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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20

The sixth and last Cinderella cotillon was given
at Dodsworths in East For'y-ninth-st.' on lhurS-
dav evening asst when Edward r. hpsoh Ieu '"'
cot,lIon The guests were received by Mrs Inomas
Dimond Mrs George Prior Johnson. Mrs 1eo!s
leg and Mrs Charles p. Van Brunt. IL Is t inc
intention Of the patronesses 10 give u'"0e "e
Easter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20

The for,nightly musical Wednesday afternoon
ri the home Of Mrs Edward Wlnslow No q West
Fiftythird-st.. one OF the pleasant social In
cidenis OF the day. The vocalists Nine Emma
Juch- Wellman. Miss Laura Louise Warren. Mrs.
Katherine Bloodeood and Ericsson F. Bushnell.
Miss Avice Boxal played the harp. and Mrs Bur
cherd the plano The accompanies was Mr.. Harris.
In the crowded audience were Mrs. Paul Thebaud.
DR. and Mrs. Edward /. Kseyes Mr.. and Mrs;
Mrs. William Casey. Mr. and Mrs J. Stuart Wing.
Mrs. Gustav II. schwab. Mrs. Walter G. oakman.
Mrs Henry G. Trevor Mrs. Hoffman Miller Mrs.
Henry Dimock Mrs ogden. Or. and Mrs. Polk
and Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Lawrence.
The matrimonial celebrations OF next week will
begin tomorrow noon, when Miss Mcneil, a
niece OF tho late Mrs. Morgan Smith. will be mar
ried 10 j. s. Potts in Grace Church. The Rev DIT
William r. Huntington will ofiicate the cere-
mony.
At o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the marriage
OF Mrs Nellie Bostwick Morren to Hamilton W
Cary will take place at the home Of the brides
mother. Mrs. Jabez A. Bostwick No. 500 Fifth-ave.
The wedding will be comparatively small one
Of the couple and a small number Of their most
Intimate friends. The Rev. Or. W. H. 7. Faunce.
the ceremony in the drawing room The bridal
gown will be Of pale dove-colored satin and there
Cary's best man will be William Cutting
The marriage OF Miss Julia A. Ehret daughter Of
Mr and Mrs George Ehret. 10 Charles Dempsey
Donahue will occur at o'clock tomorrow
ing AT the home OF the brides parents. No. l.ls7
Park-ave. The wedding being small one. only
the immediate relatives and alsmall number OF IN
innate friends have been hidden to the ceremony
which will be performed by the Rev. Father La
yelle The brides gown will be OF white satin
with trimmings OF point lace. Her maid OF honor
will be her sister. Miss Elizabeth Ehret. whose
gown VIII be OF pink silk. covered with mousseline
de sole The flower girl Will be the hridegroom's
Youngest sister Miss Madelon Donahue. She will
wear a gown OF pink silk. covered with white silk
MULE There will be bridesmaids or ushers
The best man will be stephen j. Donahue. brother
OF the bridegroom.
In the Collegiate Reformed Church West End-ave
and Seventy -seventh-st., on Tuesday afternoon
Miss Grace Mather. daughter OF the late s Tai
mage Mather will be married 10 DR. Henry c.
Hanchett The wedding OF Miss Belle Well
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Well. ~ No. 222
Lenox-sve.. to DR.. NJ. d. Lederman will be cele
brated at 40 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. In
Temple Israel. Fifth-ave. and One-hundred- and
tvsnty-nfth-st. Several hundred invitations nave
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
A SCHOOL INNOVATION


