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MRS. A. t. STEWART DEAD.

The Wife of The Great Merchant Dies sud
denly.
NEW York, October 25.-Mrs. Cornelia
M. Stewart, wife of the late millionaire dry
goods merchant, A. L. Stewart, died sud-
denly this morning at her residence on
Thirty fourth street. and Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Stewart died at 10 o'clock of con-
&c ,tion of tho lungs and heart trouble. On
triday she took dinner with MRS. Henry
Hilton, and on her way home contracted u
heavy cold. Saturday she was 30 Ill che was
compelled to 60 to bed. and DR.. Miner was
seuL tor yesterday. Mrs. Stewart grew
worse, and Dr. Miner renamed ut the house
all night. At hall-past nine this morning
ex-Judge Horace Russell called at the Stew
art MANSION, and was informed tn At although
Mrs. Stewart spent restless night she was
feeling better, and was able to SIT up In bed
without any great effort. At lew minutes
after III u'ciock ex- Judge Russell was sur
prlsed to learn from u messs niger that Mrs.
Stewart was dead.
The funeral will be held Thursday after
noon from her late residence on Thirty
fourth street and Fifth avenue. Rev. Or.
Brooks, or the church of the incarnation,
offic ates. The services will be private. Tho
remains viii DO taken to Garden City for IN
ternent in the to 40 Ut A. L. Stewart. Pub
Ii, services will be held IN the chapel late In
tn0 6tt6rnOOn AnuIeOdy. oAoAOP AAssAoJ SuAs
VINO Is In Chicago, has been teleg rsphed for
aud is expected TO arrive III time to take part
in the service. lhe services will be of the
planest description. The caskeS will De
covered with black velvet, silver mounted,
and be enclosed in q cedar box tomb. 1t Ii
eaid that the body will Do enclosed In stesl
casket to prevent any possible chance OF
theft after burial. Mrs. Ste &ars was the
eldest daughter Of James Olncn, former
merchant of this city. she was born IN loO0,
aud married 70 Mr.. Stew art IN 1873, ny tho
late kss. Dr.. Mitchell. Since the death VI
her husband she has led u retired life.
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.:unctuous body coagulated'') magni-
flcent diamond was burnt on July Is,
It'll, in the laboratory Of M. Macquer
and in the presence, among others, Of .
we'll known Partisan jeweler, M. le Blanc,
wEo, notwithstanding what he had Just
seen, stood forward and declared the
diamond to be indestructible in the fur
mace, for that he had often subjected
stones of his own to intense heat TO rid
them of blemishes, and that they never
suffered the slightest injury in the pro-
cess. II You doubt your diamond, do
not either Try to burn or to break it. Yoa
may test it with black mastia, to which,
if it be real, it will adhere closely. You
may even, If your ears be sharp, rub two
together, and mark the INDISPENSABLE
grating, creaking sound-k qruit stri-
dent-they give out; so do the officers
of the Junta Diamantina in the Brazils
with the doubtful stones; and, lastly,
you may try its retroactive power, for,
unlike all other crystals, the diamond
has no double refraction that is to say,
objects looked at through the diamond
remain objects still and are not doubled
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He Swallowed A Fish.

