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Evening star., 1896-08-13
BRIDAL STRATEGY.
An Escape From the Shower of Rice
and Old Shoes.

An Escape From the Shower of Rice
and Old Shoes.
New York Letter.
Mics Sarah Hawley and David Wicks
were married at the residence Of Miss
Hawley's brother and sister, West 72d
street Miss Hawley Is blessed with many
friends and relatives; so Is Mr.. Wicks, and
the younger element among these friends
and relatives have been plotting for weeks
to give the couple such a send-ofr as no
other bridal pair had ever had.
But Mr.. Wicks shipped of the trunks in
advance. Mr.. Wicks went to livery stable
and ordered a carriage to wait in front of
a West End avenue house. A carriage was
at the door Of the I'D street house as
blind.
Miss Hawley and Mr.. wicks were mar
ried in the evening. and an hour later went
to get on their travelling clothes. The
guests, about sixty altogether, dug UP the
collection of shoes and rice and waited in
the hall. A half hour passed.
go and hurry them up" suggested the
mo, let them take their time" said one
of the ushers They've got to come some
time, and when they do The usher
waved an old riding boot in the air in a
way that would have sent chills I'D the
back of any groom.
When the half hour had heightened into
an hour, however. and there was still no
sign of Mr.. and Mrs. Wicks, the bridal
party began to get worried. Several ran
upstairs, but the victims had flown.
They had quietly climbed up to the top
floor, mounted the ladder to the scuttle
and crawled through the roof. They had
to go over three roofs to the corner Of
West End avenue. and over one roof down
that street. but when they had got there
they found that their friend had been true
The scuttle was open, and two minutes
later bride and bridegroom were IN oar
rage and going at full speed toward the
Grand Central station. They were on a
train steaming away from the city while
their friends were still plotting.
Evening star., 1896-08-13
Shark EgHs.
From the Nidologist.


Did you ever see a sharks egg? 1t Is one
Of the oddest-looking things imaginable,
and doesn't have any more of the resem-
blance of an egg, strictly speaking, than 1t
does OF paving stone. The particular
variety We refer to is pllow-shaped and
has long horn or "feeler' at each cor
ner. The average size is about two inches
by two and three-quarters and the color is
almost pure black. 1t Is unprovided with
shell. as we understand that word but the
contents are protected by thick, leathery
covering which has almost as much elas-
ticity sbout 1t as a covering of India rub
Der would have. The "feelers" mentioned
catch hold of and wind themselves around
pieces of seaweed and other floating OBJ
jects Gust as grapevine tendril would do)
and hang there until the egg is Matched
provided 1t does not get destroyed. One
variety Of the shark. Squalus Catulus, lays
eighteen eggs during the month Of April
These float abGkt until the 1st Of Deem
ber. when the little sharks emerge. the
period of incubation having been about
nine months.
Evening star., 1896-08-13
IMPROVING THE POTOMAC.

Progress of Building the Sea Wall ON
Both Sides of the Channel.
Maj. Charles ]. Allen of the Corps of En-
gineers has made a report Of operations
for the improvement of the Potomac river
at Washington during the past month.
from which it appears that the work per-
formed was confined almost entirely to the
construction of the wall on the margin
OF the reclaimed area. This wall has been
nearly completed along the Virginia chan
mel front of the .hats. and also on the
Washington channel front. and is we'll ad-
vanced along the margin Of the tidal reser-
vo1r. During the month 2G7 linear feet of
wall were built on the Virginia channel
front On the northwest short of the tidal
reservoir. the building of the upper section
or the wall from the level of 2 IL feet
ABOVE low tide to the level of feet above
the same datum was continued. This sec
tlon OF the wall Is laid in cement mortar,
ana Soo linear feet were built during the
month The total length Of wall COM
pieted during the month was 1,067 feet.
making total on the entire work to July
81 Of 27.472 feet.
Evening star., 1896-08-13
THOUSANDS IN DIAMONDS.
Irving Marks Exploits In Thfevery
NarrnEansett Pier.

