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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-04

Crump u Crushit ground their teeth
when they heard of the afternoon tea
offered by Messrs. Fit & Squeeze, Of
Audley street, 10 the chief Of their GUS
toners, who were invited to view the
chef d'ceu7res OF the trousseau Of the
season.
Mr.. Washington Potts was only once
heard to say, in strictest confidence, that
of all his British purchases, many OF
which might have made a nigger's hair
uncurl, he was bound to state that bis
British wife had highest broke him, but
that he was that set on her he would
have risked his bottom dollar to secure
her.
Lady Charlotte Washington the Potts
very soon ceased to be part Of her name
was never again heard to speak Of the
Yankees vulgarfty. She would, it is
true, occasionally allndc to her husbands
quaint Americanisms She possessed a
little sheaf Of stamped documents In her
desk; they represented the price an
American millionaire had paid to OBJ
tain a high bred British wife, aud
the sum total Of these documents
could not be expressed IN less than
five figures. She became the patroness
Of all Fourth Of July proceedings m Lon
don, and among her acquaintance on
the other side of the channel. was sup
posed to be mistress Of the most st1mptu-
ously decorated mansion and the largest
pin money OF any other woman in the
Americans paradise. Can earth show
greater hsppiness9
pt4u rrrr,
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-04

q No, Pm afraid
".Tll run an cali father an job
'Hushl Be you nazed? DO yeu
want to let EN- knowg
sBut itH kill yon, dear, won't it2'
"sLikely 1t win, said he. Then after
while Of battlin with it he whispers
agen, Little girl, don't want to die.
Death is a cold end. But reckon we
can manage to save nae an your name az
well. Run mp to the henhouse an bring
me as many eggs as You can fnd-and
don't an questions. Be quick; can keep
up for awhile.
II didn't know what he meant, but
ran up for my life. could tell pretty
well how to find dozen or more in the
dark by gropin about, and in three min
utes had gathered EN- in the lap O. my
dress, and run down agen. could just
spy him--a dark blot out on the mnd.
elbow manyg he asked, his yoics
hoarse as rocks.
"sAbout Dozen.
Toss 'em here. Don't come too near,
an shy careful, SOS can catch. QuickF
81 stepped down pretty near to the
brim o. the mud an tossed 'em out to
him. Three fell short in my hurry, but
the rest he got hold Of, somehow.
THAT'S right. They'll think ega
stealth material to q low family like our n.
Now back to your room, undress an
cry out, sayin there's man shoutin for
help down pom the mud. When YOU
xx-ava vn,ar camilla 4xviea /, fl,a xvfv,S5<,,-
I'll shout like Trojan.
can | did It, Job, for the cruelty in q
fearful woman passes knowledge. An
you rescued EN-, an he went to Jail. For
he said twas the only way. An his
mother took it as quite reasonable that
her husbands son should take to the bad
twas the way Of all the Trudgeons.
''You needn't look at me like that.
I'm past sixty an I've done my share Of
repentin. He didn' say if hesazas mar.
ried, did hesnArthur CUTLER Couch in
London Speaker.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-04

