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ANNUAL LOSS BY FIRE.
h Ha* B«n Vary Much Reduced by lm.
i proved Method* ot Fighting Fire.
J Mr. Charles T. Hill, the artist, who
baa 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 amounts lo one hundred mil-
Aions of dollars, nnd fully one-half of
tbls loss Is caused by the wafer n*ed
in extinguishing the fins, before the
introduction, In 1872, of controlling or
ahut-off nozzlc-s used on the fire-hose,
the percentage of loss by water wa*
even greater—at least two-thirds of the
total loss. Previous to the introduc¬
tion of this much-needed device, there
was used what was known ns an"open
pipe,” a plain open nozzle, with no
contrivance for shutting off the waater.
When It was necessary to shut off, the
order had to he pnsed to the engineer,
aometlmea a long distance from the
Are; 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
scientifically, and with a great deal
more aysteni, than were tho.M* of * f, n
or twenty years ago, and oflh-wa in
rommand of engine companleH are turn-
ally very careful not to use any more
water than is absolutely nccessar.>.
Nearly every hose-wagon In Mm No.v
York Hrc Department to-day c.tttles
three sizes of hose the tegulit 1 ion t n'e,
-hj Inch, used at all ordinary file ■
,nch <known as”third alarm hose."
nnd only used at fires of ronslih-i.ibh:
magnlludo), and n small hose carried
on a reel under the wagon. '1 his hose
Is V j inches In diameter, and very
eap) to handle, and on account of Hu*
ease with which any uumbni of lengths
of it can be carried about, it Is that
oftenest used nt small fires In dw < I-
Ing-houscs. office-buildings, and flats.
With a controlling nozzle on tlm end,
the fireman can dm It up several lllr'i -
of stairs and Into u bedroom or closet.
nnd extinguish a stiinil 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 lengtht up
and around winding stairways, eie.,
would take much longer, nnd 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 lias been practically
demonstrated that a considerable
amount of fire can be extinguished
with a small amount of water applied
effectively, nnd the use of the small
hose has done milch to reduce the
damage by water at fires In dwellings
and flats.
(ilvc I n |{«>n|.
Thin iw the pray«>r of the nervous who do
Hot sleep Weil. Lot thorn tiso H oh tut tur'K
AitmnArh Bitter, nnd their prayer will he
tpradily answered. liiNnmnin In the product
of indigestion nnd nervousness, t wnns.nehite
nil mentis soon fvmwIUHl By the HU turn, whiuh
«)*»> vauqulNhuM nmluriu, countI jitUuu, Uv» r
complaint, rheumatism ami kfelony com¬
plaint**.
Mnn Jm mitdc of dust or nt least noim* wives
think their husbands mv.
llmi 'i* Til In ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars hYward for
any cane of (‘atarrh that cannot he cured by
UaU'n i atarrh Cure.
K. J. (’ll km: v «V <’<>,, Drops., Toledo. ().
We, the undersigned, h/ivc know n V ,1. < ’he-
ney for the lust l'» years, nud bellow him pur*
feetlv ftnnnrl»Uy honorable in al l ImMiiicNN (riinaactionH obllga*
»ml able to carry out any
lion nvnilfi by their Arm.
WkwT A Tin ax. WImAcnhIo Druggists Toledo,
Ohio. Mahvjn, Whob
WaUiino. Kinnan «V ah
DruggislN, Toledo. Ohio.
HhU’k Ontnrrh Cure it* 1 :\Ucn inlcrmilly. nut*
Ing directly (lie upon the blood amj mucous mid
fun *n of h) stum. l Vh u, ?V. our bottle.
Hold Uy all Drutffftnt*. Testimonials free.
Hair* Family Pills arc the bust.
Fite permanently rnre-U No fils nr nervon,.
nest, A fter llrKtilnyV 1 use uf 1»r. Kline’s lirent
Nerveltestnrer. fk trinl tmUleanil In .(IIwtiee.
1)11, R. H. Hum, Lhl .utl AniiH, I'hUa., IV
After.!* years' suffering, I «'n- eured by
V '""
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CATARRH
Heller IleHltli More Tithing HoiiiI'n TIiiui
Kver lU’f«re.
“I was AfflluieJ with catarrh and was in
•uch a condition that pvery Ultlo draught
would enn.e me to take eon! After having
taken a few bottles of Hood - Sarsaparilla
I havebeen strengthened and 1 am in better
health than I have ever been before.” John
Albert, 7a James St., New York.N. V.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
lath* licit In fact the One True ltlowt I’urtllor.
