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The British Post ONCE Savings Bank
lately completed thirty-fiye years Of
existence, and a summary of the re-
suits .eached is given in the Pail Mall
Gazette, which ten years ago gave an
account of the progress Of the system
tor the quarter century completed in
1886. The journal in question showed
that, beginning in very modest way,
only AS deposits, amounting to E951,
having been received on September 16,
1861, the first day on which business
was transacted. there were during 1885
6,x74,4s4 deposits, amounting to f15.-
osl.6sl, and on December 81 OF that
year the sum Of 1862, SIS was stand
ing to the credit OF 3,5S5. $50 depositors.
in addition to which s0,5s7 depositors
held government stock Of the nominal
vaiue Of Ez,452,2 52. These figures bore
ample testimony to the thrifty habits
Of a considerable proportion Of the in
habltants OF the United Kingdom. and
70 the facilities for saving Afforded By
the post once
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The Coin of the Realm.

A captain in a regiment stationed In n,
tai, when paying his company one dsv
Glanced to give a man a TransyaaI NJ
crown. which, as one would naturally A.
pect, bears ''the image and superscriDt,poT
Of President Kruger.
The man brought II back 20 the paw t,h-,
and said TO the captain: Please, SIR, JOuT,
given me q bad half-crOwn."
The officer took the coin. and, W4.5oy,
looking at it. rang Il on the table and -
remarked: "It sounds all right Barr.
What's wrong with itr'
''You luke at II. sir" was the reply.
The captain glanced at the coin saTipF.
''It's all right, man; II will pass In the caS
teen"
This apparently satisfied Bsgs,er who
walked OF, making the remark: ''if Tou
say it's a. right, sir. II is a right; bat its
the first time I've seed the queen WI
Whfakers onw-AnSwerS.
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The Largest Reservoir In the wo,,,

The Metropolitan Water Comnisslo, /
about to build the largest storage rsSsS,,sii
IN the world, its capacity being no less tSsl
IS, 000, 900, 600 gallons-enough TO supplv -
city Of Boston for three and one half 49,
and four times as much as the capacitSi
all the existing water works reservoir =
that city. Its capacity IL twice as muei y.
that Of the new CrotOn reservoir OF W
York; thrice that Of the six reservoir, J,
Birmfngh ham. England; thirty times thai y,
the Cochituate, and twenty-five times 49,.
Of the Hobbs Brook OF the Cambridge ~,
tenn. II will hold more water than the Iss..
harbor Of Boston. This dam Is to be RAJ,
at Clinton, Massachusetts, and the vast w.
ume of water, covering over 400 acres III
be antrapped and retained by a dam hi
feet long Tor twenty feet shorter than I'M.
Croton damn. 127 feet high above the grOus5
and 15S feet high above its rock rOundatios
This. however, Is not as high as a pur.
Der OF others which retain much less vats,
The Croton dam has a height Of Isl -,
above ground and 225 feet above rock. En-
cheering Magazine.
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an antiquary-and in one Of the guest
chambers" is the high-post bedstead.
with its rusty tester, on which Wash
ington slept while q visitor at Tuck
ahoe.
Near the house, by the old mower
garden. with it's boxed walks ano
queer-shaped beds. stands the hsue
building where Thomas Jefferson sIu
Thomas Mann Randolph received tnelI
early education. These two. VINO "eie
afterwards room mates at William ano
Mary College, were always war"
friends, and in Jefferson's letters lro
quent mention is made OF MS COUSIN
Tom" Randolph and their frolics. ne
often said that one of his earliest rec
objections was riding on a pillo" IN
front Of a servant on horseback 20
| Tuckahoe, when his father was remoV-
ing from Shadwell in 1745.
In front OF the house is a magnincen'
avenue OF elms, whose branches arcn
the roadway, and further on douole
row OF venerable cedars form SECOND
avenue for d quarter OF mile or more
until the high road is reached.
About two hundred yards east OF tne
house lies the family vault, hidden
from view by grape arbors and shrub
berry. Here, as the old black mann
mics" tell in awe-struck tones, Is the
resort OF the famous Frantic Bride
of Tuckahoe, who for many a weary
year has paced TO and fro. wringine
| her hands and tearing her flowing
locks. No influence, however great
can induce the servants to venture neal
the spot after nightfall.
The vault is built in a peculiar man
ner beneath the ground and is only &C
cessible from above. In II repose the
dust of many generations Of Randolphs
some of whom. we are told, were bur
\ led with handsome jewels on. The frs
| interment was that OF Mrs. Thomas
Randolph, when so many people drove
from all portions OF the state in theil
chariots and coaches-and-four. to d.
honor to the gentle lady's memory
that tales OF the great funeral passed
down as a sort Of legend in' the neigh
borhood.
The Randolph family has always
been one Of the most distinguished ii
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AMcKinIer.. AIde-ds-Camp.

