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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-24
Eorcinn News.

ATHENS, Aug. 24.-The Porte RS
signifed its willingness to accept -
terms OF the proposal for the se!t.=-=c
Of the Cretan troubles. The psoe':ss-
is that Turkey grant to Graz cev
constitution, the main features :. Fl.ca
are the appointment CT C1-=z-A1 sg9-
error and the estabisheec: {: 7'..aa
financial autonomy wi:l - ea5-ncn0
Of tribute 70 me Sl!:a-.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-24
Train Wrecked.

BUTLER, Pa, Aug. 24,-The Balti
more and Ohio Chicago east bound ex
press, due in Pittsburg at O'Clock this
afternoon, was wrecked near Valencia
station, Oh the Pittsburg Il Western di-
vision, at switch. Several coaches
and Pullman cars were upturned. Six
people are reported killed outright; a
number probably fatally hurt and 20 OF
80 passengers badly injured. All OF Il e
coaches and Pullman cars were well
filed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-24
Strange Illness.

New YORK, Aug. 24.-One of the
crew Of the British ship City of Athens,
which arrived at this port from java
June 20, was taken from the vessel
dead this morning: another was remov-
ed to the hospital deathly sick, while the
captain is himself aboard the ship suffer
ing from the same disease, malaria.
The captain cannot explain the cause
Of his own or his mems illness. He
saws ali hands were we'll until Saturday
morning.
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Rnnawar Trolley Car.

FREDERICK. Nd, Aug. u TIE ole
hundred and twenty persons VINO had
the fearful ride down the Cacoctin
Mountains yesterday give thrilling d.
scriptions OF their experience.
Scarcely had the car started from
the top OF the mountain when tie
motorman lost control OF it. -Four
men applied the brakes, but they fail
ed to make connections and onward
sped the flying car, Until i. attained &
speed Of at least fifty miles al hour.
The shrieking OF the passengers added
to the horror OF the situation. Seats
cracked and broke down, the glass il
the doors was broken and fell with g
crash, hats were whirled IRON the
heads OF the passengers and every sue
ceeding moment the danger increased.
\ mile from the summit trestling
four hundred feet long and - feet high,
scanning ravne, was TO be crossed.
Those on board Of the car who knew OF
it turned white with fear. But down
and over the dangerous point the flying
car spt d, crossing it safety. Men,
women and children, too frightened
almost TO scream, clung to the posts at
the sides ofthe car, and prayed beneath
their breath. The car went on at full
speed until it struck MERGERS Curve,
when it jumped the track and ran
about 100 yards on the cross ties and
tumbled down an embankment which
fortunately. was only about seven feet
with crash and almost stood on its top
The groans and screams of the fright
ed and injured men, women and child.
rem were fearful. At such a speed as
the car is said 10 have been running it
is miraculous that every person Oh
hoard raS nor killed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-24
Mr. and Mrs. BRYAN

UPPER RED Hook, n. Y, Aug. "a
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan left Upper Red
Hook for Winnisook Lodge, in the
Catskills, at noon to-day. They will
drive in carriage as far as R1ineclitf.
where they will cross the river to Ron
dout and take train for Big Indian
station. They were accompanied to
Rhinecliff by their hosts, Mr.. and Mrs.
F.. G.. Perripe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-24

Not one complaint has ever been made by
those using Ayers sarsaparilla acc riding to
directions. Furthermore, we have yet to
learn of case in which it has failed to al
ford benefit. So say hundreds of druggists
all over the country. Has cured others, will
curc you
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-24

Mr.. BYNUM, who is in charge of the
gold boilers movement, when in Con.
gress, was one of the most ultra free
silver men in that body. The sudden
change that has come over the spirit
of his dreams in respect of silver coin
age, however, is not at ali surprising to
those familiar with the history of the
ex statesman from Indiana.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-24
SAN FRANCISCO, August II, 1896.
ICOMMUNICATED.

