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Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-31
RECKLESS AARON BURR.
The Drams.o story Of His Marriage
IN Old Age,

The Drams.le story Of His Marriage
IN Old Aao,
The story Of Aaron Bars marriage
In bis old age 10 the widow OF Stephen
Junel, who was well known IN the
early history Of New York city, Is
dramatic 1ae
Conceive. Il goa will the picture or
Burt gifted GdveAtuTer that ne vas
broken in health, branded III the popu-
lar mind as the murderer OF Alexander
Hamilton and returning from o long
exile to find himself an outcast IN the
city where ne had once been the po'it-
ica monarch Of al, be surveyed and
distinguished figure in society and at
the bar Conceive II YOU can. this
lamentabe old man, smirEing through
his wrinkles, bowling and prancing
rather stlfiy because Of his rheumatic
Joints and with his mouth full Of pref
~ pladtudes, paying court to the wld
ow Of Stephen Jumel herself In the
prime of years and health. Remove
from the picture its surface incongrui
ties, aud you have a bit Of pure pathos
uneCualed IN the annals Of foolish great
men
But something Of his old time pow
er to charm the scuter sex must have
stood by him in his years Of mental
and physical misery, for in hts suit for
| the widow Jumels hand and fortune
! he wOn glorious,v, dramatically. Re
buf1ed repeatedly, Burr finally de.
clarel 70 passionate rage that on a
given Cay be would arrive at the Jumel
mansion accompanied by clergyman,
who should marry them on the spot,
He would give bis prospective bride no
quarter, no chance Of escape from the
inevitable.
She was amused at the threat and
dismissed the old mau with more than
her usual GOODNESS Of demeanor Burr
stuck to his avowal and one July day
rolled up IN a carriage, and with him
was q miuister the same who fsty yrats
before performed the marriage cere-
! mony f0r rug, HlG +Ip mother Of his
| nau%Aef. me beauLuul INeOdOSiI,
There vas something of a scene In tho
old house 81 this day There were
tear " anger on the part Of Burr.
J RELATIVE demonstrated; Burr remained
/ iumoyab.e All feared a scandal Tue
minister, book in hand stood unob
trusicely IN the background There
were more tears, more declarations Of
undying love, and the widow june
became Nlrs. Aaron Burr.
They werc married in the great
drawing room Of the Jumel mansion
Burr sQuandercd with reckless hanC
the wealth acquired by Stephen june
and left iar the enjoyment Of hi,
marital partner There were many Bit
ter quarrals between the III mated pair
ana they we're soon divorced. Bur-
| died in 1896, but madam lived unit
1865 dying q recuse and miser. tn.
money received from the Jumel estate
boarded in an unused chamber.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-31
Mathematics al Oxford.

There is an interesting story whicl.
shows the disposition OF Oxford 10.
ward mathematics A venerable don
who had bought half Il dozen books NJ
s. I'd. each requested the bookseller
70 give him a piece Of paper for the
purpose OF arriving at the amount He
then wrote down IS. Cd. six times. ono
under the ether, and YVES slowly add.
ing them up when the shopman ven.
tured to point out the shorter method
of multiplying one IS. OF. by G. Dear
me" exclaimed the don. Really. thar
is most ingenious, most ingeuious.o-
London Globe.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-31
stones an nlaas Ao.,sOs

The origin Of the saying. Those who
live in glass houses should not throw
stoncS is as follows; At the time Of
the union Of England and Scotland
London was Inundated with Scotch
men and the London tougbs used 70
80 about at night breaking their win
dows. Buckingham being considered
the chief instigator Of the mischief. q
party Of Scotchmen smashed the win
dows Of the dukes mansion. known as
the Glass House. The court favorite
appealed to the king, who replied.
'Steenie, Steenle those who live In
glass houses should be careful how
they fling stoncs"-New York Ameri-
can
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-31
victory 70 Juggermut!"

VICTORY 70 JuRgtEIHuI'
Once on q time infatuated worship
ers would throw themselves Under the
wheels OF the mighty car that they
might be crushed to death, counting u
privilege and q Joy thus TO perish.
Some might DO It today II the peternsl
British government did not provide
against such catastrophcs ny taking oI
due precauton.--John J, Pool, r. H.
Y. K. G. s.. IN los Angeles Tines.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-31
Antloipatiru Him.

