THE SCTIAISTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER C. 1894. ELBERSON WENT TO POLITICS the Grocery Business Suffered While the Can ' dldate Hiutled for Votes. AND THE BOYS THREW HIM DOWN The Mournful Tale of the Fate of a I Philanthrophic Citizen Who Sought -I to Purify Politic In His District and Found, Too Late, mat wara worn- 1 ers Are Deceivers, All. For the Saturday Tribune. ' No man In that part of town was moro thoroughly respected by his neighbors than Chris Elberson. He was a good eiamplo of the modestly successful business iuan. His cottage was a cleanly and well kept establishment. Jlrs. Elberson was a large, beaming wom an of happy disposition, and the children iwere red choefeod and well dressed. - His etoro was but throe blocks distant from his homo and was noar the corner where the horse cars were boarded for tho GETTING OCT AMOSQ THE PEOPLE. ride down town. A model grocery, it 'might have been termed. The shelf goods aeoiued always spick and span, the show cases were shiny, and the outdoor display ot vegetables and fruits under tho cool owning was a constant delight. Hut a nco essury part of tho picture was Chris, port' ly, good natured and incased In a white apron. Ho woro an admirable patch of ,chln whiskers, and on his blue necktie was ,a gold badgo of the Foresters. This is the .description of Chris given by the Chicago Record man. , Presumably ho was contented. Ho own M tho store and house, his family relations were pleasant, and he had enough trade to keep his varnished delivery wugon on the go most of the tune. In tho summer tho family attended a few picnics, and In the winter he and his wife patronized the dances glvon by neighborhood lodges. Chris was a Knight of Pythias as well as a Forester. The first Indication of his desire to en tor politics was his joining the Masons, Shortly after that he sent In his name to a singing society, although he could not elng. Then ho was chosen delegate to the county convention. Theso early symptoms were hardly no ticed by tho neighbors and customers. It was when ho joined tho Cook County Democrntio Marching club that his friends began to say, "Chris is mixing in politics." He went with the club to open the state campaign at Springfield. When he came "back, ho was hoarse and seemed to have lost sleep. Some of his best friends began ,to remonstrate with him. Straub, the feed I store man, dropped Into the grocery and (asked him in so many words, "Chris, .what's youi- object In getting into poll- ticsT" 'Can I trust you, FolixP" asked Chris, leading tho way bock to the desk, so the clerk couldn't overhear anything. "The reason I'm going to tell you this is that I know you'ro a friend of nilno. Now, I've teen talking on the quiet to some of the biggest Democrats In this district, and they want mo to be a candidate for repre sentative." ; "There's nothing In that for you. If you're elected, you'll have to neglect your business. I shouldn't think you'd want It." "I don't want it, but a lot of my friends ere after roe to take It. Some one must go In and smash that McClintock gang. 't's been running this district too long." i "That's all right. Let some one elsodo it." 1 ''The boys say I can do It, and I've promised to stlek. Don't you know it's an (outrage for this district to be represented ,ln the legislature by such a man as Mo iClintockf Say, you'd bo surprised if I told you the names ot some of the people .that are with me In this thing. Do you (think you can swing any of tho Germans ln your precinct?" Mr. Straub saw It was of no use to ar .cruo, and so he said he would do all he pHuid. J ! Chris Elborson was In politics, sure . plough, with all the symptoms plainly 4 showing. He began Brooking cigars all Jils waking hours, and the back end of his Sir ,1 ' 5 TBI BILLBOARD OF ALL NATIONS. J tore buzzed, buzzed, buzzed all day as ila "friends" oaiuoln and whispered their cheering reports and then received tholr whispered Instructions. . Mystery, deep mystery back rooms mumbling close to the ear figuring in Imall books taken from instdo pockets nanaing over cigars casting up figures theso aro tho morbid pleasures of polities. Chris Elberson, a member in good stand ing of tho Lutheran church, hold dally consultations with Bite Johnson, colored. keeper of a doggery over by the river; Bull jttonenzie, wno nan latoly "done time," cue was stipposouio own the "boost" on the other side of thetraoks; Fat Tom Wil liams, who always had a three storv lonV lng house stored with "bums" for election day, and many other influential men of ino district. A nearly as he could gather, there was an overwhelming sentiment in nis favor, hut in order to stna.lv l tvi nom lc intact against we corruDtlnir lnuu nce of McClintock certain sums of mon V.weujd Have -pope judlolously expended m occr. llo nau Deen assured that ne would not have to attend to tho details. Dull MoKensle had explained that. 