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The Mount Holly News.
YOL. X1Y. NO 23.
MOUNT HOLLY. BURLINGTON COUNTY. N. J., TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1893.
ESTABLISHED 1879
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The standard railway of America. Protect
ed i»y the Inter-locking switch and block sig
nal system.
Trains leave from Mount Molly as follows:
For Philadelphia, 5.30, 6.00, 6.52, 7.30, 8.00, 8.54,
0.15, 11.20 A. M., 12.51, 2.31.4.24, 5.06,6.19,8.37,
10.50 P. m.
On Sundays, 8.36 a. m., 12.05, 5.20, 7.50 p. m.
For Pemberton, 7.33, 9.26 a. m., 12.24, 2.03, 3.32,
4.52, 6.06, 7.03, 7.33 p. M. Sundays, 10.23 a. m.,
6.05 p. m.
For Brown’s-Mills-in-the-Pines, 7.33, 9.26 a. m.,
12.24, 3.32, 4.52, and 7.03 p. m. Sundays, 10.23 a.
M.
For Vincentown. 9.26,11.28 A. M. 3.32, 6.06 p. m.
For ilurli ng ton, Borden tow n, Trenton andNew
York, 6.38, 9.00, 10.50 a. m.. 2.50, 4.38, 5.55 P. m.
For Lewistown, Columbus,Kinkora, etc.,7.33
a. M. 2.03 p.m. On Sundays, 6.05 p. m.
For Lumberton, Medford, Marl ton, Haddon
fleld and Philadelphia, 6.20, 9.48 a. m., 1.25,
5.10 p.m. On Sundays, 7.32 a. it.
For Toms River, Island Heights, etc., 9.28, a.
M., 4.52 P. m.
ForTreuton and New York, via Pemberton
and Kinkora, 2.03, r. m. Sundays, 6.05 p. m.
For Hightstown, 7.33 a. m., 2.03, 4.52 P. M. On
Sundays6.05r.il.
For Asbury Park and Long Branch 9.26 a. m.
For Tuckertou, 9. 26 a. m., 4.52 p. m.
For Beach Haveu on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 9.26 a. m., and daily at 4.52 r. m.
For Barnegat City, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 9.26 a. m. Saturdays only, 4.62 a.m.
Trains leave for Mount Holly as follows:
From Philadelphia, 6.30, 7.40, 8.30, 10.00, 11.20
A. M., 1.00 , 2.30, 4.00, 4.30. 5.10, 6.10, 6.30, 8.00,
10.30, 11.45 p. m. On Sundays, 9.15 a. m., 1.00,
5.00, 10.30 p. m.
From New York, via Trenton and Burlington
8.00. 9.30A. M., 1.00.4.00,5.00 P. M. , _
From Trenton, 7.41. 9.25,11.10 A. M„ 2.53, 5.20,
7.00 p.m. On Sunday at 6.40 a. m.
From Burlington 8.20,10.06,11.53 a. m.,3.32,5.45
From Brown’s-Mrals-in-the-Pines, 8.20, 12.15 a.
X. 1.55, 5.45, 8.05 p. M. Sundays, 4.50 P. M.
From Pemberton, (north) 6.35, 7.42, 8.32.
a. m., 12.19, 4.07, 8.17 p. m. On Sundays,
8.00 a. m. FromPemberton (south), 8.36 a.
m., 12.30, 2.11, 4.50, 6.00, 8.19 p. M. On Sun
days, 5.03 P. M. , . __
From Vincentown, 6.50, 10.55 a.m,, 1.55, 4.00
From Hightstown, via Burlington,11.02a.m.
7.00 p. m.
From Medford, 8.33. 11.55 a.m., 4.16, 6.35 P.M.
On Sundays, 6.35 p. m.
From Long Branch, 2.30 p. m.
From Toms River, 7.48 a. m., 4.12 p. m.
From Island Heights, 7.35 a. m., 4.00 p. m.
Chas. K. Pugh, J. R. Wood,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
Pemberton ana HlKbbtown Rttilroad.
Trains leave Uoimt Holly for New Egypt
Cream Ridge, Hightstown, etc., at 7.33 a. x.
*.08, 4.52 r. X. Sundays, 6.05 P. x.
Trains leave Philadelphia and connect ror
New Egypt, Cream Ridge, Hightstown, etc.,
6.30 a. m., 1.00 and 4.00 p. x. Sundays, 5.00 p. x.
Trains leave Hightstown for New Egypt,
Pemberton, Mount Holly and Philadelphia
at 7.05, 10.00 a. x., 7.05 p. x. Sundays, 6.20
A. X
TCCHERTON RAILROAD.
Leave Mount Holly lor Tuckerton, 9.26 a.
m., 4 52 p. m., daily, except Sunday.
For Beach Haven, 9.26 a. m., Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays, 4.52 p. m. dally, except
Sunday.
Leave Beach Haven for Tuckerton, 6.50 a. m.,
dally except Sundays, 3.00 p. m., Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, and 7.1o P- on
Saturdays only.
Leave Tuckerton for Beach Haven, 4.56 a. m.
on Mondays only. 10.20 a. m., Tuesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays, 3.55 p. in. daily
except Sunday. „ ^
Leave Beach Haven for Mount Holly, 6.50 a.
m., daily except Sunday. 3.00 p.m. Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Tuckerton lor Mount Holly, 7.03 a. m.,
3.15 p. m., dailv except Sunday.
Noam Holly post Office.
KAILS LS AVK AS FOLLOWS .*
A. X.
P, K.
New York and East.
Pemberton and Hightstown....
Vincentown. ..
Trenton.....
Borden town.
Foreign.
West..
Atlantic City.... .
Medford.
Philadelphia.
Burlington.
Camden.
Lumber ton.
7.10'8.30
7.io;8.30
7.10 8.30
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2.06 8.00
2.0518.00
2.05; 8.00
4.1518.00
MAI LB AttRI V K AND RBADY fOB DlBTBUJUlivi'
A. M. F.
M.
New York and E..
Pemberton.
Vlncentown.
flights town.
Trenton..
Bordentown.
Foreign.
West.
Atlantic City.
Medford.
Fhlladelohia.
Burlington..
Camden ..
dumber ton.
7.45
7.45
7.45
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7.45
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9.15 11.15
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8.00 5.00
11.15
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6.30
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00
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S
AMIIEL A. ATKINSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR AN D
MASTER IN CHANCERY.
No. 109 Main St., Opposite Washington House,
Mount Hofly.N. J.
QHAKLES M. SLOAN,
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
Office In Arcade Building, Mount Holly, N. J
QUARLES EWAN MERRITT,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Mam Street, Opposite Arcade,
Mount Holly, N. J.
H. CRAMER,
-r'EYOli
r. SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
CbdabRun. Oobab CotnrrT, N. J.
s
AMUEL DALEY, M. D.t
HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Garden Street, near Cherry Street, Mount
Holly, N. J.
OFFIOBHOUBS:7t0 9A.E..lt0 2F.M.,6 8tOF M.
