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The sun., 1894-08-19

When the boat rests they are again reminded
OF their H cIus sss rfn IN ob hesvy S SroW
canvas jumpers waiting like stevedOres to carry
away the ashes OF the steamers furnaces. These
worrying uniforms give the appearance Of con-
vcts to the men. At the close of the last war
there was left in the hands OF the Government
been purchased to make into shelter tents
enough to furnish an awning for the state Of
Delaware. with his customary ingenious parsi-
mony in dealing with military affairs, Uncle
Sam dccrce'i that this waste OF cloth should be
made into Jumpers for his protectors. There Is
yet enough left to supply another army. II Is
almost as tough as bullet-proof cloth. and like
the blue Jeans OF Indiana "it never wears cut"
The recruits stand about on the dock like 40
many awkward boys until Lieutenant smiles
pleasantly and tells them To follow him. They
fall in by twwos and are led at quick pace down
brown painted frame building, where they
catch their first glimpse Of army life. II is
verandn they look into room and see groups
Of men reading The sides Of the , room are c9v. s
with all the latest periodicals.
The newcomers are briefly told to leave their
examination later. Then they are taken to the
belong. and here they. suffer another inquisi-
tion ~ jollying from hundred men who may
he of duty and resting on their Iron bedsteads.
Very much Of the recruits future peace OF
mind depends upon his Willingness to take this
fun In the right spirit. Like the fresh hman at
college. he must know how to give and take IL
be expects to find any pleasure in his brief stay
There Is no hazing: that was done away with
years ago. At one time a hrand-new recruit at
q depot had To stand ready to fight 10 protect
himself. The fellows who had been there only
month ahead made mark Of him, and II he
successfully passed the ordeal he was ready TO
hold his own with the men in the regiment to
which he was transferred. Nowadays the fun
with the army freshman is confined to good
natured Chafting ami perhaps a few practical
Jokes. which seldom cause complaint " the COM
maulng officer.
There ARE always few old soldiers, or old
growlers IA they are called. at David's Island.
and To them thu nun-comniissiOned officer Is
often a source Of trouble. II he makes any show
of authority-and ne often does-they find keen
delight in gathering IN groups In the quarters or
nbOut the g-uunds. and telling what the army
sho'id he and how II should he run. and some
times hey talk 20 him. There Ia far less of this
spit !: among the men nt Dsvid's Island than at
some other stations, for there are few old SOL
diers there. Some II them have reenlisted and
are Obliged To stay there until n draft Is madr,
and very naturally they chafe under orders from
a temporarily appointed non commissioned off,
Ger who may have been In the army less than
three months.
This same officer VIXEN transferred to n regi-
ment loses his stripes and again becomes pri-
vate. He must earn his way to office again by
comretinC with some NJ the old fellows who
NAV have been under him at David's Island.
This a. one Of the fortunes of army life.
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The life of the recruit before he Joins his regi-
mcnt Is interesting. Take the Of four young
men IN need Of that glance Of human SYM
pathy which can be hest given 10y the young girl
In her first ball dress. They were standing on
the deck OF the General Meigs at Pier 3 North
River and they were glsncing first at
one another and then at their own
new blue clothes ard bright brass hut
tons. They fused and fdge,ed about
Ike Ash on the beach, and, perhaps, swore rs
they listened to the jollying criticisms OF half
Dozen other inen. who wore uniforms Of the
same pattern, but not so bright and clean. Not
the least of the discomforts was caused by a
tgh;ly rolled blue blanket which each carried.
!. seemed as big bale OF hay to them, ,.sid
was shifted from one hand 10 another ith q
nervousness which indicated that the owner
would be glad 70 throw II overheard.
At frontier military post these four young
ren would be called "shavetans:" on Uncle
Sans books they are called recruits. They
lave lately Joined his infantry service sor n
three years. term and are on their way 90 Da-
vid's Island. They have come from different
snlisting Offices in the East. Ono is from Hnr-
r,sbury. where the examinations are sald To 30
tspecnlly easy; another is from Baltimore,
and two nave signed papers r.; the Government
otIce on the Bowery. the largest culstnS office
4, the United States. II they had sought
mounted service they would hivc gone In
Jefferson Barracks. rr IL they had been enlisted
IN Middle Western State they would have
gone to Coluin6us barracks. They Rro clad
they enlisted In the East. hecauss they have
tightly learned that mt David'S Island - the best
daIOt for the in, ,,guctlon of raw army recruits.
They expect Ia take three months course or
sprouts then be- chased ~ thoroughbred soldiers
in Uncle sans army OF $4,000 men, before :hcy
ere Irar Sfcrrrd where they are most needed.
WHY hoes a man enlist IN the army and what
does ne rxrtCt from :ne service? There Is a
common belief that II il u life not 20 nc cesircd
BY an ambitious yOung man, and cae Offering
bu, few opportunities Cor material advancement.
What d'h those young Cel'uws tiink about itr
Well" aid Uie, wh0 sc"ni"d To have had
more experience with lille II an the others, 'Sou
- Il was this way. | was working IN rolling
mil IN Harrisburg and getting along Pretty
well. making my iitI,e TWO and = half day,
when ,hc mill shuts down last fall, s2e, ana
couldn't get no other Job. | tried everywhere,
but the hosses all says the times nro too hard to
hire new help and are going 20 get harder until
them fellows in Washington does something;
] managed some way 10 keep alive all
winter by borrowing little money rom
my friends and 'luing few little ions 10
sarn 50 cents or dollar ut a time. hut couIdnt
borrow no more Anally, and then, ay-weli, u
was tough to keep alive without stealing. THIS
Summer got Just work enough trom inarset
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this way Is like the hot-house plant very deli
cate, and its life can he preserved only by the
most careful nursing, liberal and most frequent
doses OF sunshine being the best tonic.
The theory OF heliOpathy is BY no means un-
Teasonable, as II Is presented 6y lts yotaries.
may be regarded as a condensed form OF cuticle.
Each hair originates in the cellular membrane
OF the Skin from a small dubious root. which by
its vessels connects with what We call the
chorion, in which It is imbedded. In bald heads
this bulb, through defective circulation OF the
blood, has ceased to put forth shoots OF hair.
and needs some extraneous force 10 restore its
functiOns-a force that contains the quintes-
ssnce OF the life principle, electricity., such
poetic this Is how they talk AN nature Is de-
pendent upon the smiles OF the orb OF day.
Without fresh air and sunlight vegetation
would cease. The forget-me;not by the stream
let's side would drOOp and die, and the mighty
oak would wither and crumble. As grass needs
sunlight TO make IL grow, 50 does human hair
require the same vivifying inhuence-thAt is,
hair which won't grow any other way
| met man last week who said he had for
two years been disciple Of the sun cure: He
took OF his hat and displayed head thinly
covered with hair, Before Joined the congre-
cation OF sun worshippers.' said he, i conld Feel
the full force OF the ScriptuTal declaration, that
the hairs Of your head are numbered. Look at
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A MURDERER,s SKELETON.
For Thirty Years Knocking Around n.
mira, It Makes q Sensation at Inst.

