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I r % I i I /V Ij7i v the I'u t Olllee at Wlltul« Kton, Del., »a secoml-elass matter. /r77 ' PRICETWOCENT8. WILMINCiXOlSr, DEL., OCTOBER 18, 1888. VOL. 1-NO. 1. LODGE ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE—The members of Industry Lodge, No. 2, A.O.r.W.,**re hereby notified that an election will be bold on Tuesday night, Oct. 10, 1880.10 the ledge rooms All are requested to ba present. By order M. W. E II. Coek. Recoider. INDUSTRY LODDE. No. 2, A. O. U. \V.. •ry Thesdav night, at 405 Shipley street, jttdgar H. Cook, Recorder. WELCOME LEGION, No. 1,Select Knights, A. O. U. W., meets on arernate Friday nights at 408 Jsblpley street, W. A. Reynolds, Recorder. BLUE ROCK COUNCIL. No. 38, U. S. B. F., meets on alternate Monday night» at 408 Shipley Street, L. B. .lone?, See. WILMINGTON LODGE, No. J, A. O. U. W., meets even* Thursday night at 408 Shipley street, G. B. Underwood, Reeorder. Official.—T his Is to give notice that the time 1 Lodge Convocation In d as Of ober 23, meet* for hold lux the G Jersey Citv, heretofore* anno» lias been changed to < »ctober 16th inst. The Con vocation will be hehl in the hall of Alpha Lodge, No. 7. On the 15th of October, the day proceeding the Jersev Citv Convocation, there will be a Convo cation In Camden, N. J., at the bailor Provident Lodge, No. 4, corner Third and Market The P. M. \V. and those eligible * Grand Lodge degree are no (fled or both of the above named Convocations, at 7 o'clock p. in. Attest. A. F. Col UK < is. ive the to attend either W. A REYNOLDS, C*. M. 5V. d Recorder. , G No Sect. If nothing appears iu these columns con corning any order In the city oi which we have no Information, it will not he our fault. We ehall try to treat all alike, but il we know nothing of the order, we cannot very well eay much about it. Being here for the purpose oi doing the greatest amount of good we can, we wish to act with all orders having tho same object iu view and earnestly hope that the lodges will give us their hearty support in our work so far as our merit de serves it. Let It be distinctly understood, then, that our columus are open for the dissemination of those principles which lie at the foundation of every order whose ob ject is the greatest good for humanity.__ Attention Is called to the Lodge adver tisements and notices which appear at the head of this column. We intend to devote the most of this space to that, kind of matter in order to tiring the Lodge work very readily to the attention of the reader. It Is hop'd that this feature of the paper will r ie e the secretaries of much trouble In fending out notices. common The funeral of J. Maxwell Ocheltree aud his wife Mrs. Saille E. Ocheltree took place Tbursday afternoon from the West Presby terian Church, aud was attended by a large not number of relatives and friends. The uu- mit usual circumstances of the burial of husband If and wife in one grave excited the sympathy | its oftlie whole community and drew together rot a largeassemhly of people both at the church and in the Wilmington aud Brandywine Cemetery where the interment took place. The death of Mrs. Ocheltree occurred on Monday aud that of Mr. Ocheltree on Tues day, both having been invalids for several years. The pastor Rev. A. N. Keigwin con ducted the funeral services using the words of David 2, Pel am 1. 23, as a text, "They •were lovely aud pleasant In their lives and Iu their death they were not divided." The i)«arer8 were : Messrs. James Morrow, Charles Baird, John Crozier, William M. iPyle, Adam J. Bchrack and Mr. Garret for Mr. *Ocbeltree. aud for his wife Messrs. James Crooks J. S. Baird, Marris D. Cros sen, John P. McLcar, John P. Belville, and Joseph E. Miller, an escort also attended the fuueral from Smyth Post No. 1, G. A. 'R., together with a number of the veterans of the war, among whom were Captain Benjamin Neilds and others of the 1st Delaware Battery of which Mr. Ocheltree was a member, besides Postmaster Pyle, Postmaster Swiggett, Messrs. Culbert aud Randolph aud others of his old associates in the post-office. J. Maxwell Ocheltree was born in New Castle county iu 1842 and was earliest childhood remarkable for the OBITUARY. It in to from - . Sincerity and goodness which was so notable in his later life. He was warm hearted, faithful and upright in his character, and ■very greatly beloved by all who were associ ated with him. In October 1S62 he re sponded to the call of his country and en listed in the 1st Delaware Battery and after serving three years, and being mustered out, re-enlisted and during the whole of this service proyed a faithful courageous soldier, Bharlug cheerfully in all the hard ships, exposures aud dangers of the trying life and no doubt planting