Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1888, Page 2

2 CITY AND DISTRICT. MIND-READING 1 How Young Ladies and Gentlemen Exercise Their Will-Power. MAKING THE SUBJECT SELACT A SINGLE KOSE—NAM- ING 4 SELECTED CARD—PORMATION OF A MIND- HRADING CLUR—A PHYSICIAN'S VIEWS OM MIND READING—HOW TO MAKE EXPRAIMENTS ‘The questions of mind-reading and will-power Dave been argued and tested at quite a number of ‘The social parties given in this city during the Wioter, and numerous experiment, with more or less satisfactory results, have been made. During a recent social gathering, at which a Sra reporter Was present, mind-read- Ang Was discussed. Some one proposed that It be tried, and accordingly one of the ladies present ‘Was chosen as the subject. She left the room and 1% was agreed among those present to concentrate their thoughts upoa a rose, which was resting 1n ‘@ bouquet of hyacinths on a table in a corner of ‘the room. The lady was then called In, and biind- folded. Being left to herself in the middle of the oom she swayed backward and forward as if moved by some invisible power. At length she started to walk. Afvertaking a few uncertain ‘Steps in the direction opposite to the bouquet she Stopped suddenly, turned around, walked over to ‘the bouquet, and without the silghtest_ hesttancy Picked the rose out and put it baci Other ex- periments were attended with remarkable cor- Fectnes& A pack of cards was imtrodt Nanded toa prominent physictan, who select one, hoted its denomination and suit, and replaced 3uih the pack, keeping the pack out Of sight. ‘The Operator, who Is well known in Social elrcles, then Jooked him straight in the eyes for several min- ‘Ules, and Wold bim the pame of the card he had selected. This created great excitement among ‘the party, and another card was selected, the slclan still holding the pack. The ator tofind tout, For several min- Utes he tried, but without succesa, Presently he Informed the doctor that he was not thinking of the card. This be ackaowledged, and said by way of explanation he Was trying to’ catch bim tn a trick. He then concentrated his thoughts upon the card in question, end after a brief pause wi Anformed of Its color, suit and denomination. KWARD SIGHT. At another meeting, at which this same subject came up, another experiment was introduced which Was new to many of those present. A lady Dilndfolded was seated in achatr with her back to the com} iy. An old-fashioned watch was then beld up bebind her head, and the minds Of those present concentrated upon it. First, she said she could see something round, then its color she described, then its character, and, finally, said aloud “it's a watch.” Ra thin mucilage pot ‘te having a sponge with ametal cover attached to Its top Was _ Upon as an Object to test we experiment further. 1t was heid in the same posl- téon as the Watch for several minntes, when the subject began Dy saying “Its slender, it looks like a cigar, Dut it is'nt a cigar; looks like a bottle, ‘Dottie, but there’s something on the mouth of it; obt yes, its. cover and its metal.” ‘A MIND-READING CLUB. ‘That night a club was formed called the * RS" Since thet time experiments have been per- formed that would convince the most sceptical of their genuineness, perhaps the most interesting of These being “the transer of taste.” A. piece of paper was juced and the word “salt” written Upon it. Pl ‘the paper in the mouth of the subject the spokesman of the party asked what she tasted. Her answer came immediately “salt.” ‘Numerous other words were written significant of some peculiar taste, many of which were not fa- miliar to we lady, and ail of these were correctiy identified. That same evening the seuse of smell ‘Was introduced, but the experiments were not 30 successful, For instance, a Vanilla bean Was passed ‘around for the company to smell. The subject be~ img in the other room Diindfoided. When asked if she tasted anything, she replied “no, but I smnell something delightful, but can't tell wat 1t 1s” A PHYSICIAN'S VIEWS In conversation with a physician, who, by the ‘way, is a firm believer in mind-reading, he sai “This business is to me most interesting. The more I see of it the deeper! become conrinced that it Is genuine; but this 13 not muscle-reading, A$ agreat many people think. Muscle-reading has no claim whatever upon it. There is no doubt ‘Dut that muscle-reading js amusing, but mind- Feading 1s something different and more Interest ing Ww scence.” HOW TO EXPERIMENT. “Some people are better, or seem to be better, ‘agents than others. For instance, there ts a young lady whom I have never known to fall in answer- ing experiments, although sometimes it takes her some time. In nearly every cathering, however, sume one will be found to be quite susceptible to the will-tnfluence of others. If it 1s proposed to practice these experiments,” continued the doctor, Rie'will be best to commence with object-Uiftin Place # book of other object in some promiuent ace On a plane equal to tue arms When exten Eoving arse biindioiged the subject in another yom.» Lead her in. Two of the company, one on each side of the subject, extend the arms around her, touching her Waist, until the tips of the fin- gers meet. The agents’ thoughts are then riveted Spon the object aud the subject left free to mor at will, Which she will swaying back and forth for a second, then taking a: tain step. ‘The agents must move with her, being careful not toexert any pressure upon the body. In a littie while the subject wit up the object agreed upon. More dificult experi: {3 may then be teled, such as striking C on the piano, turning out ‘the gas, &c. After the-e simple experiments can ‘De performed, whi ~~ nothing more or less than muscular reading, the ent ning mind- Yeading experiments may commence. As inthe Other experiments, commence oh sinali objects, 3 wine-glass, for instance. Let the subject leave the room and be blindfolded. This latter is not absolutely necessary, Dut better results are likely Yo follow it the bandage 1s used, as It shuts out the ‘Might and leaves the mind of the subject compara- tively tree, Those present tuen agree upon the object and concentrate thelr thoughts, allowing he subject toenter and be seated. In a littie while, ita subject, she will tell that they are thinking of a wine-glass, Some skeptics go so far asto state that there is Uickery in these mind- Yeading experiments: but I will simply say that ‘those Who lave seen the absolutely artless manner ig which the impressions communicated from the objects Lo tive mind of the subject oy the influence of the company have been perfectiy convinced of the honesty of purpose of all concerned. Of course ‘these remarks are not evidence to people who have never Witnessed experiments of this charac- ter, and the only Way to convince such persous is: by actual Gemoustrauion.” ————+ee— A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION, Precisely Why Cigarette Smoking is More injurious than Cigar Smoking. “Have one, doctor?” sald a young man in the Jobby at Albaugh’s the other night to an older companion, proffering, a8 he spoke, a package of cigarettes. “No, thank you,” answered the doctor, whois a specialist im diseases of the throat, “When I commit the crime of smoking at all I make it cap- tal and smoke a cigar.” “Then you mesn to say that smoking a cigar Is worse than smoking a cigarette?” Inquired the ‘SBEst speaker. “No, [don’t mean that at all,” sald the doctor, “for cigarette smoking is the worst form in which tobacco can be used. Cigarettes are far more In- Jurious than cigars of a pipe.” “Pardon me for saying it, doctor, but I only half Delleve that. Isuppose I have heard a thousand persons say the sate thing, and have read in he papers any number of interviews with physi- clans condemning cigarette stacking In particular, Dati have never yet seen or heard a feally good Teaaon given Wiy tobacco cigarettes should be mor oked 1B any other way, barring t per, Of which, I think, it ts now pretty generally | reed, there is not enough in cigarettes to du any hara.” “LW you precisely why cts: 1s more injurious than clear su canse the smoke from a cigarett Licotine than that from a clgar made o1 Tobacco. This cam be demonstrated to be Dy filing two bottles with the different smoke and submitting i to analysis The reason for this is | That the tobacco Im the cigarette is loosely rolled and the smoke loses Iittle or nothing in passing tarough yw, Im @ cigar the to- | } rette smoking ts bee $i the sai fi Daceo, being rolled, acts as a surt of Strainer to” the = Which deposits a con- Siderable portion of iis nicotine aiong the Apterstices of the cigar oa Its route to the sunuker’ mouth. Even if the cigarette was as. tight! Tolied a8 the cigar, the former would still be more | injurioas, because it 1s shorter than the cigar, and ‘Ube sindke thus has less chance of losing any P= ton of Its Bicotine before