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CONVICT OR ACTOR? A few years ago I was on tour with • dramatic company which was giving performances of a melodrama of the pronounced transpontine order. I was east for the leading part and appeared In the first act as a young gentleman of good family, beloved by every one for my amiability and other virtues, and, of coarse, engaged to a charming young lady possessed of an immense fortune. My rival, however, a villain of the orthodox melodramatic type, managed to get me arrested on a false charge of forgery, and in the prison whither I was sent for the offense I saved the life of a warder by flattening with a shovel a Bill Sykes looking character who at tempted to murder the official. Being pardoned and liberated for this service, I made good use of my freedom by unmasking the rascally author of my misfortunes, who, as he was abont to be apprehended for perjury, rid so ciety of a knave by blowing his brains out. The piece ended with my marrying the lady of my choice, who had all along been convinced of my innocence, end who, during my enforced absence . in durance vile, had of course been the incarnation of constancy. One night we were playing to a crowded house in a large town in the midland counties. Amid loud and sym pathetic applause the curtain fell as I was arrested through the machinations of my rival and dragged handcuffed off the stage by the myrmidons of the law. I then retired to my dressing room and donned my particolored convict’s gar ments, which were faithfully copied from the real article. As there was a long scene prior to the prison interior, in which I did not ap pear, I thought I would have time to walk to the postoffice in order to post one or two important letters in time for the midnight London mail. It is strict ly against the rules of a theater for an actor to leave the building until his part is finished, but 1 thought I should not be observed and decided to run the ! risk. Throwing an Inverness cape over my ; convict’s garb, I left by the stage door, i tipping the liallkeeper as I passed, and ! walked hurriedly in the direction of the I postoffice, which was located about a quarter of a mile distant. In the operation of looking for coin I unbuttoned my cape, displaying as I did so the prison dress, and my peculiar ! costume at once caught the wary eye of ■ a letter carrier who was hanging about, j While I was explaining matters to the rather sour looking damsel who officiated as clerk the postman stepped outside and beckoned to a burly police- j — man who was standing on the oruacsite^ HgfpgfciSKnr wished into the office and ^^Kome. “All right, my chicken,” said the policeman. “ We've nabbed you. I sup pose by this time they’ve missed you at a”—(a large penal establishment in the midlands). It then flashed across my mind, to my most intense amusement, that the men had mistaken me for an escaped con vict, so I informed the guardian of the peace that I was a member of a dramat ic company then performing in the town, and that I wore the semblance of a prison dress by reason of the necessi ties of the play. “That yarn won’t do, my man,” he said. “Whatever you are, you’ve got to come with me to the station.” Perceiving that it was of little use to remonstrate with the obtuse man in blue, I decided to endeavor to escape from his clutches; so, dexterously dis engaging myself from my cape, leaving it in my astonished captor’s hands, I bolted into the street and ran like a deer in the direction of the theater. To my dismay, I found that I had unfortunately taken a wrong passage, which turned out to be a cul-de-sao. In order to escape from my pursuers, I scrambled into a huge empty dog ken nel which I happened to espy. The policeman, followed by at least 60 men, came rushing down the lane, flashing a bnllseye on either side, -but of course I wasn’t to be seen. My place of concealment was soon discovered; so, after a brief parley with the policemaD, in which he assured me if I surrendered quietly I would not be ill treated, I crawled ignominiously out of the kennel, amid yells of execration from, the crowd, and was hurriedly marched to the police station, which fortunately was close at hand. When I saw the inspector on duty, I | was lucky enough to speedily convince him that I %vas the innocent victim of an excusable though erroneous impres sion on the part of my captors. Taking off my jacket, I showed to him its silk lining, together with the name of the maker, a well known Lon don costumer. I gaiued the theater, perspiring and excited, just before the curtain was rung up.