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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-09-10

We are again unable TO report anything
new or especially encouraging from the
wholesale markets to-day. Merchants all
say that the volume Of business is increasing,
but proftg are very small. Flour is quiet
and easy. Wheat is about steady; sales AZ.
so, 81, so, 80 and ID, latter for longberry.
Corn is firm at 60 to CD in bulk, former for
mixed in car losd lots. Rye AZ to 40. Oats
"a to 81. There is very constant demand
for Eggs, Butter and other Produce. Bacon
has advanced. Sugar and all kinds OF Pro-
vipns are fairly active at current prices Mill
fed and Hay are quiet.
3ALTIMoRE. Sept 10.-Flour dull Wheat
steady; No 2 red spot and Sept 557sa56;
Oct 561ha56as: Dec 591sa59E. steamer No
2 red 53l4a53ia milling wheat by sample
57a57lh. Corn dull mixed spot and Sept
59lh bid year SCI, bid southern white corn
60a61 do yellow 61a62. Oats inactive No
2 white Western 35k asked No . mixed
do 33la asked Bye frmer; No 2 52a53.
Hay slow; good to choice timothy $13 80 to
S14 90. Provisions firm. Coffee quiet al
Ice. Sugar steady at $5.09.
CHICAGO. Sept. -wheat-Sept 542.;
Dec 57sse57a4; May 627s Cornasspt
571a Oct 571a May 56la. Oats-Sept BOB
Oct 31A; May So Pork-Jan $14 10.
Iard-Oct So 921a; Jan 50 32l2. RIBS
Sept 81 771a; Jan 81 %.
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET, Sept ..
Beef Cattle were in fair demand and firm
er for all grades except common, which were
&c lower. Quotations were as follows Extra
5a5 &c good 41ha4aac, medium 4a4l2c, COM
mon 31as3%c and culls 21as3t.c per ID.
Sheep were in fair demand and t,c higher.
The quotations were as follows: Extra 3i9
a3%.c, good 3s3R4c medium 2iea2a.c and
common 1a24c per lb; lambs 21aa4 i2c per
Id. Hogs were in fair demand at Ssis9c per
lb. Dressed beeves were active at 2l3soc
per Id.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. Sept. s.
Catt!e-Trade was slow and prices nomiDaliy
steady. The supply consisted Of about 5OO
native and 500 Texas cattle. The demand
for hogs was reasonably active and prices were
strong for good to best grades. Nobody seem
ed to want the poorer kinds and holders oil
such had to make concessions in order TO I'M
load. Few prime lots were included IN the
offerings. and, while that sort was saeabie 81
81. 5Pa6. go, the major part sold below %. o.
The sheep and lamb markets were firm at p
also and $1.75a4 % per 100 lbs respec-
lively.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-09-10
| N1NE.oUNcE BABY.

A NINE.oUNcE BABY. : George
From, an employee of the Crescent
City Railroad Company in New Or
leans, is the father of perhaps the small.
est living baby in the world. The child
is boy, perfect in form, with regular
features. Its weight is about nine
ounces. From the crown of its tiny
head to the soles of its feet is about
ten inches. Its arms are not larger
than mans thumb and its legs in pro-
portion. The child is in the best of
health, and its mother says can cry as
vigorously as other babies. Mr.. From,
The father, is as years of age, weighing
175 pounds, and is hale aud hearty.
The mother is A and weighs lbs. The
couple have had seventeen children,
two of whom besides tho baby are ILL
putians. One of them is Frank, 16
years of age, weight 40 pounds, who is
with circus company. The other is a
youngster OF -, who is with his parents
here, and weighs little over fifteen
pounds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-09-10

CHICAGO. Sept. 10.-wheat-Sept 54a. ;
Dec 575ss57a.; May 627s Corn-sept
571a Oct 571a May 56lh. Oats-Sept 30i2
Oct BIZ; May So Pork-Jan $14 10.
Lard-Oct So 921a; Jan 50 321a. Ribs
Sept ST 7712; Jan 81 30.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27
BOROUGH TOWNS.
The Extraordinary Powers Formerly Pos
sessed by Them in England.

