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. Company and the Florence educational
' Land and Development Company was
rolled up,” said Mr. Bugleton,
know how to spell the other one.”
' .p ' THE EVE Nils GIf GA'Z ETI‘E
EVERYBODY WHO INVESTED IN IT.
LOST MONEY.
Property of Florence, Alabama. which
was ‘Vorth‘ $3,000,000 Sold Under the
Hammer for $60,000—What the Adver-
tising Scheme of Sharks Accomplished.
All of the property of the Florence,
Ala., Land, Mining and Manufacturing
recently sold at public auction. The
property sold was at one time worth
$3,000,000. It was bought at the sale
for $60,000. This sale brought to a.
close one of the most remarkable real
estate booms of recent times. There
are few cities in the land that 'do not
contain one or more men who were
drawn into the wild speculation which
attended the launching of the Florence
boom nine years ago. It was the best
advertised boom of that boom period.
The promoters of the boom boasted
that Florence would become the Phila-
delphia of the South, and that so
pleased Philadelphians that hundreds
of thousands of good Philadelphia
dollars were exchanged for corner lots
in the promising city and for preferred
stock in Florence enterprises. The
sale of this promperty recalled to the
citizens the memories of other days
when town lots changed hands half a
dozen times a day at exceedingly high
prices, when the spirit of speculation
was rife in the land and ministers of
the gospel were not averse to investing
some‘of their slender salaries in Flor-
ence dirt at so much a front foot. The
fall of 1888 witnessed a most exciting
time in the town of Florence. The
Florence Land Company, which had
been organized the previous year, be-
gan active work then. Thousands of
dollars were spent in advertising the
town. Speculators rushed in from ev-
ery part of the country. The town
grew in three months from a sleepy
river village of twelve hundred souls
to a bustling boom town of seven
thousand speculative spirits, each
striving to get rich in a day.
So great was the excitement at that
time that two additional trains daily
were put on by the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad to accomodate
the crowds that flocked to Florence.
Property which a few months before
was not considered worth $500 was
held for $25,000, and sold readily at
that figure; Lots out of the business
part of the town sold for $150 a front
foot. Land companies were organized
upon a half hour’s notice, and manu-
facturing enterprises jumped into
existence in a night. Out of the boom
grew many banks, and when the ex-
citement began to subside, the banks
began to subside also. There were
three bank failures within as many
weeks, and public confidence was so
badly shaken that the old-fashioned
yarn stocking again became popular as
a savings institution.
The recent land sale severed the last '
tie that bound the Florence of to-day
to the Florence of the boom period.
Prices have become normal and the
town has fully recovered from the dis-
astrous effects of the boom. _
While nearly every one who specu-
lated in Florence property lost money,
the tOWn itself was benefitted. It in-
creased in population more than 500
per cent. in two years and its popula-
tion to—day is more than 7,000. It has
many handsome buildings and large
manufacturing plants it would not oth-
erwise have had. Its streets have
been-well graded and paved, making
them as solid and as smooth as any in
the State. But with all this Florence
is not anxious for another boom. It
is well satisfied with the last one, as
an experiment.
Counting Dioney. \
“I’ve seen men chopping wood in
their shirt sleeves with the sleeves
“and
laying brick and all that sort of thing,
but the other day I saw a man count-
ing money in his shirt sleeves. And
that at first seemed sort of queer, be-
cause it seems as though it would be
such an easy thing to count money if
you only had it. But this man was in
a bank, counting money all day long
and doing nothing else; taking the de-
posits as they came in and counting
them into bundles of like denominar
tions and uniform' amounts, so that
they would be easy to handle and to
pay out again. And it was a very
hot day; and this was work, just like
anything else; and so it was perfectly
natural that he should plug away at it
in his shirt sleeves, and with the
sleeves rolled up.”
Teacher: “What is a synonym?"
Boy: “It is a word you can use in
the place of another when you don’t
UNCLE SAM HAS THE FEVER.’
-—New Y ork Joumal,
'[t Proved a. Bonanza and Yielded Nearly
SWIFTER THAN .THE VI HEEL.
Champion Reynold Has a Walk Around
with Cyclers on [he N. Y. Boulevard.
Something new on cushion tires ap-
peared on the Boulevard yesterday
morning says the New York Journal.
It was a man rid-ing on bicycle skates.
