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of the Produce Exchange. No such beauti-
full sight Of busy life is to be seen elsewhere
in the world At ones feet is the Battery,
with il green foliage and grass, traversed By
elevated railroad tracks; to the right Castle
Garden, once the pride OF New York. now
looking Ike diniuutive toadstooL Around
the stone face Of the Battery, and near and
distant on the North and East rivers, ply
rnyriads Of river craft; while between Fort
William and the great statue, and in the
narrows, slips are passing TO and from the
ocean. Northeast are the towers OF the Sus-
pension bridge, its thronged way held by
spider lines; and everywhere, except where
there is water. lies the great city with It's
tens Of thousands of chimueys, from which
streams Of steam and smoke toat, all IN one
direction. Far in the distance the forest Of
houses is lost IN mist
F. A NT-CEEL
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church opposite
Lincoln park il
Cincinnati He IS
described as sitting
before the sermon
behind the pulpit
and the big Bible,
surveying the con-
gresation with per
feet composu-e. II
his sdUons be does
not attempt 70 be
either coherent CT
logical. but con-
uoss the pleasures
o. la with the pure
Joy c; TIE Chris
tan in vigorous
terms g q b s $
pTsacsed two aac .
half year, He GOES
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tiers.
Between 1Ts and 17s3 the British Tag
foated over Fort George and the Battery.
When the British withdrew On the 23d OF
November, 1T76 the ragged little army OF
occupation formed in the Bowery and
marched down Broadway to Fort George.
where they hoisted the American Gag and
fired salute Of thirteen guns. Crowds OF
citizens watched the redcoats and Hessians
milling off through the water, now .he eE-
tension of the old Battery, Is the Ameri-
cans approached.
A half century ago Castle Garden was con-
nected with the main land by a bridge. The
castle was originally built for fort, but be-
came summer garden, such as NlbIos was
afterwards. The earlier musical wonders
who came to New York first appeared at
Castle Garden Mario, Grisi, Jenny Lind,
Sonntag and others performed there State
street, which runs from the Bowling Green
around the Battery, was then fsshionaoie
street. wherein dwelt the wealthy people OF
New York. It was the Murray Bill Of that
day. The houses, built only on the north
side of State street, overlooked the bay, the
s.narrows," and the hills on either side, and
were open to plenty Of good fresh air. In
summer evenings the people OF New York
were accustomed to promenade along State
street and on the Battery. 1t was certainl :
a more enjoyable location than upper Fifth
avenue Is today, with its rows OF somoer
brown stone houses.
The landmarks about the Bowling Green
have been gradually disappearing. On the
site of Fort George for many years block
Of buildings occupied by the offices OF the
agents of steamship companies has looked
down across the street onto Bowling Green
The works along the Battery disappeared
after the close Of the revolutionary war, and
the extension of ground built into the juno
ton Of the East and North rivers is covered
by park over which runs elevated railroad
trains But the beauty and fashion" which
delighted to watch the ships come and go a
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tons burden. Nav, master. and governor Of
the new colony to be founded, sailed into the
s-narro7vs" leading into what IS now New
York harbor, past Staten Island, between
Governors Island, the present site OF the
round Sumter like structure called Fort VII
liam. and Bedloe's Island, where towers the
big statue Of Liberty, and rounded 70 of
point OF rocks about Were stands Castle
Garden. Here were discharged the first New
York immigrants at the very spot where so
many have since first set foot on American
shores.
These first settlers consisted Of thirty farnl-
lies Of Walloons, refugees from what is now
Belgium The men and the women and the
babies. the agricultural implements, cows,
horses, sheep, pigs, household furniture, were
puc ashore and began the ascent of the ac-
cIivity that led 70 the present site Of Bowl
ing Green. The women in their picturesque
Dutch costumes carried the babies, and the
men carried the furniture and led the cattle.
