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ANNUAL LOSS BY FIRE,
ft Has Been Very Much Reduced by Im¬
proved Methods of Fighting Fire.
Mr. Charles T. Hill, the artist, who
has been writing a series of papers for
St. Nicholas on the New York Fire
Department, has a final paper on "The
Fire Patrol.” Mr. Hill says:
The annual loss by fire in the United
States of amounts to one hundred mil- j
lions dollars, and fully one-half of 1
this loss is caused by the water used '
in extinguishing the fires. Before the
introduction, in 1872, of controlling or
shut-off nozzles used on the fire-hose,
the percentage of loss by water was
even greater—at least two-thirds of the
total loss. Previous to the intruduo-
tlon of this much-needed device, there
w*e used what was known as an“open j
pipe.” a plain open nozzle, with no
contrivance for shutting off the waater.
When it was necessary to shut off, the
order had to be pased to the engineer,
sometimes a long distance from the
fire; and unless the nozzles could be
thrust from a convenient window, the
water would go pouring out, spread¬
ing destruction in all directions. In ;
small fires, especially in “up stairs"
fires in private dwellings, or in busi-
ness houses stocked with perishable
goods, such as feathers, silks, etc., the
unnecessary destruction of property
was very great.
To-day, fires are fought much more
sclentiflcally, and with a great deal
more system, than were those of ten
or twenty years ago; and officers in
command of engine companies are usu-
ally very careful not to use any more
water than is absolutely necessary,
Nearly every hose-wagon in the New
York Fire Department to-day carries
three sizes of hose—the regulation size,
2V-i inch, used at all ordinary fires:3-
inch (known as“third-alarm hose,”
und only used at fires of considerable
magnitude), and a small hose carried
on a reel under the wagon. This hose
Is 1% inches in diameter, and very
easy to handle, and on account of the
ease with which any number of lengths
of it can be carried about, it is that
oftenest used at small fires in dwell-
ing-houses, office-buildings, and flats.
With a controlling nozzle on the end,
the fireman can dash up several flights
of stairs and into a bedroom or closet,
and extinguish a small fire before it
has time to spread, using the water
only where it is absolutely needed.
To drag the regulation size (it weighs
about eighty pounds to the length) up
and around winding stairways, etc.,
would take much longer, and perhaps
give a fire time to get just beyond the
point of easy control; besides, when
the water is finally started, a great
deal more is used by this hose than is
necessary, especially in the case of a
small fire. It has been practically
demonstrated that a considerable
amount of fire can be extinguished
with a small amount of water applied
effectively, and the use of the small
hose damage lias by done much fires to reduce dwellings the j
water at in |
and flats.
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”E Pluribus Urtum."
We are indebted to John Adams for
our national motto, “E Pluribus
Ununi.” While he was Minister to
England, Hit- John Prestwick suggest¬
ed it to Mr. Adams as a good motto
to Indicate the union of the colonies.
It was submitted to Congress, and
adopted by act of Congress June 1782,
The eagle in its beak bears a iib-
bpn, on which is the motto. In die
early days of its use the eagle bore
also in its talons a bundle of thirteen
arrows; but when, in 1841, a new seal
was made to take the place of the old
one, which had become worn, only six
arrows were placed in tho talons.
Whether this change was ordered by
law or not is not known. The oi<I
Latin motto was in use in England as
far back as 1730 on the “Gentleman’fi
Magazine.”—St. Nicholas.
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also vanquishes malaria, constipation, liver
complaint, rheumatism and kidney com¬
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color, stops hair from falling, and makes it
grow, is because it supplies the nourishment the
hair needs.
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HIS LAUGH WAS HIS FORTUNE.
An Arkansas Steamboat Captain’s Jollity
Made Him Famous.
“Ever hear of a man who made a
fortune out of his laugh?” said a guest
of the St. Charles as he looked over the
register. “I have heard of girls whose
faces were their fortunes, but I knew
a man whose laugh was positively his
fortune. That name—Sam B. Adams—
on the register there reminds me of a
man who made a fortune out of his
laugh. His name was John D. Adams,
and he was the father of Sam, the
gentleman registered there. John D.
Adams was a typical steamboatman of
Arkansas, and in addition to his steam-
boating wan a planter of extensive
interests, and was connected with
other business enterprises. He was the
first man to run a steamboat up the
Arkansas River, and his name in that
State to-day is a synonyme for genial¬
ity, courage and business success. He
was very successful, and his friends
used to attribute his success to his
wondrous laugh. It was not boister¬
ous, yet loud, and was r»o musical and
jolly that one could imagine old Ivri3
Kringle was personified in him.
