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New-York tribune., 1891-09-25
MR. GfLRoY MAKES UP HIS ESTIMATE.

Commissioner GrOy has made up his estimates
for the expenditures OF the Department of Public
Works for the ensuing year. The total Is S3420176.
"a against the Of S}1567oS appropriated for the
department this year. Tie additional items which
Mr. Gilroy has set down include $4,000 for new
wall and railing about the old Central Park Reservoir
the sum required for gas aud electric lighting goes up
from 100000 to s8O4 300 the estimate for repairs Of
osvamens and street grading Is increased from $780,
New-York tribune., 1891-09-25
IDENTIFYING ELLWoop. THE BrRGLAR

Providence, r. l., sept. 94.-Chief of P-lce Willard
and Mr. and Mrs Mills OF Albany, y. Y, have identi
aed George ElwoOd, the Ohio criminal now In custody
here as the man who broke INTO hils's mouse IN
Albany on the night OF August 49, and at the mnz1le
Of a pistol compelled Mr. and Mrs. Mills 10 surrender
.b, pgs OF tsir fingers and all the watches. iewelry
New-York tribune., 1891-09-25

trial. however, and showed that the repairs 'ue on
her after her recent accident had been satisfactory
,, .pt,in Saws that she will be hand at the Amer
ican steam Yacht Clubs special race on october B. Mr.
Hearst owner of the vamoosc has also sisnlhed Ills
intention of racing. The Iace will be over the Amer
lean Yacht Clubs elghty-knot course, from OIL Race
Rock 10 Milton Point
New-York tribune., 1891-09-25
DEMANDING THE STATE TAXES.

state Controller Wempe's annual demand for State
taxes was received at the Mayors Office yesterday.
lie wants the city to pay $2,3s5,064 "a. the sum
which the state Board of Equalization says Is New
York City's proportion of the State tax. OF this
~ 735 264 81 Is for school purposes and s650727 81
for maintenance of the canas.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-25
vA1UABLE HORSES yTo1Ey AND BlBy FIRED

Newburg, Sept 24-T1Ievcs stole two valuable
horses from the barn the Walter Wells estate last
night, and then fired the barn. horse and a bull
were burned with the building. The loss is $1,000 or
81 900, not insured. The Horse Thief Detecting So
cety has ordered pursuit Of the thieves
New-York tribune., 1891-09-25
LISTENING TO WOMEN sUFFs7E SPEAKERS

Northampton. Mass. sept. 24.-Five hundred girls
from Smith College attended woman suffrage meeting
last night at which the tenets of the faith were ex-
pounded by Julia Ward Howe II. W. blackwell and
other wellknOwn champions Of woman's emancipation.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-25
, MINISTER SUSPENDED FOR rnpUDrycE.

Boston, sept. 24.-It is stated that the Rev. ;. F.
Breen who opposes the itinerary system of the Method
st Church, has been suspended from tie New England
Methodist Conference by Presiding Elder J. W. Lindsay
The charge against Mr.. Brecn Is "impudent conduct
New-York tribune., 1891-09-25
TO TEST THE LEGALITY OF CLOTHING cIUBs

Providence, Il. l.. sept. ga Charles F. Nugent A
tailor of this city, was indicted by the Grand Jury
yesterday for maintaining lottery n the form Of
clothing club. This is to be test case as there are
many people interested in these clubs here.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-25
THE NORWOOD READY TO RICE

Norman l.. Munro. the owner Of the fast steam yacht
Norwood in town yesterday being still at his
home In New-JerseY The Norwood was taken out for
New-York tribune., 1891-09-25

ooo IN s4OO OoO and for repaving streets. s49ooOo
~ ASKED for instead OF 900. the present amount
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27
Wealthy Indians in Washington.