reacuing Une smoxer, ‘Thus it ts that stoke froma long cigar made of strong tobacco contains less nicotine when It Teaches Ube smoker's mouth than the smoke from 2 short cigar made ot much milder tobacce,” “Well, you have given the first rational explana- tion of the greater injurionsaess of cigarette smoxing I Dave yet heanl” said the doctor's com, ‘a8 be recklessly it a cigarvtte and began Po putt’ away with apparently uo less cratinnston than before he Was convinced of the pecullar of the practice, “But I have been smoking cigarettes for fourteen years,and I still ives pe es Jou EHOW they Lajure you, dou't yout” | asked tor. ies Lfeel they do when 1 sioke uwenty or so | a day,” answ the other. “In fact, sometimes Tecan feet the effect on my nerves of s single cl: “Then why don’t you stop using them? Learn tg live according to the dictates of pure reason young mag,” the doctor warningiy Temarked, as i ‘he bell rang and he slowly moved away to're- | enter the auditorium “That's all well enough to say, doctor,” the maa answered, “but how inany men do ur many doctors, even, do? Do you doit 4 Admission to some hospital During each be seen numbers of persons makiag thelr way tO his office, ta order that their condition in life may tons. Littie by ceived a visit. i the secret, Finally he said that the L and other personal property, the Government change the laws of her state so that she could not be cheated out of her property. | pockets. ‘Written for Tae Evzxixe Stax. Beside this vision rest thee still, or strive as an interpreter ‘To know the hidden thoughts in her; For silent grows she with thy will, Bo thou the gazer ou this shape, And conjure up what she has seen, ‘For from ber shall no sound escape ‘To tell of seasons there have been. But she shall dwell beside thy hearth, And place the fuel in thy heart, Shall never from this space depart ‘Until abe lead thee from the earth. —Winrox Panzer. Wasurwotox, March 21, "38. od A MECCA FoR ANKS, The Sanitary Officer's Daily Reception. (CARING FOR THE HOMELESS AND SUFFRRING—ORANKY INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY— ‘THEIR DESTINATION GRNERALLY TER WHITE HOUSE MEN WITH VISIONS OF WEALTH AND GLORY. Sanitary Officer Teeple, of the police depart- ment, occuples a room on the second floor of police headquarters bullding, and from the fact of bis being the sanitary oficer he has gained the title ot “doctor.” He receives more callers than any Other meznber of the department and has but few minutes in any day that he can call his own. Nearly every day he receives applicants for assis- tance of some kind the moment he opens his oMece-door. Them come the poor and ‘Reedy, the afiicted and the cranks. Persons who have sick relatives, or neighbors who are unable to pay for treatment in a hospital, and persons who are injured in accidents, all apply to him for can be made better, or that they may recover from Some disease froia when they are suffering. MANY HOMELESS PERSONS, and often families who are traveling without means, call upon him for transportation, arid in some cases tramps are furnished transportation to ‘neighboring city in order to get them out of this Jurisdiction, while others are given a home on the farm, and When released are anxious to cross the river or the District line, and leave on foot before they are again hauled up and given “ninety days. certain seasons cranks appear and if termed “harmless” they are sent to their homes or turned over to their relatives, but if otherwise they are sent across the branch for ‘an indefintve period. ‘The blind and lame are fre- quentiy led ‘and assisted to the office, aud the Toom often presents the appearance ofan ante- Toom in a hospital where the disabled are waiting for thelr turn to be examined by the physician. During the course ofa year permits have been issued for admission to the hospitals and trang portation furnished scores of persons, so that the Work Of the sanitary office is wholly to relieve those Who are in troubie, He 1s frequently an- no¥ed or amused by tue appearance of cranks. “During iy experience in Ubis office,” sald he to a Star reporter the other day, “I havé met many curious characters of all ages and colors, and many cases of terrible suffering have come under iy observation, Many cranks have shown them- selves and It seems as if exch one tries to outdo the other. Some imagine that they are bein pursued, others that they are millionaires or will } Soon become stich, and others imagine that they have been elected to the presidency, while some Of the mortest females only belleve that they have been choseu queen of America, ‘VHR LAST CRANK here was an old man from Baltimore. He had had avision. When he first entered the office he was not inclined to say anything, but after sitting by the firea short time and when the other visitors had left the room, he began to tell of is imagina~ le he told his story. He had Lord, trom whora he had re- knew ‘sometuing that every. body was interested in, but he could not reveal rd had told urrection day would come in the been talking tot him that the Sear of 1988. The old man appeared here during the cold w from the effects of the weather, I gave bla a home in the Almsnouse until the weatuer moder- ated, and then he Was furnished with transpor- tation to Baltimore. ther, and fearing Le migut suffer BOUND FOR THE WAITE MOvSR. “Some time ago,” said the sanitary officer, “ ‘Woman arrived at the th-street depot from Boston, She wore a dress of all the colors of the rainbow. ‘She of course imagined that her dress was suitable to any occasion, say $0, Arriving at the depot she ordered her Uaggage sent to the Waite House, and engaged a veulele to take her to the same place. She had been noticed by Officer Lamb, Who was then on duty at the depot, and from her strange appearance and’ actions he | thought something was wrong. He began talking to her, but she was not inciined to con- wud indeed she did not hesitate to Verse much attirst. The officer spoke to her very pieasantly, and she soon told him her business. She was here to take possession of the White House, and she intended to waste no tme tn doing so. It was early in the morning, and the officer persuaded her to go toa hotel aud get breakfast. ‘She Was not hungry, but she Was easily persuaded tobelicve that she was, and for a hotel they Started. ‘Tue hotel in question was my office. The Wotnan soon realized Where she Was and became very indignant. Becoming talkative she told of her plans. She was cared for a few days, and was ‘Unen sent back to her relatives.” QUEEN OF AMERICA, “I remember another white woman,” continued the officer, “about seventy-two years old, who came here from Louisville, She was crowned queen of America by President Garfleid, She did hot bring Ler credentials Wi going to the Whiye Hous a her, but she was md Would then send to Louisville for them. Another woman nearly sixty Fears old, who imagined that persons were Whispering; vo her, appeared. ‘She was a harmless |erank. She had’spent several months in the Insane Asylum several umes, and not being dangerous, and having relatives to care for “her ‘she was turned over to them. ‘There Was 4 colored man here from Chicago once about thirty-four years old. He came to thls ely, he sald, to get rid of the spiritualists, who had mesmerized him, He said he was here during President Arthur's administration and that the latter sent an Illinols Senator home for troubling hum. He acknowledged that he had been put in two asylums, and he intended to see the President te time sent to an asylum, There was a young widow brought in tue office one morning. she Was a very pretty young woman and carried in her arms a cilld only Six Weeks old. She said she Was from Virginia and had been employed in a lunatic asylum, “She Was found near the State Depart- ment looking for tue President. Sie had ho friends here, and she thought that the President would give her'a situation. Having no friends she w uave Such business stopped. He Was for a third furnished transportation to Richmond, naged lady froi Connecticut came here once, but { don’t recollect who brought her, She im: agined that she owned considerable property in her native state besides a large amount of money She came to have When she married, her husband had been a wid- ower four months, ‘and he gave her all of his pro- perty to take care of him, and now some one Was actempting to cheat her out of tt. DEK A SPELL. “The next female was a colored woman about thirty-five years old, who had formerly lived in Warren County, Ome, She imagined that she ‘Was blind, and that while attending chureh the minister iad put a ‘spell’ om her. She thought that While In the employ of a general different colors were put before her which were so bright that she lost her eyesigut, While the minister Kept the ‘spell’ on her she would destroy all her elothes, and sue imagined that she had burned all the clothing