'Gl'me a pinch o' dough," said Mr. Mo- Kenzle, "an I can pipe oil th' push; gl'mi jolly, an you 11 have a lead pipe, eavoyr Chris began to see that his campaign would need lubricating, But bo was mora tnaa ever doterminod to win, not oniy to make a triumph for the taxpayers, but to humiliate MoCUntock. who had boon re ported by Butch Magnus as saying that ho would "give tho goat a kibosh an t'row tho boots into Mm." Tho applica tion of "goat" naturally Inflamed Chris, as tlicro was an Implied reference to tho chin whiskers. Before the campaign was many weeks old Chris ascertained that it would be nco- essary to "light the devil with flro," as he put It Ho folt sure thnt along any resi dence street he could get ten votes to wc- Clintock's one, but in tho dark end of the district McClintock had an all powerful "drag." .The legislator owned a saloon with back room attachment for ladles, he was an honorary member of the "social" and "pleasure" clubs and had rescued so many prisonora from the Bridewell and police stations that a large proportion ol voters were under heavy obligations to him. McClintock had his enemies, however, and Bull McKenzle was one of them. It was the latter who escorted Chris through tho dark end of tho district whilo tho sa loon canvass was being made. Chris wore all his badges and came home at night rooking with ginger ale and loaded down with cigars. Tho front of tho grocery was plnstored with announcements of German concerts, Swedish dances, Irish demonstrations, col orert people's cake walks. Chris bought tickets for everything that cume along. He orunrod union label cigars and gave stick candy to tho Irish children, In order to soften any possible prejudice against his nnino. He sat up at night to calculate tho strength of the soeret society voto and paid $15 to get his picture into a paper that ho had never licanl of before. On tho morning of primary day ho was seen to jump into his buggy, lash tho poor sorrel and dash wildly away. Mrs. Elber son come running to tho front gate and watched tho rattling buggy swing around the corner. That evening she went to the Maxwells, crying ovor an evening paper which said that Chris Elberson, leader of tho antl McClintock crowd, had challenged the voto of Buck Plunders, a colored stevedore, and had been attacked and chased through a laundry. Mr. Maxwell went to look for ChrU and found him In Mctzgcr's saloon, pounding tho bar with his hat and declaring that tho cause of good government would "get there, and don't you forget It." For the first tlmo In his llfo Chris was undor the influence of liquor. At tho convention next day McClintock, the people's choice, was renominated by "THE? THREW ME DOWS.' acclamation and was vociferously cheered by tho active managers of tho Elberson campaign. Chris stood in tho doorway and saw it all. A man next to him grinned and said, "They give you tho doublo cross." He reached his store in a tranco. The clerk looked at him and said nothing. Fe lix Straub camo in. "Havo you got enough, Chris?" he ask ed gently. "They throw me down," shouted Chris. "All the voting was done by his gang. They wouldn't let my men inside. The police stood in with them, too, and would not arrest that nigger when he struck mo. " I told you to keep out of it." "Several people have been after me to run independent." "Don't do it. For heaven s sake, don't Keep out of politics." After dressing his eye and thinking It over Chris concluded that he would keep out. One Wlie Man on the Jury. "I saw a man saved from llfo imprison ment or hanging once by tho one wise man on a jury, who stood out against 11 fools," said T. J. Stephens of Baltimore to o St. Lonls Globe-Democrat reporter. "Tho man was found stundlngoveradcad body in a field with a knife In his hand and blood smeared over his clothes. Ho swore ho hod found tho man lying dead and had drawn tho knife from the wound, where the murderer had left it sticking. It was shown that tho men wero enemies and that tho accused had even threatened repeatedly to kill him.' On this and other circumstantial evldonco 11 of the jury wero for convlotion. The foreman alono stood out and so steadfastly that at length, ono by one, the others joined him, and the prisoner was acquitted. Many thought tho man guilty, and he finally left the country because of the cold shoulder ho got from old friends. Years afterward, when tho foreman of tho jury was dying, he acknowledged that ho killed the man himself. Asleep oil the Bottom of the lllver. A strango Incident In connection with tho work of clearing away the debris of tho recently wrecked bridge at Louisville is rolated of a submarino dlvor. Ono day he remained beneath the surface for more tb.au an hour. There was no response when signals wero made, and thoro was uneasiness felt. At length tho diver who goes on as a relief reported for duty, and ho was at onco sent down to ascertain what was wrong. In a few minutes both men camo up. The first diver was found seated on a pilo of iron fast asleep. An Interesting Photograph Gallery. Scotland Yard has tho photographs of some 116,000 criminals taken during tho last 80 years. Of theso 70,000 are recent Taklng Treasure from the Sea. A scientist of Christianla proposes to Im mortalize himself by proving the feasibili ty of reclaiming the gold and silver in sa water by electrolytic action. He suggests that a channel about sixty meters wide should he selected for experiment The place should be well sheltered from sea and wind, and there should be a current of about four meters per minute. Across