WOMAN'S WOULD.
VN INTERESTING LITTLE "-KETCH OF
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN,
Vootra Who Mol.l Oolnli.il -Comet ami
the Km Women - Kate Held on '
ft. 41oml Look la llu.liMwe-Woaiea
1 look t I n t r -1 1. 1 ii Hint.
Mr. Kate Douglas Wiggin l tlis sub
ject of an entertaining article by F.muia
II Kaufman in The Ladies' Home Jour
Bat. Thn wntor says: It was iu a crowd
ed cr in au utifas-hiouablo quarter of
tan Francisco that I first wet Mr.
Wiggin. Shegot into tliecor urn! crowd
ed it more because there wow half
down small rugged children hauging
bout her. mid they were calling her
Mis Kate, " and sho wii smiling with
very blue eye at on. d she. was talk
ing with very red lips to another, and
tier cheek wow very piuk even then,
and her golden hair was all blowu by
the wind.
She bad ou a little liat that wm ur
ronnded by a wreath of rod roses, and
she had ou a pretty dresa that fitted her
to perfection.
It all struck me as beiiiR very Incon
gruousthis pretty, fashiouable lady
who did uot seem in the least to mind
all these ragged childreu dinning to her
and trampling on her dress, and the
children, who did uot seem to be in the
least afraid of the lady' style or beauty.
. The car was full of poor people, who
seemed to know her. too, for they smiled
at her and made room for her iu a way
they had not done tor ma
Presently 1 discovered that the con
doctor was a acquaintance, too, for sud-
JVM
. URS. KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
denly he stopped of hi own accord and
called out Silver street Then there was
a scampering and a scattering, and it
flashed over me that the lady was Mrs.
Wiggin of kindergarten fame.
, Let me say here that Mrs. Wiggin
was the pioneer of free kindergarten
work on the Pacifio coast and the or
ganizer of the Silver street school, the
first free kindergarten established west
of the Rocky mountains.
Mrs. Wiggin was born iu Philadel
phia and educated in Andover, Mass.,
bat Maine, where she declares she loves
every stick and stone, claims ber too.
She spent many years of her childhood
therein thesmall town of Hollis. where
last year she purchased a house with the
intention of passing her summer in un
interrupted work. This residence is ap
propriately known as Quillcote.
. It was the atmosphere of that region
which lent color to those stories of hers
about New England life and character,
which have appeared in The Atlantic
Monthly.
For two years Mrs. Wiggin's winter
home has been near New York at Bronx
iville. ; There, the last time I saw her, she
'was acting in the capacity of cordon
bleu, of musician and singer and poet
ess and homorist and hostess.
j Women Who Mold Opinion.
! New York is so vast and wealthy a
community that it seems impossible to
satisfy the demand for talent of all sorts.
The city itBelf does not appear to pro
duce enough for its own wants and so
draws from the outside world. There is
a constant stream of bright, intelligent
women flowing into the metropolis, and
yet there is always room for mora It is
hard to keep a record of all who come,
as most of them respond to engagements
of which the public knows nothing.
Of the many newcomers Miss Esther
Singleton makes a specialty of literary
and musical essays and novel entertain
ments, in which poetry, song and the
piano are components. She has a de
lightful way of illustrating history,
drama and verse with musical composi
tions. Miss Louise Stockton is emphat
ically a gTeat literary teacher and mas
ter. She makes books living beings and
makes even the dullest realize the or
ganic relation between literature and
daily Ufa Miss Beaston is an apostle of
contemporaneous literature. She strives
to induce women to read carefully
American history, to understand what
is going on around them and to master
the great authorities in order to compre
hend recurrent facts and questions.
Miss Martina Johnstone is music per
sonified. Sho is a master of its art and
science. She can at a glance determine
the strength and weakness of any stu
dent or amateur.
Miss Mary Proctor makes astronomy
and mathematics simple and wonder
fully fascinating. Miss Jessie H. Ban
croft is the leader of physical culture,
or muscular Christianity. In this field
she finds the secret of health, beauty,
grace, endurance and the power to work
untiringly with either mind or body.
