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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-02-07

Fashion holds sway IN the selection of
The very last fad in Paris is the jeWeIed
turtle. The ttHj,st creature of the species
is soicctcd--a network of spun gold IS titted
to the shell and then SET with sparkling
jewels, such as diamonds, pearls, emor-
aids and topaz Al this is rivcted to The
shcn and 4 tiny gold chain attached, the
animal thus moving under q heavy weight
Of ornament. TO the happy owner--for we
must cali an idle person who has Il new
fad. happy for the moment. We would not
like such a person to select diversion for
Us. for We can conceive of no greater IL
ritant than an animal crawling al libitum
over Our person. The doctors have aG-
vised against the ridiculous fad, saying
that the irritation to the skin from the
constant crawling might bring serious
trouble. The turtles Still meander over the
faces aud necks of the fair owners, and
if the savants have said truly and disas-
trous results follow. We must say the
would would lose little if such silly-pated
women were removed.
TO pet and fondie something IS natural
instinct but with all the interesting. af-
fcctiouate animals TO select from. it does
seem .diotic to take to ones self turtle
that in it's new environments can 90 moth
ing but crawl. There is. however, an I'M
DERIVING reason not perceived at first
glance As the creature moves, the jewels
get new rays of light at every turn and
attract the gaze of those around So you
see though dumb, he yet plays the part
OF a herald and proclaims that rich Wo-
man is around Alas. he does not stop at
that, for he reveals more. He says more
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ABOUT BIRTHDAY PARTIES.

Dear Chlldren--I guess Il great many of
,.on have attended little birthday parties.
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oi cahdi'S on y Idi@S '"N'' u - "
i've years ora lne} nave i've c'i'"icS am,
II only one year lheE nave one c4fo1e'
have been to u great many nli tnu'S pai-
ties ana II IS Il very pFe'Iy S'S"L ~
I"t or 'h'Iofth All }tio"''" d P'c',S 'o'iG'
win me cake an" c"i'"4C' anu u 81
i'eHl7' WIS q, one no. Io"t 49,, ' ,t,
IN Inc center pI me laoi" was q ldIhc pc
baked in u pau ke a ch}cKeh ple' ana you
would have thought IL was a sure ehouS"
pie except there We're number OF niue
tiny ribbons coming OUT Oh lhe Pit-5'9
many ribbons as there were children at the
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JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.


Robbie l.. Spear Lamar. 8. C.-Dear Jul
NOR: | am a constant reader or Inc Con
stitution. I'm under the impression that
The Constitl-ti-~1l Is the best paper pmp
Iished in our "beautiful southland. me
most interesting page to me IS Inc '"i'oi'
Birdie Cox Colliervile, Tenn.-Dear Jun
Tor: | am eight years old l go to scho"i'
I help mamma cook. wash dishes ,iaNo
tho beds sweep and do lots OF niue IH Wi1{5
for her was so sorry to hear OF Wine
McClain's death. My papa is a farmer anu
takes The Constitution. | love TO reaG tme
Junior letters. ! wish some or 'he sap I3'l
da cousins would write 10 mt 9Nii"
cents for the hospital.
TommIe Orr. Belfast Tenn.-Dear Junior:
T am \ little Tennessee girl. | live in the
hiIls = range called Elk ridge. We have
such pure water in the grand old NUS OF
Tennessee. We live sixty miles south o.
Nashville. There is one point known as
Grand View Looking north we can see as
far as the eye will let you, and looking east
can be seen at night electric lights at tWelr
~ miles distant. | synpathize win p o22l
orphan children. | send cents to htto
orphans.
rockev Miles, Oak Level, Va.-Dear
Junior: | will take for my subject "Music.'
Music dispels all doubts and fears and it
has charms to sooth. When one feels deS-
pondont and sweet music comes TO their
cars. all that gloom disappears and they
feel as if they were with the angels. Even
the most savage Of races are eXceed5nElE
foud of music, aye even hrutes. WHAT
would this dark and obscure world be with
out music? Correspondence solicited. I'll
Their sex.
John Anderson, Fort Spunly, Tex.-Dear
Junior How do you all spend these long
winter evenings? l get so lonesome. My
papa and mamma are dead and live with
my uncle and aunt They have no chill
dron. have no pets except a good eat
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Two Funniest Books
Ever Written FREE
SAMANTHA AMONG THE BRETHREN"
and SAMANTHA AT SARATOGA"
By JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE
Saratoga Racn After Fashion, vas written undsf
mid the world OF fashion At >atatoga
of America The book takes OFT FoL fm
the authors ininabs and nrt-
tower to Saoga, accom-
will make laugh till ache
Bethrcn The Uphodin OF the N1ectn
exhibit OF the argument
conference and by inference and oal
perfection. The learned Bishop Newman saio IN OF
ALIENS Wife," Smantha about the
nehbors and the tribuaon CT the women
which and the mn house
are lost funny anything. Of these books truly be said that
They Make You Laugh Till You Cry
They Make You Laugh Till You Cry

