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Wanted u Glass Of Water

After a stay of some months in Vienna
went up to Nuremberg, and from there to
the Streiburg Wheycure, where l hoped to
recuperate from the effects Of the cholera
which had in Vienna. At this place you
get nothing to drink but whey. except in the
morning, when they let you have coffee and
rolls No water or milk or anything but
whey is allowed, and l could not drink it.
Every time did it seemed as if should die
for an hour, and the worst thing was that you
were always thirsty.
could not speak word Of German, and
even if could have done so Bavarian could
not have understood IT, The vice consuls
daughter, who had come up with me from
Nuremburg, had been my translator, but she
went on long walk, and when the man from
the 'Curhaus" brought the fatal glasses of
whey determined to have q drink of water,
and SO by showing him a forin, talking and
by dumb show l made him, as | fondly
hoped, understand that every time l even
saw glass of whey it created a revolution in
my internal economy and wanted drink
of water. At last he frightened and felt
that had for once succeeded in Introducing
an idea into Dutch head; but he sat down
the glass of whey and disappeared, nodding
his head reassuringly. l waited patiently
for a long time, when he at last appeared,
bringing with him, not a glass of water, but
carpenters brace and bit Thus he had in-
terpreted my intelligent pantomine.-Olivo
Harper in Philadelphia Times.
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legiance to the constitution of the United
States, which protected slavery. He joined
the Abolitionists and became lecturer for
the Anti-Slavery society, and afterwards cd
itor OF The Anti-Slavery Standard In 1857
he joined the editorial staff of The New
York Tribune, and from 1862 to 1866 was
managing editor.
In 1867 Mr.. Gay went to Chicago, where he
was managing editor of The Tribune, and
after the great fire of 1871 was indefatigable
as member OF tho relief committee and
wrote the report of its work. Soon after he
returned to New York and was made man.
aging editor of The Evening Post.
Mr.. Gays literary tastes and talents were
inherited from his father and mother, who
were cultivated people. His chief work out
side of journalism was "a Popular History
of the United States" It was intended that
William Cullen Bryant should do the work,
but he was unable, and suggested Mr.. Gay to
take his place. His other works were q
'Life of James Madison" and when taken
Ill some time ago he was engaged on a biog-
raphy Of Edmund Quincy for the "Ameri-
can Men Of Letters"
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An Astronomical Puzzle,

Since Jupiter's satellites were discovered
by Galileo, in 1G1O, astronomers have been
greatly mystified by the phenomena of their
transits across the planets disc. The fourth,
or farthest satellite grows rapidly and in
creasingly fainter as it nears the edge of the
disc, shines with moderate brilliancy for ten
or fifteen minutes after contact, then disap-
pears altogether for a like period, and lastly
comes out us a dark spot which becomes
darker and darker until it equals the black
ness of its own shadow on the planet The
second satellite however, seems never to
have been seen otherwise than as pure white
during transit The appearance of the third
and first is different stil the former having
been seen as perfectly white, and yet, even Oh
the next succeeding revolution, so black as to
be mistaken for the fourth, while the latter
is sometimes a steel gray and sometimes
little darker.
These singular anomalies, says Newcomb,
are very difficult to account for except by
supposing very violent changes constantly in
progress on the satellites surfaces. After q
special study Of some years, Mr.. T. j. Spitta,
r. A. S., reaches q different conclusion, at
tributing the apparent changes to idiosyn.
crasies of our Observation-Disclosures Traveller.
The Carnage at Gettysburg.
The expressions often found in battle az
counts of ''heaps of slain" and ''rows of dead"
are food for ridicule i'll this skeptical age, but
few figures showing the condition Of things
at Gettysburg will prove that in this case at
least these terms are not mere extravagances
of speech. The killed outright and mortally
wounded were, in round numbers, s,O0O or
the $4,000 wounded and otherwise disabled,
probably 1900 more, at the outset, were
Frustrated, and the total number to he ac-
counted fallen is 10000, an army that, if
placed in four ranks as soldiers ordinarily
march, would reach nearly four miles, or a
distance equal to the whole front from Gene
terry Hill to the Round Tops. OF course
these PROSTATE men did not all lie in
unbroken lines, nor were they to be
seen all at one time. But the heaviest
losses were on open ground, where the fire
had clear sweep, and although there is
much scattering Of the ranks when those not
killed outright are struck, the losses were so
severe at the vital points on the several fields
fought over that language could not paint
the scene with milder words than "carnage'
and ''blood stained sod strewn with the dead
and the dying, all mingled in CHASTITY heaps
ond rows
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One Way of Getting n Drink.

