THE-OZZZZU SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY UCZllUZQ. AUGUST V 1ZZ1.
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Leaves
!ood WqrK Dons
by . Portland :
IibtitdlioiF
IN eivery city there at two cltmi
. af woman whoae neede can be mat
in only on way. and that la by
, eatablishlng a connecting link ha
"' tMn tha two. Tha flrat of theae la
' eompoeed of gentlewomen who from re
twmi or from Other cauaaa ara obliged
" to- become,' rn,nymakre. Thay ara
s-"waa to and' generally unfitted by
vUfc- eecludedUlfe from eeeking work
: v outside tha- noma, and their only ne-
gotlabfe , taient.-maju.baihi . ability .to.
make aeucioua piaa ana caaea, or por--',';
hapa they -ara . handy with tha needle
, ,, and can make - baby elothea that are
. marvela of dalntlnaaa and beauty." Tba
v - queatloa for a tony tlma waa how to
put thaaa things on tha msrket 'Nona
. . of tha aaual avanuaa of aale Beamed to
meet tha apaclal requlremente of tha
home-worker. - , - , ' -,i , '''' '
i : Than' thara -were- tha women who
wanted theae very thlnga, who-longed
" for , tha email hand-made artlclaa of
; wearing apparel or who -wiabed to buy
;. home cooking, but did not know, where
to set 'them. -. - : . i ' :-
1 Tula problem of supply and demand
waa solved by Mrs, William O. Chosts
of New York, who in 1171 atarted what
'waa called the "Woman'a .Exchange,"
"designed eapeclally for the benefit of
; -needy gentlewomen. The Idea waa a
great auccaaa, and irom Mr a. Choate'a
amall venture there haa artaen In New
York alone four different and Inde
.", pendent - exchange , -. ;,,,.,.., ,.
When It Wu Started.
!.' The' Portland Woman'a union, eon
vinoed that thla city waa in need of
aueh an . institution, atarted a Woman'a
Exchange in December, 1101, and main
tamed a amall booth for fancy work on
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"Waahlnaton atreet The Ventura waa
'-well received, Ita auccaaa Juetlfled en
- larclnc the acope o? tba work., and It
, waa moved into larger and more com
.' fort able quartera at 111 Tenth atreet,
. . ' The Portland Woman'a Escbange la
. conducted nnder the aama general rulea
for all exchange work. There la a
" board of managera, of which Mlaa Hen
rletta E. Falling la chairman, Ura. Mar
. tin Winch - recording aecretary, Mlaa
c Eleanor- Qlle correapondlng aecretary,
' f' and. Mra. William ,-JUvord treaaurer.
-Mra. J. C. Oauld. -Mra. faam White, Mra.
C. . Jackaon, Mra. Holt C. Wilson. Mra.
Pavld Robertaon, ","M ra 8. R. Johnson,
Mra- Leon- Hlreclv Jare, EV T, -William a,
' , Mra. Slgmund Frank, Mra. 8. A. Brown,
. v Mlaa Mary Montgomery and Mra. 8. T.
; Hamilton aerve as heads or the various
eommlttoea. Mlaa McDonald is auper-
: SntRidant: : t- ;
I The expenses of . auch an undertaking
-a- are large ana the exchang la only part-
. ly eelf-eupporting. It la aided by sub
: .- acrlptlon members at tl a year. Tba
' ' consigning members pay tl a year,
. which must be paid on entering gooda,
and g commission of 1 per- cent 1a
made on all - articles - sold. -The . beat
aoarca of revenue, however, la the
v lunchroom run In connection with tha
exchange and supplied with home cook
If lag by the consignors. .j . .
! What 8omc People Earn. -
f ' Many people have the idea that It
:! ;r. , la next to Impossible to make -much by
British History of j President Roosevelt
t t t
BRITISH work on genealogy,
uat issuea. puoiisnvv
of arma-of Tneooore itooseven.
ava the New Tors World, and
- haa thla to say of tha ancestry and his
1 tory of tha president of tha United
' . tutea!
' Bom at New,T6rk, IT Oct. 1SS; m.
