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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03

ut of the house after nightfall must
pass through the basement entrance
around at the side OF the house. No
one is allowed 10 open that front door.
no matter what the emergecy may be.
You know the old lady was robbed
about five years ago. The burglars
didn't set much, but she lives night and
day in terror of being robbed. Pm the
night guardian OF the house. She has
put most of her collection of jewels in
storage, but still there is enough in that
house to tempt score of cracksmen."
4 Beyout Catholic Convert.
This explains in a measure the deep
retirement ana solitude of the woman
VINO for thirty years lived in the midst
Of excitement. Of lavish expenditure,
associating with the royalty and nobil-
lty of Europe, the friend of expresses
and Drincesses and the confdante OF no.
ableS the world over.
Another cause of her retirement is
her devotion 10 the Catholic church.
Many years ago, while in Rome, she
made the acquaintance Of many of the
leading members of the Catholic her
archy, who were then gathered in the
Holy City to attend an important coun-
ell Several of the churchmen took
more than an ordinary interest in the
fascinating American woman, and
Mgr. Capel, in particular, became
her friend. Mrs. 'Hicks-Lord learned a
great deal of the teachings of the CathO-
lie church through her association with
these men, and eventually she became
a convert to Its belief.
Year by year her religious fervor has
increased. and today the Catholic
church has no mere devoted member in
the metropolis than the once gay leader
Of fashion.
The only magnet which can draw the
old lady IRON her home these days is
sUmethlug relating to the church. Sue
attends services al ST. Patrick's cathe-
oral. On tlttn avenue, and Is a generous
giYer 10 lis maily charities.
Tier onIy UJ4er occupation appears to
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PARTISAN MOURNING EEILLINERY.
Dainty CONNECTIONS in Black Crepe,
Dull SILK and Sonaber Flowers.

The woman who is in mourning
should find much consolation in the
new hats and bonnets designed for her
this spring. They are chic and charm
ing, and so becoming that they are
sure to lift many a heavy weight of
woe.
The round hats for young women
are seen in many pretty shapes. They
are trimmed with fluted loops of
chiffon or crepe and a variety of black
flowers. LilacS and carnations are the
favorites. For early spring open-work
brims will be much in vogue. Many of
them are made of braiding and a few
of heavy EscuriaI lace. A tiny puff
ing OF crepe, studded with fine jet
beads. makes a becoming outline for
the brim.
Black ospreys or dull jetted aigrettes
will take the place of feathers on
round hats for light mourning.
The mourning bonnets to be worn
when the veil is taken of are artistic
little affairs. Many of them consist
merely of broad bow of crepe, black
chiffon or lusterless silk with a jet or
nament or buckle caught through the
loop. Beneath the bow black lilacs or
black lilies of the valley rest against
the hair. Another fanciful idea for
crepe arranged as a coronet, with a
bunch Of black heliotrope, two or three
pansies or a full-blown rose nodding
above it.
The black and violet bonnet for sec
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03
EIERRIAAE PARK.

The Neighborhood Bible class will meet
on Monday night. Rev. II. \. Riser, Hon.
4. Q. stevens. W. o. HillmGu and Mrs. j. p
AdamsOn will speak on Paul's letter TO n 9
Romans.
The annual reception By the pastor and
officers OF the Presbyterian church Occurre
on Monday evening and was attended by
about 80 OF the members.
Miss Annie Rohrenbech. who has been
spending the winte. with Miss Donnelly, re-
turned 10 her home in Dounelly, Mimi, on
Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. D. F. Brooks and Mr.. and
Mrs. Auton Brooks will give a masque dance
on Friday evening.
Mrs. W. c. Severens is entertaining her
parents. MIR. and Mrs. G. j. Churchill of Eau
Claire Wis.
Masters Benton and Frank Horton enter
tanned number OF their friends on Saturday
afternoon.
The Ladies' Society of the Presbyterian
Church will meet on Friday with Mrs. I. j.
Campbell.
a number of the friends of r. r. Knowl-
ton gave him surprise party on SaGu rday
evening.
Mrs. Perry will entertain th. Ladies' Soci-
ETY. of the III. E. Church On Tuesday after
noon.
The Rpworth met on Tuesday with Mrs.
Grier and elected officers for the ensuing
year.
The Ladies' guild will hold an all-day
meeting with Hrs. j. NJ. Stoughton on Tues
DAY.
ga. Y. L. I. gave dancing party at the
home of Mrs W. P. Hancock on Friday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs j. Wallace entertained a
large number of friends on Friday evening.
Miss Bessie Harris entertained Miss Lizzie
Hoffner, of Chippewa Falls, on Monday.
Miss Kate NOrrish, Of Hastings. is visiting
her sister, Mrs W. s. L0Wman.
Miss NJ. Neuber, of Chicago. is visiting her
sister, Mrs. o. E Wood.
DR.. and Mrs. Henderson gave a euchre
party Tuesday evening.
Miss Fannie Deacon has returned from
visit in New Brighton.
Miss Pearl Day. of Albert Lea. is the guest
Of Mrs E. a. Paradis.
Robert Stathem is entertaining DR.. Warren,
of GlenWoOd
Mrs. 7. j. Reed, of Hastings, is the guest
of friends.
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Penalty for Gushing.

