Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1880, Page 6

THE LEWIS WILL CASE. Am Accurate Account of the Fam Conspirac IN. ¥. Post.) ‘The ns convicted last week in the United Court at Trenton, N. J., of con- spiracy to tener et government con of ie 'y_Dequea' 08e| wis, Eithonaire’ or Hoboken, to the United States, were —— at the bar for sentence this morn- iy ey were six in all, viz, the pretended y qlane H. Lewis, who pleaded guilty and Was used as a witness On the part of the govern- ment, and Dr. Andrew J. Park, Marcus T. Sacia, George R. Bradford, Frank Allison and Henry T. Bassford, whose trial began on the 27th of bruary and closed on the 1th of March, with Bradfor @ verdict against Tecom- mended to the eee of the court. The court sentenced Sacia and Allison to two years’ im- ynment and to pay a fine of $10,000 each; Beery and Bussford to one years imprison: ment and to pay sing of $1,000 each. Park’s ‘was postpont veprom the five volumes of closely printed tes- timony, covering three thousand pages, taken in the will case, and from the records of the courts the following authentic account of the and progress of this remarkable con- spiracy has been obtained: a ih L. Lewis, a man of about 85 years, died im Hoboken on March 5, 1877, leaving an es- tate of more than a million of dollars con- ’ained in his box kept in the vaults of the Man- hhattan Company. in the charge of his friend Mr. Geo. D. Gillespie, He had no other estate ex- ‘eept.a small house in which he lived at Hoboken. Worth about five thousand dollars. He had come to this country at an early age from Jamaica, W. 1., and had lived all his life in this city, where he had accumulated his fortune, and ‘Was not known to have any kindred or connec- tions whatever at the time of his decease. He Jeft a will made in 1873 by which he appointed Mr. Gillespie and Mr. John Wolf, trusty friends, as his executors, and, after making a few small legacies, he devised the whole of his estate to them in trust to apply it to the reduc- tion of the national debt incurred in the war of the rebellion, and especially enjoined them to — his wishes were carried out faithfully. ithin a tew dajs after his death it was an- nounced that he had left a widow, to whom he hhad Deen married in 1855, and on the 17th of March, 1877, a caveat was filed in the Orphans’ Court of Hudson county, N. J., by Jane Lewis, through Charles H. Winfield, her attorney, al- Py tety Soot to be his widow. A caveat was also filed on behalf of John Cathcart, who al- leged himself to be a nephew of Lewis, and sub- sequently a claim was, made by one Thomas ‘Lewis, who alleged himself to be his son. The will was presented by the executors to the Chancellor, sitting as ordinary in the Prerogative Court, for probate on the 31st of March, 1877, and $n view of the caveats filed the court appointed ‘Mr. Wolf, one of the executors, administrator, pendente tite, and directed that the box contain- ing the estate should Be brought from New York and placed under the control of the court in the Newark Savings Institution, which was done. Mr. Wolf took charge of the collection of the interest and the management of the securities ‘under the direction of the court, and an order ‘Was made directing testimony to be taken before Cornelius S. See, a master and examiner in chancery, at allt Baas ioe John P, Stock- ton, attorney general of New Jersey, appeat for the state, Mr. K. W. Russell for the alleged Mr. P. H.Gilhooley for Thomas leged son. On the 19th of May following, the alleged Ww, through Mr. Winfield, applted to the Orphans’ Court to set off dower in the real estate. This 2p plication was Opj by Mr. Robert Gilchrist, counsel for the executors, and by United States District Attorney Keasbey, who had been directed by the Attorney General to represent the interests of the government in the matter, and to see that the rights of the United States under the will were protected. ‘The application was refused. The testimony ‘Was be before Mr. See in Jersey City on the 15th of September, 1877, Mr. Gilchrist appearing for the executors, ex-Chancellor Williamson for John Cathcart, the alleged nephew, Mr. Win- field for the alleged widow, and Mr. Keasbey on behalf of the government. ‘The will was proved by the witnesses, and on ‘the 3d October the case on the part of the execu- tors were closed, and after some unimportant testimony on behalf of the contestants they re- Sumed on the 15th of October, when the mar- Fiage certificate was produced by Mr. Winfield. icerkes Bradford, one of the witnesses, testi- tied that he had been present at the marriage of Lewis with Jane Hastings on November 18, 1853, and had signed the certificate made by Ethridge M. Fish, Witness. a justice of the