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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-10

John Ireland the reputed owner or the ouho-
iny &c snend,ng the summer at Brookhaveh.
Long Island He was seen by repo''e'
day and asked his opinion or the aoo'ue"
Mr.. Ireland said that he knew only '"e -
they were printed in the newspapers 49,,
the first he knew Of the accident was
Newspapers containing an account Oh inc "''
reached him. Mr. Ireland said tna' ne 30
work for building the big structure OUT o' ~
tract and that the firms who did the "o'h "''e
trustworthy He did not know how IL was III"
he accident occurred.
RECORDER GOFr TAKES ACTION.
Recorder Goff said yesterday that ne '"'
structed the District-Attorney's once 10 man ~
investigat,on of the causes that led to the ois"'
Ter. The Instructions were TO discover on "no''
Responsibility for the accident rested 30 Va"
Punishment might be n1eted out. Actihs -,
u1ct-Attorney Lindsay said hiT orice 60
probably take no official action uh'ii '"'
mers office had finished Its investigator" ho
A laborer told Mr. Galligan. the contrac'o'
searching the ruins. a pitiful story Oh ""' uhue
Yesterday morning and was put TO wo'n s.s,de
msging in the cellar piece OF mortar ie" r,ed
mn. He became frightened and almost ''" :,
panic among the other men by shou'"h
building going to cave III r.d the
"omptly discharged by Galligan' VINO 20 ., he
ms umidity might cause serious re''
"ntinued at work o.-
'ohce Commissioner Grant yesteroas ~.
'he erection OF temporary puii"'"e
s,a OF the Mercer-st. station for the ,e.s none
sS0'es recovered from the wreck. 'h''
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aim, 1t is possible for even a plain woman TO
give the effect OF beauty. Good health an
ingraua,ing manner and iDcessaUt and
thoughtful care in the matter Of dress VIII do
wonders in the way OF Identification. The
science du chiffon" is avoWediy of more i'm
pertanee 70 our sister OF Paris than all the
other sciences put together and nature has
gifted her with al Instructive aptitude for IL.
There are an iyameRse number of small
ad IN IS 10 the costume this season calcu-
lated TO enhance beauty and heighten fashion,
A rcSette here, a buckle there, a tuft OF
feathers. a frill Of lace, are nothing in them
selves, but put in the right place are every
thing. This is a flower year. at least year
Of the kind of flowers that grow under skill
fui fingers in manufacturers forcing hoEses,
and these stepdauXbters OF the goddess Flora
adorn not only bats and bonnets, but are
wreathed about evening gowns and decorate
collars and bodices- In one gown Of dia-
phanous blue the shoulders of the wearer.
Theh are entirely uncovered. are framed in
q wreath Of marguerites with black middies,
the belt being fastened under a cluster OF the
sans flowers
Large collars and neck ruehes sor out OF
door wear are seen in great variety. Most OF
the latter have long ends in front either OF
ribbon or chiffon, while the portion that sur
rounds the neck is composed of full ehoux OF
ribbon or thin goods. lnterspersed with flow
Grs. bows, or roSettes Of lace. combination
of fur and flowers Is the latest thing in ele-
CANT novelties. The little fur animals worn
about the throat are now adorned with dow
ers like a sacrifcial Offering The uiustra-
ticn shows cape collar of sable cut so a. 10
lie in godets. The standing portion is very
high and iull, and is surrounded by thick
rucbing composed of alternate ehoux OF pansy
velvet and bunches Of wood violets.
JUDIC CHOLLEY.
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WHAT THE MOUTH TELLS.
Color and shape Arc an Open Book to til

Color and Shape Arc an Open Book TO the
People Who Arc Wise.
There are certain mouths which tell you in
every curve to beware of their owners. There
are thin lips, sharply drawn down at the
corners. rather bloodless and pale. They be-
long to men and women whose views are mar
row and Interchangeable, whose sympathies
are not to be aroused by any means. They
are self-righteous people, and as obstinate as
human beings can be-
A woman with mouth of that type may
proclaim as far as her words eau reach that
she believes in wifely submission and feminine
yielding, but she will have her own way all
through her life. She is likely to have GER
tain virtues. to be sure. She will be economi-
cal, pious, and proper.
