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How an Enemy was Foiled.
The following graphic statement wl'I he
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cases as in mine.”—James Kane, La Rue, O.
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A NEWSPAPER TRUST.1
A PROJECTED COMBINATION FOR
NEW ENGLAND JOURNALS.
A Proposal Combine With a Capital ol
910,000,000 About to I5<* formed to Con
trol the IIiiKlne.HH Intermts of the Lead
ing Caper* of New Lngland.
The Providence Nows is informed by j
an authority that has always been con- ]
unb red reliable that another big finan-:
rial project is under serious consiclera-!
tion by a number of capitalists of Ne w
York, Philadelphia and Chicago to se
cure control and to manage a number of
properties in the New England states
that are very valuable and profitable,
but which under such a consideration as
the one proposed will prove even more
remunerative and influential by the re
duction of tho expense in operating, and
by the purchase of supplies in quantities
so large as to demand great reductions
in the price of material used.
For years it has been recognized that
a good paying newspaper is one of the
most solid and stable investments that
money can be put into, and the majority
of the newspapers of the country, too
large to bo the personal property of sin
gle owners, have been managed by stock
companies.
This consolidation of newspapers un
der one management is not a particular
ly new idea. It has been very successful
on a smaller scale in the west, where the
Scripps league is widely known as a big
syndicate, managing a dozen valuable !
newspaper plants.
It was one of the dreams of the elder
Bennett which a number of years ago
came near to realization. The New York
Herald and The Times, the Chicago Times,
St. Louis Post-Dispatcli and the Boston
Herald at one time came very near being
controlled l.y a syndicate, with the elder
Bennett at its head, but disagreements
arose, and the negotiations came to
naugni.
The enormous earnings of big papers j
like the New York Herald, Sun and :
World, the Boston Herald and Globe are
the natural results of serious and inde- j
fatigablr efforts extending over a series !
of years. It is popularly reported that
the income of James Gordon Bennett of
the New York Herald from his paper is
$750,000 per annum. The World closely
follows this with over $500,000, while
The Sun probably makes half that
amount. The Boston Herald is supposed
to divide $300,000 a year between the
owners, while The Globe pays at least 10
per cent net on $'2,000,000.
The proposed combine, however, deals
with New England newspapers, and even
this is a deal of immense magnitude.
The capitalists alluded to propose to
purchase the leading daily papers in
New England, managing them of course
as individual papers and preserving their
separate autonomies, yet controlling
them by a directorate, to whom the
agent or manager in charge of each
paper shall report directly. It is esti
mated that $10,000,000 in capital will be
required.
The plan is to purchase these proper
ties by issuing bonds for $5,000,000, pre
ferred stock of $5,000,000 and common
stock of $0,000,000, the bonds and the
common stock to be sold for the pur
chase money, the bonds to carry an 8
per cent guarantee, the preferred stock
to be a 7 per cent stock, and the common
to declare whatever dividend might be
left over after an allowance for a sink
ing fund. At the present cost of operat
ing the common stock could declare a 10
per cent dividend and carry 5 per cent
to the sinking fund.
The cost of operating would be great
ly reduced. Take for example the Bos
ton dailies or the two big Sunday issues.
The Herald and Globe each run trains
out over the roads leading from Boston
Sunday morning, seven trains each. One
of them could be cut off and a joint train
run, saving at least $30,000 per year. By
pui Liiaoiu iu ou^u imiuru3CV|uau*
tities the very lowest possible price could
be obtained, and a very small fraction of
a per cent saved would in the aggregate
amount to an enormous figure, and as
with paper so with type, presses, ink and
all other materials. In the matter of
distribution of papers in Boston alone an
enormous saving would be made.
By the control of all the newspaper
properties in New England by one con
cern a new era iu the collection of news
would at once follow. A system of
leased lines, with operators in the em
ploy of the combine, would be inevitable.
The New England Associated Press
would either be merged in it or go to the
wall, but this system of leased wires
would bring a saving of such propor
tions as to be absolutely startling and
which is at present impossible by any
one paper. It is expected that expenses
of operation would be reduced fully 23
per cent.
The plan is not a political one and has i
no political significance. The combine
is said to be evenly divided between both
the great political parties; otherwise this
absorption of such papers would give a
political influence that would be so power
ful that it could not be tolerated. Agents
of the syndicate are now in New Eng
land making inquiries and investigations.
