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The times., 1898-05-31
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. Charles G. Ayres monopolized the
interest of the social world yesterday
afternoon when, from to o'clock, her
handsome residence on New Hampshire
Avenue was thronged with callers promi-
nent in official and civilian life, who had
been invited to meet the Countess Won
Linden, of Germany. who is in Washing
toon for brief stay.
The hostess, in French gown of POM
padour satin, it's turquoise and old rose
tints contrasting artistically with her
blonde hair and dainty coloring, was as
sisted by the Misses Owen.
The Countess, who was formerly Miss
Anderson, of New York is valued friend
of Mr.. and Mrs, Hamilton Fairfax, the
brother and sister-in-Iaw of the hostess,
who are at present in Germany, and the
gracious hospitality was in recognition of
the many social courtesies that have been
extended by the Countess to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fairfax during their residence in
Stuttgart for the past two years.
There are few homes at the Capitol so
rich in ancestral heirlooms and historic
treasures as that of Capt. Ayres, who
possesses, among other valuable collec-
tions, probably the finest private exhibit
of Indian relies and curios in the world.
Palms and ferns mingled with white
peones and marguerites formed the
floral decoration of the beautiful drawing
rooms and reception hall, and on the
lace centerpiece of the polished mahog-
any tea table stood an antique silver
pitcher filled with long-stemmed white
roses half hid in their foliage of leaves.
Capt. Ayres is with his regiment at
Tampa awaiting the order of invasion
and until the army leaves for Cuba, or
some definite plan of action is decided
upon Mrs. Ayres will remain in Washing
ton, though it is her intention to go dur
ing the summer TO visit her brother at his
home in New Jersey.
President and Mrs. B. L. Whitman will
receive the faculty trustees and gradual
ing classes of the Columbian University
this evening ttheir. residence, h15 Ban
croft Place.
Mr.. and Mrs R. T. Janney have sent
out invitations for the marriage of their
daughter, Miss, Gertrude Janney to Mr..
John Douglas Mcpherson, jr-. which will
take place tomorrow at Christ Church,
| Georgetown. y,
The death of Mrs. Dahlgren recalls the
days. generation. ago, when she and the
late Horatio King, were the leaders of
| the literary interests centered here, and
| whose names were ehousehold words be-
cause of their prominence ip, every move
The times., 1898-05-31

The home committee of the Temple
Society, of which Miss Reizenstein Is
chairman gave an attractive garden fete
yesterday evening in the large and
picturesque grounds attached to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Emile Berliner, on the
Columbia Road. The boughs of the great
trees that edged the driveway were drap-
ed with flags and from branch TO branch
swung chains of gay lanterns that IL
Illuminated the tables dotted about the
grass where attractive maids and matrons
| served ices and lemonade. The refresh
ment booth was in charge of Miss Nord-
linger and Miss Baar. and excellent
music was contributed by Cohen's Band.
An amusing feature of the evenings pro-
gram was a minstrel show rendered by
| the Argo Pleasure Club. a group of four
teen clever lads. who sang, recited and
made themselves agreeable in various
| funny ways. The interlocutor of the
| occasion was Master Arthur Newmyer
| and the ''end men Masters Goldie Sieg-
mund and Alvin Newmyer The grounds
| were well filed and the pretty entertain
ment was socially and financially most
successful affair.
The times., 1898-05-31

Company, was greeted last night by an
other full house. The presentation was.
if possible, better than ever. added famil-
larity with the parts giving renewed ease
10 their portrayers James o. Barrows,
William Ingersoll, Edward Mackey, j..
r F'urlong. Alexander Kearney, Maud
Haslam. Margaret Mayo and Agnes Find
lay were excellent as ever. while the re-
mainder of the cast were above the stand
ard The performance was thoroughly
enjoyable and the audience attested its
appreciation by means of frequent ap-
plauSe.
The times., 1898-05-31
..,Iikado" at Glen Echo.

The Parry Opera Company again present.
ed THE Alkado" last night at Glen Echo
before an audience that filled nearly every
available seat in the big amphitheater.
The performance has improved even since
Saturday night, and those present appear
ed delighted with it. Gilbert and Sulli-
vans masterpiece will continue TO be the
bill for the remainder of the week.
The times., 1898-05-31
.IIu1a Girl" pnstnnned.