Miss Field and Miss Yates aie both fine
oriental scholars. Miss Stephens is an
authority on South American topics.
These and many others are a power in
the parlor as well as on the platform.
They are leading their sisters upward
into a higher and broader culture.
Margherita Arlina Bamm in New York
Mail and Express.
ConeU and the Hew Women.
1 ..... . : 1 v.nnl of Wnmln
I Vl Cne Aauuuai vuu""" ,
which recently met iu Washington, tbs
;r .
i.k... t,.,M e.irtuf exnorieiioo meeting.
with corsets for a text. It must have
been an impressive and thrilling mo
ment wlu.ii Mi Susan IV Anthonv eon
Tossed in public thai. although ho "
..... i..., f., v,.:irv hIhi did not HP-
prove of llu'in. nor. had she known a
comfortable moment wneu nirai
them. ...
I am afraid Susan laced, laced light
Of course she never knew a comfortable
moment in them Women with ioh
swelling ambitions and bubbling emo
tions could never be made comfortable
iu any knowu combination of bone and
count Uut one caunot help wondering
why such a strong minded woman should
submit to a bondage she did not approve
of, when th throwing off of shackle U
Just in her line.
i.. ni.i.m times corsets were call-
in iiiw - , a
ed stuvs." and it was the work of two
women to Incase one waisi.
rear lacing was effected a kid coveted
copper board wa Inserted between the
.,. H.wl, nutl the stav. Manifestly
a woman stayed in the machine after
once getting into a Hut wo navo im
proved on all that, and uow that the
photographers have pronounced the
throat and the flesh tints of Kaehel Fos
ter Avery the most beautiful that ever
camo under the camera, all the womeu
will approve of reform dress. Woman's
first dutv is to be beautiful, or at least
just as "beautiful a her owu physical
limitations will admit of.
From the corset to the wvisiou of the
Bible is a far cry, but uone too far for
the audacity of woman.
The new woman is a restless creature,
who, having slipped the old moorings, is
grasping out wildly iu every direction
for fresh nnehorae. When, however,
she undertakes to revise the Bible be
cause some of the present translations
do her sex full justice, sho is steppmt!
into the e:lm of impionsness. Jean
nette H. Walworth.
Kate Flrlil on the SuflrmN
Siiteeu months ago, ou the p'atform
of the World's fair congresses iu Chi
cago, 1 stated that, never having be
lieved iu universal suffrage unallied to
universal intelligence anil honesty, 1
had never publicly advocated womau
suffrage. Logically I have always be
lieved that women had as much right to
the ballot as men. I denied the right to
both sexes. I have always claimed that
suffrage is a privilege and should be
granted as a reward of merit regardless
of sex. If woman suffrage leaders had
taken the same ground, I would have
joined them long ago
I was convinced that whenever a ma
jority of American women wanted the
ballot they would gut it I never met a
man who did not assent to this couvic
tiou and who did uot second my asser
tion that the worst opponents to female
suffrage are women themselves.
Why, then, did I experience a change
of heart in Chicago? Because I had be
gun to look into our naturalization laws
and was terrified at facts. Because 1
discovered that the uew states were in
the hands of alieus, not citizens of the
United States. Because I Baw that fe
male immigration was much less than
male immigration; that a large major
ity of female voters would be American
born, and that the sooner the forces of
anarchy and rebellion were met by the
conservators of home and law the better
for the country. I heard the threatenings
of riot that broke out a year later, and
it seemed to me time for women to come
to the fore.
What I thought 1G mouths ago I firm
ly believe now.
Good Looks In Busineu.
Here is a little story which seems to
indicate that the pretty girl's business
prospects are hampered by her pretti
ness: The secretary of a large eastern insur
ance company decided a short time since
that it would be better for his office
work to introduce half a dozen or more
women as typewriters, operators and as
sistant bookkeepers. He jad noted that
of the feminine employees in his office
the pretty ones were tne least suwu
and attracted the most attention, to the
detriment of the work of the other
clerks. So he decided to engage only
women who were of mature years and
experienced in office work. First he ad
vertised, stating that applicants should
give age and number of years' experi
ence. He did not succeed in getting a
single satisfactory reply. Then he went
to a well known business college and
told the manager that he did not sup
pose he would have any trouble in aid
ing him, as he did not want a young or
attractive looking woman.
