Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 21, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 March 1891 — Page 2

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WAVES OF PROGRESS.

Roll onv^rd, wave# of Progress, till /ou swoop ..^ Want and oppression from the homes of earth,

Making each heart the hai^t of laughing »*tlrtb, il5& S*tS And joyous love, that every soul may Tteep A vigil with the thoughts that swiftly lfcftp

To meet the purpose for which, jnnn hit* birth, •/, Generous

EndcAvor, and unsullied worth,

And noblest harvest be,can reap. jloll Onward. waves of Progress, till the world Has not, on Its wide facie, a single wrong When man indeed, shall like his Maker trove:

Roll on, till every passion flig is farted/' lid In each home tebocs the glorious song That tells the presence of *,perfect love.:*" gg

•y?.y.Town Talk.,

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,, ,v filVB THBK A fiflOW.. When th$ new chief of police assumed co« mil rol of the jpollce and issued orders to his nke». enforce the law in relation to the liqtfdr .raffle he was immediacy assailed In certain

rs, his motive# qy^stlonedand his honesty •aubte'li' 8ueh e.^mrse was predicted by^. TJnon^*tlm$ago,kod manifest unfairness si. jild be Its co«wlo' uvatlon. The metropolitan

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to tho principus, tf self govetim'**t,bi.tm long as

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-st, simply l)ot ,Muuhe- are associated wjttt, politicians oi l»appa«^ tt' jo entrusted the dlsohargo uf lorne pubt* t^nst. The g1 tlcmen .who compr'sn the metropolitan poljc® hoard nro citizens who stand well in the ^•Itv, und whose names would be a cT. mnteo of hon.'^iy In any buslm

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popular'.i,e«T.'o, and that tv.eir duty Is uub which ii* difficult to di charge with arjf degree of *7* -tfgUon to the people upon their »v' ments tfitl. suspicion ever, the ont# »tM» pouo out to enforce'the law, una lu IsTllcifl thisordortheeommlssloners have douo all they could, and should' hI lean be fl/en credit for Uonepf^ until th'» contrary as proven. The ease is now before tho court, »i»d the court shout 5 wallowed to hear and determine it on lt«.merits, wltl.o it unlus* Influence or eoiamftut on the outside. CrtBtfldi-rtng thar.pol 1M und»v& the oontrnl of a board It hns been do!hk fairly well.

SAt.OONS CLOSKO.

According to »vll aecounts the salaoun have hen coin polled to otwrve the liquor law with more respect than it has ever before received In this city. The front, doors have ln«en flowed promptly at j|hc proper time,nnd last Hunda.v many were heard eoinplulnlng that they covild not. get a (lrlnk at all. No rrowds were congregated on the sidewalks round saloon doors, and the usual street corner loafer wan conspicuous by lits absence. It wuh are freshlim chance 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 were nol annoyed by the usual staring, guplnc crowd, and people Inclined to a proper observance of the law and order made no complaint. It may bethatsomedrunkennesK was seen on the streets, but that Is to be expected In any community. Even In prohibition Maine, Iowa and Kansas It Is no uncommon thing t« see men tinder tho Influence of liquor where the law Is supposed to |m rigidly enforced. It 1k one of the results of prohibition that men buy their drinks In iK.tUes and satisfy tbctr thirst in quiet places, Hut this Is no argument against pro hlbitlon, any more than occasional drunk on the street* 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 perdition. If an attempt is being made to on force the law it should tie encouraged, and honesty should not te questioned without evldenor that dishonesty t* Intended,

A KTKR VOV-R ISYS.

