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lr -," ""..-.-, -.- -v- - rtiiii'iif'i's"-sy!tRor-i'W",'ia 9ssW T-- -.MSXST- ",.. t. r- - TIIE WASHINGTON CRITIC, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1890. ' ?:r;Awl LOUISIANA'S LOTTERY. IT IS A POWEn HERE AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. Criminal I.niryera Swell Tlmlr I'om liy l'rolnctlnc tho Agonta No Jurisdiction In Iho Higher Courts Gambling Tickets Sold Onoot). Tho great Now Orleans gambling clcn known as the Louisiana Ptdto Lot Iciy Is a power here, as It is in every llltlo hamlet in (bo countiy. It has tliu courts, tho pollco auil, some say, Con gress under Its thumb. Its ngonts ply their business almost as openly as tho liy goods merchant or the grocer, and no ono dare try and prevent. Now and again during the past year the detectives hnvo made an arrest and bi ought, at rare intervals, a ptlsonor into court. Then the clever lawyer who represents tho gigantic concern licie gets up in the Police Court and, with sarcasm In Ills voice and a smile c inline his gray moustache, says quietly: "It It please your Honor, we demand a jury tilal." Then ho sits down again, and Judge Miller doesn't say anj thing while the filerk takes tho folded Information on which ho has been tried and woids It, "O. J." This means that the caso has 1)cen sent to tho grand jury, but it is frimply force of habit with tho clerk, and ho pushes tho paper in a piacon hole, tho piisoncr gets up, is handed iho collateral which ho had loft after being aircslcd and walks out of court. "The Police Court is unconstitu tional!" This rather sweeping assoitlon was made by a prominent lawyer, whoso ollico faced tho Lincoln statuo in fiont of the City Hall, and after ho had made ' tho remark ho turned round in his arm chair and looked squarely at tho ie goiter, as If ho meant what ho said. The higher courts have not the cour age to say this, for they know it would incite a sensation, and higher couits do not like sensations. Besides, it would give them trouble, and, likewise, they tlou't llko trouble." "Yes; I can tell you why it Is that lottery and policy dealers aic not pros ecuted in this city, if you want to know. They aro not called up for titallnthc higher courts for tho simple reason that tho higher courts have no jurisdic tion. Tho matter rests with the Police Court, which, by tho act of of 1873, was given exclusive jurisdiction over such cases. For years they were tried and convicted there, but this can bo so no longer. Tho Constitution of the United States gives every man tho lieht of trial by jury, and -wo in the District nie nmcnablc to this Constitution. The Pollco Court has no jury, but still has the exclusive jurisdiction; hence it can not try policy and lottery cases," What tho lawyer said to Tm: Oniric lcpoiterls truo in every particular, as liny ono on tho inside knows. The Judge himself swell aware of the fact; ho knows that ho sits upon a most in fccuic perch, which may totter and fall :it any moment. A test caso has been made; ho forced it "upon the defendants juul they accepted, knowing well what tho issuo would be. Tho caso of Edward Gieen was a test sis to the constitutionality of tho law 011 lottery and policy cases, urcen was arrested, along with nearly flftv other sigents of tho.lottcry and broughtlnto tho Police Court. Tho issuo was made by A. B. "Williams, his attorney, that as an Amciican citizen ho had a right to de mand a jury trial. Tho case went to tho grand jury, and last year in tho May term ho was piomptly indicted by the grand jury and a week after was brought to trial bcfoie Judgo Montgomery. For the purposes of the caso it was tried, and alter tho verdict for the Government, went up, on appeal, to tho Court in General Teim. It is now on the docket of that court and theio it will doubtless lcmaln until tho crack of doom or until Congiess makes a law suppressing tho sellinc of tickets in lottery and policy in tho District. There was a law passed in 1872 but it is non-operatlvo and Is a dead letter. It was doubtless at tho time of Its pas rago intended to suppress tho vico in the Dlstr'ct and it did so effectually for a time, or until the representative of the lottery found a flaw in iho law. Hero is Iho law on lotteries and gam ing in tho District of Columbia: that, It any person sliall, wltlilu tho D!s tilct of Columbia, keep, set up or pro mote or bo concerned In, as owner, agent, clerk or In any other manner, man aging any policy, lottoiy or policy shop, or shall sell or transfer any ticket, certlti cate, bill, token or other device purporting or Intended to guaranteo or assure to any ? -.croon or entitle him to a chanco of draw ng or obtaining a prize, or sbaro ot or in terest In any prize to be drawn lu any lot tery, or In tbo garao or dovlco commonly Known as polley-lottory or policy; or shall, lor himself or anothcr,scll or transferor have in possession, for the purposo of sale or transfer, or shall aid lusclllug, exchanging, negotiating, or transforing a chance or ticket In, or sharo of a ticket In, any policy lottery or lottery-policy, or any such bill, certificate token, or other dovlce, ho shall l.c deemed guilty ot a misdemeanor, anil upon conviction tboroof, shall forfeit aud ray a fine of not more thim iZOO or bo tra in sorted In tho District all not less than two moL In or more than one vcar or both in the dlMTction of the couit. Six. 3. That If any person shall know ingly pciialt In any liouso under bis control in tbo District of Columbia tbo sale ot any chance or ticket In, or share of a ticUit In, any lottery or policy-lottery, or shall knowingly permit any lottery or polley-lottory, or policy-shop In such bouse, ho shall bo ileeraed guilty of a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction thereof, shall bo fined not less than $50 nor moro than $500, or bo Im prisoned In tho District jail not less than t o months nor moro than ono year, or both, in tho discretion of tho court. For eighteen months, or slnco tho test caso went into tho highest court of tho District, it has lain in ono of tho cobwobbed pigeon holes of tho rooms in tho basement of tho City Hall. And thcro, doubtless, it will for ever lay, for tho justices havo shown no disposition to resurrect it. Tho law is so explicit that it cannot bo mistaken, nnd tho men on tho bench of tho city courts havo tacitly admitted that tho caso has gono against them. So thqy accept tho