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New-York tribune., 1901-02-04
WH4LEN'S CHANGED ATTITUDE.
SOME POLITICIANS THINK HE HAS SET A
TRAP FOR SEXTON

TRAP FOR SEXTON,
Considerable comment was caused yesterday
in political and also in police circles by the re-
port that John Whalen had agreed with Mayor
Van Wyck and John Carroll that John Sexton
should be named for the new single head Of the
Police Department. There has been general
understanding recently that Whalen was at
loggerheads with the Van Wyck-Carroll faction,
and the report that he had agreed with them TO
name Sexton led many to ask the reason why.
This is the reason said one politician. and
time will show that 1 right. Whalen has
agreed. because he feels pretty certain that if
ONLY enough rope is given TO Sexton he will
hang himself II as the sole Commissioner of
Police he honestly tries TO close up the gambling
rooms and the disorderly houses. he will in
faIIbIy embitter large part Of the Tammany
hosts against him; and if he continues to let
things run wide open. as at present. Governor
OdeII will depOse him. and Sexton will be in
disgrace as the who lost for Tammany the
control of one of her chief means of revenue and
also of victory at the polls Either event would
suit Whalen we'll.
The Committee of Five meets to-day. 1t could
not be learned yesterday what it will do.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04
4 MnMAN RURNED TO DEATH.

While preparing dinner for her husband and
three sons yesterday Mrs. John Bannon. fifty
years old. of No. 272 ST. Mark's-ave. Brooklyn
was so severely burned that she died before the
arrival Of an ambulance She was in the kitchen
when in some way unexplained. her clothes
caught fire. With shrek the woman rushed
into the front room While Mr.. BannOn was at
tempting 10 put out the flames they caught in
some OF the furnishings Of the house. The fire
was soon put out
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT WINDSOR.
THE KING AND QUEEN AND EMPEROR
PRESENT IN ST. GEORGES CHAPEL

PRESENT IN ST. GEORGES CHAPEL
London. Feb. 3.-The body Of the late Queen
Victoria has been protected by Guardsmen in
the Albert Memorial Chapel at Windsor, since
it deposited there yesterday. The officials
Of the royal household at Windsor Castle visited
the chapel to-day. well as a number of
friends, and admired the great display OF
wreaths.
The internent at Frogmore tomorrow will be
At o'clock p. m. The coffin viii be conveyed
a gun carriage drawn by artillery horses,
which viii rehearse in the morning. The guard
of honor viii be the late Queens company Of
Grenadier Guards the regimental band accom-
psnying the escort to the mausoleum. The cere-
mony there viii be public by the Kings special
command and not private originally in
tended. the immediate members Of the royal
family attending. The Archbishop Of York.
the Bishop Of Winchester and the Dean
OF Windsor viii oficiste The choir Of St
Georges chapel Royal. Sir Walter Parratt
directing. viii render the music. The choir will
meet the procession at the steps Of the chapel,
and. with the clergy. will precede the coffin.
The royal personages. with the servants and the
late Queens pirers, following.
memorial service was held this morning in
~ Georges Chapel. attended by King Edward
Queen Alexandra, the Duchess OF Cornwall and
i"Ik' emperor William, Crown Prince Frederick
william, the Duke OF Connaught, other relatives
OF The late Queen and thirty ladies and gentle
men OF the royal household. The royal person.
ages wore civilian clothing the ladies wearing
mourning wells The only patches OF color were
'he red coats OF few officers and the white
suIphces OF the choir the whole scene being I'm
Suong contrast with yesterdays brilliant dis
pay Tor the body OF the chapel crowded
og congregation in black.
sir Walter Parrati played q prelude by Cham
NAoe and Canon the Marques of Normandy
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04
CONGRESSMAN SUFFERS BROTHER DEAD
HE HAD SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINES AS CAP
TAIN QUARTERMAsTER.

