Indianapolis Leader, Volume 3, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1882 — Page 2

UHU! LUDER PUBLISHED ÜVEUY SATURDAY BT BY Äc CO., OFFICE, II JIIM,EUN BLOCK Corner Illinois and Market St. Cnured aa atcond-cliku matter at the PoitoJBce t Indianapoli, Ind. TKKMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. tflogla Copy, I year. tS.00 " I month!...... 3 months 1.00 .6 " 1 month .20 1.75 1.60 CI aba of iixl jear, each copy...... Uo, 1 year, each copy ....... THIS PAPKKSS V.SfVK Newipaper Advertising Bureau (10 Spruce St ) where U'truilDK conirKii mmj ua rnaue lur 11 iu ii&n 10 RK SubscrlbA for the leader. Let every colored man who favors the elevation of his race subscribe for the Lead er: 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. It seems to be a fixed fact that Sen ator Teller, of Colorado, will supercede Mr. Kirkwood, as Secretary of the Interior. John H. Smyth, of North Carolina, has been appointed minister to Liberia, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Highland darnett. The President has disapproved the finding of the Court Martial which tried Uadet Whittaker. and ordered ins re leased from custody. He will probably be dismissed the Academy Ex Senator Bruce wrote a letter to Senator Hoar of Massachusetts thanking him for his excellent speech against proscription on account of race or color. In so doing Mr Bruce ex pressed the sentiments of the colored x people of the entire country. Mr T. T. Fortune, has assumed the editorship of the Xew York Globe, Mr Fortune has had experience in newspaper work and will spare no pains to make the Globe everything it should be. We trust Mr Foätune, and the Globe as well,may have the fullest measure of success. The infamous anti-Chinese immigra tion bill passed the House Thursday evenintr. and now onlv awaits thesignao ture of the President to become a law. It is hoped that the President will with hold his name Irom the mil. as it is in direct oppostion to the spirit of the Con stitution. Since the Bourbon Democracy seem to be all at sea in regard to a Presiden tial ticket for 1884, we beg leave to sufnest to the them the names of co George the frandulent, of (Mississippi, and the new but enthusiastic convert to Bourbonism, Senator Jones, of Nevada. w George and Jones would make a team that would command the rag-tag and bob-tail of all parties, including the shot gun sleuth hounds of Missis sippi, and the bummers of the pacific coast, who have no delight to pass away the time unless to seize a "Chinee" in his hut and rob him of his hard earned savings. The ticket would be a strong one, so rank infact that it would smell ud to heaven. Rah for George the fraud and Jones the apostate. Those who advocate the prohibition of Chinese lmmicrration. are loud in 0 their denunciation of the Coolie system. The Coolie system is a species of sla very by which Chinamen are forced to labor for a term of years for almost noth ing. Let these men turn their attention to the abolition of this system and they will render a service to the country. The proposed bill absolutely prohibits a Chinese laborer, skilled or unskilled from coming into the country for the period of twenty years. It is simply a reenactment against the Chinese, of the "black laws" of Indiana and other states against the colored people. Unreason ing race prejudice is the chief argument in favor of the bill, as is clearly shown by the infamous speeches of Senators of Nevada, and George the shot gun fraud of Mississippi. Mb. Taylor, President Garfield's successor in the House, made an elo quent speech last week against the "bill of iniquities" otherwise known aa the bill to restrict Chinese iramigraiton. The measure is meeting with determined opposition in the House of Representatives, and we trust Republican Congressmen will have the good sense to defeat this Democratic measure. The men who have made the Republican party what it is, are men who have acted from certain convictions of right. This bill violates the principles of the Republican party, of the Constitution of the United States and of right action. It is a blow at our system of government, and it ought to fail. It will be better for the party to lose the Pacific coast and be right, than to gain that and lose the respect of the masses who look upon this measure as a pandering

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to base race prejudices for votes. The Democratic party is the proper organi

zation to espouse such a cause. Let the Republican party take no backward step. In the North American Review for April, Gov. Eli H. Murray, of Utah, treats of the existing crisis in the political fortunes of that Territory. Ac cording to the present mothod of local government there, the minority of the population, the Gentiles,' though they possess the greater part of the wealth of the Territory, exclusive of farm prop erty, and though they constitute by far the most enlightened and enterprising portion of the community, are practically without a voice in legislation. The au thor proposes a drastic yet entirely practicable remedy for these and all the other evils prevalent in Utah. An artide entitled "Why they Come", by Edward Self, is devoted to the con sideration of the many important ques tions connected with European immi gration to this country. Dr. Henry A. Martin, replying to a recent article by Henrv Berirh. defends the practice of J CJ ' A vaccination, citing official statistics to prove the efficacy of bovine virus as a prophylactic against the scourge of small pox. E. L. Godkin has an article on the Civil Service Reform Controversy", SentatorRiddlebergeron-Bourbonism in Virginia"; and General Albert Ordway on "A National Militia". Finally there is a paper of extraordinary interest cnthe exploration of the ruined cities of Cen- , . a,, xi u rn. tral America. The author, Mr. Charnay, has discovered certain monuments wnich conclusively prove the comparutive recentness of those vast remains of a lost civilization. The Review is pubished at 30 Lafayette Place.Ne w York, and is sold by booksellers and newsdeal ers generally. The Hon Geo. T. Downing's name has been mentioned in connection