Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 January 1898 — Page 1

ON THE QUI VIVE.

Sensations fliSem to pile on each other in

the past two weeks in the effort to get be-

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p?, The case of Cashier Will Donahoe doe not seem to be one that reflects in any way mpon his honesty. It was a case of bad judgment, and it makes him the severest sufferer. One of the troubles between himself and the directors of the bank with which he had been connected for nearly a quarter of a century resulted from his action in cashing a check for IS,000 on the Metro politan Trust Co., of New York, in favor of the street railway company, on the

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unable to pay it in full, although he paid $1,000 of it before the failure of the street car company and when the knowledge of the affair came to the ears of the officials of the bank they were naturally incensed at the cashier, and the result of the matter was that he resigned, and fixed up the differences between himself and the directors. He has acted in a very manly way about the trouble. He gives the directors credit for having done what they deemed best in protecting the interests of the institution, has no fault to find with them, and does not find fault with Mr. Harrison, claiming that the latter acted in the best of faith in his part of the transacaction. As boy and man he had been con

five yeai*s, and it seems too bad that an error of judgment of this kind ^should have led to his retirement from *such a substantial institution in which he held a good position. On every hand regret is expressed that he should have been so unfortunate.

It strikes one as strange that an institution in which "Andy" Crawford is one of the largest stockholders should have been the one to extend such favors to Russell Harrison, when it is understood that there is far from the kindliest feelings between the two men, and when it is the common belief that Mr. Harrison went into the electric lighting business in order to "get even" for the way Mr. Crawford had treated him as a member of the city council. If Mr. Harrison had kept out of the electric lighting business the affairs of the old light company, in which Mr. Crawford is largely interested, would not be in their present shape, and Mr. Harrison would be muoh better off than he is at the present time.

The other sensation printed in the Express yesterday morning it is understood forestalled a similar publication on the part of the Gazette this evening. Not mauy officeholders would have the courage that Auditor Soules displayed in thus criticising the action of his colleagues, with whom he is called upon to be associated in nearly all his public duties. These who are well acquainted with Mr. Soules, however, are well aware, that he is a determined fellow aud is not to be hindered in the discharge of what he believes to be his duties, no matter how unpleasant they may seem. Technically, ?rhaps, the commissioners are correct in their claim that they are not required by the laws to advertise for bids for bridge work, as the law does not demand that they shall. But whether or not the law tys they shall advertise for bids it seems obvious that the interests of the taxpayers would be better protected by public competition rather than by private contracts. Everything for the benefit of the taxpay-

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ers would be better done in the light of agent at Hutchinson, Kansas, to the effect day. Of course there are exceptions to a 11 that he had just filed with the express rules, but it does not seem plain how this agent there #10,000 for transmission to the could obtain in the way of letting contracts for public work, for which the people are compelled to pay. In times of dire necessity one can readily understand how it

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tracts by advertising for competition, but there have been few. If any, cases numbjred among those in question. The commissioners have absolute authority con- during the day the Blanchard representafcrred upon them by the law in de- tive visited the office to get the money or tormining what things are necessary in the particular branch of bridge work, but the public can scarcely lose anything in being made familiar with the

... p. ..... time he retired from the express service to details of such work, and in giving every go to work for Uncle Sam in the post-office on a ha to or he or If

«. .. department Mr Benjamin had not rethe commissioner* have protected the in- ceived the $10,0(10 telegram. tcrests of the taxpayers in all the contracts in question, and have had the work done as cheaply as could have been done in open competition It will be easy enough for them to show it. If they have not it they will be placed on the de-

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urer Wes Hauck, and this week comes that ^are permits lawfully the letting of con

about Will Donaboe, formerly cashier of the National State Bank, followed yesterday morning by the Express' attack on the county commissioners for their extravagance in managing county affairs. The sensations come so thick and fast that every reader of the Express goes to pick

up his paper in the morning wondering pe0pie

of doing things in tlie dark in„

matters is wrong. Every taxpayer

his money, and if the system we now

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tfacta privately the sooner it is changed the better. But whatever the merits of this case may be, Auditor Soules is deserving of credit for his manly stand in favor of publicity. He has shown that he is alive to the responsibilities of his position, and to the duties he owes to the

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most competent official in every respect and while the move he has made was not done for any political effect, because he censured members of his own party, it will do him no harm politically.