Borough towns in England had for
its system of home rule. and was a little
imperium in imperio. 1t controlled its
trades, manufactures and professional
occupations, the numbers 10 be EN-
ployed, and fixed the price of wages
and commodities. 1t determined what
were offenses against the order, morals
and well-being of the borough, and its
codes assigned the puniShments. II.
bylaws were tyranny, and its mayor
was frequently a little despot, as real
as any cadi of the east.
In the court of Hastings book were
recorded the presentments of the jury,
and we know from these what were
the offenses and modes of punishment
The magistrates at sessions did as much
for county matters and fixed the prices
of all labor. No one could trade from
one county to another without THEN
license, just as no stranger could follow
an occupation or reside in a borough
without the mayors permit. The
tumbrel, stocks, pillory, branks and
the skimmington were the usual in
struments of punishment for slight of.
lenses, but the cuclxing stool was the
favorite for scolds and cheating bakers.
Whipping was constantly resorted to,
and was thought especially good foi
women and boys. Anyone willing
might be employed TO perform il, and
sometimes a woman undertook il for
the sake of the fee. which varied from
four pence TO a shilling. To witness il
formed part of public amusement, a.
in the case of hanging, and men visited
the jails on whipping days 10 see the
women whipped. Forestalling-buy.
ing out of market TO sell again abovs
market price-was very grave ofTense,
and was severely punished.
A Mr.. Rusby, an eminent corn fac.
tor, was indicted in the court of kings
bench on July 4. $500. for having pur.
chased by sample eight months before,
in Marklane corn market, 90 quarters
of oats at II shillings per quarter, and
sold so of them again in the same mar.
ket, on The same day, at ~ shillings.
The jury instantly found him guilty,
and Lord Kenyon, the judge. said &C
them: You have conferred by youi
verdict, almost the greatest benefit on
your country that was ever conferred
by any jury" A quiet stroll on Sun
day, during the summer evening, wa
visited by heavy fine or the stocks A
boy, for riding on a gate On Sunday
afternoon, was ordered 20 De whipped
Westminster Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27
CENSUS PICKINGS.

OF the total potential militia 6s.6s
Per cent. in 1890 were white.
MISSISSIPPI has but 7,952 foreigners
out Of population Of l,2s9,6c
OF the population of Montana $50
are males and 90. 50 are females
oSLr I0.es per cent Of the voting
strength Of this nation is colored-
IN 1920 there were SIS Inhabitants 20
the square mile; now there are 20.70.
THE persons Of African descent form
only 2l.e3 per cent OF the population
NORTH CARoIISA has but 5.70e for
eigners ont OF a population Of l,6I7,-
90.
TIRE number Of possible voters in
1850 was eos per cent. % ire populs-
ton.
X $50 7+.2s per cent = The IA
tional voting strength was native
born
MISSOURI is credited with I@o civil
ized Indians. Illinois with ninety
seven.
ovER two-,hirds n the population
Of Utah are OF foreign birth o. eI-
traction
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27

Yale, but was obliged to give up COM
pleting a college course through his
fathers inability to provide the neces-
sary money. -.
Meanwhile he had early shown fac
ulty for writing verse. Some rhymes
for school defamation were printed In
the local paper in his tenth year.
Three years later he wrote metrical
satire at the expense of jefferson, en-
titled: 1.-THE Embargo, or Sketches of
the Times" which his father had
printed in Boston, and which was so
successful as to require a second edi-
ton. The boys fondness for nature
rapidly developed at this time. II was
always" he says, from my earliest
years, delighted observer of external
nature-the splendors of winter day
break over the wide wastes of snow
seen from our windows, the glories of
the autumnal woods, the gloomy ap-
proaches of the thunderstorm and its
departure amid sunshine and rainbows,
the return Of the spring with its flow
ers, ard the first snowfall of winter.
The poets fostered this taste in me,
and. though at that time rarely heard
such things spoken OF, it was none the
less cherished in my secret mind"
: BRYANT studied law in neighboring
towns, and was admitted to the bar the
year he became of age.
He practiced at Plainfeld and Great
Darlington, in Massachusetts,, from
1915 to 1925, removing to New York in
the latter year and taking up a purely
literary and journalistic life. 1t is
said that the loss OF law case through
some legal tecnicality Disguised him
with the profession. and led him to &C
cept the offer of the editOrship Of a
monthly periodical, the New York Re
view and AthenRum Magazine.
Meanwhile. however. he had gained
reputation as q poet at a single bound.
Mr.. Bigelow has told the story in elo-
quent language. II seems that the ed
itor of the North American Review. Mr..
Willard Phillips. having heard Of VIII
liam Cullen's poetic faculty, and being
an old friend OF his father, suggested.
sometime in 1877. that the young man
should contribute to the Review.
While the latter was considering the
matter. his father happened TO over
haul the young mans desk at the Cum
mineton home. He found there in man
uscript the poems entitled. "Thanstop-
SIS" and An Inscription for the En-
trance TO a Wood" and was so much
impressed by them that he at once Wis
tied Boston 10 show them 70 Mr.. Phil
lips.
In Mr.. Bi0elow's language early il
The summer OF 1877 a package Of
manuscript poems was left at the
Office OF The North American SsTie-
without their authors name or any in
timation of their real parentage. n
due time they found their way into
the hands Of Mr.. William Phillips. one
OF the editors OF the Review. TO whom
they were addressed.
No sooner had he finished their pe-
ruSal-such i the tradition-than he
seized his hat and set out in hot haste
for Cambridge. TO submit them 20 his
editorial colleagues. Richard II Dana
and Edward T. Charming. who with
MIR. Phillips constituted the editorial
trinity 70 .yhcm the management Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27
AFTER FIFTY YEARS
Retirement from Yale Of Prof
James Dwight Dana
Famous the World Over rs 8 Great Geolo-
- gtst-In His Teaching He Combined
Science and Fervent Faith
and Piety.

