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VOL XIV. NO. 51.
MOUNT HOLLY, BURLINGTON COUNTY, N. J„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER lit, 1893,
ESTABLISHED 1819
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The standard railway of America. Protect
ed by the inter-locking switch uml block gig
nal system.
Trains leave Mount Holly as follows:
For Philadelphia 5.30, »i.00, 6.52, 7.10. 7.50,
8.57, 9.15, 11.20 \. M. 12.57, 2.80, 4.23. 5.05,0.19,
8.37, 10.50 p. m
On Sundays. 8.36 a. m.. 12.05, 5.20, 7.50 p. m.
For Pemberton. 7.35, 9.26, a. m., 1.37,
3.32, 4.47, 6.06, /.(»4,7.33, p. m. Sundays, 10.23
a. m.. 6.05 p. m.
For llrown's-Mi Is-in the-Pines, 7.35,9.26, a. m.,
3.32, 4.47, p. m. Sundays. 10.23a m.
For Burlington, Borden tow n,Trenton and New
York, 6.35. 9.o5, 10.50 a. m.. 2.50. 4.38, 5.55 p. m.
For Lewistown, Columbus, Kinkora, etc.,
1.37, P. m. On Sundays, 6.u5 p. m.
For Lumoetton, Medford, Marl ton and Had
den field 9.35 A. M.
For VluoeMown, 12.30, 6.06 p. m.
For Toms River, Island Heights, etc., 9.26,
a m., 4.47 p M
For Trenton and New' York, via Pemberton
and Kinkora, 1.37, r. m. Sundays, 6.05,
P. M.
For Hightstown, 7. 35 a. m., 1.37, 4.47 p. m. On
Sundays 7.05 p. m.
For Asbury Park, Mondays and Saturdays
only, 9.26, a. m.
For Tuckerton, 9.26 a. m.. 4.52 p. m.
For Beach Haven 4.52 v. m.
Trains leave for Mount Holly us follows:
F.out Philadelphia, 6.30, 7.50. 6.30, 10.60,
11.20 a. M., 12.30 2.30, 4.00, 4.30, 5.10,
6.10.6.30.8.00, l**.;**. 11.45 p.m. On Sundays,
9.15 a. m., 1.00,5. 0, 10.30 P. m.
From New York, via i rcnlonand Burlington
8.00. 0.30 A. M., 1.00.4.00,5.00 P. M.
From Trenton, 7.41, 9.25, il. 10 a. m., 2.53,5.20,
7.00 P. M.
From Burlington, 8.31,10.06,11.53 a. m.,3.32,5.45
7.40 p. M.
From Brown's-Mills-in the-Pines, 8.20, a. m
12.25, 5.45 p. m. Sundays, 4.50.
From Pemberton, (north) 6.85, 7.25, 8.32, 8,55
a. m. 12.19, 4.05, 8.17 p. m. On Sundays, S.uO
▲. M.,
From Pemberton (south), 8.36 a. m., 12.40,4.50
6.00 p. m. Oil Sun lays, 5.03. P. M.
From Vincentown, 6.50 a. m., 1.32 v. m.
From Hightslow ii. via Pemberton, 7.05,10.00
a. m., 7.05 p. m. via Burlington, 11.02 a.m.
7.00 •*. m .
From Med lord, 11.55 \ .m.
From Long Branch, 1.55 r. m., on Monday and
Saturdays only.
From Asbury Park, 5.20 r. m. 2.12 p. m. on j
Mondays and Saturdays only.
From Toms River, 7.48 a. m., 4.12 r. m.
From Island Heights, 7.35, a. m., 4.38 p.m.
8. M. Prkvost, J. R. VVoou,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
MEDFORD, MARLTON AND PHILA
DELPHIA
Leave Medford to Philadelphia at 6.58, 10.07,
A. M., 2.13, 5.24, P. M. Sunday. 8.01, A. M.,
3.50, P. M.
Leave Marlton for Philadelphia at 7.15, 10.20,
A. M., 2.35, 5.35, P. M. Snuduy, 8.14, A. M., |
4 05. P. M.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, tor Med
ford and Marllon at 7, 10.50, A. M., 3, 5.30, ;
P. Al. Sunday, 8.45, A M., 5.30, P. M.
Leave Marllon for Medtoru, 8.11, 11.40, A. M.,
3.59, 6 22, P. M. Sunday,9.47, A. M.,0.23, P. M.
For turther particulars apply to the ticket
agent at the station.
TUCKERTON RAILROAD.
Leave Mount Holly for Tuckerton 9.26 a. in.,
4.52 p. in., daily except Sunday. Beach
Haven, 4.52 P. M ; no connections in morn
ings.
Leave Beach Haven for Tuckerton, 6.45 a.
in., dally except Sunday, and 7.10 p. in. on
Saturdays only.
Leave Tuckerton for Beach Haven, 5.50 p. in.
daily except Sunday, and 5.20 a. in. on Mon
Lea ve Beach Haven for Mount Holiy, 6.43 a.
in., daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton lor Mount Holly, 7.03 a. in.,
3.20 p. u»., dailv except Sunday.
Moil an Holly I'OHI office.
MAILS LKAVK AS FOLLOWS t
a m. a.m. p.m. p.m.
New York and East.6.50 8.U5 1.50 7.40
Pemberton and HightsLOWii....jti50 8.0511.5017.40
Viuoeutown. . ! 7.40
Trenton...|6.50 8.0611.50 7 40
Borden town.6.5o 8.o5 1.50 7 40
Foreign.
West.
Atlantic City.
Med l ord .
Pniladelphia..
Burlington....
Camden.
Lumberton...
6.50 8.05 1.5017.40
8.05 j 1.50 7.40
8.0511.50 7.40
8.05
8.05
18.05
18.05
1.50 7.40
1.50 7.40
1.50 7.40
MAILS ARK1VK AND READY FOR DISTRIBUTION :
New York and East
Pemberton.
V i nee n town.
High ts town.
Trenton.
Bordentown.
Foreign.
West.
Atlantic City.
Medford.
Pbiladelohia.
Burlington.
Camden .
Lumberton.
7.45 '.*.15
7.451
.451
7.45:0.15
7.45 9.15
7.45 9 15
7.45
7.45
m. pm. pm p.m. p.m.
.15 3.00,5.00 6.30,9.00
13.00 5.00 i 9 00
15 3.0015.00
15 5.00 5.00
15 3.00 5.00
15 3.00 5.00 0.3U
13.0015.00
15 ! 5.CK)
6.30
6 30
6.30
3.00 5.00
♦.06
3.0(* j 5. or
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9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.90
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
rN 4MV£L A. ATKINSON,
^ATTORNEY’ AT LAW, SOLICITOR AND
MASTER IN chancery.
No. 109 Main St., Opposite Washington House,
Mount Holly, N. J.
