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wit (OTTS ILY 1 JEAGMLrB STJiSTDAT, JULY 1, 1894. TWENTY FOUR' PAG HS. 4 J' 4 AJI0XG THE CATHOLIC PARISHES. Flora Annio Steel; three duodecimos' in tno QUESTIONS ANSWERED. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

1852 he received the Vote: of Virginia for President, but withdrew his name from the list: of oandidatea in favor of General Cast. At the close of his torm in the senate Mr. Dickinson returned tho practice of his profession. When the war broke, out ho took a utroni stand in favor of the Union. Ho was elected attorney general of Now York in 1861.

During the war he delivered over ono hundred addrosses at various points in tho Eastern states, always urging npon his hearers the unqualified support tho government through tho trying ordeal oi the, robollian. Early 1805 President Lincoln appointed Mr. Dickinson United States district attorney for the southern district of New York, a post which he held to the day of his death. He died at New York oity April 12, 1800. To the Editor or the Br ooKtvn Eaale.

Is it practicable to state whioh substances are the best and woi'Bt conductors or electricity? Flanois. Metallic substances, among whioh silver and copper stand first, are the best. conductors of electricity, while air and all the tses, including vapors, when dry, are the werst. Those substances whioh havo the power of permitting olectricity to pass through them are called conductors: those substances which stoj nassaco. insulators; Tho following, is a list of ing tomptation, and it Is to have a heart and mind so pure that temptation cannot exist because the thing does not present itsolf.

to the mind as a moral or immoral thine, but as one to elevate and broaden art." "I think these considerations depend almost entirely noon the way one has boen reared," said man who had not yet spoken. "Now yon know that the Sandwich islands are almost my native land, 'and thoro we havo been used to seeing as many nudo creatures as we would havo if wo hod remained in the garden of Eden. Well, wo don't mind it. My children have grown np accustomed daily to see nuditios, and thoy, I am suro. have no moro immoral thoughts than those who.

in Oatholio countries, aro trained to wrap themselves in a sheet when they take a bath. I do not expcot any of my children to become professional artists, but while we are in Paris some of them have expressed the desire of loarning to draw and to paint, and I have nude models poso for thorn at the house, and that has boen going on for the last two yoars, and I do not soo that theso nude models havo had any influence upon them whatever except to perfect thorn in tho study of anatomy, and give them corroot idoas about art." "What do you say to that scandal produced by tho ball of tho Qnatr Arts last year?" "I say that the students wero wrong to admit strangers, for it is thoy who made the scandal. Nothing was heard of this year's ball, and the students had it just tho same. The models at theso balls appoar in tho clothing in which thoy pose during the year. They may bo too short both ways and too transparent, but these models aro certainly not any more nude than the ballet dancers at tho opera It all lies in the oduoation of the mind and the eye; and think a prudo who loaves because his sonso of modesty is sliockea has thoughts more wicked than tho ono who looks on aud sees only art and skill on exhibition.

In paintings wo admit Christ on the cross as nude as the models who pose before students. Wo admit the Greek nude statues of all the goddesses. It is hard to know just whore to draw tho Hue. For somo people the world ought to be transformed into a Protestant convent. I say Protestant, becanse in the Catholic ones we are apt to moot holy pictures which remind us too vividly of the immoral models who posed for the holy pictures, statues of Christ and the saints of both sexes." "Woll, it is my boliof that people ean uphold the idea of learning from the nude as perfectly innocent and incorruptible only through and paradoxes," said a straight laoed Brooklynite; "I think painting from the nude especially pernicious to the model.

As regards the student, it depends. I do not see how a young lady can practico it without loss of delicacy. I recently saw in Paris in a young lady's studio the picture of a figure painted and exposed to view which simply omazedme. and which Mr. Carlisle, the secretary of the United States treasury, would have characterized as improper.

I do not believe in the necessity of painting from the nude. In a recent conversation with a lady artist who has for many years painted with great success in Paris, she told me she had never painted exoept from draped figures. Having lived in Paris only six months, I may be unable to speak with the experience whioh a longer residence would give. Still, my mental vision may be dearer beoaase of my recent arrival. The longer one breathes a vitiated atmosphere the more insensible he becomes to its deleterious influence.

It is beoanse the mental atmosphere is so vitiated in' Paris that I consider it hazardous for any yonng man or young woman to live in it without the whole aonib restraints of home and the church. Here immorality stalks abroad almost without restraint. The press, the theaters, tho shop windows, all give it publicity, and yet no voice of protest is heard, or if uttered, it is treated with ridicule. Public sentiment approves of practices which tho world condemns elsewhere. The gaeatest license iB given here in matters that in America aro guarded with the utmost care." "The necessity of marriage is sneered at and its sanctity lightly held.

In the department of the Seine the divorces in 1893 were 75 per cent, of the number of marriages, while the number of illegitimate births in Paris alone is between three and four hundred each week. When in such an atmosphere as this young men are thrown together in largo numbers, what wonder is it that their moral fiber is weakened? Anxious to see the world and seeking for pleasure, they are soon dominate by their leaders and join in excesses thoy would not be guilty of alone. But it is claimed the students are not very bad after all, and that they have been misrepresented. Well, if they are not bad, they have been sadly misrepresented. The riots which thoy inaugurated last summer when thoir commencements were interrupted; th eir refusal to accede to the request of Professor Morod and others, who sought to elim Tno Xcvr irremovBDii) JteciorOibwia r.ocn.1 Notes This is tho seventh Sunday after Pontocosfand the foast of tho most precious blood.

The' opfci tin of the mass is taken from Hebrew, ix 1 thtA I gospol from St. John, 3j; the lost gospol vr r. i irooi oi. juarit, xo iaurruW'Vuu thd visitation will be kept. mi 1 1 1 St.

Aloysms' church. Great Neck. Bishop McDonnoll is in Albany to dayc at' ifcl consecration 0, jjisnop ourne, vao now ormnarj: .1... .11 It is now pretty well understood tmt James iaaffe, pastor of the Church of Stir Marl "1' of the Immaculate Conception iu the eastern dis i trict, has bee soleated as the hew irremovable rector of the Chnrch of OurLidys.o:MeroyriiJc Debovqiso plaoe. It has not yet baonannounoedv when he will no to his new oharae.

He, is a brothor of the rector of waf bornin the County Lonzford. IrelancL HomadeJ his theological studies in Paris. Since he canjaW to Brooklyn he has served in St. Patrick? wrirtfi. 5 and in his present which Bishop Loughlin made him' pastor about BUIV adorned church on 'which' there is hardlycanf debt.

"UVi 't4 Js, At tho commencement oxerciie3 of Javier's college, Nek York, tho honors ofythiir Sfaduating class were carried by Brooklyn stidents. Mr. Osmond. Joseph: Phillips; who st(od first in the class of '04, won thev four golji metals of his class, an unprecedonted reoocd in" tbe tolloge. They were for foilowinsntn of religion; mental naturtl sciences and applied ThoiniiB Francis Hughes, also' from Brooklyn, to, rankodseoond in.

the class: graduate, Mr. William P. Davis, won the alumni prize of $50 in cold for as esuy "Lafayette. His Life and ThisprizVis givon for tho beBt hlstoric4iieftr writton fcy. an undergraduate ThOi yeae 'Justi closed has boen tho most successful inthe forty seven yoariof the existenoe of the roll of studVnts for the year contains the names 852 students.