Philadelphia Telegraph.
Probably one of the happiest men in
the country is Seth Bennett, OF Julius-
town, who has just succeeded in getting
rid of one of the most unwelcome guests
a man ever had. Several months ago
MI. Bennett was walking out in thu
country, and took occasion to slake his
thirst at small brook at the roadside.
As he was drinking he felt pretty sure
that he had swallowed something in the
water that he ought not to, and a. he
travelled along he almost imagined he
could feel it move. The longer his mind
dwelt upon the matter the more dissstis-
fed and miserable he came. He didn't
enjoy his food 40 was his won't, and for
many days complained Of pain in the
pit Of his stomach.
Within day or two he was seized
with vomiting accompanied with consid-
cradle distress, which lasted for some
time and resulted in his vomiting up
fish about three inches in length. This
he took to Psmberton and showed Il 10 .
physician there, who pronounced il .
species Of pike. It was perfect spsai-
men Of tho Anny tribs, with bead, hns
and tail Since he got nd Of it Mr..
Benndtt's health has improved and hi
mental equilibrium has besn entirely NJ
stored, but hereafter be will never take q
drink Of watsr without first carefully m
pecting it.
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Lost Time
The early fading of married women is
always subject for comment among
their dearest friends. And each particu-
lar friend has some very good cause to
assign for it. But it is quee ton,
whether, In many cases, it is not greatly
the woman's own fault.
Tnink, mothers, do you not do much
unnecessary work? am not going into
an elaborate discussion of the sewing
question. Everybody knows that you
all, or at least nine tenths OF you, sew
much more than there is any necessity
for. l am going to speak only OF the
sitting question. Now think carefully
Do you not stand to do many things
about which you could as well cit If you
were only accustomed it. 20 but it looks
lazyr' A fig for the way sit looks!' Why
should woman stand up to pare pota-
toes? I've seen women stand half the
morning preparing vegetables. Ask
them about it and what is their answer
20 don't know. Railways stand. I'm
used to it. I can work better So" They
have no business to be used to it. With
all that mother, or housekeeper must
do, she has 10 moral right to strain her
physical Or nervous system by doing one
thing that she is not obliged to do. Ac-
custom yourself to sitting as much as
possible while at work. Have a high
chair with rest for the feet made to fit
your table and sink. It will not cost
much, but it will save you many a back
ache, many doctors bill, many a sea-
son of regret over cross word you have
spoken under the strain of having "been
on your feet all day." Plenty women
work in such a back-handed way that
one wonders they can live.
II Dever lie down in the day time"
says some one decidedly and so self
righteously, that the poor little meek
woman who has ventured the remark
feels quite criminal in ever having in
dulged in such disposition.
1t is not only right, but woman's
bounded duty to take all the rest she
can get. If mother can possibly find
time to throw herself down on the sofa
for few moments she should do 80. It
IL necessity and one that can not with
IMMUNITY be put aside. If baby is awake
and you are afraid to leave him alone,
put him and his playthings in dry
goods box, give him quart of Indian
meal and some little tin plates, or some
oil er novel amusement, reserved for Just
such emergencies, then seize five min
utes, or even fifteen minutes rest, and
you will 60 at your work again with a
renewed vigor that will enable you tc
much more than maze up for lost (?)
time.
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is with you and send me the money
when you get home to America" But
I said: "Yon don't know me. ! am a
stranger here. and leave Amsterdam
this afternoon. Saturday I sail for New
York. You have no security for your
money" "Give me your visiting card
and your address aad that is all I care
for. I have often trusted Americans.
and I am never deceived" An Amer.
can merchant who did business in this
way would be liable to imprisonment for
lunacy.
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Clyde Herald: Rev. J. 8. Nasmith
left in our Office sample of evaPorated
raspoerries. His brOther-m law, Mr..
Erotus Warner, from seven acres, raised
enough to make about Gix thousand
pounds when evsporatsd- Two thou
sand five hundred and twenty pounds
were sold BY Mr.. Nasmith in a short
time in cities not far from here. He has
received more from these berries than
the kind commonly sold here cost. but
on examination Of the two kinds, shows
Why the Warner berries sell 20 readily
at higher figures.
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Ina.mm.bil,.y of D,.monds.

10u8m mDOAnsy VI DAoAAsOAsAss
Cornhin MaGsxine.
The ancients were a. sure no diamonds
could be burnt az they were that none
could be broken. Adams, the indomits-
bic, yielded neither to Ore nor force. It
vas not till 1900 that Do Boot suspected
its inAsmmshiEty, nor till 1878 thst It
was sctuAlly burned In 1919 Averani
and Tsrgioni. Of Cimsnto. 1t the ins6-
CATION Of Cosmo Ill, the grand Duke Of
Florence, burned the diamond in The To-
Gus OF concentrated son- rays, whsce Il
WAS seen 10 crack, cofueoats, and finally
disappear. They had trisd 10 1sazn ths
ssoret u II composiision and HE txus
nastyr, 4 he'd psrihled, unsonfssod; =
had burnt ito1 81 - . -. 1uEty-
lpky 60 - M q o1ll
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City Editor to reporter )-How thick
is the ice on the mill pond, Robinson?
Reporter--AbOuta an inch.
City Editor-Well, I saw q little boy
going in that direction with a pair of
skates slung over his shoulder. You
had better ssunter down that way.
Reporter Shall I stop him from
going on the ice?
City Editor { with intense scorn y
Stop-him-from going on-the-
col (Turuing to speaking tube) Cash
or, pay of Robinson and discharge him.
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Nxw York, October 21.-rhe Times OF
this morning says thai rumor was c1rcu:
lated yesterday that all the surface and
elevated roads IN the city will be tied p ON
elecuon Gay. Most Of the shops and fac
tories Will % closed IN order that the laooe.
ing men may show their power: Il Wa salo
thai the men who take Q day Of would take
possession OF the polls early IN the morning
and wound either intlmldsae voesr8 Who Wero
NOS IN favor OF Henry George " manage 70
keep rnem outside the polling plAou until
their patience Vas exhausted and they weie
compelled 20 70 away 70 thslr piaoS Of besa-
ness without voting. Some Vt tho lsaden
of the GeOrve movements pO0hQvohed the
ruuor g ridiculvus and without foundation,
bus Is vas udanitssd shss 0omsshinU Of tn
kand ma been talked abous sUvosa q uayo go
r - :, a . onohoGntS thaS tuO - tAro1
- go one dAivognI 80
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The Amer,c.n Abroad

