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, 1890-12-21

Conductor Reed Not FurnIsh Change.
A Pennsylvania judge recently rem.
dered a decision which is interesting to
all persons who ride in street cars, and
the city railway companies as well. A
passenger rendered a s. bill in payment
of his fare on a Philadelphia car. The
conductor could not change it, and after
an alteration put the passenger off the
car. The passenger brought a suit for
assault and battery against the con-
ductor. In his charge to the jury the
judge said:
when q passenger gets on a street
car it is his duty to pay his five cent
fare, and if he cannot pay it it is his
duty to get off. The conductor has a
right to use as much force as is mecca
sary to put him off. Any man who has
a 500 dollar bill, if the rule were other.
wise, might ride around in street cars
for the balance of his life without pay
ing fare"
Under these instructions the jury nc.
quilted the conductor. The railroad
companies of Philadelphia are greatly
pleased with the result of the suit. They
say that they have lost a large number
of fares simply because passengers per
sisted in handing conductors bills of SO
large an amount that they We're unable
to break them. The president of one of
the roads stated that he knew of a man
who succeeded in riding free twice a day
for SIX months simply by playing the
large bill racket on conductors ALBANY
Argus.
, 1890-12-21


When Col Albert r. Lamar was
.e5iso- 10 Th~eA----
rather unpleasant controversies occurred
between him and Henry w. Grady.
Nevertheless, Col. Lamar often told me
that he greatly admired Grady. The
two men had but slight personal ac-
quaintance. Once, in the editorial rooms
Of The Atlanta Constitution, | said in
Grady's hearing that Col. Lamar was a
great lover of horses and horse races.
"What" exclaimed Grady, ''does Lamar
take interestin out of door sports:' "Oh,
yes" / replied, land he knows the pedi-
gree of every famous race horse the
world over" Then" said Grady, 81
shall alter my opinion of him; there's
always some good in the man who loves
out of door sports. brunswick CGa.)
Times
, 1890-12-21

The widow of the famous old publish
err Henry e.. Bohn has just died. She
vas SO years of age. She was the daugh-
ter of William Simpkin, founder of the
house of Simpkin d Marshall. The mar
riage with Bonn served as an indissolu-
BILE link between two mighty factors in
the English book trade. Bohn started
in business with s., 900, and shortly there
after he borrowed s.. 900 from a friend
who had every confidence in his integri-
ty and sagacity. He began as a second
hand bookseller, but soon engaged in
publication, taking mp what is called the
remainder" trade and devoting all his
energy to it. Presently, however, he de-
vised his scheme for publishing libra
ries," such as the Standard, Classic, Sci
entifc, Illustrated, ETC., and this he con-
Quoted so conscientiously and well as to
achieve success speedily.
His example has been initiated by
many publishers of this time. In the
United States the Harpers reprinted
many Of his publications years ago, par
ticularly those TRANSACTIONS of the class
les used in colleges and academies as
ponies" The whole number of vol
umes included in these libraries eventu-
ally exceeded GOO. In 1864 Bohn began
to dispose finally of his enormous prop
erty, and upon this realized about $500, 900
in cash.-Eugene Field in Chicago News.
, 1890-12-21
A woMAN.s LOVE SONG.

with jnhnaHi, merry laughter and ringing GRs
One came, and my life thereafter grew strangely
brave and strong.
Aud yet it was but the ringing OF loves sweet
challenge bell
Aud the sound of his low voice singing tho call
that he knows 50 we'll
The sky. with It's sunlight golden. bent down to
the azure sea,
When the music, sweet and olden. vas Of my soul
made free.
And bright as the blossoms freightlng the or
chardis shaded ways
Was the radiant glory waiting my path through
the summer days
The face Of my love is tender. the voice OF my
love is sweet,
should mete-
Though rough Is the garb he Is wearing, andhard
with toll his hand.
The road where his steps are fariug for me is hest
In the Land
l know that LIES stormy places are many. and
The Light OF its heavenly spaces win follow me
where 1 shall 20.
For Ike to the ivy cinEing boz the crumbllng
Is the clasp Of love witt rpringing to answer a
lovers call
And out from the surging masses OF earth's man
hood came my knight
To where, amid blossoms and grasses, I stood In
the morning light:
Stood watching for one whose loving would bring
70 my waiting life
The glory and gladness proving how regal the
name OF wife.
Aud now In tue radiant weather. aglow with
beauty and light,
We face LIES pathway together. and give no
thought to the night
Montreal Star
, 1890-12-21

