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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
A PRICELESS LETTER.
How Alfred Morrison Was Forced to Pay .
Thousand Guineas for q Few Lines
From Marie Stuart-A Threat Brought

How Alfred Morrison Was Forced to Pay .
Thousand Guineas for q Few Lines
From Marie Stuart-A Threat Brought
the Enormous Sum.
WRITTEN FOR THE p1srArcH.I
Perhaps the largest and most valuable
private collection of autograph letters and
manuscripts in the United Kingdom is that
which has been made by Mr. Alfred Morri-
son, gentleman of unlimited wealth. The
most valuable article in this superb collec-
tion is letter written by Marie Stuart
On the morning of her execution the un-
fortunate Queen of Scots wrote three letter s
one to His Holiness the Pope, another to
the King of France, and q third to the
Archbishop of Guise The letter to the
Pope is still preserved among tho treasures
of the Vatican, the letter to the Archbishop
was for hundreds of years sequestered in q
monastery at Guise, but the letter written
to the French king was destroyed among
other family papers of that monarch.
One day not many years ago it was dis
covered by the monks of Guise that the let
ter which had so long been treasured among
their relics was missing; it was evident that
a burglar had been at work among the
archives, but no clue to the culprit could
be obtained. The loss created quite as
much of a sensation as the robbery of a
sanity relic might have created, but there
seemed to be no way of recovering the
treasure or of reaching the offender.
A Villain Who Know Its Worth.
In time there appeared in London a man
who exhibited this identical letter-the let
ter written few hours before her death by
Marie Stuart to the Archbishop of Guise
How the letter came into the possession of
this fellow can only be surmised; there are
some who say it was stolen; others, less
charitable, assert that the monks, wishing
to realize money on the relic, used him
simply as tool for the disposal of the let
ter. Be this as 1t may, 1t was clear that
the rufian knew the full value Of tho
treasure, and was determined to realize it in
cash. So he sought out Mr. Alfred Morri-
son and exhibited the precious letter.
OF course Morrison was wild with delight;
never before had there been presented 20
notable an opportunity to possess himself of
Q priceless unique Morrison recognised
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

being concave so as The Sile''- NeWs6oy.
to conform to the shape of the feet. The sub
ject places his feet in position, drops his
nickel in the slot and the whole operation is
over by the time he has read four para
graphs in his morning paper.
The automatic newsvender has been at
satisfaction. The difficulty Of operating it
arose from the great want of uniformity
among papers in size and shape. A ma
chine might work all right for the Morning
Bngls, but utterly refuse to handle
the Penny Evening shocker, or it might de-
liver an ordinary daily edition regularly
and go on an obstinate strike when it came
to distributing the big Sunday numbers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
BUSINESS BEFORE SERVICES,
The Abrupt Ending of a Burial at Sea From
aDundee Whaler

At the time when the Dundee whaling
trade was at its zenith, a sperm whaler from
that port, in the Pacific, had the misfortune
to lose the black cook, says Pearson's
Weekly
Now, while this important functionary
lay on the plank in the gangway, shrouded
in his canvas cover, sewed up by the sail
maker ready for burial, aud all the ships
company were mustered round the rude
bier, save the lookout men aloft (for the
skipper had an eye to business), the cap
tain engaged with all due gravity reading
the burial service, the ships bell solemnly
tolling, and all the air filled with the
solemnity of the moment, lookout man
suddenly discovering the snout of whale,
sang out Justify, There she blows"
Before the lookout had time to repeat the
ever-welcome words, the now excited
skipper dropped his book, seized his glass,
and, jumping into the rigging, bounded
aloft at o 15-knot rate. His glass soon
proved the truth of the lookout's cry, and
from his lofty perch the skipper beloved
out as a sailor only can
''Knock off tolling the bell! Clear away
the boats! Heaye that niger overboard!"
And they hove him!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

change upon it.
The machine can be adjusted to sell arti-
cles at any price. 1t will sell 1-cent paper
in the evening and 5-cent paper ten times
the bulk the next morning. 1t will sell l.
cent paper from one box, 5-cent paper
from another and n 25-cent magazine from
another. Thus different articles can be put
on sale through it on different days or at
different times of days. 1t will sell books.
photographs, steel pens, stationery in pack
policies 1t can be made as easily to sell a
dozen different newspapers or other articles
as to sell one, two or three. In short, it
can be converted into general automatic
store.
By the way, it is not generally known
subject of a good deal Of discussion among
o coterie of club men in Pittsburg. They
claim they have a machine that is an i'm
provement, even, on that of the Seattle man.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12


mind to working, "
to use his own &C.
count, and Sin less
time than it takes
to write it," he says,
81 had my present
machine invented. !"
1t consists of a set
of six revolving
brushes placed upon
a If a d u sti ng
lever, the brushes
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