she had ever owned. “Thea there Was a white woman, about sixty Years old, Who, as it isoften said, Was as crazy as & June-bug’ “Sus lad created suiue excitement in one of the pubite buildings, and when sue came here was terribly excited. She thought that some one was folowing her and Whispering evil things about her, Asse appeared to be ‘not harmless” She Was caréd ior where she could do no damage.” “You seem to have lad @ great many women vis- ttors,” said the reporter. “Now, tell me something about the men.” “Well,” said the sanitary ofticer, “I spoke about the Woulen because people generally seem more interested In them. Tt 1s nothing unusual to see & cranky man in my offiee, THR ORIGINAL JONAH. “Tonce interviewed Jonah, who was swallowed by the whale. The poor fellow said his name was Jonah, and that he Was the original, He certainly Was a Jonah for that day. Everything about the oMfice went wrong, DUt Lhen I Should not attach all the blame to that poor erank. He wus picked up near the White House by Sergeant Densinore. HE Said le was from Sullivan County, N.Y. He was here to see the President, and Gen. Logan, who Was then living. A bill that would pass in Con- gros Would eke tia @ great wan, so le said, | i had nearly $100 tu his. pocket, Besides some Jroad tickets. "When examined ihe physicians 4 him ‘harmiess,” and being told that his e uid be looked after he returbed home ap- parently Well satistied, “There Was @ tau trom Iowa who had a case to lay before the President, He had applied for mem. bership im a Secret organization and Was told that he must go through the different degrees, He started from home With $50 and futsied bis de- when he reached here with 3 cents in his eretsonly one crank furnished by Alexandria County, Va, and he comes here every time he gets a chance, He 1s harmless and is always sent back to bis home, A CKANE FROM ST. LOUIS Was a man of about seventy-two years of age. He came to see the President and explain a patent secret telegraph, which consisted of a piece of wire which he would rub on a piece of ylass and at the same time he Would Whisper someting so tat no oue could hear him. He said that he had tele graphed Prince Bismarck to send him $1,000, Which bad been received by the President.’ He also had a patent flying-machine, Which was in- Vented 7500 B.C. While in St. Louis he was rob- Ded of $75,000, “and he was then placed in an asylum when his patent alr-ship was stolen from hun. He was harmless and was given a home in the almshouse.” TO BE MADE A RICH DETECTIVE. ‘Texas man, only twenty-four years old, whose home was in Abilene, came here in response to an order from the Government, he said. Upon his arrival he was to receive a brown stone house worth $30,000, clothing and diamond jewelry. and $250,000 1h cash, and Uney promised to inake a detec Live of hum The people wanted hit to run for President on the 1 mtUcket. They made a Pig Beaded ing of him and presented im with ,000,000, and" aiso made equal to Jesse James.” He was cared for a wo and then sent on his way to Columbus Obie he “Then there was 3 German from Lebanon, Mo. Two years before he arrived here he was. elected to the Vice-Presidency, but he Knew nothing of it until a’ few days before he arrived here, He sent to 3 EARLY WASHINGTON. An Old Residenv’s Recollections of the ‘War of 1812, THE JOURNEY ROM WASHINGTON TO GROBGE- TOWN—RABBIT HUNTING IV THE MRR OF THE CITT—THR ATTACE OF THE BRITISR—TER TERBIPIC STORM AND THE DISASTROUS BIPLOBION. Written for Tax Evexine Stam, Now that so few are remaining who can give any personal recoliections of the ington city, it seems worth incidents of those times, as remembered by am aged lady born here in the year 1801, At that time Capitol Hill was Washington, and between which and Georgetown was a “great gulf fixed,” and almost impassable by reason of the mud and clay in winter, and the heat and sun in summer. Pennsylvania avenue was then outlined only by the tall, lank lombardy poplars, which, like some of the old-time charities, Were so Intent on pointing to the sky that they forgot, meanwhile, to afford the necessary shelter. Many a time was the whole day consumed in floundering through the mud in a hack to Georgetown to supply the family with shoes, “Well do I remember,” sald the old our informant to puts man on horseback to travel this long journey to procure delicacies for my brotl Then there Was but ONE HOUSE ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, between the Capitol and the President's House, and that was a congressional boarding establish- ment, Back a little on E street, between 6th and ‘7th streets, where the skatts another boardins in the country days of Wash- to relate some “how we used her, convalesciag: house, but this was so far out t When we girls went there to make our party calls We Were not allowed to go are mony now living who can recall ‘wnich flowed through 2d. street, out through present Botanical Gardens into Ji Canal and 9 into, the river, but not man can say, as did this 241 have taken Of rabbits and squirrels brough the boys after their Saturday's hunt where the Baltimore and Ohio depot now stands.” REMINISCENSES OF TRE WAR. “I was eleven years of age during the last war with England,” she continued, “and have aclear re- collection of many incidents of too little importance to have found their way into bistory, a8 well a3 of others which are historical facts, I was sitting ‘one day on the door step of my home on New Jersey avemue, Defore which stood the old-fashioned Wooden pump of the neighborhood. ‘The city was then in the hands of theenemy. A British ofticer rode up with his orderly, and taking outa silver goblet called out: ‘Here, 0 bring me Of water in this goblet of old Jimmy Madison's.’ ‘No, sir,’ said I, “that isu’t President Madison's gobiet, ‘because my father and a whole lot of gen- Uemen have got all his silver and papers and gone—” ut here a hand was firmly: tale mouth and a scrong arm drew ine With- 4n and eiosed the door. Fortunately the officer Was too much intoxicated to appreciate bis loss, b#t the occasion was Improved toimpress upon me the ‘golden quality of ‘THE TERRIFIC TORNADO. “well remember,” she continued, “the terrific tornado, which drove the enemy in haste to their ships, from which they were in dread of being cut First came the usual indications of an ap- proaching storm, the low rumbling of distant Thunder, ‘and faint flashes of lightning, accom- ‘fitful gusts of wind s {nto a continuous roar. 7" Peculiar leaden hue portend almost midnight blackness. | and glare of incessant thunder and 1 the Wild beating of the ral sound of roofs tearing from the Whirr of heavy bodies flying through and failiag upon ‘the ground beneath. “Now and then, by the lightning flash, could be seen a featlier-bed and other lighter’ articles borne upon the Wings of the wind from the upper apart of the uproofed buildings. Suddeniy, in the midst Of this scene of terror, came the sound of ap ex- plosion from tue direction of the arsenul. At last, reat sighs and sobs ag though Weary with @ well-performed duty, this storm slowly died he thunder growliny iding-place behind the hil from an ambush, burst forth the evening sun, with ii pabaing of ke i welll ually a enteen wih came the crash while quickly, a3 Ube Joy of a con: a battle-feid 0} storm came the burried TRAMP OF THE FOREIGN FOR hastening to escape to their vessels lest they should be hemmed in and captured, but pausing to light thelr way by firing the public buildings. Then a hew excitement arose; every man rushed to aid in Subduing the fhunes, Which, thanks tothe heavy rains which had fallen, weré Kept trom spreading over the entire elty. “Never shail I forget,” she continued, “the nigut which followed this eventful day; how we watehed for news from father, our brothers and friends off with the militia, on ‘guard against. the return of The explosion we had heard at the arsenal was the blowing up of the powder maga- zine by the premature throwlo Of the detachments of twenty-tive men sent by the British coumander, Gen, Cockburn (pronounced Coburn), to destroy our ammunition, In thelr haste to perform Uneir mission and escape from the city and the storm they became demoralized, falied to obey orders, and were all destroyed. For days after thelr disinembered bodies were beng collected and tuterred by those organized for the purpose, Hearing the tramp of the retiring enemy ‘one of my faimily stepped encountered 2 group of British officers taking a last drink from the old p. madam,’ said Gen. Cockburn, ‘Is this the kind of are accustomed ‘to in this infernal country?” ‘No, sir,” was the reply. “Thisis a special interposition of Providence to drive our enemies from our city.” 4s rather to aid your enemies in'the destruction of your city,” with which parting dof and disappeared forever from our hation’s capital. jueror, though of 4 torch by one tthe door, and there ‘shot the red coats ooo ____ ‘THE WEEK, MENT YEAR BOOK: A record of the uods of government in Great Countries, 1888. ie chief occurrences mal and International Government Fated by Lewis Seuaeaxt,euthor of ugland’s Polley, raditions etc. New’ Ycrk: White & Waslington: W. Hat IRISH WONDERS: The Ghosts, Giants, Pookas, De- ons, Leprechawns, Banshees, Fairies, Md Maids, and other M: ‘as told by the Peop! ir." Iilustrated by H. Houghton, Mifiin & Co. Waab- THE GOVERN ‘olonies and Fos ‘To wuich is added a review of 3 ‘Emerald Isle Po) Heaton. Boston ington: Robert Beal INTERNATIONAL LAW. With Materials Code of International Law. By Leow 18. 