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New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
TWO WILLS FILED FOR PROB4TE.

The will Sf Joseph Stehlin. the brewer who died
during the recent hot spell after ne had spent an
ionr 4, his ic.house has been filed for probate
Tn. estate goes to th- widow, Amelia Johana
stehlin. Of no l0l ,irove-st Mr. Stehlin Is said to
nave left 5000, In personal property. The value
of the real estate j. unknown
The will OF Ellen Martin was filed for probate IN
the Surrogates Court yesterday. ON August 10
Mr. Martin and her husband. Thaddeus X
Martin were killed while walking the track OF
the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad. The
estate goes TO the children. William A. and John
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25

Engineer Ma tin Of the Brooklyn bncss: ~
nouuced yesterday that the tracks ana p's'o ps'..-
-, a.,,,,',.,.,, an,.h-d by next Monday mornins
1rr,,ns h.gan running Saturday night on one o.
the two permanent tracks OF the station N.' n.
sunday the north track between me ,s'ana p.A. A.
-. ,fl IN. lowered about foot. Y Is now re,
!oa"i. ,amnorarv ties which were placed thetr ii
nrdS.J dS ID allow the workmen 70 pniia ,ns , os.Ss
osa. oruss, vrderneath. The temporary board cover
a. On the cement platforms has been retnoven an"
III ,hat now remains TO be done are rev inssnih-
~, odds and ends
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
IicHT cLrB ENTERTAIN MENT.

The thrd annual entertainment ana lawn p~'s'
or the Gravesend Bay Yacht club. which Is 10 DC
given AT th, Avoca villa Bath Reach. on FRIDAY
evening promises be most successiu' ""a"
An excellent programme is being arransen TOT 'ne
entertainment and among those VINO VII ,o,ga arpW W
Day Matte and Patsy Roonsy Jesss G.on n''leas pan
i MaIh ,ha ynn sjsters Ed Hefferman. the Versa
Ma Trio the Vougeirs and the METROPOLITAN quar-
fet
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25

Justice Goefting ln thf lee Avenue Police court.
Yesterday remsndei Mr. Mary Miii'f ~ido" o
40 p spencer-st Tor 'ral on charge ~ naN'hs
violated the excise aW The woman Na- arrested
sunday b., Policeman Fay % DO" N"fnon-NVe sts
ticn for selling 80 b. lll sed q bottle ~ beer 70
Henry MALONE who lives a. The Sp'n'"I-rf 40
dress n i- alleged that Mrs Miller con3ucteo
ha- business n mo woofsrrd in mo rear ynrn OF
her home SUNDAYS greatly - me detrment u
the Raines law hotels in 'n' vicinity. Sho pleadso
not guilty 10 tho charge and CAV" ban Tor tfih
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
IN sEcIusIoN ron THE WINTER.

Hannah Fres she young woman who vas az
rested Friday charged with pawnirg trousers or
,alned from clothing Manufacturers In the
Eastern District was yesterday committed 20 fne
uouse of the Good Sherh.rd by Justice Goet'nk. ir
ihe Iee Avenue Police court. FOR TX months Inc
uo,k and they gay. her the frouser- 20 fni~h
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
porg cBARGE ABAyDONMENT.

,,s.,o q otley. the wife Of George s Otey. a
.,nd,,ctor on the Long Island Railroad applied to
tnstico Goodrich yesterday for anmohy ana couh-
-, f.a IN her action for a separation on the ground
20 s.so,roort LAWYER Carpenter said the de-
OF lont so, had been abandoned by the plaintiff. and
that he ready 20 take her ''eS 's'o"
-e.erved.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
THE DRIVER Nor no BLAME

Juta Maler three years oiI while piANinS on th'
stree, I'm front - her house No ~ Nare-st. yester
a,, ,,r,,or Was knocked i1wn hy a. passing Wagon
AID Dtlrfgl,y injured The chid ~as attended ~ a
ambuisure surgeon A. me itl t'n' Nas p iault o
/ fh. driver - mo wagon no arrest ~as MADE
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
nnAxn LAncENN .IARlEn N LIS rNcLE

