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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1896)
- - - - - - - - - --n-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : - - - - - - - - - - - - - r . . l. r1v rnl4 ATTA flATT.V' 1t1V. RITMnAV A1'TTT nil Qflfl 1 % ) AiERICA'S ' GREAT CAPTAIN N 7omoria1 ! Exercise nc1 Monumcnti to the Memory ofOonoral Grant. IUCREAS1NG OBSERVANCE OF HIS BIRThDAY rflte 1Irnok1n nnil PhIlneli'Ipl.tn Ssti- lie , . nii.1 tI.i Ncy 1orL Ioiniiaenl- IICOIIVCttllItI Hf . % ppoinn ( ( ni Ii ) i'c % ' 1tnev.eGratItt , FinLII ) . Monday niixt. April 27 , the annIveriiry of The brLh of Gcncrt1 Grant. vIL1 bo c1Jervcd more generally thab oVel beforo. 'Fho most IntetcLfng of the memoriaL scrvlces wilt bo that at Galena , III. , th horne of Urant at tie ) breaking out of the war. Tlic oxorcIc EU O to bo IieI in Grant parke a tree.shaded , gras.carpeted quaro In. the middle of the pcaMtht ) lUtlo clty'H btiIncs quarter. In the conte of this iquaro taruh a uculpturcd memorial of the icro iii AppalilattOX , zo these who Usten to the Fat addrca nay be- bold his counterfeit prosciitrnont before tht'm. ThIB memorial wa erected 1argey through the liberality of IL II. Kohlsaat of the Chicago TIrno.IIera1tt , the was a Galena boy , and whose action in the matter was prompted by loyalty to C1.lena , as well as vonerttioIi for the geiierals memory. The altlre3 ( will thia year b delivered by Genoinl John C. lilack , whose hurts receiVed ln the clvii war ere s severe as to warrant lila being awarthd the highest pensIon 1)03. ) siblo under the eicral law , lie was iliot through both arms and both 1PS and through S thu lungs , and his woumt still trouble him. Ho Is a otrong Grand Army man , and , though while the struggle. wi on , lie was not. often thrown into closu for3nfll contaCt wIth the hero ho is this year to eulogize , Ito yields to none In loving rt'gard for his mont- cry. STATUES OF GRANT. It was in Leavenworth , Kan , , that the - ilr.it Statue Was erected In memory of Grant. 'lite next to b3 iot UI ) WflS at St. Lotil , thou came the one at Galena anti ( Iten the nta. . iilficettt statue by itebisso at Chicago , whloh i one of the finest , most 1Ifelilo pIeces of sculpture In the country. bosMes being one oC the laracot cqucuttrlan statues in the world. In lirooklyiu an equestrian ttatua of the lucre , modeled by Ibartridgo , is to be unsoiled - soiled and another , aluo showing the gena oral on horseback. Is shortly to be set up. Pius statUe wilt be erected lit Fairinotint park. It vlll b. . the Joint work of DanIel C. Ftencli , viio iuiodeleti the figure of Grant , nnl R. C. Potter , vIio modeled the figure of the horse. The bronze lit flow being cast , but it \li not be finished before Juito 1 , and It is intiurobablo that the petlestal wilt ho ready iCfOre some time lit Juty or perhaps in August. Ihoth thucse statues arc considered aduuulrablo in conception aitd almost perfect in detail by Colonel Freilerick Grant , General hloracO I'orter. who was present at the surrender of Lee. and others vhuo have soon them. Idore titan that , both statues are very vehi regarded as pure uorks of art anti may , therefore , be conshiered true adornments of the cltIc within whoo borders they are lo- catd. Toklo , Japan , also boasts of what passes as , a picture of General Grant , In this regard I mutany an AmerIcan city to sh2me. I.aut , statues are , however , projected for erection lit Iloston , WauihuhuigtOn and BridgeI port , Comuil. . and thiero is no tloubt that most N of the considerable cities in the Unito.1 States anti mumamly of the smaller ones wiih erect Grant memorials before many years have passed by. TilE TOMB AT nIVEflSID1. But , although New York has no Grant platue , the dignified and costly structure now III course of erection over his tomb overlooking time hudson , iii the tipper part of the city , will , by all ozids , ho the most muagmilllcomit Grant memorial. General fior- I'artcr. ' vhio has charge of thto work , t anys it. % iiI be jwutcthcalhY completed by January 1 , lS7 , anti that there is no reason to suppose its foruuial dedication , some tulle ago set for April 27 of next year , \hhl be do. layed beyond that date. its total cost \tihi be tinder rather than over $600,000 , the amount collected , but time COiIplete)1 ) vork will represent what cotihul hot have been done for loss than $750,000 by private con- tract. This because all vho have had . .4- ; charge of the construction In the large sense have giveum their services without counpena- tion , and because much of the material has been furnishmol at practically the cost of production. Front time to thmno certain persons have taken occasion to criticise the work of the coniniitteo iii charge of time structure for ci- leged dilatoriness , hut. a slight examination / o ! the facts show this criticism to be unjust amid unwarramuteti. IL is true that ntucls tunic was consumimied in raising thuo fuumids , but he- twcen the date of time wok's actual beglnmuhmmg under Genorni L'orter's supervision and its complotiemi , next January , only four years will have elapsed. No other national 1110mb- rial of anything hue such great cost has over been erected lit so brief a period. The s Bunker Ihihi monument was thirty years p building , It took forty years to coniphct tile \Vasluhiigtomi monument amid from twelve to fourteen years Is required to comnploto auch tI inemorialo in Furoieali countries. b cILtRACTR11 OF 'iiE WORK. ' Regardulig the progress amid character of the vork , Gemmerai horace Portor. chairman h of the Grant Monument association , recently saiLi 'Thi& masonry is one of time few specimens of flawless granite. Every stomto Is rejected 'which Imas a dark niark of over one.juarter of an inch in diameter. If the masonry had n beemu rumshmel imp there wommid have been so- o rloutt defects iii it. A longer time was spent on the foundation , whmicim is twemmty- S Seven feet deep , so as to bo sure of aboiuto " solidity. Great masses of concrete have been used nd lumt In slowly anti allowed time to EettiO anti harden , Themi shecllmiOfls have sa frommi timno to time beemm taken anti subjected si to crmisimimig teats by mulning schmool ammd United Statea engineer ofuicors. st 'V'iuemu ' heavy masses of masonry have of boemi hilt 10 as backing , work was always li etOlPed for ninety days to let limo nuasou.ry hmi ottio aumd harden and be absolutely sure d there \vuis no shrimukago , crack , or unuimmo co settlIng which would dellect or cra'k the a granite agnhmist it. on 'Tiicro were senio delays at tIto start , mtueim UI as a strike amnomig tile granite cutters. It da required seven mouths to select a proper st quarry mttI opoim cuceper beds , ta ho auro am . 