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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-26
BUYING PRECIOUS STONES.
Some Of the Valuable Gems and Whai
They Are Made OF.

Some Of the Valuable Gems and What
They Are Made OF.
Buying jewels is as hazardous as buy
ing horses, and could anything possibly
be more risky than tho latter? White
sapphires have occasionally been sold as
diamonds, and as proof that white topaz
may easily be confused with them n
has only to recall the fact that the lar
gest diamond i'll the world, the Bragan-
"a, belonging to the crown Of Portugal
and valued at g5S, 900, 900, is by many
considered to be only a topaz. Carbon,
in a pure crystallized state, is in every
color of the rainbow, red, orange, green,
blue and even black, and occasionally
the colored are as valuable as a brilliant
of the same size.
The jewels next in hardness to the
diamond IRE the sapphire and the ruby.
called by experts corundum, or crystal
lied clay. Blue corundum is called sap
phire; red. ruby; green, oriental emer-
aid; orange, oriental topaz, and violet,
oriental amethyst. The word oriental
distinguishes these from real emerald,
topaz and amethyst. which are distinct
minerals.
The largest and most famous ruby in
the world forms part Of the imperial
state crown made for Queen Victoria in
1888. 1t IL believed that this ruby was
worn in front of tho helmet of Henry v
at Agincourt.
The most precious sapphires and ru-
bies, when cut and polished. show rays
from the center to the sides in the form
of a six pointed star. On this account
they are called star sapphires or rubies.
1t is difficult to produce II gem upon
these stones on account Of their exceed
ing hardness, but there are a few good
intaglios and cameos oxtant in both
one, q cameo head of Cupid, by lsler,
one a sapphire; another, u front face
head of Diana on a ruby, by Pts
trucci.
Topaz is the next jewel in degree of
hardness. IL consists of about half clay,
one-third flint and the rest fiuoric acid.
The best arc yellow, with sometimes a
greenish tinge. Some found in Brazil
are perfectly colorless and are called
''novamina" diamonds. They are more
brilliant when polished than any jewel.
There are a fow blue topazes found
these are taken by the uninitiated for
sapphires. Philadelphia Press.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-26
An Expert Opinion.

An old Waterman, who used to keep
guard in tho department of justice, from
long association with the legal lights
in the building believed he had imbibed
q fair share of learning in the law, and
SO when one night a telegram addressed
to the attorney general came after hours
he had no hesitancy in opening it and
reading its message. 1t asked the ques-
ton, "Is q man to be held responsible
for q crime committed while under the
influence of liquor?" The Waterman
~pondered over this message for some
time, and, as he knew what the influ-
ence of liquor was, he sent the laconic
answer: mo indeed. (Signed) John
Jones, in charge of department Of JUS
tice. OF course there was an immedi-
ate attack on the attorney general for
such a decision, and the matter came
to the ears of the department. An inves-
tigation vas made and the Waterman
suspended for three months. That did
not worry him, however. With ef-
frontery that simply dumfounded the
clerks, he came to the building every
pay day during that time Of suspension
and drew his salary. Kate Fields
Washington.
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WHEN | WAS A BOY.

Up in the attic where l slept
When | was a boy-a little boy
In through the lattice the moonlight crept,
Bringing a tide of dreams that swept
Over the low, red trundle bed,
Bathing the tangled curly head,
While moonbeams played at hide and seek
With dimples on each sun Drowned cheek
When l was u boy-a little boyi
And, oh the dreams-the dreams / dreamed
When | was a boy-a little boy
For the grace that through the lattice streamed
Over my folded eyelids scented
To have the gift Of prophecy
And to bring me %glirnpses Of times to be
Where mnnhood's clarion seemed to CALI
ALL that was the sweetest dream of all.
When l was a boy-a little boyl
I'd like to sleep whore | used to sleep
When ] was a boy-a little boy
For in ut the lattice tine moon would peep.
Bringing her tide of dreams to sweep
The crosses and griefs of the years away
From the heart that is weary and faint today.
And those dreams should give me back again
peace l have never known since then
When l was a boy-a little 6oyi
Eugene Field III Chicago Record.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-26

One of the strangest postoffices in the
world is away down at Terra del Fuego.
in the toe end of the big shoe, which is
what the map Of South America looks
like. The ''ofice" is a big barrel. and
it is fastened to a rock overlooking the
straits of Magellan. Every ship that
rounds Cape Horn stops at this odd
~nostoffice. A boat puts out to the shore
with letters to BIO left, and the sailor
who takes them looks oyer those already
in the barrel, taking out and bringing
away with him any that his ship can
forward to their destination. Then he
fastens the cover N the barrel with it's
hook and staple, and the queer old post
Office tilat neeGS no postmaster or mail
hays is left to itself until The noxt ship
comes Ly.-New York Times.
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The Fortune hunters pllemma.

