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The Irish standard., 1895-04-13
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Bucks county is full Of Old colonial
mansions which still stand as monu-
ments of the stirring times Of long ago,
and as mute testimonials to the careful
building of our forefathers. In upper
Wakefield, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord, is still standing the mansion first
occupied by Samuel Merrick and built
by him in 1774. This mansion, which
rests upon the southern slope Of small
hillock known as Jericho Hill, formed
the headquarters of Gen. Greene in
December, 1776, and from this spot he
began his march with the army against
the Hessians at Trenton, on the
memorable Christmas day Of that year.
Across two fields to the west from the
Merrick mansion is the Keith house,
where Washington had his headquar-
tiers from December IA to December Is,
and over Jericho hill to the north is'
the old Chapman residence, where Gen.
Knox and Alexander Hamilton were
quartered during the same period. Be
sides the Keith house, Washington had
his headquarters in three other dwell
inrs ID the county; the Harris house,
Newtown; the Barclay house, Norris
Vile, and the Moland house near Harris
vile, on the Neshaminy creek. In the
latter house Lafayette first reported
for duty In the continental army, and
under its roof first took his seat at the
council board.
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born /. (,la.sicist.

a unique character was the late great
Prof. Blaclkie, Scotland's most learned
student Of Greek. His wife was talk
ing with. him on his death-bed OF the
three graces, and characterized them
with Greek word which, in the good
weman's pronunciation, bore an incor-
rect accent. Her husband gently cor
rected her, placing the accent where Il
should be, and then breathed his last
Speaking Of this phenomenal aptitude
for Greek II was once facetiously re-
ported at Yale that when the present
Prot. Hadley came into the world he
promptly announced his arrival in
Ilaconici Greek phrase, whereupon his
father, the eminent professor Of Greek
1t Yale, quite as promptly informed the
Hellenic nurseling that he had used an
improper tense, and accordingly sup
piled him with the right word
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A RomarIkablo Man.

Asrreat ordnance survey map Of Eng
land, containing over 10s, 900 sheets and
costing during the last twenty years
about d million dollars 9 years. nearly
completed. The scales vary from 10
and 8 feet to the mile for the towns,
through Is inches, s inches, ! inch, II
inch and ITO inch to the mile The de-
tails are 90 minute that the IS and 8
inch maps show every hedge, fence,
ditch, wall, bull ding, and even every
isolated tree in the country. The ~
inch map shows iin color the material
3sof which every part Of = building IS
cons ncted Their plans show not only
the exact shape of every buiilsdin but
every porch, ares, doorste 1a1np post,
rail way and fire plug.
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1t Meant Something

/ The prince OF Walesis said to have an
extraordinary and accurate knowledge
of the signs, colors and membership OF
Ill orders Of merit. It is matter in
which he permits no trifing, too. At 9
recent state ball, 8 beautiful young
girl wore a glittering jeweled decoration
On her breast. She danced opposite the
prince. When the quadrille was over,
be said, gently: That Is q beautiful
ornament. May I 81 to whom it be-
longs?" ''To Lord Blank, ]" said the
frightened girl; The is my fiance He !. I
allows me 10 wear it, 4 Can you nm
tasten It easily?" Eyes, your high
ness. > Then may I ask you to take +
OH, and tell Lord Blank that il means
something more than q bit of gold and
: few diamonds to be worn merely 60 60
an ornament. even By e charming
woman? 81
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HUMAN GULLlBILlTY.
Why Interfere with the Fools Who Enjoy
Being Fooled?