mira, II mnkes SeusntiOn at Last.
ELMIRA, Aug. 1s.--Thirty years ago while tho
rebel prison camp was at Elmira, soldier named
Amasa Mulock, who was one OF the guard sta
toned here, was murdered and robbed one
night on the outskirts Of the city. His murderer
was discovered In the person of Henry Gardner.
Gardner was convicted and hanged. The hang
ing was bungling affair, the victim having to
be hanged twice. Gardner had bcqucathed his
body 10 DR.. +. II. Flood Of this city.
The Doctor had II set up, and It was
in his office for years. Then the Flood
building was torn down, and Gardnrr's
skeleton was stored In barn. Later it fell to
the possession Of the Elmira Academy, where it
was used to illustrate lectures on physiology. A
fulness at the academy, and 1t has been hustled
about the country, from barn to barn and garret
to Rarret ever since. II has been IA street play
thing for Fictitious hoodlums, and n great boon
to practical lockers. Nobody seems to know
Just when IL disappeared nor how, but at some
time during the past year the restless skeleton
Of murderer Gardner dropped entirely out OF
On East Hill in the city limits. there was once
brewery, or beer tunnel, or something OF that
sort. There is a reminder of II IN the form OF an
cave. The other day some one was nosiny
around tho precincts Of East Hill, and thought
to explore the cave. In exploring It a skeleton
was found. The finder reported the grim dis
that some deed most foul had been COM
mitted, the paper start led the town with
farng head lines and columns of thco-
rcs about tho murder. the murderer. the
cause OF the crime, &c, and called the police
down sharply for. not having discovered tho
crime long ago aud unearthed its mystery:
II as the towns old friend, tho remains OF the
late Henry Gardner.
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SHE SAID THEY WERE MARRIED.
Isenbrant Isn't Quite Sure Himself. but Ho
Wants Divorce Any Way.

