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The Hope pioneer., 1898-12-01
THE WEATHER BUREAU.
Interesting Facts Regarding Its
Work-Report of Chief Willis l..
Moore to Secretary Wilson.

Washington. Nov. 2S.-The doings of the
weather bureau during the past fiscal year
are set forth In some detail in a report re-
Gently submitted by Chief Willis L. Moore
to Secretary Wilson. The most prominent
event chronicled in Mr.. Moores report is
tae extension of the bureaus field of opera
tions to include all Of the West Indies and
the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. The
weather service has also been extended In
our own country by the establishment of a
climate and crop center in Alaska, and
new observing stations in Montana, Idaho,
California, Arizona, Utah. Colorado, Texas.
Mississippi, Georgia. kentucky. West Vir-
gnia and Michigan. These additional sta
ticns will assist quite materially in the
development of agricultural and industrial
interests in the immediate localities where
in they are located.
1t Is yet too early, the report concludes.
to express an opinion as to the value in
practical weather forecasting of the OBJ
Servations secured by kites.
Forecasts of several atmospheric dis
turbances, including floods in rivers. frosts
and freezing weather in Florida, Califor-
MIA and the truck growing regions of the
gulf and south Atlantic states were
promptly and accurately made. There were
no unusually disastrous storms during the
year, and few cold waves. although un-
usually cold weather prevailed in the fruit
region of California There were five
floods during the year. the floods in Ohio
and Indiana in the latter part of March of
this year being the most detructive.
Over 100000 600 forecasts were distributed
during the year exclusive of those printed
in the daily papers. Ohio received the
greatest number, 2.l57.3OO; New York the
next greatest. 2oSs,aoO followed by Michi-
gan. 1,530,00O; Illinois, sl,4S5,000; Missouri.
1,392,G00, and Pennsylvania. 1.2l9,2CO
A line Of new work recently undertaken
by the bureau is the collection through the
cooperation of agents and adjusters of
farmers mutual insurance associations,
and many private persons. of statistics
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A FATAL BLUNDER.
Qunrryman Mistakes Blnsting Pow.
der for COnl and Tries to Build
u Fire with 1t.

Columbus, O., Nov. 21.-A Portsmouth
CO., special 10 the State Journal says:
BY an accidental explosion of blasting
powder Sunday morning George W..
Ferguson, quarryman, is dying. two
of his children are dead and his wife
and another child are distigured for life.
Ferguson was hunting for wood to
build a fire and found Il powder can ap:
parently full of coal. When he at
tempted to start q fire with this loud
explosion followed, which knocked one
entire side of the house out. AT the
time Ferguson, his wife and baby in
arms and four little daughters were
grouped about the stove. All were
knocked down by the force of the ex-
plosion. Iva. aged six, and Cynthia,
aged II, died almost instantly from in
juries, and Ferguson was so terribly in
jured that he cannot live. The mother
and children were terribly burned and
bruised and may not live. 1t transpired
that the can was partially filled with
blasting powder.
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lrowned by the wrecking of the schoop

drowned by the wrecking of the schoon-
er Jessie at the mouth of the Kusko-
kwim river in Alaska. y Russian named
p. Malakotf, who has just reached Port
Townsend from Nimwal island, reports
that the party reached shore in safety.
The Indians rendered great assistance
in saving tents and supplies and after
ward murdered the entire party while
they slept. Malakotf learned this from
the squaw wife of II. c. Marsten, a
trader on Nimwak island. The squaw
saw the Indians wearing clothing aud
watches taken from the murdered pros
pectors. The Indians after the mas
sacre held dance, getting drunk, and
had fight over the possession of GER
tain articles of plunder. The corpses of
the murdered prospectors were taken
by the Indians in canoes out to sea and
dumped overheard, but several of them
were washed ashore. Two were identi-
fed by an agent of the Alaska Com
mcrcial company Who went to the scene.
One body was that of Capt. Murphy of
the Jessie, and the other of Webbcr
Both bodies were buried on the beach.
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Hoods SarsapariIIs
BEST TIME TO KICK A MAN.
First Save His Life and Then, You
May Apply Your Boot
with Immunity.

