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The border vidette., 1899-10-28
New Time Gard.

New>time table effec i've Octobsr
29th 1899.
Lv $50 IN Benson Ar. S:Is m
AR 9:l5 p III Nogales Lv. 1920 m
l.: 1913 pun 4, Ar. 1855 W
Ar 6:loa IN Herrnosillo Lv. 800 p ia
Lv els IA Ar S:l5pn
Ar 1925 am Guaynas Lv ago p IN
Pacific time on N. 81. a. A. Ry.
Sonora time on Sonora Ry.
The times., 1899-03-05

home on that occasion. and who had
iounged up to inspect the cause Of 20 much
eloquence. gave a shout OF laughter. and
called on his father to admire with him
the representation of Lots wife.
And while the rector. his hoslily forgot
ton. an unwilling smile on his lips. stood
there with hand upon Guys shoulder.
took heart to tell him how. for all her
little life, Margaret had loved the blue and
red and yellow daubs; and told him, too.
of that picture, always present to my
mind. of the child on that last Sunday af-
ternoon with her ripplcd hair failing upon
the picture of the Flood.
After that the rector sat down by Guy S
side and silently and In reverence look
at The dreadful plates. and said no other
word of condemnation. And presently,
when the end was reached he rose and
himself carried back the book into the
kitchen. Then, in that polite and deferen-
tiai manner he always uses for Mary. he
thanked her for her kindness in lending
the book and for all her kindness.
Il don't want ter fiuster myself to go to
church now | ha' got that, do l now"
Mary calls after him, gratified and trium-
phant, as he departs. The rector bastens
his steps a little; he always shirks an ar
gument with Mary.
so long as ha' got 'em all theer. and
kin see tn devil atemptin' of Ave, and tn
'arth a-openin' ter swallow Abiram, /
bain't a-goin' ter trouble no fudder about
EN-" Mary utters, turning back to her
book.-Mary E. Mann in Longman's Maga-
zine
The times., 1899-03-05
An Expensive Italian Colony.

tRomc correspondence OF the London Post.)
Italians have always been convinced that
colonies are apt to be expensive luxuries,
but how expensive they probably had little
idea until the recent publication of the
sums spent on the colony of Erythrea be-
tween the years 1882 and 1898. In 1882,
when she occupied Massowah. Italy spent
1866 lire, an amount which was not
greatly exceeded until 1856, when 1t sud
denly became 1881. 1853 lire. In 1888, the
year after the disaster of Dogali, the ex-
penditure amounted TO nearly AZ. 0O0. 900
lire. From that time until 1894 it gradu-
ally descended to 5000. 600 lire year, but
in 1894 the era of conquest began which
terminated in the defeat of Adowa. Con-
sequently in 1895 the expenditure was
nearly 10000, 600 lire, and in 1896 I23 1888 900
live. In 1897 the amount fell TO 49, 900 900
lire, and last year 10 1G, G,000, 900 lire, while
the estimates for the present year are a
little more than 5000, 900 lire The grand
total OF the expenditure on the colony be-
tween 1882 and 1898 has been in round
numbers 369. 900, 900 lire, or about G14 75O.- =
600. The battle OF Adowa cost Italy alto
gether l75,000.000 lire, or G7,00000. BY
degrees, as the customs receipts OF Masso-
wah increase. it is expected that the cost
OF the colony to the home resources Will
diminish, though It is doubtful II Erythrea
VIII ever become entirely self-supporting.
The times., 1899-03-05
SOME PARROT STORIES.
Indicating That the Bird Ha.
Brains.
(From the New York snn.l }

