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An Invention Tor the Dead.

J. G. Meyers, ayoung inventor OF Wash
ington, has invented 4 plan which he believe
to be superior to ordination. burial, or any
other ancient or modern method Of treating
dead bodies. The @New Mausoleum and
Safe Deposit for the Dead. Is the name Of
this new eontrivance. Mr.. Meyers's plan
may DO regarded as d compromise between
the two extremes Of interfnent and crernas
ton. In q fre-pr00f buading speces will
BE- provided just large enough 10 bold a
single cofla When a coffin with a
dead body placed ia one Of these the door
81 the apartment Is hermeticaIly sealed
Running from these apartments are tubes
which bring air into the dead-roonis, and
also carry il downward by q forced draft to
4 central furnace below. where are com
sufhod ali gases and fluids escaping from the
bodiea Dead bodies treatsd in this maanef
will, III a short time, 10 is claimed, become
naturally p~regurved, or dried, and 70 remain.
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upon his subject Is needed NJ ail-.at least
in this c~ountry-itis q lesson that the peo-
pie are under Obligations Of public duty as
well as in posssssion Of personal rights.
As q matter OF fact the people hear FAR too
little about what they owe to the country
and far too much about what the country
owes TO them
Miss Kate Forsythe's proposed trip to
England has considerable Significance. As
the lady does not 60 70 secure N engage
ment ahd "a people do rot ordinarily cross
the ocean in December for pleasure, there
mas Dorn some curiosity as 70 the cause OK
her visit. Her object is nothing moro nor
less than to secure, il possible, the lease Of
the Princess Theatre at the expiration OF
Grace Hawthorne's term Of occupancy.
London playgoers are becoming more and
more mascalinc in their attire. A Young
lady Of culture who set the fashion OF APP
pearing at theatres in q black Portia gown
lined with crimson silk is being followed.
The same lady is setting the lead in the way
Of studded shirt fronts and high collars
with a cambria cravat for evening wear at
~play-houses. This fashion, however, is not
likely to become so popular as that Of the
squash hat, which few ladies who attend
theatres are without.
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department, but oFteR be attended 70 Il him.
self. Men who wantad Office came; alleged
Unionists who wanted pay for losses; cranki
who showed him how 70 put down the rebel
Hon; mothers who had sons in the army;
relatives Of mon who had been ordered shot;
tramps who were hard up and wanted money
or transportation 70 enable them to 20 some.
where. II was like some ancient Druid
standing under an oak tree and dealing cut
Justice to the realm
"D!du't these people e~xssperate Old Abe
sometinesg'
@Not often. He listened patiently to all,
=elAe=: protecting himself s7SI from 60Tvss !
never saw him angry but twice, and then
of the room and laid his hands on his shoul-
der to hasten his departure II necessary"
/ asked if Mr.. Lincoln comprehended that
he was in constant danger Of his life.
"0f course" said Col. NicoIay. ut was
often discussed between his friends and him
self. They would say, Now Lincoln, you
must look out ard be constantly on your
guard. Some crank is liable to come along
and kin YOU His answer always was, 4
win be careful. But / can not discharge my
duties and withdraw myself entirely from
danger Of an assault. / see hundreds Of
strangers every day, and il anybody has the
disposition to Kin me be viii find opportu-
nifty, To be absolutely safe / should lock
myself up in a box Threatening letters
came, and these / always showed to Mr..
Lincoln, who generally turned them over to
the War Department
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oosslP 81 lie sTAeE.


Daniel Bandmann w1ll start on a tour the
18th Of january.
Charles Overton has secured a play for
William Terriss, the English actor
Sydney Cowell, the original Dolly az the
original Hazel Kirke Madison Square Com
pany, is with the Great Pink Pearl Com
pany.
"The Wife, = the New York Lyceum's
present attraction, will shortly celebrate
its scventy-dfth consecutive presentation at
that house
Arnold and Andre = q drama by Edgar
Fawcett, il to DO produced at n Of A. NJ.
Palmer's authors matinees at the Madison
Square, New York.
Frank Carlyle, tho Prince IN AThe Great
Pink PEARL IS one Of the masculine stage
beauties Of which Kyric Beilcw aud Her
bert Kelley are the high priests.
MISC Helen Dauyray is announced TO play
in SAD Francisco next mouth for charity,
aud il is now said that her retirement from
the stage u not likely to be permanent.
