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Evening star., 1896-07-18
HOUSE IN A CAVE.
Ingenious Expedient Of . kentuck-
Ian Threatened With Consumption.

Ingenious Expedient Of Q kentuck-
Ian Threatened With Consumption.
He was Kentuckian stopping at an up
town hotel, and he was talking to q Star
reporter. At the same time he was not six
feet tall, he was not chewing tobacco. he
was not twirling a corkscrew in his fingers
and he was for sound money.
"You know" he was saying, "that in
many parts Of Kentucky there are remark
able caves OF course, we all know of
Mammoth Cave. and yet there are some
quite as remarkable as that, and possibly
as deep, II, indeed, they are not parts of it,
and one can go from one end Of the state
to the other under the ground. Several
towns have caves under them, and in Bowl
ing Green the sewage Of one section Of the
town is simply the caves beneath, and If a
Eousenolder wants a sink or pool for re-
celVlng the waste water from his house he
simply drills hole down into the ground
until ne breaks through the rock into the
cavity below. and he has what he wants.
In Mammoth Cave are houses where
consumptives lived in hopes of cure, and SO
on, with list of cave curios, but the odd
est one know Of Is old bachelor, who
mas made his home in one of these caves
near thrifty interior town. He is a man
OF slxty-odd now, and for more years than
can remember he has lived in this hole in
the ground The romance is that when he
youiiS IudH ne was IN love Win q
girl who refused to marry him because
there was consumption in his family, and
ner refusal craZed him and drove him clear
INTO the ground. SO to speak.
w whether she refused him on that ground
DO not know. but it is true that he was
threatened with consumption and began to
try this life under ground. there being a
nne cave on his fathers farm Here he
nxed himself dwelling place, which was
TO al! intents and purposes a house, for 1t
was built of wood and ceiled throughout
me cave was perfectly dry, and SO the
mouse was, and the temperature being al
ways the same it was not such bad place
to live. When the young man first took to
the cave he had learned the trade OF
shoemakfng. and this he has kept I'D all
these years. having a shop near his house.
since the Introduction Of electric light
ing he has had things much better down
MS way. and being a studious man he has
round plenty OF time to improve his mind
he isn't bit of a crank, and whenever the
weather is pleasant he comes out ac6 zoos
around town attending to whatever business
ne may have on hand and making calls on
his friends. A colored man does his cook.
ing Tor him, and takes care Of his house
does his marketing. and calls for and de-
.iVers his cobblng and shoe work. He is a
beaut1rul workman, and makes quite a
comfortable little sum out Of 1t to add ia
what he gets in rent for his farm, as he is
the only survivor of the family 1t Is a
rare thing to see him on the streets in win
ter. and then only on the balmiest days
and he never comes out In the summer
time
Evening star., 1896-07-18
JACK TAR's NEWSPAPER.
The Ocean Wave, Which fs Publisehd
By the Sailors Of the New York.

The Ocean Wave, Which is Publisehd
By the Sailors Of the New York.
From the New York Sun.
The smallest newspaper published in
New York this summer is the Ocean Wave
which Is issued in the interest of all good
n-o-warsmen around the world" by
the jack tars on the United States flagship
new York. anchored on Tompkinsville.
rhe editor states that 1t is "entered at the
post office OF Neptunus Rex as strictly
nrst-class male matter" and that SUBJ
scriptions may be paid in gold, silver or
jewels" 1t is a six-page parer, neatly
printed In colors. and illustrated by sailor
trusts. The Ocean Waves man-about-
'nip, VINO writes personals" hides under
he name Of 'Pompadour," and here is a
ample OF his work frt m the last number
II the Wave:
J. II. Pickett, our oomely apprentice,
seems 10 be at loSgerheads with somebody,
VINO, We hope, will decline TO pick il up
our esteemed log writer of petticoat fame
with auburn locks narrowly escaped being
'nahghaied by bevy of maidens recently.
~. =. Kelly, the lndiana nightingale war
bier, though Slightly indisposed at present
Jn."
The redoubtable Mick" the bandsom,
pugier aboard the battle ship. is creating
4 sensation on board by his marvellous
when aboard.
w. Burke G. A. Brown. T. ]. Glover ana
Tom Kelly. the celebrated comedians
ABOARD the battle ship. are giving nightly
performances on the port side of the su-
perstructure deck aft
brutus. the good-natured acting cox
swan OF the Indiana's fourth cutter. may
pe seen every morning acquiring a prof.
cIency In the manly art of self-defense
member Of the fleet ''1
JACK Howard, chief machinist is not only
a nrst-class mechanic. but a musician OF
.ne nrst order Judging from the manner
mandolin serenades We suspicion Howar5
to be professional-incog.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Bryan and Mcclellan,
rom the Rochester Post

