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Louisa W. Gelple has been awarded $3,000 damages by a Supreme Court jury against the Steinway Railroad Company of Long Island City, by one of whose troley cars she was struck and injured. acquaintance. What are fnmi'hr VJh nary intimacy with is for to but the; a'; that." those who have learned that "rank1 guinea's stamp, the man's the gold Why not test medicines, as well as men, not by name only, but by nature. It's not the name of the medicine that will help you or injure you; it's the nature of 'the" ingredients medicine.

Ask befo. you admit re that make thej what are you? family. That World's Fair of it to the test applied at the he was 1893, all medicines Centering tdv as exhibits. The World's Fair medicines whose ingredients were fact out; all sarsaparillas but formula is open a Fair warning parillas are rnot to physicians at all times. It the Family Secret sarsa- safe.

Get Ayer's. Lo! merchant sails on all our seas are gleaming. And all about U3 clanks the toiler's chain But in those regions life it3elf is dream ing. And prudent thoughts are held In high ai3aain." "When I ho more have keenest Joy in smelling The new-mown hay upon the level lea, When maids no longer set my heart a- weiiing. And rising moons a transport cease to be, un, let me reel beneath me, strongly swell ing.

The heaving bosom of the naked sea!" A DAUGHTER OF THE TENEMENTS By Edward W. Townsend. Illustrated. New York: Lovell, Coryell Co. In this work Mr.

Townsendjias tried his hand at a continuous story, but the plot is a very slender one, and the book is really a series of realistic sketches, de scribing scenes and Incidents in Mulberry Bend, at Police Headquarters, in a Bow ery theatre, an cpium den, and other, places on-the east side of New York, tnougn later, the scene changes to a Sierra Nevada mining camp. It Is unlike "Chimmie Fadden" and "Major however, in one important respect the al most complete absence of dialect; indeed, there is very little dialogue of any sort, the author telling the story, for the most part, in descriptive and often epigram matic- language, spiced with considerable humor. The main point of the tale is the history and' development of the step daughter of an Italian fruit peddler, who Is, of. course, the "daughter of the "tene ments" referred to in the title. Mr.

Townsend has made of her a most inter esting and quite possible character, and readers who know nothing personally of Mulberry Bend and New York tenements generally, will be surprised to discover how quickly their sympathies can be aroused by theJ humble personages so graphically described In this clever novel. It Is a -valuable chapter. in the great book of humanity which none of us. know too well, and so is as profitable as it is in teresting. Mr.

Kemble's forty odd full-page pictures are excellent, and the book Is quite handsomely bound. LIFE AND WRITINGS OF AMELIA BLOOMER. By D. C. Bloomer, LL.D.

With portrait. Boston: Arena Publishing Company. Mrs. Bloomer was a striking personality. Her prominence in the various reform movements that had for their object the regeneration of society and the removal of the Imaginary barriers against woman's enfranchisement, and the friendship of such reformers as Horace Greeley, Susan and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, gave her a world-wide tarns'.

Her recent death opens the way for her biography. which her husband has supplied, in a satis factory manner. The volume contains a full account of her life, told mainly in her own words. Copious extracts from her writings are given, showing how this pio neer in woman's enfranchisement sought to effect her purpose by advocating wo man suffrage, woman right to an enlarged sphere of employment, and consequently her right to wear a dress that would give her greater freedom of move ment. The book Is full of anecdotes of contem porary reformers, and contains much information not easily accessible in ordinary channels.

It is a very interesting volume. CRITICAL HANDBOOK OF THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT. By Edward C. Mitchell, D.D. Illustrated by diagrams, tables and a map.

New and enlarged edition. New York: Harper Brothers. The most important addition to the value of this- work is the. enlarged cata logue of manuscripts, with their locality. designation and date, embracing all which are found In the standard authori ties, to the number of over 3,800, so classified and arranged as to be capable of easy reference.

Scholars who have tried to find accounts of manuscripts in the successive addenda of Tischendorf, or to Identify them with the diversified numbering of Scrivener, will appreciate the help which this catalogue furnishes. The Handbook thus becomes a convenient index to both thece monumental work3, and at the same time presents the only complete list of all the manuscripts described in them, since each has many manuscripts not described in the other. Besides this, in Table XI. the Handbook describes a large1 number of American manuscripts, many of which were never before catalogued. Another new feature Is the "glossary of abbreviations, signs, and library desig nations," by which light is thrown upon many things hitherto obscure even to those who possess the larger critical au thorities.

A full Index brings the con tents of the book within easy reach of the student. THE FRENCH LAW OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE, and -the Conflict of Laws Arising Therefrom. Being a second edition of Kelly's French Law of Marriage. Revised and enlarged by-Oliver E. Bodington.

