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NEW-YORK DAILY TBWUOT&. SUNDAY. FBBRTTABT 22. 1903.
HVMOnIXLlW CASBS-OtSSATtSFACnOU OVER THE
EMEBALD II.IIJ-
THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN. r ApraHam™ StrausBROOKLYN.
Store Closed Monday : : These Bargains for Tuesday.
The Rev. Dr. Wriglcf* Opinion of Episcopal Hymns-"Politicians
Btirtrd"from flic Woodruff Dance.r Corded Woven Madras, 9c.
<f A YARD WAS THR LOWEST PRICE PREVIOUSLY— And tho of yards
lIC. \u0084,,,, in a j,ffy when «c made that price awhile ago.
This is a U inch corded woven Madras in absolutely fast, washable colors. Lisjht bine !Mid white, pink'and white, gray and white, red and white and stripe pattern^ Eight Vyards won'! be a bit too much to last the day at the new price record, a*, a far! N,t MflC. O. I).
Maill fr.^ W(Wt v
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
OUR STORE REMAINS CLOSED MONDAY.
BEOOKLYXSOCIAL WORLD About 60 years after Gen-eral Washington Fatheredthis country, crossed theDelaware and made the Lace Curtains Are Down. 1
Some exquisite imported Madras Curtains in beautiful color effects-Curtains that *-ilbe snapped up by pcopk of artistic tastes-have MsfafCd in pr.cr this way :
.<:.-... -.r.._*:'.-.. I'nlr *7 -.«--. r..-VV-.S • P.lr
RufflM bobbir.et CMta trimmed ftt la- ~lK* and In.- *«-;j-' '':•«>» '**#:;.-J.-» for #3.00 Value*. VtJiZ tor $<;.r»O VnlnM.
Old Furniture Made New.
Ottoman Rep Portieres, perfectly II \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0!». heavily frin»«l. valueJ5«.2T>.-
-\u25a0 <;_;_ *-•« ISd arm Portiere,. In all the latest coloring. v.!u» $«.2T. at . *1.~ a pair
,Tapestry Couch Cover,, very heavy quality. 60 inch-, wide, beautiful Orientai effect, r^a.ue $4-,.£..„4 -\u0084£..„
Th;- :fl'-or. frnnt. f>n:ra! BuiMlng. J
Sketched by a pupil of a Brooklyn public
\u25a0cfaool. from The Youth's Comj
Hessian fly, this business wasestablished.
To show ourselves worthy
the "2 o'clock in the morn-ing courage" of our greatcountryman, we will cutprices to make Bargains fly
ina most amazing manner,
here on
TUESDAY.Don't worry about bargains,to-day or to-morrow
—come
right in Tuesday and get thebargains.
Mr and Mrs. Timothy L. Woodruff gave a dance
on Friday evening at their home, in Elghth-ave
for their" son. John Eastman Woodruff, and his
friends in the Junior class at Yale. Over the porch
were displayed by electric lights the words. Poli-
ticians Barred." The house was effectively deco-
rated with palms. Southern smilax and floweryYounp Mr Woodruff, suffering from an injured
ankle sustained on Thursday while playing in a
hockey game, was obliged to receive his guests in
an armchair, and the cotillon which he was to lead
was omitted. About midnight supper was servedat tables seating six each. in the dining room and
library. The classmates of Mr.Woodruff who were
invited to the dance were L. Hastings Arnold. Da-
vid Boies. Shelby Bonnie. Fayctte Brown, J. F.
Bvcrs Wtnthrop Crane. Colman Curtiss. Henry
Dangler Frank Dodge, William Ely. Douglas
Green. Arthur Havemej^r. Julian Huff. Thomas
Jefferson Percy Jennings. Lawrence Mason. Led-vard^lit'ehVn George Mohlman. George Hanson.Alexami.rOlmsTed, Klton Parks Lancing P Reed.
Carleton Shaw. Henry H. StebWns. Jfcj™***Wilson. Edward Clucas. Edward Ely. Edgar Mun-
Fon Opdea M Reid. George Victor. Harvey WIH-
&.Franc's Walton. James Brewster. BurnsideW?nslow and W. B. Soper. Th.. Heights girls ofthe debutante Bet were well represented : Among
those present were Miss Mollie Maxwell. MissLouise Carhart. Miss Hazel Tabaage Smith. MissEdna Birdsall. Miss Busa Stanton, Miss bad Car-hart. Miss Frances Williams. Miss Marian Richard-sor Mi«=<= Louise Tousey. Miss Margaret LowWhite Miss talie Coffin. Miss Ruth Richardson.•Mi«;« Northrop of Manhattan; Miss Louise Lef-ferts Miss Louise Vanderhoef. Miss Emily Grove-Bteen Miss Helen Judson. Mi«=s Grace Kaufman.M^s Susanne Pcttit. Miss Marie Murray. MissMargery White. Miss Alice Birdsall. Miss ElsieFuller and Miss Fanny Cox.
t—IIIBB Iis made of the engagement of Miss\u25a0ajer. third dauchter of Mrs. Henry S.
