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The morning call., 1891-09-06

curtains. frieze work and ceiling decora-
tons of garands. On all tho panels and
curtains were hung fancy garlands with
trailing pendants, and the mammoth mir
rors were dressed" with Duchesse OF Al
bany roses. All the garlands were red,
with silk ribbons OF tints to correspond.
The pair OF velvet-covered mantels were
banked with growing orchids in full bloom
and fine ferns, and were set off by the rarest
of foliage plants grouped in the fireplaces.
From each of the six brackets In the ball
room was hung large tropical plant, bear
ing tracing Of orchid sprays and hung
with yellow and white ribbons. On one
side Of the ballroom stood two magnificent
candelabras In tall vases, and these were
decorated with light garlands Of asparagus,
vine and double pink hollyhocks. Near by
were large clumps of tall spikes of pale
pink hollyhocks. which lowered above the
candelabras.
The wide piazzas all around the villa were
inelosed for prUmenading, and they were
filed with rich furniture, bric-a. brac and
fancy lamps, with rich silk shades. The
verandas presented rural rs well as an
artistic appearance. Great maple boughs
were used for decorating, and on the pillars
were masses Of yellow and white flowers
The brick walls Of the house were first COW
cred with red cloth. and over these rich
tapestries, which have almost a orld-wide
reputation were hung. Between each tapes
try were wide pillars OF white and yellow
flowers, the prevailing colors of the flowers
used for decorating the piazzas At one end
of it was a smoking-room, where curious
Japanese lanterns and odd parasols adorned
the roof and walls.
The intense heat drew many of the guests
from the house to the piaZzas and lawns,
The morning call., 1891-09-06
AGED BUT YET ACTIVE.
An Old Lady Who Melted $4,000 From
Knitting.

Knitting.
Not long ago DR.. Peables of Auburn, while
making a professional call at the residence
of Charles Holbrook, Esq, prominent
farmer at North Auburn, learned OF the re-
markable story Of an aunt of Mr.. Holbrook,
whose death occurred some weeks ago. The
aunt's name was Mary Holbrook, and at her
decease at the age of 90 she was a widow,
living in the town of Holbrook, Mass. She
was the mother of twenty-three children
and but three were living at the date of her
death. She never weighed over 100 pounds
and in her last days did not weigh over
thirty. When rs years OF age she began to
knit tides, to while away the time more
than anything else, and 1t was not long be-
fore she had over leo as the result OF her
work.
She did not knit the tides especially for
the market, but one day her son took few
samples to Boston, where he found ready
sale for them at Whitney's store, on the cor
Der of fremont and Winter streets The
tides seemed to strike Mr.. Whitney's Gus
toners very favorably. and he was obliged
to find the old woman in Holbrook and
secure for his store all the Tides she had.
Not only this, but he arranged with her to
take all she could make at good figure.
She soon found, however. that she could not
begin to ill the order, for certain class of
customers at the Hub" had a regular craze
for them. So what did Mrs. HOlbrook do
but engage several old ladies In the neigh
borhOod to do the coaTser parts of the work.
filling in the finer paris with her own hands.
'1n this way" says the writer OF Mrs. Hol-
brooks obituary, "from her seventy-ffth
to her ninetieth year, fifteen years, she netted
$4,000 from the sales of her tides, upon
which fully one-half of the work was done
with her own hands. How many ladies,
over whose silver hairs SO many winters
have kindly passed, can show such a record
of almost wonderful patience and persever-
ance, we wonder P'-Lewiston (Me.) Jour-
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where calcium lights brought out trees,
plants, shrubs, the blue ocean and rugged
cliffs in bod relief.
On the buffet table in the large dining
room, where Pinard served supper for 300
guests. was a miniature lake of night bloom
ing lilies. The small supper tables, secured
for the occasion, were strewn with cut flow
ers and fine green leaves in lavish profusion.
A rich silver candelabrs, with silk shade,
adorned each table.
The Astor villa, filed rs 1t was tonight
by the cream of Newport society, never pre-
servants in livery stood at the front entrance
as the guests filed in. The Casino habitues
were all there. Thus another Casino fail
ure was scored, but the Astor ball was
great success. The Casino orchestra played
to an almost empty dancing floor. These
private balls arranged for Casino dance
nights have greatly interfered with these
former features of the season.
GOWNS AND JEWELS.
The display OF toilets. diamonds and hand
bouquets at Beechwood has not been
equaled here before this season. New
gowns we're brought out and gazed at for
the first time tonight.
Mr.. Elisha Dyer Jr., who is sharing the
hoDors of the season with Mr.. Thomas +.
Cushing. led the german with Mrs. M. Orme
Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Astor. The other
daughters of Mrs. Astor were unable to be
in Newport upon this gala occasion, and
Mr.. William Aston, who has no taste for
society, remained at Rhinebeck on tho
Hudson. and thus escaped all the excite
ment of modern Newport ball.
A few new novel features were intro
duced in the german, and the leaders con-
Quoted it with tact and precision.
Mrs. Aston wore a magnificent mauve-
coiored gown and she was Respondent in
her famous diamond necklace. Many of the
in n a ter To
sizes, brought her choice bouquets.
Mrs. Wilson. her daughter, who led in the
german, was gracefully attired in yellow
silk, aud she wore fortune in diamonds
alone.
Miss Chanler, who received with Mrs.
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LIE CHIFFONNIER,
One OF the Curious Occupations of
rfa

