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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01
NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE
Cooke Went to High Bridge to Try
His Flying Machine.
Lost Footing and Would Have Fallen
100 Feet Had He Not Caught Rope.

New York July Patrick Cooke went
to High bridge yesterday and confidently
expected to fly from there to the battery.
But as he was preparing to start no
slipped ana fell, and ii was miracle that
he escaped falling TO the pile of rocks on
the new speedway, $50 feet below
He caught at the ropes, hung head down
ward for half an hour, 80 feet below the
bridge rail, and was with difficulty
rescued.
Cooke is 80 years old and until recently
was stonecutter. Now hs is employed
as gateman on the elevated road de Is
unmarried, for his flying machine has
been moro than wife aud children 10 him.
He hegan upon il when but 10 years of
age, and since then the subject has never
been absent from his thoughts.
Recently Cooke came to the conclusion
that his rs years of labor hac ended in
success With hi own hands he had built
a parachute of oiled canvas and steel ribs
ana strong cords, and he took week
from his work to give 1t the necessary lin
isbing touches.
He lett his home, 302 Second avenue.
accompanied by a man whom he hau
hired to help him, and started for High
bridge. The two went out upon the long,
narrow structure, and at point f5O feet
from the western end made their prepara-
tions. The parachute was fastened 20 the
aqueduct rail by rope that was to be
loosened by jerk when Cooke was in po-
sition.
Policemen Delamater and Quinn sud
denly heard frantic cries for help. The
w0rkmen on the speedway heard the
cries coming TO them from midalr. The
policemen ran out upon tho bridge and
found that Cooke had Lost his footing
and was hanging helpless, in tangle OF
ropes 30 feet below them. They, and the
inventors companion, tried in vain TO
raise him. and not until speedway work
men had made long detour, climb the
rocky precipice and come TO their help
was Cooke brought to safety.
He was taken 10 the West l52nd street
station and locked up, and was later ar
raigned in the Harlem police court aHd
dismissed with q warning.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01
ON MANY CHARGES.
Figel Under Arrest Again at San
Francisco.
He Is Accused with Murder, Forgery
and EmbeZzle

San Francisco, July Theodore Figel
is now in the city prison, charged with
the murder of Isaac Hoffman. Late yester-
day afternoon warrant was issued for
the re-arrest of Figel, who has been book
keeper for Hoffman, Rothschild x Com
pany. At D o'clock he reported at the
Office of the chief of police and after being
closeted with that official twenty minutes,
was taken to the city prison, and booked
Oh six charges, namely: one oil murder,
two forgery and three of embezzlemont.
The complaint was sworn out by Henry
Hoffman brother of Isaac Hoffman. Figel
will probably be arraigned on the new
charges today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01

Mary A. Campbell. Mildred A. Campbell.
Bertha T.. Chapman. Annie A. Doyle.
Hazel Elliott Alice Forlonie Iona M.
Calvin, Annie Il. Gallagher, Susie H..
Clifford, Lena Hellman. Myrtle i. King,
Florence l. Lamson, Bertha +. McLaren,
Lena NJ. McSoley. Ethel Mowry, Emma
q. Piercs Nellie ;. Reed, Emma l..
Sisson. Christina q. Sives, Rose A.
Sweeney, Garfield i. Allen, Ernest H..
Arnold Paul w. Bowen, Arthur w.
Coffin, Moreton Nj. Cory. James j. Ccl-
lins, William II. Cotton. Charles +. Foley,
Thomas Fitzpatrick. Walter i. Larkin
Frank A. Mcguire, Alfred j. Moss. John
Il. McAlear, Stephen +. McElroy. Fred
A. Rogers, Harry Taylor. Walter >.
Williamson.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01
Wire Workers Elect Officers.

Cleveland, o., July LA number OF
important changes in the constitution
were proposed at Yesterdays meeting of
the Federated Wire Drawers of America
and will be considered later. A trade
label was adopted to be placed on the
packages of all union made wire products.
Officers were elected as follows: President,
Eugene Conroy, New Castle, Pa vice
president, benjamin Emery, New Castle,
pa secretary and treasurer, Walter
Gillette, Cleveland; chairman executive
board, James McCarlin of New Castle,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01
Investigating Nail Robbery.

