Manchester Democrat. [volume], January 31, 1900, Image 3

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CUPID'S DEOAOENCE.
ancient days, when mil was young,
•ad Love and Hope were rife,
D*a Cupid fed on rustic fare,
—And lived a country life.
He ro«e betimes at break of day,
And round the country harried
TJpstirrihg hearts that were unwed,
And shooting down the married.
Bat then, on wider mischief bent,
fite hied him to the city
'And finding much to suit his taste,
He stayed there—more's the pity-
Men built him there a golden house,.
Bedight with golden stars
They feasted him on golden grain,
And wine in golden jars.
They draped his pretty nakedness
In HcheBt cloth of gold,
And set him up in business,
Where Lore was bought and sold.
And thus he led a city life,
Forgetting his nativity
Since then he's gone from bad to worse.
From Gupid to cupidity.
*—Elliot Stock.
•.'
ONLY A QUARTER.
liKASB, »lr, will yon
chMtnuta?1
"OtawtnuU! No!" returned
TUlpb Moore, looking carelessly down
tba upturned (ace, whose large
brawn eye*, shadowed by tangled curls
of flaxen balr, were appealing so piti
fully'to his.own, "What do 1 want of
chestnuts?"
"But, please, sir, do buy 'em," plead
ed the little one, reassured by the rough
kindness of hi, tone. "Nobody seems
to care for them, and—
She fairly.burst into tears, and Moore
who had been on the point of brushing
carelessly past her, stopped instinc
tlteiy.
"Are you so very much In want of
the money?"
"indeed, sir, we are," sobbed the
'child "mother sent me out and-—•"
"Nay, little one, don't cry," said
jRalph, smoothing her tangled hair. "1
jflon't want your chestnuts, but here's
ja^quarter for yon, If it will do you any
I a re a
(the rapture which his small silver gift
fcad brought Into that poverty stricken
borne he would have grudged still less
Ihls privation of cigars.
T«us came and went. The little
fchestnut girl .passed entirely out of
Ralph Moore's memory, but Mary Lee
never forgot the stranger who had giv
en her the silver quarter.
The crimson window curtains were
Uoalely drawn to shut out the storm
luid blast of the bleak December nlgbt.
A lire was glowing cheerily in the
{grate, and the dinner table was In a
glitter with cut glass, rare china and
polished silver. Everything was wait
ing tor the presence of Mr. Audley.
"What can It be that detains paV"
•aid Mrs. Audley, a fair, handsome
.matron of about SO, as she glanced at
•tofr tiny watch.
"There's a man with him in the
study, come on business," said Rob
ert Audley, a pretty boy of 12 years,
Who was reading by the Are.
"I'll call him again," said Mrs. Aud
ley, stepping to the door. But as she
opened It the gas llglA fell on the face
of a bumble-looking man In thread
bare, garments, who was leaving the
bouse, while her husband stood In the
doorway of his study, apparently re
lieved to be rid of his visitor.
"Obarles," said Mrs. Audley, "who Is
that man and what does he want?"
"His name Is Moore, I believe, love,
suid he came to see If I would give him
the vacant position In the bank."
"And will you?" she eagerly asked.
"Don't know, Mary. I must think
about It."
"Obarles, give him the situation."
"Why, my dear?"
"Because I ask it of you as a favor,
•nd you have said a hundred times
you would never deny me anything."
"And I will keep my promise, Mary,"
•aid her lover husband with an affec
tionate kiss. "I will WTlte the fellow
a note this very evening."
An hour later when the children were
tucked snugly in bed, Mrs. Audley told
her husband why she was Interested in
the fate of a man whose face she bad
not forgotten in twenty years. "That's
right, my little wife," said ber busband
when the simple tale was finished,
"never forget one who has been kind
to you In the days when you needed
kindness most."
"Ralph Moore was sitting that self
same night In his poor lodgings, be
side hto wife's sick bed, when a liv
eried servant brought a note from the
rich and prosperous banker. Charles
Audley.
"Goodness, Bertha!" he exclaimed
Vnrll.. 5, .1
norway, in
1810,
j*
n'*^
1*'
1
He did not stay to hear the delighted
thanks the child poured out through a
rainbow of smiles and tears, but strode
on his way muttering between his
T*eth: "That cuts oft m^_supply of ci
gars for the next twenty-four hours.
I don't care, though, for the brown
eyed object really dlil cry as If she
hadn't a friend In the world. Hang It!
I wish I was rich enough to help every
poor creature out of the slough of de
spond."
While Ralph Moore was Indulging
In these very natural reflections, the
(lark-robed little damsel whom he had
comforted, was dashing down streets
jrtth rapid footsteps, utterly regard
less of the basket of unsold nuta that
still dangled upon her arm. Down an
obscure alley she darted, find up a nar
row wooden staircase to a room where
pale, neat-looking woman was sew
ing as busily as If the breath of life
Depended upon every stitch, and two
little ones were playing In the sun
»hlne that supplied the place of the ab
•ent lire. "Mary! back already? Sure
ly you have not sold your chestnuts so
Boon!"
"Oli mother, see!" ejaculated the
breathless child. "A gentleman gave
*na a quarter! Only think, mother, a
^rhole quarter!"
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY QUESTION.