with the Liberian mission. There is not a man in the United States who would more worthily and honorably represent our government in Liberia than Hon, Geo. T. Downing. There is probably not a colored man in the country who has sacrificed more for the benefit of the race or done more to secure equal rights, Mr Dowtuno is a most polished gentlee a . , . i , OTTuirionpo rroaulpnr A TJTTTTtw wnii n render the colored race a valuable ser vice by appointing Mr Downing to this, or some other equally important position. Tlie Nero Case. Perhaps before this issue of our paper rea ches our readers, the worst facta in the Nero case will be in the months of everybody. It will be remembered tha he was compelled, at the last meeting of the board, to admit his marriage with Lucinda Stone, being brought to terms by being shown a certißed copy of his marriage certificate issued at the time at Cleveland. Mr. Nero then acknowledged the marriatre, but claimed that just as he was about to introduce proceedings for a d ivorce h rt wif dii nd nrn,i..i n nt.itn.rv notice of her death clipped, as he said from a missionary paper. A TelccTam from her father last Saturday. o - y i denyingShewasdead,inducedthendiugofa committee by leading citizens of Kansas City to Nebraska, five hundred miles away, to look her up. She was found and, gave full par ticulars of her marriage and desertiou, and stands ready to testify at any time before the courts. Gate City I ress. Poor Mr. Miln, of Chicago, has had a very stormy intellectual passage from orthodoxy when he took snip to atheism, where he seems at last to have anchored. He once be lieved a good deal of everything, and now he believes with all his might and mind and strength in absolutely nothing. He has preached his last sermon to his old congre gation, and he took occasion to give perfect ly free vent to his opinion of tnem individ ually and collectively. lie tninks every minister is a downngnt nypocrite, but one can t help thinking that it is not fair for Mr. Miln to generalize from his own case. "All this vicious kicking and biting," says the Independent, "is not an agreeable sight. It does not show the decent patience under blows which we like to see. Much better the example of Peter Bell's beaten beast Oolj the ass, with notion dull. Upon the pivot of his skull CD Turned round his long left ear." If Mr. Miln had departed from Christian ity quietly we should have respected his scruples; but when he laya back "the long left ear in a way indicative or an exceed ingly vicious mood, we lose our respect in laughter at his folly. Rev. T. McCantus Stewart, of New York, has delivered a rhilhpic against dancing. According to his view nearly all the devil ment in the world is traced to dancing, and he recoils with horror at the thought of this amusement. It would be well for the rever end gentleman to remember that he is a member of one of the enly two churches in Christendom that positively prohibits danc ing. If it is such a crime surely the other millions of Christian people ought to find it out. Dancing, like every thing else has its evils, but it is foolish to say that it is the cause of the fall of nine out of every ten unforunatcs. No good can come from such extravagant statements. If nire-tenths fall through dancing, it allows only one-tenth to fall by the influence of the ministers fatherly attentions. Every one knows this figure it entirely too small. The ordinary mortal would much rather see his wife waltz with a trentleman than kiss the minister. It is a safer transaction, Mr. Stewart to the contrary notwithstanding. Vonsenator. In a recent lecture on Cathedrals, in Ene land. Mr. H. R. Oough said that at Canter bury the services ceased for a year after Thomas A. Becket'a death, all the costly tJ'Sry' later, 1172, and Canterbury became one of the greatest shrines in Europe, pilgrims of an ranM nocKing mere, ana many bringing o oerings of enormous value. A great many of the old Parish Churches of England are dedicated to Thomas A. Becke t. The indignant Bourbons, like a lot of Tom cats, elevated their backs bv-gosh ear. and swore the "Gu vnur" should'nt be investigated at the bidding of anv Radical, by-gosh sar! But the "big hearted" old gentleman will be "investigated" all the same, sah! Bulletin. A good looking industrious young widow lady requests us to advertise and get for her a beaux. . More' anonl-Iree States. Telegraph us immediately aa to the condition of her )fnok account.

WASHINGTON LETTER,

Washington, March 14. Quite a number of Indiana politicians have " taken in and done" Washington dur ing the winter. Among them our deservedly popu lar and genial Governor. Governor Porter is a general favont in Washington. This is due, no doubt; to the fact that the Governor's political advancement has not turned his head, and caused him to look upon himself as a sort of sacred mystic, and the rest of mankiild as unfortunate creatures, who should approach him with fear and trembling. In fact, the Governor does not consider it incon sistent with gubernatorial dignity to give vent to the instincts of friendship and good breeding. In other words, Governor Porter has not permitted office-holding to degrade him, and deprive him of those qualities of civility and politeness, consideration for friends, and courtesy for strangers, which so adorn the private life of gentlemen. We are prompted to these remarks because we have seen so many instances in which an omce has made an impu dent snob out of a man who had for merly borne a good reputation among nis neigQDors. Washington is full of such snobs : poor devils who were but yesterday cringing spaniels begging the people to vote tor them or use their influence to eievaje mem to position. prosperitV &ndJ the manly iu gtincts, and last' of all, can every one bear official prosperity, so to speak, and still be the gentleman that he ieigned t0 nT ErivatAe life p T J3ui l iorgei mysen. lDeganioiaiK about A fers "on a lark" in Washington whom I have had the pleasure of meeting. While busily eugaged m the luxuries ot an hbbit House tooth-pick, some weeks ago, I im n II im i w-m ur mm V V T L B III m n tin . n a 1U UCUlUOt M.aiXJ 4A.Utll-l.lO. XI