Night after night the exceedingly
quiet and backward youth had called
on a nelghborlng farmers daughter.
sitting perfectly mute beside her while
she DID all the entertaining. This
night however, the youth, wishing for
glass OF water suddenly surprised
her By hurting out Say, Sal, will
YOU
Don't exert yourself, Reuben" she
interrupted. II understand. Yes. Have
you brought the rlngT = Bohemian
Magazine.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-31

The Housewives are the Family
Buyersl and Advertisers Reach
them through the Columns of the
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-31
The Columns of The News

Contains all the local doings
and social happenings all
over st. Lucie County as
well as all News pertaining
to Fort Pierce in particular.
1t aso contains the best Sc
rial stories, as well as sever
al columns of the best OBJ
tainable miscellaneous read
ing matter and it's editorials
are original and local.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-31
yellow Fever.

The first appearance Of yellow feve.
is said to have been among the Sol.
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The sun., 1908-02-02

their argnmSnts and their speeches with
out any notice at al from the surrounding
country. 20 10 speak. the outlying desks
whore the uninberested continue their read
ing and writing. talking and laughing.
-Mr. Speaker" says Mann a. no jumps
into the argument.
He says it from force Of habit. for on
these occasions half the time his back Is
toward the Speaker. who for his part Is
deep In conference with somebody and
doesn't know who has the hoor anyway.
But the novice up in the gallery need not
worry.
1t he goes 10 the Capitol often enough
TO get over being a novice he will see
days come when the House IL crowded with
watchful. earnest men. anaISxing minutsly
a proposed piece OF legislation. contestinK
or fighting for every inch Of its way Of
passage. assailink the Speaker with a rapid
frs demand for rulings which tOst at Onoo
his ability and his integrity. He will
realize then that work has been going on
somewhere. That to sit In his seat and llntsn
20 small talk on small matters h not really
the chief end OF Congreaemen. That swap
ping stories has not been the sole oOcupa-
tion Of the men Who have BEEN turning the
House into q good inaisation OF Q eaWnnill.
There's no use getting into q panic. az
the new Representative from Georgia did
the other day. He seems 70 think that
because the House doesn't make grand
speeches about big bills every day and pass
q revolutionary measure three times a
week nothings doing. He 10 likely TO find
out his mistake later and even 10 wiSh there
had been more innocuous pension bills and
fewer pieces Of radical legislation not cut
after bis particular pattern,
The sun., 1908-02-02
WOMEN EARN 20 CENTS 4 DAY
French Government Report VIII show
Mlsertes Of Home Labor.

NhH8CHbbD " haAAhU AaUOhs
The French Ministry OF Labor has in
the press a volume Of 100 pages ON the
conditions OF womens work at home Some
extracts from it which have been published
indicate extreme misery. especially among
Seamstreeees. These conditions. the report
states. have grown worse instead Of
better in recent years The factory laws
requiring ventilation. toilet accOmmoda-
tons. safety devices on machinery and
shorter hours OF labor have closed a great
number Of small factories and workshops
The result is that the work Is now done in
garrets and tenement rooms through con-
tractors and sub contractors. The COM
petition among these and the consequent
price cutting has become so acute that they
can hardly make a living themselves, and
those whom they employ are cut literally
TO starvation wages.
One example quoted 10 that Of an old
woman. a widow Of co. who has supported
herself a. o seamstress for twenty-five
years. Sometimss she makes pillow cases,
sometimes she sews the buckles on gartsrs
and suspendsrs. She is able TO earn about
a cent and a fifth an hour and last year
made only 80 francs, or $40. This, with va
from the Assistance Publiqus. was all she
had 70 live on.
No doubt this woman's age was one
cause Of her extremely low earnings. but the
case OF a shirt waist maker, 10 years old and
a skilled workwoman. is given as typical.
This woman. who Is described as Nine. r..
works at her trade seventeen hours q day.
She spends besides two hours on her house
hold duties. sleeping only five hours. Her
net earnings. after she had paid for thread.
needles and the like is sos francs or SlOl 90
q year.
Another woman OF the same age. Nine, I.
who sleeps only four hours and gives seven
teen OF her working ones TO sewing on shirt
waists. petticoats and aprons, earned in
the twelve months for which her record
was taken eS7
The case Of a young woman. Nine. l., %
years old. is also illustrative. She makes
corset covers. which come to her from q sub
contractor. She has a sewing machine
and is paying for il at the rate of 80. 20 q
month. She works fourteen and a half
hours day and earns % francs OF s8 a
month. Until her machine is paid for she
has to be content with two meals a day
and goes to bed at midnight supperless
Another young woman, who makes under
wear for the dry goods stores, earned S81. %
In year. Still another, 30 years old. says
that in twelve years she has never been
able 70 make more than 500 a year by seven
teen hours work q day.
In the 100 pages Of the Government re-
port there are said to he at least 10. 900 cases
equally distressing. No remedy for the evil
10 suggested.
The sun., 1908-02-02
BROKE 4 BARREL, But KEPT on.
An Incident OF the Heavy Going in the
streets After the Storm.

