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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-01-19

ROBBERS tried to extort money
from q Chicago lawyer. They did
not get any, but acquired lot of
valuable experience on which they
now mediate behind tho bars.
Strange as it may seem the lawyer
did not charge them cent They
ought to repay him by retaining him
to defend them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-01-19

A WOMAN has disposed of an es-
tate OF $4,000 by writing a few
lines in pencil on an old envelope.
Lawyers say that the will cannot be
broken, and their opinion that
women know nothing about business
they regard as confirmed anew.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-01-19

A New YORK editor is said to favor
the plan of limiting suffrage to capt.
talists, thus definitely forming a
) plutocracy. The editor is not wholly
given over to luuacy. for he refuses
TO reveal his name.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-06
TESTED AND FOUND srccEssruL.


1t was at the invitation of Mr.. White
law that reporter visited the sea wall
and there saw a diver drop into water
thirty-five feet deep. The visitor had
been granted permission TO himself put on
the suit, but preferred TO maintain his
reputation as a dry talker. The diver
sank from sight and hardly had he dis
appeared when a voice came along the
wire from the spot into which he had
vanished. Let 'er 90 faster,n said the
voice.
This was rather startling. The novice
in things submarine had not expected TO
hear anything until the diver had reached
bottom
Chat" said Mr. Whitelaw, SHOWS
the value of the telephone. In using the
old system of signals the diver could have
made no signs until he had secured
landing. OF course, any attempt TO pull
the line would have been futile. Sup
posing he had been going TO a depth of
1875 feet, he might have wanted to COM
municate something pretty important
to himself before he would have had
chance
I'm here" said the voice as the life
line and the inclosed wire ceased run ming
out
"Wherew
"At the bottom of the bay. Didn't YOU
the line there came laugh. 1t is seldom
that diver has occasion TO laugh and not
often that anyone else would know it if
he did.
Chow is the weather down there7"
"Cool and damp, and the weather man
had the signal out for fair"
do you hear me well?"
"Just as well as If you stood by me on
dry land. Now, If you have had enough
fun with me you might pull me up"
The conversation had been for the pur-
pose Of testing the telephone rather than
for any intrinsic worth Of its own
When the diver had come up and taken
Off his helmet he was enthusiastic in
his praise of the new arrangement. cts
not only great for convenience and
safety" he said, "but is sociable. Diving
is lonesome work. It's comfort to be
able TO tell your trouble TO somebody"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-06

