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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-08

Columbia College will start the new academic
year with at least two important gifts to It's
credit One of these, the bequest of Mr.. Charles
NJ. Da Costa, of 500, 900 to establish new
professorship, if the college authorities deem
il wise TO do this has already been alluded to
in these columns. The other announced this
morning is gift of $4,000 by MIR. Samuel
y. Avery, for the purpose of establishing an
architectural library, or, to be more precise, an
architectural annex to the existing college Ii
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-08

An agreement has been reached on the silver
question by the members of the Conference
Committees. In general way it may be said
that the substitute measure agreed on is based
upon the Jones bill rather than upon either OF
the other proposed measures. The new bill
provides for the purchase monthly of 4,50O, 100
ounces of silver bullion, the certificates issued
therefor being legal tender in all that the term
implies. The full text of the substitute is given
in our Washington columns. 1t is expected
that vote upon it will be reached in both
branches of Congress before the adjournment
TODAY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-08


hear that the venerable publishing house OF inc
,oncmans have now turned themselves into Limited
liability concern quite family affair and tnat t''
rnllc arc not to be admitted. There Is Fuhos
l.o that another frstcass publishing house Is Soous
TO do the same
A COMING SALE OF FINE SILVER AND CHINA
The silver OF the late Lord Normandy Is to %
sold at Chrstie's Wednesday week some VI -
is very fine and is the handwork OF Paui n'o'r' io
norcelsn is not magnificent, but there are specimens
NJ choice manufactures and there are service -
emf glass and some decorative pieces Oh iurH"u'"
rho no,urrs come under the hammer the SATURDAY
following.
NOTABLE AUTOGRAPHS TO BE SOLD SOON.
The Cosens autographs. which are to be sod |"
the end of the month, have among them some To
narkable documents. The letters sent to the Countess
a, pIessington alone I'LL six volumes, one Oh WHO"
* entirely devoted to the letters of Walter sa'aso
Lander and the original manuscript "
The imaginary conversation between 'n"'.
Colonna and Michael Angelo lho e'.
unlgues in the series, however "''
night books of Lady Blessingtons. Iheie - ou'e''
of Lord Byron's letters, which might DC auueu ~ '
woes Of authors, for he says; Every puoN'"'o''
mine has larerly failed" Those OF Coieruse iio
,,,auy irtarost,ng one fragment is a receipt LOT
thirty cuneas for the copyright of his poems in'o
are also in this sale upward OF 100 letters oy 0hdle'
Dickens, TO all sorts of peopie' en-.
The Fairfax corresp ondence another neni' hn'
twelve PORTFOLIOS and has many quaint anu ou''oa'
circumstances of the days when kings and peopio
were not altogether at The letters OF Keats wiz
probably find ready buyers. He advises realms
CHANGER rather than ArOso, and talks about the se'
unwritten It. Agne,'s Eve" Further, there ai0
some interesting items by Charles Lamb, ana o'c'.
nv Moore Richardson. scott aud sbenstone, ana Us
letters by sarah sddons, written to her dear N''
wynn and Mrs soame and full Of good entertaiameas
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AT THE HOME OF OLE BULL.
Young Lady Who - Prone to Give Away
Some Secrets.

Young Lady Who - Prone to Give Away
Some Secrets.
One day while in Boston. says a violin
admirer in the st. Louis Globe Democrat,
went over to Cambridge to Gallon the widow
of Ole Bull and get look at his 6ddles and
some handsome bows had often heard of
but had never seen. Mrs. Bull has q
daughter, very pretty girl Of Is, who kept
up continual fire of comment upon what
her mother was saying. When she got TO
the bows Mrs. Bull showed me one which
had been given Ole Bull by the King Of
Prussia or some European monarch. It was
an ebony bow, and in one end were set a
diamond and a topaz.
Mrs. Bull was telling me about the bow,
when the young lady, who seems to be a
perfect enfant terrible, interposed, saying:
"But you know, mamma, that the real
diamond and topaz were stolen before papa
died, and these are not genuine at all.
There was pause, full of embarrassment
to me, for while, and Mrs. Bull looked
uncomfortable. I have often wondered since
if the jewels were really stolen or were sold
by the great composer to relieve some tenn
pOrary necessity.
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MRS. PARTINGToN PUZZLED.

