Queens County Review 18970528

              PENS COUNTY REVIEW.
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VOL. II.
FREEPOirr, Na Ya, IKIDAY, MAY 28, 1897.
NO. 30.
THEFREBPORTBANK
CAPITAL, $30,000.
Main Strtot,  •  Freeport, L I.
tomit. EAWOALL. PnaMmil. OBAVMOKT T. SPBAOl'X, Vlee-PrtaMmt. WILLIAM B. HALU Caahler.
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Bank of Rockville Centre.
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DR. a. H. HAMMOND.
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DR. EDWIN CARMAN. —OHaa  aa4  Waaldaaaa
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DR. p. L. LUSK, UmIUi OMaar ter Uw Tawa af n.ipataad,
ROCKAWAV BCACH. N. V.
THOS. D. CARMAN, O. O.S.,
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DECORATION   DAY.
To ileck, with flowera, the lonely spot of earth
That hollls the ilnsi of heroes—iiamelcsia iloail—
Columbia comes; nor asks the place of liirlh:
They were her 80B».      In gtriet she hows her heail.
While from her heart she breathes to heaven, the prayer
That all are joined in love fraternal there.
The Story's Se@uELa
A Decoration Day Happening.
Dr. A. D. Roa^nthal, :-kxi>crt dentist-:
MHAIR STRRBT.    HKMPSniAO, N.   T. WM. R. LONQENECKER, D.D.S,
^ eORaRON DKNTISr.
with UincaiMekar Brotbaia. •IS FutToa Srairr, Saeaaiva
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V. L. SMITH, tbtsrirabt wRasoit ai^ Dsirnirc
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FRANCIS B. TAVLOR,
LAWYBR,
CORNBR MAIN ANO FULTON STA«
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WM. A. ONOERDONK,
«l AMovrtoy oad Coaaaolar'ai-Law. i-
Offlm, No. Itl Main Strrot,
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C. V. BALDWIN,
-a^BANJO SOLOIST.)^
Ciscert ERgaceoMRU at Low Rale^
AiVlreaa, MMMTIdb or fBtlPOHT.
MValNKM CARDtU
WATKIN W. JONES ft CO.,
OLD RKTABLISHRD
Reil Estate-Jnsarance Agency,
Far ROCKAWAV. N.Y.
E.S. RANDALL. ArehHaM,
OMcarar. Btaahlya aaa.. aad Mala at., ooo-
Rallraad Da«at, Finnrt. U I.
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V 'CSC^^jBI granilfather." \^af( ^-OSi I'*'* speaker •n\. 'VJvj^T^^ was a little maiil- ^^fei^^^^Mr en. flaxen-haired and r o s y- cheeked, one of a parly which had gathered be¬ neath the shade of a sheltering maple, in the heart of the great silent cem¬ etery. It was Decoration Day —that nniqiie festival upon which the nation yearly honors its dead defenders, aud every member of the gronp carried Rome wreath or floral token, with which to decorate the graves of departed soldier friends,
"My dear, the story will keep," on- ¦wered tha person addressed as "^andtather," a tall, grizzled veteran with medals on his breast; "let ns flrat of all place our flowers ujion the different graves. This ia OliVSoldiers' section of the oamet«r}r, 'yoh know, and avery tomb covers the body of aoma brave fellow. • • • By the Way, yonder is a grave without any tombstone—not a new grave, either. I' wonder whu he is that lies be¬ neath." _-.
He pointed towards where, near the confine of tho Old Soldiers' section, au humble mound of earth marked the last resting place ot some warrior lesa fortnuate than hia fellows.
"Come, children," continued Colonel Flanders (suoh were his naiiie and rank), "I hare a fancy to lay an ofl'er- ing on that poor deserted grave. If eny wreaths are left when we have dec¬ orated the tomlw of my dear comrades, we must bring them over there. Who knows bnt that some gallant lad lies beneath that nameless grave?"
¦ "But the story, grandfather! TpI! «s the story as we go along," insisted the flaxen-locked little woman who hnd flrat spoken.
Oalonel Flanders shrngged his ehouldera, still broad and straight as in oempaigniug^ days. He knew thnt it waa naeless to contend against this tyrant in short dresses, and so, as they wandered from moniinieiit to monu- ment, leaving here a wreath aud thi-n- a fragrant nosegay, he told for the twentieth time the tale deniandrd. It made a pretty picture, and a teiidi-r one withal—thia of the old Agbli-r, I anrrounded by his flower-laden grand- ohildron, recalling times of storni and Btresa, while he lovingly decked the gravestones uf coiuraileH nnd kin. i Many n passer-by stopped In luok after i the little procesHion with smiles bright | or wistful, and one spectator espi-cinllv stared so hard that Uc drew llii' colonel's kindly eyes iu his direcliun ThU was a lad of twelve or therealioiil.4. pale and pinched of fai-e. n ith great dark eyes apd clothing that was eveu ragged.
"Poor little chap!" commented tlie kindly veteran. Hee how envi(iu»ly he eyes our flowers. IVrlinps he ha-, got some relative buried here, too. I luusj ask him.''
But the lioy. aa thoiighdisiwiRK hi purpose, had  lumen, ami was alrea.ly haateninir    duwu     the    gravel Colonel Flanders sighed his atorv.
iug, so that my fall did not disturb Ihe sentry, whose grny-contcd back I saw in the moonlight at some distance,    *
• • • • In that quick look aronnd I SAW something else as well. Our dear flag had not even been tO^n from the staff to which it was nailed, but still hung there (awaiting orders from hcodquarters, no donbt) with the Con¬ federate   colors    flaunting   above   it.
• • • • • It look mo just a minute to dart across the enclosnre and wrench both flags—onr owu and our enemy's— from the pole. Theu I sprang behind a broken gun carriage, just as the sen¬ try turned and began his return beat.
"I cau lell you, my dears, that your old grandfather's heart beat a tattoo on his ribs, while that sentry was passing. Would he sec me? Would he notice the absence of the flags? Fortunately he did neither. He was uot a very good sentry, that one; for he never looked up as he paced along the escarp- meut.
"Wheu I thought I might venture forth I arose and ran in a stooping position for the breastworks. My foot was ou tho CHi-arpmont—in another in¬ stant I should have slid triumphantly into the ditch; when the sentry turned.
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Uncle ,TaoJ[—what   became of   lieeu cuinpleted, Culnncl Flanders   b»
Queried Flaxeu-hair. j gan to iineKtiun the liruwii-eycil ImiV it
list hnve recovered; fur I Paw | his ipiict. kiiiilly wn}
his name iu tho Confederate re)iiirt many times afterwards. Finally, he was severely wounded and left Ihe army. Notwithstanding nil my re- sear-hea X hnve uever lieeu able to trace hiiu. When my fnlher died lie shared his property between .lack and myself. I set to work by every menus in my power to liud the lost iimtticr. Peraonals in newspapers, paid   agents.
VVhaf regiment did your father be- ' long to'i"' he asked. I
"He—he wasn't n I'uinu   soldier   at all," stttiumered the Iml.
