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its much as you might suppose. That,
I presume, vvns because the Idea held
by Mr. Miller that it was the influ
ence of example Hint hud caused the
crime was tlie ¡.lea
nerally accepted
by the public. The woman’s name was
Iletty Kirk. Like Edna Nethersole,
she was a servant, who laid availed
herself of her weekly afternoon off to
visit the musee. She was an older wo
man and less comely than Edna and,
so far as could be learned, had neither
husband nor lover. It transpired that
she had behaved rather queer at times,
and, though her mistress had never
thought much about It, she now pre
sumed that Hetty had not been quite
right in her mind. When pressed for
instances of Hetty’s behaving queer,
she cited various acts of household
stupidity which, it seemed to me. were
no more than what many mistresses
find in their servants. It was true,
however, according to the mistress'
statement, that Hetty seemed to have
a morbid passion for reading all about
murders, suicides and crimes general
ly. She had read about Edna’s death
aud spoken to her mistress about it,
saying she was going down to the
musee on her very uext afternoon off
to see the place where the girl had
died. Her mistress did not believe she
hnd probably Intended to kill herself
when she went down, for Hetty bad
been talking only that morning cheer
fully about certain plans for the next
few days. She presumed that when
Hetty fouud herself on tlie same spot
where Edna bail killed herself and saw
that she was alone a sudden insane
impulse to kill herself, as Edna had i
done, seized her, nnd she straightway
plunged the dagger Into her neck
After tlie seeoud tragedy Mr. Miller
caused a watch to be set In the room
where Othello wns, and visitors no
longer found themselves alone in the
room. Whether it was that the pres
ence of the guard proved effective or
that there were no more foolish or
crazed women to take their lives, sev
eral weeks passed without any unusual
event occurring at the musee.
The vigilance of the guard was re
laxed, and finally, as Mr. Miller did
not feel that he could afford to pay a
man for staying in Just one room ns a
guard, he was withdrawn.
The memory of tlie two strange
dentils had probably aliout faded from
the public mind when a third, even
more startling, occurred. 1 remembet
the day well, for It seemed to bring
with It a series of accidents, big and
little, that culminated in the tragedy
which 1 shall relate. In tlie first place,
I discovered that I had laid my pocket
picked on tlie way to the musee that
morning. The thief had taken my
pocketlMiok. eoutalnlng $7. Tlie sum
was not large, thougli It meant consid
erable to tne, mid I was much an
novetl.
( to be continued .)
HE wax figures at the mu before G o'clock, when the visitors at
see were an indifferent lot, the musee had almost left, one of the
ns a rule—that is to say, employees of the place named Mur
they were neither better phy came rushing out to the ticket of
nor worse than the average fice with a scared white face.
that you will find In such places. "Tlier
But ’s a girrl committed suosoide
the Othello In our unique group of up by group thlrrteen!” he cried.
Shakespearean characters was a mas "She’s a-loyin Hat on the floor. 1 saw
her with me own oyes.”
terpiece in wax.
I thought very likely Murphy was
The reason that It happened to be dif
ferent from the others was because it mistaken and that a woman had mere
was newer. The one first made for ly fainted. The wax Images some
the group met with a disaster a few times affect people that way, especially
months after being installed. A slight the more grewsome figures. Group 13
blaze occurring In Its vicinity melted was the Shakespearean group, how
the wax features and ruined them. ever. and there was no image there to
The rest of the group were not harmed affect one unpleasantly unless Indeed
beyond repair, but a new Othello had the extreme lifelikeness of the Othello
to be made. The order was given to a might give a sensitive person a queer
certain local worker iu wax and not to feeling. But 1 followed Murphy up
the one who made the original Othello. into the room where the group stood,
This man must have been a genius, for and Mr. Miller, who came out of his
when the figure came to the musee and little office as we were passing, went
was placed In position it was the most witli us.
lifelike thing In wax that I have ever
It was a startling sight that met our
seen, and I have seen some very excel gaze.
