Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1896, Page 11

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It has accomplished agore than any other known preparation, and oc- cupies a standing in medical setence wholly by tt- self and above apy ordinary remedy.”” “This great preparation has been indorsed by the Jeading medical men of the various counirles of Europe, Ameriea, Australia, and even India. It ts Yesond question the most popular of modern reme- dies, and It deserves {ts popularity fully.”* ‘Tue nbove eimple and direct words are lal be- fore you in order that you may avail yourself of suggestions they may contain, if you so desire. 22 THE GAME OF VARIQUE. Played by the Swagecr Set in Eng- land and is Quite New. From the New York Press. Among the swagger set of all England a new game has been introduced, and it is said to be a cloce rival to whist. The game is called Varique, and, although one of cards, its nature is more clearly akin to the games of checkers and chess. The rules are easily within the comprehension of a child, yet there fs sufficient variety of pesition and possitility of development to tax a mature and active mind. The cards differ from the ordigary pack in number and pips—by the way, not every one is awere that tho strictiy correct term for the “spots” on the cards is “pips.” The Varique pack numbers forty cards, having no face cards, and the pips are all in the form of the Maltese cross, and in- Gentured. The difference of suit is simply the difference of color, red, black, green ellow being the shades used. ne numerical arrangement of the spots is the same as on ordinary cards—from one to ten, inclusive—and the game can be play- ed by two, three or four hands, using as many suits or colers as there aro players. Then, besides the cards, there are four boxes of pips, which fit into those on the cards, and aro of tho same colors, but in a lighter shade. Throughout the game each player uses one set, or color, of pips, tne set, dealer and pariner being determined by cutting. After shuffling, the cards are deait face upward, one at a time, and placed in ows in the center of the table, the number of rows and the cards tn each row depend- ing upon the nun-ber of players. For in- stance, in the game of two, twenty cards ;are in use, and are placed in five rows of Your cards each. The first player, who sits {at the left of the dealer, has what fs called fam open fleld. ‘That ts, he can play on any cerd of his sult, which he docs by placing one pip on the card which he considers hol'ls the most advantageous position. This card becomes the controlling card for the opponent's turn, and prevents his playing upon any card fn line with ft, either vert!- cally, horizontally or obliquely, so it will he seen that a card in the center will restrict mcre than a corner or out- side card. j_ Th- restriction fs for one turn only. The second player can place his pips upon any of the unrestricted ¢ nd so in his turn controls Sa “full” card, and ts of at assistance in filling others. Suppose zhe three spot to be the first card filled. he player may continue his turn if any of ris can be completed by using ex- actly the same number of pips as the full rd contains. In this case, if four has uly one pip covered he can complete that | €ard with three pips taken from his sto¢ ‘ard any other card lacking three pips can "be filled in the same turn. Alse the numbers on the controlling card, ; Which, it cust be remembered, is the first {ecard to be played upon at each turn, may ‘be added to any other full card of one’s sult to complete or fill another card. As the three—the controlling card—added to the four—the completed card—equals seven, that number of pips can be used to entirely fill _® Seven spot or to complete any card which la just seven pips. sly the unrestricted cards can be played ‘upon, and the turn continues as long as any cards can be filled. A full card pro- tects from restriction any card lying be- yond it, but in the same line with the con- * trolting card. It will be seen that after a few plays tho controlling card may block the player, in which case he loses his turn, and the suc- ceeding player has an cpen field. ‘The player first filling his card wins the Rame, and thereby a certain number of points from each opponent. In order to hecome a successful player It is neceasary !to calculate several moves in advance. The Wement of chance is evident in the relative {position of the suits, by the deal. The cle- gent of skill is displayed by the selection of cach controlling e: But the gveat ad- antage of the game, perhaps, to the young wecman preud of her “snowy hand, all {veenly with its rings,” as Thomas Batley Aldrich puts St, is the glorious opportunity nfforded ker for poising that dainty hand, ; bird-like, helding the bit of Maltese cross , Hbove the card several seconds before mak- ing her play. ‘The origiral material used for the games was that of which the ordinary playing cards are manufactured, but the later sets are being made in celluloid. soe