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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-30
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SOUTHERN n

Mr.. George w. Adair, ono Of the most
prominent citizens Of Atlanta, suffered
A stroke Of paralysis a few days ago
and his condition at last accounts was
critical.
Professor William l.. Weber, late of
Mmsaps College. Miss, has been elected
to the Chair of English Language and
Literature in Emory College. Ca, 10 sue
coed the late Professor Frantz.
The Seaboard AIRLINE took al excursion
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DR.. r. A. Cunningham, president Of the
Alabama State Senate, is out in a letter
formally declining TO become a candidate
FOR Governor.
A correspondent writing from Orlando,
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A S~partanburg special says: Professor
r. 4. Stewart. of Virginia, viii arrive
Ia the city to-day 70 MI the Chair of
French n German IN Wofford College.
made vacant by the years absence Of
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many. Professor Stewart is an A. NJ. of
the University Of Virginia, and comes
highly recommended.
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GAS EXPLOSION.

There was q terrific gas explosion on
FiIty-sixth street yesterday, which
wrecked the three-story |brownstone dwell
ing Of r.. w. Frltschem, a wealthy to-
bacconist. The entire front of the house
was blown out and a portion OF the rear
wall demolished. Several houses in the
vicinity were damaged by the shock. Mr..
Fritschem and his family have been
abroad. and are now ON their way home.
Their house had been en- the hands OF
decorators and painters for several days.
Just how the explosion occurred is not
known. but Charles Schall. a decorator.
was seen 10 enter the house 81 short time
before the explosion occurred. It is sup
posed that he struck "a match 90 light
his pipe. and in that way ignited the
gas that had escaped from a main I'm the
street and made fits way into the house.
Mr.. Perry Belmont and his wife have
returned from Liverpool.
Mr.. r.. ID. Armour has also returned.
accompanied by his physician, Or. Victor
Neeson. Mr.. Armour went 10 Europe
several months ago in search of health,
and comes back improved.
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In taking leave OF It's subscribers. some
OF whom are my friends and have been.
| do 50 with more or less sorrow. / have
Deen connected with IL for forty-f0ur
wears. Many and great changes since
then: but an In the hands OF God. He
has ruled. He will rule until an things
are put under his feet. We will wait In
patience until the end
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Hamburg STEAK, Sc.
Monroe Market. 40i west Grace street.
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HOODS PILLS are non-irritating' mild
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Joseph Howard. Jr., n weli-known
newspaper man. had o. rough experience
on Monday night while going from the
Gilsey House TO his home. He was on
18Th street near Broadway, when he was
suddenly throttled By an unknown man,
whose companion went through Mr..
towards pockets and stole everything
of value. As q result Of the encounter
sir. Howard is suffering from IA badly
iacerated throat and several bruises on
MS right side.
Henry PouJol. who for more b q
quarter of a century had followed the oc-
cupatiOn of halrdresser I'm this city, died
in Roosevelt Hospital last night after an
operation for cancer OF the tongue.
Many old residents Of New York and
also many Frenchmen of distinction pat
ronized POujol. He was often summoned
10 the houses Of women of wealth and
fashion when they desired 10 have their
couture arranged before attending some
social event of importance or going TO
the opera. He was ~well-knOwn IN the
French colony here.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-30
Hamburg Steak, SC.

Market. 40l west Grace street.
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-08-26
A MAN OF PRUDENCE. :
Re Thought a Cyclone Cellar Might
Come In Handy When He
Was Married. B

speaking of wives and their dispositions
and tendencies" said Mr.. Biskum to the
evening crowd in front of his crossroads
store, sthere was John Brunt, that lived
for ten years in the cyclone belt in Kansas,
trying to raise corn and mortgages and
things like that, until he was able to Dor
row money enough to get back to Mary.
land again without walking more than half
way. John come right to me, and let him
have job on my farm at so month,
for he was a hard worker and thrifty. At
the end of the first year he had got the
Widow Aliens promise to marry him in
October, and he rented a nice little farm
to do business again on his own hook.
John was a widower himself, and being q
practical sort of man, he went to work
right away putting the farm and the house
into shape. One day happened over his
way, and. found him digging hole in the
back yard.
"What's that forg says /, walking
around and looking over things.
That's cyclone cellar, Mr.. Biskum,
says he.
astonished. What do you want q cyclone
cellar for? This amt Kansas
81 know it amt says he; but you
know, Mr.. Biskum,' and he got very con-
fidential, I'm going to git married, and
cyclone cellar may come in mighty handy &C.
casionally. "-Washington Star.
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SHAPE OF AN ANAEsTHETIc.
A Described By an Eminent Specials
ist Who Had Used One In
an Operation.
Itisa Bath physician who tells the follow.

