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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-26
NEWS NOTES ssFRoM LONDON.


STEALING DIlMONDs.-Two fore Rners entered the
store of diamond merchant Tabuk in BegrdNest, TO-
day heat hun the he al with clubs until he fel On-
consrious and fled with diamonds worth SlO,OOO.
TaOuks sku was crushed in. Ills assalants have been
arrested.
DFCI AIRED BANKEUPT.-James McHenry has been de-
clared bankrupt having dofauted on an nstameht
due 10 creditors.
AN IRIsHMA AN-Charles Brown, the discharged soldler
who Yesterday threw petition praying Tor renewal OF
ms pension into the Queens carriage Is an ITlshmaD
lie was released 10y the royal command
AMERICAN DIvoRCEs-Justice Bntt to-day rendered a
decision the effect that divorce obtained III America
Is invalid IN England
PRINCE OF WALEss CUP.This was the first dav OF the
Liverpool spring meeting. The race for the Prince OF
Wales's Cup was easily by three leng rs by H.
Uupgerfords fouryearOld colt Brighton; the Duke OF
Fortands fouryesrold brown lilly satchei was second
W j. Legh's hVe-year-od chestnut hOrse COrmelHe
third There fodrteen starters. Tne last betting
was to against Brighton, II to against satchel and
ii TO l against COrmeille.
ACCIDENTS Al sEA-rhe German bark Dianant from
Newly February II, for Hamburg was abandoned
after being In collision with the steamer NaPo Sky
miles OF Elbe Light The Allan Line steamer Scandl-
navan at Glasgow from Philadelphia. had her engine
disabled on March 10. She was under sail for three
days The American bark William Hales from Singa
pore for NewYogk, which put into Cape IOwD eaky has
been reloaded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-26
SUITS AGAINST sTnEEg RAuRoADs.

Lewis says hs is ready TO back Ryan.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-11-25

NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Styles for Young and Old Ladies', Brides
Misses and Girls.

Styles for Young and Old Ladies', Brides,
Misses and Girls.
Ivory white satin is the preferred
fabric for brides dresses.
Children's frocks are short-waisted,
loose, wide-belted and full skirtcd.
Goats or overcoats for little girls
show, the same short waists and full
skirts that are seen in their frocks.
Waistcoats and large and small but
tons are features on the short wasted.
full-skirted frocks of little girls.
Wooden dresses are almost de rigueur
for street wear for all except elderly
ladies. who may cling to their black or
gray silks.
Thf, bridal bouquet is de rigueur OF
whits flowers, roses, clematis, feather,
jasmine, orange flowers. white lilac
and lilies of the valley.
New, dressy trimmings are made
decorative with pendant bead drops,
tassels of beads and seguins of gold,
silver and tinted metals
One of the prettiest fall frocks for
little girls is the pulled yoke Gretchen
dress, with pulfs in the armhole to
AAo tcH tIC oStbiA WHICH tOIA tiic yOhc.
Hoods, capes, deep collars and pocket
flaps of plush velvet. boncle mohair
and astracLan are seen on the rough
cloth fancy coats of little girls this fall.
New silk underwear comes in ribbed
weaves and in all bright red, blue and
evening colors. cream and white, but
the laces which trim the vests are de
rigueur white.
New camisoles and dressing sacques
are made with many fine tucks run
ming lengthwise the backs, fronts and
the sleeves, which are three-quarters
long and in the full hanging bishops
sleeve form.
Short jacket fronts of the material of
the dress, falling over plush or velvet
under body, the collar and cuffs also
plush or velvet, are seen on the pretty
wool dresses of girls under five years
of age.
The newest fancy in ladies' silk un-
derwear is low neck, with sleeveless
arm-holes with fine Valenciennes or
Normandy Val. and frill of the same
lace two inches wide around the bot
tom of the garment.
The bridal gown of the incoming
season must be of ivory white satin or
repped silk, with the train or soma
part of the dress made of silver
brocaded satin and trimmed with
antique ivory tinted laces. looped with
natural, not artificial, orange BIOS
SONS.
The newest fancy in night lights and
altar tapers is in the form of conical
tinted shade covering large wax taper
fitted to socket, the socket and shade
surrounded by large fancy glass
flower tray matching the color of the
shade and made in many different fanci-
full forms. IN. Y. San.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-11-25
Exit Tobacconist.

