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-11113 EW.YOKK T1M3, SUNDAY, DKCiiMUKK 30, 1894. ITS HISTORY IS QUAINT Foanicd In 1631, lbe Fint Reformed Church IUs Prospered. TRIALS OF TOOR DOMINIE FOUIETO II and Ills Family Slpt on the Floor Adult to Watch on Nw Year's Kve and Children to Ceje-brate on New Year's Day. On of th New Year's services In Brook lyn, wher a large congregation will watch th old year out and th new year to with prayer and song, will at th First Reformed (Dutrh Church, Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street. Th service will be a Joyous one, and will ecnslst principally of song.

The flrat hour there will bo on of, the regular prayer meeting of the church. Then, until within a few minute of midnight, there will be music, The last seconds la th old year will find th peopl on their knee engaged In prayer. That Is th service forth older people. The little ones, of whom there are many in the church, have a special celebration of New Year's Day, to which they look forward with great pleasure. In th first place a special part of every Sunday morning's service la devoted entirely to them.

It Is after th regular service has progressed to th first hymn that th Urn comes for the children. Ther are soma 200 of them, and SO or I First Reformed Church, Seventh Avenue end Carroll Street. tor occupy the Infant school benches placed at th front of th church, while th others with their, Ther is a hymn for them first- children's hymn and then a real sermon Is preached to them for five minutes. That Is all. but they.

Ilk It and come again and again. While a short Interlude Is played on the organ, they troop out to the nursemaids awaiting them In the vestibules. It is very pleasant, but ther Is another pleasant part of It which they enjoy on New Tear's morning. This year the children have been Invited to the Dutch Arms, a large, handsome building opposite th church which answers th purposes of a parish house, where the Iter. W.

J. M. Farrer, the pastor of the church, will distribute prizes for the best records kept of the texts and sermons heard by them during the year. I For two years th prizes have-been 'distributed from Mr. Ferrer's house, but-the infant congregation has Increased In slse until it overflows th rooms of an ordinary private residence.

At the Christmas service, when they near- the church, there ere 320 children from the Infant class alone. The church Is the oldest on Long Island. The present building was dedicated In 181)1. but th church was founded In 1054, and its history is Interesting. The good and religious Dutchmen of Long Island had grown very tired of crossing the ferry to supply their spiritual needs, and the Rev.

Johannes Theodoras Polhemus, a Netherlands missionary, just from Itamarca. Brazil, came to dwell among them, and settled In Flatbush. 83 far. so gooJ. But the people of Brooklyn were possessed of weight and distinction In their dealings with the serious affairs of life then as now.

The first necessity after th arrival of the much-desired dominie was a church edifice and a house, and to obtain these as speedily aa possible, Oov. ttuyvesant decreed that th residents of Breuckelln should assist the people of Flat-bush (Mldwout It was then) and Amers- foort. Flatiands, by cutting and hauling Wood. That was quite fair, all th Breuckelln people a reed as regards the church by which they were to benefit, but as to putting up a house for the.prearhrr, who waa not to dwell among them, that, they de-' ttUed. should be the work of the Mldwout peopl alone.

But the power of the Government was not to be set snide, and Breuckelln unwillingly Cvmpleted her task of- cutting and hauling only to find that more grievaacejs awaited her. Khe was asked to contribute a third to the salary of her spiritual guide, and th.it was the cause of trouble all around, until poor LHHulnie Polhemus must bav wished tie had remained with his liraxlllan heathen. This matter lirei kelln took, up with dignity and solicited with reverence" that the Iter. Mr. Pwihemus be allowed to preach alternately at lireuckelln and Mldwout.

Then she would cheerfully contribute. The Directors and Council kindly granting their permission to the arrangement "whenever the weather would permit." lireuckvlin was contented, only to find Amersfoort dingruntled, 80 Dominie Polhemus. whom history re-rls as a good and pious man, meekly allowed arrangements to be made whereby be could preach on Humiay evenings, alternately, at Breuckelln and Amer.foort. Breuckelln, whose municipal feelings had evidently not recovered from th brat injustice of undue cutting and hauling, took a bold atep and put her complaints Into Word. fche made known to her superiors the fear she had that th Kev.

Mr. Polhemus tulnts "do not accompany him as of yore." Moreover, the Invasion by savrges had left hr in a depleted condition, and sh did ftwl ll that so utub mousy a was re- quired could be paid to a minister whom she had never accepted or given a call." And, further, she went on. he contributes very little to th edification of his congregations. Th 8undar before Christmas a sermon was expected, and It was only a prayer, and so short that It was finished before expetd It." It was allowed that the domlnt had arrived late, and was obliged to leave early In order to reach home In good season, but that did not aatisfy th lireuckelln Hunger for sermons, and the peopl declared that exeune was the only satisfaction they had for Christmas, They were, sure that they would receive as much edification by appointing on or themselves to read on Sundays from th Apootllle Hook as they ever had from the ministerial supervision. And it was with great sarcasm that they went on: But be it said, with all reverence, thitt as thos of Mldwout have engaged Polhemus without our knowledge, we have no objection whatever nay.

