THE SCRANTON, TRIBUNE-MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1899. MOIR IS THE MAYORALTY CANDIDATE Brooks for City Treasurer Makes a Splendid Showing. ASSESSORSHIP IN DOUBT Owilym Jones, Fowler and Rinsland, in the Order Named, Are the High est Among tho Sixteen Candidates, but tho Count Must Bo Official to Be Wholly. Reliable Fowler and Binsland Reside in the Same Dis trict and This Involves Some Nice PointsEstimated That All but Ten Per Cent, of tho Regular Party Strength Was at tho Polls-Candidates Received More Votes Than Were Cast for Stone. Complete returns from all but one of the sixty districts arc In total as fol lows: MAYOR. Moir 3535 Stevens 2092 Sanderson 7M Jadwin 523 Smith 33i TREASURER. Brooks 3305 Von Bergen 2804 Alexander 521 Jackson 349 CONTROLLER. VVidmayer 2165 Davis 1718 Bvans 1520 Ansley 1320 ASSESSOR. G. Jones 1709 Fowler 1574 Rinsland 1545 H. Jones 1456 Fickus 1433 J. Evans 1418 Dawson 1359 Buenzli 1302 Wright 1255 Thomas 1227 B. Evans 1133 W. Evans 835 Reese 770 Stanton 635 Drew 515 till 40I SCHOOL DIRECTOR. Morris 3040 Shires 3681 Jayne 3141 The one missing: district Is the Second of the Twelfth ward, but it alone could not possibly change the position of any of the candidates, aa Its Republican poll is only thirteen, the number cast for Gobin at the last election. In this district the vote for Powler and Rins land has, however, been obtained and is Included in the totals. This vote was 12 for Rinsland and 2 for Fowler. John Metzhelser, of Orchard street and Irving avenue, return Judge for the missing district, is the only one of the sixty return Judges who had not read his printed instructions. He re fused point-blank to reveal the returns to a Tribune reporter, although In structed to make a copy of them pub lic. Chairman Chittenden was not at all satisfied with Metzhelser's motives and last night issued several written orders for him to do his duty, but he could not be found. THE SYSTEM. The Crawford county system, under Which the nmnlnntlnno i-nra .!.. mined, was, until Saturday, new and untried as far as Seranton is con cerned. Everything about it was now including the ballots and return sheets! The polls closed at 8 o'clock, but at midnight returns had been received at headquaretra In tho Central Republi can club rooms from all but seven dls trlcts, among them being tho First district of the Seventh ward, In which district no vote was recorded. "While there are a number of omis sions In tho new city rules, the points Involved are fully covered In the rules of the county Republican organiza tion. The temporary chairman of to morrow's committee meeting, the call Vr which appears elsewhere in The tribune, will rule that the county rules, fcjng higher party authorlty.wlll be applied wBore the city rules are in sufficient. This Ukea into considera tion, the city committee's jower Is ample to meet any Irregulartj- In the returns or elsewhere. The committee will meet nt 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon In the Central Re publican club rooms and make the of ficial count. VOTE COMPARED. The total vote polled Is a little more than the Stone vote, Is within 25 per cent, of the vote for McKinley and within 10 per cent, of the full regular Republican poll. The large number of candidates makes It Impossible, how ever, to determine the vote exactly, but tho comparisons are approximately correct. There was no effort on the part of Democrats to vote. They stood by and watched proceedings. In every district perhaps not every candidate received votes, but every district distributed He votes among the candidates, a fact which Is con utrued as a forceful argument for the honesty of the new system. In the returns which have been seen by Chairman Chittenden and other members of the city committee, very few votes appear to have been lost by bad marking, It Is proved by the result that the position of tho names on the printed ballots had nothing to do with a can Jidato'a success or failure. Evident ly the voters examined every name on the list and selected the ones desired. In an Interview yesterday Chair- MAYOR. TREASURER. CONTROLLER. ASSESSORS. DmECTORS. " to I C . rj 5 S ti a jljj jD iJ C (DO I i . i d j j i I a -aSiJtfSMflisIii i ,5 is "H g-se-s ?-ogfe.5'5fiSggid-r? fc 3 g i a ah 3 gfigailriggrigggielgg a a F"lrst Ward. First district 23 106 25 2 44 I 103 6SS 33 72 I 73 711 3 6 it 1731 ' 13 3(5 7 291 7 6lj 5 18 COI 1231 111 14 58 102 175 Second district 10 60 13 4 23 7 35 13 41 36 11 16 30 3 12 7 74 3 2 1G 34 9 & 0 24 4 8 10 16 69 10 70 Third district 7 67 10.... 