8.8. Doctor of Political Econo! sity of Tubingen, etc. ton& Co, Washington: THE TARIFF: On Imports into the United States and the Free List, as contained in Act of March. a vigation ead Oleomanyarn Acts, Indexed. Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co. GOUYERNEUR MORRIS, By Tamopore Roose- [Aiuerican Statesmen Series). — Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, Washingto: lantyne & Son. THE NEW YORK MIRROR ANNUAT, and Direc. ‘tory of the Theatrical Profession for 1888, ALRISON GREY FISKR, New York: ‘The New A Complete Practical ‘Bye. Wabuaa. iy of the Univer: New York: D. Apple ENGLISH VERSIFICATION: Guide to, the Whole, Subsect, FOUND YET LOST. Rok, anthor of “Bar- riers Burned Away c. New York: Dodd, QF MOHAMMED BENANI. A Story of ‘New York: D. Appleton & C. Kaiser Rudoiph’s Scepter, Written for Tux EvEnina Star, Anointed, crowned, thro imperial state, ‘The newly chosen Kaiser, Rudolph, great In all the attributes of royalty, Surrounded by the realiu’s nobil Whom be had summoned, homage due to pay, And swear sllegiauco to bis rightful away,— in watebfal silence noted through the throng Gesture aud furtive whisper pass along— ‘Thongh these rnde princes, glorying in strife, Whato'er the rank, small value set on life, Well knowing their ungoverned pride abhorred To greet simple count as over lord, And wished the interregnum to prolong, ‘That nove might check them im their deeds of wrong, ‘The Kaiser quickened not in pulse nor breath; Rudolph of Hayaburg had no fear of death. With soul undaunted, like a granite ruck, He calmly waited the expected shock. At length the Duke of Brandenburg advanced, Whose uoble presence, princely rank enhanced, Made meet obeisanc» as to honored host, With grace that ouly matcbless knicht could boast, ‘Then spake with trumpet tongue so fiercely clear That weak hearts trembled its loud tones to hear: “The Holy Roman Empire's lawful choice, Among us finds not one dissentient voice, And all the princes gathered here to-day ‘Will swear that choice to honor and obey, But only in the fashion of our land, ‘Touching the scepter with the naked hand.” [AI knew the bauble disappeared from aight Durtng the reign of anarehy’s long night.] Like one of old, reflecting light divine, When Rudolph rose, his face appeared to shina, Holding across in his uplifted hand, i EE i d f I é i fi i Wi i if 1 il | PARIS GREEN RFFECTIVE BUT OBJECTIONABLE— ADVANTAGES OF WHITEWASU—NEW TREES TO BE ‘weTRopecED. A Stan reporter visited Mr. Saunders, of the Seplaing that this workis being done to protect from Wages of insects in pursuance ‘Upon the follage. “The plan. being. followed 1° to bore one-inch holes in the body of the tree, tor ten inches trom the five or six ‘one and one-half or two 38 i Hii 3 i inches in Al with ur, leaving “only” room enough "ore pty on quarter of inen thick to prevent the ‘Sulphur from falling or w: out. The rising Sap IU was claimed would carry the sulphur with it in such quantities as would any tree from ‘the ravages ot insect life. It will not hurt the trees A 5 F z ina thrifty tee one season is loge the holes, for a new r bark wilt @ remedy, 1b was as effective with fruit trees as with shade trees, ‘MR. SAUNDER'S VIEWS. After glancing at the article Mr. Saunders, with : “Well whatever ‘we may decide to do for our trees it will be nothing 80 absolutely foolish as that. Bore holes in the ‘trees and put sulputir in the holes. | Way You might as well bore holes in the foundation of that building and sii them with sulphur to tect the trees out there in the grou: Ita tree served that way should be cut down years hence, the sulphur would be found just. where 1t was originally paced. It would not dissolve, nor would it be taken up by the tree. It is from the roots that trees take up sustenance, not trom the trunk, and to place sulphur about the roots would do no possible good and might do harm,” ont Rat plan will Fou adopt to provect the trees from insects?” asked ‘Tur Stan reporter. “70 GET RID OF THR CATERPILLARS We shall probably cut off the part affected. We may use Paris green, though I don’t much like to do 1t. Paris however, effectually destroys the caterpillars. Thad it tested. We inade a so- lution and sprayed it over the trees; but the very idea of sprinkling poison about in that way 1s oD- Jectionable. As I watched the proceeding soma of the spray would fall back tnto my face, and chile dren passing along would look up and get some of it Itdid no harm, so far as 1 know, but unless carefully handled it might. We find that we can destroy ‘scale insects, lice, &c., by the use of com- suon Whitewas. Several 'years ayo the trees on 3d street were full of these scale insects, 1 ordered. the tops taken off and whitewash applied liberally. ‘That was done, aud now there are no prettier rows of trees in the city. “Whitewash also keeps horses from biting the ‘trees. Some time ago we were criticised for sn alleged endeavor to Kill caterpil- lars with whitewash, We were siaply preparing Wo protect the trees from the teeth of horses. WIRE SCREENS, Have you noticed any of the wire screens on the trees? I tell they are much better in every way ‘than the old Wooden boxes. ‘The latter furnished aharbor for the tnsects. In those that we re- moved Wwe killed thousands of caterptilars. ‘The eggs Were deposited around the bottom of the Woodwork. We have now 5,000 trees protected With these wire screens, but. cannot get_any more until another appropriation 1s made.’ We hope to extend the use of them throug? the city, as they not only improve the appearance of the trees, but are superior in other respects to the old wooden “Will you tntroduce any new varlety of trees Soon?” queried the reporter. “NO; not specially. There are no better trees than we have. It {3 our intention to planta line of red Oaks on 12th street, from B north, and it will make @ beautiful row. The impression that ‘the oak is slow Site 3 in not correct. I planted all those trees out yonder (pointing to the grounds) in 1871, and the oak grove is about the largest ant | Sbipre of the lot. The oaks have outgrown the maples,” “Do the English rows protect the trees from insects?” — “No,” replied Mr. Saunders with marked em- phasis : : SUPERINTENDENT SMITH, of the Botanical Garden, another member of the parking commission, when questioned by Tar Star reporter said that he and Mr. Saunders invarl- ably agreed as to the method of handling trees, Mr. smith, however, differed with Nir. Saunders as to the value of the Engilsh spatrow. He thinks that during winter tonths, when the sparrow cannot get better food, that it destroys the Insect Jarve, Mr, Smith was disposed to ridicule a sug- gestion coming from some source that “tooth- ache” bushes, as he termed them, be plantod in the city for’trees. “Why,” he rémarked, “they don’t grow above 10 feet Nigh. They mizut do for @ sign for a dentist shop but uot for shade pur- poses. The yew tree, hesatd, had also been recom- mended, atree thatdoes not grow higher than twelve dr fifteen feet. He said that sdme of tls variety in England that have stood for over a thousand years are not above twelve feet in height. Mr. Smuith spoke of these trees to show the absurd character of advice that 1s often given about the ‘rees by people who, a8 he sald, “Know nothing at all about trees He added that the commission has a new variety of shade tree, which will be planted this spring. It comes from Turkistan, and 1s a Variety of poplar known as the “popuius ‘voleana.” Kows of them ‘on Portner street, a new street bained for the brewer. As the street 18 not so Wide ay inany others here, Mr. Sinith thinks the new tree, which has white leaves, Will make a Deautiful Ow. JUDGED BY THE BINDING. Why Young Ladics go to the Congres- sional Library for Light Literature, ‘Three young ladies, one with schoo! books under ber arm and two who had evidently just began to get the dust of the schools off their noses, stood near a Star reporter in the Congressional Library the other day. No lines of thought marked their low brows and their cheeks were not paled by study, but they looked about them at the dusty volumes with an atr of fatillarity. ‘They walked over to an alcove filed With books, all of about the same size and appearance, and stood there waitin: for the young man with 