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.ttlng aslde blg forest feserVatlons.

setting aside big forest reservations
Postmaster General Wilson had an ini
portant matter under consideration, which
bore fruit In the suspension OF one Of his
assistants, the chief of the stamp division,
charged with Improper connection with
the recent stamp case Of Hamilton r.. Cole
man.
A the close OK the departmental hours
many Of his assistants gathered In his OF
ice and talked about ofllce matters and
practically took their leave
Serrotaty Morton was much worried
over his sister, Miss Morton who is Just
convnlescng fromu severe attack Of pneu.
monia lie spent "a part OF the afternoon
with her The rest Cf the day he devoted
to personal correspondence and official du.
ties
Secretary Carlisle's time was taken uL
largely IN receiving visitors
Attorney General Harmon, probably
was the busiest member of the cabinet.
lie was anxious 90 leave as little unilnish
ed routine matter for his successor as pos
siblc. aud, except for an hour. which ht
srent with his wife la making calls, he
Kept closely to his desk until late Ia the
evening.
Secretary Herbert was busy most OF ths
day ia cleaning up his desk ana signing
commissions of officers
Secretary Olney was early ut his desk
examining bills which were referred G,
him 10y the president for a report mns
of minor matters also claimed his alton
tion
Secretary Lamont was with the pres
idcnt large part of the day, assisting II
the examination of bills as they came from
the capitol
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The inaugural Rail.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The grand ball,
which will be the crowning glory Of inau
guration day, will be given in the pension
building tonight, where the inaugural
balls have been held for l2 years past. II
is expected that 10, 600 people will attend,
so it will be less Of ball than prom
enade concert.
1t requires about $4,000 yards Of challis
to decorate the ballroom. The interior is
in white and gold. The ceiling is covered
by canopy divided into three sections,
all of white trimmed with gold. The cen.
ter of each section is a White dome, the
rim of which is 86 feet in diameter From
the top Of the dome great number OF
white and gold streamers are around beau
tiful fioral displays.
The walls Of the building are covered
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The InaucuratIon Parade.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Tho spectacu.
lar event in connection with the inaugu
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Ial.inr tho Oath of Omce.

WASHINGTON, Feb. A. Tho official cere
monies with the change of administration
began with the departure of President
Cleveland and President Elect Mckinley
and ice President Elect Hobart and ths
senate committee of arrangements from
the White House to the capitol. where the
oath Of Office was administered Major
Mckinley drove over from the Ebbiti
House to the executive mansion at 1O:st
and met the president in his private Office
The presidential party, with its escort ol
5000 United States troops, Troop A OF
Cleveland and the District Of Columbia
national guard, left the White House at
IL O'Clock and reached the capitol about
noon. The avenue was densely packed
with an eager and joztling throng OF spec
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tstors. who cheered Justify the outgoing
and the incoming presidents. Vice Presi
dent Stevenson did not accompany his sue.
cessor, the vice president elect, as Mr. Ste
venson was engaged in presiding over the
session of the senate. MIR. Hobart instead
was accompanied by the senate committee
of arrangements, consisting OF Messrs.
Sherman, Elkins and Mitchell.
At the capitol the president and other
officials Of the retiring administration, the
president and vice president elect proceed
ed to the senate chamber, where in the
presence of an assembly, which completely
filled the chamber and galleries. Vice Pres
ident Stevenson Administered the oath OF
office to Mr.. Hobart. There were present
the members of the supreme court, the
senate and house OF representatives and
the diplomatic representatives of the vari-
GUS countries Of the world. The retiring
vice president made a brief and graceful
farewell speech, and his newly installed
successor made short address and an.
nounced the Inauguration OF the president.
The simple ceremonies of tho induction OF
the new vice president having been con-
cluded. Mr. Stevenson, at the stroke OF IL.
declared the senate Of the Fiftyfourth
congress adjourned without day. An ex-
ira session of the senate having previously
been called, the usual custom OF admins
tcring the oath of office TO newly elected
senators was deferred until afternoon.
when this function was performed by
the new vice president.
The presidential party then proceeded to
the stand at the east portico in front OF
the rotiil, la, President Cleveland and Mr..
Mckinley leading, the supreme court
judges, senators and representatives fol-
lowing two by two When all were seated
on the great platform, in view OF 10000
people gathered on the plaza, the president
elect reverently placed his hand on tho Bi-
BILE held out by Chief Justice Fuller, took
the oath of office which constitutes him
the chief magistrate of the nation. When
he had kissed the open book the new pres
ident turned TO the great throng which
filled the plaza and delivered his inaugu
raj address
Upon concluding the address, which wa.
plain and comprehensive statement o
the political issues with which his admin
istlution will be confronted, president
Mckinley retired TO the presidents rooI
in the senate wing Of tho capitol. and
from there was escorted to the Whit
House by the inaugural parade, which b!
this time was ready to move, taking il
course up Pennsylvania avenue. The pres
ident reviewed the parade from a stand il
front of the White House.
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Last nav Of cleveIand's Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, March 4.--The last ful
day which the members Of Mr.. Cleveland
cabinet will devote to the work Of thoil
respective departments was occupied by
them in cleaning up the odds and ends o.
official business.
Secretary Francis was busy all day
Much Of his time was given to the consid
GRAFTON Of the sundry civil bill and the In
dian appropriation BILL This had specia
reference to the fight that some of the con
gress delegations in the west are maxim;
on President Cleyelands proclamation
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or A nrr1RwrNa srAvp.