"Xiit A Union soldier'? "
"No: he fniight for the South.   ... Bnt  Villi  shan't   sny   n   word   neniusl ^ hiui.'"' (Iliis with n Hnsh fnnn the   dark eye^).   "He wnsa g(«id man. my daddy. ; Kven tliougli .vou nre kind  In me,   you
and th* like, all failed to discover his [ shan't sn.V n word against liiiii. wherealiouts. Perhaps the pour fel- j "Hcnveu forbid thnt I should speak ; low -died of his wonnds loUu' ngo. ngiiiust hini," answered the ."oloiiel ; Heaven alono knows where h« is to-i earnestly. "Mnny brnve nud noblo | day." j men fiiiight (or the'Sonth.    .    .    What j
Tha  colonel    ceased,   nml    sileutlv   '^a" .four father's name, my lad?" j
doffeil his slouch hat, ns thnugh to the       Quick ns a llnsli   the   nnswcr   came, i memory of his br.ither.    All the  chil-   «"<1 '1>« grizzled colonel  heard it with | dreu sighed iu chorus; and Flaxen-hnir gripped closer her  grand.sirc's   sword- hand as though in consolation.
Dnring the story they hnd mnde a complete rouud of the soldiers' section, and were once more neariug that por¬ tion of the cemetery from which they had started. Mnny a tombstone bore remembrances of the children's love and the colonel's kindly comradeel^ip.
"Aud now, grandfather," said little Flaxen-hair, "how nbout the grave without any stoue over it. I've kept a real nice cross for that grave."
"You are a thonghtfnl little lass," answered the colonel, "and the 'renl nice cross' shall be laid on the grave withont delay. But stay! ^Tintis the meaning of the excitement yonder?"
Uuder the maple tree, and quite close to the nameless grave for whicli Flaxen-hair had reserved a cross, a smalt orowd was gathered. As thc colonel and his convoys of boys and girls approached they saw that it sur- ronnded two persons—the one an irate man in tho uniform of a cemetery war¬ den, tho other a small boy. An ex¬ clamation escaped from Colonel Flan¬ ders wheu he recognized iu Ihc boy the same pale, ill-clad urchin whom he had noticed in the path earlier in thc afternoon. The cemetery official was clutching the Ud by the shoulder, as onr worthy veterans, bidding Flaxeii- hoir and her companions stay where they wore, hurried through the cordon of onlookers and gaiued Ihe culprit's side.
The brass-buttoned warden, recog¬ nizing iu Colonel Flanders one of the cemetery governing board, saluted re¬ spectfully. 	
"This boy hns been pulling (lowers from the shrnbs and creepers," he ex¬ plained.    "I caught him iu the act."
The colonel looked nt the boy. "Come, my lad," he said, "how does this happen ? Hnve yon any excuse for destroying tho shrnbs?"
Up to this the little prisoner had borne up bravely, and eveu surlily; but tho gentleness of the newcomer's tone and manner proved too iiinch for him. I w-was |>ickiiig a few flowers for father's grave," he said, gulping down a sob. "Mother's too poor to buy flowers, and—and I didn't like to sec
S^T TUE   SABIUTII   SCIIWL
, INTERNATIONAL  LESSON  COMMENTS FOR   MAY  30,
WITH  ONE .\KM Aliot'T THE BO'T, THE OLD SOLDIER KNELT BY THE onAVE'
Down I ducked behind the friendly pile llf sacking. But my moveuicnts were hnrdly quick enough. Clearly the   seutry had   seen   something  sus-
 .    vieiiiua.   for he retraced his footsteps
»nlk   I and came towards me.      What   was   to
1 continued j be doue?    My miud was made up iu a
trice.      I measured the    approaching
'It was at the siege of Vicksburg,"   man iu Ihe dim light, and suw   that  he
Plaae aad BeMUkaiiaaa ptavand Inr all elaaaM
otamdom.
CHARLES L. SCAMAN.
Carpenter *"» Builder,
rSCKRORT.  I. I.
Batimaiaa cbxarfolly (iTrn. Uuntrarla taksB.
CIOIU k filUOl lATIOI,
CARPENTERS ANO BUILDERS. ntBBPORT, U I.
MaOlaa racaatlf cwaiilrlad tka RCV1KW
W7ILODIO V* ar. fmaorot lo lak.
eaanacto (or llr>l rli^ work.
CLSCRT A. BCDCLL. AmHUum,,
o reaaroaT, U I.
Rat*i«rRMl Ratal* aad PinoMi ProMrta ¦ndaaMd aa kMl uraa. -'-•r
JONN P. WRIOHT, A.VCTIQNKEH,
PIANOS TUNED
' ¦•¦fHimtm* iM mm tmm. 0RQAN5 Rc PAIRED.
be said, "and the flghting was fast and furious. I think I('uever. before or since, aaw war iu all its terror or iu all its glory aa at that siege. • » . We hail nptareil a Confederate furl aud held it from 10 o'clock in the morn. iug until 4 o'clock iu the afternoon: witb ahot aud shell rattling aliout us from a dozen different directions. Al 4 o'clock the Confederates came do» u upon ns in force. Dur men fought like the alanuch hearts tbey were, but we conld do naught against uumbers. ami were Anally, after a desperate struggle, driven ont of our ]Hisiliou aud liack t<i the Federal lines. It was only when we rallied—with half of our men dead or miaaing -that a discowry was ma.le dire lieyoud telliug t<i the suldier's eur. t>ur «i|ora - the tattered Hag which had maveil all day over the furl were in tbe hands i.f the enemy. You have uo idi?a, my dears, of the disgrace brought by the loss of his regimental colors npou Ihe soldier. Home ii( nnr men, when they heard the news, actii ally sat dowu and wept like babies; others went almost mad and wanted to storm ihe fort theu and there. But wiaer counsels prevailed, and tinally n man Tolnnteeretl to slip l«,'k into tin- fort, under cover of darkiieai.. an.l. if {aissible, reiHirer the llag."
"That mail was ynu. grandfather, waan't if'" aske.l little flaxen ban .
The.rtilonel mulded his hea.l gravely "Yea." 'ta as I.' he Naid. "There w ere manv n.liiuteers. but 1 was chosen (.
ns of slender build—a mere Imy in haiiila. Then, as he reached tho heap of sacks, I suddenly leapetl np and grap|iled with him. It took less time than I spend iu telling'] you to wrest the bayonet out of his hands.
"Jnst as he recovered nerve enough to shout I threw one arm over bis month, aud clutching him ariinnd the body with the other, we rolled over the escari>meut an.l fell side by side into a ditch. He was underneath. Tho fall stunned him; and as he lay with ei preasionless eves staring al the starry heavens, 1 saw hi.s face for thc lirst time—! "
".\nd~aud von know who he was?" eacerly exclaimed Miss Flaxen-hair.
"M.v dear." said the colonel with a rather snd smile—"yi)U know the story by heart. Yes, you are right; I saw who my prisuuer was, the moinciit I looked'into his face. There he lay. at the (oot of the escarpment, dressed in the gray nuiforni nf the Coufi-derates - my own brother.,lack, the son of my father's house, my achnnlfellow and playfellow since iiabyhood. and now. l.v stern (ate. m.v (ne*
"There was uo time to lie lost. Even for my brothef. I coul.l not wait, s.i I tixik l.nt the brandy flask that the cap tain of our i-omiiauy had slipped int.i my jHH-ket. aud laid it ui his nerveless tiiiK'ers. Then, jnst as I was alaint to gn. I reiuemliered the t'oiilederate flag ahi.'h I earned.      There waa no abac
an nstoiiishiiient that was   atinost nwc.
