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The sun., 1897-01-15
Kuned Himself with Arsenic.

Max Beretz. 35 years old, OF AT Fifth street,
killed himself with arsenic yesterday In the
lodging house known as the Union Hote'. at 81
and ss Bowery. He had worked for n cost umer
IN "A ST. Marks place for ten years, but had
been discharged last Friday because OF his drink
ing habits.
The sun., 1897-01-15
Tried to Drown n'm.err.

A man, who said he was Hugh Il, Butler,
clerk at bO0 Eighth avenue, jumped into tho
East River from the dock adjoining the Morguu
yesterday, lIo was unconscious when tishth
out, but revived under treatment nt BelleVup
Hospital. As his condition was critical u pr,c,I
was called 10 administer the last rites OF Tho
Church To him,
The sun., 1897-01-15
HrooLIra Man Killed by n Foil.

James Alland, aged 85 years. of l20 Baltic
street, Brooklyn, while going down the stair
way In ono Of Roberts's stores, where he had
long been employed, last evening fell over the
stair rail and was killed. An examination by
The sun., 1897-01-15
nroohIyn Cathol,e. Going 90 the Holy Land.

A party OF Brooklyn Catholics, headed by the
Rev. William J. Iiill OF ST. Paul's Church on
Court street, win start tomorrow on n pilgrim
age to the Holy Land. They will sail on tho
steamship Werra. The plgrimswill visit Rome Q
10 OF pected, consume about eighty days
The sun., 1897-01-15
Insurance Aren. Tries Suicide.

Maurice Auerbach, AN insurance agent, as
phyxiated himself with gas In his lodging at
32O East Fourteenth street some time Wednos-
day night. lie was found unconscious ypster.
day morning and was taken t. Bellevue Hos
pital In n critical condition. II Is not known
why he tried TO kin himself.
The sun., 1897-01-15
John s.rsea, . noya, Asad.m,.,...

LONDON, Jan. 14.-Mr. John Sargent has been
elected member OF tho Royal Academy, and
Messrs Alfred Parsons and J. J. shannon have
been elected associates OF the same body. All
three are nrtista OF note.
The sun., 1897-01-15
Death of the Rev. Theodore y. Brown.

CHATHAM, y. V, Jan. l4.--The Row. Theodore
S. Brown OF this place died tonight at the
Albany hospital, where he had recently under
gono surgical operation for calculus He has
been the efficient pastor Of the Reformed Church
OF this village for sixteen years, and next spring
would have com mpetei hls iftlcth year OF con-
secutiye service In the ministry.
He was born IN the town oi Canaan, Columbia
ate Of Union College in the class Of ls+4. and
studied theology in Princeton Seminary two
years He was married IN ls47 to Elizabeth l..
him.
The sun., 1897-01-15
800 Bu.h.is OF wheat q, q OF.

LOUISVILLE. Jan. lit was reported In bust
ness circles here to-day that farmer near here
had sold 2,l00 bushels OF wheat for $1.0l u
bushel.
The sun., 1897-01-15
President or tho French SENATE.

PARIS Jan An Emile Loubet was to-day
reelected President Of tho French Senate, re-
ceiving 205 votes,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
GAMBLED BUT ONCE,
The Founder of Monte Carlos One
Disastrous Experience.
From the LONDON Mail.