A famous German professor of hv-
giene declares that aboye all things
our schoolrooms should be provided
with good system of ventilation. And
all of us agree with him. We want
some arrangement whereby the impure
air can be constantly swept out and
the pure air introduced. And yet we
who have stood in the schoolroom, sur
rounded by nearly a hundred little UNI
washed bodies, cannot feel satisfied
with this arrangement alone. We know
by experience that even the best ven-
tilating apparatus will fall short in
producing exactly an ideal condition
Of the atmosphere. We had often
thought of making the bath tub part
and portion of the education of the
children intrusted to our care, in for
mer years, says the Illustrated Home
Journal, and yet we lacked the neces-
sary funds for making the experiment.
Many teachers have entertained tho
same views with the same results.
But now we find to our surprise that
the idea is very old, and, in fact, has
been carried into excellent effect long
ago in many of the schools of Europe.
Warm shower baths, and plenty of
them, have been provided for the chill
dren, with whom this innovation seems
to be extremely popular. These baths
are practical and economical, as well
as hygienic. A school in Gottingen,
Germany, took the lead in this direc-
ton in 1888, and now some forty cities
in Germany, Switzerland and Scandi-
navia have such baths in their school
buildings. Reference is made to one
foreign school where the facilities for
bathing sixty children an hour cost
only 1857. The Superintendent of
Schools in Springfield, Mass, is urg-
ing the introduction of these facilities
there, though the people of Springfield
claim to use more private bathtubs
than those of any other town in the
United States, population considered.
The question is fair one whether the
character of tue atmosphere in our
popular assemblies, as we'll as. our
schoolrooms, is not more of rehec-
ton on the amount of our Tubing
than upon deficient ventilating APP
| paratus,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

The duplication of names oftentimes
brings about some strange incidents.
One day recently Ole Jonson, of this
city, was at one of the depots awaiting
a train, relates the Big Rapids Bulle-
tin. At least one other-a stranger
was there on q like errand. The two
scraped acquaintance and chatted
away for half an hour. By and by
the first one herein mentioned asked
his acquaintance his name. cole
Jonson," was the prompt reply. The
two compared notes-they were in no
way related, though of the same name.
Then Ole No. told him he had but
recently taken out of the Postoffice a
letter which must be for Ole No. 2
that he had read enough of it to know
1t was not for him and handed itback.
Ole No. 2 said he knew from what No.
1 had said that it was for him, and he
at once went to the Postoffice and
claimed the letter. Sure enough, it
was for him, as he told the clerks, and
was a tickled man to receive it. He
said he had not the remotest idea Of
calling at the office, as he had no rea-
son to believe his people would write
him at this address. 1t was chance
letter mailed almost by guess as to
address and reached the right person
by means of q chance acquaintance
made with stranger.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
CONVINCING THE sPANlARDs.
An English Diver Brought roof That He
Had Visited a Sunken Vessel.

James Cassidy, in st. Nicholas, has
an article about diving, entitled, Gun
der the Sea-" Mr.. Cassidy says:
Some of the experiences of the
divers are we'll worth recording, as we
soon discovered by a chat with one of
them.
81 don't know that I've anything
particular to tell you," he began,
nothing that you'd consider exciting;
now, if L were Lambert, the famous
British diver, L could tell you many
stories of adventure under the water. !"
A little coaxing, and we soon pre-
vailed upon the brave fellow to talk
about the submarine life.
"I take it," he said, "that pluck
and luck help materially in the MAX
ing of an efficient diver. Some time
ago Mr.. Lambert and Lambert was
then Messrs. Siebe & Germans chief
diver-were sent out to survey wreck
supposed to contain a considerable
amount of specie. Spanish divers
brave fellows, and capital men at their
art-had been trying before us, but
declared that it was quite impossible
to reach the hold of the wreck, or
even her deck. It's sheer impossi-
bility,' they said.
"'Well, it may be, said Lambert;
but mean to have try, at all events,
now that I've come so far and so,
dressing, be went down. Forty min
utes expired, and then came the sig
nal, Haul up, and he was brought to
the surface.
"'Its all right, he declared; the
gold is there; but there'll be some
difficulty in recovering it.
Meantime the Spaniards we're talk
ing together rapidly, and one of our
engineers heard their discourse. DO
you know what they are saying?' he
asked. TT is that Lambert never
reached the wreck at all-that he is
only pretending to have done So
"'Ohop exclaimed Lambert, SO
that's their idea, is it? Well. wei
soon correct that And in spite Of
entreaties to the contrary, aud the fact
that he had been forty minutes under
water at Al unusual depth. he pc %
again his diving appsre aus, and made
a second descent, Me Spaniards look
ing on in amazement.
"Forcing his way to the stewards
pantry, he took from rack tea-olotl
marked with the name of the ship
and, pushing it into his belt, gave thu
signal, Haul upp [ was keenl.
watching, and espied the cloth in hi
belt. Selling it, L waved it arount
my head; and the Spaniards, under
standing in moment what had beer
done, cheered and applauded Justify
subsequently thronging around Lam
bert and begging thousand pardon'
of the brave fellow for their former
skepticism. And so belief in English
pluck was confirmed"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