One of the Curious Occupations of the
City of Paris.
One of the most curious trades In Paris,
and one of the most characteristic, is that
of the chiffonniers, or rag-pickers, who are
now getting up small demonstration OF
their own in opposition to the free importa-
ton of a paste made of sawdust which Is
used for coarse paper. Their trade has
already suffered considerably from the intro
duction of dust bins, regularly emptied
every morning by carts which go round for
the purpose; but, notwithstanding police
regulations, a good deal Of rubbish is still
thro wn into the street, and the "cniffonnier"
may be seen at late hours of the night with
his basket on his back, his lantern and his
long hook with which he turns over the
refuse. The "cbiffonniers state that at
present they cannot earn more than Is or 20
sous day beyond their food. which they
pick up thus. or which is given TO them.
They will tuIn any refuse to account and
make something out of II Infinitely re-
pulsive, and apparently deleteriousl but
from which they do not shrink.
With tax on the sawdust paste. for
which they petition, they might earn or 6
price OF rags would then rise. All the cot
ton and linen rags Of good quality are 1t Is
said, kept for the English market, the
French retaining only what is inferior. The
wooden rags are unraveled and carded and
made into cheap goods; the red trousers of
the French army, for instance, are thus
turned into caps, which are sold by hun
dreds OF thousands in Asia Minor. Silk
rags, treated in the same manner, are used
The morning call., 1891-09-06
DREAMING TRUE"
Il Is Only Ones Remembrance Of Dreams
That One Remembers.

In dream there are always breaks, in
cOnsistencies, lapseS, incoherence, breaches
of continuity, many Links missing in the
chain; only al points is the impression vivid
enough to stamp itself afterward on the
waking mi nd, and even then it Is never so
really vivid as the impression of real life,
although it ought to have seemed so in the
dream. One remembers it well on ewak-
ing, but soon it fades, and then it is only
ones remembrance of it that one remem-
bers.
There was nothing of this in my dream.
1t was something like the "canera-
obscura" on Ramsgate Pier; one goes in
and finds ones self in total darkness; the
eye is prepared; one is thoroughly expect
ant and wide-awake.
Suddenly there flashes on the sight the
moving picture of the port and all the life
therein, and the houses and cliffs beyond;
and farther still the green hills, the white
clouds and blue sky.
Little green waves chase each other In the
hnrbor. breaking into crisp white foam.
Seagulls wheel and dash and dip behind
masts and ropes and pulleys; shiny brass
fittings on gangway ana compass flash in
the sun without dazzling the eye; gay Lllll-
putians walk and talk, their white teeth no
bigger than pins point, CLEAN in laugh
ter, with never sound; steamboat laden
Win eXcuTSlOnlSlS comes I'D, us PADDLES
churning the water, aud you cannot hear
them. Not detail is mis:ed-not but
ton on a sailors Jacket not a hair on his
face. All the light and color of sea and
earth and sky that serve for many a mile
are here concentrated within few square
feet. And what color it is A painters
despairl 1t is light itself, more beautiful
than that which streams through old church
windows of stained glass. And all is framed
in utter darkness, SO that the fully dilated
pupils can see their very utmost. 1t seems
as though all had been painted life-sizs and
then shrunk. like a japanese picture, TO a
mllionth of its natural size, SO as to in
tcnsify and mellow the effect
1t is all over; you come out into the open
sunshine. ana all seems garsb and bare and
bald and commonplace. All magic has
faded out of the scene: everything is too far
away from everything else; everybody one
meets seems coarse and Brobdlngnagian
and too pear. And one has been looking at
the like of 1t all ones lifel
Thus with my dream, compared to COM
mon, waking, everyday experience; only
instead of being mere fiat, silent little
images moving on q dozen square feet of
Bristol board. and appealing to the eye
alone the things and people in my dream
The morning call., 1891-09-06
Growth of Electric Travel.

