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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-06-03
Something VIII Drop at Chicago.


1t may be the prices for board AMI
lodging, bat if 1t is not. then Chicago
herself will hear something drop that
win makea tremendous racket. Despite
the declaration that prices would not be
raised dsxorbitantly, despite the official as
suranoe Of General Davis in a magazine
article that Chicago had better sense than
Do kill the goose which lays the golden
egg, the cry already goes up that extor-
ton Ia the rule on all sides. One CORE
spondent declares that it cost him rs
cents oget a cup of tea; another writes
over his own signature that for 90 day
one can get only the commonest sort of
food and lodging
This looks as If Chicago has not the
compong sense the rest Of the country
has hitherto given her credit for. She is
in debt deeply. On the great influx of
visitors to her fair depends her ability to
get out. Thousands of her citizens will
be ruined financially, and the fair guar
antors will be saddled with debt that
viii bankrupt some of them if that show
is failure through the greed of board
ing house keepers. Has the prevailing
characteristic Of the millions of hogs an
nually slaughtered at Chicago perhaps
somehow entered into the spirit Of the
people Of that town. Their conduct
looks especially queer alongside the fact
that the railroads are making liberal re-
ductions In rates.
The stories that have already gone out
about the dizzy prices for accommoda-
: lions at Chicago viii, II uncontradicted.
prevent at least poo, 900 people from visit
ing the fair. They simply cannot and
viii not pay the prices quoted as being
,extorted from visitors. We are the peo-
pie. but we are not millionaires-
whose little admission fees and board bills
are to make that fair success. II the
spirit Of the favorite Chicago staple gets
IN the air 70 the ext1nt of making the
fair failure, Chicago will get name
for herself that win go laundering down
the eorridors.of time along with that Of
Shyiock and the fellow who would not
trust some of our soldiers for beef dur
ing the Revolutionary war. She will be
anathemstixed from one end of this re-
puhlip n tbs sotheS and her naneswill
hehcefofth have an evil smack in Europe.
till she could even wish the waters of
Lake Michigan were rolling over her un-
quiet bed.
Let Chicago look outl
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-06-03
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Miss Mary P. Mutt has given SAC, 900
b the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton of Nashua. N. H.
The French academy does not for one
igree to the suggestion that the name of
NJ. de Lesseps should be removed from
lhe roll of its members.
The late Captain Henry H. Lewis of
Baltimore bore strong facial and phys
lcal resemblance to George Washing
ton, whose great-grandnephew he was.
]. L. Purves. 9. c., is the leading
criminal lawyer of Australia. He is
laid to be as clever and ruthless as a
cross examiner as Sir Charles Russell
himself.
Cleveland is the eighth president who
has been elected to the office for a second
term. his predecessors in this distinction
having been Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, Jackson. Lincoln and
Grant.
Henry Munsen, who died in New
Haven recently. was the inventor of the
device universally employed for boring
bun OnAkOAo. LIZ ucSAOCtOo W phtcut -,
and thus let slip fortune that would
have made him millionaire.
Probably the finest kennel Of fox ter
riers in America is in Hampstead, N. Y.
and is owned by August Belmont, the
banker. Il contains some Of the finest
specimens In the world. Many of the
dogs have taken prizes from their Eng
lish relatives.
Tho finest service Of gold plate IN
Great Britain Is the property of the
Marquis Of Bresdalbane. He always
sends It over to the Station hotel at
Perth TO be used at the queens luncheon
party when her majesty Is On her way
10 her Scotch homo. e.3 ss
John Carroll Power, the aged GUS
todian Of the Lincoln monument in
Springfield, H., Is supported entirely by
the admission fec charged to visitors.
The custodian is man Of large frame
and carries his Age well. HIS dark hair
Is streaked with white. and his full
board 10 siavessd.. %a8
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-06-03

