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Bin d Tom,

The entertainment by Blind Tom, the
musical wonder, on last Saturday evening,
was not in the least disappointing, but a
source of the keenest enjoyment to all
who heard him. This untutored negro is
marvel of genius, and is a striking il
lustration of the wonderful way in which
God specially endows certain of His crea.
lures. His strong popularity is his abili
ty to reproduce or mimic sound, and above
all, is his ear and hearing attuned to
catch and reproduce the divine melody of
music.
Tom, who has no mind of his own, so
to speak, has been taught, parrot-like, to
make his own announcements, referring
to himself always in the third person, and
these he delivers with all the dignity and
grammatical precision of pedagegue.
Another popularity, is to join with the
audience in vigorously applauding him
self, which is due to his strong predispo
sition to initiate every sound he hears.
The program he presented was varied
anu Ahioo
Grace Kellogg, the wonderful young plan
list at Whitworth, was invited to play a
piece on the piano which Tom had never
heard, to test his capacity for repeating
music. Tom listened attentively until she
had finished, and then took his seat at the
piano and reproduced the piece, which
was most difficult one, with remarkable
accuracy His imitation of the music
box. the old Scotch fiddler, the rendition
of yankee Doodle" Oh the piano with
one hand and "Fischer's Hornpipe" with
the other, while he sang ut the same time,
TRAMP, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are
Marching" and bis wonderful production,
"The Battle of Manassas" were all es-
pecially enjoyed by the audience, and
displayed to fine effect the scope of his
musical genius.
Few entertainmentsin Brookhaven have
been more appreciated and the Chess
Club, to whom the public are especially
indebted for the treat, are entitled to
thanks accordingly.
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Arrives at New Orleans. s - A. VI.
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the sparkling Jets about the bottom. With
it goes hat of rose chip trimmed with rose
colored tips and black ribbons
Another frock, which is thoroughly char
acteristic of the season, is of poka-dotted
challie, cut in a princesse shape, with what
one calls nowadays "bodice" of silk be-
meath the left arm, sloping away on the
right and knotted behind, the straight
length falling like sash to the floor. There
are revers to the corsage, full chemisette
of silk and sleeve puffs of silk with ribbon
bows. The hat is of lace and gold cord.
Unhappy is the woman who Is not fringed.
Belts which look like those of the savages
g.orified are added to toilets of all kinds. A
broad gold ribbon. If brocaded SO much the
better, is the favorite material, aud is sewn
with spangles, folded in point in front,
and edged all about with deep fringe of
GOLD beads. which comes down about the
hips like drapery. 5 fringed toilet noted
few days ago. was of gray-blue cameps
hair figured in long ovals in silver. At the
foot of the skirt was a wide. heavy galloon
of silver tinsel; ON the left side was a
juggling cascade of silver fringe; the jacket
had galloon trimmings. and the pointed
belt was made of gallOon Ihere was cape
with a Medci collar and this was cascaded
down each side of the front with more of
the noise producing fringe.
Presently we shall begin to hear again
about the summer girl. In fact we have al
ready begun. for she has begun, and her
"lounging' coats and ''fuil dress" shirts
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Prince Bismarck, our new ship which is
now being fitted out across the Atlantic.
will make her first run to this country early
next month We expect she will eclipse all
previous records. The Emperor of Germany
was shown over the Prince Bismarck the
other day by the representatives of our
company in Germany and he expressed
great delight with the vessel. The Emperor
spent an entire afternoon on the ship,
which is lying at the wharves Of the
shiD-building company, receiving the last
of her furnishings. The Prince Bis
marck pleased the Emperor very much,
and he was particularly interested in her
machinery, which is the latest and most
improved. Her engines are larger and
more powerful than any yet made for
the Atlantic passenger steamers. l do not
care TO predict what her time will be, but
you may rest assured it viii not be behind
the record of the Columbia. The Prince
Bismarck has three tunnels and two masts
which are low and without yards so as to
offer the least resistance, while their eff
cheney remains unimpaired should their use
ever be required. The Prince Bismarck
will be $40 feet long. IS feet wide, and will
have a depth of 40 feet. 1t will have u, 600
tons displacement and the engines will
have 10000 horsepower. There will be
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straw hat bent and twisted into the quaint
est shape Imaginable, and the silver tinsel
lace which fared over it, like the spread of
a fan-tail pigeon, served as the starting
point for a sprawling mass of the yellow
flowers of the japanese willow.
