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8 B> Si VW ' Every woman of society, says the Chi cago Chronicle, desires to be graceful on all occasions, but many find it extremely difficult to master the art, while many are compelled to acknowledge the impossi bility of accomplishing the task. One wo man, who was far from graceful by natu ral gift, but who overcame all obstacles to the attainment of the coveted faculty, tells how she did it, "All through my girl hood,’’ she says, "my mother lectured me on my manifold awkwardness. My walk, my carriage, my sitting down and stand-' ing up were a series of angular movements, simply intolerable to her artistic nature. But It never seemed to me that I could help it. I was ‘made that way,’ and how could I change? "Well, one day I chanced to read of an actress who always studied her parts be fore a full-length mirror, in order to be sure that her gestures were graceful. It caught my attention in some way, and I thought of it many times in the next few days. At last I came to a deliberate reso lution that I would adopt her plan and see what would come of it. Thereafter all my spare hours were passed in the drawing room, where there was a large pier glass. I took my books there to read and chose an old-fashioned armchair to sit in. At first I merely looked at my reflection after I was seated, and actually blushed at its ungainly angles. Then I observed the fig ure, approaching the mirror in .short, jerky steps, and blushed again, until I was as dissatisfied with myself as my poor mamma, and became absorbed in my en deavor to improve. I studied pictures and copied their attitudes as closely as I could. When I went to the theater I gave earnest attention to the movements of the act resses, and when 1 went home tried to imi . tate them. "I am afraid that all this sounds as if I had developed into a most self-conscious prig and poseuse, but I can acquit myself of any such feeling. I was studying grace of motion as one might study drawing, and with no more egotism, but, indeed, most humble self-depreciation. I practised standing until I learned to correct the faults bo clearly visible, in that inspiring glass, until my limp spinal column, ac quired self-reliance and firmness, and tha protruded chin drew back into line. I practiced walking on the line suggested by a mere chance sentence in a novel : ’She walked with rather long, rhythmic steps as if to music,’ and studied the dif ferent rhythms until I found one that seemed to me most graceful." It takes a long purse, says the New York Bun, to buy fashionable flowers in mid winter. The rose is indisputably the queen of flowers and the American Beauty un questionably the queen of roses. It holds its own in popular favor from year to year, and is consequently the most expensive rose sold. The standard price for a long stem mod American Beauty of the finest quality is from $1 to <1.50, but prices shoot upward around holiday times like a sky rocket. The man who sent his sweet heart an American Beauty on Christmas or New Year’s day paid <2.50, and in some cases a little more, for the privilege. If he did the proper thing and sent her a whole dozen, it cost him just $32. If he wishes to pay her the same beautiful little attention to-day, he can do it at much less cost. Now $lB will buy a dozen of the finest of these flow'ers that it is possible to grow, and sl2 will get as many roses as there are dollars, of such quality that the sweetheart probably would not know the difference. A long stem is as essential m an American Beauty as the color and qual ity of the petals. The longer the stem the higher goes the price up to the $1.50 notch, which is really standard in ordinary times. Those with short stems, say from twelve to eighteen inches long, can be bought as low as 75 cents each. The heads, as the florists call them, are just as good as those on longer stems. What are known as stock roses retail at from $3 to $4.50 a dozen at all times except when flowers are In special demand, as at < hristmas and Easter. Perhaps a rose like the Bridesmaid, one of the loveliest of pink roses, may go way up in price and become more expensive even than the American Beauty: but this state of affairs rarely lasts for more than a day. Most people do not know that New York furnishes about two-thlrds of the roses for the United States. One New York num learned this last winter to his sorrow. He lost a bet of a rose and delayed paying it. "Do you think I’m going to pay $1.50 for a rose?" he said. "Well I’m not. What do you think I’m made out of. money? “Wait until we get down In Florida and I’ll pay the bet. I can just pick ’em off the bushes down there, they tel) me. Have a little patience and 1 11 pay you with three American Beauties. I guess they won’t oost me more than a quarter,” ho added with a chuckle. The woman waited very amicably until they met in Jacksonville. "Now, I want my rose," she said, with a little more emphasis on each succeeding wont that conveyed the impression that •he not only wanted it. but would have it. "And you shall have it," he replied, with a generous smile. "Here's a flower store. Step right in and pick out any one you want." "This will do nicely." she said suavely picktng out one with an extra long stem "How much?" ho asked of the girl be hind the counter, pulling out a few small coins from his pocket. "That’s $3.50. sir," she answered glibly. "It