B-.irper. of Arlimrmn-ave. E.<.*t Oracee. N J.. butformerly of Brooklyn, and Clarence F. Williams.
C 2 Great Carpet Bargains.Could we print,Jitter news than this, with Spring plans in almost everybody's mind:
75c. and 85c. Tapestry Brussels—
55c. and 65c.
SI.IO to $1.50 Axminsters and Velvets— Bsc. & $1.00.
""\u25a0—-
ati. rsszuz *-S?^ ISSS^?!«KS^ f»WS- w»fc *>-.eh tc,:er an, «2> Carpets to ««ch.
(
Royal Wilton Rugs Reduced. (
The beautiful. Closely woven Royal Wilt nRw '- R^ -*
g£ lnche9 !rs&°"i&r?-%£ «««>£,*•<-\u25a0\u25a0 •;;::;;;; JS'
'M38x38 inches 3.23 2-83 -•;»•_» **«««V.V.V..;.. . 47.25 4150 37-W27x54 Inches 3.00 2.85 -.«.. \u0084,£_i, 1(> »eet .'....... SIJO 45.30 40.00
ESXh^M::: &5 *5 4?» SSffifez 5-° uxm 4SJi9ICx'j feet 2W-t«> l
"r>t * i.".r,0 Third floor. East Boildla*. J
Mrs. John O. F.V.nk, of Clinton-aye.. gave re-ceptions on Wednesday and Thursday last week
for her sister, Mrs. Charles Debevoise Schenck.who was married last December. The drawing
rooms and nail were decorated with Southern*m'iRX and yellow blossoms. Mrs. Polak wasias-Ftsted inreceiving by Mrs. Charles A Boody. Mrs-Edward L. Rnssiter. Mrs. Frederick TV hitehouseand Mrs. Charles S. Carscallen. SMOKY
FIREPLACESIV*Fe-or,<l or the Bedford Hrifthts Cotillons took
place M Thursday night at the Farmhouse, in
nissnrl Park. The patronesses Wg«ge_Mr. andMr?. Edward T. Hall and Mrs John H. Richter.
Th» thirty-second annual ball of the Williams-t.urj: Yacht Club will be held at Uederkranz Hall
on the evening of March 7
MADE TO DRAW OR NO CHARGE:Examination* and Kttimat'*Ft*'.
Reference.-V,m. W. JUtor. Jo*. H. O»»l* WJ«BS»Raid and mifly oiz.»c prominent ?*opl«.
JOHN WHITLEY,Chimney Expert,"
113 Fulton St.. BrookWa. N. T. T.Jepton. 1615 Ma!*
Th.itadvertisement appear! Sunday •»%
The wedding of Miss Ida Bichtcr and Henry
Btp jr.. took place on Wednesday evening at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr.and Mrs. P. Jensen.
No 456 Tenth-ft. M:?s Ida Jensen acted as maidof honor. Joseph Berp was best man.
The Polytechnic Alumni reception and ball will
be luld in the institute building, in Livingston-st.,
ISi MUM— evening. With the opening of the ball
In the _BLlilSl—l a general reception will be heldin the Sricer Library and adjoining rooms. Thenwrobersof the committee in charge are James A
CamVrof, William L.Bliss. Edward S. Brower and
Ol H. Ciarke.
Mr &tA Mrs. Henry C. Van Cleef have sent out
invitation* for a hearts party on Monday evemn*February 23, at their home. No. IS4 Lefterts 1lace.
Mrs. Frederick A. Harter. of Henry-st., -will po
abroad this spring with her daughter. Miss Cornelia
T Harter. to BBcni a year, and in her absence her
house will be occupied by Mx.and Mrs. Andrew H..I<r Witt.
When the Professor Refused a Wife He Re-
ceived a Koran.This is the story of a piofessor of mathematics
who refused a wlf3 and received in compensation a
Koran of rare magnificence and priceless worth.It all happened in Cairo. Egypt, and the fact that
the professor was engaged at the time to a charm-
ing American girl, whom he soon after married.added spice to the romantic situation. He is now
at the head of the mathematical department of a
well known Eastern college, and has achieved a
fame in his special line of work which is equalledby few in this country- The story is known only
to his most Intimate friends, but presents features
too Interesting to allow its restriction to a limitedcircle.