The other day man called at jnllce headquarters to talk with tho superintendent In regard to his »mv. who had bwn lodged In jail on the charge of theft, lleadmittedthat his son hadn't the best reputation In the world, but at the same time didn't want to t«clieve him guilty, and would shield him from punishment If possible. Said he: "I havp raised five boys, and have found out that you can't tell what they are coming to." Questioned at*out It he said four of them were good N\vs but the youngest had got Into Iwid company with the usual consequence. He had been indulged too much, and telng allowed to have his own way became headstrong and wild, and Is now in 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 him. That young man Is the son of a father who during his life was one of Terro Haute's most prominent business men. with large means and beautiful home. He allowed his sou to do pretty much as he pleased, and while the father made money the son went to the dog*, until to-day he Is an outcast and an oh ect of loathing, without home and without friends. How many boys are thews in Tcrrv Haute today who are preparing for a simitar fate? Indulgent parents should l.ok

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this matter in its true light. How

many of you allow your twys to run wild, so to sp-ak. If your J*\v Is out to-night do you know where he is, what he is doing, or the company he is in? It would be well for rou to look into these mat tors before it becomes too lair. K«vp your boy at home as much as possible, and above all thing* teach him that he must make hts own living.

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There arc a couple of nuisance* which afflict theater goer* in this and every other town. The first I* the person who kit* be» hind you and keep* up a continual chatter from the time he take* hi* seat until the curtain drop* on the lust act. His actions In*

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dlcate that he' was created for, the special annoyance of those who^iave the misfortune to be seated within the 'range of hls hoisy month. 11 the nuisance is anjale he doesn't even relieve the monotony by gbing out oceasipnally to se« a friend or get a clove, but keeps rlgh t'along with pit senseless twaddle. Generally he is one oT those fellows of whom better things would be expected, but bis education in manners seems to have been sadly neglected in this respect. It may be th&t the stage performance bores hin^ and. that in dnty bound be must in tarn bore )»ls surroundings. Sometimes be may be a friend of yours, and may accompany you to the performance. It may- also happen tbat^he. has seeft the play before, in which event feelVcalled upon to explain it to you as it progresses and kee|) 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 up a continual clatter. -The other nuisance is the fellow who always commences his preparations to leave about live minutop before the end of the last act, and who anticipates the fall of* the curtain by making a rush for the door. When on his lecturing tours Arternus Ward charged an .•tdmission f(«»,of #30 for ej^ldren 1 arms. As the nnisaut e.j'descrlbcd prt Mdch worse they should be-charged about $50 each. They are ell: well tcnown, aud the j&gjtet seller need make no ml^i^teMigettlnflmld of the right persons. if !*& tht JTBAT:

Both of the potfflcai parties in^this citjtajre preparlng-jthel^ fighting olothes and preparattoijfi arc being made for a*bitter political fight atthe coming city election. £an' dldntesfu^ff the ofl|ces pre ^n'mew^n a they are .epllut as numerous'Vn 'bW^Ela tbey aif,1m the Qtheft

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compelled to live updor

it they should gl"e It a el.* .iv£, and should aj, loan accord to tuose having its «nffcrc«Joenv Jn chnrfcan opportunity togItn S. V* T. T. doesn't Lelltivc th^tall men

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nni^fchy W, iftwrat ronolitan if the metropolitan ttil Is declared untfons tutlonal tho ofllce will still exist, Pending a decision of the case by £he Supremo court will tho parties nominate candidates? ttlVK us

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KEST.

To say that every person In Terre Haute aud Vigo county Is tired of that court house elevator and Its attendant evils is drawing it mlklly. Tho tight between the judge of the Circuit court and the board of county commissioners lias been so senseless and long drawn out that tho community has become heartily tired of the matter long ago. What need Is there of an elevator anyhow? The county has furnished tho county officials, tho courts and bar with one of the handsomest and best buildings In the State. Among other modem 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 tho favored few. Tho stairways are good enough for all, and all should be made to use them. The verdict of tho people Is that the elevator should Is? elosed down. If the county Is to furnish such conveniences for the men It elects to office It might as well go a stop further nnd purchase them carriage* and liveried servants. If this thing continues tho 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 It. At any rate the public Is weary, *nd should be given a vacation on the subject. Let us have peace.

Geraldine's Letter.