The manager listened to him while
he explained his wants, and then, going
to a desk, took out a file of letters, with
a smile, and laid them before his visitor.
There were upward of half a hundred
applications from banks and commer
cial institutions, and every one of them,
without a single exception, asked for a
woman of mature age. The manager
said that it was absolutely impossible to
supply the demand for employees of the
description that business men now de
manded, but he had rafts of pretty girls
at all times who were applicants.
Women Bookbinder.
Amateur bookbinding is a new species
of employment suggested to those who
are weary of fancy work. It was recom
mended by a physician as an employ
ment that would occupy the patient's
mind without overtaxing her strength.
The girl describes her work as follows:
"I have had several pupils and have
found them nearly all fully as enthusi
astic on the subject as I am myself. We
are always on the lookout now for suit
able books to put into pretty covers.
The old Tauchnitz editions have been
unearthed and made beautiful forever,
or at least for a much longer time than
if they had fallen into the cheap bind
er's handa My binding is done in a
simple fashion, in my own morning
room, with no tools save a sharp pen
knife, a steel foot rule and a wooden
T equare.
"If there is no linen press available,
r t HH tn this short list a press of
some kind, though 1 have seen one or
two very pvosentabln luniks thit have
had no pressure but that arrived tit
through dumbliellm tbitnons, etc. A
g.md Killing pre1', however, I" VIIT
neoe-saiv. If It Is ImpoHanl t reduce
the expenditure as much as possible, It
is easy to pick up secondhand Iron
press, suell as is used in copying letters.
There i always endless work to bo
found in making tidy volumes of our
nin-aonn l iiiagaiu and in renovation
the books ou our shelves. Of course one
roald not expect, without year of ix
periuiieo, plenty of appliance, and prob
ably speoW iiptmide, to turu out .will
specimens M an expert workman.
Our Homo.
rnahttm lllnU rnim NewM.rt.
Cropon, ribbons, laee and tine, dainty,
fluffy lingerie are the fancies for spriu
and summer gowns. Chilton hold iu
own well in spHo of its long popularity.
The mixture of thin ami thick go.Mls
Iu one costume continues. A pretty
gown was of a green and black wool of
a wiry qnalitv. This material mado the
full plain skirt and the largo sleeves.
The waist was of green silk covered
with black accordion plaited chiffon.
Dowu the edgo or every plait were lino
steel bead. The col lur was of green
chiffon. The effect of the waist covered
lengthwise, with strings of the stool
beads, was bewildering, as the plaits
fell together and apart with every move
ment of the wearer. The, chiffon bad
the fashionable blouse length and hutiR
over the skirt at the waist line.
Accordion plaited chiffon, used for
vests sometime, has on every fifth plait
an edgo ui narrow Valenciennes lace.
This isthe favorite laee of the season.
The box plait is to bo a decided feature
of summer fashions us it was of the
winter, and the same sagging effect is
seen on the front of waists, but the
backs are mado tlat and trig, except tor
verv slender women. The box plait in
the miililloof the hodicu i" front is olteu
edged with a graduated rnfllo of the
waist material. This is very narrow at
the belaud reaches its widest point on
the shoulders, where it gics over tho
sleeves tuver fashion. Newport News.
The Aprorh to lluopt.
"Now buckram dames do walk In
sweet Maytair, " and in the streets of
Boston too. Fashions have stiffened and
linings grown heroic of haircloth to
such a degree of late that 'tis rumored
that the penance of her carriage or her
calling gown is Lenten tn ladies who
on the pfcmionade rejoice in the armor
that is concealed even in silk attire.
The effect of the eulnrgiug sleeves is
balancedto a One perception, by the
counterpoise afforded by all the stiffen
ing the goddess of fashiou indulges iu.
