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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29
SHEER MAN ILL.
Confined to His Room With Rheu-
matism-His Case Not Serious

WASHINGTON, March 2S-Secreta-
ry of State Sherman is confined to his
room with an attack of rheumatism
which manifested itself yesterday It
is not regarded as serious, and the sec
rotary is expected soon to be out again.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29

v1CKsBURG. Miss, March 2s.-The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
The Japane Sc Language.

The Japanese language is combin-
alton of the tongue of the ancient in
habitants of the island, and is, there
fore, unlike other languages. Litera-
ture was introduced into Japan from
China with the religion of Buddha,
but the words of pronunciation have
been so softened to fit the melodious
Japanese tongue that the japanese
cannot understand the Chinese, nor
the Chinese the japanese. As a
large proportion of the Chinese char
acters are used, it is not difficult for
the Chinese and Japanese to commun-
icate by writing The difficulty of
learning to write the Japanese Ian
guage is very great, as, in addition to
the Japanese alphabet, some IL, 900 to
10000 Chinese characters must be
memorized, and the eye and hand
trained to distinguish and delineate
them. An American started the first
newspaper, in 1871. with 1900 char
scters. but was compelled TO increase
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
A Question of Education.

was sitting on key of nails in a
West Virginia mountain store watch
ing a native dickering with the mer-
chant over trade of a basket of eggs
for calico dress. After some time
a bargain was closed, the native walked
out with the dress in bundle under
his arm, and / followed him.
1T isn't any business of NINE" L
said, ''but was watching that trade,
and was surprised to see you let the
eggs go for the dress"
"What fer ?" he asked in astonish,
ment, as he mounted his horse.
How many eggs did you have ?"
Basket full"
How many dozen 2"
Dunno. Can't count"
"'That's where you miss the advan-
tages of education. With knowledge
you might have got two dresses for
those eggs. :"
''But don't want two dresses, mis-
ter" he argued.
Perhaps not; but that was no reas-
on why you should have paid two
prices for one. The merchant got the
advantage of you because of his edu-
cation. He knew what he was about.
He looked at me for minute, as if
he felt real sorry for me. Then he
grinned and pulled his horse over
close to me.
81 reckon" he half whispered, cast
ing furtive glances toward the store,
His education amt so much more'n
mine ez you think it is. He dsn't
know how many NV them eggs is
spilled, an / do" and he rode away
before I could argue further. Boston
Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
BIGGEST FREIGHT ENGINE.
II Will Haul Forty.five Loaded Cars up
Mountain.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is constructing, at its Juniata
shops in Altoona, Penn, The largest,
heaviest, and most powerful freight
engine ever designed. 1t is intended
to haul ore from the lakes to Pitts
burg over the Erie and Pittsbur & road,
in competition with Carnegie's new
line. 1t will not differ from the stand
ard Pennsylvania Railroad freight
engine except in size and weight, but,
as it will have double the hauling ca
pacity of the class r freight engine
now in use, this difference is of the
greatest importance. The steel boiler,
or steam generator, of the new engine
is a gigantic affair, ~ inches in diam
eter and "a feet in length.
The sheet in the barrel of the boiler
is 1916 of an inch in thickness, fast
ened with one inch rivets. 1t will
contain 318 fues. The naked boiler
will weigh AZ, $50 pounds. Some idea
of its size may be obtained from
comparison with an ordinary boiler,
which is from three eighths to one
half an inch in thickness, 5000 to
%, 900 pounds in weight, and contains
from $50 to 200 fues. The engine is
of consolidated type, four wheels con-
nected with pony truck, and will
weigh, when completed, ninety-six
tons. The wheel centres are of cast
steel, the full diameter of wheel Sc
inches. The cylinders will have a %
by % inch stroke. The guides will
be of steel, two bars. The engine will
carry 30 pounds of steam. The els
tern in the tender is constructed of
steel three-sixteenths of an inch thick,
and will have capacity of 1900 gal
Ions.
1t is expected that the new engine
will haul forty-five loaded cars up the
mountain from this city. The most
powerful freight engines now in use
haul but twenty loaded cars up the
same elevation. When in service on
the Erie and Pittsburg road it will be
in connection with 100, 600 pound cars.
The capacity of the ordinary car is
10000 to $4,000 pounds, the greater
number being 10000. The new en-
CINE, however, will only be in com
plete working order with 1O0-ton cars
behind her, when twenty miles an
hour can be made with ease. These
cars will be fully equipped with air
brakes and every appliance insuring
safety, and will not carry train crew,
the whole duty of managing the train
devolving on the engineer. In this
respect the train will not differ from
passenger train, which is controlled
almost entirely by the engineer, the
duties of the conductor and brakemep
relating mainly to the passengers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
New Material for Matches.

