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The Jennings daily record., 1902-06-22

wheels on this and mounts. Then the
mea raise their heads and bodies. lift
ing the wire and Madame with out
stretched arms seated on her machine.
As they raise their heads and bodies
the combined weight of Madame and
tho machine lifts them from their feet
and peises them by their hand and
arrtfs on the supports they: are grasp
ing. If Madame falls off they in1me-
lately fall to their feet. They achieve
perfect balance, the weight of the
lady on the wire acting as a pound OF
sugar placed in pair of scales acts
lifting the opposing pound weight.
Altogether the Onllaw performance
is thoroughly genuine show and q
most arduous show. 1t seems to re-
fleet the severity of Outlaws early
training. Feel my face" he said to
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are not ordinary criminals, but are the
Truands that Jean Richepin described
in his study of the fifteenth century
life in his brilliant play at the Odeon
three years ago. They are outlaws,
by inclination and destiny. AS a rule,
they are the finest looking young fel-
lows in populous quarter, and every
one has his pseudonym, which is gen
orally of d picturesque and even po-
etic character. 1t is very difficult to
enter one of the bands. and. once en-
tered. Freemasonry knows no oaths
such as these blackguards have to
answer to.
They are Immediately branded with
caustic pencil or tattooed so that
they cannot escape from one band to
another. A revolver of heavy caliber
and dagger are issued to every mem
Der, and then the officers are selected
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The Hollanders first duty in South
Africa is to support an administration.
honest and impartial, untainted by
the touch of gold; and. as long as it
be honest, it is no concern to our
Hollander whether it be English OF
German or Boer or international" >"
What the Hollander has to guard
against is the influence of the Dop
pers and the Krugerites being again
introduced into South Africa. and
against Holland being made the cen
ter of intrigue by those who seek to
regain the authority which has now
been lost to them.--Hague Hollandia.
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RUBIES THAT ARE NOT GENUINE
-Reconstruct "a stones That Have Lit
tie Monetary Value

