Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1891 — Page 9

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SECOND PART. ESTABLISHED 1821, INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1891-TWELVE PAGES. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR,

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WOMAN STOOPING TO FOLLY

'BAB" SAYS, MAKES HERSELF A FOOL. Dressing a Dog In m Tea-Gown How Far Idiocy Can II Carried A Canine Fon?ral raying- Gen. Johnton a Tribute. New Yorx, April 10. Special. "When lovely woman etoops to folly, in the way cf catering to a pet dog. she becomes the most all-round idiot seen under the sun. This taste is appealed to rather more in Paris than it ia in New York, but email dogs who have been over the ocean blue ire coming home most frightfully and fearfully got up. Some place near the Palais Royals in Paris is a shop that ia exclusively dedicated to the wardrobes of email doggies, and one or two of the latest mode have appeared here. I regret to say that the American small boy jeered at him, and, notwithstanding the pride of his mistress and his French appearance, poor doggie hid his head witn shame and felt that he wa3 being made to look more silly than the two-legzed puppies. "What did he have on? He was a small King Charles, and he had on a sailor suit, that is to eay, he had a white cloth blanket that buttoned under Man, and which had a broad flaring sailor collar with anchors worked in the corner and a blue tie knotted in sailor fashion in front ; but the most remarkable part of the get-up was a white tarpaulin sailor hat that tied securely under his chin with his name on the blue ribbon band. He not only has this get-up for the street, but the poor little wretch rejoices in a masher toilet, which is best described as a black coat with a white waistcoat, a high celluloid collar with a black tie about it and a crush hatl But the acme of dress, as far as this dog is concerned, id reached in the afternoon when the cup that cheers is passed around; then my gentleman is attired in a cueaui-white silk tea gown, trimmed with fur and having a Cleopatra belt! It has long, flowing sleeves, through which his fore legs are thrust, and a most extensive train, and the way to make him show it is to odcr a biscuit and force him to walk on his hind legs, while the tea gown, with its underfacing of plaited lace, swirls behind him. The effect is marvelously funny but you don't know which to feel the most ashamed of, the little dog or the woman who owns him. The unhappy little wretch has his nightgown, and, according to his temper, it is either rose-colored or blue. If 1 happened to he the man in that establishment i would eet fire to all the dog's belongings, beat the woman and give the dog liberty or death. I'm sure any dog would rather be a convict in Sing King than wearing a tea gown, and, although you may pay eick aa a dog, I don't believe any well-bred puppy ever desired to be gowned in a sailor get-up. Talking about dogs, something very funny happened not very long ago among a family ot dous. It Consisted of a French poodle, of an Lnglish bulldog, of a French bulldog, cf two Prince Charles, of a fox terrier and a dog whose breed wasn't very clearly defined. They had always gotten alone in life most beautifully, but one day the English bulldog lost her temper and she flew at one of the King Charles and killed it in about a minute and a half. There was griet in that 6table, and that afternoon, when poor little Flossie wa to be buried, all the dogs near by came to go to the funeral. They man bed two by two, with the coachman, who was guardian, by their sides, and.ths msn who had had charge of Flossie carried her ahead in a box. The queer par; i3 that the murderess was not allowed to o to the funeral, and when the etahle wu shut she was locked in, and as the procession wan moving she was visible at a window, looking with longing eves after the funeral train, as if she didn't eiacty comprehend why she rcij.t not join her v ai.s to the rest of the mourners. Not a deg in that procession but seemed to realize exactly what hud happened, and every one of them for d aye afterward steered clear of the buhdog as if they knew she had crime upon her soul. You may th.ng thtry were afraid of her, but they weren't. The big French poodle could knock her out ia one roand, but they knew sh.3 had been mean euouzh to kill a littlo dog, and th?y bad a proper and dojr-lilte contempt for licr. "Whoever you may be, and tioweer fond you may be of dogs, don't put a sailor suit on one, or get him to look like a maher, r.or rcuke him ashamed of himself in a tea-gown ; but let him learn to do hia own duty in that station in life in which you have paced him -to be your companion, your trusty friend, and your servant. Every now and then everybody in Xew York who goes to the theaters wonders what we are going to do for characteractors when Stoddard, Le Moyne, and one or two others, have left the stage. Every now and then some young man is advertised as the coming delineator of character the one who is going to express much by a movement or a word ; the one who is going to learn that as much caD be said by silence as by speech, and who has not forgotten that in his direst hour of agony (on the stage.) even if the heroine is not speaking to him, it isn't for him to smile and bow to people he knows in the audience. Some years ago, when that beet of war-plays, "Held by the Enemy," was played, a young man took the part of the southerner. From the evennees of his accent, the perfection of detail in his appearance, his very walk, and the fact that nothing was exaggerated, he convinced me that he was a southerner by birth, and had simply taken a part that fit him like a glove. I heard his name here, there and everywhere once in awhile, always as a good actor, but I did not see him again until the other night, when I witnessed a most lurid melodrama, beautifully called "The Power of the Press." I got in a little late ; two men had just made their entrances on the stage, and were presumably convicts. One was fat, and looked as if he had been fed on plum pudding at Sing Sing ; he had a thick and closely-curled musta lie, and he looked much more like a barkeeper at a masquerade than the innocent victim of a cruel plot who had been four years and some months in the penitentiary. Ilthink his name is Lackaye. The other man stood, and for a minute I thought "Who are yon?" And like a flash it came to me: it was the convict that Victor Hugo hatl depicted, it was Jean Valjean ! There was the walk that came from going in line with other men, there was the smoothshaven face, half sullen, half ashamed; there was the look in the eyes of being hunted, and yet a little glimmer of hope, but it was tho convict, it was the man who had served hia time, and who had learned to walk with the air an I manner of a man who had been among convicts, and who.

