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Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

she looked at him, or as he propound'
ed some question which would have
been asked by stranger, but as ior
denying ti1ot he was her husband, she
had never tf,ought of it One day alt.
er her fathers family had been to the
house, her mother said:
""hpey, there is something queer
about Hi He's either got some
trouble on his mind or elss he's going
insane. Didn't you hear Sim ask
when our barn burned, as if both OF
you were not sleeping in our house
that night and he did not discover the
blaze first?"
Who was the second Hiram Weston,
or the man who assumed the name?
The real one was afoundling from New
York city. It was not improbable
that he had q twin brother, and that
the stranger was the one. 1t was pos
sible, too, that the stranger was not
related to him, though his double.
Why he went away as ne did was a
further mystery, for he could not
have foreseen that anything was
to happen. But for the evidence in
black and white people would have
believed him a ghost. The writer has
no further theories to offer. He has
known Hiram Weston and family ever
since the strange happenings, and WIS.,
tied them at the depot in St. Thomas
less than O. month ago. The particu-
lars herein given, strange as they may
read, were gathered from their own
lips, and who can imagine they would
invent such a story? l have simply
suppressed the right name, as Weston
is now resident of another locality,
and in place to make gossip an un-
pleasant thing.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24
Bravery in Ocean Peril.

We are not without abundant and
well-auGhenticated stories of remark
able bravery in ocean perils. Mr.. w.
Clark Russell, in his late book, cites
several which may serve as exampl IS
OF virtue which the world never fails
to praise and honor. In the narra-
tive of the loss of the Kent in 1925.
it was related that when it was seen
that the fire was gaining fast, and
while several hundreds of people were
rushing wildly about in search of hus-
bands, children or parents, several old
soldiers and sailors, giving up all hope,
but without making any fuss: went
and sullenly seated themselves direct.
ly over the magazine, and there wait
ed with folded arms and set faces. tor
the powder to catch, so that there
might be an end at once to their suf-
ferlngs. In the case of the loss OF one
of the East India Companys ships,
all the boats but one were lost, and
into that eight of the crew jumped and
rowed away, leaving the rest on the
sinking vessel. Those who were left
shouted to the others to return-not,
they said, to carry any of them off,
but simply to rescue two little chill
dren, who could add no weight to the
boat; and the seamen returned, took
the infants and rowed away again.
Ten minutes later the ship went down,
and all on board perished. When the
Montreal burned off Quebec, a mother
fhpnry11 mt ha
children. With one hand she clung to
a rope, with the other she kept the
head of child above water, and with
her teeth fastened to it's dress she sus-
tanned a second child. She could not
scream, and she would have been
drowned in a few moments had
not her situation been noticed. In
the wreck of the Queen Victoria, dis
charged soldier saw O woman with
child In her arms and offered to take
1t that she might be free to help her.
self. She consented, and he placed
the child on his shoulder. But the
mothers love proved too strong. She
looked on q moment, and then passion
ately snatched the child back, and
the two were drowned, while the SOL
dier swan ashore. Such inst ances
might be multiplied indefinitely.
Every shipwreck furnishes something
of the kind; and one can not help
thinking that human nature, with all
its faults and weaknesses, has still
saving grace of goodness SO long as
deeds like these continue to be per-
formed whenever occasion calls for
them,
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24
The Russian Guards.

The Novoe Vremya publishes the
following account of the war service of
the Russian Guards: "Created in 1851 =,
they received their baptism of fire in
1866 during the two Azof campaigns.
after which came the following exploits
in their order of date: Narva, 100;
capture of the fortress of Nienschanz,
1903; battle of Pultowa, 1909; siege
of Viborg, ITO; battle of the Pruth,
I'LL; siege of Stettin, 1712; of Eigen-'
stadt, Hango, 1713; capture of Otcha-
koff, 1897; capture ofKhouine and bat
tie of Stawugans, with the Swedes,
1889. After this long interval elaps-
ed before theguards reappeared in the
field at Austerlitz in 1906. They were
present afterwards at Friediand in
1907, Borodino in 1912, Bautzen, Culm
and Leipsic in 1913, and La Fere Cham
penoise and Paris in 1914. In 1928
they fought in Turkey before Varna
and in the action of Hadji Hassan La
rom. In 1881, during the Polish war,
they took part in the combats at Szi-
manowo, Przetyn, Rudki, Ostrolenka,
and in the assault on Warsaw. In
1868 they served during the Polish in
surrection, and their last active SER
vice was during the Turkish war OF
1977-S."
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

