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MOUNT HOLLY, BURLINGTON COUNTY, N. J„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER SMS, 1898.
ESTABLISHED 1819
VOL XIV. NO. 52.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
The standard railway of America. Protect
ed by the inter-locking switch and block wig
nal system.
IVains leave Mount Holly as follows:
Por Philadelphia, 5.30, 6.00, 6.52, 7.10. 7.50
8.57, 0.15, 11.20 a. M . 12.57, 2.80,4.2.3,5.05,6.19,
8.37, 10.50p. m.
On Sundays. 8.86 a. m., 12.05, 5.20, 7.50 f. m
For Pemberton, 7.35, 0.26, a. m., 1.37
3.32, 4.47, 6.06, /.04,7.33, f. m. Sundays, 10.25:
a. m.. 6.05 F. M.
For Brown’s-Mi Is-in-the-Pilies, 7.35, 9.26, a. m.,
3.32, 4.47, P. m. Sundays, 10.23a. m.
For Burlington, Borden to w n,Trenton andNew
York, 6.35, 9.05, 10.50 a. m.. 2.50, 4.38, 5.55 r. m.
For Lewistown, Columbus, Kin kora, etc.,
1.37, p. m. On Sundays, 6.05 p. m.
For Lnuiuerton, Med lord, Marlton and Had
doiideld 9.35 a. m
For Vinoealnwn, 12.30, 6.06 r. m.
For Toms River, Island Heights, etc., 9.26,
^ A M., 4.47 F. M.
For Trenton and New York, via Pemberton
and Ktnkora, 1.37, r. w. Sundays, 6.05,
p. M.
For Hightstown, 7. 35 a. m.. 1.37, 4.47 p. m. On
Sundays 7.05 v. m.
For Asbury Park, Mondays and Saturdays
only, 9.26, a. m.
For Tuckerton, 9.26 a. m., 4.52 r. M.
For Beach Haven 4.52 r. m.
Trains leave for Mount Holly as follows:
From Philadelphia, 6.30, 7.50, 8.30, 10.00,
11.20 a. m., 12.30 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. 0, 10.30 F. M.
From New York, via Trenton and Burlington
8.00,9.30 a. 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.
From Burlington, 8.31,10.06,11.53 a. m.,3.32,5.45
7.40 p. m.
From Ilrown’s-Mills-in tbc-Pixies, 8.20, a. m
i2.25, 5.45 p. m. Sundays, 4.50.
From Pemberton, (north) <*.35, 7.25, 8.32, 8,55
a. m. 12.19, 4.05, 8.i7 P. m. On Sundays, 8.00
A. M.,
From Pemberton (south), 8.36 a. ai., 12.40, 4.50
6.00 p. m. On Sun .lays, 5.03, p. m.
From Vinceniown, 6.50 a. m., 1.32 p. m.
From UigiitHiow n . via Pemberton, 7.05,10.00
a. m., 7.05 p. m. via Burlington, ll.o2 a.m.
7.00 »\ M.
From Medtord, 11.56 m.
From Long Branch, 1.55 p. m., on Monday and
Saturdays only.
From Asbury Park, 5.20 r. m. 2.12 p. m. on
Mondays and Saturdays only.
From Toms River, 7.48 *. m., 4.12 r. m.
From Island Heights, 7.35, a. m., 4.38 p.m.
8. M. Pkkvost d H Wood,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
MEDFORD, M Alt LI ON AND PHILA
DELPHIA.
Leave Med lord io Philadelphia at 6.58, 10.07,
A. M.,2.13. 5.24, P. M. Sunday. 801, A. M.,
3.50, P. M. B ^ !
Leave Marlton tor Philadelphia at 7.15, 10.20. i
A. it., 2.35, 5.35, 1*. M. Sunday, 8.14. A. 51., <
4.05. I*. M.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for Med
lord ami Marlton at 7, 10 50, A. M., 3, 5.30, ‘
P. M. Sunday, 8.45, A M , 5.30, P. M.
Leave Mmlton lor iledtora, 8.11, 11.40, A. M..
3.59,6 22, P. M. Sunday,9.47, A. 51.,6.23, 1 . M. !
For turther particulars apply to the ticket ;
agent at the station.
TDCKERTON RAILROAD.
Leave Mount Holly lor Tuckerton 9.26 a. m.t
4.52 p. in , dally except Sunday. Beach
Haven, 4.52 1\ M; no connections in morn
Leave Beach Haven for Tuckerton, 6.45 a.
m., daily except Sunday, aud 7.10 p. ui. on
Saturdays only.
Leave Tuckerton for Beach Haven, 5.50 p. m.
daily except Sunday, aud 5.20 a. in. on Mon
Leave Beach Haven for Mount Iloliy, 6.45 a.
in., daily except Sunday.
Leave Tuckerton lor Mount Holly, 7.03 a. m.,
3.20 p. in., daily except Sunday.
Mount Holly Pont Ofllea
MAILS LEAVE AS FOLLOWS :
New York and East. 6.50 8.
Pemberton and Hightstown.... 0 50 6.
Viucentown.I
Treuton.|6.50 8.
Bordentown. 6.50 8.
Foreign.
West.
Atlantic City.
Medford.
Philadelphia..
Burlington...
Camden.
Lumberton...
6.50 8.
8.
.05 1
.05 1
.05|l
.05 1
.05 1
,0511
.05 1
.50 7.40
.50 7.40
17.40
.501740
.50 i 7 40
.50 7.40
.50 7.40
.50] 7.40
.50 7.40
.60 7.40
.50 7.40
MAILS ARRIVE AND READY FOR DISTRIBUTION :
a m. a.m
New York and East 7.45 0.15
Pemberton.7.45
Vinceulown. ;
Hightstown .7.45;
Trenton. 7.45,9.15
Bordentown. 7.45 9.15
Foreign.
West.
Atlantic City.
Med tol d.
Pliiladelohia.
Burlington.
Camden .
Lu inherton
45 9 15
45
1.15 3.
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L.15j3.
1.15 Li.
15 3.
15 3.
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m. p.m p.m p m.
00 5.00 6.30 9.00
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1 ^MUEL A. ATKINSON,
^ATTORNEY AT LA W, SOLICITOR AND
MASTER IN CHANCER1 .
No. 109 Mam St, Opposite » asbinuton House,
Mount Holly, N. J.
Q1I1AKI.EN M. SLOAN,
FIRE ANU LIFE INSURANCE.
Office In Arcade Building. Mount Holly. N. J
QUAKI.ES EWAN .nllKRITT,
attorney and counsellor at law.
Main Street.Opposite Arcade,
Mount Holly, N. J.
f H S»U*™EyV)R and conveyancer,
COMMISSION ER^F DEEDS. ^ rKACE(
Cbdah Run. Ocban County, N. J.
AAll'Kl, I ALKY, HI. D..