The successful management of the Stand
ard Oil company, of the big street car
combines and other trusts seems likely
to be followed by a newspaper trust.—
Journalist.
ISanks In the United States.
There are 3,700 national, 3,000 state
and 1,300 private banks in the United
States, a total of 8,000, somewhat dimin
ished since May by isolated suspensions
and insolvencies, but still in excess of
7.300, several suspended banks having
after suspension resumed. The gross
deposits in national banks of the United
States amount to $1,500,000,000, in state
banks to $650,000,000 and in private
banks to $100,000,000, a total of $2,250,
800. The gross deposits in American
banks are 50 per cent greater than the
national debt and equal to about 60 per
tent of all the gold coin in the world.—
Hew York Sun.
Storlea of Great Luck.
Captain Ben Ferguson, collector on the
ferryboat Hite, is always reminiscent,
The other day the captain said to me:
“You seldom hear of a man making
$90,000 in one night in these days, but I
know of such an instance. Mr. Cole
man, who ran a foundry on Washington
street, near Brook, did it. In relating it
to me he exhibited no delight whatever.
His words were: ‘Captain, I made $90,
900 last night: went to bed early and
slept soundly. You know the price of
iron went up, and fortunately I had
enough on hand, which I had purchased
at a low figure, to net mo a fortune.’ As
Captain Ferguson concluded the story
he told another of how Dennis Long
made $200,000 becauso the price of iron
dropped out of sight, It was just at a
time when Mr. Long had failed in busi
ness and told Captain Ferguson that he
was $400,000 in debt.
“Well,” said thecaptain, “Dennis Long
went up to Indianapolis to bid on the
construction of the city waterworks.
There was but one other bidder, and
Mr. Long was awarded the contract.
Not long after iron began fluctuating,
and Long’s estimate having been made
on the basis tnat iron would advance
still more in price, it already being high
at the time, he of course found that as
it decreased ho was reaping a golden
harvest. Well, iron went down and
down. Wiien it stopped, it was worth
hardly anything. Mr. Long, as I said,
made $200,000 by this, and he’s been
making money ever since.”—Louisville
Courier-J ournal.
lints Are Great Travelers.
Rats do not, as one would suppose, re
main on the ship, but get off at various
ports, and after remaining a while ship
on some other vessel for another voyage.
The water rats or wharf rats are great
travelers and make frequent voyages
around the lakes and even around
the world—the latter as I discovered
while engaged in West India service.
There are here now rats from almost
every part of the globe. Why, I saw
four colossal Jamaica rats, with their
white bellies, skipping about in the moon
light a few weeks ago, and only yester
day I killed two Indian male rats not
200 feet from where we were standing.
Rats are great climbers when they
find it necessary to be so. Upon one of
my voyages not long ago we had a long
spell of warm weather, and there was
no water in the hold which the small
army of rats on board could get at. One
night we put some water up at the cross
trees and waited for the result. Well,
the rats just swarmed up the ratlines
and went for the water. We killed as
mail}' of them as we could as they came
down, and some of them jumped over
board and were drowned. But we could
not kill them all, and a few made the
•ntire voyage with us.—Interview in
Chicago Tribune.
Bismarck's Advice to Students.
Only now, and in a roundabout way,
via Bonn, has the text of the speech
which Prince Bismarck made at the re
ception of Bonn students become known.
The prince confessed that at the univer
sity he neglected study, but added: “The
only thing that I am sorry for on look
ing back to those times is that I could
not later on make up for what I had neg
lected then What one has learned aft
erward does not remain so firmly in one’s
memory. 1 do not dissuade you from
working, but I am not horrified if my
sons commit studentlike excesses, and
above all things I believe that the stu
dent’s life in corporations has this ad
vantage--that it somewhat steels the
character by subjecting each to the crit
icism of his comrades. This is a great
thing. As long as one belongs to a cor
poration, to the opinion of which one at
taches much importance, one does not
easily go astray. The same thing plays
an important part later on in life. What
is it that is the backbone of German of
ficials? The university and the sword
knot.”—Berlin Cor. London News.
