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Cards and Their Uses.

Cards of coincidence are sent week after
death occurs. One card is left for 6
family-no more.
Cards of congratulation should be LEFT
in person, and if the family, are at home
the visitor should 60 in and express hel
good wishes.
Cards of courtesy should be sent with
all gifts, such as books, fruit. and flowers
or any trihing remembrances sent by
friends to friends.
Cards of ceremony are generally used
when an invitation to wedding is given,
or after an acceptance to a dinner-in any
case where the card is required to do duty
for informal entertainm
Cards should be sent after change in
residence or an absence abroad.
Cards should not be used when regret
is necessary. A note is the good form.
AT an afternoon tea or reception every
one should leave her card with the servant
on entering. If unable to attend she
should write note the next morning
The ''at home" card is sometimes used
for receptions, with an additional name or
names of the ladies to which the rece ption
is given. Very often separate card of a
lady assisting will be sent; either is cor
rect.
To write regrets" or "accepts" on a
card is very bad form. A note is the
PiopSA WY III oeClluluS VI dCCCptiuS oil
Invitation.
When an engagement is announced
leave a card.
After a marriage takes place leave a
card.
On the return of friend from long
journey leave card.
After death in family leave card.
Strangers in town should send their
cards with their address to friends, and 9
call should De made ON them as soon as
possible.
In cases of P. P. G. the card is gener.
ally sent by mail on the day of the depart.
ure.
When card is left for stranger who is
stopping at a hotel, ssFor Mrs. -
should be written on the top OF the card.
Inc correspondence card is no longer
used except as a business message.
!, 10 ask tor sick friend leave card with
the words, "To inquire" written across
the top. Expect no reply.
Cards of condolences need not be an.
swered. Cards of courtesy or congratula-
ton should be replied to promptly.
small card, with the child's name in full
tied with bow of white ribbon at the left
hand corner. With it should accompany
the parents card, and mailed in double
envelopes OF medium size. A card of con.
graduation should be sent to the mother
in return.
When young lady is to be married she
leaves her card in person four weeks be
fore the event. Her mothers accompanies
her oWn.-New York Journal.
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IN THE INTEREST OF ECONOMY

The Story q Cigar-Smoking Congress
man Loves to Tell.
II have been reading that story about
Chickering giving me knife with cham
pagne opening attachment remarked
Representative Hull of Iowa short time
ago, sand it's going the rounds just as
every good story does that is printed in
the Post. But, did any of you ever hear
Chickering's cigar story?"
None apparently had heard it and he
told 1t.
"Chickering lives at the Hamilton when
in Washington. There is big family
smoking-room in the house where all the
Congressman gather around center-table
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rent for a cornice which is so far above
the roof of their structure. and which in
no way interferes with or mars the looks
of their own building. He says that if many
more such demands are made upon
owners of big structures, nearly all of
which have cornices projecting on all sides,
there will soon be no more use for archi-
tects to make plans having suggestion of
beauty in them. The claim is said to be
without precedent in real-estate history,
and the payment of rental by the Surety
Company will open up a new question for
the real-estate lawyers to grappie with.
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High Postage.

In 1881 public meeting was held at
South Shields at which 1T was resolved to
ask Parliament for two representatives, in
view of the new reform bill. One of these
was semitic the Marquis of Cleveland, the
Lord Lieutenant, for presentation to the
House of Lords. This petition seems to
have been above the statutory weight, and
in consequence a surcharge of f6 5s Sd
postage was demanded by the postal
authorities. The Marquis of Cleveland 3
letter relating to this is now before me and
is as follows:
NEWTON HOUSE, February IL.
SIR: l have to acknowledge the Receipt of
your Letter and Petition, which will attend
remark that 81 5s Sd is charged postage which
l hope to recover or must apply [sicl to you for
the same. remain. sir, your very obedt servt
CLEVELAND.
Notes and Queries.
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The Conquest of a Queen.

General Duchesne says that the Queen
of Madagascar has accepted the French
suzerainty as she might have done the
mastery of second husband and Prime
Minister. She seems rather interested in
the complete transfer of power from the
ex-Prime Minister to the French, and
showed herself deeply sensible to the
many courteous attentions of the victors
General Duchesne thinks her open
hearted, open-minded, and in her way a
charming woman.
Another general says she is extremely
fond of dress, and longs to visit Paris. She
can never hear enough about the shops
and theaters and the Elysee balls. One of
her dreams is to be able to choose herself
several complete toilets at the Bon Marche.
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ON THE DIAMOND.
Winners of Baseball Games Played by
Eastern Teams.


