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The morning times., 1897-02-21
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When Jim Simn ons left the sChoolhouse
the next afternoon at !, after day that
he had made very trying 10 the young school
ma'am, lie was met in the road by Bill
Miller.
e Jim said Bill, with a clumsy show Of
fellowship. lets take a walk. / want to
talk with you
The boys and men OF Barklcy's Cor
ners all looked Up to Bill, because of his
great size and strength. and Jim was glad
to 20 along, conscious that he was envicd
10y whoever saw them together as the first
person Bill Miller had ever proposed talk
ing with.
They had walked mile, perhaps,
straight away from the Corners, on the
Mercerville road, and Were far from the
nearest house, with tall pine trees on either
hand before Bill said a word. Jim was
burning with inpatienCe, when Bill put an
enormously big and heavy hand on the
boys shoulder, which he gripped till Jim
WINGED.
Stand still, jim Simmons" said Bill
land listen 10 me Do you understand
that I'm big enough and strong enough
To do you up in just 4 half a minute?
DO you know thatif were Just about toput
my arm around you and squeeze you
once you'd never peep again? Wen,''
seeing that Jim was green with fear,
Il want to say this. If you bother that
school ma am again this hull term Ill
squeeze you till you squeak, see? And if
you speak about this talk toany living soul
till after school is out and she goes away
from the Corners, I'll squeeze you twice
Won upp1u 1 hDfhpr tpanSvpT buf if hpar
OF you cutting up in school again, Just look
out for yourself. Now, let's so back TO
the Corners"
Then the two returned as silently as they
had come.
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II I.
had come.

Miss Alice Moore was greatly amazed at
the almost perfect department of Jim
Simmons from that time on. Although she
had some suspicion OF the cause of the
change in her one unruly pupil. she was
utterly unable to get any certain informa
ton on that point Jim dared tell nobody
The morning times., 1897-02-21
ARMOR PLATE.
The Real Logic of the Situation at
Present.

The Real Logic of the Situation at
Present.
1t has been long beliyed that the prices
which the government has been paying to
the Pittsburg and Bethlehem manufacturers
have been excessive. When this industry
was first instituted, calling for enormous
outlay in plant and involving a vast deal
of experim entail work and uncertain fac
tors of cost, there was disposition TO
treat the great steel establishments very
generously Even with this large Margin
at least on one occasion, gigantic frauds
were practiced, the story Of which IS not
yet forgotten.
The conviction that an immense saving
can be secured in the future supply of
armor plate has led to the introduction
of bill i'll Congress by Representative
Lorimer of Illinois, enipo wering future con-
tracts for Harveyized armor plates at a
price not exceeding $240 ton, as against
an average between $500 aud $780, which
The morning times., 1897-02-21
The Old Elephant
Jeannette Is Dead

What most showmen believe to have been
the oldest elephant in the United states.
and the first one ever brought To the Amer
lean continent, is dead at Peru, Ind Her
age is known To have been II6, known as
near as it is possible TO tell the age Of any
animal. Jeanette has been a tenant Of
menagenes in this country since 1924.
and when she breathed her last was in tina
winter quarters Of a circus in the Indiana
town named.
1t was strange spectacle, one never be-
fore witnessed in this country, To see an
elephant really die OF old age. The poor
animals chin was wrinkled and drawn Juss
The morning times., 1897-02-21

