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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-01

mittee on Political Affairs. on June & The docu-
ment denounced the corrupt tactics Of party boss
rule. and declared that the only effective remedy
for these evils was legislative aid. The committee
in charge consists of Frank X Bowers. Phillip
Baer. William II. Mcdowell, Elias Goodman. ]. F.
keyser w. II. Bresacher and Howard Whitney.
They have now issued a circular bearing on the
subject, and including the original resolution, to
number Of political organizations. with request to
be informed Of the different conclusions each ar
rives at as to the plan suggested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-01
FAVOR ALDRIDGE FOR GOVERNOR.

Rochester July 3l.-Fourteen prominent business
mer and Republicans In the lid Monroe District to-
night were chosen delegates and alternates the
State Convention, and resolutions adopted In favor
Of George w. Aldridge for Governor. The delegates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-01

Northumberland Sheehan yesterday sent
a reply to William p. St. Johns invitation to take
part In the meeting at Madison Square Garden on
August IL to inform Bryan and Sewall of their
nominations. Mr.. St John. who is treasurer OF the
Democratic and Free Silver National committees.
addressed Mr.. Sheehan the member OF the
Democratic National Committee for this State. In
his Mr.. Sheehan formally acknowledged
the receipt OF Mr. st. Johns letter and said that
he had referred the communication to the Hon.
Elliot Danforth, the New-YOrk member OF tho
Committee to Notify Mr. Bryan" Mr.. Sheehan
absolved himself from further concern by adding
Mr.. Danforth will likely be pleased to cooperate
with you in this matter" Mr.: sheehan refused 10
give copy Of his reply to Mr.. st. John. but
this was understood to be ne substance of 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-01
GARGAN WILL NOT RUN.

Boston. July 3l.-Thomas J. Gargan has declined
TO he the candidate of the Sound-mcrey Democrats
of this State for Governor Of the CON
dition of his health
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-01
"APENTA'.
THE BEST NATURAL
APERIENT WATER.
Bottled at tn. VI HUNYADI
cppiNcc Q,d, psey uu,~,rv

Considering the nature of
the Hungarian Bitter Water
Springs, it must obviously be
desirable for the medical
profession and the public to
be assured authoritativcly that
the working of these Springs
is carried on in a scientific
manner, and not merely on
commercial lines, and with this
view the Vi Hunyadi Springs,
from which "Apenta Water
is drawn, are placed under
the absolute control of the
Royal Hungarian Chemical
Institute ministry of Agri-
culture), Buda Pest.
PRICES. 10 cts. and Is cts. per bottle.
OF all Druggists and Mineral Water Dealers.
Sole Erforfer5'
THE APOLLINARIS CO., Id.
See that tho Label bears the
well-known RED DIAMOND Mark Of
THE APoLLlNARls COMPANY, Id.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-01

and are under no obligations 10 any set or men
except Alabama Republicans.
The silver Democrats now fear that tho goo
Democrats will lend their aid TO secure fairness ~
November With cooperation between the Populists
and the. .publicans. and men In their own party
demanding an honest count. they realize that
things will be squallv The last two days have
put much doubt on Populists and silver Democrats
cooperating In November.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-01

conference and approving the scheme to nominate
Mr. willard The united support Of the club
pledged Henry Grasse seconded the resolution
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-01

10 REMEDY MACHINE DISHONESTY.
~ 80 Loyal Republican Club OF Harlem referred q
H.moie and resolutions regarding machine dis
s'y and the means Of uprooting 1t, to its Com
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
1T KILLED HER.
Peculiar Notion Of a Woman who Feared
burglars.

"a very sad affair" remarked one oil
the mourners on the way home from
the funeral. says the New York World.
Yes" replied the man at his side,
death is always sad
"Of course: but it "a particularly
so in this case. Perhaps you didn't
know the deceased as well as | did.
She was one of the best women that
ever lived. but all her life she was the
victim of a strange terror
"You don't say So" commented the
man.
yes" went on the melancholy
mourner, stroking his beard reflect
lively. she had an idea that she was
going to be murdered by a burglar who
han hid himself under her bed. She
allowed the impresslnS 70 5row upon
her. and in curse Of time she became
a monomaniac on the subject. All
the doors and windows in her house
were Goubly locked and barred, and
every night for thirty years the last
thing she did was to look under her
bed"
But didn't her friends try to do
ANYTHING to get her out OF her morbid
condition." inquired the man, growing
interested.
Everything they could think Of"
answered the mourner. why, the last
thing they did was to buy her a fold
ing bed to sleep in"
THAT surely cured her O; her insane
fear about a man unde: the bed"
You'd think SO" returned the
mourn; but that's just where you
make a mistake. She hadn't been
sleeping In that fo!dirg bed a week be-
fore the thing collapsed one night and
smothered her,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

