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Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-03-23
AbsecOn's Musical Entertain
ment.

TReceived too late for last weeks PIess !.
Lovers of classical music had an excel
lent opportunity to crafty their tastes
at the Musical and Art Exhibition held
in the Absecon Presby terian Church Sat
urday evening March -.
Success was stamped everywhere
throughout the whole program; it is
seldom that we are treated to such a
pleasing entertainment in our small
country towns and the people showed
their appreciation by their presence.
PeasantviIle was largely represented in
tie audience and very ably upon the
stage. The piano duet by Ethel Risley
and hena Frambes being exceptionally
f1e.
The singing of Misses Barry, Madden,
Frambee, Scull, and Mrs. Robt. Race
was by far the best ever heard in Abse-
con and we cannot too highly compli-
msnt Misses Babcock and Brandt and
Mr.. Shafer on their piano solos. T. j.
II amilton made a decided hit in his
vocal solo 'sAvenge the Good Ship
Maine" The solos of Rev. Mr.. Steckel
and j. W. Cordery were received with
great applause.
The violin and autoharp selections by
Messrs Hamilton and Cordery showed
them to be in popular favor with the
audience as they were followed by
rounds of applause. The sale of pictures
netted a neat little sum.
The Committee desire to thank those
- l. &.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-03-23
LETTER FROM ARIZONA.

County News ontinued on Fourth page
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
MUST NOW GO INTO COURT.
The Hearstlings Have Exhausted All Legal Technicalities and
 Must Answer Charres.

The actions of Claus Spreckels against Hearst, Lawrence and Williams, and Hearst, Lawrence and Aiken of the EX- amtner for libel will soon come to trial. The defendants have exhausted all legal technicalities to keep out of court and mo- thing now remains for them but to file answers to the complaints against them and set up the best defense at their com mand.
 Yesterday In Judge Hunts court the default of Williams in the first case and that of Aiken in the second were opened and made matter of record. Attorney Garret McEnerney. representing the de- fendants, then made an application to the court to be allowed to amend the demur- rers of Williams, Lawrence and Aiken to the complaints. Grove L. Johnson op- posed the application and Judge Hunt de- nied It. The original demurrers on file were then withdrawn by the defendants attorney and the court allowed fifteen days to the defendants in which to file an answer to the complaint. This closed the days proceedings and when the answer is filed the case will be on fair way to
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
MISSION MEN
 ARE INDIGNANT
Mass Meeting Arranged Against a Proposed Zoo
 and Park.
Property y-Owners Will Voice Their Sentiraents-Dr. Clinton Will
 Speak.

The wave of indignation that has for some time been gathering force and vol ume in the Mission over the proposed purchase of a site for the Mission Park and Geological Garden has taken form, and in no uncertain manner.
 Te opponents of the vast expense that the Board of Supervisors are endeavor- ing to foist on the city have decided that the only way to convince the board that public sentiment in the Mission is against the matter is to hold an indignation meeting and send up roar against the purchase of the Gum Tree Tract that will reach those who have the decision in the matter in manner that cannot be misunderstood.
 The officers of the Folsom Street Club have been quietly working the meeting up for two weeks past, and the call wifi be issued to-day for the gathering. Mangels Hall, at Twenty-fourth and Fol som streets, has been chosen as the place for the gathering, but 1t is probable that capable of holding the throng that will attend, as the petition against the pur- chase of Whirlwind Gulch was signed by more than 5000 property-owners of the Mission district.
 One member of the Board of Super- visors-Dr. c. A. Clinton-will take & prominent part in the proceedings. He has prepared a mass of figures to show that the park Is not only unnecessary at the present time, but that the price that 1t is proposed to pay for the selected tract is exorbitant. Other speakers of note will be A. B. Mcclure. the contrac- tor, and Charles Aipers. The committee John, McEnhill, J. Sullivan and John Welch
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
DETECTION OF A DETECTIVE John Carnage to Be Ar rested for Contempt
 of Court. A Collectors Clerk Followed His Wife for Seven
 Hours. Justice Barry Is Wroth and Wants His Orders Obeyed Forth with.

