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New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

The marriage Of Miss Susan Train. a daughter OF
Captain Charles J. Train. OF the United States
Navy TO Augustus n. Hand. OF this city will take
place August in the Protestant Episcopal
Church OF st. Sauveur. at Bar Hsrbor. Me.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

Miss Kate E. Hawkins OF Edson' n l.. an IN
valid member expresses her gratitude for the Sun
shtra +bat has reached he- recently and says: II
cannot hnd words to tell you how much enjoy
the society nor how appreciate the pleasant "o,os
and kind remembrances that have come 70 me.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

Mr. and Mrs. George Place. who are occupying
summer home at Stone hldge. Ulster County,
settlement a few miles west Of Kingston-on- the
Hudson. will spend the month OF August at Bar
Harbor.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21
SUNSHINE FUND.

Mrs 5. c. B. Hocomb sent 90 cents IN stamps
With u,bicb N helm scatter Sunshine: Mrs Flor
ence Brandegee sent a 81 postal order as l. D D
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

Mrs Cornelia Stewart Robinson. after visiting
many historic places IN and around London will
20 to Scotland and Ireland before returning 10
America
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

Tho least flower with brimmng cup may stand
And share its dewdrop with another near
~ elizabeth Barrett Browning
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21
MOrNr VERNON GOSSIP.

Mrs Edward Kirk. OF No. sos South second-ave
Mount Vernon. entertained a company OF friends
at her home Monday evening. Miss Fanny
Ciranbery Levy. who is engaged musical in
structor al The Teachers College and who lectures
on music under the University Extension admin,
istration gave several vocal solos, both classical
and topical Refreshments were also served
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

Mrs ST John GafIney. president OF the National
Council Of Women in America. Is at present. with
her son and daughter. travelling in Ireland.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

Mrs J. " Lockhart and Miss z. Marion Lock-
hart instructor In the Lockhart Seminary, nave
gone 10 the BerkshlTes for couple OF months
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

The woman.s Pages received by Miss Ethel Pat
tarson Monroe y Y are passed on to Miss Grace
II Tucker. Dorchester Mass, an invalid MEMBER
Miss Patterson acknowledges Sunshine gifts from
several members in three different states, an Oh
witch have contributed greatly 10 her happiness
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

Fern green and white fouard made this stylish
skirt that matched the waist. white mechlin lnser-
ton forming the simple trimming. Among the
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.

A TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF WoMANs
sCALLOPED CIRCULAR SKIRT, NO. I'Sl'
FOR COUPON AND 10 CENTS.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-21

Vivian v Rucker is a little girl who lives IN the
mountains at place called Forks OF Buffalo, va
She would be glad TO receive some children 5 read-
ing matter VIII some junior sunshine HeNnOe1
please remember this little girl!
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-12-16

San Francisco, Dec. 1.-THE story Of
Purser Koppitz that there is an excellent
reason for suspicion that the death of
Major John A. Logan, Jr., was caused by
a member of his own regiment was fully
supported today by several officers and
members of the transport Sheridan, who
had heard the men of the Thirty-third
regiment threaten to settle" Logan as
soon as he arrived in the Philippines.
While Logan had apparently never been
a favorite with the men of his regiment,
the feeling of anger was not aroused to
the danger point until after the vessel
left Honolulu, en- route to Manila. 1t was
aroused over the alleged drowning of a
pet dog which was the mascot OF Company
A of the regiment.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-12-16
Warm for General merriam.

Washington, Dec. ll.-Representative
Lentz of Ohio says that he Will put forth
strong efforts to compel action on his
Joint resolution introduced in the house
OF representatives 70 arraign Brigadier
General Merriam and others responsible
for the alleged maltreatment of miners in
Idaho as one of the results of trouble in
the Occur d'Alene country. Representa-
tive Lentz's resolution provides an inves-
tigation shall be made by a commission
of nine representatives to be appointed
by the speaker.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-12-16
Explosion in a Theater.

Madrid, Dec. l2.-During performance
at the theater at Murcia, capital of the
province of that name, a bomb was ex-
ploded Fire broke out and the theater
was destroyed. The audience, however,
got out without serious accident.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-12-16
OREGON.

