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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17

The last toast OF the evening, Now and
Then" was responded to by James II. Hoyt. who
said among other things:
1t is frequently said that living Americans are
inclined 10 be forgetful Of the past Even If this
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-26
,liss Foyo. ~ know It isn't pleasant

piled Fogg; 81 know it isn't pleasant
to be bitten by flea, but l
owe my life perhaps to a fea. and
how do l know but this is the
very flea that was my preserverw
well. at any rate that flea has pre-
served his own life, " said Grimsby, "for
the present, at all events. SO let's hear
how your life was saved" 1T was one
day this very summer" said Fogg, II
was taking tramp out in the country,
when suddenly it came on TO rain.
Looking about for a shelter. my eyes
fell upon barn with the door wide
open, perhaps half a mile away. |
started on a run for the barn and
reached it just as the rain came down
in torrents. ] had one foot on the beyn
floor and was just about TO enter, when
great dog, with glaring eyeballs and
red tongue, rushed toward me with
an awful growL I could feel his
hot breath in my face. In an
other instant his cruel teeth would
have been in my throat. | could actu-
ally feel his slobber on nv neck. But
in the nick of time he turned wrath
fully to bite his own flank. | saw the
whole thing as by inspiration. A flea
had distracted his attention from the
business in hand. l always was quick
at resources. When the dog went for
the flea I stepped back, shut the door
to with a crash and I was saved.
was saved by that flea, and. as l said
before, the flea which you would have
slain may be the identical insect to
whom owe everything" Grimsby
said nothing for the space Of two min
utes Then he looked at Fogg in an
admiring manner and delivered himself
as follows; Yes. Fogg, it would have
been too bad for the world TO lose such
beautiful liar as you are.-Boston
Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-26
HIS ENORMOUS GRIZZLY.
How tho Big Trees of California We're
Discovered.

Discovered.
One afternoon of the year fS41 Gen.
John Bidwell, then a young lad and
member of band of pioneers who had
crossed the Rockies and were descend
ing the western slope of the Sierra Ne
vadas of California, in what is now
Calaveras county, left his companions
and went on hunting expedition.
His success in securing game IA not
recorded, but his hunt win be forever
memorable as probably the first coca
sion on which the giant sequoia, or
"big-tree, " was seen by q white man.
The dusk of early evening caused him
to hasten back to camp without paus-
ing to examine these before unheard-of
kings of the forest, and the urgency of
pressing onward to the coast prevented
him from returning to them He after
ward planned an expedition TO go to
Calaveras county for the express pur-
pose of learning more about the trees
of which he had seen only enough to
arouse his enthusiasm. but the war and
the conquest of California. and later,
the excitement which followed tho dis
covery of gold caused him for the time
to abandon the scheme.
Eleven years passed, and the big
tree, although it had been discovered,
was still practically unknown. Then,
in the spring of 1852. writes Mr.. Shinn,
to whom we owe this account, a hun
/ ter, while pursuing a wounding griz-
ely, found the seouoia grove in Calav-
eras He evidently stayed long enough
/ to become impressed by the size OF the
trees, for on returning to his comrades
they refused 10 believe his stories, nor
would they go with him to the scene Of
/ his alleged discovery.
One morning, a short time sftcrward,
he came into camp, and, reporting that
/ he had shot an enormous grizzly, asked
his companions to go out and help him
bring it in. Leading them to the Sc
/ quota grove. he pointed to the largest
/ tree, and said triumphantly. There,
boys, is nv grizzly
/ To-day we know that the home Of the
|. big tree, Sequoia gigantes of botanists,
/ extends from Placer county 10 south
/ ern Tulare county, on the western
slope OF the Sierra Navadas, from
I four thousand 20 six thousand
/ feet above the sea, and that on the
+ coast. from Monterey county north 70
northern California, il has a near bat
smaller relative, the sequoia semper-
virens, or redwood NJ Chap
man, in St Nicholas
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STREETS OF LONDON.
Special Designations That Are Made In Ad-
ditioD to the Regular Names