tho seeds of disease which terminated his life so e.arjy. In very early life he made a profession of religion, uniting with the Presbytenan church of St. George's, and during ilia whole after life he tvas a consistent and faithful follower of Chrtet. Wherever he was in the army or in civil life Im was recog nized as such, and was a leader in every good work. His tent was the place of praver to the Christian men of bi6 company, and'he never in any respect devalted from a consistent life. On March 20, 1808, he married Saille B., daughter of John and Mary Moore, and ids wife proved a true companion for him,although lor 14 years an invalid her gentleness and amiability re mained, 60 that their married life was ope of gréât pleasure. Mr. Ocheltree served ds ,register clerk in the post office for about six •years and was an affable and efficient officer. Yn May 1881 fcß was elected on account of his eminent qualifications both of hea t aid heart to the office uf ruling elder in the West Presbyterian Church of this city, and aitboiigh In falling health hat) filled the re cponslblr office with great credit to himself *nd advantage to the church. Mr. und Mrs- Ocheltree leave two sons, aged re spectively 10 and f3 years, who have the sympathy of the whole community in this double affliction that has fallen to them in their tender years. West Church Anniversary. The chu * r and Sunday school scholars of West Church fire rehearsing music for the fifteenth anniversary of the church to be given early next mon«k- Mr. Jacob Cljmer has charge ot the rnusld « Qtl » K° od pro gram Is issued. The school fvas organized January 1,1 868. _ < A New society. A strong movement Is about tobemÄ3c to organiz • a scientific society for the purpose oi studying the latest discoveries and appli cations in the different branches of science. Manager Foster of the B. & O., Telegraph Company is one of the prime movers. 4* rack cl scorched neither husband of come orders their and Him good. secret one father duty of his has and number The composed charged The and prejudice tion, ship about and. must for years SIGN AND GRIP. SOME THINGS CONCERNING OUR SUCHET SOCIETIES. There are 10,000 Masons in Italy. There are 172 Lodges workiug in Spain. In Cuba there are 47 Lodges and 2,793 members. Dakota has 1,157 affiliated Masons and 31 Lodges. There arc 44,600 enrolled Masans in Germany. Conncticut has 112 Lodges and 14,730 members. Delaware bas 21 Lodges with a total mem bership of 1,841. Georgia has 300 working Lodges, with an aggregate membership of 15,000. The Grand Lodge of Iowa has a law ap propriating five per cent, of its gross income to a charity fund. The Knights of the Golden Eagle arc re ceiving a large number of new members. The order is deserving of its increasing popularity. The Select Knights, A. O. U. W., of this city, has been instituted since last Decern ber. Although its beneficiary amounts ,„»o $2,000, it lias had no assessments since its organization. Shanghai is the principal seat of Free masonry in China. Here there are seven Lodges, three of which work under the English constitution, two under the Scottish, one under the American, and one under the German. 7 of lie the Is In buoyant country old the The motto and sailors corned Posts are No. Monday ing Monday post. new Wr*eks meets and show orders own giant serves aie mother sist desuite great was man would er s Aud that done. and every tears. said 'lent take Odd 1 •2 :s 4 * I Lodges will not grow where members°are indifferent. No hedging in will drive the men of a city or town [uto any Lodge. Nor will prevention of organizing new Lodges do it. In all cases and everywhere, growth means work. If you want increase work lor it. A new Lodge may start in the same hall which has been long occupied by a stagnant body, aud that new Lodge, with active, earnest members, will grow and thrive when the old is dying. In the editorial matter of a recent number of The Iron Hall, an official organ published by the supreme body of a somewhat prev alent endowment order, is a sentence which we regard as infamous. It says: "Imaginary minds tolerate the idea that Jesus Christ was more than an ordinary man, which, no doubt, is true. But we believe there are many on earth to-day that are his equal." We regard this as abominable grammar and worse sentiment Does that order intend to officially propagate what nearly all the worthy people of this country regard as aud blasphemy? We know that this sentence is abhorrent to most, perhaps all, of the rnem bers of branches In this region, and we can not suppose that the supreme body will per uu- mit such offensive utterances in its organ, If it will and does, let us know the fact and | its days are numbered. The member * will rot Lear It., on con and The M. for and