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NEW-lORK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY". AUGUST 8. 1000

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CLASSES IN NATURE STUDY

INDIA FAMINE CONTRIBUTIONS.John Crosby Brown, of No. 53 Wall-st., treasurer

of the Committee of One Hundred on India Famine !Relief, reports the following contributions receivedyesterday:Through "Th« Christian Youth. " Lanesboro.

Minn . . $12 00Through R. W. Davidson. New-P.ochest«r. Oi'.o. 21 80Through "The New-York Weekly Witness andSabbatij Reading".. 251 HiThrough BanK of Woodland. Cal 10 00Christian Endeavor Society and Qlenwood Sun-

day school. Kidders. NT 13 OOChristian Endeavor Society. First Presbyterian

Churcn. Portland. Ore 1000Committee of Ten. Dv Bols. Perm 113 00Citizens of Qult.T.an Ga 4161Through Rose Miller.Erie. Perm 10 0OThrough First National Baas Ddraeston. X. T. 10 -WThrough the Bank of Spnngdale. sprtr.gdale.

Ark. 10 00Church at Schiey. Kan 1100William a Frew 23 •*>Through Southern Bar.i, Savannah. 'la MVHMrs. O. W. Rogers. I>aytcn. Ohio . 50 00Citizens at Humboidt. Term.. through Mer-

chants' State Bank. Humbol.it 31 57Citizens of Appleton. Wis 305 00Church of Christ a.id Christian Endeavor So-

ciety, Vacaville. Ca! 10 0OCongregational Church. iMenailHs. Cal aaajThrough the Continental Savings Bank. Mem-

phis. Term 1104through Citizens' Bark of M Iway Midway.Ky 19 35

Mrs. Charles A art. Brooklyn 10 0OMrs. L. A. L<onfr. Detroit, Mich 10 00Through Bank of Oregon C!tj\ Oregon C.ty. Ore. 10 00Pretty Pniirle Sunday school. Berwick. I.i 10 00Citizens of Eldora. lowa (additional) . 13 55Beaver Dim Baptist Church. M=Cail. S. C . 12 1OM. Harkson 25 00Through Ashton Bank. Ashton. 11l 10 00Ep worth League. Methodist Episcopal Church.

Spring-field Mo . 12 06Through the County National Bank. Clearfleld.

Perm «4 10William Gibbon. Green Spring. Ohio 20 OOCalvary Presbyterian Church. Milwaukee. Wta, 51 \u25a0Through "The Record," S:. Augustine. F'.a . . 86 00Churches of Pateraon X. J. iaddltional» 35 2OEp worth I>eagu.?. Mi--.-«•\u25a0•.:> In<! 17 «BT roach Great Northern Express Company .... 760Through the Pacinc Express Company \u25a0 3 45Through Wells. Fargo & Co. Express flft*Through Adams Express Company 12 73Through Southern Express Company 51 32Through American Express Company ... I*7 13Through United States Express Company 45 87Georgia Committee on India Famine Relief Til53West Portland Baptist Church and Bethel

Chapel. Westfield. N. T **S8Th« City Bank of Wheeling. Wheeling. W. Va. 5000Eighty contributions of less than $10 each, ag-

gregating 2*51 55Previously acknowledged 196.847 »4

Tntal to date 1199.758 1«

RAIN CONTINUES IN FAMINE DISTRICT.

The following cable dispatch was received yester-

day at the headquarters in this city of "The Chris-tian Herald" India Famine Fund, from the RevMr Frease. secretary of the InterdenominationalMissionary Committee:

MONSOON AGAIN PREVAILING AND SOWINGBEING carried on.

London. Aug. 7. —The Viceroy of India. LordCurzon of Kedleston. sent a dispatch, under to-day's date, saying that a decided ImprovementInthe crop prospects had taken place In the lastten days ihrough the sudden and opportune re-newed advance of the monsoon Ample rainhas fallen for the present agricultural require-ments in Gujerat and the greater part ofRajputana and Central India, and sowings arebeing actively carried on. so far as the scarcity

of plough bullocks permits. Ifthe present fa-vorable conditions continue, considerable au-tumn crops will be secured and the tension willrelax. There are now about 6.356.000 personsreceiving relief.

BETTER CONDITIOSS IS IXDIA.

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The fi,mfortahl« loose wrapper that can beslipped it delay is an essential for thechild as " •

-its elders. The charm-

la model shown hp.s the merit of serv-ing- equally well for that purpose and for thesleeping gown. For the former service It Is ad-mirable made of French flannel or the less cost-

THE TRTBrXE PATTERX.

"A rig for the lawr said the clubt. ""What hin-ders an amendment?" So an amendment was

;tried, and row the law says:\u25a0 •

-more. »-a nation schools and

playgrounds may be maintained." and the way laclear for the summer schools that form sucn anImportant part of the modem soj:.olOflrlcal scheme.ar.d the efforts of the women's clubs will be dl-

surlng the fullest pr<-.-.Meanwhile, their own work cots on. and In ad-

to the vacation schools, mar.' excursionshave been arranged to farms, parks, the Columbian

nd the Natatorium.In Rockford, 111., the club women may claim to

-red a positively unique method ofraising funds. For five years they have hail an

"trolley day." on which the street railwaycompany gives the line over to them. They aremotorists and conductors from morning till. t and receive all the receipts exceedingthe actual running expenses Ever-/ body in th^town ci r the spirit of the occasion, andarj ire crowded all day long. This summer the

netted the club women more -hac fI.EOO..nd will be applied to their charitable work

next winter.