Special Designations That Are Made In Ad-
ditioD to the Regular Names
Street names in London are not usual
" painted in the glass in the lamp posts,
although this is done in some parts of
the city, says a letter from England
CThe word city with lower case ''c''
is properly applied to the entire town.
The common practice is to paint them
conspicuously on the walls Of build
inCs at the street corners. The name
is almost always followed by one or
two letters such as Re, " ''W." ''W. G.
"E. c." IN. W." etc. These indicate
sections-East, West, West Center, East
Center Northwest, and the like and
are OF especial convenience to the post
Office officials in asserting and dis
tribnting the mails.
Another curious thing in London
street addresses is the fact that in ad
dition TO the name and mum Der of the
street itself some other name is at
tached, as that of some prominent thor
oughfare or park or general designa-
ton of certain region. as, for exam
pie, Wellington street, Strand; or Mon
tague street, Russell square; or Bur
lington gardens. Bond street. This does
not mean that Wellington street is
part of the Strand, or that Montague
street is contiguous to Russell square,
or that Burlington gardens in III Bond
street. 1t merely signifies that one is
near the other in each case, the second
being a name presumabl bic well known
TO everybody in London.
Sometimes there is more than one
street of the same name, so that the
special designation is absolutely neces-
sary to prevent confusion; and in gen
eral it determines the relative location,
and so is a great convenience. There
is volume after volume of history bound
I'D in the names of the streets of Lon
don, as everybody knows. and nowhere
have Londoners adopted the American
device of numbering streets or iudicat-
ing them by letters of the alphabet in
order to simplify the scheme of nomen-
clature.
There are certain advantages in the
latter method-it saves time and trou-
ble-but yet it is impossible not to sym
pathize with Richard Grant Whites
view of the subject and reafirm his
statement that it is impossible to
embody much sentiment in such a
name as West Fifty-third street or go
into raptures in speaking of the good
Simes we used to have in dear old One
Hundred and Seventy-ffth street. One
does not lind in London much sym
patty with the custom prevalent in
the United States of laying out sl the
streets at right angles with one an
other. The general impression which
the traveller gets of this city in this re-
speot Is that like Topsy, it "growed."
and was not made TO order. The i'm
preston is an agreeable one.-Cinein-
natl Commercial Gazette.
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Children of Two Hundred Years Ago.

There is nothing new, they tell us,
under the sun. The study of g picture
of children's games two hundred years
ago causes one TO think so, too. The
picture is taken from one that illus
trates the poems of a Dutch writer
named Jacob Cats, who lived IN the
seventeenth century. There are soldier
bows turning somersaults and playing
leap frog. and flying kites, and blowing
bubbles, and whipping tops, and laugh
ing over blindman's buff; girls with
their stiff head-dresses and their queer
aprons. nursing their dolls and rock
ing dolls cradles Under the pump IL
looks as If some youngsters were match
ing pennies and, not to be behindhand
in the fun, two little fellows IN the
background are standing on their
heads You will find these and great
many other plays just ike the ones
you like to-day. And vet these chill
dren lived in Dutch city that Is called
Middelburg and frolicked and laughed
long ago. so-lonE that the world has
changed tremendously since, but tops
and kites and dolls STAY with Us and
will keep stavinr.-N. Y. World
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wELl-eRED AMERICAN HORSES.

Superior In Temper, Endurance and DocIl-
Ity to Those Raised in England.
Probably more and better horses are
owned in America per thousand of pop
ulation than any other country, and
the farmer and corner groceryman, at
least IN the north and west, can and
does afford to keep as good roadster
Is the city nabob-often a better one.
While the average horse lacks the dis
tinctive characteristics OF race, be has
exceptionally good qualities Amerl-
can horses are, as rule, sure-footed-
There are more broken-l<need nags in
cabs and livery sta les in England four
fold than here. Smooth roads and
level meadows uniformly beed horses
less careful how they tread than
rough roads and stony pas
lures. The eastern granite soil
produces safer steppers than the
clay of the south. Our horses are of
even disposition; one rarely sees brute
or biting. striking, kicking devil in
America. They are easily broken. In
Kentucky the children ride the colts,
often with stick to guide them. II
consider" said Herbert long ago, "she
general horse of America superior not
in blood or in beauty, but decidedly in
hardihood to do and to endure, in
powers of travel, in speed, In docility,
and good temper, to any other race Of
general horses IN the known world"
Except perhaps In the matter Of trot-
ting, the main distinction between the
horse of England-as typical Of Europe
(for all Europe now is initial
ing England in matters equine)-
and the horse in America has
lain in the lack of system in breeding.
OF very late years there has been con-
siderable attention paid in this coun-
try to breeding, and toe admixture of
different hoods, which has produced
''nondescripts with which America is
over1un," is being avoided That
breeds have been kept separate in En-
gland Is due to the fact that the rails
ing of horses has largely been in the
hands of great landowners or capital
lists. and the farmers who raised
horses had their intelligence as well
as their stud to profit by; whereas, in
n LU6GtCh- IN III Vi ICCrlib fCdlhs VI CCSl-
ing Of ali but thoroughbreds was, with
few exceptions, an entirely random af-
fair A farmer had a stanch mare.
The only available stallion was in
the neighboring village-perhaps on
circuit. All be could see was that there
were good qualities present in both. and
he believed that these would be trans
United. Race was never dreamed of.
Often the mare was not bred from until
she was untitled for work by something
which equally untitled her for breed
ing. No doubt the average produce of
this lack Of method may have been Of
excellent service in its way, but it was
none the less "nondescript. In En-
gland the thoroughbred or racer, the
hunter, the hackney, the cob, the Gal
loway, the Shetland, the carriage horse,
the gigster: the Suffolk punch, Clydes-
dale and other cart horses, the Cleve-
land bays and black Honoverians have
all been kept distinct, and are regu-
Iarly bred.-North American Review.
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LOVES CHANGE.