Perk and Quirk were walking along the
crowded street feeling very kindly toward
as they reached the middle of crossing
one Of those asgravatng individuals who
walk one way and look another stepped di.
rectly in front of cable car which was
rounding the corner. Of course the car had
no fender on it. Nearly everybody in the
vicinity yelled, and naturally the Devil.
dered man looked in the wrong direction.
,Quirk didn't YELL, though. He jumped to
the side Of the track and grabbed the man
by the collar, and yanked him clear Of the
tracks and almost out of his shoes. Then
he gave him another ferocious jerk to get
him out of the way of an express wagon,
and, getting him at proper range at the same
time, he gave, the poor man kick that must
have driven his spine up into his hat. AND
with the kick Quirk roared:
"Confound you, keep your eyes open when
you are on the street,"
Quirl looked unutterably savage, but Perk
tottered to the curb, sat down and laughed
until the tears came. Then he said:
"You are the only big enough idiot on
earth to save mans life and then kick
him for it."-Chicago Times-Herald.
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LATER NEWS.


The Baldwin hotel, for nearly thirty
years one of the landmarks of San
Francisco, Cal, was totally destroyed
by fire. There were 500 guests in the
building at the time and all escaped
except j. L. White and Lewis Meyers.
who perished. The hotel cost about
S. 900, 900.
At Elsberry. Mo-, robbers made a dcs-
pcrate attempt to rob the Lincoln
County Bank. AS result of the rough
treatment received from the robbers,
John W. Waters. the night watchman
of the town, may die.
The steamers Arthur CIR and Tampa
were both wrecked on the north shore
OF Lake Superior, the former GO and
the latter so miles from Duluth The
Tampa is at Beaver bay and the Orr
nine miles further north. near the
mouth Of Baptism river. The Tampa
is broken in two in two places and will
soon go to pieces if exposed to another
northeast sea. The crew got ashore
and obtained shelter in a tisherman's
shanty.
passenger train on the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern, while run
ming at rapid rate, jumped the track
near Burlington, To- The day coach,
containing about 25 passengers, rolled
over twice. Mrs. Catherine Davis and
Amanda Harmes were fatally injured.
Mamie Wright. Sophia MicSle and
Victoria Bennett, all aged about Is
years. We're placed in Jail at Pittsburg,
Pa, for beating and fatally injuring
Miss Nora Bitner.
A locomotive on the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton Il Dayton railroad exploded near
Hamilton. O.. wreclSing Is freight
cars. The engineer and fireman are
missing.
Gov. Tanuer, of Illinois, has declared
martial law at Pana.
A dispatch from Elbin, the seaport
of West Prussia, says an attempt was
made upon the life of the czar while
his majesty was returning from Copen-
hagen. Just before the czar's train
crossed the bridge between Boehmen-
hoefen and Lagern switchman dis
covered the bridge had been barricad-
ed.
The packinghouse of the Hercules
Powder Works near La Mott, Mo-. was
demolished, several other buildings
damaged, and six men killed by an ex-
plosion. The dead are: William Will
son, foreman and son of the manager.
Alfred Wenzel, Albert Miller. D. NJ.
Smith, William Charleston and Jack
Hollinger. The explosion was SO ter
rife it was felt distance of twenty
five miles,
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Fire swept away a large portion of
the business section of Perry, Ia, the
loss being over 100000.
In Cleveland, o., the post office was
robbed by sneak thieves of $1,100.
Ed and George Cotter, married farm
ers. We're found frozen to death near
Ash Grove, Mo.
Flames in Princeton, Mo-, destroyed
the new opera house and three other
business buildings on the public square.
In Indian territory a prairie fire
burned over. an area of rs miles square,
causing loss of S25o,o0o.
Fifteen gold seekers, including Rev.
Mr.. Wcbber, Moravian missionary.
were massacred by Indians at the
mouth of the Kuskown river in Alaska.
In Denver all the gambling houses
have been closed, and Chief of Police
Farley says he will keep them so.
In Nebraska the official count on the
late election gives Poynter (fus.) for
governor Il majority of 2,721.
\ mob hanged Edward Merriwcther,
4 negro, who murdered Joseph Pope, a
popular white man, at Monticello, Ga.
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Killed n Constable

Chicago, Nov. 23.-Baron C. f. w. Won
Biedenfeld, a German noble Living in
this city, shot and killed Charles a. Nc
DoEstld, constable. The trouble was
brought about bya remark disparaging
to Germans which was made by Nc
Donald and misinterpreted by Won
Biedcnfeld. After the shooting Won
Biedenfeld surrendered himself to the
police.
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0uIX Is Indicted.

