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.
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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
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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.
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