Indianapolis Leader, Volume 2, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1881 — Page 2

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SENATOR BltUUK. This timo another year will

Republican party, through it President-elect have accorded the Negro wing of the party u part f what is duo it by placing Son.itor Bruce in tho Cabinet? The Negro nice does not want any other man; it wants J5ruco. He is the bit qualified because of his past experieuco as a public man and because he stands to-day free from any Main upon his character. Ju-ticc ought to be dono tho Negro if he is expected to romo up to the rack everv time called

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tirely aside from all question of color distinctions. There seems, however, to be no uniformity in the matter of recognition, and there has been at least a partial affiliation between the separat o organizations, com posed of men nf different colors, in the States of Massa

chusetts, California, Ohio and New Jersey; KUest8 at tne Christmas festival last Tuesday.

the audience he succeeded in drawing wai a creditable one. TUE ORPHON. The Sunday-school of the first Congregational (Unitarian) Church had the children of the Colored Orphan LVsvlum aR their

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Katxtcrlbe for the Leader. .Let every colored man who favors the elevation of his race subscribe for the Leader; and let every white man who believes that slavery was a crme against humanity and that it is the duty of the ruling race to aid the Negro in his struggle for moral, social and intellectual elevation do likewise.

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took a severe spell of jim-jams on learning that an attachee of the Leader had become a Deputy Sheriff. So "skecred" was it that it immediately called upon the people of St. Louis to give it a "benefit" in order, we suppose, that it may be ready to recedo toward the "settin"

sun on the appearauce ot our Deputy. A benefiit is it you waut? Well, come this way, Brother Tribune. How our Deputy does ache to give you a "benefit". Whoopee! Chaw mo up! Oh blessed, blessed is the "benefit" giver.

and the recent action taken by the Illinois Grand Lodge is also understood to lead in

he fame direction. In New lork there ts a total debarrer against colored American Masons contained in the rule of the Grand L dge, and in its application to the Bubor. dinate blue lodges, which prohibits the latter from allowing any colored man initiated in America from affiliation, not, as it is claimed, because he is not white, but because the organization of which he is a member has never been recognized as Masonic. Placed on thin ground the issue arising will not differ greatly from that already arising from differences between the Amer

ican, Swiss and French jurisdictions. A representative colored Ma3on said to a

Graphic reporter: 'A11 Masons aro under obligations to recognize us, ixit they do not. The reason that they assign is that our original charter came from the English grand lodge, which exceeded its jurisdiction in granting it. The real reason is a color prejudice and nothing else. Our charter comes from the highest possible source. A hundred years ago black men were refused initiation to blue lodges in America, admitted ly on the ground of color. In 1787 Prioce Hall and six other colored men went to England expressly to secure the .Masonic privileges which were refused them here, and were regularly initiated there with the express understanding that they were to return here and establish Masonry among the colored men. We regard their charter

as outranking that of any white lodge in

. . f .iPoKin,, America, inese men nrs. esiaDiisnea oiua colored man is not put in tho Cabin lodgM in and aflerward iQ . rrovi.

dence. 1 hey established grand lodges in New York and Pennsylvania, and out of

BUYIXO A BONNET,

upon. We sec tho leading Kcpublicans and leading Repuhliean .organs of tho North speculating upon the comploxion of the next Cabinet. They conjecture that tho German, the Irishman, the Frenchman and ntbor classes of our citizens will be

represented, but we have not heard a single one bint that the Negro will be represented. We know this much, if Senator lruce or some other

there will be a great mativ disap

pointed colored voters. It will do the party no harm to consider the claims of these million voters! Athens (Ca.) Blade.

Tho Hon. John R. Lynch writes tho New Orleans Observer: "Many thanks for the attention you have given the Shoestring District. My majority, according to the sworn returns of the precinct inspectors, is C61. Had the election been fair and the count honest in every County in the District my majority would not have been less than 10,000. Chalmer's claim to the seat is based solely upon tho outrageous action of County Commissioners in throwing out votes that they themselves admit to have been fairly and honestly polled. Am determined to push tho

case. I am glad to sec that you speak in terms of commendation of our friend Senator Bruce. He is a true and worthy man. He is an honor to his race and party."

Thofollowingarticle is clipped from the Chicago Times, and is one of the most just and sensiblo statements of the Southern and Negro questions it has been our pleasure to read.

Coming from this source it is sig

nificant to say tho least: "It is easier," tavs tho mayor of Charles ton, S. C, 'to count out the niggers than to kill them." Tii? discovery doubtless explains the dearth of outrages of late vears.

