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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-17
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Rochester, N. Y, May 12.-Tbe Ma
tional Baking Co.'S three-story build
ing caught fire at o'clock this morn
ing and at 1:45 wHs in ruins. Loss
about 100000
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-17
what ssIxnluomIneur Are.

~Ealsimiles" are cheap temporary prep
trations manufactured from chalks, cays,
whiting, etc, and are stuck on the walls
with decaying animal glue. They bear no
Comparison with Alabastine, which is ce--
ting, and hardens with age. Consumers, in.
buying Alabastine, should see that the goods
are in packages and properly labeled. Moth
ing else is "iust as good" as Alabastine. The
claims Of new limitations are absurd on
their face. They cannot offer the test Of
time for durability.
The Giving o. 1t.
Lension-The bride was given away by
her father.
Platt--And it was the newspapers, be-
heye, that gave the count away.-Philadel-
phia North American.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-17
Your Place 1vtHKeep You. =

Hood. PHI. cure liver Ills; the nonlrritatins ana
snly calhartic to take with Aood's sarsaParilla..
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
Way Up In it.

The fair young girl looked at the
gilded clock on the mantel.
81 don't want to hurry you, Mr.. Slow.
co. she sweetly explained, as she met
his questioning look, 'sbut the fact is it
is almost time for ma to come home
from the club. And just want to say
this: If ma says, I move we adjourn,
don't you attempt to lay it on the table,
or to raise a point of order, or any
thing else that's foolish, because you
might as well understand, right here
and now, that mas simply a bowling
Jim-dandy when it comes to rules of
parliamentary procedure, and don't
you hesitate to recollect it!'-Cleveland
lain Dealer.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
She Didn't Make Them.

'The pies that mother used to"
She fixed him with a flashing eye,
and he wisely paused.
"Your father" she said, ''had an in
come sufficient to enable your mother
to keep a first-class cook"
Still, he was a resourceful man, and
not easily disconnected.
1.-THE pies that mother used to have
made never did amount to much, any
way" he asserted; but there was a
lack Of enthusiasm in his manner and
tone that told her she had won a great
victory-Chicago Post.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
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& George Caulfield's Journey y
niss e. Braddon
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CHAPTER v.-(CoNr1NuED.)
BY Miss n. e. BraddOn.

'1 shall have to ask you about your
wife, and when and how you became
a widower. What have you done with
the young woman, Jane Dawson, whom
you married three years ago at the
registry Office in st. Swithin street?
Was she an imbecile too? Were you
compelled to conceal her existence %
"'There is some mistake said Foy,
recovering his resolute tone. but not
his natural color. 81 was never mar
ried in my life
'I have been shown copy OF the
registry of your marriage, or the mar
riage of man calling himself Castor
Foy, clerk, of Grandchildren. The name
is not a common one. Come, Mr.. Foy,
we needn't prolong this argument. l
never liked the notion Of your marry
ing my daughter, though I submitted
to it, to please my womankind; but
last night 1 made up my mind you
should not marry her; and, now, my
young friend, there's the door. I wish
you a very good morning"
"This is strange treatment, Mr.. Um-
pieby."
mot so strange as your conduct"
CASTOR Foy took up his hat from the
table and left the room without a
word. He was meditating what he
should do with himself in the next
hour. He was specializing whether he
should have one hour free in which
to extricate himself from desperate
predicament-wheth he was not so
hemmed round and beset with danger
as to make all movement on his part
full of peril.
He walked slowly out of the house,
down the broad flight of steps; and
just outside the iron gate of the gar
den a hand was laid upon his Shout
der.
II arrest you on suspicion of muir
der" said voice; and CASTOR Foy
knew that his course was run.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
INCOMES THAT SEEM LARGE.

