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HIS MILLIONS A;
Loss Ihnn ton yonrs ago, known ns
tho richest man In Somorvlllo, Mann.,
nnd worth nt loast f8.O0O.O0O, Charles
II. North Is today rcforrod to as tho
vegetable poddlnr, who never woars a
hnt. From tho nppor wlndowB of tho
family mnnslon on Prospect Hill, In
that city, whero ho now occuplos two
roomR, can bo booh a largo pork pack
ing establishment In tho valley, with
IiIh nnmo In great letters, that every
body enn read. This whitu-linlrod man,
now In his G8th year, Is no longer
connected with tho business.
In striking contrast, his uaiuo ap
pears In mnall letters on tho Hldo of
Ills peddler's cart, and after them the
word "Agent." He still hopes to ro
Kaln bis lost fortune and, although cut
oft from family and friends, Is remark
Hbly cheerful nnd energetic, showing
(he ennio energy which characterized
him when, as a young man, ho came
from Vermont to Dostou and laid the
foundation of tho fortune which has
been swept away, Ho was born In Ver
mont of poor parents, who, while he
wnB quite young, moved to Georgln.
nnd lator to Covington, Ky Ills fath
er was killed In tho battle of Shlloh
WOMEN DENTISTS.
t'rolmlriy llutwrn-n 400 nnd .'Oil of Thi-iu
In Tin Country.
Now that women have Ion boon rec
ognized as successful practitioners In
tho medical world. It la not surprising
to (hid that many of Iheiu are turning
tholr attention to tho closely allied
profession of dentistry. Tho New York
Evening Pout states that tho New York
Dental School hai for eight years boon
admitting women students on an
equality with men, and contains at
present five women lu its frt'Hhmau
class. The Pennsylvania College of
Dental Surgery, which opened its doors
much carllor, can show a longer list
of women craduntc.i, and at Michigan
University nnd schools in Washington
nnd other cities women aru entering
ns 8ttidcntH of this profession wher
ever thoy can gain admission. There
uro probably already between 100 and
r.00 women dentists In tho country.
Many a woman has llrst been nttractcd
to tho profession from her position n3
helper In a dentist's ofllce when a girl;
others aro led Into It through the study
of medicine. Tho first woman who en
tered this profession wai a Prussian,
rrau Dr. Hlrschfoldt-Tlburtlus, who
began -to prr.otlco In 180'J. No other
Is Known until 1871, when tho first
woman was graduated from the Penn
sylvania College of Doutnl Surgery.
Two more, a German nnd an Ameri
can, wore graduated In New York lu
18S0, and after that the number In
crpUBod very rapidly. As tho begin
ning was first made In Germany, tho
lirofesslon has slnco mot with favor
uniong Gorman women, but In that
'country their course Is gonorally
through tho study of medlcluo and
then gonoral practice In a dontlst'n
offlco. All through Franca ami ling
land thoro Is probably not ono woman
In dentistry; In Russia women uro
lurnlijfi to this profession perhaps
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When 18 yenrn of ago ho struck out
for himself, earning cnntinh In n Wnl
tham bakery to onablo him to npond a
year In French's Academy.
It wns with John P. Squire that ho
learned the pork packing business, and
Inside of a year ho waH able to open n
ntnll of his own In Qulney market In
Ronton.
Ho was snccessful from tho atari.
nnd, opening a storo In the markot dis
trict, rapidly gained prominence.
In 18(V7 ho opened tho pork pncklng
establishment In Somervllle. Familiar
with every detail of tho business, ho
gave It his personal attention, nnd
gradually added to his plant nnd ex
tended the business, until tho name of
Charles II. North became known all
over tho country. Ho bad associated
with him J. M. Merrlam, S. II. Skll-
ton nnd Newman Conant. As the years
went by tho business continued to In
crease, and In 1890 thoro wero 1,300
hands employed.
