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WAVES OF PROOMES8.

Roll onward, waves of Progress, till you sweep i. ... Want and oppression from the .homes of earth,

Making each heart the haunt of laughing mirth, Arid joyous love, that every soul may keep A vigil with the thought* that swiftly 16ftp

To meat the purpose for whicfexnanha* birth,

Generous Endeavor, and unsullied worth, And ffanpr, noblest harvest he,can reap, jiall inward, waves of Progress, till the world

Hai not, on its wide face, a single wrong When man indeed, shall like his Maker yrovc: Roll on, till every passion fhg to furlut,|WJ: %K And In each borne chocs the glorious song

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Town Talk.

v.. ftlVKTIIBX A f.nOW. ••••s--When th$ new chief of police assumedco" *#&••• col of the police and Issued orders to his nkp enforce the law lu relation t* the llqtfor i,raffle he won Immediately assailed incertaln ".jnnrvrg, his uiotf e« questioned and his houegty vybted. Such tsmrnr wax predicted toy T. Tjiwii'»,time a«o, bud 1 manifest unfairness «L aid '%itn cornier u\aUon. The metropulltan'iuV 1% be*W*. -contrary to the prlnclpi* ofWf Hove im'.-t,but lone ft* the -eopltfcro compelled to 11 ve undor

It they should fcl 11 a cl .-UCs, andshould at. least accord to mose having lt« enf&rcWnent In oharfoan opportunity togtvf Jtafalr w*l» T. T. doesn't bellwve th-vt all men ajjedishQ® «8t simply bet use Uier are assoclftled w|t«: politicians 01 l»appWt j« entrusted s»w#» thr dlschargo-jf.tome pubi-•* trnst. Tfce|«j lemen .who compr'st the metropolitan FWlJoe board n-e citizens who stand well lu theegfti1 'l«v. und whose names would be a 8p|& rlei. mnt.ee of ban ty In any InistnoST tmw+P'" It Is t-uo i-M# In this poMee »^lHlne^'iVl^'» are mssocKtca with a very imp popula*'.. o'fjre, and that n-elr duty is one which i^ilf£ dtftlcult to 1 charge with at'^ degrro of ri*. »"tlon to the people who l'Hk upon their tcv^ mentHv

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SA I.OUNH Ct.OSKD.

Aecordlnt to all accounts the saloons have

(icon rompolled to observe the liquor law with more respcct than It has over before rccolvnl In this olty. The front, doors have been closed prumplly at be proper time,and last Hunday many v*n- heard eomplnlnlng that they could not jot a drink at all. No crowds wore congregated on the sidewalks arottnd suloou doors, and the usual street corner loafer was conspicuous by his absence. Jt wan arc freshing change for the better. The back doors may have been unlocked, but the front doors were fastened, and there was every semblance of law and order prevailing. People on their way to and from church vrore not annoyed by the usual staring, guplus crowd, and people Inclined to a proper otwen ance of the law and order made no complaint. It may bethatsoinedrunkenness was seen on the streets, but that Is to be «xpeeted In any community. Kven in prohibition Maine, Iowa aaul Kansas It Is no uncommon thing to see men under the Influence of liquor where the law Is supposed to be rigidly enforced. It Is one of the results of prohibition that nun I my their drinks In IMUlos and satisfy their thirst in quiet places, lbjt this Is no argument against pro hlbltlon, any more than a« occasional drunk on the streets of Torre Haute on Sunday is conclusive evidence that the place Is a wide open town, and that the people generally are on the high road to |ordtUon. If an attempt Ik leing made to enforce the Jaw It should be encouraged, and honesty should not be questioned without evidence that dishonesty Is Intended. tiOOK ArrKK vov-R wovs.