They were welcomed by some traders and
friendly Indians and were given meal IN
der a tent made OF sails stretched between
trees At this meal Christian teacher who
accompanied the settlers said grace and gave
thanks for preservation during their perilous
wy a5o NA4-o; oAANN ~ -'N4 "NN4 .--1'-~ - -
ship only two or threo times the SIZE OF &
modern canal boat, was certainly attended
with some risk-and inplored blessing upon
the new undertaking. After the reading Of
the commission of the governor the cere-
monies attending the founding Of the city
were over, and the Dutchmen took a smoke
There were no emigration societies in those
days, and instead Of examining maps Of
routes leading to Dakota, Montana and other
territories in the hands Of railroad runners,
the first Castle Garden immigrants settled
themselves right where they were, and COM
,meuced TO make themselves comfortable. The
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.BFNTON'S HAIR GROWER.

All who are BALD. all who are becoming BALD
all who DO not want to be Raid. al who are
trout. a with DANDRUFF. or ITCHING OF the
acsr- .hory}d rss Benton's Hair Grower. Eighty
ver cent o. those using II nave grown nair u
never lis 10 stop the hair from falling Ihro1ga
sickness and fevers The hair sometimes falls or Il
short time and although The person n a. nave r.
NAMED bald tor years, Il oo use Een1on : han
Grover according 10 q rectioas ysu are sure o.
Growth OF hair n hundreds q cases We have pro
duced good growth O. lair o. those y 40 nav g
been bald and glazed for years We have fully SUB
stanciated The following tscls;
We row halr IN every case; nc matter bow lons
bad.
Unlike other preparations. It contains 10 sugar
q ED. OF vegetable Or mineral Foisols
II is specific 70. falling hair. G2nd-1f. and
itcliuS q the scalp
The Hair GROW er i hair food. snd is COMPOST
ton IS almost exactly Ike the oil whica supplies
re hair with its vitality
II Your druggists have aot got Il. we VIII send Il
PREF a 4 OF receipt OF price sl~A sod D.
HETTISGER BROS. and
Is ALURICH BFsoTS- wichita, Kan
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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
THE SPOT WHERE THE FIRST IMMi.
GRANT LANDED IN GOTHAM.
Fort .Amsterdam-The Metropolis in IT'S
The Battery In 17s3-subsequent Exten-
sions-New York Fifty Years Ago-The
Bowling Green of Today.
Especial Correspondence,

NEW YORK, Oct 2S.-New York is tie
largest and the Oldest of the great cities OF
America; and there is no more interesting
spot in New York than the little oval park
called the Bowling Green. 1t is but few
hundred yards west Of this park, upon point
then on the shore Of the North river, that the
first settlers Of New York landed Just 265
years ago. It was a beautiful May morning
when the stanch ship New Netherland, 260
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Preacher Pascal Porter.

There IS an infant prodigy n Cincinnati II
the shape OF l2-year-old boy preacher. His
name is Pascal Porter. He was born ct
Volca. near jefferson, o., IL 1876 Els father
is & farmer Of no especial pistE; his naothsr
Is dead The boy Eas been preaching IN
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through bis sermons without any hesitation
and faces an audience while &c is delivering
it, without the stlshces. evide-. fear CT
criticism Many Of these child prodigies
fade into obscurity Is they grow older.
Sill there have been some reular@ao.e e1cep-
tioas, such as DR.. Watts, Spurceoa, Dryden
and Chateer.cu.
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place for Longing emlgrants ana Ioalers,
and q favorite spot on which 10 leave found
ling babes.
Business crept ct first slowly, then rapidly
away from the Bowling Green, and left the
region round about desolate. 1t was given
over to third class hotels and the shipping
Offices There were no open gateways for
the stranger to pass into the Bowling Green,
but he might peer through the iron ratings
and see the grass growing peacefully as when
the first Dutch trader laid himself down
under the prirneval forest trees TO smoke his
long clay pipe after having made good
bargain with the Indians, and perhaps to
dream dreams Of the great city which was
one day to spread itself at the point at
which he slurnbered. at last, however, the
food which for so many years had poured
I'D Broadway became choked and set back
ward, and today the old Bowling Green
looks upon a different sight from anything 1t
has ever seen before. The gateways are open,
walks have been cut TO the center of the park,
where there is now fountain The region
has become animated Immense buildings
hank the little park, and the few remaining
houses built fifty 20 q hundred years ago ara
being torn away to make room for Others.
There is the Produce Exchange, the Stand
ard Oil company's building, the Field build
ing-au mammoth structures, with thousands
passing in and out and up Broadway from
sunrise to sunset every day.