Other river men would say that his
laugh got him all the Government
mail contracts. He would go to Wash-
ington, get acquainted with the man
who had charge of the contracts, and
he, like all of Adams’s new acquaint-
ances, would soon come under the in-
fection of his magnetic laugh, and
form a genuine admiration for the
grizzled old steamboatman. He wa3
known at the hotel by everybody, and
was pointed out for years by a colored
porter, to whom he once gave a 85
gold piece as a tip in a fit of jollifl-
cation over the closing of a big con-
tract in his favor.
‘Amazing tales were told of his eour-
a ge and his steamboat experiences. On
one occasion, when an accident hap-
Pened to his boat and the passengers
became panicstricken, he calmed them
a s If by magic by calling them child-
rpn * and laughing at their fear—his
famous laugh impelling confidence and
mirth by its very melody and jollity,
He even used his laugh when very
much angered; but it was of a very
different character, and death lurked
behind it. In a steamboat quarrel with
three desperadoes once he denounced
them with a laughing accompaniment,
a cynical, chilling, dangerous kind of
lariKh, his eye3 glittering like a
snakes, and his forefinger on his re-
volver, ready to dash out the life of
the first one who made a move. One
°f the desperadoes said afterward in
speaking of the occurrence that he
never felt so queerly before in his life,
U e sa M felt aa though the very
marrow in his bones was being fro-
zen New Orleans Times-Democrat,
THE WORLD’S FASTEST RUNNER.
Bernard J. Wefers, the New Champion,
Weighs 185 Pounds.
Of all the men who in running re¬
galia ever faced a starter on a cinder
track, Bernard J. Wefers, who a few
days ago broke the world’s record by
running the hundred yards in 9 3-5
seconds, probably fulfills best the re¬
quirements of an ideal runner.
With depth of chest that bespeaks
ample lung room, his lithe body tap¬
ers to the waist, ahd his world-beat¬
ing legs, strung with tendons of steel,
are of a minimum weight. He has
nothing to carry save that which is of
eminent use to him in his task.
Perhaps the vital element, after all,
in a runner is “sand.” If Wefer’s rec¬
ord of victories over famous competi¬
tors were not sufficient proof of his
grit, his face, with its square jaw, firm
set mouth, piercing eyes and aggres¬
sive nose, should tell the story plainly.
He hails from Lawrence, Mass. His
fleetness was inherited, His father
was an athlete of skill and a runner
hard to beat.
The present champion is but 23
years of age, and has been running
for four years. He is six feet tall in
his stockings and weighs 185 pounds.
When he first made his appearance on
the cinder track good judges saw no
future for him. His was a weight un¬
heard of for a runner to carry. The
years that have intervened have prov¬
en that the critics did not know.
Unlike most runners, Wefers, m mo¬
tion, is straight as an arrow. His style
is very graceful, and with his long,
elastic stride, he seems to travel al¬
most without effort. He gathers speed
as he goes, and is famed in the athletic*
world as a strong “finisher.”
No picture could convey more of
tension and alertness than does that
which represents Wefers crouching for
the start. Every nerve and fibre is
him are strung like a piano wire. And
it is not for the gallery. He is prob¬
ably one of the quickest starters In
the world. He never in a race has
permitted any competitor to pace him.
He takes the lead from the start, and
in the vast majority of his races has
held it with such display of speed as
has made the whole world wonder.
Another phenomenal thing about
this phenomenal man is that his mar¬
velous efforts do not seem to affect
him after the manner of most athletes
of his class. It is a familiar sight on
athletic tracks to see runners, after
breasting the tape, utterly collapsed,
and half carried to the clubhouse by
their friends.
Not so with Wefers. After break
ing the world’s records he has amazed
the onlookers by jumping a jig on the
greensward for joy and trotting off
to the dressing room with the alacri¬
ty of a colt.
It will be a long- day before anybody
sees his like.—New York Journal.
The Usual Trouble.
“Blanche is dreadfully stingy.”
“How do yon know?”
“She was going to pay our car fare,
and 1 said it wasmv turn.”
“Well?”
“And she let me pay it.”—Ex¬
change.