This episode in the professor's life occurred In
the early eighties, while he was concluding a post-
graduate course In a famous German university
from whose corporation he received a coveted prize.
But the strain had been too great for his physical
powers to endure, and he was ordered for his
health's sake to the Nile. One day as the pro-
fessor waa picking his way through a crowdedbazaar in Cairo he heard two persons quarrelling in
the French tongue. Turning, he saw a tall, hawk
faced old «helk. clad in the flowing raiment of thedesert, in violent argument with a small, thin, dry
looking man, who waa evidently a Frenchman. The
GRATITUDE OF THE SHEIK.
ItGreatly Hampered the Firemen ina Pros-
pect-aye. Blaze— Weighed Four Pounds.
A big eel got Into a line of hose yesterday and
clogged it up while firemen were trying to extin-
guish a fire in Prospeet-ave., near Fifth-aye..
Brooklyn. John Kolle and his famtly barely es-caped being burned to death, and after other mem-
bers of the family had got out it was discoveredthat Miss Elsie Kolle had been left behind. She
was found unconscious from smoke in her roomand removed to a place
°'safety.
The stream from one of the engines suddenly
stopped while the firemen were at work. Itcould
not be accounted for by the firemen, as the water
AN EEL GOT IN THE HOSE.
It Will Be1 Built Above Flatbush-ave.—Weber & Fields Reported Proprietors.
Another theatre will soon be built In Fulton-st..
above Flatbush-ave., Brooklyn. Contracts weresigned yesterday for the sale of the three story
building at No. 651 Fulton-st.. three doors above
Rockwell Place, on the north s:d-- of Fulton-st.,
and for six three story nnd basement brick houses.
Nos. 40 to 50 Ashland Plnce, a few feet north of
Fulton-st. It is announced that the theatre willbook only the best class of plays.
The cost of the property purchased was $125,080;
The buildings on the site will be torn down in th,
next month and work on the new theatre wW bebegun as soon as the site Is cleared. The entranceto the theatre will be diagonally opposite theOrpheum Theatre. It is expected that the newtheatre willbe built in a year.
A rumor that could not be verified was thatWeber & Fields would be proprietors of the newtheatre.
Dr. N-well Dwight Hillls, the Rev. Dr S. D. Me-Connell and others refused to sit on the pi,y.'ith him.
INEW THEATRE IN FULTON-ST.
LONG ISLAND LIBRARY CLUB MEETS.Vt the Long Island Library Club's meeting, in
the chapel of the Packer Institute, on Thursdayafternoon, Frank P. Hillpresiding, the programme
opened with a comparison of American and Euro-
peon library periodicals. Miss Mary W. Plummer,
of the Pratt Institute Free Library, spoke about
English and Ita'.ir.n publications; Miss TheresaHitchler, of the Brooklyn Public Libnary, about theGerman, and Miss Collar, also of the Pratt li-brary, about the French. Miss Haines, managing
editor of "The Library Journal." followed these
with a few pertinent comparisons. All called at-
tention to the practical trend of the American peri-
odicals dealing with buildings, organization andmanagement of public libraries, in distinction to
Their Value Is Estimated at $20,000—
Museum Rearranged for Them.
Six pictures belonging to the estate of Henry
TV Maxwell, of Brooklyn, have been presented to
the museum of the Brooklyn Institute, in conse-quence of a wish expressed by Mr. Maxwell. Their
value is estimated by the trustees to be not- far
from $20,000. The large picture gallery of
the museum has been recently rearranged in
order to give prominence to these paintings.
They are a highly important addition to the
gallery in respect to popular attractiveness as
well as of the Inherent artistic worth. The pict-
ures and their dimensions are as follows:
"Child with Dish of Porridge." by William A.
Bouguereau; 22 by 31%.'Escaped," by Adolphe Schreyer; 34Mi by 454-"The Coming Storm." by Jules Denneulln; 44 by
\u25a01 1 r""ASeventeenth Century Flirtation." by F. Vinea;
22-. by 28."The Grand Vizier's Order," by J. J. Benjamin-
C"ThenHar?e^r?S^leal."C"The
nHar?e^r ?S^leal." by L. A. I'Hermitte;
34' jby 29&
MAXWELL PICTTJEES AT INSTITUTE.