unconsciously, had acquired their looks, and who, consciously, was remorseful. The other man looked the whole world in the face as if he knew the play was going to be all right and the audience would be delighted, but John Kellerd, the man who played the other convict, never for one moment made you think that he was any thing but what he seemed. Each one of the days of hia imprisonment was stamped upon him, and that one character stands out from the play as the most perfect bit of character acting I have seen for a long time. Later on, when his people have taken him back and father, brother and wife welcome the prodigal son, clothed like a man and in his right mind, there is always that pathetic subtle eomething in the tones of his voice that seem to say all the time to those who saved him: " Vou loved me, you helped me, and I will never forget it. ' Funnily enough this play, called "Tho Power of the Press," hasn't a single reporter in it, and though it is founded on fact the office of a newspaper nor a single person connected with it does not appear. I wouldn't bo a woman if I hadn't curiosity, so I determined to find out about this actor. John Kellerd is an Englishman, a lover of books and a student of them, liked by the men he knows, and who accounts for hia ability to achieve any accent ho wishes to one thing, that personally he possesses nono at all himself. From the time he discovered that an Englishman had an accent he made up his mind that he would speak pure English, and yet nobody could say whether he was an American or an Englishman, and he has successfully mastered this a much more difficult thing, my friend, than you would ever imagine. Jn appearance he is tall, dark, and with clear penetrating dark eyes, and it is in his own hands now to make himself the character actor of the day, for he has the best of all things to help him along youth and intelligence. We have to take off our hats and bow our heads before one more who lias passed over the great river and joined that. band that now silently waits. Out of the world has gone a good, true gentleman ; a man his enemies respected as they feared, and whose friends firmly loved him. AVhen the war ended the honest enemy was treated as was the man who fought beside him, and he recognized no difference because one had worn the grav and the other the blue. He mixed himself up with no political schemes, and he didn't use his followers to push him to office. You know who I mean. I mean Gen. Joe Johnston. The ranks are gradually filling out, the great generals are all laying down their swords before the greatest General of all, but I do not believe that there are any whose life-page is whiter than was Gen. Johnston's, or one who can show a more honest and honorable record. lie fought for that which he believed to be right so did the peop e who won, and if they'd been beaten they might have been counted as rebols, too, so that, after all, to be a good rebel isn't such a bad thing. All down through the South there are boys named after this man, and it does seem to me that now ia the time to impress on their minds that they want to be as honest, as brave and as God-fearing as was the man whose name Lhey Lear. There is a great deal in a name, and I can perfectly understand people applying to the legislature to have it changed sometimes. If 1 was a man I wouldn't want to be named Algernon, nor I wouldn't want to have any idiotic family name taken from "Burke's Peerage" and given to me. Being a woman, I wouldn't even curse a cat by naming it Maud, or Cora, or Ida, or Blanche. There may be good women who have borne such names, but they must have had w ills of iron to combat the influence, and women with wills of iron are not usually agreeable women. Fancy a great-grandmother being named Maud! Fancy Martha Washington's name having been Coral Fancy a woman who devotes her life to nursing the sick and working among the poor being called Ida! And fancy, if you can, a passe old lady, with false teeth, bleached hair, and a complexion that comes from a make-up box addressed as Blanche! Why, you can't fancy it to save your soul ! t . Fancy a good carpenter named Algernon! Fancy an honest cashier named Garenro! Fancy an elevator man named Guy ! Fancy a decent, law-abiding citizen who votes the democratic ticket, supports his own wife and takes care of his children, called Percy! You had much better name him Vere de Vere at once; let him wear a freckled shirt and suck at the top of a cane. What kind of a name do I like for women? Names that they won't be ashamed of when they grow old. What kind do I like for men? Those that suggest manliness and honesty and honor No nicknames? Well, now, if vou love James you are going to call him "Jim;" If you love John you are going- to call him "Jack ;" if you iove Thomas you are going to call him "Tom ;" if you love Frederick vou are going to call him "Fred ;" and if you love William you are going to call him "Will." 15ut these are our own special names, and not the ones for the use of the world at large. Somebody laughs and looks very knowing at the idea of a short name but you needn't be go personal my name is Barbara, but I am always called ?'Bab." ANOTHER ALLIANCE SCHEME.