result, if it is a result, ana, llko nearly n thousand other Important cases, it waits its turn on tho over ciowdcd calendar ot tho courts. Tho pOlico havo been informed, nnd nro nwnro of the state of affairs. They knowthatnothlngcanbodouo, but they mo doing what thoy can to stop tho traffic. Scarcely a wcok pisses lmt what an arrest Is made, and tho caso ih biought Into tho Pollco Court. If tho defendants aro nqt under tho protection of tho great Louisiana gambling den they aro sometimes convicted, sentenced and pay their fines. Thoy aro generally tho most Ignorant of tho people en gaged in tho business, and aro not In foimcd as to tho law ou tho suhjecf. Fo thoy pay tho small fino Imposed and nothing more is said about it. "Why do you mako theso arrests?" nsked a OniTio reporter of Iuspcctor Hwiudolls of tho Detcctlvo ofllco. "Oh, wo want to keep our hand iu fcliould thoro bo a law passed by Con giess that can go Into effect. Wo know all tho places In town whero tlckots aro sold, and as long as thoy keen quiet thoy Bro generally undisturbed, but when thoy become too open we mako an arrest. Wo do this on tho samo principle that a man would strlko a snake with his cane if he put his head out of his holo In the ground. Ho hits tho snake, but ho docs not kill It, hut the snako will think twlco boforo ho comes out again. This is how wo keep tho agents down. Wo know what tho result of tho trial will be, but, as I said before, wo do it to keep our hand In." rOHTJjAND irsEi.ir AGAIN. Iluslncss Heine Gennratly Itoaumott In tho Flooded District. Poutlam), Onn., Feb. 8. Business is being resumed in tho flooded dis tricts, the water in tho Wllllamotto having fallen to something llko Ha nor mal singe. Tho damage in this city has been compaiattvcly light. Saw-mill owners have lost many logs, nnd much of their lumber has been carried away. The losses of merchants havo not been great. Tho Union Pacific, '.s snow-blockaded between here and tho dalles, connection being made by boat, but the Northern Pacific trains mo running all right. Johnson's wharf, on I.ast Portland's water fiont, collapsed, aud a few other minor losses nio reported. Johnson's loss will bo obout $10,000. The South crn Pacific Company loses largely by washouts. A number of bridges have been washed out in Cow Ctcck Canyon, nnd several miles of track cither washed away or covered by slides. A number of small bildges between hcio and Itoscburg were washed out and the track destroyed in many place. Tho principal loss at Salem was tho destruction of the wagon biidgc across the river. Two warehouses filled with grain weic carried nway at Indcpcndono causing n loss of several thousand dol lais. Tho west sldo division was much damaged. At other points along tbo Wlllnmotto a number of small warehouses linvo been washed away, with their contents. The first loss of life by the Hoods, so for as is known, occurred at Oregon City yesterday, when an unknown man was drowned. It is reported that two linemen of the Wcstein Union Telegraph Company were drowned at Oregon City yester day. The water Is receding rapidly. The heaviest losses by the flood ore W. W. Wilder, logs, $23,000; Smith Bros.' mill, $20,000; Pcncycr mill, $23,000 Morrison sticct bridge, $10,000; Oregon Company's Btouc biidge, $10,001); Ore gon City Woolen Mills, $10,000; Electric Light Company, f 10,000; J. F. Powers, $15,000; United Statc3 Gov ernment boat, $7,000; Southern Pacific Bailroad, $15,000; Oregon City Lum ber Company, $10,000. YOUTlirUI. ItUKGI.AKS, Three Indiana llojs Contois to Start line Crimes. L.roiiTr, Ikd., Fob. 8. Louis Jaqulth, John Emery and John Allison are a trio of youthful crooks now be hind the bais of the Laportc County jail. Jaquith is but 18 years old, Emery is but little older, and Allison is tho youngest of tho gang, being only 10 years of ago. Thoy arc in custody for burglary, and the ciimcs they arc charged with aic tho most daring over recorded in tho criminal annals of this State. All three boys aro the sons of influ ential parents. Thoy havo had every advantage that wealth could bring them, but they have chosen tho path of crime and will soon be wearing the stripes. This gang of youthful burg lars has successfully raided many prominent business nouses in jjaporic, St. Joseph, Llkkaitand Noble counties, and with the lcsult of obtaining plun der, tho value of which aggregated many thousands of dollars. They have canicd on this system of robbery for about two years, and until lccently eluded all ciforts of the olllcers to ap pichend them. Jaquith has made a sensational con fession, in which ho says that himself and two confederates arc guilty oT the crime of burglarizing n sloro at Lapas, a little town in Marshall County, over a year ago, and for which two" tramps wctc arrested on suspicion, and, de spite their earnest protestations of inno cenco, wero convicted of tho crimo and sentenced to two years at hard labor in tho penitentiary at Michigan City. This confession will, doubtless, result in the release of tho two convicts, who aio now doing faithful service for the State. The boys' parents, stranico to say, havo been in complete ignorance of their .sons' waywardness, and tho shock of their arrest is raoio than they can bear. Tho lads will be taken to Noble County to-monow for trial, tho evidence ngalnst tlmra theio being conclusive. The olllcers say that 'without doubt they arc the most youthful crooks In Indiana who have planned and canicd out such extensive stealings. CANADIAN NATIONALITY-. itcsolutlons Favoring It Adopted With Enthusiasm In Montreal, Montiiual, Que., Fob. 8. At the closo of a lecture hero last nlcht by Mr. Ulric Barthe, cditor-lu-chiof of L'Eleckur, the Mciclcr organ, 11. Lcmoux oiTcrcd the following resolu tions; Whereas tho Chamber of Doputlcs at Ottawu has adopted an address to bcr Majesty tho Queen avowing, among other tblngB, that It Is tho dcslro of tho Caundlau peoplo to perpetuate tho political bond which at present exists between this coun try and tho mother country, tie it llcmh erf, That It Is tho opinion ot tho Club National that tho said address to her Majesty tho Queen was Important under tho circumstances, nnd will have no other result than to alienate from us American sympathies at a moment when public opin ion calls loudly and economically for the establishment of closer commercial relations between tho United States and Canada. That while wo profess sincere admiration for