1t is predicted that paper is the
coming material for matches. The
prospect of the wooden match indus
try being appreciably affected by
a new process for manufacturing
matches of paper is held to be ex-
tremely probable, particularly as the
best wood for this purpose is con-
stantly growing scarcer and more
costly. The new matches are consid-
erabiy cheaper than the wooden pro-
duct and weigh much less, which
counts for much in expectation. The
sticks of the matches consist of paper
rolled together on the bias. The pa
per is rather strong and porous, and,
when immersed in a solution of wax,
stearine and similar substances, sticks
well together and burns with bright,
smokeless and odorless flame. Strips
one-half inch in width are first drawn
through the combustible mass and
then turned by machinery into long,
thin tubes, pieces of the ordinary
length Of wood or wax matches being
cut off automatically by the machine.
When the sticks are cut to size they
are dipped into phosphorus, also by
machinery, and the dried head easily
ignites by friction on any surface.
There is some talk of utilizing the
new invention in the manufacture of
matches on an extensive scale for ex-
port in India. The invention in
wolves no waste whatever, and the
paper is delivered in rolls like the
telegraph tape, end converted at one
operation into match-sticks, and by
second into matches that would dry
without slowing for large part of the
year in India. One thing, however.
must be made sure of--that a wax is
used which will harden at shade
temperature OF lao degrees Fahren-
heit at least. = Boston Transcripts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
NEW CAVE IN INDIANA.
Exploring Party Has Gone More Than
Mile Into Il.


From New Middleton, Harrison Go. /,
Ind, comes the story of new cave of
wonderful beauty which has just been
discovered. The first explorers re-
port that they could hear voices in the
cave, but were unable to locate the
direction from which they came, and
this story has revived the tradition
that pigmies once inhabited the Mar
engo cave, about twenty miles dis
tant.
The country under which the cave
lies is full of basin-lik depressions, rs
if the land had sunk, but immense
forest trees growing in these basins
show that the terrestrial disturbance
took place long time ago. Men
clearing away fallen tree on the
farm of Henry Fleiss, near New Mid
dleton, discovered the new cave en-
trance at the foot of low hill. A
current of air came from the cavern,
and this suggested to them that there
was probably water in it, but an ex-
ploration of the first apartment of the
cave showed it to be perfectly dry,
with brisk current of air flowing
through it. In one side was an open
ing about two feet wide. Passing
through this the exploring party
found themselves ut the head of q
fight of thirty-two well worn steps.
which had the appearance of having
been cut by man. From this room a
second flight of thirty-two steps led
to still lower level. These steps
were so worn as to be almost perpen-
dicular, and the descent had to be
made with the aid of rope.
The exploring party travelled on a
descending grade of about fifty de-
grees for more than mile, when they
came to an abrupt precipice. Up
to this point the cavern had been as
dry as an ordinary cellar, but at the
top OF the precipice noise like the
roaring of cataract could be heard
Plummets were let down over the pre-
cipice at various points, and the bot
tom was found to be forty feet down
The ceiling was low at this point, but
there was room enough to rig tackle,
so the party descended On this next
level the cave was found to widen and
played beautiful stalactites, which re-
fected the colors of the rainbow as
they glowed liz the light of the torches.
Every word uttered was re-echoed
many times. A pretty little stream
ran through the stalagmites with a
faint ripple. A water snake, several
kinds of eyeless fish and n toad were
the only life found.
This part of the cave has been ex-
plored for nearly half mile. There
are thought to be lateral exits among
the hills and these will be hunted for
as soon as possible. There are also
supposed to be other passages of the
cave leading from the second level,
which are now covered with debris
These also will be explored.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