"Young manu- shouted the retain
ltobacconist. ''didn't 1 caution you to
keep your eyes peeled for plugged silver
coins?"
Eyes, SIR"
..Well. here's plugged half dollar
which you must have taken in this after
noon while was out
Eyes, sir; know did,"
.'You knew it was plugged and YET
you accepted it?'
Eyes, sir. I hadn't the moral
courage to refuse"
80, you hadn't? Well. on Saturday
night you can take your pay and go,
/ don't want boy here who will let a
scoundrel impose on him in that fash
ion. Would you know the despicable
villain AGAIN.
20. yes. sir; know him WE'LL
..Wlo was hep
'.Your father!' Detroit Free Pfys
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-11-25
TWO GAS STORIES.
The Inexpiicable Connection Existing Be
tween Meters and Gas Bills.

The Inexpiicable Connection Existing Be-
tween Meters and Gas Bills.
Talking about gas bills, said Tim.
Minis at the club the other night, s'does
anybody know what a meter has TO 40
with them? There are two Offices.
No. 4 and No. 6, in the Exchanges blocks
Bloater has No. and | have No. s
The gas fixtures are duplicate. Bloaer
uses his gas long hours every evening
/ use it about an hour only. For SIS
months the gas bills for the Offices
stated that the meters registered the
same for each room. The bills wers
paid until in August was away the
whole month and Bloater worked until
midnight and one night left the gas
burning all night. The 1st of SEP
TENDER the bills were presented as isqa'
for the same amount. The next aay
we had the meters taken out and SUD
stituted lamps.
'.My experience beats yours. SAL
Tom Stratton. "We live in a donose
house and are very quiet family, wills
our neighbors in the other part are yeE
gay and entertain constantly, yet oul
gas bills were constantly sent in for ING
same number of feet. Finding rernon.
STRANGE vain, bought kerosene lanlps
and for clean month did not turn :
gas screw. At the close of the month
in came the usual bill. The next month
I turned on every jet in the hols
every evening, and at the end OF w
month paid a gas bill OF sixty CENT
less than the month before. linen :
gave it up. Memphis appeal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-11-25

For the sole purpose Of getting !, :
photo of 1.-The Girl of the Period roeA
near Springdale, we took q pn1ss .,
grapher up to that place yesterday, ~ ~
found that vandals had so dIshgulss.
the rock as to make it almost VI
recognizable and not fit for pho's
graphing. This rock was once
prominent landmark and feature &
that neighborhood. 1t is not now
Boulder (Coi. Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-11-25

Every young person should look ups
that is, aim at something higher than him.
self, and determine, if possible, to reach it.
Better associates, better employments, bet
ter thoughts-tkese he should keep before
him, and never De satisfied unless he make
some progress toward them,-Ex
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-11-25

Duelist-How the thought Of nv
young and beautiful betrothed un-
nerves me. If | fall Second
Now, brace up don't bother yourself,
I'll marry her.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-11-25

i L
NIL Heaven with these; for every cedar
that plant in Heaven I will have fiftv
white lilies. In the hour when was a
poor man in Judea they were not ashamed
OF Me, and now have come to a throne
do not despise them Hold it not back.
Q weeping mother. Lay it on NV warm
heart. OF suchi is the Kingdom of Heaven. %
Again, / remark, there was no organize
ton IN His behalf, and that was against
Him. When men propose any great work
they band together, they write letters of
agreement, they take oaths of fealty: and
the more and complete the organization the
more and complete the success. Here was
one who went forth without any organiza-
ton and alone. IF men had mind to Join
IN His company, all right; if they had a
mind not to join in His company, all well.
II tney came they were greeted with no
loud salutation; if they went away they
were sent with no bitter anathema. Peter
departed, aid Christ turned and looked at
him. That was ALL
All TINS was against Him. Did any one
ever undertake such an enterprise amidst
sucn INFINITE embarrassments and by such
modest And yet I am here to say it ended
IN complete triumph. Notwith standing
HIS worldly occupation, His poverty, His
PLAIN face, His unpretending garb, the fact
That de was schoolless, the fact that He
had brief life, the fact that He was not
accompanied by any visible Organization
notwithstanding all that, in an exhilara-
ton which shall be prolonged in everlast-
ing chorals: 81 have finished the work
Thou gavest me to do.m
See Him victorious over the forces Of
nature The sea is crystal sepulcher. II
swallowed the Central American. the Pres
ldent, the Spanish armada as easily as any
ny that ever fioated on it. The inland lakes
are fully as terrible in their wrath. Re-
cent travellers tep Us that Galilee when
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-08
THE CHAMPION.
A Lazy Man Who Is Entitled to the Prize
for Inactivity.