disastrous Experience.
From the London Mail.
Mons. Blanc, the founder of the Casino
at Monte Carlo which really means Monte
Carlo itself, was very eccentric. If he had
ever been young there is no record of the
fact, for he is always described as lit
tie old gentleman, clad in a long coat and
walking with the aid of a yellow case.
without which he was never seen during
his waking hours.
Though enormously wealthy, he was ex-
cessively thrifty in tri1ing matters and
would haggle like an old clothes man to
save a franc on articles for his personal
use, though he thought nothing of ex-
pending hundreds of thousands of francs
in beautifying the Casino and the minia-
ture city.
He was never known to play at the ia
bles, excepting on one occasion, and then
it was a somewhat costly experience.
While on a visit to the Wiesbaden Cast
no with Nine. Blanc, he was in the habit
of accompanying her on a morning stroll
each day. During one of these walks
madame complained of the heat of the sun,
and requested her husband to buy her a
parasol. Accordingly the two entered the
shop, where madame selected a very pref
ty article worth so francs-about e. Is
which NJ. Blanc, with a scowl and a NUT
tered grumble, paid.
When the Casino opened at noon great
was the establishment of the croupiers and
the visitors to see M. Blanc place lous on
the red at one of the trente ct quarante
tables. The attendants fastened to get
him a chair, but this he declined saying
| he was only going to remain a few min
utes. When the cards were dealt he won
nd fol loft
| inal stake on the table. For a second time
| he won. and had now got back the price
| of the umbrella. But not content, he VEN
| tured another lous which this time he
| lost. Somewhat annoyed at this, the
| founder of the place doubled the stake
and won, thus getting back the cost of the
umbrella again.
Determined, however, to regain his 2
louis, he stalNed them again, only to see
| them raked in by the bank. Thus he kept
on winning and losing, but never able to
| recover the louis, till at last he found
| himself twenty-five louis out, all the gold
| his pocket-book contained A thousand
| franc note he had was quickly changed
| and swallowed up. Then, becoming exas-
| perated, he cashed his check for a large
sum, and, sitting down, commenced the
| battle in earnest. Hour after hour passed,
| but M. Blanc, his eyes fixed on the treach-
erous pasteboards, never budged from his
post. He kept on planking down heavy
| stakes until the last deal was declared
when, calmly rising, he seized his yellow
cane and made his way through the gap
| ing onlookers into the open air.
On reaching home he found Nine. Blanc
playing patience with a pack of cards,
| the offending parasol being on the table
Madame" said the Old gentleman, "do
| you know what that thing has cost me?'
Mais oui. mon ami. 1T cost you so
| francs"
Madame" rejoined he, "you are mis-
taken. | have just paid the bill-91 900
| francs"
$500.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
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And the Blow Almost

Representative Eddy of Minnesota has
the cleanest meerschaum pipe in Washing
ton, says the Washington Star He is a
man who makes a friend of his pipe. 1t is
his companion when alone. He dreams over
it. philosophers over ii, and it is a sort
Of condiment to aid in the digestion of the
books he reads For twenty years or more
he has had one favorite meerschaum pipe
1t has been his pride and the comfort of
his quiet hours. 1t was a beautiful and ex-
pensive pipe when he got it, and year after
year deeper richness Of color came upon
it, until it came to be just about as per-
feet in every respect as a meerschaum can
be- A few days ago the amber stem got
broken.
Mr.. Eddy took it to foreigner who has
Il shop ON a side street in this city and
who was recommended as a repairer Of
broken novelties. The next day the men
der Of novelties appeared with the pipe
carefully done up in cloth.
"Ah," he said, Il dona a beautiful re-
pair. 1t is, all. SO beautiful lika new" and
as he unwound the cloth a proud smile
played across his dark face. Then he held
the pipe up to its owners eyes. A new am
Der replaced the broken STEM and the pipe
was white and new looking.
1T was oh, so dirty I thought l cleana
it. With alcohol and sandpaper. very fine
sandpaper, l cleana it bea-u-tifully."
The pipe had been carefully sandpapered
very carefully sandpapered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

