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The Southern herald., 1898-03-11

and occasionally go walking down
Pennsylvania avenue. But President
Arthur never was seen on the streets
except when he walked across La Fay
ette park, to st. Johns church, on Sun.
days. President Harrison for fouI
years and President Cleveland for eight
years never walked anywhere. They
both seemed to be apprehensive Of per.
sonal danger President Mckinley
seems TO be without fear of that sort
for he takes walks about town when
ever he feels like it. lie is often seen or
the streets walking with some friend
and the people greet him cordially, sc
that he is often obliged to stop ant
shake hands with old acquaintance
But, as a matter Of fact, be is closely
guarded. He has signified his unwill.
ingness TO have a guard on bis daily
walks; but the superintendent guards
him, just the same, and he does not
know it. He never leaves the white
house for a walk, without having offic'
ers preceding and following him."
The superintendent is right. Our re-
public is cosmopolitan and in our midst
are all sorts Of people with all sorts Of
brains, good, bad, indifferent, diseased
and cranky. The president ought not
TO be unprotected for single second
no matter whether he is popular or un'
popular. While he is our chief magis.
trate, he is, and should be, an object q
the regard and solicitude Of al of the
neople. SMITH D. FRY.
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weeks sum one ef the crowd was with
MIN most OF The time. He never doubt.
eu a9ythin' they said, and when tbey
nao hnished be called them poets aud
statesmen and heroes and made nm
leel that life was wuth The livin'. Meb.
De 1t was three weeks from the time
ne cum when sunlhin' happened 10
Abner Green. lie was comm over the
marsh from the boathouse one night
when a ghost suddenly riz up afore
nim' 1t was a tall. white ghost, aud
the fust thing it did was 10 cuff Abuer
on the ear in a way to make his head
ache fur a month. Then Il said:
"Abner Green, git down on yer knees
and begin TO pray, fur you haven't
got but five minits 10 livel"
What hev | dun!" walls Abuer az
be gl.s down.
You lied about that whale!"
Yes, | know l did, and own Il up.
I'm one of the biggest liars III Suuan
Creek, but I'm willin' TO reform. Lem.
me go and III stick TO the truth all the
rest Of my life!"
The ghost cuffed his other ear and
gave him three or four kicks and start
ed him off, aud the fun Of the thing
was that nobody would believe Ab-
ner's yarn. Everybody thought II was
new lie, and even as the tears stood
in his eyes they Ninked at each other.
1t was only night or two later that
Philetus Springwell met up with that
same ghost. He was walkin' over the
marsh, whistlln' as he went, when the
ghost riz up and grabbed him and
shook him around until his iiuts
cracked and he bellered fur mercy.
"Philetus Springwelll" sez the ghost,
you lied about seein' a shark 10 feet
longl"
81 know l did," seq Phlletus, "and
I'm sorry fur it. That shark was only
so feet long, but had TO lie to match
the other linrs."
The stranger pranced him around
sum more, and Philetus got the length
OF that shark down to is feet. Arter
bein' kicked be owned up that be didn't
see no shark tall, and was allowed 10
go. Then Aaron Stuben met the ghost
and got thumped around till be owned
up to all his lies and promised TO tell
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for the cop to go over the fence alone:
but you would have done the same
thing, aud SO would /, under like cir
eumstances. Every man likes TO make
a record for himself.
"No, / never was on the white house
squad, but would like to be. Il Is an
easy post, and at the same time one Of
the most important. There are about
30 men detailed to look after the safety
Of the president. and that is a small
force compared to the regiments and
platoons which guard monarchs in the
old world. But 80 men are enough TO
guard the white house. When you go
there you see private citizens walking
about and looking at things, like stran-
gers In Washington for the first time.
You will see them all around the lower
floor Of the white house. They are In
the corridors, the east room, the parl0rS
and everywhere. These gentlemen are
officers in citizens dress. You may
think that they are paying no attention
to you, but all Of them are sizing you
up. OF course they know all newspaper
men and public men after they have
been there few times, but every stran-
ger who goes there is constantly under
supervision.
Then, if you will observe when the
president goes out driving, there is al.
ways a man on horseback half block
or whole block ahead Of him, taking
an outing for his health. Tha. is one
of our most experienced detectives. 1t
happens that couple of gentlemen go
out driving in a buggy at the same
time, and they are a block or half a
block behind the presidents carriage.
II anybody should step from the side-
walk and go too close towards the
presidents carriage the horse in the
buggy would take a sudden notion to
travel along at a gallop, and one Of the
men in that buggy would haul out
shooting iron, which he can handle as
well as Buffalo Bill or Capt. Carver;
and if there should be any hostile
w VhOusNldNAOh tutlS WOulO buOl rug
out which would not miss its mark.
But the chances are a thousand
to one that the man on horse.
back would not be many feet away II
there were any suspicious person on the
sidewalk. He would check his horse and
be frsfit on the spot at the right time
However, there is no danger TO the
president, except in times OF grent po.
litical excitement, and then there or,
always cranks In abundance.
"There is scarcely a week without
some sort OF crank coming here 10 get
imaginary treasures, but they are near
ly all harmless fellows, with soft brains
Nevertheless, 1t is wise and proper that
the president should always be guarded
Besides the men In citizens dress, there
are always several men n uniform out
side the white house. 1t is not likely
that any dangerous man would 60 past
them and pass the door; but ever
though they make no arrests the pres
ence OF men In uniforms In the whit,
house grounds is sufficient 10 warn any
criminally-incllned fellows to kee[
away. They may not know that ther,
are officers inside; but they realize that
there are officers outside, within easy
call, and that has wholesome effect.
president Mckinley is the only occu
pant of the white house who hal
mingled with the people, for many
years. l remember that President
HAYES used TO drive about the city
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pIslNFEcTIoN OF BAD ROOMS.
vapOrised Corrosive subllmate aSo
Sulphur Do the work.

