dwell on de He hills or houseless plains,
I roam long t-t.-rts wliero dubious dlmneM
reigns,
Whero bright lncnitablo windows calmly
plow.
And with mysterious pleasure, n I go,
Bhape wierd conjecture, from tho Illumined
paces:
Inyouilcv room two amorous hearts may thrill;
Some fiery quarrel here mny prow apace;
There may some vigilant mother, psle and still.
Head In deep a.uiiy oYr a wasted fnee;
And here a mur.ftws by some bed may spill
Tho deadly colorless drop that leaves no trace
lldgnr Fawectt.
MICKEY FLNTS BASS.
"Mickey, Lav' vo
th' wurrums?" said
Mr. Finn.
"I hav' a tor.mty can full of wurrums
an' four big grasshoppers In a bottle, an'
tin grubs that I found in a rottin' boord,
an' sivin crickets an' two cockroaches as
black as coal an' as big as your thumb,
an' a bumble bee shuro I pulled out his
stinger with th' tweezers"
"Ah. hoult on, sonny. Faix vo hav'
enough of bait t' catch all th fish in
Jacob's Valley. IJring all them things in
here till wo havo a look at thim."
When Mickey had brought all his bottles
and boxes into tho kitchen and placed
them on the table they presented quite a
formidable array. The crickets were con
fined in u cigar box, and when ho lifted
tho lid to permit his father to havo a
glanco at the bait, the crickets jumped i
out upon the floor, and the tame crow
showed a liking for crickets which It
never before had exhibited. Tho worms
proved to be of the night walker order.
Mickey had caught them by the nid of a
lantern as they crawled through tho grass
of Stumpy field the previous evening.
Tho bumblebee escaped when little Miko
took tho cork out of the bottle, and lie w
awav to tho clover field near by. Said
Mr. 'Finn:
"Yo may as well pull up ono o' thim
bane poles'in the yard an' fasten ycr lino
to it, an' so ye ll lie ready for th' lnornln',
fur we'll bo" startin' again th' toimo th'
sun is up."
Early next morning, while yet the grass
was diamonded with dew, little Mike nnd
his lather started up the Old Point road.
Mickey was heavilv freighted. Ho car
ried on one arm a hirgo market basket,
which contained two cigar boxes and vari
ous bottles, containing bait, both solid
and liquid. Tho latter was for his father's
exclusive use. One of tho cigar boxes
was filled with a varied assortment of fish
ing tackle, including a number of rusty
screws for sinkers, codfish hooks stuck
into a cork, an old chalk line, five soda
water bottlo corks and a number of other
articles which the boy hi his ignorance
deemed necessary for iishing in a country
brook.
After leaving the Old Point road the
way led down a little lane whero a brown
thrush sang a solo in a tree and a golden
oriole flitted across the lane nnd littered
liquid notes. Under the tree where the
onolo sang in a field filled with cocks of
now mown hay there bubbled a little
spring. Tho water came up through the
sand at tho bottom of tho spring and
shifted it liko drops of quicksilver. Ly
ing down at full length tho fishermen put
their mouths down to this livinir snrimr
nnd drank deen draue-lits. 'Twas nature's
own chumpaguo. There was life In tho
water. Tho sun had kissed t lie spring
and tho sweet scent of hay stole Into it.
Somehow Mickey didn't appreciate the
water as much as his father did. Ho said
ho would rather havo a glass of root beer
anv time.
When the brook was reached the sun
had gained Its meridian, but its rays
could not penetrate the dense foliage on
the banks overlooking the water. In
these cool pools swam sunfish with golden
scales, and brook bass which resembled
bars of burnished silver as they Hashed
their gleaming sides in the sunlight.
Mickey was so eager to drop tho lino in
tho water that ho could scarcely put a
worm on his hook. At last tho tackle
was all ready.when a six inch trout, look
ing almost translucent in tho clear water,
came swimming up the stream. It stop
ped almost opposite whero tho boy stood,
lazily fanning its dorsal and ventral fins.
