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quuke. Soino timo beforo the shock waa
felt a young Mexican who was employed
to work about an anatomical museum In
the town whero I was then visiting fell
asleep in a chair In the room which eon'
tallied all the ghostly relics. Suddenly he
was awakened by an extraordinary noiso,
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heads nodding and grimacing, and tho
skeletons dancing and waving their llosh-
lcss arms niiully In the air. bpuuchlust-
with terror, tlie poor fellow fled from the
frightful scene, and upon reaching tho
street fell to the ground unconscious and
half dead with fright. After a few hours
be becnino some what rational, and it was
explulncd to him that It was an earth
quako that had caused all tho commotion
among tho specimens, but the shock had
been too severe, and his death followed In
few days. J
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Daisy Well, yon see, it develops but
wait until you see me down at the sea
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It lacked but a few niiuutos of 9
o'clock, the closing hour of the harbor
hop in question. The proprietor had
already gono borne, leaving only his
head man and three barbers. The three
olniiru were occupied, and another cus
tomer was waiting when I entered.
The waiting customer was a young
man, whoso frouzy head told plainly
What work be wanted done. His appear
mice wasn't exactly the kind to fill I
barber with aspirations, especially just
beforo closing time. The three had evi
dently sized him up and wero cudeav
oring to miss him if possible.
Tfie most nervous man of the lot,
however, finally gave in nud shouted
"Nextl" The young man shuffled over
to the chair and called for a hair cut
The barber throw tho npron around hiin
and tucked a towel about tho young
man's neck with a rapidity that made
him gasp. Then be seized his scissors,
and the next moment tho air was filled
with flying hair. Ho wont over tho
young man's head like a lawn mower
ovor gross.
The other two barbers chuckled to
themselves and exchanged occasional
winks. One of those turned his custom
er out of the chair and began to prepare
to leave tho ahop. Tho third one soon
finished his job and motioned to me in
a sickly fashion.
"Shave?" he inquired in a gentle
voice
"Hair cut, shampoo and shave," I
replied.
The result of this answor was dread
ful The barber turned to his compan
ions and broke out in a volley of Ital
ian. When he had finished, he turned
to mo and said it was too late to got all
that work dona I told hiin to go ou,
that I was all right, and he nnblushing
ly replied:
"Ah, yes! But how much? I can't
agree to do it for an ordinary trifle.
Ton couts is the regulation tip for a
shave, and I couldn't think of doing tho
job for that How much will you give
me?"
"A quarter," I replied rather peev
ishly.
"Good, good I" ho exclaimed as ho
begun work beamingly.
And then tho barber burglar rattled
on confidentially. Ho told me of the
mysteries of bis business and how tho
highwaynieu features of it are carried
ou in New York.
"We are driven to it by the boss bar
bers themselves, " lie chattered. "They
want it all Our salaries are as bad us
those of waiters. We get barely enough
to pay rout, and for good jobs we have
to pay a commission besides. Take the
swell hotels, for instance. To get
chair in a shop of that kind one has to
hnve influence and influence costs
money in tho barber business as well as
politics. That's why my niatu at the
next chair is working so indifferently
just now. Ho knows there ain t any
thing in it" New York Herald,
A
TIAV
Atrocities of the Celestial Sys
tem of Punishment.
DECAPITATION AT WHOLESALE.
A View of Chines Character Which Indi
cates That They Cannot Easily II Vis
posed of by Their Japanese Adve-sarli-a.
A Revolting Noon at Canton.
I am Inclliitd to think that nobody can
claim to bavu an ndcimto and acciiruto
appreciation of Chinese character who has
not witnessed a Chinese execution, writes
Canton correspondent. This Is not dim.
suit to do at Canton, for tho river swarms
With pirates, and when tluno gentry nro
caught they generally get a short shrift.
A few DokkIiiK t begin with, then sev
eral months In prison, and It I not neces
sary to explain what a Chinese prison Is,
with little to cat and n still course of tor
ture, and then ono lino morning a "short,
sharp sliock" at the execution ground.
Tho execution is nxeu ior i:ao, so i
tho guide comes for us at Shnineen, tho
foreign quarter of Canton, and our chairs
carry us rapidly throiiKh the noisy alleys
of tho native city. The execution ground
is a bare space, 60 yards long by a dozen
wide, between two houses, whoso blank
walls hem it In on three sides. Thero Is
no platform, no roicd off space, nothing
but this bare bltof dirty ground, socrowd
ed with Chinese that we are forced Into
tho middle, not more than four feet from
whntover Is to ttiko place. It Is no uso to
try to get further off here wo nro, and hero
wo must stop.
Suddenly tho gates nro thrown open,
and, welcomed by a howl of delight from
tho crowd, a strango and ghastly proces
sion comes tumbling. First a few raga
muffin soldiers, making a line pretense or
clearing the way. Then a file of coolies
carrying tho victims In small, shallow
baskets slunit to bamboo poles. As sxin
as each pair reaches tho middle of tho space
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A rural poet suit! of his ladylove,
"She is as graceful as a proud lily,
whilo her breath is liko an armful of
clover." An American poet wroto a
eulogy of Washington, "whose glorious
lifo should compost) a voltimo us Alps
immortal, sptitluxs as its snows. The
stars should bo itg type, its press the
ago, tho eurth its binding and the sky
its pages."
Truly somo American poets go in for
marvels of metaphor.
A schoolmaster, describing a money
lender, Bays, "Ho serves you iu tho
present tense, he lends you iu tho con
ditional mood, keeps you iu the subjunc
tive mood and ruins you in the future.
