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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15

letting IL hang down at the sides. A pretty pOr-
there can be made in the same way by lining IT
with green silk Of light shade
A pretty design for an embroidered counterpane
Is of aDpe blossoms In the centre Is large and
heavy branch. A smaller one is in each corner,
with sprays scattered lightly here and there
These are all embroidered sodly with Asiatic
Caspian floss. The apple blossoms are worked with
three four shades of pink. and white Is used In
the high lights the flower petals; the under
parts Of the flower. which turn over, are worked
with a deeper pink TO contrast with the lighter
tones used In working the rest or the nowerS
The samens are put IN Win d Two sh@aes Of yT9w
ance which is pleasing. The whole tone or the
shades Of green are used to embrcider the leaves
and stems, The calyX. stems and young leaves
the darker shades OF bronze or apple green are
used for the larger leaves. The branches are EN-,
inner embroidery is liked, Roman or flo may be
used The foundation Of the Counterpart should
Green moss gathered for winter decoration will
keep the color If soaked in strong solution OF
blueing water and then spread on paper in the
shade to dry
The best scheme for a picnic or lunch basket IS
70 have no basket at ALL but to substitute 1t by q
number of boxes-shoe boxes, II not too large
strapped together with shawl strap These arc
is over. Line the boxes with oiled paper. and let
one contain sandwiches, another cake another t,r
Sethsr are an Improvement the basket. where
f fnslsn. start '''"'N' ' W ~
The following recipe given by dealer in mu-
scal Instruments IL said to be an excellent polish
for the smooth surfaces of pianos and other hne
furniture: Mix four tablespoonfuls OF sweet OIL
four Of turpentine a teaspoonful OF lemon JUICE
and ten drops OF household ammonia: snake wei
and apply with an old silk or hannel cloth, ruD o
Hing thoroughly Use a second cloth to run tne
mixture into the grain Of the wood, and third
o polish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15

talked OF now and in fact have been propheSlea LOT
several seasons II may be doubted II we shaIt 20
any number OF them. 1t is easy TO say that Ia'ai
tendency toward embonpont may flnd re ,ra al,
evidently do not think so, why would basques
not have returned some seasons ago! II Is ny ~
means sure that the basque-bodce does IN most
cases improve an over-plump figure. 1t undouG,..
edy gives the appearance of a slightly longer walls.
line 6ut h1lf-inch off the waist does not make one
forget that an apparent couple Of inches have de-
parted from the SKIRT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15

absorb, unless most carefully shielded, the I'M
healthy measure of that existence, and their nat
ural simplicity and frendliness are changed into
calculating and cold scrutiny OF new acquaintance
that Is most unlovely.
"Only think, Mabel" exclaimed her mother, your
Aunt Lily is coming next week with your Cousin
Alice for a visit Will not that be delgnuui'
Then seeing that the child looked anything ous
pleased. she continued, "Why what is the matter?
Are you not pleased to have herr" ION, IKE
Alice very much in the country where she belongs
answered her little daughter. but she Is do"dy
little thing and I shall hate to introduce he'
around" o..,,,,
Sometimes the limitations of the new generation
are very eXasperatng to their elders, VINO ma u
Impossible to impress their own ideas upon tht...
offsprng What does IL matter about your oid
families mamma" said a modern iconoclast x
they are not smart now? You talk as II the 10
P1s UP on the Hudson are so grand! why
Moie de p does not know any OF the girls; ana
she told me when I visiting her last summer
thar she never even heard OF Mlly Midas" mention
ing the small daughter OF a multi-millionaire, VINO
was the little princess OF their set 49, 80 now can
they possibly be fashionable people,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15
IDEAS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

An antique door drapery can be made OF the odd
shells gathered at the seashore. Fasten them on a
dshnetting and drape this over the decreasing,
letting 1t hang down at the sides. A pretty por-
there can be made In the same way by lining IT
with green silk Of a light shade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15

Green moss gathered for winter decoration will
keep the color II soaked in a strong solution OF
blueing water and then spread on paper In the
shade to dry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15

close the pores OF the skin. take ten parts OF
alcohol TO one part OF tincture OF benzoin and :ub
Il on :he face every day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15
SUNDAY.