Easter coming so early wilt hardly seem itself. The robin and the blue bird are here, but the violet, daffodil and narcissus, which we always expect will l»e In blossom for the Easter time, are hardly peeping above the ground and Easter bonnet* and Easter costumes, donned in deference to the spring apparel of nature, as the legend goes, would be sadly 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 arc 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 a church festival, on the same day of the pagan festival, and observing It with similar rites. Ofcndlemas day is thus the survival of the tires ottered to Februa, the northern Mam. St. Johns eve, one of the most joyous festivals of Christendom during the middle ages, was clearly of heathen origin. 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 sun, and were practiced long before John the Baptist wa# barn. Midsummer and Yule were the two great festivals in heathen times. The church could not abolish these so It 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 Germans aiyi Saxons as Ostara, or Eastre, so the festival of the resurrection gets Its Teutonic name from the festival of the goddess Qsiara, which was celebrated at the same season that the Christian festival of Easter was celebrated. Th* goddess Ostara was often worshipped with fire, probably as an emblem of the dawn— Qstcrfeur.

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

pbinte ,oX the epmposs. In the altars were placed in the east* facilitate the. worship of the rising belief .that the sun dances on Easter Siorn was a remnant of sun worship. The^yitri greetings and embracIn«Biad tbelftorlillr the common joy at the return cif^ s^S April was known to the' Anglo-Baions as Estor-monath.anda similar nime-fil|f jr* vails in Germany. With manyihatloi^s th new year began with the lengthening%ay& 0 Bpring. AJtejr the long gightt W wln?

coming was the occasion of fires were klndled ^a every date the churches faere ti£h ous "paschal tapeii^some pounds. PrecjpntS were e^p

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common beingthe egg, whteHa^s^t^tjsl •f,the hew \ife of nature. A traveller"whojLn 1704 mnegjsec&the Oelebration of the nearyeat sjinong the 'PerslSftjf,' says thft celebration lasta many days and marks victory gained oVer the "Giants of the North," that is, the northern^rpets/whicb, at thiaseajson'ar# conquered bar the. entrance of the 6un Ihto!th|i^ittf/of Aries. these old pagan. ptKservanees aroae th" tlan festival of XilkQ the in England it was ffestiyal of joy* apd^he church with Ijer.ever ready tact and policy, made the most of an observance which .she could not root opL lu th$r.instance it was ah exceedingly^^^. »ia$Ujlv. Jroy^at the awakening ^nature frogvfthe deiath an1 }by at the-res eff)8^::tl jglslji»|[of^gl"9or henrsawln^ho tion.i

%tghteonsndss«' I: a fit emblem stomofdecor^'e. 'jCwp hun b^^lUirang

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vt^^fftt^^By tS^body regardless of ^^sf The s&o^s w^refilled ways, on ^nchrlstrls risen." h#f'^uHnoh custom in 'mm ^tk^ing to early mass for the priest to

ej^loms have goue id the yule log of li^e l^anta Claus, idHlldlsh heart. The«v tcpttcount for their origin: il lay over Christ's jdevotlon itse^gs

|a^noble lady whosehusan'd she and her cbilt^ed herself and tliem, iirating e^switb Kas||ellbe ptit the words "Bope ^|Intcnthb hands of a sol-

^rh^K^Krlil^thc^nce, gave it into hjsband and father. :lp$d^tlng, questioned and ub was sagaQwfiESS# dren. In memory of this event they ever after kept Easter in like manner, and from this came the custom of decorating e«gs.

The Germans have adopted the hare as an Easter emblem. These 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.

Thero is another curious legend in this connection. Upon the moon devolved the duty of telling men that they, like herself, shall live again after apparent death. She sends a swift, animal, the hare, as her messenger, but ho loiters, or forgets his errand, and the moon strikes him in the face. This was the origin of the hare's Up. Gkrat.dine.

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 large begging mall, among which the other day was a tetter from* a Texan gentleman, who wanted $50 to got anew set of teeth.

Celesttne Kaltenbach, died at Dubuque, Iowa, Wednerday morning aged 78 years. Ho 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 readers a prl*e conundrum, "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 seem as though the question 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 ss well. Velvet caps or half-sleeves, either upper or lower, are more fashionable than velvet sleeves entire. The leg-o'-mutton and bishop sleeves will be very popular on airy summer textiles, the styles being more appropriate to thin than to thick textile#. Muslin sleeves, striped or flowered, will be finished with daintily-em-broidered cape and cuffs. The yoke and collar will be likewise decorated.