The man was Earle Reynolds, the
champion ice and roller skater, and he
created a sensation. With apparent
case he glided all around bicyéle riders
seemingly without any more effort
than is usually exerted by a man in
walking. '
Reynolds made his appearance on
the Boulevard' shortly before noon. He
came across One Hundred and Sixth
street from the Park, having skated
up from the Netherland Hotel at Fitfy-
ninth street and Fifth avenue. The
steep grade between Manhattan ave-
nue and Columbus avenue, on One
Hundred and Sixth street, offered no
obstacles to him, and when he reached
the Boulevard and turned north he
was going at the rate of about ten
miles an hour. ‘ Immediately every
cycler on the road started after him,
and he led them all a merry chase to
Grant’s tomb, where he explained the
mechanism of the skate to numerous
bicyclists.
The bicycle skate has many points
in common with the old roller skate,
but Reynolds claims his far superior
ln construction. Instead of four small
boxwood wheels, as the roller skate
had, the bicycle skate has two large
pneumatic-tired wheels, one placed in
front of and one behind the body prop-
er of the skate. The axles of the
wheels are equipped with ball bear-
ings, and Reynolds says there is abso-
lutely no efiort in propelling them.-
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CHAMPION REYNOLDS.
Of course, the skates run best on as- I
phalt, but the young man who is ex—
ploiting them claims they are far
easier of locomotion on a dirt road
than a bicycle is. Fancy skating is
possible with the bicycle skate,- as
Reynolds evinced yesterday by form-
ing figure eights, grapevines and other
standard designs of skaters on the
smooth asphalt pavement of One Hun-
dred and Sixth street. The mode of
propulsion with them is about the
same as that necessary with ice skates.
Reynolds is quite confident that the
bicycle skate will prove a formidable
rival of the bicycle. He claims that
skating is far less tiresome than ped-
alling, and advances as an argument
in favorof the skates that when the
roads are bad the wearer of them can
take them ed and carry them without
discomfort. Théy are less likely to
suffer damage, he asserts, and can be
repaired easier. and cheaper than a bi-
cycle can. In any event the bicycle
skate is attracting interest. 5
A “SALTED” GOLD MINE.
:1 Million Dollars \Vorth.
Now that the discdvery of gold in .
the Klondyke region has attracted un-
iversal attention, the story of the
“salting” of a gold mine in the Trans-
vaal some years ago is of interest.
Three men were concerned in the swin-
dle, and they made Klerksdorp, some
two hundred miles north of Kimberley,
the scene of the “salting.”
By “salting” is meant that the per-
petrators load a shotgun with gold
dust and blow the charge into the rock.
Specimens are then submitted to the
prospective victims, and as they seem
to be filled with gold, he buys.
The would-be swindlers in South
Arlica discovei ed a bit' of veldt near
Klerksdorp. Of gold there was ab-
solutely no trace. They blow the
rock full of gold and then sold the
property to a “jay”'for $25,000. The
“jay” floated a company for four times
that much money and the company
sank shafts in all directions.
In the last five years the company
has taken nearly a million dollars’
Worth of gold out of the “salted" mine
and the would-be swindlers are cha-
grined, to say the least. The only
moral that can be drawn from this
story is that it does not always pay
to be dishonest—New York Journal.
Not Guilty.
“Little boy,” said the kind gentle-
man, “I hope you do not read those
pernicious dime novels?"
“Naw,” said the little boy," “not
we'n I kin git bully good stories fer a
nickel apiece.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mrs. Golfkin—Isn’t it lovely! Real—
ly, how much we are indebted to the
poorfor the Opportunity they give us
to have these delightful occasions.
Mrs. Toogood—Fancy how dull so-
ciety would be without poverty—Bos-
ton Transcript.
Frank: “Some genius has invented
a buttonless shirt.”
Billy: “Why, that’s old. I’ve worn
them ever since my wife learned to,
r1de a bike.”
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MR3 TROUT‘AI JD DAUGH' l ER MARY.
.X_f‘«r11teu~.11-ian’s Birthday “'hich is Cele-
brated by a “’hole County.
