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The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
WORTH THE READING.

The result of some investigation on
the feeding Of milch cows, recently car
ried out in Germany, was to show
that the production of milk is depend
ent in certain respects upon the ma
ture of the food supplied to the cows.
but not, as is commonly supposed
solely on the albumenoid ratio.
EARLY Roman history, like that Of
Troy, will have to be rewritten II
archaeologists agree on the genuine
ness of the recent discoveries in the
Forum. A little while ago black
stone, believed to be the "Lapis niger"
that marked the burial place. Of
Romulus, was found. They have now
dug under the stone and unearthed,
amid many votive offerings.
rock, marked with an alphabetio
inscription. This is declared to
be in Achaean characters. the earliest
known, which may give Greek origin
to Rome, like that of Cumae and Mar
seilles, dating some centuries before
the traditional "year of the city"-753
B. C.-Foreign Letter New York Sun.
"That pink shirt waist story about
Richard Harding Davis is only one
among Others" said member Of q
New York publishing firm who fell
in from the big town yesterday. Davis
struck a place called Pomona, CAL.
few years ago, and while there he met
clever chap who has been writing
stories about the killers and other bad
men of the Southwest for New York
paper for several years past. The writ
er of the bad-man stories happened to
be a modest and unassuming citizen.
somewhat understood, and Harding
said to him. after being introduced:
".Why, 1 expected to find the writer
Of those terrific stories raw-boned
giant, with a bowie-knife between hia
teeth, a whole arsenal Of small arms.
long hair, and all that sort Of thing.
YOU know That so?' responded the
writer Of ad-man narratives. I had
some similarly erroneous ideas about
you. pictured you as wearing
Psyche knot"
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
SAVED BY A wArERsPoUT.
No Photographs Go with This story o1
Tidal Wave.

No Photographs Go with This Story Of
Tidal Wave.
The crew Of the British bark Banda.
neira while on the shore Of Chilli. pass
ed through frightful. experience with
a tidal wave, and which, had 1t not
been for the most remarkable interven-
tion on the part Of nature, would have
left the bark high and dry a mile from
shore.
The Bandaneira sailed from IQuique,
March Is. She had loaded there a car
go of nitrate for the Dupont Powder
company of this city. This town is
practically the center of constant
earthquakes. An observation station is.
maintained there from which warnings
are sent to masters of vessels before
they leave port. The barometer had
been low from March 10, but Capt.
Fant struck boldly out for the Horn.
During the next two days the barome-
ter dropped still lower and it was ev-
ident that a fearful hurricane was
brewing. The crew besought the cap
tain to return to Iquique, but he re-
fused.
Eve are already three days on our
way" he said. "and we are all right
yet. In all probability the worst is
over now."
His assumption was wrong, however,
for at noon the following day an i'm
mense wall Of water apparently nine
rni1oo f0 tho I'd ro11o1 dnuyn
slowly upon the bark. AS slowly she
commenced to drift toward the coast.
seven miles to the eastward.
Capt. Fant's vessel is at Whining
ton now. She came up the river yestar-
day, and his story is thrilling one.
Apparently the tidal wave was about
100 feet in height and had an area of
twenty miles in almost complete cir
Gle. 1t advanced rapidly, but the bark,
keeping ahead, reached the shore line
first. The coast at this point was fiat
for nearly two miles inland, terminal
ing abruptly at the base Of almost per-
pendicular mountains. Capt. Fant Is
sure that the Bandaneira approached to
within 100 yards of the rocky walls.
The pursuing volume of water was
then apparently only two miles behind.
Just at the moment when hope was
gone the bark suddenly changed her
direction and receded from her appar.
emily inevitable fate.
An immense waterspout suddenly de-
veloped many miles away, and its in
fluencc changed the direction Of the on
rushing sea. The Bandaneira was
thrown on her beam. ends and drawn
almost directly into the vortex Of wa
ters. Two hours later the sea had re-
sumed its wonted aspect, leaving the
bark uninjured.
Capt. Fant is positive that great
damage must have been done the ves-
sells which were directly in the track
of the great tidal wave. The matter
has been reported to the photographic
Office and further reports are being
awaited.
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
rr,,ls Of Fashion.