we are rather satisfied that th people of Mldwout shall enjoy exclusively th whole service of the aforesaid Kev. Polhemus. "And. In case th Kev. Polhemus should strain desire to say his prayers here, in lieu of giving a sermon, as he did before, although we are unwllltna- to put ourselves under any obligation, still we ar disposed to make him.

from time to time, sum allowance as proof of our good. will." Then, saying that the Kev. Polhemus was thought favorably of, although his services were not desired, the four representatives of Itreuckelen signing the communication wished their Honors, the Council, a happy New Year, But Oov. 8tuyvesant was not to be moved even by these wiles. Hreuckelen was requested to pay up her Just dues.

Poor old Mr. Polhemus, meanwhile, was in dire need, as his parishioners played battledore and shuttlecock with his name. His house was not inclosed, and he, with his wife and cildren. were obliged to sleep in the cold upon the floor. 80 Breuckelen had to be taxed.

The list of: persons assessed at that time numbered twenty. Anions; them were Clutle, house carpenter," 6 florins; Qerrit, the wheelwright," and the smith," and Louis, lives at present at the Poors Bowery, (or Poor farm at Newtown.) but intenda to return," 10. InWalebocht, "Joria Raphalli hath of his own free will promised to giv and eon-tribute 10 ilorins." Jan. the chimney sweeper," was assessed 4 florins, and Peter Morlett, (say Abram th Jn the same place Within eight days hsff of the assessment was to be paid in wampum or' country produce. That was the way the church affairs w-ere srranged in the Infancy of the City of Churches, and before she had one sacred edince within her precincts.

It was not until 1U58 that she finally secured a resident dominie. The Rev. Henrtcus Belyns, Breuckelen's first minister, came from Amsterdam. He was the descendant of a long line of Deacons, Elders, and ministers, to be traced back to the foundation of the Church. His grandmother, Agneta Selyns.

had been a Deaconess in the same church in which his grandfather had been a Deacon. The congregation under the new circumstances worshipped in a barn. But they had at least a bell, which Mr. Selyns requested from the WcBt Indian Company. They had some difficulty in paying the salary of their minister, after they had at last secured him, and appealed for assistance.

That was granted them by Gov. Stuyvesant. who agreed 'to contribute 2.V1 guilders, personally, if Mr. Selyns would preach a sermon on Sunday afternoon at his bouwrey." on Manhattan Island. The Rev.

Mr, Polhemus had been notified of the Installation of Mr. Belyns and promptly sent him a list of the church members, altogether twenty.seven persons, including one Elder and two Deacons. But Mr. Selyns' stay was not long, and Breuckelen went back to the divided ministration of the faithful Dominie Polhemus. Then, in 16W, she built her first church upon the foundation, tradition says, of a fort erected 'to protect the settlers from the savages.

it was upon-a wild untenanted country Tke Soetetv'a nloa ana Ijimu. i road, where Fulton and Lawrence Streets now cross. It remained for a hundred years, when a more spacious structure was put up in Its place. -Jfhj lrg, squar building, with thick, solid walls, plastered and whitewashed to the eaves. The roof ascended th centre, and waa capped Vy a.

nlch was a small, cfcar-toned bell. Inside It was so dark and gloomy that It was not possible to read at 4 o'clock on a bright Summer's day. The windows were small, six or eirht feet from the floor, and filled with staliwd glass sent from Holland, a design of masses of flowers. The building was set In the middle of the road which led from the ferry Into the with a carriage or wagon track running around It. The road was in a wretched condition, full of tnudholes and rocks.

Tradition tells another tale of It In Revolutionary day. It la said that an F.nvllah soldier cant up the road on horseback, and. seeing th church door open, turned neither to th right nor to th left, but went directly through th building. Th dominie wer persons of Importance and wer welcomed In th homes with all the convivial good cheer of th old Dutch families. One house odposlt th church was called th dominie house," and ther he transacted all hla ecclesiastical business on Bun-tiara, Different dominies were In charge, first of all the churches In the county, and later of one dr two.

The Rev, Martlnus Bchoonmaker was one of Mr. Bchoonmaker. at th close of ftlthful career, left a large family. Seven qf his eleven children survived him and at his death he had fifty-nine grandchildren knd twenty-one great-grandchildren. Of I htm.

tradition, taklno- a humorous ton, relates that, after performing a mart-lage ceremony In th Dutch tongue, as usukl the quips of th English language beln an unaccustomed task for him he undertook a few words of the lan-guags for the benefit of the guests. tie WOUld have Dronnunnnl th rnunla man and wife, and! on flesh," but a briefer The Rev J. M. Farrer, translation coi ning to him, he exclaimed, with all minis erial dignity and "I pronounc fon two to be one He was the 1 ist minister to use the Dutch language. When th old church was removed, another waa erecte I upon a site In Joralemon Street, now by the small park next the muni buildings.