Miss Edna Booker Is the heroine OF
the Rockies. She is the school teach
er of the village Of Midland, and she
has just performed n deed of hcroism
which, according to western editors,
cannot be too highly commended"
One Of Miss Booker's pupils had n pet
antelope which, like Mary's little lamb.
followed the child to school each day
and waited patiently about until the
class was dismissed.
One day last week 1t lay, as usual,
basking in the sur at the door, while
the teacher and her children were at
work. Suddenly there was "A commo-
ton, and the startled children looked
UP to see the little animal in the
clutches OF n large mountain lion.
With shrieks OF terror the tots ran to
the most distant corner and huddlcd
there together.
The teacher did not for a moment
lose her nerve, but started towards a
shotgun which hung on the wall a
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
buffalo Found,

Several weeks ago DR.. j. b. Taylor,
the wealthy Texas stockman, sent three
experienced cowboys and frontiersmen
in search of the herd of wild buffalo
which were discovered in Brewster
county two years ago, and have been
seen several times since then. The
hunters have just returned from their
trip, which they state was a success.
They found the herd of buffalo, num-
herring about eighty head. in a remote
section of Preside county. The ami
mails were trailed by the hunters from
the Carmen Mountains, in Mexico.
Now that the exact location OF the herd
is again known, 1t is DR.. Taylor's in
tention to start with his expedition,
which has been organized for several
months, and round up the animals and
place them all on his ranch in Tom
Green county,-San Antonio cores
pondence.-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
OFFICE BOYS CHANCE"
A scheme That Might Make Him .
Napoleon OF Cigarettes.

Ono of the big stock brokers down
town has al Office hoy who promises
to become u genuine Napoleon OF
finance when BE- grows up. says tho
New York Mail aud Express. Wall
street office boys arc about as ehrewd
and Nidr-awake youngsters as AN be
found. but for the momcut the one In
question bears the palrl. He hes dis
covered how TO get sOmC'h,ug, and lots
of It, for nothing.
\ package came through the mail for
his employer this morning. The broker.
after opening II, tossed 1t TO the BOY.
1t proved to be an advertisement IRON
"A cigarette company and contained a
package of five cigarettes, samples OF
a new brand, and a postal card al
dressed to the company. The accom-
panyinE circular stated that the COM
pany had decided to introduce the
brand in this way and requested the
recipient to write on the back OF the
postal card the names and addresses OF
five friends who smoked cigarettes anu
mail It.. Cigarettes would be sent 10
them and IL didn't take the boy II
to guess that each Of the hve rec'p'-
ents would be asked to send in hVe NJ"
I'M This was m endless chaii'
scheme with a vengeance. the youth
decided, and offered up a most brilliant
prospect for him.
lie promptly graspcd the emporium
ity. First. he filled in his own name
with the office address; next aho'he'
name with HE " home address III
Brooklyn. and then three names ho
managed to invent with the saihe
street number address as his hrms
This done. he mailed the card II lei'
word with the janitOr that III any ic'
tcrs or packages came addresseu W
the three individuals for whom ne hau
invented lanes they were to De del''-
cred to him In the Office.
At this point he was assured OF TWEEN
ty-fye cigarettes. and he began to hg-
urc out the method by which he woulu
obtain the l25 cigarettes that wouln re-
suit later from the first batch. When
last seen he had not made up his nina
whether to make use of some or MS
office boy friends as c~onsignees. no
did not want to give the scheme away,
yet he could not exactly see how ne
could carry on such a wholesale bust
ness as promised to result without as
s%istants. He was murmuring: Five
times five Is twcnty-fye-fve times
twenty-five is l25-fve times l25 Is
| G25-fye times G25 is" when the
bookkeeper sung out to him to start In
| and deliver stocks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
SCIENCE TOO o
Discovery of Cat Language Not Likely
to lie of Much Use.

