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The People Who Advertise.
A Round of Brunswick’s Leading Business Houses and “Lai’s”
Impressions Thereon.
As Newcastle street is at once the Broad
way and Fifth avenue of our hustling
little town, it behooves us to pay close at
tention to the announcements of their
wares as set forth by the storekeepers, in
the daffy Times.
Mott’s advertisements are nearly as se
ductive as the goods displayed in his win
dows. What a pity it is that we don’t have
more personal anniversaries, in which we
could advise, our friends of what we ad
mire most in Mott’s window.
The "dearest girl” has no difficulty in
bending the footsteps of the only ‘‘he,’’
in the direction of Adams’ drug store.
Aside from the attractions of soda and
cream and frappe, are those tempting look
ing boxes labelled “Nunnally’s’’ and smoth
ered up in ribbon and filled with “goodies.’’
At Keany & Bailey’s there is a con
tinuous “Pure food exhibition” and it is
their will to at once secure anything new
or novel in the line of table delicacies.
I don’t think the express wagon ever
passes up A stieet without stopping at
Joerger’s pharmacy and dumping off a lot
of big jioxes. Some of these novelties in
the toilet line are the sweetest in town.
In spite of the many rivals in lus busi
ness, P. O. Kessler seems to have a hold
on the confidence of the people which no
one else can gain His stock of fire-armsand
bicycles is one of the most complete in the
city.
“Competition is the life of trade” runs
the old saw, so we welcome Photographer
Garfield to Brunswick, and as his work
speaks for itself, nothing more is needed
byway of introduction. We all have that
little spark of vanity which enjoys looking
at even a counterfeit presentment of our
selves, to say nothing of looking on the
reproduction of the special “he” or “she”
on whom all the interests of someone are
apt to center.
For the genuine roast beef of America,
go to Baumgartner’s. It lays away over
the roast beef of old England, celebrated
in story and song. And nothing is quite
so wholesome or good as that same roast
beef.
In view of the recent failure of the dozen
or so of bucket shops and speculative bu
reaus, the average citizen with money to
save, will bethink him of a safe place
wherein to store. The list ot officials of
the Merchants and Traders bank, and of
the National bank of Brunswick, contain
names which in themselves are a sufficient,
guarantee of integrity and honesty,
Enough said.
The Greeks of today are noted for two
things: their cleanliness, and the excel
lence of their pastry and candies. Eli Zis
simato is one of the examples whom we
have here with us, and his customers prove
the adage of the proof of the pudding
being in the eating.
The nearest approach to a regular mar
ket of eatables is C. Arnlieiter’s place.
Saturday’s the store is a symphony in
fresh vegetables, dressed fowl and every
thing good for the dinner of the week.
It was our good fortune and thoroughly
appieciated pleasure to drive behind one
of Morris & Lee’s splendid; black teams
recently Though the ride was quite a
long one, the horses were as fresh when
we returned, as when we started, and the
oarriage was as soft and comfortable as
the proverbial feather bed.
If you have ever been in J. J. Lissner's
store, dossn’t it remind you of the old
fashioned country store where everything
was to be had, from chewing tobacco to
sewing silk? Though not on “the” prome
nade, his store is sufficiently close to
catch most of the trade in their line.
At La Mance’s there are some of the
swellest looking mantelpieces, examples
of pure colonial style, and enough in
themselves to give a room that “cozy
homey” look so desirable. They are very
reasonable in price too, and most of them
have plate-glass mirrors with them.
Have you looked in Palmer’s windows
lately? If you have, can't you easily con
jure up the image of an ideal summer girl,
tripping around in some of those fetching
looking sliopers and ties? And if the girl
cyclist realized the comfort to be had of
those bicycle leggings, she would buy
some, real quick.
Have you ever had the craze for collect
ing choice brie a brae, and pictures? Well
if you have and don’t want to be tempted
beyond your strength, keep out of H. T.