Isenbrant Isn't Quite sure HIMSELF, nut NO
Wants Divorce Any Way.
Frank Isenbrant, although he admits he does
not know that he is married man, has brought
an action In the Supreme Court for an absolute
divorce from Emma, called also Bella Isen-
brsnt. They went to College Point to spend
Easter Sunday, 1855, and, returning TO Flush
ing, lived together from that time until she
abandoned him.
lie declares that she repeatedly informed him
that they had gone through marriage cere-
mony that Easter Sunday at College Point and,
although he had no recollection of the occur
renee. he believed her and continued to live
with her III her husband, and held himself out
rs such. She left his home the morning Of
Sept. 30, 1881, with money she had obtained
from the sale OF his personal effects. and
he has not her nor heard from her
since Isenbrant's counsel makes affidavit
that the woman, ON the day she left her
husband, went 10 the Stuyvesant Hotel, ut
Third avenue and Ninth street. with one Henry
Sachs, and the next day took Hudson River
with her she was "secretive as To her former
home and life and as Ia who her relatives WERE"
but he had learned that she came from the lake
region, near Canada. He ACCUSES her Of init
macy with two men In Brooklyn.
Lawrence Burke. employed in the weigher's
department OF the Custom House. was arrested
yesterday order of Judge Bischof Of the
Court Of Common Pleas in an action brought
against him by his wife. Sarah, to get n separa-
tion on the grounds Of cruelty and abandon
ment. He gave the 5000 bail required and was
released
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RECRUITS SCHOOL TO GO.
THE DEPOT AT DATID's ISLAND TO
BECoME 4 MILITARY POsT SOoN.

The RecruIts Early Training An Orde ~ In
the way OF Being ChsRed and Jpiiied
bv the veters.s-PIesssnt Quarter. nnd
Good Fare-The Awkward squad. Fs-
tigue and Sentry Duty, and Recre.tio-.
BY order Of the Secretary Of War tho recruit
ing depot at David's Island is to become per-
manent military post and recruiting rendez-
vous. Recruits when not assigned to regiments
st their enlistment will be kept at Davds ISL
and not longer than week or ten days. They
will then be sent wherever they most needed
This radical change in the recruiting system
does away with the three months training which
recruits have undergone at Davids Island be-
fore they were assigned to actual service.
Henceforth they will get their military training
In the regiments to which they assigned.
The change likewise marks another era in the
interesting history OF David's Island. Many
years ago the island belonged to Farmer David.
In the early days of the war It was a rendezvous
for the gathering OF troops to send South. Lat
or 1t was transformed into n great military hos
pital, and finally ii was made depot for the in
struction of raw recruits. Now 1t is to become a
large and important military post.
Yesterday a SUN reporter visited David's ISL
and to learn something abou, the life which has
been officially ended and will be preserved in le-
grnd and story by thousands of young fellows
IN Uncle Sans army.
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RoUSD LAKE. y. Y. Aug. ls.-Sam Jones, the
evangelist was accorded hattering reception
here las; night. crowd attended that filled
the largo auditorium from front 10 rear and
packed the sides, the seating capacity being
overtaxed and many persons being compelled to
stand. Dr. Griffin and three other ministers
made speeches of welcome, and there was a fine
musical programme rendered in his honor.
Mr.. Jones lectured tonight and will lecture
Tomorrow. besides delivering the dedication
sermon for the new Methodist church at this
place The sermon will be preached in the audi
tOTium. lie will lecture also on Monday night.
The crowds In attendance to-day are about the
largest ever known here
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At the end OF month recruit with ordinary
Intelligence ought 10 be- ready to take his place
been one Of the awkward squad that is called
out at each sunset to witness this pretty sight.
His ambitions are realized only when he Is
throwing II out Then he considers himself as
good as any OF them.
A question often asked is, What nationality
contributes the best soldiers2 At least one half
OF the recruits, to begin with, are foreigners.
This is because military lie Ia Is imeued IN the
associations as duck takes to water. Then
there are certain adyantages apparent to the
make his fortune, but he is without work. lie
may enter the army, get good living, ana dur.
Ing HI; three sTrgfs n aSSeIe1tedd
States Under the law he must know the Eng
lsh language and declare his intenti.n TO be-
come a citizen before he eau enlist, but these
requirements not difficult.
The officers say that the Germans are the best
soldiers. They are better educated and take
more readily TO the discipline and forms OF
military life. Many Swedes enter tho service,
fewer Frenchmen. and still fewer Englishmen.
smart young Irlshmsn who served years in tho
English army and was In campaigns IN Egypt
and India Joe Victorian sings. dances, writes
poetry, and tells most marvellous tales Of hair
breadth escapes for the amusement OF his COM
rades. The officers call him Files-On- Parade.
because he seems akin TO the soldier character
which Mr. Kipling has ~ deftly drawn. He will
be greatly missed for he has been several years
at bavd's Island There Is no lack OF amuse-
ment on the island. Many OF tho recruits play
musical instruments and give amateur concerts.
Then, OF course, there Is the canteen; and q
popi' and card tables, and long bar where in
hot weather the beer flows in white AMI
brown stream and with q musical sound.
never been common enough to demand unusual
measures of prevention. The recruit Is per-
mittcd TO leave the island OF a pass after he has
been there a few months and when he wishen 10
put money into circulation in New York. The
only restriction is when privileges are abused.
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ON A WARM MORNING.


