Ligonier Banner., Volume 34, Number 27, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 October 1899 — Page 2

VANDERBILTS, ETCETERA

You remember that I told you last spring that the fashionable colors for = . society women’s fl;/‘\‘ 'ballrooms and . /}:Q dr\awing 1-1‘1;0 om; "- were white an 2N ~ X 5 gold? Well, it was (;,:'j W A true, but such a /\R\\"",\ o statement would R _.__.. ((@ not be true mnow. 5 m&g» &/° The women, who : > AL ‘never liked white ///fi/ i —.{ and gold, have re- ‘ kl volted against the z =1 . \ B E g}'ghltects, who _— .did. © i Redis the smart- , est color now—as “The wome~ and the Eugene Field said, ~ Architects. any color. so long as it's red. "And there are reasons. Picture galleries are always draped in red, because that color is a good background for the pictures. A live woman, the society leaders reason, has as much right to have a somber background for her beauty of perscn or costume as a painted person in a frame. Besides, to look well in such a brilliant apartment as the white and ‘gold style affected she must cither have a very high natural color, or, to be frank, paint her <heeks, wear fanciful tints and favor theatrical designs. Well, the women are tired of being tyrannized over by their own belongings and have put their Tittlc -t dowa for red.

. Pwt it another way: There’s no question that a white and gold room is the most brilliant and showy kind of a room conceived; and there's no question that an ordinary woman looks better against a red background; say a dull reddish one, with a touch of almost brown. These remarks apply only to great rooms where people are dressed in evening gowns of delicate tints; the more domestic-rooms will vary as much as ever, I suppose. =

Don't ask me how long the,idea will run; those who are responsible for it can change the colors of their rooms once a month if they feel like it. Of course the whole profession of architects and decorators will comply, rather against their will, and will next exert their influence in favor of another change. You never can tell.

An. Automobile Ambulance. Talking of novelties, New York’s new automobile ambulance is attracting a moment's attenZion. Of course the //’;fi new vehicle is un- / B «der more perfect |~F %/'/,\A}méj control and can be ] r{.}‘.xfff} il kept from jog- el [==a A‘: gling more abso- T|| || p=S="] lutely than any- \l/'w\r' 'Hfl/\l 1 thing drawn by a }j \ “ fl,; I \ horse, while the '; ‘% h it g e pneumatic s = tires are an inval- \ :Tvt_; uable aid,. )

- It is the tip to New York’'s Automoexpect that the ‘bile Ambulance. .auto will be practically universal in ‘two or three years. I have been rather :surprised to find within the past two weeks that a great many country houses, even those of moderate expense, are being built with automobile rooms in the basement. These Tooms are entered by a sloped way and closed by ‘big barn doors. Thus, instead of a horse zn the barn, you have an auto in the cellar—a great advantage in space, cost, fodder and one or two other things. Certain suburban Jersey towns are starting automobile services between their outlying parts and the railway stations, in places where no trolley lines exist. A good many fine streets in zall suburbs are barred against the noisy “trolleys, with their disfiguring rails in the roadway, but the auto can run anywhere. The newer patterns will cimb as steep a hill as the trolley. :

It is estimated that there are over a thousand autos in daily use upon the sBtreets of New York.

The Vanderbilt Fortune. The New York law allows a year after @ man’s death before his will must be f, admitted to' proGk bate. As enforce;:,,'\(i?\? ///// ment is not always — ‘U.\ f\ §trict to the day, FETS oAt it may be more T\ &Y than that time;be- ) are. et r,‘@ / =), fore the disposi o e tion of Cornelius NN = v . ‘/> : 7 Vanderbilt's propj\g == erty is known, ' Y 3 g Whether he left ;% < the bulk of the ese tate to Alfred, or !g[",;:"/ % ree{stablished Coro nelius, the oldest As He Builded the hi hief Fortune. an}’ aS_ o Ee - i heir, it may be “taken for granted that Mrs. Harry Payne. Whitney, Reginald Vanderbilt and Gladys Vanderbilt, the other chil«dren, will each receive the comfortable :sum of $10,000,000, as George and Fred Vanderbilt and the daughters of W.-H. “Vanderbilt did under his will in 1885.

