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The morning call., 1892-08-28
A CHICAGO MANS TRICK
1t Was n Sell = Millionaire Who
Cheerfully Paid for 1t.
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Chicago millionaire who had been ex-
erc!sing his team OF bays on Michigan
boulevard yesterday morning was on his
way back to his downtown Office He was
compelled to wait at Fortieth street few
minutes on account Of Lake Shore pas
senger train that blocked the highway. A
plainly dressed but business-like man who
had been standing on the sidewalk came
out to the middle of the road, examined the
horses with somewhat critical eve and
said. respectfully:
''I beg your pardon. sir but NAV I ash,
IL this team and buggy are for sale ?"
81 have not thought of selling the outfit {"
answered the man in the buggy with an
amused smile. but l might perhaps. If
anybody shoud offer me enough money"
MAY l ask your price for the horses.
harness and buggy, just as they are ?"
Cash down ?"
Certainly"
$4,000"
The man examined the horses critically
again.
"Pll take them at that figure" he said
"but ] shall have TO 20 to the First
National Bank 10 get the money"
Az right Climb In. 1 am going in
that direction"
The train had pulled out by this time
ana the next moment the team was fiying
down the boulevard at its best gait. as If
bent on showing that 1t was a rare bargain
even at 5000.
On arriving q { the bank less than half an
hour later the business-like man got ont Of
the buggy, went inside the building and
came out again in about fifteen seconds
am sorry 20 say" hs observed with
much chagrin, THAT the cashier saws T
haven't a cent IN this bank"
Haven't you a cent in any other bank ."
No. str / am obliged to confess that
the only hope had of getting the MONEY
was here. That has failed me. | had set
my heart on those horses, but shall have
TO give them up. | am grateful to you. sir.
Ior having brought me into the civ and
peg your pardon for the trouble and delay
1 have caused you. Good morn-"
Hold on! exclaimed the millionaire.
Did you put up this little job on me to
save car fare downtown ?'
hope you win not think ton hard ~
me for confessing that / did. but
hen yon have saved five cents by the
transaction" ?" - '"o
Yes. SIR. That Is what it would hive
cost me- II l had Ii, to come In on the .ele.
vated-" ''' CIV
Yes. | see. You have not really heat
me out OF any money. my friend, but Won
nave como out ahead OF me, and you're the
nrst man that has done that in ffteen
years, even TO the tune of five cents Hare
is % gold piece for you, and il Won will
hunt Potter Palmer up some day when he's
out driving and work this little gams on
him. I'll give you S20.''
lie tossed the coin out on the Sidewalk,
gave his bays light touch with the whip
ana ms buggy was soon lost to sight In The
throhg OF vehicles going north on Dearborn,
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John Dougherty. fireman on the "shifter"
at Thomas, did quite heroic act last week
A little girl was on her way to school, and
on the road was compelled TO cross over the
creek by means of foot log. The water was
high. and as she was about half way she fell
into the water. Dougherty's engine was
near the bridge at the time, and, seeing the
little girl sink beneath the waves, he
bounded into the water, and. after battling
quite while with the current, succeeded in
landing her ON shore ana restoring her TO
her parents. The act was commented on
to considerable extent at Thomas. the
young man receiving the praise that was
ipsfiu his
The morning call., 1892-08-28
HYENAS AS EDWARDS.
They Are Thought to Be Mean Spirited,
but Are Not Always so.


