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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-15
T...,len Of Gram,r,rr .rL.

The trustees OF Gramerey Park called upon
the Tax Commissioners yesterday. accom-
panied by John BigeloW The trustees are
Henry II. Anderson. John H. Little William
g. Hamilton. J. W. Pinchot and stuTyesant
Fish. Mr.. Anderson asked the Tax Commits
siOners TO give their approval to tho bill intro
duoed in the Legislature exempting the park
from taxation. Mr. Bigelow set forth the
been exempted from taxation. When the Tax
Commissioners told the delegation that they
trustees asked them to make tho taxation
nominal This also the Commissioners re-
fused to do
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-15

Some OF the newly appointed Consuls are
dissatisfied with their salRrles Through
members OF Congress and others they have
been making an effort to secure an increase in
the income allowed them by the Government.
These Increases will not be allowed A one Of
the members OF the House Foreign Affairs
Committee said too day;
These gentlemen tumbled over each other
In their haste to obtain appointments. The
salaries in every ease are fully adequate to the
services performed, especially when the
amount OF the fees at some OF the consular
offices Is taken into consideration. This is
tee will not grant any Increased comPensa-
ton ther for the Consuls themselves or for
additional clerical force Another Is the de-
plated condition Of our national finances"
subcommittee Of the House foreign
Aflairs Committee Is now engaged in the
preparation OF the Consular and DiTlOmAtic
bill. IL will probably be reported 10 the House
some time next week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-15

At the FIRST announced midday reception at
the White House to-day. several hundred
strangers took advantage OF the opportunity
TO shake the Presidents hand including a
delegation OF Indians, who wanted their agent
changed. Visitors Introduced them selves 10
the President, who Vas apparently in excel
lent health ana seemed TO snioy the hasty
OF Senators aud REPRESENTATIVES who called
upon the President this morning was larger
than on any day Tor weeks past
Washington business men ana those who
do not belong strictly TO that class. are much
Interested in the fact that a brokers' ofics or
"bucEst shop" managed and patronizsd eX-
cluslYely IS women. has been esta blishsd on
4 street within few rods Of the Treasury De-
paTtment For some time groups Of women
have been noticed going 10 And out Of
this building aud an Erenislg Mos reporter
to-day inVestigA ted tia nsAnihzA Il al IA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-15

Thomas T. Ferguson OF Maryland Envoy Extrsor-
dinary and Minister PlenIpOtentIAry to sweden John
Barrett OF oregon. Minister Resden: and Consul
neherhl 10 siAlht ihnnlas Iernignn or North faro
kemp.r OF Virginia. Consul At Annoy. CHINA: Arthur
Decima OF California Consul at MAEAtlAn: John NAL
com !ohnstons OF south carolina. Consul ~ PsrnanI.
bucn Brazil
Cosctors OF Customs-Narion NJ Hutson. district OF
Beaufort, = q; William Il. Kenan district OF Whining
ton. y. jos ". 'lapp district OF Nantucket Mass:
4. T. Hale. district OF New London, Conn; John Z.
Fisher. district OF ban Diego. Cal.
Postmsstsrs-,i. 7. Jones, NalinRfOad. Coma ; VIII
liam X. NAnsciver Beverly, Nj II. Lyons North
Adams, Mass. e. T. Cook. rxbTidge. Mass ID j. DenIp-
sey. Millbury Mass VI. GRIMES. West Medtori,
Mass g. Stacy, west Newton. MasI: }. }. CArbins.
oyphAnt Pa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-15

Miss Elizabeth Marter Dalzell. daughter OF
Representative Dslzell OF Pennsylvania. was
married to George Dunn OF this city at noon
to-day at tho Church OF the Covenant. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. DR. & j..
Fisher OF Pittsburgh. the pastor OF the DalZall
family. A large throng was present at the
church, and the bride received a great number
OF valuable wedding gifts. After reception
at tho home OF Mr.. Dalzell the bridal couple
left tho city for New York. en- route to Denver.
where they will reside.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19
WAYS OF PUTTING 1T.