QllARLEN iM. SLOAN,
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE,
office in Arcade Building, Mount Holly, N. J
QUARLES EWAN MERRITT,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Main Street, Opposite Arcade,
Mount Holly, N. J.
f **’ ^iHj^t^EpOR AND CONVEYANCER,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Cedar Run.Ocean County. N. J.
gAMUEL LA LEY , M. D..
HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Garden Street, near Cherry Street, Mount
Office HOURS: 7 to 9 a. m., 1 to 2 p. m.( 6 8 to f m.
QJ EOROK W. % AN OEHYEKR, M. D
HIomoooYjfttliifiit,
Garden St. near Buttonwood, Mount Holly
f Until 9 a. m.
Office Hours:-j 6 to 8 p.m.
{ 1 to 2 P. M.
LIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSUK
£ ANCE.
Reliable Companies and lowest rates. Cor
spoutlellce solicited
SAMI El. A ATKINSON,
Uenerallnsumuce Ajsent,
109 Multi Street, Mount Holly, N. J.
jjHAS. HAHKKK, M. D., I>. 1>. S.
DENTAL OrriOE AND LABORATORY
No. 137 MAIN STREET.
(Cor. Main & Union Wn.,)
Mount Holly , ^. J.
Fitst-Oiass Work. Reasonable Prices
WILLIAM H. CLINE,
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER,
VINCENTOWN, N. J.
orders by Tele*rapb will be promptly at
imded >*»• ___
p R. IJPIMNCOTT,
GENERAL AUCTIONEER,
medfokd, n. j.
[Special Attention paid to sales oi real estate,
stock tarmlnK utensils, etc.
A
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
*10.84 MAIN BTKfcfCT, MOUNT HOLLY.
H«fpstb« btMit assortment ol Watches,
chains. Utmra. and Spectacles in Hui -
Chalna. Kings, and 8pt
Itiijetou County.
Also, a full line of Silver and Plated
Ware
&
QIKARO
Fire Insurance Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.
SOUND' SOLID! SUCCESSFUL
POLICY MEANS INDEMNITY.
Cash Capital.■■...*duu.,wu,H'
Ktlii»urt»icu fund and all other
..>.«,84tt 4.'
Net surplus war all. ««.** *•
Assets, January ;i, 1H87.Il,4«i,6ftn 76
Is among the soundest Institutions ol the
country. It" liabilities are very small and
mathematical standing very high.
Charles M. Sloan,
Jetiemi Agent and Resident Director.
MOUNT HOI.LY, N. .1.
No .IHCtosswleusStreet, Itordeniown
No m Utah Street. Unrhr.aton
HAVE YOUR PAINTING
DON K ItY
Samuel L. Bullock
IteHt materials always used. Pure colors,
best White Lead and /.Inc and Pore Linseed
Oil. A.II kinds of painting done ; sign, Orna
mental, Frescoing, Graining, Calctnilnlng.
Olaslng, Ac. Work solicited'rom all arottnn.
Nom* l>ut competent and tperlenced men
employed, and all work guaranteed. All or
ders should be left at my residence, Onion
street, or T. II Bullock’s store. U rden street
Mount Hollv
A LL kinds ol BHO.hHKH, COMBS,also uJ
/% other» of let articles, «ucb as Toilet tmd Ini
and Power*, Cosmetic, Pomades, Hatchets
Heir Oils, Bay Hums, Ac., at bottom prices, at
BAR&lNGTON’ft Drug Store, 41 Main Street
A chrysanthemum in each button
hole will not hide the poor hang
or mean make of an Overcoat.
Ours are perfection, and the prices
have been boiled down to a
minimum.
$10 off the higher grades.
$5 off the medium grades.
A. C. YATES & GO.
Cor. 13th & Chestnut Sts.
PHILADELPHIA.
BARHINGTQN’S PHARMACY
(Miller's Old Stand)
42 Main Street.
\t this store will be found the largest and
most complete stock of
."l> I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I t I I 'I I I l_
: Drugs, Medicines
and Chemicals.:
Suwmni titniimwt'nni > n «1• • Mm 1111 i 11 n » ■ 11i“
All the Patent and Proprietary Medicines at
lowest cut rates.
Miller's Diarrhoea Mixture, Cholera Mixture
Rheumatic Remedy and Worm Destroyer
and all the standard remedies of the late
Louis Miller have been improved and are
specially recommended.
We also carry a large stock of Toilet and
Fancy Articles, Toilet Soaps, best Hand
kerchief Extract.
IVe give special attention to our Prescription
Department. Prescriptions compounded
at all hours.
OUR SODA WATER SSSSSf. “
pure, sound, fresh fruit used In making our
Syrups. ICE CREAM SODA a specialty.
^ard Times.
* 8 8 *
Tn order that everyone may pur
* chase a Christinas Present,
we have taken advantage of the
scarcity of money and bought
goods below cost, which we offer
at a small advance. Call and see
our Dressing Cases, Shaving
Cases, Smoking Sets, Fancy Cups
and Saucers, After-Dinner Coffees,
etc., Colognes and Extracts in
fancy bottles. Closing out a large
line of lamps below cost.
Do not forget our Hot Soda.
ELMER D. PRICKITT,
DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST,
30 Main street, Mount Holly, H, J.
Bninoh store at Lumberton, N. J.
Do you want to stop tnat Cough ?
Jones’ Cough Syrup or
Jones' Emulsion Cod Liver Oil
will do it and anybody can take it. Don’t
forget we are headquarters for prescriptions.
JONES’ PHARMACY. Opposite Fonutain.
Mr. Harvey Heed
Laceyville, O.
Catarrh, Heart Failure, Pa
ralysis of the Throat
“I Thank God and Hood's Sarsa
parilla for Perfect Health.”
"Gentlemen: For the benefit of suffering hu
manity I wish to state a few facts: For several
years I have suffered from catarrh and heart
failure, getting so bad I could not work and
Could Scarcely Walk
I had a very bad spell of paralysis of the throat
some time ago. My throat seemed closed and
I could not swallow. The doctors said it
was caused by heart failure, and gave medicine,
which I took according to directions, but it did
not seem to do me any good. My wife urged
me to try Hood's Sarsaparilla, telling me of Mr.
Joseph C. Smith, who had been
At Death’s Door
but was entirely cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla.
After talking with Mr. Smith, I concluded to
ijy Mood's Sarsaparilla. When 1 had taken
two bottles I felt very much better. I have
continued taking it, and am now feeling excel
lent. I thank God, and
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and my wife for my restoration to perfect
health.” Harvey Heed, Laceyville, O.
HOOD’S PILLS do not purge, pain or gripe,
but act promptly, eatlly and efficiently. 25c.
A VETERAN’S VERDICT.
The War is Over. A Well-known Sol
dier, Correspondent and Journal
ist Makes a Disclosure.