The fact that Easter falls on a very early date this year (March 29) has caused a "friend of facts and figures" to collect some curious statistics. In JSSS, be says, Easter fell on March 25, and it will ocly once again this century, namely, In UK, fall on so early date. In the following centuries it will occur only eight times on the same date—namely, issi, acssv am, a*5?, 2103,2101, 2125 wad 219& The earliest date on which Easter can fail is on March 22, and this is only in ease the moon Is full on March 2S, when this date happens to fWl on a Saturday. This combination of circumstance* is extremely rare It occurred in K83, 1781 and 1KIT, and will bappen again in 1W0,3flW and 2144, while during the three following centuries it Is not once •*oa the books" at this early date. On the other hand, Baxter never falls later than April 31 this waa the ease in !««, 1754 and 189& and will only happen once in tiw next century, namely, 19&

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'otes and Comments.

entle Spring" will revive building im\.«*nents and matrimony. 'oaeo is wrestling with two great prob•^f|»e World's Fair and "the grip rieir Sam had a quiet year in 1890, but he ended about

$1,000,000,000

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vements. '£e Italians may yet take a terrible revenge this country. They may put their 'jq^ti8 a little more out of tune:

Parnell delegates may pass around the jffaik but they will find that Kitty has kicked crown out of It and that it will not hold

^jjFptJn A. Logan, Jr., is reported by theneWspfe$«rs to have dropped 825,000 to 550,000 on a hifrfcB race in New York, last Wednesday. one thing his father was too talented k'stfi't5 i\Thv money-collecting envoys, of course, reined among the shamrocks when in Erin, ^hutinow that they are here, where that plant ]is nnt indigenous, they confidently expect to

V, Nevada will send to the World's Fair a bar oft solid gold weighing 1,000 pounds. It is pUjipo^ed that its weight will be a sufficient l&ftgtiard, even if the policeman should happen to take his eyes off it for a minute or

^WjMilladelphia paper thinksCanadamight do jory well as a sort of back yard to the 'Unptal few- t-s. A considerable numberof the United States' citizens have, however, esteemed it chiefly attractive as a sort of "fence'' merely.

Jiifclcson, Che Englishman who abducted his wif4 uiguel in court that "a man is-the owner of his own wife." The court did not arg&s with liim, and permitted the wife to choose her own residence. The time has gone ,*y when a wifo is purt of a man's chati^lSf

They are* a ven particular and pious "people at Racine, is., and because a lady went to.sjeep In tln church and snored through the* Sermon they have expelled her from membership. Her plea that It. was a wet Sunday and there were no new bonnets on view^v is not allowed. -i Aj'W- 'A'

I$4!w. I not be before the autumn of 1892 ihatrlt* ve wl'l be a vacancy in the Paiilamc'nift seat which Sir Charles Dilke hopes tojftll, ,td it is quite possible that time and .eveftts wilj hare given him a few extra coats of whit '».*iish before he needs to bother him? selfitbo writing his address. 1 Il^thisnge Improve nent It was to be expected that ihe old lab "strike" would not longretalu aJv simpio eat ure. '1 he latest develoibionu of the rrinelplps where al leged'

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fi^msKwmodey to Settledirflir&ncgcL" 'jminrtBlr the najyga^c^ 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 accept 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 matters showed him to be a very unfit person for the place he held.

The buildings for the World's fair are to cost $8,500,000, and are to be built out of wood and a cheap French building material called "stalT," composed of cement 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 artjgles will be placed In these buildings.

The Burton Columbian Tower company has been {incorporated at Springfield, 111., to build a tower for the World's Fair. It Is proposed to make this structure 1492 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 higher than bis? Let us have something new.

The Ohio politicians of both parties seem determined to pnt the Palmer idea of nominating Senator^ In State conventions in operation in that commonwealth. Whatever merits that method may possess in the abstract, it could hardly work welt in Ohio in the present day. John 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 rcnomi nation 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 bim 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 high wayman has gone by. Steam, electricity and, above 1ft 1, the printing press have so environed these avocations with perils tbat 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 recognized by the more intelligent villains who may happen to know them.