fClara Belle, in Cincinnati Enqulrerl
The champion lazy man lives across the
street from me. l have watched him on
and off now for months, andh Is the only
man ever knew who didn't do any thing
at all. 1t is true that he fled his nails
once, but he looked at them for hours at
time every day for week before he began
the work, and then he was the greater part
of another week getting them in shape.
Since that time he has been placidly ad.
miring them whenever l have glanced
across the way at him. He is large, fat
and heavy-eyed, and don't think he goes
out Of the house once month. He has
the appearance of perfect health, and
about the only exercise he takes is that in
volved in the movement of turning his
head sideways so that he can look out Of
the window. He lives in the window Of
his big house-he is widower and a
man of large means-where he has
constructed curious sort of Q
divan. The low window sill has been
widened and extended and heaped with
cushions and rugs. Two iron arms or
brackets extend from either side of the
window. They are designed to hold
books. Outside of the window and at
tached to the easement are mirrors ar
ranged to such an angle that one within
the room may look out and see up and
down the street. There are thick portieres
across the windows. At eleven o'clock
every morning servant draws these
curtains aside, and in about an hour from
that time the champion lazy man waddles
| up to the window and stares sleepily out
on the street. He usually wears q
dressing gown, though his attire is other
| wise neat and conventional. He is thep
| scarcely out Of bed until he sinks at once
| into his luxurious cushion at the win
dow. His heavy eyes are turned upon any
object that may interest him in the
street, and he solemnly and soulfully stares
at it until the servant appears with the
breakfast tray. He is too much fatigued to
sit at the table and eat, and so the tray is
placed beside him and he sits there and
munches his food lazily for the next hour.
After that he sits and looks out Of the win.
dow until it is time to eat dinner. have
known him once or twice to sit up to din.
ner, but this is only on rare occasions
Regularly every day his carriage comes
around to take him out for drive, and
regularly he stays at home. He seem.
to be rather amused, however, by the
horses as they walk up and down before
the house. There are lot of complacent
old family servants to attend to him. HI
never goes to the theater or opera, hal
no family ties, and simply lives in solitude
and magnifcence in a big city house ant
worshiping but one god-himself. 1t ISM
particularly noble life, perhaps, but ther
he seems to like it, and don't know tina
1t is my province to complain.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-08
DOMESTIC CHIMES.
Sweet Notes Produced With Silver OF
Plated Spoon and String.

Sweet Notes Produced with Silver or
Plated Spoon and String.
Would you care to listen to the
chimes of a cathedral in your own
roomp Tie silver or plated spoon to
a string or light cord, take an end Of
the cord in each hand and place one
end in each ear. Then swing the
spoon so that it strikes against some
object-as for example table-and
every conclusion will transmit sound
so intense that it will seem as if some
gigantic clock were striking in the
neighborhood. The effect is very sim
gular one and the illusion complete.
Solid bodies are excellent conductors
of sound. 1t is this principle that is
used in the construction of the toy
telephone sold on the streets. The
cord that unites the two ear-pieces,
when stretched out, will easily carry
the voice considerably over one hundred
and fifty yards. Telephones with cords,
called mechanical telephones, are now
made that carry both simple sounds
and conversation several kilometers.
Indeed, so well do solid bodies trans
NIT sound that by plunging a stick into
the Rhone, and applying the ear to the
end out of the water, one can hear
the noise made by the stones as they
are carried by the current along the
bottom of the river.-Pdris Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-08
-
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


