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New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
MR. WESTON'S WALK ENDED.
HE COVERS MORE THAN 103 MILES IN
TWENTY FOUR HOURS.
STARTED OFT TO MAKE Ii2 MILES AND PROB
,r1Y WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED But
FOR An ATTACK OF SICKNESS

AE1Y WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED But
FOR An ATTACK OF SICKNESS
IN rHE AFTERNOON
,,dward Payson Weston. the famous pedestrian.
who Is now fifty-cight years old. last night finished
toe accomplishment Of a remarkable feat OF physi-
cal endurance for one OF his years Mr. weston
started at the Ice Skating Palace. at One-hundreo-
and-seventh-st and LeXington-ave, on 'hrs.'h's
night to try beat old performance OF MS vi
walking over ll2 miles in twenty-fcur hours lie
did not quite accomplish this. but he came remark
ably close 10 it, The walker covered loS mies an"
two laps in the allotted time. and II there Is ANY
other man of his years who succeeds in beating H.
Mr.. Weston Is ready 10 try again His TASK WAS
completed at 10 o'clock last night.
Weston and his friends are confident tnat the
veteran would have accomplished the task set for
him but for an attack of sickness which ne haa
after p. m. A, that time he was gong strong
and he was WELL ahead of his schedule. AT oAo
D. m he was attacked with a dizzy spell. ana was
forced leave the track for nearly h,'y minutes
At this time he four miles ahead OF MS rec
ord and the cnances Of his covering between 10
and JIG miles in the allotted time were eXceIeht.
At 7.sS p N. he again lef; the track and ne was
absent for twenty-five minutes.
The plat-, where the trial took place IS popular
skating rink in Harlem, and there was large
crowd of skaters and spectators present last night
The track which was about four feet wide, was
built around the edge of the skating surface ana
4 wooden guardrail protected Mr. Weston from the
enthusiastic but wahblnC skating novice Ihere
were many Unknown athletes OF years ago IN
the crowd and the plucky walker was arpauded
almost continuously during the closing hours OF
the walk Z. G. Carter. the old-time amateur long
distance runner. said that the performance, con-
sidering tho conditions. was one OF the most re-
rnarkablc he. had seen. Among tho other peo-
ME who took livelest interest in the pedestrian
were Marshall =. Wilder. Dr. Perry Professor X.
ogden Doremus. Professor c. \. Doremus the tSeN.
John Zcitcr of Greenwich. Conn. and. T. j. Han
way Mrs. Estby and her daughter. who recently
arrived in this city after walking all the way from
their home in Oregon were among those VINO ap-
plauded Weston most heartily. These two wom-
en- are said 20 have walked i,6Os miles OH wager
Of S10OCo.
Weston finished rather stronger than was ex-
pec.od considering his condition In the afternoon.
lie covered his i0lst mile in II minutes and 80 sec
onds and his lO2d I'm 70 minutes and Is seconds a
slight mistake was made in measuring the track,
and when the veteran had finished 1t was an
nouncod that he had gone a fraction OF a m!Ic
further than ne was credited with by the scorers;
Weston made the lo0th mile in II minutes ana Y
seconds.
4 table showing Of the distances and at
what hour made is follows
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

year as understand is done AZ the Truant School
in Brooklyn. II a boy knows that he IS going 10 be
let out at the beginning Of the long vacation MS
detention for few weeks or 2 few months prior -
that time may have little effect on him. But ths
case would be different IL he knew that his getting
be out of school depended on his good DeAaVlor,
attention 10 his studies etc"
Mr. Marble was asked what he thought OF fne
proposition that the Brooklyn Trpant SchOo shouli
be enlarged and made the place for the detention
and discipline of all the truants OF Greater New
York He manifested a good deal Of interest IN ms
plan. and expressed the opinion that II mi2ht A.
ford a practical and easy solution Or the problcm
II understand" he said. that this scnool i VIZ.
ualy IN the country being on inc Dorn"'s ~
comparatively easy reach Of al parts OF the bieg.r
city that is coming. While perhaps a sie ltte
further out IN the country would De pielerant'
there is no serious objection on that score 40 lar
as I can see As for the methods pursued over
there so far as I am Informed regarding them,
there is too much Of the prison idea and not
enough freedom. But that Is matter suoJ"ct 10
such alteration as may be thought desirable
TRUANCY NOT A CRIME IN ITSELF
On the general subject OF truancy Mr.. Marh's
said: "Truancy Is not a crime In Itself. but II
leads to all sorts Of Juvenile offences. Sometimes IL
is caused by excessive activity In a child. sore-
times by the failure of teachers 70 interest tner
nunils but most often by the neglect Of their duty
hv parents II Is the duty OF the public 10 provide
for trllants and prevent truancy Tor good 'ni'-
dren should be guarded against the defnor tlH,'S
Influence of truan's. and society should pe pro-
tected from them when they become men. 90 'io'
think truants should be brought into touch with
the criminal courts all. and their reformation
should be conducted with kindness and nrmness
which are paternal in the best sense
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
pOLICE CAPTAIN FACES A RETOLVER
AN INFrRIATED MAN. WHO HAD JUST SHOT AT
,us WIFE. THREATENS AN OFFICER.

