Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1885, Page 3

FOUR RAILWAY STORIES. Curious Instances of How Possible Ac- cidents Have Been Avoided. From the Norwalk (Ohio) Register. A few nights ago the limited express west flew the track near Vermillion, Although ran- ning at forty-five miles an hour, it skipped Blongover the frozen ground and the ties so fently as not even to crack a wheel. Although every wheel of the ten coaches left the track but few of the passengers were awakened from sleep. It was In many respects the most re- markable uecident that has ever happened on the road. A Lucky Thing All Around. From the Cleveland Herald. Yesterday when the fast New York express ‘on the Lake Shore was near Ripley both driving wheels on one side of the engine broke off and Went skipping along over the ground, throwing snow and kicking up agreat muss. The next thing to have occurred in the natural course of | events would have been for the engine to have eareened over and leave the track, but it did nothing of the sort. A‘ter limping along ashort distance it stopped without occasioning any ac- cident and very few of the passengers Knew anything was the matter. ich a case was never recorded before. The only casualty was that one of the great wheels, which went on across lots, met a house on the way and erashed {nto it inasurprising manner. Further good luck, however, confined the damage to the ela) boards and the house furniture, the family being luckily absent from home. Saved by a Cranky Engineer. From the North East Advertiser. All east-bound passenger trains on acertain foad change locomotives at Erie, and for many years ithad been customary for the second loco- Motive to await the errival of the train from the west, standing upon a portion of the main track, « n side of which was a high em- Dankinent broken just beyond by an excava— tion for the passage-way of street underneath the rails, One night when the fst train came in from the west the air brakes failed to work, «1 repeated whistles by the engineer fulled to grouse the careless train brakeman, The result Was that the express, instead of stopping at the rashed throuzh at thirty miles an hour, pnd engine—where was It? The score of 1 about who knew the cireum- fv breaths, The time seemed to express must certainly crash prmotive and all go over the bank. But nothi the sort happened. Anengineer of one of the freight locomotives, who had long been known among his fellows as a crank, per- sisted that night in taking his engine over that Une, and, despite many protests, the walting passenzer engineer had taken his locomotive on to uside track t with his let the cranky engineer, uzine, pass. The case had never oc: Nor did it occur again, for the an of the express was discharged snd the second locomotive given orders to wait in a less exposed place. He Had the True Railroad Instinct. From the Ashtabula Telegraph. “The most remarkable accident in my expe- rience,” said Superintendent Couch in answer to the question, “happened on the Newcastle road to the track master. He was running down grade on a handear and making fast time. The last glow of twilight was all that Was left to illuminate the scene. Suddenly the uw the sheen of the two cylinder heads of motive. The light falling on their bright faces tended to disclose them first of all. Realizing that the engine was close on him, and that what he did must be done quickly, he sprang from his handear and plunged down a high embankment. He struck on a pile of stones and sustained severe but not fatal In- Juries. Curious to Know what trein had been at that point af that hour, he made inquiry and found that there was no train. The cylin- der heads that he supposed he saw were dinner pails. Two section men were returning home irom work, walking one on either side of the track with their dinner pail in hand, and the waning lighf fell on the pails In such a manner as to give them the appearance of the eylinder heads of an engine. Tt was a curious accident, but It showed that the track-master had the in- stinet of a true railroad man. There was no time to wait and investigate, for had he done so and it had proven to be an engine, it would have been everlastingly too late.” eee, The Mystery of Price Marks. From the Pittsburg Times, tem of marking prices on goods in general use among retailers is for each to adopt @ word or term which shall contain ten unre- peated letters to correspond with the numerals. ‘Thus, for instance, the word: Anchorites 1234567890 ‘The cost of an article has been usually marked on it, the salesman knowing what to add; but this plan fs losing in popularity and is being re- Placed by the better method of marking the selling price. Employing the key word “An- chorites,” an article marked say “a, 1, 0,” would indicate $1 Some merchants’ have both cost sand selling rates marked, in which case the two are separated by a line, the cost being ou top and the selling price under. Humor- ously inclined individuals not frequently get up a key word or term which would make cus- tomers smile were they awace of the contrast between the mysterious cost marks and that from which they are derived. No little ingenuity is displayed in the selection, but atter the essential of ten unrepeated letters there Is nothing wanting but the simplest orthography that the foot of the spellers in the salesmen class may have no inducement what- ever to go wrong. The tit-tat-toe cost mark is the only one known which does not employ the alphabet. It may be understood by drawin, the ordinary tittat-toe game diagram an Marking the figures beginning at the upper left hand space, thence to the right, and repeat until the nine spaces are Milled. In’this device x 1s Substituted for the “nought.” To express, sa $1.59, by the tlt-tat-toe, the hieroglyphic woul be an L with the horizontal part run directly opposite from normal: a square: and an L set Krong end up. @ good deal luke the small boy's sketch in school books, under which he places the erution, “Don’t steel this book mi oanest frend for feer the gallus will be yourend.” It will be observed that these characters represent the parts