Let the stranger enter the great building
built by Cyrus ". Field ON the site Of Wash
ington's headquarters, or, better, TO the tower
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6rst thing they did was to insure protectloC
~ building q stockade fort on the emlnenos
10 which they they had climbed, on the pres
snt site Of or adjacent to Bowling Green, and
which they called Fort Amsterdam. It
would doubtless be an amusing sight today
to see a modern ironclad sail under the little
smooth bore gun that frovned over the par
apet Of Fort Amsterdam, the pop gun cannon
balls rafting like marbles on the ships sides,
and the moon faced Dutch gunner wonder
Ing at the rebound. The commander would
certainly be less generous than the officers OF
the American navy today il he replied with
ANYTHING more dangerous than champagne
corks.
Around the fort" says Washington Irv
ing. "a progeny OF little Dutch built houses
with tiled roofs and weather cocks soon
sprang up, nesting themselves under the
walls for protection, as q brood Of half
fedged chickens nestles under the wings OF
the mother hen The whole was surrounded
by al enclosure Of strong palisades 70
guard against any sudden Eruption Of the
sayaSes. Outside Of these there extended the
corn fields and cabbage gardens Of the COM
nunity, with here and there an attempt at
tobacco plantation, all covering those tracts
OF country at present called Broadway, " al
street, William street and Pearl street"
The new city grew slowly. An old map OF
New York drawn in 172S-about q hundred
years after the Settlemelt-shOws that the
main street. running north from Bowling
Green roadway-extented to the point
now occupied by the postoitice building, or
the present junction Of Broadway and Park
row. There il ended, and the place OF the
present street between the AStOr house and
Chambers street was occupied by q rope
walk Fort amsterdam had become Fort
George, The hack yards of the houses built
along the west side CT Broadway extended
to the margin q the North river, and tie
houses on this side Of the street reached but
: few blocks north of Wall street and Trinity
church. Indeed there were then only two
streets running west from Broadway be
tween the fort and. Trinity. The city at this
time presented 3 very different appearance
from the New Amsterdam which originally
nestled around tie fort.
Another half century rolled By and found
New York IL a state Of warfare. Bowling
Green was iEcIosed by high iron fence. on
the posts Of which az intervals there were
ornamental iron balls Within was lead
st.Erue OF King George. ~ tre breaking cut
Of tie Revolution tke people pulled down
TIE statue 10 make bullets, and broke the
balls or the iron fence 10 ran into cannon
The fence Is still there, and the visitor may
see the rough ends OF the posts where the
iron balls We're broken Of. Around the line
Of the shore works were built These works
gave the name Of Battery 70 this portion
of tia CITY The map shows the extension
OF the Battery since I7SS, 5u. these extern
sionS have been mostly made during tie last
thirty or forty years. On the corner directly
west Of the Bowling Green, Gen Washing
ton. when ii New York. had his hes5Guar-
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NARBORNE. Mo-, June 15.-One of the
heavest rains ever known fell in this vicinity
this morning, commencing at about o. clock
and continuing untip5. All of the lower Ian DIS
are flooded and the creeks are out of their
banks. -Four miles east of here the water is
five miles wide and three to five feet deep
Parties living In the flooded districts were
compelled to leave their homes and most Of
them left during the rain. Those that did
not leave were bohted to safety.
Nearly all of tire hogs and small stock were
drowned ana ma ny head of cattle are report
Ell lost. White Bros. large stock raisers are
the heavist lose IS, they reporting 400 hogs, and
nearly 100 head, of cattle drowned. Several
thousand acres, of corn and wheat are total
loss.
1t is estima ted that $780, 600 will not much
more than cover the loss of stock and crops.
The Wabash and Santa Fe railroad tracks are
washed In many places
MUCH DAMAGE ABOUT CARROLLToN.
CARRoLLToN, Mo, June IA storm which
ragged IN this section last night was the hard
est ever known. Reports from all sections OF
the country note great damage to growing
crops, roads and bridges The Wakenda
Is now no the rampage, and the low lands adj
joining Tor distance of ten miles and cover
ing an area OF twenty square miles are sub
merged. The track of the Santa Fla is washed
out three miles west of here for distance of
200 yards, and traffic was suspended to- day.