xn0 American AOfO00
These antiquity stories have made
many fine old paintings, and they do q
great business with Americans. The
Dutch merchant who presided over the
ono shove spoken Of told me- he had Just
sold about 5000 guilders, or over s., 900
worth Of goods to Robert Garrett add
that he made sales to Americans daily.
BE had great faith IN American honesty,
too and when I admired piece Of this
same old Flemiah lace and regretted that
I had not the time 10 get money from
ths bank bsfofs isaving 70 purohass i,
h donblsd + up end told No 70 taks +
alnng - - - 80 8 ny
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oLD-FAsHIoNED woo,~c
How COurtship WAS Carried ON In ,he r
ieenlh Centurv

How COurtship was Carried ON In the FIT
teenth Century.
There Is a beautiful old-fashioned WOO
ing recorded in the journal of Elizabeth
Woodville previous to her marriage with
Lord Grey. This lady afterward became
the Queen Of Edward w., and died in
1886, She describes a certain blissful
Monday on which she first became ac-
quainted with Lord Grey. The lady
rose at four In the morning and helped
Catherine the dairy-maid 70 milk the
cows. Then she made poultlce for
Rachael, another dairy maid, and gave
Robin penny to get pill from the
spothecary. At 6 o'clock she breakfast
ed on bullock Of beef and beer, ga lit
tie OF the stalest." At z o'clock she rode
a matter OF six miles on q little pony
without saddle or bride. At 10 O'Clock
she dined, and thus runs the entry in
her diary: went to dinner. John Grey,
a most comedy youth, but what is that to
me? A virtuous maiden should always
be under the direction of her parents.
John Grey ate but little and stole a
great many tender looks at me. John
Grey likes white teeth; my teeth are of
a pretty good color, I think, and my
hair is black as jet, though I say it, and
John, if l mistake not, is of the same
opinion"
At IL o'clock she walked in the fields
with the company. John Grey lifted
her over every stile, and ''twice squeezed
my hand with great vehemence." At
three in the afternoon farmers house
burned down. John Grey proposed q
subscription on the spot, and gave four
pounds himself. "Never saw him look
SO comely as at that moment" says the
lady in her diary. Four o'clock saw her
at prayers, ard Immediately afterward
she fed the hogs and poultry. At 7
o'clock she supped on baked goose pie
and pork, roasted to rags" At 9
o'clock she was in bed, and having a
good digestion, she dreamed about her
lover instead of demons, which accord
ing to Fuseli, generally visit the slum-
bers of the individual who INDUCES in a
supper of pork. But how quaint, peace
full, and pastoral is the last entry, deal
ing with this eventful day in the Journal
"Nine o'clock. The company fast
asleep. These late hours very disagree
able. Said my prayers second time,
John Grey having distracted my
thoughts too much the first time. Fell
asleep and dreamed of John Grey"
But little did she dream in those quiet
days Of troublous life which was before
her; how she would become Queen of
England, and die at last in confinement
at Southwark.
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and vote during the day. It has been ascer-
tanned that the companies are opposed TO
George, and will try to prevent them from
going to the polls. Should the companies
refuse to grant the request the men will tie
up and take day off. It is said that the
brass workers will also take a day off.
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Cheap Charity.