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING BOTH ARGUMENTS.
ftp above diagram does not settle the question as to when the twentieth
II century began or begins, but it is given merely to show how both sides may
ta right. The whole question hinges on one point, whether the first year
fASbe
was the
}"r
Th,l
0
,.19!?
tfc. year 1.
adroc"tes
Commissions or Expreara Companies.
The express companies attend to pur
chases and sales, and to every variety
of legal business, from searching a title
to suing for a debt. They file models
of inventions and get out patents, and
have been known to stake out a prop
erly described mining claim and attend
to Its development. The suburban lady,
whose husband Is disobliging or color
blind, can safely entrust them with a
piece of silk to match, and they will
send an expert to match It for her and
make the desired purchase. The ac
tress who is forced by bad business to
pawn her diamonds for money to get
bteck to the Rlalto can commission
them, when prosperity has returned, to
redeem ber jewels, or pay the Interest
and have the pawn tickets renewed. In
their O. O. D. departments they deliver
goods for stores and collect for them,
and they also attend to the collection
of Insurance benefits, payment of lodge
dues and taxes. A young man. can or
der an engagement ring through them,
and the bride caj nrder such parts of
her trosseau as she cannot secure from
local dealers. They will cheerfully at
tend to the engraving of card plates,
wltb' neatness and dispatch, will have
clothes pressed and cleaned, and make
themselves useful in almost every way
the mind can conceive. These things
are mentioned simply to give some Idea
of the surpassing things that express
companies do. To describe thelr bust
ness In all Its ramifications would be
to describe practically every line of
business In which one man commis
sions another to do anything for him.—
Alnslee's.
Cutting.
The law court Is the'modera substi
tute for the tournament, and a pretty
good substitute it proves when a battle
Is on between rival lawyers quick-wit
ted and outspoken.
The late Col. Jobu Atkinson was op
posed In an Important case by another
able lawyer, James H. Pound, and they
were lighting like giants for every point
of advantage. Pound had won a ma
jority of the jousts tbe Colonel was
nettled, and was lying low for a chance
to deliver a swinging blow.
"It came," says tbe judge, "when I
decided a point against Pound. It had
been fiercely argued by both attorneys,
and In deciding It as I did, I stated my
reasons at length, giving authorities. I
GREAT VIOLINISTS OF THE PAST AND OP THE PRESENT DAY.
SAtJRBT.
"mm*' PAGANINI. JOACHIM. OI.B BULL. MAUD POWKLI
T"
bor"
Is probably the greatest violinist who has
prS
SUuced fo?«^»- he- w« iw£ 'D
w" b?rn
claim-that, according to all common sense, reason and
logic, the first year, from its first Instant to Its last, was the year 1. The 1900
people contend that time began at «ero, not at 1, and that there was no year
until a complete unit, composed of
12
months,
52
paneQt parts may be designated, had been reached. They argue that time cannot
oegin at 1, any more than the figures on a thermometer, or a groceryman's
scales, could begin at 1.
The advocates of 1800 Insist that a difference between the nse of cardinal and
ordinal numbers must be observed. Six ounces of butter, say these reasoners,
is O pounds and 6 ounces, and the first six months of time were year 0 and 6
months, not one year. The 1901 people do not regard the divisions between the
"8 *overning the name of the year, but call the whole first year "year
1, the second year "year 2," etc., the 89th year being "year 09," and the 100th
year "year 100."
.i
n9?0 P*0®16' however, Drat designated the line marking the beginning of
ii .«!.
as
line 1, etc., by which process they arrive at 99 for the last division line before
sero, or the point of beginning over again. These cardinal numerals, they con
!SB
g0TOTn the
per on which was written:
"In grateful remembrance of the sli
ver quarter that a stranger bestowed
on a little chestnut girl twenty years
ago."
Ralph Moore bad thrown his morsel
of bread upon the waters of life, and
after many days it had returned to
him.—Philadelphia Item.
WAS IT AN ACCIDENT."
Dragon Fly Securely Held by the Ten
dril of a Living Vine*
A most unusual occurrence Is Illus
trated here. Mr. P. G. Lechen, of Mil
waukee, Wis., who sends .the photo
graph to an exchange, vouches for the
following statement. He says "One
•f the prominent citizens of this town
THE CAPTIVK DRAG02T FLY.
while walking In bis garden one morn
ing was attracted by the futile struggle!
of a huge dragon-fly endeavoring to
free Itself from the tight grip of one of
the tendrils of a wild cucumber vine.
Apparently the tendril bad twined It
self so securely around the fly's body
that the poor Insect became a prisoner.
It struggled for two days, and finally
died of exbaustlon. The. question sug
gests Itself Was It an accident,'or did
the tendril act as a trap, after the man
ner of. certain species which are recog
nised as Insect-catching plants?"
JOACHIM.
ln
F8?0*'
rul*
ln
w"
1784'
weeks, or however the com-
would be done on a thermometer or scale, the next division
naming of the years, not the ordinsl numerals used, by
the 1901 people. The first year, they claim. Is not the year 1, but the year 0,
and whatever fraction may have passed the second year the year 1 and a frac
5' ?'he
6nt
and the 20th will begin with 1900. And there you are.
joyfully, as he read the words. "We
shall not starve. Mr. Audley has prom
ised me the position."