But q Seattle gentle
man has in operation
a machine which he
maintains overcomes
all objections 1t has
q compartment for
each paper on sale, and
opposite to each COM
partment is a slot for
the coin. 1t delivers
the goods into the pur-
chaser's hand without
any double motion.
He is not required to
put a coin in the slot
and then pull a lever
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

BOStOn GIODt.I
A new cable is to be laid across the At
Iantic between Africa and South America.
This is hopeful indication that these two
backward continents are coming forward in
the march OF civilization. During the next
century it is probable that both Africa and
South America will be threaded with rail-
roads and sown with cities, and that new,
modern and distinct civilizations will grow
ND in both continents. No continent can
long remain ozark" that comes in contact
with an ocean cable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
Novel Method for Calming the Sea.

A novel method for calming the sea has
been submitted to the French Salvage So
ciety by Baron d'Alessandro. He covers
the surface of the water with specially pre-
pared insubmergable thin netting, which
acts like bed of oil in calming the waves
AT the breakwater Of the Quiberon PENN.
sular in Brittany a netting of a thousand
square yards was used, and the results were
SO satisfactory that . special commission
has been appointed by the French Minister
of Marine to investigate and report
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

a Foe of Bootb,ac ks. or catch; he merely
drops coin in the slot opposite the paper
he wants and takes paper which shoots
half way out of the slot at convenient
height from the bottom of the case. 1t is
absolutely honest 1t never fails to deliver
the goods as long as it has any and as soon
as anv compartment is empty the slot closes
so tight that it is impossible to force a coin
into it, and sign gives notice that the box
Is empty.
1t also makes change with unerring accu-
racy. It can't be "fiim- fammed" and will
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

victims to fall under
its remorseless wheels
will bo the newsboys
and the bootblacks.
The newsboy Of the
future is to be silent
and the bootblack will
be noiselesa. Instead
of the strident cries of
"Shine |" and "Au
about the murder in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

not attempt to "him-
fam" its customers;
square dealing is its
motto. II a customer
wants a nickel news
paper an d an is
change for a quarter
dollar he drops his
coin in the slot and
and out comes the
paper with the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
A Curious Fact About Numbers.

A friend of The DISPATCH, who signs
himself &c. A." sends this curious in
formation about numbers: Take the num-
bers in their order and add them together,
thus: One and are 3, and are 6, and
are 10, and are 10, etc. A curious fact is
that every sum thus obtained is divisible by
the odd number just added, or are just
about to add; and that none of the sums are
divislble by the even numbers just added,
or lust about to be added.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

ONYX xAwNINes-Entlrely new and fast in
a Sons, $50 Penn avenue. Tel. 1872. wsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

BESIDES killing reaches and bedbugs IN
stantly Bugine is one of the most powerful
disinfectants known and is worth its weight
in gold for this purpose alone. 25 cents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

WE pack, haul, store, ship, repair, refinish
and reupholster furniture.
vsu HAuaH 4 KmnAx, o Water street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

nights sleep? But you can't sleep in . bed
full Of bedbugs Bugine will oean them out
o6octuA.ly. - cents At all DEALERS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

METHUEN AwNINas-Sage green. warran ted
not to run, at Mamaux & Sons, 53s Penn ave-
nue.. Tel. 1872 wsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

CARRARA AwNINGs-Don't fail to see them
IL YOU want awnings. At Mamaux SONS,
$50 Penn avenue. Tel 1872. wsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
NEWSIES AND SHINES
Are Threatened With q Loss of 0ccu-
patton From Machinery.
AN AUTOMATIC PAPER SELLER
And Bootblacking Contrivance on the
Coiu.in- -the.Slot Plan.
STORIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.l
The invention Juggernaut grinds rapidly
and it grinds exceeding small The next
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

MovrNo and packing furniture Speciality,
wsu HAueH q Kx1HA1, - Water street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
Close on tho Hom estretch.