The idea of establishing state Sani-
tary day is making progress in Pennsyl-
vania. A special committee Of the state
board Of health have reported In favor
of setting apart the first Thursday of each
May as state Sanitary day. They do not
recommend, however, that It be made q
legal holiday, but that Its Observance be
simply impressed on the people Of the
state and its hours be spent In instruct
ing popular gatherings in the way to be
healthy. II this were done and the peo-
pie could bs induced to follow Of their
own accord such instruction. then the
state Of Pennsylvania would be the
heasshdest IN the Union. No epademics,
however dangerous, would affect her cit
izsns 10 any great extsnt.
Tho methods proposed for teaching
sanitary science to the people on tho
given day are described In The Public
Ledger as follows:
Tho means proposed TO accomplish this pur-
pose are that only one session shall be held In
the public schools, and that shall be devoted to
IN explanation TO the pupils of the meaning
ind intent Of hygiene; that the board Of health
shall prepare OF, have prepared popular PAM
phiets on hygienct 70 BE- distributed with the aid
Of the school children: that articles on the
lrogfezs Of sanitary scisncp shall be prepared
and sabrnittsd for publication In the news
papers; that cleSsymen shall be requested to
cali attention TO the observance of Sanitary
day; thAs athletic sports shall be organized in
tveRy community for the afternoon Of Sanitary
day, and that the state board Of health shall
promote the holding Of local mass meetings on
the evening Of that day, when representatives
Of the board Of health shall address The people
upon the sanitary needsof the locality, and the
people shall discuss and decide what sum Of
money the proper authorities should devote to
sanitary work for the ensuing year.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-06-03
TURF TOPICS.

Moubars, 2;l1R, II is claimed has never
inade break In any of his races on speed
trials and has never shown any inciina-
don TO break.
Guesses ON the price Sidney would
bring ranged all the way from 5000 to
k205. 900. The average guess was $75. 900.
He brought $4,000.
The three foals of the noted pacing
mare, Buffalo Girl. 1924, are pure gated
trotters. They were sired by jerome
Eddy and Red Wilkes. m
No foreign horses win be admitted to
The international races In France this
year but those having already taken part
In two public races previous to 1893.
There viii be twice ~ much money
hung MP In Canada this season for tho
krotters and PAGERS a. in any previous
year in tho history Of the Canadian turf.
White Cap is liable to take as fast .
mark this season a.. Flying Jib did last.
These two PAGERS have been quarter.
pitched double. in 29i seconds. and
half in 101&. -a ~ ...s.
Martha Wilkes, 20s, win try to trot
, record breaking mile ct Billings park,
White River Junction. Vt, over the
pioneer kite track Of New England ct
the spring meeting, June 81.
Dexter. 2:17i, Is still regarded by many
In old timer as the greatest trotter ever
koaled, and in one particular the white
legged son of Hambletonian and Clara
certainly was, as he Is the only trotter
that ever beat the worlds record over .
half mile track.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-06-03

Anxious Mother-Why don't you drive
that bad boy away from your Playground
Good Little Boy-It wouldn't be right
~ sWouldn't itf'
Nom. You see. that playground Ia
public property"
"Oh. 50 1t is."
'.Yes'fn. And 1t would be sort O. self
ish and dishonest to deprive any other
boy Of the right to go there"
$50 it would, my angel. I didn't think
Of that"
"Yes'm. And besides he can lick mo-
Good News.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-06-03

In n very Bad Way,

Mrs. Mort -Gage-My dear. the girls
want you to 90 to Europe this summer.
Husband-Impossiblei couldn't pay
passage for one Of you
Saratoga, then2"
"rm too poor"
well. some quiet. retired coun-
Exy"- 3N1l
I'm too poor"
Eve must get out of the city. It
isn't respectable to stay in"
Tam very sorry. Tsuppose might,
on q pinch, get you and the girls admit
ted for the summer 70 some rural poor
house, but the trouble is I'm too poor to
pay the car fare. New York Weekly.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-06-03
The most important thing 70 make


visit to the Worlds fair complete sue
cess is to study up things beforehand.
Make out programme before you come
Of how much and what you will do each
lay, allowing yourself plenty of time 70:
rest as you go along. Chicago Letter.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-06-03

Miss Mary P. Mutt has given $40, 1000
b the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton of Nashua, N. H.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-06-03

Monbars, 2;11s, It is claimed has never
made break In any Of his races on speed
trials and hns never shown any inclina-
hon 10 break. 1886
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21