MhOs FAhI1NG PUZZLED,
When near the close of the meal she was
observed to be turning over q bone upon her
plate, with dubious expression upon her
face. 1t was = strange object. the bone with
three projections, like the shade rest of an
argand lamp.
"What do you see?" said Mrs. Halsford,
looking at her daughter and smiling. Ike
was intent upon his meal, and took no no
tice.
"Well," said she, "I have been used all
my life to the anathema of poultry, but
such a bone as this I've never before ex-
temporized."
my dear Mrs. Partington," said Mr..
Trimble, latter you have concluded your
dinner will show you the feathers"
The meat was very white and sweet, and
the dame greatly enjoyed it, but that boue
was mystery that she could not fathom.
A three-pronged bone, she said, was a
psrallax to her.
After the repast she went out with Mr..
Trimble to view the remains of the strange
fowl, and there, nailed to a board was the
skin Of an immense Iguana, looking like an
alligator with arms and legs outspread, the
claws distending, with a row of long quills
down its back. "Well, well," said she,
smiling, "this beats eating frogs hind legs,
but never did l think that I should have
made so good dinner from an allegation. "
ut does look like an alligator" said Mr..
Trimble, "of which Mr.. Smith said that it
had an amiable expression when it smiled;
and the smile OF this fellow must have been
in the quality of the pie"
''If had seen it subsequently, said Mrs
Partington, ''it might have revolutionized
my stomach, but it is fallacious to recall
the past, and most asSuringly it tasted good,
and I shouldn't be Objectionable to an
other"
This was an experience of which she had
many others. and time few by on rapid
wing. Ike, on the whole, had a hard time
of it, with not another white boy in town,
but he found refuge in the store below, and
made himself as useful as the conditions
allowed. Once when sent with a
message, and having to wait the
movements OF a Jumping servant, he
amused himself by penciling mustache on
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IKE AND HIS MOTHER.
Mrs. Partington's Cooking Delights
the Tropical Epicures.
FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH IGUANA.
Ike Investigates WaSps, but Finds the
Scorpion Much LiveIisr.
DOUGHNUTs DRIVE AWAY WAR CLOUDS
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.I
CHAPTER VII.

Although Mrs. Partington was in search
of health, employment to her was a necessi-
ty, and she early busted herself with affairs
at the cottage, but not in an obtrusive way.
Priding herself on her cookery, she took
pleasure in imparting what she knew of the
gentle art, and found ready learners. New
England modes were a novelty, and the
dishes she produced won her wide fame.
The fragrance of her cookery Wed with the
orange blossoms, the little darkies lay in the
sun to inhale the odors from the kitchen in
the yard, and passersby, taking a long
breath, would wonder what new element had
been added to tropical odors. She had no
strict formula in preparing her dishes, but
'thing" OF this and thing" of that and
"thing" of t'other, and seasoning ac-
cording to judgment, comprised the whole
of her vocabulary of the cuisine, but she
was infallible IN her department Her atti-
tude in the realm Of doughnuts was sub
lime.
There were other things besides those
previously mentioned, which appeared at
table occasionally, in the form of chickens,
pig now and then, white fish from the
river, and other things, but the staple of
plantain and salt fish never swerved from
its integrity. Among the dishes introduced
by Mrs. Partington was chicken pot-pie,
which was a great favorite, skill in prepa-
ration whereof had been so impaired that it
needed not her supervision.
On one occasion there came up from the
kitchen smoking pie, the crust brown and
crisp, difusing an odor most provoking to
appetite.
II declare" said Mrs. Partington, "that
is very fagrant, and I wouldn't know that
it was not promulgated by myself It is
certainly very credible thing"
AT the table there was much praise for
the pie, and Mrs. Partington was accorded
the honors for its introduction.
You deserve the credit of an original
discovery" said Mr.. Trimble, as he held
his plate for another quarter section.
"Well, don't know" she replied, "it is
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CHARACTER In THE SOLES.
A Curious Fact as to the Wear and Tear
on Shoes.