the English constitutional Government we, tlio members ot tho club, desire, with all our hearts, tho establishment of an in dependent nationality In tho vast domains ot llritlsh North America free from all European attachments. Tho resolutions, which wcro adopted nmid cheers, caused big excitement among English residents of Montreal to whom their tenor became known. Thoy Want John's Millions, Wi:w CiiKSTiat, Feb. 8. Thcro aro a good many peoplo hero In this county of tho name of John, and nil of them aro now in bono that thev nvo the de scendants of Philip John, who died in Penbookcshlro, Wales, leaving nu cs tato valued at $80,000,000, which is said to bo begging for some kin of his to como forward and claim. Letters of inquiry nro flitting between the Johns hero and tho Johns of all the counties in this aud other States, nnd a meeting is to bo hhld somowhero soon, whero nnd when these interested "descend ants" will fix up their rotntlonshlp to Philip, tho deceased, and then will wait for their shaio of tho millions now awaiting distribution. livery Mother Should Havo a Copy of tho book, "Tho Caro and Fcodlne of In fants," Issued by tho proprietors of Mullln's Food tho nollber (ioodulo Co., 41 Central Wharf, Boston, Mass.; It contains advice ot tho greatest valuo nnd assistance to her In teedlug her child. Send for a copy; It will bo mailed ftco to any address, FOR TIIE WOMEN ONLY. invp rnn thp nrAiiTirm immatc ' LOVE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL INNATE . Crockery TalkWhat Itottsokennnrs Look for in Dishes Prom Crown Derby to Itoyal Worcester Lndlos With Artistic Instincts. Woo to the housekeeper who be comes n connoisseur in tho imple ments and nppuilcnnnccs ot clvlllrat life. Unless she is possessed of Alladin's lamp nnd can rub up her cut-glass and royal Woiccstcr genii sho might better have lived and died In the dull atmosphcro of plain enrlhenware. All women have an Innato lovo of the beautiful, and their Ideas of beauty ex pand nnd flower with nstonlslitng rapid ity when opportunities for cultivation picscnt themselves. A squaw having once hiMiilated In tho dccr-skln gowns painted with brilliant carmine and green llowcis embroidered In boads nnd decorated with porcupine quills nnd buITalo teeth, will novcr willingly co back to the plain, unfrlngcd nnd un lovely lough skin. A housekeeper who has onco fallen under tho baleful influences of u con noisseur, nnd has permitted hcisclf to bo dragged into friendly acquaintance with fine china, cut glass nnd seductive tablo linens, has laid up for herself ox travaganco and lcmoiso, or self-denial nnd suffering. Whllo it is true that certain lines ot tablo waio and china aic steadily de creasing in price, it is nlso truo that each year brings out new nnd bewilder ing novelties, and that quality of ware and beauty of dccoi niton Keep paco with incicaslng demnnds. Ono would think that tho moderate housckecpor would bo perfectly happy In tho pos session of n dinner-set costing but $15 or $10, for which our grandmothers would have paid three or four times that amount. Such a dinner-set of 113 pieces, beautiful Bnglish ware, deco latcd with various flowers or In con ventional designs, would seem to be sufllclcnt for the general uses of a well regulated family. But the full dinner set, with its array of plates, plattcis, suic uisucs anu cups anu saucers, is nothing but the basis of table acces sories. Every pioud and prudent housekeeper feels the absolute necessity of two sets of dishes, and every woman of taste who Is not absolutely barred by poveity will possess hcisclf of tho extra service. While she willingly sees John and tho children dining from plain and un ostentatious dishes, it grinds her spirit to scat her guests around a $10 plain, English service. Onco crossing the barrier of the "plain and serviceable." crockery seems to take every range of piice, quality and decoration. A finer service of English porcelain, decorated in clear bluo and gold, consisting of 125 pieces, may be had for $38 or $40. Whllo tho Tren ton , flecked with bl uo daisies and banded with gold, is a few dollars cheaper. If ono is inclined to a littlo greater cxtiavagancc, the exquisite bluo and gold of the English Mison, copied from tbo old Gcrmnn, and costing $50 a service, may be quite tho thing. - Plain white Fiench china and the famous Canton blue Is not what ono might teim fashionable, -but the dealers say that a steady trade of this ware is kept up by the persons who must match old sets, nnd the fact that broken dishes may bo replaced at small cost will sus tain tho trado in plain white china nud tho quaint willow pattern with its ro mantic history. Theto arc some fastidious ladles, however, who will continuo to insist upon special designs, both in shape and dccoiation, and ifouc has tho money It gives much satisfaction to know that only a limited number of people will enjoy a particular service. One such seivfco of the Ilaviland ware, white with holders of brilliant colors and gold outlinings, was especially attrac tive. Vienna china, with its high colored or bluo and gold decorations, Is especially pictty when used sparingly for ono courso of the dinner or brought out only In the after-dinner coffees. xncio aic some especially beautiful and unique plate pattcrnsand extra dishes of vaiious quality which aio larcly needed, except as odd pieces or to servo one course. The Chineso medal lion is of this character, and tho pro fuse dccoiation of Chinese coloring and design would make a single course of soup, game or oyster plates very pretty, when an entire service would bo rather tiresome. An exceedingly pretty coursc-plntc, in gold, led and blue, is o"f Crown Derby, and $153 or $10 a dozen Is not much If ono has the cash. However, it is but a step from Crown Derby to Itoyal Worcester, and the woman whoso soul onco goes out after this waio Is a creatine given over to an unquenchable thiist. Itoyal Worcester, llko olives, Is a cul tivated taste, and the dull, creamy background, tho oxqulslto coloring of tho flowers, and the profuse and dcll cato gold outlining grow upon ono as tho appclile for drink. Let tho woman of icstrlctcd purse and artistic instincts refrain from reaching out for temptation. Let her pass bv on tho other side from whero tho Mlnton plates are glowing like flower-beds. A dcllcato white trans patent china plate, on which Is care lessly flung either a full-blown damask, wmtc, or