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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

slides down here three stories into carts
that wait ready to convey it to the happy
dumping scows.
h steam goes from the boilers by three
huge pipes that convey it into the main street
pipes. It passes along these, and they are
tapped here and there, as steam is required
for buildings. A steam meter, located in
each house, measures with the exactness of
clockwork the amount Of steam consumed.
A large brass and iron shop is connected
with the establishment, in which skilled
workmen prepare all the machinery required
for the plant, even to the nicely adjusted
steam meters. A pressure of eighty pounds
to the square inch is the amount Of steam
the company claim to send.
Whether steam from a central station can
be conveyed like gas and water and furnish
heat for warmth and for cooking, is, how
ever, the question most interesting to the
community. Can all the ashes, dirt, coal, labor
and time involved in the present individual
hre-making in houses be done away with9 1t
can, In time, and it will be a step toward the
millennium. For answer to that, the largest
restaurant in this country does all its cook
ing by heat furnished by the Steam COM
pany. 1t feeds 1900 persons daily. But tho
cost of the steam is SIS, 900 a year. So thai
al present the system is very expensive.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
LIE FIRE.

The Commercial Herald passos
Through the Ordeal Twioe II one
Year.
At $50 o'clock last night. the teie
phone bell IL the editorial-r0om OF the
Q. Z. called the night editor TO the TEL
ephone on q cable from DR.. Wilson, IS
the city hospital, and was being mott.
fed that a man had been injured on the
Valley railroad, near Harriston station,
and was then on bis way
from the depot. While receiving
this message there came a sud-
den shock through the machine
which rendered the reporter deaf for 8
few seconds. The fire sparkled on the
machine, and the reporter was worse
scared than hurt, but he knew the
fash Of lightning had struck some
where uncomfortably close. He re-
sumed his work, and in about ten
minutes a woman, who lives In q
building on Clay street, attracted the
attention Of the printers, In the real
OF the building, and upon opening the
windows were informed that Mr..
Beck's building wal on FIRE. This
is the building adjoining the
COMMERCIAL HERALD on the east and
which is one story higher. Mr.. John
Beck occupies the rear room on the
fourth floor of this building and when
discovered the entire interior was a
mass Of flames. The alarm was sent
In, but owing to the height of the
building and inaccessible location Of
it, as well as the %dilapldated condition
OF the Hook and Ladder, the engines
were unable to stop the FIRE until IL
had passed almost to the front
Of the building under the roof.
The COMMERCIAL HERALD Office was
considered doomed, and all the books
and valuable or private property was
removed, and thus things stood for
one hour, during which time there was
a stubborn fight between the sluggish
smouldering fire and the iremen, who
were fighting against great disadvan-
tage. The Constitution Gre company
at last gained a vantage ground and
the result wal soon known. The lower
portion Of Mr.. Beck's building was
saved and the G. H. escaped with a
slight drenching. Mr.. Beck's loss is
about $4,000, with no insurance. The
Q. III. loss is slight.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Easter Toilets.

