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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-16

"A man selling wire contrivances is
not always a fool" quoth the man who
had been giving the Shakespearean
defamation in the dry goods store.
During the past week there has been q
man about the city who has been sell
ing wire 50 arranged that it is good
for thousand ana one things. chief
among which is to pun corks out Of
bottles He had entered this store and
they began joHying him, thinking they
had a tramp Of some sort. To their
surprise ~ began repeating Tennyson
and later branchcd off upon Shake
spearc. His rendition Of the two great
mems works was superb. 50 the on
lockers said. and finally after he had
them All staring in wonder at him, III
made the above quoted remark and laft
them
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-16

WANTEI A ease ~ ,.-. health that RI
PANS will unt hraciIt S.UI : cents 10 III
pane Chemical Co., New NorE, iof 10 samples
shi 1900 teb:.:nrn!alr juitz-.dy
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27

In Emperor william II Of Germany
the shrcwd Princess dc sagan on
counters n foeman worthy Of her skill
uni OF this dispute all Europe Il talk
Ing. II IL announced by the German
kaiser that he will not permit the de
saEan Inheritance founded By u sagan
In the princiailty OF that manor In
filcsia 10 pass into the hands ~ the
French wife Of the drcrcplt prince who
was at one timc the Acknowledged
Beau Drummcl Of all France.
These German estates are % vast OK
tent. They are valued at between w.
10000 aud ti.00O,O0O and produce an
annual rental Of about 100000. Tho
emperor can do AZ he likes legally.
The estates arc held ~ ncf OF tho
crown under an old Law and William
has power TO recognize any heir he
may choose. That heir may ultimate.
~ by the Prlnccna NJ fucraienbefg.
Jeanne Aloxandrinc dc sagan II un-
uucationahly a remarkable woman.
For q matter ~ thirty odd years she
has fciEncd queen In exclusive Far
iHian circles despite the stain upon her
fathers name and her own unconycn-
tinnal life. She II the daughter Of
the Barun Scilierr OF Pnria who made
many millions In wnr contracts. when
his raHcality was revealed through his
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,rnrnrnnnn mn nI,nnnnnn nrnnnnnn nnnrrrrnul

