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HERMIT'S QUEER OATH.
Swore He Would Not Touch Ground
Thirty Years AGO
From the Philadelphia Times.

floIn tne fnlladeiph1a Times.
Living ten miles east of Baristown. XIV,
is one of the most singular characters in
the state. Now in his seventy fifth year
he has not touched his foot to the earth
for over thirty years. Living in a comfort
able residence, surrounded by many acres
OF the best land in Nelson county. he is
spending his declining years in solitude.
Basil Hayden is one of the wealthiest
farmers in a district composed of half a
dozen counties, and is descended from a
family well known in the pioneer annals
Of the state. Many of them have also been
distinguished in the different lines of life
Basil Hayden or the Hermit" as he is
known throughout the section in which he
lives in his youth was a social leader and
very popular with a large circle of friends
When the war broke out he entered the
confederate army and made good soldier
10 the end When he returned home he
foalnd his slaves free and ids property
greatly damaged The emancipation of HIS
negroes affected him seriously and he
esooded over it constantly. He became
silent and morose, declining adj overtures
OF friendliness On the part Of his neigh
bors- He declared the Lord had dealt
harshly and Hnjastly with him in deprlving
him OF his slaves and oa1 Of revenge he
registered q terrible oath that he never
again would put his foot 20 ahe Lords
ground And so far ne has kep1 his vow.
Never since it's registration has he ap-
peared without his door. nor will he have
converse with any save two and then his
words are of the briefest possible calarac-
ter. His landed interests are extensive
and, under the management Of a competent
oTerseer, yield him a handsome income.
The orerseer makes his reports 10 the
qIseer old man in his darkened retreat,
who gives his directions and orders as
tersely as possible. He has never spoken
TO woman in amy manner since mis- self
imposed exile, nor viii he allow one TO be
employed upon his place.
How he spends i9is time in his darkened
room no one knows. but il is said he is a
niser as well as a hermit and that his
chief employment is counting and toying
with his money, OF which he is said to
have vast amount in silver and gold.
Be this IL may, a Bardstown banker
twice a year visits Mr.. Hayden, and
through him the recluse settles his fnan-
cial matters with the outside world.
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landtown. Who was this person who came
In contact with you so violently? You
know. eEen if you have been careful not
TO mention any names.
You are mistaken; l don't know. / can't
know He wore sweeping beard and
walked and acted like man no longer
young, but beyond that
Mr. Crane. excuse me but / know men
II you had no suspicion to who that per-
son was you would not look so embarrass-
ed You suspect. or at least associate in
your own mind, a name with the man you
met Was IL either of these you see writ
ten here?-'
Mr. Crane glanced at the card on which
the other had scribbled a couple of names,
and started perceptibly.
Y on have me-. said he: you must be a
man OF remarkable perspicacity.''
The detective smiled and pocketel his
card The names he thus concealed were
John label. James label
" on have not said which OF the two IL
was. Knapp quickly suggested
NO. returned the minister land / have
not even Thought Indeed | am not sure
that | have not made dreadful mistake in
thinking IL was either. GLIMPSE such as
l had Is far from satisfactory and they are
both such excellent men,
Right You did make a mistake of
course | have not the least doubt of IT, So
don't think of the matter again. / will find
out VINO the real man was: rest easy"
And with the lightest of bows knapp drew
on and passed as quickly he could with
out attracting attention round the corner to
the confectioner's.
Here his attack was warier. Sally Lotion
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others. He wants every man and woman
of his acquaintance to know about the
splendid remedy that brought him back
from sickness and discoursgerneut to
sound and perfect health
II had rheumatism for three months saw,
Mr.. James E. Champion. Of Sharpsbure wash
inR1on Co.. Nd, in recent ictter 10 DR. r. v
Pierce, OF Buffalo. N ". Il couldn't walk al ali
] was in business In Baitimore tried the best
doctors could get but they did me no good i
took three bottles of DR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and IL cured me sound
came home 70 Sharpsbrrg and there were
three cases OF different diseases. i advised the
patients to use DR. Perce's medicine which they
did, and all were cured have sold one hum
cred dollars worth Of your medicine by telling
people how Il cured me
You VIII find enclosed . one-ccnt stamps for
one OF your Medical AdTiserx' cloth bound" :"
This grand " Discovery" is the most
perfect formula ever devised for the
complete and thorough renovation of the
blood from all unhealthy germs and
lurking taints OF every name and nature.
BY making pure and healthy blood free
IRON bilious poisons It builds up strong
and active manhood and blooming at
tractlve womanhood.
1t out of health, write to DIR. Pierce.