"A neat trick was played on me by an old
topper the other day." remarked an East Side
saloon keeper. 1.-The old soak brought in a
black bottle and asked for so cents worth of
whisky. ldrew it and hung on to the bottly
while he went through his pockets after tn,
silver. Presently he put on look of dismay
and said he had lost the money. All right
says l, and turned out the whisky and put
the bottle on the bar. He took it and went
away, saying he'd be back after the inebri-
ator presently. He didn't come, however,
but five minutes later found him sitting on
a horse block around the corner poking
something in the bottle with stick, and
after every poke turn out thimbletul Of
whisky in q cup. l seized the bottle and
made an investigation. What do you think
I foundi Why, the old rascal had forced
sponge as big as my clenched fist into it, and
this had soaked up glassful of my whisky
when I filed the bottle. buffalo Express.
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rose to the position of leading lawyer Of his
state. The vacancies occurring in the su-
preme court at the time of the opening of the
civil war enabled Mr.. Lincoln to appoint
Mr.. Miller one of the justices.
Having been on the supreme bench for
quarter of a century Justice Miller has Of
course taken part i'll many important de-
cisions, but perhaps the most important mat
ter with which he has ever had to do was
the electoral commission TO decide between
Hayes and Tilden for the presidency. Two
Democratic and two Republican members of
the supreme court were chosen to serve on
the commission, and Justice Miller was Sc
lected as ono OF the Republicans, and was
designated by his associates to prepare tho
report to congress, explaining the position
taken by the majority of the commission
upon each point decided by them.
Though 73 years of age, Justice Miller is
still hearty in mind and body. His step is
light. his eyesight fair and his faculties un-
impaired. He is Of good height, has strong
figure, clean shaven face and a massive
head slightly bald on top. His hair, which
was brown, is now nearly white.
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THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
Gen. franklin, the Commissioner from the
United States.

Gen. franklin, the Commissioner from the
.w~ United States.
Gen. William Buel Franklin, whom Presi-
dent Cleveland has appointed to represent
the United States at the Paris exposition of
1889, was a prominent general in the Army
of the Potomac during the civil war. He
was born at York, Pa, Feb. 81, 1928. He
was graduated from the military academy at
West Point in 1913 at the head of his Glass;
This was the class in which Gen. Grant was
graduated. He was assigned to the Topo.
graphical engineers, where he served till the
opening Of the war, which found him in
charge of the erection of government build.
ings at Washington. In May, 1861, he was
made colonel of the Twelfth United States
infantry, and in the same month
appointed brigadier general of volunteers
At the first Bull Run he commanded
q brigade of Heintzelman's division. He
was soon after promoted to the command Of
q division, and on July 4, 1862. was made
major general, about the same time receiv-
ing brevet in the regular army for gallant
conduct in the battles before Richmond,
afterward receiving another brevet of ma jor
general During 1862 he commanded the
Sixth army corps. He fought in most Of
the battles of the Peninsula, and at Fred.
ricksburg commanded the left grand divi
sion, consisting of the Sixth and First corps
Gen. Burnside removed Franklin for disobe-
dioncc of orders during this engagement, but
Burnside was himself soon removed and
Franklin restored, In 1868 he commanded
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A Hotel Clerks Observations.

have been making one of the most pecul-
lar studies you ever heard of during the past
two weeks, and I'm going to give you the re-
suits of my investigation. During the time
have mentioned l have put down 23s
guests for calls in the morning; l13 of these
guests were blondes and 125 brunettes. NV
object was to ascertain, if possible, the varia-
Gon of the number of hours sleep required
by the types Of the two compilations. Then
went a triae further. found Al of the
guests to be below the average height, S6 to
be of about medium height, and III to be
what might bc termed tall men Now, Just
look at this result: Calls for between 5 and Z
a. m.-Blondes. 9S; brunettes, g. Between
z and 0 a. m.-Blondes, s; brunettes, 50. Be-
tween 10 a. m. and II m.-Blondes. Z; bru-
nettes, %.
You will see by this that the blondes are
the earliest risers, and uphold their claim for
activity and nervousness. Now, here are
three peculiar facts Of the whole investiga-
tion, and they open up a vast field for anat-
omical speculation. The entire forty-one
"shorties" were up all before a. m. Those
Of average height slept little later, but not
one Of them slept later than 9 o'clock. Every
one Of the ''sleepy heads" who dallied in
their beds until the sun had almost reached
its meridian, were OF the taller types of man
hood There's something, for study, and they
are the actual observations have taken.-
Hotel Clerk in Globe Democrat.
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SWAIN.