Indiana contributed her thousands of brave
soldiers to the war, and no state bears a bet
ter record in that respect than it does. In
literature it is rapidly acquiring an
enviable place. In war and literature
Solomon Yewell, well known as a writer as
"Sol,” lias won an honorable position. Dur
ing the late war he was a member of Co. M,
2d. N. Y. Cavalry and of the 13th Indiana In
fantry Volunteers. Regarding an important
circumstance he writes as follows:
"Several of us old veterans here are using
Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine, Heart Cure
and Nerve and Liver Pills, all of them giving
splendid satisfaction. In fact, we have never
used remedies that compare with them. Of
the Pills we must say they are the best com
bination of the qualities required in a prep
aration of their nature we nave ever known.
We have none but words of praise for them.
They are the outgrowth of a new principle in
medicine, and tone up the system wonder
fully. We say to all, try these remedies.”
—Solomon Yewell, Marlon, Ind., Dec. 5, 1892.
These remedies are sold by all druggists on
a positive guarantee, or sent direct by the
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.. on re
ceipt of price, $1 per bottle, six l>ottles $6, ex
press prepaid. They positively contain neither
opiates nor dangerous drugs.
1IIN, COPi'KK AMD KHEEMKON
WAKE MANUFACTORY.
The suoscrlber, thankful for tne past 11b
erul patronage of the public, announces that
he is still engaged in the manufacture oi
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Tinware, Etc.
A lull variety oi which will bekept con
stantly on hand or made to order at theshortost
notice.
Tin Hoofing, Spouting, Plumbing, Gas and
Steam F\ttina
Promptly attended to by experienced work
men
W. J. BRANNIN,
MAIN STREET, MOUNT HOLLY,N.
Adjoining 8t. Andrew’s church.
EO. PKICKITT has a new soda water ap
• paratus. the finest and most complete in
town, and his soda water is delicious. Try
his chocolate cret m and red orange ice
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.
•»Cantoris, fa an excellent me<iicfne for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of ita
good effect upon their children."
Dr. Q. C. Oaaoon,
Lowell, Mass.
•» Castoria Is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
Interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the variousquack 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."
Dr. J. F. Kincheloe,
Conway, Ark.
Castoria.
u Castoria is so well adapted to children that
I recommend It as superior to any prescription
known to me.”
II. A. Archer, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., linjoklyn, 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 have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria lias won us to look with
favor upon it.”
United Hospital and Dispensary,
Boston, Mass.
Allen C. Smith, Pret..
| That dreaded and dreadful disease!
JWhat shall stay its ravages? Thousands
fsay 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
Scott’s Emulsion cures Coughs,
Colds, Consumption, 8crofula,
and all Anaemic and Wasting
Diseases. Prevents wasting In
Children. Almost n» imlafshle n«
milk. (Irl only the genuine. Pre
pared by Hcott ft iiowne, t'lumilsts, New
Xork. Sold by ail Druggists.
Scott’s
Emulsion
i
AN INSANE MAN’S TERROR.
Only a Conductor's Coolness Prevented a
Panic In a Street Car.
A big, broad shouldered, handsome
man boarded a Russell avenue car at
Wisconsin street and took a seat near
the front door. He was perhaps 40 or
45 years of age, well dressed, and of
imposing appearance, but there were a
wild, startled look about his face and
an uneasiness in his manner indicating
that something was wrong. The car
had gone only a short distance when he
began to pull nervously away from the
corner, casting frightened glances over
his shoulder as though he saw some
thing beside him.
Suddenly he jumped up and rushed
to the door of the car, throwing his arms
wildly, as though beating off an assail
ant, and falling over the other passen
gers in his haste to get out.
“Shoot him I Shoot him!” he Bhout
ed to the conductor.
“Shoot himquick.or I’ll have to pull
his head off—1 can’t stand this any
longer. He’s after me! Shoot him, I
say, or I’ll pull his head off!”
The quick witted conductor, taking
in the situation at a glance, pulled
him out on the back platform and slam
med the door behind him. "There,”
he said, "he can’t get yon now. I’ll
keep him in the car. ”
But the assurance did not satisfy the
unfortunate man. He cowered behind
the conductor and peered over his shoul
der to watch his imaginary pursuer.
“There he comes! Throw him out!”
he shouted again, clinging to the con
ductor in abject terror.
“You stay here, and I’ll throw him
out the front door, ” said the conductor,
to pacify him.
“Will you throw him over the dash
board?”
“Yes."
“And will the mules trample on
him?”
“Yes.”
“And will the car run over him?”
"Yes.”
“That’s right—that will serve him
right—throw him over the dashboard, ”
and he laughed in great glee over the
project of getting rid of his adversary.
The conductor went into the car and
pretended to take somebody out of the
far corner and push him out of the
front door. The madman on the rear
platform shouted his approbation and
jumped up and down with joy. “There
he goes,” he screamed, “push him
over—don’t let him get away—push
him over—shove him under the car—it
serves him right—he can’t get me
now!”
me lames in tne car were inorougmy
frightened, and but for the coolness of
the conductor there might have been a
Btampede.
He assured them that he would keep ■
the man outside and get rid of him as
soon as possible, which quieted them.
The lunatic made no further demon
stration beyond nervously watching the
inside of the car as though he feared
his foe would appear again, and when
the car reached Greenfield avenue he
said in a perfectly natural way: “Here
is where I live. I’ll get off here. ” He
proved to be a south side gentleman
whose family is caring for him. He had
made his escape some hours before, and
the members of his family were anxi
ously looking for him.—Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
Big Men and Women.
What enormous fellows and what le
viathan persons some of these Swedish
men and women are! Nowhere will
you see such noble specimens of adult
humanity as in Stockholm’s streets.
The feature seems to pervade all class
es, though it is not least striking among
the nobility. Six feet is a common
height for a man here, and really I do
not believe I exaggerate in saying that
men of 6 feet 3 or 4 inches are as
abundant in Stockholm as men of 0 feet
with us.
The tallness of the women is just as
noteworthy. You remark it less, how
ever, because they are so well propor
tioned. They say it is easy to tell by
the size of the boots outside the doors
which rooms of a hotel are occupied by
the Swedish fair. This is a very en
durable hit at the Swedish ladies.
Though they do wear sixes or sevens in
shoe leather, no sculptor would find
fault with them on professional
grounds. Moreover, they have most
winsome complexions, and of course
blue eyes are nowhere more intensely
blue than here.
It is comforting to know—I speak on
the evidence of one of the pensionnaires
—that Swedish maidens ha ve a great ad
miration for English bachelors. They
read French novels, but they believe in
English bridegrooms. The blood bond
still exists, I suppose, between them and
us.—Cornhill Magazine.
Jowett's Cone rat ulat long.
Another story of Professor Jowett.
A student who had passed his “greats”
with some distinction had, as was his
wont, been taken up by the master and
asked to partake of his hospitality.
Tete-a-tete, the master inquired : “ Well,
Mr. -, what do you think ot meta
physics?” “Oh,” was the consequen
tial reply, “my two years’ study has
convinced me that metaphysics are
humbug. ” “ Indeed, ’' calmly observed
the professor, “then yon are a very
lucky man, Mr.-, for there are some
who have studied metaphysics until
their seventieth or eightieth year and
have not made that discovery.”—Pall
Mall Gazette.