transactions during the fraaco- l'rds-
sian war. France un massc turned up-
on him ana Fcllierc IN fear ~ being
mobhcd By the people had Eic cour-
axe 90 Ia blow his brains out.
II was this inheritance o. diHhonor
10 which Jeanne scllicrc. married al
ready some years 10 the Prince d. sh-
ran, fcll heir. Thc prinst refused 10 al
low his young wifo To profit by the
money diahoneatiy made BY her father,
She would not yield and on that Issue
the prince and princess separated aud
lived apart Tor more than twenty-five
years.
The princess was one u the most
beautiful women ~ Paris -hcn beau
tifui women were not ~ rnrc ~ ther
are today. Tall and rvslie. with gold.
On hair falling In natural unrlciH about
her face. she possessed the features OF
a lIobc, the eyes Of fair penslvc saint
and a complexion Of dazzling beauty,
The Empress EuEcnle was recognized
az the iovclieat woman Of the empire.
Her majesty was admittedly JEALOUS Of
the chnriA u the Princess dc SaRan.
whom she regarded as her only porni'
bile rival,
NotwithHtanding the memorable out.
break between the married pair when
tho prince called the servants to witness
that In leaving the Palace 81 his wife
In the Faubourg ~. oefmain. he took
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dcriruun of securing a very nne mouth.
piece upon both sides 81 the cup. 10
hc carefully cut the horn into % small
curve Tor the lips. Then II spread out
making a very beautiful drinking cup.
When the Emperor saw II he was hlgh-
~ delighted but ON liftlnn u 10 his Hips
he spilled the contents over HIN. ".
The mouth was too narrow,
10 The maker Of the cup was terribly
nnnoycrd ~ the accident and was pro.
fuse IN his apologies hut the Kaiser
laughed and kept the cup lust na u was
for n practical Joke upon his friends,
They say. IN great confidence. that each
Of our ministers 20 Germany has had
the horn trick played upon them.
More than twenty loving cups are
being built for Dewey, His town, his
state. the Raleigh boys. the Dewy clubs.
the fellow officers. certain Washington
officials and many others are ordering
them In the hope Of his coming home.
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They say Dewey Ia afraid to come home
he doesn't like to be hero.
loving cup costs-its weight at
least
a New York jcwcicr told n member
OF the Union club. New York city. how
TO estimate the cost ~ n loving cup.
Take any loving cup Of the size you
desire and weigh IL. Compute II In l.
yer coin. Ada TO this sum Just an cot II
amount for workmanship. Add TO this
The cost which you pay for the design
and you ret the amount which you will
pay Tor sterling silver loving cup.
There 1rc certain Arms that add aomc-
thing Tor the name. You can get n
good small sized loving cup Tor 500.
unless you want something fancy"
The finest loving cup ever made was
executed for certain young miilion-
nirc who became q Benedict Faster
week u was n Rift at the farewell
bachelor dinner from the uHhers and
best man. This cup was N solid gold.
u weighed ten pounds. Its sides vera
embcllshcd with figures u cupid and
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Nobody mentions IIobron nowadays.
The Hero OF the Morrimac" IL unuuns.
That little kissing episode In the west.
when the figures u the kisses ran NJ
into the hundreds. settled the iiobson-
ties. No man could with respect write
In glowing terms of n man whose re-
cord FOR an evenings kissing BEAT his
own. Yes and FAR out -distanccd It's best
chances. However willing the average
man might be- to test hia abilities In
this line. the time the place. ana the
number OF willing ladies would be
lacking.
To keep the memory of iiohHon green.
and to console him In hls Manila exile.
his admirers propose TO have a loving
cup made Tor him, each person whom
he kissed contributing little to H..
Even quarter would complete
goodly sum.
The design for the IIobaon cup IA not
yet settled but Il win be o. sinking
ship. a hero In classic pose ana the has
floating over all.
on the reverse side II an exquisite
female figure with child. ~ IMPLYING
American motherhood ana the desire
that her boy should be- a hero.
The loving cup. aa n method Of COM
vcying fellowship. approval. good
wishes and even love itself. took It's
oriEin In the day u Chauocr when the
wassali was drunk from an ancestral
bowl which was nlicd with milk and
apples and something strongcr-a crude
punchi Later II was used In the Court
of Elizabeth. meanwhile tue courtiy
French had begun to drink from the
loving cup and II was not long before
the Germans transformed tho stein
from q mug into a loving cup Tor state
occasions.
tn. loving cups that are used by 500
cicty arr very large. regular punch
bowls. yet they must be 20 built that
they can be raised to the lips. The ac-
ccptcd design l. an Immense goblet
with colossal stem. The drinkcr
raises II In both hands. with his palms
around the bowl. and auana 10 the life
and love of the assembly. Each drink
from II In turn and the loving cup be-
A cup when ordered must be- of u
certain size. Come idea uf the number
" porHnnH who will drink from u must
be told the designer The cup u butt
lnrr- enough 60 hold goblet of wine
for each drinkcf The goblet must be
full to running over, 10 that, when the
last " drunk there yet remains a sip
for all.
The college loving cups that nrc built
for societies ~ forty pofnuuH hold only
large wine glass for each. This II re-
nlicd often.
The large loving cup, presented TO
Admiral Sampson by his Grow. wnH
larTr enough for family use. II would
hold seven Drumming glasses and the
sip" besides.
achicy'a loving cup from Maryland
held enough for family OF children
and grandchildren.
Many OF tho newest loving cups have
very short stem. 10 that they look not
unlike bowls. The very newest taper
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nothing with him but his umbrella the
rflnceqs eu0rc1 very little socially
from the rupture OF her domestic reln-
tons. Her wealth. her magnificent en-
tcrtainmcnta her beauty and her vii
made her n social power. Sotwlthstand-
ina The blot upon the family name. the
princess has been c0urtcd and fctod By
The most nristocratic men and women
u Europe.
II was tho princess who made worth
the king Of fashion mudea,cn. and 81
whom Il was said ALSO worth makes
dresser. the Princess de SnEnn makes
the fashion by condpscunding TO appear
In n Worth creation"
Both the prince and the princess have
managed L. Keep much before the pub
llC. The PRINCES moral code appears to
have consisted Of one article ul''p, Hc
drew the ilne at financial dishonor.
while he has Get at nnught nearly every
other principle " morality.
lie was. until he became a physical
wreck. the best known u the most
corrupt set IN Paris. reckless gambler
and iutriguant. a man % the world who
had nt relatively early age exhausted
every sensation IN life.
During tho long Year, that the pair
were separated they were know az the
hest dressed man and woman IN Paris.
De FaRan was an exquisite. who would
have smiled In dcfisl0n az an American
imitatur u FronCh d1niyi1m. The
de- anrnn monocic attached 60 an inch
Wide ribbon % black whtcrui rllk, the
Dc SaEun walstrolt hats. watkins
sticks. Enitera and rfcared truHcrs were
the beginning II the rcign uf the chap
pie or "crcve' an the dude was called
In France.
The d. snrnn estates have been acri-
ou4ly ionpnriifcd once before Tho
father N tho Prince Louis Napoleon de-
Tulloytlnd pofirori-Duko ~ Tailcy-
rand nu1 anrnn ana Duke ~ Nniencny.
babe fair to 0utiiyc hia hrnkgn.duwn
SON. Had be done no, his Titles and CO.
tntca would not have descended 10 the
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HE ASSIGNED HIMSELF.