SOME OF THE PRACTICAL WORK ACCOM-PLISHED BYILLINOISWOMEN.

The woman's clubs In Chicago have taken theinitiative, with true Western energy. In some im-portant public measures, thus furnishing theirquota of disproof to the libellous and frequentcharge that women's clubs do nothing but readextracts from encyclopedias and drink tea.

In1596 the Civic Federation inaujrurate-'. the va-cation school system in that city by opening oneschool that accommodated four hundred. Therewere a thousand applications for admission. Thenext year another school was opened, through thegenerosity of two club women. The year follow-ing the project of Inducing the adoption of thevacation school as a Dart of the school system

was taken up by about sixty clubs, a vacation

school an'! playground committee was appointedthat raised $9,000. the City Council wa.« persuaded

to appropriate $1,000. and thus five schools and sixplaygrounds were secured. These accommodatedfour hundred each, but were not half enough.

The School Board had been "labored with." and\u25a0exoressed its conviction that vacation schools

\u25a0w-erp an excellent institution, but the Illinois schoollaw distinctly provided that "schools snail bemaintained not less than five nor more than ninemonths of t*<e year."

When the man rallied from the bewildering effectof this sudden outburst of "present treatment" hereplied: "Thank ye kindly, ma'am, for your Inter-est ir. me. Idon't suppose it has hurt me any.

tell the rruth. Ihave Just got a new wood-en leg, and it works splendid, ma'am."

EXTERPRISIXG WESTERX CUBS.

Upon the return tram th? fields the laboratoriesnext present a busy scene, for here ail the material—the spoils of the chase, in truth—must be ar-ranged ar.d classified, the piaata and flowers Inpresses, the

••\u25a0"--\u25a0\u25a0 In the breeding cages, and

the others In the teachers' individual case* forfuture echoclroom us*. Breeding- cages are provid-

ed. In which <juick!y developing forma, like thesutterSy. Ear

•• kept and carefully observedthrough the different stages cf development. Onthe botanical side also each teacher keeps on herdeck a number of potted plants, as scarlet runnerani squaeh g-erminated from the seed, and dally

observed and described by bar Inher notes. As anenthusiastic Brooklyn girl remarked, "Ihad readbS about Jr. but this learning from the objects

seivea is delightful."Beelies this daily routine work seminaries are

held a- which various merhods of teaching- naturestudy are informally discussed under the directiona* &' professor, to when knotty questions are re-*r~e-*. and other matters, such &s failures In thek»»V""V cf school plants ar.d aquariums, are pre-sented and talked over, co that each one is bene-Sted by the experience and suggestions of theothers Every week during the last of the sessionalcetan is given by seine specialist on nature sub-J 6*"the on* hundred students a large proportion Isjj^u, rew-York azid Brooklyn, owing to Superin-. -ie-*-e Maxwei: s decision to have the study of

tjjtrodnoed In the lower grades of the New-rork spools and to the belief that similar Instruc-tion willsoon be required of teachers In the Brook-lyn schools.

ONE HUNDRED TEACHERS ARE TAKING

THE SUMMER COURSE AT CORNELL.

The constantly increasing interest Innature studyIs siewn by the fact that In that department of.the rummer session at Corr.ell University therewere over four hundred applicants for admission.There \u25a0were facilities for only one hundred, andthey are now atndylng earnestly. All but two orthree are sroeaaa and teachers.

The course, open free of tuition to New-YorkBtat* teachers, forma a part of the re*rular summersession, of which Dr. De Garmo is the dean, butthe actual supervision of the \u25a0work is entrusted to

Professor I.P. Roberta, director of the College ofAgriculture, who has charge of ths division "onthe farm"; cf Professor J. H. Comstock a: Mrs.A. B. Comstock. who hs.v» charge of the entomo-logical division, and of Professor L.H. Bailey, whois et Tie heed cf the department of plant life. Thecourse is a new ore, beir.p given last year for thefirst time, and Is Intended to supplement the pen-

era! agrietiKura.l work being can on for thePtate by the university.

The Instruction given the tochers la arrangedunder three heads, namely, nature study on thefam. nature study in plant life and nature studyIn insect life. Each of these subjects consists oflectures, observation and collection Inthe field andrclcroecop'iC Investigation In the laboratory. In themorning one hour only Is devoted to a lecture onthe topic of the day, ar.d then the remainder of theday till6 o'clock In the afternoon Is spent In thefelds or fan the laboratories. It is this field workthat becomes at times most picturesque, as, for In-stance, whes the day la devoted to the subject "Onth» Farm," the whole band of a hundred "shortskirted" teachers, under the guidance of the ven-erable aTaaai of the College of Agriculture and his•orpe of assistants, proceed from the lecture hallacroes tae campus to the university farm. Here,pwrchar.re. having grouped themselves on themows, wagons and rude wooden benches In th*bam. they Esten to- a short talk on grains or cat-

*.- \u25a0with these objects or every side; or, if theweather he fair, they walk to the fields of wavinggrein stsfl the sloping pastures, where, while en-c~a.voT".r.rr to discriminate between stalks of wheat,barley ar.s

--even the bravest woman is mo-

mentarily frightened to see a kind faced Jerseypoking its nose over her shoulder. Likewise, when"plant life" Is the day's topic the whele class,with their BMtaJ botany cases rwinglng from theirshoulders, go to one of the nearby groves, wherethey learn of the wonders cf the trees and thebrook. But the oddest sig-ht of all Is when theyemerge from the lecture hall on an entomologicaltour, and. armed •with long \u25a0white butterfly nets,

epread over the fields like a white plumed devastat-:r^-array.