Judge Adair has little black bank
mule that ought to be with circus.
He has plenty of brains and is mis-.
chievous. He found farmers sack
of corn in wagon, united it, caught
the other end and shook the corn out
and had feast. A hog grabbed an
ear, but was sorry after being run all
over town for it. The mule used to
Jump out of the bank stable window,
open the door and let all the other
mules out, then eat their corn. When
he gets whipped by negro he never
fails later to kick the right negro
Hawesville (Ky.) Clarion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

A returned volunteer tells good
story, which, by the way, goes to show
that officers were not feasting while
the men were living on ordinary army
rations. One of our generals in Cuba
entertained, it seems, some visiting
officers at his field quarters near the
fighting line before Santiago. The
fare resembled in simplicity the legen-
Diary roasted sweet potatoes of Revolu-
tionary times, but the hosts hearty
welcome and still more his wealth Of
good stories carried along the meager
menu. At length, however, there
came pause, both gastronomic and
conversational. The guests were await
ing "what next" when the old negro
servant was heard to hiss into the
generals ear: "Give 'em another big
one, Gen'l. De cook dun scorch de
bareback. philadelphia Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
Comical Accounts.

A milkman who served certain
lady with milk, kept the account with
out the lady's knowledge, behind one
of the kitchen doors. The gardener
in whitewashing obliterated tue
memoranda. To straighten ont the
matter the milkman brought mis- book
to his customer. In glancing over it
she found a charge of ''SSo quarts of
milk to the lady what come from
Canady." A little farther on was a
charge of ''three quarts {. .Ailk to tho
woman that lives upstairs next door
to the lady what come from Canady."
Philadelphia Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
A Misleading Metaphor.

In the Pail Mall Gazette William
Archer discusses the real rather than
the sentimental relationship existing
between America and England. In
part he writes; "a misleading meta
phor may do great deal to beget and
perpetrate confusion of thought, and
such a metaphor, I suggest, IS that
which describes England as the
"mother country" OF America. Ten
nyson has given it literary sanction in
the line Gigantic Daughter of the
West" and Mr.. William Watson, in
his sonnet beginning so towering
DAUGHTER, Titan of the West, repeats
the phrase wi 10r- misgiving. Both
poets ignore lhe al- Of time and
mist"tA q t's-ercs for al actual rela-
ton - T.;
the daugn.,- lng,@.- -- 80
day"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
WORDS OF WISDOM.

No men living are more worthy to
be trusted than those who toll up from
poverty.
A man who does not know how to
learn from his mistakes turns the best
schoolmaster out of his life.
1t is not our failures that ruin US,
but our fear and hardness in making
new beginnings after failure.
There are many sho traverse the
world IN pursuit o happiness; but it
is within the rea very mana
c0o &c. ted mio9 .a.s lt.
Useless fretting and q. win hiring
more gray hairs to the head, W.;oi,les
to the face and cares TO the mind, than
old age and actual trouble.
It is continued temperance which
sustains the body for the longest
period of time, and which most surely
preserves it free from sickness.
A life merely of pleasure or chiefly
of pleasure is always poor and worth
less life, not worth the living; always
unsatisfactory in its course; always
miserable in its end.
1t has been said that to the pure all
things are pure. Just as thoroughly
has it been proved that to the vile, ali
vileness is of the vilest, and what is
pure is considered only a grade of
vileness all the more reprehensible,
because it is obviously impossible of
comprehension by minds attuned to
less harmonious chords.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

an as fer a-makin' of your daughter q
music teacher, I'll answer that, too,
fer Priscilly, ye see, is worn out. Ef
your daughter" said Joe, his wrath
rising within him, "ef your daughter,
nam, which think is likely, man, a.
judgin' from her relative present, man,
has the cheek, man, of political Of
flee seeker. the hide, man, of a rhin-
oceros, an the capacity, man, fer a
swallerin' stones, man, of geraf,
why, hang mel" cried the glowing Joe,
bringing his fist down on the table
with crash that set all the small ar
ticles in the room dancing, and sent the
nervous Mrs. Vernum out of her chair,
chang mel make her music teacher!"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
The Hour of Death.