QBORGE W.VANDBRVEEK, M. B.
HomooooathlBt,
(Harden St. near Buttonwood, Mount Holly
OniCB Houbs
f Until 9 a. K.
: 4 8 to 8 f. K.
C 1 to 2 F. X.
F^IRB. LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSCR
ANCE.
Reliable Companies and lowest rates. Cor
Mpondence solicited.
SAMUEL A. ATKINSON,
General Insurance Agent.
109 Main Street, Mount Holly, N. J
QHA8. MARKER, M. D-, D. D. S.
DENTAL OFnOE AND LABORATORY
No, I 37 MAIN STREET.
(Cor. Main it Union Bti.,)
Mount Holly, AT. J.
First-Class Work; Seasonable Prices
WILLIAM H. CLINE,
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER,
VINCENTOWN, N.J.
Orders by Telegraph will be promptly at
tended to.
B. LIPPIS COTT,
GENERAL AUCTIONEER,
MEDFORD, N. J.
Special Attention paid to sales ol real estate
stock, (arming utensils, etc.
^ DOKON,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
MO. M MAIN STRUCT, MOUNT HOLLY
Keeps the best assortraen t ot Watches,
Chains, Kings, and Spectacles In Bur
lington County.
Also, a full line of Silver and Plated
Ware.
£l
Mount Holly Academy,
A BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL
—FOR—
Boys and Young Men.
Apply for onr catalogue, which contains full
partlinlars and references.
B«v. J AME8 J. COALE, A. M., (Prlnoeton),
Prlnolpal.
s
iTOC'Kft
BOUGHT AND SOLD
on Commission and carried on favorable
Terms.
Being members ot both the Philadelphia and
New York Stock Exchanges, and having a
. - i Jm l a A1 — a»« nffina 4a V a TV
private wire direct from our office to New
York, we are prepared to execute orders left
with us promptly and satisfactorily. Ac
counts received and interest allowed.
DeHaven & Townsend,
NO. 428 CHESTNUT STREET. Philadelphia
jyjOUNT HOLLY SEMINARY,
M1m M. ADELAIDE ATKINSON. Principal
(Opposite the Court House.)
This well-known establishment for Young
Undies nnd Children, will re-open on 8EP
TKMBEK 19tH*nThe oonrse of instruction Is
most careful antr thorough. Three bright,
well-ventilated and carpeted school rooms
offer exceptional advantages, being well fur
nished with all latest Improvements. South,
•rn exposure. Jto “cross lights” to ruin the
eyesight. TwoTWEBlar grades in each room.
Play ground, large mJLprlvate. The Kinder
garten Idea of comblnlnlrthc amusing and In
teresting wltn the instructive, will be entered
into more folly than ever, in the primary
room, during the coming year.
SCHOOUjAUPPUl KB.—Text books, reward
cards, scholars' companions, school bags,
noiseless states, drawing materials, tablets,
- ---oks. ink, rulers, erasers, pencils,
•te., at JAMISON'0. T. tC C. A.
copy books,
-ManaHttG
Wftrr
CATCHES THEM ALL
READ THE FOLLOWING.
“I CHEW Jolly Tar because
1 it gives me more good, solid
Tobacco for the money than I can
get in any other brand.”
JOLLY TAR suits me and I
mean to stick to it It is the
largest and best piece of Tobacco
I have ever been able to find.”
"I KNOW a good thing when
1 I see it. Jolly Tar fills the
bill. It gives both quantity and
quality.” r^\\e,
“117HEN I chew I want the
VV best. I have tied to Jolly
Tar and could not be induced
to change.”
" I AM of the same opinion as
* Bill. Jolly Tar is king of
them all.” Yuremaxv.
‘WE fellows want the most for
VV our money always. Jolly
Tar gives it to us in good Chew
ing Tobacco. It is our stand-by.”
AND THUS THEY ALL SAY. JOLLY
Tar is a general favorite.
JNO. FINZER A BROS.
LOUISVILLE. KY.
GASKILL’S
COAL OFFICE
NOTHING BUT LEHIGH
well screened and picked ot
slate ; also
Land Lime, Building Lime,
Rosendale and Portland
Cement, Plaster Hair,
Calcined Plaster, Marble
Dust Finishing Sand, Drain
Tile, Terra Cotta Pipe.
WASHINGTON STREET
MOUNT HOLLY.
THE LEADING
MILLINERY STORE
IN MOUNT HOLLY.
City Styles at City Prices.
ALSO
Fancy Goods, Notions, Hosiery,
Silks, Satins, Etc.
J. Howard Shinn,
40 MAIN 8T. MOUNT HOLLY
Mra. William Lohr
Of Freeport-, 111., began to fail rapidly, lost all
appetite and got into a serious condition from
rtucnpncia 81,0 C0Uld not eat vege‘
U j opcpoia tables or meat, and even
toast distressed her. Had to give up house
work. In a week alter taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
8he felt a little better. Could keep more food
on her stomach and grew stronger. She took
3 bottles, has a good appetite, gained 22 lbs.,
does her work easily, is now in perfect health.
HOOD’S PlLL8 are the best after-dinner
pills. They assist digestion and cure headache
SlieibaF s Branch tore
51 NORTH NINTH STREET,
Philadelphia.
Crayon •
Portraits
Handsomely
Framed,
FOR $5.00.
Sold elsewhere for $15. Also a hand
some Pastel Portrait, elegantly framed,
for $10. Never before sold for less
than $23. This work is strictly first
class ; see it and be convinced.
Framing of Pictures at Lowest Rates.
SCHEIBAL’S MANU’FY PICTURE FRAMES
16 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
ROBERT STREET,
CATERER
MOUNT HOLLY, 18 PREPARED TO FURNISH ALL THE
Delicacies of the Season
PERTAINING TO
Weddings, Parties and Entertainments
AT SHORT NOTICE.
Table ware supplied. Orders by mail prompt
lyattended to.
E. D. PRICKITT,
30 Main street.
OUR SODA WATER
=L00KS RIGHT
_TASTES RIGHT
_—K RIGHT
It is pure, delicate and refreshing.
The best apparatus, tbe choicest
flavors. Even those who do not or
dinarily drink soda water like it.
Try a glass of our Bed Orange Ice,
made from the Juice of red oranges.
Just now we are selling Insect Powder 30c
lb.; Tar Camphor 7c lb.; Cura Camphor, 65c lb.
The greatest care given to the Prescription
Department. D pRlcKITT,
30 Main street. Mount Holly. Branch Store
at Bumberton, N. J.
miH, COPPER 1ID SHEET-IRON
1 WARE SI A hi I’FACTORY .
The suoscrlber, thanRtui for tne past lib
eral patronage of the public, announces that
he Is still engaged in the inanu facture ot
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Tinware, Etc,
A tull variety ot whtch vrlll behept con*
stautly on hand or made to order at theshortest
notice.