San Francisco. Feb. 3.-The Army transport
Packing arrived to-day. nineteen days from
Manila or board Captain Raymond
SuIzer, brother Of Congressman William Sulzer.
Of New-York who died just the vessel
dropped anchor in the harbOr. Captain Sulzer
was a quartermaster. appointed by President
Mckinley. and had served two years in the
PHILIPPINES. most of the time in command OF the
steamer Packing which carried coal between
Hong Kong and Nagasaki. He was taken Ill
last month and sick all the way over. His
brother, the Congressman. Will leave Washing
ton tonight for this city
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04
SEVENTY MEN SWEPT INTO LAKE.
ALL RESCUED BY THE HEROIC EFFORTS
OF THEIR COMPANIONS

SomervilIe. y. j. Feb. OSpeciaD.-A gale OF
wind which suddenly swept across Lake Hopat-
cong yesterday morning forced gang Of $50
men. who were harvesting fee near the big ice
houses of the Central Railroad OF New-Jersey,
toward the edge Of large opening made in the
ice Seventy Of the men We're swept into the
water. The remainder Of the men. some Of
y,born saved themselves by using their ice hooks
as brokas heroicaIly set about resCuing their
str,,rriinr companions from the water and sue
ceedad I'm getting every man out alive. A num-
har of the men were exhausted by exposure
after their rescue.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04

General Theological Seminary in 1886. Two
years later he appointed to be chaplain to
Bishop Starkey, Of the Newark Diocese In
1898 he appointed chaplain of the list Regi-
ment National Guard. of Newark Two years
ago he made secretary of the Newark
Diocese. He is unmarried
Barker will have a hearing to-day before Re
corder KFebs.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04
JOHN p O,DONNELL SAYS:

Talking of the railroads in all parts Of the
world. Great Britain excepted, the New York
Central is the hest signalled and consequently the
best protected, line in the word"-Extract from an
address delivered by Mr. John p O'Donnell. mem
Der of the American Society of Civil Engineers
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04

MANY traditions have been neglected in the
ceremonies az Osborne and Windsor. II was
s,rrnerly the custom Of the Yeomen Of the
ruard 70 stand guard over the body Of the dead
o-ereIgn until the burial, and this was done
,-ben William ~ died The Yeomen have been
-s,,eved from this function because the Queen
siea IN her own house and not in palace, and
bscsuse also. by her directions, prepared soon
sfter the death % the Prince Consort, military
funeral was substituted for a State funeral.
The ancient custom of royal burial at night has
also been discarded. and the traditional ritual
N tlra Knights Of tn Garter has been reduced
N its simplest terms The practice Of sending
.uneral vreaths and flowers has been revived on
really stupendoUs scale Albert Chapel and
the adjoining Enclosures were filed yesterday
With costly memorials Of this kind. and hun
dreds of boxes and cases had been unopened.
The Wreaths ara flowers We're a marvellous
tribute TO the Queen.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04

r.ondon. Feb. 4. ! a. n.-The royal coffin re-
,osined over Sunday under military guard in
Albert Chapel. and the interment at Frogmore
,iu he private to-day.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04
BARKER a PROMINENT CITIZEN.

HOARSENESS can be quickly relieved with
JAYNES EXPEcTORANT.-Adv
New-York tribune., 1901-02-04
THE QUEENS BURIAL.
ANCIENT TRADITIONS NEGLECTED IN
LAST WEEKS CEREMONIES.
,r.cTIoN FROM PUZZLE GLOOM NOW PROB
ABLE N ENGLAND-POULTNEY
BIGELOW AND FRENCH
PIRATES

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TRY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
Our Sun a Small One.