of the tit-tat-toe diagram in which the Bumerals 1, 5 and 9 occur. ——se0—____ The Returned Nile Voyageurs. From the Montreal Witness Mr James Martin, of Vinton, Upper Leich- field, Quebec, liked it very well fora while, but found it too hot. He was disgusted with the Arabs for their indecency in having no clothes on. He had been present at a funeral and noticed a strangecustom. When the body was put into the grave a sheep was laid beside it to prevent hunger in the next world, and ten cents placed in the mouth of the co: to pay Ite passage over the river of death. “The navi- ation o} the river was much more difficult hun here. The water was very deceptive, for sometimes it would appear as smooth as lass, and when entered upon was a perfect whirlpool, He had conveyed the Black Watch up to Don- gola, and never met inall his experience such a& fine body of men, They looked like men who could do any thing or go anywhere. The country, he cousidered, was a miserable one, consisting only of dates and sand, not Ot for a christian to live t WITH MACARONI AND RED SICILIAN WINE, From the New York Herald. Notwithstanding their almost universal un- Popularity and the undeserved harshness of Anthony Trollope’s well-known dictum, “These perambulating anachronisms are a public nui Sance and should be incontinently abolished,” the organ grinders have continued to fulfil al mission, leitmotif of which is usic and not of sordid gold. ail in all your organ grinder of G THE CENTENARY OF aa ay is a merry, social fellow, and when his day's at th ‘ork Is dorie, the tuneful organ deposited padrone's and the ubiquitous monkey se- tined in the back yard, he ts not averse the amenities of social life. On such generally directs his steps toan autique edifice on Mulberry street of architect- Ure se intricate and multiform as to defy the describers pen. Upon the front door is the Ritroyo dei Strimpellatori”—“The Zest.” Above this door an leonoclastic hand, albeit expert in the kalso- Mining art, bas brushed: ° Per me si va nella casa ridente, Per me si va tra la galoso gente. Last night the “retreat” was more than crowded, and the immediate neighborhood re- sounded With festive cries in the “dolce parlar,” for the strimpetlatori had all assembled to do Alessandro Manzoni honor on the centenary of his birth. 53 “We do not know whether Manzoni ever manipulated an organetto,” said one of the modern minstrels toa Herald reporter who was present, “but every child knows he could grind off a ‘screed’ with the best of his fellow: and so we professional grinders accept him as a man and a brother.” At last the president of the club arrives. “Buona sera Maestro” inquires the attentive Walter; “Cymand “Three hundred feet of macaron}, and by the sangue della Santa Madonna, measure Chris- Yanly, Renzo!” now for fifteen minutes silence prevails im the room, disturbed only by the peculiar noise of the’ unctuous macaroni as {t glides down capacious throats, well lubricated with dark red Sicilian wine. Soon, however, to become loosened and conversation yields to Song. und as the assertive cock heralds the Morn the organ-grinders start homeward troll- ing their tuneful refrain: €or ed Women Physicians in England. London Letter to San Francisco Chronicle. Of lady doctors there are at present few in England, but the select few who have taken are already reny: The two most dist! tm London are Dr. Garrett-Anderson, a sister of the wile of the late Professor Fawcett, and Dr. Arabella Kenealy, a daughter of the late Dr. Keneal: % brilliant advocate and finished scholar. Both of the ladies I have named enjoy large and lucrative pract and medical men of the highest standing, who have met them in consultation, while strongly to the admission of ladies into the 5 have told me that they are certainly not in- ferior in ability to doctors of the highest stand- ing of like age and experience. THE MODERN DINNER. Its Splendor a PoorSubstitute for Herbs and a Stalled Ox. From the Lancaster Intelligencer. There is.a good deal in the newspapers nowa- days about elaborate dinners, and from the de- seription prifted of the flowers and the glass, the china and the upholstery that furnish the banquet boards it might be judged that the feasts of Lucullus and the famous féstivals of the ancients had no such splendors as are in the modern dining rooms of Philadelphia and Washington. e Social entertainment is a fine art. A dinner may be made the occasion fora display of the highest refinement. In the arrangement of the table,the choice of the menu and the selections of wines there is opportunity to exercise great taste, intellectual uccomplishments and @ nice artistic sense. When the alm is to minister solely to the sensual appetite and to gratify a barbaric desire for display, the dinner becomes only an affuir for the upholsterer, the florist and the caterer; the long purse and the most vul taste will perhaps give the biggest and best din- ner. Too many of the modern dinners are simply affairs ofthis kind. ‘The host pays for them and that is alf there 1s of him about them: he might as well bestow upon each guest the cost is or her share of it and let them spend It fo their Itking. For instance, bright table talk is wanting. It is being over shadowed by the other features of “the teed.” ‘The conversation runs solely to the excellence of the viands and the age of the Fines; They gre not regarded as simply inet- dental to the feast of reason and flow of soul. The costliness of the affair suppresses every sort of enthusiasm but that of admiration for the wealth and liberality of Croesus, The reaction will only come when the sump- tousness and elaboration of the present fash- fonable dinner gives way to plainer forma, A young man sat down at dinner the other day with a gentleman worth a million dollars, who had been in public life for half a cen: tury, who, had counseled with Presidents and had ‘dined with kings. They had beefsteak, boiled potatoes, milk and pic. ‘The next day he was invited to dine with Solomon Shoddy, who in his rise from the position of seullion to one of opulence had learned. nothing. There were thirteen courses and nine