Hood’s Pills ihu family cathiYrtiv,
v&sy tt»ttportUu, .'ViiH'iiD.
DRUNK ARDS o
out tlu . ,
AYJVt J*r. htM’Vt’l
oitrt* fx’i th«* drink
WrU* H**»t"\!» i'lh’mh’Hl
Cf>.,Wllr'«ilMy. ^
roll iBfanMUoB On pUln »r«ri-*'> >»»>>»,' ,r,v
BUV YOUR RINGS OF THE MMttRS.
ThU (4«U( FUN v IWty Kill. M ill
ou ruculi»t »»f 1 Ov M)iu»ji tukutt.
1>. M. %Y A*tK\N» A CO.
erntont Farr. »«!* •*-. .......
WANTED r ' r ~- V'i Vi \oi T
WANTED evil., mgAarn.,. w.i.nmou.
CHtW STAR TOBACCO - TUI BtST.
SMOKE SLEDGE CIGARETTES.
■V \ Humgry
The hair is like a plant. What makes the
plant fade and wither? Usually lack of neces¬
sary nourishment. The reason why Ayer’s Hair
Vigor restores gray or faded hair to its normal
color, stops hair from falling, and makes it
grow, is because it supplies the nourishment the
hair needs.
Hair
THE WORLD’S FASTEST RUNNER.
Bernard J. Wefen. the New Champion,
Weigh* I 8 S Pound*.
Of all the men who In running re¬
galia ever faced a starter on a cinder
track, »<Tiinnl .1. Wefers, who a few
days ago broke the world's rerord by
running the hundred yards in i> 3-3
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 (o the waist, and his world-beat¬
ing legs, strung with tendon* of steel,
are of a minimum weight. Ho has
nothing to carry save that which is of
eminent use to him In Ids task.
Perhaps the vital element, after all,
In a runner Is "sand.” If Wafer’s roc-
ord of victories over famous rotnpctl
tors were not sufficient proof of hi*
grit, his face, with Its square jaw, firm
set mouth, piercing eyes and aggros-
sive nose, should tell the story plainly.
Me halls from Lawrence, Maw. His
fleelncHS was Inherited, His father
was an athlete of skill nnd a runner
hard to boat.
q ho present champion Is but ’>:!
vesrs of age, and has linen running
for four years. He Is six feet 'all In
bls stockings nnd weighs 1 K 5 pounds
When he first made his appearance fin
„ fj ,, trar . k K „ od J(lr | Kf> . * a w no
f|(Ulrr fop „„ waH „ Wf . 1(t , lt
heard of for a runner to carry. The
y( , lirfl have Intervened hnve prov-
on (Uf . (lj(I n „, know .
rrilllu- most runner:-*, Wefers, in mo
^ on | H straight ns an arrow. Ills stvlo
V( , ry Krftf . ( wUh his long,
gtrhla, p,. aeema.to travel al-
n ,„ Ht with on t effort. He gathers speed
n» ho goes, arid Is famed in the athletic
Wor | ( j na ft strong
jq n pprnro could convey more of
t-onstlon nnd nlerlness than does that
wh i,, h r ,.„ rc „ont«i Wefers crouching lor
start, Hvery nerve and fibre Is
j )|m Bre K ( rlin g m, r . a piano wire. And
t , not for 1h< , K „ll< rv He Is prob-
al)|y (m „ (lf | ( ,. s t starters In
(i u » world. Ho never in n race 1 ms
permitted any competitor to pace him.
|)( , , h( .’ |,. rtr i f rom ti,„ H tart, and
(n v;l ,. l raa j or |ty of his races has
f( w|lh display of speed ns
j,as ril)M ] ( . t p, f . w |,„i,. wor | d wonder.
Anothct phenomenal thing about
, I)|M phonomcna! man Is that his mar-
velons efforts do not kcciu to urr**.■ t
lilm nfter tlie mtinner of most athletes
of Ids clnsr,. It Is a familiar sight on
athletic trucks to see runners, after
brenating the tape, utterly collapsed,
and half carried to the clubhouse by
their friend,
Not so with Wefers. After break'
lug the world’ll records he baH ntnsz d
the Onlookers by Jumping a jig on the
greensward for Joy and trotting off
to the (In dug room with (lie nlnerl-
tv of n colt.