A. 1st Pyle, aud in was was the -U. The Ancieut Order of Good F'ellows, though not numerically as stroug as some other organizations, is founded on an excel lent basis, aud were its principles more fully understood there is no doubt but there would be a great increase in its membership. The members have iu the past seemed to desire to hide their light under a bushel, or, It may be, became apathetic, and made very little effort to build the order up. or bring in new members. But now as new orders are springing up around them they appear to be awakening from the lethargy that has already bound them too long, and tile con sequence is a renewed Interest in the pros lerty ot the order. There are two lodges n this city; Washington Lodge which inci te on Monday night, and Liberty Lodge on Wednesday night. Their meetings are held in the Llebermnu Building, F'ifth and .Mar ket streets, aud any respectable white male, between the ages of IS and 80 years, come a member on the payment of a small initiation fee. The Knights of tiie Golden Eagle are com paratively a new order in tills city, and have rapidly attained great popularity. The order was organized in Baltimore about ten years ago, and during the prevalence of the smallpox in that city last winter, done ef fective work in ministering to the wants ol its members. Cyrus Castle No. 1 was in stituted in this city a little over one year ago, and last June was followed by Apollo Castle No. 2, and In a short time afterwards by St. George No. Ü. No. 4, which will be known as St. John Castle, is now being formed, and some twenty names have already been obtained for No. 5. The object of tho order iB the same as all others of a like nature, the assistance ol its members in sickness or distress, and its ritual beau tifully illustrates the progress of the pilgrim and faithful knight, until at last lie lays down the cross and is rewarded with the crown. The meetings are held In the Smith Building; ApolloCastle on Monday evening, Cyrus on Tuesday and St. George ou Fri day. he and associ re en after of hard trying of e.arjy. of ilia and he recog to a of day. It Ts a duty that every working man owes to himself, and if he has a wife ami children, to his family, to belong to oue or two good beneficial societies, gild after lie has once become a member lie owes a duty to ills lodge, himself and his fellow-members, and that is never to he absent from a meeting that he cau by any possibility attend. Tiie man (who belongs to an order and seldom, or never attend the meetings, is not a good member, and sooner or later will lose all in terest ip ;tj proceedings, become in arrears, and finally find hlmppif dropped, it may be, just at a time when he needs its assistance. Some one must attend the meetings, lor the different offices must he filled, committee work must he attended to, aud if none are «lllinir to do this the lodge will soon de cline and its final dissolution is only a questio,, ef time. Another thing in this eounecliou Is til« /act, which possibly tiie careless brother seldom thinks of, that ho is asking his fellow-members to do the work which he is shirking, and maintain an ganlzatlon for his benefit. Many,no doubt, act in thip maimer uutlilukiugly, hut all should hear In mind that the hare payment of dues is not by any means fhp sple quali fication of ft good member, The handing together Of a number of per sons, and the mutual agreement to create a fund by small weekly of monthly contribu tions for the purpose of assisting each other In sickness or distress, is a praiseworthy ob ieei and worthy ot tiie highest commenda tion. But wiui („oft secret orders there are aims ami aspiration«», [PP joqge rnnm Is thé olftce where many men learn tu« lessons which teach them to watch beside bed of their sick brother when he is or the rack cl with puin, or cool his brow when scorched with fever. And this is not all, neither docs the work end here, for If »he husband and lather is strike» by t ne King of Terrors, the widow ami orphan then be come the wards ul the lodge, and in inany orders there is a bind especially set apart for their beneiit. Surely this In a noble work and one In accordance with the teachings of Him who, when on earth, went about doing good. The teachings at the initiation in all secret societies are that the human family is one common brotherhood with God as the father of all, and that it is the bounden duty of each to assist the other to the extent of his ability. On these principles Masonry has been built until it is a power in the land, and Odd Fellowship and other like orders number their members by the hundreds of thousands. The Grand Army, as is well known, is composed exclusively of honorably dis charged soldiers and sailors of the late war. The order was formed