He will send you good, fatherly, profess
sional advice without charge. See his
address above,
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exhausted when the final echo of this hate
full voice died away on the hillside For
the last twenty hours he had been the prey
of one narrowing emotion after another.
and human nature could endure no more,
but demanded rest
But rest would net ceme. The position
in which he found himself between AmAbel
and the man who had just left was of too
threatening a nature for him to dwell upon
any Thought, save how to avoid the doom
menacing him. Hiding himself in his room,
he sought a way uf escape But one pre-
sented itself 1t was a cewardly one, but
anything WIS better than to stand his
ground against two such merciiess antag
onists as had arisen in his path. So he re-
solved upon flight
Packing mp few neeessaries, and writ
ing a letter which he left his table to be
given TO his father in the morning. he made
his way down the stairs of the now dark
ened house to a doer opening upon the
garden. To his astunishment he found it
unlocked. but, giving little heed to this in
his excitement, he opened II with caution,
and, with parting sigh for the sheltering
home he was about to leave forever. step
ped from the house he no longer felt
worthy to inhai1it.
His intention was to take the train at
Portchester, zlnu that he might reach that
place without announcement encounters, he
had decided to make nse, as far as possi-
BILE, OF the path through the fields. This
led HIM north and along the ridge that
overlooks the road running around the base
of the hills.
But he did not think of this, or indeed of
anything but to step quickly; for ii was
too desirable for him to leave on the early
morning train for him to forfeit this chance
of doing this by any unnecessary tagging.
But he was not destined to take that or
any other train out of PortchestEr at pres
ent, for when he reached the fence divid-
ing Mr.. Sutherland's grounds from those
of his adjoining neighber, he saw drawn
up in the moonlight just at the point where
he had intended to leap the fence the form
of a woman with one hand held out to stop
him.
1t was Amabel.
70 he
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valides are just as far away from the
Champ de Mars. Between these two rather
far-away sections it is all crowded Paris
streets, parks, avenues and masses of apart
ment houses. The strips along the river are
all that could be spared to connect them
As 1t is, they have narrowed the river to
widen the strips and they have thrown
three of the six bridges into the exposition
grounds In order to afford a little more re-
lief.
to run the risk of being crowded into the
water by the surging throng it will be
thanks to these same moving platforms.
Once on board, the surging throng will have
to stay on board until a clearer space for
getting off presents itself. The crowds will
be carried even against their will into the
more spacious sections.
The General Plan.
The sidewalk that is to hustle the visitors
from the great underground railway sta
ton at the Esplanade des inxalides along
the south side of the Seine and into the
Champ de Mars viii be on the ground level
itself. This, of course. can only be on con-
dition that it viii have no streets or roads
to cross, a thing that is to be accomplished
close to the exposition walls. Its circuit to
and from the Champ de Mars viii be about
five miles. The trottoir mobile of the north
side of the river viii be an elevated one
furnished with benches. in the old style of
Chicago and Berlin. Its circuit promises to
be about four miles, from the Champs
Elysees up to the Trocadero and return. ii
is much desired TO have ii cross the lena
bridge The question of Disagreement must
be debated with that of utility: and utility
stands a small chance in Paris when the
beauty of the city lis involved. This is why
trolley cars have no hope of succeeding
The Metropolitan underground met with
the greatest opposition until it was under
stood that even the preliminary work
Ch lraf n,
risians can be persuaded that an elevated
railroad-for il amounts to fhat-can be run
across the beautiful bridge at the Troca-
dero without making itself cause for es-
thetic elalms, the thing will be done. With
these two separate lines of moving side
walks. the proper circulation Of the crowds
within the grounds viii be secured.
In each case the moving sidewalks win be
triple The first strip will be stationary;
the second will be always moving at the
rate of three miles an hour, and the third
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fair of 1859 will strike the keynote of twen-
tieth century transportation. Paris already
has an airship club, whose members pro-
pose to amuse themselves with navigable
balloons of the Santes-Dumont type The
cab service of the capital will be replaced
with automobiles. The Metropolitan Tn
derground viii be in operation And the
moving sidewalks of the Chicago fair of
1888 and thu Berlin fair of 1896 will reach
development far beyond the experimental
stage and somewhat in keeping wish the
promise of their future. The visitor in
1860 will see Paris in a giddy whirl
The idea of the trottoir mobile is of