Modern fiction has not furnished more thor
ouqhly individual character than "Josial Aliens
Wife, She will long be remembered honorcd,
laughed and cried Josiah Aliens Wife is a
woman, wit, phiiarthrOpiSt and statesman, all III
one.-Franccs T. Willard.
"Saniantha Among the Brethren" Is vastly
entertaining, exceedingly funny, and well worth
reading.-The Packer Alumna.
Delicious humor i'll " Samantha at Saratoga
win Carleton.
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Samantha at Saratoga" is uuquestionably
her best.-DctrOit Free Press.
l have had many good laugh over d" Saman-
tina Among the Brethren" Josiah Aliens Wifc
maintained her integrity amid many provoca~
tiOns.-II0ward Crosby, ID.
The character sketching in " Samantha Among
the Brethren" is exquisite, and the text is
strengthened by the admirable illustrations,
which are, without exception, mirfh-provokinG
in the eXtrcmc.-MinneapOli Journal.
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Annie Adele cambridge and Daisy Shell
ton, Horse Pasture, Na.-Dear Junior: We
have long been admirers of The Coustitu-
ton, especially The Junior We have
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READ THEM ALOUD TO THE FAMILY
And Hear the PeaS of Hearty Laughter

Children grownup people alike read with raptrous delight
these Samantha books They written OF strong COM
pure and innocent the pate child which keeps the
reader constantly fresh feast OF tun.
These great laughmakng books onexoeLed Tor reading
the family evenings They provoke continuous pea
hearty laughter and from member the tam
y the author draws many good moral between laughs
fon-mak for the and enjoyed
alike by and by the child who cannot read Bear
that the in the books printed better
paper by slower presses far better and clearer the
books than pictures this advertisement These books
are cure reading
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WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION
FARM AND FIRESiDE

a month, and gives 20 to II pages each ISIS
utors on agricultural subjects are the hcs
the paper is devoted to the interests and el
lily. For q free sample copy address Farm
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AUNT SUSIE. "
New-York tribune., 1898-10-02
~ THE NORTHERN WARDS.
NOTES FROM THE ANNEXED DISTRICT AND
THE BRONX BOROUGH