"His name wns Flanders .Tnhii Sen- ton Flanders;" ami the boy, iu a par¬ oxysm of grief threw himself on his knees beside the grave.
"Why, grnudftttlierl' exclaimed Flnxenhnir—" that was Uncle Jack's nnmel"
Answering never n word, with an arm about the weeping boy, the old soldier knelt by the grave of his Con(cileratc Ill-other, —derald Brcuuau, iu .\tlantu Constitution.
AT   THE   CALL   OF   DUTY,
N.ll ISooit  Vnlera,
At a recent village election ill Cou- stnntiue, Mich, the women tnxpn.vers were allowed to vote ou nil electric light bond proposition, but oaly three availed •heniselves of the right,
Hal  llrliii. .\r.- Ciillril  Iliioii.
Tliese many dnys wc hnve worn hats turned u]) nt thc buck with ro¬ settes, and fnlls of Ince, and the useful catchpeigne to occupy thc vncnuc.v. Now it is rumored ou good iiuthority thnt this development is n thing of the pnst, so far ns fashion is concerned. No longer will our millinery exhibit signs of "faulting," ns a geologist wonld sny. The turned up back of the hat liiis been called down. - New- Orleans Piciiyiiner
I'npillar  Trliiiiiilii«s.
Velvet, gnuze, moire nud sntiu rili- luiua, both plain and faoonuc, are very populor triiniuings both for gowus nud lints. KibbouR p<>sscss nu advanlnge over lai-e whore much garniture is used. The Intter is ouly npproprinte on gowns designed for sjiecial occasinus. liibbon, on the contrary, can be ad- vautagcotislv employed on every sort of gown or hat indiscriminately, ho Io spiink, if ouly the colors are carefully selected and choice of w idth nud dis- posnl nro alike subject to'/intelligciit, tasteful consideration. When ouo is iu doubt, black or dnrk velvet ribbon is the snfe choice. It is always be¬ coming and it foruis n rich contrast to tho flowers or other trimmings used.— New York Post.
Dotted miisliu, mn.lo np with Ince edged ruffles, and worn over n colored ' silk slip, is fnshinunlile this year. II I i'l nlways a prett.v nn.l effective ma- I terial, but requires to bo uf quite a I line quality, ns the coarser varieties ami the Inrge dots arc always connect- j e.l ill one's iiii-.i.l with dressing Inbles au.l Miiidiiw c'lirtiiiiis.
Fkiwcrod iiiu.slins nre nnw nsed for chililrcu's frniks, nnd the flowered patterns are the fiivorites. Oddly eunngh, the griiy nnd white and tho Inn nnd white look very juvenile and effective when mndo np sinqily and worn over o bright color or with gny ribbons; these have gnimpes or loi-e vokes nnd na mnnv riilHeH ns are bc- coniing. They are uscdil (rocks in one respect. Hint thev do not soil easy, and eveu when Ihev are crumpled and tiini- bled, can always be pressed nnd mnde to look like uew.—Hnr{?er'» Bazar,
he
Tlie Ameriran Kolillrr IVrl.liril That Anicrlepn Nation Might I.lvi-. At the call o( duly ns ench undcr- stn.id il, lliey nlinudoned nil hope nnd (luit of life, nnd cast nil into that stendy, nrdcut, dendlv Ktrnggle for Hiipreuini'y. How mngniflceut the sncriflce. how sulilinie the self-nlinega- tion! As Ihe springtime clothes with more than kingly raiment the length and brca.lth of the continent, so simul- taneousl.v cnme these flowers of the people's hearts to the work of the sol¬ dier. By dny nnd by night, throngh forest and over desert, over luouutnius and throngh swamps nml rivers, suffer¬ ing 'physicnl tortures not to be ex¬ pressed in words, liiirned by summer HUUS, frozen by winter frosts, hun¬ gered and nthirst, often linK-clnd and half-shod, wasted by disease and shrnnken by unwonted exposures, they crowded with emulation land jostling eagerueHS to the banutlrs of their choice, and in cniiip nnd liospitnl, in skirmish nud set form of battle, iu soli¬ tary out-iiost, and in the hurly-burly of shot and shell, and the dust and smoke of lields eucarundined with the glorious blood of their youth, they came tii death ns to a feast, nnd per¬ ished thnt Ihe ,\iuericnii Nation might live. Who shall be heard to,say that we who survive them, and all the gen¬ erations yet to come, shall not con¬ tinue forever to givo Ihem our grateful rememViranccs. and the tears of regret at their untimely tnkiug off, and hcnp the choicest garlands that human hands can weave npon the blessed grass, be¬ neath which they rest from their labors and nwnit the reveille of the nrehnn-el of tho resurrection.—W. H. I.. Bnrucs.
the grove  withont  flowers on Dccorn- tiou Da.v  "
The listeners were visibly nffi-c.tcd. There was n simntaneoiis iiinvcitieiit, nud n murmur of syuqinthy The i-ciiic- tery official relaxed his grip nu the liny's ragged cnllar.
"Where Ih your futher's grnvc'.'" asked the colouel.
Tears welled iuto   the  little  fellow's brown eyes, as be pointed towards the simple mound o( grassv tiir(, the same , "nniaeless  grave"   which   the  onlonel    """*'' and his gramlchildreu had imticed
"Thais the grave." he sobbed, couldn't Iiuv a t.nubstoue."'
The cniui-i.leuce keenly affected i C'nlouel Flanders. Hastily'hc lold the warden Hint he wonld be respnnsilile (nr the laiy's nppearauce bedire the cemetery gnvernors ut their next meet¬ ing, lo answer the charge o( jilucking their flowers
"Very well, colonel," said Ihe re- lii>veil official, letting the Ikiv po (ree. "To tell the truth. I just hate tn make a charge against him. I'm a veteran uiyseK, ynu see   '
The H)iei-t«tors applnnded heartily, as Colonel Flanders, takiug the Imy s hnu.l. led liiiii acr.iss the greensward Inwards where Flaxen-hair stood.
"My dear, ho whispered, "this lads (ather lies in the nauiele«s grave yonder. Wnn t ynu give him that 'real uice crosa' o( yours to lay on the siH.f"
With.mt hesitation Flaxen-hair hnnd- ed the cross to the shriukiug Imy "Put it ou vour father's grave, " she said, "we were keeping it fur him nil the day ¦'
Wheu the simple cereuinuy of decor ating the grave by the maple tree  ha.l
Tin-   Soliller-s  Ilerll«B<-.