peace at Hoboken, asa isha L. Caldwell, a lawyer of New York city, testified that he had taken proceed- ings for @ divorce on behalf of Mrs. Lewis against Joseph L. Lewis, which were speedily Settled by agreement by the parties tn his office. ‘Two other witnesses were examined on that day to prove that they had known the parties as busband and wife, and on the same day Mrs. Lewis. the alleged widow, herself was called and testified to her marriage by Fish on the 18th of November, 1858, at the house of Mr. Lewis, at Hoboken. She was subjected to a long exami- nation. occupyin: enty-five print about one hundred and sev- pages, and taking until De- cember 1, 1877. Mrs. Lewis supported her story with wonder- ful sktll—described her life in Lewis’s house for Several months, and all the particulars of her subsequent career, including constant visits from her husband in New York and various places where she had lived up to 1S74, and en- ‘vered minutely into his habits of life and the various circumstances under which her inter- course with him had been carried on. About this me Special Agent H. M. Burnett of Newark, of the Secret Service Division, who had been engaged in general service in New dersey under the direction of District Attorney Keasbey, was specially authorized to devowe himself to the Lewis will case. He did 30 wit great zeal and efficiency, attending all the ex aminations and reporting dally to the District Attorney. Through his eiforts much of the evi- dence was prepared which afterward exposed the ot and caused the conviction of the conspira- Yors. At the close of Mra Lewis's examination a umber of women Were examined at very great i on her behalf. They testified that they known heras Mrs. Lewis; that they had Seen her husband visit her in New York, and ‘they went into the minutest details of her life. Frances Helen Peabody, one of the defendants in the conspiracy case, also testified that she had ‘Mrs. Lewis before she was married, also been acquainted with her after and had known her as Mrs. Lewis. Henry T. sford, another of the defendants, also testified that be had known Mrs. Lewis tn 1858, before her marriage, as Jane Hastings,and had seen her while the old man Lewis was “courting” her in New York, and had met them doth after they were married. At this point it Was earnestly insisted on behalf of the govern- ment and of the executors, who were certain from the first that the claim of the alleged widow was a gross fraud, that they shouid be allowed to intervene and offer other proofs. Ap- plication infact was made to the chancellor that purpose, but on the sistof Angust It Was agreed by all parties that the testimony on of the executors should begin on Sepiem- ber ioe leaving the contestants to proceed With thelr testimony subsequently, before this point was reached it nad inctly ascertained by the executors, with the aid of the chief of the engraving de- partment of the Treasury, that the alleged mar- riage certificate was a plain forgery upon a blank taken from a plate which, although exist- ing in 1858, had been materially altered in 1 and that the impression used for the forged certificate was a recent one, taken from the plate after these important alterations had been Made. The evidence on this subject had been thoroughly worked up by Mr. Gilchrist and the district attorney with the aid of Mr. Casillear of the engraving department of the Treasury, and they were thoroughly prepared to prove the facts as soon as an opportunity should be offered by the closing of the testimony on the part of the contestants. The consent above Mentioned afforded them the opportunity, and they proceeded at once to present their proof. ‘They examined John H. Kirk, the engraver, who was perfectly familiar with the plate and its ‘ions, and John C. Buttre, Peter J. Smith and several other witnesses, by whom it was shown in the most conclusive manner that the marriage certificate produced on the part of the ed widow was procured from a plate which ‘Was notin existence in that shape until after the year 1862. This testimony consists of 400 ited page and was continued until October 10, 1878. it was supposed that this conclustve proof of the forgery of the plate would put an end tothe claims of the alleged widow, but about this time ther counsel were called in on her behalf, and after that time she was represented by ex- Governor Beale, Mr. Effingham H. Nichols, William Fullerton andothers. On the 12th of tt mony concerning the plate offered by the pro- nents of the will. ‘The plan was to show other marriage certificates of pre- cisely similar character had been made ed aS far back as 1855, and that, therefore, the testimony concerning the was insufficient to establish the forgery. ‘Was -ring! Though I did not distinetly . Burnett consulting constantly larcus L. Sacia,one ofthe defendants and testified certificate, Amon; the famous ex) amined at ute exhibits other matters extending over 400 or 500 pi pce During the latter part of the year 1879 Sortlandt Parker, who had prior to that time been retained as counsel, with the executors appeared and took part in the cone in e latter stages of the case, About the close of the year (1579) Frank Fleet, one of the par- ties to the marriage certificate produced in con- firmation of the original certificate, became very ill and was about to die and made a full confession that he had been persuaded to swear falsely as to that certificate. In the meantime, the detectives Lo ars on behalf of the gov- ernment had fully satisfied themselves that these two marriage certificates were fot by the same persons who had concocted the origi- nal conspiracy, and after the confession of Fleet three of the persons who had proved those certificates were brought forward and examined on behalf of the government and thoroughly exposed the fraud. At this period of the case Mrs. Lewis found it necessary, as she stated in her late confession, to prove some material evidence of the fact that she had lived with Mr. Lewis as his wife. She was ul to do so by her counsel, who felt the force of the fact that thus far no article or relic Temained as a memento or token of her married life. She stated during the late co! ‘trial with great minuteress how this was done, and ty in the testimony in the will ‘a parce J pies before the master the finding of an old pillow case contain- ing a considerable quantity of old pe silks and other articles, which she alleged had been left by Mrs. Lewis in her house in 1862 at the time she boarded there; that Mrs. Lewis had used the pillow-case a8 & rag-bag, and in mov- ing from the house had left it bel ; that dur- ing the examination before’ the master Mrs. Lewis had come to her at her house, and learned of the fact of this pillow-case having been left by her with Mrs. Harper, and requested her to produce it before the master and testify to the circumstances and to the fact that it had been there in her on since 1862; that on being opened they found among the old articles in the bag two old yellow receipts for board signed by the daughter of Mrs. Harper, saying that hae were receipts for the board of Mrs. Jane Lewis. The pillow-case was found to be marked “Joseph L. Lewis” in what was alleged to be his own handwriting. This piece of evidence was natpsally deemed very important on the part of @e all wi- dow, in contradiction to the overwhelming tes- timony adduced her, as_to the plate from which the marriage certificate was made; but in her late confession she explaincd fully that ¢ was contrived under the direction of Dr. Park, the chief conspirator, who sent her the pillow-case, and who must ‘have procured the name of Lewis to have been forged upon it. She thereupon put the old articles into {t, and car- Tied it to Mrs. Harper, and requested her to pro- duce it before the Master, and testify to its hav- ing been there since 1862, This was_her last effort. Somewhere about this time it had been ascertained that Mrs. Lewis, the alleged widow, had in 1874 personated a Mrs, Jennie Hammond in proceedings for a divorce from a pretended husband in order to blackmail a gentleman with whom she had been improperly intimate. Dis- trict Attorney Keasbey went to Washington, D. C., in order to secure the attendance of the gen- tleman in question toidentify Mrs. Lewis as Mrs. Jennie Hammond. Mr. John R. Dos Passos, a lawyer of good character in New York, had been employed in this case on behalf of the gentle- man in question, and had had several interviews with the so-called Jennie Hammond. He, to- gether withthe gentleman from Washington, came to the office or Mr. See, in Jersey City, at the beginning of the present year and fully identified Mrs. Lewis as Jennie Hammond. Mr. Dos Passos and his brother and clerk were called as witnesses; produced letters written by the alleged widow while personating the char- acter ana alleging that she was Mrs. Jennie Hammond, and made the matter so clear that it was impossible for respectable counsel ta.con- Unue longer to maintain her claims. Within a short time thereafter she filed a formal renun- ciation of her claim as widow, and the case was ended so far as she was concerned. Further tes- timony was taken on behalf of the executors to establish the competency of Mr. Lewis and his capacity to make a will. This was proved by many bankers and others in New York who had known him during a long course of years. Tne will case was then closed and set down for ar- ent for the 9th of April next, when