i nil mi Extraordinary Caprices of Jo siali J. White, Imprisoned on Civil Action. IN A BROOKLYN, N.Y.JAIL. Devotes His Life to Making Things Unpleasant for Fellow-Prisoners and the Guards. I JrHt lie Failed to Tell tl>e Truth and i'linn !:.< Wouldn't Turn Over Certain Money to the I'ubllc Adinlnlntrator— sent to .lull on Contempt Vroceedlnpi He Lscapes und Is l^eeaptured—Now lie Actn I.ike n Maniac. "Hetty Ureeu in trousers." This is out.' of the epithets filing at the •mil lionaire ami former broker, .loslaJi .1. White. Ik- is the terror ol' Itayniond street jail. Brooklyn. Fifty nine years go lie was born in Connedlent, at Pi rtlaud. they say. Although a Yankee l»y birth, he has lived in a brown stone palace on HreoUlyn Height:- lor tweniy-five years. The wealthiest ami most dis tinguished linve b»cn his neighbors— Henry Ward Reedier. I»r. l.ynian Abbot. Congressman Simeon 1!. Ch't temleii ami others. A 1111111 well housed in a well con structed, well cemented jail is sup posed io be "caged" and harmless. Thiscase breaks ;:11 rules and prece dents. It is because White is ilierw at' all that the warden ami keepers waul to gel out of the business and lice the country. Lawyers are likewise at their wits' j \ I Mf I i H eml—the most eminent devising means to make Ilie rich law evader disgorge, while the more ipiiet practitioners hope any pray tlie.v may escape him altogether. What lias the man done? Imitated another wealthy man of history—one Ananias, lie kept back - so il is al leged ilie amount of wealth at his command and thus iToceived the tax gatherers. It was told in ill" papers how that, as guardian for his son Frederick and administrator of his wife's estate. he evaded the law aid the payment of lTic full lax by dec]- ring the amount of tile personal prope y to be only .sir>o.- 000. the amount it '• claimed the stocks and securities aloii" are worth. Il is a curious Mory from the be ginning. Years ro. when White wanted to inn IT./ »iss Trowbridge, a rich girl in 1 lie s io of Connecticut, she fancied lie hn ' at least one eye tixed on her money. To convince her. he signed a paper, renouncing forever all claims to her wealth. Later they moved into the br iwn stone house at No. 1.3G Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. His friends claim that lie was a gifted, brilliant man, and made a fortune, others say il wa Ids wife's money alone that figured in business and so clet y. Three children were born to them. Frederick, the surviving son. is about fourteen years old, a loyal lad. of genial disposition, who is said to be fond of his father and a household pet. He is a very fat boy. weighing nearly two hundv I pounds. When the mother died, a few years ago. her property went tot .is son. His father was both guardian and administrator by law. Legal investigation showed lliat the $30,000 personal property, as scheduled by the father, was worth $1.50,000. Then the Long Island Loan and Trust Company was made guar dian of the boy. ml at once began proceedings to ror pel the father to render a lull aceo' utiug to the court. After a scries of long and repeated de lays. trivial and extraordinary, the Court removed him as administrator of the estate, and Vnblie Administra tor W. 11. liavenp.irt became his suc cessor. Thus the wealtl father was de pt'ived of all legal ontrol of his sou and his estate. Si , neither lawyers nor detectives < Id discover the whereabouts of ;1 • missing $120,000 worth of securili" Hi' refused to turn over a book or a dollar to the administrator. Then the rich man was committed to jail and then his deviltry began. Si-ice that hour life behind Ilie bars !• ; not been worth living. Not only i . -oners, bur jailers and detectives, ju.iges and lawyers have regretted th ■ day they tackled former Broker White. Said the head keeper at the jail yes terday: ' In all my twenty live years' experience I have never seen his like, lie is a terror. The prisoners can't sleep because ol' IV.