Driver going up " arren street with truck
with a pair OF horses and a load OF sons
sort of produce in barrels. the barrels stand
ing on end and in two tiers one on top Of
the other This was just after the snow
storm and the going was slippery. and this
drivers horses were smooth shod.
The horses did the best they could, but
smooth shod as they we're and with the
going as it was they slipped and houndered
and finally got stalled.
Coming along behind this truck was a
driver with an empty truck and with q
pair Of horses sharp shod, and this driver
after the common manner Of drivers ses
out to help his brother ahead who was
stuck
He worked his way up to the rear OF ths
stalled truck and set the end Of the pole Of
his truck against one OF the barrels on it.
And then the driver OF the stalled trliCk
started up his team and the driver of ths
pushing team started his and what with the
pulling Of his own team and the pushint
OF the other the driver of the halted QUITS
got his truck started though You could
hear the barrel crack under the pressure
put upon it,
Twenty feet further up the street the
produce drivers team stuck again, but tbs
other driver didn't desert him. He cana
up again and once more set the end OF th6
pole Of his truck against that barrel. and 50
once more helped 10 Start up the produces
truck. pushing this time harder than ever,
so hard in fact, this time as TO threaten to
push in the side Of the barrel; You could se8
Il bend now and you could hear IL crack and
crack. and q man on the sidewalk who had
been looking at ell this and who was COM
cerned about the barrel shouted:
-Tey. there! You'll bust that barrell"
But the driver OF the produce truck. Wbd
had heard the barrel cracking as well az
anybody else, who was perfectly alive to
the situation. hut who preferred TO risk a
small loss for n great gain. called hack
cheerfully 70 the other driver:
~Clo ahead To thunder with the barre!'
And so he kept his own horses pulling
while tho man behind kept on pushing. and
In a little more they had got to where the
produce man could keep his load moving
with his own team.
The sun., 1908-02-02
RETORT THAT COULDN'T BE NET.
OHIeer Meets HIs Match I'm q Gun Quar-.
teFmaster &C . Western Post.

UMteer Meet8 hAhB WAtcn IN q Gun quar-
termaster ct . Western Post.
sEn an interchange Of repartee. friendly
or for blood, one can nearly always find some
sort Of answer in rebuttal,- said an army
Officer Of the Quartormaster's Department,
but got the fnsst flooring at a Western
post the other day you ever heard Of.
This cub 10 the Quartsrmaster at tho
Western post. Rather a classy young fell
low. too. only eccentric. suspect that
what ails him 10 that he's bit Of genius.
Grave defect in q young officer Of the
American army. genius. under tho present
regime.
About two years ago this young olficer
had q bad AZ Of sickness after his return
from the Philippines. and II affected his
head. In fact. he had TO take sick leave
for six months and 90 to an institution
where people are treated for nervous pros
tration. At the end Of his six months he
vas examined by board Of army surgeons,
pronounced quito sane again-they gave
him q certificate to that effect and he was
restored TO duty In the Qusrtermaster's
Department. He was assigned to duty at
this Western post.
He isn't much Of q bookk eeper. and his
accounts got all picked up q while ago.
and 80 after q lot OF futile correspondence
tho Quartermaster's Department fred me
Oh to straighten the cubs accounts out.
when finished the job OF Strengthening
his accounts l proceeded a. per orders
20 read q little piece or two from the riot
act to him.
you've got to take q brace. son. said
TO MIN, or they'll be coming down on you
LA Nhnt,annA 80 hr1nlr The
stand for another bunch OF messed up
accounts from You. You've got 70 get
right down TO e and keep these things
straight II yOu lose a leg ct the job
We'll. he'e q decent boy. and all that. but
when he proceeded 20 give me an argument
about this gentle little lecture I couldn't
help but call him. His idea Of Il was that
the Quartermaster'B DEPARTMENTS estab-
hshed method OF having post accounts
kept was all wrong, too laborious. involved,
like 20 have the Job Of revising the depart
ment's old fashioned methods, a. he called
them. This particularly riled me.
You're dreaming. youngster.' l said
to him. Dreaming or daft.
Then utterly forgetting that the young
fellow had been out Of his head in a sani-
tarium for quite a spell-Of course ! never
would have made the remark II I'D re-
membered that added:
Fact 10, you're as crazy as a loon.
The Whelp knew that l wouldn't have
said that had I remembered about his
experience, and so he gazed at me without
q bit Of resentment In his expression.
Is that so2 he said to me. All the
same, I'm the only man on this reservation
who has got a certificate that he Is abso-
iUteiy sane
Il suppose that wasn't a hot one 1t took
me right OF my pins. There wasn't word
to be said in reply TO that. and the only
thing could do was to slOuch away and
make for some quiet spot where could
think IL over .
The sun., 1908-02-02
'PALEFACE IVANPUNKEEPER
DIR. JOHN NJ. CLARKE CUSTODIAN
OF ONONDASA TREASURES.

