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CHARLESTON GETS SQI'ADRON.
riaboratr Enlrrtaiumrnt Plaann'
for Offlcar* and firorgla Barbecue
for Mon.
Charleston. S. C., Nov. 27.—The North
Atlantic Squadron, under command of
AdmlraJ Higglnson. ■will reach
Charleston next week to take part in
the opening ceremonies of the exposi
tion. If the squadron comes in on
Monday morning the sailors will he as
signed their proper place in the expo
sition parade. On Tuesday the officers
will be taken to the exposition and
made to feel entirely at home in the
beautiful "Ivory City.” On Wednes
day they will be taken to the
Charleston Navy Yard at Chicora Park
and will be entertained at luncheon on
the revenue cutter Forward. On Wed
nesday they will be entertained at a
complimentary dinner given by the
city. Or. Thursday they will be taken
to the exposition again and on Thurs
day nighr they will attend a compli-
mentary hall at the German Artillery
Hall, gi\ en under the auspices of the
exposition company. On Friday the
enlisted men of the squadron will be
entertained at a real old-ttme Georgia
barbecue on the exposition grounds. On
Friday the officers of the squadron will
be tendered a complimentary deer hunt
on the private grounds of Capt. Wag
ner, president of the exposition com
pany. near Summerville, and after that
the campaign will be changed to suit
conditions.
>IH. H. FENWICK TAYLOR DEAD.
State House Officials Attend Mad i
son's Street Fair.
Tallahassee, Fla.. Nov. 27. ~The E.
T. Smith Hardware-Furniture Com
pany of Arcadia, with a capital of $50,-
000. has been incorporated, and will do
a wholesale and retail business in hard
ware and furniture at Arcadia and
other points in Florida.
The Florida Slr.-r Fatr Associatiort.-
with headquarters now at Jacksonville,
was incorporated to-day. The capital
stock is $2,500, and the object is to hold
a state fair annually, wherever the di
rectors may determine.
The wife of Chief Justice R. Fen
wick Taylor died here at 8 o’clock last
night, after a long and painful illness.
Mrs. Taylor was formerly Miss Ame
lia E. Haile of Alachua county, and
the interment will be at Gainesville on
Thursday.
Most of the cabinet officers and the
Governor's private secretary have gone
to the Madison Street Fair. Gov. Jen
nings was prevented from attending
the fair by the urgency of important
business.
J. Russell Brinson, editor of the
Rainbridge Headlight, is here on im
portant business.
LITTLE ALBERT CONVERSE DEAD.
Aaldosla Mnnrna the Death of at
Bright Little Child.
Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 27. —One of th;
saddest deaths that has occurred here
in a long time was that of little Albert
Converse, the 3-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Converse. He was an
exceptionally bright and handsome
child and was a perfect picture of
health up to a week ago when he was
taken with membraneous croup. The
best medical skill of this oity and Ma
con administered to him. but were un
able to check the progress of the dis
ease. Little Albert was known to every
body in Valdosta and his exceedingly
happy-hearted disposition made him a
great favorite. His death causes sor
row to a large circle of friends of the
family throughout this section.
The severe weather for the past two
weeks has made the cane growers "get
a move on 'em.” and the consequence
is that the cane crop is being convert
ed into syrup about as fast as the
kettles can boil the juice. The demand
tor syrup barrels is said to be greater
than ever before. Much of the cane
which was caught by the freeze w-ould
have been ruined and the only way to
save it was to use it promptly in mak
ing syrup.
MORE STRIKES I\ TAMPA.
Boxmakers and a Few Clgarmakera
Quit Work.
Tampa. Fla,, Nov. 27.—Two new
strikes have developed since the six
months' La Resistencia strike was de
clared off a week ago. The union box
makers are on strike on the ground
that the manufacturers refuse to open
their factories as union shops and de
clare that union and non-union men
ran work together. The Trades Fed
eration has this strike under advise
ment. About twenty-five cigarmakers
struck in the factory of Sanchez &
Haya on the charge that the factory
was not paying the scale in the pack
ing room. This, however, did not ir.-
terfere with the business of the
as a big majority of the employes re
mained.
RAILWAY HOSPITAL Bt HMvD.
That of Flagler System at St. Au
gustine a Total Loss.
