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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17

after taking a single swallow he put down the
glass. The doctor wanted him 20 drink more of
IT, but h. declined t. take another mouthful FOR
five minutes and at first drank II in this way
one swallow every five minutes. ne was abe 10
retain IL. and then increased the drauehts To
three swallows During the night he was able
70 finish thu bottle. and thus started on the way
q recovery.
Among the Gettysburg pilgrims General
Sickles has come often, and most eagerly ioush ut
the battle over again But nearly all the Union
comma lars who survived and many ~ the Con-
sederates have visited The d-d since the battle.
some e them many tim some or these Nlsits
are historical The Year 49, - "si''claly note
worthy FOR the DISTINGUISHED parties that came
from different states for the location Nr dedica-
tlou % monuments Early in April came coy,
arnor Ormsuy ~ Vermont with a distnsuished
party including General Redi".d Proctor ana
General William ". Grout Governor bodWeI
% Maine ami Governor Rusk n Wisconsin fol-
low cd a fortnight later With the former was
General j l.. Chamberlain. and with the latter
General Lucius Fairchu1. The feature Of The
YEAR however was the famous reunion Of Pick
etts Division and tie Philadelphia Brigade. ~
ono time il looked a. II this reunion YOU'D .e
abandoned in .nlS-lueuce - the refusal ~ the
memorial commission to permit the Confed-
crates 20 erect their monument within the mon
lines AZ the place where Armistead FELL but the
the widow - General Pickett. ami her son
George We're with the Southern visitors. The
Confederate veterans We're received by m" fhl-
atl4luhians. whom they had encountered once
before and the address of welcome was made
hr Colonel A. * Mcclure Among the Incidents
vas ii reception hy Mrs Pickett co. that part ~
the field celebrate fol what has passed into his
t.r, a. Plek.tt's charge. another disputed point
in H.. history Of the battle The monuments
dedicated i'm July 49, We're those - the Eth
Ncw-York Volunteers. the Wlth and list Penn
svlvaria and C0wans NeU-Nork Battery. The
orators were General Joshua r owen. General
" " Burns and Serene r. Payne. Of New
York Two n0teWofthf speakers during thes"
celebrations were General William F Smith and
General Henry J. Hunt. chief ~ artillery - the
Army = the Potomac. The encampment ~ The
PENNSYLVANIA Department of the c. a r. vas
also held on the battle field this year In Sep
ternher 1Ns7 OHIO erected nineteen regimenta al
monuments Governor Joseph h Foraker was
with the ohio men ana an address was made
hv General Il. \ AXline on "Onlo Troops IN the
Battle Of Gettysburg" Other monuments We're
dedicated between this unusual occasion and the
great celebration ~ Jul. lSSs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17

tn Suvan-st building The Arch" as this Is
called, 81 an almost historic spot. for 4 was
within he shadow Of this that score and more
81 murders and robberies took place, white men
being cunningly inVesled there. At right angles
20 this main passageway runs another making
the alley literally in the shape " a cross dtNid-
ing the dens Of buildings into four sections.
40 buildings or pile Of them could be grim
mer. goomier, more hopeless. The only mtiga-
ton about IL has been that II has seen little
crime of late years. When the negroes ruled
there little else was the cards. The most
daring and uns rupulOus criminals had their
ahoies within It's shadows Inmercful club
bing the only method the policemen on beat
had Of handling these people. Many man In
the Department has won his sergeants bars for
deeds done here There was one captain OF this
precinct who actually managed 20 reduce the
alley 20 some sort of order simply because he
could handle ii club with unprecedented rapid
ify force and precision. His name was Nc
Donald and the negroes called him lightning
CharleN." He was one Of The few men these
tcrrors of the W-st Side feared
\ billy had 90 bee applied instantly and m
tremendously here IN those DAYS. else me DARK
mans razor would ct ia its work AS II was
with thu Quicko+t action. thu razor would be-
struck down. half raised. RYAN vas one II IN"
police experts. and he got the name of Ryan
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the address NJ welcome 70 the old soldiers q the
'-ir.t Corre at - reunion held at Reynolds Grove.
me corps hg General Robinson followed hy adj
dresses from Frederick Sn}t The val Governor
# N,w-HamYs.Hr,. Professor Williams as me
representative Of William Npiatu'. war '"'
.,ro~ ~ Rhode Island. Governor ormsnse ~
Vermont arl 9th rs Gcn-i" l''nsSi'r' ar
spoke and was greeted WIN q ."..
Kuek - Wisconsin "S fri.i"''i.,~i 'f '''''''
d. h Haf-haW. and among tnr In'rl MS
tingulehDd - -" Wisconsin, soldiers was '''N-
-ial FauehHa Past GRIND ''I'l'ani' 80 . -,,
Grand Army ~ ihr f'eIN 'A'. I'D Nd.
at Oh" lSgoiis'n ,,.., los,
~ General TaircEij and IA" empty uousri lex
~ Governor Beaver HFr sue
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER II. 1899

