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The courier., 1901-07-20

am in position to know that all her
remarkable success has left her utterly
unspoiled. She is the same unassum.
ing, gentle girl who left US four years
ago with her laurels unwou. Every week
she sends home her journal to the moth
or, who lives and moves and has her
being in her thoughts Of this gifted
daughter. Each little item Of her daily
life is faithfully recorded for the pleas
ure of this same loving, unselfish moth
or, who gave up her greatest Joy when
she cheerfully resigned Mary to her
career.
The simplicity. OF these recitals would
surprise and delight you. / know it is
trite to say that there is no royal road
to the heights she has reached, but it is
true as trite sayings are apt to be. Be-
sides the labor necessary for the culti-
walton of her voice, Miss Munchoff has
perfected herself in both the French
and italian languages since che has
been in Europe. When one Of the best
critics of the old world speaks Of her as
q "reiuvensted Patti" it would seem
that there is not much more to be said.
/ have as you know been pronounced
wonder as an advance notice writer. II
/ could only manage to have this fall
under the eyes of Miss Munchoff, l
might be reasonably sure Of compli.
mentary ticket to her first American
concert. l wish that were not posi-
bility 60 far in the future, for l think l
would cheerfully "give the price" and
sacrifice my only pair Of Jouvin gloves
in such cause.
General and Mrs. Manderson have
gone in somebody's private car to
Rockyford, Colorado. They expect to
meet and bring home as their guest. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry OInard. MIR. Oxnard
is he OF the beet sugar fame. Mrs. Ok
nsrd is Of the sweet variety-s beauty
90 rumor hath it-French sweetmeat!
That is rather an obvious effort to be
fuuny-and a most conspicuous failure.
1t is the kind of witticism che Daily
News indulges in. But the Examiner
says that the News is an entirely unin-
huential sheet. How can that be, when
you see how it has influenced me?
There is something painful in natural
iy serious minded person attempting
jocularity. Fancy Mckinley making
faces at Mark Hanna, or telling him to
"come off,"
Miss Blanche McKenna has gone to
Buffalo as the guest Of Mrs. Clifford
Smith. Miss Mabel Balcombe, who has
won my cordial dislike by having a
story accepted by Town Topics. is at
Msckinac for the summer. and Miss
Penelope Mayfair is casting about for q
cheap high sounding summer resort, 90
that she can have her address in the Ex-
celsior. By the way the Excelsior has
become rather dressy looking affair.
and has given us some entertaining
reading lstely.I wish Miss Harris would
get somebody to make some other pic
lures for our paper than the patent in
sides for drug stores. / really think il l
could have a few illumined posters
through my letters. it would help me
out q lot to find out what mean when
l read over two or three OF my old let
ters and they really made some of those
excsvated Pompeian tablets look like
primers. l find that my letters, like
Brysn's speeches have to be taken "hot
from the griddle" in order to be di-
gested.
The lead in my 81 eagle pencil is be-
=.
The courier., 1901-07-20

A button especially suited to uniforms
has been patented in Europe by Mrs.
Dudley +. Phelps Of New York. This
button requires no sewing; it is fastened
to the garment by means of two small
prongs, to which the top is fastened like
glove fastener. This top may be re-
moved for polishing by pressing
spring.
The courier., 1901-07-20

M. Stewart. 1000 James St., Syracuse
N. Y. In the latter. Mrs. Sidney ].
Persons, 239 West 2Sth. Street, Los
Angeles, Cal.-From The Club Woman.
The courier., 1901-07-20
10
OMAHA LETTER.
Omaha, Nebr.,
July Is, 1901.
Dear Eleanor:

Project your mind into the past once
q little, mine own familiar friend, and
you may be able to recall period in
your existence when, with the Their
mometer at twenty degrees below, you
froze toward me; icicles clung to your
pen point and mo letther did you sind
me all the long tonne that l waited"
When the thermometer reverses its
pilgrimage and climbs instead OF skates
out of sight. meet my Waterloo. My
ideas. such as have. run together. be-
come liquid macs and hair" under
the sun like melted sugar over the blue
flames OF the gas range. ! reach Ian
guild fingers and bring them back empty
OF everything save blisters. Suppose l
had sent you quires of paper decorated
with words shat burn?" fancy some
one would have thrown cold water on
my efforts with very little ceremony.
Do not misconstrue this into an apollo
gy; there is no apology due, unless it
should come from the Weather Bureau.
Mr.. Welch, our local forecaster. moves,
believe glides would be better word.
among US with q cheerful. almost radi.
ant expression of satisfaction which.
whether natural or assumed, seems to
add insult unto injury.
heard him ask gentleman in the
street car few days since if he didn't
suppose that His Royal Highness in the
region below would like good man to
help run his business.
"If he does" replied the addressed
and perspiring gentleman, "there will
be no trouble about your getting fine
recommendations from everybody in
this locality"
OF course it is all very well to speak
lightly on this subject, hut as our
butcher man said yesterday, "Dis 10
getting 90 it wasn't any shoke already
any more" As he contrary to the
time honored conception Of butchers. is
naturally pessimistic. it may be that
the joke has escaped him. There is no
more 4OO-it too has melted and run
together until it looks like 400O0O00OO or
any other indiscriminate number with
tail piece Of innumerable ciphers.
There is no "smart set." no aristoc-
racy, no elect. We are just as indis-
tinguishsble. painting, perspiring macs
OF humanity, upon a molten earth be-
meath sky Of brass.
OF course everybody who could has
escaped and fed to the sea or the
mountains. which ever way their in
cIinations or passes indicated.
Count Creighton leaves Saturday with
Doctor and Mrs. Allison for Europe.
We do not feel 10 the least ashamed to
send our only titled representative
across the big waters and risk compsri.
son upon the native soil OF Kings and
Queens.
In fact we have already officially noti-
fed them on the other side that our
well beloved Count is to have the best
that their land and larder affords-to
use his own language he must have
"butter on his custard pie, ave he 30
desires" See to it, most noble Lords
aud Ladies'! II you do not care to have
ue, as Nation. descend upon you in
righteous indignation. Count Creight-
ton will visit Miss Mary Munchoff, who
is a distant relative of his, and it was
through his advice she decided to 60
abroad for the perfection in training Of
her naturally beautiful voice. You
have no doubt read of the success of
her venture in this line. We are very
proud OF her, too. In fact l am not
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CLUBS.
Continued from Page s.
PENELOPE.

tCOQLllu0Q ITOu I6k0 u.
intelligent, sympathetic direction to re-
store it to it's former artistic value. In
forbidding the use Of sniline dyes. our
government has wisely followed the ex-
ample of Persia and the Sultan Of Tur.
key, who foresaw the ruin Of their
peoples rug industry through the ami.
line temptation. Pueblo pots should be
seen more frequently in eastern homes
as jardinieres. The Indians are expert
workers in leather and silver, and their
product in these materials should find
its way into the eastern shops. Bead
work has undeveloped possibilities in
ecclesiastical embroidery as we'll az in
the demands of the women of fashion.
The Indian woman's handicraft suffers
nothing by comparison with that her
most skilled white sister; let her work be
received and exhibited by the women's
exchanges. Each article praised or pur.
chased encourages the maker to produce
another. Clubs and patriotic societies
should take hand in the advancement
of Indian arts and arrange exhibitions
where the public may become better
acquainted with Indian basketry, pot
terry, rugs, bead work, leather and silver.
NELTJE DEG. DOUBLEDAY,
Iii East 10th Street, New York.
Landscape Gardening.
The Woman's Auxiliary Of the Ameri.
can Park and Outdoor Art Association
offers the following suggestions. made
by members noted for their knowledge
of this art, such as F. L. and John c.
Olmstead, Warren q. Manning. Thomas
H. Mcbride, L. E. Holden, Mrs. Cyrus
Mccormick and others:
l. Park designing is creative art, re-
quiring special training to enable the
designer to suit his plan to the character
of the land and produce picture har-
monious in its details. The preservation
of natural beauties should be the civic
pride of our women. A bluff, shore
line or cove, a succession of richly col
ored bouldere, or clump Of trees may
form the central point in q delightful
scene, where the planter should use his
materials as painter his pigments.
2. School buildings and their sur
rounding grounds should be object les
sons in architecture and landscape gar.
dening. Our public schools should en-.
courage the study Of plants and trees
with reference to their decorative use
in the town, the park and along the
highway.
3. The signs and billboards that so
frequently mar our landscapes should
be abolished.
4. Every tangled roadside thicket and
every river bank has individual beauties
which should be preserved. and, where
possible, heightened by combined &C.
ton of those whose love Of nature is
supplemented by special training.
Mrs. ALBERT H. BROCKWAY,
In the past requests have been made
for suggestions and directions for school
room decoration and for lists of suitable
works of art for school rooms. The
committee will cheerfully respond to
such requests.
The committee will furnish clubs with
bibliographies and with suggestions for
the study of history Of art, and Of liter.
ature as illustrated by art,
The courier., 1901-07-20