Defective Bsnien. .I t1- Gr-.nps'r cave station
Yesterday morning a--.4'ei william C1rke feenty-
Eve years Old or -na-ge - grand larceny Clarke
Was employed D., hie uncs nrn ha- roof 'ard in
Clay-sf lri lives ~ =. 10, 'tfer..f Three weeks
ago Clark. lsappolrci and on th- 1ai ~ nis nThi
M. .Duniaina alleges i.l vas mise ng from nc
money drawer Tho 'd-e Rae reported f' ne poicr
CLARKE denied rq'inF taken fie money Nh re'used
fn gl,, any account nj himself since Pc isappsareJ
"A. vii be ,rriigr,I lr ,he Even Street Police Cour
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
ST. NAPTHA'S TO BE A HOSPITAL.

. PETITION GRANTED ALLOWING THE SAM
-ARu,M AND DIsrENSARY TO ENLARGE
IT'S WORK
Supreme Court Justice Goodrich yesterday granted
a petition presented 10 him by the trustees OF -
Narthas Sanitarium and DSpensary at Dean-st.
and Kingston-ave., asking leave 10 Increase the
benevolent purposes Of the association as expressed
in it's certificate Of Incorporation. The institution
will now include a santarium and dispensary. n
hospital. an emergency hospital nome ior ih'a-
IDS and consumpiives free dispensary. 10 be man
aged BY homoeOpa hic physicians ana surgeons ana
a training school for nurses -
The netltion was signed by Mrs Thanorine Mary
Kearney president Cf the institution; Mrs j. NJ
Church secretary Mary Seaman, 'ornelia > Iripp'
Ruth Y Smith and Sister Julia. 5. 5. j. +.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25

Elizabeth Reins"nno ker forty years oid. ~ss
YESTERDAY seut 90 tho aimsnOuss by Justice Soet-
ting IN the ie. Avtnu. Police 'ouf' ~ her own
and hungry
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
cABLE CHESS MATCH POSTPONED.

The committee Of the Brooklyn Chess Club Will
rot meet before next month Action on the subject
OF the challenge TO- return cable chess match
with the British Chess Club has therefore been
pcstponed.
New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
CALLED BY MIR. SHEPARD.
DELEGATES TO HOLD A MEETING IN THE
CLARENDON HOTEL TOMORROW.

-, CONSIDER MATTERS TO COME UP AT SYRIA.
-1-sE-soME or THE MEN WHO WILL GO
70 NDIANAPOLIs-DENIAL THAT
MR. SHEPARD is TO BE
CANDIDATE FOR VICE
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14
THE SMALLEST OXEN IN tn

THE SMALLEST OXEN IN The
WoRLD.-Oneo of the curiosities among
the domesticated animals of Ceylon is
a breed of cattle known to the zoolo-
gist as the "sacred running oxen" J"
They are the dwarfs of the whole OK
family, the largest species never ex-
ceeding Sc inches in height. One sent
to the Marquis of Canterbury in the
year 1891, which is still living and is
believed to be somewhere near 10
years of age, is only % inches high,
and weighs but 1904 pounds. In Ceylon
they are used for quick trips across
country with express matter'and other
light loads, and it is said that four OF
them can pull the driver of a two
wheeled cart and 200 pound load OF
miscellaneous matter 60 or 70 miles a
day. They keep up constant swing
ing trot or run, and have been known,
it is claimed, to travel 100 miles day
and night without either food or water.
No one knows anything concerning the
origin of this peculiar breed of minia-
ture cattle. They have been known
on the island of Ceylon and other
Buddhistic countries for more than
1000 years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14