The sun is about 100000 miles of.
The only way Of measuring the dis
tance of a fly ed star is by parallax, and
scarcely more than half a dozen can be
estimated that way. Suppose the sun
is here, in SPACE, on Jan. 1. On July
he VIII be 1S4, 100000 miles over there.
This is the base Of measurement. The
observer who wants to estimate the
distance of, say, the star a Centauri
notes it's position with regard to the
next star. In six months he notes
again, and if they are separated by
different distance Il so called parallaX
is established, and some calculation
can be made of the distance of the
nearest one. In the most favorable
cases this parallaX is extremely slight.
What is the sun made of? The lines
of the spectrum give an idea of his
chemical properties, but beyond that
all is hypothesis. His substance, as a
whole, is of much lighter material than
the earth, but yet there may be hard
and heavy fiery pudding inside, for
LHeEe Is Il IISHI anu lIlCh OuIcI COdLlllS,
named the philosophers. Outside this,
refining away to an unknown distance,
is the chrOmOsphere, of hot air, so to
speak. The spots are riffs through the
phOtOSphere, coming and going, and
some are so large that our whole earth
could be shot right through, with
thousand miles to spare all around.
When a total eclipse covers the SUE,
flames to the height Of thousands of
miles are seen out of the phOtOsphere.
The sun is hundred times larger than
the earth, al easy thing to say, and yet
our sun is believed to be a rather small
one. For instance, Sirius is at least
nine times as big.-Imperial.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15

You are skeptical about t9e accuracy
of this statement and ask swhy water
does not leak from a bottle$if there are
holes in everything? The answer Is
simple enough-the drops sOr globules
of water are bigger than the holes.
Taking glass as an Illustration, we nnd
that air is about the OnlS substance
that can get through those holes.
A scientist proposes the following as
an experiment: Place bel in Dotue
exhausted Of air and hermetlcally
sealed. The bell will not Sing because
the medium for conveyingssound is not
there.
Set the bottle aside for asfew months'
then try the bell again, anS 1t Will rlng'
family, perhaps, but neVeftheless there
will be a sound. That mSans that the
air has got in. 1t has made Its way
through the holes in the glass. q.
The incandeScent lamp!:is a DulD OF
glass exhausted Of air OHhat the Slen-
der filament may glow when the elec-
tricfty runs along it. 1ele air works
it's way in gradually and the light be-
comes less brilliant in proportion.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
ON THEIR SEA LEGS.
Cattle and Horses Do Not Get Fright
ened In Rough Weather.

Cattle and Horses Do Not Get Fright
ened In Rough Weather.
"Do the horses and cattle get fright
ened and make much disturbance in
rough weather. asked the writer Of
a New York dealer who ships cattle
abroad.
''Bless you, no. They've got sea legs
that would put an old salt to shame.
Occasionally a horse will lose his bal
lance, but e bullock is the greatest bal
ancer you ever saw. They are knowing
brutes too. You know, we put them
four in a pen. Well, you'll never find
all four standing up or lying down at
one time. They figure the thing out
and decide how they'll get the most
SOOm and most comfort. So two Of
them stand up while two lie down.
When they get tired, they shift the
watch.
''The horses like to be talked to when
there's q big sea on and things are
pretty lively. They always like GER
tain men better than others. So do
the cattle. We have one man who can
do anything with them. Every bud
lock and morse on the boat knows him
by the time we've been out two days.
He comes in handy when there's an
accident.
'It's mighty seldom that a serious
accident happens nowadays, but once
in awhile a horse or a bullock does
get thrown and breaks leg or does
some bad damage. We don't carry a
veterinary. The men know as much
about ordinary cattle and horse all
ments as any vet, and if one Of the
brutes breaks his leg there's nothing
for it but to kill him. A veterinary
/, couldn't do anything for him.
''The company charges from sc to
$40 a head for carrying cattle and
from $27 to $3.50 a head for horses.
When the government inspectors stop
ped overcrOwding, they cut down the
carrying capacity Of some boats Is
head. That made a pretty big hole in
the ships profits in the course Of a
7eaE"-Exchange
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15

