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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
THE ORIGINAL CRANK.

st. Louis Man Gives the Origin of the
Term as Applied to Professor Morse.
st. Louis Republic.
There are few St. Lousans who have a
richer store of anecdotes and "reminiscences
than Major John S. Mellon, and, what is
more, he knows how to tell them. In CONVEX
sation the other day he remarked: "Did you
ever know how the word crank,' as applied
to oneidea man, came to be coined? We'll,
i will tell you. Away back in 1885, when |
was boy clerk in store In Georgetown, In
the District of Columbia, Morse, the inventor
of the telegraph, first made his appearance,
and when Congress met he was on hand to
try and secure an appropriation OF $17 900 to
Washington to Baltimore. He brought along
generator The former he stretched In and
around the Capitol Building, with instru-
ments here and there, and the generator,
In a convenient location and secured the SER
vices OF negro to do the generating. The
experiment created intense interest among
the members of Congress, and especially
among the Northern members of the Senate.
They became so absorbed in Mr. Morse and
his experiment that they neglected their bust
ness in the Senate to such an extent
that that body was frequently with
out quorum. The centre of their
interest was the crank machine turned
by the negro In his operation of generating
the electric current for the wires. The in
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
sHE rs MopEsr ANp pEsruRE.
But She Knows Her Business and Con-
trives to Make Her Points.
W Cor pittshurc Post

But She Knows Her Business and Com
trives to Make Her Points.
N. Y. Cor. Pittsburg Post.
A man whose business It is to find situations
for the higher class of servants, such as gov
ernesses, ladies' companions and house
keepers, had something interesting to say
about peculiar feature of some of his summer
time commissions.
"This is the season of the year." said he,
"when the pretty young women come to me
to get summer engagements. There are many
women, can tell you, who scorn the Office,
and are not really compelled by circumstances
to seek 1t, who will nevertheless engage as
companion to alady at this time OF year under
the pretention of holding the position In
definitely, but in reality intending merely to
personal end and to resign In the autumn.
You no doubt know there Is a halo of
romance about the pretty and modest COM
panion orgoverness. The novel and the stage
have kept close to nature In representing the
high-class servant as figure With which the
hero fs prone to become enraptured. Given
beauty and gentle manners, the companion
has all the best Of 1t against her mistress
where young men are concerned. This fact
has been very shrewdly studied out by q
number of clever women, and hence my
increase OF business from that source during
the summer. Summer is the genial season for
them. If they can get chance to go to
Newport or Narragsnsett they only have
to put few plain, pretty dresses into
trunk, throw shy look into their eyes,
and Immediately all the men who visit their
mistresses' houses get interested and make
inquiries concerning them.
'The companions business is to be very de-
mure, and appear not to notice that she has
become an object of attention. If there is
young man in the family she glances up to
find him gazing at her every now and then,
and bushes and sighs, as though little
frightened at the discovery. What dear girl
she seems She must work for living, and
yet how like queen she is The halo spreads
and intensifies, and our sly little companion
finds herself fairly gloated by all the most
charming fellows about. 1t is now that she
plays her cards. don't care to go into details
in regard to her maneuvres for making the
best of her opportunities. 1 can only say
have seen some startling plots and climaxes
evolved from situations like the one described.
Not the worst is that In which the young son
of the house announces his intention of marry
ing the girl, thereby breaking his ambitious
mothers heart and calling forth choicely
worded curse from his father. No, that's not
the worst of the companion's achiey ements.
It's very good job if 1t is not the father as well
as the son who finds himself inextricably
tangled In the creatures web.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26

terest but increased as Mr.. Morse each day
more clearly demonstrated the practicabillty
of his invention, and the public's business IN
the Senate suffered accordingly. Finally
Senator Benton's patience became exhausted
at the want of a quorum, and rising in the
Senate one morning he said: 'Mr. President
It is quite evident to my mind that we will
never be able to proceed with business till
this crank man and his bill is disposed of, and
with the object of Fastening him to fold up
his crank and get away from the Capitol so we
may have the attention Of Senators, move
that the bill appropriating 81 200 to construct
a line between this city and Baltimore be put
upon its passage. AS soon as word went
out that the bill had been called up the
Northern Senators focked into the chamber,
and in few minutes Mr.. Morse was made
happy over the passage OF his BILL But from
that time on he was known as Morse the
Crank.'v
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
GUARD. YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS
The Bad Uses to Which They May Some
times Be Put.