How to Live if You Wish to Live Long*
Aside from the very important and
controlling influence of inheritance, of
diet and of temperate habits, the points
to be learned from the few statistical
data attainable are that longevity is pro
moted by a quiet, peaceful life in a re
tired and rural community, where there
is freedom from nervous strain and wor
rying and e*cessively laborious toil. The
business man, with increasing cares and
responsibilities, the mill operative toil
ing hard to keep together the souls and
bodies of himself and his family, the
politicians, the hardworking professional
men, are not the chief contributors to
the centenarian ranks. Dr. Holyoke in
deed became a centenarian, but his ex
ample has rarely been followed by his
professional brethren.—Boston Medical
and Surgical Journal.
Where ‘'Sterling” Came From.
Sterling signifies money from the le
galized standard of coinage of Great
Britain. According to one theory the
term originated as follows: It is a cor
ruption of Easterling—a person from
north Germany, on the continent of
Europe, and therefore from the east in
geographical relation to England. The
Easterlings were ingenious artisians
who came to England in the reign of
Henry III to refine the silver money, and
the coin they produced was called mon
eta Easterlingornm—the money of the
Easterlings.—New York Evening Sun.
Lightning and Rain.
It is popularly supposed that the sud
den downpour which usually follows a
bright flash of lightning is in some way
caused by the flash. Meteorologists have
proven that this is not the case and
that, exactly to the contrary, it is not
only possible but highly probable that
the sudden increased precipitation is the
real cause of the flash.—St. Louis Re
public.
Why Fogg Is Puzzled.
“There are two things,” remarked
Fogg in a contemplative mood, “that I
don’t understand. One of these is how
the world got along before I came into
it and the other how it is going to get
along after I have left it.”—Exchange,
WATERMELON PARTIES.
They Give RIko to a New Question of Ktl
quette In Maryland.
One of (lie things in society is the water
melon party. The new diversion was in
dulged in in Howard county, just above
Ellicott City, the other night, and from
the latest accounts it lias broken out and
promises to become epidemic down in
Anne Arundel, where the melons grow
in all sizes, species and flavors. Just
lio%v a watermelon should be served at a
watermelon party is a knotty question,
and it has caused considerable debate
and some little unfriendly controversy
among the Four Hundred of the melon
growing counties.
Some contend that it should be cut
crosswise. Others say it should be split
longitudinally nnd eaten without fork or
knife. This diversity of opinion may
relegate the melon party to the rear of
the picnic for the present season, as the
time of the fruit is limited now to a few
weeks, but the latent element in favor of
the pastime may break out again next
season, just as the ague does every year
down in Piney woods.
Another difficulty in the way of eat
ing a watermelon artistically is to get
clear of the seeds. It is said that on one
occasion a guest at one of the parties in
sisted that it was proper to pick the
seeds out with the right index finger,
and if by accident one should get into a
guest’s mouth it should be swallowed.
A debate followed the proposition, in
which one man said he did not propose
to make a watermelon patch of his in
ternal makeup by planting seeds in it.
The party broke up, and the hostess had
a lot of melons and an antipathy to such
parties left on her hands.
The outcome of the new fad is puzzling
the people in uppertendom in the cities
and villages and rural districts. From
what could be gathered in the last few
days on the subject, the watermelon
part}’ does not promise to be a pro
nounced success. One of the great ob
jections is the uncertainty to what they
may lead, for if the watermelon party
takes with society it may in time be fol
lowed by a squash party, or a yellow
pumpkin party, or a green tomato party,
or a sassafras root or tea party, or some
other thing just as erratic, and the Four
Hundred it seems, would rather content
themselves with the pink tea and other
diversions whereof they are familiar
than rush into new ones that might lead
to an endless amount of unrest.—Balti
more American.
A Bear, a Cab and a “Sergot.”
On Sunday evening an amusing inci
dent occurred in the Champs Elysees
quarter. A man named Haja, employed
by M. Marseille, a wild beast tamer,
thought he had a right to add to his
wages by exhibiting his master’s bear in
the streets. With this object in view
Le installed the bear in an open cab, and
taking his seat beside the animal told
the coachman to drive to the Champs
Elvsecs. The vehicle reached the Avenue
Victor Hugo, followed by a crowd of
boys and young men, who by their de
risive shouts attracted the attention of
two sergents de ville. They stopped the
cab, and after ascertaining the truth
one of them got into the vehicle and or
dered the cabman to drive to the nearest
police station. The presence of a stranger
beside it so excited the bear that by its
swaying backward and forward it very
soon upset the vehicle. The merriment
caused by the sight of the cabman, the
sergents de ville and the tamer sprawling
on the ground, with the bear almost
under the upset cab, can easily be im
agined.—Paris Cor. London Standard.