ST. LOUIS, NO., April 19.-"Standing
room only" was announced at the ticket
windows at Sportsman Park to-day, and
16,600 people passed the turnstiles. Parker
was very wild and his support weak, while
Breitenstein was effec tive after the second
inning. Score:
81. Louis. 4 01043 80 2
Chicagos. ............ .......1 OOOOOOO- z 4
Batterfes-BreitenStein and Mcfarland, Parker
and Donohue. Umpire-Sheridan.
CINCINNATI. ONO, April 19. - The
largest attendance but one in the history
of the game in Cincinnati saw the Louis
vile team defeated by the splendid work
of the local club. At no stage of the game
did the visitors have chance to win out.
Attendance 16, 1926. Score:
Cincnnatis... 24O11O0 PIP l3 1
Louisvilles. .............0 0001010l-3 10 5
Batteries-Rhines and Vaughn; Cunningham,
Frazier and Warner. Umpire-Emslie.
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The other sixteen finished in the follow
William Lipsett, w. K. Jamison, C. p.
Owen, Frank Hambly, Hal Chase, James
ArguelIo, G. L. Southgate, T. McGeoghe-
gan, T. Frank Smith Jr.. I. Percy Mills.
F. E. Manuel, Russell Cushing. Ed Willis
ton and George Thompson. The poor DO.
sitions of Cushing and Williston were due
to punctured tires
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Trottimg-Horse Men Bramchtno ou.

LEXINGTON, KY, April 19.-The Ken
tucky Trotting- horse Breeders Associa-
ton will soon be sole owners of Lexin g.
toms fair grounds. The directors of the
Fair Company met here yesterday after
noon and decided to sell their half inter
est in the grounds to the trotting-horse
breeders. The latter will hold fair and
trotting meeting in August and in Octo-
Der will hold their annual trotting meeting :.
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SEATTLE BRoADswoRD CONTEST
Baron Matchf,s of Russia Bests Cham
pioa Jennings.

Bdron MdIchf's OF RWssfG Bests Chana-
pion Jennings.
SEATTLE. WASH, April 10. - Baron
Malchin won in the broadsword contest at
Madison Park this afternoon, scoring a
decided victory over the worlds cham
pion, Captain E. N. jennings of this city.
Experienced swordsmen cay the Russian
displayed marvellous skill, much to the
surprise and chagrin of Captain Jennings,
whose efficiency with the sword, it was
very apparent, is being impaired by age.
The captain had much the better horse.
but out of 20 he scored only II to the
Barons II points,
Neither antagonist sustained serious in
jury. Lawyer Edward P. Edsen refereed
the contest, which was witnessed by about
1000 persons. Captain Jennings says he
Will soon challenge Baron Malchin for
another contest.
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A very curious sort of entertainment
takes place every two years in Berlin. The
lady artists, painters. sculptors, actresses,
singers, ETC., give fancy dress ball, from
which the male sex is excluded, though
many ladies adopt masculine garb. One
OF these balls is shortly to be held, and the
costumes will be early nineteenth century.
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Of labor that may be fairly called skilled
the japanese is probably the cheapest, for
worker in lacquer or 'inlaying and mo
sale work win employ skill and knowledge
that have been inherited and handed down
for generations in return for q wage that
an English. bricklayer's laborer would re-
fuse with contemptuous disgust.
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S..isum Defeats TacartiIe.

SUISUN, CAL, April 19.-The Solano
County Baseball League season was opened
to-day at Vacaville, when the Suisuns de-
feated the home team by a score of Is to 4.
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L. McElrath, eldest son of Thomas L.
McElrath, for many years of the firm of
Greely & McElrath. publishers of the
Tribune, died at his home in Brooklyn
to-day. He was about SO years of age.
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Mabel Jenness yenter.

Mabel Jenness Venter will give at the Colum-
bian Theater, Friday afterno oon, April "a, al
2:3O O'Clock. a lecture on "Artistic Dress and
the Vulgarisms We See in Society,"" This will
be her only lecture in this City. Admission
TWENTY-FIVE cents.
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Phenomenal Cyciine .Feat.