In one capacity or another James
Dwight Dana was for half century
connected with Yale college as a
teacher previous to his retirement
few days ago. These fifty years
have been crowded with hard work,
and now Prof. Dana ranks as geolo-
gist with Owen and Agassiz. his books
on geology being used in schools
throughout this country, besides being
known all over the world. Thousands
of students who have profted by his
lectures at Yale are ready TO testify 10
Prot. Dana's charms of manner. He
was born at Utica, y. Y, in 1913, and
graduated at Yale twenty years later
His appointment as instructor of
mathematics in the United States navy
followed, and while engaged in this
duty he visited many remote parts Of
the world. After a brief term as as
sistant in chemistry at Yale he went
on an exploring expedition in the Pa
cific with Capt. Wilkes, one result OF
this experience being some works on
the geology of the Pacific, which are
the standard throughout the world
In 1874 he returned to Yale, with which
he has been connected ever since.
Prof. Dana combines science and fer
vent piety. a review was published in
1856, in which he explained clearly and
simply his theory of the creation He
holds that geology bears witness to the
inspired character of Genesis. if 1t be
admitted that days" may mean peri
DDS of indefinite length. Science, he
says, seeks only TO ascertain the laws
which God has established in nature,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27

OF MS resourceSne was onpreu |uue as-
sistant editorship of the New York
Evening Post he gladly accepted the
position. In 1899 the editor and pro-
prietor died, and Bryant succeeded TO
his position, being enabled TO purchase
a controlling interest in the paper
through the assistance of friends. He
eventually paid off their loan, and re-
manned the chief proprietor until his
death.
AS an editor. although trained in the
principles of New England federalism,
MIR. Bryant's beliefs kept him for many
years in sympathy with the democratic
party. He supported President Jack
son in his war against the United
States bank. When the civil war came
on, however, he east in his fortunes with
the northern party.
1t was about 1872 that the Post be-
came a paving property, and in the fol-
lowing year Mr.. Bryant toox advan
tage of his financial prosperity to pur-
chase country home in the vicinity Of
New York.
1T was near little village after
ward called Roslyn," saws Mr.. God
win, Overlooking an estuary OF Long
Island sound-such a nook rs poet
might well choose, both for its shady
seclusion and its beautiful prospects;
embowered IN woods that covered
row Of gentle hills, an6 catching
glimpses of a vast expanse OF water en-
hvened in the distance by the sails OF
metropolitan commerce.
Bryant received many hono-s IN his
adopted city Chief among these Were
the bryant festival" ut the Century
club, on the occasion Of his SEVENTEEN
birthday, and the Bryant vase pre-
sented to him in honor of his eightieth
birthday by great number OF leading
citizens OF New York. II was four
years after the latter anniversary that
in returning from the dedica tiOn OF
statue TO the Italian patriot, Mazziui,
he was stricken with vertigo and suf-
fered the fall, from the effects OF
which he died on the 12th Of June,
Isis. ARTHUR STEDYAS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27
HEALTH MAXIMS.