—London News. The Accursed Bridge. A bridge in the park of the Buttes Chanmont at Palis, owing to the fre quency of suicides from its span, bears the sobriquet of tho ‘ ‘Accursed Bridge. ” From the very day the bridge was fin ished up to the present time there has been no diminution in the numbers of those who in the course of each year cast themselves from its parapets. For nearly a score of years from 100 to 150 persons annually have committed sui ■cide in this way. The rocks that pierce the shallow waters at the bottom of the gorge are sharp and the coveted death is certain. A sort of terrible fascination :Eeems to hang abont the bridge or about one particular spot about half way across it—a fascination which is said to affect nearly every one who pauses there and looks downward. Four of the jwatchmen stationed there to prevent {Would be suicides have themselves 'yielded ttf this fatal fascination. FRANCE AND THE UNION. A re rican Institutions Appealed to Jnlea Simon, Taine and Carnot. Baron Pierre tie Coubertin, the well ! known French legislator and the- founder of the modern Olympian games, writes his impressions of political society in Paris for The Century, under the title of “Roy alists and Republicans.” In speaking of Taine, M. de Coubertin says: He regretted thut lie hud not been able to apply his method to American civiliza tion. He looked always for the ensemble in the detail. He loved vast undertak ings, but lie treated them minutely. And America was too far away. It drew him and fascinated him, but since hecould not study it at close quarters he realized that it escaped his investigations. He divined that it presented a mass of social problems which are not even clearly enough defined in Europe to call for a solution. His curi osity was alive to its phenomena, which have no counterpart in the history of peo ples. The rapid growth of the United States and their new conceptions of gov ernment and society were matters to him of perpetual wonder and reflection. Jules Simon likewise turned his eyes frequently, in surprise and admiration, toward the new world. In his youth and in Taine’s no one, Tocqueville notwith standing, had foreseen the great intel lectual and moral impetus which has transformed the United States. I once re ceived from the venerable Dr. McCosh of Princeton a volume which he asked me to deliver to Jules Simon. He had written within it a flattering dedication to the French philosopher. In giving this vol ume into Jules Simon’s hands I described to him as best I could the buildings, the trees, the mental life, the habits and pe culiarities which render Princeton and several other American universities un like any other spot on the globe. “Yes,” he cried, “that is the America which will really give the old world something to think of—when the old world shall have discovered it.” He referred to the com mon European ignorance of the force and intensity of the university movement in America. Jules Ferry had foreseen this movement, in a measure, at the close of the civil war. He had even intended to derate serious study to it. But bis political career never allowed him to put his project into execu tion. As to President Carnot, of tlio many topics which he permitted me to discuss with him on more than one occa sion, none interested him more than the subject of the intellectual relations be tween the United States and France. And that is why I gave the name of Car not to the students’ annual debate on con temporary French politics which I insti tuted between the universities of Berkeley and Palo Alto at San Francisco, and at Tulane university, New Orleans. And the Carnot medal is already popular in Cal ifornia and Louisiana. I never had any conversation about America with the Count de Paris, but he must often during his career as pretender have recalled the days when he fought in the admirable troops that came together at the appeal of the immortal Lincoln. He had seen the great struggle of the Ameri can people, its valor and its indomitable energy, near at hand. He may have said ^TL^loDkey M^mt Well. Some time ngo there Was a lady in Lon don for the season who was well known in the French fashionable world. One day i she happened to see a monkey in the street j begging in the prettiest manner possible j for the benefit of its master, an organ grinder. She took a fancy to the little animal, bought it und dressed it in the gaudiest of raiment and made it a pet. Some little time afterward the lady held a fashionable reception for the benefit of some charity, and, of course, her pet was the wonder of the room. In the course of the evening a young lady sat down at the piano, and, accom panying herself, sang with exquisite taste a little drawing room song. As soon us the lady had finished, the monkey, who, though now partially civilized, had not forgotten his former duties, seized a gen tleman’s silk hat and, holding it before each guest according to his custom, com menced a collection. The vocalist laughed, the hostess looked very vexed, but to the amusement of ev erybody the monkey went the rounds and collected a large sum. His task ended, he jumped upon the singer’s shoulder amid shouts of laughter and deposited the con tents of the hat in her lap. The collection, of course, was devoted to the charity, but it was as much as the hostess could do to persuade her guests that the trick had not been previously practiced by her.