SAVANNAH, GA, April 19.-Charles
A. Murphy, the Brooklyn bicyclist, who
is in training here, made quarter of a
mile on The Savannah track to-day. IN
paced and from flying start, in rs 2-5,
after having ridden eight miles. The rec
ord was made in a high wind.
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LISTEN TO THE PRUDENT ADVICE which urges
you to the immediate treatment Of that Rasping
Cough by the use Of DR.. D. Jayne's Expectorant,
the best of medicines for Coughs and Colds, and
approved standby for all Pulmonary troubles
and Throat ais.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-20

In many European countries the prac-
tice has been adopted of planting nut and
fruit trees in place of merely shade trees
along the highways.
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The largest man ever enlisted in the
British army was Lieutenant Sutherland.
His height was s feet 4 inches, and his
weight 1854 pounds.
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Santa Cr,,s Defeated.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL.,. April 19.-Santa
Clara beat Santa Cruz by score of to
in game of baseball here this afternoon.
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DR.. SAN DE:N'S
ELECTRIC BELT MAKES PEOPLE STRONG.
For Weak Men.

Men who find themselves failing in that
manly vigor which IS SO precious, who
have begun to see the result of past ex-
cesses; for men who are growing old be-
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cally strong, are vitally weak; for such
men DR.. Sanden's Electric Belt is like the
dawn of new life. Does not nature teach
US that her storehouses are inexhaustible ?
They are, and that vital force which is lost
can be restored by Electricity. DR.. San.
den's Electric Belt will restore it. Get the
book.
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For Weak Women.

Nineteen out of twenty women have a
weakness that can be cured by DIR. San.
den's Electric Belt. There are too many
weak. Sroken-down mothers and sisters
wrecked In constitution through the weak,
sluggish action of the female organs. For
this weakness the usual tonics have proven
only temporary help. Nothing but new
vitality can restore the weakened functions
to their normal strength. The warming,
toning power from DIR. Sanden's Electric
Belt adds new life to the female parts. It
daily increases the healthy vital force. It
cures weak women as it cures weak men.
by renewing the wasted strength. The
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Strange as it may seem, most varieties
of jellyfish have true organs of hearing.
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Death of Thomas L. Nc Elrath.
NEW YORK, N. Y, April 19.-Thomas
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FROM A MOTHER.

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: SANbE.rI EIlECTRIC CO..
oo< MARKET ST., OPPOSITE PALACE HOTEL, FRANCISCO
once Hours-s M. p Sunday
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MONDAY,
JUNE IS. 1896.

Now lay me down to sleep, to the man OF at'
fairs. who weary and perpexed. pauses in his occu-
patton to lift his whisper heavenward That tney
might be nourished at the heart OF INFINITE gOodhesS
the great and wiee OF all the past nave praysqa.
David pre-emlneauy man OF prayet me
PRAYED when prosperous and when In diiiicuity sor
row and doubt The prophets pitched ner tents osr :.
the gates OF Heaven. The disciples all nau c1ftSe
spondence with the invisible and the greatest OF .ns
apostles enjo!ns men TO pray without e esss'h hsa
need OF prayer, surely them We must pray u our
souls would prosper and II we would nave sate us
cort through this world OF difficulty and trouoe
should initiate the writer of our tex by praying ioF
instruction. He desired 10 be- taught 49,. .
The main difference between a wise man anu
fool is that the former constantly seeks to learn
while the latter considers himself above instruction
The prayer for guidance Is also needed in THESE ia!
OF revived paganism. All the religion we need, say
some is morality But what sort OF morality! Ihas
of the human heart? Man as moralst has sans
toned every abom.nation. He has iegllma.aLeu
adultery and uncleanness and has Justlned muruers
rapne and violence. Or. Is Il the morality OF ING
Old Testament that Is meant? Then II IS part Oh
the system that Christ came TO fuil. ana tnat en-
joins upon the acceptance and imitation OF Nhr's"
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FAULT FOUND WITH THE SOVEREIGN.

a. y. D. Borden's new tw!n-screw steam yacht
a, W"sn was Saturday towed from the yard
a. 'ne j. n. Robins Company. Erie Basin. where
49, vas built. TO Fletcher's yard. Hoboken where
NJ, Engines are being constructed. They will be
-, :" 'here and then the boat finished. The hull
NV :. good deal Of attention she passed
n. e North River. 1t Is said that the crown Of
yaohrrsren has been cut down considerably. and
tween tbe men enn say that MS led 70 dispute be-
re- war OF words followed
hupucb.Sc ut was apparent when the boat was
toubf -, and no one who sa her has the slightest
cordins MAJ ~ the boat was laid down and built &C
ngnere ~ me plans Of j. Beaver Webb. the de-
Any ons - v considered entirely improbable that
ehances .ouio alter design by Mr.. Webb. and the
ohoulder srs II Is believed that he Will have TO
"natever mistakes may have been made.
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"WHY T AM 4 PREACHER.

