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The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23

lust as was telling you of my mari
tai misfortunes. You can imagine tn
storm bursting on my mead. Mime
Roseyal disappeared one fine evening
with one of our most faithful patrons
and | found myself the next day witt
three children on my hands, lie
went over to wooden stand support
ing the axle of a cylinder, over which
hung A piece a silk THE wind now,
said lie, and turning crank, the fric.
tion of the silk against the cylinder
produced a sound like the rustling Of
| the wind
q fell ILL.," he continued, "and when
left the hospital three months later
had lost most of my hair lie had
taken up can of shot. This is to
make the rain said he, shaking II
violently while maehinist burned flash
lliehts in the wings. Thunder, rain,
wind, lightning-yoa see the storm Is
complete. And SO it was" he resumed,
that | came 10 personify the clements
in the wings, after having personated,
like Floriac here. the Don Juans OF
the stage. But one must live, sir, anu
when one has wasted many months
waiting for engagements that do not
cone. one is content to make $50 francs
month at this and again shaking
his sheetiron: just a little mora
thunder 10 end with. II pleases ths
public-and my wife, too.
This forced gayety filled me wltf
psy for him.
perhaps your wife has mere to com
plain of than YOU" venturcd.
Morally. perhaps. Rut, materially
she can give me points. Comic opera
pays pretty WELL
is she on the stage?'
yes. You must have seen her in
Paris, some time ago, oh, not under
my name. She would blush TO wear it
though she has profited well by it,
For if she has talent-and she has
to whom does she eve it? 70 Pere
Roseval, sir, to Pere Roseyal, who was
her only Instructor. They praise her
dietion. ard with reason. But who
taught her? It was Pere Roseyal, sill;
it was Pere Roseval." and the old
prompter trembled with emotion.
Come, come" said l, calm yourself.
Perhaps your wife vii! come back some
day"
He laughed. "She lad reason enough
to come back when our baby was taken
sick. l wrote to her then, thinking
il my duty to inform her. She Sent
me 500 francs. Naturally / sent them
back. l preferred 10 take care of my
child myself, as well as ! could, out O
my own resources.
The poor mans emotion affected me
| wanted TO grasp his hand, but he dia
not give me time, for, addressing -four
or five supernumeraries who ap
preached us: "Ah!" he said, gayly,
there they come. Attention, boys!
Now, then, with a will! Let US give
them warm reception. Are you ready
ne-two-three,' and he shouted al
The top of his voice: Long live tn
count, long live the countess!"
These shouts marked the end of tn
act
Immediately all was hustle and COL
fusion. The actors came hurrying i'll
body to the green room, the machiI.-
lists threw themselves on the scenery,
and Roseyal, turning to me, said, gen.
tly:
Come, sir, will give you back your
manuscript" San Francisco Argo-
pallt
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23

Make - strip OF one quart Of vinegar
and three pounds of sugar. Peel and
steam the ounces, Add teaspoonful
each of allspicc, cloves and cinnamon
tu holel and cassia buds. Put tho
spices in bag and boil them in he
sirup. Stick two or three cloves IN
each ounce. Place them in a jar and
psur the hot strip over them. Boil
three-quarters of an hour. - Ladies'
World.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23

one OF the most wonderful examples
10 mathematics is that relating TO c1n,-
binations In diminocs. II is calculated
thar two persons may play the game ten
hours a DAY. making four moves n MIN.
ute. and that they could continue 20
moving for Ils.Ooo.o00 years without eS.
hauxhug ali The combinations = tkS
game, ehich are "a, Sll,Sia
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23

Arizona Abe-Whot's Moiave Mike
ookin' so mad erbout? Tn court de.
sided thet th' shootin' was done in self.
defense, didn't il?
Alkali De-Yss, but this /. tb, ,;v,h
man Mike hez shot wat b'Iones 10 M
same mutual insurance company e. he
ioss. Il keeps aim broke a-tayin' IN,
sessments.-N \. Truth.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23
A Coming Champion.

