Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 20 February 1895 — Page 3

THE-

PUCE 10 BUI!

No. 59 V. Main Si. Gaiit Blk.

Special intention given lo children. Kind reader, we earnestly solicit a store of your patronage, (louds delivered tree of charue.

URIAH GARRIS

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1C. MUSIS.

3 Organs,

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YOUR SO DECIDED BY THE SENATE.

Groceries,

Fine Fruits,

lie Made

Is al

Thos. J. Orr the old reliable music dealer, has put in a stock

New and Second-hand

And wants people desiring any kind of an instruinent to call and see liini. Money saved sure. THOMAS J. ORR.

West Main St., Greenfield.

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Flag Stop.

No*. 2.6, 8 and SO connect at Columbia for Pittsburgh and the Kast, and at Richmond for Dayton, Xenia and Springfield, and Wo. for Cincinnati.

Trains leave Cambridge City at t7.05 a. m. and +2 00 in. for Kusiiville, Shelbyville, Coltiinhus and intermediate station*. Arrive Cambridge City |12 30 and t6 35 P- in. JOSEPH WOOD, E. A. FORD,

Geaaral Managtr, Generil Piswngur Ag«m,

1-20-95-R PITTSBURGH, PKNN'A. For time cards, rates of fare, through ticket«. baggage cheeks and further information regarding the running of trains apply to an Agent of the Pennsylvania Lines.

Stu" A|«rif«.$7a WMk. Rnlaair* territory. Th«

Rapid DbfcWa»h«r. WufcnalUlM diahea for a family in on* miaul*. WaahM, rlnaea and drill than without watting the haada. Toa puah the button, the machine doM the r«at. Bright, poliahed dlahtf, and cheerful wirca. Ho scalded fi ngera.noaoiled handaor slothing. No broken dihea,'no

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SILVER LEGISLATION.

There Will Be None By This Congress.

Jlr. .Jones' Mill I'or the Unrestricted C'oin-

I gc Silver l'ractieally IH-feateil Tlic

Opposition l»eady to Talk Against Time.

Tlie House Discusses the Naval Appro

priation liill Several Hills Passed.

"WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—At 0 o'clock last night tho senate adjourned, after a determined but fruitless effort

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part of tho silver men, led by Mr. Jones of Arkansas, to pass llio bill for the unrestricted coinage of silver. Mr. .Tones himself made the motion to adjourn after it had been made evident that- a. voting quorum of senators could not be held in the senate chamber for an allnight struggle.

One of the surprises immediately preceding the adjournment was a resoln-. tion submitted by Mr. Wolcott

rado, OIK* of til'1 most active silver leaders, declaring that while the welfare of the country required the free coinage of silver at the ratio of ill to 1. yet in viewer the near adjournment of a ingress and the pressirg demand of appropriation bills it "was inexpedient to enter upon the consiuera present sc.-•

.pedient to 1 11!' the silver bill at the •f congress. No action lit .-•-'!nr oti. but it was !.'• 'ant-j i'oi eshadi iwing the s.'ver wiien it does

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was taken agreed a. g. the course of 301110- up.

The silvs, /eng'th at ue tevd iv and

Mr. Piatt of Connecticut then took the floor and made an argument against the bill, being frequently interrupted by points of

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quorum and roll calls and

suggestions for closing debate. Mr. Jones appealed to the opposition to fix a time for a vote but

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could be reached. At 8 o'clock the senate business was brought to a standstill by the failure to secure a quorum, on Mr. Aldrioli's motion to go into executive session. From that, time until adjournment vain efforts were made to secure a voting quorum, although a quorum was present most of the time, many senators refusing to vote. The tedious process continued until o'clock, when Mr. Jones reluctantly yielded and the long session closed.

House Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The house spent the day in the further considera tion of the naval appropriation bill The points of order made by Mr. Savers against the items for the increase of the enlisted force of the navy were over ruled, and his amendments looking to their elimination were defeated.

The committee

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victorious

naval affairs were

every test of strength

taken. The paragraphs providing for the increase of the navy (the battleships and torpedo boats has been reached and the committee is sanguine that the increases recommended will be authorized despite the determined opposition of Chairman Sayers of the appropriation committee, who announced yesterday that he would fight the authorization of the uew ships until the close of the tes sion.

The conference report on the bill to extend the time for making the returns under the income tax law were agreed to, and several bills of minor importance were passed at the opening of the session.