n Day Dream of TennysOn.
In the Life Of Tennyson" occurs ts'
following: !
a Kind OF waking trance have fhe
quently had, up from boyhood, wheIa
nave been all alone, This has general!
come upon me through repeating p!
own name two or three times to mysSl
silently. till all at once, as 1t were Gu
OF the intensity of the consciousness
OF Individuality, the individuality itssl
seemed to dissolve and fade away iGtC
Doundless being, and this not in a c$n
FUSED state, but the cleareSt of fht
cleareSt, the sureSt Of the Surest, sht
Welrdest Of the weirdest, utterly Oe
yond words, whore death was an :al
most laughable impossibility, the lSs
OF personality Gf so it were) seeming
no extinction but the only true Lfe
This might be the state which st. Pau
describes, whether in the body l OSln
not tell, or whether out of the bOdS
cannot tell 1 am ashamed of my fee
bic description. Have I not said itht
state is utterly beyond words? Bu3 IL
moment when l come back to IN!
normal state Of sanity 1 am ready tt
light for mein liebes Ich and hold Cha
1t Will last for Rons and aons."
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
Naval Lore.

"This," said the gallant lieutenant.
sis the StarbOard side and the other
the port"
Another social Distinction" mur
INJURED the young woman.
''Beg pardOn?"
"Why. they are all starboarders on
this side and on the other only por
ters."
Not being aware that having war
ships explained to her was one of the
young woman's steady amusementS
the lieutenant naturally reflected OF
The amazing ignorance of the sex ia
his own intense pride.-Indianapolis
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
Eggahen FIOWerBOts.

Eggshells may be used to advsnto..
in starting delicate plants for tran.
planting. The half shells are 6nos
with earth and set in a box also ~"
tanning dampened earth. A boIo :.
made in the point Of the shell to aIIo@
drainage. A single seed is then pIaDt
ed in each she'll which is easily broEo.
when transplanting is done without A.
slightest disturbance of roots. Tbi.
use of eggshells is the discovery of !
French gardener, who claims that tboa
are vastly superior to the little not.
generally used for the purpose By fin
lists.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
How He Cured the nh.

The late Father Boyle, wh9 for years
was one Of the most prominent and
popular Catholic priests ing eWashing-
ton, had a great reputatiOntas a wit.
Some of his most intimate friends were
PrOtestantS and members OF the Prot
eStant clergy. A few months before
his death he erected a miSSiOsgary chap
ell down by the navy yard 3nd bought
at a junkshOp an old bell which had
been discarded by one of Che PrOteS-
tant churches. He sent TIP bell to 9
foundry in Georgetown anf had sew
eraI inches of metal pared fff the rim
Having thus got rid of aScrack, the
harsh and discOrdant tOneS SOf the bel
became soft and sweet. Injecting q
Presbyterian minister not llong after
Father Boyle called his att&ntiOn to the
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
"As Mad as a HutteE."
Exchange

Probably very few persons who ERE
auently use the expression las mad as
a hatter' have any idea as to what it
means or why a halter is necessarily
any more subject to fits of anger than
a plumber, a blacksmiths or a carpen-
ter. The expression is said to have
come into use half a century ago, when
the manufacture of hats was done
wholly by hand. The most striking
thing about the process was that Of the
beating Up Of the felt. The halter first
dipped the mass of wool and hair fire.
quentIy into hot water; then, Seizing a
stick in each hand. he belabOred the
mass most vigorously, stopping now
and then to get his breath, until the
material was matted together in 2
rough sort of felt. The lively beating
administered to the felt, as if the work
man were actually incensed, gave rise
to the familiar Simile.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
TALES OF THE TOWN.
An UnsentimentaI Chap and Man
Who Sacrificed Himself.