1t is always assumed that great
painters make fortunes almost with
turn of the hand. That, at all events,
is not the experience of M Puvis de
Chavannes, the most celebrated paint
err in France at the present time, who
has been working for thirty-seven
years, estimates that the total amount
he has been able to earn by his pic
lures in that time has amounted to
scarcely $4,000. In other words, his
income has averaged only about 1880
a year.
This even does not represent profit,
for naturally his expenses in hiring
models and in purchasing materials
very modest sum.
Similar abnormal figures between
position and income are occasionally
met with in other professions, al
though as a rule men do not like to
proclaim the fact that they have not
been great money-makers.
One of the most remarkable ex-
amples of this fact was the case of
famous oculist living in Harley street.
He was the senior surgeon of one of
the most celebrated ophthalmic hos
pitfalls in London, and held one of the
highest positions in the professional
world as a consultant.
In speaking of the subject of earn
ings to a professional friend one day,
he iokingly asked:
.sWhat would you think has been
the most 1 have ever earned in a year
out of the practice of my profession %
The friend looked up not knowing
what to answer, whereupon the old
oculist went on: well, you would
perhaps be surprised if I told you that
/ have never earned f10O in twelve
mouths"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28

brave-hearted old lady sitting opposite
her son knitting couvre- pied of soft
Shetland wool, and pretending to be
as comfortable and as much at her
ease as if she were in her pretty draw
ing room at South Kensington. Not
by so much as a culver of her lip
wculd she allow herself to betray her
anxiety. Her heart was as heavy as
lead, yet she contrived to smile, and
kept up cheerful flow of small talk
about the past and the future church
affairs The schools, the choir.
But even with this consoling COM
pany the dark winter day had seemed
long to George Caulfield. He was few
erishly expectant of news from Grand
chester, and when none came he fam
cied that his friend, his lawyer, and
the police had alike failed in their
efforts to let in light upon the mys-
terry of that nameless girls death.
And if the day seemed long, what
of the dreary winter night, when inn
agination, excited by strange circum-
stances and strange surroundings, con-
jured up the horrors of criminal trial
the crowded court, every creature in
1t believing him, George Caulfeld, the
the chain of circumstantial evidence
frightening out link by link, and he
could have no power to sunder these
links. His lips would be sealed.
And then involuntarily there broke
from his lips a cry of anguish:
'He is brought as lamb to slaugh-
ter, and as sheep before her shear
ers is dumb, so he openeth not his
mouth
He had spent feverish night, Civ
en- half to wakefulness, half to appal-
ling dreams. He had risen and dress
ed himself as soon as it was light, and
now he sat waiting YEARLY for some
sign from the outer world, some cheer
ing message, some word of hope It
was only two days since the vicar of
Freshmead had left him, yet it SEEM
ed ages.
Hark! Was not that the CHEEKY
voice he knew so well, the full vibra-
ton of tones that came from powerful
lungs, the clear utterance of man ac-
customed to address multitudes? Yes,
it was Leworthy's voice, assuredly, and
that cheerful tone should belong to the
bringer of good tidings.
Re sat with his hands clutching the
edge of his pallet, profoundly agitat-
ed, while the grating key turned in
the lock, and the heavy cell door NOV
ed slowly back Then the vicar rush
ed into the cell, and grasped his hands
and laid his hand upon his forehead
in loving benediction.
God bless you, my dear boy! You
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
oLD-TIME COOKERY.

Miss Margaret Hooker, author of a
curious little book called eye Gentle
woman's Housewifery," gathered to-
gether recently, in tour through old
New England towns and farmhouses a
number of receipts for cooking, cos
metics and simple household remedies,
which were in use by our capable fore
mothers. The very names of some OF
the edibles are both tempting and his
toric Election cake claims it's proper
page. There is Molly Stark's fruit cake
that Molly Stark who was not made
widow at Bennington-federal cake,
general training cake, with it's sugges-
ton of gaping crowds, proud village
captains, and the awkward squad on
the training green; and finally, indie
pendence cake. Certainly, in the old
days, housewives did their full share
toward celebrating the Fourth"
There is a dashing generosity about
the receipt for independence cake that
the modern housekeeper may admire,
but would scarcely care to initiate. She
cannon crackers and topedoes than
treat her small boys to such festally
indigestible compound, manufactured
on such a scale. Here are the ingred-
tents:
Twenty pounds Of flour, fifteen
pounds of sugar, ten pounds of butter,
four dozen eggs, one quart of wine, one
quart of brandy one ounce Of nutmeg,
cinnamon, cloves, currants, raisins, five
pounds each; one quart of yeast. When
baked frost with loaf sugar. Dress
with box and gold leaf"
Experienced housewives may reckon
for themselves for how many persons
this monumental receipt would provide
dyspeptic joy. Exclusive of the liquid
elements, sixty-five pounds of raw ma
terial! It's consumption, however, was
probably prolonged and gradual, for
the spirituous ingredients indicate that
it would keep indefinitely, like mince
pies and wedding cake.
Many Of the dishes mentioned are
quite unknown to us to-day; others
have become familiar through litera-
ture. Trifes, Syllabus and whips pre-
ceded the advent of ice cream, and
were in constant use at routs and balls.
We often find them mentioned in old
diaries and letters. General Washing
ton evidently missed them at certain
entertainment he attended in Virginia,
which, on account of the unsuitable re-
freshment offered, he termed, "the
bread -and-butter ball."
But if we have most of us, at least,
heard of these once popular delicacies,
and if some of us have tasted them,
how many know anything of the fol-
lowing viands: Turtulongs, loblolly,
SKIRTS, cale-cannon, SWITCHES, march
pane, tewahdiddle and mutton ke-
bobbed?
On the whole. a glance back at the
compounds served up by our ances-
tresses shows that cookery, like the
other sciences, has made progress since
their day.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
An instance.