the edge of the horizon, covering it
with a crimson glow. Then the two
mortal antagonists appeared on the
beach, armed with long, ponderous ri
fles, and took their stations, back to
hack. At a preconcerted signal-the
waving of a white handkerchief-they
walked off slowly and steadily in op-
posite directions, deliberately counting
their steps until each had measured so,
when they wheeled. The face of Col
onel Morton was calm, but it bore the
smile of a most murderous meaning.
"Deaf Smith's'' countenance was as
stern and passionless as ever. The COL
onel was dressed in the richest broad
cloth "Deaf Smith" in the traditional
smoke-tinted buckskin. There was a
pause of several seconds, and then two
rifles were discharged with simultane-
Gus voices. Colonel Morton gave a
tremendous bound into the air and
dropped to the ground dead. "Deaf
Smith" stood erect and began to re-
load his rifle, which finishing, he turn
ed into the forest that bordered the
river.
Three days afterward General Hous.
ton, accompanied by "Deaf Smith"
and 10 other men, appeared in Austin,
and without opposition removed the
archives to Washington.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14
A QUEER POSTOFFICE.

A correspondent writing from Gin
cinnati, says: A case without prece-
dent in the history of United States
postofices was reported from George
town, Indiana, by Inspector w. T.
Fletcher, who has just returned. The
place has 600 inhabitants. For years
its postmaster was a Mr.. Motweiler,
but he died Is years ago.. and his
daughter, Miss Louise Motweiler, now
80 years of age, has been postmaster
ever since.
ga complaint had been made to
Inspector-In.Chi Salmon. Inspector
Fletcher went down expecting to
straighten things up. He found the
postoffice in a cottage of two rooms,
the front one being the Office and the
rear the living room for the postmast-
er and her 10 cats. The room was
1Sx2O feet, and the floor was covered
with newspaper mail five feet deep.
This accumulation of mail was hauled
to the commons and dumped in pile,
where the villagers were allowed to
sort out what belonged to them. One
man found 147 papers addressed to
him, some having been there 20 years.
Fletcher found 1000 letters carefully
tied up in an old dress skirt, made
into bags by tying up the ends, and
slowed away in corners. None of the
letters had been opened. When more
than one letter had come for the same
person she had given out one and
kept the others. This collection OF
letters had evidently been begun by
her father, for some bore the post
mark of August, 1876. Many of, the
persons to whom they were addressed
now sleep in the village graveyard.
They were sorted out and the entire
population lined up and filed through
the office. The woman was greatly
excited at the cleaning up wrought by
the Inspector and several times during
the proceeding she fell on her knees
before him and begged him not to
destroy her Office.
"There were some queer develop
ments when the letters were opened.
Thus a letter dated August 9, 1876,
was from Superintendent French, OF
the railway postofice, ordering certain
letters forwarded. One man got an
insurance policy he paid for in 1892,
and another got a check for some
strawberries he had sold in Chicago in
1890"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14

pa. Caricaturists in depicting a Ger
man are in the habit of putting a big
pipe in his mouth. The pipe is national,
indeed, but the Germans as nation
are far from being the greatest
smokers. They do not smoke more
than Frenchmen, Russians, Swedes or
Hungarians. The men of the United
States and the men of Switzerland are
the most inveterate smokers on earth.
In these two countries the consumption
of tobacco head is three times greater
than in Germany. The United States
raise more tobacco than any other
country on the globe. British India
comes next, producing nearly as much.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14
AN ORDINANCE