Before lovRd. this world 30 ne
Was one sad, stern reality,
Bounded by eel9sh aims add fears,
Too hard faT JOY, too cold for tssrs;
But all IS changed. and DOW see
Beauty where none was wont TO be-
Beauty OF ecean and OF laod,
OF noble thought aud purpose grand
And, best Of all, the tender grace
And love-lisht shining Ia her fGcA
Ter voice, SO like sweet cares,
And all her r1yst ito sacredneSa
saw her pass edown the street
What time the day and darkness fneot
And looking from my windows height
bzeathed prayer into the night,
And called upon the angels fair
To walk beside her everywhere
There was no noedi her own pure thought
A magic circle round her wrought;
Then What awaited a prayer Of mine
For suob 8 spirit halk diTtne2
Oh, rather lot her pray for me
That may love more worthily.
Norbert ID. Hopkins, IL Harpers Baz&r
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1t !. gratifying to American prid

1t Is gratifying to American pride,
and better than that, it is'satisfying TO
American ambition, 20 hold a place in
the front rank of civilized nations 70
hear that the American armor plate
known as the "Harveyized" has sue
eessfully withstoOd the test recently
made at ochta in Russia. and is likely
TO be chosen by that government IN
preference 10 the French 81 diamond
plate Accordiugsto the report the test
was the severest on record. having been
made with large guns propelling shot
at velocity of ?, 300 feet per second,
which is 500 feet greater than the Brit
ish have yet ventured on, and 200
greater than Is recommended by our
own ordnance men.-Brooklyn Citizen
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THE STORY OF A FLEA.
1t shows That Virtue IL ALWAYS It's Own
RArard.

1t shows That Virtue IL ALWAYS It's Own
Reward.
There exclaimed Grimsby. there's
that peskv flea now that's been biting
NE. And wetting his finger, N
another instant he would have cap
tured and killed the nimble little in
sect. But ere Grimsby could accom-
plish his murderous purpose Fog4
seized him By the hand. exc.aimiug-
What are you thinking q. man2 tor
Heavens sake. don; I'LL him; don't
xiii him Don't KIN him. echoed
Grimsby. interroga lively ''and why
not, prsy3 DO you want ne vs-rnint
20 snssh ~. can oleLair? Ne" n~~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-26
Indoor Record. Ars Made.

Several indoor bicycle records were
broken at the Milwaukee tournament
Ballard established tho h2lf-mile a.
I:12, johnson beat the mile record 5l-5
seconds, scoring the distance IN 2.2s,
and Rhodes lowered the fve-mile record
TO 1905 -. Ballard also lowered tho
auarter-uile Indoor reeord 70 - ..
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e,srraso. to F.rht Pritohard.

Alexander Grcggains signed articles
% fight Ted Pritchard before the
Crescent City Athletic club for pare
OF s. 900. The date named IN the pa
pers is april :. bat this may BE- changed
70 March K Pritchard consents % O0x
then
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-26

In addition TO the ordinary coins
well known in the United Kingdom.
the mint produced silver and bronze
pieces in cents for Canada, piastres and
half-piasters for Cyprus, cent pieces for
Hong Kong, nickel pence and farthinCs
for Jamaica, and cent pieces for the
Atraits NaftlernenfS
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Little Dick-See that Young NAM
He's awfullv in love with ny sister, an
he wants 10 MARY her.
Little Johnnv-HoyF DO yon KNOW
Little Dick-Oh. be always pats on
such a lavender voice wen hs talks 20
mamma - .f.-.f NnWA
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KS Position.

