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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12
LINCOLN.
His Fairness In Debate and His Views ON
the Value of Books.

the Value OF Books.
The first time met Mr.. Lincoln was
during his contest with Douglas. was o
young clergyman in small Illinois coun
try town. / was almost stranger there
when Lincoln was announced to make a
speech. went to the hall, got seat well
forward and asked neighbor to point out
Mr.. Lincoln when he came in. "You
won't have no trouble KNOWN him when
he comes" said my friend, and l didn't.
Soon a tall, gaunt man came down the
aisle and was greeted with hearty applause.
was specially impressed with the fair
ness and honesty of the man. He began
by stating Douglas points as fully and
fairly as Douglas could have done. 1t
struck mo that he even overdid It In his
anxiety to put his opponents argument In
the most attractive form. But then he
went at those arguments and. answered
them 80 convincingly that there was moth
ing more to be said.
Mr.. Lincoln's manner 90 charmed me
that asked to meet him after the address,
and learning that he was to be In town
the next day attending court invited him
to dine with ma He came, and we had an
interesting visit.
The thing that most Impressed me was
his reverence for learning. Recently come
from divinity studies. wss fall OF books,
and he was earnest In drawing me out
about them. He was BY no means ignorant
OF literature, but 40 man Of affairs riatu-
rally he had not followed new things mol
studied In the lines had. Philosophy in
terested him particularly, and after we had
talked about some of the men then ir
vogue he remarked how much he felt th'
need of reading and what q loss 1t was Il
| O man not to have grown up among books
"Men of force" answered, "can get OF
| pretty we'll without books. They do thei
own thinking instead of adopting wha
other men think"
"Yes," said Mr.. Lincoln, "but book
serve to show man that those origina
thoughts of his aren't + very new, after all.
| met Mr.. Lincoln several times later
the next time long while after In anoth
err place thought he would have forgot
ten me, but he knew me on sight and ask
ed In the gentlest way possible about m,
I wife, who had been i'll when he came +
see us. But of oil my memories Of LIN
coin the one that stands out strongest wa
his interest in poetry and theology. Fl
loved the things Of the spirit-New Yorl
l Tribune
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12
Unfi. rur pub,Icntion.

New York, jan 1.-THE police investi-
cation yesterday into the dinner given 10y
young Seely ut Sherry's brought out de-
tails which are too rank for publication
even by the most sensational newspa-
pers. That such orgies are INDUCED in al
this age seems almost incredible. The
women connected with the affair are in
clined to give the police commissioners
much bother in ascertaining the truth
but from many sources the lawyers have
been able to show that this exhibition
was the most immoral ever brought tc
light in this city.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12
coroner Will Inv, stIgate.

Rochester. Jan. 12.-William H.
Slnclaire, formerly president Of the Gal
weston Street Railway company of CAL
weston, but more recently connected with
the firm OF Flynn & Boland. railroad
brokers and builders of New York city.
died under peculiar circumstances at
Powers hotel yesterday. His dead body
was found lying on the floor Of the room
I'm which he had been assigned. The
coroner now has charge of the case, and
an autopsy will be held.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

Curious Eject Produced on q Crowd by .
Toy Bear.

Curious Effect Produced on q Crowd by
Toy Bear.
An enterprising confectioner of Helena,
Mon, has In his store window a mechan~
ical device representing little bear, which
BY tho aid of clookwork inside Is made to
constantly move his head from side to side.
The bear Is an excellent miniature Of a
perfect bruin and attracts great deal OF
attention. The drollery of the expression
of his face was caught with admirable ex-
actness by the designer.
Men, women and children stop to look
and are captivated by the little animal,
which hardly ever falls 10 provoke laugh.
Sometimes they remain In front Of the
window, captivated by the expression Of
his face, until they unconsciously fall to
following the movement Of his head from
side to side I'm an endeavor to note the vary
ing expressions Of his eyes.
At times crowd will gather, and dozen
persons at one time fall into the side to
side movement until to an outsider IL looks
really funny.
The discovery Of the effect of the little
toy was not made by man standing In
the window and probably novcr would
have been, for those who 500 IL fall unoon-
sciously into the habit themselvea A man
was standing across the street talking to a
man In the doorway Of a shoe store. He
noticed the crowd across the way.
| what ails those people," he said. "It
looks like crowd with St vitus dance
Let's 60 over"
Go over they did, he and his friend, and
before they knew IL they were wageing
their heads from side TO side In unison
with the little figure In tho window.
81 declare, said one Of them, laughing,
az he realised that they had fallen into ID
too 1T comes natural, but who would
have thought IL would Affect one that
wayf''-Chicago Chronicle
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