Acting Captain Hogan or the Eldridee-s'' Sta-
.;o, last night looked for n full second into the
,oou,h Of a loaded six-chamber revolver in the
band Of a man who had already fired two shots
a, his wife and had threatened 10 Kill the police
,.ho came 20 protect her. But for the promptness
- detectives Nell and Monaghan. who knocked
,be revolver out Of the hand Of the infurated man.
:, e probable that the captain would have been
=, least seriously injured. II not shot dead.
Elias Uorcnstein and his wife, Mary with their
.wo-vear- old boy, Charles, lived at No ~ Court-st,
Jersey city until three months ago. when his wife
,ef. him and moved TO No So Eldridge-st. this
,itv bringing with her the boy. Last night Horen-
e,.n called on his wife and demanded that she re-
,t,rn home and becoming infurated at her re-
fusal TO comply with his demand. he drew re-
volyer and fred two, shots at her. both or which
missed the mark and lodged in the manteipiece
c.ntain Hogan and his detectives happened 10 he
p.ssine the place at the time. They heard the
shots AND rushed upstairs. where Horensteln ana
Sis wife were No sooner mad the officers entered
,he APARTMENTS man fiOrenstein thrust the re-
vnIver in the captains face and bade him get out
The detectives promptly threw torenslelii 10 lhe
aoor dlsarmed and handcured him. and locked
n m
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
he MILKS HIS COWS BY MACHINE.
From The Chicago Times Herald.

From The Chicago Times Herald
Hiram c. Wheeler. the farmer king Of Iowa has
a machine that milks seventy five COWS day Win
a perfection OF action that would put pretty
maid to the blush. The inventor offered the ma
chine some time to Mr. Wheeler. who liked Il.
tried IT, and found II success.
The machine is complicated but the principle 10
simple. a colapsible vacuum air chamber raises
heavy weight when the air is pumped out OF II
by air pump; this creates suction In a pipe ead-
ing TO specially made milk cans with tight covers,
and from the cows main suction pipe runs along
the stalls, with branch Tor each COW. To these
branches are attached teat cups which draw me
milk.
The vacuum chamber when fully collapsed. VII
mix from ten TO iifteen cows before n is necessary
to pump the air out OF 1t again. the number OF
COWS depending on the quantity Of milk they give
Al any time during the milking operation the oper-
ator can step TO the pump and pump out "A part OF
all OF the air IN the vacuum storage chamber .
When "A large number of cows are attached 10
tho machine at one time IL would be necessary "
nave some one at the pump nearly all the time.
Inc mixer has been found to be a great LABOR
saving machine. az with II milk from
twenty-five To nifty COWS per hour. the average
spt'u OF the average man with average iot o'
,ows Under ordinary conditions. being about thf'
When MIXED with this machine the cows show
DO MIXED dry.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
CAMPAIGN SPEAKING TO INDIANS.
From The Washington Star

FROM Inc washington star.
Varied and unique are some OF the experiences
Of campaign orators in the West Representative
Picker; OF South Dakota, was relating the
Other day. BY direction Of the State Central Re-
publican Committee he WAS sent long distance
out among the hills to talk to the Indians at Fort
Sisseton VINO hold their lands in scVcralty and
are voters. though what they do not know about
was the day before election. and Mr. Picklcr left
the railroad station NJ noon H. driving snow
the level. with many bad drifts already formed.
His first stopping-pldce was to be at tho home Of
on, one Sroi %f the M chei oi the tr6e me and half
coming on swift ganop out OF the storm toward
meet you" observed the driver. cheerfuily they
were afraid you would get lost in the storm" And
THE fellow couldn't talk English n little bit ."
said Mr. Pickler. but he could make signs Ike an
artist and managed 10 impart the information that
II we followed his trail about a mile and a half he
would locate my audience We drove up 10 a good
tering found a novel scene Along the wall on
benches sat n numbe OF the older men Of the
tho floor and standing. babies strapped on the
backs Of many. then row Of men sitting the
strapped in its board cradle. which propped up
against the wall In another corner stood a num-
corner a young Indian prOpped up In bed in
the last stages Of consumption. The election was
he hoped to be- able 20 vote
Il shook hands with each person present. as is
visitors. and then looked around for place TO
stand while speaking. stand In the middle OF the
and I obeycd Instructions For threc-quarters OF
an hour talked to them on sound money tarin,
and Of their local interests. with which was thor
oughy acquainted spoke In English. and my
words .were Immediately translated into Sisseton
by the interpreter | often interrupted hy a,-
.plausc-given the interpreter understand and It's
Ugh Ugh" at once when they are pleased, and
the effect is aughabe. Wien finished. the hand
shaking was again gone through with. and I went
twelve miles TO address another band OF Indians
Incidentally Mr Picklcr stated that the Repub-
Icans carried by large majority.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
SORROW FOR BICYCLERS.

