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For Young Laaies-City.
For Roth Sexes-City

For Both Sexes-City
A BUSINESS EDUCATION Bookkeeping writing
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-CIRCULARs OF GOOD SCHOOLS. FREE STAG
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Tor colleges Boarders limited Application to be made
st. o'Aane'H 5 fpr N%q fSs EnI's'on School,
Session from June Is to September D. Iefm' si'0
Boy. and Young Men-country.
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saas r. x o g.. 5ui F,,n,,Dn
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their sons will profit " the sdyahSHSes o7ere1
81 his school address FRANK II. HOWE. SUBJ
HREEHOLD INSTITUTE. Freehold, \. J. l6;h year
i college preparation specially business hsa teh'o'
and classical courses
HIGHLAND MILITARY ASGADLMT., WC.. .,iSs
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business primary DEPARTMENT.; stfct Nui,
home comforts. Joseph Alden shaw. A NJ h,Ad A1a'ti
IJOME SCHOOL for six boys Port ChesteT n. Z.
n FOR e'feu'As 81 DHUMMOND 4. NJ. Principal.
IRVING INSTITUTE Tasytown,on HUDSON. O1cI, IN.
sdysn1:e 20 s'''Hs' ,<eGqSM 'sG r.
b ECTORY SCHOOL, Hamien. CONN., boy 1879.
Il 1915; home influences; thorough scAoSl system *
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Rev Il. L. EVEREST. NJ A. Rector
DoCKLAND COLLEGE. Nyark Op-;hS Hu1;on Next
IL year opens Sep,gmber SID FOR ca'12gne;
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III Cod Spring Hudson number limited N1ch'rt' ;
terms 5000 send VI circular --------------
CT GEoRGfsS HALL FOR BOYS. ST George Nc
. = College or business. UnsurI AsSed. 800 " go
Professor j. C. KINEAR A. Nj, principal
6 UMMFR SCHOOL. FOE boys
= AT THE BRYANT SCHOOL Rosyn T. L. y; r.
overlooking L. /. Sound SEND tot H!uSun"'a Ssatotss
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and camping OF principal we acres IN PARK H'u
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GUNNER SCHOOL FOR DOYs,,..,
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THE PRINCETON PREPARATORY SCHo .1HLii,s,,e,
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For Young Ladies Country

AMONG THE HIILs.-Thir,ytwo G's' f9n Me- NS%c
cRfS si1 S;1e' N5tEfIIS i%siTV2. c1''i'''a
CoLLTGIATE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. ENGLE%oo3
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CxROLiNE NJ. GERRlsH. A. D.
CLAssICAL HOME INSTITUTE, PoushA"cp,c \. y.
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received as boaIders. without tuition. \. r. foMEe1 Y.
KEBLE ScHooI SXnAf ETS ri HY rnd., tn. .u.
peryision Of The r., rev. ;. j.. TrNrINGToH. $ 7 D
This sDS M n& a S'i i,ES&f'SoS frta
sssd Sh dt iNSt1IE e o S0>S'F 1S
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AIRS HAzEN'S BOARDING. AND DAY SCHOOL
M PELHAM ES 1E H%& =, lo rNP5HSr wYonx.
win op'm sept. % Cmcu."r- ":' ." npr'r"r Oh
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Miscellaneous
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WANTED TO EE%T OK BUiA pI. Iva N Gay ana
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Apartment honscs.

NpGrtmcnt boHsE1'
. CCpXTp FLAT < rooms and bath all I:ht geo:
A rated; a. per month. Apply JanGr wv "vr
i0nh.st or WALTER LAWRENCE hoHA"'S' 'o'"''
sth. ave. and 1olthst -.------------
400 SINGLE APARTMENT; 8 rooms aEi nh n
\. house % feet wide, wary modern iHtlIp' III,
No IA Wet lO3lst WALTER LA"iNl''>O''' "''''
west corner 9th.avr. and loiih'ft,
.,i TO s.s-SIx rooms ani bath private hAIis ana
4 L,Ihr,nnis h, atai decorated all light Nos 70 ~
I45 West lOith.st WALTER LAWRkNCf' ho'""c''
corner 9th.ave and loith.st.
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uSHE PRINCETON PREPARATORY SCHoOi;
Il OPENS Septeinucr Is Incll!tcs nay tc a1heASci
~ j. b. FINE. Hcsdmastnr.
N J..
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.BRIDEGROOMS AND GIANTS

and hosts OF admirers ThNr" Nsn NJ n'rr ""h
Itha aNr1 Of pz''A al ~" al.
uir al Lhy I,. monthly. would prove 70 hri'iY a"d
TlhnG person
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CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