- wild antics. The moment the men begin falling off to rest lie sets il]> a howl that would de moralize Bed'-ini. It's pure fiendish ness. lie is as sane as I am. He is the meanest white man in America. The other day he made a slung shot of a towel with a big wet scrubbing ' rush t v'-tied up in one end of it. Wit'.; il IK- 'pled to brain the prisoners as they came along the passageway. At any moment during the night ho is ! liable to yell 'Murder! Help! Help! i They are killing me!' at the top of liis j voice. The whole prison and neighbors ; for a block around are awake before lie can be made to shut up. lie spends hours inventing new schemes for an , noying us and disturbing the prison ers. inn il they want him thrown out or killed." I When lit" lowered himself from a i gable window down sixty feet to this j pavement recently and escaped lo Connecticut, he put Ids new ad : dross on his will, which was left behind. No secret was made of his destination, because he would be out of the jurisdiction of Ilie Brooklyn au . thorities. And if an attempt were made lo extradite him lie would be | able to defend himself successfully in the Connecticut courts. But the ' Brooklyn sheriff and posse found him, I snapped on the irons and carried him ! off bodily, and before lie could say, "Help me. Orover Cleveland!" liu i found himself in Ilie night express, j booked for Brooklyn. • When again in linyuioiul street jail lie was ilie maddest man in forty slates. For once all his plans liai\ failed. His palace home, overlooking proud New York and the bay from the Heights, did him no good. The very ; thought of his wealth, his friends ami his Connecticut resources but aggra vated his fury, lie shouted, scream ed and howled until the prison was like a Koiuan menagerie on fast day. Between his paroxysms lie wrote let* ; ters and summoned lawyers. Soonet or later they were denounced and dis missed. FEEDING THE WORLD. America's CeiuarkabTe Fnocl Kxportntlon a* Shown by lU'CPiit Official Report*. The record (if the most remarkable year in l et<■< 1 by tlie bureau of statistics so far .1 relates to the exportation of wheal, cm n ami oilier breads!uffs, pork, heel and oilier provisions, cot tou. and mineral oils. These articles form a largo pen t nUige of the total j capons aside from the manufactures The figures show in most eases a large increase in ouantity and value lof the articles exported. though in Some east's, notably mineral oils and ; cotton, the export price per unit: lias averaged less during the year liian in 1 till- prcceiiing year. ! The cnirot! exported (luring tile year increased from 0,103,754.949 pottnds to 3.341,332.800 nound?, while the total I value last v ar was $230,890,971 and for ' the year jus elided 239.907.472. The exportation of mineral oil in creased from 973.014.946 gallon, to 1. 022.210.379 gallons, yet the total value In tlie year just ended was only $55,- 171.000 against $1>2,C35.037 in the pre | ceding year. i In provisions, including licet, pork and dair.v products the value of the exporiations was greater than last year, being $154,454,074. against $137.- 135.081 last year. in wheat, corn, oats and rye the in crease in both quantities and values was strongly marked. The exportation i of wheat for tin- year (flour included), j amounted to 215.171.901 bushels, which exceeded the exportation of any pre- I ceding year except that of 1892 which I amounted lo 225,005.812 bushels. The I value of the wheat and flour exported i during the year amounted to $212,891,- | 039, a sum only surpassed in 1880 and I 1892. the total in 1880 being $225,879,- i 502. and Hint of 1592 being $23G,7f11,- j 410. I In corn the exports for the year ex- J ceeded both ill r. tieorge •' • ! ','u !; Hie • k i n:sl have some wood I:.; ' ;a least 800 feet I above so: j ■ :!. HOW FELT HATS ARE MADE. j Tbon«aiiils of Men. Women and Hoy* Employed In tlx- liulnxtry. One of the leading industries of this' country is the manufacture of hats. At the present time fur-felt hats are made in eleven states —namely, Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jer sey, New York, Pennsylvania and Khode