Only twelve years have elapsed since the
first crude suggestions of the practical work
ing of an electric railway were made, and
four years ago list Of dozen would COM
prise every such road in the world in even
passably successful operation, whatever the
method Of application. The first large COM
mercial electric railway was, after many
difficulties and disc0uIagements, opened in
the early part of 1888 at Richmond, Va. !;
and since that demonstration was made the
industry has grown until there are now in
operation or under contract. on the general
lines laid down at Richmond, not less than
$50 roads in the United States, Europe,
Australia and Japan. requiring more than
1000 cars and 1000 motors, with more than
$500 miles of track. daily mileage of
nearly SOC. 900 miles, and carrying nearly a
billion passengers annually. Fully 10000
people are employed on these roads, and
there has never been an authenticated re-
port of death on account of the electrical
pressure used. Over $4,000, 900 Is invested
In this industry in this country alone
Frank j. Sprague in the September Forum.
The morning call., 1891-09-06

In front of the musicians in the grand
ballroom were two large fan-shaped golden
screens, tastefully draped with green and
holding the Partisan favors for the german.
1t is doubtful If such a rich and varied dis
play of favOrs has ever been seen at ball
in this country. For the ladies there we're
MeIssoner painted fans. French flower
baskets, doves wings of pink and blue, gold
neck-chains, watch-guards and bracelets,
Swiss boxes, fancy pockets scented
chateaines and butterfly hair-pns and other
minor articles. The screens also contained
a ravishing assortment of favors for the
men, including calendars in the form of
stirrups, tinsel rosettes, mechanical lizards,
silver cigar-lghters, Turkish cigarette
holders, decorated with fancy ribbons, tur-
quoise paper-cutters with silver handles,
fancy dance orders, silk slipper-bags,
palettes, clown and harlequin heads. bon
bons, silver watch-chains, pencils aud scarf
pins.
The floral decorations of the ballroom
were very elaborate. Up the panels on
either side and across the opening were
broad fringes of pink and white flowers.
interviewer with green. Pink and white
were the prevailing colors. and they har-
monzed with the lilac panels. cream yellow
The morning call., 1891-09-06
Hard Fate of the Farmers Wife.

Every day OF her life she goes through the
dreary, monotOnous round. At an early
hour, every morning through the hot sum
mer, she prepares the same black coffee and
fried pork (peIhaps hot biscuits, and before
she can clear away the breakfast things and
make the bed she hears the calves bleatlng,
the milk-cow stamping, both impatient to
have the mornings business done with.
Then comes the dreary routine of the FORE
Moons work. the baking of bread, the wash
ing and the like, until the meridian sun
warns her that the everlasting midday meal
Is due and must be ready at once. To round
up the duties and responsibilities Of the day
her labOrs are carried far into the night, and
often, very often, they continue long after
those of the male portion of the family have
ended. She has long since ceased to think
of her personal appearance. A tender kiss
from her husband would almost surprise
her. Ouce she grieved that her little girls
were so barely clad; now she scarcely
thinks of 1t. That she should have a spare
hour every day to read never enters her
head, and the bare suggestion that on every
Sunday she should "dress up" and devote
herself during the rest of the day to social
intercourse would cause a stare of incred-
dity, for be 1t understood that Sunday for
the farmers wife is sort Of clearance day
to adjust odds and ends Of the previous
weeks cares and labors, to be In readiness
for the renewed labors of the coming week.
John w. Brookwalter In the September
Forum.
The morning call., 1891-09-06
GREAT MONEY-MAKERS.
The Sons OF Genes Crane Furnish the
Paper for the Government.