The nigger" is permitted to live bocauehe can bo rendered innocuous by the application of addition, subtraction, and defiance to the results of elec tionsBut Mayor Courtney and Senator Butler are singularly short sighted. Tütj evil of nigger domination'' hm so Vroi ght upon their brains that they are .only for to-day, and leave to-morrow unthought of. But tomorrow will come.

The docility of the negro is shown bv the absence of any sorvile insurrection resulting from the war, and by the almost universal reiusal of negroes to defend themselves against ritle elub, Whito league?, and other southern political institution-. But thU docility is the result chiefiy of slavery. In 1884 there will be a larjce body of adult negroes who were born free, or who have never known the lj$h or the fetter, whatever

acquaintance they may have had with shotguns. The Mayer and the Senator expect tne negroes to submit for all time to the ascendancy of the whites, secured not by intellectual superiority, but by simple violence and perjured election returns. They deceive themselves. The white, says Swator Butler, will never submit to th) rule of tlio blacks. lie then relates an incident of the late campaign, the significance of which is lost on him, but which sbowa that the day is coming when the blacks will not submit to tho rule of the whites. 1,500 Negroes, armed with club.

marched to EJeüeld Court llouso with th

that originally grew the attempt on their

part to amuate and to secure recognition from the white grand lodges. The objection then openly made was that ot color, as well as of irregularity.'' 'When our representatives recently went

to the Prince of Wales, the present head of the order, he expressed himself as anxious to ee them recognized, and willing to lend his influence, but said he was powerless to interfere officially since he could not recognize two grand lodges in the same State, or recognize another where one already had acknowledged jurisdiction. Our initiation is identical with that of all bine lodges, and

The benevolence of the nivinbers of this Sabbath echo A could not have ben better

shown than by the fact thnt each child had brought its contribution of toys and sweet meats to help give these littl strangers a merry Christmas. On the arrival of the asylum children from Avondale, the exerciios in the upper room of the church bgan, with organ music bv Miss Newman and an addiesiot' welcome by tho pter, Rev. C. W. Wendto. The latter gavo an account of two interesting Christmas celebrations he had attended: one

was in San Francisco where, to give the l

little California-born bya and girl an idea of what a snowstorm was like, a mimic

shower of white paper shippings was let down upon them through tho ventilators of Piatt's Music Ball, to the great surpriso and glee of the children. Tbe second was in Chicago after the grent fire where the kindness of certain Boston friends had supplied him with toys, books, etc., in such large a uantitios that over 10,000 burnt out chilren enjoyed a Merry Christmas that dreary winter. Peter H Clark responded on behalf of the asylum, and told capitally the sU ry of the Christ bearing St. Christopher Mid his guest. A poerri of welcome by Mis. EL-och Tay

lor, wui read, and carols were sung by the

children, alter whiuh the whole company

repaired to the vrstrv. where a splendid

Chri tma tree had been decorated by tbe

vji vi ii tau i Ava vi 'it i vv- nun tuo vivi j . and wus all ablaze with licht, and loaded

W 9 with goodies. After various exerci-.es. the work of dia-

tribution began, each Asylum child received

an outfit of clothes, and an armful of toys

and dainties, until their faces shown with deliirht. Refreshments were provided for

all, a load of good thii gs sent to the Asylum and the managers handed a special collec tion of $30 beside. So -nded a pleasant oo

casion. which save much innocent joy to

forsaken and homeless little waifs?, and

taught the more fortunate children present

that great lesson of tho Mast r, "It lino blessed to give than to receive."

The leader has opened a Detroit column and we imagine we discern Benny Pelham

under the name of "Burvirage." Benny

and we have served quite a time in amateur

Stupendous Difficulty of Selecting a Becotulug One. JNewOrletn ricaynne.l Does any man realize the trials we women have to endure under the necessity fashion imposes upon us in selecting a suitable head covering? lie is very quick to say: llowhorridyou look! How in Heaven's name did you come to buy such a looking thing as that you've got on your head?" And be thinks all we have to do is to exchange ourunlucky purchase for something more suited to his taste. lis nover dreann how tiresome a thing it is to find thr.t something.