A smart little bonnet which was nearly
fiat was edged with large gold balls, ard
high at the back was set bunch Of the pale
pink prlmulas. A prettier one was all gold
embroidered lisse with thick wreath of
fine, close-set, golden red berries. But the
hats we're most interesting. There was one
worn by one OF those porcelain beauties who
always excite a suspicion that they are
made up when sometimes they are not at all.
II was a large yellow-brown straw with a
narrow, lace-like edge of dull-gold tlnsel
and garniture of yellOw-brown net all loops
and puffings. Long-stemmed sweet peas in
tints as delicate and beautiful as the cheeks
beneath them, AID accepted with fewer
reservations, covered the crown and dropped
almost into the eyes. A huge hat of black
lace reminded one irresistibly Of pie
whose cover has been lifted to inspect the
inside. 1t had fiat brim gathered full like
ruche, and fitting lightly about a mass of
dark curls. Attached to this circle at the
back was long oval of lace and ribbons
carrying one crimson rose and futtering up
and down like top crust only lightly
hinged. Probably the most original Golf
fure of all was cOrnucopia of jet rising
from mass OF soft pink crepe, and having
BOWS OIL DIdck NelYeI dt the Ddck with long
Streamers. TO every woman on her de-
parture was given little gold-and-whit
bonbon basket with sprig of cowslps tied
in with the ribbons.
The city grows more interesting day by
day. AS the spring garnitures cease TO be
such extreme novelties the afternoon par
AIDE becomes gayer, because every woman,
instead Of one In four, is bright with her
April poisoning. There is after all some
thing wholesome about the brilliancy of the
seasons culnrlugS. We have not refused to
be pleased by delicate tintings, but we have
turned our backs defiantly and decidedly up
on the shades which hint of fading and de-
cay. There is the dull peculiar tone some
roses take when they are whitening: there
is the purple that comes into sweet peas
when they are past their prime; there are
dozens OF dying colors we have long had
with US, and these we have eschewed for
others which speak of life and warmth and
sunshine. We may run to such excess as
to become barbaric, but our present tastes
are healthy.
We do not shrink from vivid contrasts. A
brilliant brunette WAS wearing yesterday a
trim street dress of black cloth, with broad
crimson ribbon bOIdered with gold Haunting
itself IN circling band above the hem. Her
pointed belt and her gauntlet cuffs reaching
TO the elbows brought in the same catching
note, and her hat was crimson set with pop
pies and black velvet ribbons. One sees
black and yellow. black and pink. gray and
yellow, gray and blue showing themselves
on the streets without reserves of m0desty.
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the Atlantic as they are doing now in six
days and fifteen hours. Our statement
would at least have been thought very
greatly exaggerated. And ten or fifteen
years from now l shouldn't be surprised if
steamships were run across the Atlantic in
four days, and, as the ratio of ad vancement
in shiD-building continues, in say twenty
years from the present time we might cross
in three days"
What will be the necessary requirements
for faster time, Mr. SchuTz?"
