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''EVOLUTION OF A CRIME.
REMARKABLE AND SALIENT POINTS
IN THE CRONIN CASE.
aee 1tkU An la Pragmas Om la
Oeert, Oae OateMe by tk attends or the
Vriteaan, aad a Third by the Faction
C lira Ctaa-aa-aae!.'
I HE Crenln cese
lis plainly destin
ed te furnish the
basis for a sensa
tional drama and
give many ''dark
plots" for thrill
ing novels. At
the same time it
must furnish a
perfect feast for
criminal lawyers
who love te study
their work and for detectives who nieke
the business a science; for from begin
ning te end it has worked out with most
romantic exactness. Ne novelist could
design a plot in which the sensational de de
Telepmcnts would ceme in such artistic
order. Truth and accident have outdeno
all the arts of literary development, and
from the "mysterious disappearance" te
the climax of the trial every incident
has ceme just at the right time for what
the econle artist would call "effect."
It is instructive te review the order of
disclosures, taking the liistorle rather
than the epic method that is, giving
events as they occurred and net as they
were discovered. Te the public, of
course, the first event was the disap
pearaneo of Dr. Crenin, the second the
announcement from Canada that he was
there as a fugitive, and the third the
discovery of the body, after which fol
lowed the arrests and production of ovi evi ovi
dence. But the prosecution has filled in
the gaps, and its history is briefly as
follews:
First was the reason for the murder;
then the conspiracy and selection of the
fit. tools; and en Feb. 20 ene of these
rented the rooms at 117 Seuth Clark
street Next day the furnlture was pur
chased. March SO the snme man rented
the cettage at 1,873 Ashland avenue.
Twe days later the furniture arrived
there. April 26 Iceman O'Sullivan inade
his peculiar contract with Dr. Crenin
the latter was te ceme at any hour
called, te attend any of O'Sulli van's men
who should get hurt. On May 4 at 10
a. m. Dcteclive Dan Coughlin ordered
at Dinan's livery stable n rig for that
evening for "a friend." It was taken
out at 7:15 and returned at 0:15. An An
other vehicle was hired te transport the
corpse.
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KUNZE. DEOOS. COCCMLIN.
O'SULLIVAN. BURKE.
New mark hew hard it is for crime te
bide its tracks, llew little any man,
honest or criminal, knows hew much
ether pcople notice him. Every ene of
the foregoing facts was noticed, every
detail nnd every f ace was noted and well
remembered by somebody. These fel
lows, no doubt, reasoned in their dull
cunning way that they were spreading
their operations ever se large a region
and acting se much in the dark, that the
facts could never be made te connect;
yet theso very facts insured detection.
Ignorant old men, old women who could
scarcely speak English, a "green" boy, a
milkman, a young clerk, an empleye in
a livery stable all these proved perfect
detectives), becauseeach could remember
ene or two important facts. On the
night of May 4 the doctor was murdered.
At 2 next morning a policeman saw the
wagon containing the trunk in which
was the corpse; at 11 a. m. the bloody
trunk was was found; at 2 p. m. the
doctor's "disappearance" was published,
and then, with true criminal fatuity, the
gang began te "manufacture evidence. "
May 0 a young woman declared she
saw Dr. Gronin in a street car at 0 a. m.,
the night of the murder. Then followed
the various rumors that he had abscond
ed. A cemplete story of his "tieublcs"
was made up and circulated. May 11
"Ananias" Leng 6ent the dispatch that
Dr. Crenin had just been in Terente.
Fer eleven days the public were indus
triously plied with the story of the doc-
Mil. COXKLIN. MRS. CONKLIN.
JUDOE M'CONNELL. W. S. FORREST.
ter's flight, and then all that was spoiled
by ene aw f ul fact May 23 Dr. CTenin's
cerpse was found in the eaten Dasin.
Then all the details of the teams and
cettage and ether collaterals were rap
idly brought te light and the arrests bo be
gan. Woodruff had been arrested May 10
"en general suspicion," and had "talked
toeinuch." May 25 Dttective Dan Cough
lin was arrested. Then followed in rapid
succession the arrest of many suspects,
seme of whom w ere seen released. May
28 the grand jury indicted Coughlin,
Woodruff and O'Sullivan, and new it
began te be whispered that the pelice
were investigating Alexander Sullivan,
the prominent politician, writer and
Clan-na Oael man. On the 11th of June
he was arrested, and en the 14th released
en bail of $20,000. On the 11th Marenoy
and McDonald were arrested in New
Yerk, but proved an alibi sufficient te
prevent their rendition te Chicago. On
the 15th of June Martin Burke was ar
rested at Winnipeg. In duotlme he was
identified and sent te Chicago, and new
the circle of evidence began te have an
nir of completeness.
The missing links were rapidly sup
plied. Every ene who knew anything
seemed te. become very anxious te tell it.