They Are Thought to Be Mean Spirited,
but Are Not Always
London Field
Hyenas are noted as great towards, but
have come across few exceptions. When
about sixty miles from Berbera. on nv re-
turn journey. ! camped close to a Somali
zareba. Soon the head men came in and
asked ina to shoot pack of six hyenas. as
they had killed great number of sheen ana
goats. That morning they had killed two
sheep, and the same night Jumped into the
Zareba and carried of sheep and badly hit
ayOuDg COW.
Next morning saw two Somali men rnn-
mug after hyena with spears, but he only
Kept about 100 yards in front and as soon a :
they stopped he did the same and had a
looK at them. and on their returning he
quietly walked on. 80
Il was ousy with a koodoo head at the
tlme' so did not 60 after him, but evidently
ne wanted TO see what was doing and so
came toward me. Whom about 100 wards Oft
pus bullet through his shoulders
90 much for number l." He knew how
lar Somalt could throw spear. bpt NOT
now lar rifle would carry.
Next day at noon we heard n greas shout
Ing ABOUT mile off. After while I made
out that lion had killed one of nv canals
took the 80 express ana started off On
arriving On the scene found II was not a
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place, and he determined to take his small
daughter with him wherever he went. AL
most from babyhood she became her
fathers constant companion, and was IA
miliar with mining and camp life She
learned 10 ride almost as soon as sh Q could
walk. Once. when little girl, she shot an
Indian dead who bad his tomahawk up
lifted over the head Of white woman.
Concerning the cart, Miss Westover says
that the idea first occurred 10 her about 10
years ago. She was at the mouth OF q m ne
in Colorado, now the deepest silver mine In
the country. watching the horses pun up
the carts through the tunnels. One of the
horses broke down and died under heavy
load, and Miss WestOver then and there be-
gan thinking OF some better plan for the
removal Of the ore, simply for lhe purpose
OF relieving the sufferings Of the horses
The carts were formerly run without even
tae aid of rails. The use of rails gave Miss
WestoyeT the idea Of u mechanical eontriy-
ance which should Go away with all need
OF horse. She did not complete her idea
until long after she came East. 1t is now
an old story with her. She says that she
had almost forgotten about il, and was re-
minded by the French notice and the news
DapeT Items.
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was then in which the first church was
erected, far around nothing but land, here
and there little house, this being all. The
lots were cOTTeSpOndlngly cheap. four of
them, lO0xlO0, costing bat $500. The
growth OF the congregation was quick, so
that In tie year 1890 they had to tear down
their buildings and erect the present beauti-
ful stone edlfice. 50XS0.
St PauPs congregation has had but three
regular minister's viz: Dr. f. " Geissan-
hainer its founder, from 1871 to 1879; Rev.
j. r. {. HennCke, from June TO November.
1879. having been during the previous five
years Dr. Geissenh aineT's assistant, and the
present pastor. August Leo Richard Koenig,
from the 4ih day of April, 1880.
Rev. Leo koenig was born al Frankfurt-on-
the-OdeT In Germany, and received there his
early education. graduating in 1862 from the
Old Froderlcks College, or. as they call IL in
Frankfurt. the FrIedriche Gymnasium.
Thea he studied law at the Prussian unver-
sites of Halle on the Saale and Berlin. and.
later, theology at the University of Erlan-
gen IN Bavaria. Having been ordained A
minister Of Christ by the Evangelical
Lutheran Ministerium of the State Of
New York in the year 1872 he served
his hrsi congregation at Yonkers,
\. y, where be built the nice little German
Lutheran ST. Johns Church. In the wear
1877 he was called to the Evangelical Luth
eran 81. johns congregation at Syracuse.
\. Y. whence be finally came to New York
city. Pastor k0enig has flied many i'm
portant Offices In his synod, ana written
many articles for religious papers, but his
greatest aim aud honor is to preach the
old Gospel Of crucified and risen
Savior, pure and undefiied, according
TO the Seriptural doctrine of the Evan.
gelical Lutheran church. lie breaches
mostly in German, but when need be. also
IN the English language Under his pastor
ate ST. PauPs Church has been freed from
llde0ts. and has undertaken many improve
ments. He is O naturalized American cIti
The morning call., 1892-08-28
Man Was Wade TO Mourn

Perhaps, and perhaps not. However that may bs
he has no excuse for his misery IL it Is prodnee n
so long as he negieets to reinforce his
enfeeoied nerves through the medium of improved
digestion lie can secure this by the regular use OF
hosts'ters Stomach Bitters, a grateful tonic ana
uahqniizer' 1t should never be forgotten that the
orain-which is the headquarters of tho nervous
system-and the stomach bear the closest relations
one 60 the other and that debility under the waist
band producesacorrelatve disturbance In the organ
of thought Give. however, a quictus to nervous
ness and headaches by reform begun At the foun.
tain head by the BIZ lers Take IT, also, for mala-
rial, bilious and kidney trouble, rheumatism and
the infrmisies OF age Taken before meais IL I'M
carts relish for the food. IS
The morning call., 1892-08-28
A LUTHERAN PREACHER.
The Popular Pastor of st. Paups Con-
Ersgation in New York.
New YORK Herald


New YORK Herald.
In passing Fifteenth street on the Sixth
avenue elevated cars the valuable church
property on the southeast corner has often
attracted attention and excited the question,
what denomination does it belong to and
what work is it d DING for the city q?
1t is ST. PauPs Evangelical Lutheran
Church, under the charge of the Rev. Dr.
Leo koenig.
The growth of the Lutheran church in
this country has outstripped in the rapidity
OF It's seeessions all other denominations in
the last 10 years.
That denomination boasts, through minis
tering principally among a German popula-
ton, that peace reigns within all its borders
and that higher critic is not found among
them. In this IL differs widely from the
church in the FatherlaRd.
St Pauls congregation was organized in
1871, and the cornerstone of its first build
ing, which was a wooden one, was laid on
October II, 1912, so that. Dec vOlente, the
congregation will celebrate Its fiftieth ami
versary October next A lonely locality it
The morning call., 1892-08-28
The Extremes of Good Form.