The Ninety.ninth street play ground
in New York city this year is proving
even q greater benefaction than it was
last summer. 1t is located in one Of the
poorest and most densely populated
neighborhoods Of the upper West side.
and occupies twelve city blocks. Over
twelve hundred children were registered
the first day. Base ball, basket ball
and an open air gymnasium are provided
for the older boys. while swings, sand
piles end toys furnish entertainment for
the smaller children. A large pavilion
which was erected last summer is used
for kindergarten games and as shelter
from sudden showers. A girls library
also has been started in the play ground
and lie growing in popularity. The play
ground is q popular resort for mothers
who take their babies and derive great
enjoyment from watching the sports Of
the children.
The courier., 1901-07-20

-Four years ago the name of Lincoln,
n. j., was known throughout the coun.
try. 1t was the first of the eastern
towns to try the plan Of equal rights for
men and women. and at the first elec-
tion in 1897, all but one of the city Off
GERS were women. On Wednesday, July
10, by order of the court Of chancery.
the town Of Lincoln, with its goods and
chattels, properties and franchises was
sold at auction to the highest bidder.
The courier., 1901-07-20

Mrs. Anna Mcdonald Of Marysville.
West Virginia, is the only woman jaiIer
in the United States. She occupies the
position Of deputy sheriff, and her
charges are among the most desperate
characters in the country. She is
widow fory-three years of age, and
lives with her two children in the jail,
where at the present time are confined
two OF the most desperate moonshiners
ever captured in the state, also man
charged with murder. When her pris-
oners are wanted in court she is obliged
to take them ten miles to Petersburg.
the county seat, and none have ever
escaped from her custody.
The courier., 1901-07-20

Kate Miller, aged eighty years, Of
fredericksburg. Pa. is probably the
oldest woman employed in an industrial
establishment in the United States.
For moro than fifty years she has been
factory GIRL" and for twenty years
she has worked in tho same building.
Miss Herminia Davila of Porto Rico.
who is staying in New York city. has
just completed needlework portrait OF
Andrew Carnegie which has been placed
in the Porto Rican exhibit at Buffalo.
The picture is an enlarged copy Of
photograph showing the head and
shoulders Of Mr.. Carnegie, and the pro-
portions and shadings are accurately
reproduced. The stitches Of black and
white are invisible except on closest scru.
tiny. In the corners, forming setting
for the portrait, are embroidered pansies
which are 30 finely worked that they
appear to be painted. The whole is
mounted in an elaborate and beautiful
frame designed by Miss Davi!a.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-16
waters. Everything In the rooms was
packed up ready for removal
RELIGION AT CHAPEL HILL.
A Returned Missionary Tells OF Affairs
In China.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.


CHAPEL HILL. n. c.. Jan. 1.-THE
congregations of the Baptist. Methodist
and Presbyterian churches last week o5-
served the week of prayer with interest
ing union services in their churches. and
the meetings and the attendance were
very gratifying. At the last of these SER
vices on Saturday night most helpful
address was made by Rev. George w.
Greene, now on Through from the Baptist
mission at Canton, China. where he has
successfully Iahored for nine years, and
Sunday night he spoke on the Chinese
situation at the University Chapel and
gave his hearers a clear review of the
present state of affairs in the Celestial
Empire and the causes that led to the
present disturbances there.
The Young Mems Christian Association
of the University have arranged with
Evangelist Weston r. Gates, of the Re
formed Episcopal Church. to conduct
series of meetings for them in the Univer-
sity Chapel in the latter part of Feb
ruary, and his coming is looked forward
to with interest. Mr.. Gates is q very sue
cessfu1 evangelist, and it is hoped that
great good may be done.
The spring term of the University nas
opened UP hopefully with a large attend
ance. and the first year under the new
president. f. r Veuable. bids fair 10 bs
the best in the history of the institution
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-16
A Preachers Edition.

