Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 September 1897 — Page 2

TIES ON THE TRACK

attempt made to wbegk the VANDALIA FAST CXP&B8S.

Spot Selected Was the Identical Place Where Engineer Barr Watt Killed Three Tears A o.

Though the officiate of the Vandalia are not saying anything about it, an attempt fvas made to wreck the fast No. 11 on that road Sunday night. The site selected by the fiends was the identical spot where three years ago William Barr of this city, one of the bravest men that ever pulled a throttle, was stoned to death. A detective is working on the case, but there is little or nothing for him to begin on. The train was in charge of Engineer Daily and he was beating down the grade between Harmony and Brazil at speed of forty-five miles an hour. The engineer had seen the ties on the track but the train was running at such a terrific speed that he was unable to pull it down.

The fireman and engineer closed their eyes as the engine struck, both expecting to be launched into enternity the next second. But the train passed over. How it was railroad men do not know. It appears to have been one of those unexplainable miracles. It is a mystery how the train and its human cargo ever escaped. The express •was at once stopped and the trainmen and passengers searched the woods, but not a wrecker was to be seen. There were two through express cars in the train bound from New York to St. Louis. The contents of the cars was most valuable and it is beiieved the would-be wreckers Were looking for booty. The sheriff of Clay county was telegraphed to immediately after the train reached Terre Haute and he organized a posse and started on a hunt. Several persons are suspected of the crime but as yet no arrests have been made. (Most Terre Haute people are familiar with the location of the attempted wrecking. It is on the grade just east of Brazil. It was in 1894 that Engineer Barr was struck with a stone and killed here. It was during1 the miners' strike and it has always been supposed some of the strikers did the dastardly deed.

CONiTOOL OF THE B. & O.

J. Pierpont Morgan Will Try to Obtain Itr* Through Foreclosure. jtew York, Sept. 27.—The World today «says: J. Pierpont (Morgan is about to engage in a struggle for the control of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The fight will come after October 1, when Mr. Morgan will try to seize the property through foreclosure proceedings. The receivers of the road will, in behalf of the Baltimore interests and certain New York interests, endeavor to forestall Mr. Morgan. On October 1 the interest coupons on $7,744,000 of bonds of the Chicago division (the main line) held by J. P. Morgan & Co., will have been three months in default. Under the agreement when (Morgan & Co. took the bonds, foreclosure proceedings could not begin until ninety days after such default. It is asserted in Wall street that Mr. Morgan will lose no time in beginning ault to take the road.

Up to the present the reco vers of the Baltimore & Ohio have ^faulted to the extent of about $3,000,0^ of the annual fixed charges. In addition," dividends amounting to $465,000 per ^iinum have been passed and the remai^er unpaid on the Washington branch and Baltimore & Ohio preferred stocks.

It is stated on the authority of a banker interested in B. & O. bonds and other securities that soon after receivers Cowan and Murray took charge of the property, J. P. Morgan & Co. were solicited to take an active interest in the affairs of the company and to advance the necessary funds to put the read on a sound basis, and that after a cursory examination of the affairs of the road, Mr. Morgan declined to invest any more tnoney unless four men whom he named were retired from the company's service. These were John K. Cowen, long ^the general counsel of the road, now one of the receivers lE. R. Bacon and William F. Prick, of the board of directors, and Thomas M. King, second vice president. Of these mentioned Mr. Frick, father-in-law of the late Robert Garrett, and Mr. King dropped out several months ago, and Mr. Bacon will, it is no longer denied, go on or about November 1. Mr. Morgan's demand was declined at the time it was made and Speyer & Co., and some othmer New York bankers were induced to take Mr. Morgan's place.

IA.COLDBNT AT THE SEWER.

Escapes

Several Workmen Have Narrow From Instant Death.

•Work on the Hulmaji street sewer system was brought to a very s'udden stop yesterday by tihe breaking of the hoisting apparatus. There are half a dozen or more men employed there who are thanking a kind providence for saving their lives. There is gn overhead railway at the sewer, a tramway, operated by a stationary engine. Great buckets, filled with sand, are hoisted from the part of the sewer being excavated and by means of the elevated railroad carried back to where the sewer has been completed and there dumped. Yesterday the men were working as usual, and in hoisting one of the buckets filled with dirt the man in charge of this part failed to draw the cylinder high enough, and when the car started down the track it knocked out a number of timbers which support the trucks and also serve to prevent a cave-in of the sewer under construction. When these timbers were encountered the bucket and car fell to the bottom of the sewer, a distance of some twentyflve feet. There were two men on the car •when it started, but they escaped injury by Jumping off. The bucket and car fell into the sewer but a few tee: from a place where several bricklayers and hodcarriers were •working. One of the bricklayers was so frightened that he immediately asked for his time, declaring he didn't come to Terre Haute to be killed. The accident stopped all work on the sewer for the day.

Boston'* New Hotel Opened.

