rnXUZlJO.. THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY. A UftTJST 13 1897. 18 d M I W R HOUR IN A SIDE SHOW flEN ENDOWED WITH ABNOR MAL STRENQTH. iiplanatlnn of Mr. Dnvltl Dernnl'a Vrry C'lctcr unit KfTeetlro Illiulnn Ktjlril "The Spirit Wlfa" Mnnjr I'eali tb folutelj llunnti (Special Ivcttcr.) ANY of the fun niest nml most BUCCl'BSftll b I (1 r shows are the re- Biilt of marc or less rapid evolu tion. You must know thnt the horn entertainer la constantly on the lookout for new Ideas. There Is of those specialty M. Arlino, one artists whoso pcrfomances are re markable, both for the riunntlty of gorgeous and costly apparatus leqnlslto, and for the extraordl nary flnlali and perfection of the feats accomplished. Necessarily the strength of Ritch men's arms mtint he prodlgl cus. Many men find that they possess great bodily strength, so that the ac quisition of a few tricky "knacks" Is all that Is necessary to eculp such as "strong men." Others, again, discov er In themselves great strength of Jaw; this Is not uncommon. The per former In the picture possesses ab normal strength In his teeth, Jaws and neck. He Is bccii lifting by his teeth n largo cask filled with water. There Ib really no humbug about It. Anyone may go upon the stage either before or sifter the accomplishment of the feat nnd try the thing for hhiself. One of Mr. David Devnnt's very clever illustrations forir.B the last Il lustration. It Is entitled the "Spirit Wife;" and the secret Is here revealed for the first time. Modern magicians are over chary of giving away their se crets, but the popular Egyptian Hall entertainer has so many things to his professional bow that he won't miss this one; possibly, Indeed, the show may be tho more popular hereafter. Viewed from tho auditorium It Is ery effective. Mr. Devant stimulates grief, and suddenly feels the power to bring before him tho spirit of his absent wife. And so tho vision floats before him, graceful, transparent, mysterious. And this Is how it's done: "Tho principle," Bays Mr. Devant, "Is Blmply reflection. The stage Is en tirely covered with a huge sheet of very clear plate-glass, nnd as the an dlcnco sees everything through thin, they don't suspect its pi thence. Miss Marlon Melville, who nets the part of the spirit, Is placed on a black velvet couch beneath the stage and a little In lront of It In fact, whero the orches tra usually sit, The couch can be read ily moved Into any position by me chanical strength In his teeth, Jaws and neck. A powerful electric light is cast upon tho reclining figure of the lady, and the lights behind the plate-glass arc slightly lowered." A ghostly reflection Is at once visi ble, nnd, of course, Mr. Devant Is seen through It. I'nr Weilillng imtl Hull. Notwithstanding the constant deem latlou that Englishwomen do not know how to dress, the descriptions of their gowns read most delightfully. Espe cially do tho summer weddings appear In a charming light through the medi um of the fashion papers. The custom of the bridesmaids carrying crooks or pompadour sticks, Instead of the con entlonal bouquet, seems to flourish on tho British Isles this season. One maid was gowned In white satin and bore a pompadour stick twisted about with roses; another party of six maids, in white muslin frocks with fichus of chif fon, big pink satin sashes and whlto chiffon hats burled under masses of La Krance roses, carried white crooks, or namented with pink roses. A third wedding party was decidedly out of the ordinary in appearance, thanks to the fact that tho bride's six fair attend ants worn not a speck of color, their gowns being of white muslin nnd tholr A to--".,,, tvMK. III y,,ii' "THE SPJR1T-WIFE DELUSION." hats huge black affairs, trimmed with black chiffon and black and white os trtch feathers. A bevy of maids at still another summer marriage wore whlto silk veiled with white canvas, trimmed "Mth blue moire and grnss lawn;, their bouquets were of forget-me-nots nud pint; roses. A beautiful ball dress shown a few days ago was mado of white satin worked In relict with palo pink rosea In aerophane, with pale green leaven applied with gold thread. From