''Isn't it peculiar how some men can
feel proud of their misfortunes 2"
Eyes. I know one man who went
around Dragging until he became a pos
tive nuisance, just because his wife
had presented him with twins. "-Indi-
annapolis Journal.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
CHAPTER VT.

HE day had seem
ed long to the pris-
oner in Milldale
Jail, although he
was cheered by the
society of his moth
er, who spent all
the time the au-
thorities allowed
in her sons gloomy
apartment. 1t was
2. sight to see the
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
A Terrible Test.

II see there's a new telegraph sys-
tenn that will transmit 1900 words a
minute
"Say, I'd like to have my wife die
tate to it for a minute or two.''-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28

man was tried for willful murder,
found guilty and hanged within the
prison walls fortnight afterward.
(THE ENID
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28

On the whole. a glance back at the
compounds served up by our ances-
tresses shows that cookery, like the
other sciences, has made progress since
their day.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-22
Why Hair Does Not Curl

That the curly wool of the African
race is extremely fine hair, instead of
coarse. as has been supposed from the
reputation given it in former times, is
one of the statements made by Arthur
Thompson. He claims to have discov-
cred the mystery of why hair curls or
does not curl. On this subject he is
quoted in The ew-Orleans Picayune''
as saying:
Each hair follicle is provided with
a gland and muscle. The size of the
gland varies considerably in different
individuals, and from my observations
appears larger and better developed i'm
the negro races. The muscle, l may
state, has an influence on the position
of the hair. thus converting the shaft
into lever.
In pursuing my investigations dig
covered that straight hair is always
circular in section and Is usually thick
er than curly hair, which is ribbon like
and fine, the finest human hair being
that met with in the Bush and Anda-
man races. These facts have a most
important bearing on the subject. In
| order that the muscle that | have de-
scribed to you, may act as an erector
of the hair, 1t is necessary that the hair
must be sufficiently strong to resist
the tendency to bend If the hair is so
weak as to bend before the action of
the muscle. the leverlike tendency ia
nullified. When the hair is fine and rib
| bon-like, the action of the muscle bends
It into a curve. and this is the reason
| why the hair assumes the curly form
Of the Bush scalp"
The Washington bee., 1899-07-22
Hence These Tears

Mamma said the happy young
wife. do you think it was Just the
thing 10 sit there and weep as you did
at our wedding? If l had been going
to my funeral you could not have act
ed more fIeartbroken."
sOh." replied the distressed lady. ap-
plving her handkerchief to her eyes.
I'm sorry made such a spectacle of
myself, but I couldn't help it. have
always thought 50 much of George
and he was so kind to me-"
"Why. mammal exclaimed Alice
Saint Ciafre~ what do you mean. Am
I to understand that you are sorry for
George because he married me? The
idea, Do you mean to insinuate that
I am not
"There. there. my child" the mother
interrupted. do not misjudge me.
You know how George has always
been in the habit of taking me with
you and him to the theatre and upon
excursions and how cOnSiderate he has
been of me in every way. He has al
ways insisted on paying my carfare;
he has sat out on the porch and dis
eussei things with me that he knew
7 was interested in. and he has always
brought the kind of candy that he
knew | liked. If George had been my
own son he could not have been more
anxious to promote my happiness"
"Weu. was that any reason why you
should sit there and blubber al
| through the ceremony?
"My darling, don't you understand
7 was becoming his mother-in-law."
The Washington bee., 1899-07-22
Lighthouses