A collar buckle Of gold is In the
shape Of two maple leaves. with small
pearls set along the lines Of the veins.
Scent bottles Of cut glass. with
tracings Of silver, have covers Of gold
handsomely enameled and set with
precious stones.
Pineapple bunting. new pretty
summer textile d like 9 sheer but
strong grenadine, In little open meshes.
but Of the texture Of gauze.
f. L.orgnette chains with pearls ret at
intervals Of from two to three inches
are greatly IN demand. Others ars
mounted with emeralds and rubiss. VI 3
IA collar buckle Of gold. n the shape
of ! deur do liz. has the appearances
of being cast. The csntsrs ars sm-
bossed ana relieved ~ bright cutting,
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
SEWED A BUTTON
On Her Finger with Machine Tha
Cllnched 1t to the Flesh.

On Her Finger with Machine That
Clinched 1t to the Flesh.
New York Sun: Rosie Pierre, 16
years old, of 341 Madison street, met
with a singular accident in Joseph
Klein & Co.'s tailor shop, at 626 Broad
way, yesterday. She was putting but
tons on trousers, using for that purpose
a machine that stamps them on and
clinches them on the other side. She
got her hand into the machinery. It
did not stop. It went right on. The
next button was sunk deep into flesh
of the last joint Of her index finger,
and clinched all right on the nail side.
With it so fixed she was taken over
to police headquarters. The button
was fastened as If it were never to
come of. An ambulance was sent for,
but the surgeon knew Of no way to get
it of. He took her over to st. Vim
cents hospital. The surgeons at the
hospital cut the button out 1t had
been clinched into the flesh, and it was
necessary to put the girl under ether
to perform the operation.
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
Monotonous Work.

A farmer entered a watchmaker's.
and stood hesitatingly about for some
time. At last he hedged up toward
the counter with the following re-.
quest:
II say, could one Of you fellows 60
out In the country about i've miles and
repair a watch?"
"Why cannot the watch be brought
here?" was the reasonable reply.
s.Well. you see, it's this way" said
the farmer. "The watch belongs to Q
sick man, and he has to have 1t beside
his bed to as to tell when to take his
doses"
"Then the watch must be going all
right" said the 5eweler.
eyes, the watch runs, cause the fell
Ter makes It run. He says he's gettins
tired Of poking the whssl with . pin.
and wants one of you fsllsss % come
and put It straight" "
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05

cavern Of a throat fronting him. Down
went that mountainous head, not six
inches from US, but with a perfectly in
describable motion. tremendous
writhe. in face; up few the broad tail
in the air. and blow which might
have suhced to stave In the side Of the
ship struck the second mates boat
fairly amidships. It was right before
my eyes. not sixty feet away, and the
sight will haunt me to my death. The
tub oarsman was poor German, and
that awful blow put an end to all his
earthly anxieties. AS it shore oblique-
ly through the center Of the boat, it
drove his poor body right through her
timbers-an undistinguishable bundle
of what was an instant before human
being. The other members Of the
crew escaped the blow, and the har-
pooner managed to cut the line, so
that for the present they were safe
enough, clinging to the remains OF
their boat, unless the whale should
choose to rush across them.
Happily, the rushing was almost
over. The bomb fired by Mr.. Count.
with such fatal result to poor Bamber-
ger, must have exploded right In the
whales throat. Whether his previous
titanic efforts had completely exhaust
ed him, or whether the bomb had brok-
en- his massive backbone, do not
know, of course, but he went into no
furry, dying as peacefully as his
course had been furious. For the first
time in my life had been face to face
with violent death, and was quite
stunned with the awfulness Of the ex-
perience. Mechanically, as it seemed
to me, we obeyed such orders as were
given, but every mans thoughts were
with the shipmate so suddenly dashed
from among us. We never saw signs
Of him again. /. We got the
whale cut in as usual without any In
cident worth mentioning, except that
the peculiar shape Of the jaw made 1t
an object Of great curiosity to all OF us
who were new to the whale fishing.
Such malformations are not very rare.
They are generally thought to occur
when the animal is young, and its
bones soft; but whether done in fight
ing with one another, or in some more
mysterious way, nobody knows. Cases
have been known, believe, where the
deformed whale does not appear to
have suffered from lack Of food In
consequence Of his disability; but IN
each Of the three instances which have
come under my own notice, such was
certainly not the case. Those whales
were what is termed by the whalers
"dry-skins;" that is, they were in poor
condition, the blubber yielding less
than half the usual quantity Of oil.
The absence Of oil makes it very hard
to cut up, and there is more work in
one whale of this kind than in two
whose blubber is rich and soft.
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
Painting Upon Lace,