To persons of artistic tastes one of the
rarest displays at the Worlds fair will
be the collection of laces from Italy. 1t
is twice told tale, how when sweet
Queen Margherita came to the throne
she was troubled sorely over the poverty
and distress she found among the peas
ant girls and women of Italy. On some
of her visits to them she found in a poor
hut an old fisher wife knitting lace. 1t
was of "a pattern for which Italy's> shops
had been famous centuries before Queen
Margherita undertook to restore the lost
industry and give paying employment to
the poor girls and women. She assem-
bled a number Of girls in little school
and had the old woman teach them lace
making. These in turn taught others,
and new patterns were devised. For years
gentle Margherita worked at her chosen
task with enthusiasm. The result has
equaled her expectation. The poor wom-
en- have paying work; Italy is becoming
again famous for her beautiful laces.
The collection sent by Queen Margherita
is the most valuable in the world. 1t in
cludes not only the priceless crown
laces, heirlooms and Queen Margherita's
own purchases, but also specimens of all
the varieties Of old Italian lace that can
be found To compare with the old will
be samples of all the kinds known to the
revived Italian lacemaking industry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21
Bound to Be Heard From.

Harlem has always been noted for the
bright youngsters who run around its
ozone laden precincts, and it now holds
one especially bright boy from whom all
New York may expect to hear in the next
dozen years. He lives on Lenox avenue
and has to amuse himself on its level
pavements velocipede, an express
wagon, a pair of roller skates, a big iron
hoop and pretty little sister.
Most boys would be satisfied to play
with one, or at most two, of these arti-
cles at time, but not this youngster.
He is q firm believer in the doctrine of
getting the greatest amount Of good out
Of the greatest number Of things in the
shortest amount of time, and this is the
way in which / saw him carrying out his
principles few days ago:
He strapped on his skates, hitched his
wagon to his velocipede, put his little
sister in the wagon, bestrode the veloci-
pede, started off with few strokes of his
skates, and while steering the machine
with one hand guided the hoop with the
other.
The other and less progressive boys OF
the neighborhood watched him with an
expression in which awe and envy were
nicely blended, and his parents came out
to brag about his ingenuity.
His little sister thinks there is no one
like "Bruvver JACK. New York Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21
There has been considerable talk latel,

There has been considerable talk lately
about whether men should give up their
seats in street car to women. In the
west there is no question, western gal
lantry never hesitating about what is
the proper thing to do. But in the older
states where there are so many women,
likewise so many men, it is asked why a
man should keep bobbing up and down
every minute he is aboard street car.
The best known rules Of street car Ell
quette dictate a middle course. A boy
should always surrender his seat to a
grown woman. It tends to check some
what that unwhipped savagery which is
rampant in the breast Of the average
male youth and to give him an idea of
polish and courtesy in his manner to-
ward ladies besides. A man should give
his place to old and feeble women and
women carrying babies or bundles, and
always to a washerwoman or scrub
woman going home from work. Out
side of these instances it is rather com
pliment to the healthy, wide awakewom-
an to know that man thinks she has
brain and muscle enough to stand few
blocks or miles, as the case may be.
Business women who go daily to their
tasks look on the matter in this light.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21
The Childs Glacier.

One of the great glaciers Of north
Greenland has been named after Mr..
George w. Childs by Professor Heilprin,
the leader of the Peary relief expedition.
While the members of that party were
engaged in their mission they spent some
time in large and beautiful bay, which
is called after Mr.. Sonteg, one Of DR..
Hayes party, who lost his life in that
neighborhood while on an exploring trip.
At the head of this bay are two large
and particularly handsome glaciers, one
empyting into the waters from the north
side and the other from the south.
The latter seemed to afford exception
al opportunities of testing much moot
ed question whether it is possible to
reach the great interior ice cap by means
Of. these frozen rivers with the usual i'm
pedimenta of arctic travellers, and Pro
lessor Heilprin decided to attempt the
work, which was carried out successful
ly, all the members of the party taking
part except two, one Of whom was laid
up through slight accident. This gla-
cier is the one on which the name of
George w. Childs has been bestowed
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21
We Only Know She Sailed Ava