1t is required that lamps shall be
placed upon rubbish or distractions on
the streets at night, and there is an or
dinance imposing penalty upon those
who interfere with them. Lamps"
that are painful to the sight when day
light has sway can be extinguished or
"put out" by any appliance, patented or
not, without giving offense to the law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-24

BAsEBALL.-The games played by the
National League baseball clubs Saturday re-
Quilted as follows: Cleveland TO- Baltimore
3; Washington 8, Cincinnati 2; PittsbuIg S,
Boston 4 Pittsburg 6 Boston 3 Chicago ! i,
Brooklyn = Philadelphia o, ST. Louis 1 st
Louis 10, Philadelphia 5; New York-Io uis-
10 orrouD6c
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The international yacht races took
place at Toledo, O., to-day between the
Lincoln Park Yacht Club of Chicago
and the Canadian Royal Yacht Club Of
Toronto,
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DIED.

The funeral of THOMAS WHITE, infant
son of George E. and Leila Dabney Fletcher
will take place from the residence Of his IN
Gle. Thomas W. White, south Washington
street. to morrow Tuesday morning, at IL
O'Clock. Interment private.
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The Linthicum carriage company of
Cleveland, o.. Incorporated with cap
ital stock of 100000, has failed,
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a width of one-sixteenth of an inca.
These two Illustrations, marvellous as
they appear, the one showing the power of
selection and the other the ability of
Dame Nature to transmute base mineral
into gold, are quite overtopped by another
phenomenon = the power of certain
crystals to actually give birth to smaller
crystals and furnish them the means for
growth to larger size.
There is current belief among the com.
mon people (who, by the way, often
possess knowledge of occult truths) of
Russia and some other of the European
countries that diamonds are either mas
culine or feminine, and that when bril-
liants of opposite 'sex" are placed to-
gether and left in the dark for several
months they will breed smaller briIliants.
At the court Of st. Petersburg upward
of a year ago one of the courtiers, whose
Estates lie beyond the Caucasus, observed
that lady of the court was wearing two
unusually large diamonds of the finest
water, and they were of opposite sex. He
sought a conversation with her and told
OF the prevalent notion on the subject, ad-
vising her TO lay the diamonds away to-
gether and watch the result
She laughingly agreed to do so, but had
not the slightest belief that her store of
precious gems would thereby be increased.
Her CONSERVATION may be imagined, how
ever, when after lapse of eight or nine
months she removed the box containing
the diamonds from the dark recess where
she had hidden it, and found brood of
turee Ii tie diamonds located midway be-
tween the two large brilliants. They were
so small they could hardly be seen, but
they were nevertheless diamonds, as a
careful test showed; and it was further
found that the large diamonds had not
lost any of their weight. Desiring now TO
continue the experiment she replaced the
five gems in the box in their former posi-
ion and again laid them away in the
darkness. -Four months later the box was
reopened and it was found that the
young" diamonds had doubled their
size.
The only explanation that can be offered
for this remarkable occurrence is that the
two diamonds shot out rays of electric
force, and as these rays met and crossed
they formed a center or focus of energy.
or as it appears, three foci were formed. as
the facets OF the stones so faced each
other that the rays from one found three
chief centers of union with the rays from
the opposite stone. And with the foci
and permitted to remain nm
disturbed there followed an accretion of
life force and substance from some plane
OF nature, probably from the air. and
other diamonds were produced. The
is precisely similar to the pro-
cess of the termination of the acorn. IF
one par he axnIained 4ba
derstood. RAM S1NeE
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HOW A PAIR OF DIAMONDS
REPRODUCED THEIR KIND