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LAD ABERDEEX OX TEE COUXCIL.

Lady Aberdeen's greeting to the Canadian Na-t;or.a2 Council of Women on the occasion of Its an-r-^al meeting, which has Just been held inVictoria,

rontalnm the followingparagraph: "AsIhave ofteneaid, Ihave never been brought In contact with

a body cf workers so responsive, so loyal to their

i'&ders ar.d to each other, so tolerant and yet so-earnest a* the members of the Canadian Council

of TVosier.. ItIs a Joy to me to find ray successorIn the presidency giving the MOM testimony and\u25a0aritir.gr to me in the wanaest •'•'".« of the kind-nf-s, bearty co-operation and devotion to the work

which have been the distinguishing marks of hercG"feag"ues durlcg' the year. She uses the sameword that Ihay* employed regarding the influenceof the council meetings, demonstrating, as they

<io, that there Is a tody cf women in Canada, rep-

r*aesiing all parts- of the country, who are boundtogether to uphold all that Is lovely and true andcf good report and to labor for those things which

s^ute for righteousness. She calls It an 'insplra-tt«i.' s.r.i that Indeed, Is the only word which de-\u25a0oaes it." Lady Aberdeen's letter occupied acoiuaa In the Victoria papers, which devoted notOB|y rqinmrm, but pages, every day to verbatimBcporta of the proceedings.

«Ie National Council of Women of Canada hasfe-eiected Lady Taylor as its president. After -\u25a0-

her Intention or refusing renomination for*"*presidential office. Lady Taylor's health Un-

prcv«r^ to such an t-xtent that she consented to al-iow faer name to be again proposed, and the resultwas a unanimous re-election. No other name wasf-?Res:e<i. The corresponding secretary. Miss\u25a0lereva V/i'son willendeavor to relieve Lady Tay-*or cf as much work and responsibility as posai-bte dnxias- the coming year. In order that herE!r^rt-h may not be overtaxed.

REPUBLIC AX CLUB OF CHICAGO

The ICary A. Logan Republican Club of Chicago

es to alns !*\u25a0 '\u25a0' victory next falL

late la Mrs Carrie T. Alexander, whom.is a university trustee

Thirteenth Ward Mrs Roben Ballantinele the presiding officer over the fifty women cum-

ttb, over ti 'om profess to be-man baa \u25a0 »ort of hi. - .-• Grant,

Two songs hijve I n com-- -willbe largely instru-

g votes to their candidate.

CUBAX TEACHERS PAID.Cambridge. Mass., Aug. 7.—After many days the

actual work of paying the August salaries of the

Cuban teachers was begun to-day. The totalamount to be distributed Ie $59,550. The work wasin charge of Bursar Mason, assisted by his clerks

and one or two Interpreters. After payment hadbeen made there were reports of numerous losses

of pay envelopes among the teachers. Th»s- lossesare attributed to carelessness, as several envelopesand pocketbooks were picked up on the street amireturned to their owners. Some teachers were not

so fortunate.

HEALTH EUGGE&TIOXS FOR FrHOOLS.To all school boards and persons having in charge

assembly rooms the Michigan State Board ofHealth makes the following recommendations:That the regular care of school rooms includes

:ng the floor before sweeping, dusting rhedesk? or wiping them with a ciean, damp cloth,

ar.d the thorough airing of the room before using

That Interchange of books be allowed only underauch conditions as render the transmission of dis-ease Impossible. That the use of slates be discon-tinued. That perons known to be affected withtuberculosis, or who persistently cough and ex-pectorate, be denied the privileges of such room.

aa teacher or pupil. That all spitting uponthe floor by any person be strictly forbidden.

That at least once a year the room and con-e thoroughly dlslnfec'ed, the woodwork and

floe washed with an antiseptic solution, th<•^shed and the plumbing and ventilating in-

The kia le. or the household fox. is a favorite pet

of Chinese women, v/ho are also extremely fond ofa variety of the Angora cat. The ordinary cat ofSouthern China is. like the Manx, tailless. Itis oc-casionally used for food, but Is not so popular ashorse and dog flesh. When reared for the table itis fed on rice and vegetables. It is believed thatcertain misfortune willsurely follow the man whohas his cat stolen.

"There is something curiously suggestive." says"The Lady's Pictorial." "in the embroid*--Bcription upon

—of all things in the world

—the cap

\u25a0worn as a baby by Oliver Cromwell, and whichtts way into that wonder house of life's

humors and pathos, a London auction room, la.^tweek Sweet Bab, don't cry" It requires no smallamount of Imagination to picture rugged Noll, theIron handed Protector, the Btern Puritan and piti-less regicide, as an Infant, sweef and dear to adoting mother."