Sulphur Do the work.
Prof. KONG, OF Gottingen, in re-
cent article on this subject, says THAT at
one time, while he was practicing medi-
cine in Hanau, he suddenly discovered
that his bedroom was thickly inhabited
by obnoxious insects. A friend assured
him that he could easily get rid Of the
pests, and proceeded to fumigate the
apartment with corrosive sublimate.
The success of this measure was most
gratifying, and when the room was
opened the dead bodies of various kinds
of insects were seen strewn about the
floor. This incident led the professor
to hope that the same means would be
cffectual in destroying the infectious
elements of contagious diseases, apd
trial in private houses after scarlet
fever or measles, and in hospitals after
erysipelas or pyaemia, gave most salts
factory results. Since adopting this
method he has never seen a second case
Of a contagious disease which could be
attributed to infection remaining in
the room in which the patient had been
confined. The mode Of procedure is
very simple. From one and a half to two
ounces of corrosive sublimate are put
on a plate over a chaAng dish, and then
the windows and doors of the room are
closed. At the expiration of three or
four hours the windows are opened and
the apartment is thoroughly aired.
The person entering the room should
take the precaution to hold a sponge or
cloth over the mouth and nose in order
not to inhale the vapor. The following
day the windows are again closed. and
some sulphur is burned in order to
neutralize any of the mercurial fumes
which may linger about the furniture
and other articles. The room should
then be again aired and cleaned, when
II will be ready for occupancy.-Phila-
delphia Record.
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the truth thereafter, aud he was fol-
Tered by Jonas White, Simon Bebee
and Caesar Davis. Nobody believed the
fust two or three, but when five or six
men set in TO tell the same story IL APP
peared there might be sunthin' in it..
A public meetin' was called, and Jacob
Spooner got up'n said:
"My friends, six of the biggest liars
in Squan Creek hev met ghost on the
marsh and bin thumped half 10 death
and made to promise that they wouldn't
lie no more. II this keeps on--if all
the liars hev got to cease lyin'-we
might as well give away our property
and walk out of town. What ar the
sense of the meetin'?"
Thar was a good deal of talk, and
it was finally decided to lay fur the
ghost. He was laid for night arter
night, but be never showed up. Bime-
by somebody axed about the strangeH
and 1t was found that he disappeared
the day of the public meetin'. 1t didn't
take long to put two and two together,
and 1t was Abner Green who throwed
down bis hat and jumped on it and
yelled:
"By the great pewter spoon, but that
feller was no consumptiveI He jest
cum here to git US to lie and to thump
us fur it, and he's mighty nigh broke
up high society and knocked the price
of real estate down so per centl"
Then them six liars who had prom
ised the ghost to go out of bizness and
fine the church went TO lyin' agin hard.
er'n ever, and the other liars told new
lies, and betwixt and between us all
Squan Creek slowly rekivered her lost
prestige and lodged the calamity which
most of the wimen predicted.
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THESQUAN CREEK FOLKS
Olo Jep Jones Tells of a Tan
White Ghost.
" haer'ook to Reform the village
LIARS and Succeeded for n
Time The Stranger
with n Cough.
copyright. 1851