hasty badness, had long before given up the
nostrums, and begun to study the matter myself,
with view to devlsing q remedy But II was
hairless-l mean hopeless task. l read UP on
the history of hair but got no comfort, only such
tantalizlng reminders as this: Achilles buried
his hair In the tomb at the funeral OF his friend
Patrocius; evolution OF the tOnsure among
the holy orders; French peasants sell their hair
at 40 francs, q pound how BARRIERS Of an
tiquity shaved the heads of cOrpses, not a sim
gle word in all the literature the subject tell
Ing how to make hair grow on a bald head. But
to il by the merest accident had no faith in
the sun cure ut first, but with the splendid re-
lie took off the crownless hat, and pointed out
little dark patches on his scalp which proved to
be incipient tufts of hair.
Two months. Come and see me again in two
months and you won't know me-"
and each had an equally encouraging expert
ence to relate. The carrousel, In the centre OF
which stanlo the ,equestrian statue 9f Bolivar,
Is a favorite rendezvous OF the bald heads. At
midday when the great Hair Restorer bsthes
the spot with efulgence, dozen or more men
mornings. Though some have been counting
the solar rays since last summer, their heads
their sunburned compilations bear witness TO
their patient woolng. The gossips among the
sun curists refer TO these cases AS incursbles,
notwithstanding their disCouragine experience
they retain hope, and occasionally pass n hand
over their heads with the utmost complacency,
har Eow and S sRen there
among the group OF patients a man who has
% With yins T hair lie Is @ resared % Gss as an anmnus
who merely comes once in II while to take post
graduate courSe-just To Keep In trim. His
presence inspires the others with renewed cour-
age well as secret envy.
Though 1t is held by some heliopathists that
the open air, as well es sunshine, II essential
others maintain that the sun alone will do the
work OF restoring lost hair. Following this be-
lief The latter take their treatment indoors dur,
sitting with their backs to south windows. with
the shades rolled tn the top 50 as to give the
solar stream full play upon their bald heads.
This Is called bath 0f filtered sunshine.
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1t {, S9lsll wonder that at the end Of three
monts- we new recruit exhausts all his in
genUis. 70 stay there. lie plays sick so that he
can cs pc the first draft, or he courts the faV9r
OF the ohiceTs 20 get pull" lie may not be
States. but he knows that Dayid's Island Is a
very much more delightful place for living than
a post In one OF the far Western states, where
no would be forced TO travel several hundred
miles TO get any fun for his money.
Under the new order OF the Secretary OF War
It will be dificult for the recruit 10 get much
OF a pull with the officers during his limited
stay at Dayid's Island, but he viii remain
most desirable military posts In the country.
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me now. This head, which two years ago Was 4
Sahara OF badness, Is transformed into Knoll
counting them now, ehr he added proudly i
tell you Il Is the greatest thing inthe world and
quAinted with natures great hair restOreI l
squandered all my spare money on patent medi-
Cfnes guaranteed 10 make hair grow where none
grew before, but always with the same result
total and humiliatlng failure But look at this,
again dOffing his hat and running bis fingers
through his meagre locks. why, / have re-
gained my old popularity with the ladies'"
Continuing their walk, the doctors met a sun
worshipper here and there. One might suppose
that considerable pluck was needed 20 bare ones
bald pate to the vulgar gaze and 90 walking
through the Park, ESPECIALLY since the object OF
ardent desire for hair Is SUFFICIENT 10 OFFSET
sneers. There is one man hO attracts moEs
attention than AL the rest. He has particulArly
long bald head, and, being sensitive, he has
inVsAted means by which hs can court ths fAVOT
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George w. AIIsa's VIII