almost to seem short, and his limbs We're
big and heavy and slowmoving.
''If it wasn't for the hair on his face
the minister said to himself, Il should take
that man to be Bill Miller"
When the testing was finished he went
over to the man and began totalk; and this
is what the Elder said:
'If you ever run across a man named
Miller, whose first name is William and
who used to be a farm foreman on the
Barley estate, near Barkiey's Corners,
you want TO tell him that one of the incest
girls on this green earth will be visit
ing at the parsonage there on Wednes-
day next You want to tell him, too,
that he never did crueler thing than
to go away without first talking with
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would be a mistake and burning
shame" though no one dared say so 10
her face
Perhaps the minister's wife was more
worried about it than anyone else, for
she saw the scEoolma' a'am every day and
shrewdly OWNED that she Il ought as often
of Bill as he did of her Finally the worthy
woman's worriment became SO great that,
after much thought, she wrote remark
able and much underscored letter 10 Bill.
1t ran thus:
My Dear Mr Miller I'm sure you will
not misunderstood me when / say that
your attentions TO Miss Moore are causing
a good deal of talk. There is so much
of this talk that think you ought to be
fully Informed about it. Miss More is
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for fear OF the threatened squeeze from Bill.
and. although she saw Bill often-at the
mite societies and other simple social func-
tons OF the Corners and the two talked
freely on most topics, Bill was entirely un-
communicative with regard TO Jim.
In the meantime, the whole neighbor-
hood was nightly moved because of the
evident conquest that had been made by
the school ma am Of the big Western fore
man of the Barkley estate. once he was
carefully rallied by the postmaster about
the girl, but the response was so unsatis-
factory to the official that he did Dot
repeat the experiment, and, acting under
his advice, all others forbore. 1t was
generally agreed, however, that if Miss
Moore, who was dcservedly popular with
everybody, "took up with Bill Miller it
The morning times., 1897-02-21

and was waiting at a railway junction for
train bound for Mercerville, the nearest
station to the Corners. AS he waited,
through express pulled up at the junction
and a gang of men began to prove the
soundness Of the coach wheels by tapping
them with long handled hammers
1t was in the dusk of the evening, the
weather was hot, and 1.-The Elder" was
listening to the tunk of the hammers
against the wheels and watching the
play OF the torches light as they were
thrust here and there about the trucks
by the steel testers at their work. After a
while the minister seemed to note some
thing familiar in the appear ance Of one of
the men. He wore a heavy beard, but he
was tall, though so broad-shouldered as
The morning times., 1897-02-21

Mrs. Osborne. wife OF Capt Osborne, of
the Scots GtayS. and who belonged by birth
to the arstocratic Elliott family, was sem
fenced to hard labor for purloining a pearl
necklace from an intimate friend. Equal
severity was exercised toward Gwynncth
Maude, granddaughter of the Earl of Mon
talt. for obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses.
The Dowager Duchess Of Sutherland was
more fortunate and was excused from hard
labor during the six months she underwent
in Holloway prison, where Lady Scott is
now confined.
The morning times., 1897-02-21

1t was wonder any of the Americans got
off the field alive
There are seven of the Perry girls at
home. and three are married. Mr.. Perry
chuckled again when he said that he al
ways kept loaded gun behind his front
door to protect his dove cote, buteven with
all his precautions, three of his girls had
been stolen from him New York Sun.
The morning times., 1897-02-21

In times gone by an English duchess, her
grace of Kingston, underwent imprisonment
for bigamy and forgery, and today thereare
actually relatives of Queen Victoria doing
time" The Count and Countess of Lein-
ingen belong TO the princely house of that
name, and thcfirst husband ofQueen Victo-
ria otherwasa prince of Leiningen. The
count is in an En- glish penitcntiary and the
countess is confined at Vienna for q long
series of crimes, which include forgery,
blackmailing and swindling.
The morning times., 1897-02-21
Richest in the World.

The following women, says an exchange,
are the six wealthiest in the world: Sonora
Isidora, 100000, 900; Hetta Green, $780,
900 900; Baroness Burdett-Coutts, S20,-
600 900; Nine. Barrios, SIS, 200, ,0O0; Miss
Mary Garrett, $40 100000; Mrs. Woleska,
$IO,O00,000,
The morning times., 1897-02-21

The daughter of Lord Montague was con-
victed a year or two ago Of the most shock
ing cruelty to her children. one of them
dying from her treatment of it, The popu-
lar feeling was that she deserved hanging,
but she belongs to the ducal house of Man
chester, and the powerful influence brought
to bear on the case resulted in letting her
off with two years imprisonment without
hard labor.
The morning times., 1897-02-21