why Interfere with the FOOLS VINO ENJOY
Being Fooled?
Belief in the magic arts is by no
means extinct in some parts Of France,
and from the department of the Pas de
Calais comes a curious story, says a
Paris correspondent. This time the in
dividual, who figured in the police
court as having made various dupes
through his protested knowledge of
sorcery, was coachman, who, by some
peculiar process of reasoning, was re-
garded by the ignorant as past master
in the occult sciences. One of his VIC
TINS was girl who was extremely
anxious to be welded to the object Of
her affections. The young man could
not be induced to come forward, SO she
consulted the jehn, who told her that
she would be married in the beginning
of February. She put a certain sum OF
money down as an installment, and, al
though disappointed, was returning
with the remainder, when the police in
tervened and arrested the jehu.
Another dupe was a married woman,
who wanted to ascertain whether she
had any chance Of obtaining divorce.
The cards were propitious, and she
cheerfully Embossed her purse strings,
but the divorce has not been pro-
nounced, nor is there any likelihood Of
such termination to her troubles.
Great amusement, on the other hand,
was created by the deposition of ven
cradle dame, who declared that she
was delighted with the magician, as
he evicted an evil spirit from her habit
alton. She had called on him with her
daughter and he had told them that
the house was bewitched. On receipt
of the sum of eighteen francs the
coachman paid her a visit, and after
shutting himself up in the stable for
ten minutes he emerged with the joyful
tidings that he had discovered "a fatal
toad" and had driven it off the prem
Uses. From that moment, the old
woman declared, she had been at
peace, and she wound up with the ex-
preston OF her gratitude and OF her
confidence in the great sorcerer. In an
swer to questions put to him the jehu
said that he had learned 1t all in
little book that he had lost. There
were spells and incantations. VERY
good. Repeat one," said the presiding
Judge but they are in Latin, !" the
man replied. ''Never mind; 60 on.
We shall understand all the same" ex-
claimed the Judge encouragingly. The
improvised magician, however, could
not get out word, but hung his head
amid roars Of laughter, and soon after
ward he was sentenced to three
months imprisonment.
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REYNARD in HARD LUCK.

Pursusd by Hunters, He Ran Into tho Holo
of . Big Fighting Coon.
Some Dutchess county fox hunters
had curious experience the other day
while out with the hounds. The hounds
ran an old fox dog so fast through the
snow that in less than an hour he
''holed," and the hunters had hard
work to dig through the frozen ground
and locate him, says the New York Sun.
The hickory withe, in which the fox
is expected to insert his fangs so that
he can be drawn out, was inserted, but
It proved utterly useless in this case,
and it was agreed that something was
radically wrong with the fox, especially
as the hickory when it was pulled out
Of the hole found to be covered with q
bloody foam. Growls and snarls were
heard in the hole, and the hunters
could see the red fur of the fox occa-
sionally as he twisted and turned in
his narrow quarters. The famous ''old
man" of the party at last pluckily
reached in, and taking hold Of the hide
with his left hand, drew the fox slowly
toward him, slipping as he did so his
right hand up to the neck and grasping
the fox's throat with all his strength.
Then, holding the red chap up, he ex-
hibited badly whipped fox. Reynard's
lower jaw was broken and hung down
sideways on his blood-stained breast.
The long, red tongue, cruelty torn and
quivering, added CHASTITY grin to as
wicked-looking countenance as the
hunters ever beheld. He was knocked
on the head instantly SO as to end his
misery, and the hunters then proceeded
to finish the author Of this mutilation,
4 tremendous male coon.
This big fellow gave q great battle.
The narrow entrance to the hole pre-
vented any use of gum and 1t was
only after severe and exciting work
that he was finally dragged out and
thrown to the dogs, Even then he
nearly whipped them all, and crow
bar had to be used to dispatch him.
He weighed twenty-foF and three
quarter pounds, and was In magnificent
condition, and that the fox was no
match for him the appearance of Rey-
nard plainly showed. They had evil
IDENTIFY been fighting to the death,
jaws locked, while the hunters were
digging, and thus the inability OF the
fox to fasten his teeth in the hickory
withe was fully explained. The fox
must have made poor defense. as there
were no serious wounds on the coon,
save those inflicted, probably, by the
hounds. The coon's gameness was
something phenomenal. Not once did
he show the slightest sign Of fear, but
actually walked up to the dogs, like 9
miniature grizzly bear. The hunters
almost regretted killing SO brave crear
fure.
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Innovations In Umbrenas.