iu Illinois in 18(56, and after a hard struggle to overcome the prejudice that, it whs a political organiza tion, commenced to grow, and the member ship throughout the United States is now' about one hundred and seveuty-Uve thous and. According to the law's of nature there must be some alteration in the qualifications for membership, or the order will ere many years cease to exist, the of a ... I the men, who with buoyant step, answered tne cal of their ; country from 1861 to 'bo, are now becoming old aud stooped, aud are rapidly answering | the last roll call of tho Great Commander. The objects of the cider are embodied in its motto of Charity, Loyalty and Fraternity, and all honorably discharged soldiers or I sailors ol the Union army are gladly wel corned to its rvnks. There are a number of ,, Posts throughout tills State, three of which are in this city, as follows: Smyth Post, I No. 1, meeting in the Adams Building on Monday night; DuPont Post, No. 2, meet ing on Thursday evening in the McClary Building, and Sumner Post, No. 4, meeting Monday night. The last named is a colored post. The order is now prosperous, and a new post was formed at New Castle two . Wr*eks ago • Wonderful are the calculations and area- ! meets of some of the wonderful pamphlets and leaves which are deluging cities. They show to a cipher or a unit that beneficiary orders cannot, last or even exist upon their own plans, and as clearly prove that the giant stock insurance companies with re serves nearly as large as the national debt aie sure and solid as the mountain ribs of mother earth. Well beneficiary orders per sist in living, and growing and multiplying i desuite the figures and the prophets, and | great giants with paper reserve funds that i blacken pages of printed "statements" are "mortal as other men " One of England's greatest engineers declared and proved that j steamships never could cross theocean. It was demoustrated beyond denial that every man who would dari to hazard tho lript? would lose ills life ami the foodsu ovvtioiV would lose their investment in ship aud machinery aud cargo. For all that, steam er s by the thousands did and do cross aud recross. They just did it and showed It. Aud so our beneficiary orders, despite paid percentage agents, are just doing the thing that these prophets of evil say cannot be done. They arc paying widows aud orphans; and mothers aud fathers, and sisters and brothers, many hundreds of thousands every year, aud only insurance company agents are the serious losers. Hence these tears. We prefer to save for ourselves the enormous salaries of some insurance prince presidents and the immense aggregates of coraraissions pocketed by agents. The wolf said the meat was poisoned because he wantedthe dog to scare and the meat to swallow. It all means that people are un willing to be always fleeced. Some cau alford it, but many can do better. The Fraternal Record gives the following membership of the various mutual benevo 'lent societies in the United States, which we take the liberty to copy with some ad (litions . Odd Fellows. 489*000 1 Knights of Honni'.*.:!"'.".'. .1. m',000 •2 Order of United Workmen'.. rjo,«no :s Knights of l'ytlilas. 111,000 4 American Legion of Honor. 6C,01W Order tt (!t A RodMLon. Y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. îo',000 Knights and Ladies of Honor. '22,006 Chosen Friends. 20,000 Order of Druids. Vwîî Foresters. ll,ooo ef ol be 1,590,000 Out of these, five Orders with a member ship of 440,000 have paid out over 17,000,000 to beneficiaries of deceased members within a few years past. Taking the average age of the five Orders marked 1 .to 5, as six years, every member has paid an average sum of about $40 in six years for his insur ance ($500 to $5000.) Quaker City Lodge, I. O. U. W., of Phila delphia, in Older to promote sociability amongst, the members, lias appointed a new committee, consisting of G. W. Marsh, G. A. Koons, II. P. Bayley, Frank Stokes, J. P. Johnson, J. H. B. Lewis, Frank Mitchell and E. S. Perkins. The committee is in favor of providing cigars for those who attend, but the Lodge opposes it. One member demands a fine of live cents each night on those who do not attend. To carry out tills proposition, tliu Financier requires tlic aid of a half dozen assistants. The committee proposes to have a debate each evening, the first te be "Whether it would not be for the best interest of the members for the Financier to receive trade dollars for dues and assessments." Brother Bailey, is ready to take the negative of the question, and would postpone his contemplated trip to California rather than have it decided in the affirmative. Among those who are cariyiag the largest amounts of life insurance In tho Uuited States are the following : George