Imone the dorh'tu. situations ~ rNsld"nc" non"
can e1C.N in p!.iu.r~u" bcIty AMI ia' ~ ~ 1865
me 81 IT. re-ts Iak AID ~Oodh'N"h 100
ties IN easy reach o. -"
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CT GEoRGES HALL FOR BoYS St GS0rGe'' Nc
= College bushes. CnSufI AeSei s-oO W 90
Professor J. c. KINEAK A. NJ. Pr.Mcipat.
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~ l ~ u = n y. M n.T0T =" :. %
y ham Academy, Ogontz, Montgomery
70 September 4th. ,.......,
For particulars address tAe II!ntpit.
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CUMMER SCHOOL FOR BOYs;
. NOl.N AK. CON-. tlt(T. -.
FRAEK s. ROI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-30

DFV. J. u CONVEKsi'S school FOE BOYS It
II Cod Spring Hudson number limited N'c%'r'e'
sfNl end FOL circular
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-30

.MoNG THE IIIILS-Thiry.two T,las from New
Il York order Programme for 1850 30 au1 pc uf'
Of CHAPPAQUA MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE, thlPlaI""
X, Y.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-08

prices, but the salary is sure Rather a
come down for me, isn't iti Look, dear,
quickl there goes the beauty" she cried. l
looked, and beheld the pride of the Rialto,
Clifford McMirnon, arrayed in white flannel
trousers, silk undervest and blazer, also Of
snowy purity, pale turquOis blue sash grid
ed his manly waist and just above it large
cross of diamonds cleaned and sparkled.
He came along with glance of aristocratic
nonchalance, accompanied by large Sibe-
rian bloodhound-a real Uncle Tom" blood
hound. When the splendor OF his passing
had died away l took another look at the old
Rialto. Faces eager and wistful looking,
faces hopeful and expectant, faces resigned
and mournfuL l left them all there, in the
summer of their discomfort"
The wonder is how they manage to exist,
the regular season closing usually the latter
part Of May, and not beginning till Septem-
Der. By accident, however, / discovered how
one fellow, who is always well dressed, man
aged to thrive 1t was down at a seaside re-
sort When went to engage a room, fancy
whom should | see behind the desk but
Charley Racket, lively Juvenile man, who
had been out a season in the same company
with me.
"Thats how I work the racket" he said i;
"pardon my pun, but | come here every
summer. Great head, good idea, sea air,
salary, billiards, racing, all day to myself,
for Pm only on nights"
| couldn't help admiring the fellows energy.
It certainly showed better Judgment than
living in a cheap boarding house in the city
and running up bills.
Up town, next to one of the agencies Oh
Broadway, there is place called 'SOubrette's
hall" The girls hire a room, two or three
for ecOnomy's sake. Here they
cook their little breakfasts and lunches and
for dinner they go out. One little curly
headed friend of mine informed me, smiling,
that she had potatoes twice day, for break
fast and lunch, only potatoes.
But | don't care" she added; Give got
my wardrobe all fixed up for next season, and
I've signed for forty-two weeks at fifty
week-tra-la," and she skipped merrily about
hair up in curl papers
AS | rose to go there came in a much talked
of society star The agent greeted her with
great courtesy. She sank into q chair ex-
hausted, exclaiming:
Obi the trouble I've he'd today. Only
think, the Squeers Lithographic company has
printed fifty thousand portraits of me, and
made the hair bright yellow. It's too late to
do anything now. Bright yelown she re-
peated, with a wall, land | the darkest kind
of brunette" Her black eyes fairly snapped
with anger. 81 wouldn't have cared, " she
said, III they hadn't been paid for" She
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-08