All this tlino Mr. North wns actlvo
In tho affairs of Soniorvlllo. When
churches weie to be built ho was al
ways counted upon as ono of tho larg
est contributors. Tho North homo-
moro than to any other except that of
medicine, and many Jewish women aro
there (hiding an opening. It Is re
markublc that theso conservative coun
tries should be taking the load In whnt
Is still regarded as an Innovation In
our own country.
Nnmltliii; Iron by Klm-trlvlty.
A new development lu eloctro-mo-tallurgy
comes from Switzerland.
While that country has taken an ad
vanced position In engineering and
miumfuctiiro, especially in electrical
work, It has been uerlously hampered
by the fact that no coal Is found In Its
territory, nnd that on this account all
tho Iron employed In Its workshops
moro than ten million dollars' worth
annually has had to bo Imported,
mainly from Germany. At tho same
tlmo much Iron ore of good quality ex
ists In tho country. A now schema for
smelting these ores by means of tho
electric furnace has recently been de
vised, and a concession has been ob
tained for tho working of a bed of ho
matlto ores in tho Herneso Oborland
nenr Meinlnsen. An aerial ropeway
will transport tho ore to tho village
NOW IT'S
Objection having been made to tho
automobile on tho ground that It has
nothing In front of It to "steady" It,
and' therefore docs not look right, an
ingenious man has Invented nnd pat
ented a automobile horse. This horso
is not to bo placed in front cf an nuto
mobtlo carrlago, but Is to bo "hitched
up" to any carriage. He has tho work
of locomotion "in his midst," and will
draw tho carriage after him Just as tho
ordinary unpatented horso wjuld. Tho
motor mechanism In tho horse con
sists of two electric motors, supported
upon cross bars, nnd driving, through
qbalns and bolts, tho ahaf ts of the drlv-
Vi Wra(ryfcltnjfrflSlfti!t iTJat-i EMfiKvYXv&r visions. Every morning ho Is up wlt'j
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Chas, H North To-day is
a Provision Peddler,
ntcad on tho top of Prospect Hill, was
then ono of tho show places of Somor
vlllo. It vma pointed out as the homo
of tho richest man In tho place, and
tho furnishings of tho big, square
house wero most elaborate It was
hero that his family wero born and
grow to bo men and women. Ono
daughter married n professor of the
University of Vermont; another mar-
Hod a Chicago man; six sons aro liv
ing In and nround lloston, and ono of
them Is employed In tho ofllce of the
pork packing company established and
once owned by tho father.
Mrs. North Is now living with hor
sons, but tho head of the family pre
fers to go It ulono, living In tho big
houso on tho hill, nnd spending his
days on tho peddler's cart nnd his
nights in tho big room, oure his back
pnrlor, but no filled with hugo account
bookB and other relics of his former
greatness.
Tho change lu his condition enmo
when tho Charles II. North Packing &
Provision Company was formed nnd
the Swifts beenmo Interested in the
business. Then followed schemes in
which money went rapidly, such as
of Inncrt Klrchen, below the mountain
ledges on which it 13 found. Tho water
power of tho river Aar In the Imme
diate vicinity will bo used, tho con
cession allowing the development of
00,000 horso power. It Is to be hoped
that tho electric procciB will be en
tirely successful as it promises to be,
for Switzerland is a country of mag
nificent powers nnd this new outlet
affords an admirable opportunity to
put them to the best uao.
Anti niolillcn In Wnr.
At the recent Germnn military ma
neuvers four-wheeled automobiles con
taining an olllcer and driver were used,
for tho most part, for tho speedy con
veynnco of tho elderly staff olllcors.and
euiuu of them ran at a speed as great
us twenty or forty miles n'n hour. In
tho Franco-Prussian war u hard duy's
march of twenty-four hours for trans
port wugonB was fifty miles. At tho
end of ench march tho horses wore
useless. In tho rccont maneuvers mo
tor wagons traveled at tho rato of sev
en miles an hour and a day's work of
ten hours was sevonty miles. Wnr au
thorities consider that tho dny Is not
AN AUTOMOBILE HORSE.
