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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-16

II love were dhudeen olden.
Aud | were ! kr the weed,
on, we would live u gether,
Ahd love tde Jolly weather,
and bdsk in sunshine golden.
Rare pals of choicest breed.
II owe were n udeen ldeb,
Aud ! were Ike the weed
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
WITH THE FACE OF A DOG.
Arrival of q MOnstrOsity Which Has
Caused Much Wonder in Europe.

Arrival of q MOnstrosity Which Has
Caused Much Wonder in Europe.
One Of the greatest curiosities that has
ever been brought to these shores arrived
yesterday, says the New York World of
Oct. Is, in the steamer City of Chicago
from Liverpool. 1t is the Russian dog
faced man, or boy flor he is only fourteen
years old, who has been on exhibition
under the name of 'Jo-Jo" since he was
two years old, first in st. Petersburg and
then in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, London,
and many Other large cities in Europe,
This wonderful phenomenon, which has
puzzled the most learned medical heads
in Europe, was brought to this country
for exhibition by Russian named Nicho-
las Forster, of st. Petersburg, who, to-
gether with his young and pretty wife,
has been appointed by the Russian gov
eminent guardian of the young man, who
calls him "Uncle."
''Jo-Jo'' is four feet high. He is we'll
built, like an ordinary healthy bOy, and
weighs about 100 pounds. The singular
ity attached to him is that his face, could
no other portion of his body be seen,
would be taken for a thoroughbred skye
terrier, because of the hirsute append
ages. The hair, which is long, straight
and silky, covers the whole face, leaving
only the large, human-shaped hazel ewes,
the left of which has a cast, and full pink
lips exposed, providing it is kept brushed
back on the forehead, where it mingIes
with the hair Of the head, which is fawn-
colored, and falls down upon the shoul-
ders. The silky hair on the forehead is a
light gray and about three inches long,
gradually shortening as it traverses the
bridge and approaches the tip of the nose.
The nose itself and its cartridges are COM
pletely hidden by the long blonde hair
which thickens on either side of the nose
aud falls over the upper lip,
which is entirely devoid of hair,
its skin being as white and soft as
that of a young girl. The cheeks
from the ears down and the chin are alike
covered with hair two inches long, a
couple of shades darker than that under
the eyes and on the nose, and slightly
lighter than that on the head. The neck,
shoulders and body downward, as we'll as
the limbs, are covered with fine white
haIr about an inch long, while a strip
about two inches wide along the length
of the spine is two inches or more in
length, and of a slate color. The hands
and feet, which are the natural size of
those of a 14-year-old boy, are entirely de-
void of hair. The hands are plump and
the fingers tapering, indications of fine
blood. The mouth, which is small. con-
tains but tour regularly shaped canine
teeth, two in the upper jaw, one on either
side. and two in the lower, close together
on the left side. The gums are quite hard
and red, ard when the boy eats he grinds
his food between the teeth on the left side,
tearing meat like dog.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
A HAUNTED EXPRESS CAR.

Sights and Sounds that Were Too Much
for Messenger who is Noted for his
Courage.
Aaron Ross, the express messenger on
the Central Pacific, who recently made a
demand for a new car, averring that the
old one in which he had been on duty so
long was haunted, says a Salt Lake spe-
cial, sticks to it that he was not mistaken
as to what he heard and saw in it. He
is brave and intelligent man, and the
fullest creGence is given the stories he
tells. On two or three occasions, when
attacked by robbers, he has shown such
nerve that his employers would give him
a new car every month rather than let
him go. There are some bullet holes in
old No. 8, and on the floor is stain made
by the blood of a man who was MUIR
dered in it one night several years ago.
Concealed behind pile of boxes at one
end, Ross shot and killed a train robber
last spring at Monticello, Just as the
bandit was forcing the door.
In talking about the case to-day Ross
said: 81 am usually alone in the car, and
l make it a rule to go to sleep about 10
O'Clock. One night about month ago l
was awakened at u by a crashing noise
as if a box had fallen down and been
smashed to pieces. l got up and looked
around. The train was moving along at
the usual speed and everything seemed
all right. My lights were burning and
the safe was all right. Thinking 1 might
have made a mistake, 1 went to bed again
and slept all right.
E'The next time 1 went over that part of
the road the noise woke me up again
Once more l got up and looked around,
but l could see nothing. When 1 lay
down and closed my eyes the crash came
again and again. By this time l was a
good deal mystiied, but l concluded to
pay no further attention to the noises,
thinking that some time the cause would
be clear to me. l heard them after that
right along, but never even opened my
eyes until one night, about a fortnight
ago, an unusually loud crash caused me
to sit up and look around. At the other
end of the car, standing up at my desk,
with pen in hand, was the shadowy figure
Of a man. The train was in regular
motion, and the doors were all
locked and barred on the inside.
was wondering how anybody could get in,
and at the same time reaching for my
rife, which lay beside the bed. Suddenly
the figure disappeared. 1 looked around,
found nothing, gave the thing up as a
mystery, and kept it to myself. Two or
three nights after this l saw the sare
thing half dozen times during the night.
Every time l opened my eyes there would
be the man always at my desk writing.
Well. was getting uneasy, nervous and
fidgety, and made up my mind that |
wouldn't stand it any longer, so put in
a requlsition for a new car. l amt afraid
of any man that ever walked, but l can't
fight devils, and 1 know old No. 3 has a
devil in her."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
CONVENTION OF nAUNDRYNrEN.
Grave Questions of Soap, Starch, Man
giles, Sad-IrOns and Glaze That Occu-
nv he Time ~.

