Bloomington Telephone, Volume 15, Bloomington, Monroe County, 21 July 1893 — Page 2

THE TELEPOHNE.

By Walter Bradfutm

BLOOMINGTON

INDIANA

TEMPER ANCS NOTES.

A Spanish Good Templars' lodge has been formed at Buenos Ayrei. Co). Robert G. lngersoll says: "Wine is the fire side, whisky the conflagration." Gov. St. John has been addressing large and enthusiastic audiences in California. A statue of Father Matthew, the great apostle of temperance, has just been unveiled in Salw, Mass. Mrs. Holwirt, of Minnesota, is alternate delegate to the Methodist General Conference next spring:. The general substitution of milk for alcohol in the Loudon hospital. has led to a lower death rate. The Church of England mission among the slums of Liverpool is carried on under tbe name .or uTbe Mission of Love." Turkish police authorities have closed the liquor shoos in Constantinople, on the ground that they demoralize the Turkish people. Mis. J. Ellen Foster has rendered valuable help in England under the auspices of tbe British Woman's Temperance Association. Belgium appears to be the head center or drunkenness. It contains one dram-shop for every forty-four of population, old and young. 'he Kale of beer and spirituous liquors ha leen prohibited m places of public entertainment in St. Peteisbnrg, and the students are forbidden to enter iiquor shop. The lirst society bearing the title of Band of Hone was formed in !eds, England, in 1847. Tbe joveniie temperance societies in En sr land now have a raeuiLorsLip of nearly 2,000,000. Sixty-two out of sixty-eight counties in Dakota voted in favor of prohibition in th recent election, proving that the State, when admitted, will come in untainted by the li quor (raffia The Niger Trading company prohibits intoxicating liquors in all trade transaction? with the African races, because it has lounr that the. opposite policy does not pay ; tho demoralization of the natives by spirit drinking ruining trade. Rockdale county, Ua.f has rather astringent and peculiar liquor law. But one person it permitted to sel) l.quor; he is appointed by the grand jury; can sell for medical purposes only, and cannot keep on band more than ten gallons of spirit?. Miss Jessie A. Fowler, Honorable Secretary of the British Woman's Temperutic Association, has sailed for Melbourne, Australia She proposes to do her utmost lo establish branche of the association in parte of Australia which she may visit. Mrs. Dinah Muloch Craik bore constant testimony to the physical and moral benefits of total abstinence, an 1 in 1832 adopt wl the blue ribbon. About the same time she gathered a large ajwenibly in her drawing room to hear and discuss the subject of temperance. High license is working satisfactorily to all parties in Arliugton, Ga. It fixed tbe whisky license at f$00. and two men at once paid $1,1500 into the treasury. Of this $1,000 will be used in builoing a school house, and tho town feels rich with the balance of $ft)0 in bank. Tbe Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church has been doing a valuable work during the past year through it Bureau of Local Work in Cities. This is especially true of its efforts amoug the 100,OOOfactary girls in Brooklyn, X Y.. and it mission for emigrant women at Castle Garden. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in a recent letter to tbe Metropolitan, of Moscow, urges the necessity and importance of temperance action by the Greek-Russian church, saying that tin work o? tho Church of Eng land in promoting Uni;ieranee has greatly advanced the cause of religion and endeared the Church of England to the people. The World's W. C. T. U. is making wonderful progress. A missionary writes that what Commodore Perry's visit was to the commerce, Mis. Leavitt's is to the women of Japan; a tem)erance man from Natal, South Africa, asks for directions for organizing a local onion thore; the pictures and biographies of the lead tug temperance wouifeu of uhe United States are in Japanese papers, and pbotgrapsof rhe W. C. T. U. of Tokio hare been sent to this country; from Ceylon -j mic-s the largest world' petition yet received. Miss Willard says: "Returning from her cosmic jourmtyings I taink our indomitable Mm Leavitt 'vill ask us for a telescope, or balloon, or loth, that she may twine white ribbons around the silvery horas of the moon,'1

EXCHANGE WIT.