As to the wealth left by Mr. VanderBilt, many wild guesses are made. The =um is well within the largest estimates. In common Wwith other investment estates, the Vanderbilt millions realize nearer four per cent. than five of profit per year. Take the single item of New “York Central bonds, which compose the ‘fargest single item in the estate. They pay .only five per cent. ®pon a present wmarket valuation, which, allowing for the length of time they have to run, nets mot much over three per cent. - The case was different-when the old commodore was putting the estate together, manipulating “corners,” consolidating lines, working the market. His heirs have wisely limited th'emiselves to safe investments; and safe inr vestments in New York do not pay over four per cent, upon an average, if so gnuch. L :

Of the grect real estate fortunes, the | ‘Goelet estate, which is tied up by fhel Tease systems, pays not over two per <ent. upon present actual value. None pays over four. Anyoneeaninordinary -times get large loans upon good real es“tate at four per cent. Tltistrue that the late Judge Hilton omce paid Hetiy ‘Giveen six per ‘cent. for a loan of over $1.900,000 upon excellent security; but ' that was a different case. He wanteq uthe money inr a hurry, and the amiable

Mehitabel pinched him for the legal rate. !

When a fortune, no matter how large, increases at the rate of four per cent. or less, when millions are paid for palaces, great yachts, expensive entertaining; when other millions go to charity and education, the fortune doés indeed grow, but it grows less rapidly than is commonly supposed. The new millionaires, the Carnegies and Rockefeliers, have passed the individual Vanderbilts, partly because they get a larger return upen their active funds, palj,ly because of the frequent subdivisions of the more famous estate. : Put the wealth of all the thirtyeight Vanderbilt heirs together, and it is the largest fortune in America still, though'it may not be very long. No individual Vanderbilt will singly hold better than third rank among American millionaires. Willinm K. Vanderbilt. The new head of the great family, William K. Vanderbilt, received about $60,000,000 by his father’s will in 3 ;E 1885. If he had not = A * spent a cent from 4 that day to this, he . \ £ A \ couldn’t be worth w 2 the sums often ",{, > 1 credited to him. ' ) At four per cent. N// compound interest //// : $60,000,000 in 1835 / A, would mount up { //’ to $120,000,000 by W 19 0 2—practically ' earlier, because Willie X.’s Most Popthe market value ulat:_Act.

of the principal Vanderbilt stocks constantly increases. But Mr. Vanderbilt, who is the least -ascetic of his race, has spent his money. He has built the finest country house in America; he still owns the finest city home, though not now the most costly, in New York. He has built two enormous steam yachts. He has dowered his daughter as a duchess, set his son up for life as a 'millionaire and. the husband of an heiress and given millions to a divorced wife. If with all his ways of getting rid of money, he is to-day worth a cent over $100,000,000, he is amore capable financier than most men.

For that matter, William K., who was for years considered by no means a business man, has developed a . very pretty talent for affairs since his, divorce. When the old commodore was alive, he had to bribe Willie K. to keep off Wall street, where the young man was making ducks and drakes of his money. Then for years, thus deprived of a,vocation, he was mainly a man of pleasure; he made a business 91 enjoying life, and did it so wisely that heis now the healthiest of his family. But when the late Cornelivs Vanderbilt suffered his first paralytic stroke some years ago the supposed dilettante, the pleasure-loving Willie, cam= to the front nobly; he has really heen the head of the house in all active ways ever since. The millions and the reputation of the house are safe in his handaz.

Curiously enough, he is the most pepular member of the family; has been ever since his divorce from the lady who is now Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont. Instead of himself seeking a divorce from the then Mrs. Vanderbilt, as his kinsman, Mr. Sloane, has since done in the case where Perry Belmont was coucerned, Mr. Vanderbilt made it possible lor his wife to bring the suitagainst him. Let the moralists explain why this made him liked by the man in the sireet; I merely record the fact.

The Football Season,

- Ome reason why the Vanderbilts are so short-lived is that they do not pay

-attention to their ' ..., health. There is R/&‘!}T not an athlete in fi\\(‘/‘\\ the family; not S 3 \. even so much as a : X_ good golf player. P s I/ Young Whitney, V7N = who married the £ ‘." -S :/ dzu}ghter of Corv\ \\( nelius, was a memAR 5 0 ber of a Yale crew; & BKN |2B\ the Vanderbilts in §. ¢ \ {*@ Yale have never : . shone upon the R ietetas field. “Fun” for the 'Var- hence their affairs sity Boys. must now take a back seat while those of some hundred or more young men of muscle are discussed. )

The football games thus far played are but trivial affairs The real interest of the season begin about the niiddle of October, when Yale and Princeton meet the smaller colleges and show their storm.”’ ; -

For once the chief interest does not centerin the great Yale-Princeton game at New Haven on Noveraber 23, but in the visits east of the western men. The performance of the Wisconsin erew in the Poughkeepsie regatta last spring, when they fairly won first honors so far as watermanship went, have inspired eastern men with deep respect. This fall Wisconsin’s and All California’s football teams will meet Yale; Chicago and Michigan will meet Pennsy; Oberlin and Chicago will meet Cornell. It may happen that in more than one of these contests victory will rest with the westerners; and in the other cases, that eastern teams will owe victories in' part to the help of students raised west of the Alleghenies. Of course, the Carlisle Indians, wonders upon the football field, will meet all the principal elevens; but their marvelous work—marvelous when you consider how few are tlte men from whom they can pick a team, and the laek of money for athletic training—is no noyelty. OWEN LANGDON.