camo all the way from New York In a refrigerator car." " Great heaven ! Duped ’ Robbed • Band-bagged 1 Buncoed at last !” ex claimed the man. "Who would ever have thought It? Two-flfty in long green for a •ingle rose down here in the Land of Flow ers. Why, I would have saved $i by buy - Ing the rose in New York." That soclely. a.jys the New York Trl bufic. is moro or kaa on a wrong basis in regard to the relations of men and women to each other in a ball-room, and that many clever and desirable persons of both sexes are thereby deterred from attend ing dances, has often been remarked, but so long as selfishness and pride are the corner-stones of the social structure, as they undoubtedly are now, there does not seem to be much hope that things will be otherwise. The women who could, if they chose, after this state of affairs will never do it, for the reason that they are too sat isfied with the existing order of things, whereby they engross the attention and admiration of the majority of the men, to change it. As it is now, however, a man with a kind heart is almost at as great a disadvantage in a ball-room as a shy and partnerless girl. A young lawyer of great intelligence and many personal attractions said the other day that he had been at one dance this winter and that six horses could not drag him to another. "The trouble with Jim,” said a younger brother, whose chivalry led him into no such difficulty, "is that he enacts the knight errant, and does noth ing but rescue distressed damsels, so, of course, he has a stupid time.” And it transpired upon investigation by his amused family that the good-natured elder brother had had only two partners during the entire evening, both of whom had been left sitting alone and disconsolate until the modern Don Quixote had taken the one forsaken maiden to supper and danced the cotillion with the other. Popular young women rarely reflect that they might take a little Christian charity with them into the ball-room. A girl who Is a favorite can do much to make shy, awkward young strangers happy by a lit tle friendly attention to their needs, but it is astonishing how seldom such kindli ness is shown. "I felt like a pariah the other night," said a young girl from the country. " I had a partner for the cotillion, but none for supper, and it did not occur to me that I needed one, especially, or that there was any ordeal about it, until I heard the march played and my partner, who had an engagement, said: "Where shall I take you?’ ‘Oh,’ said I, quite unconscious of committing any solecism, ‘there is MollyB—; I can sit with her.’ To my sur prise Molly, who must have heard me, and whom I had always considered a friend, turned her head and nearly her back, in a manner that was unmistakable. ’Then I will sit by Alice A ,’ I exclaimed, in des- peration, but Alice, who had two men at tending to her with assiduous devotion, never gave me a glance as I came up, and I could see plainly that I was not wanted. I felt quite miserable for a moment, as I knew my partner was waiting to go, when a nice-looking girl, whom I did not know, made room for me beside her. " ‘Come and sit beside me,* she said, kindly, and I really felt thankful, where upon tk man I knew well came up, and af ter that 1 was all right." "Ig there any harm in dancing or in go ing to balls?" asked a conscientious girl of her rector. "Not in the least, my child,” answered the broad-minded clergyman, "if you take your principles with you to the ball-room. I know of no place where they can do more good, and you can be as consistent a Christian there as anywhere else." Counting Apple Seeds— Beside the hearth one winter night Made rosy by the great log’s light That, flaming up the chimney dark, Hit every cranny, every nook, Upon the rug a little maid Sat curled, in pose demure and staid. In pensive mood, with dreamy eyes She sits, while up the chimney flies A thought with every fiery spark Glinting and flashing through the dark, Till with a sigh profound and deep She moves as one moves In her sleep. A rosy apple in her hand A weight of thought seems to demand She taps it with a finger light, Then carefully she takes a bite. Another bite, now one, now two— The core is thus exposed to view.. Another sigh! what can it be. My little hiald, that alleth thee? Ah! What is this? Some incantation? Muttered with such reiteration. Hark! as each seed her bright eyes see, These are the words that come to me : "One I love, two I love, Three I love I say! Four I love with all my heart, Five—l cast away.” Here a tear rolls brightly down, What the secret she has won? Who can say? But just behind Sounds a voice so soft and kind: "Look again’ Thou must indeed Find for me another seed!" Rosier her bright cheeks glow In the firelight’s ruddy glow. Sure enough! a culprit seed Finds she in the core indeed*— "From thy lips I fain would hear What the sixth one means, my dear." "Six he loves,” she murmured low. And the firelight’s flickering glow Two happy faces now disclose. With cheeks allowing like the rose. Hut here we’ll let the curtain fall. For the end is best of all. —Sacramento Union. New York, says th© Tribune, is not the only city where the social relations are greatly strained by the deadly quarrels between reigning families—the Montagues and the Capulets, the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, the Lancasters and Yorks. It is almost as difficult to gather