Trust not the soft exterior of the most
gentle maid or matron who has trafilo
with fashion iu these days. There is
costly weight of woe to bo carried about
when buckram rules. Neither tho no
tions of tho cloister nor the manners of
the old days when the stuff was of a
costlier kind than now are copied by
those who wear haircloth today. Bos-
tou Transcript.
The Cellar In Springtime.
Be lavish iu the use of lime. Char
coal also Is an excellent disinfectant and
purifier. An open box of it makes a good
cellar ornament Admit a draft of fresh
air daily, however cold tho weather. Bo
not lot rubbish accumulate. If your de
sire for hoarding old things is irresisti
ble, gratify it anywhere but in the cel
lar. If you have a furnace in tho cellar,
insist upon its having a cold air box.
Tho hehted air which tills the up stairs
rooms is)niore healthful if drawn from
outdoors into the furnace than if sup
plied from the cellar, however clean
and well ventilated the latter may ba
Good Housekeeping.
The New Wo.u In the Schoolroom.
An undergraduate of a woman's col
lege says' that she notices a curious dis
tinction between the way the older wom
en teachers talk to the girls aud that in
.v.ih th vnmicnr ones address them.
The former always imply that tne pupns
will marry; the latter seldom seem to
take matrimony into their calculations
oil Tim nlan their classes' futures
for them as if there were no such thing
as the masculine gender in me worm.
Kr,t the nlft time teachers, even if they
are spinsters themselves, are not so ad
vanced as this. r-nnaaeipnia num.
Sacriflcloi: the Shewl.
The once fashionable and still valua
ble cashmere shawls of our grandmoth
ers' time are being sacrificed to the scis
sors at last and made into sleeves, bod
ices and bias folds, appearing with
black or with dull red brocade silk for
very rich afternoon gowns for elderly
women.
Pennsylvania is tohaveits State Fed
eration of Women's Clubs. The District
of Columbia has a flourishing federa
tion. It looks as if the subfoderation
idea were to be the permanent one, the
national organization remaining merely
a governing council.
Thirteen girls of the present senior
class of Vassar college have been award
ed honors which signify that their
work throughout the four years course
has exceeded a certain standard.
Ov-er 40,000 women are attending the
various colleges in America, yet it has
only been 25 years since the first col
lege in the land was opened to women.
French maids are not so popular with
fashionable women as they were, and
English ones are to a considerable ex
tent taking their place.
Miss Mary Dennis, pastor of East
r-ark M. E. church, Indianapolis, open
ed tho Indiana senate with prayer ot
one morning.
Th iimameutiuz of the front seams
of the skirt for evening wear is a pleas
ing relief from the monotony of the
godet style.
A uew wrinkle is a largo bow of
black satin ribbon tied at both wrist
HOTKh OKA Dl HATS, j
SHARP RASCALS WHO ARE TOO MUCH
FOR THE SHntlWDEST CLERK-'-
S.,.. of the TM.-U. I.V Whleh The l.ll
AwWM..HlU..ie Without
Alw. Borrow Moi.er- Kul Tri.h !
lloKita rerkesre.
IVsiiil every piwiiuti.ui taken by
,l,rewd 1 1 clerks a large number i f
i-.i-sui.s mo constantly engageil iu hocui-
ing board and lodhH by fraud.
It is usually supposed tliut wiieu n
guest arrives at a hotel without ni-
rage lie cannot secure m"""""
Uons unless lie pays In advance, but the
tricky "dondbrut" not mly will live
tu the hotel ( ww'k- l,ut '"
many civ.es will secure a loan from tho
unsnspoot i"g gentleman reiiiim
The dondbea!" oonstiiiUly evolve
uew tricks tu 'V.. up" th hotel inan,
i i, .. .... ,., ,i,iinv iluvs auo that a
well known hotel was defrauded III a
very skillful manner of a wee. s ism ri
ami soma of the cash in the till, i n
"deadbeat" walked into tho Hotel iou
by mid in coutident manner placed lils
name ou tho register as liulling from
Chicauo. Il was neatly dressed and
carried a small griji. He informoU the
clerk that he was a travenug nmu v..
his first trip to the coast.
