Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-05-24

$4,000 in bills Mrs. Croker confdes in her Sis
ter. Mrs. Mccain. Mrs. Mccain informs Mr.
Mccain, who is filled with virtuous wrath for OBJ
yious reasons and at once hauls Mayor Grant over
the Goals, and the godfathers gift appears in the
light of bribe such as Tammany leaders are only
too familiar with Two facts at least will doubt
less sail upon the troubled political sea when the
storm at last blows over, and Mayor Grant will
recognize one-that women do tell the truth seme-
times; and the other, that he has been godfather
for the last time. His ordshp is a bachelor and
doubtless has little patience that so much discord
of domestic nature should intrude itself upon
him, and become an affair OF political Importance.
Death by electrocution, which was to have been
the fate of the murderer Kemmler and six other
criminals this month in this State has all at once
become dscredtable, and the legal fraternity takes
an immense interest in saving Kemmer from
death said to be "cruel and unusual" notwith.
standing the apparently painless and instantaneous
death OF more than score of men in the electric
light service. Somebody's dollars are paying for
the repreve and in view of the fact that the HUI
name Society has not interfered, the unpopular
"man up tree" suggests that the electric light
companies are not anxious to have their illumnat-
ing machines put to such unpropitous uses. So
electrocution will perhaps never become popularity
as mode of execution. The man Kemmler APP
pears to be the least concerned of anyone Here
is man brought up in Buffalo, New York, who
had never seen Bible nor heard of Jesus Christ
A victim OF circumstance living in the midst OF
civilization yet stranger to everything but de-
pravity. His case seems to be an earnest plea for
home missions-or, as some one remarked the
other day, missionaries with trunks checked for
Africa will please take notice.
The Countess Norraikow read delightful paper
at the last meeting Of the Woman's League on
''The Women Of Russia" Count Norraikow is
Russian gentleman and spent several years in Sib-
era. The countess is a fine looking English lady
with an engaging manner The paper was ably
discussed by different people in the audience which
was large in spite Of the inclemency of weather
Mrs. Lille Devereaux Blake is hostess as
charming in her own home as she is capable in her
position a, president Of the W. S. A. of New
York State. Every Friday evening draws people
OF note to her presence in her charming apartment
in East Forty-fourth street, and assisted by her
daughter Kathleen she dispenses Inequalities In
most cordial manner Every guest yields to the
spell OF her gentleness, amiability and wit, from
your humble correspondent up to distinguished
Russian who said polite things in six different Ian
guages.
Spring in New York is the loveliest of all sea-
sons, but it will now soon give way to summer.
Already people who have summer homes have
moved into them, and the pavements begin to
stare you out circumference
The swagger New York girl in a cut-away coat,
waist coat and linen shirt, collar and cravat,
and white sailor will soon take herself off to the
seashore where she will put fresh color into her
cheeks with the sea air and bathing--color as
bright as the roses that are thrust at YOU on every
down town corner by the rose vendors; color as
bright as the cheeks OF little Irish maiden whom
heard, at musicale the other night, dispense
sweet music from her VIOLIN She is graduate
from the Royal Academy Of Dublin and sister of
keubensteln's private secretary who is also that
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