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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
THIEVES UNSUCCESSFUL HAUL.

Thieves gained an entrance into Breck-
woldt's stove store on First street, Ho-
boken, early yesterday morning through
the rear door, which they forced open
with a jimmy. They then broke open
the safe and took out a small iron box,
in which Breckwoldt kept money and
valuable papers. After securing the box
they left the premises. There was NO
money in the box. Some papers We're
the only contents. The box. with the
papers intact. was found under the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
~trestle, at the Henderson street crossing,
this morning
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
A. o. Il. CELEBRATION.

Tomorrow evening. in st. Lucy's Hail,
there will be an entertainment and re-
ception by the members of the A. o. H.
of A. Of Hudson county. The Rev. John
Condor, 8. J., Vice President of st.
Peters College, will deliver the lecture.
This committee, Il. B. Holmes. William
"A. Vaughan, James j. Ferris and James
Murrer, have made most excellent ar
rangcments.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE HOME.

These are the names of contributors
during February to the Raymond Roth.
Pioneer Home:-H. Rohlfs. Chr. Gruber,
Lorillard, NJ. Martens. Berger. Braun,
Beck, Kneisel, Helwig, Schmitt, Brauti-
gam, Heine, Lohrmann. Hoiker. Spangen-
berg, Alderman, Steuernagel, McAus-
land, Freitag & Bauer. Busch Bros, Ben
der, Swift Packing Co., Keller, Kraft,
Simon, Alexander. Joung, B~ergheim,
KOpf. Howard Mertens, Rohde, Adelung,
Jansen. Wnobloch, Wiedemeyer, Schultz
heis, Mrs. Henning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16

NOTICE 10 CREDITORS.

Estate Of William Bumsted, deceased. To-
seph H. Bunsted. John A. Bursred ana'
William. g; Bumsted, executors Of William
Eurnsted. deceased. by Older Of the Deputy
II, 1896. hereby gives notice to the creditors
OF said aecedent to bring in their debts, de-
mands and claims against the estate Of said
decedent, under oath or affirmation. wifhiss
nine months from the date Of said order. or
they will be forever barred of any action
therefor against said executors.
JOSEPH IN. BUMSTED.
JOHN A. BuMSTED.
q. BuMSTED.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES MEETING

The annual meeting and the monthly
conference of the missionary societies
OF the First N. E. Church Hoboken, were
held yesterday afternoon in the church,
on Washington street. The session was
presided over by Rev. "A. B. Richardson,
pastor Of the church. Addresses were
made by Messrs. c. 4. Pitts, w. Hor-
wood and H A. Demorest and fourteen
urer showed that $400 had been raised
by the societies during the past year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
DANGEROUS FIRgBUe ARRESTED

Charles Lynch, a notorious firebug, was
arrested on Newark avenue early this
morning. He has just served a term!
of ten years for arson, and it is supposed
rested he had a quantity of carpet in his
possession. He is held until an owner
for the stolen ope can be found
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
FELL ON HIS EYE.

John Brady, 45 years old, of No. go
Newark street. Hoboken, INDUCED too freely
in the amber colored fluid Saturday. and
while staggering under the load, fell n
cut his right eye. He was taken TO Po-
lice Headquarters and attended by DR..
Simon. and then locked up for the night
as he was unable to take care of him.
self.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
A. o. H. BOARD OF ERIN.

