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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
CEN. PLEASANTON DEAD.

He Was One OF the Most Distinguished
Cavalry Commanders of the Rebellion.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-General AL
fred Pleasanton, conspicuous cavalry
commander of the civil war, died in
his rooms in the Greacon hotel early
this morning.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
Fatal ounrrel Between Farmers.

FAYETTE, Mo-, Feb. 2o.-John Gibbs,
a farmer, killed John Wells, another
farmer with a wagon standard at his
home, seven miles north of here, yes
terdav. The quarrel aro e over some
corn.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
John S. johnson Dying.

TORONTO. Ont. Feb. 20-John S.
johnson, the bicycle rider, has had a
relapse and is now attacked by pneu-
monia at Bradford, Ont. The doctors
entertain no hope for his recU-ery.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
FIVE DIE IN THE FLAMES.
Lamp Explosion Wipes an Ohio Family
Out of Existence.

Out of Existence.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 20. - The
family of Jacob Cicles of 663 Canal
street was almost completely wiped
out of existence yesterday morning by
a holocaust of flames. Eight persons
were burned and five will probably
die. Jacob and Mary Cicles, husband
and wife, were fatally burned, and
their four children, who are all under
6 years of age, received severe burns.
Cicles arose about o'clock to light
the fire and mistook the gasoline lamp
for the kerosene lamp The result
was terrific explosion when he APP
piled the match.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
New Mexico sheriff A.sas.inated.

SANTA FE, N. NJ, Feb. 2O.-Sherifr
Dow of Eddy county was shot last
night by two men concealed between
buildings. He died to-day. lie was
active in the prosecution of cattle
thieves. Governor Thornton offered
reward of $500 for each of his muir
HererS
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
Last Evening Reception.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The last
evening reception of this administra-
ton was given by the President and
Mrs. Cleveland at the White House
last uiqht
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
MITCHELL WlTHDRAWS.
Releases Oregon Republicans From Any
OBLIGATIONS to SuppOrt Him.

Obligations to Support Him.
SALEM, Ore, Feb. 20.-A letter from
Senator Mitchell, addressed to Senator
Hughes, chairman of the Republican
caucus, was read in the conference
held yesterday Senator Mitchell re-
views the facts of his nomination by
the Republican caucus, the subsequent
refusal of the minority to qualify and
permit the House to be organized, and
closes by releasing his supporters from
any further obligations.
The Benson House unseated twenty
seven members who failed to qualify.
The House then adjourned until Mon
day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
MURDERED FROM AMBUSH.
Farmer at Lebanon, Mo-, Killed U I'm
known Assassins.

known ABBnBBInB,
LEBANON, No., Feb. 20.-Joseph
Worley, farmer who lived two and
one-half miles from Eldredge,. was
murdered at z o'clock last night. His
assailant, who appears to have laid in
ambush, fred charge of buckshot
into Worley's side. The man fell, NOR
tally wounded, but in order to make
sure of his work the assassin seems to
have deliberately driven a large wire
nail into his victims brain. There is
no reliable clue to the perpetrator, and
only be surmised from the conditions
found.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
DEADLY PRIZE FIGHT.
Cincinnati COlored Lad Knocked Out
for All Tlme--His Neck Broken.

for All Time--His Neck Broken.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 20.-Benny
Coleman, a little colored boy, met
death in the ring of the Manhattan
Athletic club in the first round of his
boxing bout with William Wright.
While his limp body was being carried
out of the arena and into the dressing
room by his seconds the spectators,
none of whom suspected the awful
truth, cheered Justify for the little
black boy, Wright, who had been pro-
claimed victor over him.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-Bennett
Smererger has been appointed post
master at Rossville, Kan, on the rec
ommendation of Eugene Hagan.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-02-26
SORE AT BRITAIN.
The Kaiser Angry Because His Greek
Scheme Was Vetoed.

BERLIN. Feb. 20.-The newspapers of
this city reflect the resentment felt by
the emperor at the rejection by the
Marquis of Salisbury of his Majesty's
personal proposal to coerce Greece by
a joint blockade of the Piraeus, the
port of Athens, by the fleets of the
powers, in order to check the warlike
demonstrations of Greece.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02
JAWS AS WEAPONS.