Signor Perugini has been engaged by
Carl Rosa to sing ID English opera 10 En-
gland. Therefore he viii not return TO
America at present, He win open III Gar
men, about January9
Klralfy's spectacle ~~Lagendere1 VIII fol-
low stJhe Begnmi at the CHICAGO Opera
House, the first performance being Sunday
evellng. January s The gcycnSages ballot
will be IA Of the textures.
she'' Is booked for three weeks ii March
at the Chicago Opera House. It opens il
Boston next week Tor 3 run Of four weeks.
Tho company comprises nearly q hundred
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STEPPED OFF 4 TRAIN.

gkrnufa c4sa -
ern Railroad Train.
Conductor r. M. Pool, who rms j Louis.
vile & Nashville passenger train betveen
Montgomery and Nashville, tells the Mont
gomery ALA -Adssrtssr a thrilling story a
a remarkable incident that occarred on hin
train a few nights ago Of how q young lady
walked OF the train IN
afterward rescued safe and sound.
On the night spoken Of, among tbs pas
sengers who came ont Of Nashville on Con
ductor Pools train were an elderly lady ana
several children, one a daughter 81 seven
teen or eighteen years Of age. Soon 4fter
they got on the tlaintha Indy complained 81
being unwelL The conductor nxed her up
es comfortable as possible, and she soon
went TO sleep The young lady also vent
70 sleep. They were in the regular passan,
ger coach.
The train stopped to talrc water at 4 tank
about thirty miles this side Of Nashville
and the conductor went into the sleeper "a
sschecxnpH with The s~leepino car casafatsF
The train left the tank aid had run i've %
six miles when tglc neygsbog asked the ecn-
ductor il a lady did not get az az the
tank The ~con1nCtgf replied no: thet hs
had no passengers TOT that placs. The
neWsboyc sad he shy D lady get or the
train whiie it was Ehcpsaa az fliee t8ek
that She was baro.heaied and haa j water
cup in her hama. These sta eeseasSssas=
an Investigation d II waa discovered that
the young lady was missing The cona1afof
walked her mother aud tod her that fbe
young Indy could not be found. The fa4a
was greatly shocked BIZ tie startling ints
ugence, and said at once that her daughter
had walked OF the tram IN her sleep
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-
now q Clever AdvantNress HVlndlsa &W4
Foolish Lowers.
Al young business man hers has neAN
a,eyerIv awindled hE i AoArn New E6
viri. writes 4 correspondent Ok the Bun
Coayssv from Milford, y II. To-day 10 n
mourning the loss Of 800 and : prcriaea
wife. He has acompAnion II mi@fy meekf
ing Tor the same pair Of trrsmps in ex-PafseA
Murray, whose home is IN BuElingteA
NoiIner ever saw SIp Vpgrrp 81 MS et9c1eAt
and neither expects TO see his cash agnin
rhe Milford man Is twensy-six years old, ana
more than comfortably weldon 10 this
worlds goods. 4 sample copy Of a small
matrimonial sheet fen into his hand four
months ago. He read those tads'f setting
forth la glowing terms the mauy prizes g
be drawn by those matrimonlally iaclined
One III particular struck him:
MTANTED-MALE CORRESPONDENCE QN
wv iecf matrImonys am twenty-five, healthy
plump, Cheerful. called handsome. and would
make u loving Wife. American only,
LILLY MONTGOMERY.
AS q business man he was Interested 80
was Il retail ciothier IN Burlington. Beth
men inclosed their business cards Is proof
that they were acting In good faith, and
photographs Of the lovely Lilly were askeb
IA return. A gushing letter was received ~
each in d few days. inclosed IN whieh were
dnely finished card photographs of q hand
some young woman. II has since beer
learned that tho one the Milford man re
ceiyed was that OF an actress. The Milford
man and the Burlington cOat~iitter were
alike cnarmed with these cardboard visions,
and they opened at once q liyeic CORES fnud.
ence with q view to matrimony ThsagR
went on smimmingly for asfew weeks The
letters were filled with love, and the cheer
full Lilly was soon tbs promised wife Of
both. Then slowly she began 70 put Ii hiate
Of her poverty.-of her being unable 10 corae
TO her darling for want Of cash. T
wounds my pride to speak Of il, DEAR abe
wrote, abut lve will hide nothihg from eact
other.n
At last, in October, she asked her future
h~usbands-he Of B~urlingtons va, ard him
OF Milford, n. H.-s0 send her a smell check
SO that she could rest her headon their re
spective bosoms. at ence $50 of retail
clothing profits was whirling down ID her
in her metropolitan home but tho Milford
man raised him $50, and 800 won't Is ht 0tf
the bride. Not . word have they heasd
from iler stHccs Inc New Hampshire mar
waited q month, and then opened & corre
spondence with the manager Of q priyafs
letter bureau in New York He didn't get
much consolation, but no learaed that Re
had been dnped, though not alone. At letter
OF inquiry abont the same fascinating
young woman had been received from fha
Vermont man. The manager forwarded g
TO let the other know that ha had q fellows
victim.
