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New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
MR. PROCTOR oy 4 rorR or INSPECTION.

The Secretary of war Eedhcld Proctor. yesterday
made his annual inspection OF the military station,
Al Fort schuyler. Wicts Point, David's Island and
Governors Island. At J:11 a. M. lie went On board
the steamboat John T.. Moore aud accompanied by
General o. -. Howard and Colonel Bachelor went
20 Fort schuyler. where he arrived al II 10. After
remaining about three quarters n hour Mr. Proctor
went on 10 Millct's Point, where dress parade va,
held. The secretary then went on 10 Davds Island
and finished hi, tour ut Governors Island, where
he arrived at 10 =. m.
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
4 TIUy PARTY TO ADD 10 THE FRESH AIR FTND

4rhrce Little Maid, from school - viii have Il
fair and A lawn party thi, afternoon and evening on
the ground, of ". X. Lewis, IN Third ave near Fourth
f. Mount Vernon, for the benefit OF the Fresh Air
Fund The grounds Will be handsomely decorated
with flags and bunting. and in the evening Will Ice
lighted by electricity In addition to fancy article,
ON ale there viii bo booths for ice cream. straw
I,rrrc. lemonade and fruit. \ large amount to aid
I'm giving poor children two weeks vacation IN
the country IS expected to be realized
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
AN INDICTMENT FOR CONSPIRACY DISMISSED

Judce Cowng yesterday, at the request OF DletIlct
Attorney Fellows dismissed the Indictment found two
wear, ago against John Kelly and Edward \. Bcriine
for conspiracy. Kelly was servant for george
Benson the forger who initiated the tickets for the
Patti concerts announced to be given in the City OF
Mexico a few years ago lie swinded the McXIcahs
ont of many THOUSAND dollars by the sale of tho
tickets When he was arrested here. and after a
stubborn contest in the courts held for extra
dton, lie threw himself over the railing in the upper
gallery of Ludlow street Jail and killed. While
he was in Jail Kelly and Bcrtinc. IL was charged
devised plot to procure his release.
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
cTrSTOvS INSPECTORS WANT VACATIONS

surveyor Lyon informed those Of his inspectors
who are old soldiers that If they wanted 10 attend
the reunion the Army of the Potomac at Portland
Me on Jul, 3 and 4 they could do so. but not on
nav There is now a bill in the senate which pro
vidcs for giving per-dem Inspectors fortnight va
cation on pay. The bill is favored by the Custom
House authorities here, because IT would give the
;n.c,ors the same privilege now enjoyed bf clerks
g., ,bo eervce whose pay j. no larger than that of
The inspectors A similar bill va, introduced in Con
cess last year, with tc approval oi thc Administra-
lion but not passed
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
qRrSrEES OF THE SUGAR Trust MEET.

Treasurer seares, Of the sugar Trust Refneres Com
pany said Yesterday that the meeting Of trustees dd no
business Of public interest lie denied that theIe were
any dssensons in the board or any conflict oi pooy
although he declined 10 fOrcShadOw any possible
changes AT the meeting Of certificate holders late In
lime when three class trustees retire. Commenting
on the decision of the California Supreme Court on the
case of the American Refining Company, Mt Hcarlcs
said The significance Of the dcclslO which IcVcrscs
the decision OF the lower court seems to US TO be mat
we may expect justice when our cases reach the hsh
fI.rtna
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
ArrIVG IN ACCUSED POLICEHEN'S CASES.

Policeman Taylor, Of the Kngsbridge squad, who
was recently accused Of taking bribc from liquor
dealer was dismissed from the force yesterday
The case Of PatrolInan Ronk OF the Nineteenth
Precinct who recently accused Of using too much
violence in the arrest OF Peter Cooper Hewitt, laid
over after Commissioners MacLcan and Noorl, had
expressed a wish to punish the policeman and Com
missioner Martin had objected, on the GROUND uldt
ponl had moi exceeded his duty. Commissioner
McC'ave said lie wished 10 read the testimony taken
al Ronk's trial before making up his mlid about Tie
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
ENTRIES FOR THE RecE MUST be ~ TO-DAY.