Wo go down town with a nics little sum of money in our purse, and tak our beet friend along to abide by her decision in a choice. We go to one millinery establishment ak to see 'tho latest" remove the remove the remains of last year's ßtyle from

our head, with a tenderness we never felt

for it until the present moment take a seat and are experimented upon for the next

half hour. Our friend plays a conspicuous nart in the operation. She has eyes "to the

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one occasion, when an accident disr.Med Captain Walker, she safely navigated his veei through a Gulf storm. There came a time when Mrs. Walker tired of life on shipboard, and so while her husband sailed h shone in society at New York, .Philadelphia, and Washington. She gained the reputation of being a brilliant,

I attractive woman of the world, one was

handsome, with dark hair, bright brown eyes, a perfect form, and all the case, tact, and thorough style of one whose whole life hd hppn rinsed in societv. She used, in

after years, to tell with apparent pride of her triumph in Washington. "More than one Senator," she said, ''has prayed me to notice hia cause. Martin Van Buren, timo and time again, tingled me out in crowded drawing-rooms, imploring me to hear him. I knew Clav and Webster, and Benton and Calhoun, and Randolph, and all the great men of the day. I knew them very welL" And then, to corroborate her stories, the old lady, for she would tell these things in her

later years, would produce a package oi lei

PETER ROCKER, Dealer in all kinds of Groceries and Wy hkr FJLOIJK Aistn fei;i. 494 West North Street.

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we are just as true Masons, whether recog :ournalism together, and we are glad to wel-

President Hayes has wisely decided intention of capturing the polls, and pe-pe- . .s -j-x u:i K trating some of the electoral iniquity that

to give t-auei i muanci I t e whites had taught them.

dpriainn hv that bir-hearted. Ideal Neeroes. an

.j. . i r r A body of 1,000 Nejr

American soiaier, euer, v. v. c1ubl;m.irchin, by fou Howard, who has iust been appoint- points to a Court House for th

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t.:e whites had taught them. Ihe Court

Court Martial. It is understood that House was garrisoned with white men armed

. , . -a j. At.' I WHO riues. oenaior iuiier &ucceeu'u in the President was influenced to this imnrein thu fact on the minds of the

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d they d?inersed.

roes armed

from remote e purpose of

capturing the polls, makes a long step in the direction of self assertion on the part of the Negro. It won't stop there. If in 1884

500 Negroes march on idgeneld Court

ouse, armed with rifles inteal of club?,

will Senator Butler be able to disperse them

with words? Probably not. The negroes, says Senator Butler, came from all parti of the county. Some of them should have voted, if at all, in precincts thirty miles from the Court House. Why did they not go to their own pollingplaces to vote? Because they had learned that it was of no use to do so. The Edgefieid County negroes learned in 187G that it was of no use lor them to try to vote singly. In 1880 they went to tho polls in

a solid column 1.500 ttrong, but armed only with clubs. In 1SS4 they will be more than 1,500 strong, and they will carry guns. Tho Senator proposed to the club-armed Africans that five men should be admitted to the Court House at a time, two white and three black men. He had just told them that the Court House was filled with white men armed with rifles. The negroes declined to go in there three at a time. Alabama has a white majority of G0,000, and the suppression of the nf gro vote is an utterly excuseless act of provocation to the negroes of all the Southern States. South Carolina has a negro majority ot 15,000, and the continued eupprension of the negro vote is impossible. The negroes are now freedmen. In a few years the "d" will drop out, and they will no longer be puppets in the hands of the whites.

nized ot not.1

"But there are accepted colored Masons?" "Yes, a few. There are several queer anomalias. A colored man initiated in a white lodge will be admitted to any white lodge, but not if he has been initiated among men of his own race. If I visit Germany or France or Switzerland I am recognized as a Mason, and if I return here I am refused admission. II ad I been initiated in a Continental blue lodge, I could bo admitted to

white blue lodges here, but having been initiated in a colored lodge here, I can only

be admitted to white lodges on the other side of the water. What but the most unreasoning prejudice could bring about such a state of affairs as that? We are formally excluded in New York by a rule in the Constitution of the State grand lodge, which the blue lodges would not dare violate, however much they might want to receive a colored Mason. They may initiate a colored man if they like, but not admit "a Mason" made by colored mea. Thosa are the instructions in the blue lodges of most of the States, although there are some exception?, and the recent action of the Illinois Grand Lodge seems to show a tendency o wards a fairer consideration on the subject.'' "Ilow is the matter likely to be settled?" " Well, it may take years, but it will ultimately result in a general affiliation, I think, although the process will be a slow one The matter rests, first, with the grand lodges of the several States. We, as well as the white men, have grand lodges in every State, and in almost every Territory. This, of courso, lead to conflict over the co-ordinate jurisdiction, and they deny us the right to a separate Masonic existence, and to to . A ft A.

any Jiasonic existence at an. As last as they acknowledge us to be Masons we shall probably accept their jurisdiction, and then, with single grand lodges all conflict will cease. Something of this sort I confidently hope for."