the pastor had suffered the shameful
death Of criminal.
The truth may be summed up
briefly. Morten had nursed mortal
hatred of Soren Qvist from the time
he refused him his daughter and had
determined on revenge. 1t was he
who compelled Niels to take service
with the pastor; he had spurred him
on to his repeated offences, in the ex-
pectation that violence would result,
owing to the pastors hasty temper.
and had carefully nursed the feud
which arose between master and man.
Niels told him daily all that took
place.
On leaving the garden on that fatal
day he had run over to Ingvorstrup
to acquaint his brother with what had
happened.
Morten shut him up in private
room that no one might see him.
Shortly after midnight, when the
old village was asleep, the two
brothers went to q place where the
roads crossed each other, and where
two days previously, according to the
custom of that time, suicide had
been buried-a young man of about
Niels's age and stature. BY the light
of lantern, in spite of Niels's reluc-
lance and remonstrance, they bug up
the corpse and took it into Morten's
house.
Niels was made to strip and don q
suit of Morten's, and the corpse was
clad, piece by piece, in Niels's cast off
clothes, even to the very earring.
Then Morten battered the dead face
with spade and hid it in sack until
the next night, when they carried it
into the wood near Vellby parsonage
and buried it.
"And now" said the vengeful Nor
ten to his brother, ''you go your way.
Here is a purse with $100-make for
the frontier, and never set foot on
Danish soil again"
Niels did as he was commanded and
enlisted for a soldier, suffered great
hardships, lost a limb and finally re-
turned to his native place a mere
wreck.
This true story is still the foremost
cause celebre of Danish Jurisprudence
louisville Commercial.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
A Venerable Yew.Tree.

In the churchyard at barley Dale,
England, is the most venerable yew-
tree in the world. Many authorities
claim for it fabulous age, making it
as much as three thousand years old.
1t is thirty three feet in girth; but its
trunk has suffered not little from the
modern Cloths and Vandals, who have
carved their names in the bark, and
employed other methods of mutila-
ton. The tree is now fenced round
to save it from further insult; land
whatever may be its precise age,"
says Rev. DIR. John Charles Cox,
"there can be little doubt that this
grand old tree has given shelter to the
early Britons when planning the con-
struction of the dwellings that they
erected not many yards to the west of
its trunk; to the Romans who built up
the funeral pyre for their slim com
rades just clear of its branches; to
Saxons, converted, perchance, to the
true faith by the preaching of Bp.
Diuma beneath its pleasant shade; to
the Norman masons, chiseling their
quaint sculptures to form the first
stone house of prayer erected in its
vicinity; and to the host of Christian
worshippers, who, from that day to
this, have been borne, under its hoary
limbs, in women's arms to the baptis-
NAL font, and then on mems shoulders
to their last sleeping-place in the soil
that gave 1t birth. London Public
Opinion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

6weetes' little Teller
Everybody knows;
Dunno what ter call him,
But he mighty like rose
Lookin' at his nanny
Wild eyes so shiny-blue,
Make you think dat heaven
Is comm clost ter you!
When he's dar a-sleepin'
In his little place,
Think / see de angels
Lookin' through the lace.
When the dark is fallin'-
When de shadders creep,
Den dey comes on tip-toe
Ter kiss him in his sleep.
Sweetes' little Teller
Everybody knows;
Dunno what ter call him,
But he mighty like a rose!
FRANK l.. STANTON.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
An Electric Canal.