Tin Roofing, Spouting, Plumbing, Oaiand
Steam fitting
Promptly attended toby experienced work
men.
W. J. BRANNIN,
MAIN STBEBT, MOUNT HOBBY,N.
Adjoining St. Andrew’s churcn.
What is
Castoria Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It Is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend.
Castoria.
** Castoria 1s an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mother* have repeatedly told me of Its
good effeot upon their children.'’
Da. 0. O. Osoood,
Lowell, Mass.
« Cantoris la the best remedy for children of
which 1 am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the reel
Interest of their ohildren, and use Castoria In
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves.”
Da. J. F. Kmcnmos,
Conway, Ark.
Castoria.
« Cutoria la so well adapted to children that
I recommend It as superior to any preecription
known to me.” _
H. A. Archer, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
«* Our physicians In the children’s depart
ment have spoken highly of their experi
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only hare among our
medical supplies what Is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it.”
United Hospital and Dupes east,
Boston, Hass.
Allen C. Surra, Fret.,
Xhe Contaur Company, T7 Murray Stroat, Maw York City.
pnsmnption
l That dreaded and dreadful disease!
■What shall stay its ravages? Thousands
f say Scott’s Emulsion of pure Norwegian
_ cod liver oil and hypophosphites of lime
and soda has cured us of consumption in its first
stages. Have you a cough or cold acute or leading
to consumption ? Make no delay but take
Boott’s Emulsion cures Coughs,
Colds, Consumption, Sorofuta,
and all Anaomlo and Wasting
Diseases. Prevents wasting In
Children. Almost »» palatable a*
milk. Set only the aenulne. Pre
pared by Beott * Bowne, Chemists, Nut
fork. Sold by all Druggist*.
Scott’s
Emulsion
UGLY JIM.
His Kind Heart Under Cover of a
Bough Coat.
“Ughl What a night!" was ray in
voluntary exclamation, as I came on
deck just bofore eight bells (twelve
o’clock) on that night in March, '88,
which fate had ordained I should never
forget. I had heard the cry of “All
hands on deck!” bellowed down the
fo’castle, the scurry of feet, the hoarse
command: “All hands aloft to shorten
sail! Quick, lads, for your lives!” and
had bounced out of my berth, jerked
into my clothes and tumbled up the
companion-way to the slippery deck.
What was 1 doing aboard the ship?
Well, by profession I am a doctor and
by occupation a rambler. Not that it
is a part of my business as a doctor to
ramble; but, you know, a doctor's mis
sion is to try to restore nature’s jewel,
health, and I, being a doctor (as I said
before), was endeavoring to do my
duty to myself and find that which I
had studied hard to be able to restore
to others So there I was standing, or,
rather, trying to (for the northeast
gale nearly blew me off my feet), on
the quarter-deck of the little brig Jen
ny Lind, bound from Liverpool to Que
bec. Horatio, wasn’t it cold! And the
sharp sleet, driven hard before the
gale, seemed like a sandblast cutting
the gravestones for the poor chaps
who were to be that night laid for their
last rest, “rocked in the cradle of the
deep.”
“This is a fearful night,” I say to
the man at the wheel, and his answer
of “Aye, aye, sir,” comes through teeth
set as a vise. With teet planted, or
rather, rooted to the deck, body bent
forward, eyes trying hard to make out
the canvas he cannot see, he moves
only as the orders shouted through
the trumpet come faintly to him:
“Hard a starboard!” "Steady!” “Ease
her a little!” straining hard at the
wheel to put it “port” or “starboard”
as is ordered, and between his white
lips growling back his "Aye, aye, sir!”
By the fitful flicker of the binnacle
lamp I see his face and know him to be
Jim Peters, the hardest man in the
crew. Nobody liked him or would
have anything to do with him. He
was not a prepossessing object to look
at. Uis face had as much sociability
and kindness in it as a tombstone.
Heavy, square jaw; large mouth; eyes
black, or rather, one eye, for a large,
red scar running across his forehead
and down his left cheek back of his
ear took that eye along with it; a
shaggy head of sandy hair and un
kempt beard did their partin his make
up of ugliness. I said nobody would
have anything to do with him. I’ll
take that back, for there was one
aboard who pitied and tried to be
friendly to him. He was the ship’s
boy, a nice, likely lad, good-looking
and smart and a sailor, every inch of
him. There was one thing about Jim,
however, which none could get back
of, and that was he was strong as an
ox and as good a sailor as ever trod a
deck. He was the only man aboard
who could have held the wheel alone
in such a night. On we drive, a reel
and then a plunge, and the little brig
comes out of the trough of the sea
and shakes herself and then leaps on
ward.
What’s that cry for’d? Jim starts,
and 1 see his face pale, as with all his
mighty strength he puts the wheel to
port.
“Hard, Jim, hard, down!” comes a
faint voice, and the captain comes run
ning aft. You did well, Jim, but your
three times to port were too late to
save her, for with a sickening, ghastly
crash she strikes and commences to
settle rapidly. A rough hand grabs
my arm and a deep voice growls:
“It’s the ice, doctor; jump for it—
jump for it.”
Before I can do so, X am taken off
my feet; and the next moment I feel
myself going through the air: then a
sudden stop, and 1 find myself on a
held of drifting ice. I turn to thank my
deliverer, and find it was Jim whose
clear head and strong arm had saved
me. 1 try to thank him, but he says,
shortly: “I’d a done it by the ship’s
dog, doctor, as soon as ye, had he been
as handy.” Nevertheless! shake hands,
and say a few words to him, as he
turns on his heels and joins his mates
straining their eyes to pierce the black
ness and see the little craft's last
plunge. Like a bird whose wings flut
ter and then drop, her oanvas shakes
and she dives, never to come up. The
crew sadly bid her farewell and even
grouty Jim says: “Good-by, little ’un.”
You folks ashore can’t realize the fear
that came over us as the waters closed
over the little craft that bad been to
us our home, our “all in all.” A feel
ing of dreadful loneliness thrilled us as
through the inky darkness we tried to
read the expression in our companions’
faces.
I mentioned it was cold, but words
are inadequate to properly convey the
icy intensity, now that the blood which
had been quickened by the strain and
excitement had become normal Added
to the bitter cold was the chill of fear.
We drew close together to diagnosti
cate our case. Naturally we looked
to the captain for advice, and when
asked what we should do, he said,
tersely:
“Stick here till morning. Then we
ean get our bearings, and shape our
course accordingly.”
Now, when the brig stuck, we had
had a close call, and so had a chance to
save nothing but what we stood in.
The captain’s advice was excellent as
far as it went; but to stay where we
were, huddled together like so many
frightened sheep, meant certain death,
and the dawn, as it broke, would fall
unheeded on fifteen frozen corpses
that, a few hours before, had been the
crew of the little gallant Jenny Lind.
Jim now came to the front, and, in his
rough, surly way, said: “As how I’ve
made an observation of these here
parts, and I calculate there is room
enough to move round in, provided you
fellers have brains enough to do it."
