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ChlIa MortaIly uur, by : Cable Car.

Elizabeth Roberts, IL years old, OF 1883 Am
Sterdam avenue, while crossing l53d street last
hlght stepped out OF the shadow OF q north
"punu catle car In front of q souihbound car.
uohe "cs run down and her skull Was fractured.
nenry uraut, the motorman. Was locked up.
adyinS condition.
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BRYASISM THEIR SLOGAN.
Oyster Ray Democrats Under Control OF the
boy Orators Admirers.

GLEN COVE. l. l.. Aug. 26.-The rank and file
of the Oyster Bay Democrats who looked to to-
days meeting at the Glen Cove Town Hall to
bring about local harmony are disappointed.
The silverites have been running the primaries
and meetings for a year. They turned out to-
day from the neighboring villages and filled the
hall to OVERLOOKING. They applauGed every
mention OF Bryan. OF free silver. and the chi
caEo pl ,tform, and war to the knife was declared
on Democratic turncoats. Alfred b. Cruikshank
and Clarence L. Davis of Brooklyn were the
chief speakers. A committee OF fifteen WAS APP
pointed TO organize theLoyal Democratic League
OF the town OF Oy stcr Bay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-27
-FOUR YEAR. for Killing HI. Father.

Patrick Coyle. a lahorer, who fractured his
fathers skull last February with a plate. at
333 West Seventeenth street. causing his death.
pletded guilty in General Sessions vest rnay Ia
mansianghlcr in the second degree and vas
sentenced by Judge Fitzgerald to State prison
for four years ami two months.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-27
Yates. WIN Wa. simple and nr,.,.

The will Of John Yates of l66th street and
Audubon avenue is one OF the shortest on
record. SAtesleaves all OF his property To his
willow, with the exception OF IS which he h..
aueathS to his daughter. Mrs. Anna N. Holt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-27
JABs Po1IoEMAN WIN HAT PIN.
a NeEress Uses . Woman's Natural Weapon
when Arrested.

Jane Doe, q negress. was arrested at Twenty.
eighth street and Seventh avenue. last night,
for soliciting, While Oh the way 10 the West
Thirty seventh street station house several of
her friends attempted to rescue her.
The woman aiued their efforts by drawing a
large hat pin uut OF her hat and slabbing tho
po.ICeman several times in this ribs and tho head.
She was finally dis ,rmed and hailed to the sta.
tion, where she was locked UP.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-27

Boor Statesmen Vote Themselves Moro Pay.
Special Cable Despatch to TUE Sun.
PRETORIA, Transvaal, Aug. 2e.-The volks-
raad has increased the salaries of Its members
to %. 900 per annum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-27

Are winning favor everywhere
as a mild. effective family ca
thartic. They stimulate the
liver, remove all waste. and
% In healthy condition. 250.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-27

Special Cable Despatoh 10 TIE suN.
HAMBURG. Aug. 26.-The German transatlan-
tic steamship lines have reduced tho rate Of
Storage passage to Now York to 100 marks
iS32.50).
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
PUPPETS / N OLD GREECE.

Socrates Gained Some knowledge From
the Barnum Of His Time.
In classic Greece the puppet show was b
popular diversion. The peripatetic show
man, known as a nevropaste, journeyed
from town to town, carrying his wooden
figures in box under his arm and with
his booth strapped to his back, quite like
his modern descendant who frequents Eng
hsh country fairs. The foibles of human
nature furnished ample material for these
ancient performances, and one can readily
imagine that the satire was keen and
strong, if not exactly delicate. : ="
The puppet show had It's patrons in the
time of Euripides, and at "a later period,
when Athens experienced the decadence of
the drama, the wooden manikins usurped
the place Of the flesh and blood actors in
the regular theater. E*.qu@ r.
Socrates unbent his philosophic mind on
one occasion to ask a puppet Snowman
how he made living in such manner.
"The folly Of men Is an inexhaustible fund
Of riches" sententiously responded the
nevropaste, himself evidently philosopher
despite his lowly station, 'and I am al
ways sure Of filling my purse by moving
q few pieces of wood. .''-Francis J.Ziegler
In Harper,s Magazine For December
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
AT A LONDON 7HEATER.
English Women as q Race Are the Wors'
Dressed Women In the World.