The attorn ey-Mr. Poppeleigh. l am de-
sired TO acquaint you with the fact that an
obscure but wealthy relative has just settled
upon you a handsome allowance Please
put yourself in communication With him at
once.
Young Mr.. Poppelelgh-Bless me.
but how can l do that? I've never ever
been introduced to the man. dontcher
know?
The morning call., 1892-08-28

cts are here This young woman has
them. Moreover, she has on a coat # the
new style among fall coats. And there are
pockets everywhere. There is breast
pocket on the left side and a small pocket
Just below the waist line, and on the skirt
Of the coat there is another pocket. All
these are not new. But what is on the
other side is. There are side-p0ekets
turned oaekward-there are two of them
each large enough TO hold tYO-pOund box
of candy
The morning call., 1892-08-28
AN EVENING GOWN.
Boston Globe.

The empire tendency has developed fur
thest In evening gowns, as is well illustrated
by an exquisite dress. This dress is in one
piece, hanging from the shoulders, and is
confined elegantly TO the figure by wide
sash wound about the bust. 1t is Of satin
with cream ground TeSeda and pink tiow-
cred. The sleeves are Of reseda velvet and the
The morning call., 1892-08-28
A STRIKING COSTUME.
Boston Globe.

White enters into the composition of the
most striking gowns. One worth describing
has a skirt Of electric-blue wool, with full
blouse OF white silk crossed by large bars of
blue lines.
The dress is completed by a hooded cape
Of wool. lined with silk, and a small mixed
straw sailor hat, trimmed with a twist of
The morning call., 1892-08-28
LONG SKIRTS FOR CHILDREN.
New YORK World.

Little Miss Muffet, il she were a we'll
dressed child. would have to-day some
slight difficulty in making her escape from
her enemy. the spider. Her gown would
be too long to allow OF much free notion
But what else could be expected in Miss
Muffet's dresses when Mamma Muffets
The morning call., 1892-08-28
A PRETTY WINDOW,
A Suggestion for These Wishing to I'm
prove 1he r Homes.
New York Press

The expense of putting in bay-wlndow
is considerable after house is once built.
Here is suggestion for obtaining more
light and air besides beauty for room if one
The morning call., 1892-08-28
A PLACE FOR A DESK.
St Louis Post. Dispatch.

St. Louis Post Dispatch
The young woman who has a good deal
of writing to do, but who wants to keep
thoroughly posted as 20 outside events while
she is doing ii. will find valuable sugges-
tion in the accompanying cut. BY arraug-
ing her desk in the window after this
The morning call., 1892-08-28

silk. The style Of this dress was very
great. though much was due to the manner
IN which Il was worn. Stunning blOuses
are made of pompadour evening silks of
white ground, strewn with flowers. These
are worn on the promenade with wool
skirts, and are very stylish. There goes
with them usually 4 sailor hat, trimmed
with twist and side knot of silk.
The morning call., 1892-08-28
POCKETS IN HER COAT.
Chicago Herald.

Chicago Herald.
Womsn-poor creature has been for so
many centuries deprived of pockets and
obliged to stow her personal belongings in
her mind that this part of her hasn't had the
least show in projecting large and mag
The morning call., 1892-08-28

cannot afford to have a bay-wind6w put in.
The double window Is copied exactly from
one in big stone studio built on the
grounds OF an artists country home figure
II. The little windows above open out
horizontally, the lower ones swing outward
like the Old-fashioned lattiees.. A broad
windOw-seat holds whatever one may wish
the center into a sort OF table for books. etc.
A thin scarf curtain draped lengthwIse
over the top of the window relieves the
gOuaranaSs
The morning call., 1892-08-28