The greater part of the )ngregation came from the country In gre 0 wagons. The fourth hurch was built upon the same site in 18 iA, and was only taken down when the preuent beautiful building was erected. The fl rst session of a public school in Brooklyn fas held in one of these churches. This was sta: ted on Prospect Heights, before the church building was completed, with a Sunday school organized from the old church of thlrt pupils. Thepresent church seats 1.2U0 pen ons, and is now filled every Sunday.

The building a of pure Gothic architecture and is built in the cruciform shape. It has a beautiful lnt rlor. The music is rendered by an excellent quartet. The church stands upon a broad platform and many people of different denominations have been accepted as members. The Dutch Arms Is a building put up for an exceptlo lally handsome private residence, and later bought for the church, to be used in connection with Its work.

The young uomen of the parish have the use of it 1 luring the daytime and the young men dur ng the evening. It is handsomely furnished with writing materials, aU the periodic Lis of the day. Billiards, pool, and a bo rllng alley are some of the amusements pr ivldd. The P. M.

(Physical, Mental, and Moral) Fraternity is an organization o) young men with an associate organixat on of women. Every Baturdi night the young men have a little supper 1 the Dutch Arms." Occasionally, they siirprlse their associate members with an in vltation to something of the kind, and they, in turn, reciprocate the attention. The name of building comes from the arms of the ch urch. which are as well the arms of Willla of Orange and Brooklyn. Sewing and croklng schools are some of the charities the church.

A physician, too, attends to he sick poor. The church officers are, besides the pastor: Elders CI arles W. Osborne, Treasurer; Frederick 3. Schenck, Clerk: Charles U. Rickerson.

A. Hall: Deacons-Frank a Field James 8. Buy dam, Harry J. Bralnerd, an 1 Forrest M. TowL FOB THE TO UKG MIS OF BE00KLY5 Am Attraetlv seated Programme to be Prf-New Year's Day, Th annual deception to the young men of Brooklyn byl the Central Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, 502 Fulton Street, on I New Tear's Day, will be an event worthy of remembrance.

As usual. In to morning, the gymnasium will be thrown open, and a special gym nastic and athletic exhibition, showing practical results aid partaking of th nature of contests, will be given. Some good work can be witnessed, and aa effort will be made to lower records. In the afternoon, from 2 until 6 o'clock, the reception proper will oe held. The entire building will be open and dec orated to some extent Members of the Board of Directors, the Reception Commit tee, and one hand red ladle will receive.

The Rev. Di Theodore T. Ci-ivlo- will speak. Music will be furnished by the asso- umiiun orcnesira, ana tl. Packlngham win exniDit his famous Reglna music uu in me parar.

In the lectuie room, James H. Mason will reproduce.l by means of his perfected phonograph, tht sounds of words spoken. and also or musics- Instruments. From 8 to P. M.

the large hall will be devoted to musical ana literary entertainment under the directldn of Mme. Hrimn vt.in who will be asi listed by Miss Marie Thornton, soprano; louls Mollenhauer, violinist; X.Il8;,.I,?"0e crt''. pianist; Miss Jes sie Mills, elocutionist, and the Oounod Male vuiiei, consisting or t. if oughsedge, R. A.

vwr, a. nuciinion, ana is. u. Haines. WILL, LWESTlt ATE TROLLEY ACCIDEXTS Mayor Schlertn to Appoint m.

Commit tee WhicnlAVlU Report to HI; Mayor Schlertn and the members of his' Cabinet, In a (conference on Friday, discussed, among Ither subjects, the numerous trolley acclden Mayor Schierlen aaid yesterday: It waa decided that I should aDoolnt an Advisory Cbmmlttee of five cltixens to Flrat rka.h I thoroughly Investigate th subject of trolley accidents, end I report to ma with such ufgestions and recommendations as seem A lham Wa.O a- mm 10 wnat may be don to abat or mitigkt the shocking accident that are occurring. "Only on other matter of importance was conaldersdl and that wag th subject Of reindexlng I th county records. The general drift discussion was that if was best for ie Interesu of the city to secure the repeal of Sections 22 and 23 of Chapter of The Laws of Thev entirely objectionable, and have caused all this trouble with the UnderTheti sectUins, If notfrepealed, the would probably Uk for thtTtoS teg yr. We fail to see where it Is sair. We think It, can be saved to the city.

The Register-elect can go on and from the 1st January begin th. hui syitsm of relndexing. 1Bt BJWV TO GET WORK FOR WOMEN That Is the Purpose of the New National Industrial Union. ALL READY KOW TO GO AHEAD Officers Whose Careers Insure Suoueaa Belief that Refined Wo. Can Take Domestic i Sltnatlona, A new organisation for th help and advancement of women has taken to Itself a local habitation, and given out for the Information of the public th line of practical work It intenda to pursue.