Mrs. Brown hunt curios, and have the
greatest collection of ink bottles to be
found in Washington.
Judge Field lives on First street on a
great terrace where he has a spacious
house The first floor is all reception aud
dining rooms, and the Judges library is
on the second. Facing the Judges desk
is big bust of Homer Whom the Judge
quotes) which he regards as mis- mascot
Mrs. Field is a remarkably handsome
woman and has been her husbands COM
panion for forty-one years. Their happi-
ness is, as the judge says, "forty-one
years long, Mrs. Field has her sitting
room just off the judges library, and she
calls out stephen" at least twice every
hour. When ] asked the Judge his favor
tie recreation, he smiled and hesitated.
And Mrs. Field said, II think your re-
creation, Stephen, is to keep right on
working
Judge White, the new associate, needs
perhaps little personal description. He
is a young man for his position, being less
than fifty, and he stands over six feet
with chest like an athlete. His com
plexion is pink and white and smooth ex-
cept for pair of English 'sideboards. 4"
His face gives you the thought of big,
overgrown baby.
Judge White lives in a secluded hotel
up on the fifth floor and has only three
living rooms. His library is very small
and is fitted out with pine shelves, and
there is a fat, plain table for desk. The
only ornaments TO his den are three hotel
chairs, a cuspidor, waste paper basket
and two windows. There are no luxu-
ries in the library of the new Judge, al
though he is the happiest, brightest men,
Der of the supreme court. His romantic
courtship and engagement show upon his
face His history is a rapid one, and his
lady is so proud of him that she is al
ways seen where he goes.
With Judge White winds UP the per-
sonnet of the most august tribunal of the
glorious country. That all are happy,
the judges and their wives, is no wonder
at all The judges have a grand position
for life; and their wives are second to
no one except the lady of the white
house; and, according to Washington
etiquette they need never call upon an
other woman in Washington if they do
not wish to do so. AUGUSTA PREsCoTT.
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Spanish that she would like to have her
morning cup of coffee.
Judge Fuller has eight children, seven
daughters and one son. Three of the
daughters are married, one is still in
school and the other three are recognized
Giles of their set The son is the baby
of the family He is only ID and goes to
school.
Judge George Shiras, appointed by Har-
rison in 1872, is one of the most pleas
ing gentlemen you will meet in life
time.
Judge Shiras has magnificent suite of
apartments in the Arlington hotel on the
third floor, comprising seven rooms. There
is a fine reception room, beautiful large
parlor overlooking the park; then there
are the judges sleeping-room, his study,
his library and two rooms sacred to Mrs.
Shiras. All are furnished with things
picked up in travel
In the Judges library there is an enor-
nous easy chair in which, he says, he takes
solid comfort. The judge loves his home
so well that even when Mrs Shiras goes
to New York or south for long visit
you find him in his library-in the easy
chair.
The Judge is a believer in the home
Speaking of it he said do | believe in a
Young mans marrying? Indeed, | do.
n -
early enough. 1t is all foolishness to wait
until they have enough money TO get
Let them get married and they will soon
save money Young men would have
more money to-day if they got married
and had something to save money for, in
stead of going out nights and spending
what little they can spare. | married at
26. and if had it to do over l would
marry at 20, for l have spent 30 very
lo,.,Dvy voarc with m Y family
The Judge has two sons, both practictng
law in Pittsburg and he is very
proud of being the grandfather
of a young man in kits. The
child is George Shiras, third. And
until the death last summer OF Judge
Shiras' father he was George Shlras,
fourth. The Judge says that hotel life
does not meet his ideas Of home; so he is
negotiating for handsome house in the
fashionable part Of Washington, into
which he moves this spring.
Judge Horace Grey lives in large,
square house on | street. Outside it is
plain: but inside it is all luxury even to
the buttons. who greet you as you enter
the big door. On the ground moor are
three mammoth parlors and you get an
impression Of ferns and rich furniture:
The Judges library is up one fight of
stairs. but no interviewer has ever had
the pleasure of seeing it or describing its
contents. -
IL will be interesting to know that the
Judge is thought to be the largest man IN
Washington He stands over SIX 1eet
three and he is as broad as door. In
fact the Judge is larger than his official
position. Mrs. Grey is a very beautiful
lady, and absolutely charming She en-
tertains great deal and is the acknowI-
edged leader of her circle.
Judge Brewer lives on Massachusetts
avenue in a pretty house in the basement
of which is his library; and to reach
which you must descend pair OF STAIRS
an dark and uncertain that you begin to
fear thew NAV cause vacancy some day
upon the bench. once gained, the library
is dream Of beauty, for it looks out upon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-06