The Bad Uses to Which They May Some
times Be Put.
Taggart's Times.
"Many men," said prominent lawyer the
other day, shave strong aversion to being
photographed, and don't blame them, for
fellow never knows for what vile uses his pict-
ures may be used. have a case in point. A
few years ago client of mine, well-known
Philadelphia sporting man, died, and on his
deathbed, overcome by remorse, he married
woman with whom he had lived for several
years as his mistress. AS a consequence all
his possessions fell into the hands of the
woman, among other things the pictures of
group of prominent members of the Glover
Club, of this city, that had been presented to
him by the originals in his lifetime.
"A few weeks ago had occasion to visit
this woman on business connected with the
estate of her husband. found her keeping
fashionable house of prostitution in Newark
n. D., and on entering the parlor what was my
surprise to see strung on the wall the pictures
of the Glover Club fellows that had come to
her with her husbands effects. l pretended
ignorance, and inquired who the originals of
the pictures were, when the woman proudly
referred to them as friends of hers. or course
knew differently, being conversant how the
pictures came into her possession; but you
may imagine how many of them, married men,
must have felt.
II also know of similar occurrence con-
tinued the lawyer. "Some years ago prom
inent Philadelphia barrister and orator had
occasion to visit notorious house in Philadel-
phia kept by well-known courtesan- hay
ing been retained to defend her on serious
charge. The lawyer was married man and
one OF the highest moral character. There
fore, what was his astonishment on entering
the parlor to find life-size bust portrait of
himself adorning the easel. He made inquiry
and discovered that the woman, who was a
warm admirer of his genius, had purchased
previously-it having been among the effects
of friend who had died-and thus placed it
In conspicuous place in the parlor. And the
best of the joke was she made him forego one
half of his fee before she would consent to de-
liver the picture to its original who took it
out of that house In short order"
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
ALWAYS IN woMEN's CLOTHES.
Remarkable Case of a French Cook Who
is Now Quite an Old Man.

Remarkable Case of French Cook Who
is Now Quite an Old Man.
London World.
man named Signol, seventy two years old,
employed as cook, was taken to the Hospital
OF Saint Antoine, Paris, suffering from gas
tritls. Mistaken on account Of his dress, for
a woman, he was taken to the ward reserved
for members Of the weaker sex. When they
found the mistake he was put into another
ward.
The strangest thing about the whole case is
anat stgnoi says taat ne never wore male attire
conseil de revision in order to determine
whether he was fit for military service. When
he was seventeen years old he went as servant
girl to farm in Lin-sur-Mer. He remained
there eleven years. He learned to cook at
Caen and went to Paris, where he was em-
ployed as cook for forty years either in private
families or in boys' schools.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
A FAMELESS POET.
But He Has Built Fourteen Houses Out
of His Profits.


Boston journal.
On the top floor of one of the tallest build
ings in upper New York tolls an old man who
has probably written more poetry than any
other man living. His. business is that of
writing the ''poetic" notices which one finds
in the cheap candies.
had an interesting talk with this man few
days ago. He has been twenty years in the
business, is over sixty years of age and has
accumulated a fortune, although he still
keeps up the same monotonous poetical grind.
"It is curious trade, you think, l sup
pose," said the old man, 'yet some one must
do 1t. and 1t is very profitable. l have built
fourteen city and country houses out of it,
and in year or two 1 shall lay down the pen
for good and let some one else take up the
work
"How do 1 write SO much Why, 1t has
become second nature to me. These mot
toes are simple-anything will do, and the
more silly they are the better 1 know it is
perfect trash, and it is preposterous to dignity
the things with the word poetry
81 spend three days every week here and
reel off, l suppose, one hundred of these
things every day."
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Case That Recently Occurred I'm the
City of Baked Beans.