Irving Marks. the boy house thief who
was arrested in this city in December, 1894
for committing a number of house Jobs, is
now in prison in South county, Rhode Is
land. for $4,000 diamond robbery at Mar
ragansett Pier. When under arrest here
he claimed that he was from PHILADELPHIA
and because of the fact that some infiu-
entail people came to the front for him he
was only required to serve nine months in
jail instead Of being sent to the peniten-
tiary. He robbed nine houses hero one
afternoon, and Detectives Rhodes and
Quinlan arrested him and recovered the
stolen property before many Of his victims
knew they had been robbed. One Of his
victims was Mr.. Walter Wellman. From
Wellman's house Marks took handsome
gold watch that the owner had with him
on his polar expedition.
A few days ago at Narragansett Pier he
was arrested on suspicion of having COM
mitted petty offense. and when he learn
ed that girl was under arrest for the dia-
mond robbery. he confessed his guilt and
told where he had secreted the diamonds.
Evening star., 1896-08-13

BOSS On THURSDAY, August II. lssa. n 5:s
an. WILLIAM A. BOSS. beloved husband u
:, Eliza A. Bess. in If. seventy second s"ar.
lincaux. residrncr. 5aS ilth street southwest
saturday sf,"rnaon. o'c!ok Hriati,-. ani
friends are invited.
NELLIE FIoEESCE riNi'IiIiET. wife u br.
f g. kimiraii and daughter Of IN" late Samuel
and Elizabeth Pumphr.y.
Funeral sery' Friday. August a. NJ u
at her late residence. 1915 N street northwest.
Relatives snd friends Invited IBi"rmrnt Ifi-
1896. JOHN 'IINToN KN"IiIEiNE. l~las.d
of Mary r. and the late George Knprl,in"
nnd eFAndI@n Of Ms. .haN; s,hio,h aud Mrs
Capitol street. Friday. August IL. n j m.
thence to 81. Al"ysius Church. Inl-rmrnt ut
Mt. ollSet cemetery.
MARTIN on August IL, 1896. at 6i5 a'-lot
pm. sIMMEkFItlD IL. son Of Joseph : aud
Funeral Friday August ~. at o'clok . m.
from his late residence 52I 9Th street -puIh-
pm. Mrs BRIDiET oBRIEN. widow of tho
late Patri'k ]. oBrien Of New York city. aged
Funeral from her late resdence i02I Moth Cap
ito street. Friday. August IL. AT ".3O o'clpcs,
mass will be said for the rep,se Of her soul
Relatives and friends invited TO attend. New
York papers please copy
OCONNEIL- On Tuesday August II. 1896 0
o'clock am, L. Is. otDNNEII. aged forty
nine years. native OF Caherally. County Liner
ick, ireland.
Funeral from the house OF his brother John o'Con-
nell. 81 Jackson street northeast. at q o'clork
am, Friday. August Ia. thence to ST. Alloy
slus Church. 2'
SLICK. On "Wednesday. August IL. 1896 at 20
pm. ROSE A. beloved wife OF Jno. r. Silk.
Funeral from residence of Jno. I. Clark. k-nIl-
worth. ID. e. Friday. August II. at pm.
Friends and relatives invited Intermcnt AT
Glenwood
WALSH. On "Wednesday. August L.. 1895. nt
o'clock am, THOMAS A. WALSH. beloved
OF Thomas and Mary Walsh. aged twenty eight
years.
Funeral will take place from lis late resd.n"e S2s
Delaware avenue northeast. at II n tomnT-
row. the l4th instant, theme" to 81. AUysigs
Church, where services will Ice held.
WILLIAMS. On "Wednesday August -, 1895. nt
il 80 pm. GEORGE 4. WILLIAMS. b..uved
husband OF Josephine Williams. at his residence
SO1 street southeast, aged sixty one.
Notice OF funeral hereafter. 2s
In Memoriam.
SIMMS. In loving remembrance OF EIIZhBEr1t
SINMS. dear, dear mother. who died rwo
years ago today. August -. 1894.
by her daughters.
KATHARINE AND ELIZA.
Evening star., 1896-08-13