1t is Bath physician who tells the follow.
ing; o.oa - .,.nd -.
night in country town not far from Bath
and it happened that there was stopping
1t the same hotel an itinerant eye special
list.
1--WE drifted into a conversation, and
during the course Of the evening he told
me some of the marvellous operations he
had performed on the eye. One case in
particular he spoke of that caused me
considerable astonishment, for l didn't
know, confess, that the operation had
been successfully performed. He said he
had recently taken out patients eye,
scraped the back of it, and returned it to
its proper place. The patient, he said, was
never troubled by bad eyesight afterwardd;
That was difficult operation, doctor!
said !.
yes said he, it was
al suppose you found it necessary to
employ an anaestheticr
"Yes, l did, he admitted.
".What anaesthetic did you use, doc
tor? l persisted.
"'Oh, well, unless you are familiar with
such operations you probably wouldn't
understand if were to tell you. But.
well. it was shaped something like a spoon
explained the eminent specialist. "-Lewis-
ton Mel journal.
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snow, then, didn't 1 tell you! You
can't go up. We don't want you around
here. If you keep on annoying me I'll
have to call policeman"
"But I've got to raise half million
dollars before three o'clock.
go on! That story is too old! Come,
now, out with you'll"
1t was in the entrance of grand, big
building in Wall street, and it was the
man in charge of the elevators who was
speaking to an old man who had fur
lively sneaked in with the rush and
was about to enter one of the cages.
There was general litter as he bowed
his head and passed over the tiles to-
war the doors with shutting feet.
mind gone with his money" OBJ
served one of the crowd in careless
tones.
"He's a nuisance and ought to be
thrown out" added second.
i left the elevator to follow the man.
He passed out and went up the street
few yards and then stood in door
way and gazed across the street in a
vacant way. His raiment was not
cheap, but it was well worn, and he
was careless of dress. One could easily
guess that he was a protege, living on
q stipend which demanded economy
BY and by went up to him and said:
"Are you in speculation which de-
mands half a million dollars to-day to
carry it throughY"
Speculation" he queried in an alb
sent way as he turned to me. ''Why
yes, yes. Yes, sir. / must have half Q
million dollars before three o'clock OF
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a WALL STREET WRECK
BY CHARLES B. LEWIS