(From the New York SUM
The old idea that parrots did not un-
derstand what they said seems to have
been exploded by stories Of instances
where the birds have used phrases exact
ly adapted TO the circumstances. There is
a story OF a parrot whose feathers had
been burned before it was rescued from
a burning building. The parrot said:
That was id hot"
a sailor had sold a talking parrot to
a preacher. II talked sailor in way that
distressed its owner. who consulted
friend and was told that the way to break
the bird OF the habit of swearing was to
thrash it soundly. The thrashing was du-
ly administered. When the bird got its
tongue untwisted its first remark was:
That was a HI of cyclone"
A bird that had been hung out in tree
was forgotten, when a thundershower
came UP and drenched it. The bird sat
silent for while but the rain kept fall
ing faster and faster. The bird began to
scream;
It's wet. wet Gee. but it's wet: rains
like all creation
When parrot gets hungry it will. IL
alone. become nervous. working from one
end of its perch to the other and back
again. looking about as if ii wondered
where all the folks were. Then 1t begins
to mediate out loud
"Polly's hungry, dreadful. Where's
Polly's master? Polly's tired. Polly's
thirsty. It's hot Polly wants crack
er." Then should some one stir in an ad-
joining room the bird screams its Polly
wants cracker" adding quick" to it
sometimes.
In a Brooklyn house there is a parrot.
One day the cat came in and looked at
the bird. licking its chops to think how
good the bird would taste. Just then the
mistress of the house came in. and, seeing
the cat. drove it out. saying:
Scat Get out. You'll eat Polly"
The bird sat with it's head cooked on
one side. silent. couple of days later
the cat got into the room unnoticed by
anyone but the bird. Suddenly the par
rot gave yell. and then said
Cat eat Pollyi Get out! Get outI
Scat"
The scat was long drawn out and was
repeated with a jerk. The mistress got
there just in time to see the cat leap Mt
the bird. When the two were separated
the bird said:
'Polly's eat. Polly's eat. Cat eat Polly.
Boo-hooi" 1t had heard the children cry.
and initiated the voice as nearly rs 1t
could.
The times., 1899-03-05


II was over ninety years ago the same
broad street that it is now. but the changes
in its appearance have been almost infinite.
Could tb. ghost Of Thomas jefferson come
back he could find no more resemblance in
the Pennsylvania Avenue OF today to the
muddy country road Of 1902 than he could
hnd In the hibiscus of the Agricultural
Grounds TO the long since uprooted tree
10 which he hitched his horse just before
taking the oath Of President. Then and
for many years afterward the Avenue
from the Capitol to the Treasury was
country lane. broad but rural, half unbuilt,
and its architecture, seen In a few old
houses still standing. was something the
ike of which could hardly be reproduced.
Today IL is practically a street of palaces
Then glue factory covered the site OF the
Bank OF Washington: vessels came up the
TIber TO Seventh and B Streets southwest,
and the ground now covered by the Ameri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
PACED AN ENGINE.
Charles Murphy Rides One Mile in
65 Seconds.

haywood, L. l., June 2S.-The fastest
mile ever made by self-propuls1on was
made here by Charles NJ. Murphy, the
Brooklyn cyclist, on a wheel paced by
a locomotive He rode a mile in 65 sec
onds flat Between the rails a board
track had been laid, and on the rear
platform of a car a wind shield was con-
structed. so that the cyclist would De
practically riding in dead air.
Murphy had three-Quarters of mile
to gather Roadway before the start was
made The engineer was given orders
not to slacken speed, as any diminution
would mean that Murphy'S wheel would
jam into the shield and he would be
killed.
The start was made, and as the train
increased its speed Murphy increased
his, riding with his body bent over the
handle bars, his front wheel at times
only a foot from the shield. When the
watches snapped the beginning of the
mile the engine increased it's speed, but
Murphy hung on and the first quarter
was made in 16 2-5. The half was passed
in 80 seconds and the last quarter made
in Is As seconds, the mile being run
off in IS seconds.
The trial showed that Murphy could
have gone faster, and he will try to
make the mile in one minute on July g.
When the mile post was passed Murphy
tried to slow down, but the suction in
the rear of the train rocked his wheel
from side to side and only by marvellous
control did he escape being thrown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
TO KEEP UP RATES.
New York Savings Banks Will Con-
tinue to Pay Per Cent.

New York, June 23.-The savings
banks of New York will make no
change in their rates of interest on July
LIST, according to the statements of
number of bank officials. The banks
that have been paying per cent will
continue to do so and those that have
been paying 212 per cent will continue
to maintain that rate. Several of the
Brooklyn banks that have paid per
cent up TO the present, will in all proba-
bility reduce their rate.
The general opinion among banking
men is that those banks which have
been paying 4 per cent will eventually
have to come down to the lower rate.
This belief is expressed even in those
ing maintained. The greatest difficulty
the statement of the president of
downtown institution, is how to keep
out money.
I'VE decided some time ago." he said,
ito go on paying per cent, but we are
not going to advertise the fact until af-
ter July l. If we did, depoSitorS would
swarm here and as it is now, we are
refusing money every day. We feel
that we must protect our old deposit
tors and as long as it is possible we
want to pay the higher rate. We have
been paying 4 per cent since 1891, and
earning at the rate of $4,000 year in
excess of our per cent. But if we took
all the money that was offered we
would have an excess of 81 000, 900 or
more and it would be impossible to go
on at that rate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
VOORHEES, LOST HIS CASE.
TFrom the Minneapolis Times.l