Lieut.. F. NJ. Bostwick. detached from the
Independence. and ordered to the Mare
Island yard. Lieut.. o. Z. Lasher, ordered
to the independence. Ensign H. c. Kuen-
zil, detached from the Cincinnati, home
and three months leave. Passed Assistant
Surgeon G. A. Lung. ordered to the Yer
n ont. relieving Passed Assistant Surgeon
E. r. Stitt, home and waiting orders.
Evening star., 1896-08-13
Shot by an Ousrnued Father.

Stephen Darling, seventeen years old.
colored. assaulted and outraged Marguerite,
aged eight, daughter OF Burt Bacon. at
Sheffield, Mass. Tuesday night. He was
arrested and afterward confessed his guilt
When on the way to the police station Mr
Bacon met Darling and shot him. Darling
was In the custody OF Police Officer John
Bacon. father of the man who DID the
shooting. The little girl IS In a critical con-
dtion, and some doubt Is entertained OF The
negro's recovery
Evening star., 1896-08-13
Street Railways I'm PhiladeIpbia.
From the Philadelphia Ledger

tHe LeuEer.
By the street railway statement It ap-
pears that there are within the city limits
S161s miles OF etreets now occupied by pas
senger railways and 116s4 miles on which
street car privileges have been granted.
but not yet used. The latter item is
somewhat surprising information for peo-
pie who have been under the impression
that the city already had about all the
street car lines 1t had use for. There are
however, some long lines. especially in the
suburbs. for which councils granted priv
ileges many months ago. some of them
under the representation that the projec-
which not a stroke of work has yet been
done.
Evening star., 1896-08-13
ANACOsTIA.

Mr. William Fl. Brinckley. a prominent merchant
OF this town, was overcome by the heat late yeser-
day afternoon, and was removed to the Emergency
Hospital. where. 1t is thought, he is recovering
Mrs. c. A. 0. Brady, who was overcome by the
heat Monday. and Tuesday WIS considered to be In
very critical condition. Is now believed be out
Of danger
The Bryan and SewaH Club held meeting Tues
day evening, and in the absence OF President Gray
Dr.. George G. Harrison presided.
Evening star., 1896-08-13
He Had n Razor.

Harry Worthington, colored, who attend
ed the Marie Band concert at the Capitol
yeste, day, had some trouble with another
man. and threatened to cut him with a
razor. For having the weapon in his pocket
he was arrested. Today he was fined $50
or sixty days by Judge Mills.
Evening star., 1896-08-13
TUFTS Liver Pills

Keep the system in order and pre-
vent morbid conditions OF the liver
which precede disease.
A Preventative of
Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Dizzi-
ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Heart
burn, Coated Tongue, Loss OF Ap-
petite, Constipation and
All Bilious Diseases.
Evening star., 1896-08-13

The corvette Michigan. the ony Warship
on the lakes. has gone from Detroit TO
Put-in-Bay on surveying expedition.
Evening star., 1896-08-13
A Naval Cadet Amounted,

Paul Foley Of Brooklyn. n. Y. nominated
by Representative Bennett. has been ap-
pointed cadet at the Naval Academy.
Evening star., 1896-08-13