'fhe Vigo Hotel was thrown open for business yesterday morning, and while there are many finishing touches to be added the place looks altogether cheerful. The Vigo Hotel Is the rebuilt Cincinnati House, which was destroyed in the opera house lire. Everything from cellar to garret is new. and the place under'the management of James Boston will no doubt be a popular one. The bouse has forty-six rooms open and ready for occupancy. The rooms on the fourth floor are not yet finished. The dining room and ordinary for women will accommodate 100 people. ^Landlord 'Boston did not intend opening the hotel before the first of next month, but believing there would toe a great crowd here this week that must be taken care of, opened the register yesterday mornJng. The firs: name to be written on the register is that of EdL. Cox, of Oden, III.

Pixiey & Co.'s New Store.

fhis morning another handsome new store Till be thrown open to the public. A fine gilt sign over the door gives the information that it is the store of H. D. Pixley & Co. •The smiling face of Sam Budd. which wilt all day decorate the front door, will be a

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the yeans gone by. The new store is in the room formerly occupied by Herz* Bazar. It is fitted up in magnificent style, nothing being wanting to make It strictly up to date In every particular. -The store today will be beautified by hundreds of potted plants and flowers. It is simply a flower garden.

PHYSICAL DIRECTOR,

JOHN P. KIHMEL WILL HAVE CHARGE OF NORMAL'S NEW GYMNASIUM.

Accepted Offer Yesterday and Will Begin His Infractions This Morning:— A Fine Department.

Mr. John P. Kimmel, physical director at ith« Y. M. C. A., will be a member of the faculty of the State Normal school from this morning. (Yesterday he accepted the offer of ihe management to take charge of the •beautiful new gymnasium, and will instruct the first class this morning «ut 9 o'clock. (Prof. Kimmel has, in the •two years he has been counecied with the •association, shown to the public that his methods are of the bert, that he is capable of teaching the young men development of the entire physical.organization, and not of one portion -to .the other's detriment. His pupils who have wrested the honors from competitors at home and over the country, are able to show this.

The new gymnasium of -the school Is one of the finest in -the state. It is situated on the first floor of the new building, and .the men's and women's departments are separated toy folding doors. There are baths, the latest apparatus and plenty of room and bright. It will not be long before the (Normal students win imaKa'their mark in the college athletics of the state. They have in the past struggled on .bravely with all sorts of difficulties, chief among which has been the lack of proper training and proper instruction.

This, however, need not stand in the "way now. There is not a gymnasium in the country better equipped th-an that at the tNormal. I?!he fiate#t ^inventions in chest weights a.ncf other appliances have been ,put in. There are rings, bars and "horses" on -the way from the factories now, which have ibeen ordered under the judicious supervision of IPresident iPa sons. •President Parsons has also purchased, a part of the apparatus from the Coates college gymnasium for the girl's classes, which will be under the instruction of Miss Wright.

The military officer, if there be one assigned to the Normal, will not, as was talked ofi at one time, have any thing to do with the gymnasium. H6 wi".l dr£H the cadets in the tac.Mcs of war, a.nd that ala. It is very doubtful if one of the West Point graduates is secured this year, a!Ahough Secretary AJger is working hard for 'the school. Indiana has her full quota and the law does i»ot provide any way of getting around the stubborn fact.

WANTON AND UNJUSTIFIED. Coroner's Jury, Although Divided, Severe in Arraignment of Sheriff Martin.

Hazelton, Pa., Sept. 27.—The coroner's jury which investigated the death of th striking miners at Lattimer, met in De uty Coronerts office this afternoon, and after an hour's deliberation, rendered (the following verdict: "That from the circ.Ahstances of the case and the evide' filtered, the said Clement Platocv %nd others came to their death 'sr'^tinsiiot wounds ore September 10, 1897, at the hands of Sheriff James Martin and his deputies, and in this we, the jury, do all aferee, and we, Phil J. Boyle, Thomas T. Thomas, Barton Freas and Peter McKiernan, of this jury, do further say that the said Clement Platock with others, was (marching peaceably and unarmed on the public highway, that they were interrupted by said Sheriff Martin and his deputies and (mercilessly shot to dea'.h and we do further find that the killing was unnecessary and could have been avoided without serious Injury to either person orproperty, and wefl nd finally that tne killing was wanton and unjustifiable, but in this we, •George Maue and F. J. MacNeal, of this jury, do not concur, and we, the jury, do further say that there was such strong suspicion of unlawful violence at the hands of persons unknown to this jury, as to make this inquest necessary."

Said He Was a K. of F.

A smooth looking stranger giving the name of William Fogarty has been working members of the Knights of Pythias in this city. He succeeded in working his sympathy game on Oriental ILodge, No. 81, to the extent of $5. He clalmed he was a member of the lodge, and, indeed, he did^have the grip down to a nicety. He went to stores conducted by members of the order and after giving them the grip would tell them that he was a member of the order and was trying to get to St. Louie, where he had employment. He carried a receipt for dues, and was familiar with all the degree handshakes. When it came to telling how much dues he paid each quarter he stumbled.