16 2 43 3 38 20 24 16 26 1 22 6 49 6 8 8 32 8 6 9 16 13 33 7 13 32 35 80 Fourth district 2 67 .1 .... 24 1 68 2 33 3 22 61 4 .... 11 2 78 13 11 10 11 4 20 1 2 3 62 2 3 9 63 83 Fifth district 3 70 117 1 32 3 45 19 13 S9 8 3 6 7 C6 2 6 3 38 3 26 2 6 2 47 1 2 41 15 78 Second ward, First district 8 90 23 2 33 4 65.... 100 15 89 28 23 7 16 2 109 9 16 14 39 6 25 14 31 22 69 10 14 44 82 129 Second district 13 183 65 2 49 3 19 5 282 74 83 C3 73 13 33 a 109 20 32 76 65 27 9 42 33 23 83 174 63 213 40 215 Third district , 7 33 18 1 36 21 40 n 24 27 27 8 31 6 17 4 63 3 7 9 32 7 6 18 42 0 16 11 24 71 23 68 Fourth district 6 45 9 1 12 2 40.,.. 30 10 17 39 5 3 9 1 64 15 16 6 fi 3 14 .... 12.... 24 4 1 7 64 54 Fifth district 7 10 2 1 36 1 6.... 61 40 3 6 2 1 42 7 19 2 4 6 7 C 7 .... 29.... 16 21 18 16 14 Third ward, First district 1 11 1.... 1 1 6,... 8 1 2 11 12.... 13.... 2 1 1 .... 9 2 1 10 13 Second district 22 1 16..., 7 1 11 6 3 .... 4.... 9 21 22 2 4 6 16 11 Fouith Ward. First district 9 42 11 11 54 6 81 10 28 43 29 39 13 22 9 2 16 17 47 6 9 79 37 16 27 3 6 9 28 48 77 66 Second district 10 112 5 48 64 1 128 6 101 45 97 73 19 17 20 6 60 92 85 23 20 66 112 10 29 3 76 .4 15 79 183 83 Third district 16 99 4 63 51 3 169 3 76 60 68 99 12 38 21 19. 27 89 47 10 7 88 76 8 27 8 71 '5 9 65 161 100 Fourth dlBtrlct 15 145 6 43 116 4 186 3 131 61 113 101 44 33 16 10 30 153 86 10 21 119 138 15 62 3 71 10 17 95 229 128 Fifth ward, First district 9 76 14 11 51 10 82 fi 66 36 69 51 3 24 16 7 16 18 87 9 14 75 72 13 24 8 10 4 31 65 100 87 Second district 15 120 15 10 65 4 82 12 114 49 83 77 IS 35 49 7 20 24 61 19 17 SO 154 19 29 19 7 14 28 77 152 111 Third district 4 162 5 10 44 4 157 3 69 37 101 70 17 35 20 4 94 64 63 30 18 84 134 8 50 3 16 1 25 61 188 108 Fourth district C 88 7 11 47 6 84 7 C7 16 45 92 5 16 16 1 29 36 69 7 12 66 98 10 17 4 11 4 30 66 118 48 Sixth ward, First district 5 9 18 1 14.... 7 3 10 1 7 7 17 8 .... 1 .... 6 4 4 8 2 4 2 .... 12 11 12 16 Second district 24716 1 8 1 3 10 522 127 12 2.... 12 10 1 1 1 9 3 350 Third district 1 100 33 19 52 11 88 0 98 12 70 113 7 15 11 2 25 17 75 4 1 45 169 17 16 21 63.... 3 59 172 31 Seventh ward, First district Second district 1 7 1.... 12 22 8 1.... 3 19 1 .... 3 1 4 12.... 1 1 2 Third district 4 31 2.... 4 1 9.... 32 1 2 .... 38 19 27 7 2 1 6 15 18 2.... 3 11.... 112 19 11 25 Eighth ward. First district 8 39 1 1 64 2 77 3 18 16 11 C 66 17 21 6 4 4 4 15 18 9 9 43 32 12 33 4 22 31 69 47 Second district 11 102 2.... 35 11 66 H 37 44 36 8 44 20 17 17 11 7 10 9 24 12 8 21 24 10 80 9 13 39 05 66 Ninth Ward, First district 32 6S 16 1 55 3.' 99 9 18 28 28 18 89 31 30 22 2 3 12 16 36 33 22 35 71 16 5 14 89 95 86 81 Second district 66 34 13.... 27 30 71 6 16 23 27 8 71 34 18 20 46 23.... 30 53 56 76 78 60 Third district 11 78 26 1 38 47 61 9 26 26 27 16 78 38 31 13 7 10 17 16 36 44 4 18 21 27 3 13 114 77 96 62 Tenth ward, First district 3 37 7.... 13 2 23 4 23 17 1 4 35 38 2 6 4 2 1 24 19 4 8 6 9 12 2 2 20 17 36 44 Second district 8 60 13.... 19 14 41 7 35 14 12 5 68 76 11 12 9 6 8 23 9 9 4 7 10 12 5 8 40 41 42 68 Eleventh ward, First district 3 90 30.... 69 2 104 11 83 33 15 6 55 99 37 27 8 20.... 192 67 1 18 7 6 19 2.... 12 101 115 104 Second district 6 72 9 .... 38 13 2 103 7 7 6 101 35 40 9 .... 11 6 119 DO 6 5 2 8 3 2 3 9 55 73 85 Third district 3 45 4 3 6 1 26 4 29 13 11 .... 35 13 38 6 2 0 1 29 8 4 22 3 4 12 6 3 10 31 41 36 Twelfth ward, First district 2 23 1 .... 6 1 18.... 10 19 .... 11 10 14 7 1 .... 1 19 9 8 5 13 2 18 19 14 15 Second district Thirteenth ward, First district 4 35 22 3 54 12 28 52 21 2t 15 13 65 14 34 12 6 7 8 29 64 6 7 18 62 2 16 8 21 93 33 59 Second district 7 35 94.... 97 72 75 46 34 44 50 32 92 24 50 6 17 9 7 42 149 34 7 27 133 8 19 12 83 220 26 104 Third district 9 40 31.... 35 9 40.... 35 33 15 6 55 9 31 4 25 9 7 17 51 10 2 18 47 9 13 8 34 91 29 72 Fourteenth ward, First district 6 63 1 7 2S 12 47 6 34 28 47 15 16 27 9 3 8 13 35 3 9 62 27 12 24 7 5 4 35 44 76 53 Second district 3 26 6 1 78 2 39 1 67 33 14 7 44 54 24 5 5 12 12 25 26 24 6 11 34 7 23 1 7 38 73 44 Fifteenth ward, First district 5 125 19 23 60 7 103 9 113 19 30 163 18 27 22 17 38 27 70 19 21 53 135 12 105 8 43 3 18 69 164 103 Second district 7 97 14 11 63 2 86 26 97 20 26 127 18 33 15 13 49 19 45 26 12 70 119 8 53 9 23 5 16 71 131 89 Sixteenth ward, First district 8 87 9 1 49 12 67 4 54 20 '0 4 100 23 33 9 7 4 1 11 39 12 4 102 51 7 48 3 20 76 76 42 Second district 28 54 6 1 42 21 72 5 21 20 22 6 82 26 48 11 11 6 7 27 46 16 3 38 25 11 11 6 40 79 67 1 67 Seventeenth ward. First district 28 66 25 2 63 48 122 7 9 33 38 19 91 66 26 61 2 8 12 21 42 32 1 25 48 50 6 17 851 103 109 88 Second district 35 99 40 1 69 57 125 14 41 38 52 19 124 7C 39 65 16 7 22. 