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The morning times., 1897-01-03
CAN SEE ONLY AT NIGHT.
Queer Affliction of Chicago Fish
erman Caused by an Accident.

erman Caused by an Accident.
An old man with bat-like eyes, who is
blind by day, but can see by night, is one Of
the extraordinary features OF Chicago
watersidc life.
John Borne is a fisherman now but at one
time in his youth he was an oxford under
graduate. and he worked at his profession
OF a civil engineer for more than twenty
years, until lie met with the accident that
has strangely altered his eyes.
The peculiar affection Of the eyes from
which Borne suffers has baffled more than
one occulist. Borne received an injury to
both eyes some twenty years ago. While
walking down South Water street, Chicago,
some hoodum threw an immense SNOWFALL
at him, which landed directly in both eyes
with the full force given it by the thrower.
The left eye was injured frightfully and
almost torn from its socket
Two operations were performed on the
optic nerve, which was discovered to be
permanently weakened. After the Tissues
healed, however, and when the eye was
supposed to resume its former appear
ance, a bluish-white film gathered and
spread over the entire cornea, giving the
eye an appearance precisely similar to
the eye Of a fish.
At night. when the iris always enlarges.
the iris of Borne's eye enlarGes tremen-
dously enabling him tosee with comparative
accuracy.
There is no set Of glasses or any in
vention of the opticians art which can
render any assistance to Borne in the day
time. At night he needs no such artificial
makeshift.
Several times he has ventured into the
streets of Chicago during the day. He
was unable to find his way about, and
had to give himself hp to the police, with
the request that. he be escorted back to
the little hut in which he lives.
AT night, however, he launches his boat
and has not the slightest difficulty in
picking his way among the shipping in
the harbor 1t is even claimed that Borne
can see better at night than any man about
the water front
The morning times., 1897-01-03
OPERA GIRLS WILL SIGH.
Jean de Reszke's Proposed Depart
ure Sad News to Them.
Nelc York EUeninq Sun.

Helc York ECentng Sun.
The fact that Jean de ReSzke is in doubt
as to his return here next season will be
sad news to the opera girl This singers
popularity with the fair sex has not been
affected by his recent marriage, any more
than it has been at any time by his ripe
age. In fact, the adorers of the tenor in
sist upon looking on him as yOungster, in
spite of the fact that he is already weary
of the Iabors of the stage and desires to
spend the fortune he has accumulated in
dignified leisure on his Polish estate. Per-
haps it is as well that the star should re
tire now, while he is in his prime, rather
than stay on, as others have done, after his
voice has lost its power and beauty. There
is nothing more melancholy than singer
making impressions that eliminate the
glory that he has won under past gen.
Grafton
The morning times., 1897-01-03

= EADERS Of Edward S. Ellis ..silod
| With Silence the first Of the Boone
and Kenton series, will welcomc
heartily its sequel, The Phantom
River" Again the principal characters
are Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton, The
adventurous pioneers Of the Middle West.
The phantom was not any more terrible
thing than flathoat with a white sail,
the first that ever Simon Kenton saw but
Mr.. Ellis has woven about it story Of
mystery and adventure W hich will appeal
to every boy withsths same force as do
his other excellent stories. Henry T.
Coates & Co. of Philadelphia are the
publishers.
The morning times., 1897-01-03

form by the Arena Company Of Boston 1t
/ s an attractive title, because we are all
looking for success. 1t is the ambition OF
every mortal with a spark OF manly Vi
tality. But the word S unfortunately mich
abused. Real success is not. as. cQnyinc-
ingly set forth by this writer, mere
matter OF money and fame, biIt sonic-
thing higher and nobler, because an abb
straction and a thing of the heart and
conscience. 'Life's Gateway, is boel.
that s good to read. There is enlighten-
ment and inspiration in its pages and no
one Will put it aside without a sense Of
gratitude to the writer.
The morning times., 1897-01-03
Couldn't Fool Him.