From The 81, James's Budget
Can the terrible news be true? have no wish
IN undulv harrow the feelings OF bicyclists but II
is no longer possible to conceal the fact that some
Thing like an india-rubbcr ldminc L. apprhendcd
in quarters which should be well informed upon the
subject Para which Is the chief source OF supply
Is doing her best. and consignments reaching a
total OF 1000 tors annually now reach us from
Brazil But this. with West African ship
menis In the bargain. will not nearly suffice to
meet the dernA nd created by the fine healthy ra age
for the pneumatic tire now animating all classes
OF bcyclists Trees are bcne~assiiuously cultivated
In West Africa, and various improvements have
been introduced there in the mode Of collecting the
precious SAP that one may expect Ia the near
future to receive much larger consignments from
that part OF the World sill the situation Is one
which cannot fail 10 damp the spirits Of the bodest
bicyclist-
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
TENNESSEE REPLBLICANS ~ iihHf.

,,ooors or, rp,r,D N THE RECENT ELECTION
SECURED AND \ CONTEXT TO BE MADE.
Nashville. Tenn. Dec. 2s-rhe Republican state
I,xccutive Committee has been called to meet IN
Nashville on Wednesday, December 80, Tor the p"'-
pose Of looking over the PROOF whlch mas o'en 80
,red Of fraud in the recent election and settling
al questions arising In connection with the coming
contest over the tovernorship. There Is no longer
any DOUBT that there will he contest. ana the CON-
mittce meeting is SIMPLY 10 Outline t"e pa" an"
select the man to conduct II. .
Tho Democrats have also been conducting an in
trauds i'm East Tennessee than the Republicans can
L., Tenn
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
4 POWERFUL INDICTMENT.

From The Helena independent
you supply the name; We do the rest. Is the
ca,chv advertisement OF enterprising Eastern
6rm that does an extensive business in tomb
stones.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

The steamer Dora makes monthly trips from
citka 20 Kadiak an island about l3O miles from our
town of Homer The route OF the steamer Is along
the coast stopping at numerous ports. At Disen-
chantment Bay IS the great Malespena Glacier. the
largest in the world. 1t comes from the face Of
Mount St Elias and Mount Logan. In Disenchant-
,nent BAY The great masses OF rock come plunginS
down constantly into ;hc sea from the two noun
tans and the report of their fan can he heard FOR
miles The face of the glacier on the ocean Is about
ninety miles IN width.
..The Dora passes along the coast to Cook lnlc.
to X adiak and comes down 10 the Alcutian Islands.
I, takes about a month TO make the trip from Sitka
10 The Aleuia' Islands. II is about 100 miles from
Seattle TO Siika about 90 miles from there to Cook
Inlet 1870 miles TO kadiak and about l,2'" miles down
the Alcuiian lslancs. "
Here Is an interesting fact which Is not gen
orally known The possessions Of the United States.
" hich OF course include Alaska, extend from the
end OF the Acutian Islands 10 Easiport Me. and
San Francisco IS about halfway between The end
Of The Alentian Islands is only about a day and a
balf's sail from Siberia. / don't know that We
say that the sun never sets on our commons, but
that is pretty nearly the case.
Roth Nr Denslow and Mr. Russell speak cnthusi-
astically Of the gold d-minnc prospects In Alaska.
which they believe will be firmly established in
fpa
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