"Wc live and learn said the ordi-
nary man, according to Black and
White. Il always thought that a cat
could either new or purr or spit OF
leave it alone. 1t now seems that I've
done an injustice to the beasts vocabu-
larry. Prof. Marvin Clark, I'm told, has
been studying the language of cats and
has discovered 600 primitive words"
"Of which the mere boy said. "593
are either b%lasphemous or improper"
THE professor doesn't say so and l
don't see how you found 1t out"
Il see this professor says that cat Ian
guage bears a resemblance to Chinese.
It's rather rough to insult a fallen and
vanquishcd nation that way"
We'll If there's anything In It," the
| ordinary man remarked, 'it would ac-
count for the Chino-Japanese war in a
novel and perfectly satisfactory way.
But really, when one comes to think
of II, ii is much easier to believe that
cats talk than that monkeys talk. Cats
and owls both make sounds exactly
like the sound Of a human voice. Given
a churchyard, a dark night and q white
cat and you have all the materials of a
ghost story"
ITS a pity" the journalist said,
that discoveries of this kind cannot
be turned to some practical use. Why
don't they discover the language of the
horse? 1t would make driving much
easier IL you could tell the animal ey-
actly what was wanted and explain To
it verbally the perfectly i%nnocuouq
character of any object at which il
might be likely to shy"
"Ah"" said the eminent person. "Be-
fore that discovery arrives we shall
have the auto-cars and no horses at
ALL"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

ed with l5o,ouo pearl shells, which he
collected from the dCcp.s,a waters. He
believes that b. can grow pearls and
shells. III Is a new thing. Nobody
ever attempted II before. Mr.. Clark is
on a tour of the world to Investigate
the various pearl fisheries.
He has all the facts and figures con
corning them IN his iingrr-tips. lie Is
much Interested in the extensive pearl
fisheries in the Gulf oi California. but,
of course, only in an abstract way. as
he h no money invested in them.
TIL, King of pearl fishers employs no
less than 1000 men and $50 vessels.
OF the army of 1880 men, go are
skilled divers. The vessels used are of
all sizes, the average cost of each
being 1000.
Il have been fifteen years engaged
in pearl fishing" said Mr.. Clark last
night. "My fisheries are in the Torres
straits. in the north of Queensland. |
began on a small scale, and have given
the pearl fisheries my close attention
during all these years. My experience
has led me to the belief that with
proper intelligence in the selection Of
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
PARADISE FOR CRIMINALS.
Live lie the Open Air In Comparative
Freedom.

Live lie the Open Air In comparative
Freedom.
\ correspondent writing from Italy
gives some interesting details of the
treatment of prisoners on various
Italian islands he visited while OH n
trip in the Mediterranean, says Lon
don Tid-Bits. Each of these islands
contains several hundred prisoners.
who are locked up every night at sun
set, released at daybreak and locked
up again from midday until . o'clock.
During the night no prisoner is al
lowed to be absent under any circum-
stances. but at midday those who work
on farms at n distance from the prison
are allowed to remain out by special
permission of the director. During
these free hours the prisoners can go
anywhere they like on the island and
can engage in any work offered them
by the t~ownspeople or farmers. Any
infraction of the rules of ordinary life
around them or of their prison is pun
ished by seclusion in special cells.
The government furnishes physicians
and medicines, a summer and winter
suit of clothes to each prisoner every
year and allows him tivepence daily in
money for his food and other neces-
saries of life. Danger of escape is pre-
vented by a squad Of soldiers-one to
| every ten criminals-and a swift-sail-
ing felucca. manned by marines. On
account of the chcapness of labor the
islands are so highly cultivated as to
| resemble gardens. The correspondent
adds: las for the prisoners. the open
air makes them the healthiest of any
criminals | have ever seen. There Is
no sign in their faces and bodies OF
that prison blight which strikes every
visitor to ordinary jails."
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

