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who worked six days week and tried
to save something he regarded as fool.
Stratton took Il long walk once and
landed in Denver. That was about four
years ago, when Cripple Creek first at
tracted attention. Then he took an
other walk to Cripple Greek. Like
every one else he stGked claim, but
he was too lazy to work it. He could
have earned good pay as Carpenter
but he never fancied work. Sometimes
he would stroll over to his claim and
shovel up the dirt for an hour or two
He got in arrears at his boarding
house and was put out. Miners in the
adjoining claim to his own took pity
on him and allowed him to live in
their shanty. Sometimes he worked
for them, and they paid him enough to
hire man to dig his claim. He
worked the latter in desultory way
until he got down to depth of forty
feet. One day he hit something. 1t
was ledge of gold. Men have been
working that ledge every day since
then; and the deeper thsy get the more
of it they find. They took out
so much gold that Stratton said
he would dock the boss if he allowed
more than $4,000 worth of gold to be
taken out in day. 1t only costs
Stratton 4 cents for every dollars
worth of gold he takes out. He has
been offered $10000.000 for the mines,
and he laughed at the people who made
the offer.
Stratton lives quietly, but gives
away money to those he likes in liberal
style. He is little man, five feet six
inches in height and weighs about 100
pounds.
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THE UNCROWNED KINGS

Every one knows about Philip D. Er-
mour, the beef king, and the same can
be said OF Cornelius Vanderbilt, the
premier railroad power of thu country.
John d. Rockefe Ter was q news
boy once, a.d John w. Mackay
made famous strike in the
early California mining days. Andrew
Carnegie worked up from a drudge in
a Pittsburg foundry TO his present
position. J. Pierpont Morgan inherit
ed some Of his wealth, but has made
vast sums by the handling of European
money in American securities and the
doctoring of sick corporations. The
unhappy stockholder has always been
his target.
Mrs. Richard King, the land queen,
owns the better part of three immense
counties in Texas. She has a single
ranch of 1,250 0G0 acres, and the front
door of her house ia thirteen miles
from her front gate. Her husband left
her the property. II is fenced with
barbed wire from end 20 end and 200-
coo cattle gaze in it. 1t is called the
Santa Gertrudis ranch. The bay of
Corpus Christi bounds ono end of it
for forty miles. Mrs. King is sixty
years old and gives literally to charity.
DAVID FERGUSON.
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entitled to the sobriquet, the Trolley
King, the Electric King and the Con-
tractor King. He was accidentally
born in France in 1S43, because his par
ents refugeed there from Ireland.
When be was baby they came to this
country and settled In Troy.
When he was small boy he got
job as cashier in the barber shop of the
Delavan house in Albany, and when he
had saved enough he bought tea store
He gave away chinaware and was one
Of the first to attract custom in that
way. Soon he had two stores, and in
short time half a dozen. When he had
monopolized the trade he turned con-
tractor. He repaved Albany with
granite from end to end, and laid
all kinds OF pipes. Then he bought
surface roads. Within the last few
years these have been turned into
trolley roads, and he owns everything
of the kind in Troy and Albany.
Then be came to New York. He with
few other millionaires, owns the trolley
system of Providence, R. L.; also all the
roads of Brooklyn and some Of the
cable roads of New York. He went in
to the gas lighting business in Albany
long ago, and made "A practical study
of the business. This enabled him
later on to put through his famous deal
in Chicago gas, to the discontinue of
the Standard Oil company.
WELL KNOWN KING
Little need be said Of Theodore A.
Havemeyer, the sugar king He inner
tied some of his wealth, and the sugar
trust, which he formed, has multiplied
it several times. He is man of fash.
ion, and his wife is one of the guiding
spirits of New York swelldom.
He is not interesting, but W. s. STRAIT
ton, the gold king ia. Stratton owns
the famous Independence mine at
Cripple Greek. Baidheaded uck made
him a millionaire. Work had nothing
to do with it. Stratton. no to six years
hgo. was carpenter il Jeffersonville,
Ind. Whenever he worked few days
he would So on jamboree until his
last cent was spent He was a
quiet man who made no enemies but
made no friends to speak of. The man
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-02-09
COSSACK TYPES