THE truant school itself should be outside Of tho
city. and 1t seems 10 that II should NOT h,y,
the character OF prison. | would do away r,i,b
barred windows and high walls. nor would I hate
regular guards posted think the best way is TO
show confidence in the boys and 10 put tben IN,
their honor as II were. or course there must ~,
restraints. rewards and punishmcnts and tho M
ana those boys who run away should hn hrou"h,
back every time. In fact. II would he good n1an
TO -, nave guards' not In uniform at unexpected
places. TO seize and return those trvlng 20 ,',
away. II would be we'll In my oplnio1 -, 49,, ~ -,
uniform uniform for tho boys. In the nature OF military
UNIFORM. not prison one. so thar No., ~,
instantly recognized everywhere >' "'''" NC
d.n,a course; when boy has given adequate evil
dehce OF reformation. he should be released no
matter how long how short his stav in hi n
,snc mas orcn % would follow the indeterminate sen
-. & ."e,, IN ms point Nor do believe IL wise
70 give all tho boys their liberty MT tha and ~ tha
Marble Hill press., 1896-05-07
Then and Now.

We have no right to conclude that
the antediluvians were worse than
mankind at other epochs Of the earth's
history. We do not read that they were
guilty of idolatry, and they were far
from being so deep in the slough ofs
iniquity as the Sodomites and some Of
our modern Babylonians. There can
not be much doubt that the earth was
as thickly populated then as now. The
sun pursues the same path In the heav-
ems, and the moon presents the same
phases, and the nights distiIl the same
rains, and the seasons come and 70.
and day and night alternate and the
winds blow and the zephyrs sigh, ana
the flowers exuda their fragrance, ana
ell things are as they ever were. REV.
r. Duffv.
Marble Hill press., 1896-05-07

yer basis in competition with Asia. Az
paying their debts by the gold standaf1
appreciated nearly or quite 100 per cent
Almost every honest business man in
the country admits that times have
been bad for many years-in fact for
| more than twenty-with only ocea-
sional spasmodic waves of revival.
Leading trade and financial journals
have been put to their wits ends find
ing excuses for the unnatural condi-
tions. All sorts of preposterous reasons
have been given, such as ''overprodlc-
tion" and the like, without a scintilla
of proof to support them, while the
practical destruction Of one-half the
money of Europe and America by the
decentralization of silver has been COM
pletely ignored.
We have had twenty-three years of
financial and business distress for all
except the few who could control and
manipulate the money supply, and the
New York and Massachusetts Republic
they are determined to maintain it at all
hazards.
1t has long been a belief among
economists that money is an instru-
mentality designed to enable men to do
business upon the principles of natural
justice. and in such manner as to
bring reasonable share of prosperity
and happiness to the door of every in
dustrious and careful man.
The New York and Massachusetts
Republican leaders, though, have out
grown all such sentimental philosophy
as that They have discovered that the
end and aim of man should be to pre-
serve the gold standard, in order that
the money lender may thrive, the
millionaire become a multimillionaire,
while the debtor bends lower and lower
beneath his increasing load, and the
laborer tolls on and on for a smaller
and smaller pittance
Whether this is what the New York
and Massachusetts Republicans really
desire, it is what their beloved standard
of gold means, and what it is rapidly
accomplishing.
There is scarcely a doubt that the
Republicans of the remaining New
England states, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West vir-
ginia, and perhaps some others will as
sumo substantially the same position
With Kansas and Iowa silent, and
Ohio and other Western states simply
playing policy game, it is almost a
foregone conclusion that the gold
standard idea as set forth in New York
and Massachusetts will dominate the
next Republican convention.
This is exactly what the out and out
silver Republicans desire. They know
that ambiguity, evasion and provisos
with reference to silver coinage mean
gold, and they want the issue made so
clear that ''he who runs may read
They tip their hats to the New York
and Massachusetts Republicans, and
will politely pick up the gauntlet SO
boldly thrown down.
H. F. BARTINE.
Marble Hill press., 1896-05-07
We're Coming, Gen. Warner.

By Henry 7. Niles.
(Tune: From Greenland's Icy Noun.
tains)
We're coming, General Warner,
Three hundred thousand more;
From Names remotest corner,
From CALIFORNIA; shore.
From workshop, mill and farmhouse.
From mountain, hill and plain,
We're coming as the van guard
Three hundred thousand men.
A mighty band of brothers
Are gathering for the fray;
The party chains are breaking,
The right shall win the day.
Tramp, tramp, the boys are marching.
'Tis Freedoms shout l hear;
A mighty host of farmers
Are bringing up the rear.
Down with the tools of Mammon,
And Shylock with his gold;
Mems lives are more than money,
Their rights shall not be sold.
Well clean the Augean stables,
Well break the power of greed;
From bonds and needless burdens,
The people shall be freed.
Cheer UP! heart-broken brother,
And sister. sick and sad;
A better time is coming,
Your children shall be fed.
Our fathers fought for freedom,
Their children shall be freed
From worse, more cruel bondage,
Than England's grasping greed.
Marble Hill press., 1896-05-07
lro % CosrisunD.l

4 doubt is something to dread md
avoid, and fec from - from ain.
Marble Hill press., 1896-05-07
CHAPTER XXI.