Recentydevelopments in a sensational way hsrfe

made business good for the

suret^fcompanies, many of which are represented here. A story is told of a very wellknown business man, whose check for any i- reasonable amount would be honored by any bank in the city, who was recently appointed guardian for an insane person, and

strength of a telegram from a man named who is engaged in business with a man worth hundred of thousands of dollars Hoyt, of New York, who had conducted the business of the company there, such as disposing of its bonds, etc. A telegram to President Harrison stated that the money was on deposit there, and, on this assurance, Mr. Donaghoe cashed the check, as, it is asserted, had been done before. The check came back dishonored, a combination of circumstanees, including the death of the president of a bank there, causing thiB result. The mistake that Mr. Donahoe made, and he freely admits this himself, was not in reporting the matmatter immediately to his superiors in the bank. Mr. Harrison made every effort pcssible to make good the loss, but

who would not hesitate for the thousandth part of a second to go on the bond required of guardians, if requested. But the guardian would not ask any person to go on his bond, and went to an agent of fi. surety company and took out his bondi Q. V. believes that the time will come, and it can not come any too quickly, when every public official required to give bond, will do so through a fidelity company, and at the expense of the county or municipality which he represents. He has always advocated this theory, and believes that it is right. No individual holding a public office requiring a large bond could be expected to pay the premium on a large bond, for instance like the county treasurer, or city treasurer, each of whom gives a bond of 1500,000, and would entail an expense of not less than $3,750 a year in each case. The city or the county could afford to pay that much money each year for its treasurers. An officer who is likely to have an expert accountant swoop down on him at any moment to examine his books, is likely not to make any mistakes. It may take along time to have such a law enacted, but it will come in the course of time, and it will be a good law.

The only state official that Terre Haute has ever had in the new state house, who

-1 state geologist, is having trouble with tier politicians in his effort to secure a renomination for the position he now holds. The professor, who is undoubtedly one of the best—probably the very best—geologists the state has ever had, has rendered most efficient service during his occupancy of the office, but he knows about as much about politics as a two-year-old child. He has been in the state geologist's offi«a nearly four years, and when he becomes, a candidate ngain it will be as a resident of

Vigo county. The chances are ten to one that he will not know a half dozen of the forty men who will be chosen as delegates to the state convention from this county. That is, unless he gets acquainted with more Vigo county Republicans between this and the time for the selection of delegates to the state convention.

The Seth Low of Terre. Haute, as exCouncilman Frank Wey has been dubbed, is worried because his mayoralty canvass has been affected by the rumor that he is an A. P. A. If the Third ward statesman is worried about a campaign rumor at this stage of the game what will become of him when the campaign lies are flying thick and fast in the latter part of April, should he secure his party's nomination for mayor? A man with an epidermis as thin as that had best keep out of politics In Terre H&ute during the coming campaign.

When Postmaster Frank Benjamin was agent for the American Express Company he had an experience with Ben Blanchard similar to Mr. Donaghoe's experience with the New York draft and the telegramsimilar, except that it did not end so disastrously. Ben Blanchard, the "Prince of Finney county," was theu in the heighth of his glory, and was handling money in greater profusion than a national bank. He sent money by the express company to different points, and some months his business with the company in this respect ran up to $300,000. One day one of his representatives here came into the express office with a telegram from the Blanchard

home office here. The load agent said they had an important deal just closing up here that required the $10,000 at once, and he wanted to get it right away. Mr. Benjamin was very willing to accommodate a good patron, but said he, "I cannot advance any money until I get a telegram from Hutchinson," Every hour or so

its equivalent, but every time he met with the response from the agent, "I have not received my dispatch yet." And up to the

Licensed to Wed.

Walter Hilbertand Liutie Clatfelier. Wesley Hattiecock and Maude Robert*. Martha Ann Boldest! and Oro. KUenger. Wm. Potts and Li) lie France. James Taller and Gertie Hlcklasd. John I. Wollpert and Emma J. Jones.

ON THE STAIR.

Idom of the upper hallway^dusk of a tender past, Voice that will thrill me alwa$r a summons that holds me fast

And I see again on the landing, Where the shadows deepest fall, My darling in white robes standing,

And again I hear her call: "Come up, papa come up!"

She has crept from her nest to greet me 'r In the gloom of the upper stair, With loving arms stretched to greet me,- '.