The Ktniaa Organization Planning to Iltiltd o. I' BllroaJ. Kansas City, Mo., April 10. Since the farmers' alliance has taken hold of affairs in Kansas many surprising things have been done, but the most unique and daring plan that has yet been evolved by that body is a reported scheme to build a trunk railroad line across the state. It is expected that this proposition .will be made the issue of the next political fight in Kansas by the alliance. The plan is for the state government to construct a trunk line about 250 or 300 miles in length, and for the counties to build a network of branches that will touch every important point in the state. It is said that the right-of-way privileges would bo donated in every instance. Frank McGrath, president of the Kansas alliance, was in the city today. When asked about the plan he was very reti- ; cent, but admitted that such a scheme was under consideration by the alliauce. Several railway men were interviewed concerning the farmers' scheme. Mr. F. C. Gay, general freight agent of the anta Fe road, said : "The state would have to guarantee the payment for the first four or five years' interest on bonds of this kind for the reason that the railroad companies would make a determined fight, and no road in the state would make any money for the reason that rates would be cut to the lowest possible notch. In the end, thouzh, the companies would be bankrupted and driven out of the field." Mr. Gay did not believe the plan would ever be consummated, and all the other railroad men regarded it as wholly imI practicable and visionary.

BUSINESS IS STILL DULL

DECREASE IN THE PIG IRON OUTPUT. The Threatened Miners Strike a Threatens Ins Feature The Money Market I'n. disturbed and Collections GoadBusiness Brevities. New York, April 10. I?. G. Dun A Co.'s weekly review of trade says: It cannot be said that the business of the country is expanding when thero Is a decrease of nearly one-sixth within a single month in the output of pig iron. In nearly all quarters the admitted Blackening of trade is attributed to merely temporary cuises, but the state of the iron trade cannot be thus explained, and while it may at any time change for the bettor, it is at present an unfavorable symptom. At Detroit charcoal is offered at SIS the lowest price ever known. It is a hopeful feature, on the other hand, that stocks unsold have decreased during tho month more than one-quarter, bo.th of anthracite and coke iron at furnaces reporting. But the trade is very dull and some southern furnaces weakening as to price and the market for manufactured forms of iron and steel show no improvement. It is said that the orders for rails placed this year do not reach 400,000 tons. Another element which may prove of great though temporary importance is the decision of a great body of miners to strike May 1 for eight hours a day. The Eastern coal trade is very irregular, buyers waiting the effects of the coke interstate decision. Other industries show no material change though the wool market is more dull The boot and shoe trade is uncommonly dull with prices tending rather downward. Sates of half a million pounds lake copper at 13 c are reported, and lead is weaker, but tin has been advanced by speculation. The outlook for the building trades is generally favorable, though labor troubles at some localities are still threatening. Reports from the various centers of trades are about the same as last week, but recognize temporary slackening even more generally, while it is attributed mainly to bad weather and the state of country roads. Pittsburg reports lower prices for iron products, but glass sustained with improving trade. At Cleveland general tra le is fairly active, and lumber especially, and at Cincinnati machinery is very brisk, but other trade only fair. At Chicago wheat, dressed beel and wool show a C'-nsiderable