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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATUNDAY, JULY 19. 1890, t WIIAT THE HOT SUN DID. A TYPICAL STORY OF THE HEATED SEASON IN NEW YORK. llorr l.ltlli- Nuriili Wu lliirn In it Clierrjr Illll Trnn'tieiit ifml Ilgr Him I.Ueil fur 11 Tlnin lint I'liiully Onn Vp lin Htruif Rln nmt Wont to Strep. Copyrlht by Anuvlenu Ptcm Association.) When Nornh McCornmck camo into tho world by way of Mltlillo nllcy, lit Cherry street, New York, Inst September her mother smiled upon hurhabynnd tliett fell "XOIIAII WAS AS UNTHt AI.I.Y 110IIUHT I1ADT." iuto thu slumber that known no awaken ing. Xornh wnsau unusually rolitistbuby, full of vitality and dimples. She took kindly to her bottle of condensed milk, find nil through the winter kept getting fatter und stronger, until she could Htaud with out help by clinging tou chair, Xornh wits taken cans of by her lO-year-old sister, Mag gie, upon whoso Immnturcshnuldcrs rented the responsibility of caring for thu domes tic interestx of her convivial father, a boy of 0 and tho baby Maggie wiih a fair mmiplo of tho little mother so frequently seen In tho poorer (Hint-tern of New York. She was prema turely wise and faithful as a dog. The only regret sho had when forced to give her attention wholly to housework was that hIio could not continue going to school Hut thu vague yearning in her mind to "know something" beca.nu more and more vague as thu mouths rolled away until It was nsn dream of impossible, fulllllment A weary, pitiful existence it was for tho child, redeemed only by her lovo for tho baby, but none tho less heroic. Xornh never suffered for want of atten tion in thu daytime. Sometimes, however, at night, when fntigtto had locked Mag gie's sunset Inexorably, tho baby nwoko and cried and then sobbed herself to sleep agtilu. Maggiu was so weary thnt a thun der clap would not havu disturbed her. Up to thu month of July thu baby hud en Joyed excellent health. Then camo tho heat as from a gigantic blast furnace. All day long thu sun poured its flro down Into Cherry street until thu basement was as hot as thu sands of Sahara. Thu heat In vaded 1 1 m tall tenement and turned thu two rooms of tho McCormacks' Into verl tablu bakers' ovens. Thu children could seo thu Host river rippled by a breeze ns they looked out of thu front windows, hut not n brent li of coolness Invaded thu stuffy apartments. Under thu Inllueticu of this consuming flro Xornh began to grow fretful and peevish. Tho BUinmcr suu is very cruel to little children in Cherry street. Thu baby throw down the stopper of thu vinegar bot tlu and refused to be comforted Shu cried continually to bu carried In Maggie's arms. Shu began to losu flesh. In one week all her dimples had gone Tho fiery sun was drinking tho child's blood. Thu air which passed Into those feeble, punting lungs was not freighted with thu scent of applu blos soms ami thu odorous perfumes of tho ! dewy wood, where verduru cools the air It was laden with noxious gases and thu I noisome exhalations frnm sewers. Dew never sparkles in that bxjorcd locality In thu evening when thu lamps on the big Brooklyn bridge were lit and tho sun hud set behind thu Statuu of Liberty thu moon and the htnrs camo out with a more gentle, kindly ray for thu children than thu suu had shown, ami sometime thesu heavenly lanterns brought with them a little breeze, which came sighing down thu brick ami mortar canyon with a benedic tion of coolness from tho swift river. Not every evening did thesu blessed breezes come, but on those raru occasions when tho breeze was strong enough to raise thu dust. Maggie took thu baby down to tho street I and sat on thu doorstep Shu watched with delight tho cool bree.u lift thu hair from i thu temples of the child. She knew that I coolness meant life and health to the baby. . Thesu weru brief oases of refreshment which served to temporarily check thu , progress of thu disease slowly eating thu ' baby's vitality. A llttlu or tbo former brightness camo back into the baby's eyes as sho reclined In her slater's lap and watched tho children darting In and out among thn idle trucks. At first Xornh "IIKU lir.AII lit NO OVhlt MAt.tilh'S AltM." could sit up with her bond resting ngaiusfc her sister's shoulder Hut us the (lays grew hotter und hotter thu baby began to droop more and more, and Withered like a flower That in unitliiK for thn rain, until her head hung over Maggie's arm like n iliilsy plucked