She softly calls me there. Such a tumble-haired. Snowy vision* On the shadowy landing highThrough the veil of the past elyslan,. ,,

Once again I hear her cry: "Come up, papa come up!"

Ah, often I find myself standing And gazing with eyes full of love ... Up to that desolate landing— .'

Knowing she's gone above. Yet I've faith that my constant prayer may— In the infinite by and by— From heaven's glittering stairway •'...

Bring again my darling's cry: "Come up, papa come up!"

FACTS FEMININE,

Who hasn't bumped into the woman who is woefully wandering about minus her eyelashes? My dear girls, you make the mistake of your life when you begin to snip and clip and tinker with those pretty little curtains that fall Over your eyes. If eyelashes are cut in infancy they will grow longer, but when one gets big enough to wear long skirts and do one's hair up high and wear a little bonnet with jet dofunnies on it there's not mutih of a Bhow for eyelashes being made longer by trimming

Views on the education of young gtrls* have been favorite topics for most wise men, but to quote Napoleon ou such a subject seems a bit humorous. The wo man who smiles at the idea of "The Little Corporal" laying down rules for the conduct of feminine youth may be as much surprised as interested to hear sotne of these pious suggestions. In a letter now preserved in the archives of the Legion d'Honneur he says: "These young girls should be brought up in the firm piety which will teach them that perpetual resignation, that sweet and simple charity which religion alone can inspire."

On one occasion the Emperor, after visiting a certain school, expressed himself as pleased with what he had seen, but, noticingest, ^h»T6guia1dkm^dM^e*ft!rarch vices that the children attended mass only "three times a week," he frowned, and without hesitation crossed out the words' an& wrote instead, "Every day."

He attached little importance to charms of person or manner—another surprise! "I desire," he writes, "that there shall come from the house of the Legion d'Honneur, not agreeable women, but virtuous women that their attractions be from the heart, not from the mind." He determined also that they should be "believers, not reasoners." He wished them to be strong in faith and in the spirit of self-sacrifice, with no thought beyond that of doing their duty "in the midst of the troubles and deceptions q£,life."

There is just one link in the chain that the new woman has not been able to break, not even to make an impression upon, and what is more, she never will even make a dent in it, for this link is made of a fibre stronger than any metal, of the cord and sinew of custom, and of the thing that makes custom—of instinct. A link made of instinct and custom in the chain that binds woman to woman's old place, and it never, can be broken, yet it hurts.

It hurtk, and still we love it in a way, and now for it, says a writer in the Philadelphia Times. "Oh, I hate being a woman," sighed a girl the other day, and the reason was that she felt the hurt of this old, old link. To speak in bold words, the girl was in love, and in love with a fine man, who was presumably in love with her. But there was the source of her trouble she could not be sure.

He said everything, even to "I love you," but that he said in French. He did everything, was a dependable background, saw to it that she wore the flowers of the season, kept new books on her tables and was responsible for her theatrical education, and yet the all-important words did not pass his lips, and—but for manner he might be only flirting or only a friend. And yet day by day, with that manner to back his acts, he was slowly leading her into the realms of love.

Poor girl! She knew what she felt, but because he was not quite ready to support her, or thought that she should be left free longer, or any of the numerous wonderful reasons that mm coqcoct for not speaking "just yet," she had to wait in silence, and in a torture that would be laughed at by all who have not felt it, or have forgotten, and which no man could ever even dream of.

Any man would end such suspense in an instant. He, the natural seeker, would speak, and at least know where he stood but the poor, chained woman must stand and wait, not daring to interpret actions, which speajc loader than words, to be sure, but not so concisely, until the man ends her doubts and she is given her chance to really look facta in the face.

It is odd that in poetry the modest maiden should be supposed not even to dream Of love until the word is spoken, when in life she has just as warm a heart and as quick and responsive nature "*3r

man can have. Yes, woman does love before she is asked sometimes. And she need not be ashamed of it, either. But she cannot tell it—the chain of custom won't let her—and though she suffers, she would not break that chain.

We do not want to have leap year privileges, even once in four years, but the Ijick of them hurts us each and all in torn, and something should be done about mothers of men should teach them that when they love a woman she hala^ght to know it, and be consulted as to the-best thing to be done under the circumstances but if this were done what would become of tragedy and gossip and heart breaks

The Jjook trade would suffer, for all the machine authors who have not genius enough to invent plots, but borrow their frieims' experiences and publish them as the phildfen of their brain, would Jose theif stOj^k in trade.