Innovations in Umbrenas.
One Of the later novelties in umbrel-
las is form that can be carried in an
ordinary gripsack and adjusted to q
great variety OF needs. For instance,
it can be hitched to q bicycle in six diff
ferent positions. In general essentials
it corresponds to q carriage top The
handles are made in two or three Sec
tions and largely Of aluminium. So pop
ular has the device become, q large fac
tory now employs several hundred
hands turning il out in great variety.
Some years ago an attempt was made
by an ingenious American to introduce
. neat little umbrella that could be it-
ted either to the hat or the shoulders,
leaving the hands entirely free for ork.
il was expected that itwould be well
coined IN the tropics and that it might
even solve the great problem Of render
ing white labor possible ii compel ition
with black il tropical regions, while il
was obviously just the thing to save
marching soldiers from sunstroke. But
this ingenious invention somehow did
not take, and another fortune thus
remains ung;arnered. ssszg.ss
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.......a. .ucns.. va results as this. The
Hausas are called the most typical OF
all the negro people, and In their intel
lectual qualities they hold the very
foremost rank among negroes. They
are fine agricuiturists, and although
the great mass of them have been
scarcely affected by foreign influences
they are conspicuous for the variety
aud excellence Of their manufactures,
such as the making Of cloth, mats,
leather and glass.
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In &c
q the scheme. 80.
Mr.. Thomas Commerford Martin, has
In article on Nikola Tesla and his in-
yentions In the Century. Mr.. Martin
quotes Tesla himself to the following
effect: 81
I'm connection with resonance effects
and the problem Of transmission OF en-
ergy over single conductor, / would
cay few words on subject which
constantly fills my thoughts, and which
concerns the welfare Of all. mean the
transmission Of Ineligible signals, or
perhaps even power, to any distance
without the use of wires. am becom-
ing daily more convinced of the prac-
ticability of the scheme; and though I
know full well that the majority Of
scientific men will not believe that such
results can be practically and immedi-
ately realized, yet think that all con-
slider the developments of recent years
BY number Of workers to have been
such as to encourage thought and ex-
pertinent in this direction. My convic-
ton has grown so strong that I no
longer look upon this plan of energy or
intelligence transmission as a mere
theoretical possibility, but as serious
problem in electrical engineering which
must be carried out some day.
s.The idea of transmitting intelligence
without wire is the natural outcome Of
the most recent results of electrical in
yestigations. Some enthusiasts have
expressed their belief that telephony to
any distance by induction through the
air is possible. cannot stretch my
IMAGINATION so far: but do firmly be-
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some Chinese Names.

The Chinese are not entirely content
with the names which dwellers in
various lands have given to their coun-
tries, and in consequence they have In
vented names Of their own tor them,
some Of which are very apt and de-
scriptive. For instance, France i
called s.Farko, y the land Of lawlessnesss
Germany is ssTe-ko, I the virtuous
country; England Ii I. 81 Ike, & the.
blooming land, and America q ~ e.
ko,' the beautiful land
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THE FRENc tihiEN,'s tlIlfsE.
Another In the series 9of Beautiful T.1se.
f Nine Stories. #6 5 ss5a

4 Another In the Series Of Beautiful L11e.
Mine Stories. ss8S@
The long-sought Frenchmen's gold
mine in the Harqua .Halas has been re-
discovered. says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat The roads leading thereto
from BONANZA camp, thirty-five miles
north, and from all points in the dis
trict, are black with prospectors,
mules, burros and packets. Two sacks
of ore, worth seven hundred dollars,
were first found, then a couple of old
and decayed pack saddles, and finally
the ore dump close to the mouth of tho
long-abandoned mine The dump con-
tains enough rich ore to keep q mill in
operation for many months, while on
entering the mine an enormous body is
exposed to view. OF all the famous
lost mines on the coast, none have been
more sought after. None have been
believed to be richer, and certainly
none were less mythical, for among tho
old prospectors there was absolutely
no doubt of it's existence.
Twenty five years ago three French
men, whose names nobody remembers,
if anybody ever knew, set out from
Yuma in northeasterly direction. In
few months they returned laden with
gold, which aroused the usual degree
of excitement produced in frontier
town by such an event. When the
Frenchmen left town the usual effort
was made to follow them, but, as
usual, the followers were eluded.
Again the Frenchmen returned, laden
as before with golden treasure, and
when they went away the pursuit was
renewed, with the former result. For
the third time the Frenchmen visited
Yuma, weighed down with gold, and
got away again unobserved in spite of
the hungry vigilance of a hundred gold
seekers. This time they left five thou
sand dollars worth Of gold bullion
with w. s. Hooper, a merchant OF
Yuma, and now manager Of the Occi-
dental hotel of San Francisco De-
parting, they were never again seen at
Yuma. When the months rolled into
year there was no doubt that they had
been murdered by the Indians, and the
whole country was overrun in q search
for their skeletons, for it seemed likely
that the marvellous mine could not be
far from their bones. Nothing was
ever found, and ten years ago the &C.
tive search for the lost Frenchmen was
abandoned.
One of the most earnest investigators
Of this golden secret was Kirkland,
after whom Kirkland valley was
named. He remained with the old In
dams who hung about Halomas and
Yuma. but the only thing he ever
learned threw no light on the location
Of the mine, but removed all doubt
concerning the fate of the Frenchmen.
An Indian told him that they had been
murdered, not wantonly, but because
they refused to take good advice. He
said their gold digging was watched
with disfavor by the Indians, who kept
warning them to get out of the coun~
try, and when they left for Yuma the
last time they were told that their re-
turn would be attended by fatalities.
They disregarded the information and
came back with two other prospectors.
The whole party were murdered
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swit clhsd on,