SHOT THE WRONG WAY.

Lieutenant Fremont P. Peck Killed While Testing a Sew Gun.

SANDY HOOK, N. J., Feb. 20.—Fremont P. Peck, first lieutenant of the ordnance corps, was killed at the proving grounds this afternoon by the bursting of a breach of a rapid firing gun. The test of a 47-10 Hotchkiss rapid firing gun was underway. Two rounds with fixed ammunition had been fired by Lieutenant Peck.

Captain Frank Heath, the commanding officer of the proving grounds, and Major Frank H. Phipps, the president of the ordnance board, were present at the time. Lieutenant Peck stood almost back of the gun, and pulled the trigger for the third round. The breech of the gun burst and the breech block flew backward, fragments striking Lieutenant Peck on the face and side. His injuries were such that he died within 15 minutes. Sergeant John Thorpe was slightly injured in the leg, but nobody else was hurt.

Klectlon In Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.—All indications point to the election of Charles F. Warw.ck, Republican, as mayor of this city by a majority estimated at from 50,000 to 60,000 over Robert E. Pattison, Democrat, the.ex-governor .jof. the .state. William J. Roney, the Republican candidate for receiver of taxes, has evidently been largely cut by his party, but his majority over Colonel Sylvester Bonaffon, the Democratic and reform candidate. is estimated at 40,000. Twelve police magistrates. 11 select counciimen and 70 common counciimen have been elected, and present indications are that the Republicans have these offices

Snow-Laden Fir For Laurel. AWTUCKKT, 1 Feb 2 0 Mr Louis Frechette, poet laureate of Can•da. was tendered a brilliant reception sere by representative# of the French population and prominent citizens A banquet was given at the Hotel Benedict, followed by a concert at the Auditorium and a reception

Swindled Three ltanks.

BALTIMOKK, Feb. 20.—William W Crozier of the firm of H. S. Lanfair A Company, who committed suicide a few weeks ago, is found to have swindled three banks out of several thousand dollars each by hypothecating receipts for a stock of canned oysters, which was in reality coru, etc.

The Charge of Desertion Still Stands Against J. Kckert, of New Philadelphia.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The president yesterday sent to the house his veto of the bill to remove the charge of desertion against Jacob Eckert. The bill was introduced by representative Richards of Ohio. The president gives the record of the beneficiary, who lives at New Philadelphia. O. He was a private in Company B, Fifty-first Ohio volunteers, and was convicted and sentenced to 12 mouths' imprisonment by a court martial for desertion. The president then says: "It seems to be that the provisions of this bill amounts to a judgment of a regularly constituted court and legislative pardon of orl'en.-u of which the soldier as convicted. If this doubtful authority is to be exereisi by congress it should be done in such a manner as liot to restore a man properly convicted and sentenced as a deserter without even the allegation of injustice to the rights of pay. allowances and pension belonging to tlio.se who faithfully and honorably engaged

their country.

Colo

ves asserted their -or of the proceedings ,re of :i(i dis

placed the morning business, and took up the silver bill before the regular or:ler had been reached.

Mr. Vilas of Wisconsin then took the floor for four hours, in a carefully prepared speech defending the administration for the recent bond contract. "When Mr. Vilas concluded at b:'M) p. 111., active steps were taken by the silver men to force a final vote. It was evident, however, that the opposition was ready to talk against time, and thus carry the debate through the night, if necessary, to cut off a vote.

the military service of

Students' tloycott.

TOI:OM', Feb. 20.—The threat of the students attending the Toronto university that if Profosor Dak was not iv-inst-ated and an investigation into thy management not grained all lectures Would be boycotted, was no idle one. All but rive of the students keptaway from the building Tuesday and the professors had a holiday. The government will not yield. It is said the 1 students will march to the parliament buildings and demand redress for their alleged wrongs. Students of all de110111 iitational colleges wili co-operato I With tiie 'varsity hoys.

Dons Female Attire.

ST. Lot'is, Feb. 20.—Mr. I. A. Turner of St. Catherines, Out., who wad stylishly dressed

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female garb, was re-

fused admission to the Planters' hotel when his sex was discovered. Turner explained that he was searching for his wife, who eloped from St. Catherines six weeks ago with a commercial traveler, and that he had traced the pair to 1 this city. His disguise was adopted to aid his search. Turner secured longings elsewhere, and proceeded to patrol tho depots and hotels.

A Millionaire Judge's Will.