A close observer of human mituro vo-
murks, "Time marches ou with the
slow measured tread of a niiiu working
by the day. A rreneh author is
charged with the prediction that France
Will throw hersolt into the arms of tho
liberating sword. This is not so bad as
tho Democrat's speech, "Wo will burn
our ships, ami, with overy sail unfurled,
Btecr boldly into tho ocean of freedom. "
Now xoik UisputclL
Mexico's Fans.
In Mexico fiuiB wero used long beforo
the conquest, and when Montezuma
heard that tho Spaniards had lauded
and wero about to visit liini ho sent for
goldsmiths and lapidaries and ordered,
among other gifts which wero to bo of
fered to Cortes, two feather fans, orna
mented with a sun mid moon of highly
polished gold Liko tho Japanese nud
most other ancient nations, the Aztecs
evidently considered tlio fan an emblem
of authority, fur they generally placed
it in tho hands of Ometeuctli, god of
paradise, and of Tuteo, the military dis
ciple of (jtictzalcohuutl. New York
Post
Watchmaker.
The term "watchmaker, " as it np-
pears upon the sigus of small shops all
over town, long smco censed to bo a
truthful indication of the business trans
acted within. Most of tho watches car
ried by Americans nro made at great
factories, and most of tho so called
watchmakers of the little shops arc
merely watch carx'iitcra. Doubtless the
making of a watch would bo as mu h
beyond the power of many of them as
the making of a shoe would be beyond
that of tho man that passes his life iu
making only heels. Philadelphia Pruts.
Treason to l-ncm mm Abacea.
It Is still high treason to touch the
acred person of the Korean king with any
instrument of Iron or stool, though ono of
M Houfs predecessors came to his death
Imply because no one dared to 1a nee an
aosoea from which he was suffering.
When a Chinaman wants to be revenged
M an enemy, he (roe and hanirs himself
on the door of the enemy's house, belle;
ln it will bring him bad luck.
MHSOISO IN TUB VICTIMS.
thov stoou and nltch their living burden
out and run off. Tho prisoners are chained
hand and foot and are perfectly helpless.
Tho executioner stands by and points one
whero each load Is to bo dumped. Ho Is
dressed exactly liko any other oooly pres-
ont. without any bndgo of ollleo whatever.
Ono lifter another tho condemned men
arrive and nro slung out. Will tho pro
cession nover end? 1 low many can thero
bof This is inoro thnn wo bargained for.
At last over the heads of the crowds wo
see tho lints of two petty mandarins, and
behind them tho gates nro shut. The tale
of men Is 10, and the executioner Iiiib ar
ranged them In two rows about two
yards apart and all facing ono way. They
seem perfectly callous. They exchango
remarks, some of them evidently chair,
with tho siiectators, and ono man wnB car
ried In singing and kept up his strain al
most to the last.
Tho executioners thero are now two of
them step forward. Tho younger tucks
up his trousers and sleeves and deliber
ately selects a sword from several lying
closo by, whllo tho other, an old nian,
places himself behind tho front man of tho
nearest row and takes hiin by tho shoul
dors. Tho younger man walks forward
and stands nttho loft of tho kneeling limn.
Tho fatal moment has conic. Thero Is
an Instant's hush, and overy one of tho two
rows of condemned men behind twists his
head round mid cranes his neck to seo. I
will not attempt to describe tho emotions
of such a moment tho horror, tho awful
repulsion, the wish that you hud never
come, tho sickening fear that you will be
splashed with tho blood, and yet tho help
less fascination that keeps your eyes glued
to overy detail. The knlfo Is raised. It
is a short, broad bladed, two handled
sword, weighted at the back and evident
ly as sharp as a razor.
For a second it Is poised in tho nlr, as
the executioner takes aim. Then it falls.
There Is no great apparent effort. It bIih
ply falls, and, moreover, seems to full slow
ly. Hut when It comes to tho man's neck
It docs not stop. It keeps ou falling.
With ghastly slowness ' it passes right
through the flesh, and you are only re
called from your momentary stupor when
tho head springs forward and rolls over
and over, whllo for a f motion of a second
two dazzling jets of scarlet blood burst out
imrt fall in a graceful curvoto tho ground
Then the great rush of blood comes and
Hoods the spot. As soon as tho blow has
fallen tho second executioner pitches the
body forward with a loud "Hough." It
tumbles In a shapeless heap, and from overy
throat goes up a loud ''Ho," expressive of
pleasure and approval of tho stroke.
Jlut there Is no pause, tho oxeuiitioner
steps over the corpse to the front, man In
tho second rank, tho knife is raised again,
it falls, another head rolls away, another
double burst of blood follows It, tho head
less body Is shoved forward, tho assistant
limits ' Hough and tho crowd shouts
Ho." Two men nro dead. Then tho
lieudsman steps back to tho second man of
tho front row and tho operation is repeated.
Two things strlko yon. Tho brutal mat
tcr of fact nets of tho whole performance
and tho extraordinary easo with which a
human head can bo chopped oU. As a
whole, It Is precisely liko a drovo of pigs
driven Into tho shambles ami stuck, nud
In detail It Is or seems no inoro dillleult
than splitting a turnip with a carving
knife or lopping oil n thistle with a cane.
Chop, chop, chop, tho heads roll off oue
after the other In as ninny seconds.
I hud a few minutes' conversation with
the executioner afterward. Decapitation,
ho told me, was not the occupation of his
family. It Is only n perquisite. But tho
business Is not what it was. Formerly he
used to get ?3 a head for all ho cut off.