The. A. Q. H.. Board Of Erin If H,dsor
eGs w pk WIl5 nqla their annual parade on
The various Divisions Of the A.. o. n vii,
form on barrow street, right resting on Grand
o'clock, sharp, over the foiIowing ra at Ten
Grand street to Washington street "a Wont-
gonery street, to Newark avenue, and be re-
Board Of Aldermen and other city ofIiciais
from the City Hall. The parade viii continue
Hamilton place. to Ninth street avenue ~ Go,e TO
street, to Varick street, to Grand street. to
Bramhall avenue. and there embark on snacisi
trolley cars for Avenue c and Ninafeenth
street, Bayonne. The procession will forr,
at Avenue D and Nineteenth stree. Pavonnn
and will move over the following route
Avenue u to Fourteenth street. to Avenue g.
a lgeea t s5Fe Fifth Street avenue ~ ?. 70 Cottage
street to Avenue D, to Twenty-irst street.
70 Avenue +, countermarch to inter,
section Of Twenty-second street, to Az
enue 1, to Twenty-eighth street, to
Avenue d, to Thirtieth street to
Avenue 4, TO Sixteenth street, where the
parade VIII be dismissed. James Cleary. Coun-
lam NJ Barry, first aid; Michael Murray.
Captains Thomas Graham and Patrick Swea,
ney, IN command; John Moran, Marshal; Gen
Corps of New York; Division. No. . Michaei
Murry. Marshal: Division No. 3. Timothy
Thomas Hayes. Marshal; Patrick Larkins, aid:
Division No. s., Thomas Tighe, Marshal; Di-
vision No. Van Houten Fife and Drum
Corps, D. G. Hawkes., Marshal; James Faeen'
Aid; Michael McManus. Aid to Grand Marshal
Division No. 8 and Band: Division No. 8 and
Band, Michael J. Curry, Marshal; Michael
Kelly. Aid; Robert J. Murphy, Aid to Grand
Marshal: Division No. 10 and Band, Francis
Dolan. Marshall: Richard Madden, Aid: Di-
vision No. II, Holden's Band, John McCrystal.
Marshall. Arthur McNulty, Aid; Division No.
16 and Band. John Moran. Marshal: Division
No II and st: Mary's Fife and Drum Corps
Of Bayonne, Hugh Doogan, Marshal; Charles
Murphy. Aid Neil O'Donnell, Aid to Grand
Marshall: Division No. 20 and Band, Patrick
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
7Le Personal Canvass Of Election Officers
SHERIFFS NOTICES.


sHERIFFss SALE HUDSON CIRCUIT
Court.
The State VS.. Raffaele Esposito.
In Scire Facias.
HI ia, etc. 200.
Returnable second Tuesday February, 1895.
Ky virtue Of the above stated writ, to me
directed and delivered. / have ievlsd up pn
and shall sell by public vendae al Real Eso
tate S%lesroom, 55 Montgomery street Jersey
City, on
THURSDAY, the second lay Of April next,
at two O'Clock in the afternoon, all the right,
title, and estate OF the above names Ell
lowing described land. and premises, with the
appurtenances. that IS to say:-
All that tract or parcel OF lani ana ptelhisss
ing and being in the City Of Jersey CITY, IN
the County Of Hudson and State OF New
Jersey, described as follows
Commencing at q raint in tie northwesteriy
southerly side CT Railroad avenue and from
thence running. southerly parallel with Col
gate street rs feet: thence westerly anu par.
inches; thence northerly and parallel with
Colgate street IS feet to the sontherly line Of
Railroad avenue; thence eastsriy. Along .ie
said line of Railroad avenue 10 feet ana +
inches to the place of beginning Eells the
same premises conveyed by. Henry. stiff - John
Sheridan in his lifetime by deed da-el My
Of Hudson county in Liber % of Deeds for
said county, pags as9s
Also ali my right, tito and interest = and
to an that Piece IF ,aid, 10 fesT and 4 inch e
more or less in With and p feet more "
less in lepth lrTg ard being in fr.nt "
the lot n al above ceseriS-i AMI ls,ns tv-
Sf f~saiirosrl avsiaue as now laid and run.
Dated February p, 1895.
JOHN J. ToFFEy..
s14.7o. sheriff.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
MONDAY. mARCH %. 1sas.

AT 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
Plans and specifications showing more par
ticuiarly the above work may be Inspected
at the office of the Clerk to said Commits
sion. Mayors Office, City Hall, between the
hours of 9 A. M. and 4 P. NJ. daily, where
blank forms of bid may be obtained.
under the specifications will be required to
present. with their estimate, a bond as now
provided by law, or a certified check for Is
per cent. of the amount of their respective
bid as a guarantee of good faith for signing
such contract and bond as will be drawn
by the Corporation Attorney.
The Commissioners reserve the right to re-
ject any or all bids If deemed for the best
interests of the City so to do.
Proposals will be marked Proposals for
Telephone Wiring New City Hall, directed
to .sCity Hall Commission, Jersey City" and
handed to the Clerk in open meeting when
called for in the order of business relating
to sealed proposals.
BY order of the Commissioners,
GEORGE F. FARRELL, Clerk.
Dated March Is, 1896.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
SHERIFFyS NOTICES.