kinds of wine, the best that money could buy. And yetthe little dinner was the best, even for a guest who knew not dyspepsia amd had no dread of indigestion. SS ——— An Ontario Tragedy. A PHYSICIAN, WHO WAS A DANGEROUS WIT- NESS, MURDERED FOR REVENGE. Dr. Samuel Moore, a prominent physician of Dorchester Station, Ontario, has disappeared in a mysterious manner, and there is little doubt that he has been murdered. A few months since, during a row at a hotel in Niles- town, James Wilton, one of the party, was fa- i After his death, which speedily ensued, his assailants were tried, and one.of thera was convieted, and is now serving a term in the penitentiary for the offense. The convic- tlon was mainly “due to the testimony of Dr, Moore, who by this means incurred the enmity of the friends of the prisoners. Shortly after the trial the doctor received a letter threaten- ing his life,and a few weeks since, as he was boarding a night train at Dorchester station, an unknown man assaulted him and attempted to throw him under the wheels of the train as it moved out of the station, The doctor cried for help, and the man escaped. One night last week he was pursued by fourmen ina sleigh as he was driving home from London. By run- ning his horse he escaped. On Thursday night Dr. Moore and his wile attended an entertaln- ment at the village hall. About ten o'clock # stranger called at the hail and said that the doctor was wanted at the house of Mr. Wright- man, @ patient living some distance away. The ‘doctor immediately went out, taking bis case of instruments, hitched up bis horse and drove off with the stranger in the direction of Mr. Wrightman’s house. Next morning the doctor’s horse and cutter were found on the roadside about three miles from Nilestown. The buffalo robes and cutter were spattereti With blood, The front and sides of the vehicle were badly broken,and the robe was torn. Search along the road failed to reveal the whereabouts of Dr. Moore, and upon the facts being Known, two hundred villagers turned out and scoured the neighborhood without success, A farmer living near Nilestown recollects see- ing two men drive past his house at a very fast rate early in the morning, and it is supposed the murderers were driving toward the city of Lon@on, The motive for the removal of the missing man 1s two-fold—first, revenge for having testified against the convict before re- ferred to, and second, to prevent his appearing ina few days to give evidence against an ac: complice of the convict in that erime. ° ———— oo. Not the Old Man‘s Darling. A YOUNG WOMAN SES HER AGED LOVER FOR BREACH OF PROMISE. A special to the Baltimore American from Binghampton, N. ¥., March 8, says: William Trebby is seventy-seven years of age, and is worth about $75,000. Clara M. Budden is a fascinating blonde not past twenty-two. He Is looked upon as one of the oldest citizens, she as one of the town belles. They both attended the same Presbyterian chureh. Miss Clara lives with her widowed mother, and earns the living of both, being employed as a bookkeeper in coal office. Not long ago it was whispered around that Miss Budden was engaged to be married to Mr. Trebby. Her pastor hearing of it, made inquiry, and found the rumor true. Miss Budden to her inquiring friends showed @ gold watch and chain worth $150 and numerous other valuable presents given to herself and mother, including a promise that upon her wed- ding day she should have a deed in fee simple to two valuable houses and lots. Trebby had also promised, she says, to make a will leaving her all bis property, ohly reserving enough to educate his two grandchildren. Everybody in the town thought that the wedding would take place last Tuesday, but, instead, proceedings Were instituted for breach of promise by the young woman. Itissald the old gentleman 1s as anxious to marry her as ever he was, and that he is in sore distress over this strange conduct of the girl he intended to marry. Miss Budden fixes the damages in the suit at $10,000. The case will be tried at next term of court. ————~+e+____ Making Chewing Gum of Coal Tar. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. “There's @ carload of solid comfort for the young ladies,” sald a gentleman in Lawrence- ville last evening to a Dispatch reporter, point- ing tocar standing on the Allegheny Valley railroad. “Now there's twenty-five barrels of chewing gum there,” he continued. “You may not know it, but it is a fact that nearly all of the chewing gtm consumed in the United States and Vassar College comes from Pitts burg. “Ot whatis this maidenly solace composed?” asked the newspaper man: “Well, it's made from tar, and the worst of tar. ‘The Standard Oil company is a big thing on wheels when you get to talking about oil, but it 1s just as big relatively speaking when you get into the province of chewing gum. You see, théy control nearly all of the refineries, and it {s from them that the gum is evolved, s0 to speal. The refiners take the residuum from the crude oil after the refined article has been made snd work it in an agitator, produc- ing a certain grade of parafline, a wax- like substance. This is sent to two firms located in Boston and New York, who put it through another refining process and then scent the stuffout, cut 1t up into small pieces and thousands of giddy girs hago chek Sanat of giddy girls happy w! in? tochaw.’ The wax, as loaded on the cars, is worth seventeen cents a pound, but when put through the second refining process its cost is thirty cents a pound. I suppose a pound of re- fined Mine will suffice for the making of 500 pieces of chewing gum; so the profit In the business is apparent when you lect that it retails for one and two cents a stick.” “* How much of the wax 1s shipped from Pitts- burg weekly 2” asked the reporter. “Well, about fifty barrels per week, Some of it is used for finishing up Insulated telegraph and telephone wires, some for making fancy candles; but the best grades are used for mak- ing chewing gum. In fact, it can be safe! puted that twenty-five bafreis of this wax are weekly shipped fora Pittaburg to be worked up into chewing gum. It is not a very attrac: Hve | Jpoking substance when 16 gone rough the Tefining process, but after it has been reagitated it comes "out a beau. Uful pearl-white in color and is absolutely tasteless. The making of paraffine is one of the green spots in the desert of refining just now, considering the condition of the oil trade. itis only within the past few years that the Secondary refining process has been accom- pilshed in this ou. Tne war was sent to and and then ship; k to this coun- try. The two firms mentioned in New York and Boston are now making a, it sor i & good thing out of the Gilbert & sulli New Opera. Gilbert & Sullivan's new opera, which is Jap- anese, will be produced in London this month, but will not get to this country until next sea son. The royal hangman is the personage about whom the sotion revolves. He is in agood deal of distress, for the reason that, whil the law compels him to make anexecuiton at least once in three years, the whole Japanese nation has become suddenly so moral that no crimes what- ever are committed,-and there is consequently nobody to be punished. In this dilemma it be- comes né to some one who to be sucrificed, aud the hero of thes) sera whe is in love, 1s inclined to offer himself hie only objection’ being that he tsof anold and re Rpected family, who would be pained at the Saneg imei ae ada eeaiemaae we an; w Teward is offered to any body who will eommit law is repeal com- oe Net = Question of Arithmetic. ‘From the Pottsville Chronicle. “Now, Johnie,” said the teacher, “if your father borrows $100, and promises to pay $10 ‘8 week, how much will he owe in seven weeks?” “One, hundred dollars,” sald Johnie, «1 atral ‘our lesson, well,” Temarked the teachor. “1 kx . “I may not know m: lesson very wel Johnie franicly Spar t am soquatated with pa og ———— f ¢ ~ ¥ D. C., SATURDAY¢ “MARCH 14, 1885—-DOUBLE SHEET DO YoU PLAY IT? The New Game Popularized by Presi- dent Cleveland. From the Dayton Journal. The telegrams of Tuesday morning stated that President Cleveland played the game of “panocle” until one o'clock that morning, and was quite a devotee of the game. Many people have inquired about the game, and, as it seems about to be taken up as a social game, the Jour- nal searched for a description and rules of play. The dictionary gives no definition, the encyclo- peedia does not refer to it, and the authorities on cards have made no mention of it. Inquiry, however, found s gentleman who had played the game and was quite willing to give a short account of it. The following is a description: Panocle is a game played with thirty-two Playing cards, the deuce, tray, four, five and six Eight cards are dealt to each player, first three all'around, then two,and then three. | Trumpis turned up and laid at the side of the pack. The player to the left of the dealer leads, and the ‘one that takes the trick draws the top card of the deck; then each other player takes a card. Each trick taken is reserved by t? > winner to count the polnts of the game, as in “seven u, ‘The object of the game is ‘to play for points, which are as follows: Each ace counts ints; each ten-spot counts ten points; each ing counts four points; each queen counts three pofts, and each jack counts two points. The ace is the highest card, ten next, then king, etc. The ten-spot takes the king and all underit. Until the fleck Isexhausted the play- ers are not required fo follow sult or trump. Be- sides the regular points of game are others made by “melting.” Having taken a trickgif the winner hag a king and queen of suit,®e calls “melt,” laving the two before him to show that he has them. He does not ‘forfeit, the cards, however, for they can be used in taking tricks. Each “melt” of king and queen counts twenty points unless he “melts” trumps, in which case it counts forty. If he holds four aces he “melts” them, counting 100. Melting four kings counts 80; four queens counts four jacks 40. Melting is telling what a pl: holds in his hand; but he cannot meit unless he takes a trick, and then he must melt before drawing from the deck. He can make but.one melt ong trick. The holderof the seven-spot of trumps calls “‘diece” and takes the trumpturned up, putting the seven-spot in its p This counts ten for the player. Diece cannot be counted a second time. ‘The Jack of diamonds should be held untifthe finish of the drawing from the deck. The holder of the- jack of di monds and the queen of spades calls “panocle’ when he has occasion to melt, counting 40. Having drawn all the cards of the deck the players play for game, as in seven-up, and must follow suit or truinp. ‘As each one ‘nelts” the count is placed to his credit, All the cards hav- ing been played the count is made, and the number of points exeh has in the game is set to his credit; and melts, panocle, diece and game are added, and the one that has the most points is the winner of thegame, There are 130 points in a game, and ten points in diece that are bound to be counted; besides there are the va- tious combinations of “melts” and panocle. The points altogether amount to 550. One hun- dred ts a good count for any one player. Panocle was originated in 1869, in New York city. It ts a German game, and is similar to also toecarte and bezique. Indeed, it is almost the same as bezique. ee Eufaula, From the New York Times, The solemn warning given the other day by the Times against the use of Indian names has been signally justified by the fate of the Rev. Mr. Marshall, of Georgia, He named his daugh- ter “Eufaula,” regarding it as “one of those beautiful Indian names,” and he was for a time proud of possessing a daughter with a name at once musical and truly American, But he is now @ wiser and a sadder man, for h learned that “Eufaula” means “Wet Dog, that he has unwittingly given to a maiden the name of “Wet Doz Marshall.” too late to change the girl's name, except b; she will have to go through life handicapped with a name that will render her a1 able and hopeless girl. There is an impresston—founded on the novels written by the late Fenimore Cooper—that the Red Indian is a highly poetical person, who has a genius for selecting beautiful