it will heard by the chancellor. The three thou- sand pages of testimony taken in the case ha been ocenpied almost exclusively with proo! relating to the al marriage. ‘The chief ev dence offered to show the competency of- Mr. Lewis to make a will was given by Mrs. Lewis herself, who now confesses that she never saw him nor heard of him until after his death. Im! ately after the filing of her renuncla uon District-Attorney Keasbey brought the Matter to the attention of the grand dary ten in session at Trenton and obtained an ict- ment against nine persons, viz., Andrew J. Park, Jane H. Lewis, Marcus T. Sacto, Henr; T. Lasford, Frank Allison, George R. Bradfoi Mary J. Russell, George N. Westbrook and Frances Helen Peabody. «These were the per- sons whom Mr. Keasbey’s long investigation into the Getails of this conspiracy had led him to belleve were the contrivers of the plot. He had had conclusive evidence st many of them in his pana may months, but nae et from taking criminat roceedings in order to avoid the impptation that the Cnited States were using criminal processes to effect a Civii pre- ceeding. “As soon, however, as the conspiracy was so thoroughly exposed through the evidence of Mr. Dos Passos and others as to induce the widow to abandon her claims he procured the in- dictments and caused the arrest of most of the rsons implicated simultaneously on the ist of ‘ebruary last. He became satisfied that Dr. Andrew J. "k was the chief contriver of the lot and the originator of the whole claim with- in a few days after the death of Mr. Lewis; that he had known Mrs. Lewis for a long time before and taking advantage of the fact that her name was really Mrs. Lewis, had persuaded her to join him in the execution of the conspiracy’ by Lechorsirrs the widow, and that he had almost immediately combinedj-with Marcus T. Sacio, well known for his connection with forged wri- tings, and had procured from him the forged Marriage certificate which must have been exe- cuted within a few days after the death of ¥ Lewis. “The other persons accused were the tools of these conspirators. Mrs. Lewis alieged in her confession that the defendent Bradford really belleved that she was the widow snd had lost her certificate and con- sented lo sign the forge, one and to swear to Its genuineness out of syinpatliy for ier, Tt was for ‘his reason that he was recommended to the mercy of the court by the jury. = Strange Recoveries of Lost Articles, [Chamber's Journal. } Ata friend’s house one evening, a lady pre ent, who was agood musician, Was requested tosing. Before doing so, she took off a very handsome diamond ring, saying 1t was rather jJarge for her, and used sometimes to fall off her finger when she was playing. She laid it with her gloves on the piano near her. As she rose from the plano, she was golng to replace her ring, but it had disappeared. ‘The gloves were there Safe enough, under some pieces of music, but no sign of the ring. Search was made immediately everywhere that it was possible that a ring could have fallen, to no parpone: Two years went by without ‘any tidings of the ing ring, when one day a'strange kind of jingling noise was noticed in the piano. A tuner was sent for, and on the works being examined to see what caused the noise, he found the diamond Ting, which had somehow got within the wires when the position of the pianc had been changed a short time before. 1 had been made a present of a very beautiful balf-hoop emerald by uncle, who Urought it to me from India, and accordingly I valued it very much, and always wore it. One day, on mv return ‘froma morning concert, I missed it. How or where I had lost it I did not know. I remembered perfectly well seeing it on my finger in the concert room, for I had taken off my glove to arrange the Cae Siar: I looked tn all directions for it. Thinking 1 might have dropped it in the street. I had bills printed and posted everywhere, offering a large reward for its recovery. But as weeks and months went by and I heard nothing of it, 1 gave up all hope of ever seeing my favoritering again. It was nearly six years after that, no- icing the lining of my muff had become rather = ripped vom to measure what quantity of silk would be required for relining it, when T thought I felt something hard tn the stuffing. On taking it out what was my delight to see once more my much-valued, long-lost emerald remember it the muff with me the vey I must have was at the concert, and my glove being off. in some way or other the ring must have slipped Leper arip in the silk ining. A gent j us, it @ fine with a scarlet tai.” When ‘sha catie"to’mer the bird had never and ft was some weeks be- fore she I peins with her. When it her to do $0 my voice, I anticipated that