SCUANTON, Pa., Feb. 20.—The will of the late Judge John Hundley has been admitted to probate. He bequeaths to the city of Winchester, Va., .f250,000 for a public library #50,000 to St. Patrick's orphan asylum of Scranton $250,000 to the Home of the Good Shepherd of Scranton $25,000 each to Annie Haley, his housekeeper Mrs. Anna li. Mayberry of Grand Rapids and May Gertrude Campbell. The insurance ou Judge Haiulley's life amounted to |125,000.

They Killed an American.

COKDOBA, Mex., Feb. 20.—G. R. Morrison, an American, residing in Detroit, was killed by Mexican bandits about U0 miles south of here two days ago. He was on his way to inspect coffee lands, with a view to investing in them, when the outlaws made the attack upon him. He was robbed of a considerable amount of money. Four of the bandits have been captured and will be shot.

Favorable to Lawyers,

SACKA.MKNTO, Feb. 20.—The senate judiciary committee has agreed to report favorably on what lias been termed I the Philbrook bill, providing that no practicing attorney can be disbarred for contempt, of court before having first been tried by a jury for libel. The bill also reinstates attorneys who have been I disbarred without such trial. I

Found It est.

NEW YOHK, Feb. 20.—After 17 years of a fruitless battle for fame and wealth Charles Gustave Loeber, who tried to demonstrate that travel in limitless space is practicable, died suddenly of heart disease in Brooklyn Saturday. He was an able lawyer, but only used his talent as a means to obtain money for experiments in aeronautics.

shaking Grass Dead.

NKW YOKK, Feb. 20.—Shaking Grass, the Iroquois Indian, died at his home in this city. He was (55 years of age. At his bedside were his faithful squaw, Laughing Linnet, and his bosom friends, White Cloud and Veiled Sun. Many years ago S-aking Grass was known as one of the best canoe pilots ou the Ottawa river.

Suicided at Sea.

QUEKNSTOWN. Feb. 20.—The Cunard steamer Aurania, from New York, Feb. 10, for Liverpool, has arrived here. She reports that she had an especially stormy passage, encountering a succession of easterly hurricanes. On Friday, Feb. 10, Hamilton Patterson, a steerage passenger, committed suicide by jumping overboard.

Itfsiuarck's Health.

LONDON, Feb. 20.—A dispatch to Tho Times from Berlin says that the latest accounts regarding Prince Bismarck's health show that lie is troubled with neuralgia and that he is apprehensive that he will be unable to answer all the calls (hat are certain to be made upon him on April the anniversary of his birth.

Hold but Fruitless.

Los ANGELES, Feb 20.—A bold but fruitless attempt to rob the bank at Azusa was made Monday night. Cashier Daniels was in the bank when two uieu affected an entrance. A lively exchange of shots followed, and Daniels fell with a bullet in his shoulder One robber was captured.

Fraud Detected.

&r LOUIS, Feb. 20.—The claim of Charles Willis, arrested in New York city upon the charge of looting a room in tne Fifth Avenue hotel, that he is a traveling salesman for Cunningham Brothers of St. Louis, is positively denied by the members of the firm.

Sport* Clearing Ont.

MOBIM!, Feb 20.—The grand jury has brought in a report, and as a consequence all the sporting fraternity are making themselves scarce. Indictments were found against nearly every saloonkeeper in the city for selling ou Sunday.

IUUI. Captured.

NIWYOKK. FV'IU. 20 —Canao Braico, alias "Frank Charley" of 135 Ewing street. Chicago, who on Sept. 13, 1894, murdered Dominic Buaiana in Chicago., was Tuesday captured iu this city. Braico is 17 years old.

VETOED BY THE PRESIDENT. WILL CONTINUE THE STRIKE. NEW FIELDS FOR NOVELISTS.

No Prospects of a Settlement at the Tudor Iron Works in East St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20.—M. M. Garland, president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers of America, arrived in East Sr. Louis yesterday from Pittsburg, for the purpose of effecting an amicable settlement of the strike at the Tudor iron works in East St. Louis. The old workmen, to the number of (00, who have been

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a strike

for six weeks, held a meeting and appointed President Garland as an arbitrator

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their part to confer with the

officers of the company. He called upon the president, Colonel Meysenburg, at the works in the afternoon.