As to Military Occupation,

. “Mildred,” said her fathier, “I am willing that the y.<ung lieutenant who comes here should make a coaling station of my house again this winter, but if ever he hints at annexation you tell him I am unalterably opposed to it.”— Chicago Tribune. .

Believed in the Theory.

~ She—They say that persons of opposite qualities make the happiest marriages. . . He—That’'s why I'm looking for a girl with money.—Tit-Bits. -

TO TAKE THE FIELD.

Important Orders Received by €ome manders of Boer Troops—Latest British Demands.

Johannesburg, Sept. 30. — There is great excitement in consequence of orders to the commanders to take the field. 'Dispatch riders have gone to the frontier. - : 5 Rumors are current that the Boers will take the initiative Monday on the border east and west of Charlestown.

London, Sept. 30.—Indications lead to the belief that, in view of the cabinet message, the Boers will probably commit an overt act which will bring on hostilities before the assembling of parliament. All the latest dispatches from the Transvaal show the liveliest activity on the part of the burghers. London, Sept. 30.—~The meeting of the British cabinet, on whose deliberations, practically, hangs war or peace in South Africa, began at one o’clock Friday afternoon. President Kruger’s reply to the last note of the imperial government has now been received and was the pivot of discussion. The cabinet adjourned at 3:15 p. m. The ministers were heartily cheered by the waiting crowds. ‘

- It is said from Boer sources that Mr. Chamberlain’s proposals submitted to the cabinet include an indemnity for the cost of sending out troops, the disarmament of the Transvaal forts, the suppression of Dr. Leyd’s Ilegation, judicative and legislative independence for the judges, the equality of the English and Dutch languages and full and complete admission of the supremécy of British interests throughout South Africa.. LR

ALMOST A PANIC.

lintense Excitement on New Orleans ‘Cotton Exchange Causecd by ; Sudden Advance,

New Orleans, Sept. 30.—~The wildest panic ever witnessed on the floor of the New Orleans cotton exchange occurred Friday shortly after business opened and caused in the midst of the intense excitement the complete suspension of future business, pending the investigation of what, at the moment, was assumed to be a gigantic conspiracy to swindle the cotton exchanges of the country. The panic was due to an apparent terrific jump in the price of cotton, based on alleged Liverpool advices, and it was roughly estimated that $170,000 had been lost on local transactions as a result. Later in the day the exchange, after receiving legal advice, declared null and void all future transactions of the day. This action, however, promises to be bitterly contested, and litigation is likely to be the final outcome.

Friday is the first time in its history of 30 years that the New Orleans cotton exchange has been compelled to suspend business. During the panic of 1393 a similar attempt to suspend was made, but failed. The exchange tbok the ground then that suspension would injure it in the markets of the world. The directors feel that ¥riday’s suspeansion was unavoidable and excusable.

BUSINESS STILL GOOD.

A Review of the Commercial Situation by Bradstreet IS Very

Encouraging.

New York, Sept 29.—Bradstreet’s says: “The notable feature of the business situation is the strength of agricultural products, notably the cereals, cotton.and pork products. Fall trade continues good, though it is conceded at several markets that the biggest part of the fall business has been done, and that reorders from now on will cut the largest figure. Wheat has remained steadily strong, growing firmer toward the close on enlarged foreign buying and uncertainty as to the outcome of South African affairs. Sympathetic strength is displayed by corn and other cereals. Increased foreign demand is reported largely responsible, too, for the stronger tone and advances shown in hog products. There is a quieter tone at most markets for iron and steel, and large buyers have been, most of them, out of the market. There is no diminution in strength, however, and a number of advances, notably on southern iron and steel billets, are to be reported. Complaints of backward deliveries are as numerous as ever. Lumber remains active at most markets, though complaints of slow delivery, due tq«ji:ack of cars, are also heard. Southern manufacturers have again advanced the price of stoves, which are now nearly one-third higher than a year ago, and plow manufacturers have also joined in this movement, marking the third advance within a year in this branch of farm ‘mplements.”

Valuable Curios Destroyed.