Private Detective John Carnage is in grave danger of going to jail for con- tempt because of his refusal to obey the process of the Justices courts.
 The name of Carnage Is familiar about the Justices courts, where 1t figures as the plaintiff in many petty actions, and 1t Is not infrequent that the name figures In the role of de- fendant. Carnage the plaintiff is not Carnage the defendant, however, the pair being father and son.
 Carnage ST. obtained goods to the ex- tent of SIP from a downtown mer- chant some time ago, and the claim eventually got into the hands of w. S. MOTION, the collector. He sued the sleuth, got judgment and then began search for some means of satisfying it.
 Carnage apparently had no property that could be levied upon, so an order Of examination was obtained to ascer- tain whether there was any chanceIof payment. The order was duly set and called, but the detective failed to hp- pear, and citation for contempt Eas the next proceeding.
 The young man of Morrow's office had an exciting experience in locating the detective. The only way he knew was to follow Gamage's wife, and this he did for seven consecutive hours. His perseverance was finally rewarded and he smilingly handed Carnage th@ cita- tion. His reward was an order to leave the office, followed by aJ rush from the detective and a shower of blows that drove him outside the DOT tai.
 Carnage paid no more attention to the citation for contempt than he did to the order of examination, artd on the facts being reported to Justice of the Peace Barry, who had issued the two papers, the judicial light decided on summary measures.
 He ordered an order of arrest to issue forthwith, and sent it to the Sheriff for service. Carnage may be as hard to find in this instance as he was when a citation for contempt was chasing him. but it is a fair presumption that the server will not fare as did his nrede- cessor, as the Sheriffs deputies arc stalwart and experienced and blows ara usually met in kind and with interest.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
JAMES BENNETT SENTENCED,
The Would-Be Wife-Murderer Will Go to San Quentin for
 Two Years.

James G. Bennett was before Judge Wallace yesterday for sentence, and his Honor ordered that the convict who nearly killed his wife with knife, then made an attempt to cut his own throat escaped from the Receiving Hospital and was recaptured in British Columbia. be taken to San Quentin and be therein con- hned for period of two years.
 When Bennett'S case was called Judge Ferral, who represented the prisoner made a few remarks regarding his clients previous good character and asked that the court sentence the pris- oner to term in the County Jail. As Bennett was convicted of an assault with court to send Bennettt- either to the County Jail or State prison.
 Judge Wallace, owing to the brutality Of the crime committed by the prisoner said that he felt it his duty to impose the full penalty of the law, and in conse- quence Bennett will wear the stripes.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
A COUNTERFEIT DOLLAR
" " o ~ 11V1 I1 OOIIAR. It Leads to Trouble Between a pss-
 senger and Conductor.

O. B. Christoffersen, cierk. was ar- rested yesterday afternoon on a charge of passing counterfeit money, but accord : ing to his story the proper person to he arrested should be the conductor of a Mission street electric car. Christoffersen had bought watch in a Kearnv street store and jumped on passing electric car to go home When the cond,,ctnr asked for his fare he gave him a doiio F which he had received as change from the jeweler and received 95 cents chance Tn few minutes the conductor came to him and presenting to him a dollar niece said that 1t was bogus. He claimed tho f he got it from christoffersen and wanted the 95 cents back and five cents for his fare. Christoffsrsen expressed a douht . . to the dollar being the one he gave h;ro and refused to acknowledge if. as if might be trick on the part of inc con. ductor to get rid of a counterfeit 6oIIar The conductor persisted and Chrfstof. fersen obstinately refused to (iisrnrea When the car reached the crossinr . r Third and Mission streets the condiec+o or called Policeman John Wallace and in- structed him to arrest Christoffersen on a charge of passing counterfeit money The dollar was given as evidence Cshriv. !. tofrersen was released on $eO cash hail He said he would fight the case and make if warm for the conductor before he got through with him.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
FOREIGN CONSIGNEES.
Compliance With the Laws of 8 State Will Entitle Them to
 Receive Goods.