Klder Morris of Greencastie Dead. Special to the Express. (Brazil, Sept. 27.—Elder Morris, pastor of the Christian church at Greencast'.e, died today at the home of Rev. /Martin in this chy. Several days ago Elder Morris was stricken with apoplexy iwhiie addressing the fifth annual meeting of the Eighth district Christian churches An this city and fell from the pulpit. He was 60 years of age and one of the best known ministers in western Indiana.

Walter Bohanuou Committed Suicide. Special to the Express. Brazil, Sept. 27.—Walter 'Bohannon, a popuhar young man of Terre Haute, aged 24 years, committed suicide yesterday at the home of a relative at Bowljng Green, this county, by taking chloral. His father, a prominent grocer oif Terre Haute, was Turied at Bowling. Green Saturday and his son, in a fit of despondency, suicided yesterday.

Caught a Runaway Team.

Joseph Mough, the East Main street saloonkeeper, did an heroic act yesterday morning when, almost at the risk of his life, he caught a runaway transfer team. The team belonged to Ruby, the transfer man, and became frightened at Eighth and Main. Mr. Mough snatched up the lines as the horses came flying past bis place, and while the animals dragged him several feet he stopped them before they reached the railroad, where a freight train was crossing.

Ke»l Katatn Transfer*.

John W. McCoskey, et ux. to G?o W. Alikels, lot 8, Carr*s subdivision 'to Youngstown 150 00 Bertha L/amb to John ffollings»worth. part section 2, township "33, range 8 800 00 W. SR. McKeen et ux. to John L.

Jones, lot 9. section 18, township ». 11, range 9 3.2C0 00 S. A. Cheesman and husband to

George W. Hane, part section 21, township *1%, range 8 vi.v 75 00 Sarah P. Green to James I*. Green part section 15, township 11, range 8 100 00 Fred H. Ogle et ux. to Lawrence

S. Ball, part secticn 28, township 11, range 10 500 00

Kx-Secretary Bobesoa Dead. Trenton, N. J., Sept. 27.—Ex-Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson died today his home in this city. Mr. Robeson was 69 years old, and had been in failing health for several months. -In June, ~tS59, he was made secretary of the navy. He served in this office until the end of President Grant's term, March, 1877.

TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAT Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tab'.ets. All druggists refund the moa*» it it fails ta cure.

THE JEWS' NEW TEAR

CELEBRATED BY HEBREWS ALL OYER THE COSJNTRY lKSTKRD^j^

When the sun went down Saturday evening the Jewish New Year began. The New Year was celebrated by the Jews ^ojn Maine to California.. In this city the stares did not close as usual, but at the JewitfH temple special services, were conducted bjf Rabbi Deinard. In the morning therewas a most impressive service at Temple Israel and in the evening another. The real'oft 'a tri servance of the day ended at sundown yesterday evening.

With the orthodox the" ceremonies in this day ere full of life, curious and impressive. Hung on traditions and observances that date back thousands of years they have, even the poorest, barest synagogues of American ghettoes, a splendor that Is almost} oriental in its symbolic features. Little understood and almost unknown to Americans at large these ceremonies, yet exist and 700,000 people will say the "Shamang Yisrail" today. "Hear, O Israel. The Lord our God! The Lord is One!"

In this the listener hears and the Jew recites the declaration of faith of this historic people unchanged for centuries.

These services are of vast importance, for the Jews in America are increasing at a prodigious rate. While from I860 to 1890 the population of the country as a whole just doubled (1860, 31,000,000 1890, 62,000,000), the Jews of America in the same time increased seven fold (from 150,000 to r,000,000.) There are 350,000 Jews in New YorSc City alone. -w

In the synagogues, hour after hour, ''while the ceremonies are going on, the sights and sounds are impressive and of a far distant past. The red damask of the altar, hankiugs and reading desk are replaced by white and the great strolls or books of the law that are taken out of the ark of the covenant on the altar steps are also swathed in whit«^ with gold embroidery, instead of their usual coverings of brilliant fabrics. If the cdiigregation be one of wealth the men' of tlife synagogue together with the ribbis and president and the vice president, wear trffl and shining silk hats. The rabbis continually, and the worshipers when they are called, one by one, to take part in the services, have wrapped about their shoulders the "Talith," a long, white shawl of t^in silk bordered with a rim of blue. Up in the gallery shut off in the poorer congregations by white lace curtains are the women, for it is a principle of orthodox Judiaism that no woman must set her foot on the synagague main floor.