AC I 1JaX ? deservedly popular sheriff. During a pleasant chat, Harry told me how nar rowiy ne escaped immolation in a - . - Treasury clerkship some years ago. vnen tne non. jonn j. iew was Treasurer, he offered Harry a position in the Treasury Department which would have been considered a "fat r t w ww w a m t" take" by men holding much better poil TT 1" 1 A At . siuons tnan narry aia at me time. Deeply impressed, however, with the idea that, sooner or later, the good people of "Old Marion" would rise up, as it were, and call upon him to rescue the sheriff's office from the ravenous, ragged reubens, (which the same they did,) he declined the proffered- Treasurv nonor. ioi unnaiurauv men did a smile most child-like and bland plav I . . v upon the countenance of our worthy sheriff as he cast a glance toward the sombre walls of the old treasury build ing, and remarked : "Yes, Im right glad I warn't caught." P. B. L. Nowland, formerly foreman of the jSewfineZjob rooms, spent several weeks here, serving his country very acceptably in a (jrovernment printing office. He was called to New York to meet his wife's mother, Mrs. Glover, on her return from Havre with the re mains of her dead son. Mr. Nowland, it is understood, will not return to WdlnMnn I o a i tva ii i i a. oaumenng aiong r uieeniu sireet ine other day enjoying a few moments respite irom my arduous duties, 1 was I rhnet Tiormilir' i I 1 J autpitovu w uiiVt uui utAi County CIerk McLain, and jolI , u-V t-i . r . J lv old Jim Fletcher. We took a tramo through the treasury building, giving Assistant Secretary New, Register Bruce, and other dignitaries, a call. I plied the boys with all manner of questions ; pumped them dry, in fact, about the old town. It is safe to say that Mose "and Jim "did the town in the most approved style." At the Indiana reception, one of the social events of the season, McLain and Fletcher were seen and felt. The fact that Mose McLain left an arm down South a few years ago did not seem in the least to interfere with a most graceful execution of the figures of the landers, and to see Jim Fletcher whirling in the giddy waltz, apparently oblivious of all things save the ecstacy of the moment, (well, you'd swear he wasn't the fellow that raises such old "Ned" about the polls when the Democratic strikers try to get in illegal votes, or to keep one of his colored employes from voting.) But it was the same old Jim. If it were not for the fact that he and Mose were among the first sub scribers to the Leader, and have paid up regularly, I would say more about them. We'll try to get even with Mose McLain by helping to "foce" him into the County Clerk's office next November. Hon. W. H. Calkins informs me that he will secure a position here for a colored young man fram his district in a short time. The young man is well qualified and eminently worthy in every respect. He is not unhnown to the readers of the Leader but we will not call his name until the appointment is made, in order to save the modest young man from premature congratulations. We trust we shall have the pleasure of recording, at an early date the accomplishment of this good purpose not only by Mr. Calkins, but similarly of other gentlemen of Indiana's delegation in Congress. It may be rightly assumed that the colored people will expect their representatives to give them recognition in the distribution of patronage, and it would not be unnatural to suppose that members who decline to give their COl n of :fOTlfQ a' t1Q ronage, do not expect or desire the support of said colored constituents. Description of the Marriage of a Parson's Daughter that Shows the Best Style I London Queen. On Saturday last, at the parish Church, St Mary Abbotts, Kensington, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Frederick Mackerness, son of the Lord Bishop of Oxford, with Miss Amy Chermside, daughter of the late Rev. Seymour Chermside, j-ector of JWIlton, Wilts. The wedding' party assembled at the Church by half-past 11 o'clock, when the bride arrived, aod was received at the Church door by her

six bridesmaids. The bridegroom was at

tended by Mr. Christopher Harri son, his best man. The bride's dress was of cream colored satin duchesse, triniiued with Spanish blonde. The Ion? square train was draped to the waist, and the back of the basque bodice, looped up and trimmed with the blonde. The front of the skirt was en tablier, with box pleats from the waist to within twelve inches of the ground; here about six inches were tilled with liouilonnes, finished with pleated tiounce. The high bodice was trimmed square with the blonde, and a garland of bridal flowers placed on the left bide, and had elbow sleeves. She wore a wreath of orange blossoms and myrtle, covered by a veil of spotted Brussels lace, bordered all around with Spanish blonde, aud fastened to her hair by pearl pins and carried a bouquet of white flowers. Her ornaments included a gold pendant tet Mich pearls and diamonds. The bridesmaids w ere attired alike in fine pearl gray cashmere, trimmed with araethvst Lyons velvet and chenille fringe. The skirts were arranged en tabuer with rows of chenille fringe alternated with bouilonr.es of cashmere and revers of amethyst velvet. Tho bodices, pointed and gathered in front, were finis ied with ruffles lined with velvet, and ttraps of velvet across the bust and on the sleeves. which were gathered and finished with eauntiets lined wiln velvet, ihey wore gray chip hats a la niousquetaire, the br'ms lined With amethyst velvet, and two gray ostrich feathers tipped with amethyst, gray gloves ard hose, and aniethvst velvet shoes. Lach carried a basket of gilt work, lined with amethyst satin rnerveiueux, ana trimmea witn tue new cream inauresque lace and ribbons, a novel ty suggested by Mrs. Alfred Harrison, the bride's sister. They were filled with natural flowers. The ceremom' was terfornied by the father of the bridgegrooio, and the bride was given away by her uncie, Mr. H, Walter, oi rappiewicic nan. ine service was choral, and after it the wedding party proceeded to Mr. Chermside' s residence in Collingham l'lace, South Kensington, for breakfast. IIOUSKIIOI.O. Krououiic.il .