THE SCKANTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 18J)T.
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Presbyterian isinni
Ho General Session,
Some erf the Issues to Be Decided at Next
Week's Meeting at Winona Park.
Tlio 109tH general oMembly of the
Presbyterian church, which will meet
on Mny 29 at Winona Park, on Unfile
Lake, near Warsaw, lnd., will, says the
Tlme3-HcrnlJ, be In many respects the
greatest ever held In the history of the
J. L. WITHROW, D.
church. It la expected that there will
be G,000 ministers and lay members of
the church present, a larger attendnnca
than at any previous meeting. Six
hundred olllclal commissioners will be
present from the various presbytci Ics,
the number being equally divided be
tween mlnlstcis and laymen. livery
section of the United States, as well as
the foreign missions under the juris
diction of the Presbyterian church, will
be represented. The assembly will con
tinue in session until -May 31.
A friendly contest for the moderntor
ehlp has Already been begun. No lay
member of the church has ever occu
pied the chair of the presiding olllcer
at the annual convention, but at the
coming1 meeting this precedent may bo
broken Jinny of the commissioners
favor the election of a layman as mod-
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PRorussoR a. s. carrier.
crator. Four candidates have been
prominently mentioned for the office.
The two laymen suggested are ox
Presldent Harrison and John Wana
maker of Philadelphia. Dr. Henry C.
Mlnton, of San Anselmo, Cal., ami Dr.
Sheldon Jackon, commissioner for the
church in our far-away territory. It
was Dr. Jackson who Introduced rein
deer In Alaska from Lapland for tho
purpose of solving the food problem,
and It is said there Is every prospect
of Its proving a success.
After tho election of moderator a
number of other interesting and im
portant questions will come before the
nssembly. Among the first will be the
report of a committee which is quite
noteworthy for the prominence of Its
members. This committer is to recom
mend that disposition shall be mad? of
the great mission building" in Nev
ELISHA GRAY.
York, built by tho church two or three
years ago. Tho committee Is composed
of Moderator Rev. John L. W'.throw,
chairman; ex-President Haulhon,
John M. Harlan, of tho supreme bench
of ho United States; Jair..i A Reaver,
ex-governor of Pennsylvania- Thomas
Ewing. Samuel R. Huey, The mas Mo
Dougall, II. 15. Stillman, Alexander
ti iDonald and Robert S. Williams.
s building was built by the Homo
ina Foreign Missionary society, and It
'Iras not been making money. It was
consequently suggested that It be sold.
It is predicted that in view of the hard
times and low value of properly the
committee will report adversely on the
preposition to soil the building.
HOME MISSION WORK.
The next question of Importance will
he tBe report on homo niis.don work
WILLIAM C. GRAY.
by a committee appointed at tho last
assembly to consider what Is known as
the Indiana mission plan. Five years
ago tho Indiana branch of the Presby.
tprlan church established an innova
tion In tho home mission work wfolch
has proved an unqualified success. Two
years ago the plan was adopted by Illi
nois and one year agp by Ohio, Tho
assembly Will consider the advisability
of tho adoption of the Indiana plan by
all tho other synods of the church. Tho
Indiana plan, may be brllly explained
as follows; Previous to Us rfdoptlon by
Kpt Jloosler state all of the states !n
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the country paid their money for home
missionary work Into a gendral treas
ury In New Yolk, from which each
stato afterward drew tho amount al
loted for Its own missionary work. The
stato of Indiana required more money
than it paid into this general treasury,
bo that state decided to try tho plan of
taking care of Its mission work entire
ly independent of the national treas
ury. Five years ago it began this new
system. The home mission work for
the state was paid for by funds from
within tho state, and it was nt once
found that more money for home mis
sion work was raised than was neces
sary for the missions, leaving a sub
stantial surplus. This surplus was
sufllclent recommendation of the ad
vantage of the system, which was con
sequently continued.
STATUS OP CHURCH TRUSTEE.
A matter which will exclltc consider
able Interest and discussion Is the
question of the status of the church
trustee. A committee will report us to
whether tho trustee should be an or
dained deacon of he church, or should
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THOMAS KANE
bo a man entliely independent of
church connections. Tho feelings of
some ministers aie very strong on this
subject, as they deem It preposterous
to make a man a trustee who does not
belong to the I'resbj tciian church.