waist to hem of this satin skirt this trim ming trailed, and tho bodies, which was of the swathed description, showed tho tamo decoration over a chemisette of old-rose point, one sleeve being formed of a trill of the laco quite short and the other being mado of pale pink roser-. Vl nSL"TTkTw COULD HEAR WEDSTER A MILE Mm. Sally linker, the Only Petitioner of the Wnr of IHla, Knew Dxulrl. MarBhllt-ld is noted for having Its people live to green old ago, but Mrs. Sally llaker, who Is 98 years old today, can claim the distinction of being Its oldest inhabitant by quite n number of years. She resides In a pretty farm house on the Neck road, which hns been her home for slxty-onc years. Tho buildings arc sprucely painted, tho surroundings are trimly kept, and tho hams Indicate a thrifty farm business. Mrs. linker wns born In Kingston, June 0, 1709, and wns the daughter of Oliver and Sally (Maglathlln) Sampson good Old Colony stock on both Bides of tho bouse. In April, 1819, Sally Snmpson was married to Capt. Otis Baker, of Dux bury, Parson Zephnnlnh WiHIs, of Kingston, performing Uie ceremony. Capt. Itakcr had been a prlvatoorsmnn In the war of 1812, being then less than 21 years old. His widow now draws a pension, and la the only pensioner of thnt war now living In this section. In 1K3G Capt. Baker nnd his wife went from Dtixbury to Mnrshfleld and estnb llshod a koine, where she has resided ever since. The farm was a mile long and extended from Green Hnrbor river, oa the opposite side of which lay the estates of Daniel Webster. Mrs. Bak er used to see a great denl of her dis tinguished neighbor, for he wns always hall fellow well met with the townspeo ple. Mr. Webster's voice, In particular, has Impressed Itself on the lady's mem ory. "You could hear him a mile off," she Bald. The Websters attended the llttlo Congregntlonal church at South Marshflcld, and, being of Episcopalian "procllvlbles," were n tourte of wonder to the Pilgrim descendants as they knelt nnd bowed their heads nt public worship. Boston C.lobe. LONCEST-HORNED COW. There la Nour Oilier in the Worlil Thnt t'nn Approach Her. Here Is the photo of a South African tow whose horns measure C feet C In ches from tip to tip. Tn nn ox great growth of horns lb not unusual, but In a cow It is quite unprecedented, espe- LONGEST-HORNED COW. clnlly to this extent. The cow belongs to Mr. A. S. Olbson, of Waterfall Farm, about 12 miles from Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Gibson nnd the Dutch farmers throughout the country agree In describing the cow's horns as absolutely unique. This extraordinary cow Is perfectly quiet and Bho waB placed side by side with an ordinary horned animal in order thnt an aston ishing contrast might bo perceptlblo In the photogiaph. Which Waa RIrIUY "Eery Incrtue of noble enthusiasm In your living spirit shall be measured by tho reflection of Its light upon the work of your hands," said the greatest of English art critics. Which of the two men in the following Btory, taken fiom a recent book "On Southern Eng lish (toads," possessed moie of that lympathy that should characterize the true artist, may be left to the readeis? of the Companion to Judge: An American artist was painting In company with a famous English nit critic und author; and whilst tho art critic Bat down with dellcht t .im... an old tumble-down chalet, whoso bent roof and sunburnt wooden walls were full of Mibtle curves and wonderful lines, mixed with soft gray shadows, the Aiueilcan artist was content to sit Idly by. After u while the critic ex claimed: "Why don't you paint that lovely old chalet? It Is beautiful us n dream In color and form!" The American's nnswer was curious. "Well, 1 don't seo the beauty In It that you do. The roof suggests wet coming In; the walls suggest draughts and chills and misery for Kb Inmates. The whole place suggests painful pov oi ty. I can't paint It! I don't see any beauty In the decay that caiibos human suffering." MrniTliii; lUefulneM of X-ICiifn, Monsieur Oilier showed, at a recent meeting of tho Academy of Sciences In Paris, how, by the use of Roentgen rays, tho progress of bone growth In tho human