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THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

The Chaplain Again Complains Of NON.
Attendance at Opening Prayers.
NEW YORK, May 15.-At to-day's session OF the
Methodist Conference Bishop Andrews occupied
the presiding oficer's chair and the devotional
exercises were conducted by Dew Dr. Truesdall
Chaplain McCabe had occasion to again protest
against the non-attendance Of delegates
upon the opening services, less than thirty rem
resentauves TO the conference were In their seats
A delegate who was asked 10 call the delegates In
from the Hobbies, where they were assembled in
merriment by answering that the brethren would
not come In as
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Where She Reigns Supreme.
From the Louisville Courier-JournaI
woman may not become a lay delegate to the
Methodist Conference but she Will continue to be
President, Secretary and Disbursng Agent In her
husbands house, where she Will have her whole
say, now and forever.
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PERSONAL
A NEW PRINTING oFFIcE
"A AcQlEkN WALLACE
BOOK AND JOB PRINrEEs

nos II III street " " south ga.
, ~ ,s .nsS are ready " receive orders Tor any
klno o. frihtns ~ The above 4darezs Ihsir anfsr q
sntIeiS nss. skl.sd uorknsa only einpioysd VIII
- aD1
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w hen baby vas sick. We gave her csstoria
When she wss . child. shs cried for Cassoria
When she became Mia shs chung to C~storia
When she had chzlorsu. She gave them Csseoria
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Offers for the sale OF bonds to the Government
were received at the Treasury Department to-day
as follows: -Four per cents coupon, 81, 800 at 127;
100000, at Ely; 5000, at l27a; $4,000 at 127;
81, 200, at $127 lie; total, $685. Four per
cents. registered, s126o0, at 127; $4,000 at 12;
S25OOO at l27; $40, OOO at 127A; 5000, at I27k;
81 ,00o0 600, at l27a; $1,000, at I27; $4,000, at
l27 l-l6; TOTAL 81, sos, $50. Four and a hair per
81 400 at l0S; $1,000, at l0S total sl2 400 Four
and hall per cents, registered, $4,000 at 1867,
ex-interest; $4,000, at 10sA; 5000, at 1867.
total, 81, SJss,2250.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

commissioner Wheatiey has gone to New York
Thursday. = -
W. Il: curtis has been appointed private on
the police force
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CHARGED WITH THEFT.-Detectives Mattiugly
and Wheeler to-day arrested a woman namei
Maud Maxheld alias Staples on a charge OF steal
Ing watch and chain, belonging TO Arthur Emory
the watch for $40, and had the chain IN her trunk
Sne claimed that she found the watch and chain
atter Mr.. Emory had lett the mouse In which he
visited. She Is held for hea. ing
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Offered the Position.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE RAILWAY NAIL

William L. Bancroft OF Port Huron, Mich, has
been rendered the position OF general superinten-
dent OF the railway mail service, In place OF Mr..
Nash, who has presented his resignation. Mr..
Bancroft Is about sixty-three years OF age and is
q prominent member or the democratic party in
Michigan. He has not as yet deci ed to accept
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District Government Affairs.
THE TAXES PAID BY TIE BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC

The Commissioners have written to Senator
cameron relative to the amount annually paid to
the District by the Baltimore and Potomac Kali
road on account OF special and general taxes and
rents. they say that the general tax for the cur
rent nScal year Is s. so upon an assessment OF
S4o4, l63 VI real property and $685. 400 OF personal
property, including tracks and equipment.
Ine amount OF annual water rent charged
against the company is S,6:6. the
company also pays Tor the temporary use of part
OF the ground recovered by nilng The old canal
between south Capitol and 2d streets, an annual
rent OF $1,000. For Gas used In lamps on streets
ana grounds through which their tracks are lald
{6Sl lamps). 81, 259 96
Inc amount OF special-assessment taxes appear
Ing on inc account with this company-On real
estate owned or occupied thereby, ali OF which
has been naid Is "a try2. ~
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From the Chicago TtibunA
II am truly sorry TO give you pain. Mr.. Hankin-
SON." said the young lady, 'but please do not
ailude to this subject again. lean never be your
wife,
THAT Is your npal answer. Miss Irene'"
Ttt6"
.Nothing could induce you to change your de-
clston1"
any mind IL firmly and unaitsEably made mp"
"Atss Irene" said the young man, rd1ng and
looking about tor his nat s'6ef0re coming here
this evening ] made bet Of so with Van Per-
kns that you would say no 20 my proposal
have Won. Il was taking . risk, but 1 Waa dead
broke. Miss Irene" he continued, mis- voice CULVER
Ing with emotion; &you have saved deepa1Fing
long respect and esteem Of greAtsfui heart Coco
evening"
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AN ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF PATENr.-To-day
w: u. singleton, Tor George Z. Noyts, has nled a
OH IN equity Tor discovery, account aud tniunc-
lion, against the columbia Brick Co me com
plalnant alleges that defendant is Infringing nis
patent Ior improvementin brick manuracture and
asks compensation therefor.
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Bond Offerings To-day,