increase over last year, tho first adverse report in that trade for many months, the clothine and shoe trade still showing gains. Business at Detroit is dull; at Milwaukee and Kansas City only fair, and at St. Louis not very strong, but at St. Faul spring trado has been very satisfactory, and at Omaha and Denver fair. At New Orleans trade is quiet, at Memphis caution rules, but at Savannah the prospect is bright, and thero is improvement at Jacksonville. Speculation in breadstuff's halts, though wheat is a fraction higher. Corn is Jc lower, but oats is ic higher; pork 25c higher, but lard and hogs a shade lower. Coffee is lower, and cotton has declined 1-lfk. Raw sugar has advanced 1-lGc under the very hevy demand since the duty waii removed, but refined grades are unchanged as yet. In general, the speculative markets are rather inert and the general average of prices is now 1 per cent, lower than it was two weeks ago. Exports are fairly maintained in the aggregate, but the movement of wheat, hour and corn falls far below last vear's. The returns of foreign trade for March appears to indicate an excess of about $7,000,000 exports over imports, but the exports cannot he expected to enlarge from this time forward. Tho money market here is quite undisturbed, though at all eastern markets there is more than usual disposition to loan on call rather than on time, and at Boston there is considerable stringency. Philadelphia and Pittsburg are easy, but at Cleveland there is some pressure, Cincinnati is a little close and at Chicago there is good demand at t per cent. At other western points generally the money markets are comparatively easy and at the South not materially changed. Collections are not as a rule quite satisfactory owing to bad weather and lad country roads, liut the treasury has again put out about $$,000,000 in a week more than it has taken in and no feigns appear of heavy gold exports as yet. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number 243, as compared with a total of 243 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 209. SEVERAL LIVES LOST. Eleven IIangnrtns K lied and Wounded by Gas Exp'osion. BnADDOcr, Fa., April 7. Eleven men were seriously injured by an explosion in a row of frame tenements on the cornerof Washington-et. this morning. Names: Joseph Jovez, Fraok Secer, Joseph Itesko, John Mezi, John Tirhacs, Steve Novosk. John Zckarak, Mike ltamisovinki, Martin Czhcnlya. They are all married and Hungarians who boarded in the row. The boarding house was kept by Joseph Chisick and Joseph Herodos. There were no gas attachments in the house, but tho pipfs sti 1 there are supposed to have been leaking. One man got up at 3 o'clock in Herodos' bousoto light a match. He struck it and simultaneously there was a quiver of tho building, followed by a loud report, and a moment later the exterior of the building was enveloped in flames. All the men were terribly burned, and Pirhacs and Novosk, Zakarak and Czhenlya will die, while the rest have a bare living chance. They were all burned about the hands and face and some were literally roasted on the lody. Drs. Phooiey, Carothers and Stewart rendered medical aid. Everything is being arranged to send the men to the hospital this afternoon, the Philadelphia natural gas company assuming all responsibility. ' The Toll Itoail Purchase Was LegaL The supreme court yesterday rendered adecision in the case of John M. -Gibson and others against the commissioners of Hush county. The question involved was whether or not county commissioners have a right to purchase a toll road when two townships have joined in a petition for its purchase and a majority of all the votes cat were in favorot it, hut it failed to obtain a majority in one township. The decision of the lower court holding that a purchase under such circumstances is legal was affirmed.