It Is proposed to commemorate the late Mrs.Gladstone's useful and beavi- endowing aCatherine Gladstone "Ward in the Women's Hos-pital In London as a fitting monument.

It is eaid in England that the Ashantl trouble Isdue largely to the carelessness In matters of dressof the British representative. Sir Frederick Hodg-808. When the chiefs met last March for a grr^ar"fiurbar" thej' came In all the glory of paint, beadsand feathers, while the English official wore ashabby shooting costume without a medal or deco-ration of any kind. wenthought him an impestor and soon began t<revolt. It haa been Btated. also. Inpaper that Baron yon Ketteler invited his eaitragic fate by appearing at the Taung-li-YaJordinary dress instead of official uniform. Thiswas regarded as an Insult ar.d d^terr^d th«nese officials from affording him tne necessary pro-tection.

\u25a0 recently reached Qu^r Victoria from a.\u25a0woman in New-Zealand who claim? I

descendant of Sir Francis Drake. The writer sub-to Her Majesty the proofs of her claim, in

justification of the plea she has made Ifor a large sum or money to which she regardsherself entitled as the great Admiral's helr»s?

GATHERED HERE AXD THERE

HOW TO MAKE CATS AND DOGS COMFORT-ABLE ON A JOURNEY.

"There are more desirable travelling: companionsthan cats," said a woman who has recently re-turned from Munich, Germany, with a handsomeAngora cat. "Otto managed to keep things livelyduring the entire journey," she continued. "Onshipboard coming over he got lost and was not

found for three days. Iam glad to get him safelyonto American soil."

The natural shrinking that moat animals feelfor strange people and places certainly renderstravelling anything but a delight to them, and withthe. best of care physical comfort is all that canbe secured for them on long journeys. An Impor-

tant thing to remember when a dog is to be sent

in a crate or box in the baggage car la that thereis dancer of his betas stowed under freight andsuffocated. For this reason the box should beslatted on all sides as well as on the top. Ther.ame and address of the owner should be plainlyattached, and also directions to give the animalwater at frequent Intervals. For a day's lourneyno food will be required. The box in which the dosip confined ought to •>«» large enough for him tostand and to turn around, and it is well to havethe lower part of the box close, so that he. can liedown without having the \u25a0wind blow upon him orbeing subjected to draughts.

A cat is better in a hamper with a bed of hay inthe bottom, and unless the basket is very closethe sides should be lined with brown paper so thatit may not be kept in a state of nervousness byseeing out.

Canaries travel best in small cagpp. not In theirlarge home cages.

AXIMALS AS TRAVELLERS.

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DAUGHTER* OF THE COSFEDEKACTOrganisations from twenty-one States and Ter-

ritories are represented in che fnited Daughters

of the Confederacy. 'War of the Rebellion'

has been tabooed by the society, and n afl rt «

being made by it to have "War between theStates" not only substituted for it In historiesufced -n the South, but also tn the dally press andordinary conversation The Daughters of the Con-federacy aim to preserve the historic spot? an!perpetuate the memory of Confederate leadersThey have added many Important relics and pict-

ures of persons prominent in the .. onfederacy to

the Confederate Museum at Richmond. One of its

latest efforts is to influence the State Legislaturesto adopt as legal holidays June 3 and January 13.the former Jefferson Davis's and the latter Rob-ert E Lees birthday. A cross of honor is be-stowed by them on veterans or their descendants^Mrs. Edwin G. W»ed. of Florida, is president ofthe organisation.

"CATTLE QUEEX" OF TEE WEST.Mrs. Ollle Northlane, of Sioux City. lowa, is said

to be one of the most capable Judges of cattle andhogs in this country and spends mneh of her time

on the road for a large Western commission house.Besides her unusual accomplishment, Mrs North-lane Is a telegraph operator, a musician andlinguist, being able to converse freely in German.French Scandinavian and Bohemian. She has beencalled the "Cattle Queen" of the West.

HOW TO TIE A SEOESTRIXG.

After years of struggle and failure, women hay«

finally learned the Important secret of the tying ofshoestrings so that they will stay tied. A manmarvels that a woman's shoe Is always untied, but

he does not take into consideration the fact that

the hem of her skirt continually brushes withevery step the knot in the shoestring until at

last It. yieids. A sure way of tying that will pre-vent all future dar.glms, is to make the fir- loopof the now with the end that is under the knot, in-

stead of the end that is over It.

MARYLAXD CLUB WOMEX.

The club women of Maryland are exerting theirenergies to aid In practical educational and philan-

thropic work. In co-operation with school com-mittees, they are conducting a series of free illus-trated lectures In several counties of their State.One organisation raised a considerable *urn ofmoney with which it gave a pleasant surprise tothe directors of the Maryland Homoeopathic Hos-pital by onerlng to use th« fund for painting thehi-"''*!throughout.

EOMAGE OF TEE PRIXCE OF WALES.

The late Mr. Gladstone might have said with

Burke that when once he crossed the threshold of

his home all the troubles outside of it would vanish.

His family life was like his marriage— an ideal one.

The memory of all this is the heritage left by Mrs.

Gladstone to her countrywomen. Similar in many

respects were the life stories of Lady Beaconsfleldand Lady Salisbury. Public recognition of thenoble part played by Mrs Gladstone was typified

on that memorable day in the Abbey, May »*£*when "the last look" had been taken at the grave

of the dead statesman by his aged widow-

andath?