Straw bonnets and new wool gowns are
prepared for Easter Sunday, which comes
late enough this year to make lighter toilets
appropriate. In examining large invoices of
French dresses the preponderance of various
shades of blue and brown is noticeable, with
the next choice for green fabrics. Black cos
TUNES are not largely imported, yet in any
large gathering Of fashionable New York
women at afternoon receptions, matinees or
now shows there are many more handsome
black toilets than colored ones.
Dark blue, green, or brown cashmere, or
any Of the wool fabrics called canvas or
etamine, are employed for the basque and
drapery of new Easter gowns with a striped
skirt and vest. The striped fabric may be
all OF one color, or it may be Of ecru
canvas, With plush or velvet stripes of the
color of the plain cashmere or canvas with
which it is combined. There are also many
novel fabrics hat are striped on one selvage
only, and these stripes appear on the lower
SKIRT and the front drapery. Velvet revers
that are placed beside the striped vest, also a
velvet collar and cuffs, complete such a
dress. The blouse vest with q box plat in
the middle is in great favor, especially when
the front Of the basque is cut away to repre-
sent q Figaro jacket: with this a softly folded
wide sash may be used, either of velvet like
the reverS, OF else Of gros grain or watered
ribbons. In the skirts of these dresses the
fronts may be of the plain goods laid in four
wide plaits, while next these the striped
fabric is added in plaits, caught up high on
each side and falling in two points or in only
ono hnhip1 C~ynV, 1Nhn., .-sIo I'LL. - Al
plain goods. Other costumes have the entire
left side and lower front and right of the
stripes laid in plaits, while an apron drapery
of the plain goods is quite short on the left
side, and curves low to the front on the right,
where it is joined to large plaits, and is lost
in the full back skirt. Still other ~draperies
represent a deep second skirt, which is held
in a funnel-shaped plat on the left side, and
crossing the back, is brought forward on the
right side and carried up to.the belt. Ladies
who are tired of the straight, full back
breadths have returned to b~ouffant ~draperies
that are curved below and are fully plated
nto the belt, with also some plaits high on
the sides, The pulled effect straight across the
tournure is abandoned, and there is a prefer
ence for two winglike pointed draperies ex-
tending down each sile of the ~tournure, leav
ing straight plaits in a very narrow space in
the middle of the back.
Tailor gowns of serges Or light cloth have
short jackets of the material to complete
them. Fine yet rough-surfaced boucle cloths
are made up in short mantles to wear with
various dresses; thus q dark blue mantle
completes blue, black, or brown toilets, and
the bonnet matches the MANTLE ar tho drasU
as the wearer prefers. Black or tan-colored
beaded mantles are also worn with various
dresses. -Harper's Bazaar.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
JHEF FASHIONS


The party was given the Saturday before
Easter. The invitations were sent out O
week in advance, and were homemade,
From white cardboard were cut egg-shaped
pieces; two Of these were tied together at one
end by a little bow of bright ribbon, the
ribbon being passed through holes cut for the
purpose. On one outer side the address was
written, on the inside the formula of invita-
ton, and on the back Easter" with the
date. AS amusement at the party, six eggs
were provided for each child, which were
decorated in as many ways as possible. All
the eggs were then hidden in two or three
rooms of the house, which could be
thoroughly ransacked by bright eyes and
nimble fingers. Each. tried to find as MANY
as possible, and when all were found they
were divided into as many piles as there
were children, and a numbered slip of paper
placed OIL each, and slips bearing correspond
ing numbers drawn from a box by the chill
dren. After all the slips were drawn, each
child was given the pile of eggs having the
number corresponding to the slip drawn.
Little carleton bags, one for each guest, and
marked with their names, were provided to
hold the eggs, "This egg hunt" always
proved a great frolic for the little people.
When supper was ready two bags of eggs
were brought out, one for the boys, the other
for the girls, and the boys drew from one
and the girls from she other, each boy taking
for his partner the girl who held the egg
matching his. A little procession was formed,
and the little host led the way to the supper
room.
The supper was not elaborate, but calcl,-
lated to please those for whom it was in
tended. At each plate was laid an egg-shaped
Easter card. The rolls, cakes and cookies
were as near egg-shape as the unstable nature
Of dough would permit. The ice cream was
served from e~gg-shaped molds. If one Of the
large plaster of paris eggs can be procured
and filed with bon-bons, it will prove a
pretty surprise; otherwise ingenious fingers
can make one Of pasteboard, which, when
opened, will prove full of sweets.
II most labor is the coloring of the eggs.
1t requires some ingenuity to color SO many
in different ways. Some may he colored
with Diamond dyes; and others may be
plaided or notified with various colors by
drawing on them with a bit of taIlow before
dyelng. Scrap book pictures can be used.
Cut sprays from bright ~calieoes, bind them
on the egg by sewing a bit Of thin muslin
around it, and after boiling the design will
be transferred TO the egg. Stars, moons and
crescents OF gilt paper fastened on with
mucilage give variety, Some can be
covered with gold PAINT. IL one can
paint, even unskillfully, the eggs can
be decorated with sprays of flowers.
TINY birds, or simply painted in bands and
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
JONES, OF FLORIDA.
Rebukes the Newspaper for Med
dIin0 WI+b Lte n.Iu.A