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a Realls,lo plav.

Leonard Growers new comedy is a nat.
ural story OF every day life in the great me
tropoIs, the comic, the heroic and the
pathetic entering into its treatment, the
comical largely predominating. This piece
has created a Juror throughout the country
from the fact that in its production a most
vivid attempt at stage realism is intro
duced. 1t is a river of real water seventy
five feet long, thirty feet wide and four
feet deep, containing over sixty thousand
gallons OF actual water, this enormous body
weighing over eighty tons. On the bosom
of this broad stream win be seen an actual
steamboat, running Mt full speed, turning
landing and conveying passengers with all
the freedom of boundless space. There will
also be rowboats, canoes, ferries, launches,
in fact, shipping Of all descriptions, and
the ebb and fow of the tide. The back
ground of this liver win show q complete
view Of the cast Water front Of New York
City, from Hellgate to the Battery, This
is painted on the largest drop ever used on
any stage, it being ~thirty-flve feet high and
one hundred and sixty-two feet long. An
other notable scene Is a view Of Gramercy
Park by moonlight, showing the home Of
the "Sage, y the late Samuel J. Tilden
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NOW shana for : noat.

After many years OF experimenting, with
the object of increasing the speed of vessels
and lessening their draft by a change in the
formation Of the hull, a Pennsylvania in
ventor has succeeded in constructing a boat
which he claims fulfills the desiderata SO long
sought, and is in entire accordance with true
scientific theory. This boat which is some
t~hirty-six feet long, is of the shape known
as the concave bottom, the hull being built
in a right and left hend spiral form from the
bow to the middle section. The contorma-
ton Of the hull in this case is such as to dis,
place water in a manner closely approxi
mating to the waye-line theory, beginning az
the cut water. the displacement being accom-.
pIished gradually until the center Of the boat
Is reached, whom the reverse action Of dis
placement begins; the concaye begins where
The convex ends. The greater the speed the
greater the lifting power, the boa rising OK
the water and consequently moving yitb
greater speed without any increase OF power.
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A Valuable Cement.

The restoration OF come OF the most i'm.
p0rtant stone structures in Paris, such as thu
colonnade Of the Louvre, Of the Pont Neut,
and Of the C~onservatoire DIES Arts 0f Meters,
n been manly accomplished by means OF .
metallic cement inverted by Prof. Bruno.
e consists Of a powder and a liquid, the first
composed OF two paris By weight OF oxide Of
zinc. two of crushed limestone Of a hard
nature, and one Of crushed grit, the
whole intimately mixed and ground,
ochre in suitable proportions being added
as q coloring matter; the liquid employed
consists OF a saturated solution OF zinc in
commercial hy~drochloric acid, 10 which u
added a part. by weight, Of hydrochlorata Of
ammonia, equal 70 one.sixth that OF Che dis
solved zinc, and this liquid Il diluted with
two-thirds Of its bulk OF water. In using the
cement, one pound OF the powder is MIXED
with two and one-half pints Of the liquid.
The cement hardens very quickly and IS OF
great strength.
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Imre Kiralfy's grand production Of
'Lagerdere, = which enjoyed q run Of over
one hundred nights at Eiblo's Garden
Theater, New York, early in the season,
win be the attraction at the Chicago Opera
House, commencing on Sunday evening.
january s, and the organization win remain
for two weeks. In arranging this produc-
ton Mr.. Kiralfy has taken for his ground
work the story OF the Dukes Motto ia
which play the late Charles Fechter gave
his thrilling impersonation OF Lagerdere.
The production will be given with all the
magnificent scenery and effects used in the
great New York run. and by the hyiginal
New York cast. Two new ballots viii be
given. One entitled the s.Gypsey Reycls,f Y
the other, the great ballet OF the "Seven
Ages,n representing the different stages Of
life from childhood to old age. Both ballots
are led Dy 6le star premieresy Miles, tor
nalba and Francioni.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-02-10
LINCOLN IN EARLY LIFE.