Wheels Loose in a Fron the New York World. At the entrance to Whitehall slip there stands a corpujent, fire-looking policeman, who discharges the functiors of his* office with a justice and good temper that have won for him the friendship of ali who cross the ferry. When anything unusual occurs within his bailiwick he gathers all the sal- , lent details and niceties of the case, and to those whose curiosity is whetted retails them with great suavity. A few days ago a woman who had long Keen noted for her eccentricities on the ,Zerry appeared just as the tide of travel f Was heaviest, and lying down in the road- ; Way proceeded to shriek and tear her hair. ; Many of the commuters would have liked to tarry to see the end of It, but, the boat whistling that moment, they had to cut and run. The following day, however, one of them approached the corpulent police- man th a demand for particulars. S said the guardian of the law, ‘the ludy had just a few wheels loose in , her garret, and I sent her off to the court, Where the ‘joodge’ ordered an inquest into her sanitary condition.” — Pigeons as Telegraph Messengers. From the Loudon Dally News. The efficiency of pigeons as telegraph messengers was again demonstrated dur- ing a recent interruption of telephonic communication between Simferapol and Sebastopol. The distance between the two @tations Is about sixty versts, or a little 14 over forty miles. During the interruption telegrams were, our Odessa correspondent , States, In all cases safely carried by these ;@erial messengers, the time occupied in { their flight averaging from fifty minutes to an hour. The chief danger to carrier pig- } cons in the Taurida is the large number of } hawks and eagles which haunt the Sti tracis. a : see Willing to Forget. Brom the Indianapolis Tribune. Aren't you the same beggar that I gave | Balt a pie to last week?” < } be | Opens pam mesma I'm Pair to let ykones yeones. It ain’t my heart ts bear no malice.” en ee Not Conceited, } Fig: Harper's Bazar. , _ Yapa—“Who's the smartest boy in your school, Bobby?” i Se ‘Well, Tommy Jones says he 1s, | end teacher says Bill; 1 _— | = eres vs ly Barlow ts, and I- "t like to eay who I think Is, ‘cos ain't as conceited as Tommy.” = The Eclipse Engine, EOLIPSE CHEMICAL ©O., Se21-81° $5 Broadway, 0.Y. “THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY | 22, WAS QUICKLY ENDED Maher Knocked Out in Less Than Two Minntes. PRIZE FIGHT ON THE MEXICAN BORDER Fitzsimmons Landed a Blow on the Other's Chin. NEITHER MUCH PUNISHED eng ee Peter Maher, the “Trish giant,” was knock- ed out by Robert Fitzsimmons in less than two minutes late yesterday afternoon on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, oppo- site Langtry, Texas. The news was publish- ed in this city in an extra edition of The Star, issued at 6:15. The train bearing the fighters and their friends arrived at Langtry, from El Paso, at about $:30, central time (4:30 Washing- ton time), and over a rocky read winding about the precipitous cliffs along the Rio Grande the crowd wended its way to the sandy beach of the river. Forty-two Mex- icans had carried the ring material down to the river bank the previous night after working hard all day upon a roadway down from the bluff. A narrow wooden foot bridge had been put across the swiftly flowing stream. The crowd stumbled over the stony, path and waded ankle deep in the sand. The battle ground was a sandy flat upon a big bend in the river. In the center of a canvas wall, about 200 feet In diameter, the ring was pitched. The board floor was covered with canvas, over which rosin was Robert Fitzsimmons. sprinkled. At one side was the frame com- partment for the taking by the kinetoscope of the pletures of the fight as it proceeded On the opposits side of the ring were .wo lite tents for the principals. Titzsimmons was the first to leave the train, and took the first tent when he entered the canvas in- closure. Maher took the second. At 4 ¢ Washington time), when Referee Siler called both men to the center of ihe ring to give them their Instructions and warn them against fouling or other in- fractions of the code, the spectators en- joyed the first opportunity of seeing them faco to face. Fitzsimmons presented a better appear- ance than in any of his previous encounters. His flesh was hard and pink and the veins stood out Wke whipcords. Muher, on the appeared scmewhat flabby, while movements on his feet lacked the agility that characterized those of Fitzsimmons. The Fight. Time was called, and the spectators press- ed to the ropes. Fitzsimmons led with his left, Maher backed toward his corner. Fitzsimmons landed with his right, and a clinch followed. Maher struck Fitzsimmons with his right hand while they were clinched and Referee Siler warned him that if he did so again he would give the fight to Fitzsimmons. After a break-away Peter landed his left on Fitzsimmons’ neck. Close in-fghting followed and Maher succeeded fn landing his left on Fitzsimmors’ upper lip, drawing blood. Fitzsimmons landed his left