The same is the case with the C., b. IL X
L. The regular passenger train pulled out Of
this place at the usual hour this morning but
returned al noon and reported q heavy wash
out about fifteen miles north
The Rock road" leading south from this
place, on which are the three depots, is al
most entirely under water Trains are run
ming only on the Wabash, but communication
is shut OF. The water is still rising.
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SWEET, BUT TOO YOUNG,



Young Philadelphia Women.
Maidenly mOdesty and female vanity
have had sharp struggle among the
young ladies in this city. and especial
ly at the fashionable schools. since the
smallpox scare began. The young
WON Ell dread the disease. which even
if not fatal, might prove deadly TO
their physical charms. and vaccination
was therefore welcomed by all. But
the difficulty was that few of the young
ladies, with visions Of receptions next
winter before them, when they would
appear in low-cut corsagc and sleeve
less bOdiceS. cared to have the dis
figuring marks placed upon their arms.
Therefore il was generally decided by
the young fashionable females 10 have
the delicate operation performed upon
the calf of the Lee. This required the
services Of the elderly practitioners,
Rs the ladies were lOath 10 submit to
the gaze OF the youthful doctors. A
lady who manages 4 fashionable board
ing school near Broad and Locust
streets. last week determined TO have
all OF the young ladies' under her charge
vaccir ated. Those who were bOarders
at the school were to be vaccinatcd by
the phys clan. an elderly and we'll
known practitioner, who has usually
been called IN TO attend such ills as
school girls are heir to. The Young
ladies al protested against the marx
ing of their arrls. and il was deter
mined. after a solemn conference. that
each one should @Je vacc.natcd ON the
calf OF the LEG. This was entirely
satisfactory uuI, the day appointed
for the operation. Instead OF coming
himself The doctor sent his as slant. 2
very young man with a blonde mus
tache. whom the girls declared Cooked
too sweet" here was "a burr ed con-
suitation Of the ladies. Never TN
take the smallpox first He shall
not waco nate me-" Such were the
EXPLANATIONS OF the girls. The young
doctor was compelled TO retire. and
the kindly OIL gentleman VINO was his
preceptor was sent for The girls then
submitted without murmur. -R4..a-
dsIp4sd Record.
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Las VEGAS, n. NJ, June. 14-In Lincoln
county last Thursday, about eight miles below
Lawes Panasco difficulty arose between the
Mackey brothers, John and Melhurn. and two
Texas parties named Green and Owens. all
well known men, over a discrepancy OF 50
cents liz the settlement of an account The
Mackeys finally went after their cattle when
Green and Owens armed and followed them
Finally John MackeY rode up 20 Nather-
lines ranch, borrowed a repeating Winches-
ter and returned when firing commenced
When tho smoke cleared away 1t was found
that nine shots out of sixteen had taken
effect, and on going over the battlefield II was
found that Owens was killed and Green NOR
tally wounded; Nil burn Mackev had his left
eye out and John Mackey a hole in his left
arm.
Deputy Sheriff James A. Beard of Lincoln
arrested the Mackeys. who are now under
guard at their home
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In battle during the war Senator
Bate. Of Tennessee and his brother.
Col Bate were together. They were
in conversation, when the senator drew
from his pocket cigar. and struck a
match with which to light it. AS he
did so cannon ball tore his brother s
head completely from his body. The
cigar was not lighted. and to this day
the senator has never lit one. though
he invariably appears with an unlght-
ed cigar in his mouth.
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Miss PARLOA. the cele brated author
Of cookbooks and lecturer on cookery,
dined the other day with a Pittsburg
lady who had especially prepared a
salad for her distinguished guest. but
which the latter scarcely tasted. Miss
Parloa. don't You know that that salad
Is made strictly after your recipeP"
The hostess asked. Yes" reptile d
Miss Parloa. and that's why [ am
afraid to eat it. have told people
now to make great many things that
would give me nightmare for week
v ] ate them"
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NEBRASKA CITY, NEB., June 17.-Maior A.
s. Cole, well known as figuring In the escape
Of United States Signal Service Defaulter
HOwgate several years ago, was arrested at
The instance of District Clerk Campbell
charged with the embezzlement of 5000 re-
cetved from client to pay into court, to-day
while returning from church. He had been
making preparations to leave this evening for
Washington territory. He gave security for
settlement tomorrow, but tried to evade pay
nent He is prominent church deacon and
temperance worker.