27 60 52 10 39 71 34 13 24 109 111 142 127 Eighteenth ward 9 41 1 10 2 22.... 38 29 6 7 9 4 26 13 3 15 11 10 6 18 3 2 9 4 4.... 6 15 33 33 Nineteenth ward, First district 9 75 7 2 15 9 66 8 27 15 22 1 67 26 53 6 12 2 2 89 67 3 1 5 6 10 13 5 68 51 47 Second dlBtrlct 3 47 7.... 19 44 1 32 7 4 1 63 17 49 6 9 69 50 1 8 1 1 2 1 38 28 39 Third district 5 51 7.... 25 1 44 7 32 15 15 2 67 28 38 8 3 3 11 6 74 50 6 2 3 8 12 1 2 64 66 59 Fourth district 2 45 4 7 8 18.... 43 22 1 2 34 37 14 6 1 5 4 44 18 2 2 3 8 5 2 3 1 27 19 26 Twentieth ward. First district 4 23 2 1 20 1 34.,.. 19 5 22 3 22 5 18 3 2 7 13 28 12 5 18 4 7 16 3 1.... 23 33 24 Second district 4 29 31 1 26 2 7.... 83 34 .... 82 57 20 1 4 8.... 84 24 13 10 56 19 1.... 4 36 57 27 Third district 4 4 3.... 7 2 13.... 5 4716 .... 10 1 3 2 3 12 327 3.... 9 1 .... 1 8 16 10 Fourth district 17 1 29 26.... 20 33 3 9 3 26 1 2.... 1 42 fi 4 34 10.... 4 1.... 2 33 46 11 Twenty-first ward. First district 5 53 10 4 48 5 28 1 22! 9 3 9 1 28 CI 7 2 7 17 10 13 25 11 6 21 61 2 6 23 36 46 4! Second district 7 64 2 10 IS 2 63.... 22 2S 22 30 10 11 7 13 12 10 24 6 3 27 21 13 50 6 45 1 5 37 66 53 Totals 6233535 764 3312092 5!1 3303 349 2804 1320 1718 15202165 1302 1359 515 1418 8351133 1433 1574 1456 1709 770 1515 635 1227 4811255 3141 3940 "368I man Chittenden said to a Tlrlbune re porter: "Undoubtedly a tremendous Interest In the system was aroused among Re publican voters. 'Satisfactory' does not properly express the verdict. It was found fair and Just, and, conse quently, 'satisfactory. "Molr's vote represents over one half of the average Republican vote. It Is a circumstance which has a wor thy hearing In favor of the experiment for this reason: Had he been a can didate In delegate convention and re ceived no representation from a dis trict with, say, only twenty-five Re publican votes, but which favored him, and there were enough of these dis tricts misrepresented to give tho nom ination to some one else, the reaction of his personal following on election day would be strong enough to defeat the delegate nominee. "His personal following has been proved to be amazingly large and at the polls there will bo no resentment expressed, and no probability of a repetition of the deplorable defeat which we experienced in the last election of a mayor. THE RESULT. "The result shows that the people are competent, not only to express their Individual choice, but they are Intelligent enough to distribute the nominations among all the national ities represented, a Scotch-American for mayor, a native-born American for treasurer, a German for controller, a Welsh-American-German board for city assessors, and a Welsh and a native-born American for the two nomi nations for school director. National ity has and does cut a big figure in local politics. A distribution lias also been made geographically, but that has not always been considered strictly an element of success?. Although the point is raised In delegate conventions, its Importance is overestimated. Chairman Chittenden indicated that the rules lacked some essentials. When asked to specify them, he said: "A few improvements would make the new rules' perfect. The Issuance of official ballots to candidates should bo prohibited. There should bo Incorpor ated a section permltltng authorized agents of the candidates to watch the count by the vlgllants. "As the ballots are not numbered, a rule should be adopted permitting a board to empty Its box hourly and count the vote ut leisure. There being nothing in the present rules to pro hibit this, the board In tho First dis trict of the Seventeenth ward followed this plan, and tho returns for the dis trict were reported at headquarters twenty minutes after the polls closed. This, too, is a big Republican district." Asked to express an opinion on the showing made by candidates who had never nppeared In a city political con tent before, Mr. Chittenden said: "I consider that Philip Rinsland has made the best showing of any of tho thirty-two contestants. He Is destined to be heard from In future ambitions for political advancement. His case Illustrates one of the benefits of the new system. A young man and wholly unknown as an aspirant for office, ho has attained an advancement solely on account of personal qualifications. Political leaders might