'ix time used iuawies su tlmat granite was amid could be cut. otmt in stmfllchently large hmlocks , hi "Iiu tIle meamitlmno the unexpended portiomu of the funds draws 3 per comit interest In the li leadhiug trumat eommipamuios , amid the gradimig so around time tomb auth the work on the ap aff iroach will ho going en , it has been well In demonstrated that time best policy itt to make ili haste slowly on a uiatiomual mmiemutorlal of such a hmnporlaflCe. It is built not for a suort m period , but fem all ttmne. " hi re MLJLTITUIE OF VIS1TOR. St That the Public hmmtercst in General Grant M Is today greater thou at any time since iiiti cote death Is shown by time vast crowds Which to vl5lt the little tomb in which hIs remmiamis t flow rest. Omi Isator Sunday the police of ab ' Riverv.do Pant osthmuatetl timat between 18,000 \ end 20,000 persons crowded during the day arotimid the smitall tomb. it Is very seldom Iv that icss thmam * 10,000 persons visit tue spot co on Sunday when the weather Is fair , anti ad vimeti 1117 mausoiomimn is commiploted it Is cci. mn tam to rank Im irnitular lmutere'tt with the G tomb of Napoleon iii time InvaIiuio3 , which ou cost 9,000,001) franc ! , imuoro tunis doubo ! what 'C the commmpleteti Grant momuumneiit viii cost , It mummtl tue latter iurounias in every way to be hu su porhor. hit The Interior of the mnonumemut vhiI be mnot It intpreztlng , Tue mnatmi part of the structure di under tluo great tiomno I to e coiled Mes mnorhal hail , and is to he a mtost lmnposimig to apartment. Around time domno , ninety teat ca above the maui floor of limo tomb , slalnoti ju glaso windows will let in a soft light , 1)1li rectly ummder thmis dome , in limo middle of ca Memorial ball , a Circular openrmg ! eighteen ima foot in diamueter and surrounded by an Iron Al raillmmg vihl Peimmuit time visitor to look down at tue colilmi as it rests cmi time sarcophagus va In time imuttidle of the crypt below. tu 4tt each of the four cormiers of the mauiaw . ' soleunu wili be a square Pier. and these by piers vili be hollow , iii time two southern 20 01105 spiral stairways will admnlt vIsitors wr to t1u crypt , where they will walk eL % fo th t irel ? arourni lbs pArcophagu , which will h un rAIsed enough to allow them to read t ho InscrIption. on It and the coffln. In th two northern utcr uiti ha an eX hibitlon of Grant relIcs , Imu these niches will ho shmown battle flags , swords carried by the general an4 other eouvntra at Grant. Spiral stairways In time corner pIers will allow visitors to climb tip to the top of the base or sqtlaro imflrt of ( ho structure. h ere they can waik out on a balcony arotuitmi the circular part. of time monument , from u imlchi a fine view of time hudson and upper part of the city may ho find , The lower part of this round portion Is t o be of plain smooth iloks of granite , while above that a tries of granite columns twenty-seven feet. In height will support a soconml balcony over 120 feet above the ground. Inside this part of time structure a winding stairway will allow loiters to reach the second balcony , anti from timis poimut on a clear day omue will be able to see t wenty-five or thirty mnllen lip the river. 'rho tL op of thio lome Ii' to be 1G5 feet from ( ho grommnd anti 350 feet above the level of thto r iser , Tlfl GRANT FAMILY. Fach momnbcr of the Grant family , and cA specially Colonel Frederick D. Grant , wito , A s the cidt son , may properly be regarded a 'm its bead , feels decply the signilcanco of t ue great reverence for the general's memory s iiowmi by the people In the erection of statues a nd the imoimling of memorial services every y ear on his bIrthday. In a conversation wI ith a repuesentmttlvo of the Phmiiatleipliia I 'ress , recontiy , Coionel Grant spoke at some l ommgtht upon this liolnt. Ills Pi'esemuco at Grant memorial services i s , of course , in great demand , and the invi- tb ations received by Imim this year could only b e nUmbered by the hundreds. From Man- h attan island alone lie received fifteen , but lie \ va5 obliged to decline all these , since ho a ccepted omie froni Philadelphia months ago a nd wIll be present at the services here , Ito wIll also attend tile unveiling ceremonIes in h irookiyn cmi time 25th , and will dlvldo the c hief honors of tue occasion with General Horace Porter , who was Present at the Apt P omamuttox mmtmrrcnder , and svill be the chief s Peakcr In iirooklyn. Death has not brokemi Into the Grant family c lmclo itic time gemierai's career was closed. I 1i widow is In Washington , living at 211 M assachusetts avenue. The troubles and s tormas through whIch imo passed In her e arlier ilfo have boon succeeded by years fi lled with tranquillIty which , It Is to be hm opud , may never again be disturbed. With h er is her daughter Nellie-Mrs. Sartoris- a nti her dauglmter , Rosemary , who is attendI i ng achool at Georgetown , flotween this E ngihsh.borr granddaughter and time widow o f the general exists the closest conipanlonH s hip , anti the most charming friendship. A lgernon , the son , has nearly fInished his u niversity course at Oxford , and the daugfly t cr , VivIan-time elmiest of the three-Is with a n aunt in Lomumlomi , where she is attemidlng s chmooi. 130th Aigernon and Vivian will come t o America next summer , Colonel Grant , who , as time btmslness uuicman b ar of Now York's pohico comnmission , is one o f thio bulest men in all tmst great city , l ives at 25 East Sixty-second sreot. Ills d aughter , Julia , Is a clever .tnd clmarmimmg g irl , Naturally , she gives sorno attentiomi to s ociety , though she still devotes almost as m uch of her time as she old in itor school d ay , to study amid to paimiting. Of tue hater - t or she is very fond , and though she handles t he brush purely as an amateur , her attain- I flemits in that direction are extremely credit- a ble , hmer portraits being painted with a hl rmnmmcss amid breadth not to be expected f rent the imar.d of any but a professional a rtist. MIt's Grant Is not musical. Uiyssos S. Grant , third , the Colonel's son , I s now hardly it ; . lie is rcrrmarkabhy woli d eveloped. both physically and mentally. be- i ng ab3lmt as tail as hits fahicr , vhmo Is above t ile mmiiddho height , and standing fIrst In e very alto of his classes in cimool. 