this channel sixty plates of gal vanized iron, cam two meters by three meters, should be fixed at an angle Of 80 dega. with the stream, and an electrio cur rent be scot through the scries to precipi tate the precious metals. HerrMunster, to whom the credit of this conception is due, has hit on a very fascinating idea. PitUbUrg Dispatch. Make Some Difference. DouttoD I didn't meet Jack Goodheart at the restaurant today. Upton No; Jack Is a married man now, and it's three days since pay day. New York Weekly. E THEWEATHER Fickleness, Therefore, Should Hot Sur prise Any Fcrson. His A UN OF MAGNIFICENT SCHEMES The Romantic Story of His Descent from the Head of the Signal Service to a Prison Cell For Twelve Years a Fugitive Caught After a Long Chase. For tht Saturday Tribune. From the bead of the signal service to a prison cell; from the first circles of Wash ington society, with an unsullied nami and a brilliant army record, to the folon'i dock; traveling In every part of the coun try with alleged "Bhrowd detectives" after him for 12 years; six years in business in New York city and actually serving on a jury while a fugitive from justice I Such ore tho salient points In tho career of Cap tain Henry W. Uowgato since 1831. Nor is this all. Ho was a veteran of the Army of the Cumberland, an officer in the regular army and a scientist of some stand ing and withal tho projector of a scheme for reaching the north polo which mot with such approval that it came very near being adopted by congress, and all this ended in his defrauding the government of about 1376,000 and fleeing from Wash' ington with a woman whoso beauty was long a popular toast in that city. Henry W. Howgute was born In Eng. land, and his first enrollment in publio service was as a volunteer In 1803 In the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry. Al most exactly 82 years later he was enrolled as a prisoner in Washington city but this Is anticipating. Ho had some military knowledge and was elected second llouten aut, was promoted to brevet major for spe cial gallantry at Chickamauga and came out a cuptain, after which he secured a lioutonantcy In tho regular army. In 18GS General Albert J. Myerwas organizing the weather bureau and found great diffi culty in securing assistants with the sci entific knowledge aud special aptitudes de sirable. In Captain Howgato he believed he had secured a treasure, and the latter's promotion was rapid. In 1876 he projected a scheme for reach ing the north polo which made scientific explorers laugh, but congressmen wero so Impressed that a bill to carry out his plan was introduced and favorably reported by the house committee on naval affairs. His clan was to go to a convenient point In tho tar north and establish a post and base of supplies. Tho next summer posts wero to be established farther north at inter vals of B0 miles, and thus on till the polo was reached. Congress having rejected his scheme, he astonished tho world by an' nouncing that ho would carry It out at his own expense, and soon tho little steamship Gulnaro was anchored in tho Potomac and fitted out for tho voyage. She start ed and was abandoned in the far north, tho navigators in charge declaring that she was totally unfit for such work and would havo been crushed to splinters in tho llrst loe pack encountered. Everybody wondered where Captain Howgato got the money for such work. Tho answer was soon forthcoming he was stealing It from tho government. He had become chief of the signal serv ice and disbursing officer of the bureau, lived In tiptop style with his wife and an unmarried daughter, maintained a mis tress In luxury, was socially prominent and owned Washington real estate valued at liaiOOa, AH at .once "lrxarjaJaTiycsI' . CAPTAIN HF.NET W. HOWGATE. ulscovered in liis accounts, and he re signed with (.great show of innocence and Indignation. Then tho Investigators went to work, and Aug. 15, 1881, ho was arrest ed on a spoclilo charge of embezzling $40, 000. It was a nino days' wonder, yet this wa-i only tho beginning. Fraud after fraud was unearthed till tho aggregate reached $370,000 or more, and yet ho had Influence enough to securo boil and postpone action, Finally bis bondsmen surrendered him, and he became a prisonor in fact. It was on April 13, 1883, that ho mado his sensa tional escape. - Many stories have beon told about this, but the admitted facts aro these: In chargo of Deputy Marshal Dewing ho was permit- tod to go to his own house to take a bath and secure a change of linen. His daugb tor entertained tho officer whllo Captain Howgate retired to tho bathroom. An hour passed. Tho officer wanted his prls oner, but he was not to bo found. Twelve years and a half wero to pass before Mar shal Dewing saw him again. It now op pears that he slipped through a rear win' dow to an alley little used, and ten mln utes after leaving the Sofllcer was going down tho l'otomao on a fast steamer, further appears that tho whole scheme was clovorly arranged by Nettie Burrill Twelve years and more had passed away when Captain A. L. Drummond ot tho Unltod States secret scrvico got lnforma' tion which led hiui to suspect that Cap tain Howgate was In Now York. A clerk who knew the fugitlvo well