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The Press., 1897-07-08
HE TRACKED JAY GOULD.
How Jim Fisk Checked Out the ittls
 M.,n's Hank Account.

How Jim Fisk Checked Out the Little
 Mans Bank Account.
 Gould kept balance of some $3O, 900 in the Tenth National bank for his per- sonal account, household expenses, etc. Being called west on 0 mission that lnsted several weeks, he left his check book locked in the safe drawer, to which Fisk had key. In the office was & clever young clerk whom Fisk had caught ill the act of initiating his and Gould's signatures, the imitation of Gould's being facsimile. Within an hour after the wizards departure check book and clerk were together under Fisk's supervision, and at his instiga- tion more than a dozen blank checks were signed with tho name of Jay Gould, and in the course of month the $50, 900 had disappeared, Fisk be- ing at that time in the clutches of Josie Mansfield.
 On the very day of Gould's return the bank sent a notice of Overdraft. The little man nearly tainted. He had sev- eral fits. His excitement was intense. He declared that there was 0 conspiracy to ruin him. He hastened to the bank. and they showed him the checks, signed by himself they did not doubt, and he raved and tore his hair. Nor could he doubt the signature. It was genuine, even in his own eyes. A rigid investiga- tion was started, which Fisk put an end to by informing Gould, with many a poke in the ribs, that he had drawn and used the money.
 "Did Fisk make good?" an innocent asked when the story was told.
 Return the $50, ,OOO?" was the reply. If Fisk had returned it, Wall street would have cried. "-New York Press
The Press., 1897-07-08
Rlna White Prints.

Paper coated with an emulsion, which when printed and toned gives a clear white with q bluish tint in the high lights, may be bought of dealers in pho tographic materials. The paper is as the correct spelling is "pensee. :" This blue tone may be obtained on aris- to paper by toning the prints in a sepa- rate bath and putting a few drops of aniline blue in tho fixing bath. Have the tint rather deep, and when the | prints are fixed the hites and high | lights will have a clear blue tone. If the picture is a landscape with plenty of clouds in the sky the effect is almost as if the sky had been tinted.
 Many spots both on prints and mega tives are due to the dishes used not hay ing been properly cIeansed. The trays should be wiped out with a very soft cloth or sponge, and once in @ while washed with little alcohol.
 A set of labels printed with the names of the different chemicals com mOnly in use in the dark room may be had for 10 cents. They come already gummed and are a great convenience.
 A convenient little plate litter is called the "L." " It is 0 tiny contrivance which fits on the side of the tray and saves all danger of scratching the plate in removing it from the tray, and there is no need of putting the fingers into any of the solutions if the ''L" is used. With this litter. instead of rocking the tray during development, tho plate is rocked with the lifter.-Harper Round | Table
The Press., 1897-07-08
Channel Island Despotism.

It is not generally known that some thing approaching a military despotism prevails ill the Channel islands. Every male adult born in Guernsey or Jersey has to serve for a long term of years in the militia, 15 years being the period in Guernsey.
 In addition to this, all males of 32 years of age and under, of whatever na- tionality, who reside in that island for 8 year and a day continuously have to enter the militia and serve for 15 years, or suffer fine, imprisonment or expul- sion.
 During the last two or three years a great number of young Englishmen have settled in Guernsey to go into the tomato raising industry.
 In order to avoid the military service imposed by the "states''-as the gov ernment of Guernsey is called-they make frequent trips outside their juris- diction-either to England or to Jersey the last named having a government independent of the rest of the Channel islands, s,-LOndOn Letter
The Press., 1897-07-08
ANOTHER GREENLAND.
Explorer Borchgrevink's Firm Beiisf II
 an Antarctic Continent,