Speaking of Christmas presents re-
minds me of a little story with a
great big moral to it. A friend of
mine who lives on Capitol hill came to
see me the other day. She had on a
brand new cape and hat with Mercury
wings. [ was a. bit surprised, mas
much as she had confded to me her in
tention to purchase coat and hat with
piumes. 1 remarked On her finery.
These are Christmas presents" she
said, ruefully. My husband gave
them to me a few days ahead of sea-
son. He had been puzzIing over what
to give me for long time. He was
at home the other day when a woman
came to call in a cape like this. She
asked me how I Liked it, and, of
course, 1 said I thought it was per-
fectly lovely. My husband marched
down town that very day and got me
one like it. That's what one gets for
gushing"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03
ST ANTHONY PARK.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ. E.
Church Will hold a workday meeting at the
home of Mrs. George Kusterer ON Raymond
avenue. Thursday afternoon at2 o'clock.
The St. Anthony Park Chautauqua were
pleasantly entertained by the Hamline Chau-
tauuua Monday evening at the residence OF
Mr.. and Mrs Fultz, OF Taylor avenue.
Friday evening Rev. II. NJ. simmons, Of
the Unitarian church. Minneapolis. gave an
Interesting lecture on OLIVER Wendell
Holiness at the Agricultural hall.
The Y. s. C. E. of the Congregational
Church gave an enjoyable social at the
church Thursday evening. The entertain
ment consisted in clothespins.
The Junior Y. P s. c. E. of the Congre
gotional Church will give social at the
home of Miss Ethel Hall, ON Bayless ave-
nue., Friday evening.
A successful baking sale was given by the
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particular suite which Mrs. Hicks had
engaged.
The hotel people were in quandary.
The empress arrived. and was greatly
annoyed 10 find that her suite had been
rented. She refused to accept any
other apartments. and was OH the point
of leaving the hotel when Mrs. Hicks
heard of the trouble and graciousiy re-
linquished her claim 10 the rooms, 10
the delight of the hotel people and the
surprise of the empress.
None of the ambitious Americans OF
recent years have succeeded in attain
ing the position in London society that
Mrs. Hicks-Lord occupied. She came
back to New York in 1877, and once
more set the social world agog with the
magnificence of her hospitality.
Old Thomas Lord, now well on the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03
IS A HERMIT QUEEN.
The Very Lovely but Very De-
vout Life Of Mrs. Hicks
Lord.
ONCE RULED NEW YORK.
Story of Her Sensational Nap-
riage to 0etogenarian
Thomas Lord.
NOW SHE AVOIDS SOCIETY,
Spends Most Of Her Time in
Piety and Fears Bur-
glars.
NOW SHE AVOIDS SOCIETY,
ICopyrighted, 1895.

New YoRK. Jan. 3I.-In big, gloomy
house locking out upon Washington
square from the west side woman Who
reigned as social queen in London. in
Paris, in Nice and in New York Is lly-
ing away tie last years OF her life al
most like q hermit.
A few years back the name of Hicks
Lord had greater potency in Tie social
world than he names Of Astor and Van
derbilt have today. But The young
blood or The blooming bud who are just
stepping into The official world of fashion
know little or nothing about the once
great. the once powerful, the once beauti-
full, the once magnificent Mrs. Hicks
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03