Dr Edward Kershner, who is now in charge OF
,ha bosnital. claims that tho death rate Is lower
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

/ desire no future that will break the ties
of the past.-George Eliot.
The best teachers of humanity are the
lives of great nlen.-Fowler.
Every man has an ideal of woman that
he never tells his wife.-The Bachelor.
The secret of making ones self tiresome
is not to know when to stop.-Voltaire.
For an epitaph: "He believed in a free
gospel; it never cost him a cent."-Ram's
Horn.
The most powerful men sometimes doubt
their power. The feeblest never.-New York
Ledger.
BE sure the girl loves you before you
pawn your watch to buy her a present.
The womans question nowadays is: rs
my hat on sufficiently crooked?'-Philadel-
phiR Ledger.
Encyclopedias have to be rewritten every
ten years; the old Bible is still up to date.
Rams Horn.
Once let the Christmas spirit dry up in a
man, and it is usually broken off in the ex-
traction.-Judge.
You can never keep down a man who
knows when he can't tell funny story.
New York Press.
1 know of no manner of speaking so Of
fensive as that of giving praise and closing
it with an eXception.-Steele.
Common sense is the knack of seeing
things as they are and doing things as they
ought to be done.-C. f. Stowe
When death, the great reconciler, has
come, it is never our tenderness that we
repent Of but our severty.-George Eliot.
Why is it you always feel inclined to hit
a person who startles you by walking in
upon you stealthily, wearing rubber over
shoes.-Philadelpha Times.
When a woman finds an old feather her
economic soul prompts her to buy $40 worth
of other trimmings to build hat around
it.-Manayunk Philosopher.
If good people would but make their good
ness agreeable, and smile instead of frown-
ing in their virtue, how many would they
win to the good cause!-Usher.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19
CHURCH LANDS IN ALASKA.

The acquisition of Alaska involved the ac-
QUESTION of some curious and knotty ques-
tons which had their origin during the
century or more that it was a Russian
possession. One of these has just been de-
cided by the secretary of the interior, based
on an opinion of the assistant attorney
general for that department While Alaska
was Russian province the Graeco- Roman
church, the established church of Russia, of
which the Gear is the official head, erected
mission churches at several places in the
territory. including Sitka, St Michael's and
other points, at each of which 1t acquired
from the government large grant of land.
A clause in the treaty by which Russia
coded Alaska to the Unite States provided
that these church properties should belong
70 the members OF the Greek Church resi-
dent in the territory who should choose to
worship therein. At that time and for many
years afterwards there was no white immi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19
PROMOTING socIABILITY.


Rev. DR.. Edward l.. Stoddard, rector Of
the aristocratic Episcopal Church of St.
John, in New York city, who is organizing
a dancing class in connection with his Sun
day school, says dancing will promote So
ciabiity among the church members. Be-
fore reviling Mr.. Stoddard, as it will be the
hasty impulse of many excellent but unre-
flecting people to do, it might be we'll to
test the truth of his assertion. 1t may be
that the enterprising rector has stumbled
Upon a great reform measure. Certainly
If he has discovered a means for promoting
sociability in churches he and his plan
should receive every encouragement, for Il
cannot be denied that sociability needs pro-
noting in these bodies. The more "aristo-
cratic" they are. too, the greater is the
lack of friendly intercourse, especially
where strangers are concerned. The church
is supposed to be an organization for the
furtherance OF Christian fellowship and
brotherly-and, of course. sisterly-love. but
in these modern days the stranger within
the gates Is seldom aware Of any warmer
sentiment toward him on the part Of those
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