Said Mickey, with parted lips und bated
breath;
"Keep still, dad! Wait till you seo me
haul 'im out!"
Slowly the hook sank beneath tho sur
face, an'd tho worm in all its squirming,
juicy plumpness rested on tho sand be
foro'tho nose of tho trout. Tho two held
their breath and awaited developments.
Tho trout slowly backed away from tho
worm for a distance of ono foot, then it
moved forward and smelt of tho bait.
There was a moment of intense suspense,
nnd Mickey's pole shook as though It had
tho palsy, 'i lieu tho trout darted liko a
beam of sunshine into a shadowy place
beneath tho bank. Mickey's disappoint
ment was great, but ho choked it down,
und said with almost a sob in his voice:
"Dad, I almost had 'im!"
"Yes," replied Ids father: "hut you
didn't have any salt on his tail that time,
mo lad; thry ngin."
Then Mickey s father lay down upon the
grass on tho banks of tho stream and went
to sleep, llo had just entered tho bor
ders of dreamland when ho was awakened
by a shout which echoed like a fire ulurm
in tho valloy. Ho sat up and listened.
Again ho heard tho shout aud distin
guished theso words:
"Dad, I got c bltol"
Mickey's father plunged into tho under
brush and forced his way through tho
overhanging branches of tho trees to the
ploco whero tho sound camo from. Ho
had not gono twenty feet, however, bo
foro a cry so Jubilant, so full of triumph,
so instinct with tho passion of possession,
camo to him that he knew at onco some
thing Important had occurred. Looking
through tho aisles of tho wood ho saw
Mickey lyiag upon tho trunlc of a big tree
which projected out over the sfream. la
order to maintain his poult Ion Jio had to
haug on with ono hand and with tho other
no new ms rou. Again no cneti is ugi
tated tones;
"Golly, dad, my dobber's under."
"Pull up, counvl Pull upl"
Mickey did pull up, aud dangling from
the end of his luio was a brook bass about
five Inches long. Hut Mickey was lu such
a pofcltlonthut ho could not laud Ida tish.
Aud so ho huggl tho trco and palpitated
aud pcraptred und munagod to lift the fish
just so fur out of th wutor that Uu tall
tottmed tue ewuuug currni.
Thu ulctur ivm such a i.lvaklnir ono to
MUtiy ' futWrthat Im UhI hidden by
the follugo aiui vwU'hwIhU buy' dlluintr.n
fur at leiut tv imIuuU Mm 'lM vw,t
to tint rfceti Tlu hu (did dun n thu
tmiik and held Mh-ky ut that Im aould
laud thu lUli bl.ulf, whim i van hmmii
" Si.WSwtiBfvr u liiKJ.
f '
clement there wai no touch of pity In
Mickey's heart: only a look of triumph lu
Ids eyes, only an itching of tho lingers
until" ho could clasp his prize. For fear
that the tish might get away Mickey put
It in his trousers iockct, "where it re
mained securely for live hours.
What a day that was cror.mod full of
joy. In the afternoon, v..-n tho sun
sh'one down ujhmi the mc.i.ow with Its
fervent heat, Mickey made several excur
sions after grasshoppers, for ho found
that the tish refused to take worms, ami
his grubs had long since Ix-on exhausted.
Mr. Finn did not tish himself, but sat i
itlon the bunk of riie stream smoking his
pipe nnd contemplating the beauties of
nature. He also gave expression during
the day to several philosophic reflections,
such lis, "Muslin, if 1 had all th' ground
1 could see wid me two eyes, divil a
shovel would I hatne, an' we'd kapo a
cow!"
Just ns tho twiTht was coming on
little Mike landed an cl as largo as a
lead pencil. He insisted on taking It
home in spite of his father's protests.'
When they left the stream tho total
catch for 'the day amounted to one live
Inch brook bass, one small eel and a little
mud turtle, which Mickey intended to
add to lus menagerie. He said he had
hopes of "Tuehln' th' mud turklo to do
thrlcks."