together a fairly big dinner party of smart people without bringing enemies into undesirable contact in Boston or Philadelphia as it is in Manhattan. So. when Mrs. Savoie Faire. of Walnut street, had with infinite trouble and tact arranged for two enter tainments on successive weeks, and had purposely asked Mrs. Montague with the Guelphs and the Lancasters, all of whom •he knew were friends, It aoemed to be the THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY. JANUARY 18, 1897. very irony of fate that the former should mistake the night, and arrive like a bomb shell, as it were, in the very camp of the enemy. She came very late, and nearly all the guests were assembled. Luckily, a neutral friend of all parties, who knew the dates and guests for the two dinners of the opposing factions happened to be in the dressing-room when Mrs. M came in. "My dear,” she said gently, “you have made a mistake; you are a week too soon.” “Impossible!” gasped the other. "I assure you,” continued her friend, “that it is a fact, the Capulets, and Yorks, and all that set are here, and I know Mrs. Savoir Faire told me she had asked you next week.” "What shall I do!” exclaimed Mrs. Mon tague. "My carriage has gone, and Mr. Montague came on earlier from his club.” Just then their hostess rushed in. "Dear Annie,” she cried, seeing that the latter had found out her mistake, “of course you must stay! I shall be utterly miserable if you do not.” And so after no end of per suasion the affair was arranged. Mrs. Montague sat between her host and the husband of the neutral lady, while Mr. Montague occupied the same relative position at the other end of the board, there being literally no one else whom they could talk to. At arecent public function in this city, says the Cleveland Leader, the attention of a lady guest was drawn to the roseate cheeks of one of the young matrons. “Hasn’t she a lovely complexion?” said the admirer. "Her cheeks are certainly red,” admitted the lady guest. "And yet I’m sure she never uses a bit of rogue,” persisted the admirer. "Yet it is a suspiciously high color,” quoth the doubting guest. So she resolved to approach as close as possible to the red cheeks and try and dis cover the cause of their glowing suffusion. Pretty sodn«her opportunity came. She came very close, indeed, to the rougeless complexion, and had a chance to survey it with minute care. She noticed the skin was perfectly drawn and puckered in two geometrically correct circles, and it came to her in a flash that she knew the cause. The woman had put small mustard plas ters on her cheeks to redden them, and in this case she had left them on a little too long. The value of the marinade or acid bath is not half appreciated by any but French cooks. Almost any salad foundation is the better for this sort of pickling. Beets thoroughly boiled—this is imperative for the processes of digestion—take on quite a new flavor if allowed to lie for an hour or two in a mixture of two tablespoonfuls of oil, one of vinegar, and a good pinch of salt. This is for a small quantity, to be proportionately increased for a larger dish. Chicken is much improved by marinading before being put with the celery and “ma yonnaised” into salad. To marinade meats a slightly different mixture is prepared. Take one-third vinegar and two-thirds water; add onion, garlic, if liked, and car rots chopped fine; throw in a bay leaf, some peppercorns, whole cloves and all spice, and let the meat steep in this over night and until ready to be cooked the next day. Mutton thus treated becomes venison to even an educated palate. A fillet of beef is always improved by an hour’s marinading before cooking. • No Change for Her— If marriage is a lottery And gambling is a crime, How can a good girl hope to hear The happy wedding chime? —Philadelphia Record. The "coming-out" reception, says the New York Tribune, shows signs of be coming less fashionable A “tea” is supposed to be so general, and society has attained such magnificent dimensions that no ordinary private house is capable of containing what used to be known as the "Four Hundred.” Soothe most exclusive women this year are hesi tating about giving the world to under stand in this fashion that their daughters are "out.” A certain grande dame, it is said, has expressed the general feeling of her set by saying: "I really cannot open my doors to such a rabble.” She has adopted a most sensible method, which undoubtedly will become a precedent. She has enclosed her own and her daughter’s cards in envelopes and simply sent them by post. Thia really gives the world all the information that is necessary, namely, that the girl is grown up and is ready to receive invitations. Some of the "teas” of last year in moderate-sized houses were crushes that were beyond description. Certainly such an ordeal gives pleasure to neither guests nor hostess, and it would be far better that the card system should obtain vogue. The Baltimore Herald tells a good story of Bishop Paret (Episcopal), of that city. Some time ago he was the guest of an Episcopal family in West Virginia. Learn ing from the bishop that he liked hard boiled eggs for breakfast, his hostess went to the kitchen to boil them herself. While so engaged she began to sing the first stanza of the hymn "Rock of Ages.” Then she sang the second stanza, the bishop, who was in the dining room, join ing in. When it was finished there was silence- and