English Women as q Race Are the Worst
Dressed Women In the World.
Lillian Bell who is writing from Lon
don to The Ladies' Home Journal, gives
some remarkably interesting descriptions
of the Britishers in the December number.
Here, for instance, is the way she pictures
an audience at London theater: "The
play was most amusing, yet my sister and
I couldn't help watching the audience.
Such bored looking set, the women with
frizzled hair held down by invisible nets,
mingling with their eyebrows and done
hideously in the back; low necked
gowns, exhibiting the most beautiful
shoulders in the world; gorgeous jewels
in their hair and cleaning all over their
bodices, but among half dozen emerald
turquoise and diamond. bracelets there
would appear silver watch bracelet
which cost not over $40 and spoiled the
effect of all the others.
"English women as race are the worst
dressed women in the world. I saw thou
sands Of them in Piccadilly and Regent
street and at church parade in the park
with high French heeled slippers over
colored stockings. And, as to sizes,
should cay mines were the average. There
are some smaller, but the most are larger.
"The Prince of Wales was in the box
opposite to ours, and when we were not
looking at him we gazed at the impressive
faces Of the audience. They never smiled.
They never laughed. The subtlest points
in the play went unnoticed, yet it is one
which has had record run and bids fair
to keep the boards for the rest Of the sea-
aon - -, a
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
What Are Historical Novels?

An atmosphere can be as historical as
an occurrence, says Paul Leicester Ford
In December Atlantic, and created char
acter can transmit a truer sense Of g gen.
Grafton than the most labored biography
Of some actual person. It is scarcely pos
sible to obtain more vivid idea Of the
Gig hteenth century life and people than is
tob be found in Fielding's Tom Jones, and
In this sense it is the best Of historical flc-
ton. In the three volumes of the Little
page manuscripts Cooper took as his cen
tral theme the history Of the great land
grants Of New York. "Satanstoe" relates
the motives of state which induced the
granting Of the patents the means taken to
secure them and finally the struggle with
the Indians for their possession. aThe
Chainbearer" carries the history one point
further by showing the method Of settling
Of these land grants and tells Of the strug-
gle for possession between the owner and
the sqrsatters, and finally the third Of the Sc
ries, "rhe Redskins" deals with the fierce
( "antirent' war which broke. out on the
same estates some 80 years later. ( Il is
apparent, therefore, that these three books
aEe historical novels. say as.4
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
The Burden of Idleness

There may be ennui> that is more. soul
destroying, but I have never known any
that caused such evidently acute suffering
as the form which seizes upon working.
men Of my class In hours Of enforced idle
ness. When the days work Is done, they
take their rest as matter of course and
enjoy it. But d day like this, which lays
them off from work and shuts them with
In doors, furnishes awful evidence the
poverty Of their lives Most OF the men
here can read, but not to one of them Is
reading resource. The men at play are
in blasphemous i'll temper over tho cards,
and are apparently on the brink ofs5blows,
while Mike is laboriously spelling his way
through page and nervously squirming
in an effort to find comfortable seat.
And know, from the experience Of Sun
days, in what humor the men will come
down to!dinner from the loft. to face an
afternoon of eternal length to them, which
ln some way must be lived through. - The
&Workers---1na q Logging Camp byjWalter
A. Wyckoff, in December Scribner's.
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
UTILIZATION OF WASTES.
An Example of the Progress Made 10
Shown by What Is Made of Coal Tar.

An Example of the Progress Made 10
Shown by What Is Made Of Coal Tar.
Perhaps there is no stronger evidence Of
the advance of civilization than the in
creasing tendency manifesting itself in al
most all directions toward the utilization
of waste products. ,..,,y7 .-a
The Immediate incentive to this, Of
course, is the simple incentive which lies
behind all commercial projeots-the desire
for the emoluments of trade, but it is the
increasing ability to turn to commercial
account those products which before were
disposal was a source of expense, that is
the index of civilizations advance just
mentioned.
No better example of this can be cited
perhaps than the utilization of the waste
products in the manufacture of coal gas.
Take single one of these, coal tar, for
example, which. by the way, is "a very
complex and uninviting substance. 1T has
given us one of the best antiseptios known
to science in the shape of carbolio acid,
one of the most violent explosives used in
warfare -picrate of potash; whole series
of colors and dyes, the anilines, rivaling
in brillianoy and splendor, the, colors Of
rise to new industries of great magnitude,
but have revolutionlzed others Of vastly
greater extent; many of the most deli
oious of our 50 called fruit flavoring ex-
tracts; saccharine, substance $50 times
as sweet as tho purest cane sugar, and
last, but not least, series Of medicinal
preparations of the greatest value to suf-
fering humanity, of which antipyrine, an
tifebrine and sulphonal are names that
will be familiar to all. -"
While this is not a 1.-THE CT the blessings
which science has succeeded in wrestling
from that dirty and III smelling refuse,
coal tar, it may serve, in way, to indi-
cate how little we can afford to regard
anything as useless simply because we
have as yet found no way to make use Of
h, or because it is so i'll smelling and OBJ
noxious as to constitute it nuisance
which the authorities require the producer
to abate.-N. W. Perry in Casters Maga-
zine For December
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
#TEAcHERsfAND RELIGION.
The Assertion That State Universities Arc
~ ~ .-.-Ef- IrraliRiOua. 80 4....L