Painting Upon Lace,
Something, although not strictly
new, certainly worthy Of notice, is
painting upon lace for decorative and
household purposes. The work is in
imitation of old Cretan laces, which
were made with colored threads, ar
ranged as patterns upon a black or
white ground. It is executed with
water-colors, and can be used for sofa
cushions and similar things, frills for
old-looking portieres, to give them the
air of antiquity, or for dainty bed or
couch dressing. The colors are made
fast by the use Of fxative, and
though they will not stand washing
they will not spoil from atmospheric
causes. To paint: Use veloutine as a
f1xative; moist water-colors, with Chi
nese white of body colors, red sable
brushes, and work upon lace Of good
designs. Stretch the lace and pin 1t
down to drawing board, so that
every part of it is quite secure. Select
the colors to use, and where they are
applied, and over every place that Is to
be painted lay wash of undiluted
veloutine. When it is dry make wash
of Chinese white and veloutine, pass
that over parts already sized with the
veloutine, and then paint the lace with
bright colors in set pattern. Metallic
colors, such as gold, silver and bronze.
can be applied in the same way to the
lace. See that the colors are thorough
ly absorbed into the lace, and remem-
ber the more broken and diversified
the coloring the better the feet.
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
Loves Aspiration

Loves Aspiration.
What shall ask for thee.
Beloved, when at the silent eve or golden
morn
1 seek the Eternal Throne on bended knee
And to tn eGod Of Love my soul is borne,
Ascending through the angel-guarded
= On the swift wings of Prayer?
What shall I ask? the bliss
Or earth's poor votaries? pleasures that
must fade
As dew from summer blossom? Oh! for
Thy fresh young spirit. dear one, was not
made:
Purer and holier must its blessings be-
ask not this for thee.
For thee, fair child, for thee,
In thy fresh, budding girlhood. shall my
Go up unceasing, that the witchery
VI earthly tones alluring may not snare
Thy heart from purer things; but Gods
own hand
Ever shall Love for thee
Implore Heavens best and holiest beni-
son,
Its perfect peace-that peace which can
not be
The gift of Earth; for this when upward
borne
My soul grows earnest. angel-lips Of
flame 80
May echo thy sweet name.
Ay, in their world of light
Immortal voices catch mothers prayer,
And while kneel. some waiting seraph
bright
Swift on expanded wing, the boon may
bear,
And, soft as falling dewdrops kindly
shed
Heavens peace DER thy young head
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
Be Attractive.

Everyone cannot be beautiful, but
everyone may be lovable, aud the
plainest woman can make herself ut
tractive If she likes. She can speak
gently first Of all, but she should re-
member that II her voice is to be
sweet and pleasant she must never
forget herself and raise 1t in anger,
and she must never grumble or speak
reevishly at home. Her manner, too.
must be gentle, attractive and SYM
pathetic. To attain gentle. attrac-
tive manner she must be good and
noble, and unselfish in reality. What
she really is will shine through her
plain face in time. II her soul within
is beautiful. so will be ner expression
and manner as the years pass.
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
STRUCK THE BOAT FAIRLY AMID.