grafton to Alaska, and it was not supposed
that the treaty obligation to respect church
properties would ever have any practical
significance. Now the situation is changed.
The discovery of gold and the large immi-
grafton to Alaska have added very ma
terially to the Importance of the centers of
population and to the value of the church
properties. Recently Nicholas, bishop of
the Greek Church in Alaska, complained
that 1t has been disturbed in the possession
of its property and some of it's buildings
removed by American Adventures who had
invaded the lands. On the representation
of the bishop and the opinion of the assist
ant attorney general the secretary of the
interior has decided that any lands, the
right and title to which was acquired from
Russia by the Greek Church, are not public
lands. and therefore not subject to entry,
and that land owned by the church at the
time of the acquisition of Alaska continues
to be owned by it. Further, the secretary
holds that in addition to it's private land
acquired from Russia the church, under the
laws relating to Alaska, will be protected in
its use and occupancy Of public lands as
missionary stations, each station being linn
tied to GAO acres" The curious effect of this
decision seems to be to make each one OF
the Russian church concessions a sort of
independent little territory, over which the
church has exclusive control. further
effect is to exempt five tracts of GAO acres
each, or $500 acres in all, from taxation.
AS the Car is the official head of the Greek
Church in Alaska, as elsewhere, the owners
of these land grants will be paying tribute
to him while they will be exempt from tax
alton under the national or state govern
ment of Alaska when it shall get one This
anomalous condition is partly due to the
treaty clause by which the established
church of Russia was recognized as the
quasi established church Of Alaska, and
partly to the American practice of ex-
emptng all church property from taxation
theory, by the way, which is opposed to
the fundamental principles of equal gov
eminent and individual liberty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19
THE ABSORPTION OF WEAK NATIONS.

These who have watched the movements
OF nations the past fifty years, and partic-
ularly during the last ten years, cannot
have failed to note that the stronger are
absorbing the weaker, and that the poten-
tial governments of Europe are seizing
Africa and Asia. The small nation no longer
has influence That heroic element which
might lead strong governments to protect
the weak is wanting. Great Britain COM
pcls Nicaragua to pay more money for run
ming out of its territory a rascally English
trader and consul than all the British in
that country ever possessed; Germany bull
dozes Haiti into paying as much indemnity
for an alleged injury of a German subject
as would pay one of the Emperor's regi-
ments for three months; Greece is furnished
King by other nations; Switzerland is let
alone, simply because no European power
desires it. Turkey was under discussion for
dissection and division until Germany Sc
cretly furnished the Sultan arms sufficient
to enable him to put 100000 fighting men in
the field. Now. no power in Europe is more
secure. All the Orient, except Japan. is be-
ing parceled out to the European powers.
Even China, weak in all the elements which
are essential to national character, is being
taken piece by piece by the powers, not for
conquest, but for trade. Portugal is said to
be threatened, and Spain, if its creditors
would permit, would be under considera-
ton. Great Britain has been quietly seizing
the Islands of the seas these many years.
Germany feels quite sure of beating both
Great Britain and the United States out of
their shares in Samoa. Should Cuba gain
its independence, it is sure, sooner or later.
to fall into control of one of the greater
nations. If we do not secure Hawaii some
other vigorous government will do So 1t is
valuable for its traffic. and it is the key to
half great ocean, consequently it is COW
eted by nations seeking markets and SUI
perior and controlling position in the event
of war, or, which is more to the point, to
overawe other governments which may de-
sire to check the commercial greed of a
rival.
II the small governments are WISE they
will put themselves under the protection
of the stronger. The Central American re-
publics, mere handfuls of peoples, will car
ry forwared in earnest their plans of feder-
alton into nation, unless they are willing
to be forced to outrageous concessions, such
as Haiti has just made, and such as Nicara-
qua made several years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