Speaking of the time of day at or
near which most deaths occur, Finlay-
son, of Glasgow, says LIE Journal de
Medicine PARIS, believes that it is 6
a. m. His observations include Is, 900
cases. an. Beadles makes differ
ence between the sexes. He says it is
s to z a. m. for men and the evening
hours for women. NJ. Schneider, of
Berlin, less vague in his affirmation,
bases his statistics on 81, 900 deaths,
and gets to a. M, without distinc-
ton of sex. Mr.. Raseri Us, 474 OBJ
servations) remarks that it is gen.
orally in the afternoon that people bid
adieu to the fair land of Italy.
Finally, NJ. c. Fere has collected H.
404 cases at the Salpetriere and Bicetre
hospitals, and finds that they take
place at all possible hours, but that
there is a lull from to IL p. M.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
He Had Doubts.

An Irish hostler was sent to the
stable to bring forth travellers
horse. Not knowing which Of the two
strange horses in the stalls belonged
to the traveller, and wishing to avoid
the appearance of ignorance in his
business, he saddled both animals and
brought them to the door. The trav-
eler pointed out his own horse, say
ing: THAT'S my nag" Certainly,
yer honor; I know that; but didn't
know which one of them was the
other gentleman's."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
THE TELLER WITH THE DRUM.

leetle feler is tho Teller with
IS q heap O. music in his -ta-ta tatu
he's big hero a Dewey a Schey
En- take hat off when he goes by
For his cheeks air red ez his blue,
En- they fairly a-sparkn with the through:
En- watch him comm it's plain lin be
He's bright any jewel in the o liberty
his bearin'set watch
the spirits n suit o.
the leetle sword he
'Cording to his minds a-hashn right
Then jist let him
En- kinder swell with pride a he
Fer low it's more'n likely days air to
The country will be turnin' to the Teller the
Edward Singer in the Pittsburg Commercial
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

family had ruled Samoa for hundreds
of years previous to 1889, when Great
Britain, Germany, and the United
States decreed Mataafa should step
down and Malietoa, who died recently,
rule the islands. Malietoa did not
want to be King and asked that Mataafa
be allowed to keep his seat. The
powers would not have it, however,
and Malietoa became King, with
Mataafa as vice-regent. Then a re-
bellion broke out, foreigners having
encouraged discord between King and
former ruler. Mataafa was defeated
and sent into exile. For years there
has been an agitation for Mataafa's re-
lease from exile, and the United States
Government is said to be well-disposed
towards him because Of the service he
rendered Uncle Sans seamen after
the Apia disaster in 1889.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

inner harbor of Bizerte, and which
must never be closed to the passage
of war ships, even by a drawbridge.
Accordingly two skeleton towers were
erected to carry light superstructure
so far above the water that it cannot
interfere with navigationl From this
hangs a car at the level of the APP
proach. Passengers enter the car at
the ordinary level and it is drawn
across the river, its carrier high above,
running easily upon grooved wheels.
This bridge, says the New York
World, requires much less power to
work than the famous Tower bridge
of London, which is raised bodily
from the water level to the top of its
towers when vessels are to pass under.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
KING MATAkEA,
The Royal Exile Who May Again Euls
in Samoa.

Our State Departments assent to
the return to Samoa of Mataafa probably
means that Samoas former ruler is
again to be King, after nearly ten years
of exile on the lonely sand island of
raluit, under the equator. The Mataafa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
A MUSIC TEACHER.

z dear Priscilla
I am goin 6
away" said her
fri g n d, M j s S
Glib b o n, the
music teacher
of the s m ii
town in which
they lived. 81
have had a posi-
ton offered me
in a seminary.
N o W, this is
your C h a n C e.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

