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A Trick Of the Trade.

A foxy rather than peculiar guest ap-
preached one OF the hotel clerks. He WAS
the manager of theatrical company that
had great play, great list of actors but
which was somewhat Of frost" and un-
doubtedly source Of much anxiety to the
enterprising New York managers 1t was
one of those imported plays which had
failed to take as we'll here as 1t had In
"Lunnon.
"Heres $25," said the manager to the
startled clerk "Will you do something for
mes'
Anything honest,' replied the con-
scientiois man behind the counter
well, 20 over to the show and buy 25
seats -
"What'u do that fors'
"Give 'em away to good people"
"But you can't make much money that
way?"
"No; It's taking money from one pocket
and putting 1t into the other. But 1 oan't
help IL. We must have . good first night
Don't throw the tickets away. Give EN-
to good people. F"
IAN right" said the clerk And he
did.-Detroit Free Press.
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tce cAvERNs STUDIED.


xAs0psss . 90 HOW the loo Il Formed In
These Underground Refrigsrators.
Edwin 8. Balch addressed the meeting
Of the Academy Of Natural Sciences on
"Ioe Caves and the Causes Of Subterranean
Ioe." He described the difference between
loo caves, loo gorges and wind caves. Wind
holes, or cold air current caves, he said,
sucked In cold air during the winter and
blew IL out during the summer. They
were not necessarily connected with any
Ice deposit, while loo gorges retained the
Ice made during the winter late into the
summer and sometimes through the sum-
mer by reason OF their location protecting
them from tho effects Of the heated air;
but loo caves have a roof, and In his travels
In search Of Information, which had been
extended through Hungary, Germany,
France, Switzerland and part of America,
al well as from the rather scant literature
Of tho subject, he found that the mouth
was always located OH the slope of a cliff,
at the base of cliff, or IL was a largo pit
into which the ice cave opened. Their
size, he said, varied from several hundred
feet In length to quite small holes.
The Ice differs much from that of the
glaciers, containing no crevasses and hav-
ing rounded edges The caves are fes-
tooned with Ice stalactites and stalagmites,
some Of these being from 3 to IL meters
I'm length, sometimes hollow. leo walls
of considerable length and height also ap-
pear In some, and subterranean snow has
been reported as occurring.
The natives of all ioe cave localities, he
said, maintain that they are colder In
summer than I'm winter, which had led
many observers into error, the natives per-
haps being led astray by the fact that In
summer they are much colder than the
outside atmosphere, while In winter they
are somewhat warmer.
Many hypotheses, he said, had been ad-
vanced to account for these caves, one of
which was that they were the remains OF
the glacial period; but this had been COM
pletoly disproved, as many Of them have
been entirely cleared Of ice, but It always
reformed again the following winter. An
other was that the cave rock, nearly always
lime rock, contained salt, which was de-
composed with the summer heat and car-
ried into the cave by the percolating wa
ter; still another, that evaporation and
expansion had something tn do with 1t,
and again that pressure was the response
BILE cause He thought, however, that the
correct explanation was, as It seemed to
accord BEST with the known facts, that, as
the mouth of these caves Is always con-
siderable distance above the floor, the cold,
heavy winter air entering the caves would
sink to the bottom, congealing the water
there and that which peroolated through
during external thaws. In summer the
heat would affect the upper layers Of this
cave air first, and by its consequent expan-
sion more or less would be forced out, but
that the whole body of cave air would not
be affected by the heat before the next
winter set In. n.--Philadelphia Times.
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Mckinley Goes Ia Church,

Chicago. Dec. 2.-President- -elect Nc
Kinley. accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Lafayette McWilliams and their two
sons. attended divine service at the
Sixth Presbyterian church yesterS1y.
Mrs. Mckinley was unable to accSss--
pany them. Every inch Of seating room
In the auditorium was filled and many
sat IN chairs in the aisles and In the
foyer In the rear Of the pews. After
service the major shook hands with a
number Of the congregation. There
were fully 1000 people outside the church
waiting for the distinguished visitor to
come out. The neighboring windows
were turned into grandstands. AS soon
as Major Mckinley appeared outside
all made rush to shake hands with
him. The police kept many away. The
party finally reached the carriage,
through the window of which Major Nc
Kinley shook hands with the crowd.
Major and Mrs. Mckinley left for Can
ton, o., at IL 80 o'clock last night
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21