be called into action, IL is but a step to the
further admission that this life might
possibly be awakened in the mineral king
dem Itself.
1t is admitted bv science that "sex'
exists in the vegetabIe world, though the
word is really a misnomer when applied
below the animal and human kingdoms.
And the same correspondence appears in
the case of minerals. This may best be
described as positive and negative mag
netic forces. As each variety OF plant and
vegetable is said to include both OF the
"sexes," so-ealied, so in every variety of
mineral these two co-ordinating forces
may be discovered.
We are prone to limit magnetism" in
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haul him back again, the while he quieted
the misPivings of the famous Mongolian
by explaining that all great men who Wis
tied the Heights went through a similar
programme-that of being photographed
at Sutro's side. The kingpin Mandarin
would then compose his features, even in
Ginning to a smile, and, with the Mayor
gripping his arm, permit himself to be
added TO the list of SutrofadicaI victims.
Just prior TO the departure of the China
bound steamship, as a matter of course,
Ii Hung Cnang would have to be inter-
vieweo as to his impressions of this coun-
try. The result would be as follows:
"What do 1 think? This is a great
country. You have fast railroads, tall
houses, wonderful Inventions
Glow do we compare with European
countriesP"
You compare with any of them. All
have seen of hem are great"
Have you concluded to place any or
ders for ships in this countryP"
'You build fine ships. We shall think
abou: it,
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Might Happen Suo Heights Hung Chang Came to San Francisco

sutro Heights, where so many famous peo-
pie have stood alongside of the proud
owner while the camera artist caught the
group, as per contract.
Suddenly Ii Hung Chang's guards, it
may be imagined, would close around him
and the great Chinaman would be discoy
cred shivering ana shaking with dread
inexplicable to the Mayor.
why have you lured me here?" Ii
might demand. "Look therep' And all
this while he would be making desperate
endeayor to get out of the range of cam
era that determined kodaker is aiming
at Ii and the Mayor.
The latter, it may be supposed, would
in such an emergency grab the Earl by
one OF his flowing green silk sleeves and
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uncompromising foe of the octopus. y
Yes, yes" Ii would say Then you
must be the richest man in California. },
Il dare not confess how poor am"
"What2 So great man, in such b1gb
position and still in poverty? America is
certainly funny country. What do you
call this magnificent domain ?''
'Sutro Heights"
"And do you not own all these lands?"
THAT is tie general belief"
''Ihen what makes you poorr'
Taxes"
THAT is wrong. Those who govern
should receive tribute from the governed.
Taxes should make you rich.''
The party was taken to the summit OF
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pands and draws from the soil and air the
various elements it needs for its complete
expression as a tree. The character of
lie force in the acorn differs only in de-
gree from that which exists in the ele-
ments it draws 10 itself for sustenance,
and the life of tie seed may be compared
to positive electricity which unites with
the negative electricity which permeates
the soil and air. the union resulting in the
production of the tree.
Were there not life latent in the soil,
water and air, the seed could not germi-
nate. The fact that 1T does do so proves
that ii has drawn more life to itself from,
the storehouses of nature.
Admitting then, as one must, that life is
inherent in everything and only needs to
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troop mean, with drums and AagsP'
THAT Is the Salvation Army."
can 1t be that there is some war going
on near by2"
Ihe Vlceroy' excited interest is soothed
and satisfied, and ne smilingly remarks:
III there is so much work of this kind 70
do at home. you should appeal to your
m sslonaries to come back from the Orient:
for the benefit of all concerned"
After nights resi- he would be escorted
into the presence of the head of the mum.
cipalits.
'Ah, do behold the MayorY'
The same, your Excellency," his
Honor might reply; while one of the COM
mitteemen might add: Builder of Sutro
tunnel, owner Of the Cliff House and
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England will probably construct some
Tor the Chinese EN- pire. will she notY'
Probably"
Have you accomplished to your entire
satisfaction the object OF your long tour?''
'Assuredly, yes"
Would you kindly state that object Pp
Certainly. To see and learn.'
What strikes you as the most remark-
able thing you have observed while in the
United States?"
The nerve of the reporters"
viii you import any of it to China?n
"Ah, no. China does not court reyoIu-
tions, and Ii Hung Chang is disposed for
the present to remain Ii Hung Cbang
win the peacock feather and the yellow
Jacket Good by"
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IF Ii HUNG CHANG
CHNE TO SAN FRANCISCO