doing

Cincinnati people

if they wish to

CINCINNATI DEPARTMENT.

ed to the command at West Point. Thus General Howard signalizes the

very announcement of his appoint- J . 1 . f 1 1 A I

merit by an aci oi Kinuaesa to an unfortunate colored boy whose life has been blighted by the beastly prejudice fostered at West Point by the brute Schofield, and his class. Guilty or not guilty, Whittaker had about as much chance for justice before that "West Point Court as a captured merchant, before a squad of Algerine pirates. Schofield believed that the Negro boy was an intruder at West Point, and he naturally sympathized with the pauper snobs, who determined to make him feel it. His course in this West Point affair should hand the name of Schofield down to infamy. The President's action in the premisses will shine with increasing brightness as the years go by.

come him to the Leader

should read Detroit

be well posted.

Mr?. C. II. Slater, of 65 Hopkins street, will not receive on New Year's Day, on account of the death of her uncle Jesse Beckley. Mrs. Prentiss and daughters, also Miss Amelia Taylor, of Lexington, ivy., will receive at 257 John street. Misses Mary Dodson and Hester Onsley will receive at their residence, on Chapel street, Walnut Hill. We regret to chronicle the death of Jesse Beckley, Esq , formerly a citizen of this city, but lately of Kenosha, Wis. Mr. Beckley wa3 one who introduced tarroofing into Cincinnati. Leaving Cincinnati he went to Wisconsin, and was very sucTOssful, beins at his death the President of the Kenosha Gas Works.

Ala3l alas I 'tis said "Wraign will not be

down '

Look out for the Leader bills which are

beiag circulated around the city

The Leader can be found for sale at Ho-

gan's barber-shop, on Fifth street.

Quite a furore occurred in colored

and white teacher circles at the passage ot a

law bv the school board, forbidding the em

ployment of married ladies as teachers ih the schools. A more unjust law could hardly

have been enacted and we anticipate an

earnest and stubborn resistance to its carry

ing out. The Commercial and Volksblatt

have expressed editorially their dislike to the law, and with such journals on their side the married women Eecd not feel that all is

lost. By the way, however, should this law

be enforced, marriages among the colored

folks here will be very, very rare.

The ' German" and ' Occidental" clubs will be out on New Years Day in squads.

Look out for the double hack callers.

Next week a full account of the Leap

Year Ball will appear in these columns.

How about the Unity club? Did you get

an invite?

ters. some of them sicned by men

fortv vears afro. She cros-ed the Atlantic

ront of us," etc., but at each article placed 6eVen times before she was forty, and appar

ently made conquests wherever she went. But she was very far from happy with her husband. Tho'r" married life when be was ashore was anything but peaceful. In 1854 ('piain Walker died, and ehe was again a widow. She was thought to be

wealthy. Sh had speculated in Avail street, and so sbrvdly that she had doubled her fortune, she said. When, three years later, Abijah Smith, of this city, a local celebrity, whose home was at "Golden Hill," offered himself in marriage to Mrs. Walker, she accepted him. She thought that he wS wealthy. He thought that 6he was rich. Both were lovers of money, and both were disappointed, it is said, for, with characteristic shrewdness, she had tied up her little

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fortune so that Abijah could not touch it; and he had little to tie up. They lived very unhappily together until a few years ago, when an explosion in his saw mill nearly killed her husband and made him a cripple for life. She was not the one to kindly bear with a sick man's whims, and the house was

broken up. A year ago Mr. Smith died. His wife still made her home here, with Mr; Josephine Peters. She lived in the past, and nothing pleased her better than recounting the triumphs of long ago; how a leading French artbt begged her to give him a sitting; how her arm had been cast in plaster as a modd of perfection; how her beauty bad been the theme of poets and the envy "of other women all thif, with the garrulity of age, she would relate to any eood-naturo I listener. There was little re

maining to de:ito the charms of youth save the eves, which to the last were bright and

Hatter and Furrier FOB BARGAINS.

noted No. 76 East Washington Street.

upon our o-ows, eDaKes ner neaa most uisencuantingly. Tired and disappointed we

find nothing fits, whereupon wo aie told by tho polite French woman waiting on us:

"But madame head s ?o pmaii we ave 10

make something for her. If she selec' de

stylo, why, we can opy egxzatle to suit

her." Hut "madame' nnds no style oe-

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coming, iter iriena wnispers vo ner

of a place where she is sure

she will find something to please her, and

with polite thanks to the disappointed little French woman we leave tbe hop in quest of new fields. We are sorry at not having found something at the first store. At the second we begin to weaken on a certain shape which, if made smaller, we think would do. We appeal to our friend. She says: "Oh, neVerl In the first place it is an ugly color, most unbecoming; in the next it is not worth the price." In other words she U sure we would not be pleased

with it. With a poor excuse for an amiable smile, we decide to take her advice and not take the new 6haDe. We reach the next place. Tbe doer is opened tor U3. We are rushed at by a smiiiug young woman, wno mechanically aks: "Can I show you anything? ' We state our errand. Once more we are seated. Once more we are shown numerous styles until we become so bewildered we don't know which to choose. Once more we cock our head in all positions

and view that important portion ot ourselves in every light. Nothing satisfies. We leave discouraged, and go into the establishment next door. By this time the

invisible net over our front hair is a perfect

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JAMES T HILL, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, OFFICE, WESLEY BLOCK, Rear 28 Indiana Av.

THE OCCIDENTAL CLUB PARTY. Wuebler's Hall on Freeman St. was

Hack' Ititrranffu. THAT KICK The petitions for the re-employment of Mr. Wm. Alexander, who has been ousted from his position at the Court House, by tho County Commissioners, have been very gen

erally signed by all the colored citizens, and terest they created and the

Kir o lovfTA Tin tf A 17. I elaborate preparations made

the

I well remember about fifteen years ago that no colored person, however aged, infirm or helpless, from the baby at the breast to the old centenarian, could ride in a' streetcar in the city of Philadelphia, and when the railroad companies in the interests of their dividends, took a vote from their passengers in every car to see if their wa3 not some Christian sentiment on that subject, the aforesaid Christians condemned the Negroes to walk, no matter what the weather, and" kept them out of the public conveyance. The people at large have had to give way on this subject, through the operation of moral and physical forces and laws; and the Military Academy at West Point can

Km no excention to tne necessities oi iu

COLORED MASONS.

Affiliation of White an 1 Colored Masons in Europe, but Kct Here. The following article relative to the existing relations between white

publicans. The fact, that the names of the lion. Ben Butter worth and Mayor Jacob appear on these petitions, shows plainly that Mr. Alexander's services to the Republican

party are recognized and appreciated. As we said last week, this ousting of a colored man by the Commissioners waa a great blunder, especially so, because the colored people are looking to see colored men employed in the various departments of the County. What the colored people want is employment, and not the taking away of what positions they now have. THE U. B. T. CONCERT. We regret exceedingly to state that this concert failed to draw the audience it ?o well deserved. Altbo' the management secured the magnificent Melodeon Hall and exerted themselves to the utmost in securing the best talent of the city, and issued elegant nrotrrammes yet when 8 o'clock came on

Christmas Eve, only a very few were gathered to look on and listen. Nevertheless the programme was carried out and proved very enjoyable to those present. ''The

iovous scene last Wednesday night of

errand party, given by a club composed of

the leading young gentlemen of colored societv. The eleerance of the invitations

issued by the Occidental Social Club, the in

extensive and

by the young

society ladies, gave promise of an exceed

ingly joyous time, and these anticipations were more than f ulfilled last night. By nine o'clock this cozy hall was comfortably thronged bv elegantly attired ladies and

gents in dress suits, who merrily tripped 'the light fantastic"to the entrancing strains

of Prot. Hamilton s orchestra. Ihe supper

was all that could bo desired and was served

by the well known caterer, Mr. Smidt.

Among those present were Mrs. Harris,

Miss Ida Liverpool, Miss Stella Harris,

Miss Mattie Masterson, Miss Jessie Swett

Miss Sarah Newman, Mr. Joseph Kinney,

Mr. Charles Schooley, Mr. George Bowles

Mr. Wendell Liverpool, Mrs. Kay, Mr. J.

Hawkins, Mr. Percy Tripiett, Mr. John

Parham, Mr. John Stewart, Mr. Peter Jack

son, Mr. John Heeder, Mr. John Baltimore, Mr. Allen Tavlor, Mr. Wm. Bond, Mr

Geo. Bartlett, Miss Emma Stith, Mrs. Gray

Mihs Laura Hamilton. The several ladies were attired as fol lows:

Miss Ida Liverpool, basque, cream satin white tartar trimmed in cream 6atin. Bkirt

with white and cardinal bows and pear

jewelry. Miss Mamie Ray, white organdis and satin. Miss Sarah Newman, delicate

pink lace buntincr trimmed elaborately in

Wolfe is on the Hill," a very beautiful quar- sky blue satin, flowers to match and eanda

tette. was rendered by Messrs. Lewis, John

son, Tripiett and Ross; a base solo, entitled the "Maniac," by Thornton Smalls; Mr.