The other day a man called at police headquarter* to talk with the superintendent In regard to his boy, who had lawn lodged In jail on the charge of theft, Headmitted that his son hadn't the best reputation In the world, but at the same time didn't want to teltevo him guilty, and would shield htm (nun punishment if fvoaslble. Said ho: "I have raised Ave boys, and have found out that you can't tell what they are coming to." Questioned about it he said four of them were go«d tHy «, butt he youngest had got Into had company wlih the usual consequence. He had been Indulged too mm li, and being allowed to have his own way became headstrong and wild, and Is now lu prison. But this is not an isolated ease. The other day a young man was seen In the west end ragged, dirty, drunk, and two prostitutes fighting to determine which should have possession of htm. That young man Is the son of a father who during his life was one of Terre flame's most prominent business men, with large means and a beautiful horn®. He allowed hi* son to do pretty much as he pleased, and while the father made money the son went to the dogs, until to-day he Is an outcast and »n .t ,-ot of loathing, without home and without friends. How many boys are there in Tern? Haute to-day who are preparing for a similar fate? Indulgent parents should Uok at this matter In Its true light- How

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of vmi allow your boys to run wild, to speak. If your hoy I* out to-ntght do you know whore he is, what he t*doing, or the company he is in? It would be well for you to look into tbe*e matters before it beoomes too late. Keep your boy at home as much a* possible, and above all things teach inm that he m«*t make im own living.

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There area couple of nuisance* which afrt\ct theater goers In this and every other town. The first I* the per»on who sits behind you and keeps up a continual ehatter from the time he takes hts seat nnUl the cartain drop* on tb« last act. His actions tn-

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svc*r, t'ortv'i f^ ^ouo out to ouforcc In© law, ana In Ik Mas thoordfrthocommissioners have donu aU they couKl, and should h, Icaet be gl/en 'credit for homwtV until t»i' rontrary 4h proveu. The case ts now before the court, n»»d thr court shoaM allowed to hear and dete»mJne It on ltw-merits, wltho it tinlusi Influoncoor comment on theoutalUc. ColW*l«Tti»K tbar. ttiffi jpc»U«W WW^I^Ot^ttdi^ tho oont rol of a board It has boon dotnu fairly H'Oll.

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dlcate (hat he was creaied tor, the special annoyance of those who-Jtrave the misfortune to be seated -within the ranjge of hls 'nolBy mouth. If the nnlsance is a jaaale he doesn't even relieve the monotony by going out oc caslonaUy to see a friend or get a clove, bnt keeps rlgh along &|thjhi4 senseless twaddle. Generally he is one o^ those fellows of whom better things would he expected, tint hfs education in manners seems to have been sadly neglected In this respect. It may be that the stage performance bores him, and that la doty bound he must In turn bore JWs surroundings. Sometimes he may be a friend of yours, and may accompany yon to the performance. It may also happen that^he has seepr the play before, in which event hp feels called upon to explain It to you as it progresses and keej^ you thoroughly posted as to what is coming. If It were possible he is worse than the fellow two or three seats away who keeps op a continual clatter. The other .nuisance is the fellow who always commences his preparations to leave about Ave minute# before the end of the last act, and who anticipates the fail of^the curtain by making a rush for the door. When on his lecturing tours Artemus 'Vard charged an •ulmission fw-of 830 for cW.ldren in arms. A® the nalsaui e.**deseribed nitfeh worse they should t»echarged about ISO each. They are ui! well known, aud the |U^tet seller need make no mfc^kg||pgettln!'hold of the right persons. JS pssri^pn ffOB twfc FRAY

Both of the ptifUc^l partles ln thls cltj^are prcparing/theljr fighting clothes and great preparatlous aro hela& made( for &'bitter political light aHh,e coining city el_ectlCMp' Can^ didntctj fo£Wt the ofl|ces pre j)'umer^jis an#* they are «pwut ttu|nerous','|h oW'I^Je they arftbn the.othea, that bbT& sides are of coarse 4twh jmif(|« S|ir bel!eVp tha^tte «tlre^S to the'

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ftixiJi^ the clty-jjatvsftM thlk: roiwiii|an,Ty^ If thewini5tropilltJm bill is declared un^ tutlonnl the ofllco will still exist. Ponding a decision or the case by £he Supreme court will the parties nomlnatecnndidates?'•

CJIVK US A KK.ST.