: firstly. 17 Oct. llao. Alice Hathaway,
dau. of Oeorge Cabot Lee, and. by her
(who d. 14 Feb. H4). has Issue:
' AHbe Lee. b, 11 Feb. lSS4;,m. 17 Feb.
, 1I0, Nicholas, son of Ntcholaa tong
' ' worth Of Cincinnati, O., by Susan, hll
rfe. dau., of Judge Timothy Walker.
, He m.. aecondly, I Dec. lift, Edltn
Xerntlt. dau. of Charlea Carow. and, by
bar. has Issue:.
1. Theodore. b- II "Pt- HIT.
Kermlt, b. I Oct; 111.
W I. Archibald Bullock, b. April 1114.
4uenUn. b. It JiOTJf!.
. ' a wihel carow. b. It Aug. 11.
' President Theodore Roosevelt gradu
ated at Harvard unlveraity, lata: LL D.
I'elambia university, lt; I.I,, p. Hope
cla. 1MH t.U D. Tale, 101; LU D.
Harvard, itol; snemher of the New Tork
state aeeembly, IM1-I; United Btatea
etvll - aervlee - eommlaaloner. 1 If ;
.miuinnor. New York City,
' fltl: asslatant eecreUry of the United.'
-. Berarded Aa Am Osssn.
In aome parts of Siberia r a bride
groom on arriving at home commands
Ms wife to Uka off bis boots.-, Ia one
Is a whip and la tba other Is a purse.
The contents of the boot aha flrat ae
,ete fr removal presage whether he
la to be generoua or reverse to her.
A very kind husband wlU put a puree
la boot and smlt the whip, to make
bar believe that bar ebeUe is auspicious.
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Woman's Exchange,
.
working aa a ' consignor' of W ei-
change, . but a few examplee will prove
thla erroneoua. , For two years ending
May, HOC, one consignor received f 1,
!., another received I1.03S for' It
montha' work, ending on the aama data.
The exchange la open from I a. m.
to C:SO p. m., but nothing except orders
are received after 10 a. m. . If you wish
to become a consignor write or call on
Mlaa McDonald, the superintendent, and
aha will let you have a circular giving
tha rulea of the exchange. - In doing
work to be aubmitted for approval It
la better to devote your time to making
one -or two thinga wall, aa everything
made for the exchange must - be ' the
beat of Ita kind: it la also desirable
to make the . price moderate ; in order
tO )n"r apeetly aalfc
The. work af .he xchnga la divided
Into three general departments the art
and fancy work, tha domeatlo and tha
lunchroom. ;
Tha art and fancy work department
baa a large - number : of beautiful and
exqulalt articles on aale and, if de
sired, orders wlllbe taken for soy
work "than can' be done by hand: all
orders are carefully executed and of a
standard equal, to the. sample,, so that
one may be aura of being well pleased
with the,' result, Thla'. -apartment
makes a specialty of Infants' layouts
aad the dainty, hand-made dreaa aocea-
aorlea so Indispensable to the particular
woman.:' . i
States navy, llti-tlj governpr of the
atate of New Tork, llt-l00; colonel
First regiment United Btatea volunteer
cavalry, which ho organised: aerved with
distinction throughout tba campaign of
Santiago de ' Cuba (Spanish-American
war); vice-prealdentj of the United
Statea, November. 100' president, Sep
tember. 1101. , i , , - ?
ANCEITRT. '
Claea Martehssen ' Van Roaenvelt of
Zeeland. Holland, who emigrated to New
Netberlan 1441-60. bad Issue: , t
1. Isaac. '
I. Nicholas, of whom below.' ' I
'Nicholas Roosevelt Uftl-1741), b.
Sept. lift; alderman of New Tork. Iftt
1701 ; espoused the cause of -tha colon
ists; m. lift. HeyltJe.Jana Kunat, by
whom ha had laaue:
1. laaac. t t
I. Nlcholaa. x
I, .Jacobus. -. - . i.
4. Johannes, of whom below.
Jnhannee Roosevelt dtlt- ), bap.
t March. Itlf, at Eaopue. N T.; alder
man. ete. m. Hey tje gjjoerta, and, by
her, had Issue. I
Jacobus Roosevelt (1714 - ),- bap. I
Auaust, 1714: In New Tork Colonial
troopa, U-AnnatJe Bogard and left la
aue.i ,
Jacobua Roosevelt (17I-1I40), bap. II
Oa la tempera as laagwafe.