N~9Fs . lAs leso.
one uay there appeared at Souan
creek stranger, who sold he'd hin
ordered by the doctor TO take boarJ
down by the sea in order 20 cnro HE
eonsGmshun. He was big, tall man,
ana looked as stout Is an OK. but he
haG a terrible coIW, h on him. and von
had only TO listen to thar courb ~
know that all the doctors in the land
gouluu cure him. lie got a room and
ooaru FltL the Widder Hatch, and
y " ueA we got TO know him Abner
ore en- sez to the rest of us:
Boys that stranger ar not long fur
dis cold world. He's lonely and he's
Vyln', and it's our dooty TO 20 at il and
cheer him up and make his few days
on airth as cheerful as possible"
How'll we do it2' asked Moses
Green.
Easy huff, What we wants 10 do
10 bAm is TO take turns tellin' him
bright and cheerful lies. lie NAV bey
heard few lies in his lifetime, but no
sIch lies as we tell here in Suuan
Greek. don't expect we kin save him
from the grave, fur one of his lungs is
most gone and the t'other is ailiu', but
we kin prolong his life by several
weeks and help him to die happy. III
lead off with that lie O. mine about the
whale runnin' ashore iu the boy orl
sum Of you will foller."
After considerable discussion It was
decided to follow Abner's programme,
and that same eyenin' Abner called
upon the stranger at his boardin house
and interduced himself and said:
"Bein' as you was never down TO
the seashore afore mebbe you was in,
terested in whales?"
Nightly interested" sez the
stranger, whose name was Harding,
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HE'S CLOSELY GUARDED.
How President Mckinley Is,Pro-
tected by Police Agents.
lie Never Goes Anywhere without
Being ShadOwed by Clever
Officers Who Are Ter.
For 10 CFankS.
[speclal Washinrton I.etterl

eve have a splendid civil service on
the force" said the big policeman in
front Of leading hotel tonight. an
the executive departments the civil
service law is fraud. 1t affords no
protection TO any of the clerks. They
can be dismissed without any cause be-
ing assigned. OF course their success
sors have TO be filtered through the
civil service commission; but ,hey can
be removed without difficulty. On the
The Southern herald., 1898-03-11
WASHING THE FACE.
The Greatest of Care should he
Taken of the Method.

The Greatest of Care should Ne
Taken of the Method.
The method Of washing the face daily
is of great importance, as even II one
only washes It twice day the operation
has to be gone through 700 times in
the course of a year, and this would
naturally affect II for good or evil.
Highly scented or highly colored soaps
should be avoided, and one which gives
a soft lather and does not cause any
feeling OF irritation Is the best. The
soap should be well rubbed into the
face with a clean piece Of flannel, and
then bathed off in a basfnful of abso-
lutely clean water, so that every par
ticle of soap may be removed. After
thoroughly bathing the face should
be dried with a Turkish towel, and
then, IL the skin be coarse and thick,
it may be rubbed with a rough towel,
but IL the skin is at all sensitive, very
soft towel should be used, and the face
finally well rubbed over with a piece
Of chnmois leather. Gentle friction Of
the face with soft leather, or, better
still, with the finger tips, when clean.
tends TO remove lines and to prevent
the formation Of wrinkles. If lines have
formed, the skin should be rubbed in
direction contrary to their length, as.
for example, II then are vertical lines
between the two eyebrows. they should
be rubbed from side to side; If there
are straight lines across the forehead
they should be rubbed down from the
hair to the root of the nose and back
again.-Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une.
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A Royal Photographer.

Empress of Austria possesses a
unique collection of photographs taken
by herself during her travels of the
last nine years. They consist of por-
traits of all the beautiful women and
girls whom her majesty has seen, a
great number Of them being Italians
and French. Attached to each photo
graph is a paper on which is written the
name, age and description Of the lady de-
picted, together with the date on which
the portrait was taken, and the place
N. Y. Post.
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"A revolutionary landmark, the
"Paul Revere house" in Watertown,
Mass, has just been torn down to make
way for public road. In this house in
1775 Paul Revere printed provincial
notes to the value Of 100000. His bill
for the work was ere shillings and
pence, but conpsss cut It down to ESQ,
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TakIng No Chances.

visitor-1 don't zee how you can oil
low your son to firt so outrageouslJ
with that pretty servant girl
Hostegs--Sh--h! Her father ls in the
Klondike, and next summer she may
be richer thar any Of us.-N. Y. Jour
nal
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A Pertinent Query,