course. not a new one. 1t appears that a
French engineer, NJ. Henard, had already
proposed it to the directors of the exposi-
ton of 1889. His platform was to have had
speed of is miles an hour. with a stop
Of fifteen second every minute Ito permit
the public to get on and OFF, The working
out of the idea at Chicago in 1893 proved
that these stops would have served no
purpose except to decrease the average
speed and damage the machinery by con-
unual shocks. 1t was found easy for ladies
and children to step on platform moving
2la miles an hour, and from this to another
moving miles an hour.
At the Berlin exposition of 1896 the exper-
1ment was again successfully attempted 1t
is true that the Berlin line small and high
thing rather than a work of utility Nor
perhaps was the pioneer work at Chicago
on scale more than sufficient to fore
shadow its Significance.
To Handle Big Crowds.
The directors of the exposition of 1900 are
profiting by this experience The moving
Platform of Berlin was only two miles long
The two platforms of the Paris exposition
will be nine miles long. They are counted
on to play a principal part in the handling
OF the crowds within the crowded grounds
Indeed, should they fail to work success
fully thers would be serious embarrass-
ment, for 1t is becoming clearer every day
that certain sections. like the two long.
narrow strips on either side of the river
will be peculiarly exposed to congestion
These are the two strips of river bank
connecting the new exposition grounds with
the old The two solid chunks of the Champ
de Mars and the Trocadere grounds remain
but they stretch out these arms along the
Seine to take in double their old space. As
it is all within the heart of Paris the space
had to be taken where Ii could be found
On the north side of the river the new
grounds of the Champs Elysees lie a mile
and a half distant from the Troeadero. On
the south side the new grounds of the In
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w " II n No AtrO,
when they ere
vainly seeking for a
clou for the eXposi-
ton of 1850 capable
of rivaling the Eiffel
Tower, few people
dreamed that modern
necessities would de-
veiop the great feat
ure without the need
of any showman's in
genuity. The clou of
the exposition lis dis
covered. The worlds
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tidings is ready
to swing his hat
and cheer and
pass along the
splendid story
to his nearest
neighbor. When
a man has been
through a terri
bic battle with
sickness and at
last has gained a
glorious victory
his first impulse
Is to tell the
GOOD bews 10
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VIII he always moving at the rate OF al
most SIX miles hour.
The original device OF the French engi-
Eeer, Henard. which made each platform
but a series of connected cars. has been re-
placed by the Chicago idea the only possi-
bie one for such long distances Each roll
ing platform is furnished with a continuous
falL and instead Of being dragged along as
cars would be, IL is pushed onward by fixed
rollers. The force. which as electrical is
thus applied at regular intervals through
out the length of the line. Otherwise the
Platforms never could he made to move
The same American device provides for
the varying speeds of the two platforms
operated by the same motive power The
iaster-moVing platform is pushed onward
Dy the larger rollers. The rollers move to-
gether actioned by the same motive povfr
only each roller. according TO its size
gives faster OF slower motion to the plat
form above IL.
In this way. say the Parisians. there IS no
reason why there should not be elevated
moving sidewalks for the rapid transit of
the streets. You would first step onto the
platform that moves three miles an hour
Then you would step onto that moving six
miles an hour. Then you would stem onto
another moving nine miles an hour And so
on TO the speed of an express train.
Appeals to the Partisan,
They are told this marvel already exists
in Chicago. They believe it and feel very
much behind the times. The trolIeys. which
are in full success at Rouen and Havre. do
not affect the Partisan Imagination. but the
moving sidewalks do. They have lust the
necessary touch of the jules Verne extray-
agance. Perhaps the Parisians Will be the
hrst, after all, to have express train side
walks
In the meantime every one is Fastening
out TO Saint Ouen, to rsde around the ex.
perlfnental line established there Ii is
rough and rude, supported by unorna-
mental iron trestles. and its circuit is
scarcely greater than the circumference of
big base ball ground. Yet the Parisians
are immensely amused. At the beginning
the promoters had no idea of making
money with it. Now they find IL a small
bonanza. For three weeks the weather has
oeen as mild and sunny as the spring. The
lnctosed ground at Saint Ouen is i'm CON
tlhuai demand for polo matches. foot ball
matches and lacrosse, or shiny" The
moving platforms that take visitors round
ana round again and give them a view Of
the show from every point attract a double
crowd. Certainly the moving sidewalks of
the exposition will be a sensational success
STERLING HELIG.
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NEWS OF VICTORY.