Mow ho only gets DO cents. It is hardly
worth while chopping men's heads off ut
that rate, but, then, It doesn't take very
long.
t'r ilaeted by 8harka anil Turtle and Llkrlf
to 11 tli I'aclUc's (llbraltar.
Via fluor trip out of Honolulu can ba
mado thnn to Pearl City by water. The
route is just outsldo tho surf line, A
light bout with a small load may on in
side tho breakers. So soon as tho boat is
fairly headed for Barber's point the
sport begins. Tho water is ulivo with
monidcr turtles nud big sliarka You
may shoot tho former or hook the latter.
Lvcry timo tho craft gets into tho break
ers interest in tho trip is heightened to
tho point that men who liko to ndven
turo glory in. Loss of control of the
boat means a ducking, if nothing more.
Mullet flop out of tho water in tho old
Kahlil llsliing grounds, mid when well
into Pearl harbor you pass tho famous
shark trap and inoro mullet preserves.
Ducks fly overhead, and a short dis
tance back from tho slioro line thero are
wild turkeys, pheasants and occasional
ly a pig. Ford's Island is viewed with
interest
When Tenrl harbor is an accomplish
cd fact, with masked butteries at its en
trance, tho island will have- behind its
fortifications tho modern mid-Paeiilo
station of tho United States. As an au
cicut salt plant is passed nud tho abiin
duned shark rending kettles noted, tho
great Lwu plantation, with its large
mill and wide caiicflclds, melt into the
scene. Glasses nro then trained npou
the splendid ranches of larseeing pio
neers. F.aeli holding is a littlo empire.
Cutbonts and yachts going to Pearl rivor
for fresli water aro passed by tho launch
as though they wero at anchor. At the
landing is tied tho yacht Kuiuluud, of
whoso sliced somo enthusiast tells. She
is waiting to bo loaded with rico from
tho mill with its tramway to tho dock.
RicefleldH, taro patches, cocoumit
groves, banana orchards and truck gar
dens ou tho main laud nro cut tip by
Pearl river and its branches and by ir
rigating ditches. Natives sit in tho
shade. Chinamen pass up and down the
track of tho Oahn Railway and Land
company, newly ballasted Parties aro
bathing, lounging at pretty Keuioud
grovo, with its green carpets and elec
tric plant, nt tho depot, storo or ranch-
bouso.
A birdseye view of Pearl City and its
surroundings is a treat. It is best bad
from nn elevation in tho futnro motrop
olis itself. Maukni thero glints and
Bhinnuers on tho placid surfaco of Pearl
harbor, deep, well sheltered nud with
room enough for every warship afloat
Past its throat rolls tho grand Pacific,
the friendly ocean, pleasant iu itsolf us
it is iu dreams of conquest. On tho Ewn
side of the observatory the "distant hills
of Waianae, immature mountains,
hnvo tho inviting tingo of distance
Barber's point is low. Tho lookout ran
sweep the bc for miles beyoud the pen
insula and anuouueo tho approach of
any vessel. On tho Wuikiki sido Hono
lulu, with its trees nud spires, its smoke
stacks and masts, neems very closo. Rug
ged Diamond head, which grows upon
every beholder, has at 14 miles a better
defined shape and sharper outlino thnu
it affords with oclosorviow. Again the
sentinel may command the sea for miles
npou miles. Tho background of all this
is a range of hills from which a watcher
can scan almost tho entire island. It is
all a magnificent panorama that can be
taken m at a glance.
Pearl City is qnito a littlo place. It is
laid off in wido avenues and large lots.
Thero aro stores, residences and a cou
plo of small hotels. In the valleys back
are tho pineapple ranches, every one a
success. Tho waterworks of tho railroad
company nro prominent, mid tho court-
bouso tells of the domaiu of the law.
Tho locution for a city is admirable.
Hawaiian Star.
THE PASSION FOR PLAY
Women In All Ages Have Been
Great Gamblers.
ANCIENT AM) MODERN MANNERS.
lovely Woman Wsi Lea Illaoreet In For
mer Days, but the Spirit of Speculation Is
Strong Anions; Eta's Daughters Noble
Cheata,
Ciiimhllng by woniun nt tho hnrso races
Is the more modern form In which the
Kumbllng Instinct of the sex II nils exprea
aloii. F.rcry now and then a littlo whlff
of scandal at gaming and of play for high
takes In high life Is blown to us across
tho ocean. In these cases the women are
as much concerned as tho men. Indeed
tho love of play Is as strong In women as
In men. It was only tho other Hay that a
woman who had lost heavily at tho races
tried to commit suicide by Jumping into
tho river.
Ill Monte Carlo tho femlulno clients fro-
qiiciit tho Casino with an avidity quite
equal to that of tho men and linger at
this spot of fascination till they loae sums
that astonish oven tho millionaire from
tho west. Here may bo seen In most dem
ocratic relation aristocrat lo old dowagers
from England answering to the descrip
tion of Thackeray's Lady Kuw; German
countesses, French marquises, Russian
princesses, Italian ladles of quality and
gnyly dressed women that one sees on the
boulevards of l'nrls, each eagerly staking
gold on tho red or black, anxiously watch
lug the croupier, and sometimes apprnprt
atlng In their voracious cxoltcmeut an
other player s chips.
Besides the women gamblers In this
country and In England there nro profes
sional women bookmakers and poolroom
kcccrB. Their customers nro exclusively
women. In society thero aro scores of
women who play poker for money, and
many other women who would like to play,
but lack tho courage. Another favorite
form of gambling by women Is stock spec-
ulat Ion.