ton. Tho cabinet as finally completed Is
as follows:
Secretary of stato-.Iohn sherman OF
Ohio.
Secretary Of the Traasury-Lyman i.
Gage of Illinois.
Secretary II War Russell A. Alger OF
Michigan.
Attorney General-Joseph McKenna Of
California.
Postmaster General-james A. Gary Of
Maryland.
Secretary Of the Navy-John D. Long OF
Massachusetts,
Secretary OF the lnterior-Cornelius y.
Bliss of New York.
Secretary Of Agriculture--James Wilson
of Iowa
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M KINLEY AND HOBART.
They Are Now President and
Vice Pres Mt.
TIE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES

A Brilliant and Historic Pageant -Justic.
Fuller Administers the Oath of onico Z,
McKiniey-The Parade Under Command
of General Porter.
WARRINGTON, March AT high nool
today the decree Of the polls rendered il
November last was comsummated, anc
William Mckinley of Ohio and Garret A
Hohnrt Of New Jersey we're formally in
ducted ino the Offices Of president and vic,
pre-idcnt With splendid pageant anc
amid the plaudits Of assembled thousands
the transfer o. POKER such as is wieldec
by scarcely any potentate in the worlc
was peacefully effected without friction
and in spirit Of loyalty and cheerful sub
mission 20 tho will of the majority which
furnishes another proof that here love oI
liberty and respect of law are not incom
patible with each other
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The oievelana'. Going to Princeton.

WAsHINGToN, March g. - Mrs Cleveland,
accompanied by Mr. Thurber, will leave
Washington this evening for Princeton in
special train over the Pennsylvania rail
road. lt Is authoritatiyely announced that
Mr. Cleveland will In all probability not
90 tn Princeton for some time, but will
leave Washington tomorrow afternoon fol
the south IN search Of rest and restored
honlth
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Tho Now Cabinet.

WASHINGTON March The nnmes OF
President Mcklnley's cabinet, which was
completed yesterday by the selection OF
Cornelius n. Bliss Of New York as seorc.
tary of the interior will probably be sent
to the senate tomorrow for confirmation
by that body, as required by the constitu-
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with the senator's with whom he Will be
In close contact for the next four years.
Mrs. John A. Logan gave dinner g.
General and Mrs Russell A Alger at hei
home on Clifton street Judge Mckcnnu
was expected to be present, but was de
tained. The table was tastefully decorated
with palms. ferns and roses. After the
guests left the table, the No / Newsboy
band of Detroit, which is in the city with
the Alger Republican club, marched up &c
Mrs. Logan's residence and serenaded the
next secretary of war Members OF the in
coming cabinet and their wives were pres
nnt
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AN ORGAN RECITAL.

j. w. Stevenson. OF New York. gave
an organ recital last night at st. Paul's
M. +. Church. ]. V. Harbart rendered
several vocal selections.
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Making Birch Oil.