six thousand persons die in New York
City every Year from wasting diseases
This statement. IN the light of the kEowi-
edge that everyons of thrse cases was IL
The first Instance prevenIable. shows how
desirable II = that everyone should und r
stand how 10 avoid taking the disease
These are the words OF a well known
Physician, and here are some valuable
suggestions made by him:
1T is indigesIible food and food taken Al
he wsong time which causes that condi.
ION OF the system which permits the tax
ing OF cold. whatever tends 20 weaken
DIGESTION and impovrrish the blood. Eur,s
zoe ere system aud opens the way To
disease
~ symptoms OF Indigestion are u>u-
silly Eu he'd face, spots or blurs bel r
the eyes. flashes of lighr. ZIg-zag lines OK
Chains. sense of fuilness over the stomach.
beiching. despOndeucy. etc, often 70 lowed
by the most severe headaches. These
symptoms are usually relieved when Tie
sas is expelled from the stomach"
Nv bcuever person gets run down In
strength, reduced in weight or becomes
tdin by reason Of some wasting disease, II
Is Very fashionable TO commence what
might be well called the stutfIng process.
Cod liver oil preparations. farlnaceous
lOtIS. Dcct teas, COU(O~llOu> u mat. OAtSs
second rate wines and beef extracts are
given 10 the unfortunate person continual
iy. thus running what little digestive power
he has left and causing untold suffering.
Ii allowed 10 make q suggestion, l would
say that In place of this, PdskolA. the pre-
Gigested food, should be given. THIS not
only builds up sound. healthy flesh but
rests aud strengthens the digestive organs
IN n remarkable way"
Food To the body is what fuel is to the
engine. Life ceases when nOurishmeut
stops, ana the machinery won't go when
the steam disappears.
NV ben a man suffers from Indigestion
there are seldom any fatal results. but
when what the doctors call 'cOmplica-
tons set in. then Is the tine 20 pray"
The germs of consumption have no
power over healthy tissue. Before they
can attack or Injure anyone. that person
must be run down IN health IN some way,
either by worriment, exposure or cold.
lOug continued indigestion, or over work,
or over study. Such persons should al
WAYS exercise great care and use the best
aud most advanced discoveries. For this
purpose Psskols Il uneQuzlIed."
Paskoia may be obtained of any reput-
able druggist. a pamphlet on food and
digestion will be mailed fee on spplica.
ton To the Pre- Digested Food Co., 80
Reade St. New York.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27
Chicago Hs. a Girl Carpenter.

The progressive women of the times
are striving not only for political
power, but for admission into the med
ical, legal and clerical professions
Very few of them, however, are de-
sirous of earning a livelihood as or
binary mechanics. II is interesting,
therefore, to learn from the Philadel-
phis Carpenter that lively young
Danish woman, Miss Sophie Christen-
sen, is anxious TO get work in Chicago
as carpenter and joiner. In the city
Of Copenhagen she learned her trade,
to which she was bound as an appren-
tice. When her apprenticeship was
completed. short time ago. she was
admitted 10 full membership in the
union. She displayed great aptitude
and skill as a worker at the trade, and
she is ready TO display specimens Of her
handicraft. Among other things she
has made 'self-closing bookcase
which Is serviceable. artistic and beau
tiful, and which Is admired by every
body who sees II. She u but twenty
six years old. and she expects to get
good job IN Chicago as soon as the
trade brightens up.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27
California.

California pos: esses a delightful winter
climate. Almost every day i balmy and
full of sunshine. To live in such air a few
months may save you a big doctor bill. 1t
doesn't cost much 10 try. The Frisco line
and Santa Fe route will carry you To Los
Angeles, san Diego or san Francisco any
day, on fast vestibuled express train, in
Pullman or Tourist sleeper. The journey
: through New Mexico and Arizona.
where heavy SnOwfalls seldom come. 1t is
short, quick and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
across. not roundabout. Once Il week
personally-COnducted excursions are run
TO the Pacific cousU in tourist sleepers.
Competent porters and agents in charge
Second class tickets houored. and good
care taken OF ladies and children without
escort. Very cheap rates for one way or
round IrD, now in effect. Write 10 d.
Nlshart, e. p. A. Frisco line. -. Louis,
No, FOR copy of California excursion leaf
let and handsomely illustrated book
entitled 'Io California and Back Near
est local agent of Frisco line ar Santa Fe
luute Will be glad TO name ticket rates and
furnish desired information about the trip
Don't be afraid TO ask questions
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27
BRYANTSNATALDAY
To Be Celebrated at the Poets Ma
tive Place, Cummington, Mass.
Bryant's Ancestry snd Education-His Life
and Work-His Early Love for Poetry
Story of "Thanatopsis"-Poet,
Editor and Orator.
COPYRIGHT. lS4.1