Edward Aam uincu selection irom

which wo copy irom the New York Graphic, will be found interesting to all persons connected with the Ma-

being, which are to provide us with military 8oniC orucr:

knowledge ana bkui: ana two munon

and colored Masons in tins country. Henry VIIl ., 'in excellent voice and style:

Mr. Thomas inpieu sung a very beautiful

of

black men. who are good so'.aiers for any

climate, are so impcrtant to us as a military - element that West Point must drop its .lotions of caste or disband. Gath, the famous correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer makes the above truthful observation with reference to "West Point and color prejudice in general. His little memorandum about Philadelphia does no credit to her so-called "brotherly love" people. But the times have changed. This sort of Pniladelpha was exceedingly numerous throughout the whole country a few years ago. It is a singular fact that this fellow they call General Schofield was only a lew years ago engaged in the business ef excluding colored people from the street-cars

The assertion that ''a Mason is a Mason

overall the world" does not seem to be true. A colored man may be "a man for a' that and a that,'' but the color of a man's skin seems to have much to do with his membership in the Masonic fraternity, if statements made by colored men are to be received as evidence. There is now practically no affiliation whatever between the black and white Masons in America. With few exceptions the black man's skin forbids him admission to the white man's Masonic lodge. The alleged cause for this difference is technical. The difference is real and likely to remain so for a great while to come. In a general way, the colored men, to state the difference lair;y, ttttribute the debarrer t prejudice, while the white men eay that their colored friends have no authorized existence as Masons, and that this is the only reason why they are not allowed to affiliate with, or be admitted to, the white lodges. Thev say further that thero are genuine colored Masons, members of white lodges and received in home lodges and elsewhere on termi of equality, but that they do not belong to the jurisdiction of the colored grand lodges, whose legal txisteuce here is denied, en-

ballad, called "3iusi we tnon meet as strangers;" Mist Annie Johnson, an excellent young declaimer, delivered very creditably, "Tell me, ye winged winds;" "Moonlight on the Lake" was to have been eung by the Harper sisters and brothers, but un happily these sweet singers were absent. Private Theatricals," a musical sketch ar.' ranged especially for this concert, by Louis K. Gilbert, Eq of the Gibson House, was the pleasantest part of the programme. E. C. Harper, as Prof. Mapleson, played the accompaniment to tbe diüerent songs in an able manner; Lonie Gilbert, as Japer, and George Taylor, as Henry, conducted themselves in such comical and tunny ways that they brought out much mirth; Georgo Barnett. as Prof. Castle, and Wm. parent, as Sig. Brignoli, sang admirably and were applauded to the encore. Tom Shipp and C. F. Smalls assisted greatly in the choruses. The vocal solos by Miss Hattie Homles were very sweetly sung. Misn Susie Johnson declaimed "Rock of Ages" in a most pleasing and dramatic style. Messrs. Hawkins and Ross delivered declamations with credit. After the rendering of the programme, the participants went to Mrs. Amand Berkley's, on Fourth and Broadway and were treated to an elegant supper. Mr. Tom Johnson) was rather unfortunate with this concert, but the odds were against him this time, s nd eonsldering all things,

shoes. Miss Stella Harris, cream-colored

bunting trimmed in blue silk and point lace with tassels. Miss Jessie Swett, velvet skirt, pink brocaded silk overskirt, trimmed in point lace Miss Annie Todd, cream-col-ored bun tine, trimmed in maroon silk a la princess. Miss Ndttie Gill, cardinal eilk skirt, delicate blue brocaded silk overskirt, Miss Early, simon-colored cashmere, trimmed in pale pink leghorn lace. Miss Ida Gray, cream colored zephyr cloth, trimmed in light-blue f ilk. Miss Alvia Troy, navy blue cashmere, trimmed in red satin. Miss Amelia Slater cream-colored bunting, trimmed in blue silk. Miss Slater, cream-colored bunting, trimmed in red silk. Miss Lulu Ray, white satin and silk illusion. Miss Loren a Marshall, pale-blue poplin and drab polinaise. Miss Cyrilla Jackson, red silk and lace overskirt. Mips Fannie Gilbert, black velvet skirt and cream-colored brocaded bunting, overskirt and cardinal bows. Miss Harris, black cashmere, trimmed in blue and old gold. The dancing continued until wee small hours of morn, and all departed feeling as if they had a joyous and happy time, indeed. Into one of our largest dry goodj stores entered a gentleman the other day, and with the air of one who had been used to this sort of thing all his life, you know, he said to the astonished saleswoman: "Give me a yard of maroon-colored flannel to match a baby, please." Correcting himself hastily, he began again: "I beg pardon; I mean a yard of flannel to match a maroon-colored baby. Here," producing bit of flannel from hi TMt-pocket, "I want a yard of that."