Judge Fraser has decided that Will
liam A. Storey was legally elected may
or of Portland by the city council.
Multnomah Athletic club and Olym-
pics of San Francisco proved evenly
matched in a recent game of football.
A young man named Willard Atkins
was drowned in the Grand Ronde river
last week, while helping to ford some
cattle across.
DIR. E. L. Irvine, who was second ply
stefan at the Oregon state insane asy-
lum under DR.. Lane, has again been
committed as an inmate of that insti'
tuition at his own request. He was dis
charged last September. Morphine is
the cause of his downfall.
The first accident at the scene OF
operations on the new portage road al
The Dalles, on the Washington side
occurred last week, when a workman
was killed by blast.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
Used His Brains.

Some time ago a brakeman on the
Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road used his,
brains and saved a passenger train
from running into two derailed cars.
The Company sent him a check for $50
and posted bulletin complimenting
him for his quickness Of thought.
A few days later: Engineer John
Hagerty was oiling his engie at Con-
nellsville, while waiting for the pas:
sengers to alight. He heard another
train coming, and believed that it was
not under proper control. He sprang
into his cab, opened the throttle AND
started his train. The other engine
struck the rear car, but it was not o.
hard blow ,and Hagerty's promptness
saved ten or dozen lives.
The Company has ordered hand
some gold watch, suitably inscribed,
and gold chain for Engineer Hagerty,
as a reward for his devotion to duty
and ''using his brains in time of emer-
gency.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
GREAT PRESENCE OF MIND.
1t Is "Psychologically Interesting" from

1t Is ":Psycholoeically Interesting" from
Another Point of View.
Describing the accident to a party Of
tourists while ascending the Schneeb-
leg in Austria when a rope-railway
wagon ran off the line and fell, with
its occupants, about sixty feet, Herr
Won Ompteda, the German novelist,
who broke RIB, wrote to a friend as
follows, says the London Daily News:
1T Is psychologically interesting that
none Of us screamed as we fell. knew
exactly what to do. I waited until the
wagon was in the middle Of its fall and
then, crossing my arms over my head.
jumped OF sideways, for my first
thought was-before all, don't get un-
der the wagon! The violinist (who
was killed) was standing near me,
clinging convulsively to the wagon and
was just about to cry to him, Let
loose!' But it was too late. Singularly,
I felt sure that my wife was safe.
somehow believed she had not fallen
and wanted to stand up and give her
sign. But could not move. All at
once she bent over me, with blood run
ming out of her mouth, and cried: Mon
petit, es-tu mort?' I said, No, I can
move but I could not move. My
glorious wife thought only of me and
not for a moment of herself. Her left
side is frightfully torn and bruised,
but she is brave and keeps up. am
obliged to lie still. So, enough" Is
this not "psychologically interesting"
from another point of view?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
AN ABYsslN1AN sHRINR.
Ono Dedicated to tho Faxxin Mary an
kenelok's Dornlnions.

One Dedicated to tho Virgin Mary IN
MeneIel's Dorninions,
DR.. Koettlitz, who accompanied Mr,
Weld-Blumdell and Lord Lovat in
their recent expedition to Negus Men
elek's country, made journey to Zu-
quala, the famous sacred mountain,
which, he believes, was never before
visisted by an Englishman. His de-
scription of the trip is reprinted from
the London Times. Mount Zuquala,
the mysterious sacred mountain of
Abyssinians, is forty miles from the
capital. It is 10000 feet high, and in
the form Of truncated cone. At its
summit and in the crater is remark
able lake Sd of mile long, which is
veritable Abyssinian Lourdes or Pool
OF Siloam. It is the belief of the ma
tives that bathing in its waters will
cure all diseases. Close by are some
springs dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
According to the popular idea, barren
women need only drink of these foun-
tains to lose their sterility. The wa
ters are regarded with the greatest
worship and must on no account be
employed for cooking or any other
useful purpose. saw quite number
of diseased creatures round the lake
shore crawling about or being carried
on itters. The whole mountain
both sides and the crater-is densely
wooded. The place is studded every
where with hermits' huts, each of
which is inhabited by holy men, who
live separate lives of extreme auster-
ity. Also, hidden away in the for
ests, are large number of churches.
got into the good graces of tho
hermits by somewhat curious means.
1 was being shown over one of the
churches, which are plentifully adorn-
ed with cheap colored Biblical pic
lures, made in Germany, when a priest
with great awe, drew my attention to
gaudy representation of st. George
and the dragon. I endeavored to ex-
plain that st. George was the British
as well as the Abyssinian patron saint,
but the good men were very dubious
until I hit upon the idea of producing
sovereign. This at once convinced
him of the truth of my statement, and
proved to their complete satisfaction
that was Christian of very high
order. The whole mountain is curl
GUS in the extreme. I was shown one
tree with three trunks, united at the
: case, which is regarded as an emblem
OF the Trinity and is hung with human
hair and all sorts of trinkets. There
are, too, curious crannies between the
perpendicular rocks, through which it
is an act of devotion to squeeze one
self. The sides of these apertures are
highly polished and covered with
grease by reason of the religious &C.
tivity of diseased Pilgrims
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
ANCESTRAL HOME
OF the Astors Still Standing in a Little
German Village.