"THY WILL BE DONE." Funeral ef Ihlaeas T. ni nam Bridgeport In Mourning. Bbidgepobt, Conn., April 10. Universal sorrow prevailed throughout the city today and everybody is in deep mourning over the departed Phineas T. Barnum. Business is generally suspended and every citizen is given an opportunity to pay his or her last respects to the departed. The South congregational church, which had been placed at the disposal of the family for the funeral ceremony, was crowded to suffocation, and thousands that were unable to gain admission had to content themselves with viewing the funeral cortege as it passed through the streets from the house to the church and thence to the cemetery. To the very few who gazed upon Mr. Barnum's face this morning ai the .body lay in its somber receptacle at Marina it seemed a if the great snowman merely slepL llis head was turned slightly to one" side, in a natural position, anil no feature showed the slightest effect of disease. Tho remains of the great showman rested in a handsome solid red cedor casket of Corinthian style, covered with black English broadcloth. The trimmings were oxidized silver. Upon an oxidized silver plate was the inscription :

rillNEAS T. BAIiXUJI. Bokx July 5, 1810. Died AnuL 7. 1S01. The funeral services were 6imple in accordance with the wish of tho deceased. A short service of prayer was held at Marina at 1 :30 o'clock, conducted by tho Rev. I B. Fisher of the- First universalis church. This was strictlv private, only the members of the family being present. After this the funeral cortege proceeded to the church, where the public services were heid at 2 p. m. The impressive and most solemn exercises at th church wero conducted by the Rev. L. B. Fisher. The Kev. Dr. Collier of New York delivered a touching address in which he spoke nio6t feclingiy of the departed, ho ;vas hia lifelong friend. The text, Luke xxii, 24, "Not my will, but Thine be done," was that selected by Mr. Barnum, words which sustained and soothed him throughout his final illness. "It SingethLow in Every lieait." was the closing hymn, in which the immense throng joined. The floral display was simply beautiful. The floweri were too numerous to describe and were contribut- ! ed by friends far and near. A arge numher were sent by New York reatives and mends. At the grave thousands of synpathiring friends hud gathered to winessthe last sad rites. The handsome burial plot was beautifully adorned with fliwers. The Kev. L. B. Fisher officiated it the grave and read the committal service of the church, after which he offend the U3tial prayer and benediction. The immense crowd lingered long about tie grave after the grief-stricken family )ad departed, casting a sorrowing glance it the grave of the departed. Mr. Bstnum'i Will. The will of the life V. T. Barnum was read at Maranna immediately after the funeral today in tie presence of the family and represenUives of the press. The wealth of tho great showman is estimated to amoun to over $-5,000,000. The first will was writen by Mr. Barnum in ISS2, since which ime eight codicils have been added at various times. By a codicil dated Jily, 1S!X), he gives his wife $100,000 absJutcly and $40,000 annuity. Ho bequeihed to the First universalist church o this city $15,000 for providing, preaching and other services recognized by tl United States convention as in conformity to tho faith of universalisn. Ho benueaths Caroline Thompson 4 New York$i00,000; to Clinton H. Soiey, his grandson. $34,000. In the " same codical he states that he has no male heir lamed Barnutn, and provides that if Clinton H. Seeley will change his nam to Clinton Barnum Seeley he will giv) him $25,000 more. The contract between Barnum & Bailey shall bi enforced and 3 per cent, of his share in the show is given to Clinton Barnum Seeley, providing he will devoo sufficient titno in the intert'st of the show to carry it on successfully. If tie sum rcachea over $10,000 a year the btlance goes to the estate. To Mrs. Heiry Bachtell, Denve., Col., he gives 765 acres of valuable land in Denver. To Treasurer Fish of the great flhow he bequeaths 2 per cnt. of tiic profils, providing he remains, at the end ot rivo years, in addition t) his present salary. The residuary esfcite, after the payment of bequoats, is divided among his children and grand children. To Tufts college he beqieaths $10,000. To universa ist societies anl institutions, to hospitals and avlums ir. various cities about $30,000 is left" He lcives ?S,000 for a statue of himself at his grave. Any contestant of the will is to be cut off. The last codicil, date! March 30, 1891, provides that his execitor shall complete the new historical and scientific society building in this city, the same to cot $125,000. William B. Ilincks, trctnurer of the City saving bank, and Treasurer Fish are named as executors to strve without bonds. . BURNED TO DEVTH. Two Little Colorado Chtldrex Killed t7 the Explosion of an OCCan. Fxattsville, Col., April 7. A sad accident occurred last night, resulting in the death of Myrtle and Lottie Lumry, aged six and four years. Both children were busily engaged in starting a fire in the kitchen stove and used coal oil. The can exploded, setting fire to tie little ones with the above result. Lottie inhaled the flames and was burned about the face and body and died about 6 o'clock. Myrtle?s injuries extended from her knees tn her shoulders and she suffered greatly till about 8 o'clock when she expired. The baby, a child of ten months, was rescued from death by the presence of Myrtle, who snatched it from tho fire while she was burning and placed the baby between the feather bed and straw tick, smothering the flames and saving the life of her baby sister. POISONED THE CHILREN. A Pennsylvania Man S ispected ef. HorrU hi Crime. Grexxseuro, Pa., April 10. Three children of David Carroll died suddenly early this week under suspicious circumstances. An inquest was held when it ws discovered poison had been given them. Two other children are at the point of death and arrests will probably follow. Carroll has only been married a few months to the mother of his children.

PREFER TO BE CREMATED.