The conservatives, who are few in number keep to the old ritual and prayer book but have instrumental music in their synagague and allow men and women to sit together..-^,

It is the reformers that are far away froir* the Judiaism of old. This "New Judiaism," as it is called, has nearly 300,000 adherents throughout the country and opinions differ1 as to whether it is growing or whether a reaction has begun to Setin. The main points of difference between the reformers and ther orthodox are that the latter dehy the binding force of the old dietary laws, have given up al hope of the return of Zion and the coming of the Messiah to earth, do not wear the phylacterics and have abolished nearly all of the olden symbolism. They stand on the one plinciple of the unity of God and the Brotherhood of man and use English prayer books or rather English.and Hebrew combined. Very little Hebrew is heard in/ their services.

TODAY'S ftACE PROGRAMME.

2:17 Trot, Paris St,BOO.

'Robert Lee, bl. h., 2:18%. Hlghlasd Stock Farm Co., Dubuque, Iowa. Alkoran, b. g., 2:17^. John Sp'.an, Glenville, Ohio.

Eagle Flanagan, b. h., 2:12*4. Scott Hudson, (Lexington, Ky. Tuna, b. m., 2:12^. Charles L. Griffith, Pleasanton, Cal.

Mackey, g. g., 2:181/i. George W. Sanders, Glenville, Ohio. Henry S. Barker, b. th., 2:17%. L. Simmons, Louisville, OMo.

Woodford C, to. h.,: 2:17. Reed A' Weeks, RushviUe, Ind'. Phllonides, br. h., 2:14%. Rowland fk Ormsby, Louisville, Ky.

Surpol, g. h.. 2:15%. Alexander & Reftshaw, Tipton, iMo. -riw is r~T~

Th® Side wheeler, 2:18 Pacing—95.900^, Ambidexter, fll. g., 2:11 Kalaip«.Zflp Farm, Kalamazoo Mich.

Milton S., b. h., 2:08%. Crane & Pojvell, Urbana, Ohio. Redwood iRedmon, ch, h., 2:18%. Wnn JB. Cotton, Clinton, Mo.

Forrest Herr, br. g., 2:10%. N. Wt, Hf}binger, New Haven, Conn. Miss Margaret, bl. m., 2:llVz. Chartefe !L. 'Griffith, Pleasanton, Cal.

Josephine b,. m., 2:10. John Dickenson, Terre Haute. •Parker S., gr. g., 2:12%. S. J. Flfthing & Son, Terre Haute.

Silver Chimes, to. g., 2:10%. Wilson Bros., Medford, Mass. Spalpeen, b. h., 2:17%. Empire City Stud, Cuba, N. Y.

Harry S.. br. g., 2:14%. Coats Bros., Goshen. N. Y. Satin Slippers, bl. m., 2:09. L. W. Grant, 'Memphis, Tenn.

The Shah, gr. h. C. E. Still, Kirksv'Ile, Mo. Sally Toler, b. in., 2:0SV&. John Hussey, Independence, Iowa.

STAR POINTER TO BEAT 1:59 1-4.

JOB PATCHEN TO BEAT 2:01 1-2.

2:28 Cla*« Trotting, Parse $1,500 White Points, b. g., 2:21%. Ross & Eiekerson, 'Madison, Ind.

Pearline C., b. m.. 234%. Highland Stock Farm Co.. Dubuque, Iowa. (Beauty, ch. m. Wm. T. Hutchings. Muskogee. I. Ter.

Marry Key, hr. m. Wm. T. Hutehings, Muskogee, i. T. Medium Wood, b. g., 2:14%. Scott HudSon, Lexington. Ky.

TaAbie 8t&mboul, br. m. Charles L. Griffith. Pleasanton, CaJiMadeno, b. m., 2:20%. St. Joseph St-atole, St. Joseph, Mo.

Nancy Time, s. m., 2:13»4. Wilson Bros., Medford, SMasa. Acts Tell, ibl. m. Empire City Stud, Cuba% N. Y.

Duke Sprague, b. h. Harry A. Palmer, LaCrosse, Wis. .. May Fern, 8. m., 2:13%. R. M. Allen & Co., Paducah. Ky.

Mary Tucker, g. m.. 2r23%. W. S. Pen. nington, Evaneville, Ind. Nobby, br. g. J. A. Barrett, SheVbyville, Tenn.

2-Year-Old Pace. Pane #500 Lady iMoyra, b.f., 2:1G%. Gretna Farm, Gretna. 111.

Newtown Boy, s.c. Lew Kerr, Millet, Ind. «i-' Governor Bushnell, o. c., 2:26%. I. B. Murfrhy, Columbus, Ohio.

Wil. Leyburn, Wk. c„ 2:1S%. Tom Settle. Versailles, Ky. So Sure, b. c., 2:24%. W. R. Hopkio^, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. __

Gus Waibel. 4. c., 2:17%. Walter Durtn, Charleston, 111.

fERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23.1897.

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.special Services at Temple Israel Morning and Evening—Description of the Ceremonies.