tSOFfhlbdTs Ic>4
Natural reserve and the avoidance Of
any action which might be considered
in the light of self-advertising were so
strongly characteristic of William Gull
len Bryant that during the greater part
of his lifetime the public had little
knowledge Of his career outside of his
poetical and editorial writings, and his
rare appearances as an orator. The af-
fectionate interest which followed
Longfellow and Whittier in al their
movements, and which centers itself in
DR.. Homes to-day, perhaps somewhat
to its subjects discomfort, was almost
unknown in Bryant's case, deeply as
he was admired as poet. The result
has been that there is little general
knowledge OF the details of his life. II
already has been announced that the
hundredth anniversary OF his birth
will be celebrated on August 16, at
Cummington, Mass, some three months
in advance of the proper date, Novem-
Der 8. for the better convenience of
those whose presence is desired.
Mr.. Parke Goodwin, Bryant's son-in.
law, has written the most complete life
G: the poet. 1t appeared in 1888, five
years after Bryant's death. It was fol-
lowed in 1890 by Mr.. John Bigelow's
volume in the American Men OF Let
ters" series, which gives the same and
additional information in a more sue
cinct form. Both gentlemen were as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Bryant during a
large portion of his life, and it is in
this way that they have been able to
preserve such complete data of his ca
reer.
He was descended on his mothers
side from John Alden and Priscilla
Mullins, of Mayflower fame, and the
founder of his family was Stephen Bry>
ant, also of the Mayfower party.
At fourteen years Of age William
Cullen was sent to live with his uncle
at North Brookheld, to prepare him.
self for college. He there mastered in
eight months the Latin studies neces-
sary for admission to the sophomore
class of Williams college, and was
transported to Plainfield to acquire
Greek and mathematics, studying and
boarding with Rev. Moses Hallock,
and paying for board and tuition the
moderate sum of one dollar a week.
BRYANT entered Williams as sophomore
In the fall Of 1910. He applied for dis
missal before the college year was
ended In order that he might enter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27

have so many presumptions in its favor
that he set out at once to Boston TO in
vestigate the subject, with the aid of
such clews as the package itself
afforded
The verses, which had produced such
t1uttering among the presiding justices
of our highest literary tribunal in those
days, were not an imported article, still
less the work of any American liter
airy notability of the period, but of a
country lad of only seventeen years
they were written in 1S11l, residing at
Cummington, in the western part of
Massachusetts. who had never been out
of his native county in his life. One
of the poems was entitled 'Thanatop-
Sis ft appeared in the September
number of the North American Review
for 1877, and proved to be not only the
finest poem which had yet been produced
on this continent but one of the most
remarkable poems ever produced at
such an early age. From the day this
poem anDeared the name of its author.
which till then had scarcely been
heard farther from home than the
range of the human voice, was classed
among the most cherished literary as
sets of the nation"
In 1922 Bryant wrote and delivered
before the Phi Beta Kappa society of
Harvard college his poem entitled The
Ages"
Bryant thus came to New York with
an assured literary position, having
been advised to this removal by Miss
Catherine Maria Sedgwick and her
brothers. But the New York Review
did not fouri.S and when at the end
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27
TO CARELESS GIRLS.
a Wise HiHt TO Be Wisely and Practically
Applied.

a Wise Hist TO Be Wisely and Practically
Applied.
Many of us know the girl who hast
enIng 10 ciass or lecture. leaves at home
m Untitled room, open-lidded boxes,
bureau drawers suggestive of COM
pressed earthquake, bookcase doors
swinging. in imminent risk OF demoli-
tion-who litters hall stand and vesti-
bule with discarded gloves and crump-
led memoranda. whose belongings are
distributed indisoriminately through
every room, regardless of ownership.
She evidently waits TO help" but is
she preparing herself. meanwhile. for
the prospective service"
Many of US know the patient mother
who moves along in the track of this
household hurricane TO remove the
debris, rearTauge the surroundings
closea box, smooth , glove. clear stu nd
and table of encum hrances. and make
fast the door that endangers the prec-
ious volumes it Is supposed 70 guard. as
well as the physical safety OF some
Junior member of the family
like To tell young people Of simple
rule my mother enforced. the helptul-
ness of which II took me years 10 real
ize: Never leave Z room without no.
1icing whether there Is not somethin<
there which belongs or i likely to be
needed in another part OF the house.
and will eventually have to be carried
there"
1t Is astonishing how rarely you find
yourself going from room to room
empty-handed if You observe this rule,
and how many steps You save some
body who needs to have steps saved
Donahoe'a Magazine.