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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
brooklyn Post once TO Getthe Little House
In "A Notch,

The Federal authorities have succeeded in
purchasing the old house on Washington street
Brooklyn. which stands in notch between tho
Post Onlce and the Columbia Theatre. The
owner, who Tor years held out for big price.
has agreed to sell for $4,000. When the trans
fer is made. the house will be demolished and
tho site used for trolley mail purposes. Postal
cars will enter the Post ONCE grounds on the
Adams street side and leave on the Washing
ton street end
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
YOUNG CoYLE WAsN'T MURDERED.

Died of Heart Disease, tho Antony Shows
Face Was Bruised in Falling.
The death OF John Coyle OF SO Cannon
street who was found dead In the rooms OF the
Hey-up Club at 348 Cherry street ON Sunday
afternoon was cleared up yesterday by an
autopsy made by Deputy Coroner Hamilton
Williams. The autopsy showed that Coyle's
death was due to heart disease. The police
also discovered that instead OF being Knocked
down In a fight. as his parents heard. the
young man received the bruise on his face by
falling. Charles Fischer Of 80 Seventh street
and Thomas Campbell OF IA Madison street
who had been arrested on suspicion. were dis
charged In Essex Market court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
SAYS HIS BROTHER rs MAYOR.
Declaration of a Man Accused of Picking
Pocket In jersey City.

Pocket In JerHey City.
Michael Rosetti. OF 1913 Springfield avenue
Newark. was about to board q trolley car for
Newark at the terminus in Exchange place.
Jersey City. about midnight on Sunday whom
he felt a hand in his pocket. Then he found
that his pocketbook. which contained $2.e5.
was gone. He grabbed young man standing
next to him and turned him over to Policeman
Nugent At the Gregory street police station
the prisoner said that his name was Frank
Sweeney. and that he was brother OF Mayor
Sweeney OF Wheeling. W. Va. The pocket
book was not found. Rosettl was positive that
he saw the prisoner pass 1t to another man.
Sweeney was arraigned In the First Criminal
Court yesterday and remanded. The police
will investigate his record.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
A Texas LAWYER shoots Himself.

DALLAS TEX. Aug. 2l.-John J. Watson. for
merly States Attorney for sansaba county.
committed suicide at his homo In Sansaba to-
day BY shooting himself through the head
He had made some bad financial investments
and brooded over his losses.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
3erscnal 3lotirrs.

:''''''''''',.': ny reading his books; LANGUAGE
consult OF THE HAND, tenth edition. en-.
:CHEIRO lAr1sd. 500, htty-nve magnificent
:...,..,.....,.: flll.pase illustrations CHEIROs
sion emotion and regrotfulness, CHEIRo'S GUIDE
TO THE HAND. cloth, loqi the osssTcTS on Palm
81 90; novel; strange Psychological story. Sold
everywhere. Mailed f9r ths PE.Ses, M1nIrseTpss
ishsr. liz FIFTH avenue. New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
Demented Lawyer Myers Picked Up ms a
NaErant.

John Fraser Myers. the demonted lawyer
who disappeared from 152 Halsey street. Brook
Ign, on Aug. o. was found In Fort Green Park
on Saturday night. He was hRtless. bareiooted
and without wslstcoat. He was locked up as q
vagraut and yesterday In the Myrtle avenue
police court was held for examination as to
his sanity. His relatives intend to place him
In a Long Island Ganitarium.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
MdRINE INTELLIGENCE

MINIATURE AIAfANAc-rHB DAT.
Sun rises. 6:17 Sun ssts.- $50 Moon sets 7,2e
HIGH wATER-THIs DAY.
Sandy Hook. s:12 aov.rd.. s;44 He'll dats-1o,s7
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
Special AStissS.