a place, one can raise pearls and pearl
shells as easily as n can raise
oysters, but. OF course, TO do this you
must know how. | started a large
pearl-shell farm three years ago, ana
have stocked It with shell, which OBJ
tanned in many instances far out at
ocean, in the deep water. To f~ow
shells successfully, according to my en-
p]eriencc thus far, the water must not
be too deep.
"There Is one thing | am sure OF, ana
that is that no matter how many pearls
are produced, the supply can never
equal the demand, and therefore There
Ia NO danger OF any combine among
the pearl fishers OF the globe. 1t Is for
the purpose Of finding out all a IN
regard to the pearl fisheries OF the
different parts OF the world, that /
have now set out on this trip. /
keep pretty well informed in resird
To the pearl fisheries in all parts OF
the country. Your great fishery in the
Gulf OF California is the biggest one
on the American continent, and is prac-
,ically the only one, excepting that OF
he Gulf OF Mexico, below the gulf.
THE pearls that are grown in the
Torres straits are all Of the color you
see here. This beautiful silver pearl
which you see on my scarf Is a good
Illustration OF the kind we produce.
There Is only one color, In fact, and
that Is the most desired among pur-
chasers. This large oval pearl you
nay think something abnormal In its
way, but we get many OF them, There
is no question but that the Torres fish
| cries produce the finest pearls TO be
had. The market shows that, They
| bring the highest prices"
Mr.. Clark is a mar Of medium height
and middle age. He Is said To be a
multi-millionaire and 10 have acquired
his colossal fortune since nc began
pearl-fshing a few years ago. He has
a reddish beard, a clear, gray eye, and
a quiet, confident way of talking that
is very interesting.
my pearl-sheil farm" he continued,
occupies a stretch of water ten miles
long and about five miles wide on the
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
SECOND FLOOR.

coted. Interior woodwork stained TO
suit owner and finished in hard oil.
Colors: Ciapboards, seal brown.
Trim, including water table. corner
boards, cornices. castings, bands, YER
anda posts and rails, outside blinds,
rain conductors, etc. chocolate. Out
side doors finished with hard oil.
Sashes, Pompei'an red. Neranda floor
and ceiling and all brickwork, oiled.
Wall shingles dipped il and brush
coated with light sienna stain. Root
shingles dipped in and brush coated
dark red stain.
Accommodations: The principal
rooms and their sizes, closets. etc.,
are shown by the floor plans. Cellar
under the whole house, with inside
and outside entrances and concrete
floor. One room finished in attic
space for two more. Attractive main
staircase. Sliding doors connect hall
and parlor, dining.room and sitting.
room. Attractive circular bay in Sec
ond story.
Cost $500, not including mantels.
range or heater. The estimate is
based on New York prises for mater
ials and labor. In many sections OF
the country the cost should be less.
COOPERATIVE Building Plan Associa-
tiOn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

the door. To reach II she had to pass
the lion, who had dropped the antelope
and growled %ominously as she APP
preached. The gun was empty, 50 she
had to reach her desk again to load 1t.
In the meantime the lion sprang to-
wards the group OF children. The
brave young woman followed him, took
aim and pulled the trigger.
The recoil OF the old gun knocked
her over, but the charge had done its
work. for the lions head vas blown al
most to pieces. The pupils ran
screaming down the road with the
story. and in a short time men were
in the school-house. where they found
the lion dead and the teacher safe,
but In a nervous collapse. They ex-
pressed their enthusiasm In typical
western fashion. Procuring a chair,
they placed the girl in it and carried
her and the dead lion through the town
with wild cheers.-From the New York
World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
TENN

The extent to which brewers control
the retail liquor business of New York
was manifested under the Raines H.
Quor tax law. May I, when n brewer
filed application for 700 certificates, an
other for 800, and another for $50. a
total of 1850, aggregating in money
$500. 900.
The Southern Baptist convention, in
session at Chattanooga, passed. by a
large majority, resolutions condemn
ing the retention of church members
who make. sell, or drink spirituous
liquors. or rent their property for the
use OF liquor dealers"
The prohibition convention has nom
mated the following ticket: For pres
ident, Joshua L. Levering, OF Mary
land; for vicc-presldent. Hale John
ston, of Illinois. The free silver plank
vas rejected, and the candidates were
placed upon a "narrow-guage" plat
form, embody ing merely the principle
of prohibition and even emitting tho
woman-suffrage plank which has been
a feature OF Its platform for years past.
j ft DIOau buu6N SiNhi'il hfo " iiiidisy
seeded.
ST. George vineyard at Fresno, Cal.
beasts OF the largest tun for holding
wine to he iovnl in all the world.
The great tun A. Heidelberg castle, In
Germany, holds $4,000 American gal
ions, while the ST. George tun holds
not less than 10, 900 gallons. or thirty
a loads.
II. II. Boyd. a druggist, was con-
victed In the district court at Larned,
Kan, lately, of violating the prohibi-
tory law on three counts. fined $500
and sentenced to ninety days in jail.
The case will be appealed.
The general conference OF the Metho-
dist Protestant church adopted very
strong resolutions on temperance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