body, nfter surgical opera tions, could be watched and studied In n manner hitherto Impossible, in tho same way the position of diseased por tions of a bone can readily bo located, and such portions can be removed with out amputation of tho limb In cases whero such amputation would other wise bo necessary; but while proving themsehes exceedingly useful when carefully and skilfully employed, tho X rays are also capable of mischief Messrs. Seguy nnd Quenlsset reported to tho Acndemy thnt prolonged expo posuro to tho rays had In several cases caused violent and Irregular pnlplta. tlon of the heart. Tunnel lletweim Krotl.wxl nml lrcl,(. The scheme of a tunnel bctweon Irc lnnd nnd Scotland it being revived with some prospect of finally attaining success. Tho advantages would ho great, and now that the improvement In tunnel boring have been so mnrkod In recent years, tho project does not lack feasibility on the engineering side. Ellis ISHfV 1 rl ff I iyB T AN OLD CANNON SHOP. FURNACE RICH IN REVOLU TIONARY MEMORIES. Whero WmtliliiRlon'a (linu Were, rant Hmnui't Nutt, tna Orlglnnl Founder, C'nmn to America In I HI 4 nml round Itlch Deposit of Iron Ore. fr-'-"3 KOM the Phihdcl- phh Times: Much V )f ." 1 sprcj is devoted by rjiV the newspapers of io-(iny to me won derful new guns of recent Invention and the mills where they aro manufac tured. If only by way of comparison, a description is apropos and Interesting of the ancient furnace now long since abandoned and nlmost forgotten, where tho oannon was made that fought for un during the revolution. It is n quaint spot, hidden nmong the peaceful environment of hlllB nnd farms, yet replete with mem ories of historic Interest. Close by the ruined forges some of the old guns may still be seen, nnd they point out a meadow where. In 1777, a quantity of firing pieces were burled to escipo seiz ure by the British. Then, too tlie furnace is nmang the Ilr3t established In Pennsylvania and was the pine of manufacture of the Franklin Move, nn invention of the famous scientist and philosopher, bo popular In IiIb day nnd so highly prized by modern antiquari ans. Historic Warwick Furnace, i-round uhlch these memories cling, Is situated In Chester county, close by the pretty rural village of Coventry. So nearly l.ns it disappeared that diligent seaich Is required to And the r,pot. The fur nrces have been cold nnd silent for nearly half a century, the hand of jrog rtss has left them stranded far from the channels of modern commerce and a few more years will find them little hut n memory. And yet they are al most In the doorynrd of Philadelphia. An hour's ride In the steam cars to Pottstown. In the Schuylkill valley, and an eight miles' drive southward are the only dlflieultlcs In the way. But this Jnunt. short as It Is, transports one a thousand miles away from the pres tnt Into a paBt replete with its own romance and into a region pervuded with nn atmosphere of elegnnce and aristocracy which in the olden time rtsembltd more the landed gentry of Did Englnnd than the universal liberty and equality of free America. On the northern edge of Chester county a hilly agricultural district of great rural beauty is drained by French c eek a corruption of Friend's creek a stream which Aowb Into the Schuyl kill at Fhoenixvllle. . About six miles south of Pottstown, nt the old hamlet of Coventry. French Ti yarfw.f THE OLD FURNACE VENT. creek divides Into two branches. One winds up to the romantic "falls," the other penetratca a lateral valley to the Fcuth. About two miles up this vnlley and surrounded by rugged hills arc tho remains of ancient Warwick Furnace. In spite of the general ruin, enough re mains to give a good Idea of what the busy settlement must have been whon revolutionary cannon was mado hero. Iron was manufactured In this region as early as 1717, the only forge In Penn sylvania of prior date being that of 1 homas Rutter, on the Manatawny, es tablished in 171C, Samuel Nutt, of Cov entry, Warwickshire, England, enmo to America in 1711, and is believed to have discovered the rich deposits of Iron ore which arc found In the neigh boring hills. In 1717 he took out his