Explorer BOrchErevink's Firm Belisf In
 an Antarctic Continent.
 In The Strand Magazine O. E. Borch- grevink reviews briefly the results of his visit to South Victoria Land in I8e5. He says:
 "In my opinion tho great southern continent is the Greenland of the south, with just as many possibilities. I do fully believe that hitherto unknown animal life will be found on South Vio- toria Land. Captain Larsen on the whaler Jason brought back petrihed wood from Graham Land, south of Cape Horn, which fact, of course. proves great climatic changes in those regions dur ing succeeding periods. AS our knowl- edge of tho great southern continent now stands, we must believe 1t really to be a continent, aid not a mere aoou- mutation of islands, as well from the appearance of tho land, as 1t has been sighted nearly all round, as also from sea soundings, and last, but not least, from the naturo of those specimens of rocks which I brought back with me from Victoria Land. If 1t Is all land, 1t Is probably of an area twice the size of Australia.
 aAISduy ttio uESb bkk1lb OI ffCGOf1h Land convinces one that 1t is of yoloan- 10 origin. The volcanoes of Victoria Land show @ tendency to follow the same line. From Mount Sabine to Mount Melbourne tho trend is south | southwesterly. Mount Erebus and Mount | Terror lie almost due south of Mount | Sabine. Farther north from Mount Sa- bine the great earth fold, on the septum l of which this chain of volcanoes Is sit uated, probably bends little westward, as shown partly by the surroundings, partly by the positio of Balleny is- land. Northwest of Ealleny island the great fold trends perhaps to the knot ting point between the Tasmanian axis | of folding and that of New Zealand, the former, perhaps, running through Roy al Company island, and the latter l through or near Auck land island and l Macquarie island The knotting point | would probably be somewhere (uIprox- | imately near the intersection of tho six
 tieth parallel of south latitude with
 the one hundred and fIfticth meridian | of longitude e;Ist from Greenwich It | would just join the line of extinct vol canoes along east Australia on the west, and, perhaps, the active volcanic zone
 of the North island of New Zealand, or,
 at all events. the fold which bounds
 that continent on the east
 ''Traced ill the opposite direction,
 the volcanic zOne probably runs through
 Seal islands, the active volcanoes ot Christensen and Sarsee, and through
 Mount Haddington, an extinct volcano
 in Trinity Land, to Paulet and Bridg
 man islands, active volcanoes
The Press., 1897-07-08
Not Full Vet.

The world Is by no means full up yet. Queensland has still an area of 43O, 000,- 900 acres to @ population of about 45o, 900 people Its government has lately been offering moro tempting conditions to settlers, who may now hold ordinary land for 20 years at a rental of threepence per acre, while "scrub land" may be se- lected i'll areas up to 10, 900 acres and held for 80 years at an average rental per acre of very much less than penny. This ought to be good news for many struggling for bare living in the moth CT country. Of course the climatic con- ditions ill many portions of the colony are trying. but so they are in western Australia, which at the present time Is adding 75O per week to its population. and the revenue of which has been in- creasing at a rate far outstripping the calculations of it's treasurer. But this may be only temporary, and it may be that Queensland will be the home o1 millions of our fellow countrymen after the golden age in the west of the colo nial continent has passed away.-West minister Gazette.
The Press., 1897-07-08
FINEST PARK IN THE WORLD
What John Burroughs and Others Say o
 the Rock Creek Reservation.

What John Burroughs and Others Say of
 the Rock Creek Reservation.
 In his entertaining book Wake Robin" and ill the chapter entitled Spring at the Capital tpages l654I66).
 John Burroughs says: Outside of the city limits the great point of interest to the rambler and lover of nature Is the Rock creek region. Rock creek Is @ large, rough, rapid stream which has its source in the interior of Maryland and flows into the Potomac between Washington and Georgetown. Its course for five or six miles out of Washington is marked by great diversity of scenery. Flowing ill deep valley. whichE now and then becomes wild gorge with overhanging rocks and high, precipitous headlands, for the most part wooded here reposing in long, dark reaches,
 there sweeping and hurryiDg around a certain bend or over a rocky bed; re- ceiving at short intervals small runs and spring rivulets, which open up wis tas and outlooks to the right and left of the most charming gdescription-Rook creek has an abundance of all the ele- ments that make up not only pleasing but wild and rugged scenery. There Is perhaps not another city in the Union that has on it's very threshold % much natural beauty and grandeur, such as men seek for in remote forests and mountains A few touches of art would convert this whole region, extending from Georgetown to what Is known as Crystal springs, not moro than two miles from the present state depart ment, into a park unequaled by any thing in tho world There are passages between these two points as wild and savage and apparently as remote from civilization as anything one meets with | in the mountain sources of the Hudson or the Delaware. "-"Life and Light "
The Press., 1897-07-08
A Story of Cecil Rhodes