militia regiments that were sent to the war
was organized BY DR.. Mott in 1851 Later on
the United States Army General hospital. Of
which he was director, was founded In IS,l.
he received the commission of surgeon Of the
United States volunteers, with the rank Of
major. Toward the close of the war he acted
as medical inspector Of the Department Of
Virginia and was attached TO the staff Of
Gen. Edward o. c. Ord. lie was present at
the conference between Gen. Grant and Gen
Lee when they arranged the term Of surren-
der of the Confederate forces.
The success of Bellevue Medical college Is
due largely 10 Dr. Mott, who WAS one Of the
founders of that institution and in which he
held the chair of surgical anatomy from 1851
till 1872, when he became professor of clinical
and operative surgery, which place he hon
orably filled 10 the time of has death. Many
difficult operations were performed by Dr.
Mott The doctor made special study Of
hydrophobia, and was considered the highest
American authority upon this subject. He
and his son tried 10 form a school in New
York like the one founded IN Paris by Pas
teur, but the experiment was not success.
DR.. Mott was az equally well distinguished
in society as in his profession. He was a
member Of the Century club. and was espe-
ciany interested in Masonry, in which he bad
a number Of high degrees. He was a mem
Der of the Loyal Legion, also president Of tho
American Pasteur institute and the Mott
Memorial library. The doctor leaves one
son, Dr. Valentine Mott.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-08

There goes one of the cleverest SOubrettes in
the profession" whispered nay friend, as a
short haired, bleached little blonde whisked
past Us, clad in a sailors suit with huge white
enchorS embroidered on the collar Of her
jacket. ''She sued a popular comedian last
season for ten thousand dollars, for breach of
promise Of marriage, and recovered five
thousand. Since then she has been living in
style in a fiat uptown. Her mother is great
schemer, and l think she owes that state
stroke direct to the maternal ! don't think
she VIII do q song and dance this season"
What is III" | heard a group OF men saw
"Where did they catch itf' said another;
and on turning to find out whether it was
sea serpent or a mad dog l discovered a
young mulatto woman, clad In the most
astounding fashion. She wore bright blue
skirt, trimmed with bands of variegated
beads; a large Gainsborough hat Of white
straw, loaded with red blue and yellow os-
trich tips; huge hoop ear rings depended
from her ears, and a self complacent smile
adorned her mouth Beads hung round her
Eeck and dangled from her low cut corsage.
"Oh, that is Pogarita, the Indian actress;
plays in border dramas. Strange you
haven't heard Of her" exclaimed friend
who was with me.
And that large stout man with Mexi-
can sombrero is Vaddles. the great mill
ionaire, who plays the Rattle King and the
Ranch Chief He Affects that style because
he has played that part for eighteen years.
till he really ina i8es be is the Rattle King.
He travels in his own special cur with the
cattle-aud takes ont new play this season
with nine horses in 1t instead OF four They
call him tue horse actor, not hoarse, r.
kumed my companion. Although his voice
isn't as clear Is it might he. he rosrs
and rants 50 much" The Rattle King strobe
past me with mighty millionaire strides. BE
saw no one, his saub nose haUEhtily spurned
the earth and sought TIE ethereal heights.
Then groped my way up into one Of the
dramatic agencies, kept by a man they call
Alexander tee Creator, though ne is little
man, his word Is mighty. Re shook hands
with le II h.s usual genial way.
Nothing IN your line this morning, miss
he said 70 Iny coalparion with q smile. lie
had smiled a. her Ike tails for many yeSrs,
ana mad never Yet had anything in her
line We sA, down moment. when 6 lat
woman came ia, dressed Ike school girl.
NLe must -@Ne H.--agi fully no hundred
fc-s7t-rne-nots. hloo1e1 aoove her tadel
hair, which had evidently been bleached and
needed touching up Now. Mr.. Alexan-
de-, you really must have something for NE. /
You know how g. The papers smoke Of NV /
Partheuia when / played At the benefit. I /
want something romantic; never was fitted I
for 'heavies.'"
] looked al her, snd If weight went for
anything "hesvies" ought 10 be lust her .
liue." Then the busy and polite htcle man !
aIcused hin1self hurrisdl 80. rushed out Tor
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& srrrrntinn rrnhlnn

