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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-06
NORTiIPORT.

TIL Norhport Fl-n'rs' Club. composed OF the
farmers Of Fort SllJnga and East Northport pro-
peso loo the fail when their crops are ready ior
market. TO charter a vessel to carry the produce 10
the city and 10 place a. in the hands OF enc o 'heir
members 10 sell. In his way they hOpa u save u
commissions charged hv the mddlenen. ~ me lisI
meeting OF the Cub the purchasing agent reported
that $nr had ben spent for fertilizers. when ip-
resented saving TO the members 81 n"if1E jaw
IN" club meets ~ rs saturday afternoon IN NnT
Fort Salongi ana East NorthpOrt -cnoo-hOusrs and
,vchlug.- views on everything relating - farming
The third N"1t Of th" pIstUr1te OF tns ltrN WI
Stuui.rs Of - Pduls Methodist Episcopal church.
...~ c-.-hr4t.I on SUNDAY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-06

Members Of the MaadowbroOk Hunt club had a
run on Thursday afternoon. The run led from Min
cola over what i known the HAT course. To and
across q portion of the Hampstead plains; thence
in a noriherly direction the fields OF the
country seats Of Mr. GrSwOld. Charles X. Hone
and Mr. Titus. where the kill occurred and the
hunt party broke up Among those who paruc!-
patel were Sidney Dillon Ripley, Thomas Hitch
cock. ir MIR and Mrs. II. Van Rensselaer, Ken
nedy. Mr. and Mrs. kinsley MagOun. Harry Page.
Mr. ana Mrs James l.. kernochan Max Stevens,
Miss May Bird. Miss Claire Okie Mrs. Burke
Roche j. f. u. Laner Rowley Courtney. Ralph
Ellis. charles X. Hone H. *. Vingut. }. q. Ber~s-
i0rd Within. =. LIayes and II. J.. llerDerL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-06

Several improvements in contemplation on
the grounds Of the Babylon Exhibition Company at
Babylon, among them a bicycle track one-sIXth OF
mile In circumference. The many blcycs,s In
the village are already arranging some lively con
tests on me track, and IL is expected that the add-
ton OF this new feature will make the grounds
sul more popular The company recently elected
officers as follows: Daniel Sandman president; Gus
taVe flsheI. secretary and Benjamin b. Wood,
treasurer. The directors are David Sandman Tenn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-06

gsr1lus senator George W Robertson vino IS III al
his n .ui. ir North IIm~s-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-06
IIEMPSTEAD.

min y. Wood Stephen c. Duryea. Gustave Fishel
and jeremiah Robbins
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19

The Chinese are fond of truffies, pate de
foie gras, poularde, truffe, nougat, olives,
figs, anchovies, fruits dried and preserved
in Jelly and mast sweet delcacies. For
drink they prefer claret.
The outer ear of a mouse is thin, al
most transparent membrane, and recent
experiments show that it is highly sensi-
tive to movement OF the air which to
human ears do not represent sound at
ALL II is asserted on good authority that
mice are sensitive to music, and the
stories of their singing have been fully
confirmed. They have a pleasant must
cal note resembling that Of the cricket
-B. NJ Chattell, of Chicago. has an
Egyptian coin more than 1000 years old
1t is a silver piece Of the time of Queen
Berenice, wife of Ptolemy Ill, who reign
ed about 240 3. c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19
WITH TEN OLD MAIDS.
Lady WRndesfOrd's Home in York.
England, Has Never "A Vacant Berth