"Well?" said the handsome fortune
hunter to the rich mans plain daugh.
ter. well, my sweet?"
1T is no good" she sobbed, mo
good. Father is hard as iron. He will
not hear of the match"
"Ohi'
HE says that if I marry you 1 shall
not have a penny from him."
my poor darlingr"
But listen. l have made up my
mind"
How? What do you mean?"
"Jaok!' cried the plain girl, throw.
ing her arms around the fortune hunt
er's neck, Jack, l intend to marry you
in spite of alll'
"Oh, mon Dieu!" groaned the for.
tune hunter. Pick Me Up.
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Beatty's Pianos and organs,

Hon. Daniel r. Beatty, the great Or
gan and Piano man OF Washington N. j.,
ia buster than ever. In 1870 Mr.. Beatty
left home a penniless pillow boy, and by
his indomitable will he has worked his
way up so as to sell SO far, nearly 100, O0a
of Beatty's Pianos and Organs since 1870.
Nothing seems to dishearten him obsta-
Giles lay in his way that would have
wrecked an ordinary man forever he
turns to an advertisement and comes out
of it brighter than ever. His instru-
ments are in use everywhere. We r
informed that during the next ten years
he intends to sell 200, 900 more Of bis
make. That means a business OF 500
000, 900, if we average them at 500 each.
it is already the largest business of tho
kind in existence. Read his advertise
ments
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A gentleman who went into the woods
region on "a hunting excursion and put
up" at a farmhouse in a remote clearing
was annoyed during the daytime with
the abundance Of flies that found access
to the house. But when twilight Of
evening came he was treated to an exhi
bition of fly catching that more than re-
paid him for his yexation. The windows
were opened as tho darkness settled
down, and the hostess tallow dip only
partially dispelled the gloom in the old
fashioned kitchen, when he suddenly
became aware of odd creatures darling
to and fro in the room, often coming al
most into his face, while q queer little
noise of "snip, snip, snip, seemed to
follow their velvety fluttering motions.
For an instant he was startled, not
knowing what to make Of such intrud-
ers.
Its only the bats, " said the lady
quietly as she pursued her work. "They
are catching flies. Don't you hear 'em
snip off their wings? There'll be hun
dreds of fly wings ON the floor here in
the morning"
The gentleman arose early and looked
for the wings. and sure enough the floor
and tables were Uttered with them.-
Lewiston journal.
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ON A FARM.
Life Wa Only a Dreary Waste When the
Grasshoppers Came.