The most noted woman gambler among
the royal set Is ex Queen Isabella of Spain,
who has often lost and won largo sums.
11 Istory proves that sho Is not the only
notable personage who has taken pleasure
Iu this pursuit. Iu ancient Greece and
Homo tho dieo wero In great favor, and
tho Italians of tho middle ages wore great
FAMOUS FRENCH EATERS.
A Worth j Coupl Who Spent tb Greater
I'urt of Their I.lvea at tha Table,
When epicureanism is joined with an
expert regard for the laws of digestion,
It cooseg to deserve reprobation. All the
world might, on this basis, properly con
list of epicures, for if one has nothing
more to eat than oatmeal porridge, mut
ton broth and cabbages and prepares
thoso nrticlc of food daintily and kill-
fully he may truly call himself a gour
met. A distinguished instance of tho
Influence of good cookery in prolonging
are was found In the case of the Martinis
and Marchioness do Bechamel, famous
epicures In the days of the old monarchy
In France,
Bechamel achieved the distinction of
having a sauce, which survives to this
day, named after hiin. Ho married a
young womun named Valentine de
F.ochcinont, who is said to have attracted
hiin purely because sho was a wonderful
ly good cook and had a remarkable ap
petite.
Though this might seem to be an in
sufficient basis for a happy marriage, it
proved quito enough in this case. The
marquis and marchioness cooked and
ate together for 50 years in perfect nc'
cord and perfect health. They were said
to have almost passed their lives at the
table, and when they were not at the ta
ble togother they were generally in the
kitchen together. That their cookery
was wholesomo t.ieir long life testned,
and that it was delicious all the famous
eaters of their epoch were absolutely
agreed.
They had a famous feast at their gold
en wedding. For many years the mar
quis had been saving for this occasion a
bottlo of priceless Constance wine from
tho Cupe of Good Hope, and every guest
was to have a drop or two of it,
Just as the bottle was being brought
out the Marchioness of Bechamel sunk to
the floor. It was quickly ascertained
that she was dead. She appeared simply
to have reached the term of her exist
ence, and her death ut such a festival
was regarded us a most beautiful and
touching one.
The bottle of Constance was put away
unopened. The marquis was inconsol
able. Before long he fell apparently
hopelessly ill
physician, having informed him that his
end was surely near, the marqnis called
for the bottle of Constance wine.
With a sinking, dying voice the old
man said:
SHE WAS HELD UP.
And Vet, After All, the Littlo Tat Made Me
Trouble About It.
"This highway business ii getting so
bad that something must be done soon,
said tho stout man to a reporter as he
looked over his free paper and read of
another holdup. "Why, Just the other
day my daughter was going home aliout
6 o'clock, wheu she was stopped by a
mail who said ho wanted her money,
Sho just yelled as loud as she could and
rnn. There was no one in sight or bear
ing, but tho fellow evidently got scared
and quit, and sho got homo all right "
"That was terrible, " said the lean
man with the serious face.
"Itwus, for a fact, "said the stout
man.
"Nut a circumstance to a case I saw
tho other day, " Bald the lean man, as if
ho didn't care if the subject wero drop
ped right thero or not
"What's that?" said the stent man.
"Fact Not half oh bad as one I saw
the other day.
'What was it?" asked tho stout man
as tho gang began to listen.
"Well, I hato to toll it, but if you
insist, on tho story I guess I'll hnve to
toll it briefly. It happened in tho pres
eneo of at least 20 people. I am sorry to
say 1 was one of them. A little girl
not ovor 5 yeurs of ago was held up, and
10 cents nud a child s car ticket taken
from her, and never a soul to offer an
objection."
'Why didn't you get np and do some
thing?" asked the stout uiuu indignantly.
"It was noue of my affair," said the
lean man carelessly.
'Whero was this? ' blurted tho stout
man, growing flcrca
"Oh, ou a street car. The little girl's
mother held her np so the conductor
could tuke tho faro. "
The stout man collapsed, and the loan
man continued to look us if ho was not
iu any way interested in the casa St
Louis Post-Disputch.
Our Lessening Trade With Spain.
An old export house with European
connections, doing a large business in
Great Brituin and on the continent, hus
In this emergency bin called our attention to the large falling
on in troue Between the United States
and Spain. About a year ago the Span
ish customs authorities issued an order
demanding that a certificate of oriirin
should accompany all goods entering
"When I meet my beloved Valentin tht country, which practically has re-
on the other sido, she will say, 'What is suited in discriminations against goods
that perfume, my dear, which I detect trom i"6 united btates. Heretofore
upon thy lips? And I will answer, 'It is orders taken by European travelers for
tho Constance wine, my beloved, that German or other houses could be exe-
we had saved for our golden wedding!' r cutoa from here, and the fact that they
Uechamel drank of the wine, and his we reoiuea oy uernian merchants, for
livid head fell back npon the pillow. All instance, was sufficient to enable them
supposed that he was dead, but he wa j to enter Spanish territory under condi
merely asleep. An hour afterward he tious covered by the favored nation
called his nephew and sent him with a clause. Now that has been changed, to
key to open a drawer iu a secretary and tne detriment of American shippers.
Tho migrating instinct is nncnntmlla-
bio in birds that have it at all. Geese
hatched from tho eggs of the wild vari
ety, though they hnvo had no opiHirtn
uity of learning, tako wing iu the fall
and fly off to the south. If their wings
be clipped, they will walk off us fast and
o as fur as they can.