Mr.. Bryan has now acquired a distinc-
ton that for many years belonged to the
late Gen. George B. Mcclellan Up to
yesterday Gen. Mcclellan stood in history
as the youngest Of the candidates ever
named for the presidency by any of the
great parties. He was a few months less
than thirty-eight years of age when the
democratic national convention nominated
him in 1864 But Bryan was only thirty
six on his last birthday, in March. He ia
barely within the constitutional limit bar
ring the presidency to citizens under thir-
ty-five years Of age.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
A Dad Business.

From the Woonsocket Reporter.
Young Father (anxiously)-"Is 1t a boy
or a girl, nurse?"
Nurse-"Its three of 'em, sir Thcee
lovely boys
Young Father-"Good gracious. This
&C mes of marrying girl whose father was
in the wholesale line of business"
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Altxeld,. Last Five-Cent Piece.

From the Chicago Record.
There is an incident in Gov. Altgeld's life
which is not generally known. Having no
money to pay car fare or hire horses, he
walked from Mansfield, Ohio to Savannah,
Mo-, and when he arrived at the bank of
the Mississippi river he had just fifteen
cents in his pocket. He paid five cents for
his own fare across the ferry and five more
for q fellow traveller who was broke The
rest of his capital was invested in sheet
of paper. an envelope and postage stamp,
which were used to tell the girl he left be-
hind him that he had reached that point in
his westward journey and that his heart
was true to her. 1 think there is material
for a love story in our governors life If
anybody is able to dig 1t out.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Particular About Style.
From the New York Weekly.

Mrs. Prim stylish boarding house keeper)
Tt cannot be delayed any longer We
must have a new set Of dishes"
Daughter-'Yes, ma; the old set was very
handsome in its day. but it's all out OF
fashion now.''
We'll, my dear, go to Brikaback & Co s
and select new dinner service; take moth
ing but Royal Windsor china or Dresden
ware, no matter what the cost"
Yes, ma"
And, by the way, on your return steu
into the market and order twenty pounds
OF corn beef and forty pounds Of liver"
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Socialism in Brief.

From the Birmingham Post.
A.-"Now. If I understand correctly. the
first principle of socialism is to divide with
your brother man.
B.-"Then you don't understand 1t cor
rectly. The first principle of socialism is
to make your brother man divide with
you.''
Evening star., 1896-07-18
AN ISLAND OF REST
Where People Neither Have Too Little
Nor Too Much to Do.
QUAINT SCENES In 4 DUTCH COLONY
Curacao is Mainly Known by the
Liqueur Bearing That Name.
p II O s 2 II A TIE DEPOSITS
QUAINT SCENES IN 4 DUTCH COLONY
PHOS PHI ATE DEPOSITS s
s Z NJ I-PARADISE,

s Z NJ PARADISE,
an Isolated and a
Giminutive political
and geogra p h I C a l
fragment. w h er e
peace and perpetual
summer reign, Is the
island discovered by
Alonzo de Ojeda IN
the Caribbean sea In
1902, now known as
Curacao.
The island lie .
about fifty miles
from the Venezuelan
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Hard Tiues.

From Harpers Bazar.
Where are you going to take your fam.
lily this summer, Hicks?"
'To Coney Island"
"What! For the summer"
mo; for q day.
Evening star., 1896-07-18

v E X Y y N T. HAS
heard Of Versailles,
Of the mighty palace
built by Louis XIV
to glorify his name,
of its great foun-
tains and Its lakes
and forest groves, its
statues and its villas.
Here were held the
high jinks of Louis
XIV and his t a l r
ladies'. And here his
ro u b lie came to
T.onis XVI in I h q
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Strength of Man.