HOMtEDl'ATHIC PHYSICIAN.
Garden Street, near Cherry Street, Mount
Swici Houb8; 7 to 9 a. 1 to 2 r. »..« 8 to e M.
Q BOBDB W. * AR DEHVKBBi M. J*
Garden St. near Buttonwood, Mount Holly
f Until 9 a. m.
Office Hoobb : -j 0 to 8 p. m.
L 1 to 2 F. M.
^IEE, L1FK AJSU ACCIUJSMT INSl’K
__ ANCE.
Reliable Companies and lowest rates. Cor
BDondeuce solicited.
SAMUEL A ATKINSON,
General insurance A*£«nt,
109 Main Street, Mount Holly, N. J.
qham. hakkkh, m. i>., I>. i>. S.
DENTAL OFFICE AND LAB0BAT0R
No. 137 MAIN STREET.
(C'or. Main A' Union 81*.,)
3V, oviixt Holly. 3V. «r.
First-OlasB WoTk. Reasonable Prices
WILLIAM H. CLINE,
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER,
VINCENTOWN, N. J.
orders by Telegraph will be promptly at
tended to. ________
K.
K. 1,1 PPI SU’O I T.
general auctioneer,
MEDFORD, N. J.
[Special Attention paid to sales ol realestate,
stock farming utensils, etc.
^ UORDN,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
NO.H* MAIN STREET, MOUNT HOLLY.
Keeps the best assort meat ol 'V atehea,
Chains, R1i»k*» and Spectacle** In Bur
11 iik’on County.
AIho, a full line of Silver and I lated
W are
&
QIKARP
Fire Insurance Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.
SOUND1 SOLID!
POLICY MKANS 1NDKMNITY.
Cash Capital..............•*«.«»« *•
lteinsumnce fund and all other
liabilities...
Netsurplus iver all. hMJW «■
Assets,January [1,1887.#1.4«!.BR8 7»
is among the soundest institutions of the
tun try. Its liabilities are very small and
mathematical standing very high.
Charles M. Sloan,
Uenrrnl Agrni nnil |fr»ld**ni Olrrri»r,
MOUNT HOLLY. N. J
No .18 Cl oss wicks -Street, Borden town
No **4 High Street. Burlington
HAVE YOUR PAINTING
HONK BY
Samuel L. Bullock.
Best materials always used. Pure colors,
hnst While l.ead and /.Inc nod Pure Linseed
oil \ 11 kinds ot painting done ; Sign, Orna
mental Prescuing, OraTnlng. Calelmlntng,
Ulastiig Ac. Work solicited'roin all around.
None but competent and experienced men
employed, and all work guaranteed. All or
ders should be left al my residence. U nion
Street, or T. It Bullock's store, <1 rden street
Mount Hollv
.,1. kind, ot HKU.hUEs, COMBS, also ui
olhcriollct articles, such as Toilet and Ini
owerCosmetic, Pouoides, 8atchcts
Hair oils. Bay Bums, Ac., at bot tom price*, at
BAHBINUTON'S Drug Store, 4S Malu Street
300 suits formerly $18 to $22
have been all cut down to $12 to
wind up the year with ; they are
mostly small sizes. A big bonan
za for little men.
A. G. YATES & CO.
Oor. 13th & Chestnut Sts.
PHILADELPHIA.
BARRINGTON’S PHARMACY
(Miller’s Old Stand)
42 Main Street.
At this store will be found the. largest and
most complete stock of
: Drugs, Medicines
and Chemicals. E
All the Patent anil Proprietary Medicines at
lowest cut rales.
Miller’s Diarrhoea Mixture, Cholera Mixture
Rheumatic Remedy und Worm Destroyer
and all th« 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.
We give special attention to our Prescription
Department. Prescriptions compounded
at all hours.
OUR SODA WATER » “
pure, sound, fresh fruit used in making our
Syrups. ICECREAM SODA a specialty.
f)ard Times.
In 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
onr Dressing Cases, Shaving
Cases, Smoking Sets, Fancy Cups
and Saucers, After-Dinner Coffees,
Ac., 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, N. J.
Branah store at Lumberton, N. J.
MHAINS.
Gold, Silver and Plated Chains. A complete
Assortment can be found ut DURON’S, No. 84
Main street.
STATIONERY for the home, office and
school. Good wrling paper and envelopes
lor every day use, fashionable correspondence
papers in boxes, typewriter papers, accoun
And memorandum books, copying and c o
erred inks, at J A Ml‘ON’8, Y. M C. A. Build! n
air. Geo. W. Cook.
Of St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Like a Waterfall
Great Suffering
After the Crip
Tremendous Roaring in the Head
— Rain in the Stomach.
“ To C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.:
“Two years ago I had a severe attack of the
Grip, which left me in a terribly weak and de
bilitated condition. Last winter I had another
attack and was again very badly off, my health
nearly wrecked. My appetite was all gone, 1
had no strength, felt tired all the time, had
disagreeable roaring noises in my head, like a
waterfall. I also had severe headaches and
Severe Sinking Pains
in my stomach. I took medicines without ben
efit, until, having heard so much about Hood's
Sarsaparilla, 1 concluded to try it, and the re
sult is very gratifying. All the disagreable
effects of the Grip are gone, I am free from
pains and aches, and believe
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
is surely curing my catarrh. I recommend it
to all.” Geo. W. Cook, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
HOOD’S PILLS cure Nausea, Sick Headache,
Indigestion, Biliousness. Sold by all druggists.
A NARROW ESCAPE!
How it Happened.
The following remarkable event In a lady's
life will interest the reader: “Fora long time I
had a terrible pain at my heart, which flut
tered almost incessantly. 1 had no appetite
and could not sleep. I would be compelled
to sit up in bed and belch gas from my stom
ach until I thought every minute would be
my last. There was a feeling of oppression
about my heart, and I was afraid to draw a
full breath. I couldn’t sweep a room with
out sitting down and resting; but, thank
God, by the help of New Heart Cure all that
is past and I feel like another woman. Be
fore using the New Heart Cure I had taken
different so-called remedies and been treated
by doctors without any benefit until 1 was
both discouraged and disgusted. My husband
bought me a bottle of l)r. Miles’ New Heart
Cure, and am happy to say I never regretted
it, as 1 now have a splendid appetite and
sleep well. I weighed 1& pounds when I be
fan taking the remedy, and now I weigh 130*4.
ts effect in my case has been truly marvel
ous. It far surpasses any other medicine I
have ever taken or any benefit I ever re
ceived from physicians.”—Mrs. llarry Starr,
Pottsville, Pa., October 12,1802.
Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure is sold on a posi
tive guarantee by all druggists, or by the Dr.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of
price, $1 per bottle, six bottles 15, express pre
paid. This great discovery by an eminent
specialist in heart disease, contains neither
opiates nor dangerous drugs.
rniN. (OIM'IIH AAI) NHKEMRON
1 WAItK MANllAtJOUV.
The suoscrlber, thanktul ror tne past lib
eral patronage or the public, announces that
he is still engaged in the manufacture ot
Stoves, Heaters, fiances, Tinware, Etc.