sHERIFF'S SALEM CHANCEY OF NEW
Between Conrad spengeman. Complainant,
and Hugo Kafka ct al, Defendants.
Fl ia. For sale Of mortgaged premises.
Raturnable May Term. 1896.
Rrinkerhoff & Fielder. Solicitors.
By virtue Of the above stated writ to me
Montgomery street, Jersey City, on
THURSDAY, the ninth day of April, A. D..
at two o'clock in the afternoon, all the follow
ing described land and premises. with the
appurtenances, being the same described in
said writ. that is to say
All those certain lots, pieces, or parcels of
land and premises situate, lying AMI being
In Jersey City, County Of Hudson, State of
New Jersey, which upon a map filed in the
eilee Of d the 5so Register Of Hudson County. Sep
longing to Conrad spengeman, situate on Jer-
sey City Heights, in Hudson County. \. j.,
Surveyor, 1885, are designated and known as
lots numbered two t2), three 90, four %.
teen ds), fourteen dD. in block lettered
twenty-five 125,, twenty-six taSS, twenty-sSven
go, thirty-two ts2l, thirty-three C3sl, thirty
four. 20. thirtsy,fiye $3.50, thirty-six $3.50. in
Lots shir ,sy1 60, thirty-eight 1881,
two s455. forfy.thpee a AZ f@rfy-fonr az 31 f 9fty-
two 90, ffty-three t53. nfty-four 60, fifty
nve (osl fifty-six t56), -dfty-seven on, fifty
sisht 'Sso' ffty-nine t5s0' in block letterSd
Lots seventy-ffve (7). seventy-six Gs,. sew
nine 90. eighty 1901, eighty-one sd. ninety
GO. ninety-one cd, ninety-two (sal, ninety
three laS), ninety-four t94}, in block letterel
p. by referring to said map all the above
lots will more fully appear: being part Of the
sane 81 y ls conveyed by Carrot Sip and
deed dated the third day Of July, 1867, RS
corded in the Register's office on the third
and is the same lots OF land conveyed to the
said Husa Kafka by the said Conrad Sponge
N - ~ lhE1 inC ArarE 10 - ..-- -.
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-RAILROAD=
Picturesque Line of Travel to tho
North and West.