From the Springfield Union.
The muscles. In common with all the
other organs Of the body. have their stages
of development and decline; our physical
strength increases up to a certain age and
then decreases. Tests Of the strength of
several thousands of people have been
made by means of dynamometer (strength
measurer) and the following are given as
the average figures for the white race:
The lifting power" Of youth Of seven
teen years Is 2SO pounds: in his twentieth
year this increases to 800 pounds: and in
the thirtieth and thirty first years it reach
es its height-S56 pounds. At the end of
the thirty-frst year the strength begins to
decline, very slowly at first.
By the fortieth year 1t has decreased
eight pounds; and this diminution continues
at slightly increasing rate until the if
tieth year is reached, when the figure Is
$50 pounds.
After this period the strength fails more
and more rapidly until the weakness of old
age is reached. 1t is not possible to give
statistics of the decline Of strength after
the fiftieth year. as 1t varies to q large ex-
tent In different individuals.
Evening star., 1896-07-18

and rumor has 1t that there are still In
some Of the old families valuable remnants
CT ancient pillage, some of which OCCASION
ally f1nd their way to the government pawn
shop.
AS to the common language, soft and
liquid as that Of South Sea islands, it grew
from a Spanish base, beginning in the old
slave times, and adopting many Dutch,
Danish and some English words. but none
of African origin. 1t abbreviates most of
the Spanish words, either by elision or the
rejection Of harsh consonants, or both. and
by transposing vowels 1t still more eoftens
speech. The language, 80 far az it became
one during more than 800 years of growth.
answers the requirement of Talleyrand's 8
definition, for 1t was invented by the slaves
as means Of communication among them
selves. and SO to disguise thought" from
their severe masters. But the children
learned 1t. and the women, and the Roman
clergy gave 1t fixed grammatical form, and
row it IL the common tongue of homes and
schools and churches, except the official
Reformed Church. the latter using the
Dutch language. The name of the new
tongue, Papiamento, NEAR to speak lies A
newer name. 1ccalizing it as of the island.
Is papia curcOu. ALMONT BARNES
Evening star., 1896-07-18
.FOUN UNTAINS PLAY
That Were Too Costly for French
Monarchs to Set Going.
An OUTING ENJOYED at VERSAILLES
Curious Devices Contrived for the
Display of Water Effects.
THE CROWDS SEE

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1896-07-18

PARIS. July 8, 1895.
Evening star., 1896-07-18
Everything Regular.

In the details of this decoration the chief
object seems to have been to subject nature
to the laws Of architecture, and to prac-
ace geometry. sculpture and dressmaking
on lawns. trees and ponds. Trees and
shrubs are clipped to resemble obelisks and
pyramids. Others stand straight and pre-
ternaturally slender, Ike soldiers on pa
rade. An alley running to the right is bal
anced by an alley running to the LETT. A
sheet OF water whose outlines are as un-
yieldingly rectangular as those of munic-
ipal swimming bath u Sustained by
smaller but no less rectangular sheets of
water planted at it's front and back
A stone bench on one side of an avenue
Is matched by stone bench on the oppo-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
WISCONSIN FAIRS.
Complete List of Those to be Held in
1896.

During the coming fall sixty-eight
fairs will be held in Wisconsin. This
is remarkable showing and demon
strates that as fair state Wisconsin
is second TO none in the west Nearly
every county in the state has an agri-
cultural society, the exceptions being
mainly in the thinly settled northern
counties. In some Of the counties in
the state there are two and three So
cieties. All of these societies con-
tribute more or less to the success of
the state fair, many exhibitors show
ing first at the county fairs and then at
the state fair IL this respect the date
Of the state fair this year is very favor
able, it coming Immediately after most
of the county fairs. Following is the
complete list, as prepared by Secretary
T. J. Fleming, Of the state agricultural
state this year, together with the date,
place, society and secretary of each:
Adams county-Friendship, Sept
21-23; Ezra Knight
Ashland county-Ashland, Sept
1918; 4. F. Spencer.
Barron county-Chetek, Sept. eli;
Joseph E. Cartwright.
Cumberland Agricultural and priv
ing Park association Cumberland,
Sept. Pa; H. S. Comstock.
Bayfield, county-Iron River; date not
fixed; Byron Ripley
Brown county-Green Bay-Sept.
Sill; D. W. FIatley.
Buffalo county-Mondovi. Aug 1928.
Alex Lees of Chinatown.
Burnett county-Grantsburg Sept.
Gil; A. A. Anderson.
Calumet county-ChiIton, Sept. 7-9;
L. D. Dorschel.
Northwestern Wisconsin-Chippewa
Falls, Sept. 14-19; Jesse r. Sharpe.
Clark COMPREHENSIVE, Sept. IA;
c. N. Bradford.
Columbia county-Portake, Sept. Is
It; Kennedy Scott, Of Rio
Crawford county-Seneca, date not
fixed; Fergus Mills.
Dane CONTEMPLATION, no fair held
1896; W. w Harrington.
Dodge county-Beaver Dam, Sept.
29-Oct. 2, c. W. Harvey.
Douglas county-West Superior,
Sept. 29-Oct. l; James S. Bishop.
Dunn county-Menomonie, Sept. Is
II: George Galloway.
Eau Claire county-Augusta, Sept.
8-11; A G. Cox.
Fond du Lac county-Kite Park.
Fond du Lac, Sept. 8-12; D. W. NJ
Kenna.
Grant-Boscobel Agricultural and
Driving Park-Boscobel, Sept. IA; Jud
P Walker.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