'rho lad I s overstudious in hi Inclinations , perhaps , b ut along with his love for nooks , there Is U wholesome devotion to athletic sports that i s highly satisfactory to lila parents. By a nd by ho will enter \Vest Point , f9ilowlng lif i the footsteps of lila father amid iiis grand- f ather In this regard. As ho grows older l ila fare is taking on a strIking resemblance t o that of time general. Ulysc S. Grant , Jr. , Is living In San D iego witim huio wife and ther live children , M iriam , Chaffee , Julia Dent , Fanny and U iyses S. , time last mentioned being the f ourth to bear that Illustrious nanme. Next a mimmer Ulysses S. Jr. , and his famIly will s penul muomo time at tIle ramous farm In \ \'eetchmester county , Now York , and there w ill mindomibtediy ho a vartiai reumulon of t ile Grant children and grandchildren. it hiouid be said of time children of Ulysses S . , Jr , . that they are possessed of imioro ' t han the misual talent for music , and that t heir Itarents are Indulging their taste tt t he full In that direction. 'rhmoir mother Is a n expert amateur Photographer and her p ietmires of time Grant gramuticiulidren are mm- u sutlly good examples of camera work. The h e ngraving of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant amid t hree or her grandchildren wai' made from o ne of a series of photograpns taken at time l ast reunion 01' alt tli memncr. of the famui- li y. Jessie Grant , th youngest of tiue general's s ells , who was a boy III the white house , s pends most of his tIme In Arizona , where h o Is Interested in silver minIng , amid is n ot expected east timis year , so that there v iil probably be no complete reunion until u s ome time in 1897 , s RECOLLEOTIONS OF APPOMATTOX. o The celebration of the anniversary' of the urronder at Appomattox by the Grand Army est of Washington was iiiado memorable by ti me tresenco of Generals Ituggles , Iloivarti , B rady , Morgan amid other distimiguished of- G cers. The story of the surrender. as told y eye witnesses , was specially lmuterestimmg. Apponiattox , " saW General Ruggies , with ti mn uchi emmuphasis , "was Grant. " Ito said ho ail known Grant for oevemi years before Ap- Im mattox. lb was stationed out in Minmie- so ta , amid amnomig time officers wimo were out p th ere who had served in MexIco anti never ti red of talking about the camuupaigns iii that hi w ar , were Alt Smilly anti Fred Steele. They ever sitoke of Mexico , lie continued , with- ut speakimig of Sam Grant , anti whien the oc casion camne for bun to be ordered down to t. LouIs they congratulated imimit upon the ti tr ip , cmi I cimeerod hIm with time informnattomi , th Now you'll meet Sam Grant. " a On reaciming St. Louis , General flumgges of id , lie did mneot Samn Grant , lie hind re- gned from the armuly , and a hard fate lmad pl ov ertaken him. Ho haml a little place out- fin ( ie of St. Louis , anti he used to bring hoatis w wood that h cut hlinmiohf Into time city. w e remembered hmimn wolf as lie first saw rn , lie was short , with a atuimby beard , Sa resseti imi coarse gray clothes anti wearimig S wliitle shoes , lie was sittIng sideways omm bl load of wood , and time harness that was D the liaise attached to time leatl i'ns tied in ) stithi tring amid cnrtL Grant in those un ys would bring his wood to St. Louis and Ti ammtl imu the market place until it was sold , ha id then buy somno coffee anti sugar anti ch provisions antI take theni back out to ag s lmtmmble home. Iii thio3e days , said General Ruggles , Gramit he imm ed muot 5 cents to buy a ne.s'spaper , and cl enictl to know n.thimmg of the country's airs. "When we tact I would Invite htlmn eX to take a little rcfrelmmmmeiut tlmat we sot- So til ers soituetimmie favor , or ask imimmi to have cigar. But he never accepted the comphi- do ia eat , because hue lunew that hue could not turn it. him turmi.Viten I used to macut fe m lie would talk of Alt Sully anti Fred of coio , Those muon antI a few trords abaut exico were apparently his sole stock of ami nversatIon , Shortly after this ime moved ami Galemma , Ill , , and omm omue occaaiomt business imu ook mao over there. Grant talked to me w out Alt Sully and Froth Steele. m GRANT AT CITY POINT , op th "I was ordered to Waslmimmgton froun time tifi est , Thu war had broken out and In Iv urse of tiumuo I was assigned to duty AS tue fo jutant general cf the Army of tue Poloma ac , I went down to CIty I'oint , and ni rant % u'as there. Ills cabIn was pointed t to mao , amid I knocked at the door. cuno in. ' said a voice , anti I entered to sea Pr man aitt'n at a table with lila hands go- of g 111cc lightnIng , 'IluIlo , ' ho said , putting ye s hmamid limb his vest and timun extendimig co to mmmc , 'Take a cigar , I am writing semite Th Cz spatches to Sherman. ' I accuptemi tue lai moke and I looked at Gramut , and I thought 00 myself that those dispatchmea would imo refully revised amid goime over by limo ad- fif co tant general before they were sent out. by e concluded iis writimig in a short time , wi lled tilt orderiy , handed hmimmi the dis. 2,1 tclmes , amid therm commimnommced to talk about go t Sully and Fred steele , " 2,0 General Buggies then sketched the adtri nce on the Army of Northern Virginia amid of e persistence with which Grant ) mamnmered a ay at Leo. lie created much emithusiasmui 1,0 declarIng that the fanuous orders of the hma th of Marcim , 1865 , were all In the imamudta ItIng of General Graot hiniseit , occupying 10 ur pages of lsttvr paper , and that there 23 was not , an interlieeittlon or an ehieloca Ill l ine or a istutonc's , CouIng down to time tIny of the surreodet , flcntal Itimgles said that It was a matter of f requent remark titat General Mends wa aet present at the McLean houtso when flcnenl Leo surrendered to General Grant. lie raid t he reason for It was that General Meamlo as I ll unto tme point of death the night before a nti tlue moriming of time suirrentler , htit that i f ho and the others hati believed that the i mportance of the day was so great they would have carried Meatlo there in their arms to ho preent at time culmination of t he history of the Army of the l'otomnc. "limit after the stmrrender , " said General fluggles , " we insisted thmat ho shmotmid mount a horse anti show himself to his comimerIng soldiers , lie complained thiat ito cotmiti not nit upon a saddle , but wo told him we wotuiti support him , so , with General Andy ' , Vebb on one side and I on the other , Con- eral Meade , tottering In his seat , started out to see his troops. As hits well-known form a ppeareti a yell wont up , anti Mcale straight. onod like a man transformed. Ills figure became erect , his eyes fiashmoti , and with his imand on the rein hue led us anti time staff all through the glorious army. " Concerning Appomattox , Gemuoral Dratly said h o was the union oullccr who received tue l ast letter that General tee wrote to Gemi- o ral Grant on the night before the surrender , lIe had teen ordered , with Major Marlin , t o take otmt a few