Those who support the revotso view
cite in suppoit of their position tho
fact that u man who Is not nn Episco
palian can be a trustee of an Episco
palian church. There will also be a re
poit from a committee as to tho con
trol of theological seminaries by the
general assembly.
Should the question of establishing a
young people's religious league iilse,
which-seems rather unlikely. It will be
one of the most Interesting nnd Im
portant features of tho assembly de
liberations. A year ago the assembly
consldeied the establishment of a so
ciety for young people, to bo called tho
Westminster league. After thoroughly
WILLIAM E. MOORE, D. D.
canvassing tho situation, however, It
was decided that there should be no
Westminster league and no independ
ent joung peoplu's association, but
that Instead the young people should
Join forces with the Young People's So
ciety of Chtistlan Endeavor. Home
and foreign missions will In the main
overshadow all other subjects. Dining
the past year there has been a tre
mendous decrease In the debt or the
Home Mission board, and It Is probable
the policy of sending out more men to
foreign missions will be adopted.
Advices received at Winona Indicate
that theto will be a great convocation
of Presbyterians on tho shoies of Eagle
Lake. Among the many Presbyterians
of national prominence who will attend
are ex-Piesldent Harrison, John Wan
amaker, Stated Clerk and Teasuier of
the General Assembly Rev. William H.
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Roberts, D. D. LL. D., of Philadelphia;
Permanent Cleik of the General As
sembly Rev. William Moore, D. D. LL.
D., of Columbus, Ohio; Itev. James A.
Worden, superintendent of the Sab
bath school and missionary work, Phil
adelphia; Rev. John Hall, president of
tho Board of Home Missions, New
York; Rev. William C. Roberts, Becre-
(nr.r rf i 1, n llnnrrl ef TTnmA Tluulnna
New York; Rev. Elijah R. Craven, D.
' D. LL. D., of Philadelphia, and Rev.
George W. Uirch, D. D. LL. D New
York.
Among tho Interesting statistics re
garding church work under the super
vision of tho Presbyterians of the
United States aro the following: Total
number of presbyteries, 221; total num
ber of ministers, 0,912; total number of
churches, 7,573; total membership of
the church, 913,710; total Sunday
school membership, 1,000,391.
WINONA.
Winona Is completely In the hands of
tho Presbyterian church, and under Its
care and patronago It has developed
into a veritable western Chai'Jauqua.
Thero is no other assembly In ,ie west
that approaches it In beauty und blze,
and a great future is prophesied for it.
Winona is on the banks of Eagle Lake,
a beautiful body of water about two
miles southeast of the llttlo City of
Warsaw In Kosciusko county, Indiana,
Warsaw Is situated a little south of
east from Chicago on the Pittsburg,
Fort "Wayne and Chicago railroad, be-
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tween seventy-five and one hundred
miles ftorn the city. Twelvo years ago
'the beautiful spot was comparatively
unknown, except by the citizens of
Warsaw nnd the Immedlatelynurround
lng country. At that time a llttlo hut
was the only sign of habitation on the
banks of tho lake. Since then more
than $200,000 has been expended In
beautifying the park. Canals have been
cut along the edge of tho lake, flower
gardctw have tireii laid mt, hotels and
many cottages haves been built, and the
pnrk hrts been transformed Into one of
the most beautiful grounds in the en-
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REV DR. E, C. RAY.
tire country. The lake Is three miles
long uml two miles wide, and upon It
I are numoers oi steam soais, yacnis ami
rowbeats. A new hotel has recently
been built to especially accommodate
delegated to the general assembly, and
a woman's buildings has also been
constiuctcd. In the latter building the
woman's home and foreign missionary
board will hold their annual meeting
while the general assembly is in pto
gress. During the entire summer, beginning
w Ith tho general assembly, Winona
Park wiil be In constant use by various
associations, schools and clubs, until
the first of December. A partial list of
these and the dales Is as fellows. The
Federation of the Lltcinry clubs of In
diana will meet Juno .",; on IB to 17 In
diana Sunday sehuol convention; June
21, humane da , June 29 to July .",
Western Association of Writers; July
15 to August II, Winona Assembly pio
giammo; July 19 to August 13, Winona
summer school; July 20, state W. C
T. U. confeience; August 13 to 23, Rlble
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school and state Y. M. C. A. encamp
ment; August 20 to 29, convention of
Indiana Christian Endeavor Union.