gowns trail over the sidewalk7 At anv
rate, the little girl has the advantage Of
looking strikingly picturesque.
A quaint frcck, which reaches to the
ankles OF its youthful wearer, is shown
here. Ia the original it was made of silk,
and the skirt stood out stiffly. and the big
sleeves kept their puffed appearance from
the heavy quality Of the material. The
gathered skirt was sewed on to a full
bodice, which had a square yoke of softly
gathered silk. A narrow frill trimmed the
short puffed sleeves. This style would be
equally we'll adapted TO such materials as
piQue, Bedford cord and the like.
The morning call., 1892-08-28

standing had stood apart and suffered In
silence and in pride.
They looked at each other silently and
long. The eyes cannot lie, and soul spoke
out to soul OF sorrows and WEAKNESS ard
rem0rse.
There was no need of words. Not then
as the tears rushed hot and swift to her
eyes. Not then. as that great light OF love
and welcome leaped Into his own Not
then for she was in his arms and held to his
throbbing heart ere ever her trembling lips
could sigh Forgive"
1.-The beauty has never been the same
since Mephlsto took her up" said society.
But 'the beauty, carrying herself brayely
through the ordeal before her, cared little
for what the world said. She only felt that.
since her hero owed his recovered happi-
ness to her, she was repaid.-Temple Bar.
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lar. far better"
She said nothing. She was strung up to
the utmost pitch of endurance. Not no
ticing her silence. he began his story.
The story was nothing very uncommon
had she known more of life. Like most un-
equal marriages, there had been much to
cOndone on both sides. He had loved this
girl very passionately-yeTy nDbly-tnink
ing naught Of sacrifice on his part. But
though she loved him with equal tender
ness, she had been jealous, exaeting, sus-
picions from the first. His friends ignored
her-his world would have none Of her, and
she laid the blame OH him.
Quite suddenly she left the shelter of his
roof, declaring she would go back to her old
life Of the Stage, the life he so disliked and
despised. He had written to his lawyers
bidding them make her an allowance, and
then without farewell they parted. and he
| returned to India full of rage and indigna-
tion at her conduct.
He had never seen or heard of her till in
the Mrs. Vivian of the concert-room he rec
ognized his wife.
Ii he had deemed the old. wild. I'm pas
stoned love dead and bygone thing he fully
realized his mistake when that fair face met
his gaze once more, when the passionate ca
dence of that voice thrilled to his soul, wax
ening the old rapture with the sharpness of
a new regret.
The world that knew him, the world to
whom he was only 'Mephisto." would have
laughed 10 scorn the idea of his holding one
tender or faithful memory Of womanheod ;
but the world knows few, IL any. OF US as
we really are.
Cora listened to the whole story without
word or sign.
''And you-love-her still" she asked
family, as his voice ceased.
81 do; God help me!''
why do you not go 10 herp Tell her"
You forget" he said proudly. ''She
eft-me."
"But if she. too. suffered-if she loved
yon-if she was longing to forget the
past"
DO not madden me by such fancles,
childl All Is over for US two"
sudden flush crossed the girlish face.
"Ab," she said, softly. and rose from her
seat and faced him there in the sumner
dusk, "how little you know of-women.
You may be too proud to go to her,
bnt-she-she who has suffered so-who
has so much to forgive-she will come to
you"
Cora"
"Hush." she said "If have done
a rash thing, foolish thing-forgive
me. But you said you were unhappy,
that no one could help yOu-and L have
tried"
/ my chlId-my darling"
But she was gone.
The door softly opened-a woman's voice
mnrmured brokenly, 'tStewartY'
They stood and faced each other. The
woman whom Cora's letter had summoned
TO the man who had been the hero OF her
dreams-the husband aud wife who for
long years OF estrangement and misunder-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-16
FIRING TORPEDOES.

How These Engines of Attack Arc Man
ipulatcd in tho Navy.
Every body is more or less familiar
with the torpedo boat, states the New
York Herald. These small craft will
be restricted in their operations to har-
Dor defense. 1t has been shown that
they arc of little use ut sea, bad wealth
er rendering them unmanageablc and
cXhausting their crews.
TO utilize the torpedo more fully,
therefore, larger vessels called torpedo
cruisers" have been built during the
past few years. Two of these ships
the Admirantc Lynch and the Admi-
rantc Condcll--recently rendered i'm
portant service to the Balmaccda gov
ernment by sinking the Blanco Enca-
lada, the most formidable ship of the
congressional party. The cruisers are
24O feet long, 81 feet beam, ii feet cX-
IRENE draught of water, with dis
placement of $50 tons-a little smaller
than the Vcsuvius.
Each of these craft has five discharg-
ing tubes-one in the bow and two on
each side. In such ship tube is fire.
quently placed in the stern also. There
is torpedo room for each tube, where
the torpedoes are slowed in rings Sc
cured to the sides of the ship. They
are swung into position for entering
the tubes by means of tackles, overhead
railways and travelling cranes. The de-
tachable head of the torpedo contain
ing the charge of explosive is kept in u
separate magazine we'll below tho
water line for safety. After the tor
pedo is swung into position ready for
entering in the tube the head may be
sent up and attached and the torpedo is
then pushed into the tube by rammer
worked by steam or hydraulic power.
The door of the tube is then closed and
the torpedo is ready for firing.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-16
PREHISTORIC LIFE.