Entries for the regatta of the staten Island sound
squadron Of the Cornhian Navy, to be held on
sewarcn on saturday at p m. sharp, will close To
day with Louis I.crg, The Alpine No. % West
Thirty third ST. There will be classes in catboats.
yawls slOop,, cutters and shlfs. Cups and pennanS
VIII be gwen as prIZeS.
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
C1eve1and's
Superior
Baking Powder

Leavens evenly and makes a
light, dclicately-ibred bread or
cake which retains its freshness.
This is because it is pure cream
Of tartar powder, entirely free
from alum, ammonia or other
drugs.
All the ingredients used are
plainly printed on the label.
Czepeland Baking Ponder Co.,
81 d. SO Fulton ST., Nep York
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11

,.Crts pr ryvfsiprE TUBULAR EAR CrsHioN- Whl
100 Sncce,.fni when all remedies fail lnstrsb
III ., ,oof. FHgr call wrto T. HisCO1, o53 BwaJ ~
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
Announcements.

ConyrrL's BEszoIS COSMETIC SOAP
whit-ns the hand so'tSns IN. sAh' anu oui' ~ ''1s
nos, All druggists. % cents
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11

Kccps neglicec shirts. flannel. cheviot and SIN
.,brles Ell 50 % s5 500 and sll Broad"ay'
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11

The Pest Pill ever used. is the frequent
lufrha.cr- - tart"re Lltti' LlN'0 l''N'
,,I'a III, vo, Nv them Won viii ,ay the same
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
IMMATURE ALMANAC.

TO-DAY.
.,rr..,42l Sets 27 Moon rises ll7Am Moonsa -
HToH WATER.
us.,nv Hook 2leI Gov. Island 237 Hell cate $50
I'T1-sssdy Hoog 500 Gov. Island $40 Hou da1e s,S3
New-York tribune., 1890-06-11
HENRY A. DANIELS. NJ.

WI.NI SJIHtoI
rrnrp,erre and Ster.lity Hours 10 !. , TO B.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
Improvement I'm the Postal System.

The young postmaster OF an eastern
village was hard at work in his Office
when gentle tap was heard upon the
door and in stepped a blushing maiden
of Is. with a money order which she
desired cashed. She handed it, with a
bashful smile, to the official, who, after
closely examining it, gave her the mon
ey it called for At the same time he
asked her if she had read what was
written on the margin of the order.
mo, have not" she replied. for |
cannot make it out. Will you please
read it for mer
The young postmaster read as fol
lows: "Tsend you So and a dozen kisses. v
CHANGING at the bashful girl, he said
Nov, l have paid you the money and
l suppose you want the kisses.
EYES," she said, IF he has sent me
any kisses / want them. too"
It is hardly necessary to say that the
balance of the order was promptly paid
and in scientific manner.
On reaching home. the delighted
maiden remarked to her mother:
Mother, this postof1ce system Of
ours is great thing, developing more
and more ever year, and each new fea
ture seems to be the best. Jimmy sent
me dozen kisses along with the money
order, and the postmaster gave NE
twenty. 1t beats the special delivery
system all hollow. Detroit Free Press
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
A Pretty Italian Phrase.

The Italians have pretty phrase to
express that fine kind of tact which is
independent of education. They call it
''the intellect of love-" and they have
crystalized in those four words one of
the most ethereal, but also one of the
most potent characteristics of human
nature. Not the most liberal education
gives this intellect of love where the
materials have been denied by nature;
not the most restricted range of knowl-
edge destroys it where it is there by the
constitution of things. People who
have this intellect of love are as slow to
take offense as to give it. They have
none of the prickly heat of tempera-
ment which fushes out into a moral
eruption at the least contrariety of cir
cumstances. They make allowances
for wealth, health, disappointments,
annoyances, misunderstanding, and
they give the benefit of the doubt on the
charita BILE side, whenever it is possible
to frame doubt at all. They never
quarrel. Even if things 80 badly, as by
reason of malice and misrepresentati ton
as they do sometimes with the best in
the world, they suffer quietly, and do
not make bad worse. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
saving HIS Frayel