The Sons OF Genes Crane Furnish the
Paper for the Government.
The two sons of Genes Crane, who make
the paper at Dalton, Mass. from which
Government notes are printed, were at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. Their father
was the inventor of the paper and explained
its value TO Secretary Salmon P. Chase,
who adopted it for the greenback issues.
1t has never been successfully counter
feited, and the sons have got the secret of
its manufacture from their father. j. Muir
ray Crane. who attends to the Government
contracts, is often in New York, and is a
slender. nervouSly active man Of perhaps 50
years of age.
There is a story told in New England that
when the paper pulp, made OF pure linen
stock, is all ready for the final touches at
the mills, j. Murray Crane appears on the
scene with black gripSack. The grip and
the man are usheIed into the pulp-room and
remain for half an hour, during which
period No employe Is allowed around the
place. When the grip goes in it is fat and
plethoric. When 1t comes out it Is lean and
slab-sided. When the pulp goes through
the paper machine the perfection of bank
note paper is produced. 1t is pretty story,
but j. Murray Crane told me yesterday that
there was just as much truth in it as there
was in the report that his company gets
fifty times as much for the note paper as
for ordinary linen paper without the silk
threads. which are Its distinctive feature
N. Y. Press.
The morning call., 1891-09-06

were factors In the late Premier's success
that he was the first to recognize and ap-
praise at their true worth.
The daughter of a Jamaica Judge, Lady
Macdonald, or to give her maiden name, Miss
Agnes Bernard, was Of colonial birth. Her
brother becoming Sir Johns private secre-
tary an acquaintanceship naturally enough
was brought about between Miss Bernard
and her future husband, whose second wife,
by the way, she was. The marriage took
place at st. Georges, Hanover Square, Lon
don, In 1867 Sir John being at that time on
visit to England in order to carry through
his scheme for the confederation of the
Canadian Provinces. In those days the pol
itician had not yet risen to the highest
office, but was well on his way toward IL,
being Attorney General for Canada West.
In appearance Lady Macdonald is tall and
striking, with dark eyes and complexion,
set off by hair that, although she Is still in
middle life, has turned perfectly white. She
shines especially as a hostess, understand
ing with rare insight how 10 make those
around her happy, and to draw from each
the quota which he or she is capable of
adding to the general entertainment I'm
Ger her kindly sway the gatherings at
Earnsciffe became renowned, and an fn-
vitation from Lady Macdonald was a COW
eted distinction In Ottawa society. In COM
mon with most distinguished people, Lady
Macdonald has led laborious life. After
day filed with multitudinous duties, it was
a common occurrence for the Premler's
wife to attend debate and to remain in her
place in the Speakers Gallery till far into
the small hours of the morning, until, In
deed, the last vote was given, and the num-
bers In a division were announced. Such
duties were happily pleasures as well, for
her interest in politics has always been Of
the deepest, and her stanch allegiance to
the Conservative party is the result OF in
dividual study quite as much as of general
prad lection.
The morning call., 1891-09-06

for the padding Of various articles. Bottles
of all kinds are highly appreciated, bnt
up into dust for glass paper Many bottles
and china pots are bought from the
''chiffouniers" to be used for fraudulent
limitations. Old corks are cut to tit small
walls. Old playbills or advertisements. are
pounded up for pasteboard. Bits of cigars
are great treat reserved for the use OF the
"chffonner" himself. Ord tins are very
valuable often the "chiffonnier" fills them
with earth. and uses them like bricks TO
build wall, supporting hut, made OF
every imaginable refuse; as may be seen by
those who have the curiosity to visit the
'cites des chiffonniers." where they congre-
gate, encamped like savages. When the tins
are not kept for the "chlffonniers own
use they are turned into the little trfles and
TOYS sold so wonderfully cheap at the booths
of fairs or at the New Year. The ingenuity
with which the French make something
pretty out of what would seem to be the
most hopeless rubbish is really very re-
markable.-Murray' Magazine.
The morning call., 1891-09-06
MRS. ASTOR'S
GRAND BALL.
Fairy Scenes and Dazzling Sights to Be
Seen at Every Turn.
Oriental Decorations, Numberless Favors,
Poems in Silk, Fortunes in Diamonds
Add splendor to the Event.

August "a, 1891, was Mrs. Astor's night
at Newport, says a dispatch to the New
York Herald.
The Astor entertainments this season
have led, 80 far as dinners have been con-
cerned, and on this night Mrs. Astor took
the lead as a ball-giver as well.
Beechwood was scene of dazzling beauty
and Mrs. Astor was the queen Of the large
and select company who gathered at her
charming residence in response to her invi-
tations. 1t was "the" ball of the Newport
season. 1t was the first ball which Mrs.
A >tor has given since she acquired her only
daughter in-law.
All the leading cottagers not in mourning
were present All the pretty women. mar
rled and single, and the smart young men,
and the diplomates, including the English,
Belgian and Turkish Ministers-viz: Sir
Julian Pauncefote, Mr.. Alfred Leviait and
Ma Groyeni Bey-and NJ. Roustan, the
French Minister to Spain, were also in the
gay and happy thrOng.
The morning call., 1891-09-06