Traveling men lire good customer, so
the new mrivul was assigned to u
room. He handed two bnggax check
to the clerk ami requested that his
trunks U sent for from the depot. Iu
an hour it two he inquired why In
baggage bad not been soul up ! Ill
room. The mrler was enl for and ex
plained that the transfer company had
not been able to find it. Inquiries wore
made by telephone, but the railumd
people rould give uo information of the
missing burgage.
"Well, I urn in a nice fix." sind the
...... .,., , (lie hotel clerk, "for H
my clothes are in my trunks. nmU sup
pose the t hings have gone astray. "
The clerk was very sympathetic, for
n traveling iniiu without hi clothes is
indeed to bo pitied. The fellow man
aged to borrow f.'O to buy some nhirts,
collars, tieo, etc., and went out of tho
hotel vowing vengeance against tho rail
road company. He even hud the hotel
clerk pay for u telegram to Chicago in
quiring af the dejiot there as to where
the trunks beating certain numbered
checks bud Wii sent t. The reply cam
back that they would look the matter
up, and ponding the information tho
new guest had a royul good time at tho
hotel. In a few t! ays he disappeared,
aud it then dawned npou the hotel men
that they h id been neatly swindled by
the means of two baggage chivks whieli
evidently hud been stolen at some time
iu Chicago or el-ewhere.
Another fav.nto trick to defraud a
hotel is done by moans of a confederate.
One man will "go'to a first clnx honse
and secure a good room. About the sec
ond day he w ill le iu the office, and
while there the hotel clerk will receive
a telephone mess:; ;e purporting to come
from a well known stoie asking if Mr.
So-and-so desires the g ods he ordered
sent up to the hoi . L The clerk will uut
urally ask tho guest the question, and
he will reply tlmt he do, re the good
sent up. When the package arrives, there
is always $10 to 33 to be p iid. The
hotel man is requested by the guest to
"settle the amount and charge it up in
my bill." It does not pay to offend
a guest whose appearance indicates
wealth, so tlio money is handed out iu
payment. The Ruct now disappears,
and his trunk is found to be a cheap
one and geuerally full of piqwr. while
the package which has been paid for
by the hotel people is also worthless.
Bogus telegrams and letterhead are
frequently used by "deadbcats" in or
der to secure a little ready cash until
"my money arrives," and very often
the scheme work all right, ior a hotel
clerk is always afraid of offending a
guest iu fiese matters, lor should he
mistrust an honest man be will injuro
the hotel' reputation. While mot ho
tels make it a rule not to cash drafts or
checks or loan money, titill very often
the "deadbeat" will make them break it.
A scheme which has recently been
worked all over tho country was for the
"duadbeut" to send by express a pack
age to a hotel in another city. It would
be heavily sealed und marked, "Vulue
t200," and the hotel mun, thinking
that it contained jewelry intended for
a guest soou to arrive, would put it in
tho safe. In a few days the "deadbeat"
would turn tip at the hotel, register and
inquire if a package had urrived for
,;,.. n., n.inlil be told that it was in
the safe, and he would tell them it con
tained watches and valnuble. The same
night a loan of $20 would be asked for,
and the hotel man, remembering the
valuable package iu the safe, would ill
nine cases out of ten hand out the coin.
The finest would disappear, and whou
the packago waB opened it was found to
be of no value.
A all accounts in hotels ore rendered
weekly it i impossible for dishonest
persons to obtain free living for longer
than a week, lor they will be requested
to pay or vacate.
A man and his wife, by placing a sup
posed jewel case iu a hotel Hafe, mun
aged, some time ago, to secure over six
weeks' living in a well known hotel in
this city. The landlord, who had seen
the woman wearing u quantity of jew
els, naturally supposed they were iu rho
jewel case in bis safe. When the gnnsU
disappeared and the package was opened,
it was found to be a trunk strap, care
fully coiled up and tied with string.
San Francisco Chronicle.
IlUniarrk on Mrrlir.
A Vienna pajr publishes a collection
of aphorisms on love, women and mar
riage which have found utterance in
the sittings of the German parliament.