June 29 tire-special grand jury rounded
out the job se fur by returning indict
ments against Daniel Coughlin, Jehn F.
Beggs, Patrick O'Sullivan (the iceman),
Martin Burke, Patrick Ceeney, Frank
Woodruff and Jehn Kunze. Next day
Kunze was arrested; had been passing
by the name of Kaiser. July 27, Car
Conductor Dwy er, one of theso who "had
seen" Dr. Crenin after his murder, was
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caped from the country. Subsequent
events have consisted chiefly in unearth
ing the inside facts of "Camp Ne. 20 of
the Clan-naGael," in which it is sjlcged
the murder was plotted, and in getting
ready for the trial.
Aug. 30 the trial began before Judge
McCenuelL The long drawn out battle
for a jury began, and only ended Oct. 22
with a complete panel. Sept B two at
torneys broke into the Carlsen cettage
and carried off the bloody flooring te
preserve it, as burglars had been attempt
ing te destroy it Evidence continually
increased of a desperate outside battle te
defeat the prosecution, involving jury
bribing, for which six men were ar
rested en Oct. 11. Oct 10 Henry N.
Steltenburg, Alexander Sullivan's pri
vate secretary, was arrested and Boen re
leased. At last the tedious preliminaries
were concluded and the trial is new in
progress a trial the most fruitful of
sensations, perhaps, of any in tills coun
try. REV. ADA C. BOWLES.
An American Weman Who Ha Dared te
Preach.
Special OorrcspeodenoaS,
CniCAae, Nev. 7. The Rev. Ada C.
Bowles comes from the sturdy stock of
New England, which gave te the repub
lic its educational system. She was born
in Qleuccster, Mass., hi 1630. She
grew up with a passionate fondness for
the sea and is, as she has always been,
equally at home either in or en the
water. She is an expert swimmer, and
htr undaunted courage and rare pres
ence of mind have enabled her upon
different occasions te rescue persons
from drowning.
Nature gave her a sound mind in a
sound body, and her early life among
the rocks of Cape Ann gave her the well
balanced physical development which
resulted in a perfectly bralll? woman
hood. Acquiring rapidly and with case
all that was taught in the public schools
of Gloucester, she was yet wholly unsat
isfied with her attainments and pushed
forward with different studies by her
self. At the age of 15 she began te
teach in the public schools. She contin
ued in this vocation until she was 23,
employing, meanwhile, such lcisure as
she could command in study and in
writing for the press. She then married
a popular clergyman, Rev. B. F. Bowles,
pastor of the TJnivcrsalist church, at
Meliese, Mass.
Although by this marriage ehe became
the stepmother of thrce children and
later the mother of thrce mere, she still
found time for a variety of church work,
including teaching an adult Bible class.
Her success with this class led her te
deeper theological study, under the di
rection of her husband. Mr. Bowles is a
man who recognizes in his wlfe a talent
ed human being, possessed of ability it
net identical, at least equal with his
own. Ue desired that his wife should
be in all things his companion, nnd after
having given her a thorough course in
theology, he encouraged her te preach
the gospel, which she had long felt called
te declare
She began in 1800 by supplying vacant
pulpits in New England. In 1873 she
was licensed te preach, and in a short
time she was called te the Universalis
church at Easten,
Pa. While she
was pastor of the
church at Easten
her husband had
charge of the
Church of the
Restoration in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Bowles was
regularly or
dained in 1874,
and since has
REV. ADA C. BOWLES.
preached and lectured in most of the
large cities of the United States.
At present Mrs. Bowles is the non
resident pastor of-tlie Universalist chuich
at East Gloucester, Mass., while her hus
band has charge of the Universalist
church at Abingdon, in the same state.
In addition te her ministerial duties she
lectures in various parts of the country
under the auspices of the Women's
Christian Temperance union, in which
organization she lias charge of the de
partment of scientific temperance. She
is also the national lectureref the Ameri
can Suffrage association.
In addition te all these duties Mrs.
Bowles still finds time te be a netable
housekeeper, and is ever a cheery, affec
tionate wife and mother. One of her
family asserts that her sense of humor
and unfailing geed spirits are a constant
source of brightness in the household.
Indeed, se well ordered is her home that
among her friends and coworkers she is
knew nas the "model housekeeper." One
of her most popular lectures is "Streng
Minded Housekeeping," which is an em
bodiment of her own experience.
Mrs. Bowles is possessed of remarkable
mechanical dexterity and handles a ham
mer and saw ascleverly as a rolling pin.
She is small of stature, with a strong,
magnetic face and teft curling iron gray
hair. She is lithe and full of nervous
energy, and in speaking is net only en
thusiastic and eloquent, but is clear and
logical, with an intense sincerity which
appeals te the convictions. In listening
te her ene can but feel that the opinions
she utters have been n light te her own
steps.
