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1t Was the Presidents s;ster

Several years ago a lady entered
one of the large dry goods stores in
Washington, and the tired sales
woman, coming forward to wait on
her, involuntarily said:
80, the violets.''
The lady, who had forgotten she
was wearing a bunch of the springs
beauties, as she took them off and
handed them across the counter.
said:
Yes, did you know they are in
bloom in the park?'' So
The other woman's eyes filled with
tears as she said:
80, I never see the park now. I am
too tired when Sunday comes to go
out there
But you surely can go some half
holiday"
Perhaps, and I thank you SO
much for these
AS she was leaving, after max
ing her purchases, the lady said:
IF l call for you Saturday after
noon, can you drive out to the park
with me?" Then seeing the glad
ness in the others eyes, without
waiting for an answer, said, 81 will
be here at 1 o'clock for you," and,
handing her card, left the store.
AS she passed through the door the
saleswoman looked at the card in
her hand-it was the presidents sis
ter'S.
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thought I would reply to some of the
critics against Mr.. Keely's work, but
l have concluded that the game. is
not worth the powder. Let them
scribble away. We shall enjoy the
fun when those fellows are COM
PEELED to
COMPARE THE NEW ENGINE
with their predictions of it. 1 have
already enjoyed several such vic
tories, and hope before long to lead
some of these prophets around and
rub their noses into this sensitive con-
viction.' Mr.. Elliott was a friend of
the great English scientist, J. Tyn-
dali.
Mr.. Tyndall, in an article headed
Atoms, Molecules and Ether Waves
published just before his death in
Longman's Magazine, is said by
Keely's friends to have struck upon
the very foundation stone Of we may
use the term) of Mr.. Keely's discov-
cries, which gives the beginning, as
it were, Of his discoveries in vibrat-
ing power, ETC.. but while Mr.. Tyn-
dali was still cropping after the truth,
Mr.. Keely had found it, and has al
ready produced several engines, every
successive one of which has been an
Improvement upon the other, until
the present one, now about to be given
to the world, will show how grand the
system is upon which he has labored
so long. Mr.. Tyndall, in the article
referred to, says:
The union of bodies in fixed and
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of the seat will increase the speed of
the motor. The mechanism runs upon
ball bearings wherever possible, and
otherwise metalline bearings are used,
rendering oiling unnecessary.
The motor has a driving capacity
of four-horse power, and is what is
usually termed a gasoline motor. 1t
is .compactly located in the box of the
body, which weighs 120 pounds and
is of an improved type, .double-cylin-
der and self-regulating as to work re-
quired. Peculiar and ingenious de-
vices are employed in the mixture Of
gasoline and air to produce the proper
quality of gas, only small drop of
gasoline being used at one time. The
gas so produced comes in contact
with an electric spark, thereby pro-
ducing an expansion of the air in the
cylinder, which is always very much
compressed by the action of the pis-
ton.
.i The motor has proved entirely re-
liable, having been run several weeks
on a test, and shows no variation in
power or speed. 1t is simple, will
cost but little to run and is applicable
to business as well as pleasure pur-
poses.
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this city. The English patent was de-
scribed as. an arrangement not unlike
an umbrella, which was thrust through
thesho hole and then opened, stay
ing the flow of water!
In the event of the shot striking at
the coal bunkers it would be difficult
matter TO get at the opening from the
interior. of the boat, but the Winches-
ter plug. makes provision for this. The
working of the plug can be readily I'M
derstood from the cut. The shot hole
having been located, the plug is low
cred over the side of the boat to the
vicinity of the opening, and the sue
ton of the water will take hold of the
air ban and carry the plug into its
place. The braces have already been
adjusted to the size and thickness of
the plate and they automatically open
after the cover has adjusted itself over
the break, and hold the plug in place.
This will almost stop the flow entirely.
If the hole can be gotten at from the
inside the plug can be frightened up by
means of a nut and screw, entirely
stopping the inflow of water.
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II done see Gen. Washington when
massa let nanny an chil'en go down
to Alexandry to see granddaddy. Gen.
Washington was sitting in a big red
rockin' cheer in de porch. He had
ruffies all up and down his short-front.
and silk stockings and hair-powerful
white hair
How old We're you them" -a.-..