The Marchioness of Donegal, a peeress Of
Great Britain, has very often been sent to
on the streets of London for drunken and
disorderly conduct. The Baroness yon Gleis-
senberg and her pretty daughter, the
Countess Waldeck, the two Siclian dukes of
Villarosa and Prince Caracciolo are all in
Jail, and the sins charged up TO them are
larceny and fraud, perjury and forgery,
assassinatien and wife murder.
The morning times., 1897-02-21

insist on crawling around the streets on
all fouTs.
An this will be done with the aid OF the
"man of magnetism and the woman
with a mission" for they are always
found together somehow. So even the
Mormons need not despair in their great
task OF converting the Indians on Man
haitian reservation.
The morning times., 1897-02-21
MoRMoNs IN NEW YORK.

A Correspondent Thinks the Latest
Fad VIII Thrive There.
New York, Feb. 12-The church of Brig
ham Young has heard somehow of the
statement of Preacher Parkhurst that
''there are $50, 900 unfaithfuI wives in the
city of New York Though the always
The morning times., 1897-02-21
HE HAD TEN DAUGHTERS.
Three Have Been stolen, and Ezra
Perry Keeps n Gun for Suitors.

u y fkF-e ~ n N't'I1 TT '''.'t'71
When the editor of an agricultural pa
per published the fact that there was u
farmer in New England who was the
happy father of seven daughters, he
thought he had found the man who held
the record in that line.
But the itcu, came under the eyes OF
Ezra Perry, formerly of Rehoboth, but
now of AttleboTo, and Mr.. Perry lost no
time in writing TO the editor that he
The times., 1897-12-25
ECHO OF THE SIX-DAY RACES
Inquiring Into the Short Track at
Madison Square Garden.
Proceedings, II Is Said, Will Be Held
in Secret and Whe elmen Are EX-
eIcised Over the Fact.

New York, Dec. 21.-Tbe national racing
board OF the l.. A W. Will hold a so
called ir.' estiaation in this city tomorrow,
to place, if Possible, the blame for the
short track over which the six-day race
was ridden two weeks ago. II is und sr-
behind CLOS, I'd doors, and the impression
prevails that il viii result in white
wash,
In view Of the fact that tn. l.. a. W.
Handicapped for this State was one Of .he
promoters of the recent race, and 'hc
chairman OF the nationa, racing bo ird
acted as referee of the hort-;lis:aDCe races
run over the track on the Saturday pro-
cedlng the race week, the thousands of
persons who went to the garden and Were
led TO believe that phenomenal records
Were being made by the Iid,rs would
like to know why the Investigation, if it
really is one, cannot be open and above
board.
From what is said by prominent wheel
men today, the action of tie chairman of
the racing board in calling for such q
meeting On Christmas Day, VIXEN seF raj
members cannot be present, and his cyi
dent desire To look into 4 case in 'vAictI
the l.. A. ". appears 10 be implicated as
much as tho American Cycle Racing AsSo-
,iation, are POINTS regarded as not ex-
actly in order.
Traoklui'Ger Ashinger, who has received
all of th, blame from tie promoters o { the
race, will bc one of the principal Wit
nesses
The times., 1897-12-25
SERVICES OF TOMMY TUCKER.
Deals That Prevent His Work, on
Big League Circuits