est Mrs. Gillette, of The Iowa Tribune, is the
wife of one of its owners. At one time her
husband and his partner were away, and the
editor was taken i'll with brain fever. The
paper had to be run, and Mrs. Gillette deter
mined to run it. That she did run it, and
well, is evidenced by tho fact that she now
has entire charge of the paper.
Then there is Mrs. Ella Hamilton Durley,
of The Des Moines Daily News, who educated
herself, taught and earned money enough to
study abroad, returned and delivered lee
lures. She soon, however, took up journal
ism, and has besides served four years as
secretary of the state educational board of
examiners.
Mrs. Mary J. Coggeshall has charge of The
Woman's Standard, a monthly journal de-
voted to woman's suffrage. Miss Alice Busby
from 1888 to 1884 had entire charge of The
Belle Plain Independent. Miss Florence
Miller is editor of The W. c. T. U. Mcssen-
ger. Mrs. Sue Claggett has served on her
fathers paper, The Keokuk Constitution, has
been book reviewer for Tho New York Ma
tion, and has written novels.
These arc not oil the Iowa women in jour-
nalism by any means.
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Ar NoyouITr.

The cottage is two story building with
piaEzas nearly all around. The inside finish
is i'll natural wood oiled, with stripe of
terra Gotta at the base. As in the case Of the
cottage at Marion where Mrs. Cleveland will
summer, tho windows overlook Buzzards
bay: The apartment intended for the gen.
eral is large aud elegantly furnished room,
with q fireplace, half glass doors, a bay
window, rattan furniture and the floor COW
cred in Turkish rugs and blue and white
straw mating. The room is furnished in
California redwood, and over the doorway is
a handsome piece of japanese wicker work.
There is room intended for the generals
office, if he is we'll enough to use it, located
to the south. Upstairs are the sleeping
rooms for the family. The house is furnished
throughout for summer use. The furniture is
not yet all in, but will be in q few days. At
first the family will board at tho hotel.
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VOL 20, No. 3.
No. ll3.-Enirn,

may he either alive, dead, or inon;mo+.
IN tne flrst case | can be either cnrvad
straight or crumpletl; in the second : m.v
oe OF any form, but especially hollow. in y ny
LAST my appearance is rather circ,mscr;hai
put it Is the most pleasing Of NV forms :
wear no coat, yet sometimes haze a h,+-
ton, and cape is named after me Iharo
no mead, but am possessed of a month md
sometimes OF tongue, and can give inter- aa,r-
ance to sounds without the latter: and tr,lv
muse 20 poor one Of my kind il canrot
SPEAK. In one sense am generally in pa irs
ana IN another never can appear in more
than twenty-six weeks Of the year. can
when alive, infiict severe wounds: and ,vhe,
inanlmate, in bad hands, can cause min IT., lto
tho ear). In one sense give light in m.
otner protect it am not averse to eavetv
Tor used often to appear at festive boards:
no band is complete without me. and I nm,
often mentioned in connection with n,entv -
But for all this, in my natural state nm
sometimes rough, always sharp, and have
been the death of several people, and a place
merely bearing my name seemed to have
such terrors as to cause a gallant captain to
desist from his voyage
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The Bostou Girls Foot.

asked the reporter Of the shoe dealer.
"Growing smaller, too. We used to
tours, ! think tho average is about four.
who wear number twos. It takes less
leather to clothe the Boston foot today
than it did ten or twenty years ago."
"How about corns?''
''No more plenty now than years ago.
The Boston foot is Of good shape and per-
feet in every respect. It can walk as well
and dance as sprightly as ever and looks
much better. The superauous flesh and
bone has been eliminated and all the use
fulncss still retained. Boston Globe.
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JUSTICE SAMUEL r. MILLER.