Tf ever the inorning slurs snug to¬ gether nnd the sons of (iod shouted for jny. It HUS when this wus mnde n grent fri-c rejiulili.- iu fni-t his well ns iu deed. Cherish it, live fnr il, be preimred to die fnr it; nourish it snthat it will en¬ dure, that it may be the faithful cus- lodinii to your children nud their chil¬ dren after them; make it worthy of the den-l who died fnr it; make it wnrthy o( the geuerutiniis who nre going in the (utiire to possess it. Ho. gnnrding IhiH spirit, iJio circling centuries nhall wheel above our country in all starrv splend.ir, cxowiiiiig it with the hoiinrs n( age, without robbing it n( the grace nud beauty nf .vnntli. It shnll stand, nud ut the" lust dny, when the roll of the Nnlions Hhul'l be called, w-heu Kgyiil shall cmiie nji in the dusky gar¬ ments nf the night; Greece radiant in the glnry 111 intellect; Koiue mailed and puiinplied ii( arms; Ituly lustrous in the benuty III urt; Ifcrmnuy clad in the gar- lueiit.s n( lenrniiig. starred with poesy; Frame giiiiiiied und ^eled with phil- osnphy an.l nrl; F.uglnnd dad iu the ima^e' o( Inw and splendor o( com- men-e; .\mcrica shall cnme up robed in truth, sumlalled with pence, girdled with the slurs of the Union, and bright with the ilmdeni nf freedom. -Newton
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XViiiiieti allll Ihe llrilUli Arnilpniy. Thc great army of women artists feci n ccrtuiii amount of disapp-iint- meut nt Ihe mnuiier iu which their own clninis nre persistently ignored by the Ko.vnl Academy. Tho iiumes of three ladies hnvo long been ujion the list of cnudidntes for the nssociiiteship, and that of n fourth -one of the uinst emiueut pnintors of her sex—wns added to it a (ew da.vs ago. Y'et to none o( these did tho nugnllnnt ncndemicinus give one single vote, lUid there Keenis liut littlo hopo thnt nny woiiiuu artist o( onr time will (ollow 'in thc footHteps of Angelica Kauffiuun nnd Mnry Moscr, nml lake her sent niuong the forty. Il may not be generall.v known, however, that Lady linller, while tho fume of "Tho Ro'll {Ittll " was ntill fresh in the public mind, won oni-o within two votes of being elected an associnte. The artist who defented her by this narrow majority wns Mr. Hubert llcrkomer.- Bo,Stou Advertiser.
. Sern-la or Girls' Hearts. Tjolters were recently sent oul from Slnuford University to seven hundred girls niteudiug public schools, asking them lo answer the question; "Whnt person of whom you have heard or rend would you nioHt like to resemble, and why? ' In n remurkablv large number of cases the unnwcr.s revealed a desire l<i reBemlile some great ninu rather than a fumous woman, and an impres- sivo majority of the writers expressed the desire to bo strong aud brave rather thnu to possess the qunlities genernll.v regnrded ns pccnlinrlir nnd properly feminine. One thirieen-year- old girl wrote: "^I believe thnt I would rnther reHcmblo a mnn than a wouinti. because the deeds of women, although sometiiues grent, selt-sncrillcing uml Iirnve. sink into insigniliciince when cnmpured uith thc vnlnrnus deeds of iiiuii."' The instructor who had charge ii( this investigation—a woninii, by tlie way—deduces (rom thc rejilii-s received thut the "Zeitgeist is surely nml irresistibl.v impelling our girls In un iibsnrptiiin n( ehnrncteristiiH liithertn leeiiie.l innseiilitie Cn eiliu-ntinii is iimlniiliteilly greutly ni'.'eleriitiiijj  llu"
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F»ahliiii> III  lili.vea.
Fushinn bus cliiiiige.l ninre than usunl ns regnnls ginvcs the lust year, .iwiiig In the duiuge thnt bus "been made iu sleeves. It is quite inipnssi ble. nnw thnt the aleevCH cmiie sn fur .lown over the linu.ls nml lit sn light abnut the wrist, to wear loug glnves, mil Ihe iiiinisi|iietnires which hnve been in fnviir so long nre nucoindirl iblc nnd bulky with ulmost nil the new ijnwns nud jttckets that have tho new sleeves One button gloves cannot be suid to hnve met with nniversnl n]i- proval. bnt are occnsinnally woru. The length, hnwever, is equal tn Hint ii( n twn-liuttoii glove. Two buttons this -ensiiM have qnite superHcded the three uud (nm. but they nro nlso longer thun luobuttou gloves were (orini-rlv made Henvy kill nud dug skin arc generally used (nr tliein ns they are, us n rule, street glnves. Fnr siiiiiiner weur there is one style of while suede mule ou the sume lines, nn.l n heavy white glnce kill with henvy stitching is nluo worn with wash gowns.
While glnie. Iwo, three, and even (niir-bulton heavily ntitched glnves ure .vet in (nvnr fnr smnrt occasions-- cull¬ ing, receptions, etc. These gloves enii ouly be woru once without looking soile.l, ]inrticularly if worn with dnrk gowns or wrnps even the utmost cir- i-uiiispeetinii when wearing them does mil seem to be nf much nvnil In inn sequence inniiy wnmeii prefer the blink suede, which certainly arc luore cciin- nmii-ul. nn.l vet ure uot so cfl'eclive.— New York .loiirnul.
Oricailillr., Lawn, aud  Mu.llua.
To the iiniuilittted there is little dif fereiice in the several sheer fubrii-s. lull a traine.l e.ve can easily ili-cerii whot there is. Plain «liite'lmck-i n( Ihe thiiiui-st liiatermls. with trlmuiiugs i( lai-e and enibrniderv, ami haml- lewmg. -till hold tlieir own at the head i( the list us tlie iirettiest (rucks u girl -on wear, and dn not require tn be un.le lip nver silk bilnnk smarter than i!iy nther I'.istiiiiii'. but tiny eauimt be -lassed nniiillg the mevpeiisive ones riie .laintiest nl stitches, the tiiiest ..( n.-e and ciiibroi.'.ery, shnw to the lie-t ,>ossible ailvantage on the thiu lawn- md organdies, aul ns they luun.ler »ell they will last a lung time Hauls if inaertion nrmiml tin-. bittiMii nf the 'kirt nr dnwn .-a- li -.am is u style nf frimuiing «hu-li i- prettier thau the -iiffles edge.l mill la-e. which hove a lemleiiev III -aletra.-t fmii; the lieiglit; .( ...ur'se. nil n tall rbiM they ure .ireferulile l.ir that very i e.i-i.n "nie «ai«ls are made iilln r ti wear with a „'Uiui[H'. or ore liuislie.l with a .yoke that hns the same effect, nud ruffles are put ou mer the «hi.ill.ters. either in ll. I .hn I.r tii-hu style Th.-se rnflles are i.i.-ki' 1 ill iiiinnte tucks, and are i-.lg.-.l «ith uarr.'w Valenciennes lace. Soine lliiie- the entire wal«l IS Ilia.le III eulr.- I.UI nl lai e |.|..-rn..ll ami tucks, is ml blouse (ashinii aud has no liertha or Hckn, ouly rafllea ovrr the topa uf the alea^ea. and u worn *itb e ribWn eoi- bmtmkamidt
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Western firms nre employing women ns Iniveliiig drnniiiicrs.
Jlrs. J. H. Mills is President of the .Stnte Bunk of Croswell, Mich., one of the directors of whicll also Ih a woman.
Sixty women registered their names at the Kcole des Beaux Arts in Paris for tho lirst courses to which womeu will be a.lniitted.
The citizens of Belfast, Ireland, aro lo erect a statue of Qiiceii Victoria, lo cost 3'-.'i,"00, iu cnmmeuiiiratiou of tho sixtieth unuivcrsuiy of her reign.
F..vjieriuieuts bnve been made in a Cimiunati hospital which show that the veils uow so much woru by womeu ure often Ihe cunsc of headaches aud serious iujiirv lo tho eyes.