she Trgula become the clever, in t bird she reasoning, sively proud and Sometimes my brother teased her, and spoke in a contemptu- ous manner, when she would only shrug he shoulders and relapse into silence, as if he quite beneath her contempt. ‘There were two dear friends who at that time Were constant visitors. Polly was a great favorite with them, and a source of much amusement to both. One day while we were sitting in the -room, she observed them coming across the field at a short distan: id called to me;—“Here’s W- in arage! Ah! ah! won’t she, that’ “Nonsense, Polly,” I said. ‘Don’t tellstories. ming; and if they were, you could not see them;” not supposing her sight was 80 keen. ‘, you'll .” replied Polly. Ina few moments e bell , and Mr. Ww: Notl could —— arid Mr. R—— appeared. quiet the bird. Sheseemed in an actasy of fun and mischief, and had to be carried away into the kitehen to the cook, who, to her no little sensitive. praising herself and her mistress. Mr. R—, who thoroughly ad- mnired the bird, led the conversation. First she looked at her foot. ‘‘What a beautt. ful foot! What a tail, and a red one too!” “Yes, Polly, you are a beautiful bird, and a clever one as well. You saw us coming’ across the field, and knew we had not had our dinner. You area pnoing. bird, Polly.” “ Ha, hal” with her curious laugh. ‘Polly is a ciever bird, Polly’s a beautiful bird. ta Polly! what a—thataful Polly!” We all laughed heartily, in which she joined— Polly loudest of all. ir. K—— said: “* Well done! You ought to be ‘Sent to college to teach the students elocution.” One of the most ir instances of her in- telligence and great naughtiness was the fol- lowing: One morning I ne from home. A young servant went to Polly’s and, not hot knowing that she was very savage, opened it. Polly flew at her hand. The girl was htened, left the door open, and ran away; aud the window being open, Polly walked out into the front garden. ‘The cook saw her, and called; but the bird would not come back; so ee it was best to leaye her until my return, cool watched her climb into a tree, Thad had experience of Polly’s perverse dis- osition, and knew that only by stratagem could manage her. I walked down the path, and carrying a favorite cat with me, sat down near the tree and proceeded and pet her. ‘Poor Pussy! poor Pussy! shall be my pet now. Polly has gone away and left me.” I often bought her a sweet biscult, and I hadsome with me, which I gave to the Cat, still stroking her. My ruse had succeeded: I had roused her jealousy. J heard a rustling in the branches, and presently Polly called out, “ Pussy is a wretch.” Idid not take any notice; but still fondlin, the cat, I said. ‘Come, Pussy. We will go an see if dinner is ready.” Matters were now progressing. I glanced up, and saw Polly quietly descending the tree; an when she came to the bettom, cried: “ Polly’s out; Polly has been a walk.” “So I see. Polly can stop out altogether now, if she likes.” “Pussy is a fool—a horrid fool.” Her temper was thoroughly roused. She came to me, clim| upon my knee, and rubbed her pretty head upon my hand. Ihad her safely now. After this a strong padlock was put upon her cage, to prevent any more tree-escapades. We had a very handsome peacock, whicn Polly could see from her cage when she was on the lawn. It was absurd to see the strutting bird, his pride and self-assumption, and equaily amu- sing’to Usten to Polly ing to him. We called him Ralph. Polly then would say: “Come here, Ralph—beautiful Ralph, handsome Ralph! Come, spread your tail.” On, you beauty “Nowe stam “Ob, you beauty! Now, si stamp your foot, good, clever Ralph.” acon One day while listening to such talk as this, she turned to me and demurely said: “What a fool that Ralph 1s!” “Nay, Polly; Ralph is not a fool; he is a very clever bird, and I like him.” Whenever she was rot pleased, she shru; her shoulders, as if in derision. ‘Now, I say Ralph ts a fool.” Just then the peacock gave one of those awful cries that ks alone can utter. Polly therefore gave another in imita- tion, and laughing loudly, sbrieked: “Ralph 1s singing—Ralph is singing! Oh, I shall die—I shall die of laughing.” A remarkable instance of her jealous temper was displayed to a parrot which had been pur- chased by a friend, who sent it to stay with us, hoping that it would learn to speak if 1t asso: Clated with my bird. But Polly concetved an inveterate dislike to the interloper, treating it with contempt, calling it all the ili names she knew. They were both in the dining-room one morning. I had trained her so well to be silent boa | family worship that she never disturbed ‘he other birds made various sounds, not very loud; but Polly knew that all noise ‘was wrong. By way of chiding her