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The morning times., 1897-03-09
DIAMOND DUST

Dave FoutZ's funeral Will take place
from his mothers home in Baltimore this
afternoon.
The members of the Philadelphia club
will report to Manager Stallings in Phila-
delphta today.
A new shuttle of the cards may land
Catcher Pat McCauley either in Detroit
or Minneapolis.
"Scrappy'' Joyce says he has catchers
a-plenty "scrappy'' is Pickwickian Of
the thirty-third degree.
Carney Flynn, who was received from
New York in the Joyce deal, has been
released to the Richmond club.
Ex-senator Varney Anderson has sue
ceeded in organizing his Rockford un0
club as q So, 500 stock company.
Charley Boyer, of Hagerstown, who will
The morning times., 1897-03-09
White House Steward Retained.

William Sinclair, of New York, was re-
appointed steward ut the White House yes
terday with salary Of S1,S00 per year
Sinclair was appointed to the place by
Mr. Cleveland during his first term. He
was with Mr.. Cleveland at Gray Gables
end Woodley and was regarded as one Of
the most faithful servants at the White
House. William Edwards arrived at the
White House yesterday from BeIlevedier,
III, seeking the position, and had no
sooner presented his application than Sin
clair was appointed President Cleveland
asked Mr.. Mckinley TO retain Sinclair, and
that was the reason OF his reappointment
The morning times., 1897-03-09
THE BRITISH ARMY
Obtains Coffee Direct From the
Plantations.

Plantations.
The British government formerly brought
the coffee intended for the army direct
from the coffee plantations in Java, and
the term "Old Govt Java" is familiar to
all.
Mr.. P. NJ. Hanney, now manager or the
grocery department OF the great house of
Siegel, Cooper & Co. Chicago, was located
in Java for about nine years, purchasing
coffee for Her Maiestys troops, and his
ability to Judge of the quality and flavor
of coffee win hardly be questioned.
Experts Of Tea, Coffee, Tobacco and
Whisky are not always free users of the
article they judge so keenly of. Indeed, the
reverse is frequently true.
In Mr.. Hanney's family, Postum. the
health coffee made by the Postum Cereal
Co., Linz, of Battle Greek, Mich, is used
in place of coffee: the immediate cause
being that the wife had trouble in digest
ing coffee, and Mr.. H -, knowing that
the grain beverage which looks so much
like coffee and which fits the coffee drink
er's taste, was pure and nourishing drink,
introduced it to his own family, with the
result that the cid ailments which were di-
rectly attributable to coffee drinking, have
materially disappeared.
Proper adjustment of food and drink
means good bodies, clear minds and the
ability to push to the front and make a
success of life, while those who insist upon
using such dietary articles as they know
check digestion and impair the health, will
lag in the race for prosperity. The law OF
the survival ofthe fittestis plainly marked.
''Jnst as good" as Postum Cereal are
words used to defraud the public.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
Will Continue It's Headquarters in
Washington.

Will Continue It's Headquarters in
Washington.
The executive committee of the national
Republican committee held a meeting yes
terddy afternoon in the Glover building.
Those present were Mark Hanna OF Ohio,
chairman; William Mckinley Osborne of
Massachusetts,, secretary; Joseph II. Man.
ley of Maine, W. T. Durbin of Indiana and
c. G. Dawes OF Illinois.
1t was decided to continue the head
quarters in this city, and a large corps of
clerks will be employed to give the COM
nittee greater producing powers in send
ing Republican literature throughout the
country. There not being a full member
ship present it was agreed to hold an
other meeting in q few days.
The report of the secretary was read,
showing the work done during the late
campaign. This was the first meeting of
the committee since the election.
Mr.. Bliss, of New York, the present
Secretary of the Interior, rendered his
resi- gnation as easurer and w. L..
Cannon. of New York, was elected to fill
the vacancy.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
The Time
VIII Come
When Derelicts Must Pay the
Penalty for Neg'ecting
a Plain Duly.