The following dictum is attributed to
Bismarck. "It is an immense advantage
to the career cf any man if he cau em
bark ou the voyago of life without a
I female crew. '
I
A NtW CALIf OMNIA BTAH.
, I ! valiant' SIMM'-"'"!
Mre. !" . t.MHi
California lis
in v none WkIIIU
well nigh worked
seem
to have been
out bv Miel ll.nie
und jonquiii Ml'
lor, but M"
Margaret Collier
Or aim in l""
struck fie-di
new lead thai I
punning out gold
a lid glory for It
discoverer. Mr.
nullum U the
aulhor of "Wo
rn of the Foot
hills," which iirn
mi realistic und
mi distinct Iv Cal-
...i i miiiim. ifotnlaii that J"-
ut.ill Miller savsl.ee nudl Ihe sag
brush in their at Ml.owa.boi.
In Iowa, i r Keokuk. Iu IH. '"
Il,eies-l.t the llrst Sa jeilisof liet 1 fe.
She I of Scotch-Irish l''k. wd !'
grandparent were s.rict IVesbylerlat:,
SUn wa educated at a I'rt.vt. n.
enhool In Monmouth, 111, ami in !.
married Donald M. Uraham. a prom
ing young lawyer of liloouiington, I U.
She often assist-d her hulmnd
work, and during their three year res
idence in lllooiningtoil she gulm-d con
siderable insight Into real estate law.ai.d
the knowledge afterward proved id
great value to her. hi ! Mr. (Ira
ham' health became -r l '
bought n mmll ranch at I'as. deiia, t al..
and devoted himself to outdoor life.
The work pned loo sever for hi
strength, however, and they removed
l.o Angelc. where for five 'r Vr.
Urahaiii tenderly nursed her htisl.ind
aud taught school. Alsait tin Mme.
too, the literary p.sil.ilitio of Call
forniil impressed her, and two of In r
dories "Ui-iev." and "Colonel
mibhshed 111 Ihe rsm
Francisco Argonaut and were very fa
vorably received. Her husband' real
estate venture proved neccftil, but
i.u i...lil. Nteinlilv failed, and she de
voted her entire timo to caring for biiu,
until death closed hi eye 'slm-
She spent two year w inding up the
complicated affair of his estate, anil
theu again tnrmd her attentlou to liter
ature, "The Withrow Water .light"
was promptly wvepted by Tim Atlantic
Monthly and" "Toby" made, ail immedi
ate hit with The Century. When the
tale were published und issued later in
a volume they received a umt hearty
reception from the critic and the lead
lug public.
AN AIR CASTLE ON EARTH.
Mix WllUr.l'e Old Home to Ilea Belreet
rr W, '. T. t . Veteran.
One of the favorite air castle of Mis
France K- Willard, the world f.imu
worker ill the cause of temperance. i
about to ti.ke fungible form on eu.th.
She ha long desired that ber old home.
Forest Home, in Jaiiewville, Wis., should
become a national place of retirement
for deervin veterau member of tho
rollKsT HOHK
Women' Christian Temperance union,
nnd (fliicago teniM'ranoe workers are
now hard at work to accomplish the
coveted result. Forest Home farm is a
beautiful sirf, and comprises S3U acre
of land, 60 of which aro to be devoted
forever to the use of the proposed home,
providing the scheme I carried out to u
successful eliding.
Those 60 acre immediately surround
Forest Home, where Mis Willard passed
13 year of her life 13 "beautiful
yenrs," a she terms them. Near the
substantial brick house the lawu Is well
cared for and dotted with numerous
trees, the shade of which is most grate
ful in snmuicr. The remaining 1SU
ueros, according to A. H. Maxluim of
Chicago, the originator of tho project,
aro to be cut up into about 725 building
lots, 60 feet front by 150 feet deep, ami
are to bo placed on the market under a
strict prohibition agreement and nt a
reasonable valuation. When I'OOof these
lots are sold, the 60 acres will be
dooiled to the National W. C. T. V. fur
11 time, to lie used exclusively as a home
for the workers of the union who have
fonght a g kkI fight "for Ood and home
and native hind
The officers of the union have offered
to accept the home and its sito under
those conditions, and there seem excel
lent grounds fur belief that the thou
sands of friends of the order will pur
chase the 200 lots and make possible the
proposed "Host Home," as tho institu
tion is to be cnll"d. Miss Willurd is in
thorough sympathy Willi the project,
and will doubt less lie one of the hnp
tiest women in the United Stutes when
Forest Homo farm is the property of the
W. C. T. U. Since her family owned
the farm it has several times changed
hands.