The living interrogation point who has
been rendering the great men of Europe
and America Ill at ease wherever he has
come in contact with them by asking a
multitude of pertinent questions and keep
ing mum as an oyster on subjects which
those great men would gladly hear him
dilate upon, in fact the personal repre-
sentative of the Chinese Emperor, Ii
Hung Chang, has concluded to deny him
self the pleasure of feasting his eyes OH
the Western gateway of con- merce; to
deRy himself. furthermore, the means of
enIIghtening himself as to the condition
of the mem bers of his race in their most
populous New World colony. There may
be reasons other than those advanced by
the secretary of the ''Chinese Bismarck"
for giving San Francisco the o-by-that
it would fatigue the Viceroy and imperil
his health to be besieged by supplicating
Celestials who have been legislated against
and not treated by Americans as the
equals of European foreigners. Ii Hung
Chang is not loved by the coolies, who
claim that he has amassed his stupendous
fortune at the expense OF the manhood of
China; tnat he is the cause of the slaugh-
ter of Chinese armies by supplying the
soldiers of the empire with condemned
arms, making fortunes in their purchase
from nations which had cast them aside,
and then sending out the coolies to meet
nen with modern rifles in their hands.
These things and more the Chinese har-
Dor against the VIceroy. 1t is quite
probable that Ii Hung Chang is afraid to
trust his life among the cody class. and
he cannot be blamed for not wanting to
A IL
is most numerous But If Ii Hung Chang
did come to San Francisco he would
doubtless steer clear of Chinatown with
out a very strong guard around his
person.
II he came TO San Francisco he would be
received with pomp by the municipal and
military authorities and a committee OF
the Cham ber of Commerce. and conducted
to carriage drawn by four splendid
horses and conveyed up Market street to
his hotel. He would peer out of the car
riage and Immediately begin to unload his
questions. He would catch a glimpse of
the gaudy banner lately stretched across
the street.
sis it for me they hang out the colors2"
he would inquire.
That's the Bryan banner" somebody
would say.
And who can he be?"
Candidate OF fsction of the Demo-
cratic party for President"
President o! California;"
mo, of the Nation"
"Ah, strange did not hear of him in
the East. Every body there speaks about
Mr.. Mckinley. He is not yet your Presi-
dent?"
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The power to develop and grow aud re-
produce their kind is not limited to the
vegetable and human kingdoms. There
are many phenomena which go to show
that even in the mineral kingdom the
selective faculty resides, and that this ex-
tends to the point of the generation of
mineral offspring.
Minerals growl You ask, how2 In re-
ply ak you to tell me, how do plants
grow? How does the acorn develop into
the oak? Botany has merely recorded the
fact that the acorn does produce the oak,
but has never explained the reason why.
The reason is that in the acorn there is
stored certain volume of life energy.
Under favorable circumstances this ex-
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was observed at Central City. Colo, Jew
years ago. At an old concftrator there
was dump of waste mineral which had
accumulated during the '70s. 1t was de-
termined to work this over with modern
machinery, and on opening the dump it
was found that regular vein of ore had
formed through the center of the pile of
waste rock. There was first an inch Vein
OF rich ore; on each side OF this were two
inches OF clayey gangue matter, and then
well defined walls OF porphyry.
Again, as illustrating the fact that gold
grows, there are numerous cases on record
where specimens of ore showing streak
OF gold, say a thirty-second OF an inch in
width, have after lapse of twenty or forty
years shown the same streak increased to
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only a couple ?"
Eyes, for a start
err"
at is too bad you
did not finish before
Icame. My bones are
old and car not stand
much shaking"
In admiratio of
the tall towers and
steeples and great or
namental windows LII
might exclaim, after
learning the charac-
ter of those archi-
tectural piles: "Such
fine churches! Imar-
vel why your mis-
sionaries would not
choose TO remain here
for the purpose of
saving their own peo-
pIe. Can it be that
there is no work for
them here? Possibly
the rich buildings
have not sufficient
room for them ell.
However. l am in
formed that mission
aries, as a rule, live
much longer in this
country than in Asia.
But what does that
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III ul1tIdiS W LlC COLu-
monty known mag
netic ores, but il is
also true that there
are phases of mag
netism especially re-
lated to every min
eraI substance, each
of these phases being
divided into positive
and negative aspects.
Because of the action
of these magnetic
forces we find aggre-
cations of minerals
In certain localities.
Ore does not occur in
veins by chance, but
because of these
forces, CO m m o n | v
known under the
general term Chem
ical affinity" which
have grouped them
in such com bina-
tIons.
An illustration ia
miliar to a mum Der OF
mining men is that
in the case of dumps
of waste ore the min
eral has been known
to arran &c itself in
uafnS Ono cY,ai, coca
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the beautifully carved Moorish columns of which there
AT Madrid we several bufght shall
nad often wondered how bufghtng could
Inc oulng the Plaza
Hall The
and there much
were In u Bulfghtng has features cruelty
not 70 the bulls
dispatched differently slaughter
house We they the same way
which
bulls stepping
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pay0t Of This City and Mr. Sprecs
oPeckes Berlin as Pho0gaPhed at the Base Of the Sphinx