The Secretary OF State to-day received a tele-
gram from U. S. Consul Lewis at Tangier, stating:
Everything Is settled; all points gained"
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MONEY SAVED

Book Is NO better becsuss you rot tfor ssar prscs
but you're LIKELY 10 tea estsx whsn you know IL psa
ives txaE
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5oHN wANAlrAKER
Ssaln1uluaAA
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PIMPLES. blackheads. red rough. chapped and oily
skin prevented by CUrIcURA SOAP. myI5, l6lS.l9
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The WEEKLY STARs Pocket Atlas or the World
II offered free 10 every new subscriber for year
TO the WEEKLY STAR. Ii IS 4 handsomely printed
book OF lSl pages profusely illustrated with more
than 100 colored maps and diagrams and contains
wealth OF general Information SCI advertise
ment In another column
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
A Supper at Delmonico,s.

Delmonico's reputation is far reaching, the
resort of epicures, millionaires and people
from the country who have come to 4sdo'
New York. They have made up their minds
to spend money freely, and find Delmonico's
fine place to do it in. By ordering all the
dishes that are out of season and plenty of
wine, one may spend twenty dollars there
for one meal from the menu, and eat no
more and fare little better than the man at
the next table who orders dishes in season
and pays three dollars. If New York is cos
mopolitan on large scale, so is Delmonico,s
on smaller one. Wide, indeed, is the range
of customers tastes, and there are nearly
always mo1e than two hundred dishes on the
menu required to satisfy all demands.
When a young man wishes particularly to
impress a young woman with his affluence
or generosity he takes her to supper at Del
monico's after the theatre. II he has never
been there before, the more anxious he is to
display familiarity with the place, the more
he thinks every one is watching him. and the
more he stands in awe Of the solemn. dress
coated French waiter, and would sooner
poison himself than find fault with the
viands or the service. If the woman feels at
ell overcome by her surroundings she seeks
to recover herself by getting cross and find
ing fault with the whole thing.-New York
Tribune.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
Household Work in India.

~
In the average Indian family the strictest
domestic economy is the rule Of life, and the
household work is done by the women of the
household, not, as with us, by paid servants
Servants there are, of course, in all Indian
families, but they are, as rule, on totally
different footing from the European domestic.
being for the most part independent persons
with clientele for whom they perform Ger.
tain customary services for customary
wage The distribution Of the daily work.
down to that Of the most menial Find. lies;
with the materfamilias, who may be best de-
scribed as the Oldest woman in the family.
proper under coverture, for widows can have.
no authority.
The caoking, as the work Of honor, she,
keeps to herself, but the house cleaning. the.
washing, the care Of the children, the draw
ing OF the water. the making Of the beds. and
so on, is done by the less dignified members
Of the household, as she directs; and what.
ever is most menial, most AisSef efaeabla. md
the hardest work, is thrust upon the britla.
she is the servant Of the very servants, and
must must obey everybody. It is hardly, there
Tore, to De wondered at that, after her previ-
ous training, It is BY no means an uncommon
occurrence that she has to be forcibly broken
into her new way in life, that she is forever
signing after the flesh pots OF her fathers
house. that there are various sscrstomsn
which enable her to revisit it at stated times
after the marriage, and that the law is often
invoked to oblige brides to return to their
husbands families after the customary term
OF such visits had expired. Capt. B, O..
temple IN journal OF the Society Of Arts, IL
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
when wales Waa sexenteen.