patent for tho first tract of 100 acres of land and established his forgo. Dur ing the following yenrs ho rapidly In creased his holdings of real estato until nt tho tlmo of his death ho owned over 1.C0O acres. Tho region, then a virgin wilderness, was named Coven try, after his English home. As coal had not then been dlscoverod In Penn sylvania, the old forges all used char coal In their retortB as fuel and the nenr-hy forests made this product cheap and easy of manufacture. In deed, tho subsequent abandonment of many forges was duo to tho destruc tion of tho forests and tho tcirclty of charcoal, coupled with tho discovery of mined conl and Its effectiveness In manufacturing iron. Samuol Nutt brought his first work men for tho Coventry forges from Englnnd, nnd with them came many of tho customs nnd peculiarities of tox oid country. Tho forges multiplied nnd grow In Importance, tho wealth of their owners Increased In magnitude and as tho years wont by tho Eng lish proprietors governed their English I workmen nnd their miles of posses sions with a power thnt resembled the feudnllcm fast dying out In their na tive land. Fine mansions, with their solidity and size embellished with many elegancies sprang up In the winding valleys with "little tcnanta' or workmen's cottnges clustering around them. Tho ancient church of St. Vnry's was built an a place of worship, and here their mother religion solaced them on the Sabbath, baptized and mar ried them and burled them In tho little churchynrd where their headstones still wear a look at ancient, nrlstccratlc pride. Samuel Nutt, proprietor and first nutocrnt of the Coventry mlnca nnd forges, took William Branson, a Phlladclphian, Into partnership about 1728, but their relations were not en tirely satisfactory and ench established Iron works of his own. Nutt was gath ered to his fathers In 1737, but under the care of hh widow Anna and his children, the mills grew nnd prosper ed greatly. In his will Nutt bequaath ed to his widow and daughter, Itcbccca, I J- X -J J i I i . , I, i . ,. I THE ABANDONED ORE PITS. 120 acres of land upon which to erect a furnace, ft was then that Warwick came Into existence. This forge must have given birth to a very considerable village for the land about the old mill nnd In tho adjacent valley Is thickly btrewn with the remains of workmen's dwellings. They were little, one-and-a-half story stone buildings, with small windows, tall chimneys and low "Htoops" In front, each with Its strip of doorynrd and kitchen garden. Some few of these are still In a fair state of repair, many are abandoned and fast falling to decay, and a still larger num ber are utter ruins, with perhaps a pile of bramble-covered stone, a solitary chimney with weather-beaten hearth stone or a gnarled garden shrub to' mark their former locntlons. the fur nnc: was In tho meadow close to the brook. A mill dam higher up the ci eek supplied water power through a winding mill race, which still pours Its eryatal torrent through a crumbling flume. Ncnr by. Is tho massive smelt ing furnaces of stone, shod with Iron, its vent hole Intact, though clogged with ashes and cinders. The masonry nround it has crumbled whero exposed to the intenso heat from molten metal. The mill building Itself has entirely disappeared and upon Its cite nnd close to tho furunco a modorn crenmery hns been erected. Fifty feet away, on tho banks of tho stream, are hngo heaps of cinders from tho fur nace, but even these plies are fast dls- hii.. .jk4wiW'4, CHARCOAL HOUSE AKO i --. .ii. ii ! vrr i ) ii i i i HEa appearing, for the material they con tain Is being widely used to tepalr the public roads of the neighborhood. On the hill behind the furnnce to ft large Btone building In which the char coal was stored. Its walls and floor arc still coated with black dust and its lofty Interior Is damp with the many rains and dimly lighted by the sun shine percolating through the thou Bnnd gaps In the crumbling roof. Down In the meadow, near the road leading from the chnrconl house, an ancient blacksmith shop 1b now used as a srelter for cattle. A stone's throw further to tho east the ancient "man sion