Carter Harrison’* Grain District.
When the late Carter Harrison was
in congress, a granger member once
took him to task for speaking on a bill
affecting agricultural interests, telling
him that he should leave its discussion
to the representatives of the farmers,
upon which Harrison retorted: *‘X am
from a district only three miles long
and two miles wide, but in it we raise
more grain than do many states com
bined. It is raised by elevators.”—
New York Post._
SCHOOLBOY FIREWORKS.
Somehow They Wouldn't Work Properly
aud the Consequence* Were Unpleasant.
I have in my mind a display of fire
works given by myself when 13yearsof
age or less. Dr, Adam Norris, my
schoolmaster in those days, knowing
that I was a past master in chemistry
and an adopt at the manufacture of col
ored fire, directed me to organize an
entertainment. The old gentleman is
gone now where there may or may not
be fireworks, but to his dying day ho
never appreciated my efforts on his lie
half. It waB proposed to illuminate the
playgrounds with colored fires and lan
terns, to invite the parents of the 80
soholars and to regale them after the
display with cake and wine—I mean,
of course, the parents.
I was let off my evening lessons for
a week and allowed the run of the
school laboratory. There 1 reveled in
preparations. Not content with mere
red, blue and yellow fires, I arranged
Catherine wheels and Roman candles J
and rockets. I felt the instinct of a
Brock and a Pain rising in me. I even j
asked Dr. Norris for additional money,
telling him that 1 had un idea for a 1
splendid novelty. He trusted me, tak- |
ing tho word of our chemistry master
that I knew what I was doing. My
novelty, which I kept as a grand sur
prise, consisted of a "set piece,” with
the words: "Clod bless Dr. Adain Nor
ris.”
This benign wish would come out in
red fire and subsequently change to
green, if all went w'ell. The night ar- j
rived and the company. Tho prelimi
nary illumination was not entirely suc
cessful, as iny assistants did not under
stand their business, but tha first Cath
erine wheal went around several times
j and appeared to be well liked. Owing
I to some unfortunate miscalculation with
| the materials, my rockets would not
j soar. The spirit was willing; the
chemical compound was weak. So they
tore about the ground, like snakes, and
hissed in among the company, and one
let off purple stars under the petticoat
of a lady. A solitary rocket really went
up a considerable distance, and the
stick fell through the hothouse of a
man next door, who had always been
unfriendly toward the school. I pass by
the hot air balloon. It soared all
right, but I forgot to tie on the mag
nesium light, so nobody realized what
a tine thing was being done. The Ro
man candles passed off without adverse
comment, and then I lighted the "set
piece.”
You will not believe what happened.
Nohody has ever credited the story,
though I have told it to thousands. The
facts, however, are these: Owing to
unforeseen circumstances, the first two
words of the display—those asking God
to bless our good master—did not light
at all; the next word, "Doctor,” fell off
altogether; the “A” in Adam also fail
ed, and the whole of our preceptor’s
surname, excepting the initial letter,
blew up. What was the result? Why,
against the black night, raised on sup
ports some 20 feet above the heads of
the bewildered assembly, there blazed
forth a solitary colossal “Dam N.”
It burned red, and then in a silence
that oould be felt turned green. The
“Damn” and I turned green together.
That ended the entertainment. People
never believe this story. Indeed at so
great a distance of time I should be in
clined to doubt it myself, but I cannot
forget the subsequent interview with my
dear old master in his study. We had a
little private display of fireworks all to
ourselves. Thus do most improbable
effects result from remote causes. The
Chinese by inventing fireworks were do
ing a thing which, after long genera
tions of time, rendered it impossible for I
me to sit down with any comfort for a
week.—Idler.
Polsonons and Harmless Snakes.
There is a certain physiological dif
erence between the poisonous and harm
less snakes, which exists very plainly in
their manner of dentition. All snakes j
are objects of aversion and dread to
mankind, so much so that to be bitten
by a snake has at times been so fearful
to the victim as to have produced death,
although the snake was harmless. Such
is the instinctive dread with which these
reptiles are thought of that it may be
desirable to have some easy mode of
distinguishing the one kind from the
other. This distinguishing characteris
tic is afforded by the teeth. In all pois
onous snakes there are only two rows of
teeth, the fang or fangs being ar
ranged either within the two rows or
outside of them. The harmless snakes
have four distinct rows of teeth, and
when the bite shows this kind of wound
and not any single deeper or larger
puncture there need be no apprehen
sion.—New York Times.
The "Second Samson."
Richard Joy, who died May 18,1742,
at the age of 07 and la burled in the St.
Peter's churchyard, isle of Thanet,
Kent, England, was known throughout
Europe aa the ' ‘ Kentish Hercules, ” or
the “Second Samson.” When but a
youth of 17 years, he was Invited to
London by the king to give an exhibi
tion in remarkable feats of strength.
Among the feats of his more mature
years was that of breaking, with his
hands and feet, a rope with a tensile
strength of 85 hundredweight and the
lifting of 2,200 pounds. The following
is a copy of his epitaph:
Herculean hero! famed for strength,
At last lies here—bU breadth and length.
Be© how the mighty man U fallen!
To death the strong and weak are all one:
The same judgment doth befall
Goliath great and David small.
—St. Louis Republic.
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
Terrible Result of a Joke Flayed by a Boy
on His Little Bister.
A pall hangs over the house of John
Powell, who resides in the little hamlet
of Prospect Plains, N. J., about 12 miles
from this city, by reason of the untimely
death of Mary Powell, his bright 12
year-old daughter. Her death was the
result of a practical joke played by her
brother, who is nearly crazed by the out
come of his thoughtlessness.
The children were playing about the
house in the evening when Mary be
thought herself of some doll clothes she
had left in the cellar. She was of a quiet
and timid disposition and did not enjoy
a trip into the darkness of the cellar. She
finally conquered her feais sufficiently to
hurry down stairs, and just as she thought
she was out of harm’s way her brother
appeared, and the thought occurred to
him that now was his opportunity to
give Mary a fright. He availed himself
of the chance and quickly closed the cel
lar door as Mary reached for the knob.
When the girl realized that she was
alone in the dark, she screamed in ter
ror. To increase her fright, the boy gave
vent to a series of sounds that made the
little girl nearly frantic.
The boy listened to his Bister’s cries
until her screams grew fainter and
finally ceased entirely, when he became
alarmed.
His alarm increased when he called
the girl by name and received no reply,
and he was terrified when he opened the
door and found his sister lying on the
floor.
neoeiving no reply to ms questions,
he rushed in search of his mother, who
was horrified to find her daughter was
dead. A physician was summoned, who
gave it as his opinion that the little one’s
death was the result of a spasm produced
by fright. The boy, who was the cause
of his sister's death, lies in bed, toasing
about and moaning, and refuses to be
comforted.—New Brunswick Special.