From Success Magaslne. ,
' Exaggeration Infects the ldess of
most reformers. Working , overtime,
caatlng atonea at tha things they com
plain of. They ara largely concerned
over nonessentials, overlooking primary
eauaea of human progress. Evolution la
retarded by revolution one la a down
pour, the other a prooeaa. In baxmany
wlib universal law . , , , , , ,
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Iewwi ftiai W-eia v
on Tenth Street.
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The domestl- department haa beoome
deaervedly popular and catera to the
beat trade In towrvln all home-made
table delicacies. Everything on aale
here la maintained at a high standard of
excellence, and one may be aura of get
ting full value for one'a money. Bread,
cake, and all tba different klnda of pas
tries, besides ptcklee. Jellies, and pre
serves, are on aale and orders may be
left for anything not in stock.
- The-public doea not know enough
about tha Exchange lunch room, which
is open for luncheon from 11.S0 a. m. to
I p. m.. afternoon tea la served from t
to 4 .o'clock p. m. The lunch room lb
large and cool and "the tables look In
viting with Immaculate linen and fresh
flowers. Here men and women may
order luncheon . and be daintily and
quickly served : with appetising bome
uuuked food t moderate prices. Many
men used to think that the lunch room
waa only for women, but now a number
of business men make , It .their regular
Dlsee for lunch.
Mothers who wish their school chil
dren to have hot lunches may snake the
necearary arrangemante with tha auper
Intandent. A particular feature of tha
Exchange ia to take orders for special
dlshea for functions, luncheons, teaa.
aad s forth, The- women are working
hard - to make the Exchange a success
aad ara devoting both tlma and money
to that object. ,
A good way to help la to give eotne
deserving woman a consignor a ucsei
for tna Exchange. t
October, 1750; commissary in New Tork
troopa in the , Revolutionary -war; m
Mary Helen Van Schaack, and, dying
1140. left, by her (who d.. 1144), laaue;
. Cornellua - Van Schaack Rooaevelt
(1714-1171). b. 10. January. 1714; m.
Margaret Barohlll (a descendant of
Thomaa Potts, member of the New Jer
sey provincial congress), and, - by her
(who d, 1811). had alx children, the last
of whom waa: , i
Theodore Rooaevelt (1IJ1-1I7I) ib.
September, llll: collector of the port of
New Tork; m. tl December, lift; Mar
tha, dau. of Major Jsmee Stephen Bui
lock, and, by her (who t 11 February,
1184), left Issue;
1. Theodore, president of the United
States. - , . .
1. Elliott, b. II February, lltO; tn.
Hll. Anna lull. ' ., , -.
S Ann. K 9. I.hii,,. llll, a. 1111
WUUam--Cwleav-thntWtatwf
navy. ...
4. Corlnne, b. IT September, 1111; m.
If It, Douglaa Robinson. "
' Residences The White House, Wash
ington. D.. C; Sagamore Hill, Oyster
Bay. Long Island. .
Clubs Union League, Republican,
Century, Harvard. fleawnnhaka, Corin
thian Tacht, Delta Kappa Epallon,
aJWWlll 8111(2 V-rUVRVla,
'' Too romg- to Take Staadlng.
The -billionaire had been adjudged
guilty. The residing juetlce, looking at
him aternly, said: '
"Prisoner, I will now read the Met of
Crimea, under the poor food, anti-trust
and other laws, that you havabeen con
victed of.