A lull variety ot whicn will bottom con
stantly on hand or made to order a t thesbortest
notice.
7in .Roofing, Spouting, Plumbing, Gas and
Steam Fitting
Promptly attended to bv experienced work
men
W. J. BRANNIN,
MAIN ST BE FT, MOUNT HOLLY. N.
Adjoining St. Andrew’s chare* .
Iji l>. 1*KICK ITT has h new soda water ap
paratus. the finest and most complete in
■jown, and his soda water is delicious. Try
his chocolate cretni 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.
"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil
dreu. Mothers have repeatedly told uie of it*
good e£T«?ct upon their children.”
Dr. Q. C. Osqooo,
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.”
Da. J. F. Kinchklok,
Conway, Ark.
Castoria.
« Castoria is so well adapted to children that
r recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me."
IT. A. Archer, M. D.t
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
“ Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their experi
enee in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we ore free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon It."
United Hospital and Dispensary,
Boston, Mass.
AlLUCW C. Smith, JYc#.,
The Centaur Company, T7 Murray Street, Now York City.
WH'rlYnur
children1
It is a wonderful remedy, which is alike benefi
cial to you and your children. Such is Scott's Emulsion
of Pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil and Hypophos
phites of Lime and Soda. It checks wasting in the
children and produces sound, healthy flesh. It keeps
them from taking cold and it will do the same for you
Scott's Emulsion cures Coughs,
Colds, Consumption, Scrofula and
all Anaemic and Wasting Diseases.
Prevents wasting in children. A<
ifuixt «»pnimahle ns milk. Wet only
the genuine. Prepared by Scott A
Bowna,Chemists, New York. Sold by
»ll Druggists.
Scott’s
Emnlslon
ON THE WAY TO CHURCH*
There is one I know. I see her sometimes pa*»|
In the morning streets upon her way to mass; i
A calm, sweet woman, with unearthly eye
Men turn to look at her, but never stop,
Heading in those blue depths the death of
hope,
And a wise chastisement for thoughts un
wise.
Pure is her brow, as of a marble saint;
Her brown hair pencils it with ripples faint*
There is no shadow on it and no light;
Her cheeks are pale, like lilies in eclipse;
Hardly a little redness on her lips
Paints the sad smile where all the rest Is
Tall la she and bent forward like a reed
Which the wind toys with as she walks with
speed;
Girlllke her limbs and virginal her waist;
Of the world wonders there Is none so sweet
As is the summer lightning of her feet.
Speeding her onward like a fawn in haste.
What is her secret? All the world has tried
To guess it. One I knew in guessing died
And was no wiser for his mortal pain.
Each has turned sadder from the thankless
And gone back silent, even if he guessed.
Knowing all answer would be counted v&in.
I knew her once. I know her not today.
Our eyes meet sometimes, but hers turn away
Quicker from mine than from the rest that
look.
Her palo cheek quivers, a flush comes and
As in the presence of a soul that knows,
And her hands tighten on her missal book.
Men have done evil, yet have won to heaven;
Lived in blood guiltiness, yet died forgiven.
May I not, I too, one clay win my grace?
Ah, no! the sacrilege of this worst sin
Outweighs all grace. I dare not enter in
Nor kneel, God s robber, near that ange l face.
—London Sun.
Gounod’s First Earnings.
The way Gounod earned tho firs.
' money by his compositions is relaoid br
the Freres Lionnet in their “Memoirs. ”
They met him at the house of Escudier
in 1855. At that date he had already
produced his “Sappho,” but at his own
j expense. He asked the Liornets, who
! were then in vogue in the Paris salons,
to sing some of his melodies. To en
courage them he sat down to the piano
and sang a few of them himself. They
admired them greatly. “Yes,” he said,
“everybody admires them, everybody
compliments me on them, but no pub
lisher will bring them out. They are
said to be too difficult for the public. By
the way, I have just composed a song to
the words of Beranger entitled ‘Mon
habit.’ I consider it one of my best
compositions, and I think it would suit
you well.” Thereupon he sang it.
Aiiaiuiw j-jiuiiiiet ptuiuiocu ib
the next evening and did so. He then
spoke to the publisher about it, but the
same objection was made. “Yes, it is
charming, no doubt,” said the publisher,
“but it will not sell. However, if M.
Lionnet will undertake to sing it for a
few nights I will consent to publish it
and give Gounod 100 francs for it.”
Gounod joyfully accepted the modest
sum; it was the first he had earned.—
London Globe.
Four Bits ami No Kiss.
The following account of a ceremony
which was performed in Tucker county,
W. Va., is worth relating and will serve
to show how solemn an affair the ques
tion of matrimony is considered to be in
the infant protege of the Old Dominion;
“Do you take this woman, whose hand
you’re a-squeezin, to be your lawful wife
in flush times and skim?’
“I reckon that’s about the size of it,
squire.”
“Do you take this man you’ve jined
fists with to be your pard through thick
and thin?”
“Well, you’re about right for once,
old man.”
“All right, then. Kiss in court, an I
reckon you’re married about as tight as
the law can jine you. I guess four bits
will do, Bill, if I don’t have to kiss the
bride.”—Cor. Washington News.
APPENDICITIS IS POPULAft.
Nature of the Disease That of Lata Bm
Become Almost Fashionable.
Not many years ago, a tolerably com
mon report of the cause of death was
inflammation of the bowels. It was a
pretty general tsrm and has since been
little heard of as different forms of
inflammation in the abdominal cavity
have become better known.
The most startling of all this is ap
pendicitis, inflammation of the vermi
form appendix, a useless and dangerous
closed pouch which projects from the
caecum. Almost concurrently with the
enormous advance in surgery, which
makes opening the abdomen reasonably
safe instead of almost certainly fatal,
there has been an enormous increase
in the number of cases of this disease
reported by physicians. The disease has
acquired an interest that it could not
have while it was almost impossible
to treat it successfully. While only a
limited range of treatment was open
for any abdominal inflammation it
made little difference just where or
what the lesion was; now there are every
reason to decide promptly and accu
rately and good hope of a surgical cure
in this and some other affections of the
lower viscera.
At the same time, it is evident that
much remains to be learned as to this
particular affection. Until recently it
was usually supposed to proceed from
mechanical irritation of some indiges
tible substance which liecame fastened
in this slender blind passage. Now there
is a germ theory for it, which gets
some support from the fact that occa
sionally in a true case of appendicitis
no foreign substance is found in the ap
pendix. In the great majority of cases,
however, a solid substance is found,
sometimes under circumstances which
make it impossible to doubt that it fur
nished the starting point for the attack.
