Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1896 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 189G.

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Established I8S3. Here's . a good thing - One case of Men 's Balm t briggan Undershirts and Drawers, all sizes, regU' lar price 25c at 15c each, to-day Pettis Dry Goods Co. I A. T7 TlfTOTIAVAV. . DENTIST, .32 and J3 When Block. Op?. Postofllcc. C Purity and high quality insure perfect results. ! Princess1; Flour has no superior. Resultperfect bread and rolls. ' . AMUSEMKST&-. ' ' ? Grnntl Tbe Old Homestead."'.'.'' There is a star Jewsharp player at the Grand with "The Old Homestead" company, and also an old-fashioned fiddler, who plays the "Arkansas Traveler" almost as well as the blind man who saws for pennies at the postofflce corner winter and sum.rr x T r n r r j lrr a r V t c( rr rl M ViiU kaiL3 .V AiU WW WW L. 0 441 llv sort of drama was a rage a few years ago 'one should not fall to see "The Old-Home-' stead." Coming,, as . it does, ' immediately after that carefully constructed play of "Shore Acres." "The Old Homestead"' sounds like some I'ark Theater melodrama thrown together for screaming purposes. The tender pathos walch was once the gTeat effect of. this pastoral classic when Derrman Thompson was In his prime now appears like farce-comedy. John Barker. In the famous old character of Joshua Whitcomb, gives one an excellent Idea of the modern stage "Heuh," 1 and there are a half-dozen other "lleubens" In the play. In fact, this is the orjglnal "Reuben" play, and the, ecctntric countryman, - with his Hjdd'nhead metaphors and extravagant . gawkiness, pictured in this play, has taken 6 ad a hold on the American public that he Is etill to be found In a large per cent, of the low comedy productions on the road. There was a large audience at the Grand last night, and it was frequently convulsed with laughter at the comic situations. 'The Old Homestead" will continue the rest of the week here, with a Saturday matinee. ; Xntrs of the Stajre. 'Buried Alive," a dramatization of 'Marie Correlli's "Vendetta," will be played at the Park to-day by the Howard Hall Company. To-morrow the engagement closes with "The Attorney." "A Run cn the Bank," in which Ward and Yokes will be seen for the first time in In dlanaoolls. will be presented by these very funny fellows and a big "company at tiie Grand Opera House next Jdcnday. : ard and Vokes have, by their original methods and unique style of burlesque, graduated from the vaudeville stage tD starring honors in the legltmate houses. The Flints, who claim to be the leading hypnotists of the country, will be at P;nglish, a all next week, opening .Monday night. Their entertainment Is sail to be superiq to anything ever offered in the fascinating line of mesmeric experiments. Herbert Flint is the, hypnotist who has been recognized by the courts In Wisconsin ami Minnesota, where his advice on th? question; of ihypnotlsm was sought, ; ' N ' - PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. C. M. McCbrnell. of'Terre Haute, pent. yesterday in the city. , Mrs. E..R. Keith has rone to Brazil to . visit Mr. and Mrs.' John Q; Jiryson. Mrs. D. P. f Downs, f -Terre Haute, is visiting relatives here for a few days. Mr. Charles W. Moores has returned from a short visit to friends in 1'hiladelphia. fU3 Cora Marsh, of iNerf London, Conn., will corae next week 'to .visit Miss Daisy MalOtt. Mr. Georg-e.Wllilams, of "ClrclnnaU, will come to-morjow to spend. Sunday with friends. . . t Mrs. W. C Ilcnry.'cf Franklin, is vlsftlng Jier mother, '..Mrs.. J. II Roberts, K7 Park avenue. - 11 - -. Drs. A. H.; Faith andF A,' Morrison will sail Tor Europe1 April to spend several months. . " y - ' i . Col. and Mrs. Iri N Walker . will ' leave next week for California, to be absert several weeks. m Mii3 Eatelle Sterne has returned from Cincinnati, where she went to attend a large wedding. Th Equity Republican Club had a big meeting at St. Clair Hall last night. Candidates and others spoke. Mr. P. T. Rowen, Deputy Treasurer of West Virginia, who has been visiting friends here, ihas returned home. Mr. ard Mrs; Charlea E. Kregelo will go to M. J. Osgood's. Monday, to spend a month before returning to California. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nichols Lewis, of Philadelphia, are the guests of Mr. and 31 rs. George F. Adams, on East New York street. - Dr. Rachel Swain has returned from New York, where she was called on account of the sickness of Mrs. Fremont Swain, who returned with her. Mr. William J. Brown will be the acting manager of the play to be: giver by the senior class of the Girls' Classical School, on Saturday evening. M!ss Marie H.iyes, of Virginia, will come to-day to visit Mrs. Herbert Collins. While here Miss Hayes is to be entertained with several luncheons and teas. Miss Carrie Malott, who is visaing In St. Louis, will be the guest of honor at a large party to be given there this evening. Miss Malott will return home next week. v The Young Women's Missionary Society of the Second . Presbyterian Churcii will meet this . afternoon with Mrs. Constaine Jteigftcr, at No. 376 North Illinois street. 'mm T Absolutely Pure. r cream of tartar taking powder. Highest 8f all la leavening strength. .Latest United Otates Government Food Report. Dyil liilzz PowJ:r Co, ICS Wall St.. N. V.