Kansas City. Mo-, July 1.-Two post
office inspectors hnve been sent to
Missouri City To investigate the charge OF
mGil robbing at the Wabash wreck. When
the mail was gathered up ana sent TO st.
Louis and Moberly it was discovered that
while the letters we're still wet an expert
thief had pulled the envelopes apart and
stolen whatever money was found. The
eastern mail contained many valuable LETT
tcrs and probably considerable cash.
There Is no way OF estimating tile amount
taken.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01

March, Miss A. May Allen; chorus
Spring, March of Men of Columbia;"
"Hail aud Farewell, " graduating class
Life of Longfellow, Nellie :. Reed /;
"My Lost Youth" Ethel Mowry "Tales
of the Wayside Inn" Mary A Csrlin
ballad Of Camilhan," Florence j. Lam
son, Bertha l.. Chapman, Susie B. Clifford
Myrtle II. King: STARS OF the Summer
Night" from the Spanish Student, gradu-
ating class; "Maidcnhood, Alice M.
Forlonie; "Evangoline, Emma g.
Pierce; selection, from Evangeline, Lena
Hellman; Psalm Of Life" semi. chorus
plano solo, Anna T.. Gallagher; Court
ship of Miles Standish." Mildred A.
Campbell; "Tho Courtship " Moreton NJ
Cory, William II. Cotton: 'Ihe Proposal, 20
William III. C1lton, Hazel Elliot; "Ex-
celsior," boys chorus; presentation of
pictures from graduating class Paul W.
Bowen; address to school and presenta-
tion OF diplomas. by MIR. John &. Massie,
OF school committee; chorus THE Bu-
gler, spring march, Miss A. May
Allen.
The graduating clsss-Mary A. Carlip.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01
Exerrl,o,iv Snya Go.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won.
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing TO tho taste, net gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system. dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
Of e.. g. G. to-day; 10, 25, so cents. Sold aud
guaranteed TO cure by all druggists.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01
Rhode Island Pensions.

Washington, July 1.-The following
pension changes, resulting from the issre
Df June II, are announced: Rhode Island
Original. Dennis Murphy. Newport
George Ellis Lonsdale William w.
Webb, Providence. Increase. William
Braabu proyidence
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01
Col. calhoun Will Decline.

Danville, ILL.,, July l.-Col, W. j. Cal
houn, after consulting with his fnmiIy
and business associates, hns decided To do
cline the position OF comptroller OF the
treasury.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-01
GRAMMAR GRADUAT|ONS.
Interesting Exercises Held in Sew.
eral City Schools.
LIST OF PUPILS WHO COMPLETED THE COURSE

At Each Enjoyable Programs Were Rendered
Listened to by Large Gatherings of the Relatives and
Friends Pupls-Th Awarding Diplomas Splendid June
Weather Contributed Greatly III. Pleasure of the Occasion
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
BUDAPEST.
The Picturesque and Lively Yankee City
of the Old World.

The Picturesque and Lively Yankee City
of the Old World.
Budapest, as everybody knows, is
formed of two cities, separated by tho
Danube and Joined together like New
York and Brooklyn by great bridges,
says Scribner's. Buda is a city hun
dreds Of years old and rises on a great
hill covered with yellow houses with
red-tiled roofs and surmounted by for
tresses and ancient German looking
castles and the palace of the king, with
terraces OF marble and green gardens
running down to meet the river. 1t
still is a picturesque fortified city of
the middle ages. Pesth, just across the
way, is the nos modern city in Europe
more modern than Paris, better
paved and better lighted, with better
facilities for rapid transit than New
York, and with houses of parliament
as massive and impressive as those on
the banks of the Thames and rot un-,
like them in appearance. Pesth is the
Yankee city Of the old world, just as
the Hungarians are called the Ameri-
ans of Europe. 1t has grown rapidly
in forty years, and it has sacrificed
neither beauty of space nor line in
growing. 1t has magnificent public
gardens, as we'll as a complete fire de-
partment; it has the best club in the
world, the Park club, and it has found
time to put electric tramways under
ground and to rear monuments to
poets, orators and patriots above
ground. People in Berlin and Vienna
tell you that some day all of these
things will disappear and go to pieces;
that Pesth is enjoying a boom" and
that the boom will pass and leave only
the buildings and the electric plants
and the car tracks, with no none in
the treasury to make the wheels go
round. / do not know whether this is
Or is not to be, but let us hope it is
of the mind that sees nothing in prog
ress but disaster and makes advance
ment spell ruin. People who live in a
city where n is asked to show a
passport, a certificate of good health,
a police permit and a residence card in
order to be allowed to mount a bicycle,
as 1 was asked to do in Berlin, can
hardly be expected to look with favor
or their restless, ambitious neighbors
Of the Balkans.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
Blood Poison and In,an,tv.