The man wlio complains of a .free luuch should go bay the board. A man's tetiper is one of tho few things which impt ot e by disuse. As "chuck" steak is to beef, so is conscience to man the toughest part. John L. 8u livan is the greatest shigwump this country lias ever produced. Itisramoml that the inter-State people are now going to abolish the Rocky Alountain passes. "I am at your service, mam," as the burglar said whan she lady of the house caught him stealing her silverware. Mme. Gerster's voice has Tailed, to the sorrow alike of her friends and the music-1 ovmg public Gerster should turn Anarchist; they never lose their voices. Miss Clara 1 think young Mr. Waldo is so original, and so pleasant, too. He paid m some very pretty (Compliments. Miss EthelDid he, inuood? Why, he must be original. "Sir," he said, as he handed the youth a tract, "are you a young man of Faith if" "Yes, sir, the young men replied, "I eat a Third avenue table d'hote dinner every night." The public look upon the college yell as a useless accomplishment, but in later yoars, when some of the boys get into the itinerant fish business they find it comes powerful handy. Wife (reproachfully) How can you come home in such a condition. John, when only last week you signed the i:Jwig? Husband I know it (hie) m'dear, but's eoohy 'nougu t: sign nuzer. Prince of 'Vales You know, you must not wear mittens when you go ;tout tho streets of London. Jo:ir. . Sufhvan Why, your Highness I Wales- ticca.: they wil arrest you for carrying concealed weapons. Omaha girl "So jon met Ellon Torry's daughter? Did you like herT Sew York girl "Yes but she's awfully English, you know." I suppose so." "Ye never opens her mouth unless she has something to say." "I think we ought to have the fuchsia for our n ational flo wer. " Why so?" Wo have a great fuchsia before us.1

THE DEMOREST RUBIES. Waveriy Magazine Yes, she was dead at; last Margaret Demorest of Stony Lodge' and the shock of her demise had shaken Bellevue from center to circumference. For years her numerous relatives, each with an eye to the estate, had watched her movements from a respectful distance which she herself had interposed between them, and their hearts had grown sick with hope deferred. Heart disease, the doctors said, when she was found one morning with a smile of peace frozen on her stern and withered features. The relatives accepted the verdict with due resignation, following the remains of the "dear departed'' to their final resting-place amid an ostentatious display of crape. But when the will was read the excitement of the heirs-at-law rapidly ascended to fever heat. A 1 ways eccentric in life, Miss Demorest had retained that eccentricity to the end and woven it into her last will and testament. With the exception of a few bequests to her servants, the whole of her property, landed and personal, to-wit: Stony Lodge, her present residence, with its beautiful park, which was a very Eden of loveliness; Rose Villa, her winter resort on Lake Helen, Fla., together with a splendid house in town and money to the amount of $500,000, was to pass into the sole possession of that one among her kinsfolk who should discover the hiding-place of the twelve Demorest rubies. Should the gems remain undiscovered after the lapse of one year from the date of her death the estate was to be sold and a home for old maids founded with the proceeds. The old eat!' muttered fashionable Mrs. Meredith, viciously. "She hid those rubies herself, the spiteful thing!" "It is too provoking!" pouted the. pretty daughter Maud. blI shall contest the will." said thin-lipped Reuben Gray. "It cannot stand." Mrs. Meredith was Mrs. Demorest's niece and Reuben Gray her nephew. The two were brother and sister and nearest of kin to the dead woman. Next came Margie Vane, child of a favorite nephew, who was to have been the heir had he not displeased his aunt by marrying against her will a girl of obscure parentage a pauper, Miss Demorest named her. Harold Vane had died some years back, closely followed by his Vife. and the one daughter. Margaret, was left alone in the world and utterly penniless, Mrs. Meredith had taken her. for the old aunt remained obdurate, and she was now serving in the capacity of maid to her beautiful cousin Maude. Margie Vane was not present at the reading of the will. Mrs. Meredith considered it unnecessary, and Margie herself had not the faintest hope of being remembered kindly by her fathers stern old relative. When, therefore, they returned in anger and disappointment and gave an account of the wording of the will. Margie s hazel eyes opened wide with wonder. That afternoon, and many ensuing afternoons, Mrs. Meredith, Maude and Margie walked, over to Stony Lodge and wandered fruitlessly about among the treasures of bric-a-brac. Statuarj books and rare old china. On one of these occasions Margie met Will Demorest, a cousin several times removed-of her father s. He was a frank, handsome young fellow, with dark blue eyes and close, curling, fair hair. Iiis ;vas the genuine Peraoret fac the index of a noble, strong character. By occupation he was an artist in glass blowing, having learned the art in Venice. He had done considerable work for Miss Demorest. with whom he was a prime favorite. So you thought you would have a look for the rubies with the rest of us,M said Mrs. Meredith, with a sn?er. as she found the young glassblower examining the books in the library one morning. "Yet I thought you abhorred mercenary considerations." "I am not in quest of the gems," Will replied, as his blue eyes rested in unmistakable admiration on Margie's fair, sweet face. 'Humph! 1 hope you don't take me for a lunatic or a fool. Will Dem-' orest," was the scathing rejoinder. 4 'For neither, I assure you." said Will, with a bow. "Only at present I am more interested in pearls and rubies. Cousin Margie, may I show you the house? believe I know it more thoroughly than most people." Margie shyly acquiesced, and the two went off together, leaving Mrs. Meredith and Maad to continue their search. "Are you anxious to find the rubies also?" asked Will, as they paused in the China closet to admire the cut glass. "I have not even looked for them' answered Margie, with a bright smile. "They are magnificent gems." said Will, "and were never set. I saw them just once and they nearly took my breath away. " "I should like to see them.,: Margie said, musingly; but oh, Will, were they more beautiful than these exquisite cups? Surely that is impossible." The cups in question were indeed exq uisite Blown of the costl iest Venetian glass, lily-shaped, with