Her husband is not likely to be brought TO
bankruptcy or to the divorce courts by her,
but she will lead him some times to wish for
either OF these varieties in the rigidity and
monotony Of existence.
The woman with very full, very red lips. OF
the ''pouting' variety, is apt to be luxurious
in her tastes. She is fond of ease and pleas
ure. Beauty and brightness appeal to her,
and her ideals are not likely 10 he high, but
she is ardent in her temperament and very
impulsiye.
The Cupid's bow. of which the novelists Of
another day used 10 write a good DEAL is n
pretty mouth. but it lacks an element Of
beauty which modern standards demand
that of spirituality.
Lins continually -curving upward, slightly
poutiug and red. may be very pretty, but
they are not the ones which denote that their
owner is full of sympathy and has had deep
experience of life.
Sorrow. either personal or indirect; earn
estness and gravity are all denoted by the
lips, which, although not sharply drawn
down, naturally take downward curve in
repose. The opposite tendencies are de-
noted by up-curyed, full lips
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went on slowly, ''for it will not be the COM
mander OF this force who accompanies you but
your husband, and. without disgrac ng his
uniform. no will at least be your equal, for
the instant he passes his own lines in disguise
he will become like you, spy and amen
able to its penalties"
Her eyes seemed suddenly TO leap mp to his
with that strange look of awakening an en-
thnsiasm which he had noted before. And In
It's complete prepossession OF all her instincts
she arose from her bed, unheeding her barred
arms and shoulders and looseued hair, and
stood upright before him. For an instant
husband and wife stood beside each other as
unreseryedly as in the nuptial chamber Of
Robes
when shall go?"
He glanced through the window, already
growing lighter with the coming dawn. The
relief would pass in few moments; the time
seemed propitious.
"At once he said. ~ will send Rose to
you"
But she had already passed into the closet
and was tapping upon some inner door. He
heard the sound OF hinges turning and the
rustling OF garments. She reappeared. hold
ing the curtains of the closet together with
her hand, and said: "Gol When she comes TO
your office for the pass you will know that
have gone"
He turned away "StopI'' she said. family.
DE turned pAck. her expression nhQ again
changed. Her face was deadly pale. A
strange tremor seemed to have taken posses
sion of her She dropped the curtain. Her
beautiful arms moved slightly forward; it
seemed 10 him that she would in the next
moment have extended both her hands. But
even then she said hurriedIy, ''Gol Coz and
slipped again behind the curtain.
He quickly descended the stairs as the
sound of tramping feet on the road and the
hCrriei word Of command announced the re-
turn OF the scouting party. The officer had
little report to make, beyond the TACT that a
morning mist, creeping along the valley. pre-
vented any further observation. and 5ade fair
to interrupt their own communications with
the camp. Everything was quiet in the
west, although the enemy's lines along the
ridge seemed to have receded.
Brant had listened impatiently. for new
/ idea had seized him. Hooker was of the
party, and was the one man in the party in
whom he could partly confide and obtain a
! disguise. He at once made his way to the
! commissary wagons, one Of which he knew
! Hooker used as a tent. Hastily telling him
that be wished to visit the pickets without
recognition. he induced him TO lend him his
/ slouched hat and frock coat, leaving with him
/ his own distinguishing tunic, hat and sword.
| He resisted the belt and pistols which Hooker
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through the quarters, armed with pass from
me. She III be overhauied and challenged
by the first sentry near the guard house, be-
low the wall. She will be ubiected to some
delay and scrutiny, which she will, however,
be able to pass better than you would. This
will create the momentary diversion that we
require. In the mean time you will have left
the house by the wing, and You wi then
Ike p in the shadow OF the hodge until you
can drop down along tho run where it
empties into the swamp. That" he con-
tinued, fixing his keen eyes upon her, lis the
weak point in the position OF this place that
is neither overlooked nor defended. But.
perhaps, he added again, grimly, you al
ready know it -
at is the marsh where the flowers grow,
near the path where you met Miss Faulkner.
had crossed the marsh 10 give her letter"
she said, slowly.
bitter smile came over Brant's face, but
passed as quickly.
Enough. he said. quietly, "I will meet you
beside the run and cross the marsh with you
until you are within mailing distance of your
lines. / VIII be in plain clothes. Alice, ne
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would have forced upon him. As he left the
wagon he was half amusediy conscious that
his old companion was Enthusiastically ex-
amining the garments he had left behind with
mingled admiration and envy. But he did
not know, as he slipped out OF the camp, that
Mr.. Hooker was quietly trying them On before
a broken mirror in the wagon head.