on Maher and followed with a right. Clinch followed. Maher feinted, and Fitzsimmons led with his right, but fell skort. A mix-up followed, in which Maher Inuded both right and left on either side of Fitz- simmons’ head. Maher led with his left, and another clinch followed. Fitzsimmons seemed a bit bothered and broke ground on Maher's leads. Maher fol- lowed him up and led with his left, when Fitzsimmons stopped, and, swinging his right, landed full on the point of Maher's chin. Maher measured his length on the floor, Fig head striking with great force. He inly attempted to arise. His seconds nim, but he failed to respond, and a ‘The tenth second was counted, Maher was declared out, and Fitzs:mmons J the victor, after one minute and i e seconds rather lively fighting. Fitzsimmons’ admirers cheered him to the echo, and Maher's seconds carried the de- feated Irishman to his corner. It was several minutes before he realized what had happened to him, and Fitzsim- mons walked over to his corner and shook him by the hand. Fitzsimmons also shook han th Quinn and the seconds in Peter's corner. Little Sign of Punishment. Barring the slight bleeding at the nostrils occasioned by the left hand jab of Maher, Fitzsimmons showed no marks of Injury, and appeared as fresh as at the opening of hostilities. Maher showed no signs of punishment ex- a siight break in the skin just above the point of the left chin, where Fitzsimmons’ master stroke had landed. When the chaering of the people around the ropes aud the waving of handkerchiefs by those upon the mountain summit had in @ measure subsided and Fitzsimmons had tired of bowing his appreciation, Julian Peter Maher. took the center of the ring, and, clearing his throat, made the following announcement with theatricAl effect: ji “Gentlemen, Mr. Fitzsimmons has worked himself up from the bottom of the ladder, and by the decision of the referee he is now tng champion of the world. He is ready to defend the title against all comers at any time and place. No man is barred, and all comers will receive recognition.” Peter Says “A Chance Blow.” Peter Maher and his following were a dis- appointed looking lot of individuals as they tramped their way back across the rocks and sand to the train. Peter was unusually communicative. “Well, it was a chance blow that did the work,” he said. “I did the best I could un- der the circumstances. My condition was not of the best, but, as a further postpone- ment was not to be considered by the Fitz- simmons crowd, I was obliged to go into the ring. My eyes were in worse condition than I believed them to be, and I found my gauge of distance at fault. However, I still be- lieve that I am able to whip Fit ons oF any other man in the world. “If Fitzsimmons proves himself champion I will challenge bim again and will be ready to meet him at any epot or at any time.” After returning to the depot, and while wait for the departure of the train to E] Paso, ons Was surrounded by a crowd of admirers, who heartily shook his hand and congratulated him on his victory. He bore his newly-made honors with char- self-satisfaction. He admitt acderistic sat however, that the battle was almost ob short fr? sell none that he sroai Bsva been ofa more opport y 0! showing his shape. Rangers Saw the Fight. General Mabry and twenty-six of his Texas rangers, with heavy-laden cartridge belts, horse pistols and Winchester rifles, accompanied the train from Hl Paso. The rangers and the adjutant general witnessed the fight and enjoyed it. But those who had the best view of the mill were the villagers and persons for miles around, who have been looking for it for a week or more. They were perched in the eliffs on the Texas side of the river, and had @ bird's-eye view of the arena beneath, and they cheered at the knock-out as loudly as those close at the ringside. The village of Langtry has one saloon—the Jersey Lily— and about fifty residents. It is 889 miles from El Paso and 284 from San Antonio. Del Rio is sixty-four miles away. A special train from Del Rio and Eagle Pass brought 1% people, which, with those from El Paso, were all there were about the ringside. No weights were Announced at the ring- side, but Fitz weighed about 165 and Maher about 180. Mexico Will Do Nothing. High officials of the Mexican department of foreign relations say, regarding the prize fight, nothing can be done to punish the peo- ple concerned, as they merely violated what was practically only a police regulation, succeeding In making a dash into Mexican territory, avoiding Governor Ahumada and his rurales, who were over fifty miles away. Had Governor Ahumada caught them the offense would have only been a misdemeanor and nothing more. The case is not an ex- traditing one, as it comes under no clause of treaty. President Diaz has taken the ground all algng that the Mexican law did not cover prize fighting, and his endeavor was merely to prevent the fight out of consideration the United States. i THE UNIVERSITY CREWs. Prospects of the -Oxford-Cambridge Contest. LONDON, Yebruary 22.