St. Augustine. Fla., Nov. 27.—The
railway hospital was destroyed by fire
shortly after midnight last night, en
tailing a loss of SIO,OOO, covered by in
surance.
There were twenty-four inmates In
the various wards, but they were com
fortably removed, and there was no
loss of life.
The railway hospital was built about
five years ago, and was thoroughly
equipped by Dr. tv G. Wornley. chief
surgeon of the East Coast Railway.
Employes pay a certain sum monthly,
which entitles them and their families
to treatment. It is a very successful
institution.
BR FAS WICK IS SIBSCRIBI.NU.
Citterns Contribute Liberally to
McKinley Monument Fund.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 27.—The citi
zens of Brunswick, through Hon. Hen
ry T. Dunn, collector of customs, are
subscribing liberally to the voluntary
fund for the erection of a monument
to the late President McKinley. Bruns
wick's subscriptions will probably run
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“FOR CATARRHAL TROUBLES
Pe-rv-na is One of the Best of Remedies/ ’
iMlf f.EXER AL JOHN' B. CLARK OF WASHINGTON. D. C.)
GENERAL
JOHN B. CLARK.
General John B. (lurk of Wnahinstton, D. C., Is a xtntcNinnn anil ctol
dier. He served ten years in the \ationnl House of Representatives,
aud six years as elerk of the House of Representatives. This promi
nent gentleinun Rives his opinion of Peruna in the followings letter:
The Pernna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen— 1 “I can recommend your Pernna ns a Rood, substantial
tonle and one of <lic best remedies for entarrlial trouble.’’—JOHN B.
CLARK.
November is the Month of Coughs,
Colds and Acute Catarrh.
A Preventive Against These Inevita
ble Ills is Neqessary.
Pe-ru-na is Such a Remedy, as the
Following Testimonials Indicate.
Congli—Catarrh of Throat.
Mr. George Parrett, Glencoe, Ont.. is
a member of the Noble Grand Lodge
No. 135. I. O. O. F., Glencoe. Ont.:
Master Workman Ancient Order of
United Workmen, of Glencoe. He
writes:
"I have been using Peruna for some
time for a ebugh and catarrh of the
throat with very satisfactory results,
naving neglected the cough, catarrh
developed, and my physician said I was
threatened with catarrh of the stom
ach.
"My breath was very offensive, and I
was troubled- with nausea. Loss than
two bottles cured me.” —Geo. Parrett.
"Pp-rn-nn Cures Colds and Coughs.”
Miss Jennie May Borders. 744 Walnut
street, Memphis. Tenn., writes:
"A few months ago after getting my
feet wet, 1 contracted a heavy cold
which soon started me to coughing
badly. My throat was very raw and
sore, my head ached and X felt very
miserable.
"I tried a number of well-known rem
edies. but nothing gave me relief until
reading in the paiper of Peruna I bought
a bottle. It gave me blessed relief as
soon as I began to take it. The soreness
of my throat and lungs was soon re
lieved, and I noted that it acted as a
strengthening tonie."—Miss Jennie May
Borders.
Pe-ru-nn Bnllt Me Fp.
Mr. John Delaney. 686 Macomb street.
up to SI,OOO and no subscription is be
ing taken for over sl. The people of
this city were great admirers of the
late President, and are pleased to sub
scribe to a monument fund in his
honor.
The Catholic fair is in full progress
this w'eek, and is being largely at
tended and well patronized. It is be
ing given for the purpose of securing
funds to erect a convent in this city,
and the ladles who are working to that
end have been most liberally assisted
by the merchants of Brunswick.
THE AEW OH LEA AS RACES.
Crescent City Jockey Fllrb Will
Open Its Gates To-day.
New Orleans. Nov. 27.—The Crescent
Jockey Club will open its gates to
morrow afternoon, beginning its annual
races. A thousand horses, mainly the
property of Western stables, are al
ready upon the ground and on Satur
day night six additional carloads of
horses will arrive in New Orleans.
The fields in all events will be lim
ited to twelve starters, and this in
itself will materially improve the sport.
The jockeys here comprise most of the
best boys in the West.
The Races at Hennings.
Washington. Nov. 27.—0 fa card of
seven events at Hennings to-day. five
favorites. Ohnet. Honolulu. Wellesley,
Extinguisher and Lady Teazle won.