7A.-pIsKAsEs OF woMES-pE BLrHs, lit YVES,
A7th Of. near Broadway fstb'd 1855 Hours Io-S.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
Arrivsd-MoNpAY. Aug. II,


Sc Bovio. Jones. liverpool
Be- AsiAtio Prince. Woodhonse. bantos.
Dc kloriston, Adams Cardiff.
b Faamyth. Braithwaite, Santos.
ss Ctty OF Kingston. Masder, Jamaica
Is Du1wich, Cor. Baltimore.
s. Saginaw, johnson, Brunswick.
Ss Blusheld, Charles, Baltimore.
es Amsterdam. De Yries. Rotterdam.
81 Colorado, Risk. Brunswick.
"a Allegheny. Low. SavanillA
g. Cienflegos. Smith. CienfuegoA
Sc IAnoelot. Case. IQuique.
Sc II. r. Dimook Baker, Boston.
ss Rotterdam, yoege. Rotterdam.
Bs Cherokee, II cKes, Jacksonville.
Is Friesland. Niokels, Antwerp.
Ship GlooscAp, Gpicer. Philadelphia.
chip Norwood, Roy. noio
Barkentne Herbert Fuller. Nash, FernandinA.
Bark Rrimpen Aan de LEX. Beer. Philadelphia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
ARRIVED OUT

Bs AIler from New York, at Gibraltar.
ss Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. from Eew YoTsl. al
CherbourR
Be British Empire. from Nav York. Antwerp.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22

81 Colorado, from Hull for New York.
Be LANDAU City. from Swansea for New York.
Bs HSspsriA. from Gibraltar for New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22

$50 Broadway. cor. Leonard
500 Broadway, cor. Prince.
Thirty-Second and broadway.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22

Georgia shoe-manufaoturing firm has
adopted tactics that at first amused and now
causes considerable annoyance to manufact-
ursrs OF this neighborhood. At this time New
York is full of the buying agents OF Southern
and Western stores. Many Of them came here
to buy shoes. The Southern manufacturer
sent his men up here with a full stock Of
samples. They established a show room and
set out after the Southern buyers. They were
able to underse the New York market. In
dealing with buyers from the Sou hern States
because OF the saving OF freight charges from
their factory to dealers in the same neiRhbr-
hood.
The incursion has been felt to marked de-
gree by the Northern manufacturers whose
headquarters were ip this city. The Southern
ers were aston shed by their own SUCCESS.
IT'S queer" said one OF them, that man
who wouldn't buy GENTS worth Off when we
visited them at home, loaded us down with or
thing ia the air OF New York. reckon. that
makes folks like to spend money"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
Women of the Philippines.

A correspondent of Golfers Weekly
says of the Philippine women: For all
their dark faces, they have figures the
grace of which is accumulated by the
very garments they wear They have
lustrous dark eyes and luXuriant black
hair. in which they take great pride;
it is long. thick and glossy, anointed
with cocoanut oil. cleaned and washed
with lime Juice and usually worn in
coil or knot held by a golden comb or
ornamented Pins Hats and bonnets
are unknown among the Filipinos, SO
no doubht many an American hus-
band wishes he lived here. The native
women have fine shaped feet that never
knew a stocking; they wear low slip
pers of an oriental pattern, sometimes
wooden shoes. The dress of Filipino
woman usually consists of a single gar
ment with wide sleeves; a Pima cloth
handkerchief is generally worn around
the neck, and every one wears a rosary
or a crucifix Housekeeping in the ma
tive section is quite primitive in its de-
tails Love making. courtship and mar
riage are here conducted in the manner
common in oriental lands, the lover
serving the father OF his future wife
Fifteen years is the customary age for
marriage here in the Philippines"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
FIVE CARDS TOLD THE STORY
Tale OF the Young Man who Opened
the Jack Pot.

