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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-05

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chichester Chemical Co.. philada.. Pa.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-05

wANTED--whitc boy 20 milk, attend horse
aud buRgS and work etound yard. Apply
N@ Fuller street. Fourth ward.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-05

FCr SALE-onc chair, barbcr shop, house.
and in town of 1900 population: doing a
Luo6 business: cheap. Address p, this OF
nrc.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-09
ALGER TO VISIT CAMP MEADE.
He Is Scheduled for a Visit to In
spection Today.

Camp Meade, Middletown, Sept S.
Secretary of War Alger is coming to
Camp Meade on a tour of inspection.
He will arrive in a private car tomor-
row morning at o'clock and will
leave at noon for Detroit. General
Graham is anxious to give a review
in honor of his distinguished guest and
if he consents the entire Second army
corps will be paraded. General Shaf-
ter is also expected to visit the camp
tomorrow, not so much to see the
place, as to have a conference with
the secretary of war.
Secretary Alger will be asked to pay
especial attention to the sanitary ar
rangements of the camp and the ap-
pointments of the two division hospi-
tails and the hospitals which the Red
Cross society have fitted up for the
treatment of typhoid fever patients.
Colonel Coryell received an order this
evening for the muster out of the Eigh-
teenth Pennsylvania regiment. The
regiment will be moved to the old
camp and from the grounds of the
Tenth Ohio and work will begin at
once on the mastering rolls. 1t will
require at least a week bfore the reg
iment is ready to start for home.
This evening a hospital train from
ST. Joseph's hospital Philadelphia, took
away 76 sick soldiers from the Second
division hospital. The First Mary
land arrived from Fort Monroe and will
be followed on Friday night by the
Fifteenth Pennsylvania which has
been encamped at Fort Sheridan since
it left Mt. Gretna. General Graham
expects to complete the movement of
troops to and from the camp during
the next few days. The 201st. 202nd
and 203rd New York are scheduled to
reach here next week from Camp
Black. The movement will be com
pleted by the arrival of the 35th Mich
igan, 54th Massachusetts, 4th New
Jersey and the 18th Minnesota. The
18th Pennsylvania regiment was paid
today and Will be shipped to Pitts
burg Saturday or Sunday for muster
out.
The cold wave has decreased the sick
ness in camp and there are less pa
tients in the hospital tonight than
any time for a week. The number OF
men now in camp by regiments is as
follows: Seventh Ohio, 1,2S0; Second
West Virginia, 1878; Tenth Ohio, 1920;
First Delaware, 9SS; Ninth Ohio, 439;
Second division hospital, 11S; Reserve
hospital, 1888; Signal corps, 50; Eigh-
teenth Pennsylvania, S72; Sixteenth
Pennsylvania, 4S6; Fourteenth Pennsyl.
vania, SS1; One Hundred and Fifty.
| ninth Indiana, 1908; Twenty Second
Kansas, loss; Third New York, 1903
Fourth Missouri, 1,243; First Rhode
| Island, Lila; Second Tennessee, 1,271;
Thirteenth Pennsylvania, S4S; TWELFTH
Pennsylvania, $50; Eighth Pennsylvan.
ia l,lOO First Maryland, 1858. Tota
| 19067.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-09
PICKING FLAWS In
THE HANDLEY WILL