"You have dropped something from
the note, Ralph," said Mrs. Moore, and
pointed to a slip of paper on the floor,
Moore stooped to pick It up. It was a
I $50 bill neatly folded In a piece of pa*
began with 0, they claim the second with 100,
saw Pound shake his head at one of
my conclusions his lips moved, and I
supposed he had made some comment,
so when I concluded my decision, I
asked:
'What did you say, Mr. Pound?"
"Quick as a shot, and In his most cut
ting tones of intense sarcasm, the Col
onel replied:
'Mr. Pound did not speak, your hon
or. He merely shook his he&d. There
Is, nothing In It' "—Youth's Companion.
Anecdote of a Dog.
Many years ago my wife and 1 made
up our minds to possess a dog, and
after much debate and long search pur
chased a fox terrier In the dog market.
We named him "Tip." Tip was a most
Intelligent animal Indeed at times bis
evident compreheuslon of conversation
and discussion of events in the family
circle was startling. My wife was not
so assured as I was tbat "Tip" really
understood speecb with the Intelligence
of "humans,so I planned the follow
ing to convince her.
I arranged tbat one evening the dog
should be on tbe hearth rug between us
(a favorite position with Mr. Tip) and
that I would begin talking about him
to her. I did so, and found considera
ble fault, among the pbrases I used be
ing, "be Is gettlug useless, and 1 shall
have to sell him."
The effect was startling, and caused
me great surprise as well as remorse.
Tip stood up, the great tears came Into
bis eyes, and with an Indignant look
at me, slowly went out of the room and
bouse, and It took a long time for him
to recover his old trust in me.—J. w.
Monk.
Proof Positive.
Walls have had ears since curiosity
began now It seems they have, eyes,
too. If we may generalize from tbe story
of a contemporary.
A well-known photographer of New
York recently bad his country house
overhauled. A. new skylight was add
ed and alterations were made In the
roof. The men took their time and did
not overwork themselves, but this did
not prevent the roofer from presenting
a bill almost as "steep" as his calling.
Whin the owner of the house expostu
lated, It was explained to him that the
men had to be paid for their time, and
they had spent several days on the job.
"No wonder," said the photograpber
and then he produced a.number of snap
shot photographs, representing the meu
on the roof of his house as taken from
the attic window of an adjoining build
ing. Some were sitting smoking, some
were reading newspapers, and others
were lying on their backs.
"Why," said tbe astonished roofer,
"these are my menl"
"Exactly so," replied the photog
rapher, "and they are earning my
money."
A Leaf from History.
Commodore Winfleld Scott Schley, In
his book, "The Rescue of Grecly," thus
describes tbe finding of tbe explorer
and the other frozen and starved sur
vivors of the Lady Franklin Bay ex
pedition In July, 1884:
"On his bands and knees was a dark
man with a long, matted beard
and brilliant, staring eyes. As Lieut.
Colwell approached he raised himself
a little and put on a pair of eye glasses.
'Who are you?' asked Colwell.
"The man made, no answer, staring
at him vacantly.
'"Who arc you?'again.
"One of the men spoke up: 'That Is
the Major—Maj. Greely.'
"Colwell took him by tbe band, say
ing to him, 'Greely, Is this you?'
'Yes,' said Greely, In a faint, brok
en voice, hesitating and shuffling, with
his words. 'Yes—seven of us left—
here we are—dying—like men!'
"Then be fell buck exhausted.?,"
Unintentional.
A Loudon exquisite went Into a West
End restaurant, says an exchange, nnd
was far from pleased with the manner
in which his order was filled.
"Do you call that a veal cutlet?" he
demanded of the waiter. "Why, such
ft cutlet as tbat Is an Insult to every
self-respecting calf lu the British em
pire."
The waiter hung his bead for a mo
ment, but recovered himself and said,
in a tone of respectful apology:
"I really didn't intend to Insult you
sir."
,rom
I, .1 7 ", P,opuurly 'opposed to be under Satin's influence. Ole Bull, born In Bergen.
in
X. «ok ?owl'°'CWc»«0. She waa k*rn in Aurora, III.,
F^nce. In'S52'
boyhood displayed such extra-
popularly supposed to be under Satin's influence. Ole Bull, born In Bergen,
ever nlnv.d in i. ..
5. greatest violinist who has ever played in the United States. Joseph Joachim, one
Hnn*ary
™Utn00
Y"»e
thi rTnltiTm°dern olinists Emil Sauret is well known in America, be having
h^od PnwSi rh£?J bk
iB the
0ne of
ID
isiuai
«re4t?8t musician Belgium has
greatest woman violinists of the world
1868. Her fathsr Is American and her mother German
PSfiCjrti, tlw Bruch coacarto.
sajafe
A CHAPTER OJV HATS.
A STARTLING CHANGE SINCE
EARLY IN THE SEASON.
Then Turbans ami Fur Hats Held
Sway, but Now They Are Beingr
Pushed Aside for the Large Picture
Hats-Light Colors Are Popular.
New York correspondence. -.v"
EATUttES of the
most startling sort
are plentiful In the
newest millinery.