New York: Baker' Voorhis Co. Mr. "Kelly is an American lawyer who has followed his profession for a long time in France, and who was thus enabled to compile this elaborate and able comparison of the conflicting spirit of what may be termed the Latin and Anglo-Saxon laws of marriage and divorce. In the present edition-the chapter on divorce has been enlarged by a review of the decisions rendered since the promulgation of the law of 1884, which being almost contem poraneous with the publication of the first was then too recent to admit of a practical, commentary. A chapter has also been written upon the procedure of divorce as established by the law of 1886.

The various systems of marriage contract have also been classified, and an outline of the distinguishing features of each regime given. The subject of putative marriages 'continues to hold a deservedly prominent place, and has been completed by a review of recent decisions. It is a valuable work. NINETEENTH CENTURY. The April number of the "Nineteenth Century" contains several Interesting and important articles.

It opens with "International Jealousy," in which Prof. Ma-haffy tries to account for the hostile feeling so generally felt toward Great Britain, as evidenced by "the constant outbreak," in-the leading papers of America, France and Germany, "of open, undisguised Jealousy of England outbreaks so constant and so violent that they will probably, in the long run, goad some one of these nations into the odious crime of proclaiming a needless war." Another, notable paper is "A Bill- to Promote the Conviction of Innocent Prisoners," by Sir Herbert Stephen, in which the distinguished author avers that making prisoners competent witnesses in 'criminal cases often results in the conviction of innocent men. "Consols at 110," they having been down to 94 3-8 as recently as 1891, is a most Interesting and instructive analysis of the present conditions of the money marts of the world, and "What, then, did Happen at the Reformation?" Augustine M. will probably provoke a very lively discussion in England. Three de- llghtful essays are "The Decay of Classi- itul Peculiar Institutions Observed in Scandinavia.

THE DINING CUSTOMS WHICH PRE VAIL. INI SWEDISH SOCIETY COLD VICTUALS A CONSPICUOUS FEAT UKE AN EMBARRASSED AMER ICAN TRIES A SWEDISH feATH. (Special Correspondence of The Standarjr Union.) Stockholm, March 30. The Swedes have some peculiar traits and several very peculiar Institutions. One of the latter Is the "smorgasbord." This Is a small table Bet In the dining-room at one side, or in a corner, laden with all conceivable and, to an American some inconceivable varieties of fieh, cooked, raw and In oil, cold cutj, pickles, sauce3, cheeses, sausages in fact, the whole output of a dela-catessen shop.

In the centre of the table stands a highly polished silver urn filled with branvin, a hard, colorless liquor, warranted to burn out any but the cop per-lined stomach of a Swede. Conspicu oua upon the table are piles of "knacker- brod," the thin, dark biscuit which is the universal bread of Sweden, and to the general use of which the Swedes largely attribute the superior brawn of their race. It looks like an exaggerated waffle cast in tronae. If you are an American or an English man, accustomed to soup as a first course, and suffering the pangs of hun ger, do not lay down your newspaper with a gasp of anticipation when the dining roam doors are thrown open and you are invited to enter. You not be served The "smorgosbord" must first be disposed of, and that will consume ten to fifteen minutes.

If you are averse to laying a foundation of cold victuals to build your dinner upon, it Is your misfortune in not having been born a Swede. The guests gather arpund the "smorgasbord" like flies around a sugar barrel and each one serves himself. The first thing taken Is a glass of branvin. Then they lounge or saunter about the dining-room devouring their cold snacks. Or.e rests an elbow upon the mantelpiece a3 he bites an anchovy sandwich, holding it level meanwhile, that the oozing oil may not drip to the floor.

other stalks up and down the room with one hand In his trousers' pocket, nibbling at a hard boiled egg. Yet another leans both arms upon the back of a chair and reflectively rocks It to and fro as he dis-prss of the last mouthful of knackerbrod and caviar. One by one they seat them selves at the table, and when all are seated the first course is served. At first I thought the smorgosbord was a device of landlords to spoil the appetite but' Swedes Ir.alst that It stimulates the appetite. At all events.

It is an institution universal in Sweden, and, I believe, unknown elsewhere. And If a Swede's appetite be spoiled by It, it Is fearful to reflect what his appetite would be If not spoiled. The ending of a meal In Sweden Is more refined than its beginning. It is the cus-tom there for the guests to bow each to the other and then shake hands all around. At the table the child each parent for the meal and seals its thanksgiving with a kiss.

"An. English friend me that lie entertained at dinner at his home In London la Swedish gentleman to whom he was Indebted, for courtesies when in Stockholm. At the close of the dinner the Swede quickly advanced the hostess and the host and shook them cordially by the hand. "What! You are not going so soon?" said the host. replied the guest doubtfully, as if wondering whether the inquiry concealed a suggestibn.

"Xo I was not going yet." "Why, of course, not!" sa.13 the host, as he led the way to the smoking room. But it was long before he discovered the meaning of a Swedish handshake after dinner. Another' institution peculiar to Sweden Is the bath. To speak of a Turkish or a Russian bath brings visions of hot rooms and clouds of vapor, with a marble slab to lie upon, as in the morgue, and a cold plunge at the end. The mention of the Swedish bath brings visions shall I say It? of fair women.