Of those' lie were from. Brook lyn. Many of them won prizes and.high eonkla the lowor claiases. A fine addition to the college) building is noV being constructed In Fifteenth street, in wbioVthe preparatory course will located when is It, is expected that it will be ready for the students when the college reopens in September. Studies trill resumed on September 4.

The summer Coney Island belonging, to St. John's homo haV been entirely repaired and" enlarged during ths past year bythe Orphan Asylum society and is now in excellent condition. It oan accommodate 125 children. Together with the farmiat Hicksviile it will supply fine ohanco for the ihanse that, may be needed invigorate any of the little inmhtes of the home who may need tVe tonio of sea air or country life during the hot'months. The direotors of the society inspected tke Coney Island Villa last Sunday and were muh pleased with the in' provementa.

trnstees of the Oitholio summer have adopted a very preW design for badge for the members. It is a' ssript monogram C. S. with the motto of the oB Oatholio naiversity Oxford, "Deus illuminatio meo," the whole." with the ribbon, making the pope's. The bodge 1 the trustees is of gold with a white ribbonj the badge of the members as of silver with a yellow ribbon.

Tho result isihost attractive. The venerable Mgr. MayiTvill oelebrate 'rhU i birthday to morrow. He wa horn in Bavaria, June 2, 182G. His recent illness does not seem to have specially impaiied his wonderful vitality.

He is around again to his numerous cares as actively as eisr, The customary devotions to tie prooionshlood will be held during July at the, convent of the sisters of that order, 212 There will be benediction daily in tbs new" ohapel at ra( 4:30 P. M. The public ajre cordfeuy invited by Mother Gertrnde to assist, as'ttie thapel oan'now accommodate a good number of he friends ol iv the order. To day the feast of the the forty hours' devotion, will bgin. In the afternoon the Bev.

Thomas I. Myhan, of St. nT 'u hnroh Vaw YrtrTr will T.QnnV. Sunday the Bev. Father Crosby.

da.Sj.lk, wfll 1 occupy the pulpit; on tne Unra Sunday; the Bev. A. P. Doyle, C. S.

to tno Jourtn, r3rmoUiyrioTlpjv.TijrjiJtier The founder of the order is expeotedat the convent in a few days' to make her annmaLvisit and' be present when the Brooklyn pilgrims at art for Lourdes on July 18. Those who wish request sent to the shrine at the grotto oan maH thecxtOK Mother Gertrnde at the conveny Theyjwill be 1 1 Jn Bnn1A AniiW Rt.fti.Aw TDnM.tli.:1. will carry with him to France andJdeposit on thi). altar of the basilica. Snbscriptioas to.tbe volra ban are requested from all.

wh ask this The accommodations of the Ktordland are.AU.T3 taken and the extra number of bilgnms will go' over on the steamship Paris, whioh soils the susKn. day. The two parties will meeV in Antwerp. Those on the Paris will have thrie days longer there as she 'is the quioker steamship of the two. Mme.

Ernestine Nardin, the prcrvmoial general of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart oi Mary in, tho United States, accompanied by Mile, Marie Mon gey, superior of Si. Mary's academy of and Mme. Celestine Schalt Mueller, direotreas of St. Joseph's Institute orDeaf Mutes ThrocsrV Neck, have gone tq.Frapoo onbusinesifconneoted with the mother house of the community of religious was founded by the Jes, nits dnrinir the French' revolution. They bav 0 aU tained special sacoess in tho education of.

Ttintni. Thev wear no religious garb. but a plain secular dress. They were mtrodooett: into the United States in 1853 and no number here and in Canada about eight hundred pro. essed sisters and novices in charge of academies and institutions.

Here in Brooklyn tpey navo. erected the splendid St. Joseph institute, on Buffalo avenue, for the instruction of mutes. They came to this oity In 1809, and nave, especially prospered under the direction of the, energetic head of the community. Hiss Margaret Oosgrove.

There are nearly onei hnndreAispf! mates of the institute. All display 'remarkable progress under the patient teaching, that masea them, in spite of their affliotlon, self sustainlna members of society. There are a host of old Brooklyn la the following death notice MoOLOSKEY At Lonisvllle, Ky Jane 21; IiAWPWO MoOlobkev, in his 07th year, youngest wa IB late George HoOloskeyof Brooklyn. George MoCloskey was.one of tho of old St. James'.

Jay street He served on first board of trustees with Peter Turner. He was a milkman who lived seventy years ago somownera near the present crossing of SmithtStree: and Atlantic avenue. Three of his four jons begamo distinguished priests. One, the late Bev. lit, John MoCloskey, was for years theleacUng splrii and finally president of Mount Bt.

Mary's. scol. lege. Emmittsbnrg, Md. A seoond Bev.

George MoCloskey. who died, vicar genera oi tn: diooese of Louisville, of whioh his brothey, the Bight Bev. William Or. MoCloskey, too present bishop. Father P.

v. Carroll of St. Jonns college nas gone on a visit to Areiana. jjatnor jiio. now of St.

Louis. but formerly (president of the college, was a visitor there last week. MBS. STUOLEY'S PORTRAIT. Hnstoud Surprises and Speecfcto flea Her.

Her A birthday was given by Mrs. John F. Studltjr to her friends at her residence, 238 Mo stroet, on Monday evenihg lost, tbat be) anniversary of her birthday. A very psofty iur in store for the sternal hostess. Whea the parlor doors opened a crayon portrait of ner8elf stood facing the company, a.

gift front her husband, who, in a very witty appropriate speech, whioh caused amnso mont to the guests, presented her with it after which sho received the congratulations of her friends. A collation was served. whoa speeches were mado toasting' tho host and host oss. The guests took their doparture after mioV nisht wishing Mr. and Mrs.

Studley long of happiness. Among those present we My. and Mrs. John H. Studley.

Frederick Grant Studley, Mr. and Mrs. James Oox Hud, William Hull. Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Phillips, son. Miss Myrtle Johnson, Mrs. Livingston, Mrs. Joseph Cook. KIHO VLli GOKXEli't Miss Francos H.

Connell, daughter of Mra MarsaretE. Connell of Brooklyn, was married at noon Wednesday in St. Leo's ohurch. New York, to Mr. Alton H.

Kimball of the firm of the Levant Emory company. New York, the Bey. Mgr. Ducey officiating. The bride woro a gown of ivory satin, and wore a tulle vail, caught lilina nt thn on.llAV.

find Harried whitO TOSei. The bride's sister, Kithaleen, acted as maid of honor, and Paul Story Kimball as best man. AV wpiifimir breakfast was served at the Gilseyj house, after which the oouple left on a trip tQthj White mountains, Canada and the weswi states: BART DYING LION A VTork Well Spoken of in High Quarters. The Subject of Node Models Discussed ExhaustivelyReflections on French Morality. Christian Efforts to Prcscrvo American Youth in Correspond enoo of the Eagle.