1.-The Hula Girl" which was to have
been produced by Columbian students last
night at the Lafayette Square Opera
House. has been held over until this even
ing. The cast were not fully up in their
parts and for this and other reasons a
postponement was deemed advisable.
The times., 1898-05-31

1 have been a sufferer from chronic
tiiarrhoea ever since the war and have
Used all kinds of medicines for it. AT
last 1 found one remedy that has been a
success as a cure. and that Is Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy.-P E. Grisham, Gaars Mills, La
For sale by Henry Evans. wholesale and
retail druggist, sSS F Street northwest.
and Connecticut Avenue and s Street
northwest. and l4zS Maryland Avenue
northeaS st
The times., 1898-05-31
EVIDENCE IS ALL TAKEN
Canfy's Lawyers Rest Their
Case, With a Proyiso.
MAY BE A CONTINUANCE

One witness Cannot he Found and
the Defs nse N'igI Make Use of
This Fact to Delay Matters If Pos
sibIe-TriaI May Go Over to Next
Term-CaEty Concludes His Evil
The times., 1898-05-31

The engagement has been announced
of Miss Nanine Ingram. of Q Street, to
Mr.. Edgar Maverick Smith, OF New York.
The wedding will take place next month
at the residence Of the brides aunt. Mrs
D c. Heath. in Boston, where Miss Ing
ram went last week.
The times., 1898-05-31

Mr.. and Mrs McLanahan will close
their Washington house about the mid
die of June when they will so TO their
Summer cottage in the Catskill noun
tains.
The times., 1898-05-31

Mr. and Mrs E. r. Lewis, who had
sent out cards for a reception this even
ing, have recalled their invitations owing
TO the death of their son.
The times., 1898-05-31

Gen. and Mrs. Longstreet, who have
been the guests of Mrs. Charles G.. Ayres,
left yesterday for Boston.
The times., 1898-05-31
COLONIAL BEACH.

SOMEk>EI bEANd II.
STEAMER JANE MOSELEY-
Next Special Excursion Sunday, June s. Boat
leaves N-street wharf at $50 a. m Returning
about 9 O'Clock p stopping at Alexandria
going and returning Nc delay caused by War
Department regulations. For charters. staterOOms
and tickets apply to GUZMAN, in E F. Drops
Music Store. 925 Pa ave. ADAM F. WURACH,
Manager. mySl-i
The times., 1898-05-31

Columbia-'1HeId by the Enemy"
William Gillette's great war play. Held
by the Enemy which was retained for
a second week by the Columbia Stock
The times., 1898-05-31

ment that led to the advancement Of the
social world.
The times., 1898-05-31
Girls who

Girls who
have to stand
on their feet
N st of the
time work as
b ard a s any
ay-laborer yet
they do not get
what is rightly
called exercise.
Close, conhn-
ing, indoor oc-
cupation gives
no exhiliration
to the nervous
syste III or
active circula-
The times., 1898-05-31

ton to the blood. It
wears, tears and drags a
wonan's life away. The
whole physical sys te m
grows sluggish and torpid
under it.
The times., 1898-05-31

The death of Mrsy Dahlgren recalls the
days. a generation ago. when she and the
late Horatio King, were the leaders of
the literary interests centered here. and
whose names were ehousehold words be-
cause of their prominence in every move
The times., 1898-05-31

Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Janney have sent
out invitations for the marriage of their
daughter, Miss, Gertrude Janney to Mr..
John Douglas Mcpherson, jr-. which will
take place tomorrow at Christ Church,
Georgetown. =,
The times., 1898-05-31

President and Mrs. B. L. Whitman will
receive the faculty. trustees and graduat-
ing classes of the Columbian University
this evening at their residence, h15 Ban
croft Place.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04
-axI1sh Restaurants.

Americans when they first come
over to this country can rarely quite
tumble to the peculiarities Of our
English restaurants. A wealthy
Yankee friend Of mine who was over
here little while ago to complete
the formation of an important linn
tied liability company thought it
would be a good thing to invite all
those concerned in London to lunch
con one day. Accordingly he went
to the manager of one OF, the most
celebrated of our fashionable res
taurants and after engaging pri-
vate room gave instructions that no
expense should be spared to make
the meal a astronomical success,
the only proviso being that he
should select his own wines.
Everything passed off splendidly
until the cigar and coffee stage was
reached, and the host asked that his
bill might be brought to him. He
assured me that he had never felt
smaller in his life than when the
head waiter, in the hearing Of the
assembled company, approached
him and in loud voice asked, "And
how many breads have you had,
sir9" "Just as though I had been
busily engaged in counting up how
many rolls my guests had eaten!"
was the pertinent remark my friend
made on reoounting the experience
to me afterward. Of course in
America no charge is made at all
for bread. Why is the custom not
generally introduced over here's.
London sketch:.s >.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04
Big simmons.

