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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
PASSING LANDMARKS.
OLD BUILDINGS WHICH ARE DOOMED TO
EARLY DESTRUCTION.

m ,o,rn,s c,uuRCT AND SOME CURIOUS PHASES
OF ITS ACKNOWLEDGMENT ROW., OK
MUSHROOM ROW'-TWO OTHER
ANCIENT DWELLINGS.
In the matter Of landmarks Ne"-foh Is
baely Off. 1t must be confessed Time mas sue
ceeded in levelling and replacing with modern
structures certain 90 per cent Of the old build
ings that made the city quaint Along the line
Of the centre Of the town. and Tor some DOCKS
on either side of It, history as told In BRICK stone
and wood has been practically swept away
The great thoroughfares have hardly an ediice
ITO, would cause even an amateur antiquarian
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Large Versus Small Warships.

One argument that has been made In
favor of building a comparatively large
number of small warships rather than
smaller number of large vessels, with
large crews, is that the smaller ones af-
ford the greatest number of indepen-
dent commanders and opportunities of
training for command Between 1872
and 1888 seventy-six sea- going fight
ing ships were launched for the British
navy, varying in displacement between
A3O and 1000 tons, and the number
of men and officers in these ships
ranged from 50, in the smallest, to 220
in the largest. These ships were to be
found all over the world Admirals
Captains and leading officers of to-day
were all trained in them, and splendid
1y trained. These ships, however, have
been displaced in recent years by lar
ger vessels, with larger crews, making
for each command larger claims on
naval estimates and on the reserve of
men. Some of the foremost authori-
ties now lean to the opinion that too
much trust is placed in big ships, and
to little in the skill, enterprise and valor
which may be had in the direction and
management of a ship of moderate size.
To multiply such smaller ships is to
multiply the chances of getting good
men in command. Piling up armor and
guns condemns many such men to SUI
bCrdination to their inferiors.-Cas-
sier's Magazine.
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Founder Of the Red Gross.