more to convict Holmes than thai OF
all the others was Georgiana Yoke
otherwise Mrs. Howard, a pretty and
refined lady who thought herself
Holmes wife. Upon her first appear.
ance as a witness aginst him, Holmes
broke down and Wept in the dock. but
he soon recovered his marveIlolH
nerve and personally croSS-examined
her. She was living with him at the
Eleventh street clearinghouse on the
day OF the murder, and told how he
had left the house that morning. re-
turning about five hours later, flushed
and excited, and taking a train for In
annapolis with her that night.
This is the story of the murder of
PletzeI, but with it is interviewer the
schemes and acts which brought about
the killing of at least eight other vic
tins. These were Alice and Nellie
Pietzel, the little daughters of Ben
jamin, who were asphyxiated in a
trunk in Toronto, Canada: Howard
Pietzel, the young son, killed in Indian
al Obs, Holmes cutting up and burn
Ing the remains in a stove; Julia Z.
Conner, divorced wife of |. L. Conner,
and bookkeeper for Holmes; Pearl
conner, her daughter; Emeline G.
Clgrande, of Anderson, Ind, stem
ographer for Holmes; Minnie R. Will
Jams, of Fort Worth, Tex, his private
secretary; and Mana Williams, her
sister thncn OF -, !,
Chicago. with all the women Holmes
was supposedly intimate. The Will
liams girls were killed in order that
he might get $4,000 they possessed.
Emily Van Tassell is also thought to
have been killed by Holmes. The
murder of these persons has been fixed
upon him almost certainly, but there
are at least dozen other cases which
have been laid at his door.
The execution of Holmes closes one
OF the most extraordinary narratives in
the criminal annals of modern times.
The nerve, the calculation and the au-
dacity of the man were unparalleled.
Murder was his natural bent Some
times he killed from sheer greed Of
gain; Oftener, as he has himself con-
fessed, to crafty an inhuman thirst for
blood. Not one of his crimes was the
outcome Of a sudden burst of fury
hot Blood as the codes say. All were
deliberate; planned and concluded
with consummate skill. To him muir
der was indeed a fine art, and he
revelled in the lurid glamour cast upon
him by his abnormal genius. Even
with the shadow of the moose dangling
confession, detailing with horrible
calmness how he had exterminated 81
fellow-creatures, and coldly setting
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

tending the unvciling of the statue to
General Garfield in this city May II,
1887. They will open with prayer AMI
close with benediction, and will include
an Grafton and patriotic music by the
Marine band The statue will stand a.
Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave
nue..
Major General John NJ Palmer. SEN
ator from the state OF Illinois, will be
the orator. He was a volunteer officer
during the war. Brigadier General
John r. Brooke, commanding the mill
tary department of Dakota, with head
quarters at st. Paul, will have COM
mand Of the military escort. All the
available troops in this vicinity will be
ordered out, including the artillery at
Washington barracks, the cavalry at
Fort Myer, the marine from the bar
racks, a battalion of sailors from the
navy yard, and the national guard of
the District of Columbia. The civil
division will be made up of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, the Union Vet
eran Legion and the Society of the Sec
at the Washington barracks. The
president and cabinet, the supreme
court, congress and the members Of
the diplomatic corps have been invited
to attend the ceremonies.
The statue is an imposing bronze,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
The Hancock Statue.

representing General Hancock as he ap-
peared on the morning of the last day
at Gettysburg, just before he was Sc
verely wounded. The gigantic figure
sits firmly in the saddle, the steed is
slightly checked and the whole statue
gives the impression of reserve force.
The artist is H. L. Ellicott, of this city,
whose design was chosen in a compe-
tition held two years ago. The pedes-
tai is of red granite. 1t is plain with
the exception of two carved shields,
one at each end. The statue cost S49,-
600. 1t has been erected under direc-
ton of a national commission ap-
pointed by congress, consisting Of Sec
rotary of War Lamont, Senator Mills
Of Texas, and Senator Cockrell of
Missouri. The money for the monu-
nent was appropriated by congress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
PERSONAL MATTERS.