NOTES FROM THE ANNEXED DISTRICT AM
THE BRONX BOROUGH
Howard Elliott. Of Wiliamsbridge. who secured
through the Annexed District an appointment
erst as the representative of the incoming oecre-
tarv Of the Treasury the Commission "hich
examined the funds IN the treasury a' "aa"'i,e
Ton and afterward an appointment as confidential
clerk In the office of the Secretary OF the treasury
Is now home on a weeks vacation.
While the residents of the upper part OF 'ne
poroueb of The Bronx appreciate the change on
the Third-ave elevated which has PROVIDED lor
continuous trains from the City Hall to fremont
IS only one step in the right direction II 'he roau
was extended to Woodlawn. or even TO MOUNT 'ei- :
NON T., would be much-needed improvement, ana
would confer great benefits on the contiguous Yer
ritorv II is hoped that the managers OF the ROAD
will see the advsablity Of such an Improvement
The sewers on White Plains-ave. are being pushed
toward completion. and ii has been fouhd necessary
20 tear up portions OF the trolley track In oroer
IN run the cars the company AT first put IN
switcb from Fifteenth-ave to Eleventh-st:, and Is
now laying a similar double track from McIurK $
10 Fourihst The e company MP sei Line has
not only been noted for It's taking way but also
for its keeping all II could obtain -, ..,,o,,
1t was generally supposed that when me me, HonSs h S
from the Harlem to Mount Vernon changed na,Ss nus
entire management OF the road but the people OF
his district have been doomed to DISAPPOINTMENT
Hsrem hstaG 20 % Mount Vernon changing cars West
Farms still continues TO be the pane OF 'hJse Tafd
ling by this line The Boulevard cars. the Ihlrd-
ave cars and the fremont cars all converge az t,is
point and dump their passengers on the corner IN
inud and rain. TO wait for the appearance OF lhe
Mount Vernon car. For the comfort OF ,1s .hese
room half block away. and waiting car al n me
corner which is always waiting with Closed sates a
Then who can depict the joys OF spending an hour
in transit between West Farms ana Milnams
bridge alternativey rushed between one switch ana
the other and then anchored until the men cry
out in wrath. Move de boat -,
There Is an organization OF representative cit
zens living IN the neighborhood or the Bronx
River whose main object is 10 secure from the
New-York Central Railroad an Improvement on the
existing trains in the form of an electro me
with one end OF the loop at the Grand Cenrta Hr,
Station and the other end al Mount vernon rms
would do away with the way trains. The second oo-
ject of the organization Is to secure nve-eeh, n,
fare from FOrty-second-st. TO Mount vernon ny
this line This would combine a relief from the
nigh rate of fare now charged by the railroad
With speed nearly If not equal 20 that OF steam
>and the doing away with the inconvenience OF the
IIrckleherrX" system.
New-York tribune., 1898-10-02
TWO KILLED ~ A POWDER MILL
A Fatal. EXPLOSION IN THE LAFLIN &
RAND WORKS NEAR MOUNTAIN
VIEW n J.

Paterson. Oct 1 (Specia).-An explosion which
resulted fatally for men and wrecked corn
ing mill occurred at the Latin Rand powder
works near Mountain View, little after 10 o'clock
this morning The corning mill is where the powder
IS ground from cakes 10 grains and the one in
which the explosion occurred was frame building
20 by 30 feet
Thomas Hardy forty-two years old. Of Mountain
View; Daniel Kelvey. fifty years old. Of Lincoln
Park and Frederick Weimer. OF Mountain View
were at work I'm the building this morning Weimer
stepped out 10 get drink Of water just before the
explosion took place. and he had not gone many
feet from the place when he heard a loud ex-
plosion and turned to see the roof Of the corning
house rise in the air Kelvey was blown through
the roof and was found fifty feet away from the
scene of the explosion. Hardy was found In the
debris. - n,
Roth men were alive when discovered. but die1
before medical aid reached them. The cause or the
explosion is unknown.
New-York tribune., 1898-10-02
NETWORK CITY.