An uptown boy had great desire To see
a bride who is TO live on the same street
he does and so he waited patiently about
like Mary's famous lanb-until the car
riage drove up bearing the happy pair home
from q two weeks wedding tour.
What did you think OF the bride?" in
Quired neighbor. vQ
THAT wasn't no BRIDE sneered the boy
''Ah yes, it was Why do you doubt it?''
The boy shifted sareastically.
'"Cause brides always has long trails"
he said and dwalkedaway.- W y.-CleyelandP P lain
Dealer,
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tifUl aspect. In her presence he found his
happiness, and through her his life-which
might have been overshadowed by gloom
became one OF constant and quiet glad
ness Mrs. Darwin, who survived her
husband fourteen years, was eiShty-eight
years of age, and lived till her death in
the house which Will always be associated
with DarWiu's memory
The morning times., 1897-01-03
W portant series among the puhlica-
T tions OF the Putnams The most

QUESTIONS Of the day continue an i'm
VI pOrtant series among the puhlica-
T tions of the i Putnams. The most
recent crimson duodeCim is treatise
on municipal reform in the United states
10y Thomas c. Devlin. The author writes
from ali evidently long intimacy with the
best thought ana opinion On this important
question, so engaging to every citizen ana
freeholder. He divides his considerations
under eight heads. The first is devoted 30
efforts which have been made at reform
in municipal government; in the second
he analyses and exposes the conditions Of
American municipalities; the third part
is devoted to the ethics of elections; The
fourth to State as well as municipal poll
ties; the fifth is treatise Comprehensive
in little on the condition of civil service
reform in cities; and the final three
chapters touch on the cost of city govern
ment, the duties and powers of officials
and the relations of press, public and Of
ficial.
American municipal reform is a ques-
ton which must be studied abSolut ely from
an American standpoint. European cities
furnish us withli that is valuable in An
initiative. Conditions in the new world
ana lne Olu are essentially uJrferent. A
study Of European methods is merely prof
liable in so far as it may point out what re-
suits are possible in a city well governed
We may profit by the experience of Euro
pean cities, but we cannot init ate their
methods Bryce has said in his American
Commonwealth: Direct differences from
the success OF failure of a particular consti-
tUtional arrangement or political arrange
ment in another country are rarely sound,
because the conditions differ in SO many
| respects that there can be no certainty
that what flourishes or languishes under
other skies and in another soil will like
wise flourish or languish in our own
Prof. Smith OF Columbia has said: I'VE
have all sorts of 'strangeness' in the popu-
lation of the United States. We have
'strangencss' of blood, Of birthplace, of
pare ntage, of institutions, of political
practice, of social idealS'' Mr. Devlin
has studied Il nd exploited his subject from
purely American vie ewpoint.
The morning times., 1897-01-03
Chapped Skin in Warm Countries.

Travellers in Africa tell OF custom al
most universal among the natives that Of
Amounting the body with oil. AT first
Thought especially to those who have
never been in Africa, it seems a dirty
habit 1t seems, however, that the Afri-
cans use the oil to prevent chapping OF The
skin. The hot winds or the Nile region
will chap as badly as the ''norther" of
the colder climates, and it is not an I'D
common thing, il something is not done to
prevent it, for the skin to crack open until
the blood flows Exchange.
The morning times., 1897-01-03
cTEV ENSONIA will find pleasure in
posthumouS fragment bv Robert

cTEV EMS ONIANS will find pleasure in
rosthumous fragment by Robert
. Louis stevenson. 1t is a short ac-
count OF n stay in village of lace
makers in Haute Loire John Lane
publishes it in pamphlet form. 1t was
intended to serve as the opening chap
ter of his well-known volume. Travels
With a Donkey in the Cevennes;" but the
intention was abandoned in favor Of a
more abrupt beginning, and hence We are
given the original chapter as a mere
fragment. The style has all the marks of
Stevenson's fine diction, but there is moth
ing to distinguish it above a curiosity
in belles-1ettres which will be welcomed
and priced by all admirers of the late
Scott and will place Mr.. Lanes public
under renewed obligations to him for an
interesting pleasure. Five full-page draw
ings by the writer accompany the text.
They will never cause the fame of Robert
Louis Stevenson, writer, to trembie be-
fore the ascendency of Robert Louis Steven
son, artist. Only $50 copies Of "a Noun.
tain Town in France were printed, and
there will not be a second edition.
The morning times., 1897-01-03
Two-C,ent Pieces