Advertise your wants In the TmBuNs.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

Port Townsend. Wash, Jan. 12-Great
fear is entertained here for the safety Of
the Northern Pacific steamer Tacoma,
now eight days overdue and 22 days out
from Yokohama. The steamer Agapan-
thus, which left Yokohama on the same
day as the Tacoma, arrived four days
lete, and passed through unusually
rough weather. On several former occa-
sions the Tacoma has made the trip In -
days ----.------
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12
ON A SINGLE WIRE.
Messages Sent by Telegraph Great Dis
tances without Interruption.

Messages Sent by Telegraph Great Dis
tances Without Interruption.
It was Sunday afternoon in April. Bust
ness was dead and the Western Union
boys In the Little Rock office had nothing
to do but to tell stories. Finally discus
sion arose as to how far a single wire cir
cult could be worked, and one of the boys
suggested that they test the matter then
and there.
Before Buffalo responded somebody
along the great wire circuit broke In and
stopped further progress.
who's breaking?" asked the Littlo
Rock operator.
"a b." came back the answer.
"who Is "A Bs' -
"Ashta bula, q. Who Is L R9' Z"
"Little Rock, Ark. How are your"
"Pretty we'll, thank you"
"How's the weather In Ohiop'
"Delightful. How Is 1t In Arkansas"
"Hotter than"
Suddenly somebody broke in and opened
the circuit
A moment later communication was re-
established and the Little Rock operator
repeated the sentence, Hotter than -"
Somebody again broke" AS soon as
Little Rock ''got the wire' the operator
angrily clicked: keep outl Who's bseak-
ing uss"
The answer came, "a B."
"what are you breaking for, Ashta bulaS"
because don't think you ought to use
such language In the presence of lady"
What the boys In the Little Rock Office
said next didn't go over the wire at all.
But after that episode, every Sunday aft
ernoon whenever business was dull, one
Little Rock operator fought his way by
wire to Ashtabula and had q chat-often
cut short by Intermediate interference
with" "a b." And when the time for his
summer vacation came. along, he packed
his grip and took a trip to the north.
When he came back, he told the boys In the
Office that he had been visiting friends In
Ohio "-Chicago Times-Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

The Honorable j. f. Greer, one of the
best known and most highly respected
county Judges of the State of Florida,
writes of his horrible sufferings from
Inflammatory rheumatism:
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

Advertise you- wants In the TRIBUNE.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

the ONLY True Blood Purifier
prominently in the public eye to
day Is Hoods Sarsaparilla. Therefore
get Hoods and ONLY HOODS.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

uPPMAN BROS. ApothscsrIss, Sole Prop's,
uppnss's Block. Savannah. o..
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

mystic Cure" for rheumatism and Neural
gia cures In one to three days. Its action
upon the system IL remarkable and mysterit
Gus. It removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The first
dose greatly benefits; IS cents. Sold by w
L. Wood, druvvisf. prwtuck.t.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-12

The vigor of youth given TO the aged and
infirm by using Hop Bitters See advertise
ments
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16
Bag.nn;n~ Life All nrnr

According to the latest reports from
Kansas, Herbert Spencer, who caused
such sensation last spring. when. it
will be remembered, he was discovered
by the police wandering about the
streets, having completely lost his
identity, is still a psychological mys.
terry. Bit by bit Spencer is picking
up his old life, but it is all approached
from tho view point OF 10 day. There
Is 40 recollection OF the past involved
in the process. Spencer is once more
attending The Universlty OF Kansas.
In his letter to the Secretary of the
university Spencer said that he had
been informed that he had once been
a member of the freshmen class and
he wished to know if he could re-enter
without an examination. The answer
came that he could, and two weeks
ago he started to college At college
Spencer acts as an entirely new stu
dent, with tho exception that the
studies of the Grst half OF the fresh.
man year seem familiar TO him. He
does not recognize his old teachers.
He was given the seat he occupied
when he was there before, but did not
know such was the case until some
one told him. he had to become &C
quainted again with the different
rooms and passngeways. And so it is
in going around town and to and from
the university. He has to begin all
over again, ms though he were child
and stranger, and yet he has the in
telligence of q grown up.-Phiiadel-
phia Press.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16
ColA. Weather nerlccs of Trnmns.