STRUCK THE BOAT FAIRLY AMID
SHIPS.
in half. Well was it for us that he
was severely handicapped by a NAL
formation of the lower jaw. At short
distance from the throat it turned off
nearly at right angles to his body, the
part that thus protruded sideways be-
ing deeply fringed with barnacles and
plated with big limpets.
Had it not been for this impediment
I verify believe he would have beaten
us altogether. As it was. he worked
us nearly to death with his ugly
rushes. Once he delivered a sidelong
blow with his tail, which, as we spun
around, shore of the two oars on that
side as If they had been carrots. At
last the second mate got fast to him,
and then the character of the game
changed again. Apparently unwearied
by his previous exertions he now start
ed of to windward at top speed. with
the two boats sheering broadly out
upon either side of his foaming wake.
Doubtless because he himself was
much fatigued, the mate allowed him
to run at his will, without, for the
time, attempting to haul any closer. to
him, and very grateful the short rest
was to us. But he had not gone
couple Of miles before he. turned
complete somersault in the water, COM
ing up. behind us. to rush of again in
the opposite direction at undiminished
speed. This move was startler. For
the moment 1t seemed as il both boats
would be smashed like eggshells
against each other or else that some of
us would be impaled upon the long
lances with which each boats bow
bristled. BY what looked like hand
breadth we cleared each other. and the
race continued. Up till now we had
not succeeded in getting home a single
lance, the foe was becoming wearier.
while the strain was certainly telling
upon our nerves. So Mr.. Count got
out his bomb gun, shouting at the same
time to Mr.. Cruce to do the same.
They both hated these weapons. nor
ever used them II they could help It;
but what was to be done?
Our chief had hardly got his gun
ready before We came to almost dead
stop. All was silent for Just q mo-
Fment, then, With = roar like 2 cata-
ract, up sprang the huge creature. head
out, law wide open, coming direct for
~. ~ coolly O H on the quartsr--s
sdecl theS mats raised Iii gun. dring
< - AA~naklvss Anwn fhAi @NnAf 1lvi6
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
sees many such tourists. They are
frankly happy and gay, and 80 pleased
to recall how the city looked when
we were here before"
The woman Who stoops.

The woman who stoops Is rare,
thank goodness, but she does exist as
an eyesore to beholders and discom-
fort to herself. Yes, am quite con-
vinced that the STOPPING woman is
quite uncomfortable and would remedy
her defect il she knew how. Weak
ness of system is sometimes RESPONSE
BILE for STOPPING shoulders, but care
lessness is the great cause. Poring
over books, writing for hours at time
and neglect to aid defective vision
with glasses are the main causes.
The cure should begin with the pill
low. Use one small, fiat pillow at
night or dispense entirely with the
luxury of a head rest. Bear the infirm-
ity in. mind and walk crectly and sit
with the shoulders were they should
be. Expand the chest and keep the
eyes on a level with peoples faces.
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
Their idea of Bliss.


Evidently when the question of a
wedding journey arises in an up-the-
state town the first choice falls upon
Philadelphia, and down the youthful
pair come when every one else is wish
ing to leave the city behind him. In
Paramount Park one may see them
driving about in carriages. One pair
were having a disappointing time Of
1t the other day. They had chosen an
unpropitious hour for their drive, just
when their charioteer was growing
hungry. When the trip down one side
Of the park had been made he had
stopped his horses by the entrance and
was helping himself to ample slices of
bread and butter. It was difficult
thing for the occupants Of that car
riage to look either romantic or in
teresting. They may nave been hun
cry, too. Another pair were conspicu-
ously anxious that no, one should
imagine they had not lived in Phila
delphia all their years.
But though they may come to the
city in the summer to see the sights.
to go to the seaside and eat roast
clans, not because they like them,
Washington is their Mecca all the rest
Of the year. In fact, they seem to con-
slider Washington their own, city set
apart for bridal pairs, and hanr-in-
hand they wander through her public
buildings and up and down her broad
avenues. They are all interesting, 5ut
they cannot compare with the older
men and women who had visited
Washington on their wedding journey
years before and who have just found
time to go back again. And the city
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05

Practice walking about the room with
a book balanced on the head and hold
the chin up when reading, with the
book placed on level with the face.
Have the eyes tested occasionally. and
If you need glasses procure them at
once. Often the trouble is but teEa-
porary and the use of glasses. for a few
weeks or months will remedy the eye
trouble
The Washburn leader., 1899-08-05
The Funny Man.