The IntcHt outlet for feminine energy n|ipi-nr« to be that ulVorded by coiu- mei'ciul truveling. A recent article has revealed the astounding foct thnt there nre ulrcndv "nn the rond" uo less thnu l.'iH "feiuule flagnicli."
K iiiurriii;;e in the .\merican Volun¬ teers, pi-rfnriuc.l at Wichita, Kuii., re¬ cently by a wiiiiian of the baud, who is a ilulv ni'daiiieil iniuisterof the Cios¬ pel, was the Hccoiiil iiinrriiigo to Vie s.ileiiiuizcd by u womnn   iu thnt State.
It is ]>ropiiscd lo rnise the sum of S.'ill.llOO for the benefit of Helen Keller, the gifted deuf, diiiiib nu.l blind Aln- buiiiii girl, uud her toucher, Mi.ss Hnl- livau. They nre to hnvo tho use of this uinuey during their lives. Nearly hnlf llie omouut has already beeu sub¬ scribed.
The w'ouien's clubs of Culumlius, Dliio, have iunugurnted a movement whicll is intended to assist Murk Twain to discharge his Hnancinl obligations from the sales of the books ho is now nt work uiion. They will usk tho co- operntiou of women's clubs everywhere, ench member to pledge herself to pur- chnse one copy.
Mrs. LenvilI'M violet fnnn at Mendoti'- brook. Long Island, piiys her hnud- Komo dividends. Beginniug wilh one small gruss-cnvercd pit, she now has a dozen largo grceiihonseH nml is not able to Illl all her orders, ' even with these. TllO violets aro exquisito in size, color nud fragrance, the single ones beiug us Inrgo us   hiuuII   pousies.
In New Zealand there is a woman of sixty yeurs who rides u bicycle. Hhe bus "recently ridden 100 miles in n dny, which is a feat tn be jirnii.l of, and, iiiiin- tlinii that, she ciiiii|iiiles tlmt she lias covered in ull simie 5000 miles since she llrst lieciiiiie piiHsi-ssed nf n wheel. .\fler this nne censes t<i wonder when it is uilile.l Unit thc wiiiiinii is the iniitlie.r nf Iweuty-niH' children!
Prim-ess ('luristinii, the third duugh¬ ter nf tiliieen Vii-tnrin, is speciully in¬ terested ill the Lniiilnii rugged schoola ami their niitiiigs. A cnltngehns beeu eiei'teil nn Ihe linrders of tho grent purk. Wimls.ir. Ihe l^iieeii giving the lan.l which is cnlled Princess Chris- tiniis Ilnliiluy Ilniue f.ir lln.vs. It is siiirnnniled by jilay grniimls, kitchen, garden ami nr'liurd. 'I'Im-hnuBc is ar¬ rangeil (nr the ncciiiiiiiindiitinii of twelve linvs at u time. Kui-li lins n sepnrnte bell uml t«ii suits of (-Intlies for use diiriny liis stay nf twn weeks.
Fimhlon  .Nolrii.
Tlic |ireaent is undoubtedly a seasou of luce, rililiniis und fluffy eft'ii-ts.
Lnug wrnps nf clntli nre elnborntely bruidcd with (entlier-cdged ribbon.
Belts mill sash ends o( block velvet nre (nshionuble with collni'S of while satin or taffeta ribbon.
(Ireeu aud heliotrniie is n favorite cnmbinntinu, fnllowiug us iienrly ns possible the flower and foliage tints.
The ever jiopulnr linen nud) duck suits nre crowding into the )ilaces of the heuvier costumeH in vogue in curly spring.
Purnin. h.vnciiitb, clematis aud wisteria lire beuutifnl shades of violet nf which no fashiouablo woniau seems to tire.
KwisB muslin is snggeRlcd by Ihe de¬ signers as being a very smart and effective material for ttccordeouplaited sunmier gowns.
The ever popular dinllic hns token slill niintlier .l.-pni'ture uml is being shiiwn with white Imnlers, iihichmuke innst effective trininiing.
Nenrlv every new dress of thin ma¬ terial » ill this snoinier be maile with till- cnol. uiry outside fabric of the skirt i-iit sepuratc from its silk, lawn nr iliniily lining.
lusertioUM of In.-c will be one of the iiin-t frequent fiirnisnf triinmiug fnr pluin linens, sewed in horiznntnl rows iM-taeeii bnnds of mnUrial, c^llnp^sing clustered deciiratiiins on Ihe fronts or -ide breadths.
A handson.e cnstiinic is of heliotrope (inplin. with triiiiiiiing of imnsypiir- pb- velvet. There is u baud nf velvet uriiuml the skirt, a very wide-pointed I'.r-eli't. a duiiity Imlerii, with revers, un.l n high rnlling i-nllor.
Manv nf tin- niolels for atimmer g.iwu-'have Hat bands nf velvet nr ulk 1.11 the skirt or lace insertions ret iu aboul (our iiiihcs apart, some n( these sliiuiug a inlnr ci.nlrttsting with that n( the dress set beni-utli eai-h rom' o( insertion
Tln-re willaJie an unusually large de- luau.l (or washable (ubru-s during the snuiiiier Not only all such goods as may bear the brniit ii( the washtub, but al«n thise nhi.'li, 1.' subjected to any nther process than C4ire(ni clean¬ ing. wniiM III' renilere.! lifeless.
When the riblion sUk-Y is retained it IS lightenel and gneii tl* inevitable t.iiii-h o( Mhite by rather wide whil* |a>-e nr iiii.usseline, which is plaited -lifMy and (a-t.-ii'-d in the hat-k It tapt-rs toward the aides aud diaappeara antire- ly lielorc- ruMching the froel. Tke ef- fact ta Ike iupeeiaf eM e< the «U- MiMMnA
I.easnn Tot: "rhrlallan I'allh I.ra.la lo li.H.il Wi.rka." .Uiiira 11.. 14-t:l-ti.>lil- en Teal: -'I XVlll Sli.-w My fallli l>y My Worka."  .laa. ll.,Vl«—Coiniueulary.
II. "What ilnlh 11 i.r.ini. my lir.-thrcn, tli.iiigh n ninnsnv li.- hath faith nml have not works? Tan faith .save him? " The n. V. snvs, "Can that faith save hlni? " Ther.' an", no contraill-tlons In the ten.-li- liiif of s.-riiiture. ami one ot the plainest il.i.-trlni-s lu all tin- hooks, taught even In this less.in hv tii.-Siilrlt, through Jnnn-s (verse 2.1. Is tlmt thi- nnlv salvation r.-- v.'dleil to us Is that whleh has lN.en fully a-rniiitht niit for ua l.y the l.or.1 J.-ku» I'hrlst without any help "of ours, ami wlii.-li Wl- must ri-<elve bv Inlth ns a free gift Ir.m r.oil. See Horn. Iv.. 8; F.ph. 11.. H; Titus lil . .^. It Is most unml-lakntilv clear that ae ar.1 snveil liv faith aLino. llul It Is just as clearly taught thnt Ihe evlilenec of that JAlth will '.K- seen In our ilaily lives hy our walking lu the gooil works prepanvl for us. See F.ph. 11.. 10; Titus III.. 8. A faith that does not pr-nlii.e goo.l works an.l a h.ily life is not genuine. Imt Is au imiply name.