At the beginning of
in
styles in headgear
re a
quiet.. Turbans and
fur hats had their
own way, and there
was in evidence an
us a
amount of high col
ored or very large
hats. Even about
the largest hate there was a look of com
pactness that made them seem quiet In
comparison with tbe pictured headgear
of former seasons. By January all this
has become commonplace to the women
who enjoy testing uew fashions. They
are the ones who ever" are prompt to
adopt a fashion, ai.wl who are quite as
ready to drop it the minute it grows com
mon. The appearance of hats like those
pictured here indicates that women are
discarding their early season things and
going in for something different. The
Tbe Spanish turban, with brim boxed
up at the edge, is uow worn as if hang
ing to one hair, with feathers drooping
on the higji side nnd lift of trimming
there, too. Almost all the latest hats are
showing this tendency Co side effect, nnd
as a rule the hat dips to the left, being
trimmed very high on the right. One
way of accomplishing this is to set a
handsome rosette of chiffon or velvet on
Among fashions In gowns, the tunic and
the polonaise are favored' and they are
sure to bo much used all through the com
ing mouths. Probably they will not be
beyond their vogue next winter. They
offer refuge for the wornau tvho likes
shenlh-back effect, yet wishes to wear a
pleated skirt. So far there has been no
attempt at draping the polonaise, though
it has been subjected to many modifica
tions. A new one appears In the next
picture, in a stunning reception gown
with pleated. silk skirt of delicate gray.
Its modified polonaise was gray velvet in
a darker shade opened to show the skirt
in front and was shorter at the back than
at tho side*. At the foot of the polonaise
{Hri about tlio yoke edge KU|^etftJ
gray in pnn:) crossed with lace whose
white matched the chiffon in yoke and
collar. The advantage of the short polo
naise is that It may be worn under a hatf
length coat'. You see, there is a sugges
tion of over-garment about the polonaise
which makes it an awkward model for
wear under a coat shorter than its edge.
The fushionable half-length coat comes
to just the beginning of the skirt's spread
or to a little below the knees. Such coats
made boxy without being baggy are very
warm, one of medium weight offering a
protection tbat is more satisfactory than
that given by a fur cape. If only the
sleeves could be a little looser! But they
can't. Sleeves of nil garments are tight,
and the coat sleeve must be as tight as
can be worn over the dress sleeve. This
means that.a satin lining is absolutely
necessary. Shoulder finish can be man
aged, however, and was arrauged clever
ly in this pictured coat. It was boxed,
half-length, of heavy gray melton, with
triple shoulder cape. It had double
breasted black velvet straps for fasten*
ing, and black velvet facings for revers.
Its inside close collar was velvet, too, a
notion that is a feature of the newest
conts, the idea being that 9uch a coat
may be worn over a reception dress
whose throat arrangements should be cov
ered. Stitching is a feature of all these
garments, aud in some cases a cording is
added.
Though women have submitted to the
tight sleeve, many of them—fashionable
ones, too—mamtge to finish the shoulders
in a way to, suggest breadth. This is in
dicated by both the gowns of this illus
tration as well as by its coat. The shoul
der treatment in the second of these
dresses was a shoulder cape effect, and
its intention was not only to widen but to
suggest warmth. This because the cos-
STRIKING HEADGEAR THAT HAS DEVELOPED THIS WINTER.
effort to accomplish something different
accounts for the "over tduch," especially
in hats, that shows just now. Hats push
ed over the eyebrow and entirely hiding
the hair in front are so much worn that
ft protest appears in the hat that dis
plays the hair. Then the wheel bow
holds its own, but a new notion is to set
It against-the hair in front on one of the
off-pushed hats. One of these is sketch
ed by itself, a sapphire blue velvet tur
ban that showed in front only a collec
tion of dashing gray wings, aud a wheel
of sapphire velvet centered with a paste
buckle.
Many of the'big hats that are held off
the face are planned to make a frame
for face and hair, aud often are so care
fully built for front effect that the side
outline is almost grotesque. The scuttle
brim uplifted in front is overhung with
plumes and mouuted with loops of ribbon.
The facing of such a brim is always elab
orated, the fancy still holding for chiffon
in delicate color, or white laid in a lot of.
pleats that stand on edge, making a very
soft and pretty finish. Some of these
hats have facing of chinchilla, in which
case there is usually a showing of chiri-'
chilla on the outside, tod. The side
tipped hat which women tried to push
last season reappears. There is shown
here one with a soft velvet crown, puffed
up on the high side, with a paradise
sweep qirling over to that side. Even
the favorite turban of crushed and folded
velvet, silk or fur is now curved up from
the hair in front, and in consequence the
pompadour is beginning to be crushed
down and to show some escaped and
shorter locks very like a bang. The Hen
ry the Eighth hat of velvet pushed up on
one side to show a buuch of feathers or
flowers is always becoming aud swagger.
Just now it is arranged to show the hair
at front and high side, the feathers curl
ing against the hair picturesquely. A
cap of this sort in ruby velvet with black
feathers is charming for wear with a
snug fur-trimmed cloak. Some of these
caps are made^of fur and are pretty.
turoe was one planned for wear without
a wrap. With bodice reinforced by a
warm chamois jacket, there are not a
few young women who effect this notion.
They do not follow It in the severest
weather, but still wear such dresses
when other women are apparently far
more heavily clothed. This gown includ
ed a black velvet coat open in front to
show a belted princess frock of mode
broadcloth. The velvet was braided
heavily, there were jaunty eton fronts,
and the rest of the coat was cut in round
ed straps below the waist', just to prove
that it afforded little protection.