Rebukes the Newspaper for Med
ding with His Private Affairs.
CHICAGO, April 16.--A local paper
this morning publishes an interview
had with Mr.. James Mccarthy, of
Jacksonville, Fla, who arrived YES
terday from Detroit, where it is said
he had been sent by Senator jones'
friends as well as the press of that
section to investigate the reasons for
the senator's strange actions, and as
certain the cause OF his prolonged alb
stnce from Washington. Mccarthy
says Jones originally went to Detroit
for his health, and adds: II found
one reason for his remaining there
was because he was largely interested
In a new manufacturing scheme now
being gotten up in which several mil.
lions are invested.
Regarding the story of the senator's
connection with Miss Palm, McCarty
says the reports of his falling in love
and prosecuting that lady are false.
Their acquaintance is merely a passing
one. Mr.. mccarthy further said that
the senator will avoid answering any
questions leading to this subject.
When l asked him to explain his pro-
longed stay, he said: II came to Detroit
in the first place to seek recuperation
and rest, and my stay has been pro-
longed beyond expectation, or l might
say personal inclination, but the local
press, subsequently augmented by
papers in my own State and Others
have taken it upon tht themselves to
publish certain stories relating to nv
personal welfare, and l don't pro.
pose to be placed in a ridiculous posi-.
ton before my many friends ia Detroit
and elsewhere by their dictations. l
have been giving my personal atten-
ton to matters relating to my sena-
torial duties as they were required.
Other Senators have absented them
selves for a greater period of time of
which there has been scarcely mention
made, and l don't see why l should be
made such a conspicuous exception.
My health has about returned and |
shall very soon 60 to Washington, if
the members of the press are satisfied
to give up their attack.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
An over Smart Negro.

A bright and prepossessing young
mulatto about twenty-five years OF
age came to this city about ten days
since from Meridian and Immediately
began to introduce himself among the
unsophisticated class Of cUlored people
in the county, studiously directing his
attention to the well-to-do shop keep
ers and farmers. He represented him.
self as having been a successful BUSH
ness man in Meridian and son Of
wealthy parents, who had aided him to
accumulate a good share Of worldly
effects. Said he had four mules and
two wagons at Col. Charles PENIS
livery stable which he proposed to
place in the gravel business that he
had a fair bank account, and a quantity
of groceries and provisions which
would arrive here in a few
days. He represented that he was de-
slrous of investing money in the mer-
chantile business in connection with
some n interested, and who had an
established business. Dennis Cyrus. q
hard working colored man, whose wife
keeps a store on Fort Hill, fell a VIC
tim 10 his Misrepresentation, and adj
Yanced money to pay freight bills on a
shipment of groceries, which he claim
ed to have and said he would place in
their store and become a partner Ia
their business. They gave him nine
dollars for this purpose, and that
was the last they heard Of
their money or the freight. He
was apprehended in his Vaccinations
two days after near Mt. Elon Baptist
church, two miles south of the city by
a colored man named R. C. James. who
brought him TO the city and had
charges preferred against him before
Mayor Powell. who sent him to iail in
default of $500 bond for his appearance
before the grand jury. This is but
one OF the many classes Of frauds that
are practiced upon the v e confdin9
colored people, who will conRdc in
strangers and allow themselves TO be
duptd by strangers, before they will
listen to the advice OF their friends and
neighbors whom they have known Tor
years.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
~EvapOrated Fruits.

These are prepared with sulphur, which is
used for bleaching them. But this chemical
INJURIES the flavor so sensibly that they are
not to be compared to the old-fashioned sun
dried fruits. The Orange County Farmer
says: "Subjecting the fruit to the fumes of
sulphur makes it white and handsome to look
at and the manufacturers say it prevents the
ravages of worms which so often infest dried
fruits. We protest against having our fruit
made so nasty that even the worms will not
eat it. Some analyses were made of fruits
thus evaporated in California, which showed
the presence of considerable s%ulphurous acid.
Now that is a most undesirable constituent
OF human food. Why not stop the practice
and give us our fruit with its flavor unim-
paired. The manufacturer who will thus put
up his goods and stencil each case No Sui
phur' will reap his reward. We shall be
glad to note the beginning Of such a reform
in the business
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
HoxIE DEFIANT.