President Garland said that Colonel Meysenburg flatly refused to leave the matter to arbitration for the reason, as lie claimed, there is nothing to arbitrate, and all efforts on his part were fruitless to induce Colonel Meysenburg to change his mind. President- (rarland .reported the situation to the men and they agreed unanimously to continue the strike.:

N'ot an Accessory.

CHICAGO. Feb. 20.—Thomas Donahue was diseharged yesterday l'ri»:n trial as accessory to the murder of A. D. Barnes. Judge Freeman held that the evidence presented by the state was not sufficient to send the case to the jury. Donahue drove the team that carried the body of Barnes across the city from the Hiawatha flats and it was alleged that in receiving an intimation of the crime from the conversation of Jordan and Annie Mahouey, and in failing to inform the police, lie had become an actessorv after the fact.

Well

Known Gambler

Dead.

LOUSYIIXK. Feb. 20.—Eli Marks, probably the best- known gambler in the south, (lied in this city at 2 p. in. today. For years he made gambling a business and acquired quite a fortune, but of late lias had reverses and died practically reduced to poverty. He was a member Morgan's famous raid through Ohio and southern Indiana during the war, and was universally known and loved for bis many acts of kindness and charity. Captain Marks leaves a widow and two sons. He was 4(J years of age.

Sent Hack tor Life.

OROVILLK, Cal., Feb. 20. Martin Meyers, the aged convict who held up and robbed the Forbestown stage coach on Saturday last and who was captured Monday, pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. As an excuse for his crime he stated that he had been unable to sell his mines, located in British Columbia, and that he had concluded that the quickest way of obtaining money, which lie badly needed, was by robbery. He is do years old.

Unknown Ulan Killed by a Train.

HOLYOKK, Mass., Feb. 20.—An unknown man supposed to be Lafayette Cummings of Fort Adams, R. I., was struck by a passenger train in this city yesterday and killed. Letters in his possession A. jre addressed to

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light artillery," and mention a wife and young son in Sidney, la., also a father and mother living in Eaton, Iml. The man was about I0 years old. He was walking on the tracks when the engine struck iiim.

Germany Will Control Samoa.

AUCKLAND. N. Z., Feb. 20.—A steamer whic.h has arrived here from Samoa says it is rumored there that German warships will arrive during the month of May for the purpose of subjugating and disarming the natives. Tiie Germans, then, it is further said, will exercise sole control over the island. Tho rumor, it is said, has consular authority.

Time to Prepare For Death.

JKFFEUSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 20.—Late yesterday afternoon the governor respited Henry Kaiser and Jacob Heinze, who were to hang next Thursday for the murder of Stockman Brown. This additional time is given by the governor in order that they may prepare for the solemn ordeal which awaits them.

£xplosion in a Foundry.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 20.—An explosion of benzine and linseed oil at the Iron City foundry, on Twenty-third street, yesterday caused a fire that destroyed the works. William Sehultz, a painter, was fatally burned and John Bolage, a workman, was seriously hurt. The loss was $40,000 fully insured.

lilack Men in Conference.

TUSKEGKE, Ala., Feb. 20.—Several hundred delegates to the negro conference which will open Wednesday have arrived in this city. Among the arrivals are many of the most prominent negroes of the south.

Indications.

Fair warmer weather westerly to southwesterly winds.

THE MARKETS.

Review of th« Grain and Livestock Markets For February 1U.

Pittsburg.

Cattle—Prime, $5 20@5 50 good, $4 60® 4 90i good butchers, $4 10@4 40 rough fat, IU 20@B 80 fair light steers, |3 60@ 8 60 fat cows and heifers, f2 50@4 00 bulls, stags and cows, $2 00@3 50 fresh cows and springers, 915 00@40 00. Hogs— Philadelphlas, $4 40@4 50 best mixed, |4 85@4 40 Yorkers, |4 20@4 30 roughs. 93 00(^4 00. Sheep Extra, 94 Q0@4 20 good, tS 30@3 60 fair, #2 20@2 80 yearling?, 9? 40@4 50 best lambs, $5 00@5 50. common to fair lambs, 93 00(84 50 veal ehlves. 99 00««

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Buffalo

Wheat—No. 2 red, 5c Corn—No 2 yellbw, 46}£c: No 3 yellow. 45%o No. 3 corn, 45o.. Oats—No. 3 white. 35}{0 No. 8 white, 35c No. 9 mixed. 88o CattleGood steors, 93 90@4 26, fair to good fresh cows, 9283i46 per head. Hogs—Pigs and lights, 94 25@1 30 good mediums, 94 35 ohoioe heavy, 94 37{@4 40 Sheep and lambs—Choice to extra lambs, 95 05@ ft 95 good, 95 15@B OO4 ohoioe mixed sheep.. *4 0C@4 40.