To Henri Dunant, a Swiss gentleman,
belongs the honor of inauguratinS this
movement. Being in Italy at the time
of the battle of Solferino, June "a, 1893,
he visited the battlefield. Appalled, by
the needless and terrible suffering, he
remained many days, doing ali n ms
power to relieve it. During these ter
rible days Mr.. Dunant conceived the
idea of a system of organized relief
whereby aid could be given under such
circumstances. Returning home he
published a little book, called "Recol-
lections of Solferino," that aroused
great interest His appeal touched n
responsive chord in all hearts. Being
invited to address the Geneva Society
of Public Utility on the subject, he un-
folded to them his plans. From that
time forward he labored inaefat;@ably
10 win adherents to his cause, writing
articles, delivering addresses. travelling
from place TO place, consulting officials
high in authority at the European
courts. BY the provision OF
the Red Cross treaty surgeons, nurses,
ambulance-trains, and all hospital sup
plies are considered neutral, provided
they display a uniform badge and flag.
ACCOMPANIED by their national flag.
In compliment to Mr.. Dunant and the
Swiss Government the protective sign
and flag agreed upon was a red Greek
cross on a white ground-the reverse OF
the Swiss flag. Turkey alone has OBJ
iected to this. Her soldiers, in their in
tense hatred of the Christian symbol,
refused to work under a banner with a
cross, and they We're allowed TO use a
red crescent in its place.
Mr.. Dunant is now about 20 years
of age. Having spent half his fortune
in establishing the Red Cross, and
having lost the other half in unfortun-
ate business ventures, he lived tor
many years, poor and forgotten. in a
plain district infirmary in Switzerland,
of which he himself was the founder.
Now, however, through the pensions
granted him by the Dowager Empress
of Russia and the Federal Council of
Switzerland, and the generous gifts OF
money sent him By the citizens of
Stuttgart, Germany, he * spending a
peaceful old age in comfort anG plenty.
--Woman's Home Companion.
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down our own countrymen wherever
they, goaded to desperation. had risen
against their hellish masters. You may
perhaps wonder why we did not sooner
die than consent to march against those
who were fighting for our rights. who
We're brave enough to stand against
their oppressors. I can't answer YOU
except by saying that we were no lon
ger human beings; we even sped upon
and betrayed one another, in the hone
of being favored with a little more con-
sideration. full meal or so now and
then. Pay we had none, or any hope
or release except by death And I be-
lieve that quite as many of us were kill
ed by our own officers, and by the Span
lsh soldiers that always went with us,
as ever we had the misfortune to slay
of our unfortunate compatriots.
Were to tell you what 1 have seen
during this last ten years, reproduce
for you the scenes as they have occur
red, l believe you would die with hor-
ror; for l have often heard that in your
country you are really free, and choose
your own rulers, who govern with JUS
tice and truth, and that you may really
enjoy your lives without fear of being
robbed or beaten. But not even Satan
himself could surpass the unutterab bic
cruelty and rapacity of the Spaniards in
these islands. Even their own coun-
tryman fare little better at their hands
than the natives. They seem to have
no humanity left except that which is
vile, full of lust, greed and cruelty. I
have heard that in their own country
there are great and good men, English
men and Americans have told me so;
how is it that none of them ever come
mere? We were gentle, kindly race
simple in our wants, peaceful and hap
py in our lives, and they have made our
islands a very inferno for hundreds of
years. l pretend to worship their God
out IN my heart 1 hate him; for if He
We're not as they are, why does He let
them continue to blight us?
L never heard of my mother or my
VIE again. Years ago I lost the last
1alnt hope that 1 ever should, and I no
longer think of the possibility of such
thing. l am now better off than
thousands of my fellows, for 1 often get