The bronze two-cent piece was first
coined In 1864, being authorized by act
of CongressIn the same year. Thcissuance
of this coin was discontinued February IL,
1873. Exchange.
The morning times., 1897-01-03
Victory at Last.

The next scene is IN Paris, where a splen-
did reception is being given to the doctor,
who has just been raised TO the grade OF
overioyed at being thus publicly honored,
but his Joy is of short duration, for at the
supreme moment his triumph he is stricken
with the old hereditary heart trouble and is
unable TO face the audience, which waits to
hear him speak.
just at that moment Paul 6!e Rarcour is
pouring his most honeyed words into Lu-
cienne's ear. She listens at first, en-
thralled and beside herself, but gradually
she begins TO resist, and finally her loyal
soul rises up in passionate protest and de-
fiance, and, crying for help 60 her husband,
she wreucheS herself free from the arms Of
the man who would fain bring her TO ruin.
Jean, his face beaming with delight, ruShes
TO his wife e'Srescue, and with aSinglc gesture
drives forth the baffled wooer. You see
now that I am true wife." SAYS Luz
cienne, throwing herself into his arms.
At this critical moment Dr. Bertry ap-
pears once more on the scene He is suffer-
ing agony, and in those moments when pain
leaves him and he can speak he COnfesses
his powcrIessness to give himself any relief.
Fear and horror at the thought OF death
overmaster him. What, to die thus, unpre-
pared, without faith in humanity without
hope in God, How useless and barren Is
this vague science, OF which he has been so
stanch an apostle, Distracted by these
thought, he turns to Jean and Lueienne
and humbly asks their pardon for what he
has done toward poisoning their happiness.
Pain grips him again, and in his frenzy
he gives the lie To all his cherished doctrines.
He even denies the existence Of atayism.
But gradually pain leaves him and ne re-
covers his usual health. wheFeupon he re-
sumes his old way of thinking and living,
and the last glimpse we catch Of him Is as
he goes before an audience to read Q
lengthy paper on THE InfaIlibility of SCH
ence"
The morning times., 1897-01-03

There is nothing so dear to the children's
hearts as Christmas"
Nor TO their fathers pocketbooks. ~
Philadelphia North American.
The morning times., 1897-01-03

~'sThere s'one Thing d bout my girl" yawn-
ed Freshly; "she's awfully chic"
and no spring chick at that DE
troit Free Press.
The morning times., 1897-01-03

St IFE's GATEWAY: Or, How to Win
Real Success" is the attractive
title Of series OF essays which
have appesred from time to time
over Emily 8. Bouton's signature in the
press, and are now published in book
The morning times., 1897-01-03

THERE'S touch Of pathos in the statement
that the book most frequently called for in
the library of Sing Sing prison is Charles
Reades Never Too Late to Mend" The
same authors Put Youself In His Place.
holds the second place in popularity with
the inmates Of the prison.
Macauley laid out plan for his History
Of England under which it required two
years of solid work, and the turning over
of hundreds Of thousands Of pamphlets"
When the materials are ready he said,
and the history mapped out on my mind,
ought to write on an average of two of my
pages daily"
Louise Imogen Guirney has completed
Il volume of short essays on disconnected
subjects. 1t is called "Patrins.'' This
is the Romany word for handfuls of leaves
and grass cast by the gypsies on the road
to denote TO those behind the way they
have taken.
The projected lecture tour by Richard
lie Gallienne seems to have been aban-
doned. He is even not to visit America,
at least this season. 1t is said that Mr..
d LIE Gallienne has peculiar personal quail
ficationS for the platform which dis
tinguish HIN in his readings above the
matter of his discourses.
To Mrs Thomas Hardy, if all reports be
true, the world owes her husband novels.
for it was through her Influence that he
was induced to give up architecture as a
profession, and adopt literature in its
stead. She copied out his first novel in her
own hand and herself sent it to the pub
fishers, and She makes it part of her work
to keep posted on the literature of the day,
in order that she may have store of
knowledge at her husbands command.
The death was recently announced of
10 10 NJ
great naturalist, to whom she was married
in 1889. Darwin owed much to his wife
during his life of hard work and constant
Ill ll-heath Their Son says: I'm his rela-
tionship to m y mother his tender and SYM
pathetic nature waSshowni in its most be au-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