Old Sonss Before the Queen.
A very pleasing innovation was intro
duced in a musical programme rendered
before the queen at Osborne house a
night or two since which deserves note.
Mme. Nordica and Mr. Plunket Greene
were the vocalists, with Sig. Tosti as ac
companist on the piano, and in addition
to the accustomed repertory there were
given two old Irish songs arranged by
Dr. Villiers Stanford, an old Scotch
song arranged by Miss Lucy Broad
wood and an old Cornish song, “Where
Be Going?” arranged by Mr. Arthur
Somervell, all being sung by Mr. Greene.
The introduction of this last into a royal
programme may be considered due to
the labors of the Rev. Sabine Baring
Gould, the well known novelist, whose
collection of the words and tunes of the
half forgotten songs of the -west country
deserves all praise.—Birmingham Post.
Inspectors Pay to Enter a Postoffice.
Postoffice Inspector Fleming has a A1
bill which he says he will have framed.
He got it from the bureau of admissions
at the fair on demand for the return of
money paid at the gates. Nearly a
month ago the inspector and Andrew
Irle of the inspector's office had a special
call from the office inside the grounds.
It was a case of stay out or pay to get in.
They paid under protest and got a re
ceipt. “This bill is a curiosity," said
Fleming as he opened a letter from
Horace Tucker, “because it represents
the first case on record where a post
office inspector had to pay to get into a
postoffice."—Chicago Times.
A Silver Statuette of Sunol.
The Ames Manufacturing company of
Chicopee, Mass., has completed a coin
silver statuette of Sunol hitched to a
sulky, upon which is seated an equally
well known driver. The piece of statuary
is one-fifth life size and is mounted upon
a bronze standard. The sculptor is C. E.
Dallin of Salt Lake City. The whole
piece of statuary was molded from silver
dollars. It required 331 ounces of silver.
The sulky is an exact facsimile of the
one in which the mare made her record
of 2:08i. The piece is to be presented at
a coming banquet in New York.
Sir. and Mrs. Baker.
On Baker’s island, where ex-President
Harrison went fishing recently with his
grandson, there stand two lighthouses of
irregular height and clear white light
known familiarly to dwellers on the
north shore as “Mr. and Mrs. Baker.”—
Boston Transcript.
Ev«m With tlie Liglitiiintf ltoil Men.
A gang of lightning rod sharks made
an attempt to rod a farmer’s house
against his will Saturday, but got the
worst of tho bargain. Tin.- farmer is an
old soldier, living 10 miles south of this
city, named John Snyder. On Thurs
day one man called and inquired who
the owner was, got a drink of water and
departed. The next day another called
and proposed to make the farmer a pres
ent of 100 feet of rod, charging him 75
cents a foot for 10 feet and charging him
extra for the necessary points, insisting
that the farmer sign a contract for tho
balance. This he refused to do, and the
fellow left. Saturday two more men
drove up to his place, threw out rods
and tools and proceeded to put up tho
rods. The farmer objected, hut they
claimed to have an order to do the work
and laughed him to scorn. Snyder got
his gun, and covering the man in the
wagon, who had drawn a revolver, he
ordered him to clear out or he would let
daylight tlirough him. The fellow drove
off at a lively rate, leaving his pal at the j
mercy of the farmer, who served him in
like manner, and now the farmer has 10
feet of lightning rods to sell.—Warsaw
(Ills.) Cor. St. Louis Republic.
The Duke of York In u 11 rick.
Several weeks ago one of the boys at
tending the Queen Elizabeth grammar
school at Kingston, Logan by name,
wrote privately to tho Duke of York and
suggested that he should use his influ-1
ence to secure the boys of the royal
school an additional week’s holiday at
midsummer as an appropriate way of
celebrating the recent auspicious mar
riage. The Duke of York appears to
have approved of the idea, for a few
days ago the governors of the grammar
school were surprised to receive a letter
from Sir Francis de Winton stating that
his royal highness would be pleased if
they would grant the asked fur holiday.
Nothing was known by the masters or
other authorities of the request made by |
the boy till the letter was received from
Sandringham. At a meeting of the gov
ernors it was unanimously agreed to ac
cede to the request. The announcement
was received with ringing cheers for the
Duke and Duchess of York.—London
Telegraph.