15. 10. "If a lir.ither or sister tie nakeil anil ilestllute of ilaily Inoil. anil one of y.m snv unto them. Ile'part lu pence. Im» y,i warneil nn.l fllle.l. untwltbstanillng ye give them not those things whh-h are niwlful to the lioilv. What lloth It profit?" Or as John snvs. "My little i-hlWren, let us not love In "wor.l. neither lu tongue. Imt In llee.l ami tnitU" (I John 111.. ISl. Jesus Himself snlil. "Mv mother and My lirethren are these whi.'h "hear the wor.l of O.iil anil ilo It " (l.uke vlll.. an. Anil again. "Not everv one that salth unto Jle I.iml. l.onl. shnlf enter into the klngilom ol heavon; hut he thnt iloeth the will of Mv Father, which Is in heaven " (Math. vll.. 31).
17. "Even so faith. If It hath not works. Is ilenil. lining alone," or. ns In the margin, "hv Itself." Fnlth couieth liy henring tho wor.l of lloil (Horn. X.. 171 -that Is. hy re¬ ceiving tlie wonl ol Ooil. and the word of Ullll Is Ini-orruptlhle swil. whloh Is sum to prow. Faith receives Chrl.st Intothe heart, nud I'hrlst lu us cannot In' hid nny more thnn He eould ix> hid In Ihe house lu tho linrders of Tvre nnd SIdon (Mark vll., IVi. You walk liv n Hehl In whl.-ti not a green liln.le Is to I'loseen. nlthough It lo.iks ns It It ha.l lieeu sown, nnd the fanner snvs that he sowed it with goo.l seed throe months n\^o. Either the seed wns no good or was destroved after being sown, or tho furmer lle.l.
18. "Yen, a man mnv say. Thou hast (aith an.l I hare works. ' Show nie thy faith without thy works and I will show thiw my fnlth hy uiv wnrks." The 11. V. margin be¬ gins tills "verse, "Ilut some one will sny." Wu can talk fnlth, hut weennnot show fnlth exeept liy nnr dee.ls. Ills the snme with love. Oo.l does not need our wnrks to prove our fnlth. for Ile i-un n-ad the henrt, Imt H« tells us that lielleyers should l.e cnreful to mnlntnin good -works lioeniise thi-y nro good nud jmilltnhlo unto men (Titus 111.. 81. Not onlv profltalile to those who do the works, tor we are to bo ro- wnrded neennllng to mir works i llev, xsil.. I'J; 1 Dor. III.. H. U\. but prulltnlilo tn those who, seeing the good works, amy he led hy thoin to IHin who worketh In us both to will nud to do nf Ills good i.leasuro (I'liil. II.. 13).
III. "Thou belliivpst that llierc Is on" Ood. Thou doest well. The devil." nlso liell,-vo an.l tnimble." Thu It. V. says "shudder " Instead uf Iroinlile, and thn It. V. innrgln snvs "demons Instead of devils. There Is but" nne devil, though there nre hosts of demons, lils followers. Oue has snid thnt then- nre no atheists or Inlldels In hell. All who nro thuro believe lu the ni- nllt l.-s of hell ond the dovll, nl Ood and of heav.ii, but lliey cannot Imlleve on the l.onl Jesus I'lirlst and Im saved. Those who die In their sins ean never come whero I'hrl.st Is (John vlll.. 21). Theniforo it Is written, "lle.-ausii thero Is wrath, liewnro lest Ilo tnke thee a«-ay with HIa stroke. Then a great ransom cannot deliver thee" (Job xjxvl., 18). It Is greatly to be fenrel thnt mnny pnifesslng I'hrlstlans aro no bettor, as lar ns solvntlon Is coucerne.l, than the demons who hellevo and shudder. They belli-ve nil nbout (iod nnd t'hrlst and hnvi'i been ni.'eive.t Into ehunih mmnlier- shlp be.-auso ol this knowledge, bn-ked up by n good  nmrol  chnra-ter.      Ilut   having
ni-vir truly  r Ive.l Christ   (John I., I'Ji,
they e.intruile lost souls.
ao. "Hut wilt thou knuw. O vain mnn. thnt fnlth wlthnllt works Is denilV" The kui.wl- odge  ol Oo.l and of  Christ  Hint  does  not
lead oue tor. Ivo the  l.onl  Jesus  Christ
Into his lieurl will only proven gnmtereou- dninuatlon. riiis class of people Is deserlbod In Hell. vl.. 4-l>, as enllghtenoil, lostud thu gift, knew snmewhnt of tho Spirit's ti>(ich- liig. Ilut If the eontlnuanea In grnea and goud works Is lacking, thiia It Is evldont thnt thev menily lielieved nbaut Christ, hut never trlilv received Hlui. In II ret. II.. 20'22, we rea.l agulu nf au.-h ns were t.) snnie extent benetlte.l by lli.-lr kn.iwledge, but were never triilv new .'ri-iitun-s.
ai. "Was nnt AVirulmm.inr fother jiislinc.l by wnrks when he hud offerod Isnne his sun upon the nltnr'i'" Fh Is wns tbe outward and evl.leut Jiislllleulliin bi-foro men. fur we nro Justllleil freely by grueo, meritoriously by tho blood of Christ aud Instruuientnlly by faith I Ilom. ill.. 24; v., », 1), and there Is nu ennlllet or   conlradk'tlon   In   »hi«e  »tat«-
 ntn.    Abraham   rested   for  tweuty-llvo
venrsi.nfhu bare pnuiitse of Ood. Xheu Isnn.- WIIS glvun. Alter he had gmwu to bo a Ind Un.l tried his servant lu see II he wns still n-sllugon the pniuilse or upuu the visi¬ ble Isnn.-. Now, 0.1.1 knew Ills servnnfs henrt ami did luit ne.-d tu prove hliu Hint 11.Ill might know, but thnt all genurntlnns might si«-that Abrnliam nvstiid nut lu the visible gift ot Oud. but In Ood Himsell nud Ills sure word.
2-J. "Hiest thou hnw fnlth w-rought with his works, and by works was Inlth made perfeet." Fnlth, the gi-rni; works, tho munlfestatlnn. li Is written In lleb. xl.. 17-10, thnt Abraham, when hi. was tried, liy fnlth ofrured up Isnai'. In whom the prom¬ ises wen- tn Im- hilfllled. believing that Uoil wus able tn raise him up eviiu frum tho dead, fnnn whence also II" rucelved him In o ligure. In Horn. Iv,. 1!I-2I, It Is written eouiernlng thn l.lrlhof Kaa.-. that Abra¬ ham did not .'.insider himself nur Harah. Dut strung In fnlth, giving glory to Ood, he wns fulllv perMUaili-d that Omi was able to nnd wouid p.-rform what llu lin.l  prum-
"m! "And the Herlpture was fulfilled, whi.'h sailhAbrnbani bellnvnd Uo.l, and It wns Imputed uutn him for righteousness, an.l ho wns .-nlled the Irlend uf Oud." Wlii-n On.l tuld Aliraham that his see.l should Is- as the stars for multitude. Abra¬ ham certainly eouM not feel that It would be so. lils nnly nssurani" was tbe Word of Ou.l. and Iwi-nns" he took ilod at Ills w..nl we huve thia staleuiHMt con.'ernlug him In (lou. XV.. «, where ae have the words "Imv llevi " an.l "righteousness ' use.l Inr the flrst tinn- lu Serljitun'. -I,e«s..u Iblper.