Cold weather has brought sadness to
the men who make their homes on the
itreet and who study nature from
their places on the park benches.
Their number has been growing less
ior the last few weeks, during which
time the public institutions and the
places which are in more geninl elm
ktes have received their regular quota
Of metropolitan recruits.
Those who were left in New York
,yhen the cold weather came last week
we're driven from the streets, and peo-
pie wondered where they wen;. OF
course, the lodging houses received
their share, as did also the grog shops,
where ga sitter" who buys one drink
in the course of the day and behaves
himself IS tolerated for hours. Bns
the Railways % public buildings, the
Postonice, elevated railway stations
and stores also received their share Of
visits from the homeless class. Most
Of the large Office buildings have q
doormnn, who keeps the unwelcome
guests out. but IN the Postofice,
where all have free access, the lower
halls became 50 congested several
times in the course of the week that
progress was difficult
Waiting for a friend" is the ex.
,uso given by many who want to keep
warm in an elevated railway station.
DIRECTORY upstairs, " IS a sign in n
downtown business Office. "We had
to do it," the proprietor explained.
"a great string OF men stood along
the counter on Tuesday waiting for a
Weary to get through with his direc-
tory researches. Any one who stood
uear him could see that he was only
killing time and using the directory
10 do it with. Those who stood in line
lid not seem to be at ell worried about
,he delay, they were oil in out OF the
old, and that was what they wanted.
Our directory has been taken upstairs
Tor the winter, and will not be availa-
Die for our cold friends until spring,
and then they will not want it.
The journey on the elevated also
tempted many men, and q long drink
vas sacrificed for long ride and
jlaco 10 rest and recuperste. Riding
N elevators in the high Office build.
ugs is n dodge which succeeds with
hose homeless people whose clothes
re still good, but the seedy waGderer
AS a hard time OF it when he selects
nat means for getting warm. New
York Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16
Wonderful Natural Ice Formation.

The people of Scott County, Vir-
GINA, are thinking of making II popu-
lar attraction out of n wonderful ledge
OF ice which has been found there.
Why it does not melt I'm Ter the warm
Virginia climate is q mystery.
This natural ice house is situated on
the north side of Stone Mountain, and
about six miles from the mouth of O
small stream known as Stony Greek.
The marvel is slld to have been known
to at least one OF the early settlers, a
Mr.. Danridge, who, il IS alleged, dis.
covered 1t while deer hunting away
back in 1890.
Owing to the fact that the land on
which it was situated could not be
bought, Mr.. Danridse positively re-
fused to tell of the whereabouts OF the
ice ledge. lie only visited the place
when IL was absolutely necessary to
obtain q supply of ice to be used in
case OF sickness.
The old man died many years AGO
and from that time the location of
'Danridge'5 Ice M,no" was unknown,
the old gentlemen having never even
taken bis own family into tho secret.
Recently, however, a party Of herb
diggers visited the unfreduented
region contingent.to Stone Mountain,
and re1isco7ered the lost ice mine.
During two or three months in the
middle Of summer the ice is only pro.
tected from the suns rays by thick
growth of moss.
The formation ofthe ice layer is sim.
liar TO that OF coal vein, being thin
IN some places and thicker in others.
the average thickness being about four
feet. Persons OF some scientific at
tainments who have visited the place
for the purpose ofstudying the wonder
shy that it has the appearance of hay
ing been there since the time of the
Ice Age. Now York Journal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16
Blushing NiaY De Hereditary.