mental In memories. Bright prints hang upon
the walls. There is Italys King, IN deplorably
bad TYPOGRAPHY: Italys Queen. too. m gaudy
colors Saints and patriarchs elbow these. And
ovrr all hangs the smell Of the great unWashed'
OF the never clean.
In this court stink the lazy or those waiting
for work There is no crime lurking in these
shadows now With perfect safety can one
walk all through this district az any time. But
"Murderers Alley is a blot upon New-Nork'
nevertheless
As has been said. il was 10 be cleaned up.
demolished Two years ago the city decided 10
extend Watts-st until IL met Broome-st. thus
forming another highway from river 20 river
But the Improvement is yet spellbound II eX-
ists upon paper only. and when it "ill be car
ried out 400 ono can tell
Though undoubtedly the worst. "Murderers
ALLEY IS ONLY typical - host az r0okeres and
dcns along Thompson and sullivan sts The
Genizens - these are law abiding. and they get
on police Diotf,rs little. 10 AZ an Thus this quar-
ter has largely cropped out Of sight in tho
annals Of The town. Nevertheless. il should be
visited bH those who would know th' foreign
poor. Ifs redemption Is coming. though slowly.
Business huNlnE+ stables. ware houses, small
factories are beginning to rise on many lot.
They viii i~ time drive tine son Of sunny l.aly
away as ho drove r0 tn negro.
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mean time the interest viii centre in occasional
reunions II the survivors Ike that IN me nat
refed on Decoration DAY ~ this year. ana
10 the minsirations u pilgrims and guides IN
tracing the varying fortunes OF the thre" Gay
when the guides became ~ Institution a.
Gettysburg II IS difficult to say They were nuf
bonn 10 the vocation nor w~ir they De rnm@ll-
ate outcome ~ the battle and the Nattrnri'.
hrt like TopsN in Uncle Tom ''al'n my
"eruW-l' lu The first rush 60 'h~ i'li AFTER
thr baftl- every visitor fDit me need = u.lauc"
in finding th, points % interest and understands
uE a. m" different places - contact in'S"
who mad friends or a,Guaiutanrr- in ih" i""n
had 10 aii'.c1lti n securing he necessary. help
As time went uu almost "r'rl citizen ~ Ger
ty=burg became an account l.shrt historian "i
the battle To This day ther- is scarcely Get-
is not familiar as The open pages ~ well
conned book Even th- boys know The hi-toft
of every monument and erert mark"r. and can
tell q with a hts hrd elo4u-nc" that ar"
characteristic - the inhabitants - n1 other
town and ,he dnelers ia ~ other battlefield.
| have had ~ more agreeable and instructive
ar experience than an afternoon drive via eA-
Assemhlyran Zi-gler 10 Little Round Top with
LAWYER Weaver to The DeliIs Den or WITH
Farmer Wclkort 20 his house adjacent 90 the
wheat le.d and the peach orchard But he So.
vices ~ such as thes" cannot Doe bought Nhh@
almost from the outs strangers sought assist
ance that could be had for "a price The mutual
advantage ~ such An arraugt nent soon became
apparent 20 the guide and the pilgrim and IN
a rew cases ne amateur became a professional
Ten years ago when the influx ~ visitors 70
Gettysburg was a. its height. there we're. pei
hans dozen ~ these battlefield guides but
a. the number 81 strangers decreased from year
70 year the number ~ guides diminished. and
ro,c ! know eersonany only un@-Guide Min
Mich.
Here IS a man for YOU 10 know" said General
Sickles 70 me- the other dat. As Minnich APP
preached US He knows the battlefield thor
oughiy he has studied II carefully. h. ia ac-
curate and At times eloquent" had known
Nfrnich f0r many ears. but vas glad - m"
Introduction unnecessary as u was. because L
brought % me guide 50 high a compliment from
an authority go eminent
With a guide So capable the battle becomes
very real 70 the pilgrim. Even such group IS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17
It's Delicious!