Often mentioned is Cecil Rhodes' dis like to women and the faot that he will not allow Q female to servo him in any way. He had a secretary to whom he was much attached. One day he an- nounced the fact that he was going to be married. The chief was thunder struck, and after glaring at him for a second growled out, Where tho devil am l to get another secretary?" and then walked out of the room and banged the door. His innate goodness of heart, however. prevailed after bit, for he presented the bride with some lovely diamonds, and when, soon after, he left for England he lent tho young couple bis carriages and horses, so that the off, Tending bride was enabled to return her wedding calls at his expensei It never occurred to him, however, to keep his favorite secretary on. Tho mere fact of his marrying put that quite out of the pale of possibility. There is more Catarrh in this section Of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Sci- ence' has proven catarrh to be a constitutional dise4se, and' there therefore, requires constitutions! by F J. Cheney a co. Toledo. Ohio. is the onIy consfttuttonal cure on the marEet. It is taken intetnally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon surf4Oes of the system. They ofTer one hundred SGll5 for any ease 1t fails t9 cure Send for
 swfsold by Druggists, 76c.
The Press., 1897-07-08
ENGLISH LAWSUITS.
ThaN Are Expensive, and the Lawyers mand Big Fees and Rctainere-

ThaN Arc Expensive, nnd the Lawyers De-
 mand Big Fees and Rctainers-
 In England there are many fees to be paid by the unhappy client of lawyer that are unknown here in America There is 0 retaining fee, which is @ guinea, and half crown to the clerk, besides the brief fec, which is more inn portant. Then there is the ''refresher" of the leader and the "refreshers" of the subordinate lawyers In England the leaders refreshment, which is due after five hours, the brief fee being sup posed to cover only the getting up of the case, is 10 guineas, or a little over $50, while $25 must be paid to the lesser lawyers.
 According to English etiquette, no counsel can leave his circuit to plead in another without a special retainer, which, in most cases, cannot be less than 300 guineas This is probably to discourage ''poaching.
 A would be client once wrote to a famous American lawyer, stating @ case for his opinion and inclosing a $20 note. The lawyer did not reply, where upon tho client wrote 8 second letter and received word from the lawyer that he had read the case and formed an opin- ion, but somehow it stuck in his throat. The client took the hint and sent $1O0
 note, receiving the lawyers opinion by the next mail
 Nobody does anything for nothing,
 especially a lawyer. Lord Mansfield
 was so sensible of this. that on one occa- | sion, when he had attended to some legal business for himself, he took some guin-
 eas out of his purse and put them in
 his waisLcoat pocket to give him the necessary stimulus Sir Anthony Ma lone, an Irish attorney general, was SC imprudent as to forget this fact and was | grievously punished for it, for he was so inattcntive to some property of his that he lost $l5, ,O00 year by it, and l in tho future he required his clerk tC | make abstract deeds of any property he might buy and lay them before him with fec of J guineas, properly indors ed, which the clerk was to scrupulOuslJ
 account for after which Sir Anthony
 made no nt.1 mistakes in regard to hit | 0xUr, nrO1u I,lc:,,.n NaXya
The Press., 1897-07-08
LINCOLN AT SCHOOL.
A 6choolmAte of the I>residenA Tells
 His Early Life.

 A 6choolmate of the President Tells 0R
 His Early Life.
 MT. George H. Yonowine contributes paper on ''Tho Birthplace of Lincoln" to St. Nicholas. MT. Yenowine quotes the following from an old man named Austin Gollahcr, who went to school with the emancipator: 'fLincoln was an unusually bright Ioy, and he made good progress in his books-better than al- most any one else in school-and he studied very hard, although he was young. He would get spice wood bushes and hack them up on 0 log and put @ few of them in the fire at a time to make light for him to read his books by. It did not make @ very good light, but it was all he had at night. Young Lincoln was never good looking. He was angular and awkward His mother was @ rather slim woman of medium height Tom Lincoln, his father, was tall Abe was not very much like him, for Tom Lincoln had fuller face and was of 0 heavier build"
 In answer to a question as bo Lin coln's brothers or sisters. the old man brightened up and saids "Oh, yes, he had @ sister. Her name was Sally, and she was about my age. That was one reason why thought so much of Abe. But when the Lincolns moved to In- diana did not say goodby to either of them.
 II next heard of Lincoln several years afterward- It was said that he would make rails during the summer and thus earn money to go to school Then heard no more of Lincoln until he was nominated for president. told the boys that no matter what happened I was going to vote for Abe. said was going to vote for him if it was the last act of my life, because had played with him when 0 boy, and was glad he had gone up in the world, and did vote for himI' said the old man.
The Press., 1897-07-08
A 6CENE IN LONDON.
PS5euresquo Description of Trafhla
 Square by the Artist O. n Gibson.