I was dealing a game out Of the
oox in Kansas City back in 81 when
man killed himself in the upstairs
part of the establishment" said a man
with short gray hair and piercing eyes.
Il was the first man upstairs after the
shot was fred. and when / looked the
man over / remembered him as a young |
chap OF rather dissolute habits who had |
struck Kansas City with apparently |
fore. There were five or six four
handed poker games running in the
room. l asked the three men-cattle-
men from Kansas they were--what had
allied their table mate. They passed
Il up
" He just hauls out his gun sudden
and does the Dutch act said one of
them Maybe he was a hard loser. l
believe were into him for a few hun
dreds'
Didn't he say anything at all be-
fore plugging himself?' l asked.
Nary a say. was the reply. Just
scanned his hand-pretty fairish-sized
jackpot, which he had opened himself
and then he reaches behind and
brings up that silver-mounted popgun,
which don't look like it's built TO kill
fun-grown man at that. Then he puts
it behind his right carve just looking
at him, thinking he's fooling-and off
it goes, and there he is. too dead to
skin. It's a queer enough game to get
me going
"a jack pot. you say?' I inquired.
Who won?'
THE men looked at one another. They
didn't know The young fellow had put
the ball in his head before the pot was
} decided. They looked at their hands
that they had thrown face down when
the young man had shot himself One
of then had tens up on mines. that he
had had on the go-in. and the otheI
had a pair of queens, also on the go-in
while the last Of the three had drawn
: to an ace and failed to connect. Then
| turned over the suicides cards. thai
he had laid down neatly before reach
= ing for his gun. There were pail
OF SlA6S. an Sislllt Nloy ohN - iei-'o
} / showed the cards to the three men
l They understood.
1.-The ombrey need't have killed him
i self over it, said one of them HI
D might have got thrown out of the win
= dow and his pile confiscated. but h
e wouldn't ha' got killed
: The young fellow had taken hi
n win-out chance in a moment OF des
!. peration by opening a jack pot with
r out holding the openers, and when
n failed to 60 through he was afraid c
e the consequences or crazy or some
thing, and so he just let gaslight int
s his head. which. for all the men VIII
& had been playing with him said, woui
T unquestionably have happened TO hi
when they discovered that he had opel
J. the Jack without openers"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
iron Collar Buttons.

Ever hear CT iron collar buttons?"
said a man who was opening his laun-
dry bundle. In the last two or three
wears I've had lots of wooden ones.
don't know how they are made. but
they are all lacquered black for fin
ish. They must be amazingly cheap,
because they are used to fasten the
Numbered shirts together at the neck
when they are sent home; given away.
I've had scores, and guess hundreds
Of them. Now l get sometimes iron
collar buttons These are apparently
cast. for all have a burr on them. 1t
seems like a pretty small thing to cast
a collar button, but l suppose they
must make moulds in which they can
cast hundreds, maybe thousands, at
time, and so make EN- tremendously
rheaD,"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
HoosIER LADIES TOWN.
Experience That Came Very Near
Being Embarrassing.

Two Indianapolis ladies had an ex-
citing experience last fall. and one
which has taught them 10 icok before
they leap. They were in New York
on a shopping expedition. having sew
eraI hours to wait between trains. and
they had gone about until they each
had a large stock of bundles. Both
to find good cafe and eat Now. nei-
their of these women was at all brill
liant. They were simply good, honest
little women who read the wcman's
department and the recipes in the pa
per, and who skip all the editorials
and other exciting things.
II have heard my husband speak Of
a place here called Delmonico's." said
one. Il believe that must be a good
restaurant, for l frequently read about
soups and other things prepared by
Delmonico's cooks"
! Her friend had heard of 1t. too. and
so they hunted up that famous cafe.
They entered unsuspectingly, and the
head waiter showed them to a table,
while another waiter took their bun
dies. They were so hungry that they
smiled with delight over the good
things on the bill of fare and never
thought OF looking at the prices. They
ordered a good dinner lavishly. II
included soup. fish, a roast, salad
and several entrees. to say nothing
of dessert. The waiter bowed 10 tbs
ground and disappeared. Then one OF
them took the card in her hand once
more.
What's this?" she said. Here arr
the prices"
They began to add up what they had
ordered. 1t was s27 worth. They gasp
ed and took out their purses. They
had hardly 81 cents between them.
What are you going to do?'' asked
one
The other looked at her bundles.
Il am going to cut and run, as TIL
boys say" she said. We can never pa!
for it and they may arrest US"
With that she got up, sneaked he
bundles out of the rack and went yer,
swiftly and silently past the head wal
ter, who fortunately did not notice heI
The other woman turned all colors
What should she do? No one was look
ing The awful head waiter had hi
back turned. She reached for her bun
: dies and sneaked out also. Outside sh
was so afraid they would come afte
her and call her back that she actual
r ran as fast as she dared UP Fifth ave
nue. Ahead of her she saw a secon
s woman also on a run 1t was her frien
n and they never stopped until they wer
safe from that awful place.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
Even at La st.