Women teachers and girl scholars were
of small account in New York in early
days, writes Alice Morse Earle In The
Book Buyer. Girls did, however, attend
the public schools We find Matthew Hill
yer In 1879 setting forth In New York that
he hath kept school for children Of both
sexes for two years past to satisfaction. "
Dame schools existed, especially on Long
Island, where English influences and Con
necticut emigration obtained. In Flush
ing Elizabeth Cowperthwait was reckoned
with In 1881 for schooling and diet for
children" and In 1883 she received for 80
weeks schooling of Martha Johanna" "A
scarlet petticoat, truly typical Dutch
payment A school bill settled by John
Bone In Flushing In 1895 shows that Six
pence n week was paid to the teacher for
each scholar who learned reading, while
writing and ciphering cost is ID week.
This, considering che usual wages and
prices Of the times, was fair pay enough.
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Measuring It.
The train was booming along In great
fashion. There had been quite long de-
lay the other side of Rochester. and 1t was
evident that the engineer of the iron horse
In froDv was determined to make up some
Of the lost time mt least The smoker was
perfumed with the odor of good fellowship
and tobacco smoke, an the smoker OF q
New York Central train invariably H.
There were two or three drummers who
wore beamy smiles Near them sat an old
face on the road, conductor who was
coming to this city to attend the marriage
OF his daughter The conversation shifted
frequently, as IL usually docs In such
company, until finally one of the drum
mers said to his nearest companion:
"My. but she Is piling alongr'
"Yep," said his companion.
"How fast do you suppose we are going?"
''0h, give 1t up She can't go too fast
to suit me-"
Leaning over the back Of the seat the
veteran conductor said to the first speaker
"Do you want to know what wo are
makings"
lyon have my hand to dot
"Well, I'll tell you directly"
Everybody within earshot crowded
around as he said this, and as ho said it
he pulled one of those old reliable railroad
clocks from his pocket, held 1t In his hand
and gazed intently out OF the window. 1t
seemed an age until he spoke, the silence
was so profound, but when he finally
spoke it was to say:
"This train is travelling at the rate Of
b3 miles an hour or thereabout.
The old conductor said this In way TO
impress all hands with the accuracy of his
statement, and there was chorus OF How
did you guess thats"
''Didn't guess 1t at all, said the yot,
with an injured air. 81 know what am
talking about. Now, here's how do 1t:
Notice the inside Of the outer rail on the
opposite track. Your eyes are not trained
as well as mine In that line, but just keep
looking at that rail until you are satisfied
that you can distinguish where one rail
joins the other. Now count the joints, and
as many rails as you pass In 81 seconds
you will find to be equal to the number Of
miles that this train Is travelling per hour.
I never saw the thing fail, and have
tried it hundreds of times. OF course 1t is
necessary to have double tracked road
to tell how fast we are moving, but with
an opposite track, q good eye and tenn
perance watch it Is the ensiest thing In
the world. New York Mail and Express.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21
Lablachs and Brisnoii.

Nine LAblaohe was once at the eleventh
hour asked 70 sing the role of Donna Anna
In don Giovanni. in lieu Of lady who
had been suddenly taken Ill. Nine. La
blache, being unable to wear the stage
elected 10 wear one Of her own private
dresses. Brignoli, who impersonated Don
Ottavio, had q very bad habit Of continu-
ally expectorating while singing and
caused Nine. Lablache grave anxiety az 20
the possible fate Of her beautiful gown.
During the famous trio Nine Lablsche
watched Brignoli very anxiously. and
finally, unable to contain her fears any
longer, she whispered to him, In voice
full Of appeal, my dear friend, could you
not manage just once To spit on Donna
Elvira's robe,'-San Francisco Argonaut.
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Suit Against Southern Pacific.

San Francisco. Dec. 2L-Attorney
General Fitzgerald has filed sensa-
tional demurrer in the United States
circuit court in the case of the Southern
Pacific company against the board of
railway commissioners of California.
The docume mt raises points of vital in
terest to the Southern Pacific company,
as the attorney general attacks the val
idity of the railway company's charter,
and denies its rights to operate it's
branch roads in this state. The original
suit was brought to enjoin the railroad
commission from enforcing its schedule
of freights, reducing grain rates
cents. In the preliminary decision
rendered by Judge McKenna the grain
rates were declared to be unreasonable,
and the temporary injunction granted
when the suit instituted was ordered
to continue until the case was tried on
its merits
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21
SAYLESVILLE.