long spells like this on board English
and American ships, where I am well
fed and kindly treated because you are
men with hearts. And the long silences
do not hurt me, for / do not think. I
just bask like we'll fed animal. But
1t makes the starvation ashore very
hard to bear when 1 have to go back
to it again"
OF course, it is impossible for me to
indorse this poor wretch's sad story. nor
could l venture to reproduce it in his
own words, bristling with blasphemings
and cursings. If it sounds harsh or
exaggerated, it may be remembered
that my version is as milk and water
to vitrol, compared with the corrosive
virulence of his words. As far as 1 am
concerned, my previous experience in
Cuba had prepared me for some such
testimony about Spanish rule, although
l never heard before SO much harorw-
ing detail
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lerns
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always be called blouse, but it has its
familiar features and characteristics
in a mOderniZed version. A blouse by
any other name may fit and look as
well, but whatever changes and charm
ing variations may have been wrought
in its, contour, ensemble, special or gen.
eral effect, has been worn and admired
since the day when the original, shape
less scarlet Garibaldi first burst upon
the world Of fashion. Since that day it
has appeared in some one form or
other. Last autumn and winter it was
the Russian blouse" in cloth or vel
vet Ell suite, with walking and visit
ing costumes of every description. The
year before it was the Breton model,
with military braids and straps run
ming across the front in horizontal lines
For those who do not find the numer-
Gus new round-waisted costumes be-
coming, there are basque-b bodice and
jacket styles, also skirts of broad
cloth or ladies' cloth, with long, three
quarter coats en- suite, the fronts very
much rounded and cut away, arching
well toward the hips, and showing very
much of the vest, which is elaborate or
extremely plain and simple, according
to the style of the costume itself These
curved fronts are features of many
indeed, most-of the fashionable capes
and coats and also of some of the open
fronted Directoire overdresses.
Some Of the new French sleeves are
absolutely plain and tight-fltting, with
not even a braid motif, tiny cap, frill,
or slight pouf at the top, others have
fiat folds, five or six in number, as a
finish to the sleeves, or a portion of
the slight fullness is shirred or tucked,
the rest left as a very small puff. Flat
epaulets, covering the tops of the
sleeves, are used in lieu of any other
sort of decoration for giving additional
breadth to the shoulders. Crescent
shaped pieces, formed of the dress
goods or velvet, or other trimming, are
shirred at the edges, forming a little
half-inch ruffie at the edge, and this is
set upon the shoulders, the widest por
tion at the top, the pointed ends going
under the arms. This semi-puff covers
the seam which joins the sleeve to the
bodice For women who have rather
large arms, or those with very thin ones
lining, tight coat shapes-the best Sc
lection by far is the sleeve of the mod
flied mutton-leg shape, so graceful in
its present modes of adjustment, and
50 easily fashioned. If desired, it can
be made to fit the arm very closely from
elbow to wrist. but above the elbow
there is ease and freedom.
Regarding the matter Of assisting,
gratis, the street-cleaning departments
of our cities, it rests entirely with the
women leaders who control, in a degree
at least, the fashions in this free coun-
try of ours, whether We shall again
choose this most disgusting style of
out-of-door attire. 1t is true that to be
exactly in the latest Partisan style
there must be street skirts longer than
have been worn.
The following is too dainty a hot
weather morsel to be kept as bonne-
bouche. 1t is merely a gown copied
from a picture that Rubens painted of
his wife. 1t is made of silver-gray
satin brocade, and the curved fronts of
the bodice open over a closely filled
vest, whose severity is tempered by a
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der If petitions thus presented at the
Throne get very scant attention."