Every year thousands die from careless
ness, thousands more die from ignorance
hen ana women presume upOl good cOnSl-
tItionS, IlaJJeTihg themselves that they
nave nothing tO fear. They do not cOmpre-
Heht the Importance of apparently trivial
symptoms which are warnings of failing
nealth Many men suffer from nervous de
DiilIyi impaired memory, low spirits, and
Ctie ttTIOdS deTau gemenJS OF mind and body
une 20 pernIciOuS habits contracted in
youth, or 20 later eNceSses, resulting in
wrecked constitutions and not infrequently
"a SOlteulnS or the brazil, gf ileDsy, paTaly-
SIS, ana even insanity To reach and reclaim
THESE unfortunates is one OF DIR. YOung's
AIMS, ana ne has been the means of restOr-
ing h1ndreds OF them tO health, manhood,
The morning times., 1897-03-09
Suicide of a Young Woman.

Reading, Pa, March 9.--Mlss Isabella
Fulton, of Decatur, ILL.,, about twenty.
eight years of age, threw herself In front
of Pennsylvania Railroad freight engine
in the western part of the city this morn
ing and was cut to pieces. She came here
a week ago on visit to her sister, Oneof
the faculty of the girls high school No
cause is assigned for the act, except
that she had been suffering from ner-
yous troubles.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
DAVID FoUTz's FUNERAL.
Large Numbers of Baseball Players
Attended It.

Baltimore, March S.-David L. Foutz. the
famous baseball pitcher, baseman and
manager, who died last Friday, was buried
today. The officiating clergy were Rev.
Joseph S. Wilmington and Rev F. q.
Porter of Waverly NJ. Z. Church. The pail
bearers were members of the Baltimore
Lodge Of Elks.
A delegation Of Elks from Brooklyn, of
which lodge Mr.. Foutz was member. was
present The Brooklyn baseball club was
represented by President Byrne and some
OF the players A number of ballplayers
from other sections were also present, in
Guiding most of the Baltimore team.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
A Largo schooner Overdue.

Portsmouth, N. H., March S.-Consder-
able anxiety now exists for the safety of
the large four-masted schooner Marjorie,
which left Baltimore for this port February
10. The Marjorie is in command Of Capt.
Wilson, and carries cargo Of upwards of
1000 tons of coal. She was sighted pass
ing Highland Light, February "a, and has
not since been reported.
The morning times., 1897-03-09
Bank President Attempts saie:de.

Ocala, Fla. March s.-R. B. Mcconnell,
president of the defunct Merchants Ma
tional Bank of Ocala, attempted suicide
one day last week in Ocala, by taking
poison. The physicians, who were called
had great difficulty in saving Mr.. Nc
Connell's life, and it is said that he is
still dangerously ill.
The morning times., 1897-03-09

'Jnst as good'' as Postum Cereal are
words used to defraud the public.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
No Life on the Moon.

In the absence of all indication of
any sort of life whatever on the moon,
with no air nor water, together with
the fact that no change Of any descr1p-
ton has been noticed by the keen and
trained eyes which have jealousy scru-
tlnlzed it's surface from the time Of the
flrst telescope efforts to the present,
we are compelled to conclude that
there are no people who live in the
moon. The wonderful combination of
mountain and crater, valley and peak
is, after all, only a vast graveyard and
If living beings ever roamed over its
plains and navigated its great seas,
now dry, or frozen with appalling cold,
they have been gathered to the nations
of the dead: and, all traces of them
having vanished, the tall shafts Of the
mountains watch over their last rest
ing place, and, with the crater rings,
constitute their eternal and magnifi-
cent mausoleum.-Prof. A. w. Quimby.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
Birds Strangely Concealed.

e Mr.. A. III. Thayer, an artist, believes
he has discovered that the light color
Of the under parts of birds and small
mammals serves to conceal them from
their enemies. At recent meeting
Of the American Ornithologists' Union
he proved by experiments that an OBJ
ject nearly of the. color Of the ground.
like potato, is very conspicuous when
placed few inches above the. soil
and viewed from a little distance. But
when the under side is painted white.
and gradually shaded into, the color OF
the upper part, the object disappears
by blending with the ground; the
whiteness beneath counteraets the, eff
feet of the shadow Of the body
White slaves OF Old England.
Eight hundred years ago all Of the
large citieS Of England had regular
slave markets for the sale Of white
slaves from all parts Of the kingdom.
In the Life OF Bishop Wulfstand'' the
writer says: It was moving sight to
see in the public market rows Of young
people Of both sexes tied together and
sold like cattlemen, unmindful Of
their obligations, delivering into slay-
cry their relatives, and even their own
children" In another part OF this
work it is noted that among these
slaves were particularly young won-
en-, Of fine proportions and Of great
beauty. "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18