yellow roso, wulcli, with a graceful bud or two, stands out In fino relief against a background of solid gold leaves. Theso lc'avcs aro gold not gilt mado from tho melted coin and laid on by the decorator with a slow and skillful hand. To smear these works of ait with meats, or any sort of food, would be little short of desecration, and so tho thrifty woman, who pays from $00 to $80 for a dozen such plates, must pro servo their beauty to her guests by presenting them as a finger-bowl plate. Tho flngcr-bowl should, of course, bo cut-class, and, in order to harmonl.c, should not bo less per doon than tho plates. A new design In English fruit plates Is vciy pretty. A china plato with festooned edges shows a whito ground over which i3 irregularly scattered tiny pink loses and tinier pink buds. Not quite so oxpenslvo yet nearly as beautiful as the Mlnton plates aro those of Eiigllsh-Copclnnd waro, in which tho deep purpling bluos aro brought out by borders of gold which nro laid over tho raised designs cut into the body of tho plate. Itoyal Dresden, with its magnificent blue, white and gold, or nearly whlto and gold decorations, has fow rivals in tho dinl.ng-ioom, and a woman who can secure bits of this glory for her sldo- boaid is a foitunato crcaturo, But It Is not altogether tho necessary and conventional dinner sorvico.wlth Its unlimited possibilities by way of va ilcty, that absorbs or satisfies tho am bitious hostess. What woman of tasto but ycains for an old-English breakfast servico, dccoiated with rich red storks that stand in gray-greon pools bordered with high led and bluo grasses. Theso are called silver sorvlces, for thoy aro of a limited number of nieces, Intended to bo supplemented by tho family silver. Individual berry sets of Copolsuid China, dear llltlo falry-llko trays with n single dish, a liny pitcher for cream anil wco bowl tor suear, is bucii u iich- clous bit to set beforo ono's guest, or propclly applied to send as a surprise would not bo bad If it wcro served in a steamboat cup, but presented In the heart of n wattr-llly, lcsllog on leaves of gold, It becomes fit for the gods. Quito like, but even dalutlcr, is the snowball cup for tho same pin pose, n delicate bowl of whllo shading to fnlnl pink n hnlf ball which Is attached to its saucer of gold leaves. There are dishes and dishes, aud even it one is too poor to buy, them is both knowlcdgoand plqasuio to bo derived In a half-hour stop on the Avcnuo and by tho courtesy of the merchants and their obliging salesmen look over their hnudsoiuo waics. TjiiKosoriiY's mon i'itn:sr. Dr. Klllot Cones' Comments on Clor O men ltoacnieil. Dr. Elliot Coucs of this city is the acknowledged resident nposllo of Gnostic Thcosophy. He Is tho leader of quite a following of peoplo who knock down the beautiful structure in which the nvcrago churchmen house their Chi Istlan beliefs and go wander lug Into the mysterious realms or occult silence, scnrchlng for now things. As theso searchers after occult mat tcrlallatlon float airily through tlio boundless empyrean of scientific theory, they look back pityingly upon tho fol lowers of orthodox creeds who aic con tcntto plod hopefully along In the Nnza rcno faith. Onco iu u whllo the occult scientists even descend to taking n go at the plodders, with tho keen lance oT con temptuous criticism. For some time Dr. Elliot Coucs, ns apostlo In chief of tho Gnostic Thcosophists, hns not had a tilt at the oithodox people, but a few days ago he threw down the gauntlet ns a chnlleugo". Iu an interview in a local pnper last Sunday houcd theso words: 'Many of them would gladly investi gate somo of these bo called delusions of occult science, if they dared brave the bonds of their church creed." He referred to orthodox mlnlstcts of tho gospel who, tho doctor declares, nro thlisting for, but havo not the cour ago to seek, raoio information concern ing tho unknowable. "You would bo surprised," continued the doctor, "could you see my coircspondcnco for a week and the letters of inquiry from people who aio seeking some belter sat isfaction than they havo found in for mal worship and In tho soul-cramping, mnu-madc creeds of Inspired and big oted men." This keen taunt, amountincr to a U HH II1.MI1U a llUllli Js...uu . ....w.a charge of mental cowardice, is the gauntlet which the apostlo of Thcoso phy throw down as a challenge to the oithodox people. The article was shown to Rev. Dr. McKim. IIo is tho lector of Epiphany Episcopal Church in this city, a churchman of raro attainments and national reputation. Dr. McKim icad tho statcmont through. Then ho leaned back in his study chair and laughed softly to himsolt. " 'If they dared brave the bonds of their church creeds,' " he jepeatcd, musingly. Then ho said: "Wo do not risk 'braving tho bonds of church creeds' when we In vestigate anything. The motto of the orthodox Church is, Seek the Truth come whence it may, cost what it will. I feel ccitaln of truthfully speaking when I say there is no fear upon tho part of tho clergy to invesligato the thcoitcs mentioned In this article; if they do not talk about those theories, it is from a lack of Interest in them, boin of the barrenness of tho subject, which offers nothing satisfying' to the (Jluisllau mind, nothing to lilt the crav ing want which th'e mind feels and which only tho Christian faith can meet. "Tho article speaks of 'Man made creeds of bigoted men.' Tho ciecd of tho Episcopal Church, accepted by neaily all tho Protestant churches and the Itoman Catholics and the Greek Church, Is the Apostles' Creed. Surely the remark cannot apply to this creed. "Tho Thcosophists cannot truthfully charge cowardlco in Christians not in vestigating their theory; but any theory for a churchman to investigate must piomiso something better than his own faith, which Theosophy does not." Dr. Elliott of Foundry Church icad Professor Coucs' statomout that the clergy was backward in coining forwaul upon this question. Then ho smiled a sarcastic smtlo and said: "It would be lather an unequal fight for the clergy to enter into a contiovcisy with Pro fessor Coucs. IIo would havo a most unfair advantage. IIo can project his astial belug to any dcslied place, aud be In two places at once by this trans portation of his astral body. IIo can rcceivo letters without their coming through the mall. You can see how he would thus bo able to- steal mauy a march upon in, "I don't know whether this Professor Coucs is