Grave Questions of Soap, Starch, Man
giles, Sad-IrOns and Glaze That Occu-
Ply the Time of the Assembly.
From nearly every State in the Union,
from the soapy Atlantic to the alkaline
Pacific, says the Philadelphia Times of
Oct. 10, laundrymen came pouring into
this city yesterday to attend the first an
nual convention of the ''National L3un-
drymen's Association of the United
States" now in session at the Continental
Hotel. Previous to the convention they
gathered in crowds at the Quaker City
Laundry, on Locust street, where the va
rious patent soaps ard the numerous ma
chimes that are to be brought to the after
ton Of the laundrymen are stored. They
went about the city during the forenoon,
inspecting the wringers and ironers, the
machinery, the girls and all that go to make
up steam laundry establishment on the
modern plan. Everything is done by ma
chinery. A shirt is washed by machinery,
starched by machinery and ironed by ma
ehinery. There are some machines that
do the work of twenty or thirty girls in
day. E'Laundryfng has become profess
sion now" said Acting Secretary Charles
Dowst in explaining the ASSOCIATION,
''and some Of the machinery Is wonderful
wonderful, sir. OF course, no Chinese
belong to this association. We don't rec
ognize them-don't recognize them. We
have 200 delegates, representing several
thousand girl power. Some very impor-
tant matters come up. 1t has to be deter
mined whether collars are best glazed or
dry-ironed. This will lead to much dis
cussion. Then the best kind of soap to
use viii also be discussed"
THE LAUNDRY NABoBs.
There are some distinguished laundry
men in the convention, among them James
Carroll, Of San Francisco, employing $50
hands and is delivery wagons, and using
a capital, it is said, of $4,000. He has a
hotel for his employees 10 live in. Some of
the other eminent gentlemen of the man.
gle in attendance have almost as large
establishments. About twenty-five States
are represented, although sometimes there
is only one laundryman from State.
They are mostly young men, with a pros
porous air, and they generally wear high
hats and paper collarsl All wear red
badges, except the Secretary. He wears
badge white as new shirt.
At night they came together, and after
a session lasting several hours adopted a
constitution and bylaws, and appointed
a committee to nominate officers this
morning. E. D. Ellis, of Chicago, presided
and w. Nj. Lawrence, of Minneapolis,
was Temporary Secretary, Therezwas
much trouble and discussion over the by
laws, and the amount of fee was moOted
point. U. B. Townsend, of Lawrence,
Mass, thought they ought to be all son
an equality" and pay the same, instead
of one IS and another only 81. Frank A.
Shute thought they were wasting time,
and believed every member should have
aschance to t'manipulate his month";
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
A Mighty DucaI Hunter.