A man passes for sage il he seeks wis
dom; if he thinks he has found it he is n
fool-Hebrew Standard.
a Pittshurg widow has had three hus-
bands, each of whom was over six feet
tall. She is a favorto with big men,
Buffalo Express.
Young men just from college who de-
sire to become journalists should apply at
the press room They can commence at
the bottom in that way and work up
Boston News.
Look out for the man who begins oy
saying he is not bit superstitious He
is going to tell ghost story that would
make cold chills run up and down the
backbone of winter Detroit Free Press.
These aids to memory are all frauds -
said Simpson, II used to lose my night
key and my wife fastened it to my watch
chain. Last night | went to the lodge,
and when got home couldn't find the
house. New York Record
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19
NEW INDUSTRIES.

Australia ships largo uumhprs of crps TO
p,dtisL ,,n,.l,ets N tnl,es six ,vcots for
Them to reach tbc markets.
T.. ,s.is, t,,.n. aaa i,,,,,,.. ..aa.. &c
N 80. -" 80 49, III ,,,ii,,. 49, t
VIM Votsoi, y. 49,. a. IT,, ""'''s
sumo ,eoneS W '''''',e ~ '''''
a braziliah sShulcnte mas secured tne
services Oh SeVerai experts from llttsours'
VINO VIII pore weilS IN tho nope Oh OBTAIN
ing Oh OF ha'ur"' gas
The French have planned works at
Havre for utilizing the ebb and How of the
tide to work turbine wheels to generate
power for dynamos to supply Paris with
light.
A Philadelphia firm is making great sue
cess in timing articles made of cast iron.
The articles so treated are far more dur
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19

According to Edmund Yates, 80, 5O0,-
600 of plate was displayed at the
Queens state banquet at Windsor
castle. One service for 1870 persons
is gold, and the other of silver. A
great silver wine cooler made for
George ". weighs 1000 ounces The
entire plate at Windsor is valued at
nearly 50. 600, 900, and includes quaint
pieces taken from the Spanish Armada'
a peacock of precious stones from
India, valued at 5000, 900; tigers
head. also from India, which has a
solid ingot of gold for tongue and
crystal teeth and IL wonderful collec-
ton of splendidly ornamented gold
shields, one made for George w. out
of his snuff boxes being worth $780,
600
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19
SEPARATED FOR FIFTY YEARS.


She was only one of the many who
waited in the Union station for "A
train TO bear them to their destination.
SAYS the Worcester Mass Spy.
There was nothing about hcr to attract
att ntlon. save that her kindly old face
was trihc more wrinkled than the
muiorlty of those who passed in and
out OF the waiting-room. Her HAIR
too. was "a trinc whitcr her dress was
runspiruously plain and hcr bonnet
was such as her grandmother might
have worn. No one would have looked
to her for romance; vet hers was IA
story full Of pathos.
More than sixty years aro this wo-
man loved George Irving a Young
mechanic. and when he asked for cygr
hand she gave it. and promised to be
n faithful wife They lived together
in one of the towns in the northern
part of the state for several Years.
happily contcatcd. Then trouble came
and in "a moment of anger the couplo
separated. No divorce was sought; no
judge was sought to set thom free from
tho marriage yoke. They simply
agreed to live apart. This was Gfty-
six years ago and they have kept
thoh. vow. During more than n half
century they have never seen each
other though at times they have lived
only n few miles apart. Each married
ogaln. The husbands second wife
died a wear aqo. while Mrs. lrvinc's
second huaband, one Benson. has been
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19