People for twenty miles around
journey each year to Eastern Berks,
Pennsylvania, to help Mrs. Betsy Trout
celebrate her birthday. ,The last one
was her 101st birthday anniversary. It
was the largest birthday party ever
held in the co'unty. Mrs. Trout and
her daughter, Mary Ann, .live in a
secluded spot high up among the hills
of Earl township. The house is sur-
rOunded by about ten acresof ground.
and all around there is lots of timber
land.
women to live, but it was mad-e merry
enough with the presence of nearly
2500 people. They came in carriages
and on bicycles. Hundreds walked,
The Philadelphia Ledgcr/ whose
editor has kindly permitted us to use
MRS. TROUT AND HER DAUGHTER.
its illustration, says the beautiful
weather made the day an enjoyable
one, and Mrs. Trout occupied a, large
chair under a spreading tree receiving
the congratulations of her friends. She
answered many hundreds of questions
relating to her past life, and‘consider-
ing that she never had the benefit of
education, she is a woman of fair in-
telligence. Several refreshment stands
were spread in the grove and did a
good business. A certain percentage
of the profits went to the benefit of
Mrs. Trout.
Late in the afternoon it was found
that the crowd was too overwhelming
in its attentions to the contenarian,
and a line was formed, when all pass-
ed in review before‘the aged woman
and her daughter sitting in large arm
chairs in the open air. Rev. Warm-
kessel then called the gathering to
order, when addresses were delivered
by ex-chresentative L. P. G. Fegley,
of Bovertown; Hiram DeWait, of Phil-
adelphia; Revs. J. E. Freeman and G.
W. Roth,
W. N. Kistler, of Amityville.
The clergymen dwelt principally on
the lessons to be learned from such a
long, though humble life, and then
paid a high tribute to Mrs. Trout for
her devotion to her family, her neigh-.
bore and her Church. The people dis-
persed with the singing of the long
metre d'oxology and the benediction of
Rev. Warmkessel.
Most of those present to-day inspect-
ed the house of the Trouts and took a
look at the quaint Old furniture.
. Everything is neat, but very plain. The
THE TROUT HOMESTEAD.
daughter, Mary Ann, is 75 years'of
She was never married and takes
good care of her mother.
The age of Mrs. Trout is well au-
thenticated. She has been a lifelong
5 member of the Lutheran congregation
of the Hill Church, among whose
records was recently found the date
of her birth.
Mrs. Trout has always worked hard.
Her back is bent with severe out-door
labor, and she is hardly 5" feet in
height. She is in possession of all her
faculties, sleeps well,4 has a fair ap-
petite, and is able to walk a consider-
able distance, at leasta mile. She car-
.ries on conversation in the Pennsyl-
vania German vernacular exclusively.
The daughter looks almost as old as
the mother. Years ago they cultivated
the land surrounding their dwelling
and raised crops, but recently some of
their neighbors have looked after their
wants. Mrs. Trout’s maiden name
was Miss Elizabeth Minninger. When
she was 21 years of age she was mar-
ried to Samuel Trout. He died sev—
enty-flve years ago, leaving her with
two children. The son died at the age
of 61, and the daughter, Mary Ann, is
her mother’s comfort in her extreme
old age. Years ago mother and daugh-
ter worked for neighboring farmers,
doing the hardest kink of work in the
fields. At the age of 90 Mrs. Trout
earned a day’s wages in harvest.
Forty years ago she took up her pres-
ent residence, and she and her daugh~
ter did consider-able of the carpenter
work around the house.
Seventy-three years ago, Mrs. Trout
paid her first and only visit to Read-
ing, which is but a dozen miles from
her heme.
Rector’ s Daughter—“What do you
mean to do with your son James, Mrs.
Blobb '2” '
Mrs. Blobb——-“.Well, miss, he's going
to work forer Light, the butcher,
which is fortunate, for James be des-
perate fond of animals!”—Washington
Star.
Hewitt—What did your stenographer
mean by saying that this was the laet
day you would ever dictate to her?
Jewett—I’m, to marry her to~m')1'«
row. ' .
It is a lOnely place for two old.
both of Boyertown, and Rev;
A
OAKE OF TOILET SOAP IN EVERY PACKAGE.
A bicycle Costn‘n‘ne.‘
This is made of mohair and is com-
posed of wide knickerbockers and a
jacket with chemisette, knickers being
more practical than petticoats for long
excursions out of town. They are \un-
lined, cut of a circular. shape. The
back and front edge of short jacket
are stiffened with tailor’s canvas and
these lined throughout with sateen. A
plain gigot sleeve is used.
braid is put on plain and in loops trims
jacket and sleeves. A chemisette or.
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or zephyr may be worn. Under the
broad turnover collar is slipped a
black cravat, the pointed ends of which
are fastened with ornamental pin. A
broad buckled belt of light brown
leather is used with small pocket at
the side. Sailor hat of check pith is
trimmed with blue ribbon. Check
stockings answering chemisette and
laced boots of yellow leather complete
the outfit.