Tho Assertion That State Universities Are
80 Irreligious.
Notwithstanding the large contribu-
lions which the. religious denomina ations
are making to the student body Of the
state universities 1t has often been asserted
that these institutions are irreligiouN In
the character of their instruction. This
subject was 40 fully discussed by Presi-
dent Angel in the Andover Review that
it will be sufficient here to quote one para
graph in which he presents certain facts
regarding the religious status of profess
ors and instructors: s{S \ - "@
I'm 40; of the state institutions all
from which I}have facts ON this point, 1t
appears that "a per cent Of the teachers are
members .of, ,Ichurches, and not few OF
the others are earnestly and even actively
religious men who have not formally join
ed any communion. When we remember
that colleges not under state, control
tainly this is true of the larger ones-do
not now always insist on church member
ship as tho condition of an appointment
to place in the faculties, and that no
board of regents or trustees of any state
university will knowingly appoint to q
~~N~
supposed to be of elevated moral charac-
ter, it must ;be conceded that the pupils in
the state institutions are not exposed to
much peril from. their teachers.
But the great majority Of men who choose
teaching as their profession always have
been and are likely to be reverent, ear
nest, even religious men,. So 1t has como
to: pass that seven or eight of every ten
men in tho corps of teachers in the state
universities are members of Christian
churches Aud it you go to the cities
where those universities are planted you
will find good proportion Of these teach
ers superintending Sunday schools, con-
Quoting Bible classes sometimes supply
ing pulpits, engaged in every kind Of
Christian work, and by example and word
stimulating their pupils to q Christian
life. "-Professor F. w. Kelsey of the Uni
versity of Michigan in December Atlantic.
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
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PlCklN De WINNlN HOSS.
How Uncle Primus Secured and Gave His
Master the Straight Tip.

How Uncle Primus Secured and Gave His
Master the Straight Tip.
EFF it hadn't "a been fer me, sub, my
young marster would "a teetotally ruint
hisse'f wild gamblin en- gwine on. I seed
dat sump'n had ter be done, en- dat mighty
quick, so tuck him off one side en- ak
him eff he'd bet on de boss what I'd pick
out fer'him de next day. Dat wuz des fun
fer my young marster, sub. He tuck me
right up en- des vowed he'd put his las
dollar on him. {; f:*5
=. "'Twan't no mo- trouble ter me, sub,
ter pick out de winnin' hoss dan 'twuz
ter wash my face. Dat night made my
young marster gi me tickler full er
dram, en- den I went 'mong de stables
whar dey KEEP de race hosses, en- 'twan't t
no time TO- know'd eve'y boss dat wuz
gwine ter win de mex day en- de day arter
en- de day arter dat, kaze de nigger boys
what rode de hosses know'd, en- dey tol
me what dey wouldn't dast ter tell no
white man datsever wuz borned. - Ga
:. "Well, sub, we sorter helt back on de
fust two races, but de mex un wuz dc big
un, en- my young marster plankt down all
way fun dar wild mighty nigh uuff
my young marster got he woned fun q
great big man wild white whiskers en- blue
eyes. He look mo- like preacher dan any
hoss race man I ever is gee. De man wild
de white whiskers en- blue eyes counted
out de bills slow, en- all de time he wuz
doin it he look hard at me en- my young
marster: Arter we got back in de tavern
my young marster say. 'Primusl' 1say,
Subj he low, Is you see how dat ole
man look at US whence he wuz countin
out dat money! low, Well, sub, no
tice him glance at us mo- dan once He
say, you know what dat means?' I say,
Z No, sub, slessn hits kaze he hate ter drap
SO much good money He low, Dat man
got de idee in him big ez mule dat m
a swindler. D-n himl"- "a Run of
Luck" by Joel Chandler Harris, in De-
cember Scribner's.. t.<s-t. a
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
Ignorance Of our Cousin. Aoro.. tn. 4,