fll-bred com- panion, she said in a whisp “Hush, husn! Be quiet, you naughty bir When ‘prayer was over, she burst out: “You naughty, wicked bird—you horrid bird, you kitchen bird—get out, getout! Away with you!” After this, we saw It was useless to employ her as an instructress, and so sent the dispised bird home. i Nevertheless she had her favorites, and was very kind to them, She was very fond of the cat, and would call her to thecage. But the most singular fancy she took was to a little mouse. The winter was very cold, and as Poly suffered much from it, she was taken every night to my bedroom, wkere there was a fire, and her cage placed on a low stool near ft. One night I heard her talking in a low tone. ‘I list- ened, and heard her say: “Pretty little dear— pretty darling. Polly won’t hurt you—Polly won't bite you.” Wondering what she meant, for I was sure that she was not talking to me, I got out of bed and went to her cage. There, in the bottom of the cage, was a little mouse underneath the wir feeding quite contentedly, and without any sign of fear. J often saw the tiny creature comé In and out of Polly’s cage, nor did she ever attempt to injure it ordrive {{ away. Her speech was very peculiar when those she did not like were present. She had a great dislike to my husband; I suppose from a feeling of jealousy, and always seemed unhappy when he was near. A few months after our marriage we paid a short visit to my father, and one day when 1 Was alone with Poll in the dining-room she said to me tn her tenderest tones: “* Why did you yo away and get married, dear? Why did you go to Scotland, and leave ir own Polly? Polly loves you. Don't go away again and leave me! Ma cried when you left and went away. Don't Jeave Polly in!” He had never kefore heard her speak in such a gentle manner, and before my husband en- tered the room he thought I was in conversa- Uon with a friend, and paused outside to listen. He has never forgotten the impression made upon him by that touching colloquy. We had to leave Polly behind, under mamma’s care, and in writing to me afterward she told me that the dear bird would talk about me continually. One day mamma gaid to her:—“ Polly, 1am writiag Shall I send your love?” Yes; and here's a_pretty feather. loves Polly’s feathers.” It was seat to me, and Thave it still, But, unfortunately for Polly’s beauty, she bit off nearly all her scarlet feathers to send Lo me! When T revisited my former home I took my little baby with me. Polly was delighted. It was something belonging to her dear mistress, and must be loved. When any one called, she Would say:—‘‘ Have you seen the baby? Such a beauty! “Give it to me. Polly won’t bite it; Polly will only kiss it.” I had full confidence in her love for me; but I need scarcely say I never tried her affection for the little one. She, like other pets, has passed away, but is not forgot- n His Honest Opinion. About 10 o’ciock the other forenoon a man got off the ferryboat looking as if he ae to be ibbed by some one in waiting. Noone trou- ied him, -however, and after hanging around for awhile he called a citizen aside and sald: “Stranger, I want to ask your candid opinion about a matter.” ** All right—go ahead.” ‘{Suppose that you were my wife?” “And that I should come home looking just as I icomgwa” ‘What would be your strongest impression? Give me your honest opinion.” The citizen thus appealed to turned the man around, looked into eyes, snuffed of his breath, and stood back and said: of oye Es is your wife a lunatic or a fool!” “No, sir.” “Then you'd better walt at least ten hours before you go home, for you’ve been on a three days’ drunk and she'll you in a minute e gone home looking 50 per cent. than , and had whole handfuls of hair pulled of my head before I could get my overcoat of.” “Tshallever remember this favor—indeed 1 shall!” exclaimed the and he started SER oea eer es looks.—Detroit Free A Serpe ad tae Se Sepa ha ‘burned the ara oe ay sent ap entittled~“I Tou tliat ae would have isd abe 4 DINNER TABLE. ? Seme Simple Advice as to Table Furniture. ‘With the household column it 13 to-day an era Of questions, and this tendency seems to be on the increase. “Can any one give the descrip- ton Of a table set for a fashionable dinner organ, who was expatiates over a dinner given some , Where 1e service Was of Sévre, and the wealth of the giver of the feast was more remarkable by and an embarras de ri it vul- gar. In the literary columns of the Times the ordinary Treader may find the florid-expansive description of dinners, where the romancer has fulllicense. Balzac wrote about a feast in the “Peau de Chagrin” Zola delights writ feasts. It is, inde end ef gush is le. t us try and be as sober as possible in tel how a table