From the New York Mail and Express
The city of York, England Is full of old
churches and endowed asylums OF the
latter there are seventeen. They are Of
various kinds. and include homes for old
widows, old sailors, shoemakers, poor wo-
men. old men and poor bachelors. The
queerest one of all Is the "Old Maids
Home" 1t Is situated In the northern
part of the city, just outside Bootham Bar
and the old city walls. and Is a big com
Portable looking brick house. II stands
well back from the street, the lawn and
garden In front bright with flowers and
pretty shrubs. Easy chairs and seats
are scattered about IN the shade of the
trees, the whole shut away from the Gu
r!ous gaze by a high, thick hedge
The visitor IS met at the door by a
sweet-faced little woman, the matron
Girls" she always calls the inmates al
thought only women who have reached the
age of 60 years or over are admitted. She
smilingly says they like to be called girls
and she humors the fancy.
Some of the rooms which are usually
fitted up by the occupant, are very prin1
and severe, while others are as tasteful
and coy as Iasnlonaole young lady's
"snuggery." Only ten old maids can be
accommodated at time; others DESTROYS
OF entering make application and wait
for death to make . a vacancy.
have to be very strict about them, for the
girls very soon get unruly and troublesome
n we are TOO easy with them. IT they are
out after 10 o clock at night they must pay
a fine of sixpence and you would be sur
prised at the amount of money / collect in
a month from the breaking of this rule
Then, too, they quarrel about their rooms
they all want the front one. We made a
rule that all newcomers must take back
rooms and wait their turn to be moved
to the front"
In one of the long halls hangs the por-
trait of man, and beside IL a mans
straw hat decidedly the worse for age and
wear The meek-faced little matron
bushes as he explains that the things
were left there by lately deceased inmate
to be called for by some OF the relatives
and the shadow Of a smile curves her lips
as she says: THE girls don't object to
having them there. They think It looks
homelike"
AS the visitor prepares to take depart
ure the matron slips out one of her cards
Mrs. Mary Dickens II reads. Yes, -
she SAYS gravely, ten old maids are quite
a care; II needs a woman who has been
married to look after them properly"
If one asks the similarity between the
care of ten old maids and one husband
she shakes her head reproyingly.
This home was founded by Lady Wan
desford in the latter part of the sixteenth
century. II was generously endowed by
her and was to be kept as a home for de
cayed spnsters of the higher class" There
is always a long string of applicants enx-
iously waiting 10 be admitted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19
CARRIED BY A BIRD.
The Message Delivered in the Heart
of Africa.

From the New York Sun
slatin Bey, the former governor of one Of
the Egyptian provinces in the Soudan, who
Omdurman few months ago and has re-
Gently arrived in Egypt brought home a
remarkable story Of the killing Of a crane
on the Upper Nile. which bore around its
neck written message that had come all
the way from Europe. One day in Deem
Der. 1892, Slatin was summoned to the pal
ace of the Khalifa Abdulla. successor to
the Mahdi The Khalifa handed to him
a small metal capsule. He said II contained
some papers and the Khalifa commanded
Slatin TO open the capsule and interpret
the writing If he could.
The white prisoner unscrewed the cap
and took out two small slips of paper,
each about the size of visiting card. The
short message on these papers was written
in German, French and English. II said
that the capsule had been fastened to the
neck of a crane that had been bred on the
estate Of Herr Falz-Fein at Tskanea Nova
in the Province Of Taurida, South Russia
The crane had been released In Russia In
June or July, 1892. The exact date of the
release was given, but as Slatin was not
permitted TO copy or retain the writing and
depends upon his memory. he cannot more
definitely fix the date The message re-
quested the future captor Of the crane to
send particulars of the date and place to
Herr Falz-Fen.
This bird was the common European
crane. grus cinerea, standing about four
feet high, ashen gray in color. with face
and neck nearly black. It is well known
that IL breeds in marshes in Europe and
Asia, and migrates far south 10 warmer
climes upon the approach of winter. This
particular bird, doubtless with many of his
fellows crossed over to Africa and flew
south about 800 miles up the Nile, where
he was killed in the Mahdbst province Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19
FROM ATLANTA VIA CHICAGO.
siIverites Continue to Try to Draw
Speaker Crisp Out.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
Atlanta, Ga. May l2.-Speaker Crisp Is
having his troubles. He is trying to
square himself with the different fac
lions of democracy in Georgia. and he
finds himself something like between the
devil and the deep blue sea After his
silver interview, which was telegraphed
throughout the country, he went east and
talked in a way that made all the silver
people angry. The result is that both
sides dislike the eX-spealer.
The fact is Crisp is noted in Georgia
for his ability in talking all around d
subject. Even his silver interview was
not strong enough for the silver men,
who are his chief reliance in his sena-
tOrial aspirations, and there is a strong
leadership. For twenty years Mr.. Crisp
has been in congress. While he has been
growing in strength away from home all
the time, he has not kept I'm touch with
Georgia affairs, except in his own district
The young men who demonstrated their
power in the nomination of Atkinson anG
the election of Bacon to the Senate, COM
plain that Crisp has never done anything
for anybody except Crisp. While in the
past they have talked of him as the lead-
ing probability for the Senate many of
them are now pronounced in their express
sions OF belief in his unavailabiity The
talk is that either faction in the party
would rather have one of the other rather
than a trimmer, and they mean Crisp
when they talk of a trimmer. The fact
that HOke Smith, Crisp and Gen. Gordon,
are all in the senatorial race makes thai
contest of more interest than usual. With
on the fence political prophets are now
talking of Gordon coming out for silver
and profting by the fights among these
aspirants and number of smaller ones
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19