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an old-fashioned party in the church par lors. Mr. Floyd Woods Is back from a month's stay In the South. He spent a week at New Orleans and the remainder of the time with his mother and sister, at San Antonio, Tex. Mr. Charles and Miss Hcna Tucker and Dr. Harry Hicks nave returned from Chicago, where they went to attend a party given Monday everlng by Mr. and Mrs. Durand. MLss Maria Fletcher will come to-morow from Pennsylvania to attend the weddlrg of her sister. Mis Edith Fletcher, and Mr. Churchman, which will take place next Wednesday. The fund left from the recent leap year party at the Propylaeum has been turned over by the treasurer, Miss Annie G. Dye, as an Easter offering from the young ladles to the JJoys Club. The amount was $20. Rev. A. J. Graham, rector of Christ Church, went to Washington yesterday to get 'his wife and daughter, who will rtturn with him for permanent residence. Mr. and Mrs. Graham will be guests of Mrs. H. A. Bingham for a few weeks before taking possession of the Episcopal residence, from the lat of May to the 1st of October, while Dihop White ard family are at Bishopthorpe I'ark, near. Lima. CONSUL SAYS THERE IS 50 310'EY. Hut the Cronkhlte Helm Say He Is "Tnlkinff Thronxh Ills Hat. A. D. Cronkhlte,, of No. 272 North Meridian street, who went to Utlca, X. Y last week to meet the Cronkhlte heirs, who are trying to get hold of e.n elghty-milllon-dol-lar fortune, which, it Is claimed, la waiting for them, in Holland, has returned home. The kelrs say that United States Consul Downed, Who fays there is no money left from the estate. Is "talking through his hat." They believe the money is in Holland and have sent an agent to Amsterdam to lay claim to it. WILLIAM II. CORBALEY DEAD. .' Died at Colorado Springs, AVheTe He .Went for IIU Health. ' William H.' Corbaley, of this city, died Wednesday at Colorado Springs, where . he had gone for his health. He was formerly a pension attorney. He. was an inspector at the election which brought out the famous tally-sheet cases. His sheets were changed, but he testified that'thechange was made while he was in another room and without his knowledge. ' ' - - Mrs. Jamei K. Slonn. t Mrs. 'James K. Sloan died yesterday morning at her home. No. 52G North Senate avenue. She was sixty-one years of age. The funeral will occur to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. . i- i CITY SEWS NOTES. The women of Roberts Park "Church will serve a hot chicken dinner Tuesday, in the church,wfroai 12 to 2. The- managers of the Girls Industrial School have requested people , possessing cast-off ghoes for children to end them to Tomllnson Hall any Saturday aftewioon between 2 and 4 o'clock. There will be a social given at the Central Christian Church this evening by the Christian Endeavor Society and the Ladles' Aid Society, in honor of the new members who have recently come Into the church. .Mrs. Nellie Null left her Infant child, born at the City Hopsital, with one of her friends Saturday nlght, and then disappeared. The babe was left with Mollie Verrett, 145 Washington street. She says that the child's father was killed In a railroad accident before Its birth. William Wells, an acquaintance of the mother, yesterday called for the child, intending to take It to her. Tryin? to Sell Gold Chips. Patrolmen Moore and Lyons arrested Edward Todd, claiming to be a dentist. He Is held for being intoxicated. The officers observed him acting suspiciously and followed him Into a pawn shop, where he was found trying to dispose of some gold chips, evidently intended for dental purposes. The man wasj unable to give an Intelligible account of himself and admitted that he had no home, although he claimed to have been here fcr some time. A dentist's moid and seme unaet . false teeth were found in one of his pockets. ': - An'otliYr'imHanupolls Oil Company. Papers were filed yesterday with the Secretary of State for the Incorporation of the R L. Hisgin Company, which, with $10,000 capital, proposes to manufacture axle grease at EvansvLle. The Chester Oil Company, with headquarters In Indianapolis, was incorporated, with a capital stock of $"-0,000. The company will try for oil in Wells and Blackford counties. George C. Webster, J. S. Thompson, W. N. Harding, Ernest Dawson and A. It. Hovey are named as the Incorporators. Y. W. C. A. Left ore Coarse. The Young Women's Christian Association has arranged for a gymnasium lectur course, wd-Ia the following subjects, to be given by women prominent In the medical profession. The subjects, dates and speakers are: Dr. Sarah Stockton. Diet." April 10 (tonight): Dr. Rebecca Rogers. "Exercise," April 24; Dr. Martha Smith, "Dress." May 8; Dr. Marie Haslep. "Habits," May 22; Dr. Anna Bryson, "Physical Womanhood," June 5. PoHtofilce StntUtlc. The report of the superintendent of malls for the month of March shows that 4.528.S90 pieces 'of mall were handled, as against 4,307,470,. for March of 1S03. During the month 10.519 ' recks and pouches were received . and 16,537 dispatched, as against 10.SC7 received and 16,537 dispatched in March of 1895. The number of pieces handled correct to each error was 11,715, a per cent, of 99.99.Rev. Dr. Leon IInrrlona Lectnre. , Rev.. Dr. Leon Harrison, of St. Louis, delivered the last of the lectures of the Monteflore lecture course -for the benefit of the Free Kindergarten last night at Plymouth Church. -His subject was "The Ethics of Womanhood.", Dr. Harrison has many friends In this city, having lectured here last year. He left for St. Louis last night. . . Club nun to Greenfield. The Indianapolis Bicycle Club will have a club run to-morrow to Greenfield. The start will be at '8 o'clock at the clubhouse, 84 North Delaware street. The roads are reported to be In good condition in that direction. - . Ilalldlnir Permits. H. J. Kinney, frame house, Weghorst street. $1,2TjO. WUHam Suhr, addition, 08 Minnesota street, Loulse"' Beerman. frame house, Ticking street, J0. . Six allien from the Moon. Popular Science News. A voyage to the moon is the latest project which Is seriously put forward as the crowning point of the Paris Exhibition of 1900. Monsieur. Mantois, Its author, does net propose to carry passengers to the lunar regions In an aerial car, but he expects to bring down the moon to the reach of people whose vision extends, say, eix miles from the earth. The