Dunn's store. The toys for the children are
many and varied too, and altogether it is
an ideal place for the woman who can
spend judiciously for ‘the house beau
tiful.”
When we women folks take a run over
to the island for the day, we can soothe
our conscience regarding Mr. Man’s meals,
by reminding him of Chue Hall’s restau
rant. Everything looks clean and smells
good, and that is more than can be said of
some restaurants.
Charley Clark, in his new barber shop,
is a good illustration of the old adage,
“cleanliness is next to godliness” He has
a barber who can shampoo ladies’ heads
splendidly too.
W. H. DeVoe has a scheme which no
other grocery store in town follows. It is
to print a daily bill of fare on a board out
side, thereby answering two questions.
“What to eat and where to get it.”
One of the youngest and most level heaa
ed firms on the street, is that of Fleming
& Waff. There isn’t a book from the Bible
down (away down) to Laura .lean Libbey,
that they don’t keep, and their periodicals
and newspapers run as wide a gamut. They
are eminently successful, as ’*‘.ev deserve
to be.
If you have that tired feeling coming
over you an J don’t exactly relish taking
anybody's sarsaparilla, just think of that
elegant St. Simon hotel with that whole
souled, genial man, Mr. Ciancey, looking
after your welfare. Those piazzas and
broad backed rocking chairs are more
conducive to tender reminiscences (which
are more than .apt to degenerate into flir
tations) than any place I know of. It goes
without saying, the season will be a very
gay one, and that means prosperity for
Brunswick.
l)o housekeepers ever realize the great
amount of money they can save by laying
in their winter stock of wood when there
is least demand for it? Coney and Parker
have always sufficient coal and wood on
hand to fill any order, but it is sometimes
well in time of peace, to prepare for war,
and likewise in warm weather to prepare
for cold.
For a pleasant ride, not alone for the
delightful breezes and varied scenery, but
as well for the points of historical interest
along the route, the Cumberland route is
unsurpassed. The trip is made all the
more delightful by the uniform kindness
and courtesy of Captain Wood, who pre
sides in the wheel-house of the Governor
Salford.
When B H. Levy, Bro. & Cos. advertise
they always have something to say. Their
store is stocked with good things for the
delectation of masculine vanity, and their
liberal patronage is the reward of a con
stant effort to suit the public taste.
W. A. .lordan, the A street grocer, is now
announcing a general cut in prices, owing
to a contemplated change in business. Mr
Jordan has a well assorted stock.
House furnishing is an art in these days
of modern improvement, and H. M. Miller
it Bon have mastered it in all its details. A
visit to their store will show the truth of
this assertion.
What use is there in eating when
food does you no good—in fact, when
it does you more harm than good, for
such is the case if it is not digested?
If you have a loathing for food
there is no use of forcing it down, for
it will not be digested. You must re
store the digestive organs to their
natural strength and cause the food to
be digested, when an appetite will
come, and with it a relish for food.
The tired languid feeling will give
place to vigor and energy ; Then you
will put flesh on your bones and be
come strong. The Shaker Digestive
Cordial as made by the Mount Leban
on Shakers contains food already di
gested and is a digester of foods as
well. Its action is prompt and its ef
fects are permanent
Doctors prescribe Laxol because it
has all tne virtues of Castor Oil and
is palatable.
Teachers' Examination.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
desiring to obtain licenses to leach in
the public schools of the city of Bruns
wick and county of Glynn that an ex
amination will be held for that pur
pose at the High School building, on
Mansfield street, on Tuesday, June
22, at 9 a. m,
11. T. Dunn,
County School Commissioner.
Mr. Edward S. Fagg, the competent
steward of the Oglethorpe, is the right
man in the right place. Mr. Fagg
was formerly steward at the Ponce de
Leon Hotel at St. Augustine, Kenil
worth Inn, Asheville, N. C.; Galt
bouse, Ky., and late of the Tremont
and Beach hotel, Galveston, Tex.