Brooklyn ISaole Bubbatt, 28 Avenuo de 1' Opera. Pabis, June 20. In my lettors on the two salons I omitted to speak about one of America's most promising artists. Mr. Paul Bartlett.

It is not well to ignore those who are destined to mako the renown of American art in the twontioth century. Who knows bnt art then will take a westorn direction, just aa civilization has done, and with the now blood and sinews that a nascent nation can throw into it, it may develop with a splondor that will vie with that of ancient Greece and Rome. Art is as immortal as tlino and we know that it must have now soil, and where can wo look for new and fertile idoas but in America It is a comfort to hear French judges and con noissours speak of Panl Bartlett's talent. It con solos one for the many slnrs that they sliue to American art. He.

at least, does not look at or study nature through tho optics of French masters. He goes straight to nataro to civo his own impi es8in of her. For the groat work, the "Dying Lion," on which he has at work all of this and Inst year, not satisfied with tho hours spent at tho zoological gardens and in tho menagories ho had three lions transported to his gardens in P.vssy, and with their keopor.they remained three weeks in their separate cages, and the conscientious sculptor with tho clay in hand studied their every movoment in every mood, from morning to night. A lion can be said to have at least more energies of mind than any othor animal. Its courage, its dignity, its fearlessness, even its playfulness are expressed with an omphasis, as it woro, that makes a faithful reproduction of them a desire among all sculptors who have made animals a spocialty.

Bartlott's "Dying Lion" shot through the side has managed to crawl upon a small elevation, and paralyzed and seommsly motionless on one side, it exerts the romaining power it has over its muscles to die like a king, although tho agony wrenches from him a howl of pain that seems to reach tho heavens. This plaster work will be cast in bronze a oire perdue for the next year's salon, and Mr. Bartlett entertains the hopo that this masterwork will find a homo in Amerioa. It is not often that a bust is of sufficient interest to be signaled apart from the hundreds whioh are yearly exhibited at tho salons, but when one has as many national traits as that of Mr. W.

A. Clark, where a bust is a representative of the strength which has made America what it is, it becomes a duty to show how these traits can be concentrated into ono type. Who could have tho pluck and endurance to go out into the wild Wost and stand the hardships, not only of clearing a thiokly wooded land, to cultivate its arid surface, to build in the, midst of daily danger, but also to dig deep ihto its bowels and compel the earth to yield its treasures, if it were not men like Mr. Clark, whose massive jaw shows unbounded, almost superhuman determination. Indeed, there is much.

of the lion's natnre in such a man, and his face has leonine traits. Small deep set eyes, whioh are the windows of an iron will and faith to remove mountains in a material sense. It no more tires or exhausts such a man to battle with difficulties than it doos the lion to assert himself the king of tho forest. Years of struggle only tend to draw out the characteristics mora forcibly on the countenance, and just as an old lion is tho more interesting to observe, so a man of Mr. Clark's caliber, who has had all the experience of a Western life, is an interesting study to the artist and the student of human natnre.

Note his ears, that stand ont from his head as if they were ever on tho alert to danger; his hair, growing thick and long, which denotes herculean strength, and although civilization demands it to be cut, it stands out tho more, showing energy and strength to the very ends. Place the bust of such a man next to that of a European weakened by personal as well as ancestral passions, and nothing will be more interesting than the conformation of the two heads. Compare the broad brow, the piercing eyes, the straight, prominent nose, all the prom inence, in fact, of the parts which denote 'the indomitable qualities of man, with tho intelleo ual bnt weak conformation of the Enropean. and you will at once conclude that if there had not been men like Mr. Clark, Amerioa might have been discovered, but it never would have become the home of enterprise and woalth.

Not long since a very interesting conversation ocourred in an Amerioan assembly about the propriety and morality of having nude models in studies. The French, if told that such a dis cussion wore possible, could not believe that there could be a question either of morality or immorality. The question for them is simply one of art, and a nude model is looked upon by French students just as a manikin, to be copied and studied. "I have been in the Paris studios so long," said a yonng woman artist, my mind has so entirely become accustomed to tho study of tho nude that it is entirely weaned from the notion that it may be either improper or immoral. I suppose I feel just as a woman student does before a body that the professor dissects before students of mixed sexes.

In that ease a woman is no longer a woman; she is a student wishing to fathom tho secrets of nature for man's good; and, if she be a true woman and a true student, she will soon inspire the men students with the same foeling, if by chance they had finally left enough to ques tion impropriety or propriety in a place where seriousness, investigation and soienco were in order." "I don't think the two are parallel cases," said a pastor who has devoted muoh timo and study to student life in Paris. "The constant looking on of tho female or male form, which must be an object of beauty, or it would not be taken for a model, has tendencies to excite evil propensi ties in the yonng man, whioh, if his training has not beon religious and moral, may be the ruin of him." Oh, doctor, you would not talk so if yon fre quented the studios during working hours," said a young Brooklynite student. "There isn't a man jack of us that has other feelings but that of putting down the model on papor or canvas as best we can. To be sure a studio has not the sanctity of a nor the solemn, religious atmosphere of a church, nor are 'students, perhaps, the goody goody childrou that pastors dream young humanity ought to be, and of teu times the sense of fun or of the ridiculous gets the better of sonio of our wilder comrndos: but as for immorality, bolievo me, thero is vory little of it, not any moro than if the models wore covered from neck to foot with impenetrable drap ery and their heads enveloped in a caul. "Well, now, supposing that wore true, and I don't believe it to the extent you say, for, unfortunately, man must cope with tho passions that nature develops in him, don't you think it is demoralizing to the models that stand before you, to those young woinon who must have lost all modesty and reserve; and do you not think that you are aiding thorn to launch them selves into pordition 7" asked the pastor.

"But. pastor, wo do not view onr studies nor our mannor of studying from that standpoint at all; we do not consider tho moral or immoral side that there may be to it: we take an entirely artistic view of it; we are complotoiy wrapped up in our studies and what is to come of them. Allow me to tell you that in this quostion tho adage, "Evil be to him who ovil thinks," comes in apropos. If you wcro to preach upon tho dangers of modeling from tho nude to somo of the boys yon would only bo openins tboir eyes to iho danger; you would bo doing more to corrupt thoir minds than the models themsolvos. As to the" models, I ennnot tell whether they are thero bo cause they have olroady lost tho virtuo of modesty or whothor thoy havo it still and it stands in hourly danger of being lost by tho un seemly behovior oan assort that shallow, ignorant respect a model woman, as much of the students; but I most of the boys are and innocent enough to as much as any other as a nun who shows only tho tip of her nose.

It is strange that the moro moral the mon outside of art and art aspirations the more thoir imaginations aro shocked at what to us seems porfoclly innocent. If I were not taking to you. doctor, I would say that those men who lay aside the artistic side to dive tho deeper into the question of corruptibility, aro only actuated by a morbid curiosity, and their curiosity to know the extent of degre dation that thero may be in the drawing, painting and posing for tho nudo is, perhaps, unknown to their inner consciousness tho feeling that possessed Eie when the serpent tempted hor to eat of roe of knowledge. To my mind thero ia 8 moreinohle than resist urnvs a Blaok and White series, J. KendriOk Bangs' "Three Wesks in Politics" and W.D.