"Do you wrestle at school, my son. q,
they used to when l was boy2"
Yes, pa; an | beat ev'ry Teller in tn,
school at wrastlin'."
I'm glad to hear it, my boy"
Yes, pa; no matter wat boy I wIastl,
with I ailus reach the ground first
y. Y. Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23

Masked Man tdashing into a parlor
ear on western reilroad) Hold up yc
hands.
Passenger - Don't shoot. please
rake all I've got and welcome.
Masked Man-This is a big pile o
money, so I'll give you $40 of it back
may be a train robbcr. but ] amt No
parior-car porter.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23

81 don't believe people realize what
these pointed shoes are costing the
human race" said the man who does not
believe in anything that is fashionable
"Oh, yes, they do"
"What?"
From SO TO SIG a pair"
If the man who had been moraHzing
bad done what he felt like doing there
would have been an immediate sacri.
ice of human life-Chicago Post.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23

Sympathizing Friend-Where were
the remains of your late husband in.
TERED?
The Widow lsadly)-There were nc
remains; he-he-met--s bear.-I.on.
lon sketch.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23

Knieker-I took q plunge from my
bike, yesterday, head On.
locker How. lucky that IL didn't
soiae CT BROOKLYN LILO
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-23
Doubtful Anon, ~. ,-,,....

Her gown is perfect fit, isn'tit2"
Wen, l don't know whether il is the
~ OF the padding thnt's perfect. Chi
oago Post.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24

against both ordinary and eXtraordi-
nary shock. 1t would take more than
mere contact with a movable body to
upset,a rider of motor cycle.
It has been a favorite argument of
the opponents of the bicycle for army
use that the machines could never be
utilized except for purely transporta-
ton purposes, and that therefore they
werein great measure en- encumbrance
to an army in the field. In time of bat
tie, it was alleged, they were of no value
whatever. The invention of this
Frenchman, iDhis opinion, removes this
objection entirely. In fact, he says it
has lifted the wheel out of the rut of
opprobrium into which it had fallen,
and placed it among the most effective
sources of carriage that is at the mod
ern commanders beck and call.
1t might be said by quibblers that the
new cycle is not up to date because the
motive power is gasoline rather than
electricity. This is unfair, because cleo
tricity for such use-for bicycles or mo-
tor cyclists only in the experimental
stage. While it is true that there is suf-
ficient power to be obtained by cleo
tricity to drive the motor cycle or any
other machine, there confronts one the
old problem of the storage battery. This
has never proved successful for con-
tinued propulsion. The motor cycle for
war must be run on a basis of absolute
certainty. This is why NJ. Francois
L'Hereaux, the inventor, says gasoline
was used by him.
The method of conveying an amount
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24
PRETTY GIFT FOR RUTH.
Ex-Presidents Daughter Presented
with n Shetland Pony and Cart.

The services of half the artisans in
Railway, n. J., were called into requisi-
ton to construct the handsome little
dogcart, which, with Shetland pony,
was presented to Miss Ruth Cleveland,
daughter of former President Grover
Cleveland, by Miss Helen Savage. daugh-
ter of f. S. Savage, president of the
Union county bank of Railway.
The trimmings of the dogcart are
made to harmonic with the beautiful
little pony Dot, who is dapple gray and
white. The seat and back are trimmed
with drab whipcord, and the body is
OF ebony black, polished to a high de-
gree. The running gear is painted a
rich carmine.
Every detail of the neat little rig
was manufactured with the greatest
care, and the skilled workmen turned
out a perfect beauty of dogcart. The
harness, whip and lap robes are models
in design. Dot, the Shetland pony, is
considered one of the most beautiful
ponies ever brought to this country.
She is a high-bred mare, and was
brought from Scotland two years ago
by one of the members of the Savage
family.
Miss Helen Savage is just IA years
old,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24
GIFT FOR MRS. M'KINLEY.
Sylvester ScoveI to Present Her with
Fnn of Historical Nnlue.