NEWIYORK   STATE   NEWS.
Bills Allowrd an nie.
Governor lllack Anishmt the conatitarB- llon of tbe 7s<) bills whieh wen. left la lila hands wheu tbe Legislature adjourned. Ua. allowed seo ol the bills to die. Since Janu¬ ary 1 lie has signed 707 measnms. Qovcpi nor Morton last year signed 100.1 bills.
Uurlng thc ImX day for consideration Ih* fttivemor signed about forty bills, only oao ol whleh was of great toiportan.-e. The exeeptlon was the bill Incorpomtlng the Columbia Electric I'ower Company, ol Val- • atla. Columbia County. This Mil was de- clarx«d dnrlug the sasslon to bo oaa of th* worst bills Introduced, a'ad surpria* ira# expreasod when it was reiKirteJ favorablv from tha Judiciary Conimltteo. The bill authoring Charles Wild, William H. niM" nnd Nathan V. Wild to owrato a •artaa ol dams In Kinderhook Creek, In the eonuttaa nt Rensselaer aod (Vilurahla. The cmpaa) has powor to take by eondemnattoit ptoi croillngs priipofty along Kinderhook (Tieek. ' T6o company ciui furnish water aad powet l.l nnv nhaga, town nr cltv lu the SteU el New Vork. Ita capital stock may b* 1%^ encased to any ainouut up to tlA.OOO.MC The IncoriioratorB llvo In Columbia Connty, but wby tney wanted smih a (ranchlao hot never boon explained.
Theso bills tallod to bronnin laws besaaae fhe Oovomor failed to sign them:
Providing for a uollorm charter for citlei of tho second class.
Bringing bloyds Insurance eompanl«a under tho supervision of tho Stato iDaiu. ance Doiiartment.
Amendment to tbe Dnllot law.
Allowlna Now York i'lty to tako three p*i cont. ol the annual receipts ol the Pnett-i matlo Tube Company.
Ilequlring private bankem In Now York , to (lie bonds.
Oiving the Btale Trintor tiaS.OOO tof tif tra work norformed.
Giving hloyolM equal righta on roadweye witb vehlolos.
Permitting tho building of a bridge 0T«e Niagara River.
The Ward's Island Bridge hill. w
The Governor votoml Items amoantlnf Hi. (92,870 In tho annual and supplnmeatai supply bllla, tbo most loteroatlng twlax an appropriation ot tSOOO (or John B. Btaeob- flold, who BOtod aa counsel to Kamae Vaohoron, an Assemblyman who. In Tim, was Indicted on a charge uf aooeptlBC a bribe, but afterward aoqulttod.
Rtat* Insurance Report.
Tho annual ronort of Iho Stato Inietaaett ' roportmoDl, which bns been made pabUlr ' by Suporlntomlont Payn, show* that tea :' gross assets of Illo Insurance oonipaBlaae^. January 1 last wero »l,ias,aM,Ml, aa Ib-' , croaso ot (R5,804,tin, ne compared Vith the
grovlous yoar.   01 this amount New Yoril ; tnto companies bavo t739,6l4,IU, an |B> croaso   of tSO, 193,725,   and   companlea  ot   ¦ other Ht.itea  (498,710,127,   an  inareaae of •S5,710,eD».
The total llabllltlos ol theao eompanlai, excepting (9,810.1100 of capital stock, ata (l,0,'i.1,(l08,138. an Inereaso during the irsac of *70,1I38.888. The liabilities ol Now York Htate companies as ropuried ve. (tD9,MII.* 200; eoiftpanlos of other Blatos, •ilS,7iT,> U37. Tbo gross divlslblo siirjilus la; Metr Vork Htato companlea, (109,'7M,01S; oom- pnuios of other Htatos, (04,1)62,100; aggra- gate. (174.716.209.
The aggreghto rocolpts of New loilc Htnto oompauloa during tho yoar were (170.032,186, nn Inoniaao ovor IH9S ot («,• i 0111,870; other States'cnmpauloa, (109,840.. 920; Inoroose, (8,384,033. making the grOM receipts (279,378,100, and tho gross Inoreaae ovor tha rocolpts of tho proceding yeet (12,475,994. Tho total nroralum reoelpla (or 189S wero (215,199,302; (or 1896, tm,- 714,820. "
Tho total dlsbursomonts for the year ol llfo eomnaulos wero (190,173,298, aa In- cn-ase of   (13,400,396, compared with the
firoceding yonr. 'Tboro was paid to poUoy loldors (134,919,614, while tho ooatofman- ngomont. Including dividends lo stock- holders, (64,953,784.
Compared with 189B, tbe eompania* la« sued 10,459 jiollolea lesa last yaar, and de* ernoscd the amount ol Inauranoe writtwi (68,691,208. Tbo Increase of pollolee dar¬ ing tho yetfr waa 91,641, and ot Inannwoe (138,896,320.
Thn total oasots on January 1 last ol the tweuty-llvo casualty eompanlna doing|MU*< Innass In this Htate wero (28,86)l,M0i llablW ties, oxnopt capital, (13,749,6001 oapilal,; (10,179,600; net surplus, (B,l78,M(i re> CBlpts, (17,451,219; dlsbuniomenta, %\t,tti^-. S3S; risks In force, (2,800,871,665.
aoTamor Mertoti'a Clemeaey.
Tho statement ot pardons and ooBIa! mutatlona granted la 1896 hy tloveraor Morton, Just Issued, shows that twenty* nIno pardotu wero granted, aa ooiB|iMadi With thirty-four In 1896. Ue grant«4l . olglity-two commutations, as oomparaA with flfty-tbroe In 1895. Of the pardoaal none woro of tbo^ convlctod of murder or| mauslaughtor. 01 tho oommutatlona two' wore tu Arst-dogron niurderors, commutiag, tbn doath sootoneo to Irapriionmeiit tor llfo. They were William I'luokcr, ol Wyom¬ ing Cuunty, whu killed Silos Martin U 18g(,l and Tiiufol Tueknwitc, ot Now York.
Forsons scutouoed for manslaughter aed who had thulr sentoncoa cominutod ao that, thoy aru oltbor at liberty now nr aoon wlli< bu are: Asa It. Waterman, uf KInga; Fhlllp IJerrlnger, John MeMnnus, John Vltaglh- buns, Frank McCoriiiIek and William Pur- coll, ot Now York: SimonHabonoy, of Niag¬ ara; Fhlllp I.amuut, of Erin; Edward Aura- Hua, of Bonssolaer; William Wont, of Weat- i-bostur; Tbaodoro Benjamin, ut Lewli, nnd Oeurgollordou, of Hcbohnrin. Tho "BaC' Shea i-asu of 'Tniy Is reenllod by tbe an- noiineomont tbat Iwu roapltos worn granted by (luvornor Morton.
The principal pardons worn to allagad forgers, vll., Juhn J. Arnold, of Niagara) William P. Weutworth, of Naw York; Will- lam MuCrudIn, of Erlu, and Honry B. B.' Fardoe, uf Ontario.
Free Hllver   Kapublleana.
