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New-York tribune., 1897-01-24
WATCH THAT WINDS ITSELF.
am Tho Chicago Tribune

From The Chicago Tribune
Tho latest novelty In the line Of timekeepers Will
nppeal TO lazy and forgetfu people. 1t consists OF
a watch which does not require any winding
All that is necessary for its owner TO do. In order
To- have the time with him always IL TO walk haf
a mile a day. The watch does the rest
These novel watches are got out In several
varieties OF cases. some of them extremely orna-
mental but the kind most commonly seen In chi
cago is made with plain black case and an open
face The winding mechanism consists Of an In
genious contrivance by which n small weight IS
raised and lowered from the Jar of walking. The
motion OF the weight works small ratchet ar
rangement which winds the spring 10 its full ten
sion and then IL automatically held until more
winding IL needed. course OF shaking up ana
down for a few minutes will answer the same
purpose az a stroll afoot, while all the jolts and
lars 'of ordinary existence likewise made use
ful means OF winding.
The possibilities which this new watch opens up
for forgetful and lazy people are enormous The
man who comes home late at night by an Irregular
Of progression down the street will no longer
need TO have his wife wind his watch In order 10
keep IL going. and the more tempestuous and full
OF ups and downs his evening has been the better
the watch will be wound. The student. college
professor and the young woman In love Will all be
blessed with a perfect running timepiece. no mat
ter how often they forget to wind IL before going
10 he'd at night. Above ALL society will be delivered
from the necessity OF hearing the remarks OF the
fool man who says he doesn't carry watch simpl,
because he Is too lazy to wind H.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-24

From Youths Companion.

From Youths Companion.
As a country doctor. the horse il. OF course M
co,stan. companion. and | have been carried by
hun on nv visiiaiions many thousand miles. yet
bad no special love for the animal nor yet any
high APPRECIATION OF his intelligence. until short
time ago when something happened which changed
views
on going out one morning 10 look after Major.
found that | had accidentally left the chain down
behind him. This circumstance he had taken full
advantage Of. and had spent portion OF the night
In wandering about the barn upsetting everything
that could be- upset. and breaking everything tha,
could be broken.
Now however he was I'm his stall and looked
around me with his great brown eyes. picture
OF innocence and conifntmen while under him
carefully spread out was = fur robe the fur sid.
up. and the cushion OF my sleigh
These he must have carried his stall during
the night. thinking. perhaps, that for Christmas
night. as II happened to be. straw was not good
enough and that for once at least. he would make
his own bed OF the best material he could lind.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-24
From THE STATISTIC FfEND.
From Answers.

From Answers ...,.s .serrs
The fad for collecting ridiculous stas';gs socrsrsi
10 be growing The statistic fiend nas dls,orlns
how, mich time a man wastes IN ms ne e",lsr.
mnTsr ,hs dressing-table I'm search oi lost .o r..
stmd. and he can tell exactly now many y yts' hST
waste for the purpose OF eating men, sv have
many tons of bread meat. or potatoes We nH' ~"
eaten In these wasted years , ,,s u--i.:ea
Now reader who lives in Glasgow nag Sorisus
~ inform me that. after several weeks OF 49, ~ ami
calculatiou he has discovered that one you re
some odd pounds is worn Off the noots v,,,orsi .,
Iondon public every day. This material II re- re- s,rr,
70 its proper condition. would he suni''it ~ long
a leather strap an inch wide and ten mles s,,n
and with one years accumulation "ouli i''N"'
London TO New-York
New-York tribune., 1897-01-24
THE PRECOCIOUS CHILD.
From The Washington Star.

Literal children. more properly, children VINO
take their chiding literally are holy errors. re-
latcs a young man noted for his politeness to
was much crowded though no one was standing
at the time. Presently lady and gentleman got
In and gave my seat 10 the lady. leaving the oid
gentleman standing. Immediately a young LADY
sitting In md OF the herdc called 10 her little
sister. 4 child Of six perhaps who was sitting near
the door the other end. her and give
her to the elderly gentleman The child came
willingly enough, and while the sister reading
her lesson In manners passenger got ont and
/ took seat. Never let me you remain seated
again when people older than you are standing.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-24
the regular hor.ey custom the t.ll !. a. bare a.

rats -,
ba wing been sired by st. Arnard her mother being
a bay mare OF good Hambletonian lineage she "as
Investment, and may become the properly OF some
travelling showmcn be exhibited In museums
clipped by former owner and travelled mlie IN
235 on the Ice driven by boy. In trot,ing En-, sne
be addition to any stable OF stylish cobs or coach
New-York tribune., 1897-01-24
FOR NEAR-SIGHTED PERSONS.