Life Was Only q Dreary Waste When the
Grasshoppers Came.
1t was we'll on in August, and the
drought had done its worst to the corn.
1t was a hot, sultry day, as parched and
dry as all the days before. The sky was
clear but for the usual haze that never
left it, the haze of wearing heat, About
noon my father came up from the field
and summoned us to see something that
looked like snow. The air about the sun
seemed filled with snowflakes, thick,
innumerable, and fitting rapidly, as
snowflakes do. But snowfakes and the
clear atmosphere and the hot day were
quite incompatible things. They could
not be s~nowfiakes, but what else could
they be? We raoked our brains in vain
to imagine. Perhaps it was some kind
of a cyclone which had lifted leaves and
dust and other such things into the air.
But there was no signs of that, and ev-
cry one of the snowtlakes was of regu
lar size, with no such irregularity as
sticks and branches and leaves carried
into the air would present.
We alto dinner in puzzled uncertainty
as to what was hanging over US. But
two hours later it was painfully appar-
emit what the snowflakes in the sun real
ly were. They were full grown grass
hoppers. By 4 o'clock the air was clear
and serene, and the grasshoppers were
with us. They were not a few thousand
insects, miserable little pests, fitting
about in the air and getting into your
face when you were out Of doors. They
were millions upon millions. The trees
became brown with them. They cover
ed the corn as some insects will literal
ly hide from view a leaf sometimes.
They We're hungry, too, and began to
eat leaves, cornstalks, the bark of trees,
anything and everything was needed to
fill this ravenous army that had fallen
upon us from heaven. One went out Of
doors and stepped on scores at each
stride. They crawled up your trousers
legs and under women's skirts. They
made holes in the cloth fly netting and
came into the house. They pumped
hard into your face with a little whack-
ing sting wherever you went or did not
go. Everything seemed alive with them.
/ was young then and was filed SIM
ply with a curious wonder. But as /
think Of it now / am sure my father
must have been quite overpowered with
encouragement when he saw what the
grasshoppers really meant. He saw on
the first day that they had alighted to
get a square meal and certainly meant
to have it. But day after day they lin
gered, and new terrors developed in
them. They had alighted to lay their
eggs. The soft earth in the plowed
fields seemed to please them for this
purpose, and each day you might see
grasshoppers N Or 2 inches long Dor
ing their tails into the ground until
only their heads remained above. There
they. would stay from morning until
night and then go away. If you exam
ined this earth nest when the bird had
flown, you would find a soft, silky CO.
o filled with innumerable small,
pulpy eggs which meant a whole crop
of grasshoppers the following spring
Alpheus Sherman Cody in Independent.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
SERTICE MEDALS AWARDED.


Rewards of Service in the National Guard
Service medals were distributed yes
terday to members of the Second regi-
ment who merit them. The medals
were received by Lieutenant Colonel
Callahan, and were given by him to
Armorer Walker, who distributed them.
The ten years service medals are of
bronze medallions, and are worn sus-
pended from the neck by a silk ribbon.
The fifteen years service medals are of
bronze with a gold crossband. The
twenty years service medals are of gold
and bronze. Those who are to receive
medals for twenty years service are
Lieutenant Colonel Callahan, Adjutant
T. T. Welles, Captain George LaBarnes
and Armorer R. NJ. Walker. The fif-
teen year medals go to Major Sucher
Captain Beach of the Blues and T. w
Reed of the band. The ten years SER
vice medals go to Captain Charles Nc
Cabe of the Grays, Lieutenant A. NJ
Woods of the Light Guard, Lieutenant
A. NJ. Moeller of the City Guard, Lieu
tenant A. c. Young of the Blues, Lieut.
enant Charles Smith of the Grays
Lieutenant Reynolds of an out of town
company, W. P. Neville of the hospital
corps, D. W. Humphrey of the band
r. H. Hopton of the band, J. w. Ian
der of the Light Guard and Joseph H
Smith of the Grays.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
Confessed to Murder.

Portsmouth, N H., Sept, ga man
who gives his name as Martin Carter
and claims to belong in Baltimore, but
TO have of late made his home in Lau-
rel Md, is detained at the police sta
tion here on his own confession that
he is a murderer. He told Chief of Po-
lice Butterfeld that on August II last
in Baltimore he murdered Annie Jones,
a young, pretty but dissipated sirl,who
belonged in Gainesville, Pa, but who
for the past four years had lived in
Baltimore, by stabbing her with knife.
He escaped, and has since been wander
ing about endeavoring to keep out of
the reach of the officers of the law,
but finally his feelings had overcome
him and he decided that it was better
to give himself up, as he was liable to
arrest at any moment. The man acts
sane and tells an apparently straight
story. Word was sent to Baltimore
last night, and this morning dispatch
was received from the chief of police of
that city asking that the man be held.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
Death of Mrs. Ridgway.

Mrs Ridgway, mother of Mrs A.
Ieaton Robertson, died yesterday morn
ing at 1890 at the home of her daugh-
ter, No. 1913 Temple street, She was
sixty-eight years of age, and death was
caused by consumption. She was the
widow of Thomas Ridgway an eminent
geologist of Philadelphia, Penn. Mrs
Robertson was her only child. The de-
ceased had been an invalid for about
ten years, though able at times to take
a drive. The last time she was out
away from home was August 18th last
For the last two weeks she was con-
fined to her bed. Her native place was
Northampton, Mass. She was a lady
of extremely lovable character, gentle
refined, amiable and charitable
The funeral will be held this after.
noon at o'clock at the residence on
Temple street. Rev. Mr.. Macbeth will
officiate The interment will be in Ev-
ergreen cemetery.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
No Trace of Consumption Found.