The extra event, a matoh race between
Sir Ellerslie and Lady Teazle, was won
by the latter.
First Race—Six and a half furlongs.
Ohnet. 6 to 5. won. with Tour. 0 to 1.
second, and Lady of the Valley, ti to
1. third. Time 1:23 1-5.
Second Race—Five and half furlongs.
Horronlulu. 11 to 6, won. with Lux
Casta, 2 to 1. second, and Flora Po
mona. 20 to 1, third. Time 1:10.
Third Race--One mile and fifty
yards Wellesley. II to 10. won, with
Death, * to 1, second, and Mynheer,
3 to 1, third. Time 1 48 1-5.
Fourth Race—Seven furlongs. Extin
guisher. 11 to 20. won. with The Puri
tan. 4 to 1. second, and Pigeon Post,
60 to 1, third, 'lime 1:30.
Fifth Race —Six and a half furlongs.
Last Knight. 7 to 2 won. with Itljou.
* to 6, second. and Lamp O’Lee. 6 to
1, ibird. Time 1 24
Sixth Race--One mile and on* hun
dred yard*. Marolhen, 12 to 1. won
with Guess Work 2 to 1. second, and
Ktngatelle. In to I third Time 1,52.
Seventh It*'e Five furlongs, match
raee, weight for a* L**dv Teazle. 1 lo
b. won with Mir Klleielle. 4 to I. sc
ond. Time l;, $-5
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THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28.1901.
Detroit, Mich., is Secretary of tihe
Young Men's Democratic Club, of De
troit. He writes:
"When a man is saved from drown
ing he is apt to be grateful to his res
cuer. I have this feeling for Peruna.
Last winter I was very sick with la
grappe, resulting from a cold and a
run-down condition, that I despaired
of getting well. Medicines did me no
good and I became weaker every day.
Peruna came as my friend, built me
up. and brought health and strength
back to me. I have advised dozens of
my friends to use it, and I hear nothing
bu/t v 0 ds of praise for it.’’—John De
laney.
Perfect Health From the lse of Pe
* rti-na.
Mr. J. N. Herbert, 1032 Anihurst
street, Buffalo, N. Y., Is ex-Guard of
New York State Reformatory, Elmira;
member American Temperance Asso
ciation. He writes:
"1 most heartily recommend Peruna
for all catarrhal disorders of the sys
tem. I suffered for two years from a
cold contracted during the winter
which developed an unpleasant catarrh
through the system, and also affected
my kidneys. Medicines did me no good,
only seemed to aggravate my troubles,
until I took Peruna.
"Before the first bottle was used I
felt a general improvement, and then
kept taking it for four months, before
I felt that I was entirely cured. I have
now enjoyed perfect health for the past
year, and certainly have every reason
to endorse Peruna.”—J. N. Herbert.
If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use of
Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman,
gA'ing a full statement of your case,
And he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman. President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
O.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. B. A. Jones of Atlanta is at the
Screven.
Mr. John W. Pearce of Atlanta is
at the Pulaski.
Capt. J. P. Watson of Hawkinsville
is at the Screven.
Mr. W. M. Scott of Atlanta is a
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. H. A. Calhoun of Helena Is a
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. O. A. Murphy of Atlanta is reg
istered at the Pulaski.
Capt. F. E. Breen of Doetortown Is
registered at the Screven.
Mr. Wade Woodward of Augusta is
registered at the Pulaski.
Mr. R. C. Luck left via the South
ern yesterday for Richmond.
Mr. F. L. Dyal of Mcßae register
ed yesterday at the Pulaski.
Mr. A. Vetsburg left for New York
yesterday via the Plant System.
Mr. B. F. Bullard left via the Plant
System yesterday for Fayetteville.
Mr. H. J. Brandon of Gainesville,
Ga.. is registered at the Screven.
Mr. F. Diedrich will leave for Jack
sonville to-day via the Plant System.
Mr. W. A. Burnani left for New
York yesterday via the Plant System.
Mr. J. D. Brown of Lumber City
was a guest of the Pulaski yesterday.
Dr. H. Brooks of Augusta was
among the arrivals at the Pulaski yes
terday.