How the girls chase and race hither
and thither rs it cludes them How
hats tumble Off and hang by their
strings from the wcarcrs' neclls; how
cheeks glow and eyes dance and how
the place-all this is in the old picture
mind you-echocs with their merry
laughter!
There are old-fashioned folk still
who think that Il sednto game of GRO
quet or even the terrible earnest ten
mis-, affords no such real sport as did
this simple game Of the past. People
make work of their sports to-day,
these old folk say, because it is work.
aday age, and they must cultivate
their brains or muscles, on both, even
in popular pastimes.
BUttlcdoor and shuttlecocl, insurcs
one OF the most beneficial means of
exercise, the continual upward move
ment of the arms-the reaching
which is the best of tennis from the
athletic point of view. 1t isn't an eX-
pensivc game, either, for the ihple-
ments cost almost nothing, A battle
door and shuths12ck club may be
or!s;tiffr12,1d -0y any set of young people
who have moderate spread of grecIfa
sward available.
A little garden hat with brim wide
enough to keep the sun from the eyes,
pretty bodices of the peasant style, or
with Swiss belts, the under blouse suf-
iiciently easy for free arm movement;
skirts short full and piqlant mot
domi-trains), and stout little boots are
the costuming essentials. Striped
outing flannel shirt, serve for men,
with tennis caps and knee brooches.
The game, to be interesting, must be
conducted upon the general rules
which prevail in ball games Much
may be made of it by those who are
skilled in ball playing, though it calls
rather for grace than for skill or
technical knowledge.
Battedoor and shuttlecock is Il very
old game We hear of it, along with
other light rollicking sports, in which
women participated, among the court
pastimes of Louis XIV. The court of
Henry Quatre was famous for all sorts
OF romping games. Henry of Navarro
was too much OF warrior not to be
fond of athletic sports and many of
those INDUCED in by the queen and her
ladies', as well as by the king and his
followers, were almost boyish in char
acter. There are old pictures which
give the shuttlecock quite the form it
has to-day though the battledoor has
changed.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19
STAYING THE HAND OF DEATH.
A Certain and Rapid Means of Resuscitat-
ing Persons.


Colonel Henry Elsdale, of the Royal
ENGINEERS. claims to have discovered
n certain and rapid means of resuscitat-
inc persons from the effects OF sufrooa-
ton saws the London Chronicle. A
snpper among the men under his com
mand at Chatham was ono day found
onyeloped in the folds of a half-empty
war balloon. The coal ras with which
it had boon inflated had suffocated him,
and TO all appearances he was dend
man. But efforts were nude to restore
him. though the pulsoless heart and
cadnverous face of the man gave no
announcement TO perseyerc In a
moment of something like inspiration
il occurred TO Colonel Elsdnle to send
for some tubos of compresscd oxvgen
which had bcon uopnrod for Tho
oyhvdrooen lipbt
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19

Life insurance agent-'I will do
tain you only moment recognize
the value of business mans time.
Your age, Judge is about twenty
five. Insurance in our company will
cost you
Victim with a smile)--'You are
mistaken in my age. am nearly
forty three"
"Ha! hal Very good, but the Joke
won't go down with me. am seldom
deceived as to mans age. At twenty
five, as | was saying, the cost of IL
policy in our company, etc.
FINALLY hooks his prey. a wrlnkled,
prematurely old man of forty-two
years, eleven months, and looking
fifty-siX.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19

Every Man who would Know the
Grand Truths; tho plain Facts; the
New Discoveries of 1nedical Science
as Applied to Married Life, who
would Atone for Past Errors and
Avoid Future Pitfalls, Should Se-
cure the Wonderful Little Book
Called "CompIcte Manhood, and
How TO Attain It.D
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19
GENTLE POPULARITY.

Cleverton lat the races)-"What's the
name of the horse you bet on lastW
Dashaway sadly Philadelphia. New
York Truth
"What would you do if you had voice
like mine" said Binhs, who is rather
proud of his basso profundo. I'D take it
out into the woods and yell with it till it
bust" said De Garry, who prefers his
own tenor, -Harper's Bazaar.
us it farnin Dennis O'Maley is goin'
ter thry," said laboring man. ut is
TINT same "Why." rejoined the other,
scornfully, "he don't know enough about
farruming to plant is feet in the road
and raise dust Cape Ann Advertiser
Said the superintendent of the Texas
penitentiary at Huntville to newly
arrived delegate: you have the privi-
I'D like to keep ON driving cattle to
Texas Another gentleman in the same
institution wanted to be sailor.-Texas
Siftings.
Living Skeleton lat dime museum)-
These folks make me tired" Sympa-
thetic Visitor-''In what wny!n Here ]
am earning $500 week as the greatest
living skeleton, yet hour after hour, day
in an day out, one old woman after
another stops an talks and talks at me
about things l ought to eat to get fat"
Good News.
He-"They loved each other devotedly
They married and lived happily till they
died. They never quarreled and he wa
seldom half an hour out of her presence
She-''Oh, how beautiful And yet they
say such things never are" He-"They
are not often, You see they were boil
killed in a railroad accident the day Afte
their marriage. Brooklyn Lilo.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19
CHINESE ORCHESTRAS.
THE FEARFUL INSTRUMENTS
COMPOSING THEM.