Henry Harman, an overseer in one Of
the departments at Sayles' bleachery, Is
soon to receive grant of 40 acres of land
and silver medal from the Canadian
government for meritorious services dur
ing the second Fenian raid to Canada.
Fire broke out about o'clock yesterday
afternoon In one OF the double tenement
houses on Chapel street owned by the
Sayles Manufacturing Company, and oc-
cupied by 1. II. Green and family. A
fire had been left burning in one OF the
upper bed chambers, and Mrs. Greene
had thrown the clothes from the baby's
crib over horse to air; this becoming top
heavy fell over, precipitating the bed
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21

cloths into sAe open fireplace. Mrs,
Green heard tho crash of the falling horse
and Immediately thought Of the clothes
which had been hung nesr the fire; she
started for the upper story, but was met
ON the way by clouds Of smoke, which
were pouring out from the northeast bed
room. An alarm was Immediately given,
the two hose carriages from the bleachery
responded, and speedily put an end to
the blaze. The furniture in the room
where the fire started was utterly ruined
by fire and water. The remaining rooms
on the upper floor and their contents were
damaged more or less by smoke. The
furniture in the parlor suffered more o.
less from the water dripping from the
ceiling. The house was insured but there
was no insurance on the furniture.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21
Chi, 20 Bank Will Close.

Chicago, Dec. 21.-This mornings pa
pers say: The probabilities are that the
National bank of Illinois will not open
for business today. 1t may go into
liquidation as the result of serious
troubles that first became known at a
late hour last night. The cash re-
sources OF the institution are stated to
be within the limits OF the law. and II is
stated that depositors will be paid in
full. Bad loans are said to be the cause
OF the trouble. The capital and sur
plus Of the bank. II Is said. are impaired.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21
UP THE VALLEY.
Valley Falls Polo Rink May
Be Closed.
SayIesviIle Visited Yesterday By
q Disastrous Fire.
John j. veltch Appointed Librarian Of Lincoln
Library-Blackstoae Valley Locals

= The polo cranks of Valley Falls and
Lonsdale are liable to lose their favorite
place of amusement, - negotiations are In
progress towards the leasing of the polo
rink by the firm of Keach & Brown OF
Valley Falls.
Last year the polo cranks, II they want
ed to witness the sport, were compelled to
put up with inferior quarters In the en-
CINE house. The surface was small and
the quarters for the spectators were OF an
inadequate nature, detracting by their un-
comfortableness from pleasant enjoy
ment of the game.
Notwithstanding the fact that the old
quarters were small and in no wise suit
able for scientific exhibition of the game,
the financial returns from each game
played were SO profitable that one OF the
local business men determined to erect
rink which would meet all the require
ments of the game.
With this end in view John II. Burke
rented one of the best equipped polo rinks
In New England, supplied with the most
modern improvements that science could
dictate.
The patronage this year, however, has
not justified the outlay made upon 1t, and
the resnlt 10 that this building will have
to be put to some other use. When the
building was about to be opened local
clergyman made violent attack upon the
owner, and the probable use to which the
building would be put, and this may in a
measure have affected the attendance at
the polo games. One thing is certain, II
the public does not patronize the game in
larger numbers the rink will be let for
other purposes.
Keach and Brown, the underwear manu-
facturers Of Valley Falls, have been look
ing over the property with view of either
buying it or leasing it for number OF
years. Their present quarters are too
s.s.all, the facilities for an expansion of
their plant being too meagre, they have
been for some little time looking for a
: more suitable place.
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TREATY WILL BE RATIFIED.
venezueIan.Guiana Boundary viii Then B.
Settled For All Time.


New York. Dec. 21.--A dispatch to The
World from Caracas says: There is
no doubt that the Venezuelan congress
will ratify the Guiana boundary arbitra-
tion treaty with England negotiated by
the United States, and that President
Crespo rs entirely satisfied with 1t. The
governors OF the four states Of che Vene-
zuelan republic favor the ratification Of
the treaty.
President Crespo has received Senior
Jose Andrade, Venezuelas minister to
the United States, who came here from
Washington recently bringing with him
a draft OF the treaty for ratification.
The president received at the same
time James j. Storrow. the Boston at
torney. who prepared and submitted to
the boundary commission appointed by
the United States Venezuela's brief I'm
answer to the British blue book sum-
mary of the case.
Senor Andrade and Mr.. Storrow sailed
together yesterday for New York
Before their departure Senior Andrade
and Mr.. Storrow had an audience with
President Crespo. The president told
Mr.. Storrow that he was grateful to him
for his efforts in behalf Of the Venezue-
Ian people. and that he extended thanks
to him In their name. The president also
Informed Mr.. Storrow that 1t would
give him pleasure to confer honorary
citizenship in the republic upon him If
he would consent to accept the gift
President Crespo then notified Senior
Andrade and Mr.. Storrow that he
trusted in their good offices to secure
slight notifications in the proposed
Anglo venezuelan treaty for the settle
meat OF the Guiana boundary question.
He thought the Venezuelan government
was entitled to one representative upon
the projected arbitration tribunal. That
much the Venezuelan people demanded,
and they were, President Crespo said,
upheld by the government in that re-
spect.
The ratification Of the treaty by the
congress, which meets in February, is
almost certain.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21
Bay.rd's Daughter to Marry Again.