Secretary Hayes of the executiv.
board, district assembly No. j..
Knights OF Labor, explains to a Phii-
adelphla reporter the relations OF tue
order to politics. "The knights" hs
says, "have perfect liberty to engage
in a political canvass if they choose.
There is nothing i'll the constitution
OF the order to prevent it, But the
matter is not generally understood.
We can do as individuals and citizens
BIS members of any civil organization
can do, but it is true that in our ca
pacity as Knights ofLaber we can
not engage in politics. Take for in
stance, local assembly. That as
sembly cannot do anything of polit-
ical nature while in session in it's off.
cial copacity, but it can adjourn and
60 into session again as body Of men
without reference to the Knights of
Labor"
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24
COlOrs Discarded in the British
Army.

Perhaps l may as we'll state here a
fact, which | think is not generally
known outside of military circles. On
our landing in Egypt for the Soudan
expedition all colors ofregiments were
left on board the feet, so that British
soldiers, for the first time IN history
went into action unaccompanied by
"Old Glory" whose silken folds had
been wont for centuries to flap among
the bayonets and sabers OF it's defend
ers--in some cases jaunty and gay in
the bravery of new material and bull
lion-wrought device, in others simply
a grim, war-battered old emblem, but
in either case dear as LIES pulse to
each and every one in the regiment to
which each color respectively belonged.
1t may be recollected that at the bat
tie of MaiWand, in Afghanistan, in
which a certain infantry regiment was
ambushed, but could have escaped
were it not that the enemy devoted all
his energies to the capture of the
colors, the men stood by them in de-
tense. and so were completely annihi-
lated-wiped off the army list, as it
were. Of course, the colors were lost.
This decided the War Office, and the
order was issued that henceforth
British soldiers must fight without
colors.
1t is, perhaps, not generally known
that in the British service the colors
1.-TWO to each regiment) were always
carried by commissioned officers
generally the Juniors as to service.
These colors were escorted by color
guard consisting of the first of color
sergeauts of each company, who were
also the pay sergeants. Now, in ac-
tion, in case the color-bearers were
shot down, there was always great
emulation on the part ofother officers
to seize and bear them aloft, thus Of
fering themselves as needless targets
for enterprising sharpshooters. This
sort of thing might be repeated till
all the officers were placed hors
du combat, when of course, the real
backbone of the regiment (the non
commissioned staff would be expect
ed to take command; but if the color
bearers were swept off it would be
quite likely that the color-guard
shared their fate, when the regiment
would quickely become like a ship
without either q rudder Or a pilot.
Reasoning thus the magnates of the
War Office decided that the carrying
of colors entailed needless mortality
among the most efficient members ola
regiment, therefore the practice must
cease, as the army could fight we'll
enough without them. The strangest
part of it all is, the rank and file now
cheerfully coincide with the views of
their superiors. Pardon the disgres-
sion, but think it was necessary.
The day preceding the battle of
ebir general orders command
ed that in the coming advance no buj
giles were to be sounded, no drums
beaten and no loud words of COM |
mand given; whistles were to be used
British soldiers in Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