. Chicago, Sept. 29.—Fire at eight p. m. Thursday partly destroyed -C. F. Gunther’s large candy factory at 212 State street. The loss on stock and factory is estimated at $150,000, practically without insurance. An unhappy feature of the fire was the damage done to Mr. Gunther’s almost priceless collection of historiecal relics, autographs, Bibles, manuscripts, Assyrian stone rolls and paintings. The excursion steamers Ivanhoe and R. J. Gordon were destroyed by fire in the lake front basin Thursday night. Loss, $27,000. -

Big Fire in Cingiasatl,

Cincinnati, Sept, 30.—Fire early Saturday morning destroyed the Big Four warehouse, occupying a block bounded by Central avenue, Pearl, Plum and Second streets; sheds of the new Union passenger station, the freight depot, the Smith street bridge across the tracks and many passenger and freight cars. The new passenger station was only saved by pulling burnihg cars from the sheds. The loss of goods in the warehouse and loaded cars will affect many many shippers. The total loss will exceed $1,000,000.

Pan-Presbhyterians,

Washington, Sept. 28.—Delegates representing 25,000,000 Presbyterians throughout the world assembled Wednesday in the New York Avenue Presbyterian church to attend the first session of the Pan-Presbyterian alliance. The opening sermon - was preached by Rev. John DeWitt, professor of church history at Princeton theological seminary. The subject” of higher criticism promises to be one of the most seriously mooted subjects of the council. 5 ‘ Yellow_ Fever in Jackson, Miss, Jackson, Miss., Sept. 27.—The state board of health made the announcement of two cases of yellow fever in Jackson, the patients being Mrs. Tapley and daughter, residing on Pearl street. Very little excitement was created by the announcement. Nearly all interior towns are quarantining against Jackson. Many of the lines west declared one within 20 minutes after tae Apnouncement was made.

DEWEY HOME AGAIN.

Unexpected Arrival of the Olympia

Off New York.

Is Ahead of Schedule Time—The Great Naval Hero Receives a Magnificent Ovation at the Navwal Parhde.

New York, Sept. 27.—Admiral George Dewey arrived off New York at dawn Tuesday morning, and anchored in American waters in the light of Sandy Hook. :

The admiral was in his own country again, after 23 months’ absence. He had returned “great with the arduous greatness of things done,” and he scarcely seemed to realize it.

Visitors Arrive,

The admiral’s first business was to send an officer ashore with telegrams for the navy department, Mayor Van Wyck and Gen. Butterfield, announcing the arrival. During the day he had many notable visitors, among the first being Sir Thomas Lipton. Rear Admiral Sampson, Rear Admiral Philip, Commander P. D. J. Kelley and Capt: Chadwick also called to pay their respects.

A Message of Welcome.

Washington, Sept. 27.—The navy department has sent the following formal message of welcome to Admiral Dewey:

‘“Navy Department, Washington, Sept. 26.—Admiral George Dewey, Sandy Hook: The department is happy to learn of your safe arrival, and extends to you and your officers and crew the most cordial welcome. (Signed) “JOHN D. LONG.” Welcomed by Gen, Roosevelt,

New York, Sept. 29.—Gov. Roosevelt officially welcomed Admiral Dewey to Xew York Thursday in the name of the people of the Empire state. 'This was the most interesting event on Thursday’s Dewey card. The governor, with his entire staff and under escort of the naval militia of the state of New York, made his official call at one o’clock in the afternoon. He also paid his respects to Rear Admirals Howison amd Sampson, while at the naval anchorage at Tompkinsville. [Gov. Roosevelt, who was accompanied by Brig. Gen. Avery D. Andrews, Gen. Greene and all the ex-captains of Admiral Dewey’s fleet, went down the bay on the steam yacht Wild Duck at noon. After Gov. Roosevelt’s official calls he held a reception on the old frigate New Hampshire, now used as the headquarters of the naval militia of the state of New York, moored at Tompkinsville.

Gen. Wesley Merritt, commander of the department of the east, also visited theadmiral Thursday and congratulated him in the name of Secretary Root, the war department and the army. Official visits were paid in return Thursddy by the admiral and the officers of the Olympia. Capt. Charles B. Coghlan, who commanded the Raleigh at the battle of Manila, has arrived from Seattle to take part in the celebration. Three hundred and fifty men who fought under Dewey at Maniia were presented Thursday morning, on board the Olympia, with the bronze medals awarded them by congress.

Receives a Magnificent Ovation.

New York, Sept. 30.—N0 victorious king or prince coming home from a successful war Jever received such a magnificent ovation as overwhelmed Admiral Dewey Friday as he stood on the bridge of the Olympia at the head of a magnificent fleet of steel thundeérers of the deep, followed by a thousand vessels of peace, each tiered and coated black with people, and sailed over the bright waters of the upper bay and up the broad pathway of the sunlit river, whose banks were gay with millions of flags and streamers dancing in the wind.

Salate at Grant’s Tomb.

