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AN OBJECT or CHARITY.


Hundred and One Years Old.
In small room IN the rear Of 20 West Eigh-
teenth street Is bed-rdden woman. who says she Is
hundred years old, and few who have seen her
attenuated form, and gaunt whered features VIII be
disposed TO doubt her assertion She is the widow OF
sailor, who died when she very old woman. but
yet many years ago, Her name Is walker F1r the
most part her memory Is not TO be trusted 5u' re-
COLLECTION OF the rebellion OF 1898 Is be- little clOuded
ohe IL unable 20 stand upright, aud pisseP all her time
bed She Is OF the Bapst persuasion and her rent
~ month"; Is paid by two niriatera OF that church,
she Is entirely without means ~ support ana though,
In her enfeebed cOndlon, needing delicate Laurlsh-
nj, she lacks even the necessities Of fe Charitable
pfBons dcsrlng to help her may send teir donations
20 DR.. G. Morton, at the Northern Dlspcnsary, III
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The National Jockey clubs Spring Meeting.

wAsnINGTON, April 2g.-rhe National Jockey
Club recently organized here have arranged for three
days running meeting. TO be i'd M9Y 49, II aud 49, At
tle Mashineion Driving rarK, near Bernlngs station
Arrangements nave been made fhst the Baltimore
and Oi0, and Biltmorc and Potomac I,a roads vii
Ina hor-'- aud passengers at tuc .uc 81 the Park
ana inS the days Oi the m,cting extra eGcursiOb
trains VII De run from tins cty aud from Bsltui ire "
tue grOunus.
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Croton Wafer Rents.

The collection OF Croton water rents for 1879
Will begin tomorrow. The Commissioner OF Public
WORKS wlll Impose no penalty for paI uenf from
NAV TO Aug. l. Between ? 1g. ! And NV. ten per
cent Wll Dt adGed 70 unpaid ns, ami alter NOy, au
additional PeAR-E VI nNc per cent, vii ne imposed.
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EN-Juslicc Joseph Dowling DIVING.

Ex.Pohce Justice Joseph Bowling is dying.
His physicians have decided that no earthly power can
save Inn from the grave. H. Is afflicted with Br sht's
disease ot the kidncys. None u his Od time trends
are permitted to see hiin.
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LONDON, April 29.-The failure OF another
broker was reported Oh sho Stock Exchange to-day.
The stock market is generally nrm. with an upward
tendency.
MASonEsrEr, April 2p.-The failure Of Gillian. I,oug
COMPANY commission merchants with liabilities OF
4i9OOo. aud Of Ward Brother 4 Comp nv merchants
with liabilities Of 12l. BOO are Te9orted to- day
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Ler Joy, April "a telegram from he Sec
ret,y OF the Deience Assoriaon OF Barbadoes reply
ine 10 an Inquiry rel crates all the previous statements
OF ihst hoai ~ t6ne condition OF Attire IA that island
declares ihai ihtense anxiety stl prevails. aud says
tlsl time Viii prove whose messages are the NEST
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SIN Troubling rhe Elevated Railroad.

Anoper temporary Injunction has been
granted ssainSt the New York Elevated Railway Com.
pAny on the complaint OF Jeremiah speder o restrain
Toe company from dong any wOrA IN the Battery.
There VIII be hearing bstoreJudge sper ON Tutsiay
the company mrantiine being allowed TO anisa the
work already bcgun.
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Yesterday morning AN elderly man was seen
TO step irom one track to another the Pennsylvania
lal oadand aN ait an approaching trainuca WaNerley
N.J. hr was Instantly killed. From papers on his
person q IA supposed that he was a scOtcnnan tmed
DAWN Elnllh.
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ALTOONA, Pa April 2g.-Ernest Plack, aged
u years was murdered here last night HIS body was
found ms morning In stone quarry on the ou skirts
VI thv Guy Ills watch ana MOI oy had been tAKon. lie
"As shot IA the SIDE There ID clue to The murd rcr
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BERLIN. April ca.-An imperial decree IL pub.
h'hed oiay rtstorng suasc to lnhabtans OF Alsace
snh lo raine, who Mhilu cecng To retain French ma
uonalitl, are domtcii m thOse provinces
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NEW JLRSEP.

