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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-02-13
rIRsr LESSON ~ RusINEss.
How n Merchant Thrived on Uniform al
Modest Profit OF Seven and One-half r

nowa Merchant Thrived on u Uniform and
Modest Profit OF Seven and One-halr Per
Cent.
Harpers Weekly.
Now, my son." said the old mer-
chant. while you are applying your
self to the details Of this business,
learning how to buy and how to sell,
how TO gauge the taste and needs of
the great public, how to avoid mis-
takes, how to seize opportunities
while you study these things keep
always before you the fact that the
basis OF all true business success is alb
solute, uncompromising honesty"
Father. " said the young man,
'your business has always been one of
large sales and small profits, has ii
not?"
You know what | advertise, my
son; buy everything direct from the
manufactures, and | sell to the con-
sumer at exactly 7ls per cent advance
from cost Such "A business | believe
to be as beneficial to the public as any
philanthropic institution. The people
should purchase the necessaries OF life
at a margin above first cost sufficient
only to pay for the actual handling Of
the goods. That is fixed principle OF
mine. "
"But, said the boy, in a puzzled,
hesitating way, 'you had an invoice OF
lace curtains to-day at So a pair. and
heard you give instructions TO mark
them 81. Co."
The old man leaned back in his
leather cushioned swivel chair, smiled
blandly, and told the boy to take
pencil and paper.
1.-THE expenses Of this business last
year, he said, "were 10 per cent Of
the sales. Add per cent to your s3 -
"Three- thirty. "
"There is always possible shrlnkage
in value of stock, always percentage
of bad debts, always hazard Of un-
forseon contingencies. Add 10 per cent
more.
"Three sixty-three. "
"Do you know how much it costs
your father to maintain his family
Have you any idea Of the expense Of
educating and dressing three boys and
three girls, paying their way in
society, providing them and theii
mother with country home and city
home, with servants and carriages and
everything they desire2"
II am afraid have no idea, father. -
"Well, its simply frightfui. 1t is,
in fact, 20 per cent Of the entire sales
of the house. Add 90 per cent Never
mind fractions :"
I" -Four thirty six.
There, You have arrived by pro.
cess as clear and open as day, and by
the use Of simple business rules, at the
cost of those curtains billed at SIS.
Now add 7i6 per cent profit. "
:" Four sixty nine.
tise them at; and you will see a great
run on them tomorrow, for the public
has learned that all my announcements
are absolutely reliable. -
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-02-13
Inoiden. Of the Future.

Harold" she said, 81 am told
that you are wonderfully clever with
the chatting dish"
"Well," he answered, II have had
some success that way. But I'm
afraid I'll have to give il up.
''Oh, please DON'T -
well, I'll continue on one condi-
tion. "
What is it?"
THAT you'll promise that when
we're married you'll never say my
Welsh rabbits are not as good as those
your father used 10 make.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-02-13
mILlTARY PUNIsHmESr, 174o.
For Triiiing Offences the soldier Was sub
jected to Awful Penalties.

jected to Awful Penalties.
st. James Gazette.
The military punishments of that day
were terrible. The Duke OF Cumber-
lands general orders contain on three
consecutive days sentences of 500, $50
and 500 lashes for thieving, "mutinous
expressions and ''insolont behavior. -
Three days after a sentence of 81 GOO
lashes" is recorded; it is fair to say
the man deserved to die; but death
would have been merciful punish
ment. A martinez of that day might be
aud was terrible tyrant to his men.
Strange, out-of the-way punishments
were inflicted for trihing Offences,
without adding one iota to the efficiency
of the army. The soldier might either
be ''picketed" or made to ride the
wooden horse" In ''picseting. " the
culprit's naked heel rested on a sharp
ened stake driven into the ground, his
right wrist and right leg being drawn up
as high as they could be to a hook fixed
in an adjoining post. The whole weight
of the body rested on the sharpened
stake, which, though it did not break
the skin, inflicted exquisite torture the
only means of alienation was to rest
hhN NFlRll oil ilit hilht. llg pam vi
which soon became uncomfortable. Sol
diers were frequently sentenced to stand
on the picket Tor a quarter of an
hour; and in the cavalry il was often
inflicted by order of the colonel, with
out authority Of court-martial.
The back Of the ''horse" was formed
of planks SO arranged as to form a
sharp ridge eight or nine feet long,
The legs Csix or seven feet in length)
rested on stand moving upon wheels
to complete the resemblance "a rough
wooden head and tail we're added.
The offender was placed on the back
with his hauds tied behind him; and
to increase tho punishment, heavy
musket was not infrequently tied 10 his
legs. This punishment, which might
be inflicted by sentence Of court mar
tial, or by order Of the colonel of q
regiment, wrought so much injury to
those subjected to it's discipline, that
it had 10 be discontinued. Francis
Grose tells us that so late as 1760. the
remains Of wooden horse were stand.
ing on the parade ground at Ports
mouth
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-02-13
Don,too with a Crank.