When they arrived at homo the brook
bass was taken from Mickey's pocket.
The scales were baked upon it. Hut
under ids mother's skillful direction, and
with the help of his lather's old razor,
the scales were removed from tho lisli
upon the withstand in the back yard.
After the head had been removed and tho
tail cut off very little of the fish re-
mained.
Hut Mrs. Finn said she didn't
care for fish, and so she prepared the fry
ing pan to receive what was left of the
brook bass for her son.
In the meant I me the billy goat had been
wandering arouiul the back yard in an In
quisitive wuv. As this anlnial had nover
i shown any desire for fish, Mickev paid
, no attention to the goat. The lisli lay
upon a plate near to the kitchen door,
i and little Mike stepped inside to get some
I snlt with which to sprinkle tho tooth
I some delicacy. When he came out with
the salt cellar in his hand tho lisli was
gone. The pinto remained, however, and
! little Miko looked under the bench and
peered around the corner of the shanty.
Then he went inside and asked his
mother if she hail seen anything of tho
fish. Mrs. Finn replied tluit she had not,
and her motherly soul yearned over tho
boy as she saw the tears in his eyes.
Tlieu a thought suddenly came to Mrs.
Finn. Leading iter son' to tho door she
nointed with the index finger of her right
hand to tho billy goat, who was quietly
assimilating nn imitation tomato from
the outside of a tomato can. Leaning
over her bov she whispered in his ear:
'Me dariliit, if ye'll git th' ax an
split open that billy "yc'U find your little
lisli Insido iv him. Th' bastel" livening
Sun.
i:dltor Dunn In Ills Otllie.
Tho editor's work day begins about 11
o'clock. His routine docs not dlller
greatly from that of any other New York
editor-in-chief, except that ho has, per
haps, a moro close supervision of his edi
torial page. It is very seldom that any
thing is printed there' which he does not
first caretully read. Ho is also a caroful
reader of newspapers, and ho clips a great
deal of the miscellany that is used in tho
.Sun. Ho does not 'write much with his
! pen, but dictates editorials to his steno
grapher. Although he does not leave tho
office boforo f o'clock, ho is not now u
hard worker. Hfc is systematic and ac
complishes a great deal, but it is not a
"grind." His workshop Is on the north
west corner of tho building, on tho third
floor. Ono enters it after passing across
ono corner of tho "city room" where re
porters and editors are assembled in a
rather miscellaneous manner thenco
through the library, and so into tho pres
ence of "tho chief'" as the Iwys call him.
His room is not large and certainly not
luxurious. Aside from its occupant, tho
first thing whLh will attract the visitor's
notice is the famous owl, which perches
upon a high revolving book case facing
tho door. Hon. Thomas C. Acton is tho
owner of uio owl. in tuo muiuio
of tho room is a largo desk, and .
in one corner Is a small round table I
whero Mr. Dana sits. It is regarded
us an evidence of tho eccentricity which i
people are bound to credit him with, that
Mr. Dana leaves his nice largo desk and
sits at the little round table, but us a mat
ter of fact it Is a dniplo question of light.
Mr. Dana's eyes have never been strong,
and ho can seo much better in this corner
near tho window than lu tho middle of
tho room. Tho big desk Is too largo to
go into tho corner. A largo portrait of
Marshall 0. Roberts hangs above tho
table. There aro also in the sanctum an
enirrnvluir of Abraham Lincoln, a picture
of Judge Samuel Hlatchford. a medallion
j tf Hen Hutler and a fine photogruph of
Horace Gteelev. It is said that this pho
tograph was "stolen," or, in other words,
that tho camera was trained upon Mr.
Greeley in an unguarded moment. At
any rate, It represents him In an attitudo
of deep abstraction, with his overcoat
collur turned Inward. There Is a veined
whito marblo mantelpiece in tho room
which is loaded with bric-a-brac, includ
ing somo curious old candlesticks. Thero
aro also threo chairs, a loungo and au
other table.