The dead light" is the name gives
to the air port shutters of a ship, which
are always put in and well secured at
nightfall and whenever bad weather is
expected, and to the uninitiated the
order to put in the dead lights carries
more or less of the disagreeable with it.
The story is told of a gentleman com
ing around Hatteras when it was blow
ing half a gale of wind with consider
able sea, who, upon hearing the order
to put in the dead lights. rushed off to
bis berth in fever of repentance and
began saying his prayers, or at least
what he thought were his prayers, with
such rapidity and in so loud a voice as
to attract his next door neighbor, who,
thinking that something must certainly
be the matter with bis friend, whom he
had never before known to go to the
length he had then reached, rushed
into the Others room to find out what
It was all about, and was still more as
tonished to find out that it was not his
PRAYERS but the Greek alphabet he was
repeating. Fear and hurry to prepare
for the next world had proved too much
for a faithful adherence to what was
taught him in his Sunday school days
although upon bis friends intrusion bt
said: 1.-THE ship Is going down. anc
I'm praying to BE- saved New foFs
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
AMERICAS RICHEST WIDOW.
She Maintains a Private Chapel Costing
Seventy Thousand Dollars.

She Maintains Private Chapel Costing
Seventy Thousand Dollars.
Never has there been such universal
church-going in New York as during
the present season. I saw a lady in
black step out Of handsome mourning
carriage in front of st. Thomas church,
last Wednesday afternoon, and some
one told me that it was Mrs. Moses
Taylor who with Mrs. W. FL. Wander
bilt, shares the honor of being the rich
est widow in America. She is a mem
Der of the Presbyterian church., but is
subject to no bigotries and finds pleas
ure in occasional attendance upon SER
vices in Episcopal churches. Church
going is one of her favorite pursuits at
all times, and down at Long Branch she
has private chapel and chaplain
of her own, who ministers to
her spiritual needs during her
summer sojourn. This chapel cost
her $4,000 is attended by quite
large congregation of the local Pres
byterians and is the center through
which she distributes her many beauti-
full and lavish charities. 1t was great
surprise to her, upon her husbands
death, to find herself so rich a woman,
for he never talked to her about his
| business, and though she knew he was
a wealthy man, she had formed no cal
culation as to the amount he was worth;
no one. indeed, not even his executors,
had credited old Taylor with more than
half dozen millions at the most, and
the surprise of the latter was great on
the appointed day, when they and the
widow went to open the doors of the
particularly-solid vault which the old
man had built into the wall of his Office.
The innermost compartment was large
enough to hold certificates of stock and
and the like securities without folding.
There was great stack of these papers
lying neatly on top of each other, I'M
wrinkled and increased. They repre-
sented TaYlor's Investments in railroads,
banks and insurance companies, deeds
! of real estate and every sort of sound
] financial venture. The widow did not
comprehend the full meaning of this
great pile of documents, but the execu-
| tors looked at each other with pleased
significance, and set about making an
inventory. jotting down figures on the
back of card, and announcing in awed
tones to the widow, when this pleasing
task was done, that she was the sole
tossessor of fortune amounting to
| $40, 600, 900. She bore it with that meek
and gentle resignation of which even
the worst of us would be capable under
similar circumstances, and many un-
tortunates have since had reason to be
grateful that this great sum fell into
such discreet and charitable hands.
Mrs. Vanderbilt is also faithful
church-goer, having pews in several diff
ferent churches. one of her favorite
places of worship being old Trinity
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
Curious Relief of the MaOria.

The Maoris of New Zealand and the
adjoining islands have strange belief
concerning the cause of the ebb and
Cow of the tides. These phenomena, it
seems, they attribute to huge water
athing dragon, which they call Para
ia, who is said to do his work by power
full and regular respirations, or in
gurgitations and regurgitations of wa
ter. With one tribe in Australia, and
another in the Sandwich Islands, it is
customary to speak of drowned per-
son as having fallen into the great
throat of Parata, a superstition
which proves a connection between
these widely-separated islands at re-
mote period of their history. The New
Zealanders have myth which tells
that their island was populated by
Parata bringing loaded canoe in his
mouth from some far-away land. A
cunning priest confined in the monsters
mouth with the others in the canoe re-
cited charm which caused the dragon
to disgorge his load in time for those
imprisoned to safely steer to the coast
of what is now New Zealand. The words
of this charm are still preserved and re-
cited in times of extreme peril. San
Francisco Chronicle
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
FiENDlSH AMAzoNs.
Revoltingly Shocking Things DR.. Bavo,
Saw In nahamax