Sylvester Scovel to Present Her with
Fan of Historical Value.
Mrs. Mckinley within the next few
days will be the recipient of very
elegant and valuable present in the
shape of a fan of great historical value.
This will be given her by Sylvester SEQ
vel, who selects the wife of the presi-
dent to whom to make this valuable
gift because of tine debt of gratitude
he feels he owes for the efforts made
for his release from prison in Cuba.
The fan belonged to the wife of a
Spanish hidalgo of high rank a century
and a half ago. 1t is of finely-carved
openwork ivory. intermingled on the
slender sticks with an elaborate inlay
ing of gold. Above this narrow fan
part is painted in the most exquisite
manner
AS a work of art, aside from its
great beauty and antiquity, it is of
great value. and was exhibited at the
Paris exposition.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24
THE BICYCLE BRIGADE.
How French Inventor Would
Revolutionizo Warfare.
Wants to Mount Troops Upon GnsO-
line Motor Wheels Armed with
BayOncts-SOue Things He
Has Neglected.

The inventive FreEchman has come to
the front again-this tine with some
thing quite up to date and awful. He
proposes TO rig up an automatic bicycle
with fixed bayOnets, and arm the rider
with a rife besides. Truly, the results
of charge by column of soldiers thus
equipped would be frightful, provided
the machines did not come to grief be-
fore they reached the enemy. The in
ventor neglected to provide a smooth
bicycle floor for the charge and device
by which a fallen machine could be
whisked out of the way before it upset
a dozen more. In other respects the
project seems to be quite feasible.
Nevertheless Intervention has attained
the dignity of being considered. That
is, It was not thrown down stairs when
first presented to the military authori-
ties.
There have been many experiments
with the bicycle in the armies of Eu-
rope, and the military authorities of no
nation have taken more interest in the
machine and its development than those
of France. While it is only within the
last year that any fixed effort has been
made in the United States army to test
the value of the bicycle as a method for
conveying a soldier from place to place.
The motor, the impelling force of the
cycle, says the New York Herald, is
located just forward of the rear wheel,
and is of sufficient size to insure a sat
isfactory rate of speed. The small tank
which carries the fuel which supplies
the motor contains an ample quantity
to guarantee at least days journey
without replenishing. The inventor
claims that the machine will easily
make, over q fairly rough country, from
10 to Is miles an hour, and believes that
with good roads, unimpeded, it would
even do better than this.
Perhaps the most notable feature of
the cycle is the row of bayonets at
tached to transverse bar, which is sup
ported by heavy steel rod that runs
forward from the frame of the machine
In place of the handle bars is curved
gun rest, which may be moved upward
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24

of gasoline sufficient to supply the varl-
Gus machines is thoroughly modern. 1t
is tank, very much like those with
which we are all familiar, mounted up
on a horseless wagon, which is also
driven by a gasoline motor. 1t is the
intention to recharge the motor cycles
each day, as it has been estimated that
the ordinary tank, which forms part
of the machine, contains just about n
sufficient amount of gasoline to supply
the motor for one days travel, the
highest estimated rate of speed being
the basis of calculation.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24
TO PHOTOGRAPHS THE SUN.
Astronomer Charles BurcISh alter, of
Oakland, CAL, Going to India.