Captain Heinstand, Of the army. Who
acted as a voluntary aid 10 President Nc.
Kinley at Canton for several months aat
was ordered to report at the office Of the ssc
rotary OF war. and has been assigned o
duty at the White House by Secretary A.
ger, as a special aide-de-camp 10 the Pra
dent Of the United States. His duties N |
not defined. but he will be expected 70 u
sist in social matters. look after the pN
dents private affairs and make hzSGi
otherwise useful. There has not been Az
such official at the White House since "a
administration OF General Garfield Mn
Heistand Is expected to continue az a
companion to Mrs. Mckinley, 70 whom Es
has been devoted during the last summer.
Thus far Mrs. Porter. the wife Of the Pre-
dents secretary. has been acting 10 an
liar capacity for Mrs. Mckinley, receiving
and answering her notes and reading ne
hundreds Of letters that are coming 70 ne
Presidents wife. They contain all sorts 0!
requests and suggestions. and very Few o.
them are deserving Of attention. But some
body has got TO look after them. aud VA
Porter enjoys IL. IL Is not believed Tia:
social secretary will be employed FOR A:s
Mckinley Mrs. Porter Is fully no 10 ~
rustOms and etiquette Of Washing n ot
ficial life. and with Mrs. Heistaud's aSsN
ance can do all that Is necessary.
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died from diabetes the other day -
his home in South Ealing, suouro e.,
London. Blondin was born near N
ais, In France, In 1924, when ~
him 70 years Of age. His nicknAmS -
derived from his father, who was 49,
"Blondin" on account of the Color "
his hair. He commenced rope
when he was four years OF age anu 80
years later gave an exhibition oeiOl'
the king Of Italy. In 1855 ne came ~
America, and when at Niagara Faln
the idea struck him of crossing on .
rope. 1t was not until 1853 that ne
attempted the feat
He once performed at the Geological
Gardens, Liverpool He had given an
afternoon performance there. and was
to perform again in the evening. Dur
ing the interval between the perform
ancss some one suggested playfully
that it would be fine thing for him to
take a lion across. Capital idea
thought Blondin- So he indicated to
the management his readiness to wheel
across any lion they liked to send uT
to him. The lion chosen was eighteen
months old, and was known as Tom
Sayers." The performance was in the
open air, and it was just getting DARK
when the lion was slung up and
strapped to the barrow. A pretty stin
gale was blowing. The rope sagged
good deal. too, so that there was a steep
decline from each mast. 1t was, there
I fore deemed advisable that some con-
troll should be kept over the barrow and
its strange freight from the platform,
in case Blondin might not be able TO
prevent it from running away with
him down hill. So a line was attached
to the barrow to keep il in check, and
the end of this was retained by an at
tendaRt on the platform at the mast
head. On walked Blondin, trundling
his load before him, which must have
been doubly difficult owing to his hands
being fully engaged steadying himself
with his pole, when. through some
stupid bungling on the part Of the in
dividual who had charge of the line,
the latter let it slip out Of his hands.
An exclamation of horror and surprise
rang through the assembled masses,
who, on this occasion, were said to
number 100000. The excitement now
became intense, and those who had Ia
ken up positions Immediately under
the rope or hawser betook themselves
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DR.. Wards New Post.