wont to that city, but it was not easy to see in the bow ed and decrepit man of 00 tho stalwart and handsome soldier of 1881-3. The two be- camo confidential, however, and then tho clerk oould swear to him. Ono flno morn ing tho old book dealer (tlutt bad been his business for five years) stepped out of his dusty shop at 80 Fourth avenue. A littlo way up tho street Captain Drummond took him by tho nrra and said: "Captain Howgate, I want you. I have a warrant for your arrost " For ono Instant tho man stood as If daz ed. Thon, recovering hliusolf, ho said, with a laugh: "All right I'll go with you. I know when I am beat" Later he admitted that he had boon ex pecting arrest for years and was satisfied with it, was tired of being a fugitive. His travols and advontures in tho 13 years Would suffice for a three volume novel, and altogether his story is sufficient for a Zola esque romance. Jerome J acquis A Lottery to Build a Charon. Among the ancient documents recently deposited with the Westerly (B. I.) Libra ry association Is a copy of the Connecticut Gazette, published at Mow London and dated Feb. IS, 1794. In this paper Is an advertisement of a lottery to raise the funds needed to build a meeting house at Stonlngton. HOWE ID A WONDERFUL CAT. She Rode TS Miles on an Axle Unking 780 Revolutions a Minute. Cat have shown wonderful powers ot coming unscathed ont of perilous posi tions If half the stories which have been told are true, and the latest cat story, wbloh comes from England via the Now York World, proves no exception to the rule. The cat In this caso lived in London, but for some reason it porohed itself upon an axle of ono of the cars composing an express train on tho Midland rallw ay. The train is a fast ono and did not stop until reached Kettering, 78 miles from the starting point. There tho trainmen, milk ing their rounds of inspection, found pussy still perched upon the axle, somewhat diz zy and much rumpled as to fur, but still ready for moro advontures. Tho railroad men wore puzzled to know how tho cat could havo retained her bold upon a piece of iron revolving hundreds ol times every minute, and tho moro they discussed it the greator was their astonish- DIAGRAM BUOWISO CEJJTEB OF QBAVITY OB TUB CAT. mcnt. Finally a Manchester engineer do terminod to figure out Just what that cat 'i endurance amounted to. He consulted the time table to find the speed ot the train and got tho dimensions of the car whccli from tho company's officials. Thon he started his figuring. Supposing tho wheels to bob foet 6 inch es in diumetcr and tho distance from the terminus at St. Fancros to Kettering tc bo 73 miles, he found that tho pussy cat must have performed 84,600 revolution! In 1 hour and 37 minutes, which is a jot that only a vory big, powerful and excep tionally determined tun pound cat could hope to tacklo with any hope of success. Then the englner had recourso to a dia gram of tho cat slung to tho axle to aid him In his further calculations. Pussy'i center of gravity, ho figured, would fall about 13 inches from the center of the axlo, and at a speed of 60 miles an hour it would reel off the mero bagatelle of 48C revolutions a minute, the velocity of hei center of gravity meanwhile being 68 feel per second. Ho then found that tlicro had been something liko 700 pounds weight thrown upon the leading claws when trav eling at full speed. Tho engineer then mado a personal ex amination of tho cat, taking exact meas urements ot ber too nails, aud as a result of more calculations of a very flno nature ho found that pussy's resistance to centrif ugal forco was equal to 17 tons per square Inch of claw section. There wero othei factors to bo considered in a really exact solution of tho matter, such as wind re sistance whon passing through tho top centers. But the engineer thought ho had gone about far enough. EVER CATCH A PORCUPINE! Just Cut BU Tall Off Short When Ton See One. Ono morning recently Jack Lansdow ot Dyercounty, Teim., picked up a hatchot and 'started out to tho wood pile to cut some kindling. As ho stepped from the kitchen door he was surprised to see a largo hemlock porcupine climbing a troe about ton feet from tho door. Lansdow bad often heard that if a porcupine's tall Is cut off wbilo in tho act of climbing It will stop and refuse to climb hlghor oi doscend. As tho prickly little animal wai only about four feet from the ground, Jack had no difficulty lu springing forward and with a quick blow of the hatchet severing tho tail of tho porcupine in twain. Sure enough, tho animal stopped its ascent and has romalned in the same position since. A porcupine is rarely ever seen In that part of tho country and is therefore qultt a curiosity to Tonnessceans. Jack's neigh- BHOKTENIHO THE TAIL. bors soon heard of tho porcupluo and bo gan coming to see it Lansdow oould see no season why ho should not make some money out of tho thing, so ho placed a 18 foot board peep tight fence around It and began charging 10 cents admission. He made several dollars a day with his prize and ono Sunday collected $4.10. The animal has become perfectly used to tho crowd end readily cats and drinks from Its master's hands. Iunsdow says ho would out off a section of tho treo with the