Case That Recently Occurred I'm the
City of Baked Beans.
Boston Courier.
There Is literary woman In Boston whose
friends often find occ aston to smile over the
tricks which her Observation-Disclosures plays her.
and about whom her daughter tells the fol-
lowing anecdote:
The mother and daughter chanced to be
boarding together at house kept by land
lady who was most efficient, but who was pc
culiarly acrid in disposition. She was espec-
tally out Of temper when from absence of
mind the authoress committed some blunder,
and least of all could she find patience when
her boarder, as happened every few days, lost
her latch-key. In order to aid her in keeping
this necessary utensil, the authoress tied it to
yard of bright red ribbon which made it a
most conspicuous object, so that If it was lost
no less often 1t was at least more easily found,
a fact which was of much comfort to the
daughter.
One morning when the boarders were as
sembled at breaskfast, the landlady, with
peculiar severe smile, asked:
"Has any of you ladies lost her latch-key p"
and she held up the unlucky key adorned
with its yard of red ribbon.
"Oh, yes" Mrs. Blank said cheerfully;
"that is mine; but did not lose it.''
'It was found this morning. the other an
swered, more severely than before, sin tn g
lock on the outside of the door.''
t'Yes," said the boarder calmly, stI knew 1t
was there"
''You knew it was there ?" echoed the land
lady, in amazement.
'Why, yes" was the reply. 'sYou see It
was late when came home last night, and
everybody seemed to be in bed. didn't
notice about my key until had shut the door
and left 1t on the outside, and then thought
1t was better to leave it there than to rouse
the house to get the door OPEN"
The entire company regarded her In silence
moment until it was evident that she was
speaking in perfect good faith, and that it had
never occurred to her to do so simple thing
as to open the door and take the key out Of
the lock. Then there was SO general and SO
hearty a laugh that even the acrid landlady
found it impossible to do anything but give
the be-ribboned key back without another
word.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
LrBELs ON THEIR ANCESTORS
Monkeys Who Protest Against Having
Lineage Traced Back to Them.
Cnninuati Tirnaa-Sfar

See here, visitors to the Zoo! Your atten-
ton is called to the very weary and pathetic
expression on the faces of some of the more
intelligent monkeys The professor who has
been registering the ''Volapuk" of these
much-abused creatures has discovered that
they are suffering from cause of which their
many visitors never dream. 1t has hitherto
been borne uncomplainingly, but finally one
OF the patriarchs Of the brood remarked to the
professor one morning while eating his oat-
meal: "Of the hundreds of our daily visitors
not one in ten OF the adults fail to attempt to
ing you right now that we're getting mighty
tired of it. Why, could you but see some Of
the specimens OF so-called humanity who
boldly assert themselves as descendants of our
ancient and honorable family you would not
wonder at our pain and disgust"
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
A Dainty Tea Cloth.
New York Evening World.

NeW OrK Evening WOfId.
Some of the popular linen embroidery is ex-
ceedingly elegant. A beautiful tea cloth In
particular would be suitable for wedding
present, as it is intended to be worked en-
tirely with white silk. 1t is q design Of
tnstles, forming large group in each corner
OF the cloth. The lower parts of the flowers
are raised in very high relief; over the pad
open button-hole stitch, which produces the
scaly texture OF the real flower very effect.
lively, The blossoms themselves are worked
IN coral stitch, or feather stitch, as some
workers call 1t.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-26
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TREATMENT.