Tho ship The cicafer had struck one % his bare
feet aud sliced me Dig toe ~ as neatly A.
geon o0rd have done it Here was chance FOR
The yellow dog and be- seized IL Making dive Tor
the severed toe. b. swallowed II .n one sulp and
then made bee line for the deck
"Thl. was more than the cook crazed with pain
could stand. ani D. hurled The r.ea'cr a. The dog
HIS aim prov 81 true and his curship passed out %,
existence then and there A. this iunctufe the
ships doctor came up 20 ind our what an the row
was about When he learned the truth he laughed
I'll TX thai for you. h. exclaimed 70 the cook
wait 'iil ! get my instrument case
within I'VE minutes ne had held a post .nortem
on the dog ana recovered the lost toe Washing
u with an'iseptics BE- skilfuily stitched q back in
place again and the cook hobbled back TO his quar-
iers minus his dog hli With many toes as he
had ever had That's about The only story I re-
call just now lfiemen n mas the merit o., he.
ing true however and n vou don't believe II come
down 70 TIE ship any time and % show yoA tna
cieaRer. TIL. cook aas Qrlt fne sea and | don't
know his present address.
But every body s.guihtd willingness 10 accent
the captains word gus Ipporfed bS further evidence
and the next man On the story telling LIST started
ia.
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From The Philadelphia inquirer
rotunda Of The Walton for IN hour or more when
bronz- Nsaged. middle aged man Joined rae
uarfy Several ~ me group recognized him as the
captain Of one OF the big tramp steamers which ply
between Philadelphia and foreign ports. ana
place IN the circle vas al once made Tor HIN
We've been killing t.nc telling stories. some
on. explained Suppose you turn In your con'riol-
ton
The captain thought moment and then smiled.
n was thinking OF something thar happened on
as q cook big c1lcr-l follow whose principal com
RAMON was O. Ntfla yellow .rr doA. one Gay VIM"
he cook VS. rr-pariue some beef l0r dinner he le
the neaH, CleaNer with which De MAS DONG ihe
chOppng slip from his grasp
emitted howl OF anguish tina; was heard all over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17
FUR DEPARTMENT.

Having secured abroad, rare and costly FUR SKINS
Russian Sable, Silver Fox, ec-afc enabled to
execute special orders for For Garments Coare Neck ffeces
and Muf under the most favorable conditions.
Are also showing Imported Models For Lined Garments
Seal, Persian Lamb and Broadtaa Goats,
Fog Lined Paletots, Evening Wraps, etc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17

when the student Of city life and manners
especially the life and manners that are shady.
gloomy and resulsive-soes to-day 20 hunt out
TIE New-YorS negro in his lair De turns u
N.net,a Lane as - old. and explores i,s cram
rles. then Journeys nor,hward and completes
rs research along Scventh-ave.. for some seven
or e.eh; blocks above Twenty -third-st He
taxes no heed ~ The land Of brick and stone 20
tie south - Minetta Lane. and wisely for 10y
nov they, is no negro there. Body and soul
this yes %. once tenan'ed in very large part
Is men and women II black skins has passed
under the rule q the "Dago." and Italians in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17
MURDERERS' ALLEY.
LOCALITIES OF NETWORK THAT RETAIN
THEIR OLDTINfE ASSOCIATIONS.

anNETTA LANE STILL THE CENTRE OF
NEGRO PULATTON-sULLIvAN's ALLEY
SUGGESTIVE OF AN ITALIAN CITY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17
MEMS UNDERWEAR

FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER
of the Foreign and Domestic Manufacture including
Merino All Wool, Silk and Wool, and All Silk
Mems Silver Grey English Msrino Shirts and 81 OK
Drawers, medium weight Each ''/~
Meas Department Left o! Sizts Avenue Entranee)
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-03
Friendless And Destitute Children