Even In Newspaper ONCE good
story II told onoc In while, and here
IL one which developed during a con-
verration between the telegraph editor
ana number Of young reporters In tae
sporting editors room the other after.
noon. Just after tho paper had gone TO
press;
"You cubs may think that you have
all kinds Of trouble with your assign
ments," said tho old newspaper man.
butt don't believe another reporter has
ever been In such an embarrassing po-
rition aa was one night shortly after
l had started In at the business"
~ had always had an exaggerated
Impression ~ a reporters privileges.
Thought that reporter had right
60 do most anything, 90 came and
went as pleased, Upon this paTticu.
lar occasion, however, my ideas were
suddenly changed on this subject.
II was standing In the front % the
office one afternoon, when my ideal
passed. I had never seen her before.
aud never had been In love. but I know
that at last Cupid had me In his
clutches.
"oh, such q dream. I remember how
my heart fiutterod when I first saw her,
Rhc was dressed In dainty pink gown,
which matched beautifully with her
soft blue eyes and golden hair. As she
trippcd gracefully past her eyes were
turned In my direction. Ye goda she
smiled. For an instant my heart
stopped beating,
There was but ono thing 10 do. TO
follow her. Yes. | must FOLLOW her,
Drawn along aA by magnet. rap
Idly formed In nay mind scheme by
which | could gain aimittancc 10 her
home. | would Interview her regarding
Van Taavel's swell ball, which was 10
be given the following evening. Surely
she was a society rlrl, and that would
be a great excuse TO see her.
"for several blocks we walked. until
she turned into broad avenue and dis
appeared behind the doors Oh mansion
near the corner
"Aiy time had come. At last would
he allowed 20 feast my eyes on her fair
features. l rang the bell anxlously.
when the servant appeared sud-
denly remembered that did not know
the name ~ the young lady whom
wished 10 see. lut ! was equal 10 the
occasion. and asked for the daughter
Of the house
n was shown into an elegantly furn-
ished parlor. and presently she entered
| Her smile nearly took my Wits away
For a moment I was unable 20 speak.
Finally ! managed to fianmer;
THE city editor of the Evening Press
| has sent me here IN hnd whether or
nor you intend 20 attend the Van Tassel
bah tomorrow evening. lie also wants
description Of the gown you win
wear.
"'The city editor Of the Evening
Press wants this informatlonr she
asked.
"'YoH, ma'am,' answered In low.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27
"who killed Cock RohinG"
~" said the sparrow,
with my how and arrow
A4fIt.A l.al HAHN -