DR.. Ward of Trinity College has been
selected for the new professorship of
mental philosophy and logic at Cam
bridge university, England. He has
been fellow and tutor Of Trinity for
Ewenty-one years. and has devoted him
self with much success to college work;
while his contributions to the "Ency-
elopaedia Britannica" have made him
widely known.
The broad ax., 1897-05-01

The Duchess OF Fife is an ardent de-
voice of the wheel. She has recently
purchased a very handsome one made
of black walnut mounted with brass,
and although it is 100 years old she
finds it in excellent working condition.
With this wheel she spins her own
yarn, which she knits into golf stock
ings for her husband to wear when
he dons the kits. From an industrial
and domestic standpoint at least the
Duchess seems to be all wool and
yard wide.
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Fourteen miles west of Richmond II
an old Virginia plantation, where
Thomas Jefferson as q boy went TO
school, and where many illustrious
men Of the past two centuries lived and
visited.
Tuckahoe-whose quaint name was
derived from the tribe OF Indians that
once lived in the neighborhood-was
the first frame dwelling erected west OF
Richmond, then a frontier settlement
known as the Falls" The house was
built about the year 1880 by William
Randolph, a wealthy and influential
planter, for his son Thomas, and Is To-
day considered one Of the best specl-
mems OF early colonial architecture In
the state. 1t stands, surrounded oy
stately oaks and elms, on lofty DUN
around whose base the James River
winds II lazy way, and in former years
the estate included well nigh limitless
tracts of land for miles around. So i'm
ms~se was the property that to the
members of this wealthy family land
was almost valueless and we find In the
records Of Goochland county one OF the
most rnique deeds Of bargain and SAFE
ever put on record.
1t was between William Randolph
above, and his cousin, Peter JEFFERSON
father of Thomas Jefferson. In 1t Ran
dolph grants, bargains and sells I'M
To Peter Jefferson one certain parcel
OF land lying on the north side OF the
Northanna, in the county OF Goocn-
md, together with all houses, orch
ards, gardens, fences. woods, ways
ETC., appertaining to same" and in con-
sideration for this receiyes-one OF
Henry weatherburn's biggest bowls oil
Arrack punch. History does not tell
us who Henry weatherburn may have
been, but his name is still being watt
ed down 20 fame through the fumes OF
his good Arrack punch.
Tuckahoe house is built In the form
OF the letter H, giving it much the
appearance of two houses. The long
saloon hall which connects the two
wings is an apartment of much indi-
vidual interest, and its lofty walls have
witnessed many an exciting scene. In
It questions Of grave interest touch
ing the history of the early colony were
discussed and settled; there Washing
ton and his aides were frequently re-
ceived. and It served many a time as
a ball room for the fair danes and
EaIlants of long ago. Special mention
Is made of this most commodious
apartment by Lieutenant Thomas An
bury in his Travels Through Ameri-
ca" The latter was one of the Eng
fish officers Of the army Of convention
captured with Burgoyne at Saratoga
and uuartered near Charlottesville.
While waiting to be sent to England
they were allowed, on parole, to visit
4 the plantation homes of some Of their
former adversaries. who received them
with great hospitality. Lieutenant An
bury gives a long account Of his visit
to Tuckahoe and also tells that some
low fellows" threatened to set FIRE to
Colonel Randolph's property on &C
count of the presence Of the British Of
hcers- The fiery colonel resented this
insult to his guests with much spirit
and made a ringing speech on the en-
suing court day, offering five hundred
pounds reward for the discovery OF
those who made use Of the threats.
The English officer seemed also much
impressed by his hosts fondness for
HORSES characteristic of all Virgin
ians-and gives the following quaint
The broad ax., 1897-05-01

There IL q national, almost a patrl-
otic," movement In Japan to induce the
people to become eaters Of meat. The
japanese are intelligent imitators of
Europeans and Americans. and 1t
seems that many Of them think be-
cause Of its general use by other ma
lions that there is promise Of physical
and mental improvement in the sub
stitution Of flesh foods for rice and
other cereals. II favorable result fol-
lows this change Of diet, the meat
saters win be hilarious in proclaiming
It against the tegetarians.
The broad ax., 1897-05-01

An unemployed man in Chicago sup
ported two persons beside himself, and
sometimes three, for three months, on
SIS. The bad times are teaching hard
lessons of economy, some of which may
be useful in the future.
The broad ax., 1897-05-01

Our judges often enunciate sound
principles in morals as well as in law.
In the New York Supreme Court Jus
tice Pryor lately gave his opinion Of
marrying for money. A lawyer said,
Admit that the man was after this
woman's money to better and elevate
his position in life. Is there anything
reprehensible in that" The justice
replied, ct Is infamous to marry a
woman simply for her money" So
Tar as is known an appeal from this
decision was not taken.
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The Minister'S Mistake.