There seems also to bo a distinct dif
ference of opinion among physicians us
to the length of time a case may con
tinue. Some say, or at least imply, that
a mild irritation may exist for weeks
or months, while others consider that
the acute and brief stage is the only
one which deserves to bo known under
the title of appendicitis.—Hartford
Conrant.
Boxwood.
Among a largo class of craftsmen the
wish has long been entertained for the
discovery of a hard, compact and even
grained wood, having all the charac
teristics of boxwood and for which it
would form an efficient substitute. For
many years past the gradual dimin
ution in the supplies of boxwood and the
deterioration in its quality have proved
serious facts in more than one occupa
tion, including engravers, hardwood
dealers, etc., especially the former, on
account of the higher price asked for
the material and the difficulty of se
curing it of the needed size and firmness
of texture so as to insure the artistic
excellence of the engraving.
While by far the most important use
of this wood is for the engraver’s art,
it is also applied to numerous other
purposes, such, for instance, as weav
ing shuttles, mathematical instruments,
turnery uses, enrving, cabinet work,
etc. The fact is interesting ns well as
important tlmt boxwood is the nearest
approach to ivory of any wood known
and will therefore probably increase
gradually in value as it becomes scarcer.
Small wood, under four inches, is used
considerably by tlax spinners for rollers
and by turners for various purposes,
rollers for rink skates, etc., and if free
from splits is of equal value with the
larger wood.—New York Sun.
The K«war(l of n Bridge Builder.
It has frequently lieen olworved that
public benefactors often have no other
Toward than the consciousness of their
good deeds. The inhabitants of the lit
tle town of Loschwitz, near Dresden,
are determined tlmt no reproach shall
bo leveled against them in a matter of
this kind. Their burgomaster is a
worthy man who has ruled over them
with signal ability, and who, in partio
ulur, han succeeded, during, his tenure
or office, In constinoting a bridge over
the Elbe at a place where several pre
vious attempts to do so had failed.
The communal council have assem
bled in solemn deliberation to consider
what reward to offer to their distin
guished fellow citizen, and the upshot is
that he has been officially informed
that, in recognition of his services, he
will be permitted to cross the bridge as
often as he likes without paying the
halfpenny toll.—London Daily News.
Manliness.
Learn from the earliest days to in
sure your principle against the peril of
ridicule. You can no more exercise
your reason if you live in the constant
dread of laughter than you can enjoy
your life if you are in the constant
terror of death. If you think it right
to differ from the times and to make
a point of morals, do it; however rus
tic, however antiquated, however pe
dantic it may appear, do it—not for
insolence, but seriously and grandly,
as a man who wears a soul of his own
in his bosom and docs not wait till it
is breathed into him by the breath of
fashion.—Jenness Miller Monthly.
ANGRY SCHOOL" CHILDREN. ;
They Wreck a Hall and Storm Police Head
quart «r« In Cincinnati.
School children to the number of 2,000
nearly wrecked Odd Fellows’ hall at
Eighth street and Central avenue late
Tuesday afternoon. At the closing oi
the school four young men distributed
tickets to the pupils of the cathedral
school and the largest three public
schools. The children were informed
that a ticket with 5 cents added would
entitle one to admittance to an enter
tainment and a valuable prize.
For over an hour in the afternoon chil
dren poured into Odd Fellows’ hall, each
paying a nickel. Finally a young man
came out and sang a song so badly that
the little auditors hooted him. At the
same time another mau distributed
chewing gum packages to a few in the
audience. The singer stepped into an
anteroom, and the other went out the
door.
Becoming tired or waiting tor.tne next
act, the children finally stormed the stage,
only to find nobody. When they realized
the swindle, they broke out every win
dow, smashed the chairs and wrought
rain in every possible way.
A detail of police came rushing to the
hall. This gave the children an idea, for
in a body they assailed police headquar
ters until the authorities were in a state
of siege. It was late at night when the
young victims reluctantly went home.
No trace was found of the swindlers.
They secured over $100. The hall was
damaged several times that much.—Cin
cinnati Dispatch.
FAMOUS TORTURE INSTRUMENTS.
The Earl of Shrewsbury’s Collection Soon to
Be Exhibited In Gotham.
Arrangements have been completed for
the exhibition in this city of the famous
torture instruments from the royal castle
of Nuremberg. This remarkable his
torical collection was purchased in 1890
by J. Ichenhauser of London for the
Right Honorable the Earl of Shrewsbury
and Talbot , England’s premier earl. Since
its removal from the castle the collec
tion has, by permission of the earl, been
exhibited in London and elsewhere
throughout the United Kingdom of Great
Britain with much success.
Thousands of persons have gazed upon
these terrible relics of a semibarbarous
age. All the instruments in the collec
tion have been in actual use. There are
over 1,800 exhibits, included in which is
a series of engravings illustrating the
manner of applying the tortures. One
of the most interesting objects in the
collection is the justly celebrated iron
maiden.
The Earl of Shrewsbury, who is still
the owner of the collection and has
loaned it for exhibition in this country,
is the twentieth in succession. He is
Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl Talbot in
the peerage of England and Earl of Wa
terford and Wexford in the peerage of
Ireland. He is premier earl of England
and Ireland and hereditary lord high
steward of Ireland. He has recently
been appointed high steward of the an
cient borough of Stafford.—New York
Times.
Bulletft Slopped the Dance.
There was a sound of revelry the other
night at Malta, The youth and beauty
of the cow country were there. The
dance was at its height. But there was
a jealous husband with a big six shooter
outside, and when Thomas Wherry saw
young and dashing Lem Branson enjoy
ing a tete-a-tete with his young wife he
opened fire through the window, and in
an instant the bombardment of Rio was
eclipsed. The first bullet grazed Bran
son’s head, the third broke his shoulder,
but he clutched his own trusty gun in
his left hand and replied to the fire, with
out doing any serious execution, how
ever. Both men emptied their guns.
Noncombatants hastily moved out of
range, and the good night number on the
programme was omitted. Branson will
probably recover, although he is in dan
ger. Malta is a small town in the north
ern part of the state.—Helena (Mon.)
Dispatch in St. Paul Pioneer Press.
A Contest For ButtoiiH.
A great contest is now in progress for
the state button belt. For a time this
trophy seemed to belong to a gentleman
in Belfast, who was the happy possessor
of a string of 1,000 different kinds of but
tons, which had come to him as a legacy
from his sister. It is evident, however,
that he is not to be permitted to wear his
regalia. A claim for it has been put in
by a gentleman in Gorham, who has a
string of buttons, no two alike, number
ing at least 3,000, and which has been in
his possession something over 25 years.
We would suggest that the string of but
tons in question, which is over 40 feet in
length, might be sewed in strips about
the belt, and add such a novelty to the
trophy as might well stimulate the am
bitions of future aspirants for the cham
pionship honors in this field of effort.—
Kennebec Journal.