on me for making it all right. / can
pocket, the sponge and chamois in an
instant and forget whether she want
ed her shoes half soled or not IN the
same space of time. But, as l said
before, she won't, and I'm not going
to have any young woman freezing
herself to death if / can help it.
There, that windows done, and we'll
fly to the next.
They flew TO the next, and both
worked in silence for few moments.
Then said the extremely neighborly
neighbor, 81 'spose you know my
name. If you don't that's it on the
sign over the store"
Cyrilia paused, newspaper in her
hand, and putting her head on one
side, glanced at the sign and read out
slowly, "Saul j. Benson;" though she
could have read it just as well, sly
little thing; without looking over the
way at all. e..
"Yes, Saul J. Benson" he repeated,
"and yours is Cyrilla Ann-some'
thing"
"How did you know that?" asked
Cyrilla Ann, arching her arched eye.
brows still more.
"Oh, I've heard your gentle lady
scream it at you time and again.
But" standing off to study the effect
of his labor-'she didn't scream your
last name"
"1t's-well-it's queer, awful queer,
that it should be, but it's almost the
same as yours. If yours had It. in.
stead of an s. or mine had an IS in:
stead of IT, they'd be exactly alike"
said Cyrilla Ann, with her dimple at
it's loveliest.
THAT is odd now, isn't it," said
Saul Benson; "and so if we should
tall in love with each other and get
married, you'd scarcely change your
name, would you? There, that win
doM's done too. Don't they shine,
though! And they ought to, for tell
you what, l served long apprentice
ship to window cleaning. Good-by
and say, may | com over to see you;
some evening? Best of references
from late employeres."
"I-don't--know," stammered Cyrilla
Ann, "she might not"
"Bother She I'll come if you are
willing" and he had disappeared as
suddenly as he appeared. But that
wasn't the last of it. By no means.
Cyrilla Ann too, disappeared one
bright day few months after, to re-
appear over the way in the character
OF Mrs. Saul J. Benson. And when ]
last called on her she had in her arms
the prettiest girl baby you ever saw.
although Mrs. Feeze did say when she
first saw it, "Another OF them ridIc-
ulous dimples." But, perhaps, being
50 very young the chi!d E3s&&y Out.
grow it.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24
Good Horse,
From the Rural New Yorker.

From the Rural New Yorker.
We examined horse recently that;
came as near our ideal of perfect farm
horse as we have seen. Broad and
strong. gentle and kind, of good color,
a willing worker, fair roadster and
with far more than the usual equine
intelligence. The first reason her owner
gave for her excellence was: 1t cost
$50 to sire her" There is good deal
in that remark. If you will think it
over you will find that every first-class
horse that you know of cost more
money than the common horse. A
$50 colt is q $50 colt, and a So colt
is So colt, every time. Back in the
pedigree of every first-class animal
will be found a good-sized service fee.
We do not wish to be understood as
saying that by simply paying large
service fee a farmer may consider
himself sure to secure agood colt. we
do mean that the service OF a first
class, shapely, welEbred animal is
worth ten times as much as that of
scrub. There is nc law OF nature that
can enable scrubs to produce anything
but scrubs.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

Sir George Campbell, an English
economist and author, boldly pro-
claims that the human race will peter
out if foolish young people are not
mated by selection rather than by
their own emotions. Hecalls his plan
"man breeding" To use his own
words, he says: 1--WE have enough
physiological knowledge to effect a
vast Improvement in the pairing of
individuals OF the same or allied races
If We could only apply that knowledge
to make fitting marriages, instead of
giving way to foolish ideas about love
and the tastes of young people, whom
we can hardly trust to choose THEN
own bonnets. much less to choose ir
a graver matter in which they are
most likely to be influenced by frivo
lous prejudices.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24
A StOker's Life.