New York, Dec. 24.-Tommy Tucker. he
of the fog horn voice aud vociferogs
Coaching antics, will hot he heard on the
the biC league circuit his season, unless
the Washington and Kansas City clubs de
clare 1t deal off which involves his ser
vices. Tucker was released by Boston TO
WasEiugt on last season, so that the ;,r at
Tenny II light play first base. The trans
fer air ust lToke fuckers heart, for he
was Playing fast ban, and could see 40
good reason for the deal! But the moment
Tommy put OH a Washington uniform re
became imhued with d spirit of re ;cnge.
In batting he surprised pitohe on ev .ry
team he played against, while in fielding
he even eNcclled his former wonderful
play, and especially those in which he stop
lying OF. the turf.
when Washington scared Jack Doyle
a deal was arranged between Wagner and
i'm Manning, Of the Kansas City Club
whereby Tucker is to play first base with
the latter club. 1t seems strange { hat this
excellent PLAYER should ne overlooked 10y
several clubs in the League in need Of
good first basemen. Tucker could De used
with strengthening results hy BrooIiyn.
Philadelphia pittsbuTg, st. Louis, and
Louisville, and vet all OF them must lave
unwittincly waived claim to his services,
else Washington could rot have ma .le the
above deal.
The times., 1897-12-25
NOTABLE SURGICAL WORK
A Patient Survives the Removal
of Her Stomach.
FIRST CASE ON THE RECORDS
Subject of the Doctors Skill WIS
a woman Nearly sixty Years
OH who Had Been Sufferer
From Youth-A Case That VIII
Interest the Medical World

New York, Fec. ga surgical opera
ton, by which the entire stomach III Il
woman fifty-six years old was refaoyed
successfully more than three months ego
without any material injury u the health
OF activity Of the patient, is fully lie
scribed iii tomorrow $ number Of the hedt
cal Reco-G.
Thecaseis Gescribedb by Or. Carl ScniIrter.
of the Uni, e-sity OF Z.Iricn, who peTf1mred
the opei alton Anna Lands was Il silk
weaver Of Zurich, and according To her
own story, tad, from childhood, he'd
abdominal pains with vomiting.
Medical treatment afforded no relief and
the progress OF the disease drove h .r T, ;he
hospital OF Augrst 26. She was placed
on the surgeons table ON September g.
When he. stomach was ciisciOsedl glance
was sufficient To show that the entire
stomach was hopelessly diseased although
hechanIiel from the mJuthtJ the stomach
and the intestines leading from the stOm-
ach We're In L normal condition. TO leave
th. stoIlacI in place was - condemn lie
wonlan to certain and speedy death .here
was a slight hope that she might sur 'tfe
il the stomach were wholly reInov'd-
Accordingly TIE surgeon cIiuIcd OIL the
oesopnagus tICfe TO NfCIe 1t entered the
stoniacl, and then cut eff tie intestines.
perhap TWO or thee inches below the stoin-
ach. The walls Of tie stomach were also
freed from such come ectiUns As existed with
surrounding arts OF tfe bcdy and then the
entire organ was removed.
1t being ifnro. sible to rnite tie mites
tines with tie end of the Cesopfagus, the
surgeon closed up tfe ends of the inies-inef
bsOli teiy cut a slit il Il knHckle CT itrst
bend of tie infe.tines and Fewsd /, 10 lie
end Of tie oesorhagus. This done. there
wa 5 hen a diiet cha nn el from tie patient :
tFroat down through the intestines. while in
place of a stomach was the end OF the intes-
tine-a length OF atout fifteen inches that
Law on one side. The entire operation
require dtwoaud talfhouTs
Not 10 give tedious details, il may he
said that oI October II the patient was
able To leave her bed, and that wien she
was examined on December Q, by Dr. Ed
munl c. Wendt, of New York, he 'ound
that the woman showed no apparent Ge-
rarture from ordinary vcraee health. She
tiiitt I'ii't> ~ tlt
since the operation.
In Commenting ON the case, DR.. Wendt
made, among others, the following t"nclu-
siOns: The human stomach IS not a .Ital
organ. The digestive Capacity pf he tu-
man stomach has been considerably over
rated. The fluids and solids cpHstit Iting
an ordinary mixed diet are capable of
complete digestion and asSimilat ion without
tn aid OF the human stomach. he chem
icaI functions of the human stonla IN may
be complrtely and satisfactorily perfprrred
by the other divisions Of the ali,1entary
canal. This is the first case of authentic
record where a human being has been SUB
jected 10 such All operation.
The times., 1897-12-25
DOG AS BODYGU ARD.
Tried TO Prevent Officers From
ATresting His Master