The French have taken the Ameri-
can verb Ito interview into their lam
guage.
--Tattooing in Japan is practised to
such an extent that a law prohibiting
the practice has just been passed.
"A French bonnet is named the
giraffe eapote, and is trimmed with two
velvet ears Of unequal length and size.
The Tower of London has been re-
opened to visitors, after having been
closed for more than year on account
of the dynamite explosion.
The Sultan of Turkey is said to
pay two German apothecaries $4,000 a
year each, with board and rooms in the
palace, and the services of several at
PENDANTS.
-Sixty-nine of her British Majesty s
big ships are said to be ''shams, an
tiques and curios, whose proper place is
in naval museum or colossal marine
bric-a-brac shop"
An extraordinary fact in connec-
ton with the Russian conscripts drafted
into the ranks in 1885 is shown by some
statistics inst published. The total num-
Der of conscripts accepted was SAT ,587,
of whom no fewer than 1880 were
Jews.
"A great number of important an d
interesting documents have lately been
discovered in stable lot at Belvoir
Castle by an inspector who was sent
down to look over the Duke of Rut-
lands family papers by the Historical
Manuscript Commissioners Many of
these old documents are of great his
tor. cal value, and among them is diary
kept by the Earl of Rutland when he
was in attendance on Charles !.
The ways of the Japanese post-office
are peculiar. In most countries, if the
postage on letter is inadequate, the
deficiency is recovered from the ad-
dressee, and if he objects to be mulcted,
the letter is retained and there is an end
of the matter. 1t is not SO in Japan.
The other day an unfortunate Japanese
declined to pay the extra postage,
whereupon he was dragged before a
magistrate and fined five dollars for
eYadng the taxes.
The silver tree of South Africa
| (Leacadendron argenteum), ''whose
| leaves shine like FURNISHED metal" has
been supposed to occur nowhere in the
world except on the slopes of Table
Mountain. near Cape Town; but a cor
respondent of the Gardeners Chronicle
SAYS he once saw a specimen of this
marvellous plant in a garden in the dis
tr.ct of Madura, in Southern India. and
Seeding twenty inches high is now
flourishing in an English conservatory.
The silver tree would seem to be quite
as well worthy the attention of col
lectors as many of the orchids for which
high prices are paid.
According to a French paper the
! Count de Lesseps was foretold by an
ancient Egyptian oracle. 1t says
''Herodotus relates that when Neco,
King of Egypt, undertook the work o.
un ting the waters of the Mediterranean
! and Red Seas, by means of canal
$4,000 men persisted in the work. HI
/ then caused the work to be stopped ant
consulted an oracle, receiving the re
/ ply, "A barbarian will finish thy work.
The gentleman who alighted upon tha
bit of history copied upon sheet of pa
i per the paragraph from Herodotus an(
carried it to de Lesseps, who, having
read it, took his pen and appended
'The barbarian prophesied by the oracle
/ F. de Lesseps.'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-08
AN EXPENSIVE ARMY.
Army, Press and Prisons of the Uruguayan
Republic.

Army, Press and Prisons of the Uruguayan
Republic.
The Uruguayan army has some popu-
lar features. One is found in the fact
that not long ago it had one thousand
officers and one thousand privates.
Now, when it is recruited for active
operations, it has six thousand men and
eighteen Generals. 1t is no wonder that
the army costs the country more than
five hundred dollars per man. Prisons
are needed for political offenders. 1t is
not always convenient to have them
killed on the way to headquarters be.
cause they are said to be thinking about
escape. Then more than one prison is
convenient. If the obnoxious party does
not think of escape, or is not supposed
to think of it, on his way to the head.
quarters, and so survives that trip, il
sometimes become necessary to remove
him from one prison to another. This
is nearly always fatal. He is sure to be
reported killed in attempting to escape.
A man connected with one of the
newspapers not long ago offended po-
litical chief. He was arrested and sent
to a certain prison quite out of the ordi-
nary center for imprisoning. 1t was
back of the house of the offended polit-
ical chief. There was gateway be.
tween his yard and the prison yard.
The chief came into the prison yard
and with his own hands whipped
the man till he was tired out
and then told him that Montevideo air
would not be healthy for bin. The man
fled to Buenos Ayres. This is little
rugged. One wonders how such a
chief could survive month. 1t is
proper to remark here that the press Of
these South American cities is as free
as the air. The Government is crit-
cised with the greatest freedom and
fierceness. 1t is part of the status
quo. Thus the scourge and the pen
carry on the old-time strife. The ages
are rolled together. The tenth and the
nineteenth centuries stand face to face.
&C. H. Fovler, in Chicago Ne,0s.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-08
HOME AND FARM.
Never use water from stone res
'rvoir for cooking purposes. -E1