Olm Ilia Home to the Poor.
A dispatch from WaVerly, la., says:
To the indigent people of Bremer county
the prospects of a journey “over the
hills to the poorhouse” will henceforth
be robbed of many of its terrors, for,
through the generosity of Mr. Abraham
Slimmer, those who are so unfortunate
as to become public charges will dwell
in marble halls. Mr. Slimmer today
dropped into the county auditor’s office
while the board of supervisors was in
session anil pleasantly surprised that
body by presenting it with a deed of
his palatial mansion that overlooks the
city from the west, and which, with the
beautiful park surrounding it, is valued
at $20,000. The only condition of the
transfer is that the dwelling should be
used exclusively as a home for poor per
sons, and the donor takes it upon him
self to pay the expenses of the establish
ment till his death.
“Leg Pulling" Legally Defined.
TheexpresHive hut questionable phrase
“pulling a leg” was defined by the Berks
county court the other day. In the divorce
case of Lewis W. Yocum against his wife,a
letter written by the latter was produced,
in which she told her husband if he
wanted his "leg pulled" she would do it.
The question was asked what was meant
by “pulling a leg." J. H. Jacobs, coun
sel for the defense, said it was a slung
term, meaning to get money from an
other without giving an equivalent. Ths
court acquiesced in this definition of
“leg pulling.”—Heading (Pa.) Dispatch.
Forgot HI* Dinner.
A man 81 years old, so interested in
his worn as to forget to go to dinner and
so vigorous as to suffer no harm from ths
deprivation, is to be congratulated. This
is the report that comes from Mr, Wal.
ter Nichols of Farmington, who has been
surveying in the woods the past month,
and whose accuracy in such work is so
great as to be never questioned by ths
judges of the supreme court.—Lewiston
Journal.
JAPANESE bt i^ES,
ODD AND INTERESTING SIGHTS SEEN
BY A TRAVELER.
Handsome Women uml Well Behaved Chil
dren— Woman Is Happy In Her Position
of Subjection—The Geisha Girls and Their
Beautiful Dancing.
The Japanese pedestrians who are not
barefoot wear wooden clogs, or pattens,
or straw sandals. In either case they are
kept on by a cord which passes l>etween
the great toe and the others, the stock
ings being made to accommodate, like a
mitten, the great toe in place of the
thumb. The pattens are raised two or
three inches from the gronnd by cross
pieces under them four inches apart, and
they make a great clattering, especially
in crossing a bridge or wooden platform.
The majority of the Japanese men of the
common sort are bareheaded in the street.
The women never have any other cover
ing on the head than their elaborately
dressed hair, always very black, very
smooth and very abundant. Frequently,
though, in these days, the Japanese man
who still wears the native costume sur
mounts it with a derby hat, which pro
duces a peculiar effect.
One of the first things which strike a
stranger is the manner in which the ba
bies are carried. We see men, women
and children with babies on their backs.
It is not uncommon to see a girl of 6 or
8 years with a baby brother or sister
strapped on her shoulders. Thus incum
bered the children walk about, play at
games, stop to look at puppet shows, and
do what they please, without appearing
to feel the burden. The babies are apt
to be asleep, and their heads swing about
until you wonder that their necks are
not broken. The children all seem to be
merry and amiable. Very seldom is one
seen either cross or noisy. I wish the
good missionaries who are beginning to
swarm in the country would send home
the secret of the excellent behavior of
the children.
As a rule, the young and middle aged
women are quite good looking, subject
to the peculiarities of their type. They
have smooth, round faces, often with
fresh color, liquid black eyes, exquisite
hands and well rounded arms. Their
feet are not so attractive, being spread
out by the use of clogs or pattens. This
footgear tends to give them ungraceful
gaits—a sort of waddle—and it is con
sidered the correct thing to toe in. Their
costume, almost always becoming as to
materials and color, makes them look a
little dumpish. This is especially the
effect of the great bow of the belt or obi
worn on the small of the back as much
as a foot square. In most cases the faces
wear amiable, contented expressions.
The women of Japan are much better
treated than their sisterB in other east
ern nations, but they are considered dis
tinctly inferior to the men and are
taught from their earliest childhood obe
dience—first, to their parents; then to
their husbands, and finally to their sons
when they become the heads of their
households. But this does not appear to
weigh upon the Japanese woman. She
is cheerful, docile and contented with
her lot, happy to serve in the station ap
pointed her, with simple tastes and good
digestion, and politeness which never
fails. They are said to be good house
keepers, always observant of their du
ties, but the simplicity of their house
keeping relieves them of a great meas
ure of the care which wrinkles the brow
of the New England housekeeper.
Their houses, even the best of them,
are the simplest structures imaginable,
containing almost nothing of what we
call furniture, and their dresses require
no art in their cutting and manufacture.
Thus the two great causes of worriment
from which our women suffer do not ex
ist for these simple creatures.
We had heard so much about the gei
sha girls that we were curious to extend
our ethnological investigations in this
direction. 8oon after our arrival in Yo
kohama arrangements were made by an
experienced friend for a function at one
of the best tea houses in the city. We
started at 8 p. m., five of us, each in a
jinrikisha, for a ride to the place ap
pointed, about a mile from our hotel.
We went off at a brisk trot, each human
nag carrying a paper lantern. Through
the crowded streets, around the corners,
with sharp warnings, we fared, and in
10 minutes brought up at our rendez
vous. We were received with low sa
laams, and after exchanging our boots
for soft oversocks, were conducted to a
spacious room, inclosed by paper pan
eled partitions. Here we sat down on
silk cushions about IS inches square. At
the side of each was placed a bibachi, a
small box containing a live coal imbed
ded in ashes to furnish a light for pipe
or cigar.
A buxom attendant approached with
tea things, made a low prostration, while
her face touched the floor, and most
gracefully served tea for us. She also
brought us fruit and cakes, every step of
the process punctuated by a low bow. To
this preparation succeeded six girls,
quite pretty, neatly dressed in soft crape
costumes, with smiling faces. Two were
to play the samisen. a sort of guitar, and
the others were the dancers. All squat
ted and prostrated themselves before us.
Then the music struck up, the players
accompanying their instruments with a
peculiar vocal effort which bore the bur
den of the story to be illustrated in the
dance.
The dancers sprang to their places and
the fun began. Each dancer carried a
fan, the managing of which was an im
portant part of the business. The move
ments were graceful after their kind
and perfectly innocent and decorous. It
was entirely different from those volup
tuous eastern dances which caused so
much disturbance to the sensitive moral
sense of Chicago. The dance closed with
a general prostration. Then the dancers
came forward and squatted in front of
us and about six feet away, with faces
as demure as those of young kittens.
There were five or six different dances—
we were fully satisfied as to quantity—
and then the function came to an end
with sweet smiles and ' 'say onaras" (good
bys) as we departed.—Boston Herald.
ROGUES DREAD THE CAMERA.