Copyright. 1900.
A Carious Monument.
Henry Jacobs, of Lincoln, Kan., has
erected a curious monument over the
grave of his son, who was of a roving
disposition. He had a stone cut in the
shape of an old-fashioned traveling
satchel. Ou the plate in the center of
each side is the name, "Jacob S. Ja
cobs." Just above the name is the in
scription: ."Here is where he stopped
last." 'Underneath tbe name is the date
of death and his age. The stone Is
white marble, and the base is a big
boulder whlah the father hauled from
his farm'andvlled on the grave. When
questioned as to why he chose such a
unique design, the old mas said:
"Wall, Jim, he were a sort of a rovln*
feller, and I allowed that this design
would 'bout suit him. He never stopped
very long before in any one place. But
the last time I see him he were at the
graveyard, and I jes' concluded that he
uilg-ht stay thar a long while. So 1
had a sign printed on ther stone sayin'
whar he was last seen and whar he
ought to be now."
Learned Bengali in Six Month**.
Dr. Welldon. late of Harrow, and now
bishop of Calcutta, has -Accomplished a
remarkable linguistic feat Not a few
divines who go out to India have to
acknowledge themselves beat in their
struggle with various Indian tongues
and give up the study in despair.
.Not so Dr. Welldon. He found an
admirable coach in Mr. Munro, O. B.,
who wrfs once associated with Scotland
WITH SLEEVES TIGHT, BUT WITH SHOULDERS WIDENED
the left side and to .allow a plume to ex
tend from under this rosette and to curl
up to hnug over the brim, which lifts high
at the right. A hat of tucked blue taf
feta is thus trimmed with rosette of blue
and a gray plume. Light colors are as
popular this winter ns if It were sum
mer. Mob caps of silk with a great bow
iu frotit are uow entirely discarded by
exclusive women, but hats trimmed with
front bow are still worn. A bow of wired
gauze iu front of a velvet hat was hand
&omc. A bunch of dried grasses was held
by the bow, but the velvet and fur. of
the crown settled the hat as a wiuter
one.
Yard, but now lives at Darjeellng, and
with bis assistance Dr. Welldon made
such progress in the study of the
Bengali vernacular that within six
months of hft arrival he conducted a
full confirmation service In that dialect,
and he has now delivered sermon In
the Bengali tongue, which is the one
mostly spoken in his diocese.
Maltlnjc-'It Pleasant.
Mrs. Wiggles—Mrs. Bjohnson spoke
of you when I met her yesterday.
Mrs. Waggles—Did she? What did
she say?
Mrs. Wiggles—Oh, if I had thought
you would ask me that, I would never
have'said anything about it.—Somer
vllle Journal.
The proposed public warehouse to be
operated by the Toledo banks seems to
be a go, as a majority of the banks fa
vor the project.
The postofflce building at Virginia,
San Diego County, Cal., Is made o( an
old piano box.
Parent!* tboie who advertlM,'
Nate Liunigcr and Roy Sigafus, two
Inds from Savanna, 111., while rabbit
hunting, discovered the remains of a man
on Pulford Islnud, near Savanna. The
body was in a rude box, the end of which
protruded from the earth, near the Iowa
shore. The decomposed remains were
wrapped in an old carpet. The matter
was reported to tlie police, but the offi
cers have failed to identify the body. Only
a few months ago another skeleton was
found in that' locality which was never
identified.
Another Railroad Project*
There is now little room to doubt that
Muscatine is to have another railroad
known as the Muscatine, Tipton and
Northern. For the past six weeks ru
mors of this project have been exploited
in the newspapers published along the
proposed right of way, but more definite
statements can now be given. The
towns the new line will .strike are as fol
lows: Muscatine, Moscow,- Tipton,. Olin,
Newport, Anamosn, Pruirieburg, Coggon
and Independence, in all a distance of
about'100 miles. ..ii
Faith Healers Inicted.
At Council Bluffs the Grand Jury re
turned true bills nguinst S. P. James, of
South Omaha, a "divine healer," and
Mrs. P. B. Yates, of Tabor, Iowa, on the
charge of being criminally responsible for
the death of the hitter's daughter, Ethel
Yates, which occurred in that city Jan. 5.
Klevator Burned.
The Hoach, Keck & Wood elevator at
Lester, burned with all its conteuts. Be
tween 3,000 aud 4,000 bushels of grain
were in the house. Loss on elevator,
$20,000 insurance, $1,00 loss on grain
estimated at $1,500 fully insured.
After Delinquent Heavy Tnxpuvers.
An examination of the Auditor's books
in Franklin County develops the fact that
fifteen men in the county owe taxes to
the amount of $35,000. The Treasurer
has been ordered to collect the amount
in the regular way.
Hrict State Happenings.
Eddyvillc is to have a new brass band.
A curfew bell law has been enacted at
Shelby.
An epidemic of mumps has struck the
city of Charitou.
The Catholics ut Owens will erect a
church iu the spriug.
Another branch recruiting station will
be opened ut Davenport.
Waterloo people spent nearly $(J0U,000
in improvements during 1800.
The M. E. Society at lvatz is raising
funds to build a $2,000 church.
The C., M. & St. P. will rebuild their
shops recently burued at Dubuque.
The City Council at Dubuque has or
dered 10,000 yards of macadam to be
broken.