Mrs. Bowles is very popular, and 13 al
ways sure of a crowded auditorium
wherever she speaks. Indeed, the ad
vice which Jehn Wesley gave te a w o e
man preacher in his day might fittingly
be given her. The counsel of the quaint
old preacher was: "De net speak at any
place where a man is preaching at the
same time, lest you draw away his
hearers." In all that she undertakes
Mrs. Bowles is prompt and incisive, and
in private life is as constant in geed
works as she is able in public, in inspir
ing ethers te all worthy endeavor.
A White IIuue Rostrum.
Some ingenious nnd patrictie person
has suggested that congress make nn ap
propriation for a permanent rostrum te
be built in front of the White Heuso
grounds in Washington. It Is te take the
place of the temporary reviewing stands
that are erected from time te time te ac
commodate the president. The rostrum
is te be of white marble with Corinthian
pillars and wide steps rising from the
White Heuso ground" Pittsburg Dis-
fialsli
HOMES OF SECRETARIES.
WHERE PRESIDENT HARRISON'S CAB
INET MINISTERS LIVE.
Im Italy Wisdom's Hoase Is the Hand
eaaaatt. Secretary Fractal's the Large!,
eretary Miller's Uia Smallest, Mr.
Blauw'a the Oldest.
(Special CorretpendDce,
Washington, New 7. All of the cab
inet families are new settled la their
homes for the winter. It may be worth
our while te take a leek at the houses
which are seen te become centers of
social activity in the national capital
HOME Or SECRETARY BLAINE.
All but two of the eight cabinet ministers
rent their houses here, the exceptions
being Postmaster General Wanamaker
and Secretary Tracy. The postmaster
general bought the house of ex-Secretary
Whitney, which was the social head
quarters of the Cleveland administration,
and it was Whitney's advice which in
duced Secretary Tracy te invest in Wash
ington real estate. Whitney made con
siderable money here, and, as he and
Tracy are geed friends, he urged his suc
cessor in ofllce te fellow in his f xtsteps
in the matter of home buying as well.
It is net likely Mr. Tracy will have
reason te regret his investment, as I hear
he has already been offered $7,000 mere
for his I street heuse than he paid for it
a few months age. Some houses in
Washington appear fated te run in the
cabinet groove. The Wanamaker home,
en I street, was occupied by Becretary
Whitney, and befere him by Secretary
FreUnghuysen, of whom Mr. Whitney
purchased. At least ene cabinet minis
ter, and seme old citizens say two, lived
In the house before FreUnghuysen. First
the home of a modest navy officer, the
structure has gene through a process of
evolution, ene cabinet resident adding n
wing, another a story, and a third a ball
room addition, till it is new ene of the
most commodious houses in town. Mr.
Wanamaker paid $80,000 for the house,
and will make money ou it and have his
rent free if he sells it at the end of his
term of office.
DOME OP BECnETARY WISDOM.
Secretary Tracy's heuse, which cost
him about $50,000, and en which he has
just expended several thousands mero
in repairs and additions, was also the
home of a former cabinet officer. Mr.
Dickinsen of Michigan occupied it while
postmaster general under Cleveland. The
heuse faces Tarragut Square, and ia in
the most aristocratic quarter of five or
six years age, modern fashion having
moved a little farther out. Secretary
Tracy has added a story and otherwise
enlarged the building, making it ene of
the most commodious residences in the
West End.
Secretary Rusk, the geed naturcd and
popular head of the agricultural depart
ment, lived in a heuse which has already
cntcrtaineiLa cabinet minister. Rebert
T. Lincoln, new minister te England,
lived there while in the war department
It is a very cheerful home, surrounded
by a pretty bit of ground an attraction
possessed by but few homes in Washing
ton. Though this is the city of magnifi
cent distances, and though there is room
enough in the present city and adjacent
suburbs for a population of a million
souls, the fad here is te cut the ground
up into lets just large enough for the
houses which they nre te contain.
Gardens are rare in Washington, and
Secretary Rusk was lucky in getting a
heuse surrounded by ene, small though
it is. Of course, it would nevcr de for
the secretary of agriculture te live with-
m
H0M23 OP SECRETARIES TRACY AND RUSK.
out a sign of gardening or landscape art
en his premises. "Unde Jerry," ns lie
is often called here, lived the watering
can pretty industriously during the sum
mer, though a secret of that part of
Massachusetts avonue is that, while Mr.
Rusk is an authority en wheat, corn,
pumpkins, sugar cane and fepring chick
ens, he docs net knew ene (lower from
another.