'That idee seemed to give me my second
wind, an I shed off to my right to strike
the road above Sally's schoolhouse. When
struck the road and the bear came out
into it, too, he seemed to git it into his
head that I'd been playin' tricks on him an
was likely to git away, for he put on more
steam an was sainin' on me at every jump.
Jist then I came in sight Of the school
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-09
TE'V Y1Rg < NEW ENGLAND,

Passenger Train Service, week daysNo 20, 1899
 T-&tus leave Wata-purv ,o, BOSTON -7:3G. 8. m.; l.oO, "3.45,4.O 5:l5.l n PRONIDENCE-7:30 a. n,.; I:pu Ou V IT NEW YORK via BrewstUrs-SC5 s. m , I'm. WORCESTER -7:3O a. m; 1 D. m NEW LONDON-7:3o d. m.. 100, 4O) ' m. PUTNAM-7:30 8. m; 100. 4:CC 3.l5 ) m VILLINANTIC-7:3 a. n. ;I:oo, "3:i5,4:O ,5:i5 pm. SPRIN3FIELD-7.3 a. m.; 800 D. r. NEW HAVEN via Pleinvi le-7:30, i045 a, n. 1:OO
 IS D., m. HARTFORD --7:9o, lo:45 am; 1.oo, .3;45 4.oo
 5,13, s15 D. m. NEW BRrTATN-7:sO. 1o45 a. m; 100
 "3.45, zoo, 5:15 S:15 D m. PLAINVILI.E-T:30. 1O:45 q. m: loo s3.Ab
 4oo, 3: ., SID p. m. BRISTOI.-7:8o. lO:45 B. m. loo, '3:45, 400
 515, S:15 D. m. rERRYvILLE-7:S 1o45 a. m.; 100, ~3;4b
 400, 5:l5, S:l5 D. m. WATERVILLE-7:3O, 1O:4s q m.; "3:45, ,t:oO. s:1s
 D.. MERIDEN-s 20 a, m. O5 4:3O D. m UNION CITY-fs:05 a ln fT:45 D. m. rOWANTIC-fS:o5 a. m, f2:lO 7:45 D. m. SOUTHFORD-sO5 a. m.; 2:1O,..7:45p D. m. POMPERAUC VALLEY-sC5 am 1C,745p.m SANDY IIOOK-S:05a. a. m.; 2:1O, 745 D. m. HAWLEYVILLE-S:05 a. m.; s1O, 7:45, D. r. DANBURY--S:05 a. m.; 2:1O, 745 D. m. BREWSTERS-S:05 a. m.; 2IO, p.r FISHKILL-oN-H a. m.; 2:lO L. m. ES- Binghamton, Elmira Jamestown. Cleve.
 land, Akron and Chicago SOS a m.; 2:lO D. WORCESTERSHIRE Hopewell junction, SD,
 a.. m,
 Sundays only I. D. BARTON, Gen Sup't, Boston
 A. c Kendall, P A. Boston
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-09
How She Got It Into Her Head.

A class in the Cumminsville interme- diate school was engaged in the study of geography when the question as to who discovered the Pacific ocean came up. It was agreed that it was Balboa.
 "Now who was Balboa?" asked the teacher.
 "He was a shoemaker" answered 8 little twelve-year-old girl.
 'Oh, no; you are mistaken" said the teacher; but how did you get that into your head?"
 II saw it in the history, and here it is, answered the girl.
 The history said that Balboa was a ''free-booter," and the child insisted, much to the amusement of her fellow pupils, that that meant that he made shoes for nothing. Consequently he must have been shoemaker.-Cincin uati Enquirer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-09
\. X. & \, Railroad Time '35'e
June 5. 1899. NAUGATUCK DIVISION. Traius leave Waterbury tor