Professor Huero Mulcrtt. head of the botanical de-partment in Packer Institute, is much Interested
In dwarfing; trees and f.sh, and at his home in
Flatbush has produced some dwarfed examples of
There was much dissatisfaction in certain circlesover the fact that the Emerald Ball, which for
years was one of the social "events" in Brooklyn.
was held this year at the Waldorf-Astoria, in Man-
hattan. The Emerald Association used to have
the annual ball In the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Democratic politicians paid high prices for boxes,
the auditorium was turned into bowers of sham-
rocks and other green things, so that the affairhad an Hibernian .aspect This year all wasChanged. There was not a shamrock to be seenmany part of the big.ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria, not even a green vest. One Democraticpoliticfan was seen slowly making his way out of
the ballroom before It was half over. "Why. you
are not going now. -Barney r said a friend, a. cyou?" "Yes, lam going," -was the. reply. This is
ho place for the Irish."'
There can be no doubt that humo' has a certain
effect on the averape jury, and many lawyers em-
ploy Jt to good advantage. The other day two
men were on trial for working the "ere, ncoods"game. The evidence seemed pretty strong, and
the lawyer of the accused men decided to hearheavily on the c->od reputation that his clients hadenjoyed. He talked at pre.it length on the many
and varied virtues not only of the prisoners, but
of their ancestors for generations back. It was
really a clever plea, and seemed to have made
some effect upon the jury, when Dstrict Attorney
Clarke in one sentence, wiped it all away mor?
effectively than Ifhe had talked for an hour."That was a clever plea sf my friend. Mr. -.
said the District Attorney as he began witha sml.eon his Una "but it seems to me that after all it wasnothing more or less than a continuation of thegTeengroods business."
The men were convicted.
Clark Day. a lawyer in the damage suit depart-
ment of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. is
much given to lengthy technical discussions beforethe jury. Last week he was defending the com-
pany in a suit for heavy damages that had been
brought by a woman, who alleged that she had
been thrown to the street while alighting from a
car. Henry A. Powell,. whD was formerly a min-
ister, and was at one time prominent in Republicanpolitics, was trying the case for the plaintiff. Hiswitnesses testified that the defendant bad fallen in
a certain manner and injured her back. After Mr.Day had cross-questioned the witnesses carefully
as to Just how- the accident was said to have oc-curred, he turned triumphantly to the jury, and,
with a wave of his hand, said:"Now. gentlemen, if you are familiar with the
laws of Newton, that great scientist who discov-
ered the principles of gravitation— and Ipresume,
of course, that you arc— will be entirely obviousto you that this woman could not nave fallen in theway that has been described. To say that she did
is as absurd as it would be to say that the earthis flat when we all know that it is round.
Mr Day then went on to recite the story as tohow 'Newton had discovered the principle of gravi-tation by seeing an apple fall from a tree. \\ hen
Mr. Powell replied to Mr.Day he said:"Gentlemen of the jury. Mr. Day seems to have
mastered the principles of gravitation, and givenus a very interesting exposition of them, but wenow have before us a question of law, and not orphysics. We can all picture to ourselves Mr, Day
spending his summers in the country, lying out in
the orchards, watching the apples fall Bad study-
Ing the law of gravitation. Then he comes backto the city in the fall and trys to tell us that miclient was not Injured, If he had spent his timein Brooklyn in the summer watching the eccen-tricities Of trolley cars which go about seeking
whom they may devour. instead of drowsily watch-ing apples fall on the country hillside, be would notnow be trying to controvert our unassailable evi-dence by learned discussions on the laws of gravi-
taMr"bay lost his case, and it Is said that he hasgiven up" trying to convince juries by the use ofscientific evidence.
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
The Packer aISBBBSe concert for th? juhilee build-
ine fund on the evening of March 3 is expected to
sttra^-t a iarpc- audier.ee. R. Huntington Woodman
is tninr to develop as near perfection as possible achorus of one hundred and fifty women's voices,
whi-h is romposHd not only of Packer students andgraduates, but includes many of th'ir friends and
several mem»>ers of the Brooklyn Amateur MusicalClub A solo part to each chorus will be taken byMrs Dorothy Harvey, the soprano of the FirstPresbyterian Church. The recei;.ts of th>- concert
•srUl be devoted to the fund for the building or the
proposed Packer Library on the property alreadypurchased adjoining the institute. About MO.WO hasbeen raised of the |l«MN0 which will be required.
Amasquerade social was held t-'ruay evening at tnehome of Miss Mary G. Doyle, No. 249 Bainbridge-st.
Mar.v Interesting costumes were worn. At mid-nicht masks were withdrawn. Refreshments fol-lowed, and afterward dancing. Among the guests
were Miss Mary G. Doyle, Herman Zwickert, MissClara L. Bf-tz. John C. Pangborn. Miss Alice L.