Philadelphia, Nov %. - The grand
jury presented to the county court true
bills of Indictment against United
States Senator NJ. S. Quay, his son
Richard r. Quay and ex-State Treasurer
Benjamin j. Haywood, charged with
conspiracy to unawfully use public
moneys deposited in the Peoples ma
tional bank of this city for the purchase
and sale of stocks and for other pur-
poses not authorized by law. John s.
Hopkins, former cashier of the Peo-
ple's bank, now dead, is named as a
party to the conspiracy.
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Ordered Back to Jail,

Houston, Tex, Nov. 23. - Thomas
Tinsley, a New York millionaire who
has been for two years in Jail for con-
tempt of court in not producing the
books of the Glenwood Cemetery COM
pany, and whose incarceration has been
affirmed by the supreme court of the
United States, Tuesday made another
effort to secure his release on the
grounds that the books We're not in his
possession. The judge promptly or
dered him back to Jail, where he will
probably spend the rest of his life. 1t
is case without parallel in the state.
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SOME years ago Boone, Ia, was suf-
fering from an epidemic of typhoid
fever. Col. George Waring, who died
of yellow fever in New York recently,
came west and projected sanitary
system for that town, which is regard
ed as equal to that of any city of the
same size in America Just when he
was commissioned to go to Havana he
had about completed arrangements to
practically duplicate the Boone system
in several other Iowa cities.
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SUBSTITUTE for tobacco has been
discovered by an eastern chemist. The
appearance, odor, taste and effect on
the system are all reproduced, it is
claimed, and the sham can only be told
by microscopical examination. The
one. essential difference between the
leaf tobacco and the substitute is the
absence of nicotine in the latter. The
cost of producing the substitute is said
to be small, and a promise of the best
perfectos of to-day at a price within
the reach of all is made.
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knights of Labor Elect Officers

Chicago, Nov. 21.-John n. Parsons.
of New York city, was chosen grand
master workman of the Knights of La
Dor at the annual election of officers
Saturday to succeed Henry A. Hicks.
With one or two other minor eXcep-
tions all the other general officers were
reelected. Boston was chosen as the
place of holding the convention next
wear
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EMPEROR WILLIAM uses the largest
visiting cards of any member of Eu-
ropes royal families. They are of
heavy card, six inches long and four
inches wide. On the upper line is the
single word "Wilhelm," and on the
second line are the words "Deutscher
Kaiser und Koenig Won Prussian."
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StcrnL,crE IkcpOrtH.

Washington, Nov. 2l.-Surgeon Cen
eral George NJ. S,crnbcrg has made his
report to The secretary of war, 1t re.
lntcs mainly to the work Of the mcdicn!
corps during hostii,ics. He points out
the agencies his department had TO
contend with. the Ignorance Of both pa
iicnis and nurses, the lack Of perfect,
sanitary conditions, the inpurity Of the
water served. and ile other conditions
incident 10 the campaign.
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rROMwasI,IyGTON

A new counterfeit fvcdollar legal
tender note, series of 1880. check letter
y; j. Fount Tillman. register; D. N
Morgan. treasurer, has made its.appear-
ance.
In his annual report Willis L. Moore,
chief of the weather bureau, says over
23,000,000 forecasts were distributed
during the year, exclusive of those print
ed in the daily papers.
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Printers Quit Work,

Minneapolis, Mimi. Nov. 22.-All the
job printing establishments in the city
closed their doors at noon Monday ow-
ing to strike of the press feeders,
to 9Ls day, with nine hours a year
hence, but with no reduction of wages.
Differences with the pressmcn and
conlpositors had been adjusted. but this
difficulty causcs general lock out. nf-
iccting in all about 200 men,
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Lynched,

Macon, Ga, Nov. 23.-Ed Merriweath-
err was lynched at Monticello, Ca, Tues
day. Several hundred pistol shots
were fired at him. He was taken from
the Jail by large number of citizens,
carried a short distance and shot to
death. The mob overpowered the sher-
i'll and took the Jail keys as soon as the
coroner's jury found the negro guilty
of the murder Of Joe Pope. which oc-
CURED Saturday NIGHT
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A SHORT SENTENCE.
Woman COnfesses to Misuse of the
Mails and Is Sent to Jail
for One Day.