under the laws of Virginia trusts for
educational purposes can be given cor
porations the same as individuals. They
also held that the residuary estate
became personal property by reason
of the directions that it should be sold
at the end of twenty years and con-
sequently the request was governed
by the laws of Pennsylvania, under
the rule that the laws of the domicile
of the testntOr govern bequests of
personality. They also argue to show
that the residuary clause should only
be read in common sense way to ar
rive at it's proper and reasonable in
depreciation and that there is nothing
vague or uncertain about any of the
provisions. In speaking Of "the poor"
Major Conrad remarked we are all
poor down there since the war"
OMISSIONS OF SCHEDULE A.
The omissions of schedule A. were
put forward by the plaintiffs as an
other evidence of the uncertainty of
the residuary bequest affecting as they
do the extent Of the residuary estate.
These omissions, it was argued, af-
feet with uncertainty the greater part
of the will and there is a bare pOssibil-
ity that if the residuary clause is in
validated many other items will be af-
feCtcd.
An interesting local story developed
in the presentation of the dispositions
tending to show that Handley intended
to fill in the famous Schedule A." 1t
was to the effect that St. Leos Total
Abstinence society of the West Side
was deprived of a handsome hall and
library through some hay market"
actions on the part OF certain of it's
members.
The judge had set aside an amount
sufficient to build for the society "the
handsomest hall and library in this re-
| gion," as he himself expressed it to his
| body servant, William Woelkers, and
on another occasion to John 7. Rich
ards. A few days before his death he
! told Mr., Richards that he had provided
! in his will for hall for the st. Leo's,
| but the men whom he had named as
| trustees wrote scurrilous letters about
| him and he had revoked the bequest.
On later consideration he concluded
| that it would be unjust to deprive the
| society of the intended bequest be-
| cause of the actions of trustees he had
chosen for them and he told Mr.. Rich
ards that he would reinstate the be-
| quest to the society. He asked Mr..
Richards 10 suggest three good men to
act as trustees and Mr.. Richards did
They were all acceptable to Judge
Handley and making a note of their
| names said he would at once rensert
an item providing for the building for
the St. Leos. He died without carry
ing out his intention.
EACH ITEM SEPARATE.
Each item of the Handley will was
written OH a separate sheet of paper
and the whole was tied together with a
loop of ribbon inserted through eye
holes in the top of the sheets. The
sheets and items We're unnumbered and
any one of them could be removed
without any evidence of it's removal
remaining.
This indicates how it was possible for
the item to have been stricken from
the will by the judge without there be-
ing any evidence of it remaining. It
may be possible that many other items
suffered a similar fate at one time or
another.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-09

and duet, Mccormick brothers. solo,
Miss Nellie Gallagher; solo, James A.
O'Malley; duet, MOllie Mcdonald and
Lucy Mooney. One of the special feat
ures of the entertainment was the per-
forming of the Lally children, late
of Keith's theater, Philadelphia. Their
efforts were heartily applauded.
The sc1ool board met last evening.
President Lenahan stated that Mrs.
James J. Lynch was not satisfied with
the bonds that had been sold to her
as they specify that the interest should
be made payable annually. The mat
ter was discussed at length and finally
a motion made that new bonds be is
sued and the conditions changed to
make the interest payable semi-an-
nually. The following bills We're then
read and passed: Olyphant borough
electric plant, sS.4O; Scranton Times.
$3.50; Jones Brothers, $40; Scranton
Republican, $l1.1S; S. N. Shook, s4.O3;
James j. OMailey, $3.50; d. Appleton
and company, Sc: American book COM
pany, S2l1.64; Soller and company s10,
rs: D. c. Heath and company, $32.50;
G. and c. Merriam, 9.25.
Mr. Holleran, director from Marsh
wood, stated that a number of new
seats were needed at that school and
asked the board to supply the demand.
His request was granted and ID. l..
Berry ordered to procure the Necessary
seats. A petition from a number of
citizens of Marshwood was presented
asking that a night school be opened
in that district for a period of at least
five months. The board acted favor
ably on the petition. The hiring Of
teachers was taken up. Four appli-
cants We're named for the day schools,
as follows: Miss Nellie Murphy, Eva
Kelly, Katie Walsh, Jennie Patten.
The names were voted upon and re-
suited in the unanimous appointment
of Miss Patten. One other was to be
named but the board could not agree
and the matter was deferred till the
next meeting. The additional night
school teachers employed We're as fol-
lows Grassy Island school, Miss Eta
Doherty, Marshwood school. Miss Ma
; bel Colbaugh. The meeting then ad-
| iourned
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-09
OLYPHANT.

DR.. F. l.. Van Sickle is spending a
few days in New York city.
Mrs. Ella Stevenson, Of Carbondale,
is visiting Mrs. Jennie Voyle, of Lack
awanna street.
Miss Harriet L. Kapp has returned
to her home in New York city after
a lengthy visit with Miss Jennie Ken
nedy, of the West Side.
The literary and musical entertain
ment held last evening at the Father
Mathew opera house under the auspi-
ces of st. Patrick's church was a most
delightful affair, The programme,
which was a well selected one, was
as follows: Recitation. Mollie Han
mock; solo, Thomas Murphy; solo,
Miss Lizzie Dempsey. solo, Mr.. George
Moran solo, Miss Annie Brown; solo
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-09