Cheap Charity.
Texas Siftings.
Gilhooly-"Queen Victoria has been
expressing her sympathy for the Charles
ton sufferers"
Gus de Smith, suppose she sent
them one of those India shawls. That's
about as far as her charity usually ex-
tends, but there are great many peo-
pie whose charity consists in giving lie
poor all the old stuff they don't want
themselves"
Gilhooly-"The queen did not even
send an India shawl. Size merely sent
her regrets. She is sorry, very sorry,
but not to the extent of SIS bill. Her
ears are always open to the calls of
charity, but unfortunately the openings
of her ears are very small. Her charity
is colder than giving plate of ice cream
to frozen tramp on cold winters
day."
Gus-:You had better quit abusing
her majesty. You can badly expect her
to contribute actual cash to American
sufferers when there are so many pau
pers in England"
Gilhooly-sThat reminds me of little
story. A Texas darkey called on a friend
for small temporary loan, to which ap-
peal the friend replied that he could not
asfort it, as he had to support his old
blind father.
".B1t' retorted the applicant for aid,
your old blind father tells me that you
never give him cent
1.-The affectionate son thought a mo-
ment, and then replied, solemnly:
"'Wen, den ef I don't do ruffin for
my old blind fadder, what show has you
got, who amt no kin to me, to get money
from dis niggar?"
Gus-"I suppose you mean that if the
immensely wealthy Queen Victoria re-
fuses to relieve the misery that prevails
ali over the British empire, it is not reas-
enable to suppose that she is going to
squander any charity on Americans?"
Gilhooly-"That Is precisely what I
mean"
@Well, its q mean thing to say about
q poor widow"
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TIL oAfter-Dinner Nap,
Fortnightly Review.

There is much difference of opinion
concerning the desirability of an after
dinner nap. Those who advocate it cite
the example of animals, but these gorge
themselves with food whenever oppor-
tunity offers, and are heavy and drowey
in consequence. A short rest is, however,
different from lethargic sleep, and often
appears to do good. Brain work should
certainly be forbidden after dinner; the
interval between it and bedtime should
be devoted to recreation and amusement.
In the case of elderly people short nap
after late dinner often aids digestion,
bnt as general rule it is better for such
persons to make their principal meal at
2 p. m. The digestive powers of most
elderly people are at low ebb in the
evening. When sleeplessness is trouble
some relief should be sought for in the
discovery and removal Of the cause when
ever possible. The condition is often
due to indigestion, and when this is the
case the ordinary remedies for inducing
sleep are worse than useless. The ner-
vous relations between the brain and the
stomach are so intimate that disorder of
the one organ is almost certain to affect
the other. Excitement, worry, and
anxiety, which have their seat in the
brain, interfere with the functions of the
stomach, and in like manner anything
that unduly taxes the power of or irri-
tates the stomach disorders the circula-
ton of the brain. The sleeplessness often
complained OF by equity persons is due
to the poisonous effect Of the morbid
material upon the nervous system. Ex-
cessive smoking, too much alcohol, tea,
and coffee. often resorted to by over
worked persons, are frequent causes of
In all these cases the
cause is removable, while the effect may
be contracted by appropriate treatment.
Nothing is more mischevious, however,
than to continue the habits and to have
recourse to drugs to combat the effects.
A due amount Of exercise tends to induce
normal sleep, and such exercise need not
be of violent character. A walk of two
or three miles daily is sufficient, and is,
perhaps, as much as busy man can find
time for. A ride on horseback, the Pal
cure for govt. is PROBABLY the
best form of exercise for those whose
minds are constantly at work. It has
been we'll said that a man must come
out of himself when in the saddle; he is
forced to attend to his horse and to no
tice the objects he meets. Walking may
be merely automatic process, and afford
little, il any, relief to the mind, and car
rage exercise may be practically value
less if the mind is not diverted from what
had previously occupied it.
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AMERICAN HOGS.