with my how and arrow
killed Cock Robin"
Ever since that ancient and rather
boastfui confession ~ murder a large
portion OF mankind has believed that
the sparrow. the English sparrow.
should pay tho full penalty for tho
crime. and his nelf-nppolnied judges
and cxccutioncrn have been legion. Hut
he has lived and thriyed In spite OF
them.
Other crimes Of many kinds have
been CHARGED against him In many
countries. price has been put ON his
head In this land Of the free, aud he has
been declared an outlaw BY State gov
crnmenta ana municipalities. Tho de-
partment Of agriculture has Illuminated
it, iightnings against him from WASH
inEton. and learned societies have thun-
dercd his doom. nut every spring he
chirpa and twittora with renewed viEor.
aud mates and nests and grows In num-
Der amazingly,
Now. however. the cable brings tho
news that he has been condemned In
the house Of his friends. In Merry Eng
land itself. sir. william u. Tcgcmeler.
a naturalist OF ronown and an author
whose word on scientific subjects car
rics great weight has published a book
about the sparrow, ana In u declares
that the bird In pest. and that In ENG
land alone he inilicta damage which
amounts yearly 10 millions " pounds
sterling.
Through all his trials and during all
the crusAdea against him. says the
New York Herald, the pert ana clipper
sparrow has had hosts VI warm friends
who have defended him calamity and
hnev mot the onalauRhtH " his enemies
with all the vlgor and often with the
bitterness 81 jealous nartlsans. But
what can they say nowi Found gnilly
by Judge In his own home, what re-
mains but 10 pass the sentence OF death
upon him finally aud forever
n seems clear that the confessed
murderer % Cock Robin n doomed for
GOOD and all and that at last the spar.
row must 10, That looks simple and
easy, but II isn't, for little Mr., sparrow
In answer 10 the condemnation and the
sentence OF the court VIII simply COCK
his head ON one side and ask well,
what are you going 10 do about ~"
And his supreme confidence " JuRtl-
lied by experience Ever since he was
iirat introduced into this country from
his native heath. about hfty years og"
he has prospcrcd and multiplied nm
mensely In splrto " all EFFORTS To keer
him IN check, and against eonvulsions
~ nature and the Vaccinations Of
powers and prlncipalliiea"
The blizzard N 1855 came, and he was
frozen by the tens Of thousands. ons
storm IN the summer Of 1895 scattered
dead sparrows through the city parks
and In country lanes las thick ns leaves
ghat ~ ha kfulaa af NullNIn RTNaa
Pot hunters have sought his life and
sold him by thousands M reed birds
Small boys with dir Runs and pea
shooters have been his scourse, and the
man who Hpreais nets under his roost'
ing place AT nlght and shook him dow
20 death In hundreds has been his banc
PM Ne has lived on and brought "
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known in gay Paris. one. Count lIciy
Dc Talicyrand- the other
count lioson, who applied for tho hand
Of Anna Gould II well remembered,
very much az In this country one makes
application for amy Office Of trust, quite
devoid OF sentiment.
After rs years % separate domicllc,
the Prince Dc sagan. having meantime
become an almost helpless imbecilc.t the
Princess dc Sngnn treated fashionable
Europe TO a sensation Of the FIRST de.
gree.
The Prince with his attendants wna
Twins Mt the Corclc dc Ia iiue Hoyale,
a fashionable club. one day the prin.
COWS. who had not spoken 10 her hus.
band for twenty yoara.with a physician
and her youngest son. Count Bosom.
called at the club. ~ Few minutes later
q helpless bundle was carried down the
stairs and deposited In n carriage.
Tho Princess and her companions
having followed. entered the carringc.
and drove away. Hours later all Paris
knew that the wife had abducted her
husband
The Princess took the half dead
Prince 10 her house In the Fnubours.
She announced to the world that In do.
Ing 20 she was moved only by motives
nf pity and compassion. There IL no
doubt that the Prince received the most
aoiicitous care. liut thcrc are persons
cruel enough 10 declare that the Pfin.
coaa had In view the object of Keeping
her husband alive, until his father. at
that time IN his eirhty-nfth ycnr. should
by his death remove the chance ~ the
de- snran sons losing the titles and pro-
pcrtiCa ~ the vast German estates She
gained her point.
The old duke died the lmbecilc ron
uutiiNcd him and all the French world
cNciaimcdi GLOW cicycr' was ever a
woman the equal or tho Priuccaa'' No
one for moment thought of German
emperor Paris waits TO see the results
n the war between the Kaiser and tho
Princess
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In nj the top and have stems that show
q very rich design. ~ complicated ~
the bowl
The old fashioned loving cup had four
handles upon the bowl to aid In passing
H.
Kaiser Wilhelm has loving cup
fashioned from high throne. lie uses
Il nj his hunting lodge after n day IN
the forests. This u 20 constructH
thn' II II impossible to drink without
fpilling the contents. The maker was
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sparrow a. q pest. and recognized that
he did not kill enough Insects 60 count
more than feathers wciFht IN tho
crops. plants. shrubs AMI trees. To BE-
sure. there were some members N this
society who would like 10 bee the spar.
row protected, on the general ground
that "a bird Il q bird" hut there were
few OF these. and they had little 20 say
In defense OF the English outlaw,
All In all. II looks az " the slayer %
Cock Robin were doomcd-if his exccu-
toners can Kill him.
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helng a burden on those you love. when
you can be Of no use 10 others or your
self, whom life Ia unbearable, when In
an the horizon Of the future there Ia
no hone, ITO the reading and rereading
Of that passage" said Schwartz. II at
tribute my wife's death. IL IL shame
that such doctrines should be spread
abroad 10 prey upon tho minds Of LII.
questionable women"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27

