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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
WOMEN MAIL CARRIERS,

1t was along this route that the under
ground railroad" Of ante.bellum days
ran, and tho old stage brought dis
guised slaves to the homes OF Ivory
COlcOrd and other AbolltiOnists In the
region Of Coleta. After the war there
were several murders along the Inc be-
tween Milledgcville and Sterling. the
last one being the killing Of George
Kaufman four years ago. Of whose
murderers the officers and detectives
have never been able to lind the slight.
est clew.
The country now IL thickly settled,
substantial farm houses ana occasional
churches and schools line the route, but
the road Is beset with many difficulties.
The spring frcshets swell the ElkhOrn
Creek into a raging torrent, sometimes
sweeping men ana horses from the road
TO meet death In the stream. Through
Jordan Township n graveled road goes
over the hills, aud the descent to the
plains Of Genesee Is made on the peril.
Gus slope OF the big Mound" where,
In tho winter, treacherous snow banks
hide the gullies ana where accidents
are common the year around.
Another Sterling woman, Miss Ethel
Vail. sister Of Deputy Sheriff Frank
VAIL, has been engaged as substitute
carrier for the three rural free delivery
mail routes out Of Sterling, and has
covered one Of the routes successfully.
Special Agent Charles Lynn, who has
charge Of the rural free delivery routes
In the Central States. awarded the pO-
sltion to Miss Vail personally. express
ing the utmost confidence In woman
mail carriers, who, he said, had been
tried in other PLACES aPd had !epded to
the business better, had covered the
routes more speedily and with fewer
mistakes and complaints than the men.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
WeIlington's Ccdson.

The Duke of Connaught. though he
preserves, as neither the king nor any of
his sister have done, look of real you'll,
and vigor, has just entered his fifty-first
year. As the godson and namesakc OF
the great Duke of Wellington. it was
very carly decided that Queen Victoria S
third son must have military vocation,
and, fortunately for himself, lie seems to
have taken very kindly to the idea. His
refusal of the Saxe-C oburg- Gotha sue
cession causcd no surprise among his
friends and those of his young son. but
Germany cynics declared that the Duke
Of Connaught did not forget in the cir
cun,stancc his close connection with the
Belgian throne, to which lie is next heir
after Prince Albert of Flanders.
The Bcrnadotte who founded the pres
ent Swedish dynasty is said to have ex-
claimed, when dying: ITO think that !
was once one of Napoleon's marshals
and that am now only King OF Swed-
emf Perhaps King Edwards brother
may live to say: ITO think, was once
British commander n-chief. and that !
am now only ruler OF res braces Bclgcs"
Our Cdnddign Friend.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Giant Trees OF ms faciAc Coast Have
Never lieen In Je0pa, dy.


Never been In Je0pa, dy.
Statements In the California papers
that the seQuoIas have no commercial
value are apt to create surprise ut all
the effort that has been needed to be-
gin the work Of making these giant
trees public instead Of private prop.
erty In order to preserve them. IL they
have Il sentimental value only no great
price should be asked for them. ln-
deed, that Is the argument addressed
to the eastern owner OF the Calaveras
grove. with whom the national gov.
eminent Is dickering. Hitherto he has
been threatening unless his price was
paid to convert the trees into lumber.
when every lumberman knows that
the trees are of no value for milling"
says the San Francisco Chronicle.
In the first place. the San Francisco
paper explains, the cost OF Telling any
one of the ninety-twO big trees on the
5OO.acre tract would be excessive. 1t
would take five men twenty-five days
to bore enough holes through any tree
thirty feet In diameter. After being
felled the trunk would have to be cut
Into f0rty-fOot lengths TO be serviceable.
A block Of wood, say, thirty-three feet
in diameter by forty feet In length,
would weigh about 600 tons and no
machinery has yet been built capable
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13

bring down no suspicion Of his iden.
tity; when he Is regarded merely rs
kind. chatty stranger then he Is pleas.
cd. On one occasion an old man hav.
Ing listened to the sovercign's talk with
a group Of laborers. without knowing
who he was. followed Francis Joseph
as he retraced his steps to the city.
Gradually the old man edged up along.
side. Hello. stranger. you going up
to town. too. looking for work? 2" he In.
quired. confidentlally. His answer was
a bright gold piece slipped Into his
hand by the stranger" accompanied
by few words Of cheer. This uneX.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
Genius IN It, Teens.