We accordingly acted on his sugges
tion, and Jim a: our head as pilot, we
ommenced to > alk around in a circle,
thrashing our hands and endeavorin;:
to force the blood into greater activity
through our stiffening bodies. Almost
from the minute we landed on the ice
Jim had an eye always on Walter, the
ship's boy, and now, as we commenced
our dreary rounds, he had him close be
hind. Oh, bow cold and desolate it
was, going round and round and round
in that contracted space, moving like a
chain gang, with one hand on the
shoulder of the man in front, so as not
to lose one another; for, small as that
space was, the night was black and
and the edge of the floe was we knew
not how near. One by one the men
grew weary, and Jim—almost over
looked aboard ship, our leader now
slackened his pace, to ease us up a lit
tle.
Walter was the first one to give out.
We heard him drop, the line stopped,
and we closed around him. Jim got
down on his knees beside him and
spoke, not so gruffly as usual:
“Ye ain’t tuckered yet, are ye, lad?”
Half drowsily and wearily came the
answer:
“I'm dead beat, Jim, and sleepy.
Don't mind me; let me sleep, and I’ll
catch on to the line again, soon.”
We heard Jim mutter to himself:
“He’ll freeze, lying here," and then
a movement on his part, and he said:
"Here, Walter, lad, here's my pea
jacket; I’ll wrap this and my com
forter round ye, and ye'll feel more
oomfortable like."
lie was putting them on to the al
ready sound asleep boy, when I laid
my hand on his shoulder and told him
he’d freeze to death without any pro
tection. He rose quiekly, and, in a
savage tone, said:
“What’s that to ye, doctor? Ysr
never took any notice of me aboard
snip, and a-getting mighty tender o'
me now."
i spoke to him again, telling him be
tween us we could keep Walter mov
ing round, and thus keep him alive,
and that he himself needed some pro
tection. His mates joined me in my
entreaty and tried to raise Walter to
his feet; but he shook their hands oil
and, facing ns, spoke:
"Mr. Doctor and mates, I ain’t no
body, and it don’t make no difference
whether I die or not. All of ye have
mothers or sweethearts waitin' for ye
to come home. I ain't got nobody; no
home. A vagabond, mates, I be, with
nothing but the ship whose articles I
sign for a home, and the sea’ll be my
gra.'e sooner or later; so, ye see, it
don’t make no difference whether 1
freeze ter death here or go to the bot
tom across the line. Walter’s got a
mother, lads, as is waitin’ ter see him
soon; and if Jim can help her do it, he’s
a-going ter. 1 thank ye all, mates and
Mr. Doctor, fer speaking ter me; and
if ugly Jim freezes ter death, don’t
think too hard of him.”
Again the line moves on, but the men
are getting disheartened and overcome,
and gradually, one by one, they lie
down on the ice, and, crawling closer
together, a sleep, sweet but deadly,
holds them in its grasp. Jim and I are
the only ones left now, and we walk,
walk, walk round and round the pros
trate forms like a deathwatch.
"It's no use, Jim; I’ve got to join the
circle. ”
And I step tow. .d it He stops me
and says:
"Can’t ye stick it out, doctor?”
“No,” I say, despondently; "I am too
weak and numb to keep it up. Here,
Jim, give me your hand.”
"Good-by, doctor,” he says, and
moves on again, a lonely sentinel,
fighting death inch by inch, and by his
pluck and dogged determination shak
ing off its icy clutch.
It was a blank for me for I know not
how long, and then I partly awoke as
Jim, tired out and exhausted, dropped
beside me. I was in a dreamy state,
but I heard these words, the last he
ever spoke. He was wandering, I knew,
and his voice was so gentle and soft I
hardly knew it was his:
“Mother!” he murmured several
times, and then: “Our Father which
art—,” and ugly Jim’s lips had moved
for the last time on this earth, ley
fingers c’osed them here, but where bis
noble deed and last prayer reached,
warm, loving fingers shall bid the
dumb to speak, and his first words
shall be his thanks for the Master’s
plaudit: “Well done!”
“Peace and oblivion reign over all.”
That was exactly my state; and on
awakening from my stupor, I found it
hard to realize it was but a dream.
Was it possible I was once more safe
aboard a vessel, not frozen stiff on the
desolate drift-ice, but tenderly cared
lor b.y rough but Kina bands? res, it
was true; for we—all that were left of
us, aye, and the poor fellows whose
awaking was of another sort—were be
ing carefully looked after on board the
American ship Yankee Tar, whose
lookout had sighted on the field-ice
black specks which, through the glass,
he had made out to be human beings.
A boat was put out, and all hands
taken on board. Of our crew of fifteen,
but five remained, with just a spark
of life in their stiff bodies. Walter
and I were among the survivors, and
careful administration of restoratives
had brought us round. I have stamped
upon my mind, with the indelible ink
of unforgetfulness, the morning when,
for the last time, I gazed on the fixed,
immovable faces of my companions of
that fatal voyage. All in their wind
ing-sheets of sail-cloth, shotted and
ready for the waters to cover them,
ranged in two rows along the deck, we
bade them each good-by. Last of all I
came to Jim, not “ugly” Jim, now, for
upon the scarred face a peaceful smile,
tranquil and happy, and his.last words:
“Mother, mother,” seemed to play
upon the half-opened, smiling lips.
“All heads uncovered!”
One by one, into the ocean’s bosom
they slid to rest, and, as poor Jim’s
body lies poised upon the rail for its
final plunge, the captain’s voioe shakes
and his eyes water, as he says:
"‘Greater love hath no man than
this, that he lay down his life for his
friends’ "—Bussell Gardner, in N. Y.
Ledger.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
—Josiah Quincy, the new assistant
secretary of state, is the fifth member
of his family to bear the honorable
name of Josiah. So great is the filial
respect in which this baptismal name
is held that it used to be averred by
the people of Quincy, Mass., where
reverence for the town’s namesake fam
ily has become a cult, that the present
Mr. Quincy was originally christened
Josiah Josiah.
—The author of “Alice in Wonder
land,” who in private life is .Rev.
Charles L. Dodgson, is said to have be
come almost a recluse. He is a tutor
of mathematics at Christ Church col
lege, Oxford, and a bachelor. He is
still fond of children, but the only peo
ple of mature years he finds interesting
are the children for whom he wrote his
famous book, and who have now at
tained a larger growth.
—A ten-year-old girl, Bessie Scutes,
living near Boston, has just com
pleted a book of eleven chapters. The
first seven chapters were finished be
fore her parents knew that she was at
work upon it The title of the book is
"Bessie, Willie and Nellie Fisher at
Christmas and Other DayB.” The story
was written with the idea of selling it,
and in order not to disappoint the child
her parents will have it printed for
private distribution.
—A novelette by Kate Upson Clark
in a current monthly has for its
heroine a trained nurse, and carries
out its romance in hospital wards amid
the routine work which falls to the lot
of these skilled women in cap, apron,
and fever thermometer chatelain. The
volunteer nurse has long been a favor
ite character in fiction; it is a conces
sion to the growing importance of her
“regular” sister that |she is becoming,
not an accessory, but a principal in
novel making.