Mr. F. W. King of Valdosta was
among yesterday's arrivals at the
Screven.
Mr. T. R. Rush, superintendent of the
Postal Telegraph Cable Company, is in
the city.
Mr. Pratt A. Williams of Hagan
was among the guests of the Screven
yesterday.
Mr. J. B. Cossard was among the
passengers of the Southern yesterday
for Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Buxton'were pas
sengers of the Plant System yesterday
for Jacksonville.
Mr. W. K. Stmpaon was among the
passengers of the Plant System yester
duy for Baltimore.
Mr Lambert Mason of New York, a
prominent official of the National Bis
cuit Company, was among the arrivals
in Savannah yesterday.
The many friends of Mr J K. Sweat
will learn with regret that ha is dsn
geroualy 111 at his home, No. 211 An
derson street, east He has been ill for
several days and His physician* enter
tain no hope of IBs ie, ovary.
Itev. Dr, Alf I*d *' Bunn of ltt*h
inond Hill N Y . who will have charge
of Si John’s Church and Parish during
Hav Dr * lias II Sliotig's alweie e in
Europe has i- h-giaphed Mi ** It
goitdw ling icvtvgl set vi-.* in Ms on
for the past week or more, w ill not be
in Savannah to-day to preach the
Thanksgiving sermon, as was expected.
Dr. William P. McCorkle of the First
Presbyterian Church will preach in
stead.
THE WEATHER.
Morning News Thermometer at 11
p. m 46
Morning News Barometer at 11 p.
m 30.14
Forecast for Thursday and Friday:
Georgia and South Carolina: Fair
Thursday and Friday; light to fresh
west to north winds.
Eastern Florida: Fair Thursday and
Friday: light to fresh north to north
east winds.
Western Florida: Fair Thursday and
Friday; light north to east winds.
Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah —
Maximum temperature 3
P m 57 degrees
MinimOm temperature 7 a.
m 38 degrees
Mean temperature 48 degrees
Normal temperature ....... J 56 degrees
Deficiency of temperature . 8 degrees
Accumulated deficiency
since Nov. 1 98 degrees
Accumulated deficiency
since Jan. 1 403 degrees
Rainfall oo inch
Normal 08 inch
Deficiency since Nov. 1 ... 1.03 inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 ....12.66 inches
River Report—The hight of the Sa
vannah river at Augusta, at 8 a. m.
(75th meridian time) yesterday, was
8.5 feet, a fall of 0.3 foot during the
preceding twenty-four hous.
Observations taken at the same mo
ment of time, Nov. 27, 1901, 8:00 p. m„
Jsth meridian time.
Name of Station." 1 pr. |V.j r 7
Norfolk, cloudy | 40~ LtTTOO
Hatteras, clear 42 s .no
Wilmington, clear 42 6 .00
Charlotte, clear |46 6 .00
Raleigh, clear ;42 6 .00
Charleston, ptly. eldy 146 6 | .00
Atlanta, clear 48 10 .00
Augusta ptly. eldy 48 Lt .00
Savannah, clear 48 Lt .00
Jacksonville, clear 50 Lt .00
Jupiter, clear j6O 8 .00
Key West, clear 70 12 .00
Tampa, clear JSB 6 .00
Mobile, clear ! 56 Lt .00
Montgomery, clear 52 ILt .00
New Orleans, clear i 56 Lt .00
Galveston, ptly. eldy i 62 j 12 i T
Corpus Christi, ptly. cldy.i 66 i 16 i T
Palestine, cloudy | 56 | 10 j .00
H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official.
Another of Gay's Victims.
Editor Morning News: I noticed In
the Weekly News where the swindler
Gay had been arrested by A. F. Pea
cock. I, too, was one of his victims.
About the middle of September last
a man came into my commissary and
introduced himself as Gay of “Gay &
Ellerbe, naval stores operators." He
said he had gotten Into a difficulty,
killing two negroes in Charleston, S.
C., and wanting assistance to get back
to his family in Florida. He showed
me a receipt to the effect that $l5O was
In the “Hotel Calhoun” of Charles
ton, having been deposited by him,
saying he had to leave before getting
it. He also showed me h'is June state
ments from Peacock. Hunt & Cos. of his
two plaves of business in Georgia and
Florida, showing a neat balance to
their credit: offering or promising to
refund the money when he reached
home. Hbwever, nothing has been
heard until I saw this notice in your
paper.