Peking has an estimated population
1,300,000 mid 15,000 police. The
signals of tho police of Peking arc made
by yelling from station to station until
the news reaches headquarters. The sta
tions nro within earshot of each other.
ef
Coolness in warmth, warmth iu cool
ness, dark with light and in everything,
and, almvo all, contrast that is the
ideal. To be cool, a man needs to lie cool.
To be cool, a woman needs only to look
cooL
Trees from which coffin wood is taken
iu Tonqtiin arc mined instead of being
taken from tho living forest They are
found buried under a sandy soiL
Iu Mongolia, Asia, there aro uo ho
tels. Monasteries however, ore numer
ous, and they always accommodate traveler.
Cleopatra's Tear!.
Readers will easily call to mind tho
story which is tuld of Cleopatra, to illus
trate her luxurious habits of living, that
alio dissolved in her wino a precious
pearl. No ono seems yet to hnvo ques
tioned what must have been tho effect
upon tho drink, but Mr. Lewes ques
tions quito pointedly the possibility of
such solution.
Wo aro very sheep in our gregarious-
uess of error. Wheu ono bold or stupid
mutton takes a leap, all leap after him,
It is raro to find men doubting facts,
still rarer to find them doubting whether
tho facts bo correctly co-ordinated. Our
books nro crowded with unexamined
statements, which we never think of ex
nmining.
Do we not all believe that the mag
uilicent Cleopatra, regardless of expen.so,
dissolved in her wino cup u penvl of
groat price as if it had been n lump of
sugar Is not tlio " tact laimliar to ev
ery one? Yet, if you test it, you will find
tho fact to bo that pearls are not soluble
in wine. Tho most powerful vinegar at
tacks them but very slowly and never
entirely dissolves them, for the orgunio
matter remains behind in the shape of
: spungy muss linger than the original
pearl. Youth 's Companion.
Vundorbilt'a New llullronui.
Next season thero will bo a Miss Van-
dorhilt to bo introduced, mid there is now
in process of construction for this pleas
ant event n suitable ballroom. That Mr,
Cornelius Vandorbill's new ballroom will
combino nil that is possible in aiT.stie
ami tieconitive encct is a foregone con
clusion. It is also safo to say that when
completed it will have cost as much or
more money than any room of the size
anywhere else. For example, the ground
on which it is being built cost 8(100,000.
It, occupies tho space of threo of the old
Fifth nvonuo houses. Tho first of these,
whoso owners had occupied it for a Ion
period nnd wero not anxious to move,
could only lie lnmglit at a cost of filO,-
000. Tho other two cost fWO.OOO.
This makes quito an expensive bit of
ground, but when completed the ball
room will haven frontage of 75 feet on
Fifth avenue. In tins aa largo func
nous can uo given as in mo Delinonu o
ballroom, which is little if any bi;:ger,
and the Vnuderbilts can entertain stran
gers of distinction visiting the town.
Probably the coming out hall next sea
son of the eldest daughter of the house
of Vauderbilt will be tho finest nffaii
ever given here. The approach to the
ballroom, which is such a factor in ndd-
iii to tho final effect, is to be worthy of
the ballroom itself. New York World.
A t ie For Half Rurnrd Carbon.
There is already a demand for tho -.iii-used
and half burued carlions from toe
arc lights. Someone has discovered that
carbon is a cure for consumption, and it
is a well known fact that men who work
in carbon factories nro singulailv
healthy. Just how the fragments of cur-
oeiii are uroKcii up and ino particles in
haled does not uppear, but people colli i t
them a good deal and profess to derive
i tit . . . , .
unit-iu iroui ineir use. it mis been
claimed for years that a smolcv atmns-
phere is a good one for a consumptive
patient, although this has been denii d
by doctors ngain and again. The carhnn
theory may account for what some poiv
pie believe to bo nonsense and others an
infallible theory. St Louis Glube-
Democrat
MME. DE MONTKSPAN.
gamblers. In England and Franco it was
not until tho sixteenth century that the
gambling mania attacked tho women with
any severity. Henry IV would play with
any ono ho happened to meet with, and as
tho king nnd Ids courtiers played every
day tho ladles, whom ho could never bear
out of his sight, took part In these games
likewise, and tho queen herself, during
her various Illnesses, used to Invito tho
Marshal do Bassomplcrro into her apart
ments to play at hazard for money to pass
away tho tedious hours of convalescence.
Mario do Medlel was an encournger of
gaming, and during her regency after the
death of Henry IV tho rago for gambling
became jnoro violent, nnd ladles of high
rank wero not ashamed to open gambling
houses, and even to cheat when they could
not win otherwise. Ono French countess
wns discovered by a friend cheating her
tradesmen nnd women whom she had in
vited to play with her. Sho replied, on be
lug questioned, ' Why, I only cheat them
of whut they are always cheating mo."
In tho first years of Louis XIV wives
robbed their husbands nnd daughters plun
dered tho pockets of their parents to grati
fy the propensity to the gamo of "hoca,"
and when many families wero ruined by
this means the king forbndo tho gumo In
Paris on pain of death. It was allowed at
Versailles, however, and ono morning tho
queon lost 80,000 crowns.
The frenzied play of Miuo. do Monte-
spau lias becomu proverbial In Franco as
'La jeu do la JMuntespan. " At basset
sho wns known to risk 1,000,000 francs
($200,000) on one hand nlono. When no
one dared to cover her high stakes, bIio
grumbled, nnd thokiug shared her annoy
ance. One Christmas evening sho lust
700,000 crowns, and on threo cards won
back 150,000 pistoles ($1100,000). Ononlght
threo months later she lost 400,000 pistoles
($800,00(1), nnd then luckily wou thorn
buck again.