Well, in the first place, if we have higher
speed we will need more powerful eng ines
and machinery and that will necessitate
larger vessels Of course. Ships must be run
at a profit They are not being run for
amusement and fast time alone We can
build ships that can make the run across to
Europe in three or four days or say five
days, but they would not be able to carry
freight and passengers And even if they
carried passengers without freight we
couldn't affOId to run them. The problem
we are endeaVOring to solve is to build a
ship that make these fast trips and at tire
same time have room enough in her hold
for freight and on her decks for pas
sengers. On these ships safety must be
the first consideration. To realize the
steamer of the future. the company
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very great, and, as the travel goes on in
Creasiug, new and faster ships are being
built. The amount Of capital invested in
these great ocean transportation lines is
enormous. The first cost Of one Of The
modern ships is very nearly. if not quite,
$4,000 and when one line alone runs
half dozen or more Of these floating palaces
it can readily be imagined thar these com
panies must control large sums Of money
Besides the millions the steamship men have
invested in ships more millions have been
invested in real estate. docks and buildings
on both sides Of the ocean. To protect
these millions 1t Is of course necessary to
secure patronage and to do this they must
make fast time. To-day the CunRrd the
lnman, the Ham burg American Packet the
North German Lloyd, the White Star and
the Trans ailantique are rushing their ships
across the Atlantic in the great race to save
time, and only day or two ago the dig
patches announced that the Cunard line
was about 10 build quartet OF shluS that
will make the trip from New York to
Queenstown in little more than five days.
This is even better than the Austin Corbin
scheme of running 12,000-ton, all-Ameriean
steamships from MOntauk Point Long
Island, to Milford Haven in i've days and
half.
Now Carl Schurz, who is President of the
Hamburg American Packet Company,
knows rs much about the great race among
the steamship companies as any one on this
side of the Atlantic, His company is one of
the prominent competitors III the great
transatlantic carrying trade and claims the
distinction of having established the Ger
man interests in that business Over a hun
dred millions Of marks have been invested
in this company's ships and the Columbia
of this line holds to-day the record for the
fastest maiden trip. None know better
than Mr.. Schurz. editor, Diplomatic, orator,
soldier, author and President of a great
steamship line, how rapid is the progress in
the art of ship-buildng.
ST am great believer in fast time" said
Mr.. SchuH. Il do not agree with those
who say there is greater danger in running
a ship at z faster rate of speed than the
seven-day or even the six-day trip to the
other side Of the Atlantic. l am of the
opinion that we will yet build ships that
can make the run to Liverpool in three days.
1t is not at all improbable. And in fact
expect 10 see it before | die if we keep on
improving at the rate we are going now, and
l am 90 years old at that. Twenty-Five or
thirty years ago we would have been ridi-
euled il we predicted that ships could cross
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TWO MEN HURT.
Serious Injuries Resulting From a Team
Running Away.

Serious Injuries Resulting From Team
Running Away.
While driving along Post street on the
way to the ferry yesterday morning, Thomas
Buckley, coachman employed by n. NJ g.
Newhall met with serious Inishap. When
near Kearny street wheel of the carriag e
bumped against the curbstone with such
force that he was thrown eff. and his head
struck the pavement, rendering him uncon-
sci0us.
The team became frightened and dashed
down kearny street at lively rate. John
Bell son of DR.. Bell of 1116 Folsom street,
ran out into the roadway to stop the runa-
way team. but was knocked down and
trampled upon. The courageous young
man was removed to his home, where it
was found that he had received a fracture
of the right leg, in addition to numerous
bruises.
Buckley was taken to the Receiving Hos
pital and an examination showed that he
was suffering from conclusion OF the brain.
He was removed by his friends to st.
Mary's Hospital.
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TICKLE APRIL'S
FASHIONS.
They Blossom Fair and Bright Witt
the Pretty Flowers.
Costumes at Buttercup Breakfast -Notewor.
thy Hats and Parasols-Smart Frocks
for Warm Weather.