A fourth heuse which has in its day
liarburcd cabinet ministers 13 ene of the
most famous houses in Washington the
old Se ward icsiJcnce, which Sccretnry
Blaine has leased for a term of ten years
with ptlvilege of purchase It is indeed
a heuse with a hlbtery, associated with
two or thrce tragedies uud long a center
of public interest. Sir. Blaine's work
men have reclaimed it from the rats,
meld and decay, and made of it an at
tractive though old fashioned dwelling.
The walls have been strengthened and
windows have been cut in te admit light
nd air. Ne changes have been made in
'be general plan, and tlw interior,
tbpi'gh beautifully decorated In the
highest and most modern style of the
art, has tholewceiling3 and wide central
hall of fifty years age. Though old It is
a dwelling very well adapted for enter
taining, always a point te be considered
in Washington houses.
This old heuse is adapted te entertain
Iwc. because it has a bread hall, with
rnll
mm ma w$aWw 9AMI
library ob one aide aad reception room
en the ether, a wide staircase and a
drawing room en the second fleer, ex
tending across the whole width of the
front During the coming winter the
Blalnes willliavea great deal of com
pany, among their expected guests being
Emmens' wife, late Miss McCerraick,
the Chicago heiress. The eM w nils will
be witnesses of gayer scenes than they
have beheld since the days of Webster
and Clay, for even then the house was
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SOME OT ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER
AND SECRETARY PROCTOR.
occupied by cabinet ministers and ether
leaders in politics and society. Mr Blatne
pays $3,500 a year for the premise,
whieh 'contain servants quarters con
necting stable with house in the old
style. Hohas spent $3,000 in repairs,
and probably would have no difficulty
in sub-letting at a geed profit The
houte is very dcsirable, for the reason
that it is situated within a stene's threw
of the White Heuse, and, of ceurse, in
the Tcry heart of the city. When he
left Washington, after the death of Gar
field, Mr. Blaine did net expect te re
turn, and he leased his own house.
Anether famous heuse is that occupied
by Secretary Neblo and family. In it
Edwir M. Stanten lived, and after him,
in order, Dr. Hammend, surgeon gen
eral of the army; Charles Aster Brin
stead, an unfortunate scion of the rich
Aster family, and Ben Halliday, of over
land express fame. It is a plain old
house, which faces Franklin square, and
has plenty of air and sunshine. Fer
thirty years it has been ene of the best
known dwellings in the capital, and dur
ing Ualliday's occupancy it was the
scene of many social triumphs. Halli
day 's heuse is said te have been mere
richly furnished than any heuse of its
time in the city.
Attorney General Miller has the small
est heuse in the cabinet circle, though a
very geed sized ene it is. Mr. Miller is
net by any means a rich man, and the
IIOME3 OF SECRETARY NOBLE AND POST
MASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER.
less of $17,000 a few years age in ene of
Russell Harrison's unsuccessful ventures
in Mentana lias made it necessary for
him te count the cost of things. A cab
inet officer cannot live en his salary, but
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are beiieuslyuinking
an effort te ceme as near te it us they
can. Mr. Miller's heuse costs him $1,200
a year.
The largest heuse in the cabinet circje
is occupied by Secretary Procter, net far
from Miller's. It contains about thirty
rooms, and the secretary of war pays
something like $1,500 a year for it By
long odds the handsomest of the cabinet
houses, both inside and out, is that of
Secretary Windem. It is a beautiful
etone front heuse en Massachusetts ave
nue, along which aristocratic thorough
fare no fewer than four of the president's
secretaries have their domicile. The
Windem heuse is owned by Capt.George
Lemen, proprietor of the largest pension
agency business in Washington. The
building of artistic houses is a fad of his,
and he has already erected a ceuple of
dozen of the prettiest houses in the capi
tal. Frem his tenant, the Hecretnry of
the tteasury, he gets a check the 15th of
each month for $410.08.
Walter Wellman.
Tope Lee' Stutue.
There Is a cut of the innrble statue of
Pope U'O XIII. uluch Mr. Loubat. of
New Yerk 'ity, w ill present te the Ca
tholic university of Washington It was
through thoinllueiKMef ArchbibhopCor ArchbibhepCor ArchbibhopCer
rlgau, of New Ver!t. thnt the donor di
rected that thu gift fcheuld Ijo bent te
the university The btattie Is n copy of
the ene which formed the central and
attractive figure in the great jubilee ex
position at the Vatican, it will be a
imperii work of nit, made from the
purest Carrara marble te be obtained. It
is expected te be ready for erection in
October of next tear It U understood
that it will be placed in the hall of grad
uation, In the acadtmie structure of the
university, jit te be erected.
SuniilcDt Kenten.
Angry Farmer (te boy in his apple
tree) What are you up in my tree for,
young man?
Bjy in the Tree 'Cause that deg e'
yeutii won't let me ceme down. Yau Yau
Lee Blade.