felt must otherwise attract universal
attention. She asked the same maid
servant who had brought her the note
to bring her some brandy, and, after
swallowing what seemed to be an enor-
nous quantity, she summoned up all her
courage to leave her room and join the
crowd down stairs
Everything had been so web prepared
beforehand that nothing was left to be
arranged on the last day. A blazing
July sun poured down on the grounds Of
Reminshall Abbey, and the little glen
arranged for the performance was the
only shady nook within the cultivated
part of the grounds Immediately sur
rounding the house.
Towards 8 the carriages belonging to
| that part of the audience who had paid
| for their seats began to arrive. Rich city
men, with their wives and daughters in
ultra fashionable bonnets and dresses;
wives of doctors who had already reached
that high footing on the medical ladder
exemplifed by residence in Harley
street, but not that proud eminence
which meags appearing in print amongst
the favoredsfew who sign the daily bull
letins of the illnesses of great ones: wives
Of barristers and many others who liked
to see q duh play without the faintest
spark of interest poorly performed by an
absolutely inefficient though eminently
aristocratic corps dranaatique These
gathered in great force. They peered
into everything. anxious to discover how
the new millionaire did things. The
| daughters took mental notes of the
housemaids' and ladies' maids caps and
aprons, and secretly resolved to confec
ton caps and aprons identically the same
for their own handmaidens for .sma's
next party" The men thought the
ribbon bordering poor and not equal
to that in their own gardens
at Norwood and Sydenham. The ma
irons, in the main, employed themselves
in specializing as to how much the whole
thing had cost to get up, and many
| came to the conclusion that the ices and
refreshments alone, which were gratis,
must have swamped the takings, SO Of
course the charity must 60 to the wall
That really was of no consequences No
body even knew where the church was
or cared, except few local magnates,
and they were hidden to the feast and
i performance free of expense.
The exhumed pastoral EIizabethan
drama in its new dress progressed rap
4 idly. The amateur artistes had not &C.
quired the art of Iadling out the SEN
fences slowly as though they were Ioath
to part with a line Of their parts, after
the fashion Of the modern Psychological
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-04


dramatic schooi: and, eirner from ner-
vous longing to get to the end and hide
themselves, or from desire to say it all
before they forgot it, the piece played
very rapidly.
Lady Charlotte got through her part
not brilliantly, but no worse than the
rest, though she felt that lifetimes
agony was compressed into the three
hours occupied by the play and en-:
tr'actes. Towards the end of the last act
when she had grown accustomed to the
appearance OF the audience and had the
hardihood to look it in the face and rec
ognize individuals, her eyes suddenly fell
upon the owner Of Reminshall Abbey
He was sitting on q seat at the end Of the
front row, tho end nearest the Abbey.
The hero of the play was INDUCING In
long meandering soliloquy during
which at rehearsals Lady Charlotte
had been coached to occupy herself
with elaborate stage business, but
had forgotten all her coaching. She felt
her eyes fixed on Mr.. Potts. a servant in
gorgeous livery, with much mysterious
and apparently meaningless gold orna-
mentation dropping from one shoulder,
came rapidly towards his master. The
servant bent down with that remarkable
air Of blended mystery and respect pc
culiar to the well hammered footman and
rnurmured what seemed to Lady Char
lotto long communication. Mr.. Wash
ington Potts looked serious and said a
few words to the servant. and stood up
and moved few steps in the direction
of the house.
Lady Charlotte felt her heart beating
furiously. She thought she could divine
what the message was Mr.. Potts was
wanted in the house, the man was worse,
dying, perhaps, and the police had come
to take his dispositions.
For few moments there was silence on
the that dreadful stage wait of
private tEeatricals when all the actors
with the exception of the unconscious
offender look the picture of silent misery.
Lady Charlotte was the offender. She
stood with her cheeks ghastly beneath
therouge. her eyes fixed upon Mr.. Wash
ton Potts and the servant.
II knew it. He is dead--I have muir
dered him, she cried, in hoarse, awful
voice, and fell prone on the stage.
The play, owing in the first place to its
exceeding dullness and in the second to
its very weak representation, had from
the beginning been incomprehensible, SO
most of the audience applauded to the
echo, under the impression that this was
the first fine piece of acting in the play.
The other actors, better informed, rushed
forward and raised the still form, some
ran and fetched iced water with which
to bathe the temples
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-04

A paper on the scientific measurement
of children was read before the Bromley
England) Naturalists society. The au.
thor, Rev. Fl. A. Soannes, said he found
such measurements as he described,
taken every term. good guide as to
whether his pupils could be pressed with
work or not. If the increase is regular
and the weight fair, according to the
height, he does not fear to press Them
but if, on the other hand, the weight Is
low, or if the height increases and NOT
the weight, or if the increase in height
is too rapid, he thinks it very fair exc
cuse for laziness, and takes great care
that too much work is not expected from
them.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-04
RAISED lnr STILL FORM.