One hundred and fifty years ago the
Eddystgne Lighthouse in England
with n sixty-five candle power light.
cost for maintenance 40 cents an hour:
now at the same expense. light OF
10000 candle power is maintained
and the difference between the two H.
IuStra tpS tie extension of lighthouses
which now number more than 10000 in
ALI countries. though thirty-five years
ago thp number was less than 1000
Thirty-five years ago there were $50
lighthouses in the United States only.
rs against 49, in Great Britain and
ireland. of which 245 were in England.
13n in Scotland and 90 in Ireland. Now
there are 1000 lighthouses in Great
Britain. and the number in the United
States is 800. exclusive Of those in
Alaska and in the newly acquired
West Indian provinces. and Of station
ary beacOns, anchored vessels. carry
ing lights. electric or gas buOys in pO-
sition fog signals whether operated
by steam. hot air or clock work.. post
lights. whistling buoys and stake lights
to the number Of 1.j00 additional.
The United States have $500 miles
of spacoast. 1.600 miles of gulf coast
and 800 miles Of lake coast The lit
erature of lighthouses is rather brief
and uneventful. though they have sup
nlied the theme for many poets and
romatic writers-more. perhaps. than
the actual facts warrant. Since 1880
electricity has been substituted for gas
or oil. and the means Of Illumination
have been improved cDrrespondinglF
as has the life-saving service. Some Of
the most elaborate Of the newly con-
structed lighthouses are IN England.
the generally rocky coast Of which is
often of a character 80 dangerous to
maritime commerce that some of the
lights are made visible twenty miles
out at sea Italy has more lighthouses
than Germany, and the opening of the
KfeI Canal. the traffic Of which was
5000 ships last year. has further re-
duced the demand for German light
houses and diminished the danger OF
wreckage on the Baltic Sea coast
The Washington bee., 1899-07-22

TRANsMITTER OF TELEDIAGRAPH
globe sixteen times in a second, the in
1erval between New York and Chicago
Is practically instantaneous. Il is by
suddenly breaking such a circuit by
means of the ordinary telegraph key
that the light and loud ticks are OBJ
tanned.
II you strike light, quick blow on
the key in Chicago it is instantly re-
peated in New York.
After telegraphing by hand had been
in practice for several years it was dis
covered that the dots" and ''dashes"
! indented in the slips Of paper in Chi
cago the characters could be repro
duced by running the strip of paper
/ under the key.
1t is on this principal that the phon-
ograph Of to-day reproduces its rec
ords: the little invisible dots on the
white cylinder when run under the bit
of steel which originally made them
will reproduce the song or speech at
the other end of the wire.
This principle applied in telegraping
pictures works equally we'll 4 draw
ing is made on sheet of tinfoil
wrapped around cylinder in the ma
chine Slulildr 10 INp wax cyI0ueF Oh
phOnOgraph.
In Chicago there is a twin machine
regulated to work in perfect harmony
with the New York machine. In Chi
cagO. instead of tinfoil. q sheet Of car
bon or manifold copying paper is
placed between two blank sheets of
paper The New York current is
turned on and the little needle or plat
inum point above the revolving cylin-
der in New York breaks the current
when it touches the ink outlines OF the
picture.
The needle in the Chicago machine,
which reproduces every pulsation made
in New York. prints the same kind of
a record on the carbon paper because
the steel point beats hard on the cylin-
der. and thus the picture in New York
is faithfully copied by electricity in
Chicago. The simplicity of the system
is its wonder.
Yet experts have been years in per-
fecting a machine that would be of
practical commercial value. Mr. Ern-
est A Hummell of st Paul, is the in
ventOr.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-22
NE WORKED HIS PASSAGE.
Carlisle Norwood of Million
aires Row, New York,
Becomes a Stoker.
TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE.
First Days Work Made Him Wish
He Was Quietly Starving on
Shore-Temperature At 40.