Tho Winona summer school will bo
under the direction of Professor John
M. Coulter, TTnlviwity nt Chicago. Tho
woik will be dhi'ded Into five depart
ments as follows: College department,
methods depaitment, music depatt
mint, ait depaitment and physical cul
ture department. For these vailous
departments, excellent Instructors have
been secured from various parts of the
country, and tho Indications aie that
the school will be larger and more suc
cessful this year than ever before,
WHY THEY MEET AT WINONA.
An Interesting story is told of tho
selection of Winona as the meeting
place for tho general assembly this
PROrESSOR J. M. COULTER.
j ear. When the time came for tho se
lection of the location, among tho vari
ous placed presented for consideration
was Winona Park, Indiana, Nearly
eery one said, "Where's Winona, and
what Is it?" few tuning heard of it be
fore. Consequently It was an uphill
fight for Rev. Sol C. Dickey of Indian
apolis, who had the rashness and auda
city to suggest the Eagle Lake resort.
Rut the reverend gentleman, who is tho
secretary and general manager of the
assembly grounds, buckled on his ar
mor and entered the fray with all the
assistance he could muster. After a
hard light he succeeded in landing
Winona a winner as a meeting place
for the assembly of 1S97.
The lake and Its beautiful surround
ings make one of the mast beautiful
and plcture&quo summer resorts in th
part of the cou-fry. jOn one side of tr ,
lake are high bluffs, dotted with hand
some cottages oven looking the water.
There is every facility for lecieatlon In
tho way of boating, oathlng, Hshlng
and all kinds of athletic and gymnas
tlo sports. ISeautlful groves cover tho
rolling grounds adjacent to tho water
nnd there are a number pf brooks and
springs; flowing into th,o lake. Under
neath all the educational work and even
tho tecreatlon Itself at Winona, will be
tho prevailing spirit of religion, and
with the close of the general assonibly
the future of the park will be ,st,ured
as the great national resort f f Pres
byterian educational work an recrea
tion. PLATT fiOT THE PEN.
Hut Nevertheless Editor Francis' In
tcntioiiH Were All Right.
The Washington correspondent of
tho Buffalo News writes to his paper:
"Ono of the best fellows on earth with
out any possible doubt l, Charles S.
Francis, tho junior propn or if the
Troy Times. Mr. Francis was in
Washington this week and called on
President McKlnley. Now the Troy
editor always has a hobby that Is to
say ho Is always head over heels In
love with some particular Idea or pro
ject, and when he Is Interested In any
thing ho Is Interested to a degree of
marvelous intensity. Ever since the
Republican Btate convention ut Sara
toga last September Mr. Francis" hob-
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by has been Gov. Frank 8. Ulack. And
Just here It may be observed that
Charles S, Francis nnd his hustling
paper made Frank lllack governor of
the stato of New York. There has
been a great deal of talk about what
Lou Payn did for Frank Eluck, but If
the tiutli were told Charles S. Francis
and the Troy Times did more townrd
making Frank Rlaek governor of New
York than Lou Payn had tho power to
do. Tho only difference between Fran
cis nnd Payn Is this: What Francis
did for Ulack he did from the good
ness of his big hcatt, and what Payn
did for him was for revenue only
nnd he got his revenue In being made
stnto superintendent of Insurance.
"Hut to get back to Mr. Francis' visit
with the president. No sooner was the
handshaking over than he begnn to tell
the president what a wonderful gov
ernor Frnnk Ulnck was making. 'He's
the leaven of the loaf and tho salt of
tho earth. He's got the s'lffest back
bone) of any governor New l'ork state
ever had, said he.
" 'Will ho sign the Greater New York
Charter bill?' said tho president.
"Ah, Indeed he will,' leplled Mr.
Francis, 'and iMr. President, I'll tell
you what I'll do, I'll send you tho pen
with which he signed it.'
"The president thanked his visitor
very cordially for his proffered favor,
but what was the president's surprise
tho third day after, when Senator
Piatt came In to see him and exhib
ited the very -pen with which Governor
Black had signed the bill. The genial
editor of tho Troy Times will have to
square himself with President McKln
ley in some way or he'll get the frosty
face the next time he visits the White
House."