True, not all of the attendants at the Swedish baths would win prizes at a beauty show, still a large majority of them are young and buxom, and many of them, dressed and promenading the Drottnlnggaten, would be not unat- tractive representatives thefr In all the considerable towns of Sweden, also of Finland which is Swedish in character, although now an appanage of Russia there are well-appointed public baths, and the attendants at all of them are women. When I was first told this I thought it a hoax of the '6le Olesen" type, and I. "winked the other eye" at my informant, but I soon found it was true. I was In one of the first-class hotels in Stockholm, but when I asked for a bath I was directed to a house several blocks away, and thither I went. At the entrance to the bathing apartments sat a row of healthy-looking young women, all neatly dressed uvgowns of some washable stuff, cut high In the neck but sleeveless, their white arms giving evidence of 'the beautifying effects of much snap and warm water.

A glrf of abcut 23, I stepped forward to receive my ticket, and led the way to one of the- apartments. She at once busied hersell with the preparations for my bath, and I sat down to wait until she had finished. She was a Swedish girl, hence her name could not have been Lucy, she lingered long. I was still skeptical as to what I had been toid, rather believing that the prerogatives of the young woman as an attache of the establishment must have a judicious limitation, end so, finally thinking that her exit must be near, I deliberately very deliberately removed my coat, ve3t and trousers. Then I sat down again.

She was in the tub room and I was Im the dressing rocm, but I saw her plunge the thermometer Into the water and hold It up to read the-record. Then she looked at me in a wondering way, as if to in the world are you walt- IngJ'or?" and motioned me to "come cn," adding some words in her native tongue. I could not understand what she said, but she beckoned In Engllfh. and the tone of her speech suggested xth persuasion and command. To be coaxed on by a woman while I coyly held back was rather a reversal of the order of but my native modesty triumphed, and I told her chiefly by pantomime that her services in my behalf were an end.

To be "pointed to the door will -usually make an Impression upon he least sensitive bit of gray matter, but in this case it seemed only to suggest to the damsel the mental. query whether gray matter was not one of my conspicuous deficiencies. Nor did she appear to comprehend the situation, when I finally took her by the arm, and led her out of the apartment, locking the door behind her. Then I heard a chattering among the magpies out3ide, punc- nated by exclamations of surprise, and ling In a peal of laughter. No doubt ly buxom attencs.it was teliing her lcmnanlons of.

the monstrosity in No. you precedes the medicine received no secret That Ay er's, whose cured. HELD AS A WITNESS. GRAND JURY FAILS TO INDICT MRS. OLSEN'AS A PRINCIPAL.

Mrs. Mary Olsen, who was jointly charged with Martin Benderwitz with, having caused the death of William Grick-aulus, Ji as been held as a witness instead of a principal in the case, the Grand Jury having failed to indict her. Grickaulis and four other men visited Mr. Olsen's house in North First street on March 30 last, and drank freely of beer. Grick- and ehe, with Benderwitz's assistance, forced him from the room.

Heyfell down stairs, and shortly afterwards died from. his1 Mrs Olsen and Benderwits-were then arrested, and the case bef or "the Gra'ni JR-y? "ff1 Olsen clalmef that she had merely given iiricKauiiSyfe sngni pusn, ana max ne must hav stumbled downstairs because of his inebriated condition. PASSENGERS ARRIVED ON THE STEAMERS PARIS AND CAMPANIA. Among the passengers arriving per the steamer Paris this morning from South-, ampton were: A. Barton Kent, C.

E. Crimmins, Charles S. Dikeman, Mrs. B. F.

Goodrich, J. A. Lawrence, William L. Sachtleben, Stone Barton arid J. D.

Thompson. Among the passengers who arrived this morning per the Cunard line steamer. Campania, from Liverpool and Queens-town, were: James Allan, J. D. Armltage, Thomas Baring, Prof.

Barr, H. G. Chancellor, W. B. Cowan, E.

T. the Hon. Mrs. Glyn, F. E.

Holllster. H. Malt-land Kersey, of the White Star line; W. G. Reick, of the New York Sir Charles Ross, J.

S. Spauldlng, Col. Turn-bull, J. F. Van Gahlen.

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With illustrations by Charles S. Rein hart. Boston and' New. York: Hough ton, Mifflin Co. "Tom the story of, the woman who took a man's name and a man's place in the world, shows the same apprecia tion of character, the same quaint and original humor, and the same tender touch which has marked the literature already given by Mr.