Joe was h1gn HBnt against tne
mezzo-tints of his surroundings. His
hair was red. The natural brightness
of his complexion was softened some
what by veil of freckles. His nose,
which would have been high colored
whatever his occupation, by constant
exposure seemed to have become am
bilious to vie with Phmbus in bril-
liancy. To add to these natural dis
advantages, Joe, in the presence of
strangers, was uncomfortably conscious
of his hands and feet, and his tongue,
which at any time was an unruly men,
Der, threatened to become entirely
manageable.
AS highly idealistic friend de-
Bcribed joe
''Nature tried to see what an ex-
quisitely ridiculous piece of humanity
she could make in Joe Jenkins, and,
after she had laughed awhile at her
own drollery, she was struck with re-
morse, and, for recompense, gave him
the heart of an angel"
Priscilla had never had lover, Joe
excepted, and she never thought of
him as lover.
| One day as they sat looking over a
bundle OF papers they could make lit
tie of except that there was nothing
coming to Priscilla, Joe had looked
into her black eyes with his quiet blue
one, and said:
"You don't think you could marry
me, could We, Priscilly?"
And Priscilla had answeredas quiet
sy: ~
"No, I I'D not think of it, Joe. :"
She had laughed about it, and cried,
too, little, in her room afterward, for
she realized what good, honest fellow
he was; but his hands were so big, he
was so awkward, and he would call
her s'Priscilly." No, she could not
think of it. So Joe went back to
Maple Farm, and Priscilla one bright
morning started to try her fortune as
music teacher.
The first house she called ct was
Joel Brenham's. Uncle Joel, as he
was called by everybody, was at work
in his garden. He welcomed Priscilla
heartily.
"Good- mornin', good mornin',
Priscilly. Did ye walk clar out here
in the sun to see us? Caraliny, she'll
be powerful sorry she warn't at home.
Come round here and see the Prary
Queen yer father gave me; see, it's all
a-buddin' out. An the garden-never
fer the time of year dbl see things SO
forrard."
And Uncle Joel regarded his small
collection of geraniums with loving
pride. Priscilla enjoyed his pleasure
but was obliged to cut it short by stat
ing her errand.
The pleased expression vanished
from the old mans face when she toit
him she had come out to get his little
granddaughter for a music scholar
Finally he broke out with:
= ct wouldn't a-thought it O. ye, Pris
BILLY. I wouldn't although it O PTS
lilly Wagner"
why, Uncle JOEL" Priscilla ex
himed in surprise. II must earn m.
I hing in some way. lean teach must
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
A Queer I.r- srldse.

Bizerte, the chief French naval
port and stronghold in Northern
Africa, has a new bridge which is, in
some respects, unique. 1t crosses a
canal which leads to the impregnable
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

There has been an important whole
sale secession from the ranks of the
vegetarians. The entire Dominican
Order in England has received permits
sion from Rome to eat flesh four dayA
week instead of perpetually abstain
ing ss heretofore.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
Women Street Cleaners of Bavaria.

The new woman of Munich, Bavaria,
can give her progressive Western sis
ter a lesson in advance movements"
She has been appointed to clean the
streets.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

Take my class. Iwillrecommend you
to my scholars, and all you will have
20 do is to go around and arrange
your hours, and you are in business.
Don't you see?"
But Priscilla evidently did not see.
J Suppose they object to being
taken" she said, doubtfully. This
is a serious matter with me, Emma.
Whatever I try Unjust succeed at, and,
am afraid the people here have no
confidence in me as q music teacher.
have never made any pretensions. !"
"a fig for your pretensionsP ex-
claimed her friend. "You never set
yourself up as a great artist, it is true,
and neither are you; out you have had
excellent instructions, and are every
bit as good musician as I, and 1 flat
ter myself 1 am a good teacher. 1t
will be good place for you, Priscilla;
the people here all know you"
Priscilla's uncle said the same. So
Priscilla, who had just been left an
orphan, and was looking around her
wondering what girl of twenty -one,
who had been raised to do nothing,
could do to earn living, was glad the
vexing question was settled SO easily.
There was one of her friends who
did not encourage Priscilla in her I'M
dertaking. This was young farmer,
Joe Jenkins. Her father before his
death had made him executor of his
estate, but owing to an unfortunate
speculation the estate, when 1t came
TO be settled, consisted principally of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

The authorities say that woman is
in her own province when she has a
broom in her hand, and that the
streets are in q much better condi-
ton since the new order of things has
existed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-23

Now that the polo team mas struck a
winning gait, there is more polo talk
than ever in the air. The attendance
thus far has been remarkably good,
there being no night of the five games
here, when there has been less than 800
people in the hall. The amateur league
is also making quite q little interest.
Many who would otherwise never have
visited the games, go to sea the local
men play. These men who go once
usually go again, and though they will
get excited and yell like wild Indians,
they say they do not care SO very
much about the game. On the next
night of a game, however, they are
seen in the crowd roofing as hard as
the best of them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-23

Leigh & Wingate are ready to van
Quish the cold wave when it reaches
Augusta. They are ready to take the
contract and guarantee satisfaction.
See ad on s page.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-23

IF you do not believe that Taber,
Carev g. Reid have an air tight WON
der" suppose you step in and let them
refer you to lots of people who are
using them.