the bishop remarked: "Why not sing the third verse?” "The third verse?” replied the lady, as she came into the dining room carrying the steaming eggs; "Oh. that's not necessary.” "I don’t understand,” replied Bishop Paret. "Oh! you see.” she said, "when I am cook ing eggs. I always sing one verse for soft boiled and two for hard-boiled.” Mrs. Green, the richest woman in Amer ica, has been quoted recently as saying : "My idea of the new woman is the one who stays at home and makes home happy. Good food is the basis of happi- ness; therefore, the wife, to make home happy, should stop going to pink teas and look after her cooking. I don’t care how many girls a woman has in her kitchen, she ought to be there herself occasionally to look after things. She should lay down her diamonds and knead dough once in a while. Her husband’s digestion will be better for it—that is, if she learned how to cook, as she should have done before mar rying, and he will stay at home nights, instead of going to the club. There is no economy in buying cheap food. If you haven’t much money don’t get a big as sortment, but what you do get let it be good. Hash has caused more divorces than unfaithfulness.” That sounds very womanly until one re members that Mrs. Hetty Green’s first and last thought is money-making; in fact, she winds up the interview from which the above is quoted with these words : “I don’t have a house because I want to be able to go wherever I want to.” The anecdote, says the New York Tri bune, of the woman whose husband asked her to hide the latchkey under the door mat, so that he might find it on his return at night, and who, to make things doubly sure, stuck a card back of the bell plate on which was written so that it could be easily seen in the lamplight, "The latch key is under the mat,” was probably a mere fabrication. Nevertheless, a lady told a story of her maid at a dinner the other evening very much like that one. The mistress was stopping at a hotel, and expecting to be out late told the maid not to wait, but to leave the key of her trunk and jewel box in the pocket of one of her gowns hanging up in the closet (deeming that a safe place) and that she would put away her things herself. On her return she found a placard pin ned on her cushion on which was written in large characters: “I have left the keys on the trunk and jewel box in the pocket of your green walking dress, which is hanging up in the closet.” It has been told, says the Detroit Free Press, by the judge scores of times, but within his circle it is one of the, favorite holiday stories, and he never tires of re peating it. “My, how time flies!” was his prelimi nary musing. "Any one who was old enough to be out doors alone in 1863 recalls how horribly cold it was on the first day of the year in this latitude. I was read ing law with a good firm and engaged to a daughter of one of the partners. I sup pose that the prospect of finding an easy way to a practice had something to do with the matter, though I would not have admitted it at the time. She seemed to think, too, that her relationship gave her a sort of proprietary interest in me, and she was angry because I was going to spend New Year with my folks in the country instead of with her in the city. "Being unexpectedly detained at the of fice, I did not reach the station nearest home till the afternoon of the Ist. No one met me because I had arranged a surprise. Hiring a fast team and a cut ter I was soon skimmlfifr over the glassy road. Two miles out therp was a bleak stretch of country where Che wind had a clean sweep, and ahead me I saw a woman’s figure, swaying and staggering in the pitiless blizzard. As I came up with her she fell, and it was a dead weight that 1 placed in the bottom of the cutter. Throwing the robe over the unknown pas senger I gave the excited horses their heads, and it was with the long, low leap of the greyhound that they carried us the balance of the way. As we flew along, the wind going through me like a knife, I felt the woman’s hands and then her cheek. They were like marble and. her veil was frozen to her lips. "Wrapping the robe closely about her, I took her on my knees, chafed her hands, pressed my cheeks to hers and prayed for her life. She came through all right and of course, she’s my wife.” "They were one and the same. She had learned my plans, took a train ahead of me and walked toward my home, expect ing me,to overtake her. She had corre sponded with my sister and expected to bo her ‘company.’ It was the best piece of courtship we ever did.” "I have been a man a good many years —more years than I care to tell—and I have come to the conclusion that, if I were a woman, I should consider few men, if any, worthy of me. “If I were a woman, I should expect a triumphal arch erected over each door through which I was about to pass, and each floor strewn with flowers upon which I was about to tread. "This is what I would do. "And if the men were, to expect me to return any gratitude to them for it—why, that’s just what I would not do. "Max ORell.” Everything, says the New Orleans States, that is delightful is dangerous, and the woman friend, on account of the very sympathy and understanding which makes her such a comfort may become a source of peril to the unwary, who are apt to con fide too much. A cyrfic once said that the only way to treat friends was to remem ber that some day they might become