There are scores of Indians on the
reservation worth from $50. 900 to $3.50 :
600 each. and when the reservation is
thrown open by Congress, as it will be
in II very few years. there will be in
Pierce County dozen or two of tho
richest Indians in the United States.
Some of the wealthy Indians are:
Mrs. Joseph Doutte. full-blooded
Indian widow, $3.50 600. Mrs. Doutte
owns 100 acres on Browns Point. She
was full-blooded Indian girl. Her
husband died about two years ago.
She has several children, and now lives
ut the reservation buildings leasing
her land TO some fishermen. Her land
is probably the most valuable on the
reservation. The Union Pacific rail-
way will run through it. Chris Laugh
let. a widower. 120 acres, 500. 900;
Laughlet holds ITO acres back of Mrs.
Douette's, which is worth at least $500
an acre. He has one son. Joe Coates.
l60 acres. $50 0O0; Mrs Joe Coates 100
acres. $4S. 600. The Coates family are
worth $l28.000 Coates has l6) acres
in his own name. His first wife died.
and he married an Indian widow who
had 100 acres, worth ut least $500 per
acre. Theirs is tide-hat land. She
has one child. Jonas Stannup. father
of the well-known Indian. Peter STAN
nup 80 acres, 100000. Jonas STAN
nup's land is on the banks of the
Puayallup River. is among the very
best tide-ilat soil. and is worth not less
than $3.50 per acre. The old man
has lived so long that he has forgotten
the number of seasons he has lived.
but he does not forget the value of
land.
There are at least dozen more In
dams who have from 80 to 120 acres oil
the best tide-llat bottom. worth from
500 to $1,000 an acre. All of these
Indians are pure-blooded Puyallups.--
Puget Sound NetUS.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27
Henry Clay's Daughters.

Says gossiper in the Cincinnati
Times-Stdr: Henry Clay has a daugh-
ter buried at Lebanon. Ohio. She
died while Henry Clay and his family
were OH their way to Washington by
stage coach many years ago. She was
a girl twelve years of age, and her loss
was n sad blow 10 her father. who at
the time was so pressed with business
cares that he was compelled to bury
the body and go on to Washington. in-
tending some day to return and re-
move it to Lexington, Ky. But he
never did so. and the grave may he
seen yet in the old burial ground. sur
rounded by wire fence. The tomb
stone is Que of the Hat tablet style aud
relic hunters have so married il that
now it presents a dilapidated appear
ance. To such an extent was this
spirit of relic-seeking carried on shat
the graveyard authorities ut last set
posts every two feet apart around the
grave and wrapped them around with
wire strands to the exteut of twenty
or more, so that it Is almost impcssi-
bic for anybody to climb over and
chip off piece of the gravestones. As
the old burial ground is being rapidly
abandoned 1t is only question of a
few years until Henry Clay's daughter
will be tho only occupant"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27
he WAS AN ARp=NrLov=7.
Archduks JOHNS Proposal to u Strange
Young Lady.

The Archduke appears To have n
habit OF falling in love in a precipiiat0
way, and story has Just been brou sht
forward of nm aifnirr d'amour Of his on
hoard one OF Lloy,'s steamers between
Port Said and Trieste few years ago.
The object of the royal affection on this
occasion was a Young Australian lady.
and from all accounts she might have
married the maynard Archdnke If her
mother had not been with her u re-
strain and advise her. The following
copy of letter written 10 the young
lady in question il somewhat amusing.
not to say interesting. AS showing the
character of the mau:
Most darlingest of angel girls:
must lavish on YOU terms Of endear-
ment You are my lovcliest love. mia
cara carissima, ma petite cherie. my
own sweet rose of Kent. | thought
myself often in love before had the
taken. You fill my soul as nobody
else has ever done. am in despair ut
being told that | must not pay you
further attention. Ny imperial rank
stands in the way, say you AMI YOUR
hOnored mother, OF courtship. pour le
bon motif. 1t should. did not realize
the utter vanity of heing penned up
with tribe of seventy relatives on an
isolated peak. hate my position. and
am determined to live as man should.
and not like Il poor creature who must
he spOon-ied from the cradle to the
grave. 1t depends on You whether 1
shall 70 on rs an arch-duekling' or not.
You spoke of the sal life of Penny
Smith. Yes. it was n sad one; but why |?
The Prince Of Capua had not the man
illness to go aud work for living for
himself and his wife. My courage is
equal to emigrating to Australia. where
/ am sure should fall on my feet. /
could be the manager IF q thcater. a
teacher of French. German. Italian, or
the curator Of Il Zoo or botanical gar
den. or could be riding-master or II
stock-rdrr. Without going so far rs
Australia | might get married in Italy
to the girl of my choice. was horn a
Tuscan. and the statues of the Grand
Ducal family are now dead letters
there. As YOU can never be an Arch
duchess shall be only too happy to
cease TO be Archduke but hope ever to
he counted your darling 'Archduck-
ling johann"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27
"TRE DUCHESS"
CHATTER Xxv.--CoxrrNUrD.