K. Auderson, of Titusville. $850,000; J. B. Steuson, of Philadelphia, $310,000; J. Park, Pittsburg, $500,000; W. II. Langley, GalllappoUs, O., $300,000; J. How, St. Louis, $SuO,O0O; H. Disston, Philadelphia, $801,000; P. Lorillurd, New York city, $250,000; p. W. Dcnvere, New York city, $250,000; Cyrus W. Field, New York city, $240,000, Total. The Financier Jr., Surprise l*arty. Thomas C. Dill and wife were tendered a surprise party at their home, No. 715 West Seventh street, on Wednesday evening by members of the Second Baptist Church. An ijmudancc of refreshments were served; and the visitors hud a highly enjoyable time. THE FOOTLIGHTS. C. D. Hess's salary list Is $2,100 a week. Kate Claxton has made a great success In the "Sea of Ice." Salvini will retire from the stage after a farewell tour of Italy. Joe Emmet's big dog is dead. 'Fritz's heart Is filled with grief. Harry Meredith has a new play called "Hong Kong." He found it In "Ranch 10." T. W. Keene has accepted a new version of "Louis XI" from the pen of a St. Louis journalist. The play "Her Second Love" Is largely patronized by the divorced of both sexes In Chicago. Sims Reeves, the English tenor, is sixty two years old, yet has a sweeter voice than many church choir warblers. When Charles Wyndhara appears in Bos ton be will produce a new comedy by an American, called "Suspicion." It is estimated that a raiu storm in New York injures the theatrical receipts about $15,000 in a single evening, aud this is a loss that is never recovered. visit will day. by lina. ered and ing the of Leonard S. Ou tram, the actor, has written a new trladiator tragedy called "Galba," for I Frederick Wurde, who produced it sosuc eessfully the other day iu an Ohio town,that ; he wlll raakc it hia chlef ^ e( . c | ... . . ö ... . which Gilbert and Sullivan are preparing to I present at the Savoy Theatre, London, about p *- , .. ...... ,, The London dramatic papers have it that » 8Uite apartments is being prepared In I the maneion of the Vanderbilts" for Henry ^ "8 during his stay In New Y ork. Ills sitting-room, they say, will front avenue, and he will have a study, toilet room and bedroom. A large mirror is said t0 ha ™ t ! ceu Purchased for his use, that lie ma y an, 'j!? 8 f be *? re , „ , . Mrs. Marie Wilkins, the actress who died • in New lork last week, hail no superior in ! thu art ° r " ak ' n .K U P\ .™ 8 wa8 °«« ° f ' he great seciets of her piofessloual success, for >t enabled b <-r always to look her character thoroughly, and was an admirable adjunct t0 be , r , ne "ctlug. No ?j le \\ > O Baw b f r a8 ha f/ochard, m "The Two Orphans," can ever forge , her startlingly realistic make-up for Fre,lch Pe F* ronallt, Mrs. Wilkins was jolly and good uatured , aml 8ha "ade hosts of friends i wherever she went. | . Tllc >' are reckoning up the other stage i stars who are to follow Miss F orteseue s axa ' l n Pj e and K et married. Miss Vaughan, f' )r lD6 * aaca !, i8 1 f'f married to Col. VVolse j Ie y- Miss Violet Cameron, having rejected jn earl,has the refusal of a F rench marquis, ^ is8 ^ arr aaa bavoa Erector of the Bank lript? f ®"?!" d , lf „ 8b f ah . 008a8 ',„ V J-e.Iier.ey nas ^ accepted a distinguished clergyman. These 80lld conquests are Independent of the homage paid not only to tragedy queens and 8ta Ç 8 of comedy, but fairies of burlesque and ladles of the ballet, ut î! a ?? Ue Uf, 8 ,,t °P® ra comique» Bip^ an Winkle, will be produced for the ? rst Philadelphia on Monday even 1D £ *J, ex ^ at Lyceum. The work, by the now famous, composer of^The Chimes of Normandy, is replete with beautiiul melo dies, and some of the choruses are exceed Sr e ?!n C * • * S Vî P rese *jj e £ JW J* 1 ® Ford Comic Opera Com pan v, which of includes the favorite comedian, Mr. Sey ™.® ur > an ^ a 5® w English prima donna, Miss he Alice May. The chorus is said to be nu to merieally strong and well rehearsed. New ß cener J a °d accessories are promised by the Lyceum management, so a really good per formance may be anticipated. A great deal °f curiosity is felt in musical and dramatic circlesto seehow Frenchmen have dealt we wlth Washington Irving's romantic story, Miss Lillian Russell, the American prima donna, has been engaged by R. d'Oyly Carte, aud will appear in the new opera of Filth to A Pastor»» Welcome. congregation of the First Presbyterian aud a S ood number from other Presbyterian churches of this city extended a welcome to the Rev. F. B. DuVal, pastor ot the First Church,Thursday evening at the the church, Market street above Nlnth , Mr . N , B , (jul bert, chairman of thecommittee of arrange ments, proved to be the right man in the right place, and the whole affair was very enjoyable. The platform-front was decr rate ^ j n a tasteful manner. About 8 o'clock Dr. Nixon