The Treasury Department has made a new regulation, based upon an opinion of the solicitor of the treasury. with refer ence to the importation of foreign goods consigned to aliens. It had been the regu- lation prior to the opinion that a foreign corporation could not import goods into the United States. The opinion was in the matter of the Russian Company for Sea, River and Land Insurance, which sent some goods to New York, consigned to itself Lazar Holtzoff presented a gave proof that. the company had com piled with all the laws of the State of New York, and demanded entry for the goods.
 The solicitor of the treasury rendered the opinion that a power of attorney filed by a foreign corporation which has compiled with the requirements of the laws of State may be accepted for cus- toms purposes in the same manner as in case of domestic corporation.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
Slankard Benefit.

The benefit to be rendered on Sunday to the widow and orphans of George Sank- ard, the cowboy killed at Centra, park last Sunday morning while engaged in the Wild West Show. is assuming definite shape So far great many tickets hava been disposed of and a large attendance is expected The affair should net a good will be little to pay out of the receipts as nearly everything has been donated Re- sides the services of the participants. the vehicles, etc. The programme will he strengthened by the acquisition of a num- Der of cowboys and vaqueros who have come in from the ranges
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
MUST GET A SWAB.
Dr. T. L. Mahoney Convicted in
 Judge Conlan's Court.

Judge Conlan rendered his decision yes- terday in the case of Dr. T. L. Mahoney, charged with violating the Board of Health ordinance by not applying to the board for swab in a case of diphtheria.
 The Judge said he would convict the defendant, as he did not consider the Police Court the proper tribunal for de- ciding upon the constitutionality of the ordinance, which could be done by the higher court.
 Sentence was by consent deferred for a week to enable the defendants attorney, Colonel Smith. to prepare an appeal to the Superior Court
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
Durrant's Personal Effects.

W. A. Durrant, the father of the late Theodore Durrant, received from Prop erty Clerk Moran yesterday the personal effects taken from the murderer at the time of his arrest, nearly three years ago. They consist of 8 55 coin, three hand kerchiefs, a pair of socks, a pocket knife, a pipe. a nickel watch and metal chain, pocket comb, bottle of glycerine, two bank books, overcoat, sack coat, vest, trousers, felt hat, key ring and twelve keys, pair of nippers and a screw driver.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
Marsden Manson to Lecture

At the meeting of the San Francisco Farmers Club on Tuesday evening next at the Mechanics Institute Marsden Manson, c. E., who has recently returned from Russia after an official inspection of it's road system as the guest of the Russian Government, will lecture. His subject will be "Roads-Ancient and Modern, at Home and Abroad" Stereop- ticon views will illustrate his talk. and if is expected that 1t will be very entertain ing. A cordial invitation has been ex- tended to all interested to be present.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05

not wish to be buried in the same ground with his parents.
 Attorney Lyon was of the opinion that Wiley had for some reason light ed the gas, and had failed to turn it OH entirely, and that he had then lain down and been overcome.
 Wiley was 27 years of age, and had been married, but was divorced from his wife
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05

of which will be devoted toward fund for the arrangement of the necessary preliminaries of the coming fair. Fa- ther Mulligan will deliver an address upon the occasion.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
Press Club Delegates.

ThePress Club Thursday evening elected the following delegates to International League of Press Clubs, to meet at New Orleans on the 18th inst: H. L. Brooke. W. c. Barnes: alternates, w. F. Burke, T. H. Van Frank. The delegates were it's 1899 meeting in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
New Policeman

Albert M. Smith, a native son. 2s wears of age and clerk by occupation. and John c. Shinkwin, native of Ireland o7 years of age. and laborer by occupa. tion, were yesterday sworn in as police officers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05

riding buggy made; rubber or steel tires. O,Brien & Sons, Golden Gate avenue and Polk street.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-05
ADVERTISEMENTS

My health and vitality l owe to Yin Mariani when at times unable to proceed, a few drops give me new life; l proclaim Yin Mariani the king of all tonic wineS."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18