'sythpathetic eyes an young whiskers, who was just then waiting on Several other young ladies. Presently the sympathetic eyes turned upon the three fair students, and without a word the young man began to take books down trom oue of te ee, “THERE, TAKE YOUK CHOICE,” he said, laying an armful of books on the table. The books were all alike in serious Mbrary bind- ings of marbleized paper with red leather tips and backs, ‘They might have been phllosopnical works or bound lectures on theology or astronomy. ‘The young ladies bent their three heads together and Consulted as they ran over the titles. Ucca- sionally one would pick out a volume, run the through her fingers and read the heading of some of the chapters. Then they would consult over it and come,to the conclusion thatil woulan’t do, When the whole line had been gone over they consulted with their eyes, pouted a lttule, and began to look around the Walls and up at the thousands of volumes that are squeezed together on the shelves of the Congressional Library. They looked at the man searching through files of the earliest newspapers; at the school-boy priming Rimself with a literal translation of nfs Latin task; the old researchers surrounded by a pile of musty volumes, and gray student, of theology pouring over volumes of te “Ancient Fatners.” ‘The young ian smiled and brought another arm. ful of the buoks and spread them out in tine for inspection. ‘These were quickly looked over and ‘two or Ubree selected, and the young ladies again allowed their eyes to wander about the library. With another stnlle of intelligence the young tnan spread out more books. With nearly a hundred volumes in line the young ladies looked them all over, took for out or the first supply and thanked the Young man for his attention. ‘One of them remarked that 1t was so hard to tell Just what book one wanted. ‘Then she toid the young man that the last one, taken on his recom- Mendation, was just tie thing—it was just splendid, “Jt wasa sweet ilttle trashy Ching,” she a toss of her head. AFRAID OF MOTHER. “Do you know,” said the stuallest of the three, “[m awfully afraid, I don’t believe Til take them,” and she took the two books from under her arin dnd made a hesitating motion to restore them to the shelves. ‘“Pshaw!” guid one of her companions, “They haven't paper backs.” “Busmother’s so awful,” said the other with a Uttle sigh, slowly drawing the books back into her fon. “My mother ts just as bad. Didr’t she throw that ‘splendid novel Girtle gave me into the fire? Just because it had a yellow back!” retorted the older girl, “And what did [do? 1 Just came here and got the same trashy book. She didn’t say a word against it, but read it after me. Ican read all the ‘sweet trashy novels 1 want, tf they are in Congressional Library binding.” ‘Then they hugged thelr books upin thetr arms ‘This 1s an instance of the way young ladies in ‘Washington overcome home antagonism to light Fonaues literature. "Most Of the novels for wien ‘there is a popular ‘and which can be had cents iG paper-backed eal are pound, aud, stand with dignity among serious, aslosophical, and theological ‘They uite as int clothes a3 do 4 § i i if Beak Te i i adh iiaat ei i iii ‘WOMEN OF NOTE. Seme of the Membere of the Inter- national Council, WOMEN WHO HAVE ACHIEVED FAME It VARIOTS ‘PIRLDS—ORATORS, REFORMERS, AND WRITERS— THE DELEGATES FROM ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND CANADA, Mra J. C. Croly, who spoke Thursday before the International Council on Organization, and whose Pseudonym, “Jennie June,” 1s familiar in thous- ‘ands of homes in this country, 18 one of the repre- sentative women tn the council. She represents What a woman can accomplish by intelligent in- dustry. Mrs. Croly, though known chieay as a Pleasing fashion writer, has improved the oppor- tunities offered by the wide circulation her writ- ings get to Kive sound and healthful counsel to Woman, Her maiden name was Jennie Cunning- ham, She was of English birth, having been the daughter of a Unitarian minister who lived at Market-Harborough, in Leicestershire. He had visited the United States in company with his Son, Sow a minister of the Congregational Church in Western New York, and determined to seek a new home here, which he did When his daughter was nine years of She early showed her predilection, writing and littie plays at ten years of age, often hel out the Laboriots “compositions” of her gifted schoolmates. The first article which ap- eared before the public was accepted by Charles A. Dana, then managing editor of the New York Tribune. Wer trst salaried posttion Was upon the New York Sunday Dispatch at $3 per week. In {hose days.no such tog as a woman's depart: twas known tn amy journal, She suggested to the editors that as more tuan one bait of Chel yeaders were women something of special interest to them should be furnished. “She ‘was, therefore, permitted to pick up and present tems’ and inci- dents concerning the sex, and, to make sure of something which would please women without offending’ thelr sterner brethren, she _ob- served, reported and made suggestions about their "dress and personal bel doing this iu a style so fresh, piquant and Juai- clous as to speedily secure general attention. ‘She soon made other engagements, and began cor- Tespondence with newspapers outside of New York, Her life from the first time she begun work of this character has been one of constant work. Besides connection with the dafly press, she wrote for the pillar magazines, and was for years editor of bemorest’s Monthiy. Lately she has assumed editorial charge of Godey's Lady Book. The readers ot THE Stan ‘are familiar with “Jenny June's” style through her mouthly fashion letter to Tug Stax, The woman journalists of the coun- try owe much to Mrs, Croly, Who swept away all objections to women’s work In newspaper offices, Inthe midst of her Journalistic work she has und tine to write books, one upon cookery, one ailed “For Better or Worse,” npon the Habiilues and duties of inarried life, and another, composed of essays, called “Talks upon Women's ‘Toptcs.” Her litsband 1s Mr, David. Croly, a well-known Jourmalist of New York, woo is now an invalld, Se was one of the founders of Sorosis, which Was formed at a meeting at her house twenty years ago. Alice Cazey was the first president, but at Ue next election Mrs. Croly was chosen’to that office, and continued in it until recently, She is a member of the New York Academy of Sct ment of the Medical Education of Women, a mem- ber of the Goetue Club, and other societies with ihe metropolls ZERELDA , WALLACE. Mra, Zerelda G. Wal- Prominent in public Work, “Mrs. ‘Wallace 1s consctentions oon ¥ Lc- Uons, her impartial, un- selfish Judgment, and her courage of expression. d She was born at Miller- ville, Ky., August 6, 1817. Her father, Dr. Sand- ers, ‘removed to Indianapolis when she was thir. teen years old, and she has ever since made her home in that city. Mrs. Wallacg was the eldest of five daughters, and her father, @ man of schol- arly trainfng and independent ‘views, having no Sons, taught his daughters as he would have Taught sons, if he had them. Avthe age of nine- teen Zerelda became the second wife of David Wailace. ‘Three sons of her husband were placed under her guardiaaship at once. One of these 1s Gen. Lew Wallace, the author of “Ben Hur,” whose Taphic picture of a mother, a8 drawn in that book, 's taken from his beloved step-mouber. Tn the course of Years six children of her own were added to her cares, and she was devoted exciusively to them, Her husband was twice elected Heutepant- overnor, then governor of the state, and then Served in Congress. Mrs, Wallace entered With interest Into ali her husband's studies. As her Step-sons jtrew older she read law with them, and 4s weil Informed in the sclence of law. Mrs. ‘Wal lace has been a widow for twenty-three years, and many years of her widowhood were spent in’ pro- Viding means for her children’s support and education. She has borne heavy griefs. Four of hor children have died, leaving only a son and a dauguter, Mrs, Wallace’s public work dates back only about fifteen years. Until then her own family and household cares absorbed her time. She began first to work in the temperance move- inent, dnd this led ber into the suffeage move- ment, Mrs, Wallace will speak to-morrow. MISS ALICE FLETCHER, whose address Thursday night on the “Legal Con- ditions of Indian Women,” interested her hearers $0 much, 13 a pleasant looking lady, with a face beaming with ness and Intelligence, She 18 of medium height, and of @ comfortably plump- ness of figure. AS Miss Anthony remarked she 13, the only Woman holding an appolotment as In- dian agent, Miss Flewcher 1s of New parentage. For many years she was eng: student of archaeology and ethnology, studying in the fleld tbe inonutents of the Onio and Mississ- Appt Valleys, and the shell heaps of