ster is supposed to have grown to the
length of sixty feet. It's enormous body
was supported by four massive legs,
midway between head and tail. It was
capable of uplifting itself on it's great
launches, so that its head lowered
above the average tree It was harm
less monster, subsisting on ferns and
aquatic plants, and despite its strength,
incapable, from it's unwieldiness, of eff
hcient attack or defense.
1t was probably on it's swimming ca
pacity that it relied to escape from its
many fesh-eating enemies, for, press
ing it's forelegs closely to it's sides, and
using its powerful tail for propulsion,
it must have been able to proceed
through the water at rate that almost
dehed pursuit. It seldom strayed far
from the water in which it could thus
md safety from its foes, and, when on
land, it probably made use Of it's power
TO erect itself to it's great height to
detect their approach. AS shown in
the cut, the Brontosaurus Excelsus
looked perhaps as a giraffe might ap-
pear If its neck, many times length
ened, were attached to the body of q
Brobdignagian kangaroo, with ire
mendous tail.-New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
The Pressure of Water.

A diving-bell constructed for use in
Lake Michigan was made Of phosphor
bronze fve-eighths of an inch thick.
Each plate was cast with a rim and
bolted to it's fellow as closely as was
consistent with strength. There were
ribs an inch thick and two inches wide
for increased resistance, and the whole
structure was very strongly braced.
Windows three inches square were
made of inch-thick plate glass. These
were strengthened by iron bars. The
bell when completed weighed $4,000
pounds. It was towed out into
Lake Michigan to point
where there were two hundred
feet of water, and down it went for "a
test. When the line had been paid out
for two hundred feet, there was a
curious culver of the ropes and flying
to the surface came some very heavy
timbers that had been attached to the
bell The experimenters were aston
ished to find that they were splintered
almost to fragments. When the bell
was hauled up only a shapeless mass
Of metal was found. The plate glass
windows were in powder, and the en-
tire structure had collapsed so that its
original shape could not be determined.
The pressure was estimated at S6.8
! pounds per square inch, or 353,924
pounds to side six feet square. This
made the entire pressure on the bell
something over 1861 tons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
Phosphorescence.

It is prevailing idea among SCENT
lists who make artificial light a special
ty that the light Of the future will be
of phosphorescent nature, akin to that
exhibited by fire-fies, glowworms and
certain other members of the morgan
ic world. This sort sof light is the only
one the production and maintenance
Of which is not accompanied by the
evolution Of heat. Candle, gas and
electric light are only got after and
during the expenditure of great
amount Of energy in the, production Of
heat, only a very small percentage of
the energy being returned in the form
Of light. As the heat is generally not
wanted, and is often great nuisance,
all the energy expended in its produc-
ton is pure waste. What is wanted
lis some means Of getting all the en-
ergy extended In the proform OF light.
From what source. whether from phos-
phorus or some other substance, such
a light without heat may be extracted
is. not vet clear; but the certainty
that in natures laboratory such light
I is produced as in the case OF the fire.
fy-with little or no consumption Of
energy Producing material, favors the
hope that chemical research may ye,
discover the secret.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
USE OF SLANG.
lDelicate Application Of It 1ads PI
ss85s SkiIIful Adopts. s3sss ID

$DencaJe application OF IL M800 Py5
8sSs SkiHful Adopts. Al
The really amusing feature Of slang
says writer in the Illustrated AmerI
can, is not the expression itself SO
much as the delicate and fanciful ap-
plication Of it made by skillful hands
Dontcher know has been establish
ed so extensively and generally that
the listeners ear takes no more notice
OF it than Of punctuation mark.
Nevertheless, 1t is an Irritation to hear
it constantly repeated. You under
stand me, you see what mean?"
thrown in at the end of every sens
tence, even though the conversation
may be about the simplest matter,
causes nervousIy intelligent auditor
to feel that he is being mistaken for
an imbecile. To ask man with special
emphasis if he understands, when the
subject before him could be under
stood by a child of 2, borders on insult.
The good humored, pachydermatous
speaker has no appreciation of the ir-.
ritation he is causing nor of the keen
sarcasm of the occasional reply he
ELECTS. Slang seems to be the natural
mode of expression for the boy at
school and college. From him it
spreads to his sisters and not to know
the meaning fall the complicated and
arbitrary terms argues ones self out
of the world of youth. TO be in sym
pathy with it one must have at least a
bowling acquaintance with this strange
and ephemeral language.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18