from the meadow. Tho doctor camo once a week to look at baby, but his medlclnea wore of no avail against tho awful heat of the flerco sun, und with thu loss of vitality camo lack of appetite. The condonsod milk was nhvays warm hemeco thine wni no lea to ItiKin It I cool. The neighbors camo In now and 1 then with llttlu delicacies, butNorah could not eat them, for desire had failed Ono day a richly dressed woman came Into Middle alley and gitvo uu invitation loan the mothers to go to n excursion to Hock away lleach on tnu T"urth of duly With delightful anticipation Mnggio Ironed out tho baby's calico drois and decorated her cheap bonnet with now ribbon. The ox curslon will surely cum tho baby, sho thought It was a pitiful undertaking, tills dressing the baby for a day's outing As If to encourage Maggiu tho Fourth dawned misty and cool. It was a sign to tho anxious little in.Uher of hope for tho return of health to tho baby Kverj thing urn so bright and cheerful on the boat that Mnggio thought where there was so much happiness there surely could lie no pain Maggie thought she saw signs of Improvement In thu baby nt flrst under tho Influence of tho ocean's cool breath Perhaps the ocean air was too strong for thu baby, or It may have been that tho change from tho oven air of tho tenement was too great for hor At an rate, after Maggie liad listened for half an hour to thu delightful strains of "Annie Hoouuy" mid other iww Itching nlrs, ns played by tho baud, she noticed that the baby was lying unusually ipilet In her arms Shu iooked down at the infant and saw that Its cjt'it weru closed und that tlieie was rt pinched look on its face such as she had never seen bcfoie. At flrst she was nlnrined Then she thought the baby was asleep. It was such a glorious day in Magglu's experience that she did not notice thu unusual profoundness of thu baby's slumber. When thu excursion returned nt night Maggie carried the still sleeping baby back into the wooden oven again and laid her In thu cradle. As shu removed thu calico dress and thu little bonnet she noticed that no matter how sho shook tho child It did not awaken her. Tho next morning one of tho neighbors camo In and prepared tho baby for another excursion Sho as still asleep. This time the trip was in a carriage to a green Held across tho ICast river, where thousands of other babies hud preceded her. Thu Held was covered with low mounds mid the "THK IlllltH HIVO l.iqi'lll ItKqt'lKMS." grass was luxuriant. Under 0110 of thesu mounds the laid Xorah to rest It is cool and pleasant where tho baby Is sleeping, and sometimes tho birds perch upon thu lonely mound In thu twilight and slug liquid requlums. Finest .Uuiioui, To Uu Amiitii; tho Leper. Another woman has started out to alle viate thu sufferings of the victims of that terrible disease, leprosy. Whuu Father D.'imleu went to Molokni thu whole world hulled him as a hum. When Sister Hoso Gertrude followed In his Illustrious foot steps, she too received tho praise of tho multitude. And now Miss Kate Marsdeu has decided to devote her life to the same object, but in a different Held. Miss Mnrudcn will couflue her laliors to tho lepers of India and lttiHsiu, und la her work will have an advantage over thoso whom she Is emulating, in that tho acce.s- MISS K.VTK MAII8DK.V. nihility of her territory will make it possi ble for her to receive more assistance than could bo rendered to thu workers at far away Molokai. Miss Mursduu bus already made uu envi able record. During a prolonged resldencu In New Zealand shu gave untiring service to thu sick, and instructed thu miners in ambulance duties and thu principles of flrst aid to tho injured. During tho Bul garian war sho was one of thu most de voted of thu sisters of mercy, and thu czar showed his appreciation by awarding to her an csiieclul decoration. Her work in Russia will ho under tho direct patronage of tho c.arlna, and In India the Princess of Wales has promised to aid her as much ns possible. A medical olllclal from St. Petersburg will accompany her during her travels In Kussia.aud grv.lt results aru expected. One Wii) lo si 1'rult. Many people dislike to take fruit nt tablu because the) do not wisli so much as the usual sled buvches of grapes or a whole orange or banana Oiiocutcttuinor, whoso fruit is ulw.ijs u.iteu with a relish, prepares It In a dainty manner on plates, one of which is handed to each guest Tho center of the table Is of course adorned with beautifully arranged fruit