and signiticant names. In point of nothing of the kind. “At any rat alls, himself “Red Dog, and like prosaic names, ns of of the legislature, calling himself the or his daughter the ne Indian names in use by white men have been selected, as Mr. Marshall selected a name for his daugh: ter, not because of their meaning, but bee: oftheir sound. In most cases, wh attached any ‘meaning to an India ame it has been done without any authority from the Indians and in utter ‘disregard of fact. For example, “Alabama,” being a sonorous word, was given «as a name to one of our States, and some ingenious person afterward suggested that it meunt, “Here we rest.” oO Indian ever got so much meaning out of a single word, and in fact few civilized persons would be able toso overwork a word of their own language. In order to say “Here we rest,” an Indian Would have to say something like “Algona mitche pompasakeogee owatehg which would be a nice ine for a eivil commonwealth! It is unnecessary—and, in- deed, n'a Journal intended for family reading it would impractteable—to give the real meaning of Alabama, but the simple fact 1s that the people of that tate, were they to know the meaning of the word, would also know how to sympathize with Mr. Marshall in is present grief and disappointment. ed ———— Fifty Charming Friends. HOW A LOVER OF SWEET LASSES AND BEA SHELLS GROWS OLD WITH GRACE. Florida Letter in the Chicago Inter-Ocean. The other day I paid a visit to General F. E. Spinner, the watch-dog,” as he was termed, of the United States Treasury. He is spending the late autumn of his life here in Florida, among his books and pictures, surrounded by millfons of wonderful shells, which have been gathered from all oceans. He has presented to the Smithsonian Institution many specimens of this rare collection. The general has an album of fifty photographs of young ladies, many of whom are his correspondents, He js greatly beloved by the young, who make of him a con- fidant in their love affairs and engagements, asking of him paternal advice. A few years since be brought from Washing- ton to his home here the daughter of a widowed friend, and on the evening of their arrival his boat house, with its contents, was consumed by fire. In trying to save some of the valuable conchological specimens the crystal of his watch was shattered, so on the following morning he and his young charge started to walk over the railroad trestied bridge to the city for the pur- pose of having the watch repaired. A train came thundering along, and while descending to the footpath below the tevrified girl left her right hand upon the track and the merciless cars crushed it. The arm was amputated, but General Spinner has never recovered from the riefof the accident, and can only speak of it h tears. The kind-hearted old man immediately settled upon the unfortunate child the sum of b pereea and besides is giving her a thorough education. Once a week he receives from her a letter written in clear, bold chi- raphy With her left hand, although she uses a@ialsearm and hand for every other kind of work,even forthe management of her brush, A beautiful marine view hangs upon the wall which is the work of her hand, and the general appreciates it more than the other valuable possessions in his sanctum, Peter's Pence. . Peter’s pence is an institution as old as Cath- Olicity itself, Away back yonder, when the church was forced to hide in the Catacombs, the faithful gave freely for the support of their first shepherds. In 1860, when the chureh was deprived of a large portion of the territory that the emperors had given the Holy See, the pope was obliged totnake an appeal to the falthral and since then every true Catholic has imposed on himself the voluntary tribute which 1s known as Peter's pence. In 1870 the “spolla- tion” was completed and Pius IX., deprived of all territerial dominion, was obliged to make a choice between accepting the indemity offered by the Italien government and contenting him- self with the proceeds of this voluntary. tax. ‘He elected in favor of the latter planand the Catholic world showed that his confidence was not misplaced. The product of Peter's pence during the remainder of the pontificate of Pus IX. averaged $2,400,000 annually. ‘This was divided into two parts; one was devoted to the current expenses of the Holy See, the other was set aside for the reserved fund started in 1860 and intended to meet any emergency which might rise. Atthe death of Pius 1X. this fund amounted to a total of $12,000,000. The ex- Benses of Holy Seo are about $1,200,000 a year, of which $100,000 is expended for the personal service of the pope. His court is not an ex- pensive one; the Palatine Guards, recruited among the Roman bourgeoisie, receive no pay; the members of the Noble Guard (there are ANy of them) recelve $25.4 month apiece; the ninety-eight Swiss Guards and the fifty gen- darmes that complete the the military force of the vatican are paid $10 a month and feed themselves; the numerous chamberlains,busso- lanti and gestlaru of Leo XIII. are very moder- ately paid. The revenue of the reserve fund serves to meet about hulf of the total expenses of the Holy See, and it has to depend upon Peter's pence ror the rest. ‘Thus far this yolun- tary tax hus sufficed to do this, but there is no longer any surplus to set aside for a rainy day. ——— 09S Died From Cancer in the Mouth. In New Orleans Tuesday occurred the fune- ral of William Casey, well-to-do Irishman, who had lived in that city for forty-eight years, The cause of his death was a cancer in the Mouth, cansed, the doctors certify, by smoking Havana cigars, The disease affiicted him for several months, and he was a great sufferer. He was for years an incessant smoker, always using the best imported brands. He ‘Was advised some time ago to smoke domestic ¢ Of acertain brand in place of the high- priced Cuban article, the former being made by young giris, while it was known that in Ha- Vans some of the most expert makers wi paclean Chinese. The doctors ade ‘in th yofeciare, there was Bo t his in the’ an is ‘aust have been inoculated by disease ih, or spelogous to that “of the late’ Senator of Morris- Georg! old at Hammond, back agra ras pupae tg nd Go ie ee aren wi of each suit being taken from the pack. | A STORY OF MILLIONS. Th "s Bench Said to Have Found ° OSS Hele toe Great Estate. A telegram to the New York Times from Buf falo, March 10, says:—The wife of Deacon Sid- ney 8. Brown, of Bagdad, near Gowands, N. ¥.. has been acknowledged by the court of queen’s bench as an heiress to the Lawrence-Townley estate in England, valued at $100,000,000, about $40,000,000 of which is believed to be her due. Before the opening of the present centui Lord Townley owned a fine estate in England and was the parent of a willful Dut comely lass named Mary, who, despite her father's pro- tests, became engaged to one John Lawrence, & man’ of family, but of no considerable wealth. Failing to conciliate the lady's father, the young peopie came to America and were married at Springfield, Mass. During much of the latter colonial period communication was but little carried on between the mother coun- try and America, and the father_and daughter never became reconciled. Lord ‘Townley died, and the family in England became extinct. For over fifty years the estate was in the hands of the English authorities, with no claimants, and might have remained so up to the present time but for the late war. In 1860 James Jacques Was a Methodist’ minister, stationed in Illinois; but when the war broke out in the following “year he enlisted as a private. Promotion” in the field soon _fol- lowed for bravery, he being the individual whu- unaided, arranged the meeting between Prest- dent Lincoln and Jetferson Davis, by means of which he hoped for a settlement Of difficulties. Atthe close of the war Col. Jacques went to Springfield, Mass., to engage in the ministry, and while there accidentally ran across the réc- ord of the marriage of John Lawrence and Mary Townley. Being aware of the estate in Englan awaiting claimants, Col. Jacques set about hunting up the heirs: His investigation brought him toGowanda, where he informed Mr, Brown that his wife, who was a daughter ofthe late Judge Wilders, of Springville, was a direct de- Scendant of Mary Lawrence, and therefore one of the heirs of the vast estate. Mr. Brown exe- cated bends on the estate, raised sufficient money to prosecute the claim, and sent Col. Jacques to Europe, whither he went after de- clining the position of Secretary of the Treasury under the late President Gartleld. Soon after his arrival in England the court of queen's bench decided that the claims of the American heirs were valid, and since that time Col. Jacques has been engaged in complying with the technicalt- ties of English law. Mr. Brown last week re- ceived a letter from Col. Jacques stating that he had given two members of the house of lords an interest in the estate, for which they were to procure an act of parilament directing the transfer of the proceeds of the estate to the Treasury of the United States. Col, Jacques is to receive one-third of the estate for his labors, Sylvester Cowles, D. D., of Rundolph,purchased bonds in the estate, and is said to be very anx- to live until the final settlement, when he expects $115,000, He is now over 86 years,and wants to round off a useful career by endow- , from which he was grad- th $40,000, and also placing $40,000 dit of acollege for colored people in He was one of the original anti- gitators, and takes a deep interest in j the colored race, SOME LONDON PHYSICIANS, The Ficld Less Promising and More Ex- pensive Than in America, London Letter to San Francisco Chronicle, That medical men as a body do not make nearly so much money here as In America I am very sure. In the course ofa conversation I had recently with a leading London physt- cian he told me that the average earnings of London medical men do not exceed $2,000 per annum, On the other hand, there are scores or 80 of doctors in London whose professional in- is enormous. Referring to individual I suppose Sir Andrew Clarke's pro- fessional income may be setdown roughly at 000 perannum. Sir Andrew practices in Saville Row, the headquarters of the elite of the | medical profession. He isa remarkable man intmore ways than one and relies in his prac- lice far less on drugs and nostrums than upon diet and change of air, It takes a great deal more capital to enable a medical man to start in pragiice in this country than it does in America. In London no young doctor thinks of starting Jn the profession unt! he can take and furnish a house throughout, erect at handsome red light outside his door and put up a brass plate of Brobdingnagian proportions, Furthermore, he would. huve ittle hope of success unless he can from the first support the expense of a brougham, a couehman in livery and a page boy to carry out the medicine to possible patients. In short, | there are few young men who would think of ‘ting in practice for them selves until they were in @ position to spend at least $2,000 during the first year of their practice. Again, a doctor to have’a fair chance of success, should bea married man, as many families would not under fany circumstances be attended by a bachelor physician, come ——__§_+ee__ She Died for Love. SUICIDE OF A NEW YORK GIRI, BECAUSE SHE LOVED A MARRIED MA. Seymour, Conn., Special to the New York World, 9th. Almeda E. Puleifer, daughter of Lorenzo Pul- cifer, of Crown Point, N. ¥., committed suicide here by drinking laudanum., She took aroom at the Wilbur house on Friday, and was sick on Saturday and did not go to her meals, Incar ing for her the landlady had occasion to open her satchel, and found an empty bottle labeled laudanum. Close questioning developed the fact that she had taken the contents, and, in spite of two physicians, she died that night. Thegirl was servant in the house of Deacon Divid Johnson a year ago,and there met Mr. G.C. Douglass, a married man, who said he was a widower. They became so intimate that the girl had to leave the house, and Douglass went tohie home in Norwich, where she wrote to him, The wife intercepted the letter and sued for divorce. Douglass then left Almeda, and when she died this letter