Lord, who as recently as nine years ago
gave a reception at which 5000 fashion,
ables fought and scrambled like so
many street urchins TO get into the
house and pay their respects 10 It's Won
derful mistress.
There have been some right royal en-
tertainments in The old Washington
square house, but all that is changed
now. 1t has the perpetual appearance
of teing a house Of sickness, where
some beloved inmate Is lettering on the
brink of eternity. The shades are al
WAYS down. the massive Od-fashiOned
front doors, with their heavy carvings,
are kept locked and b0ited, and they
bear the look of being opened but sell
dom. Even in the bright sunshine the
old house locks haggard and wrlnkled.
1t looks out of place IN the bright rays
of light.
One can't help thinking that the
house has become permeGted with the
feeling which predominates in the
bosom of lis owner. that its glories,
which once electrified the world, are a
thing OF the past, and that all the ~
ture has in store for it is a quiet and
peaceful end.
Her Fear Of Burglars.
Annette Wilhelmina Wilkins Hicks
Lord, as the lady of the tomb-like man
sion loved to style herself in the heyday
Of her triumphs, is now almost an in
valid. She sees few of the people who
loved to cluster about her when she was
queen Of New York sWelldom. A few of
them call TO talk over old times. But
the army of society moths has fIttered
away to IOiter near tile great leaders of
the present.
Mrs. Hicks-Lord has almost been for
gotten She has practically buried her,
self in the Washington square house,
which was once the home of Gen. Nc
CIellan, and which was sold TO the pres
ent owner shortly after the death Of the
famous soldier.
Calling at the Hicks-Lord house, part
icularly after dark. is not as pleasant as
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03

and corsage adornment is termed acol-
lar, whether it is made of lace, jet,chif-
fon or flowers, or combination of them
all. The latest creation entirely covers
the corsage and is most useful in bright
ening up a worn bodice. It is a deep
yoke of fine black net showered with
jet spangles. a bright velvet stock is
worn about the neck, and appIiqued to
the black net are two VandylSe points
of cream lace studded with jet. An
other novelty which is seen in variety
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03
BURLINGTON HEIGHTS.

Mrs Elmer E. Guernsey very dehghtf ully
entertained the Afternoon EuChre club
Thursday at her pretty home at Oakland.
Prizes were won by Mesdames JOY, TAFT ana
Perry.
Mr. and Mrs Dockstader. Of New Lenox'
Ill. left fer their home Saturday after IL visit
of several weeks to their daughter, Mrs. ABB.
Brand.
Mr.. Costello, of Moorhead, Mimi, vino has
been spending some days with H. 3. Briggs,
left Sunday for his home.
Messrs. a. A Lewis and B. B lark, Of
ST. Paul, spent Sunday with fri ends here.
The club have decided to give the thiFd in
formal hop of the season OIL the 2!st inst.
Mrs. F. NJ. Williams and son Elmer re-
turned last week from Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03
Bullets and Bacteria.
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Gone of the latest and most

St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Zone of the latest and most sin
g11lar experiences with bacteria.
said Prof. L. Werz, of Berlin, is
that made by a friend of mine at
home. who has proved that those
microscopic enemies of life and
health can be discharged from
gun without suffering any apparent
injury. He has infected rifle bull
let's with bacteria, and then fired
the bullets into tin boxes, filed
with a gelatine preparation suit
able for the nourishment of micro
organisms. Upon examining the
holes made by the bullets in the
preparation he found that the pre-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03