Sir James Hecter, New Zealand's fore
most scientist, has been deploring what
he describes as "the perfect athletic
mania which lias arisen in the Aus
tralias." Te be a here In the colonies
new, he says, you mutt excel, net in
braiu work, but in the training of the
muacles of the arms and le 1
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OF 1'IPES AND PUFFERS.
GOSSIP BY THE LATE DR. MOTT CON
CERNING 8MOKERS AND SMOKING.
Iaufn of the Yfaad, anil Seuia of the
rubllc People Who Tempt Them Proa Prea
Idtnta, Stalnraen, Auther and Editors
at Uta Shrine Sema flood Advlre.
Special Convspendence,
New Yerk, Nev. 7. "It is a curious
thing," said the late Dr. Alexander Mett
a short time befere his fatal illness car
ried ene of the best all round New York
ers te the ether shore, "that we doctors
rarely agrce en the subject of tobacco.
Because nicotine is the actlve principle
of the weed, is poisonous in its isolated
form, the inference has been broadly
drawn that the man who icjiekes or
chews must be injuriously affected. The
experience of mankind, howevcr, docs
net confirm the conclusion. Ask any
consumer te etate distinctly what kind
of pleasure or kind of iu jury the daily
use of tobacco produces, or why he con
tinues the Indulgence, and net ene in a
hundred can give you a satisfactory an
swer. Who ever heard a man say he en
joyed smoking when he couldn't see the
smoke, or attributed his 'shake' in the
morning te the sraoke of the night be
fore? "Anether point worth noting," contin
ued the doctor, "is that geographical lati
tude aud constitution have much te de
with the popular habit In Nmv Eng
land, for iustunce, thcie is a large and
conscientious body of men and women
who would suppress the use of tobacco
If they could by loglslative enactment
while from the cosmopolitan city of New
Yerk southward, ene is brought in con
tact with the habit in its most offensive
forms. Chief among these is the cigar
ette. It is but a short time age that a
physician was suddenly summoned te
attend one of the brightest young men
in the metropolis. While saying good geed
by te his hosts ene evening he dropped
like a leg, and then followed a succession
of spasms, jerks nnd uncontrollable mus
cular motions that lasted for nearly three
weeks. The doctor had all lie could de
te save the young man's life, and It will
be months befere he recovers anything
like liis former health. Inquiry devel
oped the fact that ou the day of the at
tack he had smoked forty of the poison peison poisen
,ous pests. s New, if the nicetine stains se
often sccn'en the fingers of a cigarette
smoker can be easily discolor the outside,
what must be the effect ou the mero doll dell
en te membranes of the threat, lungs and
bleed vessels. The truth is, mero insidi
ous harm is dene te the system by the
indibcriminate and habitual smokiugef
cigarettes than by the use of bad liquor.
"This brings out another thought.
There Is danger in being miscellaneously
pelite. Among the patients of a friend
of mine is a gentleman who is threat
ened with the less of ids arm from
loisen which he is supposed te have
absorbed by handling a cigar after it
had been returned te him by a stronger
who had borrowed it for n light The
latter was probably engaged Tn seme
business in w hlch poisonous substances
are used, and, neglecting te wash his
fingers, had unconsciously left a trace of
the poison that produced the disaster.
If smokers could see the filth that sur
rounds niue-tcnths of the men and wo
men who manipulate the weed, their
careless and unclean habits, and obscrve
the nasty lingers and sometimes lips
that put en the finishing touches of a se
called Regalia, there would be a larger
demand for cigar lieldcrs, and instead
of biting befere lighting, they would use
u knife te clip the folded end.
"Thcie are, doubtless, cases," contin
ued the doctor, "in which cancerous nf nf
fectlens of the lips and malignant dis
eases of the stomach ure traccable te the
abuse of tobacco, but I have found few
among the records, compared w 1th the
extraordinary number of pcople in pub
lie and private life who ute the weed,
that illustrate the idea of permanent in
jury te icreens in general geed health,
any mero than would result from the in-
tioductlen into the system of ether dclo dcle dclo
tcrieua substances. Fancy your German
philosopher working out his problems
without his pipe!"
Tuko seme of the best known of our
own people, especially theso engaged in
intellectual work; the majority aregrcat
Binekcrs. James Gorden Bennett is ad
dicted te cigars nnd cigarettes, and I
happen te knew, can use up u pile of
them during a night Chat lex A. Dana
is an admirer of the. brier root Pulit
zer, Joe Heward, WillloWlntcrandStll WillleWlntcrandStll WillloWlntcrandStll
sen Hutchlns are exceptionally abstem
ious, for most newspaper men smoke
pipes. The ulght editors find in them
their chief solace. Senater Sherman
smokes the best Havauas, but his broth
er TecuniKeh enjoys a dry binoke.
Judge William D. Kelley, the pig iron
protectionist of Pennsylvania, indulged
in the habit for two generations. Gen.