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gold mines In Nova Scotia nnd the
purclmso of a pork packing plant in
Omaha. Mr. North still mnlntalnu that
theso wero not losing ventures, but
that ho found his money tied up and
others reaped tho reward of his la
bors. However that mny be, tho fact re
mains that Charles II. North Is now
earning his living na a peddler of pro-
the sun, caring for his horse and n
great dog. In overalls and jumper nnt
wcnrlng about tho yard n long whlt
dustor, and never n hnt on his brown
bend and whlto hair, he Is n pictur
esque character. A amnll and talka
tlvo boy Is his companion, and they
aro apparently happy with their work.
Mr. North buys his stock and then
Starting out early lu tho morning,
goes from street to street and from
door to door. Everybody In Somor
vlllo knows him, and now In tho days
of his ndversity they are familiar.
They call him "Charley."
Style I'nlim Wlctiltu .Mini.
James Allison, a Wichita man, who
Is serving ns Kansas commissioner a",
the Paris exposition, writes to n friend
at homo complaining that his ofllcial
position demanded unwonted compli
ance with fashion's decree. "Instead
of going about in ono-gallus style,"
says Mr. Allison, "I have to wear a
plug hat, a Prince Albert coat, patent
leather shoes and gloves white glovy
at that."
far distant when train horses will be
replaced to a considerable extent by
petroleum motora.
Snlitliur tlie Moriiiilto'ii Foe.
One of our readers Informs us that,
having seen n statement In somo Eng
lish medical journal to tho effect that
sulphur, taken internally, would pro
tect a person ngalnst (lea bites, It oc
curred to htm to try it ns n preventa
tive of mosquito bites. Accordlnglj
ho began taking effervescing tnblets ol
tartar-llthlne nnd sulphur, four dally
Ho provided himself with several live
ly mosquitoes, nnd having put them
Into n wldc-mouthed bottle, Inverted
tho bottle and pressed Its mouth upon
his bare arm. Tho mosquitoes settled
on his skin, but showed no Inclination
to blto him. If this gentleman's ex
perience should he homo out by fur
ther trials It might bo well for person!
who are particularly sensitive to mos
quito bltos to tako a course of sulphur
during tho mdsqulto season, especially
In view of the growing opinion thai
tho mosquito Is tho common vehlclo ol
tho Plasmodium malnrlae. Medico)
Journul.
Ing wheels mounted on the homo's
hind legs. Tho steering Is effected by
reins held by tho driver, the neck of
the horso for this purpose being Intor-r
sected and mounted upon ball bcari
lugs, and tho reina attached to a cross-i
head mounted on a vertical spindle.
This spludlo goes down Into tho horse'
forelogs, and by It the legj can bq
twisted In any direction. The automo
bile horso can be ridden as well as.
driven to harness. When ho Is used,
as n saddle horse he can bo steered by
turning tho crobahcad with ono hnnd."
Tho animal Is wnrrantcd 60iud and
kind.
PIUSONER IN CHINA.
THIS MAN
LEARNED
MEANS.
WHAT IT
Awful Torture Indicted on lUron T-octi
Who Died ltccently In London
Chained to Ucatn OTrh ni UtuU
Hearted Chinese Seldom Keen.
Tho recent death In London of Henry
Drotigham, first Daron Loch, recalls
his thrilling experience In China In
1859 when the attltudo of the Chinese
toward foreigners was similar to that
now existing. Tho baron, with sov
nral companions and a small forco of
Sikh troopers, was taken prisoner by
tho Chinese. Their treatment was
awful. They wero dragged from their
horses and their faces ground In tho
dirt. They wero bound with hemp
ropes as tightly ascthelr captors could
draw tho ropes, which wero then wot.
Under tho shrlnkngo the flesh of the
captives was terribly lacerated. Thus
bound they wero thrown Into a rough
cart and taken to Pekln, where thoy
wero Imprisoned with a gang of mur
derers and other criminals.
What klndne83cs they recelvod were
from theso criminals, who chared
DARON LOCH,
their food with tho foreigners. Their
Jailers treated them Inhumanly, chain
ing them to overhead beams. For
nine days they wero there. At night
their chains were tightened so that
thoy could not lie down or sit. One
night tho baron was kept suspended by
tho neck nnd ankles and would havo
strangled but for the aid of tho other
prisoners, who took turn In supporting
Ills weight.