Photographs Are the Greatest Police Aid
lu Capturing: Criminals.
The greatest aid that tho thief taker
of today has in his possession is the
photograph. The thief and outlaw
droad the photograph above all things.
The long immunity from arrest of
Frank and Jesse James was due to tho
fact that no pictures of them had ever
been taken. They were thus enabled to
walk the streets of Kansas City and St.
Louis, to attend theaters, play faro in
crowded banks, loll around the rotnnda
of the Planters’ hotel and attend the
race meetings of the west.
The vanity of tho wild western train
robbers, bank holdups and horse thieves
has, in scores of instances, led them to
pose before the camera of the traveling
tintype artist. After that capture was
easy. The Dalton and Starr gangs owe j
their capture to this weakness. But j
tho higli class crook never has a picture I
taken unless it is taken by force and
by police officers. A glance at tho
rogues’ gallery on tho walls of the chief
of detectives’ office will show a hun
dred instances of where men have
fought desperately against the process.
All this amounts to nothing. No j
man can distort his face so as not to j
leave a recognizable feature. He can- J
not change the shape of his nose, his
chin, his oars or the general outline of
his head. The ear is particularly a
valuable feature in identification. No
two men in the world have ears exact
ly alike. The construction will differ, j
and the general expression of tho ear
has an individuality of Its own. One
pair of ears will stand out from the
head like wings; another pair will lay
close to the skull as if pinned there.
It will be noticed that the subject is al
■ways posed so as to bring in the ears.
Police prefer a view of the face and
head, the larger the better, to a full
length view. Where there are pecul
iarities of carriage or eccentricities of
form, such as short legs, long legs, long
body, long apelike arms or a peculiar
slouch, additional pictures are taken,
but as a rule these matters are left to
the descriptive circular.
A criminal once in the toils and pho
tographed for police purposes may
count his career practically ended.
L/ery police and detective agency in
the country and every penitentiary war
den or prison governor are supplied with
a copy of it. He is taken in on sus
picion on the strength of his features
made familiar. His alias is swept
away by comparison with it and the
details that accompany it. The search
for a fugitive is continued into the
prisons of the country. It is a very
common thing for criminals who are
hard pressed for the commission of a
capital crime to do like Jack Shea, the
murderer of Officer Doran, did—commit
a burglary or some minor crime and
get put away for a few years in prison.
Many a man has eluded pursuit when
capture meant death by this ruse, but
the photograph has reduced the success
of this plan to the minimum. All mem
bers of the detective force are required
to study the faces of the criminals sent
in by circular.—St. Louis Globe-Dem
ocrat.
Animal Barometers.
The tortoise is not an animal one
would naturally fix upon as likely to
be afraid of rain, but it is singularly
so. Twenty-four hours or more before
rain falls the Galapagos tortoise makes
for some convenient shelter. On a
bright clear morning, when not a cloud
is to be seen, the denizens of a tortoise
farm on the African coast may be seen
sometimes heading for the nearest over
hanging rocks. When that happens, the
proprietor knows that rain will come
down during the day, and as a rule it
comes down in torrents. The sign never
fails. This presensation, to coin a
word, which exists in many birds and
beasts may be explained partly from
the increasing weight of the atmosphere
when ram is forming, partly by habits
of living and partly from the need of
moisture which is shared by all. The
American catbird gives warning of an
approaching thunderstorm by sitting
on the low branches of the dogwood
tree (whether this union of the feline
with the canine is invariable the depo
nent sayeth not), uttering curious notes.
Other birds, including the familiar rob
in, it is said, give similar evidence of
an impending change in the weather.—
Chicago Herald.
A Legend of Nantucket.
About Vineyard sound there are
numerous legends of a famous Indian
giant. It is said that the rocks at Sea
connet are the remains of his wife,
whom he threw into the sea there. He
turned his children into fishes, and emp
tying out his pipe one day formed
Nantucket cut of its ashes. This latter
story of Nantucket’s source must ac
count likewise for the well known story
of that old Nantucket captain who was
accustomed to make his reckonings by
tasting the earth brought up on sound
ing. One day the lead was dipped in
some earth brought on board ship from
the island, and the captain, after tast
ing, leaped from his berth in great ex
citement exclaiming, “Nantucket’"
sunk, and here we are right over old
Marm Hackett’s garden. ” Naturally,
he would recognize the taste of tobacco
ashes.—Boston Transcript.
THE LONDON CABBY.
Dramatic Little Incidents Connected With
the Reception of His Exact Fare.
Everybody who has lived in London
has witnessed the dramatio little inci
dents connected with cabby’s reception
of his exact fare. His hirer, having
alighted, stands on the pavement and
feels for his purse. Cabby meanwhile
leans over the railing of his seat with a
benignant and ingratiating smile. That
smile, it may be stated at once, is a
fraud. It is not a genuine beam of good
nature, but is one of cabby’s business
“props.” It is a smile of much mean
ing, and cabby throws his whole bouI
into it. It is trusting and confident. It
insinuates that cabby feels that he has
met in you a man in whom he recog
nizes a peculiarly generous nature. It
means that cabby has no anxiety. He
knows that you are going to give him
something for himself.
But as a matter of fact, if you watch
cabby closely, you will see the hollow
ness of its professions. Cabby’s eyes are
very wide open, and he is scanning a
great deal more carefully than his fare
the little pile of silver that gentleman is
turning over in his hand. Then he
Stretches down his hand, broad and fat,
but trustingly, assured that he is about
to be treated as a man should be. The
fat palm ascends again, but as his fare
turns to depart, the smile dies away.
For a moment, as if dazed, he gazes
blankly into his hand; then a look of
mingled contempt and indignation passes
over his expressive face. He turns fierce
ly on his prey.
“’Ere, wot’s this?”
“Your fare,” floats back to him.
“My fare I” in a tone of scathing scorn
—“my fare!”
Then rapidly and with a businesslike
manner, as if the time for emotion were
passed now:
“’Ere, ’old ’ard; I wants another tan
ner.”
By tuts time ms tare, it tie Knows any
thing at all about cabmen, is well under
way. Cabby, standing up, dashes the
offending shilling on the ground with a
gesture of ineffable loathing, as at some
unclean thing. No good. His fare is
disappearing, unconcerned, and cabby,
convinced that the game is up, but loath
to relinquish his indignation, slowly un
swathes himself from the folds of his
voluminous blanket, descends os slowly,
picks up the innocent shilling still more
slowly, mounts again, gathers up his
reins with one final blighting look be
hind him and drives away, his face that
of a man who never till that moment
had sounded the hideous depths of sor
did human nature.—London Sketch.
Contagion.