star council, No. 49, q. L. A. NJ. oi IIobokcn,
evening, May -.
The trial OF Cunningham for the murder Of
Mrs kays near BeNiutrc, heen set down ior May
20, proHr by heG Justice Heasley.
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CINCINNATI, April 29. Pom Allen h6N coEere
thr S1W forfeit put up yJoe Guss Eugls puatI.
T. and arlangeinenti Tor the nAht between the two
viii soon De completed.
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William Strange Co., proprletors OF large
six mill IN Paterson ordered reduction Of wages u
few days ago, and 05 struck. Yesterday the city
was bi led" with notices to prevent other wOr6men
from king the place OF ne strikers. The wcayers say
that the rtductOn s 22e PER cent, and they cannot
support their families on huch wages. The prupi"tors
say that good weayers can ~ 90 TO o. dy at Tue
IA a
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Hoboken's Council OrraulzIns.

The new members OF the Hoboken Common
yesterday In caucus nominated Henry Bisch,
for street Commissioners DR. Finder for CITY Physician
anu ahOnsh pemOcralic by t~Othirds, agreed TO hur
Tor President.
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HAnRIs BIRG, Pe., April @.-liampton Miller.
on trs mere Tor the pasi three Tor The Of
man iamed MOsan, Maz to uay acquitted tlp evidence
showing the oct 10 habeen c0nniitedin seidefeuce.
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,th Of Chief Justice Gilpin
B.1SE BALL NOTES.

DOVER, Dell Aprl 2D.-Chief Justice Gilpin
taken sick IN court This HftffnOon, and dlcd in
about one hour ufterNard, OF hear disease
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the ewes are often made the fools of tho
other tchhes" You cannot tel the an renee h'twoen
!ne Iral diamond aud rlia dlnonnst fT ne Para
ian diamonds have real 81 uhd surface. lOf ellr
only NJ Richard Humphreys irWc store ~ Hro'd.
way, opposite Stewar's. h,ud Tor ilusrucd price
llst.- AuU,
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RAGrsA, April -. - Mukhtar Pasha left
UatchNo on the esth inst for the purpose revctua
ing Nigsic lie encountered the Insurgents in the
puel lass, aud AL tngaselueut tnsued, which stlll
cObtlnues,
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The National Association of Amateur Oars
m@ccclded ast night TO sbAu the extra regatta al
Saratoga IN August This regatta u the Association is
to be held az Philadelphia ON August -.
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BEnLIN April 2p.-lbe Imperial HALLWAY bill
passed It, second reahng In the pruss9n Chamber Of
Deiules to-day by n vote Of eDi against l6j.
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LONDON, April 29.-The Times IN It's financial
article 9ay say. !ae tcoder iof .ne new ludlan tour
tid0JOO~ The entire loan was allotted at ElO2 S. and
upNard.
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secretnry Chandler Tells the Committee nil
TINT hc Knows About It-Whv tue rrcsi-
drnt declined 20 Appoint Mrs. Horrs.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-11-16
The End of a Diamond Wedding.


SNur ynnre ago thnrn wae dionno nd
wedding in a brown-stone mansion
close to Fifth avenue. 1t was in all
respects a recherche atfair-the gifts
were magnificent and costly, and the
young couple started prOsperously
upon the voyage of life. After a
couple of seasons in Europe the young
wife was taken sick, and died in her
mothers house in this city. Among
the original presents was a costly array
of solid silver, duly marked with the
brides initials. This silver was valued
at over $1,000. 1t was handsomely
encased, and, for convenience sake,
after the woman's death. was placed
in a common packing trunk and stored
in the vaults Of safe deposit compa-
ny. The sequel to this story happened
on Monday last. when the husband,
now bankrupt, pledged the whole of
the silver to professional money
lender for a paltry $500. Those who
know him freely predict that he will
let the whole Of it go when his obliga-
ton natures, and that he will be I'M
ableto repay the amount of the loan. A
similar sequel was recorded last year
to a stylish wedding in Grace Church
only twenty months before. The
presents and jewels of the wedding
day were sold for mere pittance to
buy bread and butter, and to-day the
parties are penniless. In the other
case first mentioned, there is not
shadow Of doubt that the silver thus
pledged will be sacrificed in like man.
ner.-N. Y. Cor. Chicago Tribune.
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figures of various animals. Sandals