EdisOns early wanderli,gs brought
him at seventeen years of age to the Gin
cinnati Office of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, where his absorption in
electricity and predictions of its future
power confirmed the sobriquet 'Luny,"
which clung to him even until his fame
was established. I'VE have the craziest
chap in orr Office" said the telegraph
manager to the editor Of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gdsrttr; he does all sort
of queer things. ! wouldn't be surprised
il he should turn out genius some day
Let ne tell you his last prank. We have
been annoyed for some time by cock
reaches. They infested the sink. They
don't now. Luny' fixed them. He just
ran two parallel wires round the sink
and charged one with negative ard Inc
other with positive electricity. Bread
crumbs were then scattered. and wl,eil
Mr.. Cockroach appeared and put his lit
tie feet on the wires. ashes were all that
were left to tell the tale" In this cock
roach "annihliator" was the germ of tho
;ncandesccnt light.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
WOMEN CARRY U. s, MAIL,
Men Couidn't DO 1t, So They Have
the Contracts.

Men Couidn't DO 1t, So They Have
the Contracts.
The determination and nerve of n
woman have come to the rescue of the
postal authorities In supplying a car
rier for the United States mail on the
star route between Sterling and Mill
adgeville. Ill. Mrs. Frank Giffrow, Of
Sterling. has taken the position as driv-
er of the mail wagon and stage which
makes the trip daily. n drive of thirty
miles. The contract for carrying the
mail over the route was let some time
ago to Chester A. Call, of Algona, Ia,
and 1t has been an elephant on his
hands. a Sterling liverymun was en-
gagged rs driver. but gave 1t up. and
then firm of blacksmiths undertook
to deliver tho mail for Mr.. Call. They
lost over hundred dollars in three
months. owing to accidents and lack of
business on the stage which carries the
mail. Several drivers were hired for
short terms, each finally becoming dis
gusted and quitting.
Then Mrs. GiffrOw came TO the rescue
and made contract to deliver the mall
for year for $500. Contractor Call
paying her that price mt n loss of 800
to himself on the contract. On her
first trip Mrs. GiffrOw carried large
quantity of Ice cream to supply lodge
banquet at Nilledgeville. She has Sc
cured a spirited team and new wagon
and will make an effort to build up
the passenger business. which was once
considerable. She has the privilege Of
carrying all sorts of merchandise. and
has already arranged to deliver milk
for a dalryman. but she refused to car
ry jug Of whisky to Milletgeville. The
people Of Sterling. Jordan. Coletn. and
Milledgcville, the line Of her route. are
confident Of her success where no many
others have failed. Mrs. Gifrrow's
husband is carpenter and she has sew
eral children, all old enough to attend
school while she Is making her trips.
The Milledgeville star route Is one of
the few remaining stage routes In this
section Of the country and has his
tory Of fascinating interest. In early
days the old stage route from Freeport
to Rock Island was infested by the
"prairic bandits" the band Of MUIR
ders and robbers that was broken up
by Detective Bonney and the "Regula-
tors" Of the early sos. 1t was along
this route that Bonney took the muir.
derers Of Colonel Davenport to Rock
Island. holding pistols to their heads
as the bandits rode up to the stage and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
REMARKABLE CASE OF COMBUSTION
Child Loses It's Life Under the Ordinary
Treatment For Superficial Burns,


A remarkable case that must certainly
prove of interest to the medical world
generally, is contained in a letter from
DR.. B. c. Woody, of Soldier, KY, to Dr.
Samuel +. Woody, professor of chem
istry at the Kentucky School of Medi-
cine. 1t relates to case of spontaneous
combustion in connection with the cts
tomary treatment of severe burns. The
case is fully reported by DR.. Wilson.
His letter. in part. is as follows:
A child about four years old was
burned on tic extremeties and abdomen
by its dress catching fire. The burns in
each locality. being of moderate severity
and strictly superficial. were not stiff
cient to have caused fatal result. The
burns were dressed in the following
manner: First busted with subnitratc
of bismutl,. then linsecd oil was freely
poured on and the parts wrapped in cot
ton batting and sheet pinned around Il
snugly, and, lastly. quilt was wrapped
around this. The child was put to bed,
and instructions were given not to re-
move the dressing. The child complain
cd bitterly all night long, the parents
thinking that the suffering was due to
the original burn.
About daylight they saw smoke arising
from the bed. but. being very ignorant
people, thought it was the "fre leaving
the burn" and did not remove the
dressing until later. when the child was
dying. Upon removing the dressing
they found the inner aspect Of the sheet
was scorched, the cotton batting was
burned almost entirely tip lover the alb
domen) and still smouldering. The
child was burned into the intcstines in
three places and died in few minutes.
There wcs not the least evidence or the
remote possibility of the second fire
originating from the outside. and there
was absolutely nothing used but the bis.
muth and linseed oil.
Replying to Dr. Wilson's letter, DR..
Doody wrote his opinion. as follows:
Under the circumstances It must have
been spontaneous combustion of the lin.
seed oil. The bismuth subnitratc and
cotton, divided finely, distributed the oil
and exposed large surface to the action
of the oxygen Of the air. The warmth
Of the body added to the heat and hes
tened the oxidation. and the covering
confined the heat until the oxidation be-
came an actual combustion.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13