"You are as full of airs as hand
organ, = said young man to girl who
refused to let him see her home.
That may be, " was the reply, "but
don't 90 with crank.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-02-13
shs wrote Little Drops OF water. F."

/ has perhaps only been given to one
person Ia become famous simply
through writing four lines namely, to
Mrs. Carney, an American lady. She
it was who wrote the little verse about
Little drops of water, little grains Of
sand make the mighty ocean and the
heauteous land, " which is probably
familiar 10 everybody who spraks Eng
lish. Mrs. Carney is ~ years Of age,
and wrote The little verse us long ago as
in 1915.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-02-13

man really looking onward to an
immortal life, on whatever grounds
exhibits to us the human soul in an
ennobled attitude. .-Whewell.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
A PORTLAND MOTHERS PLOT
She Charged Innocent Persons With the
Murder of Child to Hide Her
Daughters Shame.

PORTLAND, Or, Sept. 29.-Five per-
sons are in jail here tonight as the result
OF Mrs. Jennie Melcher's alleged at
tempt to shield her daughters reputation
and to fasten the crime of infanticide upon
an innocent man. TIE charge against
them is manslaughter. They are DR..
w. H. II. Palmer, a welI-known physician !;
Mrs. Melcher, who palmed off her
daughters dead infant as her own and al
legged its death was due TO an assault upon
her by w. II. Maple and his wife previous
to the infants birth; the woman's
daughter, who was arrested near Stafford,
Clackamas County, TO which place she
was spirited; w. II. L. Melcher, the adj
ventures husband. and +. J. Mcmahon,
farmer OF Oregon City, her first hus band,
VINO was taken into custody as q witness
and was held for manslaughter to-day.
1t is alleged that F. ]. Mcmahon brought
the daughter of Mrs. Melcher TO a Iodg-
ing house, where the child was born, with
DR.. Palmer as the attending physician.
McMabon took the young mother away
and hid her. Mrs. Melcher claimed the
child as her own. the plot against Maple
was conceived and lie and his wife would
have been charged with the babes death
bad 1t not been for timely discoveries
So we'll did Mrs. Melcher play on
tie credulity of Coroner's jury that
spectators were melted to tears at her re-
cital and there was talk of lynching the
Naples without the ioTmality of trial
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30

debtpdness of San Bernardino County was
$l63, ,719 90 and the total value of the prop
erty of the county S213. 526 SO, which made
an excess of property over liabilities OF
$40, 807 90. The assessed valuation of San
Bernardino was $36. 7S6 547 and the as
sessed valuation In the territory set apart
was SIS, ,572. The commissioners de-
cided upon SIS, $50 81 as the amount to
which Riverside County was entitled from
San Bernardino County.
riverside County claims that the hgures
were erroneous. asserting that San Bet
nardiuo's real debt was only $40, l39 ~,
and that the commissioners added to that
$l63 7l9 % for salaries and expenses OF
county officers from March Ii, 1893, TO
January 1, 1895, which they had no busi-
ness to do. claiming il was not indebted
ness in the meaning of the act. Riverside
County further claims that the property
estimate of San Bernardino County was
erroneous and should be $465, 4e7 %. As a
result of the manner in which the plaintln
figures it is claimed that Riverside County
is entitled TO $132, 027 09. instead Of
SIS. $50 80, and the court is requested 10 so
adjudge.
In their answer to the complaint the
San Bernardino side alleges that far from
attempting 10 defraud Riverside County
many items were not included which
should have been by the commissioners,
and that in reality Riverside County Is
not entitled 10 more than $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
SHOT The WHOLE FAMILY
James Isaac Newton of Houston
Went Cunning at His
Father.in.Law.
Wounded Every One in the House
Looking for a Wife Who Had
Left Him.