a French railway has lately arranged.
Ms telegraph lines 50 that ct . preaz~
ranged signal the wires are swift
from Telegraph Inst ruments to tele-i
phones thus enabling the operator
either Is talk ver-lball Nv q to communal
ne b theR hid code 81 ss DIR
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-15
New York Dry Goods Market.

NEW YORK, Nov. I5.-The trade
conditions in the dry goods market
during the past week have under
gone little material change in
either the cotton or wooden goods
departments so far as the current
seasons business is concerned.
Buyers have been in limited at
tendance. Business in cotton dress
fabrics for spring is making good
progress in both printed and woven
patterned lines, with a firm tone
prevailing. Mems wear woolens
have been slow in light weight
with little doing yet in new heavy
weight suitings, but some demand
for overcoatings. Dress goods are
in fair request and prices generally
firm. The jobbing trade has been
quiet here, and elsewhere. Collec-
tions generally regular.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-15
More About the Laredo Murder

KINGSTON, N. Y Nov. 15.-The
civilian KuntZ" who murdered
Mrs. Theodore Mem and her
daughter at Central City, Texas, is
thought here to be a man named
Kuntze, who married Miss Sutor,
Of this city, about two years ago.
He was at the time an engineer in
an East st. Louis brewery, and
lately worked in Kansas City. Re.
Gently he went to Texas, after
leaving his wife in New York City,
where she now is. They have a
child who is at the home OF Prof.
l.. Sutor and his wife, the child's
grandparents, in this city. Prof.
Sutor said that he had received a
telegram from Texas asking for in
formation regarding his son-in-
law, but he declared that he did
not think the man was the hus-
band of his daughter. He refused
to tell where his daughter lived.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-15
A Diving Authoress.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l5.-Mrs'
Charlotte Moon Clark (Charles Nc
Kay, literary woman Of note, is
lying critically i'll at the residence.
of her son, Rev. Frank Pinckney
Clark, rector of st. Georges Pro-
testant Episcopal church, West
Philadelphia. She met with a
serious accident last August and
has been confined to her bed since
then. Mrs. Clark was born in Vir-
GINA and is GA years of age, was
educated in Oxford, Ohio, being a
schoolmate and life long friend of
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison. Just
after the Franco-Prussian war, she
was parish correspondent for New
Orleans and other papers and has
written number of successful
books, among them "Baby Ruth"
"How she came into her kingdom"
and "The Modern Hagar." She
mum bered among her friends JEFF
ferson Davis and l.. Q. G. Lamar.
She is well known personally and
by her work, in London, New York,
Washington and the south.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-15
STRINGENT BANK LAW.
stockholders to be Held For Full
Amount of Deposits.