Remarkable Scientific Riches In tho Fos-
sils of This Country.
The phosphate deposits of this coun-
try, in addition to their immense com
nercial value, form wonderfully rich
field for the investigation of the scien-
tist Their formation, says the Chicago
journal, undou btcdly extended through
many ages. Fossils from the age of
reptiles to the age of man are found
imbedded within them, and the history
of the intervening periods is written
in their strata as in book. The great
bulk of these deposits were formed of
the excrement of prehistoric animals
and large quantities of the remains
of the animals themselves are constant
~ brought up by the miners.
The greater number of these animals
belong to species now extinct. Remains
of land animals of every kind are found
in abundance. Among the most re-
marlsnble of the evidences of the size of
prehistoric animals which theee deposits
afford arc the remains of sharks, which
appear to have been particularly numer-
ous These are not the ordinary sharks
of to-day but fishes of enormous length.
thirty-foot shark of the present time
has 4 tooth half an inch long, but in
these deposits thousands upon thousands
OF sharks teeth are found which are
over six inches in length.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-16
a SUPERSTITION VERIFIED.
Even Swine VIII Not Eat Apples from a
Graveyard Trec.

Even Swine VIII Not Eat Apples from =
Graveyard Trec.
The yield of an apple tree in the ST.
Georges cemetery verifes the supersti-
ton that all things grown in grave
yard are unfit to eat, says the Middle
town tDcl.) Transcript. The fruit has
IL graveyard taste-so much so that
swine will not touch it. When Benja-
min Raymond, IL civil engineer on the
Delaware & Chesapeake canal, was
buried in September, 1924, one of his
fellow-craftsmen stuck an apple tree
switch in the ground alongside of the
grave. large and apparently healthy
tree now marks the spot, the white
fruit of which temptingly natures in
August of each year. The yield falls
to the ground, and the only persons
known to have even sparingly eaten of
it arc domestic cowboys" whose
sense of taste is not as acutely developed
us that of the average human being.
When placed on the stove hearth to
roast, this peculiar fruit SINNERS down
to oil and enits an odor strongly sug-
gestive of u graveyard Some time ago
near by, saw the fine-loolling apples on
the ground and asked if she could give
some of them to her hogs. William FL.
Russum, the cemetery keeper, told her
to help herself, and Mahala spent an
afternoon in gathering four bushels
and carrying them to her home. To
her surprise, however, the swine not
only refused to eat the fruit, but
ran away from it. The disappointed
woman tried in vain to make the hun
CRY animals cat the burying ground
yield, and the next day asked the donor
if he had put spell on them apples"
1t is believed that the roots of the tree
have become impregnated with dele
tcrious matter, and to eat any quantity
OF the apples would cause sickness, if
not death
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-16
Rapid TelegrapI,ine.


In illustration of the time occupied in
sending a telegram to and receiving an
swer from distant points, a somewhat
curious and interesting statement is
given in an account of the celebration
at the opening of a new telegraph Office
in San Francisco recently, at which a
large company of telegraphcrs was as
semblcd. After showing the instru-
ments, the superintendent said that he
had often been asked how long it took
to telegraph to different places and get
q reply, and he proposed to answer the
question then by actual demonstration.
lie thcreupOn wired an inquiry rs to
the weather to Portland, New York.
Washington, Seattle. Tacoma, Canso.
N. S., and London The first reply
came from Portland in minutes:
Weather fine;" the next from New
York in minutes 10 seconds: misty
and warm;" Washington in 8 minutes
II seconds: misty and warm" Seattle
in minutes 81 seconds: Misty and
calm;" Tacoma in 3 minutes % Sec
onds: Misty, cool and calm;" Canso,
n. S., in minutes and 90 seconds:
Gold and misty" and the reply: misty
and cold" came from far off London In
minutes ~ seconds.