The Prince Of Wales paid visit to his sis
ter at the end of November; the regent gave
. state dinner IN his honor in his own palace
In Berlin, and Lord and Lady Bloomfield q
ball at the British legation. The prince, al
though II years old. did not look more than
Il; he had the appearance of being quite q
boy, fair and very slim; his large blue eyes
were much admired, and the Berlinese were
pleased with his simple, unaffected manners.
He danced all night long with great gusto,
but showed distressing partiality for select
Ing the tallest women in the room as his
partners, and his red uniform was seen man
fully struggling in waltz or polka with those
to him overpowering weights Mr-now
Sir Robert Morier, first secretary 81 the le-
cation, intrusted with the management Of
the ball, suffered much discomposure at the
reckless fashion in which his royal ,highuess
upset the arrangement and order Of the
dances to suit his convenience; yet there was
no superciliousness or arrogance in his way
OF doing it. -" Random Recollections, ETC..
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
Internal trouble 1. Austri.,

Austria is being alarmed with the begin
ming Of what may lead. to serious internal
trouble. The Austrian Csechs are about 70
enter upon struggle for autonomy similar
to that enjoyed by Hungary. They wish to
have their emperor crowned king Of Bohe-
mia, as he is now crowned king Of Hungary.
The Hungarians are opposed to this idea, be-
ing unwilling to have annother separate
Austrian nationality advanced to the dignity
of theirs. The Poles also talk Of obtaining
special recognition by having the emperor
crowned king Of Galicia. The German ele.
nasnt sides with the Hungarians, wishing to
preserve the monarchy in its present state
The Czechs and Poles together make q
formidable power, and the opinion Is freely
entertained that unless Francis joseph &C.
cepts the programme Bohemia will be per
manently disa6ected with strong leaninRs
toward Russia.-New York Sun. igSSS
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
What . Novel should DO.

The pleasure which comesof novel should
be physical. It should put the reader in 4
state OF tension sufficient to cause an eyoca-3
tion OF fancies which without that influence
would decline to appear. The author who,
sitects his reader as an easy chair does NAV.
% comforting as easy chairs are, but there,
comes an hour when he is relegated 70 thes
garret The first dnty Of q novelist Is to irri-
tate the reader Tho second duty i to IS
able ! 70 bone tho dictionary as readily $ 4
chef bones on e bird. The third duty Is to have
g emotions, not and to be SO prompt in dstainine
chem Them that the reader shares their efIect
but, paramount an Of all, he should LET no work
60 from him that does not instill some Lesson. I
= ana make ll men, and women too, the better
9nd z the wiser for his prsse. Edear saltus "a
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
An Anecdote of 11r. Blaine.

A Philadelphia business man tells this Incl
dent of Mr.. Blaine's visit to London. One
day he happened into the establishment Of q
well known bootmaker and asked to see some
shoes Having selected a pair to his liking.
Mr.. Blaine inquired the cost, at the same
time casually remarking that he had been
referred to the house by . friend in Ianca-
shire, from which district he had himself
just run mp to London for short time.
"But you are not an Englishman, SIR said
the attendant who was waiting on him.
"And why nota" said Mr.. Blaine. .'Do not
look like an Englishmanl And did I not saw
hailed from Lancashirefn "You may heye
just come from Lancashire, and do not say
that your looks are not English" answered
the salesman, "but an Englishman would
not have asked the cost of these shoes, sir
Tribune
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14

THE CULTURE OF GRAPES.
How the Industry Began in Chautauqus
County, New York-The Pickers.