Georgia syrup at the Downing Cos
THE TIMES: BRUNSWICK, GA„ SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 30. 1897.
MEN WHO STEAL MAIL
fc POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR TALKS OF
A RECENT CANVASS.
Depredations Greatly on the Increase.
During the l*ant Six Month** Postal Au
thorities Have Deen Kept on the Kuu.
Crimes That Are Most Common.
“During the past six months our men
have had more work on hand than
would seem possible for such a limited
number to handle,” said Colonel M. D.
Wheeler, chief of the postoffice inspect
ors, recently.
“We have just completed a thorough
inspection of all presidential postofflees
in tlie United States in addition to our
regular case work, which alone ordi
narily keeps the inspectors going day
and night.
“There are nearly 4,000 presidential
postoffices in this country, and some are
very large offices. While it may seem
easy to say ‘make an inspection’ of an
office, yet it is quite another matter to
properly complete. For instance, take a
large office like New York city or Chi
cago. To make a thorough inspection of
such an office requires the constant serv
ices of a half dozen gobd inspectors for
a week or so. This will give an idea of
the task which confronts an inspector
when it becomes necessary to ‘check up’
a big office of the first class. We had
trouble with the St. Louis office because
the cashier tried to couoeal a deficit of
some $15,000, but the inspectors finally
got down to the facts and the money
was collected. Iu several other offices
we also found something of the same
nature, but in every instance we have
collected the amount of the shortage
and the government has not lost a dol
lar.
“The postoffieo burglar gives us a
great deal of trouble. His advent in the
annals of crime is but reoeut, yet he is
a type peculiar to himself, and it would
seem he has come to stay. Postoffice
burglars, as a rule, are the most desper
ate characters, possessing every cun
ning and alike ready to seize on any
chance to ‘lift’ a ‘bundle of stock’ or
‘crack’ a safe—any method suits them
if it will enable them to get the ‘boo
dle. ’ The plunder is usually in postage
stamps, which are disposed of through
the medium of a ‘fence,’ the burglar
seldom realizing more than 40 per cent
of the real value of the stolen stock, yet
with this heavy discount the occupa
tion seems alluring and consequently
keeps our men constantly on the alert.
This class of depredation became so
common that I found it necessary in
1894 to call especial attention-to it in
my annual report and recommend to
the postmaster general that a series of
rewards be olfeied for the apprehension
of these criminals. The suggestion was
adopted and has materially aided our
men in ferreting out the perpetrators.
We now have an annual appropriation
from congress for this purpose, and for
the past three years the number of bur
glaries has fallen off in a slight degree.
That the burglar is still at work, how
ever, is attested by the fact that 53
were captured during March and April,
although my opinion is that the general
result for the fiscal year will show still
another decrease in the aggregate of
postoffice robberies.
“If a fellow who has studied the ge
nus had the time and ability to put his
ideas oil paper,” Colonel Wheeler went
on to observe, “a very interesting chap
ter in the history of crime could be
made from that unfortunate trait in hu
man nature which suddenly transforms
the tried and trusted postal employee
into a thief. Ido not believe there is
another service wherein so mauy cases
are found asm the postal service of this
country.
“Of course thousands of men are em
ployed, and it is but natural that weak
ones should find positions of trust and
then go wrong. But we still have an
other class men who usually work
from the lowest positions in an office to
the highest; men who have been known
for years to be as honest as the day is
long. Suddenly we receive complaints
of losses or of discrepancies, and then
it becomes necessary to apply the test.
In a great many instances, however, we
find the trouble to be in quarters differ
ent than expected, but frequently the
facts show that another name passes to
the page of dishonor, prison and ruin.
“ When a thief once begins operations
on the mails, the element of chance is
too great to resist, and it is that one
fact which leads to his ultimate discov
ery. This is the hardest and most try
ing part of an inspector’s duty, for fre
quently it happens he is called upon to
‘test’ a man whom he has known for
years to be all that an honest man can
be; yet withal duty is plain, if harsh,
and nothing but duty remains to the in
spector’s choice.