Long Walk of a Somnambulist.
Mrs. Jennie Finkin of Eighth and
Spruce streets, Camden, was found wan
dering on the streets at 1 o'clock yester
day morning by Officer Frederick
Voight at Broadway and Bridge avenue, j
The woman was attired in a wrapper, 1
and her hair was hanging loosely down
her back. She was walking slowly, and .
when the officer approached her side he
was astonished to hear her snoring, ■
although her eyes were open. He ad
dressed her in low tones, but received !
no answer. He then grabbed her by the
arm. This aroused her, and when she
found that she was on the street she fell
to the pavement from astonishment.
She recovered in a few minutes and ac
cepted the protection of the officer to as
sist her home. Mrs Finkin is said to be
subject to attacks of somnambulism.
When she was found by the officer, she
was nearly two miles from her home.— i
Philadelphia Press.
Where the Blamo Delongs.
One of the lovely nymphs who was
floating about among the sylvan woods
and streams during the summer has
among her belongings a gown which the
prosy man who pays the nymph's bills
considers not a dream, but a very sub
stantial reality, as it cost him 8500 over
and above the original price. That was
the sum he paid for one of the horses 1
that took cold while the carriage waited
at the door of the modiste when the 1
gown was being fitted. He had been 1
clipped, and the illness resulted in his i
death. The owner of the “creation,”
however, thinks the unreasonable man
should place the blame where it belongs
—on the modiste of the fashionable
horse.—New York Times.
A Query About Electrocution.
it is a noteworthy fact that post
mortem examinations have been held on
the bodies of electrocuted criminals in »
very short time after they were shocked.
Who among us all can positively and
certainly declare whether life has left
the body after a passage through it of
an electric current? A shock of 2.000
volts will undoubtedly kill some men
and may only stun others. Is there a
competent physician who will state upon
his honor that the criminals who have
been electrocuted in New York state
were dead when they were carried from
the chair?—Electrical Review.
All the Comforts of Home.
Funny sights are often seen in the
Pullman train tourist cars as they pass
through the city nights, and curious
noises are often heard. One sight that
attracted considerable attention on train
71 Wednesday morning was a good
sized washing hung out on the starboard
side of the car. It is only one more evi
dence of the many conveniences fur
nished its patrons by the Maine Central.
Experts, all of whom are married men,
testify that the articles were those worn
only by infants.—Kennebec Journal.
Sparrows Killed by Lightning.
The electrical storm on Sunday morn
ing killed many sparrows in the vicinity
of the nav}’ yard in Brooklyn. In the
hospital grounds was a wheelbarrow full
of tlieir bodies. They had fallen from a
tree.
In front of the house of Commander
White, in Officers’ row, Flushing ave
nue, 210 dead sparrows were found un
der a tree. There was no mark on the
trees to show that lightning had struck
them.—New York Herald.
Suffering From Too Much Currency.
C. H. Boston, an employee of the
United States Express company, had his
left foot badly mashed in front of the
treasury building yesterday afternoon.
He was assisting several other express
employees in moving a safe full of money
from a wagon into the building when it
slipped, and one comer of it fell on Mr.
Boston’s foot.—Washington Post.
Australian Plutocracy Nil.
Wi !i all i: > I -:11s, wi;h ,.11 its igno
rai!<. ■:L all its pusalons the de
iti r,. ' Australia has a political
iih- 1. The plutr < racy has none. It is
fully occupied with its own affairs. It
rallies to no public cry. This is the
feature of Arts'.’-'1 i lifo which rectus
to threaten most danger to the future.
The < onntry which is not governed by
its ablest men is badly govern.and
the inclination of th” more enltiv.-i'- 1
classes to abstain fro:. In-;
liamentary machine docs iutbiiteh r, ...
er damage to the colonies than any at
tempt on the part of trades hall social
ists to "capture" it.
But it does not follow that this atti
tude is permanent! It is the fi-.i.iou to
say that the labor people have every
thing their own way and have luu pol
itics impossible. It was the fashion to
say the same in regard to industry be
fore necessity taught the employers to
unite. Let any political need press hard
enough, let any political cause stir
warmth enough, and the same ability,
the same energy, the same public soirit
roused again to union on a wider held
are not likely to achieve a less result.—
Melbourne Cor. London Times
Small Demand For Shoes.