-oui. Helen Campbell iu Oar Continent. Fresh meat and of more than one variety is required for a rich, clear soup or con somnie, but a savory aud thoroughly enjoy able one needs no such expenditure. The btory of one tureenful in a family whose mistress, editor and author as she is, "looks to the ways of her household," and plans meals with absolute enthusiasm, may hold a hint for other young matrons. And in giving it there is no intention of demanding exactly the same handling but simply a Knowing what fragments can do. Breakfast was over, and as my hostess arose she said: "I must investigate the refrigerator. Do you want tocouie? ' I followed mutely. There was a fascination in this housekeeping where everything seemed to work without friction, and stood before the refrigerator as its mistress extracted half a dr umstick and the backbone of the Sunday's turkey, a chop left from Monday's breakfast, a bit of broiled ham, and the trimmings of a roast of bee! lying there skewered and ready for the dripping-pan, and the thin end of a porter-house steak for breakfast of the following day. 'You won't mix them all?" I said in surprise. 'Of course I shall mix them. Haven't you discovered yet that in union is strength? That applies even more to soups than to corporations. Now attend." I did attend and this is what happened. A porcelain-lined kettle with tightly -htting lid came from its corner and received the heaped plate of apparently hopeless odds and ends, altogether about three pounds in weight. Four quarts of cold water, a heaping tablespoonf ul of salt and half a teaspoonful of pepper went in add the kettle was put on the range, from which a lid had been removed. "In half an hour that will be ready for skimming, perhaps in twenty minutes," my friend said. "I shall watch and as soon as it boils skim carefully and then move it back where it will simply simmer. It is one of the few things that practically takes care of itself when once started. Four hours simmering and then it can be strained into the soap jar and taken down cellar. Listen, Norah, for this is what you must understand and do. Every scrap of meat or bone goes into the kettle and gives up its virtues to the water, always cold, never hot, because cold draws out the juices and hot seals them up. It is 8 o clock now. At 12 strain it off through a gauze-wire strainer, and to-morrow morning 1 will show you what to do." The next morning found guest and servant alike interested in the soup jar which Norah brought from the cellar. A cake of fat covered the top. This was carefully removed, melted in a small saucepan and strained at once into a small jar, a sweet, delicate fat, "better than lard, Norah, for almost everythine." Below the fat appeared a thin jelly, clear and quivering. "With more meat it would have been firmer, but this does very well," my friend said. "Now, Norah, the vegetable plate from the refrigerator." Norah apppeared in a moment, gazing dubiously at the plate. It held a spoonful or two of mashed potato, a remnant of stewed turnip and a spoonful of squash. Norah brought also a saucer of tomato and half a baked apple, "You can't mean to put in that apple?" I said, astonished. "It's a most extraordinary mess, begging your pardon.'' "The secret of one of the most delicious curries I ever ate was in two sour apples, so tender they melted and were invisible," re joined my friend calmly. "I used my reason, and now in a 'save-all soup' I should put in a raw one if this baked one did not prove just what is wanted. That slice of cold toast, too, Norah. Now we want character. A small onion, cut fine and fried brown in the fat we have just taken off gives the mere suspicion that is all one requires, and here are the green stalks, three of them, rejected from to-day's celery. I put uo vegetables in the stock because I want the fat pure. Only a clear soup requires that they should be boiled together, and for all others it is best, whether fresh or cooked ones are used, to boil them after the fat has been removed. You understand, too, that from this stock may come a hundred varieties of soup, but we are concerned to-day with just this one. An hour's slow steady boiling is all that will be necessary after the onion has been fried and added, and at the end of that time it will be ready for straining or can be poured out just as it is, though I prefer straining in order that there may be do bits of onion." The onion was minced fine, not on the table, lest a flavor should be left there that might appear unexpectedly in some undesirable way, but on a small meat-board and dropped into the fat as soon as it was smoking hot. A saltspoonful of curry powder went in also and as the onion turned to a bright brown the whole was added to the stock. "Put it on at noon, Norah, where it will boil slowly and keep it from scorching. And now we will see what will come of it;" and the mistress turned away with a faith I was far from feeling. m Dark distnst fille'd my mind as at the eariy dinner we came together again. Too great fastidiousness, in ray early youth charged upon me as squeamishness, had been my bane, and as my plateful was set before me I hesitated inwardly though with no outward sign, and lifted my spoon with a protesting memory cf all the in compatibles that had met together. "It is delicious!"-1 said with fervor, and it was. "Poor soul!" my hostess laughed. "How I hav been pitying you. But hereafter I pray you believe me; a discreet and wellconsidered hodge-podge is often the most savory and satisfactory of dishes, and I am sure you will never again doubt the possibilities of scraps. Only remember; let them be daintly put away, never kept too long, for the least suspicion of mustiness is fatal, and once a week at least let the day's soup be this friendly 'Save-all.' " They were talking about the comparative readiness of the sexes to oblige one another, when Jones emplwyed this illustration: "A man walking along in the street finds a cigar in bis pocket, but no match. He meets another man with alighted cigar, stops him, asks for a light, gets it and goes on. Now, do you suppose one woman would do that for another?''

WEBSTER'S WIDOW.