NIcOLAY'S "REMINISCENCES OF
THE MARTYR PRESIDENT.
How sod Abe Bore Himself Daring
the Campaign or 1s6O-war-
Time Receptions.

Tho two American authors whose work at
this moment is attracting most attention are
probably John g. Nicoiay and John Hay.
E------I-
ssSssfS Po0pf' ofo5Siig trotri uu0 CONCLUSIONS
they arrive At and demonstrate against the
portraits they draw, but it will not bs denied
that they are attracting considerable notice.
Both OF the men live in Washington, where
the career OF Mr.. Lincoln eliminated, and
there they are writing their historical biog-
rAphy.
1t occurred to me, says a Washington cor
respondent, that they might be willing to
give a letter writer some Interesting polnts
about Mr.. Lincoln which wruld not properly
and naturally find place in b grave record OF
his time, end went around the corner and
called on Col. Fioolay to this end. He lives
in the houso which he recently broght on B
street, a substantial and comfortable brick
building, approached by steps running up
the front parallel with the sidewalk.
Nicolayiis q German, born ON the west
bank Of tho beautiful Rhine, between May
snce and Strassburg. His father, a German
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A WARM SCRAP.
A Part Of a Lovers Letter Containing

A Part of a Lovers Letter Containing
Much FervOr.
In q Chicago street car recently a gushing
couple took passage from a park for the heart
Of the city. They were obliyious of sur
roundings, and began to discuss a package of
letters which the maiden took from her
pocket. After long and solicitous c~onsulta.
ton it seemed to nave been decided TO de.
stroy the tender missives, and one by one
they were torn into fragments and thrown
out of the window. A ard-hearbed passsn.
ger who aiighted stopped and picked up one
Of the pieces. Subsequently he handed il to
a reporter, r~emarking that it was not neces-
sarily for publication but simply as a guar.
antee of good faith. And here is what APP
peared, written in the big round hand Of a
buoyant youth:
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For some time various paragraphs
have been circulated reporting the APP
p~roaching publication Of Mrs Grants
"reminiscences Of her hushend. l am
authorized 10 state. fer ~inforpation
received BY me direct from slrs Graft,
that sflo has no sneh intention, nor
wiz She publish any thing a~pproaell-
ing sucheaf nysother sort ii work It
IS true that the material wkish would
make such a book i in Mrs GRAMS
hands. but it, publication has never
been considered By her Or her family,
except when the newspapers have
brought1t 70 her attention hat sneA
@ere her plans. Aside from her disia.
cliuation. Mrs Grant cen aet wtli
tho publishers q the CeaeFa
eMensoirs would Feyeet eF ifan
offering into sqel ca
~. i}a is rs Is 6fop
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o NICOLAY ii was thrown ON his
own strength and skill for q living. He
served a year in a country store at 81 a
month, and then secured the position of dia-
bolical adjunct in a printing Office. He went
first to the broom, then TO the roller, then to
the case, then to the desk, and beginning az
"devilp became editor aud proprietor. After
ward, while reading law, he became a clerk
in the Office OF the Secretary OF State of lii
nois, and there, in ISIS, among the politicians
and story tellers gathered around
the roaring log fire, he first made the Nv
quaintance OF Abraham Lincoln. There, too,
without a suspicion Of Lincoln's coming
fame, he began that very year TO make scrap
books containing an authentic record Of the
growth OF events OF which the sall, gaunt,
popular lawyer was soon to be the central
figure. Col. Nicolay took from a shelf and
showed me some Of these thirty year old
scrap books, which he now finds indispensa
bic. SHAY and / made collections for scrap
books. also, said he, @all the time that We
were IN the White House, 2 and he produced
one OF these marked upon the back Vol.
XXXYML.,
9TH first time l saw Mr.. Lincoln, rsaid Dir.
Nicolay, was in Pittsield, ILL.,, where / was
editing a paper in 1856. There was to be a
campaign rally there, and Lincoln and Trum-
hull met on the sidewalk anG embraced each
+ctts- rrty-1fW ITF-u-1tuH, yoS A5ssT
sat4Iincoln. Why, Lincoln, you hereF re-
sponded the Senator, for the fact that they
were to speak for Fremont that night to-
gether was unknown 70 both. Afterward,
around the stove in the office Of the Secre-
tary Of State, where / was a clerk for four
gears, Lincoln was a familiar presence and
r. 70
/ asked Col. Nicolay about the character
or Mr.. Lineoln's stories.
aThere is an erroneous notion abroad, ? he
said, shat Mr.. Lincoln's stories were largely
OF q sort that could not be repeated In the
presence OF ladies' Tho simple fact is that
he was remarkable for two characteristics In
this connections For the aptness OK his stories
and for his dramatic power in telling Them.