WEYLER’S SUCCESSOR STARTS OUT
IN WAR-LIKE ATTITUDE.
NO PROMISE GIVEN OF AUTONOMY
Tone of Proclamation Has Produced Un¬
favorable Effect Upon Rebel¬
lion Sympathizers.
A special from Havana says: Marshal
Blanco has issued the following proc¬
lamation to the inhabitants of Cuba:
“I am again among yon, with good
will and a sincere desire to serve the
general welfare and to establish a last¬
ing peace. I shall follow a broad pol¬
icy in my endeavor to restore fraterni¬
ty among all of Cuba’s inhabitants.
“I am sincere in my intention to
inaugurate a new government policy,
the object of which will be to secure
and preserve peace.
“I hope you will all salute and em¬
brace the Spanish flag, throwing aside
all party prejudices and discarding al¬
liances with those who are staining the
country with blood.
“Clemency awaits all who observe
the laws, but, however regrettable it
may be, I shall rigorously fight those
who obstinately or ungratefully con¬
tinue to carry on war.”
The following proclamation has been
issued by Marshal Blanco to the armed
forces of the islaud.
“I desire to express my admiration
for you, who, in two years of hard
cam paign, have always bravely fought
the infamous revolution. This I soon
expect to suppress through your heroic
efforts, and with the concurrence of
the whole country, which will unhesi¬
tatingly side with us to fight the vic¬
tims of hallucination who aspire only
to what must bring their complete de¬
struction. to which all officers look as
the only compensation, treason to
the history of their race or the
sale of their country to the foreigner.
Let there be war, therefore, on the
stubborn enemies of the Spanish peo¬
ple and protection for those who seek
the clemency of Spain, and let this
war, which dishonors us and is making
us penniless, end forever.”
There is no reference to autonomy
in any proclamation, and both have
produced a bad effect among all sym¬
pathizers with the insurrection.
Marshal Blanco, formally assuming
his new functions at the palace, said
to the deputation of the Conservative,
Autonomists and Beforinist parties
that in order to obtain peace through
the new policy it would be necessary
for all parties to unite.
SUDDEN INCREASE IN DEATHS.
Jiew Orleans’ Fever Record For Monday
Advanced.
The New Orleans board of health’s
official report at 1 o’clock Monday
was twenty-two new cases and seven
deaths. The material change in tem¬
perature was responsible for the sud¬
den increase in the death rate.
At 11 o’clock the number of deaths
took a leap, seven having been re¬
ported up to that hour from yellow
fever, against but nine new cases.
Monday was the coolest day New
Orleans has experienced since the
fever outbreak. Just what effect the
heavy rains will have upon the spread
of the fever is hard to say at this time,
but it would not be surprising if the
new cases record is considerably
swelled.
A WORK OF ART.
Gem of Beautiful Color Work Given Away
to Subscribers.
Au evidence of genuine enterpris e
and liberality is shown by the publish¬
ers of the Yottths’ Companion, Boston,
Mass., in giving all new subscribers
to their publication an art calendar
for 1898—a gem of beautiful color-
work far in advance of anything of the
kind previously produced. Also a
Christmas magnificent and illustrated Thanksgiving,
New Year’s double
number of the magazine—each a prize
—which will be preserved by thous¬
ands of art lovers. By sending a
coupon cut from the advertising col¬
umns of the local paper of this week
or last week, and following its instruc¬
tions, these artistic and valuable pro*
ductions can be secured.
TEN YEARS FOR FULLER.
.Judge Candler Imposes the Extreme Pen¬
alty of tlie Law.
Ten years in the penitentiary was
tbe sentence given “Bud” Fuller by
Judge John 8. Candler at Atlanta,
Monday, for leaving bis helpless child,
Render Fuller, in the woo-Is to die.
The judge stated that if Fuller was
guilty, a i l the jury ha 1 f; und him so,
the limit of the law t as too light a
penalty to be imposed; that ten years
at hard labor was not adequate punish¬
ment for the horrible crime that had
been perpetrated.
Fuller’s counsel at once gave notice
that thev would file a motion for a
new trial, and that the case would be
taken to the supreme court.
OLD DOMINION DEMOCRATIC.
Majority In the State Is Estimated at
Fifty Thousand.
A special from Richmond says: The
democrats swept Virginia Tuesday,
winning the most complete victory in
the recent political history of the state.