A Curious Fact as to the Wear and Tea r
on Shoes.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The nature of person can be told by the
way he wears the soles Of his shoes. A sole
and heel that are badly worn on the out
sides toward the rear corners indicate a very
passionate person, who is generally enthusi-
astic, and believes in performing his duties
very rapidly. Such persons proceed up the
ladder of lame by jumps, filling the highest
positions of the profession which they fol-
low. Not working for money, they only
care for glory, which want is never salts
fed. Such men were Alexander the Great,
Grant, Bonaparte and others.
An even worn sole indicates an easy
going person, who climbs up the ladder OF
fame very slowly, accumulating a fortune
as he climbs. Such men become our
millionaires, but are seldom noted for their
yalorous deeds. A sole of which the toe
end is badly worn often indicates a crook or
other criminal. The worn condition OF the
foremost part of the sole is caused by the
habit of softly gliding from place to place
on their toes. A sole worn on the inside in
dicates q person with very little ambition.
Such person is contented whatever his lot
in life may be, and he cares very little for
the outside world.
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ONLY ONE PRETTY CREATURE.
A CHINESE CHESS CHAMPION.
The Cook of a San Francisco Contractor
Does Up the Town.

Tho Cook of a San Francisco Contractor
Does Up the Town.
San Francisco Examiner.l
J. NJ. Wheatstone, the contractor, has a
Chinese cook whom he will back in game
of chess against any Mongolian in the city.
Mr.. Wheatstone and his friend Mr.. Walker
were playing chess last Sunday night, and
the game had reached point where Mr..
Wheatstone thought he saw defeat staring
him in the face. He touched his queen 5
knight in an apologetic sort of way,
and was about to say white resigns, I"
when All Kan, who had been summoned to
mend the fire, and who had stopped for a
moment to watch the game, gravely said to
him:
"Three times more you catch 'em."
"What do you know about it 2" de-
manded Mr.. Wheatstone, while his guest
looked the surprise he was too polite to ex-
press.
Kan blushed to the roots of his queue for
permitting the gaming instinct, so strong in
all of his race, to get the better of him.
Without offering to explain he escaped from
the room, but at the end of an hour was re-
called because the two players could not
solve Lne ptODlem WHICH ne nau InfOluuLa-
rily set for them. Kan timidly approached
the board, and, upon being urged to show
what he meant gave the coup de grace in
three moves. The two white men then
Joined forces, but were easily defeated time
after time by this Paul Morphy of Peking.
"Where did you learn to play like that?"
asked Mr.. Wheatstone, who previously had
plumed himself on bis prowess.
s"Me ketchum how play in schoolhouse
when me little boy like so big" said Kan
indicating the height of the table.
This week several able amateurs have met
him at his employers residence, and he has
won nearly every game.
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KOMANs WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