the Atlantic coast from’ Florida to Maine, Some years ago she went to live with the Indjansto study their ho.oe-life end religion, She dwelt in thelr tents nd traveled with “them, becoming familiar with thelr daliy iviug, and traditions, ceremonies and folk lore, From this intimate knowledge of the people a deep interest im their welfare was awakened. In 1882 she came to Washington and labored to secure legisiation giving the Omaha tribe thetrland& The following year she Was appointed special ‘agent to carry “out the provisions of the act, and allotted nearly 80,000 neres, She prepared an exhibit of Indian pi in civilization for tue New Orleans Exposition, and received a diploma for the exhibit and’ the lectures attending it. In 1886 she visited the Pa- cifle coast, Alaska, and tue Aleutian Islandsincon- nection with the ‘establishment of schools. Last Year she was appointed by the President special agent under the severalty act and assigned to allot the Winnebago tribe in Alaska. She is still engaged in that work, and is now on furiough. Sue inaugurated the plan of educating the young married Indian coupies in cottage home ‘life in copnection with schools, and the home building fund, by wie returned students are assisted with’ small loans to bulld homes and trade and other business, She wrote reports on the condition of the Indians, several monographs, upon. etunological, subjects, pub- lished in the reports of the Peabody Ethno logical museum of Harvard University, with which she has been connected for the past six years, and similar papers contributed to scientific associa. ons and periodicals. -Miss Fletcher 1s a member Of several state Listorical societies and an oMcer of the American Folk Lore Society, the Woman's Anturopological and other societies, andis a fellow or the American Scientific Association, MARGARET M. DILEE. Mrs. Margaret M. Dilke has been a central figure in the council. She is about thirty years ol has a lithe, slender fi ure tastefully robed, “a handsome face, with dark, expressive eyes, a soft, pleasant voice, with Just @ little English ac. cent, and" someching avout the face bait saucy and baif sad. Her well Known radical connec- Uons in England have made her one of the most lnteresting personages of thering. Shecomes Northumber-. land family, her father, 2 ‘Thos. Eustace Smith, hav: 4 ing been a member of ‘parliament. She was mar. ie get e dtd anes terme ler, age vel a ye living. “Her husbaud, who Was a member of par- Hament and brother of Sir Charles Dilke, March 10, 1883, and since his death Ret a nearly aliof her ume to radical tation of the woman's suffrage question. I And Mrs. Fawcett who persasded her to joi the crusade for the emancipation of vice-president of Une Association for the Advance- high objects. Her home in New York has been for Years a center of the literary and artistic life of Jace’s kindly old | face seems to express in 1ts calm dignity the ‘beauty and serenity of a useful life devoted to humantz- ing work. Among the many wonen of Indiana considered "mother of them all,” beloved for her and administrative abil- Jey, Mire, Hooker. tn ten years the JUntor of her sister, Mra. Stowe. She hasan ‘unmistakable Beecher face, and would be selected in any company asa woman of remarkable per- sonality. Mrs Hooker, since her nineteenth year, ‘When she was married to Mr. John Hooker, a Weil- known and successful Hartford lawyer. has been & student of the social litteal and religious ques. | tions of the ages Shewent hand abd hand ‘with | her husband in the study of law. She inherited | ker was a Hartiord | deacon of the most orthodox type. Mrs. Hooker | reminds one of Harriet Martineau, In the practical | dling of subjects which are inore rrequently | reser fora man. But in ail this Mrs. Hooker is | still pre-eminently the woman. She hes been the mother of several children. ‘Though already pes | ° Mberal ideas, while Mr. Yond middie itfe, she is still in the Years, and has unique and remarkable powers as a | Speaker on subjects which she has duly considered, | and in which she takes a personal interest. | Mrs. Hooker is a speaker rather than a writer, Dut her sarunbay, MARCH 31, 1888—DOUBLE SHEET. factory Ler alma water. ob Was probably one of the earliest n this country, In 1836-37 she led the he rvota in which she worked, abd eD- couraged thet to strike, saying “come on girs, I Gon’t care Whether you go out or not, | am going,” She went and whey wil followed her; she was then about twelve yearsolt. The Lowell Offering & magavine, Whose articies were written entirely by factory girls and whose projector was the Rev. Abei C. “Thomas, a Catversalist minister, And pastor of inany of the writers, was starved Il 1840, and the subject of this sketch Was a cOD- {ributor. Mrs Robinson marrted in 1848 William 8 Robinson, whose nom do plume was “Warring ton,” a famous Journalist, and War correspondent or the springneda Repudlicen, also tor eleven years terk of the Massacunsetis "house of representa vos. “In tie eariy years of their married ive Mr, Robinson published the Lowell American, one ot the seven freegoil newspapers In Masnacb@setts that tine. Here Mrs. Rubluson practiced, learp- ing to be a literary editor and proof-teader,. Mt. Robinson died in 1874, apd bis wife collated, edited, and published a vonume containing selections {rom is STINGS WRU a memom written BY herself, lied “Warrington Pen Portrait,” The Kev. William Heary Channing, late of Londoa, Raid Of this book: “It contains the only history Of the politic! antislavery inovement that has Fe been Writ Mrs Kobinson has also published “Massachusetts on ue Woman's Suffrage Mov ment,” written the Massachusetts chapter In the story, and & paper ou “Bariy Bactory Labor 4o New Engliag,” whicu is incorporated in Ue an- Dual report of the Massachusetts “Bureau of tistics of Labor.” This as been widely read and quoted from ana has been translated isto | three langua considered of so great value 8s a history of early factory labor that the s has ordered 1t 10 be published (as Is sometimes done ‘With other Valuable papers) in a separate pamphlet, and 1s, therefore, the propercy of the sate aud Not Yor siie. Mrs. Robinson bas also written for two Magazines and newspapers. Her Invest published work ts “Captain Mary Miller,” a woman's rights Grama, lustrating, With other great principles, Margaret Fuller's doctrine, that * | right tobe a sea captatn tt has also Written @ i atna intended to ilustrate y black brows, wulte hair and a pale complexion. S qualities as a speaker remind one of tne powers | yin e sna in er manner, yet genial Which Mrs. Stowe has evinced asa writer. MRS, AMY POST. Among the notable women who are attending the Council of Women, and a representat! Pioneers, is Mrs. Amy Post, of Rochester, Y ‘Mrs. Post ts eighty-five years of age, and appears a very weil preserved Woman of sixty. She Is a lady of medium height, inelined to plumipness, Her manner is pleasant, and she 1s an agreeable con- Versationallst. Her featuresare striking, her nose aquiline and her eyes black and sparkling. Mrs. Post Was 1n attendance at the first woman suff- Tage convention in Seneca Falls She has lived, she Says, to See a remarkable change, and for the'bet- ter, where her sex Is concerned. She ts very much, in ‘earnest in this movement. She Is a guest of Mrs, Baltus DeLong, of 800 11th street northwest, CLARA NETMAN, ‘Madame Clara Nerman 13a native of Germany, who came tothiscountry When she was sixteen years old. She has inter- ‘ested herself in the work of ‘suffrage both among German and American women, and is considered a8 one’ of the most pro- ve thinkers among the women of the Na- tional Woman Suffrage said the Stax ts the science of this move- ment, She has given much study to a scten- Ufc exposition of the re- lation of man and wo- Man. She has a son and daughter, both graduates of Cornell, and who have since studied and taken honors’ in profes- sional schools, The son is a chemist in Cleveland, and the daughter, Olga, a graduate of the Phila- Geiphia. Dental collegéy is © practicing dentist 18 New York. Madame Neyman some years <4 ‘Went abroad with ler son and daughter, and three studied at the University of Zurich, Madame Neyman taking a course in political science. last time she Was abroad she made an address at Berlin, before the crown princess of Germany, on the women of America. She 1s scholarly, a good ‘@ pleasing face and engaging ker, and has manners MARGARET MOORE. Mrs, Margaret Moore, ‘whomadea bright speeen, at the opening of the council, represents wo- nen Ireland. She is tall, slender and grace! has’ bright dark eves, well Cut features and fine teeta that adda charm to her smile, She ts an Trish woman of good family, and 18 proud of the fact that she has been honcred as she says, by the En- lish governinent by serv- fig aterm in an Iris rison for the sake of rish liberty. She is a native of Donegal and highly