tie Monetary Value
Between two and three years ago
there appeared on the market what
is now known to the trade as a re
constructed" ruby 1t is not an imi-
tation gem. 1t has all the chemical
and physical properties of the real
thing 1t is as hard. 1t possesses the
same specific gravity and is as genu-
inely beautiful in color. Even the
cleverest of experts viii admit, if he
be pressed that he distinguishes it
rather by the absence of flaws - an
by the presence of defects. A recon
structed ruby is apt to be too perfect.
Of course. as soon as these stones
began to be sold. people in the jew
where they came from. They discov-
cred that a Frenchman had learned
how to fuse small rubieS or fragments
of rubies, in an electric furnace and
mold the resultant product into one
perfect whole.
In time tae purchasing public got
to know this also ana the price of the
uuaSi-artificial gems dropped by de-
greeS from 500 a carat to about $50
Nevertheless. at this reduced price
the manufacturer" and his wife and
son are rapidly accommodating a huge
fortune. and their pile" will continue
to grow doubtless until either the pub
lie tires of his stones or some one
gets hold of the family secret.
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climax of the Onllaw show. however.
is a pretty little speech in broken
English: Ladies and gentlemen. l
will now perform a trick on the wire
which has never been attempted by
any other lady in the world" The
men are standing on their pedestals,
the ends OF the wire in their teeth as
usual, leaning over the supports in
front of them so as to allow the bicy-
cle's length of wire to lie on the
ground. She places the bicycles
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The world of entertainment is more
exacting than the world of everyday
life. We tolerate late trains. badly
built houses, indifferently cooked
food, imperfectly fitting garments, but
let a public performer exhibit the
slightest crudeness in his art, let him
fall short, to the smallest extent no.
ticeable, of displaying an easy COM
mand over his work and accuracy in
executing it and we promptly extin-
guish him with ridicule. These re-
marks receive ample support from the
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Highness ordered a boat 10 be
brought, and assisted in bringing it
with her own hands, Offering a reward
to the rescuers. The excitement was
increased when a man who had gone
to the help of the submerged skaters
himself disappeared. After a few
minutes work three of the men were
rescued alive, but the fourth had al
ready succumbed. The Princess was
heartily cheered for her part ip the
rescue.
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in formal manner that would sug
eest a meeting of u board of guar
dians.
The voting papers are placed in an
urn, and the elected chiefs return
thanks in dignified language. From
that moment these armed and organ
lied bands defy the police and terror
ize the tradesfolks. who at the pain
of their lives dare not denounCe them.
Meanwhile the wealthier blackguards
who frequent the boulevards and who
are in league with them supply the
money for barristers OF the first order
when some of them are arrested.
~ the death of Aurelien Scholl
Paris loses one of her wittiest iourna-
lists. Born at Bordeaux, of Belgian
stock. in 1893. he became a Partisan
to the backbone. With his right eye
armed with a monocle he was for
years a familiar figure at Tortoni's
which. indeed, he only ceased fire.
Quenting when the landlord died and
the cafe put up it's shutters to reopen
as brasserie.
His biting gibes led him into many
q scrape. Perhaps the most serious of
these was when one of the victims of
his attacks, instead of challenging him
to a duel, calmly broke champagne
bottle over his head at the Cafe Richie
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An exciting scene recently took
place on the ice at Potsdam, in watch
Princess Frederick Leopold, sister Of
the impress, took a leading part. says
the Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Mail. Seeing three young men
go on a piece of ice which has been
roped off the Princess was about to
warn them of their danger when they
suddenly disappeared. Her Royal
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Great Onllaw Trio.
Gustave had reached the tender age
OF eight when he stealthily quilted
his fathers house in Vienna and at
tached himself to a travelling Italian
circus. This step he bitterly regretted
for the next eight dreadful years.
while he travelled with the show
through Poland. Russia. the Caucasus
and Siberia. During all that period
ne never knew what a bed was. His
master gave him a sack and told him
if he wanted anything softer than the
ground to sleep on to go and steal
straw. This he used to do regardless
of the cuffs and kicks he received
when caught.
Five shows a day they sometimes
gave and young Onllaw would per
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the virtues of a stranger: and then.
as Isabella would not mend her ways
Isabella had to go. She must have
had tough constitution to have done
what she did, and gone through what
she did; and the present king of Spain
may have the better chance of a long
life. because a pair of able bodied
srandmothers figure in his pedigree
not only Queen Isabella but the Arch
duchess Elizabeth OF Austria. who has
also entered her seventies.
Queen Nathalie of Servia, who has
passed the greater part of the winter
at Berck-sur Mer. where she now is
has. it appears. abjured the orthodox
faith and gone over to Rome. without
anybody but her Immediate entourage
being the wiser. The ceremony of her
baptism and reception into the Romish
church, which was conducted very
quietly. took place a day or two ago
in the chapel of the Cain Perrachaud
hospital.
Countess Boni de Castellane is
again happy mother having just pre-
sented her lord and master with an
other baby boy. The Due de Luynes
has promised to act as sponsor to the
little stranger, who is the third son
born to the de Castellanes.
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THE FRENCH, CAPITAL !
Especial Letter.).