HOUSTON, TEX, Sept. 29-Last night
James Isaac Newton walked into the home
of his father-in-law, Thomas L. Lyons,
with a pistol in his hands and began
shooting. Lyons was shot in the head,
receiving a flesh wound. Mrs Thomas L.
Lyons, his wife, aged so years, was shot in
the right cheek, through the left arm and
through the left hand. Thomas W. Lyons,
a son. aged 80, was shot through the left
side of the neck. The wounds of the son
and Old lady will pro baby result fatally
He shot three times at his own son, I3
years of age, but none of the shots took
effect Mrs. Newton, his wife, was not
present Newton was disarmed by young
Lyons after the latter had been shot and
held until officers arrived.
Newton married daughter OF Thomas
Lyons fifteen years ago. The marriage
did not prove to be happy one. Newton
treated his wife badly, and she stood it
until last July, when she decided that she
could not bear it any longer and left him.
Newton became greatly enraged when
he found what his wife had done, and fire.
quently threatened that he would have his
revenge. Last week he kidnapped his nine.
year-old daughter, who had gone with her
mother. Alter securing possession of the
child, he demanded the surrender of her
clothes, but Mrs. Newton refused to give
them up. On that occasion he went to the
house, threatening to clear out the family,
but thought better of it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
OVERDUE AT VICTORIA.
Search to Be Instituted BY the Dominion
Officials for the Missing Chilean
Bark Lake Lema1,

VICTORIA, B. c.. Sept. 29.-Captain
James Gaudin, agent of the Marine and
Fisheries Department, has received let
ter from Chilean Consul Morris at Van
couver requesting that the Government
steamer Quadra be dispatched on a cruise
in search of the missing Lake Leman. for
whose safety anxiety is daily intensified.
The vessel is a Chilean bark, which was
last heard of on Friday, the 18th inst,
when it WAS run into by the Italian bark
Lazzaro, which arrived at Everett from
Pirie a few days later. The Leman was
en- route 10 Royal Roads from South
America in ballast, and a thick fog pre-
vailed at the time OF the collision.
The skipper OF the Lazzaro, fearing that
something of a grave nature had hap
pened through the accident, sent a boat
10 the Chilean vessel and offered assist
ance, which was declined, Captain Buzzo
of the Lake Leman saying that though his
headgear had been carried away he would
have no difficulty in arriving at mis- des-
tination. An hour later the vessels
parted, and although many vessels have
since been in from the cape not one has
heard or seen any thing of the long missing
craft.
Captain Gaudin proposed to remain no
longer in doubt, and would have dis
patched the Quadra yesterday in search
of the Leman had the Government
steamer been ready. Tomorrow she is to
go to Nanaimo for coal, sufficient 10 last
her month if needed
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
STANDS. BY DR. BROWN.
The Dubuque Congregational Conference
Decides to Admit the Pastor as
Member of its BODY.

DUBUQUE, Iowa. Sept. 29.-At its an
nual meeting at Strawberry Point to-day,
the Dubuque district conference of The
Congregational churches took up the
request OF the Bay Conference
of San Francisco that the ac.
ton OF the Dubuque body in condemn
ing Californians for expelling Rev. G. o.
Brown, after he had been acquitted by the
church trial on charges OF immoral con-
duct with Miss Overman, be rescinded.
The matter was discussed and the con-
ference by decisive majority reafirmed
its position in the case, not only refusing
to resclnd its resolutions, as requested by
the Bay Conference, but deciding to re-
ceive DR.. Brown into its fellowship
This action was in direct line with that
taken by the church in this city last week.
1t is predicted that the case will be taken
to the highest tribunal in the church bv
the Californians, but the Dubuque confer
ence is determined to maintain its posi-
tion In Browns behalf to the end.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
AScEKDS QUlLLAYUTE. RIVER.
Captain Boyle Avoids TreGchero0s Rocks
BY Utilizing Electric Lights
UHGer Rater

TACOMA, WASH, Sept. 29.-Captain
Lawrence Doyle last week made re-
markable ascent OF Quillayute River, flow
ing from the Olympic Mountains into the
Pacific Ocean. He describes it as follows;
There We're six in our party. We pro-
ceeded up the coast in the steamer Henry
RUSSELL Previous to last July, when
made similar trip, no steam craft had
ever entered Quillayute River, because the
bed OF the river is rocky and dangerous to
navigate, especially at low tide. Captain
Johnson had no fear of the water, al
though it was necessary TO enter the river
at night in order TO catch the benefit of
the high tide. 1t was too dark to see the
rocks IN the river, so a unique device was
arranged TO throw light through the water
about the DOW of the craft. A projecting
iron hanger was made to run around the
bow far down and on a level with the
keel. To This hanger was attached a
number of electric-lieht globes. Connec-
tlons being made with a dynamo on the
boat an effulgence was thrown before the
craft. We then took Lenses from tele-
scope and placed them at proper distances
in long brass tube, which was thrust
into the water over the bow. Every OBJ
struction showed up prominently and by
proceeding slowly We avoided all jagged
points and easily ascended the stream in
a few hours. The Indians came out in
canoes to greet US and as they gathered
around the steamer called IL the big
smoke ship. They were the most sur
pfised lot of Indians l ever saw
Captain Doyle intends patenting his de-
vice and believes it can be made of general
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
NEW TOPPED o-BoArS.
One of the StUiftest to Be BuiH by TIE
Uafon Iron Works.