“Those cases are very distressing,
and the desperation which actuates
some of the principals when discovered
is truly lamentable and pitiable in the
extreme. I have received reports of some
men attempting suicide, of others who
attacked the inspectors with murderous
intent. Iu several cases postmasters
have killed themselves outright upon
the discovery of some crookedness, and
I now recall one instance wherein a
postmaster killed himself in a most bru
tal manner by using a butcher knife.
These are only the extremes, however,
and as a rule these people are very doc
ile and tractable upon discovery. Dur
ing March . and April we arrested 18
postmasters, 0 assistant postmasters, 6
postoffice clerks, 3 letter carriers, 6 rail
way postal clerks, 1 mail carrier and 3
employees of other classes. ” —Gor. At
lanta Constitution.
Glad to Git Hack.
Williams and Osgood, two young
Afro-Americans who went to Liberia,
on the west coast of Africa, last year,
when the emigrant fever was at high
water mark, have returned and report
that out of a party of 165 all died of
coast fever except 12. The young men
say that they have had all of Africa
that they want. —National Reflector.
OBSERVATIONS ABROAD.
Entertaining Comments of a St. Louii
Traveler In England.
English street cars are funny affairs.
You get on them and pay a penny for
a certain distance, and then you pay an
other penny for the rest of the way.
These people have got th beastliest
accent on their English that you ever
heard. I can’t imagine where they pick
ed it up.
I never saw such a lot of flirting in
my life as goes on in Liverpool. It
would make an old First regiment man
green with envy to see the way the
girls run after the volunteers over there
when they have a “muster.” And they
flirt the same way on the street.
I ran across a Turk in an alehouse
and heard him trying to make out what
the barmaids were saying to him. He
turned around to me finally and under
stood all I said to him. They had been
laughing at me for talking Yankee, and
when the Turk told them I talked bet
ter English than they did they got mad
and put us both out.
I saw Queen Vio drive down the
street one day. You never heard such
howling in your life. Every man or
woman in the crowd took off his or her
hat and hollered. You’d have thought
William J. Bryan was in the carriage.
It’s funny to see the English work
men come to work iu the morning. Ev
ery fellow brings his bread and cheese
with him, and then they make their tea
in a pot and eat their breakfasts. I
don’t know why they don’t eat it at
home. When dinner time comes, they
make some more tea and eat the rest of
the bread and cheese. About 4 o’clock
they quit work and go home.
It’s funny to watch them in the pub
lic houses. Two fellows come in and sit
down. Then two more may come in
and sit at the same table. One knows
one of the newcomers, and they get in
to conversation, hat they never intro
duce each other, and they never treat.
I have seen them talk for three hours
and every fellow .paid for his own ale.
The music halls in Loudon are great.
Every singer gets his songs copyright
ed, and he is the only man who can
sing them. He usually sings the same
song in half a dozen halls the same
night, and he makes the trip from one
to the other iu “ha ’ansom, doncher
know.” As soon as one of the singers
gets through and starts for his hansom
all his friends rush out, too, and follow
him to the next hall.—St. Louis Post-
Dispatch.
ANGELENE’S LOVERS.
They Fell Out and Fought and Made Lota
of Trouble.
Rivalry between Henry Berger and
Ernest Ott of Chicago for the affections
of Miss Angelene Gemache resulted in
a combat on the doorstep of the young
woman’s home shortly after midnight
on a recent morning.
Neither of the two men is over 20
years of age, and Miss Gemache is not
yet of age. Berger was sitting on the
Gemache veranda. Ott, who lives on
Armour avenue, passed the house and
was invited to come iu by Angelene.
Berger and Ott entered into a heated
argument and exchanged blows. Berger
drew a penknife and plunged the blade
twice into Ott’s breast. Mrs. Gemache
tried to separate the men, whereupon
Berger seized a chair and dealt her a
blow upon the head, knocking her down.