The School Board at New Virginia is
urged to vote bouds for a new school
house.
I*. V. Hall, one of the oldest residents
of Clinton, dropped dead very suddenly
at. his home.
The proposal to do away with the free
day for old soldiers at the State Fair
was defeated.
The total amount of fees collected- by
the County Clerk of Polk County last
year was $13,082.04.
With the present term of the Supreme
Court Judge Johu It. Sherwin, of Mason
City, will sit as a member.
There are fifty-four applicants for. ex
amination for the bar before the present
term of the Supreme Court.
Work will begin soon on the erection
of a uew passenger statiou for the Hock
Island Itoad ut Des Moiues.
The Anti-Trust League in Iowa has
branches in thirty-six counties and a
membership uuinberiug 72,000.
Merchants at Muscatine are thinking
of erect lug a cold storage plant, if the
Ice harvest does uot prove sufficient.
Rev. Father Joseph Murtagh of Mon
treal, Cauador is the new assistant pas
tor of St. Mary's Church, Marshalltowu.
Bert Edwards, a young man of Wa
terloo, dropped his shotguu, when it dis
charged, lodging the entire chtfrgc in his
thigh.
Iowa now has thirty-three rural free
Jelivery mail routes, serving 10,080 peo
ple, at an average cost of $21,200 per
annum.
Fire affecting the buildiug of the Union
Transfer Company and other concerns at
Council Bluffs caused a loss of about
P25.000.
The past year has becu a prosperous
ne for Mount Ayr, and the amount of
freight handled shows an increase of 100
:ars over 1808.
Muscutiue County is holding stock of
:he Republic Irou and Steel Company, a
:rust organized at New Jersey, for some
$400 back taxes.
The State Agricultural Society may
join with the sheep breeders in appealing
o' the Legislature to re-enact the dog
aw in force some years ago.
Louisa, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr.
ind Mrs. August Sehurr, liviug near Val
ey City, broke through the ice on the
Mississippi and was drowned.
The Business Men's Association of Lo
an lately held a bunquot and under the
nfiuence of the good cheer subscribed a
fund of $1,200 for good roads.
Eugineers are in the field in Webster
md Calhoun Counties surveying a line
tor an extensiou of the Marshalltowu and
Dakota road from Gowrie to Rockwell.
The School Board of Corning recently
preseuted the high school with a $300
piano.
'Joe Van der Sehaaf of Xewkirk sold
:wo hogs on the Hospers market that
aetted him $50.
The Manchester creamery made and
sold $58,000.14 worth of butter during
:he year 1800.
Ernest Keller of Victor, in a moment
Df absent mindedness kindled a tire with
roll of $5 bills.
Mrs. Birdie Beams of Atlautic has been
bound over to the grand jury for receiv
ing stolen goods.
A local stock company has purchased
the Oren Ruffcorn department store of
Murry for $30,000.
Frank Laudanger of Red Oak was shot
and seriously wounded by the accidental
discharge of a rifle.
An cutcrprising Dcnisou man has in
uiind the project of giving thut town a
gasoline motor railway.
Miss Dye, school teacher of Des
Moiues, has succumbed to burus received
recently while filling a lighted gasoline
stove.
Fanners in the viciuity of Kanawha
have taken up the matter of centralizing
the rural schools of the vicinity at that
place.
Denisou will undertake to secure the
meetiug of the Crawford County institute
which meets In February.
The coroner's jury at Council Bluffs
fixed the blame of the death of Ethel
Yates on her mother and tlie faith healer.
-T. R. Long of Oskaloosa, formerly of
Marshalltowu, was killed in a collision
on the Iowa Central near New Sbarou.
The coal mines in the viciuity of Al:
bia have been forced to. close down tem
porarily on account of the scarcity of
orders.
A warrant has been issued tor the de
struction of the liquors which were seiz
ed at Shenandoah a few duvs bcfor«
Tbanksgiviug.
£*^c*»oaaaxxoGcs3(xococ«xxxxe(ocxxK^^ monster turtles in maine.
Washington will make au effort to se
cure one of the State uormal schools.
I. B. Carpenter, a miner of Chariton,
lost his life by a slate roof caviug in.
A savings bank has been incorporated
at St. Benedict, with a capital of $10,
000.
There were 174 marriage licenses is
sued in Henry County during the past
year.
The firemen on the force at Burlington
have been equipped with a modern smoke
helmet.
James A. Poor has now begun his thir
teenth term as treasurer of Buchanan
'County.
The Danville State Savings Bank has
filed articles of incorporation. Its capital
is $12,000.
The Iowa State Bottlers' Association
proposes to build a $50,000 carbonic acid
gas factory.
Twenty-seven saloons have renewed
their licenses at Fort Madison for the
coming year.
The First Presbyterian Church at Bur
lington was damaged by fire to the ex
tent of $7,000.
A country club has been incorporated
at Marsballtown and plans for a country
bouse adopted.
A movement is on foot In Fort Dodge
to organize a people's church, similar to
one in Chicago.
A meeting has been called at Creston
for the purpose of expressing sympathy
with the Boers.
The Mason City clay works have filed
articles of incorporation, with a capital
stock of $25,000.
The Waterloo postoftice's report for
1801) shows an increase over the previous
year of $2,009.08.