Grant, us we all knew, smoked inces
santly, and is pointed out ns an cxample
of the evil; yet he says in his memoirs
that he tried for years after leaving West
Point te acquire the habit befere he was
successful.
Chauncey Depew formerly could get
away with twenty or thirty cigars n day;
new, his after dinner cigar is a luxury.
Grever Cleveland enjoys smoking while
at work, and if you happen te meet him
en his travels, ten chances te ene but it
will be iu a smoking car or en (he smok
ers' slde of a ferrj beat. Beb Ingcreell is
a famous patron of geed cigars, but
many of the reverend gentlemen who
occasionally handle him without proves
could smeke him out of heuse and home.
"Randelph, of Roanoke," when he
went abroad, carried n barrclful of Pow
hatan clay pipes and corncob pipes with
catie stems. Henry A. Wise was an in
veterate chewcr of tobacco, and in Ills
own home a devetee of the pipe. Alex
ander U. Stephens, of Georgia, would go
te bed smoking, and his long stemmed
pipe was his first companion in the morn
ing. Andrew Jackten was famous for
his corncob pipes, aud Chief Justlce
Marshall for his snuff box and excellent
Maccabey; while the records tell us that
the two Adamses, father and son, Clay
and Webster, Calhoun, B:nten, and lu
fact nearly ull the early great lights of
the republic, were addicted te the use of
tobacco in en a form or another. Sta
tistics show that the majority of our
present legislators, state and national,
have the tobacco appetite, and that its
incrcase during each succeeding genera
tion is something for the consideration
of the philosopher and philanthropist
Actors, as a rule, are great smokers of
cigars, although Edwin Beeth prefers a
pipe. The late Jehn MiCulIeugh possi
bly added te his accumulation of brain
trouble by the excessive use of tobacco.
Billy Florence, en his return from a
Eureeaii trip, is always sure te have a
let of handsomely carved pipes as souve
nirs for bis friends. The late E. A.
Sertie rn (Lord Dundreary) smoked like a
chimney, but Jehu T. Raymond was ex
ceptionally virtuous in this respect The
ladies of the dramatic profession princi
pally affect cigarettes, but, en the sly,
many of them de net dUdaln a fragrant
cigar. The habit is becoming prevalent
among the fast young girls in the female
colleges, and even fashionable Vassar
tnlcht mnnv u tala unfnhl if Ua lnmn
I walla could reveal the secrets of the
frolicsome inmates.
We all knew hew Isaae Newton lest
his sweetheart, because in a fit of ab
straction he used her finger te step his
plle; and whoever has read "The Cricket
en the Hearth" will easily recegnize a
smoker in Charles Dickens, when, speak
ing of Det, he says: "She was out and
out the very best filler of a pipe, I should
say, in the four quarters of the glebe.
Te see her put that chubby little finger
In the bowl, "and then blew down the
plpe te clear the tube, and when she had
dene se, affect te think that there really
was something in the tube, nnd blew a
dozen times nnd held it te her eye like a
telescope, with a luest provoking twist
iu her capital little face, us she looked
down it, wns qulte u brilliant thing. As
te the tobacco, she was crlect mistress
of the subject; and the lighting of the
pipe with a wisp of paper, when the
Carrier had it in his mouth going se
very near his nose, nnd yet net scorch
ing it was Art, high Art"
The habits of famous authors in re
spect te tlje use of tobacco are Interest
ing. Milten nevcr went te bed without
his plpe nnd a glass of water. Shake
speare did net smoke, nor did Goethe,
Shelley, Wordsworth, Keats. Addison
had u pipe in his mouth at all hours.
After his dally dinner, Hebbcs smoked
until after nightfall. Carlyle was a
steady smoker for years. Tmuiysen has
"pulled" nt his ptie for nearly half a
century. Sir Walter Scott smoked In
his carriage and regularly after dinner
add loved a short clay plpe. Byren
wrote about "sublime tobacco," but In
dulged in Its use only moderately.
Douglas Jorreld, Thackeray, Bayard
Tayler, Lord Lytten, Lord Houghten
and Campbell worked while pulling ci
gars or pipes. Neither Washington
Irving nor Bryant used the weed In nny
way. Colerldge, when cured of his
opium habit, took te snuff, and Prcscett,
the historian, when limited by his physi
cian te ene cigar n day, dreve all ever
Paris te buy the blggest ene he could
find.
Pursuing the subject further from a
professional point of vlew, the writer
asked Professer Mett what lu his judg
ment were the best means of avoiding
injury from the oxcesslve use of the
weed?
"I should urge the smoker," he re
plied, "te observe two conditions. First.
the quality of the tobacco, and second, if
pipes nre used, the quality of the plpe
and its stem. Nicetine takes its name
from JcanNicet, whointreducod tobacco
Inte France In 1500, nnd In Its poisonous
power is scarcely inferior te prussle acid.