The Rev George p. Eckman. pastor OF St PauTs
Methodist Episcopal Church. West End-aVe. anu
Eighty-sixth-st. has returned to his pulpit ana
will preach to-day. morning and evening the ac-
tivity OF the church Will Immediately De resuheu
in all departments OF work
The winters work of the Peoples Singing Glasses
will begin this afternoon at the various local places
NJ meeting A season Of great activity and I'M
provement in the different departments is piahheu
by Frank Damrosch. the leader Of the movement
All instruction is free. and those entering at 'he
beginning Of the season may be reasonably assuieu
of participating In or more Of the puphc con-
certs 10 be given. Detailed information may be
obtained from the secretary at No Il University
Place.
The annual public examination in Talmudic law
of the senior students Of the Jewish Theological
Seminary No 1856 Lexington-ave.. Will take place
tomorrow at the seminary building in the pres
ence Of the Board of Directors and others. II VIII
be conducted by Professor Joshua A. Jofe. who
will be assisted by Drs. Gotthe, Kohler. F. Men
des D. Davidson Philip Klein and others. There
will be three sessions daily beginning at a. m
2 p. m. and p The evening session VIII he
devoted exclusively 20 the higher details OF ancient
Jewish Jurisprudence.
Three hundred and sixty students. including hf-
teen women. were registered at the New-York Uni
versity Law School yesterday for the coming year.
The school will open Monday. Lectures Will be
delivered that day AT p m. and p. m by
Chancellor MacCracken and Dean Ashley.
Al this time Of the year many young men whose
time is occupied during the day are making plans
20 study in evening schools The Young Men g
Christian Association conducts evening classes IN
commercial scientific and language courses. ~
the West Side Branch OF the association. No ?r
West Fifty-seventh-st.. the opening exercises or
the educational classes will be held In the audi
torium tomorrow evening The Rev Or. J. NJ.
Buckley Editor OF The Christian Advocate" will
make the address Of the evening. and music Will
be furnished by the Orpheus Mandolin and Guitar
Club and J. Armour Galloway.
Bands will play to-day at D m. the Mall,
Central Park; also at Corlears Hook. Bronx, st.
Mary's and Washington Square parks.
Postmaster Van Cott announces that the mails
from China. Japan and Hawaii of the following
dates Hong Kong September |: Shanghai Sep
tember 8; Yokohama, September i3, and Honolulu,
September %, which arrived at San Francisco on
the steamer Gaelic. are due 10 arrive in New-York
on the morning Of Wednesday, October g. Mails
for China Japan and Hawaii will close al the
General Pos,offce this city, as advertised.
New-York tribune., 1898-10-02
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
WHITE PLAINS.

The certificate that the entire capital stock OF the
Scarsda!e Estates. 10 the amount OF So,""' mas
been paid in In property filed In the County
Clerks Office Yesterday. Welcome C. Hitchcock 10
president OF ,he corp ration and James G. Cannon
Is treasurer.
In the SurroSates Office yesterday morning the
will Of George h. Greer Of Rye, was admitted 10
probate The estate IS estimated ut S4VoN. ano Dy
the will the two CT the testator. Astln NJ ana
Louis NJ. Greer. and daughter, Dessie Greer ar e
appointed executors and executrix: After the usua
clause directing the payment OF debts ana Iunera
Dobson John w Scragg and Walter McAlasuer
clerks in the Office OF the testator 500 eacn ,ike
sum is beuueathed TO Mary Mannion and Jonn NC
Gibney. Ills Scott gun is siven TO ms irehu
Henry c. Berlin. All other guns and hshinS tackIe
are given to the sons Of the testator. To sister
Mrs Kate T Morris. another sister-in-law, S'So,
TO RlChard l.. Johnson and Henry Coolidge are
given anv sums owing 10 the estate from thtu
An the rest Of the estate is given to the -FOUR ch
dren Of tho testator in equal parts The VIII was
In the supreme Court before Justice j. o. Dyk.
man haboas corpus proceedings In the matter or
James Enciis were heard yesterua! mo- is,i.k si
TrClis IS a convict in the State PRISON at oins
Sing under two sentences OF nVe years edch Io'
Grand larceny in the second degree he was sen
rence1 in New-York City in March 1889 was SEM 10
institution he escaped. and after three Years WaS
recaDtured Bv escaping he forfeited, IL Is claneu
one-half his commutation OF time Tor sooo oe
havlor and consequently cannot be olscnaiseu
unfit next March. The prisoners LAWYERS say ina,
as ne was insane while at the asylum he was NOT
responsible for his action. and should not pe M nero
liable for his escape The Justice took the papers
in the case and reserved his decision
New-York tribune., 1898-10-02
YONKERS