Mr. Dana receives callers pleasantly, If
ho receives them at all. Probably ho is
no moro Inaccessible than other men in
his jiosltion. Certainly a vast and In
congruous multitude como to seo him in
tho course of a year. Now York Letter.
An Iiitcreitlns Quentlon.
I havo noticed that thero is a dlffcrcnco
In tho bearing of people hi general In tho
different seasons of tho year. Thero aro ,
men who wall: erectly and who hold their
heads high in tho winter. Tako these
same men in tho summer, and thero 1s a
very perccptlblo droop to their shoulders
ery
ad a
ana an inclination oi tno neav. jorwuru,
In tho winter this defect in their corrlngo
will havo been remedied, and they will
walk as straight as ever. I havo studied
tho matter with much interest, but
whether It Is duo to a general loss of
etamhia from the system, by reusou of tho
heat, or whether it la a natural Instinct of
tho man to protect himself, his face and
eyes, by leaning lorwuru, i uavo not ue
termlncd. It may bo duo to both causes,
or may not be cause at all. At tho least
It is an Interesting quostlou. William
McNameo lu Ulobo-Dcuiocrat.
A rroffuloiml Opinion.
Young Mother (whoso baby lias been
weighed by thu butcher Ami how much
doc thu llltlu fulluw wdtfh, Mr. Hull.
wliiuU?
Ilutuliur 'JVunty pounda, tnum. , , ,
Young MolliW lto't ho a uplcixUd
tilUldlllltitlf
uiiiur
WWull. from my
lAimid Inn niiwdj la
Ut - 'UU V
Iff A Wlllll GRIP:
o
Their Masters Are Chinese
Men and Opium.
HOinUllLll FATE OF TWO GIRLS.
Our Tried to Chrltliilllfi it MiHiciitlnn,
Hlnl llo l.nl llrr Ovr the Mornl I'recl
plci The IMIirr Lured to Unlit by Her
Cousin.
The facility with which the Chlnee luro
white females to moral ami physical ruin
constitute one of the most remarkable
nud disgraceful phases of life In America
at the present time. As a general thing
the Mongolians who are to bo found in
nearly all of the towns and cities of the
United States, belong to the peasant or
cooly class, ami come from tho province of
Canton. Apparently they have no attrac
tions of person or mind, yet when one of
the fellows gets established in the laundry
business he sets out to "catchee Melicnn
gal," and if the police reports and the ptilv
lishcd details of constantly recurring and
frightful scandal are to bo credited ho
usually succeed.
Let one walk through the haunt. of tho
Chinese in New York, San Francisco, New
Orleans or Chicago mid he cannot fail to
notice the presence of scores of bedraggled,
hollow cheeked white women, somo of
! -.S.
WISO I.KK i.izzii: Sl'ltOUI.
whom carry in their arm slauteyed babies
of yellow hue. The pervading smell of
opium suggests the rest of the hideous tale.
Hotly and soul the poor wretches are given
over to the mastery of the worst represent
atives of a race that ha refined and inatlo
a science of vice, ami draw temporary
pleasure from the deadliest ulitl ntost tie
(.tractive drug that ever reduced a human
being below the level of the foulest beast.
The Chinaman resembles the Caucasian
"masher" In one respect he doesn't he.sl
tatoas to the means by which he may cab
tare a victim When he tires of the slum
variety of female that fulls a willing prey
to his silver ami opium pipe, he dons his
best blouse and miiiiner.s ami goes a-lieltt.
It Is painful to record that one of his favor
ite hunting grounds W the Sunday school,
anil that the latest shameful escapade has
occitrretl in connection with the elTorts of
gootl people to teach the strangers from
the orient the principle of Christianity.
In Canitlen, X .!.. live Mr David W.