N4, thqre is no use. Don't try to teach yourjsons. The world would lose too m^&tydoye and some of its sweetness, for suspense, the pain, tha absolute jjhp final relief adds to the final jotiMni woman submits to her chain, and too^

*d gentleman w^ho is very much inin and in sympathy with high acnool^d collegiate education for women &.*i43fe£ently: "There are three things that theic$i|vent-bred girl can do which are worth**) any woman many rules of geomet^&j^reek declensions. She can write a tifcl letter—a pretty, graciously dignified and wholly delightful ,4-she can read aloud, and last, but she can speak low."

PLE AND THING'S.

%^Cglumbus, O., firm has just finished a shoe, weighing 15 pounds. Kg^ert Morris' bank of North America, founded.at Philadelphia at the end of the yMl*p71, was the first banking institutipftffgunded on the American continent.

StfcjGjiji, who recently completed his sixtfcjfourth public fast in Rome, has abitaiu&jl from food in his performance for 500lays of his life—nearly seven years. !e«VF. S. Bacon, pastor of the Taber(Te in Manchester, N. H., has reestjed a 10 per cent, cut down in his salary to conform to the cut down in the 11%:''

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only person living who saw James Marshall pick up the first gold nugget in California. r'—

William Blake who' died in Ponoma', Cal., the other day, at the age of 85, was a lieutenant under Fremont on his first expedition to the Pacific coast. One of the experiences he was most prou'1 of relating in recent ye^r8 was his participation in the feat of p^dling the first flag on Pike's Peak, in Colorado.

Col. A. A. Powell, of Texas, who represents a St-. Louis house, aud travels all over the country, is one of the tallest men in the United States, standing 7 feet inches in his stockings. He is 38 years old, and weighs 271 pounds. He wears a very high silk hat, which gives him an extraordinary appearance in the street, causing him to appear at least 10 feet tall. His clothing is all made to order, even his stockings, and is expensive.

The handsomest dwarf this country has ever seen, the Countess Magri, formerly Mrs. Tom Thumb, is still a well-preserved woman, and has just been giving demonstrations of cookery at a food fair in Boston. She wore a small white apron, and. while preparing the dishes on a raised platform lectured entertainingly about the cooking she had encountered during her travels over the earth. The countess was born in Massachusetts, 56 years ago, and her real name was Mercy Lavinia Bump.

The young girl out alone in the evening has become very numerous of late in New. Zealand cities, and the government has drafted a bill tor the appointment of "dis creet women" as inspectors, with extensive powers to stop and Interrogate the girl who is out at a late hour. She is also authorized to escort her home, and see her safely deposited on the parental bosom, or, if the late girl is a very hard case, to take her to an establishment specially provided, and leave her in charge of the matron, pending inquiry,

Much satisfaction has been capsed in France by the publication of statistics for' 1896, which shows the population of France to be increasing. In 1808 the number of births only exceeded the deaths by 7,146. In 1894 the excess rose to 89,768, which was also a trifling figure for a population of 88,000,000 and which justified the anxiety as regarded the future. Nor did the alarm appear to be groundless in 1896, for the number of deaths that year exceeded the births by 13,818. The figures of 1806 show, however, that last year there were 94,000 more birth than deaths.

The Parliament of the United Kingdom Is the largest representative body in the world. In the House of Lords there are 558 persons entitled to vote, and in the House of Commons there are 670 members. France in its Corps Legislatif has 800 Senators and 584 Deputies. Italy has a varying number ot Senators and 506 Deputies. Japan has 800 Peers and 800 Representatives. Germany, in its Bundesrath, or Senate, has 58 members, but its Reichstag has 897 members. Spain's, Cortes has 481 members. Canada has a Senate of 80 members, and a House of, Commons of 215 members.

AMUSEMENTS.

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.

There is one play that will never grow old. Critics may sneer at the imaginary woes of Uncle Tom and Eliza, and cast reflections on the dramatic efforts of the bloodhounds and Mark's donkey, but Uncle Tom's Cabin will live forever. The Davis Company, which presents the play at the Grand this afternoon and evening, is said to be the largest and best company on the road, and playing as it does at popular prices, there is sure to be a good crowd.