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Crystal Wilkes, br. f., Riverside ijRark Farm, Berlin. Wis.

A Bear's None.

A sportsman's life was once saved by his knowledge of one of the physical peculiarities of the bear. General Hamilton, who tells the stovy in his "Sport in Southern India," was out on a bear shooting Expedition with a brother officer. The beaters drove the bear from his hiding pla^e, and a shot from tbe officer threw blm on the ground, bat he got up with a grant and made off.

As the bear passed an open bit of gronnd General Hamilton again fired, bat infis)4iicL, and the beast turned upon him. When he was within a few yards, tbe general gave him the other barrel. As this did not stop

him Hamilton tinted to ran, bnk tripped over rock and fell flat oil his face. The bear was upon him Instantly, and .the sportsman, looking over his shoulder, saw into the bear's month as the brute made a grab at him. The animal caught him by the thigh and pinned him. Knowing that a bear's nose Is very sensitive, Hamilton hit him several hard blows on the nose, file bear, unable to endnre the pain, let go, and before he could get bold again, Hamilton was up the hill.

His companion ran up and killed the bear by a ball through his heart. But tha bear's claws had laid open Hamilton's thigh to the bone, and he was feed for a month.::: •y doux MYTHOLOGY?

An Interesting Study of tbe Works of the Great Mystery. Before the advent of the white man these people believed that tbe earth was flat, with a clroular form, and was suspended in a dark place and sheltered by the heaven or sky in the shape of a hollow hemisphere. Tbe sun was regarded as the. father and the earth the mother of all things that live and grow, and as they bad been married a long time and had become the parents of many generations they were called the great-grandparents. As near as I can judge, the moon seemed to be their servant, at least she was required to watob, together with her brothers, the stars over the sleeping universe while the sun came down to rest with his family. In the thunder bird they believed God had a warrior who presided over the most powerful elements—the storm and the fearful cyolone. This symbolic creature is depicted as an impatient and wratby sen of war, at whose appearance even the ever smiling grandfather, the snn, hides his face. In tbe realms of water tbe whale is the symbolized chief of the finny tribes. In every great lake the Sioux imagines a huge fish as ruler of its waters.

Yet none of these possesses the power of speech. The great mystery had shown them some troths denied to man, but he did not trust them fully therefore he made them dumb.- They can only show to man some supernatural things by signs or In dreams—as, for instance, to foretell future events or explain the use of certain powerful remedies. The savage holds that the key of heaven is vested in the visible phenomena of the universe. All creatures, save man, are assigned to a Peculiar paradise, in which there is forbidden fruit— namely, the apple of speech and reasoning hence the animals and inanimate things are exempted from sin. Thus it is that rocks, trees and rivers are surrounded with an atmosphere of grandeur, beauty and mystery. Nature is the interpreter of the great mystery, and through her man is oonvinced of truth.—Popular Science Monthly.

MEASURING AIR IMPURITY.

John Aitkin's Koniscope and What It Has Demonstrated. The koniscope, the invention of John Aitkin,'is a useful instrument for roughly testing the purity of the atmosphere. It consists of a small metal tube about 1M feet or 2 feet long, which is closed at the ends with pieces of glass and is connected near one end to an air pump, a stop cock near the other end admitting tbe air to be tested. All the shades of bine, from nearly pure white to a deep black blue, are attached alongside the tube for comparison.

As the impurities of the air or number of particles present increase the color 6een through he tube deepens, a color just perceptible being given by 60,000 particles to the cubic centimeter, a very pale blue by 80,000* a pale blue by 600,000, a fine blue by 1,600,000, a deep blue by 3,500,000 and a very deep blue by 4,000,000.

In making a sanitary inspection tbe color given by pure air is determined first and is taken as the normal bealtb color. In tracing the pollution of air by gas fames in a room 24 by 17 by 13 feet in size Mr. Aitkin liqfcted three jets In the oenter of the room, and in 3S seconds the products of combustion had reaohed one end of tbe room, causing aBudden deepening of color in the koniscope, in four minutes the deep blue color was obtained two feet from the ceiling, and in 80 minutes tbe Impurity nine feet from tbe floor was very great, the color being an intensely deep blue.—Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.

Swallowed Tkble Knives For Fan. The glass eaters, iron ehewers and all other classes of "human ostriches" are well known to the frequenters of dime museums and side shows, but it is seldom that we sec* read or hear of a man who swalloWs indigestibles of extraordinary size just for the novelty of the thing, ttach a man, however, was John CumlaingB, Whose history is given in extended notices in the medical and surgical annals of Boston. He watched a French sword swallower ono day and immediately after attempted a similar feat with a common table knife. The knifo accidentally slipped down his throat, and a few days later, it having eiven him no inconvenience, he repeated the experiment. Both of these exploits took plaoe at Havre de Grace, France. On his return to Boston be boasted of the feat, and upon being bantered repeated the dose again and again. During the following ten years he swallowed in all 85 knives and forks, finally dying in terrible agony. He died in 1809.—St. Louis Republic.