and nearly killed him. OF course there
was a lady in the case. The least said
the better about his marriage with
Miss Irene Perkins, the daughter of
the brewer, which only lasted brief
space before judicial separation was
obtained, in camera, before the French
courts.
Aurelien Scholl made no pretense
to any political opinions. Gifted with
an abundant dose of sparkling wit,
he would simply sit down at the cor
ner of a table and dash off a column
or two of brilliant epigrammatic writ
ing. turning somebody or something
into ridicule. His contributions to the
last commanded fancy prices. More
over. he was a man about town. a
viveur, who enjoyed all the good
things Of this world that he could lay
hands on, and considering the pace at
which he went through fife, the won
der is that he attained, within year,
the age awarded by scripture to the
best of us.
The prince and princess OF Monaco
seem to be resigning themselves to
the inevitable, and to be giving up
hopes of living in anything like ac-
cord. 1t is understood that they have
at last agreed upon one thing. and
that is that they would both be the
happier for a legal separation. The
fact is that each is passionately devot-
ed to a hobby which has no sort OF
interest for the other.
The prince delights in posing as an
expert among men of science. and he
grudges neither money nor time in
pursuit to his end. He lavishes his
revenues on his steam yacht, which
is fitted up in the most eXtravagant
manner for ocean exploration; and in
her he has sailed the seas from Su
matra to Zbergen-dre&ging. sur
veyins, mapping, measuring-consid
ering himself we'll repaid by some
cephalopod or cruStaceau which his
trawl has been the first to wrest from
the bottom Of the seas.
The princess hates the sea. and she
hates the Shiny, unsavOry sea beasts
even more. She is devoted to music,
and gathers about her artists men
with long hair and soulful eyes, whom
her husband detests with vigor that
rivals her hatred of his trawl. No
wonder there are ''ructions' whenever
his highneSS and madame la princesse
have attempted to reside together in
that palace of theirs. which might he
in the very Garden of Eden itself as
far as environment of beauty goes.
The eX-Queen Isabella H.. now a
genuine widow. is II years of age and
still enjoying life in Paris She be
gan her reign nominally more than
siXty-eight years ago, as a little child.
and under the regency of a mother
who was a disgrace to European royal
ty. 1t suited Spanish and French pol
iticians to declare Isabella of age. and
fit to govern, when she was but 13.
For some twenty-five years after
ward a chivalric and patient people
bore with a muddie-headed, good-for-
nothing sovereign, either because she
was a woman, or because they pre-
ferred her faults, bad as they were, to
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tunes and their apparent enjoy
ment of all attainable luXuries.
without regard to expense. Presumed
ly, big throng has come over from
the United States to participate in the
pranks of the coronation season in
London, and this whirl in Paris is
real Siddy preface. Anyhow it is clear
that hundreds of Americans with lots
of money to spend and hundreds mod
erately supplied with cash will tour on
this side the Atlantic this year.
OF course tradesmen and hotelkeep-
ers-indeed, all industries in Europe
expect quite financial harvest from
this unusual number of sight and
health seekers
The bands of latter-day '"Truands"
which now inhabit some parts of Paris
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CONSPICUOUS feature
in the gay life of the
French capital this spring
is the great number of
Americans. These folks
from over the sea are dis
tinguished by the wonder
full elegance of their cos
Evening journal., 1902-04-16
MEAT SITUATION
GROWS SERIOUS
PrODrietOrS Of Small Res.
taurant Feel the Advance
CHICKENS and EGGS HIGHER
Butchers Are Alarmed at The Big
Falling on in Their Retail
Beef Trade

Meat prices this morning were about
the same as ON Saturday and no further
advance is expected this week At the
shop Of NJ Matthes this morning the
following prices were asked. Sirloin cuts,
25 10 30 cents; rump, 20 cents; round, l6
cents; rib roast, IS to 20 cents: chuck. ~
TO "a cents: pork chops, 10 cents; lamb
chops 25 cents; roast, IS cents, veal
chops is cents; roast, IA to lG cents; cut
lets, 20 cents.
Salt meats have advanced but half "a
cent pound aud lard remains about the
same price as usual
The persons TO feed the advance in the
prices OF meat are those who keep board
ing houses or cheap restaurants. In some
cases board has been raised from fifty
cents TO 81.
The proprietor Of a small restaurant,
whore meals are served for fifteen cents.
said this morning that the profits i'm his
business had greatly diminished since
meat prices have been so high. Chicken
dinners which generally cost twenty-five
cents are now supplied for fifteen cents
i'm some places instead of beef
a hfAt - ANNNluANlN no NlNNtN ANNhN III
fifteen cents meals, The said. "rhe price
should be twenty cents Butter and other
food stuifs have also an upward ten
dency."
Many OF the smaller retail butchers re-
port falling of in their sales and if an
other advance is made some Of them'will
be- compelled to go out of business.
The demand for chicken has induced
farmers to keep the greater number Of
their eggs for setting purposes and a
large crop Of chickens and "A decrease in
price is To be expected. Chickens were
scarce in market this morning and
brought good prices. riggs sold from II
to is cents dozen and will go higher, a,
The demand for them advances.
Poor people are forced TO purchase tn,
cheaper cuts of meat and buy stewinl
lpieces taken from the forepart Of IN,
neck With these they cook dumplings
The greater number, however, do not
buy meat at all but use fish as substi
tute.
Evening journal., 1902-04-16
BROKER CHARGED WITH
A SERIOUS OFFENSE
Alleged TO Have Obtained About
$4,000 Under False PrOtenSCS
In Business