SIMMS In loving remembrance OF FIIZABFTII
SfMMS, dear, dear mstlrr. who dl-d 'wo
years ago today. August l3. 1874.
by her daughters.
KATHARINE AND ELIZA.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09

bicycling Through the Dolomites, "
in The Century, is an account of Colonel
George Il. Warnings European trip.
Concerning mendicancy in Italy, Col
onel Warning writes: Perhaps there is
no better index to the good or bad con-
dition of the working people of a coun-
try than is afforded by the number Of
beggars one meets on the roads. The
poles set up at the border of Austria,
with their spiral stripes of yellow and
black, do not mark the line between it
and Italy much more clearly than does
the advent Of the beggar the moment
the line is crossed. In Austrian Tyrol
there are virtually no beggars. On the
Italian side, even we'll dressed people i'll
the fields will leave their work to beg
eoppers from the passing traveller.
One day, in the upper Innthal, cou-
pie of bright looking, rosy faced chill
dren ran after us, asking for kreutzers.
"Maw knix" upbraided them for such a
shameful act, and they skunk away. He
spoke of this with much indignation to
a neighbor, who said their whole fam
lily were away in the fields at work, or
they would not have dared to beg, and
that he would see that they were we'll
spanked when their mother came home
at night. Nuns and few favored Grip
Piles sometimes ask aims at the doors of
the churches in the larger towns, and
the poor box is always found inside,
but the peasantry and the churches take
care of their own poor, so that the vice
of beggary is unknown among them.
In Italy, on the other hand, it is OBJ
vious that special conditions of deform-
ity are artifcially produced. Both legs
broken and badly reset in childhood
constitute good source of income for
life, and anything that appeals to SYM
pathy is made the occasion for cultivat-
ing a very mistaken and mischievous
charity.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09

the brave Zook, leader of the Second
brigade, wounded-Zook, who gave his
life so gloriously at Gettysburg. I saw
the gallant Irishman Nugent at the
head of the Sixty-ninth. whose dead,
marked with badges of green sprigs,
lay nearest ours in front of the wall.
Nugent was also wounded. / saw Cross
of the Fifth New Hampshire, that
prince of soldiers, who also gave up his
life at Gettysburg. He, too, was shot
down in front of the stone wall And
saw Miles, gallant Miles, the beard
less boy colonel, who was in my own
brigade. Miles once served on my staff,
and can never forget him or his mar
yelous gallantry at the storming of
Marye's Hill. He was shot in the mouth,
and Mt one time, when it looked as
though the enemy was trying to flank
our column, he ran up to Hancock, his
hand to his wound and blood streaming
through his fingers, and begged for or
ders and e-enforcements to renew the
charge. But Hancock was my hero of
heroes that day. OF course we all dis
mounted-that is, the field and general
officers: otherwise not one of us would
have escaped-all but Hancock and his
aids. Again and again l saw him and
Captain Mitchell, his chief of staff, rid
ing back and forth along the line through
all that merciless storm Of bullets.
Three other aids attempted to follow
and were wounded and their horses shot
under them. Well named the Superb
was Hancock, and his GOODNESS that day
never saw equaled or anything like it. "
AS becomes brave man, the soldier
baron is modest when speaking of his
own part in the battle, but the report OF
his commanding officer says "the brave
Won Setback displayed marvellous cool
ness, as usual, throughout that bloody
charge.
Unlike many tales of wars horrible
carnage, this story told at Steinwehr's
campfire has official continuation of its
storms Of bullets and heaps of slain.
Hancock's division numbered ON paper
A, S34 men, but less in actual count of
muskets. 1t lost 2, 029 killed and wound
cd, or about az per cent. Caldwell's
brigade, which included Won Schack's
Germans, mustered 1887 on paper and
lost 952 killed and wounded, about 90
per cent. Won Setback regiment mus
tered ASS on paper and probably carried
into battle, as the general says, $50
men. 1t lost 243 killed and wounded,
which was so per cent of its strength
ON paper, and that means that out of
every two who marched against the
stone wall one was struck down.
GEoRGE L. KII8IER.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09
Constantinop1e,s Beauty.