Chief Means of Defense Among All Old
World Apes.
Among all old world apes the teeth
are the chief weapons for defense
against natural foes and for combats for
mates or tribal supremacy. The CANNES
are in most cases enormously developed,
insomuoh that i'll informed naturalists
have suggested that near relationship
must exist between the primates and
the earnivora. As matter of fact, these
formidable teeth have nothing to do
with alimentation, but are as purely
weapons of war as are the bayonet and
the maxim gun. In practically every
emergency demanding unusual energy,
obstinaoy and courage they come into
play.
In every conflict with the world, the
flesh and the devil-as such things are
understood in pithecoid society-the
temporal and masseter muscles are the
chief arbiters of war. To become a great
and powerful anthropoid it is absolute
ly and brutally necessary to have q
large and strong jaw, to give firm at
taohment to the teeth and good leverage
to the muscles. That for an immense
epoch our prehuman ancestors achieved
success in life in like manner is as clear
as the print of Maya" to those who
have learned to read natures handwrit-
ing.
Since those days of true Arcadian
simplicity our life has become bewilder-
ingly complex, and our methods for set
thing social difficulties have changed
generally for the better But here, as in
SO many other instances, the habits of q
past age have left an indelible impress
on the nervous system. -Blackwood'
Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02

That plenty of genuine CAGES Of KEEP
tomania undoubtedly exist is well known
to both legal and medical experts. There
was, for instance, the case of not very
long deceased nobleman who frequent
ly pocketed his hostess spoons at din.
ner party, and whose pockets were in
vay4ably searched by his man on bis re-
turn, with view to prompt restitution.
In another case a lady who was quite
rational upon other points was discov-
cred to have 10 bags concealed about
her, in which were over !, 100 little ar
ticles which she had stolen and conceal
ed, although nearly every one was abso.
lutely worthless A clergyman has been
known to steal Bibles under the impress.
sion that he was thereby propagatine
the gospel. Another gentleman, sane in
other respects, invariably stole the tow
els from any hotel he stopped at while
travelling and returned them when he
got home, and, oldest of all. there has
been a case of a man who would never
eat food which ne had not stolen. He
was man of means, and his personal
attendant used to hide his meals, SO that
he might think he himself had stolen
them, in order to induce him to eat
Lady's Pictorial.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02

He is young lawyer, and she lived
In the west end. They were to have been
married in month. The other day they
fell to quarreling over the telephone.
She was petulant. He was angry. Final
ly she called him a b-b-brute and said
that he could consider the engagement
off,
"All right" said he, and then he
"rang off," as they say in telephone
parlanoe.
And she-well, she returned the ring.
Albany journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02
ST. PAUL's ROCKS.
A Submarine Mountain In the Middle O
the Atlantic Ocean.

A Submarine Mountain In the Middle OF
the Atlantic Ocean.
Almost at the very center of the At
lantic ocean-only a trifie north of the
equator and about half way between
South America and Afriea-is q sub
marine mountain SO high that, in spite
of the immense depth of the sea, it
thrusts its peak 20 feet above the waves.
This peak. startling from its position,
forms a labyrinth of islets, the whole
not over half a mile in circumference,
known as ST. Paul's rocks So steep is
the mountain, of which this lonely rest
ing place of sea birds is the summit, that
one mile from these rocks 500 fathom
line with which soundings were at
tempted by Ross on his voyage to the
Antarctic failed to touch bottom.
We're the bed of the sea to be suddenly
elevated to level with the dry land,
st. Paul's rocks would be the cloud
capped peak of a mountain rising in
sheer ascent in the midst of a broad
plain. They are supposed to have been
formed by the same disturbance of ma
ture which separated the Cape Verde is
lands from Africa.
Treaeherous currents make navigation
in the vicinity of these rocks dangerous
A Brazilian naval officer, who passed
them on an English steamer, tells me
that the evening before they expected to
sight them he was told by the captain
that at O'Clock in the morning they
would appear about five miles west At
that hour the officer went on deck and
looked to the notwithstanding but an
expanse of heaving sea. He CHANGED to
turn, and there, five miles to the east
ward were-the rocks. The currents
had, in less than 10 hours, carried a
full powered steamer ten miles out Of
her course. Gustav Kobbe in St. Mich
01as
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02
WALES GOOD NATURE.
1t Averted Threatened Trouble During His
Canadian Tour.