On the right hand side of Wall
street, little beyond the old FEEDER
al hall, which stood where the pres
ent subtreasury building now is,
was the tavern IF Big Simmons,
who 100 years ago was the biggest
man in New York in more senses
than one. He was the autocrat of
the bonifaces, and his house was
frequented by all the men of conse-
quence in the city, state and nation.
Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton,
Chancellor Livingston and even
Washington were guests of Big Sim
mons at one time or another and en-
ioyed the warmth of his huge log
fire while they quaffed his nut
brown ale. The majesty of Big Sim
mons person was such that he
might be called the personifcation
Of good eating, insomuch thatno-
body ever saw him standing at his
own door without being smitten
with an irresistible propensity to
call in and partake of good cheer.
A biographer of Big Simmons,
writing reminisoently in the New
York Mirror of 1881, says: "a
proper biography of Big Simmons
could be comprised in nothing less
than an imperial folio of a thickness
corresponding with the size of his
person. If, as is practically demon
strated in the present age, the in
diligence of the appetite lies at the
root of human happiness, of sure
ty Big Simmons was one of the
greatest benefactors Of the human
race. But the greatest of men must
die, as did Xerxes and Big Sim
mons, and when this accident hap
pened to the latter it is affirmed that
his friends were obliged to cut away
the doorposts to afford room for his
coffin to pass. New York Times.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04
ON JUNE 73rd AT MORRIS.
The Republican County Convention
Will be Held.

The Republican county committee
met in Morris on Thursday last. All
the members we're present, f. j..
Mclaughlin of Donuelly; Henry
Isherwood of Synnes; j. D. Walters
ofHancock; L. L. Hanse of Framnas;
and E. j. Jones and ]. D. Gillespie
of Morris, the chairman and secre-
tary.
The call of the state committee for
the state convention to be held in St.
Paul on June Both and setting the
date for county conventions on June
"a was presented. Aftersome discus
sion the committee decided to ap-
point the caucus for the several pre-
~cincts for Saturday, June Is at 7:3O
p. m. The apportionment will be one
vote for each 25 votes or major frac-
ton thereof cast for Mckinley, be-
sides one delegate at large for each
town. By this arrangement the vii
1age of Morris will be entitled to 10
delegates, Hancock 4 Moore4, Fran
mas 4, Hodges 2, Swan Lake 4, Nor
fis 2, Rendsville 3, Darnen 2, Horton
2, Synnes 3, Scott 3, Pepperton 2,
Donnelly 3, Eldorado 2, Everglade 2,
Baker 4, Stevens 3.
AT the suggestion of the committee
Judge Brown will hold court at diff
ferent points in the county for the
purpose of allowing voters to take
out their second papers. He will be
at.Chokio, July 6; Donnelly July q;
Wallin school house, Swan Lake, July
8: Village of Morris, July 6:
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04
War Against Monarchy.

The Queen regent is not a Spaniard.
Her interest in Spain is that of a
throne for her son. It is first her
sons throne that she asks shall be
defended. The ruin of thousands of
homes, the death of thousands of
eSpaniards, the slaughter Of thousands
of fathers of other "sons" the desola-
lou of thousands Of other mother
hearts, is as nothing compared with
the preservation of a throne for "my
son." This is monarchy; and let us
be thankful that as long as it devolves
upon us to go to war, it is to be war
against molarchy.-Louisville Cour-
Ter journal.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04
eEsslE's AT THE CHASING DISH.