From the New York Medical Record:
While the fullest credit should be CIV
en- to the staff of this important in.
stitution (the State Institution Of Path
ology), it is but fair to state that the
study of toxaemia in connection with
insanity is by no means a novelty, MOI
is it the discovery of the enterprising
young gentlemen CONNECTED with the
establishment who have been credited
Herewith. Over a decade ago Solomon,
Regis and others recognized the toxic
origin of mental disease, while no less
than ten others, among them Herter and
Smith, have written extensively or the
subject. Perhaps most credit should
be given to DR.. Allan McLane Hamil-
ton, whose paper on "Autotoxis as a
Cause of Insanity" was read before the
Medical Society of London in May last,
and noticed in YOU London letter. a
short time subsequently. In this pa
per, which contained much original re-
search, the connection between toxae.
mia and insanity vas fully shown.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
HOTELS IN GREECE.
Single Rooms Are Rare and the Fur
nishings Are Painfully Scant-

nishinSs Are Painfully Scant.
In Greece the hotels of the interior
follow one general type-the Italian.
There is no common sitting room, says
the Atlantic. Why should there be-?
There is no office, but that does not
seem to interfere with the presenta-
ton of bills. The ground floor is given
UP to a cafe o restaurant, if the inn
keeper goes into that line of business.
Very often, however, the master of the
Apollo has only rooms to let. The
sleeping apartments on the floor above
are often approached by an outside
stairway, and, as is to be expected in
n southern climate, they are scantily
furnished. Discriminating is a vice
anywhere. Under a southern sky it is
a crime, of which the Greeks are no
guilty. There is usually a mirror,
though that tribute to human vanity is
sometimes lacking, and, like the Turk
the solitary Turkish towel bears no
brother near his throne. The bedstead
is invariably of iron and does not offer
the same vantage ground to the as
sailants of sleep as a wooden frame
work would do. but the cushions are
there and the walls are there. so that
small comfort is to be derived from
that slight reduction of possibilities.
AS in primitive United States within
my memory, single rooms are rare. Two,
three, four, five beds are put in one
room or strung along the corridors. A
fastidious person who desires to occu-
Ply a room alone has to pay for all the
beds therein. In some places special
charges are made for sleeping in the
daytime, and there is a fixed rate for
sleeping on the floor. That a man
should wish to be private when he is
asleep seems absurd. But in this
whole domain we Americans, who sub
init to the abomiration of the Pullman
sleepers, have no right to find fault
with any other nationality-we have
no right to be fastidious about undress-
ing in the eyes of the world, and a
large charity ought to cover the diver
stiles Of different religions and differ
ent periods in this respect. In the
good old times people used to go to
bed utterly devoid of raiment, and the
~bedclothes. as we call them still, were
the only clothes.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
How Boys, Marbles Are Made.

Marbles are manufactured from the
material which gives them their name.
AT the marble quarries the refuse
stone is broken by hand into small
cubes. A bushel or more of them is
poured into a great revolving cylinder,
which is supplied with water from a
faucet. The cylinder is reyolved at a
high rate of speed and the cubes are
ground down to the tiny spheres which
give such delight to the hearts Of the
boys. From one to two hours are re-
CURED to finish a lot of marbles and
they are afterwards stored according to
size and painted by hand. The crok-
cry marbles or %''potteries," are nodded
of the same material and then are
glazed and baked. The glass marbles
containing images and flowers are
nolded.-Exchange.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
What Ais the Hene