Of handling II. No saw could work on
such a section. IL 1t were possible to
get 1t to mill, and to split It with
dynamite, as Mr.. Whiteside once sug.
gested. would shattcr the log and spoil
the lumber. In other words. the big
trees are vastly too massive for com.
mercial use.-New York Evening Post.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
Strange.

CrimsOnbeak-YOu say you never cat
sausages?
Yeast-Never; they don't agree with
me.
"That's strange. always thought
that the dog was mans best friend."-
YOnkers Statesman.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
MISS MARY BRENT wnIrEsIDE.

Brent" Whiteside, Us she is known
to her intimates. has always taken
serious view Of life. Her parents fire.
Quently urged her to give more atten.
ton to society. but In vain. For a time
she turned her attention to literature,
and for several years was editor OF an
Atlanta paper.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
Shrewd.

IL insist that my daughter shall play
nothing but classical music" said Mr..
Sirius Barker.
"For what reason?"
"NOne Of the neighbOrs know a thing
about 1t. and she can murder a piece all
she wants to without their daring to
say a word" -WashingtOn Star.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
WILL BECOME A TRAINED NURSE.

Miss Mary Brent Whlteside, beauti.
full daughter Of Mrs. Il. s. Whitesldc,
Of Atlanta, Ga. niece of former Secre.
tary Ioke Smith, ana distant rela.
tive of Mayor Van Wyck, Is one of the
latest society girls to take up the pro-
fessIOn Of nursing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
A DEMOCRATIC EMPEROR,
Many Little Acts of Kindness of Fran.
cite lcaenh of Austria.

Like many who live In the rnrifietl
atmosphere of courts. Emperor Fran.
els Joseph enjoys nothing better than
a glimpse into the lives Of his hum
blest subjects. SO. In order to come
closer In touch with the peasants. he
has fallen Into the habit of walking
out alone every Sunday afternoon. Us.
TALLY he turns his back upon the city
and strolls out upon one Of the coun.
try roads. where he almost invariably
finds companion going the same way.
u simple tiller Of the soil. When the
Emperor's questions regarding the de.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13

pccted liberality on the part Of his
affable companion SO fascinated the
peasant that they walked OH together
until they reached the palace gate
Some time later foot passenger found
the bewildered old man stumbling
along the road, looking first Mt tho
gold piece In his palm ana then back
over his shoulder toward the Emper.
Or's palace.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
Man. w.v and woman's WAY.

II you make man mad enough he
will always tell the truth; II you make
woman truthful enough. she will always
get mad.-Nev York Press.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13
His Pessiu,istic Idea.

Everybody, you know. marrles for
better or for WORSE" said the married
man.
EYES," said the bachelor, glOOmlly,
land generally gets the worse" --Som.
eryille Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13

Among the drawbacks Of civilization
are the people who think they know
Us so much better than we know them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13

A cabinetmaker IL one Of the circum'
stances that alter cases.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-07-13

The brain and spinal cord have 1000
600 nerve cells.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-12
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.