One by ono tho prisoners sickened
nnd died under this treatment. Lieut.
Urnbazon and Mr. Howlby died of their
injuries and of weakness. Lieut. And
erson went mad and died raving.
Nearly all tho Sikh troops perished,
some of them from starvation, as they
got almost no food. Daron Loch and
Sir Henry Parkcs boro the strain bet
ter thnn tho rest. They wero put Into
bamboo cages for a tlmo and exhibited
to the populace, who reviled them and
threw missiles nt them. When the
news came of tho overwhelming defeat
of tho Chinese forces, tho treatment
of tho surviving prisoners changed for
tho better. First they were taken to a
prison where thoy were by themselves.
Then Loch and Parkes wero taken to a
Joss houso where they wero fed on tho
best that tho city could afford, and
Boon afterward were permitted to go
about within tho walls of tho city.
Medical treatment, such a3 it was, was
allowed them nnd they began to havo
hopes of getting back to their fellow
countrymen alive.
Had they known nt that time, they
were In greater peril of their lives
than at any tlmo before, for their
death warrants, signed by the Emperor
was already on tho way In the hands
of couriers. Rut Prince Kung, a pow
erful leader, had been bestirring hlm
boU on behalf of tho prisoners nnd had
finally Issued his orders for their re
leaso and sent them by tho swltta3t
messenger he could And. The orders
reached their destination 15 minutes
before tho Imperial couriers wero In
the city. Tho prisoners wero put Into
a covered cart and smuggled out of the
city. They reached tho Drltlsh army
In safety.
ChlnrM) Act In Mot nnd IIr!n.
One knowing tho condition of things
In China wonders neither at tho fre
quency of riots nor at tho rapidity
with which vast crowds can asseinblo
under fanatical nnd bigoted leaders.
Peaceable and law-abiding citizens are
suddenly transformed into yolliugand
Infui lated monsters of destruction.
Tho nverngo Chlnamnn lacks tho pow
er of thinking ns an Individual. Ho
nets It mobs and hordes. Ignorant of
tho commonest fncts of science, such
as our children uro familiar Ith, ho
la credulous to an extent which it Is
hard for us to conceive Doing as
credulous as thoy nro Ignorant, tho
populnco need only a few shrewd fel
lows to play upon tholr fears and to
arouso their superstition and fanati
cism. To Wed Parisian.
Chicago social circles are In a flutter
over tho announcement of tho engage
ment of Miss Margaret Abbott of that
city to Pierre Deschamps of Paris. Miss
Abbott was a debutante of two seasons
ago. She Is a blondo of commanding
flguro and she hns been a marked fa
vorite over since sho enme out. Miss
Abbott's Chicago homo was with hor
mother and brother at tho Churlovolx
on Rush street. Tho mother, Mrs.
Mary Abbott, Is woll known as a writ
er. Ono of tho striking scenes In Chi
cago streets was that of tho mother
and daughter walking downtown,
while following wero a Scotch collie
and nn English bull terrier holding in
their teeth tho trains of tholr mis
tresses' robes. ' ,
NO HUHflY IN MEXICO.
I'lace for Keitlng nnd MUiIng Trnln
IVIluout 1'niiR-.
"Speaking of tho high tension of
modern life," said a Now Orleans man
of nffnlrs to a Now Orleans Times
Democrat man, "I am reminded of u
llttlo incident that occurred during a
visit I paid to Mexico City several
years ago. I had planned to tako n
trip to n neighboring town, nnd was
vory careful to bo nt tho depot consid
erably boforo tho tlmo advertised -for
tho train to leave, so as to take no
chances on missing It. As It happened,
however, It was half an hour
late in starting, and just befpro It fin
ally pulled out, a gentleman, who was
evidently an American, camo slowly
sauntering up, smoking a cigarette.