The disappearance of the great White
Star twin screw freight steamer Naronic
will probably remain as the ocean mys-
terry of 1893. She is at last given up en-
tirely, and the insurance companies are
paying their policies on her cargo. Not
in years has large ocean steamer
dropped from human knowledge like
that-never before steamer SO powerful
and perfectly fitted to endure all wealth
ers, as was supposed. The Naronic was
one of the strongest steamers ever built.
She was Of steel, with three decks, and
two engines working independently, SO
that if one was disabled the other could
alone bring her into port. Passenger
steamers are not so stanch in build as
the Naronic was, for she was constructed
especially to bear great weight of
freight, and it was not necessary to sac
rifice any considerations of safety to
speed. She was fitted for the live stock
trade especially and carried 1850 head of
StSspASs 1lCoO ollO boOh oSlOoo uilc WdycI
to England, returning with load of
1000 tons of freight.
At the time she disappeared she was
on her way to this side with 70 men on
board. She could easily have held five
such vessels as those in which Columbus
and his men crossed the ocean, yet this
mighty ship has disappeared as utterly
as If she had been a phantom ship exist
Ing only in imagination. 1t is not likely
now that any trace of her will ever be
found beyond the two lifeboats floating
bottom upward, telling in that simple
fact story seldom equaled in tragedy
and pathos. Did the Naronic strike an
iceberg and go down? Did she founder
In the heavy waves? Did she come in
collision with another vessel, and did both
sink with all on hoard? When shall we
know2
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21
Double Stars.

1t seemed impossible for many years to
find the parailax of single star, an es-
sential element in determining its dis
lance and consequently its mass. Bessel
in 1888 found the parallax of 81 Cygni
and from it computed its distance to be
seven light years, or that it takes seven
years for its light to reach the earth.
This star, the nearest to the earth in
the northern heavens, is a small fifth
magnitude star in the Swan. Its compo.
nents, nearly equalin size, are of the fifth
and sixth magnitudes, shining With a
white light tinged with yellow. -
The components of many binary sys-
TENS are of different colors. Beta Signi,
a double star, displays the exquisite com.
bination of a topaz yellow and sapphire
blue.
Epsilon Lyra is quadruple star. II
is called a naked eye double, since the
eye just separates it into two compo.
nents. These can be again separated,
giving double double or quadruple star.
Sigma Orionis is a multiple star. Each
of its two principal components is triple
and its leading member can be again di
vided into two stars. These seven minute
telescope objects are suns of great size
and splendor and of every variety of col
or.-Youth's Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21
Chootaw Troubles.

The two political parties in the Choc-
taw nation, southeast corner of the In.
dian Territory, have shown their capac-
ity for the white mans statehood.
They prepared to fight for their respect
i've rights, as contending parties in some
Of the sovereign states Of the Union
have done. The treaty made In 1865,
however, between the United States on
the one hand and the Choctaws and
Chiokasaws on the other provides that
the United States shall protect the two
nations from internal disorder as we'll as
outside attacks. In pursuance Of the
right given by the treaty our govern
ment has sent regular soldiers to keel
the peace.
There are two political parties among
the Choctaws-the conservative, called
the National, and the Progressive. The
National party wants to draw the tribal
line sharply and discriminate against
negroes and outsiders of all kinds. Be,
tween red, white and black the Nation
ais decide in favor Of red and against
white and black in the matter Of priv
ileges of residence, citizenship and trad
ing. The Progressives, ON the other
hand, encourage generous policy Of
immigration and citizenship Their in
fluence has been so strong in the nationa
councils that some years ago citizens
rights were given to the negro mer
among the Choctaws.
Since 1890 the Progressives have beer
victorious at the polls. w. w. Jones ha.
been twice elected governor, but last
August the Nationals made a fight ovel
the counting of the votes. This is the
origin of the present trouble. The vote.
were counted again at the council of The
nation in October, and the office agair
was given to Governor Jones. In the
bitter quarrel Immediately following the
election in August four Progressive:
were assassinated by Nationals. Ever
since then there has been imminent dan
ger of a pitched battle until the United
States troops were sent to keep Tho
peace. Several Nationals were arrested
for the murder of the Jones men. 1
was in the attempt to arrest others tina
the battle took place at the house of Dicl
Locke, National. The arresting anC
attacking party was composed Of tn
Choctaw militia, called out by Governo,
Jones. Several were killed and wounded
on both sides. After that Dick Lock,
built fort and armed and provisionet
it and defied the whole Jones power.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21