WHY PEOPLE DESIRE TO BE BURNED. Chicago Undertakers Tell Aboat the Secrets of Their Business and the Peculiarities of Their Patrons Fear ot Ilelng Hurled Alive. Several gentlemen well known in Chicago were seated in the rotunda of the Iceland hotel after supper the other evening and some one brought up tho subject of persons being buried alive. Two of the men were well-known undertakers and one a physician. "It's all 'bosh' about people being buried alive," said one. "You read in the newspapers once in a while of such a case, but I never yet saw a man who had ever seen 6uch a case. I think the changes in tho position of the body, as is frequently described after a resurrection, aro brought about by the carcleps handling of the coffin, which causes the body to be rolled around and disarranged." ".Never will any of the bodies buried by mo come to life," remarked one of tho undertakers. "I have a perfect horror of such an idea. I aiways fix them so that there is no danger of 6uch an occurrence. rCoonewilleversavth.it I buried a live person. I started in business in a little town in Minnesota, and one night I was called to arrango a body for burial. The body was that of a young girl. We fixed everything all up nicely and I went homo to bed. The funeral was to occur the next day because it was during the warm weather and they wanti-d to get the body under ground. At about 3 o'clock in the morning I was called aain, and what I saw made me creep. The girl had come hack to life, and was the liveliest dead person I ever saw. Sho was a very nervous person and had gone into a traiice, during wjiich she ceemed to be dead. The body had looked exact. y as though in death, and the attending physician had declared that life was extinct. The girl completely recovered, and tho last I heard of her the was married and the mother of a large family. I ehudder when I think of the consequences if 6he had been buried and afterward came to life. To think of her agony and her suffering in fin ling herself confined in a narrow box with t0A-eral feet of earth and the solid box covtx between her and continued life. How she wouid have endeavored to free herself from the place on y to find her edorts unavailing. "Now, whenever I have a body to prepare for burial I arrange it in the proper manner and embalm it. After a body is embalmed there is no danger of it ever coming to life again. I do thi3 for the sake of the dead person, its relatives and my own personal feelings in the matter. Toe embalming process is very simple. An incision is made in the body, generally in the abdomen, and hc fluids are drawn off. The arteries of the heart are opened in some cases and all the blood drawn off. This is done with a suction pumr.. Then the embalming tiuid is injected into the veins and this preserves the body. The embalming fluid is composed principally of arsenical properties; arsenic, you know, acting as a preservative of the body." "Yes, in case of a man dying from the effects of arsenic the body lasts longer and is found in a better state of preservation if resurrected after some time. In post mortem examinations we find this always to be the case," said the doctor. "Well, I don't believe that people aro buried alive," paid tho other undertaker. "I never yet heard anything definite of such a case. But I used to have a man work for rue when I was in business in New York, who had a horror of 6uch an occurrence, lie was a Spaniard, and was one of tho best men I ever had work for me. One day he was arranging a body for buri-d whoa I noticed a queer movement which he made. It was as though ho were striking the body. When he left tbe room for a moment I turned tho sheet down from the body and right over the heart whs a tiny round red spot. I examined it closely and saw that an incision had been made with some instrument. We dressed another body that nL'ht and watched him very closc-lv to see what he did. Finally 1 eaw him draw something from his breast pocket, and, with a thrust, press it against the breast of the corpse. I sprang and seized his arm, which ptartled him 60 that he dropped what ho had in his hand. It was a dagfcCr, the blade being no larper than a needle. It was about live inches long and had a beautiful'y jeweled handle. 1 asked him w hat he did that for and he replied that he always pierced the hearts cf the bodies he prepared for burial. When in Madrid, where ltc learned his trade o( undertaker, ho had become involved in trouble, as one of the persous whom he had prepared for burial had been proved by a later disinterment to have been buried alive. The- authorities made trouble over the matter and he nearly lost his life as the resuit Ho made a vow that he would never again run such a risk, and he made it a point ever afterward to ierce the heart of anybody he prepared or burial. It had couie to bo a second nature to him, and he always carried it out ns a part of the business. It may have been tho proper thing in Spain, but it was too cold-blooded for me, and I had to let him go." "1 had a patient once who had a terror of being buried ilive," said the doctor, "and ouo day he made me promise that after his body was ready for burial I would plunge a knife into his heart, so that he would not run the risk of waking up in his coffin. The poor old fellow nearly had a fit over the idea, and I promised to do as he requested. The day of the funeral came, and I was present to carry out the wish of the old man. Several members of the family entered the room with me to watch the commission of the deed. I had a slender dagger which I had used as a paper knife, it was a relic which 1 had picked up in the East I opened the clothing on the corpse, put the point of the knife over tho place where the heart was and struck the handle of the dagger with the palm of my hand. My hair stood right up on end and I folt as faint as though I had received a sunstroke. I pulled the knife out, arranged the clothing, and we left the room. When I got outsido I found that I was wet with perppiratlon." "Didn't you feel like a murderer?" asked the undertaker. "Why should 1?" was the reply. "The man was as dead as a nail. He was a man no longer. I felt just as though I were handling a piece of lifeless clay. That is all it was, anyhow." "The reason that so many persons are being cremated is because they arc afraidfof being buried alive," said the other undertaker. "But I don't think cremation is a good thing. The bodies ought to be planted in tho earth in order to purify it ana to enrich