men on the old Richmond s tage road , and it was on that road , about 1 030 o'clock , that ho met Major Mason of Fitzhugh Lee's stat ? , who delivered a letter t o him for General Grant. Brady gave It to Marlin , wiio took It to General Miles , whence i t was tramisferreti through General Hum' phiries to General Grant. Ito saiti that Major Mason and uiimself waited there for s ome time , when Major Marlin brotmght a verbal message that General Grant would n usot General Lee next day on time other cmi o f the line. General flra'ly declared that t he surremuder iiouitl have been made to time a rmy of time Potomnac , and to the first dlvi- S lOTh of the second corps , whicim htad been In t ime head at Sailor's creek and in all time f Ighting before tue surrenmlcr. G ENERAL MORGAN'S IiRCOLLECTIONS. General Morgan said he was with Grant as i mi duct comnniiseary for a long tinue , amiti l ie was with hint at Appomnattox Court liouso w hen he wau preparing the terms of the ear- r ender , which , by the way , he said , were p repared by Eli S. Parker , en Indian chIef , whose death was cuironlcled a short timiuo a go. lie had been wIth Grant at City Point I n 1864 , when the latter wanteti to go up I nto the vahicy and see Sheridan. "l vent with him , " said General Morgan , " and whIle up there the news canto that H ampton hat waded in anti carried oft our b eef herd , consisting of 2,600 head of the no- c it cattle that over put hoof to grass , for y ou know those armies wore well fed amid l ived on time best that the market afforded. Well. when that news came Grant groaied , a nd I groaned In sympathy , for , of course , I was his chief comnmnissary. There was a n uan namneth Stanton In V.'ashtngtctu who oc- c upied the position of Secretary of War , amid l ie was a inmin of pretty quIck action. StanF t on telegraphed to Grant , ' \Vhio is responsi- b le for tue ios of that beef herd ? ' Gramit t elegraphed back , 'I am. ' That emided it. " Gramit's elotluorce , " ejaculated General Morin g an , "consisted of action. " "When we got hack to City Point. " lie c ontinued , 'Grant said one day , in the presn o nce of myself and a lot of others , that lie r egarded me as the beet commIssary in tue w orld. I asked how so , amid he replied that I not cnhy fe lila army , but the enemy's as w ell. " Geiieral Morgan continuing said that lie w as at Appomattox and present In tim0 room w here time very table was that so mnany tilt- f erent Peolihe now have In their possessIon. S eth WIlliams hind gone into the room with h im , anti there were a whole lot of union f eilow .i . there , while General Leo was ac- c ompanied by Colonel Marshall. "As I went in , " said General Morgan , "I g reeteti General Leo , saying , ' 110w are you , g eneral ? ' I had serveti under Lee at liar- p er's Ferry iii the John Brown raid , anti I h ad also iiecmi atVest Point when Lee was th is commandant there. Whih1 the preliml- n arles were being arranged , I went over to th e side of time room miiud smutoketi my pIpe , a nd now , hmen I hear so many people iii- d umlging in seIf-congratmilation over owning t he Identical inkstand and the specific pen w imlch vera ulseti on timat occasion , I raise m y trusty pipe aloft amid proudly exclaim , Thl is the pIpe I sniolteti wheii Lee sur- r emitlered to Graimtl' "General Lee , after the surrender , asketi G eneral Grant it the latter could feed iuls a rmy. Grant turned to me anti inquired , 'C olonel , can you feed General Lee's army ? ' I asked General Lee iuow many muen he hail. li e said that Imp could not tell ; that time dlviml si ons were scattered , and that scarcely a c on'pany lmad a commissiommcti officer at the m im eati of it. I asked himn if 2,00O men woultl I a about limo figure , anti hmo saId yes , say 2 5,000 inca , anti tlue thing was done , " General Morgan described In a pleasimig m anner the growtui of the fraternal feelimig ti mat ijugan immedIately after time surrentler , a nti spoke of mneeting General Heath of time I c onfederate arnmy , whmo had been a comrailo o f his in time UnIted States service , "While we vere talking , " hmo said , "another mn aui came In , anti saId 'Well , gencral , we [ li cked yer , didui't we ? ' That was a pretty ncaileti-for remark just then , but heath : sa id : 'Yes ; you licked us. ' Tlmen our man aid , 'that's all rIght , euo harm ! feelings ; come n , lot's take a drink , ' and they drank. " our , ' o 'i'niii OliilN.tRy. There Is a saltpeter cave in Barton county , eorgia , litoraiiy olive witlm hats. TIto first vatohi ever macdc by machtlnery lmi me United States was made at Roxbury M ass. , lii IS0. Ime the London directory for 1S15 the Smith fa mily occtmpy upwards of twenty closely ' rinted pages. tI Ons of I2verpooi's leathing citizens , a mit'i onaire rmianuticturor , labors unmlem' the imal- iu cination that Imo is a steam boiler just about Y to burst , a Peter Bales , a celebrated caligraphier of tIme mi mmic of Queen Ehizabetim , wrote time tioie of a e hilbie eu a tiiece of veliumrm whmichm was m ) amumait titat it could ha lmimiden iii thu simehl ' a hen's egg , Those wlmo think time Barnum witite ole- I iant story of a few years ago a fake may h d a record iii tue New York custommi iiomise , u here true Ilomi. I' , T. swore that. time anhrmial as worth $200,000 , n h W'iiliamn Dyson is a emegro bootblack of tu ri ri F'r.micico with a bullet-proof skull. In a lu i r eet fight the othmcr may another coioretl boo - C ack fireti ttmros sluoki from a revolver at I ysomi , One bullet struck Dyson aqumarely li the forehead anti liassetl around imi skull II der time Sliiii ) hotlglmmg ummder time rlglmt ear. 0 f me wound was aught and after time surgeons v. ti remnoved lYime bulit D'an w'as all right o , f e ui. A 15-year-old English girl has mitral mur- ur of limo heart so strong timat It camm ho ' ard twelve feet away when she Imas tier Y othes on , If sue is placed with chest ' 1 pOsed three feet front a cioa'd door , this ii mt und camu lie imsord by a per.san standing at fi o sarmue distamico ( rein the otimer side of time ' or , Time Laimcet 83y time heart Is not cmi- IC ) rged or dIlated , and the only locomuvemilence IL ti lt by time latiemmt is tlmat sue easily gets out n a breath , u m mLo A Michigan woman was convlctifUj Lo d inumumuian treatimient of her grandchildren o d being found ml u guilty was sentenced to iprisommnimjmmt for lIfe , Part of tier system r as feeding time cimiltiron Otm noxious food tui ixed with kerosene , petting them In the r en until their wet garnients froze upon orn , Two chmhidromu brought ioto court tea. U n ed to such treatment , anti oven then the 0BO t omiman foumid a lawyer to make tue plea