Howolls' "Five o'Clock Toa" and "The Mouse sonio 'Literary and Social Silhouottos," by H. H. Boyo sen; "A Prodigal in Lovo," by limma Wolf "Our Homo Pets," by Olive Thorne Miller, embellished with portraits of the dogs. Cats and birds de scribed; Frances Mary Peard's continental novel, "An Interloper," and in the quarterly series William M. Baker's Southern story of collogo and church life.

"Tho New Timothy." Secretary Morton of the department of agriculture writos in tho June North American of "Protection and tho Prntolanat," denouncing unsound currency as well as too much protection for industry. General Howard, Superintendent Byrnes and Dr. A. H. Doty of the bureau of contagious disoases discuss the unsanitary and disorderly aspects of Coxeyism.

Governor Waito of Colorado and Governor Orounso of Nebraska attend to tho woman snffrago matter. Sarah Grand keeps writing on tho general woman question treating now of "The Modern Girl in the Bpirit with which sho draws independent horoino. Bishop Doane describos the Now York State university. W. H.

Mallook has "Fashion and Intollect;" Dr. W. A. Hammond "What Should a Dootor be Paid?" and there are papers on English and Mexican politics and Southern stato deftts. Tho July Pall Mall Magazine, from the International News company.

New York, is a gorgeous number in papar, letter pros and illustration. Gioro Meredith clones his groat marital tragedy "Lord Ormont and His Aminta," with all his pet prepostcrousuoss of style, the cradonoss, abrupt noss aud obtonrity of which mars with redundant metaphor, analogy and allusion the tloop and subtle art shown in tho conception and elaboration of plot, situations and characters. There are beside plenty of old architecture and other art dasoribed and pictured; stories of grateful jockey boys who let the horse of their benefactors win; "Pomma's Travels;" "A Manuscript Magazine;" "A Bimanoe in Champagne," show, ing the production of the wine; "Napoleon's Fall," by Lord Wolseloy. and Stonyhurst. the English Catholic tiuely done, as are most of the abundant illustrations.

The Strand Maaazine for June, International News company, Now York, keeps up its mysterious detective and grewsome stories in Morrison's "Case of tho Dixon Torpedo," and in "The Ponsonby Diamonds;" its advertisements of authors combined with literary gossip in Harry How's illustrated interview of Lady Jeuno and her husbmd: its "Zoo Zigzags." with various porcine characters; its evolution portraits of celebrities, with Sir Charles Tupper's and others: its parliamentary sketches with new portraits of members of the house of commons; its "Crimes and Criminals," with accounts of forgers and boggiu letter writers, and iti fiction and bio grophy from German and French sources. The queen's yacht is done by Mrs. M. Griffith. Tho July St.

Nicholas continues Molly Elliot Seawell's idoalized naval history with the exploits of Decatur and Somors at Tripoli in the destruction of the captured American frigate Philadelphia and otherwise, illustrated by Schell. W. T. Hornaday describes the bears of North America. Gustav Kobbe gives the "true inwardness" as well as the outer appearance of that portentous personage, the drum "The Last of tho Kearsage" is a sad aud pioturasqne tribute from H.

G. Frost's pen and the pencils of Meeker, Davidson and, Sohell, and from photographs. Sally Campbell has a sketch of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Band, McNally Chicago, send Mrs. Marah Ellis Ryan's romance of New Orleans Under Spanish dominion, entitled "A Flower of France, a Story of Old Louisiana." It is a marked departure from the author's treatment of modern questions.

Also that notable book of present interest and future reference, the official edition of "Tho World's Congress of Repr jao illative Women." It is not only an authentic report of the proceedings of that firs) great convention of the better half of mankind, but a portrait gallery of the most distinguished women of the day in reform, philanthropy, literature, art and society combined. Mrs. Everard Cotes, who was Miss Sara Jean tte Duncan and wrote clever books of travel, "A Social Departure," "An American Girl in London" and "The Simple Adventures of a Mem sahib," has undertaken an American and English novel of art and literature extending from Illi nois to Devonshire and showing some of tho same ability as before. It is published by tho Applotons, who also send "A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children" on the care and feeding of children, by Dr. L.

Emniett Holt of the Now York polyclinic, the babies' hospital and nursery and child's hospital. The July Bomiletio Review has a vory interest ing criticism by th.t tlev. Edward sL Deems of Herbert Spencer's ghost theory of tbo origin of religion, owning to its attractivoness and useful ness as a collection of facts, but pointing out Its lack of faith in the spiritual power of the uni verse. Dr. Behrends' sermon on eternal damna tion also appears, eloquently weighing the mo montous scriptural and personal question of the destiny of the unrepentant soul, which ho makes to bo eternal death, from joy and suffering alike; or annihilation.

Ginn Boston, publish a preparatory Ger man reader for beginners, whioh will commend itself to teachers. It is edited by 0. L. Van Daell, a well known German scholar. The book contains simple prose on the history of Germany, with special referenoe to the literature and art of that country.

There are also brief selections from the best German authorsand after a child has reached them In the regular oourse it will be able to read them with comparative ease. The vocabulary which is furnished is full and satisfactory. A. Hill Co. send the official odition of 'The World Congress of Representative Women," published by Band, McNally Chioago.

Beside being the authentic report of the proceedings of that remarkable convention of the world's batter sex it is a great portrait gallery, including tho most distinguished women of the time in literature, philanthropy, reform, society and art, and is valuable for preservation on the library shelf as well as for present examination. A curious book on handwriting, genuine and forged, and its identification in either character comes from the J. B. Lippincott company. Phila delphia, with tho title, "A Manual of the Study of Documents," by Peraifor Frazer.

It includes in its descriptions aud illustrations some now methods of research with the'microscope. Cassall's Family Maa.iztna for July, New York, has a fanciful but clever illustrated paper on tho discovery of the north pole by balloon, by J. Monro, C. and an equally clever and sternly realistic one by Frederic Villiers, the war correspondent, on the final attempt of Lord Wolae ley's troops to reach Gordon at Khartoum, The brilliancy, versatility and fertility of Mr. I.

Zangwill in the delineation of character, both Hebrew and Christian, aud the sounding of tho depths and shoals of human life are freshly illustrated in "The Master," the American and Enulish story now running in Harper's Weekly. Matthias N. iornoy. Now York, publishes a useful book on the working of cumulative voting and the reform by minority representation in Illinois, giving the dofects of tho system there and a plan for their removal by an amendment proposed at the constitutional convention at Albany. From the National Educational association, New York, comes an octavo volume of the proceedings of tho international 'congress of education at the World Columbian exposition con.

taining the utterances of those of many faiths. Protestant, Catholic, Grook and other. Lovoll. Coryell New York, publish dainty volume of sketches by Clara Skorwood Rollins, tho chief one being "A Burne Jones Head" illustrated by a fine photogravure from that artist's work. Tho July Current Literature has such excellent selections as Kipling's "Elephant Danse and Mark Antony's Beturn," by Goorge Ebors.