''You are glad" sine rays, In an indie
irritable ne; ''yca hope it u ay be 80.
The very idea has given you new life. Ia
hat what am to leai n now. after these
rearsy YOU wo III gladly take this 81 to
-FOUR heart. You woulI condone this odious
b. eI SO Of hers?"
'Oh, that could know that he lives"
lal'ers Madam, Clasping her hands.
''A GU would sacrif all TO that-his
iontr-mine. While >" she draws her
81 cath quickly, al wish / could see him
low, this mo e It, dead ut my feet" She
coks on the ound as she says this, and
n reads ont her hands, palms downward as
.hough pi,tur ng him t. herself there. His
rotl err, W tn a ittls sharp, gasping cry,
drinks away from her.
"Oh. no, 10, mop she says, family.
"Anyth & but that! Oh! to see him on o
again alive-alivel oh Denis. Obi my
pn.-my child" With this she falls
is Ill ing as though her cart must break.
"Wel, 80 you will, " says Mis- Cazalet,
with iine Contempt; mot only HIM, but
her TOO. The daughter You were always
Ei.hing TO- in one gu'e CT another. l
hope you will like her when you get her.
ct all events she will give you scope for the
mI erfuous sen inent That must DO such u
trouble to you."
She laughs again insolently, and moves
Tow ard the door. Nancy Flick, who hap
pens TO be stan ling near it, draws away as
ihe appro q he with an unconscious but
very eloGue display Of condemnation.
But of this Rather ne kes little heed.
0pe' ing the door, she ste. s out into the
b u Lad there comes face 10 lace with
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27

ger1ng 10 a raoro. sns leans ageinsr II anu
iul ns Ter miserabs eyes ON Madam. All
Is forgott, n W, save the memory Of how
she left lin; all that natural desire 20
shield herself IL possible from cruel censurS
u dead within her.
''Scnd for him." she cries, hoarsely, hold.
ing out both her hands. And then, with
sharp remembrance. do not bame mel
Forgive mel / C ud not he p Il. l..
lie would have died"
She is leaning rather heavily against the
table her face is CHASTITY. Fut they are
ali 20 puzzled, so terrified by her extraor~
binary speech, that they forgot to notice
her.
Then there is sound at the door, Quick
footstep-would SIZE not know il among ten
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27
Baby-Carriages.

The newest thing in baby-carriages
is n contrivance that by means of vari-
GUS appliances may be transformed in
to sled, cradle. or a, go-cart. The
cradle, instead of being provided with
rockers, hangs from the ceiling by a
spiral spring. and the spring itself plays
an important part in the adjustment OF
che sunshade that goes with the car.
rage when it is used in its normal
character
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27
The OLD yellow Pumpkin.


How dear to this heart is the old yellow pump
Kin
when orchards arc barren OF stunlng fo'
piIS.
When peaches and api les have 10th been .
fixture,
And hcrrcs 81 10 Kind have greeted the
ewes.
How ioadly we turn to the fruit OF tie corn
Old
Thc iluit that cur Children are taught to dc
~ tsc-
TIE Oh ,cicw pumpkin. the undiscovered
pumpkin.
The bip.Lclii,d pumpkin that makes such
Good picsl
o goldcn-hued pumpkin, you surely arc cir
it,"
You Jolly Oh rascal. 80 recently srurncd:
We usk your e. rgiveness Tor Illus having
wronped you,
Wien ir'm iOur dear rescncc VIC scornful
~ turned.
Come rolling down I'LL. till VIC meet you ant
greet on:
Your INK is feast to our fruit-hungry
'OS.
We love you, old pumpkin. so well we could
cut AOu
For you arc a "dandy" when made into pies
-PuI Xcuiuwnel Spipt.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27

allied to the British nobility seom5
more remote tlau ever. -Cdroti1s n.
Preston az LoSton Globe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27

thousand And the Squire enters { no
room. Oh! the JOY of this moment. A
sharp exclamation breaks from her.
''Oh, dad! Oh, daln' she cries wildly,
and falls senseless into his arms
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-27