It is the National Industrial Union, and it has headquarters th new Johnson Building-, near th junction- of Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street, Brooklyn. Mrs. Virginia Chandler Tit comb has been the prim mover In the work, which was organised at the Columbian Exposition, in Chicago. The list of officers had not been filled at that time, however, and In the' Interval, although some work has been done, attentlo'n haa been given to broadening the outlines of the union. Now it Is able to take a firm stand, and announce Its principles.

The officers of the new organisation are Virginia Chandler Titcomb, Brooklyn, President and Treasurer; M. Louise Thomas, New-York, Vice-President at Large; Genevieve Lincoln, Brooklyn, Secretary; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, Helen E. Backus, W. Lucy Hall Brown, Brooklyn; Nellie Boyd, California; Jennie -C.

Croly, New-York; Alice Caroline Carvell, Prince Edward Island; H. C. Hollenberg, Arkansas; Hanna JC Korany, Syria; Mrs. William McKlnley, Pamela Pike, Boston; Alice Freeman Palmer, Massachusetts; Lady Henry Somerset. England; Mrs.

David Clifford Smith. Maine; Grace E. Winslow, Brooklyn, and Frances E. WUlard. Illinois.

The first object of the union is to furnish women with employment suited to their abilities. In connection, with this the officers will give the benefit of their counsel. This is not an unimportant part of their labors, as those connected with women's exchanges In different cities know well. A woman suddenly thrown upon her -own resources usually Is in absolute ignorance of the market value of any talents she may possess. Another purpose of the unidn, and one In which the president, Mrs.

Titcomb, is especially interested, touches a much mooted question. To elevate household service by making It an object for young women of intelligence, good sense, and refinement to enter homes as helpers, In all the various branches." If the union Is able to make a place In the family where refined women, whose talents are all in the line of household duties, can find a home, it feels that a great favor will be conferred, not only upon the women who need homes, but upon the mistresses who have not been able to secure at sny price intelligent, careful assistance. "A women's work Is hard," says Mrs. Titcomb. I don't think a man's begins to compare with It If she attends to her housework she must remain constantly at home.

She haa no time for anything else. I do not think that la right. Half of an income can be aaved in a house by careful management. But to do it a woman with ordinary servants must spend all her fiTOe Pfnttl uPrvislon of the work. om one intelligent enough to take this care.

0 rV-'Pi8 difficulty I can see about the Plan for making domestic service respectable for cultivated women Is the lone houri That difficulty might be obviated a clr-tain extent where there are two girls in a. family, and certainly where there Ire three If a woman uses intelligence to doing HSKl1 no tke her-as long oa it 1 had only to T.iS le attend to the work! keep it as neat as wax. Evervl thing would be replaced as soona, it was house cannot do that She needed all over the house to things?" CaUe" Dd t0 attend dmerent tfletiiui that ha" lrdy proved that refined women can take domestic 1 sitTii. tions to their own eaUsfacUonnd -to thll o.Vthe employer's. 1 middle-aged woman, who had heard of the union, went to Mrs.

Titcomb to a PUw. She was placed the family of a Brooklyn Judge as tain 1 the work of a second airl lofr keP'n the dining rS.m In order, and taking some care of the baby. The arrangement was eminently satisfa tory but lasted only six monthsT owlni the delicate health of the "assistant2 for whom a delifthtful home was found in an educational institution. ln The union also assisted a youna woman last summer, by placing in her hands a variety of pure soap, which she was very Sva and ernesses, and skilled house servants will be the benefit of those desiring situations or assistance In these lines of work. The union has also arranged to sell on commission a variety of household goods, such as toilet articles, food products, coal of known and guaranteed quality Only such goods s.

have been subjected to investigation or analysis will be handled. These will be obtained direct from the manufacturers at the lowest cash prices and will be furnished to members of thi union at the least possible advance on those prices consistent with defraying the expenses of the society. It is expected that a branch of the National Industrial Union will be started In every state in the Union, under competent management. The statement to the public closes with an earnest request to churches, American societies. King's Daughters, and families to co-operate In this enterprise of women for self-support, and the improvement of the American household," with the last two words in capital lettersu THIRD 8EIDL SOCIETY COXCERT To be Gives to Breoklya with Basjeae Ysayo aa Soloist.

The third concert of the Seldl Society will be given at th Academy of Music, Brooklyn, by Anton Seldl and his grand orchestra next Friday evening at o'clock. programme of great excellence haa been arrange for the. occasion. Mr. Eugene Ysaye, the violinist will be th soloist This will be Mr.

Ysaye's first appearance ln Brooklyn, and additional Interest attaches to the concert on that account Mr. Ysaye has already won great favor in New-York, and the music-loving people of Brooklyn have been impatiently awaiting his appearance thero. The programme will be as follows: Second Symphony, No. 2, Beethoven 2. Volln M.

Eugene Ysaye. S. (a) Funeral Written In memcrtam, Carl Maria Weber 4. Faust Fantasij Wleniawskl M. Eugene Ysaye.

B. Symphonic poem, Death and Oloti- Acation" Strauss TWo Lefferts Prtrty Fre In the Supreme Court Brooklyn, yesterday. Justice Cullen gran ted th application for leave to vacate and cancel a Us pendens the case of Frank P. Ward against Chsrles IsbllU upon property known as the Lefferts estate. In the Twenty-third Ward.