piled with ice and oatmeal. A similar
service is being performed for the
Eighth by Senator Quay, for the Sixth
by T. Larry Eyre and Secretary of the
Commonwealth David Martin, for the
Twelfth by Attorney General McCor-
mick, for the Fourteenth by Colonel
w. A. Stone, and for the Sixteenth by
Colonel Chris Magee. of Pittsburg.
FUN FOR THE BOYS,
Captain Robling. assisted by Lieu
tenants Burkhouse and Murphy. Great
ed an interesting diversion for the
members Of Company Tuesday night.
The captain received a small consign-
ment of flrst-class French briar pipes
and was at loss how to make them go
around, and at the same time do JUS
tice to all. He got around the difficult
ty by taking as many slips of paper as
there are men now in the company,
and by writing on sixteen of the slips
the word Pipe and on the others
"No"-so he said; however, while
those who were the fortunate ones
had no reason to complain, the dlsap-
pointment of those who failed to draw
the lucky slip of paper was still fur
ther increased in reading such express
sions as these--"I wouldn't do it,"
throw me into the sink" "pipe--nit,"
"I didn't want pipe anyway" "Aber
nit" "who said 1 wanted a pipe?"
kick me-" ito - NIT Spain!" I'm
an easy mark" "go soak your head"
April fool" did you ever get left?"
and so on. AS the contents of each
paper We're being read aloud there was
no end of njovment-especially on the
part of the successful ones. Those
who drew pipes were: Corporal
Dunkerley, Privates Edwards, Lynn,
Llewellyn, Phillips. McHale, Hoffmeis-
ter, Dippre, Haggerty, Doehler Beck
man, Kilrain, Richards, Michaels, Mof-
fat and Freeman.
CAMP GOSSIP.
Captain Gilman, of d, is officer OF
the day; Lieutenant Murphy, of c, Off
Ger of the guard; Clarence Seward, of
d, sergeant of the guard; George Tole-
mie, of A; Arthur Ridgway. of B, and
Richard Bourke, of c, corporals. Pri-
vate John Owens, of A, is orderly.
Henry p. Davis, mine foreman for the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
is in camp visiting his son, Private
Howard Davis. of c.
Captain Thomas Gilman, of d, who
was absent a few days on account of
the sickness of his wife, returned to
camp yesterday.
Edward Kelly, son of Richard Kelly,
of LaCkawanna avenue, is here visit
ing his brother, Corporal Richard Kelly,
Of d, and will remain a few days.
Company A enjoys the distinction of
having an enforced 'anti-swear soci-
ety."
Attorney John r. Edwards, son of
Judge II. NJ. Edwrds, and Mr. c. C..
Andrews, of the firm of Williams d
McAnulty, are here in camp. They
have their wheels with them and have
great time climbing hills and plough
ing through heavy sand, six inches deep
in places.
The Eighth and Twelfth regiments
receive a consignment of boxes of
potatoes daily.
Private Banks, of c, was brought to
division hospital last night.
Richard j. Bourke.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-09
PRICEBURG.

Mr. Johnson, of Scranton, was a
caller at the Johnson Coal company's
store yesterday.
The employees of Storrs' mines receiv-
ed their monthly wages Wednesday.
Mrs. David Chapman and Mrs.
Thomas Palmer, of Dundaff street,
were visitors in Scranton Wednesday.
The thunder storm which passed over
here Tuesday night, did a little dam
age to this place. The lightning struck
the flag pole which stands on top bf
Johnson's No. l shaft and knocked it
down.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-09
THEY CALLED ON
COLONEL COURSEN
COMMANDER OF THIRTEENTH
HAD NOTED VISITORS.

He Believes the Regiment Will Be
Retained in the Service for Several
Months at Least--Arrival Of the
Paymaster Caused Much Satisfac-
tion-Lumber to Be Used in Put
ting Floors in Tents Has Been
Issued -- Members Of Regiment
Grateful for Ice.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-02