porouptno on It and carry tho animal around and exhibit It but for the f.iot that It is on a valuable, shnilo treo, and 1 bat the porcupine may not bo able to l.old on much longer. At present, though, accord Ing to a veracious correspondent ot the Cincinnati Kuqulrer, it looks as chipper as It did before it lost Its caudal append- ago. Caalmlr-Perler! Rclto of Satan. According to a logond current In tbo country around Grenoble, tho auclentwall surrounding tho park of M. Lasimlr-l'e rior's superb Chateau de Vlzillo, in that distrlot, was built by the devil. Feach Dnihpllnc. Into a quart of sifted flour rub a table ipoonful of lard, add 8 toaspoontuls of salt and milk enough to make a soft dough; roll out the dough and out Into rounds, and in the middle of eaoh of those place, a peach, parod, but not stoned. Put the dumplings on plate, steam thorn for little less than three-quartursof an hour yid com hot with cream sauce. Bank holidays were first established by statute passed in the year ihti. The noil' davs were at first only intended to relieve banks, but were subsequently extended to onstamt,inland revenue oflloes, etc. - A I "'!!, .rail PREPARED OWN SEPULCHER The Ncclnrnal Amusement cf a Recluse Who Was Disappointed la Love. A MISANTHROPE'S OCCUPATION Allanson de Witt, Who Lives Near Cattle Ground, is an Ardent Sup porter of the Suicide Theory He Has Completed His Own Grave and Has Ordered a Monument Contain ing a Suitable Inscription in Inspired Versa The Days of His Youth Was Crossed in Love. For the Saturday Tribune. Any night the last week as the moon rose through the tops of the tall and lonely woods about that hlstorlo spot known as Battlo Ground tho uncanny spectacle of an aged and bearded figure, spading sol- ' DIOOINQ niS OWN GRAVE, emnly away at tho turf beneath the pines, might have been witnessed by the adven turous visitor, writes a Lognnsport corre spondent of tbo Chicago Times. It was a weird sceno, rendered all tho more unnat ural by the fact that the solitary workman was digging at his own grave. For several years Allanson do Witt has lived near Battle Ground in a rudo log cabin, unloving and unloved, and has spent his hours of leisure at his desk and books. Rumor has it that in his younger days ho was crossed in love and retired to tho solltudo of his forest homo to brood over his misfortunes and live a lifo of mel ancholy contemplation. His appearance as the years passed by has becomo that of the hermit and tho rocluso, but his reading has embraced all tho latest literature. Constant brooding over his earlier disap pointment, however, had Its inevitable effect. He bocamo a misanthrope, a pessi mist and of latoan ardent supporter of tho New York World's views regarding sui cide. In tho light of this his actions aro rogardod with no littlo concern. Not only has ho completed the digging of his own grave, but iio has ordered his own monu ment, which is now being finished at one of tho shops in Lognnsport. It will be a plain, unassuming graulte shaft, and the only feature worthy of note will be its epitaph, which ho himself composed. It reads as follows, his instructions to tho carver being that thcro should be no capi tal letters in tho verse other than that In God:" A bachelor lies beneath this sod Who disobeyed tho lows of God. Advice to others thus 1 give, Don't live a "bach" us 1 did live regret. Whon completed, tho monument dealer has orders to erect tho stono at tho head of the newly excavated grave, and what the next chapter In this unnatural talo may bo tlmo alone can tell. A SOCIETY MAN'S DOWNFALL. lie Sought to Cover Up Forgery and Othei Crimes by Anton. Tho recent Indictment and arrest at Memphis of E. M. Wcoms, a local society loader, clubman, prominent a. lurch work er and all around good fellow, created a tremendous sensation In that conservative city. Weoms was llrst arrested for for- gory and has now been indited for conspir acy to commit arson. His purpose was bj burnlDg his largo cotton shod to destroy evidence of his stealings. No one had a better social position than Wcoms. Ha was oulturud, clover, his wife was beautiful, ho was fond of society, and his domestic relations were happy. Though be was regarded as a worker in the cause of religion, Weenis had a weakness foi club, poker and horses. At the spring meeting of the Jockoy club ho backed horses With phenomenally bad luck. Being in tho cotton business, ho sought to recoup through other cotton dealers. Ho operat ed an extensive cotton warehouse, and go ing to tho firm of J. T. Furguson & Co. bo represented thut bohadsevonu hundred bales ot cotton stored In his shed and got an ndvanco on It. Ho inado similar rep resentations to Chism, Churchill & Co. and got from thorn an advance of $4,000. Goodman & Co, wero also prevailed on to make an advance to him. Ho exhibited samples of cotton and letters from a plant er Indicating that tho cotton had boon consigned to him. Investigation showed, howovor, that Wcoms did not havo the oot ton, and the firms set aliout to recover the money he had obtained from tbem. Weemi fled and was arrested later at Lake Charles, La. Wccrus had two negro men In bis em rjloy Charley King aud Ed Whito. He told tlicni he would glvo them $J00 each niul a