1t is SAID in medical books that q
prcdisposition to blushing is frequent
ly hereditary, and in cases where pc
cnliar kinds OF blushiug are observed
family history Of the same habit may
be obtained
All voluntary actions are controlled
by the brain. 3. r. man drinks one
glass too nue., o. smokes ono cigar
too much, tbs brain ia responsible,
but blushinS is Iu7OluctGry. tits
not even Affected by tho spinal corI.
1t is part OF the worl; OF the svmpa.
thetic nervous 4ystem whose csntsrs
nre huge masse5 OF nerve cells in front
OF the spine. These ctu.ers control
the blood pressure ald size OF tine
vessels.
II the stomach, for example. is ont
of order, the nearest "svm1nthetic"
center is affected, and this will fro
quentiy transfer influences 60 tho
nerve centers, which control the blood
vessels 10 the fac, resulting IN % red
nose, or even sorC throat. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16
Gather Skulls For a Living.

About FIVE and forty miles below
Portland, on the Oregon side of the
Columbia, the broad expause OF water
here flows without ripple, AMI il Is
as deep and still as death. Just above
this point is Coffin Rock, which
vi the starting place to ''the happy
bunting ground" OF the various Ore
gon tribes of Indians, but the high
water OF 1852 swept Coffin Rock OF al
its deposits to the point below.
here the overlooking walters of
nearly half a century ago lodged tue
remains OF mauy tribes, nigh and dry,
literally moving the last resting place
or their dead, for no Pacific coast
tribe ever buried their dead be ow the
surface OF the earth. Some hedged
them about with rocks, above the
ground, leaving the face upward and
exposed. Others put n bark covering
over them, while others were sus-
pended from limbs or left IN the
forks OF trees. Time has robbed every
form of its substance and left only the
whlteRed bones aud bleached skulls.
Students, dentists and physicians
are eager to secure these trophies for
articulation. So great IS the demand
that at least one man has for years
followed the hazardous business of
gathering these skulls for the market.
1t Is risky, Tor the few remaining In
dams still keep vigil over the remains
of their dead, and to be caught in the
act would mean prisoner in the re-
cesses Of the neighborin8 mountains,
followed by death OF slow torture,
for no quarter or mercy would be
shown the victim.
Still, knowing this, Howard Clause,
recluse, nightly risks his life to
gather these 2rinning, wEitened skulls,
and every now ami then box OF large
and small skulls is shipped from Port
land, Oregon, to the various noted
seats of medical and dental learning
III the East.-Sen Francisco Call.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16
Utnh,s Grpnt Snrinr

81 believe That Utah will one dav
produce more mineral wealth than any
State in the entire country" remarked
gentleman who bad Gt one time made
tour OF the country when / was
in the then Territory. I ma 10 a pros
pecting trip into She Uintnh reserva.
ton, located in the northeastern cor.
Ter OF the State. During the trim
myself aud partner came upon one OF
the most remarkable curiosities in the
West, n spring OF mineral water.
Enough had bubbled ont upon the
surface OF the ground 20 have satis-
fed the demand FOR ten yenrs, 1t was
then worth - q pound, and was used
for the insulation OF electric wires,
set thcrc was enough in sight az half
the price TO have made we two rich
for life, if we conld have carried it to
market
1.-TWO things stood in the way-tho
mandate OF tho Government and the
difficulty Of Transporting the stuff
overland some several hlndred miles
into Provo. One OF these days the
reservation viii be turned into the
public domain. aud the wealth it con.
taius will flow into somebody's
pockets. As il is now, not n soul is
permitted to trouble single Of its
rosouTces Wei, we passed on and
left the spring with sigh that M aht
have been heard 90 Frisco. New
Orleans Times-DemOcrat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16

A young girl was taken to Edison's
laboratory, IN Orange, n. j., to have
her head examined by the X rays for
the purpose of locating o cronial
lesion, which, IT. was believed, had
pressed upon the optic nerve and rem.
dered her blind. No lesion was found.
and tho rays were then turned directly
upon the subjects eyes, when she de.
clared she saw light.
She was able to toll the different
shapes OF objects before her eyes while
sulfused with the X rays, and de-.
scr.bed them accurately. In the case
OF disc OF Dress she even was able to
tell the color, scying that it was vel.
low. The experiment was considered
o great success
Speaking about experiments in st.
Louis aud San Francisco. Mr.. Edison
said that all the accounts that ne had
seen spoke OF the sight being restored
temporarily TO tho patients by means
OF the horoscope. This. he seid, was
nh impossibility, rs the nuoroscopa
stopped the y rays entirely.
lie said he was experimenting on
himself closing his eyes and being
biindioldej. In this way he could or i.
rive at more accurate results, for the
reason that he knew absolutely Che
conditions prevailing. and would not
bo dcce vod by an appearance such os
MIGHT be tho case with q blind man.
ho IS having sps cial apparatus made
that viii Sill further develop this side
of the question Washington Star.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16
EVANSVILLE. W. VA. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY le. 1897.