France has mechanical propulsion
canal in which the motive power is
electricity, which operates by picking
up "a chain at one end of the boat and
passing it out at the other. The
power is obtained from an overhead
conductor. This canal passes through
a tunnel for two miles. The cost of
the combined chain and electric sys-
tenn is said to be very small compared
to other available systems. The total
length of the canal is three and three
quarters miles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

them, and now uses $4,000. In the
printing Office each composition sits at
the desk, with the letters of the jap
anese alphabet within his reach, while
boys bring the Chinese characters
from their numerous places for him to
set up. The Japanese literature is
rich in works of fiction, fables, le-
gends and poetry, anu as they are
generally written in Japanese, they
are largely read by the common peo-
ple.-Trenton IN. J.. American.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

An exquisite frock is of silver-gray
Swiss, dotted in white and made over
a slip of gray lace taffeta. G.rdle and
collarette are of cerise and gray
changeable louisine ribbon, with .
white game edge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

Glasgow, Leeds and Sheffield have
carried ON the street-car business to a
greater extent than any other cities in
Great Britain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

have been buried, / had been sur
prised to see my dressing gown lying
on the floor just inside the door,
whereas it was always my custom to
hang it on chair at any bedside.
"The unhappy victim of my I'M
bridled passion must in all likelihood
have fallen down dead in the wood,
and must, in my sleepwalking, have
followed him thither. Yes-the Lord
have mercyl-so it was, so it must
have BEEN"
On the following day sentence of
death was passed upon the prisoner
a sentence which many felt was severe,
but not Soren Qvist. He longed, he
said, for death, and he maintained his
strength of mind to the last, and from
the scaffold he addressed to the by
ISLANDERS discourse of much power,
which he had composed in prison dur
ing his last days. Then he was be-
headed.
One and twenty years after Pastor
Soren Qvist of vellby had been ac-
cused, tried, condemned and executed
for the murder of his serving Imam, an
old beggarman applied for aims to the
people of Aalsoe, the parish adjoining
Vellby.
Suspicious were aroused by the ex-
act likeness the beggarman wore to
Morton Burns of Ingvorstrup, who had
lately died, and also by the curious
and anxious inquiries the man made
concerning events long past.
The pastor of Aalsoe, who had
buried Morten Burns, took the vaga-
bond to his parsonage, and there the
fellow, all unconscious of the porten-
tous nature of the admission. acknowl-
edged that he was Niels Burns, the
very man for whose supposed murder
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

practlclnB CLOSE economy during the
past two or three years, and they find
it profitable.
Can nothing be done to save the old
landmarks of American history? The
stately old mansion of the Van Rens-
salaer family in Albany, N. Y, was
sold few days ago in pursuance of
an interlocutory Judgment, and will be
torn down to make room for an ice
house. 1t is one of the oldest dwell
ling houses in America, having been
built somewhere between 1920 and
1642. 1t was at the old we'll in the
rear of this mansion that Schuckburg
wrote the famous old national song,
yankee Doodle" And it was here
that General Abercombie and his staff
had their headquarters. 1t was also
for some time the residence of Lafay.
cite and the scene of those stories of
love, romance and war in which the
old Van Rensselaer, mansion was
central figure.
The art Of cooking has advanced
materially since the days when our
ancestors buried their meats in the
ground and built the fire above; baked
their cakes among the glowing embers
and utilized the services of trained
dogs to turn the roasting spit upon
which the succulent joint was hung.
But even with aluminium kitchen
utensils, chatting dishes, basting pans,
portable ranges, and all, there is still
something left to be accomplished.
What is wanted in this hurrying,
bustling epoch is food condensation.
The blood producing and life-sustain-
ing properties of first-class dinner
soup. fish, entrees, roast, game, des-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-21
NEWFANE.