fun of the invention middle of the stones
over which walked Here
LADIES IN their fine dresses
ent arose thousands OF Jets of
There between 1000
the thrown gentlemen our party were asked
whether wanted the The ladies
were surprised enough We all
Inc Jets were turned and right off
down from above and had the strkngke thou
SANDS fountains playing and
went into the which sixty-sevn
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IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA

ordinary ugly
beautiful
dancers really fat girls We they
Part OF the of
graceful
that went with the feeling thBt
1--WE Seville heart of are
found Spanard
coaks! We
which
the attraction
the accommodation Queen
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entrails
second time and he fell
me horn OF the bulls were sharPened like needles The like
one from the opea Carmen but
After the bullhghng and
riding noticed something described
print Here and there
were hock OF goats from fifty
IN charge OF
for sale.
People pas eceptacles
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mo, he goes in next March,"
The Earl would wonder what caused the
iolting of his carnage and would take a
look at the cobblestones.
Very busy people you Californians
are" he would observe. $50 much you
rush that no time you find to remove the
stones from the street. Why should you
not stop a while, and by securing smooth
streets facilitate travel and tratfic2 I see
many two-wheeled machines being ridden
by your people. Those machines must be
calculated for better pavements than this.
Are all your streets like the one we are
driving on2''
"Oh, no. We have couple of the best
paved streets in the world"
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cradle consequence But all that he
Tor tourists and he has his
member of the DO So.
'A
the earth must have opened and vomed bgga
children They
They
even children 1t
girls boys baeooted and half dressed
had nothing them Now
beautiful saw was an
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The ADVENTURES OF A SHN FRANCISCO NERCI

10 be obbed at a Jerusalem; to be swndled bv
Kng OF all the gypies Spain; buGghts at
by Spanish grandees
the general environments reminiscent production
prodgous scale; of
on the Sierra
e protection; the Sis
On great occasion from his palace
MS wife;
the African
ano then sailing
aglow
1rT olar-spangled Banner" and Home Sweet Home"
n were OF the adventures
MI and Mrs Henry during their wear of uno
Iougn Europe Asia and Africa;
INDUSTRY
foundations o that tnIdS 80
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Easter said the himself He brought
personally by the Pope.
dressed white After the ceremonies
his face looked kind.
lucky peing privileged
most All told highly
agreeable and feel muck and stronger for the vacation
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now much milk do wants? asked the goatdver
goat MIXED then and there the of the
the milk There Milk Docke
pa You see how odd appeared
ing nerds OF driven principal
francisco and MIXED eyouw wait
saw Agers Curiosity led muscledance there The
dancer about 30 beautiful
ana ngure She Will
danced no better than Bella
aer place here the tombs
walked the oats-arms Going
ouno ne TO look at the
onan is conducting about the Sphinx
was oaolan de had 200
there he sand seemed to blow