It might be. Some time ago the writer
had occasion to visit the place about 9
o'clock in the evening, perfectly con-
ventional time for calling at any house.
Upon ascending the broad steps of
the big brownstone stoop the visitor
WIS about TO pull the bell handle when
a big man of almost herculean build
rushed up the steps crying out Don't
pull that bellw
whats the matter?" was asked.
Don't you know that that door is
never to be opened after sunset"
mo; why is that?'
"Why, if that door were opened Mrs
Hieks-Lord would have an attack of
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mirer again. His attentions were ceases
less, and a great hubbub was raised
when it was announced that the ola
man and the famous society leader
were quietly married on the night of
Dec. 81, 1877.
Then There WAS Trouble!
It was a New Years gift the children
of Thomas Lord didn't fancy. All kinds
of legal devices were at once resorted to
&c declare the marriage null and void:
to declare Thomas Lord incapable of
managing his S6.000000; to declare Mrs.
Hicks Lord all kinds of uncOmpliment-
airy things, and lastly, to declare the
father insane. Physicians examined him
and found him perfectly sane. The
other charges were as easily disposed of.
But TO still the clamor raised by the
marriage a financial arrangement was
effected by which the children left the
couple in peace. The next year Mr..
Lord died, leaving g0odly sum to his
widow. Today hrs. Hicks Lord prOba-
bly, has an income Of 100000. Her two
nieces, the Misses Schenck, will inherit
large fortunes from her.
Fifty years ago. when the beautiful
Annette Wilkins was introduced to
Knickerbocker society, some Of It's
members were inclined to give her the
cold shoulder when they heard she
came from Surinan, ali obscure town in
Dutch Guiana. her birthplace. Bat as
a matter of fact, her ancestry compared
faVorably with any OF her critics. Iier
maternal grandmother's grandfather
was Sir Francis Rumbout, an English
knight who. two hundred years ago.
was given by the crown grant Of land
along The Fishkili river twelve by nine
miles i'll extent. From him descended
the Hips, The Schencks, the Van COrt-
IantS ana many other families of
knickeTbuCker fame.
Mrs. Hicks Lords father was Unrico
Peter Wilkins, a Dutch planter in
GiIana. He met her mother in Fish
Ill, married her there, and then went
ko the plantations in South America.
I When eighteen years old Miss Will
kins made her debut For seven years
she reigned as belle, and then married
Thomas Hicks, plain, matter-of-fac
mercha nj, but a man WHO got a dea! oil
pleasure out Of his Wife'5 social success
lie died te ye ars later, leaving her al
Income OF $4,000 q year.
After her mourning period she went
to London, where her uncle, Robert
ochenck, was the American minister.
Through him she met all the noiables,
political and social, at the English can
ital, and it was then she started the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03

else forms of bacteria with which
the bullets had been charged rap
idly developed there, although it
was known that no organisms ex-
listed in the gelatine previous to
the experiment. He has also dis
covered that bullet will pick up
bacteria from the air during its
hight, or from clothing through
which it passes, and deposit them,
still living and active, in a gelatine
target -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03
HER ORIENTAL CORNER.
The Inexpensive Bit of Decora-
ton Devised by IL Woman.

If there is anything in the linegFef IN
terror decoration capable of besteWinS
quite as much pleasure as Wen
arranged ''cozy corner diiigent re
search has failed to discover 1t. Ii is
a. delight to the eye and dei!ght 10
the tired body. It gives an air Oh nome
like coziness to the biggest, most
barren apartment, and it is charming
bit of appropriate decoration 1of
small one.
Of course any woman whose purse Is
big enough can have reI1larl1a ole
cozy corner by calling in those oplIs-
ing gentlemen, the interior decorators
and uphoisterers. When it is com
nleted it will probably be a very correct
ana pretty corner, but it Will represent
the taste and skill of the aforesaid gen
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03

of coiors is a stock of chiffon caught at
each side with small clusters of flowers.
From beneath each bunch of flowers
falls jab0t of cream lace. This new
collar is effective made of baby-blue
chiffon with knots of violets at each
sode and the full jabots of duchesse
lace
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03

ond mourning is dream of beauty.
Black velvet or black crepe, combined
with natually-colored heliotrope, PAN
sizes or purple-tinted orchids, or hello
trope chiffon and black flowers, form
many new and beautiful bonnets.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03

be to sit at the window of the second
floor nearest the corner and watch what
ever goes on in the street and i'll the
park. Two nipces, the Misses Schenck,
suead part of the year in the old house.
The rest of the time Mrs. Hicks-Lord is
surrounded only by a force OF colored
servants, all of whom are devoted to
i.L.I
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Close-fitting princess robe, with long
train in electric-blue velvet enhanced
with large buttons in antique pierced
silver, which shine at the waist and on
the gauntlets of the three-quarter
sleeves. Butterfly bows in double
faced ribbon in keeping with the shot
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03
LACE COLLARS AND ECoNoMY.
One of Them VIII Make Simple
Wardrobe Seem Elaborate.

Lace collars are no longer regarded
as IuXuries-they are considered eco
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-03
HARD TO RECOGNIZE AS COLLARS
The Latest Novelties in Neckwear
Arc Most Wonderfully Made.