The Courtship aurt Marrlaee of Caroline Leroy to the "Godlike Daniel." The following additional facts relat'ne to Caroline Leroy Webster, widow of Daniel Webster, who died recently, are from the New York Times: Mrs. Webster was thoroughly American in education, taste and sentiments. She was born in New YorkCitv in 1797. Her father was the late Herman Leroy, head of the once famous house of Leroy, Bayard. McKiven & Co., which had a large trade in different parts of the world. Mr. Leroy was also tne nrst Holland Consul to the United States. Mrs. Webster's mother was Hannah Cornell, a daughter of tbe lat of the Royal Attorneys (eneral of the State of North Carolina. Caro line was one of eleven children. and inherited from her larents qual ities that be.-poke high birth and high connections Even in her girlhood days the was noted for a certain stattly and impressive demeanor that caused her play mates to look up to her with deferential re spect. She was sent to a fashionable board ing school in New Brunswick: A. J., where she received her education, and on her re turn w ner noine ai once Dtgan to make a brilliant impression in the leading society ot tne c'y ot that day. she became widetv known for her gifts as a conversationalist, and for her attractive qualities generali'. Her father's house a: this period was at No, 76 Broadway, then one of the fashionable centers of the city, and it was here that, in 1828, she was rirst introdiu-pd to Daniel Webster, tue Senator from Massachusetts Those conversational abilities which had charmed eo manv oi the visitors in her fath er's house soon captivated the distinguished Senator, and, after only a few months' courisnip, ne marriea aer. ine ceremony was performed in urace Cliurch, in r ebru ary, 1821, in the piesence of a large and fashionable assemblage. The bride went at once to Boston, where she was introduced to Mr. v elters rtla tives, upon whom she appears to have niadt the same favorable impression the had wrought among her acquaintances in the metropolis. After a brief stav in Masachu setts the couple went to Washington, where Mrs. Webster's receptions soon became talked of as the most brilliant of the social gatherings then held in the capital. She was no.v in her favorite element, and shown to advantage as the hosiers in numberless entertainments, which used to draw to Mr. Webster's house the elite of the capital, and foreigners of rank as well as distinguished American Legislators. Ambassadors and literary men used to flock to the receptions, and thus gave to Mrs. W ebtor an opportu nity of cultivatii'g a wide and illustrious circle of friends. Among her intimates at this time were Henry Clav, John U. Calhoun Mrs. Madison, Lord Ash burton, Lord Bui wer and Governor Dix. In lsi'.' ?he went to Europe with Mr. Webster, ar.d traveled through Enzland and Scotland. During her sojourn in England sbe dined with Q:ieen Victoria at Windsor Castle, and was also a guest of the Duke cf Wellington and other distinguished members of th? aristocracy V hue there she witnessed tournament, and at a number of high social entertainments always won a share of atten tion as the brilliant wife of the noted Amer ican. She dined with Walter Scott in Iviin burg, and, with her husband, was the guest of many persons of title and quality in Scotland. This, however, never changed her love for her native land, and, though she always spoke with spirit and interest of her experiences abroad, she was ever wont to assert that America was the best land, after all, and that she had seen nothing to excel it in any way on the other side of the water. She would chat entertainingly for hours of all she had seen there. She went to Marsh field with Mr. Webster after this trip, and there entertained Lady Emeline Wortley. the daughter of the owner of Belver Castle, when that lady came to America. At the reception given to the lady at Marshtield there were present Edward Everett, and many of the l'erkinses, Winthrops and other distinguished American families. The lady spent several days at Marshtield, and was Ciarmed with the elegance and grace with which she was entertained. After Mr. Webster's death, Mrs. Webster returned to New York and lived wiih her brothers and sisters. But two of the family have survived her the brothers who were at the bedside when the deceased lady pas ed away. After Mr. Webster's d"ath 100 citizens of Boston contributed $1,000 each to a fund of $100,000, which was invested for his widow's benefit, and the interest of this she received regularly, although she had inherited sufficient property frru hr family to supply her needs. Mrs. Webster was among the spectators at the unveiling of thn Bunker Hill Monument, and the last public event she attended was the ceremony of the unveiling of her hue band's statue in Central Turk in 1877. For three years preceding her death she had been in the habit of staying at the Leroy House in New Itochelle, the builder of which had in his lifetime often carried across the seas mercau ile goods for her father's house. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jacob Leroy, had been staying with her since November last, when Mrs. Webster first began to be ailing, although she was able to be up and around tne old house daily. Her courteous manners were the subject of admiring comment among all who came in contact with her, and she treated high and low with equal kindness and politeness; those who were more intimate were often entertained by her anecdotes of her husband's career, of which she remembered and could narrate scores. She was very unostentatious in her latter years, and loved the quiet retirement of the romantic house that wins an added interest and historical value from the fact that she lived and died there. Her family was among the old est settlers of Pelham, and the family name is well known all over the county. ONLY THE DEAD. PAUL STONE. Only the dead are great; While they are here, envy and strife And jealous pride, too, Burely hide The great