To say that every person In Terre Haute and Vigo county Is tired of that court house elevator aud It* attendant evils is drawtug It mildly. The tight, between the Judge of the Circuit court and the board of county commissioners has been so senseless and long drawn out that the community has become heartily tired of the matter long ago. What need Is there of an elevator anyhow? The county has furnished the county officials, the courts and bar with one of the handsomest and best buildings In the State. Among other modern conveniences the building has good stairways—one at each end. These stairways are both good and safe, and are more convenient than the elevator. They are used by the many, while the elevator Is used by the favored few. The stairways are good enough for all, and ail should be made to use them. The verdict of the people Is that the elevator should be closed down. If the county Is to furnish such conveniences for the men It- elects to office it might as well go a step further and purchase them carriage* and liveried servants. If this thing continues the elevator will be one of the issues in the next campaign, and the man who gets left on It wont be the one who wants to abolish lu At any rate the public is weary, and should l»o given a vacation on the subject. Let us have peace.

Geraldine's Letter.

Easter coming so early will hardly seem itself. The robin and the blue bird arc here, bat the violet, daffodil and narcissus, which we always expect will be in blossom for the Easter time, are hardly peeping above the ground and Easter bonnets and Easter costumes, donned in deference to the spring apparel of nature, as the legend goes, would be 4fcdty out of place, for nature has not yet put herself in her beautiful garments.

I have been looking up some of the old Easter legends, and find them very curious. Most of the customs and traditions of the festival are an inheritance from our heathen ancestors. The early church fathers, finding It not easy to get rid of pagan customs and pagan traditions, adopted the plan of fixing tt church festival, on the same day of the pagan festival, and observing It with similar rites. Candlemas day Is thus the survival of the fire* ofTered to Febma, the northern Mars. 8t. Johns eve. one of the most Joyons festivals of Christendom during the middle ages, was clearly of heathen crigin. Fires were kindled In the streets and market places and the young people leaped over the flames or threw garlands into them, all of which shows that these were ceremonies connected with the worship of the sua, and were practiced long before John the Baptist was bora.

Idsnm mer and Yule were the two great festival* in heathen time*, lite church could not abolish these «o 11 had to change their names and find something in Christianity to Justify the alteration.

The Egyptian Osiris was probably the prototype of the Latin goddess Aurora—the dawn who was known to the Germansat^lSaxons as Ofctara, or Eastre, so the festival Of the resumption gets Its Teutonic name from the festival of the goddess Ostara, which wa* celebrated at the same mason that the Christian festival of Easter was celebrated. The goddess Ostara was often worshipped with Are, probably a* an emblem of the dawn— Osterfeur.

The East from the very earliest time has had a significance not given to the other

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points of the compass, in pagafl^^njp the altars were placed in the eastenvpiurt* facilitate the worship of the rising The belief that the sun dances on Easter morn was a remnant of sua worship. Thenar! greetings and embracing^)ad thelcorij the common Joy at. tie return April was known to the" An^lo-Sa^ons Estor-monath, and a similar nAnie sil tf prevails In Germany. Witi^ manyftatio!^ th new year began with the lengthe spring.- After the Tong xtights Of wlnlbrj coming was the occasion (tf grea^ ioy. fires were kindled \a "every Jtfl!. date the churches W^tre lifh oub "paschal tapei^sometjqj pounds- Pre^fnt^-were e^chiing^,the jaaosttf common being theeggt wfctoftw&ps^bttUc*! •f,the new yfe oftoature.