Angelene ran into the house to summon
her father’and Berger fled. Berger has
not been found by the police. —Chicago
Times-Herald.
Digging: For White’s “Dust.”
William White, an old miner, died
recently at Stockton, Cal., and search
is now being made for $5,000 which he
buried shortly before his death. He
lived on the lower Sacramento road, five
miles from town. Three years ago'he
took the money out of the bank and
buried it on his place. M. H. Rhodes,
who lived there, found it about a year
ago. White then hid it in an old ash
barrel, and Rhodes again found it. One
day recently Rhodes went to White, who
was dying, and asked him where he hid
his monfiy the last time. White said:
“Never mind my money. When I die, I
don’t care who gets it. It is buried on
this place.”—San Francisco Chronicle.
A Scarcity of Names.
When John Zimmerer, at Towson,
Baltimore county, Md., brought John
Zimmerer as a witness to prove his res
idence and right to naturalization pa
pers, he bad ‘to explain to the judge
that he had three brothers named John,
three brothers named George and three
sisters named Margaret.
TALK OF THE HOUR.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution will present Rochester univer
ity with an American flag on June 14.
An Ellsworth (Me.) kitten was born
last week with two heads and eight feet
to go with one body.
Important frescoes of the fourteenth
a fid fifteenth centuries have been dis
covered under the plaster on the walls
of the Church of San Domenico at Riete
iu Umbria.
The flour mills of Seattle, Wash., are
running night and day because of the
great demand for breadstuff's from Chi
na and Japan.
Statistics show that during the last
year the plumage of over 3,000,000
birds was used in New York for the
decoration of women’s hats.
Two Lewiston (Me,) men recently
bought an old horse for $1.50, fattened
him on plenty of feed and two weeks’
rest, and he is now earning $1.76 a day
as “power” in a woodyard.
Italy has a music trust, a well known
firm of music publishers controlling
copyrights and theaters so that no opera
can be given without its consent and no
singer engaged save at its dictation.
WE MAY ANNEX CUBA
ADMINISTRATION FAVORS THE AC'
QUISITION OF TERRITORY.
It Is Prophesied That Cuba Will Be Ours
Within Six Month*—Good Grounds Fox
the Prediction—America Is Impelled bj
Duty and Interest.
Cuba is to be a dependency of the
United States.
It is to be acquired, peacefully if pos
sible, during the McKinley administra
tion.
the real, the sensational sig
nificance of the message which the pres
ident sent to congress concerning Cu
ban affairs.
Apparently the only purpose of the
message was to call the attention ol
congress to the unfortunate situation ol
our citizens in the island and to ask
for an appropriation, to be expended
under the direction of the president,
for providing them with food and medi
cines.
But this was the nominal purpose of
the message. Behind it lies an inten
tion which, if executed, will change to a
most momentous degree the traditional
. policy of this government. It is a de
termination to annex both Hawaii and
Cuba, to strengthen our strategic out
posts, to go out to the sea for an exten
sion of our jurisdiction, our commerce,
our empire.
This policy has not yet been dis
closed. It will not be disclosed till the
auspicious moment arrives. That it
now exists may even be denied. But
the events of the coming six months
will amply justify the statements made
in this dispatch.
Our eyes are turned toward Cuba,
both from motives of duty and self in
terest, and only one thing can divert
them and postpone the inevitable sep
aration of the island from Spain and its
falling within the jurisdiction of the
United States. That is a speedy and
complete restoration of order in Cuba
by the Spanish government.
If Spain is to save Cuba for herself,
she must move promptly and effectively.
For more than a year President Mc-
Kinley has been a close student of the
Cuban question. The Cuban plank in
"the St. Louis platform was adopted with
his knowledge and consent. His sympa
thies have naturally been with the Cu
ban struggle for liberty. The sympa
thies of an individual and the duty of a
conscientious ruler are far apart. The
one may inspire action, the other re
strain within the limits of conservatism.