the neck and sew this up, and truss The
wings down. Sprinkle well with salt and
pepper and put the turkey in IL hot oven
DO not put water in tie pan, When The
bird begins to brown and sizzle pull the
ran forward and dash some of the water
from the pan in which the Eiblets are Let
the turkey roast till it is a dark, deli
cious brown all over and the flesh begins
to cleave from the bones round the enc of
the drumsticks.
1t is almost Impossible to give just the
time TO roast turkey. That depends on TIE
degree Of heat and on the turkey Tut
be sure to have it cone. Basic it often while
roasting.
To make the gravy: After the turkey is
out OF the dripping pan place the pan on
the fire, mesh the liver in the bottom OF the
pan. stir in little -four and pour in the
water from the giblets. and let It boil till
quite thick. Then pour it into gravy
boat.
BY Gustavo Nouyel. chef OF the Hor-
man--Cost SIG
oysters.
Hors d'Oeuvres,
Pim-olas. Radishes. Celery.
Soups.
Consomme of game. Jonathan.
Cream of tomatoes a la Beaulieu.
Fish.
Bouchee of oyster crabs. Capuctn.
Relieve.
Fiet OF beef larded. Mercedes.
Potatoes, Chateau. Sweet peppers. Sautes.
ENTREES.
Aicrons OF rudy duck la Mirabeau.
Fonds Of artichokes a la du Barry.
Terrapin. Baltimore style.
Sorbet Louisette roast.
Spring turkey stuffed with chestnuts.
Cranberry sauce. Salad panache.
Ice cream.
Coignee Of Washington.
ENTREMETS SUCRES.
Martha pudding. Assorted cakes. Petits
tours.
Fruits FrCmage. Coffee.
By G. Becker chef of the Holland house
Cost s1S.
Oysters
Chicken and rice soup.
Celery. Sailed pecans'
Boiled striped bass, caper sauce.
Parsley, POTATOES.
poast s,rloin OF beef with fresh mushrooms.
Asparagus. Dutch sauce.
Saddle OF yeuison with PURGE OF chestnuts
and port wine sauce
Roast turkey, cranberry sauce, with lettuce
salad.
Frozen plum pudding.
Mince pie. Pumpkin pie.
Coffee
Camembert cheese.
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Holland. December 9.-The most unset
fish customs prevail IN Holland, Here Santa
Claus is net only expected TO give but 10
receive.
The Children are the latest and eAn-
n!ngest to be found the world over; and
they beam with health and good temper.
In the winter they wear little round
hoods. and now their bright eyes aid
round. shiny cheeks tell OF the good times
they expect.
Christmas Eve the little fiollandvrs be-
Kin 10 get ready for Santa claIse Fesin'
They began early in the morning, nut now
ihey complete their work.
In America "A child thinks he docs enough
if he hangs UP his stocking and writes a
letter telling the good saint he Is ready for
christmas but in Holland the children DO
great deal more
Satlv on the morning OF the day before
christmas they begin 70 gether provisions
for tho horses az Santa Claus The finest
oats ara brought into the kitchen and sifted
until they are sroe from dust They are
then rubbed BY the little chubby hands 81
The children until they are clean and shin
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In Franco the Christmas dinner ihcluu9s
A chicken roasted and garnished as oniy
the French can do il. and liver pudo'hs'
rich with trufhes aud seasoning
In Spain they are fond a, holiday illne
If SCUM made OF sweet Almonds cream
and fish first roasted before the hre
and bssted with lemon garlic and OIL
In Germany they have fat goose stuiled
with cbesfnuts. rorl. boiled with ssuet-
l1,sr,, squsages beef with sour sauce
slack pudding. smoked geese, baked APP
pies and beer,
Each country has its distinctive Chils,
mas dishes. The holy dinner OF bhhian'
L, too much like our own TO heou
scrlption, although we are apt to nave .ul !,
kcv and mince pie instead OF roast oeet
and plum pudding
In Switzerland also the goose Is me
,ca.Iinr dish aud there will likewise pc
found on the table confectionery -,
fruits, nut pudding, Geneva friiteTs-,,!n ne ne
nat,orGl dish paste mada OF fruits
metrialaie. siees aud esss'
Russia serves. its national SOUP OF peer
hoiIed c1bh,ge. sour cream and iefuleh'ea
beet Juice and II is ready TO be eate = d.
any time during the day. huse io" 90
mig served with boiiod buckwheat' eooNg \,
Win liver and tire heart or the Pr. -
the rTlnciral dish al dinner WIN .nls
Is eaten cheese creamed with butter,
sugar and rai-ins and colored esss
grace the bard
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'rhen. Of course, there Is great asort-
mont OF cheaper soldiers, from one 10 flve
cents each. which do very well indeed. In
fact they are quito good enough to be shot
down before tho ruthless cannon,
Christmas firearms vary In price. An
excellent cannon that win carry paper balls
four feet comes for 10 cents. A larger
cannon coslts % cents and big one 30 conts.
Beautiful rifles come nj A. cents and 81.
They shoot cartridges four Inches long.
and they carry ten yards. The cartridges
are works OF art They are made OF gray
pasteboBrd and they look precisely i'ko
real cartridge. In fact the imitation is 40
exact that nervous parents frequently ask
the shopkoepers to cut cartridge IN halt
40 that shcy can view the Interior IL is
hollow. with pastchoard aides. AT short
range n stin pastcboard cartridge can 40
some harm, but as there Is no cNliosiN'
II can not more than sting.
Tho fashion OF Xmas toys Is also Tor
animals These come IN endless variety
and geological profusion. Many OF them
anti tho familiar sound, and squeak. Dark,
mnaow and cry according to their natural
wont.
While there ara some very expensive
,oys In The toy shops. the general trend is
toward the cheaper article, II has been
noticed however, that even the cheap toys
AFRO very durable and the little carts with
wabbly wheels. and the toy dogs with un
certain taiIs. are replaced by stout l'ttle
crrts and truo animals that hold their own
we'll Toy manufacturers say that great
advances hayo been made m 10Y maen'n
,rv and as fine an article Is now turned
ont for 10 cents as used 10 be sold for %
cents.
Santa Claus has packed his knssack
with many interesting things and the
Xmas stocking win be running over win
toys. the like Of which I'm interest," ana
Harvey Lincoln.
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SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR.
He WAS waiting 10 See what more
Trouble Life Contains.
Washington Star.