Prince of Wales, approaching ncr, bent low and

reverently kissed her hand. That unpremeditated

act of homage will be forgotten by none who wit-nessed -(Lady's Pictorial.

T. S. S. MEMBERS ABROAD.Mrs. Frank Nugent, of Riverside Drive, is travel-

ling with her family in Europe: Mrs. Hattle Os-

SSma^^S^nfSk^laS-s&e w!!lSSc£Sto Paris where she Till stay at the ContinentalHoteL

Mrs. McFadden. cf California, and Miss E. W. S .of New-Jersey, will send some interesting reading

matter to Nebraska, which will carry good cheerto many Irvingin isolated places.

President of the T. S. S.: Iwish to acknowledge

your success in having secured a go^d Mome in the

country for my boy. twelve year? old. Iaiso have

great deal. Yours sincerelyR HrsTED.

Cypr#ss HIMs. Brooklyn. N T

The little worries that we m*<«t each dayMay lie as stumbling blocks acroaa our way.

Or we may make them stepping stones to beOf grace. O Lord, to thee!

_^ R Ham,,

tou

IN NEED OF SUNNY RATS.

Hiss M. B. Landis. of North Carolina, is. as shesadly expresses it.' "a helpless, hopeless Invalid."

A number of her "shut in" friends were so touchedby her miserable condition that they arranged for

her to go to a hospital in Philadelphia. Whilethere she was visited by Mrs. Bernstein, Statepresident of Pennsylvania, who became greatly In-terested Inher. Mis*Landis Is an edura«*<Vwoman,who will appreciate good reading «nd r-aivj-rr-aivj-rrlltuesunny gift to brighten her life. _\u0084 Q.rf>rf

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Adoiph Koch. In the Home for Incurable^ Chi-cago, hopes to receive sunshine lectors., or. August

11. his sixtieth anniversary. Many-oX-tieae, years

have been passed in great suffering. Ina letter re-ceived yesterday Mr. Koch writes: "Icannot rest

until Itell you how much Iappreciate the many

kindnesses received through the generosity of Trib-une Sunshine members. AllIcan say Is God blessyou. may all your undertakings be crowned withsuccess."

SUNSHINE OFFERS F'~>R LITTLE FOLKS.

Mr* Ford, of New-Jersey, offers a black walnutfolding crib. In good condition, to any T. S. Schild In need of such an article Another memberoffers to "pass on" a baby's perambulator, almcstnew, with 'the hope that It may gtve sunshine to

some mother." Communlca lid be ad-rti-p«P*fi tn the Tribune Sunshine onVe.

A NEW BRAN'HMiss Irma Kcm;.">=y. the Hungarian artist, has

beer, appointed president of the T. S. S. branch tnAustria. At present Miss Komlosy is visiting oneof her pupils, the Countess Kottorlmsky, at SchlossNeudau.

An invalid member In West Eighty-t'nird-=- '*-

ports that she haa again received three delicioussquabs from Mrs. Anderson." who seems to havethe happy faculty of always distributing the kindof sunshine most" desirable and helpful.

"Sympathy." Asbury Park. N J.—Tha unfortu-nate woman In the pesthouse at San Francisco isnamed Mrs. L. W. Todd. not Mr?. l/i»v.

DISTRIBUTIONS OF GOOD CHEER.The following sunshine has been distributed: Two

boxes containing quilt pieces and reading matter,

to Miss S. A. Hamill. to be used for the yClub of St. Mark's Church Miss Hamill will seethat the books are given in turn to the differentmembers of the club. s>-> they will serve the mis-sion of a circulating library. A large box ofmiscellaneous articles, to the branch of the 'LJttleMothers." No. 22 West-st ; several thousand can-celled stamps, to M!?9 Carrie Dlckens^n. of Third-ave.; several hundred packages of quilt rieces. tothe Albany Avenue Hornet for Aired People and theColored Home, Brooklyn; silk and velvet pieces, toDaisy Heider. of Minnesota: reading matter, toDorcas Anderson and Mrs P B. Kucker. and seamosses and reading ma T- 'r. Us Mrs. A T Harring-ton.

In the dim hours of sorrow and bereavement.when we hear "Time flowing through the middleof the night"; in the hour when we hear far offth« monotonous footfall of approaching death,

what is it that calms and comforts ar.d soothes usthen? Is it any discovery of science? Is It any

scheme of philosophy? Is it anything that orator

has uttered or poet suner? Nay. when the melody

of lyric songs has lost Its charms, and the musicof memory and her siren daughters ha? beenbrought low. we still listen— when we can listen tonothing else— to the beatitudes which Christ spaketo the multitudes as they sat listening among themountain lilies, or to those laet words, moreprecious than archangels 1

'utterances, which on

the same night that He was betrayed He spaketo His beloved ones, when the traitor had goneand It was night.

—(Canon Farrar.

THE BETTER "WAYHe serves his country bestWho joins the tide which lifts her nobly on:For speech has myriad tongues for every day,And song but one; and law wltnln the breastla stronger than the graven law on »tion«»;

There la a better way.

He serve* his country best"Who lives pure life and doeth righteous deed.And walks straight paths, however others stray.

And leaves his sons, as uttermost bequest.Astainless record, whirh all men may read;

This is the better way.—(Susan Coolidge.