Though for Some limo Eligible for Re-
tirclmcnt. He Still Occupies tho Bench.
Justice Samuel F. Miller may truly be
called veteran Of the supreme court Of the
United States. Though eligible for retire
ment on full pay two years ago, he still re-
tains his seat He has served on the supreme
bench since its organization in 1862. He was
appointed by President Lincoln and has never
held any other office. He was born i'll Ken
tucky i'll 1916. his father having been u Penn
sylvania German and his mother North
Carolina woman. Young Miller was brought
up on a farm, but after leaving school be-
came a druggists clerk. AT this calling ho
served three years and then studied medi-
cine. He pract;ced US physician for eight
years. when lie concluded to become n lawyer,
from fondncss and proficiency in debate.
When he was 81 years old he went to Iowa,
not being willing to raise his family in n
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soMERvILLE PINl:NEY TUCK.
GEN. W. d. FRANKLIN.
PRESENT STATE OF MACHINERY HALL, PARIS
EXPOSITION.
the Nineteenth corps. He was OH the Red
river expedition and wounded at Sabine
Cross Roads in 1864 He was captured by the
enemy while OH sick leave in July, 1861, but
escaped tho next day. He resigned from the
army in 1866 and has since been connected
with the Colt Firearms Manufacturing COM
pany at Hartford. He superintended the
construction of the new state house of Con.
necticut, was state commissioner Of the Cen
tennial exposition of 1876 and was adjutant
general of Connecticut in 1877 and 1873.
Mr.. Somerville Finkney Tuck, who has
been appointed assistant commissioner, be.
longs to New York city. He was graduated
at the University of Virginia in 1863, studied
law, and was admitted, and went to New
York in 1872 There he has since resided and
practiced his profession.
Mr.. Tuck has spent several years in France,
where hc was engaged upon ''Spoliation
Claims" and speaks the French language
fluently. He is a member of the Maryland
Society of the Cincinnati.
The portraits Of Gen. Franklin and Mr..
Tuck are accompanied by cut of the present
state Of the machinery hall Of the exposition.
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THE NEQEA.

guns are placed one on each side, at each
end and one on deck amidships. The engines
are of 5000 horse power and are calculated
to give speed of twenty knots an hour She
will also carry ten quick firing guns, pro
tected by shields. Her length is 2G5 feet,
breadth II feet and depth of hull 16 teet
inches
The Melea was begun April 5, 1881. The
usual ceremony Of christening, the breaking
of bottle Of wine at her launching, was
performed by Miss Kelly, daughter of tho
admiral superintendent
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HIS SUMMER HOME

Where Cen. Sheridan Will Pass the Heated
Season.
The cottage at Nonquitt, Mass, selected
for Gen. Sheridan's summer residence, is very
conveniently situated for tho purpose of re-
ceiving an invalid traveller
Last summer Gen. Sheridan visited Nom
quit for the first time as the guest Of an old
friend: D. r. Mckee, Washington agent Of
the Associated Press. During this sojourn
the general was so much pleased with the
place that ho determined to build, and at
once let the contracts for the erection of his
cottage. 1t was very fortunate circum-
stance, for it now gives the general a quiet,
healthy place Of his own, and easy of access,
In which to recuperate, or at least wait for
better health.
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NATIVES.

The ferccly 1aring electric lights scattered
ct intervals along tho beach and walk emerge
c.l,,-t OF 1,.cn and women and children that
is cs COMPACT c.ld unim2cnetrable :s any
that ever damned ferry boat or crowded
country circus. Above tho chatter ana oin
CT iaaumerabie human voices, telling OF love
or CRYING out tho virtues of Absecon clans
or ninlS lemonade may he beard the oands o.
r,,;s:a St tho iron pier CT the north end OF
Tho island or to orchestra and chorus
:. tho comic orera being presented
=. AppleSote's pier toward the southern end,
~ the rhytk.nic tread Of tho merry feet tnat
20 cl:Ginc cc-oss the splcndidly illuminated
l.ll rooms Of the erect hotels, that rear thelr
Srond and lofty fronts along tho streets ana
srcnu.s awav from the ceaseless roll OF tne
.,,rf mon the beach. It is, indeed, dazzling
s;oht and dazing din that goes up to meet tne
s.:es an; ears Of Capt. Wolf, the amlanie
ke.ner Of the Absecon light, as he STANDS N
tho lanters, 30 feet above the ground anu
surveys the thronged streets and Dlazlns
cottages SO far below"
As my friend did not take any lh'eles0 a+ -
,a.h;no. being unable to swim, his eloquent
ssc;tal Of these fascinating features OF AtA'-
~ CITY mado it necessary far me 20 seeA
s,so,,,,era for information on THIS lmpof1aAt
topic. ,.,,,so,f . sa;d another
n,.;iaao,T,hia friend. 'the beach here IS one
- s.i.a f;nest; in the world. It is nearly ten
miles long and as smooth as ? oaI ~ ru". soaas,
bathing here is unsurpassed. 1ne osa 49,
slopes as gently as woman 8 ca'es'' ''>' Wv
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LOOKING OVER THE OCEAN.