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A traveller whojji 1TM ^rane^dNhO celebration of the new year aiming the Per*i&n& eays'thb celebration lasts many days and marks si victory gained over the "Giants of the Norththat Isjth^i northern fcosts, which* at this season ar^ conquered by the entrance of the 6nn Into "thp rsi^n of Aries. S^o^A these old pagan ob^yanccs aitMte the ?, tlan festival of »Iiike the Ufi^-'tfeWe In England it was 4 festivitl of joy, ajwf^he church with herever ready tactajtidpollcy, made the most df an observance which she could not joot ojd^^n ,tb{rinstance waa an exceedingly mafteK Joy at the awakening ftf jfia^uj^ froljrithe diiath apd oy~at the testis nops of ttiie t&ottsness, .0 ^g a flVetttblem thjSCgs£oi^ of decor olc^ofiei '3Jwp huri--th|j,i6^lisrang t^ii1 and 4he celebr#-

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£anoble ladV'whosehuslvityi^and she ahdL her chllDft^ed liersfelf and tliem, f:qili^ratiipi'g eg^s with Eas(ftie pat the words "Hope into ,th^ hands of a solv 'j^qh^icet gave it into band and father, ting, questioned sb was

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dren. In memory of this event they ever after kept Easter in like manner, and from this came the custom of decorating eegs.

The Germans have adopted the hare as an Easter emblem. Tliese swift creatures were supposed to draw the chariot of Ostara, the goddess of spring, as cats drew that of Freya. With many savage tribes the hare is a type of the moon, and this may throw light on its connection with Easter, since the date of the festival depends upon the movements of the moon.

There Is auolher curious legend in this connection. Upon the moon devolved the duty of telling men that they, like herself, shall live again after appareut death. She sends'a swift animal, the hare, as her messenger, but he loiters, or forgets his errand, and the moon strikes him in the face. This was the origin of the hare's lip. Gkrai-dinb.

Stray Items.

New waist, yokes are striped with velvet ribbon, and bands of the same go round the arm from wrist to elbow ind border the skirt hem in horizontal rows.

The wife of Senator Stanford receives a lnrge begging mail, among which the other day was a letter from, a Texan gentleman, who wanted $50 to get anew set of teeth.

Celestlne Kaltenbach, died at Dubuque, Iowa, Weduerday morning aged 78 years. He was the oldest postmaster in the United States, having been appointed by Franklin Pierce in 1838, holding the office ever since.

A London paper whose character may-be partly Inferred from its title, Woman, lately propounded to Its readersaprl^econundrum, •'Is a husband worth having?" It is gratifying to observe that the competitors treated the question with true British seriousness and that the three prize-winners all answered it in the affirmative. Still more gratifying is the fact that they spoke from experience. And yet it would

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tion scarcely called for such elaborate discussion, unless the grounds were more clearly stated. So much depends upon the husband.

Sleeves are still a very important feature, giving much cachet to the gown. Flemish, Hungarian, Greek, Russian and many other picturesque models appear on new dress toilets and day gowns as well. Velvet caps or half-sleeves, either upper or lower, are more fashionable than velvet sleeves entire. The leg-o'-mntton and bishop sleeves will be very popular on airy summer textiles, the styles being more appropriate to thin than to thick textiles. Muslin sleeves, striped or flowered, will be finished with dalatily-em-hroldered cap* and cuffs. The yoke and collar will be likewise decorated.

The fact that Easter tells oa a very early date this year (March 2P) has caused a "friend of facts and figures" to collect some curious statistics. In 4S83, he says, Easter fell on March 25, and it will ocly once again this century, namely, in lWt, fall on so early a date. In the following centuries it will occur only eight Umeson the same date—namely, in aim, awi, mm, aiea, 2101,2m and 219&. The earliest date on which Easter tan fall is on March 22, and this Is only ia ease the mooa is foil on March 2i, when this date happens to fall on a Saturday. This combination of circumstance* la extremely rare it occurred in MB3, 1781 and IS1T, and will happen again in 1898 3071 and 3144, white during the three following centuries it Is not onoe «*oa the books" at this early date. On the other hand, Easter never tolls later than April S this was the ease In MM, 1734 and UH, and will only happen onoe In the next century, namely, IMS.

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EVENING,

otes and Comments.