TF'rom the Minneapolis Times.1
The scars are almost healed. The
small boys of the civil war period are
growing gray, and Hoosiers who used
to be afraid to go into Kentucky, and
Kentuckians who dared not cross into
Indiana, now jug" for catfish from
the same skiff and swap war lies and
plug tobacco in perfect amity. The war
must be over.
Ben Harrison's appearance in one of
the greatest lawsuits in the worlds his
tOry-the boundary dispute between
Venezuela and Great Britain-is not his
first cause celebre by any means. He
may recall one in which he participated
when he was % years younger than he
is now, with Dan Voorhees, as opposing
counsel He may remember it because
it was one of the few murder cases
VOORHEES, ever lost. The state of Indiana
had found fault with one Bill Smith
that was not his name, but twill serve
because Bill had killed a farmer. 1t
was a most unprovOked nurder for Bill
and a party of registering companions
had stoned the farmers house and
when he appeared without the moat to
make physical protest they set upon
him most savagely. He was stabbed to
death with jackknife in the hands of
Smith. Harrison was called in to as
SiSt the prosecuting attorney. 1t was a
great day at the county seat and the
court house was packed to witness the
battle royal between the two giants
of the forensic arena. Smith was a very
unpromising candidate, for nature and
degenerate of him to begin with, and his
own efforts had not improved his make
up. While the witnesses were being ex-
amined he leered and grinned and squirt
ed tobacco juice vigorously extracted
from quid, which, from the swelling
in his cheek, seemed to be of about the
size of the ordinary egg of commerce
voorhees,, calling each juror by his
first name-''Bin,'' Jim or Jack"
as was his wont-made a most impas-
stoned plea for the young man, begging
his II peers to give him just one more
chance" He rung the changes on that
text for three or four hours and the
more eloquent Voorhees, became the
more Smith grinned and expectorated
When Voorhees, had finished, Harrison
walked close up to the prisoner, regarded
him most attentively for a length of time
that seemed hour to jury and specta-
tors, and age to the culprit, and after
he had finished his survey exclaimed in
mock continuation of Voorhees, speech,
Yes: give him one more chancer' And
the deadly sarcasm in his tone like
thrust to the heart of the defendant
With malignant deliberateness Harri-
son sized up the degenerate again for an
interminable length of time and the jury
could not help doing the same. Give him
ed. cruel Harrison, and then the faying
began. If ever man was verbally skim
ned alive that same Bill Smith was and
Voorhees, acknowledged after the trial
that his clients fate was sealed when
Harrison first mutely called attention to
ance and then sneered, GIVE him one
more chancer' Smith got 20 years, which
Mr.. Voorhees, declared was a light SEN
tence, considering all the circumstances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
HANNA in ENGLAND.
Ohio Senator Declares His Voyage
Has Benefited His Health.

Southampton, England, June 23.-Sen-
ator NJ A Hanna arrived at Southamp-
ton on the steamship St Louis. he
came down the gangway slowly, walk
ing lame, and leaning heavily on a
stick but he seemed to be in good
spirits. In answer to questions he salo;
Il am travelling simply for health l
have put politics aside for the time, ana
won't speak on them.
L don't know what has happened IN
the Philippines, and even if L did L
would not have anything to say upon
the subject for publication
My chief reason for coming to Eu-
rope was to get complete rest from
politics.
I'VE had a beautiful voyage and my
rheumatism is much better already But
you see 1 still must help myself along
with a stick.
Il am going now to London, where
will stay a few days. Then 1 shall go
on to Aix-les- Bains for the cure, which
L hope will thoroughly restore my
health
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
ARMOUR HAS A SCHEME
To Control Fruit and Vegetable Crops
of the Entire Country.

New York, June 23.-It is reported
that P. D. Armour is at the head of a
movement to attempt to control the
fruit and vegetable trade. J. w. Coup
land, manager of the California Fruit
Transportation company, is authority
for the statement. Mr.. COupland has
just returned from a meeting of the
fruit growers of the south held at Will
mington. n. c., at which he said an
organization was effected to fight Ar
mour'S plans.
1t was said that Mr.. Armour, assisted
by others, has secured control of the
fruit trade of the Pacific coast and that
he is now endeavOring to get control of
the fruit and vegetable trade of Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, North Caro-
lima Maryland, Virginia, Delaware,
Tennessee. Arkansas. Mississippi and
Texas. Mr.. COupland said that the
combination included the Porter Bros
Fruit company, the Continental Fruit
Express and the Earl Fruit company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
STONE CELL HER HOME.
Wealthy New York Family Keeps an
Imbecile in a Dungeon.