Cossack does not care whom he lashes
when far away; be it horse, miser-
able Jew, rebellious Pole or
striker.
The military education of the Cos
sack begins while he is still in the
cradle, for the fret sounds that his ear
catches are the warlike songs by which
his mother rocks him to sleep. The
Cossack and his horse form one, for a
boy, almost before he has learned to
walk, is allowed with his mates to ride
the horse bareback. He is accustomed
to look upon his horse as a friend and
companion; he never abuses his faith
full animal, and frequently goes hungry
himself to give his horse a feed. In
the field be is exceedingly careful to
spare his horse unusual fatigue or dan
gerous exposure, because he is respon-
sible for the loss of him, and has q
vivid conception Of his own awkward
position should he b. obliged to trud ge
on foot behind his mounted comrades.
He and his horse are as inseparab as
the Arab and his courser, and if acct
dent deprives him of his companion, he
becomes indeed a broken-spirited crea-
ture. During the fight there are several
| manuevres which depand entirely on
the familiarity Of the men with their
animals, and on their control over
them. One for which they have
been famous is dismountirg
while in skirmish line and
obliging the horses to lie down. The
Cossacks rest in the shelter Of the
PROSTATE animals, put their rifles on
them, then load and fire without ex-
posing themselves. When it 10 neccs-
sary to reconnoitre on foot they leave
their horses standing in regular forma-
tion, sure of finding them in position
when they return.
The uniform of the Cossack has been
stripped of nearly all its former bar
barrie splendor, and today the uniform
is simply cut, but it is worn with a
jaunty style that almost amounts to a
wager. In actual service the Cos
sacks wear short frcck coat of dark
blue cloth with ample skirts. This has
nc buttons, but is fastened together in
front by hooks and eyes. The trousers,
also Of blue cloth, are very large and
full, and are worn inside long boots
The cap is a fiat one with a leather
visor, and is seldom worn straight on
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dont't know how to use brand I'll
show you.'
Around swung the big fist of the
ranch manager, catching Miller full in
the face. Miller responded with kick
and then they clinched snd rolled
around in the ruck of the corral, up
setting branding furnaces, stsmpeding
the stock and interrupting proceedings
generally. But Croker was mostly on
top, and when the fight was over the
millionaire cattle owner was very cory
and unhandsome indeed. Miller
wiped the blood from his face. The
enploye proceeded to tell him all the
details of the work on the ranch, iu-
GLIDING some that had to be attended
to at once.
"Wby. what's the matter with your
doing it?' said Miller.
well, J. supposed after what's hap
pened that I'd have to pull my freight.
"'Ban! Don't make - fool of
yourself because made - fool of
myself You go ahead and attend to
your work. And the rodeo went on i'll
comparative peace and harmony"
That tells the story of Miller. He
works eighteen hours every day,
seven days in the week. His cowboys
have fine saddles and costly equip
ments, bnt he wears the cheapest to be
found. Yet his landed possessions are
greater than those of any other six
men in the country. But he is happy
in his way.
AN EX BARBER KING
Anthony Nicholas Brady is new
conner in the world of kingdoms. He
is known as the Gas King, but he is also
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-02-09
Some New MlffJ

There is great latitude in muffs. Some
are rather small and perfectly simple.
They match the collar of the fur used on
the gown and are quite untrimmed.
Others ere larger and ornamented with
heads, tails and claws to match the fur gar
ments that have been described before.
These are considered rather smarter than
the plain ones,
There are not 50 many muffs carried as
there were last winter, but there are some
velvet ones that are very charming. II all
depends, however. on the shape, for the eX-
travagan' Use of chiffon and lace frills and
artificial flowers has been abandoned.
There are some very large 1880 muffs
that look charming with broad-brmmed
has, but, on the whole, neither hats nor
mulfs are eXtravagant this winter.
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Everybody is interested, exhilarated
and absorbed.

Everybody is interested, exAilarated
and absorbed.
Another amusement is tossing in
the air. A crowd Of sturdy young
Cossacks seize the one selected for
this honor, usually popular comrede,
or even an officer, and throw him up
bodily as high as they can, catching
him as he falls, and repeating the op-
Grafton as many times as their strength
will allow. Face or back upward,
heels or head foremost, it makes little
difference to the tossers which way the
victim rises, provided he flies high.
The catching is, too, of no more care
full operation, but everything is done
with such show Of good will and jol-
lily that it is rarely objected to.
The number Of Cossacks on the &C.
tive list in Europe is 10000, and they
are expected to furnish in time of war
10000 ren. Thus the white" car
has an Imposing force of magnificent
light cavalry as no other nation In
Europe can show. As guerrillas, the
Cossacks have rot their equals. Next
to the terrible winter, it was the Cos.
sacks who contributed most to the ex.
termination of the French in 1872.
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1t is confidently expected that belts will
be largely in vogue again next spring.
They will not be SO broad as formerly,
from two and one-half to three inches.
Various handsome things have appeared !;
paiilettes woven upon india rubber belts,
and also beads and paillettes. These belts
are OF a nice effect in multi-colors. A new
patent india rubber band, used as belts, is
also shown. 1t is pointed both in front
and behind and has buckle at both
r,la
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-02-09