Some of the prettiest costuming of the
spring is seen at the breakfasts given in ac-
cordance with new and pleasant custom to
celebrate the return of the flowers. A but
tercup breakfast was an example so much
in point that must give you some brief
description. The buttercups were not but
tercups at all-alas, for US who love the
country fiower-but the big yellow cowslips,
or "Mayblobs" of the brooks, with their
satiny yellow petals. These the hostess
had caused to be twisted into long, loose gar
lands with the help, l think, of the tinsel
wire by which one hangs pictures, and had
swung the flower ropes from the curtain
poles and against the portieres, making an
''old colonial decoration of blossomng
festoons. Her mantel she banked with the
bright nodding things we were supposed to
accept for the favorites OF our childhood,
and in the middle of the table was placed a
low oval basket, enameled in white and gold
and filled with "buttercups" standing amid
their own bush leaves. Wax tapers, per-
TUNED and tinted yellow, were supported in
low, wide-armed candelabra of SevreS china,
gold and green ribbons crossed the table,
and here and there were scattered ''indi-
vlduaf flower vases in cream and gold porce-
lain holding each one sprig of the relgnlng
blossom.
The hostess has been something of an in
valid for years, and so was enabled to give
herself some becoming latitude in The mat
ter Of dress, appearing at table in a classic
tea gown of peach and gold crepe de chine.
made with an OverdreSs of peach above a
long fall robe of gold. Hanging sleeves of
an oblong form were II marked feature OF
her toilet, as was the golden girdle by which
the neck, not the waist, was encircled
Her guests were young married women of
the fashionable SET and their hats absorbed
the gaze and provoked reflection. None of
them had received warning of the color of
the fesuvity, and yet gold is SO universal
this spring they all in a manner fitted in
with the gold-rimmed plates and the butter
cup decorations. A woman with blue, child
iSh eyes and no color worea gray open-work
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five decks constructed solidly OF steel and
teak wood. the upper decks ending in strong
turtle backs at the bow and stern. Our
new ship will have twin screws, and
its entire working machinery will be
duplicated. 1t is not necessary 10 say
that the workmanship ON this latest
addition to our feet will be the finest
in the world. All the machinery is
built with an excess of strength actually re-
quired. The cylinders will be of extra large
size-50 76 and Ill inches in diameter, with
a 76-inch stroke. Particular attention has
been paid to the reversing gear, which is
extra rapid and nOiseless in its action. The
comfort and elegance that will be displayed
on tia PTinca RtSmarck will surpaSs any
thing yet offered on any Atlantic liner. The
large and luxurious saloons. the ladies' bOud-
olrs, music, smoking and state rooms gen.
orally are being fitted up in magnificent
style. We are building our state-rooms
larger, with more luxuriant toilet conven-
fences and larger beds. The steerage on the
Prince Bismarck will be unusually high,
we'll lighted and provided with perfect
system of ventilation. CURTIS J. MAC,
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which / represent and, I guess. the
heads of the other great steamship lines,
also, are sparing neither trouble nor expense
in securing the latest phase of marine archi-
lecture, perfect in the three requirements of
modern travel--safetg, speed and comfort.
In our ships there are two distinct sets of
boilers, two engines, two shafts and two
screws, both sets working dependently of
each other and separated by one solid long
itudinal bulkhead, running from the keel to
the upper deck, and dividing the vessel into
two accommodating halves, of which
each is fully equipped to prOpel the ship,
You see. all accident 10 one side of the ship
can in no manner affect the other, whose
machinery Xal continue to work npd pr0pei
the ship with the greatest edss ffie water
tight compartments will confne TO one com
partment any accident that might happen"
How many lines have adopted the twin
screw system?"
well, our own, the IRman, and the
White Star is all at the present time, but
have no doubt but that they will all be using
II in the near future. The ship of the future
will to my mind have larger engines and
The morning call., 1891-04-19
Magazine and Other Notes.

The New England Magazine" for April con-
tains several notable articles ON subjects which
cannot but interest, not only New Englanders,
but Americans all the world over. Tie initial
article of tie number Is " The United States
Patent System" by james Shepard, a we'll
known electrical engineer and expert. Mr..