Picked ur by the Philadelphia Record
New working spectacles for very near-sighted
people have been recently invented by the German
army surgeon, Dr. Roth, in Berlin. 1t was known
for n long time that people who suffer from slight
cataracts in their eyes. from dim sight. sec
better If a plate which is absolutely opaque and
fitted with very small opening In the centre Is
placed before the eye Such apparatus can be
used only in a very limited way however for the
field of vision through this small aperture Is ex-
ceedingly small. and therefore IL lacks practical
use Dr Roth's idea was to place a diaphragm con-
tanning many apertures instead OF one central one
New-York tribune., 1897-01-24

course OF the last few wears The laws OF the coun-
try provide that salt may be brought free of duty
from any country into which American salt may be
shipped free and the consequence has been tina I
for the year ending June 80 1896 ISL pounds OF
salt came TO various ports of the United States
free Of duty. The United States exported In the
same time only 9i6!, ,552 pounds. and while the I'M I'M
ports amounted S745.743 the exports brought the
American producers only $O,542. - ,
The salt came principally from the West indian
Islands and was landed at many ports: Boston
received 100000 pounds and among the other
large amounts were the following:
New-York tribune., 1897-01-24

closed the lecture and the child was and
sitting half standing between tne o'ner , nretty
girl got in and OF course as the only seh,,ssnadh done
the herdc gave her my seat Nc sooner , nau ''''
90 than the small terror was on her ieet; ..
".Oh mister she said, in sweet; shrili accenrsd Nd
.vou take nv seat, you's older than me M nnn
cverhodv lamg,ed OF course; trust a lot OF giggng
girls that for the only place on % earan sser !nas ap
from which the child had slid. ] didn't take me
seat but did take to the street. and walked hve M
blocks in a drizzling rain to get away from the
rjegle of those girls
New-York tribune., 1897-01-24

II vas explained at the Custom House that much
~ this sat was used by packers OF meats and fish
and that a large quantity went back 10 the country
from which IT came in different form.
New-York tribune., 1897-01-24
SOULS WITH 4 SINGLE THOIGHT.

From The Kansas City Journal.
No less than nifty Kansas papers simultaneously,
sprang the joke that the initial W. In Speak,
Streets name did not stand for Wall
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
BrookIyn's High Averages In the Wnshington
Series.

The Brooklyns played championship ball against
the washingtons. II the averages are taken into con.
sideration. Barnie's men passed the 800 marx in
batting and have . fielding average OF over $50 in
these twelve games. . decided advantage over the
Senators in both departments. The washinstons.
however. managed to take nve games. In every game
won by the washingtons the Brooklyns made as
many or leGs errors than the victors. The local play.
es won Ave games by one run. while the other two
were won easily by eight and ten runs. The wash
ingtous won one game by four runs. two by three
runs, one by two runs. and one by one run. The
record OF tho entire series follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
Gossip or the Ring.
There ia a letter a, this ONCE for Jack st.lly

There Ia . letter at this ONCE for Jack Sicily.
Australian Billy Murphy 70 still on deck, He has
ready to fight any man In the business between lie
and l2O pounds ten or twenty rounds.
II as said yesterday that a match between owen
Ziegler and Young Or no has been arranged to take
place at New Orleans next month. lt will be for
twenty-five rounds. at 1876 pounds.
DR.. ordw ay; no left for England on Thursday after.
noon on the IA ser Wilhelm, took q list OF the best
American boxers along with q view to matching
them against English boxers in their rtspective
classes.
Joe Ems OF Boston, George Dixon's sparriug part.
nCr. fought twenty rounds with Patsy Corrixsn OF
Trenton at the Trenton A. c. on Monday night. The
the decision on points.
Al Smith yesterday received a check calling for
o. 900 from Parson Davies. Davies wants TO match
Ryan. the Australian heavy weight. who Is coming -
tits country In search OF a match.
Col Hopkins said toa suS reporter tho other day
they meet TO arrange = match next "Wednesday he
VII match c rec asAinst Tom sharkry or Peter
and authorized Al Smith to act for him.
DR.. ordwsy before he sailed practically arranged
= match between Jack McAuIins and Jem Carney.
purse OF ftO0. and viii allow 400 expenses TO Mo,
AuliHe. Arthur Lumley, acting for McAuline. has 40.
ex'l!ghtweight champion says this will suit him.
Boston sports seem inclined to belittle Dave Sulli.
vans chanees IN MS coming battle with "Pedlar'
Club. London, next month. They contend that II
sullivan gets 2 draw with the ENGLISH wonder he viii
to England 10 sec the tight. FRANC Moran has de.
warded this week.
from Tut Ryan OF Australia To the eject that RYAN
had sailed for America from LonIon yesterday ON
bout between cboynski and Ryan. Co take pISct
AZ san traneisco. 4 purse Of $500 was offered
Club TO meet The Harlem Gomez Cooler" In JanusIy,,
ou' FstS'eo' ~ no wants to visit America.
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%. but he got too it'll. in return