Rev"itingiy Shocking Things DIR. Bayo,
Saw In Dahomey.
A letter from Paris, giving details NJ
the adventures of DR.. Bayol, the Gov
ernor OF Kotonou, who was imprisoned
py the King of Dahomey, appears in
the Vossische Zeitung. Dr. Bayol him.
sell was not ill-treated, but was forced
to witness the most horrible executions,
and was closely watched night and day
by three of the most important chiefs.
de was forced to be present at the exc
cutlon OF his secretary and his inter
prefer, and was spectator of the sacri-
nee at one time of eighty-four human
beings and at another of forty-two The
victims were bound, mutilated in hor.
rlble manner, and then, still alive,
hung up by the heels. Then their
bodies were opened with large round
knives and the intestines taken out
after which the corpses were thrown
Into place of skulls" where in fortv-
eight hours they were reduced by birds
OF prey to skeletons
DIR. Bayol was every time compelled to
view each corpse. while the execution
ers carefully turned the heads of their
victims toward him. Upon one occasion
he desired to buy off some negroes,
whom he recognized as proteges from
Porto Novo, but the King angrily re-
fused to allow it. Every day his dusky
Majesty danced before the doctor, exc
cutting steps and jumps which would
irh -;
other circumstances. At these times the
King wore sandals and sort of Grecian
capon his head, and six Amazons danced
with him.
The Amazons DR.. Bayol describes as
very fiends. One day the doctor wit
messed spectacle which he will never
forget. At sign from the King five
hundred Amazons rushed upon living
OK and tore 1t into pieces in few Sec
onds; then each, with a piece of raw
flesh in her mouth, marched off singing,
while five OF their numb Der held the skin
and head of their victim aloft in tri-
umph. In festal garments they witnessed
from the roofs of the neighboring huts
the human sacrifices of the next
day. and laughed heartily. They al.
ways appear perfectly resigned, and 60
quietly to death when their turn comes.
The King is very suspicious, and would
not sign the letter written to the Presi-
dent of the French Republic. DIR.
Bayol's return to the coast was extreme.
ly dangerous, for he had no passport,
and was therefore obliged, in spite OF
illness, to march more than fifty miles
In one day through country with which
he was quite unacquainted. On arriv-
ing at Kotonou he heard of the death
of the King, whom, had he been still at
Dahomey, he would probably have been
accused of poisoning.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
The Price L. Down.

A man in Chicago owns the sleigh
which Napoleon travelled in when get
ting out of Russia in 1912, but when he
offered it for sale the other day no one
wanted to give over S. for it. The
mania has passed, and your great
grandmother's best teapot would hard
ly fetch the price of a bushel OF oats. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
A WeaI.ny New York Janitor.

Members of the firm of Drexel, Nor
gan g. Co. and their chief clerks have g
neat little lunch room in the basement
of their buildings at the corner o.
Broad and Wall streets This firm, to
gether with that of Henry Clews & Co.
and the Mercantile National, Continen
tai and Broadway National banks, are
supplied with dinners by a venerable
colored man, James w. Mars, who ha'
been in the business for twenty year.
and made a fortune out of it. Mar
and his wife and three colored assist
ants manage to furnish two or three
hundred men with lunch and take care
of two buildings of which he is janitor
and he is reported to be worth $3.50, 900
New York Press
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
Ilmakiur. the Barometer Stone,

A Finland newspaper mentions Gu
rious stone in the northern part of that
country, which serves the people in
stead of a barometer This stone,
which they call "Ilmakiur," turns
black, or blackish gray, when foul
weather is approaching; fine weather
has the effect of turning it almost
white. The Firms regard the stone
with superstitious reverence, but the
scientists say that its changes in color
are due to salts contained in its compo-
sition.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
He would Not Do.

"Yes," said the presidentof the base
ball club, 1--WE need good catcher. and
perhaps you will suit What expert
ence have you had with the game?"
s.None at all, sir" replied the appli-
cant; "the fact is, have been ? detec'
tive"
so. you won't do. We want q catch
o. who can catch. The jury
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
A Wonderful Transformation.

A tadpole, the larva of a frog, has a
tail and no legs, gills instead Of lungs,
heart precisely like that of fish, a
horny beak for eating vegetable food
and spiral intestines for digesting it.
With the approach of maturity the hind
legs appear, then the front ones, the
beak falls off, the tail and gills waste
away, the lungs are created, the digest
i've apparatus is changed to suit the an
imal diet, the heart becomes septilian
in type by the addition of another au
ricle. In fact, skin, muscles. nerves and
blood vessels vanish, being. absorbed
atom by atom, while new set is being
substituted. st. Louis Republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
As to Measures.