Aii HHOO Overcoat.
An overcoat that will cost the tidy lit
tle fortune of $800 is now being made for
a mysterious individual by a Chestnut
street tailor. The tailor does not know
who his lavish customer is, and never
set eyes on him until he strolled into the
store one day recently and ordered the
garment, leaving a deposit of $500 as a
guarantee of good faith.
The coat is lined with sealskin and the
trimmings are of the finest known to
the trade. It has huge collar and cuffs,
also of sealskin, and the pockets are
lined with the costly skin. The rich fur
is only about an eighth of an inch long,
and is entirely from seal pups.—Phila
delphia Record.
Terre Haute'. Oldest Couple.
James Dawson today quietly celebrat
ed the one hundred and fourth anniver
sary of bits birth. He and Mrs. Ann
Baldy, who was 104 years of age last
month, have been Terre Haute’s oldest
people for many years, and their birth
days are known to most of the popula
tion. Mr. Dawson was born in Stafford
county, Va., in 1780.—Terre Haute Cor
respondent.
"I never get mad at a fool,” was the
cutting remark of a man who wanted
! to crush a rival. "That accounts for
your always being on such good terms
with yourself, ’ ’ was the reply.
The largest empire on the earth is
Grent Britain. Its area is 8,557,658
square miles, more than one-sixth of
the world's land surface.
If yon would hit the mark, you muBt
' aim a little above it. Every arrow that
flies feelB the attraction of the earth.
AS TO VACCINATION
SOME FACTS ABOUT ITS DISCOVERY
BY DR. EDWARD JENNER.
He Was Obstructed and Ridiculed, and
Foolish Stories Were Told About the Ef
fects of Vaccination—Recognized at Last
and Honored by an Epitaph of Praise.
Vaccination, aa performed at the
present day, is an operation of compar
atively recent origin. Preventive in
oculating with smallpox virus, how
ever, was known for many years pre
vious to the discovery of vaccination.
For several conturiessmallpox was con
sidered more than any other pestilence
the foe of mankind, statistics showing
that about one-sixth of those attacked
died, and that many survivors were left
blind, deaf and disfigured,
l When Edward Montagu was appoint
ed English embassador to Turkey, in
1716, his wife, Lady Mary, called at
tention, in one of her letters, written in
1717, to the custom of “ingrafting”
smallpox. Upon her return to Eng
land she at once undertook the intro
duction of the art into that country,
showing her absolute faith in the oper
ation by having her young daughter in
oculated. In 1721, scientists having
questioned the expediency of the oper
ation, the government extended remis
sion to several prisoners under sen
tence of death on the condition that
they would submit to inoculation. The
experiment proved successful, and the
prisoners were released. Upon the
strength of this experiment the opera
tion was received with royal favor, the
Princess of Wales having two of her
daughters “infected” after the “Turk
ish method. ”
The efficiency of the operation in mit
igating the severity of smallpox was
great, the mortality averaging but three
in 1,000. But there was one drawback
which was considered fatal. However
light the ingrafted disease might be, it
was still smallpox, and the more it was
conveyed in this way the more were cen
ters of infection multiplied from which
those not protected were liable to con
tract the disease in its most virulent
form.
Dr. Edward Jenner was the son of
an English clergyman, bom in May,
1749, at Berkeley, a village in Glouces
ter. The confident assertion of a young
country woman that having had “cow
pox” she was proof against smallpox,
made a lasting impression on his mind.
In his twenty-first year he went to
London to finish his medical education
under Dr. John Hunter. Returning aft
er two years, he began practice in his
native village of Berkeley. On renew
ing his acquaintance with the daily
people of the district, the belief of an
existing antagonism between cowpox
and smallpox was again brought to his
attention. By degrees he accumulated
sufficient evidence to convince him that
there was something in it. On May 14,
1796, Jenner made his first vaccination
on a boy of 8 years, named James
Phipps. Several weeks afterward the
boy was inoculated with smallpox mat
ter, and, as Jenner had predicted, no
result followed. Within one year from
the first announcement of the discovery
70 of the leading physicians of London
signed a declaration of their absolute
confidence in it.
In spite of this the discovery was not
generally accepted without much oppo
sition. Jenner, his system and all who
adopted it were made the butts of at
tacks hardly equaled in extravagance
by any in tho history of medicine.
When he persisted in pressing the con
sideration of vaccination on a medical
society of which he was a member, he
was threatened with expulsion. Jenner
and his followers were denounced as
quacks. The so called school of ortho
doxy consisted of those practitioners
who still adhered to inoculation.
A mother complained that since her
daughter had been vaccinated she
coughed liko a cow and that hair had
grown all over her body. It is also
said that vaccination had been discon
tinued in one country district, because
those who had been inoculated with
vaccine virus “bellowed like bulls.”
In 1800 the practice was introduced
into this country, and six years after it
was first made public tho knowledge
and practice of this operation had
spread over the entire world. In Russia
tho empress gave the name of “Vacci
nofi, ” to the first child vaccinated and
made its education a public charge.
Many honors were conferred on Jenner
by loreign courts. The anniversary
of his birth and that of his first vacci
nation were for many years celebrated
in Germany as feast days. In 1803 par
liament voted him $50,000, and five
years later $100,000 more. He died of
apoplexy in 1838, and his remains were
laid in the parish church of Berkeley.
The following epitaph is inscribed on
his tomb:
Within this tomb hath found a resting place,
The great physician of the human race
immortal Jenner, whoso gigantic mind
Brought life and health to more than half
mankind.
Let rescued infancy his worth proclaim
And lisp out blessings on his honored name.
And radiant beauty drop one grateful tear,
For beauty’s truest friend lies buried here.
Nowadays the old fashioned method
of arm to arm vaccination is no longer
practiced, as there is always more or
less danger of transmitting disease
from one to another. The virus, as
j generally used now, is obtained from
young heifers. Quill slips are charged
with it,each slip receiving enough mat
ter for one inoculation. “Points" of
ivory are also used for holding the
virus.
The lancet is still used where one
vaccination is to be performed. When
a large number of people are to be vac
cinated new needles are always used,
a fresh needle for each case, thus in
suring absolute safety to the person vac
cinated.—New York World.
THE AVERAGE MAN.
Ills Size, Weight. Strength and Appear*
anre From an Expert's Calculation.
“The average man” is a phrase fre
quently employed, but the conception of
which it is the symbol is apt to be ex
; tremely shadowy. It has remained for
Dr. Sargent of Cambridge to endow the
conception with concrete form. With
extraordinary industry he has applied
himself to measuring ehests and necks
and hips by the thousands, and biceps
and calves by the tens of thousands. He
has calculated the strength, expressed
in foot pounds, of unnumbered forearms
and backs. The results of his labors con
i sist of two nude figures modeled in clay.