One of the StCifteSt to Be BIiIt bV the
UaSon Iron Works.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 29.-Tha
Bath Iron Works of Maine will build two
of the 30knot torpedo-boats and the
Union Iron Works of San Francisco has
the contract for the remaining one: Wolff
& Zwicker OF Portland, Or, two 22l<-knot
boats and one of the little 22-knot boats
Herreshoff will have three, Columbian
Iron works of Baltimore two and HiIlman
Bros. of Philadelphia one. This is the
decision finally reached by Chief Con.
structor Hichborn and Engineer-in- Cbief
Melville, to whom the numerous and COM
plicated bids opened September IL were
referred.
The two bureaus under these officers
have devoted their energies unremittinolv
for the past two weeks to canyassino the
relative merits of the designs offered hv
the various competitors for the work. and
no doubt is felt that their recommended
tions win be precisely followed in award
ing the contracts.
The policy pursued has been to obtain
boats as large as possible under the pro-
possls and TO secure as MANY as the annro.
pTiation OF 81, 800, 600 would permit. The
official report OF Commodores Hichborn
and Melville to the Secretary of tba
Navy Will probably reach Acting Secreterv
McAdoo some time tomorrow. He me,,
conclude to leave final action to Secretar -,
Herbert, who Is expected from Fnro1Ss
next Saturday. Under the law the COY.
tracts must be signed on or before Tbnrs.
day, Oct. s.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
RIVERSIDE VS.. SAN BEa2AROiso.
The Legal Controversy Between the
Counties Comes to Climax
at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept. 29.-The
long pending legal controversy between
Riverside and San Bernardino coun ties
over their accounts has finally come to
trial before Superior Judge Mckinley in
this city. The suit was brought by River
side County, which was dissatisfied with
the adjustment adopted by the commits
sioners appointed to strike a balance be-
tween San Bernardino County and that
portion of its old territory that was set
apart and is now included in Riverside
County. The morning was consumed in
reading the lengthy pleadings in the
case.
Riverside County claims that the find
ings of the commissioners was the result
of a conspiracy TO defraud in the adjust
ment OF the affairs of the two counties.
The commissioners found that at the
time tie act creating Riverside County
took effect March II, 1S9Sl, the total in
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
aEo1o COUNTY AEPUB11oASs.
RdttfscGtiOn Meeting FoHoscs the Nom
mating Contention

RGtfTScation Meeting FoHotcs the Nom
mating Contention.
WOODLAND, CAL, Sept. 29.-The Yolo
County Republican County Convention
was held to-day. 1t was called to order
by E. 3. Gaddis, chairman of the County
Central Committee. H. U. Prindle was
elected chairman and Frank II. Owens.
editor OF the Winters Express, secretary.
The platform ratified the nominations
and indorsed the platform of the National
Republican Convention. The nomination
of Congressman S. G. Hilborn for reselec-
tion was indorsed. The nominee for the
Assent bly, was instructed to vote for the
reelection of George c. Perkins TO the
United States Senate. Ed E. Gaddis was
Nominated for Superior Judge by accIama-
tion.
DIR. James T. Martin of Woodland and
A5thur North of Winters aspired to the
Assembly nomination. North was VIC
torlous. The nominations for Supervisors
were: Fourth District, T. J. Vaughan of
Woodland; Fifth District, John Fredericks
OF Madison, the incum bent. In the First
District there IS deadlock between Ezra
. Casselman, the incum bent, and ]. Cornish.
The ratification meeting this evening
was oy lar the largest political demonstra-
ton OF The campaign. 1t was the formal
Q opening ot the campaign and new Armory
Hall was crowded with enthusiastic Re-
publlcans, representing all parts of the
county. Bonhres and a salute of twenty
guns preceded the speaking. S. T. Now
der presided and the speakers were d. A.
McKiplay,o candidate for Presidential
Elec:or, ana Hon. S. G. H1lborn, candi-
date for reelection to Congress. Both
we're accorded close attention and their
telilng points were loudly appla uded.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
Rfrerside Nominees Ine,toibte.