R1SeuresQue Description of TrAfh19nR Square by the Artist, o. D. Gibson. The bewildering scene always reminds me of the art student once saw paint ing 1t from the steps of the gallery, and thought then that if the actors on the great stage in front of her could have seen the hopeless condition of her can vas and her pale, worried face they might have stood still for awhile. But the panorama has never stopped, and the only quiet figures in Trafalgar square are its bronze statues There you will see country boys looking with ad- miring envy at the smart uniforms of the soldiers and with terror at the dingy army of sandwich Il4en shuff1ing through the gutter, carrying advertisements of hot and cold luncheons, Turkish baths, manicure parlors and places of amuse- ment, serving at the same time as awful examples of what will happen to all those who do not take the sergeant's ed- vice and become soldiers.
 Even some of the street beggars are familiar. The "old rat man" and his pets find Brighton too dull in the winter and come up to London for the season, to mix once more in its streets. where all kinds of horses are driven by as great a variety of men, from the ped dler to the powdered wigged coachman Cable cars and trolleys would be sadly out of place ill London, and horseless carriages would be a calamity. There should be no need to go faster than a horse can trot. and the best way of all is to walk, for then you can enjoy shop windows and look into the faces of the passersby and speculate on who they are. You can go at your own speed and cross the street as often as you wish, or stand on a bridge willie scows drift slowly under you and the embanknent, with all its lights, and St Paul's in the distance sink into the smoko and darkness like the dissolvirg views of @ lecturer on travel. as Seen by c. ID. Gibson" in Scribner'a
The Press., 1897-07-08
She Got Left.

Some time ago the queen of Italy asked little girl to knit her pair of silk mittens for her birthday, giving her the money for the material A pair of beautifully worked mittens arrived on the queens birthday. The little girl received in return another pair. One mitten contained lire, the other bon bons Queen Marguerite inclosed a lit tie note saying, "Tel me, my dear child, which you like best" The reply ran as follows:
 DEAREST QUEEN-Your lovely presents have made me shed many tears. Papa took the mitten with the money. My brother had the bonbons.
The Press., 1897-07-08

GLAD T1D1NGs.-The specific for Dys- pepsia. Liver Complaint, Rhematism, Cos tiveness. General Debility, etc.. is Bacons Celery King for the Nerves. This great herbal tonic stimulates the digestive or gans, regulates the Liver and restores the system to vigorous health and energies, Sample free. Large packages soc and 25c Sold only by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs W. P. Fuller, Somers, Odell X Jones Staffordville
The Press., 1897-07-08
BEAUTIFUL FLORENCE.
A City Praised For Its Good Manners and Harmonious Surroundings-