<50Or> CHEER.Have yon had a kindness shown?

Para It on.Twm not given for yen alone-

Pass Iton.Let It trav«l down the y«xr-i.

Let It irlpa another* \u25a0 tears.TillIn heaven the deed appears.

Pass Iton.

POSTMASTER VAN COTT BATS THBT 'WTLI* HBKTDUTY OS OCTOBER I.

The favorable report from Washington Iii|lHTTm

the postal service of this city and reeommeadtaxthe allowance of JIS.OOO for the employment of ad-ditional carriers during the current fiscal year wasreceived with pleasure by Postmaster Van Cottyesterday. The Postmaster said that he was) Bora

than pleased by the report made to the Postzaas-ter-General by Messrs. Hedges. Eder.s and MsCtT.assistant superintendents of the free delivery sys-

Vem.The Postmaster said that he would put on forty

more letter carriers on October 1. He woddl notput them on now. as it was the dull season «•\u25a0-•

the delay would result in \u25a0 saving that could baused to better advantage later on. The Poctssstarsaid that he considered the report complimentary

In every way to his Department, and agreed thor-oughly regarding the recommendations that Itwould save time Ifall Cat and apartment houseswere supplied with Individual letter boxes In th*vestibules. He said that he could not ccxspel this,but he would make such representations to thaowners of such houses and to the proper city au-thorities that he thought might result Inal! housesof the kind In question having the boxes. la mmof the districts, he said, tt would relieve th» car-riers very much.

SOME OF TEE WILLEMS CREW HERS*The Atlas Line steamer Alene. which arrived yes-

terday morning from Kir.cston. Port Ltmon aad-

Fortune Island, brought Second Offlcer Jo MannBauman and five sailors of the Dutch ateamahtp

Prins Willem I. which was wrecked on Inagua anthe morning ofJuly 30. The Prins Wiliem was thanon her way to Hayti ar.d Venezuela, sai^nx fromNew-York. The men said that the beat waswrecked on rocks on the north coast of Inagna.and at the time they left all excitement badabated and Captain LAboer. the commander, thoafjatthe boat cou'.d at saved. They did not know ofthe abandonment of the vessel and the savtnjr Ofthe crew, the news of which reached this city a fewdays ago.

The crew. In command of Officer Bauman, leftthe Prins Wiliem two days after the wreck to

row and m to Fortune -..and. so that assistancecould be summoned. They started in a small boatand reached th« island in safety after thirty-sixhours on the water. They then sent messages an-nounclng the wreck and secured assistant*. With-out going back to the wreck they came en to thiacity.

As soon as they arrived they went at one* tothe office of the Dutch consul. In Willlam-st. Aconsulate clerk went with them to a boardlschouse, but he refused to tell where the house was..ARMY AXD XATT ARRIVALS FROM HAVAJA

Among the passengers who arrived yesterday oathe Ward Lin* steamer Mexico, from Havana, war*Lieutenant D. Baker. Captain Baker. FrederickFox. of th* Postal Service; Captain J. E. T^barr.B. Lamb, an attorney for the Postal Department,who Is expected H defend C. F. W. Neely; E. L.Neufrelle. of the Navy; J. Brecker.ridse Ntwmu,superintendent of Cuban malls; Joseph Reynoldsand Ernest Button, of the Postal Service; T. Sulli-van. in charge of a detachment of seamen whoare ordered to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Thesemen. nineteen In .. umber, are the last detachmentfrom the Havana Naval Station, which has beenabandoned. Paymaster H. Stevens. U. 3. N. andCaptain O. Smith, were also on board. AU want toHoffman Island for observation during tha Quaran-tine period. They win be rei*aae&, it Is «x?ecte<Lahoat Boon to-morrow.

LEADER OF THE "TJOVST ABOUTS" TCiEBLES C*TO

THE RIVER IX HIS SLEEP.

The "Riverside Roustabouts." as the gang wtdehfrequents the water on the upper West Side Isknown to the police, were mourning yesterday thedeath of their leader. "Hoppy" L«nnon. "Happy—was sleeping en the pier at West Forty-elgaUi-st.Monday nigh:, when, losing his balance, he fell Intothe river. His head must have struck a pile, as bis)

body did not rise 'or hours.

"Hoppy" Lennon was a well known characteralong the upper West Side and his name has ap-peared many times on the blotters of every polles)

station between Sixty-eighth ar.d Twentieth sta.

When only seven years old "Hoppy" fell underneaththe wheels or a freight train ar.d had his left leg-

cut off Just above the knee. Ever afterward hewas known as "Hoppy" Ijimwi He becam* anexpert runner on his or.c leg and crutch, and efteaswam the Hudson opposite Forty-sixth-st.. carrytaxhia crutch In his hand, for the reward of a «l*a»of beer.

Monday night his churns sleeping near hia heardthe sound of bis body strfkmg lie water. Theygave •- alarm and summoned Policemen Heklerand Murray, of the Wei Forty-seventh-st. station.both of whom knew "Hoppy" well. The polloameadragged the river ar.d found the body «£ 7 a. a.yesterday.

•MORE LETTER CARRIBRB*

OXE-LEGGED SWIMMER DROWXSD.

MAN' RECEIVES TERRIBLE INJURIES ATT!m \u25b2£•>

STERDAM-AVE. POTTER HOftiß.