—Sir George Reid, president of the
Royal Scottish academy, does not sym
pathize with the admiration freely ex
pressed in Great Britain for Mr.
Whistler. The great impressionist’s
portraits attract, he says, ‘'because they
are ghosts, they are shadows. It is as
if you went into a crowded drawing
room and saw a ghost flitting here and
there tamong the actualities of warm
flesh and blood. That is why Whistler’s
portraits are so remarkable; they are
not people, but ghosts.”
—J. H. Boss, who at seventy-six lives
in Baltimore, was in his youth a postal
messenger boy, and it was his duty to
carry the mail from the post oftice in
Washington to the White H^use.
Andrew Jackson was president at that
time, and Mr. Boss says that “Old
Hickory” frequently used to come to
the door himself to receive his letters.
Sometimes he was clad in a dingy office
suit and wore slipshod slippers. He was
thoroughly democratic, and occasional
ly said to the boy; “Come in and warm
your toes, for they must be cold.”
—For the last sixteen years of his
life, Mr. Whittier lived at Oak Knoll,
Danvers, with his cousins, Mrs. Wood
man and the Miss Johnsons, who an
ticipated his every want with the ten
derest love and consideration. Birds
and squirrels, trees and flowers were
his close friends, and from his study
window he enjoyed them all. He loved
pots, and three of his cats were named
Batlisheba, Solomon and Rip Van
Winkle, respectively. He was no re
cluse but freely mingled with the
family, meeting all visitors, whether
young or old, with great cordiality.
In particular, he made little children
welcome and understood thoroughly
the art of entertaining them.
THE BACKLOG FIRE.
I’m in for progress, and all that.
Nor with a scientist would spat,
Unless be should arouse my ire
By sneezing at the backlog fire.
None ever prized improvements more
Than I do—when they save a “chore”—
But let none of 'em dare aspire
To get beyond a backlog fire.
The hotel "lift” and pyroscaph,
The engine and the telegraph—
These works I praise of steam and wlrdi
But also, please, the backlog tirel
The phonograph and autophone—
All Edison’s electric zone—
Are welcome if they don’t conspire
Against the rare old backlog fire.
Your patent heaters, low down grates
And oil stoves make not rueful mates;
But when I tune my golden lyr#
I’ll sing about the backlog fire.
Fashion's votaries flutter round
The register wheu “teas” abounds
They favor not the meek attire
That best befits a backlog fire. 1
Ices and bonbons, fancy fruit
And dainty cigarettes to boot,
Are apt to wear an aspect dire
If served beside a backlog fire.
But if a tale you like to hear,
Crack nuts, eat apples, make good cheer,
Then have the crown of all desire,
A blazing, roaring backlog fire.
-William Struthers, in Detroit Free Press.
YOUR NAME IN DANGER.
The New and Startling Science of
Grime.
Chemlitry Hu Developed ■ High tirade
of F.r,«ra — Hanger. Tbat Alarm
Banker, and Bu.Lnn.. Men—No
Kemed; u Yst Suegeatad.
It used to occasion some comment
from those who received letters from
the late David Davis to see his name
subscribed so near the body of the
latter that it would have been im
possible to have written anything- be
tween the signature and the letter it
self. He left no white paper; the upper
parts of the letters of his name were
made to touch the last line of the
letter. Judge Davis used not to write
so many letters when he was a su
preme court justice as he did after
ward when he became a member of the
senate, and he was never a very active
correspondent.
He explained to me one day why ho
had adopted this rather unusual
custom. He said that when he was a
judge in Illinois a case was brought
before him of alleged forgery of a
note. The signature to the note was
admittedly genuine, but it was claimed
by the apparent maker of the note
that the body of it had been written
upon a piece of paper to which the
genuine signature had been attached.
The trial developed that some one had
secured a letter written by the appar
ent maker of the note. The man’s
oignature had been written at a consid- ■
erable distance bftlow the end of the
letter, leaving a sufficient space of
white paper to write the words consti
tuting the note. The original letter
had. of course, been cut off.
This experience. Judge Davis said,
taught him a lesson, anti he never
signed his name to any document with
out taking care to make it impossible
for anyone to make a forgery over the
genuine signature.
But if Judge Davis were living now,he
would And that such precaution would
not be a preventative to forgery. With
in the past two or three years the
methods of crime have very greatly
changed. The cracksman is a criminal
of the past Bank burglary is almost
unknown. In the past six years not a
single robbery by professional crim
inals has taken place in the Wall street
district of New York city.
Hut it has Deen made apparent re
cently that crime has only changed Its
methods. Criminals are now expert
and, to some degree, learned men.
Chemistry serves the villain just as it
does the true scientist, and bank offi
cers as well as the higher grade of de
tectives have been aware for some
time that an epoch of dangerous for
gery has succeeded the day of the ex
pert safe breaker and masked burglar.
Within a few days a very remarkable
case has been on trial in Connecticut,
and one which would illustrate to
Judge Davis, if he were alive, that his
method of preventing forgery is no
longer of any value. A merchant of
Rhode Island, a man of very high
business standing, named Peckham,
was amazed last fall when he received
notification that two notes, one for
eight thousand dollars and another for
two thousand dollars, were held by
banks for collection, and that he was
the maker of then. Mr. Peckham re
pudiated the notes, although he was
compelled to admit that his signature
was genuine. He declared that the
body of the notes were forgeries.
The payee of the note was a grain
merchant named Tritt, living in Con
necticut, and a criminal suit for
forgery was brought. The notes were
submitted to experts. They were writ
ten upon sheets of business paper, at
the top of which were the business
cards in one case of Mr. Peckham's
house and the other of Mr. Tritt’s. Mr.
Peckham claimed that in each case his
signature was signed by him to busi
ness letters and that the body of the
letters had been bleached out by chem
icals and then a note written in place
of the correspondence.
A few years ago it would have been
possible to have proven such bleaching
and alteration. Prof. Doremus, an ex
pert authority, testified in court less
than a year ago that where original
writing had been removed it could be
reproduced by chemical reagents. But
if chemicals failed to restore any writ
ing, then it might be regarded as
established that the only writing upon
the paper was that which appeared to
the naked eye.
These two notes were submitted to
Frederick W. Slee, who is also an ex
pert, and he subjected them to chem
ical treatment. The paper upon which
the note for $2,000 was written under
this reagent revealed earlier writing,
and in Mr. Peckham’s handwriting.
But no treatment of the paper upon
which the $8,000 note had been written
brought to light any earlier writing.
As the first trial was upon this note,
and as the only evidence of forgery
was Mr. Peckham’s uncorroborated terv
timony that he had never made the
note, the case against the accused man
failed.