figures Of various animals. Sandals
were garnished with precious stones.
Drinking cups were engraved with
scenes from the poets. Libraries were
adorned with busts and with tortoise
shell and covered with gorgeous pur-
pie.
The Roman grandees rode in gilded
chariots, bathed in marble baths, dined
on golden plate, drank from crystal
cups, slept on beds of down, reclined
on luxurious couches, wore embroid-
cred robes, and were adorned with
| precious stones.
They ransacked the earth and the
seas for rare dishes for their banquets,
and ornamented their houses with car,
pets from Babylon, onyx cups from
| Bythinia, marbles from Numidia,
bronzes from Corinth. statues from
Athens-whatever, in short, was pre-.
cious or curious in the most distant
countries.
The luXuries of the bath almost ex,
coed belief, and on the walls were
magnificent frescoes and paintings, ex
hibiting an inexhaustive productive
ness in landscape and NEUROLOGICAL
scenes.-Pen and Plo1c.
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The AwfulIy Profound Minister.

He deals in MISUNDERSTANDING
about the laws of perception, the sys-
TEN of consequences, hypothesis, peri
patetic doctrines and apOlogetics, I'M
til his audience can hardly see their
hand before their face. He has a
learned way of clearing his throat,
learned way of employing his pocket
handkerchief. | have heard him cough
until | could hear the echo of the ages.
The audience does not know what he
is talking about, and he does not know
either. The only cheerful part Of his
sermon is when he gets through. Now,
when men are genuinely learned they
are simple in phraseology and manner.
| never knew an exception to that.
But little learning will often make a
man swell beyond all reasonable proper
lions. Oh, drop your sesquipedallan
phraseology, and use short, sharp.
plain words. | have seen lake of
water twenty feet deep, 50 clear
that if you dropped silver
half dollar to the bottom you could
see il. And there is such a thing
as being deep and clear at the same
time. An Englishman crossed the
Channel to France, and was exceed
ingly disturbed by the fact that he
could not understand a word of the
French language. lie was met at the
depot by Frenchman and the driver
of the cab talked to him i'll French.
When he got to the hotel he found
nothing but the French language
there; and man, with French Ian
guage, took him to bed at night, and
| he was almost exhausted because OF
! his incapacity to understand anything
| that was being said to him, and in sad
mind he went to Sleep. In the morn
ing he woke up and heard the chanti
cleer crow, and he said. "Thank good
ness, there's some English at last.
| And what a relief it is, after hearing
| ing some men talk in learned techni
| calitieS, foreign to our capacity, t
suddenly hear something the PLANES
people can understand. | know only
of one use for words, and that is to le
men know what you mean.-ChriStiai
/ mt Work
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The Cost of Big Guns.

THE trials of the eighty-one-tun gun
which have recently taken place in
England are reported as being con-
veniently satisfactory to the artiller-
lists, but it may be doubted whether
those who are footing the bills, the
taxpayers, will share in the officially
expressed qualification. At every dis
charge of this monster weapon over
800 pounds of powder are exploded at
a cost of from 1925 to $3.50. To this
must be added the expense of shell
and fuses. Then the gun itself, orig
inally estimated to cost $40, ZOO, has
actually necessitated an expenditure
of some $125,0OO, besides the con-
struction of railway at Woolwich, a
barge for its transportation and sew
eral huge cranes. Moreover the firing
of the gun at Shoeburyness has had
the effect of blowing down or at least
seriously SCATTERING the huts and cot
tages of that military settlement, so
that it will nearly all have to be re-
built at Government expense. Mean
while, on this side of the Atlantic, we
complacently view these rather costly
proceedings, profit by the results of
the experiments, and congratulate our
selves that we are not paying for them.
Scientific american.
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Drapery for Dresses.