Green. Frank B. Hawkins. Mrs. Nora A. Doyle,
Charles Betz, the Misses Minnie and Louise Schul-ties. Wlllliam Doyle, the Misses Mac and Irene Cas-lin. Louis Bchaefer, the Misses Katie and LizzieBetz David Molino, Miss Jeannette Bowen, G. H.Buckley. Miss Ail\u25a0•\u25a0 Irish. T. C Rowe. Miss LouiseMcKee Winfleld Dugan. the Misses Lizzie, Aliceand Effa Baker. Sterling Metcalf. the Misses Flor-ence and Edith Butt, William Graves. Miss LillianThinkham. Robert W. Lockhart. Miss Alice Diem,Qeorre H. Gilbert, Miss Marguerite Cole. JohnSchulties. Miss Anna Nebansky. Sidney C.Schwartz, the Misses Lena and Raugleida N.Nich-olson and E. Brant Doerinser.
ESCAPED.By Adolphe Schreyer.
HARVESTER'S MEAL.By L.A. I'Hennltte.
The weSding of Miss Christine W. Sinclair, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. EL Sinclair, of Sedgwick, jMe., and William T. Wyatt. son of Mr. and Mrs.Henry C. Wyatt, formerly of Richmond, but nowresidents of Brooklyn, took place on Wednesdayevening at No. 116 Macon-st. Mrs. George A. Wil-kenshoff. a sister of the bridegroom, acted as jmatron of honor. Samuel J. Graham was best man.The ushers were Bertram C. Scudder and ArthurC.Hartk-h. The ceremony was followed by a recep-tion. Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt will make their homeIn Los Angeles. CaL
Mr. and Mrs. William Beard, of Clinton-aye., areFtaying; at Mangolia Springs, Fla.
Mrs. John T. Kelly, of Berkeley Place, and her idaughters have gone to California for a twomonths' :
visit. -Mr. and Mrs. loofah P. How. 11. of Monroe Place,
•will leave Brooklyn in March on a pleasure trip toJapan. They will return in August.
Lowell M Palmer, of Clinton-aye.. accompanied 1by his two daughters, went to New-Orleans recentlyto spend the Mardi Gras week.
WOULD FORM NEW BOARD OF TRADE.Throughout the Eastern District yesterday papers
\u25a0were circulated to enlist the merchants of thelower section of Broadway, from Flushiug-ave. to
the terry, in a movement to organize a new boardof trade, to be a successor of the defunct Broad- jway Merchants' Association. A meeting will becalled In a week or ten days to elect officers aid
prepare plans. The project is backed by ex-Con-gressman Home, J. A. Collet, Henry F. Koch andDr. Trull.
Since the Broadway Merchants' Association wentout of existence the business men of the Eastern I
District have felt that they should be Invited to
lend weight to any agitations for Improvements tothe district, and to discuss the different problems .•which are certain to arise with the completion of ithe vTilliamsburg Bridge. It Is proposed to limitthe membership to business men in the section be-low Flusbing-ave. ', /-'
An Interesting feature of the twentieth public
service of the American Guild of Organists onThursday evening, in the Church of the Holy Trin-ity,was an address by the Rev. Dr. Wrigley, of
Grace Church. The doctor expressed the opinion
that, of 57$ hymns in the Protestant Episcopal
Church. 600 were absolutely worthless, SO were in-differently good, and the remaining 29 might besaid to be all right. He also thought that musi-cians could do more good for the human race bythe exercise of their talents than by the erection oflibraries all over the land. Another expression ofopinion by the doctor was that "our music is richand classical in style, but it Is possible to have it
no classical, so pure, so exactly exact, that youtake all the heart and soul out of it. and we wantmusic in our church that will reach the heart."
HANCOCK REPLACES COLUMBIA.The transport Hancock arrived yesterday at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, after a long voyage fromSan Francisco. The Hancock comes here to re-place the cruiser Columbia as a receiving ship, and,
after being prepared for this service, will be takenout of commission. £
The Hancock was formerly the Guion Dmsteamer Arizona, and held the record for the fast-est passage between New- York and Liverpool. Shewas purchased by the government for the trans-port service, was recently turned over to the NavyDepartment, and comes here to be converted Intoa receiving Bbi».
animal and vegetable life that rival the work for
\u25a0which the Chinese and Japanese have become fa-
mous. In his yard he has a miniature forest ofdwarfed trees, which, ifallowed to grow to their
full proportions, would crowd his house Into the
street. Professor Mulcrtt dwarfs his trees aswell as his fish by the starvation method, but it
is a delicate process. U there are narrow limitsoutside of which the tree either dies or else prows
to its ordinary size. Dwarfed fish are perfect Inevery detail, except mz<- Ordinary soldikept down to leas than an inch in size, Pr<Mulertt has experimented only with fresh waterfish, hut has had success with many different kimJsOf !!•
GAS KILLS AFTER BIRTHDAY FEAST.John Ste3ins. sixty-one years old, was found un-
conscious In bed early yesterday morning: by hisdaughter. Mrs. William K. Llnnemeyer. at his
h'me. No. 2.827 Atlantic aye.. Brooklyn, from theeffects of illuminating gas. He died while a phy-
sician was trying to restore him to consciousness.In celebration of the man's sixty-first year there
was a party on Friday night at his home. Alltheevening he was in high spirits, and after shaking:
hands -with all the guests he made a little speech.