house," Btlll In a good state of preservation and Inhabited, nestles among the trees like the citadel of the erstwhllo village and gives suggestion of tho place's former Importance. It Is a great, rambling structure, ele vated upon a high stone terrnce. The private lawn Blinded by fine old treeB, Is removed from the surrounding land by the terrnce and Iron barriers. Upon It faces a long veranda connecting with the principal rooms of the mansion. On one side Ib an ancient garden, with the old-time box borders grown wnlst hlgh In a confused Jungle of neglected foliage. On the opposite end of the mnln building stretches a long wing, ItB Interior subdivided Into kitchens nnd many small chambers, where the workmen ate and slept. Close by are kitchen gardens, the quaint spring house, with ItB underground gallery; an ancient log barn one of the first buildings erected here and groups of small storehouses and outbuildings. Below the mansion house extends a group of mammoth barns, each with Its overhanging projections uphold by icund stone pillars forming a protect ed porch. These buildings were once the stables and baiting places of scores of horses and mules, for wagons had to be used not only to haul charcoal from the forests and ore from the neighboring mines, but to convey the manufactured Iron to distant markets. The body of one of the ancient wagons is still preserved In the charcoal house. It Is a picturesque affair, ribbed on the outside und turned up at the ends like a boat. Shortly after Samuel Nutt's death, Warwick Furnace witnessed tho fltBt manufacture of the famous Frank lin sieves. Robert Grace, manager of the furnace and one of the Nutt family by marriage, was a friend of Benjamin Franklin's, and the famous scientist and philosopher thus describes the transection In his autobiography; "In order of time I should have mentioned before that having In 1742 Invented au open fireplace for the better warming of rooms nnd at the same time saving fuel, as tho fresh air admitted was warmed In entering, I made a present of the model to Robert CSrace, one of my early friends, who, having an Iron furnace, found tho casting of the plates for these stoves n profitable thing, as they were growing In demand." These stoves are now very rare. At first glance one would suppose Lhoni to be shallow open fireplaces, with very bioad, rounded hearths. A back plate extends upward and forward toward an overhanging cornice or curtain at tho front nnd top over the fire. Behind this curtain Ib an aperturo which car ried the smoke off and furnished a draught from tho chimney through a chamber behind tho back plate. Tho prcseuco of this hot air chamber back of the flro Increased tho radiation of heat, making a grenter warmth with a less expense of fuel. Tho furnnco property hns been hold by tho Potts family, descendants of Anna Nutt, from 1737 to this day. Thomas Rutter, n name also famous among early Iron manufacturers In WORKMAN'S COTTAGE. Pennsylvania, purchnsed a half Inter est In the forges from Samuel Potts in 1771. The firm was known for man7 j ear J as Potts & Rutter, and bought out tho nhares of the helra of William Branson between 1778 nnd 1783. During the revolution Warwick fur nace acquired national fame. While the struggle for liberty was in progress the mills were In constant operation for the government, nnd large quan tities of cinnon, balls and shell were cBt there. One of the old shells, re cently found near the furnace, Is still preserved at tho Mansion House. The shell Ib exceedingly heavy, about a foot In dip meter, hollow, nnd with n cast Iron sheath an Inch thick. During the jear 1776 sixty cannon of twelve and olghtceii-pound calibre were cast at Warwick for the Continental forces. It was the next year, however, that witnessed n threatened Invasion, a seizure of the nrmauient and a sudden termination of this warlike labor. After the battle of the Drandywlne. In September of 1777, when the Amerlcins were defeated and the British occupied Philadelphia, Wafchlngton retired from the neighborhood of Goshen Friends' Meeting, where an expected battle hud been prevented by n rainstorm, and came to Warwick, obtaining