Louis was cooling In his affections for
her about this time and nbolishcd basset,
tho favorlto game of the famous Monte-
span, but sho round other ways or depict
lug his purse, and her high play continued
until 1082, when sho lost sums amounting
to more than $1,000,000 at "hoca.
Louis XV Indulged his favorites as his
predecessor bad done. In tho next reign
female gamblers, though perhaps not more
extravagant than before, yet caused more
scandal, raro was played In the queen s
apartments at very high stakes. Both she
and tho Comte d'Artols lost enormous
sums, nud many of tho courtiers wero en
tirely ruined. At last no ono would play
ut court for fear tf being ruined, nnd to
find partners nnd opponents the queen was
soon led to admit tho worst society,
In England things had been nenrly as
bad. Elizabeth was no gambler, but
when tho Stuarts ascended the throne play
rnn high. Henrietta Maria, tho wife of
Charles I, inherited tho gambling tastes
of her father.
Ill 1707 Lady Buckinghamshire, a very
notorious gambler, got Into trotiblo with
tho city authorities, being convicted with
Lady Ltttterell and Mrs. Sturt at tho
police court nnd fined AM for ploying at
faro. Henry Martlndalo wns also fined
300 for keeping tho faro table at Lady
Buckinghamshire's, and tho saino lady
slept with a blunderbuss and a pair of pis
tols at her side every night in order to pro
tect her faro bank. Enough has been said
til show that when a woman onco acquires
s fondness for gaming It soon amounts to
i mania.
The Ciar's Ilally News.
It is useless for a Russian editor to
put any jokes in his paper to please tho
czar, because his majesty never reads
them. There is an official known as the
ceusor, who gets np very early iu the
morning, so that he may read advance
sheets of tho varions journals nnd select
such matter as may be best calculated to
please tho czar and give him an appe-
tito fur breakfast These sifting are
then copied on sheets of fino paper and
are deposited on his majesty's table for
bis perusal. Nothing about bombs or
dynamite meets his eye, no comments
ou his tyranny, uo remarks about Siberia
in fact, the czar is kept in total igno
rance of his real position and how he is
regarded by the world at large. St
Louis Post-Dispatch,
bring from it a box.
The nephew made all haste, supposing
that the box might contain his will or
some other document which he wished
to sign or modify before his death,
To his astonishment it was found to
contain a pie.
It was a wonderful Pengord pie,
dressed with trullles of sarlet The mar
quis ate freely of it and again sank back
upon his pillow.
'Hurkl said the doctor. "I hear the
fatal rattle in his throat It will soon be
over.
But the "rattle" turned out to be a
snore. The murquis was asleep. And
though he was then 73 years old he lived
10 years longer and invented several
more furnous dishes. Youth's Compan
ion,
Absentmlnded.
Professor Duseuberry of Columbia
college is so completely absorbed iu his
profession that ho is becoming more and
more absentminded every day. He re
marked to one of the students:
'something very stupid happened to
me the other morning. I believe I am
becoming a little absentminded.
"What is it?"
"You see, I wanted to take my wife
out iu a buggy and give her some fresh
air, and when I came to think over it
I remembered that I never had a wife."
THE LAND OF PKOMI8K
Iron Age.
A Woman and a Clock.
A woman who would spring on ni.
ansuspectiirg husband such a gliostlj
looking object as an illuminated clock
deserves to lose it, as a Biddeford wom
an did. Tho husbaud awoke in the night
and saw what he took for a bullicyo
lantern staring him in the face. He
made a rush for the supposed burglar,
and tho clock is no mora
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
This is one of the heaviest strains that
comes upon any man or woman. A little
cold, a little hoarseness, and the work is
done. The best of ability is rendered ab
solutely aseless.
Hark Ouy Fearse, the eminent English
preacher, writes as follows :
" DIDFOBO JrLACK, KUSBILL BQCABK,!
London. December 10. 1888. I
" I think it onlv right that I should tell
you of how much use I find Allcock's
Fobocs Piasters in my family and among
those to whom I have recommended them.
I find them a very breastplate againstcolds
anil coughs. Mark Gov 1'iaeri."
Bbamdbith's Pills always give satisfac
tion.
Bhe Never mind Fido: he's onlv clavlnir. He
-oui nn reuuy um one nie. - m'verinina; i
don't believe a little nip like that would hurt
mm, ao your
HOW'S THIS!
Cberlty Ui'lEbleus Tbelr Houeyiuoon,
Couuuiluiaii John Mc Waters and Mr,
Charley Jones had perhaps the rarest et
perionce of any of the 'gentlemen wht
were engaged in the work of distributing
help to the poor. Sunday afternoon
these two gentlemen had charge of m
wagon together, and many loads of pro
visions uud clothing did they deliver to
deserving poor. The name of John
Jones of 08 McDonnell street was given
them, and they started for the place. They
had some difficulty in finding tho num
ber designated and inquired of somo on
near by whore they could find 00,
"It's rite down dero," said a youth,
pointing toward the place, "an if you fel
lers will hurry tip you'll see a woddin,
'cause John Jones is gcttin tied up ter-iloy."
They stopped in front of SO, and John
Jones, a white man who follows the oo
tupation of carpenter, came out. Ho
was not richly dressed, but he was not
on the extreme ragged edge by any
means.