OF the Astors Still Standing in Litt1e
German Village.
Mannheim Correspondence Chicago
Record: The ancestral home of the
Astors is in the little village of WAL
dorf, twelve miles southeast of Mann
helm and midway between the Rhine
and the low-lying hills forming the
northern part of the Black forest.
Their house, which is still standing.
is an unpretentious structure of two
stories, facing on the open square. and
containing probably six rooms. To
one side is a small yard such as fre-
quently adjoin the houses of the peas
ants in this part of southern Germany.
The inhabitants say that the family
were butchers, neither better nor worse
of than the average of their class.
Some of the descendants of one of the
sisters of John Jacob Astor are still
living there, one of them being en-
gagged in the furniture business. He
tells me that although he is not a.
socialist, he certainly wouldn't mind
If his rich cousins in America should
make a moderate division of their
holdings. In the village square and
toward one end near the old village
church stands the monument erected
to the memory of John Jacob upon the
fifteenth anniversary of his founding
the home for, destitute and infirm old
men and women. The unveiling of
this monument was made an occasion
Of great celebrating, the grand duke
of Baden being present with a large
number of distinguished officials.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
American Diamonds.

Occasionally small diamonds have
been found among the ridges of gravel
brought down from the north in the
age of the glaciers and scattered over
the states bordering on the great lakes.
Prof. Hobbs of the University of Wis
consin thinks that these diamonds
came from some place in Canada, and
that by tracing back the lines of ad-
vance of the glaciers the original To-
cation. of the gems may be discovered
An effort to carry out Prof. Hobbs
suggestion is to be made, and Prof. H.
L. Fairchild of the University OF
Rochester, Prof. I. C. Russell of
the University of Michigan,
Prof. J. P. Iddings of the Uni
versity of Chicago, and Prof. O. C..
harrington of the Field Columbian
museum will cooperate by examining
without charge, suspected gems found
by persons living near the glacial
moraines.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
INDIAN HEAD IN STONE.

Remarkable Find at Bouquet Station On
Allegheny River.
A remarkable curiosity was un-
eathed by workmen at the approach
of the Ninth street bridge on the op-
posite side of the Allegheny river, near
Bouquet station, says the Pittsburg
Leader. It is the bust of an Indian
chieftian made of burned red clay and
about three-fourths life size. When
first discovered by James Sell, an
Italian workman, he thought it was
a petrified human body, so natural are
the features portrayed. It was found
under about fifteen feet of earth on
the side of the hill where the dirt is
being taken out to fill out the ap-
proach of the bridge abutment. The
formation of the earth and slate un-
der which it had laid showed that at
one time there had been a slide of the
earth and stone from the steep hill
side, That this, had been many years
ago, however, is evidenced by a large
elm tree fully. two and half feet in
diameter standing near by. The i'm
age may have rested on a grave or
been buried at the top of the hill,
which is the highest along the river,
or it may have been inferred where it
was discovered. In appearance it
seems as if mold from a death mask
so perfect are the outlines. The ears,
eyes and mouth are perfect, but the
nose was fractured by the workman's
mattock in excavating. Besides the
bust the remnants of a portion of the
two arms and hands were found. but
these were carried off by two Spring.
dale boys. There was no trace of the
body. What the clay image was used
for is only conjecture. It may have
been an idol for religious worship or
it may have decorated a grave. The
material of which it is made is hard
and finty, being a mixture of red CLAW
and burnt stone. Over the head, par
TALLY broken off, is sort of shield or
helmet. The bottom OF the bust is fiat
and solid and there are no marks or
indications of its origin.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
SPANISH. WASHERS
ONE SIGN OF THAT NATIONS
DECAY. :
They Stand on the Streets In Vast
Numbers and with Brazen Enrontery
Approach Unchaperoned Women -
Even Worse Than London Mashers.