The gray light of that summer morning
was already so strong that 10 avoid detection
he quickly dropped into the shadow of the
gully that sloped toward the run. The hot
mist which the scouts had seen was now ly-
ing like tranquil sea between him and the
pickets OF the enemy's rear guard, which it
seemed to submerge, and was clinging IN
moist tenaous swathes-like drawn-out cot
ton wool-along the ridge, half obliterating
IFS face. From the valley in the rear il was
already stealing in thin white line up the
slope like the advance of a ghostly column,
with stealthiness that, In spite of himself.
touched him with superstitious significance.
A warm perfume, languid aad treacherous-
as from the swamp magnoiia-seemed to rise
from the half hidden marsh. An ominous
silence that appeared to be part of this veil
ing of all things under the clear, opal-tinted
sky above. was so little like the hush OF rest
and peace that he half yearned for the out
burst OF musketry and tumuI. of attack that
might dispel it. All that he had ever heard
or dreamed of the insidious South, with its
languid subtleties of climate and OF race.
seemed TO encompass him here.
But the next moment he saw the figure he
was was waiting for stealing toward him from
the shadow OF the gully beneath the negro
quarters.
Even in that uncertain light there was no
mistaking the tall figure, the gaudily- striped,
clinging gown, and turbaned head. And
then strange revulsion of feeling. quite
characteristic OF the emotional sido OF his sin
gular temperament, ovarcame him. He was
taking leave of his wife-the dream of his
youth-perhaps foreveri 1t should be no
parting in anger as at Robes; it should be
with tenderness that would blot out their
| past in their separate memories-God knows.
it might be even parting that at that mo-
ment was joining OF them in eternity.
In bis momentary exaltation 1t even struck
| him that it was duty no less sacred, no less
unseish, than the one to which he had de.
voted his life. The Light was growing
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A COLONIAL TEA.
Children Can Give Very Popular Church
Entertainment.

Children Can Give Very Popular Church
Entertainment.
Church entertainments in which children
take part are always attractive, and colonial
tea given by little people is one of the mo 3
delightful suggestions thar can be offered
Children from five to ten years Of age
should be chosen. and their costumes ought
TO be suited both to the colonial period and
to the characters assumed. The costumes
should be true in every detail 10 the period
represented. If it Is not possible or practic-
able 70 hire costumes. they may be all, even
to the wings, designed aud made without the
aid of a costumer. Patterns for each garment
required may be ordered by mail at leading
pattern stores. The special features OF the
entertainment are the supper or tea
marrh, music, history or story and Iableaux
viyants.
Tables. conveniently low to accommodate
guests in kindergarte chairs. are spread
with simple but palatab.e food A stately
squire and dame preside at each table, dis
pensing hospitality 20 their tiny colonial
guests after the fashion of their day, small
serving men and maids in costume assisting.
While the children ara enjoying their sup
per their elders may be served in less formal
fashion.
After supper the children nav engage in
marching Tor fifteen or twenty minutes, then
take part iu a series of tableaux representing
various scenes in colonial life. Those should
be selected which represent the fortunes OF
domestic life in its hapPiest moods. The fol-
lowing order OF arrangement is excellent:
First. an orchestral or piano arrangements
of national airs. Second, a brief story. ex-
planning the tableaux about 10 be given.
Third. tableaux- The stories must be simple
in form, easy rhymes being preferred. spicy,
amusing and well told. They may be read, but
is far better TO select good reciters from the
colonial band, giving 10 each story TO De re-
hearsed at the proper moment The tableaux
may be arranged behind the curtain. while the
musical numbers and stories are being rem
dered before the assembled company, so that
there nav be no tiresome waits between the
story and the picture. Home jour
nal
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HEROINE OF THE TELEGRAPH.
How French Girl Outwitted the Germans
During the War of 1870.

During the War OF 1870.
In the Franco-Germaa war of 1870 the Uh-
lans in particular played havoc with the
French wires. On arriving at n village they
would ride up to the telegraph Office cut the
connections and carry of the apparatus. or
else emp 10y it to deceive the enemy. They
were outwi,ted, however, on one occasion.
and By woman. Mile. Juliette Dodu. girl
Of eighteen. was director of the telegraph
station at Pithiyiers, where she lived with her
mother, when the Prussians entered the
town. They tocs possession OF the station
and. turning out the two women, confined
them to their dwelling on a higher floor.