opened the exercises with prayer, after which a hymn called "Welcome" was sang by the choir. Rev. A. N. Keigwin delivered the welcoming address, which was done in a very happy manner. He referred to the pressing call tendered Mr. DuVal while in the valley of San Jose, and hoped Mr. DuVal would remain iu Wilmington. Mr. Keigwiu then took Mr. DuVal by the hand and then gave him a hearty welcome in the name of the congregation and minis ters, Sabbath school scholars and friends. After an appropriate hymn was saug Mr. ' DuVal came forward to respond, looking hale and cheerful. ; t A ricanant Ev Last Wednesday night a few friends of Charles H. Davis assembled at Ills residence, fiOd West Third street, to hear the Jubilee Vocalist Troupe,(a colored organization of this city recently formed) in their selection of part songs and solos. Tho troupe con sisted of eight persons, four ladies and four gentlemen, including the orgauist and man ager, and sang several jubilee songs in an especially impressive manuer, the parts bei g evenly balanced, aud showing considerable study iu their conception . Tiie following is the programme : Hundred Fathoms Deep," Mortgage the Farm," "Valley of Chamo noim," "The Professor at Home," "Drift ing with the Tide," "One Face Alone," "Old Folks at Home," "songs of Jokes," "Hustle Festival," "Lo 1 the Bright Crim son" and Jubilee songs. After the concert a bountiful collation of ice sream and cake was served to the party. All expressed themselves as highly pleased with the enter tainment and with Mr. Davis' style of pro viding for his friendG. "A "We'll Have to Y. P. IVI. Society. The Young People's Missionary Society connected with West Church assembled on last Friday evening at the residence of Evans Speak man for the purpose of arranging for and appointing a committee to push for ward their approaching anniversary. A large nnmber were present who enjoyed themselves in numerous w'ays after the routine of business had been finished. PERSONAL. Robert Browning is writing a new poem. Mgr. Capel has accepted an invitation to. visit St. Louis this month. Mrs. Hughes, "Toni Brown's" mother will continue to live at Rugby, Tenu. Secretary Chaudler will return to Wash ington and the Navy Department on Mon day. the News the pects being upon was than more well there until The iug send to now will easy my ing to had had lege and of in full rule of will old address at the chapel of Grace Church Tuesday af . ~ F Mr. Charles Frohman, the theatrical man airer, is reported to be engaged to Miss Sarah Jacobs the youngest daughter ol the well-known diamond merchant of Chicago. The young lady is very beautiful and is said to be worth $75,000 in her own right. . Josie Batehelder, who has sued Bartley Camnhell for arrears ot salarv will be re memberèd u Philadeiphta as tne widow of he late James W. Norris, the leading man of Gemmtll, Scott & Co.'s Hrst stock com panyat the Chestnut street Theatre. P Mrs. Edison is the originator of what promises to be a very popular idea in the ar rangement of the electric light in c»an Sellers, that ot making the bull, containing the incandescent loop appear as the stamen of a cup shaped (lower, of brass or other polished metal. Mr6. Zerelda Samuels considers herself an abused woman. To a Kansas City reporter who had aBked "How is your son, Frank Jaraes?" Mrs. Samuels 6aid: "You are oue of those theological 6tudeuts of the news paper press, aren't you? You are all alike —strangers to the truth." Speaking of Lawyer Wallace, who conducted the prose cution lu the James trial, she exclaimed: "Ah, he is a smart young man—with a heart like a snowball!" A life ol John C. Calhoun is being written by Colonel Pinckney Starke of South Caro lina. John Russell Young, Minister to China, writes that he is now able to speak Chinese readily. The engagement is announced of Miss Meigs, of Washington, to Mr. Archibald Forbes. Mr. F. H. Cushing, the Zuni, has discov ered that the pre-historic Indian smoked cigarettes. M. Jules Verne is 60 years old. His hair and beard are turning white, and he'is grow ing feeble. It is rumored that Architect Hill's resig nation will be accepted, aud that he may l e re-appointed. It is snid the wily Bismarck has advised Kiug Alfonso to exercise a forgiving spirit toward France. Jay Gould protests against the new New York acqueduct running through his prop erty at Irvington. Matthew Arnold, wife and daughter, will leave Liverpool fi r the Unltod States on Saturday, 13th Inst. In Pai is Edwin Booth was mentioned by the newspapers as the brother of the assassin of Monsieur le President. s ^ of £ the to the was was the Mr. ' Mary Anderson refused to receive the dia mond necklace sent her by the Prince of Wales, and we are glad of it. President Barrows of theWillimautic