enemies. To do this would be to do away with all friendship, all trust, all that makes love sweet and beautiful, but at the same time there is a world of sound advice in Burns’ admonition to “aye keep something to yourself you scarcely tell to any." If the details of your private af fairs, your griefs, and trials, and joys, and hopes, are not to become public property you must keep your own counsel, or else trust some one for having more discretion than you have yourself. There are many women capable of the most exalted friendship, great of heart, broad in sympathy, wise in counsel. Hav ing found one of these, grapple her to your heart with hooks of steel, but re member that the truest friendship is ail the finer for its reserve. The heart that turns out every thought end emotion for our inspection is like a shallow box, of which we soon tire, because we know all its contents. We like to feel that in the soul of those nearest and dearest to us there are still depths which the plummet of our love has never sounded, and scent chambers, the opening of whose door may some day flood our friendship with per fume and light. What a blessing, says the New York Press, it would be to humanity if women would take more pains to become ac quainted with the proper food necessary for the physical requirements of their fam ilies and the right method of cooking the food! That cooking is an art will not be ac knowledged until women realize that, to be a good cook, means more than merely to be able to prepare a few palatable dishes and dainty tid-blts; that it takes years of study and practice to understand the culinary art theoretically and practi cally is as yet scarcely apprehended. Great results would be achieved if women would pay as much attention to the edu cation of their daughters in domestic af fairs as they do in more ornamental direc tions. Very often they spend large sums of money in having their daughters edu cated in professions for which they have neither inclination nor talent. Thus they spend time and money foolishly which could be used to a better advantage in teaching them what is necessary for their welfare and happiness. Nearly every girl hopes to marry some day and have her own home. But how is she going to conduct her home if she knows nothing? Can a musician conduct an orchestra if he has not studied music? or can a man run a locomotive if he knows nothing of engineering? No more can a woman keep house prop erly without knowledge of domestic science. Mothers injure their daughters by over looking this important part of their edu cation. We all tire soon of useless orna ments. A man soon tires of a wo man who is nothing but an ornament. Then (there are so many temptations out side) a man is likely to leave his wife and home. It is, therefore, necesssary that every girl who wishes to marry and retain the loyalty of her husband should be well trained in housekeeping and cookery. One can hardly enter a high-class Lon don shop without noting not only the air of distinction the attendants possess, but their refined voices and manner. Refer ring to this one day, the manager of a large establishment said that the girls are required to have all these qualifications, and for the most part come from good families, preferring this to the overcrowd ed occupations of nursery, governess or companion. There is hardly much to choose from in point of freedom, for all the girls are obliged to live in a building provided by and under the supervision of the management. These homes are doubt less comfortable, but the rules are ex tremely strict. No masculine callers are ever allowed, and the house is closed promptly at 10 o’clock. If a girl misses the closing hour on three occasions, no ex cuse prevents a prompt dismissal. The management claim that these rules neces sitate their attendants to take a proper amount of rest, and probably the custom ers find it to their advantage not to be obliged to listen to an account of the last dance, or what "he said” or “she said,” when they wish to be waited on. The most expensive method of smarten ing a plain velvet gown is to wear with it one of the new girdles of precious metals. The girdle is no relative of the belt, but is used in a manner altogether different. It is formed of plates an inch wide and an inch and a half long, linked together with rings. The latest fancy is to have one of antique book-clasps, curiously worked by the gold or silversmith. If the clasps have been taken from some ancient missal they probably show some tiny scene or fig ure from scriptural authorities or the lives of the saints. In one or two cases a date is found on the reverse of the clasp. Os course, these subjects can be copied by a clever worker in metals, and the desirable look of antiquity can be given in away that makes it difficult to detect an origi nal antique from adroit imitation The girdle chain is intended to be tacked through the rings, in the middle of the back, at the bodice, as far as possible be low the waist line. On no account must it be at the waist The girdle is long enough to pass over the shoulders. It does not unclasp, but it may be said to ter minate with a bonboniere or pomander box, which hangs far below the waist, in front. The general effect produced is of the girdle worn by generations of stage Marguerites. It must look as if it were about to fall off, but in reality the firm stitching at the back of the corsage holds it steady and perfectly secure. Bathing is positively the best cosmetic in the world, and any physician will tell you so. Regular hours for eating, and abstinence from rich food is the next best, and regular hours for sleeping will come third. Th-i-gfri w ho tries the receipe for three mont'^ s can throw powder and rouge pot on garbage Jfcpp, and look to be hTiMwn granddaughter when she reaches, threfi score and ten. A WOMAN SHOT BY ROBBERS. Being; Refused Admittance They Bombarded Her House. Macon, Ga., Jan. 14.