Fixing Licenses upon Public Sale, Feed
and Livery Stables; upon Public
Drays, Carriages, Buses, Buggies and
other public vehicles, and, upon Tran
sient Horse or Mule Dealers Tor drov-
ers) within the incorporate limits of
the town of Yorkville, South Carolina.
DE it ordained by, the Intendant and
ID Wardens, the Town Council of the
Town of Yorkville, South Carolina:
Section. l. That on and after the 18th day
of February A. D., 1895, it shall be unlaw-
full for any individual, firm, or corporation
to keep or maintain any Public Sale, Feed
or Livery Stable; or any Public Dray.
Bus Carriage, Buggy, or other Vehicle
for the transportation of passengers, with
in the incorporate limits of said town, or.
conduct business of the above kind with.
in the incorporate limits of said town,
without first obtaining license from the
said town so to do.
Section 2. That the license for every
Public Sale, Feed or Livery Stable shall
be and the same is hereby fixed at twenty
five dollars per annum.
Section 8. That the license for every
other vehicles shall be and the same is
hereby fixed as follows to-wit:
For every 1-horse dray, eight dollars
per annum; for every 2-horse dray, ten
dollars per annum; for every public bus,
carriage or other vehicle for the Transport
tation passengers to and from trains, five
dollars per annum; for every single
horse vehicle for hire, other than livery
business, ten dollars per annum; for
every two-horse vehicle for hire, other
than livery business, ten dollars per an
mum.
Section 4. That all transient horse or
mule dealers (or drovers) shall pay q IL
cense of one dollar per head for each and
every sale made within the incorporate
limits of said town.
Section 5. That any individual, firm or
corporation violating the provisions Of
this ordinance, for each and every offense,
shall be fined not more than fifty dollars
nor less than two dollars, or imprisoned
not more than thirty days nor less than,
one day, or sentenced to labor upon the
streets or public works Of said town for
not more than thirty days, nor less than
one da
Done and ratified in council assembled
rsr,,1 in regular session, this 18th
lehAh'I day Of January A. d. 1896.
w. B. MOORE,
Iptendant of Town of Yorkville.
P.W. LOVE, Clerk Of Council.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14

ORIGIN OF "UNCLE SAM" AND
"BRoTHER JoNATHAN."-During the
Revolution, Jonathan Trumbull was
governor of Connecticut and close
friend and adviser of Washington.
The latter would often refer matters to
"Brother Jonathan" for his advice, so
in time the expression, '1'll ask Broth
er Jonathan about it" became saying
in the army and from the army ex-
tended over the country. During the
war of 1912 Elbert Anderson, an army
contractor, bought large quantity OF
provisions in Troy. One of the in
spectors there was Samuel Wilson,
known generally as Uncle Sam. AS
he passed on each barrel he marked it
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14

~ "What fine little fellow" said
the patronizing old gentleman who
had been elected representative for
four successive terms from his con-
gressional district. His remark was
addressed to kind-faced lady, who
held in her arms a little fellow who
blinked gravely at all that was going on.
eyes," replied the lady. "His father
and set great deal in store by him" "
"Well, he is a bright looking little
fellow. Maybe he'll be a congressman
some day"
"NIaybe he WILL" said the mother,
"But," she added earnestly, "I'm going
to do my best to raise him right"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14

"E. A.-U. ST." for gilbert Ander-
son-United States" Some one ask
ed what the letters meant. A by
stander suggested that they stood for
"Elbert Anderson-Uncle SAM" The
joke took among the workmen, many
of whom entered the army and car
ried it with them. In time, like
"Brother Jonathan" it spread over
the country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14

s@ "It was very plucky of you
ma'am, to have set upon the burglar
and so ably captured him." said the
police inspector; "but need you have
injured him so badly ?" Glow did
know it was burglar ?" asked the
woman. 'I'd been up three hours
waiting for my husband. l thought
it was him."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14

Trains Nos. and 10 are first-class, and
run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60
and 81 carry passengers and also run daily
except Sunday. There is good connection
at Chester with the G. C. & N, and the C.,
G. & A.; also at Gastonia with the A. q @.
A. L.. at Lincolnton with the c. G. and
at Hickory and Newton with the w. N. Q.
/. T. NICHOLS. Superintendent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
The Horoscope,