Sontie Spring" will revive building 1mentente and matrimony. 'seo is wrestling with two great prob•ie World's Fair and "the grip icV Sam had a quiet year in 1890, but he fcended about Si,000,000,000 In building imIfVements.

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ie Italians ma/jTet lake aterrible revenge this country. They may put their %$tfchs a little more out of tune:

Parnell delegates may pass around the llai) but they will find that Kitty has kicked l|jeeTpwn out of it and that it will not. hold

^ffpnn A. Logan, Jr., is reported by the news* pk$tfrs to have dropped $25,01)0 to $30,000 on a fy&xQ race in New York, last Wednesday. Tnat *8 one thing his father was too talented

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VThe money-collecting envoys, of course, refilled among the shamrocks when in Erin, ibutjiaow that they are here, where that plant is not indigenous, they confidently expect to •ii^' in clover. "•t Nevada will send to the World's Fair a bar o^ feolld gold weighing 1,000 pounds. It is opposed that its weight will be a sufficient |&feguard, even if the policeman should happed to take his eyes off it for a minute or

-j^'TPlvlladelphift paper thinks Canada might do jjery well as a sort of back yard to the L'-s. A considerable number of the United States' citizens have, however, esteemed it chiefly attractive as a sort of "fencc'' me^ly.

Jt|&>(6on, Uie Englishman who abducted his wiM argued in court that "a man Is the ownfc^SjjShls own wife." The court did not argue with him, and permitted the wife to choose her own residence. The time has gone sty when a wife Is a part of a man's chattols.

The^aro a verv particular and pious people at Racine, Is., and because a lady went to" sleep in the church and snored through the'jermon they have expelled her from membership. Her plea that it was a wet Sunday and there were no new bonnets on view-l'v as not allowed.

Ifeffr I not be before the autumn of 189*2 thatlt' -re -wi'l be a vacancy in the Parliamehic neat which Sir Charles Dllkc hopes to All, .id It is quite possible that time and events v/llj hare given him a few extra coats Of Whit 'ash before he needs to bother hltnself'rtbo wr'.tlng his address.

In^hlt nge of improve nent. It was to be expected that ihe old lub?r "strike" would not long retalii ji'v *iinp!e leatufe. The latest development of the principles id where al•le^ett v.- It •"i* mv tar^d ith cMor-

The New York World, noticing the dramatic performance of Church Howe in publicly tearing up his railroad passes after the house had declared against them, quietly remarks: "The wonder is that a man entertaining such beautiful scruples on the subject of passes could acdept them in the first place."

The'officials of the West Virginia Senate are foolishly sensitive. Because Senator Knott thumped the sergeant-at*arms in the eye and refused to say he was sorry for it that well-paid officer resigned his position and became a private citizen. His lack of appreciation for a humorous Interlude in legislative mattery showed him to be a very unfit person for the place he held.

The buildings for the World's fair are to cost 18,-500,000, and are to be built out of wood and a cheap French bulldlug material called "staff," composed of cemcnt and gypsum, capable of being made to represent marble, granite, etc. As they are only temporary this plan will answer very well but how are they to be made fire-proof? Millions of dollars' worth of articles will be placed in these buildings.

The Burton Columbian Tower company has been lmcorporated at Springfield, 111., to build a tower for the World's Fair. It Is proposed to make this structure 1192 feet high, a foot for every year of the Christian era previous to the discovery of America. Can't the Yankee nation make some original work, and not merely Imitate a Frenchman, and make a tower a few hundred feet hlghertliah bis? Let us have something new.

The Ohio politicians of both parties seem determined to put the Palmer idea of nominating Senators in State conventions in operation in that commonwealth. Whatever merits that method may possess in the abstract, it could hardly work well in Ohio in the present day. JohD Sherman is the best man for the Senate which that State has now or has had In the past twenty years, yet If he were up for renomination to-morrow under this plan the chances are that he would be defeated, and the honor be given to some active and tricky politician who has the machine on his side and is "solid" with the "boys."