1uo TOlanO-Cn1nA 16 O16G1nctlVoly an
American breed, having been made up
by crossing many others. The hogs Of
this breed are Of dark spotted color,
with fine dropping GERS, small heads,
long bodies and short legs. They fat
ten at an early age, but eighteen to thir
ty months make very heavy hogs.
Ths Berkshires were introduced into
the United States from England over
fifty years ago, and have since been
greatly improved. They are black, with
white on feet, face, tip Of tail and an &C.
casional splash on arm or some part of
the body. The face is short, fine.
dished; ears almost erect, but inclining
forward; back STRAIGHT, body round, tail
fine, legs short and set we'll apart, length
medium, bone fine. They mature very
early. Their flesh is we'll marbled and
skin thin.
The small Yorkshire is a white breed
recently introduced from England.
Their faces are very dishing, giving a
father ludicrous expression; ears nearly
erect, inclining forward. In general
form they possess much genuine porcine
beauty, and are very popular in Eng
land.
The Chester Whites are truly Ameri-
can swine, having originated in Chester
county, Penn. Being a "made-up'
breed, there was great variation among
them, but at length distinctive type
has been obtained by careful breeding.
The Chester Whites are large white hogs,
with small heads, ears projecting for
ward and tapping at the points; coat
thin with no bristles; long, deep bodies.
The Cheshires are supposed by good
authority to have been derived from the
New Yorkshires. In form and other
points, except color, they resemble the
Berkshires. They are pure white,
smaller and finer than the Chester
Whites, and larger thau the Suffolks.
They are prolific, mature early, and their
flesh Is nicely streaked with fat and lean,
like the Berkshires.
The Suffolks are small white hogs,
with very thin hair and fine pink skin.
They are not popular among the great
pork producers Of the west, but are ami
mails for the village mechanic who keeps
one pig. and the amateur. In short,
they may be regarded as fancy breed
rather than one for business. They ma
ture early, fatten easily, and make fine
delicate pork If killed at eight to ten
old.
The Essex hogs are black, and in all
points except color greatly resemble the
Suffolks. They are less sensitive to hot
sunshine, keep in good condition Oh
grass alone, and fatten easily. They are
quite popular in the east, but they are
not kept largely in the west. There lisa
larger, or as it is called, an improved
Essex, made by crossing with larger
breeds, for which much is claimed.
The Duroc-Jersey is red in color, and
is supposed to have deecesded from the
old styls of Berkshires, among which
tina. peculiar color is prevalent. The
had been bred under
other names in the United States for
more than sixty years, but it is only re-
Gently that the present narae was adopt
cd. They are long, deep hogs, with
moderate small heads, ears dropping for
ward; bone rather large; body deep and
long; legs firm and short. When fully
they dress from 400 to 500
and pigs at months old should
dress $50 to 800 POUNDS.
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A Romance of the Mill.

St. Paul Globe.
"There goes young man who has /,
romance" remarked wen-Known citi
zen, yesterday, as he looked through the
window, as a young man of perhaps q
passed up First avenue remarkably
handsome lady leaning upon his arm
'Tell you about it? Certainly, only
won't give you the name of the parties
for if 1 did you would print it and nearly
every one in the city would recognize in
the couple two well-known Minneapolis
people.
"Some years ago the Young man
worked in one of the big mills and was
looked upon as good man in his posi-.
ton. One day party of ladies visited
the mill among them the lady you saw
him with. While looking at the differ
ent things around the mill, this young
lady dropped from her finger into lot
of wheat which was being stored a valu-
able diamond ring, which had been pre-
sented to her by her mother who had
died some years before.
OF course the young lady was nearly
heartbroken and refused 70 be comforted
by her friends. This young man, who
was standing near when she dropped
the ring, saw the whole thing and made
up his mind to recover the ring. That
evening, as soon as his work was done,
he went to the bin in which the wheat
had been stored, and placed it in bags.
It was nearly morning when he found
the ring. The wheat was then emptied
back into the bin and the young man
went home. When he went to wo,k
again he went to the head miller and
succeeded in being released for the day.
His next move was to dress himself in
his best suit and return the ring to the
owne.
ITO her he related how he recovered
it, and BY his pleasing manners 90 cap
tivated her that she invited him to call.
This he did, and the friendship thus be-
gun ripened into something stronger.
The young lsdy's father took . great
liking to the young man and gave biz
consent to marriage, arranged between
him and bis dsughtec. When the mar
riage took plaos. the young man left the
mill and was started in buinen by hia
wifs's father. He y now worth about
500, 600, and en- lay his good fortune
to rscovsring H. lost ring"