Z tS%Ats
THE NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE
Trains leave 42d st. North River, statjon.
New York, as follows, and fifteen minutes
earlier from foot Franklin st., y. r. Ter-
mlnai station at Weehawken, n. J., can be
reached via trains Of N. J. ]. Rd.. leaving
p en- r. R Depot at Jersey city
S:S0 A. M, Daily Local to Buffalo.
a.S9 a NJ Daily local to Albany, for Ca.sirsil
car to Albany. Sundays only. -
9:15 A NJ. Daily for Albany, Utica. Syra-
cuse, Rochester, Buffalo. Niagara Fans.
Goledo, Cleveland and Chicago.
l;S0 A. M Daily, except SUNDAY, to Catskiil
Mountains, New Paltz. Lakes Mohonk and
MlnneWaska, Albany, Saratoga. Caldwell.
Lake George. Parlor car.
$40 r NJ Daily. except Sunday. for Albany.
600 P. NJ. Daily for Albany, Montreal, Utica.
Syracuse. Rochester. Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
Toronto, Detroit. Cleveland. Chicago and St
$50 P. NJ. Daily, except Sunday. for New-
burg, Albany. Saratoga ana Montreal.
7;s5 7: NJ. Daily, except Sunday. for Utica.
SIS P. NJ. Daily for Albany. Utica, Syracuse.
Roehester,. Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto.
Detroit, Cleveland. Chicago andss St Louis.
900, $4,000 and s11.45 P. NJ.
Newburg Locals. 10:15 A. NJ; s1:15, SIS. $3.50
P. NJ. 7Daily. -sSundays only. Kingston local,
1:15 P. NJ. .
Wagner sleeping cars for Albany, Uticat
Syracuse, Rochester. Buffalo. Niagara Fallsk
Toronto. Detroit. Cleveland and Chicago ON
through trains. j
ing car accommodations or Information app5
offces;-Brooklyn, Nos. 1888, $50, 72S Fultq
street, annex Office, foot of Fulton street. Ne
Z YORK CITY, Mes liz, sss. Ga and az Broadw3
Hundred and Twenty-ffth street and at stetid
c. E. LAMBERT.
General Passenger Agent
NO. 5 Vanderbilt avenuA
Nauv Ecv
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Sheriff.
. sstslrFss SALEM cHANcERY OF NEW
Jersey.
Between Thomas N. McCar.cr, Complainant.
and Theodosia A. Moves ct al. Defendants.
Fl IA Fer sale of mortgaged premises.
Returnable February Term, 1896.
McCarter, Williamson & McCarts~. solicit
tors. M
BY virtue of the above stated writ n no
directed and delivered, l shall sell by nublie
vendue, at Real Estate Sales-gom. Np x
Montgomery street, Jersey City. on =
the ninth day Of Aprils n
at two o'clock in the afternoon. all the fo,-
lowing described lard and premises. with thes
appurtenances, being the same described ii
said writ, that is TO say
All those tracts or parcels RI land and
premises, hereinafter particularly described.
situate, lying and being in the County of Hnd-
500, and State Of New Jersey. which on a
Map Of property Of John II. Midiner, de-
sey, made by Smith & Eddy, CITY SURVEYORS.
and dated March |. 1873. ara known and dis
tinguishsd as lots numbered one "a. two t2}.
three 81. four 90. seventeen no. eighteen
qlSl. nineteen CD, twenty ta0,, twenty-aae
e2ie, TWENTY-FIVE t22l. twerty-three ,23), twenty
four I'D twenIy-eight t2S). fa~ty-nine 4Sl.
fifty @0, hfty-one f51}. iffty-twa tss). ffty-
three te31, and dfty-fopr {41, hook numbered
one a., and also all the rights tiesa and in
terests OF the said defendants Of, In and to
the avenues in front of said lots to the :pidle
pafea March i 1895:
$500. Z shesir.
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Trains leave JERSEY CITY as sollows-

Trains leave JERSE CITY az sa,,ows-
as E0k ThE WEsT.
LOT Car, daily for Pittsburg-
Laa111D. the pioneer Ok this class Of the
service. composed exclusively Of PuIInon YES.
t tion Compartment Sleeping; Dining. oDserva-
hn9 moyable electric lights. sally for PITS
vi1iss ShlGago. Cleveland. indianapolis. Lasis-
% So !. NJ, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS Elk
Jj nm WITH Pullman Yestibule Sleeping and
Ga T: M WESTERN EXPRESS. with Pull
nlrg, Chicago and Cleveland. Dinins car 10
e e4ds p Il. go 5P1ss s. G chisase
pullman Sleeping and Dining Cars to cin.
cinnat ana s. Louis Arrives Cincinnati 500
s15 NJ. PAGITIc EXPRESS, Pullman
SgIT dsiiy and S SH s1s EXCEPT saturday
For Baltimore. washington and the South at
81, 81. 81 1s2i. HI r A. n; IA 2As lssi
{ FffsRns snS slis I. Ne al pi b as S Car. rs AZ
Limited Parlor Cars and pennsyivania Rail-
s sna !, Pj = Car; g 40 5ls and SIS F. u.
rv,nrsIFoR rHILApELPHIA.
s4 AZ ~ a914 Pennsylvania Lilniteds.
and 12so Night. SUNDAY, So, s.44. s.i5. IA
1914 Pennsylvania Limited. 1915. Ills 4. NJ,
215, S-sS ALB. 4-4S -, 5.1s. s.14. SEQ. sis.
y,i5 = NJ and R-50 night. Accommodation,
ul0, A. M AZ and I15 p. NJ. week days.
Sundays, SIS and 715 p. NJ.
For Atlantic City, 11.13 A. NJ. cog P. IL.
Pullman Buffet Parlor Car and day coachj
and 2S p M. week days, 634 A. II. Sundays.
For cape May, La P. NJ. week days.
For Long Branch, Asbury Park, Ocean
Grove. Point Pleasant and Intermediate Sta
tons, via Railway. 923 A. NJ. 1923. $50. 5.29
p NJ and r. o. night. On Sunday, 1000 A NJ.
IL P N. fStop al Interlaken for Asbury
Park or Ocean Grove on Sindav)
The New York Transfer O mDany viii call
for and check baggage from and TO hotels and
S. NJ. PROVOST. ]. r. WOcD
Gent Manager. Gent Passenger Agent
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NEW CITY HALL.