School Teacher-Johnny, what does
the word meter mean?
Johpny-A measure.
School-Teacher-Now, Johnny, what
do they measure with the meter?
Johnny-Gas. electricity, water and
poetry-Harper's Bazaar.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
Figuring Up.

First printer-Pve worked in this of.
ice now for nearly fifteen years.
Second printer-And Eve been here
let's see, how many years-how long
since the towel was washed?-Munsey's
Weekly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
No idea of 1t.

Husband (at a. m.)-Are you going
to let me stand here and pound on this
door the whole night. my dear?
Wife-Why. Of course not intend
to hail the first policeman see and
hare you locksa up,-N. !. World, :
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
Does Not Apply to Chiua,

Maddox-Here's piece of news which
fractures the plum Der joke.
Gazzam-What is it?
Maddox-That plum bers in China get
only twenty-four cents ? day.-West
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
A STARTING THEORY.
| The Unique Cause For Cranks Expounded
| BY -HO0sier Alienists.

Inc unique Cause For CrankR Exp0und00
BY Hoosier Alienists.
The physicians of the insane asylum
at Indianapolis, Ind. have expounded
such unique cause for cranks that it
is worth while to cons der the theory in
order to modify any existing judgment
against this harmless but peculiar class
of individuals. According to the ply
sicians' statement cranks are caused
by Irregularities in the circulation of
the blood. They are the result OF the
artificiality and pressure of modern life,
causing an anatomical change of the
human heart Among the changes are
CITED those by which the diameters Of
the heart are becoming greater, its walls
thinner, its strength less, it's beats more
frequent From these changes is pro-
duced irregularity of the quantity Of
blood through the weakened channels
that irrigate the garden of the brain.
AS the circulation is not normal, some
parts of the brain receive too much
blood and other parts not enough, caus-
ing irregular growths, and mental
! obliquity, and cranks.
The expounding of this theory will
undoubtedly produce a change in pub
lie opinion in regard to cranks. In
stead OF looking upon these eccentric
individuals as the products of nat
| ural per,tersity and waywardness,
I responsible for their own actions,
society will tolerate them with compass
sion. If a crank is particularly cranky,
it will be known that too much blood is
irrigating certain portion of the gar
den of his brain Umbrella cranks, for
example, are simply victims of the
action of the heart which stimulates
with too much blood the idea Of appro-
priating somebody's else umbrella.
Baseball cranks are suffering from ir-
regular growth of the gray matter of the
brain. 1t is not their fault but their
misfortune that their brain is mapped
out like baseball field. irrigated and
kept perpetually fresh by constant
supply of hearts blood. The crsnks
that are always borrowing; the cranks
who want to know whether this is hot
enough for you;" all kinds of social and
political cranks are simply the results
of peculiar arterial circulation. As they
are the results of the development OF
society and are innocent victims of our
social system, the injustice of making
them the butts of satire must be keenly
recognized. They are to be placed
among the worlds invalids, among the
MANNED and incompetent and their
vagaries tolerated as signs of fuctuatien
in the public pulse.-Boston Journal
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wide open door of heaven and see
what you can see. God means us to
look and catch up now something Of
the rapture, and attune our hearts to
it's worship.
1t is wide open enough to see Christ.
Behold him, the chief among ten thou
sand, all the hammered pomp of heaven
at his feet. With your enkindled faith
look on along these ranks of glory. Watch
how their palms wave and hear how
their voices ring Floods clapping their
hands, streets cleaning with gold, un-
counted multitudes ever accommodating
in number and ever rising up into glad
der hosannas IF you cannot stand to
look upon that joy for at least one
hour, how could you endure to dwell
among it foreverf You would wish
yourself out of it in three days and
choose the earth again or any other
place where it was not always Sunday.
My nearer in worldly prosperity,
afluent, honofed, healthy and happy,
look in upon that company of the re-
deemed, and see how the poor soul in
heaven is better off than you are,
brighter in apparel, richer in estate,
higher in power. Hearers, afflicted
and tried, look in through that open
DOOR that Zep nay. - 70 what glad