A Table Covm er.
The ground is of grey canvas, the
border worked with colored embroid-
ery cotton, three shades of tea-green
being taken for the coral, flat satin
and stem stitches of the leaves and
stalks, as also the long sepals of the
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color. Rows of stem stitch divide the
petals and give. the stamens. The
pointed edges of pinks done in button-
hole stitch, .each petal being of one
color.
A Considerate Judge.
There is a venerable and benevolent
udge in Paris who at the moment of
cussing sentence on a prisoner con-
.ults his assessors on each side of him
i” s to the penalty proper to be indicted.
'What ought we to give this rascal,
.rother?” he says, bending over to the
ssessor on the right. “I should say
.1ree years.” “What is you opinion,
mother?” to the assessor on the left.
‘I should give him about four years.”
The judge, with benevolence:~ “Prisona_
:r, not desiring to give you a long and
severe term of imprisonment, as I
should have done if left 'to-myself, I
we consulted my. learned brothers
t. 1.111 take their 'Vadvice. Seven
-."—New York Tribune.
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FIERCE AMAZONs OF AFRICA.
\Vomen Forced to Enter the Army-(lon-
slder‘etl an Honor to Them.
One of the most picturesque of the
African institutions, which are disarra-
pearing as England, Germany and
other European nations take possession
of the continent, is the Amazon army
of the Guinea coast. It is possible that
the stories told of these Amazons have
been much exaggerated, but the ac- -
counts of them given by entirely re-
liable authorities are‘ too interesting
to need embellishment of any kind.
When Captain Burton visited Cana,
in West Africa, the Amazon army.
which he first encountered near that
place, consisted of 2,500 women, 'who
were served by other women, held as
. slaves for them.
The Amazon soldiers consisted of
women of two kinds——-those who were
originally spinsters, selected by the
king for the service, and those who had
been separated from their husbands.
Although enlistment among the Ama-
zons was looked on as an honor, it
was also used as a punishment for any
wife whose temper was so domineering
that her husband found her insuppor-
table. _
About one-third of the army had
been married women. The rest were
maidens, watched with the greatest
care to prevent them from indulging in
the human weakness of falling in love.
A fetish, placed over the gate of the
camp, was supposed to have the power
'of detecting them, but if in spite of it
they broke their laws of military con-
duct they and their accomplices were
put to death.
The: uniform consisted of a blue
1nd white tunic without sleeves and a
petticoat, under which they wore a
pair of {short trousers, much like the
bicycle bloomers of the United States.
Over the whole was strapped the am—
munition belt. The muskets carried by
the women were antiquated, and, as
they rammed the ball down on the
powder without wadding, they .were
never likely to hit anything they,
aimed at.
The Amazon army was divided into
battalions, one of the most curious of
which was the “razor brigade,” armed
with razors two feet long, used in cut—
ting ofi the heads of enemies killed by
the others or of criminals condemned
to death—New York World.
WI‘FAT JENNY LIND DID-FOR AMERICA
She Taught This m to Know Its Ca-
pacity for BIusic.
Jenny Lind’s sojourn in America
was fruitful in many ways. Her pro-
gress left a .chain of charities through
the land by which orphans and sick
are still nurtured and healed. The
rapture of her music created a criter-.
ion by which the success of every other
artist has been measured from that
day to this. The tradition of her pure
and noble womanhood has remained
to. music a bulwark against which the
scandal and corruption of the operatic
and musical world has broken in vain.
In the memory of every human being"
who heard her. her singing has rung
to the hour of death as the one per-
fect and sublime revelation of the
beauty and ecstacy of music itself.
This is much. But America owes
Jenny Lind one other and greater debt
that has never been recognized, which
it is the purpose of this article to con-
sider. She brought the musical tem-
perament of America to consciousness
of itself. Her tour, was theisupreme
moment in our-national history when
young America. ardent, enthusiastic,
impressible, heard and knew its own
capacity for musical feeling forever.
From that hour it has received or
denied the world’s great artists who
have made pilgrimage hither, su-
preme in its own consciousness of its
artistic needs and temperament—Fan-
ny Morris Smith in the Century.
The Top of thi~ Profession.
‘lle is one of the leading lawyers of
the tOWn." ~
“Gets big fees, eh?’
“I should say-so. Why, it is almost
as cheap to buy the grand jury as. to
hire him.—‘Truth. ‘
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