curled leaves fur saucers and glowing with rainbow tints, they resembled nothing so much as a bed of gorgeous tropical flowers. M a rgie s eyes sparkled as she looked at them. "How lovely! How dainty! How fairy-like!" she exclaimed breathlessly. "See, Will; this one is exactly like an opal with a touch of fire, and here is an amethyst, and here a glowing emerald. Oh, Will, do look! See how that strange glow as of hidden fire Hashes from each! This one is jacinth, the beryl, and -Will Demorest, here is a ruby! Oh, the beauty! The real gems cannot be more superb." As she spoke she took the ruby cup into her hand. Will half-started forward as if to prevent her, but drew back again with a pale, startled face. Before he could frame a reply Mrs. Meredith and Maud appeared upon the scene. "Margie." cried the former, "put down that cup and come along. I should think you would have more pride than to dawdle here all day long talking with Will Demorest." Margie's soft hazel eyes filled with tears as lawyer Fay entered the room, and from under his bushy brows glanced sharply at each of the group. "Hunting for rubies, eh?" he said sarcastically. "But Miss Margie seems to be tbe only successful one of the party. This is a rare bit of glass. Miss Margie, and was blown by our friend here," with a motion of his hand toward Will. Margie's hand tightened on the cup in her suprise; her forefinger pressed a raised stamen in the calyx of th; lily bell, when, presto change! it sunk beneath her touch and her startled eyes gazed straight into a small cavity where glowed a ruby of inestimable value, like a drop of rosv fire. "Solved!" shouted Lawyer Fay, as his eyes beheld the gems! Will, very white, shrunk back against the wall, while Mrs. Meredith and her daughter pressed closer to Margie and the lawyer. "The rubies!" gasped the avaricious woman, making a dive for the other cup. But the lawyer placed himself in her way. "I beg your pardon," he said. "The discovery is Miss Margie's, and, in accordance with the terms of the will of my deceased client, she is sole heir to the Demorest estate." Mrs. Meredith grew pale with chagrin. Maud burst into tears and Reuben Gray, who had heard all from the door, announced his intention of breaking such an unjust will. "You may try it," was all Lawyer Fay said to the threat. Will came slowly forward and con-' gratuiated Margie on her good fortune. "And my congratulations are none the less sincere that with them I resign the sweetest hope ot my life," he said. "Resign a fiddlestick!" muttered the old lawyer. "Margie, that boy refused to be made Miss Demorest's heir, insisting that it would be an injustice to those nearer of kin. Then she made him blow these cups of tinted glass, with the central cavity and spring. She inserted a ruby in each cup, which combined with the different tints, gave them the rich coloring. He watched her hide the rubies and he has kept the secoet. Does he not merit some reward?" Margie flushed and glanced timidly at Will. Then she looked round for her aunt and cousin. Both had disappeared. "Take her. Will." said the old lawyer, with twinkling eyes, "and bless ve. mv children." With a melodramatic gesture, he. too, vanished, and I think the young people were not long in coming to an understanding, for cards are now out for the wedding.

He Wanted Fresh Air. Youth's Companion. It was at a crowded political meeting in England. The audience could hardly breathe. Suddenly a quiet but determined-looking man astonished everybody by exclaiming: "I want to put a question to tbe speaker." Mr. Blinks, the candidate, who was speaking, replied: "Well, sir, I am here to answer the question." "Then, what did Mr. Gladstone say in 1802?" "That is an absurd question; be said s? many things." "Never mind. What did he say in 8fi2?" Here the audience began to show signs of disapproval, and cries of "Turn him out!" rose from all parts of the house. "I again repeat," cried the irrepressible one, "what did Mr. Gladstone " Here he was seized and thrust out of the hall. A friend accompanied him and said as soon as they regained their breath: "Why did you make such a fool of yourseif repeating that idiotic question?" "Because I wanted some fresh air, and I did not know how else to get out of the place The Consumptives Mecca. St. LouisGlobe-Democrnt. New Mexico has the lowest death rate from consumption of any State or Territory in the Union. Only 2.4 per cent, of the deaths in New Mexico are from this disease. These are imported, being of persons who went there to get relief and found it in death. Among the native population consumption is absolutely unknown, there never having been a case noticed by physicians among them. In 181)2, 20,912.000 hogs were killed and packed in this country.