BO i her timat. she only inflIcted such punish- ° r cnt as she had a right as a paromit to o ake , 0 ti Krupp of Essen is the richest subject In i ussia , having been taxed omt amm income P 7,140,000 immarks ( $1,785,000) ) ( Cr time current i ar , his tax buimig 7i,250 , A Rothschild u mes next with 0,135,000 niarka ( fl,628,750) ) . e e third richest nian Is Count hiutteim- t apski In time Camel district , vhio is a cap- o n in the Fourteenth hltissars , with 3,085- t 0 mmiarks a year , The richest lleriimmer a , mm mnes fourth with 2tlI5,000 mmmarks , 'rhor th , sixttm and seventh Idaces are taicemi r three rich memi of the Oppelu district , U r th 2,680,000 marks , 2,675,000 mmiarks , and u 70,000 marks , respectively , Two country ti m ntiemmiegu , one In time Brealsu district , with tn 80,000 marks , the other in the Trier dis- b I. ct with 2,065,000 imiarks , comapiete the hhit O I.r r muon with over 2,000,000 marks ( $100,000) ) O l year. There are thirteen with between C im 00,000 amid 2,000,000 marks ; i,5ht taxpayers U ti yo an income of over 100,000 marka , The L o x Is paid by ieraorms making more than SC ic 0 marks (225) ( ) a year , and is paid by 8tiGSmu , o out of 1,00O,000 Inhabitants , F e ACRgAT ENEVOLENT ORDER A unlvorsary of' the Birth of' the Inaepontl- out Order ofOdtl reilowa , H ISTORY OF ITS ORGN AND PROGRESS S eeuiy-Se'en Of lxitcne Three Mlitiouim'i ' ' 'ii. Yenr for lie. sieolemmt 1'flrmiiseslutImiiler of tue Three ltmmkw , 'rho 26th of April , is the seventy- s eventh annIversary at tIme founding of the I ndependent Order of 0dm ! Fellows In tIme U nited States. There are nearly 1,000,000 m enibera of the order , nntl In thousands of i nstances lodges or Individuals will formally o r otherwise recognIze the occasion. The m ere tact that nioro titan 800,000 mtdtmlt m ales , about one-sIxteenth of tiio entire vot- m u population of the country , are keenly in- t orested In eamnethlng uvhuich vitally affects t he public welfare , is enough to attract gemi- c mi attention. Strange as It may seem , b oth you anti I , as mere onlookers , are In- t erested In , whimiti Is representeti by an annl- v ersary of tIme birth of American Odd Fol- I owshlp. The letter 1. 0. 0 , F , , accompanied some- t inios by "three links , " are famIliar , They mi re frequantiy Been lilght up on bumilullngs w here Odd Fellows are wont to hold their m eetings. Wo all recall three-link gold e miiblcmns on vests or coat-lapels , indicating t hat thmo wearers are mactubers of time order , a nti It is thu ) ' who , today , are to celebrate I n tiiommgIit or in fact the seventy-seven y ears of vigorous life of the oldest and l argest secret mutual aid society In the U nited States , whose mmuenibers are system- a ticaIly assessed for time creation of a fund ( remit whicii to relieve sick or diotressemi memn- h ers , timeir witlows and orphans. No iilghmer tribute can be paid the Imietitu- t ion than to point out thmat It is the pioneer a mong secret , charitable and , benevolent s acietlos , whIch seek to relieve time necesal- t ies of their members anti families of thielr m embers by the creation of a tumid for that p urpose by means of regular assessments. This point Is , perhaps , to ho fully set f orth for tile first limo in a forthcomIng " Cyclopaedla of Fraternities ; " a history of s ecret societic in tIme UnIted States ( copy- r ighted ) , by Albert Clark Stevens , from a p ortIon of time manuscript of which this artl- d o has been drawn. There are several different kinds of secret s ocieties , time mother , of course , being tue F raternity of Ancient Free anti Accepted M neono. That stands unique. Its benevo- ie mice and practical charItIes are not based o n prearrammged or agreed plami to assess Its in cmnbers systeniatlcaiiy , or to pay out sums fo r relief as mier statute in such case made a nd provided. They are extended when n eeded , and no record knows them , save t hat of him or her who receives thmemn. But there remains a wIde field to be fluleul - one in which time secret society may well p lay a hart with the spirIt of fraterminlism , s ppheniented by something wimlch approxi- m ates closely to time moderit Mutual Assess- mm ont Insurance stciet' , hero Odd. Fellow- t ) .d\ ' . i. . _ . _ _ _ ' ' : : . * - ,1 - IIOMAS WILDEY , FOUNDER OF AMERI- CAN OPD FELLO\'liil' . ml iii ) steps In , anti muobly hams it done its work , o r it. is to reaity thu mother of iatter-dsy n tmtual insuraiie. True , It does mint Insure I ves , hut it provides Its mnemnbers against time mv ii day which Is the result of sickness ani r , hsfortuns , amid looks to the welfare of time v ldow amid orphan. WhiR1 better testimony cami ho offered its y ork , the example it has set , timan the fol- c iving in its footsteps , In this respect. by mu ch socIetIes as the lcniglmts of Pythmlas , ' ncient Order ot United Workmnemi , Knights if the Maccahiocs , tile Improved Order of t ed Men , Order of Foresters of Aumuerica , d odermu Wootimen of AmerIca , the Royal Ar- a nUm , Knights of Honor and more thitimi 10 0 other mutual assessment , charitable and ie novolent secret societies whmich , wIth oime mx ceptlon , are the children of the last half if th present century ? These organizations pay annually not less b an $10,000,000 In sick , death , funeral , tam- l y relief and educational benefits , and of that u rn the Indepemidont Order of Odd Fellows ix pemida onc'.thmlrd. The question may properly be asked , v hionco came the society which can and does ia y out moore timan 3OO0O00 amunually for U cim purposes ? This takes us back 157 'e .mrs , to 1729 , Fourteemi years prIor to that In to Free Masonry in Emiglnnd hued been re- 'i veti and reorgamuized with a grand lodge as iie o governing bomly , The next ten or twemity e ars were merited by an active propaganda im ul that ancient fraternity liecammue liramnimuemut to t only In London , but timrotigimout. Emuga nti , It wa3 takemi into most of time conc ental coumitries , to America anti the lirktI ul i colommies. It exctto.1 amitagomilsmns , was 'tI XJOSCtI , " ridicult'd and smilfered toni seerst on , thuugh the highest socially , as well as ( ese of lowly estate , were enrolled among its g embers. Tradition ( whmicii lacks prcof ) sayuu timat a o im mimber of Pros Masons hmuul a tiifferenco 'Itim eir lodge and organized amiothor society tl time title of Odd Fellows. The simmil- rity of sonie of the tities of ofjiclals 1mm b ti d Follows' lodges to thioao of omeinis In f naommic lodges , of the mmign , mnetimotis of Ban it atlon , anti partIcularly of thmo symmihoimi ef 03 m , two societies , leave mm doubt in the niimids titommo capable of judging that Fm-ce Masons of