from which the plates can bu replenished If net'fKsary. The hostess piepares grapes by cutting the hunches into hiuuII bits, each contain ing perhaps 11 doen grapes. Two of thesu clusters, of different colors, aru then tied together with narrow ribbon, and they nro served on the plates with quarters of oranges, whoso segments aru pulled slight ly npnrt to give thu least possible trouble In eating. Mr. W. II. Hrenrley, of Detroit, reports thnt tho list of governors who have in dorsed the raibiug of a fund to send u tes timonial from America to her old ally, France, continues to grow, and now in- ludrR ulnetcon sti.v ccutives. II r I v wC WW Mi MdSl r W SHE HAS LIVLO 103 YEAP8. Mm. Asi'imtli Miller, of HI. Cliurlrs, lit., iiml Her l.oiitf mill lltuy Life. Tho original of this photograph Is Mrs. Asouatli Miller, of St, Charles, Ills., and on Aug 1'J she will bo lOll years old Thren years ago sho celobrated her ouu hundredth jenr by a reception, nt which there wore present over (KM pers.ms, and tho venerahld lady sin k h mils with each one, and thn uet mor i 14 was 11s lively iw ever, though somewluu I it lnued at night. At this re- 1 ;- MIIS AHI'.N T1I Mil I I II ceptiou she received presents from nearly every one, us nil desired lo give some sou venir to ouu they had loved and revered so long for her good actions. Mrs. Aseuiith Miller was born In Ilrini lleld, Mass , thu I'.'th of August, IT87, and removed with her father's family toC'herry Valley, N. Y. Shu married Simeon Humum the 10th of June, 1801. by whom she hud seven chil dren, only three of whom are iillvo now. In l!)i they removed to Shoreham, Vt., nnil In Isos or 1MKI they went to Potsdam, N. Y., where Mr Haruum tiled Juno 17, 18S.V In IfJT sho married Frederick Miller in Potsdam, and in 18.17 tbey moved to Il linois and settled on 11 farm In Cunptoii. Uy this second marriage shu hud two chil dren, both I1 ving, Simeon Miller, of lingers park, and IMwln Miller, of Chicago Mr. Miller (licit In 18W, aged Vi. Mrs. Miller was born two years before Washington was Inaugurated, and has lived through twenty Inaugurations, and during thu centennial visited Philadelphia and did as much sightseeing us a ,'iil. During all of her long life she has been 11 busy woman, und no onu can compute tho amount of work done by her still useful hands, nor the good words she has spoken, nor the kindly olllces performed for other women shiners In tho hardships of early western life Shots remarkably preserved, physically and mentally, and retains her faculties almost unimpaired, and frequently makes the trip between St. Charles and Chicago, and often rides tbirty miles In u day with llttlu fatigue. Shu sows a great deal, and her favorite pastime is the making of patchwork quilts, u block of which shows the utmost neatness und accuracy At her reception were present forty blood relatives und Ave generations, besides many prominent persons from Chicago und nearby villages, and the unani mous expression was one of tender rever ence toward her for her gentle cheerful ness, her many unheralded deeds of kind ness, and her wise counsel, which has al ways been anxiously sought by old and young aud freely given. In apoearnuce Mrs. Milter does not seem to lie over 70, aud her active manner car ries out tho deception. She dresses In black silk or satin with flue white lacu at thu neck and a pretty brooch, and over herstlll abundant snowy hair wears a lace cup trimmed with lilac rihlsm She Is well read, and quite up with the questions of the day, though she never took great III tere-t In politics She hopes thai If the World's fair In Chicago is tor uccoin-! plished to Isit I hill us she did t he Centcn nlal, and uccoiding lo nil probabilities she 1 will lie to do so, us she Is perfectly healthy. i:incniltl. Fanny Davenport has a lot of the most' perfect emeralds, these stones being ones that shu specially admires. When Cleo patra governed thu world thu Kgyptiuu women saved nil theirgold to buy emeralds I for their daughter, for wearing them In I mu red freedom from all physical ills, made J them hopeful, and forced them in this way ' to bo cheerful, happy women. Sometimes cabalistic characters were engraved on the ' emerald, much oltener it was left perfectly smooth. 