Twas good deal surprised to read the
statement that at the new Waldorf hotel
Mr.. Astor, its owner, has inaugurated
the foreign fashion Of not compromising
the head porter, and of leaving him to
find his recompense In the fees he may
receive from the guests Of the establish
ment. 1t is only a short time ago that |
read that Mr.. Astor had endeavored to
break up the we'll established custom In
England of the payment of gratuities to
servants by tho guests whom he might
invite to his London mansion.
This custom has always seemed TO
Americans to be extremely obnoxious,
but it prevails abroad to most annoy
ing degree. do not refer to the tipping
in public places. inow speak Of the tips
that the guest at aprivate house is ex-
pected to pay literally to the servants of
the establishment, and it is an expensive
operation, as every one knows who has
been through 1t, But tipping In pri-
vate house and in hotel are two very
different things.-New York Mail aud
Express.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21
THE 'spoTTER" MUST GO.
Street Car Conductors Are Too Familiar
with His Ways to he Caught.

with His Ways to he Caught.
"The railroad spotter has about out
lived his usefulness and will soon have
to seek another occupation" was the re-
mark of Broadway street car conduct
or. Nearly all the spoilers in the city
are now known personally to all the con-
ductors. for the new men are introduced
to the conductors by means of secret
code of signals while they are being
broke in"
The system Of checking is also so we'll
understood that the moment new spot
ter commences he is himself spotted and
laughed at. The most popular method
is to read book and to turn over page
every time passenger enters car or
pays his fare.
Many Of the ladies who skim through
book carelessly as they ride on car
are spoilers, and some Of them are so
careless that they use the same book day
after day, never thinking that it must
be spotted and detected. Other spoilers
of both sexes use q row Of pins, and act
ing as though they were nervous trans
fer them from one part of their vest to
another, taking care to move one every
time passenger gets on. Taking notes
ON shirt wristbands is much simpler and
really attracts less attention, but 1t does
not possess the desired mysteriousness
and is seldom done.
A book could be written on the jokes
that are played ON sp5tters after they be-
come we'll known to the conductors. To
accost one Of these worthless personally
and ask if the register is all right Is an
act resorted to in retaliation for special
meanness, and the sting in this lies in
the fact that the spotter knows that dis
charge will follow if the company knows
he has been recognized. Another plan
is to purposely omit to ring up fares, but
to keep careful track of the number
taken The spotter takes note of the
omission and prepares report to the
superintendent. In the meantime the
conductor has rung up the fares, doing
so the moment the spotter got off, and
when the report is compared with the
trip sheets it is found that the mistake
has been made not by the man reported.
but by the man or woman making the
report.
But the conscientious spotter is not so
much to be feared. The spotter who
makes the lives of conductors miserable
is the one who guesses. Instead of keep
ing actual tab of the number of pas
sengers some spoilers will make an esti-
mate and actually base a report on it.
This is as ridiculous as unjust, for while
the trip cars are out the crowds are so
large that the conductor himself could
not make even an approximate guess as
to the number of fares taken. Still some
of the detectives in embryo will assume
the ability of doing this, and more than
one man has gone out into the world
with slur on his reputation for honesty
because of this combination of idleness
and conceit.-New York Telegram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-04-21
George Was Tired of Being AWAY,

Georges mother had company in the
parlor one evening when the nurse was
away. Mamma put him to bed and told
him to go to sleep like good boy. He
was very unwilling and was hardly per-
suaded even when she told him that he
would not be by himself, for God was
with him and would take care of him.
At last he consented, and she went down
stairs to her visitors. After an hours
pleasant chat she congratulated herself
that the baby was fast asleep, when what
should she see at the parlor door but her
little boy in his white nightgown, look
ing as If he had just stepped down from q
picture and saying pathetically. "Mam-
ma, dear, you tum up and tay wifi bod
awhile and let me tum in here. New
York Tribune.