The attempt to extort a ransom from a wealthy citizen of Detroit by kidnapping him and holding him in durance until the money was paid, failed, as ninety-nine out of every hundred such schemed will fail. The day for the kidnapper and the dashing highwayman has gone by. Steam, electricity and, above all, the printing press have so environed these avocations with perils that every professor of criminal science who makes any pretense to brains has long since sought other fields for the exercise of his talents. The Detroit kidnappers are away behind the age and do not deserve to be recognised by the more intelligent villains who may happen to know them.

Since Congress adjourned. Mr. Ingalls has found time to do a good deal of thinking. The mind on top of the Kansas statesman's thin but sinewy .frame is a keen one, and it is now occupied in looking far ahead over the troubled sea of politics. It is not an insignificant fact that Brother Ingalls la engaged in whooping it up for the Farmer*' Alliance. Nor should the circumstance he regarded as only a proof of Brother Ingalls* singular capacity for returning good for eviL True, the ex-Senator hears the Alliance no ill wilL But hisgeDerosity is more than passive. So vivid have b«ien the results of his study of the causes of his defeat, that his deep affection for the Alliance is already uncontrollable, and he Is prepared to take Its nominstkm for President la lfltt, on a tariff reform

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and free silver platform. Let any one who doubts this watch the ex-Senator's glittering course. He may be wooing the Alliance with a banjo and not with a guitar, but he is woo ing it lust as hard. 'V

In the census bulletin of State debts Indiana makes the worst showing of any State. Most of the States have reduced their bonded debts during the last decade, while some have wiped them out. Iowa, which had a bonded debt of $300,000 In 1880, now has none at all Kansas has reduced hers from 11,181,975 to $801,000 Maine has reduced from $5,975,500 to $2,748,800 Michigan from $913,149.97 to $239,992.83 Nebraska, which had a debt of $199,267 in 1880, now has none New York has reduced $8,999,800 to $6,652,160 Ohio has reduced from $6,476,805 to $2,796,065 Colorado, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin have no bonded debt New Hampshire has reduced her debt from $3,459,100 to $2,784,600 New Jersey from $2,096,300 to $1,196,300, and Rhode Island from $2,531,500 to $1,283,000. Indiana has increased her bonded debt from $1,093,895.12 to $8,540,615.12. These figures need no comment-

People and Things.

James Payne, the novelist, is now on London Punch. The wit of Payne will be a pleasurable feature in England's eminently respectable but pre-eminently dreary comic weekly.^

The late Duke of Bedford was in Parliament forty-three years and never made a speech. He owned one hundred and eighteen acres in London, occupied by three thousand buildings. ,~

Th& Czar has Issued art imperative edict against dueling in the army, and officers who forget^ this and insist upon fighting should commence by ordering pistols for two and Siberia for one.

Gcu. Nfthan Goff, the uoted West Virginia politician, looks like a clergyman. His face is always smoothly shaven and he dresses in dark frock suit. In splriterhq Is as cheerful as a school boy.

Cttneral B. F. Butler has strong opinions uoon tlie New Orleans trouble, but't Is hardtuiciiiy thattho lx)uinianlanswill selecthim t.-Krof *umU' sle-jr. over what he

seal, xalmoii, ^o^^lti&eboAe, fff^",aniot^nTed to $9,840,730." ery good returnfffrohi a country for which Uncle Sam paid but $7,200,000, twenty-three years ago. Alaska more than pays for itself every year.

Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate of England, has been made an honorary member of the Auxiliary Association of the World's Fair and invited to write a song to be sung at the opening. The former he has accepted, but has not decided as to the latter.

Kipling has visited the United States and was difgusted. Dickens, Hall, Trollope and the whole fraternity of authors who have made hurried observations, and published their off-hand notes 011 our manners and customs, have done us no harm. They suffered more than wc did from their hasty conclusions and foolish parade of them.