In. rural parish In the Mearns the Oths
.reek an Aberdeen divine, who had drrE
over In A hired vehicle, occupied the pup.
Only one person attended service, aud y
minister apOlogiZed for the length OF y
discourse. His audience signihed his y
DrOval OF his preaching. and the minisS'
Continued. Guess his CONSERVATION Waes
discovered his audience consisted OF ~
driver, who had been engaged By the hour
Edinburgh Dispatch
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ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE

One more Idol cast away.
one more scrapper put to sleep.
ne who was not common clay
Now u rated small and cheap.
Proud on high his banner waved
Haunted east and west and south,
Fighting fierce was what he crayrd
Al who came to eight By mouth,
Law the erstwbile warrior low
Mid the tears Of wives be Vexed
md the sobs Of Brother Joe.
Pass him up and murmur "NeItP'
Chicago Record
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Roads are so bad in Connecticut that
Q funeral procession there had to take
70 the trolley cars. The older states
are apparently as neglectful OF ROADS
as some that are further west.
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Mrs. Besant, theosophist, is quoted
as saying that offerings Of burnt butter
to the gods might produce an electric
current that would bring rain 1t
might pay irrigation committees to
look into this.
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Labouchere's instance Of a woman
having been cured of kleptomania by a
good whipping is something OF an in
dorsement Of our late Delaware whip
ping-post. The record Of Delaware re-
forms is not. however. 1t hand
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Ii Hung Chang's Grand Army
badge is a sight more ornamental than
that old yellow jacket and bedraggled
peacock feather the Chinese Emperor
took away from him some time ago.
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BLONDIN THE WONDER
CELEBRATED TIoHT ROPE
WALKER DIED THE OTHER DAY.
A sketch OF His Llfe-The First MAI
TO Gross the Niagara River. Over the
Great Falls, on . Tight ROpe-othsr
Wonderful FeatA
FRANCIS

Fan FRANCIS
Gravelet, better
known as Blondin,
he celebrated
tight rope walker,
who was the first
person to cross
Niagara Falls on 3
tight rope, winch !,
feat he performed
on June so, 1883,
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u Texas should take it into her head
to burn a negro just now. it's safe to
say some New York paper would have
a commissioner" on hand to take
singed statement from the victim.
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me Only Afternoon Train

Making the quickest time from Denver g !:
Kansas City, st. Louis and me E1't Is.vio'
Union Pacific "Elecrric Special LSs.,
Denver daily at 1:2O 2. N. This s11,
train, carrying Buffet Pullman . ~. 4.
cars and chair cars. makes quicker tine a. =
the above points than any other me. S,.,s.
once, cal Seventeenth street eOrner OO''-'
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Some tobacco raised in Wisconsin
from Cuban seed developed such an
excellent leaf that the Wisconsin peo-
pie in talking of it can hardly avoid
speaking Spanish.
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The crowded jails, penitentiaries and
Iunatic asylums should teach MS that
we are not doing all that we ought to
do for mankind.
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The man whom Blondin carried on
his back across Niagara is still alive.
The fool killer has really been dead
longer than we thought
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LInnnin,. RIrthn,...

Efforts are being made to sell to the
American government for $4,000 the
tarm Of liz acres near HodgenvilIe,
Ky. on which Abraham Lincoln wa
bora.
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.sI,vI .ured our next-door neIghbor Of Dor
,owtn0 our lawn mower" How DID yol
arrange itT'' Every time he did II SEA
over and borrowed his bicycle"
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Don1 rOoaecO SPLIT and su- oks Tour LIE lr,I.

Don't TOBACCO spit and sn-oke Tour LIE A'lI.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, Be la
aetic. full OF life. nerve and vigC' take No TO
BAG. the wonderv worker that makes weak nea
strong All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guam
teed Booklet and sample free ADDRESS
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New IoFh
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'Isabel SAYS she has never been ID io,s
SIs that SOP "Yes; she was tnressSSsssn 49,,
With II once. but a bottle OF spring O''''''
brought her out all right
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ssThere's one drawback TO this Pingise
,otato culture 'sWhat Is itr' BE ooSa.
to fx things so the crop would be SsFa0s'
china"
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No-ro-Bao for Fifty Cent

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes Eeak
zen strong, blood pure. SOC, 81. AL drugEAS
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets AZ
Druggists refund the money il IL fails 10 cure y
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e :s ., :;:s, T s.s Thompson's Eye Sal'

nDIIIM "a WHISKY A.sI,, ,s s1'' s,ri wa g.
The herald., 1897-12-07
PROTESTS PRESENTED
boothe and Co. Ask Why They Do Not
Get the Fire Hose Contracts