-"And during the reading," esld the
doomed man. faintly, "will rout honor
allow me to sit oownr1
My AutQ
biography: - K
By COVHT TOLSTOI -
M
Y FATHER had it an early age
become hia parents , ony
His younger brother, Ilenka,
-, -,1th an accident - which
made him a cripple, and ha died whHe
still a child. 1 ' - I.
in 1111 my father waa IT yeare old,
and. to the dTaguet of hi. whole family,
he entered the military eervtce. At thla
time Prince Nlcholae i Oorteohakow, a
ralatlva of my grandmother. Princess
Oortachakow, waa minister of war. while
hla brother-was -commamler-ln-enier-or
the armies In field, and my father
waa made hla adjutant. v
.m.wen.t through the campalgne In
1111 and 1114, and - 5Jf"r
year waa aent aa a courier to Germany,
where he waa captured by the French
and waa kept a prteoner until the fol-
lEven jefore he entered the mllltry
service, when he waa only If, hla par
enta had provided him wlth a mlstreaa,
S girl with whomti had a eon. Mlschen
ka who became a ataga driver. Aa long
a my father lived thla eon made hla
own living, but when he died he began
to drink and often applied to.ua, hla
grown-up half -brothera, for money. .
- I well remember how aahamed I felt
whan this brotner, - wno resemmwi m
father 'more than any of ua, came to us
for assistance, and waa thankful for 10
or If rubiea. r- '
After the war my father, 'who had
grown tired of army life, -retired from
tha service and came to Kesan where
my grandfather, who had lost hla forrt
tune, waa gpvernor, ana wnera my uuv,
who had married Juahkow, waa living.
My grandfather died soon afterwards
and left my father nothing, but debta
and tha obligation of providing for hla
mother and sister, who were used to liv
ing In luxury. . v
At that time bla marriage with my
mother waa arranged, and, he went to
Jaauaja - Poljana. . where he became a
widower, after nine yeara of married
life.
My father waa a very vtvacloua man,
of medium height, pleasant features and
very earnest looking eyea. He spent bis
time taking care of the aetata, though
ha was not a very good manager. He
waa not cruel, but . very weak, and I
never heard of any of tha serfs having
been beaten or punished. It la likely,
however, that - auch punishment waa
uaed, aa It waa considered impossible to
manage aerfe without it. (..-
Once, after my father'a death, X heard
of auch punlahment for the flrat time.
We children were coming back from a
walk with our tutor when we met the
fat overaeer, Andre Fljln. followed by
the assistant coachman, -cross-eyed
Kusma," near the barn.. Kusma, who
was married and no longer young, looked
very downcast. We asked ndrej Fljln
where he waa going, and he replied that
he waa going to the barn to puniah
Kusma. I can never forget the impres
sion which Kusma's aad face made upon
me. '-; "
' In the evening I told my aunt Tatlana
Alexandrewna, who hated corporal pun
ishment and who never allowed it. t be
used. - '. . . '-. . A-j V '- v ' -' f :
She. looked very Indignant at what I
told her, and asked: "Why did you not
forbid him to beat KuamaT" -
Her words made ma feel even worse,
for I had never thought that I might
have done so, and now It was too late.
I return again to my impression of my
iathe. Hla work consisted In the man-4
agement of the eatata and in noimng
court. He waa very often away from
home, being fond of hunting and fishing.
His companions were hla old friend,
KlreJewskL a wealthy bachelort Jaalkow,
Qlebow and lalenjew. '!
wnatever time ne naa ten anar at
tending to hia affairs and looking after
ua children he apent in reading. He got
together a library consisting of French
classical works, books on history and
natural history. , . ... .
" I remember him very well alttlng In
hla library on a . leather-covered divan,
smoking hla pipe when we came in ' to
bid him .good night, and alao how ha
uaed to pet ua and play with us and let
ua play on tha divan while be waa in
structing the overaeer, wbo stood at the
door, or chatting wltn my goaiainer,
Jaalkow.''
I alao remember how the painted clo
tures, which aeemed wonderful to ua.
-and also how he at one time made me re
cite veraea by Puachkln which I had
learned by heart, and how the . feeling
with which I recited these vereee made
a atrong liumesslon on lllltl. Ha listened
in silence until I waa through ' and
looked toward Jaalkow. with an expres
sion of pride on his face. I noticed that
aomething In my way of expressing the
sentiments of the poet had pleased him
snd I waa exceedingly happy.