SI'OX(ii:s TO HE RAISED.
Also Ojstcrs nnd Lobsters nt n Novel
iWiiHsnchiisctts Ilatclierv.
A Prolneetown, Mos . dlsrintch to
the Sun says: Oyster, sponge and lob
ster lalslng will be begun here in a few
das by pel sons who hae bought a
largo tract of land for tho puipose.
The company has been loimed by well
known capitalists of this state, who
nwalt witli Interest the first crop. If
satisfactory results are obtained, more
money will be lnesttd In the enter
prise. The business of breeding oysters and
lobhtcrs differs here fioni that at most
other breeding spots, ns the local gen
eiatlng and propagating places will be
entirely landlocked. At the eastern
limit of this township Is East Hutbor,
a wide and slinllow pond, one mile and
tluee-quai teis long and about half a
mile wide, which will become the prin
cipal breeding s.pot. The pond waters
hae become almost flesh since the
sepaiatlon of sea nnd harbor, and It
Is the purpose of the breeders to let
in s-ea water only w occasion de
mpnds. The leading man of the company is
William Hatch, a joung Englishman,
who has made the subject of fishes,
mollusks, sea plants, and llsh food his
life Mudy. Not only native or domes
tie, but imported ojstc,rs will be pro
pagated at the hatchery. Each kind
will be kept In Its special quarters.
An electrical plant will be used in
connection with the other maehineiy.
One bundled men are expected to be
employed on the grounds before next
autuinn, and this number will probably
be inci eased largely In H98. The work
or building the ilrst bleeding house
and a cottage for tho superintendent
and assistants has begun.
POINTS AIIOUT I'L.VOS.
The Tuo-Stnrrcd Plug on Governor's
Island Tu;;-The Jack on W nrsliips.
The president of the United States
has his very gorgeous Hag; the scc
letnry of the navy and the assistant
secretary have their Hags; admirals
have thclis, and so do commodores,
but It Isn't known very widely, per
haps, that Generals of the army also
have Hags, which are hoisted some
times. The other day the Governor's
Island tug left the landing at the Bat
tery with a little blue Hag on her cen
ter flagstaff; on the blue field of the
Hag were two white stars. The ma
jor general commanding the Depart
ment of the East was on the tug, and
the little blue (lag signaled the fact to
all who saw It and knew what It meant.
To those who didn't know what It
meant, It seemed as If the flag was
simply the remains of a full-sized
American flag, the rest of which had
been blown away during Its faithful
sarlce. The flag gave warning to
Governor's Islanders that the general
was coming, and so let them prepare
to receive him ns regulations prescribe.
The blue llag with white stars hoist
ed at the bow of one of our men-of-war
when In port is the Jick, and is
tun up on the jack staff. It Is a sign
that the vessel Is In shipshape. When
the ship's wash goes up to dry, the
Jack comes down, because not even the
best of ships Is in order with the wash
Happing In the breeze. If the wash Is
up, and the vessel suddenly has to fire
a salute, down comes the wash; be
cause a vessel with Its wash up Isn't
LITERARY GOSSIP.
It may bo as well to have It "nder&tood
once and for all that the success of "Roso
of Dutcher's Coolly," Mr. Garland's novel,
which is now being advertised in England
as tho book of the ear on that side of tho
water, began with tho American critics
and not with tho English. These latter
gentlemen have seen (It to praise tho
book In most fulsome language nnd It is
meeting with a very wide sale in London.
A repetition of the Stephen Ciane episode
bids fair to follow. Let It also bo under
stood once and for nil that Mr. Garland
has been writing books for some years
and that he was not "discovered" by tho
Saturday Review. Speaking of discover
ies reminds ono of tho statomnt of a cer
tain publisher recently that he had "dis
covered" (Miss lEthel Reed. He might as
well have spoken of discovering tho Stn
tue of Liberty. Miss Reed, by tho way,
has done a most interesting series of il
lustrations to a little volumo of Japanese
sketches by Mrs. L. I. Rood, which Stono
& Kimball are to bring out In tho early
fall.