Mr.. Washington Potts jumped on to
the stage, and helped one of the actors
to carry Lady Charlotte to the house.
Once on the sofa, being famed by the at
tentive American, she soon revived and
opened her eyes.
"Where am IS' she murmured. els it
the prison."
"No, Lady Charlotte, you are not in
prison, nor you amt going to be, after
the message ! sent you just before the
piece began"
''What messagei l got no message?"
Didn't that damned flunky tell you?
I'll give him an eye opener when next !
come across my gentleman. Well, l
guess you've got the bulge Of that Jew
fellow, Lady Charlotte. Why, one of
my fellows found bullet in my saddle
bag arm chair, and be brought it to me
in fright. All, says I. Lady Charlotte
must have meant to polish him off, for
she's let off two charges However, |
got the idea as might as well look at
the revolver; so / took it and let it of
in haystack for safety. Five good
charges in it. Do you hook on2 Well,
in / ran, told Mr.. Simpson, and
we set to pouring brandy down
the Hebrew gentleman's throat, He
had swooned with fright, and when
the doctor came he said as how he would
suffer from the shock may be for few
days, but he'd be all right after. Well
then turned to and blackguarded him
for coming here and insulting my guests
and soon he let on all he knew about
your dealings with Mr.. Abraham Levi
Well, I've settled that account, and I've
given Mr.. Hart check for fifty to get
back his pluck with, and he's given me
a stamped agreement never to trouble
either you or me again.
1t was some time before Lady Char
iotte could fully realize the true state OF
affairs. For SO many dreadful hours.
that seemed like centuries. she had
looked upon herself as the prisoner in
the dock on trial for murder. Was heI
hair white? She had heard of hair turn
ing white in a single night from terror.
Surely the torture she had endured while
acting in that dreadful play must have
bleached her hair
| Lady Charlotte's hair had not lost Its
rich color, nor her reason its sway
Urged By the Yankee to confess her mo-
tive for dealing with gentlemen of the
Abraham Levi type, she admitted thai
| she was on the verge of distraction ant
that her affairs were in hopeless.
nauddle, which meant that she OWED
thousands and hadn't hundred clear in
the world
Il suppose you would think 1t sortel
drop in lifo to marry me and hav,
your debts cleared and paid off down. tt
farthing, and have an allowance Of sis
hundred q year to dress on; always sup
posing as you win stake your honor not
to run into debt again. or deal with
Abraham Lewis.
There was plenty of gossip for the frs
few weeks at Trouville; and for the yer,
earliest Of the grouse shooting the Wash
ington Potts marriage filed every mouth
that had any right to consider itself In
or near society.
| Lady Charlotte Craddock had married
Che great American pork dealer. The
| troaaseau had been q nine day ], wonder
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-26
FOURTH OF JULY FUNDS.
Report OF Committee on the Successful
Celebration.

Report OF Committee on tho Succcshuh
Celebration.
The committee having in charge the Fourth OF
July celebration, which was success at Seat
tie, has made its report through Secretary Gold
smith, showing balance on hand, after ali dis
bursements, of s64S71. The following 10 the
secretary's report in full:
/ take pleasure In submitting to you Q final
report of the celebration held on the Attn of July,
1891. 1t is the unanimous opinion that this was
by far the most successful celebration Seattle
has ever witnessed. The trades display was the
feature of the day and would have been credit
able to a city FIVE times the size of Seattle Too
much praise cannot be given to the merchants
of Seattle who came to our aid when disappoint-
ment stared us in the face, on account of the ab-
sence OF the militia. The success of this display
was due to the untiring efforts of Messrs. j. II.
Calvert and G. B. Adair
The decorations were tastefuliy distributed
throughout the city, and certainly added to the
success of the celebration. In connection with
this, would state that the flags, bunting, sashes
and batons which were used on that day have
all been carefully stored, and may be OF some
use at future celebration.
A large number of guests were entertained,
among whom were committees from the house
of delegates and board of aldermen. Judging
from the reports since the celebration, every
guest returned home charmed with the treat.
ment and hospitality shown by the citizens of
Seattle.
IL IL the intention of the committee to have
the competitive drill take place at some future
date, and sufficient notice win be given to the
militia 30 that preparations can be made for the
event
It will be necessary, however, to raise at least
$500 in order to carry out the programme origi-
nally arranged, and it therefore dsvolves upon
the committee to raise that amount before ex-
tending invitations for the competitive drill.
Below 10 given a statement of the amounts
collected and disbursed:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-26
EMINENT TEX