astronomer CharIeS burckhalter, oil
Oakland, CAL, Going to India.
Charles Burckhalter, astronomer of
the Chabot observatory, will travel half
way round the world so that for two
minutes in far-off India he may endeavot
to photograph the sun during the solar
eclipse of next January. AS the eclipse
during totality will be observable only
in India, many scientists will travel
thither to make observations.
Charles Burckhalter has obtained
considerable renown by his discovery of
new method of photographing the
sun during an eclipse which gives re-
suits that are of the greatest scientific
interest. To give him an opportunity
to apply his discovery a number of
wealthy San Franciscans who wanted
to add something to the cause of sci
ence sent the astronomer to Japan dur
ing the eclipse observable there some
time since. The day on which the
eclipse occurred was cloudy and not
a photograph could be secured.
These same friends of science have
offered to pay the expenses of a trip
for Mr.. Burckhalter to India. The trip
will be under his own supervision.
Mr.. Burckhalter has determined that
if he goes to India his party shall be
known as the Chabot observatory ex-
petition, so that the little Oakland OBJ
servatory will be thus given prominence
in the scientific world.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24
CHILDREN MARRIED AND PARTED
EscRpadc of GOV. Atkinson's Young
SON.

EscRnndc OF GOV. AtkinsOn's Young
Son.
The lG-yeor-oId son of Gov. Atkinson,
of Georgia, and Miss Ada Byrd, who
eloped the other day. were married at
Kingston, at which place they were
met by their fathers and all returned
together to Atlanta
After consultation it was decided to
separate the couple until the young
groom reaches the age of II next Feb
ruary, at which time they will be re-
married if neither wishes to have the
marriage annul!ed.
Miss Byrd will reenter school and her
young husband will remain in the gov
ernbr's office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24

to suit the desire of the rider. Every
rider is supposed to be armed with
repeating rife, and it will be under
stood that from the fact that he can
steer the machine with his feet he is
left entirely free to use The weapon as
unincumbered as he would be if he were
standing on the ground, like the ordi-
nary infantryman of to-day.
Such q combination as this, the in
ventr argues, would be almost irresisti-
bic. A charge by a company mounted
on these cycles would practically be one
Of those most dreaded events in bat
tle-bayonet conflict and heavy fire
from rihemen combined. Every wheel
man knows how expert the rider of a
mOter cycle can become in maintain
ing the equilibrium of his machine
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24
Medical Attendance for the queen.

The medical department of the
queens household costs c2,7Oo yearly,
and comprises "a persons.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-24

Teaching school Children TO Swim.
a remarkable success is claimed TOR
the London Schools Swimming associ-
alton. During last year no fewer than
10000 school children were taught to
swim by its instructors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-29
IPenobscot Pomona Grange.

At the annual meeting OF PenooScot
Pomona Grange held with North Star
Grange, DiXmont Center, on Saturday,
the following officers were chosen.
Master, Boyden Bearce, East Eddlng-
ton Grange; overseer, Geo. a. FRIEND
Mount Etna Grange; lecturer, l. Z.
York, Eastern Star Grange, Hainpden;
steward, 7. r. Robinson. Enterprise
Grange; assistant steward, James
Worcester, Queen City Grange; chap
lain, Charles e. Dole, Pin Grove
Grange. Brewer: treasurer, Geo. Il.
Gilbert, Riverside Grange; secretary,
James NJ. Valentine, Riverside Grange;
gate keeper, d. w. Harrington, Golden
Harvest orange; Pomona. Ednah
%Shoppee. East Eddington; Flora, Mary
Simpson. North star Grange; Ceres,
Jennie Bearce, East E~ddington Grange;
lady assistant steward, Viola Sylvester,
Mount Eth Grange.
Worthy Master Buffum was unable
to be present owing to i'll health, and a
letter was read from him by Secretary
Valentine rendering his resignation
and declining a reelection. The OH
GERS above elected We're installed at the
afternoon session by Mrs. r. H. Libby
of Newport, assisted by Mrs. Ethel
Page Of Hampden.
The annual reports of the officers for
the past year We're presented, and war
rants for all outstanding bills were au-
thorized. The next meeting will be
held with Mystic Tie Grange, Kendus-
keag, on Saturday, Oct. -5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-29
REPORTS.
NEW YORK MARKET.
Tha Features Of the Days Dealings In All
the Leading Stocks.

