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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-21
CALIFORNIA AHEAD OF FRANCE.

Clover Leaf California Wines are lust Is eooo =
half price. All grocers Depot: lSso Dsooe:sss
Wholesale Depot, 81 Huds0n-st.. New-fosk -
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20

she got married." "WeIl. that was all right
"Fo' suah boss, but she dun marry de udder
niggah while de fust wus lookin' fo de pahsun' -
The deputy escorted Mr.. Joseph Perra and
Major L. Primm to our office Saturday and
introduced them to the boys. The gallant Major
came to live here fifty-fve years ago but moved
later to Clinton, Iowa, where he now resides. Mr..
Perra on the other hand has put in nearly fifty
years of continuous residence in this neighbor-
hood. The rugged healthy look of these old
timers would indicate that fighting with the will
derness and the savage was not such bad lot
after all for they both looked fit for consider
able ammOunt of fight yet.
The cyclone of Friday was in full view from
the printing office window. 1t rested for a few
minutes on the Wisconsin bluff where it digested
the lumber yard and other trifles it picked up ia
Minnesota. 1--WE Us and Co." were busy pulling
one MIRROR to pieces and putting up the frame
work of another so we failed to see the polite
though erratic stranger, and get our information
from Asst. Deputy GlennOn and Capt. Alexander
who had fine view of the devourng monster.
From all accounts the funnel seems to have
been of enormous length and not always resting
its business end on the ground.
The cyclone brought out some strange rem
iniscences from the boys. One told of having
been out driving when caught; the cyclone took
the horse and buggy but left him and his best girl
sitting on the lap robe. Another remembered
how thirsty cyclone had drank all the water
out of a deep we'll but left new tin dipper hang
ing on the wndlaSs. Another told how an old
darkey was walking home from town with bottle
of whisky in his coat tail pocket and an old hen
in his hand when the cyclone struck him; it
plucked the hen clean, drew all the whisky out of
the bottle and put the cork back. Our local cy-
clone however furnished a climax to these. 1t is
reported that it took a watermelon out of one
house, cut it neatly in two, carried it across the
street to another house, put one half on the table
laid ready for supper and the other half safely in
the ice box. We concluded we'd had enough cy-
clone yarns.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20
The Love That Lasts.

In an old history of Sussex county in England
strange incident is recorded, which, it is sup
posed, suggested to TennysOn his poem of
RiZaph," says the Chicago NelUs.
In 1892 two men, Howell and Rock, robbed a
mail-coach on lonely road near the village of
ShOreham.
Howell was an old and hardened william, but
Willy Rock was simple lad of weak intellect,
whom the rogue used as tool.
His old mother appealed for mercy for him,
but in vain. Both men were convicted and exc
cuted, and according to the savage habit of the
time Willy Rocks body was hung from the glib
bet in chains ever the spot where the crime had
been committed.
Every night for years his mother came to this
place, sitting in the storm and darkness beneath
the skeleton which swung to and fro in the wind.
When at last it separated and slowly fell, she
gathered the bones of her son, one by one, and
when she had them ALL secretly buried them in
cOnsecrated ground where her own could lie be-
side them.
The warden of one of our state pententiares
where criminals are confined for a long
term of years and often for lfe was asked if they
were as a rule visited regularly by their friends.
NO. was the reply, "they are usually
men who have been a ScOurage and disgrace to
their families. 1t is a relief to be rid of them.
Their wives and even their children make
one or two perfunctOry visits at first and then
give them up. In the course of a year or two,
as rule, they are as forgotten as if they were in
their collins, except by their mothers.
"Their mothers always come and keep COM
ing and trying to influence me in their behalf.
No matter how black-dyed in crime a ruffian
may be, his mother will know some good point
to tell me of him. She never wholly loses faith
in him. st. Paul NelUs.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20
Teeth of the Beaver.

AS in every "gnawer,' the beavers
skull is armed with two long chisel-like
teeth in each jaw. These teeth are ex-
ceedingly powerful, and are to beaver
what an ak is to a wOOdSman. One
such tooth taken from the lower jaw of
a medium seized skull they can be re-
moved without difficulty. unlike the
most of Ours) is bent into nearly semi
circle, and measures five inches along
it's outer curve. Only one inch of this
length projects from the skull. The
corresponding one from the upper jaw
is bent into more than a complete half
circle, and measures UPON it's outer face
four inches, of which less than an inch
prOtrudeS from its bone casing. In
width each tooth is five-eights of an inch.
Examination of one of them reveals
the secret of how beaver can perform
such feats as chopping down birch
tree sixteen inches in diameter not to
wood, of much greater size. The tooth
is composed of two materials. Along
the outer face or front of the tooth, is
a substance called dentine. The den
tine being softer, wears away with use;
the thin enamel remains comparatively
unwOrn, so that the tooth assumes the
shape of keen chisel that never grows
dull. The tooth is hollow at the base
for half it's length, and is filled with
DOurishing substance which keeps it
constantly growing. Thus, not only is
the natural wearing away provided
against, but certain amount of wear
becomes an actual necessity. With
such Instruments, the beaver is admira-
bly, fitted for obtaining it's natual food,
the bark of shrubs and trees.-St. Me-
hOIaS.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20