Sproul, a respected citizen anil an active
member of the Methodist church. Some
time ago he joined with others in estab
lishing a Chinese mission, anil among tho
teachers was numbered his Innocent
daughter Lizzie, an Impressionable maiden
but fifteen years of age Wing Leo wiw
one of the pupils. He showed great inter
est, and regiettetl that he could receive In
struction only on the Sabbath,
To remedy this Miss Sproul called at his
laundry during the week. Other visits fol
lowed. Wing gave her presents anil sho
grew infatuated with him. Too late her
parents discovered the situation ami tried
to end the Intimacy, but they only precipi
tated the climax. Wing anil LI..lu lied to
gether. The girl's frantic father traced
them to New York and a detective found
them living in a dirty tenement on Pell
street as man and wife without the for
mality of a marriage ceremony. The Chi
naman was locked up, ami, heartbroken,
Mr. Sproul took home his ruined ami un
repentant child.
Grace Gordon is an opium fiend who Is
about thirty years old, but who looks
older. Hefore she was out of her teens sho
fell Into tho clutches of a yellow fiend and
has lived with him anil his friends ever
since. Of late she has acted as their stool
pigeon ami has lured others to the horri
ble existence with which she has become
habituated. Some mouths ago she visit etl
her cousin. Frances Kustls.at Portland, Me.
The girl was virtuous ami respected. She
worked uh it telegraph operator. Her du
ties were soinew hat exacting, and life
seemed hard at times.
So she listened when Grace pictured to
her the delights of existence lu the Chiuesu
quarter of New York city and the Joys to
bo drawn from "the pipe." Indeed she
taught Frances to smoke and thus paved
the way for her downfall. Tho two went
ClI.VItLKS WOO KltANCKS KUSTIS.
to the big city and straight to the den on
Doyer street which tho Gordon woman
called home. Chinamen welcomed them,
Miss Kustis smoked herself almost to In
sensibility, and when she woke tho follow
ing day sho found that in every way sho
was In tho clutches of her new companions.
Her first "protector," Ung Chin Hln,
soon abandoned her for financial reasons.
It cost lit tn two dollars a day to keep Fran
ces lu opium. Then sho took charge of n
"plpo dive" and got to be known as the
"yen hoc queen." Now It Is announced
that she will wed in a week or two with a
liiundrytniui named Charles Woo. Sho
"doesn't like white people," and the old
days of honest work at Portland nre only
liko a misty dream conjured out of tho
fumes from her precious plpo. And all
this hi less thuu six mouths' time!
C'U'UAa 1E WEItDK.
Novel Halt Agulntt Landlord.
People who live lu rented hou&ea or
apartments will follow with liitret tho
progress of a suit brought by Wuylund
Kiiowlton, a lawyer of Melfiwt, Mo. Hu
seeks to obtain t.'.OOO on tho death of u
child ton year ago. Tho writ, drawn by
Mr. Kiiowlton hiuiMdf, ayi. In siibiluuco,
that In IM! lie Mrud tho Monrwi lumo In
Holfunt. that thu liousu was warranted to
ho comforMblu and warm, thu furimuo good
ami iiiuplu lu final tho hulls Hut, on tho
wutrury, thu ollr wall wwru uraukisd,
willed Jul In U. void, und ihw fiiruauu wws
old anil liiMiflUiuiil l uuiiUiuto of
hi'-U I UiftWlN bi uui mi .
by r..ui, Hii'i "r uiwiv
i. Mr IiimvIumm fiu Ma ttiw.ll
liiJnriKl ill hi'lir "'! '.. mjurud III Id
biUlna und put iv uiuil upuiiu,
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V 1
Ss-vVflN.
FAMOUS AS A STORY WRITER.
An Appreciative Sketch of tho Mfo mnl
y'ork of Jiiiie Lnne Allrti.