tiio one with whom to carry on n controversy about occult science, any how. It scenw to mo that Madame Blavatsky is the true piophct of the thcosophy which tho professor espouses and that ho is a dissenter from the creed. I think if I had any sober yearn ings to study tho matter I would "apply to the madamo for points. This is not the ago, however, for credulity and superstition in theological matters, and tho miracles which tho occult scientists allege to bo obtainable aro not satisfy ing to tho healthy mlud. We want loss fable and moro practicality, in icugton, anvhow." llcv. Dr. Domcr of St. Paul's Eng lish Lutheran Church resontcd Profes sor Coucs' assertion that tho clergy was afraid to study tho problems of occult thcosophy. " Wo bellovo in finding truths wheievcrthoy can bo found," snld tho Doctor. "Wo should never bo afraid of tho truth. There arc no limitations put upon the clergy in searching for tho truth. Thoy aro not bound to or thodoxy, as Professor Coues alleccs. Tho truo orthodoxy Is to know the truth and to think In harmony with the truth. I would like to sco Prolcssor Coucs como out In the public prints and stato his theories, maintaining as best ho may, and I am suro ho would not find tho clergy slow to meet him." A Cure or No I'ny Is what tho proprietors of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery guarantco to those who use that wonderful medlcluo for any blood taint or humors, eruptions, pim ples, blotches, scrofulous sores orswclllngs. Mouoy returned If It don't bouertt or cure. Tlio l'ollticlnu. I pray that In ono year mora I may find somo way ot escaping from this unblest custouvhouso, for it Is a very grievous thraldom. I do detest nil offices all, at least, that arc held ou a political tenuro, aud I want nothing to do with politicians. 1 heir hearts wither away aud die out ot their bodies. Their couscloncos are turned to India rubber, or to some substance as black as that aud which will stretch as much. Ono thlug, It uo moro, I havo gained by my custom-houso oxpcrlenco to know a politician. It Is a knowledge which no piovlous thought or powor of sympathy could havo taught me, because tho animal, or tho machine, rathor, Is not In nature. iu thortie, t "Always hulp a lamo dog over a stile;" aud always treat your catarrh or lultuenza with Old Saul's Catarrh Cure, tlio mildest aud safest catarrh remedy ever Introduced. Price 25 cents, WIT OF CLARA BELLE. NEW YORK FEMININITY TRUTH FULLY DEPICTED BY HER. Clmrlt.v and Vrlrnllly do Hand In llnnil, and Humor Is IMcnty In Sirollilnm riomo Now Anccitnlos or 1 lllli Avonno. VIlKYgradonf fortune in New York, from the best to tho worst, Is lit evidence in Fifth nfctiuo closo to Fif tieth street. Tho Vnndorbll t mnnslons occu py one block, nnd surely that is an architect ural exhibit of opulence. The vyopposito front- nsylum, and this constitutes a monument of indigence. All mound nro the housings of the intermediate human " ace is nn orphan conditions. What must be the dlvctso sentiments cngcndeicd by theso contncls nnd con trasts of llchncssaud poverty! In the midst of tho mixture stands St. Pat rick's Cathedral, the bolls of which aro liked and disliked by the peoplo of tho ncighboihood. Of theso I can tell a singular, true anecdote. A pretty gill of upper Fifth avenue was a source of woiry to her friends up to a month or so ago. She did not apparently have any conception of the discretion that n young woman in New York society must"cxcrciso to avoid being gossiped about, and the manner In which she ex posed herself to public suspicion was startling in tho extreme. Out of her gencial and varied carelessness of con duct, her cultivation of a young mar ried gentleman's society was the prln clpalsourccof worry to all her friends, iir.u MOTitr.n's constkukation. She struck consternation to the heart of her mother when sho boldly in formed her Hint rcmonslranco was use less, as sho loved this married man und should walk with him as often as sho liked. Now, It happens that this un wiso child resides in tho immediate vi cinity of the Catholic Cathedral on Fifth avenue, in fact so very near to it that tho choir nnd organ music is dis tinctly audible to her as she sits in her cosy boudoir. The music In St. Pat rick's Is undoubtedly tho best that can bo heard In New York, nnd It has ex erted a purifying influence over moro than ono person who has no sympathy for tho church that provides it. It was one day about a. month ngo that tho foolish young girl who had so painfully defied nil parental advice fell on the neck of a friend and wept wlftlo sho told of a sudden and strange change of hcait. "I no longer care for that man, and I intend to be everything my mother wishes from this time on," said she. She was nsked for an explanation of her reformation, and she gave it. Tho sacicd music fiom the beautiful church over tho way had filled her soul with noble aspiiations. whimsic wxvc or wn.vi.Tir. A cuiicnt whimsicality of wealth is tho gifts of money to Joy Gould's chil dren by the multiple millionaire's mother-in-law, who, on dying, has left a will devising $3,000 apiece to each of her giandchildrcn. Of course, only an expression of love was meant, yet it seems lidlculous on the face of it. However, I learn that the recipient will Uovote tho money to cuaiity, probably to the endowment of beds in hospitals. That is a charming tnsnton Willi somo of our fashionable and wealthy women. Tho income from a donation of $'3,000 suffices to support ono bed, and the donor may, if sho chooses, designate an occupant. Thus she may, upon learn ing of some poison poor and ill, place tho sufferer comfortably in a hospital. Tho young Gould ladies intend to use their special inheritances in that way. lIKATIXa DOWK A TltADKSSIAN. It is difficult to conccivo of a woman whoso means are practically limitless beating down a tradesman; and yet I know of nn instance where ono of tho women In a certain family disputed tho price of a dress Hint a costumer was making for her to wear to a fancy costume ball. Tho point In dis pute was a matter of five dollnrs relating to somo detail of tho costume. The costumer explained that it was Impossi for him to deduct this amount from tho bill, and would picfer not making tho dress to doing so. "But In my case I should think you would be especially icasouablo," said tho woman. Tho. costumer looked at her in as tonishment. Of all womcu In Now York he considered that this one