July Romance, New York, has Julius Stetten heim's "The Kiss in the Tunnel and The Wreck of the Semillante," by Alphonse Daudot. The Harpers publish in the Franklin Square library Mrs. Venn's "The Husband of One Wife." Latest Publications. Harprti BnoniEnB. Now York.

Husband of fin, Wifn. Mrs. Vfinn. GESTEFELD LlBEABY PuDLISHIKO Now York. Trutn.

Louis do Villeneuve. Bailev. A. Fairchild, New York. Stories of (nimrrv Doctor.

W. P. Kinc. M. D.

irrnim Mcnnii.r. New York. Our Won derJuf Boilies. Joseph C. Hutchinscm, M.

D. BiraiCE MoFetbidoe Philadelphia Cure by Polarized Electricity. A. a. btovons, C.

W. DnJ isouAM, Now York. Tho Real Made leine Pollard. Agnes Parker. G.

P. Putnam's Sons. New York. Neurasthonia, Dr. David A.

Gorton. Walking uelogate But yon must get mar ried right away. Newly elected snlndln of in dustry What has marriage got to do with it? Walking delegate What has it got to do with Jt? Everything. In case a strike is ordered. you mut have a wlte to support you while yon are bravely rosisting the onslaughts of capital and tho behe9U of tno money kings Boston Transcript.

Corresponaents should not feei disappointed when their questions aro hot answered immeau alely. as the information solicited frequently requires considerable researolw for which ample time should oe allowed. The name and address of the writer should accompany every quefyon. Notes V. Application for admission snould bo made to L.

0. L. Jordan, assistant sec retary of the Coopor union. New York. M.

Professor John Tyndall dlod, aged 73 yoars. Monday. December 4, 1803. H. A.

You will find the information you desire1 regarding game laws on Long Island in the Brooklyn Eaole D. The player who made 31 in. crib bago in tho gams referred to takes 2 points. "Minor" President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus writ September 25. 18S2, and congress authorized the suspension of habeas corpus act March 3.

1863. Coolness" According to Charles Ranhoffer. ohiof of Delmouico's, a clarot punch consists of four bottles of Bordeaux, one quart of one pound of sugar, one gill of Coracoa and kirsch, half of each; half a gill of lemon juice and fresh fruits in season, such as cherries, strawborrios, pineapple or raspberries. 'Gertrude" Tho poem "How Salvator Won," by Ello Wheeler Wilcox, is to be found in Dick's Recitations and Readings, No. 17.

To the Eaitor or the Brooklyn Eaale: 1 am in possession of a violin on the inside of which is pasted a slip of paper bearing this in scription: wuseppo vruarnonus leeic ureniuna 1Q97J. H. Do yon think it probable that it is valuable? Please inform me whore I could ob tain positive proof of its value, it was originally brought from Switzerland and has been in my ramuy tnirty ionr years. infoumation. Answer Tho violin you describe appoars to bo very valuable, probably $5,000.

Positive proof of its value would depend upon au exact knowledge of the instrument. If the inscription is original, the price we have stated would not be fabulous. To Che Editor of the Brooklyn Eaale; Is there any wav of ascertaining in what nart of the ocean the biggest waves are encountered? JNEMO. Answer Tho largest waves are seen off Cape Horn, between latitude 55 south and longitude 105 west, rising 43 feet in height and 765 feet long from crest to crest. Waves iu the North Atlantic have been observed to riso 43 feet in height.

In tho South Atlantic 22 feet, is recorded. French sailors report having seen waves 36 feet high in the Bay of Biscay. In the German ocean their height does not seom to nxceed 13 feet aud in the Mediterranean ii feet. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eaale: A ohmn of mino (young man) is about tn bo married. I have known Him and the girl he is to marry a lone time, ne nas asitea mo to oe ms best man.

This is the first time that I am to stand up for anybody, and would like to get some points on what to do. Will you, also, kindly give me some idea what to present the couple with 1 Kindly lot mo know just what a best man is supposed to do? Tney are going to Washington and have asked me to go along. What am I supposed to do and wiiat expenses snouid i near? AOKOBAMUS. Answer Tho best man is not always unmar ried, but he is usually selected from a groom's bachelor friends, and is supposed to hi as muoh his intimate as ordinary mon ever choose to have. To him is confided the route of a wed ding journey, and he seoures drawingroom seats, telegraphs for rooms at hotels if a hotel is in the plan of a wedding jonrnoy; sees that the baggage is properly checked, provided tho groom has no valet; accompanies to the church, stands next to him during the ceremony, presents the clergyman with his fee, and afterward, if requested by the bride's family, sends to the press an advertisement of the marriage, par ticulars for which are furnished by them, also by the groom, whenever his line' of descent or special titles are added to the same.

Of course the cost of all this is borne by the groom, ex cept, perhaps, the expense of the press, whioh the bride's lathe will choose to defray. A best man is last to leave the church, but at the recep tion later, he Is at liberty to enjoy the guests or take a place by the maid of honor. He goes to the railway station or steamer to see the bridal party off, provided the distance to the plaoo of departure is not too great, and then re turns to the parents of the bride to bring baok their greetings. The best man relieves the groom of many essential details and every oaro possible at a time when a bridegroom has a right, if such right is due any man at any time to "perfect freedom, from every anxiety and every duty. It is his hour of happiness and to be truly content tranquillity of mind is a necessity.

Of course, a comrade is undeserving the name of a friend, if he is not glad to make, if possible, this bridal day a perfect memory. The secret if it has been kept a secret of the destination of the married travelers is his, aud he proteots it. Indeed, nobody is likely to ask it of him. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eaale: Thero is a poem whioh. if I rightly recollect, describes a prayer meeting of the old fashioned kind, and it contains these lines: The listening angel told the Lord, That only the silent prayed.

I would like to get this poem if possible and to know whose it is. Gbaxdma. Answer The poem referred to by "Grandma" ia "The Deacon's Prayer," by w. O. Stoddard It is as follows In the regular evening meeting That the church holds every week.

On night a listening angel sat To hear them pray and speak. It puzzled the soul of the anzel Why some to that, gathering came. But sick and sinful hearts he saw. With grief and guiJt aflame. Thoy were silont, but said to the angel, "Our lives have need of Him I Whilo doubt, with dull, vaorne, throbbing pain.

Stirred through their spirits dim. You see it was the regular meeting. And the regular seats wore filled. And all knew who would pray and talk. Though any ono might that willed.

From his place in front, near the pulpit. In his long accustomed way. When the Book was read and tho hymn was sung. The deacon arose to pray. First came the long preamble Tf Pflter had ooenod so.

Ho had been, ere the Lord his prayer had heard. uU nity fatlioma ueiow. Then a volume of information Poured forth, as if to the Lord. Concerning His ways and attributes And the things by Him abhorred; But not in tho list of the latter Was mentioned tho mocking breath Of the hypocrite prayer that is not prayer And the make believe life in death. Then he prayed for the churoh and pastor Aud that "souls might be his hire" Whatever his stipend otherwise And the Sunday school and tho choir.

And the swarming hordes of India And thft nnriRhincr vile Chinese. And the millions who bow to tho pope of Borne And tne pagan cnurcnes or woece. And the outcast remnants of Judah. Of whose guilt he had much to toll. He prayed, or he told the Lord he prayed.