When an excited messen-
ger comes dashing in with
glorious news of victory from
great field of battle nobody
wonders at his enthusiasm.
1t is contagious. Every
man who hears the grand
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One of the Features of the Grea
Paris Exposition.
LIKE THOSE AT fHE WORLDS FAIR
OHly These Are to Be on a Much
Larger Scale.
TRANSPORTING BIG CROWDS

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS March / ISeg
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Uncle Sam printed just a few postage
stamps during the year 1893. The number
Of two-cent stamps issued during the year
was about =. 2.500,000,O00. An ordinary two
cent stamp is exactly one inch long.
Evening star., 1899-03-11

T0 WO YEARS AGO,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-28
A DINNER COSTING $40, 900.
The Repast Was the First of Expen-
sfve Entertainments In New York.

The Repast Was the First of Expen-
sive Entertainments In New York.
Writing of the lavish expenditures
of New Workers. Euretta Van Worst re-
calls in The Ladies' Home Journal a
dinner given in 1884 by a man of
wealth which cost $40, 900 and which
astonished his most ~extravagant asso-
ciates as it was the most expensive feast
given up to that time.
"Delmonico, the helpful resource of
both those who know and those who do
not know how to spend their money,
was at a loss to know how to dispose of
this then fabulous amount upon a single
meal. There were 70 guests, and they
were entertained in the large ballroom
which in Delmonico's Fourteenth street
establishment saw so many social tri-
umphs. The house had been Mr.. Moses
Grinnell's and ever bore the imprint of
a gentleman's residence even when
transformed into a public place of en-
tertainment.
1.-The table occupied the whole length
and breadth Of the room The walters
had barely space to move about it. 1t
was a long, oval table, round which a
massive wreath of exquisite flowers was
laid, guarding a miniature lake 80 feet
long. The water, by mechanical con-
trivance. undulated gently. and on its
breast ioated four living swans, gold
en- network keeping them in place"
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Do you suffer with periodical headaches !?
Do you begin to complain of sleepless-
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Have you already begun to have spells
Of dizziness
Does constipation or dyspepsia in any
of its many forms warn you of the inevi-
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tone, the blood will clear itself of it's i'm
p~urities and you will no longer fear the
breaking down that comes to so many wo,
men early in life.
Miss Amelia Stegman, as secretary OF
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\ The artist who is In search

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Shooting Stars.

When a shooting star breaks into
fame in atmosphere, the residuum
of the combustion remains in the air
and can be found in what is known al
atmospheric dust The virgin snow Of
the polar regions was often seen to be
spotted with traces of dust which con-
tanned particles of iron. Like particles
are found on church towers and else
where Among the minute bodies that
dance in the sun rays there are GER
tainly particles Of shooting stars
The sands of the African deserts
when examined by a microscope present
traces of very small iron particles
which seem to have been subjected to a
high temperature, and the Challenger
on its remarkable trip in the Atlantic
found at times in its dragnet fragments
of magnetic iron which we have every
reason to believe fell from the sky Sir
William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) and
Richter have even seen in the aerolites
the disseminators of the germs of life
throughout the universe. = Chautau-
guam.
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Comparatively few know that by the
English admiralty orders perfect mod
els are made in parafin wax of every
new battleship before it is laid down,
and these models are tested in a tank at
Haslar The models are from ~ feet to
"a feet long, and the tank is 400 feet
long and 30 feet wide. The models are
made of wax. because it is a material
which does not absorb water or change
its weight, SO alterations can be easily
made; also the material can be melted
up and used again.
Our naval authorities also have mod
els of all their hulls constructed, but
these are much more elaborate, being
formed of white pine and fitted with
rudders, false keels, propeller shafts and
all other necessary parts New York
World.
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DICKENS AND FRoEBEL.

What the Novelist Did For Child
hood-His Work For Education.
Froebel and Dickens. it is claimed,
are the best Interpreters of Christ's
ideals of childhood. The philosophy Of
Froebel and the stories Of Dickens are
in perfect harmony The two great re-
formers protested vigorously against
the interference of intermeddling adults
with the full development of the indi-
viduality of the child. They recognized
the divinity in each child SO fully that
they objected to all stamping and
molding' processes by which its self
hood was dwarfed or warped. Other ed
ucators and reformers had considered
the problems of human evolution from
the standpoint of the adult and had
asked, What can we do to fit the child
for its work." Froebel and Dickens
asked, How can we help the child to
grow by its own self activity They
were the great apostles of childhood.
They began the struggle for the free
dom of childhood from the restrictive
interference of adulthood.
DICKENS Is commonly regarded merely
as an educational critic. This is a mar
row and unfair view. He was a great
critic. He aroused the indignation of
the civilized world against those who
treated childhood inhumanly, and the
hatred of adult tyranny which he awak-
ened developed a loving sympathy for
children. But he could not have so
clearly exposed the wrong in education
without having a definite conception Of
the right He was the greatest destruc-
tive educational critic. but he was also
a most advanced, positive. constructive
educator There is no great ideal of the
new education" which is not revealed
by Dickens in his novels or his miscel-
laneous writings.
Dickens was the first Englishman of
note to advocate the kindergarten. In
July. 1866, he published an article of
II columns in Household Words. which
would take a leading place if compared
with the papers read at a meeting of
the International kindergarten union
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