THE older a woman grows. the more careful
she should be to dress elegantly and becom-
ingly.
DOROTHY BEAL an Englishwoman. received
a gold medal from the Paris exposition for ed
ucatiOnal work.
IN testing the temperature Of water for
bath, find out whether it is too hot or too cold
by putting your elbow into it, not your hand.
THE typewriting girls and women Of London
have formed a union to keep wages up. They
claim to be AL or mostly ladies Of the edu-
Gated class" Dear, dear!
THE largest land owner in New York State,
except the Astor or Rhinelahder families, is q
woman, Miss Mary g. Pinekuey, millionaire
many times over She has lived to pc 70 years
old and is still Miss, though she had all that
money. Another New York millionaire woman
who manages vast real estate transactions per
sonally Is Mrs. Mary l. Van Doren; Lotta1
Langtry and Maggie Mitchell are all shreWd
real estate Spectators. and have doubled ana
tripled BY investment in houses and lands the
money they earned on the stage.
INGERsoLL LOCKWOOD writes to the
WonGn's Cycle calling attention to the fact
that New York, nearly three centuries old, and
full of startlingly ugly statues Of men, has not
in all its borders one single statue 70 woman:
That, too, though woman's flowing rooes and
long hair are far better adapted 10 pc zone IN
marble Or bronze than mans sWaue" tall
coat and trousers. Mr.. lockwood also reminds
the public that there is in existence aCnarlotte
Cus6maT, Monument Association, ready and
waiting to receive funds for a statue TO Amer
ica's greatest actress. The secretary OF the as
soeiatlon Is Mrs. Ingersoll Lockwood, 40 West
FOrty-fOuTth street.
Two Judges in New York State have found
out what it means to oppose women. Albert
Haieht was candidate for judge Of the Court
Of Appeals He had formerly given some de-
cisions which the ladies believed were unjust
TO women. So they set to work with all their
silent agencies to beat him az the polls. Re-
and was defeated. Judge Barker, Of FredoniA
was q candidate for reelection. At the nomi-
MATING convention his friends learned that the
women were going 70 put forth all their
strength to defeat him, and his name was with,
drawn, ELIZA ARcHARD CoNNEE.
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On the river of life as float along,
see with the spirits sight
That many nauseous weed OK wrong
Has root in seed of right
For evil is good that has gone astray,
And sorrow is only blindness,
And the world is always under the sway
OF changeless law of kindness.
The commonest error truth can make
Is shouting its sweet voice hoarse,
And sin is only the souls mistake
In misdirecting its force.
And love- the fairest of all fair things
That ever TO men descended.
Grows rank with nettles and poisonous things
Unless it is watched and tended.
There could not be anything better than this
Old world Ia the wayit began,
And though sOme matters have gone amisS
From the great original plan;
And however dark the skies may appear,
And however souls may blundeT,
tell you it all will work out clear,
For good lies over and under.
Ella WhesEer WSEcor,
Copyright, 1880.
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ment, however simple. The wav she sits or
stands, how she walks, enters and leaves a
carriage, carries parasol or muff, gathers
wrap about the shoulders, adjusts the lorg-
nette or opera glass-all these require to be
done fashionably, which it must be confessed
is not always properly. Everybody can re-
call, if he must, the atrocities of the
''Grecian bend" and New Workers saw
enough to be disguised with the Alexandra
limp" the stylish walk OF a much more re-
ce 1t date. To-day the swell girls are tread
ing upper Fifth avenue ''as far as the flag
ging goes" with an erect, supple carriage
and springing gait that betokens a knowI-
edge of and practice in pedestrian exercise,
for all of which we have the athletic fad to
be grateful to.
Accent and intonation are two prominent
factors in the curriculum of the Four Hun
dred. There are really two voices in use in
fashionable society to-day, either of which
is considered quite proper. One girl speaks
rapidly and without much infection, and
while her voice is not loud, there is a pene-
trating timber to it which makes it very dis
tinct and easily heard. 1t is a pleasant
voice when it is not too manifestly an arti-
fetal one. Some girls overdo the matter
and acquire nasal tone that is objection
able. The other girl has, or thinks she has,
the English drawl. She pitches her tones
in a considerably lower key than her fash
ionable sister, and it would seem that in
crossing the water this production imbibed
the wave motion of the sea, for it undulates
gently but regularly as its Anglo-American
possessor lets it glide sinuously from her
pretty lips. 1t is detestable affeetation I'M
worthy an American girl. Let him admire
It who will.
A great many fashions are put down as
practiced by the metropolitan daughter of
the -Four Hundred which she would almost
FAINT with horror to be accused of. Her
fad, particularly on the street, is simplicity.
She has run the gamut of display and osten-
tation. She has found, too, that the effect
ii not the substance of these can be initiated,
and she takes refuge in the other extreme.
1t is the girl who thinks she is stylish who
puts 40 bangles on one wrist, sticks an sm-
Der or gilt dagger, ten inches long, through
her hair, draws a white veil with black dots
just over her pretty nose, and, hugging q
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York society to-day is not sufficient. rue
"iour hundred" have an inexorable, if un-
written, code that the young belle must be
thoroughly cognizant of before she is
eligible 10 the hall mark of fashionable
guarantee.
The tvrant of her world really penetrates
her bedroom and presides over her toilet,
directing the process from the moment she
opens her dewy eyes beneath the lace.
trimmed canopies of her brass or sstinwood
bedstead until she leaves the chamber. rosy
from the perfumed bath, glowing after the
vigorous massage and radiant in the freshest