An UnsentimentaI Chap and a Man
Who Sacrificed Himself.
Doesn't this weather remind you Of
the cOuntry-its green meadows, its
lowing kline, the Songs of the lark at
sunrise?" he asked of a fellow PasSen-
ger on Il Myrtle avenue car.
"NO, sir, it doesn't" Was the prompt
reply.
''Then you are not given to SENT
ment?"
"Pve gOC barrels and barrels Of il
sir, but this weather reminds me OF
the fact that | burned eight tons @:
coal last winter and still owe for Il
and that I've got to find somebody
who'll trust NE for a spring suit Of
clothes when l get off this old over,
cOatr'
He was man of GO, and, surrounded
by a crowd at the Ninth avenue en-
trance of Prospect park, he proceeded
to explain his fall and his broken bike
by saying:
at was all my own dOings. When 1
got along here, l saw a fat woman
wabbling along on her wheel, and at
the same moment two baby carriages
appeared to block the way. was go
ing at a clip Of 30 miles an hour. 1
could have run over and killed the fat
woman and escaped without a scratch
or could have cOllided with the baby
carriages and left two mangled forms
behind. My resolution was taken in
an instant to sacrifice myself instead
of others, and rose on the pedals,
uttered a brief prayer to heaven and
took a header over the handle bars.
The fat woman wabbled on with hap
piness in her heart, the babies will live
to grow up and enjoy life, and a month
hence my burned old spinal column
will warp back into position, and
will be as good as ever."-BrOOklyp
Citizen.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
Roses and Turka

at would give genuine and relI.
gious Turk fit if he saw how little
appreciation Americans show for the
rose and what little reverence they
have for It," spoke florist as ne wrap.
ped the foil about the stems of a bOu.
tOnniere.
''The rose is beyond question the pret-
hest flower that blooms, and it was so
considered by the Turks many years
before the conquest of Granada. There
is religious legend generally believed
in throughout Turkey that the red rose
sprang from a drop of the great prOph-
ct Mohammed's blood. Everything
beautiful in nature is ascribed to him.
The Turks, therefore, have. great rev.
erence for the flower and allow it TO
bloom and die untouched, except on
state occasions and for the purpose of
making rOsewater.
"After the conquest by the Turks
they would not worship in any church
until the walls were cIeansed and wash
ed with rOSewater and thus purified by
the blood Of the prophet. 1t is used on
the body for the same purpose. A TurS
whose conscience is stung by some act
or deed he has committed will caresS
and pay reverence to the rose to ap'
pease the wrath Of the prophet and
Allah.
"With these ideas inculcated in him
from youth it would shock him severe
ly to see the pretty flower strewn in
the path Of bridal couple, thrown on
the public stage or banked up in hui
dreds at a swell reception or party to
be crushed and spoiled in an evening"
Exchange.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
An Uneven Contest,

'They had a lively boxing match at
Splinter's the other night"
How was that?"
Splinter came home late, and as he
passed through the hall his wife's tall
est palm touched him on the cheek.
Splinter was in an excited condition
and thought it was somebody's fingers.
So he struck out wildly with both fists
and succeeded in knocking over two
palms and severely humping his own
head.'
But why do you call it a boxing
matchF'
Because Splinter put up his knuc-
kles against his wife's palms. ."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
To fountain AMI Sea Shore Reso,

Before completing arrangements f.,
your summer trips orr deciding nnoa W.
places at which to spenjI the SUNNI. n5Sr
you should call on Ticket Agents .Di
Passenger Representatives of the 81
board Air Line Railway. Thev -,
specially prepared to furnish inform
tion as to lowest rates. quickest scbal
ules and most attractive routes to n.
Mountain Resorts in Western NorS
Carolina and Southwest Virginia, aIa
to the SPashOre Resorts of Ocean VioT
Virginia Beach, Old Point Comfort fba
great Eastern Resorts along the ,Jprssr
Coast and other popular places rpacbe5
via the Seaboard Air Line RaiIw,T
This Company is offering lower ratss
than ever with perfect train service and
fast through schedules, 1t will interpt
and benefit you to call bn SeabOard Air
Line Railway Agents. /
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
NnfS as EOOA.