Miss Benedict returned from New York
last week
Fred Lacy spent last Sunday at his
grandmother's.
Mrs. Underwood has been on the border
lines of pneumonia this week. Her father.
Mr.. Whitney, appears to have made good
recovery from his recent severe illness.
Sounds of the hammer and other tools,
welded by Wheeler and son of Williams
vile at c. W. Stebbinss and J. NJ Ken
ney's this week, mean a new piazza and
enlarged bedroom at the deacon's, and new
windows at the other place. 5. &. Brown,
IT., and others are still busy with repairs
on Chas. B. Hollands house. Residents
of the long ago may locate these places as
respectively the Judge Miller, Root, and
Osgood houses.
The log cabin enterprise on the highest
land of Newfane Hill, the old Field pasture,
seems likely to materialize in primitive
sort of structure which will afford comfort
able means of reveling in the sights that
our forefathers had of circle of grand old
mountains in three states. Logs are al
ready hewn and brick is on the spot for
construction of chimney and fire place.
| Solid rock will form floor for the broad
| piazzas to be built.
Notice has been posted for a meeting Of
the Congregational society at the church
on Saturday at p NJ, with the specified
/ object of seeing whether the society vii
vote to have new pews placed in the
church, also to remove certain pews for the
purpose of obtaining wider open spaces
and to consider other proposed repairs
| Naturally it will be understood that this il
an important meeting, which calls for {
| good attendance of the church and society
The proposed changes involve much re
sponsibility and work, and, if carried out
will need active encouragement and sup
port. 1t goes without saying that their
should be reasonable basis of financia
dependence for a start, that burdensomt
debt may be avoided. The repairs ar,
needed, and the question will be what anC
how much to undertake first.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-21
JACKSONVILLE.

Mrs. Ophelia Stetson has returned home
for the summer.
Rev. H. E. Buffum occupied the Metho-
dist pulpit last Sunday.
Frank White has moved to the Roberts
farm, lately occupied by Lester Corse.
There was whist party at the resi-
dence of Martin Brown last Saturday even
ing
Emory Reed has put new large-lighted
windows in his house, which adds greatly
to its fine appearance.
Don Taylor is putting piazza on his
house recently bought of Adm Plumb, and
otherwise improving the premises.
Mrs. Leola l. Temple has very much
improved the looks of her tannery grounds,
R. @. Wilcox acting as civil engineer on
the job.
Memorial day will be appropriately OBJ
served this year at Sadawga. The address
will be delivered by Hon. o. E. Buttertield
of Wilmington.
Rev. Mr.. Farrow of Wilmington will
preach at the Methodist church next Sun
day at o'clock The Sunday school will
be at 2 o'clock instead of l as formerly.
Last Wednesday evening surprise par
ty was given Miss May Richardson by hel
schoolmates and friends, it being her 10th
birthday anniversary. The evening wa:
greatly enjoyed by the young people il
games and music, and numerous little to-
kens of friendship were left as reminder:
of the occasion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-21
DuMMERSTON.

Mrs. Wilder, wife of Dea. Leroy Wilder,
has been critically i'll since the 18th inst,
on which day she suddenly became help
less while preparing breakfast for herself
and husband She is past SO years of age.
F. H. Dodge and p. T. Laughton re-
ceived from the state fish commissioners
April p, 1000 young trout, which were
placed in the Murder Hollow and Fall
brooks. Those placed in the Murder Hol-
low brook were the square tailed trout, 10,
600 in number. The 5000 placed in Fall
brook were the California, or rainbow
trout. The young fish came in excellent
condition, not more than 80 trout in all be-
ing lost out of the whole lot. These
streams are not to be closed.
Memorial day exercises will be held at
Dummerston Centre on Saturday, the goth
inst, beginning promptly at o'clock A
NJ. The Col. Greenwood post will be pres
ent. The speaker will be Rev. n. N Ola
zier, a one-armed veteran from Greenfield
Mass. E. H. Miller will sing. A genera
invitation is extended to all citizens to at
tend, and the old soldiers at West DUN
merston are cordially invited to be present
Mrs. E. D. Greenwood will furnish baskets
of flowers for decorating the soldiers
graves, as has been her custom for severa
years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-21
GUILFORD.

Rev. c. o. Day will conduct services at
the Union church Sunday next at 80 P.
NJ.
Clarence P. Emery is expected to reach
town during next week and will begin
work May 80.
John Styled, last week, lost, or had
stolen, $24 of his pension money which he
had just received.
Miss Sarah Hathaway of Athol, Mass,
as been visiting her cousin, Mrs. Warren
Wilder, the past week.
The road scraper war has begun. To
have or not to have new scraper is the
point to be gained. The third town meet
ing which was held on Tuesday of this
week voted no. 1t is said another meet
ing will be called by those who are in favor
of buying one. In the meantime travelling
on the highways is not suspended.