In which be expressed the hope that he would
reach the Scriptural age of threescore and ten.Yesterday morning; about 6 o'clock, his daughter
was 'awakened by the smell of gap. which shetraced to her father's room. He was tound un-conscious. Dr. John Kepke, of No. 196 Arlington-eve., wats summoned, and vainly used restorativesIn an effort to save his 'ife.
"
Itappeared on investigation that the stopcock ofthe pas had been left half turned on. When theold man retired he had evidently turned the gaslow, and in the night the nressure In the pipe wastaken off and the light extinguished. The pressurewas turned on again hi the early morning, and thefrocm was filled with gas.
Man Expelled by a Congregational ChurchGives a Talk To-night.
Professor George D. Herron, who left his wifeand four children while fillingthe chair of appliedChristianity In the lowa State College, at Grinnell,lowa, and enjoyed a trip to Europe with MissCarrie Rand, whom he called his "insplrer." willgive a lecture this evening at No. 315 'vVasbington-ft., Brooklyn, on "Socialism and Patriotism."
After Dr. Herron had been expelled by the coun-cil of the low* Congregational Church from itsministry, because of his desertion of his familyand his relations with Miss Rand, whom he after-ward married, he. came to Brooklyn, and In thePark Theatre attacked tho churches. He washissed for his remarks.
When Professor Herron on another occasion wasinvited to address the Get Together Club, th* Rev.
The other topic of the meeting was "ReadingRoom Discipline," which was treated by MissHunt, of the Brooklyn Public Library, from thestandpoint of the children's room, and by MissBaldwin for the adult reading and reference rooms.Considerable discussion followed these papers, ledby Mr. Stetson, of the New- Haven Public Library,and centring around the question of furnishingchildren's rooms with fewf»r tables and more anddjff( n :»t chairs, and of allowing all orderly noises,such as moving about and asking questions. In theregular reading rooms quiet, without repressivesi^i's .md laws, was recommended, and the questioni.f keeping order outside of public buildings whsr.ii-.<i - whether by police assistance apalnst law-less boys, or hy a crusade in the neighborhood infavor of protecting public property.
The busmen of ih<- meeting consisted only In aresolution to hold a library institute for the smalllibraries on Long Island in the spring, and theannouncement of a New-Jersey and PennsylvaniaState meeting at Atlantic City in March ana of theannual convention of the Americrn Library Asso-ciation at Niagara Falls the last week in June.
PROFESSOR HERRON TO LECTURE.
the literary, bibliographical and critical characterof the foreign publications.
AIR BATHS. : •?
From The Golden Penny. Bef.Air baths- f-e all the race in f^^fJSSmlln Just now. We all know what nee- s*a^ j,%na-
light and air a-e for th- rnain«enanftd vvit3?*"f
Th. Berlin air baths have th*. great advania*
being pleasant as well as healthful, and man.V oi msociety women r: the German .-»Pital _*Mt^ t»
them up. Even the tiniest children ««> ", m̂Ottthese "baths." as well as younff gtrU ana »
cITh"eymarnmobJect. of course, is the exercise £the muscle* and the lungs at the \u25a0 Mine 0«*0«*the nondescript kind of bathing *«**w?™ wft«»the women a delightful sense of ***«?, -
»tpractising their irymnaaUc /fats or .^ge^rf '
gardening in the grounds. It is scarce [iJl^Zfto add that the a*rden la kept as ?Tj?l2oiaU »\u25a0lble. SurrouilJ* by high walls it is «"u»-~ ,a quiet locallgr just ouutda the oa'.ji.. _
PRECEDENCE IN AUSTRALIA.