Linen Company has resigned to go into the service of the Pullman Car Company. Returning good for evil, King Alfonso present of 10,000 francs last week sent to be distributed among the poor of Paris. Mr. John C. New, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, is en route for Northern Wis consin, where he will take his vacation fish ing Irving will play to people who pay, in New York. Three-fourths of the seats for his performances are in the hands of specu lators. Pliny T. Sextou, a well-known politi cinn, is spoken of by a Buffalo paper as "the gentleman with the clas6ico-funereal name." Leon Abbett, the New Jersey Democratic candidate for Governor, used to be known as Leonidas when he was a Philadelphia high-school boy. Mr. John Tennial, the cartoon artist of Limdou 1 exception of a week or two, some years ago, his drawings have appeared regularly since 1851. Bob Burdette was the guest of Max Ade ler the other night, and people who saw the two humorists together took oft' their hats and solemnly asked the neighbors "Who is dead?" A reccut letter from Paris states that Mrs. Mackey, who has dazzled the Parisians, hav ing tired of France, will come to Washing ton early in 1884 to see something of the capital city. The Marquis of Lome, Governor-General of Canada, has given a live-huudred dollar purse to the Dominion Rille Association for provincial competition, the conditions to be settled by him. Among the hotel guests iu New York are Secretary Chandler, Senator M. C. Butler, c*x-Senator ("Duke") G win, Minister Sack ville West, Chief Justice Waite and a host of Congressmen. The trustees of Lafayette College yester day afternoon elected Rev. J. H. Knox of Bristol, Pa., president of the college, to suc ceed Dr. Cattell, whose resignation goes into effect within three weeks. Mr. McCuue, editor of the Buffalo Courier, is a son-in-law of the late Mr. Fargo of the express company, and brother-in-law of the present Mr. Fargo who has embarked in two-cent morning journalism. A Boston letter writer says that Whittier received $100 for his latest 6onnet, and that the publishers of the Youth's Companion are to pay Tennyson $1,000 for a poem which they will publish in that paper this year. James H. Beard, the noted painter of animals, was asked on Broadway whether a lady who was passing was not beautiful. "Yes," he said, "she is as beautiful as a cow." He meant this as a sincerex compli ment. Professor Paul Passy of Paris thinks that America is the dustiest country he ever visited. He thinks that our high schools are ; not practical. "Too much Latin," he says, t "is the bane of modern educational institu tions." • j i— L* j'cafs ■ l>. lÏ . »/ of Mrs. Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, the Princess Winnemuqpa, is In Providence, ae comnanied by Miss Elizabeth P. Peabody ol of Boston. The Princess delivered con four man an parts . Crim cake enter pro "A to on Evans for for A the WHAT WE DO. OCCURRENCES THAT BRIGHTEN OUR DAILY EXISTENCE. With a view of discovering, if possible, the state of trade, so to speak, In dancing, a News representative called yesterday upon Professor A. S. Webster, at his dancing academy in the Opera House, and started the conversation by asking what his pros pects were for the season. The professor being at leisure for a few moments talked upon the subject in point, and said: "The prospects for full classes and new dances was never better at this time of the year than at present. The season has opened more brilliant than ever before, and argues well for the lovers of dancing " "Will there be any new dances introduced this year?" "New dances will not be introduced until the middle or latter part of December. The committee on new dances of the Dane iug Teach,»'*/ 1 Association, which meets an nually in'New York city in January, will send out at least f ur new dances—two round and two square—about the first of December Such dances as the five step and racquot are now out of date and will have to be replaced with something new. I am now teaching a new waltz which I think will become very popular, as the step is very easy and it is in perfect waltz time, and to my mind very beautiful. I am now teach ing it to all my old scholars, all of whom pronounce it pretty. [Here the professor assisted the scribe to his feet and attempted to give a practical demonstration of the new waltz, which would have gone splendidly had the scribe been absent or the professor had hold of some one who could dance.] There will be but little change in the square dances. The Pollacca and Robinson will remain the prime favorites, while the Col lege and Saratoga lancers will come in for their equal share of patronage and ap proval." "What are the prospects for balls and sociables this season?" "Splendid. There