As the tcmb of Gen. Grant on Riverside drive was reached the fleet paid its tribute to the memory of the great warrior with a national salute of 21 roaring guns. The fleet then anchored and reviewed the almost endless procession of craft that steamed past. Toward the end the parade became disorganized and it took hours for the heterogenous flotilla- to get by. Darkness at last brought relief to the tired admiral, who had stood on the bridge for six hours bowing his acknowledgments to the stentorian expression of homage.

Viewed by 3,000,000 People.

New York has never witnessed before anything approaching this wonderful, remarkable demonstration. The Columbian naval parade, the dedication of 'Grant’s tomb and the reception of the North Atlantic squadron last fall all pale before this gigantic ovation to the sailor who in a single morning destroyed an enemy’s fleet without the loss of a man or a ship. Itisnot beyond the mark to say that 3,000,000 people viewed the pageant from ashore and that a quarter of a million were afloat. There were nearly 500 vessels in all in the parade, and it took them more than three hours to pass a given point.

At Night.

At night, viewed from the roofs of any of the high buildings downtown, New York appeared an enchanted city. The great buildings were bright with dazzling light and gorgeous color. On the rivers were fairy barges; in the sky flashing shafts of blue. The water seemed a river of lambent flame. Brooklyn bridge was a halo of glory from end to end, the feature being an electrical welcome to Dewey. Great searchlights played from Brooklyn over the' East river.

Mother and Child Drowned.

Tecumseh, Mich., Sept. 29.—Thursday afternoon an infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Stanley, living on the Reynolds farm in Franklin, fell into a large cistern. - Mrs. Stanley jumped into the cistern and attempted to save the child, but both were drowned be: fore help arrived. Mr. Stanley left home at four o’clock and returned an hour later and discovered the tragedy. Ex-Banker Sent to Prison, : Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 27.-—Leonard B. Imboden, president of the Planters’ bank,; a “wildcat” concern suppressed by the state officials several months ago, was on Tuesday found guilty of forging a draft for $15,000 with which he hoped to get a false credit for his bank, and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. T Four Hundred »leles Lost, Calcutta, Sept. 29.—Lieut. Gov, Sir John Woodburn announcéd 1o the council that 400 lives were lost through the floods at Darjeeling, capital of the district of that name, in addition to thosé drowned on the plains, o

WRECK OF THE SCOTSMAN.

Fifteen of Her Passengers Are Lost —Survivors Robbed by Members of the Crew.

Montreal, Que., Sept. 30.—Two hundred and fifty scantily-clad, baggagebereft men, women and children were on board of an intercolonial special which steamed into Bonaventure depot Friday night. They comprised the greater number of those who sailed from Liverpool on September 14 on board the steamship Scotsman, bouxd for Montreal, which was wrecked on the shores of the straits of Belle Isle at half-past two on the morning of the 21st. It was not only a tale of shipwreck that they had to tell, but one of death, of suffering and pillage. For 15 at least of the Scotsman’s passengers perished; all suffered cruelly from cold and privation, and, almost the worst horror of all, the men who were supposed to succor and assist those committed to their care in the hour of need turned on the helpless passengers and with loaded guns and revolvers compelled them to part with the few valuables saved. Capt. Skrimshire and his officers were exceptions. For the honor of the British merchant marine the crime may not be ascribed to the men engaged in it, but to a gang of wharf rats. and hangers-on, picked up on the docks at Liverpool to replace the usual crew of the Scotsman, which joined the seamen’s strike on the other side.

- All who perished were women. This is accounted for by the fact that they were occupants of the first boat which left the stcamer after she struck and which was swamped before it could get clear of the ship. ¥ Hard]y had the vessel struck before men from the stokehole rushed into the cabins, and, slitting open valises and bags with their knives, took all the valuables they could lay their hands on. Several of them fired shotguns and tried to force men to leave their cabins. In more than one instance rings were torn from the fingers of fainting and dying women. Capt. Skrimshire and his officers could do nothing against the mob. - When morning came it was found that the Scotsman lay close inshore, alongside a cliff fully a thousand feet high. After much hard work the passengers were gotten safely ashore. A quantity of biscuit was carried on shore, and on this, with a very little corned beef and wild berries, over 200 people existed for four days, when they signaled 'the Montfort and the steamship Grecian and were taken ashore. % ’ '

REBEL CITY CAPTURED.