it. That is the natural end of the body. J

ow if they get to burning bodies up and distributing the gases in tho air it may have a very bad effect on the atmosphere. I mean if they get to burning lots of them up. I don't mean that the small way in which it is done now is anv harm, but if it gets to be the regular thing it would be bad. People who are cremated only ask to have it done for tome such causo as the fear of being buried alive. I have had the relatives of dead persons ask rac all about how the body decayed and what kind of wonns ato it up. One old lady, whose husband died, asked me if I couldn't put something in the coffin go that the worms couldn't gvt at her husband's body. 1 told her I would try to fix it and si e was perfectly satisfied." "I buried a man once," said the first undertaker, "that we had a queer experience with. His face v.,'.? shaved when the ho ly was laid out for burial, but the funeral did not occur for t cveral days and we had to shaw hiiu again so that ho would look as usual." GENERAL FASHION NOTES. Eoth lizards and toads are reproduced in gem jewelry. Silk is more used than it hn? been for many reasons, i'anels, waistcoat., .tnd ideeves in most of the woo'en tlulU arc now in favor. Finger-rings, designed especially Tor children's weur. afford a pleasing variety, there being gold wire, kut, twist, ch.'.ac J and forg. t-me-not bands. Tho particular choice of the season is Bengalene, both plain a::d licured, bocause it is soft in drapery, lust run.--, and rich looking, but not expensive. Green H the favorite color for fancy articles, and exquisite little purses f.,r young ladies are of green leather in heart tdiape, ornamented with the bilver monogram vi the lair possessor. Ladies incline more and more to tho wearing of an elaborate run on the iittivi finder. One sees on this linger clusters and marquise rings, as well &n ihoz? eet with a fine soiitaire. The hair band or small coronet has been revived as the most approved hair crnament It is set with geuis, diamonds usually, exactly like the 6 d-fashioned article, and is equally becoming with high or lu'.v coiffures. Quaint little flower bowli are of engraved silver, from the sides of which spring sma'l tubes, sometimes as many as five appearing in the bowl. When tho tubes are filled with llowers tho elTcct i3 very plcar-ing. Some charming effects are seen in oxidized tilver jewelry set with carbuncles, topazes, aqua-marines and others of the semi-precious stones. A gem of ita kind is a small silver-mounted decanter beautifully cut ia old Venetian style. Light shades will prevail for woolen materials, and cheviot, diagonel, and serge wi 1 be used for useful traveling and street gowns. Tho cheviot' will have a kind of plaid pattern in sulnlucd shades or narrow stripes, large wafers, or Hnali rlowers. Yellow is the favorite tint of the season for all dressy toilets and for the decoration of plainer gowns. White, 6trevu with tiny sprays of pink roses and forget-me-nots enclosed in a lace-liite brocade, is the most effective combination for waistcoats. Russian and Neapolitan violets have lost caste by being too much worn, and polyanthus, acanthus, and cowslips, with velvety petals, are the favorite flowers of spring. The flowers arc placed under the brims of tho smsrtest headgear, resting on the hair like a wreath. Taste jewels and artificial stones will continue to bo a feature of dressy decorations on jackets and bonnets as well as gowns. Cut stones of ono color in three or four sizes will also be employed, sewed on net of the same color and used most effectively with black gowns. The leading idea in the designs is ribbon thrown on the foundation either in wavy folds or tied in bow knots. Surah is ganerously brocaded with Pompadour designs, and also is decorated with satin motifs under the name of "Surah do Barry." Another new feature of the s-aton's silks is the shot effect which runs through all tho different varieties of weave. New gloves are short and nearly always with four buttons, to correspond with the long beeves, and tho?o white or pearl kid with black stitchings are considered tho most chic, with wool gow.ns for drossy 6trect wear. The real Kt!.i.a leather gloves, so popular in Loudon through tho winter, have been impoi tod, and aro tho most durable and economical gloves for common wear, though they are rather higher-priced than ordinary kid. They are elastic and neatly fitting, and, while as durable aa dogskin, arc much less clumsy, and do not increase the Fize of tho hand like tho heavier material. l'rltnvr la lrrn C1. Nowhere, eavemthc wilderness beyond the frontiers of civilization, can such perfect privacv bo enjoyed as in a larre city, 6avs the New York Isd-jcr. The denizens of "a busy metropolis have enough to do ia attending to theirowu affair. They havo no time to bestow on the doings of their neighbors, and take no iiiten-: in them. The curiosity of villages and small towns is insatiable. Kspionage is the main employment of at least one-third of their inhabitants. On the other hand, if a stranger take up his abode among them, he becomes at once a center of observation a target for conjecture a standing topic of conversation. The I!nndnm Mster fTcxms Sifting. Jjtdy "The lady over there is my sister." Brown "Lord be praised that I nm not her brother." "What do you mean?" "You see, it I was her brother I'd never be able to flirt with her." Kmb--rrlnr. Manser's Weekly.J "You should not have given up your Sundav school class." "I bad to: the boys are getting to be such big fellows and they ask such embarrassing questions. One "of them asked me to marry him." Knew from Experience. Smith, lira? A Co.'. Monthly The Rev. Mr. Arlington "You should always be particular about details, Miss Tucker. It is little things that tell." Nellie "I know that. I have three small sisters." Girls svnrt the Military. Germsn. "If I wasn't a girl," said she, "I think I'd like to be a lieutenant of huzzars." "Why, that's unnecessary, fraulein," replied the young soldier, gallantly; "you're sufficiently irresistible as it is." Keeded Exercise. Ctpe Cod Item. "John, won't you please 6aw me a little wood this mcrning?" "I'm sorry, dear but I haven't time. I have to go to the gymnasium tor my hour's work with the clubs."

IN THE SPORTING WORLD.