Frederick Gross, an iron worker. lecet^eJ amelectric current of 1.000 volts through Ma bodyyesterday and will probably die. He was la xtrench at the curves In front of the Third i.*—•nue Railroad Company's power house, at k iutesdam-aye. and One-hundred-and-twenty-«lghtJi-«t.and tried to get out quickly when >. car came aloneHe slipped and fell against a channel rail, and his)

back was burned so> badly that one kidney was)

exposed. Gross tried to rise and fell back twto*upon the rail. Workmen protected b7 rubbergloves dragged him out. and he was sent to the J.Hood "Wright Hospital In an ambulance. It tookfour men and Dr. O^ilvie to hold him, so lisenwas hi* agony It Is not thought that he can re-cover. Gross 13 thirty-flve years eld and lives t»Ftftleth-st., between Eighth and Ninth ayes.

FATAL SHOCK FROM TROLLBT EAHL

BATONXE FIRE LOSS BELIEVED TO HAYS CBT

ITDOWN" *2 A «HARE

A dividend of 8 a «hare was declared yesterdayon Standard Oil stock, of which J37.300.000 Is bow

outstanding. Th» dividend is payable on SeptemberIS to stockholders of record at the close of businesson August 15 This makes \u25a0 per cent Individend*declared so far this ye~r. runs' 23 per cent de-clared for the first thre»* quarters of 1399. ObMarch 15 the company paid a dividend of CO. fol-lowing it by a payment of JlO on June 15. the threwdisbursements r««;uirirg about CS.WO.OM. TlmStandard Oil dividend record Is as follows: laI<S3—March.

-p»r cent: June, B per cent; Septem-

ber. 5 per cent; December. 10 per cent. In1300—March. 20 per cent: June, 1« p*>r cent, and the oneJust declared. 8 per cent, makes a grand tatal of 71per cent in less than two years.

The present dividend Is smaller than those -.clared previously this year No oHcial statementcould be obtained from the Standard OU officesyesterday, but the les3*n:r.s of the dividend wasgenerally attributed in Wai! Street to the loss sus-tained In the recent fire in Eayonn<;. The losecauswd by that fire was computed at about C>»,Ci>lIt would seem that the directors have decided tocharge the who> loss against the year's Income

lIILLIXERSUES DOCTOR'S WIFE.

SHE IS CHARGI33 WITH REFUSING TO RXTCR3

OR PAY FOR DRESSES. BTTT a COM-

PROMISE 15 REACHED.

Mrs Bettlnl dl Molse. wife of Dr. George BeCtsMdl Molse. a physician livingat No. C34 West Forty-second-st.. appeared in the West 3ide Police Coos*yesterday charged by Miss Elizabeth R. DlnsßMoava milliner, cf No. 510 Flfth-ave.. with retaining;and refusing to pay for or return dresses and wmb>Ing apparel obtained from Miss Dinsmore, aaaooas>Ing to %~-v.62.

Miss Dinamors. with her niece. Miss Ma&oasqriMrs. Annie Richards, a Otter, and a staff of otheremployes, was in court, well dressed and la aa e»-ceedingly nervous state. She stated to Magistral

Cornell that she should be on the ocean now, amAwished to sail yesterday. H»r attorney, Mr. Ms-Crossin. of Towns & McCrossln. said that Mrs. dMoisft had obtained goods under pretensions CMmd>to be untrue, and that she refused to return orpay for dresses sent to her home en approval.

Miss Dinsmore said that she would take ttodresses back, even IfMrs. dl Moia4 had worn thexa.and would be glad to get them. This isiisjsj

ment was agreed to by Mrs. dl Molse. and CMparty left court. Mrs. di Moia£'s attorney, Mr.Joseph, said that she had simply contracted debtswhich her husband refused to pay. but would payIn the near future. She agreed to return severaldresses and trimmings in dispute to Miss Dins-more by this afternoon, and to pay for aaoctss*SI-a dress be has received as soon as possible*

&TAXDAED OIL DIVIDEND 8 PEA COT

MOTOR CARS TO BE PUT BACK.Henry D. Cooke. president of the Compressed Air

Company. said yesterday that the withdrawal ofair motor cars from the Twenty-eighth and Twen-ty-ninth-st. line was merely temporary. and thatthe old cars would shortly be replaced by the Im-proved motors which were being completed.

"There were only twenty motors of the old style."

he said, "and for these will now be substitutedtwenty-eight of the Improved style. This will givethat line the same number of cars as are operatedby electricity on the Twenty-third-st. line. It isbelieved that the new style of motor will provepopular with the public, and plans are being con-sidered for operating air motors in other parts ofthe city and in other place*, and on suburbansteam railroads. wsm»u l»believed there is a largefield."

The flora: exhibition which will be given duringthe convention promises to be very large. A special

feature of the show willbe the rose exhibit, as theconvention is going to discuss rose culture, underthe direction of E. G. Hill,of Richmond. Ind. Thegardeners of many of the fine country places in thevicinity of this city have been interested in thematter, and have promised extensive exhibits. In-teresting exhibits of various sorts willcome fromLenox, Poughkeepsle. Orange and Madison. Goldand silver medals will be given In the variouscla-'ses. and the Sander Cup will be given to th»best trade exhibit. The exhibition will be open tothe puollc without charge.