The Rev Cortlandt Myers. in the Baptist Iempe'
delivered the last OF a series OF sermons last night.
the general subject Of which was. why Am what
| Am" The special topic last night was Why l
Am Preacher" He said in part:
The preacher Is n man lie Is not an angel nor a
ghost nor any new species. The mere fact Of his
Office does not diiferentiate him from other men.
His position does not make him womany nor a
monstrosity anything peculiar. II the office
destroys the man, then the man ought 10 destroy
the office The nobest elements in true manhood
should be pre-eminently In the preacher OF
righteousness. II a peculiar collar soates me from
other men, | shall Immediately be without that
collar II strange coat makes me be strange
creature | shall Immediately bid farewell TO that
coat. You do not listen FOR the Tapping Of wings
when I approach; l walk. do not fly Christ sent
not a ceremony. a tradition nor book, but
a man He should be most vitality interested in
soc ology. and politics. and business nd every
thing pertaining to man and his relation TO HE
fellow-man His field Is not contracted one but
covers ;he entire planet The Christian minister
should be the most manly Of men, respected for
manhood and not feared for priesthood or laughed
for ghosthood. That which men most need Is
the Gospel. and that which the Gospel needs
is men. Science Is good. but men are not saved by
science. Philosophy is good. but not lost
for want of philosophy. Medicine is good. and law
is good. and other life work is good. but 1t does
not touch the vital need
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PRAYER AND MODERN PAGANISM

In the Bedford Avenue Baptist Church yesterday
morning the Rev DR. s. Giffard Nelson preached
from Psalm xvii. ll-"Teach me thy way. Lord.
and lead me In plain path" He said in part This
is a prayer for instruction and guidance l wouli
speak OF 1t first prayer, for In our material age
the tendency is to neglect prayer and to reject be-
lief IT, But It is only those who have prayed
or whose prayers have been the repetition OF mere
formulas who question its efficacy There is power
behind that which We behold The beating of our
hearts takes place by law. but law does not explain
the beating of hearts Life lies beneath the mo-
ton OF the tides There IS power above that
which we call natural, into relation with which
prayer brings II s Infinite and wondrousy benefi-
cent-tender the cloudess and all-covering sky
"a universal mercy that waits and rejolces to hear
and help whosoever CALLS from the child that utters
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TO AID THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

MANY TICKETS BEING SOLD FOR THE MooNih"hi
SAIL ON THE GRAND REP BLU
large number OF tickets are being 500 Ior VIC
moonlight sail on the steamer Grand Hepuo"0 ~,
Wednesday evening for the benefit OF the Me"ioi ''
Hospital for Women and Children. limited num-
Der OF tickets has been issued. The steamer WIN
leave the Bridge pier at y. m. going down 'he
Bay and through the Narrows. visiting Fort "aus
worth and the Government fleet OFF Staten lsia"u'
There VIII be music by orchestra and reire r
ments and flowers and candy Will be on sale ne
following committees have been appointed: ReiTesn
ment Committee--Mrs. q. &. jeffrey Mrs. J. r.
Hackstaff. Mrs. Edwin Howell, Mrs. L. r. Crane.
Mrs J. L. Marce.lus. Mrs Jere johnson. tr; Mrs.
a H. Tint Mrs. J. ". R.dsdale, Mrs J. SchDing.
Miss A. X. Mrrielees Flowers. fruit and candy
Mrs H. l.. Buck Mrs. X: Siede Mrs. T.. H. Con-
verse Mrs s. f. Ostrander, Mrs. Charles Eaton.
Mrs. w H. Pollard. Mrs. F. c. Beckw.th. Mrs
Il. l.. Davenport
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CAPTAIN GRIFFIN'S AMBITION.