Director Of state Museum First white Man
10 Bear the Title Of Ha-sa-nA-g a-da--A
Belt That Keeps AntI-IhristlAn Feel-
In8 Alive Among OnOndAgH "PaSans.'' -
SYRACUSE, Feb with a quill plucked
from an American eagle and dipped in a
native dye Chief Baptist Thomas. the
chief executive OF the oldest nation in
northern North America, signed the other
day a document conferring on Or. John
Mason Clarke. director OF the New York
State Museum at Albany, the title Hs-
Ba-na-ga-da, or wampum Keeper Of the
OnondaRa Nation and Of the Five Nations
and Six Nations Of the New York IroquoIs.
DR.. Clarke, though distinguished as a
geologist and paleontologist. was sur
prised when he heard Of the honor coming
to him because he has not had any dealings
with the Indian tribes. He owes the honor
TO a Seneca Indian connected with his
scientific staff. Tho Seneca having made
the suggestion that Or. Clarke was the
proper person 20 choose a. wAmpum
keeper. Mr.. Parker. the State Archssolo-
gist, hunted down the facts and decided
that DR.. Clarke's title was clear. and the
president Of the Onondaga council Of chiefs
ihereupon set his hand and seal to the
document appointing him.
The Onondaga are referred TO as the
oldest nation in this part Of the continent
because these aboriginal New Workers
were living Of Onondaga when Henry
Hudson in his Half Moon sailed up the
The sun., 1908-02-02
ANIMALS IN BRITISH COURTS.
BabOOn. POrcuDlne and Frogs Have bee /
Hailed Before Magistrates.
From the Wssiminster Gazette. .

The Irish terrier which exhibited its tricks
the other day at the Westminster police court
is by no means the firsC animal which has
relieved the tedium Of an English court Of
law by les antics.
In a Manchester police court a balloon
which appeared in the dock with iIs owner
on a charge Of breaking into fowl house
showed its contempt OF the Court by stealing
and chewing up pens under the very nose Of
the Magistrate.
In evidence in smother case a DoFcupine was
exhibited on the witness table OF a county
court 90 show whether or noC II was worth
the money claimed for IL; white among other
animals which have made similar uncOn-
ventionaI Appearances In recent years have
been cats. donkeys tnot, however. allowed
within the precincts Of the COURT and baby
lion.
The sun., 1908-02-02
A NEGLECTED GODDESS.
PearI street statue That Few Notice in
These Days.

The Goddess Of Pearl Street is not -
well known to-day az she was years ago.
Tho little locomotives that used to pun
along the second avenue elevated road
have turned her into "A mulattO. and the
pilllrs Of the elevated have nearly shut her
from view. But once she was charming.
She sits on the second hoor level Of
M Pearl stTeet. looking wistRully uptown.
Beneath her is a tablet commemorating
the twenty million dollar fire OF 1885 Below
this is a second tablet saying that tho
goddess Witnessed another fire in 1854,
and also blazoning forth the name Of the
Sible for the building.
The sun., 1908-02-02