—Mrs. William Row land of Adams Park, 22 miles below this city, was fatally shot in the stomach last night by some unknown parties, who were attempting to rob her husband’s store. Mrs. Rowland’s husband keeps a store at Adams Park, to which is attached ula dwelling. Sometime after midnight or 1 o’clock, some parties called to Rowland to get up and let them in. A demand was then made for money, but this was also refused. The parties then opened a reg ular fusilade on the house, and kept it up for some time, although Mr. Rowland did not return the fire. Finally one of me shots struck Mrs. Rowland in the stomach. Her groans seemed to frighten the murderers off, as they then ceased firing and departed. A posse with blood hounds is in pursuit of the parties. U. S. CASES NOLLE PROSSED. Several Indictments Disposed of In That Way. Indictments in several criminal cases pending before the court were nolle press ed on motion of the district attorney, Maj. W. T. Gary, owing to the Insufficiency of evidence, and other causes. Those who escaped through this action on the part of the court were Jerry Williams, charged with retailing liquor without a United States license; Samuel L. Walden and Geo. W. Newman, charged with operating illicit distilleries, and Rosa Frizzell, charged with having in her possession and passing counterfeit money. Rosa Friz zell was connected with the case, in which the indictment was found against William H. Teepie of Savannah, who was acquit ted. Chas. G. Frizzell, her husband, who was also connected with the same case, pleaded guilty to the charge against him, but has not yet been sentenced. Judge Speer signed an order, allowing Mr. William Pearson Hardee, who was special master in the Atlantic Short Line railroad litigation, the sum of $2,000 from the fund in court for his services. Mr. Hardee asked for $2,500 when the matter came up in court a few days ago. This makes an additional $2,000 that Mr. A. F. Daley, the purchaser, will be required to pay Into court. Mr. Hardee was repre sented by Mr. W. R. Leaken. MRS, E. H. W. COHEN DEAD. One of Annrnsta’s Most Gracious and Loveable Women Passes Away. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 14.—The mother of John S. Cohen of the Atlanta Journal, died to-day after several months of ill ness, beginning with nervous prostration. Mrs. Ellen Haselhurst Wright Cohen was the widow of the late Philip L. Cohen, who died a 'about tea- years ago. She was the youngest daughter of Gen. A. R. Wright. Os her three children, xlohn S. Cohen and Mrs. Barton Wise survive her. Her eldest son Ranson Wright Cohen died about nine years ago here, while on a va cation from the Annapolis naval academy, w’here he was a cadet. Two brothers and a sister—Controller Wright. R. H. Wright and Mrs. Sallie Wayne of Savannah—also survive her. Deceased was born in Jeffer son county, but spent most of her life im Augusta. Mrs. Cohen was a sister of Hon. Gregg Wright, who in life was editor of the Au gusta Chronicle. Sne was a brilliant wo man in conversation, a charming hostess and admired by men and women for her I tact, vivacity and gracious manners. Her i death has been expected for several days, \ and ail her family were present. Mrs. Cohen will be buried to-morrow afternoon | from her late residence, No. 552 Reynolds I street. I i &AKI POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavening strength and healthfulness. Assures the food against alum and all forms of adul teration common to the cheap brands. ROYAL. BAKING POWDER CO., N. Y. UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC COUNCIL. Membership For the Cnfirrent Year. Other Athens News. Athens, Ga., Jan. 14.—The University Athletic Council for 1897 has been chosen. It is the governing body of all athletics in the university, and is made up as follows; A. L. Hull, representingjthe trustees; A. H. Patterson, representing the faculty; J. W. Welch, a resident alumnus; A. C. Newell, of Atlanta, a non-resident alum nus; C. H. Herty, physical director; W. S. Cothran, president Athletic Associa tion; James Dougherty; vice president, C. A. Weddington; secretary, Harry Dodd; treasurer, W. B. Kent; captain foot ball team, F. R. Mitchell, manager foot ball team, G. W. Price; captain base ball team, I. J. Hofmayer; manager base ball team, B. C. Yancey; manager tennis team, C. H. Block; captain track team, Paust Smith. The athletic council will have a number oi*Jmportant improvements to de termine upon during the year, the most important being the completion of the new athletic field on the campus. Reynolds Tichenor. captain of last year’s Auburn foot ball team, has entered the law class of the University of Georgia. Mr. H. V. Black, fellow in biology in the University of Georgia, is ill at his home in Atlanta. The race for the Athens postoffice is on in earnest. The democrats will all petition for the retention of Postmaster