Smith to' the world. While the narrative Is notably fresh and novel, the author has parted with none of his genius of style, and Tom Grogan must claim our affection in her way almost as imperatively as Col. Carter In his. i nrougnout the volume tears are very close to smiles, so beautifully interwoven is the humor with the pathos, the refine ment of grief with the heart's healthy recoil. It is.

the. tale -of a laboring woman who worked hard for herself and her dear ones, who was a man, In' dee if a woman in thought and feeling, and" yet who would have none of the so-called "friends' of with' their unions and their tyr The author evidently has had practical experience in the control of men, and his examples of "walking dele gate and his kind, most despicable as well as most dangerous of all our "na tional institutions," are drawn with that sureness and precision which bespeaks study from life. Yet there is no intent to' preach; the story is told for' us own sake rather than for any lesson it may convey; the gentle infusion of genuine sentiment float3 through every page like some fleeting perfume. Mr. Smith's influence in lit erature Is always sweet- and whorc3-me; and a new book by him seems as appro priate to the season as soft breezes and fragrant blossoms, and must be appreciated even by "one of those busy Americans who opens her daily life with an office key and closes it with a letter for the late mail." The story Is not' tha less interest ing for its local color, the ccene being laid in Staten Island, and references to West Brighton, Tomklnsvllle, St.

George and all the varied life of the Bay, keeping the reader alert and thoroughly entertained. SUSANNAH. A Novel. By Mary E. Mann.

Nw Harper Brothers. Here is a tale of the old-fashioned kind. with no "ism" to preach, no set "purpose save that of picturing human nature in various phases, and letting the moral take care of Itself. It is a story of with graphic descriptions of ordinary, some of them even vulgar, people, not quite in the Dickensonian vein, but with clever touches that often remind one of that great master. It is a story of the struggles and trials of an orphan girl.

Left at the ge of twenty to the mercies of her devout ancl acid aunt and her bachelor uncte a cold and bigoted rector, who ie Ws her orphaned and penniless condition as little less than a crime the heroine, Saean Up-well, is obliged to accept a home offered by her dead mother's wealthy friend, Jose phine Foote. Though welcomed by that widow with great emotional display, Susan is supplied with little food and much piety, and is required to do menial wcik; for Mrs. Foote starves, scant3 a.i.T denies those about her, that she may figure as a subscriber to all the charities and ecclesiasti cal fads of the village. Drudgery and Mrs. Foote's ultra-piety drive, riusan to ac cepting an offer of marriage from Perclval Footed who occasionally visit3 his mother's home.

Short, florid, sandy and aged forty: Perclval considers himself a connoisseur of women and an object of their The illness of her brother, Alfred, prompts Susan to flee in disguise to London, where she is hired as a "stavy" in her brother's squalid boarding house. Here S'he meets Laurence Kerry, a second rate actor, who annoys her with flirtation and familiarity; Paul Plggott, a "plucked" medical student and would-be poet, with some money and. no principle, who, fascinated by- her physique and refinement, insults 'the girl. who repulses him; and John Hartley, a young, clean-minded physician, who, while attending her brother, loses his heart to her. The ungrateful Alfred abandons, her to marry a cheap adventuress, and shortly afterwards commits uicide.

Susan re turns to Mrs. Foote's, where she is nursed through a long illness by her beautiful sis ter, Theresa. Perclval transfers his af-: fectlons to Theresa, and Is released by Susan, who, in turn, is won by Dr. Hart ley, after many vicissitudes. It is an exceedingly interesting novel.

cleverly told. The descriptions are excel lent. Some ot the scenes are quite pathetic, while others like that of the lower class London landlady, with bandaged leg, regnant amid soiled china, hair-brushes and pie-crust, and the examples of Mrs. Foote's meanness and pseudo-piety are very laughable. MISTRESS DOROTHY MARVIN.

Being Excerpta from the Memoirs of Sir Edward Armstrong, of Cope-land Hall, in the County of Somerset. By J. C. Snaith. New York: D.

Apple-ton Co. (Town and Country Library, No. liS.) One of the distinctive features of the trend of popular taste for the last two years has been the revival of interest, in historical fiction. This story Of Mr. Snaith's will at once satisfy and increase the popular longing; it will temporarily appease the appetite of the novel-reading public, but it is so good that.it will in fallibly stimulate the desire for more.

It is a stirring, well-told tale one that quickens the pulse and moves the sympathies of the reader. It narrates the etormy career of a hero who took an ac tive part in the exciting events of the latter part of the seventeenth century 'in England, the days of Monmouth's rebellion and the coming cf William of Orange. "Sedgemoor Field, where the billhooks, and scythes of Monmouth's men went down before the swords of the Horse Guards; the 'bloody assizes' "dominated by flaming -face; adventures 'on the road' and in political intrigues, and the landing and triumph of William, are among the scenes of the dual career pictured in this moving tale," says the editor in his introduction. Innkeepers and kings, blacksmiths and princes, the Prince of Orange and the Duke of Marlborough, are among the characters introduced; but best, fairest'and most charming of all is the heroine. Mistress Dorothy herself.