NEw YnPK sos. 7:3o s:2G, IO5O a n 1:2 3:!S, 53 m. sunday 4:I5 D. m Rstvrn-- SOL. S:"o. ioo3 loo, 402. G:O2 D. 10 Sunday GOl T m.
 NEW HAVEN via Naugatuck Jurctiou-7:30 s:2G, a. ID. 1:2S, 3"!5, 1 tO. 5:53 N ~I Re turn 500, 1900 d. m., l:l5 D. III. sunday O. a.
 NEW LONDON and intermediate stations Uhrou-h trainl t:iOp. m
 SRlDGEPORT-G:0 G:05. 1:5o. ':2i, '0IO. m. I:2S 3:s5. H:t3 ?. m. sunday a:l5 , m Returs --7:o5. ",5@ a. m 1910, 2:2S SEQ -; p INSIGNIA cps, 7:3o, s:@G, l0:EN . m. .'S. 3:25 10, l:53, tmiXe,N p n. sunday i:l5 p. m @:11, S:20 D. m. sunday SIC a. m. NATERTOWN--t:14, S:57. II:>" a n3.. .SH. i-I2 T:0t D. III. saturday o:l5 p. III. @, turn b:25, ,;N5, io;9o m, 2:S0, lu G: O. ?. rl. saturday 1:H5 D. m. rHOMASVNN--S:H2, 1l:17 a. m, &: 3, ].50 0'7O D 70 sunday 9:21 d. m. Return. .0N 7:T5 lp;e3, a. h., 2:35. .'26 ?. n. sunday 3A; rORRlNGToN---s:32 ltI7, m, 8:5~. a,ro o,oc ? 'n. sunday 9:2N. Return- G:t" T:5l NlNSFEN- S:32, lt:1T a r., 3:53. ":'H 2: 'O !. m. sunday a:2l m. Rctur',--.'.' 7:ro 9:'5 T. 1n., !:05, t:t2 p.nI Surd " , O. pm LUCIUS TUTTI E, General NlnAcer
 c. T IIENPSTFAD Gcneral Pass Arnut
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-09
MONSTER PREHISTORIC TIDES.
Over Two Hundred Times as High as at
 the Present Time.

Over Two Hundred Times as High as at the Present Time.
 At present the moon is 24O, 900 miles away from our globe, but there was a time when it was only one-sixth part of that distance away-or, say, about 4O,- 900 miles away. That time must of a necessity have ccrresponded to some great terrestrial geological epoch; prob ably 1t was at the time when the cocoon lived.
 At the present time the average height of the tides the world over is only about three feet. In the far away time alluded to (when the moon was only 10000 miles away) they were 216 times as high as at present, or GAS feet in height. Such a tide as that would wash St. Louis off the face of the earth, throw flood of sea water siNty-one feet high on the Chi cago waterworks tower, and drown out almost every place of importance in the United States. Three-quarter tide would leave but a few of the tallest chimneys and spires in St. Louis above water, and full tide would run we'll up into the pineries of Canada. But this would only last for few hours at time; in less than five hours the whole of this vast flood would have re- treated.
 Not only would it leave Missouri and all of the remainder of the United States high and dry, but would proba- bly, drain the gulf of Mexico and leave a gravel and shell-paved path from the mouth of the Mississippi to Cuba and Jamaica. A few "dry" hours would pass, and then the whole land would again be inundated, only to be soon abandoned.
 These mighty tides are the gifts which modern astronomers have made to the working machinery of the geologist. Who can doubt that they constituted a terrific power while aiding in the work of stratifca tion?-St Louis Republic
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-09
ASKS FOR SEPARATION
Mrs. Robert Sanford, of Pough.
 keepsie, Brings Suit.
SHE ALLEGES EXTREME CRUELTY