The first figure is the average, or
! “composite,” of more than !5,000 Harvard
men at the age of 21. This type is 5 feet
i 8 inches in height. He weighs 188
> pounds. He lias a lung capacity of 240
inches. His breadth of shoulders is 17
inches. His girth of natural chest is 83.8
inches; of inflated chest 86.8. His stretch
of arms is 70.02 inches, which is 2.2
inches greater than his height. Thus
one idol after another is smashed with
the hamtaer of cold fact, for the rigid
law of ancient art was that the stretch
of arms should always exactly equal the
height. The girth of the type’s head is
[ 22.8 inches, of his hips 85.1 inches. The
strength of his forearm is 110 pounds, and
of his back 808 pounds. Standing sqnare
ly, clean limbed, strong necked, he looks
rather like a runner than a rower, but
there is nothing sordid, nothing warped,
nothing to indicate the deterioration of
a civilization of too many wheels, the
stunting and abnormal, one sided devel
opment duo to factory or city life.
In considering the other figure reluc
tant gallantry must give place to verac
ity, and it must be admitted that the
man is the finer figure of the two. The
face of the average college girl, like that
; of the other figure, is a “composite” one,
' and the best that can be said of it is that
It Is depfessingly solemn in expression.
The type is 5 feet 5 inches tall. She
weighs 115 pounds. Her breadth of
shoulder is 17 inches. The girth of her
natural chest is BO. 5 inches. She can ex
pand that about two inches. Her girth
of hips is 85.4 inches. Her girth of head is
21.5 inches. Her stretch of arms is 63.5
inches. As the college girl is too sensible
to constrict her waist to any considerable
degree, so she is wise enough to give her
feet plenty of freedom.
The type’s foot is 9$ inches long. Her
waist is 24 inches in circumference. Her
legs are not well developed. Her girth
of calf is only 18J inches. In truth the
figure has more fragility than that of her
counterpart, without a corresponding
gain in grace.
It is when he finishes the results of
his observations as to temperament, how
ever, that Dr. Sargent approaches most
closely to dangerous ground, for he de
clares that the typical college girl stu
dent is distinctly nervo-bilious. This
seems like a maliciously devised scheme
on the part of the doctor to forestall crit
icism from the girls.
The shrewd, scientific expert has
doubtless conceived the notion of put
ting their very criticisms in evidence to
prove his sweeping assertion. He will
scarcely succeed, however, in propitiat
ing the ladies by the deprecatory re
mark that his lay figure'is not that of an
80 or 90 per cent girl; that it represents
merely 50 per cent of their good points,
and is halfway from the best to the
worst.—Philadelphia Record.
Protecting Vegetables In Winter.
It does not seem to be generally known
that light in the winter time is the chief
agent in the destruction of vegetables
otherwise hardy, and especially light
shining brightly on the plant when
frozen. A cabbage or turnip that is ex
posed to the light rots readily, but will
keep perfectly sound if but slightly cov
ered with earth. This principle should be
remembered when collecting vegetables
together in large masses for protection.
It is often customary to cover such
sets of vegetables with some light ma
terial, such as leaves, hay or straw, the
result of which generally is simply to
form a harbor for mice, ■which are much
more destructive than the frost itself.
Water has, of course, to be excluded,
and if the vegetable plants are set close
ly together and covered with boards to
keep out the rain, it is generally all that
is required. Water must be excluded,
or else rotting may result. For this pur
pose it is good practice to invert vege
tables. The cabbage especially must re
ceive this attention. They are almost
always inverted when placed together
under boards or covers for protection,
and, in fact, where no covering at all is
; used they will keep perfectly well when
J inverted.—Meehan’s Monthly.
“Jim Hill's House.”
Every visitor to St. Paul who has seen
the big red sandstone pile familiarly
known throughout the American Occi
dent as “Jim Hill’s house”—and statis
tics are not at hand to show the number
of St. Paul’s visitors who have not seen
it—will be interested in the bit of do
mestic gossip that 20 servants and one
housekeeper are needed to keep each floor
of the enormous dwelling in order. There
is a magnificent Minneapolis mansion
that boasts, it is said, 17 servants and a
housekeeper, but this retinue, St. Paul is
proud to prove, is for the entire estab
lishment, while Mr. Hill’s 21 are the
equipment for his every floor. Although
of such gigantic proportions, the Hill
house is most beautiful as well, and its
situation upon that stateliest of sites, St.
Anthony’s hill, makes it one of the choic
est as well as one of the costliest dwell
ings in this country.—New York Times.
COURTSHIP IN GREENLAND. '
How an Avetic Beauty la Mildly Bullied
Into Matrimony.
Since the Danish missionaries have
gained the confidence of the natives of
Greenland, marriag^ in the far north
are celebrated by the representatives
of the church. In a recent issue of one
of the Danish papers one of the mis
sionaries gives the following account
of the way courtship and marriage are
brought about:
The man calls on the missionary and
says, “I wish to take unto myself a
wife.”
“Whom?” asks the missionary.
The man gives her name.
“Have you spoken with her?”
As a rule the answer is in the nega
tive. and the missionary asks the reason.
“Because,” comes the feply, "it is
so difficult. You must speak to her.”
The missionary then calls the young
woman to him and says, “I think it is
time that you marry.”
“But,” she replies, “I do not wish
to marry.”
“That is a pity,” adds the mission
ary, “ as I have a husband for you. ”
“Who is he?” asks the maiden.
The missionary names the candidate
for her love.
“But he is not worth anything. I
will not have him.”
“However, ” suggests the missionary,
“he is a good fellow and attends well
to his house. He throws a good har
poon, and he loves you.”
The Greenland beauty listens atten
tively, but again declares that she will
not accept the man as her husband.
* ‘ Very well, ’ ’ goes on the missionary;
“I do not wish to force you. I shall
easily find another wife for so good a
fellow.”
The missionary then remains silent as
though he looked upon the incident as
closed. But in a few minutes she whis
pers, “But if you wish it”
“No,” answered the pastor, “only if
you wish it. I do not wish to overper
suade you.”
Another sigh follows, and the pastor
expresses regret that she cannot accept
the man.
“Pastor,” she then breaks out, “I
fear he is not worthy. ”
“But did he not kill two whales last
summer while the others killed one?
Will you not take him now?”
“Yes, yes; I will.”
“God bless you both, ” answers the
pastor and joins the two in marriage.
The Shade He Wanted.
Delacroix, the painter, was walking
out one day in Paris with a friend of
his, when he fell into a brown study.
‘ ‘ What is up with you now ?’ ’ said the
friend.
"I can't get a certain shade of yel
low, ’ ’ replied the artist.
“What sort of yellow?”
Just then a cab drove past.
• ‘ The very thing! ” tho painter gasped
out. "Stop! stop!”
“I am engaged, ” the cabby replied,
without stopping.