LnCHff
spaces. two running on one track, two on
the other. As Uncle Joe is up and down
fifty times q day while presiding. this sliding
track Is very convenient
Among the things which always amuse
the gallery gods il the spectacle Of Repre-
sentative going through all the motions of
addressing the House while the House
shows not the slightest consciousness that
il is being addressed. The orator himself
doesn't seem to mind.
He is in reality not talking to the House
and the House knows IL. He is getting his
speech into the records, whence he will
have it reprinted and sent back 10 his con-
stituents.
The records fortunately will not disclose
the fact that nobody paid the slightest
attention TO the gentleman's remarks ex-
cept the official stenographer. who had 10
got within six feet OF him in order TO hear
what was said These stenographers lead a
feverish existence anyway.
Sometimes q small discussion crops I'd
which interests few Of the members. They
| mana go to hsar each other above the con-
fusion At least they get q general idea OF
what the others say. But the stenographer
cannot be satisfied with general idea.
He must have the exact language so no
scoots about from one to another, pad in
hand. taking notes as he goes. II would be
disconcerting to most men to have a stenog-
rapher loom up within few feet as soon as
they opened their mouths. but Representa-
tives get used TO that.
One Of the funniest little ways Of the
House is its custom Of letting those who are
interested in a certain piece Of legislation
get together in a more or less compact
group where they can hear and be heard
By one another and where they go on with
The sun., 1908-02-02
Is A BOTTLED DELIGHT

THOUSANDS have discarded the idea
4 OF making their own cocktails, all
will after giving the CLUB COCKTAILS
fair trial. Scientifically blended from the
ch9icest old liquors and mellowed with age
make them the perfect cocktails that they arc.
Seven kinds. mos, popular (which ar. Mar
tini (Gin bass), Manhatran( (Whisksy bas-).
The following label appears on every
bottle:
Guarantees under the National
Pure Food and DTuNs Act, Ap-
proved June 3oth, I9o0. SERIAL
G. r. HEUBLETN q BRO, Sole Props.
Hartford New York London
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-08
PLACE WILL ON RECORD.
Testament Of BENJAMIN Andrews
Mentions "My Wife, Bertha"

No mention OF Mrs Laura Andrews.
who claims to be his widow. Is made in
the will Of Benjamin Andrews. proprietor
of the Merchants Hotel. whose body has
been placed In a cemetery vault to await
the determination Of which Of two claim
ants is his widow. The will filed late
yesterday afternoon for probate was ex-
ecuted April L. 1907. With the exception
OF bequest to his nephew. Charles w.
Hart. OF 133 shares Of the stock OF tho
Patapsco Loan Company OF Baltimore
city, his entire estate ia devised to my
wife Bertha v. Andrews"
Mr.. Andrews directs that the business
Of the loan company be continued as
long as practice Bile. The hotel business
at iS5 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. he
directs. shall be sold and the proceeds
applied 20 paying of membranes on his
real estate In Baltimore. An indebted
ness due from his nephew Is ordered
Cancelled.
William H. Lawrence 10 named 40 ex-
ecutOr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-08
RIVALS SHAKE HANDS EYES FOR EVERYTHING
Presidential Nominees Meet at School Children Visit Tuber
BANQUET in Chicago. cuIosis Exhibit.
|CHEERS GIVEN FOR "BILL" CAME IN "LITTLE GROUPS
Feeling Partansp That U.s. Batches of Eight Hun
Occasion. dred So
EACH COMPLIMENTS THE OTHER HAD ALL THEIR OWN WAY
Exchange Saw Everything Seeing and
the Watching Throng Looks All Had the Time OF
Delighted. Their Lives
School Children Visit Tuber-
CuI0SiS Exhibit.
CAME IN "LITTLE GROUPS"
That Is, in Batches of Eight Hun.
dred or So.
HAD ALL THEIR OWN WAY
Saw Everything Worth Seeing and
All Had the Time of
Their Lives.

Just how much good the great cam
paisn of education carried on by lee
lures. through the press and by the aid
Of photographs. graphophones and demon
strations at the international congress on
tuberculosis in the new museum building
might have been gathered by the obSer-
want members of the human family this
morning when thousands of High School
pupils broke loose and swarmed through
the corridors.
Supt. A. T. Stuart has been wearing a
really worried look for three days. Most
of his charges from the High Schools
have been conducted through the building
by this afternoon, and his brow is be-
ginning to clear up again-but such trou-
BILE he has had!
The management of the school-children-
personally-conducted tours said that the
children would come in groups. Groups is
a nice. refined word. and carries with it