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Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

been trying for years to have him put
on more frills, but the simple old
Dutchman has horror of ostentation
and expense-particularly expense.
A few years ago he was almost wild
with the toothache. His family, his
councillors, his friends besought him to
have the tooth out. At last "Oom Paul.
decided to go to a dentist. Arriving at
the man Of fortunes Office, the South
African President asked what it would
cost to have the offending member out
The sum demanded was equivalent to
$I.25. Never" said "Oom Paul." and,
feeling in his capacious pockets for his
clasp-knife, he pried out the molar with
his own right hand.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12
Mammoth Gun Casting.

The largest gun casting ever made In
this country was cast at the ordnance
department of the Bethlehem Iron
Company Thursday morning. The
casting is for the tube Of a sixteen-inch
gun for the United States Government.
1T is nineteen feet six inches long,
octagonal in shape and seventy-four
inches in diameter.
More than 100 gross tons of metal
were used In it's manufacture. Three
furnaces, two Of forty tons capacity
each and one Of twenty tons, were
used to prepare the metal in. The cast
ing, which is the first and largest Of it's
kind ever made, was success in every
way, The jackets for the big gun will
be cast later.-Washingt Star.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Washington Post: When a bank is
wrecked hundreds Of innocent persons
are affected, many Of them ruined.
Suicides often follow, the savings of
years are lost, the Inheritance of wild
ows and children is dissipated and the
villain who is responsible for these dis
asters gets few years in the peniten-
tiary and is then pardoned and put into
position to prey on the public again.
The pleadings of influential citizens, or
OF a loving and persistent wife or
daughter, will effect pardon and the
criminal walks the streets free man.
Such men are far more dangerous to a
community than a known robber, and
deserves less consideration.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

News Of the failure of the crop in a
large part Of the European wheat belt
and also in Argentina and other parts
of the South American wheat produc-
ing section is the first piece Of good for
tune the American farmer has had for
years. His season has been all that
could be asked for and his yield is
bountiful. One recognized European
authority estimated the shortage a
month ago at 144,000,OOO bushels Of
wheat Since then he has learned Of
the failure of the crop in Russia, India
and Argentina, and has more than dou-
bled his estimate.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Alabama has passed a State law al
lowing women to practice law. PreJu-
dice against women in the professions
Is fast giving way, and it is but ques-
ton Of time when the only barriers in
their way will be those Of inherent un-
fitness for success. AS long as neces-
sity forces women to support them
selves they have the right to the best,
and conservatism on this point is fast
giving way.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Providence Journal: There was a time
land those who are not yet aged and
lnfirm can remember it-when the read
Ing Of novels was regarded simply as
q relaxation. In some families it was
even forbidden as a relaxation open to
serious objections. But now those who
desire to be amused do not go to nov
els, or, IL they do, they choose, for the
most part, such as were written earlier
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Dallas News: A New England paper
says that Texas negroes are happy only
in watermelon season. New England
h superb in her ignorance. Texas pos
sums are ripe in October, and the crop
excels that Of all other States COM
bined. With the streams full Of cat
fish In springtime, the summer filed
with watermelons, the autumn and
winter with possums and all the sea-
sons percolated with revivals and ''bap-
tizin's," the Texas negroes are happy
all the time.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

The Harrodsburg Ny) Sayings re-
marks: Parties wishing to see their
names in print will please give the
same to Mrs. Sarah Cloyd or Miss Sallie
Burton" If some eligible bachelor
gives his name to Miss Sallie she may
decide to keep 1t.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

The supreme court of Iowa has de-
clared that while no law compels BIZ
cyclists to use lanterns or bells at night.
wheelmen without them are guilty of
contributory negligence in case of acct
dent.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Four steamers and one schooner of
the San Francisco whaling feet are fro
zen in in Bering sea west of Point Bar
row and must be crushed as the ice piles
up. The steamers are the Belvedere,
Fearless and Orca, the tender Jeanne
and the schooner Rosario. The vessels
are near land and the crew will be able
to reach Esquimaux villages.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Omaha Bee: The price Of live stock
has advanced q of a cent pound
within the last few months. The re-
tail price of beef has been raised from 2
20 6 cents a pound. If anybody can
explain why this discrepancy in price
exists the people of Omaha would like
to hear from him.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12
Mining in Southern Californi.