Gen., MacArthur Drives the Enemy from Porac After Hzlf an Hour's Fighting,

Manila, Sept. 29.—Gen. MacArthur entered Porac after half an hour’s fighting. The American loss was five killed and the insurgent loss is not known. The enemy fled northward. When the Americans entered the town they found it practically deserted. The attacking party moved on Porac in two columns. The Ninth infantry, with two guns, from Santa Rita, was commanded by Gen. Wheeler, and the Thirty-sixth infantry, under Col. Bell, with one gun, accompanied Gen. MacArthur from San Antonio. . Manila, Sept. 29.—1 t is reported by a person who has just arrived from Turdaec that Naval Cadet Welborn C. Wood, who was in command of the United States gunboat Uraneta, recently captured and destroyed by the insurgents inthe Orani river, on the northwest side of Manila bay, where she was patrolling, and five of the nine enlisted men forming the crew were killed during the fighting previous to the destruction of the vessel. The four other men and the captured cannon—a one-pounder, a rapid-fire gun, a colt machine gun and a nordenfeldt 25-millimeter gun—wére conveyved to Malac.

SAYS HE IS GUILTY.

Henry Brunot, of Pana, 111., Owns to Several Murders—lmplicates His Mother.

Pana, 111.,, Sept. 27.—Henry Brunot and Fred Sibley, the young men who are now on trial for the murder of Brunot’s aunt, Jane Brunot, are alleged to have confessed to two fellow prisoners, Hoyt and Donahue. Henry Brunot, who has already confessed to the shooting of Jane Brunot, is said to have admitted that he and his mother killed his father, who died mysteriously about one year ago, and that he and his mother killed Mrs. Mary Me¢lntyre on January 29. Mrs. Mclntyre was an old resident and had lived alone for years. She always had large sums of money in her house, being suspicious of the banks. Brunot further says that he iftended killing another man, but that the officers arrested him too soon. Brunot is only 21 years old. His mother is now on trial for the murder of Jane Brunot.

The First Snow.

Benton Harbor, Mich., Sept. 30.—The first snow of the season fell here Friday morning. Light flurries followed during the day. A strong wind prevailed. This is the earliest snowfall here in many years. / -

Marquette, Mich., Sept. 30.—A heavy snowstorm prevailed here all day and reports are that the storm was general all over the upper peninsula. Three inches of snow fell. A heavy gale on the lake has driven in a dozen boats for shelter. :

Army of the Cumberland.

Detroit, Mich., Sept. 27.—Light Guard armory was bright with decorations in patriotic colors Tuesday night on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Army of the Cumberland. Gen. Russell A. Alger was present. Rev. Dr. Prall welcomed the veterans and Capt. Charles E. Belknap was speaker of the evening. Gen. Alger, Gen. Thomas I. Wood and others made brief remarks, The next meeting vill be held in Chattanooga.

Off for Manila,

San Francisco, Sept. 30.—Three transports will sail to-day for Manila. They are the Charles Nelson, Glengole and Sheridan. The Sheridan will carry the Thirty-third regiment, three companies of the Thirty-second and 75 reeruits. The Glengole will carry seven companies of the Thirty-second and the Nelson two companies of the same com: mand. In all over 2,500 men will be on their way to Manila by to-night.

HAMAN’S PLOT AGAINST JEWS

International Sunday School Lesson for October 8, 1899-—Text, Esther 3:1-11—=Memory Verses, 5, 6.

[Specially Arranged from Peloubet’s Notes.] GOLDEN TEXT.—If God be for us, who can be against us?—Rom. 8: 31. ) READ Chapters 1-3. .

TIME.—The time of the story was somewhere about the middle of Xerxes’ reign, 486-465, 62 years after the first return, 42 after the completion of the temple, and 18 before EzrawentuptoJerusalem. 1. Xerxes’ Third Year.—The great feast (1: 3), B. C. 483. 2. His Seventh Year.—Esther made queen (2:16), B. C. 479. 3. His Thirteenth Year.— Haman’s plot and Esther’s heroism, B. C. 473. g :

PLACE.—Shushan (Susa), the wihter capital of the Persian empire, about 200 miles south of east from Babylon, and 125 miles north of the Persian gulf. The site of the ancient Susa has been explored, and remains of the great palace have been discovered. e el .

EXPLANATORY.

The Book of Esther.—The author is unknown, but must have been some one “living in the heart of Persia, a man who was intimately acquainted with the scenery he describes.” — Prof. Adeney. The date of writingisalsoun-~ known. Prof. Sayce places it at B. C. 425. He says that the minuteness of detail shows that the author lived before the overthrow of the Persian power, B. C. 331.. Some place the date still later. Historieal Accuracy. ' ,

I. The Great Feast of Shushan, B. C. 483.—Esther 1:1-9. According to Herodotus, Xerxes held an assembly to arrange for the Grecian war in the third year of his reign, and itis probably this feast which is described in +the. first chapter of the book of Esther, as given to the nobles of the realm, assembled at Shushan from all parts of the empire. It lasted 180 days, or six months. At this long-continued fete were gathered the chief officers and nobles from the whole empire. Everything was done to impress upon them the greatness and power of the king, and the unlimited resources at his command.