kept this up without water for the
mules and without changing the team.
Two miles and a quarter an hour for
ten hours-that was what we accom-
plished. 1t was hard to bring the
comprehension away down to such q
snail's pace as that when we had been
used to making eight and ten miles
an hour. When we reached the station
on the farther verge Of the desert we
we're glad for the first time that the
dictionary was along, for We never
could have found language to tell how
glad we were in n sort of dictionary
but an unabridged n with pictures in
it," A queer frontier town was Over
land City. 47O miles from st. Joseph,
where the stage was exchanged for a
smud wagon" in which to cross the
Platte. a dangerous stream with quick
sands liable to swallow horses, coach
and passengers at one mouthful. The
mails, however, had to go, though the
wheels often sank to the hub in tran
sit. Breakdowns frequently delayed
travel for several hours, during which
one could hunt buffalo If SO disposed.
Passing Fort Laramie, the Indian coun-
try and Black Hills were reached, and
here the imagination would readily pic
ture a lurking savage behind every hill.
Ambushed Indians often sent bullets
into the coach, and the passengers for
the most part slept at night with one
eye open and arms ready for instant
use. Pressing on to the Rocky Noun
tains, South Pass, the extreme summit,
with it's splendid outlook. was attained;
then came Salt Lake City and nearly
seventy miles of alkali desert, Rocky
Canon and the Great American Desert
forty miles of bottomless sand and
a long, thirsty pull-and Carson City.
From Carson to the Sierras, climbing
the Geiger grade, skirting Lake Tahoe,
thence to Hangtown or Placerville and
Sacramento, and the great overland
stage journey was at an end.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-02

To derive the greatest benefit from
walking, it is necessary to hold up the
head, keep the mouth closed. and move
briskly; it is in these circumstances
that walking is really good for us.
Walking erect not only adds to the
manliness of appearance, but it de-
velops the chest and promotes the gem
eral health in a high degree, because
the lungs, being relieved of the pres
sure made by leaning the head down.
ward and bending the chest in, admit
the air fully and freely. If an effort
of the mind is made to throw the
shoulders back, a feeling of fatigue
and awkwardness is at first expert
enced, but this is soon forgotten. To
maintain an erect position, or to re-
cover it when lost, in a which
is at once natural, easy, and efficient, it
is only necessary to walk habitually
with the eyes fixed on an object ahead
a little higher than your own-the top
of a mans hat, for example-or simply
keep the chin a little above a horizon
done, the necessary, easy, and legiti-
mate effect is to relieve the chest from
pressure, the air gets in more easily,
develops it more fully. and permeates
the lungs more exclusively, causing a
more perfect publication of the blood,
imparting greater health and more
color to the cheek.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-02
ONE MANS CHURCH.

Colored Zealot Building a House of
Worship Entirely Unaided.
A Georgia colored man, Andrew Bon
ner by name, is manifesting his reli-
gious enthusiasm in a substantial,
though unusual way. n Is a SIM
pie minded negro, filled to overlooking
with what his admiring wife terms "de
OF time religion" He resides with her
in College Park, a village a few miles
from Atlanta. His ambition for years
has been to build a church for the ben
ent of some of his own race, the ma
terial used to be procured with his own
earnings, and no workmen to assist
him in the rearing of the edi1ce. With
utter disregard of legal measures, An
drew selected two years ago a site for
the church Of his dreams, which he ex-
poets to be a monument to his men,
DRY long after he has returned to dust.
The fact that he does not own the
ground has never disturbed him.
When far-sighted friends urged him
to wait until the ground could be
bought for the purpose he paid no heed
to the proposition, but kept to his
original purpose. Every spare pen
ny was spent by him for lumber and
nails. The work has necessarily been
slow, but now, after twenty-four
months of patient labor. Andrew
gazes with pride upon the building,
which is almost covered. The old man
is said to have sometimes denied his
family bread that he might save money
for his pet project.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-02