He Kept the Watc*

"I was at Old Orchard one time and attended ono of the meetings led by Rev. Stephen Merritt,"said a Lewiston gentleman to a Lewiston Journal reporter. "After a short address the people were invited to lay thoir jewels on the altar for missions. Women wept as they tore off earrings, bracelets and gold rings. Diamonds Were given freely. Mr. Merritt himself plaocd a gold watch on the altar. Finally up rose one man with a ponderous frame and slowly pulled from his pocket a shining gold watch. It was worn, but was still a handsome thing. He held it in the palm of his big hand as he looked at it. 'I have lost that watch,' he said. 'Itt has been all over the world with me.' Like Maiy's little l&mb, it was always with its owner. It was the parting gift of a dying mother. To part with it would be like the giving up of a brother. 'Yes, I love it, and I'm going to keep it,' and he 6at down like a stone, with never a particle of humor in his face."

MMeali»e Vanity.

It is a most singular thing that one never can count upon the inherent vanity of human nattrre, nor in what manner it will manifest itself. In a certain social set there is one young man who is deformed, besides having an affliction which renders bis heavy breathing a source of more than mere annoyance to the fastidious. All the girls of his acquaintance are so exceedingly serry for him and so afraid of hurting bis presumably sensitive feelings that they invariably give him the preference in accepting invitations, etc., over any other man. Not long ago it began to leak out that be was boasting of his conquests. He cited the incontrovertible fact that "every girl in town" seemed to jump at any attention from him.— Philadelphia Times.

Wom ef Wee Ones.

First Child—Bo you have .to take cod liver oil in winter? Second Child—No, but mamma makes me take sterilized milk in sumipcr—Good News.

Marriage Lte(n»».

ET.iza N. TImmons and Anna Ol'dwell. Charles Houghton and Rose Gray. When bilious or costive, eat a Cascaret, candy cathartic, core guaranteed. 10c, 25c.

FE0M PULPIT TO PAN.

PREACHER WHO GOES TO KLONDIKE TO WASH GOLD.

Rev. Frank Vrooman Will Preaeh No More—Says Sermonising Does Not Pay, and He Iongs to Wield tha Pick He

Mnst Have Dut,

"I have been frosen out of the Presbyterian church and starved out of tbe People's church, all in one year, and I am through with preaching," sa^Rev. Frank B. Vrooman, oopastor of tbe People's ohuroh, Chicago, recently. "I am going to tbe Klondike."

Mr. Vrooman meant exactly what he said. Without having abandoned'or modified his religions principle# in tbe least, be has turned his baok on the pulpit for good, and be has projected and partly organized on a large scale a mining company for the Klondike rrAi. He was in high spirits over the enti-Tprise, and though he protested that a publication of bis plans would be premature gave a general idea of what he intends to da "This sabeine originated with me," he said, "but is backed by my brother in St. Louis. Our company has not been incorporated nor named yet, but it will be on fully as large a scale as tbe Cu^hy-Weare enterprise, and will be capitalized at 110,000,000. We thought at first that we would need only $30,000 to start with but, having decided to provide our own boats, we saw that $100,000 would be needed, and the whole of that amount is already in sight. "I came in today on the Maniton from a cruise extending from Mackinaw down below Harbor Springs, and have sold $50,000 worth of stock almost without an effort, and my brother has probably sold as much in St. Louis. Our plan is just what the people want. "But it is still in such a nebulous state that I can hardly say any more a boat it Our mining party will consist of 85 or 80 men. W9 shall leave Chicago some tftoe in January for Seattle, and we shall ascend the Yukon in our own boats as early as possible in the spring. We have not even decided in what part of Alaska we shall settle. But while every man will take np a separate claim be will work it on corporation account and turn all his findings into the general fund. "I am-more than hopeful of suoceok I may say I am confident. Having already secured the money needed to pat our plana into execution and having every assurance that they are wisely laid and cannot foil to be immensely remunerative, I really would not sell my holding in tbe stock for $800,000 down. I do not say tbis to sell stock, for there is none to sell, at least on the same terms that we have been selling on. 1 go to St. Lonis tonight to make the final arrangements with my brother, and when I return I may be able to give more definite information concerning our company and its prospects. "I am hot going to Alaska to start