should be laid out, that ni first insisting that means are ample an 10 pains are to be spared to make the table look handsome. It is a question of sesthet- ics. Good taste will do what too much mone! would spoil. e linen must be perfect. Sprawling figures on a table-cloth are not desir- able. A center is excellent, with a small stern following as to the border. Small es 8 are Shabby things. very, penerally in the United States we skimp such napkin is large enough to cover course, you do not want to tuck it around your neck, coe might do so if you wish to, and it would still keep your gown, if you area lady, from being soiled. Red monograms on napkins, clots of blood, are ugly. Too much embroidery on a napkin is in taste, Such linen as serves for actual use loses character when it is paraded. A nice thing—nice ts exclu- ey feminine in this sense—is to place on the we of the table a covering of Canton flannel. This makes a pleasant, soft landing-place for dishes, and, besides, prevents the ma hogany from being stained or burned by a hot dish. Table mats are de rigueur. Perhaps the most approved are made of Chinese or Japanese straw. Wooden fol ones areapt to clatter, and to become soil but it 1s that noiseness in folding up which 1s disagreeable. A volume might be written on thechina, There used to be in olden times cer- ain ane. sets, which were only brought for- ward on state occasions, but these, m of elaborate design and gorgeous decoration, are out of fashion to-day. clear white china, ornamented with a line or two of gold, is fine enough. Monograms on china are hot in good taste. All these letters stuck on plates are quite as readily purchased oy a hotel as bya private individual, and the in ele- gance of a chiffre seen under gravy is never very Startling. Glass! why only have the plainest. ese ane chevaur de frise or a porcupine, are disagreeable things tohandle. We have before this inveighed apelin the littering of the table with too much lass. A goblet, one wine glass, one small gob- let and a champagne ea Suffices. These al- ready, with their round bases, take up fully 12 square inches. If more glasses are wanted, fresh ones should be brought. Asto cutlery, white ivory handles are only permissibie. Silver! Why, here there are innumerable differences of taste. Remember that we lead the world now in our silver furniture. You can have spoons and forks of Japanese or etruscan, Russian or other patterns as you want. them. The old jpaddle pattern is now in the background. Still, we have a sneaking passion for the old order of things. Any day you may see at the great silversmiths’ in New York dozens on dozens of plain, honest oldspoons and forks going into the mélting-pot, to be born again in the newer style. It is true that in many of the ons, on the left-hand side, where.the metal has touched the lips of gener- ations of soup-eaters, the silver has been worn toaknife-edge. In the forks the tangs are at- tenuated; of course, they are useless now, but Still the writer has a reverence for thesé old wares. Not more than one spoon and fork, with knife, should be placed before each plate. We write this, because there is sometimes seen a Hee ae Process, So that the table recalls @ cutler’s show-case. The water question at table is another mooted point. The French caraye system seems a la mode, In New York, there fs a regular business done in having water frozen in carayes for dinners. The ice pitcher, which has to be carried around as glasses are to be replenished, is inconvenient. or salt-cellers, one small one before each guest is excellent. No caster on the table, if you please, The American caster 1s an abomination,and should be hurled from our dinner tables. On the sideboard it has its place. Did it ever strike you that peo- le never wanted mt on their beef ata ner party? It 1s the center of the table, and ill decoration, where good taste is wanted.’ We have before this written in regard to the false taste displayed in the épergne business. How these most ungainly thir worse in style, more shocking in taste than the typical fireman’s horn of 40 years ago, are often to-day placed on atable. There are works of art, which are in the lon of some few people, which are delights to look upon, but they are exceptional. If in abandsome salver, ina ample vase, there be a Wreath of flowers, the effect ischarm: ing. This center may be relieved by baskets containing fruit. Ona French table, the cake, the dessert, 1s often pieced where it remains in rmanence during the dinner. In France they ve, too, at times, a habit of making an im- mense display with hors @euvrer, which fringe the table. There is butter, radishes, pickles, anchovies, olives, tunny, caviare, and no end of things. It is in