1t happened that the wire from the office in
running 10 the pole on the roof passed by the
door OF the girls room, and she conceived the
idea of tapping the Prussian messages. She
had contrived to keep telegraphic instru-
ment and by means OF derivation from the
wire was able to carry out her purpose. I'm
portant telegrans were thus obtained and
secretly communicated 10 the sub-prefect of
the town. wno conveyed them across the
/ Prussian lines to the French commander.
Mile. Dodu and her mother were both ar
rested and the proofs of their guilt were soon
discovered. They were brought before a
court-martial and speedily condemned to
death, but the sentence had to be confirmed
by the commander OF the corps d'armee,
Prince Frederick Charles, who, having
spoken with Mile. Dodu on several occa-
sions, desired her to be produced. He in-
quired her motive in committing so grave a
breach of what are called the Flaws of war"
The girl replied: "Je suis Franeaise" Il am
q French woman).
The prince confirmed the sentence, but
| happily, before it was executed. the news of
! the armistice arrived and saved her life In
| 1873 this telegraphic heroine was in charge of
| the post office at Montreuil, near Yincennes,
and the 18th of August, she was decorated
with the Legion OF Honor by Marshal Mac
Mahon. president of the republic.
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Major Curtis gave short laugh. "That
mulatto, Martin, was a white woman, burnt
corKed! She was trying to get through the
lines last night, and Tell off u wall. or got
knock Oh the head from a sentry's cRrbine.
When she was brought III Dr. Simmons set to
washing the blood Off her face; the cork came
OF. and the whole thing came out. Brant
hushed it up-and tho woman. too-in his
own quarters. It's supposed now that she
got away somehow in the ru III!
1T goes back ftrther than that, gentle
men," said tho adiu;ant. authortatigely
"They say his wife was Il bowling SECESSION
iSt four years ago in California, was mixed
up in conspiracy, AMI he had TO leave on
account of it. Look how thick he and that
Miss Faulkner became before he helped her
OFF,
"That's your jealousy, Tommy; she knew
he was by all odds the biggest man here, and
a good deal more, too-and you had no
show
In the laugh that followed it would seem
that BranI's eulogy had been spoken and for
/ gotten. But as Lieut.. Martin was turning
away lingering corporal touched his cap.
''You were speaking of those proving
mulaltoes. sir. You know the general passed
one out this morning"
$50 have heard"
Il reckon she didn't get very far. 1t was
just at the time that We were driven in by
their first fire. and | think she got her share
of it, too. Do you mind walking this way,
] sir ?'
! The lieutenant did not mind, although he
rather languidiy followed. When they had
reached the top of the gully the corporal
! pointed to what seemed to bea bit of striped
calico hanging on thorn bush in the ravine.
That's her. said the corporal. II know
| the dress. l was on guard when she was
/ passed. Tire searchers, who were picking up
our men haven't got to her yet, but she ain t
moved or stirred these two hours. Would
you like TO go down and see herr"
The lieutenant hesitated. He was young
| and slightly fasiidious as 10 unnecessary un-
pleasantness. He believed he would wait
until the searehers brought her up,when the
corporal might call him.
The mist came up gloriously from the
swamplike golden halo. And as Clarence
Brant. already forgotten rode moodiiy
through i. toward Washington, hugging TO
his heart the solitary comfort OF his great
sacrifice. his wife, Alice Brant, for whom he
had made it, was lying in the ravine. dead
and uncared for. Perhaps il was part OF the
inconsistency OF her sex that she was pierced
with the bullets Of these that she loved, ana
was wearing the garments OF the race that
she had wronged.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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not struck him fairly and eliminated his fate
as it might. For an instant he recalled his
wifes last offer to fly with him beyond the
seas-beyond this cruel injustice-but even
as he recalled it he knew that flight meant the
worst Of all half concession. But she had
escaped. Thank God for that! Again and
in his hopeless perplexity this comfort re-
turned TO him. He had saved her. He had
done his duty. And harping upon this in his
strange fatalism. it at last seemed TO him that
this was for what he hal lived, for
what he had suffered, for what had
ftly ended his career. Perhaps it was
left for him now to pass his remaining years
in forgotten exile, even as his father had, his
father-his breath came quickly at the
thought-God knows, perhaps as wrongfully
accused It may have been providence that
she had borne no child, to whom this dread
ful heritage could be transmitted.