Washington Star
yes" said a tall fallow-faced. melan-
ololy hooking man. attlred in thia pair
OF tJ,susers, "a fail oyercoat. pair OF diiapi-
dated shoes and Il last years derby nat
We never had anything but bad luck.
I'VE worked hard all my life, and only maze
"A bare living. My health broke DOWN .eaIs
ago most ot my friends nave nied on OF
moved West I've got Literary and artist'c
tastes and can't graufy them. everything
1 undertake TO do II n failure. ana non
peem In bt. OF any use In this world
Have YOU no friends with political In
flucnre enough to get some klnd Oh an easy
Job for you?' inquired well-dressed ana
prospcrous- looking man.
i've tried that" said the miserable man.
ehaI<ing his head. every tlme got a po-
sltIon a political landslide comes along.
and | get thrown ont OF the snap"
why didn't You opon an Intelligence or
flee or start q real estate agencyF asked
a man In a fur cap AMI heavy ulster. Inst
sort of business doesn't require mucn capi-
tai" - c..
burnt out In the first business and part
ner ran of with tho funds Of tho other.
No use."
sympatheiic acquaintance.
Yes. often; had a good suit OF clothes
ike yours ruined In that business by
vicious dog. Thrown down stairs once or
twice. No use man-Im not In II. Last
week my pet parrot died: yesterday morn
ing lost q quarter, aud today I've got an
earache That's the way It always goes.
II II isn't one trouble It's another. There's
only one thing that keeps ms from commit
ting suicide and ending the whole wretchcd
business"
Whats that?"
Curiosity TO know what blamed mis-
fortune Is going to happen next"
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LINGO TOYS FOR CHILDREN.
Soldiers from khartoum, England,
Spain, Germany and Cuba.
REALISTIC SCENES ARE PORTRAYED
Painted smoke Rises from Tin
Rocks and the Household In
ENcitcd--Whnt They Cost