—-Pear son's Weekly. Official Salaries. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, in a paper on “Royalists and Republicans” in The Century, says: The public complained bit terly of M. Grevy’s parsimony. That the chief of the state or any of his ministers should economize on his salary is a thing whiifc is not admitted in France. In the United States the salary of such high functionaries is a species of compensation for the time they devote to the welfare of their country. In France it is a subsidy furnished them in order that they may be in a position to represent the nation with dignity and brilliancy. The individual is paid in the United States, in Franoe the funotion; thence this point of honor—that the salary should be spent and not turned into capital. Dr. Abbott on Falling In Love. In a reeent speech to the Oberlin college alumni Dr. Lyman Abbott said that the main argument of the opponents to the mingling of the sexes at college was that they were apt to fall in love and get mar ried, “but that,” continued Dr. Abbott, “is a thing of which I heartily approve. I fell in love and got married myself, and I think it was the best thing I ever did. In deed, if I were addressing undergradnates I am not sure but that I would advise them to elect the study of human nature with one tutor each.” Health and Laughter. The remedial effeotsof laughter are real ly wonderful. Cases have been known where a hearty laugh has banished disease and preserved life by a sudden effort of nature. The art of paper making has reached the point where it is possible to cut down a growing tree and convert it into paper suitable for printing purposes within 24 hours. Daniel Todd, a Degro, 88 years old, of White Cloud, Kan., couldn’t get a self binding reaper, and he cut his wheat with a scythe and bound it himself in the old way. BUDDING MEN AND WOMEN Til© Period When Boys and Girls Pine For a Barger Biberty. Florence Hull Winterburn, writing on “The Passing of Childhood" in The Wom an’s Homo Companion, says: “Baby learns that he can walk, that he can reach things, that he oan open and close doors, that he can select from many articles before him the particular ona he wants, and so soon as ho is conscious of his ability to act for himself he does it, “But birthdays come and go, and John is 13 and alive in every nerve and fiber, with the full pulsed life of the American temperament. He is nmbitious and seeks ideals and models from the great world outside the walls of home, and he talks excitedly of what ‘other boys’ do and finds precedent for tho individual liberty he is beginning to pant and chafe after. Mary, with the first luster of life yet fresh on her brow, has shed infantile docility like a garment and has haunting visions of the joys of independence. It all seems sudden to the parent, and it is not quite pleasant. There is a pretty sentiment in favor of prolonging babyhood, and the world is brutal and ugly, and innocence is precious. Besides, the instant our fledge lings are out of our sight untold anxieties begin for ns. We are inclined to put off the evil day. “This is the way a sentiment can make us selfish and fears for the future make I us unjust. We have no right to choose ' what is easy for ourselves, however, rather than what it best for our children. It is the growing manhood or womanhood in j them that begins to assert Itself and claim ] recognition. The wings meant for wide flight ere long are rapidly unfolding, and : the courage soon to be essential is mani festing itself in the feeling of pride and dignity which makes our boy long to go and come as he pleases and our girl to make her own engagements and decide upon her own affairs. This looks alarm ing, but, after all, it is no great matter, for what the children really crave now is liberty to exercise their own judgment. “It would be most injudicious to draw the lines closer when youthful high spirits begin to pull upon them. Liberty is to be retarded only for a year or so at the most, and for every restraint imposed there will be a corresponding excess. It is well known that some of the wildest youths, the friskiest young women, were kept down to a strict regimen as long as pa rental oversight lasted. They came to be gan! restraint, even when kindly meant, as an evil, to like their own way just for j its own sake, and the result is anything hot pleasant when young persons with un- j trained wills and judgment are turned i loose upon tho community. If they are not willful, they are weak, and, accustom- ; ed to yield to stronger minds, they become the prey of unscrupulous leaders.” _ “The Gardners From Boston.” It was in the good old days of min- I strelsy. Lew Dockstader and his aggrega- \ tion of black face funmakers were in New York at tho house at which they always showed. During the day an order from the Fifth Avenue hotel was