For everything out of hell. Now if all that burdon had really ftftn wein hinor unon his soul. 'Twould have sunk him through to the China side And raisod a hill o'er the hole. Twas the regular evening mooting And the regular prayers wero mado, Bnt tho listening augel told tho Lord That only the silent prayed. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eaale Can you inform me what young man it was who eventually became a power in nolitics in tho state of New York, and who quoted Scripture so familiarly in his speeches that he was o.illed Scripture Dick? Gbanoeb.

Answer Scripturo Dick was a friendly niok name given Daniel Stevens Dickinson, owing to tho familiarity whioh he manifested with tho Scriptures iu making apt quotations in his political speeches. He was born iu Goshen, Soptember. 11, 1800. His parents removed to Chenango county, N. in 1807.

Young Dickinson had very imperfect opportunities for education, but he mado such good use of these th at ho entered UDon the duties of a school teacher at tho ago of 21. Subsequently, by diligent self study alone, he mastered tho Latin language and became well versed tho highor branches of mathematics and othor sciences. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1828. In 1836 he was elected to tho state senate, and i i 1842 was elected lieutenant governor. In 1844 ho was appointed to fill a vacanoy In the Uaitod State i senate and on the meeting of the legislature was chosen for a full term of bIx years.

He was chairman of the finarico oommittee of the senato. and took an important part in the exciting de bates of the period. He was very conservative in his opinions and advooated non intervention on all matters oonneoted with slavery. In the national Democratic convention at Baltimore in to in its in St. St.

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St. or Miss Wilkins the Exponent of Crude, Strong Yankee Fiction. As to Onr Flying Plant Microbes Writers on Music George MeredltMj Cranky, Powerrnl Sorel ot Matrimonial Infelicity Some Notes or the Monthlies. ta Mary E. Wilkins' "Pombrolco." ropnbllshed by the Harpers from their Weekly, with Carlo ton's excellent illustrations, Yankoa fiction reaohos its high tide and also desoonds to its greatest depth.

In this protracted stress of ronghly running courtships all the crankiness as well as the practical wisdom, all the potty niean ness as well as the generosity, all the bigotry and nil the nobility of the Now England character oome oat. The ungracofulnoss of the subject, the Very repulsiviness of the Yankee dialect, seem to affect Miss Wilkins' style of composition and dstraot from her lltorary art to a degree. The life of the rural neighborhood de scribed is so uncultivated in the most modern sense and yet so muoh nioro crude than the first colonial life of Nw Enhnl thii tho book itself Beenrj to partake or this lack of Bat Unoouth as tho paople of the story may soom to those brought up in sunnier or inoro fertile local ties, their hearts are the snbjects of tho same human experiences of lora, social ambition, religious discord and tho sordid anxieties as to a Jiving. It is the love motivo, however, which tee author devotes horsolf mainly to the oxpo sition of. Hor.

hero in that fleki of struggle noV suffering is an example of self will indicated in tho region Tornacnlar by tho word "sot." Beoamo of a politioal dispute with his proposed athor in law he leaves his sweetheart to languish for soma years in fidelity to him when she might oasily marry a bright young fellow who is not burdened with self will and egotism. The reoluso young farmer deserves to lose such a faithful heart, but it is ihe way of faithful hearts to oling to tho unworthy, and timj vindicates that of Charlotte Barnard in holding to imabis Thayer, who at last straightons up morally, as wall as physically, from the rheumatism, through which she has nursed him, and at least ready to marry tho girl he has ever lovod. oven tb. U3rh so selfishly. Another casa of palnf ullyprolongod courtship ia the story ondi by tho equally dilatory lover's rescuing tho womtn ha could not quite marry before from the vehielo that was taking her to the p.iorhouse.

These and other queer and sordid streaks of Yankee life are vory strongly sketched in tho author's best satirical or her pathetio vein. How oou sl all Wo Fly! Prom the Applotons come an interesting little volume of information and reflsction toward tho answer to this question the form of a trans elation by George E. Waring. the sanitary ensineor. of a summary of tho whole history of ballooning and its bearings on aerial navigation in the future, written in the Dutch language by J.

G. W. Fijnja Van Salvorda of the Netherlands public works bureau. Mr. Waring has added notes concerning the latest developments in tho art, and the book is nsefnlly illustrated.

As a whole it gives ithe most practical of modern investigations and experiments, by the wealthy inventor of the Maxim mm at his works in England: those of Professor S. P. Langley of the Smithsonian institution at Washington and those of Mr. John P. Holland.

All these agree that tho successful flying machine will be the one not dependent npon inflation but which, light and highly pow 'red. will proceed upon the principle which sns tains tho bird, rapidity of motion in a slightly upward direction, the aeroplane principle, in which the air oomprossed by such a body gives it support and tho fulcrum against which to propel. Such success tho Dutch savant thinks near at hand and the other writers agree more or less with him. Tho Hostile Microbe. Physicians have told ns so muoh about the deadly microbe that every man of us thinks himself lncky to be alive.

Now comes a professor With information about fungi that makes us wonder how any healthy trees or perfect flowers or edible fruit should be left at the end of the summor. He is Clarence M. Weed, D. and his book on the subject of fmzi is published by the Orange Judd N. to which the farmer owes much of what prosperity the politicians have left for him.

The book will bo of great use gardener, the fruit grower, the farmer and the every day person who has a few verbenas and petunias in the yard, for it tells how to those mysterious eruptions tltat we now know to bo parasitic growths, which sap the vi tality of tho plant and sometimes, as in tho case of ergot, act as a slow poison. There are 222 illustrated pages in the volume, and the various chapters concern fungi that affect large fruits, small fruit shade trees, plants and flowers, vegetables and cereals. Happily there iB a remedy for every one of the many smuts, rusts, mildews, blights, rots, knots, curls, tufts, rosettes, anthroonoseB, soot 3, scabs, bunts and the like. Notes. The "Observations of Musician" were made by Louis Lombard and printed inUticain this state.

Mr. Lombard is a musician and critic. He has the Gallic temperament, and what he writes sounds well whether it submits itsolf to analysis or not. The volume is small and is so badly bound that the pages can haidly be opened, but When one reads an essay by main strength it is usually found to pay, if the roader is interested in music Mr. Lombard is hopeful of Amerioa as he is of perhaps no other country, and he realizes that there is a good deal of loose t.ilent here, but ho maintains that the taste of tho general public is not yet brought up to tho highest mark.

"Observe," says he, "the ease with which the same puhlio bridges 7 from tho abstruse music drama to the knock down and drag ont comedy. See how the coarse burlesque and 'Die Gotterdaemmerung' alternately delight the same public. A phenomenal stomaoh, but no gustatory nerves." The volume is ornamented with a portrait of Mr. Lombard. Pcroy Fitzgerald has secured print, through the'Lippincotts, for a book of description and Criticism of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

Tho chapters sound as if they had been written for Some newspaper at the time of the production of the different works, and one niigh; guess that the illustrations wore culled from Punch and other English papers. Tho style of tho book is Buch as to involve no great mental strain, and it can be laid down at several places without oaus ins a sense of deprivation. It is, however, pleas antly oomposed, and followers of tho operas in question will not be sorry to rovive their memor. ies of certain pleasant evenings that wore spent In hearing Captain uoreoran say Hardly over end in' admiring tho deep humor of Katisha when she says that people come from miles around to admire her loft shoulder blade. There are fair portraits of tho author and composer.