Nuts contain q large a1hOunt of nOur-
isbment. and owing to tIeir oily nature
digest easily. Eaten with salt they are
naIatable. Either as a tlessert course
or saIted and used as h relish their
vaIue is the same. ThRy are not eX-
neDsive. for from the Ikanut through
the imported varietiesf they can be
bought in bulk at small {Ost.
The peanut has manyl good qualities
to recommend it, and from its low estate
is coming to the front an important
item in dietetics. 1t is Supposed to cure
insomnia if eaten just before retiring.
Salted, they are much Gsleaper than al
monds. The small bic lOry nut, at q
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
AEi.a (nEn:iC, Caught.

y
The wit is mUrp To he dreadSd than
your worst enemy. Witty peOiSe have
q way OF slappiHg Il title on yO9 which
sticks for life. THESE things bJeIble Up
on their lips. ami woe to the vic Jim. He
or she is ruined and made & public
laughing stock. Even your besf friend
will giggle on the sly. One society cir!
here, really nice girl. has tip habit
however, of sitting in judgment on the
family standing of other people. She
will make some disparagingf remark
and conclude with, "Oh, well, ybu know
and l know they are really NIT to the
manner born"
Now this girl does not come IF aristo-
cratic blood on her maternal SIDE. Her
ancestors were simple, honess trades
men who never pretended tOs style or
had any ambition to pose q aristO-
Gratis. They were in the shoe business.
One day the girl was talkinglmuch as
usual. The wit, alas, was on Deck load
ed with back number facts. Oh" said
Miss Critic. with a toss of he} head, as
she mentioned a debutante, 'bf course
she is not to the manner borny always
like to express myself in quotations"
$50 do l." said the wit s5ftly and
wickedly. "My favOrite is 1ft not the
shoemaker go beyond his lastt.' LOU
iSyiIIe Times.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
BaIl,a CamDaf~n Story.

1t is not probable that better story
teller than eX-LIeutenant Governor Da-
Vid A. Ball of Missouri ever stood be:
fore an American audience. In 1896
he was trying to persuade the gold
Democrats that, Notwithstanding the
fact that they differed from the regu-
lars on the financial issue, they agreed
with them on so many points that they
ought to vote for Bryan anyway. He
wound up that part of his speech as
follows:
"How would a MoSsback Missouri
Democrat look voting with the Repub-
licans? l will tell you. Up in Pike
county an old chap undertook to COM
NIT suicide by hanging himself with a
blind bride. Just as he was about
dead his son cut him down. The old
man rubbed his eyes and said, John, if
you had let me alone a minute longer
l would have been in heaven Yes,
replied the boy; you would have cut q
deuce of a figure in heaven looking
through a blind bride. wouldn't you?
And that" concluded Mr.. Ball. ''is the
way Missouri Democrat would look
voting for Republican under any cir
cumStances whatsOeverw-Ch Champ Clark
in Saturday Evening Post.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15

change, and the latter could scarcely
believe it was the same bell.
what in the world did you do to
that bell" inquired the Presbyterian
pastor, ito cause such change in the
tOneY
eve blessed it and blessed it and
blessed it until we got the Presbyterian
devil out of it." retOrted Father Boyle,
"and then it sounded all right
Washington Star.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
The Domestic Muse

"JOhn, have you brought the coal
in?"
Eyes, dear"
"And lit the fireY"
"Oh, yes.'
'And put the kettle On?'
"JuSt have"
'WelA then, you may go up stairs
and write a few poems to pay the
grocery bill, and don't forget a sonnet
for the gaSp'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-15
Same Here.

"Why can't you sing out the names
of the stations clearly?" said an irate
railway passenger to a London porter
who had just delivered himself of the
regulating string of unintelligible glib
OeriSh.
'Phew!' exclaimed that individual.
Ere's a feller as expects hopera
singers for the wages of a railway
pOrterr'-Tit-Bits.