There is unQuestionably feeling
prevalent that Americans cannot go on
forever supporting the work in for
eign lands; that while they may legit-
imately send and support missionaries,
the local expenses of the churches and
missionaries ought to be met by the
people themselves" observes the 'Inde-
pendent of New York. The Buddhist,
Moslem, and other priests live off the
people, why should not the Protestant
pastors and teachers? In this feeling
the missionaries themselves share.
They realize that self-support is an alb
solute essential to healthy, progressive
church life, and they bring constant
pressure to bear of which the American
in his comforta BILE home has little or no
conception. We are glad to print this
week a letter from one of our mission
ary correspondents, setting forth the
experience in South India The same
story might be duplicated in every mis-
sion field. Many a traveller who has
taken the pains to make careful inveS-
tigation has become convinced that in
most cases, at least, all is being done
that can be done, and that to demand
more will be simply to crush out the
work Are the American churches
ready for that?'
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A Civil Service Reform Warning.

Don't We hear the Civil Service bell a
callin'
CALM Martin, Martin, Martin, learn
TO rade;
Be a-sthudyin' yere lesson, or soon yell
be a-gueSSin
What some funny things are manin',
I'm afraid
And livery night I'm dramin', dramin',
dramin'
Thot yere names not on the payroll
amy more,
And over there. a-hintin' Of the days be-
fore ye wint in,
Is pick and shovel sthandin' by the
door.
The sthyle' of education yen be nadln'
Is not the kind we've learned upon the
strate:
And sphakin' Dutch and dago, though far
wild it ye may go,
VIII niver, niver kape ye on the bate.
know that ye can hit good deal
Than amy ither mon that wears the
blue,
And can knock a naygur further without
committin' murther-
For the byes all give it up thot thot is
thrue.
But just now thot's not the proper idu-
cation
To be takin' wild We down to City Hall;
It's radln, sphellin', writin, We must be
Or yen niver hould yere job at all, at
all.
l know what We are thinkin', Martin
Murphy
Ye are thinldn' thot yer pull is all We
made.
Betther heed what I'm tellin', or some
dude thot bates We shpeilin'
Will be ,swingin av yere club on dress
parade
Can't We hear thot bell a-ri3cin'. ringin'
ringin?
It's a-sayin: Martin Murphy, look
alive,
Or soon ye'll be a-rollin' a wheelborry for
Tim Dolan
In the sewer for a dollar twinty-fiye y
-DeS Moines Leader.
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The following is too dainty a hot
weather morsel to be kept as a bonne-
bouche. 1t is merely a gown copied
from a picture that Rubens painted of
his wife. 1t is made of silver-gray
satin brocade, and the curved fronts of
the bodice open over a closely filled
vest whose severity is tempered by a
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Salambo is the new shade of rasp-
berry red, much like old rose tints, that
combines handsomely with RUSSIAN
green. certain shades of blue, and also
with the gray and beige dyes.
This season the majority of these
waists are slashed, Vandylled, cut low
in the neck, with guimpes above OF
satin matelasse, brocade, pompadour,
veloute. sole repousse, etc, the waist
itself either matching the handsome
fabric composing the skirt, or made of
broadcloth, armure, bengaline or plain
or fancy taffeta, silk or figured satin.
In the realm of evening dress there are
some beautiful waists in this form, the
low cut portion of the most exquisitely
tinted silks and satin brocades, the
guimpes of lace. net, mousseline de sole,
tulle. etc. Some of these waists are
exceedingly low cut this season, and
the guimpes, therefore, that are TO
cover or veil the neck, are made con-
siderably deeper than usual. A few of
these bodices, it is said, will be worn
in full dress, without guimpes.
The substitution of transparent
sleeves for those of heavier material, or
the supplying sleeves to an evening tol-
let that one may suddenly wish to rem
der somewhat less dressy for after
noon use, is not uncommon, and GER
tainly economical practice. White satin
sleeves, covered with cream or black
lace or figured silk net, transform a
waist whose sleeves We're originally
plain black. Supposing color is intro
duced on the bodice that same color
will supply foundation for the under
sleeves of chiffon net or lace, and now
that we cannot count on the perma-
nence of any. fashion, it is absurd to
purchase many gowns at one time, for,
by a little trouble and attention to de-
tail-remembering that trif1es make as
we'll as mar matters sartorial-one can
always compass that variety which ev-
cry dainty woman likes to introduce
into her attire.
English whipcord suitings in Russian,
stem and laurel green. dark Cuban red,
army, navy and Russian blue, gray,
brown and black. will be highly favored
for fall and winter tailor costumes.
There is certainly a very great deal
of difference in the ideas about blouse
waists for the seasons before us among
French and English people. From Paris
ateliers and from the various importers
or buyers who go over from this side
each season for the latest styles, in the
interests of large city dry goods firms.
also from aVant courreurS in the form
of pictured models brought to America
from celebrated French establishments,
we learn that the blouse-i. e. the fit
ted graceful round waists no more
like the Topping blouse waist of other
days than the enormous family UNI
brella of cotton is like a dainty French
carriage sun shade of silk and chiffon.
This new moderniZed, idealiZed waist
again takes first rank among the many
picturesque bodces for the two sea-
sons before us. There is no mistake
about the fact that in guises innumer-
able. novel and most attractive, this al
most seamless, beautifully fitted round
waist appears on at least two-thirds of
the toilets and costumes designed for
coming wear in the autumn promenade
of fashion and demi-dress and elabor-
ate evening toilets. This waist may not
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Mi n

Who treat nature in an unfair way
have to suffer. Then many of them
do not seek relief They sit down and
get full of gloom and do not try to set
back the old time fire and vigor That
is more folly than the abuse of nature s
first gifts. Where helping hand is
held out it should be promptly grasped.
"Hudyan" extends it to all weaklings.
"Hudyan'' is the great remedio-treat-
ment of the Hudsonian doctors. Its
grand work is to restore confidence to
men who are afraid of their inability
to do anything and everything that
men
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Are self-respecting may at any time be
called on to accomplish. If you can
not do a good days work "Hudyan"
will enable you to. If you are filled
with misery 'Hudyan" will make your
life bright and well worth living. Do
you wonder whether this is truth or
not? If you do, is it too much trou-
BILE to ask for absolutely free circulars
and testimonials, telling you what has
been done. You will get them at once
quite possibly next day. They will
show you the sort of way in which
10000 people speak of 'Hudyan." Why
let your life. go farther to
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Four hundred years ago only seven
metals were known. Now there are
fifty -one-thirty of which have been
discovered within the present century.
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NO CURE-NO FAY.