Judge and Mrs. J. W. Ferris and Miss Mar
garet Ferris, Of watahachfe. Tex, and their son,
Mr.. Royal A. Ferris, of Dallas, are spending
few days at the Rainier hotel, while on trip
along the Coast. Judge Ferris is one of the most
eminent jurists of Texas. Years ago he was
member of the legislature OF that state, and he
was also q member OF the convention
stitution. When the well-known con-
test over issuing the bonds of the In
ternational railway came into the supreme
court of the state one of the five judges was
barred from sitting on account of his previous
connection as attorney; the four others were di-
vided evenly, and the governor appointed Judge
Ferris as the fifth judge to break the tie So the
decision OF the matter rested with him. He has
also served the state a. one of the commission
ers for the revision of the CODE
The judge, who is an earnest Democrat, said
last night: "The Democrats of Texas are not as
a whole for Cleveland. His financial views, in
Guiding his opposition to free coinage of silver
have alienated large number of them from
him-though some still cling to him. Who Ia
the fayorite of the Democracy ! cannot say.
The Republicans generally are for Blaine.
SAT one time we thought that the Farmers
Alliance would become very formidable ele-
ment in politics. But since the members have
fallen into violent squabble over the sub
treasury scheme, the organization shows unmis-
taxable signs OF weakening, and doubt whether
ii will cut much OF a figure"
Mr. Royal A. Ferris is one OF the most promi-
nent business men of Dallas, president of the
Consolidated Street Railway Company, and vice
president of the National Exchange bank AL
though one of the youngest business men there,
he has amassed a large fortune by his shrewd
anticipation of the growth of Dallas.
Dallas he said, 'now has about thirty miles
of street railway, good part of it operated by
electricity
"The prospect for Texas has never been better
than this year. Larger crops than ever before
are reported from all parts of the state"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-26
TALES OF TRAVELLERS.
GIobe-Trotters Talk of Japan-The Tor
ture of Animals.

Mr. W. ]. Brown, New York business man. is
at the Rainier hotel with his family, on the way
home from trip around the world. s"The
country which interested me greatly was
Japan" said he last night. "The whole country
even up the mountain sides, is as thoroughly
cultivated rs the gardens lying close to New
York and Philadelphia No land is wasted
But, though they utilize all the space for agri-
culture, their cities are poor affairs in COMPARE
son with ours 1t is very seldom that you see
building more than two stories high, and most
OF them are only one.''
Mr.. NJ Cartwright, of Rochester, and his
nephew, Nh w. c, Jackson, of Wilmington, who
are also homeward bound from "A tour of the
world, are spending few days at the Rainier
Mr.. Cartwright said last night zone of the
things which impressed me strongly was the
suffering OF animals in Egypt, India, China aud
Japan. There seems to be superstition or re-
hgious feeling against killing an animal out
right, and yet the people have no objections to
torturing the dumb beasts. You win see ami
mails terribly wounded or manned limping along
the streets, and yet no one will put them out of
agony by killing them. In Japan the bulls
used for draught are subject to great pain from
nose rings which are arranged in such manner
as 10 cause actual torture.
''fet in Bombay there is hospital for sick
animals. Here the people are so tender of all
life that even the fieas are not killed"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-26
PREPARED FOR EVICTION.
The Order of the Court to BE Enforced
ON Monday.