In An Interview With the Citizens
Committee He Declares Himself
Opposed to Arbitration.
ST. LOUIS, April l6.-Three clti.
zens, Prof. Woodward, and Messrs.
Nelson and Bannerman, a committee
appointed by the meeting held at the
Courthouse last Tuesday to call on
Mr.. Hoxie and request him to appoint
a committee Of three resident directors
Of the Missouri Pacific to consult with
them and a committee from the
knights OF Labor to settle the strike.
met at the Mercantile Club Yesterday
evening to talk matters over and de-
wise the best method Of approaching
Mr.. Hoxie. Prof. Woodward was An.
pointed to call upon Mr.. Hoxie and as
certain the latter's views upon the ar
bitration scheme.
The professor did as requested, and
upon reporting to the com mittee some
Time afterwards said he had found Mr..
Hoxie at home ill and completely worn
out with the work Of the past five
weeks. He very c~ourteously received
Prof. Woodward, however, and chatted
pleasantly about the situation. When
asked If he would appoint a committee
from the railroads to confer with the
citizens and employees committee. and
what his reply would be to the citizens
committee, Mr.. Hoxie said that he
had written his intentions to DR.. 7.
O'Reilly, who oficiated as president Of
the citizens meeting at the court
house, and his statement in the letter
would also apply to the committee.
DIR. O'Reilly has as yet received no
such letter and when asked as to the
probability of Mr.. Hoxie's appoint.
ing members Of the proposed arbitra-
ton commission says : 1 do not antic-
lpate that the letter will contain any
favorable news, for Mr.. Hoxie in his
conversation with Prof. Woodward.
ssid that he could see no reason why
ne should get up out of bed and ap.
point a commission to settle a strike
upon the Missouri Pacific, when that
road was moving every pound Of
freight that was delivered to them and
carrying all their passengers with safe
ty and speed.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Bridging the Ohio at Cincinnati,

CINCINNATI, April 1.-THE Coving-
ton and Cincinnati Elevated Railway
Bridge and Transfer Company has
given the requisite preliminary notice
that it will bridge the Ohio river at
Cincinnati. President Eugene Zlm-
norman, Of the Chesapeake & Nash.
vile railway say the work will be be.
gun soon and finished In eighteen
months; that the bridge will be a high
oDe and will be useful in case the ele.
waited roads should be adopted on the
Cincinnati side.
The seven day musical festivals to
be held here during the third week of
May will follow the usual method of
selling season tickets at auction, that
having been found to be the most sat.
~isfactory method to prevent specula-
ton. The sale begins next Tuesday
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Proposed Light in prid-oce,n.

A hollow steel float, eighty feet square,
anchored in mid-ocean, and bearing a sixty
foot light tower, is the suggestion of an Eng
llsh inventor. He would have this known as
a harbor of refuge in distress, or a place for
TRANSMISSION of ship news by telegraph, and
as a weather station. The saving of cost in
cable telegraphing alone by the use of relay
Instruments on the lightship would, in his
opinion, be sufficient to pay its current ex-
penses. He undertakes to provide secure
anchorage, stability and harmless detection
Of waves.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

lines Of color. Prepare a few egg shells by
draining out the contents, let them get
thoroughly dry, Ill with small candies, paste
a bit Of paper over the hole in the shell, and
brush over with dye. Arrange them in a
nest of moss in a little basket, and you nave
a very pretty ornament for the table. And
the children's delight at this novel party is so
genuine and so pleasant to SEE, that the
fatigue and worry of preparation is forgotten
speedily. Michigan Farmer.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Heavy Judgment Against the Penn
Bank Directors.

P%ITTsBURG, PA, April l6.-The
jury in the case of McMillen VS.. the
Penn Bank directors. found for the
plaintiff this morning in the sum of
$24,623.41. This was in an action in
which the plaintiff claimed $68, 900
because the directors had induced him
to leave his money in the bank when
they knew it was insolvent. The re-
suit will open up a number of other
cases, involving several hundred thou
sand dollars which were waiting on
the result in the McMullen suit.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

The West Point Rifles Coming, But
Not to Contest for Prizes.
Special to Commercial Herald.
WEST POINT, April 15-The Rifles
last night received the proposition to
attend the Vicksburg drill enthusiast
tically, and unanimously decided to 90.
They will drill nightly in preparing
for giving an exhibition drill their
membership being too small to secure
q team OF twenty-four to enter for the
contest for the prizes.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