Boston, Sept. 26.-Dr. Ernst of Har-
ward university to-day submitted re-
port to the pardon committee of the
governors counsel of his microscope
cal examination Of the sputa of ex-
Alderman Ham of the city of Haver-
hill, who is serving term for hood
ling" who has applied for pardon and
release. The claim was made that Ham
was in consumption. Dr. Ernst could
not find anything in the sputa to sus'
tain the claim. Counsel for Ham re-
quested that further time be given
them. The pardon committee granted
this, and definite action was postponed
till the next meeting of the council.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
THE BIG CONTENTION.
Many Committees Appointed-Other Work
Progressing.


Progressing.
Active committees are now arrang-
ing for the ninth annual conventions of
Christian Workers, which will be held
in the Calvary Baptist church Novem-
Der TIA inclusive. A local executive
committee Of twelve members will have
auxiliary committee composed of repre-
santatives from twenty -eight churches
has been appointed to assist them.
A meeting of the ladies' auxiliary
committee was held at Center church
chapel Tuesday afternoon, and the fol-
various departments:
Mrs. A. A. Kellogg, chairman of en-
tertainment committee, is to provide
entertainment for the convention spes'A-
ers and members who come from afar.
Two hundred are expected.
Mrs. F. Fl. Belden, jr., chairman OF
reception committee, will receive lady
members and will decorate the church
Mrs. J. W. Weaver, chairman OF
luncheon committee, will serve lunch
in the United church chapel on Octo-
Der 2 at $50 p. M, to which all the city
ministers and delegates from thei1
churches are to be invited. Two hun
dred will be present. The lunch is tc
be given in honor Of Rev. Russell Fl
Corwell of Philadelphia.
The general committee met Wednes-
day afternoon. Nearly 200 persons arr
connected with the various sub-com
mittees, and the different reports OF
these committees were presented.
Clarence E. Thompson, chairman Of
the finance committee, reported thai
$1,000 would be needed to pay the ex
penses of the convention. Part of this
amount will be solicited by sub-com
mittee.to be appointed, and the remain
der will be obtained from offerings a
the convention.
About $500 has already been raised. P
N. WEIGH, E. B. Bowditch, C. F. Thomp
son, E. H. Trowbridge, L. w. Cleave
land, F. G. Sherman, ]. III. Foy ant
others are among the contributors. Tht
committee expect to raise the rest o
the money without any trouble.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
COURT RECORD.


City Court-Criminal Side-Judge Cable.
Michaelangelo Porto, keeping house of
i'll fame, continued until November 4,
nisi, Mary Douglass, residing in house
of ill fame, discharged; Josephine Wag-
ner, committed to insane retreat at
Middletown; James Boyle, breach OF
the peace, IS fine, $50 costs; Patrick
Reilly, breach of the peace, discharged;
John Tierney, breach of the peace. dis
charged; Christopher Cassidy, theft
nolle, ENLIGHTENMENT, $25 fine, 8 months
in Jail, $744 costs; Edward Y. Curtis,
obtaining goods by false pretences, noll-
ed on payment of 1922 costs: James Nc
Keever, drunk, IS fine, 1924 costs; Jere-
miah Hurley, violation of liqour law
continued until October L; James P,
Cain, violation Of liquor law, continued
until October 2.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
THE GREAT ANNUAL FESTIVAL.
The Coming Fine Fair of the Merider
Agricultural Society.

The ninth annual fair of the Meriden
Agricultural society to be held at Meri-
den, Connecticut, on the End, 3rd. and
4th of october, bids fair to be one of the
very hest agricultural fair and out of
door entertainment of the kind ever
held in the state. Races, honest horse
racing without the pool box is always
entertaining. The fair has the largest
entry of races they have had for many
years the trotting will be splendid, and
the horses will do the work unaided by
the pool box The trotting this year
will surprise many, as large number
of the best and fastest horses are en-
tered to trot. The racing will be the
best of any in this section. Horsemen
who have seen the entries have stamp
ed their appreciation on this branch CT
the great autumn festival.
Blizzard, that enormous horse. The
largest in the world, with a record OF
2:O91s, will trot against time
A feature of Friday, October 4, will be
100 teams, all to be shown on the track
at the same time, % from each quarter
of the town to compete for a valuable
silk banner.
The excursion rates which include adj
mission to the grounds are complete and
very reasonable. The railroads center
ing at Meriden have made full arrange
ments to carry passengers to and from
Meriden. People intending to visit the
fair should ask the ticket agent at their
town for Excursion ticket TO Meriden
fair and return"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-27
THE DEATH OF FABER.
FindIng OF the coronor In tne snd ca.