never have chosen him, but I predict his election beyond a doubt assuming, of course, that the unofficial count has correctly made him one of the three candidates." The point has been raised that Rlrw land Is not eligible to the nomination, he being n resident of the same district as Fowler, the Second of the Thir teenth. This does not affect Fowler's nomination, but It has been suggested that Rinsland hhould retire In favor of H. D. Jones, or Fickus, according to which of the two latter Is returned as fourth on the bet. On the point In question, Chairman Chittenden will have legal advice nnd Rinsland has been usked to secure It also before tomorrow's meeting of the city commltee. For several weeks ho has had a house In the Eighth ward ready for occu pancy and proposed making It his res idence soon. This offers another troublesome point, for, If he moves from his present district before election day he will not be a qualified voter there, and a candidate not a qualified voter Is not eligible to office. All summed up, Rinsland's case seems to hang upon an official count showing him ahead of Fowler there arc only 29 votes between them un less It can bo shown that ho and Fowler can be elected from the same district. Vote Cast at Saturday's A CONTRACT FOR T RAILS. It Saved the Erie, Started a Great Industry nnd Founded a City. Seranton Letter In New York Sun. The recent sale by the Lackawanna Iron and Steel company of Its exten sive coal properties In this region makes of present Interest tho story of the incident that brought that corpor ation and the city of Seranton Into ex istence, nnd saved from collapse and ruin the New York and Erie Railroad company. In 1841 George W. Seranton, of Ox ford, N. J., attracted by the presence of anthracite coal and iron In the Lackawanna valley, purchased a tract of land at Slocum Hollow and estab lished there Iron works on a small scale. Selden T. Seranton, a brother of George W., subsequently became a partner In the undertaking. Owing to the isola tion of their works, the Scrantons had a serious struggle for existence during the first years of their business career in the Lackawanna valley, and in 1846 were In straits that threatened ruin. In 1841 the Erie railroad had, with the aid of New York state, been construct ed and opened as far as Goshen, N. Y. The company then owed the state $3, 000,000, and, failing to pay the interest that became due In April, 1842, It made an assignment. The comptroller of the state advertised the railroad to be sld under foreclosure, but the sale was postponed by order of the legislature, on condition that the railroad should be completed to Dunkirk by May 14, 1S51. In 1846 tho railroad had been constructed as far as Ottsvllle, N. Y less than twenty miles of extension since 1841. The rails which the company was laying were of English manufacture, and, besides being expensive, their de livery to the company was subject to great delay and uncertainty. This en dangered the prospects of the rail road's being completed within the pre scribed time, and the company would probably have failed In Its obligation to the state of New York If It had not been for tho Scrantons. The late William E. Dodge, of New York, was then a member of the Erie board of directors and knew the Scran tlons. Although the T rail was an American Invention, having been de signed by Robert Stevens, of New Jer sey, In 1830, the manufacture of T rails up to 1816 was almost unknown In this country. The rails were made in Eng land. The Scrantons believed that, If they could obtain the necessary ma chinery, they could manufacture these rails at their Slocum Hollow works, and, at a cost not much than half that of English rails. They made a proposition to the rail road company to manufacture rails In condition that the company should ad vance them $100,000, so that they could equip their works with the necessary machinery. The company was unable to advance the money, but Mr. Dodgo visited Slocum Hollow, with the result that tho company closed a contract with the Scrantons for 12,000 tone of T rails at $16 a ton, the price of English rails being JSO a ton. The money to equip the Iron works was advenced by Mr. Dodge ana others, and rails were ready for delivery In the spring of 1847 The first of these rails were used from Otlsvllle down to the Shawan gunk Mountains to Port Jervls, and to get them there they were transported uy teams through tho then almost un broken wilderness between tho Iron works and the Delaware and Hudson Canal company's railroad