London Hospital speaking of the lives
of living centenarians says: GAS one
reads of the habits and life of these men
and women who attained to the age of
100 years and more one is struck by the
fact that they were almost invariably
lean people, of spare habit, and of great
moderation in eating and drinking Of
thirty-seven three took no animal food,
four took very little, twenty little, ten
moderate amount, and only one &C.
knowledged taking much meat. With
regard to alcohol the returns are much
the same, and abstemiousness is found
to be the rule of life of these centenari-
ans"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20
Two Great Composers.

Beethoven, during the summer, was
fond of writing in the fields, in beer
gardens and other places of public re-
sort. When composing at home he
would howl and groan in so dismal a
manner that the neighbOrs complained,
and he was frequently compelled, on
that account to change his lodgings.
ROssini could compose at any time
and in any place. Once during his
younger and poorer days he was writ
ing in bed on cold day, having no fire.
He dropped a sheet of the quartet he
was writing, it fell beyond his reach
under the bed, and, rather than get up,
he wrote another part of the compost
ton.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20
Strike At The Root.

have read that in the tropics there
grows tree whose wide-spreading
branches tempts the weary traveller to
seek rest beneath their shade. When
the traveller stretches himself beneath
these deceitful branches, the poisonous
vapor they exhale causes gentle
drowsiness to steal over him. Soon he
falls into sleep that has no end. There
is a more dangerous tree than this one
the tree of crime whose roots are i'm
bedded in poverty and vice, and whose
far reaching branches are heavy with
tempting fruit. Where shall we seek
for the roots of this tree of crime, that
we may destroy them and so end the
trees poisonous existence? Seek not in
the mansions that front the fashionable
boulevards, you will not find them
there. Go to the crowded quarters of
the poor, where vice and iniquity run
rampant and where the very air is talnt-
ed with the pestiIence of crime. You
of philanthrOpic mind, if you wish to
know why mankind is so degenerated,
visit the slums of any large city. See
the thin, half-clad children making a
mOckery of childish sports in the gutter.
Note how Indifferent they are to the
scenes of debauchery that make the
alley an inferno. These children should
be at school you say. Climb the stair
of the tenement in front of which they
are playing and you will see why they
are not. You will not find the father
at home. he is either at work or in some
saloon spending his earnings; perhaps
they have no father. That half-starved
washer woman you see bending over
the tub in small room cannot earn
enough to feed herself and children, let
alone to send them decently clad to a
school. There are SeamStreSSeS in this
tenement who are compelled to slave
from daylight till dark for a tyrant
master and whose daily earnings would
not purchase one of the fragrant cigars
their master smokes. There are scrub
women and others who squeeze out an
existence by working at this or that
There are also some who have been
driven by poverty to drink and shame.
Do you wonder why the children of
these working women become GRIMM
ais? 1t is because the time of the moth
er is taken up in battling with starva
ton that their children run wild in the
SGIcotS learning lie ITSC lcSSOIlS vi
crime? The mother has no time to care
for them and the father is usually in
different Who then will earn for them
Let the government which is the pa
ternal head of all that live beneath its
sway take these desolate children un
der its protecting wing and bring them
up in such manner as to make them
faithful to their protector and "serve
RI CinQW: thoir fOCtQr n2rQnt in times
of danger. c.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20

The greatest depth of the ocean so
far as sounded is 25,72O feet.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-07-21
wORLO OF SPORTS.