At the second day's session two lectures will begiven which have general interest Professor B.T. Galloway, of the United States Department ofAgriculture, will speak on "American Floriculture.Retrospective and Prospective. '• and Dr. N. L.Britton will deliver an Illustrated lecture on "TheNew-York Botanical Gardens." The conventionwill close with an excursion to Glen Island forthe visiting members of the society.

BOY DIES FROM LOCKJAWMichael Behr, eight years old. of No 131 Suffolk-

st., stepped on a rusty nail about ten days agowhile running barefooted in the street and he diedfrom lockjaw yesterday morning in GouverneurHospital. Nothing was thought of the accident atfirst as the wound seemed to be healing. A fewdays after the accident the boy's r.eck be a.?.* stiff,

then his back was similarly afflicted, and his back,neck and Jaws became rigid Monday night, when hewas removed to the hospital.

An appeal will be taken from the opinion ren-dered by Hamilton Odell. the referee In the casebrought to teat the validityof the proposed amend-ment to the bylaws of the Produce Exchangegratuity fund. The majority of the members of theExchange passed an amendment last January to

the effect that the surplus of the gratuity fund,

amounting to J730.000, should be distributed, andthat the number of death assessments in any oneyear should be limited to fifty. The older elementof the Exchange brought action to test the legality

of the step taken.Mr. Odell held that the proposed assessment was

null and without effect. Inasmuch as It was a vio-lation of the contract Into which the members en-tered li subscribing to the gratuity fund system.

The appeal will be argued before the AppellateDivision of the Supreme Court In October, what-ever the decision of this court may be. the case willundoubtedly be carried to the Court of Appeals.Consequently. it will not be finally determined be-fore next year. Those members of the Exchangewhose contentions are supported by Mr. Odell'aopinion were happy yesterday They are sanguine

as to the outcome of the appeal for the reason, asthey explained, that Mr Odell was agreed upon forreferee by both sides, because of the likelihood thathis decision would be upheld by the higher courts.

HORTICULTURAL COXTEXTIOX PLA2TXED.Members of the New-York Florists* Club are

completing arrangements for the sixteenth annualconvention and exhibition of the Society of Ameri-can Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists, whichwill be held at the Grand Central Palace. In Lex-lngton-ave.. August 21 to 24. inclusive. A large

number of delegates from various Eastern andMiddle West States will be In attendance In con-nection with the convention there will be meetingsof the Chrysanthemum Society of America and theAmerican Carnation Society.

GRATTITTFUND DECISION TO BE TAKEN TO THE

COURT OF APPEALS.

PRODUCE EICBAXGE MEX TO APPEAL

A peculiar accident befell James Conoway. anemploye of M133 Helen M. Gould, yesterday after-noon. He was leading one of her horses In theWhite Plains Road by a long rope attached to Itshead, and stopped at a water trough to give thehorse \u25a0 drink. It seems the end of the halter•"""< tied around Conowj»y's waist. The horse tookfright and ran several times around him. bindingnia :t:rua 10 nid siaes ny acverai circles or the i-j^ic.

The horse then ran and dragged Conoway in theroad for a quarter of a mile. Two men who 'were

passing stopped the animal.Conoway was unconscious when picked up. He

was taken to Dr. Seachalre'a office at WhitsPlains, where It was learned that he had receivedperhaps fatal Injuries. His skull was fractured,one of his ears so lacerated that Itmay have to beremoved his nose was broken and his limbs andbody bruised. He was alive last night, but In acritical condition.

EMPLOYE OF MISS HELEN M. GOULD ETJtTKED.

MAYBEFATALLY.IN PECULIAR ACCIDENT.

Baro<ia. August ITh« general rainfall continues, causing much

encouragement, especially in the famine areas,

where pood results are confidently anticipated.FREASE.

a

HORFE WIXDS ROPE AROrxD MAX.

RESULT OF "ABSEXT TREATMENT."

A young woman of Troy tells a good story at theexpense of her aunt, who is a Christian Scientist.

Toe latter had observed with a growing pity a

cripple who passed her house daily. His efforts to

walk were so tiresome that she determined to try

the "absent treatment" on him After the first few

days of her self-Imposed task she thought she no-ticed eigns of improvement, and one day he ap-

peared without his crutch and walked with hardly

a limp. She was so overjoyed that she rushed to

the street, seized the man's hand and said: "My

.i*.--r friend you must excuse me, but 1 cannot

refrain from rejolcinp with you over your cure.Ihave used faithfully the 'assent treatment 1 for

your Infirmity and Icannot tell you how nappy 1am to «cc by your walk that you have recovered."

NO S.6OS CHILD'S wItAPPER.

!y flannelette; for the latter It can be made ofcambric, long cloth, nainsook or the warmer flan-nelette In preparation for winter nights.

The full fronts and backs are simply gathered andjoined to a shallow, square yoke. Over the yoke.

falls the pretty round collar, with Its deep frill,and all unnecessary fulness at the neck and shoul-ders Is avoided. The sleeves are one seamed andgathered at both arms' eyes and wrists, where theyterminate In wristbands and fullfrills.

To cut this wrapper for a child of four years ofage three yards of material 32 Inches wide willbe required.

The pattern. No. MS, Is cut In sizes for two,#\u0084,\u25a0». on/1 «1-r warn.

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