It one of the best historical stories pub lished in a good while, lively from beginning to end, which will capture the reader's interest in the first chapter and hold it Enthralled to the last. Mr. Snaith is entitled to hearty congratulations. IN UNITNOWN SEAS. A Poem.

By The George Horton. Cambridge, Mass. University tress. This Is no ordinary poem. It Is the product of a philosophical mind, given to pondering deep questions, meditative, occasionally profound, with a not infrequent tinge of sadness, yet not hopeless, but rather, in the best sense, optimistic.

Some of the sub-heads are: the moon-trail, sun--rise" upon the ocean, where no old abide, Helen of Troy, Uriah's wife, Esther, Phyrne, Beatrice, the birth of love, the sea, time and eternity, etc. The lines are flowing and mellifluous, and constructed with consummate art. Two samples must suffice: "Art not a-weary of this sordid scheming, "8," that Insisted upon washing Itself! When I passed put I had to run, the! gauntlet of all these girls, and the baby hippopotamus could hardly have excited more expressions of amused wonder. My next bath was in another town, I walked to it with a Swedish who spoke good English, and I asked him to explain to the keeper of the bath that I was from America, where women do not bathe men, and that I did not need any attendance. She nodded her head, and said: "Ja! Ja!" which means "Yes: I un derstand." A piece of drapery hung at the opening In, place of a door, and as the drapery could not be locked or bolted, I had to trust the keeper's word.

1 was in a hurry, and had. taken my. bath, and stood in the middle of the room, naked as a jay bird's foot, and flourishing a coarse towel, when the drapery parted, and in came young woman, scrubbing- brush in hand, prepared to give me a bath. Imagine a Philadelphia housemaid coming down at 6 o'clock In the morning with soap and sand to scour the front: steps, only to find that some one had" done this service for her, and yOu may. see the expression on the attendant's face as she stood still and surveyed me from head to foot.

Then she signified by pantomine that she did not believe I had had a proper bath. I recalled the proverb about Rome and climbed back Into the tub. Thenceforth I was a Swede In all that water implies; that is. water as a means of ablution. The Swedes have unbounded faith in water as a cleasing element, an agricultural stimulant, and for quenching fire.

I After I had been scoured, first with a hard brush, and then with a handful of tow, and had been given a -cold douche, my second ablution was over, and the maid threw around me a huge," warm towel, and dried me by pressing her hand over the towel, having' first handed me a small towel for my own use. This small Is the oniy sop thrown to prudery in the whole course of a Swedish bath. Then was slapped until a stinging sensation was produced, warm felt slippers were put upon my feet, and I was left to recline awhile upon the couch or to dress. The Swedish bath is a national Institution, and goes as a matter of course. No Swede would think of taking a bath In any other way.

I am assured that the -Osage is not In any degree inimical to morals. It may be so, but It to be hoped that the knowledge of it will not materially in crease the tourist traffic of the Baltic Sea. CHARLES MUMFORD. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Sunday Elections for Spanish Cortes occurredthere werer disturbances frr Barcelona ahd'a ilghf'.

vote in Cuba; King George of Greece entertained the men at dinner who had taken part-in the Olympic games Field Marshal Yamagata of Japan was received at Niagara Falls by Gov. Morton's staff and welcomed to the State Commander and Mrs. Balllngton Booth issued a statement giving the reasons for their leaving the Salvation Army. Monday The Salisbury; Government's Irish Land bill was introduced In the House of Commons by Gerald Balfour. Chief Secretary for Ireland An Italian force reported to have pursued the der- vishes to the boundary between Abyssinia and the Soudan Mayor Strone's message vetoing the Greater New York hill made public Gen.

Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia appointed Consul-General to Hav ana by President Cleveland Thomas Jefferson's 153d birthday was celebrated at Monticello by the National Association of Democratic Clubs The Pennsvlvania Railroad celebrated the fiftieth anniver sary of Its incorporation The Dudley-Power pneumatic gun burst while undergoing a test at Matinecock Point, L. Injuring one man Marshal Yamagata of the Japanese Army arrived In New York City, after having been received by the Governor at Albany An Infernal machine was sent to President Roosevelt of the New York Police Board by mail, but was soaked before being opened and so did not explode Franz Michael Schwab on trial in County Court for murdering his wife and grandson. Tuesday The Fortifications Appropria tions bill passed United States Senate- John D. Hart, owner of the alleged filibustering steamer Bermuda, arrested in Philadelphia for violating the neutrality laws. The hottest April 14 record, ther mometer registering 76 at 5 o'clock in the afternoon The law requiring barbers' to Seep their places closed on Sunday de clared constitutional by the Court of Ap peals.