might afford to pay what sho was asked for an aitlclc. "I don't think I quite understand you," he responded to her remark. "Why should I make cheap terms for you, my dear madamo ? " "Bccaii'-o," replied the lady, "when it becomes known that 1 am having my costumo mado hero many of toy friends will come to you." Tho costumer could not sco the ques tion in this light, and tho discussion ended by the lady deciding to take her work elsewhere. In tho meantime her two children wcro having a little trouble together in another pait of tho loom. "What's tho matter, dear?" asked the mother of one who was ciying bit terly. "Sho stole my five-cent piece," sob bed the littlo girl, indicating her sis ter. Tho mother secured pcaco by restor ing tho money to its rightful owuor, and promising tho other a similar amount if sho would bo very good un til thoy got homo. As the family went out to its elegantly-appointed carriage, tho costumer said: "Well, I guess that I'm glad I'm poor." That woman was neither a Gould nor an Astor, as I ought to explain, becauso of tho preceding pnracraph about tho former mid this ensuing ono about tho latter. Tho Astor matrons havo sur pilscd Now York by setting up a man in the restaurant business In opposition to Dclmonicol For yenrs all tho in tensely modtsto balls, If too largo for a prlvato residence have been given in tlio Dclmonlco establishment; but since tho commencement of 181)0 tho Astors havo hold throo "at Sherry's." It is not long ago that Louis Sherry was a waiter, nt $10 a month and tfp3. He next opened a, bit of n bakery. Astor children chanced to liko somo of his dainties, then tho old folks tiled them, and out of that good luck ho built up a thriving trade. Now ho has opened a scparato big houso In Fifth avcnuo, not for casual trnfllo at all, but sacred to special assemblages. It Is thought that Astor monoy enabled him to do it. WHAT STVllTKI) SlIKllltV. Anyhow, tho premises aro Astor real cstato, and prospcilty is assured by Astor patronngo. Mrs. William Astor gave the first ball and supper "at Sher ry's," which indorsement is of moro actual valuo to Sherry than would bo tho name of an Astor at tho bottom ot a noto for a quarter of a million. Tho ilock follows whoievcr tho leader goes. But how must Dclmonlco feel? Tho samo day that an account was published of the charitable work hero ;1 '-A.ftl l"KiVf-ro5l Hyffl AK4 O'XXX In New Yoik of that retired vojaltst and still hnndsoino woman, Anna Loulso t'ary. I met on tho street n con temporary of hers, a singer who was nt ono time tho most discussed ot any In the country, nnd who was looked to by somo critics as the nrllst who was to mako America Incxtlngulshnbly pre eminent In the realm of operatic art. If tho women nowdas'llng tho public by their accomplishments could have seen this old-time favoilto and rcallo how utterly she Is out of sight and sound of poiiulnr interest, they would bo slruck wllh tho frailly and shallow ness of theatrical success, nnd perhaps work with somo higher motive than tho one of reigning tilumphaut ovor tho hemts of a contracted lot of aniusa-mcnt-scokcis. The woman on the street was stout, faded nnd gray-haired. Sho passed along without attracting a glance of In terest from anybody, and I am sine that If nn Inquiry had been made ns to who sho was no reply could bo got In the neighborhood. Vet tills was Clara Louise Kellogg, ot ono time far more nencinlly known than any Blngcr bo foro thc'publlc nt this moment. Sho was the best advertised nnd most ex haustively criticised flguic of her tlnio and piofcssion, nnd I have no doubt wns envied by every Impressionable girl who ever saw or hcaid or her. But her volco nnd bcr pretty face died away, and wllh them went fame. Now tho fonncr qucin of tho lyric slago walks about unobserved, only n cnsunl old timer recalling the victories that sho onccgnlnid. tub n:iVT.r. nonK. A businesswoman, whose face isabout ns well known as any in town, but who always sccks to nvoui public recogni tionwas bnugly ensconced behind her evening paper nnd quietly perusing it. Suddenly there entered the female boic, who 6pccdllyiccogni.ed the other and decided to let the passengers know it without further delay. Sho sprawled over two or three Intervening suflcicrs nnd began observations. "Oh, how do you do, Mrs. A?" she asked in n high-pitched voice. "I want to congratulate you on winning your lawsuit." "Thank you," said the other quietly. "Is your health better, Mrs. A.?" "Yes, thank you." "Not so stout as you used to be, Mrs. A.?" By this time every man, woman and child in that part of the car knew who Mrs. A. was, and the lady was pointed out, whlspeicd about and rendered gen cially uncomfortable, whllo the Bote smlikcd and beamed with a superior smile upon her neighbors. W1IE11E FUN WAS TUllIOUH. There is fast and furious fun in a cir cle of this town distantly related to tho Four Hundred. A racy description of a sceno In a handsome' broker's house has floated out. The man and his pictty wife had a few choico friends at dinner. An unusual amount of cocktails, Bur gundy and Cliquot, having been ab sorbed, the diners wcro In an exhilaia ted and hilarious condition. Just as they came trooping into the hallway on their way up from dinner, a package was delivered at tho door bearing the stamp of a well known gentlemen's fur-nlshlng-housc. Ono of the dames In stantly tore the parcel open and out rolled some elegant silk underwear. Catching up a pair of lhc unmentiona bles this audacious female ciied: "Who dates mo to put them on?" Four flushed men instnntly responded. There was a swish of skirts, and down into tho silken leg furnishings went two Hitlc feet, while shrieks and shouts of laughter echoed through the house. The deponent fuithcr states that the exploit was so dexterous that no ical immodesty was involved. Yet folks will talk. NEW YOIlK's I.ITEllAltV S VI.OXS. New York's attempt at the "literary salon" arc at limes indescribably funny. At these assemblies, it is supposed, aio gathcicd the best brains of the town. In reality they aio generally a collec tion of ficaks; that is, thlid or fouith ralo cclcbiltics or nobodies, who resolve themselves into a mutual admiration society, or form a fawninc ciicle about their hostess. Somebody who Is always going to mako a great success, sings a sons at which everyonosays, "How ex quisite!'' Somebody, who in tho next century will lival Booth, recites some thing oppressively gloomy, at