The Evening Star. of Winchester Va,
will try unique experiment on Tuesday,
February 5th, when the entire editorial.
reportorial and mechanical departments
will be turned over to the ministers OF
the churches of that place. The ministers
will have entire control of the paper for
that day. Every article appearing there
in will be written by them and in their
own style and following their own ideas
as to how q newspaper should be issued.
Local life, local events, and in fact all
local news will be treated from a religious
standpoint.
The entire management will be under
the supervision OF Rev. w. L. Seabrook.
pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, and &
former newspaper editor and lawyer.
Each minister in Winchester will contri-
butte an article to the special edition on
some live topic.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-16
Promised 10 Obey Her.

The groom entered alone and said con-
fdentialy:
DO you use the word obey in your
NO said The minister. II do not,
usually
Well said the expectant Benedick,
q have come to ask you to marry me
now and l want it used"
"Certairly," replied the other 1t
shall be DONE and presently the couple
stood solemnly before him.
James Tt said the clergyman,
do you take this woman to be your
welded wife?'
II do
DO you absolutely promise to love, to
honor ana obey her so long as you both
shall live?''
Horror and rebellion struggled with the
sanctities Of the occasion on the bride
groom's face. but he chokingly responded:
Il DO" and the meek bride decorously
promised in her turn.
After the ceremony was over the BRIDE
groom said excitedly aside TO the grave
minister:
you misunderstood me, sir. you mis-
understood ne. referred to the
won ans promising to obey
An, did you, indeed?' sereney an
swered his reverence. But l think what
is good for one side is good for the other.
don't YOU: And, my friend, It Is my adj
vice to you to say nothing more aaeu1
it. for as an old married man. can tell
you you'll have to obey anyhow. WON
ans journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-16
ICE WITHOUT COLD.
The Celebration of Lees Birthday at
fredericksburg
Special Dispatch 10 The Times.

Especial Dispatch 10 Inc liHneS-)
taRFlDERICkSBUICi VA, Jan. 15.-It is
a singular fact that. mild as the weather
has been this winter, number OF people
in the surrounding counties huve filled
their icc-houses with solid, firm ice from
five to six inches thick
The. handsome silk flag to be given
Maury Camp, Confederate Veterans OF this
city, by members OF the family OF the late
Gen. Dnbney II. AIaury, will not be pre-
scented on the night OF Gen. Lees birth
day. January 10th. as was contemplated
owing TO the fact that several members
Of the Maury family will not be able TO
he present at that time, but the presenta-
ton will take place with proper Gere-
monies later Gen. Lees birthday now
ever, will be celebrated here as usuai, an
elaborate programme OF exercises haFihs
been prepared under the direction ot
committee of Confederate Veterans, which
viii take place in the Courthouse Satur-
day night.
The Board of Supervisors Of Mddlesex
comfy have already spent over one thou-
sand dollars in efforts to prevent tue
spread of smallpox which is now prevail
ing in that county.
The. remains of DR.. c. c. broaddusr VINO
died recently in the Asylum at StauntoA
and were temporarily inferred there, nave
been taken to his old home, near Upper
Zion in Caroline county, where shey were
Inferred with proper services
The remains of Miss Dora. Reamy' Tor
merry of this city, who died in baltimore
we're brought here Yesterday AFTERNOON JON
and buried in the family section OK tiie
SfTy Cemetery. Rev. j. r. Stump. of the
,Jstbodist Church, conducting the services.
Many complaints are being made o. the
,,,o,be,. of worthless dogs i'll this sectt7H'
7.hich frequently cause serious dannse-
several cows. belonging TO parties mere Re.
nave been killed or injured recently oy
dogs, and some OF the nearby Eaff n1ers
have lost lambs aud calves by uoss u, ttn'.'
This cftv making raids on their premise, .,,
- ~ tro,hIf continues shot guns and other
sffal.tfve means Of reducing the number Of
c,,rs viii he called into requisitioH.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-16
!, .,,,,crnatsonnt si.uai Code.