Wednesday King-fJeorge of Greece de livered the wreaths of victory-to the successfulcompetitors In the Olympic games; eleven Americans received trophies Baratierl, late Governor of to be tried by military court 'at Massowah The State Senate passed the Greater New York bill over the vetoes Mayora- Strong and Wurster Secretary Carlisle addressed the laboring men of. Chicago, on the financial question Police Commissioner Roosevelt, of New" York City, made public a statement, In -which ha and Mossr. Grant aird Andrews declared false certain m.xde by Commissioner Parker'- regarding promotionsFrederick A. Merrick killed his wife and then, committed suicide at his home in South Fifth street, this city Col. Special Deputy Excise Commissioner, announced his appointments.

Thursday-r-The baseball season was inaugurated in Washington, -Baltimore, Louisville and Cincinnati, by National League. teamE Marquis Yamagata, of Japan, received at the City Hall by Mayor Strong and the heads of the city departs mtnts The Maine Republican Stale-Con? ventlon Instructs its delegates to the-Na-tional Convention to vote for Thomas Reed for the Presidential candidate. Friday Dunlop and Turner accused of being the'Burden robbers, $33,000 wortS of diamonds having been found in thelr'pos-' session Senator Hill opposed an investigation of the' recent, bond sales in the United States Senate Legislature voted to adjourn on April 30 Marquis Yama-. gata of Japan sailed for Havre James Rich Steers, 'one -of the builders of the schooner yacht Ameripa, died The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court declared the Gray-Percy Racing Law constitutional District Assembly 75, Knights of Labor, issued a statement alleging 'Unfair treatment of employees. Ijyftie Brooklyn Heights Railroad flitch was emphati cally aeniea by Rossiter, oi tne latter ccripany.

I LOCAL OUTLOOK. Advance in the Price of Brooklyn Union. Gas Stock. UAI1NS IN RECEIPTS OF SURFACE EAILROAD COMPANIES, BUT LACK OF DEMAND FOR NEARLY ALL 'STOCKS AND BONDS FERRY RECEIPTS INCREASED. There has been no improvement In the market for Brooklyn securities during the past week, except in the case of Brooklyn Union Gas, which has advanced fully three points.

This gain is attributed to the anticipated dividend, which is looked for. between May 1 and 15. price of this stock reached 88 3-4 this week; and was very strong at these figures. It is said that the Brooklyn Union Company is in excellent financial condition, with a large surplus on hand, from which coming dividend is to be Daid. One feature of the- week has been the! very considerable gains in receipts by.

the Brooklyn Heights Railroad 'Company. For the first fifteen days of the month of April the receipts are given by President Ros- siter as $174,677, as against $156,371 for the year 1895 and $159,371 for 1S94. On Thurs when the warm weather made the open cars an acceptable means for trav eling, the company, took In upwards of fifteen thousand dollars. These improved receipts have hadV the effect of advancing the stock of the Brooklyn City Railroad to 68. If this improvement continues it seems ta bp agreed -that the-stock will appreciate -vw co rrsiderabiy'n and that the price ot Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company- will aleo advance.

The latter Is now quoted at 23 1-8. President Ros- slter, when seen this week, expressed, him self as very much encouraged regarding the business outlook, and thought that the gains in receipts would continue. Encouraging reports have also been re ceived from the Nassau-Atlantic-Avenue combination. It is said that the increase of travel owing to the additional facilities offered. by.

these -two systems operating as one, have been very considerable. The' in quiry has ben made as to whether the surface roads adopted "any plan of campaign regarding the obtaining of the right to cross the Bridge but thus far no plans have been made public. The possibility of the elevated roads obtaining that privilege at the present session of the Legislature is genreally There is a general agreement that such an arrangement should be made, because it would put an end to the crowding which now occurs at the Bridge during the rush hours of every working day. Figures presented by the authorities of the Bridge show a falling off for the month of March as compared with The. dally average for the last -namid-'month was $3,319.13, -while for March It was The falling off la small, though it must be born in mind that March la a longer month thnn February.

It is certain that there will be a very considerable increase in the income of the Bridge just as soon as the New York terminal is completed. There are many who now avoid the Bridge entirely during the busy hours, because of the crowding, who win go back as soon as the facilities for carrying passengers are increased. A new savings bank was- opened on Tuesday morning'. This is to be known as the Eastern District Savings Bank, and is located on Gates avenue near Broadway. It has the following officers: President, L.

E. Meeker First Vice-President, J. P. Sloane; Second' Vice-President, H. L.

Bartlett; Secretary, C. L. SicardI; and Cashier; W. A. Locke.

The Institution opens under very favorable! auspices. Tiere Is nosavings bank in the Immediate vicinity; the neighborhood is growing rapidly, and will receive a1 new impetus when the bridge at the foot of Broadway is. completed. Slight changes In ferry stocks have occurred during the past week. Union Ferry Is quoted at 681-2 to 3-4.

It is said that the new surface railroad transfer system 'helped' the ferry companies in giving them more passenger traffic. Brooklyn Traction or County Traction, as it is now called, is quoted at 43 bid, offered at: 47 1-2. Few transactions have "occurred during the past week. FOR THE DEACONESSES HOME. THE SCHUBERT CLUB WILL GIVE A CONCERT FOR ITS BENEFIT.