Mr.. Thomas A. Edison has invented
an apparatus, called the microscope, by
the aid of which surgeon, instead of
photogaphing with the X-rays the
bones or other hard substances con-
cealed under the skin and flesh of pa
tient, may actually see them. The ma
chine depends for it's action upon the
fact that the X-rays possess the prop
erty of rendering luminous certain sub
stances, which chemists call f1uores-
cent. Mr.. Edison first determined, by
experiment, that the best fiuorescent
substance for this purpose was calcium
tungstate. The tungstate is spread in
a smooth layer upon piece Of paste
board which forms the bottom Of
small box, having holes for the eyes ut
the upper end. A Crookes tube, enclos-
ed in another box, is excited by a cur
rent of electricity, and If the hand, for
instance, is to be examined, 1t is placed
upon the box containing the tube. The
observer then looks into the viewing
box, whose tungstate-covered bottom
is placed directly above the hand, and
sees, with startling distinctness, the
bones and joints, showing as dark and
delicately graduated shadows, while
the flesh is only family visible. The
reason the bones appear Is because they
intercept the X-rays, and thus prevent
the tungstate surface from becoming
fiuorescent where their shadows fall.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
How Knights Are Made.

Some time this month the knights of
the birthday honors list will repair to
Windsor to receive their formal invest
iture at the hands Of the Queen. 1t is
an interesting circumstance that
alone carries this special
distinction. Your mere peer or baronet
takes his patent and no more said or
done; but the knight receives his honor
from her majesty by the literal laying
on of hands. The ceremony Is curious.
The knights 60 down to Windsor and
are entertained by the lords in waiting
Mt luncheon. If there is any time TO
spare they are conducted about the
castle for an inspection of the state de-
partments and other curiosities. Then
they are assembled In an ante-room,
and special care is taken to impress on
each the Importance Of following the
right man in the prearranged order.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
LULLAsY.


Goodnight Goodnight An angera
wings are shading
Softly the weary world, and slumber
creeps
Around us, and our little woes are fad
ing;
But Joy still nestles to the heart that
sleeps.
Dreams, happy dreams, shall make us
for the morrow
More glad, more brave. more strong
to love and work;
Dreams, holy dreams, shall show how
sweet is sorrow,
What love and wisdom In its bosom
Turk.
Goodnight Goodnight!
Sleep, darling, sleep! for thee no care
Is waiting;
Thy life not yet through tangled
paths shall toll;
No WEAKNESS, no bitter woe of hating,
Shall the bright gladness of thy spirit
soil.
Dreams, tender dreams, of mothers
murmuring kisses,
OF rest, Of love unspeakable, are
thine;
Dreams, peaceful dreams, that mans
worn spirit misses,
Till once again he rests in sleep d.
vine.
Goodnight! Goodnight!
Goodnight! Goodnight! The day of
toll is ended,
Heaven clasps its loved ones to it's
breast again;
The hand that through the light has
helped and tended
Now shades, outspread, our aching
eyes from pain.
Dreams, happy dreams, that hand of
love shall bring us,
Pressed cool and tender ON the
smOOthed brow;
Dreams, fairy dreams, in baby-legend
sing us
Songs that shall echo still where
Then Is Now!
Goodnight Goodnight!
EDWARD ROSE, in Home Queen.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
Human Heart Beats.

A remarkable calculation has been
made by DR.. Richardson for the Medi-
cal Record. 1t gives the work of the
heart in mileage, the amount of blood
thrown through the veins, and winds
up with giving the exact number of
times the human heart will beat in a
lifetime of 81 years.
Presenting that the blood is thrown
out of the heart at each pulsation in the
of 60 strokes per minute, and
at the assumed force Of nine feet, then
we must come to the following startling
conclusion: That the mileage Of the
blood through the body must be taken
at 2O7 yards per minute, seven miles per
hour, 1888 miles per day, CT 81 800 miles
per year At the above rate in life
time of "a years the blood mileage Of
the body is not less than $780, $50, and
in the same long life the grand total of
heart beats will approximate 1850, 49,
600"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04
Some Attitudes.