Dongola. This was in November 1892,
about five months after the bird had been
released. Released while the weather was
still warm, IL Is probable that il G!d not
Immediately start from Europe on its loSg
journey when II fell victim to a Mahdist
hunter who, of course was greatly sur
prised when he saw the metal tube depend
ing from the birds neck. He took the
prize TO the emir of Dongola. As that Of
fciaPs territory is on the northern bor-
der Of the Mahdist domain, where he has
had many a brush with the Egyptian
troops just north OF him, he is constant
ly on the qui vive for any news that may
come from the north. But not man in
his province could read this mysterious
message and so the emir. knowing that
the khalifa held a number of European
prisoners al Omdurman who could. doubt
less, interpret the writing, dispatched a
messenger I'm hot haste over the great
southern desert to deliver the capsule to
the Khalifa, 800 miles away. The journey
was made by camels. and the Mahdist can
ital was reached about a month later
April last Slatin wrote to Herr Falz-
Fem. informing him of the recovery of
that had made bird the bearer of
communication from Europe to Central
Africa.
Probably no more remarkable story Of
this sort has ever been recorded, II we
except the unparalleled incident of 1887
when a brief message, tied around the
neck Of an albatrOss, was borne for thou
sands of miles across the Watery wastes
Of the Indian ocean, and the Southern Pa
cific, and upon Its prOvidential delivery
warships of two nations were at once put
in motion on a work of humanity The
story, taken from the dry official records
Of the day. is worthy of perpetuation as
the most wonderful instance where the
unconscious efforts OF a bird have played
a most important part in tale OF human
misery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19
PHILANTHROPY NOW A FAD.
1t Comes High, But the Woman OF
Fashion Must Indulge in 1t.
From the Chicago News.


New York.-Chauncey Depew, in
a recent speech, stated that this
was an era of fads, say
ing: 1--WE have the new-woman fad, the
reform fad, the silver fad, the Napoleonic
fad and the Trilby fad"
DIR. Depew skipped lightly over the fad
question when he disposed of it so briefly
1t was a subject which, handled by his
skilled intellect, would have furnished
entertaining matter for a two hours
speech, had he delved into the individual
fads of the wen known people of the city.
The fads of New York women have been
written about more than once, but quite
recently a vast change has come over the
horizon of fadism. Nearly every one has
some pet fancy which. if he had unlimited
means, would be INDUCED until it had
reached the dignity of a full fedged fad.
New York women have passed the stage
where the fad is merely the means of tri-
vial enjoyment. 1t is now regarded as
serious thing, a matter worthy Of deep con-
sideration. like the purchase of a new
house or the adoption of anything of a
permanent and costly character.
The new-woman idea has had much to
do with the serious aspect of the fad era.
Fashionable people have been deeply i'm
pressed with the Importance of .'the new
woman" who is supposed to be the per-
soniication of all that is sensible, digni-
fed, Independent and self-reliant.
The present solemn fad Is philanthropy,
and the young bud, handsome matron and
active dowager who has not some particu-
lar charity on hand is deemed sadly out of
STYLE This philanthropy fad is a mighty
fortunate thing for a large number of
people who are the targets of considerable
sums of money. which formerly went for
gimcracks of no earthly use to any one.
Miss Helen Gould has had much to do
with the creation of this style of fad, al
though In no sense Of the word Is she a
fashionable girl. She dresses plainly. is
seldom seen at the gay functions of her
society friends, but views life from a
sober, common sense standpoint.
Miss Gould has great love Of children.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19