TRYING A NEW PLAN. A Canvasser Whose Originality Met an Unexpected ICeception. Buffalo Express. A man wearing a short-cropped beard and a striped cutaway coat strolled into an oftice in the Erie county Savings Bank building in Buffalo, and looked around carelessly.

iiuwujr ; ue mquireu ui tut? uunr bov. ''Fair," replied the boy. "Whad(u want?" "Where's the boss?" That's him," said the boy, pointing to an inner room where a man was at work at a desk. The bewhiskered man walked in. He pulled a chair up beside the desk and sat down. The man at the desk looked up in surprise. ''What dc you want?" he asked coldly. "Oh," said the bewhiskered man, "I just dropped in to talk to you a few minutes. Quite an oftice you've got here." "Yes," replied the man at the desk, "butr---" "Kinder sloppy-lookin' furniture, though," "I'm sorry you don't like it." ''Oh, it don't bother me none. That's as bum a desk as I've seen for some time." "Now, see here " "Pretty rocky suit of clothes you're wearinV The man at the desk got red in the face and jumped from his chair. :iDod blast you!" he shouted. "What do vou mean by coming in here and talking like that?" "Don't get excited," replied the man with the short-cropped beard, calmlv. "Sit down." The man at the desk sat down. "Wearin a dirty collar, ain't ye?" asked the visitor. The man at the desk got red in the face again. Before he had time to say anything the bewhiskered man continued: "I should think vou'd black your shoes. It don't cost much, and them you're wearm is disreputable." The man at the desk pranced around the room. "Get out of here!' he shouted. "Get out or I'll call a policeman." "Don't get excited," urged the man with the beard. : 'It's bad for the nerves. That's the worst fittin1 coat I ever see." The man at the desk was d urnfounded. He was so mad thai; he could not talk. "An" continued his visitor deliberated, "I notice that hat of vourn is last season's style, and that you hain't had a shave to-day, an that your hair needs cuttin' an' that it wou;dn't hurt anythuV if you had this floor swep' onest or twicst a month. The air is durn bad here, too." By this time the man at the desk had gathered his dazed faculties. Hf picked up a heavy ruler and walked over to the man with the shortcropped whiskers. "Now," he said, as calmly as possible, "what in Heaven's name do vou mean by coming and talking like that? Tell me before I batter the life out of vou "Well," said the man with the whiskers deliberately, "I called in U see if I could insure you in the Earh Bird Mutual Endowment Society, which offers the best insurance on the globe at the lowest rates." The other fell back in his cha ir in blank amazement. "You want tc insure me?" he gasped. "And tall Idee that?" "Cert," said the man with thf whiskers. "I'm dead tired jollying people, and I thought I'd try anothei lay. What do you think of it? Little idea of my own." The man at the desk arose from his chair. He reached over anc grasped his visitor by the collar and pulled him to his feet. Then he hit him over the head with the ruler and knocked him down. He then proceeded to wipe the floor with him. After he had jumped all over hi visitor he dragged him to the dooi and threw him out into the hall. Ten minutes later the man with the short beard stuck his head in. The man at the desk jumped up and grabbed his ruler, "Hold on, boss," said the insurance man. "I want to ask you a question " "What is it?" "Hain't to be no more sluggin', is there?" "No; I'll let up on you." "Well, on the dead, an' lay in' all business aside, that coat of your ri is a bum fitt'n' thing, ain't it?" The man who occupied the office forgot his promise and fired a law book at the insurance man. The lat ter immediately picked it up anc bolted down stairs.

THE FAItt SEX.