Incurred In Equlpping
String Band.
Tho ordinary Mongolian orchestra,
such as is usually found dispensing
tunes for the delectation of Celestial
cars ut tho Chinese theltrc in this city
says the San Francisco Chronicle, is
composed OF ten pieces and each player
has his peculiar instrument, on which
he is an adept. Hoalso performs upon
it with nm apparent stoical indifference
as to tho scores of his fellow-musi-
clans.
To thoroughly equip an orchestra
with proper Instruments entails cost
OF 500, 80, which amount any nervous
householder who has cyerhnd the mis-
fortune to reside within car shot of one
at practice would be willing to advance
twice over in order to have it moved
on. After purchasing the Instruments
players are needed and their services
vary in price according to ability eX-
pertness and reputation The Mon
golian musician values his ability at
from s. to s. per night but if he has
climbed the ladder OF fame he will de-
mand from 50 to $50 per night.
The drum in tho estimation of the
Chinese musician, is the most impor-
tant instrument which opinion is like
wise shared by the juvenile American.
A Chinese drum costs Sl2, nNl has
much the same appearance as u keg
constructed of ligh wood, covered with
cowhide. This instrument is beaten
with pair of heavy wooden sticks,
and produces n booming sound, which
grows extremely monotonous when Il
is continued for several hours.
musical device ofpeculiar construction.
1t consists of framework OF wood up-
on which is set conical top of hatd
wood covered W u calf skin. Pro-
iecting from the top of the frame is a
hollow square, the size of a cigar box
covered with rawhide. Sounds are
produced by striking the top. which
emits bass notes, and the projecting
Undiscovered square with drumslicks.
This tuneful instrument costs 50. 80.
The cymbuls of the Chinese are of
hammered brass, similar in design to
those used by American bands, and
cost SIS.
Brass gcugs shaped much like II
tambourinc arc used by Magnolian
musicians in the makeup of their
orchestras. A first-class gong can be
bought forS15.
A gong of concave form and of very
light weight that gives forth tingling
sound is another orchestral instru-
ment 1t costs $3.50 Mongoliau fld-
dies acyvspf peculiar construction and
emit sounds which from musical
point of view are as inharmonious as
the instrument is uncouth in appear
ance. Divested of its strings a Chinese
fiddle has the same appearance rs Il
mallet, with the handle long and fiat
tened to about an inch in width and an
eighth of an inch in thickness. In the
lower part of the handle are inserted
two keys, one above the other 10
each of the keys are attached two
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19
"Wlndfnlls.''

The origin of windfall," in the
sense of good luck" dates from the
time of William the Conquerer, 1t
was then a criminal offense to cut tim
Der in the forests. Only such could
be gathered as the wind had blown
down; hence a heavy windstorm was
hailed by the peasants rs so much
good luck and from this comes the
modern application OF the expression
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19

A shoe dealer in Middletown, n Y,
on measuring customer the other
day, was amazed to find his foot so
large that shoes to fit could not be
found IN stock anywhere in town. Ac-
cordingly they were made to order,
and were fifteen inches long, inches
across the sole, IA inches around the
instep and 81 inches in the heel.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-07-19

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medical source that must trOrit UOndcrs with
this generation Of men"
Tho book fully describes u method by which
to attain full vlgor and manly power.
A method by which to end all unnatural
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To cure nervousness, lacl; Of self-control,
dependency etc
To exchange iaded and worn nature for
one of brightness, buoyancy and power,
To cure forever effects of eNCcssos, over
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To glvo full strength, development and
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Age no barrier. Failure impossible. 1000
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The book is purclv medical md scientific, use-
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only iChO need II.
despnlrlng man, who had applied to US,
soon after wroto
well, | tell you, that first day Is one I'll
never forget. l just bubbled with joy.
wanted to hug. everybody and tell them my
old self had died yesterday and my new self
was born today. Why didn't you tell me when
first wrote that would find 1t this way?'
And another thus:
"If you dumped a cartlond OF gold atimy
feet It would not bring such gladness intomy
life as your method has done"
Write TO the ERIE MEDICAL COMPANY,
GO Niagara ST., Buffalo N. v and ask for tho
little book called COMPLETE MANHOOD"
Refer to this paper and the company promises
to send the book, in sealed envelope, without
any marks, and entirely free, until 1t is well
introduced
The Press., 1894-05-17