1t Averted Threatened Trouble During His
Canadian Tour.
Stephen Fiske describes the Prince of
Wales visit to America in the Ladies'
Home Journal and relates these interest
ing incidents of his tour through Cana
da: 1.-THE Catholics had gained little
victory over the stern Duke Of Newcas-
tie at Quebec. and now the Orangemen
demanded to be allowed to present adj
dresses to the prince and to be received
separately from their Catholic fellow
citizens The duke consulted with Gov
ernor General Head and refused to per-
NIT this distinction. At Kingston an
Orange demonstration was prepared,
and the royal party did not land from
the steamer The Orangemen chartered
another steamer and pursued the prince
to Brockton, but again he was not al
lowed to go on shore. At Coburg par
ty of 30 Canadian gentlemen took the
horses from his carriage and drew him
through the pretty hamlet. At Toronto
the mayor apologized for the display of
Orange flags. The prince was hooted
and Missed when he attended church,
and serious riots were feared.
CAL trouble was averted, however,
by the good humor of the prince him
self. He was taking drive with the
duke, and the Orangemen hastily hung
banner across the road so that the roy
al party had to drive under it. Newcas-
tie was indignant and ordered the coach
man to turn back; but, 10, another Or
ange banner had been hung to cut off
the retreat. Then the prince laughed
heartily, took off his hat to the flag and
was cheered by the Orangemen. How
ever. the duke was not Modified, and the
journey to Niagara falls was expedited.
The prince first saw the great falls on
Sept 10. A number of riding horses had
been provided by the Canadian govern
ment, and he mounted at once and rode
to view the falls from various points. ="
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02

There used to be held, in accordance
with Murchison's we'll known geolog-
ical views, the general theory that
mountains were mainly due to cracks
which took place in the surface Of the
earth in remote periods, but this idea is
no longer entertained by scientific men.
As to the form of mountains that which
is known as table mountain finds the
best example, curiously enough, at the
cape of Good Hope, a mountain, it is
believed, due not to any action or phe-
nomenon of upheaval, but to the sink
ing of the surrounding districts or ter
ritory. Why these peculiarly defined
areas did not sink was owing, it is
thought, to the probable fact that the
ground under them cooled before the
rest of the section, and thus the table
mountain had the earlier foundation
and has long retained its place. There
would always be denudation, however,
though proportionate with its surround
ings, and therefore. owing to this fact
of being higher at the start, itstill keeps
to its approximate elevation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02

THE SPEED OF A TRAIN.
An Old Conductors Method of Accuratel
Measuring 1t.