StOkers Worked Almost Naked I'm the
Glare Of Furnaces Sliding Around
With Fearful Energy Looked Like
Demons But They Had Kind and
Tender Hearts.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-22

Poor kid: you amt used to hard
work. are yer2 Just lay off on the
next watch and III look after ii some
how"
You're a darned good fellow"
said to my friend. but Ill hold up my
own job. I'm just as strong as any
body. only | haven't got used to this
sort of work"
We worked four hours at a stretch,
and when they were over 1 used to
crawl IN the deck and lie painting for
breath for an hour or more.
I got to be blistered all over. and
the coal dust was ground into me from
head TO foot so that | looked like a
black man, and no washing could get
on the ship would make me white.
After three days of real torture
began to get stronger. That process
went on steadily for the rest of the
VOYAGE. | never imagined that could
mt on so much muscle. In time
became almost as hard as a veteran
stoker. I was never so strong in my
life
The Washington bee., 1899-07-22

did you ever notice. he asked.
sthat it is always the homely woman
who wants a pug dog? The pug is so
bideous that it makes her seem COM
paratively good looking by compari-
son. Still. the ruse is 50 well known
that the possession of pug is suffi-
cient-
.swho's going to buy a pug" she
asked. eWho ever thought of getting
ones"
"Why. no one. of course, my dear" ;"
ba answered. for he was too wise a
man TO admit that he had heard her
telling a neighbor that she thought
she'd get one-Chicago Post.
The Washington bee., 1899-07-22

StOkers Worked Almost Naked I'm the
Glare Of Furnaces Sliding Around
With Fearful Energy Looked Like
Demons But They Had Kind and
Tender Hearts.
Young Carlisle Norwood one Of New
YOFk'S aristOcrats relates his expert
ence il working his way from Cape
Town 10 London In the capacity OF
stOker. 10 the Journal as follows:
Il believe il was the hardest expert
eDce q man ever had. liz was hades.
/. who had never done a stroke Of real
hard work in my life. had 10 do the
ToUghest and dirtiest kind OF work
that j. known. and had 10 do IL in
temperature Of 15U degrees, famed by
air red hot of the equator.
First il failed TO kill me and then IL
made I1e stronger than l ever was
before. | was never in such tne con-
ditiOn. l am as hard as iron and
have a magnificent thirst and appetite,
both Of which / am going 70 take care
of
Last year | left New York for South
Africa, believing, as did my family,
that change Of air and scene would
be good for me.
/ had a generous allowance from my
father and was able % travel comfort
ably enough. | went TO England and
started Immediately for South Africa.
! travelled through Cape Colony and
then ia. Jugh the Transvaal, visiting
the gold and diamond mines. / had
many exciting experiences, ia the
eours - which I spent al my money.
/ r. irBed to Cape Town and there
spent my last cent / had no credit
End living is very expensive there.
Starvation stared me il the face. An
instalment Of my allowance was then
nearly due. but il would he payable in
London and il N-oui6 take me long
time 10 get u. considering that |
should have nothing 10 eat in the
meanwhile Ny pride would not let
me ask M father for more money.
BESIDES. | did not feel sure that
would get il
| made up my mind that the only
thing 10 do was 10 sail for London a.
once and get ny money there. / sign
al articles TO serve a. a stDker Of the
lowest class. and the next day I was
happy 10 sail away from Cape Colony.
My first day in the stokehole made me
wish | was quietly starving on shore.
The temperature down below was
about 120 degrees. The weather was
very hot and the air driven in by the
fans did us no good.
The stokers worked almost naked in
the glare Of the furnace. and blacken-
I'd with coal and sweat from head 10
foot. sliding around with fearful
energy and growing in hardly compre-
hensible language. they seemed more
like demons than men.
But j was soon 10 find out that there
were kind hearts among those appar-
ent demons.
/ had not been az work for an hour
before ] tainted away. / was carried
up on deck again for a spell, and az
soon as ] came to was told 10 get to
work again.
A hairy demon. with a broken nose
and battered face. who was alongside
Of me. looked AZ me with a mixture
Of pity and contempt and remarked:
The Washington bee., 1899-07-22

A schoolmaster in a village school
had been in the habit Of purchasing
pork from parents of his pupils on the
occasion of the killing of the pig One
day small boy marched up to the
masters desk and inquired 'if he
would like a bit OF pork. as they were
going to kill their pig" The school
master replied in the Affirmative. Sew
eral days having elapsed, and hearing
nothing of the porE. the master called
the boy up TO him and inquired the
reason he had not brought it. ''Oh,
please. sir" the boy replied, 1.-The pig
rot better."-The Argonaut.