A Suit In High Life that is Causing n Bi. Sensation-NIr. Sanford's Eccentricities-
 He Denies Every Allegation, and Will
 Fight to the End.
 PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y., Dec 9.-An ac tion for separation has been begun by . New York law firm which strikes at ant threatens to disrupt one of the mos prominent and wealthy families in thi, city. The plaintiff is Mrs Helen Hooke, Stuyvesant Sanford, the wife of Rober; Sanford of this city,
 Mrs. Sanford is of the Stuyvesant family, descendant of Peter Stuyvesant. whose homestead on the Hyde Park Road has long been noted among the charming homes on the Hudson. She married Robert Sanford, a wealthy lawyer, about 30 years ago. She is a cultivated woman and has been very active in works of charity here. The trouble dates back some time, but the continuation came on the day following Thanksgiving, when, after some trouble the night before, Mrs Sanford took her three daughters and departed
 The papers in the case were served on MT. Sanford few days later The San ford home is one of the most beautiful in Poughkeepsie
 Robert Sanford is the son of Senator Sanford, who was prominent in New York State 50 years ago He is known as an eccentric man and very wealthy.
 He is noted for his queer ideas on sani- tation. Last summer, while his family was absent, he covered the pathways about his place and the margins of the sidewalks in front of his property with salt in great quantities. Then he covered the parlor floors and railways of the quaint mansion in which he lives with a finer grade of salt. He declared that the sanitary condition of the place demanded that the salt should be thus used.
 These and other queer things have made MT. Sanford the talk of the town, but so- clety was thrown into an uproar when the suit for separation was made public yesterday.
 Several times of late Mrs. Sanford has felt obliged to leave the house at night, and once policeman was sent for to pre- vent MT. Sanford from doing harm, while the frightened woman took refuge in the house of 8 neighbor.
 MT. Sanford says that he will have the case tried in Poughkeepsie, and that he will fight it to the bitter end. Mrs. San ford has resigned as president of the In dian Rights association, with which soci- ety she has long been identified, and ,has gone to New York. They have a son at Williams college.
 Mir. Sanford said to reporter this morn ing:
 ''The principal trouble is all about money. My wife's fortune is all gone. She is the daughter of the late Chancellor Stuyvesant, of the Supreme Court, once United States Senator from New York, and once American Minister to England. When married her she had a fortune. Now she is poor. They think I have great fortune, but have nothing of the sort.
 "She always complained because I in sisted on keeping the windows of the house open. She also accuses me of being an habitual1 drunkard. I deny it. I drink my Dutch white wine when I want it, but l am not drunkard. I have never struck my wife.n
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-09
Flower Plantations in France.

Immense flour planta ations exist in al- most every department of the south of France, but the Riviera is especially devoted to this type of dainty agricul- ture. Grasse, Nice and Cannes and the neighboring villages provide the greater part of the perfumes of commerce. Each city has it's special product. Nice supplies violets and orange blossoms, as does also Cannes, and the latter place is also famous for its roses and tuberoses and jessamine Grasse sup plies large quantities of the last-named flowers. The quantity of orange blos- soms annually gathered on the Riviera amounts to the astonishing weight of 1,25O, 1000 pounds. After that one learns without surprise that the violet crop of Nice is 50,0oO pounds per annum.- Ladies' Home Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-09
OHRYSANThEMUMS.

With summer and sun behind you, With winter and shade before, You crowd in your regal splendor Through tho autumns s closing door. White as the snow that is coming, Red as the rose that is gone, Gold as the heart of the lilies. Pink aS tho flush of the dawn. Confident, winsome, stately, You throng in the wane of tho year, Trooping an army with banners When the leahess woods are sere. Sweet is your breath as of spices From Il far sea island blown, Chastc your robes as of vestals Trimming their lamps alone. Strong as your hearts, and sturdy The life that in root and stem Shoulders and glows till it sparkleS In each flowery diadem. Nothing of bloom and odor Have your peerless legions lost, Marching in fervid beauty To challenge the death white frost So to the eye of sorrow
 He bring q flicker of light; The cheek that was wan with illness Smiles at your faces bright The children laugh in greeting, And the dear old people say: Here are the sclfsame darlinCs We loved in our own young day" As, sumner and sun behind you, Winter and shade before, You crowd in your regal splendor Through the autumn'S closing door,
 -Harper's BaZar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-09
Wisdom from a Chnh.

A story is told of Harvard professor who entertained number of advanced students at his rooms with learned dissertation upon the exransion of heat and contraction of cold. lie gave numerous illustrations of an interest ing and convincing character aud his guests were evidently greatly in >truct- ed and pleased, while he app>arcd in the best of moods with his success. As he took his seat his little daughter, who was sitting in a corner with her Ioll, asked: Papa, if cold contracts, why did the frozen water break my glass last night?" The great scientist and tho clever students were alike dumfounded by the question. No an swer was attempted. Which was the greater teacher-the college professor or his little child?-Drake's Nigga zine.