New YORK Decemper ''-'lhRoism Is
plainly shown In the manufacture of chill
,-,,, ,o,,s which tbis yeor arc nbsolute-
"a, n,,rin,, Nhero formerly the Noab's
Ark decorated the show windows ana sheep
prszed peaeefully upou She velvet hills, tin
..o,, nm, oonoo, do,orate
A''''''' Nv"
the long slopes.
Aa early as last June the toy manu-
80, ou. ,,o,, aoslc,s
''''o -.
for Xmas soldiers. The Spanish ana N"o"h
armies were already in the field, and their
i,...,,,., ,ntto,u,, ra1 bcon uaint.d as
si'''""
models for the trade lhen ealne 'ne
threatened japan Hawaiian trouble and
,,o., ,,o,ons v,re added IN the stock. Later
~ - a. ,n1i. brnln ant ANA II became
tn' WIT III mum , u"; ar,,ilnrv 70
n MAXIM ,rn,ns iron whom tbn
nsnt '"V ,,i,, XXI, "a r,e.ae ana
nuInoh '''N "''~ 'a,,p, ,..,aIr,
were iho"'a uoN" ny WY "".l'V ,a
a fresh SCI OF nt5isns were pirp"' W. "'''
norc solicitors turhea ot''
II is truly rcmafhaple now h'py buna
and war'.qga now staud ~ lho 'n"P WIZ
dows, pleading TO be taken To You, hphl.
The hoy who signs Tor cannon auu ~
can avk Santa Claus for them lr''N, ~.
tHtN are very f'A71 W ""'"'"f
soldiers have also been made ~ sreat
numbers. and they ran he socn firing big
puns from tho Palisades and along ih"
Hudson.
inc moral question has been raised as 10
nshcthor &, IL mot harmful TO the growing
,nutb "a Mace in their hands 80 much TINT
cn,duIive To tho spiri, of Nar VIII
not Inc children who play with tin COL
1icrs grow nm with a mad desire 10 toy
,rttb he raj article in later lic2 The
German emperor firmly believes that as the
MI, n bent the tree "a Inclined Hnd he
va trnineJ his six,sops 10 play with SOL
dicrs as religiously AZ We train our chill
dren Ia ntav with alphabet blocks From
mo Arrangement OF tho guns IN the toy
forts tbey learn how to arm II real fort,
md from the placing Of tho armament upon
tbe ship tbrv learn how to man and arm a
cruiser
The inv buiIdors have catered 70 the
shirt of The times this season as never
before In great pastehcard boxes there
lie lroons II artillery all mounted on horses,
| rtady TO be set up In battle array. They
| are made OF lead and are heavy enough 10
hold ,b4ir own against attack Scenery also
canes Tor them. and you con buy boxes
| of rreen trees lead rocks and very fair
eized naper mountains and clouds. These
| the bow stands up. In front OF Them. go
| ing ct breakneck pace, he stands the ar
tlilery Facing them he places the cppos-
ing forces. lie can get the British troops