TO have carried a Jubilee" shot twelve
miles last summer.
The new gun being made al Bethe-
hem viii be iorty-nine feet two inches long
and 1T the thickest part of the breech
win measure five feet five inches in diam
/ cter. IL viii weigh 126 tons and the cali
Der will be sixteen inches. 1t will cost
$l20fC0, and the carriage, pedestal and tur-
ret 10000 more. The machinery required
for handling and firing the gun will be
opelated by electricity and is of the most
delicate and accurate description. AL
though sixteen or eighteen men will be
required as q crew to keep ii in order, the
actual loading and firing will be done with
as little effort as playing a piano or a
typewriter. The shot will be aimed with
mathematical precision by automatic in
sfTun ents. Science has discovered meth
DDS 10 determine with the accuracy of a
pair of apothecary's scales how far GER
tain amount of powder will carry a GER
tain weight of metal, and IL is only neces-
sary for the man who fires the gun to
know the weight of the charge and the
projectile and the approximate distance to
the target, which is ascertained by scien-
tlhc observations. Then he adjusts the
delicate mechanism before him. touches
button gently and away she goes with
the exercise of less trouble and strength
than is required to fire an old-fashioned
horse pistol. Even if the shot should not
happen to hit the cruiser aimed at four
teen or fifteen miles away, it would be
very apt to fall in its immediate neigh
borhood and would create such a COM
motion in the water as to swamp it If it
did miss the vessel
The largest guns now in use are on the
great battleships of our navy. They weigh
from sixty to seventy tons and the largest
bore is thirteen inches. The weight of a
tyelve-inch gun is about fifty tons
The new gun was designed by Capt. E.
L. Zalinski of the retired list of the army
and is being constructed under the direc-
ton of Capt, Ira McNutt of the ordnance
corps and Lieut.. John S. Meigs. formerly
OF the navy. All the metal used is COM
pressed in the fluid state by pneumatic
power and is then forged under the largest
hammer in the world, which is capable of
delivering a blow of 120 tons With every
step in the process of manufacture speci-
mems of the metal are subjected to chem
ical analysis and other tests to determine
their purity, density and hexiblity. AS
much care is taken with the various parts
of this monster in construction and the Sc
lection of material as with a microscope or
the finest watch. The gun is made In nine
pieces. The tub, which is the center of
the gun, will weigh $1,000 pounds. This is
covered by a jacket which slips off and
on, according to the necessities of the case
and weighs $1,000 pounds The jacket is
supported and strengthened by several
hoops which weigh a ton or two each. The
breech-lock is piece of metal about as
big as flour barrel tempered and an
nealed by the most delicate processes
known To science
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
She Snubbed a Lord.
HOW FIFTH AVENUE HEIRESs
PROMOTED THE AMERICAN
MARRIAGE PLAN.

The New York "swagger'' set received
a breezy sensation recently when one of
the choicest young heiresses on the Aven-
ue married an American, who earns his
own living; while on the same date went
sailing homeward a distinguished little
princeling whose yard-long title rumor
said had been placed entirely at her dispos-
al. BLESS me-" exclaimed her self-made
father facetitiously. IF this sort of thing
keeps on Wen all be Americanized!"
There is something about the air of this
country which i9clines our women to act
independently. A girl may try to wrap up
her womanly instincts beneath a cloak of
fashionable vanity, but the little love gods
find out the weak spots in her armor and
pelt her numerically. If she is a true
American, the chances are after all, that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

made of gauze over a pink satin trans
parency. The skirt was a fun double
skirt, trimmed around the bottom with
four bands of pink satin ribbon.
The cOrsage Of pink satin was square
necked, aud was covered full with the
sauze. Around the top it was trimmed
with three rows Of pink satin ribbon. From
each armhole seam came strips of the
gauze. that crossed at the front and
were kuotted at the back, with long sash
ends hanging to the bottom of the skirt.
Five rows of the satin ribbon trimmed
the ends of the sash. The sleeves were
short puffs of the gauze, finished with a
rufTle Of the same On the right Shout
der there was a knot of bright pink mir
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
BUILDING GREAT GUNS.
One of the Greatest Is to Guard New
York HarbOr.