Ignorance Of Our Cousins Across the At.
lantio u Our Ways. Fsf'
Ny frst experiences In. England, says
pnlsnel +. w. Higginson in the Decemb ber5
Atlantic, was, Of course, to ascertain. my
proper position as an American and to-
know what was thought Of U.s. This was
easier rs years ago than now, since the.
English ignorance of Americans was then
oven; greater than, today, and perhaps even
more frankly expressed. One Of the first
houses where spent an evening was the
very hospitable home of distinguished
Ioholar, then the president Of the Philo'
logical society and the highest authority
on the various dialects of the English lam
guage. But was led to think that his
sweet and kindly wife had not fully profit
I'd by his learning. She said to me, "Is it
not rather strange that you Americans,
who seem such friendlyand cordial race,
should invariably address a newcomer as
stranger while we English, who are
thought to be cold and distant, are moro
likely to say my friendp' ~ y = 5I%
She would scarcely credit 1t when I told
her that had hardly ever in my life been
greeted by the word she Thought go uni
versal and then she added, ~ was told
that Americans began every sentence with,
Well, stranger, guess. was COM
PEELED to plead guilty to the national use
Of the first and last Of these few words,
but still demurred as to the "stranger "
Then she sought for more general infor-
nation, and asked If 1t was really true, as
she had been old, that railway trains in
America were often stopped for the pur-
pose OF driving cattle off the track. ex-
planned to her that In some regions of the
far west, where cattle abounded and fenc-
ing material was scarce this might still
be done, and l did not think it necessary
to say that I had seen 1t done in my
youth within 30 miles of Boston. But l
explained to her that we Americans, being
a very inventive race, had devised little
apparatus to be placed In front of the 10.
comotive in order to turn aside all OBJ
structions, and told her that this excel
lent invention was called a cowcatcher. "
She heard with interest, and then her
kindly face grew anxious and she said hes
itatingly, "But isn't 1T rather dangerous
for the boy?' said wonderingly, "What
boyP" and she reiterated, "For the boy,
don't you know-the cowcatoher." Her
motherly fancy had depicted an unfortu-
nate youth, balanced on the new contriv-
ance, probably holding on with one hand
and dispensing dangerous herds by ges:
ture from the other.
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
TO SUPPRESS A NUISANCE.

Ways of, Obtaining Relief From Smoke.
!: The Best Way Is Not to Make 1t.
One means of obtaining relief from
smoke from boiler and other chimneys
was years ago found in simple forms of
apparatus in which the chimney gases
were more or less thoroughly washed by
sprays of water. These latter were intend
cd to and in many cases did remove par
ticles of SCOT from the gas currents, and
the latter, as they issued from the Chin
ney tops, were comparatively II not Who'll
lydfree from those characteristics which
constitute the smoke nuisance of today
The extracted SCOT was, moreover, not q
waste product, but was utilized, in one
instance at least, In the manufacture Of
an excellent quality of ink. - 4
At the present time, with smoke sup
preston as an absorbing topic in many
localities, it would seem worth while to
practically resurrect some of these old de-
vices little more frequently than is the
case, for In q few places they are in service
In more or less modified and improved
shape and with apparently satisfactory
results. The simple theory in the whole
matter Of smoke always has been that the
best way to prevent it is not to make it,
and it Is along this line that intelligent
inventive effort has of late years been ex-
pended. The fireman, too, as a smoke
preventer or Q matchmaking nuisance
has attracted attention, and the ilnpor-
tance of his function is today tolerably
we'll appreciated by most boiler owners.
- But, after ALL there are in every manu-
featuring district furnaces which owners
will not provide, except under compul-
sion, with possibly expensive smoke pre-
venting equipment, In the shape =of: me-
chanical stokers, for example, however
economical in final results, and to these
the simple s1nokeewasher or absorber, did
they but know Of ID, would be an aocepta-
BILE means Of helping to suppress the OBJ
jectionable chimney discharges.-Cassier 8
Magazine For December. w. >,
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
Black Skirt with Fancy Waist.

= The question, "what is the fashionable
,blackiskirt to wear with the fancy waist?''
Is perhaps more often asked than any other
by the woman who makes one skirt an
swer for many occasions In reply It may
be asserted that rich black satin II given
the preference where only one skirt Is
found IN the wardrobe Of the questioner.
But If youD already have, that then plain
black, taffeta, often much trimmed from,
waist to hem, fl the newest and most fash
lonable. But 9 word ,Qf warning. This
not only Is an extravaganza purchase, but
after comparati ively~ few wearings will
split, even where there 10 no real strain. -
December Woman's Home Companion. \
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
The Three Kings.