ROBERT DOWNING.

The advance sale of seats for the Robert Downing engagement at the Grand, Monday night, will begin Thursday morning and the many applications which have already been received, indicate that the engagement will be a most brilliant" ohe. Mr. Downing's company includes some of the cleverest people now on the stage, including Eugene Moore, a gifted young actor of rare grace and intelligence Edward Hoyt, a well-known legitimate actor Alex-ander Carleton, Samuel Steele, Bovie Clark, Charles Winson, Harry Sargeant, Richard Dassett, Bailey Richardson, and George Carel, Joseph Williams, and Roland Harkins, also Miss Alma Kruger, Miss Maud Ream Stover, Miss Fannie Hoyt and Miss Catherine English. Mr^ifDowning will present "Othello."

CLAY CLEMENT.

No actor, making his first appearance here, ever created the strong impression that Clay Clement did when he appeared here recently in his own drama, "The New Dominion." It is a love story so gracefully told, and so well acted, not alone by the star, but by the supporting company, that it created a most pleasing impression. His Baron Von Hoffenstauffen is one of the most striking pieces of character work ever presented before a Terre Haute auaience. His dialect is perfect, and not for one instant during the entire play does he permit it to lapse. Every person who witnessed the former production of this play will be anxious to see it again, and so highly were its praises sounded after the former visit there will be no question but that a large audience will witness the return to the Grand next Tuesday night. Reserved seats are now on sale, and from the manner in which they are being taken the house will be one of the largest of the season.

FANNY BICE.

said that Adam Wicks, who is now iu^«^ea|iu^co«^ty^Caiifornia,isthei^Amertca«^nriiMtC!ommediemi6ri5Wver'tanagemeut. Fanny Rich, appears at the Grand next

Wednesday night, in the great laughing success entitled "At the French Ball. This entertainment is declared to be a veritable cyclone of novel features, merriment and music, and by far the best thing that clever Fanny Rice has ever done. A noted critic has gone on record as saying: "Fanny Rice has no equal. She is simply irresistable. She is a commedienne in the svme light that Nat Goodwin and Sol. Smith Russell are comedians. She bubbles over with fun and her fun has a positive dynamic force that takes you by the collar and shakes a hearty laugh out of you, whether you will or not. While the fun is at its wildest, there is nothing pert or hoydenish in her acting on the contrary, she makes manifest a native modesty and delicacy that wins and hold submissive a genuine admiration. She is A thorough artiste in every sense of the

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"1492," one of the most successful of musical extravaganzas of recent years, comes to the Grand Thursday night. This season the piece is better supplied than ever with new music, new and amusing scenes, scenery and costumes, and a new and uncommonly strong cast, several members of which are strong metropolitan favorites. The part of Queen Isabella is assumed by Stuart, the "male Patti," who is said to possess a splendid voice and who wears some stunning gowns. Miss Zelma Rawlston, a young and comely burlesque actress and vocalist, is the Infanta. The others in the cast are Thomas Meade, the phenomenal boy tenor the Herald Square Quartette, Frank Gardiner, Marie Conchita, Connie Thompson, Arthur R. Seaton, Thomas H, Ince and others. There is a chorus of forty young and shapely women. The special features are the original Kilanyi living pictures, a Spanish ballet, "six daily hints from Paris," a march of the Columbian Guards and the "Hurrah Dudes."

FBKDWABDE.

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The appearance of Frederick Warde and his clever supporting company in the new play, "Iskahder," a romance of the "Cross and Crescent," which occurs at the Grand Friday night, will enable his management to present to the patrons of the playhouse a series of beautiful stage pictures, as follows: The first act will be a representation of "The Pavilion of General Han-' niades, before Mount Haemus." Act 2 depicts the "Interior of the Seraglio at Adrianople." Act 3 shows the famous "Helmet" Bridge, wherein one of the many stirring episodes of the play occurs.' The fourth act opens with an exterior view of the "Gsstle of Kalista" by moonlight. The entire stage will be devoted in the last- act to a reproduction of "The Sacred Fountain of Kalista^' and at the same time the unravelling of this beautiful story will be done in a manner befitting, the intelligence ofthe. auditor and in keeping *fith the heroic and romantic spirit of the play. Aside from Mr. Warde's wellknown ability,. he has ta his support a? number of well-known artists, whose

well earned reputations will be a sufficient guarantee for the excellence of this presentation.