That Is the way all druggists sell GROVES
TASTELESS CHILL TONIC for Malaria, Chills
and Fever. II is simply Iron and Quinine in
tasteless form. Children love 1t. Adults prefer 1t
to bitter. nausoating Tonics Price. Soc
The record-union., 1898-09-18

William Mckinley is a member of the
Methodist Church and a regular at
tendant.
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wave OF pink mousseline de sole draped
diagonally across the bust and ending
at the waist in a pink shaded rosette
that looks like double carnation rose
Its Quaintness consists in the adjust
ment of a deep collar on the low top
for it is an evening waist-this falling
like bertha and greatly narrowing at
the ends. A graceful drapery of bro
cade ard pink mousseline de sole shows
through the filmy lace on each shoul-
der. The sheath-shaped skirt of the
brocade is trimmed at the foot with a
pleated ruching lined with pink satin
The woman who would not look pretty
in such gown as this must resign her
self to the conclusion that Providence
only meant her to be uncommonly good.
Some of the handsome weaves in
lightweight ladies' cloth and Vicuna
are in Princesse style, the skirt portion
very sheath-like and clinsing about the
top on the front and sides until half
way down, then bursting into exuberant
waves and folds. The material on the
waist is drawn very smoothly over a
heavily boned silk lining, and more than
half are cut low on the shoulders, with
Sul1l1DS
material To make them less heavy,
French tailors in many cases make up
cloth Princesse gowns unlined, and
many other cloth costumes they COM
plete without the usual foundation
skirt
It is urged in behalf of the continued
untidy fashion of the street-sWeeplng
skirt, that the new heightened Jackets
and coats are responsible for it. A
very much elongated out-of-door coat
would certainly look odd above a short,
all-round walking-skirt One fashion
gives rise to others. hence the general
lengthening of skirts; but it would be
far better to shorten the street wrap or
Jacket than to add inches to the street
skirt.
The usual yearly, also semi-annual,
question again presents itself regard
ing the adoption Of the separate waist
for both day and evening gowns. There
are invariably changes and rumors OF
changes about this garment, which for
many seasons has proved a saving
grace with women Of modest means and
a dainty inborn taste for dressing we'll,
and no end of comfort and satisfaction
to those who delight in varied, easy
changes of the toilet. In some respects
waists of this sort are an absolute ne
cessity to women of this class, and
their name is legion. No doubt the
very smartest most recherche tailor
made and other elegantly flnlshed
dress gowns have waists matching the
shirts and these will constitute the
costumes par excellence for two sea-
sons to come; but there will, let all
women be assured, be no wholly COM
plete feminine outfit prepared by any
noted dressmaker in this country or
sent out from any celebrated import
ing house of this city, which does not
include among it's elegancies waists for
both day and evening wear which dc
not match any one skirt, but which
can be worn with many.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-09
OLD POINT COMFORT, RICHMOND AND
WASHINGTON.
sIx-Day Tour via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

The first of the present series Of per-
sonally conducted tours to Old Point
Comfort, Richmond, and Washington
via the Pennsylvania Railroad will
leave New York and Philadelphia on
Saturday, February 10.
Tickets, including transportation,
meals en- route in both directions,
transfers Of passengers and baggage,
hotel accommodations at Old Point
Comfort. Richmond, and Washington,
and carriage ride about Richmond-in
fact, every necessary expense for a
period Of six days-will be sold at rate
Of $500 from New York, Brooklyn,
and Newark, $34.00 from Trenton. $32. so
from Philadelphia, and proportionate
rates from other stations.
Tickets to Old Point Comfort only,
including one and three-fourths days
board at that place, and good to return
will be sold in connection with this tour
at rate of $1,000 from New York, $500
from Trenton, $14.00 from Philadelphia,
and proportionate rates from other
points. At a slight additional expense
tourists can extend the trip to Vir-
ginia Beach, with accommodations at
the Princess Anne Hotel
For itineraries and full information,
apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent,
1896 Broadway, New York; or Geo. w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel-
phia. -