I alao remember how he uaed to tell
Di lokea and atoriea during dinner and
aupper, ao that even my grandmother
and my aunt laughed aa much aa we
children.--1 remember how he uaed to
go td that city and how handsome I
thought he looked In hla frockcoat and
narrow trousers, but atllt more .vivld la
my Impression of him aa he looked when
he bsft-the house to go hunting. I re
member how we uaed to go walking with
him and how the young' greyhounds who
followed him ran across tha unmown
fields, ao that they almoat disappeared
among tall grass, and they uaed to Jump
around ua, proud of our admiration, tl
remember how we on the flrat of Sep
tember, the day of tha hunting festival,
road In a llnelka to tha clearing In tha
woods, where a fox waa turned loose,
and how tha greyhound ran after It, and
how it, at last, waa caught far away, by
the a-revhounde.
More than by anything elae I was Im
pressed by tha wolf hunt It waa quite
near tha house. We all came out to look
at 1L A big gray wolf, whoae lege had
been tied together, 'waa brought out In a
cart. It remained very quiet and merely
glanced hatefully at those of ua who
went cloaa by. Juat outside tha garden.
the wolf waa taken from the cart, laid
on tha ground and held In position with
hla- forka. Then Its legs were untied
arid It began to struggle and bite furi
ously at the piece of wood which wss
tied In Its mouth. At last everyone waa
ready, the wood was pulled out of Its
mouth, the rorxs woion neia it aown
feet and stood motionless about 10 sec
ond a. Then a signal waa given and tha
greyhounds wars turned loose. Tha
wolf,- tba greyhounds and the hunters
rushed towsrd the fields, where the wolf
got away from them. I well remember
how angry my father'wae when he re
turned, s
t Ilka to think of my father, as I re
member him, sitting on the sofa with my
grandmother playing aolltaire. My feth
er was polite and friendly to everybody,
ha waa exceedingly respectful - toward
grandmother. She aat on the aofa, her
haaA covered with a lace cap, orna
manted with a bow, laid the carda, and
from tlma to time took a pinch of snuff
from a golden taba tiers. Cloaa by tha
sefs. In sn arm chair, aat Petrowna, a
dealer in weapon, from lulai ehe wore t -"Deer lr I etole your moneys- Re
a military Jacket and waa always apln- moras gnawe my oonaoienoe, and Z return
pis very fast aad ..very, earelefsld aa
Thirteen Years
Old and Writes:
enritoyait;
at H ft
(Br a Staff Oerreseeadeat.)
RSULA BLOOM la a name that
; may aome day become famoua
In literature, Ita possessor la
only It yeara old. but flnda her
chief delight In writing atoriea; in fact,
aa aha quaintly puta it, "It gives ma a
headache net t write. '- '. - -i
.. She began writing whan ahe waa still
a baby. . .Whan She was ( her flrat little
boohv-'Tlge,' was prlntedwr The Prince
of Walea' son. Prince "Eddie," read It
and liked It very much and got hla papa
to write te ' tha author and tell her how
-mtfch he had enjoyed it. From tha
Prlnceaa of Walea, the Coutiteaa of War
wick and other great folk aha haa re
oelved - lettere praising bar workr but
they, have not turned her head a bit
With all her-.precoctoue Imagination aha
la a delightfully natural, child. Tha lit
tle aketch which followa waa written by
herself and is, I think, a decidedly Inter
esting human document
"I could write almoat before I eould
crawl, and even in my babyhood a aheet
of paper and a pencil would amuse me,
but I could never get enough paper for
a real big book, sot whan I waa very
amall . I uaed to write on chalre and
underneath tha table, and my nurse has
often put ma In the corner for writing
on tha wall. It was a proud day when
I became aole owner of the waata paper
basket, and I set to work to writs
'Mary, -Georgia' and "Rachel Monday,"
followed 'by 'Mark and May and 'Mary
Spry.' Thla waa before I waa 4. and not
being able to really write, I printed my
lettera, aearchlng through , my favorite
books, 'Susy's Six Birthdays' and 'Line
Upon Line' for a alngle letter or word.
Mummle haa kept 'Mary.- but I cannot
read it, the only distinguishable part la
'Boo boo.- aatd uttia Alary. I win not
have ml bootee tokened off.' Then
papa muate some and whlpp herr,' sed
nurelle.' ... .)