was found in her room: ‘ “My Dearest Will: By the time you receive these few lines the hand that writes them will be cold in death. You will never know my feelings when I say that we must part by death. ‘The cold earth shall be my pillow since you no longer care for me. Oh, how can you be go cruel to desert one you once professed to love. Oh, I am bereft of all that life holds dear; I can bear no more. Oh, my dearest Will, may no one ever cause you the anguish thatnow wrings my bosom; but I freely forgive you for all you have made ine endure through the love [have for you. Oh, Will, remember that I love you even in death; try to be happy and forget me. Oh, why did'I ever meet you? for to have you leave me is harder than death. Alas! love, which as designed to be our sweetest comfort and lace, so often causes us our hardest trials. Oh, you can never know my feelings. Good-by for- ever. May God forgive me, for can endure no more, Yours, with my dying love. ALMEDA,” —ee-—___ rm French Chivalry in China. From Taiwan Correspondence of The London Times. Since the 5th inst, (March) the French have been constantly engaged in the destruction of small craft, not only of junks from the main- land—which might be carrying contraband of war—but of fishing and trading craft, boats var- rying firewood, dung, peanuts and char- coal. In fact, the hundred and one forms of small craft used by the Chi- nese to gain an honest livelihood have been shot, shelled, blown up, burned, torpedoed, sunk, or scuttled along the coasts. ‘The survi- yors of their crews have been kidnapped and sent to Kelung to work the batteries. We have seen three mighty ships,among them the Tri- omphante, pursuing a little junk laden with dried fish fring big guns and round afer round from the machine-guns in the tops at the poor Junk-men, Hundreds of junks have been thus cestraveds and the greatest misery has re- sulted. ‘The Chinese are greatly exasperated, and thelr !ll-feeling extends to the English, whose colony of Hong Kong is allowed to form the French base for such warfare. Our position is rendered extremely erous. There is no word of exaggeration in all this. ‘The Chinese troops attacked the French lines at Kelung on the 10th inst. but were repulsed. During the fight a number of the kidnapped. boatmen broke loose. Many of them were shot, but over sinty eecared) and some reached their homes overland. ne of these men was wounded. He says that he was not badly treated’ on board of the French ship, except that his pig-tall was cut off; but at Kelung the prisoners were driven like dogs, and made to carry sand and earth to the batteries. They received no food except what the Anamese chose togive them, and had no water when it did not rain. Numbers of them, through illness, were un- able to work. The French soldiers then stuck bayonets into them tomake them move, and if that failed the sufferers were shot. While there our informant saw seventeen shot—some through the forehead, some through the ear, some through the breast, His own brother and cousin were shot. They were captured with him, and had done no’ that they food. Ing except were unable to work from want of swears Chat all this is true. bi He e: a = his oat ree had nevi ant ors SURGERY WITHOUT PAIN. Wonderful Success of the New Anws- thetic—A Great Demand for Cocaine. ‘From the New York Tribune. A prominent eye surgeon was removing the bandages from the eye of a patient at the Post Graduate School of Medicine yesterday when a Tribune reporter entered tlie room and asked: “Do you still use cocaine as an anesthetic?” “Well, I should say so, in operations upon the eye I feel now that I could not get along with- outit. In general practice it has driven ether and chloroform out of the field. It is not only ® wonderful discovery, but it ts astonishing how rapidly ti has risen into favor. Even the most conservative in my profession, who look with disfavor upon anything new, will acknowl edge that they have, at jeast, heard of it.” “What is cocain “It 18 the alkaloid of the leaves of ashrub originally wild, but now largely cultivated, known as the ’erythroryion coca. It grows in South Amesica,principally in Peru and Bolivia, and looks much like the ordinary tea leat. Dr. A. Neimann, of Goslar, Germany, gave it its resent name in 18g0. But little was then own of the proper ties of the drug. In. sothe experiments it was found that dogs could be killed by it when given in large doses. Its effect was to paralyze the respiratory organs. Experiments have been made from time to time with it since, but it has never been looked Bpgn as of much "value as.a therapeutic agent. ‘Thht it would produce local anwsthesia was un- known until it was accidentally discovered by & young medical student, named Koller, at Vienna last Seprember. It merits have since been thoroughly tested and discussed all over the civilized world. I think that it has been tried in more cases in this country than in any other, and I believe that the palm for bold experimentation and demonstration _ of {ts anesthetic properties in many branches of minor surgery should be awarded to America, There is hardly afield in which it has not been used with success, Too much can- not be sald in its praise in surgical operations upon the eye, ear and nose. Almost every con- ceivable operation has been tried In these parts with cocaine, and in many cases the first the patient knew—so far as feeling went—that any cutting had been done, was when the wound Was being bandaxed. It'ts much easter to tell where it has not been used than where it has been. It has brought sleep to eyes that would not close, soothed angry wounds so that they were painless, stopped acute hemorrhages and distressing asthmatic spasms, has allayed the irritability of the mucous lining of the mouth, so that luryngoscopic examinations could be made without distress, and food could be given in the last stages of consumption, and has made the boring of the dental engine almost a pleas- pre, Gnd the pulling of teeth painless. Its value is ihealeulable in gyn@cology and genito-urin- ary surgery.” “Is it true, as reported, that injurious effects have been