John 12. Pearson of Ainsworth has
been admitted to practice before the In
terior Department.
A good roads convention has been held
at Creston with a good attendance and
considerable interest.
Mrs. West of Jackson, recently arrested
for arson, has been declared insane and
taken to the asylum.
A further cut has been made in the
hours of tbe men working In the railroad
shops at Belle Plaine.
Poultry raisers in the vicinity of Earl
handheld au exhibition and organized a
permanent association.
The number of tramps provided with
lodging at the Belle Plaine jail will reach
ten or twelve each uight.
The cost of the Webster County poor
farm for the past year averaged $2.85
per month for each inmate.
All the prominent business men of To
ledo have agreed to close their stores at
8 o'clock, except on Saturdays.
Local politicians in Dubuque are now
worked up over a proposal to change the
dividing line between certain wards.
Surveying has commenced on the pro
posed narrow-gauge line from Clear Lake
to Fertile, a distance of twelve wiles.
Miss. Clara Doblenuin, aged 10, and
Evert Veideuberg of Burlington are miss
ing and it is believed they have eloped.
E. M. Adams, one of the oldest set
tlers in Johnson County, was found dead
in a stable on his farm in Cedar town
ship.
Superintendent Harrimnu of the Illi
nois Central will remove his headquarters
from Dubuque to Waterloo on the first of
April.
The Board of Supervisors of Ringgold
County report the affairs of the county
in a more prosperous coadition than ever
before.
Iowa'postoffices have been established
as follows: Hynes, Fayle Hynes postmas
ter Scarville, Thomas J. Falken post
master.
Rev. M. J. Burton, pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist Church at' Marshalltowu, has
accepted a call from a congregation at
Davenport.
About tweuty suits' have been com
menced in Clinton for the cancellation of
paving tax against as many properties
in that city.
The First U. P. Church at Washington,
has just cleared off a debt of $0,000 with
out any of the usual devices of fairs,
concerts, etc.
The W. C. T. U. at Swuledale has had
quite a sum placed at its disposal to pros
ecute any violators of the mulct law in
that district.
E. I. Fowler, proprietor of a restau
rant at Battle Creek, left' his home a few
days ago aud his family has not heard
of him since.
The Board of Supervisors of Plymouth
County has adopted resolutions author
izing a firm of attorneys to collect taxes
from tux dodgers.
Work on the addition to the custom
house at Dubuque will be commenced
March 1 and the structure will be ready
for occupancy by July.
The Supreme Court rendered a decis
ion in the Des Moines municipal electric
light case which makes municipal owner
ship"practically impossible.
The 14-year-oUl son of John F. Clayton,
near Lewis, had a leg caught in a feed
grinder, which resulted in it having to be
amputated above the knee.
A Burlington man who had but recent
ly received his naturalization papers has
returned them to the clerk of the court
with a note stating that as it was not
protection against toughs he had no fur
ther use for it.
The men's gymnasium at Iowa College,
Grlnnell, has been dedicated. The cost
of the building is estimated at $20,000.
John M. McDonald of Dubuque has
been appointed superintendent of the
agricultural annex of the American dis
play at the Paris exposition.
The Illinois Central has reduced the
wages of trackmen from $1.75 to $1.25
per day and all those employed on new
work iu tho vicinity of Denisou quit.
Evidence before the coroner's jury at
Dubuque as to the cause of the fatal boil
er explosion iu that city indicates that
the water was allowed to go too low.
John I-Ioulahau, Sr., au old settler of
Ryan, was kicked on the head by a horse
and lived but a few minutes afterwards.
The water aud light plant at Valley
Junction has been completed aud will be
turned over to the Council as soon as the
required tests are made.
Sales of real estate at Waterloo for
the first week of the year aggregated
$95,917, as against $22,777 for the corre
sponding week of last year.
The I. O. O. F. lodge at Waterloo has
received*a pair of gavels made from wood
taken from the castle at San Juan, Porto
Rico, by a member who was in garrison
there with the Fifth United States ar
tillery.
A postotlice has been established at
Huntington on the M. & St. L. road with
Samuel Reaney as postmaster.
The pawnbrokers at Council Bluffs who
were swindled by Schwartz by loaning
money ou bogus gems, have been paid
their money by a brother of the criminal.
Gus Eggert, th«* 12-year-old -boy of
Chariton, whe accidentally shot by
his brother whiV Suiting uear that place,
has siuce died as result of hlrtvounds.