Canadian papers say that Mrs. Cath
crime Parr Trail, the only sister OF
Agnes Strickland, is living on the
banks of the Ottanbee, at LakefeId,
Ont. She is now in her 93d year, and
is said to be an enthusiastic naturalist.
The widow Of Paul Lacroix, better
known in Paris as lie BibliOphile
Jacob" died recently at Passey in her
91st year. She had assisted her hus-
band in many Of his literary undertake
ings, and was herself the author Of
several novels.
The eminent sculptor Victor Tilgner,
who died in Vienna just five days be-
fore his last work, the Mozart monu-
ment, was unveiled, had already
sketched the plan for a Makart monu-
ment for which a site had been chosen
He intended to chisel the famous
painter in the sumptuous Rubens cos
tune IN which he took part in the vi
ennese festival procession in 1879.
NJ. Abel Hermant, the author of La
Meute, the successful new piece in
Paris, has had a lively literary career
First he wrote a story Of college life,
which was publicly burnt by the stu
dents Of the Ecole Normale. Then he
wrote story Of military life, which
was burnt in the presence of the regi-
ment by it's indignant colonel, while n
due course all the officers challenged
the novelist And already the new
play has provoked duel With tn
Prince de Sagan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14

forth the varied and bloody tortures he
employed. One could almost see the
fiendish grin on his thin and bloodless
lips as, in the gloom of his cell in Moy-
amensing prison. he set down the ter
rible tale. But the man was an atroc-
iOus liar, and several of those with
whose murder he charged himself have
since denied his story with their own
lips. The statement was prompted by
a perverted ambition to be regarded as
the greatest" monster who ever
walked in the form. of man, and an in
cCngruous desire to gain for the edu-
cation of his little son by his first wife
in Gilhampton, New Hampshire the
S5 coo offered for the "confesison'' by a
newspaper. He leaves a little daugh-
ter by his second wife, who was Myrtle
z. Bilknap, of Willamette, Ill. He
was born at Gilmanton in 1858, so that
he was SO years old when the end Of
his spectacular career came. He was
Of medium build, with an erect and
manly bearing. His hands and feet
were small, and the skin smooth to the
touch; the features were regular, the
brown hair not too sparse, and we'll
kept moustache shaded his small
mouth. Pretty he might have been
called, for the paleness of his cheeks
was modified by just touch of color
and his big blue eyes, before the con-
fning walls Of prison robbed them
of their light were mild and gentle
The voice was soft and low. Besides,
he was well-educated. Altogether
while by no means effeminate, it was
easy TO consider that he was what is
called a "lady's man"
His parents were among the most re-
spected persons in their part Of the
state. His father had been postmaster
for more than twenty four years
Holmes had two married sisters, living
in Boston, and one brother. They were
younger than he, and had grown up to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
AFRICAN ALLIANCE.
Beers and Orange Free State May
Unite for Mutual Protection

Pretoria, May 6.-The volksrad or
parliament of the Transvaal was
opened yesterday by President Krue-
get, who said the recent events due
to malevolence and a selfish object, ~
seriously interrupted the peace of the
republic. He then touched upon the
foreign relations, saying in part: I'm
spite of the past trouble the republic
continues to maintain friendly rela-
lions with foreign powers" The sub
ject was then significantly dropped and
the president turned to the relations
with the Orange Free State, saying:
81 hope meeting between the repre-
sentativs Of the Orange Free State and
representatives of the South African
republic will shortly be held and plans
for a closer union discussed This
utteranCe is looked on as confirming
reports that negotiations are on foot
for an alliance looking to restricting
any attempt on the part of Great
Britain to interfere with the internal
affairs of either country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-14
A QUEER CASE.

New York, May 12.-Mary Alice La
mont Livingston, known as Mrs. Flem-
ing, was put on trial yesterday charged
with poisoning her mother. She is the
strangest woman ever charged with
crime in the courts of New York. The
mother of four children, she has never
been a wife. Accused OF a terrible
crime, she has had few sorrows, since
she was granted the priv eye OF re-
moval from the Tombs to - city hospi-
tai that her baby might rot be born in
Jail. Apparently normal woman, full
of motherly love. sweetly considerate OF
those about her in the prison or in the
hospital, she has won the hearts of all
attendants, and they look forward, as
she does, to an easy and complete &C
quittal. The prosecuting officers look
forward as confidently to conviction.