From The London Chronicle.The recent distinction ror.ferrxi by **£*£$&
the cities of Melbourne and Sydney In-
;\u25a0\u25a0•-«
rfchief magistrates the enhanced ll'*"lt>L or i*jMayor and the title of right honorable has T»some questions of etiquette and PrecM«u*. It
Mcontended in some quarters that g%£g*£Xhonorable give* the Lord Mayor of Me«>«>urr*. fltemporary capital of the comrnoweal^i. nn«^precedence over the President of the Federalat* and the speaker of the noMt or Rwrfg,fives who are only honorables. Ifat the nex:**£vlcVrejral function the I.or; Mayor of Mrlbouraattempt* to go in ahead of the first emm^wrthe whole of the commonwealth. compllratloM*£arise. But perhaps in the mean tine the "f^jCollege in London will be ™nsultedon th-skindred points, and an amicaWe solution>««CgsBy the way. Montreal and Toronto the iwjcities of Canada, are Inquiring why they also s-not have Lord Mayor, Wei!. Ifthey **"*£**selves and request Lard Strath to pr#r*r
request In the right quarter, doubtless their «»*,
tion will be eratified. The Canadians areL?°Ja,.pushful in "making representations as tn» *•
tralians.
of the Frenchman himself. But the professor caredlittle for comprehensive curses when he carriedaway with him not only a receipt in full,but also
a wno£some rebate reckoned equably at the properrates of, interest. The professor thus tells the re*
of the story:wept over my hand when Itoli"The sheik wept over my b » 1 «*•
him. He made me repeat Itail «fP*£-^"»gtenderly embraced me in his lor.? arm. a:vi *"?**?me on both cheeks. 'Come with me. *»«*«*•We will leave this pool of takjßitj and go j£ mlands In the desert, SK&»
-?«PWBS
£«£n^ teil mv children w!
K^accomplished for me. andas they welcome the sweet water
"1 told him that Icould not He ki•Yet Ihave the reward for TWO,
cried. 'IHave thought ion*. You are a jejmjman.and eager for life. Behold. Igive you now ***Iprize most, save one thing. In my tents.
"He touched a silver bell, an.l the heavy curtate*covering a dark passageway were P^.as>*f*?£advancing slowly, with lowered head Ibeheld ti»
dartre of a young woman arrayed in a cost-~8of^uperb richness! She stood before us janrt bo«d
her head. The sheik spoke to her rapiJ.y. wtkindly in Arabic, and she cam. to me. knell afront of where Isat, and touched her forehead to
"?-Behold the giftof Sheik .IlderMnV he saW tome. in his broken French. She is the pride of my
household and the flower of my carden. yet on yo-.
mv son. Ifreely bestow her lor your mate Los?have Ipondered, but there is none more fitffiUfor you are a young man and she id beautiful to
b"T°ne"girlnestled down, and apparently consideredeverything arranged. 1 was in a stupor of amaze-ment Here was a pretty situation for a student :ot
higher mathematics. one already ensued to*Eirl at home, who was waiting forface In the house of a well meaning P»«*™""sheik, who considered himself under profound oM-
nations for a trine that gave me delight to un-e.take. Ihad declined to accompany him
°"palm trees, and now Imust explain without offend-ing him that Icould not accept his honestl> Be-stowed gift of a wife. Isummoned my French aaab"^v"myfirst words the old fellow's '".ark face b«sssto flush. Ikept desperately on. picking my worts
carefully and slowly. !r It touched Itold h*to mv heart depths at his kindness but benWnot think that Iconsidered the service worth somuch. He waved his hand impatiently at that i
was from a different land, far across t.n.? wile sea*
Our customs were strange and oattoadbX'OTwhen a man had promised c woman that he wooubo her husband it was the rame is ifhe had mar-ned her. 'But take this, my gift, and thou «\u25a0»
have two fair women to cheer thy house, " '•<* sn«»said. Iexplained at length that If!shouM ,lr> tnat
the prison doors would yawn for me. This arousalhim. and he said things uncomplimentary of -**"*_can customs. But he began to understand. WBB"Ihad wiped my brow for th-> thirl time !»
bowed his head. "Thou art an honest man." "V >»'Isee that my gift, which Imeant to be wortny wthee and thy deed for me. was made in mine v,
"He spoke again to the girl,and she arose ani"He epoke again to the girl.-
r *? awdeparted as she had come. He sank into tnotaptIInterrupted to tell him that [ desired nothing1™*
his friendship and the privilege of ''\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0"•-. tOJSr
him. He shook his head. "I go away soon. ,?K'Mayhap Ishall see thee no more, but 7,25thou shalt have that will tell thee how Sbcßlwrhim loved thee as bis son. for that thou «**£him and his.' Again he touched the silver \u25a0"• °£evidently changed his mind, for when the at^e-.n;
ant entered he waved him away. and. i***!""the apartment. Soon he returned, and. "Vin-his mantle a large red morocco cowered N^k. J»
laid with gold and heavily Clasped with the sa£metal, he opened the covers. Arabic <*aract^covered the paces. He looked upon them Y**-JSithen he handed the book to me. 'Take it. he sau-•lt is thine. The Book of the Prophet Is jMß«*gfather, and his. and my father ta.t*er*taMXread the truth from its pages. It Is m»; «•'£tions old. It i-> thln». and fnrsrpt not In thine of
land the friend who gave it thej. .„,,,„\u25a0*\u25a0»."Iwas deeply touched, for Iknew wh.Tt t..e P^
meant to him. But Idid notjefyse it. Re*. J«*and stained, the Koran of his fataerji w*«
lewel in ft hmg'S crown or ;'*"Jjheart, but he save ft to rdon- him. Ifew it yd ZJmronder. Ido not believe tiit in the world outside of the tents of the true Be-
lievers."