plan Is to construct a telescope nearly 2iX) feet long. The objective glass will have a diameter of something over 4 feet 3 inches, the largest in the world. The colossal tube will be placed horizontally, and the image of the moon will be reflected. by what is termed a mirror plane 6 feet in diameter and 13 inches thick. The weight will be 8,00 pounds. The special feature of the idea is that the image of the moon shall be thrown upon a screen placed in a hall large enough to hold 600 spectators, i Astronomers calculate that with an apparatus of these dimensions it will be poss4ble to discern easily objects of the site of the Notre Dame cathedral towers, and to distinguish the evolutions of a lunar regiment. Should the opening of th twentieth century be signalized by volcanic eruptions in the mountains of the moon, visitors to the exhibition would have a grand spectacle. Where the Art of Chooalnit Pnld. New York Times, "Some years ago." said a well-known woman pc-?t, "I wrote a poem that appraml In the bric-a-brac department of one of our leading magaiineA it was a bright little bit cf verse, with a timely 'hit' in the last stanza, and was copied far and wUe. A few years lattr a Washington newspaper offered a premium . for the beat poetical selection sent In by any of Its readers. A young friend of mine sent my poem ami won the prize. J3. The point of tills Htory lies in the fact that, for her taste In selecting the poem, she received t2 more than 1 received for my fklll In writing it." t ,

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TEXXESSEn DERBY EASILY avox I1Y DH. ai'LEAX'S BROWN GELDING. Lnily Inez nndllcn Eder, Coupled Fa . vorltea, Second and Third, Respectively Xetv Record for the Track. MXMPHIS, Tenn., April 9. The Tennessee Derby was won to-day by Dr. McLean's brown gelilng Berelalr. The day was an ideal one for racing, and the crowd numbered about 9,000. The Hot Springs stable's pair. Lady Inez and Ben Eder, were held as strong ifavorites, the prevailing odds being 4 to 5 on. Frontier and McLean's en. tfy, Berelalr and Rookwood, were next In demand, at Z'z to 1, while liberal odds were offered against Cotton King, Damien and Gretchen S., who composed the fild. The new starting machine was U3ed in the first ani &ecor3 events with fair success, but the owners of the Derby candidates requested starter Caldwell to send their horses away with his flag, in the old fa miliar style. The start was a good one. Berelalr immediately Jumped to the front, and, ridJea In fauKlesa 6tyle by Thorpe, remained there to the end, winning without whip or spur by a length and a half. The time. is th Tennes see Derby record, the best previous perform ance being that of Fandango (l:RHi) In last year's race. Summaries: First RaceSix furlongs. George F. Smith, 113 (Martin), 6 to 5, won; David. 113 (dherrer), 3 to L second; Nick, 119 (T. Murphy), 4 to 1, third. Time, 1:16. Mercury. Empera and Itey Del Mar also ran. David, place, even money. f tiecond Half-mile. Scribe. 10S (Martin), 3 to L won; Clifford, jr., 108 (It. Williams), 6 to 1, second: Lear, 108 (Thorpe), 15 to 1, thirdw Time, $1. Charles Reiff, Fortunate, Glen Albyn, Bishop Reed. Dr. Newman, Fritz Mac and Lexington Pirate also ran. Clifford, Jr., place, 2 to 1. Third Tenn6ssee Derby; for three-year-olds; guaranteed valu, fc,000; mile and oneeighth. Berelalr, 109 (Thorpe), 2ft to 1. won; Lady Inez, 117 (Perkins), 4 to 5, second; Ben Eder, 122 (J. Tabor). 4 to 5, third. Time, l:G5?i. No place betting against Hot Springs entry. Damien, Gretchen ri.. Frontier, Rookwood and Cotton King also ran. Fourth-'-Half-mile. Ollean, 110 (Buim), 12 to 1, won; Izeyl, 110 (A. Barrett), 15 to 1, eecond: Marie C. 110 (Perkins). 12 to 1, third. Time, :50. Lottie Wlmmer, Mellie, Mattie Belle, Blitzen's Sister and! Performance als ran. Izeyl, 5 to 1, place. Filth One mile. Mopsy, 101 (A. Barrett), 15 to 1, won: Sandoval, 111 (Martin), 6 to I second; Tanored, 102 (Sherrer), 3 to 1, third. No time taken. Lottie Altar, El Capitan, Lester. Adam Johnson. Bravo. Imp. Sauteur, Henry Harris, Princess Ro&e and' Panjan drum also ran. anaovai, 8 to t, piace. . Sixth One mile. Helen Mar, 95 (Bunn), 3 to 1. won; Miss Clark, 104 (Hherrer). 8 to 1. second: 'Leonard B., 107 (Thorpe), 4 to 1, third. Time, 1:45. Midland, 'Squire G.. Plug. Donation, Blng Blnger and Sky Blue also ran. Miss Clark, 3 to 1, place. Entries for to-monow'3 races: First RaceThree quarters of a mile. Minerva and Becky Sharp, 10T; Pavan, 1U; Perdido and Petrarch, 110: Mlckle, 118: Denver, John P. and Whiff, 121; Clinton. 121. Second Half mile, for two-year-old maidens. Albert Vale, Our Bishop. . Lincoln, Gooseliver. Dunmore and Ivorj'. 105. Third Tennessee Club purse; one mile. Tranby, 93: Nat P. and Ada M., 90; Fayette Belle. 101; A?slgnee and Linda, 110; Robert Latta. 112; Free Advice, 116. Fourth Five furlongs,, for tnree-year-old maidens. Miss KIrkendall and Ethel King. 102; Leonlnus, Eunuch, Little. Cliff, Scottish Lad, Blue Light, Single Stone and Kittleman. 104; Sycamore, Terrier, Americus and Spring Board. -107. Fifth Seven furlongs. Rossmore and Begue, 9S; Hibernla Queen and Santa Marie, 99; Sumatra. 100; Lord Wlliowbrook, Little Tom, Joe O'Sot and Fra Dlavalo, 101; Wedgefleld, 103; Jim Henry, 104; Rondo, 105; Sublto, 110. Sixth Three-quarters of a mile. Galley West, Mermaid and Lady Doleful, 105; Nicholas, 107; Albert S. and Towerst, 110; Overtlla, 118; Longbrook, 121; Roy Lochlel, 124. Greek AVIn Tlielr First Victory. ATHENS, April 9. The Americans to-day competed In the gymnastic exhibitions on the rings and bar3, leaping and team work, which were the features of the, Olympic games to-day- - On . the . ring3 the Oreks won their first victory, and the native audienco went wild with enthusiasm. The keenest interest is manifested in the foot race to be run to-morrow from Marathon to Athens. There are twenty competitors entered in this race, which is for a cup offered by M. Michel Breal, of the Institute of France. The favorites with those who are striving to pick the winner are: Flack, the Australian; Arthur Blake, of the Boston Athletic Association: a Frenchman named Lermusiux and a Greek named Laurentls. There was a grand banquet to-night In honor of the King of Servla. The Ministers, members of the diplomatic corps and the presidents of the Olympian games committees were presentI Change in Hnctnfc Rnlen. NEW YORK, April 9. The regular monthly meeting of the Jockey Club was held today. Amendments were made to the rules of racing. Rule 102 was amended tto read as follows: "The horses shall be started, as far as possible. In a Wne, but may be started at euch reasonable distance behind the starting post as the starter thinks necessary, but this- shall not preclude the use of any starting device approved by the Jockey Club." Rule 29, which reads as follows. Is stricken out: "The eleTk of the scales shall always put two pounds extra in the scales to prove that the horse has not. carried too much weight." Bicycle Record Lowered. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 9.-Two bicycle records were broken at Coronado track yesterday. The first was . the tandem half mile, unpaced, flying start, and was made in by J. M. Randall, of Rochester, N. Y., and C. -Schefskl, of Salt Lake City. The second record was the one-quarter mile, unpaced. flying start, which was made in 24 4-3 seconds by J. M. Randall and Earl Klser. of Dayton, O. General Snorting Xotes. The Louisville ball club yesterday defeated Columbus 10 to 3. There will probably be no National Circuit bicycle races in Denver this year. The Denver Wheel Club has notified Chairman Gideon that the date assigned to that city, May 25, is unsatisfactory. SPEAKER REED IX COLLEGE. Hulked In an Hffort to Kiss n Local Belle When "the Lie' Paused. Boston Globe.' In the fall of 1836, a tall, lanky, awkward, long-haired boy of seventeen, who gave his name as Thomas Brackett Reed, of Portland became a member of the freshman class cf Bowdoln College, the pine-girt educational institution at Brunswick. Of a poor family, unable to burnish him the luxury of a college course, young Reed went to Bowdoin with little ready cash, but with a stout heart, fully prepared to overcome all obstacles. Amorfghis classmates was John Marshall Brown, son of the wealthy proprietor of Brown's sugar house in Portland, Where Reed's father was employed for many years as watchman. But poor boy and rich boy went along Jovially In their college course together, there existing between them that genial comradeship .which in those days marked the Bowdoln students, who cartd little for rank or wealthy station. Young Reed did what so many Maine boys before. and since have done earned the money, to defray his college expenses by teaching school during the long winter vacations, which were given to the students for, this express purpose. Sometimes he was forced to remain out to teach, even In term time, being accorded the privilege of "making up" his lost recita-tloo,-aoA Permitted to go on' with his class. He and a. classmate. Judge Joseph W. Symends, afterward one of the Maine Supreme bench, studied together and recited to each other on these occasions. Despite the published statement that Mr. Reed was a member of the Chi Psl fraternity, to which 'Chief Justice Fuller, also a Bowdoln man, had belonged eight or ten years before. It can be set down as true that the future Speaker never joined any of the college secret societies. There was an agitation against them In those days, and Reed took a strong hand in opposition to them. He would not even Join Delta Upsilon. a nonsecret fraternity which existed. Reed remained throughout his course an "ouden." as the nonsocic-ty men were called In student parlance, from a Greek word meaning 'nobody" or "nothing." From time immemorial it had been the ru.'tom of the Bowdoin boys, on escorting a Brunswick girl home from an evening entertainment, to endeavor to obtain a goodnight kls. It is narrated of Mr. Heed that on at least one occasion he did his best to honor a young laiy with an affectionate symbol of parting oa they leaned over the oil gate at the close of the homeward walk. The doughty cavalier, however, met only with defeat. The lady In question, now a resident in a quiet Massachusetts town.

has probably, like Sir. Reed. long since forgotten the occurrence, but it still lives In the minds of some who were schoolgirls then. and to whom , the laly imparted, as schoolgirls will, the knowledge of her eveningin experience with her audacious escort. When at Bowdoln Reed took his meals at a boarding club called "The Katabron!an." At the table one day an argument arose over the result of the Western elections, which had . just taken place. Hot words ensued and the He passed. Reed was the aggrieved party. His eyes blazed as he remarked to tne offender, who sat directly opposite to him, "Dare to say that again, and I'll souse you with this glas3 of water." The student took 'the lare, but hardly were the words out of his mouth, when the young man found himself drenched and dripping. The two students next to him were also soused, and to them, after considerable talk. Reed .felt forced to apologize. It la safe to assume that the student who called Tom Reed a liar was more respectful to him in the future. At another time Reed was the aggressor. He became involved In a dispute with a big- fellow named Crowell, who, it was said, had been a blacksmith before he entered college. It was out under the pines. Finally Iteed called Crowell a liar. Crowell knocked him down. That settled the whole trouble, for they were, the best of friends afterward. - . ' For all these squabbles Iteed was by no means unpopular. On the contrary he had tho3 Qualities which .made for him no end of friends, toth In his own class and in the classes above and below him. He was probably the foremost Bowdoin debater of his time. He belonged to the Peucinian, one of two rival debating societies, which held regular contests for supremacy, and victory always perched upon the banners of tho Peucinian with Reed upon their side. , In scholarship .he was at graduation among the first half .dozen In his class, a result brought about only after a hard battie over himself. For the first three years of his course Reed devoted more time to general reading than , to advantageous 'pursuit of the curriculum. Finding at the end of Junior year that his standing was very low, he made a migbty effort, and by rising at S o'clock in the morning and studying until late at night retrieved his error, and succeeded in atoninjj for his wasted study hours. He elngulariy'chdse for the subject of his commencement' oration ."The Fear of Death." but the production was so excellent that It won for him the first English composition prize,- - ams. HESiir ward iiEi:ciicrt.