Without hurrying in tho slightest de
grco ho reached the platform exactly
In tlmo to step on tho moving car. It
wns as closo a connection as I ever
saw In my life, and tho amazing Im
perturbability of tho chap piqued my
curiosity. 'Pardon me,' said I, aftor
making somo pretoxt for conversation,
'but wero you nwaro that this train
wns duo to lcavo half an hour ago?' .
'Certainly,' ho replied. 'Then how In
tho world,' I nsked, 'did you happen to
strike such a leisurely gait In coming
to tho depot?' 'Well, I'vo quit hurry
ing slnco I camo hero,' ho answered
smilingly.
"I choso California, and wns Just be
ginning to And out what a good thing
ilfo really was when somo fool friends
tempted mo to go Into a railroad
scheme, and In two months I was on
my back again. Thnt tlmo the doctor
used language. Ho drew n llttlo plc
turo of mental nnd physical wreckage
thai made my hair brlstlo on my
head, and then nnd there I sworo off
on all forms of hurry. Naturally I
camo to Mexico, which Is tho ono placo
whoro n man can keep such nn 02th
without seeming eccentric, nnd nt
present I am engaged exclusively In
taking things easy. You have no Idei
how delightful It Is. My plans never
miscarry, because I never make any,
and no consideration on earth could
Induco me to get n move on myself.'
'Dut suppose you had missed tho train
today,' I suggested. 'I would have gono
tomorrow, ho replied calmly, 'or per
haps not ut nil. Why, my dear sir,' ho
said earnestly, 'missing trains without
a pang Is an exquisite pleasure to a
man who hn3 chased 'em for eighteen
solid years! Trains aro emblematic of
all that Is headlong and breathless In
modern life, and to grin nt tho rear
plntform ns It moves nwny and say,
"G'long with you; I don't care a cuss!"
Is ono of the sweetest joys I know. I
love to miss trains.' I often think of
thnt happy exile," said tho speaker,
sighing. "I believe ho has solved tho
problem of life."
A FILIPINO DnUG CLERK.
Omaha, Neb., has tho distinction of
having tho only Filipino drug clerk in
tho United States. Ills name Is Ray
mou Rives and for ono of his years ho
has had an Interesting enrccr. Ho
was born in Dorongan, a small city on
tho Island of Samnr. His father is a
merchant nnd young Rives received a
good Spanish education. Ho was not
content with llfo in his native city ,
and ran away from home. Ho went to
Hollo and for a time worked In n fac
tory. Later ho enlisted In the Span
ish nrmy and was at Manila when
Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet. Ho
was twice wounded In battle, once In
tho chest by u fragment from a burst
ing shell and later by a riflo ball
through tho right hand. Tho American
soldiers took him prisoner and aftor
his release he camo to this country on
a transport. Ho Is very Intelligent and
although ho has been In this country
but n short tlmo can speak tho Eng
lish quite readily. Ho has no dcslro
to return to his native homo ns ho
likes tho United States nnd declare
!$sk.
RAYMON RIVES,
thnt ho is ready to fight for the stars
and Btrlpcs should tho opportunity
offer.
Jnpnii'R Crown I'rliii'n.
Ten years ago, when tho crown
princo was In his 13th year, his high
ness spent a summer at Futamlgaura,
Iso. While out gamboling In tho water
ono day tho princo noticed a fisher
man's boy of about tho samo age as
himself, whoso consummate skill in
swimming drew forth his admiration.
Tho lowly youth, whoso name was Yol,
had tho honor of being presented to
the princo, and there sprang up a boy
ish friendship botweon tho two. A dec
ado had elapsed since then, and bio,
highness wns once more back at Ise,
tho other dny, on his wedding tour.
Tho memories of tho past camo back
and tho princo thought of Yel. Ho
wanted to aee his old friend, and, nftor
a good deal of trouble, the order was
conveyed to Yel, now grown a sturdy
young man, but still poor nnd lowly.
Yel approached tho Imperial presence."
In high delight the princo talked freo
ly of tho past and then allowed Yol to
tako leavo of him loaded with various
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