The father hst gone away aid 'est
hss only son II cI.2rge
Are Tou the head . The srra?' AAszed
6 man with . sample case
No sig" replied tie yc1ng MAJ
I'm crly The heir Of iSs bad
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Toe Mach of That.

Mrs. Cumso-You ought TO have seen
Willie Whiffets tear mp the street
CumsO-I think he ought TO be made
to put il down again. Judge-
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NOT HIS SWEETHEART.
But Cupid Won the Gerne at
Last

On summer morning young man
turned down Yarmouth row. 1t was
a long, narrow row, and the sun that
cleaned at tho quay end made It's shade
even less enviable.
He was lpe. handsome young fell
low, somewhat shabbily dressed, and
as he walked he carelessiy took stock
Of his surroundings.
Near the bottom of the row q window
was open. and, By q geranEum that
bloomed in pot, the first and only
flower he had seen, s girl was leaning
lightly on her elbow. Her soft hazel
eyes were fixed on the opposite door
way.
Here a woman with red face and
brandishing broom in her hand was
barring the entrance against hercu-
lean man in a glistening oily frock.
az ak you agin. john Wade" shout
ed he of the oily, IL you're a-goin' to
sea?''
"Au' tel you sgin skipper" re-
piled q logged vo4ce from the interior.
81 amt a-goin' TO sea-"
Then" cried the giant, wildly.
''what an TO doP Here's tho vessel
ready to sail an you a-slzulkin'. But
as sure as my name is Bill Thompson,
IN police ye-"
He looked so big and helpless IN his
middle that the girl at the window,
who seemed used to such scenes,
smiled.
Looking up at her, and seeing for the
first time that she was in deep mourn
ing, the young man smiled also. Then
a thought appeared TO strike him.
Am Of any ueeT' he said to tho
wearer of the oily. 81 want a Job"
The skipper looked at him doubtful
Iy; he thought he was joking.
IF you're ready an wiIlin', my
lad" he said, you're OF use But il
you amt, you amt Dye want a
berth?"
81 want everything" answered the
young man, in low tone. ''Pm home
less and penRiless. But I'm lands
man"
That amt a bit O. consequences.
What dye say2 Will ye go? IT'S for
eight weeks"
Il don't care Il it's for eight years
There's nothing TO stop me here"
Come OF, them" cried the delighted
fisherman. But stop; who's goin' to
take your pay card? What's your name.
my lad?"
John Smith" was the answer, and
his hesitation escaped the skipper.
''Weu, Smith, for fear O accidents,
some one had better take your money.
Who'll We leave it with?"
The young man again looked up at
the window at the sweet, pure face
above him. The gaze Of the rough
sea giant beside him followed his
glance.
''Oh, seer' he exclsimeds you're
going to take it, miss. We'll, you
know where to go. Old Tom Price is
the owner, AN the name of the vessel
the Saucy Lass
Come on Smith, no more hanlzyin';
your sweetheart 'ull take your money
and he seized tho newly shipped by the
arm.
At the word sweetheart" the cheeks
Oh the G1I4 at IlC " AV" aS Oh
as the gerarium by her elbow. In a
startled manner she stretched over the
sill.
mo, no." she cried. m confusion, Il
do not know the gentleman Il"
But already Smith, withfhe hand OF
the skipper on his arm, had been hur-
ried out OF earshot, and before she
could reach the door the two had van
ished down the row.
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When Baby wss sick. We gave her Castoria-
When she was Child, sho cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, She chung ia CaSto-ia.
When size had Children, she gave them Casto7ia
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Eight weeks later the young man,
bronzed and hearty, stood on Yarmouth
quay. His sea rig had given place to
decent suit of clothes, and he seemed
bordering which wey 90 60
At last he wandered away TO the sea-
shore. Deep IN thought. he strolled on
by the edge Of the white-crested break
ers till he came to the Danes Finding
q spot where pale-blpe violets lay low
among the sea grass, he flung himself
down and pulled out an envelope.
1t contained a post Office order
wrapped in sheet of notepaper, and
on this was written Katherine Perry"
The amount was the sum due to him On
his pay card.
He had been to the house, but found
her gone. Yet here was his money
left by Der IN this form.
What mystery was this? He lay
back in the sun and tried to solve it,
but no solution came. and with the
murmur OF the sea in his ears he 70
mantically kissed the order. Then he
arose and walked back.
On his home ward path he stopped to
buy a morning paper. They were but
just in, and the news vendor was
sm oothing them out Suddenly he
caught his breath. His gaze WIS riv-
eted on an advertisement that read
/ thus:
n GORGE NEAL Is EARNESTLY RE-
/ II cues Ted - communicate with Aeesrs Fur
ness 4 warp. solicitors, Lrucoln's I'm Fields.
; " hen Ee win hear Of some thing 10 hss aCTaa-
tSEe Any person knowing Of t1e Whereabouts
. Of the said q. y and mountaineering tee sane
i 10 the above hr-1 will b suitably rewarded
Before noon that same day John
. Smith had shaken the dust Of Yarmouth
from his feet and was on his way 70
/ London At Liverpool street he hailed
a hanson and was driven to the o1ice
OF Messrs. Furness & Wapp, solicitors
/ Llncolu's Inn Fields.
As he burst into the Office a carefully
; dressed old gentleman wearing s'psir
/ OF gold-rimmed glasses stepped forward
! 81 greet HIM. This he did by nearly
! shaking his arm eff
Why, my dear George be cried,
show glad l am TO see you. We
have been advertising for you all
over the country. How is it you
haven't seen our advertisement be-
E---~o''
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oR. H D Ta a s ah o thus a
g
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-02
e GLANCE BEGKWHRD9
Review Of the Many Important
Happenings of 1899.
Heavy Business Failures, Startling Casual
ties and Horrible Crimes-Industrlal,
Political and Sporting Events, Dis
astrous Fires of the Year, Etc.
BUSINESS FAILURES.