H. c. Robinson. stock broker, re-
Gently of Fourth and Market streets,
was arraigned before Magistrate Hol-
lis this morning on the charge of OBJ
tanning money from William II. Lun-
gren by false pretenses. Mr.. Robinson
waived a hearing and was held in ST.
600 bail for upper court.
The action was brought by Mr.. Lun-
gren. who is represented by l.. Irving
Handy the claim that he gave money
amounting to about $4,000 to Mr.. Rob
inson to purchase stock for him. The
receipts held by Mr.. Lungren are said
to BE in the name of r. r. Robinson &
Co. and the checks we're cashed by
Robinson & Co. Mr.. Robinson is said
to have made out the checks in thC
name of Robinson & Co., while the re
ceipts are given in the name of r. R
Robinson. The case resulted from th'
failure Of the brokerage firm about
eighteen months ago.
Mr.. Robinson says that the trouble
was due TO the Philadelphia office o.
Robinson & Co.
Evening journal., 1902-04-16
FINED FOR BEATING HORSE
Walter N. RObb Fined SIS aud Cssts.
Son Assaulted Father

Walter NJ. Robb was arraigned in the
City Court this morning charged with
cruelty to "a horse. George NJ White.
man testified that he hired the horse Ia
Marshall Pierce. but that Robb returned
IT, The animal showed traces OF a severe
heating and was ovcrdriven. Agent
Frank Stout said he saw the horse this
morning and that IL was in a bad condi.
zion. Robb was fined Si5 and costs.
lanes Garrity was charged with beat.
ing ms aged father. The latter appeared
in the court with his head bandaged. lie
testified that his son beat him with a
dinner kettle, but said that he did not
intend TO assault him and asked that the
case be dismissed. The prisoner was fined
So and costs.
Victor Hill was charged with the lar
ceny of brass and copper from The Amer
lean Car and Foundry Company. The
brass could not be identified and the case
was dismissed.
The following sentences were imposed
for drunkenness: Herman Fennimore, 81
and costs; William Forrest, $S and costs;
John Mal0vin, 81 and costs; James
Green, SO and costs Lavina Spple, col
ored, charged with acting disorderly,
was fined SO and costs.
Evening journal., 1902-04-16
SUIT AGAINST RAILROAD
Frank J. Dugan and Miss Ida Reese Want
Damages for Personal Injuries

Frank j. Dugan and Miss Ida b
Reese yesterday through their counsel
Hoftecker & Honecker. instituted sui
in the Superior Court against tho
Philadelphia. Wilmington and Balti.
more Railroad Company The action
is brought to recover damages for per.
sonal injuries sustained by the plain.
tfIs in an accident on SJ1nday morn.
ing, February %. 1902.
The accident occurred at the Third
street crossing. Miss Reese being in a
cab that Dugan was driving. The
plaintiffs say that the safety gates
We're up and they We're not warned OF
the approaching train. II will be re-
membeed that the horse was killed
and the cab demolished by fast news
paper train. Dugan was thrown into
the air and was severely injured. Since
the accident both have suffered from
their injuries and the shock.
Evening journal., 1902-04-16
THE DOTS ARE COMING TOMORROW
COUNT THEM OR GUESS THEM