An agitation for divorce law is
Italy similar to that of France has
arisen.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01

they have carefully studied and conssd.
cred the various trophies of similar
character that have been erected else
where, and the resulting almost unani-
nous decision in favor of the proposal
of John IL. Duncan, tho wcll-known
architect of New York, promises a
memorial worthy alike of the occasion
it celebrates and the nation that rives
substantial expression to it The artist
contemplates n column of 1876 feet in
height, of the style known as
Roman Doric. 1t is to be constructed
of pale polished granite, flutcd for two
thirds of it's length, and crowned
by colossal bronze statue of
Washington in the uniform of CONT.
mental officer, gazing through q glass,
rs he may have gazed upon tho battle
that actually was fought and won upon
the very spot The pedestal, partly of
the same material as the shaft, partly
of darker-colored stone to give more
apparent solidity to the base, will be
appropriately guarded by the figures
of two continental soldiers in their
habits as they died for the indcpcnd.
encc of their country, and will be
adapted within for the display of vari-
Gus relics Of that stirring time, while
without bronze bas relief on cach
face will exhibit various important dc
tails of the particular Incidents here
immortalized. The western side will
present the passing of the Delaware;
the southern, the beginning Of the ac-
ton; the eastern, the triumphant end
ing; and the northern Will relate in
concise language the story pictorially
related by its comrades. From the sum
NIT, accessible to the enterprsing by
a flight of iron stairs winding up the
interior and lighted by electric lamps,
a. magnificent prospect will be OBJ
tanned, extending, in clear weather,
even as far as Philadelphia; and that
1.-The good deeds" here signalizcd may
shine increasingly 'in = n#, t. "orld,"
thirteen electric lights will shed their
radiance into the surrounding dark
ness night after night, as by dav the
thirteen stars carved upon the cop;tal
will denote the original states of the
union. The nation at large will pro-
vide, through congress, half the expense
of $4,000; the state OF New Jersey.
through its legislature, another Sl5, 900;
and the remainder will certainly not
be long to seek among the unnumbcrod
heirs of that days glory
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01
MOORISH STORY-TELLERS.
How Thsy Entertain tho Public
with Fanciful Tales.
Fellows of Tniinito Zcst and Excellent
Fancy-A Sample Tale Picked Up st
Tangler by Hall Calne, the
Noted Novelist.

Hall Caine, author Of "The Deem
ster" and other novels, has discovered
in his travels Moorish story-tcllcr.
The Moorish story-tellcr Is not usually
Moor, properly so called, but of negro
blood and comes from beyond tho
Atlas. lie is Il familiar figure on the
NIohammedan holiday, Friday. in the
sok, or market place, of Moorish towns.
Surrounded by two, three or four lines
of listeners, in u scmi-circlc, he strums
on sort of guitar, and tells his stories
in gasps and spasms and with great
fcrvor His stories are not always of
a kind that bear repetition, but some
are harmless; and Of that sort Mr..
Cainc gives, as an example, q story
which he himself heard in the sok at
Tangier, and had translated to him by
resident. Most of this oral literature
of the market place seems to be sort
of apocryphn to the Arabian Nights"
"Oncc there was good man, and his
name was Ali He had Christian cap
tive, beautiful English girl. Ali was
willing to make her his vito If she
would become n true believer. Praise
the mcrciful Allah and his prophet the
lord Mohammcd! [Story-teller and
audience touch their forehcads. She,
on her part, was willing to be Ais
wife if he would become Christian.
One day Ali told her to go down to his
stable under his house and saddle his
favorite horse.
when She got to the stable the horse
lifted both its forcfect and struck her
down. For Il time she was insensible,
and when she recovered consciousness
she took the blow of the horse as n
proof of her unbclicf in tho true God
and his prophet. Allah save and bless
us All touch forchcads again. So
she went up to All and told him she be-
licved and would become his wife.
Then Ali said: Gown down again md
saddle my horse. She went down and the
horse struck her again. Once more she
returned to Ali. You were not true
believer said Ali; go down again
Yet again she went down to the stable,
and then Ais favorite horse suffered
her to saddle him, and she brought him
TO Ali, and Ali married her, and she
was true believer ever after. Story
teller stops to make collection; q
good number Of copper coins are handed
to him, then he resumes Now we
leave Ali and go far away into the
desert There was q fight between q
good Moor and a great Christian chief.
The Moor had q beautiful wife, and the
Christian killed him and took his wife
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01