The total number or guns of the German navy Is 831 France, 1,942 Italy, r«0 Russia, 688 Austria. 362 Great Britain, 2,W7 Netherlands, 106 Spain. 347 Sweden and Norway, 150-147 Turkey, 366 Denmark, 87 China, 306 United States, 631. Wheu the vessels provided for have been finished the U. H. navy will have 29 new steel unarrnored and armored cruisers.

Gen. B. F. Tracy, secretary or the navy, lawyer and journalist, Is not an after-dinner speaker. The American madness for talk that follows the demi-tasse of collec Is a wave that swept by blm and left him safe and dry. He can prepare, and deliver a set oration as well as any of his famous confreres who were lu the Beecher trial but If you call on him for mere talky-talk he is as uncomfortable and almost as awkward as that other famous after-dinner mute Thomas A. Edison.

Gen. Cullum becomes interesting when he talks of the way in which many of the officers who were engaged In the war found the means of life after the dlsbandment of the armies. He has lists of those who became farmers, merchants,civil engineers, teachers, lawyers and authors, and can show fhat nearly all of them took up some useful occupation. Gen. Cullum himself Is an octogenarian but he still watches the careers of the men who fought for or against the union.

Meissonier's meanness was equaled only by bis genius with the brush. He was imperious, domineering and ugly with all wbocame in contact with him. His treatmentoi Baron Alphonse de Rothschild is given as an illustration of his character. The painter confided to the banker that he was hard up and was at once given a check for $20,000. Later Meissonler asked the baron If he could pay the debt by a picture, and the offer was accepted. A short time niter this Rothschild was a candidate for membership to an institute of which the painter was a member, and the latter at once made a bitter and open fight against the admission of the banker and defeated his candidature. At the same time the debt of $Xijm was still unpaid.

Baron Fava, the Italian minister, who has been prominent for a few days on account of the mamacre at New Orleans, is one of the queer characters of tbc diplomatic corp*. He changes his froanjlqjr-placc about twenty times a year. It is next to impossible to find him- He Is so carelea* about his social engagements that on the occasion of a recent State dinner at the White House, at which he was one of the invited quests, be kept the company waiting nearly an hour, greatly to the President's annoyance, and would not have made his appearance even then if be had not beeo sent for, fie teas a son who has mad# a great success la Washington as a civil engineer and architect, but the Baron and the son have no family or social intercourse, and do not spealT.wben they meet on the street.

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In the untimely death of Lawrence Barrett the dramatic stage has sustained a severe loss. Mr. Barrett was an artist who ranked high in his profession, and had always been faithful to a noble conception of art. Ho never made his genius subservient to cheaply won success, but always kept before him a high ideal. Art with him was something to worship, to strive after, and he never faltered in his purpose and his service. Such men, who bring individuality, genius and integrity to their calling, add luster to any profession, and this Lawrence Barrett did to the stage.

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Twenty-first Year

Fashion's Fancies.

Every shade of gray is popular. There is a demand just now for odd bits of jewelry.

Among the new China and wash silks are seen many polka dots. Dotted Swiss muslius, which were the fashion years ago, come back this year.

Sleeves are more elaborate than ever, and may be made of almost any material, providedIt corresponds with the dress.

White India silks figured in colors with small sprigs of other insignificant designs are among the most, charming of the newlyopened dress goods.

Bonnets and hats this year present a curious mixture of former styles and fashions, with several new features, but with no very radical departure in style, contour or garniture.

In Spring millinery flowers are practically the sole graniture, even ribbon being very sparingly employed. Lilies of the valley, violets, heliotrope aud marguerites are tho specially favored.

The old-time French organdies, as transparent as glass, with chatmlng designs of tea roses, buds, carnations, violets, pansies and trailing vines, will bo In high fashion next Summer. They will be called Pompadour muslins.

Suitings, as they are termed, still show linestripe effects, plaid, diagonal blocks, and broad stripes in russet with rich Oriental colors, or in the now lighter-color mixtures of cream orgray, with English rose, strawberry, pale tan, reseda, eto.