From every appearance he seemed to
be in dire distress. He was six feet,
from 200 to 225 pounds, blue or grey
eyes, clean shaved and a large face.
J. H. Hanna.
Gifford, S. C., Nov. 26.
WHERE BI LLET’S WHISTLED.
The Siege of the l egations in Pekin
"a Comparatively Trivial Thing."
Interview with Dr. Nevin in New York
Sun.
“Really, I was astonished to find
what a comparatively trivial thing that
‘siege of the legations’ was. Staying
as I was at the British legation, I was
in the place in which all the foreign
ers took refuge. I got up one morning
before breakfast and looked around the
place. It is a large square inclosure of
about thirty acres. At diagonally op
posite corners I found some traces of
bombardment. But there was no sign
of any attack upon the old temple in
which most of the people were, nor was
there anywhere about the legation
buildings. I asked the minister how he
had managed to have the place so suc
cessfully repaired. No one would dream
1 told him. that the place had ever been
bombarded. To my utter astonishment
I found that none of the buildings I had
been examining had been hit at all;
they had not been fired on. The Chinese
had every opportunity to fire on them,
but did not.
“Take into consideration then the
fact that no non-combatant was killed
or wounded, and that no one died of
disease during the ‘siege,’ and I think
we have anew and less romantic view
of the whole proceeding. I had women—
who did not know what exceptional op
portunities I had for confidential con
versations with the authorities—tell me
DAD BLOOD,
DAD COMPLEXION.
The skin is the seat of an almost end
less variety of diseases. They are known
by various names, but are all due to the
aame cause, acid and other poisons in
the blood that irritate and interfere with
the proper action of the skin.
To have a smooth, soft skin, free from
all eruptions, the blood must be kept pure
and healthy. The many preparations of
arsenic and potash and the large number
of face pewders and lotions generally
used in this class of diseases cover up
for a short time, but cannot remove per
manently the ugly blotches and the red,
disfiguring pimples.
Eternal vigilance Is tho polo*
of a beautiful complexion
when such remedies are relied on.
Mr II T Shobe, 2704 l,ucas Avenue. 8t Loui*
Mo . says: “My daughter was afflicted for years
with a disfiguring eruption on her face, which
resisted U treatment. Bhe waa taken to two
celebrated health aprings, but received no ben*
fit Many medicines were prescribed, but with
out result, until we decided to try 8. *S 8 , and by
the time the first bottle was finished the eruption
began to disappear A dozen bottles cured her
completely and left her skin perfectly smooth
Ihe i' wow seveuieeti years old. and not a sign of
the embarrassing disease has ever returned.
S. 8. 8. is a positive, unfailing cure for
the worst form* of skiu troubles II is
the greatest of all blood purifiers, and the
only one guaranteed purely vegetable.
Bad blood makes bad complexions.
Ata fh-r. Mk purilirv and iuvlgo
’N ■ N■ N MM lb* old ait >1
make* new, rich blood
A. g kJW lhal nourishes !h r
body and keeps the
akin arrive and Healthy and in proper
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most thrilling stories about the whist
ling of bullets which came through the
windows. Some told how their children
became accustomed to the whistling of
bullets and really enjoyed the sound. T
do not doubt but that the ladies really
believed the stories. They certainly en
joyed the relation of them. But ”
The clergyman waved his hand back
and forward as though he were blow
ing away smoke that had obscured his
mental vision.
ROLLER BOAT CROSSES RIVEER.
Bui Mimses the Channel and is Stock
Fast In the Mod.
Ogdensburg, N. Y., Nov. 25.—Knapp’s
roller boat to-day demonstrated its
ability to roll.
In a blinding snowstorm, with a stiff
north wind, it rolled from Prescott
across the St. Lawrence river to Og
densburg, but missed the channel to
the upper harbor and rolled to the
soft mud on a bar abreast the city
and settled hard, surrounded by snow
and ice. Efforts to tow the boat by
long hawsers into the deep water were
unsuccessful and she may not be re
leased until spring. The inventor and
a stockholder, who were on board, were
taken off in small boats. The inventor
claims success.