figured it out, why-if hadn't worked
it out to the last detail-would 1 be
risking my all in tiny $27,000,0 600 ?
have the length to foot-the width
the depth-the figures on excavation.
There are railroad lines, but think of
10000 ships year sailing from New
York to San Francisco without break
ing cargo, and at the rate of IS miles
an hour! The tolls will amount to
$50, 100000 year, and we furnish water
for irrigation at profit of SIC, 1000, 900
more. Seventy millions income year
on an outlay of only 100000. Is it
any wonder they call me prince of
finance?"
"But how will you cross the Rocky
mountains?"
"Ha! ha! ha! You thought had for
gotten them! You thought / had
dumped my seventeen millions into a
ditch to end at the first hill reached by
the engineers! You may have bought
a few hundred bushels of wheat on
Spec, but it is evident that you have
never heard of me. To you the Rocky
mountains seem an unsurmountable
obstacle-to me they scarcely bar the
way. What is dynamite for except to
blow mountains aside? 1 have figured
on it. 1 know to penny the cost OF
blasting a path hundred feet wide
i through a mountain 5000 feet high. II
you are timid, sir-if you doubt the
sagacity of the man who shortened the
river route from Cincinnati to New
Orleans by $50 miles and made clear
profit of $12 ,oOe, 900, then you had better
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lose the greatest chance of my life.
A party was to advance it, but they
they wouldn't let me up to see him.
Twenty-seven million dollars at stake,
and we may lose it all for the want of
a paltry five hundred thousand. Are
you-you looking for an Investments
sure thing?"
Perhaps. What have you got?"
''Say!" he whispered, as he put hand
on my arm and his face lighted up with
sudden hope, perhaps luck has sent
you to me! Have got sure thing
on hand? Why, sir, I've got the scheme
of the century! Been figuring on it for
the last ten years, and there is no pos
ible chance of failure. Why, sir, it
will turn the street upside down and
astonish the whole world. Profit, sir
profit? There won't be cent less than
s4.oOo,oOo profit, and I'll guarantee yos.
100 per cent. on your money. Half a
million dollars for you, and the honor
of being associated with q prince of
finance in addition. The chance won't
go begging, assure YOU"
but the schelne?" asked.
'sSir!" he said as he drew himself up
with great dignity, my man will show
you out and we will consider the trans
action off"
But if I invest my money! should
know where it is going"
You are the first who has ever
asked for particulars. 1t has been suf-
ficient that 1 have named the profit.
You seem to doubt my financial integ-
rity and my acumen. wish you good
day, sir!"
He waved his hand in dismissal as if
seated at his desk with millions be-
hind him, and for a moment I was
awed. was wondering what to say to
restore myself when he turned and
said:
''Very well, sir. Money is tight and
capital suspicious, and for once 1 will
condescend to go into particulars-for
the first time in my career, remember.
1t is in confidence, sir-strictest conf
dence. My project, sir, is a ship canal
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Ihave
been quietly working at it for the last
ten years-so quietly that even my sec
rotary has not got hint of it. They
were not far wrong when. they dubbed
me Old Reynard far wrong.
work in the dark, and double on my
track to throw 'em off the SCENT
"But why canal when there are
railroad lines?" i asked.
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Tesla has succeeded in making arti-
hcial daylight. In his laboratory he
shows numerous balls of glass of diff
ferent sizes which look like miniature
suns. The balls are empty; there are
no wires in them nor outside of them.
They do not burn the fingers. The light
does not hurt the eyes as sunlight and
ordinary electric light do. A number of
leading New York and Chicago pho
tographers will have this artificial day
light supplied to their studios. Tesla
says: THE reason have chosen to
Introduce the new daylight to the pho
tographers first is that believe them
to be the severest critics in the mat
ter of light. II it succeeds with them
new light will succeed everywhere."-
N. Y. World.
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gone q mighty change when man can
be found who hesitates to go in with
the prince of finances and make hum
dred per cent. profit on his money.
Afraid! Half a milion-humph!"
"But you may be over-enthusiastic,"
i protested.
/ stood and watched him making his
way until the crowd swallowed him up.
Then the janitor of the building be-
hind me touched my arm and said:
"Too bad. isn't it?''
"What-the old MANI"
Eyes, old Blank. He owned the street
once. This was one of his buildings,
and he gave me place. I've seen the
time when he had $20,0O0,0o0 in the
safe on the second floor. 1t kept one
elevator busy to. carry up and down
the men who wanted to go into hif
schemes
And he was successful?"
'sFor time-like all the rest. He
was the man of the street for. few
years, and the men almost crawled be-
fore him."
sand then?"
"He struck it wrong and went to the
wall, and to-day no one knows him and
he could not borrow so cents of men
who made hundreds of thousands
through his sharpness"
But he seems to be off in the head"
/ said.
''Of course; it's that way with most
of 'em who go down. believe brother
takes care of him financially, but al
most every day he roams up and down
the street and talks of his schemes and
believes he is still a prince of finance.
It's hard lines, sir, to come down from
king to pauper-from millions to
nothing"
"Yes, hard lines" whispered, as ]
went down the steps and jostled with
the crowd and wondered how many
more of ''the street" had such fate in
store for them.
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not go in with me. / want only bold
men, sir-men who can have millions at
stake and yet not lose an hours Sleep"
II was sorry to hear the elevator
man talk to you as he did," said, hop
ing TO draw the old man out in another
direction.
THE elevator man? He will be dis
charged at once, sir-at once. My
rooms in that building cost me $1,000 a
year, and no employee must dare to talk
that way to as good tenant as / am.
He must either be discharged or 1 will
move across into my own building.
can't understand the mans attitude.
Here you see bankers and brokers and
capitalists taking off their hats to me
as they pass, and yet an employee at $50
per month dares to forbid me the ele-
vator to reach my own offices! can't
ILax it out, sir"
"You-you do not need money!"
"Only that trifie, sir-that half mil
lion. / must have that for three new
canal locks which were left out of the
original estimate by accident. It's q
mere trifle--a mere trifle. have but
to raise my hand and any of these Pc
destrians would fly to bring me certi-
fed check. You must be moving, sir,
ifyou would go into my scheme"
Il am still little timid."
''Then let us call it off at once. /
have never dealt with timid men, sir!
want as partners men who viii sing
land whistle as the ticker tells them
they are down to their last dollar.
Timid over the investment of half a
million dollars! Ha! ha! ha! Why,
sir, when L had $4,000, 900 locked up in
a wheat deal and one hours slump
made me $4,000, 900 the poorer raised
the salaries of all my clerks and took
an option on business block at $780,
600! / never enjoyed my dinner more
than on that day. And how was it. sir.
when found my Western Union going
down and my ready money locked up
in the ice business! / had to l.,tse a
million and half in two hours, with
the street against me. They said they
had Old Reynard' in hole, but /
laughed and smiled and raised the
ready and beat 'em. I made $4,000, 900
on that deal, but never bought an ex-
ira cigar over it. Lose or win, it was
all the same. And you won't go into
my scheme?"
Il think not. I'm afraid of it.
every well. sir. was simply trying
| to do you favor. took you for man
Iot courage. Things must have under
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Justice In the West.