"What about getting married, John?"
asked Mr. Jones.
"I've beou a-thinkin about it," mulled
Mr. John Jones, "au I'm mighty glad to
seo yon people como, 'cntise I need help."
Mr. McWaters and Mr. Jones deliv
ered a liberal allowance of provisionn to
the groom, and after they bud dono so ho
said:
"Oentlomens, if you had been hero
about 10 minutes sooner you could have
been at the weddin. I got married be
fore yon drove up."
The two dispensers of charity offered
their congratulations. Atlanta Consti
tution. Greece goon to lie aa Island.
The scheme for cutting a canal across
the isthmus of Corinth hus had its peri
ods of trouble and depression, like other
and greoter enterprises of tho sumo char
acter, but it appears to bo now rapidly
approaching completion. Tho concession
was originally granted by tho Greek
government in May, 1881, to General
Turr, with whom was associated M. de
Lesseps.
After the original capital had been ab
sorbed and tho operations for somo time
suspended, the operations wero taken up
by a new company, who in 1800 entered
Into a contract with a firm who under
took to complcto the works on March 10,
1803, under a ponulty of 4,000 per month
for any delay after that date, but unfor
tunately ubont this timo hist year u wa
terspout passed over the works, flooding
the excavations.
The disaster necessitated a slight ex
tension of the term, bife tho contractors
now promise that a largo steamer will
go through the canal on the 2.1d of April
next. Great efforts are being mado to
render the system of lighthouses ade
quate. The Corinth canal, which will
have cost from first to last -',700,000,
will be lit by electricity, with two pow
erful lights at each end and a row of
lights through its entiro length. London
flews.
HOLMES BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Ik the mhihtv West, the land that " tickled with
a hoe laiiRli8 a harvest;" the El Dorado of the
miner; the ronl ol the agricultural emigrant.
nil le It teems with all the elements of wealth
nnd prosperity, some of the fairest and most
fruitful portions of It bear a harvest of malaria
reawd in Its fullness by those unprotected by a
meuiciimi siueaiiHra. no one seeaiuK or aweii-
iiik in a malarial locality Is sale from the
scourge without Hosteller's Stomach Bitters
bmlaniuts. bear this In mind. Commercial
travelers solournfna In malarious res-ions should
carry a botile of the Bitters In the traditional
xripiaca. Against the effects 01 exposure, men-
We offer One Hundred Dollars' reward for anv
case of catarrh that cannot be oured by Hall's
taiarrn (jure. r. J. caiSMiy a uo.,
Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ney for the last II I teen years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business trsnsactiona
and financially able to carry out any obligations
maue uy ineir nrni. wr.Bi a tkuaa,
n noiesiue vruggists, Toledo, o.
WALDlNG, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druirirlsts. Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure 1b taken Internally, actltu
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces oi
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 1i
cents per Dome, sola by all druggists.
Spiritual, Liberal, Social and Political Reform-
-a' Rnnlra. unit fn ml.lnan. U' V
tal or bodily overwork, damp and unwholesome ST." A?Hk.',Ln2Jrir cJf ta,l0ue' w- E- Jo,s.
food or water. It Is an Infallible defense. Con
stipation, rheumatism, biliousness, dvsnensla.
nervousness and loss of strength are all rcme-
uieu uy tms genial restorative.
" Your wife takes a great interest In the wom
an question." "She noes. sir: she la so much
taken up with the rights ol woman that she for
gets tne men nave any.
THAT TIRED FEELING
Is due to an In novorished condition of the
blood. It shot Jd be overcome without de
lay, and the best way to accomplish this
result is to tune noou s Barsapanlla, which
291 Alder street, Portland, Or.
Dae Enameline stove Polish; no dust no smell
Sarsa-parilla
Hood's
Cures
Portland
Academy
win pur-.iy ana
vitalise the
blood, srive
tri'uathandan-
i-etite and nr
luce sweet and lAMMAAAAAai
, aicvn. ue sure to gel Hood's Sana
parilla, and only Hood's.
Hood's PHIgcnre nausea, and biliousness.
SIXTH YEAR
Will open September 24. Prepares for coIWa
Gives advanced Kngllsh course.
Now prepared to receive boarders as well as
day scholars. For catalogue address
rOKTLANU ACADEMY,
191 Eleveuh street, Portland, Or.
SCHOOL'.'OF'.'SKORTIUND
AND TYPEWRITING OFFICE.
Thorough system and Instruction : irood teach-
ers; low terms; short time; positions to com
petent". Mall orders carefully and nmmntlv
attended to. For further particulars call on or
address KDITH A. BROWN,
42 Hamilton Building, Portland, Or.
Portland Business College,
MttTuwo. oatooa.
A. T. Ajucnaoaa, ram I. A Wane, 8a
Open all the year. Sradenta ad
mitted at any dm. Instruction in
common arhnnl Inn rnmmarrlal
ftrasjthes, shorthand, typewriting, etc. Collegs
JOVSU4AI. and B pacinian of penmanship sent frt.
Every young man and woman should
have s business education, for money is
lost every day by people who are poor in
figures, cannot keep their accounts straight'
nor write a good letter, and who do not
know anything about business papers.
Business is beginning to improve, and
there will be openings for a great many
young people; so why not prepare yourself
for some of these positions ? If yon do not
work for others, a business education will
not come amiss, for it is worth all it costs
for your own use. No one leads so aimless
a life that he does not have some business
cares.