Sealed proposals for Telephone Wiring. with
all necessary labor pertaining thereto, for the
new City Hall, in Jersey City, according to
specification on file with the Clerk of the
will be received at the meeting
of the City Hall Commissioners, to be neld
IN the Aldermanic hambe in the City
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16

AdvtseSto 3 brunette who IS ahsut ~ sbecom.
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sHERIFFss SALE HUDSON CIRCUIT
The state vs.. Raffaele Esposito.
In Scire FaciaS.
The morning times., 1896-02-09

Ciaude" There are eight persons in the
cast, TOUR men and four women DuSc
assumes the part OF Ccsarine the wife
The scene is laid at Claudio's country
house. The action takes place on the same
DAY between morning and evening 1t
tells the story OF wife, who meets death
under peculiar circumstances at the hands
or her husband whose love she has Killed
and 10 whom she has been very repeatedly
and flagrantly unfaithfuI. The husband.
WHO is OF noble EGtrre, has oondoned her
faults, but she has gene too far, and while
he has not punished her he can no longer
forgive la Locandiera" (Thc Hostess
in one OF Goidcni' 5 comedies and is in u re-.
acts. There are six characters, Duse tax
ing tie part of MiTandolina the iun-
keeper or hostess.
Florence Is the scene of the play and the
action takes place at Mirandolina s Inn.
The attractive hostess. who Is betrothed
10 her steward, has also poor marquis Il nd
rich count for admirers. Both try TO win
her. incidentally. she makes a profesSed
wonan-hater also fall in love with her but
eventually marries her steward.
Duse's costumes, all of which are made
by Worth, are exceedingly handsome. One
OF them worn in Camille is described as
gown ofivory ga tin covered with Venetian
lace, with large DOge mantle OF figured
black velvet. lined with white satin. An
other is a bah dress of duchess lace. over
white satin, with garlands across white
Camelias.
The morning times., 1896-02-09
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l. ReaIist.
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At the Lafayette Square on Monday even
ing, February II, Washington audience
VIII have an opportunity OF witnessing for
the first time q performance by Eieanora
Duse whose marvellous art has been uni
yersaIly recognized by critics. The actress
reached New York on Thursday last after
an absence of three years, and this. her
second season in America, Will begin in
this city. Her Italian company are now on
their way from Genoa.
The high eDcomiums and extraordinary
praise bestowed on Duse have been prac-
ticaly universal. The keencst interest is
naturally aroused TO learn il all these
wonderful qualities attributed 10 her act
ually exist, and il remains TO be seen il
the verdict OF Washington audiences and
critics will confirm that Of New York and
of the theater going public of London. Paris
Berlin, Vienna. st. Petersburg and other
great European cities.
OF the five plays TO be produced here
two have already been seen in Washington.
They are Camille and 'Magda." The
dramas new TO this city are ia Mogiie di
Claudio (The Wife OF Claude and la
Locandiera''; THE Hostessl, and "Caval-
leria Rusticana,'' the latter following
closely the lines of tie well-known opera.
ia Moglie di Claudio" is from the
French of Dumas fils' LA Femme de
The morning times., 1896-02-09
johanna Is Close
Kin 10 Mankind
Chimpanzee that Makes
Sketches with Pencil
and Paper.