Henderson Grimett, of this place,
was stricken with partial paralysis and
completely lost the use of one arm and
side. After being treated by an emf
nent physician for quite a while with
out relief, my wife recommended
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and after
using two bottles OF it he is almost
entirely cured.-George r. Mcdonald.
Nan, Logan county. w. Va. Several
other very remarkable cures of partial
paralysis have been effected by the use
of this liniment. It Is most widely
known, however, as a cure for rheu-
matism. sprains and bruises. Sold by
Benson, Smith & Co, Ltd, wholesale
agents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-12
THIS DAY
UNDERWRITERS SALE
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 70

AT 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ,
At the store of H. Hackfeld & CO..
Ltd, Fort and Queen streets, Honolulu,
will sell at Public Auction, for ac
count of whom it may concern, the fol-
lowing merchandise damaged by sea
water on voyage of importation, ex
German ship "Sirene." Capt. B. Sauer-
mich, from Bremerhaven:
Mark H. II. & Co., S No. SO.
255 Cases Sauerbrunnen, so bottles
each.
Terms, Cash. u S. Gold Coin.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-12
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
Residence Property
Estate of a. Kraft, decd.

Under Instructions from MR.. w. L.
HOWARD, Administrator of the Estate
of A. Kraft, deceased, will sell at Pub
lie Auction, on Oct. 18th at II o'clock
noon at my salesroom, 65 Queen
Street, that valuable property on
the corner of Lunalilo and Kewalo
streets and known as the Kraft Home
stead
The property has frontage of 292
feet on Lunalilo street, 260.3 on Ke-
walo street and on Eva boundary OF
371.5 feet, containing an area of 96-100
acres.
Upset price s16,0O0.00.
Terms-One-half Cash, balance In 1
or years at the current rate OF inter
est.
Deeds at purchasers expense.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-12

This large tract has large assort-
ment of well grown fruit and orna-
mental trees. Water laid on through
out, and land of sufficient area to al
low being subdivided into several fine
residence sites.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-19

gent views and report upon what con-
stitutes perfect ship of war.
The Blnnacle's Fame.
The Binnacle, a lively little paper
whose first issue appeared at Honolulu
on January 26, is published on board
the U. 5. s. Iroquois, when in port,
by Chief Yeoman F. ]. McGettigan.
Subscribers are informed that IN the
event of the Iroquois leaving port
copies issued, not time. will be taken
into account in reckoning subscriptions
The Bfnnacle says that among the flf-
teen petty officers of the Iroquols,
eight are American born and SIX nat
uralized.-Army and Navy Journal.
Shipping Notes.
The Gaelic. sailed for San Francisco
yesterday morning about 6 o'clock.
A sailor of the steamer Noeau was
arrested the other day. while in the act
of stealing a sack of sugar from the
vessel.
Captain ]. F. Merry leaves Guam on
the first of next month. He will go to
San Francisco to make his report.
The old bark Topgallant is to be sold
at public auction.
Lieutenant Commander Pond will en-
tertain the British Admiral, the captain
of the Warspite and the flag lieutenant
at dinner on the United Statesxug Iro-
quois on Thursday evening.
The Claudine brought nine clergymen
from the Island of Maui on Sunday.
Among the passengers for San Fran
cisco on the Gaelic yesterday morning
were ]. A. Kennedy and Robert Scott
of the Honolulu Iron Works. who have
gone to bring back skilled workmen
for the machine shops in place of the
strikers
officers of the Austrian training ship
DOMAIN were entertained at reception
and dance at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Suhr last evening.
The bark G. D. Bryant, with a full
load of sugar, sailed for San Francisco
on Sunday.
When Captain Berger and his band
arrived at the Pacific Mail wharf yes
terday morning to play the Gaelic off
they found that the vessel had already
gone. Captain Berger, however, was
bound to furnish music, so he serenad-
ed the warships. the Warspite outside
he harbor and the Donau in the stream.
A long-distance serenade, but none the
less very much enjoyed.
Lieutenant Schewell of the Marine
Corps Of the Warspite is a nephew of
c. M. v. Forster of this city.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-19
WhirlWiind at
Sea.
The Bark Olympic,
Dismasted,
Here.
One of Her Crew Was
Lost During the
Big Blow.

n ARTLY dismasted and with
~ member of her crew missing,
having encountered a whirlwind
hardly five hundred miles out of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-09
Eject of CrystaI Chains.