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Cincinnati.

Wheat—54@54J$e. Corn—43c. CattleSelect butohers. 14 25@4 50, fair lo good, 94 10®4 65 common, $2 25@8 85 Hogs— Selected and primo butchers. 94 25(^4 30|

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94 10 25 common to rough, 50@4 Sheep—92 00@4 25. Lambs— 93

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Chicago.

Hogs—Selected butchers, 94 20@4 40 packers, 94 05@4 30. Cattle—Prime steers, 95 20@5 75 others, 92 80(?5 10 cows and bulls, 91 55(33 70. Sheep 92 2b®4 40 lanibs, 93 25@5 40

New York.

Cattle-91 60@5 15. Sheep—«2 75®4 25 lambs,2&®6 00.

Wfty Does Not Some Writer Use an Eskimo as Heroine?

The division of the earth among contemporary novelists has not as yet included Greenland, where some new writer can lay tho scene of a story in which the heroino will wear sealskin trousers and calm her troubled heart with mighty drafts of traiu oil.

Neither has any novelist seized upon China, where great things may yet be done by a story teller who really knows something of that modern and multitudinous sphinx, the Chinaman.

But with these exceptions there is very little desirable territory which is nor pre-empted. This of course greatly hampers new novelists ^Jo are compelled to write novels de..vf.g only with English men and women at home.

England is the common possession of everybody.and even the American writer who does not. wish to imitate either Mr. Ilarte or Mr. Howells is compelled to lay the scene of his stories in London or in some one of the many little English colonies to be found in continental cities.

The English novelist who wishes to write a story characterized by some little novelty is reduced to inventing Dodos or other fabulous creatures, an attempt which fails more frequently than it succeed..

This state of things is so plain to every writer that I wonder that no one lias rushed in to occupy the Greenland or the Chinese field.

A Greenland story would at once attract attention because of its novelty, and we who have never been to Greenland could warmly recognize the truth of its local color, and the profound knowledge of Eskimo character shown by the writer.

An advancod Eskimo maiden with a wild desire to woar petticoats instead of trousers and to drink tea instead of train oil could hardly fail to charm the reader.

I am afraid, however, that tho advanced Eskimo maid would pot survive beyond the first four or five chapters, for I understand that whenever an Eskimo woman exhibits symptoms of advanced thinking she is immediately set adrift on an ice floe—W. L. Alden in Idler.

BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA.

An JSasy Matter to Float on the Surface of the Thick Water.

The Dead sea, or more properly the Salt sea, is also called in Scripture the sea of theArabah in tho Apocrypa, the Sodomitish sea in tho Talmurlical books, sea of Salt and sea of Sodom. The name Dead sea seems to have been first used in Greek, and tho Arabic name is Bar Lut, or the sea of Lot. It has a length varying from 40 to 46 miles and is only about three miles across at its broadest part.

From the analysis of tho United States expedition it appears that each gallon of tho water, weighing 12I4 pounds, contains nearly pounds (53.819) of matter in solution, an immense quantity in view of tlio fact that sea water, weighing 10.^ pounds per gallon, contains less than one-half pound. Of this 8 'o pounds nearly a pound is common salt (chloride of sodium), about two pounds chloride of magnesium and less than one-half pound chloride of calcium (muriate of lime). There does not ap- means pear to be anything about it inimical to life, and the story of a recent tourist confirms this. Ho says:

'As for the Dead sea, it will, in contradiction of the name, forever preserve a green and living memory in my mind. No fish can survive in it, wo all know, but, for a place for a swim, or, above all, for a float, commend me to it beyond all the Winnepesaukees in the world. How it bears you up in arms! How it annihilates the tiresome ponderosity and dignity of tho laws of gravitation! How it introduces you into the inner consciousness of dainty ariel and thistledom and all other airy, fairy creatures! The more you weigh the less you weigh. There is the real hydrostatic paradox. An elephant in the Dead sea would feel himself a gazelle. Then what a mirror its steely surface was that morning, and how beautiful its reflections of tho mountains of Palestine on the one hand and of Moab on the other!"—Brooklyn Eagle.

Electric Lights.