Since Congress adjourned. Mr. In galls has found ante to do a good deal of thinking. The mind on top of the Kansas statesman^ thin bat sinewy frame is a keen one, and it Is now occupied in looking for ahead over the troubled aea of politics. It is not an inftignlfiaint fact that Brother Ingalls Is enia whooping It np for the Farmers' Alliance. Nor should the circumstance be regarded as only a proof of Brother Ingalls' singular capacity for returning good for evil. True, the ex-Senator beam the Alliance no 111 wlIL Buthlsgenerosity is more than passive. 80 vivid have been the results of his study of the causes of his defeat, that his deep affection for the Alliance 1* already uncontrollable, and he is prepared to take Its nomination for President in tfltt. on a tariff reform

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 just as hard.

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. He 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,genJusandintegrity to their calling, add luster to any profession, and this Lawrence Barrett did to the stage.

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 $1,181,975 to $801,000 Maine has reduced from $5,975,500 to $2,748,800 Michigan from $918,149.97 to $239,902.83 Nebraska, which had a debt of $499,267 in 1880, now has none New York has reduced $8,999,360 to $6,852,100 Ohio has reduced from $6,476,805 to $2,796,665 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 $2,096,800 to $1,196,300, and Rhode Island from $2,534,500 to $1,283,000. Indiana has increased her bonded debt from $1,093,395.12 to $8,540,615.12. These figures need no comment-

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People and Things.

Jkmei Fftyhe,' the novelist, is now on Lon don 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

Tbd Czar has issued an 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 onel

Gen. Ntthan Golf", the4"noted^Vest Virginia politician, looks like a clergyman. His face is always smoothly shaven and be dresses in dark frock suit. In spirits he Is as cheerful as a school boy.

General B. F. Butler has strong opinions upon the New Orleans trouble, but't Is hardlikely that tho. Ijoutsiaulans will select him over what he ^y.- j.*

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seal, salm to $9,840,780." Very good returns from 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 ofT-hand notes on our manners and customs, have done us no harm. They suffered more than we 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, 5MI Russia, OSS Austria. 362 Great Britain, 2,537 Netherlands, 406 Spain. 347 Sweden and Norway, 150-147 Turkey, 368 Denmark, 87 China, 306 United States, 631. When the vessels provided for have been finished the U. H. navy will have 29 new steel unarmored and armored cruisers.

Gen. B. F. Tracy, secretary of the navy, law ycr and journalist, is not an after-dinner speaker. The American madness for talk that follows the demManse of collee Is a wave that swept by him and left him safe and dry. He can prepare and deliver a set oration as well as nny of ills famous coufreres who were In the Bceclicr trial but If you call on him for mere taiky-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 tho way in which many of the officers who were engaged lu the war found the menus of life after the dlsbandment of the armies. He ha« lists of those who became farmers, merchants,civil engineers, teachers, lawyers and authors, and can show that 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.

Melssonler'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 treatmento! Baron Alpbonse de Rothschild is given as an illnstration of his character. The painter confided to the banker that he was hard up and was at once given a check for 920,000. Later Melsfionier asked the baron if he could pay tbe debt by a picture, and the offer was accepted. A short time after this Rothschild was a candidate for membership to an institute of which the palnjer was a member, and tbe 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 mjX*) was still unpaid.

Baron Fava, the Italian minister, who has been prominent for a tew days on account of the massacre at New Orleans, one of tbe qoeercharacters of tbedlplomaUc corps. He changes his boarding-place about twenty times a yean It is next to impossible to find him. He is so careless about his social engagements that on tbe occasion of a recent State dinner at the White House, at which be was one of tbe 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 bad not been sent for. He has a son wbo has made a great success in Washington as a civil engineer and architect, but tbe Baron and the son have no family or social intercourse, and do not speak*.when they meet on the street*

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 muslins, which were tho 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 ure practically tho solo graniture, oven ribbon being very sparingly employed. Lilies of the valley, violets, heliotrope and marguerites are tho specially favored.