The Evening Journal is going to
give away $50 in prizes to its readers.
The first prize will be S25, and there
are fifteen prizes in all.
Every one Of these prizes will be
awarded. If no one guesses correctly,
then the best guess will win. But you
needn't guess; if you can count cor
rectly you may call and get your $25
in gold. and we shall pay it over with
smile
We propose TO tell you all about 1t
tomorrow, and to print the puzzle, so
you had better get a copy Of the Even
ing Journal to be in time.
Our readers will get these prizes, and
all persons connected with the paper
are prohibited from guessing. Yol
needn't ask us for the solution, because
we don't know il, and will not till w
come to award the prizes. The secre
is held by the originator, and will no
be given till the contest closes.
Here are some of the conditions
You must be a subscriber, for we onl,
give this to our friends. II your sub
scription is paid to date, you have
i guess for every months Subscription
paid ir advance (25 cents per month";
If you are a new subscriber. pay you
twenty-five cents for the paper for
month, and get a guess, or pay for tw
months and get two guesses, and so on
BY paying for a year in advance yo
get twelve guesses.
) Why do we do this? Have we none
p to throw away? Well. it hasn't com
to that yet. but instead OF having tn
Evening Journal in half the homes
we want it in every home. We ar
confident that when it gets there j
Evening journal., 1902-04-16
MANY SALES AT MONTROSE
People Anxious to Procure Beautiful Home
Sites Alone the Delaware

The sale of building lots at Mon
trose is meeting with great success,
and if the weather remains good, the
managers predict that all lots will be
sold soon. Anyone wishingto purchases a
home site should not miss this oppor-
tunity to do so, as Montrose is beau
tifully situated near Gordon Heights,
on that high section of land overlook
ing the Delaware.
Already a number Of prominent peo-
pie have purchased home sites there,
Large numbers Of men are now making
improvements in grading and laying
out streets.
Evening journal., 1902-04-16

will stay. The contest opens tomor-
row when the paper goes to press, and
continues for two weeks, closing at
p. m. on Thursday, May 1.
There is no catch in This. Somebody
will get these prizes. and their names
will be published that you may know
that the people have been treated fair
ly. The guesses will be scheduled in
the order of their reception at this Of
fee. and the first correct guess calls
for the first prize. If nobody is right,
then the nearest guesser Will be re-
warded-keeping in mind the time
they come in All the other prizes
will be awarded on the same basis.
The Prizes
To those guessing the correct or near
est correct number of dots in the chart
to appear tomorrow the Evening Jour
nal will give the following prizes:
First nearest correct answer, $25 in
gold.
Next best answer, SIS in gold.
Third best answer, s. in gold.
Fourth best answer, SO.
Fifth best answer, 81.
Sixth best answer, 81.
Seventh best answer, ST.
Eighth best answer, 81.
Ninth best answer, 81.
Tenth best answer. 81.
Eleventh best answer, 81.
i Twelfth best answer, 81.
Thirteenth best answer, 81.
I Fourteenth best answer, 81.
Fifteenth best answer, 81.
Get copy Of the Evening Journa
tomorrow. read the conditions and tr,
your skill. You may be able to us'
that money,
Evening journal., 1902-04-16
TRAVELLING AGENT HAS
THRILLING EXPERIENCE

Edward J. Frysinger. formerly of
this city, who has just returned from
"a trip to Pittsburg, reports a remarka-
bic experience on the journey through
the Allegheny Valley last week. He
says he figured in five railroad wrecks
and landslides, but escaped injury
That there was not loss of life or seri-
GUS injury TO passengers, he says. was
due to the excellent system maintniaed
by tle Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. He states that he carried his
heart in his mouth most of the jour
ney. but as far as he knows me is not
suffering from heart disease, but his
nerves received a jarring that did
them no particular good.
Mr.. FTysinger now is travelling for
Palmer & Co., newspaper brokers, of
New York.
Evening journal., 1902-04-16
ANOTHER MOVE FOR
NEW SHIP CANAL

Washington, April 16.-RepresenJa-
tive Davidson. of Florida. has submit
ted a report recommending the passage
OF a Joint resolution authorizing a re-
port upon a ship canal between Chesa-
.peake and Delaware bays.
IL is argued that the opening of a
waterway less than fourteen miles in
length across the Peninsula between
these bays would save S1,5000O0 an
nually in the transportation charges
of the cOastwiae trade.
The proposed measure calls for sur
veys at different points, with the
probability Of purchasing the OLD
canal.