A clever examplo of tho autobiographical Btory, written in letter form, is that of Emilia Fletcher, entitled "The Wings of Icarus," by Xaiirence Alma Tadoma, published by Maomll lan fe who also send a new edition of Boniamin Kidd's "Social Evolution." Elijah Helm's exposition of tho present linancial con troversy, "Tho Joint Standard," giving with ability the bimetallic thoory: a beautiful volume of BuBkin's lecturos, including the one on "Ver ona," illustrated finely from his own drawings, and a continuation of Israel Gollnncz's Temple edition of Shakspeare, with tho editor's profane, notes and glossary. G. W. Dillingham, New York, sends a curious volume, translated by J. H.

Conolly and L. Jjandsburg from the Itnssian of Nicholas Noto entitled The Unknown Life of Jesus oStt," purporting to bo written from Buddhist retords found by tho author in Thibet. If not as authentic as the Western highor criticism Olairas to be in gospol history, it is at least as romantic as tho average modern gospel novel. Anothor serious book from the same is Victor Hugo's "Legend of tho Centuries." in English Terse, and in a lighter voin are: "The Dissolution," a drama that whirls through both life and death, reckless of connection; "Lovo at Seventy," by Albert Boa; "Phemie'a Temptation," by Marion Harland; "Tho Art of Taking a Wife," Paolo Mantegazza; "The Wife's Victory." Mrs. Sonthworth; "Tho Curse of Gold," Mrs.

A. S. Stephens; "Tho Isle of Feminine, Charles E. Niswonger, and Mrs. Southworth's Fatal Secret Harper Bros, publish another volume of Buth McEnery Stuart'R strongly characteristic Mid humorous storios, "Carlotta's Intoudod" and otherB, in whioh Irish wit or drollery often takes the place of tho author's moro familiar negro humor.

Also a volume of tho TUeatrioal serios containing Henry James' comedies. "Tenants" "The Potter's Thumb," by substances classed as conductors, sorai condnc tors and insulators: Conductors. Soml Conductors. Insulators. Alcohol And ether.

Dry Marble. Pnner. Fatty 'Well burned ohaf on. Chalk. In Ha rubber.

Dry pa tier. Hnlr. Sulphur. Sbellao. Uums.

Dry air. Gasca. Ulan. coni. Concentrated aotds.

Straw. Solutions of salt water. Rainwater. Linen. Living Animals.

iBillc To the Editor or the Brooklyn Eaale Will yon please give the seating capacity Of some of the principal cnurcnes in uropo7 Sam Yel. Answer We find a list of the largest churohes, Europe with figures representing their seating capacity, but we have an idea that tho figures given indicate the capacity for the standing multitude, as in fow oases are thero seats pror vided. We givo the list, howover, as wo find it: Seats. Peter's ohuroh, Rome. 54 V''0 Milan catholrat Hffi Paul's, Rome 32.000 Paul's London 35,1100 Petronlo, Boloina H't'SS0 Florence Antwerp oathodral .24,000 Sophia's (Jonitantlnoplo 23,000 Luteran .22,000 Notre Dame.

Parle Plia cathedral St. Stophen'e. Vinnna 12,400 St. Vommio'e, Bologna 12,000 Peter'a, XX. 40t Cathedral ot Vienna Mark's Venice JhX Spurgeon's tabernacle, London 7,0 00 The figures opposite Spurgeon's tabernacle mean the seating capacity.

To the Editor or the Brooklyn Eaale: A lover of field sports informs me that what makes shooting and hunting difficult and skill necessary in order to succeed In making captures is the fact that the wild animals have an instinct ior organization and that they are hardly ever without a sentry who watches for all the rest of his kind. Is thero any basis for this, is it sportsman's buncombe? Tbuth. jinswer While it seems to the merely casual observer that the routine credited to the game animals is at least extraordinary, it appears to be true. The English Rod and un, a while ago, had the following observations on "Animal Sentries," whioh will give our correspondent a good start in his pursuit of knowledge: The too eager snortsman is often balked of a shot by the watchful sentinel posted to guard the flock or the herd against surprise. Posting a Bentry is the most universal of the instincts which use organization as a means of defense.

Chamois, ibex and othor mountain antolopes always post a sentinel. Always, when a herd of seals is sleeping on the rocks, there is a watcher. This instinct, the Spectator informs ns. survives even animal" in captivity. "When the prairie dogs at the Zoo occupied a small paddock, they always kept a sentinel on duty, although he seldom uttered his warning whistle, having learned probably that the visitors would not come inside the railings.

The prairie dogs at the Jardin d'Acclimatisation, at Paris, observe the same precaution." As is well known, wild geese are Sartioularly wary in this respect. Mr. St. ohn says that "they seem to act in so organized and cautious a manner when feeding or roostinsr as to defy all danger. When a flock of wild geese has fixed on a field of newly sown gram to reed in, oeioro angnnng tney make numerous circling flights, and the least suspicious objoot orevents them from riupposing tnat au is rigm ana nuey uo uuuue, the whole flook for the space of a minute or two remains motionless, with erect head and neck, reconnoitering the oountry round.

They now appear to have made up their minds that all is safe, and are contented to leove one sentry, who either stands on some elevated part oi ine neiu or walks slowly with the rest never, however, venturing to pick up a single grain of corn, his whole energies being employed in watching. The most curious part has to follow. When the sentry tnraks ne nas periormeu a lair snore oi dutyhegives the bird nearest to him a sharp peok. Mr. St.

John declares tnat ne nas seen me sentry occasionally pmi out a uujiuu oi waiuoij when the first hint was not Immediately attended to and at tho same time utter a querulous ory. Wild swans are almost ns cautious as wild geese. The signal of danger differs with the species of animals, Dili ine aiarm note seems to oe luuiof sally understood by the sentinel's fellows. Wild eese and swans nave a peculiar can, as oi a ucle: rabbits and sheep stamp on the ground; wild ducks ntter a low and cautious quaok; elephants trnmpet; ibex and mountain sheep whistle. To the Editor ot the Brooklyn Eaoler hn vn to traae out the origin of the article for many years popularly known as English breakfast, tea and which occasionally meets tne eye now, crai aa buuu te is ctyurtou from China and tea dealers soem to be oblivious on the subject, i nave me.

wiin no success in my investigations. Can the Eaolb throw any light on this subject? A Tea Pabtt. jlnstoer Of course no tea is raised angianu. the tea called English breakfaBt tea must mean something whioh was deemed worthy of a special title, or that the title was given to it to push its sale. Some time ago a writer over tne initials N.

furnished the old Journal of Commerce with the following interesting story. which we presume fully accounts for the origin of English breakfast toa: English breakfast tea was never known either in this country or in England before the year 1843. its fabricator was Jticnara jjavies, wno commenced the first "tea company." so called, which was located in Chatham street, a few doors above learl, its title, janion xoa company. He applied to the firm of which I was the junior memoer for a stock of tea. He had only $150 and wanted credit for as muoh more.