lovely garden. In the middle of the
room is a desk, in the center of which the
judge sits in such a way that he has
desk on three sides Of him. A little way
off sits his secretary whom he keeps busy ;
and all around the room is a real museum
of valuable books.
OFF the library are the judges recep-
ton rooms where he sees his friends, for
he has a genial nature. 1t rained the day
I called to see the Judge, but the fact did
not affect him at all 1t was Easter Sun
day, and he said, Eyes, it is too bad it
rains, for the dear ladies, bless them, can
not 20 out in their new feathers, ha, ha,
han
Judge Brewer has four of the hand
soonest daughters it was ever the lot of
man to have. The eldest is Mrs. Jetmore,
wife of rich lawyer in Topeka, the next
is Mrs. Kerrick, of Boston, and at home
are Fanny and Bessie, the latter not yet
out. Judge Brewer is twice a grand
father though only 57years old.
Judge Harlan lives in the most pic
turesque house in Washington. 1t is on
top of the bill in Fourteenth street and
overlooks the city. The house takes in
nearly a whole block and in the rear is a
little garden where the Judge works for
his health. The house is furnished very
much after the manner of oil southern
L
conveys the Queen Anna idea with its
hooks and confusing turns.
Up fight of broad spiral stairs is the
Judges library which is handsome room
finished in antique oak, with bookcases
lining the walls. In the middle of the
room are two big fat topped desks where
the Judge labors day and night, for he is
a very hard worker.
Judge Harlans family consists of Mrs
II pfDkan v4IE Ia,.ln
John Harlan, a lawyer, and James Then
there are two pretty daughters at home,
Miss Laura and Miss Ruth. The latter
is still in school. Judge Harlan is 81
years old, and a very handsome man. He
has lived in this home six years.
Judge Howell Jackson, appointed by
Harrison last year, lives in very hand
some house on x street. Unfortunately,
Mrs. jackson has been south great deal
this winter, on account Of the health Of
the Judge, and the house has been closed.
Usually there is a great deal of enter
tanning in the Jackson house, and the
Judge and his family are very popular.
Judge Henry B. Brown began the new
wear well, as on that day his lovely new
house, at 1920 Sixteenth street, was de-
clared completed. 1t was copied after
his Detroit home, and can hardly be dis
tinguished from it.
There are only two in the family, the
Judge and Mrs. Brown, who is somewhat
Of an invalid. She is very handsome
blonde.
The house contains twenty rooms, and,
as an example of the way ii is built
for two, may be mentioned the
fact that it has two dining-tables
In the dining hall. One of these seats
two, for the judge and his wife when
alone: and the other is the company table.
The library on the second floor is full Of
interest, for it is heaped with curios
gathered. the judge says, from Japan on
the west to Jerusalem on the east. He
takes great PRIDE IN being a traveller ana
rarely STAYS more than two weeks in a
place He has not spent two summers in
the same place for twenty years. He and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-06

and the other at his lips.
tones from the surface and with.
out effort to reply. The telephone has been
utilized, but there are improvements of
Mr.. Whitelaw's own devi.ing, concerning
which he does not care, until protected
by patent, to give details. Electricity is
employed TO force the sound down into
the water, but the magnetic" telephone
permits transmission of the reply without
the direct agency of electricity. The
wire is not grounded. 1t has been found
possible heretofore toause telephone for
conveying sound from the diver to the
surface, but separate wire has been es-
sential, and this added to the danger
from which the diver is never free. The
wire might get tangled and the arrange
ment, anyhow, was cum bersome and
complex. In the new contrivance all the
wires are within the hose that supplies
air.
Not only can the diver talk to the peo-
pie at the surface, but divers, through
their helmets, can be so connected with
each other that they can talk as readily
as anyone, and thus be enabled TO work
with a perfect understanding. One of
the advantages of this submarine tele-
phone not so obvious as the facilitating
of the work, is the lessening of the risk.
When the only method of signaling is by
tugs at the lifeline there is a chance for
mistakes. The line may become fouled
and useless. 1t may be wrenched by
floating debris or by eddying currents
into giving q set Of false signals. Any
misunderstanding of the situation might
be fatal With the telephone in use there
can be no false signals, and the wire could
get wrapped immovably about some OBJ
object and yet the message il bore upward
"a message Of life or death-would not be
checked.
The apparatus contrived by Mr. White
law is exceedingly simple. To the eye
unskilled in the mysteries of electrical
mechanism it presents nothing more in
teresting than the ordinary telephone.
The "transmitter'' and receiver fas-
tened within the helmet are so small that
they do not in the least change the APP
pearance of the cumbrous headgear nor
cause an appreciate addition of weight
When the diver wants to talk there are
no preliminary pulls at the line. He
does not have to pause in his work and
devote his hands TO getting the attention
Of the people above. He simply talks in
a common tone and the answer that
reaches him comes quickly and distinctly.
Mayhap the little fishes scamper away in
terror at hearing the metal giant articu-
lating where human voice had never
sounded. or that the ghosts that haunt
the hulk vanish, thinking ghosts more
fearsome have come TO plague them. But
the modern wrecker is a practical man
and naught cares he for the little fishes
nor the phosphorescent wraiths in the
sodden rigging.
The submarine telephone has passed
the stage of uncertainty. Hereafter 1t
will be part Of the outfit of wrecker
who keeps abreast with the times. An
Examiner man witnessed the final trials,
and the telephone has since been placed
in actual use at Point Bonita, of San
Francisco, where the big transpacltc
liner City OF New York was recently
wrecked.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-06