and rode away with her. And one day
he met Ali and challenged him to fight.
But All had q magic sword, with which
he could kill whatever he could see, no
matter how far away; so while the
chief was boasting Ali drew his sword
and swept it in the air. And when the
Christian chief cried: Come and fight
me! Ali answered him: You are dead
already; turn yourself round and you
shall Sec
Then the chief found that he had
been cut so clean by Ais magic sword
that he did not know that he was dead.
But he fell asundcr rs he twisted about
and rolled off his horse into the sand.
So the Moorish woman whom he had
made captive rejoiced, and she looked
upon Ali and saw that he was a goodly
rnnn and offered herself to he his wife.
But Ali had got n wife already, even
the captive who had once been q Chris
tian- So he would not take the Moor
ish woman, but gave her to another,
and thus all was we'll and everybody
was happy. Give thanks to Allah, the
mcrciful and mighty. More touching
of foIchcads and another collection. ~
Then a story Of finer flavor, told with
infinite and too obvious pantomine,
amid shrielSs Of laughter from men and
women, little boys and girls.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01
On tho Altar of Vanity.

a malicious maid who had 20 leave
the service of the Princess Frederick
Charles of Prussia against her will has
been telling in the most plausible way
the means which her royal highncss
adopts to maintain slim waist despite
hcr advancing years. According to
this authority the process is as follows:
When her royal highncss has almost
finished her toilet the service of two
sturdy maids with remarkably long
hands are requisitioncd. These servi-
tors press the sides and front of the
corset while the mistress of the robes
pulls the laces with all her might, and
Is not allowed to relax her efforts until
tho princess by little gasp indicates
that the pressure has become almost
unbcnrablc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01
BREVITIES.

A. social entertainment was given at
Rev. DR.. G. Tyree's Thursday night and
was very much enjoyed by all present
j. r. c. Brown, Jr., and j. II. Hannah
have returned from their summer out
ing, near the Roanoke Red.
Orrin Oakley and Jack Hais!ip had a
misunderstanding yesterday morning in
front OF ID. {. Stovcr's, on Main street.
in regard to an account of Oakcy's
against Haislip III which the lie was
passed. Mr.. Oakley finally cut Mr.. IIais-
lip with knife between the ribs. The
mayor will hear the case this morning.
Thomas j. Preston, secretary of the
Development Company, has returned
from a visit to Monroe Red Sulphur
Springs, Monroe county, w. Va.
The Salem and Christiansburg mines
will play ball on tho college grounds
to-day at o'clock in tho afternoon.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01
Some Odd Comparisons.

a railway train. ut continuous
speed of forty miles an hour, would
pass from the earth to the moon in a
little moro than eight months; to the
planet Venus, in scventy-onc and n
half years; and would reach tho sun in
TWO hundred and sixty odd years. A
ray of light will pass from the moon to
the earth trinc over q single seconds;
from Venus to tho earth in little more
than two minutes, and from the SUN to
TINS little sphere of ours in about eight
minutes. If this same comparison were
applied to the fixed stars it would lie
still moro startling.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01
Labor in Ascending a Nrn,n.,,n

DR.. j. Buchheistcr has made curious
calculation on the amount Of energy
expended by person weighing 1853
pounds in climbing mountain peak
1000 feet high, the time allowed for the
ascent being five hours. lie finds that
the total work done is equal to raising
l,3sO,oo pounds one foot, or one pound
l'3SO,0o0 feet OF this work. l,l7G, 900
loot pounds is expended by the muscles
OF the legs in raising or lifting tho
body; $4,000 by the heart in circulating
the blood; 10000 by the chest in breath,
ing, and $1,000 in the various cxertions
OF balancing the body, overcoming fric-
ton of the ground, etc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-01
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Fifty Kegs of Powder Explode in a Dir
mingham Depot.

minGham Depot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. July 81 Special
Fifty kegs of powder in the Alabama
Great Southern depot exploded about
midnight last night, completely wreck.
ing tho building and demolishing q num-
Der OF cars on adjacent side tracks. Fire
was noticed in the building before tho
powder exploded but there was scarcely
time to give the alarm before the ex
plosion followed.
The depot was almost entirely con-
sumcd, with all its contents The lat
ter are valued at about $4,000 and tho
other loss will foot up to about tho
Game amount Only one man was in
the building, and he was thrown out of
bed by the explosion. few minutes
before the explosion watchmen had
been over the building and found it all
right.
Glass shattered in all windows around
the neigh borhood for four or five blocks
and houses trcm bled for mile around
1t Is believed that two men seen loaf
ing around the building early III She
night set the building en- fire.