The matter has been In litigation for fifteen years, but under th decision of Justice Cullen the owners are now free to dispose of the property involved. Col. Beech Will Start RIarht la. CoL William C. Beecher, who is connected with th Brooklyn Law Enforcement League, has been appointed an Assistant District Attorney for th sol purpose of prosecuting those arrested for violation of the excise laws.

H. wMl tav "tlr charge of these cases, next. Prepared to start In on Jan, 4 PATRIOTIC CHI5ESE 8TIDOTS Careen Which Dlsprore the Feclloj; in China That Iducatioa Abroad Allenatei th Stndents. WASHINGTON, Dee, Th Department of Stat has received from Minister Denby an account of the career of thirty Chinese boys who were sent to th United States In 1872 and subsequently, to be educated under th charge of Yung Wtng. a Yale graduate.

Charges that, the boys wer becoming alienated from Chinese customs led to their recall in, 181. and th Idea of educating boys In America was abandoned by China, a It no W' seems, to Its great loss. t' The American Minister reported some, years ago th -gallant conduct of five of' these students during- the battl with th French at wherein one lost his life. Minister Denby says that it affords him pleasure now to report the distinguished gallantry displayed by others of these American student In the great naval battle of the YaliOSepi 17 last Out of ten persons recommended for distinction by Li Hung Chang, four wer New-England Chinese students. Minister Denby gives details ln regard to them, as follows: Wo Yin To studied at th Sheffield Scientific School at New-Haven.

Since lssa he has served in the Northern squadron. He has been breveVed commander, with a red button of the second -rank, and with special decorations for bravery and good Tsoa Kan Cheong studied at North Hadley, and waa graduated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H. He has served slnfce ISiSJ in the Northern squadron and haa been brevet ted to the rank of Captain, has a red button of the second rank, and now commands a steel cruiser. Tsu Chung Tong studied ln a Massachu-setts academy and has been In the Northern squadron since 1882.

His brevet Is of the same rank as that of Tsoa Kan Cheong, and he is the first officer of on of the cruisers. Shun Son Quan. studied in a Connecticut school and has reached the Captaincy and red button of second rank. He Is first officer of one-of the Iron-clads and chief of the gunnery department Two other American students have lost tnJSLr. an1 gained posthumous honors.

Chin Jin Qual studied at North Hadley and was in the class of '82 at Phillips Exeter. He was first officer of the steel cruiser Cblh Yuen, which was sunk by Japanese -shells. Among the dosen men saved was Chin Jin Qual, but he had lost an arm in the fight and died next day and was burled with honors. Spun Son Cheong studied a Massachusetts school. He served in the torpedo service on the Chih Yuen and waa killed while escorting the Kow Shing troop ship.

Minister Denby says that these distinguished examples sufficiently show that an education in the United States does not diminish the patriotism or bravery of Chinese students and" declares that he will take occasion subsequently to call the attention of the Tsung-Li-Yamen to the record, as an Inducement to China to revive the educational system, the results of which have thus been shown to have been so satisfactory. A HIPPY DAT FOR CHIIDBEI Their Pareats, Top, Were Beneficiaries -of Mrs. Lillian Fish. One of the pleasantest Christmas festivals and presentation of gifts to poor children during the last week was held last Friday afternoon ln Adelpht Hall, Broadway and Fifty-second Street It was the annual Christmas' festival given by Mrs. Lillian Elliot-Fish of 218 West Fifty-ninth Street to a number of families whose needs have been carefully Investigated, both by herself and the Charity Organization Society.

A pound party recently held In the Hotel Majestic supplied the funds for this worthy object almost 1400 having been raised. Nearly 150 children, accompanied by their fathers and mothers, filled the main room ln Adelphi Hall and thoroughly enjoyed the excellent entertainment provided fbr them. A large Christmas tree, loaded with good thTngs, kept the eyes of the little ones busy, while their, minds were equally as active In speculating as to what portion of its Christmas store would fall to their respective shares. After a Punch and 'Judy show, a real Santa Claus suddenly bounded Into the hall, amid shouts of Joy from the children. William Pendleton impersonated the liberal giver of good things, and he well fulfilled every feature for which old Santa Claua la noted.

Then the children ail received toys, and to each was given a suit of warm flannel underwear. To each head of a family was given an order for half a ton of. coal, a big fat chicken, a pound of tea. and sugar and other necessities. Afterward all were served with Ice cream and cake, which were presented by Proprietor Earle of the Park Avenue Hotel.

Samuel Matthews gave the Christmas tree. Among the ladles who bly assisted Mrs. Fish in the presentation of gifts were Mrs. H. Do Forest Earle, Miss Jefferson, the daughter of Joseph Jefferson: Miss Rat-cllff, Mrs.