Speaking of Mrs. Morton's flower bills,
1t will be interesting to know just what
flowers cost here. You can find the
finest roses at the capital, and during the
season the buds will cost you from 80
cents to 81. so apiece, Jacqueminot roses
always sell for about 81 at Christmas
time. Marechal Niels bring 90 cents a
bud, and La France roses are about the
same. Lilies of the valley are about 81
a dozen. Tea roses bring about 25 cents
n bud. and violets bring from 81 to g
per hundred. Pinks are worth so cents
IA dozen, and smilax sells for % cents a
yard. You can get a very pretty basket
of flowers for S., but If You want IN
thing very fine it may cost you as high
as $40. 1t is a very poor bouquet which
is not worth So. and | nave seen single
bouquets which sold as high as $50
Washington Letter.
, 1890-12-21

Cut rates. or ''scalpcrs'" rates for a
Turkish and Russian bath establishment
is rather "A now enterprise, isn't it, The
"scalper' and ticket speculator has
been known TO theatre goers and tray
elers on the railroads, but think / can
safely assert that there are not FIVE
hundred people out Of the million and
a half who aro residents of this city
who vcr heard Of "a cut ratio ticket for
a Turkish bath.
Competition in this industry seems to
be followed with the usual result, how
ever, for on entering a prominent sa,
loon up town this card In relation to
n Of the most widely known Turkish
baths Of the city attracted my notice:
Tickets for Turkish and Russian baths
at No. sold here for rs cents" /
asked the bartender If the bath had
changed its rates, which have for years
been 81. No" he said; If you go to
the bath you will be charged 81 for a
bath. We sell the tickets Mt N rates, -
New York Star
, 1890-12-21

A sample of the first run of sugar from
a beet sugar factory situated at Grand
Island, Neb., which has been received
at this office shows this new product to
be as fine as any sugar sold in the
ket. 1t is of clear white, sparkling crys-
tails, and sweet and pleasant to the taste.
1t cannot be told from the best quality
of cane sugar. A circular accompanying
it says that the factory has a capacity of
$50 tons of beets, or 275 barrels of gran
ulated sugar of the finest quality, over
90 per cent. pure. each t~wenty-four hours.
The factory is fitted with machinery
from France, where this industry had its
first development Its success has been
SO great that its capacity will be imme-
diately doubled. and numerous factories
will be erected in the vicinity to produce
raw sugar for the refners. The circular
further says: UNFORTUNATELY our season
proved to be the dryest known for seven
teen years, and some farmers failed to
raise not only corn and small grains in
paying quantities, but beets as well
Many, however, have raised crops which
show a profit of from SEQ to $50 per acre,
and it may be truthfully asserted that
our farmers are jubilant and that the in
dustry has come "to stay."-Watertown
Times.
, 1890-12-21

Don't pick it up, Alice; its ruined be-
yond redemption. said one of two ladies'
TO the other while about to cross Fulton
ttreet at Broadway. on a recent rainy
day. The younger of the two had
cropped a dainty cambria handkerchief
into the black mud OF the gutter.
Nonsense, Amelia, - replied the young
] dy; do you think I'm going 10 leave
it therey' But before she could reach it
n young man pushed through the crowd
and dexterously lifted the handkerchief
from its miry bed. He gave it q shake
that made it shed some of the mud, and
while the ladies looked on in gratified
surprise he took an envelope out Of his
pocket and deftly inserting the bit of
cambria handed it to the younger lady.
Then with n bow he disappeared in the
I~lurrying throng. After the ladies had
crossed the street Alice glanced at the
envelope and exclaimed: Amelia,
heres an address on it," If Alice is ro-
mantle the young man may regain his
Envelope inclosed in a scented note Of
hanks, and then-who knows?-New
York Times.
, 1890-12-21
a FORTY TON ROCKER.