for his nber.lItS. H hG0 would %slS have BEEN
not been made q victim ICT politics. Z Republican
opening Of the Fitty.fourth Congress-. Tho Com
mittcc on Public Buildings and Grounds has
control OF the restaurant privileges In the House
OF representatives and when the political. com
plcXion OF the committee changes with a chang
ing House the restaurant keeper changes too.
Just as tho chaplain docs, and the humble scrvi-
tor who cleans the spittoons. There is moro
stability to tho organization OF tho United
states Senate, and the came restaurant keeper
has been on duty for moro than q dozen years.
Tho British Parliament gives a salary or q
subsidy to the man who caters to the stomachs
OF the lords and Commoners because ~ has been
demonstrated that this is tho only way in which
the business can be properly conducted. II may
be necessary for Congress to follow the example.
Certainly n long step In the direction OF inn
proving the digestion and consequently the
brain products of the statesmen would be taken
by establishing a joint Senate and House restau.
rant In the rooms now being vacated by the great
library. and after properly. equipping and fur
nishing 1t, placing IL In charR- Of a man who
has proved his ability to keep a good restaurant
and guaranteeing hin a term Of ofice long
performed. Speaker Reed. Chairman Dingley.
ana other leaders of the House, and a very large
number Of influential Senators are known. to be
heartily in favor Of the plan. It is not unlikely;
Congress the restaurants of the Senate
and House may, be removed from the
holes in the basement to the light
and 15s airy halls OF. Of l ,Ss,r s. SO that 70, Sasn
to their humble meal they can look out upon
the bright world about them instead of into
courtyards noisy with the racket Of coal carts
and thanked by dark stone walls. Eating and
some duty, and the congressman will DO ex-
pected to be happy and wise accordingly.
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At weehawken to-day the Genuine Cuban Giants
and selden and Clarence Williams will be the bat
tories.
BALTIMORE. Oct. 2.-ManaEsr Ed Hanlon and Treas
urer Harry VonderhoSt sent kilograms Of congratu-
lation to President Conant. Manager Selee and Capt.
themselves a. confident OF capturing the
Temple Cup. Capt. Robinson says that the two de-
feats at the hands OF the Beaneaters was due to the
sudden let down OF the pitchers. Both Corbett and
Honer now claim to be In good form once more and
think that they will he able to win their games from
the Beaneaters. hops and Pond also claim to be able
to pitch winning ball.
The record OF the Oritani Field Club ball team for
1897 shows Q total OF SO games played. 20 OF which
were won and 8 lost. The only disappointment of
the season was in losing the Orange series. attributed
TO the failure Of Fishel's arm, and the mistake OF tho
management in failing TO procure q suitable substi-
tute. Fishel pitched go games for the team. quitting
with an average of II strike outs to the game. tho
greatest number in one game being 20; average of
hits made on him. Z per game. Only ~ runs were
made by opponents In his 90 games.
INV HAVEN. Oct. 2.-Capt Gilbert Greenway of tho
Yale baseball nine called his candidates together yes
to-day afternoon for the nrst time this season. About
forty youngsters reported. Greenway will keep them
busy a couple OF weeks, perhaps playing q couple OF
he will not try for { e football eleven this fall. He
was reckoned upon as q sure candidate for end rush
Joe Hazen. last years second baseman. will help him
train the men. Hazen was q member Of the Yale
eleven last fall. and declares that he will not play
football this year. Their absence will deprive the
Yale football team Of two men regarded a. sure can
didates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
CrsmAtSSiun Instead or PottoFhs Bisia.
Fyom fha WaShfndton Star.