Corduroy cloth is niade of the finest wool. It is decidedly soft, and drapes excellently. It is a ribbed cloth, hence its name. Being both light In weight and very warm, corduroy cloth is an ideal matorial for spring wear and the soft neutral tpnes in which it Is dyed are very attractive..

For young ladles to wear with a straight skirt are narrow belts of velvet or of braid with a'glltnmer of gold In lt» The bolts will be worn with a plain bodice as well as with princesse growus In one piece. The collar and deep cuffs match the belt, When bratd is used, it is frequently carried spirally up tho entlie sleeve.

A good many skirts are trimmed now with a deep single-gathered flounce at the edge, mouuted with a gathered hending. This stylo is most suttabffe for soft woolens, silks and figured stufife. Panels are still much used to trim the skirts of visiting dresses, and must be of the same stufi ns tho sleeves. They are often ornamented with handsome embroidered bands, steel galloons or passementerie, and tho bodlco Is then decorated to correspond, with bands put across the front to bc'tnte a l«t. r. a4wiM»klt**wiui*r^i ih no mariner destroying the sheatli-llke appeffrance which fashion dictates, is to slash it from hem to waist on the right side just, a few inches, say 4 or 5, from the bodice-point* Beneath, on the foundation, lay a few folds of silk or velvet toslmulato an underskirt, and then tie the edges of the upper dress with ribbon bows and shortends. If desired, more elaboration may bo supplied by putting a narrow galloon round the edge of the dress and carrying It up either side of the opening.

Feminitems.

A woman in Now York wants a divorce because her husband will not give her control of $300 he has In bank.

A funeral took place the other day at Hannibal, Mo., at which six young women officiated as pall-bearers.

Mme. Bernhardt having adopted a pretty little 8*yoar-old girl the question arises, "What will she do withlt'.'"

Governor Hovey recanted at the last moment, and appointed four lady commlsionerson the Indiana delegation to the World's Fair. Sensible Governor.

There is a certain female employe In Leavenworth. Kas., where she lias lived tor many years, who lias deposited $200 for her funeral expenses, has her last robes already made, has purchased a site for her grave and planned what kind of a coflln she will have.

Mrs. Jennie M. I/wler, who has been elected President of Horosls, Is a physician herself, although she h,ts not practiced medicine for several years. She devotes all her time to philanthropic work. In person she is small and plump, with a highly-Intelli-gent face and vivacious 111 mi ,er.

Kate Field, In her W ulii U»n, says: "I am told Mrs, iea«c Is an unu-tt il woman. I hope she Is. If she I* a «am »le of what is In store for when woma 1 *u9 »ge shall

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purified and refined puiiilcs iicaven help us. Her tall.* before the* Wotmn's (Jouncll at Washington was that of a maniac. Such vaporing may 'go' in Kansas, where fanaticism runs riot, but It will only disgust thinking Americans." It takes a woman to roast a woman.

Mrs. Spurgeon, the wifeof the great Ixjndon preacher, though an invalid. Is a fairy godmother to poor ministers. She sends gifts of clothing to their wives, which a small society under her supervision have fashioned, and to the pastors themselves she makes gifts of book*. During the past year 6,910 volumes, making a total of 115,2t2 volumes given since the book fund was established, have been distributed among 500 ministers of I Cerent denominations, including 132 clergy of the Church of England tysss have been distributed in England and 7,000 in foreign lands. The remarkable part of the work is that it Is carried on singlehanded by this Invalid lady.

The ladies of the present day, in New York and elsewhere, who flatter themselves that they dress expensively, should read about Lollla Paulina, Bablna and a few more of their Roman prototypes. Paulina, for instance, is known to have had a gown that ccHft $1,000,000. Pliny records the fact of seeing her at a plain citizen's wedding supper covered with pearls and emeralds valued at 9iO/XX)rOOO sesterces, equivalent to Sabina waa the fair Roman dame who never traveled without a train of Ave hundred: asses, HO that she might not miss her dally bath In asse*' milk. The object is raking up these old personalities is to show our' American ladies that they are really dressing.in a very common way.

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