L SPOKE the last
sentence with a
faint smile, and
with the air of a
man trying, in
spite Of himself, to
treat a grave sub
ject lightly. His
face clouded again,
however, in a mo-
ment, when he look
ed towards his sis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-14
A Two.thlrds Vote In Idaho.

State No. has wheeled into line for woman suffrage.
 An unaxampled victory for woman suffrage has been achieved in the state of Idaho Hitherto suffragists have only sought to attain for woman suffrage constitutional amendments the custom ary majority of votes for the question, whereby amendments of state oonstitu- tions are usually adopted. But in Idaho, on Nov. 3, more than two-t thirds of the votes cast on the question were recorded for woman suffrage
 And yet it is claimed by the oppo- nents of woman suffrage that by pe- ouliar wording of the suffrage clause of the Idaho state constitution two-t thirds of all the votes cast at a general election are needed, aud that these not having been given for suffrage the amendment is lost.
 Such provision was never intended by the men who voted for the new con. stitutiGn. It would be unjust, unusual, undemoeratie and unrepublioan. We dc not believe that the supreme court o1 Idaho will so interpret the state consti- tuition. Any such provision, if it exist was fraudulently framed for the express purpose of perpetuating the disfranehise ment of women and was never under stood or intended by the voters of Idaho Boston Woman's Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-14
The Rain Skirt.

In reference to the rain skirt I would like to suggest an idea. have just re- turned from an extensive trip abroad and have very much admired the way ladies manage over there. Of course it is very unpleasant to drag long dress through the streets in rainy weather, but at the same time it is hard to dress always according to the weather. You may go shopping in your rain costume, but after few hours it clears, the streets are dry and clean, and then, of course, it doesn't look we'll to walk about i'll short skirts.
 In Europe ladies have their street CO.'S tunes arranged so that with one pull or with two buttons they can change their ordinary skirts to the desired length. Ii looks neat, nice even. And should the rain stop they drop their skirts to the usu. al length by simply undoing one button or one string.
 Dressmakers put this arrangement in to all street dresses, and even the ready made ones generally have it. Would you not suggest the idea and let the ladies see how they like it?-Letter in New York Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-14
 Lecturing as a Business.

A young girl who happened to know great deal about certain country in Europe decided last winter that she would try at an entertainment given for charitable purpose to tell her friends what she knew and see how they enjoy ed it. The experiment. was q success such a success that after awhile she was asked to repeat it oftener than she had time to. So she decided to ask $25 for the evening, and she got it without any difficulty. Her profits during the season were enough to enable her to go to Eu- rope and have number of photographs of the country taken to be used in her lecture. This winter as soon as the sea- son commenced there was another de- mand for her lectures, and it was enough to justify her in asking $100 for the en- tertainment At that rate she got as many engagements as she could fill. She is pretty girl. with an engaging man. ner, and her lecture consists in reality of nothing more than series of anee- dotes agreeably told. Her engagements are usually to lecture before women 8 clubs or societies of some kind, and the occupation is free from all the unpleas- ant features of some phases of profes- sional life She began the work as all experiment, and her success shows how unexpectedly q woman may find employ ment of an agreeable and profitable kind. New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-14
A Woman of Good Works.

Mrs. Temple, wife of the prelate who has just been appointed by Queen Vic. toria to the primacy of the Church of England, is an ideal helpmate for ar archbishop and ever since her marriage has identified herself with many good works associated with the name of her husband. In the sees of Exeter and Lon. don Mrs. Temple has been a great favor. ite with all classes of society and is vice president of the Ladies Home Mission association and of the Ladies Diocesan association. She is the daughter of the Right Hon. W. $. Lascelles, M. P, third son of the second Earl of Hare. wood, and she, as we'll as two of her sisters, the Hon. Mary and the Hon. En- ma Lascelles (now Lady Edward Cayen dish), has held the post of honor to hel majesty. Among her other accomplish ments Mrs. Temple is a clever stenogra pher, and her sympathetic manner ana the kindly tact she has displayed in hel relations with the clergy and their fam lilies make her q popular hostess. Kan sas City Times.