New York. Dec. 24.-Though protected in
his flight hy two beautiful aud athletic
daughters, valiant wife. and fierce bull
dog, Lawyer Michael Muller was over
hauled by two detectives as he was escap-
ing over the back fence of his premises, at
No. S02 Grand street, Brooklyn. aud is
now locked up in the Flatbush police
station.
The arrest was made on a bench
warrant charging perjury. Muller had
succeeded in eluding the detectives for
several days. Detectives Little and worth
saw d long shadow ON the ground at mid
night. moment later they saw the figure
of a ruar creep stealthily to the rear porch
aud enter the house.
The detectives rang the front toorbeIl.
Mrs. Muller said her husband was not ill.,
Worth ran TO the rear gard and caugnt
Muller by the leg as he was climbing over
the fence. Mrs. Muller, two daughters
and the bulldog came to Mul,er's rescue
The detective was badly bitten, but held
his man.
Muller is connected with the Elgi Really
Investment Company at No. 5S Liberty
street, this city. His arrest has TO 90
with the affairs OF that concern.
The times., 1897-12-25
They Stand the Tes;.''
Eclipse Bicycles,
Fourteenth and II Streets
rnn.s
STIR AMONG THE WHEELMEN
Heated Controversy Over the Con-
test for the Presidency.
Lending Members of tie New York
and pennsylvania Divi.
sIons Excited.

New York. Dec. 24.-The contest for the
presidcnC. OF the l.. a W. has involvcd
the leading members OF the New York AMI
Pennsy!1 ania divisions in Il heated war.
]. b. Potter. OF this city, has openly
declared that lie is candidate f3r e.
election, and his supporters are working
induStnU1sly 10 secure his election.
Sterling Elliot. of Boston, declares that
George Gideon. OF Philadelphia. Will oppose
Pottel, and will he supported by the
MaSsa cluSetts, Penns yirania, and New
Jersey voters. Gideon remains non COM
INITIAL on the subject and the Officers OF
the PENNSYLVANIA division claim that they
are i2ht.Icted to vote only for I. J.
keenan,. il, for an office on the execu.ire
committee OF the league.
Chief Consul Kirknef, of New Jersey. con
suited with Potter today and acconfiny
To the votes claimed by Elliot for Gideon.
Potter VIII receive a safe majority.
The times., 1897-12-25

ing coed Mrs. Ballington Booth placed IN
the Sums tlirty workers who laborcd sd
mirably
She was admitted to tue drawing -o" ms.
Fashionable society protected her with the
wealthy. The building, on F0urtesneh
street was obtained at a cost of $400, 600.
The success OF the Salvation Army in
America was known and celebrated ev"ry-
where.
An order from the General to the Com
mander and Mrs. Ballngton Booth to re-
turn to England came in the first Jaws Of
last year. They refused to return; their
personal friends urged them not TO re-
turn.
They had sent 100000 to EngIa ld for
foreign missions, $4,000 tp India, St4,-
600 tt France, $4,000 for social work
in England. They said that their ;aboIs
in America Leeded all the money which
they bad obtained here. Their recall aIt
peared to be the result q { their cOhte .ition.
They formed the Volunteers of .iaiarica.
Since then they have been perseoIted
more or less, and the persecution has rt-
suited ih Mrs. Booths prostration.
The times., 1897-12-25
CHARGES BRUTAL. TREATME-ST.
Mrs Elizabeth Downs Six Years
of Married Life Enough.


of Married Life Enough.
EIiza brtn w Downs has filetl A petition
for divorce from Thomas Downs, To whom
she was married OH Nay 3, 1891, by
Father Donthan, at st. Dominic's Church
Mrs. Downs states in her petition that
during &lI their ma rried life her husband
has been an ia bitual druHEaTd. and that
his cruelty to her has been most viCi1us
and revolving. Immediately hefOTe and
after the birth of her chill in 1892 he
beat ard kicked her while she was in bed
and tried to throw her Jut of their no i-ts.
She charges that this treatment continued
until recently. when she was compelled to
leave hin. She also alleges That ne con-
tributed little 70 Ier support.
Mrs. Downs says in her bill that On
December II Downs took all the fimnitur5
out OF the rooms they were occupying.
She ent into a neighbUr : room, and
when Downs came back from disposing 5f
the furniture and found her gone he
hunted her up and attempted to XIII her.
She charges he beat and kicked her,
knocked he. down several times and would
haze ended he. life if the neghbOrs had
not 1eicome him and taken her away,
She states that he beat the child
also. and that they both bear the
scars fri IN treir wounds now. ArtIt 'ry
is also charged.
The times., 1897-12-25
MASS PLAYS ON THE GRIDIRoN
Yale Reported as Not Anxious fo;.
Their Abolition