The state ticket, headed bv Major
Hoge Tyler, with Edward Echols and
A. J. Montague as his running mates,
was elected by a majority estimated
upon meager returns at 50,000, and
the democrats will have two-thirds in
both branches of the general assembly.
WOLCOTT HOMEWARD BOUND.
He Leave* Liverpool Foi New York on a
Cunarder.
The Canard steamer Campania,
which sailed from Liverpool Sundav
for New York, had on her passengei
list the names of Senator Edward O
W oleott, of Colorado, chairman of thi
United States monetary commission,
and General C. J. Paine, of Massachu¬
setts, also a member of the monetary
commission.
INDIAN TROUBLES ENDED.
The Uprising in Colorado quelled By Ar¬
rival of Cavalry.
A special from Denver, Colorado,
says: No additional news was received
Tuesday morning at the state capital
concerning the Indian troubles in
Routte county. The troubles are be¬
lieved to be over, and the cavalry
troops, under Capt. Wright, is prob¬
ably now ou the ground,
SOUTHER?? PROGRESS.
Sew Industries Established in the South
During the Past Week.
An encouraging feature cf the in¬
dustrial situation in the south is the
large number of enlargements of nian-
ufacturing plants, principally cotton
mills, reported the past week by cor-
respondents. The number of new in¬
dustries also shows a healthy increase
and an active movement in nearly all
lines of trade.
The temporary lull in the demand
for iron is having no unfavorable effect
on the market and prices continue
firm, especially in southern iron, with
an upward tendency.
The textile industry is characterized
by increased activity, all the mills be¬
ing busy and many running on double
time.
Lumber operators for the most part
report a satisfactory trade, except at
those points where the quarantine reg¬
ulations have interfered with business.
dustries Among the most important new in¬
for the week are the follow¬
ing: The r Arkansas Brick and Manu¬
facturing company, ' capital $50,000,
Little Bock, Ark.; Hygeia Ice and
Fuel company, capital $25,000, Spar¬
tanburg, S. C.; $20,000 foundry and
machine shop at Birmingham, Ala.;
the Continental Land company, capi¬
tal $50,000, Atlanta, Ga.; the Ener¬
gizer Momentum Engine, Heat, Ligh*
and Power company, Charleston, W
Va., and the Charlestown (W. Ya.)
Electric Light, Heat and Power com¬
pany, capital $15,000. The Alabama-
King Mining company, capital $100,-
000, has been organized at Atlanta,
Ga , to develop Alabama gold mines;
the Southern Oil company, capital
$300,000, chartered at Corsicana, Tex¬
as; the Fink Creek Oil and Gas com¬
pany, at Weston, W. Ya., and a tobac¬
co ital manufacturing company with a cap¬
of $100,000, at Tampa, Fla. The
Bessemer City Cotton Mills, capital
$25,000, have been incorporated at
Bessemer City, N. C.; the Centralia
Broom and Lumber company, capital
$48,000, at Centralia, W. Ya., aud the
Fitzgerald Lumber company, capital
$40,000, at Centralia, W. Ya. 0.ther
woodworking plants will be establish¬
ed at Paint Bock, Ala.; Arkadelpliia,
Ark.; Ashland, Kv., and Franklin, La.
—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn).
UNION PACIFIC SOLD.
Only One Bidder Present-Price Realised
Was *57,064,932.76.
The Union Pacific road proper, in¬
cluding the buildings and all that goes
to operate the system, was sold at
Omaha, Neb., Monday morning to the
reorganization committee for the sum
of $53,528,532.76.
This amount does not include the
sinking fund in the hands of the gov¬
ernment, and taking this to be $4,036-
480, the amount stated in the govern¬
ment decree covering the sale of the
road, the total paid for the property
was $57,564,932.76. There were no
other bidders and the road went to
the reorganization committee without
opposition.
The sale of the road was in itself
one of the tamest and most uninterest¬
ing performances possible to imagine.
The crowd, which was not over 500
all told, was packed so closely around
the doorway and up in front of the
center of the building that the mem¬
bers of the reorganization committee,
the men who came out to buy the road
were unable to see anything or to hear
a word of what was going oil,
Under the terms of sale the pur¬
chasers have ninety days in which to
pay over the full amount of the pur¬
chase money and that part of the tran¬
saction will be carried out in New
York in the future,
EXTENSIVE STRIKE THREATENED
Cotton Operatives In the North of England
Are Discontented.