A City Praised For Its Good Manners and
 Harmonious Surroundings-
 If wished to teach an awkward child, youth CT girl good manners by example, should send him or her to Florence, says Q writer to Truth (Lon- don). There may be i'll hammered per sons there, but I never saw one. Poor people behave with the suavo dignity which used in England to stamp the lady or gentleman. Most persons are brniny, but clevcrness is not eager to shine. It is very subdued and moro oily than corrosive. The charm of Florence steals on enc like the wit of its clever inhabitants Tho senses are sOothed ill all directions by harmonious manners and objects. Architects understood chi arosouro not less than the great painters and sculptors. One never wearies of the streets and public buildings Their as poets constantly and strongly vary, ao- cording to the course of the sun. Lights and shades at 10 in the forenoon are wholly different from what they will be at 4 ins the afternoon. The Floren- tine women have interesting though not beautiful faces. But one has only to walk into the market to see country girls who would have done for models for Raphael's Virgin mothers. One is struck in the galleries with the nice Judgment with which the pictures are hung. What more lofty in sentiment than the tomb of Loronzo de- Medici? Loftiness- is an attribute of Florentine architecture, palatial or domestic The doors of private houses might pass in England for portals. One feels them to be grCat facts in their way.
 Talking of harmonious things re- minds mo of the BobOh gardens. Is there a spot in England, the land of stately and lovely seats. that at all ap- breaches them? In situation and tran quill, generous loyclincss l can only think of one-the Duke of Northumber- lands tcrracCd gardens at his place in Surrey. The Doboli Eden, where the Prince and Prince ss of Naples still court seclusion, has the advantage over the Surrey paradise of being under a reveal ing sky. Every shade of greenery, every floral hue, is we'll brought out One sees the faultlcsS te%turo of statues and fount aims mellowod Ly time. In so strong a light well ordered design is required, and one has 1t. The marbles arc tie climax. They are to the horti- cultural beauties as I,rilliants to the laco nld satin of fine woman's dress.
 Florence is not what it was in the grand duCal days. Still, it retains the air of capital with Il long and illus trious history. The ladies' dresses are only provincial when measured by the Paris standard, to which Italian wOm- en atOve the peasant class generally suhmit-mtre' s the pity. Paris fashions only suit FlenchW omen, unless applied by French hairdressers and fcmmcs dc Chambre. An English or German face under Paris hat CT bonnet IS at q dreadful disadvantage if the hair has not been flst dressed by French art iste capiEairc. He places the hat through the medium of the hair. il harmonious relation with the face. fancy these French coiffeurs are not much employed by Italian ladies'
The Press., 1897-07-08
Ancient Wills.

The antiquity of legal methods 4a curiously illustrated by the recent dis covery of tho oldest will extant. This unique document was unearthed by Professor Petrie at Kahum, Egypt, and is at least 4,00O years old. In its phra- seology the will is singularly modern in form, and it is said that it might be ad- mitted to probate today.
The Press., 1897-07-08
Two Erienda.

The late MT. H. c. Burner. the editor of Puck. and Lawrence Hutton were the closest of friends. They began. says Mir. Hutton, in his sad reminiscence of his dead friend, published in The Book man, in that often desirable fashion. with little aversion. Each avoided even an introduction to the other until fate actually threw them together. not to be parted more Their mutual "good times" were dear at the moment and pleasant, too. [" think on" There was much excellent fooling" there, and when HuttoiIsHas married 1t but added third desirable member to the company. The msrriage itself shows on what terms of happy nonsense they lived. MT. Hutton says:
 He and MT. Telford and spent to- gether at the Westmoreland and in Burners rooms the last evening of my single life. He had heard that luck would be insured if the groom, on the occasion of his marriage, would wear something old, something new. some thing borrowed and something blue. " He urged, therefore, my appearance next day in pair of socks procured es. peoially by him fer me. One was abso- lutely unworn, the other had seen serv- ice and was darned. but they were both blue. And I must borrow them.
 MT. Telford, remember, lent me 6 necktie for the same purpose. and both of those dear boys were married, when their time came, in somethi ng blue that was borrowed from me.
 When Burner was married. we sent his wife a travelling clock as 8 wedding gift, to which attached 6 card bearing these lines:
 For old times sake Will you and II. c. B. At this timo tako Tho time from mine and mot Time is. tilne was. Let time be old or new. Tho times for us Are high old times with you. To this the lady responded: I lack the time, in spite of time from you, To write the heartfelt thanks fcel are due. But every passing hour while time endures Shall speak to mo and mine of you and yours.
The Press., 1897-07-08

WHY ATTEMPT TO CURE catarrh by the use of so-called blood remedies? That catarrh Is not caused by blood troubles is self-evident when you reflect that attacks are always due to sudden climatic changes or exposure, and occur most frequently blood is as pure then as in summer or fall. A remedy which quickly relieves and cures the catarrhal attacks has been found in Ely's Cream Balm.
The Press., 1897-07-08
What Ia Really Needed,

Somebody has invented another talk ing machine.
 ''That's stupid thing to do. Won't these scientists ever learn that what the world needs is listening machinesr'- Chicago Record.
The Press., 1897-07-08
Settled.

In a recent address Mrs. Hannah Soloman said:
 "The womaI question Is settled as far as this country is concerned It is all over. There are a great many men who do not think it is over, but there are also great many men who do not think the civil war is over, They have a right to both views There is DO law against ignorance of any kind "-Ex- nlapoo