II rs RUMoRED THAT MIKE" HAS AN EYE ON
THE ASSEMBLY.
Captain Mike Griffin. OF the Brooklyn baseball
san. is said 10 have a political ambition. Mike
a's thus Ear kept his secret to himself put IL ~
nov said that, while he has been waiting around
centre field for stray nles from the bats OF MS
~onents. his thoughts have not been entirely oc-
"pied with the affairs OF the diamond. but have
~tn wandered 10 another subject. Nike" Is a
"a OF enterprise. HLs baseball job allows him
= OF spare time In the winter, and he has de-
go that seat In the Assembly would not be
A. uncomfortable Improbable place. 80 II
ha rs about that ne has eye on the nomination
: ms native district in Utica. Mike" is Demo
,tss. and he lives In a Democratic district. Poll
sns Sns are always supposed 10 be baseball fends,
rosm 20 Mike is popular with the politicians TINS
~ Vision OF his prospects does not dazzle his
H. completely when he is hunting nies or study
"a ne pitchers curves but II Is pleasant thing
IA contemplate. nevertheless. Mike" Is expectd
dus' IN with the Democratic managers of Utica in
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THE LOOP AT THE BRIDGE OPENED.

The loop OF the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
at the Bridge was opened for the first time yester-
day II extends from the Bridge at Sands-st to
Fulton-st and curves around the Plaza to High-st.
through Highest back to Adams-st Trains began
running early in the morning and continued
throughout the day Owing to the severe storm
travel was light and there was no fair opportunity
to ascertain how crowds can be handled on
normal running day or whether confusion TO tho
travelling public will result at first. Passengers
can now get of at either OF the stations at
"a nds and High SITS. The work of building the loop
has dragged along for months but now that 1t 3
finished the railroad officials believe they have
solved one Of the perplexlng Bridge problems The
new structure curves over the tracks OF the kings
County Elevated. and while II IA plainly no ornAe
ment to the street. II Is bound to be useful.
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SERMON BY A COLORED BISHOP.
THE REV j. w HOOD breaches IN THE LAFAH-
ETH, AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

THE REV J w HOOD breaches IN THE LAFAH-
ErrE AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The pulpit of the Lafayette Avenue presbyterian
Church at Iafayette-ave. and South OXfoEd-s'' was
occupied last night by Bishop J. W. Hood, or me
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Ths IS
a separate organization from the African Metnonise
F,nlscopal Church which IS to hold It's state Con"
ference in Brooklyn, beginning on Thursday Blshop
Hood is the senior bishop Of the Zion Churcn' ana
was the presiding officer al the State Conference
Of that Church. which has just been held In fon-
kars 4 number of colorsd people attended the SER
vice last night The choir. in honor OF the occasion.
sang several African religious songs. steal Away
was given effectively. and verses prepared by MISS
Thursday were sung the strains Of The Old
Folks at Home" Travelling 10 the Better Lana
was likewise sung.
Bishop Hood is tall and stoops slightly He Is
dark mulatto. wears full gray beard. and MS
rat Their long gray hair is brushed back from me iore
head For the most part he speaks IN slow. rlcn
tones which are pleasing. His louder tones are NOT
so effective He spoke last night upon the subject
of Judgment IL was of little importance, he said.
come but of vast importance 10 be ready. II II
were known that the word were TO end tomorrow
at noon many people would wait until ll:U a. IN
before thew began preparations. So far as the IN
dlvldual was concerned the judgment came at inc
time of death He urged the Importance OF a PUBIC
confession of Christianity. Many men who held
aoos from this priGed themselves on their honesty,
hut the Bishop questioned the honesty Of withhold
ing from God that public acknowledgment of Him
which was his due.
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ATLANTfC-AVE. COMMISSIONERS TO MEET.

The first meeting of the new Atlantic Avenue
Railroad Commission will be held az the Real Estate
Exchange tbs afternoon At o'clock. The members
of the Commission are Eugene q. Blackford. presi-
d,nt. Edward f. Linton. secretary, and Edward II.
Hobbs " illiam T.. Phillips and Walter NJ. Meseroe.
The Commission Will Sit during the summer and
vii nnulre into the bad cond ton OF Atlanticave.
and tho barrier II presents 10 the appreciation or
property values. y report VIII be made to the
Mayor December J. and its findings will be en-
bodied I'm a bin To be presented TO the next Legs
lature The expenses OF the Commission are not 70
nNceod s. 90 10 be provided by the city.