educated. In 1881, When in the Judgment of Michael Davitt it became desirable a8 a poiitical move to form the Ladies’ Land League, Mrs. Moore stood beside "Miss Annie Parnell and helped found the organization, The Work of this organization Was so effective that it Was soon proclaimed by the English government. ‘Thereupon Miss Parnell held a meeting in Dublin in deflance of the proclamation in order to give the lish authorities a chance to arrest the women ofthe League, Mrs. Moore spoke on that occa- sion, English officials were present. Mrs. Moore made her speech unusually bitter purposely, Dut the officials did not molest the meeting or arrest any one. Some time later, however, Mrs. Moore Went to Donegal to assist’ evicted families, and made remarks there which led to her arrest. When she Was convicted the judge gave her the option of giving bonds ror a year to behave herself, or go to prison for six montis. .She declined to give bonds, Saying that she Was always well-behaved. The Judge thereupon sentenced her to Tullamore, and she thanked hiin for What she called his ‘no rent manifesto,” as she would live tn Jail without rent, She served only three mnonths of her term and was, then released with othersuspects. Mrs. Moore has declared her intention of becoming an American citizen, She tsa land reformer and will address the Antl-poverty Society to-morrow night, ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY. ‘Mrs, Abigal Scott Dun- iway was in ‘Taze- well County, TL, in 18:4. Her early life was spent on @ farm, Before she Was seventeen she was employed as the district School teacher. In the Spring of 1862 her father decided to emigrate to Oregon. To emigrate to Oregon in those day's was an appalling undertak- ing. Abigail's mother and the ‘ine children were stowed away in ox Wagons, in whieh they, or some of then 3 neyed for six mouths. On the way, in the Black Mills of Wyoming, the mother died of cholera. A grave was made, and the bereaved family jour- heyed on. Ten” weeks later a little boy a and grave was made in the’ Burnt River Mountains In the fall the family reached their new home in far away Oregon, “Until the following August Abigail en- gaged in teaching school.” ‘She then married, changing her name from Scott to Duntway, and for twenty years her time wasdevoted to the duties ot wife and mother. She has five sons and a daughter. Mrs. Duntway has been unusually active in the cause of women, and to her is mainly due the passage of Various laWs in Oregon to relieve women of gai disabilities. Her crowning work, however, has been that of the enfrauchisetuent of the women of Washington Territory. Sue begun her work in Salem, Oreg., when the first Woman si as a delegate of to the woman su Reti toher home iu Albany with a new inspiration, she sold out the militnery business in which she was engaged and devoted her funds to the establish. ment ofa newspaper, the Vew Northwest, which ‘she has since successfully ducted. She an and dash that has made her ‘nown woman in the Northwest. canvassed the state, organized suffrage asso- ciation, and Worked constanUy in the cause. Her early efforts were opposed, as were those of oneers of the East, with ridicule. She had for time to brave’ almost alone the fury of storm Ol ridicule. As late a8 1879 she was. Ina mining town With a shower of eggs, and was ‘Durned in But such treatment wi ll i | f A i a8 | council and is constantiy occupied during the ‘or friends Her indi uses her fo occupy a unique postt disuinguishst wor ther at the faternational Council, Mrs, Rob. | uso ts the mother of Mra. iarriet H. Suattuck, ‘VIRGINIA L. dINOR. Mr Vi irginia Louise Minor, of Louls, 1s a no one w. Ame that OUL an aggressive battle for What she claims to be ber rights under the Con- sutution, Mrs, Minor is a native of the state of Virginia; the daughter ot Warner 'W. and Maria Minor, and 3 great grand- Gaugtiter of Betty Wash- ington, the sister of Gen, George Washington, and of-armsof both the Wash- ington and the Mivor families, She wes bora in the county of Goochland, and her early iite was Spent In that portion of the stat, and later in the town of Charlottesville, near the University ot Vircinia, where she attended a school tor young dies, ad It was here that she met with and mar- Hed ner husband, Francis Minot, Who Was also a Telative, Suusequentiy, and before the War, they moved West, and for many years have resided in the city of St. Louts, Mo. During the war Mra Minor espoused the Union cause and gave bertime and services to the soldiers in camp and in hospital Louta. Iminediately aiter the termina Sareat struggie she became a Wari ad- Vocate of Woman suffrage, abd Was the first woman Xoclatin the right to vore unaer the Comstituvion because she was a citizen of the United Staves, and assisted in organizing the Missourl Woman 'Suf frage Association, which, if not (he first, Was among the first state organizations for thls purpose. For five stecessive years she was chosen president of Ue association, She has Deen a meinber of the National Woman Suffrage Associatloa siuce ttsor- Ganization, and is present in Washington city as a delegate t6 that body, and also as a delegate to the International Councif of Women, now in seston in This city. Miss Minor attempted to register In St. Louls in 1872, and, betug refused, began action 11 the courts. ‘The matter was finally ‘taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, where a de- gisioa against her was rendered by the late Chie Justice Waite. ‘The constitution of Missouri ex pressly states that “maie” citizens shall vote. Tae Chiet Justice took the ground that the Federal Constituston did not entrauchise anyone, apd did ot Fendes this provision Of the state Constitution vol BBSSR STARR KEEFER, Canada has been repre- sented tn the council by one of the | brightest women in the whole axy of brililant women who have sat on the stage at albangh's, Besides her high attainments as, ascholar, she is fair to Jook upon. A fine tigure, clear-cat features and a good color help to make Amends In the eves of man for the fact that she has had the presumption to distance many of (hem in pursuits which man, until the woman mov ment began. arrogated to himself, Mrs. Keefer 1s the lady who appeared on the staze on “Education night wearing a college cap and gown, Which “became her much, Mrs. Keefer was born in Nova Scotia, of English and Scotch parentage, She passed Ube matriculation examinations for Harvard tu 1 but Was not a boy, and hepce never went further than the ex- atfnation, She graduated with honors in sclence from Wesleyan College in 1876, and was inarried in the same year to Kev. B. B. Keefer, a Methodist minister of Ontario, She has written considerably under the nom de plume of “Hans Goebel,” and 13 DoW a member of the staff of tae Toronto Globe. ‘She Is an ardent suffragist and prohivitiontst and a lecturer amd organizer for the W. C. T. U, MRS. ZADEL BAKNRS GUSTAPSON. Mrs Zadel Barnes Gus- tarson comes as the dele Fate.ot the National Pro- bition Party of Great Britain. Mrs. Gustafson 3s an Aimerican Who mar- ned Mr. Alex. Gustaison, a Swedish — journalist, They make their resi- dence in Loudon, Two years ago Mr. and Mrs, Gustafson vistted ‘this country on a journalistic mission, Mrs. Gustafson then representing the Pall Mall Gazetir.. Mrs. Gustafson gave a’ recep- tion to Mrs. Stanton in London Just before that lady sailed for this country. It Was tben arranged that Mrs, Gustafson Should attend the council. She ts the author, with ber husband, of & book oa ‘the drink question, entitied. “ihe Foundation of Death.” She will Speak berore the council to-night on the drink question. Mrs. Gus. Lafson has a neat gure, a little full, an attractive face, with what women ail envy, a fine com. plexion, and dresses somewhat oddly, but in a very becoming Way. Her bonnets and gowns, with thelr harmonious blending of colors, bave at- tracted much notice at the council, Mrs. Gustaf. son is a pleasing hostess, and at her home in London entertains many ‘Americans of note when they visit that city. She is a guest now of her sister, Mrs. M. B. Bruce, an artist, of this cit MADAME. BOGELOT, The kindly face of ‘Madame Isabelle Bozelot, the Frenen delegate, has Deen visible at nearly all the sessions of the coun- cil. “Her high character and prominent place among the philanthro~ pists of France, lave led. the women of the council to pay her spectal honor. So she las always been seated in front, near the resident. She has a jorid face, and her hair Bogelot ts avout aisty: 1S about Sixty, Dut well preserved and in vigorous health. Her great work has been that of reforming ‘confined in the St. Lazare, Paris. She is ‘Of the Society for Prison Reform Work, and much esteemed by ail classes in her native land. Se 1s unable to speak English. ‘CAROLINE #. DALL. ong the pioneers in attendauce ts Mra Caroline H. Dail, who makes her home in wis ly known