work of their life. The truly great earn sure, tho late, Their praise. Only the dead are blest Tbey earn by death that blessed bourne. Where shade of eve, nor light of morn, Can ever bring us rest. Peace deep and ftrong to them belongs Through endless days. Only the dead are dear: The best of all surely let fall The angry word while here. But dead lips plead for gentle thought Of tasks now folded hands have wrought. Dearest the dead of all. TABLE GOSSIP. Though Adam's dress was a nude de&igu, He often would sadly grieve. And sit on tbe limb of a tree and whine, 'Cause he couldn't laugh in his sleeve. "Opera Houses" are going up in most of the Colorado towns. The telephone has developed an entirely new school of hellocution. The shad is described as "a Csh that wears a fine comb for a backbone." It is believed that Guiteau's respiration will trouble him more than his inspiration next June. Why is the discovery of the North Pole like an illicit whisky manufactory? Because it is a secret still. A Dayton girl has named her deserting lover Conkling, because he voluntarily went back on a sure thing. The best description we have ever heard of a slow man was that he was too slow to get out oT his own way. Lowell Courier. How many people are there in the world who would like to find out practically whether riches add to one's happiness or not? When the Mormon Church "seals" a woman to a Latter Day Saint it doesn't mean that she gets the sack quite the contrary. A coal dealer recently received from a prominent shoddyite, who had been to Europe, an order for five tons of coal "delivered a la cart," The happiest disposition on reoord is the Philadelphia woman who smiled when told of her husband's death and who flirted with the undertaker at his funeral, An awkward Paris waiter, In attempting to place on the table a soup tureen tilled with fat chicken broth, spilled its contents on a lady's white satin dress. The lady

screamed and was seized with hysterics. The

waiter stooped and shouted: m ner ear: "Don't fret about the accident, madam; there's plenty of broth yet left in the kitchen. I am going for it now." Another member of the New York Legis lature has sent his pass back to Vanderbilt. He sent it back to have it made out for his family, instead of for himself alone. Genius is a great thing, without doubt; but if j'ou have a capacity for hard work you have so good a substitute for genius that you can't tell the difference between the two. It is startling to learn that 21,900 persons were killed in India during 1SS0 by snakes and tigers. In Bengal alone 10,004 persons died from snake bites. It is not a nice place to live in. There is an article eroing the rounds of the naoers headed: Wnv Blaine loid tne rruth. We do not see what could nave . . ... induced him to do so, unless he has retired from politics. fc-cientists say the best brain food is corn meal: so if you wi-h to flatter a scientist by soiue delicate allusion to his mental capaci ty, all you have to do is to call him a mushhead then run. A correspondent of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, speaking of Oscar Wilde's underpin ning, says: "ins shoes are sharpened on like wedges. I shouldn t like to have him kick my lavoritecow!" Dr. Danlop, of London, must be Simply a monster in temperance folks' eves. In l he course of a recent medical inquiry he assered that Deer was an absolutely essential adjunct to a pauper 8 diet. Some convivial spirits of Roscoe. Minn., conceived the idea of rousing one of their companions, more drunken lhan themselves. by pouring kerosene over him and setting it on hre. He was burned to death. The value of the stakes run for in Great Britain and Ireland in 1880. exclusive of steeplechases, matches and the prizes given in certsi'i cases to the second and third horses, breeders, etc., was nearly $2,000,000. Esthetic wife sobbing: "Dearest, I'll see that your grave is kept green but not one of those horrid bright greens. A nice olive grey green, with an old bronze tombstone. will look too awfully lovely for anything." The other day a party of seven under graduates, at Keble Uollecre, Oxford walked into the room of one of the most inoffensive of their fellow-students and cropped his hair so as to give him the appearance of a convict. "co you are going to lecturer' inquired a friena of a musical Professor recently "What on T ' " Well, if I am entirely sober, on my feet," was the reply. "That s wrong," was the response. "Never give superficial talk on large subjects." Boston Score. He: May I call you Revenge? She Why? He: Because "Revenge is swtet," She: Certainly you may, provided though, you will ltt me call you Vengeance. He And why would you call me Vengeance? She: Because "Vengeance is mine." Hawkeye. The difference between natural and exper imentai philosophy is very marked, it is perfecly natural philosophy to ask a man to lend you a small amount of money on the promise to return it the next day, and it is an illustration of experimental philosophy when he refuses to do it. A lady was singing last week at a charity conceit, and the audience insisted upon hear ing her song a second time. Her daughter. a little child, wa3 present, and on being asked afterward how her mamma had fcung. replied: "Very badly, I think, for they made her do it all over aeain." A Mr. W. T. Lynn writes to the London Standard: "The old "idea that our Lord's passion and resurrection occurred in A. D. 35 (given in most Bibles which have dates in the margins) was founded on the tradi tional belief that he was about thirty-three years on earth, combined with the idea that the date of His nalivitv was four years later than it really was (the actual date of that event being, in all probability, B. C. 4). Ihe only rea. doubt about the date of the resur rection is whether it was A. D. 20 or 30. Now, astronomy tells us that the full moon, which would be Paschal in the former year, fell on a Saturday (April 10), which is in consistent with the circumstances narrated. Uut