Delacroix started in pursuit and at a
steep place in the Rue des Martyrs over
took the cab. Opening the door, he
said, in tones of entreaty, to the pas
senger inside:
“Do please tell your driver to stop;
I want your complexion for a painting
on which I am at work. There is a
color merchant close at hand. I shall
not detain you above five minutes, and
in acknowledgment of the service you
render me I will present yon with a
sketch of my picture.”
The bargain was struck; Delacroix
got his yellow, and a few months later
the “fare” received a sketch of his
“Assassination of the Archbishop of
Liege.”—Harper’s Young People.
Stagnatlou Is Death.
The sun would be consumed by its
awn ardor if it did not shine. Nature
knows nothing of hoarding. The sun
gives away its gold without ostenta
tion. The ocean gives its vapors to the
clouds, the clouds return them to the
earth, the rivors to the sea. There is a
constant exchange between lungs and
leaves. Stagnation is death. Give to j
get; get to give.—Ram’s Horn. 1
ENGAGED.
*
Beside the sea I walked with her,
A maid so passing fair,
I envied the autumn sun
That lingered in her hair.
Nut brown her cheeks, slender her hand.
Her dark eyes hazel gray.
It seemed an angel just from heaven
Did walk with me that day.
Her profile pnro against the blue,
Clear like a carven gem.
Oh, never regal brow
Wore such a diadem!
The breeze caressed her sacred cheek
And fragrant with her breath
Forgot its mission to the land
And died a blissful death.
A wanton spray of golden rod
That dared to kiss her hand
My keepsake is. She does not know;
She cannot understand.
Mine is the memory of that hour;
Mine is that setting sun—
The light hat lived, the breeze that died.
The single star that shone.
Oh. gentle maiden, passing fair.
How little can you guess
The costly tribute that I pay
To your sweet lovelinessl
My promise true another holds.
Beside a distant shore.
“I could not love thee, dear, so much
Loved I not honor more.”
—Boston Transcript.
Fight With a Leopard.
A striking illustration of British
courage and dogged persistence was
given by an officer in India, named Ap
cher, in a fight with a leopard. He
was going round a rock, following the
beast, which he had wounded, when
the leopard, meeting the hunter, dash
ed at him. Apcher jumped one sido
and fired. The shot only staggered the
leopard. The man started to run, but
before he could turn round the beast
was almost upon him.
He struck the animal with the gun
as it was in the act of striking him and
so warded off the blow from his head.
But the beast’s claws of one paw cut his
right cheek, and the other paw knocked
the gun out of the officer’s hands.
With all his strength the man dashed
his right hand into the beast's mouth
and with the left grasped him around
the throat. The leopard caught him
near the elbow and bit through the fore
arm. Everting all his strength, Apcher
threw the leopard into a rift between
the rocks and on its back. With his
knee on its chest, one hand in its mouth,
the other grasping its throat, he held
the struggling animal. His native boy
came up with a double barreled gun.
•‘Put it in the leopard’s mouth and
fire,” said Apcher.
The boy obeyed, pulled both triggers
and killed the beast, fortunately with
out hitting the hand. The dogged offi
cer’s left hand and arm were much in
jured ; every finger of the right hand
was lacerated, the hand bitten through
and the forearm tom in five places.—
Youth’s Companion.
How the Gorilla Walks.
The usual pictures of the gorilla do
not represent him as I have seen him.
He has not only a crouching habit, but
he walks on all four of his legs and has
the motion of most quadrupeds, using
his right arm and left leg at the same
time, and alternates with the left arm
and right leg. It is not exactly a walk
or a trot, but a kind of ambling gait,
while the chimpanzee uses his arms as
crutches, but lifts one foot from the
ground a little in advance of the other.
They do not place the palm of the hand
on the ground, but use the back of the
fingers from the second joint and at
times the one I have described above
seemed to touch only the back of the
nails, but this was when she was scarce
ly moving at all. I am now preparing
to photograph some of them, and I think
I can give a more reliable picture of
this animal than I have ever seen here
tofore.—McClure’s Magazine.
mesalliance.
Mesalliance is always interesting—
when it occurs outside of our own im
mediate circle of relatives and friends.
A man or woman sacrifices social in
! stincts, bids defiance to conventions and
follows the simple promptings of the
heart—and the results? Disagreeable to
those most nearly concerned, but fasci
nating to the outside world. There is
no subject so fruitful for the novelist.
A well known novel, now widely read,
was saved by this. I will not name it,
for I cannot break literary confidences.
The writer, a favorite living novelist,
had reached a point in his story when ev
erything, characters and events, seemed
to settle down to a deadly low level of
j dull commonplace. He was in despair,
j A friend, an experienced man of the
j world, gave him a word of advice: “In
| troduce a mesalliance. That never fails
I to enliven things.” The novelist did so,
j and his book is selling briskly today.—
| Vogue. _
A Little Tin Mouse.
A Manayunk man who has a pet cat
bought one of those new fangled mouse
! toys from a vender on Market street on
Saturday afternoon. When he arrived
at his house in the evening, he brought
out the mouse and began to run it up
and down the dining room floor. Tabby,
j who was lying on a rug, suddenly gave
a jump for the supposed rodent. This
scared the head of the house so much
that he jumped back and in doing so up
set the supper table, breaking nearly all
the dishes and mixing up the evening
meal into a boarding house hash. The
family dog secured the choicest beef
steak, and the cat began to lap up the
spilled cream. Mr. Housekeeper had a
big sized row with his wife and ended
up the scene by getting gloriously drunk,
j The tin mouse, the cause of all the es
I trangement, was crushed in the melee.—
| Philadelphia Record._
A MARRIAGE LOTTERY.
London's Qu*'er Mixture of Dowry, Matrl
inony stud Hebrew Philanthropy. '
“Michael Harris and Nancy Jacobs
having polled the highest number of
votes were duly elected to receive a
dowry of £25 and marriage fees, and a
vacancy was again declared for a couple.”
So ran a paragraph in a Jewish paper
recently, and a reporter was fired with
an ambition to learn more about these
folks who give couples dowries, and
more about the conditions under which
such dowries are won. The benevolence,
! it appeared, emanated from the Society
for Allowing Marriage Fees and a Por
tion to Young Men and Virtuous Girls
of the Jewish Faith. The president of
this society one would imagine would
be a patriarchal sage with grandchil
dren in scores about his knees. But Mr.
A. Swaab, who is the head of the so
ciety, is a young man with a slight black
mustache, a clean shaven chin and cer
tainly no grandchildren. When not
hymeneally occupied he is engaged in his
business as a diamond merchant in Hat
ton Garden.
“The society,” he said, in reply to the
interviewer, “has been in existence near
ly 50 years, and has done no small
amount of good. It was started among
a few friends in quite a small way, and a
dowry of £10 only was all that could be
afforded at first. But £10, if not exactly
a drop in the ocean, was not quite suffi
cient to answer the purpose in view, and
as the fund grew the dowry was increased
to £25.”