Passengers on an ocean steamer
| know little about the lives OF the stoks
ers, who shovel coal into the ships
furnaces. Crossing over in the Ceph'
aIonia of the Cunard Line this sum-
mer," says correspondent Il was
leaning on the starboarG bow one
evening, when black figure came out
of some hole which leads to the dark
regions below the decks, and leaued
over the rail near me.
"He looked like an imp from the
kingdom OF Pluto. He had on an
| indescribable suit of clothes, If it may
be called a suit, and he was actually
dripping with black sweat.
'There was something very mourn
full and yet resigned in the mans face,
whose red eyes looked out from their
sooty framework like two partially
extlnguished Goals.
Owe were soon chatting freely; that
is &c say, l asked questions, and he
answered, with slight foreign brogue,
which | shall not attempt to repro
duce. He told me he was one of the
eighteen or twenty fremen, and had
Just come upto get a breath Ofair.
CHOW much coaldoes this ship burn
in a day?'
"'Well, sir, about eighty ton. If we
forced her to 90 fifteen knots an hour,
as she is built to go, it would take
nearly twice that. Some of the New
York steamers burn two hundred tons
day
ait must be hard work. Your work,
l mean
"'Yes, sir (modestly). No man
knows how hard till he tries it, sir
"'How many hours day do you
have to shovel?'
"Well, Sir, goes on at four o'clock
tomorrow mornin' an works till
sight bells, eight o'clock, you under
stand. That's four hours. Then l
comes up to breathe an get bite OF
somethin', an the second gang goes
on for four hours. They knocks OFF,
an the third gang goes on. That
brings me on agin at eight bells, four
o'clock in The afternoon. You see, l
puts in eight hours a day, four hours
at a time
alt must be hot down there?'
"1t's an awful place, sir. One hun
dred and forty degret>s where l work,
raking out ashes. Takes a young
man to stand that, sir
81 looked at him closely. He could
not have been over twenty-five.
"'You must get terribly thirsty.
What do you drink
"'Nothin' but water. Three Or foar
quarts. Sometimes we puts piece
of in, ~
see 'twouldn't be safe
"How much pay do you get for
this work?'
"'Well, sir, the c. Company, if
do say it, does better by us than any
other company. Wegets four pun six
teen [about twenty-four dollarsl a
MONTH
THAT isn't much to support afam-
ily.'
"'You're right. sir. Most of us don't
have families. I've got one, though,
an my wife an little girl we1e sick
when | left Liverpool
81 couldn't get him to talk much
after this, and finally he moved away
toward the forecastle, saying, as he
went, Good night, sirn Perhaps he
to think by himself of his
wife and child, for it is entirely possi-
BILE even in this world of social dis
tinctions for stoker to have emo
tions and affections.
at Is said that stoker on an
ocean steamer wears out in six years,
though he may possibly live two years
more if he is very strong, rugged
young man when he begins. All at
tempts thus far to substitute machin-
cry for manual labor in filling the
furnaces have been failures. Heaven
help the stoker, and give us all more
sympathy for him and Others like
him -
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

The lockout in the knit goods man.
ufactories OF New York still continues.
About sixty concerns, embracing a
large majority of the manufacturers,
are organized into a National Knit
Goods Manufacturers Association, >"
while loca. association, including
Cohoes and Waterford, has a member.
ship OF rs mills. In these two towns
all the manufacturers are included ex-
cept six, of whom only two are of
much Importance. The .manufactur-
ers all through the knit goods country
as a rule declare that the stoppage of
production has been d good thing for
the trade.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

The price of No. 2 spring wheat in
Chicago from January l, 1860, to
January l, 1886, was 95 IS cents a
bushel in gold, while the average for
1884 was 83 cents, and for 1885, SO
3-4 cents. Thus the decline from the
average OF the last twenty six years to
the average OF 1854 and 1885 is IA
per cent. From the indications the
average price for the present year will
be IT cents, which would make a de-
cline of about 20 per cent. This is
quite decline, but when it is compar-
ed with the decline in the prices Of the
articles which the farmer has to buy,
the situation is not nearly as bad as it
appears from the above figures.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

The New York Mail and Express
says well known physician of that
city declares that for djphtheria there
Is nothing better than the tar smoke
treatment. 1t dissolves the fibrous
exudations that choke the patient
and gives reliefalmost instantly. The
plan has been tried by many doctors
IN New York and found most effica-
clous. 1t consists in closing up
room so that none of the smoke can
escape, and then burning a quantity
OF pitch on red hot shovel or stove.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

The new buildings projected in New
York this year largely exceed in cost
and number those of any previous
year. Up to November l they mum.
bered 3,7O4, at an estimated cost of
$53,119,O6S, an increase OF Sl3,OOO,-
900 over the same time last year.
Brooklyn. which is practically part
OF New York, is also rapidly growing.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

Reports from Gloucester and other
New England fishing ports from asents
of the dominion government continue
to show the great loss American fish
ermen have suffered through theabro-
cation OF the fishery clauses in the
Washington treaty, and the conse-
quent privileges American fishermen
have forfeited.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

The Vermont legislature is backing
np the War OF the dairymen upon
bogus butter by passing bill requir.
ing all hotels and restaurants which
use oIeomargarineo or any kindred pro.
duct to put q notice of the fact in q
conspicuous place.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