But in this case it is a conviction as to
where his duty lies that impels the
president to the adoption of the general
policy outlined here.
The keynote to the whole situation is
found in the fact that Spain has ruled
Cuba only with the sword; that she rules
now only with the sword, and that
even if the present insurrection be sup
pressed nothing but military power,
constantly employed, will serve to keep
the island in subjection.
An empire that can rule a colony only
by force does not deserve to keep it and
cannot keep it. The world has outgrown
those despotic systems in which a col
ony may be perpetually grouud undei
the irou heel of military power.
With these things in mind, and re
membering also that this nation has
more than once served notice upon the
world that if Cuba be lost to Spain the
island must not fall under the jurisdic
tion of any other power than the United
StatesTtlie' presided 1 Lull fcudeavomLfeO.
inform himself concerning the actual
situation. He has become convinced
Spain is powerless to suppress the insur
rection and to restore and maintain
order.
He has become convinced that it is
only a question of time when Spain’s
financial troubles or the absolutely in
tolerable condition of affairs in the is
land will make it impossible for Cuba
longer to remain under the foreign yoke.
Iu other words, if it is the manifest
destiny of Cuba to dfccape from the juris
diction of Spain, if the fates and im
pulses of a people are stronger than the
desires and the powers of governments
and dynasties, why should not the end
come before ruin engulfs the whole is
land, and in time to save a part of im
pending loss of life and suffering?—
Walter Wellman in Chicago Times-Her
ald.
Will Get the Girl of His Heart.
Lum Vann, the young farmer who was
arrested in Birmingham, Ala., recently
on a charge of abduction, preferred by
the father of Miss Alice Wiidman, a
young lady with whom the farmer was
running away to get married, was dis
charged when the case came np foi
hearing.
The father decided not to prosecute
and took his daughter back home. Vann
said he would return and in ali proba
bility would get the girl of his heart be
fore he finished.
The father is determined that the twe
shall not get married.—Exchange.
Trick of a Trolley Car.
An unusual accident is reported from
Richmond. One day recently Jesse W.
Clark was standing on Mayo’s bridge
watching some persons fishing. A trol
ley car came along. The wind blew the
rope attached to the trolley. It swung
out, encircled Clark’s neck ami jerked
him ten feet. His throat was badly lac
erated.—Electrical Review.
Here It Is.
Tlie breath of May from the southland blowing,
The humming of honey laden bees,
Tlie flowers in their velvet background glow
ing,
A snowstorm tangled with tlie trees;
Impatient, keen, the constant wishing
For joys the season's pleasures bring;
A tender longing to go Ashing—
And this is spring.
The song of birds from the south returning,
A freedom from fever and ague germs;
Tlie small boy tile back yard upturning
To hunt for a can of Ashing worms;
Poor, tired man his bushes trimming;
Tlie scorchers sail as if on wing;
The sehoolboy slyly goes in swimming—
And this is spring.
—Chicago Record.
GRAND OPERA AT HOME:
The Phonograph and Kinetoscope WiU
Reproduce an Entire Performance.
Edison is said to have remarked, “1
believe it will be possible to present
grand opera on the stage in all the per
fection of its detail with nothing more
than a big sheet, a lot of phonographs
and a big kinetoscopio machine. lam
not going to give up until I am success
ful,” he says, “and every experiment 1
liake brings me appreciably nearer the
Dark. ”
A stage is to be cleared in a theater
and sheets placed at the back and sides.
Behind the curtain are a number of
phonographs capable of multiplying
sound a hundred times, one for each
actor in the cast. Each is loaded with
the dialogue of its particular player. In
the gallery is a huge kinetoscope, con
taining hundreds of yards of film, upon
which is the whole play, actors, cos
tumes and scenery. The orchestra plays
softly, and out from the wings steps an
actress, slowly and easily. The play
runs to the end of the first act, and the
curtain falls to rise upon the second.