11. Queen Vashti Deposed.—Esther 1:10-22. . Vashti refuses the indelicaté summons of her drunken husband. It is suggested by Prof. Adeney that Vashti herself may have been under the influence of the wine drunk at her own feast, and so rendered reckless, and inspired with a factitious courage. DBut while I d6' not see with Dr. Glad@en that “Vashti is the character which most demands our sympathy,” yet I do agree with Dr. Taylor when he says: “For my part, I consider her conduct worthy of al praise; and hold that she was entirely right in what she did.” : ) lll.° Queen Esther.—Chap. 2. An interval of four years occurs before a new queen is found in place of Vashti, It was during this interval that his great invasion of Greece took place. After the return of Xerxes from his great defeat Esther was chosen queen. ' IV. Haman’s Plot Against the Jews. —Vs. 1-11. Four or five years later (8:7). V.l. “Haman:” Nothing further is known of him. “The Agagite:” “Probably a term of reproach”. (Scribner’s Bib. Dic.) or a local name of his birthplace. s

V. 2. “Bowed:” Prostrated himself, “for such was the ordinary eastern practice. ‘“Mordecai:” A Jew, and an elder cousin of Esther (2:7), whom he had adopted as his daughter (2:15) “Bowed not:” Because in so doing he would have been untrue to his God and his religion. V. 3. “The king’s gate:” An open space before the gate of his palace.

V. 4. “Whether Mordecai’s matters’ (or, rather, “words”) “would stand;” i. e.,, whether his excuse would be allowed. ‘“He had told them that he was a Jew.” Sothat they would understand why he could not worship Haman. :

V. 6. “He thought scorn to lay hands or Mordecai alone:” “If Haman had simply said to Ahasuerus: ‘There is one of your menials, who persistenly disobeys a royal edict, and at the same time insults me,” Ahasuerus would, asa matter of course, have told him to put the menial to death. But the revengeful temper of the man was such that thisseemed to him insufficient, “Sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus. Massacres on a large scale.

V. 7. “In the first month?® of the Jewish religious year. “Nisan:” Corresponding to our March-April, the middle of which is our Easter. “They cast Pur:” The word from which Purim, the name of the feast commemorating this deliverance, was derived. “Cast « « . the lot . . . from month to month” to find the favorable day for asking his favor of Xerxes,; just as the augurs of the Romans by saerifices, or the flight of birds sought for a day of good omen for great undertakings. V. ‘B. “A certain people scattered abroad:” Who, by their ceremonies and by their religion, were kept from intermingling with the other peoples; and being absorbed by them, as has been the remarkable fact ever since.

V. 9. “Let it be written that they may be destroyed:” See under v. 6. “Ten thousand talents of silver:” Variously estimated at $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. V. 10. “King took his ring:” Hissignet, either a ring or a cylinder. “Gave it unto Haman:” So that he could sign in the king’s name and with the king’s authority any decree he wished to issue. .

V. 11. “The silver is given to thee:” Xerxes refused the offered money, as he did the 4,000,000 gold darics of Pythius, referred to above. It may refer to the silver he might take from the Jews. -

RAILWAY NOTES.

~ Railway traveling in Algeria certainly leaves very much to bedesired. From Algiers to Biskra is 400 miles, and it requires 36 hours to perform the journey. The trip from Oran to Algiersis 263 miles, and this requires 12 hours. Sleeping cars are required on all night trains and restaurant cars on ‘all through trains. s

The new clock on the Great Eastern railway terminus will, when completed, be one of the sights of London, for it will be one of the very largest clocks in the world. It is desigred to show the correct time to all the 18 platforms in the station. The case is so large that it would comfortably hold a dining party of four or five persons. : - The Central railroad of New Jersey has instituted examinations for its baggagemen. All of the men employed in the baggage department will be compelled to undergo an examination in order to retain their positions.. The examination will bé in the nature of questions concerning the route of a piece ~of baggage from one station to another, and metheds of iracing lost pieces of

KEEP THE GLASS BRIGHT.

it Should Be Thoroughly Polished ; &a No Soap Used in Washing.