It will bn a long (lav before anybody
secs Ills like. New York Journal.
Dynamite for Iceberg*.
Polar expeditions are to carry Ice¬
breakers and lo deal (lestrneiIon to
Iceberg* In future, If the plans of Vice-
Admiral Makurof, of the Russian navy,
r.itcceed.
lie propone-, to use a machine called
.,11 ice breaker, which will force n pa ,
: age through frozen An tic peas and
make tin trip for a strong steamer as
easy ns a voyage across the Atlantic
Ik for Ihe ordinary vessel. Admire.!
Makarof's Invention la said to be pow¬
erful enough to crush through loo
twenty-two feet thick, nnd as (he
i\ rage thicknegB of lee In the point'
regions is considered to ho not over
tv,rive feet, be 1 h thought to have an
m, v way hiffore him. The natim of
the mechanism of the ice breaker bus
hecit carefully kept secret, but it is
thought that dynamite Is used. The
u ,,te! used will probably be construct-
ed with a double bull, lly meani of
a Miles of steel tubes the dynamite
will l«> exploded as soon as the ram
touches the lee.
"E Pluribus Unum."
Wo are indebted to John Adams for
our national motto, "10 Dhiribue
Unum." While he was Mintstev to
Knglnml. Sir ,lol)li I’rostwlck silggcsl-
,,,] p t( , ^ r> Adams as a good motto
to indicate Ihe union of the colonies.
" W " s to Congress, and
adopted by net of Congress June ITS”.
The eagle In its beak bears a Hb-
bon, on which is the motto. In the
early days of Its use the eagle bore
also In Its talons a bundle of thirteen
arrows: but when. In tell, a new seal
was made to take tlie place of the old
one. which had become worn, only six
an -ows were placed ill the talons
Whether this change was ordered by
law or not la not known. The old
Latin motto was in use ln Knglnml ns
far back as 1730 on the “Gentleman’s
Magazine.'' St. Nicholas.
Will Falsa Teeth Crow?
It is reported that a Russian dentist
has solved the problem of supplying
no,with false teeth which will grow
into the gums as firmly ns natural
ones. Ills method is to bore holes
at the root of gutta-percha or porce¬
lain tooth and also ln the jaw. After
the tooth has been placed in the eavi
ty a soft granulated growth finds its
wav from the jaw into the holes of
the tooth, which, he claims, gradually
and holds the tooth in post
l ' on s wwn, ' H ' r "* Nmevtcan dentist ;
M#mUng nt lhf hpai , of their profes-
slon have, however, declared that the
Russian's alleged discovery is a fraud
HE WAS CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR
OF GREATER NEW YORK.
THE END CAME VERY SUDDENLY.
The Champion of.Irfiter.onlan I»einon-<cy
I hIIm I'mlor Hlrnln of n VI #orotic
n~ Tim Son Sub»tlliit«i<l.
Henry George, author of “Progress
awl Poverty,” and candidate of the
Jeffersonian democracy for mayor of
Greater New York, died suddenly at
4:45 o’clock Friday morning at the
Union Square hotel in that city of
cerebral apoplexy.
ln »*!«* Cooper Union speech
accepting the nomination for mayor,
less than a month ago, he said:
“I’ll make this race if it costs me
my life. This is a call to duty, and as
a good citizen I have no right to dis-
regard it on account of mere personal
considerations.”
Mr. George arrived at. the hotel
about 1 o’clock in the morning. He
had just returned from several large
iiutHH meetings in the boroughs of
Qiicouh nnd Mrooklrn. Tlie work of
the night aenmed to have told on him.
He complained of being tired, but bis
friends and relatives who waited on
him thought it was only the natural
fatigue that, follows sncli hard cam-
work hh Mr. George lias been
doing. Not long ufter reaching the
liotel he was stricken down.
Thus the cheers of the campaign
workers were suddenly changed to ;
„igliH, for true to his word, Henry
George, the apostlo of the rights of
man, died as ho wished to die in
lmmeRH fighting for the eauae— toward
the close of the greatest municipal
political campaign the world lias ever
seen. Tlie
end was peaceful and he died
without pain.
Mr. George was physically frail nnd
t], e strain of an exciting campaign re- !
qqiririg speeclt-maUing at points night, many
miles apart, night after was
more than nature could stand.