From the film 375,000 distinct photo
graphs at the rate of 48 a second are
thrown upon the sheet, so fast as ta
seem like one realistic scene. The pho
nographs are worked by electricity,
connected on the same circuit that
works the kinetoscope, the timing of a
person’s voice and actions perfectly cor
responding. A man in his own house
will be able to enjoy any play by hia
favorite actors.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
AN ANCIENT GAME.
A Hotel Clerk Is Initiated Into the Mys
teries of an Old Bunko Trick.
Edward Jones, a clerk at the Palace
hotel, Cincinnati, was the victim of an
old scheme one morning recently by
which the hotel was defrauded of S2O.
While engaged in counting some
money a young man asked him to give
him a S2O bill in exchange for a num
ber of small bills aggregating that
amount, as he wanted to send it away
in a letter. The request was complied
with, but after counting over the mon
ey Jones discovered that it only amount
ed to sl9.
The young man expressed surprise
and asked Jones to hold the envelope in
which Jones had seen him place a bill
supposed to be the S2O he had given
him until he went to his room to gej,
another dollar. After the young man*
departure Jones became suspicious and
opened the envelope, which contained
a $1 bill, with the following letter to a
brother in Chicago:
“Inclosed please find J>2o for tuition.
Work and study hard and be a good
boy, and you will be rewarded. Mother
and father send love.”
The letter was addressed to James
Conway, Wabash avenue, Chicago.—
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A Rogue and a Rocking Chair.
George David, a homeless young
man, ambled along Eighth avenue,
New York, on a recent afternoon with
not a thing on his mind but his hat. In
front of Miller’s furniture store on
Eighth avenue was a spacious wickei
• rocking chair which was also idle. Da
vid gazed longingly at the rocker, and
as there seemed to be nobody watching
it he grabbed it up and dashed up tha
avenue. A vigilant clerk saw him taka
the rocker, and running out he told De
tective Kerr, who was going down the
avenue. Kerr chased the man with the
rocker for four blocks.
_ When David saw that his capture was
inevitable7~lnr~pl-att!tLjhj3_ rocker in
front of a cigar store, and, sittingYtSWn
in it, calmly pulled out a newspaper
and pretended to be reading. He affect
ed astonishment and remarked that ha
had been sitting there since morning
when Kerr came np. David was locked
np.—Exchange.
Will Bore For Steam.
Professor Hallock of Columbia col
lege, New York, has in hand the proj
ect of boring into the earth as far as
the drill can be driven. Already a
depth of one mile has been reached. As
the depth increases the well grows hot
ter. It is anticipated that natural
steam will be encountered or the walls
become so hot that water cun be forced
down cold and be pumped up in the
form of steam, thus furnishing the pow
er of the future. Gas, found near the
surface, operates the drilling engines.
A Heavy Sleeper.
For some time past Leet Cummins, a
farmer, 22 years old, who lives in Nut
ley Terrace, N. J., has put in nearly
all his time sleeping. His wife and
the attending physicians say that he re
mains in a comatose condition about 24
hours on a stretch. When he is aroused
by them or awakens, he is hungry. V*
such times ho eats heartily and relapse
into unconsciousness.
PERSONAL POINTS.
Ex-President Harrison intends to
learn to ride a bicycle.
Hans Delbruck, editor of the Preus
siche Jahrbuecher, has been appointed
to the chair of history in Berlin uni
versity.
Lamartine’s manuscripts of his poems
have been handed over to the Paris Na
tional library.
Milton Cushing Phillips, the new
United States district attorney for the
eastern district of Wisconsin, is the son.
a Maine lumberman.
The Rev. Robert Radclyffe Dolling of
Portsmouth, England, will soon arrive
in this country in order to mako a
preaching tour of threo months.
Guesen, the primate of Poland’s see,*
is celebrating the ninth centenary of its
patron, St. Adalbert.,
When the Duke of Connanght’s term
as commander at Aldershot expires, he
will be made quartermaster general. /
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