"It is an awful funny thing to be
married. to funny man." said she.
sobbingly.
She had told him to get her some
Kid curriers' while he was down town.
and he had sent her home q peck Of
sour apples.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-13
ACCIDENT CASES ON THE LIST
Railroads and Trolley Companies
Arc Defendants In Fifty three.

of the 15s cases on the calendar OF the
supreme Court for the September term,
and trolley companies are the de-
PENDANTS id 53-over one-third of the
whole. The North Jersey Street Railway
Company will defend sixteen of these and
the North Hudson Company fourteen II
d.. L. & w. r. r. and the New YORK
Central and Hudson River Railroad Will
each defend fear damage suits, and the
Erie and Central Railroads and the Con-
Traction Company each has
three similar causes to fight in this court.
The New York, Susquehanna and Western
and Pennsylvania Railroad Companies
win defend two suits each, and the fol-
lowing companies are each named as de-
Lehigh Valley and Atlantic Coast Rail-
road.
Other large corporations named as de-
PENDANTS are:-Standard Oil Company,
four; Hoboken Ferry Company, three;
Nord Deutscher Lloyd Steamship Com
pany one; Hackensack Water Company,
one. and Bergen Turnpike Company, one.
The Board Of Freeholders will defend four
suits IN. the Supreme Court, tne Mayor
and Aldermen of Jersey City, two, and
the Mayor and Aldermen Of Bayonne,
one.
The Circuit Court calendar, which con-
tains a list of 11 cases, has the North
Jersey Company as defendant in seven,
and the Consolidated Traction Company,
IN. Y. c. & II. r.. r. and the Lehigh Val
ley will each defend one suit. In this
count fifteen suits against the Board OF
Freeholders will be heard. In four the
tbe Defendants. and the Mayor and
Aldermen of Bayonne will defend two.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-13
HoRsEsHoE'S SOCIAL CLUB.
The Princeton Is Expected Soon to
Rival the Palma.

The list of membership of the Princeton
Club. which has furnished in a cosy and
elegant manner the second floor of the
building on the southwest corner Of
Pavonia avenue and Erie street. is con-
stantly growing. The club is becoming q
recognized Institution in the old Horse
shoe Its members have been more
or less quiet about the proposed doing
of big things in the usual club line, but
a glance at the list of some Of the most
prominent members convinces one of the
solidity of the concern.
A prominent member said last night
that it was proposed to MAXI the club
to the Horseshoe what the Palma Club is
to the other side of lower Jersey City.
He said the club propose to erect a
building facing on Hamilton Park. The
club is absolutely non-partisan and re-
ligious creed bars no one from member
ship.
The club was organized in April last
originally as a cycle organization. but the
cycle department is now simply an annex.
The members are not all residents of the
Horseshoe or Of the city. Some of them
are men of well known sporting procliyl-
ties. Prominent politicians of both par
ties are included IN the menlperShip-
George H. Stebbins, the vice president, is
a member Of the Tioga County, New
York Republican Committee and one of
Boss Platt's l~ieutenants; August Faust
is president; Joseph Knierien, proprietor
of the cafe over which the club rooms
4 are located, is the treasurer, and Joseph
T. McCoobery, secretary. Thomas Mad
| den. one of the members is an ex-Sherin
of Ormsby County,, Nevada, in which is
located Carson City.
In the list of membership are found the
names of:-Harry Stuhr. Spencer Buck
| ingham of the Central Stock Yards; Will
lam Campbell, George KRONER. II. s.
Luetzjen. Matthew Reardon, Louis Stein
| berger. Andrew Remke. of New YORK;
| William Purdien, o S. Murphy, Boule-
ward Commissioner Robert ID. Urqunaft,
]. Bremen, ]. H. Mierdierck. J. H. Schue-
ter. of New York; Louis Fisher, J.. San
| ford, S. w. Jackson, Andrew J. Corcoran,
Charles Fl. Foster, Willis Cure. Andrew
| Haas. Edward Press, L.. l.. m
| Theodore Kenney, Joseph Purcell. OF New
| York; Julius Evel, jeremiah O'Higgins,
George Cronin, Thomas Dooley, Michael
clark. e. ]. Fox, John Baird, George Nc
| earthly. Of the Corn Exchange and
Thomas Carley.
Scrip for the building fund for the pro-
| posed new club house has already been
| issued.