An astronomer from Harvard C5servator,
some time ago propounLed this problem 70
a number Of fellow S.vauJs: Suppose that
three snakes, each , feet IN leagea. should
catch each otbeT by the IN Of the tail. thus
rakirc a circle feet in circumference.
Suppose that eSch snake should begin e
swallow the one in front O. AIM. IN what
way would tie resultant figure, after each
snake had swallowed the one i front q
him. differ from the original circle. There
were many dive.se o-.alo-.s upon the sub
ject. some Of them entering the Consideration
Of the fourth 6lIners,o2 81 space. because
anv one ef the snakes would have swallowed
the two in front Of him ard YET have been
swallowed By the two n back ef him aud.
therefore. would be beth inside aud outside
II his .-So faiioyrs Mates end 1csr:eS
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Cd against her, and It was In the court room
where Justice Field made bis decision that
Sarah Althea accused him Of bribery, and it
was here that Judge Terry drew his knife,
FOR which actions he and his wife were both
sentenced TO imprisonment. and both vowed
vengeance, 1t Is said, against Justice Field
The rest of the story is well known The
meeting Of Field and Terry in the hotel at
Lathron and the shootingof Terry by Dep
uty United States Marshal Maggie, who had
been appointed Jussce Fields body guard,
forms tragic ending to tumultuous life.
Justice Field, who seams to have had nsr-
row escape, is one Of Americas most prom
inent men. he is one Of four trothers-
David Dudley, Stephen j., Cyrus W. and
DR.. Henry Mall famous men Judge Field
was born in Hsddam, Conn, in lSl6. He
is graduateof Williams college, and went
20 California il 1S49. He succeeded Judge
Terry in 1889 as chief justice.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-08

There is no doubt that the house commit
tee was warranted in its opinion so far as most
of the arSenals in the United States were con-
cerned Even in regard to Watervliet there
was some color for the opinion, because OF
sale Of obsolete weapons, ETC., which had re-
Gently taken place within its walls. 1t is
likely that in no other arsenal had there been
retained such collection Of old relics as the
one that was disposed of there. A brief
glance at the old paraphernalia will be of in
terest "LineStocks," of which there were
eighty-nine to be sold, were the old fashioned
powder primers for cannon. A gunner was
required to fill the place Of printing with
powder; then, when all was ready, TO bring
out the livestock, a kind of torch, aud touch
off the prime and gun. This mode of firing
was in vogue in the time of the revolution.
Today friction primer is used, a closed
brass tube of illuminate of mercury being
placed in the small hole of the cannon and the
gun discharged by pulling a cord attached to
the friction primer.
In the sale were included SO, 004 ''sabots'
of various sizes and descriptions ''Sabots,n
in the revolutionary days, or in the rebellion
even, We're Indispensable, but now are UNI
known. They were round pieces of wood
utilized as wadding, to which the shot were
strapped by bits of tin Cartridges are ex-
clusively used in army cannon now. There
is no such thing today as ''hOt shot" but in
years past q battle could scarcely be fought
without them. There were in the collection
five furnaces for hot shot," two ladies',
five rakes,n five shovels, -four longs and
five forks all of which were obsolete
There were nearly 5000 complete sets of
cavalry accouterments and ?, 200 incomplete
sets for sale.
In days of battle the soldiers were required
to strap themselves in harness and to haul
heavy guns over the hills, while now this
task is performed exclusively by animals.
The rope articles composing this peculiar
harness and drag rope was composed Of pro
longs, "bricoles" and mems harness Be
sides, there We're Is ''scrapers for cannon
81 port fire stocks" 251 gun sights for
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cast. Therefore the shops at Watervliet VIII
be devoted strictly to assembling and fuish-
ing the guns, jackets, rings, and all other
parts of the guns proper that viii be fur
nished to them from the outside. 1t is under
ADJUSTMENT whether or not the manufacture
of carriages for the great guns shall be at
tempted, It should be stated, however, that
there are now constructing cupolas and other
appliances known 70 foundries at Watervliet
for the purpose Of casting project.les, and il
is likely that the different parts Of cast iron
uortars viii be made az this place 50 that
they can be put together more readily. Il is
very evident that the greatest reliance OF the
United States for guns for coast defense
aud possibly fer part Il the naval arma.
usut-n-ust come from the Wate-vhet arse
ma for man ~-a~S ? @ MATTER
Carriage LoTses. only fairly well matched,
IL Buenos Ayres bring $500 a pair.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-08