Here is a new method for preserving
plants which is most efiicacious Dissolve
one part salicylic acid in sixty parts of al
cohol, hea the solution up 10 boiling
point in an evaporating vessel and draw
the plants slowly through it. Shake them
to get rid of any superfluous moisture and
then dry them between sheets of blotting
paper under pressure in the ordinary man
ner. TOO prolonged immersion discolors
vioiet flowers, and in all cases the blotting
papers must be frequently renewed.
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A pretty fashion, which has the merit of
showing off TO perfection the beauty of a
lace tounce-I mean the bertha is revived
gowns. Point d. Alencon, and perhaps q
dozen yards of five-inch lace edge of the
same pattern, makes an exquisite bertha.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-02
SHE WAS INSANELI JEALOt ~.
MRS SCHOCK ATTEMPTED TO KILL hEh-
SELF AFTER A QUARREL WITH HER
HUSBAND.

Mrs Vallee Schock. young woman VINO lives
with her husband No. 9i6 Gates-ave.. attempted
suicide yestcr day by swallowing paris green ana -
now il St Mary's Hospital in a critical condition.
The attempt was caused 1t IS said. by her insane
jealousy Mrs. Schock carried on millinery pusi-
ness on the ground floor and lived in apartments
off the store The woman's husband is "A musician
and they had been married three years bat never
had any children As "A result OF her jealousy ire
oucnt quarrcis occurred. and when Schock had not
returned home saturday evening from the parade
AZ a late hour Mrs Schock sent her neighbors son.
James q Hara to see If he could find him Schock
returned home while the boy was out. and stormy
scene followed.
Schock then went to the home of Mrs. O Hara.
and he told her that he afraid 10 remain over
night at his home. for fear his wife would do him
some bodily harm. He Their remained al the
O'TIaras' home. Yesterday morning Mrs SchocK
sent for her husband but he refused to go 10 ms
apartments She then went to n drug store al NO
760 Fllshing-ave.. where she purchased the poison
While returning TO her home Mrs Schock met the
O'Hara boy and showed him the package OF poison
and told him that she intended killing herself me
boy ran TO his home ard told his mother. Mrs.
O'fIara went 70 Mrs. Schocks apartments and found
Ter in terrible agony on the bed Mrs. O Hara gave
an alarm a call sen. to the hospital for an
ambulance
The police alege that Mrs. Schocks jealousy was
due to letters she found In her husbands coat
pocket from another woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-02
DEATH FOLLOWED THEFT.
A TWELvE-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED BY
AN ENRAGED ITALIAN.

THOMAS MURPHY AND HIS COMPANIONS HAD
STOLEN SOME wAFFLEs-FARCONA CHASED
THEM AND THREW a BRICK WHICH
FRACTURED MrRPHYs SKULL"
Thomas Murphy twelve years Old and four DINER
boys leased an Italian vender in South brooh'!"
on Saturday night by selling some OF MS me' :
chandise This Is q popular sport with boys Out
I'm the case Of young Murphy the teasing was ~
thorough that the angered vender hurled pr,cK
which striking the boy the skull. caused Ills
death.
Cienaro Farcona thirty years old. OF No ~ Presi-
dentist. is proprietor Of wagon from when ne
sells no. wafiies. On Saturday night he was AZ
Coles-st and Hamilton-ave. Murphy and his friends
came along. and lost no time in having little run
with the ''dago" one of them watched the oppor-
a waffle The Italian discovering his loss. started
after the boy when his companions proceeded TO
help themselves Thoroughly enraged. the ltahah
picked up a brick and started in pursuit OF these
latest de spoilers When about ten feet from Murphy
ne hurried the brick and the boy fell 20 the pave
If shot.
In A few minutes an ambulance arrived and the
surgeon sewed up a in the boys scalp Inc
boys father refused to have him taken 10 inc
hospital and the lad who had partly recovered
consciousness. was taken TO MS hoihe' a' w. .
Commerce-si., and put TO bed
At o'clock yesterday morning the father went
mo the boys TO see how ne was getuhs
He found him unconscious ana sem, sem az ui,
TO Seney Hospital for medical AID Nhen Ampu-
lance Surgeon Stern arrived ne iouhd 'he poi
dead and upon examination found that his Skull
had been fractured. . g,
the home of Farcona and arrested him. lie was
held a charge Of homicide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-02
LOCKJAW FROM A CRIMINAL OPERATION