Law me, boss, I kean't tell you. I
was consid able of a girl, for befo'
gwine to see granddaddy l done made
| a shirt for him. 1 spose 1 was fifteen
| yeahs old den, or mo-"
Did you ever see Thomas. Jeffer-
| SOM"
Il doan know nothin' about him,
sab. All de generals 1 knowed was
Geh1 Washington and Gen'l Jackson. -
When did you see Gen. Jackson?''
DE first time 1 saw Gen. Jaskson
was when he KEN back from de wah
| at Newerleans. My massa was den
Kernal Ridley, and he done fit wifi de
| general in de wah. What was he? I
clare l done forgit what he was. He
gave de sojers de bread an things
"Quartermaster?"
dat was it. Well, when dey come
back from de wah dere was a big din
| nah at Nashville, an everybody form
all the kentry roun' as far as Murfees-
boro was dar, niggers an everybody.
Ev'rything was free, an red an white
| caliker cloth kivered de tables Kernal
Ridley lowed all US niggers to go, an
we had gran time. Gen. Jackson
was at de top of de table, and he made
big speech, / tell you. He done tole
how de Tennessee boys done licked de
red coats, an everybody, niggers, too,
cheered him.
Aunt Harriet is we'll versed in the
affairs of the war of ~, for she was
Col. Ridley's housekeeper, and heard
him telling his wife all about it. She
described what he said about the suf-
fering of the soldiers from hunger,
and how they ate fat dogs.
II was dreff'ly skeered,' she said
when de kernal said he was afeared
they would eat people, for [ was big.
an fat, an 1 had two chill uns that
was fat as butter.
"Gen1 Jackson she continued, "was
. tall an straight, an hardy, an would
fight the black devil hisself He would
fight duel at de drop of de hat, an
he wern't a bit Altered Of witches.
He was comm home from lection one
night, an big ghost tackled him in
de middle of de road. He drew his
pistols an when de ghost saw dat he
turned hisself into a pigeon an flew
away as fast as dose wings would car
ry him.
Strange to say, she knows but little
about Abraham Lincoln. She knows
that he had something to do with free
ing her, but it is doubtful if she con-
siders freedom a blessing. She has
been a widow forty years, her husband
having died of cholera at Nashville.
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given her as a wedding present, and an
| antique cloth cape, brilliant in glass
| beads, which had fallen into her hands
| at the death of an old maid sister of
| her last master, about twenty years,
| she thinks, before the era of freedom
Aunt Harriet is very sensible old
woman, but she has one dominating
weakness, and that is to be in touch
''wif de quality" In her estimation
she reached the apex of honor when
she rode in the carriage of an alder
man to the polls, and had Mayor Cox,
who was running for reelection, tip
his hat to her.
But that ride-that triumphant ride
may cost her her life, for through van
ity she discarded her woolens to wear
the ancient finery of by-gone days and
caught a bad cold which has developed
into the grip.
mo, sah," she said, in reply to a
question, 81 kean't JUS tell how ole I
am, but dat town clerk done figured
me out at lis. He told me 1 was ole
enough to vote" and the old lady
laughed heartily at her own wit.
"How far back can you remembers"
she was asked.
de furtherest back I ken remember
is the Revolutionary wah. I was den
little tot, but remember heahing the
guns f1ahing neah Baltimo', and the
sojers bringing a kerna1 dat was done
shot thro' the bowels into daddys
cabin and nanny sing him till he
died. My massa was Kernel Desplane
den, but he died soon an my young
missus marry one of dem dar Irishmen
dat was in de wah. He done run
through all the poo chile's property,
and in de breakup nanny and me and
Sophy was sold on de block to Blunt
Rob's son an taken to Tennessee
SOME "REMINISCENCES.
'Did you Ever see Gen. Washington"
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up in the car, 'is receiving the wedding
cards of man who used to swear that
he'd rather be a bachelor forever than
marry another woman. I'm sure it's
the hardest thing in life" =
.'Ah, no, it isn'tW said the little one,7
softly. 1.-The hardest thing is to be
engaged to a man whom another girl
has rejected and to meet that girls
quizzical gaze
you are both wrong" said the third
girl 1.-THE hardest thing on earth is
not to be engaged to some other wo-
mans cast-off adorer or to know that
your own cast-offI one has found con-
ISOLATION. It's to know that there isn't
on the face of the earth man who
is either your active or your ex-
lover"
And she nodded wisely.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-28
KEELYS MACHINE.
1t Is Now Said the Old Man Is
About to Start His
Motor,
HIS FAITH is UNB0UNDED.
He Says He Will Soon Prove
the Truth Of HIS
Claims.
OTHERS ARE ON THE TRACK
Of the Wonderful Power
Which Moves the Kelly
$50 Machine.
OTHERS ARE ON THE TRACK