for me- / speak of the Rosetta stone,
which is now in the British museum.
Many years ago Ptolemy Epiphenes.
king of Egypt, paid the arrears OF taxes
and other debts OF the priesthood of
Egypt, and in thaks and to show their
respect for his consideration the priest,
hood at a synod held in Memphis, passed
"a decree commemorating it. The decree
was cut into stone, as that was the mode
of preserving the record of historical
events This happened about 1914 years
before the Christian era.
You must know that the Egyptians had
q different mode of writing from ours.
They used hieroglyphics, or picture
writing, and this, after great research,
has been discovered TO be the written in
terpretations OF sounds.
That a record Of Epiphenes' deed might
not be lost the Egyptians had the decree
written in three different languages
hieroglyphic, the demotic, and the Greek.
This was done as precautiOn, because,
as the country had many dialects, LAM
guage once in use was likely To die out in
time. So by making this trilingual copy
of the event, each a translation Of the
other, il was likely 10 be preserved.
Years passed and the dust of the ages
buried from view the stone which was
destined TO play so important part in
throwing light upon the shadowy con-
ception Of modern thinkers regarding the
past life and manners and customs Of the
Egyptians.
This is the origin,oflthe Rosetta stone,
but no one in the modern world knew Of
its existence until the the time of Napol-
con. He carried his conquering arms all
over Europe, and, not content with his
victories there, he invaded Egypt where
he fought the brilliant Egyptian cam
paign.
While stationed near Rosetta, in lower
Egypt some of the soldiers with the
French engineer M. Boussard found,
while excavating in the historical soil,
block of stone. of black basalt, about 80
feet in length and little more than 21S
feet in width. On IL they saw strange
and unintelligible writings or drawings.
1t was the'Rossetta stone, so called from
the name of the place where IL was
found, but they did not dream how preci
Gus their discovery would prove.
I And it was not until about fifteen years
had passed that even one word was trans
lated DIR. Young in 1915 made out the
word Ptolemy, and he 1t was that discov-
cred that the writing was phonetic, and
not Geographic, as had been supposed.
But the key had not yet done Its work,
for, like Aladdin and his lamp, the tails
man had not yet been conquered.
DR.. Young, continuing in his research,
deciphered the word Berenice among the
pictorial writings on the frescoes at
Karnak. But it is to Champollion that
most Of the credit is due, for he continued
the research unremittingly, and finally
his labors were crowned with victory.
The translation Of the Rosetta stone was
completed is TO say so fas as the
stone itself is complete for one part of it
is broken of
1t was not an easy task to conquer, but
one well worth the attempt, and honor
will ever rebound TO the men that under
took and succeeded in opening up the
broad field that glows with glorious deeds
and vast achievements, and that for ages
baf1ied the-wisest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-06
JUDGES IN THEIR HOMES.
How Members Of the Most August
Body in the Country Act.