Some of the diseases which flesh is heir
to are contagious in every sense of the
word. A contact so slight that it does
not reach even skin contact, but merely
oontact with the air which smallpox
patients breathe, is sufficient to cause
smallpox in man. So, too, mediate con
tact—that is to say, the handling by the
well of material touched by the sick—
has been proved to be the cause of many j
diseases, of which erysipelas and scarlet
fever may bo cited as examples. The j
products of certain other diseases — I
typhoid fever, for example—require to
be taken into the economy to become
maleficent. Still others, such as glanders,
must be introduced into the blood cur
rent itself before they are dangerous. j
Those facts have been proved by long j
observation and are not to be disputed, j
—Baltimore Sun.
1 dean In Dad Dreams.
People have been known to eat indi
gestible suppers in order to produce
dreadful dreams. For instance, a
painter of the lost century was noted
for the horrible nature of his pictures.
Report says of him that he used to eat |
raw beef and underdone pork chops for
•upper and so bring on nightmares,
which gave him fresh ideas.— Exchange.
Chrysanthemum Crape.
A new fabrio is chrysanthemum crape,
in which narrow riblike cords wave
crosswise of half-inch grooves made by j
an almost imperceptible crimping. Like
the waved chiffon the coloring is per
fect, all the varied chrysanthemum
.hadas and many more being shown. i
THE PARKS OF PARIS.
A FOREST OF TREES AND FLOWERS IN
PROFUSION.
An Immense Perspective tlnequaled in
Any Other City In the World—The
Champs Klysees, the Loveliest Thorough
fare In Paris—Wonderful Gardens.
There are not less than 126,000 trees
in line within the walls of Paris, with
out including those which are found in
private gardens, so vast and numerous
•in certain aristocratic quarters, nor those
of the public gardens. And note this
further fact that outside the public ways
there exists in this city, in the form of
parks, gardens and public squares, a to
tal service of about 8,000 acres.
Beside trees, there are plants and flow
ers throughout the town. When it is
time for Paris to take off her winter toi
let and make her appearance in spring
attire, it takes nearly 500,000 flower
plants, distributed by hundreds of gar
deners and their assistants. The total
number of plants often employed for the
toilet of this town at one time is about
2,000,000. The nurseries which produce
them are situated in various parts of the
city. In the Bois de Boulogne, near the
race course of Longchamp, are the nurs
ery grounds of trees with caducous
leaves. At Auteuil, on the road to the
village of Boulogne, in a sandy soil, ex
cellent for their propagation, are placed
a collection of resinous trees, plants with
persistent leaves and heath mold plants.
On the banks of the river Marne, at a
village called Petit Buy, the plane trees
that are planted along the boulevards
are cultivated, and finally, out at Vin
cennes, near the barrier and just beyond
the fortifications, a large assignment of
land is reserved for ornamental plants.
The central establishment is near La
Muette, out at Passy. It is one of the
most considerable horticultural labora
tories in the world, and has 80 conserva
tories.
In some of these Paris gardens there
are so many diversities of plants that I
dare not attempt to enumerate them.
Without them, and the hundreds of
thousands of others in Paris, many per
sons would bend over their daily labor
and pass their lives without having had
any other spectacle before their eyes
than that of narrow streets or the som
bre courtyard of tenement house, work
shop and factory.
I wish my readers could see Paris be
tween the Louvre palace and the west
ern end of the Bois de Boulogne, a dis
tance of about five miles, and full of
trees.
They begin with two pretty little gar
den spots in a narrow open space be
tween those wings of the Louvre that
are occupied on one side by the ministry
of finances, on the other by the National
gallery. Then comes a short, bare space,
badly paved with great blocks of stone
and called the Place du Caroussel. Be
yond its snjall arch of triumph that Na
poleon once topped with booty from the
Vatican begin the gardens of the Tuil
eries.
Here there are orange trees in im
mense wooded tubs painted green, and
there is almost no grass at all. At its
beginning is a part of the Jardin des
Tuileries, which was only opened to the
public in 1889, and it covers the ground
where once stood the palace. Thence,
seen through trees, through marble stat
utes and statuary of many kinds, an im
mense perspective slowly rises and glori
ously terminates with the Arc de Tri
omphe. The details are ravishing, the
ensemble is of unequaled grace and
grandeur; no other city on earth can
show its like. West of the Tuileries gar
dens is the grand open space known as
the Place de la Concorde, and after that
comes the Champs Elysees, an elysian
field where wide belts of varied shrubs
are encircled with choicest flowers,
where the grass spreads widely out here
and there, and where great clumps of
rhododendrons and lofty trees shroud
buildings that are occupied as cafe con
certs, restaurants, dioramas, a circus
and the Palais de 1’Industrie.
The Champs Elysees was thus laid out
in 1860, but the work were so well done
that it looks as if they were always thus
j established. This garden park of street
and public garden finishes at the Bond
point, a circular open space, where sev
eral streets cross, and where there are
fountains, beds of flowers and rich man
sions. From the Bond point to the Place
de l’Etoile, or triumphal march, where
all is breadth, dignity and airiness, the
avenue of the Champs Elysees is built
up with private residences, though here
and there a grocery, a carriage store
room or a drugshop have crept in to mar
the aristocratic bearing of the loveliest
thoroughfare in Paris. On either side of
the roadway stretches a row of trees,
and these, turning around the arch of
triumph, continue their way down the
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, which
leads to the park of that name.
it is a inorougnrare tnai granaiy
shows to what Beauty avenue gardening
can be brought. It was made entirely
through private land, half the expenses
being borne by the state on condition
that an iron railing of uniform design
was to be constructed along the whole
length of the road; that a strip of abont
50 feet in breadth be left for the gardens
between this railing and the main road,
and, further, that no kind of trade or
manufacturing should be carried on in
any of the buildings adjoining. The to
tal length of the Avenue du Bois de
Boulogne is 1,850 yards, and its width is
150. It consists of a Antral roadway
185 feet wide, of two asphalt sidewalks
each 40 feet wide, of a “rotten row” for
horseback riders, of two long pieces of
garden with grass, shrubs, trees and
flowers and of two bordering roads in
front of the private residences.
I cannot begin to tell you of all of the
beauties of trees and shrubs and plants
which Paris can boast of, much less can
I describe in full those other promenades
called the Bois de Vincennes, the garden
of the Buttes Chauinont, the Parc de
Moutsouris, etc. In all, Paris possesses j
6 parks, 44 squares and 87 gardens.— |
Boston Herald.
A SAILOR BOV'S FORTUNE.
from Itvggary In California to a Snug Com
petence In Eugland.
Thomas Stone, an 18-year-old English
sailor, who has been living a hand to
mouth existence in Oakland for several
months, has fallen heir to the estate of
his father, valued at over £83,000.
It was an early hour on a stormy
morning last March when a bedraggled
and womout yonng man applied at the
home of Michael Rignev, 215 Seventh
street, for a meal. He told a straight
forward story about deserting his ship
in the bay the day before and said he
had slept under the Eighth street bridge
all night. Mr. Rigney fbok compassion
on the desolate sailor and supplied him
with food and warm clothing. As
Stone proved willing to work and there
was a good deal of labor to be perform
ed about the place, Mr. Rigney permit
ted him to remain, and since then he
has made the Rigney home his head
quarters.