Bessie's at the chatting dish.
Stirring, mixing,
Twill tell you, if you wish,
What she's fixing.
IT'S crab terrapin, my dears.
Bessie neat
Has way delicious-here's
Fer receipt:
Pint of crab meat-chop half hour;
Boil cup and half of cream.
Blend two tablespoons of -four
And of butter till they seem
Smooth, then add the yolks of four
Hard boiled eggs Then this you thin
With the cream and stir some more.
With the rest then mix it in.
Then you add the crab meat fine
(Stirring all the while the pot)
And cup Of sherry wine.
Serve in bouillon cups when hot.
Bessies at the chatting dish.
Poaching eggsP
No, Nor is she frying fish.
But frogs legs Az
Little Jumpers" from gtheslake,
Far away.
What dainty dish they make
Cooked this way:
Take some water, boiling hot,
Salt and lemon juice put in it;
Then the legs, but you should not
Leave them in but just minute.
Drain them we'll and wipe them dry,
Then in egg well beaten dip,
Then in cracker crumbs and fry
Till they're brown. All, they are "tip
Top" l tell you-they are fine
Just the incest dish that's made,
And when fixed by Bess divine
Leave spring chicken in the shade.
lanes Courtney Challiss in What to Eat.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04

Montana will have forestry dis
play at the Trans Mississippi Expos
ition that will show forty varieties of
woods grown in that state. Lieuten-
ant Ahern, U. S. A. who is stationed at
the Agricultural College at Bozeman,
has been directed by Vice President
w. II. Sutherlin of the State Commits
sion for the Exposition, to make the
collection of woods.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04
TAKING THE OATH.
kissing the Bible and Other Forms of
Legal Swearing.

1
Once again has attention been
drawn to the danger of kissing the
book. " The medical officer of health
to the Wareham rural district coun-
Gil attributes the death of a police
constable to acute liberation of the
throat, which was produced by the
insanitary state of the Testament he
pressed to his lips before giving evil
dence at the petty sessions few
days before he died. 1t is strange
that the people who complain of the
danger of kissing the book should
be unaware that no. witness is
obliged to iAcur it. The oats act,
1888, provides that IF any person
toSwhom an oath lis administered
desires to swear with the uplifted
hand, in the form and manner in
which an oath is usually admins
tered in Scotland, he shall be per-
mitted so to do, and the oath shall
be administered to him in such form
and manner without further ques-
| ton"
There is nothing in the Scotch
formula which explains why this
provision should be practically a
dead letter in the courts. The oath
that is supposed to be binding on the
other side of the Tweed is in these
words: 81 swear by Almighty God
and as I shall answer to God at the
great day of judgment that will
tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth Not many
months ago county court judge
allowed witness to cover the Bible
with clean paper before he kissedit,
and the practiceseemed to be spread
ing until it was suggested that it 5afs
forded. a. complete justification Of
the propensity of many witnesses to
kiss their thumbs. -
kissing the book" did not be-
comes part of1the ceremony Of oath
taking in England until the seven
teenth century. It is clear that the
practice did not prevail in Coke's
time, since in dealing with the adj
ministration of the oath he makes
no, reference to it. 1t is called a
corporal oath," he writes, because
the witness toucheth with his hand
some part of the Holy Scriptures, .
England is, almost the only country
in which kissing the book is
known. The witnesses at a French
trial have very simple ordeal to
pass through before they unfold
their tales. The judge, seated be-
meath a crucifx, says, "You swear
to tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth9" and the
witness, lifting up his right hand,
answers, II swear it, The express
sion tthe truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth is used
in Italy and BELGIUM as we'll as in
England and France. The Austrian
witness is sworn before cruci6x
between two lighted candles, and,
with his right hand lifted, makes
this declaration: II swear by God
the Almighty and All Wise that /
will speak the pure and full truth
and nothing but the truth in answer
to anything I may be asked by the
court" A witness in a Spanish
court is required to kneel on his
right knee and to place his hand
on an open Bible "Will you swear
L. Ga nnd hrr 4i,nno holm c1oaano1ca
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04

id. Good has just received a car
load of Baker & Glidden wire; also a
car load of nails. Builders will save
money by purchasing Of him.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04