Ones idea of a boiler is always Of some
thing down in a cellar, or upon a ground
floor. But the furnaces and boilers of the
steam company's works are all above ground.
They are upon three floors, in fact, rising one
above another. There are forty-five great
boilers in operation at present, each with its
furnaces below. Into these a long line of
workmen constantly shovel coal, night and
day. Tremendous strength of wall and floor
is required to support such a weight. The
scene shows really a long gallery, like a lofty
aisle, or something of that sort, lined with
boilers on both sides.
Everything is done OF a great scale, with
steam and machinery. Coal is hoisted by the
J truck load upon a elevator to the top floor.
The truck, a large hand car, is wheeled upon
an iron track to the place where it is wanted.
Then the car is tipped up, and the coal pre-
cipitated down a chute to the boiler floors,
one after another. When the company's
plans are complete they will consume 5000
tons of coal a day. That, however, is
nothing to what is already consumed in the
separate dwelling houses and factories of the
city.
1t is claimed that steam can be conveyed a
distance Of five miles under the streets in
pipes without becoming what is called
dead" Several of the largest newspaper
establishments in New York get their power
from this Greenwich street firm. They are
within half to a quarter Of u mile OF the
headquarters at Station B.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
The Goldfish,

The Goldfish continues to grow indefinitely,
without regard to age, so long as it has a
plentiful supply of food. The oldest Goldfish
are the largest, and they sometimes grow to
be as long as a man is high. They swim
about near the bottom of the sea, not often
ascending to the surface, feeding on all sorts
of animal life, such as crabs, shellfish and
other small fish, but not on vegetables.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

More Opposition to Mr.. Gladstone.
EDINBURGH, April 1.-THE Scoss.
mar condemns Mr. Gladstone's Irish
land purchase bill. 1t pronounces the
proposed measure "a vast and danger
GUS transaction" and says that both
the home rule and land purchase bills
are doomed to failure.
The Liberal members Of parliament
who are opposing Nj. Gladstone's
Irish policy, met to-day at Devonshire
House, Lord Hartington's London res.
idence. Lord Harrington presided.
The meeting adopted a resolution to
oppose by all mean possible the pas
sage of the land bill.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
A BOILER

The boilers are immense affairs, built on
the tubular pattern. The illustration shows
one with the outer door open. Beneath each
furnace is an ash pit deeper than a man is
tall. Beneath these again is a chute that
conveys the ashes down to the basement. The
men in the ash pits work at cleaning them
out till ashes, pit and men are all of a color,
and you can scarcely tell one from another.
In the basement all is motion, dust and din.
The ashes, after being dropped to the base
ment, is conveyed anew upward. 1t goes to
the top floor and out over the roof of a
neighboriilg building to another chute. 1t
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
Another Case of Poisoning from
Eating Canned Fruit.

CHICAGO, April l6.-The members
of a family named Long were taken
suddenly sick at No. 535 North Market
street last evening. One of the
children died this morning, while the
mother and daughter are still very i'll.
II is thought by the attending physi-
clans that they were poisoned by eat.
ing some canned peaches.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

We have the pleasure of presenting illus
~trations this week of two more light weight
wool cloth spring and early summer gowns.
They were designed for this department by
Mr.. Redfern. The designs will also go well
with cotton goods Of firm texture.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23

Nomination.

WASHINGTON, April Io.-The presi.
dent sent the following nomination 20
the senate today Postmasters, at Gin
cinnati, Ohio, John @. Reilly at
Louisville, Kentucky, Mrs. Virninsa
q. Thompson.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-23
SCIENCE PROGRESS
Co-operatlve stenm HentInr.

It has been for many years one of the
problems Of civilization whether steam could
not be furnished from one great central
plant with which to run factories, heat build
lngs, and serve for cooking and laundry pur-
poses. A recent attempt in this direction in
milwaukee has come to grief, at least tenn
porarily. Most great successes have been
partial failures at first. 1t is not surprising,
therefore, if a good deal of money must be
spent and labor and time thrown away be-
fore cooperative steam heating runs smoothly
on to triumph.