—W. 3. Ssher- wood, treasurer of the Oxford University Boat Club, informs the Associated Press that the crew for the coming boat race with Cambridge ig now definitely made up, subject, of course, to changes due to acci- dents or iliness, The crew comprises: . Burnell. . Balfour. ‘The crew are generally looked upon as very promising, and likely to prove very fast even before the time of the race. At present, owing to a heavy cold, which has run through them, they are short of pra. tice, having been obliged to abandon the idea of going on the water at all on some days. The crew are using a Clasper boat in practice, and Mr. G. C. Bourne is at present coaching. The Cambridge crew has also been de- cided upon. It consists of: Weight. H. Pennington y. Bonscy E W are also using their Clasper racing boat of last year for practice. They are being coached by Messrs. Lehman, C. M. Pitman ani ‘Trevor Jones. The crew is somewhat heavier than that of last year, and ali . gives promise of developing a much greater degree of speed. BROCK WAY CONVICTED. With His Associates Found Guilty of Counterfeiting. The trial of William B. Brockway, Wil- liam EB. Wagner and Abbie L. Smith, ac- cused of counterfeiting American and Can- adian money, ended at Trenton, N. J., last evening, ’, when the jury announced thelr verdict, finding the three prisoners guilty as they stood charged ‘and recom- mended Wagner to tho mercy of the court. Afier ‘the foreman of the jury spoke, . Smith broke down completely and gner threw his arms around her neck and held her head down upon his shoul- der. ‘The scene grew very affecting, and still n Mrs. Wooten, Brockway’s nddaughter, walked across the room to him and sat in his lap, while he stroked her hair and bade her cheer up. Tho prisoners and their relatives thought Judge Green's charge bore heavily against are ten counts in the indictment each of the prisoners,and the max- imum penaity on each count fs $5,900 fine or fifteen years’ imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court. The n num penalty is as much i the court chooses to Impose. It is be! d that Mrs. Smith and Wagner, who have been regarded all along as mere tools of Brockway and Dr. Bradford, will receive mild senten As for Brockway, who, in criminal ¢ proud iitle of as. “Prine of ( his career will, in ali pro! close with his death in the New Jersey state prison. He ts past sev-nty-four years old already. the jurors left the court buidd- way was handcuffed to Wagner dd to the county jail. Mrs. iked between a couple of detec- ———-—+e0-___ THOUGHT IT WAS A HORNET. How Grocery Clerk's Care for Cracker Stealing Worked. From the Philadelphia Times, A country store is the scene of many cu- rious happenings. One of these occurred in @ small village in the upper part of old Dutchess county. The*clerk was a bright, smart, active country lad, who was equal to all emergencies. He found that a cer- tain denizen of the place, named ‘Jake Brown,” always found a convenient sitting on the counter in the farther part of the store near the cracker barrel, and that when the clerk's eyes were not upon him the old man’s position allowed him to pilf a number of biscuits. The clerk soon grew tired of this, and he arranged a good-sized needle with a spring in a hole in the coun- ter under the oilcloth covering, with a long string, which could be pulled at any point in the store. One extremeiy hot day in June the old man entered the store, arld took his position as usual on top of the counter near the cracker barrel. The clerk was apparently engaged with a customer, but had his eye on “old Jake,” and when he was reaching for the crackers the string was pulled. “Jake” went up in the air, landing on his feet in the middle of the store. He felt for the object of attack, he wearing only over- alls. Not being rewarded in his search, he mounted the counter the second time, and was about to make another attempt at cracker raisins, when he felt another thrust, which lifted him in the air again. He started for the attic above the store. His prolonged absence caused the clerk to go up to the attic, where he found it as hot as an oven, to see what was going on. He found the old man distracted and nearly disrobed in the middle of the floor, shaking his overalls furiously. The sight was laughable. The clerk asked him what was the matter. He replied: “This morning, while mowing in the meadow, I struck a hornet’s nest, and one of the pesky things has crawled up the leg of my overalls, and has struck me twice, and I'm hunting for it.” The clerk wore a smil —+e+____ Sent to Jail for Whispering in Church From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Ina Crabtree, aged fourteen, was brought to Portsmouth, Ohio, from Morgan town- ship recently to serve out a sentence of ten Gays’ imprisonment and a fine of $5 nnd costs for whispering in church. Sheriff Richey refused to lock her in jail and has taken her into his family. The commis- sioners will probably order her release. The sentence was pronounced by Magis- trate Alfred Cooper. ————+e+____ These Girls, From the Cincinnati Enquirer. The thin one—‘“T’d lke to have one of those photographs taken that show only one’s skeleton, just for an oddity.” The plump one—“I thought you had some of that kind.” 