The old-time French organdies, as transparent as glass, with chaimlng designs of tea roses, buds, carnations, violets, pansies .. and trailing vines, will bo in high fnshion next Summer. They will be called Pom pa dour muslins.

Suitings, as they aro termed, stillshowllnestrlpe eflfects, plaid, diagonal blocks, and broad stripes in russet with rich Oriental colors, or In the npr lighter-color mixtures or cream or gray, with English rose, strawborry, pale tan, reseda* etc.

Corduroy cloth is made of the finest wool. It is decidedly soft, and drapes oxcellently. It is a ribbed cloth, hence its name. Being both light. In weight and very warm, corduroy cloth is an Ideal material for spring wear and the soft neutral tones Jn 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 glimmer of gold in it. The belts will be worn with a plain bodice as well as with princesse growns in one piece. The collar and deep cuffs match tho bolt. When braid Is used, it is frequently carried spirally up the entile sleeve.

A good many skirts are trimmed now with a deep single-gathered flounce at the edge, mounted with a gathered heading. This style Is most sultablfe for soft woolens, silks and figured stufffe. Panels are still much used to trim the skins of visiting dresses, and must be of tho same stuft as the sleeves. They are often ornamented with handsome embroidered bands, steel galloons or passementerle, and tho bodice Is then decorated to correspond, with bands put across the front .. to l»r't«\te a «nr* *lnt. tr««t "k! rt,«li t&tho'minufcr destroying the sheath-llke apfieffranoe whleh fashion dictates, Is to slash it from hem to waist on tho right side Just a few inches, say 4 or 5, from the bodlcc-polut* Beneath, on the foundation, lay a few folds of silk or velvet to simulate

an

underskirt,

and then tie the edges of the upper dress with ribbon bows and short ends. If desired, more elaboration may be supplied by putting a narrow galloon round tho edge of the dress and carrying It up either side of the opening.

Femirtitems.

A woman in New 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 afc Hannibal, Mo., at which six young women officiated as pall-bearers.

Mme. Bernhardt having adopted a pretty little 5-year-old girl the question arises, "What will she do with it?"

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

There Is a certain female employe In Leavenworth. Kas., where she has lived for 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 !offln she will have.

Mrs. Jennie M. I/wler, who has been elected President of Horo.«l«, is a physician herself, although she h.i» not practiced medicine for several yoarM. Hhs? devotes all her time to philanthropic work. In person sho Is small and plump, wltit a highly-lntelll-gent face and vIvaelotH inm .or.

Kate Field, in bur W uhl »tton, says: "I am told Mrs. Ixuise Is an unu-u il woman. 1 hope she Is, If she is a sum le of what is In store for u* when wonia *u%' »ge shall have purified and refined politics 't'-aven help us. Her talk before the* Woinm's Council at Washington was that of maniac. 8ucb vaporing may 'go' In Kimww, where fanaticism runs riot, but It will only disgust thinking Americans." It takes a woman to roast a woman.

Mrs. Spurgeon, the wife of the great London preacher, though an invalid. Is a fairy godmother to poor ministers. Hhe sends gifts of clothing to their wives, which a small society under her supervision have fashioned, and to tbe pastors themselves she makes gifts of books. During the past year 6,916 volumes, making a total of 115,212 volumes given since the book fund was established, have been distributed among -tOO ministers of different denominations, Including 182 clergy of tbe Church of England 8*565 have been distributed In England and 7,000 in foreign land*. The remarkable part of the work Is that It Is carried on singlehanded by this Invalid lady.

The ladies of tbe present day, in New York and elsewhere, wbo flatter themselves that tbey dress expensively, should read about Lollia Paulina, Bablna and a few more of their Roman prototypes. Paulina, for instance, is known to have had a gown that costll,OC*MWa Pliny records tbe fact of seeing her at a plain cltlasen** wedding supper covered witt pearls and emeralds valued at ftf)y0MMQO sesterce*, equivalent to tl/iOMXM* Sabina was the fair Roman dame wbo never traveled without a train of five hundred: asses, so that she might not miss her dally bath in asses' milk. Tbe object 1* raking np these old personalIties is to show our American ladies that they are really dressing in a very common way.