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knew there was no wrong planned
Eoxanes smile for = second WAS In
scrutabIe. Then she threw herself into
her part.
'This-this is unbearable.' she cried.
Marry him.
The friar looked at CySano.
rs this the choice made for mademoi-
selle?'' he asked with sympathy
No. am..cried Christian.
The good friar's lantern swung slowly
around He was puzzled. Why should
Roxane object to wed this highly favored
youth? Roxane saw the dawning suspic-
ion in his eyes.
'Ah. stayi' she exclaimed. "A post
script Give TO the convent % pistoles.'
The noble lord" said the treasured
friar. Come, msdemoiseile. resign your
self TO the Cardinals will
Il am resigned" said Roxane with the
air of a martyr. Then she said in a quick
L dertone to Cyrano:
DE Guiche comes. Keep him out till
am we'd
Father" said Cyrano. ''how long will
this marrying take?'
"A quarter of an hour will suffice"
mo one shall enter for that time, .
whispered Cyrano to Roxane, and as the
wedding party filed into the house he
began his lonely guarding beneath the
balcony.
(To he continued
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! me! am her brother-her cousin brother
and she loves you.''
They talked together, the two men who
loved Roxane. They planned for her.
Christian admitted all his dizziness. He
was soldier, he said, and before women
was tongue tied. Cyrano promised TO Tu-
tor him in wit
I'll daily teach your tongue said he.
only remember and repeat to her things
l bid. So shall we never have disillus-
ion. Alone you fear to chill her heart.
Take then my words-and so you shall
win her, Wed them to your lips. 1t will
amuse me- 1t is good experience for a
poet. VIII you not do it?''
The cadets come in, and, to their dis
gust, find the once staggering Cyrano
embracing Christian a musketeer mock
ingly laughs at the scene, whereupon
Cyrano cuffs his head, and the cadets
turn somersaults for joy to see that all
the old spirit is not dead.
The wooing of Roxane began. Daily the
lover, who could think and feel and mold
his thoughts to beauty. taught the lover
who was dumb. Daily Roxane, hearing
Cyranos imprisoned speeches through
Christians chseled lips, was borne deeper
and deeper into the ecstacy of love. Daily
Roxane told her cousin of her lovers wit
and fancy. She read Cyrano's verses he
had written, and when he seemed scarce
enthusiastic over them she tainted him
with being jealous of a better poet than
himself Then Cyranos eyes would flash
with merrment, and over his mismated
face a smile would run. He was not al
together sad in those days.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-18

Score. North and South. 4: Past and
West. ..
Neither side opened the long spade
suit and New York thought he would
make his little trump by leading tho
singleton club. There being an honor
turned and a fad in vogue in the East
at present to make the lowest card OF
your suit a call through on honor.
drives the conventional player 10 "in-
termediats" cards, so that In this in
stance South could not be sure that
clubs was not North's best suit. evil
denced by his discarding spades later.
At trick South ducked the club in
order to coax West to lead trumps to
his major tenanee, which West very
promptly did. Observe the false card
ing all through. Trick 3. Here Is the
brilliant play Of the deal. Fast, wish
ing 10 turn his partner from continu-
ing trumps, because he was void Of
hold-up on the clubs, and feeling cer-
tain that his partner would not have
played Ace on Jack of hearts, without
Queen, dropped the King. II had the
desired effect, and South was at once
put in an embarrassing position. At
trick he passed in the hope that his
partner could trump. and by discarding
spades lost two tricks in the end by
making Vests clubs good.
The following is the overplay OF the
deal in which the Knickerbocksrs made
twelve tricks by North'g bold trump
lead.
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CHAPTER VI