Hs-Will you cast your lot with me !
she-Haye you enough to build .
house on it2-N, Y,Joprnal,
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"A Judicial decision recently an
nouneed in Kentucky prohibits build
Ing and loan associations charging their
members more than six per cent forths
use Of money,
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Durham Bull is the odd name Of a
Greenwood county (Mo.) farmer. His
mothers name was Ann Durham and
bis fathers name was Jonathan Bull
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DVKETISKHRKM

=, suars, Arst insertiOa % e
= ,sVars, each subsequent iAssr-
ton, ss'''.s'ss' ~
o,.rserly, half yearly and yearly -
,.,,issnentI contracted fee ct lowas
PrOtsElousl cards AOt sxessAiAg IN
Hsss for ore year, $40.
Announcing candidates for State -
nsiict cflceS, SIS; for County OMEGA
ilo; for Supervisors districts, eS, In ~
Marriages and deaths Publisksd =
hsWL
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THEBOUTHERN HMALH
NIlIsHED EVERY FalpGY HsRSRA
TKRMHI


4, VssF, In AAVSnoo- a q
Ii scat ..,......sss"ss"ss -
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he Is Beethoven But he's ragamuiIn; has
no hat. an old coat etc: nothing by which he
can be dentifed.'D
The Commssir ordered that the man be KEPT
In arrest until morning. damn worden VIII
verh;jren wer er ist," etc. CITIZEN we Will ex-
anime him and learn WHO he is.') Next morn
ing the company was very anxious to Know no"
the affair turned out and the Commlssary said
that about IL o'clock he walked up by
policeman with the Information that the pris-
oner gave them no peace. and demanded that
Herzog. Musikdlrektor In Wiener Ncustadt. be
called to identify him. So the Commissary got
up. dressed, went out and walked up HerZoS,
and. In the middle OF the night went with him
to the watchhouse. Herzog az soon as he cast
eyes upon the man exclaimed pas ist der
Beethoven" CThat is Beethoycn). He TOOK
him home with him, gave him his best room.
etc Next day came the Biirgern cister. making
had got M early in the morning. and slipping
on a miserable old coat. and without hat. had
gone out to walk a little. He got upon the
towpath OF the canal and kept on and on;
seems 10 have lest his direction. for. with moth
ing TO eat he had continued on until he had
brought up at the canal basin at the Unser
Thor Here not knowing where he was. he
was seen looking in at the windows of the
houses. and as ne looked like a beggar the
Upon his arrest the composer said. "Ich bin
Beethoven CT am Beethoven'). "Warum NIGHT
gar?' COT course, why not?') said the police
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in his Rroadwood =. f. were wanting anu
caught up the bootjack and struck the Keys
with II to show.
Julv 4 1860 Called on Grillparzer. Inc
Glory OF his visit to Beethoven In lietzehhori'
,,,ir, with him and OF Beethoven riding back
With him to the Burgthor and then leaving
money to pay the coachman II true. Beethoven
at dinner went into the next room ana prousn'
ont five bottles of wine he placed at
Schindler's plate. one at HIS own. ana '"'ee
at Grillparzer's. GrillparZer says he was very
temperate both In eating and drnkins-he'er
knew him. except on such occasions az "heh
all had n good time generally, to go beyond MS
single common bottle Of common wine
when GrillparZer was a child his family h'en
a summer in the same house with Beethoven
I'm Inter D0bling Madame Griilparzer was very
fond of music and used to listen to Beethoven
cxtemporizing one day she stood before her
own door listening when 70. came rushing out
and so saw her From that time on he never
played in his own room. Mad. G. sent worh
TO him by his servant that she would lock her
door to the common passage and her fainhy
s., ould 40 out and in the other way. No use;
B. never played more
In the last years il was a severe task To con-
verse with him. While one was writing an
swcrs 10 his questions he kept on talking and
would forget the connection of what was writ
ten Grillparzer describes him as "A most Kind
and good -natured man. "halb verruckt' C'half
crazy") though I believe he did not use this
phrase.
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One day Neate was with Beethoven and while
urging him to visit England mentioned the ex-
cellence OF the English aursts. and was sure
B. would finu there some remedy for his deaf
ness.
mo" said Beethoven in substance. II have
already had all sorts Of medical advice. ! shall
never be cured. l will tell you how it hap
pened | was once busy writing an opera
Neate-"Fidclio?'
B-"No 1t was not 'Fidelio' l had a very
ill-tempered primo tenore to deal with. l had