Quiet Home Life of the "Widow of the Celebrated Preacher. New York Herald. 1 Within a stone's throw from Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, at the corner of Hicks and Orange street, . is the modest residence of Mrs. Beecher, the.wilow of Henry warn neecner. 1 This venerable woman, eighty-three years of age, is generally at-home In the morning busily writing Xor some publication. The. parlor where she does her literary work is a cheerful and pretty -joom, with pictures, birds . and flowers. There are numerous photographs of her. dead hnsband, representing him from, his early .youth " to a period shortly bCo.e hLs death. There is also a statuette of ,him by Rogers, which is very lifelike. Curiously enough, over the grate under the mantel, shelf, the old family doorplate, with. "H. W. Beecher" engraved on it, is fastened. Mrs. Beecher prefers to live independently, although all her children have urged her to reside with them. Twice within a few- years she has made the long Journey to. Puget sound to visit one of her ons, and - has not found the Journey tiresome. Looking through the lace-curtalned window-toward Plymouth Church, she said, "Dr. .and Mrs. Abbott and their assistants are very , good to me, and so Is the congregation generally. The pastor and his wife visit me frequently and are like children in their affection." Mrs. Beecher is still superintendent of the Church Sewing Society and haa deference shown to her in social matters. When I asked tf she admired the bronze statue of Mr. Beecher, which, stands in front of the City Hall, she expressed a certain distaste for its arrangement of drapery and position. It was intended as a pleasant surprise for her, but had not proved one. When asked if she believed that we would recognize our loved ones after death, she replied, "Most certainly," and repeated a verse she had found written on a bundle wrapper of brown paper without giving the author's name. It was as follows: When the spring winds blow o'er pleasant places. The violet is here; It all comes back, the garden and the color, and here. No blank is left no looking for Is cheated; It is a thing we know. So after death's winter It must be God will not send strange things we hardly know; r -"ihaoif i The old love wlIITook.out from old facesDearest. I shall .have thee. It Is very sweet and pathetic to hear this lady tell her little story of being a young school teacher in her native New England village when Mr, Beecher, at the age of seventeen, was also teaching in the neighboring village. They boarded in the same house. Propinquity made them lovers, and thev wre married when very young. "Oh, how happy we were in those days," she added, "and we worked so hard; he preaching, teaching, and I taking boarders, besides my family' cares." Mr. Beecher was a most Indulgent father and husband, but the wife .transacted business matters, and acted as his secretary through their fifty years of married life. With their abundant 'means, through his large salary and -Income as a lecturer, she had no thought of becoming at all straitened in financial matters, but certain investments have proved disastrous, so that she felt obliged to remove from her comfortable home. A .wealthy and generous member of Plymouth Church has purchased this residence and given her the use of it for life. . .-j Mrs. Beecher is- wonderfully well preserved, talks exceedingly, well, and is generally intelligent-an& ' well informed. She oomes from an old New England family named Bullard, from which there have beeti two or three distinguished clergymen. Her tastes are very simple, and she has an aversion to the new, "woman .and the fashionable woman, contending ' that the true sphere for woman. Is. the directing of her household matters and the cherishing of her home, her husband and her children. "I have no active Interest in political questions," she said. 1 don't believe in women meddling in politic at all. and It makes no difference what L. think. I am remembered as the wife of Henry Ward Beecher. Many persons come here to see me: Hardly a day passes. without, bringing some visitor, some incident that reminds roe of my irreparable loss." . 'JOHNNY ON THE SPOT New Phrase. Snld .to ,De Popnlnr in Some Quarters. New York Sun. ,u . Current additions to contemporary slang find their way into popularity by odd means. An expression .once made' and often repeated gets finally a sort of vogue, especially if it seems peculiar. Such an expression, popular for a long time, waa "out of sight." though there was no especial significance to .the phrase when distorted to cover a variety of cases. A person was said to be "out of sight" when, for any reason, he or she was superior to other persons in any particular, and a man might be "out of sight" because he wa3 les3 well drewd than his poorly attired associates, and a woman was said to be "out of sight" because her apparel was a good deal brighter and more stylish than that of her associates. Similarly the word "nit," recently so popular, has been. swerved from its original meaning to serve many other purposes. It is of German-American origin, being a corruption of "nlcht." and among Germans it is not an unusual thing to state an artlrmatlve proposition by first stating the proposition and then adding the word "nicht." The grammatical genesis of "Johnny on the spot" cannot be traced very clearly, but' the phrase certainly originated from the longer and less expressive one "Johnny is always on the spot when wanted." A. "Johnny on the spot" Is a man or youth who may be relied upon to be at a certain stated place when wanted and on whose assured appearance confident expectation may be based. It Is not sufficient that an alert and trustworthy individual, to be. thought deserving of the name ."Johnny on the fpot," should restrict hla beneficent activity to the matter of being at a certain place . w"hen needed. He must. In addition, render such service and attend to su;h business when there as the occasion may require, and such a "Johnny" must be on the spot not merely to attend to the business of others, but also to look after his own. Hence, an Individual who Is prompt and far-seeing; alive to his on interests and keenly sensible of means for promoting his , own advantage, is a "Johnny on the pot." The expression is, to some extent, a variation or rather a continuation of that other phrase "he gets there." The expression "Johnny on the spot" has come into popularity very suddenly, and it will probably go out of popularity after some pretty hard usage Jn paragrapaers' columns, variety theaters, campaign speeches and cheap plays. In an equally unconventional way, but until a successor Js found it Is likely to be in pretty general -use hereabouts. The Policeman's Saw. . New York Tribune. . . His Honor But this poUceman says he saw you fighting. Mike An' me half a block around the corner! Shure. it's a circular saw he's afther having thin. Andirons and Iroa.Llnings. Jno. M. Lilly.