O’Farrell. There are four republican applicants in the field, two white and two colored, Val entine W. Skiff, a prominent jeweler, Mrs. Julia Ridling, widow of the late Thomas H. Ridling, who was a republican, Madi son Davis, colored, who was postmaster under the Garfield and Harrison adminis trations, and Monroe B. Morton, colored, who was on the committee that notified McKinley of his nomination. Mr. James Barrow, a prominent and successful young farmer of Oglethorpe county, a son of Hon. Pope Barrow of Sa vannah, has been elected justice of the peace for Wolfskin district. He wears the title of “Judge” Barrow with grace and dignity. Mr. C. A. Parr, a well known painter in this city, has suffered a long while from nervous dyspepsia. He has failed on ail medicines, and is now taking a tea spoonful of sand three times a day. He is vastly bihefited by bis new treatment. The boarN of directors of the Athens Manufacturing Company will elebt a pres ident for the company next Tuesday. GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. The Charlotte Loan and Savings Bank to Liquidate. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 14.—At the annual meeting of the Charlotte Doan and Sav ings Bank held yesterday It was decided to go into liquidation and wind up the af fairs of that institution. It appeared that the Craig Investment in the bank was de sired to be placed elsewhere, and this be ing a controlling interestJln the bank, it was decided that the best/ourse to pursue would be to wind up thy business of tae bank. John E. Oats declined '*e-electlon as president of the bank on account of his other business engagements, and J. A. Craig was appointed tq succeed him. L. S. Battle was continued as cashier. At the meeting of the stockholders Pres ident Oats submitted "his report, showing the bank to be in a perfectly sound and healthy condition and its affairs in good shape. It will go out of business without the loss of a dollar to any stockholder or depositor. WASHINGTON AND WILKES. A Descendant of “Old Put” Married Yesterday. Washington, Ga., Jan. 13.—The business of Irvin & Callahan, which was sold a few weeks ago to Smith & Faver, has changed hands again. It has been resold .to Mr. S. L. Brooks, and will be known in future as S. L. Brooks & Co. On Jan. 14, in Madison, Fla., Miss Annie Putnam will be married to Mr. Louis An derson of Newnan, Ga. Miss Putnam is a lineal descendant of Gen. Israel Putnam of revolutionary fame, and in her social and business relation with this communi ty, she has won its highest respect. Mr. Anderson is a catton buyer and prominent business man of Newnan. A purse of sllO was raised by the citizens as a token of sympathy for Mr. G. H. Fisher, who, after continued severe Illness in his family, recently had his little daughter burned to death. BILLY' DIKE WINS AT MACON. Jack Mullen Knocked Out in the Eighth Round. Macon, Ga., Jan. 14.—A vicious fight be tween Billy Duke of Baltimore and Jack Mullen of New York took place here to night at the Macon Athletic Association club. It was to have been a twenty-round bout, but Duke floored Mullen in the eighth round. The men were both In fine trim and stood punishment like heroes. Duke got first blood by landing a stinging blow on Mullen’s nose in the third round. The fourth to seventh rounds were fought evenly, but in the eighth Duke’s heavy rights and lefts did the work. A powerful right hand swing on the side of the jaw was the knockout blow. LELAND CASTLE BURNED, Adrian Iselin's Marble Palace at New Rochelle Destroyed. New Rochelle, N. Y., Jan. 14.—Leland castle, owned by Adrian Iselin, Jr., and occupied by the Morse school, took fire for the second time, at 2 o’clock this morning, and was completely destroyed. The building was one of the finest in Lower Westchester county, and was built of marble. The first fire oroke out at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was ex tinguished after damaging the castle to the extent of $20,000. The total destruc tion of the castle, it is estimated, involves a loss of SIOO,OOO. CUBANS NOT YET CONQUERED. GOMEZ HASN’T NAMED TERMS ON WHICH HE WILL SURRENDER. Senor Quesada Indignant at the Story to That Effect Put Afloat in the North— The State Department at Washington and the Spanish. Legation Also Admit That no Pro visional Draft of Terms of Surren der Has Been Received. Washington, Jan. 14.—Senor Gonzales Quesada, head of the Cuban junta in Washington, was informed this morning that a story had been published to the ef fect that Secretary Olney and Minister De Lome had drawu up articles to end the Cuban war on lines proposed by Gen. Go mez. Senor Quesada emphatically denied that any such action had been taken or could be approved by the Cubans. He said the story was absolutely false, as Gen. Gomez had never proposed any re forms whatever, nor was there a Cuban in the island that would accept anything but absolute independence. To make his de nial stronger Senor Quesada quoted from a decree issued by Gen. Gomez some time ago, which is now a law and in whicj) he said that any one in Cuba bringing over tures of peace based on anything but inde pendence was to be regarded as a traitor and would be summarily dealt with, and, further, that any treaty of peace with Spain, which must necessarily have for its basis absolute independence of the is land of Cuba, must be ratified by the gov ernment council of Cuba and by an as