already written two grand airs TO the same
text with which he was dissatisfied. and now
a third. which. upon trial. he seemed TO approve
and took away with him. thanked the stars
that was at length rid OF him and sat down
Immediately to work which had laid aside
for those airs and which was anxious to finish.
| had not been half an hour at my work when
| heard a knock at my door which l immediate
~ recognized as that of my primo tenore. l
sprang up from my table under such an ex-
citement of rage that as the man entered the
room threw myself upon the floor as they do
on the stage" here b. spread out his arms
and made an illustrative gesturel. coming
down upon my hands When | arose | found
myself deaf and have been so ever since. The
physicians say the nerve is injured"
[Charles Neate an English pianist who.
out Of admiration for Beethoven. went 70 Vienna
in 1915 and made the composers acquaintance,
remaining In familiar intercourse with him for
eight months. He the first performer Of
Beethoven's C-minor and E-nat concertos in
England He lived to be ninety three years
old, dying on Good Friday. 1877, at Brighton
Thayer visited him many years before II
the true cause Of deafness was known to
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Beethoven he never betrayed the fact I, wa.
constitutional. The story about the fan uro,
the floor does not tell Of the cause. bu, on,
Of his first observation OF the rnalaiyl
Writing to his pupil. Ferdinand Rea h,
Bonn. on June 10. 1901. Beethoven said: u,
return for the portrait Of my grandfath.,
which beg Of you 10 send me ~ post-coae.
soon as possible. send you tha, Of IA.
grandson The portrait Of the grandfaihs,
painted by Radoux. and hung In the s.r
ings Of Beethoven during the last twenty. Nv.
years OF his life. THE grandfather also aaast
Ludwig van Beethoven. was ehapelmasts n
the Electors Court at Bonn.
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man: "en Lump sind sic: 80 sieht der Beethoven
NIGHT aus" C'You're a ragamuffin; Beethoven
doesn't look SOL Herzog gave him some de-
cent clothes, and the Burgomaster sent him
back to Baden where he was then living. in
the Magistrates state coach.
This simple story is the foundation for the
fine narrative related to me as n fact In Vienna
that Beethoven got into this scrape following
troops from Vienna who had a sham fight near
Wiener Ncustadt and taking notes for his
''Wellington's Sieg"-which whole story thus
goes TO the ground.
cfpran Potter to A. W. T., February -,
1851 Beethoven used to walk across the
fields to Vienna very often Sometimes Potter
took the walk with him. h. would stop, look
about and express his love for nature. one
day Potter asked. "Who is the greatest living
COMPOSER yourself excepted" Beethoven
seemed puzzled for a moment. and then ex-
claimed, "Cherubni" Potter went on, And
OF dead authors" Nile had always con-
sidercd Mozart as such, hut since he had been
made acquainted with Handel he put him at
the head.
The first day +. was with g. the latter rushed
into politics and called the Austrian Govern
ment all sorts of names He was full of coming
to England. and said his desire was to see the
House Of Commons You have heads upon
your shoulders in England"
one day Mr.. Potter asked Beethoven's opin-
ion of of the principal pianists then in
Vienna (Moscheles) "Sprechen Sic ME weder
Won lauter Passagen Spieer." C'Don't ever again
talk To me Of mere passage (scaes) players')
once Beethoven told Stein that some strings
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ONE THING TO BIZ san.

From The Detroit Journal
He looked into her great blue ewes ana ~ h
cred There remains but one thins % say .
faltered.
..Speak" she exclaimed. with emotion -
ut is a beautiful evening" he whispered a.,
then for an hour they sat silent aii,i WI ~
they went and told the hostess they hAd w.
such n lovely time, and departed
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WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE

From Harper's Bazar
What are you going to he when You y"
nm Tommy asked Uncle Bob ,,,.
Mamma says il looks very mucn as F" Ian.
coin, ~ he a giant" said the little fellow gan
inr down al his half-outgrown trousers a.
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EXTRAORDINARY.

EEETHOVENS DEATH DESCRIBED by AN
NESS-BEETHOVEN IN THE
1OCKuP-JIs OPINION OF OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE STORY OF THE
ORIGIN OF HIS DEAFNESS.
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II.

Copyright 1895. by the Tribune Assocls'ion)
Herewith is continued the publication OF eN-
cerpts from the notebooks of Beethovens o'-
ocrapher, the late Alexander Wheelock ThayerI