~ A dainty table is a mark of good breeding, and shining glass is the greatest” of ‘all table ornaments. Pretty glassware can be purchased so cheaply nowadays that any purse can afford a number of pretty artieles. These, however, will not add to the appearance of the table unless the glassis kept shiningly clean, and the lack of shining glass cannot be supplied with anything else placed upon the table. The glassware needs to be polished quite as often as- the silver if we want to keep it at its best, for if any of the glassware is. clouded it will spoil the entire effect of an otherwise perfect table. It is easy. to keep glass clean, but very hard to wash if dustis allowed to accumuiate in the crevices on the right side. The inside of the dish is almost always washed, but it is not such an easy matter to wash the outside of fancy glassware. Even the cheap ware, however,. may be made to look as well as cut glass if it is cleansed often and thoroughly polished- after each washing. A very important point in washing glass is to avoid sudden changes from extreme cold to extreme heat! A .glass wlich has held ice water should not be ‘plunged at once into hot water, as it will be apt to crack, and changes from heat to cold are just as dangerous. The best glassware should not be carried from the dining-room oftener tian necessary, but it is best to take it to the kitchen once a week and treat it {o ‘a hot, strong suds. All the glassware should be rinsed in cold water before it is put into the suds, especially the glasses which have been used for miik. Prepare a strong suds of pearline and hot water and wash the glass in suds, ihen rinse in clear hot water and wipe as quickly as possible. No soap shculd ever be used about glass, as it is almost WSible to rinse it clear after using soapy and of course our aim is to make it as Jbriglihag possible. If the glassware W\ rinsed and wiped while hot with soft\dry towels, even the cheap ware will be|as sparkling as the real cut glass.—lloE’ lzl\fagazine. - NEW FADS Ig SEQKWEAR. The Predictions So r Are in Favor of Velvet for Fall and = Winter.,

The woman is alivays interesied in neckwear fashions, the only difticulty being that fashion in this matter is such a fickle jade that it'is hard to keep tally with her. One day she declares low eiffects; the next it must be so high that the chin seems supported by an iron band. )

Neckwear is very dear to the average woman's heart. for the dressing of her neck often makes or mars a woman’s whole toilette, and it behooves her to be very carefulin her choice of stoeks, ties, cravats, ribbons or collars. . ~ Velvet is promised for next winter. The predictions so far are ifi favor of a velvet season. therefore some of the

newest confections in neckwear are shown in the fashion of velvet stocks. These stocks come in all manner of fan¢y designs, some criss-crossed over a contrasting color, with the omnipotent velvet ribbon. -

The-long, fluffy chiffon boas, which are deservedly popular, as they soften the face and are becoming to tfie homeliest cast of features, still retain their popularity and are being shown in very pretty new design%. As they are so perishable, the woman with a small pocketbook would do well to attend the bargain sale of these goods and pay as little asishe consistently can and yet get an article worth buying. As all indications point to the revival of empire fashions, when stout grandmothers wore skimpy skirts and very short-waisted bodices and carried lace searfs and-mantillas, advance fashions show us that these two mentioned articles of a woman’s wardrobe promise to be a feature of winter house gowns. —Chicago Times-Herald. ’

Croustade of Oysters.

Have a loaf of bread baked in a round two-quart basin. When two days old with a sharp knife cut out the heart of the bread, being careful not to break the ecrust. Break up the crumbs very fine and dry them slowly in the oven; then quickly fry three cupfuls of them in two tablespoonfuls of butter. As soon as they begin to look golden and are crisp they are done. It takes about\ two minutes over a hot fire, stirring all the time. Put one quart of cream to boil, and when it boils stir in three tablespoonfuls of flour which has been mixed with half a cupful of cold milk. Cook eight minutes. &ason well with salt and pepper. Put a layer of sauce into the creustade, then a layer of oysters well dredged with salt and pepper; then another layer of sauce and one-of fried erumbs. Continue this until the croustade is nearly full, having the last layer a thick one of erumbs. Tt takes three pints of oysters for this diSh. Bake slowly half an hour.—Ckhicago Times-Herald. .

Bilious Attaneks.,

A person who has constant bilivus attacks should drink neither tea nor coffee and give up all sweets: Such fruits as baked apples, very ripe peaches or dark grapes may be used once a day, and half a pint of hot milk sipped slow-ly-for breakfast. Solid food should not be eaten until noon. Fried foods or cooked fats should be avoided. An abundance:of water should be drunk between meals, also the first thing in the morning and the last at night— Ladies’ Home Journal. :

Mattresses Need Cleaning.

When = the autumn housecieaning comes around the up-to-date housekéeper sends her mattresses to be ‘cleaned as regularly as her carpets. If the abomination of feather beds be used; as is still the case in some benighted households, the annual cleans‘ing is an absolute necessity of hygiene. ‘Whether muattress ‘or feather bed be -used, it should have an outside cover of _strong cotton, to be removed frequently ‘and washed.—N. Y. Tribune, o ~ Macaroni Croquettes. . Cut cold maccaroni into one-half-inch pieces, drain thoroughly. Melt one ta_blespoonful of butter, add one heaping tablespoonful of flour or ecornstarch, pour on slowly one cupful of hot milk, add the yolk of one egg, two tablespoonfuls ‘of grated cheese, salt and pepper ‘to taste. Add enough .of this sauce to shape, roll in crumbs, eggs and crumbs el fate—Ladies Wosids