No one ever neared Constantinople
without being struck by it's ma ,rvelous
beauty. Mrs. Max Muller, in 'tLetters
From Constantinople, thus describes
it:
''Under all lights and at all hours
the view of Constantinople from the
Marmora is unique in loveliness. The
gentle outlines of the low hills, the va
ried colors, the magnificent buildings
form whole, combining in one the
beauties of Stockholm, Venice and the
bay of Naples. When lit up by sun
shine, the varieties of color are dazzling
The eye rests on mosque after mosque
with their snow white minarets, in
sharp contrast to the almost black cy-
presses that mark the small, unused
burial grounds surrounding each mosque
or the vast cities Of the dead at Scutari,
beyond Pera, and outside the old city
walls The roofs of most Turkish houses
are rich brown, while large plane
trees, with their bright green leaves,
stand in every garden, and over all is a
sky so blue that after sojUurn-O f sew
eral weeks one longs for tire contrast of
English clouds -
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09

thing besides writing poetry. At the
time of the Greek uprising he was liv-
ing in Italy, and he promptly advanced
money to help out the cause of the pa
triots The Suliote followers of the dead
hero Bozzaris had become scattered, and
Byron rallied them under his own ban
ner. He established his camps at Mis-
solenghi. His death, which occurred
soon afterward, was due to exposure
during the siege of Lepanto, and he is
venerated as the hero of freedom s cause
in the Balkan peninsula
GEORGE L. KuMER.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09
She Never Kissed.

'-E 4 reckon if l wus to ketch my daugh-
ter kissin of man I'd just natchelly
cut him into mince meat ground fine, "
said the old man from the swamps OF
the Bracken hills
N'Then your daughter won't kiss the
boys?" ventured a Dover youth with
spectacles
eWell, I reckon not, young man, -
and the old man gave him a look that
dazzled his specs
But-Gh, you know. some girls
who are en- "a Gu know = some
times Kiss t~tr their = boys you
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09

Over 1900 Turks were killed The body
of Bozzaris was borne away on the
shoulders of relative and buried at
The narrative Of the poem, it will be
seen, differs very little from that pre-
served i'll Greek annals:
MARCO BOZZARIS.
AT midnight in his guarded tent
The Turk lay dreaming of the hour
When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent,
Should tremble at his power.
In dreams through camp and court he bore
The trophies of conqueror-
In dreams his song of triumph heard,
Then wore his monarch's ring,
Then pressed that monarch s throne, "a king,
AS wild his thoughts and gay of wing
AS Eden's garden bird.
AT midnight in the forest shades
Bozzaris ranked his Suliot band,
True as the steel of their tried blades,
Heroes in heart and hand.
There had the Persian's thousands stood,
There had the glad earth drunk their blood
In old PletRa's day.
And now there breathed that haunted air
The sons of sires who conquered there,
With arms to strike and souls to dare
As quick, as far, as they.
An hour passed on. The Turk awoke.
That bright dream was his last.
He woke to hear his sentries shrek:
"To armsi They comet The Creek TIL
Creek"
He woke to die, mid flame and smoke
And shout and groan and saber stroke
And death shots falling thick and fast
As lightning from the mountain cloud,
And heard with voice as trumpet loud
BoZzariS cheer his band:
"Strike till the last armed foe expireSl
Strike for your affairs and your fresl
Strike for the green graves of your siresl
God and your native landl"
They fought, like brave men, long and well.
They piled the ground with Moslem slain.
They conquered, but Bozzaris fell
Bleeding at every vein.
His few surviving comrades saw
His smile when rung their proud hurrah,
And the red field was won.
They saw in death his eyelids close
Calmly, as to a nights repose,
Like flowers at set of sun. -Halleck.
Lord Byron was one Of the most con-
spicuous and by all odds the most active
Of the outside friends of Greece. Con
trary to expectations, the dreaming poet
proved to be hero in practical affairs.
He had already, at the age of SO, grown
weary of the monotonous life of liter
ary gentleman, having declared that if
be lived he would some day do some
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09
s all right and proper