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ohurch and go to preaching. I am going there to work in the mines like any othor miner for two or three years. Tbe only thing that cculd induce me to officiate as a minister there would be a funeral. Of course I shall always be ready to do good as occasion offers, but I shall do no more preaching. Even when I come baok it will be to embark In some sort of business. "You may think it is a far cry from tbe pulpit to a mine, bnt I am better fitted for mining perhaps than you think. When I was at college I spent all my vacation in prospeoting in the Gunnison region in Colorado, and I located more than one silver mine. I am t* little soft now from following a professional calling, but my constitution can stand any amount of heat or cold, and there are not many that can beat me at walking and climbing. .When I was a mere boy, I missed taking the prize at a 100 yard dash by only one-balf ef a second. So I am not feeling the least anxiety about the toils and privations of tbe Alaska miner. If you bad seen me in tbe Rockies in my cowboy hat, With a pair of revolvers in my belt, yon would think I would do for a miner. "The only trouble* about the People's church is that it does not raise any money. It pays me no money, and I have preached for nothing until I am getting into a necessitous condition. I admit it is a luxury to preach, but it is a luxury I cannot afford. I do not even expect to preach until I leave fer the west, as I shall need all my time and energies for making my preparations. "I have discovered to my satisfaction that a church that believes nothing gives nothing. It is the hidebound, orthodox Christian, with a believing sense of bell, that contributes to the support of the churob and the ministry. So no more preaching for me."

Mr. Vrooman is in splendid health, with a fine complexion and a step like a deer. His stalwart figure is suggestive of adventure and' lofty achievement, and his countenance and voice express the utmost confidence and elation. He seems to have made no mistake in eonsidering himself well adapted to leading an Alaska mining party.—Chicago Times-Herald"

DINING IN AUtTI KU*

£n American Girl's Experience at Table at a Viennese Pension. An American girl gives this amusing account of her first experience of Austrian etiquette at her first dinner at a Viennese pension: "So hungry was I that I was In tbe dining room ere the hell bad ceased ringing. Then I rather regretted my baste, for I found Che etiquette of an Austrian dining room was not tbe same as it is in an American one. Instead of going directly to a seat indicated as mine by a waiting maid, with an indifferent glance from tbe other Inmates of tbe dining room, there was a ceremonious introduction to all present. After we were seated at the table there was along pause ere tbe hostess came in. Having noble blood in her veins, every one arose (every one except myself— I did not know what it was for), and remained standing until she was seated. Every course was first served to her and then to each guest in the order of bis social status—except to tbe host, and he, though belonging to tbe Austrian nobility, a brave officer in Che.war between Austria and Italy, and then holding a position in tbe official household of the emperor, was served last. As tbe meal progressed two gentlemen entered, a Frenchman and a German, when tbe host arose and cordially shook hands with them. He bad seen them at the noonday breakfast, but tbe greeting was as effusive as though they had not met for months. Candida, the eldest daughter of the honsehold, politely endeavored to put me at my ease by conversing with me In my own language. There were four nationalities present at tbe dinner. The meal was long, and there were much vivacious laughter and chatting, mostly in Frebab, as all spoke that language. At the close there were much more handshaking and leave taking as the guests left the room. I lingered a little in tbe dining room, not knowing, in fact, bow to leave it .gracefully—was it necessary to shake hands with the father and mother and two daughters or simply with the father and mother? The father seated himself at tbe piano and began to play some soft strains from 'Lohengrin,' tbe mother got out her mending basket, Candida some fine, white edging, and the little Slspetb a weoletoiwtttcoat she was crocbetting. Throe gentieaoen bad also lingered in tbe dln%g room, not, I think, for tbe nine reason.that did, bnt for a little longer time ts ejajojr ttoe privilege of gazing upon tte al&fBNng 'Candida. "I had bepn talking with Elspeth and bad not been ofaparving ifcem when a prolonged si)encel»nde me glapoe njp. Tbe

three gentlemen were standing with their backs to tbe door, their bodies bent forward at a right angle, their right bands upon their breasts, their eyes turned in my direction expectantly. They were waiting for me to glance at tbem in order to salute me ere leaving tbe room. With sudden determination and a general 'gute nacbt' to all, I also baoked out of the room."—San Francisco Argonaut.

THE SIZE OF THE UNIVERSE.

Viles Are To* Insignificant to Be Used la Its Coanpntattoa. While it is interesting to know the distance of some of the stars in miles, when stated in' that way the mnpbers are so large that they'fretfuently convey very indfcttaot conceptions to the mind. For this reason it is customary to estimate stars' digtaiwwa talight yetes." Alight year is tha that light, moving at the rate of 186,800 nules per second, travels in one year. This amounts in round numbers to 5,880,000,000^,000 miles. The distance of Alpha Centaur is 4.85 light years, that of Slrius, the dog star, is almost exactly twioe as great, or 8.6 light years. In other words, Mgbt requires 8.9 years to come to ns from Sirins. And these are among tbe vecy nearest of the stars. Some whose r»T»t»T«a have been rather estimated than measured appeaiedte be situated at a distance which light could not traverse in less than one or two contraries. The great star Arcturus, for Instance, baa, according to Dr. Elkin, a parallax of only eighteen-thou-sandths of a second. Its distanoe must, in that case, be about 181 light years, or more than a thousand million million miles. And if its distance is so great, then, since light Varies inversely as tbe square of the distance from its source, it can be shown that Arcturus must actually give forth 5,000 or 6,000 times as much light as thQ sun yields.