Southern California has heretofore
been famed chiefly for It's citrus fruits.
1t was this agricultural wealth that at
tracted settlers there in such numbers.
Yet side by side with this agricultural
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

If Prince Henri d. Orleans expects to
command space on the first page, top OF
column, he will pull off a few duels at
once as a guarantee Of good faith. IL
will not be necessary for him to clean
ND the entire docket; q dozen will do.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

There is one region in which people
who dislike the bicycle habit can find
a refuge from 1t. The Emperor Of Mo-
rocco has tabooed the bicycle in his
dominions,
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Last year the only four States that
produced asphaltum were California,
Colorado, Texas and Utah. Indian Ter
ritory also contributed some.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12
LOOM PAUL" COACH.

South African President Putting on
Fri11s In His Old Age.
"Oom Paul" has at last set up state
coach, to the surprise and delight Of
his subjects. The faithful Beers have
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

President Potter of the L. A. W.
thinks home rule for Sunday sanctions
would harmonic the bicycle ranks.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Young Mr.. Tuthill of Greenport, L. l.,
eloped the other day with charming
young woman and her mother. Is this
a new form or the motner-ln-law joke?
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

The Duchess OF Teck, cousin of Queen
Victoria, died of heart failure following
surgical operation.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Russia has bought the Sebastopol
ship-building yard for 100000 rubIes.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

Our greatest territory may be said
to have opened itself. With it's more
than half a million square miles it has
been treated for thirty years like an
outer wilderness, too remote and diff
cult to be Systematically explored. For
nearly twenty years after it's purchase
Alaska was a military command, with
just one civil officer, the collector Of the
port of Sitka. In that time a few ex-
ploring trips were made by the troops
at Sitka. In 1884 Alaska attained the
dignity Of a Governor, appointed by the
President for four years, with a salary
Of $4,000. The law speaks Of Alaska as
q district and empowers the Gov
ernor to enforce the laws, grant tenn
porary reprieves to criminals and COM
mand the militia. There are eighteen
other civil officers, half of them COM
missioners in legal cases, and about
the same number Of deputies. When
the Governor finds no law applicable
to q case in hand he Is authorized to
refer to the laws Of Oregon for guild
ance. The rush to the territory has
given 1t a comparatively large popula-
ton, with the barest framework Of gov
eminent ready for 1t. There are now
considerable cities on the coast that
have sprung up almost in night and
no law except such as Is enforced by
common consent. No roads exist and
no surveys for making them. Mail
routes are unopened to the interior and
that vast region is unmapped and al
most unknown. The maps that have
been issued are mere outlines. During
the thirty years Alaska has belonged
to us government exploring and survey
ing parties should have been in the
field every year. They would have cost
but little, while their labors at this time
would be invaluable. Alaska has sud-
denly emerged from the waiting stage.
Congress viii now be compelled to act,
and much thought should be devoted to
the future Of the big territory. The
opening Of Alaska should be for the
benefit of the whole people, with ample
safeguards against monopolists.
Mesa free press., 1897-11-12

In the century, when novelists were
content to be artists and did not aspire
to be preachers. Still, novels are read
as never before, and for the purposes
which would once have astonished
novel readers. If there be amusement
1t Is merely incidental. What effect
upon the mental and moral fibre of the
race is this well-nigh exclusive atten-
ton to fiction having? That is ques-
ton which is really a serious one. The
call for novels at our public Libraries,
to the exclusion of almost every other
kind of literature, has long been rec
ognized as an evil. And although part
of the cry against fiction has been
mere ignorance and prejudice, every
note Of protest is not to be met with
this assertion. For no form Of art,
however good or noble in itself, can win
popularity excluding all other forms
without vital injury to public taste in
general The novel, as has often been
shown, is to our age what the drama
was to the age of Elizabeth. 1t has
been a natural vehicle Of expression for
many of our greatest writer's. But that
is no reason why it should be regarded
as the only vehicle of expression, or
why every person who has theory
to exploit should feel called upon to
| do so through the mouths Of imaginary
characters. Those who have the high
est conception of the dignity Of the art
of fiction will grieve most at seeing 1t
perform an office so sordid and mean.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
MRS GRArrAv WANTS 4 D1roRon
says Her Husband Has Established n Yeunp
Woman In n Fiat.