The annual reception given by the Warour'on
Avenue Church for its pastor, the Rev Dr AFah
s. Hobart and Mrs Hobart brought out large
gathering in the lecture-room on Friday evening
Samuel Hayward on behalf Of the members OF 'he
church. presented TO the pastor and MS vile se'
Of table silver numbering ninety-two pieces; ~ M
Hobart was much surprised. ana thahke1 nnr nnr
giyers in short speech. The present was IN h1i.V
of the beginning Of the twenty-ffth year OF their
married life. In the course or the evening t'.e
church choir sang, and professor "i'aio NN
penter, the organist PLAYED ..~ -, tho
The Rev Dr.. George F. Pentecost, pastor or tne m
First Presbyterian Church.; will resume ms ,aoTp h
I'm this city today. He Will begin tnis eVsre ven n
GO ,ond Of his winter series of special SUNDAY even
ing meetings. They are intended principaiy lo'
non -churchgOers. u-, Irs,,tu+e
The monthly meeting OF the Womans ,sn anst''ate at
Club on Friday evening brought oTr La 81 air d
tendance of members. Miss Annie watson. cHair
man OF the Outing Committee. read report OF % the
Trims taken in the summer Miss PARSONS. Wy lS
superintendent announced that the classes won,h QUIZ
he the same as last year. MemDerShiP IN ~ 'ne ~
is 81 ye4r: class dues 80 cents for Yen :,1Udi
Miss Butler. the preslocihII' lociaI bour fouowed
Water Commissioner Jacob Read was GgIes G,ies
wears old on Friday. and still attends 70 tse oue'
OF the office He is treasurer OF the boaru
New-York tribune., 1898-10-02
NEW APPOINTMENTS AT COLUMBIA.
DR. DRAPER NOW EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF
CLINICAL MEDICINE-PRoFEssoR MooRE's
SUBSTITUTES

The authorities al Columbia University yester-
dav gave out the list Of appointments made since
July l. Or. Draper. now emeritus professor OF
clinical medicine. connected 1T more tnan
forty wears with the College OF Physicians ana
Surgeons He resigned last spring. The lecturers
u,bo will take I'D Professor John Bassett Moore's
courses while he is secretary Of the Peace Com
mission are Instructor Kelly. Of the department
II politlcal economy: Or. Frederic Bancroft IN d.
and Stewart Chaplin. A. B.. IL. B. Their lectures
will rosnective.y be International law. diplomacy
and criminal law. The appointments follow;
WILLIAM f. DRAPER. NJ. p, emeritus professor of
TAR1. r. LOWELL. c. p, adjunct professor ~ civil
engineering . . ,,., ,...,,.- r.
CHARLES TALBOT PooRE. N. o. clinical lecturer N
- a, e. Mery's Free Hospital tor children
R0BrRr ARRE NJ n. clinical lecturer in surgery
WILLIAM J. GIES Ph. r., Instructor in physiological
WILLIAM X SIMPSON. NJ p. Instructor In iaryn-
googy. =. - ..,.,o- d. .ur
CHAf;TS =, I; Nary" 80 Free Hospital for children
GEORGE MoXTAGrE SWEET 1d5,. Tor p bi.n Instructor I"
IoHN ALEXANDER MATHEWS. A. NJ NJ s. tutor
in general chemistry , .
MILTON C. WHITAKER. h. S. tutor in general chem
CuARI.ES o. TOWNSEND. Ph. D.. tutor in botany
COLIN CAMPBELL STEWART. Ph. D.. tutor in physi-
ALFRED NEWTON RICHARDS. A. b. assistant in
physiological chemistry.
HENRY EDWIN MDERMoTT, A. B.. assistant in
WALTER WHEELER COOK. A r. assistant in
ma athematiCs.
HENRY REDINGER MITCHELL F. f.. assistant in
mathematics
WALTER TAYLOR MARVIN. A. b. assistant in
phloaophy.
lurgy.
LEONARD BEECHER MwHoOD A. r., assistant in
music.
CLARENCE A. MwIfrIAMs. NJ. D.. assistant in
normal histology.
y. STUART DODGE JEssUP NJ p. assistant in
n rma histology.
DANIEL. JORDAN. A. b.. assistant in the Romance
languages and ll,oratures.
Holm DRISCOII. FITZGERALD. %. A. b. assistant
I'm the Romance languages and Hteratures.
LEON LAZIER WATERS. r. 3. assistant in general
chemistry.
ADAM LEROY JONES. Ph. n. assistant in philosophy
RUSSELL. H. CHITTENDEN Ph. D.. director Of the
derarment OF physiological chemistry and lecturer.
CHARLES EDWARD MERRIAM. Jr, A. B.. lecturer
upon political theories
WILLIAM 4 ANTHONY Ph. r.. lecturer in cleo
tricn engineering
wEIILNGTON PUTNAM lecturer in rhetoric and
English composition.
HENRY BARGY. A NJ. lecturer in the Romance Ian
guages and nieratures.
GEORGE WILLIAM HILL. Sc. D.. III. n. lecturer
in celestial mechanics.
MORTIMER LAMsoN EARLE. Pm. D.. lecturer in
Greek.
STEWART CHAPLIN. \. r.. LII n. lecturer on
criminal Law.
FREDERIC BANCROFT Pr D.. lecturer on dplo-
New-York tribune., 1898-10-02
NEW-YORK ASSOCIATION or MOTHERS