Cutler, and Miss Wakley. Chlldrca la Little Bo-Peep." Under the auspices of the Hungarian Ladies Aid Society, a number of children presented an operetta and ballet last evening at -the Lexington Avenue Opera House, Fifty-eighth Street, near Third Avenue. The operetta entitled "Little Bo Peep" was sung by the children of the society's members under the direction of the composer of the piece. Prof. M.

Ward. The ballet was arranged and taught by Prof. Neuberger. 7 During the last year the society haa alleviated so much distress and suffering that it has Justified its claim as a worthy charitable institution. After the performance the guests Indulged ln informal dancing: for an hour or two.

To Make the Charitable Laaajh. The Young People's Auxiliary of, the Non-Sectarian Hospital and Horn for Epileptics Is preparing1 an entertainment to be given at the Criterion Theater -on Monday, Jan. 2M, at which will be presented two laughable farces, entitled Poor PiUlcoddy and "Cool aa a Cucumber." 5HALLER THAN USUAL lillipntian, in fact, are Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Dr. R.

V. Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Bufialr. N. was the first to in troduce a Little Pill to the American people. For all laxative and cathartic purposes these sugar-coated 'Pellets are superior in a ereat marry ways to all mineral waters, sedlits powders.

salts, castor oil, fruit syrups, laxative teas, and other purgative compounds. Made of concentrated vegetable ingredients, they act in a mild, natural way; Their secondary effect is to keep the liver active and the bowels regular, not to further constipate, as is the case with other pills. They don't interfere in the least with the diet habits or occupation, and produce no pain, grip- -inj or shock to the system. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure: biliousness, sick and bilious headache, dizziness, costivenesa, or constipation, sour, stomach, loss of appetite, coated tongue, indigestion, or dyspepsia, windy belch-ings, heart-burn," pain and distress after eating-, and kindred derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels.

These ''Pellets' are easily dissolved in the stomach and absorbed into the blood, stimulating a flow of bile from the liver, and arousing to activity all the glandular secretions. Thus they act in vaturt'i oum way. In proof of their superior excellence, it can be truthfully aaid, that they are always adopted as a household remedy after th first trial. Put up in glass vials, therefore always fresh and reliable. On little "Pellet" is a laxative, two arc mildly cathartic.

As a "dinner pM," to. Sromot digestion, take one esch day after inner. To relieve distress from overeating, they are anequaled, They are tiny, snrar-coated granule any child will readily take them, Onct mud, tltrayt in favor, Accent no substitute that may be reeotn-- mended to be 'ittst as rood." It may tx better or the dialer, becsune of paying him a better profet, but i pot th one who needi help. IN DEFENSE OF 2IR. GOFF William B.

Ellison Replies to Anthony Comstock. THE FACTS IX A LOTTERY CASE Comatock's Discourtesy to Ollp D. Gray's Counsel Mr. GofT Do. cllnea to Deliver Utbo- graph Plates.

William B. Ellison of '229 Broadway, who was attorney for Olln D. Gray at th Urn th latter waa Indicted at th instance of Anthony Comstock, flv years ago, for printing lottery tickets, gsv out a typewritten statement yesterday. In which replies to the remarks mad by Mr. Corn-stock reflecting on Mr, Ooff, A statement was also made by Olln D.

Gray that covers much the same ground. "I have prepared this statement" Mr. Ellison said, because I believed it due to Mr, Ooff." The statement follows; "I have noticed the newspaper reports of statements made by Mr. Comstock regard' Ing Mr. Goff and others in connection with the dismissal of certain indictments against Olln D.

Gray. These Indictments were found over five years and were; dismissed in the early part of February, It seems to me very strange that during th past four years and more Mr. Comstock has found no reason to make an attack upon Mr. Ooff, If, as he claims, the latter' connection with the dismissals was Improper. Certain It is, that he haa known of It during all this time, and If ther had been improper conduct on the part of any one.

It seems to me to have been Mr. Comatock's duty to have made the fact public long before thie. I was retained as counsel for Gray at the time of his arrest and went at once to see him at the factory of the company of which he waa an officer. I asked Mr. Corn-stock to permit me to see th warrant but he refused.

He loudly asserted that be did not know me. and had nothing to do with me, notwithstanding my assertions to him that I was Mr. Uray's counsel. I at length found the warrant in the possession of on of th police officers, who readily showed it to me upon my request. I accompanied Mr.

Gray and Mr. Comstock to the Tombs. I advised the former to waive examination, and the matter was then sent to the General Sessions. On July 9 I wrote a letter to Col. Fellows, who was then District Attorney, and formally laid the case before him.

1 subsequently called to see him regarding the return of the lithographing stones and numbering heads, which had been seised, and a dismissal of the indictments. 1 plainly stated the facts to him, referring particularly to the advice that the defendant had had that he waa in no way violating the law; that he was Innocent of any 'criminal Intent. I drew to his attention the open and public manner in which these tickets had been printed, bearing, as they did, the name of the company, as an evidence of his ignorance of any wrong doing. "Col. Fellows rightfully refused to act regarding the matter until the aame could be carefully investigated, and he then told me that he would refer the matter to one of his assistants, who would give it his attention.