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The demand for "Tho Damnation of
Theiou Waro" continues. A report seems
to havo gene the lounds, by tho way, that
tho Messrs. Scrlbner had acquired this
book from Stono & Kimbill. This report
Is not true, but It probably arose from tho
fact that tho Scrlbners hud recently Issued
the four of Mr. Frsdorlc's books, of which
they wero tho publishers, uniform In mane,
up with "Tho Damnation of Tharon
Ware." Tills edition was made with tho
knowledge and consent of Messrs. Stono
& Kimball.
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Tho ptibMc seems still to crave romantics
notion. "A Woman's Courlei" and "Cap.
tain Jacobus" aro both selling moro each
month thun tho mouth before, und now
Mossrs. Stone & Kimball aro about to Is
sue another book of the same class, by
William H. Johnson. It Is called "The
King's Henchman" and doils with the
court of Henry of Navarro. Neither that
gentleman nor his court was particularly
Th
In a fit condition to do the polite. As
soon ns tho wash Is hauled down, up
goes the Jack, nnd tlio salute Is fired.
Then down comes the Jack, and up goes
thewash again. The Sun.
TO MAKK THE lILr HEAR.
An Electrical Intention Which ,11 ay
Mitigate tho Misery ofDenfiicsa.
"William L. Skinner, a St. Iouls In
ventor, has, says the Sun, an electrical
Invention that promises to make tho
dent hear. Mr. ltlnner Is a civil en
gineer, but of late he has been devot
ing his time to Inventions. The elec
trlcal ear drum Is his latest. If Mr.
Skinner's Invention will do what ho
claims for It, he has wrought nn ever
lasting 'tnellt to those who nru hard
of hearing. His car drum, ho says, Is
so constructed as to be almost Invisible
after It 'has been placed In the car of
tho wearer. Tho drum consists of an
elietrode contact rdate and an clastic
receiver, designed somewhat on the
principal of the telephone, but much"
more delicate.
When once placed In the ear no fur-
ACTOR
Who Is to Preach from
Chlcnero, May II. James A. Herno, tho
nctor, who Is to preach from the puplt of
Rev. Dr. A. J. Cantleld's church, St.
Paul's, on the night of Sunday, Mny 10. Is
known the country over for hKltlnd face,
his gieat air una his noble character (on
tho stage) a the hcio of "Hearts of Oik"
and "Shore Aeie " And U st'iso uppenr
anci and chr.inctir do not be'.lo the man
hlniMif, for In private lite ho Is philan
thropist, vlth a heart or oak and a gen
ously oju'ii hand. Mr. llorno Is now nuaily
W yv.ua of uce, and lias be. u a plavfr Tor
almost two generations Ills tit -t ensase
nunt was at Tro. N .. und paid him .
a w eok. Later. In the lays of the oia stock
rompanv , he w n leading man at the Holll
dny Street theatci In Haltimore and at
Ford's In Washington. His caieer upon
tho stage since that time lias been varied,
ther adjustment Is necessaiy. To the
portion of the device !nseited in tho tar
is attached a wire so small as to be
cnrcely visible. This wuc leads to the
battel y, which may be can led In any
pocket desire I. It Is possible, the In
ventor savs. for the wearer to hear an
ordinary conversation anywhere with
in a reasonable dlstunce.
Applied Science.
rrom the Washington Star.
"Excuso me for half an hour or so,"
said a prominent oHlclal a few days ago,
"while I have a talk with my doctor.'
"I thought your doctor was In New
Yoik." was the rely.
"Oh. es," the oltleia: answered, "ho Is
in New York, but at 2 o'clock every after
noon he comes to the telephone the long
distance telephone and we have a talk.
It Is not convenient for me to run up to
New York often, so I report my condition
to him every afternoon, the charges, etc.,
nnd he In return gives me his aaviee and
prescribes for me through the telephone.
When the time comes for him to send tho
prescription, I simply connect him with
my druggist, and my doctor tells him
what to mix for mo as easily ns If he
had to write It. This long-distance tele
phono surpasses even tho wildest dreams
of Its Inventors,"
WUnt Thev Do.
Washington Cor. New York Tribune.
"That was nn excellent answer," Ad
miral Jouett lemarked, "an ablo oeaman
gave to a land-lubber visitor on a man-ot-war,
who atked: 'What do you sailors do-."
"'Well,' responded the Jolly tar, 'wo
does about what we please until we aro
told to do something else, and then wo
does that putty d quick."