Before greatly interested audience at
the arsenal in Central Park recently Jo-
hanna, The educated chimpanzee, gave an
exhibition of her accomplishments in let.
ter-writing and drawing that excited the
wonderment of the beholders.
In various ways she also showed a sur
prising degree OF intelligence. johanna has
been credited with doing some remarkable
things, but her performance yesterday
eclipsed them all.
The exhibition was gotten up by Mr. Nc
Kay, Johanna's keeper, for the entertain-
mcnt Of some biologists from Washington
and Philadelphia, who were anxious 10
about Johanna was true. They went ava Y
satisfied that it was, and that the young
lady was progressing finely under Mr.. Nc
Kay's tuition.
Johanna likes Mr.. Mckay, and is most
obedient TO him. lie lets her know what he
wants her 10 do more by the infection OF
his voice than by the words he uses. Such
words as he does use are in Portuguese
the language, he explained. OF the sailors
who captured her after killing her mother
thirteen years ago in Africa. He says
Johanna win yet learn to understand him
when he talks to her in English.
ARTIST AND LETTER WRITER.
Mr.; Mckay began the proceedings, as it
were, by handing Johanna piece of card
says the New York Herald. Johanna sat
on her launches, held the cardboard in her
left paw and with her right started in dill
gently to copy the portrait. In a few min
utes she walked 10 the bars OF her cage and
handed the cardboard and the pencil to MIR.
Mckay, when, to the astonishment OF all,
it was seen that S he had not only made
pretty faithful copy OF her picture, but
had added the arms and body to 1t.
The audience applauded and MIR. Mckay
was delighted.
"She can do more than that" he said
with smile. 'She viii now write O let
ter
He then handed Johanna piece of paper
and the pencil, and Johanna, using the floor
OF her cage for writing desk, made several
curved lines on THE paper and handed i'll TO
Mr.. Mckay.
Il can't make OUT lie said, what she
means 10 say. butI suppose her chimpanzee
relatives in Africa can"
Mr.. Mckay spoke in u Commendatory tone
TO Johanna and she hopped around the cage,
at every hop emitting gutteral sound that
Ier keeper said was a laugh of satisfac-
ton. OF course we had TO take his word
for il that ii was a laugh, but it was the
qacercst laugh any of us had ever heard.
Andevery time she laughed Johanna opened
her mouth TO its fullest width and tossed
her head backward and forward.
Now" said Mr.. Mckay, from JOY to
The morning times., 1896-02-09

second successful playwright that city has
turned out during the last few years.
The first is Augustus Thomas, author of
alabama I'm Mizzoura" and other we'll
known plays. Mr.. Sphinx, like his friend,
Mr.. Thomas, was recruited to stage litera-
ture from among the newspaper men,
If Mr.. spink's future as writer Of plays
is as illustrious as was his career in Jour-
nalism his fortune is secure, for S a news
paper man he was bold, original and ad-
venturous.
When MIR. Sphinx left college he did not
make up his mind as to the profession
he would adopt for life. He wanted to see
the world. He was strong, athletic young
fellow, and just for the fun of the thing he
shipped aboard a big boat in New York as a
sailor before the mast, and made the VOYAGE
to England. There he engaged himself as
as second mate. He had mastered the art
of sailing in an incredibly short time.
Augustus Thomas boasts OF having been
railroad switchman. Mr.. Spin k, his
friend, can lay claim to a mateship. In his
life as sailor, the author OF 1.-THE Derby
Winner" crossed the Atlantic ten times
and returned from the sea before the fasci-
nation for the life had too strong a hold
upon him.
II was shortly after his return from his
sea-faring life that the great yellow-feyer
epidemic swept over the South Thousands
of families from fhe cfr;oI,o, o;t -, -. u...
North, but the mass of the population was
forced TO stay and suffer Mr.. Bennett
of the New York Herald offered a liberal
salary to any newspap man who would
volunteer to go South and "write I'M,
the story OF the epidemic from actual
observation.
Mr.. Sphinx accepted the offer, and his
remarkable work on the Herald attracted
the attention OF both hemisphercs. But
ZAP could not resist the promptiprs of
his large heart and generous ma ture, and
in every City he visited he worked with
devotion, worthy of Francis Xavier in
relieving the sorrow and suffering of the
people. q 'iii
In this work, his strength failed him
and he, too, was stricken down, For This
brilliant journalistic achievement. and
his acls qf heroism, Mr.. Bennett, sr., pre-.
sented him with check for $1,000, and
gave hinna great editorial send-eff.
A wealthy family in Memphis that had
been witnesses OF his beroism and unseIfisil
courage took him and nursed him back
to health. He was besought to stay in the
South and make 1t his home, but he refused
and returned to New York. There the
reward of his work awaited him in tile
shape of a check far exceeding the stip-
ulated sum- Believing he had earned
rest he took the money ana spcas it on