Yet Arcturus is evidently much nearest *h«.n the vast majority of the stars ar& Not one in a million is known to have a parallax large enough even to be intelligently guessed at. There may be stars whose light requites thousands instead of hundreds of years to cross the space

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rating them from us. We thus see that only a few points on the nearer shores of tbe starry universe lie within reaoh of our measurements—here and there a jutting headland, while behind stretches the vast expanse over whioh the hundreds of millions of stars known to exist are scattered.—Garrett P. Serviss in Chautauquan.

HEREDITARY NEEDLES.:

A Cam That May Arouse Some Apprehend sion In the Searing of Families. Needles have never been supposed to l6 hereditary, but a recant case reported by a physician of eminence offers undoubted evidence to the contrary. A lady accidentally ran a needle into her foot 80 years ago, and it lay apparently dormant in ber system for so many years that its existence was almost-forgotten.

In 1878 she was married, and a year aft er the birth of ber infant daughter the needle made its appearance in the infants shoulder. There could be no doubt that it was the original needle by which tbe mother had been attacked in I860, for it was of a peculiar and now obsolete pat» J: tern, and the mother distinctly romamber-!* ed that needles of that pattern were in use at tbe time of her attack.

There could be no doubt that the infant inherited the needle from her mother, and that henceforth physioians will expect to find a natural tendency to needles in tho tissues.

As it is asserted that people have died from needles, although there are very fo~ such cases on record, the insurance com panies will doubtless add to tbe questions which they put to candidates for insurance, "Did your father or mother ever swallow needles, and, if so, how many, and of what kind—sewing, darning or carpet?"—Spare Moments.

Made Her Warm.

When measles once ran riot in a girls 5 boarding school, the physician in charge had great difficulty in persuading his skittish patients to remain in bed and so induce tbe perspiration absolutely necessary to recovery. Every means was tried, but to no avail. The girls found it impossible not to just* bop out from the blankets in order to rtm in and tell their next door neighbors that it was decided to trim tbe new hat with heliotrope, or that it was true that Cousin Fred was actually engaged, all of which seriously retarded recovery. It looked for a time indeed as though funerals might become epidemic as well as measles.

Finally the psychology teacher, hit upon a scheme that seemed likely to work. It consisted in the few well girls stationing themselves in turn at tbe bed of each invalid and criticising ber most unmercifully. The success of the plan was simply phenomenal. After but a few brief moments ef such treatment the patient broke out into a profuse Mid violent perspiration. Recovery soon followed, tbe doctors were overwhelmed at this fresh proof of the IwflnCTma of mln&over matter, and tbe psychology teacher was a proud and haCfiT pedagogue.—New York Sun.

Eatinf to Eire.

Dr. Pavy, perhaps tbe most eminent authority upon diet, says that the averago •, man in a state of absolute rest can live on 16 ounces of food a day. A man doing ordinary light work can live on 28 ounces, and a man doing laborious work needs from 26% to 80 ounces.

This is food absolutely free from water, and it mnst be remembered that everything we eat contains more or less water, so that from 48 to 60 ounces of ordinary food are necessary to the work in which a man is engaged.

Sir Lyon Playfair, another great authority, gives the following as all thai is necessary for a healthy man to eat is a week: Three pounds of meat, with one pound of fat two ordinary loaves of bread, ons ounce of salt and five pints of milk, or, for the meat, five or six pounds of oatmeal may be substituted. Thl.i sounds like starvation diet, but Sir Lyon Playfair generally knows what he's talkteg about.—. Lancet.

Color lb the Borne.

The modern scientific decorator assure# us that while yellows area If right for a hall or vestibule tbey should not bo used in rooms where one reads or works. The reason assigned is that yellow does not absorb light, but is a strong reflector, and these reflected rays are trying to tbe eyes, but, more than that, are distinct brain dis- J" $ turbers. For tbe library or workroom the most soothing or satisfactory tint Is coffee.

The influence of fl^lor upon temperament and physical condition being an accepted fact it follows in natural sequence that tbe treatment of living rooms is of real importance. Undoubtedly some natures respond quicker to these Influences than others, but any one planning a change in furnishings will do well to give tho matter some attention.

Teeth of Man and Animals. A horse has 40 teeth, and a mare od1 36, wanting tbe tusks, or so called "wolf teeth." The ox and sheep family have 82, each lacking the eight incisors of the upper jaw. The hog has 44 teeth, and the dog 42. Where the dental formula is perfeet in all varieties of the human species it is found to show 88 teeth.—St. Louis Bepublic.

Old, bat Ambitions. mi

There is a sobaolteaobar in Kanass wh» writes ber county snperinfieodont that she is 74 years ef age and wishes to pass tbe. examinations for a stats certificate and also to enter fer a year at tbe Normal school to study new methods.