at Archbald. ten miles, whence they were taken by the Oravlty railroad to the canal at Honesdalo, thirty miles. There they were loaded on canal boats and taken .0 Cuddlebock, N. Y fifty miles, and from there hauled over the Shawan gunk mountains by team to the rail road, three miles. For months scores of four-horse and mule teams were kept busy haul ing tho Iron to the railroad as the work advanced, some of It being hauled to Susquehanna, Pa., a distance of seventy miles, for a great part of which a road had to be chopped through the wllaerness. The Scrantons fulfilled their contract and the railroad wan finished to Blnghamton three days be fore the prescribed time. And on 'that contract the fortunes of the Seranton family were built. It was tho begin ning of the great industry of T rail manufacturing the United States. The prestige and profit of It led to the for mation of tho great Lackawanna, Iron and Coal company, of Seranton .(now the Iron and Steel company), with mil lions at Its command, and to the found ing of tho rich and populus city of Seranton. ASSEMBLY IN MEARS1 HALL. It Ib to Be Held Thursday Evening, January 19. An assembly dance will be held In Mears' hall, Thursday evening, Jan. 19, by a committee composed of the following popular and well known young men of the West Side: John W. Howell, J. Archbald Mears, Har old W. Battln, Edwin W. Clark, Arch F. Brown, Turvey F. Breese. A large number of Invitations have been is sued, and the affair promises to bo one of the most delightful social functions of the season. The following prominent West Side ladles have consented to be patrones: ses: Mrs. John T. Richards, Mrs. H. M. Edwards, Mrs. Clarance R. Shryer, Mrs. Dr. Roberts, Mrs. T. J. Luce, Mm. W. E. Thayer, Mrs. Dr. Glbbs, Mrs. Dr. Struppler, Mrs. Al Morse, Mrs. M. L. Blair and Miss Leah Heath. Mu sic will bo furnished by Bauer's full orchestra. a HOSMER WILL RETURN. Governor of New York Approves tho Requisition from This State. Requisition papers for the surrender of S. B. Hosmcr, under arrest at Nia gara Falls, have been approved by Governor Roosevelt, of New York. Hoamer Is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses in this city. He Is the insurance fraud who skipped with premiums paid him by physlcans under promise made by Hoa mer that he would have them appoint ed medical examiners. Dr. F. D. Brewster, one of the phy sicians defrauded by Hosmer, received yesterday from a friend of Hoemer's $50, the amount paid by Dr. Brewster. RAILROADS AT WAR. Rival Companies Fight for a Right of Way. Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 15. The Wheeling and Lake Erie nnd Cleve land, Lorain and Wheeling railroads are engaged In a right of way war over the river at Martin's Ferry. Last week the first round was fought and resulted In the Wheeling and Lake Erie getting In Its switch In the disputed territory and across the tracks of the. other road. This work was done in tho dead of night. Since then the Wheel ing has had an engine standing across the new track, guarding lta forcibly acquired possession. This afternoon, however, tho engine was sent away for a fresh supply of water, nnd at once the Cleveland, Lo rain and Wheeling got In its work. First the other company's engine was blocked from again establishing Its blockade, after which a force of men tore up tho newly laid tracks of the Wheeling and alBo established its own blockade at the disputed point. In ad dition, a Wheeling and Lake Erie car was shot over a switch Into the Ohio river, which is now at a high Htage, and the car Is entirely submerged. Two Cleveland, Lorain nnd Wheeling cars were derailed and badly damaged. The afternoon's work was witnessed by a large and Interested crowd. PURSUED BY A PHANTOM. Hallucination That Caused Miss Schley to Commit Suicide. Baltimore, Jan, 15, Miss Anna Mary Hoke Schley, 25 years old, daughter of tho lato Colonel William Louis Schley, poet, lawyer and veteran of two wars, and Becond cousin of Rear Admiral Schley, committed suicide to day In her home, 717 West Saratoga etreet. Since the death of her father, to whom she was much attached, Just a month ago today, Miss Schley has been Inconsolable. A week ago her mental condition became alarming to her friends and attendants were con stantly at her bedside. This afternoon her sister, who had been chatting with her, went below stairs a few momenta, and when she returned found MIsb Schloy lying on tho bed with a bullet hole In her left breaBt. She had shot herself through the heart with one of her father's