of morning robes. And from then until the
hour, any time after midnight, that she
sinks again into slumber 10 dream of her
triumphs, there has stood at her elbow a
little monitor more potent than conscience
itself, which has ceaselessly pointed out the
way in which she must walk.
MUST BE NEAT AND HEALTHY.
Fashion is sensible just now in a great
many things, so sensible, indeed, that one
almost forgiYes her the great many other
things in which she is foolish and unrea-
sonable arbiter. For instance, it is the
fashion at present to be neat, wholly and
exquisitely neat, with neatness that begins
at the skin and extends to the last accessory
of the costume. No frayed hens, no boots
destitute of buttons, no torn gloves, no
ragged edges, no mussy furbelows are per-
mitted. In all this Geatness, however, the
line of demarkation from primness is exact
and we'll defined. Hair that is frequently
washed and carefully brushed may be loosely
put up with charming grace, while no
amount of plating and pinning back will
give tidy appearance to the locks that are
grimy with dust or dull from lack of brisk
brushing. In her care of herself personally
the modern belle can give many points to
her predecessor Of 90 years ago.
1t is also quite la mode at the present
time to be healthy. The pale, delicate
creatures who were supposed to be ultra re-
fined and extremely elegant three or four de-
eades ago would find themselves met with
an exasperating pity or a half concealed
contempt should they parade their fragile
selves along the fashionable line to-day.
Bright eyes, fresh complexion and cheeks
that have the hue of health, whether it be a
Tuddy tinge or a clear pallor, are good form
for this age, however little they may have
been admired by Sir Charles Grandson or
affected by Lady Pamela.
STYLE IN EVERY MOVE.
But the girl of fashion must be more than
neat and healthy, There is a stylish way or
the reverse for her to accomplish every move
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past ages have contributed to enrich the
store of this age; and any woman, old or
young, plain or pretty, who fails to be rea-
sonably attractive in appearance with so
much seductive splendor to choose from
must be pitably lacking in the instinct of
choice, or have given the subject Of dress
no consideration further than that which
decided our first mother to adopt the fig
leaf
Notwithstanding the rant, which, like
Tennyson's Brook" goes on forever, in re-
gard to the follieS of fashion, and the woful
waste of time devoted to the study of what
to wear and how to wear it, one has only to
notice the army of Flora McFlimseys
masquerading our streets in costumes in
tended Cor and suitable only for house wear,
and not tolerable upon the street, to be con-
vineed that more time must be squandered
upon this matter before perfection in the
art Of dressing will have been reached.
It looks as If the pen is not mighty enough
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the lips of Venus OF Milo that stood in
the vestibule, much to the delight of the
servant who had to wash it of.
There was a splendid mango tree. loaded
with fruit, on the low ground near the cot
tage, and Ike had longing for some Of the
tempting product. Like the product of the
orange tree next door the fruit remained un-
gathered, and the temptation for raid was
too strong to be resisted. With Bill, black
boy on the premises. as an auxiliary, he
moved one day, on the tree, getting the
fruit involving a little climbing, which he
prepared to execute. It was performed
without much difficulty, and he stuffed the
little blouse he wore until it would hold no
more, slowing it all around him until he
was swelled out like a wind fish. He at
tempted to come down, when he was beset,
front and rear, above and below. by hun
dreds OF little wasps, called by another
name, that disputed his passage. They had
let him up without contesting his right but
they had evidently called meeting and re-
solved upon an attack.
IKE's wAsPs DIDN'T DISCRIMINATE.
He swung his arms like the sails Of .
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windmill, and called on Bill to come and
help him, but Bill had seen the attack. and.
fearing serious consequences for himself
ran away, leaving Ike to fight it out on that
line, which he did. but was inadequate Tor
the undertaking, and, attempting to seram-
bic down loaded as he was, the wasps, put
ting in their stings euergetically, be sur
rendered In the lower crotch ol the tree,
and tumbled down ANONYMOUSLY. the
wasps continued their attacks, and Ike, his
means of defense all exhausted, got
on his feet and started for
the house, yelling for help. His
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DO YO0 SEE THE CAT9

Origin of Phrase Peculiar 10 the Single
Tax Parry.
st. Louis Globe-Demoerat.1
Didu't you ever hear single taxer end an
argument by the question, "Do you see the
cat?" It is piece of cant, and refers to
those puzzle pictures in which cat was con-
cealed in the foliage Of tree and could be
found only when it was pointed out to one,
but was there so plain that it obs:ured the
rest OF the picture. Some single tax man
used this picture as an illustration in a
speech, and then "Do you see the cat2" be-
came popular phrase with the party.
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Dts AOulS SOAOOe-OcnOcrat.l
Show people are as supertitious as gam
blefs. They have an abiding faith both in
"maseots and "Jonahs." Il business is bad
they begin to look around for "Jonah, -
suspecting first this man and then that. But
if they should find in the orchestra yel-
low clarionet they look no further, and ten
to one the company will demand his dis
charge.
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HAT styles of the
present season are
characterized by a
greater degree OF re-
hnement than ever
before must be pat
ent to all who have
o BIS tly fol-
lowed the course of
fashions for a term
of years. Never
has there been a
greater variety OF
styles to choose from;
nor of materials,
colors, combinations