New York, June 23.-James Allen, an
agent for the Gerry society. in Staten
island, last night discovered a case of
cruelty at New Brighton, the details of
which have created a sensation through
out the city. The victim is Olive Stone,
imbecile, whose relatives say she
is 81 years old. Allen declares she is
not more than 16 or II and perhaps only
L or IA.
The girl or woman was confined in
three by four stone cell in the basement
of the house of E. r. Carter, her brother
in-law, with whom her mother also re-
sides Her existence was unknown in
the neighbOrhoOd until her cries at night
led to her discovery.
Her condition was unspeakably filthy
and she was almost naked. She was
taken to an infirmary and legal pro-
ceedings will be begun against her rel
atiVeS who are wealthy and reside in a
pleasant suburban home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
A NAPIER NUGGET.
TFrom the Boston Traveller

The most interesting thing I remem-
Der in long life spent in mining, said
an old miner who was at the Bendigo
diggings in the fifties, is the story of
the finding of the Napier nugget. prob
ably the largest and purest mass of
gold ever found in the history of gold
mining.
Napier was second mate on a boat
plying between Melbourne and Liver
pool when the gold fever got into his
blood. and he left the sea for the dig
gings in 81. He came to Bendigo, but
met with no success, and then staked
a claim at Kingower. on the Lodden
river.
He worked hard at Hangover. in COM
pany with his brother and a. man called
Ambrose. but for six months they
scarcely saw the color of gold. When
luck did come, it came IN a way calcu-
lated to turn the brain Of an ordinary
man.
one day, August IA it was, the three
men were just on the point of leaving
their work at the bottom of a fourteen
foot shaft when Sam Napier, in put
ting down his pick, struck something
hard. He turned it over, more an idle
curiosity than anything else, and the
light fell on a huge mass of what ap-
peared to be virgin gold, almost heavier
than he, strong man as he was, could
lift The three men saw at a glance
tnaI Ihelr fortunes were maze, ana were
almost frantic with delight. However,
they covered up their treasure with earth
and went to their tent as if nothing had
happened
In the dead of night they went back to
their claim, carried off the nugget and
for safety, buried it six feet deep under
the table in the center of their tent
For three months they had their meals
over these buried thousands, and never
breathed a word to a living soul When
their claim was exhausted, about the
middle of November, they hired a horse
and cart, dug up their nugget and
placed 1t, together with their dust, in
a box among a lot of old clothes and
started on a four days tramp to Mel
bourne.
Here. they consigned it, through the
Bank Of Victoria, to England. paying
something like 81 100 export duty and
$3.50 for insurance
When London was reached the fame
of this wonderful nugget had somehow
rock of gold were a seven days wonder.
All the fashiOna BILE world crowded to
see it. and even the Queen was not hap
py till she had seen this marvellous mug
get and the men who had found it.
It was sold to the Bank of England
for $50 600. and it turned the scale at "a
pounds over a hundred weight. 1t was
solutely pure gold. For some time it
was exhibited at the British Museum,
and a cast of it was taken for preserva-
ton at the museum And yet this Won
derful discovery seemed to bring moth
ing but misfortune to it's finders. Sam
Napier married, went to Liverpool, and
quickly lost all his money there He
returned to the diggings; but, though he
spent years in hunting for more gold,
he never found any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
PEPPINA'S DUES.

(From the New York Tribune)
The following story comes from Rome.
Queen Margharita has known for a long
time that her dress bills were enormously
high, but. having old and trusted maid
who did all her shopping or ordered the
royal tradesmen to bring their goods to
the palace for her majesty to see, suppos-
ed that she was not Overcharged. But on
one dark day for the maid she fell i'll,
and the queen. having need of very sim
pie frock, one of her ladies in waiting was
desired to take the commission. Go to
X.,' said the maid. with anxiety; they
always serve her majesty And, accord
ingly, Nine. de - paid visit to that
establishment.
"A thousand francs for a plain pique
gown? Impossible!"
Il regret very much, madame" said the
shopman politely, but 400 francs for the
gown is not excessive, and then there are
Peppina's dues"
,'Peppinai Who is Peppina?" interrupt
ed the astonished lady. What has that
person to do with her majesty's affairs p
and always insists on having more than
80 per cent on every purchase
That night Peppina left the Quirinal
sadder but wiser woman, but not by any
means a poor one. Her perks 1egiti-
mate and otherwise, while maid to her
majesty, were enormous Not least among
them was her royal mistress wardrobe
which passed to her little used that
to the ordinary eye it was without blem-
ish. Twice a year Peppina had a sale
which was largely attended by Ameri-
cans. who gave exaggerated prices to
possess a gown actually worn by royalty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
BIKE TRUST MAGNATES
Meet in New York to Arrange Final
DafaiIs.