How the Industry Began in Chautauqus
County. New York-The Pickers.
A score of years ago when man named
Harris came from England and founded q
community" at Brockton, in the township
Of Portland, about midway on the Lake
Shore railroad from Buffalo to Erie, he saw
the adaptability of the region to the culture
of the grape, and began vineyard, which
has since become famous, and the reputation
of which would have become still more ex-
tended but for the disruption of the settle
ment. But the start made at that time has
given Brockton the lead in grape growing,
and it is now the recognized centre of the in
dustry, with the only wine cellars and the
largest shipping station.
In the township of Portland there are now
5000 acres devoted to grapes, and the yield
under careful management is from three to
eight tons per acre.
The Concord is the standard grape, and
probably seven-tenths of all the grapes grown
on the lake shore are of this variety, as it is
hardy, large producer, stands transporta-
tion well, and can be preserved for months.
But the Niagara is a favorite variety, white,
not unlike the Malaga grape in appearance,
and of very delicate flavor While all the
grapes require much care, especially in the
early part of the season, more than the usual
time and labor are spent on the Niagaras,
some of the growers even going to the ex-
treme of tying paper bags over the punches
when partly grown to prevent bruising and
mildew. To stranger the sight of ten acre
lot of grape vines bearing brown paper bags
is enough to excite the risibilities. In one
vineyard this season &C, 900 of these bags were
thus used
The harvesting of the grape crop is the
period of anxiety for the viniculturist, and,
like the hop grower, he brings all the force
possible into service-literally "his sisters
and his cousins and his aunts" When the
harvest is about to begin the housewife cooks
many times the usual quantity of food, and
until the vines have been robbed of their
punches of fruit little attention is paid to
creature comforts. From early in the morn
ing until dusk the vineyards swarm with
pickers, and the punches are carefully clip
ped from the stalks and packed in baskets or
trays, some of them being wrapped in tissue
paper to insure their reaching market in the
best possible condition. Only the small and
imperfect punches are sent to the wine eel
lars. The markets for the grapes are princi-
pally in the west, Chicago taking the bulk of
the product.
The wine cellars at Brockton have stor-
age capacity of about $4,000 gallons, and are
not large enough to meet the demands of the
trade, as several Of the western railways
are using the wines in their buffet cars and
station refreshment rooms. The wines sell
from one to several dollars per gallon. Some
of the grape growers whose temperance pro-
clivities prevent their selling refuse punches
to the cellars, scald the juice and preserve it,
and the beverage would not offend con-
noisseur, while the natives esteem it highly.
Correspondence New York Times.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
THE LATE MoDERND CRAZE.
A Craze for the Newest Instead of What
Is Oldest.

"A craze 1Or the newest Instead OF WnoC
Is Oldest.
There is new craze this fall 1t is craze
for what is newest instead of what is oldestan
household furniture, bric-a-brac and related
articles. Those who are the victims of this
craze do not go up and down the city attend
ing auctions and haunting second hand shops
in search of claw footed tables, high shoul-
dered clocks, snuffers, spinning Wheels china,
decanters, mirrors-all warranted to be an
tiques or the money refunded. No. None
of these things move them. The fact is that
they have renounced the old and have flown
for relief to the contemporaneous. The
newer thing is the better they like it. Un-
less, for instance, a piece of furniture is so
fresh from the manufacturer that the var
nish is still a trihe sticky it fails to attract
them. They call themselves the Society for
the Promotion of the New; they have adopted
as their motto, ''Say not that the former
times were better than Theses" and they have
chosen MIR. Veneering as their patron saint
The origin of the society is rather interest
ing. Several ladies well known as indefatig
able collectors of old things spent last summer
in quaint village among the New England
hills They were aware that the village had
acquired great reputation among the
Ao'SAS "a cA0 oAus OcStauSo VI U1lo lIlduy F0ueI-
able warming pans, sideboards, candelsticks
and the like which its kind hearted citizens
had been induced to part with for con-
sideration to meet a great popular want. The
ladies settled down on one of the shaded
streets of the little village, realizing that the
place was dull and hot, but s'sustained and
soothed" by the hope Of hunting up and pur-
chasing at a bargain lot of choice old
things. But they were doomed to disappoint-
ment. The harvesrers had been through that
field and had done thorough work, and SO,
too, had the cleaners Consequently when
these ladies arrived on the scene there was
not portable thing left for sale-save, pos
sibly, pair Of chickens-in the village that
was more than a year or q year and half
old
The grief and despair of the collectors may
be imagined. At first they refused to be
comforted, although the village pastor called
and did his best. At length one of them sud.
denly dried her eyes and exclaimed to the
others: II have it! The very thing! Why
didn't we think of it before, Let's cut the
old and go in for thu new" Her comrades
in misfortune were delighted with the sug-
gestion and at once resolved to adopt it,
Such was the genesis of this interesting craze;
SO it came to pass that these collectors suf-
fered the "Late Modern" as one of them
styled it, to take the place in their affections
that had been held by the Early Ancient
New York Tribune.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
Restaurants for Business women.