d New York, Sept. 2S.-Today's market
for stocks was astonishingly dull at
times inc the total volume of trans
actions was smaller han for many
months. the total sales numbering only
go 900. 1t is in fact obvious that the
large buying interests have retired
from the field for a time and the orders
through commission houses, the me-
dunn through which the public
operates, have shown a corresponding
falling off. Their most vigorous at
tack. today, was directed against the
Coalers. Some Of the prominent In
dustrials and the Changers were also
under pressure. Railroad earnings all
continued to show Improvement.
London sem higher prices at the
opening and was a buyer of stocks al;
day. presumably to meet the settle
ment which was in progress there. The
report that the government had as
scented to the foreclosure sale of Union
Pacific on the terms proposed by the
reorganization committee with only
slight modification created a demand
for the stock of that company and
served to steady the list generally 20
some extent.
The development of interest in the
honey situation was a hardening ten
dency of domestic exchange OF New
York at some Western centres, indicat-
ing some relaxation of the drain on
money reserve. Local money rates
however. continued firm and for foreign
exchanges, today. This steadiness IF
foreign exchange is attributed to the
covering of recent gold Importation at
San Francisco.
The net losses on the day extended
from Il fraction up to two points, the
high priced Industrials, the Coalers
and the Changers, especially Omaha
and Rock Island, being the most con-
spicuous sufferers. Sugar lost "a and
Ccicago Gas 21@. Cotton oil preferred
and Pittsburg c.. c. and st. L preferred
showed gains of a point or over.
Bonds moved in sympathy with
stocks. Total sales. 81, 500, 900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-29
WooIwich Boy at Klondike.

The following letter just received from
Klondike from S. B. Reed. a Woolwich
boy. is printed in the Bath Enterprise. 1t
was written August s. and owing to slow
mail facilities from there. has of course
been quite a time on the road:
Il suppose you would like a letter from
klondike and so I'll try to write one. 1
am making s15 per day here and nave
worked 81 days so far and intend to stay
here all winter if my health is good.
Il am camping 10 miles up the river
where the diggings are and haven't been
to town for some time. but shall have to
go soon to get my supplies for winter
which will cost me about 5000.
Il have a claim at French creek which
has not been prospected yet but l hope 1T
will turn out well. At the mouth of this
creek however they have struck good pay
dirt. which yields as high as $50 to the
pan. A third interest in one claim on
this creek sold yesterday for $1,000.
Il got in here all right and haven't been
sick a day yet, so l think | shall stay I'M
til get $50 600 or more. l have been
promised an all winters work here at So
per day and they say that in the spring
labor will be worth $40 per day.
This is the biggest gold find ever made.
one claim took out $1,000 per pan, three
near the one hat | am working took out
347 ounces in one day which was worth
ST.. 10 per ounce. sI0-
Il am living alone in a tent here now
and as it is Sunday / am baking beans. ]
ldNt StlbiI dtt HUN IiiS w EhA ny
came in with. One of them was sick
about all the way coming in. didn't do
anything after he got here. is homesick
and wants to go back. The other one is
a good fellow, IL worker, and has a claim
near mine.
I'VE are having fine weather here now
but we have had lots of rain in july.
The hottest weather we had was in June
when it was 1874 in the sun.
Perhaps you would like to know some
thing about mining in winter. First they
dig off the moss, then they come 10 the
frost. when a fire is built to thaw it. II
tina w down about six inches after which
the fire is taken away, the dirt dug out
and another fire built and so on until they
get down to 20 or % feet. When they
strike bed rock they build a fire around
the hole and work on the rock. that is
what they call drifting. All of the dirt
they take out and pile up where it is KEPT
until spring. when it is washed ana the
gold dust taken out. This is most all win
ter digging here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-29