1 The I'. (. I. (. I.. Muny ore tho guises under which tender ' hearted vv.i'iien have hidden their own good deeds, bat p.irhaps thu quccicst of them all Isa secret iiiicluty of Boston birth ' nnd home It is known as the Culled Or ' dcr of Independunt Odd L idles, ami was organised forty-live yea is ago, although It has como Into prominence as a secret sod ety only lately Tl'.iro nro now twenty-two lodges with a nt il membership of uhout 1,300. Thoconditions under which womeu are admitted to niemliershlp are briefly ex pressed In thu constitution as follows "Any tuceptable white ladv wlslilnir to I join a subordluato lodge must bu a believer In a Supremo Being aud of Protestniit faith aud temperate habit. She shall not Ihj under 18 nor over 00 years if age, and snail lie of ru s p u c t a b 1 e standing in so ( I ety, having tins pkuxinq l- .V some Known menus of su p port a u d u x I einpt from all Inllrini I lies which I would pie I ventherfrom gaining a 1 livelihood " It Is leally an mlml rably organised society and does for its mem- hovmhn hers all that It claims to do The members have handed themselves togethor for pur poses of mutual relief and assiitiuu e In the trials which comu with sickness and death and to cure for and educate the o plumed children of deceased sisters. Wutcm-rn for thu sick are every ready; inedli itu- and medical treatment Is alwajs provided for needy momlHirs. Thu position uviiillv occupied by thu supreme lodge In fra tcrual societies Is occupied In the I'nited Orderof Independent Odd Uulies by the Government lodge Among the mote prominent and hardest working of thu gov eminent board nre Mrs S J. Boynlou, of Hydo Park, thu right worthy hid) govern ess; Mrs M. J. SkiUiug, of Boston, right worthy chaplain, Mrs. M J. Bedell, of Somcrvtlle, right worthv Kuurdlan 2. - Mrm yrJBgWgil!?IS " ttrr Ja ? vi le u IW IIEIIKI.I. W 1 (pClJBsis ELECTRICITY FROM FIRE. HtiirllliiK rriniile Muile of Iti-milts to Ciimn (rum it New lim'iitliiu. ForlHly yeuiMcleclrlfluns Imvo been trying to discover 11 method of convert iiiK In-"! directly Into electricity. Until recently no rosiiltH of cointneirlnl value luivo been obtained. Such 11 method seems now to lmvo been discovered or in vented by a young until from Maine, II. I). Cox. If Mr. Cox'b oliiinm nro just and capitalists have conlldetico enough in them to have formed 11 company with 11 capital of sjt,otK,lHK Iho wliolo sys tem of isiwer ami lijUtliiK will bo revo lutionized and steam will be regarded ns too exiK'iislvo for ordinary uses. It in imiiossihlo to estimate in udvunco tho immense value of Mr. Cox's invention, but it in certain that he o.)octs almost incredible results from it, and that bo has Inspired with lilt coiiildoneo Homo of the shrewdest business men of Hartford mid Hoston. Ah litw been said, n company lias been' organized and Incorporated in Maine, where Mr. Cox was when Homo Hartford men mot him. Since then tho business linn nil been brought to Hartford, mid nil that has been done sliuo has been donoat the factory of tho Pratt & duly company. The capital stock is $1,000, 000, and 110110 of it is now for wile. All tho patents nsked for by .Mr. Cox lmvo been nil veil, ami they will be issued in a few da)H. Both foreign and domestic patents have been applied for. Tho apparatus used for converting tho heat into electricity is so simple that thu company does not dignify it by the name of machine. Uy Mr, Cox's method heat 1h changed to electricity iih simply as water is changed to steam. Ilia furnace is all that may be seen. From glowing coal comes the subtle current, without tho aid of boiler, engine, or dynamo. A jet of gas can be iiimlo to run a dental machine, a sewing machine and any thing which requircsno more power than theuo. No power 1ms ever Veen discov ered that is half so cheap its will be electricity obtained by this new jirocebS. This has been tho dreamapparently iinpossiblo of realization of all elec tricians, and oven tlio wizard of Menlo Park has almost despaired of in over being brought about. Yet a yoaiig man, only US years of ago, seems to have solved the puzzling problem. Hefore tho company was formed Mr. Cox had a furnace at home by which ho ran many electric lights. This furnace was injured in being transferred to Hart ford, and a new one of tho sumo size is being made. Experiments and private exhibitions have beeu conducted hero on u smaller scale, but tho company intends to tthow to the world that with thu power thus obtained anything that steam or electricity now does may be done. Sev eral members of tho company saw what could bo done with the furnace of Mr. Cox before uuy attempt was niado to remove it. Tho 0110 now being built will bo an improvement 