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virtuous, although thero was much pro
tense of dcen religious feeling, so .he
story nbounds not only in tho battle3 of J
,1114, Milk tit HIU MU,. .,... w l-.wv m..i -
trlguc, v.i lch underran the swiftly moving
current of court life.
Stone & Kimball havo Just announced
that "A Daro to Bl3marck" by Clinton
Ross, which Is now running In tho Illus
trated American, will bo published In the
latter part of Juno or tho brut part of
July, becauso of tho great intciest which
has been aroused by tho trouble In the
east and because tho story deals almtst
wholly with tho real persons on European
politics. Clinton Ross tlrot brt amo known
as a writer of short stories, and it was
only on tho publication of "Tho Scarlet
Coat" anl "The Puppet" (another talo
of adventure in Greece, by the way), that
hl3 vpluo ns a novelist was recognized.
Tho fourteen tnles which go to make up
the. "Meddling Hussy" have appeared In
the great magazines from time to time
and deal chiefly with romantic episodes
In American history. There aro a number
of pictures by well-known artists, and
tho volumo bids fair to bo ono of the most
successful books of i short stories which
has nppeared this year. It will bo ready
In early June.
MAGAZINE NOTES.
A paper on "Tho Uses of Prayer" and
tho collection of ox'traordlnary psychlo ex.
perleucos compiUtd In tho May Mcta.
physical magazine Invito perusal; and
thero aro several weightier contributions
nn occult themes for readers thereto In
clined, Wlfat promises to be a most Interesting
and valuablo series of articles Is begun ih
tho Mny number of Gunton's magazine
In tho first of several papon. on "Anclnut
Charters of Liberty." This paper narrates
the conditions In English history hlch led
ud to the exaction by tho nobles from
King John of the Magna Charta, and pre
sents ho full text of the great chatter
of Henry I, upou which tho Magna Char
lit llMl
744WFf
The CmirreBt Gossip
Of Loedoe Towmio
JYliss Kaiser Writes of the Jubilee Prepar
ations and Also Tells of the Continued Sue
cess of John T. Watklns.
Special Correspondence ot Tho Ti lbune.
London, April 27. As I told you In a
founcr letter, the people and newspa
pers are nil Jublleed up to a point of
funnlness, Just now, arranging or
rntlur thinking they nru at ranging
the celebrations of Procession day.
Everybody who can hold a pen. It
seems to me, wi Itcs to the papers to ex
press his ovcrllowlng heart upon the
subject nearest till lonl RrltlsherV
hearts at the present time. Some of
HERNE,
Dr. CantieM's Pulpit.
and with It Is associated almost every big
theater In America and a few In Canada.
He has pliji-d Rill Sjkes and Nathaniel
lttriy tqually well, to vny nothing of the
great range of characters which he tilled
ns a Sto.lv nctor As a playwright he Inn
written voluminouslj "Hearts of Oak"
was his Hi bt Then came ".Minute Men,
"Drifting Apart," ".Margaret I'leiming,"
and lastly "Shoro Acres." Ho Is wedded
to the characters he evolves, and the paiU
he fiken are the (lowers and fruits of his
own leelliis. He Is a believer In the theory
of Darwin, and, oddly enough. Is a devoted
udheient of tho thoorv of Henry George
as to taxation Hut .Mr Ilrrne will not
speak on thee topics at St. Paul's church.
He will te'.l what he thinks of the drama,
a matter with which his life v oik makes
lilm more familiar than with toclal ques
tions. tilt se letters aro mere complaints of
fancied slights from out und out cranks,
but others are sometimes very enlight
ening and sensible k plies from people
high In society and authority, to letters
that have culled these same forth.
Anent the crown versus bonnet dis
cussion that has been going on lately,
I read today a very interesting reply
from a Royal Duchess who "mediates"
a gioat deal between the people and
the throne giving each a better and
kindlier idea of the other, than they
weie wont to have. Shs says, for In
stance, that "much as people may wish
to behold a 'real Uc' crown or two dis
played In the Jubilee procession I think
that they can hardly expect to see the
venerable sovereign vv earing one on her
head; as an open carriage necessitates
a bonnet. It may be remembeied that
Her Majesty wore a bonnet for the 1SS7
celebration, and that no approach to
state or evening diess was made by
her or the princesses for attending the
services in Webtminstcr abbey. Tho
queen could certainly allow a small
crown to be arranged on her bonnet In
such n way that It might be becoming
enough, and also distinguish her from
all other mortals on the eventful day;
but the weight of this addition to her
toilet must be taken Into consideration,
and It might prove enough to cause her
serious Inconvenience.