e ro emmgsged at the buildimig of the temple D thio Odd Fullowslmip. an 'rite firt recorded Odd Fellows lodge was of r imitarcmms No. 9 , London , 1745 , anti there ar o ulti appear to imayc boon predecessors for at e or sIx years prior to that timmie. tJiitIi A 50 Odmi Fellows lodges vore more or loss ti lcpeuident one of tttm other. thmougim licidtng " a tornal reiatlomis , amnetlnmes one lodge sp ulmI visit amuotlmomLfim' a body amid contrlbumtu the latter's treasury tlmat needed relief of ght ho fortitconting. A ummIon of lodges si turahly followed , amd for twenty years ( ho w uted body was kmmown as tIme Ammclemit and of norable Loyal Order of Old Follows , U r.vivisiity at amltltafter lodge miieotings co rimmg the eighmteentum century , as in other ti gaiilzations , was a ( itture. Some detached tie ges became umuItetias the Patriotic Order ni oda Fellows , an i lie latter Part of time th ntury time two orgaimizatiomis caine together O dor thue title of the tunlon or Ummitotl Order Old Fellows , tcbJsmn showed Itself In o , but tllti no last long. The bomb contention wad the domInance of the mivIviai over the charitable. 'rlmere ivmis amm- mer secession in 1814 , wlmcit dId not ammiount much , but In 1811 , there was a decided itt , the secedors taking time name of tIme depentient Om-derl lanchostem- UnIty , Timis i ? $ ' grew rapidly , mmid fume prospered ho. nd comnparlson hi ngiaului , imaying more ori three-quarters of all tIme memnbormt of the day ) twemity.sx Odd F'ehiows societies 1mm o United Kimmgdommi , and a sick. funeral mi otiter bemmefit funds of $35,010,000 , Early in this century , among other enml- amits to time United States , timers vere nat- ally aomnmm who had been mmtado Odd Fel. tim ws i England. Among tlmern , In 1817 , at ht h a age of 35 , was Thomas \Vlldy , who Is di t ever wIll be , regarded with veneration eli members of time order. as time founder , chi . % iiierican Odd Feliowslmip , lie got what ba hio ucatlon hue hind at a imarishi school , anti be- at iio a 'skilled ijlacksmiitim , lie joimmed limO lted ( mnother ) Order o Odd Fellows in at a mudon and took an active ixmterest in the bo iety. Stmurtiy after his arrival hi haiti- re , lie. witlt , John Welch , a brotbor Odd llow , imublisimeti a call for a mneetiog of of smich tmumbera of the order as the natico alight reach , anti , en prul 13 , 1810 , John Iuncan John C'imenthman anti ltichunrd lhumsh- worth rerponulell , On April 26 , followIng , at time Seven Stars tavern , $ cconti street , haiti- more , the five Rngiish Otlul Fellows met again , and , according to "amielont usage , " organizetl anti eontitUtetlS'nshington lodge No , 1 , at Otitl Fellows , Thomas Wiidey taking the obligation in the presence ot the others , after which "lie ndmlmuistereui time obligation to themuu , " It is ovimlent that cultimotmgh the English Indepenmlent order was then emily six years old , It appealed to time founders of American Odd l'ellowship more strongly than thio mother society , tiio United Order , tot tiio new American ledge weB chartered by Dmike of York lotige , Preston , Emigland , a subordlnnto lodge of the Manchester Unity. A grand lodge was formed lucre. by English authority , in 1821 , and Thomas Wildey be- CaIne the first "grand master , " Little prog- Tess WflS muiado for several years , By 1825 there were emily four grand lodges , those of Maryland , I'ennsyivminla , New York auth Massachusetts , anti only muttie subordInate lotiges , wlthi a grnnth total umiembersimip of emily about 500. The growth of the order was naturally delayed betteen 1827 anti 1S35 , by tue antagomiismu excIted against all secret societies , conscqtment on the Anti-Masonic agitation , yet it renualmus to be added that the first Omid Fehlovs' hall erectetl anti dttii- cateth to the excltisivo use of the order , was 1mm Ilaltimnoro in 1831. It does not require an over.stimnulatetl liii- agloatton to read between tInt lInes in ( ho t'tatenuent that at the height of the Amiti- Masonic excitenient "educated men fromu every honorable utrofessiomi anti business" sought admission into the ortler , nor is omlo surpriseti to learn that at that time con- vivlality vaiu practically ellmmuinated front iiieetimigs and that time moral amid bmieileiai features were strengtiienetl. When It is added that in 1835 tue ritual was revised , anti , in fact , altered , particularly that of the en- caiuupmcnt degrees , the sIgnificance of the foregoimig is immcreased to those lii position to understamid , In 1812 the breaic canie between the Anueri- can branch , ( until timat date ) of the Emigiish Indepemident order , the Granti Lodge of tue UnItoti States declaring nil intercouso at an end , anti proclaiming the Gramid Lodge cut th United States the solo atmthuorlty , Since 1S13 the Anmericami organizatioti imas been actually , as vell as nommihmiahly , intiependent. Tlmo cause of tIme rupture has been a stub- ject of dIspute. One version is that the English body "abantloned the ancient work anti lantlmarks"-which recalls tIme Rug- light Mmisonio schism in the middle of the last century-and minothuer Is that. time immmueri' can society wtsheti to ho relieved fromu gramut- lag assistance to numerous neemiy Englisit Odd Feliow imrmmigrants. A third alleged motive , veruuniis as good as nay , was amu excusable desire to be indepemident iii fact as well as imi annie. The progress of the order durlmig the ' 40s \s.as rapid aiitl , though hilnmiered anti imn- iiCdeti Ia its noble amitl gloriotms growth dtmr- lug the war period , developmuuemmt since that tlmiie imas beeui pumenonienmil. In 1843 Amen- can Odd Fellowship Invaditl Canada , in 18111 the Samidwichi islands amid imi 1868 AustralIa. Emtgllsimmen have apparently preferrcti sonic one of ( he numerous Emmghish orders of Odmi Fellowship , for while the American ergamii- zatlon planted a few lodges In time hlmiltctl Klmmgtlom , they did not aurvIvo long. Imi ISTO the Sovereign Grand lodge ( formerly the Grand lodge ) of time Unlteti States carried Its bammnors into Germany , In 1872 Into hal- glm.rn and Peru , in 1874 Into Chili and in 1876 Into Demimark. Within tIme past fitteemi years Odd 'eilows lodges chuartereti by the Sovereign Gramid lodges of ( ho United States imttvo been established abroati as fallowa In Mexico Imi 1882 , Cuba in 1883 , Japan In 1891 , France In 1892 , and In Now Found' land , Hollamd anti Italy In 1891. The ito- ciety abroad has progressed favorably , but tIme total foreign mmienibersiulp lit not more titan 3 per comit of the total. The society owns more than 3S00 halls umseti by it. for lodge meetIngs amiti other purposes , tlmeir totai value being more than $16,000,000. It