He did not tell a story for ITS own sake, but
because IL Illustrated some immediate point
in the situation. He never dragged in a
story, but used it as an effective instrument
of EXPRESSION
allow came you to DO the Presidents sec.
retaryT I asked.
II was at the Chicago convention, y said
Col. Nicoiay, land when Lincoln was nomi-
mated / was ambitious to write his campaign
biography. ! was greatly disappointed when
1 failed 10 get the Job and it was given to a
young fellow IN Ohio, one w. ID. HoweIIs,
whom | had never before heardoE We
have Ill heard OF him Stree. l was regret
ding my bad luck = day or two after to Sdr.
Butler, a : ose friend OF Lincoln's, when he
interrupted me with Hush, that's Of no con
sequence. You arc TO BE- private secretary.
That's tho way it came about
aTN,srf,w fha eananaioan 7 narwad alonA -
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Milton LIAM.
chow did Mr.. Lincoln bear hinself during
sbe campaignf
AHe was always i s~elErpoised man, quiet
and eqnabIe in temper, seldom greatly elated
o. much depressed, He was Hot worried
about the campaign, ind Ind himself thor
cughly in hand. People sent him inuns
curious symbols Of frontier ife-axes,
mauls. wedges, raill-and all sorts 81 people
on al SORTS Of errands called ~ him ID the
Governors room ia the State House, which
was assigned 10 him. May came from
mars curiosity, and they would SIT awkward
" around looking q him. He could not talk
politics much az suSh q time, n the bulk Of
his yiaitors were shy9of speech, They handled
The symbols that had beoa sent in, n spoke
lto him Of their use, and he would sometimes
lake the end Of N * helvo between his
fingers. and hold the az out az arms length
10 shows3hnt he had not lost his strength II
various simple ways he thus managed % kin
TINA One fellow had the ~imppdence g
come wearing 4 secession cockade on his hat
Lincoln spoke to him pleasantly and shook
hands a. With tho Others and the intruder
SAT around halt an honr, lor1mg foolish and
saving nosbing. and finally went out The
eraed quietly ignored lhs Intended Insult
4Mt Lincoln was just ~ democratic IN the
White HOUSE, I believe, ? Laid
Ves assnted COL Nicolay, sand that
vent ~ toward giving him his arm hold on
ia hsarts Of fks peeple ~ sfss ~ custom.
While hs waa Rrssident 70 hold an informal
reception between II and I O'Clock each day,
te hear IA person the requests and wishes 81
Al sorts ~ peuple Who chose 10 rome 70 ses
him Rich and poor whifp and black,
crowded into his husiaeaS ofies lnow Col.
KamontN4 shook hauds and bld hin what
they wautAd 10 generally wrote = card
and folsfrs4 tho phftioner % TIE proner
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IN
letters 80 accumulated
thnt John Hay was
added 60 the staG
HAY had prepared for
eolieze in the town
where l published q
newspaper four years
before, and we there
had become acquaint
ed. lie had graduated
since that, and now
returned 10 Springfield
70 study law with his
distinguished uncle,
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peasant, owning a few
acres Of Bayarian soil,
scld out in the hard
year Of 1897 and
brought his FIVE child
rem to this country,
the youngest, John, be-.
ing a lad of five. They
settled in Cincinnati,
whence, after a time,
they moved to Indi-
ana, then to Missouri,
and last TO Illinois
Here the father died,
and young Nicolay at
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w. II Benson, Of Philadelphia.
that he Is about 10 found q Socialist church.
tha members Of which viii believe ips God
and a life hereafter. AIl members will be
requested 70 take tho following oath: q
hereby solemnly swear THAT / win not rob,
cheat, strike, tell lies nbouf, communicate
disease %, nor injnre ID any was q fellow
member Of thislchurrh. ! also swear that
win drink detailed and fermented liquor
with great care and moderation. / also
swear that / viii not lend money %, nor bar
row from, q member Of thia church except ns
= rrgvlaf hnsine noa 1s0 g&aas
that, 40 far a. T. am gmble. / will keep my
body, clothes ard drplling III q clam aud
healthy condition. ais0 swear THAI WILL
give 70 this church, every year, ] per ceaE d
my income, provided tnat ! per cent is not
moro than tSlA