The boat is 110 feet long and 22 feet
in diameter. An engine is suspended
in a car in the center. The motive
power is applied in the form of a
climbing engine. Mr. Knapp says he
will now build an ocean roller boat,
800 feet long and 200 feet In diameter,
with a capacity of 4,000,000 bushels of
wheat and a speed of 12 knots an hour.
WARNS GIRLS AGAINST EFROI’E.
Mmc. Nordics Say* Singing: tun Be
Learned In America.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 24.—Nordlca is
writing a book, a sort of autobiogra
phy. in which the pitfalls which await
ambitious girls in foreign study will be
pointed out. She says:
"Girls are so romantic and are so
ignorant of life that they just wish to
jump into glory. We must keep our
girls out of European cities. They
must not be put where men look upon
them as prey.
“It is possible to study in America
and become a singer here. This furore
about the necessity for Europe is bas
ed on a false notion and is dangerous
besides."
GAS METEnS AND THEIR WAYS.
In Eases of Fire They Do Not Ex
plode According <• Popnlnr No
tion.
(Form the New York Tlines.l
The proneness of the average news
paper reporter to atribute cellar con
flagration to the explosion of gas
meter* repreaent* what appears to be
an Ineradicable race trait. No amount
of i ontmdlction. and no accumulation
of proof that Much an accident la an
impoaatblllty, aaeiHa to reach the news
gatherers, who go on reporting the
explosion of gas meters doubt leas be- J
causa the firemen have a tradition that
meters are explosive, and give this ex
planation id every lire which they can
not otherwise account for.
Pot the reassurance of nervous people I
|t gives us pleasure lo my that no gas j
nicter ever eapltrded alive the world
began and until they are nude on
trry different plan* end • onlslr gas of
very diffeienl ' miiiMiittsii from the l
WOW used lot t llu mm# I lug pm p.,#. ,
emit an • • tdrnl is no rnoir cy-iy m
luppen *o them than ie milk l*4M*ie# I
ttt sail b*|r Th* <#wi*4Mk ga* msier
has a more or less well-deserved re
putation for habitual mendacity,
though as likely to lie against the gas
company as for it, but it has never
done anything to warrant the suspic
ion that it is liable to go off with a
bang. It is a tin box of a little less
than one cubic foot capacity, put to
gether with soldered seams and japan
ned. Into and through it passes the
gas. which enters through the service
pipe connecting the main with the
house—usually of half-inch diameter.
It has very- little capacity for gas
storage, and is not strong enough to
carry gas under a great compression
than, say, half a, pound per square
inch. More than this would bulge its
sides. In point of fact the pressure of
gas in meters is rarely more than
enough to balance a column of water
two or three inches high.
If a. gas meter is exposed to great
heat from external fire nothing very
serious happens. The soldered seams
will probably mbit, allowing the gas
to escape. This gas is not explosive,
however. It becomes so only when
mixed with air in certain definite pro
portions. Should this admixture exist
in a meter, which is almost impossi
ble, its shell is not strong enough to
offer any resistance, and should an ex
plosion occur by reason of fire reach
ing this admixture of gas and air. the
meter would be wrecked, but it is
doubtful if any other damage would
result. None have been wracked from
this cause. If the seams of the meter
are opened by melting of the solder or
by fracture from accident the gas with
in it would escape, and, if it had the
chance, burn. Outside the meter it
might have opportunity to form the
explosive mixture with air and do
some damage.
What actually happens in the case
of fires attributed to the explosion of
gas meters is usually this: Gas which
has leaked from defective pipes or
worked into the cellar from broken
or defective street mains, accumulates
in pockets formed by rafters and else
where, and remains there until it comes
In contact with an accidental fire of
some sort. A fire starts in the cellar,
and the temperature gradually rises
until the smoldering, rubbish bursts into
flames. This reaches the mixture of g-as
and air along the ceiling, and an ex
plosion follows. The meter, naturally
enough, is thrown down and probably
torn from its conecfions. and the con
clusion is reached that. Instead of be
ing the victim of the accident, the in
offensive meter is the cause of all the
trouble and has Indulged its inherent
propensity to set the house afire, after
lilting it from its foundations.