That many intelligent men have
Full faith in the ultimate success of
Mr.. Keely and his system of produc-
ing power and motion, there can be
no doubt, says the New York Sun.
Mr.. Keely has been enabled to keep
steadily at work upon his expert
ments, and he and his adherents be-
lieve that he is about ITO demonstrate
to the world the truth of all his
claims. A gentleman who has been
connected with Mr.. KeelyS interests
from the first, and who has never
doubted Mr.. Keely ability or sue
cess, visited the work room last week.
He writes to the Sun as follows:
Nothing is so misunderstood ls to
the real facts as are Mr.. Keely's in
ventions. Three-fourths of the state
ments made by the public press dur
ing the last few years have been
entirely at variance with the real
facts. Mr.. Keely has always object
ed heretofore to having anything
said of his work until the proper time
came.
4NOb ulilii Sail p1OuuSC q ilSi
camille engine, one that will do prac-
teal work, will scientists and the
people generally believe in my dis
coveries,' we have often heard him
say.
Boyd Elliot, the eminent mechan-
zeal engineer, says in a letter now in
our possession:
Z" L have seen the etheric liberator
of Mr.. Keely. 1 believe he has six
times the value in his shops today
that Mr.. Edison has and in answer
to a letter he wrote: AT first 1
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A Magnifying Show window.
London Answers

London Answers.
One of the most extraordinary
devices for attracting custom on re-
cord was that of a fruiterer in a Mid
land town. Instead of the ordinary
plate glass, a large number of rough
magnifying glasses formed the win
dow. Seen through one of these panes,
an orange looked as large as a pump
kin and cherries as large as apples.
A great disadvantage attached to this
novelty was the fact that at the dis
lance of a few yards from the window
it was quite impossible to see into the
shop. Everybody knows that you
must hold a magnifying glass very
close to the eyes to see anything
through it. Nevertheless, for some
time, at all events, the enterprising
proprietor did roaring trade.
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HIS ROMANCE.