seems to be a disposition on the part of the young men, who will be conspicuous in dancing matters this season, to attempt full dress parties. This will no doubt be the rule of parties this year, as large numbers of youug men are providing themselves witli full dress suits. This, I don't think, will affect the ladies who, no doubt, will continue dressing in their usual style in at tending parties. With the ladles It makes little difference, but with the gentlemen it would be a decided improvement over the old style oi wearing street costumes on the dancing floor." "What are the chances for new music for lancers and plain quadrilles?" "That is a matter that rests with the mu sicians of the city, but there is no denying the iaet that the music in this particular is very old and needs renovating. Take an orchestra in Philadelphia and as soou as a have a set of lancers written from it and lu all probability play them in less than a week after the opera is sung. There is a decided lack of interest manifested by the musicians in this city in new dance music, for they appear to lie thoroughly content with being able to play the music of several years ago aud are loath to change lor fear the dancers will not recognize it as a lancers they are playing." "Will you give matinees on Thanksgiving and Christmas?" "Cer tainly. I will have a full orchestra and con duct the matinees on the same principle I always have, and as soon as the weather is sufficiently cold I will give a first-class mas querade. Yes," said the professor in answer to a question. "My classes are all large and 1 have received a great many applica tions from parties outside of the city, who wish me to start classes throughout the State. In fact the season will undoubtedly be successful throughout in every particu lar. I think there will be more dancing this season than for several years past. There will be the usual number of large parties besides the numerous smaller ones given by different persons. All in all tin masters of the terpstcorian art need not be alarmed lest there are no parties this winter, for from present indications there will be as many as any one person will want to at tend," and with a promise to keep theNEWS posted in dancing matters the professor began making preparations to teach his large class of children, who were already Hocking into the academy. One of the most enjoyable concerts given in this city for some time past was that of the Philharmonic Orchestra, assisted bj the Trinity choir, on the occasion of the re opening ot the remodeled hall of the Insti tute, on Wednesday night last. The play iug ot the orchestra was exceptionally good, but the finer effor s of the various numbers were lost on account of the bad acoustic properties of the hall. This defect the directors of the hall attempted to remedy by the alterations made, but without anv very material effect as far as orchestral music is concerned. When but a few instruments are being played the echo is hardly noticed, but when 20 or 25 musicians start off in a piano passage, aud then change to a piano isamo there is such a mixture of music, and echo* as to destroy the beauty ot the music, address and 8ti11 leave the audience without the af- pleasure of a good old-fashioned echo. The vocalists suffered lrom the sime cause, but man- were able with care ami perfect enunciation Miss to make themselves plainly Ward but their the « el ? c '' on8 were from necessity in slow time, l>ad they attempted to sing something n said duick or sprightly movement they wem d ^ve undoubtedly been overwhelmed with Bartley the impolite maimer the hall has of "talk re- ufi hack. The directors wi.l make another of *» obviate the difficulty, hut what man &? lrare * 8 uot known at present, com- Whether the arch over the stage is the cause of the mischief is a mystery, buta sounding what ^ard is spoken of and which, if placed on ar- «»c stage, will either overcome the difficulty c»an- or else discover where the trouble is. Some seem to think it is caused by the balcony, stamen should th.s prove correct it would well other P a T the director s to board it up entirely, Miss Rebecca J. Davis, a teacher in the an Sunday school of the fieennd Baptist reporter Church, gave a birthday party at her home, Frank No. 125 Market street, on Thursday even oue ing. Her Sunday school scholars and a few news- 0 f her most lulimate friends were in at alike tendance. The guests danced, sung and of otherwise enjoyed themselves. prose- - . Cards are out for the wedcing of Miss heart Anna T. Ritchie, daughter of Prof. Ri | to Mr. Charles S. Horn. e of of in for as of ago, Ade the hats is Mrs. hav the for be are Sack host of suc into the the in that poem this of a as a compli that ever are says, institu the ae ol