also owns twenty-four hmomnes , asylums anti orphanages , which , with tiio land , are valued at $1,000,000. It Imblishies forty-nine papers anti periodicals ( forty-three in time UnIted States ) In half a dozen languvmges , and there are more than a dozen mutual aid , insurance anti accltient societies Iii the country to which Odd Feliows only are eltgiljle. Total revemiues of the independent Order of Odti Fellows , United States of America , were $8,427,000 In 1805 , and $3,323,000 was paid out In tlmmit year to relieve the sick and distressed , or to aid time witlow and educate the orphan. Tint total membership was 70,705 , to whIch i muuist be addeti 108,632 womuien members of t Ime Rebekahi degree. In 1838 tue total relief p atti was only $5,000. The cne lodge of 1810 has Increased to nearly 11,000 , amut ) time 500 1 m iiemnbers of 1825 , withIn seventy years have i ncreased 1,800 times. It. hmas been difilemilt to gather information r especting the long list of distinguished citi- Z eus wlmo imave been or are mmuemuibers of thin o lder , but from those recalleth by Past Grand S ire James P. Sanders , for forty years a member of the Sovereign grand lodge , it Is l oariietl thmat ox-Presidents Grant , Hayes , Gar- fi eld anti liarrisomi , ex-VIce President Coltax , S enator Joimn Simernmami , time late Senator O liver P. Morton and Ansomi Jones , secomid I p reshmient of tlmo reptmblic of Texas , all re- c eIved hue degree cut Odti Fellowship. The smiprenie governing iotly of American I O dd Fellowship Is time sovereign grand lodge , . e ommmposeti of presidIng officers anti represemita- .L l Ives of ( state or colonial ) grani lodges and e ncamnhimuients which , imi turn are Cofliposeti of p reslihimig ollicers and representatives of sub- ; , o rmilnato lotiges anti encampmemits. The original American Otiti Fehiow's lodge i c onferred three degrees , to wtmichm two were : a titled In 1820 , but In 1880 tiio ritual was ro- i v ised anti the work miow consists of time in- : i tiatory amid tlmreo tlegrees. Timero are az'o ' t hree theroes comiferreti In encampments , , w hIch lodge mnemmubers may apply for mind m r eceive IC elected to receive that homier.'o Iincampn'ment degrees ( two of themn ) were I ' a cqmttretl from floating muuaterial ( hiring tue p eriod 1821-211 , hut t'ero tlmcmm conferred in l odges. Tue "emucampmnent , " as a separate b ody for conferring "tIme superior degrees , " a ppeared In 1827 , and In tinie time ranti enC n c ampment. By 1870 the umnifornued rank of ti tI me encampment was lirojecteti , tiue itien , a pparently being mmmi opportunIty to cratlfy e he very human desire to umiako a credltabie l islilay In liulilic. Title branch was reort mi anized in 1885 aim the Patriarcius Militant. Time Itehekali degree , orIginally camiferreti t nly eu wemon relatIves of and on Odd Fel- ) lo ws , is now opemi to wonien other tlman re. m la ttves. The rItual of this miegree was writ- ri te n by Schmuyler Colfax in 1851. mtnmi atlopteti y the sovereign granti lodge , its popularity o I' lay be inferred wiiemi it Is known that It mmd mmnilmers 108,1100 brethren ( Odd Fellows ) amid C'ia ,810 sisterv Of the wail known degree , the Tall Cedara Lelsnon , of time Igmiored imut oxistImig a acmghiters MilItant , of the Extinct I'atrl- m chuat circles anmi of the Itnpertmtt Order Muscovites , to wlmiclm only Otid Fellows \ ' e e elig tile ( mctleled. apparently , after tue b techirmuent to Freemasonry known as limo cu nciommt Arabic Order or Nobles at time Mys- Ii mm e Simelmie ) , all mliscusseml at iongth lii tue p Lu C'clopedla of Fraternities , " there is imot ji ma ace to go Into detail , mi Sutflce to mum ) ' titat April 26 , 1896 , is full mi 0 mneamiing to 1,100,000 menibera of twenty- x Rmigtisti orders of Otlil Fellowslmip , as Ir ell as to time mmuoro tlman 900,000 mcmnbers mi a time Immdopontient. Ortler of Omimi Fellows , o I , nited States of AmerIca-not to mentiomm c rf lored Odd Fellows in AmerIca , 107,000 at a n : cmmi , secor.d cousins of the Intlependemmt or- ti nri r , hero the hegltimato clmllui of time grand. ti otlier of the Amnenican indepeiident order , e e Granml United , or mnotimer order of nil ; ) dd Fellows societies. ue a it ALBERT C. STEVENS , ho - - C mi tiNIiAIliN , mik - c re Albert Ii. 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Building , CiQaks aiii.t Suits. at one 1CLI PSE L imo , a total weight of 2 ,443 IOttlidS , -f , . . . ; : /7/ 1j"Wo1fe Electrical Co 'k \ ; ' - , , , . ? Agumits Opp uiot 1io'toflli.o 1(114 Cupital Aye , . Omaha , Neb. 'i'iild IiYMOitAi'IlflN. lt euo i'iI i mag hum , , t I o imim 1 l'Je lllii cliii mummi liluiul % % 'n't'i , , Dr. Arthur MeDonad of thio United States b um'eau of education , sal's thio Washiington S tar , lectured last veeic before the Anttiro- p ological socIety but "l'sychio-neuirnl Mona- u remnents of Ilumnan Ijetmigs , " iliustratlng ti le subject wltmi experiments auth demnoui- rt ratloims by means of the lcymographiomi. 'l' iiluu lit the imustrumnent intendeti to be uet1 'l'o o n Iloimnes , the convicted murderer , during h is oxecutlomi In Piiiluitlolphin , Mmiy S. 1)r. M eDomialti'S mequest to be permitted to make th e experiment of registerimmg thio emnotions Ci t uiuan about to be hanged was demiled b y the authorities. although Iloimmies imhnu- s elf made no objeetlout to It. There was , st herefore , great imiterest In the lecture rmnl im i the instrunient , whhcut is probably the one in this coumity , Tue word Icymo- g raphilon is derIved ( ruin the Greek rords It unio , amid tue 'erli grapiuio , or m ttpheii , tia write. Tue Imistruniemit is the Imm ventlomi of l'rof. Ludwig of Leipale , amiti Dni r. MeIonaitl coiimblnes with It the pneui- ni ogrnimli miumti the Camiihrilge tninbour. 1B riefly described , the apparatus Jut a clock- n ork device , ly wuulehi the exltemnent of Li io timorax , umider various emotional states if tue mInd , is recortleti on a cylinder coy- r etl with haIler. Ttmi liiiiem' is blarlceneti itIi smmtoke , amid sa minnie sensItive to the th ighmtcst of the imumitcator. 'i'hme mothioti DI ' u"o Is to 1mm arotind the chest of tue t mlject a silk rIltbmi , each emiti of whIch it tactues to a hue semusltive ruilber diii- ) u mrngmn mttretcheti over tue end of a metalTc y tintier , from which there runs a smanli ru lihier ttuiie , which terminates Imi nmuotlior ru bber diaphragm called the tamnbclur ItV ltiiln the cylinder , the ttmbo and th tamp- t Our is a vacuum , ro that tue temislon of the hi ree ( iitlmliragms ii ; exeeetlimgy sumisitlve t ) Li ii' slIghtest movememit of thn thorax. Imu contruet with time timinbour thinlmhur.tgin it mnuitlplyimig lever , whIch moves thU slen- ic r needle-like IndIcator , vhulcim Is pmmt in o uch 'uvithi time smnolce-mlnchemme,1 ) eyllmitlr'r % 'lipn the subject 1)4 in reamlimuess for timu' ox- e m-inuent time cyilndem' Is set In mmiotlomi. re- 'o lvimig once iii two mniiitits , and tiuc mueciule , 'I bratIuig iii ) amiti down , inam'ks reuiponslvely :0 time mtctiomi of this timrax a uulinrii. white nn 'ii tue m,00ty mitmeface of the palter. 