When Raby was twenty-one he got
away from Mills Fields plantation
in Gates county, North Carolina,
where he was born, and stated out
to find employment.
''I hired out to the Widow Pene-
lope," said Raby, 'fto be her overseer,
for 5000 year. I stayed there ala
most five years, and then I left to
work for her daughter-in-law, the
Widow Sarah Parker. She was we'll
off, too, but not Like the old widow.
When the young widow wanted me
to be her overseer the. old widow Of
fered me $50 a year more to remain
on her farm, but, you see, / thought
maybe I could marry the young
widow, if I was smart, and then her
plantation and the niggers and the
big house and the tar kilns would
be mine. Well, my plan would have
worked, yes, sub, if hadn't fallen in
love. No, not with anybody else. but
the widow herself. I was all tangled
up, heels over head, in love with her.
Why, the ground where she stood
looked crooked, sub, and 1 got afraid
of her. No, sub, I didn't have the
brass to tell her 1 was in love with
her, but if I hadn't been dead in
love with her 1 could have told her,
sure. My half-brother was in the
navy, and he says to me:
If you're in love scrape, Noah,
there amt but one thing to do, and
that is ito come with us and go on
cruise
so I got out that very night with
out settling up or saying anything
to anybody.
lit was ait Portsmouth and Nor
folk, sub, that I shipped" the old
man continued, land shipped on the
Constitution-the Constitution sub
She had been great vessel once,
but then she was old and used for
receiving ship. Well. worked for
a year on the Constitution, going
up and down the ratlines to the top
on the mast, but no further. I
never got to be anything more than
an ordinary seaman. I didn't want
to he an able seaman. didn't want
to go higher up the mast than the
top That was as near heaven as
ever wanted to go until my time
came.
"After I'd been on the Constitution
a year I went on the Brandywine,
on the inspection cruise. Do I re-
member the captains name? You bet
do. 1t was Farragut. He was fine,
portly, good-looking man, sub, and
another man of the same name was
a big captain afterward. No, . was
never logged, but I've seen lots of
others punished. Once 1 come near
being, but 1t was just because RI
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army men as to the beauty and utility
of this cap. Says the Army and Navy
Journal editorially:
Let Secretary Lamont pause before
adopting any article of uniform so
'f1agrantly unmilitary as the proposed
cap, and before making a change
which will detract so much from the
appearance of our officers.
On the other hand, soldier who
signs himself Twenty Years." writes
to the same journal:
Thank heaven for the adoption of the
new cap. 1t is the most important
change for the better in the uniform
that has been made since the war, and
the officers and men will bless our
good secretary for this wise change.
Hurrah! No more binding glare from
the sun at guard mounting and parade
and drill. No more bald heads. We
have an army of them now,
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ing stream of water. Oh, my gracious,
what big cities New York and Brook
lyn must be if that's true!
II left the navy because 1 was afraid
there'd be a war, and 1 didn't want to
fight. Well, there was a war, but L
didn't see no fighting, only on the sea,
and then 1 was on land and "a good
ways off. I've lost my discharge pa
pers, and I'm sorry. If L had them
maybe 1 could get a pension, and,
anyway, I could prove my age by
them"
THE OLDEST WOMAN.
Previous to the recent municipal
election at Wichita, Kan, Mrs. Har-
riet McMurray. a colored woman, APP
peared before the city clerk and de-
. sired to e2registered.
What is your age, Auntie?' asked
the head of the registration depart
ment - = =.
Law, me. Capsn! AK me sump' m
easy" calculated the old lady. "All
kin tell you, sab, is dat 1 wuz in the
revolutionary wah. My ole massa' S
Bible was dun burned by de fab befo'
ne SOlQ nanny ana me anu SOpHy 10
dat dab Runnol Robi' son.
The city clerk listened with curl
osity and viewed the old lady sceptic-
ally.
II want ter vote for Massa Cox
continued Aunt Harriet, "for he dun
glib Dick, my daughtah Cha'ity's man,
work in de streets when de poo niggah
needed it,
The mathematicians and historians
of the registration bureau piled the
old lady with questions, and finally
gathered enough data to put her down
at lis years of age.
ST spec 1 be that ole, anyway" said
Aunt Harriet, land maybe mo-"
Ten days afterward Aunt Harriet
rode down to the polls in Alderman
Mellinger's carriage, bearing herself
as proudly as a peacock. And she
voted. She was arrayed in the fash
ionable bric-a-brac of a century. She
wore a shawl that her old "missus''
gave her in Tennessee three-quarters
OF a century ago; a quaint looking
white cap, respondent in a wealth of
ruffies, which her young "missus'' had
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-28
The Hot-Coppered Joke.

AS the result of a cruel practical
joke played on him on Thanksgiving
Day, William O'Hearn, thirty years
old, of Wappinger Falls, N. Y, is ly-
ing at the point of death from blood
poisoning. O'Hearn was asleep in a
chair in the barroom of Rushs hotel,
when, according to the story he tells,
ex-Coroner Philip Rion and the hotel
proprietor, George Rush, applied a
hot copper penny to his leg, burning
him so that he shrieked with pain. The
three men were friends, and the mat
ter was passed off as a joke, which
was little too savage, perhaps, but
was not unkindly meant. Nothing
more was thought of it until O'Hearn's
leg became quite sore, and he was
finally stricken down with blood pois-
oning. He cannot recover.
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SAW GEN. WASHINGTON.

1t was while he was at Norfolk and
portsmouth that Raby says he heard
Gen. Washington make a speech.
Raby is not certain what the general
was talking about, but there is no
doubt in the oldest mans mind that
the father of his country was indig-
nant and excited
Yes, suh," said Raby, 81 saw the
old gineral and I heard him talk. He
was pretty mad, too oh, gracious,
yes! I shall never forget one thing he
said-it has stuck to me most hun
dred years now:
Go on, fellow citizens, as you
have been going on, and assure you
that we shall have the devil to pay
in this republic and no pitch hot!'
While I was in the Brooklyn navy
yard got leave one day and went
out to see monstrous pretty burying
ground-Greenwood they call it now, l
hear. A man who came to see me
two or three years ago told me that
they bury lot of folks there every
day now-that the bodies go to that
burying ground just like an eYerlast-
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tried to get away when some one
else was being punished. Which of
the ports we visited did I like the
best? All of EN-, suh-all of 'em. I
could have shore leave three times
a week when we were in port, and
we could always find ways of having
good times-there was always bright
eyes to shine on Jack Tar in them
old days, suh-certain."
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Through Service.

y The Nickel Plate Road, On. Y. G. &
st. L. R. R. the favorite line between
Chicago and the East along the South
shore of Lake Erie, being the shortest
line to Cleveland and Buffalo, offers
a splendid through car service to all
classes If passengers. Magnifi-
cent Wagner Sleepers and Dining
Cars daily on through trains to
New York and Boston. For reser-
vations of Sleeping Car space and
further information address J. Y.
Callahan, General Agent, 1879 Clark
street, Chicago, Ill.
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A Partisan Jest.