THK CHICAGO ORCHESTRA. V?

On Monday evening, January Slst, the famous Chicago Orchestra which is conducted by Theodore Thomas, will appear in this city for a concert in the Grand Opera House. Besides the regular orchestral programme there will be a soloist, Mr. L. Kramer, who is the first concertmeisterofthe orchestra, and who made his American debut in Chicago as soloist with the orchestra a few weeks ago. "Mr. Kramer," says the Inter-Ocean of Chicago,r' "is in the prime of later youth, with serious intent in life, and affords this community whatever of advantage that can: come from the presence of an artist of matured powers." Mr. Kramer is beyond doubt a great artist. He comes from Cologne, where he was concertmeister in the Cologne orchestra, one of the finest mpsvcal bodies of the old world. The pro-1 gramme for the concert will be announced in a few days. We'can rest assured, however, that it will be a delightful arrangement, for as a programme builder Mr. Thomas is practically incomparable.

NOTES.

Manager Barhydt closed with Joseph Jefferson for a performance at the Grand.^ on the 23d of next December.

Mrs. Leslie Carter will appear in "As You Like It" next season. "A Winter's Tale" will also be added to her repertory.

A theater party of two hundred Normal students will witness Robert Downing's presentation of "Othello" at the GrandMonday night. 4

A firm of Australian' matiagfers tried to buy of Harrison Grey Fiske the Australian rights of "Teas of D'Urbervllles." Mr. Fiske refused because of the fact that Mrs. Fiske may, upon the conclusion of her forthcoming,appearance in London, visit Australia.

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The Australian and South African rights to George H. Broadhurst's farce, "What Happened to Jones," the farcical success of the present season, have been purchased by Charles Arnold, who exploited, "Charley's Aunt" in the same territory, and who made a tour of this country several years ago in "Hans, the Boatman.": Mr. Arnold contracts to play the part of Jones and to make the Australian production within six months. Mr. Broadhurst has received offers galore from American and English managers for the English rights, but has declined them all, as he and his brother will present the play in radon next Beaaon under their own

Mr. Broadhurst is at

present in Southern California, where he is concocting anew play, a drama this time of some pith and moment.

I# FASHIONS FANCIES.

Plaid Velvets enliven frocks of quiet tone. Silver novelties are greatly reduced in price.

Indoor gowns show quite a bit of jet in their garniture.

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The shamrock is a favorite decoration for circular brooches. Very handsome costumes show accessories of silk velvet.

Pretty neck frills are now made up of delicately shaded ribbons. For belts, collars and sashes there is a demand for colored liberty satin.

Gilt buttons in small sizes and in various shapes area favorite dress trimming. Black braid and violet velvet are the garnitures on a stylish gown of medium' gray cloth.

All kinds of buckles are seen—silver, steel, gold, enamel, eU .—for belts, bows and collars.

Pearl and filigree silver form the latest combination for bandies to fashionable umbrellas. "Frost work" and gold tracery distinguish. the newest designs in.champagne and liquor glasses.

Many of the ornaments in applique style for trimming evening waists are exceedingly gorgeous.

Picturesque bonnet's'arid cloaks of Bedford cord and velvet for wee tots are among the "big reduction sales."

Maroon camel's hair serge, with trimmings of black, white and gold, is a great favorite for young ladies' frocks.

COOD SALARIES.

The prince of Wales gets $200,000 a year for the labors of being "heir apparent." Italy pays her king $2,600,000 a year in spite of the fact that she lost 10,000 men in Abyssinia.

The czar of Russia owns in fee simpler 10,000,000 square miles of cultivated land,^ and has an income of $12,000,000. 3

The German emperor receives about $4,-~ 000,000 a year, besides the large revenues^ from estates belonging personally to the' royal family.

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Though United States is such a* wealthy nation, oar president receives the small salary ot

$50,000 a year, ahd till 1878'

it was but $26,000 The British government pays tlie royal, family of England $3,000,000 every year,, and of this the queen receives nearly $2,-f 000,000, besides her quarter of a million in-, he of an as

The president of France receives $240,000r a year a large salary, when it is reinem-! bertd that the government is struggling tinder a debt of $6,000,000,000, which is the & largest debt ever incurred by any nation.