in A. u. do that lull moon was on Saturday Thursday, April 6, on which day the Passover meal was eaten, and our Lord suffered the next daj' (in our reckoning, the same day in the Jewish), on which other ob servances connected with the lassover were still to be Kept, inis, then, 1 have very little doubt, was the true year; and, if so, of course the first Easter was on April 9, on which day we shall this year celebrate its anniversary." Spring Stles. lllarper's Bazar. J New costumes imported for spring have long smoothly fitted waists that outline the figure from throat to hips, where they are met by very full paniera or sash drapery, The ceneral effect is of long slender waists and very large hips, and this is produced bv several different styles of corsage and dra pery, such as pointed waists with paniers. draped panier basques, princesse polonaises with pointed bodice fronts, etc. There are not manv seams in new corsages, but there are bones in each seam its entire length, and these serve to hold the waist down over the hips as smoothly as the Jer sey waists ht. The ends of most waists are concealed by the drapery that is passed around the hips, but there are some pretty revers basques that have satin or embroidery turned up on the edge, be ginning next the middle forms of the back and extending to the front This is usually about four inches wide in the back, and tapers to a point In front, where it is finished by a ribbon bow of long loops and ends; the upper edge of this revers is neatly piped with two piping folds; when embroidery is used for the revers the scalloped edge is at the top. and the plain lower edge looks as if the embroidery had come from underneath it on the wrong side; the middle forms of the back are folded in one or two double box pleats, and an irregular bow of ribbon is set on irregularly, tkat is, toward the left side of the box pleats. A few waists are shown with side-form seams to the shoulders, but tbe short side forms, of which there are generally two on each side, are more often seen. The necx is very high, and the shoulder seams very short. A pointed V-shaped vest is in many dresses. This reaches from the throat to the waist line, and is seldom smooth, four graduated puff's being used instead. This is very pretty when made of moire, or of satin Surah on wool or silk dresses, and to this embroidery may be added, following its outlines, with the scalloped edge falling on the puffs. Sometimes embroidery for this purpose is laid in folds or lengthwise fluting, and lace is treated in the same way, which seems a pity, as both of these trimmings are handsome enough to rest smoothly on the bust, and thus display the prettily wrought design. With these puffed and pointed vests no buttons are used, the only fastenings being hooks and loops ot sIIk over metal. If buttons are preferred, they are very small and round larger than shot, but not so large as bullets. These are of crocheted silk, or silver, gilt, or other metal, or else ot wooden balls covered with the dress material. The flat metal buttons are not as large as a silver dime, are colored to match the material, and have raised figures upon them leaves, flowers, trees, and sometimes a shepherdess with lanib. For trimming the front of the waist, when the pointed vest and embroidery are not used, there are four folds ofsatin sewed in the shoulder seam, beginning at the top and extending nearly to the armhole; these folds are graduated narrower down to the top of the first darts, where they become only three or four inches wide; a slit i3 then made in the dress waist on each side just above the darts, piped around with satin, ana the folds disappear therein; a square turned-over collar is then placed at the back of tbe neck, and there is a standing collar in front The newest idea for sleeves is to make the coat sleeve slightly full at the top, gather it in at the armhole, and put a little paudirg inside the top to make the sleeve stand upward. Thi3 padding is put in a separate piece of silk lining, and when basted next the armhole has a very pretty effect. Wrists are close, or else the sleeve may reach the elbow and wrist. Two soft puffs ot satin turned downward toward the hand are preferred to frills or plain caffs; if embroidery

is used, the scalloped edge is turned up

ward. The lower edtre of waists presents the greatest diversity ; sometimes this is cut in a sharp point behind and before, end piptd or mirded; in this cae tne wj.i-t is laceil up the front, and the piped edgts rest on full panier drapery attached to the s'-iirt. The more freouent arrangement, lioveer, is to con ceal the ed;H-3 of tne waist after it has reaclitd the hips b fastening the panurs upon it witSi l-oVs and lops, or by a point ed belt of fourf-!dsof satin, or a ribbon s.sh bt:inuu: i'i tho sf&m unuer the arms, and thus triimni.it; the 'front, while th back has drajery sewed to its de, making a bouffant Piinetvi p-..lraise i-fleet. When adraied laque is preferred, the br.sque is weil b ned down over the hips, and scarf panfers curved open in front are attached to the edg und knotted er t:ed m a Dounant bow behind ; inn i nl lor ipanisu U;ce di esses and for line woolens The simple polka ba-uue is liked fr Cheviots and other p'ain wool drfs-e-'.. Thi. iu its new est tu od ineauo'i, t xtends eveniv around the hips three or fvir inches below ihe waist line, and-has a b-ix pleating a finger deep sew ed on the ede. When longer c--ats are ued, these ate also of even length a 1 around, and medium long. The fronts slope away, orcl-tf art curved sltghtly, and the broad muc form ot the o.sck is lengthened and tumid upward in a cluster of fo'dand fastened .prnnanent'y i'i the middle form seams below the w.