Mrs Margaret Mussig. wife OF Plus Mussg. a
welto-do stonecuttcr who lives at No. 6s1 East
Onohundred- and secondst.. Is dying from lock-
Jaw and other results Of criminal operation Coro-
ner Dobbs went to her house yesterday afternoon
to take her ante-mortem statement after being in
formed by DR.. George II. MCGUIRE Of No 1877 East
One-hundred and forty fifthst. OF the womans con-
dillon Mrs. Mussig could not talk could not be
induced TO make any statement In writing Mrs
Mussig has been alllng since the middle of October
On October q a woman whom Mussig does not know
called at the house and remained alone with Mrs
Mussig for some time. She called daily for some time
afterward. Yesterday Dr. Mcclure was called in
because lockjaw had developed. His examination
showed him that an operation had been performed
upon his patient. Mussigs first knowledge of il was
impaired to him by Dr. Mcclure. Mrs. Mussigs con.
dion was such thatthe doctor called for the Coroner
at once.
The police Of the Morrisania station have two de-
tectives hunting for the woman who performed the
operation. The only cew they have to her identity
is the description given by MussIg and some OF the
but who took no particular notice Of her the time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-02
tho true This was the true wisdom

...,,, .,o true This was the true WISDOM
Of God-divne wisdom theos-sophia
Centuries of experience" said the lecturer
.have shown rs that 1t is useless to expect men
to become good through being taught dry theo-
logical systems Of hP Go%n nj sarh to
look within himself for that light which en- ign bcs
arerv man coming into the world that llsnt WHICH
is the source OF all that is beautiful ana true ~
the universe Once ne ma mas other incentive to right
conduct The higher nature asserts ITSELF s ans
that light ensoung him. as II ensouo eac mi nf
nd the great universe. Life then becomes iuu VI
,u n I'm, md Brotherhood fact. In aspiring to
rea on the divine in nature he mas assu' , go,
Immortality and heaven Is revealed WITHIN MS o""
breast. 49,, 49, .n,r,, ~ reiipion
making il thing Of unloveliness and gloom, an
now the shadow OF his blasphemy agaiss ,rtened
mankind Restore to men the worship U, ra a
trun the beautiful the alteration Of Goo mace
manifest in man and in nature. and you VIII ri
vlvfy the spirit by which alone can poetry re can
true science be inspired by which alone. ca,,
mortality be sustained and the character OF n' nd
he made noble and unselfish. thus PURIFYING an
eevatirg the lives of individuals ana OF hat'o"s'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-02
CHOCOLATE DROP PROVED TO BE A BUG

Mrs Samuel Seaman. eigh,y-two years old.
aunt of Thomas G. Hendrlckson. OF Bellmore. Long
Island with whom she makes her home had an
unpleasant experience yesterday afternoon when eat
ing chocolate drops which had been given her by
a neighDor Mrs. Seaman IL known as Aunt Sal
Me" and the neghbors al know she Is fond OF
chocolate drops. She had eaten the candy and. see
ing a dark spot on her apron which she supposed
was candy, picked II up and pu, II in her mouth.
Instead OF dssolvng the others had done, IL
began 10 show signs of animation and soon caused
The supposed chocolate drop large back
bug Ii stung Mrs. Seaman's tongue and mouth In
several places. which caused such large swellings
tina, serious results feared IL will be time
before Mrs Seaman viii! recover.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-02
"MIssING FACTORS IN MODERN, LJFE"

James NJ. Pryse lectured last evening before the
Aryan Theosophical Society at No IA Madison
ave. on Missing Factors in Modern Life" He
SAID that. broadly speaking. the lack Of incentive
TO right conduct was what made modern life so
sterile. The ethical teachings OF Christianity were
pure. noble and expressed In the New Testament
In language OF marvellous simplicity and beauty
Yet In all Christian countries to-day the actual
standard OF morality was low. social life was neither
genial nor pure: economic conditions we're chaotic:
capital and labor ever at war. and revolution immi-
nent and political life was admittedly corrupt There
was no lack OF moral teaching. but there was want
Of an adequate incentive for following the teach
ings. Such Incentive could only come from religion;
ana the essence Of religion was devotion to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-02
NEW.JERSEY NEWS.
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MD-AIR.
w A. EDDY. TIE SCIENTIFIC KITE-FLfER' Oh
TAINs SOME GOOD VIEWS OF sAT'H-
PARADE