The Pall Mall Gazette (London)
commenting upon the threatened strike
of the cotton operatives throughout
the north of England, says the lockout
will affect 200,000 persons, and adds
that the strike will last for months,
entail a loss of ^70,000,000 and mean
the ruin of the cotton industry.
Continuing, The Pall Mall Gazette
remarks:
“The worst of it is that Lancashire
is cutting its own throat and supply¬
ing textile machinery to its rivals.
The cotton goods trade is already shut
oft - in the United States by prohibitive
tariff, and Lancashire is supplying
Canada with machinery almost suffi¬
cient to supply her own requirements;
while India and China are fast beating
it out of the neutral markets; ”
COTTON Men come south.
Northern Manufacturers to Make Inspec¬
tion of Southern Mills.
About fifty members of the New
England Cotton Manufacturers’ x4sso-
ciation, which has just concluded its
annual session at Philadelphia, arrived
in Washington Friday and left at once
for a tour of the southern mill districts.
They go on invitation of the Southern
rail way.
Nearly all cf the principal mill dis¬
tricts will be visited, and the mills in¬
spected. Danville, Va., Greenesboro,
Salisbury aud Asheville, N. C., Spar¬
tanburg, Columbia and Greenville dis-
trict aud uearly all the large mills in
South Carolina will be inspected.
FOOTBALLISTS DISBAND.
Von Gammon’s Death Lead Members of
Georgia Team to Resign.
A dispatch from Athens, Ga., states
that the death of Yon Gammon in the
football game in Atlanta will cause the
disbandment of the team. Monday
morning four of the strongest men
composing the eleven announced their
intention of quitting the game entirely.
Not only will this put au end to foot-
ball at the State university, but it will
also result, probably, in its abolition
Georgia. ‘
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EXPLOSION CAUSES DEATH.
Fourteen Men Lose Their Lives In a Sti¬
ver Mine In Mexico.
A disastrous explosiou oceuri'ed in
the Amarillas shaft of the Grand Cen¬
tral mine at Minas Priestus, Mexico.
Fourteen men were killed outright and
three sustained probably fatal inju¬
ries.
>So great was the force of the explo¬
sion that out of four men, who were
Rationed fully 200 feet distant from
ihe scene, thrse were killed instantlv.
Six recovered bodies are totally un-
^cognizable.
JACK FROST IN TEXAS.
Will Be a Benefit to the Cotton Crop of
the State.
A special from Denison, Texas, says:
There is a heavy frost in this section
and the Indian territory. It will help
the cotton crop. It will kill the bolls
and open them and facilitate picking.
The cotton crop in this section and
the southern portion of the
territory is jr t more than half bar*
Ye6te,i ’
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BY THE PRESIDENT AS SUCCESSOR
TO GEN. WADE HAMPTON,
AS COMMISSIONER OF RAILROADS.
Old War Horse of the Confederacy Was
Strongly Endorsed For the Position
By His Republican Friends.
A Washington special says: Friday
General James Longstveet was ap-
apointed commissioner of railroads to
succeed General Wade Hampton. This
change has long been anticipated,
hence it caused but little surprise.
General Hampton’s resignation has
been in the hands of President Mc-
Kinley since the advent of the present
administration, and the change would
hare occurred at an earlier period had
the importunities of Gen. Longstreet
and his political friends prevailed.
President McKinley had two objects
in delaying action in this now cele¬
brated case. When General LoDg-
street and his friends were clamoring
loudest for General Hampton’s official
scalp the “grand old man of the Pal¬
metto state” was dangerously ill. The
president decided that he would not
accept General Hampton’s resignation
until he was given ample time to re¬
gain his health by an extended trip to
the Pacific coast. General Hampton
has recovered from his late illness,and
declares that he is in robust health
and weighs over 200 pounds. The
president also desired Genqyal Hamp¬
ton to have an opportunity to frame
and submit his annual report on the
business of the commissioner's office.
That report has been completed and is
ready for the printer.
Although General Hampton feels that
he has been treated with admirable con¬
sideration by the president, the latter
neglected to notify the general that his
resignation had been accepted before
announcing the appointment of h's
successor.