bad taste, and confuses the symmetry of the table. Returning to center- pieces, lofty structures in sugar candy areabom- nations. Sometimes these edifices bave such height and breadth that they act as barriers to conversation, for you cannot see the person who is opposite to you, and may be talking to you. Wedon’t wanta hole knocked through the dining-room ceiling so that your nowgat pagoda can enter. Such spun-sugar castles are all’ good enough for a supper party—they are soon knocked to pieces; but to see one at a long dinner party rearing its ugly head aloft durin; three or more hours Is eppaltl . We are asked “whether lamps with tinted shades are ever used at dinner.” We never heard of sucha thing. Fancy an odor of kerosene or of best sperm-oll mingling with the fi ce Of a roast canvas-back, or the lustre of blue or pink lights oy, spinach look purple stewed cclery like beets! Some people eschew and will not dine comfortably unless in coats and by the flicker of candie-light. This is a remnant of that protest which the candle-makers threw down fifty odd years ago to the gas companies, There 1s a. ment of some Lite S€R86 about this le-light. If not as brilliant as gas, candle-light gives out ® purer-colored flame. There is a yellowish Unge about gas which mars a delicate com- Pas Our sex is not as handsome by gas- light as by candle light. For a long time, peo- le who. pee feasts kept on burning their can- les at dinners, and some do it to thisday. Buta well-lit gas chandelier, micely hung, well-shaded, has, even among the most prejudiced, long ago supplanted candles. As to menvus to be set De- fore each guest, though stationers have endeav- ored to urge this fashion, it has been coldly re- ceived, because it gave the dining-room arestau- rant appearance; and the idea is a Just ono, | It would uncomfortable to have one’s guests more engaged in rading their bills of fare than in general conversation. But cards, with the names of the guests, pce alongside of each late, are necessities. Flowers may or may not distributed; but to hand them about after dinner, demolishing the centerpiece, 1s rarely done. A pretty little bouquet beside each lady guest may be an ey compliment; but still, a boquet at a dinner table is rather in the way than not. As to to the wines at table, that will occupy the attention of the household column at some later period.—N, ¥. Times, In the Wilds of Guiana. After passing the Rappu Rapids we saw our first cayman, a partic ‘ly stolid fellow, some 15 feetin length. He kept swimming on his course without taking the slightest not of us, At Apoterie, at the junction of the Essequibo and Rupununi, the old chief, Joseph, keeps a perfect menagerie of parrots, macaws, toucans, acoourl, vurues, sioths, ducks gud tows al oe" lucks and tow! By arently quite tame, and roam! about as it ey had no wish to leave the chased troubled us grievously in our course up the Ru- apes ‘The former bit viciously during the lay, and cae ee iuiioes had their innings at night. Igavea to each of my Indians for their protection against the blood-sucking and blistering coboorow, but their legs were st posed. For myself, 1 was compelled to put on a pairof trousers. This was an exceptional roceeding on my part, for till we came to the ununt I bad been able to revel in the com- fort of being free from these aud sundry other Bigs er a ata aera D our In the Rupununi, a few hours after we had to Close by us broke and fell, aliing crash in the still night. BS imagined that an evil spirit had done it toannoy them, and called out to the persecutor to leave them alone. ‘They averred that they were car- Had @ white man into their country, and that if the spirit did not behave himself batter the white man would take dire revenge. ‘This spe- cles of superstitious rd for the white man’s [tiated 80 much for the convenience of welers that I confess I should be sorry to see itdispelied. ‘The evil Spirit, if such there was. are ae morning. 3 so! stirring. and it tthad not een for the mos:jui- ie par cA en me Ma § a out «! 0 Patt Would have been “worth living.”—Zempie "2" The charge on which the Rev. J. W. Rotd ig to be tried before a church tribuaal at Green- Mich., is “unministerial and uac! conduct.” od tas seen and unc arsti deais in ‘wheat options, peat volume: of the Dickens Letters = ‘When the old ist with on the back lawn, and on thé top of which he PI 2 sundial.” interesting = ‘were dispersed house esto and afer = * occupation by = Captain Austin n, of the 12th Kent Ar- tillery Volunteers. Dickens's love of lo walks through the lanes, and the flelds, ant the wi was a trait of his with winich bis blograpier has made al reciative readers famiilar. 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