Some tobaccos contain about i) per cent.,
ethers 0, and seme nearly 7. It is rare,
howevcr, that a hundred pounds of the
dry leaf yields mero than ueveu pounds
of nicetine. Iu smoking n hundred
grains of tobacco, thcrefore, say a quar
ter of nn eunce, it is possible te draw
into the mouth two grains or mero of the
most subtle of poisons, but the proportion
wHl vary with the variety, the rapidity
of Biueking, the length of the plpe, the
material of which it is made, and ether
circumstances.
"In most oriental countries where
smoking is n constant habit, the natives
use long stemmed pipes in which the
leaf burns slowly, added te which is a
bowl containing perfumed wuter, or
ether liquid, through which the smeke
passes, leaving behind n part of its pois
onous vapor. The reservoirs of some of
the German pipes nre death traps, be be bo
cause they retain the grosser portions of
the tobacco, while the cigar discharges
dliectly into the mouth nil that results
from the combustion of the weed. Yeu
will understand, lliciofero, that n geed
plH should be porous, like the Powha
tan clay or corncob, with mi umple
bowl that permits frequent cleaning, and
with a long stem of absorbent quality
that will take up the gummy-llke rofuse
of the burned tobacco nnd the werat of
the poisonous elements of the nicetine.
Besides, a short plpe which discharges
Its fumes dituctly Inte the eyes and nos
trils is injuileus te the sight
"As te the qiinlitics of tcbacce, these
depend en the honesty of the manufac
turer. Tuiklsh is of ceurse reckoned the
beat. The pure American, when una
dulterated with sumac leaves, straw, tea,
mullein and scores of ether substances
that are employed te incrcase bulk or
ndd te the lluver, will rank next; but
such a mess of filthy stuff is new being
foisted en the community and sold by
the aid of chremes and ether arts of the
advertiser that i". ia well ulgh imposslble
te detect the fair-) from the true. I de
net pretend te be a connoisseur in these
matters, however, concluded the doc
tor, "and what 1 have mentioned ure
himply the facts familiar te all physicians
who have studied the subject.
F. O. Dli FOXTAINE.
LOUISVILLE ATHLETIC CLUD.l
IU New llullillnf In a Wemleifully Flee
One.
Louisville' ntliletla club' new building
will Ik cemplrUi hi nil Its apjielntnicnt.
Willi ground, furniture ami apparntiu the
ttructiiru will cct about (43,000, The
grounds are Rituatel In the heart of the city,
nod mcasure 275x100 feet. Tim Imllillnu is
enteral from the grounds, from the driveway
and from the strait. Tucmi entrances epen
into a main hall. A wlds stulrcuMi leads
from tlia hall te the tccend deer ball, from
which nil thu room of the deer open. Ou
this fleer U the gymnasium, a room 60x70
feet, eccupv lug the whole east end of the
building, and In height reaching te the reef,
A running track of twenty-six laps te the
mllobalse laid out hore. 'lhe reading, bit
Hard and luilies' parlur rooms nre ul en this
Doer. The reading room Is the most secluded
ou this fleer, and has a southern exposure
The billiard room has space f07 two tables,
and Is finished In hard weed. The ladles'
parlor will be a very attractive spot for the
athletes of the gentler sex, nnd will be ele
gantly furnished, it has direct nccebs te the
gymnasium and te the dreeing room, thus
leuisvillk'b ATinxna cum buimuke.
obviating the necessity of going through the
renutlulng portion of the building. On the
third fleer Is tbe cpa' ring room, SO by 'JO
feet, a chess room, and finally, the mett at
tractive fcature of the place, the upjcr
perch. Then there is a bon ling alley, com
plete In every iartlcular, 85 by 63. The
building proper will be hcated by steam,
with natural gas under the boilers and In the
fireplaces. It will be wired for olectrle lights,
as well as being completely prepared for
lighting by gas. The club has already ever
l!i0 members, comprising some of the most
prominent chitens of the city.
,
The Junier rartlostens.
little Bessle Fred, what de you thlnkl
Mr. Stokes Lad a perplexity fit yesterday.
Muter Frcd-1'erplexlrj fltl Oh, dear,
what a girll ex mean A parallel stroke
Kxchance, -
DUKSS OF FAIR WOMEN.
WHITE IS TO BE A GREAT FAVOfV
ITE THIS SEASON.
Beautiful KftVcts That TTU1 Be
by Combining White with Tariew
Shade New Styles In Drapery Illnetra
d and Described.