There are some very funny fellows
in Paris, and many of them like moth
entire strangers. One of these, walk
ing along one of the largest business
streets one day, saw before a cloth,
ing shop a large placard stating that
the concern had 100000 overcoats for
sale.
Entering the shop the joker asked
the man in charge if he were very
busy.
No" replied the salesman. "What
can do for your
II see, - said the jester, ''that you
have 100000 overcoats for sale, and I
thought ia like to try them ON"
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the lantern is also provided, which
regulates the raising and lowering of a
red glass shield around the lamp. When
communication with the policeman is
desired a touch at the central office
drops the glass over the light, and if
the officer is within sight of the red
light he knows he is wanted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-28
Once He Disagrees.

Indianapolis Journal.
.I been takin' the same paper fer
20 years. said Mr.. Jason, 'and giner-
ally it is correct; but when it says that
Anarchists hadn't orter hev the right
of asylum in this country it is plumb
off. Asylum is the only place that or
ter be open fer en-
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| OLDEST IN AMERICA
Noah Raby, Of New Jersey,
Has Passed His 1891
6 Birthday.
HE ONCE HAD A ROMANCE.
Loved a Young Widow. but
Hadn't the Nerve to Tell
Her So.
lAa0THER VERY OLD ONE.
MRS. Harriet McMurray Is
Now an Ancient Lady Of
lis Years.@---===:,-

Is Noah Raby, of the Piscataway
poor farm, New Jersey. the Oldest
man in the world? If the story of-his
life which he tells be true, he has
passed his 123d birthday.
1t was about eighty-three years ago,
according to his recollections, that
Noah Raby, ordinary seaman. re
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No Change to New York and Bos.

The through service offered the tray
cling public by the Nickel Plate Road
IN. Y. c. q st. L. r. R.) is unsurpassed.
The perfect passenger service of this
road, with the well-known excellence
OF the West Shore and Fitchburg
Roads, recommends itself to the trav-
cling public. Wagner Palace Cars and
Dining Car daily on through trains to
New York and Boston. For additional
information see your local ticket agent,
or address j. Y. Callahan, General
Agent, 1873 Clark street, Chicago, Ill.
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ceived his discharge papers from the
stanch frigate Brandywine, which had
just finished cruise of inspection of
the various ports of the United States
and was then locked at the Brook
lyn navy yard. The day after he left
the naval service he betook himself to
New Jersey, where he joined himself
to farmer, and for money agreed to
serve as a hired man, says the New
York Herald. Since that time he has
never stepped outside the boundaries
Of New Jersey. For more than half
a century, with more or less steadi-
ness, he followed the occupation he
had chosen, and then, twenty-eigat
years ago, being full of years and de-
cidedly averse to earning his own
living any longer, he settled down at
I the poor farm in the township of
: Getaway, not far-from New. Bruins
wick, and there he. has since remained.
Today he is totally blind, but his
eyes, though sunken, have the spar
kle of one who can see perfectly. His
body is bent and his shoulders are
contracted, but the. muscles or his
arms and legs are firmer than those
of many a man not yet thirty. His
jaws are toothless and his words are
uttered with a whistling accompani-
ment, but his voice is strong and full,
and his laugh is as hearty as it was
century and more ago. His long hair
is white, but thick and luxuriant;
his whiskers are iron gray; his heavy,
bushy eyebrows are still almost jet
black, and he can dispose of solid
drink of good rye whisky with sort
of smack that betokens the heartiest
relish. Though he believes his father
to have been an Indian, his skin is
white, and his features are of pro-
nounced Caucasian type.
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the hammer head is made in two parts
and is easily separated by loosenins a
nut. New faces may then be put in.
the nut frightened and the hammer is
ready to do first-class work again.
Another advantage presented by this
new device is the readiness with which
faces of any desired material may be
put in the hammer. Raw hide, lead.
wood. copper or iron may be used as
desired.