sembly of representatives convened ex pressly for that purpose. Senor Quesada to-day received a Tetter from President Cisneros of the republic of Cuba, dated Cubitas, Dec. 2, which en closed some new postage stamps of the Cuban republic. He read extracts from this letter in which President Cisneros ex pressed his gratification that the people and congress of the United States contin ued to show their sympathy for Cuba. He said he was preparing an appeal in which the government of the Cuban republic would ask for recognition of the indepen dence of the island. He further stated that they were preparing to renew an of fensive campaign. Gen. Gomez had left to enter Santa Clara with reinforcements and a good supply of munitions of war. Gpn. Gomez’ route would be further west. President Cisneros also said that their condition was most prosperous, and if they had an abundance of the munitions of war, not only of rifles, but of cannon and dynamite cannon, railroads would be de stroyed and all the few remaining garri soned towns in the interior would be aban doned by the Spanish, who would be reduc ed to the coast. President Cisneros con cluded that they expected to receive very soon the desired materials from abroad which will enable the Cubans to drive the Spanish to the sea, and then the Cubans would bid their enemy a last good bye. Both at the state department and at the Spanish legation emphatic denials are made that any provisional draft of terms of surrender has been received by Secre tary Olney, and discussed by him and Mr. Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister! Senor Pablo Solar, mentioned as the mes senger, who arrived here from Madrid on Monday, bringing the important docu ment, is the second secretary of the Span ish legation, and arrived here more than three weeks ago. and took charge of hi 3 duties. Senor de Lome has not had an Interview with Secretary Olney, except at the formal receptions for more than a week. There has been absolutely no change in the situation since the Presi dent’s annual message to emigpsis, £l. SOMEILLAN SENTENCED. Life Imprisonment in Chains the De cree of the Court. Havana, Jan. 14.—This afternoon at 12:30 o’clock sentence was read in the case of Luis Someillan, a naturalized American citizen, who has been found guilty of con spiring against the Spanish government. The sentence of the tribunal before which he was tried Is that he be Imprisoned for life in chains. Somelllan’s lawyer will appeal to the supreme court at Madrid against the decision of the Havana tri bunal. Among ’he various conclusions of the tribunal, based on the charges against th® prisjner, the following was the most Im portant: “Whereas, public rumor, in attributing to Someillan dissatisfaction to the Span ish cause, was not misguided, since his change of nationality for an unjust In fluence and an unexplained reason sug gests a rational suspicion that whoever breaks away from his tradition and his tory Is actuated by hatred of, or, at least, Indifference to his ancient country, and changes his nationality in order to, while continuing to enjoy the advantages of Spanish legislation and the customs of Spanish society, carry in the bottom of his soul the ferement o£ separation, of which Someillan is a living and personal example.” The tribunal also discarded all evidence favorable to the prisoner, saying that there was ex-parte evidence of a complot to misguide the tribunal. El Pueblo, the organ of the autonomist party in Puerto Principe has been sup pressed by order of the government. The editor of the paper Senor Zequiera, a for mer correspondent of La Discussion, and other prominent persons of the locality have been arrested. Louis Lay,- the young American, who was 1 arrested some months ago at Regia, across the bay from Havana, was releas ed to-day from the Cabanas Fortress, where he had been confined since his ar rest. SINKING OF THE COMMODORE. Hie Federal Steamboat Inspectors Make Their Report. Washington, Jan. 14.—Leo Vogel and Charles A. Spencer, United States steam boat Inspectors at Jacksonville, Fla., hav® reported to the treasury department the result of their investigation as to the sinking of the filibustering steamer Com modore. They find that the vessel was fully equipped In all respects. The report further says: "Our opinion of the sink ing of the steamer Commodore is that it was due to the complication of pipes for freeing the vessel of water not being fully understood by the engineer’s department.” As regards the loss of life, the report states that “for some unknown raison,” a boat containing six men returned to the vessel,” and the men endeavored to rig up a raft and were carried down when the ship sank. The loss of the vessel is plac ed at $15,000, and the cargo at $4,800. The report says that Capt. Murphy did all in his power to save the officers and crew. RAILROAD ELECTION IN VIRGINIA, The Fedcricksburg and Western Re- Elects Its Old Officers. Fredericksburg, Va., Jan. 14.—At a meet ing of the stockholders and directors of the Virginia, Fredericksburg and Western railroad, held here to-day. United States Senator Charles H. Gibson of Maryland, who was present, was unanimously re elected president, with John V. Giles and E. D. Atwood of Bridgeport as vice pres ident and secretary, respectively. Encour aging reports were read by the officers and the prospects for the building of th® road were said to be good.