He spoke nt Whitostone at 8 o’clock
and made speeches at College Point
Flushing before returning to New
York to speak at the Central opera
house. Mrs. George went with him.
All the hulls in which ho spoke were
at College Point and Flush-
crowds were turned away. At
Whitestoiie lie drove from the railroad
station to the meeting ball nt a gallop. \
To the cheering crowds he said: !
“j believe tlmt all needed reforms
are summed up in that, philosopy the
right of every men to eat, to drink, to
speak sh he sees tit, so long ns he does
not, trench on the rights of any other
man. I believe that God, the Father,
can take care of His own laws—there
ni) need for us lo f;«t into trouble
trying to meddle with God’s laws, to
enforce them. If I am elected, nml 1
believe that I will he elected, I will
enforce the law upon the licit and poor
nliku. ”
Henry George was fifty-eight years
old, being born on September ‘2, 18.‘W.
He received a common school educa-
tion 1881; “Social J’rohlems, 188.1,
“Properly in Land, a controversy
with the Duke of Argyll*, 1881, I lie
Condition of Labor,” an open letter to
Pope Leo XIII., 1 Hill; and a . Per-
plexed Philosopher,” (Herbert Spelt-
eer) IH'.I'J. George nominated
In 188ti Mr. was
By the United Labor party for mayor
of New York, polling 68,01)0 votes,
against 5)0,000 for Abram S. Hewitt,
the democratic nominee, and 60,000
for Roosevelt, now assistant secretary
of the navy, republican. by
After bis nomination for mayor
the Jeffersonian democrats several
weeks ago, Mr. George made an ex¬
tremely nelive canvass, speaking sev¬
eral times every evening and working
from early to late at his headquarters.
The Son NubsHfuted.
At 11 o’clock Friday morning the
Thomas Jefferson demoeraey held a
meeting and submitted the name of
Hem-v George, Jr., for the name of
liis father, Henry George, as candidate
for mayor of Greater New York. The
nomination was accepted,
Ilenry George, Jr., was horn in
Sacramento, Cal., in 1862, He was
educated in the public schools of Hau
Francisco.
A STAUNCH ( RAFT.
Now I.ifjlitliousu Vuswul Itidi'R Wo rut
Sfoum lvnoYvii Oil C'oiiKt.
Information has been received by
the lighthouse hoard at Washington
that the in^v lipMhonse \ewl No. 09,
which was recently placed on the dift-
mond shoal off HnUeras, rode out the
recent storm sticcessfullv.
1 ,*.... ,vts from stations al.our in,,
‘ show ' that the storm, was the
, • , uI
. ■* n i
'
'tm intern i , s roof nositive iould that hi
^ that rio vessel
jtiou tUrou ' h H hoavv
‘
gale is not well founded.
PRESIDENT GOES TO VOTE.
Ho I.ouyos Wunhluiftoii Fora \ isit To Ills
Homo In Canton.
The prcMdent ., , and ... Mrs MeKroiey
left AA aslnngtpn Friday at .1:40 o clock
or Umeninat. for the Ohio trip which
had been planned for several days.
Secretary 1 orter accompanied the
presn eut.
After stopping . in . Canton und lhtts-
Imrg. the party will return to Wash-
mgton next htirsdav.
PREACHER ON A SI’REI.
WodqU I p Dt'lttuicli With tho Murder of
III* Wife,
On Thursday, Rev. J. L. Burdina, a
Baptist , preacher , ,, hvmg in the , tipper
ena of Pickens county, C\, who has
been on a protracted spree, shot * his
wife through the heart with a revolver.
killing , bar , instantiy. , „ He then , „ hie*, , a
38 eahher bullet into his brain. He
is still living, but unconscious. L
Ihe took vni» the only , witness. Mrs.
was a sister of Major Stewait,
the court of 1‘ickeus.
DEATH IX BURNING MINE.
Hevcn Men Lo,*« Their l.lvr* In the Bowel*
or flip Knrtli.
The most fatal mine disaster in the
Lackawanna, or Wyoming, coal fields
* iuC * the Twiu horror ttt Pitts ‘
ton, over a year ago, was developed in
the flro which gutted the river slope
of the Delaware and Hudson Corn-
v, flny L? Von H,ori ' h “ li " e 1,1
in., Saturday. ,
At least neven men are known to
have been suffocated by smoke arid
possibly one other, a Polondcr, is
numbered among the dead.
Thu slope extends down through
three veins.