During the pnt half dozen years n seoro
of brilliant writers have sprung up In thn
south One of the latest to attract atten
tion, and one of the most gifted, is Jnmen
Lane Allen, who was born several ymra
before the outbreak of the civil war, near
Lexington, Ky.. whero tho generations oC
his family ha l llwl since the time of tho
lir.t emigration from Virginia. On hln
father' side he i descended from Colonel
William Pa ne. hii officer of the Kevolu
tiou, on hi mother's stile from Pennsyl
vania Scotch -Irish tock. The early yenm
of his life were passed on the small farm
nhlch was hi birthplace. He had few
rouipaiiions anil was much alone with na
ture. The el'ect of this communing ia
easily discernible In all of hi work. Ho
was first taught by his mother, and ah
an early age he read many of the best
lMxiks extant I jiter he entered Kentucky
university, nt Lexington, which was thn
first college of note founded west of tho
Alleghenies Having graduated at tho
head of Ills class, he took up a post gradu
ate course and received the degree of mas
ter of arts. It was his first Intention to fife
himself for a professorship of tho Latin or
Greek lanuuaue. and he had a n possible
final aim the teaching of the science oi
comparative philology
After acting a tutor in several Ameri
can colleges, however, he cave up icadetnia
life and began to write. The scenes oftho
touching tale he has told are laid in Ken
tucky, and the period of which he treats in
generally that which Is known a ' lforo
the war." He describes the agriculturist!
of the blue grass section as being "a cros?
between the bucolic and the arisrocrntic.
as gentle us shepherds and as proud nn
kings, and not seldom exhibiting anions
both men and women types of character
which were as remarkable for pure tender,
noble states of feeling as they were com
monplace In powers and cultivation of
mind." Mr Allen first attracted attention
by several beautifully written articles (In
scribing tho Trapplst Monastery, Uethscin
line, and his subsequent romances, "Tho
White Cowl" and "Sister Dolorosa,"
founded upon material obtained while ity
vestigating the convent and monastic life-
Speaking of t he motives of his work re
cently, Mr. Allen said- "My literary aim In
writing the articles descriptive of life and
nature in Kentucky has been to train my
JAMKS LANK AI.LRN.
eyo to see, my hand to report, things n&
they were, as a preparation for imaginative
work, which 1 hoped in time would follow;
nnd the result of my first experiments ita
tho field of Kentucky fiction is embodied
in the collection now published under tho
title of 'Flute and Violin.' It is always o5
service to know the relation In which, a
writer stands to his own work, aud 1 ana
frank to declare that I look upon theatt
tales as so many pieces of wreckage, for 1
have written them In the face of a storm of
obstacles. Some day I hope to come into
port with richer cargo, aud. from longor,
calmer voyages."
Mr. Allen Is a charming man to mcefc.
He is a brilliant conversationist and n
ripe scholar, lie has been giving a series
of readings through the south lately with
great success. He left his old Kentucky
home to live lu New York, but Is now a
resident of Cincinnati.
GKOItOK II. Yhsowink.
A Vi.iihk Woman's Triumph.
Another member of tho so called weaker
sex has Just distinguished herself Tho
triennial prize of SU00 offered by tho Coh
den club to the Victoria university at
Manchester for the best essay on an econ
omic question has been awarded to Mis
Vlctorlne .leans lor an essay on tho "In
dust rial ami commercial efiects, actual
and prospective, of the Kugllsli factory act
legislation." Tills is the first Cobden club
university prize that has been taken by a
woman.
Gordi.ii-Ciimiiilug'H IScatitifiil Itrldo.
Lady William Gordon-Ctiinnilng was
Miss Florence Josephine Garner, of Now
York, and bravely married the baronet im
mediately after the conclusion of the bao
carat trial lu which ho fared so badly.
She is the daughter of an extremely inde
pendent race. Ilor father was the late Mr.
William Garner, and her mother was Mis
Marcelite Thome, a famous beauty of
Louisiana. Shu was a bright brunette,
but her daughter Is a clear and ruddy
blond, with fair hair, full gray eyes and a
small chin.
.Mr. and Mrs. Garner, her only brother
nnd threo friends wero drowued by th
foundering of their yacht, and three Ga-
LAI1V WILLIAM aOllllON OOMMINO.
nor girls wuru UU orphan. The oik,
then but el lit. U llulV thu MumllWU
liretulilb FlureiiLU IVI14 I hell SIX, Mild
ihlnl I him a ImliV. la a 1(1 II 11 If Ifldtf
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