Webster would not recognize his own
definition of d collar if he should see it
in the many different gJises in which it
appears today. Every known neck
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way to fourscore and ten, but with ar
dor uudimmed, became her devoted adj
mirer again. His alterations were cease
less, and a great hubbub was raised
when it was announced that the OLD
man and the famous society leader
were quietly married on the night of
Dec 81 1877
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great receptions which made her famous
in London, Paris and Nice.
Now she is merely memory to Inc
old-time society folks.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
THE CAvEN MURDER MYSTERY.
Worthless Testimony of old Lawyer
 Who "Knew It All"

CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. s.-Another eff fort to solve the Caven murder mystery was made by Coroner Arbuckle yester- day. Attorney Walter H. Shupe, 66 years old, late of New York, has within the past few days made state ments that he knew all about the case and promised to have the murderer in jail ere this. Yesterday Mir Shupe was examined by the coroner, the re- suit of the examination proving that Shupe knows no more about the case than everybody knows. The story he told was in substance as follows:
 ''The murder was done by the hus- band of a woman with whom Caven was holding improper relations The woman is 26 years old, but do not know her name. The murderer was advised by an attorney to wound Caven so as to have evidence to use in divorce proceedings. The people who have the proof are holding back for reward. l will give you no names, but will take my information to the mayor"
 The coroner and police think Shupe's story has no foundation.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
A WRONG RIGhTED.

The Partially Incinerated Body of John
 Greenwood, Victim of the Grand Trunk Wreck at Battle Creek, Mich., In 1855, Delivered to His Widow and shipped to
 England-A False Identification Un-
 covered-The Widow Indemnified.
 BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Jan. s.-The last chapter in the Grand Trunk wreck here on October 20, 1893, closed yes terday when the body of John Green wood was taken up and shipped to Essex, England.
 At the time of the wreck his body was consumed by the flames, with the exception of the trunk, and was labeled No. G." On the body was found gold watch and S175 in gold. A few days after the wreck a stranger came here from Chicago, giving his name as Robert Dawson. and claiming body No. 6 as that of his brother, George Dawson. He produced letter purporting to be from the dead man, whom he claimed was on his way from Essex, England, written in Buffalo, de- scribing his baggage, giving the num- Der of his watch and telling him where the key could be found. The letter was positive proof of the mans iden- tity, so thought the coroner, and the body, together with the valuables, was turned over to him. Dawson, who af terward proved to be an imposter had the body buried here and then got away with the dead mans valuables.
 Then came on Mrs. John Greenwood and her brother, Mark Clayton. of Es- sex, England, and claimed the body of the man buried as George Dawson. The body was exhumed and Mr. Clay ton identified it by ribs which the de- ceased had broken few days before he left home. The ribs were pro- tected by plaster cast. This and the under shirt proved the body to be that of John Greenwood.
 The railroad officials were so posi- tive that there was no mistake this time that they paid the widow S7,5Oo for the loss of her husband. It was supposed that Dawson had an accom- plice on the outside, who came here and looked ever the articles taken from the wreck, got the number of the watch, etc, and then went to Chicago and wrote the letter and had Dawson come on and claim the remains.
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
Forrest City, Ark.
NOTE BY THE MANUFACTURER:

NOTE BY THE MANUFACTURER:
 Some manufacturers boast of how large their bottles of medicine are. Others of how sweet their'sis is. Others of how cheap theirs is. boast only of the great merit of John- sons Tonic. l am in the medicine business, not in tho confectionery line. I have striven to make the best medicine, not the sweetest Johnson's Tonic has made record for itself of having cured 576 cases of fever out of every DIT cases. We are not in the business to tickle the peoples palate, but to cure them Those people who regard their palates ot nore importance than their lives are not worth saving. When life and death are the issues, the taste or the size or the price are toe trfiing matters to consider. Johnsons Tonic aures. That is good reason for using it.
 A. R. GIRARDEAU, Savannah, Ga.
 SOLE MANUFACTURER
The Forrest City times., 1895-01-11
The Sultan FuriOus

LONDON, Jan. s.-The Standards cor respondent in Constantinople says, in dispatch concerning the Armenian auth orities:
 MT. Gladstone's speech of December 29 has caused profound sensation in the Yildiz Kiosk. The sultan would not await the arrival of the English papers, but ordered Rustem Pasha, am- bassador in London, to wire the full text. The sultan is furious. and his waning anglophobia has been suddenly intensified"