But the fact that Mr. Slee was not
able to restore earlier writing is no
longer proof that no such writing was
ever made on that paper, and in this
advance in chemical knowledge lies
one of the greatest dangers to business
men. A year or so ago a firm doing a
large insurance business in New York
signed three checks brought by the
cashier to them In the course of his
usual business The checks were made
payable to another insurance company.
Some time after that this cashier dis
appeared and no trace of him has ever
been discovered. It was then found by
the officers of the oompany that he had
by use of chemicals obliterated the
name of the payee on these checks and
inserted his own, and In that way was
able to draw the money, amounting to
several thousand dollara
The company brought suit against
the hank, claiming that it had paid
forged checks, and Prof. Doremus was
called as an expert for the bank. He
testified that if there had been oblit
eration of the name of the original
payee It would be established by chem
ical treatment. The checks were sub
mitted to such chemical treatment, but
there was no revelation of alteration.
Mr. Slee was called as an expert, and
he testified that while Prof. Doremus’
assertion would have been correct if
made some months before, yet that it
was now possible to obliterate the
names on commercial paper in such a
way as to defy chemical reagents; and
to prove his assertion Mr. Slee, in the
presence of the jury, wrote upon slips
of paper, then obliterated the names
by chemicals, and Prof Doremus was
unable by any treatment to restore this
writing, so that it was then proved
that chemical science had now taught
criminals how this thing might be
done, although such proof serves not to
help the company, since it could not be
proved that it was done in this case.
The company was compelled to pay the
checks.
This trial has caused very great
alarm and anxiety to business men,
and, followed up as it has been by de
cisions in other cases, it reveals a new
tendency on the part of courts which
may oost business houses many thou
sands of dollars, since it puts the bur
den of proof of forgery not upon the
banks but upon those who dispute com
mercial paper in cases where there
have been alterations.
Mr. Slee says that his investigations
have taught him that the marrying of
ink to paper so as to produce negotia
ble bills or evidences of credit cannot
be done in such a way as to prevent
alterations or forgeries, with the
chance very greatly that the parties
whose names or paper are thus forged
will have to stand the loss instead of
banks.
These things have not made any pub
lic excitement, because forgeries of
this kind have not the dramatic and
sensational elements which used to at
tend great bank burglaries. Yet this
advance in criminal knowledge is fat
more dangerous than the old method of
crime, as some experiences of the last
few months will indicate.
A man wnn letters ot introduction,
undoubtedly forged, went not long ago
to one of the largest banks in Mew
York city with #6,000 in one pile and
#50 in another. He said to the teller
that he wished to deposit this money
and to take out two certificates of de
posit Having done so, he chatted
with the teller awhile, who was im
pressed with his manner very greatly.
On the following day the man returned
to the bank, saying that he had a
chance for business Investment and
would therefore draw the #5,000 depos
it, handing in to the teller his certifi
cate of deposit The money was paid
to him without question.
A few days later a certificate for
#5,000 was sent to this bank for collec
tion from Canada, and then on compar
ison it was discovered that the first cer
tificate which had been paid had been
altered from the #50 certificate re
ceived the day before. It was done
with wonderful expertness. As the
#5,000 certificate paid in Canada was
genuine, the bank was compelled to
stand the loss.
But an even shrewder piece of crim
inality than this, and one which banks
or business men anywhere in this coun
try may suffer from, has recently been
discovered. A man navmg every ap
pearance of the habit and life of a gen
tleman and a business man with letters
of introduction, called at a country
bank in Mew York state, saying that
he had a considerable number of small
obligations to meet and he desired to
buy bank drafts on New York. He
bought a number, most of them for less
than twenty dollars in amount. Some
weeks later this bank began to receive
these drafts, and discovered that the
amounts upon them did not agree with
their books Not the slightest indica
tion of change was apparent to the eye.
Chemical treatment revealed no alter
ation, and yet it was certain that the
criminal, being skilled in oliemistry,
had altered the figures. It was his
method not to increase the amount
very greatly. A slxteen-dollar draft
he made one hundred and sixty dollars.
Small amounts like these would not
tend to cause suspicion, and such drafts
could be easily negotiated. As the
bank could not prove forgery or altera
tion it was compelled to pay the drafts.
More than one case of this kind has
occurred within the last year, but,
bank officers being extremely sensi
tive, they have paid the losses, which
have not aggregated very large
amounts, and kept quiet
witmn a lew wce«8 me power oi
chemistry to aid criminals has been
made manifest in the case of a Buffalo
bank. This bank believed that it was
amply protected against fraud, by
what is called the advice system. Its
habit has been at the close of each
day's business to notify its New York
correspondent of all the drafts it has
issued that day, and the nu mbers and
amounts of each of them. This it was
supposed would prevent the payment
of any altered draft when it reached
the New York bank. But this advice
cost the bank $12,000. A well-dressed
man, well introduced apparently, with
the manner of an active business man,
bought two drafts of this bank, one
for $12,000 and for $i20. This trans
action was reported immediately to
the New York correspondent. A day
or two later a draft for $12,000 was
received by the New York correspon
dent Its number corresponded with
that indicated in the letter of informa
tion sent from the Buffalo bank, and
it was therefore paid. But when a
few days after that another draft for
$13,000 of the same number was re
ceived it was evident that fraud had
been practiced. The last draft was
genuine. It had been negotiated in a
distant city. The first draft had been
altered so that its number corresponded
with that of the genuine draft for $12.
000, and it had been raised from $130 to
$12,000. Yet the alterations were so
perfect that it was almost impossible
for Mr. Slee to detect them. As the
New York correspondent had paid the
forged draft it was, of course, com
pelled to pay the genuine one, and the
Buffalo bank lost its money.
It has been supposed that the use of
the punch was a perfect preventive of
raising checks. But that depends upon
what kind of punch is used. One
check Issued for $39 was raised to $3,900
and paid, although the figures 39 had
been punched In the cheek. It is proba
ble, however, that perfect punches will
be invented which will prevent the
raising of the amount But this will
not prevent forgery.
One of the greatest banks of New
York has used for some years a patent
paper for its checks, for which it has
been claimed that alterations are im
possible without immediate revelation
upon the paper itself. A depositor in
this bank desiring to test this claim
gave a check to Mr. Slee, saying to him
that he would pay him $60 if he would
alter the writing upon that check and
substitute something else for it so as
to defy discovery. Mr. Slee declared
that recent advances in chemistry
would make anch alterations possible,
and a day or two later he took the
check to this man with every trace of
the original writing except the signa
ture removed and new writing substi
tuted in such a manner as to defy dis
covery either by the naked eye, the
microscope or by chemistry.
There are several kinds of safety
paper in use and when they were first
made they defied alteration, but chem
istry has beaten them. Mr. Slee has
made experiments with all of them
and finds that it is possible to bleach
writing from them in suoh a manner
sb to make discovery Impossible.
Business men who make many cheoks
are now being made aware of these
dangers, and, understanding that the
tendency of the courts is to protect
banks where the signature is unques
tioned and the appearance of the check
is such as to defy detection, are now
adopting all sorts of devices for their
security. Some of them have made
private arrangements with their banks
not to pay any checks which do not
have a secret mark upon them. But
this does not prevent other forgeries.