Shepard gives az iatelilgsJt asd c0nlns She1s.ss
account Of The statutory provisions Tor patent
protection from The day OF the First Congress- aud
he also makes a strong plea for better facilities
and larger staff than have hitherto existed In
This much over bur deDed department OF the Gov
eminent. In CANADIAN Art aud Artists" w.
Blacs burn Harte shows the growth Of the art
life In Canada, and reveals incidentally the
strange public indifference toward art which pre-
wallis IN tile commercial centers OF the Dominion.
The article Is well Illustrated, aud contains por-
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After Andrew Hedeeberp.

The movements OF Andrew Hedgeberg,
who is suspected of the murder of Mrs.
Emily e. c. Fossum, whose remains we're
found in a cellar at 1902 Stockton street.
are being traced by the police. Detective
Anthony recently visited Collinsville, Solano
County, and learned that Hedgeberg had
been working on ranch near there. He had
left, how ever, two days before the off er's
arrival. Information has been received thai
man answering Hedgeherg's description
was seen at Rio Vista on Friday. The man
wore blue overalls and a jumper. and a soft,
gray hat 1t is believed that he knows that
officers arc on his track. ana intends to lead
them lively chase
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A STORY WITHOUT WORDS.
Welded Bliss Described BY a Young Scotch
Artist.

A young Scotch artist is just now attract
ing attention in London by his satires in
lines. His real name is Anderson. says the
PittsbuTg Dispatch, but he signs himself
Cynicus. Below is reproduction of sam
pie of his work. He calls it Welded
Bliss; the Old, Old SturY":
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1.-THE passage of the Postal Subsidy Bill,
which grants 81 a mile to frst-class Ameri-
can ships, will no doubt stir up considerable
capital for ship-building on this side of the
Atlantic. l have heard Of Mr.. Corbin's
plan, but l understand that gentleman has
not spoken on the matter us yet. Many
people, though, may not care to 90 down to
Montauk Point to board their ship, prefer
ring New York, which will probably always
be the central point for travellers TO Europe.
"The travel TO Europe is constantly in
creasing. Nowadays in the regular season
our ships are all crowded to their utmost ca
pa ity. People have got more money to
spend, it would appear and these trips
across the Atlantic are COED omen for the
prosperity OF America. There are not only
more people going over, but there are more
who are taking the expensive line. The
public in this way is giving great encourage
ment to the companies that are spending
thousands and thousands OF dollars in per-
fectng their ships.
But we have a treat in store for the pub
lie in May" continued Mr.. Schulz. 1.-The
The morning call., 1891-04-19

Corn color and white l have seen several
times within the week, and honeysuckle
yellow COMBINED with shrimp pink aud en-
broidered with silver. Yellow and peach
figured with white Is a strange freak of FASH
ion, but most noteworthy of all are the para
soils. There Is no feat of daring to which
they are not equal. Many are painted with
masses OF lilacs and roses. One which was
lifted above a carriage yesterday morning
was of rose-tinted silk bordered with deep
f1ounce and covered with meshes of straw
lace In pale yellow. Long garlands of roses
dropped over its different panels, bud or a
straying tendril hanging at times below the
flounces. 1t had an ebony handle, about
which were tied long pink ribbons.
There is cause for rejoicing in that waists
are perceptibly shortening. The pendulum
swings from one extreme TO the other, and
after HolbeiE season we are started on
the path back to the Empire. Josephine
dresses are even now the newest" novel
ties, but will not be adopted for some time
TO come, In all probability, except for light
summer frocks aud for the extreme OF even
ing g!o-X. j. sas'ns In gnssS's'a ta7 them 30
make much Roadway until they have fought
and conquered high shoulders.
Here is pretty frock that shone at a
pretty luncheon. The material is an old
rose India silk figured with black and the
skirt is cut round aud full. The waist is
shirred under scalloped corselet which is
dotted with faceted jet ornaments in stars.
The skirt puffs out a bit under this bodice
over the hips and has q broad trimming ot