Their Houses the Best in Washington.
The Wife of Judge Ranks Next to
the Presidents Wife, and She Need
Rot Return Calls Any More Than
That Lady, Although She Must Call
Upon the Presidents Wife Herself.
(Copyright)
Washington, May although the SUI
lfeme court of the United States is the
most solemn body in the world, the nine
men who compose it are not unlike other
men when once they have thrown aside
tnelr robes and have said good-by for the
Jay TO the great judges chairs.
All of the judges have comfortable
nome lives and most of them own fine
mansions in Washington, where they
must spend the rest of their lives by
virtue Of their Office, which is for life.
IHey receive an annual salary of $40 900,
aIl alter few years of iudgeship they
-au INTO the easy way of thinking which
,"S eA Pressed TO me by one of the most
mouoTaole Judges himself. Il have only
i TS saIary' and ! spend every cent of it.
a ~ mere Is big insurance upon my life
aH1 mat will provide for the wife and
'Ltofen in perpetuity, think"
lnlet Justice Melville H Fuller was
appointed by President Cleveland in 1888.
t1c mas mansion on the corner of Eigh-
~ feguIh street and Massachusetts avenue.
i ~ % one OF the largest houses in Wash
ii"7'oh' and 1t would be an easy thing to
Wse Yourself in it. From the outside it
attracts the visitors gaze from its arts
e 2 IdIlc and exclusive appearance. In
s.ue the rooms are monsters. Every
a ' f,ln On the ground floor could be used as
On %au room, and all are furnished in dark
yIrulaI tapestries and hangings. Heavy
gol'u1 ana Turkish carpets cover the
yC" ana when you walk the only sound
'VI near Is your own rustic.
lflo u lne next floor is the chief Justices
r n,o.t and it is by far the largest and
To9C luxurious of any library of the JUS
WIZ VI the supreme court. 1t has eight
in,l WIS and you could easily divide it up
F 1,U nIe very comfortable rooms. Judge
stner desk faces three windows and
TTa'l-.G across it sidewise are three more.
due iue desk itself is long, solid fat topped
ma. me top is usually Uttered with
trPo-,IS ana stack of legal books Be
AVN Tue windows and around every
VIII t'ooIe wall space are book cases filled
daoan precious volumes And over the
Of - dS YOU enter is life-sized portrait
r we late Judge Blatchford.
is i 10 Chief Justices working companion
in VIZ green parrot, Laura Laura sits
o.le cage in an alcove back of the
SnsIG desk and converses with him in
Eb'1lssn, Tor she speaks English slowly.
parr ru was there the Judge said to the
And iVHI ", Good morning. in English.
scra -'ilss Laura hesitated few minutes,
gaiq q'eu l5,., her head, and then suddenly
' why, good morning" adding in
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-06
TELEPHONES FOR DIVERS.
The Man On Deck Can Talk With the
Man Twenty Fathoms Below.
From the San Francisco Examiner.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
The telephone now takes messages into
the briny depths and brings back the an
swer. When diver dons his suit and
sinks into the sea he is not, as formerly,
debarred from the pleasure of conversing
with his friends. 1t is not necessary for
him to jerk the life line if he wants more
air. All he has TO do is TO state his
wishes as calmly as he would if on dry
land. Wrecker Whitelaw, Of San Fran
cisco. under whose directions many a
stranded and submerged vessel has been
dismantled, has often realized the neces-
sity of quicker and surer method OF
communication with the man below, and
he has drafted the telephone into service.
Inside the divers immense Widowed hell
met Of brass is a receiver and a trans
m1tter." One is at the ear Of the diver
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-06
THE ROSETTA STONE.
A Discovery That Opened to the Day
the Riches of Eastern Literature.
From the Philadelphia Times

From the Philadelphia Times
It is not fairy tale that / am going to
tell you, though do take you far away to
the orient, the land of the lotos flower,
the land of the pyramids, Of the obelsks
and the Nile but a story true in word and
fact.
1t is the story Of key, before which
vast treasure houses, impenetrable for
ages, opened their doors. And when the
portals were thrown wide the search
ers gazed upon vistas containing riches Of
dreamed.
It is not a key Of gold, though its value
is more than its weight in that precious
metal, nor is it shaped like key at ALL
And the wealth it unlocked is not only
for its finders. but for all that desire to
partake of it, for ali posterity, for you and
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-11

party found the bodies and told her Of
his end.
Never TO see Nannette again! Never
TO see Nannette again.
He said the words softly over to him
self. and they unnamed him. The
thought was more than he could bear,
Straining every muscle to save himself
from being drawn, even now at the last
moment into the icy cavern, he pulled
the knife out OF his pocket with his left
hand and opened 1t with his teeth.
For Nannettes sake" he murmured,
as he drew the blade across the strands.
The strain ceased, and he was free,
and then a fresh thought began to trou-
BILE him. The first sense of relief only
lasted for a moment; the sip Of brandy
that he took to revive his circulation
hardly prolonged the moment and then
he was overwhelmed with the inevitable
horror at the thing he had done. For a
brave man, who plays the coward, or
who merely does what the convention OF
his class has settled TO be cowardly,
must needs pay for it afterwards.
Gaspard remembered the case of Peter
Tangwalier They bounded Peter out
OF HeIIhd't Oh '"s mere SuSP'S''H INC
unjust suspicion as most think-of hav-
ing cut the rope. But in his own case,
as Gaspard knew, II would not be a sus-
picion. but a certainty. There were the
proofs resting at the bottom OF the ere
vase. here they must presently be
found. but where he could not descend
to tamper with them.
They did not love him, those Zermatt
guides, and what a handle he had given