Connecticut farmers have found q
comfortable side profit in gathering
the twigs, branches and saplings of
black birch for the birch-oil distiller-
les, says the Chicago Journal. By
protecting the young growth crops are
quickly raised. The birch brush has
brought from $3.50 to So ton. The
birch oil has sold at SIS to $8 a pound,
but is now less. One ton of birch
yields four pounds of oil. Farmers
can make the oil themselves. The
distillery may be any rough building,
and the machinery is inexpensive.
The birch twigs, not over two inches
in diameter, are cut in lengths of five
inches and thrown into water.tight
tanks with copper bottoms, in which
are coils of steam pipes. Three feet
of water is poured in, the tanks her.
metically sealed, and steam is turned
into the pipes. The water is kept
boiling six hours, and the steam rising
passes into a pipe which runs in the
form of worm into barrel OF cold
water constantly renewed. The steam
is condensed in the worm and the oil
drops from the end of the pipe into
pail. It was formerly clarified from a
dull brown to light green after this
process. Now this is done by spread
ing heavy wooleA blanket over tie
birch wood inside the tank, and the
oil drips out pure and ready for mar
hot
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TGllege Bred COnvicts.
here are fifteen college graduates in

There are fifteen college graduatesin
prison stripes on BlackwelPs Island.
This fact was learned by a clergyman of
this city, who recently conducted a
Sunday morning service at the peni'
tcntiary, and it was elected by his
remarking to one Of the keepers that
there were a great many intelligent
faces in the group of prisoners con-
fronting him. The clergyman made
mental notes of some OF the faces, and
after the service he pointed them out
to the keeper and asked if they we're
not college graduates. Out of the five
men indicated by MIN only one was
college graduate, and, to the clergy
mans dismay, the keeper designated
as college men three of the most re-
pulsiye and vicious looking prisoners
in the group. One of the most intel
ligent faces in the throng was described
by the matter of fact keeper as be-
longing to Ia tough 'un. who's been
on Che island off and on ever since he
was a kid. New York Times
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services of Miss Campbell to interpret
nv exnressjons of regard.

services of Miss Campbell to interpret
my expressions of regard.
Princess Tom is short aud squat and
about sixty years old. She is keen in
her Judgment of men, and took quite
fancy to me, although she could not
understand why I had iourneyed so
far for few paltry sheepskius, while
might have taken back the much
more valuable peltry of sea otters and
blue foxes. When Miss Campbell ex-
planned to her that I was impelled
more by scientific interest and love of
hunting than the love of dollars, she
marveled still more, because the white
men she had met were hunters of dol
'lars.
s'See, buy man," said Princess
Tom to me through Miss Campbell.
81 pay 500 blankets for him to marry. "
She pointed to grinning, fat-faced
young fellow, who was ber fifth hus-
band. ''She says she will buy you,
too, if you are for sale," said Miss
Campbell, laughing. And when I said
was not for sale, she took from her
finger silver ring, shaped like a
snake, wonderfully chased in the
Alaska fashion and set with a tur.
quoise, and placed it on my finger as
a token of good will. Then she set
about to show me her treasures and
allowed me to photograph her. She
desired me to photograph her fat
young husband also, but he ran of
like a bashful boy and hid himself in
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the town. Her house, very comfort
able frame structure, modernly built,
is full of every description of Indian
treasure, blankets, skins, baskets OF
wonderful workmanship, copper ket-
ties and domestic utensils fashioned
by the Russians in the days before
American possession. Her chic est
treasure, besides the good American
$40 gold pieces, are her sea otter
skins. The sea otter fur is the court
fur of both Russia and China, and is
therefore III great demand at ruinous
prices. The sea otter has been SO
assiduously hunted and is now so
wary that good skins, rough dried,
are worth anywhere from 500 to $500
each. In one room Of her house this
Alaskan Princess has piles of cedar
chests full of see otter skins, of which
she is in no hurry to dispose. In all
she must own about 500 skins, and
she has a large number of native
hunters out in her sloops constantly
looking for more, SO Unsuitable is her
desire for them.
To an Alaskan Indian blanket is o
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tends from Forty.second street to the
Park. With these lines are many Of
the most fashionable churches and
here on Sunday morning can be seen
some of New York's best gowned wo-
men.
/ saw Mrs. Herman Oelrichs out for
a walk few mornings since in most
char ningly simple costume of illumin-
ated whipcord. 1t was coat and skirt
costume and its chief charm was it's ex-
treme simplicity. The double breasted
cont which fitted her figure to perfec-
tion, was guiltless of ornamentation
save for the tailor stitching on the
edges and four large hand carvedpearl
buttons. The skirt was Paris model,
draped tight in front but quite full IN
the back.
The newest skirts have the least bit
of stiffening around the foot, and in.
stead of the old fashioned braid or
velveteen binding around bottom, the
best ladies' tailors now use band OF
English corduroy.
On one of the cold days last week ]
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