New Haven, Conn Dec. 24.-What Yale :
position viii be when the foot ball rules
revisiuIi committee meets in New York
next month lie matter of conjecture All
the faii tie managers Of the eleven cx-
pressed themselves as wishing a rule
passed abeiishing mass pla vs. Judge How
land, Of New York one Of Yale's most
prominent alumni, seveal times stated that
he WAS desirous OF eliminating mass plays
from the game. Now that the season is
over and the rules Committee is soon To
meet the Yale leaders are reported to be
less vigorous in their desire TO get mass
plays abolished.
They are said to believe that with their
eieyens ia Iifst-elass condition mass plays
have not proved deIet.rious to Yale as
they iiave TO other colleges. The situation
seems to he that while Yale Will prob
ably Vote for modification o the rules
regarding mass plays, she will not take
the lead in urging radical change
Walter Camp. of this city. WHO is the
Yale member OF the rules committee has
expressed himself rs desirous OF notion
upon number of rules which now seem
ambiguous
The times., 1897-12-25
wEDDED AND SAILED AWAY.
StepsoD of rere Hyancinth Marries
Mrs. Iaura BuckneIl

New York, Dec. 24.-Five days after their
wedding the fact was PUBLICLY announced
That on December 1S Ralph Merriam. a
stepson of the noted French eX-abbe, Pere
Hyaneinth, and Mrs. Laura BuckneIl, daugh-
ter OF the late DR.. David Jayne, of Phila-
,lelphia, had been married at the house OF
Gen. Frederick A. Starrings, in this city.
The announcement was delayed because
the couple did not wish their marriage
known until they had sailed for Europe.
They are row on the ocean.
The times., 1897-12-25
POSTAL LAW vIOLATORS.
Canadian. InfrinGments Receive Mr.
CbamberIaiI.'s Attention.


CbamberIaiI.'s Attention.
Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 24.-The Right Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary,
has demonstrated with the Canadian gov
ernment for infringing the rules of the
Universal Postal Union by undertaking
to reduce the postage on letters Hrom
Canada 70 ctherparts of the United Kingdom
without consulting other members.
The Universal Postal Union of 1873 is
of the nature of a treaty between all the
contracting parties establishing Uniform
rates and weights of postage. Under this
treaty all the consenting nations were
declared to be a single postal territcry
for the reciprocal exchange of ,or T.
spondence The Postoffice Department
issued statement last evening 20 the effect
that 1t had been intended to bring The
changes into effect on January /, but
that the imperial authorities prefer that
a conference be first held TO secure reci,-
rocal reduction Of postage both ways
between Canada and the rest of the empire
which, ii is hoped, will cover hot nlv
letters but also papers and periodical,
The times., 1897-12-25
UNHAPPY LUETGERT JURORS.
Their christmas Holiday Marred by
a I.nurf Order

Chicago. Dec. I'm the cola, cherries
sausage. factory where Luet CERT is all Isgati
To have destroyed his wife, the Jurors ~dO
ar. to decide his fate win spend a 2ars 0r
their Christmas Day.
This unique observance OF the wor!d's
holiday does not meet the approval Of TIE
Jurors themselves. but Judge Gary sac +
feed scr timent and decided thds the tvflve
men hsfi better 90 TO the scene of the
alleged crime ON day when the sOITJ
was not in regular session. All Tie jurors
but cne have visited the factory and IN
spected the vat The case progresses
without sensational features.