The business of carrying on restaurants
with an eye to female customers is probably
distinctively American and reaches its eli
max in the great shopping districts of New
York city. Year by year these women,s
restaurants become more numerous and
more extensively fitted up. They are even
extending down town for the use of business
women, and they all seem to make money.
There seems to be considerable change.
too, in the quantity and quality of luncheon
now thought to be sufficient for women and
girls who earn their own living. Years ago
tin boxes or parcels or baskets containing
luncheons used to be common and con-
spicuous feature of the early morning down.
town street cars and their owners ate bread
and butter, sandwiches, cake, fruit. ETC..
at noon, without leaving their desks or
counters.
Many do this still, but the number is far
below what it used to be and grows rapidly
less, even among the very poor, and the
habit of visiting restaurants and taking hot
luncheons, more or less substantial, is grow.
ing in favor Indeed, women whose noon
time rest is limited are often seen standing
up at the regular luncheon counters, gulping
down Solids liquids and semi-solids pell nell,
in the style of your true business man.
Plenty of these downtown typewriter girls
spend fifty cents day on luncheon, and up
town about Fourteenth street, where shop
girls and milliners' assistants abound, they
spend about twenty-five cents Even factory
girls send out at noon for dainties from
neighboring cook shops, and among work.
ing women generally what a girl eats for her
luncheon has come to be a fair gauge of what
she earns.-New York Tribune.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-12-14
THE HOSPITAL NURSE.

y Quiet Little Woman with Sympathetio
ways-Patisnts' Peculiarities. 5
once knew quite well ono Of these nurses
She was quiet little woman, with the quick
est observation and most sympathetic and
persuasive ways with her patients asked
her once il the sight Of continual suffering
and death in the hospital ever had tendency
to harden OF create indifference In the nuraes
She replied that with her it was exactly the
reverse. and told many Interesting and some
vea6 touching stories of her experience in the
hospital She would never wear her can.
1t gives such a hospital air to sick room. =
she said, land makes the patient think, .Oh.
mercy, am so badly off as thatp" Ahigh
crowned nurses cap certainly does give a
hushed and solemn appearance to house.
"We are going to have such nice times to
gether and be such good friends" she said.
coaxingly to feverish little boy who opened
his eyes and looked doubtfully at the strange
face bending over him. 81 never saw such
a good boyp she said to the doctor contin-
ually in her little patients hearing.
Praise does SO much more good at such
times than reasoning" There is nothing
that will close the teeth and turn the back Of
patient quicker than the words SIT is bet
ter for you" Mptoeing when passing. mix
ing medicines with the back turned to the
bed; anything that has mysterious air Is
aggravating toa person lying helpless in bed.
We sometimes realize how invalids must pom
der and worry over some little thing that has
happened, or some ridiculous idea that has
come into their heads, and stays there for
days. once knew little girl of 10 or II
years old who was recovering from fever.
and during the long hours when she lay
quiet, gaining strength used to wonder
whether if she were stretched out she would
be longer than a window sill opposite her.
bed, until one day, when she was left alone for
a moment, she slipped outof bed and crawled
feebly along to the window, where she.
stretched herself out on the floor and found
that she went far beyond the window sill
She reached the bed again with the help Of
some chairs, and went calmly to sleep.
With the nurses as with anything else an
unsatisfactory one is in the way and a general
nuisance; but the other kind is a treasure.
and grateful family has peculiar admira-
tion and affection for her ever afterward
Nurses seem to have lived through so much.
and have often quietly important way
about them that comes from having had
anxious people hanging upon their words and
looks. When they say, II once had case,n
it has the same interest for us that ssOnce
upon time" used to have Even a nurses.
watch has something Of an individuality. It
has marked of SO many changes" and has
licked solemnly through anxious nights in
stead of browsing away under healthy pill
lows Butternuts" in Good Housekeeping.