which everyone says, "How tremendous!" Somebody endeavors to be comical, and is only silly, at which everyone cries, "How clever!" Somebody who is wofully ugly, of uncertain ycais and in Grecian din pcrics, lets down her back hair and pioccedsto howl, yell, groan and hiss at which everyone draws a long breath and says: "How strong, how Intense, how dramatic!" Then dry sandwiches and feeble punch aro served, and peoplo think they aro seeing lifo In Bohemia. In ono of these gatherings no critical witness could fall to muse upon tho flights of women and tho stupidities of men that wero theie. Tho only pretty creatures in thcioom shiutik into the shadow of a cut tain, while tho a;sthetl-cally-robed, wrinkled old girls posed nnd smirked under tho chandeliers. Talk of posing! When a woman who will novcr sco 88 again kneels upon the floor nnd sprawls upon tho lap of somo feminine intimate, and gets an Intense look upon her rouged face, I feel as if I wanted to co out of there. Claiiv Belli:. WANTS TO JOIN Till: AltBIY. Orleans Explains Why Ho Itoturned to l'arls. Paws, Feb. 8. Tho Duke or Or leans, who was arrested ycstciday upon his arrival in this city on suspicion of being engaged in a royalist plot to over throw the Government and also for violating the law banishing his father, tho Count of Pails, and himself from Franco as enemies of tho republic, occu pied comfortable apartments at the rosl denco of tho Duchess Do Cluutrcs. Tho Princess Marguerito and other friends will bo permitted to visit the Duke. M. Constans, tho Minister of tho Intcilor, has ordered that he be treated with dis tinction. Tho monmchist Deputies havo de cided to Interpolate tho government as to Its reasons for imprisoning the Prince. Tho ltepulU'ijuc Francaisc, tho gov ernment organ, makes no comment upon the arrest, but merely quotes tho expulsion law, which provides a penally of from two to flvoycars' Impilsonment for Its violation. I.c i',((and tho Jour nal les Jjcbali both ndvocato that tho Duke bo reconducted to tho frontier. Tho Cabinet to-day decided to onforco tho law in tho caso of tho Duko, and ho was arraigned this mornlug, charged with violating tho law oxprcssly passed by tho government banishing both him solt nnd lather as enemies oi mo re public. Tho Duko said that ho returned to Franco merely for tho purposo of peiforming tho military duties im posed by tho laws of France on all youths upon attaining tho ngo of SI years. Ho requested that tho hcailng bo adjourned in order to allow him tlmo to plnco his caso in the hands of counsdl. The request was grnntcd, and an adjournment taken until Wcdnesday noxt, 'S0, 40 or fight.1'" Sco "War" Robert son's advertisement lu this paper. FASHION IN GARMENTS. WINTRY AND OTHER ASPECTS FOR THE LADIES TO TALK ABOUT. I'olirtinry Costume1 Are Variable Ouliifr to the Mildness or the .Sou MiiiVVIilms In Fashionable Ap parel. OLD weather litis well utgh forgotten Itself In tho E'islcru nnd Southern cities, but even thcro it few touches of low tem perature havo lately reminded peoplo that winter is more than two months old, while throughout the North west tho first two months of tho year have been moro seasonable. Mnny of the women who meant to do without winter wraps see thcerior of their ways; nnd the limit of Iho cloak-dcalcr ie jolcts ns ho says blandly: "Not thU week, madninc, wo ically cannot do It for the next fortnight, ivo are so crowded with woik." Under the cliciimstanccs tho nvciage woman has to set her wits to work to devise nn outer gnimenl which shall have all the "air" of a made-lo older, undupllcntcd, stylish and altogether soul-satlsfylug wrap. Now, If tho woman has an efficient ally in her dress maker, she can get a valuable hint from the nccompanying picture. It will fui- nlsh just the golden mean between the heavy sealskin nnd tho light cape In fact, It is just what is wanted in our picscnt climate. It should be made of some plain, fino cloth, prcfernbly lu ono of the ilghtcr shades of brown. Tho model shown is in one of tho soft, Indescribable tints known as ashes-of-roses, nnd is heavily braided across the fiont to the very top of tho collar, in silk braid, just cnuugh darker lu color to make a pleasant contrast. Every low of braid on the fiont, us well as on tho long cuffs, has its small button covered to match. Tho sleeves nie lull fiom shoulder to elbow, whero they cud with a rather narrow band of ostilch trimming, liko that which out lines tho wide-braided front. A DISVl'rOINTEl) (lillL, Ono of the most disappointed of uhls must have been tho stylish maiden who saw a few snowllakcs in New lork gradually melt away under nn August sun. And why? ifust look at the skating di ess which sho has been preparing for herself. If you can imagine a pictty gin dollied in a gown of dark but glowing scarlet, with skill and sailor blouse, and sleeves so full ns to furnish sufllclcnt waimth without any jacket, and with just a suspicion oi black velvet at the wrists and around the edgo of her red cap, you can imagine why tho owner of that costume feels that her health demands a colder climate. Her long boa and muff conic in vciy hnndily for flnlshine touches, aud no ono will deny that she has rea son to look pensive. I have sketched her as an interesting exhibit of a win try toilet. COSTUME AI.11U.MS. Somo of the women who have money left over In plenty after buying the cost liest finely aic making costume albums. A book of this kind was picked up by n visitor to New York in tho drawing loom ol a younc matron well known in society. On tho fiist pnuo was n full length phologtaph of Mrs. Blank In her biidnl lobes, apparently fresh from the nltar, while on the opposite page was an attistic arrangement of the ma terials that had composed the bridal toilet, satin and laces, with even stray orange blossoms deftly painted here anil there. The next page represented her in a well-fitting, tailor-mndo suit, ap parently just on the point of stnrtine: on herhonoymoon, while the opposite page ngaiu supplied evidence as to the colois and mateiials, which the pho tograph could not give. The lest of the book was nnanged on n similar plan, the left-hand pages being lescivcd for a photograph of gown and wearer, whllctho light contained speci mens of the mateiials and trimmings. Considerable ingenuity nnd tasto wcro displayed in tho exhibits of tho latter, each page being adorned with some ap propriate emblem, cither embroidered or painted, and