The first intimation of General Long-
street’s appointment was conveyed to
General Hampton by a press corre¬
spondent. General Hampton was •'in
his office at the general pension build¬
ing performing bis ofiicial duties, un¬
conscious of his decapitation. When
apprised of the president’s action Gen¬
eral Hampton remarked that it was not
unexpected in view of what has been
so often stated in the newspapers on
the subject. He added that ho tendered
his resignation as soon as President
McKinley was inaugurated, and, there¬
fore, he was prepared to relinquish the
office without delay. He said he ap¬
preciated the effoi-t of so many of his
former associates in the senate to have
him retained, and it is gratifying to
know that so many consi lerations
were shown him by the administra¬
tion.
Even the democrats who desired to
see General Wade Hampton retained
have little to say against his successor.
They are strongly opposed to his pol¬
itics, but his magnificent record as a
confederate leader has modified their
opposition to him on account of his
party affiliation,
The career of General Longstreet
during the war is well known. His
political career cduhl be summarized
in a short chapter.
After the war the general establish¬
ed his headquarters in New Orleans,
where he engaged in the mercantile
business. He was not successful, and
his friends urged him to apply to Pres¬
ident Grant for a position.
Grant was delighted to aid Long¬
street, and made him surveyor of the
port of New Orleans.
Later, the general was supervisor of
internal revenue iu Louisiana, post¬
master at New Orleans, Minister to
Turkey under President Hayes, and
United States marshall for Georgia
under President Garfield.
Recently he has been quite active
in party councils in Georgia, and in
last year’s campaign he was a sturdy
supporter of Mr. McKinley from the
start.
General Longstreet’s son says the
general will at once take a house in
Washington in the fashionable part of
the city. It is learned that the aged
general and his wife expect to do so¬
ciety this winter, and to this end will
take a residence sufficiently large to
entertain in.
MUST CEDE TEN FEET.
Gox eminent Having Trouble with Land
Owners at Chickamauga Park.
’Ihe Chickamauga park commission¬
ers have been notified by the war de¬
partment that unless the property
owners in Walker' county, Georgia;
abutting the proposed government
road now in course of construc¬
tion to Lafayette, cede the govern¬
ment the additional ten feet required
to make the road forty feet, in uni¬
formity with all the other roads ap¬
proaching the park, the work cannot
succeed. A large number of owners
^ ave ceded the necessary right of way,
but many of them are holding back
and have declined to do so.
HANNA CLOSES CAMPAIGN.
tie Makes His Last Speech at Music Itatt
In C'iSveland.
Senator Cleveland, Hanna closed his campaign
at O., Saturday night with
ft s P eecli delivered before a mass meet-
at ^ us ic Hall. Senator Hanna’s
s P ee(> h was devoted to Mr. Bryan. He
" as aluaze d au d astounded at
aQ dacity of the Nebraskan, who
^ a d <?ome to Ohio to tell the people
the J’ ^ a d made a mistake last year
* he n the y votei1 overwhelmingly
against . the policy which Bryan
sented. repre¬
He urged the voters not to
reverse the verdict-
ROBBERS BREAK JAIL.
Overpowered the Jailer ami Aaeaulted
Ills Wife.
A special from Dead wood, S. D.,
says: Sunday night the four Belle
Fourche robbers overpowered the Law¬
rence county jailer and his wife, as¬
saulted the .voman and escaped into
the hills, taking with them William
Moore, a negro murderer.
The robbers are members of the des¬
perate Curry gang of outlaws and
were captured only a week or two ago
in Montana, after a severe battle.
PRESIDENT GOES TO VOTE.
He Leaves Washington For a Visit To His
Home Iu Canton.
The president and Mrs. McKinley
left Washington Friday at 3:40 o’clock
for Cincinnati for the Ohio trip which
had been planned for several days,
Secretary Porter accompanied the
president,
After stopping in Canton and Pitts-
burg, the party will return tq Wa*h-
ington nest Thursday.
ALL NIGHT SHELTERS.
Metropolitan Lodging Houses for
Poor Women.
Places in New York Where Beds Can
Be Obtained at Small Cost Together
with Food to Keep Body and Soul
Together. who hears
The average New Yorker
the words “Bowery lodging-house
pictures to himself scenes of sneak-
thievery, debauchery, depravity, and
privation. The newspapers have in¬
formed him that these are the homes,
sweet homes of a variety of individ¬
uals known technically as “pan-hand-
lers,” “jail birds,’’ “grafters,” “rousta¬
bouts,” “hamfatters,” “Aim Hammers,
“stool pigeons,” “fakirs,” “hobos,” ^
“tramps,” “bums,” and other equally
choice terms.