alive darkness onto a surface and to H.
illuminate II by a flash of exceedingly
short duration at any desired stage, so
as to exclude all the stages previous
and subsequent to those thus selected.
The many illustrations In this volume
testify to the accuracy and beauty OF
his work. The curious results of a
splash of a drop Of mercury from a
height of three inches upon a smooth
glass plate are particularly interesting.
Very soon after the first moment of i'm
pact minute rays are shot out in all di-
rections on the surface with marvellous
regularity. From the ends of the rays
subsidies In the middle and soon after
ward flows into Il ring. The ring then
divides In such u name as to join
up the rays in pairs. Thereafter the
whole contracts till the liquid rises in
the center, so as TO form the beginning
Of The rebound OF the drop from the
plate. Immediately the drops at the
central mass rises in a column, which
just falls, itself to break into drops.
He photographed no fewer than thirty
successive stages OF the splash within
the twentieth OF a second, so that the
average interval between them was
about the si~x-hundredth OF a second.
Remarkable are the splashes OF water
drops falling about sixteen inches into
milk, but more beautiful are the dome
forms when the height Is fifty-two
inches.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

edge Of the Torres straits. The water
Is shallow. for ii Is only in that Kind OF
water that shells can be found success
fully maturCd. Any experienced pearl
fisher can tell at u glance from tn"
surrounding shores whether or not Re
has the best 0sh.rc ground.
IF tln shores are h!gh aHd rugged
IL indicates tA1, the water IL deep ana
cold. Tho shells do not attain ;Ae
a;,l,ost size there. Besides th!5 IL IL
hard on TIE divers in gling down 50
deep for them.
Where the shores are low and re-
Ccding and the water warm. there are
to be found the finest shells and the
biggest pearls.
Il ship my shells TO London In my
own vessels. The shells are used for
scores of different purposes now. ana
there is Il greater demand for them
each year. They 80 to London in my
vessels by hundreds of tons.
"rhc pearls are marketed In London
and Paris mainly. The catch every
year runs roughly speaking from $500
600 worth up to almost five times that.
There is a constantly growing demand
for them. | have been In the business
long enough to ascertain that for n
certainty.
1T is because OF this that ! am now
trying to make pearls and shells on
my " farm. which | have estab-
lishCi and stocked by a portion of what
hANp CAnghi.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
PERSPECTIVE VIEW,

fermentation may be beautiful in
Itself, md when applied to nrchitec.
ture may not offend the eye at tho
first glance, and yet ms one lives within
its presence, grows tiresomc and cre-
ates resentment. II ono builds q
house and its general lines are strong,
he should insist, before everything
else, on n freedom from petty details
Of ornamentation. There should be nc
tawdry cornices, flimsy brackets and
spindle work. In design these may
seem attractive, and may be deemed
necessary to cover bare spaces of stone
or wood; when they are in place,
however, they prove II torment to the
eye. In the matter of interior finish
the same rule holds good. There can.
not be hut general regret at the pass.
ing of the honest handiwork in wood.
The workman was an artisan, if not
an artist, and he rarely sinned against
good taste, everything being in keep
ing and general harmony Of design.
One must be chary. Now in the use OF
machine work, mouldings and carv.
ings are practically turned out by
Wholesale without regard to its partic-
ular use or location, and they fre.
quently clash with themselves and
surroundings. There should be plain
castings and door panels. and no
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
They Would Not Law,

A good story Is told about a clerk in
a Mechanicsville, Pa, store. 1t seems a
country darnsel entered the store in
which the clerk was at work. She car
ried some live chickens with their feet
tied, and she placed them on the coun-
ter. The clerk who waited upon her
is noted for his polite manners, but he
Is not always grammatical, and he
smilingly asked: Are you sure they
will lay there?" "Oh, no. sir" she
stammered, they're all ROSTERS"