The driveways were Illuminated, the
walks leading from the house to the cliffs
were lined with varicolored lamps, and the
trees, hedges, bushes and flower beds were
a mass of fire, French lanterns being strung
on wires from tree to tree and from branch
to branch. Calcium lights were thrown up
on the statuary on the lawns, and tho
breakers were brought to view by the lurid
glare of the many hundred colored lights.
The floral decorations were elaborate and
artistic. The grand hallway was decorated
with palms which reached to the ceiling,
met in the center and formed an archway
to the ballroom.
There were two bands of music, one for
dancing purposes and the other for promen-
aiding.
MIS- Astor, with the assistance of Miss
Aida Chanler, sister-in-law of Mrs. Amelie
Rives- Chanler. received her guests in the
red room. This room Is finished in true
Japanese style, with -paneled walls and
curious wainseUtlng. On the walls were
oak garlands of distinct variety from that
used in the hall. These garlands bore tiny
acorns, with shining foliage from a back
ground and festoons with clusters of Japan
lilies. On the mantelpiece was bank OF
bright fowt rs, while over the mirror was a
large plaque of the same which hung over
the ebony work.
The morning call., 1891-09-06
The rorture. OF tbe.Inoui,ition

inflicted by the dread Torquemada have abomina-
bic prototypes in the shape OF chronic rheumatism
and neuralgia. Attack these agonizng complaints
before they reach the chronic stage with the superb
blood depurent, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters which
will assuredy expe their virus from the life stream
To procrastinate is TO encourage the growth OF in
cipient rheumatism, which rapidly tlghtens Its grip
upon the system. 1t is the very octopus OF dis
eases and painful indeed is the clasp OF its dreadful
tentacles. Be prompt therefore, take time by the
forelock always mbering that both rheuma-
tsm and gout close relatives. gerous well
as painful. Debility, chlIs and fever. bilious re-
mittent dyspepsia. constipation, liver complaint,
nervousness and kidney disease succumb to the Bit
tiers. Appetite and the ability to sleep well are
improved by 1t So
The morning call., 1891-09-06
LADY MACDONALD.
Sketch Of The Popular RGliCt Of the Late Pre-
mier Of Canada.

Lady Macdonald, who by Queen Victoria's
pleasure has been created peeress, Is the
wi"ow of the great Canadian statesman, Sir
john Macdonald, says the Buffalo Express.
The honor which has been conferred upon
her is fitting token Of the value which the
mother country attaches to her husbands
services, and it is one which she herself is
well fitted to wear. For nearly quarter of
q century she was the partner in life of
man, the conditions of whose career placed
him in need of something more than wifely
devotion. The wise counsels. the sound
judgment, the unfaiiing sympathy-above
all the social gifts of Lady Macdonald,
The morning call., 1891-09-06
An Electric Stove.

DR.. Girard, the well-known French cleo
trician, has invented stove heated by gas
an accum ulatOr of sixteen cells and feed
number of ten candle-power electric lamps.
The electric-motive force of the current it
yields Is thirty-fve volts, and the useful
energy about forty-four watts.
The stoves popularity is that the wall Is
composed of 700 thermo-electric pairs, the
hot joints being inward and exposed to the
hot gases Of the interior, while the cold
joints are outward and provided with vertical
flanges which help to cool them. Each pair
consists of an alloy of anthony and zinc
and plate of nickel or white iron.
The current is collected by suitable wires,
and the fumes escape by chimney.-Ex.
The morning call., 1891-09-06
Have You Got Your Thousand?

We are scarcely aware of our own pros
perity. From statistics lately compiled by
ons OF the great commercial journals of the
the United States is now more than ST.
100000, coo, or about $1,000 for each man,
woman and child in the entire country.
This is an increase of $4,000 OOO. 600. or
40 per cent within the last ten years. Ac-
cording to the last accredited statement
this gross amount exceeds England's wealth
by about S21,0000 100000, and amounts to
about twice the total wealth Of the republic
of France. In the matter of taxes, England
exacts an average of $40 per head from each
of her entire population, while tho average
tax per individual paid in the United States
(where the farmer and mechanic are better
paid, better clothed and better fed than
their European neghbors) is but S12 3d.
Engineering Magazine.