A triumphal dinner gown which en-
phatically took the shine off the toilets
worn by other women at a recent func
tion" had the corsage draped with crys-
tai chains. The gown was made of
pale violet taffeta, over which was
worn transparent robe Of violet crepe
lisse, embroidered with small crystal
beads. The tunic was slashed at the
sides, and this permitted border of
embroidery all in crystal beads, to run
up and down the panel Of crepe lisse.
Beneath crystal chains of beads, swung
across In half circles, you see the panel
of violet taffeta laid In narrow plaits.
The corsage is decollete, deeply point
ed In back and front and yet has been
fitted SO cleverly to the shoulders that
it appears to come up brighter than it
really does. Crepe lisse wells the taffe-
ia, and around the shoulders is
Shower" of crystal chains arranged In
short loops over plisse of the taffeta.
A narrow corselet belt Of violet panne
girdles the waist. A triflng chain of
crystal beads is disposed in the center
of the chain of violet panne, arranged
just below the left shoulder.
In this dress or one somewhat like 1t
the wearer must carry herself with
caution. Do not rise suddenly or make
unexpected motions for fear of your
crystal chain drapery on the tunic
catching in the upholstery Of sofa or
chair tassels.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-09
Bright Little Sammy.

Sammy (who is never allowed to stay
out of schooD-Howdie Hurlburt didn't
come to school all day.
Mamma-Why not, Sammy
Sammy-'Cause his mother died.
When you die, may l stay home all
day?
Mamma-Yes, darling; you may stay
out whole week.
Sammy (suspiciously)-Oh, / know!
You mean to die in vacation.-Harlem
Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-09

playin checkers or sunthin, but don't
see how you are to git out of it. How
ever, you won't never hev to go up
there ag'in. When you git ready to
buy me a gravestun, you kin send 1t
up by man. l s'pose you'll buy
stun of some sort, won't your
Mr.. Gallup didn't hear. In the fourth
testimonial a man declared that he had
been saved after one whole lung and
three-quarters of the other were gone,
and 1t was a sketch to thrill the reader
clear down to his toes.
"Of course l don't keer about no
gravestun for myself" said Mrs. Gal
lup as she tried to wipe away her tears
with the glass stopper of the bottle,
'but If you don't put one up the nay
burs will call you stingy. Get a cheap
one, however. II you kin git one fur
$40 and trade lot of carpet rags in,
I'd do 1t. l used to think wanted a
whole lot of readin on my gravestun,
but I've changed my mind. Jest put
on that Susan Gallup expired in the
forty ninth year of her age of gineral
disability and that she has found rest
where asthma, boils, backaches and
rheumatic cease from troublln. You
needn't say word about maxim 40
yards Of rag carpet and bar'l Of soft
soap last year while enjoyIn sore eyes
and boil on my arm or that 1 allus
kept catnip, smartweed and pepper
mint herbs in the house and was a
nurse to all the nayburs. No, Samuel,
you needn't-say a word-about them
things. Make it-a cheap-gravestun
and you needn't-never go up there
and-and'-
And when Mr.. Gallup had finished
the testimonials and fully determined
to buy at least three bottles and hide
them in the wood shed he rose up,
yawned and stretched and looked
around to find Mrs. Gallup asleep and
the camphor wasted on the floor.
M. QUAD.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-01-09
The DELAWARE, SUsoUEHANNA AND
L ScHUYLKILL RAILROAD.

Time table in effect April Is, 1897.
=, Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Halle
BROOK, STOCKTON, Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
anu Hazleton junction at 30, 20 a M daily
except Sunday; and 03 a m, 3S p m, Sunday,
=, trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry,
day.
sheppton at 90 m, daily except Sum
Day and 03 a m, 38 p m, Sunday.
~. trains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood,
Nranoerry, Iomhicken and Deringer at 35 q
sunday.
Trains leaye Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Oneida and Sheppton at Q o. II 10 a m, 1 Al M
sunday. 1'
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhick M. Gran.
berry, Han wood, Hazleton Junction and Roam
at225 5 40 p m, daily except Sunday; ana 3 81
m, O7 p IN, sunday.
Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction. Hszle.
ton junction and Roam at IL m, IL 40 8 22
? M daily except Sunday; and Ii m, "A
Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, Stockton, Halle Brook, EckIey, Jeddo
and and Drifton at 22 m, daily, except Sunday;
and III m, A p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
meadow Road, Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at 545, 828 p m, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 10 a m, 8 40 p m, Sunday.
All trains connect at Hazeton junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Audcn-
riea and other points on the Traction Com
Trains leaving Drifton at 90, 90 a m make
connection at Deringer with T. X. X. trains for
Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, Harrisburg and points
For the accommodation of passengers at way
stations between Hazleton Junction and Der
niger, train will leave the former point at
20 p m, daily, except Sunday, arriving at
LUTHER G. SMITH. Superintendent.