for her literary work: and’ her strong intellect. She 1s a daughtct _— ee gh a Boston on the 22d of June, 1852 received a good academic edu- cation, and became a school teacher. ah = torie EnITSTE 4 : Hf i Ef Hf i ft ii the woman's | Wralts_a publisher. | i hich she does rapidiy, | isentitled to use the coat- WOMEN IN POLFrics, Addrewes Before the International Coancid Last Night. ‘The iuternational Counct! ts teaching the women of Washington, among other things, to keep lato | hours. ‘The session Iast night did mot close until about 11 olock. The attendance Wee lange. ‘The first speaker of the evening Was Isabella Beecher Hooker. Mr Hooker deitverad an address of over Ralf an hour ta length on the right of women two Vote under the National Constitution. The pre- Aamble, she said, was the key to the Whole, It de- clared that “Wa, the people,” establish this Cou | stitution, and that Its object was the “Securing | not “giving,” the Diessings of Mberty to “ourselves | ana our posterity,” including certainly t | tuale posterity. She then showed that Ue word te “people,” used many times in that instrument, tu every case inc 3 he authors of | Constitution thus civing thé term their own den. nition, Women were how, by. che fourvcemh amendment, citizens as weil as men. and entt ind 1 the rights of citazrashtp that ainong. Ch ‘Was the right to voce—a necemary. Incitont of ctuirenship. The Mfieeath amendment w only Speaks of the right of citizens of the { nitead Stas 10 vote, thus recognizing that fight an one of ithe genship, but provides that it shad not be denied ar abridged on account of race, color or previons eo Aition of servigude, this eroupa or denial. being The one of whith there was -pecia: danger at that Uume, Dut the spectiication of whic could not. Dy a other grounds, ot eyes or hain. aiso.on the provision wt ‘tue Constiu- ton that Representatives m8 shou ted by the “people of the state ner Itmitation than tat bers of Congress should" requisite for electors of the most legislature" and cia lett to the states meant oaly stich condition ed, as a certain age, a certain length of nce, the abluity to Tead, and the jude natural conditions e8 or hair, the hetyht, changeable conditions; thad it could nc cide sex, and that Che states a condition were «tot and vold act. Mrs. Hooker ten re of Miss Anthony, tried and condemned Judge Hunt, of ine United States Supreme Court for the crime ef voting for a Memb contending not only that the Judge was wr im his Taw, but agrantly” wrong in his dental to her of the by Aloug with her argum: close, she appealed t remo Of “ubJUst and Unconstitutional legislation thst stood in the Way of the exercise of Ub Vole by Women, and appeaind to Woune and, Wherever they were abie, to exercise the rigt, MRS. 2. ELLEN FOSTER, of Iowa, delivered a spirited address on “Woman in Poltica” Woman she declared was already in politics. ‘The ovly question was what relation should she bear to polttics, Accepting the prin ples of the Declaration of Independence abd t golden rule, she sald, the logical conclusion w inevitable “that he fefusal lo femove woman polttical disabs Was a contradiction of nin teenth century cilitzation. They believed govern Ment to be adivine Institution, aud they “sony ht God's perfect plan. ‘They would never cease tis agitation until liberty of head and hand and heart was acconied to every ettizen of this country. They pledged to their sisters Presenting foreign nations that after they ‘were free themselves they would give (9 them — their moral and material “suppor, ‘There Wore none, she said, that denied the justice of the anguments in benalf of women, UUt tue fear Was that Justice would come too late. She spouse of the nance Of the saloon in polition “aenuemen,” she Raid, “we do not tiiresten. NO, no, no;' We are ol You and yours, We have Do separate interests that can be taken Out of Lue body politic and guarded by thems-ives stand up unLil Uke morning In this civilization. “But w ‘of the country that you Will cail ux to Lhe rescue Tery soon.” Mrs. Foster, speaking of the crite ub. Jection to woman's voting, because she did not Hight, sald that the moral power beuind Miss Anthony and Miss Willard was more power Tul than & great army. The Saloon, sie sald, will Dever go Out of America to stay OUU Unt worm vote, “The women will vote right, for the saivom 4s the enemy of home. HARRIET f. ROBINSON, Of Massachusetts, delivered an address on the present attitude of political parties toward woman suffrage, The present attitude of the parties, she said, may be briefiy stated. “The republican party, in 1872, at the ntional convention in Pull plila, passed a resolution saying t Ssuould be treated WIth respecttul The Massachusetts republicans, the had passed a much stronger resolution, Unued 10 do so In the party conve when they ceased altogether, Tle matt cratic party bas ever Indorsed our n though in my OWN state, in TSK2, It went so tar {0 pass a reyolution looking direction, “The prokibition party is Very good about passing res Tutions in our favor, but i Aas yet no political power, and the majority of Its members usually vote the republican tc We donot count a great deal ou its belp. Since such is the atuvide Of parties toward woman suffrage, our only hope seems to be in A. Uutrd, whic shall advocate onrown wi ing reforsiis, Old parties are slowly dying out voting men Of to-day, OF many Of Ub Interested In sot thing besides discusstiy the °G.0.P. has dong, or What the w last war. ‘They are thinking of vei lation, labor reform, ine trade, a question, and they eur before, and ¢ te woman find « field in which to Work for Unes® Issue And so we will Wail aud hope for the coulug reform party, Which Will Lot ignore moral tssues or be atraid’to meet them; Witich Will have Ube broadest outlook for human nigiits, aud thus better represent true repubi as Well as democratic Ideas. Mrs. Margaret A. Everett, delogate of the Mas. sachusetis School Suffrage Ass-lation, inade & brief address explaining’ the operations of he law there, and tutroduced to the audieuce Mra Abbie A. May, the only woman Who has ever served on a suite board uf education, MNS, LATKA M. JOHNS, of Kansas, made a speech which greatly pleased the audience, She told about the taunietpai suf frage granted the women of herstate, Mra. Johns ot a round of applause for her first two words, Phey were “Fellow Citizens.” When the appiatso subsided she remarked: “I say feliow cttirens for 1 have arrived at the partial dig Ship.” She then went on to tell about the ctpal suffrage in Kansas aud how the voted. She said the stock arguments woman suffrage had been Used. Mc Babies’ faces “were wasked Just tty as ever, housecleaning came and Spring Bonnets were purchased, and ‘The result of the Woman's Voting Was that had got better men into the omfices. Just as ful to the we Uncit handkerchiets Just tt» hats When they amet. Si eved Uney bad greater respect frota tue wounen Chan they did Tore the Women Voted. Mrs. Johns used som Senator Ibgail’s own amiuuuition to picture the fate she said Would overtake Ube Senator for position to Worman suffrage. “When,” be sald Shall stand in the shady atstes of poulral retire ment, With bis skin hanging over a burbed-wire feuce'of public opinion, the verdict of tue world will be “Phe women did it ‘OTHER SPERCERS, Rev, Amnle H. Shaw gave an amusing account ot the difficulues tm the way of womeu vouing tor School committeemen In Massachusetts, to slow That the Jaw did not tn its present form coufer much benefit upon Woman, end Mixs Prauces Willard cloved with @ sparkling speech to stow how women could and Wuuld elevate poate, Daring the evening Mrs, Anna Raudail Dieta read Helen Covke's “Flag at Bay-Masi,” witu much effec, — W. Corcoran, Gx acemons Written for Tar Evesrsa Stan, Lay in the earth, of which it was s part, ‘The mortal frame that shrived bis eenervus soul — ‘The shattered palace of iis princely beast Nor *vex tis ghost’ with words or tears « “Anos to aslies, dust to dust.” How bru Husdeeds shine bow whom God bath called from rary From us, from all ineu’s ey Ewell in Ingtity— Dower'd with the glory of a second birtt:! Ab! in that ampler life, that larger scope, How his freed spirit sali dilate, which bere, Mampered with Resbiy Londa, could only grup@ ‘Towards the ligut of that diviner «phere Where, reuuited, husband, daughter, Together bash in everlasting life Goderich, Ont, ® eee Forger as Well as Embezater. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RALEIGH BANK DEPALR CATION—PRESH CRARGES AGAINST CROSS. A Raleigh special to the Baltimore Sun, March 2%, says: Bank Examiner Tate discovered Unis al Ternoon Ubat the absconding president of the State National Bank, of this city, C. F. Cross, had torgea ihe names of several prominent mea of fe, B.S. Currtom, Aster I said Unat if I desired war I should be a maa man, DUt If 1 did not prepare tor ft I should bea viliain, My # ie ial i ad