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TALLAHASSEE, FLA, June I2.-Dennls WI
lians (co!oredj, who sho, and ser.ously
wounded Superintendent Mccormick waa
taken To the woods By a mob and Ivuched
yesterday and bis body vas afterward found
u the river. The negroes arc greatly In
eensed aud il is reported they viii try and
2ycuge tie IyncAiug.
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COMMODORE KITTsON, of St. Paul.
left an estate estimated by himself at
$4,000, 900. Each Of his eleven child
rem is given 500 600 at the start. and
the remainder is to be remain undivided
until the youngest son becomes of age,
which will be in 1896
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ST. PAUL, MINI, June 17-After a very
ate spring summer has come in the north
west with a vengeance. 1t has been hot for
several days and this afternoon the mercury
touched 81. Even the nights are hot, the
thermometer standing at 80 to- night. Brain
erd reports temperature of IS this afternoon
out cooler weather tonight
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MINISTER MCLANE. who is now in
Washington at the home of his broth
er-in-law, Gen. Joseph F. Johnston,
does not believe in another Franco
German war. but says that no one
should be SO bold rs to predict the
maintenance of peace in Europe.
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THE trousseau of the future Empress
Of China is being made in
Vienna. The principal court dress
is Of very rich blue velvet. On the
front there is an embroidered eagle.
the wings Of which are ornamented
with over 500 small and five very
large pearls.
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CHICAGO, I'LL, June 17.-By collision in
Lake Mic higan between the schooner Willie
Kler and the steamer Robert Mills Friday
night in fog the former was sent to the
bottom, between the big and little Au Sable
islands. The schooner was q three master
and was loaded with 1900 bushels of corn,
and viii prove total loss. The crew made
hafr pane
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HAROLD Brown, a descendant of
Nicholas Brown, after whom Brown
University was named, and member
of the class Of 1886 of the University
has given 100000 Of Episcopal mis-
sionary work.
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That queer sect, the Dunkard
Church. in conference at Wabash, Ind,
has denied the petition of its young
men to wear mustaches and have their
hair cut
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FULLERTON, NEB., June 12.-August Mich
aeIson and Hans Tidse, rich young German
ranchers, were boating on the Weep river
sunday, when Mich aclsOD, TO frighten Tidge,
who could uos swim, tipped the boat which
hnaliy upset. hichaeison tried 10 save bis
companion. tut the latter clung TO him go that
lie vas unable 10 swim aud they we're both
drowned.
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ALTOONA, Pa, June l2-At the village a
Glasgow Gu the Bells Gap railroad yesterday
morn N Kills W.ugerL a farmer. was ahot
ana instantly killed ~ a woodsman named
Achee IJF = cause unknown Mckee imme.
ued ate3T shot himself In tie head .nd Uve4
III evening. refusing 10 speak Of the deed.
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MARSHALL, Mo-, June 1.-THE heavy rains
in Salt Fork creeFA occasioned by the rain of
Thursday night, washed out a bridge on the
Missouri Pacific extension Yesterday temper
arily suspending travel between this place
and Lexington. Additional reports of dam
arc coming in snd 1t is estimated by prom
inent farmer of the western part of the
county that the damage to bridges, roads,
fences and crops will reach 500
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The officers of the Bordeaux garri-
son lately gave Nine. Carnot hand
some fan, and the President has sent
to them in return three splendid
bronze groups which cost $1,000.
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The highest recorded balloon ascent
was by Glaisher and Coxwell from
Wolverhampton, England, on Septem-
Der 5, 1862. They rose to the height
of seven miles.
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The most valuable manuscript in
this country, Judging from the price
paid. is in possession of John Jacob
Astor. 1t is the Sforza Missal, for
which SIS, 500 was paid.
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A CLERGYMAN at West Chester, Pa
was 50 busy tying matrimonial knots
the other day that he had to send one
couple to another minister to be mar
ried.
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The DeSoto statue to be erected at
Arkansas City, Ark. is designed by
Senior Murvelle, of Madrid. 1t will be
in bronze Of heroic size, mounted on a
PEDESTAL Of Arkansas marble.