Mary 8. Grattan. the wife Of William f. Oral
tan, the receiving teller OF the First Nations
Bank in Jersey City, has nlod n petition in tn
Court OF Chanccry for divorce. The marrinp
took place on April 10. 1877. The bride was tn
daughter of Garrett NJ. olmstead. When Nh
Olmstead died he left n large share Of his foi
tune to his daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Gratta,
went to 1.-Two with tho widow in a large doubh
brownstone house in konsington avenue. Tw1
children, a boy and q girl, were born. The gir
died and the boy Is now about IL years old.
The cstrangcment began about y year ago
The family had removed TO Clifford place, and y
order TO keep up appearances and prevent scan
dial Mr.. and Mrs. Grattan continued TO occupl
the same house, although they were not 81
speaking terms. Mr.. Grattan escorted his Win
to society functions, and 40 far ms the pubii
conld observe they were devoted to cRch other
Mrs. Grattsn alleges in her bill OF complaint
that her husband established a young woman y
a handsomely furnished fiat, In West Thirty
eighth street, this city, and that he visited thi
fiat frequently. The specific dates mentioned
are Jan. 26. Feb. /. and May /, 1896. The nami
OF the young woman Ia not known to Mrs. Graf
tan. but she alleges that Mr.. Grattan is now Nv
ing with her. Mrs. Grattan IL living with hd
mother and son In Clifford place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
M MARRIED..

DEXNIs-RANkIN.-on Wednesday. June 2. 1897.
by the Rev. Charles K. Little of West Side Avenue
N. E. Church. Ida Corey. daughter Of A. q. W.
Rankin. to Howard Vincent Dennis. both OF Jersey
City.
HIcFADDES-sTIvERS. in Paterson, n. J.. at the
Church OF the Reieemer, Wednesday, juno =
1897, by the Rev. David Maggie. D. d. Martha
Wilcox stivers and George How ard NeFaddsns
II. D., of uAckensAck, Nj.
sTORRs-SMULL--on Saturday. Juno 5. az 81
Agnes's Chapel. New York city. by the Rev. Dr.
Edward A. Bradley. Elsie smull. daughter OF the
late Thomas Levan Smull, to Charles Plat Storm.
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greatest possible extent upon the swamps an,
low lands OF the secondary streams Tor tho dou
bic purpose of retaining and enrichinR tho lam
and of removal of material which must othoi
wise form deposits upon tho bed, or AT the jel
tics, and thus become serious distractions y
navigation.
These suggestions are OF q general character
no invariable rule or mode OF construction cal
be prescribed. Plans must no controlled by 10
~oalitios and conditions, and IL Is u mistake 10 oe
sumo that the levco system or any other system
will alone give satisfactory results; there mus
be combinations and variations, the determtns
ton and application of which must be left TO TIN
engineer In charge. hERMAS HAUPr-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
THE WI1THAUs DIvoRCE CASE.
Mrs. WitthAus Asks for Increased AIImony
Pending y Suit for Absolute Divorce.

Mrs. Vitthaus Asks for Increased Ammony
Pending y Suit for Absolute Divorce.
NEwBURG, June The Witthaus divorce
case was revived before Judge Hirschberg hero
to-day. The plaintiff Is Mrs. E. F. W'itthaus,
and tho defendant DIR. Rudolph A. Witthaus,
Professor Of Chemistry and Physics In the Uni.
versity of New York, and Professor Of Chemis-
try and Toxicology in the University OF Yer
mont. The income of DIR. Witthaus is given as
$lS, 900 n year, and he IL said to own a library
worth $4,000 and TO have a laboratory worth
;;SsssSStS st; Mr. Eitthsa; ~ By Jnd :; E 8 B 6S6 ! IL
haus Hrst sttcmPtod and failed 70 got . divorce
successful effort of his wife to secure q judicial
separation from him.
amount of alimony she 10 receiving. and there
are other matters In connection with the case
az a. d NSS In m court t toS La%yeT WSndGli
divorce; II urged6E. Witthaus's large income,
Witthaus In her sHfeebied condition. lie said
Or. Witthaus got a $4,000 Zee II TIE Carlyle
He said also that Mrs. Witthaus now makes
twenty-five separate and distinct charges OF in.
fidelity HsSinst The Ph ~, SnS from from 1889 ,s5 e az 1899 s
PENDANT, said that the alimony had always been
paid promptly and that tho decree OF separation
by Judge Dykman was an absolute bar while IL
lasted Of any farther suits Of this kind. He said
that Mrs. Witthaus was not seriously Ill and
lived in an expensive New York fiat. He denied
the plaintiff . lawyer stated, and declared that
the fees said to have been received were greatly
overstAted. He said that tho suit was only
When Lawyer WAndell returned to tho fray
no did so with great warmth, saying that DR..
was at this time living In West Seventy-seventh
street In fine style with a certain woman. He
no one heard It, He said he brought this suit
out OF New York so that the newspapers would
| not get hold of II. Judge Hirschberg looked at
\ THE Sun reporter suggestiyely as he said:.
"Well, they'll never get hold Of II n0ws~ and
/ than he took tia paDOEk
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
MARINE L ENCE