He was a stranger in the city, having rebently arrived from Hull. England, where he had been an apothecary: He proposed to; put up his teas in quarters, halves and; pounds, enveloping tho tea in tin foil with an exterior fancy wrapper and labeled on the end, making tho packages square in a mold. Being a straugoe and having no friends in the city ho was unable to furnish, any references. However, we had a talk with him and concluded to let him have a credit of 8150, thus furnishing him with a small stock of anno wnrth of teas and a fow bacn of coffee. We xiade the credit a condition that he should act as agent, not purcnase eisewnere, and sen ior casn only, and bring down his weekly receipts in cash every Saturday.

He carried out his stipulation to tho letter. HU receipts at first were, of course, insignificant, but they increased very rapidly aftor a few months. His coffoes were roasted every day and were put up in the same style as his teas, labeled in square neat gackages, and the quality was always uniform, is sales rapidly increased, and our firm, finding him a valuable customer, mado it an object to fnrniah in with a uniform onalitv of teas suita ble to his trade, my partner Doing ono of the best iudces of teas in the New York market, and al vvnva utitfiniHnor the regular trade sales con ducted by Messrs. L. M.

Hoffiua Austen Jones, made it an object to pnrchaso teas especially tor the tea company. Wo desiring to do justice to this desirable onstomer sold him all hi teas at 2 cents a pound advance on the trade sale price having in addition six months nvoditon onr nnrchuses. while receivina cash from him. In 1843 Davies desired to Botummiwinii tiin wliii intended to labol English break fast tea, and, after experimenting on the various Invnl fA.a finn llv Rattlari nn Mtlffnu AS a buSQ. adding a trifle of flowery Pekoe and a particular uur nrm Kept tnoso infcreuieiibs yoi.

uimviu and always kept samples of each to compare with the new teas offered for sale at the trade sales. The outer of the lifiinrr Chinose naDor. he Ued It tO pacic auocner mixture ui a uumyuaHuj, jhg. ally or oolong. This outer wrapper was cov nil nntl, nitinneA nlinruntfirs and tne mix tnrA wr nllftil Honona's mixture and retailod at $1 per pound, whilo the English breakfast tea h.omu in t.Vit, domuntf.

and or ders came from all parts of the surrounding country. Other retailers in the city demanded fmm t.f,A inhhir ilnwn town Enclinh breakfast ten, but no ono could furnish it. Letters were written to London for the article, but no Englishman over heard of such a tea. Finally Mossrs. Gordon Talbot, importers, who were located in Maiden lane below Front street, directed one of their customers to go to the tea oompany and purchase ton nh MlAV WOUlfl RBnd It tO China, where the inventivo Chinaman could duplicate it.

It was so done, and over ci tima Rnrfish breakfast tea has been reeularlv imported in half chests. Tho othor mixtnro. Hououa. did not meet with succors. Tc.int,a.wi Tin.vlB.

after meotine with urcat sue cess and Doing on tno ruau vo uiuusu, he could purchase at the trade sales himself, and he did so. This was the commencement of his downfall. Having separated himself from onr care and advice, he launched out, established agonoies all over the country, shipped goods on commission, got cheated, rapidly lost money, failed, and the last I heard of him. a few years ago, he was peddling! ground coffee house to house somewhere in New Jersey, and lately I learned of his death', very poor. ou of a to of of on inate certain features from their annual ball; the descriptions made of their balls; the widespread notoriety given to their mode of living, all inchoate that they live' with small regard to the restraints which usually infiuenoe society." "Of course one may say young people will be wild must sow their wild oatn, as if this were some excufte.

1 must acknowledge nave uttie sympathy with these sentiments. Wild oats are sown by tho devil they do not belong to God's husbandry and he who sows thorn reaps a bitter harvest in later years. It seemi to me we are accustomed to regard too lightly the loose morals of men of the present day. I know no reason why there should not bo tho same standard for mon as for women, and whoever transgresses its laws should be regarded as alike sin ful. Unquestionably, God regards the soul of men and women as of equal value, and whoever brings disaster to either will be regarded before His tribunal as equally culpable.

Let us then in sist upon the same morality in men as in women. The majority of women who are ruined are not so from choice, but because they havo been wronged; therefore I condemn any mode of life which tends to break down the sentiments of honor and reverence which every man should cherish toward the nobler sex." "My stay in Paris, while it brought mo many enjoyments, was saddenod by the too palpable evidences of immorality on every hand. Pere Hyacinthe, who certainly knows Paris life, told me witn tears in ms eyos tnat ne learea tnat nothing but some horrible catastrophe would bring the French people back to religion and morality. The handful of Christian people in Paris have a difficult task in keeping the torch of true religion burning. I am glad that the Church of Rue do Berri is doing so much in this direc tion." Among the many Brooklynites in passage and those who have remained a few weeks in Paris ii Mrs.

James Carhart. She was present at the last meeting of the Ladies' Sowing sooiety, which took plaoo at the residence of Mrs. Le Gay. Mrs. Carhart is of the opinion of the Brooklynite who so energetically condemns the posing of nude models, insofar that the work of the Buo de Berri church is doing much good, not only in an evangelizing connection, but in keeping the American youth within the fold and in the circle whore the warning toroh of true religion is burning.

Brooklj nites who are interested in the good works that are done abroad should also visit the Brooklyn sallejof the MoAll mission to testify to the good work that is being done thero and to stimulate tho zeal of home people who have well filled purses. It has been my pleasure to have had a cljat with Mr. John B. Ladd, who is spending a weok or two in Paris prior to his return to America. Mr.

is not only a great admiror. but also a patron of art. Men patronize art for various motives and we know that not a few do it more from ostentation than knowledge. But that motive cannot bo laid at Mr. Ladd's door.

When you happen to touch on the subjeot of art with Mr. Ladd you see his face light up and for somo time all else in this blessed world no longer exists. His taBte, too, is almost impeccable. During his sojourns in Holland and in London ho could not withstand the tomptation of buying some of the fine speoimons of modern Holland painting signed, "Israel" and "Maune." Hero in Paris ho has feasted his eyes almost daily with the works at the salons and in the privato collections of Raffaelli and the soulptor Vallgren. It would bo of incalculable benefit to art if such mon as Mr.

Ladd wero millionaires; but, as it is, Brooklyn can thank her stars to have art loving men such as Mr. Ladd. Mr. and Mrs. H.

J. Morse, with their children. Miss Morse and Mr. Charlos L. Morse, are also enjoying the sights of Paris.

They have boen traveling in Europe all winter and have thoroughly dono Italy. There is only one way for American business men to have a complete rost. and that is to put the ocean between them and their offices. That is what Mr. Morso has done and ho fools well and happy over the result.

"Have you visited all tho art galleries in I askod Mr. Morse. "Xos; but I had my childron do tho reconnoitering and prepare the way. I sent thorn on before to pick out the best ones and then I saved time in looking only at those. It would take moro than a lifetime to study all the pictures in Italy, and we Americans have something else to do." The Morse family Bails for America in September, after extensive traveling through England and Scotland.

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