XIV-THE CONSULATE
49,. -.,sstton WITH which the first consul
-, m deal was more important than
- religion. France in process Of
-.--s-fon must have a faith. In the
-.-rr.i1d Of revolution the old religious
-...,,-ions Of the people had been abol-
-s5 As TO me. II lie President. said
---.sr in the convention one day. II am
y y, avow myself an atheist" Procu-
" rsaumette had had his placard put
-s- the gates of all grave yards thus;
49, is an eternal sleep" Atheism had
-sr formerly proclaimed. In the gene
! anarchy the mother church had been
--r,,qd. Among the masses. however,
iyious beliefs and hopes were not ex-
-r..sbed: even Robespierre had
his ridiculous Feast of
r. Etre Supreme. Napoleon we'll
r.rls+od that reviying France
gs- have a new religion and what should
new be but the old?
\ N sooner was the new government es-
,psbed than the first consul put out his
IA with overtures to Rome. He pro-
sed TO Plus VII a settlement of the re-
7iors status of the French. The cele-
rated Concordat. Of July Is, 1901, by which
he Roman Catholic religion was restored
Franco was the result. The secular
|, ci6cation by the treaty of Luneville
a. followed hard after by the concilia-
an of Rome. The essence of the agree
hent was that the new bishops-to be NOM
Ested nv the drst consul and confirmed by
.he pope-should swear allegiance to the
Republic.
1 The first consul was most anxious to
Meet a settlement with Great Britain.
rhat done. peace might be universal The
summer Of 1901 was consumed with over
lures freely made by Napoleon and sui
Isnly considered by Pitt. On Oct. l the
/ renminarias of a peace were signed at
London Everything seemed 10 be about
10 subside into calm. Such. however. was
The political condition of Europe that the
hoped-for pacification Jagged; and it was
bot until March q. 1902, that the Treaty
b Amiens was finally concluded
The parties 10 this famous compact, so
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19
HYPNoTIzED IN SIBERIA.
Strange Experiences of a Man While
in IA Russian JaiI.


San Francisco.-Robert Gilman, a pas
senger on the steamer City of Picking.
which arrived from Hong Kong yesterday,
tells peculiar story of hypnotism, said to
have been practiced upon himself and
number of others while confined in Russian
prisons in Siberia. With nine others, who
composed the crew of the schooner Emma.
which sailed from Douglas City, Alaska
in 1893, on sailing voyage, he said he was
seized by Russian officers on the La Galine
Islands. Gilman said he did not know
what charge was placed against them, but
nevertheless they were locked up in a Jail
on the island, and kept there for several
weeks. They then were taken to some
place on the coast, where they were sup
posed to stand trial for their offense. All
the proceedings were conducted in he Rus
sian language, and no defense offered. AZ
ter the court adjourned Gilman was sent
to the prison at NladiVostock There he
says, he was hypnotized by the government
officials What he dtd after that he does
not remember until he was placed on
steamer for Nagasaki IN the care of an
Fnglishman or German, and handed over
to the American consul at Nagasa<i, who
secured transportation for him to Amer
lea. He could not tell what had become of
his shipmates, whom he left in the Siber-
ian prison, but he believes he was the
means of sending them all to the galloTs
by the stories he told about them while I'M
der hypnotic influence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19
xrv-THE CONSULATE.

Copyright. 1875, by John Clark Ridpa,b
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19

The Tourist-You seem to be proud OF
your family title.
The New York Millionaire Abroad
(proudly)-Of course 1 am. I paid for il
in good hard dollars.-Chicag Record,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19

CONC sOUrH-READ DOWN
49, 81 Isl "A Is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Displayed in Reforming.
France.
Great Genius

the of Greatness Created Life nv
inc Popular Decree-Treaty o Amens- Roman Cs,bo ID
igon Restored-Prosperity Smiles on the French
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-11-14
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
The Safety of tho People tho supromo
Law.