Fort Scott. Kan, Nov. 23.-Mrs.
Mabel Anderson, of Atlantic, Ia, who
was arrested recently by the federal au-
thorities charged with using the mails
to defraud, pleaded guilty in the fed
eral court here. and was sentenced to
one day in Jail, and to pay a fine of $25.
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an Italian, so years of age, was MUIR
dered Sunday night in Hobolien by
Antoni Anmodoe, also an Italian. Dur
ing wedding at Sabilli's house An.
modoc and another Italian tried to
wreak vengeance upon Sabilli's broth
er-in-law and Sabilli ordered the men
from the house. They obcyed partly
and when followed TO the door by sa-
billi turned on him and shot him, kill
ing him instantly
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THE French SO ready to use electric.
ity in automobile locomotion, now pro.
pose to use the automobile wagons for
exploration purposes. NJ. Felix Du.
boise, the explorer, intends to use
them in his expedition to the Niger
river. A number of his wagons were
recently inspected and gave satisfac.
ton. He can transport his automo.
bile wagons to within $50 miles of his
objective point on the Niger and he
believes he can cover this distance in a
week. The bicycle may also be used in
exploration.
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In one of the streets of London there
has for some time been carried on an
industry peculiar even to that city OF
curious and crowded occupations,
namely, an eelskin leather factory.
Here are prepared and manufactured
an interesting variety of articles from
the skin of the common eel. BY means
Of numerous complicated processes the
skins are manipulated until they re-
semble and would be easily taken for
leather, although Of a more glutinous
and pliable nature. In one speciality
this strange substance is cut into long,
thin strips and plated together fo.
whiplashes
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A New Counterfeit.

Washington, Nov. 21. - John E..
Williie, chief of the secret service di-
vision of the treasury, has issued a cir
cular announcing that new counter
felt ten-dollar silver certificate is in cir
culation. 1t is of the series of 1891,
check letter B; portrait of Hendricks;
j. Fount Tillman, register; D. N. Nor
gan, treasurer; small red scalloped seal.
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Mrs. Anderson was employed by Chi
cago publishing company to institute
agencies in Iowa, Kansas and Texas.
The scheme proved to be fraudulent
but the court was informed that Mrs
Anderson was entirely innocent though
the company's contract held her tech
nically responsible. The governments
desire was to punish the company, and
the sentence imposed was the mini
mum.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Fire destroyed an extensive timber
shed in ST. Petersburg, Russia, and ten
persons We're burned to death.
In South Africa a heavy and continu-
Gus demand exists for corn and also
for American corn, meal.
Rev. DR.. Lowery and Bishop Earl
Cranston, of the Methodist church. and
family were mobbed in the streets of
Peking, China. and seriously injured.
At Warsaw. Kletf and Wilma, in Rus
sia, a socialistic conspiracy was discov-
cred among students and so were ex-
lied to Siberia.
In northern Japan 10000 fishermen
living on Etrup island We're on the
verge of starvation.
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Spanish Cruisers Raised.

Manila, Nov. 21. - The Spanish
cruisers Isla de Cuba and Isia de Luzon.
which were sunk during the battle of
Manila, have been floated and docked
at Cavite.
The merchants of this city have de-
cided to establish chamber of COM
merce, which. by Spanish law, they
were previously precluded from doing.
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of loss of farm property, including stock in
the fields. by lightning. The farmers mu-
tual insurance associations, of which there
has been large increase in some states
within recent Years, insure large amount
of isolated farm property. One of the most
prolific causes of damage is lightning The
number of lightning strokes fuctuates
within rather large limits year by year;
thus in Michigan. there were BIG cases one
year and 1909 the following year. 1t is
hoped that the statistics collected will in
the course of time enable those interested
to determine the relative frequency Of
lightning stroke throughout the United
States
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CURIOUS creeds can be found among
the upper classes. Lord pollingtop,
eldest son of Lord Mexborough, is a
self-confessed Buddhist The duke O..
Northumberland and his family, in
cluding Lord and Lady Percy, are Irv.
ingites. as are Sir Herbert Maxwell
and Lady Frances Balfour, daughter
of the duke of Argyll. Lord and Lady
Radnor are credited with being ardent
spiritualists. The late Lady Charlie
mont was a Jewess, not by birth. but
by conviction, and Lord Stanley, Of AL
derly, is said to favor the principles of
Mohammed.
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Teresa Going to Pieces.

Nassau, N. p, Nov 22.-The wreck
ing tug Merritt has arrived here. She
reports that the tugs Potomac and Vul-
can sailed Sunday from Cat island for
Norfolk. The cruiser Infanta Maria
Teresa has been abandoned She is 90.
ing to pieces rapidly. and her contents
are hoatlng out through her broken
Si1nc
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A RESIDENT of Fayal complains of the
abundance of rats and rabbits. The
rats multiply fast and make all sorts
Of deprcdations, not only within
houses, but in the fields ana gardens.
They attack u great number of edible
fruits such as bananas. oranges ana
grapes; they infcst granurics, houses
and fields. Among other dcpredations
the rabbits have attacked u field of ten
plants. and of 1000 vigorous shoots
that were set ont by the proprietor
they have destroyed 3,9ss completely,
leaving him ~ by way Of consolation.
The farmers are beginning 10 nsls
what they shnll do.
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I,xxn Aen Killed.