see it stated in a weekly journal that
the Duke of Westminster ''rents $4,000
acres of shooting in Scotland at the pres
ent time" AS a matter of fact, the Duke
rents about 100000 acres, for, in addition
to Reay Forest (70,000 acres) he also
leases the adjoining shoOtings Of Errihol,
Corry-kinloch and Glendhu, which in
clude some of the best grouse moors in
Sutherlandshire. The Duke Of Westmin-
ster's sporting rentaP' is over f2,500 a
year, as in addition to his shootings he
pays the Duke of Sutherland 900 a year
for the fishing on the Laxford, the little
river which flows out Of Loeb Stack the
best angling lOch in the county, and one
of the most beautiful in the Highlands },
and which reaches the sea near ScOurie,
where there is some of the grandest cliff
scenery in Great Britain. The deer in
ReaY Forest are unsurpassed for size and
quality, as, during the last thirty years.
the greatest pains have been taken 20 i'm
prove the breed, and stays have been i'm
ported from Savernake and from the Great
Park at Windsor. There are six beats in
the forest, which yielded 100 stays last
year, and SO in 1882. The whole of this
vast area consists of land which is quite
incapable of cultivation. This seasons
sport has been up to the average.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
MYSTERIOUS POISONs.
Drugs Which XIII but Leave no Trace
Behind,


Behind.
The accident to young DIR. A. II. Phil
lips, of this city, at a Montreal hotel from
an overdose of digitalis, a few days ago,
says a Philadelphia special, has provoked
considerable inquiry as to the nature of
that most interesting of all poisons. The
popular idea that there is no poison so
subtle that its presence in the body of its
victim cannot be detected after death is
entirely erroneous, and the active prin-
ciple of digitalis (digitaline) is one of the
most striking instances of a deadly poison
which leaves no tell-tale evidence of its
work behind it. One-half grain of this
terrible drug would be sufficient to in
stantly kill a strong man, and no scien-
tific research, however prompt, would be
able to find trace OF il afterward,
In 1864 DR.. de la POmmerais, of Paris,
was tried for numbering his mistress. He
had given her dose of digitaline, but a
post norton examination failed to dis
cover traces of the subtle drug, although
the most celebrated surgeons made exam
nations. The most that could be done
was to take portions of the contents of the
stomach and feed it to animals, which at
once exhibited all the systems of digita-
line poisoning. This was, of course, but
presumptive evidence, as it was supposed
in advance that the woman had been
murdered by the drug. Without such a
basis the doctors could have discovered
nothing to suggest the presence OF dlg1-
taline. The drug kills by ''teutOnizing"
the heart muscles, and Is almost instan-
taneOus in its action.
There are several other vegetable
poisons equally impossible to detect, Fu-
caria, Duboisra and Ocenti9, for instance,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
NEW ENGRAVING PRINTING MA
CHINE.
Postal Notes from Steel Plates Struck
Off at the Rate of 10000 a Day.

Postal Notes from Steel Plates Struck
Off at the Rate of 10000 Day.
One of the last official acts of the late
Secretary Folger, says the New York
World, was the signing of an order adopt
ing new system by which the steel en-
graved securities of the government are
executed on steam rotary press. Re-
suits have been attained by this press
which it was thought impossible to ac-
complish, namely, the printing from
steel plate, curved on a cylinder, which is
linked, wiped and polished automatically.
Until this invention was perfected, after
sixty years of experimenting, printing
from steel engraved plates was done on
hand presses. 1t was not possible to turn
off more than 500 sheets on a press daily,
and the plate had to be wiped, polished
and linked after each impression, and two
people were required to do the work. On
the new press one man can work off 200
to l 800 per hour, or 10000 day, the num-
Der being limited only by the skill of the
feeder. 1t has just been adopted for the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the
Treasury Department, after three years.
trial, although foreign governments have
used the same system for several years.
The press is now in use in the gov
IL
Petersburg and Stockholm. 1t has been
necessary for protection to carry on ex-
perimentlng and construction privately
and the first exhibition given was yester-
day to members of the press at the Homer
Lee Bank Note Company's works, Nos.
500 and 567 Broadway. where it is now
printing United States postal notes. The
steel plate remains fixed in the press and
forms a segment upon the surface of
cylinder to which it clings and curves.
The plate receives the ink from series
Of rollers which it passes in its continu-
Gus revolution. Opposite the mixing APP
paratus is the impression cylinder; ex-
tending over this is the blank sheet of
pape., firmly held by grippers. Every
third recover the plate arrives opposite it
and the pressures applied takes from the
engraved lines of the steel plate the ink
which has been deposited and left there
after the surface has been polished by four
ingeniously contrived pads that do the
work as well as can be done by the hands
of a skilled workman. Although the
press weighs nearly ten tons it is so well
balanced that it can be run by a half-inch
belt or One-half the width of an ordinary
sewing machine belt and at cost of only
2h cents per day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
CHARACTER IN GAIT.
How to Discern the Mental Qualities
Men and Women.