in n Sullivan County valley.
Perhaps one of .he most interesting
objects in picturesque Sullivan county,
New York state, is the Rocking Stone"
on the farm of Joseph McLaury, two
miles west Of the county site, Monticello,
on the old Newburg and Cochecton turn
pike. In the center of a rather demure
looking stone wall, of which it is a part,
stands a rock whose history is as yet I'M
written, and lies buried with the dead
oe-Inany generations. The farm within
the boundaries Of which it rests Is in a
valley at an elevation of some 1900 feet
above the level Of the sea, forming in
consequence a most appropriate pedestal
on which to stand
AT first sight it probably would not
attract more than a passing notice, but
it is when a second and closer observa-
ton is made that the wonderful and
delicate hand of nature is seen, both in
its composition and smoothly chiseled
sides. In size it is nearly 500 cubic feet.
shaped very much like an orange, and
weighing 1000 pounds. or forty tons,
and so nicely balanced on a table of
rock as to be easily set in motion from
either the north or so1th side, yet the
COIuDlucu blIcuBLn Ol u nunuIcd HlcLf
without artificial appliances, could not
dislodge it from its present position.
Its body is composed of a loose and
soft sandstone. in which are imbedded
numberless round and 1inty pebbles of
a diamond like hardness. In all the
valley where it is situated it is the only
specimen of its class, around and under
it the stones being of an entirely differ
emit structure. The table on which it
rests is a hard stone, nearly as firm and
close grained as the blue stone cut
from the quarries OF Sullivan county.
Whence it migrated or the date of its
pilgrimage-for it is supposed to have
been lodged there by some volcanic
eruption during the Drift period-lies
not in the old tradition of the county.
Some of the adamantine pebbles that
cluster thickly on its surface nave been
ground off and split in two. probably by
the tremendous attrition suffered in its
passage. The only relative specimen of
its kind in North or South America is in
the northern part of Canada, Its sides
and corners have also been ground to
almost emery fineness by powerful ele-
ments.
1t stands alone, a silent monument OF
a departed age, erected by nature to
commemorate the mighty forces which
have been and are ever working for the
improvement Of the earth, for the profit
and benefit of man.-New York Press
, 1890-12-21

In the works of the Mannesmann Tube.
company, in England, there is a heavy
fly wheel i~ngeniously designed to be alb
solutely free from any danger of burst
ing. As this wheel is about twenty feet
in diameter. weighs over seventy tons
and runs at 24O turns per minute. it was
feared that a cast iron wheel would be.
unable to stand such n centrifugal force.
The wheel consists of a cast iron hub. to,
which are securely bolted two circular
plates or disks of steel about twenty feet
in diameter. Round the periphery Of
the wheel thus formed about seventy
tons of No. 5 wire was tightly wound,
thus binding the whole securely togeth-
er and making a wheel that is practical
ly beyond possibility of breakage BY
centrifugal power. The circumference
of this great wheel travels at the rate Of
2.s5 miles per minute, about three times
as fast as the most speedy express trains
Philadelphia Record.
, 1890-12-21
A LuNcH.
The Man OF Millions Who Had Some
thing Worth Talking About"

Ii Man OF Millions Who Had Some
thing Worth Talking About"
Jones and Smith happened to meet at
the same table in a restaurant.
do you dine at this place oftenT'
asked Jones.
quite often" said Smith. ut is
moderate in price. at least for the COM
mon dishes, the cooking is excellent, the
service good, and everything is Clean
at is pretty well ~patronized, too" OBJ
served Jones. "A good many merchants
and board of trade men come here for
their meals"
Yes. What are you going to ORDER
II think I'll take a porterhouse steak,
a glass of claret and a pudding or some
can't afford a swell dinner"
That's a fact. We've got to curb our
appetites. I'm going to try veal outlets,
Dreaded, a few vegetables, an omelet
souffe and a pint of porter. L can't go
over seventy-fve cents or a dollar for a
mere lunch"
That's about the figure for me. Now
If l could afford such a meal as Tubbs
over there at that table in the corner is
about to order I'd have something
worth talking about"
you betl What do you suppose
Tubbs is WORTH
Hes worth a million and q half"
Jones and Smith looked enviously at
the table in the 7 where the mill
i~onaire, with the bill of fare before him,
was knitting his brows and pursuing up
his mouth in the effort to decide what
he wanted. After studying the printed
slip from top to bottom several times
he seemed to nave come to a conclusion.
Waiter" he said to the white aproned
official standing respectfully by, bring
me some doughnuts and cup of coffee. F"
-Chicago Special Press Bureau
, 1890-12-21

A remarkable prisoner, who calls him
self August Mailer. was received at the
penitentiary in jefferson City, Mo-, a few
days ago on II two years sentence from
st. Genevieve county for obtaining prop
erty under false pretenses. He is prob
ably 20 years old, and has commenced
serving his eleventh term in the Missouri
penitentiary. He first came herein 1896
and, with the exception of a year that
he spent in jail in Illinois, he has never
been out of this penitentiary but a few
months at a time since. He is known at
the prison as Dutch Charley" No one
knows his right name or anything Of his
antecedents. He is a monumental liar
and rarely ever tells the same story twice.
He has been sentenced every time for
working some kind of a confidence game,
and even while in the penitentiary has
piled his vocation on verdant guards and
amateur detectives with more or less
success.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
, 1890-12-21