sent to the ! theater to reserve seats for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gardner of Boston and a party of friends. ^^^^^tlardners from Boston have en gaged seats,” said the ticket seller. That night when the end men began their gagging there was fun that, as a rule, was not on the bill. Every time “bones” asked a question to which the end man made reply the man next him jumped up, clapped his hand over his mouth and said, “Sh, Sam, be careful what you are saying, the Gardners from Boston are here!” Or, “Don’t, don’t, for heaven’s sake don’t. The Gardners from Boston are here!” This went on for awhile beforo anybody knew just what was meant by “the Gardners from Boston are here!” But the Gardners were really there, and finally it got too much for them. They arose in their seats and sallied out of the theater. “All right, now, Sam,” said the second man when “bones” asked the next ques tion. “Say what you like, the Gardners from Boston are gone.” Then everybody was “on,” and the laugh went around the house. Dockstader has often told the story and seemed to en joy it hugely, though it did drive his pa trons from the house.—St. Louis Republic. Pressed Flowers. Flowers that are intended to bo pre served and pressed should always be gath ered on a dry day. Place them between several sheets of blotting paper and iron these with a large and smooth beater, pret ty strongly warmed, till all moisture is dissipated. Some plants and flowers re quire more moderate heat than others, and in compound and thick flowers, such as roses and carnations, little art is required in cutting away the underpart, so that the blossom may lie flat. The color of many plants, particularly of yellow flowers, may thus be fixed for winter decorations. Roses are, however, very difficult to do, and it is almost impossible to preserve their delicate tints. Another way of pressing flowers is to place thorn between, sheets of the gray absorbent paper used by botanists and then between two large boards about 18 inobes long by 11 inches broad and about half an inch thick, strapped together with two strong leather straps to produce con siderable pressure.—Philadelphia Ledger. Her Day Would Come. A large funeral procession was wending its way through the gates of a cemetery In the neighborhood of Glasgow lately. As the crowd of spectators was very large, the police had some difficulty in preserving order and repressing the untoward curiosi ty of a certain section of them, mainly composed of old women. “Aweel,” indignantly exclaimed one venerable dame to a policeman who barred her further progress, “ye may keep me oot the noo, but the day’ll come when I’ll gang up in spite o’ye. "—Strand Magazine. Feminine Human Nature. There was some knowledge of human nature displayed by the negro porter who said: “I always calls young ladies‘Mrs.’ because the younger they are the better they like it, and the older ladies I calls ‘Miss’ because the older they are the better they like it.”—San Francisco Argonaut. Cigarette smoking is on the increase in Japan. Every month 13,000,000 imported and 53,000,000 native cigangttes are con sumed. Women and children smoke al most as muck, as men. Traffic has been interrupted on the Great Indian Peninsular railway, owing to the fail of an immense mass of rock at Bbore Ghaut from a height of 350 feet above the line. riage and Wheelmen’s air Association. ATED 1896. CAPITAL $100,000. The sole bjL »f this Association is to Repair Bicycles and Vehicles when damaged or , injured by a'ii^ d it is the only corporation affording this protection to its members. Wain Offfice, Evident Saving Bank Building, 233 Washington St., Jersey City. I H. F. Torrey, President. J. P. Torrey, Secretary and Treasurer. John Marsh, Vice President. L. R. Goodwjn, General Agent. Full information as to rates and repair shops furnished upon application to John Msis j Vice President. Morristown, Charles F. Hopkins, Agent for Morris County, Boonton, or J. H. Carlson. Inspectorj^pd Repairer for Morristown. No. 75 Park Place. HENRY MULLER & SON. POMINATOR CIGAR FACTORY ^^Manufacturer of tee Celebrated Brands— FISHER’S Is PORT, LA IMjkA, SPANISWADE" T No. 116 Prince Street, MY OWN, KEY WEST SIN RIVAL. New York City. hJmuller. ..L H. J. MULLEIl. i843- v THE 1897. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. / OF NEW YORK. RICHARD A. McCURDY, President. Nassau, Ce?dar and Liberty Streets, - - NEW YORK CITY. The largest Life Insurance Company in the World. f -— .$234,744,148 43 Liabilities. 205,010,633 73 Surplus |.-.$29,733,514 70 Since I843j it has paid to and invested for its members. $671,749,343 71 THE MUTUAL ^|pp Issues every desirable form of Policy at the i Lowest Rates. GEORG £ B. RAYMOND, General Agent for New Jersey. J. WILLIAM BURNS, Special Agent. Box 3I0L Sullivan Building, Mor.istown, N. J. UMNS Best. ava CcrfT^I Best Mocha Coffd ! Best Maracaibo Q_ Best Rio Coffee. ~ 1 Our 60c Tea. ! Our 50c Tea..1.36c i lib, box Bakipg powder. .17c "MOinEPS’ SPiUALis. ' Oar Own Corn Starch_5c 41b. box Gold Dost.16c Heinze’s Catsup. 