two years' position at $15 a week If thoy would burn his shod. This ollor was mado tho day beforo he left. Tho mon partly assented. Weenis instructed thorn to truck nil of tho cotton into ono shod, throw tho bales on tho side, cut tho hoops and placo lighted candles on two bales, then lock the shed and leave. They were to go to another part ot tho city so as to prove an alibi, for tho candles would not burn down for an hour or more. Weoms Raid that ho would leave tho night before tho lire for New Orleans. Tho nogroca weakened when tho tlmo camo and finally betrayed their employer. In view of tho fact that tho recent lynch ings grow out of wholesale arson, Weemi will havo a hard time, it Is thought, in getting out of this trouble. Insurance men are Interested because ho ordered the no groca to plaoo old cotton hoops in tho shed, In tho hope that ho oould prove that he bad the number of hales ot cotton he bad represented that ho had, in order to roooup himsolf and cover up all shortages. Gambled for (he itime. "Whllo wo havo boon away this sum mer," relates a woman, ''my littlo girls, It and 18 respectively, learned for the llrst tlmo that by roadlng throe chapters every weekday and five on Sunday the Bible could be finished In a year. They forth with resolved to begin, and all would havo been well except that there was only ono Bltdo between thorn. This fact created difficulty every day, for, with tho perversi ty of children, thoy Invariably selected the name time to do their reading. Tho cli max was reached tho other day when I found them deep In their favorite game of arlbbage and waa warned not to Interrupt them, 'because. Arm le and I aro playing a gajneof odbbage to see wbloh of us can have the Bible first, ' which w an In termingling ot gambling and religious in wtmcUoA which I thought best to (shook." Long Hair and Genius. Long hair was in vogue among musi cians and artists long after it ceased to be worn by the reBfAof mankind. The long haired artist, with his velvet coat, his sombrero and his mysterious cloak, has altogether disappeared, aud lengthy locks only linger nowadays, with a few excep tions, on the head of the musician. Indeed this luxuriant thatch would appear to ex ercise a potent Influence on audiences, for it is said that, In the agreement of a nota ble pianist about to go on a foreign tour, there Is a special clause that he shall not have his hair cut. This possibly is an in vention, hut it is an extraordinary thing that musicians are well nigh the only peo ple left who give but limited employment to the Bhears of the barber. It is also a fact that their hair flourishes better than most people. I have recently heard a theory that the great prevalence of baldness In the present day is entirely due to the constant close cropping which has existed for the last five and tweuty years. If you look at the portraits of celebrities of thirty or forty years ago, you will be perfectly astonished at the carefully arranged coiffure which meandered over their coat collars, and you feel inclined to begin ranging, "Get yer 'air cut," without further delay. You will also be amazed to learn that most of them retained this extraordinary growth to the end of their days. London Graphic. Tho Intense Coldness of Space. We rarely realize, I think, how easily the earth parts with its heat, and how cold space is through which the earth sweeps in its orbit. Nor do we commonly appreciate how relentlessly space sucks away the heat which the earth has garnered from the sunbeams out Into its illimitable depths. Awny out in space Ib a cold so intense that we fairly fail to grasp its meaning. Per haps 800 or 400 degs. ImjIow the freezing point of water, some philosophers think, are the dark recesses beyond our atmos phere. And night and day, summer and winter, this insatiate space is robbing us of our heat aud fighting with demoniac power to reduce our globe to its own bitter chill. So, after all, our summer and winter temperatures aro only maintained by the residue of the sun's heat which we have been able to store up and keep hold of in spite of the pitiless domandsof space. Our margin sometimes gets so reduced on nights in winter that wo can readily be lieve tho astronomers and physicists when they tell us that a reduction of the sun's heat by 7 per cent, and a slight increase in the number of winter days would fuIUcc to bring again to our hemisphere a new age of Ice, with its inevitable desolation. The balance Is really a nice one between tho heat we daily gather from the sun and tho share of it which we lose in space. T. Mitchell Prudden in Harper's. HE CHAMPIONS ThE BALLET. An English Clergyman Who Finds Inspira tion In Stage lances. A preacher as a champion of the corps do ballot, of tho dancers and tho dancing, certainly presents an Interesting subjoct for reQcctlon. This Is the position occu pied by Kov. Stewart Huadlara of London. Rev. Headlnm is a curate in the English Episcopal church and has mado the ballot girl, her profession and her mode of living a matter of earnest study for a number ol years. Ho has since its organization been secretary of thb Church and Stage guild, which was founded some timo ago. This organization, as he explained its purpose to tho