-The Schubert Club, directed by E. J. Fitzhugh, will at the Hanson Place M. E. Church, on Thursday evening.

30th a concert for the benefit of the Brooklyn- Deaconesses Home, established In 1892, -at its present" quarters, 1034 Bedford avenue. Marlon Walker, 'soprano; Carrie Teale, violinist, and Mrs. J. A. Whittaker, pianist, will also appear.

The deaconesses, of whom six have been licensed, are free, from domestic or social duties, have relinquished all other pursuits and claims, but. do not take the vows for life, and are at liberty to leave the order at any time. In many cases they assume a distinct garb, to relieve them of all regard for fashion, for protection In dangerous dlstrictd, and as a means of recognition. They receive no remuneration, but are allowed $3 a month for clothing and The officers of the Brooklyn home are: John- F. Vice-President, Mrs, C.

H. Car-hart; Second Vice-President, Rev. R. Pardington, D.D.; Recording S. D.

Compton; Corresponding Secretary, J. Q. Maynard; and Treasurer, Mrs. S. B.

Walker. SERVISS ON ITALY, FOURTH IN THE SERIES OF SATUR- DAY MATINEE LECTURES. This afternoon, at Association Hsll, Garrett P. Seryfas will deliver his illustrated lecture on' "Italy, the Land Beautiful." This is 4 fourth in the course of Satur- day mat! a lectures on foreign lands. Ayer's cal Quotation," by Herbert Paul; "The Fetich of Publicity," by John Macdonell, and "A Dialogue on Vulgarity," by the Hon.

Mrs. Chapman, There are half a dozen other readable papers in this splendid number. (Leonard Scott Publication Company, .231 Broadway, New York.) LADIES' HOME JOURNAL. In the "Ladles' Home Journal" for April Louise May Alcott, in a series of letters to five little girls, written at intervals from 1872 to 1876, reveals herself lu a most Interesting and lovable way. In these epistles she chats of her work, her home life, the influences that guided her to lit erature, her spiritual and kindret topics, with delightful frankness.

Gen. Greelys nsludins paper-upon The Personal Side of Washington' pre sents the great patriot as a son," a hus band, a. business man, a slave owner, a philanthropist, and gives his views upon the socio-economic topics that occupied the thoughts of the people of his day- Ex- President Harrison's "This Country of Ours" article discusses "The Enforcement of the Law," and shows with nice dis tinction the duties and jurisdiction of the President. Lillian Bell discusses "The Philosophy of Clothes," and Nancy Mann Waddle talks of the lily, practically and entertainingly. A short story.

"A Changa of Heart," by Sarah Orne supplements. In fiction, "The Violet," which is drawing to -close. There' are' practical articles on dress. the household, garden lng, Easter cards; usual depart ments. Curtls Publishing Company, Phil-tdelphta.) THE NEW BOHEMIAN.

The leading feature of the "New Bohe mian" for April is a comprehensive article on "The Old and the New Bohemia," by Eva Katharine Clapp. The writer de fines Bohemianism, gives a brief history of Its origin and development, deals par ticularly with the 'Bohemian element of Chicago, and pays loving tribute to Martha Evarts Holden who was known as the "Queen of Bohemia." Maude Andrews writes In. a chatty and unconventional way of "'Frank L. Stanton, the Bohemian Poet of the South." In "Mel-Azul," Dr. James Weir, presents a weird tale of medicine and mystery while Claude Fayette Bragdon tel's an up-to-date love story under the-caption of "Wifs several other features of interest Publishing Company? Cincinnati, "t3-t MENORAH The April issue of the "Menorah Monthly" opens with a strong and caustic reply to the article entitled "The Modern Jew" in the January number of the "Quarterly Review." The present paper is tn-titled "Religious Anti-Semitism," and it affirms that "the Christianity which ostracises the Jews because they do not recognize the Divine Redeemer in mortal man is not the Christianity of Jesus of' Nazareth." Other papers in this excellent number are: "Sketches from the New York Ghetto: a Russian.

Hero," by S. Wiener; "B'ne B'rith Rally In "Affairs of the Order," -with the usual miscellany and notes. (Menorah Rublzsh-ing Company, Temple Court, Befekman street, New. York.) '1 THE OUTLOOK. In the April magazine number' of "The Outlook" there is an article on William H.

Prescott. by Kenyon West. it is in commemoration of the centenary )ot the great American historian, who wis born May 4, 1798, and It i3 enriched by jnumer-oas, portraits and other illustrations contributed from the private collections of members of the Prescott family, wHo have been interested in Kenyon West's itribute to Prescott. Among these are Arthur Dexter, of Boston, the nephew if the historian; Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Prescott's granddaughter, who lives also in Boston; and Llnzee Prescott, of Greenwich, who Is the son of PreBcott's eldest ison.