re volvers. Two lettera which she had written to friends Indicate that she la bored under the hallucination that she Primaries. and her family were being pursued by some phantom. THE DANGEROUS NAUTILUS. Interesting Account of This Pretty But Poisonous Marine Creation. From the Boston Transcript. C. F, Holder gives an Interesting ac count of his experiences with the phy salla, the nautllus-Hke denizen of southern waters, which floats on the surface with Its trailing fishing lines extending far below. The balloon, or float, Is from two to five or six Inches In length; a delicate sac filled with air, and tinted with many beautiful hues, among which purple, pearl and pink predominate. One end Is elon gated like a finger, and along the dor sal surface extends a ruflle which can bo raised at will, and becomes a perfect sail, richly tinted in red, yellow, pink and silver. When the animal Is at rest tho membrane Is furled: at other times It Is raised two or three inches, and, catching the wind, drags the ten tacles at an angle of forty degrees to the surface of the water. These are purple, halr-llke objects, which look very beautiful, as, crinkled and curly, they drift through tho water. But woe to the unfortunate fish which, attract ed by their bright appearance, touches them. He Is Instantly Inclosed by the tentacles and stung to death with a thousand darts. The tentacles aro covered with mlnuto bombs, resembling an elongated capsule, In the Interior of which Is the dart, a thread with branching points on either side. But this is not the entire armament of the physalla. The colled dart or lasso floats In a fluid poison of great power, of the effect of which Mr. Hol der speaks from personal experience. He was swimming in five feet of water, when he passed over the tentacles of a large physalla. The sensation as the purple threads wound nround the ab domen and thigh was of molten metal being thrown upon the flesh, and the shock was so great that he had to bo assisted from tho water. They tried vainly to rub off tho blue mass with cloths, and then with knives, and final ly a razor was used. The flesh was raised as In a burn, tho mass of darts apparently eating Into the flesh. The case became alarming, and a fatal ter mination mftjht have resulted had aid not been at hand. One slngulr symp tom of the shock was nn obstinate asth matic condition, which made breathing almost Impossible. It was several weeks before the wounds were com pletely healed, and even twelve months after the flesh had the appearano of having been tattooed In fanciful designs of blue India ink. Of all the so-called "stinging animals" found In tho pea, the beautiful physalla Is probably tho most dangerous. AN OVERCHARGE. Her Husband, However, Will Not Again Question Her Bills. From the Detroit Frco 1'ress. The other morning at tho breakfast table," said the man who was telling the etory, "my wife, seeing that I was In good humor owing to a business deal that I had put througn the day before, took courage and handed mb her mil linery bill, amounting to J26.32. "'H'm,' said I, as I looked the bill over, 'seems to mo that this Is pretty steep. Are you sure It Is correct?' Why, I don't know,' she answered, womanlike, 'I suppose It Is, It lo the bill that madame sent.' " 'Then you mean to say,' said I sar castically, 'that you haven't the slight est Idea whether it Is correct or not? In other words, madame is at lloerty to charge what she may please, and you never question it. No wonder that I am always on the verge of bankduptcyj I'll go down there and attend to this bill personally. I haven't the slightest Idea but that French woman has been overcharging you right along, nnd that this bill Is for twice as much as it should be.' "I called on tho milliner's on my way down town, and the madame, all smiles, came forward to greet me, I Immediately produced the bill and In sisted that a mistake had been made, and that It should be rectified at once. "Madame, still all nmlles, took tho bill and said that she would look the matter up, and It was oarely possible that a mistake had been made. I smiled grimly to myself as I saw she was leaving a loophole to escape. "A moment later she returned holding her hands tragically above her head and exclaimed: "Oul! Oul!! Monsieur! there has been one awful mistake. Oh ze terrible bookkeeper! Ze bill should bo $47.28!' "What did I say? What could I say to that grinning Frenchwoman. I paid the bill and congratulated myself that I had got It receipted before she had another talk with ze terrible book keeper.' "Since then I have noticed that my wife is wearing millinery that I know nothing about and I have a horrible suspicion that that morning when I left the house my wife called madme up by telepnono and ordered a few more things put down." ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS. The Average Man Knows Very Little About the True Indian. From tho Atlantic. We cannot deal with tho Indian of to day unless wo know the Indian of yes terday. The average man seldom thinks about Indians, and when he does ho thinks of them either with entire In difference or with contemptuous dis like. He is moved in part by that nar rowness which leads us to despise those who In appearance or by birth or tradition are different from our selves tho feeling which leads many a white man to sneak with mnrpmnt of negroes or Chinamen. More weighty man tnis reeling, however, 13 the In herited one that the Indian is an en emy, who from the time he wns first known has been hostile to us. Even nowadays most neonle seem to thinir of the Indian only as a warrior, who Is chiefly occupied In killing women and children, burning homes and torturing curjiives. From the days when they fought the Pilgrim Fathers, and then the settlers of the Ohio valley.and later still the emigrants crossing the plains, nine-tenths of nil thnt hns nnnMj in print about Indians has treated them irom tnis point of view; and the news papers, which now constitute so great a portion of the readlnir matter- nf h American public, seldom nrlnt anvthino- about the Indians except In connection mm massacres and uprisings. The ef fect of all this literature on the popu lar estimation In which the Indian Is held has been very great. The popular Impressions are entirely erroneous. The Indian was a fighter, yet war was onlv an Incident of his life. Like nny other human being he la many sided, and he did not always wear his war paint. If ho has a repul sive aspect, there are other sldna nr v,a character, and some of them pleasing. ii rrom one point or view he may ap pear to the civilized man ferocious and hateful, from another he seems kindly and helpful. The soldier sees the In dian from one point of view only, the missionary from another, the traveler from a third, the agent from a fourth. Each of these Is impressed by some salient feature of his character, yet each sees that one only or chiefly and the Image shown Is imperfect, Ill-pro-portioned and misleading. TRAVELS OP A THIMBLE. Found in a Man's Shoulder After It Was Swallowed. From the San Francisco Call. Luclllus Miller, who for a long time resided In Oakland, Cab, believes he is carrying In his left shoulder a silver tmmbie that lie swallowed forty years ago. He will soon submit to an opera tion to havo the supposed thimble ro moved. Forty years ago Miller was a very little fellow. Ho was playing around his mother's feet while she was doing some sewing. A knock was heard at tho door. Mrs. Miller answered It, and when she returned her silver thimble could not be found. The little boy said he swallowed It, but his story was hardly credited, although nothing more was ever seen of the thimble. A generation passed away, and Mil ler began to bo troubled with a slight swelling at the back of the left should er. Little by little the swelling grew and hardened, and It was supposed that a cancer was growing. He was examin ed by some doctors, nnd It was sug gested that ho trouble might be caused by the long-lost silver thimble. Dur ing the last three months It has been possible to move the source of the trouble between the fingers and to Ik assured that It Is a thoroughly hard i Rich and Costly Wednesday, Jan 19 At 10 O'chck a. m. At the private residence, 833 Quincy Avenue This salo comprises tho entire content of tho house, nil of which wns purchased within a yenr, nnd Is therefore up ta dato nnd comparatively new, and is to bo sold positively without reserve. Tho house contains. In part, elegant carpethMhroughout, rich parlor suite cov ered In silk embroidered volour with polished cherry frame, Inlaid with satbi wood nnd pearl, ono solid marble ccntci tnblo with top Inlaid with onyx (very rare); superb couches, beautiful upholst. cred and rattnn rockers, fancy tablai In oak and cherry, quartered oak, pol ished extension table, oak sideboard with largo French beveled mirror back, onk dining chairs, rich French plato mirror with florentino frnmn in trIU. whltn pn- amel Iron nnd brass bedsteads, curlcd halr mattresses, pillows, blankets, com fortnbles, rich whlto enamel