Island, says the New York Com mercial. There are in all more then 200 manufacturing plants producing hats for men's, boys', women's and children's wear, composed of the fur o! the rabbit, beaver, nutria and other animals. The industry employs up ward of 25,000 men, women and hoys, and the approximate value of the out put is said to be $20,000,000 annually. Speaking of men's liats and their man ufacture. a representative of one of the largest firms in this city said: "Felt hats include the popular derby and the various other styles of soft hats, all of which are made from ani mal furs, the natural coats of the coney, hare, nutria, muskrat and beaver. To manipulate the skins of these animals so as to properly pre pare the fur for felling purposes is an expert chemical operation; in fact, a trade in itself, entirely distinct from that of hat-making, and is carried on by 'hatters' ' fur-cutters in London, the w rld's great center for that work. The art of the hat maker includes a knowledge of the particular fur or combination of furs for making a given quality or" hats. The proportioning of the different furs requires the utmost exactness. The quality of product having been decided upon, the fur is then cleaned and . ::;>arated from stray hairs and all unfeltable substances. This initial piwesa is accomplished by a windy machine called 'the devil.' "The next procr 'forming,' con sists of distributing by means of aii currents a light coating of fur upon ;h_> outer surface of a revolving peri 'a dicular cone, perfo ated nlth small holes. When fur cover* tne cone suf- fircnt for one h• ', it is tv rapped in wet cloths and giv. • .. brief hot bath, then stripped from t:i • cone, and, after the 'stopping' proee-s c.' adding a little fur to weak spots. wrapped with oth'.T cloths inside a woolen cloth to 'harden' it for handling. Pv a process called 'sizing.' which consists of repeated im mersions in hot water, together with roilitig and unrolling, folding and un folding, the cone-shaped mass is re duced to one-third its original size. It is wonderful how each fiber will twist and intertwine, basket-fashion, with ti e other, until the product is a closely w;sven mass. "The 'body' is then 'shaved' to re move stray hairs in tlio fur, and then it is stiffened with a coating of shellac, thoroughly dried and then subjected to stoim, which softens the shellac and dr: ws it. into the f;''.ric. When dried it i ; ; immersed in a h::t alkaline solution LLUN'T 1 IIIHMTO >pit it lift Mlii'kr lnur I.llt- Anuy* To quit toha-eo e:vsily :ui / of good color? And are i / they hearty and robust ins J every way? c j If not, then give them g < Scott's Emulsion ;■ ,' of cod liver oil with hypo- ', _» phosphites. < ! It never fails to build ! up delicate boys and girls. » It gives them more flesh < \ and better blood. ', It is just so with the ( ' 1 baby also. A little Scott's » Emulsion, three or four ,' times a day, will make ', » the thin baby plump and < 'i y, It furnishes the ( " '» nW&jPyoung body with ■ i rt r>ir ' ust r^e mater ' a ' '■ ■' i iTI necessary for / \i \ growing bones < '> *£s=2* ant * nerves. <' ?All Druggists, 50c. and sl. { SCOTT & HowNK, Chemists. N.Y. L fCATHARTIC U fca&ca)wto CURE CONSTIPATION 256 506 DRUGGISTS m tfO* ?T. Surrey Haraeas Price, flfl.oo WagonY S«>nd for large, free w 0 fioflflum. ■,«.. —i«h—«.i— A* good M Mil* for |JS. Catalogue of all our rtjles. .hade, mprou and leodara, lilT frV|B>" ELKHART CAKBIAWK AND lIAKNKHB MFU. CO. W. U. I'UATT, ■„>. KUiUAKI, l*D. / & El £!'o ■ i\'V :7~ ! •«...<&' J. d &>• 'J J i'.Ji'l cure i, •. TV • '»(' tie? 1 ,OA- j • of . "'I "l ; : ii.a : lo.vi of it , ■ -«i...n, coat d 112 , I;- ir.arf. palj- : im'.. c.*l i it« ■. «'■ - .'■ -.e -. '.V;';.(••!; '. V! y.w lien, pilis, pv ,-i --nt'.