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. THE THROWING STICK ee peta Ble One of the Proofaaf the Trans-Polar DISTINCTLY ALASKEN IN CHARACTER No Doubt of Its identity and Little of Its Journey. NANSEN’S BELIEF One of the evidences of the great arctic current from Bering strait past the north pole to Greenland is the “throwing stick” used by the Esquimaux of Alaska, which was found ten years ago in Greenland. The “throwing stick” is @ handle used by the natives for hurling darts at game, and it is used almost exclusively among the Alaskans. This stick was found in the win- ter of 1885-86 among driftwood at Godhaven, on the west coast of Greenland. The sup- position fs that it floated across the arcties from Alaska, skirting the coast of Siberia, over the route journeyed by De Long and the Jeannette in '83,passing close to the pole, thence down by Cape Washington, which Greely reached in 1882, and Independence Bay, Peary’s northernmost point in ‘91 and ‘92 and ‘95, through the Greenland sea, and then borne by diverting currents upward into Davis strait. Mr. Henry Elliott of the Smithsonian In- stitution, speaking of this proof of Nansen’s theory today, said that while there can be no doubt of the identity of this Alaskan stick and the probability of its having The Alaska Throwing Stick. drifted through the arctic ocean to Green- land is strong, yet there is a possibility of its having appeared there in another way. When the whalers are rounding up a voyage in the North Paeitie ocean, the arctic above Alask: said Mr. Illiott, “they usually pick up a great many curios for their folks at home, tn the way of native trinkets, specimens of natur: and carry them back London or anywhere they case may be. Such .a,stick as this might have been dropped from a whale ship off the Iantic coast on its return voyage from ka, and In due course of drifting reach Greenland, but, on the whole, the steady drift of Siberian timber to the east coast of Greenland, and thence up around on to its west shore, makes the drift trip of this ‘throwing stick’ most Hkely, as Nansen and others describe it.”" The Stick Identified. Perhaps the most Interesting account, and the most complete yet published in re- gard to the “throwing stick” appears in the American Anthropologist, published at Washington, for July, 1800, This was three years before Nansen drew the attention of the sciertific world sharply to the drift theory. Mr. John Murdock there gives a full account of the throwing-stick proof. His articie follows: ‘Some time ago the Norwegian Magazine Naturen pubiished a notice of the meeting of the “Videnskabsseiskab” at Christiania on Jure 11, 1886. In this notice it was stated that ‘Y. Nielsen (the curator of the University Museum) exhibited a throwing stick for a harpoon, found among driftwood at Godthaab; It is of a form unknown in Greenland, but agreas completely with the throwing stick used in Alaska. It has there- fore probably made the same journey as the relics of the Jeannette expedition found at Julianehaab.’ “It immediately occurred to me that with the extensive collections at our disposal in the National Museum, in connection with the observations published by Prof. Mason, it would be easy to arrive at an almost cer- tain conclusion about the specimen in que: ion, I therefore wrote at once to Dr. Rink, in Christiania, who T know would be inte ested fn any matter concerning the Bski- mos, and who was probably present at the meeting of June 11,making further inquiries about the specimen, asking especially for a figure of the throwing stick if one could be procured. Surely Made in Alask “With his usual promptness and courtesy Dr. Rink at once responded by sending ma @ carefully made outline sketch of the speci- men drawn by himself. I had not the slightest difficulty in identifying this with one of Mason's types, namely, that used in the Kavlak peninsula, Norton sound and the Yukon delta. It most closely resem- bles a specimen from the Kaviak peninsula now in the National Museum. It was seen at once that the resemblance between these two objects was altogether too striking to be the result of accident. I then wrote to Dr. Rink, stating that in my opinion the ‘throwing stick’ was undoubtedly Alaskan and probably from the Kaviak peninsula. On receiving confirmation of his previous views in regard to the origin of the speci- men, Dr. Rink published a paper in the ‘Geografisk Tidskrift,’ in which he gives the history of the specimen in detail. This ac- count adds considerably to the authenticity of the ‘find.’ “It appears that Df! Rink himself found the throwing stick, which the Greenlanders at once recognized as different from any they had ever before seen, among the drift- wood collected at Godthaab some years ago. This driftwood, as is well-known, is brought round Cape Farewell‘from the east and carried up the west “coast of Greenland. Quite by accident, as he says, Dr. Rink pre- served the specimen until 1886, when the university at Christlania received a valu- able selection of ethyographical specimens from the Danish East Greenland expedi- tion under Holm and Garde. He then pre- sented the specimen to the university, ap- parently supposing that it came from the same region. On examination, however, it proved that it was different from the East Greenland throwing sticks, as well as from those from the west. The well-known Nor- weglan traveler, Jakobsen, who has collect- ed in Alaska, as well.as in Greenland and Labrador, was struck, on examining the collection, with the resemblance of this specimen of unknown origin to those he had seen in Alaska. ‘This gave rise to Nielsen’s cpmmunication to the ‘Viden- skabsselskab,’ in which he compared the probable drift of this object to that of the Jeannette relics, in confirmation of Prof. Mohn’s theory of a current running across close to the North Pole, Proof of the Drift. “The points speelally mentioned by Dr. Rink as those in which this specimen dit- fers from those used in Greenland, name- ly, the ‘pocket’ for the forefinger and the peg for one of the other fingers, are pre- cisely those which.indicate its Alaskan origin. The beads, stress on this, is probably a mere accident and of no oe er oie appears to be true that this style of mentation fs far more common in Alaska appearing on both compared. The general resemb! sree between the two is especially strik- Ing. “It seems to me unreasonable to doubt that the implement in question was actually made in Alaska, not far from Bering strait, and there seems to be no way of arcount- ing for its presence at Godthaab, unless it really drifted all the way from Bering strait to the coast of Greenland. What we actually know of the currents in the Arctic Ccean indicates the possibility of such a drift. There appears to be more or less of a northerly current north of Bering strait, and the drift of the Jeannette itself ‘ndi- cates a constant westerly movement in high northern latitudes. “Dr, Rink’s suggestion that we know noth- Ing of the people who undoubtedly inhabit the east coast of Greenland north of lati- tude 68, and that this implement may have been made by them, appears to me to carry less weight than he supposes. Mason has shown in the paper mentioned above that this implement has developed in certain distinct lines, which have a definite geo- graphical distribution, The specimen in question belongs to a highly specialized type, widely different from the equally spe- clalized type found in Greenland. If in any part of east Greenland a throwing stick was found resembling that used in the Mackenzie river district, there would be nothing surprising in it, for this implement is of an exceedingly simple and general- ized pattern, but it is in the highest degrea improbable that specialization should result in two forms identically the same in regions so far apart. Other Names Used. “In the preceding remarks I have follow- ed the nomenclature of Prof. Mason and most other American and English writers in calling these implements ‘throwing sticks.’ They are also called ‘throwing boards,’ ‘hand boards,’ or ‘darting boams.’ ‘The objection has been raised to these names that ‘throwing stick’ should mean a stick to be thrown; like those used by many savages, while ‘hand board’ is too tndefi- nite, giving no indication of the use of the implement. “On the drawing furnished me by Dr. Rink he has written the name ‘harpoon thrower.’ “This seems to me an entirely unobjection- able and very expressive name, and { think fts use in ethnographic work is much to be commended.” : es ELECTRICITY AND WATCHES. Watchmakern Say Timepieces Are Magnetized on Trolley Cars. From the Philadelphia Press. One of the worst enemies of good time- pieces is electricity. Next to letting a watch drop out of a fifth-story window there is no surer way of demoralizing a timepiece than to venture with it near some powerful electro-generating machine. This danger has become so generally recog- rized that In many large electrical plants there are signs posted warning the visitor, if he cares for his watch, to leave it out- side. Yet there are hundreds of people who never go near an electric dynamo, and yet find their watches going astray in a most unaccountable fashion. Visiting the watchmaker they find that it has been mys- teriously magnetized. Tell the gencral run of people that the watch was -nagnetized and deranged from being sarried in a trolley car and they will probably be much surprised. Yet the facts are strong in confirmation of such a statement. Inquiry among many of the representa- tive watchmakers of the town shows that on the average two and a half times as many magnetized watches are brought in now for repair as was taken in two ycars ago, when the trolleys had not been in- troduced. “Probably 50 per cent of the watches brought into us for repair,” said a prom- inent watchmaker, “are those which have keen deranged by being magnetized. The subject has interested me very rauch. 