New York, Nov. 21.-G. w. Rogers.
of Camden, employed as a conductor
on the Amboy division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, and II. G. Rue, baggage
master of Rogers train, were killed at
Railway, NJ j., Sunday night. They had
completed their run for the Cay and
were walking to the depot to take a
train for home when run down by the
Chicago limited east bound. Their
bodies were cut up and scattered along
the track for some distance
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MEDICAL men of P]o;nfe1d

MEDICAL men of Plainheld. N. j.,
are deeply interested in the discovery
of man with two distinct and sepa-
rate hearts and two breast bones, ali of
which he can move about at will. The
man whois thus generously endowed by
nature is William King, colored. who
claims to be 1oc years old. His home
is in New Bedford, Mass, and he has
been visiting his cousin, Thomas Mar
tin, the Jail warden in that city, fo1
several days. That he has two hearts
DR.. M. B. Long, chief the Muhlenbure
hospital staff, says is undeniable.
The Hope pioneer., 1898-12-01

EXPERIMENTS with aluminium as a
substitute for paper are now under
way in France. 1t is well known that
the paper used to-day in the manufac-
ture of books is not durable. 1t is
now possible to roll aluminium into
sheets four-thousandth of an inch in
thickness, in which form it weighs less
than paper. by the adoption of suit.
able machinery these sheets can be
made even thinner still, and can be
used for book and writing paper. Tho
metal will not oXidize, is practically
fire and water proof and is indestruct.
ible by the jaws Of worms.
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AaRlNneI.

New York, Nov. 23.-Georgc Ieyman
wholesale dealer in metallic furniture
and manufacturer of bedding and
couchcs. made an assignment to NJ
Marley Platz, with preference. Mr.
Heyman has been in business 25 years
The liabilities are about 100000. The
assets consist of book accounts, real
estate and stock not yet estimated
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TO Paw sDanlsh Troop..

Havana, Nov. 2l.-Capt. Gen. Blanco
received from Paris Sunday cable
gram authorizing him to draw on Paris
for So, 0o0, 900 in gold to be applied in the
payment of the Spanish troops in Cuba.
This amount is in addition to the pro-
ceeds of the draft for G425 900 by the
Madrid government on London, which
was sold here last week. The Spanish
authorities are making strenuous ef-
forts to complete the evacuation by the
end of the wear,
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Gen. Don cnrlox Runn 7. Da.1

Louisville. KY, Nov. 21.-Gen. Don
Carlos Buell., whose fame on the battle
field of both the Mexican and civil wars.
has given luster to American soldiery,
died at his home. four miles from Rock
port. KY. Saturday. The end had been
expected, for his condition had been low
during the past few months.
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A GERMAN dentist, DR.. Herr, pro-
poses to put microbes in our mouths to
steal away our pains. His discovery
consists in an inoculant prepared from
microbes he cultivates for the purpose.
When applied in the case of a decayed
tooth it stops the pain, but does not
destroy the nerve; further, it again
fixes the tooth and makes it possible
to put in lasting stopping. He has
already treated a number of cases
with it, and they have proved most
successful
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la child in Switzerland does not at
tend school on particular day the
parents gets notice from the public
authority that he is fined so many
francs; the second day the fine is in
creased and by the third day the
amount has become serious one In
case of sickness the pupil is excused,
but if there is any suspicion of sham.
ming doctor is sent. If the suspicion
proves to be we'll founded the parent
is required to pay the cost of the doc.
tors visit
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A COMPANY has been incorporated il
Pittsburgh to abolish the razor In.
stead of shaving a man, the barbe,
will daub over his face lather that
will remove the bristles. The company
has capital of 100000, with which tc
start business. AS soon as it gets its
charter it will open a ''parlor," where
practical demonstrations will be given
Specimen men will sit in show win.
dow on a crowded street and have
their boards publicly and painlessly
removed by gentlemanly lecturer.
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Generous in His Will

Boston, Nov. 23.-The will of the late
Edward Austin, of this city bequeaths
$1,10o,000 to public uses. Harvard col.
lege will receive $500, 900. the Massachu.
setts institute of technology, s4oo 900;
Radcliffe college, 100000; Roanoke col.
lege, 100000, and the Tuskegee. Ala.
bama, Normal and Industrial! school
$50 900.
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Ereyfus, Treatment Mod,Gca

Paris, Nov. 21.-The government. ac-
cording to the Temps, has ordered n
modification of the prison treatment of
former Capt. Albert Drcyfus. Drcyfusis is
to be allowed to promenade and exer.
else six hours Il day over nn area of
eight acres.