Madrid streets are by no means al
together delectable. Some are broad
and we'll kept, but others are narrow,
dirty and malodorous. Worst of all,
to my own thinking, is the Madrid
stare, which, hardly less offensive than
the Paris stare, is more universal, says
a. Madrid correspondent of the New
York Times. 1t is amusing to see how
fearlessly maiden of Is sallies forth
alone, while many Madrid spinsters
of SO would not go block unattended.
But why do you mind?" said high
bred Madrid lady to- me, with puz-
zled look. "Men have their own heads
full of these Stiffness and they suppose
women are as foolish as themselves.
They are much more careful with for
eigners than with u.s." Another lady,
who, under stress of family misfor
tune, was taking a few boarders, told
me that she had never received Span
ish gentlemen because of her daugh-
ters. Foreign gentlemen, the Germans,
English and Americans whom I have
had here" she said, "are very strange
about that, but it is much nicer. They
treat the girls as friends, and show the
same respect the last day as the first.
OF Spaniards that couldn't be expected.
Our young men are all for lovemaking
and such nonsense. And my daughters
have no father nor brothers to protect
them
THAT very fact ought to be their
perfect protection with gentlemen" I
said. "Oh, Spaniards are gentlemen" :"
she Loyalty fastened to declare. "They
are the most gallant gentlemen in the
world. The trouble is, they are lit
tie too gallant Madrid is better than
the cities of Andalusia and worse than
the cities of northern Spain in its
treatment of women. A young Span
ish girl cannot walk alone, however
sedately, in, Seville, without running
fire of salutations- the pretty
facet" What cheeks of roses!"
Blessed be thy mother!" "Give me a
little smile!" And even in Madrid
Spanish girls of my acquaintance have
broken their fans across the faces of
men who have tried to snatch kiss
in passing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25

A railway will be built up the Rax
Alp, which is 6,400 feet high.
The figures given in the London Coal
and Iron Trades Review show that OF
the worlds pig-iron product OF 1898
78k per cent was converted into steel.
In 1868, only per cent of the worlds
pig-iron product was applied to the
manufacture of steel.
Members of the engineering corps of
the United States army have cleared
the Pasig river of a number of stone
laden canoes which were sunk to close
the channel. The total value of the
property recovered by the engineers is
estimated at s750,000. Maps and topo-
graphical sketches of the country
around Manila were made for the use.
of the army commanders, and the sur
veys- were frequently made under fire.
A waterfall on the Platte river, west
of Fremont, Neb., will probably be
utilized to transmit power to Omaha,
thirty-fve miles distant. The water
fall is 130 feet high and is sufficient to
operate $4,000 horse power electric
plant. 1t is proposed to make a canal
having a grade of one foot per mile
along the base of the ridge, which runs
parallel with the river for some dis
tance The construction of the canal
and reservoir will entail an expense of
about $4,000, 900. .>.......5 .. ... ...-.@
Statistics obtained by sunshine re-
corders are Interesting. Some curious
facts have been recently published by
the French meteorological bureau at
Paris. Spain has 5000 hours OF sun
shine year; Italy, 200; France 600;
Germany has 1,700, while England has
but 1,40O. The average fall Of rain
in the latter country is greater than
that in any other European country.
In the northern part, and <on the high
plateau of Scotland about 351 inches of
rain fall a year, and London is said to
have an average Of 178 rainy days in,
the year and fully ten times the guam
tity of rain that falls on Paris.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
Taking Medicine Regularly.