The vetersaa in soldiers' home at
Marsballtown have organized and will
send a eomt...aee to Des Moines to pro
test against the present system of re
taining nil over $0 a month pension
money,
Bis Fellows that Are Able to BmaUi
Paddle Wheels of Steamboat#*
It has been some years since a sight
of the Grapevine turtle has been re
ported, In the Lake Sebec district in
Maine. Thirty years have passed since
John Lander of Dover saw this b\g rep~
tile In tbe bog through which the
Grapevine stream flows in its course
into Sebec lake, and was impressed 1y
Its size. Fifteen years later Sam
Guernsey atid Henry Warren, fishing
the same stream, saw what they took
to be a partly submerged clapboard
afloat In the still water but at the sound
of their voices it moved off through the
water, leaving a wave like that of a
rowboat, and they saw that It was
a giant turtle. Its most notable
appearance in recent years was to
Bernard Warren of Dover, who, ln fish
ing the Grapevine, came upon the turtle
in the open bog away from the water,
so that a full idea of the creature's
bulk was obtaiued. Its shell was as
large arouud as a wnshtub, and the
head and legs were of proportionate
size. At sight of the fisherman the
turtle started for the water, and War
ren, seeking to detain It, by seizing its
tail, was taken in tow as summarily as
if the turtle bad been expressly charter
ed for the purpose. Finding the taper
ing tail Inconvenient to hold, Warren
jumped on the turtle's back, but the
creature carried him easily without
so much as slackening its gait On
coming to the alders, along the edge
of the stream, Warreu, finding his bare
.back position ditlicult to maintain,
slipped off behind, and caught hold
once more of the tail, but the turtle,
quickening pace, jerked him from hit
feet, and tile man let go his grip at the
bank, not caring to follow tbe turtle
into the two feet of water and twenty
feet of soft ooze that lay beyond. The
turtle went into the stream like a saw
log down a rollwny, and Warren went
back to his fishing, convinced that it
was not his day for turtle-catching. As
the Grapevine is uow closed by law to
fishermen, there have been no reports
of the big turtle this year, but It is
safe to say that it will be beard of
when the stream is opened three years
hence.
Fifteen years ago Cnntnin Ansel
Ohson II. Salmil, registrar of the*
Meijl Girls' seminary at Tokyo, andr
Miss Anna C. Ilartshorue, who spentv
three years in Japan, said that general
interest iu education Is Increasing, and'
It Is only a matter of time before prl
vately endowed schools for women, 'V
will be a part of Jupan's educational
system. The Meiji seminary, which le
the only private uou-sectarian girls*,
school in Japan, wns established in
1885, but lost all-Its buildings and ap^
paratus by fire three years ago. Over
1,800 girls have received the benefits of
its training, but owing to financial
needs and the lack of a permanent
fund only sixty are now In attendance
The Japanese Government began to
take an interest In co-education twenty
years ago, when several yo'dng women
were seut abroad for study, and at the
preseut time there are ten Japanese
girls studying in the United Stated.
The outlook for the future was said to
be a promising one, if the proper inter
est and encouragemeut are given from
countries more advanced iu culture and
enlightenment.
GokI Clock.
A lady visiting in tbe South was told
a story of an old colored man, who
came to a watchmaker with the two
hands of a clock.
"I want yer to fix up dese hands.
Dey ain't kept no correct time for mo*
den six munfs."
"Well, where Is the clock?" respond*
ed tbe watchmaker.
"Out at my house."
"But 1 must have the clock."
"Didn' I tell yer dar's nuffin de mat*
ter wld de clock 'ceptlng de ban's? An*
here dey be. You jest want de clock so
you kin tinker wld It, and charge me
a big price. Gimme back dem hands."
And so saying, he started off to find an
honest watchmaker.
•.v Distinguished Cyclists.
The Czar of Russia was, as a boy,
very fond of cycling. He has now
grown tired of pedaling his own ma
chine, and has had a record-breaking
petroleum tricycle made for him in
Paris. A wicker work car Is being
made which will be tacked on to the
end of the machine for the Empress.
Another distinguished cycllst-~who
still uses his own legs—Is A. J. Balfour.
He stated not very long back that In
his opinion the cycle is the most civil
izing Invention of this generation.
Traced Back to Eden.
Mr. Dash—I have discovered the rea
son why most women like ribbons.
Mrs. Dash—Why?
Mr. Dash—Because the first woman
was a rib-un herself.—Syracuse Herald.
The world is full of thin, sdckly look
ing young people who try to convince
their healthy looking ancestors that
sleeping on feather beds isn't good for
them.
A woman can forgive her husband
for not coming home to dinner on only
one condition that he ate a church
dinner down town.
Time and patience will enable a per*.
son to conquer almost any obstacle.
The magazine poet may-be equal te
hla task, but few of his retdera lift
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Crockett, of Sebec, steering his side
wheel passenger steamer, the Rippling
Wave, up the lake, encountered mid
way in the trip a swimming turtle so
large that to avoid a collision be alter
ed the course of his craft so as to pass
it on the stnrboard sidel The turtle,
which was seen by all the passengers,
was described as being ns large round
as a hogshead, nnd a paddle-wheel
striking it would have been broken as
Burely as if it struck a rock. In tbe
autumn of that year a Penobscot In
dian caught a turtle at Sebec Lake,,
perhaps the same one, which measured
thirty-nine inches from tip to tip, and
the upper shell was described by one
who saw It as being large enough to
serve for the cradle of a child.
EDUCATING JAPANESE WOMEN.
The Outlook for the Future Said to Bo
Promising,
Under the auspices of the economic
and reform sectlou of the Society for
Ethical Culture addresses upon "The
Social Condition aud Education of
Women In Japan" were recently deliv
ered before a large audience, says the
Philadelphia Ledger. Inazo Nltrobe,
Ph. D., professor of economics In tbe
Imperial College at Sapporo, gave a
historic resume of the condition of
Japanese women, and said their pres
ent inferiority is due to the feudalism
existing in his couutry for the last 700
years. Japan received its beginnnfngs"
in literature from China and its Bud
dhism, from India, hud both of. tbeee
forces also had au indirect Influence In
lowering the status of women. ""V"