representative of a London paper, "is rather directed to tho art than tiio lives of the players and dancers. So far as they aro simple human beings, we should have founded no society in relation to them, but it is becauso tho art that they represent is, through ignorance, despised by many guod folk, and beuauso, conse quently, tho artists suffer with some folk lu esteem, that we exist. We wish to make tho clergy and those who accept tholr ItF.V. STEWART HEADLAM. Tiows understand tho trno nature of the stago aud of billet dancing, and so causo tlieiu to lose tho gross prejudlco under which thoy now labor. ''Tho society is a success. Wo havo now gome 50 members. Souio of the clergy who Joined us havo gono away from us on account of the episcopal attacks upon us, for they feared to lono their power for good in other directions if they openly adhered to the society. Wo havo monthly meet ings of the guild, when members of it and of the stago aro brought into con t not, and also In summer picnics, dances and when we can lectures and discussions. I belle vo wo aro succeeding and that a broad er, truer view is being taken of tho once despised dancer." On tho subject of ballet dancing Itself Row Headlnm Is a connoisseur. "Until tho peoplo recognize stago dancing as a lo gitimato branch of tho lino arts," he says, 'its full dtivolopmout cannot bo reached. Tho unenlightened conscience Is really a groat prejudice to tho community. To mo a danco executed by a real dancer Is full not only of beauty, but of dignity." Baffling Bibles on the Communion Table. A communion tahlo Is, one would lrn ngtno, tho very last placo to carry out a raillo on. Clorgymon, though thoy con stantly lond tholr support to this naughty form of gnmbl!ng, draw tho lino at tho church door. Vet a rnfllo for Bibles re cently took place on tho communion tablo ot the parish church ot St. Ives, in Lon don. Tho custom Is an annual one, and tho money for the Bibles Is obtained un der an old charity known as Wyldo'sohar lty, which provides six Blblos, to be won by thrco boys aud thrco girls who shall score tho highest numlicr of points whilo raCling on tho holy table. Horse Races lu King Solomon's Time. King Solomon was a sportsman, but not a Nimroil. Ho was tho first king in Israel who introduced in his country "horse races." Dr. Jellinek some years sgo pub lished au ancient booklet of the Taliuudical era, wherein a full account of "Solomon's races" Is given. The Bible says that King Solomon was the owner of 40,000 stables. A respectable number more even titan the sport loving lords of England possess. As the country was divided into twelve military provinces corresponding to the settlement of the twelve trilx's, each gov erned by a nasib (governor), who hail to provide for the king's wants and needs a month in the year, so it may be probable that the races were also arranged; that each month a raco took place in the province under the patronage of that gov ernor whose monthly service was on the list, while the Derby once a year was run under the control of King Solomon him self. Boston Transcript. Iff CENTRAL RAILROAD OF N. J. LEHIGH AND SUSQUEHANNA DIVISION Ant.rAHtA rnnl nuid axcliurivfllv. insnrliur clcauUness sad comfort. TIKI TABLI I if iniOl MAT 20, ISM. " Trains Un HpHnlnn far PHtan WIIIrM- ' Bsrre. etc.. at sai u is. n..m . m.. 12.80. 1 OA (j.ou, 7.25, 11.06 p. m. Sundays, .U0 a. m. no, T.iop. m. rur Aiiautio city, b.hj s. m. For New Yni-U K.n ml TCHuhath. fl 20 (express) a. m., 12.30 (expross with Buff at parlor car), 8.30 (expreu; p. m. Sunday, &13 P. in. For Mauoh Chchk, Allkntowr, Bbthh- HKM, EAI-TOW and 1'HlLADHLPHlA, SJJU S. BU li.,0, 3.W, 0.U0 (swept Philadelphia) p. Ui Suntlny, S IS p. m. For LONO HRAHCn, Ockar Gbovs, sto. at &'0 a. m., l2.Mp. m. For Howling, Lebanon and Barrlsbnrg, via jAnenterwn, H-20 a. at, 12.S0, 6.007p.m. Buaday, For Pottevllte, 1.20 a. m.. 12.60 p. m. HotuinliiB, leava Mew York, tout of LlbertT street, North river, at fLIQ (express) a. hw LID, l.!, i.bl (express with Bufret parlor car) p, m. Kiindar, tJ a. m. Leave Philadelphia, Heading Terminal, UN a. ra., H.00 aud 4.1U p. m. Bonday, IJB a. to. ThreHah tickets to all points at lowest rates may be had aa fcppUaauoo in advance td thS ticket at eut at tus station. (Jan. Pass. AnnL Ji VL OLHAU6EN. wen. supt. MAY 1H. 1B4. Train lcsvns Bcranton far Philadelphia sn4 New York vis. 1). & a. R K. at 7. 46 a.m.. 12.05. UB and ll.SH p. m via D., LAW; & iL, B0t D.UM1.W a. m.,ana i.ji p. in. Leave Hcrnnton fur Pit to ton and Wilkas Barrs via O., U A W. K. K.( B.0U, &08, 11.29 a. ra., 1.80, 3.41. 8.07. R.M) p. ra. Lravn Bcranton for Whlto Haven, Basleton. PottsTille and all points on the bearer Meadow and PoUsvilU braiKbes, via E. & W: V.. 6 40 a.m., via U. St HRE. at 7.45a.m.. 1105. W, .(0 p.m., via D Li. A W; B. tt, tUH, 8.UB, ll.aia.rn.. 1.30, awp-m. Leave Bcranton for Bethlehem, Easton, Readinit, Harrlubnr? and all Intermediate Boints via D.AH.K.a.T.46 a.m , 14S1, tM, 11. Si p.rt,vla D UsW.K. B.,B.U0,6.(Hl 11.W a. ro LiCi p.m. Leave Bcranton for Tankhanneck, Tnwandj, Qmtrn, Ithaca, Geneva and all letermedltt points via D. A H. K.R..8.I6 a.nM2.U6ad ILSa p. nu,ria D.UV. R B-. 