craft over in the inlet than ships in the
United States navy. The fishing here is
good. All those boats that you saw sailing
to the east this morning were going to tho
fishing grounds three or four miles out.
Then, if you were here in the fall, tho shoot
ing in the salt marshes northsof tho inlet
will fill to overaowing the heart of any
sportsman with joy. Snipe, mud hen, ducks
and other birds are as abundant as the sands
of the sea. Bushels and bushels of eels are
also caught in those salt marshes too. But
isn't it time to go to dinner?'
We made our way through the crowd Of
spectators that were admiring the pretty
bathers and were soon seated at our dinner
table. The baked sl,ad that was placed be-
fore us is the favorite dish of all Philadel.
phians, and nothing else will they eat when
they 60 to Atlantic City.
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HENRY PRICE AND MONUMENT.
The monument is of hammered granite. It
is plain and simple of design. The base is
feet square by l foot 5 inches high, and
from this the shaft rises, cube feet
inches each way. On the shaft is inscribed:
HENRY PRICE,
Founder of
Duly Constituted Masonry
In America.
On the back is another inscription taken
from the stone which has been so long over
tho original grave:
Born in London about 1857; removed to Boston
about 1873; appointed provincial grand master of
New England il 1913, and in the same year
cornet in the Governors Guards with the rank of
major; removed to Townsend about 1868, and
died there May 20, 1880. His life was consistent
with his duty as Mason and a man.
The structure was dedicated in accordance
with the ritual prescribed
The founder of Masonry in America came
over to New England about 1723. He was
tailor by occupation, but in 1888 Governor
Belcher appointed him cornet of his troop of
guards with the rank Of major. His duties
were to bear the standard. In 1750he retired
from the tailoring business quite well off in
worldly goods.
1t was in 1888 that Price produced a COM
mission from Viscount Montague, grand
master of England, and formed provincial
grand lodge. A number Of men were con-
vened at the sign of the ''Bunch of Grapes
in King street, namely: Andrew Belcher,
Thomas Kennedy, John Duane, Henry Hope,
Frederick Hamilton, John McNeall, Peter
Hall, Matthew Young, John Waddell and
Edward Ellis.
Price was grand master, Belcher deputy
grand master and Kennedy and Duane
wardens. These original members with
others newly made petitioned to be made a
regular lodge. The prayer was granted, and
the petitioners were constituted the first regu-
lar lodge in America.
This petition is preserved among the
archives of the grand lodge of Massachusetts,
The original commission to Henry Price is
not now in existence, but there is plenty of
evidence that he was so commissioned, and
the grand lodge of Massachusetts, is recog-
nized as the oldest Masonic body in America
After the institution of this lodge Masonry
became popular in Massachusetts, Governor
Belcher had been made Mason in 17O4 in
England and gave tho newly instituted lodge
every encouragement. His son, Andrew
Belchcr, was appointed the first deputy grand
master. In 1884 tho commission given to
Price was extended to all North America.
Benjamin Franklin the same year visited
Boston and secured authority from Price to
establish lodge in Philadelphia which was
soon after constituted. Franklin was much
interested in Masonry. He was tho first
grand master of Pennsylvania and showed
great devotion to tho fraternity.
From the grand lodge established by
Price in Boston sprans lodges in Pennsyl-
vania, New Hampshire. Nova Scotia, Con-
necticut, Virginia and tho West Indies
Price held his position for three years, when
he resigned.