“Are the operations of the society con
fined to London?”
“No. They extend all over England.
The funds are recruited by subscriptions
of all amounts, from a penny a week up
ward, and by donations.”
“It gives them a prior claim on the
dowry perhaps?”
“No, it doesu’t. I will make that clear
in a moment. We assist about a dozen
couples every year, the dowries and mar
riage fees coming to over £800. The ob
ject in giving the dowry is to enable the
young couples to start a little business
together. Before becoming candidates
for the dowry—toward which they need
not have subscribed a farthing—t.hav ,
nave to be possessed of all homo neces
saries and furniture, and the man has to
prove to the satisfaction of the commit
tee that he is in a position to maintain
“Only virtuous girls are to be befriend
ed by the society, I gather from its title.
Does it not become rather a delicate mat
ter to adjudicate upon the qualifications
of young lady applicants? ’
“Every case is investigated by two
members of the committee, appointed
annually for that purpose. They make
their inquiries with proper tact and dis
cretion, and they also investigate the
character of the man. Let us go through
the entire procedure. Say a vacancy has
been declared, which means that we have
sufficient in hand to put another dowry
up for competition. We send out notices
to that effect and supply forms of appli
cation. We get four, five, six, perhaps
a dozen couples contesting for the prize.
They all come before the committee in
couples, and are asked questions con
cerning the money they have saved, the
nature of the man’s work, and so on.
Once, I suppose, 1 must have been press
ing the prospective bridegroom pretty
hard, for the young lady spoke up sor
rowfully, ‘Well, sir, you got married
once, and we want to tool’ ”
“Well, as Boon as they have been ad
mitted as candidates, what follows?”
“We give them a book of members,
and tell them to go and canvass for votes,
the members possessing votes in propor
tion to the amount of their subscrip
tions,”
“Have you yourself many votes?”
“Yes, I hold something like 80 votes.”
“Then you are the target of plenty of
beseeching brown eyes and persuasive
glances?”
“No, nothing out of the way, because
as president I take no part in choosing
the recipients of the dower.”
“Can yon give me a specific instance
of the good the society lias done?”
“I can, and a striking one, I think,
j There are three members of the commit
' tee of the society, now men of position
: and well to do, who were embarked up
j on life with dowries from the society.”
I —Pall Mall Gazette.
Marble Made With Electricity.
The latest achievement of science is
the artificial production of marble from
pure calcium carbonate.
M. H. le Chatalier, a French chemist,
takes the calcium in the form of an im
palpable powder and compresses it in a
steel cylinder between two pistons with
a pressure of 2,000 pounds to the square
inch. While in this condition a platinum
spiral, previously imbedded in the pow
der, is heated by an electric current,
with the result that the powder in the
neighborhood of the wire is rendered
crystalline and translucent.
Sections of the resulting substance
when examined underneath a microscope
exhibited the characteristics.of certain
specimens of slightly macled marble.
This remarkable work of the electric
current may prove the stepping stone to
greater achievements in the production
of artificial stone of all kinds.
Manifold Photography.
A simple method of photographing a
person in five different attitudes all at
once has been invented by a New Jersey
photographer, by means of which the
same picture gives five different views of
the sitter. This is accomplished by using
as a background two plane mirrors, form
ing between them an angle of 43 degrees,
and placing the Iverson at the junction.
The usefulness of such pictures will not
be confined to ordinary life, as they will
be most valuable in criminology and an
thropology.—Exchange.
Beauty’s Varieties.
The French say there are several
“ages” as well as kinds of beauty—the
beauty of mere youthfulness, which they
call la beaute du diable; also a beauty of
“ugliness,” of “old age” and of “thin
ness,” called la beaute du singe. Fred
erika Bremer, the Swedish novelist, had
the beauty of “plainness.” She was so
very plain of face that her expression of
trustfulness, as though appealing to you
to find some other qualities in her than
mere “looks,” shone out with a perfect
radiance that ennobled her face and
drew friends to her, because she had no
other beauty. But Miss Bremer took
pleasure in her wrell kept hands, of
which she used to say, “Even hands
have their moments” of charm.
THe Arval Dinner.
The arval dinner appears to be an an
cient custom. This was properly a
solemn festival on the day of interment
and when the corpse was exposed to
view. The relatives and friends were
| invited to attend, so that having inspect
ed the body they might vouch that the
death was a natural one, and thus ex
culpate the heir and all others entitled
to the deceased’s possessions from accu
sations of having used violence.—West
I minster Gazette.
A Careless Youth.
“Cbolly’s in disgwace at the club
again,” said Willie Wibbles.
“Deahl Deah! You don't say so. He’s
, always in t wouble, isn’t he? It was only
lawst week that he came out without his
twousahs wolled up.”
“It’s worse this time.”
“How?”
“This inclining he forgot to bwush and
comb his chwysanthemum!”—Washing
ton Star.
The Hungarian crown worn at their
accession by the emperors of Austria as
kings of Hungary is the identical one
| made for Stephen and used at his coro
| liation over 800 years ago. The whole is
of pure gold, except the settings, and
weighs 9 marks 6 ounces (almost exactly
14 pounds).
—
Many of the sealskins sent to the Lon
don markets are obtained by the Siwash
Indians along the west coast of Vancou
ver island and the northwest shores of
British Columbia.
The firemen of Walla Walla, Wash.,
have elected as “honorary members” the
firemen who perished in the cold storage
fire in Chicago.
There are two boons to make life worth
living—love of art and art of love.—Ed
mond Haraneourt.
A good sewing machine is supposed to
do the work of 13 women.
Justice Among Crows.
A singular instance of justice among
crows has been related by M. Roux at a
meeting of the Societe Vaudoise de Sci
ences Naturelles, which is worthy of a
place in the ''Intelligenceof Animals”by
Professor Romanes. The observations
were made by M. Addor, a notary of
Saiute Croix, in France, who saw about
50 crows in solemn conclave in a field.
At a given signal they suddenly flew up,
croaking with rage and wheeling around
some object, which ultimately fell to the
ground and proved to be a dying crow.
An examination showed that the offender
—for such he appears to have been—had
been killed by a stroke of the beak in
the abdomen, and his body bore the
marks of about 20 strokes.—London
Globe.
A Question In Arithmetic.
Teacher—If a turkey weighs 12 pounds
and costs 10 cents a pound, how much
does the whole turkey cost?
Tommy—One dollar and t wenty cents.
“Correct. But suppose the turkey costs
20 cents a pound, how much does it cost
then?”
“Then we don’t buy any,”—Texas Sift
ings.
A Pointed Hint.
Dissatisfied Guest- Waiter, you don’t
seem to know how to broil a steak at
this eating house. Let me give you a
pointer
Waiter (with some alacrity)- A'1
right, suli, only we usually calls ’em t ,
—Chicago Tribune.