An OlO O0nQuCBOTS NleLnOQ OF Accurately
Measuring 1t.
The train was booming along in great
fashion. There had been quite a long de-
lay the other side of Rochester, and it was
evident that the engineer of the iron horse
in front was determined to make up some
of the lost time at least The smoker was
perfumed with the odor of good fellowship
and tobacco smoke, as the smoker of a
New York Central train invariably is
There were two or three drummers who
wore beamy smiles Near them sat an old
face on the road, a conductor who was
coming to this city TO attend the marriage
of his daughter. The conversation shifted
frequently, as it usually does in such
company, until finally one of the drum
mers said to his nearest companion:
my, but she is piling alongP
"Yep," said his companion.
"How fast do you suppose we are going9"
"Oh, give it up. She can't 60 too fast
to suit me. =
Leaning over the back of the seat the
veteran conductor said to the first speaker:
"Do you want to know what we are
makingP"
"You have my hand to dot
"Well, I'll tell you directly"
Everybody within earshot crowded
around as he said this, and as he said it
he pulled one of those old reliable railroad
clocks from his pocket, held it in his hand
and gazed intently out of the window 1t
seemed an ege until he spoke, the silence
was so profound, but when he finally
spoke it was to say:
This train is travelling at the rate of
So miles an hour or thereabout I"
The old conductor said this in way to
impress all hands with the accuracy of his
statement, and there was chorus of "How
did you guess thatf"
Didn't guess it at all, said the vet,
with an injured air. 81 know what am
talking about. Now, here's how / do it:
Notice the inside of the outer rail on the
opposite track. Your eyes are not trained
as well as mine in that line, but just keep
looking at that rail until you are satisfied
that you can distinguish where one rail
joins the other. Now count the joints, and
as many rails as you pass in 81 seconds
you will find to be equal to the number of
miles that this train is travelling per hour.
l never saw the thing fail, and l have
tried it hundreds of times OF course it is
necessary to have a double tracked road
to tell how fast we are moving, but with
an opposite track, good eye and tenn
perance watch it is the easiest thing in
the world New York Mail and Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02
GRANT RoUGHs 1T.
He Slept In Pigpen After the Battle o.
the Wilderness.

He Slept In Pigpen After the Battle OF
the Wilderness.
The general and staff bivouaoked upon
the ground. The night was quite chilly,
and couple Of fires were lighted to add
to our comfort. General Grant lay down
with his officers beside one Of the fires
without any covering When asleep, an
aid quietly spread an overcoat over
him. For about four hours we all kept
turning over every few minutes SO as to
get warmed on both sides, initiating
with our bodies the diurnal motion of
the earth as it exposes it's sides alter
nately to the heat Of the SUM- When
daylight broke it was seen that low
board structure close to which the gen.
eral in chief had lain down was a pig
pen, but its former occupants had dis
appeared and were probably at that time
nourishing the stomachs Of the cavalry
troopers Of the invading army. Unfor-
tunately the odors of the place had not
taken their departure with the pigs, but
remained to add to the discomfort of the
bivouackers. Sheridan's cavalry had
had fight at this place the afternoon
before. in which he had defeated the
opposing force, and the ground in the
vicinity, strewn with the dead, offered
ample evidence of the severity of the
struggle.
At daylight on the morning Of the
9th active operations were in progress
throughout the columns General Sheri-
dan had ordered his cavalry to move by
different roads to seize the bridges cross
ing the Pc river. General Meade modi-
fed these orders and directed portion
of the cavalry to move in front Of War
ren's infantry on the Spottsylvania
Court House road. The enemy were fell
ing trees and placing other obstacles in
the way in order to impede the move
ment, and the cavalry was afterward
Withdrawn and the infantry directed to
open the way.
About sunrise General Grant, after
taking off his coat and shaking 1t to rid
it of some of the dust in which he had
lain down, shared with the staff officers
some soldiers rations and then seated
himself on the ground by the roadside
to take his morning smoke. General
Horace Porter in Century.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02

'Not long ago." says a Philadelphia
clergyman, 81 made an earnest appeal dur
ing a Sunday morning service for oontri-
buttons to support certain branch of the
church work The ushers distributed blank
subscription cards, which were to be filled
out with promises to pay specified sums
within year and returned. One of our
leading members filed out his card for So,
but by the time the ushers collected the
blanks he had changed his mind and de-
cided not to give anything. He held the
paper in his hand until the church services
were over, ard upon leaving the church
tore it up in little pieces and threw it in
the street. Providence had an eye on that
man, and so did policeman who stood on
the corner. The latter arrested the erring
brother for throwing the paper in the
street, took him to the police station and
had him locked up. The next morning he
was fined ST. 80 for violating city ordi-
nance. New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02
A QUEER EPITAPH.
IN Memory of Two Boys Who Thought
They Ate Mushrooms,