How to Discern the Mental Qualities of
Men and Women.
1t is well to beware of the man who
carries his left foot in towards his right
in walking, giving the impression that his
right foot turns out and his left turns in,
says the Alta California. This man is a
natural petty larcenist. He may, per-
haps, have never stolen in his life, but
that was because of fear or lack of oppor-
tunity, but all the same he is liable at
any time to sequester unconsidered trifles
for pure wantonness. He is of klepto-
maniac nature, but he is not nearly so
dangerous as the man who deliberately
lifts his leg up from the thigh as
though he were going upstairs,
That man is natural and
an educated villain. In England. where
the treadmill is used In prisons, many
conVIcts acquire that peculiar step, but it
is the natural, careful, cat-like tread of
the criminal. The girl who walks with
nat foot, planted squarely on the ground
as though she wanted to grow there, may
not be as attractive as the girl with the
arched lnstep, but she Is a good deal bet
ter natured. She is sure to be a good
nurse, kind-hearted, sympathetic, anx-
lous to bear the burdens of others; while
the girl with the arched foot is nearly
sure to be selfish, and certain to be a CO.
quette If she walks on her toes.
The man of short, nervous steps is
always a business man of energy, but if
the stride is from the knee only he is cold
and selfish, caring for no one but himself.
The man whose stride is long and at the
same time energetic is generally bright,
always cratic and Unbalanced, often
conceited, always careless, fond of ad-
mlratiOn, generally willing to sacrifice
much praise and eclat, and while often a
good fellow, generally unreliable. The
diplomatic and the financier have a
smooth, gliding walk, hard to describe,
but easy to recognize. There is nothing
elaboration, as though every step
was carefully considered before being
made. Great statesmen and great
philanthropists always have a loose,
stumbling gait, which comes
from thinking about others more than
about themselves. The strut of the vain
man, the lettering trip of the ''dude," the
lOunging gait of the unemployed club
man, are all too familiar to call for a de-
scriptiOn. To say that person walks
like lady or like a gentleman is high
praise. The gait can never be picked up
in after life; it must be born in a man or
woman and cultivated in early youth. 1t
is lost to a man when he falls into bad
ways, for so surely as he loses his con-
seriousness Of rectitude and pride Of
honor so surely will he pick up the gait
Of the lOafer. An honest man, gentle or
simple, never walks like a thief, and a
thief can never counterfeit the gait of an
honest man, but in attempting to apply
these rules to men one knows it must be
remembered that all thieves are not
caught and all suspected persons are not
had
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
THE MOURNING DOVE.

Listen A voice OF tears from the wooded hill,
Now broken and lest, n0w waking Its plant
anew; .s,t
1 heard il in summers youth, hear II stlLi'
ssWho. who. WhOs'
OuIv this; but catch at the slender clue
And follow il back till / reach the heart OF q
ssyvho. who. who delays thee SO long:"
s.yvbo meets thee amid the rustling full-eared
Who. where the trees OF strength their ripe
ness streW,
or where the willow above her mirror swayss
Who. who. WhOs
Who and Where-I call thee the long day
through;
Come thou wouIdst, If thy love as thy wings
were strong:
Who. who, who delays thee so long?"
II il the wild doves vanishing note hear.
She sits her nest, and darkness and sun and
dew
Touch her soft throat, but never to utterance
clear:
'sWho, who, whOs"
Only this, but catch at the slender clue,
And follow il back till reach the heart OF
wrong:
ssWho. who, who delays thee 50 lOngt3
- Edith n. Thomas, IN tie Critic.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19