THE MORE DISASTROUS ONES NoTED-DANKs
GENERALLY
Jan ll-First national bank. of Muncte, Pa.
100000
Jan 25-Bank OF Jefferson at Shepherdstown,
Jan. 2o-Fan River county bank at oelrlcxs
$. D.; $4,000. Butler county bank at Chicora,
Feb 2-Commercial loan and savings bank al
Kearney, Neb.; Sl5O,0OO
Feb. S-National bank OF Silver City, and
Ration, N. M. $4,000
First national bank Of Deming, N. NJ
Feb. 6.Western Farm Mortgage Company at
Feb s. Merchants bank of Moorehead,
Feb a6-Newmarlset IN. H savings bank
suspended; Sl9l 900
Mar Lima (O) national bank
Mar 2l-Painesville co. Savings and Loan AS
Mar 24-American national bank of Brming
Apr l5-Interstate national bank of New
Apr. 27-Commercial bank of ST Paul, MINI.
May 25-Peoplo's bank of Sea Isle City, N. j.
June 4-Platte Valley bank at Central City,
June 25-Flrst national bank at Erie, Kan
Nesha county; losses, $500
Sep. 2-Nebraska state bank, at Crete
Sep 23-Richmond (Me) savings bank.
Sep 24-People's bank at Hope, Ark
Oct, 1.-Two Nebraska state banks, one 81
Ainsworth, the other q Sprngvlew.
Oct. Elliot Springs (Ark) Valley bank (pri
Nov 5-Continental bank at Kansas City, Mo
Nov, 30-Stone City bank, of Joliet, Ill, and
Joliet Enterprise Co (haro wire manufacturers)
Dec. 6-wholcsale mercantile firm OF Will
czinsld & Nelson at Greenvnle, Miss; SIOo,OCO
Dec. l3-Black Hills national bank at Rapid
Dec. 1s-Lipman & Co. jute merchants al
Dundee, Scotland, failed for Sl,25o 600
Dec. l5-National bank of Newton, Kan.
Dec, ls.Wholesale grocery in Brooklyn, N,
Y; S400, 900
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-02
The Missing Heiress Was Dead.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jon. at is dis
covered that Jennie Semond, for whom
search had been made in several western
cities on account of her having fallen
heir to 500, 900 in Portland, Oregon, died
at the city hospital here in 1891. She
was depraved woman, who had no rel
atives 50 far as known.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-02
Not Evid ence of Friendship.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The suspension
of the discriminating duties on sugar i'm
ported into Canada from Ottawa, will
hardly be considered by the government
of the United States satisfactory evidence
on the part of the Canadian government
of entire good and friendly feeling.