"When I waa T I wrote atllt mora and
Tiger waa printed when I was 8. The
following three, yeara I wrote mora and
more, and nowyI am II. I'm atllt writ
ing; It glvaa me a headache not to write,
I get auch lota of Ideaa oace I aee a
aheet of paper before me and a pencil
In my hand, I haven't half tlma enough
to put them all .down. I 'have bad lota
of fat wrltlng-booka given - ma lately
and I'm going to apand haapa of tlma
filling them, out . I - shall never enjoy
tale aa much aa I enjoyed writing
about Fluffy. . I nearly cry when a tale
HUNTERS GIVE THEffi LIVES FOR CURIOS
H . t , at V";-:-"
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N the First Egyptian room st the
Brltiah museum you will rind an
object catalogued aa, No. 11.141.
It is a mold in some ancient form
of papier-mache of an Egyptian woman.
presumably a priestess wno-uvea in
Thebea aomewhera about 15 oenturlee
ago. The molded face la of unuaual
beauty, but has a eurlous expression
of cold malignancy.-. r --. . f,-!
Now one hears talae of emulate and
suchlike-which possess-fstal piumHiee.
and no doubt -moat' of ua regard auch
atoriea aa intereatlng fiotlona. - But hare
are tha cold facta . concerning this
Egyptian maak. -
It waa dlaeovered about 40 years ago
by a party of five explorers; who went
up the Nile to the -second cataract to
explore the rulne of Thebea An Arab
brought to them thla mummy case, and
one of the party bought .it A few daya
later one of the gentleman's servants
shot himsslf accidentally and lost an
arm, and aoon after another who had
handled the caae waa accidentally killed.
The third died within a year. The flnda
ware apportioned by lot and the prleet
eaa maak fell to another of the party.
On hla arrival at Cairo, be found a let
ter telling him that he bad lost most
of .his money. . . x. .'..., t
The Fatal Mommy Mold. '
- The case Waa handed to a lady, aiater
of the owner.. From the time ahe re
ceived It, everything went wrong In her
houae and family. There la no apace
here
which the priestess" ownership caused,
Suffice to aay that tha celebrated theoi
ophiat Madame Blavataky once aaw it
and begged the. owner to get rid of It
at once, but the latter refused.
Some yeara later It was ssnt to a
photographer In Baker street to be pho
tographed. Within - a few weeke the
photographer died auddenly. ' The owner
now agreed to Bend the priestess' Image
to the Brltiah muaeum. The carrier
died within a week, and tha man who
assisted In moving the curio to Ita place
shortly afterwards met with g aerloua
accident t , ..'
Of course, the whole ef theae various
inoldents may - have been coincldencea.
But the writer haa considerable doubta
whether one Anawera reader In a thou
aand would be willing to keep No. 21,141
If It were offered to iilm or her.
Thla mummy caae la. not the only
that I remember that her aplnnlng wheel
had made quite a hole In the plaster of
tha wall. . My aunta ware alttlng in arm
chalre, arid one of them waa reading
aloud. In another armchair Jhe black
and yellow Mllka, my father'a favorite
greyhound, was sleeping comfortably.
We children were brought tn to eay good
night, and were often allowed to Stay.
Before we left the room we alwaya
klased the hands of grandmother and
the aunta I remember once how my
father, in the midst of the card playing
and reading, winked his eye snd pointed
towsrd the mirror. We all looked In the
same direction. It waa tha valet
Tlachon. who, knowing that my father
was in the living room, was now sneak
ing Into . hla library to steal tobacco
from hla, pouch. My father aaw him in
tha mirror, where he eould plainly aee
how-he-waa anaaklng-up oa tiptoe My
aunta i laughed, while grandmother for
aome time did not underatand. but at
last ahe, too, laughed. I waa delighted
at ths good nature of my father, and I
klaaed his white, strong, muscular hand.
I loved my father very much, but I did
not realise hew atrong waa my love until
he was dead. ..v ,.- - ?'. :'
nemorse,, said Mayor Wells of 8t
Louis, 'Is an exoellent thing whan deep
enough. ' "
'The trouble with- most wrenf-doera,
when remorae overUkea them, la that
tha emotion le feeble and ahallow.