THE LATE M'CARTHY-DIXON FIGHT. Seme Inside Facts McCarthj's Pretended Confidence niuff All the VVey Through Dixon's Left Hand Swing Fairness In i'lghtlce General Sport. After the recent contest thero ia no longer tho slightest doubt to whom the title of feather-weight champion of the world belongs, eays the eporting editor of the New York World. George Dixon, whipped Cal McCarthy fairly and w ithout turning a hair, and when he fights again he will be a much greatt-r favorite than be was at Troy, although there were plenty of men anxious to bet 100 to GO at the ring-side. It did not prove as interesting an exhibition as I expected. McCarthy did not seem to fight with that vim and precision which have characterized many of Ids other contests. The whole truth of the matter is that Cal's pretended confidence was a bluff all the way through. As I predicted a week ago, Dixon was as confident as he possibly could have been, and the stories about McCarthy's carousing while he was training only further impressed the darky with the idea that he had a lead pipe cinch. McCarthy was in much better condition, to all appearances, than when he weighed in on tho day named for his meeting with Dixon at the Puritan club. His flesh was hard and had that faint pinkish tint which experts on condition like to see in pugilists. But there was something wrong with him. There were big bundles oi Dixon money on every hand, and, even after tho enthusiastic reception accorded the Jerseymaa when he entered the ring, many bets at 100 to 75, with Dixon the choice, were made. Cal knew this, and he was also aware that George was confidence itself. I noticed, as he eat in the corner waiting for the be 1 to ring for the opening round, that he was nervous, fie didn't appear to be able to control himself and he tapped his toes on the floor and moved about on his chair. AVhen they faced each ether Cal looked angry, while a emile illuminated the face of the colored lad. McCarthy has always enjoyed the reputation of being a careful fighter, but he lost it in Troy, for he displayed poor judgment from the very first and acted a good many times iike a novice. Dixon is a level-headed fellow and be knew that Mac was a bit afraid of him. In the second round, when he landed that tremendous punch in the pit of the stomach, it looked like dollars to canceled postage-stamps that the Jerseyman would be finished in the next round, and if he hadn't had experienced men behind him I verily believe thia would hava been the result. Cal fought on after this, at times desperately and nearly always carelessly, lie found it impossible to get in that mnch-talked-of two-handed blow of his, but he kept trying it, showing more perseverance than good sense. Every once in awhile he would drop his hand and make a fancy side step, and, although he received many hard blows when Dixon "got on" to this movement, be kept on doing it until the twentieth round, despite the cautions of his esquires. Throughout the fight Dixon used that left-hand swing of his almost exclusively, but occasionally he brought his right into contact with Mac's face and neck end essayed straight lead. Cal must have been, in fairly good condition or he would never have stayed there as long as he did. ai a matter of fact he was "dead to the world," as the sports say, at leant six times during the fight, and on these occasions his thorough knowledge of the tricks of the rinjr. proved of great value to him in his dared state. In the eleventh, when he made & grand rally, his friends believed that he had a Blim chance for first money, but the pace was too hot and he was forced to let up. In the fifteenth Cal took another spurt, but after that he was not "in it." Dixon bad one great advantage over him. He obeyed implicitly the instructions of his seconds, while Cal seemed to forget what Madden and McAuIiffe told him the moment he left his chair. They had to ca 1 to him to keep his hands up and stay away when he was feeling a bit groggy. He would make w ild 6wings without attempting to calculate the distance, and it was the easiest thing in the world ior Dixon to step aside and evade them. ince I saw the Bostonian fight Kugena Ilornbacker I have always claimed that he was fairness itself in the ring. At the CriW club he proved it McCarthy tried all porta of unfair tricks on him, and in breaking away, nearly every time he u?ed th elbow on Dixon. In one round, after set ting a hard punching, he hugeed ( ieorge for nearly a minute with a grip of iron, and would not let go until the bell rang. Many of the spectators wondered why Referee Dunn permitted this sort of thing. Toward the end the New Lnglander captured even Mac's admirers by his fairness. He gave the Jerseyman every chance in the world to pull himself t02ether,but nature gave way and Cal's seconds brought the uneven contest to a close by eending aloft the towel. A round or two before the end, when a claim was made that Dixon had committed a foul, a widely-known eporting man, who knows a thing or two about sporting affairs, suggested to Madden and McAulitfe that they claim the fight and take their man out. "Dunn will give Dixon the decision," he said, "but three-quarters of the men here are for McCarthy, and, no matter what the newf paper say, there will always exist a doubt." It was a capital scheme to save the white lad's reputation among his friends, but neither of his seconds would listen to it, for there was really no foul. If there had been, Jer Dunn would have 6een it and given his decision. General Sporting Notes. . Charles E. Randall of Chicago Lai accepted the office of chairman of the League of American wheelmen racing board. Capt. J. B. Rich of the Tioga (Ta.) cycling club nas ridden 1,000 miles so far this season, and it he continues should hold the long-distance championship of the country. ' Clifton Bell, the welt-known sporting man, and owner of the runner, Harry Gilmore, who won the Omnibus stakes at Long Branch in 18S2, died at Denver, Col., on Friday night The Quaker City wheelmen are organlxing a touring party to ride from Philadelphia to Saratoga, If. Y., in July. They will go by way of Delaware Water Gap and Dingman's Ferry. Tho Buffalo driving park association contemplates offering a $500 purse for the free-for-all pacing class, and expects the following entries: Johnston, 2:06 ; Hal Pointer, 2:Wi: Cricket, 2:10; Adonis, 2:11 J; Dallas, 2:11, and BB, 2:131,