HihNlhE oi the coroner IN tue shu Nhhs'
Coroner Mix concluded his investiga-
ton yesterday regarding the death of
Mark Faber, who died early Monday
morning in two hours after drinking
from bottle labelled cholera medicine,
The autopsy performed by Medical Ex-
aminer White revealed that the man
died Of aconite poisoning, the drug be-
ing found in his stomach. Dean Smith
of the medical school analyzed the
contents of the bottle from which the
fatal dose had been taken and found it
to be aeonite.
The bottle bore the label of A. f.
Wood Sons, the druggists at Church
street. Coroner Mix has examined sew
eral witnesses, one of whom, Morris
| Goldbach, accompanied Faber to Woods
store Sunday night, when, it is sup
posed, he bought the supposed cholera
medicine, but was given aconite in
stead
There We're two men on duty at the
store at the time, but as Goldbach did
not enter he did not see which of them
| Splb MS Ii lCliu lllG vi uS. ne Two IIlGIl
in the store were James P. Wood, a
member of the firm, and clerk named
William H. Alpers.
| Both men deny remembering having
sold the medicine, and Coroner Mix has
failed to place the responsibility.
There will, therefore, be no arrests.
The coroner finds that Faber came
| to his death by aconite poisoning sold
| him by mistake at A. F. Wood Sons
drug store.
| Rabbi M. Faber of Titusville, Pa,
a brother of the deceased, has sent a
letter to M. L. Rosenblume, in which he
explains that he was unable to come
to this city, but asks Mr.. Rosenblume
to give his brother a proper funeral &C
cording to Hebrew rites. The funeral
took place last Tuesday.
James P. Wood on being informed OF
the finding of the coroner by reporter
yesterday morning expressed surprise
that the coroner should have designat.
| ed Woods drug store as the place
where the bottle of aconite was pro.
cured, as he did not think that it had
been proved. He was asked if the firm
had changed the position of the bottles
the one in which the cholera mixture
and the one in which the aconite was
kept, which are so near together, or
one of their shelves
He replied, Certainly not. Those
bottles are in the same position thai
they were sixteen years ago when my
father opened this store and they
have never been changed"
HAS the clerk, Mr.. Alpers, been dis
charged?"
"He has not. If we changed The
bottles and discharged the clerk i
would be an admission that the mis-
take of giving the man aconite hat
been committed in our store"
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Personal JOTTINGs.

Mr.. and Mrs Thomas ]. Prentice left
yesterday for Montreal.
Colonel and Mrs. F. T. Lee and fam
lily have returned from Madison
Mrs. Ernest Crane and daughter Ruth
of Machias, Maine, are visiting at nar
fathers, George H. Stockin, for few
weeks.
w. P. Applegard, superintendent of
the local car building department OF
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford road, left yesterday for a ten days
trip to Lansing, Mich.
Clinton Fl. Bird has been elected SUI
perlntendent of the Sunday school OF
the Church of the Redeemer. He was
rendered a reception at DR.. Phillips
house Wednesday night
Postmaster Beach received orders
from Washington yesterday ordering
him to remove Carrier Samuel Pagter
and that the removal shall date from
his arrest. The postmaster was in
structed to nominate his successor
Postmaster Beach forwarded the name
of the senior substitute, Thomas E
Murphy.
George S. Turner, who has been with
A. Foote & Co., fish and oyster dealers
of Woodmont, for some time, has ae-
cepted similar position with the well
known State street firm, A. Foote
Co.
Fred Meinerzhagen of 267 Wooster
street, and prominent member of Ger
mania lodge, No. Is, has taken to his
bed owing to a severe attack of in.
f1ammatory rheumatism. His many
friends hope for his speedy recovery.