MODESTY PREFERRED.
"An Impressive effect could certainly
be produced by allowing the sword of
state, the cup of maintenance, and the
crown, to be carried Immediately be
of Lettei
ta was based. Next month tho text of tho
Magna Charta Itself Is promised. Every
student of politics should read, study and
pre.seivo these papers Another feature
of interest in tho May Gunton's Is an ex.
ceodlngly ablo and thoiough exposure of
tho economic fallacies comprised In Her
bert 6pencer's now- completed Synthetic
Philosophy.
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"Celeste" by Anthony Hope opens the
May Pocket Magazine. Two othei capital
stoiles In this number are "The Courting
of Kato Carnegie," by Ian Maclarcn, and
"The Stoiy of Hannah Wray," by Edwin
W. Ptigh.
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The International Studio for May car
ries out tho original promise of thlr de
sirable periodical nnd reflects contempora
ry oclieveintnts In art In a manner qulto
sure to gain for It tho favor of all who aro
Judiciously eclectic In their prcfeicuccs.
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Number thrco of The Ametlcan Kelt
presents nn Inviting array of contents cal
culated to Intciest tho sons and daugh
ters of old Owalla. This original venture
In tho publishing woild apcars to bo mak
ing a permanent place for Itself.
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A paper on Poe, with several rare por
traits, stnnds out as the conspicuous feat
u ro of this month's Bookman, but tho
various departments of this superior pub
llcation are up to tho stundurd, which U
all that need bo said.
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"Money" Is tho name of a now and repu
tedly non-pat tlsan monthly mayu.lna
which Issues from tho American Ttact
Society building in New York. Its aim is
to give authoritative explaratlou of all
sides of the money question. In tho intro
ductory number ex-Congressman Towne,
of Duluth, tells why he thinks tho Inde
pendent tree colnagn of silver by tho
United States is practicable; William E.
Dodge shows why there Is n dcarta of
money In tho South and West; Maurice L.
Muhleman, of tho Now York sub-treasury,
explains tho present money system; Ray
mond K. Dodgo. dlscuiscs "Credit Power
fore Her Majesty's carriage. However,
this would entnll extra, work, worry
nnd responsibility, nnd is Ecnrcely
probable that the sight will bo vouch
safed to tho public, ns for many oi
year the queen hat; preferred the sim
plest nirnn.'fement for her outdoor ap
pearances. As regards the state robes
of crimson velvet, lined with ermine at
tho 1SS7 Jubilee service they were dis
posed on the coronation chair In Ufa
Abbey; but there Is hardlv a chanco
for their coming out once motv, ns
queen's weather In the month of Juno
militates strongly against their being
used ns a carriage rug." i
The papers declare, it Is openly said
In the Vatican or "Ulnck" circles' In
Rome, thut the pope has so great a r
pect for Queen Victoria, that If she
were not a heretic he would compli
ment her on her Jubilee by sending her
the golden rose. This token of rdgft c
pontlflciul approbation, however, seems
to be Impossible for various reasons.
The pope is nine years older than tho
queen, and Is said to have nlways
had the most kindly regard for her
ever since meeting her half a century
ago, before ho liad become pope. When,
he became tho Father of the Catholic
church he was of course admitted to
tho family of sovereigns, and, conse
quently, took occasion to write tho
queen, a freedom upon which he could
not venture when he was merely Papal
Nuncio nt Brussels, ns ho then was.
From that time to this and this Is a
fact but little known there has been a
constant interchange of friendly civil
ities between the Holy Father and Her
Majesty. Every new year Leo XHt ,
wiltcs a personal letter to the Queen,
to which ho as regularly leceivtes an
autographic reply.
MR. WATKINS" SUCCESS.
Ycu w 111 bo glad to hear of the con
tinue d success and progress of John T.
Watklns, your townsman. His work In
the duet "Tho Lord Is a Man of AVor,"
In which he tnng at tho orchestral
concert of the Royal Academy of Mu
sic in big Queen's h'all last month, was
spoken of In the papers as most Inspir
ing. Last night at tho evening song
set vice of St. James' church, where Mr.