During his leisure hours Stone spent
his time instructing a young son of the
Rigneys in the trade of boat building.
In a lot adjoining the house he estab
lished a miniature shipyard, with cra
dle, blocks and ways, and there he built
a full size steam launch, which lacks
nothing but an engine to make it com
plete. The tale the stranger told was
about as follows: Five years ago he was
a schoolboy in England and had a pen
chant for reading tales of adventure.
His reading made him so long for travel
that he ran away and went to sea.
When he came home, his father took
him to Liverpool and bound him over
to a sea captain for a voyage to and
from Australia. He was signed for two
rears, but long before the vovaae had
Deen finished the boy’s dreams bad been
dispelled, and be had determined to de
sert. When the vessel reached San
Francisco on the homeward voyage, he
accordingly got ashore and staid there.
He was penniless, hence his application
for charity at the home of the Rigneys.
During the voyage from England to
Australia the sailor’s father died, leav
ing him a fortune of more than £32,
000. But the news to this effect came
only very recently.
Young Stone wrote from Oakland to
his father several times, but received
no response, so when Walter Seawell,
an Oakland contractor, left for a visit
to England a few months ago, he was
commissioned by the young man to hunt
up his father and see why ho failed to
respond to the communications address
ed to him. Mr. Seawell found that the
elder Stone was dead and notified the
son of this fact and of the further fact
that ho was no longer poor. The news
has since been confirmed by the British
consul of San Francisco, who advanced
young Stone the necessary coin to en
able him to return to his English home.
—San Francisco Examiner.
They Never Will.
A woman stood at the comer of Baker
and Twelfth streets and waved her par
asol for the car to stop.
The driver nodded his head.
She waved a parasol in one hand and
a shopping bag in the other.
The driver nodded and pointed and
stopped the car on the other side of the
street.
She came limping over the pavement
with snapping eyes and flushed face,
and as she put her foot on the lower
step she exclaimed:
“Are you all blind and deaf on this
car?”
The conductor rang two bells and
made no answer, and when she had taken
a seat inside a passenger asked:
“Why didn’t you explain that she was
on the wrong side of the street for the
car coming down?”
“ My dear man, it would have been
breath thrown away,” he replied.
“That woman lives around here and
has been riding on this line for five
years. I’ve explained and explained,
and so has every other conductor, but
what good has it done? Not one woman
in 20 will ever get it through her head
that a car can’t stop in the center of a
crossing and block a street, and so we
must put up with her ‘sass’ and look
for our relief beyond the stars.”—De
troit Free Press.
Curious Bocks Id Mashonaland.
A characteristic feature of Mashona
land, the kopje, is frequently mention
ed in the dispatohes reporting the en
gagements with the Matabele. Some
description of these curious elevations
is given in a letter to Professor Geikie,
from Mr. J. B. Don, formerly one of
his pupils. A uniform granite forma
tion is, he says, by far the most promi
nent geological peculiarity of Mashona
land and indeed of most of the interior
of South Africa. Sometimes it rises
into mountains, but usually the general
level is only broken by low kopjes, and
in those parts where the bed rock and
surfaco are flattest the kopjes present
the most singular appearance. The
whole country seems dotted with huge
curbstones, and in whichever direction
you look they gradually close in the
view, as the trunks of trees would in
a forest. Some of these curbstones are
300 feet or more high, sheer all round,
and apparently of smaller diameter
than height. Sometimes the original
mass has been so broken up as to form
the most marvelous steeplelike struc
tures springing out of the rich foliage
that grows ‘n all the crevices. Native
huts are built on these kopjes in almost
inaccessible positions.—London News.
Elevators In New York.
New York contains 7,500 elevators at
present, including those in private
houses and others where the traffic is
comparatively small. If you assume,
however, merely to dazzle the fancy,
that 5,000 of these are in busy build
ings, then you find that the elevators
of New York could carry up and down
per day 5,000 times 10,000 people, or
not far from the entire population of
the United States. Again, by a beau
tiful law of averages, you find that SO
miles is a fair daily run for a New
York elevator.—Boston Globe.
A SUBSTITUTE’S PENSION
A Novel Case Involving an Intricate Point
of Law Sprung In Texas.
A queer case involving an intricate
point of law will have to be decided by
the chancellor of this chancery division.
Peyton Fenelon of Lake county did not
care to risk his precious body as a target
for Confederate bullets, so he hired Alex
ander Moberbly as a substitute. At the
battle of Chickamauga, Moberbly was
wounded in the left leg by a minie ball
and made a cripple for life. As a com
pensation for his wound he applied for a
pension, and though it has been pending
for years his case has just been decided
in his favor, and a few days ago he re
ceived notification that he would receive
$3,200 back pension money.
As soon as Fenelon heard of this he
filed a bill in chancery to prevent the
payment of the money, claiming that
Moberbly was not fighting for himself,
but was fighting for him (Fenelon), and
that as Moberbly was paid for his serv
ices the money rightfully belongs to him
(Fenelon). This is the first case of the
kind on record and will attract wide
spread attention.—Trimble (Tex.) Cor
respondent.
No New Parliament.
It is significant news that the govern
ing board of the Imperial Federation
league voted to dissolve at the end of the
year. The great scheme of bringing the
British colonies, especially Canada and
Australia, into closer relations with the
empire has been abandoned as unpopu
lar and impracticable. The idea was to
organize a new imperial house of parlia
ment, in which the colonies should be
represented, but public opinion in the
colonies themselves was either indifferent
or opposed to the idea. Prominent men
in both parties, including Rosebery and
Salisbury, favored the scheme. Persist
ent agitation and a flood of pamphlets,
however, have failed to create any colo
nial sentiment in favor of closer intimacy
| with the mother country. So the con
| ceru will shut up shop.—New York Sun’s
London Letter.
Keutucky'a Separate Coach Law.
The colored people who live in Ken
tucky, as well as the colored people who
have occasion to visit or to pass through
the state, are agitated somewhat over
the workings of the law passed by the
last legislature, which obliges every rail
road in the state to provide a separate
coach for the exclusive use of colored
passengers on every passenger train that
runs. The law also provides that no col
ored passenger must be allowed in any of
the other coaches used by whites, and no
white is to be permitted to ride in the
colored people’s coach, the penalty being
a fine of $500 against the railroad for
every,violation of these particulars of the
law.—Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
A Wild Hoy Caught.
The authorities of Madison, Ills., have
a wild boy, who they believe hails
from St. Louis. He was captured in the
woods near that town and in many re
spects resembles the “wild man of Bor
neo" found in the side shows of traveling
circuses. His finger and toe nails have
grown to immense length, hair has
Bpruug out over nearly his whole body,
and he has well nigh lost his ability to
talk, merely uttering incoherent howls
and screams instead. He was brought
in by a party of townspeople who had
been disturbed by the reports of the wild
creature prowling in the vicinity of their
homes.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.