Without my knowledge th matter waa referred to Mr. Goff, who was then an Assistant District Attorney. "I subsequently called to see Mr. Goff regarding the matter, and explained it to him, as I had previously done to CoL Fellows. I soUght his consent to the return of the lithographing stones and numbering heads, showing him clearly that they were used for other work.

My request for his consent waa refused ln the following Utter: New-York, July 18, 1889. William P. Ellison, 7 Dear Sir: In relation to your application for the delivery of the lithographic stones seised In the aoove matte, I am of opinion that the District Attorney might exceed his authority In delivering them. They are subject to the order of court. (Sea flections iWL and 801 of Criminal Code.) A motion made to court for the relief required will I be the proper method, and on such motion, with all the facts before the court the District Attorney will no doubt do what Is proper and just In the matter.

Very truly yours, JOHN W. GOFF, Acting District Attorney. "The court, upon the affidavits cf Mr. Gray and upon the formal making of a motion therefor, ordered a return of the stones snd numbering heads. That affidavit la on file and very clearly shows that Mr.

Gray's company had acted In good faith, ln ignorance of any violation of the law, and that there was absolutely no reason why th stones and numbering heads should be retained. I understand that Mr. Comstock opposed the return of the property, alleging that the people would thereby lose evidence necessary to secure a conviction. In view of that objection, I Inserted in the affl-davlts an unequivocal admission on the part of Mr. Gray to all the facta which it would be necessary to prove on the part of the case against him.

There had been no question up to this time of the facts-they had always been admitted. Subsequently to the return of the property and while the District Attorney was considering my application for a dismissal of the Indictments, which application I understand Mr. Comstock opposed, the charge was made that the Gast Lithograph and Engraving- Company was printing the tickets again. In view of this statement by Mr. Comstock.

Mr. Goff at once notified me that he would oppose any dismissal of the Indictments and press the same to trial if what had been stated to him was true. I then at once presented the affidavits of Mr Gray, his foreman, and the person in charg of the lithographing atones, all of whom unequivocally swore that Immediately upon the recovery of the lithographing atones the same had been ground down and every vestige of the tickets destroyed, and that absolutely nothing had been or -would be done to reproduce the same. It was shown beyond a doubt that the charge that there had been any more tickets printed waa totally false. "Then a further charge waa made that we were having the tickets printed at other places In the city, and that our trucks had been traced to those places from the factory.

Here again Mr. Ooff peremptorily refused to permit the dismissal of the indictments until this last charge waa cleared up. In this, as ln the others, it was easily shown that there waa no foundation. All of the affidavits made by Mr. Gray and others were regularly filed, and ln every respect fully justified the District Attorney In the action taken by him.

I want to say in con junction wun mis wnoie matter that so iar as rain mf. uoii ana me msirict Attorney were concerned, they were studiously careful to investigate every representation and rumor that was brourht to them concerning this matter before the Indictments were dismissed. The charge that Mr. Goff did anything improper Is wholly without foundation. As -1 said befora.

exercised every possible care in his Investigation of every fact and assertion Involved. No favors were shown to any one, but th action taaen was in accordance with th belief that under all the circumstances substantial Justice would be done by dismissing Mr. Gray, in the preface to his statement says: "In view of the scandalous charges recently made by Mr. Comstock regarding the dismissal of certain Indictments found against, me more man nv years ago, and ln which he involves several people then and now connected with th administration of justice in this city, it seems that a state ment 01 tne tacts aa they really existed should be made." Mr. Gray then states that the lithographing company with which he is connected printed the lottery tickets openly, by the advice of attorneys, who advised that It was legal.

This work was only a small branch of the business of the firm. Mr Oray affirms that Mr. Comstock, when be arrested him. seised him bv the rnllar a shook him violently, and 'that Mr. Comstock refused to permit him to summon eounaL Mr.

Comstock said that the retention of me ptaiea waa cwunai lor evidence. Jjjr. Grav sava that an affidavit waa nuil, himself, in which he admitted that he printed the tickets, so that the platea wer not needed for evidence. Mr. Gray closes his statement with th recommendation made by District Attorney Fellows for the dismissal of the indict ments, ln which Cot Fellows says he is satisfied that the defendant did not Intentionally violate the law, but acted on what ne oeiieveu 10 aim icgai ngota.

Worth's Removal Asked For. Th charges against Commissioner of Elections Jacob ortb, that fa bribed cer tain persona at the recent primaries In th Nineteenth Brooklyn, wer present ed to Mayor tiohleren yesterday. Affidavits that Worth paid money to lnfl enc voters, mad by Frank ft. Hmitt i lam A. Thompson.

Frank W. Oscar Knapp. accompanied the charea. aa .14.1 .1 I Mayor ohirrcn referred th papers tv Cuioration Counsel McDonald for lavtsU' and Burnham CROOK LYtt. N-CLOAKS.