MINIATURE ALNASAc-THIs DAT.
Sun rises. ... 4 80 Sun sets. 1877 Moon sets..l IL ~
HiGu wATER-THrs DAY.
Sandy Hook. 12 22 Gov. lsl'd. IL 81 He'll Gate. ~
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Arrivea-sAruRpAr. June 8.

g Etruria, Ferguson, Liverpool May 20 and ouseno
town 30th.
SIS Paris, watkins, southampton May 30.
S. TeviUtdalc, Gerdes, Antwerp.
SIS whitehall, Mills. st. Vincent, {. V.
SIS Vimeira, Thomson, Progreso.
Sc Athos. owen. Port Limon.
Sc Guyandotte, Davis, Norfolk.
Bark J. 4. Rabel. Mitchell. Rosario. o.
tFor later arrivals soc First Payo.1
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Sc st. Paul, from Southampton for New York
Sc CnmpAnia. from Liverpool for New York.
30 La Champagne. from Havre for New York
Sc Frfesland. from Antwerp for New York.
81 Bremen. from Bremen for New York.
SB Amsterdam, from Amsterdam for New YORK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
DTmD,

BRUSH. AT his residence. il3 West seth st.. "a
Thursday. June 3. after q lingering illness, Charles
II, Brush, In his 5oth year.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the
funer.l services ut the Central Presbyterian
Church, 9th st., between Broadway and 7th ave-
on sunday. June d. al 2 +.
UERI On Saturday. bh inst, Rev. L. J. Guerin.
pastor of ST. Andrews Church. Sag Harbor, LII
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
LEE.-At y Gramery Park. on Thursday evening.
June 3. 1897. Mary Raw. wife OF Benjamin Franz
lin Lee and daughter OF the late James Gore King.
In the +9th year of her age.
Funeral services at Calvary Church, Ath Az. and
2lst st.. on Monday, June 7. ~ 1880 o'clock A.. u.
McKEON. AT his residence, 7ss Bedford av,. Brook
Ign. on June 8, In hiS 5Uth year.
Reiatiy, 8 and friends are invited TO attend funeral
on TuesdsT. {: . O'Clock A. NJ.
POST. Suddenly, on Thursday. June 8. Samuel L.
Post. Jr,
Funeral services will be held at his late residence,
DIV Madison av.. on Sunday. June d, Al = +. Il.
Kindly omit nowerS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
Business Nptiees.

Club men and all other connoisheura OF rood
lauors never allow them TO be spoiled by the addis
ticn OF impure mineral waters and aiw avs ask for
CAR H. SCHCLTZ'S.
N. Clark. Restaurateur. 2sd and est.
mates for receptions; rooms for dinners and suppora
DIR. sieGert's AnEostura Bitters Is known An
over the world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
Special Noticrs.
ECZEMA POsITIV ELY CJRTD.

ECZEMA POsITIV ELY CJRTD.
Written guarantee IN every cane. No failures.
Treatment painless. Male and female medical at
PENDANTS. HVurs 10 A, NJ. to T.. II. Consultation
free. l2tt lrnadwAy Nito 81.
TEAM SHPE cleansing thrC, II brown CO..
ael Il, jcth 81 trle,, 1874 6StAi Altering and ~rclayinG.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

SIGHTED.
Be Umbria, from New York for Liverpool. pan1oo
Queenstown
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

CremaiorIes are the cemeteries OF the
futurc-U. n. CREMATION Co.. tLD..) o2 East
Houston ST., New YORK. Visitors welcome.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

THE KENsICO CFHErERY,-Privnto station, Hac
Il lem Railroad; ~ minutes ride from tho Grand
Central Depot, Once. ~ East 4Sl Il,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

ARRIVED OUT.
Sc Cevic, from New York. 1t Liverpool.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