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send purchaser guarantee to refund money II
the treatment fails to cure. Guarantees is
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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-18
A. CHARMING WOMAN.
ko0h0mcsy II Depew and Her
Model Home LifA


Mrx Depew Il by birth, education
and nature well fitted to be the wife of
an eminent man. writes Alice Graham
Lsnigan In the Ladies' Home Journal.
She II q daughter Of the late Mr.. Will
liam Hegemsn. one Of the best known
OF the old Huguenot merchants OF New
York. Her mother was also . member
of one of New York's oldest families,
The MscNivens, and, like her husband,
Mrs Depew's father was born and bred
an that city. Since his death. she has
resided with her daughter. Mrs De-
pew's devotion and love for her mother
nre fully shared by her husband, and
khe family life II . most beautiful and
happy one
\ Her marriage occurred In New York
bn November .. 1871, and Immediately
npun beginning her married life. Mrs
DepDw devoted her talents and cultiva-
hon ~ the assistance and tightening Of
her husbands duties She acts entirely
- hia private secretary. and has done
10 over since her marriage. with the SIM
kle exception of . fsw months during
which time Mr.. Depew employed q sec
ketary. II seems very easy matter. to
the unthinkins. that of preventing a
mans engagements froni conflicting;
but prsctical experience teaches differ
entity. apd when Mr.. Depew found him
self engaged at three different places
nfsrina the same hours OF tho same
evening. he wa moro than willing 70
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-18

MS personal mail, Mrs Depew person
ally supervises the education. reading
and recreations Of her son and Of her
two little orphan nieces; Is her own
housekeeper; and yet, with all this.
finds opportunity to continue her studies
in German and French and to practice
daily. Besides being . most proficient
pianist, Mrs. Depew sings very well.
Her voice is contralto and sweet in
Equality. That her tastes arc artistic
and cultured her beautiful residence in
New York is evidence. Fine paintings.
bronzes, sculptures and cngravings are
Ito her of moro value than jewels to
lother women.
In appearance Mrs. Depew Is OF
medium height and slight, girlish fig
lure, to which her stateliness Of car
'riage imparts great dignity. She is
probably between IS and 20 years old,
hooking much nearer the former than
the latter age. Her face is charming
and beautiful, though, like many such
faces, q photograph misses much of its
chief beauty--its gaycty of expression
and brilliancy Of coloring. Her hair,
which is of dark brown, is worn In
soft curls high on her forehead and
head; the eyebrows and lashes shade
her most beautiful and expressive
Feature, the eyes, which are o deep
brown in color and OF great variety of
expression.
Having been 90 long in mourning,
Mrs Depew dresses almost entirely in
black and white, very simply and ele-
gantly: she wears little or no jewelry,
and possesses but q small stock of
Jewels. A few handsome pearls and
diamonds are noticeable in q collection
much smaller than that of many wom-
en- of lower position and lesser fortune.
Some years since, on the death of her
brother. Mr.. William A. OgdenHegeman.
Mrs Dcpew adopted his two little
orphan daughters, and IL educating
them with her son. One of the children
Is a rear older and the other . year
younger than Chauncsy, junior, and the
mutual devotion rcigning Is most touch
ing. The little girls writing desks are
In their aunt's room. and this fact VIII
serve rs slight indication OF the care
with which she watches over them.
The three children are proficient
, linruisss. their knowledge OF tho Ger
man. French and English languages
having been obtained Vtireiy from con
vrrsations. Tho three languages are
spoken alternately In the homo life. thu
mornings being devoted to German. the
| afternoons 10 French and mealtimes
and evenings invariably 20 English
| This linguistic proficiency is one OF Mrs
| Depew's most practiced beliefs
Mrs. Depew Is rarely met in society
| e. she has been in almost constant
| mourning for number Of years past
| and her many occupations now com
| plesely occupy her time. She is won
| an who believes that women's first duf1
lies in the home life and home cares, AM
that IL these are thoroughly and prop
erly done. there viii remain hut LITTLE
| time for missions Both she and he
husband are devout attendants ct 81
parthasomew's Enisropal shureh-
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-18

II denounce Squigiey as . spy en-
claimed a socialist orator. referring TO
= fellow member. Il have the damas-
ing proof right herei"
What is it7~ yelled his hearerA
"a wash biilf'-Wees shore
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-18