.1 HARPER'S ROUND TABLE. Cyrus C. Adams, the well-known American authority on Africa, contributes an article to "Harper's Round Table" for April 14, in which he describes in a popular way many stirring adventures and wonderful discoveries along the 'Congo. Among other articles, stories- and excellent "Departments" in this number, Prof. William A.

Anthony writes on thei recent discovery in photography, the cathode rays. The article is illustrated! with some of the finest examples of work done with these strange rays. There ls an installment of Marlon Hariand's short serial, entitled "An Old-Field also an Installment of Kirk Munroe's serial, "Rick Dale," and a short yarn spun "Curebook." A story of cures told by the Free. J. C.

Ayer Lowell, Mass. by An Old Sailor. This is the same old salt that spun the series of fifteen yarns published two years ago. LITERARY NOTES. "Puck's Library" for May (No.

106) Is entitled "Scorchprs." It exhibits in delightful fashion all the humors pertaining to the bicycle. Impossible as well as The pictures are unusually good. The May mimber of "Scrifener's" will contain five complete short stories by Octave Thanet, Brander Matthews, Gertrude Hall, J. West Roosevelt and W.J." Henderson. Macmlllan Co.

will commence immediately the publication of their translation of the works of Friedrich Nietzsche. The first volume wlll.be "The Case of Wag- Miss Barlow Is engaged upon a new vol- of Irish stories which will, be published in the Iris Library as a companion volume to her "Maureen's Fiarlng." "Adam Johnstone's Son," the new novel by F. Marion Crawford, wlH be published during April. It "will be illustrated by an artist who went specially to Amalfi In order to be able to catch the local color of the scenes in which the story is laid. It seems that we have genuine pygmies living in the United States, for some were brought here from Africa as slaves, and villages of their descendants still to be found in the South.

"Appleton's Popu lar Science Monthly" for May is to have an article by Dr. James Weir, in which: the peculiarities of these little people are described, with two portraits of an old man of the race. The Home Book Company publish "The Rainbow of Gold," by Joseph A. Altsheler, author of "The Break of Day," In. the Little Nugget series.

It. 13 a stirring tale of adventure in the Far West. "The School of. Politics: The American Primary System," by E. Hofer, is published by Charles H.

Kerr Chicago. The same publishers Issue "A History of the A American Tariff, 1789-1860," by Eugene Cj Lewis. A waltz arrangement of Paul Dresser's song, f'Just Tell Them That You Saw Me," has been made by Theo. F. Morse, the well-known composer, and will appear In the, May number of "Ev'ry Month." The song has reached wide popularity throughout the East, where it as first published in one of the earlier numbers of the magazine.

J. Dent Co. In England, and Macmlllan Co. In America, are about to publish, a translation -of the works ot Al- phonse This edition, -which will be illustrated, will be issued in monthly volumes, beginning with "Tartarln of Tar- ascon. 1 The first of the series of papers on South Africa which Prof.

James Bryce, M.P., Is to contribute to the "Century," appears in' the May number. He corrects the reneral Impression that the country has little natural beauty. Portions of tha highlands he compares to Switzerland and the White Mountains, and he says that ope fan r.ever tire of the charm and varletjt of colur- In the landscape. Prof. Bryce says that the Boers have retained to this day a passion for solitude that makes them desire to live many miles from any neighbor.

Mrs. Everard Cotes (Sara Jeannette Dun can) has sent from her Calcutta home a novel of social and official life in India called "His Honour, and a "Lady," which represents this popular author's most finished and successful work. The serial publication In England wa3 secured by W. W. Astor for the "Pall Mall Gazette," and the lntere3t which the story has aroused In the course of Its serial publication indicates its decided success when it appears in book form.

This novel will be published with illustrations by D. Ao- pleton Co. A book as Important for the historical student as It is interesting for the general reader 13 "The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth." by Martin A. S. Hume, the editor of the Calendar of Spanish State Papers of Elizabeth in the Public Record office.

Mr. Hume says in his preface that he has often been struck by the failure of historians of tne time to account adequately for what seems perverse fickleness on the part of perhaps the greatest sovereign that ever occupied the English throne; and that he has undertaken in this book to show how a strong modern England was rendered possible by the fixity of purpose and consummate statecraft that underlay the apparent levity and capriciousness of the Queen's actions. The book will be published by Macmlllan Co. "A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom" Is the full title of the important work by the Hon. Andrew D.

White, which is to be published immediately by D. Appleton Co. In this book the author "simply tries to let the light of historical truth into that decaying mass of outworn thought which attaches the modern world to mediaeval conceptions of Christianity, and which still lingers among us a most serious barrier to religion and morals, and a menace to the whole normal evolution of society. My belief is that in, the field left to them their proper field the clergy will more and more, as they cease to struggle against scientific methods and conclusions, do work even- nobler and more beautiful than anything they have heretofore done. And this is saying much.".