The professor went to the American consulateand conferred, and called at the French consulate.There he received more information. Then, accom-panied by a friend from each service, he paid avisit to the French . lock. The Interview wassuccessful from every, point or view. •*?%%* that
aged Arab was having difficulties in his attempts
to answer the Frenchman in his own language, andas the professor listened, which ha could hardly
help doing, enough came to his understanding to
make him all the more anxious to hear nvore. At
last the strange pair parted, and the venerablesheik, came stalking over toward the professor, whoexplained to the son of the sands that he hadoverheard the conversation with the Frenchmanand would like to learn more of the affair underso animated a discussion. At first suspicious, then
half trustful, the old sheik asked the professor tofollow him. In the cool halls of an ancient housethe sheik told how ho nad borrowed money fromthe Frenchman for purposes of his own and hadpaid it back at exorbitant rates, and now, by thebeard of the prophet, the dog declared that he stillowed money. The Frenchman had given himsigned papers when the money was paid back, butthe sheik had not taken the trouble to read themor even to understand what their meaning was.Such customs were not in vogue nmoiv-c his people,
he said. The whole transaction was gone over in
detail arid the receipts examined. As he had sus-pected, the professor found that the sly Frenchmoney lender had receipted in part instead of infull,and therein had a hold upon the childlike pa-
triarch. So he considered a little and said:"Put these matters In my hands, my friend, and
1 will see what Iwill see. Inmy country the lawwas once my study for a period, and mayhap itmay stand us in good stead now."
The sheik embraced him and was inclined to'weep. "Do thou get revenge upon the dog, andall that Ihave Is thine." He waved his handmajestically about, as if indicating that the wholehouse, from hall to harem, was at a friend's com-mand.
had been flowing freely from the hydrant and Intothe hose.
The eel was about four pounds In weight, findafter It was taken out of the hose the engine wasable to throw a stream on the lire. The loss was$10,000.
Mr. Kolle Is the proprietor of Prospect Hall, n^xtdoor to the house In which he lives. Prospect Ihillwas burned down about two years ago at a loss of
$100,000 to Mr. Kolle. The new hall was reopenedrecently.
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"THE WORST TOWN IN AMERICA."
From The Chlcaco Kecord.The title of "worst town In America" has beon
snatched from the brow of proud. Imperial New-York. No longer can the metropolis of the K;istboast of her supremacy In the matter of abundantand variegated forms of vice arm crime, sin- isno longer a top-notcher In the lurid allurementsof sin. She is just a plain, ordinary. Quiet milkstation, not even on the main line to Perdition.If the saianlc through •flyer" stops at the N< w-York water tank some one will have to ilag it.The town is off the schedule.
The centre of vice and crime has moved fromNew-York to Davenport. lowa. This is the testi-mony of Bishop CoHKrnv-', a respected citizen ofthe lowa town, who knows whereof he speaks. Hodeclares he has travelled all ov.r this land, and heunhesitatingly gives Davenport the palm fur all-around wickedness. In Cai I. be murtl the citi-zens of Davenport that they art; livingIn "'theworst town In America."
When Tammany went out of power it soon be-came evident that the centre of municipal viceand debauchery was drifting westward. Itover Goshen, Kalamasoo utul Aurora, and s, ttledupon the benighted town of Davenport. There itwill stay until Bishop Cosgrore organise* a move-ment to make It move on or admits tiiit he idmistaken, as he probably is.
COMMON IN KEY WEST.From The Kansas City Journal.
The Attica man, visiting in Buenrs Ayres rotesin a letter that the dairymen of South Americadrive their cows before thu door of a customer andmilk them. "And why." he asks, "wouldn't this bea good system for Kansas?" Hut why, we mi^htask in return, should we put our dairymen to sumuch expense and trouble" Doesn't the coment realize that It would he no small task to Urajjv heavy wuUr tank m. ui.jwith the cows?
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