New York. June 23.-The members of
the newly formed American Bicycle
company the so-called bicycle trust,
capital $50. OOO 600, held a meeting at the
Waldorf-Astoria to arrange final de-
tails.
A C. Spalding, who is one OF the
OriginatOrS of the trust and who will
probably be the president of the COM
pany, acted as chairman Mr.. Spauld-
ing announced that the company had
been formed on the lines originally de.
cided upon. A committee consisting of
Albert A. Pope, r. Philip Gormully, R.
L. Coleman, H. A. LozIer, G L Ames,
]. w. Kiser A. L. Garford, A. Feather
stone r. S. Crawford, A r. Peck and
A. M johnson was appointed to meet
the underwriters. Committees on manu-
featuring. on domestic sales and on
foreign sales were named
This is a list of the concerns which
it was said will constitute the American
Bicycle company:
The bicycle manufacturers-Pope
Manufacturing company. Hartford;
Westerly Wheel works and Gormully &
Jeffrey Manufacturing company, Chica-
go; H. A. Lozier & Co, Cleveland; A
G.. Spalding & Bros, New York; A.
Manufacturing company, Chicago;
Crawford Manufacturing company,
Hagerstown, Md; A. D. Meiselbach,
Milwaukee; Indiana Bicycle company,
Indianapolis; E. c. Stearns G. Co., and
Barnes Cycle company, Syracuse, n.
Y; Eagle Manufacturing company,
Torrington, Conn: Black Manufactur-
ing company, Erie, Pa; Grand Rapids
Cycle Manufacturing company, Grand
Rapids; Acme Manufacturing company,
Reading, Pa; White Sewing Machine
company, Cleveland; Ames and Frost,
Chicago; Viking Manufacturing COM
pany, Toledo; Shelby Cycle company,
Shelby, Ohio; Tanning Cycle Manufac
turing company, Chicago; Columbus
Cycle company, Columbus, Ohio; Fay
Manufacturing company, Elyria, Ohio;
Geneva Cycle company, Geneva, Ohio;
AIilwa ukee Engineering company, Mil
waukee; Cotton Cycle company, Toledo,
the New Buffalo Wheel company, Buff
falo.
The manufacturers of material are:
American Saddle company, Cleveland;
Hartford Rubber works, Hartford,
Conn; c. ]. Smith & Sons company,
Milwaukee; Indianapolis Chain and
Stamping company and Indiana Rubber
company, Indianapolis; Cleveland Ma
chine Screw company, Cleveland; In
diana Novelty company, Plymouth.
Ind, and the George L. Thompson COM
pany, Chicago.
In all thirty-six separate concerns.
operating forty-one plants are involved,
the American Saddle company having
six plants. All the concerns named
were represented at the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
TO ASK M'KINLEY.
Women Will Seek Protection Against
Contractors For Army Clothing.

Philadelphia, June 23-The 1000
seamstresses whose means of earning
livelihood have been the making of sol
diers clothing at the United States ar
senaI here decided today to make a di-
rect appeal to President Mckinley
against giving the work to contractors.
Miss Kate Dougherty and Mrs. Mary
McKeever have been appointed a COM
mittee to visit the president as soon as
he returns from New England
The SeamStresses are mostly wives,
widows and daughters of soldiers. They
will ask that they be given steady en-
ployment, and that no contracts on the
present bids be awarded.
Senator Penrose will accompany the
committee to Washington and inter-
cede on behalf of the women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-23
FOR sALE-REA1 ESTATE.

FOR SALE-SNAPS, SNAPS, SNAPS
so acres miles from Topeka, all good
plow land, good hedge fence, 4 acres bear
ing orchard, IS acres in cultivation, 20
acres meadow. Price only $500.
so acres y miles from reform school, all
good land. fenced. 5 room house. barn,
granary: good orchard Price Sc; 0oe
Kansas ave. bridge, all in cultivation.
some fruit. good 4 room house, well and
cellar. Price $3.50.
nice lots Sixth St, nice shade. good
s room frame house, well, cellar, etc.
Price 81 500
nice lots in Auburndale. good room
house, cellar, cistern and outbuildings, all
small properly between Kansas ave and
1 do a general real estate loan, insur-
ance and notary business. Call and list
J. E. SHAFFER, s2s Kansas ave.