Piscataway is one of the oldest towns
in New Jersey. 1t was founded in 1865
and was intended to be the capital of
the colony, but it did not grow, while
its rivals, New Brunswick, Railway and
Elizabeth, became thriving villages. At
present there is little to interest the cas-
ual visitor to the sleepy village, but that
little is good of its kind.
There is old Mr.. Mundy, the village
wheelwright, who at so is still a fine
shot with gun or rife. Twenty-Five
years ago he accompanied New York
merchant on a hunting trip to the far
west, and since then not year has
passed without their taking a hunting
trip to the west or south. Old as these
cronies are, they cannot make up their
minds to forego their hunting. Then
! there is the old cider mill whose ram
shackle appearance bellies the purity and
strength of the applejack resting in its
dark cellar. Finally, there is the ceme-
terry of the old Episcopal church, the
first house of worship erected in the
place. In response to inquiries the other
day the sexton, who holds also the Offices
of gravedigger and roadmaster said:
'Well, there might be some interest
ing gravestones there, and then again
there mightn't. They don't interest me.
There is one old brown stone which has
fallen down and is out of place. want
ed to throw it away, but the minister
wouldn't let me. That might be inter
esting to you
Is there any inscription ON it?''
No, there isn't. 1t is just covered
with words from top to bottom-no
poetry, no nothing-just words"
The stone was found easily. although
partly overgrown with moss and myrtle.
After much cleaning the following in
scription was made out:
Spectators under
Here in this tomb
Lie boyes
The elder was full
Ten years old, the yon-
Ger was twice
Told. By eating
Mushrooms for
Food rare, In day
Time they poyseoned
We're. A. K. Hard Hoop
er and Charlie Hooper.
Desesed, 1890.
The meaning of "the younger was
twice told' is somewhat obscure, but il
is supposed that he was but five years
old.
An inscription upon the tombstone of
James Thompson, who died in 1893,
was once very popular with the country
people in New Jersey. Three others In
the graveyard are similar to it.:
Remember, friend, as you pass by.
AS you are now once was /.
In health and strength, though here lie.
As am now so you must be.
Prepare for death and follow me.
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02
ICE CAVES.
In California with Their Product as Clear
as Crystal.

as Crystal.
In Modoc county, Cal, is an immense
field Of lava covered with a beautiful
forest of conifers, which is inhabited by
deer, bear, panther, lynx, coyote, porcu-
pine and numerous fur bearing animals
whose pelts are of value to the trapper.
1t was in these lava beds that the Modoc
Indians made their stand against the
government troops some years ago and
were with very great difficulty destroy
ed. 1t is here that the ice caves are
found, and from them the Modocs drew
their water supply while besieged by
the troops.
One never having been over lava
field can form but little idea of the
chaotic manner in which the ingenious
workmen have left the products of their
labor. The only order observed is disor-
der of the most exaggerated kind,
wherein every mass of rock has been
twisted or raised or depressed or arched
over some cavern in different way from
that of its neighbors. The caves scatter
ed throughout these lava beds are of
very varying shapes and dimensions.
Some are mere covert ways, with an
arch Of stone thrown over them. Others
are Immense chambers some yards from
the surface, another kind is sunk quite
deeply and may be in a series of cham
bers united by corridor that opens at
the surface, while another kind seems
to 60 directly to the center of the earth
without stopping.
1t is here that the stores of ice are
found, which is formed from water that
filters in annually from the melting
SHOWS above. Every winter the lava
beds are covered with a fall Of snow
which varies from two to ten feet in
depth. The temperature over this region
in the coolest weather is often 20 or
more degrees below zero, so that any
water that might be in the caves is
frozen solid, unless the caves mouths
should be entirely covered with snow,
which is not often the case. Now, when
spring comes and the snow melts, the
water percolates through into the cold
storage chambers beneath and is there
CONCEALED by the prevailing cold. 1t is
in this way that the ice has been made
and stored for years. And were these
caves accessible to market they would
furnish the purest of ice to many cities
for years to ome.-Popular Science
News,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-02

On the day before the execution; the
keeper informs the doomed man that a
visitor wishes to see him.
''Do you know who he is?' asks the
doomed man.
''No. +"
''Well, just ask him if he wants to
collect bill. and if he does tell him to
call tomorrow. Strand Magazine.