The Conneotiout case shows that it Is
possible for a scoundrel to take a let
ter written by a man of financial re
sponsibility, obliterate absolutely the
handwrltiug upon it and substitute for
it a note. This standing over an un
questioned signature may be easily dis
counted, and unless the business man
has some other evidence than his testi
mony as to the forgery the chances are
that he will be compelled tq pay the
note.
This matter is yf so much importance
and the dangers seem to be so rapidly
increasing that the bankers are talk
ing of devising some new method ol
preventing these frauds, while business
men, especially in New York city, are
so seriously concerned about it that it
may be made a matter of convention
and agreement among them.
It is the opinion of Superintendent
Byrnes that more money has been lost
by forgeries and other swindles by the
expert use of chemical knowledge in
the last year than has been lost by
burglary in the last ten years.—HI Jay
Edwards, in Chicago News Record.
TRAPPING WOLVES IN FRANCE.
Rases of the People to Kxtort Rewards
from the Government.
Among other contrivances there is
one that outwits the sagacity of the
wolf with as little hardship as such a
capture admits. Within a circle of
strong stakes, not very closely planted,
a sheep or a goose is confined. At a
distance of sixteen inches is an outer
circle of stakes, having an entrance
eighteen inches wide. The path be
tween the two circles is well beaten
down. The door of the outer one,
which folds hack against the inner, is
! set invitingly open.
In marches, says Blackwood’s Maga
zine, the cautious wolf pursues the
path till he comes to the back of the
open door, pushes against the yielding
obstacle, and by so doing closes the en
trance against himself. The latch falls
at the impact of the door against the
doorpost, and he is hopelessly fast,
unable to touch the decoy animal of
the inner circle, or to leap over the
strongly planted poles of the outer one.
Thus ingloriously kidnaped, the vic
tim is soon dispatched.
A complaint has been made that the
rewards which the French government
gives for the slaughter of wolves are
so small in comparison with those paid
of old. But large rewards sometimes
do more harm than good, by making it
too much the interest of the mercenary
troops to slaughter the foe with due re
spect to the desirability of having
always plenty of foes to slaughter. If
all the stories are true of the alarm
and damage caused by wolves, It is not
unreasonable to think that those ex
posed to be sufferers might assist in
their extirpation without the stimulus
of a fee.
Many parts of France, it is true, are
highly favorable to the wants and hab
its of the wolf, but against modem
skill and modern weapons it is hard to
believe that it could hold its ground
without the connivance of sportsmen,
or if the government were earnestly
resolved to be rid of it.
EARLY USE OF PETROLEUM.
How the Oil Was Discovered by the In
dians in a Pennsylvania Spring.
In a diary kept by one of the survey
ors engaged in the survey of the Hol
land Land company’s purchase at the
very beginning of this century an entry
occurs to the effect that near the head
waters of the Allegheny river, in Penn
sylvania, was a spring of water from
which, when conducted into shallow
pools, would collect quantities of oil.
This the Indians collected and used.
For unknown generations, according to
the American Register, the Indians had
held this spring In high veneration, be
lieving it was a direct gift from the
Great Spirit.
They dried the oil by exposure to the
sun, and made an ointment that they
used in mixing their war paint, as well
as for medical purposes. This oint
ment was the vaseline for the present
day in its crude state, for the oil
skimmed from the spring was crude pe
troleum. The oil spring and a plot of
ground one mile square were given to
the Indians as a reservation, and is so
held at the present time, being known
as the Oil Spring reservation.
In after years enterprising whites
collected the oil, and it was bottled and
sold. It had a wide reputation and was
eagerly sought by many, who extolled
its merits In the most extravagant
terms. Had it not been for the fact the
inquisitive whites found out a way to
get petroleum from the earth by send
ing the drill through the rocks, this oil
would doubtless now be a popular med
’cine worth one dollar a bottle.
PRINCELY POMP.
Thu Removal of an African Royal House
hold from One Town to Another
The correspondent of an Indian jour
nal describes the manner in which Lai
luova, the Lushai chief who hasirecently
been an ally to the English, moved his
residence from one village to another
recently. The procession moved out in
Indian file, led by the chief’s heir, a
boy of twelve years of age, wearing a
quaint, gray, tall hat, the symbol of
his father's rank, and a loin-cloth. In
one hand he carried a bottle of the
liquor of the country, and with the
other led a yellow dog. Next came a
“maid of honor, bearing a huge basket
of household goods and chattels and
smoking the everlasting pipe of peace
the while.” She was followed by the
prime minister leading the chief’s pig,
to whom Buoeeeded the chief’s wife,
clad in a divided skirt of kuki' blue
cloth, and wearing the royal amber
necklace. The chief himself came next
He wore a red helmet, two flannel
shirts, an evening dress coat and waist
coat—the latter being arranged outside
the coat—and a garment of Lushai
cloth. The trousers belonging to the
dress suit were gracefully thrown over
the left shoulder; a pair of gray socks,
unlaced ammunition boots, and a flagon
of liquor completed the chief’s traveling
costume. Last of all came a “gentle
man in waiting,” who carried the royal
bedding in a bundle.
A BARONY FOR SALE CHEAP.
On* of the lint Famous of Caroline
Plantations Fat on the Market.
In old St. Stephen’s, famous In song
and story, a parish of Berkley county,
on the banks of the tawny Santee, some
fifty miles In a straight line from the
shores of the Atlantis, Is a great landed
estate whose broad aores, level rlvei
bottom and rolling highland, culti
vated fields, tangled swamp, Btately
pine grove, groups of live oak, with here
and there a bit of virgin forest, form a
domain fit for a prince. On it, according
to the Charleston News and Courier,
have lived and died a long succession of
Carolina planters, all princes in their
day, to whom, while slavery lasted,
snowy fields of cotton and waving crops
of Indian corn and smaller grain fur
nished a princely revenue. And the
cattle, if not of a thousand hills, of a
thousand canebrakes, was theirs, and
droves of wild hogs, that throve in the
thickets of the swamps, and blooded
horses were their pride.
All that is gone by now. The lordly
life of the planter has passed away for
ever; slavery has been abolished and
the owner of the land, wearied of the
struggle with demoralized freedmen,
would fain give up the fight, and offers
his patrimony for sale for a song, for
barely enough to support him com
fortably for the decade of life that may
yet remain to him. There are six thou
sand acres in that estate, which is of
fered to any taker at very little over
two dollars an acre. Of that six thou
sand aores there is arable land capable
of producing a bale of ootton to the
acre, twenty to thirty bushels of corn,
over seventy bushels of oats, to say
nothing of the possibilities of fruit and
vegetables and of horse, cattle and hog
raising. __
Portuguea* R«b»nad»».