washington Letter in Chicago Record.
The largest cannon in the world is now
being built at the Bethlehem iron works
i'm Pennsylvania for the protection of New
York harbor. 1t is to be placed upon Ro-
mer shoals, near the entrance TO the bay,
upon a massive foundation of stone and
concrete, reaching fifty feet below low
water mark and protected by a turret
which will be large enough 10 shelter both
the cannon and the quarters of the crew.
1t will be mounted so il can be pointed in
any direction, and thus have a fun sweep
of all the channels that approach the city.
A single shot from this gun will utterly
destroy any vessel atloat and human in
genuity has not yet conceived anything
that would be able to resist the force of
its proiectiles.
1t will require LOCO pounds of powder for
every discharge and will carry a projectile
of steel weighing 300 pounds i'm almost
straight line more than sixteen miles.
At that distance the proiectiles VIII have a
striking energy equal to the force of a p
500-ton ship running at twenty knots an
hour.
The largest instruments of war now in
existence are two cannon mounted at the
mouth of the harbor of Spezia, near &c
noa, where the Italian government has its
naval arsenal. The weigh 12O tons, which
is about the weight of the monster that
was exhibited by the Krupp company at
the worlds fair. The new gun for Romer
shoals win be six tons heavier ana five
feet longer and represents several import
ant Improvements which have been dis
covered or invented since the Italian and
Krupp guns We're made.
There is a siXteen-inch gun in the Great
Britain fortress at Gibraltar supposed to
be the strongest i'm the world, but is rath-
er old-fashioned. Tourists are always tax
en- 20 see It, however and entcrprising
little "Gibs," as the citizens of Gibraltar
| are called. are usually on hand to crawl
through the bore from breech to muzzle
for coppers. This Gibraltar gun is said
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

ror velvet Some of the daintiest of these
girish dance gowns were destined for
young women of the American colony
here. Nearly all the big family hotels that
cater especially to Americans entertain
with a dance each week and il is often
remarked that the American girls are
largely in the majority
a gown that was ordered by a young
woman stll in her teens was entirely in
white. 1t was of mousseline de sole, over
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

Paris. Nov. 24.-"Dance gowns" claim
They are fluffy in effect, and exceeding
ly girlish-looking. for their simplicity is
one of their chiefest charms. Chiffon,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

are conspicuous by their absence, and
high, trimmed shoulder straps or berthes
serve in lieu of sleeves.
Pink IS the color that holds sway at
the present evening for gowns. Not so
much the paler shades, but the intense
coral and watermelon shades are most in
vogue.
Another bright pink dance gown was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

and puffed in a great variety of ways.
and if the effect is fun and ample it is
"a la mode The sleeves are the only
thing about these dance gowns that do
not bost a full effect. In most cases. they
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

mousseline de sole, tulle, net poin desprit
and gauze are all used in great quantities
over transparencies of silk or satin
To insure a "bouffee" effect the skirts
are made double and even triple over
the transparencies. and narrow ruches or
Dands Of satin ribbon trim them profuseIy.
over the tight-itting corsages of silk
Or satin the fluffy materials are draped
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
DANCE GOWNS FOR THE HOL IDAYS.
They Are Transparencies and Very Fluffy
and GirliSh in Effect.

de ruIIc Point
and Gauze Are sed-WatermeIon pnkIs Pretty
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-10