The directors of the Home forFrieudless
and Destitute Children mot in annual ses
sion Saturday night.
Reports presented showed the homo to
be in prosperous condition. The inst-
tuition was free from sickness during the
year The average number of Inmates
during tho year was II. Thorc are now
GS children in the home. During the year
AZ children were received, "a boarded, 10
admitted by the Society for the Preven-
tion OF Cruelty to Children, 1874 returned
to relatives and 10 indentured.
Mention was made Of the death of j,
Taylor Cause, who was a valued member
of the board, and whom with Mrs Cause
founded the institution.
The report Of John N. Cars veil. the
treasurar showed the total receipts to be
81, ,70l.So, Of which sum 81, 305. IS was from
donations alone. The expenses of con
Quoting the institution were $7,52LOQ, and
other expenses 81, Iii So. leaving a balance
Of $9J9.S5.
George g. Lobdell Jr., was elected a
trus; 60 for two years to fill the unexpired
term of ] Taylor Cause, and Lindley G.,
Kent, Washington Hastings, Edward
Belts an<l Joseph A. Richardson were
elected trustees for three years.
The trustees organized by electing Chief
Justice Charles B. Lore, president; George
w. Bush, vice president; Joseph A. Rich
ardson, secretary, and John N. CarswclI,
treasurer. The board of lady managers
elected Miss Josephine Warner, presi.
dent.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-03
Incense and Relics.

Tho uso Of incense in churches was for
bidden as a heathen custom till the fifth
'cntury. The use Of holy water was equally
denounced as practice of the pagan
priests of Romo and Of the ritual of Isis
The asperging of Julian in Gaul by q
gricst is perhaps the earliest instance Of
no introduction Of this corruption, which
became source Of superstition in the fifth
acntury, says Blackwood's $ Magazine. The
wonder working power Of the relics Of
martyrs began to be believed toward the
lose of the fourth century, and almost
Immediately after we find complaint made
# the sale of forged relics both in the east
md in the west.
The sale of relics was forbidden by
rheodosius, yet they constantly increased
in numbers and in Importance until the
holy table was converted into an altar to
hold them. In the fifth century also ex
voto offerings began to be hung on church
walls, custom which was Of heathcn
origin. The use Of lights, which was for
hidden In tho second century in the day.
time, crept in In the fifth century. The
Mithraic affairs had much earlier supported
candles but these may have been neces.
'ary in underground chapels. jerome
wrote that it was slanderous to say that
wax tapers were burned sin clear light"
but Paulinus of Nola in 307 A. d. SO.
decorated his church on festivals.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-03
He Fooled the Conductor,

A Texas paper says that Senator Chiffon
was travelling last summer in western
Texas in company with distinguished
lawyer from Austin. The latter went into
the smoking car and engaged in converse
tion with the conductor, telling the latter
as a piece Of news that he had just left
Senator Chiffon In tho psrlor car.
"Oh, stuff T. said the conductor "What
arc you trying to give meS Senator Chill
ton is not aboard this train"
The lawyer reiterated his assertion, and
was surprised to find the conductor OBJ
stinate in his incrcdulity. Finally cigar
was bet on the identity of tho man under
discussion, and the lawyer went with the
conductor to where tho senator was sit,
ting. Then tho railroad man gave in.
''I'll tell you, said the loser, why
made that bet In going through the
train did not tako up a single pass
reasoned that if a senator had been aboard
he would have been provided with trans
portation, but Senator Chiffon handed me
q ticket like the rest, and as that was not
In line with my past experience was
suro that my legal friend was getting the
worst Of the wager"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-03

Tho quaint and ancient ceremony OF
looking up the Tower Of London is nightly
performed as It has been for centuries. A
few minutes before II o'clock the head
wardcr or ycoman porter, as he is proper.
ly styled, clothed in a red cloak, carrying
portentous bunch of keys and accom-
panied by another warder carrying Ian
tern, appears in front of the main guard
house and roars out, Escort, keys" II Q
sergeant of the guard turns out with
some of tho men and follows the yeoman
to tho outer gate the whole party being
challenged by all the sentries with "Who
goes tllersS" and the answer is simply
Keys" Tho gates being locked, the keys
arc brought back to tho main guard
Here tho sentry stamps and roars out
"Who goes theref"
"Keys," is the reply.
"Whose keyss"
"Queen Victoria's keys"
Advance Queen Victoria S kcysl And
all's well"
God bless Queen Victoria!" cries the
ycoman porter.
"Amcn," responds tho main guard.
"Prcscnt arms!'' cries the officer on
duty, and amid tho rattle of the salute he
Kisses the hilt of his sword. The yeoman
porter marches off with the keys and de
posits them in tho lieutenants s lodgings,
and from that time throughout the live
long night you can only circulate within
the tower precincts if you know the coun.
tYrsipn
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-03
FROM BEAUTY TO OGRE.
A Man Grew So Ugly That He Feared
He Would De Dissected.