A dish as much eaten by the Portu
guese as miuee pie by Americans, Is the
rebanadas. It Is of Moorish, origin,
and is easily and quickly prepared—
as befitted the habits of a nomadic
nice. Thick siloes of bread are soaked
in new milk, fried in olive oil and then
spread with honey and eaten hot. The
result is something delioi. as, and those
who have onc.o tasted the rebanadas
will want to taste i; again
THE NEW SKIRTS.
Coming Styles In Garments For 8treet
Wear and Dress Occasions.
Very few French dresses have as yet
been imported for spring. The fash
ionable dressmakers, who serve the
wealthiest customers, do not return to
New York until late in March, when
most of the shops have received their
season's goods. They do this in order
to obtain the very last fashions from
Paris and to avoid the duplication of
their designs by the shops. There is
already a tendency to reduce the width
of the dress rather to add to it, and
four and a half yards is the conserva
tive limit in width, which is likely to
be adopted for our spring and summer
skirts. The skirts of six-yard width,
which may be considered the extreme
limit of width which the dress skirt has
reached this winter, have been worn by
a few women, but there is no danger
that this extreme width will be the rule.
All dress skirts for the street now clear
the sidewalk by a quarter of an inch,
which leaves them long enough in front
to conceal the feet, aud is altogether
the most graceful length of skirt which
we can have. There is very little full
ness at the waist in any of the new
skirts which have been recently made.
The umbrella skirt sometimes has a lit
tle fullness at the top, which is gath
ered or turned under in plaits at the
back to allow sufficient fullness for the
skirt to fit well. This skirt,as made by»
French couturieres, has nine breadths, '
which measure about twenty-three
inohes across the bottom, and are
gored evenly on both edges
to form a breadth about eight inches
wide at the top of the front breadth
and about three inches at the top of
the other gores. This leaves a fullness
at the top of the shirt of thirty-two
inches. Americans use only six
breadths If managed by a skillful
dressmaker, the fullness at the top can
be graduated and massed chiefly at the
bade.
The skirt should be lined throughout
with silk and interlined with crino
line muslin to the knees. At a
distance from the belt of one-third
the length of the skirt an elastic band
is attached by French dressmakers to
allow the skirt to hang in slight folds
in all the breadths except the front
one. This prevents. the skirt from
standing out in set pyramidal form as
it otherwise would, while it has the
graceful flare which is the distinguish
ing feature of the picturesque skirt of
the day. As all the seams of this skirt
are bias on both edges, they must be
stayed by a binding of thin cotton tape
on the inside of the lining, or by a silk
ribbon, unless the skirt Is trimmed up
every breadth, which is one of the best
methods of finishing it off. In this
latter case one edge of the
seam is laid over the other and
stitched down to a flat ribbon
on the inside, and a band of narrow
passementerie on braid covers the seam.
The skirt Is intended especially for
rich, firm materials It would be en
tirely unsuitable for cottons or even for
cheap woolen goods
A better model for inexpensive wool
and cloth di-esses is the “military
skirt” This is cut in semi-circular
form, the width of the cloth being
folded to form the center of the front
breadth. Exceptionally wide cloth or
a slight gore added to the back seam on
each side is necessary to give a suffic
ient fullness to this skirt There is
scarcely any fullness around the skirt at
the waist—only enough to make It fit
well at the back. The back breadth is
not perfectly straight as it would be if
the skirt were a perfect semi-circle, but
It is gored off at the top so as to make
the back seam a partial bias and reduce
the fullness still further at the top.
This skirt is also interlined to the knee
with crinoline muslin and lined with
silk.
Full ruffles of black satin ribbon trim
some of the shaggy camel’s hair wool
ens, which are sleazily woven, to give
them the loose, rough effect now con
sidered stylish. These black satin
ruffles will take the place of rows of
fur, which have been worn during the
winter. On some of the new dresses a
single ruffle of narrow satin ribbon
trims the bottom, and two ruffles are
placed around the skirt at the knee,
while there is a fourth row of gathered
ribbon placed midway between the
waist and the knee.—N. Y. Tribune.
MOORISH FIRE-DUUTURS.
How Patients Are Treated For Rheuma*
Mam In Fer..
Rheumatic persons are constantly be
ing' advised by their friends to try “sure
cures,” and if the sufferers are of an
experimental disposition they at least
gain from their affliction an interesting
occupation for the rest of their lives.
From each failure hope rises at the
mention of a new “cure?” But what
American has tried the Moorish cure?
In Fez there are fire doctors who sit
in the more frequented streets waiting
for rheumatic patients. Bach doctor
has a little furnace, a pair of bellows
and a number of curiously shaped iron
rods before him. . When not operating,
he solemnly and incessantly reads a
book of one sentence:
“There is no God but God, and Mo
hammed is His prophet”
When a patient appears the doctor
lays down his book, blows up his Are
with his bellows and sticks into the
coals several of the rods, which are
about two feet long, and have queer
knobs and hooks on their heated ends.
While waiting for these to get hot he
constantly repeats his one sentence.
When all is ready the patient pays
his fee, lies down on his face and draws
his clothing up on his back. “In the
name of God,” says the fire doctor and
passes a red-hotrod with great deliber
ation over various parts of the back.
It makes a "sizzling” noise and a smell
of burnt flesh fills the air. Meantime
a crowd of men have collected to wit
ness the operation. They Incessantly
pass their fingers through their beards
and praise God and Mohammed.
Frequently the patient, after one
operation, lies still for awhile, perhaps
waiting for another twinge of the dis
ease. If it comes he perceives that he
is not quite cured and demands another
installment of the treatment, for
which he pays another fee.—Youth’s
companion.
DEATH TO CRINOLINE.
first Speech of 'the llepresentatlre from
Am>troogla County.
The new member from Amaroogia
county arose to address the chair. It
was the first time he had essayed to oc
cupy the attention of the house, and
every eye was turned upon him. Noth
ing was known of his ability as a pub
lic speaker, but from the fact that he
was spoken of by the Amaroogia pa
pers as a rising man, and that lie had
come to the legislature with a majority
of more thau a thousand over all his
competitors it was conjectured he was
a representative who would make hia
mark.
His appearance confirmed the im
pression. He was over six feet high,
straight as an arrow, his eye was keen
and piercing, and he glanced fearlessly
about the house, as if courting a trial
of strength with its practiced debaters.
“Mr. Speaker," he said, in a deep,
commanding voice that rang out over
the legislative chamber like the death
knell of everything fraudulent, cor
rupt and degrading in American poli
tics, “I wish, sir, to give notice that
next Toosday I’m goin’ to interdooce a
bill to abolish the blamed hoopskirt,
and I don’t give a durn who knows it!"
— Chicago Tribune.
St. Patrick.
Almost as many countries arrogate
the honor of having been the natal soil
of St. Patrick as made a similar claim
with respect to Homer. England, Scot
land, France and Wales each furnishes
Its pretensions; but whatever doubts
may obscure his birthplace, all agree
in stating that, as his name implies, he
was of a patrician family. H e was born
about Sfi, although the exact year of
hit birth is unknown.