A man who lives above Tooth street.
New York. thought he had the grip
and FASTENED to the nearest apothecary
shop. 1t was late, and the druggist
was routed from bed by the night bell,
which went off like an alarm clock
When he admitted the customer the
druggist said.
II suppose you want some stamps?"
The customer denied this and said,
with some vehemence, that he was in
no condition to appreciate joke. He
was i'll ard wanted a remedy
There's the city directory" said the
druggist, pointing out demoralized
book
Thank you" replied the customer,
II thought it was canal boat. Now
will you he good enough to wait on
me?"
That's the telephone in the corner"
and the druggist pointed out the lung
tester and annihilator.
And this is my prescription. said
the customer, producing bit of paper
Did the butcher send your" asked
the druggist, and before the customer
could interfere he added "'cause he
sends women over here fer change. and
for everything he doesn't keep and that
never have And that undertaken in
this block-maybe he sent you? He
went downtown the other day. and as
he had no one to stay in his place he
stuck up sign IN his window: Call
at the Drug Store Got a great laugh
on me People came in here all day
and asked me when l went into part
nership with the undertaken. l know
the sign out there indicates that this ;:
a drug store. l pay an apothecary''
license. But tomorrow l will have tina
sign painted over. and the words in
telligence shop painted en-. Here
your prescription. Drug store tw'
blocks above"
Bang went the door. One spothecar!
was even.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
Friday Events.

Washington was married on Friday.
Queen Victoria was married on Fri
day.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on
Friday.
Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on
Friday,
America was discovered on Friday.
Mayfiower landed on Friday.
Joan Of Arc was burned 1T the stake
on Friday.
Battle of Waterloo was fought on
Friday
Bastile destroyed on Friday.
Declaration Of Independence signed
on Friday.
julius Caesar assassinated on Friday.
Moscow burned on Friday
Shakespeare born on Friday.
King Charles beheaded on Friday.
Battle of New Orleans fought on Fri
day.
Lincoln assassinated on Friday.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

The boy and l." said father. had
pretty much exhausted the walks about
the city and we didn't knw where to
go next. In this case we appealed to
enc boys mother; she can always think
Of something to do.
Why don't you take him down and
snow him where ne was born?" she
said.
happy thought. | would go ana
snow him his ancestral home.
so We walked and walked until
hnaliy We came TO a cross street, up
""'eh we turned. TO halt q little while
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

after upon the sidewalk: the boy S
birthplace was right across the street
An old-fashioned. low wooden house
painted white and with green blinds.
with trees around an ample yard in
front. and a garden and orchard in
the rear? Well, no; not exactly II
was a big building with brownstone
front, five stories high. and divided
vertically into three sections, each with
front door of its own; one of many
buildings of stone or Of brick and
mostly OF the same height, standing
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
Duck Hunting in the Northwest.


From the Portland Oregonian: Two
jovial shippers of German ships now in,
port were anxious to enjoy the sport
Of wild duck shooting. So a German
doctor and a man who doctors ships
made up a party and took the shippers
out to a place on Columbia slough.
where they were promised a good time.
The party left here in the afternoon.
and spent the night with hospitable
farmer. Besides the solid ammuni-
ton they took along plenty of liquid
ammunition and they passed very
jolly evening playing cards and telling
tales of adventures at sea. Before go
ing to bed a lot of wheat was thrown
out to attract the ducks for shooting
in the morning, but they slept so sound
" that they did not wake up till the
ducks had eaten all the wheat and
were hammering on the door with their
| bills for more. The whole party rushed
! out and banged away at .he ducks, and
succeeded in bringing down one.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

side by side close to the walk and lin
ing the block on either side,
There said to the boy. there is
where you were born, in that house
right across the street. in the part
with the first door on the fourth floor
II don't think he was much impress
ed by 1t. There's other folks in there
now. he said.
And l said yes, there were; and
then we went on down the street and
extended our walk. and saw other
things that were OF greater interest"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

MY dear son." wrote fond parent
to his son at school, the remittance
enclose is not what I would like to
send, but 1t is the best l can 90 III
my ship comes in, It's sure 10 get IN,
all right, some time, but it's been awful
bad weather for SHIPPING lately
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

John G. Lewis, a Louisiana colored
man. recently confirmed by the senate
as receiver of public moneys for the
on the ground that he is at peace with
the white folks and doesn't care to dis
turb his pleasant relations with them.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02
1 CALIFORNIA GIRL.
A Continued Story.
SYNOPSIS