Our regular Winter Clearing' gale af Ladles' and Children's Flush and Cloth Cloaks and Fur Garments will com mence to-morrow, Dec. 31. JACKETS. In Chinchilla, Cheviot. Beaver, and If nrv.

tagnac Cloths, some Fur-Trimmed, re. duced From I1ZS0, 118.50. $22.50, 127.50, To 7.SO. in nn ifz it sw. a w.

From $30.00, 35.00. $40.00. To 17.CO. 20.00. 25.

Off. Elegant Plush Coats and Carea hand somely Braided and Jetted and Fur trimmed, reduced From $15.00, $55.00. $110.00. To 25.00, 35.00. ns.oo.

Lot of Cloth Wraps' and Canes, suita ble for- Elderly Ladles, reduced $20.00 and $30.00 to and cnuaren Cloaks In ft 8. 10. and 12 year sizes, and Hisses' Loner Cloaks and Jackets at prices to close them ouC FURS. Capes In China SeaL Electric Seal Wook Seal, and Astrakhan. 30 Inches long.

aucea From $30.00, $33.00, $40.00. To 18. SO, 25. OO. 30.

OO From $47.50, $00.00, To 35.00. 42.50. Persian Lamb Coats reduced from $200.00 and $250.00 to $133. OO and $175.00, Persian Lamb and Alaska Seal Capes. very toll sweep, reduced From $150.00, $175.00.

To From 05.00. 12S.OO. $200.00 and $250.00. To 133.00 and 105.00. DRESS GOODS.

Remnant Sale. 8erges. Cashmeres, Camel's Hair. Plata and Fancy Jaequards, CrCpons, Cheviots, and Novelties In lengths of VA to 7 yards at Just one-half regular prices. NOTION DEPARTMENT- Reductions prior to stock-taking.

A large lot of Black and Colored Uo. hair Trimming Braids at 5c and lOc per yard. Narrow Colored Bead and Mllanalsa Gimp at 10c. per yard. Colored Moss Trimmings and Sllte Gimps at 5c per yard.

Pearl and Metal Dress Buttons. I5e 10c, and 15c per card. SPECIAL. Pure Gum Lisle-covered Dress Shields, sizes 2. 3.

and 4. at 9c. and 11c $1.00, $1.10. ana $1.20 dozen. HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES.

Our Winter Bale of Hamburg Embroid eries In Cambric and Nainsook Is now in -progress. We have a large stock of choice goods, all new, bought to sell af about half their real value. Goods are displayed on centre tables. HEN'S FURNISHINGS. LAUNDERED SHIRTS.

Our own make, best Quality Muslin and fine Linen Bosoms, $1.00, $1.23, and $1.50 each. Full-Dress Shirts, open Front and Back; also Coat Shirts, each. BATH ROBES. Fancy Terry Cloth Bath Robes af $3.00 and $4.50 each. COLLARS AND CUEFS.

4-Ply Collars, newest Styles, fine anal. ity Linen, $1,50 per dozen: 4-Fiy cuffs, $2.75 per dosen. Shirts made to order, fit guaranteed. Dressmaking Department; Fourth Floor. Tailor-made Suits and Riding Habits a specialty, First-class work at moderate prices.

Junction Flatbush Av. and Fulton St J0URNEAY BURNHAM; CKGEXT secd roa holm schooleouses Waat Mayor Sehlerea Said Brooklya Will Probably Get Tkeea. Th necessity for additional school facil ities was discussed by Mayor Schleren, J. Edward Swans trom, th President of th Board of Education; Superintendent Maxwell. Charles E.

Teale, and James Weir cf th Board of Education, yesterday. President Swans trom said that a special committee had reported th urgent need of fourteen new schoolhouse. and had recom mended that five be erected at one. For these, said, ther waa avallabl for th next year $250,000, and th 1OJ.0OJ additional that would be required for then could be obtained from th revenue fund. But, added, this would leav no avail.

able money for the other nine buildings, which would cost about I73U.UUU, Mayor tcnieren saja: We have already conaldered thi euV Ject. and we thought you would want about a million dollars for 19D of which is already authorised. Th Corporation Counsel has prepared a blii. ask-in the Legislature- for authority to Issue 7o.l.UO In bonds, and I think ther wUl be no trouble In selling them. I believ sl the bill wUl pass." The Mayor asked the committee represent in the Board of bdcaUon to demand liiio.OuO about Jan.

IS, and. he said, proceedings would be at one Instituted to st-i th bonds. Register Keaaa Will Have to Th application of Register Kenn t.r $16,000 for retndexlng th books la t.4 Register's Rice cam up again before ita King County Board of Kutlmat ytf terJ. Mayor Schleren aaid he had always exposed th appropriation, and to -slsteat he" could not now vol for iL Ileglster had expended money, he si beyond the amount ai iTOjTiateJ. r.en 1 should not have expu lei a dollar bt.V eing the Iloari cf K.i.m.te -r u.

The board riatr 1 i.t 1 by t. a ft i.r i -t. w' I IV tt.