found to follow the use of cocaine in some cases » far as _my experience goes—and I have treated hundreds ot cases in which it hh freely used—T have yet to report the first case of injurious con: . I have heard of one case of hy paralysis afd a number of ppeases of nervous prostration following its use, I do not believe that these conditions were the result of the cocaine, but I think they grew out of another clreumstance that appears in all the operations in which ft is used, it is only a local anesthetic: the senses remain rtectly active, and the operations of the mind normal, Al: thouch no pain is telt when-the knite or other instrument enters the patient's flesh, y glistening knife and the spurting bloc d geen, and if the patient has not stro: nerves will awaken horror in haust the vita the sight of these thi the mind and rapidis nergy Its fear more than Cocaine that produces an ili effeet. There are also special cases in which cocaine cannot be used toudvantage. Take, for instance, a person of delicate nervous organi tion, troubled with squint or some other eye difficulty wheie an operation is neces=: The eye could be angsthetized but not the mind, troublesome, and twist and squirm from purely mental impressions, and renger the surgeon Hable to inflict un injury that mhight be fatal to the eve, In cases of this nature tue old anes thetics must be used.” “Is cocaine made in this country “Yes, it is made by a number of firms, When first used last tall {t was nly by Merck, ee, and worth a séeret proce as there was a to experiment, trial and the d large quantity coca leaves, have at last given usan alkalo as good, and many think better, than Merck's imported preparation. The price, though it has been reduced somewhat, is still exorbitant and has not reached a normal basis. The demand has increased beyond the supply. It will take probably two years to bring coacaine to its prope! ition as a commercial article. The demand for coca leaves has been so great chat the market has been cleaned out of all of those of good quality, and chemists will have to walt until the plants grow to get thelr material, The plants are raised {na compora- tively small section of country, but on account of the prospects of the future, preparations are being made tv raise them ‘on an extensive seale.” “{How does cocaine compare with ether in price?” “It is difficult to make a comparison, Quan- tity for quantity, cocaine will overtop ether enormously. In ‘actual use I think cocaine the cheaper. While {t may take six ounces of ether to anresthetize a person, the same practi- cal result can be attained with a few drops of a solution that contains only four per cent of cocaine, this difference in quantity makes the actual cost fora given operation about the same, and in time the advantage will be largely on the side of cocaine. The future uf cocalne is a mutter of supposition, but I believe that its uses are yetin the Infancy of development, apd It will be a greater boon to suffering Lumanity than we have any idea of at present.” Engagements in England. Robert Latrd Colller. Courtships in England are short and engage- ments are long. No sooner is it understood that @ young man and young woman are in love than it is given out that they are enguged. The American custom of leaving young men and women free to associate together and keep company with each other for an indefinite length of time without declaring their inten- tions is almost unknown in any country of Europe. It is not long after a young man begins to show thedaughter attentions before the father gives intimation that he wishes to know what it means, and either the youth declares his intentions’ or 1s notified to “cut stieks.” Whatever the advantages of the English view of this matter may have it has, at least, one most obvious disadvantage, and that is it leads to engagements upon too short an acquaint- ance, and it makes of the engagement the courting time rather than as a mere preparat- fon for marriage. When once engaged the young people are thrown together in the freest fashion, and may be left to themselves at all times aind in all places almost as though they were man and wife. In the general society of America marriages 1s deemed the vitally im- portant event in life, but in English society the engagement is looked upon as the most impor. tant, and is really a sort of first stage in matri- mony, or the personal uniting of the lives only awaiting the legal ceremonies. Saturday Smiles, First words of the very hungry and the ver thirsty: “Now, Mr. President, let us talk busi- ness."—Chicago Times, i Just about this time the man who went to the Inauguration to sleep on an ash heap and come home ina cattle car realizes that he is Just about as solid for a post office as if he had Stayed at home.— Pittsburg Press, One poppy. junior at the promenade was recogni: y the young ladies as “the gentle- man with ‘the old-goid moustache.”—Yale Mr. Evarts hasn't opened his mouth {n the Senate yet. As there has been no session of more than three hours’ duration, the Senator from New York hasn't been able’ to get a sen- tence in edgewise.—Hurrisburg Patriot. A Ratignd miss was asked by her parents which shé would prefer fora present—a pair of roller skates or the Youth's mien. "I will take theskates, if you please, she sald, “I can get a companion at the rink.”— Rutland Herald. “Do you know why your liver fails to act?” asks a patent medicine ad. Certainly we do. Our liver basn’t the slightest dramatic ability. “Briggs,” said a Pine street lawyer to his young clerk, “why weren't you at the office earlier this morning?” “Beg pardon, sir, but 1am areformer. I be- leve that the office should seek the man, not the man the office.”—Williamsport Breakjast le. “Soft words,” says a writer of proverbs, “do not acald the tout a rhe Re ht ave @ very cool mouth.—Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, A Washington photographer is getting a por- trait ofan Tediankinnerin the actor not getting an office. The negative will be preserved.— Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal. 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