The protest OF c. F. Hunter, assignee
OF L. Brodie, the contractor named in
the assessment for the improvement on
First street between Clarence street
ana Boyle avenue, against the action
OF the street superintendent and the city
engineer for issuing warrant covering
assessment AZ as one piece of property.
whereas it consists of two, belonging to
different individuals, was sustained, and
the street superintendent directed to
issue a new warrant.
N. w. Stowell's petition, appealing
from the assessment for sewer on Cali
fornia street, was also heard. Petitioner
has lot in block H, corner Of California
street and Grand avenue, and has been
already assessed for a sewer on Grand
avenue for the same lot. He claimed
to have no use for the California street
sewer. The protest was denied.
The protest from w. B. Stewart,
against the opening of an alley between
Broadway and Spring, from Sixth to
Seventh, was denied.
A petition for the placing of a fire
alarm box at the corner Of Eighteenth
street and Griffith avenue was referred
to the fire and water committee.
Charles B. Boothe & Co.'s remon-
STRANGE, informing the council that they
had twice made the lowest bid for the
fire hose contract and ought to be
awarded it, was referred to the supply
committee.
The herald., 1897-12-07
STRICT PROHIBITION
Advertising Sign Posts Without ANY
Exception Must Go

The board Of public works put it's foot
down emphatically when it made the
following recommendation which was
adopted:
In the matter Of petition No. 1873 from
A. d. Shepard ct al, asking that ordi-
nance No. 1912 (new series) be amend
ed SO as to except from it's provisions
transportation and telegraph compan-
les, the same as newspaper offices and
theaters, we would respectfully recon-
mend that, as the time is drawing near
when all poles in the business center
must be removed, that the city attorney
be instructed to present an ordinance
prohibiting the erection of advertising
sign posts, without any exception.
After considerable discussion action
was deferred for one week in the matter
of the ordinance Of intention to open an
alley twenty feet in width between
Broadway and Hill street from Fourth
street to Fifth street, and repeating
ordinance No. 64S0 (new series), be
placed upon its passage.
The boards recommendations that
specifications No. so for the construction
of graveled streets; specifications No.
81 for the construction Of cobble paved
cutters; specifications No. So for tho.
construction of redwood curbs; specifi-
cations No. SO for the construction Of
granite crosswalks; specificatiorN No. "a
for the construction of cement curbs;
specifications No. IS for the construc-
ton of cement sidewalks, and specifica-
tions No. Sc for the grading of streets in
the city of Los Angeles be adopted.
The herald., 1897-12-07

public meeting throughout Friday az
ternoon, December Sd, which was par
ticipated in by many of the petitioners,
the legal representatives Of petitioners
and the city. members Of this council,
the city engineer and other interested
parties.
After a full discussion of the question
In all its phases 1t was generally admit
ted that it would be unwise and mex
pedient to take immediate steps to con-
struct a new water system.
The question of immediate construc-
tion being disposed Of. discussion was
had upon the question of taking such
steps as would remove the legal diff
cultics which now exist to the construc-
tion OF new works prior to the termina-
tion Of present lease with the Los Ange-
les City Water company. In short, what
can be done by your honorable body to
enable you to raise the funds and enter
upon the construction Of an entirely new
system Of water works prior to the ter
minatlon of present contract with thr
water company without subjecting the
people you represent to the payment OF
not only the cost of a new plant but the
value Of the improvements made by the
water company to the old plant as WELL
Upon this subject your committee finds
difference of opinion both legal and
civic; nor does 1t by it's recommendation
herein pretend to decide that the way is
clear for a successful outcome along the
lines suggested, but being actuated by a
desire to leave no stone unturned to ac-
quire municipal water plant, new or
old, at the earliest moment consistent
with the interests OF the community.
your committee begs to submit the fol-
lowing recommendations:
First: That no action be taken at
this time to construct an entirely new
water system, and
Second: That the city attorney be in
structed to prepare resolution looking
to negotiations attempting to agree with
the water company upon the value of
the improvements made by them as pro-
vided in the contract with said water
company dated July 22, 1868, in order that
the city may pay to the water company
at the expiration of said contract the
amount of comper sation agreed upon to
cover value of the said improvements
made by said water company during
term Of lease.