-.v hot skin, crump.!, throbbing head. \ AroaSvroCuro Ss & ffl Bt 'or Constipation Dr. .1. C'. Aver's Pills are a specific for all diseases of the liver, stomach, and bowels. "1 suffered from constipation which as sumed such an obstinate form that I feared it would cause a stoppage of the bowels. After vainly trying various remedies, I be gan to take Aver's Pills. Two boxes effected a complete cure." D. BURKE, Saco, Me. "For eight years I was afflicted with constipation, which became so bad that the doctors could do no more for me. Then 1 began to take Aver's Pills, and soon the bowels recovered their natural action." \VM. H. DELAUCKTT, Dorset, Ont. THE PILL THAT WILL. 10 rree tne surrace rroni snei.ac, ana then i«i cold water to remove the alkali. " 'Blocking' succeeds stiffening. The fabric is dipped in boiling water aftd placed en a block patterned for the final shape of the haLAfter the dyeing process comes that of finishing, which consists of steaming, blocking to shape the crown, drying, coating with a s'lf fening solution, drying again, irouing out wrinkles, after which it is pounced with emery paper and singed to re move the long nap, and oil applied to smooth the surface. The 'curling' de partment cuts the brim to the desired width, rolls up the sides and pitches UlO front and rear as the style de mands.. With the process of trim ming, consisting of sewing 011 the bind ing and band and cementing the lining, the derby is finished. If a soft hat is desired the stiffening process is omit ted." A I torso 'Mint Snores. Sno' ing men are as plentiful as whis key in Kentucky; they are nearly as numerous as_ women with cold feet. However, while these two evils are pre dominant with the human race, yet it is indeed seldom that a member of the animal kingdom becomes afflicted with the snuing habit. There Is just one case ci the kind known to exist, in Kansas f'it.r, Kan., and while there is no question about the existence of this one case the afflicted animal contracted the habit from man. Prince, the oldest horse on the Kan sas City, Kan., Kire Department, has the snoring habit, and he's got it bad. All of the "laddies" at Fire Headquar ters have good records as snorers, but Prince can allow them all a bad cold and then beat them out, pulled up. Snoring Prince, or the prince snorer, is the horse driven by Assistant Chief William tlcConnell. lie generally minces away at his food until after 12 o'clock each night, providing there are no alarms. At about this hour he lies down In his stall and in a few minutes his eyes close and soon thereafter the snoring begins. The noise produced by the sleeping horse is similar to that of a snoring man. Before it became known that Prince actually snored several of the firemen, who take turn about watching at night, were accused of go ing to sleep 011 duty. The only founda tion for the accusation was the snor iug. in order to prove their innocence it became necessary for them to peach on Prince. How I 1tn4.11 I.onkM. Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist, is an extraordinary looking man. Almost a dwarf in height, the upper part of the body is immense, compared with his lower limbs, lie has a huge head, covered with bushy white hair, and his keen blue eyes glare at his interlocu tor with a piercing glance. P. is impossible to run at an altitude 3f 17.000 feet above the sea. Keep Cool! SCREEN DOORS, Window Screens, Poultry Netting Hammocks, Porch Chairs Jti.; o and up, Coal Oil Of Nickless make, Gasoline Stoves. HARVESTING TOOLS in abundance. Brick for chimney* always on hand. Nails, steel ~ R ? M e r keg ' X WeStern WaSher ' #MO, best madt, Bu Iding papei,W c per roll, 900 sq. feet; Poultry Netting, 1 ft. to wide, i-2ct. sq. foot. \ \ Jeremiah Kelly, HUO^ESVILLE. Onr Declaration of War Has been in effect for a number of years and our Bombardment of High Prices Has created havoc of late in the sale of MOWING MACHINES, DRILLS, HARROWS, PLOWS, LUMBER WAGONS, BUGGIES, and ROAD WAGONS all at the lowest cash price. PHOSPHATE, rhiity tons of different grades will be sold at a low figure. W. E. MILLER, Sullivan County, Pa. Reasonable Bargains FOR THIS MONTH. We alway* carry out our promises to the verv letter. Our promises to the public is to 112 ell high grade merchandise at lower prices than anv other store in the country.