011 thu old one, and the resulta f rom it are expected to bo correspondingly better. Most of tho stock of tho company is owned in Hartford Some of it is held in Hoston. The whole affair has been kept secret until the company should bu ready to make it public. Hartford Courant. A Plucky Wnimm' Iteinlver. A during attempt at highway robbery was trust rated near Millstone, N. J., by a woman's bravery. William Dilley, a Hello Meade merchant, was driving over a lonely road when two young men sprang out upon him and halted his horse. They dragged him from tho buggy and Were rilling his pockets vh"ii a young woman who was with him pro duced from her pocket a small revolver and opened fite upon the lobbers. Ono of them hud a hole in his cap aud an other a bullet torn coat befoi 0 they got out of range of tho plucky woman's weapon. Warrants wcio issued for two notorious characters, who were recog nized as the assailants of Dilley, but when tho ofllcers attempted to servo tho warrants they were beaten off by a mob of ruffians. Philadelphia Ledger. III lino Muiiiiki'i lil I'mnnl. Dr. Ui'iiH'KiiiM Stot.le. the piofeMor of philosophy nt Wur.burK. Htutes in n let ter to Mr. Ivtirl Blind thnt he hits dirt covered u number of imitiusciiplH in the town library of AupdmrK iiml in the university librnry of Hilaiieii. contain Iiik the transcript of writing in I notes 011 Aristotelian works made by (iiurdano Bruno, the Italian philosopher who was burned at Home in HIM), at the order of the Inquisition. Some letters of a Oer man friend of Bruno have also been found referring to the travel, studior and publications of the ex-monk diinnc; his sojourn in Oerinniiy The whole will bu published in the forthcoming edition of thu works of Cliordauo Bruno, which is to come out in Italy.--Public Opinion. uiiiu't iiii ii nil' in win. Dr. Mortimer Slocuin died at his home '11 San Antonio, Tex., May !?n, of a can cerous affection of the stomach. IIu was prominent in politics of Texas. Twenty live years no Mr. Slocuin was a practi tioner of Chicago He was attacked by consumption, and his case was pio iiouuced incurable. An insurance com pany in which ho held a ij'O.lXH) jiollcy oll'ereil to compromise with him foi Ki.OOfl. Ho accepteil the oiler, came to Texas, was soon restored to health, aud amassed it fmtimc on the life lusuiance money -Cor. Philadelphia Press OeorKu P. Craig, of Uwiniiett. (la., has two hogs that jieiforiii tho otllco of n calf to peifeetion. Mr. Craig has been complaining that his cows were falling short of milk forsevetal weeks, and ukiii close examination, to his astonishment, he found these roguish hogs had been imbibing thu milk of tho cows, both le maiiiiug in thu sumo lot together nt night. THE WOLD'S BEST The Grand Oil Stoves, Leonard Refrigerators, Garland Stoves, Builder's Hardware. RUDGE cSc MORRIS, 1 1 2 2 N Street. TEETH 1 EXTRACTED DR. H. K. KER7vmN, SURGEON DENTIST. . Who has the Exclusive Use of Steauna's Anesthetic No Chloroform! No Ether! No Gas! '. . A Eull Set of Teeth on Rubber for $5.00. All Fillings at the Lowest Rates. Rooms 9. -95-96 Burr Block. I.. MEYER, Notary Public and Real Estate Dealer in City and Farm Property aoknt North (icnnan-Llo)d Steamship Co., I Iambtirg-Ameiican Packet Co., and Baltic Lines. AUo Knllroad Acnt for the Different Companies Kan and Wot. Southampton. Ilnie, Hamburg, Stct'cn, London, ParU, Norway, Plymouth, Hremcti, SM-dcn, nud any point In Europe. Post Order, nud Foreign Exchange IsmiciI to nil piomlnent point n ICuropc. I i iin tui; Inriji! fiicllltlt'H ciiHt wllli Hie Iriifgot IIiiiiIin iiml HiivIiikh liiMltmloim, I nm pro- pnrnl lo iiinke nil klmU nf l.oiinson I'lrnl llciil CMaie .MortpiucK, Illy or I'm in Property, I10111 1 lo r ji'T". nl tin' liUMHt InUri'ht. 1 iiIk) ileal In hclionl llomlh, hlnlc, ('oimty mill City it..r....,u ..I... it. l.1 I'mii.ii. n.1.1 nil iA.iiiiil.iriilii.L ....i.. in ..1..... ...... .v.. i.i......r. market price Cull anil too uiu or (. erri'ipom! L. MEYER, 10S jbn - Soutli 1101. 1. -.ai. 1. us ami inn aii.i:iis or SHIRTS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, ETC. (M.I. AXl) .S-: ort Superb Line oi Flannel shirts ! Outings Cloth Shirt., Ciubim-re SblrU, Silk Sbhtk A full line of Lincoln Knitting Mills Co (ioods at bpiLinl Piicck to the tiadc and conxiui.cr AgenU for Lincoln Knitting Mill Co, Llmolii Sumu-ndcr Co., Hockford Socks and Cnrler'n Slipper. H. W. BROWN DRUGG51T am. 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