OFFICERS CHOSEN AT THE UTICA MEETING
The New-York State Congress Of Mothers held
IT'S final session in Utica yesterday and elected the
following officers: President. Mrs. D. O. Mears.
Albany: first vce-president. Mrs. j. Calvin Mead,
Oswego: second vice president. Mrs. f. n Merrell.
syracuse: recording secretary. Mrs Almon Hens
lev Ncw-York corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Franklin H. Chase. Syracuse; treasurer, Mrs Fan
ME J. Bailey. Albany.
The following are the names OF the chairmen OF
the various committees: Philanthropy, Mrs
Maurice Wright Osweeo; kindergarten. Mrs. Mary
stnne Gregory. Utica: Nature Studies Mrs. +. A.
,Cu,,ie New-York; Hygiene, Mrs 3 VI Harris
Sew-York, Physical Culture. Miss Eta Lansing
Ven,z. Albany: Press. Miss Laura Skinner, New
YORK. Education Miss Mary Louisa Butler, Chau-
,suoua. Schools and School Laws. Mrs. Brockway.
prook;vn: TEMPERANCE, Mrs. Fan lie J. Bailey. AL
,anv. Reading Circles Mrs. Mary Seymour Howell.
Albany.
The voting was unanimous and the meeting hsr-
non!ous.
The qrst article Of tire constitution was amended.
and now reads as follows: THE name Of this or
canizat.on shall be the NewYork State Association
AZ Mothers Auxiliary 10 the National Congress OF
-Superintendent skinner. who WAS unavolds bly, abb
sent gent ,eiegTarn containing an ohef 10 Puons
Or .be society an OF the speeches made during the
Ire davs s. ssion The Friday afternoon session
was varied by lerturs ana hemGns.Ga,loh as.d no @ ol
oursrs from St Iikes Hospital The description
Of POSSIBLE emergency cases and references 10
1,csenf 10 report the meeting for one OF the Utica
ncwspapcrs He tainted ~ the course course OF, on ". uc
ict:re thereby giving Dr Mart,Te an ~
treat faintng MS. - e,., o.Lor
Aoie speeches were mads by . I f"lth saks and
i<<S. =, o. McaTs.