THERE is a new idea in drapery for
the back of skirts, approved by ladies'
who do not like the tlatness of the new
dresses nor the looping up OF older
ones. This is to take whole width
of the silk or velvet-a scarf, the
French modistes call it-and arrange
it in a soft bow having one immense
knot with a loop above and too loops
below. or perhaps one loop and an end,
and place it below the belt so as to al
most cover the back breadths of the
lower skirt, and to meet in an irregu-
lar way the regular sides of Bolteuse
drapery. Now if anything like set
bow of this exaggerated size is made,
it will be simply ludicrous, but soft
bow of rich goods arranged in this way
is very handsome, and, moreover, does
not cut up OF wrinkle the materials.
At least three yards of brOcaded silk or
of velvet are required. The erect loop
at the top is a quarter of a yard deep,
which takes half q yard, and the two
loops below are still deeper; the strap
or knot across is of the whole width of
the silk, and the hanging end is three
fourths long, or even more if the train
is deep; this end is fringed. Another
way of arranging this scarf width is to
sew it i'll with the belt at the top of
| the back breadths of the lower skirt,
and attach it to these widths in three
or four large. deep, irregular loops and
one square hanging end. The loops
are partly turned toward the right, and
part toward the left. The sides and
end of the breadth are widely hemmed.
faced or perhaps trimmed with broad
rallOOn or a bias band of velvet. This
is stylish way of arranging the backs
of dresses that have two scarf draper
les across the front. Thus, for in
stance, a black silk dress has two dag
onal scarfs covering the front, and
these in their turn are almost covered
by chenille fringe and velvet bands.
The scarf width behind has three large
loops with three-fourths of a yard OF
silk in each loop, and a single square
end trimmed across with velvet and
fringe. The dressy basque witt
square tails behind has a square plas
tron of figured black thread lace laiC
in folds III the open neck, and edged
with lace. Above this is a standing
Medicis collar of velvet, with higher
silk collar at the back. Bows of blacl
velvet are low down on the basque be
hind, and chenille fringe edges thu
front. To make this basque still more
, dressy for dinner parties, the sleeve
of the silk may be removed, and other
of figured black lace be set in. Blacl
brOcaded silk basques with black fig
ured lace sleeves are especially hand
some. -Harper'S Bazar
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Public Instruction in France.

FRENCIIMEN are complaining that,
after all the debates on primary edu-
cation, and a respectable volume of
laws passed by successive Legislatures,
something like 10000 children in Paris
alone are receiving no instruction
whatever; and this though there are
hundreds of schools where they can be
taught free OF cost. Last year a
report on primary and secondary
instruction was read by NJ. Ie-
vaSseur, who compared the before
the Academy of Moral Sciences
results achieved at home and abroad,
and established, to the complete dissat-
isfaction of his hearers, the fact that
France is but the twentieth among civ
illzed States in respect of tse number
of her citizens who receive regular
education in their youth. The num-
Der of children inscribed on the books
of the primary schools amounted to an
average of no more than thirteen per
Ctll. vi lilt tIlltl llIltl, IL Npulu bt
unjust to deny that considerable prog
resS has been made during the last half
century. In 1929, the last complete
year during which the white flag waved
over public edifices, there We're 80, 1916
State primary schools in France; in
1892 the number had risen to 30, 800, in
1860 to 3,S45, in 1868 to $500. Gu
riously enough, at the Vienna lnterna-
tiOnal Exhibition, France received the
diploma of honor for primary inStruc-
ton. The truth seems to be that
France, while possessed Of excellent
theories on the subject. has long felt
herself obliged TO spend so much money
on the naval and military establish
mentS of the country that compare
lively nothing has been left for the
SchOOlmaster. At all events, this view
of the case is one which generally i'm
presses itself upon the Minister of
Public instruction for the time being.
Pan Nan E111ttp
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had come outside for a breath of fresh |
air, and heard the swapping of the cap
and ran into the woods which sur
round the monument. 1t is but a
short distance, and a man could get
within shelter and be undesirable In
a quarter of minute. The men at
once scattered and went in the direc-
ton the thieves had gone. and while
lodging around the trees two of them
exchanged shots, each mistaking the
other for one of the fugitives. After
shooting at each other, they cried
"Wash," WASH" indicative of a
friend in such an emergency, and then
they found out their mistake. The
bullets WhiZZed close to both, and it
was miraculous that they escaped in
jury.
No traces of the thieves being dis
covered, the party returned to the
catacomb, and there beheld sight
which made them sad. The body, as
is known, perhaps, is enclosed in lead
casket. This is surrounded by cedar
case, and the receptacle of these is a
marble sarcophagus. The latter has a
double lid, the upper one not being
as large as the other. Both had been
pried off with a chisel or an AK, and
somewhat Clipped in the operation.
The under lid was laid erosswise on
the casket, the head-piece on the floor,
and the upper lid standing against the
wall. The casket itself was pulled
out about a foot from the
body of the sarcophaeus, and a
small piece had been taken off on the
floor. where an AK with the edge
full Of marble-dust, an ordinary chisel,
and pair of nippers were. The other
tools had evidently been taken away,
since the lock on the iron-grated door
| had been sawed off.
1t should, perhaps, be stated that
the sarcophagus was in the catacomb
and not in the crypt, being thus
placed in order that visitors might see
it. The damage done is comparative
ly little.
The officers, of course, were disap-
pointed at not catching the vandals,
but they think it is only question of
a little time when they will be appre-
| hended.
Only one motive can be attributed to
these dcspoilers of the grave, and that
is the hope of a reward for the restora-
| ton of the remains.
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How to Roast an Ok Whole,