BorneO, Win numerous knives deckcd with locks
of hair. the origin of which 1t is perhaps wise not
to inquire into too closely-all these and many
others will mako the procession OF juno
22 picturesque In the extreme. Besides,
there are the resplendent representatives of
Oriental potentates. The Chinese visitors,
who arrived yesterday, twenty Of them. ex-
elusive of servants, brilliant In silks of vari-
Gus hue, would by themselves DO enough to
decorate a whole procession. And indeed an
occasional glimpse Of something picturesque In
the main streets of London ID very welcome. For
the city Is taking on a very unlovely aspect.
Armies OF carpenters seem to have been called
in for the purpose of dressing her In planks. St.
Paul's. the National Gallery, every building on
the long route OF the procession Is clothed In
pine planking, and the effect is very strange.
An industrious contributor to a London
paper has been getting together statistics
which show how the carpenter Just now Is tho
king Of London, u king, too. 30 greatly In do
mand that he has been able to strike for higher
wages. and get them. From Hyde Park corner
to st. James, street, 1850 yards, dense wooden
frames will give seats to 3.34O people. st.
James's street, short as 1t is. will find room on Its
timber shelves for $3.50, and from st. James
street to Regent street there will DO n chain Of
seats $500 feet long in single, double. or treble
tiers. From this point to st. MArtin-in-the-
Fields Church tho stands erected will hold some
5000. Tho Charing Cross station stand will
| represent q mass of $50 tons of wood and Ala
tons of iron in bolts, nuts. and nails. The Strand.
Fleet street, Ludgate Hill, st. Paul's churchyard,
and Cheapside have eight or nine stands. with
a seating surface Of nearly 200 900 feet. which
will give a view to 1928 onlookers. And so
on. the unwearying statisticlan piles up his
figures along the whole route, winding up with
the calculation that from start to finish the
Queen will have been cheered, and perhaps seen.
by 229. go men, women and children seated on
temporary stands of u total weight of 79.o63
tons OF timber and b64 tons Of iron. The final
touch is that these seats put end to end would
stretch siIty-four miles.
How the crowds in tho streets will fare remains
to be seen. The police have not yet issued theiI
regulations. But the manager OF the London
Road Car Company fears that no traffic will b
allowed on any part of the route the whole day.
But II traffic is allowed In the evening the omni
buses will be lot for the purpose OF viewing the
Nominations. and the fare will DO i've guineas-
S25-for tho evening.
On tho other hand, II trafio Ii forbidden on
the great night tho Same work and the SAINT
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
sTHE MARINERS aesp BY THE SEA-.

The mariners slcop by the sea.
The Wild wlnds come up by the sea,
II walls round the tower, and II blows
through che grasses,
II scatters tho sand DOR the graves whore IL
passes,
And the sound and tho scent Of the sea.
When nj night there's scethlng OF surf,
The grandamos look out DER the SURF
They reckon their dead and their long years
OF sadness,
And they shake their lean nsts at tho sea
and its madness.
And curse thc white fangs Of the surf.
Bat tho mariners sleep by the sea,
They hear not the sound OF tho sea.
Nor the hum from the church where tho
psalm Is uplifiod.
Nor the crying OF birds that above them are
driftod,
The mariners sleep by the sea.
Margaret l.. Woods.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
Left on "a Desert Island.

Wise scientists went forth from San
Francisco on March 3, on the schooner
Wahlberg, to gather specimens of sea
life. They were college professors,
ichthyologists and men like that.
They put into San Diego on July
q, with FIVE tons Of deep.sea treasures
and four marooned miserables whom
they rescued from the desert island of
Natividad-four wild, wretched crea-
lures who passed eight horrible months
on the island.
The four men are Sergeant Sanford
and Private Connors of Company II,
First infantry, of San Diego barracks;
Jack pampier, and William Andrews
who were rescued when on tho verge
of death on Nativitlad Island. San
ford and Connors had been on three
months furlough and went down the
coast with Dampier and Andrews and
others on guano-poaching expedition
in the Junk Hongkong,
That was over eight months ago.
At Cedros Island the rest of the crew
took the Hongkong aad left the four
men on Natividad Island, with quite a
lot of water and provisions and pro-
missing to return for them after their
cruise to Turtle bay.
There was no fresh water on the
island and no rain fell. They
measured the supply drops, watching
day and night for sail. They had
abandoned hope when the Wahlberg
appeared. And indeed they must
have died had not the scientific party
rescued them. New York World.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-22
An Eagles Curiosity.

NJ. Cabalzar, a French aeronaut. re-
ports that he met with strange adj
venture in q recent ascent from An.
necy, in Savoy. Feeling that the bal
loon was being pulled violently, he
looked out, and was amazed to see q.
gigantic eagle climbing with extended
wings down the ropes toward the car.
Here it remained, staring fixedly at NJ.
Cabalzar, till the balloon neared the
ground, an hour afterwards, when it
was frightened away by the shouts ola
crowd ofpeasants. Deficit Free Press.