There was something of this strange and
fateful resignation in his face. few hours
later, when he was able to be helped again
into the saddle. But he could see in the
eyes OF the few comrades who commiserat-
ingly took leave OF him vague half-repressed
ava OF some indefinite weakness in the man
that mingled with Their heartfelt devotion to
gallant soldier. Yet even this touched him
no longer. He cast glance al the house and
at the room where he had parted from her, at
the slope from which she lad passed, and
rods away.
And then, as his figure disappeared down
the road, the restrained commentary of
wonder, surmise, and criticism broke out:
1T must have been something mighty bad.
for the old man, who swears by him, looked
rather troubled. And it was deuced queer,
you know, this changing clothes with some
body-just before the SURPRISE
"Nonsense! It's something away back of
that Didn't you hear the, old man say that
the orders for him to report himself came
from Washington last night No." the
speaker lowered his voice. "Strangeways
says that he had regularly sold himself out TO
one of them women spies! It's the old Marc
Antony business over again."
Now / think OF it," said the younger
subaltern, che did seem nightly taken with
one OF those Guadroons or mulattoes he issued
orders against; l suppose that was a blind for
u.s. I remember the d rst day he saw her; he
F.. was regularly keen to know all about her."
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COOKING BY ELECTRICITY.
Specimen Dinner of Electrically Cooked
Food Given in London Lately.

Specimen Dinner of Electrically Cooked
Food Given in London Lately.
With the eheapening Of electrical appIl-
ances comes more and more hope for the
kitchen OF the future, the cooperative
kitchen first, since these will be the examples
OF all that Is most perfect in the adar rtation OF
means to ends. and then such kitchens Is
must. for the time being, remain private
Benjamin Franklin fOrsaw It all IL that
electric dinner given on the banks OF the
Schuylkiil in 17i9, wherein an electric spark
killed the turkey which was roasted in turn
by a fire kindIed by another spark Ali this
was dim prophecy OF the dinner given re-
Gently in London by the City OF London Elee-
tric Light NJ Company, in which electric
ovens, saucepans and kettles were used. all
In temporary kitchen improvised in a room
next the diaing-roCm. y hundred ant twenty
guests sat down 10 the meal. the preparation
OF which cost sixty units OF electricity. or two
pence. per head. The electric kitchen at the
Chicago Fair gave similar showing as.to she
rates. bat EdsOn's experiments are CONSTANT
as to possibilities of cheapened production
and storage, and he prophesies the nearing
abolition of that Moloeh OF the kitchen-the
cook stove.
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The Rage for Dolls.

The sophisticated small girl Of to-day
makes a collection of dolls, not to play with.
but to talk about. One little woman pos
sesses thirty dolls, most of them dressed in
the costumes of the countries she has visited
in her travels before reaching the mature age
of seven years. Other simple-minded chill
dren delight in the French dolls with bisque
head and we'll l-jointed body. Blondes with
golden hair remain the favorite, and are al
ways pretty. even when they close their blue
eyes. They are dressed in little frocks of
liberty silk or satin Imade with huge
pufYed sleeves that cannot be crushed
the toilet completed by a capeline in true
French fashion. Aceordion-p plated frocks of
India silk are veryu effective on these little
dolIies. Only the most delicate tints are
chosen for the gown and capeline, and the
lace-trimmed garments are so we'll made that
they can readily be put on or off. The dolls
in ginghams are dear to many sweet little
girls, as they are counterfeit presentments OF
themselves. The frocks are high in the neck
or with q guimpe of white muslin and u
shirred muslin hat. The infant in arms still
remains a favorite, with its long robe of
white nainsook and baby cap of lace. Baby
boys share with girls the fancy for rag dolls,
made so soft that they cannot hurt the child,
the face painted in rather unique fashion, as
but little artistic taste is developed in the
small owners Dolls with knitted costume
represent Spanish cavalier, a Dutch peasant
with q hgh-dress, Highlander in his kilt, os
wee midshipman.-Ha Bazaar.