Among the estimates now before the Commits
sioners for their nnAl consideration before their
crematorium for the almshouse. TO dispose Of
tho bodies now buried In "potter's field" This
is TO be carried again TO Congress unless the
Commissioners are 10 DO satisfied with having
made the single effort to obtain this necessary
institution. The p%otter's field 10 a disgrace TO
any community. 1t Ia n relic OF a past that had
little respect for tho public health. The condi-
tion OF things at the public burial place on the
banks of the Eastern Branch has heretofore
been described as we'll nigh intolerable. The
bodies are so thickly buried that there 10 no
are nov being put into the ground in layers,
several In one grave.
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international Chaaa.

BERLIN. Oct. 1.-THE eighteenth and next to
the last round Of the international chess masters
tournnm mt was played to-day. tho results be-
ing az follows:
Cohn. walbrodt defeated Blarkburne, Burn disposed
Of schiners. Zinkl lost TO Charousek. Caro- admin.
istered defeat TO Albin. winawer drew with Alapin.
and %suechting was beaten by Marco.
Teichmann and TschiRorin, who were SEIZED.
uled TO meet Bardeleben and Englisch respec.
lively, drew byes owing to the withdrawal of
the players from the tournament.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
Among Athletic c ri.tlan..

The young athletes Of the Y. NJ. c. A. Of this
city and Brooklyn are busy these days prepar.
ing for the coming season. The Twenty.third
Street branch will be the only one in this city to
be represented by a football team this fall. The
eleven is now fully organized and games have
been booked with the leading teams Of this vi
cinity. The basketball men are making plans
for as strong a team as ever.
The final struggle in the contest for the Bar
bour Cup took place at the Hartford Y. NJ. G. A.
last week, with the following results:
C. II. Miner, IS; ". Z. Coughlin. go; II. A. wiley,
22; A. W. p. Malins. 10; +. X. Sturtevant, Q; A. NJ.
Sturtevant. o; {. II. Williams. 4; NJ. II. Bergen, 8: c.
II. Brigham, 3: Z. II. Brigham. 8; L. A. Ellis, 1;
Thomas Cunning. l; r. ". Swift, 1.
The new athletic director in charge Of the
Central branch of Brooklyn is getting the diff
fercnt teams down to work. Every line OF sport
will be represented by strong teams, and a sue
cesstul season is looked for. The manager OF
the basketball teams is arranging for outside
games, and according to the proposed plans a
lengthy tour will be made through tho East and
West. Handball will find more favor this year
than ever before, and the bowling men are hard
at practice.
Basketball among the members of tho Young
Mems Institute. on the Bowery, will be an inn
portant amusement this season. The five play
ers that made the team last year have returned.
and they are expected to do rs we'll, II not bet
ter. Games are being arranged rapidly. and all
strong teams will be accommodated.
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8ronklyu Adrertisements.


We are extensive dealers, as we'll as manu-
%facturers. We deal in makes of pianos other
than our own. We carry an immensely large
renting stock.
We purchase this stock from manufacture
ers who sometimes find it advantageous to
realize the money on their goods. They offer
us very great inducements. Duringthis week
we shall have a regular bargain counter"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
c.tarae, Removed b, az Accident.


FTUW " z WFI1HTUWWtV 1VFF'
A somewhat remarkable accident happened
to Miss Dunsmore OF this place some time ago.
A mall cataract appeared directly over tho
pupil OF her eye and entirely destroyed her
sight. She was preparing to 20 TO Philadelphia
TO have an operation performed. One day she
WAS engaged in frying doughnuts and a speck
tho eye. After recovering from tho shock she
discovered that she could see az we'll a. ever.
Tho cataract had been removed by the boiling
lard and she has never had any trouble since.
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Tom Broder,ch KnocLs Out Prank Casey.

YoSKERs. Oct. 2.-Tom Frederick OF this place
knocked out Frank Casey OF the Pastime A. C. OF
New York at the opening show OF the season at tho
Waverly A. C. to- night. The bout was one Of the
most stubbornly contested ever witnessed hero. Tho
men were to have fought twenty rounds at 1875
pounds Broderick showed to advantage from the
start and relied on right and left hand uppercuts,
varied with an occasional crosa counter TO do the
business. Casey, on the other hand, kept going for the
Jaw and heart continually. He was put TO sleep
with q right and left on the jaw. In the preliminary,
Hugh Smith OF New York defeated young Laurie OF
Yonkers. and Frank Evans won from Young Maynard
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At weehawken to-day the Genuine Cuban Giants
will plsy the Cuban X Giants. Jupiter and lord an
and Selden and Clarence Williams will be the bat
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Geb.-If 4 agreed with the proposal to play tho
stable he loses. II h" specially stipulated for . bet
on Easter Gift individually. and 10 was accepted with
such q proviso. he Is entitled to draw back" the
amount put up.
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The records of the players up to date follow:

the hnal round will be played tomorrow in
this order:
WinAwer vs. Ziukl, Alapin VS.. Burn. Aibin vs. wal
brodt, Chsrons"k Va. Tschigorin. Schirers Va. Tech
mann. Blackburne VS.. JanowSki. Cohn VS.. SchlechteH,
Caro- VS.. suechting. Metger and Marco byes.
The herald., 1897-05-03
WANTS A CHANGE
Philadelphia Methodists Don't Ap-
preciate Sensational Sermons