The missing men were nt work in
the deck and surface veins, the former
100 and the latter sixty feet from the
surface.
They hud but twoavenues of escape.
ior ... run < was , v ''“J ° ,
u . et ’. “
slope which was a sea of flames for
nearly twelve hours and is yet burn-
tug near its foot and the other route
was vtn cross cuts to gangways w inch
lead to an air shalf nearly a mile from
the spot-whwo they were working.
* 11<! ,l< T' t tll 0,u <">t of tm- slope a:i«
,lie * ln oke, which . backed out and in to
'*" *' 1, ‘ workings, prevented escape
through all he ('toHs-cutH.
I he supposition is that the men were
suffoeated.
NEW ASSISTANT MllltARIAX
or * ,l « Gi-»rgin Matu urn-ary Mis* s. V.
Jewett-Appointed t.y Oov. Atkinson.
the J * position 10 Jong nnd of assistant vigorous state contest librarian for
yielded a victory last week in Hie ap-
pointment of Miss Music A. Jewett to
that position.
Miss Jewett was appointed by Gov-
ernor Atkinson for the uuexpired term,
made vacant by the resignation of Mrs.
Ellon Dorteh-Longstreot. appointed
While Miss Jewett was
for the nnexpired term, she is and has
boon an applicant for the position of
assistant state librarian for the full
term, and Iter friends are very coitii-
deut that alio will be appointed for the
full term by the next stale librarian,
to whom this power will bo delegated
by the governor.
Miss Jewett has resigned an excellent
find permanent position in ihe slate etl-
ueational department to accept the po¬
sitiou of assistant librarian. Of the
numerous applicants for this position,
none better prepared or fitted for its
duties could have been selected than
Miss Jewett. Her careful and efficient
discharge of the duties of her position
in the educational department demon-
strides her capability to assist in the
conduct of n department of state, nnd
her knowledge < f public matters, her
efficiency and talent in literary affairs
make it quite certain that, if for no
other reason, the incoming librarian
" ill find her such a capable and help¬
ful assistant that she will be retained
for the long term,
TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL CLOSED,
Aftrr a Magnifiuunt Display of Firowoi-ltN
f!u» Doxology Was Sung.
Saturday, the Inst day and night of
the Tennessee Centennial exposition,
whl dl ' l l ,(, 11 f'\ lts g « te8 M,l >' lst > ", ,IS
well , attended, about , 30,000 people,
many of Uiem visitors, being present,
There were no special features dur¬
ing the day, but at night, after 11 mag¬
nificent display of fireworks and con¬
cert, there was held Ihe closing meet¬
ing in thi> auditorium, which waspaek-
ed, main floor and galleries.
It was the love feast lmd in com-
momorntion of the closing hours of
the exposition, in which all the people
of Tennessee evinced the greatest anti
most loyal pride.
Numerous addresses were delivered,
sixteen guns were fired and then with
tlie doxoiogy, in which the audience
joined in singing, tlie exposition was
declared elosed.
GERMANY IS INDIGNANT
Over Arrest and Imprlsontnciit of One of
Her Subjects By HuytL
Advices from Fort An I’rince state
that serious trouble has arisen between
Hn.vti and (ler.imny.
The German minister to that repub-
lie, Count Seherwiu, lias hauled down
his flag nud, according to current ro-
port, three German warships nro ex¬
peeted to back up the ultimatum
of that minister to Germany, demand¬
ing an indemnity for the alleged ille-
gal imprisonment of a German citizen.
The affair lias caused considerable
excitement among the native popula¬
tion.
GROVER HAS A SON
Ami Uutli, Ksth«v anti Marian aru
hussuiI of a Small Brother.
A Princeton, N. J., has dispatch states
tb*t « son and lieiv been born h
the house of C leveland, ihe young
s ter lliurMiay.
ke cther eluldrou m the fault y a-
n ,, f' 11 ," butli. l.sther and Manau.
hs,lu ' r "** s ,ho 0,,l v rh,U ,” f » T rc '
-
’ blent . , ever , horn in the < white house
Ybo imply event announced wil 1
still further stimulate the lively inlet
est of the public in the Cleveland fain
>l.v. and the intelligence will he hailed
"" ,l I''™'"'' »» over the land, at,,
will call forth many hearty congratn-
'•“onu and good wishes.
DELK REWARD IS DUE.