with a dash of old rose. The full skirt
was embroidered for some distance
above the hem with gold thread ard
black braid. The close-ftting bodice
scarcely showed through the opening
of the white cloth waistcoat edged with
gold thread and fitting about as tight
as the tailor bodice, upon which each
front made pretense of buttoning
down. A bolero of brown chine silk
figured with old rose came outside of
the waistcoat and turned back in fiat
collar and revers with brown silk fac
ings. The belt was of brown silk and
the hat of brown straw trimmed with
roses and leaves.
There are few better places than
Cairo in which to study dress for the
"bicyclette," as it is necessary to say
on this side of the Atlantic. The
bloomer does not obtain, but white
flannel or serge suits with scarlet
sashes are rather more startling. They
are practical enough, too, when the
roads are not too dusty. A better
model to copy is the dress of Russian
girl who holds the women's record
from Cairo to the pyramids. She
wears divided skirt of light brown
serge, with n blouse of the same ma
terial, turning back in a sailor collar
over tie of scarlet silk to show Il
deep, pointed vest of white serge. She
has white belt and q standing collar
of white serge. Her hat is a cross be-
tween turban and a sailor; it is of
brown straw and trimmed with roses.
The grand stand at the Khedivial
races is fine show place for such sum-
merry frocks as this one: Skirt of dark
blue chine silk figured with pink. In
front comes panel of white net with
half a dozen rufflcs of white lace hung
across it. The silk bodice has a bolero
of falling lace handkerchiefs, with other
handkerchiefs making epaulets above
the sleeves. The big white hat covered
with flowers is shaded by huge white
lace parasol.
The receptions of Lady Cromer, wife
of the British minister, are the social
events of most Importance, and beau.
tiful evening dresses are always dis.
played. y low. squarc-cut bodice OF
rose pink chiffon was one of the best
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-10
ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER.
Fashions as Seen at Egypts Gay
Capital.
Spring Dresses That Disport Them
selves Mt Garden Parties in Cal
ro's Sunshinc-Evening Gown
ana Receptions.
TCopyright, 1871

Cairo.-The natives are coming out
in their summer clothes. The suits of
smallish children are quite often cof-
fee-colored and skin-ftting. These are
thought to unite the merits of con-
venience and economy. More beautiful
weather could not be imagined. The
sun always shines, there is always
little breeze astir and drive or Il BIZ
cycle spin to the Guizch gardens or to
the pyramids of Heliopolis is always
charming. In the evening there may be
II garden party with snake charmero or
n coniurer to give the necessary touch
Of "local color" to the entertainment.
At u recent function of this sort hun
dreds of coloret lanterns of fantastic
shapes furnished the illumination. The
scene of the fete was rose garden
shaded by lebbek trees, olives, feathery
bamboos and palms. The duslly Arab
for whose tricks the dubious light was
favorable did none of the wonderful
things attributed to eastern faliirs, but
his rabbits and chickens, his little
wooden "debble man" and the rest of his
business" made his sleight of hand
amusing enough to people already well
entertained.
a young English girl who had drawn
her garden chair under pink lantern
was easiest to please, state of mind
not unconnected probably with new
gown made with the 'sun plaitings"
that promise to be so plenty this
spring. Sun plaitings are nothing
more than fine accordion plaitings,
but they are very pretty under a pink
lantern when laid in cobwebby white
yelling about the figure of u pretty
girl. Tho white skirt they composed
looked narrow, almost scant, although
it was really very full. The bodice of
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-10

/ have seen. A lace fichu was draped
about the shoulders and across the
front, and was caught at one side with
spray of mauve lilacs and green
leaves, lace and flowers, falling well
down upon the skirt draperies. The
skirt was of pink silk with belt of
shaded mauve ribbons. The short
sleeves were of lace-edged chiffon.
A very rich dress was of white satin,
square cut and with an inserted front
of gold embroidery sewn with tur-
quoises, rubies, emeralds and topaz.
.have called it a front, but it was really
the skeleton of the corsage, framing
the shoulders, coming down in odd
points over the little chiffon puffs that
pretended to be sleeves, and forming
the body of the waist, except for the
high satin corselet, parting in front to
the waist line.
For young girl was dress of white
chiffon, with a thick garland of roses
starting on the left shoulder, crossing
the back to the right shoulder and then
coming down over the front to the
waist. This dress was low cut, and
was sleeveless, except for half-hand-
kerchiefs of lace falling from the
wreaths of roses. The prettiest evening
wraps / have seen have been long
tichus of chiffon or mousseline, trimmed
with lace rufies and arranged not to
cross in front but to be caught under
! the sash and fall over the skirt dra-
! peries. ELLEN OSBORN.