8 0S ajn.,1.) p. m. Leave Hnranton far Rochester, buffalo, Ni agara Falls, Detroit. L'lnraao and sUoolati West via 1). A H. If, R., H.4ia.m.,12.(B,Ui.llJi n. ul, via D. L. A W, B. K. and Piatstoa Junction, AOS a.m , 1), SAO p, bl, via B. A Wi B fU8.41t.rn. . ' ForJElmira and the west via Ralamvmv via D. A B. It. R M' a.m., lOo,.g p. ra.. via Da LtW.RH, ,8.0a a,m., 1.M) and 4.07 n. B. Pullman parlor ana sleeping or L. V chair' ears en all trains between L. A B. Sanction or Wilkes-Darre and New xork. PhUaifclpllla, Buffalo Sail Baspeaiion Bridge BOLLIN H, WILBUB, Gen. Supt- AW.NONN'BMAOlIKriAsa't Oaa-Psas. Lt rmia a T.irn pu. ah Phn p. ra Bouth Batmenem, ra. rvELAWAKE, LACKAWANNA AM) U WESTEBJf BAIl-BOAU. Trains leave Bcranton as follows Express for New York and aL points tiaat 1.40, S.&4, 6. IN 8. W aud i.bo a. m. UiSt and a. 50 p, m. Eipress fur Kastoa. Trenton. Philadelphia and tho Bouth, U.B.0U and .6i a. m.) UJI and 3.60 p. m. Watdiinfrton and way stations, I.GS p. nt, Tobyhanna nervinmodatloo, s.10 p. m. Expr as for Blnijliamton, Osweio, Elmlra, CornW, Bath, DansvUla, Mount bonis and Buffalo, U. M, U 15 a. m. and 1 24 p. m., making close connections at Buffalo to all points la the West. Northwest and Bouthweab Bath accommodation, a. m. BlDguamton aud way stations, 12.37 p. nv Muuul-ou acoommodatiou, at 4 p. nn ansj U0 . m. Blnirhamton and Elmlra Express, 405 p, m. Express for Cortland, Byracusa, Obws Ctlca and IiichQeld Springs, 115 a. m. and IJt p. in. Ithsca, tli and Bath a m. and lit p. m. For Northumberland, Pittston, Willi os-Brra, Plymouth, bloonuburg and Danville, making cIiiho connections at Northumberland for WilUumsport, Barrisburg, Baltimore, WasW ington and the Bouth. Korthunibt-rland : nd Intermediate stations, tm, .lw a. m. and 1-30 and B.07 p. m. NuntKXiCj sua intermediate stations, B.W and 11.191 a. m Plymouth and Intermediate stations, 8.t and 8 5 : p. m. . Pullman narlor and sleeping coachea on all express trams. . . . . 4 . , For detailed Information, pocket tinjj tables, etc.. apply to id. L. Binith, dtr ticket office, Lackawannaaveuaa. or depot ticket offio DELAWARE AMD HUD- KCN EAILBOAD. Commenclns Mondav.Jnlr 3D, all trains will arrive and depart from the new Lack awanna avenue station as f Trains will leave Seraa. ton station for Carbondaie and intrrmediete points at enn ft jr. ?ia q -it A 1,1 in mV, U.1U, .W, IUU JV.AW s.m , 15.00, 2,20, 8.M, o.u,o.Ki, Jja, 1.10 and 11.20 p.m. For Far view. Waymart and Hosasdale at 7 00 8.23 and 10.10 a.m U.OO.lfO and 4.14 p. m. Tat Albanv, Saratoga, the Adirondack and Montreal at 5.4" am. and x.20 p.m. For Wilkes-Barre and intermediate point at 7.4 8.4-"). U.3 and 105 a m, U00, lit), tii, Aim, 6.10, 0.06, . 15 and 11,8s p.m. Trains will arrive at Bcranton Station from Carbondaie and intermediate points at 7 40, I.4U, .S4 and 10.40 a.m., 18 C, LIT, &84 8.40, 4.64, 5. 66, T. 46, 0.11 and 1U3 p.m. From Uonesdale. Waymart and Farview at I.S4 a.m.- 1100, 1 17, 8.40. iio and 7.43 p.m. From Montreal, raratoia, Albany, etc, at IMand ll-aap.m. From 1 llkes-Barre and Intermediate potnts at J 15. 8.01. 10.1 S aud It 66 a m., 1 IS, 2,14. 8.39, IM, 4.0S, 1:U, U.08 and ll.lt p.m. BPRATON l!lYI.IOM. In EflTrct June 84lb, 1894. North Bound. oath Bound,. lK0i"4 SOfl Stations ML (Trains Bally, Ex. eepi Miiiauy.) Arrive Lesvei N. Y. Franklin st.i West 4'Jiid street weeuawlteB Arrive Leave! 8 810 T4f 1 IS . 10 , IS 56 , 18 18 . ilaucock Junction Hancock HtaiilKbt Preston park como Poyntelle Belmont Pleasant Mt, I'nlundnle Forset City Carbondaie Vi'bito Bridge May Held Jerinyu Archibald Wlnton PeckvlUe OlT pliant Dickson Thronp Provldonco Park Place Bcranton 1IH0A TWlUS'illOlU IS 111(1 01 Ji!? 1; 7 OH It'eS, V 48 938 9 15 49 6 61 111 81 41(11801 9 lil ft 4.41 19 0! 6 41 tl S3. 9 01 686 6 82 6 in 6 SIS 11 18: 8 5; mis, mm 8 Ml 11 111 8 60 7 46' 8 59) I 11 OTi 8 44 7 68 ! 4 041 6 04 11 0.Y 8 41 7 54 4 07 607 619 11 081 8 89 7D8. 419 610 614 11 imi 8 38 (1067, 8 93 80IK 4 l-U 614 8 0(14 171 611 ft 18 610 10 5ft 8 W 8051 4 6 r a 'A MA Ml Leave Arrive A vr VP M All trains run dally except Sunday, t slitnldes that trains stop on signal for pi. engers. secure rates via Ontario Western txror piircbastnir tickets and save money. Bay m KlUgt Xiprees to tbe West. J.C. Andorson, Gen. Pass AgU T. FUtcrolt, Dlv. Pass, Agt. Bcranton, Pa. T7P.IB AND WY0MIH3 VALLKI BAIL AJ liOAD Trains lave Poranton for New York an! liv termed late points on the Erie railroad At 11 a. m. aud 8.94 p. m. Alse tut HoDesaale. , Hawley and local point at 6. 88, 9.43 s-m.,an4 e.iap.m. Ail tbe above are through train to and. from tinnfsdale. it a additional trala Waves Bar tn ton M Lake Ariel at 6.10 p.m. and arrives at Scran' ten from tbe Lake at 7.4i p.m. Trains leave (or Wilkes-Barr at 6.40 a. Uj and Ail p in. J WC CAN OIVB VOtf SATISFACTION Come and set us about the Joh WorR you will need soon. The Scranton Tribune Job Dept. 'fin r 203 803.2011 a m n v a ghto Hi5 ft, h 'Ar r 3 a" I X " .... 7 4" .... .... 55 .... .... 810 .... A HI1 M .... P Ml .... .... 10 .... .... TOW .... P m'p Ml I son si& .... 60S 911 .... 618 8 99 .... 8 9 31 .... 8t 8 41 64 9 60 4 60 6 45 8 tV 4 56 6 6,1 8 (W 80S 16 98 809, 503 7 10 8 19, 6 18 7S4l 84l 684 7 TtJ 88 687 ti si ins re 49 781 845 546 7 40 161 5-81 7 43 S.M 6 61 6 59 v ma