1 may safely say that before tho -rolleys were introduced we did not have half as many magnetized watches.” A magnetized watch will play queer pranks with time. It may start off at a reckless gait and gain five to ten 1ainutes a dey for weeks. Then {t will slow up as though out of breath and jog along at an easy pace, dropping back’ a dozen cr 50 minutes a fortnight. AN these pranks are caused by the subtle Influence of zhe elec- tric fluid on the steel parts of the delicate watch works. When the hair spring Le- comes hardened by the magnetism the watch will gain time. When friction he- tween the delicate parts of the works is increased by the magnetic Influence, the watch will lose time. There is no account- ing for the pranks that are played. The magnetism may spread from one part of the works to the other, and each part, in turn, may tecome especially charg» ducing different results in the going of the watch from time to time. pe Some watches are more Hable to be magnetized than others, and when brought into TOX- imity with electrical conditions there te no telling when eny watch is going to suc- cumb. Anybody can teil whether his or her watch is magnetized or not by passing a small pocket compass around the case. If the needie swerves violently there is mag- retism in the steel springs of the case, at least. Now rest the compass above the bel- ance wheel, and if the works are magnetiz- ed the needle will rotate rapidly and as- sume a swinging motion from side to side, keeping time with the balance wheel below —_—__-e-—_____ She Had Seen Them. F, From the Philadelphia Record. mi The desire to tell a good story has been krown to tempt the ordinarily truthful narrator to enlarge upon the facts. Mrs. Benson enjoyed startling her hearers, and had acquired the reputation of “clinching” her point effectively. When she returned from the infirmary, where she had under- gone a difficult optical operation, she had many things of interest to relate, and in the course of her descriptions she said: “Why, it was wonderful! They took both my cyeballs out!” “Oh, Mi Benson! They couldn't have done thai came in a chorus of remon- strance. “But they did,” she averred; “they took them out and put them on the table. I saw them!” He Heeded the Lesson. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. ‘The temperance apostle was walking along the sidewalk, serene in the consciousness of his own goodness, when a well-dressed man ste him and shcok his hand. “Guess you don’t remember me,” said the “Three whee ago I attended one of your meetings and heard you draw a graphio picture of the able mechanic whose children Toonkoepon, with whore spent ila eect, r whom he spent his w: were dressed in silks. The story fitted my case to a T.” . s “And you reformed?” “Should say I did reform. Went into the saloon business myself.” ONE HUNDRED YEARS The Centennial of Washington's Farewell Addvess. HIS ADVICE 0 COUNTRYMEN The Most Famous Document From the Pen of the Foremost Patriot. A PLEA FOR UNION ‘This year occurs the centennial of Wash- ingten’s farewell address. September 17, 1706, 1g popularly supposed to be the date of this great composition, which, next to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution itself, has had more to do in shaping the policy of the government and defining the aims of the American people as a nation than any document ever writ- ten. But it 1s stated on the highest au- thority that the address was really given the date of September 19 by its great au- thor, and it Is assérted that this date is to be seen on the original manuscript, which is now in the Lenox Library, New York. However this may be, 1806 is the centen- nial of the immortal work. Washington was midway between sixty- four and sixty-five years of age when, through the medium of this paper, he an- nounced to the people of the country his determination to decline to be again a can- didate for the high and difficult office to which he had been twice chosen, and to re- tire permanently to private life upon the clese of his second term, which was then near its end. All personal ambition he may have had had been gratified when he wrote this paper. In it he gave to his countrymen the disinterested advice of one who, having finished his work, sought re- tirement ard rest from public duties, and who was solicitcus only for the welfare of his country. “Satisfied,” he says in the address, “that if any circumstances hav. given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to bel eve that, while choice and prudence in- vite me to quit the political scene, patriot- ism does not fcrbid it.” After thanking the people for the ald rendered to him in discharging with suc- cess the difficult duties of his office, he offers, as he says, “‘sume sentiments which are the result of much reflection, of no in- considerable observation, and which pear to me all-important to the perma- nency of your felicity as a people.” “The unity of