Rave his wife take possession and
strHi1hsen things for him once more.
She n Of the greatest assistance 10 him
in many ether ways. and the frequency
with which the private telephone
tween his efsee and her suite 81 rooms
sounds. IL evidence ~ the important
part abe plays In his business - well -
idomestir affairs.
In addition IN her duties - SECRETARY,
witch include the receiving and
acknowledging Of all of Mr.. Dep~w'sin-
lvitsssnns lsnd is must b. remembered
Itbst .he-e sr,s,usse often ~ several bun
dred . week.. - VOL - the care 81 Al
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-18

$50 Boys Short Pant Suite in
dark and light colors ages
10 "a, nicely made, with
plested back. etc. q
your cholce this week 81
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-18

10 Rlue jersey Suits, extra
fine quality, fast colors,
strictly all wool, fancy
braided fronts, competi-
tors cut price -; CD S0
this weeks sale 81. III
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-31
How Cloth Is Tested.

When the cloth arrives, it is slowly
passed over a double roller which meas.
ures the yards. and carefully examined
for the purpose of discovering any de-
fects in the manufacture If there are
any-broken threads or loosely woven
spots-they are indicated by sewing a
string in the margin. and the cutter is
thus able to avoid the defective portion
Then we cut off small piece of the
goods and put it outside on a window
sill. where. for ten days, it is exposed to
the sun and the rain. If it fades, it is
rejected Then we test by chemicals to
see if the dye stuff is indigo, which is
the surest dye that can be n ,de If the
color produced by the use this test is
a bright orange, it indicates that the dye
has an indigo basis
After that piece of the goods is put
in a solution of caustic potash, which
has the effect of eating up the animal
fiber and leaving the vegetable fiber.
Some cloth manufacturers nowadays
instead of making their goods of separate
threads of cotton and of wool, take cot
ton and wool and mix them in such a
way that no one. by merely feeling. can
tell whether or not there is cotton in the
piece. The only way we can know is
by boiling a piece of the goods in this
solution. which has the effect of eating
up the wool and leaving the cotton
Interview in New York Epoch
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-31
Pay ef swis. enbrelsferer,..

The COMMON old embroidering hand
machine Of 1897, with few improve
ments, is the one that is used today for
the millions of fine embroideries that are
sold to all quarters of the globe There
are, perhaps. $4,000 of them in use in
eastern. Switzerland, the number of the
needles averaging about 25O to the ma
chine, and the number of stitches not
exceeding 1000 to the needle daily. As
embroiderers are paid on the stitch basis
only. and sometimes as low as n cents a
hundred, they have very ysslnall earnings
left after paying their threaders and
other expenses At the present time
fifty cents, sometimes less, is fair aver
ageof the daily earnings of a hard work
ing embroiderer, who must toll a, long
day, with head, hands and feet working
his machine.--Cor. st. Louis Globe-De-
rnOcrat
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-31
Tho Barn Owl.

How soft is the plumage of the owl
and how noiseless her fight Watcher
as she floats past the ivy tod. down by
the ricks and silently over the old wood:
then away over the meadows, through
the open door and out of the loophole of
the barn; round the lichened tower and
along the course of the brook. Presently
she returns to her four downy young
with u mouse in one claw and a vole in
the other, soon to be ripped up, torn and
eaten by the greedy. swapping imps
Young and eggs are not unfrequently
found in the same nest.
Ifyou would see the midday siesta of
these birds climb up into the haymow.
There. in an angle of the beam, you will
see their owlships snoring and blinking
wide their great roundeyes. Their duet
is the most unearthly, ridiculous. grave
noise conceivable; unlike anything you
ever heard There they will stay all day.
digesting the mice with which they have
gorged themselves until twilight, when
they again issue forth upon their mad
cap revels
This clever mouser has strong claim
TO our protection; SO let not idle super
stition further its destruction-Man
chester Times