NEWCASTLE, July 2.-ISpecial. YESTERDAY
was the date Sc. for making the first batch of
evictions. Despite the fact that Sheriff Wool
cry bad proclaimed his intention of postponing
the execution of the orders of the court until
next Monday there was good deal of uneasi-
ness among the strikers. Last night all sorts of
rumors were flying in the air They
were for the most part very absurd and
would not have gained currency, except by
the mouths OF the deputies, a number of whom
were ready to send any story on its rounds that
had been given them. One OF these rumors was
70 the effect that number OF men from Gilman
were on their way over to assist the Newcastle
men in resisting the officers and that large
body, made up Of miners from all over the state
would be on hand before the 26th. The roads
leading into town were watched very closely
last night. but they might as well have been left
open for all thas came OF 1t.
II IL generally conceded that when the full
number of evictions have been made the trouble
will practically be over The strikers show n
what they are TO gain by 1t is hard to under
stand. Some OF them are convinced that since
the evictions were put off from Yesterday,
the same action will be taken next Monday, but
Sheriff Woolery has given verbal assurance
that such will not be the case. The possibility
of asuccessfui resistance of the officers of the
law is not thought OF by anybody Many of the
ringleaders have gone, McQuade, one of the
principals, having left on the day his house was
blown up. The generally accepted idea ia that
there viii be very little trouble In evictinp the
unfortunate people.
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Will Soon Be Put on the Sound Market
Contest Over Dufy

NJ A. Pugh, of st. Paul, who is largely inter-
ested in the anthracite coal mines of British Co
lumbia, arrived at the Rainier hotel last night
"After year of inactivity" he said, "the mines
are open again. They have passed into the
hands of an operating company which will pay
a royalty to the company owning the mines H.
W. Mcneil. formerly general manager of the
Oregon Improvement Company, will have
charge of the mining and shall hunt up mar
ket These mines are near Banff, and we expect
soon to put the anthracite coal i'll Seattle and
other Sound cities by direct rail transportation.
What the price will be cannot say now, but
probably within SD u ton.
"We have opened the mines in the belief that
the coal will be admitted as anthracite. duty
free. Bituminous, you know, pays rs cents a
ton.
"There has been long contest over the ques
ton of the duty. At first cargo was shipped
to San Francisco and another to San Diego. This
was several years ago The expectation was
that there would be trouble at the custom
house, and so an arrangement was made to have
the case referred directly to the secretary of the
treasury for settlement the local collectors
meanwhile having taken the duty. The gov
eminent chemist pronounced the coal anthra-
cite, and ordered it admitted duty free.
"After that we ran say half dozen cargoes
into San Francisco, and we began to build up
good trade with the breweries and others who
preferred our coal. Then the coal dealers there,
feeling that we were getting ahead, raised pro-
test, and the San Francisco collector brought
the matter before the general board of appraisers
at New York, to have the classification of the
coal changed so as to bring it into the dutiable
list. The appraisers did this, and then the ques-
ton of getting back the duty on the coal
already admitted presented itself Since most
of it had been consigned to John D. spreckels
suit was brought. We finally had hearing and
beat the government on two cargoes, proving
that they were anthracite. The cases of three
other cargoes remain yet to be tried.
"But, as l said we begin the operation of the
mines in the belief that our coal will come into
this country duty free
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PERSONAL.

RI Rev. Bishop Paddock, of Tacoma, ar
rived in the city last evening, and is the guest
OF Rev. d. c. Garrett. Bishop Paddock will
preach this afternoon at st. Clements Episcopal
church and in the evening at ST. Marks.
DIR. J. A. Baillargeon, of the Lace House, leaves
today for the East. He will visit New York,
Philadelphia and other manufacturing cen.ers,
and win be absent from the city about six weeks
Mr.. John Wallace, private secretary to Mayor
White, has just returned from visit to Mineral
City. He says the outlook is fully as good as on
his previous visit.
Captain A.. H. Manning and Mr. NJ. A. Greene,
who have been to the Silver creek region, re-
turned yesterday.
Mr.. John Burkhart and Mr. T. s. Miller, prom
inent lawyers of Dallas, arrived at the Rainier
hotel last night.
Mr. w. H. Pillow and family. Of Spokane, are
at the Occidental. Mr.. Pillow is q former resi-
dent of Seattle.
Mr.. S. NJ. Seeligsohn, Mrs Seeligsohn and Miss
Rose Seeligsohn, OF San Francisco, are at the
Rainier hotel
Mr. o. c. Dewey, steel manufacturer of
Wheeling is at the Rainier hotel