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THE FORMAL DIWCR A SERIOUS UNDERTAKING FOR TIIE NOVICE, A Lesson In Cooklne Meat Folly of Women "Who Weigh Themselves Down with Heavy Gowns. The arrangement of the menu of a course dinner is often the greatest perplexity of dinner giving to the inexperienced hostess, says Table Talk. What to serve first, last and together are problems she finds difficult to solve. In all these points the trained waiter Is carefully Instructed, therefore professional service gives, relief and confidence to the hostess and affords protection against the possibility of confusion or mistakes, which' will spoil the most elegant meal. ' Tho dinner oi the . period must not exceed two hours ' in. its service, and, unless an eiaborte affair with many cuests, tho menu should not Include more than elurht courses, the principal ones soup, fish, meat and poultry. To these may be added entrees. relishes and "sweets," as taste dictates. Until recently the first course has been either oysters or clams served on tho halfShell; but these have now given place to fresh fruit grapes, melons or strawberries unhulled, held toy the stems and eaten from the fingers from the favorite fruit service. The second course is soup; the third, fish; tho fourth an entree, either croquettes, tlmbales or chicken cutlets. The fifth course Is meat a fillet -or roast served with potatoes and one ; green vegetable. Then comes a sherbet or frozen punch In glasses, and this is followed by poultry or game,, which Is the sixth course. The seventh course, salad, wafers and cheese; the eighth,; a frozen dessert, fancy cakes, and' bonbons and, last, cafe noir. ... After the entree, some one vegetable is often served by Itself as a course usually asparagus, cauliflower or artichokes. In houses where wines are used their course varies with., the taste of the host, either one used throughout the meal or a different one served-with each course. I the former method, claret is usually selected; if the latter,. sherry with the soup, chablls or sauterne with the fish, claret with the entree, and champagne with the roast. A red wine Is served with the game, and some delicate cordial with the final course. The napkin is folded with the embroidered letter or monogram on the top, and within Us olds is placed the bread or dinner roll. Butter Is not served at the dinner of ceremony. The service a, la Russe is so ornamental, and leaves both-host and hostess free to devote themselves to their guests, that It still remains popular, to the exclusion of the English method, where the carving Is done on. the table. Dishes are passed on the left, the wine served from the right. The water glass is placed at the right, and, if wine is served, the smaller glasses are arranged around it. These -suggestions in reference to the course dinner are given to show that there are few changes in its service and those on the side of simplicity. They may be of value to the young housekeeper, who finds dinner giving a trying ordeah but later wU count It a pleasure. Roasting Meats, New York Ledger. "I picked up a cook book the other day," said a woman who is noted for the daintiness of fter cooking, 'fend one of the first thirgs my eyes fell on was this statement; 'Almost any housekeeper knows how to roast beef and mutton.' "I have boarded quite a number of years of my life, and have traveled around the world a good deal, and I must say that my experience decidedly contradicts this assertion. I emphatically declare that the people whq know how to roast beef and mutton are few and far between at least If one may judge from the results of their efforts in this direction. Perhaps it is because they do not select the right kind of beef and mutton, to begin With, but certainly the chippy, tasteless, unrehshable stuff that passes under these names Is anything but a compliment to the skill of the cook. 'To begin wltt,- there is often a grievous fault in the roasting pan. It may have been .carelessly washed, and the taste and smell of stale grease may be linf ering around It in an unmistakable atmosphere. The roasting pan ought to be cared for with Just as much attention as a mWk par, for if the taste and smell of dead dinners gets Into fresh meat it takes away thf fine flavor of the very best article. The pan should be scalded In very hot soda or potash water, not merely washed over, but thoroughly cleansed, then rinsed with boiling water until no sugeation of meat odor clings to It. The meat should be washed and all scrape trimmed off. also all bloody pieces, for here the first unpleasant taste of stale meat begins. Indeed, in hot weather it is scarcely possible to keep it fresh for twelve hours. Put the meat into a very hot oven, that it may commence to cook immediately. This gives a much better flavor than when it gradually warms up, and also keeps in the juices. Meat that is sizzled and simmered in an oven is scarcely worth -eating. Some cooks save the drippings from the previous roast, then use them for basting: but they must be very sweet, and should be carefully covered to be fit for this purpose. It is well to put the roast in the oven without any seasonlrg for the first fifteen or twenty minutes, then add a little billing water and the required seasonings. Some cooks sprinkle a dessert soconful of susrar In the nan: others snrirkle flour over the meat. One of the best of cooks sprinkles her roast with corn meal which has previously been browned 4n a frying pan over a hot Are. This gives an extremely rich and delicious gravy. After the meat has cooked rrair an nour it should be thoroughly basted every ten or fifteen minutes. Some cooks put a cup of sherry into the pan and baste with this. Those 1 who do not flke wines sometimes use cider, and often a very little cider vinegar improves the flavor of meats. The main points in the roasting of meats are a perfectly clean par, a very hot oven and thorough and frequent basting." Heavy Skirts. Dorothy Maddox, in Philadelphia Inquirer. "An old-fashioned porous plaster pitted against a new-fashioned skirt. Bather an unequal match, Isn't it, Dorothy?" "Yes, and I'll warrant the skirt Is getting the better of it," said I. "The idea of trying to doctor up a lame back while still tugging around pounds of drear material. If, from sheer necessity, women had to make themselves such beasts of burden they would think their lot the hardest on earth. If you want anything like a decently