A Vienna professor gives it as his opinion, after much research on the subject, that all delicate persons and those who suffer from nervousness should never remain long in a room lighted by electrio lights, its effect on the nervous system being such that after awhile they generally become uneasy and depressed and find it impossible to concentrate the attention for any length of time. Young persons, on the contrary, and those with strong nerves find the influence of the light extremely beneficial, especially when the brain is overworked and tired, the effect being much the same as that of strong coffee —i. a, increased activity of the nervous system.

Through Algerian Spectacles.

In a delightful paper before a club recently Mrs. Fannie C. Barbour, the writer and traveler, gave a description of her visit to somo Algerian ladies. Through the interpreting friond who aocompanied her tho hostesses conveyed their polite pity at her extraordinary costume. "Where," they asked in plaintive pity for the unfortunate Amerioan, "are her Turkish trousers?" When told that she came from America, they asked where that was, and on hearing that it was across a great sea oomplacently remarked: "Not so great as oar Mediterranean. There is no sea like that.''

Food For Man and Beast.

"We read sometimes," said Mr. Billtops, "of people 'eagerly devouring' a newspaper, but horses sometimes do that literally. Twice lately I have seen horses eating newspapers. Perhaps this might come under the head of 'taking in every word.' "—New York Sun.

THAWING OUT FROZEN MEAT.

A Dark Room Treatment Uefore Leaving the Cold Storage House.

According to the process invented bv Messrs. Nelson Bros, for thawing frozen meat in such a way as to put it on the market in a sound condition and I avoid the many objections to which the sale of the meat while sti 11 in a frozen state was open, the eh a- p.' of tho apparatus is provided with double doors, one of which is extremely thick, so as to shut out, as far as possible, all external atmosphere. The chamber has no windows, but is supplied with electric light.

On entering one sees only somo 30 quarters of beef hanging in rows on hooks over a slightly raised open Tilatform, with a canvas curtain at the back. Under this platform, however, there is a series of steam pipes, while behind the curtain there is a series of pipes filled with compressed ammonia, similar to those used in connection with the ordinary freezing processes. Tho steam pipes under the meat cause a current of warm air

ascend ail around it, and as soon as this current reaches tho top of this chamber it .s drawn to the freezing behind the curtain, by which all the moisture is frozen out of it, on to tho pipes themselves. It, accumulates there in the form of snow .-ome three-quarters ox an inch in thickness.

The snow has to bo scraped off the pipes iVoin time to time, and it is staled that the accumulation during five days, in tiie thawing of !!0 quarters of beef, has resulted in no fewer than Id") pounds of wai r. During that same period the meat has lost only percent in weight. The purpose of the canvas curtain is to divide the ascending warm current from tho descending cold current, and if, is claimed that the effect of this incessant passing of the air first over the steam pipes and then over the freezing pipes is eventually to free it from all moisture. When tiie meat is first hrinu, tho temperature of the room is almost at freezing point, but on the fifth day the temperaturo of tho chamber has beau raised to that of the air outside. Ly this time tho frost has all been thawed out of the meat, which is then in a condition to be sent to market. London Invention.

ROMANY'S PRINCE WILLIAM.

He Lives Near K:ist Hartford—His Tribe Are Noted Horse Trainers.

One of tho most famous representatives of Romany Rye in this country is Prince William, as ho is called, who, with his family, lives near East Hartford. There are branches of the family at New Haven and Bridgeport. The East Hartford branch of the family is tho main branch.

Tho Williamses are all horse dealers. Attached to their residence are stables which, in winter, always contain astock of fine blooded draft horses.

One of the interesting sights at the stables aro tho wagons that are used by Prince William and his family wiiea they go off on their annual nomadic pleasure trips. These wagons cost from §1,000 to §2,500. Prince William's private, wagon cost §2,500 and is fitted up in regal style.

In these trips around tho country the whole family joins. These trips aro made in the summer, spare horses being taken along and sold or traded. This cavalcade of a dozen fancy Wagons and about 100 horses.

Tho start is made about tho 1st of August, the entire family—men, women and children—being taken along. The party keeps together, traveling by easy stages, about 20 miles a day being considered a good journey. When in a hurry, they can make 40 miles a day.

The place selected for tho night's rest is usually a grove. There the wagons are drawn up in a circle, fires aro lighted and the evening meal prepared.

After supper the whole party gather around Prince William's tent or wagon, and the affairs of the family are discussed. A watchman patrols the camp all night to watch the horses.—New York Times.

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