'The average type of remorse was
that of a pickpocket who sent Isst yesr
this note te a man whom he had robbed
af lioo.
herewith tl.ee,'
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A Girlish Writer Whoae Work Haa
.'V'.- ,; :' '-. "'.' : i.V sula
(Intereatlng to me) ie flnlahed. and yet
I'm rather glad, for then I can begin
another. '- .
"My little magaslne keeps ma buay.
too; It ia net really printed,, but all la
manuscript, but I try to make It Ilka a
real magaslne, all ahort atoriea and one
aerial. It has been going for four years
snd It's really vary great fun writing
for It r, ' ; '.
curiosity wEToh appears to bring Ill
luck upon Ita owners. Madame . Sad I
Carnot widow of the assassinated presi
dent of France, . left a request In her
will that her executora would deatroy
a certain Hindoo Idol which. Waa to te
found among her possessions. This
Image waa quite amall, cut out of aome
hard atone, and waa of enormous- an
tiquity. - TV.'i ; .,'. i
Prophecy Fulfilled.'
it H1Ji htHuniW for eenturlea to-4he-
rajahs of Khadjurao, and a legend clung
to It that Ita owner would in every
caae attain to aupreme power and then
die by the knife. Thla atory waa told
to M. Carnot by "the friend who had
given It to hlra yeara before he became
president of France. The prophecy came
literally true. .
Among the curiosities preserved by
the family of tha famoua French de
tective Glrouard la a gold ring made
In the ahape of a snake with an opal
In tha top of ita head and two eme.ral.a
for eyea. Tba design Is so peculiar
that tha ring could not fall to be recog
nised by anyone who had ever aeen it
Thla ring came to the Parle morgue
five tlmea within SO yeara, each tlma
upon the finger of a oorpea. , Inquiries
have ahown that this place of Jewelry
had a curae put upon It by a mother
whoae only eon was killed In a duel by
the wearer of the ring. The preeent
owner of the ring would not wear It for
any money.
L A'few yeara ago an American eoldler.
a eergeant In the Slxty-alxtn coast ar
tllltry. whleh waa at the time stationed
at Honolulu, went Inland to the base
of the volcano, and under the shadow
of 'the Beetling Diamond Head cliff,
burled deeply an old violin. Then he
returned to the barracks, and a few
daya' later committed aulclde. - To thla
violin his miserable end la attributed.
The full history of this musical Instru
ment Is unknown. - All that Is certain la
that It seemed to have a fatal effect
upon any one who owned It Previous
to tha aergeant'a aulclde, three other
persona who bad had tha violin in their
possession had killed themselves.
Ece-Hunters Fall to Death. '
Apart - from curios possessing mys
teriously malignant effects, there are
and have been many lives lost In - ths
pursuit of rarities of -all klnda Egg
hunting, flower-hunting, the search for
Where Slaves Are Stilt For Sale
ft at H
NB by one the great slave mar
Lets of the world are aiaap
earing, yet within three hours'
staam of Gibraltar. Morocco re
mains ons of ths very few countries
where the public auction of negroea, and
other than negroea, , may atlll be wlt
neaaad. Any traveler who flnda hla way
to the Imperial city. Marrakeah, ahould
make a point of visiting Its famous
markat which haa recently been attract
Ing the attenUon of , tha powers. A
oantury age It was no uncommon thing
for English men and. English women
the captives of the Ralaulia of that day
to paaa into lifelong slavery from the
veryaame jrard, large x and squalid,
whers I "have JuarwlTOmednhsuctton
of aoms. 26 natlvea, aaya a traveler.
It seems herd to believe that while
England waa waging war with Napoleon
the mala duty of her ambassadors tn
Morocco waa o appeal to the sultan,
cap In hand, and with ample offerings of
carriages and cannone with tha Moors
described as - "tribute "for ths reluase
of British crewa and their wives, who
had had tha ill fortune to be captured
by the famoua rovers . of- Bailee and
Rabat Faithful records of these trans
actions may yet be found In tha diplo
matic and eonaular reports of the period.
At ebout I o'clock oa a Thursday after
noon the proceedings of the Marrakeah
auotlon opened with prayer the elghl
or ten auctioneers, formed In line, rail
ing for ths Divine blessing upon both
buyer and seller! - In this appear, 1" re
marked, the slaves were not mentioned.