People have not been lavish in their
purchases of shoes of late years. The
surplus of them is undoubtedly smaller
than usual, and yet tho quantities dis
tributed throughout the country have
been sufficiently extensive to enable deal
ers thus far to meet all the require
ments of their customers by simply buy
ing a few stray lots hero and there to
piece out assortments. The accumula
tions are dwindling, however, day by
day because there are more shoes being
consumed than there are being manu
factured.
When the clouds vanish from the com
mercial horizon, as nobody doubt.-; they
will—and it does not look rea -unable
they should obscure the prospect much
longer—there will be greatly enlarged
markets all over the land for shoes, lint
for the present there is not much to be
done except to get under cover, if there
is any shelter anywhere, and wad until
the storm subsides.—Shoe and fvatlier
Reporter.
A Junior on .if I'iii:;n(:i.
Who pays that the Afvi•• m r. ji.it
going forward, that it is in.t •-» it
it lacks method and economy a'.,-, di
sire to prepare for the rainy day/ On
Pennsylvania avenue is a bootblack who
will he a millionaire if he lives long
enough. A gentleman took hi- i s ry.-s
terday morning and requested ids
“russets” he shined. The darky went
across the street and returned with a
banana.
“Dese ig’nuut comfiel nigger..,” iu
said, “rub on lemon peel. Day ain't. in
it wid dis.”
Stripping the rind from the fruit and
usingit asa towel, heimparlcd some sort
of gloss to the shoes and nr; ;v. .1 hi;, •<)
cents. Then he made his break fa • .IT
the banana. Breakfast for a cent, with
shoe polish thrown in and 0 cents to the
good, is not bad financiering at a lime
when the banks are breaking.—W- hing
ton Post.
Pathetic Ignorance.
Thoughtless persons may be moved to
laughter bythe report that an inhabitant
of the city really supposed that ii« nad
been divorced from /he bonds of matri
mony by an unjudicial per- u tor the
sum of §2. But the fact is i - ally jm 1 ic
rather than jocose. It is probably only
a single example of the large aud multi
farious ignorance prevailing iu some
parts of the community. It wou’d be
sufficiently distressing if the wavs of
these uninformed persons lay among a
pure and pastoral simple people, never
disposed to take any advantage of the
unskillful. When in thc-se metropolitan
districts so many ravenous wolv ... f all
sorts are abroad intent upon preying on
few and hard earned dollars, the phi
lanthropist and educator may wd, be
stir himself.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Atlanta’s Half O.ntnry.
Atlanta is about to celebrate her fif
tieth anniversary. By that time her pop
ulation will be in close neighbor^ of
120,000. The next 10 years at the --ame
steady rate of increase will pl"-» her
among the 10 leading cities of t’ coun
try. This is not visionary or specula
tive, but is based upon the natural ad
vantages of the place and theqn.,;;:;. ami
temper of its citizenship. Already At
lanta is more extensively known at, the
north than any other cily south of Wash
ington. She has more energy, more pur
pose and a more resplendent future than
any city of her population in l . land.
There is every reason why the n ,nt,s
of Atlanta should not he despondent over
the situation.—Atlanta Constitution.
A Disgusted Questioner.
There was a new arrival at Pauline's
house, hut to her disgust, not u> .-ay
wrath, it was a girl. Throe ri ' >r oc
currences have taken the edge off her
enthusiasm as to the advantage- of hale
sisters, and she stood glowerin t the
little bundle of wails and inquired, ‘ 'How
much you gave for it'r” “Tw> -v-iour
dollars,” she was told. "Huriip.i. arid
Polly’s disgust deepened. "Win you
were about it, why didn't you ti...
more and get a boyd'—Exchange
The cornerstone of the national capiiol
was laid Sept, ta, 1793. it is l -s-ed
to celebrate the centennial arm ini virv
of this event by a parade, address--, nre
works and a night illumination ,. me
capitol by means of 21 searchlights.
A St. Louis woman has lately p- ; t. oted
an invention for making s\ve<" y dato
flour. The process includes pee’ _ the
potato and drying the peel as a i t tor
live stock, drying and grinding the po
tato into three grades of flour.
It is said that the Duchess of Y<»tk has
spent a good many hours of htr mmej
moon “knitting comforts of a ..Hy
nature” for her proteges. Th ’nke
meanwhile read aloud to his hriu , imia
pleting a charming tableau.