-and-if's all right and proper
and"-
The old man looked at him real hard,
and, after watching the youth wilt like
tobacco leaf in an August sun, thun-
dered out, ''Well, my daughter never
kissed livin man, not even her pap
ner poodle dog, ner cat, ner nothin. Z"
''But there's no harm-and why-er
why - er?' stammered the brave
youth.
"Well, I reckon the most principalist
reson why my daughter never kissed
nothin is that never had any daugh-
ter.
And the thoughtful silence of the
young man was so dense that you could
hear the price of farm lands drop quiet
ly, drop by drop, while the farm prod
ucts hanging in the tobacco shed tier
by tier. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09
chessmen and Checkers.

The cheapest chessmen come from
Germany. most of the best from France.
Very few chessmen Of any kind are
made in this country, as they can be
made more cheaply elsewhere. The
checkers used in this country, includ-
ing those of composition and of wood,
are nearly all made here. Few are i'm
ported, except those that come with
cheap backgammon games
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09

co'Hsnr up the lost ones. When l wen4
into the hospitals Of fredericksburg and
saw my 100 wounded braves and thought
of half as many more lying out ON the
field in their shrouds of snow, the hor-
ror for me commenced.
"Were there any heroes that day? I
have told You of Caldwell, who was
wounded leading our brigade in. I saw
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09
Nonrenllanle BOTTLE.

Over 500 patents have been taken
out, but so far none has been CONNER
cial success. No reward has been offered
for such an invention, and it is doubtful
if it would pay unless they We're pro-
duoed very cheaply. Popular Science
News.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09

The village Of Jefferson Mills, n. H.,
boasts of family of IL which tips the
hay scales at 3, 275 pounds
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09

Pennington (Me. maple strip goes
all the way to Arizona.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09

Thirty-nine New Hampshire postoffi-
ces, four Of which Portsmouth La
COMA, Epping and Hinsdale-iTe presi-
dental offices, fall vacant before May /.
The remainder are small ones
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1896-05-09

sccond line of attack and the
m to greatest slaughter. We
st line go in and disappear.
n and moro coming back in
PTS Of regiments and companies,
their mangled comrades with
We marched steadily on for some
and were ordered to charge the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-19
WAS A BIG AFFAIR.
Gathering of Mckinley Visitors
at Canton Yesterday.
HALF OF STARK COUNTY PRESENT,

With Thousands of Visitors from Othe,
t;on-Cuiioin and Thurst,n Speak in q
Zig Tent-Bryan Reaches Richmond,
Va, and Addresses a Throng- Cattle T.
ings Greet Him All Along the Line o:
His Journey-Political Notes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-19
GALLANT NAVAL OFFICER DEAD.
Lieut.. Norton. Who Enlisted as a Drum
mer When but II Years Old,

hhcE =" hen nut IL Years Old.
Chicago, Sept. 19.-Lieutenant Charles
F. Norton, L. s. N, died in this city
at an early hour yesterday morning at
the house of his brother-in-law. f. C.
Webster. 4I5S Evans avenue. Although
retired about year ago for fIl-health
Lieutenant Norton was comparatively
young man, not quite 40 years Old
He had a long career of thirty-two
years in the service. AS a boy of II
years he enlisted as drummer boy in his
fathers company of volunteers in the
Second Colorado regiment. Six months
later he was discharged to accent an
appointment in the Naval academy at
Annapolis. His long tramp across Col
orado's sands to the nearest railway
station made him a hero of the pub
lie press at the time.
After his graduation at ANNAPOLIS he
saw eighteen Years of almost contin-
uous sea service. He was made lieu
tenant in 1915. His first cruise as an
officer was to South America in 1868.
Later he spent much time in the Med
lterranean and Chinese ports. His
great-grandfather, Jonathan Norton.
was an officer in the revolution: anoth-
er grandfather. Captain Augustus Ford.
Z. ;. N. was in command at Sackett's
Harbor, in 1872. He leaves a widow and
little daughter years old.