A colored man in Talbot county,
Georgia, digging q grave alongside an
other that had sort of O. little shed
covering it, was scared out of his wits
when he saw four large eyes glaring at
him from under the covering. He
dropped his spade and, with an un-
earthly yell, leaped from the grave,
yelling: "Fore de Lordl dem people
dun cum from dar graves, and is
watchin oh me under dar Oh, Law
dy, Use gwine to die, tool" An inves-
tigation revealed two very large owls
under the grave cover,
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

1t is claimed that the lncreasein the
number of persons using glasses Is
fully thirty-three and one-third per
cent. over previous periods. This is
set down as partly due to the prac,
tice people have OF buying glasses of
unskilIed persons and partly to no.
tlons OF economy in buying cheap glass
es. The number OF opticians has,
OF course, correspondent increased.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

When the dairy interest of the
country secured the passage of the
oleomargarine law, it did not expect
the bogus butter men to advertise
their product as having been "enaors-
ed by the Government, and the sale
sanctioned by Congress, as pure and
healthy article OF food" That is
what they are doing, at Baltimore,
though.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

That woman suffrage bin that was lost
in the Vermont Legislature is describ-
ed as hardly worth passing. 1t pro-
posed to give the ballot only to those
women who owned two hundred dol.
lars worth OF taxable property.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

Mrs. General Hancock is busily en-
gagged with "reminiscences OF her late
husband, which include so much of the
late rebellion that the volume will
have historical interest.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24
A Cuban Worth $50. 900.


The will of the richest man in Glen
fuegos, and perhaps of the whole is
land of Cuba-D. Thomas Terry, who
died not long since in Paris-was open
ed in Clenfuegos recently. The will
is not published. but Mr.. Terry Is said
to have died worth considerably over
$50, 900, 600. 1t is the old story-one
he told of himself. He came here as
q boy from South America, his native
country, and made the foundation OF
his great wealth as peddler. From
step to step he became wealthy, when
he married into one of the best families
of Cuba, his wife, also rich adding her
portion. The partition of the Terry
fortune will be case of long division,
as there are about ten heirs.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24
The White Hart Of the Sierra,

The following story was written by the
lats Santa Louise Anderson, OF San Rafael
who was drowned in the Sacramento river,
some months ago, while attempting to res.
cue companion, s-San Francisco Argo-
naut,
Morris tribune., 1886-11-24

farmer. At lO clock that morning
Hiram Weston also came in on the
train from Buffalo, and the first thing
when he got off the cars he asked after
his family.
"Why, saw you home last even
ing" replied the citizen who had been
questioned.
But [ have not been nearer home
than this for over eleven months!"
He was laughed at. He went straight
to his house, and, as he entered it, his
wife asked:
Whats the matter; and where is
your dinner pail?'
Now, scott if you will; but it is
matter of record and also of newspa-
per publication, that there were two
Hiram Westons. That is, there were
two men so exactly alike in build,
height and general appearance, that
even wife and children were deceived.
For time Mrs. Weston believed the
newcomer to be the other Hiram
returning from his work, but he
told her q story which opened her
eyes. He had gone off with a couple
of sharpers, and, in return for some
"work" done in Buffalo, he had been
sent to State prison for a year. He
was in prison when the other Weston
came to town, and had indeed been
discharged only the day previous to
his own arrival. 1t may be stated
here that all his allegations were found
to be true. He was identified by the
prison officials, and there was his de-
scription on the books. The detective
who arrested him and the Judge who
sentenced him further identified him.
Who, then, was the other Hiram
Weston? Although he left the house
with his dinner pail to go to work he
did not show up at the place, and has
not since been heard from. When
people came to see and talk with the
true Weston many peculiarities were
remembered. He used more oaths
than the other; he had q habit of
splitting as he talked; his voice was
somewhat gruffer; he never stood for
two minutes without hitching up his
trousers, sailor fashion, he acknowl-
edged some small debts, which the
other totally repudiated. The chill
dren had no explanation to offer. as
the true father had never exhibited
any affection for them. The stranger
had been more kind, and no sus-
picion of his identity had been
born. The wife was covered with |
but she offered in explana-
ton the fact that Weston had been
absent five months. She had noticed |
many changes, but all for the better.
The stranger was not a talkative man,
while her husband was, but she got |
over this by thinking he had met with |
trouble while away. She used some
times to be startled for q moment as |