RIVERSIDE, CAL. Sept. 29.-Both the
Republican and Democratic parties in this
county have been unfortunate in the
selection OF nominees for the Assem- bly,,
for it has developed since the conventions
that both men are ineligible. D. E.
Myers. the Democratic nominee. has not
resided in the State the statutory three
years, and the Central Committee of the
party met here to-day and named in his
stead H. S. Mason, prominent farmer of
Murrieta. Since the nomination of
George II. Dole by the Republicans it has
been discovered that there is a strong
probability that he is not eligible, it being
alleged that he formerly held office in the
Sandwich Islands, in which place he
lived for years. The Attorney General
has been requested to give an opinion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30

as that papers business manager, watched
with suspicious eye the arrangements
made TO expert the papers books prepara-
tory TO transfer of the journal to new
stock company, and suddenly departed
Anderson has been feature of Santa
Barbara's streets for several years, being
conspicuous Tor his Immaculate white
TROUSERS and Dultonhole bouquet OF violets.
lie is an Alblno of pronounced type and
IT will be difficult for him to escape detec-
ton.
The amount of his supposed shortage is
not yet aseertained, but he is in debt to
many tradesmen and succeeded in effect
ing cash loans. small and large, from
numerous acouain tances on the eve of his
departure. He was booked for Los
ANGELES. but left the steamer at Redondo,
and is believed 10 be en- route for the
Mexican border, whittier a warrant is pur-
suing him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
W. T. Bourne, Who Can Tell How
1t Feels to Have Ones Neck
Broken.

fell over the balusters in the lodging
house at the corner of Kearny and Bush
streets.
In the collection of curios in his room
the most curious are two cervicaI verte-
bIe, white as ivory, fastened together by
silver threads. They were once in
Bourne's own neck. It was found neces-
sary to remove them while he was under
treatment at the German Hospital.
Bourne relates the story of the accident
with strong, hearty voice, and points TO
the deep scar of the incision through
which the bones were taken with no ten
der touch. The only difference his friends
notice in bis appearance is a slight Groop
of his head forward. Formerly he stood
very erect.
Following a severe attack of typhoid
pneumonia" said he, II became subject
to occasional convulsions closely resem-
bling epieptic fits. These would take
me wholly without warning and would
last for several minutes. The morning
when the accident occurred l had got
up 10 get the Sunday paper although l
was feeling quite miserabIe at the time
Some body had taken the paper from the
door so l started out thinking l would get
one at newsstand.
"a friend met me on the stairs and in
sisted on going with me, saying l looked
very III. Wnen we returned and were
walking along the hall of the second floor
l felt one of these spasms coming over me
and pulled quickly away from my friend.
That is all l can remember until l came
to in bed and found the doctor over me-
suffered no pain at all and tried to get up,
but he pushed me back telling me that my
neck was broken and that ought by good
rights to be dead. NV head rolled around.
/ had no control over it.
my friend told me that when drew
away from him threw up my arms ard
fell over the railing, down the stair
well, striking on my head on the hard
floor twenty odd feet below. 1t is strange,
out since then l have had no more epi-
leptic fits.''
The remarkable mending process that
was used on the broken spinal column has
already peen described. 1t was a mooted
question for while whether Bourne
would regain his old strength and vigor.
The sunlight of San Rafael has completed
the miracle, and Bourne declares he is
stronger and more active than ever be-
fore.
"Only," be adds, if you happen to be an
intimate friend and of robust build,
please don't slap my back with all your
might. 1t don't hurt particularly, but
still you-might knock another vertebra
out, you know"
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-30
MURDER Nv CHINArOWN,
a Mongolidn WonsGIs shot and Killed b
One of Her Race.

Il MongotiaH WonsGr shot and Killed 6y
One Of Her Race.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Sept. ga Chinese
woman named All Hoe Toy was shot and
killed by some Chinaman unknown to-
night at IL 80 O'Clock in room that she
occupied in building in Sixth-street,
Chinatown, near Jackson street. Three
shots were fred from 45-caliber revolver,
and all of them took effect in the woman s
side, killing her instantly.
Cinnamon who live in the neghborhood
heard the shots fired and admit that they
saw man running away from the place
imm mediately afterwaTd, but the witnesses
refuse to disclose who the man was.
The murdered woman is said to be the
wife OF Chinaman named Hong Wing
who left San Jose a week ago for Marys-
vile to collect money owing to him there.
The motive for the crime is not known.