OF the champion B'stons of 1888.
sam Wise, Paul RadfOrd and Joe Horn
unG are the only ones PLAYING ball
Hines and Hackett. the catchers. coca
slonally play with amateur teams in
New England. Jim Whitney is dead
Charley Rutlintnu is at his home in Fall
River, John Morrill, keeps Il sporting
goods store in Boston. John RurdoCk
tlves in Brooklyn. Era Sutton is a New
\ urk farmer and Smith. the center
fielder, is practIcinE law somew here out
est.
The ErOoklyus are having their share
Of hard luck. With Stems effective
Ness gone. HaddnCk of little account
and Luvett's ankle badly wrenchei
yesterday. the pitching department L.
in a had way. Kennedy has lost a child
and this will also b., n set back.
Dave Fuutz has lsrd off Danny
Richards n without paw. The second
haSemtu has hrn Ot little use to the
Rr0nklyuS this year. and As the lankN
manager did not think Danny was
doing his level best Ia Set right ne CON
cluded to stop his salary until he reports
in good condition.
1t has been IF, tfer's misfortune to get
spiked several times lately. but he con,
unueS 10 play ball and good ball at that
Manager Selee says the fewer pitchers
a club has the more effective thew are
likely to he. He doesn't believe in
carrying more than four.
Tony Mullaue had to give up part Of
his salary before he left Cincinnati. An
attorney for his wife called on the Baltl-
more club and secured a written agree
ment from the management to pay a
portion Of MullaneS salary as alimony.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-07-21
CONNECTICUT INDUSTRIES.
Weekly Record of Business in . Yer
Busy State.

Busy State.
The summary of the Weekly Record
for the current week is as follows:
Real estate sales-New Haven 20,
Bridgeport -. Hartford II, Waterbury
20. Merlden ), New Britain 3, Middle
town !. Norwich 9. New London :.
Daubury ., Norwslk II. Ansonia s.
RAal estate mortgages Haven
$50 Sa3, Bridgeport $+0,152, Hartford
$50 ~. Waterbury $l6,S75. Meriden
>24t $50. New Britain $Sl.75O. Middle
town s. 900. Norwich S. $50. New Lon
ION St $50, Danbury $l2,l50, Norwalk
ST., $50, Ansonia $500.
The total number OF sales this week is
l&5, AS compared with lis for the pre-
cedInG week and l24 for the correspond
ing week last year. The total of re-
corded mortgages is $+59. 045, against
>266.+ the preceding week and $277,-
o96 for the corresponding week last
year.
For the corresponding week last year
New Haven reported 81 sales, Bridge
port 70, Hartford II, Waterbury II,
Neriden 1. New Britain +, Mlddletown
:, Norwich ;. New London &, Dsnbury
i. Norwalk :, Ansonis /. Derby /,
shelton l.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-07-21
RUINED BY FALSE PROMISES.
The Same Old Story OF Mans DuplIcIt,
and woman's FrAilty.

the Same Ola story Mans DupltCtty
and Woman's FrAilty.
Before Judge Root to-day William 4 .
Lancaster was charged with the seduc-
ton Of Elizabeth McQuiIliau. Lam
'aster has been employed as barber by
John 7. Drescher on Grand street. He
Is - years of age and lived on Meadow
street. He was arrested yesterday by
Detective Egan.
The story as told this morning was a
sad one. The girl, who is only eighteen
wears Of age, is petite. bright looking
brunette. She came to Waterbury
from New York state last November
and boarded with her sister, Mrs Otto
Handle at 265 South Main street. The
'.'st Of feeling has not existed bet %een
Haude and Lancaster for year.
Through Mrs Haude the girl was made
acquainted with Lancaster. At once
the acquaintance ripened into friend
ship ana they were considered lovers by
everyone who knew them. Last Janu-
'ry the girl visited her home at Cold
Springs. n. y, and q correspondence
= aS kept up between her and Lancaster.
VIII, n she returned in May her brother
IN law told her she must cease her at
tentions to Lancaster or quit the house.
She roomed for time on Grand street
With younger sister, afterwards going
to live in another part Of the block, 265
South Main street.
One Sunday evening in May the girl
and Lancaster started out for a walk
He took her up North Willow street and
with the excuse that he wished to take
1 short cut. enticed her into the vacant
lots and on promises of marriage accom-
pushed her ruin. Shortly afterwards
he girl went to her home in New York
state, and when there was no further
chance of concealing her condition she
tOld all to her sister. She wrote to her
hetrayer and asked him to keep his
promise to marry her. He refused to
10 so and said he was already engaged
to another young lady. This was sub
~tantially the girls story.
Lancaster denied everything and said
ne was engaged to another lady. He
made no promises of marriage, he said.
Nothing had passed between them
urther than friendly conversation.
Its story was told disconnectedly and
resitatiugly. Even his attorney, E
Russell, could not assist in bringing him
'ut of his dilemma. Judge Root, in
,sssinG sentence, said he thought that
Lancaster had accomplished his pur-
oose by artitice, deceit and false prom
SEES. He found him guilty and bound
am over to the next term OF the su-
perior court under 81 900 bonds.