Cwn hand. They ali started when the
eyelids quiyered and the breas,
beaved; but it Was With life, n 81
death, and the strong man trembled a.
he turned away, with the murmur,
"rbank Goal" upon his lips.
All night the physician was in at
tendance; but at dawn Ruby smiled,
and knew them all.
Ono morning John Steele lifted b (
head upon his shoulder, bringing O
Hush to that puro cheek with the ten
3erest kisses.
Darling, you are safe now in my
care. Tell me, Ruby-could you learn
10 love me?'
mo" she whispered; "bcoause
have loved you from the first. "
By.and-hy she asked for THAT
dreadful womau."
Gone, my precious. let her GO
gladly when 1 found she had not sue.
ceeded In her terrible plan. YuG
would not wish her publicly pun.
isheG:"
enc" Ruby said. Saturday Night.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16

The quicksilver seizes the gold and
masses 1t q prisoner. They say, how
ever, that three-quarters of million
dollars' worth OF gold gets away from
them every year and washes down the
creek. Some consider this rather
high estimate, but the fact that men
make good wages by working in the
water down the creek shows tina. IL
large quantity OF gold goes to waste
every year.
When the QUICKSILVER has its hands
full o. gold the tables are scgapel md
the amalgem wrapped in large cloths,
like towels, aud wrung and sque, zed
10y hand. The quicksilver bursts
through tie mcsles OF the cloth in
shiny g,obules Uutil The ball of amnl.
gam Is reduced 10 the size OF goose
egg. when the gold is melted out OF it.
New YORK Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-16
PITH AND POINT.
The love that endureth all things
Self-love. Puck.

The love that endureth all things
Self-love Puck.
To artists who express despair
OF touching Fortunes hem,
We beg TO say, things aren', SO bal
A they have painted them.
Force of Habit: Actor who has lust
shot a rabbit in the field, surpriscd--
"Why is there no applause?" -Flie.
gende Blaetter.
He tnioodly)-"Thousands of men
have killed themseles for love" She
(blaDdiyj j. Pardon me-for the want
OF it. New York journal.
All He Could Do: With the first
pull the bell.rope parted. The sexton
was in despair. Then a happy thought
struck him, and he wTung his handa.
--lndiauapolis Journal
Satisfied: Friend-"I sec that the
papers are complaiDg of ovcrorowding
on the cars OF your line" Street Rail.
way Director-"Yes business has been
fairly good of late. Brooklyn Life.
Emma -"And, Charlie dear, would
you have really shot yourself II I had
refused your Indeed | would ] had
already sent to four houses for price
lists OF reyolvers. "-Fiiegende Blaet-
ter.
4 small boy, who noticed for the
first time the gold filing in his aunts
teeth, exclaimed, to the dismly OF all
nj the table, "Oh, Aunt Mary, [ wish
had copper toed teeth like yours -
Horper's Bazaar.
Oldboy-"Say, plumber, you are
very improvi5ent man, leaving those
pieces of lead, nuts and screws lying
about. They'll surely be lost " Leadly
--"Oh, no, sir. You'll find 'em all in
the bill !"-Harlem Life,
81 may be in humble circumstances,
but my connections are certainly of
the highest Throwing his rope deity
about n chimney top, the lnborer re-
sumed his task OF tearing down an old
home New York journal.
ION, children, you are so noisy to.
day. Can't you be little quieter and
better?" "Now, grandma, you must
be little considerate, and not scold
us. You see, if it wasn't for us you
wouldn't be a grandma 1T all. Tit
Bits.
Ia the Omnibus: Conductor-'Bep
pardon, madame, but these coppers are
counterfeit" Lady-"Ob, excuse me.
Keep those as n fee. Here are some
good ones" Conductor with deep
bowl" Mary thanks, madame. '-Lo
Figaro.