who surround him than when he is a MEM
Der of a theatrical audience. On the con-
trary, he is frequently conscious Of Elon-
dixie atmosphere in the church which is sell
dom encountered in any other gathering.
AT political meeting emotional excitement
and sense Of comradeship will often lead
men who have never met before to shake
hands and greet each other jovially, and at
public entertainments strangers, moved by
the simple need of companionship, look at
each other with sympathetic smiles. But
to church the stranger may go. Sunday
after Sunday, for month after month, and
not receive SO much as a sign that his ex-
istence is recognized. The members Of the
congregation are so bent, apparently, upon
keeping their feet in the strait and mar
row path, and find it so very narrow that
they have no thoughts to spare for the
newcomer. They are simply not aware Of
him. and their gaze expresses their indif-
ference SO plainly thatsit is no wonder if he
seeks more agreeable atmosphere and
mingles with them no more. But it is not
alone chance visitors who find the congre-
cation unresponsive. Members of the same
congregation meet weekly in the aisles.
year after year, and because they do not
happen to encounter each other in the world
outside never extend their acquaintance be-
yond an exchange of formal courtesies.
They have other matters to think of; they
go to church with regularity as a matter of
custom and because 1t is the proper thing
to do, but seemingly have no further idea
of their duties there than to listen gravely
to the sermon, to bow their heads in prayer
AMI to join decorously in the hymns. If the
church were mere social club. as has been
charged, they would do more than this;
the mere presence of "a fellow-being under
Its roof would be assurance of respecta-
bility, and. to certain extent, of congeni-
atty, and they would make friendly over
lures. To be under church roof should be
token that the individual has at least
aspirations toward things spiritual and is
deserving of kindly sympathy if nothing
more In more primitive days it was the
custom to greet all who came with friendly
words, but now the conscientious pastor is
at his wits end in his efforts to bring his
people into genuine brotherly union. Mr.
Stoddard thinks dancing will help; then, by
all means, have dancing. If it will only do
away with the long faces so much will be
gained. 1nasmuch as large proportion of
the younger church members already dance
at outside social gatherings with the con-
sent of their elders, to introduce the pastime
into church entertainments would not be
difficult. And as dancing was once done
before the Lord with general approval,
why not now? Some humanizing element
is needed, at all events, in the average con-
gregation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

Cinematograph pictures have been a
source of pleasant entertainment to a large
class of people, and for the most part the
scenes represented have been unobjection-
able, but if hangings are to be portrayed
in all their grewsome details the popularity
of the exhibitions will wane in decent COM
munities. 1t was monstrous proceeding on
the part of the Missouri authorities to per-
NIT photographer to enter the Enclosure
where the hanging of the murderer Carr
took place, and the public exhibition of
such pictures will be still greater out
rage on decency. The tendency of civiliza-
ton is to make the execution of criminals
as private proceeding as possible, and 1t
is only in primitive communities that such
scenes as were enacted by the crowd at
the Missouri affair could have been pos
sible. But if a hanging is regarded as a
circus in Missouri and the pictures of it
as a desirable exhibition both law and SEN
timent in other States should frown upon
them. .......s
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

Not long ago some person was permitted
to break into the newspapers with a story
to the effect that the very large spots on
the face of the sun at the present time
would drop off and become new planets,
which would be likely to come into violent
collision with existing planets. If any per-
sons were made nervous or unhappy by this
prediction they may quiet their fears. The
sun spots are not portions of the suns sur
face, baked so hard or so soldified by cool
ing that they will fall off, and, in falling,
be rolled into planets to crash against 9TH
ers, but widely distant spots which are not
likely to do any harm. The Christmas pur-
chasing can go on unalloyed by anything
except the lack of the money necessary to
make everybody happy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

succession had partly overlooked each un-
DERIVING layer. A vertical half OF one OF
these mounds. about eight feet high, having
been destroyed, the ants commenced rebuild
ing at a rate that would restore the struc-
ture in three to four years. The most singu.
lar-though not among the largest-of All
the Australian ant structures are the merid-
ian mounds, which are elongated, resembling
huge slabs of sandstone stood on edge, ana
always point exactly north and south. me
six or eight feet high, occur in the Laura
valley North Queensland. Here the mounds
are built in several series of pinnacles, one
above another giving a highly ornate APP
pearance as of some grand cathedral in
miniature. The reason for this uniform
orientation is a mystery one possible ex-
PLANTATION being that it offers the least ex-
posture TO the heat of the midday sun.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