Waate ot Water at Niagara.
It I said that !100,000 cubit) feet of
water plunge 160 feet downward over
the Niagara escarpment every second,
thn wasting 10,000,000 horsepower of
energy to the second. If Niugura were
really "harnessed" t?o as to utilize this
energy, it would be sufficient to turu
more machinery than there is in the
world.
Walnut Hhella In Cinnamon.
Walnut shells are iu demand in Lon
don for the purpose of adulterating
ground cinnumon aud bring more time
whole walnuts. The powdered shells
are not distinguishable miles the micro
scopic cxauiinatiou is mi unusually cut
I ul one.
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MAKINd (SWMillAPIIY,
A MJPPOStD t'ntCOLUMIIlAN fjiv
COVLRY Of AMCRICA,
Aa "AulheMlle lelaml" and Hi.
IMiiturlloa Made from IU hhh.4
ratine -Mr, ui.inam .ii.i iinvr Kailam
Ueosraphere lb Unealloa,
TlietleogrBphlenl Journal eimu.,,,,,
ImpolUlil pmt 17 " 'Mutism ob t
(apposed pre liuuinln illwiviirT
America by Hi I'ortiiKU'' the t
deiiou mi which llie lleniKw. iiintin ta
10 be displaced fr' H' x"ltluii win,
. . -.1.1 ...... 111.,.. JlU, h
lit) II Item i"i -""jrt.
pear, y l'doll Hlainliud, miim.
What plunder It wiiwll f ll llnrrlp.
t ton on inauueerlpt map ivaulet) la
Umduii during tho year UtH uTAud,
Itlaiieii. faiiimi Veiieilau enrtoTa
iher. tilt thi diN'tiMiniit, nowuiiiof uj
ino'l valued treasure of thn AinW,iM
library In Milan. It i recorded that M
1447 an "U"la oUiitclm," an uihtittg
Island, had ls il ilUoovi red 1.6(H) wn
to the wet, which I portraywl tn ih,
phnpo of a bum etreteli of r-wt lM
southwest from Cape Vrd.. Tim only
laud luueliaswltinii In booth Antrim
Mr. Oldham tlu ref.irn iiiih-IihIii Urn,
a actually b'iieil tuCahral In &ua,
n I'ortllguesii hl Mini Hlniieo'l mtp
wa tntioid'xt In. Illu'lrnto tli Uut
rortugue enploratloii nilglil hstt
Nmmi driven oil the Neiitli Aumriraa
coast Ingenious tliotijh tbl Inform,
lion undoubtedly I. the npluloiit uf Mr.
Mnrklniiu and other tmiliieut Kmr
pher. appended to Mr Oldhnm'i .
.r, am for the moet pari rauiet ntinrt
the conclusion nt whleli lie arrlvrt
More lhaii likely the "authfiitlo is-'
land" wa one of the group !io.irt
to the Wil of Capo Verde, or elw .im
iiiythleal country, miell a "A.itill,"
which o long ts'eupled thn posili of
the Aore. St Itruiidiiu's llainl wu
filiet ill ihosii fabiilou Mnglrt ooU
which, iige after lb" world htel imiI
to belies- Hi I'1" fabled Allanlli, ur
f.mdly iui.u'lned to exl-t fur out lu the
Atlantic Tint Irlti allil I tiit
in d it in tho year 6u.'i, lui
a Hoberl t M.-ii'ltin and hi la-ljrloo
inadverli'iilly uineoverwi .unuuiis bwi
lint aesidorittloit pmriw.
ml. nod no Hi llrttixl.iu ll could W
found, the trustful cartographer.