1t Is probable that ere long the coop
erative boarding house established in
Decatur last spring on the Edward
Bellamy plan will o collapse for lack
of sufficient patronage. 1t started out
with ffty-two members, under the most
favorable circumstances, and all Of its
patrons We're enthusiasm in praise of
the novel manner OF living. The patrons
got day board at $40 n week, and there
was a fair profit in the enterprise for the
lady manager so Long as there were
fifty-two boarders. But, from one cause
or another, the patrons have quietly de
parted, until now there are but forty
left. This number is not sufficient to
continue the Alliance" longer at a
profit, and it is expected That the coop
erntive plan will be abandoned to return
to the 81 and 50 rates.-Cor. St Louis
Gluhe-D Democrat.
, 1890-12-21
The Car. GIN to Frlnes NII,lta;


rrs4ea. Vi 4Aone~hesfo % IN
clover. The car has purchased the
steamer Ja~roslafij for the sun of 3,000.-
900 rubles, and has bestowed the same
ON his highness of the Black mountains.
Russian officers and a Russian crew man
the ship, and are under orders to remain
in the service of Prince Nildta until the
latter has secured the services of eff
cient substitutes. The Jaroslafij is ex-
pected shortly at Antivari. The vessel
is so equipped as to serve as a warship
in case of need. The prince is certainly
to be congratulated. He already pos
sesses a yacht which, with his new ac-
QUESTION, will serve as an excellent com
mencement toward a Montenegrin navy,
the realization of which is, | hear, one
of Prince Nikita's most cherished hopes,
-Galignani's Messenger.
, 1890-12-21

/ mentioned some time ago that Ca
nova's famous marble group of Theseus
and the Centaur was being transported
from the Greek temple erected oven it
in the Volksgarten of that city to the
museum of art on the other side of the
ring. The Centaur was transposed with
out difficulty and is already on the ped
estal which fills the recess of the first
landing on the magnificent staircase of
the museum.
Yesterday the Theseus was laid upon
one of the low heavy carts built ex-
pressly for the transport of weighty OBJ
jects, and was drawn through the gar
dens toward the gate. The cart had to
pass over one of the water drains which
run under the Volkrgarten. The weight
was too much for the thin vault, which
gave way, and suddenly the cart sank on
one side, turned over, and the statue lay
shattered on the ground. The right
arm. which holds the club on high, was
broken of at the shoulder. The statue
was raised and placed under the trees of
the Volksgarten. whittier the whole city
will run to see it when the news Of the
mishap gets afoat.-Vienna Cor. Lon
don News.
, 1890-12-21

A cobbler at Forfar, Scotland, who
was an old offender, was sentenced to a
fine or imprisonment. To be imprisoned
he had to be carried to the Jail at Perth.
AS he had business at Perth he expressed
no unwillingness to go. When arrived
about to be locked up he offered to pay
tho fine, which the governor was obliged
to take. Then he demanded his fare
back to Forfar, which the governor, after
Insulating and looking at the law, fund
that he was obliged to pay. The fare
alone amounted to five cents more than
the fine imposed.-Ram's Horn.
, 1890-12-21

A company is being promoted for the
purpose of introducing a novel machine
for automatically turning over the leaves
of books, which is especially adaptable
for libraries, hotels, railway stations,
shop windows, etc. The Herald Exhib-
itor," as it has been named, is the patent
of Mr.. T. W. Tetley, of Bradford, who
claims that the machine will work for a
week or longer period, according to ad-
justment, without attention, and viii
turn over any size or weight of leaves,
within reasonable limits, allowing suffi-
Client interval for perusal between each
operation. When a leaf has been turned
over in either direction the machine au-
tomatically reverses, and so arranges it
self as to be ready to raise the following
leaf. thus giving a continuous motion.
If the appliance fullils all that is claimed
for it by the inventor, it seems highly
probable that an extensive use may be
found for it inpublic museums, libraries,
etc.-Industries.
, 1890-12-21