Never use water from stone res.
ervoir for cooking purposes. Ed
change.
Cook oatmeal in double boiler, OF
in covered pail set in kettle of water.
Be sure to salt 1.-THE Caterer.
BE sure and sprinkle little pulver.
lied charcoal about the poultry quar-
ters. The fact that it soon disappears is
evidence that more is required. = frog
Times.
Salt will curdle milk; therefore, in
preparing milk toast, sauces, scrambled
eggs, or any thing of which milk is the
foundation, do not add the salt till the
pan has left the fire. = Western Rasral.
1t is an error to always choose the
largest fowls for sitters. Those of me-
dunn size are generally better for this
purpose, provided they are not deficient
in feathers. - Cincinnati Times.
To can tomatoes: Scald to remove
the skins; boil in their own Juice twen-
ty minutes. Heat your jars by pouring
hot water into them, then empty and
wipe dry. Put the tomatoes in
scalding hot and seal at once. These
tomatoes keep perfectly. - Toledo Blade.
Professor Cook, OF the Michigan
Agricultural College, says most of the
failures to destroy potato bugs by paris
green comes from waiting until eggs
have been laid on the vines before an.
plying it. Make the first application
just as the plants come up.
"A nice and cheap pickle: Chop fine
one large head of cabbage, three large
green and three large red bell peppers.
Add two ounces of yellow mustard seed,
one ounce of celery seed and three
tablespoonful of salt. Boil three pints
of vinegar, and pour on the mixture
hot. Stir well and put in large jar.
Fit to eat in few days. The House
hold.
To cook caulifower take off the out.
er leaves and separate the caulifower
into little branches. Put into sauce.
pan with little salt and cover with
cold water. Boil until soft, then drain
off the water, put in gill of milk thick
ened with little flour, piece of butter
as large as walnut, and a sprinkline
of pepper. Boil up again and serve hot
--HOusehold.
"A swine-breeder says that in wean.
ing pigs there is something more to b.
considered than SIMPLY taking then
away from their mother. They should
be weaned gradually, so as not to gel
any stunt or setback. To take pig
away before they have been taught t.
eat gives them a check for at least two
weeks. Feeding them in separate place
to which they have access will accustom
them to eating. -Prairie Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-07-08
af tho dower.

the amount of the dover. A
oirl who will bring twenty thousand
dollars into the new household generally
has trousseau worth two thousand
dollars. 1t is customary for the BRIDE
groom to offer presents in proportion
to his wealth-jewels, laces and car
riages are expected Of the man who can
afford them. If his mother has no girls
she presents her future daughter with a
portion of the diamonds and laces which
she would have reserved for her own
daughters. Laces and jewels are thus
handed down and kept from generation
to generation. Relatives on both sides
are expected to offer something more
precious than long array of nickel
plated cake-baskets, cruet-stands and
napkin-rings. AS you see, to maintain
these expensive traditions it is impossi-
BILE for the French to have large families.
for it is a national and family pride for
parents to give as large dover as their
fortunes will allow, with the proyiso,
however, of keeping the larger portion
for themselves, for it does not enter into
the customs to lessen the Importance Of
their own establishments for the
marriage settlement of their chill
dren. This custom of dover exists in all
classes of people who have any thing to
give. Small tradespeople will set up a
shop for their children; peasants and
farmers will give SO many herd of cat
tie or portion of their land. Others,
whose incomes can not be divided, draw
up papers to pay certain amount of it
yearly to their children, and lawsuits,
which force parents to the terms stipu-
lated in marriage contracts, are often
the subject of court discussions.
The ceremony of signing the contract
opens the wedding festivities. 1t usually
takes place the day before the civil and
religious marriages, at the house of the
bride. The contract is signed in the
presence of the family lawyers. by the
bride, bridegroom, parents and wit
nesses, just before guests arrive, who
have been invited to reception, mus
ical soiree, or ball. The bride for this
entertainment wears her last girlish
party-dress, light pink or blue gauze,
simply made la VERGE, adorned with
no jewels but those she has been allowed
to wear in her girlhood-coral, small
pearls and turquoise. Brooklyn
Eagle.