8c I 31b. pail Lard. 17c I Quart bottle Sweet OH. 18c 6eake8 0ur Own Soap. ]7c 1 lb. Coeoanut. ];ic 10 lb. Kit New JI Mackerel... One 10 lb. Kit New I Mackerel_$1.00 Our Own Root Beer. 3 bottles. 25c WEAR — . . talLmadqe s . . Common Sense Suspender i Fits the Body, giving Ease and Comfort. Try One. IS Washington St. Take Pride In the appearance of yonr linen, for by it you are often judged. PIERSON’S STEAM LAUNDRY will satisfy your pride for the same price that others'may ruin it. Savvy ? Bead If|lsi Franfc E. Lippman, It '% §'1 oooooo Side- «|l!gi§‘ ®-g J OOOOOO ways. Speedwell Avenue. -- I. D. LYON . . Jeweler . . Sterling silver biouse sets at special prices ' AUCTION SALE OF BICYCLES. 9 Washington St., Morristown. 2C0 ’97 High Grade Bicycles. 100 '96 Racycles, all new, fully guaranteed. To be sold regard less of cost. Sale commences MONDAYEVE NING, AUG. 9, at 7.30, and continues until wheels are sold. By order of A. S. PIERSON & CO. Vandyke & Wise, Auctioneers, ESTABLISHED 1866, SAHUEL F. BEACH, Manufacturer of Carriages, Wagons, Sleighs, Etc. CARRIAGE PAINTING. Trimming and Repairing a Specialty. 57 Market St., Morristown. Wall Paper Given Away! For Very Little Money. W. T. COG H LAN, Corner Washington and Court Streets. Only One of Each : One Pierce Ladies’Bicycle, $100; sold for $65. One Pierce Gent’s, $100; sold for $65. One America Gent’s. $100; sold for $70, One Ladies’ Wolff-American, $100; sold for $75. This the only—no more for same price. J. H. CARLSON, 75 Park Place. Telephone 96 a. 35 WASHIN8T0N ST. KAIN BROS. MORRISTOWN, N. J. Just Received 100 Bolls Carpets, Latest styles aim colons, AT UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. INGRAINS, 25c. up-__BRUSSELS, 45c. up. A Nice Lot of Shoes and Slippers for Infants i Children. .Good School Shoes for Girls. At J. J. DAVIS’ SHOE STORE, ■ - 35 SPEEDWELL AVENUE. TRUSSES 0U,s,'EC'llTv | A perfect fit guaranteed, or no sale. Prices fifty per cent, less than you would nave to pay in New York. Also a Full Line of Suspensories and Supporters from ! 25c. up. H. C. ROY, Chemist, 4 Washington St. A Moving Business ! We do—Everything on Wheels. Special Prices on New and Second-hand Traps for one week. JOHN H. SCHfllDT CO. r AI I AND SEE THE FRESH lot of Games and Puzzles U&teSgsgf** it Jotin i. Runyon’s WHITE AS SNOW is the way your Laundry is returned to you from Marristown Steam Laundry, We do not ruin lii en. 51 Speedwell Ave. FOR CAHERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS’ SUPPLIES, For Professional or Amateur. Fresh Films and Plates always on hand. W. K. Muchmore, I&0rfJCnB/ock Telephone Call 387a. Stearns Latest Model ®lfl0. Bicycle, NOW $65. Bargains on Everything. WILLIS H. DUTTON, - 28 Market Street. See Yourself “ In the Fine Finished Photos taken by . . . H. Ensminger, 17 West Park Place. All the latest novelties in Photography. Closing Out sK”"” . . . WALL PAPER Regardless of Price. JOHN THATCHER, - 25 South St. Deposit your Valuables IN THE VAULTS OF THE MORRISTOWN SAFE DEPOSIT Company, Located in the Fire Proof Building of the Morris County Sav ings Bane, Morristown, New Jersey Where They Will be Secure Against Fire and Burglars. Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent from J5.CC to $100 per annum. Storage for Silverware, Pictures, etc. ai moderate rates. Vaults Guarded Day and Night by Armed Wathmen. Inpection invited. HERY W. MILLER, Prest. H. T. Hull, Sec’y and Treas. THE MORRIS COUNTY SAYINGS BANK MORRISTOWX, X. J. INCORPORATED MARCH 3, 1874 officers: HENRY W. MILLER, President. AURELIUS B. HULL, Vice President. H. T. HULL, Secretary and Treasurer. MANAGERS : Henry W. Miller, H. C. Pitney, Aurelius B. Hull, Philip H. Etoffinan, Charles Y. Swan, M. D., Paul Revere, John Thatcher, Eugene S. Burke. Guy Minton. Statement Jan. I, 1897. ASSETS. Securities quoted at par value.$1,582,741.57 Market value of securities in excess of par value. 82,655.00 Total assets.$1,665,396 57 LIABILITIES. deposits.$1,476,238.74 Interest dividend January 1st, 1897 24,827.06 $1,501,065.80 Surplus for protection of depositors 164,330.77 $1,665,396.57 Interest is declared and paid in January and I July of each year from the profits of the pre j vious six months1 business. Deposits made on or before the 3rd day of January, April, July and October draw inter i est from the first day of said months respect j ively. Correspondence Solicited. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF flORRISTOWN. Capital, $100,000. Surplus, $100,000 THEODORE LITTLE, President. WILLIAM b. SKIDMORE, Vice.President. J. H. VAN DOREN, Cashier. DIRECTORS. WILLIAM B. SKIDMORE. CHARLES E. NOBLE, FRANK TURNBULL F. S. HOYT, CHARLES SEIDLER, D. H. MeALPIN, GUY MINTON, W. W. COOK. C. W. ENNIS, AUGUSTUS L. REVERE, ROBERT F. ORAM. WILLIAM M. BUDD. THEODORE LITTLE. 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