In the days of 40 it took an emil
grant train from five to seven months
to cross the plains. Nine years later
the overland stages by the southern
route made the journey in t%wenty-one
days. The good old days Of overland
staging are now only a memory, but
that memory is exceedingly vivid with
those who crossed the plains behind
horses or mules, not knowing what
their adventures might be en- route.
Over each $50 miles of road was placed
an agent or superintendent, who had
absolute authority, the distance under
his jurisdiction being called a division.
His duty was to buy horses, mules and
harness and feed man and beast. Next
in rank to this great and glorious
king OF the plains was the conductor,
his beat being also $50 miles. He rode
night and day, seated by the driver,
snatching what rest and sleep he
might on that lofty flying perch. He
had entire charge OF the mails, pas
sengers, stage coach and express mat
ter until he delivered them over to the
next conductor, taking his receipt
therefor. While the conductor was not
invariably a gentleman, he was a man
of intelligence, executive ability and
hrmness, paying the closest attention
to his duties. Then in Importance came
the driver, his beat being long and
sleeping time at stations short, his
days and nights full of hard and wear
Ing work. Unlucky indeed was the
driver whose fellow-worker at either
end OF the road got sick, for the coach
had to go on, and instead of climbing
for a good rest after a rough
journey he would have to go ahead,
perhaps in wind. rain and darkness,
doing the sick mans work. 1t wal
not an uncommon sight to see a driver
sound asleep on the box, the coach
travelling along at breakneck speed
with six fractions mules. Here is how
Mark Twain describes his trip across
the desert in a stage in the early SOS:
The mules under violent swearing,
coaxing and whip cracking, would
make at stated intervals a squirt. and
drag the coach 100 or maybe 200 yards,
stirring up a billowy cloud of dust that
rolled back, enveloping the vehicle
with dust to the wheel tops or higher,
and making 1t seem to float in the fog.
Then a rest followed, with the usual
sneezing and bit champing. Then an
other squirt of 100 yards and another
rest at the end of it. All day long we
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-02
CATERS HAVE CALL,
ALL THE RAGE WITH THE
WOMEN THESE DAYS.
Protect Delicate Ankles from Dampneas
and Cold, and Give the Walker Much
Needed Support Heavy Articles
R30ulpAd.

Recent statements by physicians
that, in their opinion, the majority Of
women contract cold through the an
kles more easily than through any
other part of the body have caused q
big increase in the number of over
CATERS sold during the last few weeks,
says the New York Herald. One Of the
Broadway shoemakers told me that he
had never sold SO many CATERS to wom-
en- before and that the demand had
come upon him so suddenly and unex-
pectedly that for a few days ne had
been very much rushed to meet it.
When l asked his opinion of the cause
of this new fad, he said: "The bicycle
boot. Women who ride s wheel and
who have become accustomed to the
support and protection Of a bicycle
boot have been sensible enough to APP
p~reciate its good qualities. But, Of
course, with a handsome tailor-mAde
gown a bicycle boot is out Of the ques-
tion and consequently it was necessary
to find a substitute for the clumsy
leather covering. I do not mean to
say that the bicycle boot is clumsy.
On a wheel it is everything that can
be desired, but when you add tho
weight of a heavy silk-lined cloth skirt
and under petticoats to the boot 1t
makes walking anything but a COM
fort. Then, again, there are many
women who have a, horror of a wheel
and would not don a single article con-
nected with the obnoxious machine,
who would not wear a bicycle boot
and yet who clamor for something
which would protect their ankles.
Women's skirts, no matter how clever
ly manipulated, are bound to become
more or less damp and will naturally
rub against the stocking. If a woman
is out for two or three hours in the
rain, when she gets home she finds the
tops of her shoes wet from contact with
her damp skirts. Now, in order to get
over this last difficulty we have been
making our CATERS this winter OF
heavy ribbed silk, black, as a rule,
lined with thin wool, and fitted careful
ly over the instep and ankle. The
gaiter is cut high and fits perfectly. 1t
is very modish and swell and has taken
wonderfully. We make a cheaper grade
in black cloth and also some in pretty
soft tan and mode shades, but these
do not sell so readily, for a foot larger
than a 8 A or B is not improved by
the light colored o%vergaiters." So to
be swell the up-to-date woman must
don 9 pair of these modish CATERS, and,
apart from their being just the thing,
the comfort she will derive from them
will make her regret that she has not
used them before.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-06-02

Spain cannot scare up an ally in
all Of Europe. Thanks to the great
American plan. mo entangling alli-
ances with European powers" Had
this policy been forgotten and the un-
patriotic Bayard had successfully ne
gotiated an alliance with England we
would not now have a friend in Eu-
rope. As it happily is. they are all
our friends-all except poor old Spain.
European friendship is more marked in
the case Of Russia, France and Ger
many, than in England. We are Eng
lands commercial rivals; we are the
commercial allies of all other nations.
Neither does the Anglo-Saxon blood
preponderate among us; 1t Is only an
element of that which goes to make up
the real American. Germany and Ire
land are perhaps to a larger extent the
mother country than is England. 1t is
therefore not likely that there will ever
be an alliance with any European
country-England especially.