The queer financial transactions
that have come out in recent causes
celebres in London drew the atten-
ton of a British journalist to the
pawnbrokers, and some curious
facts has he discovered regarding
their business. One member of the
fraternity, who. has had extensive
dealings with the aristocracy,. re-
vealed the curious fact that, while
middle class people have a horror of,
any sort of publicity in their deal-'
ings with the universal uncle" the
very low and the very high "don't
care a hang" as he puts it. The
poor come staggering in at the
main entrance, ostentatiously ear
rying their bundles, and the rich
use the same door. Indeed, so CAL
lous are some of them,' he says,
"that have had carriages and pairs
withlpowdered servants stop here
and a beautifully dressed lady per-
haps walk in with her footman in
front Of her carrying a jewel case
containing the family heirlooms
that she wants to pledge. They
don't in the least mind their serv-
ants knowing all about it. And
yet" he added as an afterthought,
there is one person to whom
smart woman would not like it to
be known-her banker. Bankers are
apt to get unpleasant about over
drafts if they fancy their clients pat
ronize us, you see." Sometimes ro-
mantio incidents enliven the sweet
simplicity of cent per cent, as in the
case of al old lady who pledged her
wedding dress and then paid inter
est on it for 80 years to prevent its
being sold.-San Francisco Argo
naut.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04

Missouri farmers realize as high
as $50 an acre by the sale of their
corncobs to the manufacturers Of
corncob pipes.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04

The Suez canal is SIS miles long
and reduces the distance from Eng
land to India nearly 1900 miles for
ships.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04

Ships built of steel are said to be
able to carry 20 per cent more
freight than those of iron.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, &

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, a
Scotch writer, who died in 1915,
wrote to the Marquis of Montrose,
the Earl of Rothes and others, II
once knew a very wise man that be-
lieved that if a man were permitted
to make all the ballads of nation
he need not care who. should make
the laws of nation"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-04

There are more than $4,000 PEG
pie of Welsh birth in London.
The Delta independent., 1898-02-25
Of this Colorado fruit

Of this Colorado fruit"
The poet OF the Rural, after filing up
On Colorado Ben Davis, expresses him
self as follows:
COLORADO BEN"
Ben Davis was handsome youth, but dry a
any chip,
For nature gave him gaudy clothes, but let the
favor slip:
And underneath his brilliant coat he wore
pumpkin heart.
painted turnip. dry as bran. he went into the
mart
Ahypocri,e-a Pharisee-a fraud in royal guise.
without a single drop of juice-a liar of great
size.
And those who bit his bloodless aesh were
promp; with gibe and curse.
They came with solid chunks of prose-the
poets threw in their verse.
Ben Davis heard their singing words, they
rankled in his mind,
They cut him to his mealy heart; they forced
him on to find
Some place where better quality might grow
beneath his vest:
He followed Greeley's old advice, and took
himself -eut west.
On Celoraao's sunny plains. where elosds ars
seldom seen,
Beside an irrigating ditch, he doomed his coat
ofEreen-
The blood grew reddef in his cheek, and In The
warm sunshine
ofmountain air. his fesh ahsoseed The Aavss
Of the vine.
Ben DAVIS Colorado Ben-spolcsies are due
From one who has. in former days, hurled
ragred verse at you,
wise hogs would hardly eat you for the second
time back east,
But ~esiward ho with Baldwin you are reck-
oned at the least,
You grew up with the country VII. re mellow
fruits-and men,
Now go Up head good tuck old boy. Oh. Col
orAdo Ben
The Delta independent., 1898-02-25

The Rural New Yorker in its issue OF
February 18th says; The eastern Ben
Davis is. perhaps. the most thoroughly
abused apple entering the market, its
tough. dry texture and woody lack Of
flavor causing il TO be regarded with
contempt by all lovers OF good fruit. In
the Il. n. Y, January Il. reference was
made to the superior quality Of this
variety when grown upon irrigated land
in the high attitudes OF Colorado. In re-
sponse to a request for information. X.
]. Cotfey. an extensive orchardist os Del
Ia county. Colo, givcs us extended de-
tails reca.ding apple growing N western
Colorado. The Ben Davis apples re-
cei-ed from Mr.. Cotfey were all fine.
large. highly -colored specimens They
we're much more brilliant in color than
the specimens ordinarily seen, and. while
not free from the mealine~s usually as
~criased with this fruit. the hceh was
more juicy and the favor more spriShtly
than in the eastern fruit. Mr.. Cotfey re-
CARDS the Jonathan as the best CONNER
cial apple In hislocality. He thinks that
Tor money maker. il would be ~eIl to
plant all Delta ccunty to Jonathan.
winceap. Rome Beauty and Grimes
Golden. Judging by the specimens We
rrceived. the excsiknce S favor ard
hsillisncs q color srs both characteristics