and the coin dealer thought that 1 had
done it myself When he was assured
that l knew nothing about Ii he let me
take squint at il through his glass. The
naked eye could not detect that the date
had been tempered with, but the glass
That sort of thing is very often done, and
coin dealers have to be on the lookout con-
stantly.
''The half dime of 1902 is a very valu-
able piece of silver, being worth from $40
to SIS apiece; and the quarter dollar Of
1923 and 1927 are each worth from So to
500 apiece.
"But will have to let up, now. Here
comes a spOtter, and il is against the rules
for conductors to talk much with passen-
gers. You may take my price-list Of the
different dates and coins, and do what you
please with it."
The list is printed below, and the prices
will be paid by almost any coin dealer In
the country:
Halfdoliars of 1895 and 1877, 80 to $40
each; 1894, 1901, 1902, 1915 and 1898, mint
marked 80" between the date and bust.
81 TO 50; 1886, reeded edge (unletteredl
cents to 81 each.
Quarter-dollars of 1928 and 1927, SIS to
$50 each; quarters Of 1886 and 1904, also
1893 without the arrows, on each side of
date), 81 to 50 each.
Twenty-cent pieces of 1877 and 1878, 81
TO 81 each.
Dimes OF 1896 to 1904, inclusive, also
1872, 81 to 81 each; 1906, 1907, 1909, 1911
and 1876, % cents TO 81 each.
Half-dimes Of 1902. SO to S25 each; 1894,
LIST, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1905, 81 to SO each
1875, 1897 and 1916, % cents to 81 each.
Three-cent pieces of 1855, 8 to 10 cents
each; uncirculated, % cents.
zTwO-cent pieces of 1873, % cents to 80
cents each.
United States copper cents of 1928, 1899,
and 1904, 81 to $40 each; 1795, 1896, 1909,
ISL, % cents to 81 each; 1894, 1897, 1905,
1sOS, and 1914, 10 to so cents each; 1900,
1901, 1896, 1907, 1921, 1923, and 1857, to 90
cents each.
Nickel cents of 1856 flying eagle, 81 to
81 each.
Half-cents Of 1898, 1902, and 1911. 80
cents to 81 each; 1905, s. to $40 each; 1894,
1913, 1877, and 1910, 10 cents to 80 cents
each; 1881. 1886, 1910 to 1S47 inclusive, and
1852, 81 to So each; 1900, 1903, 1906, 1906,
1907 1913 and 1897 70 90 aoob
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
THE SOLDIERS, HOME.
A Visit to Camp Nichols and Talk with
the Veterans.

a
the Veterans.
A reporter of the New Orleans Times
Democrat paid a visit Sunday to the Sol
dIers' Home near that city, now called
Camp Nichols, in company with some
members of the Board of Managers. They
were shown through the grounds and
buildings by Capt. Armand Guyol, the
polite Superintendent, and found the
place in a remarkably clean and prosper
Gus condition. Viewed from the levee the
several buildings, white under the shade
of protecting live oaks, present a cosy
appearance, to which picturesque
ness is added by the tall flag
lery that seem to guard it. The fence
is of barbed wire, with white posts, so
that the view is in no manner impeded,
and limping or one-arr1ed veterans walk
ing to and fro on the galleries give life to
the picture, attaching to it at the same
time its own grand meaning, that Of hon.
Ored rest for the remaining days of life Of
warwOrn and helpless veterans.
On the levee in front of the home a taste
iul kiOsque has been erected where the
old soldiers can enjoy the lake breeze pro-
tected from the rays of the sun.
Everything in and about the place from
the spacious yard to the reception and
private rooms looks neat and well kept
The storeroom was well filled with the
necessaries of life, and the kitchen was
resplendently clean, though the dinner
hour being near it was seen at a disad-
vantage. The dinner, which upon exami-
nation had quite an appetiZing look, con-
sisted of Yermicelli soup, baked macaroni,
with parmesan cheese, a magnificent
piece of soup meat, roast beef and coffee.
This bill of fare, the reporter was informed
by Capt. Guyol, is always as substantial,
but is judiciously varied now and then.
Upon being questioned, the veterans
admit that the fare and accommodations
are all that could be desired, but each has
some particular grievance that makes
him miserable and helps to make the
others so. They have excellent fare, good
sleeping accommodations, regular and
abundant rations of smoking and chewing
tobacco, and yet they are not happy, as
can be readily ascertained in conversation
with any of them.
Capt. Guyol, who has to bear the brunt
Of all these petty jealousies and bicker-
ings, smooths things over the best way he
can, but acknowledge that in the absence
OF sufficient authority 10 establish strict
discipline in the Home. he is pOwerless to
regulate matters satisfactorily to all.
There are now 81 inmates to govern. men
who have suffered, who are crippled, and
therefore are of irritable dispositions, who
are necessarily idle, and it is an impOssi-
bility TO manage them without the strict
est rules of government.
The committee on rules Is now at work
on a set of laws for this purpose, and the
Superintendent bides his time with nery-
Gus patience until the work is complete.