be used fomake anexperImenf at WatervIet,
and orders were given to the commanding
officer directing thepurchase Of such grounds
and buildtugs as were needed. The door Of
one OF tho .stopbhouses vsa 4nlzen ont and
heavy masonry built asa foondatfon for thu
planners and Other znachfnesy that was brought
there run the ar@nals and foundries al
West Point, South Boston, Franhord and
Forres Monroe. While this was great gain
upon WHIST had been done yet the capacity
of the new machinery was only two lO-inch
guns and SIX or eight 6inch guns year.
The possibilities OF Watervliet were found
to be 50 great that bills were introduced in
congress appropriating something over ST.
Oo0. 900 for the purpose Of erecting a new
building, in addition TO the old storehouse al
ready adapted and Low in use, for the manu-
facture of the larger class Of guns. Ten and
twelve inch guns will be assembled in this
new building, and it IS SO planned that an ex
tension may be made in which guns of SIX
teen inch bore may be made hereafter, if it is
thought they are necessary. In the old store
house which is now in use may be seen TWEEN
ty and thirty foot guns upon the planners
The thirty foot guns revolye two and a half
times every minute, and chisels of the hard
est steel shave off delicate ribbons just as If
they were of wood, only that the process is
much slower. The works are now about
ready to give out one inch gun weigh
ing fifteen tons and throwing projectile of
25O pounds; one 10 inch gun weighing TWEEN
ty-eight tons and throwing projectile of
nearly 500 pounds; one - inch breech
loading rife mortar, with a cast iron body
and steel hoops, and weighing fourteen tons,
and twenty-five breech loading field guns of
the hardest steel, and having a diameter Of
three and two-tenths inches. a 10 inch gun
of cast iron, ribbed with wire, is also among
the present output.
Congress finally determined to vote $780,
600 for finishing the new building; and also
several million dollars in different parts scat
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TWELVE INCH BREECH LOADING MORTAR.

TWELVE INCH BREECH LOADING MORTAR.
tered about among other fotndries and part
ly by contracts with parties outside OF the
United States government. As soon as the
building is done guns will be made thirty-five
feet long, twelve inches in diameter, weigh
ing fifty tons and throwing projectiles Of
1000 pounds. The writer asked what the
range was and was answered: From ten
to twelve miles; but the really effective range
for any gun is only about five miles That is
TO say, you cannot depend upon its hitting
the mark at over five or six miles"
''How about the larger bores for guns?n
''Twelve inches is large enough, but as long
as the European nations have guns larger we
shall have to DO the same"
do yOV bring your tubes for the larger
bores from England. as has been reporJedn
"Some Of them-that is Of the ten and
twelve inch bores-are brought from Whit
worths, in England; but it is likely that few
will be brought from there in the future be-
cause they are made in this country now.
The eight inch bores are made at Midvale, in
Pennsylvania.
In conversation with the authorities of the
arsenal the writer was told that the govern
ment is now decidedly of the opinion that it
is better not to attempt the casting of large
guns at Watervliet or anywhere else. The
reason is not only because the plant would be
expensive, but also because If a plant of a
particular kind were put in the government
would find itself ten or twenty years from
now making steel according TO that process,
while in the meantime the active competition
among steel manufacturers outside would
have carried them beyond such methods, and
perhaps into the making of steel by entirely
new and much cheaper processes. There
fore, as the result of long elaboration,
it has been thought best for the govern
ment not to attempt the manufacture
of steel, but rather to buy it of the
manufacturers, trusting TO competition TO
have it delivered much cheaper than it could
be made. Then the question of casting ingot
steel into the form of guns came up, and once
more the government decided that it was
better TO have the men who furnish the steel
cast it roughly into the shape of the guns
than it was to be at the expense of $50, 600
for the traveller and other necessary hy-
draulc apparatus for handling the steel when