- story opens up with Sir Roydon
Inss a Young mining expert, in Califor-
AL mere he had been sent by an English
ia ,i.ate to develop mining property.
o. me discharge Of his duties al Dead
ID Gulch he had the misfortune 10
p1nE his leg. and during his illness Is
brsssSs Tor in a rough squatter's cabin ~
~ Marvel and his son Lance Lilac. tile
II r1an's niece. is also a member OF the
p " mans family. Sir Roy, impressed Ly
ee bsauty and gentieness. falls in love
peil. her and proposes, but she. realizing
~ ~ ali erence in their positions, refuses
he eFsr After his recovery he ioollshiy
his Sffs a large sum Of money which he
sxhLleS in his belt This aroused Lance :
caIlsiity and he drugs Sir Roy with the
sc.lSfi6n Of robbing him. Lilac oNerhears
n.sre's plans and succeeds in arouslns
= ROW from his stupor, help him mount
y horse and accompanies him along the
I'm She finally yields to his persuasion
lAnarrv him upon his return from pro-
.ssd Prospecting trip TO Nevada. Arriy-
- in san Francisco he places her in The
la,a Of Major Emmett and his daughter:
TSnSlish people travelling in the west, and
SlnIsslnigements are made that she shall ac-
aA l,arv them to England 10 make the &C
.UialiTrtaTlce of Sir Roy's aristocratic moth
y a5urinz his enforced absence.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

An Indiana zap in an Evansville
street car dropped nickel in the box
every time a passenger got off or on
until he had contributed a half dollar
to the Golfers Of the corporation. He
was q populist, too.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

A religious revival is in progress in
Morgan county, Ky, and so great IS
the enthusiasm that people comes miles
at night TO attend, and having no Ian
tiers. they light themselves to and fro
with pine knot torches.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

Mrs. NJ Fleming. recently appointed
curator of astronomical photographs
is the first woman whose name has
ever appeared in the catalogue of Har
ward university among the officers 8t
the institution.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

A lady of Sharon. Mass, buried her
pet monkey several days ago in coffin
covered with blue silk and lined with
white satin A quilted robe of white
satin served as shroud to the beloved
dead silver plate on the coffin lid
bore the name 'Peppo." A handsome
monument will be erected later. Sick
transit gloria monkey.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Pfeffer. a German cou-
ple OF Louisville. have invited the EN-
peror and Empress of Germany TO their
golden wedding Mr. Pfeffer. as super
intendent of the famous springs al
wiesbaden. knew the Emperor Will
liam l. quite well.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

A farmer in Kentucky went out this
other day with his boy to shoot the
crows tearing up the wheat. when the
birds combined in an attack on both
Of them, and when the battle was over
the boy had run away. and the man
was bleeding all over from the pecks
he had received. 1t is thought his eyes
have been completely destroyed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

A Kentucky farmer slaughtered a
SOW last week II years old. which
weighed 900 pounds and which. during
her maternal career had brought him
over ninety pigs. which he sold for IS
each
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

The dowa ger empress of China is still
engaged in giving her representation OF
How One Woman Has Her Own Way
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-03-02

PUBLISHERS Comply
OMAHA. NO. $1,000.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-06-10
WINUHAM.

Miss Mabel Dodge of Malta, ILL.,, is with
her grandfather, Gardner Upham.
81. e. Wood had an auction Tuesday with
j. w. MelendY of Londonderry as auctioneer.
During the slight shower Monday lightning
struck and demolished gate within few
rods of Warren Rhoades' house.
"Softly Comrades was one of the several
selections sung by our male quartet Memo
rial day. 1t was written by L. B. Chapman
OF this town and is one of the best of his pro-
ductions. The St. Adams Glee club, which
had the honor to sing for Mckinley, also
sang it Memorial day.
F. 81. Harris was in town the first of the
week.
G. e. Capron and W. II. Grlswold of Bel
lows Falls were in town Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. W. Wood of Townshend
were the guests of their son, 81. E. Wood,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Starkey of Brattleboro is with her sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Hastings.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Melendy of South Lon
donderry called on friends in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Laura B. Stowell, who has been visit
ing in Springfield, Mass, returned Monday.
The barns of L. M. Lawrence were struck
by lightning during the shower Wednesday
afternoon, the largest one being burned with
several tons of hay. The other barns were
saved in badly damaged condition by the
untiring efforts OF the neighbors. The family
wish to express their gratitude and heartfelt
thanks to all for their kind assistance, espe-
cially 20 Harry Chapman and Frank Harring.
tom