The advantage of regularity in TAX
ing medicine is said by physicians to
be of as great Importance as the drugs
themselves, but where this matter is
necessarily left to persons whose at
tention is distracted by other duties,
the administration of the medicine is
often temporarily neglected or forgot
ten. Then again the hours for taking
the draught are forgotten entirely.
The professional nurse is supplied with
blanks on which records of the case
are kept, and any oversight of this
kind is precluded. AS indicating label
for medicine bottles has been patented
by Frederick w. Bates of Minneapo-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
Raised His Rank.

An engaging manner is useful every
where. This axiom is amusingly Illus
trated by story which Justin McCar-
thy tells. "Soon after the civil wal"
he says, II happened to be standing on
a bridge in New York, amusing my
self by studying the crowd, when a
shrill, youthful voice accosted me with
'Cap'n, shine yer boots?' The chance
distribution Of military titles was
ready and liberal at the time, when so
many soldiers were returning to civil
ian life, and paid no attention to the
invitation. Just then rival boot
black passed, and, imagining where the
cause of my Indifference lay, he ad-
yanced, and, pushing past the unsuc-
cessful claimant, he. gave me military
salute and appealed to me with the
captivating words: .Brigadier general,
shine yer boots 2 I had my boots
shined On the spot. " outh's Com.
panion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
Can't Get Thor Mornb,,.

York (Penn.) special Baltimore Sun.
By request OF Mayor Geise the drug
gists have stopped the sale of opium
and morphine, except upon the pre-
scription Of reputable physicians. In
consequence the large number of peo-
pie in this place who have been using
quantities of morphine, mostly by in
lection, are in state of CONSERVATION.
and many have sought scientific medi-
cal treatment. Other victims of the
drug have sent to other places for it,
while some are using headache pow
ders as 3, substitute. One York physi-
clan IL treating sixteen morphine
cases.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-25
LAcEs AND THEIR HISTORY.
Beautiful and Everlasting Valenslen-

ne4."
Point lace is so-called from it's
gauzelike needle-ground, composed of
very fine, round meshes, with needle
made flowers, made simultaneously
with the ground, by, means of the
same thread as in the old Brussels,
says the Home Needlework Magazine.
It was made in small pieces, the join
ing concealed by sprigs or leaves like
the old point, the same lace-worker
making the whole strip from begin
ming to end. Point gauze is now
brought to the highest perfection, and
is remarkable for the precision of the
work, the variety and richness of the
Jours, and the clearness of the ground.
1t somewhat resembles Point d'Alen-
con, but the work is less elaborate and
less solid. Alencon lace, it is said,
could not compete with Brussels in its
designs, which are not copied from
nature, while the roses and honey
suckles of the Brussels lace are worthy
of Dutch painter. Lacemaking was
at one time the chief source of ma
tional wealth in Belgium. It formed
a part of female education, and in
1876 one-fortieth of the entire popu-
lation of 100000 women were said to
be engaged upon it. But some of the
pillow laces, as well as those of the
needle, have had immense popular
ity. This kind of lace was first made
in the city of Valenciennes, and the
manufacture reached its height in that
town about 1880, when there we're
some 1000 lacemakers employed upon
it; but fashion changed, lighter laces
came into vogue, and in 1890 the
lace-workers had diminished to $50.
Napoleon made an unsuccessful at
tempt to revive the manufacture, and
IN 1851 only two lacemakers remained,
and they were over 80 years old. At
one time this manufacture was so Pc
cullar to the place that it was said:
IF piece of lace were begun at Va
lenciennes and finished outside the
walls, the part not made at Valenci-
ennes would be visibly less beautiful
and less perfect than the other though
done by the same lacemaker with the
same thread and pillow" The city
made lace was remarkable for it's
richness of design, evenness and solid
ity. 1t was known as the beautiful
and everlasting Valenciennes," and
was bequeathed from mothers to
daughters like jewels and furs. It was
made by young girls in underground
rooms, and many of these workers
are said to have become almost blind
before they were 80 years of age. When
the whole piece was done by the same
hand the lace was thought much more
valuable. Valenciennes lace was made
in other towns of the province, but
"vraie Valenciennes" only at Valen-
clennes. The Lille makers, for in
stance, would make from three to five
ellis day (an ell is forty eight inches),
while those of Valenciennes would
make not more than an inch and one
half in the same time. Some lace
makers made only twenty-four inches
in year; hence the costliness of the
lace. Modern Valenciennes is far in
ferior in quality to that made in 1880,