There died in Penobscot, Me, recently
| man whose peculiar affiiction attracted
| the attention Of the medical world. His
name was William Howard.
Asa young man Howard was skill.
| full carpenter, and being steady and indus.
trious he laid by little money. Among
his acquaintance he was popular. He
was of good appearance and genial ma
ture, coupled with his industry and good
habits, made him welcome visitor in ey-
cry household in the community, and es-
pecially where there wero marriageable
daughters.
But gradually a change came over him
His hands grew large and slowly lost
their cunning with tools His feet, too
We're growing out of all proportion to his
body. Then the change began to show in
his features. which expanded into unusual
proportions and transferred him into an
object of horror. Then the terrible de-
formity attacked his body, and his chest
grow until it was more than twice its nor
NAL size
But before the disease had reached this
stage Howard lost the ability to work and
Stunned by and stunning his neighbors
he lived in solitude In houseboat which
he had built and moorcd to place on the
shore apart from the habtations of men,
As if not sorcy afflicted enough already,
stroke of lightning partially destroyed
his eycsight
Several years ago eminent physicians
summering in Maine saw Howard and be-
came intensely interested in his case.
From that time he was visited frequently
by learned men of the medical profession,
who pronounced his case ono of the very
few similar ones known and medically
considered the most interesting Of any that
had come to their attention.
Howard was offered large sum of
money and generous income during life
for his body after death, but tho idea of
"being cut up'' was rcpugnant to him,
and he refused to entertain any such Of
fcrs. A few years ago he deposited what
remained of his savings with the town au-
thorities for them to caro- for him during
his remaining years and to see that he
had decent burial where his body would |
be undisturbed by medical experts
ton GlObs
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-03
Chief Justice Fuller.

Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller ID
| one of the most accessible, unassuming
and sincere public men in Washington.
Ono of his daughters said recently that
tho chief justice smokes the same priced
cigars and the same number Of them every
day as he did when briefess barrister.
He is exceedingly economical In his per.
sonal expenditures He dislikes to buy
new clothes. His friends say he does not
eat enough to keep a child alive. His
daily fare is a cup of coffee for breakfast,
glass of milk and two or three raw oys.
ters for lunch and simple dinner, prefer
ably in the New England style. He is
very fond of boiled cod and pumpkin pie
He never walks He does not care for
cards. In fact, books are his only passion.
He reads everything from philosophy and
biographical works to the most sensational
detective stories. He goes to bed carly,
sometimes by o'clock, and reads. He
has no favorite author but finds some
thing good In everything.
He sometimes finds great deal of quiet
amusement in putting characters of Dick
ems into the clothes of the people who con.
front him. Can you fancy the chief jus.
tce sitting in tho dim and solemn cham.
Der Of our supreme court whispering be-
hind law book to his awe inspiring asso-
cate
"We will now hear what Mr.. Micawber
has to say. y."-Washington Star.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-03
The Parish Clerk of the Past.

He was ever present at baptism, at mar
rlago and at funeral to take his fee ant
put all things right. And, far more thar
rector or vicar, he was the true person of tn,
parish. Frequently his office was hcred
itary, and no always knew the history o
the church. lie and he alone In the coun
try could tell you what was the medinva
painting that the hideous whitcwash con
cealed or what was the figure that stood
in the niche outside the church porch err
Captain Fight the Good Faith and his
troopers spra & from their horses to lay il
low ns they rode in the pursuit from Nase
by Field.
Nor was he always q pure conform.
ing Erastian. Often was he musical, and
sometimes poctical. And tho village con.
gregatlon realized the true meaning of the
French revolution when just before the
sermon he sarg out such lines as
And may the .Iacobins be brought
To own that thou art God,
Or else may they be quickly caught
And hoggod by thy rod
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