Watklns occupies the position of solo
ba artist, he lnd tho great solo "Tho
Trumpet Snnll Sound" to sing, which
he did In line style Indeed. Mr. Wat
klns Is n'so engaged to sing the bari
tone role in Barnby's "Rebeknh" nt
Bromley next week, and is down also
for some solos In the miscellaneous part
of the programme. The church choir,
In which Mr. AVatklns sings Is, I hear,
to foim part of the choir of men and
boys' voices .which will render tho Ju
bilee murlc In St. Paul's cathedral on
Jubilee day. From all of these Indi
cations, Sernnton lias reason to bi
proud Indeed of her repiesentatlvo
bass-baritone, and to predict success
In the great wot Id of music for him
is merely stating a certainty soon to
be a realized fact.
Sadlo E. Kaiser.
Recipe for Stncrh.
For two dresses make ono gallon of
starch by mixing one cupful of Hour with
ono pint cold water. Pour on this threo
nnS one-half quarts boiling water and
strain through cheeso cloth. Pour hair
the mixture. In a tub containing four gal
lons warm water. Wash ono of tho dres-t-es
In this, rubbing tho fabric tho same, as
if soap were used. Rinse In two clear wat
ers, and hang out to dry, when they will
be found to be about as stiff as when new.
Sprlnklo only an hour or so beforo beins
Ironed. iuJ
A WIPE'S COMPLAINT.
How men folks will change, I declarol
Peleg said 'foro ho married me,
I'd the loveliest shade of hair
'Twas ever his fortuno to seoj
And tha ninny said, furthermore.
Ho believed and ho hoped 'twas true,
'Twas tho shade that tho angels wore
There was ono what woro It, ho knew.
But tho shoe's on tho other foot
Seneo tho honeymoon's gono down
Now ho says, clean down to tho root,
I've the auburnest hair In town;
And ho hints, when he's on a blow, ,
That I've got a temper to match
Peleg dearly loves to play "throw,"
Rut ho don't half enjoy playln' "catch.'1
Now when Peleg ias courttn of me,
Ho didn't need very much sleep;
He could Ltnnd It till half-past three,
"Eto slumber his eyelids should steep,
Rut, oh my! If tho baby cries
When tho dear has tho stomach-acho
Ho growls, "Stop that young ono's nolsci,
Tho young brat keeps mo awake!"
Mildred Merle, lit Farm News.
and tho Demand for Moro Money," and Ct,
Nagasaki, of the Yokohama specie bank,
gives tho reasons which Impelled -upan
recently to exchango the silver for tho
gold standard. "Money" Is cheap at a
dime a cojy.
Tho Occult Sclcnca Quarterly, a Colum
bus, O., venture, makes Its second ap
pearanco with Its sixteen largo pages full
of spook literature and pictures. It cov
ers hypnotism, spiritism, theoeophy, som
nambulism, ghost stories, telepathy, palm
istry, astrology and all tho other isms
and ologlcs of tho occult domain, and
undertakes to shed on each the calcium,
ray of modern sclenrc.
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Tho EpI-Laik, being tho Lark's last flut
ter, Is at hand, and Its clover foolery
shaw s how big a void was created when
tho Lark decided to soar no more. Tha
Lark was tho ono "new thing" In Junior
magazlnedom that did not out-last Its wel
come. But perhaps It stopped at tho right
tlmo; for Ice cream and bon bons, whllo
delicious in their place, could not well ba
eaten resulurly, In lieu of moro filling
food,
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With Its Issuo of May 1 tho Chap-Rook;
completed Its third ymr and In celebration
of tho event Issued a supplement filled
with excellent essays, stories and book!
reviews. Tho Chap-Rook began as a kind
of llternry Jen do sprit, but hss blnoa
quadrupled In size, nssuniod n 3nrtous
meln and established itself as ono of tha
flxed institutions of the time,
o
Tho Homo Magazine has had a hard!
struggle dining the dull times but has now
passed tho corner nnd ought horeaftur
with a swelling exchequer to became hot
ter and bettor, Tho May number Is llrst
rate,
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Tho Philistine Is not only getting "sas
sier" as It growa oldor but it hus actually
began to tell stories verging very close ta
the line. Wo don't read 'tXu, tf course,
but wo vo heard of 'im. ,
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