wreck, and the hair itself, which was prettily fl gtout Rd with m I rT on tPA at o cr nut naanl . . .-.i

arranged w len we started out. na9 a

tendency to stand on end. There is a pros-

ect of nothmg being becoming, irom our ooka. We aro aggravatinglv asked:

"What style we prefer to see?" We recklessly answer: No particular shape any

thing pretty." Again we remove our old bonnet with an actual reluctance to part

with it. Again we go 'through the old story. Our friend, who looks slightly fatigued, suddenly finds everything we try

on becoming. We get up a smue.

We aro once more told our head is unusually small, and that it is necessary to have a style copied. We find one we think

does nicely. We leave our orders and turn our steps homeward, tired, dusty, disenchanted with everything in general and

bonnets in particular. We are consoled about our small head, however, by the

aere crew morose and very penurious. She

would on occasions dress with elegance, and. taking from the Kingston Bank her

jewels, would appear in splendor. Her diamonds were fine, and she had a remarkably curious bracelet set with precious stones that were evidently of great value. A year, ago she became ill, and gradually failed. Two weeks previous to her death she fell and cut her head badly. On Saturday, September 18, it was evident even to her that she must die. She sent for Rev. C. W. Camp, Rector of St. James' Episcopal Church, and received the sacraments of the Lord's Supper. At sunset she died.

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thought that it is a great beauty, though in- cutta, there appears a narrative which will convenient. We bid our friend good-by, gratify tho lover of the mysterious. Here and tell her we are sure we could have dono it is: 'Tho following remarkable statenothing without her. We speak of our sue- ment has been forwarded to us for publicacess to the head of the house at dinner. He tion: On Sunday, at Mr. Hume's hbuse, at immediately asks how much we paid for our Simla, there were present at dinner Mr. and purchase. We take a long breath and Mrs. Hume, Mr. and 3Irs. Sinnett, Mrs. boldly state the co?t. There is a fuss about Gordon, Mr. F. Hegg, Captain P . J. Maitit. We 6ay demurely wo went all over town land, Mr. Beatson, Mr . Davison, Colonel (for we feel tired enough to believe it our- Olcott and Mme. Blavatsky. Most of the selves), and it is the cheapest thing wc saw, persorft having recently seen many remarkwhich is the truth. For answer our lord able occurences in Mme. Blavatsky's presscornfully says: 'Oh, pahl'' Wo assure ence, conversation turned on occult phenomhim when he sees the article under discus- ena, and in the course of this Mme. Blavsion he will feel perfectly satisfied. Just atsky asked Mrs. Hume if there was anythen the bell rings. We say, with a little thing she particularly wished for. Mrs. air of triumph, now you will be able to Hume at first hesitated, but in a short time judge for yourself. In comes tho hand-box. said that there was something she would We rush up stairs to a mirror, don the new particularly like to have brought her, fashion, arrange it most becomingly, assume namely a small article of jewelry that she our sweetest expression, and descend for had formerly possesesd, but had given away criticism. Our better half eyes us in silence, to a person, who had allowed it to pass out We slowly whirl around for his benefit. His of their possession. Mme. Blavatsky then lack of enthusiasm alarms us. We falter said that if she would fix the image of the out Well?' Ho leans back in his chair, article in question very definitely in her

takes ua in once more, and turns round to go I mind, she Mme. Blavatsky, would endeavor on with his dinner with the remark: "I'll I to procure it. Mrs. Hume then said that

give you just $20 to burn that thing up. To tell you the truth, you look fifty years older in it than you are." We are literally crestfallen I We silently return the hat we will never wear in comfort now to its rebt-ing-place, consoling ourselves with the thought that it is prettier than anything we have seen, and peihaps our liege lord will learn to like it.