comfortable back you have got to start a skirt reform." "This means, I suppose." replied the plaster wearer, "going around looking like a dowdy." My skirts have all gone to the dressmaker's, and when they come back minus soulwearing lnterllnlngs they will look well, I don't know how they will look, but I hope I shall get as much comfort out of them as I did the other day when I slipped on a back-number serge skirt with only a broad hem at the bottom. The sensation of walking In this affair was simply heavenly. I felt as If I could skim along like a bird. The idea of women coming down here and paying heavy board to recover their health and then taxing their nervous systems as they do with dress brutalities. The whole thing Is a farce, gigantic and disgusting. Physicians are largely to blame for so many feminine dress follies. They send their patients away with strict Injunctions to keep out of doors, take all the exercise they can, etc. But never a hint on dress hygiene. Were l a doctor I should ask, wheal recommending a patient to walk, "What kind of a rig are you going to walk in?" If it did not come up to my ideas I should order a change much sooner than I would a change of air. And I know from personal exptrience that more benefits would accrue. j A Qnnker City Teatable. Philadelphia Times. A certain mannish freedom an air of emancipation has invaded the teatible cutfit, even for the conventional reception afternoon. I saw a marked instance of thi3 lest week in a magnificent mansion on Walnut street. It was the weekly at home of the hostess, and, to parody Shakpeare, luxury waited on hospitality. Lest the sinking sun should glow across the park and through the western windows of the drawing room with an Intensity too brutally unbecoming, curtains rich enough for a princess's bridal veil were drawn closely together under the heavy white satin one, wh'.ch hung hack in ttralght folds to reveal the lace that muffled the sunbeams; in the fireplace generous logs blazed and crackled upon andirons that did service across the sea centuries ao, and for which

the present owner paid a "king's ransom;" pale flowers were woven In the Aubuson tapestry of the chairs, and black oak furniture, carved in Antwerp, was visible in the dining room beyond the antique arras all was harmoniously rich and elegant. except the teatable. That was almost defiant In the contrast it offered. I missel the squatty Queene Anne teapot, the -e g$?-sheU" cup. the heirloom silver caddy, the thin slices of bread and butter, and the frivolous little cakes sj recently conquered the sum of all the essentials for a well-appointed teatable. I saw instead the common earthenware teapot of Shanghai, which. It must be admltteJ.

does preserve the leaves from the ordinary steeped bitterness; larg?, reavy glass tumblers. Intended for quaffs rather than sips: a Black Forest peasant bottle, holding the ge nial Jamaica; the original small, fiat, oblon; tea canisters in which the mandarin tea. worth almost Its weight in gold, was importedIn fact, to caddy the tea would now be categorical with decant.'ng the champagne ana a liberal variety of hearty sanlwiches These were spread with shrimp and mayonnaise: cucumber slices mixed with mavon naise, rllghtly stiffened with asnic iellv: grated beef and chopped gherkins; caviare stirred with a little finely chopped onion; but those supplied most abundantly proving their popularity, were spread with flaked fish any firm white fish can be used moistened with tartare sauce. And the quests ate heartily. Many of them girls who had walked In from the Country Olub had' appetites that enabled them to do Justice to that ample spread, any dainty nibbling being out of the question amonj? there rosy-cheeked belles, who talked of golf, cricket, tennis and wheeling, while they ate with a relith they made no effort to disguise. . The Deflowered lints. Xerw York Poet. Women fond of quiet, elegant head-coverings look with mingled awe and dismay at the startling exhibit of spring and summer millinery shown on every hand this eeasot. Not a hat or bonnet ready for wear that is not overburdened with a topheavy maaj. of garnitures with colors swearing at each other from crown to brim. The winter cart-, wheel hats were bad enough with their crazy-looking feathers set in straggling. drooping, flying groups on the outer edge cf the chapeau and tho topmost height of the crown, but the hat was mostly black and therefore a degree less conspicuous. Now 11 .is all the colors of the rainbow, and the hatbrjma are crimped and crinkled in the most novel and inimitable manner.- Great wide ruches of red, blue and green tulle are pleated up together, on one hat, with perhaps a high stalk of dark-blue French lilies on the crown, a bunch of yellow narcissus at Mho back, under the turncd-up brim, and clusters of magneta roses at each side of .the crown. This Is actually the description of a model now on exhibition In the parlor of a French milliner on Fifth avenue, the hat itself a black lace straw. A two-inch hedgerow of violets Is around the brim of a green openwork straw hat trimmed with immense red silk and .velvet popples, perfumed violet aigrettes, yellow pansles and tan-colored tulle. The only advice to give to those who look in despair at what is at present offered them for post-Easter wear Is to select their own shape and style of hat oc bonnet and trimming, and -order the garnitures arranged to suit their individual tastes and wishes. A Clitcafco Luncheon. Harper's Bazar. Has any one heard of what the girls call a "Chicago luncheon?" It seems to be quite the rage now, and certainly is "up to date," if nothing else. After the following description one may. form her own ideas of what the present customs are leading to. , The invitations for said "Chicago luncheon," numbering from 100 to 150, are sent' out on printed cards by the hostess, as her dinner cards are, viz: "Mrs. Brown requests the pleasure of Miss Robinson's company at luncheon on Thursday. April the 9th, from 12 to 2 o'clock." The guests are received at the entrance of the drawing room, as at an afternoon reception. The dining room Is decorated with flowers and plants. Small tables are scattered about, daintily set with shaded candlesticks and flowers to match, borben dishes, etc. Each table Is laid for from four to six guests, and there is a waiter aligned to each one. As so many are asked, the women generally make up parties among themselves, that