(Special Oorrrspeodence,
New Yerk, Nev. 7. New is the time
that tries mothers' souls and fathers'
financial standing, for it Is the period
w herein dainty maidens nre preparing for
conquest, which means, In sober, plain
Yankee, that they are having their new
ball dresses made. Se far, gowns mad
of black or white, or both combined,
have the precedence of all colors. White
nun's veiling, cashmere, Henrietta, China
nnd Japanese crape, and silk lu the soft,
lustrous weaves are the materials pre
ferred, and they are made up with very
slight drapery In the front and with
deep double box plaits, full gauging,
sashes or drapery In the back, for which
several new styles are shown below.
BUNS1ILNB AND CLOUD.
The beautiful white gown in the cut
herewith was made of mat white faille,
with no trimming save a vest plastron
of white (satin aud n sash ribbon tied In
the back of the eame matuiial. The
sleeves nre long and have puffs of faille
at the top and wrists, and two slashes of
satin at the elbow. The dress is cut
high in the neck and the effect is rich,
chaste nnd elegant, nnd sufficiently flee
for any young lady. This same model
followed out In veiling, or Japanese
crape, would le exquisite, as both these
materials drape even mero gracefully
than faille.
The handseme black lace dress beside
the ether is plain and has a simply gath
ered waist, half high in the neck, and Is
gathered very full at the back. The
skirt is made up ever a glace slip. There
Is n border of nmberhcad trimming
around the heck nnd waist, as well as
down the front, the black and amber
making It a very effective gown for a
brunette. There are no sleeves, but
whoever makes a dress after this design
would de well te have sleeves of lace,
w hlch can be basted in when rcquired,
and a gulmpe of lace ever colored silk,
which will instantly transform this danc
ing dress te a decorous afternoon or din
ner toilet.
White will be worn much mere than
any color for ball dresses this winter.
A very beautiful ene is made of a whit
silk or satin slip with blaek lace ever
d reai, and it is often seen that the petticoat
is of white silk with the upper skirt
looped n little te show it, or left open en
0110 side or the ether for a narrow space.
White will be used very much as com
binations with all colors and materials.
Fer the woolen goods there will be pan
els and accessories of line felt flannel
nnd broadcleth,iithcr embroidered finely
In geld or silver thread or braid.
In making up white cashmure velllng
or crepe, the most effective combination
ia moire, and, as such dresses nre net
calculated nor expected te last a life
time, it is just as well te buy the cheaper
grades of theso goods, if you only knew
hew te treat them, 113 the kind that coats
flve times as much. It you take the
cheapest meire or satin, which costs from
4U te 70 cents per vara,
and tack ene thickness
of cotton batting te a
NKW STYLES
thin crinollne lin
ing, and then cut
this out just the
shape of the IN DKAPEKv.
breadths, turning the cotton side te the
back of the meire or satin, it will leek
like the richest and heaviest of such ma
terial when the dress is made. Ail stage
dresses are made se, except in cases
whuie the actresses have the heft of their
reputation upon the maguiffcence of
their toilets.
Speaking of magnificence, recalls te
mind the magnificence of the velvets of
this season, tiurcly Solemon never saw
anything like them, and "oriental mag
nlllcence" is a cheap and tawdry expres
sion te use in describing them. Many of
the patterns are enormous, being In vel
vet (lowers and foliage en armure
grounds or upon plain satin. Seme of
the velvet has the pile frise or curled.
One kind has a thick, large pattern in
black upon a plain white armure ground,
the flowers looking as If cut out of plush
and thrown en, the relief Is se high. The
variety is se great (that it could net be
told in detail in a week. Of course these
beautiful fabrics ere only for front
breadths or trains. There are these same
kinds, however, in colors for cloaking,
und the admixture of colors Is very
pleasing. I noticed an opera cloak of
sage green armure silk, with a pattern
of u much darker shade of green thrown
u Kin it, and it was absolutely magnifi
cent. But. after all, these goods are
mero pleasing te see in the piece than ia
the made up garment j
OUVE HlRKK. j
An Offer te Gould.
Says a literary gessip: "I chanced te
see a few days age a letter written by
ene of our large publishing houses, ad
dressed te Jay Gould, In which the offer
waB made of $30,000 cash and a royalty
of 40 per cent en all copies that would
be sold of the work, for a volume of
reminiscences te be written by the noted
financier. I say ' w-itten,' I should hare
said 'dictated' for the use of a compet
ent stenographer was included in the
offer. But a preposition Involving $80,
000 is probably a veiy insignificant mat
ter in Mr. Gould's eyes, and he has net
as yet even ventured a reply te the
letter." Exchange. . .
Pearls In Claau.
The Head of the Tide tn Belfast mar
yet become famous for Its pearl fisheries.
Several pearlj of geed size and quality
have been found in that place, but the
ether day ene valued at twelve dollars
was takcu from n Head of the Tide clam.
The clam had lets of geed qualities be
fore; and if he uew is going te give us
pearls as well us dinners, ether lands
may kee their diamond mines und
birds of paradise and welcome, Leu is is
teu Journal.
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