Tho Three Ktngs. -
Came those monarchs. grave and hoar,
With their gifts, goodly store,
Gold and frakincense and myrrh, >: ~
! On that holy night Of yore. r.
Ator, sator, sarasin, S'~.
In their hallowed purpose kin,
Following the guiding star. =
Each sacred goal to win. s , '~: u :
Did they bear their offerings, -:' '}>'
Such a wealth Of precious things, ' -
Unto one Of princely place, ia
Sprung, like them, from earthly kingsf
Nay, but to an infant born .3gigs
Ina loWly spot forlorn, ., ...;s,y
. Yet around whose glorious face a =.
-. 9hone halo like the morn. IT,
For spirit unto each & :I1-Jtart'r
ri 6pake In no uncertain speech, r4J iASll
a3l Saying: Sin a manger lies fjA.f..,J .,,ee
iii One who God to man shall teach; ...,.I,.,
ID ! "one who shall the night o'erthrow,' /
:F' Bearing heaven with him below, "f'>'- J.
- Love that triumphs over hate,
i Peace and joy that conquer woe.n gnpsa
4 80 those monarchs, men Of fame b-s-
Bowed before him, blessed his name, ~
,.7 Laid their offerings at his feet, .1s w.. g!
Passed as swiftly as they came. i lga 81 \
: Stretch the years, checkered chart, {
''5 Since they played their deathless part,
n Yet today may we, like them, II gaE fg
Giving, hold the Christ at heart. Z.
Clinton scollard 81 Deoember Woman Home
= Z E
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
IN THE REINDEER COUNTRY.
Huts For Hunters and Eggs In 3 Climate
That Would Freeze q Hen.

That Would Freeze q Hen.
One of the kindest, most thoughtful
things that human being ever did for his
own kind is W hat the N orske Touristforen
ing, or Norwegian Alpine club, has done
here and there in the Jotunheim of Nor
way and in slowing them away in deep
valleys out of the force of the arctic biz
yards that play over the country every few
days Entering one of these huts IN the
evening-if we were lucky enough to come
up with one-Vigdal acted as interpreter
between us and the one or two women
who with their husbands keep them open
for three months in the year. Sitting close
by the fireplace, we were invariably fur
nished with the same meal. The first night
at the hut on Lake Tyin, after we had
worked northward into the Jotunheim
from Skogstad, they gave us boiled eggs
to start with, Where eggs could come from
In this land that would kill hen in "a
hours was profound mystery until Wig
dal informed us that the club had custom
Of purchasing 5000 eggs in March and
April and distributing them among the
huts at that time. ..s
. It Is conceivable therefore, that these
eggs eaten in September were approaching
Grabbed age, and yet they were the best
part of the supper. With them came hand
in hand seven kinds Of cheese-goats' milk
cheese, cows milk cheese, brown, white,
blue cheese. hard cheese, soft cheese and
buttery cheese-until cheese became a
word to excite wrath in our souls. The
bread was unleavened and hard. Butter
there was none Indeed there was nothing
else but raw dried salmon, and yet those
huts became friends for which we devel-
oped sincere affection, and the food ap-
peared wonderful in our eyes after "a
hours Of fasting. Sears in Har-
per's Magazine For December.
Mower County transcript., 1897-12-22
. = 3 - ;, ~ - 1IIlIF z I87-5 n
Best Way to Make Lemonade.

The best lemonade is made by boiling
sugar and water together and adding the
lemon JUICE after.it istcold.y Use d pound
Of ugartto. each quart Of water; Add the
juice Of 8slemons and the desired quantity
of water at serving time Pineapple lem
ionade may be made by boiling together q
quart Of water, 9 pound of sugar ana the
grated rind Of 3 lemon for Ave minutes.
I Strain. lt M When cold, !, add the Juice Of 8 lem
ons, pineapple pared and picked into
very small articles, and either "a quart OF
water Or a quart Of apolli water. - ---
December Ladies' Home journal.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-23

President Mckinley Ids select
ed the Metropolitan ~ the Prcsi-
dents church. The Metropolitan
was built by the Methodists of
the country and not by the con-
gregation. II is n national church.
When President Grant attended
the church pew was set apart
for the President of the United
States and The sum OF $1,000 con
tributed by friend Of tho church
to dedicate the pew 10 the use of
the President. 1t has also pews
set apart for the Yice-President
and for the Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court and
for some OF the States and large
cities Exchange.