PHILADELPHIA, May 2.-Rev. Rich
ard Harcourt, D. D., pastor Of the Park
Avenue M. E. church, has become dis
satisfied with his relations with the
church, and at meeting of the quar-
terly conference he announced his in
tention of asking the presiding elder,
for change of pastoral relations at the
end of the year. His request will be
made because of objections entered to
series of sermons he announced. He
is now in the second year of his pasto-
rate at the church.
Dr. Harcotrt was formerly in the SER
vice of the Protestant Episcopal church
and has been in the ministry for twen
ty-five years. He was formerly in charge
of the largest Methodist church in San
Francisco, and later was pastor for five
years of Grace church, in Baltimore.
At the Park Avenue church he was the
successor of the venerable DIR. Chap
man, and at the recent conference in
Bethlehem his service had apparently
been so satisfactory that he was again
appointed to the pastorate. Since then
all the trouble has arisen. The proposed
sermons were to have been delivered un-
der the general head of 'sThe Devil IN
Philadelphia.
The herald., 1897-05-03
MEXICAN RAILROADS
Vast Tracts of Land Granted English
Builders

MEXICO CITY, May Am important
company has been incorporated here
with capital of s10oO,OOO. the larger
part of the shares being taken by Pear
son & Son, the English contractors hav-
ing IN MANU- the drainage OIL tIic Y any
Mexico and the port works at Vera Cruz
with a few Mexican shareholders. The
new company will be known as the Mex
lean Land, Navigation and Railway
company The first object of the COM
pany is to build a railway from some
suitable point on the National Tehuan-
tepec road to a desirable point in the
state of Vera Cruz. The government
gives subsidy of over 5000 acres of
public lands per kilometer of railway
constructed. On some 100000 acres of
land thus acquired the company will
settle European and other colonists.
Among other plans of the company is to
acquire railways in the southern part of
Vera Cruz and also the building of new
lines. Part of the main railway line
had already been located and construct
ton will begin within two months.
The herald., 1897-05-03
DOE DID NOT RESIGN
BUT WAS DISMISSED By COL.
LAMONT
The Assistant Secretary Of War Made
Too Many Requisitions for
His Own BENEFIT

NEW YORK. May "A Washington
special to the Tribune says: Assistant
Secretary of War Joseph B. Doe Of
GAINESVILLE, Wis. was practically dis
missed by Secretary Lamont.
The Tribune says: There was con-
siderable comment concerning the un-
usual act of President Mckinley in ac-
cepting Does resignation before the Sc
lection of his successor. Docs resigna-
ton was accepted at once, and his desk
was vacant until Mr.. Meiklejohn of
Nebraska was appointed This was
due to hint from Col Lamont, who had
practically made vacancy in the office
several months before. AS early as
Alger began an investigation of the Of
ficial conduct of Mr.. Doe, but soon dis
covered that Secretary Lamont had an
ticipated him, and the only result of
his inquiries was the dismissal Of Rich
ard ]. Whitton, also from GAINESVILLE,
who was brought to Washington by
Doe and served as his private secretary
About year ago -Hss4sranu A,vv,~.a.y
Doe began to issue orders to the divis-
ion of supplies ana other branches OF
the department that caused considera-
BILE disappointment among the clerks.
and to make acquisitions for articles
for his personal use which had not be-
fore been purchased from the public
fund. He continued to do so during
the frequent absences of Secretary La
mont, until after the election in Novem-
Der, when that sort of business became
so active as to attract general attention
and within a few weeks the gossip
reached the ears of the head of the de-
partment. Secretary Lamont at once
made an investigation. He called be-
fore him the clerks in the supply divis.
ion, the store keeper and other officials
Of the department, and secured state
ments from them which caused him to
require Doe and Whitton to make res
titution TO the department of nearly
$1,000 in cash. and to surrender a con-
siderable amount of property which. in
Mr.. Lamont's opinion, belonged to the
government.