The new Russian consumption cure
is by the inhalation of analine vapors.
A machine for wrapping boxes and
securing the wrappers with glue has
been invented by Brooklyn man.
The viper is the only poisonous SER
pent known in Europe, and it is found
in every part of the Continent, and IN
many localities in the south OF Eng
land.
The authorities of the Johns Hop.
kins Hospital, of Baltimore, have built
q cold storage room in which dead
bodies will he kept for the use of med.
icaI colleges in winter.
The Roentgen rays are said to be in
valuable to the Russian police for re-
vealing the contents Of suspicious let
ters without opening the envelopes.
But now Muscovlte has invented en-
velopes impenetrable by the rays, and
so official curiosity is bafled.
A distinguished French chemist,
Henri Moissan, made tiny diamond
in the presence of an audience In New
York City not long ago. His dist
monds so far are too small to have any
commercial value. The process is to
fuse carbon under pressure, with an
electrical furnace.
Flammarion, the astronomer, says
the atmosphere on Mars is SO differ
ent from ours, that an inhabitans OF
that planet would weigh seventy times
less than an inhsbitant of the earth OF
the same size. ''The inhabitants OF
Mars" he says, "cannot be like us,
but they may be much more perfect
than we, physically, and incomparably
higher in the sphere of intellect. \.
A very low temperature, 400 de-
grees below zero, has been shown to
have remarkable effect upon the
color of many bodies. The brilliant
scarlet of vermilion and mercuric
iodide is reduced, under its influence,
to pale orange, the original color re.
turning with the rise of the tempers-
ture. Blues are unaffected by cold
and the effect is comparatively small
upon organic coloring matters OF all
tint5.
The basis of the new cancer cure OF
tho Russian scientist, DR.. Gospodeen
Denisenko is swallow.wort known to-
botanists as chelidonium maius. Its
safron.c .colored juice has long been
used by peasants to rid themselves OF
warts, and it was this practice that
gave Denisenko hint Of his discov-
cry. The Juice can be taken in
ternally with good results, but for
this purpose it must be specially pre-.
pared, as. in its natural, state it con-
tains two poisons.
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Princess Tom has enough kyaks and
blankets for an Alaskan kings ransom,
if there we're such a person. Some Of
the Alaskan blankets are very beauti-
full, and Princess Tom owns only the
choicest, which she keeps in piles IN
her treasure room.
The Yakutat Indians of Alaska are
the most expert basket makers of the
North. They weave them of grasses
and tender willow wood split into long
silky strips. Their decorative methods,
when they forsake totems, ale very
similar to those of the Yaqui and other
Southern Indians. Some of their bas-
kets are 80 closely woven that they
will hold water. Princess Tom, being
a Yakutat, has passion for baskets,
and is the owner of some of the finest
specimens it has been my fortune to
see. The mark of the totem is over
all of Princess Toms treasures,
whether blankets, baskets, furs, chests
or ships that go down to the sea.
Princess Tom was young woman
when she began to trade. The trading
instinct was as strong in her as ever it
was in Jay Gould or in Russell Sage.
She began by peddliug the furs taken
by her husband, and finding that she
was skilled in trade she also made deals
for the husbands of her friends and
neighbors. Then she saw good
chance to make good trades for her
self, and bought furs from other In
dians and took them to the trading
posts. Meanwhile, she became a COL
lector of blankets, copper kettles and
that sort of thing. In the course of q
few years she amassed vast amount
of Indian wealth, but learned that
white mans wealth was better. So,
as soon as possible, she sold her Indian
stuff for silver money. Later it came
to her knowledge that gold was better
than silver, and she traded her silver
for gold, of which she now owns about
SIS, 900 worth in 800 pieces. Besides
these she has 1nnumerable bangles,
bracelets, necklaces and other orna-
ments made from the shining yellow
coin Of the United States. Some of
her bracelets have as many as fifteen
$40 gold pieces IN them, and when
Princess Tom decks herself out in her
golden coin ,jewelry she is person Of
weight. Her golden treasure is hid
den away in variety of places, and.
as she never spends any of it, it is
getting to be a burden, especially rs
she cannot look at it very often for