-iist lineL Lower fkirts are sli.ihtiv wider. A great 1 i 1 . i many skirts appear o oe p:ear u ineir enure length, but Una pleating is only put on the parts not concealed M uppr df 'pery. Ten uadruple box pleats ot moire m if or satin some U nie form tLe entire visible f-kirt, and these are inaJe ov-r a cotton sat ine t-kirt tliat has a narrow pleating at ils foot. Woolen skirts ere mure often laid in w ide side pleats. A new bordered effect is added near the foot of pleatnl wool ekirts by inserting four lapping tucks of satin three or lour inches above the edge. Some very pretty t-fcirts of ca diniere or nun's veiling have narrow lengthwise tucks, stitched by machine, extending from the belt to near the foot, where an embroidered selveJge finishes this like a tiounce; such skirts arc made of the wide wool goods with embroidery done on one ede, and re thus made cro-sways of the stuff; the narrow salin pleating or puff is inevitable beneath such flounces. Very high full drapery in panier style, either quite straight aroiird or else curved open in front, ii the popular trimming for the lower skirts. This is made of a full width of satin, and is most often without trimming on the edge; it is looped and knotted behind, and the straight ends hang nearly to the foot of the skirt, fctriped faille and satin tkirts have merely a ruche at the foot, and the scarf patners at the top. Embroidered cashmere and satin Surah panier are in curtain ihape in.fiont, being formed of Pitched tucks, beginning in the belt, and extending half their depth. Uathcrtd flounces are used, but not to the exclusion of pleatincs, and there are many soft puffs as borders of skirts, and aso to form the trimmings of the front and side breadths. The white l.alayeuse inside lower skirts is of open-worked muslin in preference to laee and muslin plcatings. Skirt , braid is now sewed in between the. skirt material and its facing. - " '; The careful economy of the Scotch, not to call it downright meanness, is illustrated by many anecdotes, but by none better than this one: Sotwe one threw an apple on the statre when Mr. Cooke was playing, and somewhat disgusted by the character of the gift he accused the thrower of being a Scotchman. "No," said a brother actor, "it cerainly was not a Scotchman, for he would have eaten the apple and thrown the peel." BAILEOA13 TIJuU TABLE anl stirr suufl it, January 22, IKSt' el And, Column i, Cintluaatl and r. t1;hb.) iVj-art; ArrlYt !?. Y. 4 Eo. Ex- 4:-r'G anl A et. L. x. 7:10 au Union Arc.. 4:K aia K. G., Ii. A I. Kxl2.55 pn Dvy & Col. Ji'x.ll:2j!iniH:niou Au:...... 6.00 pm If. Y. a B. Kx 7:30 yzn B ., I. fc S. L. Rx. 6:23 pa I N.T. S. L. EX.11 :10rz BaiöHTWOOD ijlViblOI C, C.. O. A L Arritfc, 3:f0ajci..... 3:45 tit .VJ o irr. 6 1 j uic 9.1 iai li:C6ain u.yjit. o:ö.i .Til. 3. öS jr..! 6.51 cxi . 6:U;ia. . 6 .3 0 J IB .10:55 I B .......... 6 ; 7,15 pm .11 -C;pni For?!! 1- f.--r-"i.tioii, n'tes, naps, time tuble,. etc.. call M tbe Ynion Ticxt-s 0ce Bite House, cmier, I.; Soutn. Illinois street, MaAchusett Avenye let. or at tha Union lMnot. I1t?Fwurr, Cicciuuat; &sxa r!. Louu, (PAS EASDJ.X AND PENNSYLVANIA LI5E.) Derart, Arrive. New York I'fciia.Vpbia, 'KshlLe,ion, B-UtiM'jre, Pittsburg b (JoIuiibUt Exi'TH ... 4:f5 am Dayton Esprc-. - ll:15aiu Richmond, Dayton & Co-' l-.imbns Kxprc... 4:45 pn enI0-.45 paa "1115 am 5:45 pm rhu non a iv oojiou ao oomroo-latica....... Rier.rr.ond A'.-eorumoJa-tion..... New York, FhUelma, Washington, Baltimore, Plitsfcurg, t.vmmbrjfe & 5:45 pm 9:5S Dayton üiT-res 8H4 :45ptn S10:35 put CHICAGO ROUTE VIA KOKOMO. (P., C. ard st. L. K. K.) Louisville aud Chicago ; Fhm Kx press ll:30pci 3:35 am Louisville aud Chiango I hx pros Pt 12:10 pm! - 4:10 pm 1hi1t. iaJiy except Sunday, s sleeping ua. H Hotel car. For lUkete and fall informellen call at City Ticket Oäiee, northeoM corner Washington and Illinois streeUi. or at Union Deiot Ticket Office. lerre üaute, Yaudaiia aiia tit. lom. Depart, I Arme jfsdl 7:0uam!L.&C. Ex.. 8:8CUS. Tay Fiprvfc,p...l2:0C Juni nf i Line 8.53 ad. Ttrro Haute Ac- 4:00 pm Mall and Ac 10:UO are Fao tic E i 11 :u0 pm j Da y Express 4 : SO i E. LACti 11:40 pmlilall and Ac 6:40 pm For tlckeu and luli information call at Ticket Office, northetu-t corner Washington and Illlncla streets, at Cuion Depot, or District FasseagfC Aent. oQoe Vandalla Freight Depot. Clncinucti. luäi&cApul',, st. Louta &n& Ctrt CHIJO. CUCütfAH MTKIOK. Jeiart,! Arrt U A Louibv. v. L 4:15 tra' Indianap. Ac... 10:36 axe t.lncn. ac.... t:iöam C.L'vue.hx.pll:iOpm C. & L. Ex. p. c- S:10pm iLd.plig Acccm. 6:U)pra 0?mln. Ac 5:55 pm ,C. 4L. U-.10:66 p LAFAYETTE niVIPIO'. lrtw.i &ur. Fx- 7.03 ara (.'hick Lou. r.L :33a Cbloaro Mall p.12:10 pm I layette Ac 11:00 an Lafayette Ac 6:4'; pra ChUrgo MaiL.. 3.00 pxs C. A Ii. r. L. 11 :20;r-niiLa layette Ar 5:4" prr For Trm, time taMt 8, rie of fare and all informauoii, apply at ticket oßice, 136 South Illinois street, an i Prlnp lwiot ticket office. T-idlst'ill nl fct. Lotus. Depart. ArrlTC. ; r.y fTprcas re- 7:2.i am N. Y. Kx 4:25 air i-xal Kxpi&se is7:Ci pmiindlarjip'l ac11:00 aa if. Y. Ex 11:10 pmj Day F.ipre: 7:00 pn For a:l ini inaUo;', rates, nups, time tables, tie., cll at the Union Ticket Oitlce Bate Houw oorner, 184 isoutfc Illinois street, Mashaebusetut Avenue Depot, or a; the Uulon Depot. Indiana, Biootmngtoa and Wtern. Depart. I Arrlvt IfwJiQ fii 7:-i5 am East & 8. Ex. ...... 4:10am 8. & iL I. Ix..-.ll :00 pm (lndnnatl pec.lO:Si air. Craf;rVv)eAc. 3:50 pm! Atlantic Fx.AM. 5:4dro K. A 1. F. LI Tie. 1:1 j pm! For tickets and mil lnfoimatlon call at the New Ticket Oiec, .o. ij ?iou:h Illinois street, or at the Uuioii Dej-ot Ticket 02ie. 09 I.9 tfV. Lok Kna and We lern Immediate connections at Lafayette. art. I 6:45 pm . 9:00 pm . 1:30 anv . Arrive, ..... .1 odlanapolls. L&l jyeits... 11:00 at8:20 sxa 4:00 MB Hooninctou. Cinnnnatt, Hamilton and Indiaiiapoli. Deps-rU Arrive. Ind. and St. L... 4:15 am Connersv. Ace 8:45 am kmuerv. Xe ... 4:15pm:M&n 11:4. aa lud. and t. L... 6:55 pm lnd. aud fct. L.10:4i u IcdiacapoDa and Vlnceonet, Depart.) 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Arrive, MorefieM Ac. um Müh Ex 4:10 aQ Mall fe Day Kx 8:2 1 am Mome& am Acll:40aza Montezuma Ac 8:3) pm Mall & Day Ex. 5:37 pm Klht Exwea..-ll OöDraiilorefleld Ac 6:26 kj