a leader In the world NJ thought, Mrs.
Sarah Schwartz took her llfo by drink
ms carholic acid one night last week
AZ her home, No. iSi Stanton street.
Yesterday her husband Samuel
Schwartz, standing beside his wifo's
grave. spoke of Col. Robert O.. ingarsoll,
Whose teachings. he declared, We're res
ponslb,o Tor his wife's death. Mrs.
Schwartz Was the mother Of four child
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ron. the eldest only seven years old.
Both she and her husband We're adj
mirera 81 Col Ingersoll. ana hls "Essay
on suicide" and the newspaper dlzcuJ-
sion which followed Il We're read by
them with interest, ana Schwartz said
that the following passage was often
quoted By Mrs. Schwartz when In her
hopeless moods suicide In Justinable
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FOR col. ISGERsoLI


DISCOURAGED because OF M health and
the fear that her husbands business
ventures would not succeed, ana en-.
oouraged In the idea OF suicide by tho
teachings VI one whom she regarded "a
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Clothing.

a NEW LOT or boys KNEE
PANTS SUITS Use.
Toys nice knee pants suits only
81 90,
Nice all wool cashmere suits. SIS
10 $3.50.
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HUMOROUS.

SIR. spriggins tgcntlyl-My dear. a
Washington man was shot by bur
Flnr. and his life was saved by but-
ton which the bullet struck.
Mrs. SpriTTinH-W Well. what OF ~
Mr. spriggins notwithstanding on.
~ the buttons must have been on.--Scw
York Weekly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27

The other day. ~ two friends were
talking together In the street. a donkey
began 10 bray and whcexc and cough In
a distressing manner.
what a cold that donkey has" said
one OF the men. and by the way.
that puts me In mind-how IL your
cough f''-Cinclnnat Enquirer.
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Carpets, Etc.

We have Just received another
lot Of carpeta and Window shades
at bargain.
Yard Wide Hemp Carpet. isMc.
Yard Wide Ingram Carpet. Zoe,
35c.
Window Shades, Spring Rollers.
complete. re 20 tOc.
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family, each holding q loving cup aioft.
In the depths u their little cups gllat-
sngd q ruby drop.
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The WARS OF THE PRINCESS De SAGAN.
BY n. JEROME rAFFr.

The Beautiful Princess Who II in Danger Of Having
Her Territory Taken Away by tho Emperor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-06
S!STERSVILLE.

SISTERSVILLE, w. Va, October 5.
Last evening, at the parsonage on
Railroad avenue, a reception was ten
dered Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Bowden by
the members of the M. e. congregation
of--.4is city. Mr. and Mrs. Bowden had
lust returned from Parkersburg, where
they had been attending the conference
and the reception was given in honor
OF the fact that Rev. Bowden was re-
turned to the church here for the COM
ing year. There was quite a large
number present at the reception and
pleasant time was spent. At the proper
hour q delightful luncheon was served.
Charles Gibbs Carter, of Pittsburg,
prominent young attorney, who has
been in the city for couple of days
on business for the Carter Oil Com
pany, left Wednesday for home.
Mrs. G. B. West, of Elizabeth street,
accompanied by Miss Cora Gardner, was
in Wheeling Wednesday.
Henry Wilson, proprietor of the Hotel
Wells, left Tuesday for his former
home in Meadeville, Pa, where he will
be the guest of friends for week or
ten days.
Judge Jacobs, of New Martinsville,
was in the city Tuesday
Rev. Father Boice, of the Church of
the Holy Rosary, went to Wheeling
Tuesday
Miss Sara Agnew, of Brown street,
who has been visiting relatives and
friends in Pennsylvania and New York
for month or six week, has returned
home.
Mrs. John R. Wallace, of Hill sseet,
who has been visiting relatives at Nash
vile and other points in Tennessee for
a month, has returner home. She was
met at Parkersburg by Mr.. Wallace.
Mr.. and Mrs Thurman Curtis have
returned to the city from a visit of