New York, Sept. %.
FLOUR-Receipts. 3S.843 bbls.; sales. 200l
pkgs.; dull and lower to sell.
WHEAT-Receipts. 23S, 800; sales. 1,540.
eco; opened steady but sold of under un.
satisfactory cables, weakness at St. Louis
and absence of outside trade; May. 921af
SO; October, 96h@9s1s; December. 93AG
"a 7-16.
RYE-Quiet; No. 2 Western, 5Oa4 elf.
Buffalo.
CORN-Receipts. 45s,625; sales, 10000;
dull and weaker with wheat; December,
A%sM35h.
OATS-Receipts. 400, 600; sales, none;
quiet and easier; track white, 26isGS3.
BEEF-Firm.
PORK-Quiet.
LARD-Steady.t.
Observation-Disclosures, S097 pkgs.: firm
state dairy, 11@1S; do. creamery, 13hQ22;
Western 135a@22: imitation
creamery, Ilg414; Elgins. 21G22; factory,
9l12h.
CHEESE-Receipts. 1l,5S3 pkgs.; quiet;
large white and colored, 9h; small white
and colored. 9h: part skins, 61kG7; full
skins. 31aM4.
EGGS-Receipts. IA,S4S pkgs.: steady;
state and Pennsylvania, 1913; Western,
1S01Sls.
SUGAR-Firm.
PETROLEUM-Quiet.
COFFEE-Quiet.
TURPENTINE-Quiet.
MOLASSES-Quiet.
TICE-Steady.
FREIGHTS-Firm.
ROSlN-Quiet.
TALLOW-Easy.
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CALENDAR OF COMING EvEM1s.


At Gardiner, Sept. 2S-S0-Maine Free
BAPTIST Association.
At Winter Harbor, Sept. 2S-S0-Hancock
Baptist Association.
At Milo, Sept. 30-PiscataQuiS Sunday
School Association.
At Eddington, Oct. 4-6-Bucksport Min
~tsterial Association.
At South Berwick. Oct. 4-6-Maine Bap-
fist Anniversaries.
AT Red Beach, Oct. 5-6-Washington
County Congregational Conference.
At Skowhegan, Oct. 0-l-UniverSaliSt
Sunday school Convention.
At Bradford Corner, Oct. 6-Sunday
School Association.
At Gray, Oct. 12-l3-NOrth Cumberland
Congregational Conference.
At Bangor. Oct. 12-l4-Convention State
Interdenominational Association.
At Lewiston-Oct 23-26-Y. M. c. A.
Convention.
Educational.
At New Harbor. Oct. 1-2-Lincoln Coun-
ty Teachers Convention.
At Belfast. Oct. S-Waldo County Teach
ers' Association.
At Charleston. Oct. S-9-West Penobscot
Teachers Convention.
AT Fryeburg. Oct. 19-20-West Oxford
Teachers Association.
Temperance.
At Bath, Sept. 2S-3o-Maine State w. G..
T. U. Convention.
AT Bath. Oct. G-Sagadahoc District
Lodge Good Templars.
AT Pennington, Oct. 13-14-Semi-annual
session of Good Templars.
Grange.
AT North Brooksvillc. Oct. 2-Hancock
Pomona Grange.
At Searsmont, Oct. 5-Waldo Pomona
Grange.
At Dixficld, Oct. 12-Oxford Pomona
Grange.
AT West Gardiner. Oct. 13-kennebec
Pomona Grange
AT Kenduskeag, Oct. 23-Penobscot Po-
mona Grange.
Miscellaneous.
AT nelfast-Sept. 29-Reunion First
Maine Cavalry.
At Bangor, Oct. 6-S-State Federation
Women'S Clubs.
At Bangor, Oct. 14-16-Maine Musical
Festival.
At Portland, Oct. 1S-2O-Maine Musical
Festival.
AT Portland, Oct. 19-Grand Lodge I. o.
o. +.
AT Old Town. Oct. 27-Annual Encamp-
ment Maine Union Veterans Union.