'l'hoso vlmo are skeptical nit to the prac l cai work of time k'mognmipiilon wou.d be 'mm rimrisotl to note ( ha variations In the i. nvetm r'suithmig , from different statca ot the n imni. P r Instance , Dr. McDonald experi- nn emiteil before hits audience vItiu a bright 'o ung tioy. hieing ( 'XCitetl , the nodules of im o tuormnmml or regular wave shiowmi were ic ep , ( retlutuit anti sharp. G'tmig iiiuii a c .olc to reati. time muotlmihes ittcgume longer , lm alloiver it miii imi ore qmmi et nml luieulc. Iii b ni'acter. ToltI to ilmitcn to the nitttic of mi bn iimumloiin , the l'y timoweti far lcm'q t'xelta- lIty , nuiti time i'nvo mark ogatmi sivept l omig on the cyimitier In bug nodules , milt- rent , however from the ° o produced whemi to was rea'Ilmig. ' Jxpc'rimnemits were mnimlo in other smmbjects uluiuiug the cvcmuimmg , with terestimig amid vtmrie'l ' resmullm + Bpeaklmmg of the iiecessity of e'menimnenin- io n In all , Ilreetions of scientific Imiqtmir3- , r. McDonald said : " Phioophmv ! in the old m'c'nsn is imimnotit tossIluho. No one innn can have tuttielcuit slgimt into the illiferemit sclnces to mmntlc'r. ta nml their reintlomumi anti nuake jutigmumit I'n their contomit. SlCClIthIHm unity ntirrow a n n , imut It tleepemis lilt Itnowlotige. Kmiowl- ge is so thoyctrilleti tIiguthtr thuuut a m'pe- ia 'ty ittudied thoroughly umecegnitatet the iv ostlgntlon of the iiearest hyIm"tr lmrincle5. , e neraiism it' habit , to lma mtiiperttcimii. 'rho bit of stuiiylng omie timimig thorotirhily Is o metitotl of mpeclalit'in , liuiti Is , ] lrectl ra cticah. 'l'iin detiro to inelmmtlo time un - rse may lie miaile'l. gemmeralismu. Facts out tin' nervous itystemui of mtmn are mis portant as filetS uboUt stenOs , Itltlmttit itmid tmnnis , yet there it' porhiitpa the least dull- i' lcn ss"emlgo nimout mminmu. 'Flue utciemutitle it1' of intun 1mm mimi ox.oerimontuil way is t In Iii ; imglmumiing. A umian l4hiOUhml inveucti. o te fifty tImes as nutmcim as lie writes , and ( 1 vIce 'ersti. " E xperiments with time icymogrminhiion. Bald . Mciomutl1 , time imnemmmnogrtnhm an'l thio li nibriuigo tnmmiiioimr on both chilliirun mmmi tmits sec'mii to imitlicimlim that comuceuitrat'omi ' s mimiti or emnotio'u im'ttmen htreothimig. The o ect liett'eeri nithetin mmmiii lively mmmmIe is r tlcoabhe ; the fIrmer lessens tIme lmreatiiing li o hatter increases it , in a somnoiviimit ox. n iivd experiment on a reporter wIth huts n wI' conltrtlctc'd , Tdetiiypmnommralmii , lr. Me- s o nmuld foumiut hint by nitim'yiflg the nlgo- ter ( malrt unemusurer ) to the teunhuoral mscici there wait a decrease of how of i od In tiit' arm ; anti by pasting a galvanic i rrt'mut thmromigh hun lirain , cntiinm.r a. puuimi 1 o time prick of a imimi , time effect was a iii'I asm , C'f lion' of lm'ood In time arm It is I obabkt ( not certain ) flhmit this means an reaso mit ltlooiI in ( hue imralmm. i i ) ' expenimnentit on two w-memm mtntl two n with 'Moaso'H ergograpli the results of 1 . Lomimarti wore conhlrmeil , tlmmit tin , ro- i very at' the power or the flnuer after fa- ume owes Itti perIodtcItv to tatlgmmc' , After i , tImuier ii tired at' iuliintr mu woigiut that I can lmmmrdy move , ( hue almost immnemiitmte upenmitiomi of ihie flncer , making it alii'h I pull tue weight as fast mit ever , is not h o to nmutrhlIvo ehmamir es In the muscle , nor 1 variations in thir , m'trengtim of ivlll power. I t , nil before said , is mm. resmiht. of fatkmie militur ihemmomeuia are time "second wimtil"I the petlemutriutmu. 'rho hmeartmuuc or a tIcking I a watch varies perIodically ; it satintis ider and. softer , lii tmmldlnur long ccmlumn'm I ligtire'u Or in f hewing a ! eng mirmrunuent i a miInti at Iberlotis refuses to work , and I n resumniemi. D r. Meflonalmi illustrated with imustrumenta his own anti those of otlmers uiuauitltntivt , I asurememutit of ensIb l'ttcs , at nmtli , heat , ' rtlity , iiiilmi anti muuacmmimir judgments. 1 t the eiouou of lImo lecture an ( ixperimnelit s tiiudo with the emmt'ro nutilenee iii ecu- I ening uqiontmimicnus concepts cf tito mnintl , e result-n imming written on shims of paper d kemmt liv Dr Meflonmm'd for cit&sa'tlcation d analysis , with a view to a consideration DEWEY & STONE Furiiture Co. 1 1 1.5.1 1 17 lai'nmtiii St. Special Prices on Chamber Suits 1 This Week. F : . : ' - . ' ; .ip . 'rliis Chamber Suit , solid oak , antique finish , 18x4o Bevel r\T I rro $1325 $ This sale includes over 200 designs in price from $ Io,00 to $ ioooOO each , All Offered at Cost. f timem Imefore time socIety at some future line. Time example of W. Vi. Brewer , esq. , jus. ce of time peace and a prtmimiinet citizen of M t. Jc'wett , I'ui. ' , Is worthy of emulation lb ays : "I imever leave hume wIthout a bottle f Cliammuberlaimu's Colic , Cholera ammti IInr- hoea Itomnedy , amid always recommmmncmud It to ly fniumimis , It iii the boat I over used , , immtt tver fails to give Imnmtuethiate relief. " Fur ale by druggists , - A. h'.uv Ilimuls Ii , Iiniployt'mi , i on : time at your last of duty. i respectful to 3'otir omnimhpyors , 1 mtiuni about cli mutters lassigug through yQur hands. i uhiemmI uhoimt all cmtllce business , let otheri do ( lie tellimig. i sure mimmd mutmemuil strictly to your own work ; ict othtcflt do thii'irtt. 1 kiunl to Ilmosmi artmnt1 you , i agreeable amid accomaniotiating at all tiimiemt , t at yommr desk lmiring bumilnesmi hmommrmi , i tiemmitlhtitu anti Iceop awmy from time detcs of others , i nemmt about your work. i mmmnhitioumm to. Imnhui-ovu , 3 lumiunimle rather than arrogant , I uituihioutm , tfmat ytmu many learn the in. tricacios of the busIness in whIch you ama .imigagotl. i prmnpt 1mm gettimig otmt 'our work , "imro. ciaiittmmntlomm is the Ibmef of ( line. " I onmiemly about your durlc. i Imeat about your dress , i of good' hinimictimle ; never gmiin favor w'tit your auporiom's Imy prtmcticlmmg treachmcry , toivartlui your ( el.ow clerics , I dlgnilleti , Imover ituffer yourself to in. uiulgu lii frivolity. 1 MICe anti show fl7 ( mivomItisin iii oiulcei leave that for oilier lmusinemis hours. I of muuchm life in your business surroumiti. logs thmmmt while with lhmeuii you will be lovui , and ivhiemt gommum you vilL he re. gruittetl as a faithful friend and con. sciutmtlous ecaployc ,