There are some two hundred or
more of these lodging-houses in this
city, out of which but six are devoted
to the exclusive use of women, And
concerning these the general public
knows but very little, if anything.
With but few exceptions, If any, the
lodging-houses for women iar excel, in
nearly every respect, the abodes of the
Bowery, and as a rule Gotham's finan¬
cially embarrassed daughters are a su
perior set of individuals, compared
with their similarly situated brothers.
Their shelters are kept scrupulously
neat and clean, the floors are scoured
daily, the sheeting and pillow cases
are often immaculate in their white¬
ness, the surroundings generally are
snug and homelike, and, in short,
everything is as good as any one
might expect under the circumstances.
Women’s lodging-houses are of three
distinct sorts, and if shipping terms
were applicable they mignt be rated
as of the cabin, intermediate and
steerage, for that Would come nearer
describing them than anything else.
Thoseof thecabin.or first class, should
hardly come under the head of what is
generally meant and commonly known
as a lodging-house. Most of them are
expensive affairs, far beyond the means
of those really very hard up to patron-
lze. They are often luxuriously fur-
nished with moquette carpets, lounges,
portieres, bric-a-brac, mahogany ta¬
bles, brass and enameled bedsteads,
oil paintings, etc,, and usually a piano.
Those of the second class are the abid-
ing places generally of respectable,
more or less friendless women, who
secure from their masters penurious
compensation for their toil, and are,
therefore, compelled to seek shelter
where their scanty means will permit.
The establishments of the third class
are what is known as shelters, and are
the domiciles of the poorest of the
poor, and correspond to the BoWery
lodgings for men.
One of the most interesting of these
last is located at 6 Rivington street,
just off the Bower*y. The glass trans¬
parency over the door reads: “Wom¬
en’s Lodging Hottse.” It is a five-
story, tenemenUappearing, brick build¬
ing, with ugly iron fire escapes in front
on each floor.
The place affords shelter nightly for
about one hundred women. The rules
are very strict. The price for a bed in
the dormitories is 15 cents, and for
single rooms 20 cents per night. The
sleeping rooms are opened at OP. M
and closed at 8.30 A. M. sharp, except
on Sunday, when they are open all day
for those tvho desire to rest, but no
talking is permitted.
In cases of illness, not contagious,
beds are provided in one of the back
dormitories, but 15 cents a day extra
must be paid in advance, and on appli
cation to the matron meals may be or¬
dered from any of the neighboring
restaurants, but must be carried up
stairs by one of the female attaches,
as no man, unless he be a minister of
the gospel, is ever permitted to enter,
Children, twelve years old or more,
occupying a bed with their mothers or
any one else, are charged full price,
and any one wishing to keep her closet
or private room key is allowed to do
so only by leaving a deposit of 30 cents
with the matron, who refunds it “if
the key is returned in good order.”
Any one may wash and iron clothes
in the house laundry by paying in ad¬
vance 10 cents, for which soap and
starch are provided. Those desiring
to leave anything iu the closets or
A. M., and those who leave bundles IU
the office or storeroom are charged 30
cftiis for each bundle, and the same
must be paid in advance, but if the
goods are removed before the expira-
tion of thirty days the money is re¬
funded at the rate of 1 cent a day for
the days remaining. The house is
clcsed for the night and the boll de-
tarhed at 11 o’clock, and anyone desir¬
ing to gain admittance after that hour
mUFi give notice to tha matron before
5 P. M. and pay double.
Everything about the place IS clean
and cOzy, and waxed and polished are
the hails and dormitories. The sitting
room is nicely carpeted, and can boast
of an organ, tables covered With tur-
key-iea cloths, and a goodly supply Of
books and newspapers. Religious ser¬
vices are conducted each Sunday after¬
noon by a clergyman from the Protest¬
ant Episcopal General Theological
Seminary.—New York News.
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The clove tree is a native of the Yo-
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j spread handsome family of myrtles. with It is ovate- a tall,
very evergreen,
oblong leaves and purplish flowers,
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The flower buds are beaten from the
tree, and are dried by the sn\oke of
wood fires and afterwards by the sun.—
Philadelphia Times.
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The largest poultry farm In the
world belongs to Mr. Isaac Wilbur of
Little Compton, R. I. Mr. Wilbur ships
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houses being about 150 feet apart, set
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scattered over three or four fields. The
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the attendant feeding as he goes. At
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Menstrual Suppression.
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may exposure
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