Thee, leavdlavt. hia ehatuta ties aa
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Been Praised by Royalty Mia Ur-
Bloom..'-."' ' :-x .-.' '"-V
.'My favorite plaee -te write te la our
large apple tree," . -
'.The accompanying photograph, taken.,
about the time - 'Tiger" . waa written,
ahowa Ursula with bar little brother-and
her dolla. There la no difficulty In ac
counting for her remarkable talent She
la tha daughter of the Rev. J. Harvey"
Bloom, rector of Stretfdrd-on-Avon, a
man of high literary attainments.
the burled eurtoaitiea'of long past ages
all theae constantly claim, their vic
tims. Only last year a young German
named Thlnand, while climbing in the
Alpe In search of that rare and beauti
ful flower, the edelwelaa, fell from the
top of one . ef the Cornettes de Bias.
He, dropped a aheer distance of over -ItalC
a. mile and was smashed out of all
human form,- . '-'.,', ., '
There stands In the muaeum of Ath
ens -an' ancient and discolored marble
atatna of the greek-goddess aphrodite.,
which cost the life of one At Us find
ers.' It Is part of the cargo of a Ro
man trireme which was found by sponge
divera between the Island of Cert go and
the Spartan ooaat, and no doubt waa
booty which the Romans ware carrying
back from Greece to their own capital.
The aponge f ishere greatly axolted by
their find, ssnt one of their number
down to explore. ,-'
He was the beat diver of the crew,
but he never roes again. He became
entangled -among the weeds and the
timbers of the old wrack, and there hla
dead, body waa afterward found close to
tha etatue, whleh he eeemed to have '
tried to raise from Its sandy bed.
A Life for an Orchid.. V
Forstermann. the German, who holda
the record of having dlaeovered nearly -
40 . orchids which were previously un- .
known to science, tells the story of how
one of his finds oost a human life. He
waa far up In the wilds of the Siamese
forect when, just before sunset, he no
ticed with his fleldglasses an orchid
Which he did not know gruwlni nlga '
on a tree overhead. The question waa
whether- to stop and climb for It It
was late, and the ground was unsuitable ,
for camping. Hla guide volunteered te
go on ahead and search for a camping
place while the othersprocured the
orchid. "' " "
This was agreed to, and ths party
Wore buay securing the plant when a
terrible scream was heard In the brush
In front - Forstermann ran aa hard aa
he could In the direction of the aound,
and waa Juat In time to aee a huge
tiger carrying off hla friend. He fol
lowed, but darkness fell, and It was 7
not until next morning that they man
aged to track and kill tha maneater and
bury the remalna of its victim. The
orchid was named after the man of ,.
whoae death it had been Indirectly the
cauae. ..'.' :.- ,
group of possible buyers : to another,
each auctioneer went the round of the ;
markat, stating ths amount of ths Isst
bid. . The presencs of Europeans is not '
welcome at theae salea, but nothing
was said te ua excepting -that we were -asked,
.courteously enough, not to walk" ,
about For any looker-on to move from
hla place would. It aeems, be a breach -of
sieve- auction etiquette.. '
.No writer in eearch of startling ef-
feets need visit the Marrakeah markat
The whole thing la, as a rule, bualnesa
like, not to aay humdrum. Naturally
enough, , the slavea, especially the girts, '
are dressed In their best and artistically
gTOsmedand-m many tasmra chantr nr"
masters la looked ' forward to with
pleasure. Somehow or other the horror';
we have felt at aome period of our Uvea
evaporatee considerably on facing tha
reality. It Is quits obvious, for one
thing, that the average Moorish negro
does not want freedom. . It la alao a .
fact that, in nine oases out of ten, he
ia far batter off than a free person of
hla capacity dare hope to be. Indeed,
it ia .no uncommon thing for a freed.
alave to resell himself, and share the
rtrice paid with the friend who Poses ..
ss orlglnsl owner. We all, tn theory,
recognise the , aomething , wrong . in
alavery, but in soms mysterious way
theory and practice claah. Of one thing
we may rest assured. Jl plebiscite of
Moorish alavaa -would emphatically re
ject an offer or liberty 'which entailed
the responsibility of working Uka an
aswlaary laser ea ' ; -' . .
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