reasserting itself; perhaps it was jeal- ousy. It doesn't matter now. When the men declared war against me and threatened me with personal outrage well, you have called 1t cowardice. don't know. l had dream of new life of quiet contentment, far away from these petty annoyances, of which you were to be the guiding angel" He laughed short, hard laugh. II really did indulge in some foolish ideas of waking from my lethargy, of doing something fine, and you were to help me" He laughed again with Inirtb- less self contempt. Fl am awake now. Imogene, fully awake. And yet he spoke in musing tone, leaning his head against the window pane and looking out into the garden, 'it is strange, but don't think any man will ever love you as we'll as I do.
 "Ralph!'
 He turned around suddenly, as if her voice had startled him. Yes, he said, taking up his hat to go, II did not know it when came here today. But do now.
 He fixed his eyes upon her moment with wistful expression, as if he hoped she would speak, but the words would not come to her lips. In an unsteady voice he bade her goodby and left her.
 As the door closed upon him she took step forward as if to recall him; then she checked herself, and sitting down by the window rested her head upon her hand and fell into deep thought.
The Press., 1894-05-17
CHAPTER XI.
A SHOT FROM AMBUSH


 Ralph Monckton rode homeward at a slow space, his mind in strange con- fusion. He was aware that great change had taken place in himself dur ing the past hour. He was not the man who had lounged into the presence of Imogene Duke, resolved to ask her to be his wife, and yet not certain that he cared greatly what her answer might be; not the man without aims, without beliefs, almost without feelings of any sort. He had undergone tremendous shock, and, as he had said, he was now fully awake, though still bewildered. Was it resentment, repentance or regret that was stirring his heart so profound ly? He could not have said at that moment. One thing he was sure of that he loved Imogene and that he had lost her. He bitterly cursed his folly in offering himself to her with super cilious indifference which would have stung the pride of far less spirited girl than she was. Even if she had felt any inclination for him he had done his best to destroy it. He smote his thigh with his clinched fist as he pie tured himself as he must have seemed to her, with his acquired air of foppish nonchalance. Oh, ass! triple ass! that he was not to have known that this pure, fresh, clean souled, earnest Amer ican girl must despise such an affected, dwarfed trifier as he had become.
 He was in a state of moral transition, upon the point of balance from which a man either goes straight down to the devil or mounts upward on the wings of good resolution. And he was near making up his mind to drop everything, return to Paris and drown his newly awakened conscience and his hopeless love in the widest dissipation to be bought for money in that world mart of artistic wickedness. It was strange thing that turned his thoughts the oth- CT way.
 He was passing through a piece of woods where the road was hardly more than bridle path, bordered on either side by dense undergrowth, when the report of rifle and keen, stinging pain in his right temple rudely aroused him from his meditation. He put his hand to the spot and withdrew it cov- cred with blood. The bullet had grazed his head within the fraction of an inch of his brain. A puff of pale blue smoke was floating upward from the bushes beside the road.
 He spurred his horse close up to the spot and called out:
 Show yourself, you cowardly scoun- drel!'
 The only reply to his challenge was the tramp of swiftly retreating foot steps and the crashing of a heavy body through the underwood.
 Monckton waited until the sounds died away; then, giving no heed to the blood which flowed freely from the
The Press., 1894-05-17

Yorkshire Post: A Lancashire lady has been relating a rather pretty story about a factory girls way of answering a marriage proposal made to her. The young woman could not write or read writing, and one day, says the lady, she brought letter to me to read it to her. Ii contained an offer of marriage. hap pened to know that the writer was a de- serving young artisan, so 1 said to her "Now, you must consider the matter very seriously and if you like to come to me when you have made up your mind, will write a reply for you" A day or two af- terward met the girl again, and asked her if she wanted me 10 answer the letter for her. "Oh, that is all right" said the girl, looking radiant and pleased. live settled it; answered it myself" "Why, o W did you do it ?" asked. And then she told me that she could make capital ''I ," and that she stuck on the paper a piece of wool after it, for "wull"-"I wool" Surely. one of the quaintest &C., ceptances of an offer of marriage ever penned.