Alaska has four mountains, each
over 10000 feet high.
vesuvius, the famous Italian volcano,
is 1892 feet high.
The steeple Of the Milan Cathedral
Is 355 feet in height.
The Sea Of Galilee is 653 feet below
the Mediterranean.
Alta is the highest town in Iowa,
1919 feet above sea level.
The Dead Sea, in Palestine, is 1876
feet below sea level
Mount Emmons, 1864 feet, Is said
to be the highest in Utah.
Pine Knot is the highest place in
Kentucky-142S feet.
Mount Whitney Is the highest peak
in California, 14,S0S feet.
Warren is located on the highest land
in Illinois. 1905 feet.
Mount Rich, 1860 feet high, is the
tallest in South Carolina.
One of the highest peaks in the Andes
is Sorato, 25,3S0 feet.
Porcupine Mount is the highest e,e-
walton in Michigan, 2023 feet.
The tower of the Parliament House
in London is $40 feet high.
The Statute of Liberty, in New York
harbor, is 305 feet high.
A large part of Holland is from ten
to thirty feet below sea level.
Altamount Is the highest recorded
point in Maryland, 2620 feet.
Meade Point, 1854 feet above the
sea, Is the highest In Idaho.
There are three mountain peaks In
Idaho exceeding 10000 feet.
The greatest altitude in Arizona IL
San Francisco, 1862 feet.
Mount Parnassus, the homo of the
muses., Is only $3.50 feet high.
Ben Nevis, 400 feet, is one of the
highest elevations in Scotland.
Du Points is the highest place In Del
aware. go feet above sea level.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

cludlng Alaska, has been from 627. -
70 8,O26, 900 square miles, or three and
lveeighths, but the growth Of popu1a-
ton has been from 5.308, 4S3 to 62,622,-
$50. or nearly twelvefoid. In 1900 the
inhabitants were little less than z TO
q square mile in 1890 they had been less
than 8; In 1890 they were over II. The
place where the population 10 densest
Is the District Of Columbia, which has
$3.50 to the mile; the next Is Rhode
Island, 31S; then Massachusetts,, 27S;
then New Jersey, 1893; Connecticut, 154;
New York, 125; Pennsylvania, no;
Maryland, 1O5. The other States and
Territories run below 100, down to
Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada,
which have less than / inhabitant to the
mile. The Census Commissioner notes
that In Rhode Island and Massachu-
sets the density OF population Is as
great as In many of the most densely
settled European States. and that the
entire North Atlantic division, pre-em-
inently the manufacturing section, has
an average of over 100 inhabitants to
the square mile. But it may be a sur
prise to some that among the old States
Maine has only %, New Hampshire Al,
Vermont 90.
1t appears from the well-informed
Railway Age that for eight years the
mileage Of annual railway construction
IN the United States has been steadily
decreasing. From nearly 1900 miles
of track laid In the wonderful year 1887
the totals have gone down by thou
sands and hundreds, until 1895 touched
adding only 1903 miles to our railway
system. But this does not mean that
the demand for railways Is nearly sup
piled and that construction will con-
tinue to decrease. On the contrary,
there is room, and will be need for adj
ditions far greater than the entire pres,
ent mileage Of the country. We have
now something over $4,000 miles Of
road. To equal Great Britain in it's
ratio of railway mileage to square
miles, we should have a total of 1922
600 miles; to equal the abundant sup
ply Of Illinois we must have $4,000
miles; while If Massachusetts, with it's
mile of railway to every four square
miles Of territory be the standard, the
United States will eventually boast
$4,000 miles of lines. That there
Is much railway building yet to
be done the records prove beyond
doubt. When it will be done de-
ponds on condition yet to be developed.
A considerable amount of work is al
ready under way. During the first
three months Of this year 253 miles of
track were laid on twenty lines, and in
GLIDING these our books already show
sixty lines on which it seems reason
ably certain that 1850 miles of track
will have been laid by the end of 1896,
with a possibility Of much more. 1t
all depends on the times, not on the
question of finding room, or Of demand
for more railroads.