fear of attracting covetous eyes to its
resting places.
Princess Toms mail is something
enormous, considering all things. I'M
pecunious persons who have heard Of
her and rely upon her being a simple
Indian maiden with lot of money she
does not know how to spend, write
begging letters. Miss Campbell reads
these to her whenever sufficient num-
Der have accumulatedto to make it worth
while. After the fashion of writer's of
begging letters, most of these begin by
stating that the person who writes has
heard of the good and beneGcent Prin.
cess Tom, and ad.nires her for her
ability and wealth. This sort Of thing
the princess enjoys, because she really
believes in human nature, but rs soon
as the reader comes to that portion OF
the letter which begs or demands
money the princess flies into O rage
and will hear no more of it, for the
old lady loves her wealth exceedingly.
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to was made of the new shade OF green
silk and is trimmed around the bot.
tom with band of sable. At the left
side of the front breadth is band of
velvet which extends from the hem of
the dress to the waist and falling part
way over the velvet Is flounce OF
white mousseline de sole edged with
lace which is appliqued on the NOUS
seline. All through the mousseline
and extending over the silk of the
front breadth is embroidered pat
tern of maiden hair fern. Such cos
tume as this is really magnificent and
we'll fitted for any function.
While there are many gowns elabo-
rately made and trimmed, there are
also a number OF palmer styles to
choose from which are exceedingly eff
fective and becoming.
Plum is one of the most popular col
ors this season aud it is almost un-
necessary to add that it is also one OF
the most striking. A walk up Fifth
avenue on a bright Sunday morning
will suffice to show this royal color in
almost every conceivable fabric. From
Milady the Matron in satin to the fair
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every object on the water distinctly
visible Just as far as the range of hu-
man vision would permit. Every buoy
would stand out in bold relief against
the blackness Of the water, and the
pilot would find his course made as
clear to him as if the sunlight streamed
down on every channel from Sandy
Hook to the Battery.
While the new light is of the great
est value in times of peace, in time Of
war it would be tremendous power.
With such light aboard and in work
ing order, no reason could exist which
would permit the unseen approach of
q vessel OF the enemy. The only way
it would be possible for torpedo
boat to make night attack on war
vessel equipped with one of the lights
would be to make the trip under
water. The craft would have to be
one of that sort that the United States
Government has just constructed at
Baltimore which can travel beneath
the surface just as we'll as that giant
war ship, the New York, steams along
on top of old ocean.
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took RUE up to Van Cortlandt Park
to look on at the skating and gay
sight it was. Sleighs from all the
country round brought merry parties
of young people and the ice was
crowded with the wealth and fashion
of the neighborhood. Miss Burden,
who is one of the best skaters in the
city, wore perfectly charming skat-
ing costume of warm shade of blue
diagonal trimmed with silk braid. The
waist was single breasted with a collar
which framed most beautifully her
petite face, and was edged down the
fronts and around the bottom with the
hufiest of Alaska sable. A wide band
of the sable trimmed the bottom OF
the skirt, which extending to within 9
few inches above the ankle revealed
the prettiest of blue kid skating boots.
An Alpine hat of felt with two pretty
Mercury wings completed this pleas.
ing costume. As she left the lake and
took her place in the sleigh for the
horaeward drive cape of fine blue
kersey, trimmed with straps of the
same material and lined with gray
squirrel was-thrown over her shoulders
giving ample protection from the
piercing winds.
One of the nobbiest winter coats
Imaginable was worn by Ada Rehan at
o benefit matinee given at the Casino
last week. It was made of Princess
Cord in the new Egyptian gray and
was lined with rich shade OF dark
blue brocaded silk. 1t was without
ornamentation save for the velvet COL
lar and a few fancy buttons.
The fashion OF going to ones coun-
try house to spend the holidays was
this year more honored in the breach
than in the observance. Many of the
best people stopped in town and about