covered his identity from his delirious
talk, had telegraphed to his people,
and the young woman he was to marry
fastened to his bedside. He had not
been found until the car was opened
at its destination, when he was un-.
conscious and raving like a maniac. a
mark on his forehead indicated that
he had in reality been bitten by a
tarantula, probably when he tainted
the second time. AS soon as he was
able to travel he started for home by
easy stages, first having married the
handsome and devoted woman who
had Joined him under such peculiar
circumstances. His physician says
that he will in time recover his health
and strength, although he will never
get over the effects Of his awful en-
counter with the terrible tarantulas
in the blackness Of the banana car
and will never look at cluster Of that
fruit again without a shudder.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
The Eiffel Tand en-.

Last year an "Eiffel" bicycle was
constructed, which, while not of much
practical value, illustrated the posi-
billty OF a good rider balancing himself
on a wheel at height Of about ten
feet above ground. AS if this had not
been enough, tandem has now been
built in France on similar lines, which
raises the forward rider to the respect
able height of almost twenty feet The
new tandem is very strongly built Of
reinforced tubing, the steering being
attended to exclusively by the rider on
the exalted seat. The axle of the upper
pedals is connected by a long chain
with a sprocket wheel fastened to the
crank hanger in the usual place. What
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
Bullets Detected by Electricity.


At recent rifle meeting in Switzer-i
land it was discovered, according to al
Geneva journals report, that the steel
jacketed bullets Of the marksmenI
were swerved from their course by the!
influence of telegraph and telephone
wires running alongside the range.
Experiments were then made at Thun
by placing four steel cables parallel
with the range, and about 40 yards,
distant from it, and sending a cur,
rent of 5000 volts through them. The
effect, it is said, was to turn the, bull
let's so far from their course that the
deviation amounted to "a yards on. a
range of 26O yards. The bullets on
being taken from the targets were
found to be magnetized. Next, on an
artillery range Of 5000 yards, the
electromagnetic influence was gen,
Grated 200 yards in front Of the targets
and 40 yards to one side The pro-
jectiles were swerved Ia degrees from:
straight line.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
Longevity OF Birds.

An eagle died at Vienna at the age
of lob years According to Button the
life of the crow is 1O8 years, and no
observation authorizes us to attribute
to it, with Hesiod, 1000 years. A
paroquet, brought to Florence in 1888
by the Princess Provere d'Urbin, when
she went there to esponse the Grand
Duke Ferdinand, was then at least
twenty years old, and lived nearly 100
more. A naturalist whose testimony
cannot be doubted, Willoughby, had
certain proof that goose lived a cen
tury, and Button did not hesitate tc
conclude that the swans life is longer
yet; some authors give it two and even
three centuries. Mallerton possessed
the skeleton of a swan that had lived
307 years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18

or ingestion. Tuberculosis Is more
prevalent In old than il young cattle.
It Is not hereditary. The germ can
be killed: (a) BY temperature 81 1853
degrees Fahrenheit for thirty minutes;
CD by direct sunlight; (c) by diffused
sunlight. It's yirulence depends on the
numbers present. In breeding, poor
I health, poor ventilation, poor food,
lack OF sunlig ht, are impo rtant predis-
posing causes. There is no more, IL as
much, tuberculosis at the present time II a
4 than al in the past. Tuberculin, in COM
petent hands, is a trustworthy and safe
5dlagnostic agent. tuberculosis is not
q respecter Of breeds. Communities
nave been furnished almost entirely
with milk from tuberculous herds,
Wl .[afl any appreciable increase in
tuberculosis. Others have been fur
n 11ll' e milk from healthy herds with no
Eappreclable decrease in tuberculosis.
Where fat calves have been inspected,
even Where a large proportion Of their
dams and nurses are tuberculous, only
IN from Two to five in one hundred
thousand has the disease been detect
cd. The disease could be bred out Of a
herd by separating the infected ami
mails and raising the healthy calves ac-
cordlng to the Danish method recently
described in scientific papers This
IS one OF the most interesting topics
now before the public, and the sup-
preston Of this dread disease demands
all the comb ined f0rcn nf science and
the will of the people.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
Answered..