The Safety of tho People tho Supreme
Law.
"Freights and fares on the govern.
ment road would be regulated 90 40
to pay reasonable profit upon It's 40.
tual value, and a corresponding 70.
duction on other transcontinental roads
would necessarily result. The rights Of
the government and of the public gen.
orally, would be secured, and an enor.
nous incubus would be lifted from the
people Of the west Imagination can
hardly realize the extent Of the relief
that would thus be afforded to the hard
working and poverty oppressed farmers
OF this territorial division Of the counr
try, and to the people generally. {
In the history Of the human race
but one statesman, in a position Of
authority, great enough to rise above
the immoderate prejudices by which
the interests Of wealth and capital are
buttressed, has ever appeared. His
policy, though in conflict with what are
called sound financial principles, In
fact rescued Athens from the throes Of
impending dissolution, and inaugur-
ated the most happy and glorious part
Of her history. 1t has been approved
by all historians; and by the Athenians
themselves 1t was justly regarded as
the cause Of their subsequent prosperi-
ty, and its adoption under the name Of
the great Selsactheira Tor shaking Of
fetters'O was ever afterwards COM
memorated as a great anniversary. The
lesson that 1t teaches Is that the safety
of the people is the supreme law, (Salus
Populi, Supreme Lex; and that, what
ever views we may entertain as to the
general expedlency of the governments
operating railroads, or other industrial
enterprises, they must give way to the
higher principle when necessity de-
mands.
That, in the necessity Of freeing the
people Of the Mississippi states
from practical serfdom, the occasion 10
now presented for the application Of the
maxim, cannot be doubted. Nor can 1t
be doubted, II the government proves
equal to Its manifest and imperative
duty, that the acquisition Of the owner
ship of the Union or Central Pacific
railroads by 1t, will be to us, as Solon's
policy was 10 the Athenians, an oc-
caslon to be forever commemorated in
our history. Law Review.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-11-14
II He IYsrs Prs.ldent.

Prof. Dobbyn, Of the Progressive Age,
having suggested Ignatius Donnelly for
president, the Sage Of Ninlnger" re-
plles'a as follows in his paper, The Repre-
sentative:
All! If people only lad the wisdom
to elect US president!
"Whew!!
Five minutes after we took the oath
Of office we would recognize the Cuban
republic; in ten minutes we would order
all the silver bullion in the treasury
coined into dollars; in fifteen minutes
we would convene congress to remone-
tie silver; in half an hour we would
order Wall street fenced In, white
washed and deodorized; and in one hour
John Bull would be seen gathering up
his 'duds' and skedaddling out OF this
afflicted country.
I'VE would make a spoon or spoil
horn We would
But alas, professor, the fool people
haven't got sense enough to do so sensi-
BILE a thing; and so we will continue to
edit the Representative and swear at
the environment"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-11-14
ARE BIRDS GUIDED BY srARs7
An Attempt to Solve the Great Mystery
Of Bird Migration.

An Attempt to Solve the Great Mystery
Of Bird Migration.
In an article on Birds Of Passage"
the Chautauquan says II one desires
an explanation for the great mystery
OF bird migration, there being nothing
else that will answer, he will have to
accept the theory Of hereditary knowl-
edge, a knowledge Of the unfailing
stars. The Great Bear and Orion APP
peared at the same time in our region,
even when the divisions OF land and
water were very different than they are
today. That the stars are the guides
of birds agrees with the fact that they
fly at remarkable heights, often above
the clouds, and that wanderers lose
their way when they stray into clouds
and mlsts. On starlight nights stray
Cling birds are seldom noticed. When
the sky Is overcast, when the night is
dark, but especially when fine rain is
falling, multitudes of travelling birds
are heard. They will call often, doubt
less for the purpose Of keeping near
each other; and often great numbers Of
them bound against the windows Of
lighthouses. Thus Gatke has observed
that on Oct. %. 1882. from 10 o'clock at
night till the next morning golden
crested wrens bumped like snowflakes
against the lighthouse Of Heligoland,
and that on the following day golden
crested wrens sat on every square foot
Of Heligoland. Toward the end OF the
summer, along into the fall, 1t was not
a rare occurrence on dark nights to
see, through the light Of street lamps,
birds flying over inland cities. The ex-
perienced observer recognizes by it's call
the curlew and the strand-snlpe, sea-
swallow and seagull, occasionally hears
even the flap of their wings. But no
bird Is visible in the darkness. On dark
nights no stare appear; then 1t is that
the straying h;rd loses his way. The
stars are the most plausible guides to
birds in their migrations But only the
future can tell US whether they really
serve in that capacity.