dresser with very large bevel plate mirror nnd wash stand to match, dressing table, oak chif foniers, rich polished oak chamber suite, curtains, shades, brio n brae, pictures, portiere, china, glass ware, cutlery, ele gant whlto mountain grand refrigerator, kitchen utensils, etc. Tho wholo forming a collection that Is rarely seen at ruc tion. fTho houso will bo open at 0 o'clock and salo will begin at 10 o'clock sharp, and all will bo sold by 3 o'clock. A nice lunch will be served at 12.30 to alt present. N. U. Deposits will bo required of all purcliiiscrq. It will pay to como a long dlstanca to this salo, as everything will bo sold to tho highest bidder. No postponement lain or shine. Hear In mind that tho sale begins r.t 10 o'clock and will bo over by 3 p. m. DUBUQUE THE Maniifacfiiring Center OF IOWA. Trado in many lines of manufactured goods Is now nnd will bo for vears to come, most active throughout tho west. For this reason rfrnonsillo manufac turers looitlr.s for now loratl' n3 will bo Interested to Know ilust Uuliuiiuo, located on the Mississippi liver. THE LAUU KST COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CITY IN TUB STATE, and only sec ond In population, with cheap fuel, cheap lumber, cheap living and excellent rall roal facilities, hns exceptional manufac turing advantages. For detailed Information, address C. IT. DAY, Secretary Dubuque Business Men's ijongue, uuuuquc, lowa. substance. Mr. Miller nnd his sister, Miss Lnvonla Miller, are now stay ing on Treat avenue, San Francisco, and they aro both convinced that tha silver thimble has worked up Into hli shoulder. "There can be no doubt," said Miss Miller, "that tho little thimble so Ions lost has been found, although we can not understand how It could get into his shoulder. The thimble was a very small one, nnd we believe that my brother's trouble Is caufed by It." Not long ago Mr. Miller decided to have the thimble or whatever it Is removed. He decided to go to tho Cooper Medical College and havo It cut out. Ho went to the college, and! as soon ns he entered he heard the groans of a man on the operating table. Miller at once concluded that It was more comfortable to carry tho thimble nround In his shoulder than to submit to tho knives of the surgeons on the operating table. Ho walked quickly to his wheel, flew away from tho hospital, and now his relatives are persuading him to mako another at tempt. Some doctors to whom the Incident has been told declare that if tho thimble shall be found In Miller's shoulder It will bo one of tho most re markable things ever chronicled In sur gery. OLYPHANT. Republican caucuses were held In both the Second and Fourth wards, Saturday night. In the Second ward tho following ticket was put in tho field: Council, Thomas Patten; school director, Thomas Weaver; constable, Joseph L. Davis. Fourth ward Coun cil, David J. Davis; school director, William Hoyes; constable, William Reese. A general borough caucus was also held and. nominated Thomas L. Williams and William Scrlvens for auditors and Thomas Williams for high constable. A resolution wa3 passed adopting the Crawford county Bystem of conducting tho primaries. Mrs. T. P. Jones has returned from a visit with relatives at Wllkes-Barre. Mrs. John Ferguson, Mrs, J, J. Cum mlngs and children spent yesterday with the former's sister at Archbald. Mr. and Mrs. John McCormao have returned home from their wedding tour. " A Bolter. First Citizen "Ain't you supportin" tno candidate for tho leclsUtur'?" Second Citizen "No, his wife Is sup portin' him." Syracuse Star. HE KNOWETH. IBlflilR, Mitt Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor cnio for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no moro 'gainbt time or fate. For, lol my own shall como 10 me. I stay my hnsto, I mako delays, For what avails this eager paco? I stand amid the eternal ways, And what U mine shall know my face. Asleep, awake, by night or day, Tho friends I seek aro seeking mo; No wind can drlvo my bark astray, Nor changa the tide of dcttlny. What matter If I stand nlone? I wait with Joy the coining years; My heart shall reap whero it has bown, And garner up Its fruit of tears, Tho waters know their own, nnd draw Tho brook thut springs from yonder helKht. So rows thu good with equal law Lnto tho soul of puro dolight, Tho Mars comn nightly to tho sky, The tidal wave unto tho sea; Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor hl;,'h, Bl'Ull keep my own awy from me. John Burroughs.
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