Secretary Cages proposed plan of estab-
fishing an honorable service rolf among
not likely to meet with much favor. The
obvious objection is that to pay even mod
crate salary to clerks after they have
passed the age of usefulness would SAVIOR
too, much of civil pension list. Moreover,
1t would be difficult to establish hard and
fast age limit, as some men are more use
'ful at seventy than others are at sixty. 1t
seems hard to discharge clerks who have
grown old in the public service, but under
our system it seems to be the only way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19
An Unusual Sight.
New York Evening Sun.

4NtW IUIk Evening sun.
Sixth-avenue carful of Christmas shop
pers found themselves forgetting their
WEAKNESS the other afternoon at sight OF
nurse and baby that boarded the ear 1t
was queer, too, for it takes something IN
common TO rouse the Christmas shopper at
this stage of the annual game. and every
body knows that nurses and babies are as
indigenous TO the Sixth-avenue line as gold
Is TO the KlCndike. This nurse was of the
conventional smart type, rosy checked. IRE
proachably capped. gowned and aproned;
demeanor perfect. The baby's get-up was
all that the most eXacting could ask-no
gaudy ribbons or SNOWY embroidery, but
softest lawn, finest hemstitching and DAM
test rosettes. Wherever ii hailed from and
whoever its parents, ii was plainly the
child of wealth and refinement. But its soft
little skin was black. 1t was a negro. That
was why the Christmas shoppers stared
at white nurse. with negro baby. And ii
was upon street-car line that but single
generation ago displayed the sign: "Colored
people nav ride IN these oars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

Indianapolis citizens are showing greater
interest than ever before in the coming
May music festival, and the guarantee fund
is already larger by several thousand dol
lars than on any former occasion. Until this
year $500 has been the largest sum pledged
by any one individual. but several gentle
men have each subscribed $500 to this fund,
and the Citizens Street-railroad Company,
through Mr.. Turner, has contributed 81, 900.
This lberality on the part of the company
is especially gratifying, since it is an indi-
cation that the corporation means to be no
longer a strictly foreign institution, but is
interested in local enterprises. The festival
promises to be one of the most successful
of the series in every respect.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

Under the head of Home Science" some
schools for girls are teaching how to mar
ket." Somebody calls it marketoiogy. 1t is
very practical science, particularly to
young women who, in the course of human
events, are liable to get married. Other
things being equal, the young married wom-
an who understands the cumulative and
the qualitative side of marketing, how
much to buy and:how to get the most for
the least money, has an immense advantage
over one who is ignorant all these points
1t is q branch of domestic economy that
should be systematically taught.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

1t seems that the perfected system of
registration of voters in Boston does not
prevent fraud. OF twenty-five names chal-
lenged in one precinct twenty-one were
found to be fraudulent, that is, persons
bearing such names could not be found at
the places which those registering gave as
their residences. 1t is said that extensive
frauds of that character have been perpe-
trated by the supporters of Mayor Quincy.
Tt begins to appear that the party canvass
by precincts is a better safeguard than per-
sonaI registration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

Whatever may be said of the contents of
the Christmas books-like those of other
years they are good, bad and Indifferent
the bindings are very pleasing. They are a
trifie gay for some tastes. perhaps, but for
the most part the artists have adapted the
cover designs to the character of the book,
and one upon a grave theme has binding
in keeping. while the light novel and the
Juvenile tale are between bright covers.
The newly rich individual who wants to
make the bookshelves attractive can easily
do so this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

So far as the American Federation of La
Dor can decide the question the struggle for
a general. eight-hour work day in the United
States will begin on May l. 1898. 1t is pro-
posed to raise a fund of several hundred
Thousand dollars, and at the appointed time
the machinists' union and printing pressmen
will, it is said, lead off in the demand and
be supported by the entire federation. The
eight-hour question is an important one and
will not be settled either way without a
great sfrllcple