This is a question that is often asked,
AMI I am sure can not always be cor
rectly answered. For instance this
last week 1 had a hen that was sick.
The symptoms were these. She was
much inclined to stay on the roost and
refuse food. The feathers on her head
would stand up almost straight, giving
the idea that the fowl was being sub
ject to some sharp, thrilling pain. Her
eyes also seemed to indicate internal
pain. But her comb was red, and she
showed no sign of indigestion. . When
out of doors she would stand nearly
straight. Altogether her look. was that
of a healthy but uncomfortable hen.
Now what would our doctors have de-
clared to be the matter with the fowl?
said NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. But
l was wrong. I killed the hen and
dressed her. Then the mystery was
uncovered. I found two Jumps of hard
material; they proved to be cysts that
had formed over two sharp wires that
had been eaten by the hen at some time,
evidently far in the past. One of these
SsseS was III Vie eAISTudl pOTIlOu OIL
the gizzard, out of which the wire had
worked. The gizzard had grown up
under the wire, and the latter was
pushing its way through the flesh of the
hen. The sharp point of the wire on
the outside of the gizzard was not
covered by the cyst, but was left bare
to act as a probe in cutting away a pas
sage for itself. The cyst was formed
around and behind the wire. 1t was
one of those admirable provisions Of
nature for the casting off of undesir-
able foreign matter. Another wire and
cyst were found just under the breast
bone, just under the skin, and there is
no doubt that in a little while it would
have been able to get through and out.
The cyst was nearly half an inch in
diameter.
The moral is that We should be care
full that our fowls can not get at such
things as sharp nails, wire, pins or
tacks. am glad l killed the fowl, and
I am sure that no fowl doctor could
have diagnosed the trouble.
Mary Ann.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO.
Where Are You Going This SUMMER

Where Are You Going This Summers?
Now that summer is here, and warm
weather is near at hand, the great num-
her of people who have acquired the
habit of spending the hot spell" in
some cooler place than home, are be-
ginning to plan a to where they will
go. 1t has been demonstrated that
people living in high attitudes should
go to the seashore, and people living in
low attitudes should 60 to the noun
tains; and "tns mountains" has come
to mea Colorado, because there is
found more in. the way of recreation
Ind pleasure than in any other locality.
It would fill much space to name the
many places which possess attractions,
but any of the many points on the
Denver & Rio Grande railway will be
found pleasing to tourists. Trout fish
ing is probably the most enjoyable
sport to be pursued, because it can be
had with less trouble, annoyance and
expense than any other, but the sports
man who is willing to undertake the
extra h%ardships of going after bear,
1SSl, Gin anu OluCl VIII dllLluAo
abound, can satisfy his ambition to the
fullest extent. Those who prefer less
Iaborious amusement for the summer,
as a visit. at the springs, resoIts. &c,
can be equally yell pleased at the
numerous places Of The kind. For
those who wish to unite business with
pleasure. is open the opportunity of
prospecting or investing in Colorado
mines, and in this direction no place
promises such flattering returns. The
mining interests, while having already
Yielded enormous wealth, are only in
their infancy, and every day shows the
discovery of rich values before
suspected, and it is becoming proven
bal that the "tenderfoot" STRIKES it"
as frequently as the practical miner.
The latter looks only for the particu-
lar rock that he knows bears fruit,
while the former tests everything he
finds and often discovers the mineral
where the ''old timer" has run over it.
You will make no mistake in going to
Colorado for your summer outing.
F. P. Baker.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
Mrs. Kabelao on Fowl Lanruarc &c.

Man with all his superior intelligence
and inventive genius must now take
a back seat in the matter of language
to the common barnyard fowl of the
world, says Southern Fancier. For
centuries this noble lord of creation
has tried to found a universal Ian
guage without success, the nearest ap-
proach being Volapuk, the invention
of that accomplished linguistic student,
Rev. DR.. Johan Schleyer, of Baden,
Germany. Fowls have long since mas
tered the knotty subject for as Mrs.
kabelac boldly asserts they possess a
general language. Says she: Take
a fowl from Japan and one from Eng
land, and then n from France, one
from America. Set all these, suppos-
ing them to be hens. When the chicks
hatch o will hear them calling to
the TIMES in the self-same notes, the
same punctuation, well, the same
words. Throw some egg crumbs down
when these chicks are twenty-four
hours old, you will hear a simuItane-
ously and exactly similar call from all
four hens to their chicks. It is an
other cry, another punctuation, an
other series Of notes. another SEN
tence which they will pronounce. II
they have not been fed on too much
egg they will accentuate the call in an
excited shrill way. This evidently
means that the food is extraordinarily
nice, for the chicks rush in a great
hurry when they hear this peculiar
call. even if fed a few minutes before.
A hawk sails over, the four hens utter
an exactly similar r re 2posing they
have all seen it, l. not one takes the
alarm for the other. What is the re-
suit? The chicks fully comprehending
this peculiar cry, never heard at other
times, but only evoked by the presence
of a hawk, rush away from their
mother, hiding under brush or in
some place where the hawk cannot
catch them in its swoop. Should the
succeed in carrying one of them
off you will hear a most despairing
scream, perfectly unique, from the
mother of the victim. The other un-
bereaved mothers do not utter the
same cry. Unless a chicken is carried
off you will not hear this cry. Is not
this language? The same sound, oc-
.casionally differently accented to de-
note intensity or the reverse, ALWAYS
used to convey the same idea by differ
ent individuals and understood by ALL"
7 Abolish the ed-Trough.-The feed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06