Wilmington. Del, Dec. 21.-The en-
gagement is announced of Mrs. Reinold
Abraham Lewenhaupt, widow of Count
Lewenhaupt. who was Nellie Bayard.
youngest daughter of Ambassador
Bayard. to Mauritz Hagren, a young
architect OF Paris. The ceremony will
occur in that city. but no date has been
fixed. Mrs. Lewenhaupt's former hus-
band, to whom she was married on
April 2, 1881, died two weeks after the
ceremony
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21

Mr.. Tiff-I tell you / am unaltersbly
opposed TO women entering the masculine
labor Geld and doing mems work.
Mrs. Tin-That ID quite right, Frank.
I'm glad 10 hear ron ny 20. Now, take
the AZ and chop some kindlins wood and
then carry I'm some o0al.-
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21
Has Three CIimstss.

Abyssinia, according 10 M. Marcel, a
French traveller, has three climates, accord
ing 70 the altitude above the sen. In the
low country or valleys bananas, dates, In
diso, cotton and other tropical plants
flourish; elephants, lions, girafYes, zebras
and gnxelles abound. The intermediate
zone recalls the climate of Sicily or OF An
dslusia in Spain. There is good pasture
for focks and herds In the highest region.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21

married at your age with e400 paid by
q newspaper, which fniled six months after
ward, and always love 10 hear Of young
fellow testing his fortune bravely In that
way. Though my marriage was wreck,
AZ you know, would do It over again, for,
behold, love Is the crown and completion
Of all earthly good. The very best and
pleasantest house ever knew In my life
bad but 1900 year TO keep it-Tback-
0rny
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21

Bridgeton. N. j.. Dec. 21.-Antonio
Jorio who murdered his father at Vine
land last week, became violent yester-
day. and attacked Jail Warden Wat
kins and Sheriff Cheeseman with such
ferocity that they were compelled to
beat and shoot him in self-defense.
Watkins attacked him with a club and
Cheeseman fired four shots at him.
Jorin is in critical condition and may
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21
DON'T TSTOPTO TOBACCO
HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
USING IT

The tobacco habit grows on man until
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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-21
Rhenmatism Cured In a DAY.

Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and Neural
gia cures in one To three days. Its action
upon the system is remarkable and my ysterit
ous. IL removes nj opce the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The first
dose greatly benefits; 75 cents. Sold by W
l.. Wood, druggist, Pawtucket.
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.A'Thr1ely Book
A DAUGHTER OF CUBA I
A Story Of the Cuban War Of Indepsnd-
encs, BY
HELEN M BOWEN ~


I2mo. cloth, $l.0o. Paper, Soc.
Cuba can win more friends though such q volume
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truth and justice. Is the voice of Freedom speaking
to all her people, and the authors soul Is evidently
afre with patriotic thoughts and sympathIes- Amose
Straightforward realistic story on this subject could
not well be written. nor pen found subuy true.
keenIy wrile and culturedly versatile than that
Of Helen Bowen. tits a strikingy powerful story.
and in quality Is most progressively beautiful Il does
not skim the surface of things II enters into the heart
and soul of the truest Cuban fe taking with II many
English and American interest which contribute 20
give the story cosmopolitanism OF element. while
have romance and adventures everywhere.
The vivid descriptions Of Cuban nature and life
warm the heart of the Norherner and make him also
wishful to take part In the scenes detailed Dramatic
ability Is manifest in abundance end the whole atmos
phere Is instinct with life and redolent Of tropical fra
grances The characters drawn with the brush OF
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life of coming Cuban independence Ittells sgni6-
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of the degree to which Spain has attempted to conceal
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of patriotic rebellion swelled higher ana ever higher.
=" Its plot is full Of ingenuity and surprises. The
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stories OF love and war and herosm blend HARMONIOUS
ly ana naturally. The OF the story Is mainly
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back 10 Cuba where the romance mostly rests. The
author has caught the very spirit Of the heroic Cubans
ana "A Daughter of Cuba Is not only the loved and
| Iovabe and loving woman. but has the courage to
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the best Of evidence Of better work"-Chicago
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