Mmo. Adelina Patti has established a rule not to kiss any but hor most intimate friends " V'assar graduated fifty-three young ladies this year, and not one of them appears in print with a pet name. The town council of Geuda Springs, Kas., is composed entirely of married women, and the mayor is also a woman Mrs. Emma Barnes. A New York female dermatologist is suing the estate of a New York woman for $250. She claims to have made the deceased while aiive look thirty-five instead of fifty years old. The women of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pleasanton, Kan., are making a bed quilt to be composed of blocks, on which will be printed advertisements of the local merchants. !i THE VEIL IS QUEEN. No well-dressed woman is supposed to be seen abroad without her

OUR PLEASURE CLUI

Superstitious Medication. St. Toils Globe Democrat. When the Prince of Wale?. wa seriously ill some years ago, and a the crisis of his disease apprcachec a sheep was killed, opened and the Prince's feet were placed on th bleeding body to keep up the anima heat. Exactly why the sheep wa? used instead of more easilv applicc means has often been asked. Tin use of a sheep's body was due to f superstition very common in Europe that the flesh of a recently siaugh tered anima! has life-giving proper ties. Instances of a similar employ ment of sheep are very common evei at the present day. A Way They Have. Texas Sittings. Mrs. Petorby I read the othc dav that the scientists have uiscov - ered that the moon is one solid ,um pof ice. Mr. Peterby I'll bet that if then are any ice companies there they de clare the ice crop is short, just tin same."

veil, no matter how imperfect her evesight or how sincere her desire for ; unstrained air.' She will be an exacting young person . too, if she cannot find among the great variety of veils this season something to satisfy her taste. Veiling comes in all colors and in almost all designs. It varies in thickness from the mere film to the thick blue which our grandmothers approved and wore. The dots seen are larger and more numerous; in many instances thef have developed into spider-like patterns, which spread grotesquely over the entire surface. They are worn as milady pleases, but a recent English fashion is shown in the illustration. It is a forced revival of last year s custom, which fell into very prompt and thorough ' desuetude.'" It is feared that its success will be greater this summer. The Gray Ladies are a society of gentlewomen living together as friends to help in church work south of London. Miss Louise Aldrich Blake, eldest daughter of a Herfordshire (England) clergyman, has achieved the highest distinction as a student of medicine ever won by a woman. She has just taken a "double first" in the examinations at the London University. It is said that she attained excellence not by special cramming, but by steady, persevering, hard work. This gown would look well on many occasions. It is of brocaded silk trimmed with Duchesse lace. The background of the silk is black, pver which are scattared full-blown bush roses tied in a graceful vay with bow knots of gilt.

The silk can be bought for $1.08 a yard, and the fashionable skirt will require about nine yards when the material is twenty-two inches wide. From the hem to the knees the skirt should be lined with a tine quality of haircloth. The tight-fitting bodice tucks in under the skirt and is finished about the waist with a band of jetted passementerie. Creamy Duchesse lace envelopes the bodice in front, and just opens a bit io give a glimpse of the brocaded vest beneath. Frills of the lace form graceful epaulettes over the shoulders. The sleeve has a highly pufTed-up appearance as far as the elbow. Then it clings to the arm to the wrist. The front of the lace is caught together by festoons of jet. If one isparticular about wearing only what is real then one will pay about $7 ? yard for the lace. At this price the lace will be ;iinc inches wide. The bodice and epaulettes together will require at least two yards and a half. The imitation Duchesse in the same width costs but $1.05 a yard. A stylish summer gown may be made after this model of organdie instead of brocade, substituting fine embroidei'y for the lace.

Wife I think deafness the mcst ) distressing of all infirmities. Husband 1 don't.

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"De singin' ob birds is sweet," remarked Uncle Eben, 11 but de cackle ob er chick in' on yer own hen roo.V has er heap.mo' expression ink." Miss Laura Don't you think that the Mohammedan idea that women have no souls is the most ridiculous thing vou ever heard of? Mr. Oldbatch I lave an idea that Mohammed has been mistranslated. You know that "sour and "mine are the same in a ood many languages. "Young Hustle didn't succeed verv well as editor of that religious weekly, did he?" 4 'Not very: hte first thing he did was to start a voting contest to see who was the most popular sexton." THE MOXKEY SCHEME.

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"So you could sell and I could feast. And I think we could make it pay, For you could sit and handle the cash And I could eat aU clay.1 Harper's Bazar. An, children." said a Frankford school director visiting one of the public schools, ' how much I likes ter hear vou sinsr that 'Star

Speckled Banner.

A New York colored barber, with a fondness for "big words," was induced by some cruel wag to hang in front of his shop a sign bearing the words "Tousorisd Abattoir." Mother Horrors ! You naughty bov! You've been fighting, Little Sor-No'm. ''How did your clothes get torn, and your face get scratched?" was tryin to keep a bad boy from hurting a good little bo3" "That was noble. Who was the

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