Pursuant TO an order granted by Justice Beach
OF tho Supreme Court, directing the receiver OF
the Stuyvesant Safo Deposit Company to
anime a package OF papers deposited in the
vaults in the name OF George w. Allen, the
package was opened yesterday. The will Of Mr.,
Allen was found and taken 10 the once OF the
Surrogate and hled for probate. The will was
executed on May ~, 1894: IL appoints the tes,
Elwood Smith, To whom he makes a bequest OF
$3.50. executors The son Is named a. = reslduATy
The sun., 1894-08-19
Dl..ppol.,.a In Lo,s at so.

ITHACA, Aug. Is. n. X. Kramheld ~ Scran-
ton tried 10 commit suicide here On Thursday by
taking a combination Of laudanum AID chloro-
form, bat was saved by an antidote. Yesterday
he hired q rOwhDat. aud half an hour afterwArd
the boat NaS found tioatlng on the lake empty.
The police are confident that he drowned him
self His ase was about 80 years DlsappOlut-
ment IN a love ahair Is at the bottom uf tho casa
woman 70 whom he was 20 have been married
The sun., 1894-08-19

BALTIMORE, Aug. ls.-At a conference to-day
between Gov. Brown, Attorney General Poe,
and counsel for the 100 imprisoned COXeYitss
IL was agreed that the Governor would pardon
all excepting Christopher Columbus Jones and
" "MArshaln Mckee. who will be held TO test the
right OF the state 70 take the army" from
their sncampment and impTisOn them without
trial, Jones and Mckee refused 10 accept the
pardon offered by the Governor Conditioned
upon their leaving the state.
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TWO YEARS A BLANK.
The Singular Case OF Young Clarence
burns OF Delaware County.

Two years ago this summer n young man
named Clarence Burns of Delhi, Delaware
county. having completed his freshman's year
at Hamilton College, left home TO canvass for
the sale Of a book In northern New York, to
earn money for the continuance Of his studies
His parents heard from him at Watertown, Just
two years ago. Hearing nothing from him after
that, they became alarmed and tried to learn
his whereabouts, knowing that something must
have happened to him. Months Of search failed
to give them any trace of the missing boy be-
yond watertown. He had left his boarding
place in that city one morning AS usual and no
one could be found who had seen him after
that.
In August, 1903. young man OF pleasing ap-
pearance applied to George Milner. farmer
living at Stony Creek, Wentworth county, Ont,
for work. lie WAS hired, and when asked his
name he seemed dazed and acted as II 1t was
with an effort that he could give II, but finally
said II was Burns He was good farm hand
and soon became favorite with the Millner
family, although there was something strange
and inexplcable about him. He never mem
toned whether lie had any family, nor referred
to where he came from or To any place where he
had ever been. On the I'd of the present month,
almost a year TO day since he went to work for
Farmer Millner. he came from his room early In
the morning and gazed about him in n strange
and gSszled way and az ,.n, %;t m exGSmd
Then Farmer Mllner learned from the young
man that he was the son OF William Burns OF
Dilhi, y. Y. Young Burns wanted To know
when he had come from Watcrtown. Between
the time OF his having been In that place and his
revelation to Mllner week before last he had no
recollection soon after making this revelation
the young man fell into his former state again.
recognizing his surroundings and apparent
ly forgetting his own home and family
again. Farmer Mllner wrote To w illam
Burns and he received the letter IA week ago.
In company with another son he went To stony
Greek and found his long and strangely lost boy.
Clarence recognized his father and Arthur, but
his mind still remained strangely clnuded. He
was brought home and recognized his family,
and seemed glad to b. back. lie can give no az
count OF the two past years, however. He Is in
charge OF DIR. Hollcy Of Walton, who Ia of the
opinion that the young mans singular condi-
tion was brought about by sunstrokc and that
he will entirely recover under treatment. The
to him.
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TROT. Aug ls.-JephAnson Slucis and Miss
Housins Hansen we're drowned Last night In the
Hudson River : abort distance above the State
dam They were In = rOWboAt, which Was upses
accidentally. They were engaged y - u1ArEt44
The bodlsl Wers recovered