1
In reapuoBo toa call fur a 8tatu conTon- tlun u( tlio Fnm Sliver Hepubllcans ol New. York lu Jnmnstown there wus n small geth- . erlng. W. L. Hnssluus, ul Panama, waa' mado cbnirmau, and V. A. Ilatoh. of Jamnstown, secrutary uf the ounri«tion, Iteaolutions were adohted reafflnnlng ad- berenco tu tho llnpubllean party, and de¬ manding tho surrender of the guld atandacdi by thu parly. "Ben " H Dean waa uloetad' reproaiintntlvii uf the Htate lu tbn ChLtage . Frmi Sllvor National Cunlurnnoe. X Btate CammlttiKi.conslstlng ul J. H. Fowler.ol Har¬ mony; Alexander Uelmar, of New Yorkt Ulcbard Mulbulland, of Dunkirk; I)r. <!. I. Fhlllliis, uf Jamestown, and A. E. Wllllaa*,, of Itanjnlph, was appointed, witb'powan I'l tranaaet tbn bunlimss nud formulate tbe [>ol|.-y of the Fri-i- Sliver llepubllcaa party.
Ilatnea Ijiw Money Klewa lu.
I., the llrat twenty dnvs of tlia operatloa III the amendod i.l.|iiur Tan  law tbere «*a etnd In tbn Htate.'witb BBvautMin Cnaa-
ty Trnasurers yet to repurt  tbolr reo^oM
for the ten days liiitween May 1( and May, 1
20,  (l'.l.387,442.»l,    I'Ms is oyer (l,O0O,MV
MUD   GEYSERS  IN   FORMATION.
opl.
. Living   Near   »loro  llay, Cal., Be- ' old ¦ Mmnar M|M-rtarlr
Iliisldents uf the country ndini-ent lo Moro Bay California, were Htartleil by a r-port whli-li Iwgan like thn luw rumble uf ihuu- : der and ended with a sonu-wliat louder ' blast. A few days ago a nlmllar n-liort was 1 beard and a mu'ltgeysi-r Bbpcanid n the .  smnll arm l.f M'.ro   Buy. just   opposll- the
I t.iwn sl|.".f El Mom. 	
I      This gevsi-r  has forme.l a small   l-ian.i.
whleh foro week    has bi-eu   111..   W'.nder   of
thu peuple of tb"  vl.-lnlty.   Fulluwing the I  rapiirt  Thursday evening, o aoeund geyser Buning Intu eilsteBOo nbuut '.JOO yards dis¬ tant from the llmt and a llttl"   further In- laud     Till' last geyser Is nn exact counter- 1  part uf the onu furmnd last Friday night. ' 1 It Is only a short distance Irom tbe ahore, i and iHiuple whu gathared tlwire m.uld plainly s«c tb" email Island uf dark Biud and aand I  whfeh bad l~.-«i formed.   Liko tbu eruplloi. of last  Friday night. Ihe  surface   of  tho ftceun.l Island l»-ar«  evldum-ii  ol  having a I   amall-slxed erat«r Irom whl^-h largo .(uau- I It lea of the bla/tknst mad ar« sluwlv rlslug.
NOT   *   MUTILATION.
Chlel uf tbe Secret Hcrrico Hazrn saya th" oa.- uf pasters on silver dollara for adver¬ tising purposes Is nut a roalllatloii uf the coin within tha mvanlng ol tha law, and Poiis».|U"nlly cannot Im pravontod-
•-'    i|u<wtlirti arirtMi In tbe caae of an I—"
than waa cnllei-t -d lu the flrst tWaiye inoDtbs uf theLlquur Tax lawauperatliMU. Of the total amount colli-i'ted In (lie Bnl twenty dayi of May this year, ti,vn,tl\.tl was paid lo Now York County and M,n1,- 480 111 Kings County. TlieHtal" Einlm De¬ partment eipocts that morn than (U.M(,- 000 will be oullo<'t.xl liefore May 1, 18W
rioTCmlna Hlarb Haia Flahlng.
fJovi-rnor Black signed the Tory impflft-*'^ aut bill uf Assi-mlilyinau MeLaiigblUr>'J^ a:iieudlag tha Flsberlaa, Oaion and Foraal »a lawa by pruhlliltlu^ thn llablng lur and |iae> ' " reasluu ul black liasa of Oswegu baaa *¦• i rept Irom the IMh of June to tlie n*l Am,> lit Decembor. Heretufoni tbu si-aaonei-i; lendud fnim Ibo last ol >lay to the laat m% D«i;»i''l'«r,
All Aronnd tb* glat*.
fhautau'iua County vlunvarllals predM b big yield   of grapes.    Niagara   (JounlJ
gnicer who formed a "eomer" un sliver dollara and thon put pastan on Ihooi.
illar whl"h went acnaiahia
Ea-b.llw.       	
counter bore a -pastor. " upon whb-li ap- P"ar-I the advli-e: "Buy Orucerlo* '•ul Jun— ' The paatera were eecurely glued Juat Incld I the rala.-d "milling," aad 11 waa nearly UMlir»albla tu r-muv" thera. III* rump<-tlton. r»c/)gn|r.»d Ihe merit of Ibe ad- ventsing rch«in" aud ...inplalned against th-lr felluw-tuwnamau of "delaclog coin.
Naw R««olv<ra ler fke Army.
By a K.-Deral circular sunt uut to th.- Cnlted State* Arny.all tha rrvulv*n la ibu hands lit tbe truui.* hav* tieen eallad lo, tu u* replaeed hy a latar aiudel. In whleh th* addition ot a aalirty loefc pr*T«at* Iha haai- ¦*« Iroa* kil eg inakad »«iiit ¦>*¦ Ibe  Ihiitel. «•
I belM •
borrir growers say tlieUdleatlunaaregooi lur a Mg rn.p.
There was a small llro In a temporan'; ruunng uver the aaaleru a|iproaeb to tM ' Caiiltii) In Alliany, wbleb wo* extlngalahei- wlthuut doing niueb damage.
All prollla mad* oul of Belmont« Foaith ' of July eal*bratlun  will Im applied to the purpose uf establlablog a fmu Ulrrary la Ibat Tillage.
I'lttslurd ba* neither waler work* act- llrn flghting eompania*. Tb<i*e lac(a hevf ' .'aiis«d aeToral luaoraceu cuanpanlea t4-'-; .'•Dcel tbolr rl*k».
Uarry KlttridKe. flfly-two oommlltad sub-ldu al llaaport whil* I ul de*pond*Bry on m^cunnt lA Ul I H* estared the Iwru Ixtlunglng to hi* MHri^l/J with whoB be had Ua-u ataylng, aed, pUfrwl lag Umiell belurn a mirror, ahot nmmmcX ezplrtas ia*taatly.
F. M. Bailor, who r*c«nll]r opOMd a i •tore Itt Wngaamtun, wa* fovad T
day meralag by hia nierk.    Hi	
enaseTorlag tu pHlvprlae ryaalde ot i alon aad Ih* fnm««nTeM)a«*hlai.'r~ Iron Na* Vork, wbere be aoBda* ua l.eal^gtoa aTenae.
MorvoB aider* ara boldlair i Vallaea, Meebm Ooaaty. A nunvart* bave baea liruaght Into Iba I
(luTereor Blaek ha* *hni*il • I ealU lor th* gradoal eNalaattaa «
i haaltF.