is to say, they arrange to lunch among friends. Instead of silUn next to strangers, as is often the case at imaller luncheons.. If the tables are all occupied, the guests wait in the drawing room, chat and laugh, until one is ready for them, which a waiter announces. It does seem a ftrange, "restauranty" way of entertaining cue's friends, but it is new, it has Its adv images as well as Its disadvantages, and It cjmes from Chicago. . ' Rival for the Donnet. New York Evening Sun. The Easter bonnet has a rival. It Is a formidable rival, too, one that seems likely In time seriously to affect the despotic sway that the bonnet has so long and so uninterruptedly enjoyed. The rival is none other than the Easter bloomers. JCo one who yesterday witnessed the spectacle presented upon the highways and byways sacred to cycling can doubt this statement. It is not too much to say that the number of Easter bloomers on exhibition fully equaled. If " not exceeded, the number of Easter bonnets. Instead of donning their spick ard span spring bonnets and hieing them forth to church, the majority of women apparently donned their spick and epan bloomers and made for the boulevard. It was a glorious Easter for everybody, but especially for the wtheelwoman. Barring the wind, it was a perfect day "a-wheelirg for to gd," and the "lady cyclist" made the most of it. It Is not unlikely that Easter will noon mark the opening of the bicycle season; at all events. It is bound to mark the season for appearing in new spring bloomers. And when one considers how short a time it is since bloomers first made, their appearance he is filled with wonder as to what the future may bring forth. Long live the Easter bloomers! I Misplaced Zeal. New York Times. "Zeal," remarked a member of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution the other day, "is sometimes misplaced. I've been urging a friend who.se family I know to be an old revolutionary one to become a Daughter. She has never shown any enthusiasm about Joining, and her conservatism had simply the effect to Increase my "desire that she should. So when one day last week I found myself unexpectedly tete-a-tete with her for a trip to Philadelphia I renewed my attack with a bold move. As the train was leaving Jersey. City I said, in my most engaging manner, 'Now, my dear Mrs. S.,1 have you at my mercy for two full hours. Before wo reach Philadelphia you must have promised me that you will come Into the Daugh- . rra V -V " ,.7V Ask

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ters. I warn you that you may as well yield first-as last, for yield you raut. We want you very much. Mr, a. Fmf.ed rathtr peculiarly. Are you sure you will want me. ehe said, quietly, .'when I tell you that my most prominent revolutionary ancestor waj Benedict Arnold T " . . v Gleaning White crrpon Is sometimes used for rohni for baby carriages. One een is of a line silky quality of the crepon line! with pa'e pink China ellk and elKed with & frill of yellowish laoe. The surface of the robe is scattered with E-mail rosebuds embrolJered la pink silk. The menu cards an3 souvenirs suitable for colonial" breakfast or luncheon are booklets of parchment, tied with orange ribbons and stampei -with the seals. of the thirteen original States. Ices for such an entertainment may be served in Continental cocked hats of buff and blue. Although writers, lrrporters anl moJIstes have condemned the blouse waist, it continues to thrive and apparently aln by its condemnation. It certainly has not disappeared, for at recent hlffh-claaa drea exhibits it was one of the decldeJ features of t!he elegant and wonderful display. A bunch cf fresh violets may be preserved for several days If when they are worn the stems are first wrapped In cotton dipped In salt water and then -wrapped In tin foil. When not wearing: the flowers put the stim only in salted water, sprinkle thetops and cover closely with confectioners paper to keep from the air and light. Set' the flowers In a-cool place. Whit patin is Just now highly, favored for linings, stock collars, vests, bloase fronts revers, sailor collars and loundatlon. for fancy walrts under chiffon or mousselaine de sole, and it also still holds a leaiin? place for evening drepse: but the satin. If adopted, must be a rich, warm, creamy white, and not the coll. crude, metallic tint which tries the mort delicate complexion. The following Is an exeejlent fruit Falad, and, like Dickens's Marchioness, if you "make believe" Just a little you will find it tastes like pineapple: Take three lanre oranges, peel, remove all the whine part, ani cut the fruit into thlCk slices; pare two apples anl slice them very thin; alternate the slices of fruU in a dish and sprinkle over them sugir, the Juice of one lemon, all the orange Juice and a glassful of sherry wine; place on the ice for two hours before serving. - "There Is one untidy habit abouS womca that I cannot understand," . commented a marrlei man. 'They think thenwlves to dainty, and yet they will wear the same dress lining for a whole season without any protection to their neck or arms. My wife never hesitates about the wearing of lownecked and short-aleeved underbodles beneath her cloth gowns, which, of course, art expected to last for months without any change. In fact, she has one favorite 'tailor-made that I know for a certainty is three years old." , The votrue for ribbon trlmmlnjrs promises to amount to a rage the coming season, when they will be particularly favored ai ornaments to thin srowns for both day and evening wear. Ikslies the usual uxn to which these gay and graceful decorations are put cut up into butterfly bows, stork collars, running diagonally or vertlcally acro?s the skirt or bodice, etc. they will also be made up into shoulder braces, with Hreton straps going across, both front and back, upon them, and form shoulder kno! with long loops ani ends, anJ flat, broal revtrs and epaulets. Kilted skirts will da bordered with moire satin or velvet! ribbon, nnd seams of goreJ skirts overlaid with flat ribbon bands ending In rosettes at the hem. The, Appomattox AWnlTrrMry, To-night Encampment No. 80, Union Veteran Legion, will hold an anniversary meeting of. the surrender at Appomattox. Th exercises will be held at Plymouth Church, where Will Cumbaok will deliver an address on the subject: 'The Growth of American Liberty." A well-known vocalist will con tribute to tne exemeses. 3 x-v Ask Your (iroccr . Fcr