willing to dispense w ith m fttl
pli-co of territory, hirtl ll iarn..f us
farther Into the byway of the .,
until, ou Hanson's map f l"oU. m
laud of thai nanm I placed to Ihe wl
of . Madagascar. Tim allelic of the Cur
tuguewi regurdllllt their IIKelel (iti
..rue In the discovery f Allierlc Ml
strong presumption that they know-
nothing about the "autlieiilio Miami
They were o angry at boliiii aiiileinint
by Culuuibii Hint i hey would wruinlr
I,,..., ,mt in a eliiliii. If llii'Y had hnl
of It. to the .voyagn cf III" lianiilne
mariner. The early imviaiur we
persistent lit bedding lniot every w
land they discovered t.i lm mi lelaiiH
It I just iHwdble, tliotiuli liol T
probable, that such an luluiid xwl
aud ha uow lnuipie(ireil below lb
nrfiuut In Ibo course of til" l"t
ur 600 year eartbuiiuk.', volcaulo (In-
turbnni'e nnd tho slow swuiar u.
Ktoii of the m iHittom have ln
lly at work. Uu the sew clinrt of 1)4
centurliM ago varlou ilt urn luarM
whioh further earch hit faill lo dis
cover. Keeide tho AtlaiHK l"OK
tievoil III, tho "Id "sunken land ef
Hmut," west of lluckall. tlmt lonely
rock In the Alluntio, I by many bsli
el to have Ihwii foundel ou iuiiolhin
morn substantial than myth, while If
logical opinion tKMiui again to be sttl
ening in favor of the once iltwardei
"Miikwiiu Atlantis. " Hut apart frosi
thei liypotlinilcal place, or other ad
mittedly fahulou. very recent char
note Atlantio Isles whioh thn surveyor
ha long ago set dowu a flctlmi.
Where, for Instance, i HU Matthew'!
island, which Otircia do UiysM report
d In 15J., if it wa not really the i
of Aniioboii, in the gulf of (luineaf
Santa I'm, which In sixteenth wininry
chart i placed shout two league went
of St Matthew's, Asounsuo or tlm Fain
Trlnldnd und Sunta Maria tl Ag''"
are equally cliinn rlcttl, utiles they u
be mcrgnd into actual sihiM or haw
perishiMl since their discoverey All over
the Atlantic roek just rising above to
unrfiirii h.ul l.tinw nil tllll Clllirt Of
century uga For Instanoo, bnlW''" 8l
Helena nnd Capo Negro, the "Africa
Pilot" of liUU placi "Hk Heleas
Nova" us "doubtful, "and between tb
bay of Hlscny und Newlnnndlaiid, tJ
"isle of Mnyda," the Uevtl's Hack "
the (Jri-mi Island. Hut of all ot tw
spots In mid Atlanta;. Ht. I'uul' rock,
or the IViiedoof Ht. I'udro. aw bot
tho only one which have survived the
unimaginative cartography of the pr
cut day
Wo hear nothing of tho others. Where
are thcyr Did they ever exist? The At
lantic is so much traversed ami retra
versed every year that It i wareeiy
possible for any spot to bo overlook"
Indeed new islets are no longer biiioiiB
the annual discoveries of seamen ill the
Facillo, though now and then wo hear
of submarine volcunoes throwing op
cinder heup. Wo are therefore Justined
hi speculating whether the forces of na
ture may not perhap havo savod the
credit of the old navigators by ocwwi
ally submerging an Islet in the Atlim"a
CaU and the
An Americun decision on the la1
cats seems "to have tai.en soino Kiml",h
people by surprise. A citizen of H'"
more nxiently annexed a fine Mslte
cat from hi neighbor, and tho hi"'
had the aniiexcr arrested for tlioft
When tho case camo on, counsel fur
prisoner pleaded that you could n"'
steal a cat, and tho attorney general for
Maryland ha snppoited his plea on P
peal. But there is nothing new alxw
this. It i- the common law of K"11'"
that there i no property lu cat TW
harmless necessary cat, even """J
valuable Persian, cannot be the ol'j't
of larceny by our common luW. I"
don iStanderit