w. A. EDDY TIE SCIENTIFIC KITE-fLfEh oD-
TAINs SOME GOOD VIEWS OF sATtR-
rAY'S PARADE.
In his endeayors to take from md-air photographs
of the great sound money parade as the marching
throngs passed up Broadway on Saturday "liha"
A. Eddy the Bayonne kite-hyer. met win iair sue
cess Mr. Eddy raised his tiiiless aeroplanes ITO"
the roof of the Mutual Reserve insurance 'on'-
pany's building at No. 800 Broadway. he Sent up
six red white and blue kites TO lift his camera 10
the desired altitude md between 10 O'Clock III the
morning and o'clock in the afternoon he was aDie
TO obtain seventeen negatives. Only for mishap
which occurred TO his camera Mr.. Eddy would have
broken his Boston record OF eighteen photographs
for the time occupied
Fifteen of the seventeen negatives were deVeiope'
and only one failure was disclosed. The formation
of large columns OF men moving up broadway i
shown by some of the photographs. Black INES on
the photographs show the dense columns no'ins
in rectangular lines but because OF tne great ncisn.
at which the was poised lndlViiutis q 'o'
distinguishable Mr.. Eddy says that ne had con-
siderable difficulty In obtaining views OF broau"dy,
owing 10 the narrowness of the thoroughfare IN
proportion to the height Of the buildings me .iark
shadows thrown into the street by the puiiu'hss
which line II prevented him from getting the efiects
of sunlight for his camera which he desired iis
experiments demonstrate that the movements Vi
an army can be easily photographed from m'd-air
by an operator stationed al least five miles distant
In his photographs the columns OF men make Iis-
tnct masses which show much better than the flag
decorations OF the buildings along broadway. al
though the flags particularly those above the roofs
are Distinguished bic at great distances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-02
N THE NORTHERN WARDS.
ITEMS or INTEREST TO PEOPLE LIVING
BEYOND TIE HARLEM.

,,.t,, camnaion on the North Side was
brought - A close Saturday night. ana 'ne re
,,,,hIic,ns ~ the Twenty-,hlrd and Twenty-four''
wards have done large amount OF eHec'Ne "ofN
which vii bear frul nj the polls tomorrow
fair ard barn dance for the benefit OF the Ford
,,, reformed Church were held on the beautiful
,rou,ds Of Mrs J. r IIaskin. In Fordham. on
THURSDAY evening and proved extremely successful
The spacious barn was asteiuHy decorated WIN
n1gs and bunting and Illuminated with Cnlnese
lanterns. \ trolley party Of young people from
Uar.em were among the guests.
The young women OF the Roman CathoHc Church
~ the Immaculate Conception. in East Ons-hundred-
and.nf,y-nrst-s, are making preparations for
bazaar and fair 10 be held In ST. Mary's Hall on
Monday and Tuesday evenings November % and "a
Or. o, the many features of the fair VII! be the
distribution of twenty-five prizes 10 lucky ticket
holders
4 Young mems association OF 81. Matthews Evan
geical Lutheran Church. In East observation-disclosures
nfty-sixth-st has been formed for the purpose OF
advancing the social interests OF Its members. The
organization has more than nifty charter members.
and Will meet In the church par.ors on Monday.
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. and
abundant supply OF good literature, games. music
and other means OF as,s De
Joseph Koch, vice-presiden;: A. w. koenig. secre-
iary; v Knobioch. treasurer and A. p. Luhrs.
The Republican mass-meeting and parade which
cD % Hs big
cess Professor Charles w. Knapp presided
The dealers in secondhand building material had
"A busy time on Thursday when Commissioner naffen.
OF the Department OF Street Improvements. dis
posed OF twenty-five parces OF property at auction.
consisting OF old buildings. fences and other things
The property was sold because 1t stood within the
lines OF number OF streets which are being i'm
proved.
The people OF the North Side still dissatisfied
with the through train service on the Third-ave.
elevated road from the Battery to Onehundred- and
seventy-seventh-s;. James L. Wells. president OF the
North Side Board OF Trade. says that the people
want the trains 70 make fewer stops between Ire
mont and One-hundred-a TWEEN y-nnth-st. He says
that at night It takes the trains twelve minutes
get from northumberland twenty-ffth-st.t to One
hundred-andt twenty -nnth-st.. which Is far from
rapid transit. and worse than changing Mr..
Wells Is OF the opinion that this difficulty could be
overcome II the company would put In another
switch at Northumberland twenty -nnth-st.