AOnnta DotertlvfN riaim the Money. Dui
‘'Yhero Aro Othors.**
The sentence of old man Delk to
lifl , iniprisoll , nPIlt for ,. omplidtT iu
tho murder of ^ )ieri ff Gwv„ of Pike
’
00ull1v> onn?es tho !o Md re-
, W(1 fa „ llne u , his cft , lti;I . s
The money has already been claimed
by Detectives Looney, \ Hewitt and
Mehaffev> of At!;int;1 . )Ut , vin not bt ,
ia nntl i the question of other claim-
ffnte is definitely disposed of.
MUCH LEATHER IN ASHES
Hlg Manufactory Owtroyfil By Fire at
Morrl#, HI.
The big manufacturing plant of the
W oefe, Leather Oompa.iv at Mortis,
III., with retail stores in Sau Fran¬
cisco, Chicago and Boston, and owners
of one of the largest tanneries in the
(-onntry. burned AVednesdav evening.
The estuhlishffient was wo*th a'*out
ISM),000. T he loss amounted Walvont
§220,000, exclusive of tan hack J-A, 000
aort i, that a j so l, e j„ g destAyed,
yj) t . j,j a n* wsjs insured for 81 to,Qua,
WHY HE CAVE UP HOME.
I, Settler'* Reason* tor Clving Up Hit
Claim.
Some time ago the register ot the
United States land office at Wa-Keen-
ey, Kan., called upon a settler to show
cause why his claim should not be
forfeited. The settler had abandoned
his homestead claim In Kansas and
moved Into Tennessee. Ills answer
is now preserved as a valuable relic
among the archives of the general land
office here. It follows:
"Answering your favor of the 3d
Instant, referring to my entry No. 10,-
005, under the homestead law, will say,
that I have no cause to show wi'hin
the prescribed thirty days (nor weeks,
nor months even) why my claim
should not be forfeited to said Piece
of land In that arid region where rains
are as scarce as the proverbial hen’s
teeth and as far between as angel’s
visit!;; where water is more precious
, UainomJ * ; where the lean and
. TtlJce , p b k ever to thp ma .
of the lonely and un-
, >eop i C( j prairies; where the festlverab-
Wt zanders unmolested, lordly mon-
arch of all he surveys, and mourns for
h , g , ost compa n!ons, the Indian, buffa-
]o an( , geUler> who are not .
*q voluntarily surrender all my right,
title and Interest In said land forever
ftn( , lrrevocat)ly to the eminent domain
of our Uncle Sam. West be his mag¬
nanimous great heart for that benefi¬
cent homestead lav;, that plants the
settlor on his lonely claim, forty miles
from nowhere, and out of God’s knowl-
c(]ge _ to deIve , 0 thf! tnne of blizzards,
cyclones, grasshoppers and chinch
ptigs, am! after a few short, and fitful
years full of sorrow and hard work he
seeks his last and only rest In the
bosom of that, same mother earth, his
only companion in his isolation.
“I. congratulate his excellency, the
President on this magnificent addition
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HIS LAUCH WAS HIS FORTUNE.
An Arkansas Steamboat Captain's Jollity
Made Him Famous.
“Ever hear of a man who made a
fortune out of liis laugh?” said a guest
of the St. Charles as lie looked over the
register. ”1 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 mo of a
man who made a fortune out of his
laugh. His name was John I). Adams,
and he was the father of Sam, the
gentleman registered there. John D.
Adams was a typical steamboat man of
Arkansas, and in addition to his steam¬
boating was 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 so musical and
jolly that one could imagine old Kri 3
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 scon come under the in¬
fection of his magnetic laugh, and
form a genuine admiration for the
grizzled old steamhoatman. He was
known at the hotel by everybody, and
was pointed out for years by a colored
porter, to whom he once gave a $5
gold piece as a tip in a fit of jollifi¬
cation over the closing of a big con¬
tract in his favor.
‘Amazing talcs were (old of his cour¬
age and his steamboat experiences. On
one occasion, when an accident hap¬
pened to his boat and the passengers
became panicstricken. he calmed them
as If by magic by calling them child¬
ren, 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
laugh, his eyes glittering like a
snake's, and Ills forefinger on his re¬
volver, ready to dash out the life of
the first one who made a move. One
of the desperadoes said afterward in
speaking of the occurrence that be
never felt so queerly before in his life.
He said he felt as though the very
marrow in his bones was being fro¬
zen.’’—New Orleans Times-Domcerat.
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