cairylng the date when the costume flist appeared in public. Aside from the fnncllulucssof the idea, it really gave a most entertaining chapter from Mis. Blank's social his toiy. To the owner it would of course piovc n book of memories, recalling to her many otherwise foigotten events in her life. A scries of photographs, taken at different times of any onopcison, never fails to be instructive. If you do not believe it, gentle reader, just collect all the works of ait fondly supposed to poi tray yourself fiom your earliest in fancy up to tho present day, and you fa will no longer doubt my words. You may marvel at tho fashions In dress of your earliest period, but you will per haps find moro edifying changes in the wearer. All your littlo idiosyncracles will como out in some picturo or other, and you will nrlso from the studv of this portrait gallery with some entirely new Ideas of yourself. Collectively, tho photographs produce an elTcct which Individually thoy never could have. Tll.VCINO A l'EXNY. Do you carry a satchol when you go shopping ? Wondci ful how hard it is to tincoti penny nmoug nil the stuff in tho bag' besides, you never know If there ically is a penny theio or cot. To bo suro, you always drop your small chango In It, but now that the clasp of tho bog has taken to bursting open you can't bo sure you don't lose a good deal. When you hold tho bag on end and shako It you hear somethtug rattle, but you know that packago of steel buttons enmo looso in tho bag last week. aud you aro nlways thluklng tho but tons aro nickels. Of couise. you enn't seo you just have to drag out whatever you get hold of. If you could only keep from getting the bag so jammed mm J7 i J-r r full, or induce lhc clasp to stay closed! It Is so embarrassing to go nlong spill ing pictures nnd pennies nnd letters out of n gaping bag. Besides, It Is so dnngcious! Of couiso you never mcrtnt to carry your pocketbook In the bag It Is so unsafe but somehow yoti have gotlcti Into Iho habit of just (hopping It lu, and every shopping dny of your life you cxptct lhc bag lo open nnd spill out all jour wealth as well ns your new iniise. It would bo so easy, too, for anyone to open the bag without your knowing It, and tako what they want. To bo sine you tiy to keep a clutch on the clasp all tho time, but concentiate your mind as you may, you will keep forgetting, nnd It drives you Into n nervous chill whenever you recollect yourself. Hero is n shopping incident "What sort of n woman Is she ? Well, I'll tell you. iShe is the kind of woman that always gets n scat lu n street car." I heard a'woman say that lu describing another. When pressed for nn expla nation she went on to say: "Why, don't you know that the woman wuo gO(S Into a car, selects somo man, anil coolly and deliberately stares at him for a few seconds, nlwnys gels a seal if You see, her victim can't stand it. First, he gets nervous, and tiics to look unconcerned and preoccupied. Then he fidgets and shuttles about. Finally he weakens, nnd, with n faint, 'Tako my sent, nindani,' abdicates in her favor. I would scorn to do such n thing," concluded the speaker. "I am a working woman, but I icall7c that men sometimes arc tired. I don't stare at any unfortunate, and I scarcely ever get a seat In a crowded train." LATEST TIIINO IN 8TOCKINOH. The latest nice thing in stockings? Hey! A girl's foot, of course. But I mean thelatest fad, which Is to have stockings of contiastlng colors. For example, a pale new silk on your right s$lh foot nnd a ten a colta on your left. Snakes and other reptiles of creepy in clination nro now embroidered on hosiery. A seipcnt that is ambitious, or a liard whose motto is evcelsior, nro popular adornment's of my lady's stock ings. Then great caie must be taken to show this collection of creeping things lo modest eyes. Theio will undoubt edly ensue that old. old excuse: "It was the seipent tempted mo." At a paity a foot was repeatedly extended for inspection. Much, much may bo pardoned a pretty foot, daintily shod, but this pedal extremity of n well kuown nuthoiess was clad In a blight pink silk stocking, which tended to make her plump foot look of generous breadth. When will women learn that black is the only suitablo covering for fctt that aic not faiiy-llko lu sie? These are unmistakably tho pilmv daj s of the feminine people with good. figures. The latest utterances of thou in authority say that dresses must lie plainer ami stialchter than ever tailor made of the tailor made, without a drape or a wrinklo anywhere. Bven the sleeves In these dresses arc straight and plain, though inthcr high upon tho shouldeis. As n icsult, these plain coitumcs show an inclination toward figured or striped materials, or even checks, and townul combinations. The cngrav ing shows a happy compromise between extremes. The main part of the gown is of plain navy blue camel's hair serge and Is combined with .striped goods in blue, gold and brown, which serves for the ln"pels of the co.U-basmio and for the cutis nnd the bands which finish off the skirt. Without the dcml train It makes an admhablc street cos tume. Stw.rs, New York, February 6. VlRor mill Vltnllty Are quickly given to cveiv part of tbo body by Hood's Sarsaparllla. That tired feeling Is entirely overcome. Tbo blood is puri fied, enriched and vitalized and carrier health Instead of dlscaws to every orcan. The stomach Is toned uuil strengthened, the nppetlto restored. Iho Milncvs and liver nreroufceaauu invigorated, mo Drain is refreshed, the mind made clear and ready forworn. Try it. Hotel Guests i:cupo In Hurry. Manmteld, Ohio, Feb. 8. At tlvo o'clock this morning fiio started in tbo laundry of the St. James Hotel and gutted the rear poition of the building. The guests, about sixty In number, escaped without injury, although scv cial persons wcio carried fiom tho building unconscious, having been suffocated by smoko. Thcro was it change of proprietors of tho hotel last Weduesday, Shaiplcss 13. Bird succeed im: J. B. Fran. Tho loss Is estimated ut &10.000, fully insured. Catarrh Cured. A clergyman, after years ot sulTcilns fiom that loathsomo dleeasc, Catarrli, aud vainly trj Ing every known rimcdy, at last found a prescription which completely cured and saved him from death. Any suf ferer from this dreadful dUeaso sending a self addressed stamped euvelopo to l'io ft'ssorJ, A I.awrenco, 83 Wan ou street, New York, will receive the retlpo free ot charge -' J tr$zZ-