COLUMBIA, s. c., Nov. 15.-The
constitution convention spent one
whole day in discussing sections
OF the article on corporations. A
section was adopted putting rail-
road employees on plane with the
passengers in receiving dam
ages for injuries received, when
such injuries resulted from
the negligence of superb
or officer; knowledge by the
employe OF the unsafe charac-
ter or condition OF the machinery
or appliances used shall be no de-
tense. No agreement signed by
the employees to exempt the cor
poration from damages shall be
valid. The convention closed the
day considering proposition to
make the stockholders of all in
vestment corporations liable for
the stock they hold and such an
amount over and above as may be
fixed by the general assembly.
AT the very long session at
night, the convention completed
the article on corporations and sent
1t to a third reading. The heaviest
fights were made on the question
of the liability Of stockholders OF
insolvent banks and other corpora
tions and on the question of refus-
ing to allow railroads to ship at ere
leaced" contract rates. The conven-
ton in regard to the latter matter
passed a section prohibiting the
roads from using the released"
rate system. In regard to the
former, the stockholders are to be
held responsible for the stock, and
an amount sufficient to cover all
the deposits in the case Of banks,
and to satisfy all indebtedness in
the case Of other corporations.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-15
A Lax Law.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Secre-
tary Morton will complete his
annual report early next week.
He will take up the system Of
government inspection OF meats,
and point out some defects in it.
The fact that the system fails to
protect American consumers while
it guards the health OF foreign pur-
chasers has often been pointed out.
The law permits Federal authori-
ties to condemn but not destroy,
and thus stand in the way OF
effectual interference on the
part of government officials
to prevent the consumption OF
diseased meat in this country. He
acknowledges the imperfection OF
the law and says 1T is due to our
system OF government, which
leaves such matters largely to the
state. He says, however, there is
remedy for the defect in co-opera-
ton with the state governments
and he urges that steps be taken
looking to the extension Of the ma
tional governments prerogative in
this direction.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-15
DEFENsELEss COLUMBIA.
Our Forts and Coast Defenses Are
Wholly Inadequate.

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 15.-Sen-
ator Watson G. Squire, chairman
of the senate committee on coast
defense, who will, within a few
days, leave for the national capt.
tai, has very decided views con-
corning the Alaska boundary dis
pute. He is by no means pleased
with the present outlook. 'This
country must wake up Immediate
ly to knowledge OF its de-
fenseless condition." he said.
Several years ago the
senate committee on coast defenses
recommended the establishments of
cannon factory on the Pacific
coast. reported bill from the
committee and supported 1t in an
earnest speech on that subject.
Very few people are aware OF the
fact that the old Notifications and
old cannon mounted on our sea
coast forts are absolutely useless
against the modern ships of war
They are about as effective as a pis-
toll would be against gatlin guns"
When asked in what light he
regarded the action of the British
government in stationing police
along the Alaska boundary, the
senator said: 81 do not know what
friendly object England can have
in sending an armed body OF men
there at this time. Both nations
are engaged in an effort to definite.
ly locate the international boun-
dairy line. III the present unfavor-
able developments continue l shall
certainly call the attention of con-
gress to the matter at an early
date and in no uncertain tone"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-15
DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM.
If They Had They Might Have
Prevented the Robbery.

, DENVER, Colo, Nov. l5.-It is
now believed the express robbers
who so cOolly secured $4,000
Monday night from the Wells
Fargo agent at Colorado Springs,
are A. j. Gray, alias Sam Wells,
and j. f. Stuart, alias Barr, two
noted crooks who broke jail i'm
Colorado Springs last month. r..
S. Montgomery, another crook,
was in Jail at the time, and be-
cause he was not taken into the
confidence of the Jail breakers he
sought the express company here
and offered to reveal the hiding
place of the men who he then
stated were planning to rob the
company. The officials here de-
clined to listen to him then, and
no wthey are eagerly seeking for
Montgomery, who has disap-
nna rnd
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-15
Grain Was Favorable.

Mr.. II. B. Martin, who was ar
rested Wednesday evening by the
federal authorities for an alleged
attempt to bride Congressman
Paschal, Grain and Ssyers, in the
furtherance OF a frontier railway
line scheme, has the following let
ter from Mr.. Grain on the subject.
1t shows that Mr.. Grain did not
consider the proposal in any other
than a legitimate business way:
CUERo, Tex, Nov. %, 1894.
Messrs, Martin & Co., San Antonio, Tex:
Gentlemen: Yours of 9th has
just been received on the eve of my
departure for Washington. 1t will
afford me pleasure to cooperate in
the lines Indicated by you. 1 regret
that | cannot send you a map as re-
quested as the quota of my district
is long since exhausted. Yours
truly, w. III. GRAIN.