on and after January LIST every Fesse.
in the world is expected to DE provided
yrirh a new set OF flag signals OF the IN
,arnatioual code. TIE present code ha:
been In use by all martins nations Tor
forty wears, but has outgrown its useful
ness
The changes made IN it are the addi-
tons of the vowe.s a. 9, i, o and u, md tna
letters X Y. z. giving twenty-seven char
acters in place of the nineteen used form
srIy. With the nineteen there were pos5i-
bile some $1,000 combinations. s.vins an
aonaI numb of sentences: now there WIFI
he more than 10000 combinations, and II
win be possible for ships 10 converse on
almost any topic as long as the !lass can
be distinguished.
From the LIST of January. isoi, entif tne
Isl of February 1862. 1t will be perIntsss-
HE for vessels 10 use the new or Old code
nc they please Vessels using ths new
code will denote their doing so by the
hosting of the code pennant with the
fiy lied 10 the halyards, having above 1t
a mack ball or a shape resembling ball
From the LIST OF January. 1862. the new
code only will be used. and its distia-
crushing sign thencefo.ward Will be the
code pannant hoistsd In the ordinary
way.-philadelph North American
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-16
SIGNIFICANT STATISTICS.

According to statistics recently gathered
by the Chicago Tribune the number of
murders during the last year of the CEN
fury showed a considerable increase over
the previous year. In 1899, according to
this paper. there were 6.7i55 murders. and
In 1890, $40. More remarkable still there
were, throughout the whole country, only
1l9 legal executions. To put it in another
form. only one out of every So murderers OF
the year suffered death according to law
for his crime.
These figures should bring the law-abid-
ing people of the country to serious re-
Election. 1t is true that the law does not
provide the death penalty for every man
who Stays u human being. The murder
must be deliberate with malice afore-
thought in order that the death penalty be
inflicted. But it must be that in $50 muir
ders more than 119 were guilty under the
law of murder in the first degree, and
should have suffered the extreme penalty
Of the Inv. The fact is that there IS a
great deal of n1awkisll sertimentality III
this country concerning mrderers When
a man is on trial for his life, human ne
seems to become wonderfully precious 70
the people of the community, and, usuallE'
when a man is acquitted of murder there
is an outburst of applause from the spec
tators in spite of the efforts OF the court
officers to prevent it. There IS a olsp'si-
ton even to Monte the murderer ana 10
make a hero Of him, and Wlen he Steps
out of the courtroom, a free man, ne Is
congratulated on all sides ana men VIC
with one another in paying their respects.
Little or no thought is taken OF his VIC
tim. The sympathy of the crowd is al
most Invariably with the murderer. we
sometimes think that if the crowd o. spee-
tators who attend murder trials ana WHO
sit patiently and hear the evidence On
hotb sides. should be called upon 10 vote
on The question of the prisoners Suli1' IN
nine cases out of ten they would vote loi
acauittal by a large majority u'iie
sentiment is a great power and 1t neccs-
sari1v has its effect upon the Verdct u
the jury.
Moreover. the law of the land seems to
he framed in the interest OF the person on
trial for a. capital offense. lie mas Priv
Ie-es which are not granted to the PROSE-
cution. the technicalities are all IN ms
favor and are never employed against
him, and in all such trials, the pils'tie'
accused has the benefit Of the doubt
Under these circumstances 1t is no.
strange that justice 50 often 'llisc''i is'
and that n1urderers escape capita4 pVii'sii-
mont The wonder is, indeed, that uhoeF
onr system a man ever is convicted OF
murder in the first degree and condemned
10 he executed. we do not say, OF course
that the law is designed TO encourage
murder, but we do say that the statistics
which we have cited above the measrc
number of legal executions as compared
with the large number OF murders - en-
,o,,raging to those who would stain Their
hands with human blood. 1t does, indeed
seem from these figures that the HE OF a
murderer is more precious in the Sight Oh
tho law than the life OF his victim.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-16
TOM BROWN NOT CAPTURED.
Hiding In the Vicinity of His Crime.
Cards for an Interesting Marriage.

WAKEFIELD, VA. Jan. t5.-Tom
Brown. the murderer OF Tom Short. the
killing of whom was mentioned in your
columns of the 10th. has not been cap
tured. AS reported. Tom Brown, however.
made an invasion of the house in which
the murder took place and robbed the
women of the house of all their wearing
apparel and left the premises uudisturbed
Brown is surely. in this locality now, as
those who are supposed to know affirm.
Tickets are out for the marriage OF Mrs
Sarah W. Harsrnve, a widow ef some
forty-three summers. TO Mr.. Hosey II
Carroll a highly respected young man OF
twenty-one. The marriage ceremony will
take place at Rockahock Church. in Surry
county. on the 18th. instant, with grind
nuptial entertainment at the home OF the
bride