The Romantic and Eventful Life of Mrs. Eliza M. S-mlth. Sew York Sun. There was another hearing o' the Eliza M. Smith case before Surrogate Parker yesterday at Kingston. The case i3 of unusual interest, not so much on account of the property involved, which is not much if any over $10,000, but on account of the curious career and characteristics of Mrs. Smith. Sho was born in 1793 at Gibraltar. Her father was a Scotchman, an officer in the British service, a member of the Ganneclifft family, whose estates there was some chance that the girl might inherit. Her parents were carried otf by an epidemic when she was four years old. She was a bright,pretty, and precocious child, and wa3 readily adopted by a wealthy Spanish family, who treated her with all the tenderness of a daughter. In that southern climate the little one developed fast, and when but thirteen years old was married to JosedeSamanos, a Spanish gentleman of considerable wealth. "Within a year the young wife was a mother, and when, four years later, her husband died, sho had given birth to four children. Dan Joso was killed in a duel, and it was said that this pretty, dark-eyed young wife was the cause of it. The widow of seventeen was left with but ono relative her little daughter Inez, for her other children had died. In accordance with the written request of the father, penned just before he went out to the duel, Inez was sent to the care of a Catholic sisterhood in Paris for instruction and guardianship until she should grow to womanhood. His large property was all he left to this little daughter. So the handsome young widow was ieft quite alone. Her property was enough to support her in ease, and there was no one

she vividly remembered the article, and

described it as an old-fashioned breast brooch set round with pearls, with glass at the front, and the back made to contain hair. She then, on being asked,' drew a rough sketch ot the brooch. Mme. Blavnisky then wrapped up a coin attached to her watch-chain in two cigarette papers, and said that she hoped th6 brooch might be obtained in the course of the evening. At the close of dinner she said to Mrs. Hume that the paper in which the coin had been wrapped was gone. A little later, in the drawing room, she said that the brooch would not be brought into the house, but that it must be looked for in the garden; and then, as the party went out accompanying her, she said she had clairvoyantly seen tho brooch fall into a star-shaped bed of Eowers. Mrs. Hume led the way to such a bed in a distant part of the garden. A prolonged and careful search was made with lanterns, and eventually a small paper packet, consisting of two cigarette papers, was found amongst the leaves by Mrs. Sinnett. This being opened on the spot, was found to contain a brooch exactly corresponding to the previous description, and which M3. Hume identified as that which she had originally lost. None of the party, except Mr. and Mrs. Hume had ever seen or heard of the brooch. Mr. Hume had not thought of it for years. Mrs. Hume had not spoken of it to any one since she parted with it, nor had she for long even thought of it. She herself stated, after it was found, that it was only when Madame asked her whether there was anything she would like to have that the remembrance of this brooch, the gift of her mother, flashed across her mind. Mrs. Hume is not a spiritualist, and up to the time of the occurence described was no believer in occult phenomena or in Mme. Blavasky'e powers. The conviction of all present was an absolutely unimpeachable character as an evidence of the truth of the possibility of occult phenomena. Tho brooch is unquestionably the one which Mrs. Hume lost. Even supposing, which is practically impossible, that the article, lost months before Mrs. Hume ever heard of Alme. BlavaUky, and bearing letters or other indication of original ownership, could have passed in a natural way into

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when a wife and mother, and was now less discreet than ever. Garrison life at the fortress was gay. The young officers quartered there were constant visitors to her house, and scandal was busy with her reputation. In 1815 Captain George W. Walker, the owner and Commander of an American trading vessel, and the brother of Commodore Walker, of the United States Navy, arrived at Gibraltar. At a bill given by the American Consul, Captain Walker, who was a handsome and gallant young sailor, met the beautiful young widow of Don Jose de Samanos. He fell in love at once, was deaf to warningß, and courted her with such favor that when, in two weeks, he sailed away, he took her away with him as his bride. Captain Walker occupied an excellent position in American society. He was well connected and wealthy, and did a flourishing trade between New York, Philadelphia, and Southern ports. For some years Mrs. Walker seemed to be a devoted wife. She sailed on many a voyage with her husband. She afterward boastea that she became so proflaiett in the art of aavigation that on

could not possibly have foreseen that it

would bo asked for, as Mrs. Hume herself had not given it a thought for months. This narrative read over to the party, is signed by A. O. Hume, M. A. Hume, Fred R. Hegg, A. P. Sinnett, Patience Sinnett, Alice Gordon, P. 1. Maitland, Wm. Davison, Stuart Beatson." We only note that all the recorded members of the Simla Sunday evening party, except Colonel Olcott and the sceress, sign the report. Neither the cool walks of science nor the deep shades of the descent of the hill of life seem capable of subduing the hot blood or tempering the fiery language of some men. The Medical Press and Circula" says: "A most painful scene has occurred at a session of the Paris Academy of Medicine. During a warm discussion on the cholera of fowls, M. Guerin addressed M. Pasteur in the following words: ''You are a liar, sir; I will lend you my seconds " Yet M. Guerin is an octogenarian and M. Pasteur hopelessly paralysed on the left side.

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