TIE announcement that the roast
ing of a fatted OK had been commenced
attracted an immense crowd of visitors
to the ball grounds, yesterday after
noon and evening. When dressed the
OK weighed 900 pounds, and the dress
ing of bread, onions and sage, 425
pounds, aggregating almost the orig
inal weight of the animal. The ap-
paratus for cooking is a cylindrical
cage of iron, nine feet two inches in
length. the axis, or spit proper, being
two inches in diameter. This passes
through the carcass lengthwise, the
rods forming the cage. supporting the
legs and shoulders, but not touching
any other part. On the east side of
the frame is triple-cOgged gearing for
turning the spit, 50 as to cook all parts
equally. The cage is supported by an
iron frame. Underneath, and running
at rightangles with the spit, are two
bars of railroad iron, resting upon
brick piers. Upon these rest the fire.
CRATE, made of two other rails, be-
tween which are bolted iron bars to
hold the burning Goals. The south
side of the spit is protected by strips
of sheet-iron. The fire was built upon
the grating, Of coke and wood. After
bed Of live Goals had been formed.
the grating was slid along the rails
under the carcass, and the spit was
turned gradually, roasting all parts
alike. A large dripping-pan located
under the'spit caught the gravy. 1t
requires eighteen hours to cook an OK
properly, and in experienced hands
this immense piece of beef will be
roasted "to a turn. Utica (N. y
Herald
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do not accomplish the object. Il

do not accomplish the object. In
this case set the pot in pail of water
and let it soak until the earth is thor
oughly wetted. If proper care in
the respect above mentioned fails to
induce proper growth, then the plant
must be re-potted with fresh earth,
and have portion of its top cut back.
Irregularities in shape must be cor
rected from time to time by pinching
off the shoots which may start to grow
out of place.
The red spider is quite averse to
moisture; the green fly, however, likes
it, but may be destroyed so readily by
tobacco smoke that only neglected
plants will suffer from this cause. The
mealy bug is so large that it may be
easily picked off.
Watering must be properly attended
to land while the plant must not suffer
from lack of moisture, the roots must
not be kept saturated with water. The
sound of the pot when struck by the
knuckles is quite different from what
it is when dry. This, and the tagging
look of the plant, will indicate that
water is needed. A little practice
will soon enable one to anticipate the
wants of the plant and to supply wa
ter at the proper time. Plants grow
ing in cool atmosphere will be found
to flourish much better by giving
them water which is almost hot.
House plants that have bloomed freely
during the winter should be denied
their usual supply of water, and be
placed in the open air for few hours
during the middle of bright days, if
this course is practicable. Scientific
]
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Watering House Plants.

IF the causes of failure where plants
are cultivated in windows were mi
nutely investigated, the system of
watering would be found to be the prin.
cipal cause. A plant ought not to be
watered until it is in fit condition to
receive a liberal supply of that ele-
ment, good drainage being previous
ly secured, in order that all superb
bundant water may be quickly car
rled off. Those who are constantly
dribbling a moderately small quantity
OF water upon their plants will not
have them in a tlourishing condition
for any length of time. This must be
obvious to all, for it is quite evident
that the moderately small quantity of
water frequently given keeps the sur
face of the soil moist; while at the
same time, from the effects of the good
drainage, which is essential to the
well being of all plants in an artificial
state, all the lower roots would perish
for water, and the plant would become
sickly and eventually die. In many
instances when the contents of flower
pots are sprinkled daily with water,
the soil in the middle will become hard
and dry. When the ball of earth be-
comes dry, it takes water long time
to penetrate 1t, and surface waterings