government,” wrote Gen. Washington, “which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It ts justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence—the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize, but, as It is easy to foresee that,Yrom different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weak- en in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batter: ternal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed—it is of infinite moment that you should pr estimate the Immense value of your na ai union to your collective and indtvidual 88; that you should cherish a cor- bitual and immovable attachment to ustoming yourselves to think and of it as of the palladium of your al safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety, dis- countenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alien- aie any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfecble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts. “In contemplating the causes which may disturb your union, it occurs, as a matter of serious concern, that any grounds should have been furnished for characterizing par- ties by geographical discriminations—north- ern and southern, Atlantle and western— whence designing men may endeavor to ex- cite a belief that there ts a real difference of local interests and views. To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole in Indispensable. No alliance, however strict between the parts, can be an adequate substitute; they must inevit- ably experience the infracifons and inter- ruptions which all alliances, in all time, have experienced. Toward the preservation of your government and the permanency of your present happy state, it 1s requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of Innovation upon its prin- ciples, however specious the pretexts.”” “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable ‘supports. — In vain would that man claim the tribute cf patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a nezersary spring of Popular government. Promote, then, 23 an object of primary importance institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a govern- meut gives force to public opinion, it Is essential that public opinion should be en- lightened. “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations; cuitivate peace and harmony with all; religion and morality enjoin this conduct, and can it be that good pelicy 1s not equally enjoining? In the executioa of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent inveterate arlipathies against particular nations, and passioxate attachments for others rhould be exclud- ed, and that in place of them jyst and amicable feelings toward all should be cul- tivated. The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affections, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and interests. An- tipathy in one nation against another dis- poses more readily to offer insult and in- jury, to lay hold of slight causes of um- brage, ang to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions «c- cur. The peace often.sometimes perhaps the liberty of nations, has been the victim.” “Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awaxed, since his- tory and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. The great 1ulo of conduct for us, in regard to foreign na- tions, is, in extending our commercial re- iations, to have with them as little politl- cal connection as possible. Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none, or .a* very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controver- sies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to Gur concern. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situat‘on? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I a, as We are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patroniz- ing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to pub- le than to private affairs that honesty is always the best y- “Taking care always to keep ourscives by suitable establishments on a_ respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust tem- porary alilances for extraordinary emergen- cles.” of in- ee es « A Greater Nee@. From the Boston Gazette. She—‘“It’s raining, George. You may take my umbrella, but don’t forget to bring it back.” George—“I wish you were an anxious to have me come back as you are for the re- the umbrella.” iy, George, you know I need the ————_+-e-+—____ Happiness, Not Fame. From the Woonsocket (R. 1.) Reporter. Willey—“T tell you, it’s better in the end to be honest. Did you ever know .a rogue who wasn’t unhappy?” Shalley—“No; but, then, one would hardly expect a rogue to be happy when he is known. It's the rogues who are not known that are happy.” MUNYON'S REMEDIES, A Separate Cure for Every Disease. Ne Guesswork, Ne Experimenting, No Neuscativg Doses and Polson- ous Drags Are the Principles on Which Munyon’s Remedies Have Become a versal Favorite for All Trou- bles. 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