Then in the darkness. in the shadow
of the Wall beneath the lady's balcony.
one lover in low whispers taught the
other how to speak. And, that no passer-
by should spoil the plan. he babe his
pages play at the entrance to the street
tune if any one should come, Gay if
a woman, sad if a man" said Cyrano
"Roxane," called Christians voice.
Roxane glimmered in white upon the
balcony.
Who's there?' she asked.
TITS l, Christian. 1 would speak with
you"
NO! You speak too i'll Begone!"
81 pray
mo! You do not love me-
You accuse me-kind Heaven hear
her-of loving no more when 1 love more
and more
All" cried Roxane that is a little
better
Love grew great rocked in my rest
less heart, which he-the cruef-took
for a cradle. And for that he was cruel
l have tried to stife him-but vain the
effort Newborn, he is still a young
Hercules And as if they We're naught
he strangled the two serpents-pride and
doubt"
All, That is very good cried Roxane.
She left the shattered window where she
had been standing, as though to re-enter
her room. and leaned over the balcony,
peering into the darkness.
But why do you speak so slowly?"
she asked. Have you some palsy of i'm
agination?"
Cyrano pushed Christian farther into
the background. and. schooling his voice
to be like the youths, answered her.
1T is that night is come he said, tand
in the dark my words must creep to find
your ear
My words encounter no such Difficult
ty."
The winged words from you, madame
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como down they travel quickly But
mine must climb, and that needs longer
time
But now they mount with speed, me
thinks
They've had practice. They have
caught the art,
Il speak to you in truth. from great
height" sighed Roxane. Il think 1 will
come down.
mo, no.
Stand. then, upon that bench beneath
my balcony"
MOI
And pray why not?'
ITO speak thus, without seeing-'tis
sweet. We scarce divine each other. You
see darkness, cloaked and tall, and L
the wilderness of robe of spring. l am
but shadow, and you are light. You do
not know what these minutes are to me.
| If sometimes l am eloquent
You are!
Never until this hour have my words
sprung straight from my heart. A
| blindness falls upon me when your eyes
look into mine To-night-to-night for the
| first time. it seems to me that 1 am
| speaking straight to YOU
"A new tones in your voice"
"A new tone, true, for in the night that
hides me 1 dare at last to be myself 1
dare I know not what. Forgive me that
I'm moved. This-this is so sweet-so
| strange
so stranger
"Yes-strange to be sincere. The fear of
being Knocked has always locked my
heart
Knocked? But why?''
'Ah-for my hearts wild beating. l
sought to clothe my love with witty
words, to hide it from the curious gaze. 1
longed to reach up starward, and am
afraid of ridicule. / stopped and picked
wild flower. This wit of ours! To catch
your fancy at the first-'twas good, but
now 'twould be proclamation of the calm
| night to speak the words that garnish fine
love letters. Come, let us look upon the
stars. Let the wide sky take from us all
our make believes I dread that, in the
alchemy were skilled in, the very essence
of our love may dssolve-escape us. All,
it is sin in love to play at fencing. The
moment comes-and blest that moment
when every polished phrase and rounded
word is sad and vain"
And if that moments come for us?"
f1oated the whisper down from the bal
cony.
"All, all that came to me I'd toss to you
in one wild cluster, not set in a bouquet
l love you | stife-I love! I'm mad, Do
you not begin to understand, my sweet?
Do you not feel my soul mount up to you?
All, this is too beautiful, too dear, that
should tell you all and you should listen!
1t is too much. L never hoped for this.
Could 1 but die now! Have words of mine
the power to make you tremble there
among the branches? For you do tremble
like a leaf among the leaves! 1 feel it,
Whether you will it not, the blessed
trembling of your hand thrills through
the tendrils of your jasmine.
He caught the vine and kissed it pas
sionately.
oh" cried RoXane in voice faint with
excess of happiness 81 tremble, weep!
love thee, | am thine! All, thou hast
conquered mel
And then, though Cyrano's were the
words that won her, Christians were the
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Scarcely had LIE Brets guess hit its
mark when the door swung open, and in
came Cyranos successful rival, the young
Baron de Neuvilette He made his way
quietly to a table, but the Gascons, in
famed by the victory of their brother in
arms, were not minded to let him be quiet.
They tainted him with being a northern
greenhorn, sickly apprentice at the art
of war. They dared him to try Cyrano.
There's one among u.s." boasted a ca
Diet. to whom you no more dare say
somewhat than cry rope at him whose
father died dangling at a noose's end
Then he proceeded to slucidate.
Whereupon there was enacted the
strangest drama the bold cadets of Gas
cony had ever seen. Cyrano began to tell
the story of his fight. At every second he
was Interrupted by the new recruit from
Touraine with courteously insolent queries
about his nose and with surmises TO the
part it had taken in the fray. The Gas
cons looked for the strangers annihila.
stion. But Cyrano, though the veins on his
face were whipcords with suppressed rage,
still let young Christian live and even
forced himself on with his tale. Finally
the strangers insolence could no longer
BE- brooked.
{ Lave me! Leave me with him." cried
rano to his friends, and they passed
1fnNing that the end had come for
naAee to Roxane was all that
MEMORY.