a fresh supply of ammunition for his army. During the winter that followed, when the massacre of Paoll and the hard ships of the patriots at Valley Forge filled the colonists with despair the can non at Warwick were In constant dan ger of balng seized by the British, quartered within easy marching dls- trncc at Philadelphia. So one day tho furnaca bell sounded an alarm, and Its peals across the hills and through tho neighboring valleys collected nil' the loyal citizens of the countryside to bury the guns. They hid them In tho stretch of meadow below the mill, and In front of the Mansion House, nnd tradition says that after the Interment the fields were plowed up, so that all traces of the excavations were lost. The bell which sounded the tocsin is still In existence nnd was exhibited at the Centennial with some of the can non made at Warw.'c'c furnace. It was cast nt the mill by Potts & Rutter In 1757 and was used constantly to call the men to work from that time until May, 1874, a period of 117 yenrs. There arc still a number of cannon burled In the mud along the banks or the stream In the meadow, although these are more probably guns which did not stand tho firing test, than the swivels concealed there to escape tho British. The latter would be too valu able to remain burled after danger was past, a.nd tradition says that the im perfect guns were deposited along the stream. Be that as It may, the cannon are still visible there, although they are fast being submerged. Their weight Is so great that the washing of water around them and falling away of the soft earth that supports them Ib causing them to sink deeper and deeper Into the ground. Several of them have been removed as rellci. About ten years ago. some of the men and boys of the neighborhood who wanted to celebrate the "Glorious Fourth" In true Revolutionary style, exhumed one of the old cannon nnd dragged It to the summit of a neigh boring hill. There they loadeU It with a charge of powder and fired It as a salute. The ancient rnnnon was burst into u thousand pieces. NOTES OF THE HORSES. Queen Allx. 2:034, weighs 920 pounds at present. W. H. McCarty now has Claybourne, 2:lli4. In his string. A European horseman recently of fered $2,500 for Vego. 2:10. Last Request, 2:11, by Bourbon Wilkes, will bo seen on the turf again this year. Charley Thompson has added Monte Chrlsto, 2:18H.-. to his string at Fleet wood Park. Klamath, 2:07, has a half-brother named King Altamont, which will be raced this season. The two fast pacers, Sulphide. 2:09',4. and Carbonate, 2:09, will not start In public thfs season. Trainer Jack Burny says Joe Patch en, 2:03, earned 180,000 In purses and stallion fees In three years. Ornament's full brother was sold by tho owners of the Beaumont stud to J. S. Curtis, for $10,100. The ex-turf queen, Mnud S, 2:08, is now Bald to bo in foal to Starklrk, a brother to Magnolia, 2:15. Axlnlte, 2:17U. by AMoll, 2:12, acts very nicely thla spring. Ho stepped a third mile In 2-22 recently. Anallne, n promising three-year-old, full sister to tho pacer, Online, 2:01, has been n half In 1:10 at the trot. 11 B, 2:12', the fumous branded pacer, sold at auction at Boston last week for ?5S0. He wbb a close second to Hal Pointer the first heat Hal paced below 2:10, Constantlne, 2-.12V4. may raco a llttlo this fall. Ho made IiIb record In 1892, nnd was n competitor of Kremlin il one or two great races. Later the Loid Russell horse outclassed him com pletely. Monroe Salisbury, who had trouble In getting his stable awny from Cali fornia, as tho horses were taken pos session of by tho creditors of the es tate, Is now on his way east, and has added tho fast atalllon Boodle, 2:12. to his string. ' ' '"' Trotting horsemen havo Just passed tho darkest stage of the panic nnd few there aro who favor largo expenditures for entrance money, even as conditions now stand. If opened for a free-for-all trotting class llttlo Interest Is like ly to attach, ne tint class at presen lacks fighting talent The Queen reigns over ono contl ?! ?. P0"11181""". 00 promontories 1,000 lakes, 2,000 livers and 10,000 Is. Unas. tl -isaar fWrir.i,re-T.wn9irw7'r