It- 1" perfectly safe generalization
that the gas which makes trouble in
cellars Is wholly outside the meter, and
never inside of It. Grindstones some
times explode with fatal results In saw
factories, but the excellent old lady
who. after reading of such an accident
and recalling that there was an old
grindstone in one corner of the cellar
■hlch had been there 20 years, hired
h cntiplr of tramps to carry It to the
extreme corner of the garden and pour
nater on It for an hour, meant*hil*-
giving thanks that it I,ad not blown
herself and family into eternity “un
beknownst to any of us," was of the
type of those who, through fear of gas
meter explo*lon. are all their lifetime
subject to nervous chills. There is not
s gas meter In use under which It
would not be perfectly safe to hull*]
a I awl fire- -provided, of course, there
ws* not a quantity of gss outside of
if which ihe same fire could reach
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ship of the pistol with which J. Wilkes
Booth shot President Lincoln.
Soon after the assassination of Presi
dent McKinley Mr. Plowman was
quoted in the North American as say
ing that he had the Booth weapon in
his possession. He said that after
shooting the President, Booth in his
nervous excitement dropped the pistol
on the stage of Ford's Theater, Wash
ington. The stage carpenter picked 1t
up and kept it for some time.. Then
he gave it to George K. Goodwin, man
ager of'the playhouse. Mr. Goodwin
and Mr. Plowman were associated in
the theatrical business for many years,
the latter having designed twenty
theatres and owned several.
When Mr. Goodwin died Mr. Plow
man acted as executor of the estate.
As he declined to accept compensa
tion for his service Mrs. Goodwin gave
Mr, Plowman the Deringer as a token
of her friendship and appreciation. It
bears a plate inscribed with this name.
“J. Wilkes Booth." The spring of th*
trigger has lost most of its strength,
and the portion which sets off the can
is chipped. Otherwise the historic
weapon is in good condition
lot. Deringer Tells Hts Side.
Colonel Deringer, a member of the
family which for many years manu
factured the famous weapons bearing
the family name, says that he once
before had occasion to look into the
matter, and that when the Plowman
claim was put forth again he decided
to get official data to back his state
ments. He has just received this litter
front the Assistant Secretary of War:
“Answering your letters of 17th ulti
mo and 2d instant, in which you request
certain information concerning the
pistol w-ith which President Lincoln
assassinated. I beg to inform you that
the weapon in question is in the office
of the judge advocate general of th p
army and has been in the custody of
the War Department since the proceed
ings of the military commission which
tried the conspirators were received for
file, the pistol having been found .ius'
after the assassination on the floor of
the box occupied by the President
“It. does not have the name of Booth
on any part of it. but has the letter
"P“ on the left side of the barrel, tho
words "Deringer. Philadel,” in front of
the rear sight, and the name words
In rear of the hammer on the lock
plate.”
War Department Ho* Weapon.
Speaking of the matter yesterd*'
Colonel Deringer said:
“I propose now effectually to settle
this claimant ambition by my state
ment and the letter which I hand you
for publication from the Assistant
Secretary of War to me, which I just
received from him. This full and e\
pllcit letter, I presume, will put a
quietus on this claim.
"The facts are that the spuriou
pistol may have been made, as claimed
at Kredier’s gun shop. Second and
Walnut streets, but not the genuine
Deringer which shot the President, for
that was made at the old factory in
the Northern Liberties, where all the
Deringer Hr.-arms were made for th*
Indian and War Departments and in
dividuate from the year 1806 down to
the death of the ingenious inventor
of the world-renowned rifles and pistol*
familiarly called the Deringer. The gun
barrels were always slumped 'Deringer.
Phlla.' on the breach of the barrel, and
on the aide of the lock plate, as stated
by Hie Assistant Kecretary of War to
b*- on the pistol In his depart want. The
let tar I*' refereed to on the barr**
mean* ‘proved,’ and & as always stainr
*d on each barrel ufier they *r
tested and proved. There Is a little * *P
bo* In the butt of the pistol When I
examined It there were two percusalo"
rap* in IF left there by Hnetli, that h**l
not bean u*-*<l
Ml on* broke Do you think ynttr
father aouid object to toy tnsteying
tteiraa* f donT |*n< If he * •
thing liha itie he '*ul*l —Tti Lit*.