Sohool opened September 3, and we have
a thorough Commercial Course, Shorthand
Course and two years' English Course. For
catalogue address G. Holm is.
Portland, Or.
UNPAINTED.
Onward, still onward, the staid Willamette
Encroached on old Portland's domain,
For that river, you see, waa out on a spree,
And efforts to check it were vain.
But after awhile it grew tired of snort.
And returned to the old channel home;
It afterward said : "Men paint the town red,
But I knock out paint when I roam."
A souvenir of the Willamette's lapse from so
briety is given free to purchasers of the North
rop ill Bturgis Company's Flavoring Extracts.
The San Francisco Artificial Limb Co. of
No. 9 Oeary street announce that they have
an eihibit of artificial limbs at the North
western Interstate Fair at Tacoma, Wash.,
where they are prepared during the ontin
uance of said fair to take orders and to ac
commodate those who desire ; do fitting of
limbs there of work to be made in San Fran
cisco. Call on or address Mkn.o Spring,
Massasoit Hotel, Taooma, Wash.
COOK'S MUSICAL INSTITUTE
Has been In existence for over twelve years, and
has earned an enviable reniitatinn In Portland
and vicinity. It Is located In the Ahlugton
111 111, upturn 0anmll lu rfn.lnnul fi.a ll a.l iu
equipped wtlh au exlenntve library and the fin
est Grand Piauos, Scud for circular.
DR. d! IE. GKIORRflurcs Catarrh. niRunHpa of thn
Throat and Lungs, Consumption In the first and
second stages. Bronchitis, all dlfllcult Chronlo
Diseases and all Private Dlseaecs of both sexes.
Medicine by mall or express. Third aud Mor
rison, Portland, Or.
Tbt Qirmia for breakfast.
not ahead of bread made with
in ALU
righ t,
but It is
ILW
lade with
IXUUulallUUI U o UU tblb
Every can Is guaranteed pure.
W. L Douglas
S3 SHOE NO SQUEAKING 1
5. CORDOVAN, 1
FRENCH& ENAMELLED CALF: '
5-0 FlNECALf
3.VP0LICE.3SOLFJU
2.L5BOYS'SCH0!ILSHQl
-'LADIES-
?on.ou :
SEND FOR CATALOG US :
W-l'DOUOLAS,
BROCKTON, MASV
Test ea eave money ky wearlit tke)
W. L Daittas 3.00 Bkee.
Ileeaaae. W are tha lara-Mt tnaanfaetarera flf
this fradaof shoes la tha world, and guarantee their
value by stamping tha nam and price on tne
bottom, whlca protect yon against high prices an4
tha middleman's profits. Our sboea equal eustom
work la style, aasy suing and weaving qnalltlea.
We have them sold ererywhera at lower prtcasfor
the value alren taan any other make. Take no mih.
(aUota. II y oar dealer caaaot supply yen, we aaa.
IT. P. N. U. No. 663-8. F. N. V. No. C40
It is sold on a guarantee by ail drua
gist3. It cures Incipient Consumption
mm is we peat iiou uiu vivuu viu?si
Fall term commences September S. lsi. Com.
mercial course, Sborihand course and two years'
EnalUh course, bend for catalogue.
GOOD OPENING
For a DRY GCiODS AVD CLOTH1XO HOl'SK at
u-wegu, uregon. Auareaa a. . kKLMHiii, o.
wego. Or.
' WHER DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES."
GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OF
SAPOLIO
The .Malt-op.
IIo Stain) kisses aro not real, arv
they?
She They are qnite what tiny aro
painted, I think. Detroit Frve Press.
Aiiajitjnla and Arsrnle.
The effects of ammonia upon the
complexion Are directly opposite to those
of arsenic. The first symptom of am
monia poisoning which appears among
thoso who work iu ammonia, factories
in a discoloration of the skin of the now
and fore-head. This gradually extends
over tho face until the complexion hat
a stained, blotched and unsightly B
Dcarance. Medical Journal.
SECOND-HAND MACHINERY.
We deal exclusively In SrcoNr-Hixn Sinn.
rat. and hare a large assortment of Engines,
Boilers, Pumps and General Machinery. Write
for latet descriptive caialoe-ue. DAN A, ii hfi
a WALKER. (.WaterSLor.Taylor.PoiUand.Or.
FOR LADIES I
loo IX COLD will be said by the Korfc
fhemlral Co. for any cate of female weaknef
that will nut tield to PR. J. a. KtK'H S ANTI
SKPTlC SANAtlVE POWDER. P, ic. tl.OO per
tox. For sale by all druggists.
1 1 mi
Maaufaetaring Jeweler
40
DIAHOXII SETTER.
All kinds of Jewelry made to order and re
paired at reaaonable rates. Rooms and 10,
attJtj Washington street, Portland Or.
MALARIA !
B Three dne onlr. Trr It.
DO YOU FEEL BAD? DOES YOUK BACK
ache? Does everv step seem a burden? You need
MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY.
BUT TOUR CLOTHIKG ATWHflliSiLE PRICES.
Men's Suits at $3.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $20.00.
Men's Overcoats, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $18.00.
Young Men's Suits, $3.00, $4.50, $5.00, $3.00, $10.00.
Boys' Knee-Pants Suits, $1.25, $1.75, $2.50, $3.50, $4.00, $5.00.
Oregon Wool Socks, 3 pairs for 50 cents.
White Laundried Shirts, 50 cents.
If you can't see us, write for goods.
ii
FAMOUS,"
CLOTHINC MANUFACTURERS
tat Caraer. trrl-M tad Secst III .
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