Heard a couple of good ones on this
trip" announced one of Detroit's travelling
men. "At little town in Oklahoma court
was in session, and dropped in while wait.
ing for the train. The prosecution had
taken the testimony of stationary en-.
gineer, and the attorney for the defense
thing happened?' he inquired.
Eunnin' injun.
"sWhat tribe did he belong to?'
"The day before case had been tried in
which man had climbed to the top Of a
freight car laid up on a siding. He had
no business there, but loosened the brake.
The car started down grade, gained speed
rapidly for five miles, and then turned a
somersaut over an embanlument His col
lar bone was broken and he got verdict
for $500 because a smart lawyer convinced
the jury that the railroad was guilty of con-
tributory negligence. Detroit Free Press.
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jim WAS A JOKER
By M. QUAD. Copyright, 1893

After the old farmer had brought me
a drink of water and given me the
right road to Adairsville he looked up
the road and began to chuckle. / fol-
lowed his gaze and saw wayfarer who
was yet half mile away. He was walk
ing in the middle of the road with a
bundle on stick over his shoulder. 1
was wondering what there was to laugh
at when the farmer explained:
snow, you'll see some of the tallest
kind O. fun. My son Jim is plantin'
pumpkin seeds in the field by the dead
tree, and he'll be sure to ketch on to
that feller."
sand if he sees him--then whatT' /
asked.
'Then Jim will jump for him and
scare him to death. I'll bet he goes
by here in such cloud of dust that
you can't tell the color of his hair, and
that he don't stop runnin' for seven
miles"
SIS your son Jim joker?"
"The biggest kind of a joker!'
chuckled the father, as he rubbed his
hands in anticipation. Its joke o.
his to jump the fence and pounce down
.on Teller like that and run him out o.
the county. Lord! Lord! but won't
Jim give that Teller a surprise party!
Keep yer eyes on him, stranger, for the
circus is about to Open"
As the man came within about 40 rods
of us, plodding heavily along, dark
object leaped over the fence, and an un-
earthly yell reached our ears. 1t was
Jim. He yelled again and again as he
made for the wayfarer, and the father
hung on to the fence and exclaimed:
Jim will roll him over in the dust a
few times, and then start him flynn!
Lord! Lord! but how he will whizz by
here!"
But Jim didn't do any rolling. Down
went the bundle and up went the way
farer's fists, and we almost heard the
sound as his right hit the joker in the
nose and sent him head over heels.
Then a race followed, but it was Jim
who was in the lead of the stranger
who was close upon his heels. AS they
reached us Jim swerved and jumped
the fence and sought refuge in the or
chard, and after hunting for him for
five minutes the wayfarer returned to
us and said to the father:
Say, old man, that kid O. yours is a
great joker, amt hep"
"Y-yes," stammered the father.
II thought so. Som /. I'm allus on
hand for joke. i shall be back this
way in about week, and if his nose is
well by that time he might spring an
other on me-"
When the stranger had departed
looked at the father and he looked at
me, and the silence had become some
what embarrassing when he turned
away with:
"Wall, stranger, all kin say about
it is that Jim must be feelin' heap
worse than either of us, and you Jest
keep to the left at the top of the hill
and you'll bring up in town all right"