James T. Fields, the Boston publish
er, had a good memory, and his knowl-
edge of English literature was we'll
known to be both accurate and extern
sive. An exchange relates an amusing
story Of a would-be wit who once tried
to entrap him. The incident occurred
at a dinner party. Before Mr.. Fields
arrival one of the gentlemen Informed
the other guests that he had written
some lines which he intended to sub
nit to Mr.. Fields as Southey's, and to
ask in which of that authors works
they could be found. At lull in the:
conversation after the. dinner was, I'M
progress the would-be wit began:
"Mr. Fields, have been somewhat
puzzled of late in searching out in
Southey's poems his well-known lines;
running thus" repeating the lines he;
had composed. ''Can you tell me when
he wrote them and where they are tot
be found?"
Il do not remember to have met
with them BEFORE" replied the publish
er; "and there were only two periods
in Southey's life when such lines could.
possibly have been written by him."
when were those?"
Somewhere said Mr.. Fields, etabout
that early period of his existence when
he was having the measles or cutting
his first teeth, or near the close of his
life when his brain was softened. The
versifcation belongs to the measles
lperiod, but the ideas betray the idiotio
one .s4.s 49, 81
The company roared.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
OSTRICH HUNTING.
Profitable Sport That Is Making tn.

Profitable Sport That Is Making the
Birds Scarce.
An ostrich chase is very attractive
sport or rather the sale Of booty is so
great as to attract hunters, says Paris
Illustre. The Arabs give themselves
to it with a real passion Mounted on
theil fine little horses they try as much
as possible to fatigue the ostrich, for
as it is eight feet high and has very
strong legs it possesses a quickness of
movement which the best horse cannot
attain. It has great endurance. Over
taken by the hunter, it seeks to defend
itself with it's feet and wings, but more
often it still strives to escape by flight,
uttering plaintive cry. In fact, the
ostrich is deprived of the power of
flight by reason of it's great size. The
muscular force with which nature has
endowed it is not equal to lifting such
weight. It's peculiar organization
has made it the courier of the desert,
where it is able to quickly traverse the
almost limitless expanse. The Arab
knows very well that it is the habit Of
the ostrich to make great detours about
it's nest in a circle. He chases it then
without ceasing until it is almost there,
when, worn out, it succumbs, conceal
ing it's head in the sand in order not
to see it's enemy, or instinctively hop
ing to escape danger which it cannot
see any more. This chase requires
eight or ten hours, but it offers large
rewards. The plumes are worth con-
siderable sum, the skin makes good
leather and the Arabs are very fond
OF the flesh. Besides, in spite Of the
fact that it reproduces it's species rap
idly, the ostrich is all the time becom-
ing rarer, and it is hunted for export
and demonstration in other countries
It is one of Africa's greatest resources
and may become a new source of pros
perity to Algerians if they are willing
to make the effort. The truth of the
popular saying, "the stomach of an
ostrich" has been confirmed recently
by an autopsy on one, doubtless for q
time captive, when the following was
found in its stomach: "A parasol handle
two keys, two great pieces of coal
a glove, a handkerchief, pair of eye.
glasses, a ring, comb, three large
rocks, the necks of two beer bottles
the sole Of a shoe, a bell and little
harmonica.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-18
some Points on Tuberculosis.

& It is not generally understood that
tuberculosis may be communicated
from most domestic animals. It at
tacks, besides man, cattle, fowls, sheep,
swine, cats, dogs, horses. rats, mice and
the yermin about the dwelling, and
even insects, these latter having been
known to spread the disease. The
chief Of the National Bureau Of AMI
NAL Industry gives a brief summary
upon tuberculosis, in the course OF
which he says: The germ attacks only
diseased or abraded tissue These are
cells within the body whose duty it is
TO fight disease germs. The germ may
enter either by inhalat ton, inoculatiop