The members of the Baptist Young Peo-
ple's Union who contemplate attending a
national meeting OF that body in July,
should bear in mind that there is no better
equipped line from the East, North or
Northwest than the Popular Big Four
Route, via Cincinatti OF Louisville. All
through passenger trains on this line are
v%estibuled, equipped with Buffet Sleepers,
with Hotel Dining Cars on day trains. At
Cincinatti direct connection is made in the
same depot with the Queen & Crescent
Route, the short line to Chattanooga, via
the famous High Bridge. At Louisville
with the Southern Railway and the Louis
vile d Nashville, via Mammoth Cave and
points.
The fare from Chicago will be extremely
low. For rates, time card. ETC., address j.
9. Tucker, 9. n. A.. or H. W. Sparks, IT,
A., 234 Clark St, Chicago.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
STUB ENDS OF RELIGION.

Devotion is the first child of Faith.
!, Great people always have small ene-
pies.
An old coat is usually found upon an
Id drinker.
A jag of whisky costs more than a
Jag of wood.
To be a lion for a day would spoil
sheep forever.
Habits are the ruts worn in a road
abitually travelled.
The secret of a secret is to know how
nd when to tell 1t.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06

Geo. Entry, in Poultry Advocate,
says: That there are a great many
breeds, which, with their numerous
subdivisions, make quite a formidable
array, especially in the eyes of n
first attending a poultry show, is GER
tainly an u%ndisputed fact. 1t is at
times a perplexing matter for the be-
ginner to make a choice among SO
many. And yet 1 believe that it is
n of the good things in our poultry
culture, for with such an array of
fowls a kind may be selected possess
ing just the qualities desired. For ex-
ample, A lives in a large city and has
a couple of hundred feet of back yard.
1t is of no use as a garden, being too
much shaded by surrounding buildings.
He concludes to utilize it as a run for
cessfully raise any chicks; therefore
the Matching propensity would be a
decided nuisance in his hens. Forum
ately he a get fowls which will fur
nish him a bountiful supply OF eggs
without attempting to hatch. He can
get them of almost any color and
markings he may fancy. B lives on a
country place and can raise chicks. He
may select a fowl which will not only
lay well, but will hatch and rear chicks
as well. He may wish to sell young
chicks in the early spring and summer
months and grown cockerels in au-
tumn and winter. He can be suited to
a nicely. There are the %Dominiques,
Javas, Plymouth Rocks. Wyandottes.
ETC., to select from. And SO l might
go on through all the different places
where and purposes for which fowls
are kept. No. there are not too many
breeds and varieties of domestic fowls.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
or, rather, the feed hopper, that

trough, or, rather, the feed hopper, that
is kept full of food, is the lazy mans
method of feeding, and it is not only
expensive, because it induces the hens
to eat at all hours of the day. but 1T
causes them to fatten and become sub
ject to disease, thus diminishing the
supply of eggs. When feeding the hens
with grain, let it be scattered wide,
which not only prevents the greedy
hens from securing more than their
share, but compels all to hunt for it,
thereby taking exercise and remaining
in better condition for laying.-Ex.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-06
There is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRA1N-O made of pure grains,
that takes the places of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
distress, and but few can tell it
from coffee 1t does not cost over n
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cts. and % cts. per
package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.