Senator Stanford, of California, owns
the largest vineyard in the world. 1t is
1000 acres in extent. To secure the
gathering of his fruit at the proper mo-
ment Senator Stanford gives the public
school boys of San Francisco a chance
to go to the farm and pick it. Many of
these boys are poor, and eager to earn
the dollar a day which he pays them. A
thousand of them volunteer every year,
sleep in an immense barrack, are well
fed and kindly treated, and sent back at
the end of a month with $50 dollars in
their pockets, and a peck of English wal
nuts as a sort of stirrup cup.-Harper's
Rnznr
, 1890-12-21

Among the many venerable men who
registered as voters in Brooklyn for the
last election was a tall man with rudy
c-ountenance and white hair and beard.
His form was erect, and he would easily
be taken for a man of go.
AS he approached the registry clerk
and announced his name there was a
general craning Of necks to catch =
glimpse of the proud looking old man.
"What is your age?"
"Eighty-ffve years"
Where were you borns"
In Brooklyn"
'How long have you lived in the slater
'Eighty-five years"
How long in the wardy'
"Eighty-fve years"
How long in the election districty'
"Eighty-five years"
That's all, sir" said the clerk, and an
American citizen, who was born iii 1905
in the house in which he now lives and
has always lived. walked away.-New
York Herald.
, 1890-12-21

The Fort Dodge COW, whose proud po-
sition as queen of the city has made her
famous the world over, has been deposed.
A herd law was passed by almost a
unanimous vote of the people at the re-
cent election shutting off all the priv
leges which that favored animal has en-
joyed with perfect immunity for twenty
years. The result of the election was a
great surprise to the friends of the cow,
who had supposed her firmly intrenched
in popular favor. The overwhelming
victory of the anti-cow factions is laid
to the tremendous agitation of a year
ago, which held up the COW thraldom of
the city to the ridicule of the civilized
world. Anti-cow agitators in the coun-
try over win be encouraged in their work
by this famous victory in this hitherto
i~mpregnable stronghold of the bovine.
The vote WIS ten to one against the free
dom of the cow.-Cor. Chicago Tribune.
, 1890-12-21

'Oh, those delicious thimbleberries!'
exclaimed n lady at a picnic. How |
wish | had somel" A gentleman of the
party Immediately scrambled after
them, through briars and over logs,
bringing several berries back in tri-
umph But the lady was wearing very
light and delicate gloves, and no sooner
did he see her doubtful glance at her
hands than lie stopped and plucked a
smooth, satiny leaf, into whose crinkled
heart he poured the berries, and handed
them-vividly scarlet against the pale
green of the leaf-to her. Now | call
that n delicate and charming attention.
He was not n dude, but n good, sensi-
BILE business man. 1t was n trifling cpl
sode, If you will, but, between you and
me, there is not one man in n hundred
who would have thought of it-West
Shore.
, 1890-12-21

How often do we see people tramp
ling about in the mud with shoes soak
ed through, and how often do such
people when the return home sit down
by the Greside and permit their feet to
dry, without changing either stockings
or shoes. Can we then wonder at the
coughing and barking, and rheumatism
and inflammation Wet feet most
commonly produce affections of the
throat and lungs, and when such dis
eases have once taken place, the
house is on fire, danger is not far off,
therefore every one, no matter how
healthy, ought to guard against wet
feet-New York Ledger.
, 1890-12-21

Walters in Delmonico's and the big
hotels receive only about $25 a month,
put many of these would be willing to
work without a salary. Rarely do the
good ones make less than $50 a week.
Six men who are at present employed as
walters in ~Delmonico's, the Brunswick,
the Hoffman house and the Fifth Avenue
hotel are worth over $4,000 apiece, and
every penny of their fortunes they AVE
made while waiting upon the tables
New York Telegram.
, 1890-12-21

OF all the rich women of America
Mrs. Philip d. Armour. of Chicago, is
the housekeeper par excellence. She is
a complete mistress of all that tends to
make home best, most beautiful and
most attractive. She is particularly well
versed in the art of cooking, and many
of her leisure moments are devoted to
originating and preparing choice dishes
Mrs. Armour's recipes are famous among
her friends for their never failing excel
lence. and are in great demand among
all the wealthy young matrons of her nc
Quaintance Chicago News.
, 1890-12-21

Nine years ago a woman in Germany
wrote a letter to her husband, a sailor,
who had gone out to Brazil. His vessel
had left when the mail reached there;
ever since this letter has been rambling
through numerous postofices in differ
ent parts of the world, always arriving
in the wake of the husbands ships de-
parture. 1t was recently returned to
the German dead letter Office, which
has restored it with scrupulous care to
the sender. The letter was dated Oct
16, 1ss1.-London Tit-Bita