i he room was deserted when
lent wax counterfeits of men and wo we entered by all except the mute ami
men. It made poor Desdemona and motionless Images and by one other
her old father. Senator Brabanlto, figure, equally mute aud motionless,
look cheap and tawdry by compari Ij iug on the floor directly In front of
son. There was much to criticise In <;thello. It was a young woman, not
the pose, I think. Othello was suppos much over 20, of comely form and
ed to be relating Ills adventures to the features, but of the servant girl class,
old man and his enamored daughter, it would appear from the cheap finery
and to my mind there should have been that she had on. Down where the
animation In his attitude and man white throat thickened toward the
ner. Instead of that, the figure was plump body was nil ugly wound, and
shown seated in an easy, not to say in the girl's dress was stained crimson
dolent, attitude. Its verisimilitude to by the copious flow of blood. She was
life consisted In Its marvelous me quite dead when we reached her, and
chanical or technical composition. Its on her face was a singular look of hor
maker was a genius, no doubt, but not ror. On the floor beside her, with
an artist, at least not In the highest blade nil bloody, lay the Jeweled dag
sense. It was a very Othello taking ger of Othello. It appeared that the
his ease, but scarcely Shakespeare’s suicide had lingered late till the last
Othello recounting his deeds of war to of the visitors had left and then
his ladylove. It seemed that way to drawn Othello's dagger from its
me anyway. I don’t know that it sheath and with It loosed her lifeblood.
As we lifted the dead girl up and
struck the a\*»rage observer so. People
would come and stand before the group bore her away to Mr. Miller’s office 1
admiringly, and I have never heard a recall how curiously I was impressed
word of criticism such as I have ex by our surroundings. One of life’s
pressed by one of them. Tills may be startling tragedies had Just occurred,
partly because they were lost In won yet all these counterfeit men aud wo
der and admiration of tlie lifelike ap men around us remained impassive,
pearance of the Moor and partly per uninterested, indifferent. It seemed as
haps because the more cultivated if those figures should have started
classes, persons competent to criticise up and crowded forward to see the in
A Qrurrnl Theory ot Machines,
such tilings, seldom visit exhibitions animate thing we were bearing away
Iu the Comptea Ilendus of the Paris
of waxworks. You may be led to won or should have turned away and hid Academy of Sciences M. Koenigs lias
der how I, one of the employees at the den their faces from its horror—done printed a sketch of a general theory of
musee, should be able to criticise thus anything, in fact, except to keep their mechanisms. Every machine consists
Intelligently, aftd in reply I may say positions, mute, cold and unmoved. 1 of a number of material bodies, re
that I was not always reduced to so saw all the figures remained Impassive, sistances, Jollied together reciprocally,
lowly a plane of life. I came of an ex and yet, to my disordered fancy, as I upon which natural forces act to pro
cellent family and In my younger days glanced backward, it seemed almost duce a desired effect, and the effect
received good training in both art and as if the eyes of Othello were follow may be either a state of rest or one of
literature. I fell In the social scale on ing us as we bore the girl away. You motion. The resisting bodies nnd their
account of— But, there! I will not have seen the eyes of a portrait follow connections are tlie mechanism. Its ef
you in that same way.
enter Into that.
fect is not known until we deline the
The police were notified of wliat had acting forces, '¡'lie same machine will
This Othello was so good a counter
feit of life that we used to chaff Julius occurred, and they took charge of the produce different effects according as
Pompey Caesar, the musee's colored body, removing It from the musee different forces play upon it.
factotum, between whom and the wax some time that evening. It was not till
Machines are subject to three ef
en image there certainly was a re the next afternoon that we learned fects static when the forces produce
markable likeness In features, with much about the girl. The afternoon
equilibrium; kinetic when tlie result Is
being Othello’s twin, and we some papers then stated that her name was motion, and, finally, dissociative when
times called him the Moor, or Ctcsar Edna Nethersole, that she was a serv
tlie connections of the machine are
the Moor. He never seemed to take ant employed on Forty-second street
changed. The latter effect is usually
ft amiss, but, on the contrary, I think, and that site had taken advantage of
not considered, but It Is esscntlul to
was quite proud of the title and the re her Thursday afternoon off to visit the
take It Into account, a machine could
semblance. He partook In large de musee. No one suspected tlutt she had
not be built, In the first place, unless
gree of the vanity of his race, and I any Intention of taking lier life, so the
It was capable of dissociation. In some
think he felt gratified and flattered at papers stated. She was of an un
machines locks, for Instance—the parts
having so good an Image of himself on usually cheerful nature, her mistress
are dissociated every time the appa
said,
and
when
she
left
her
that
aft
public exhibition, Just as a vain man
ratus operates. It Is desirable to de
might at having Ids statue in bronze ernoon site had appeared to be In her
sign most machines, however, so that
or marble erected in some prominent usual good spirits. She had uot men
the dissociative effects do not come in
place. Perhaps his flame of vanity tioned that she Intended to visit tlie
to play during their operation.
was fanned by noting the admiration musee, but there was nothing unnat
of spectators who came and stood be ural in that, for It was uot her habit
Beware of tlie Cold Hath.
fore the wax Othello. This admiration to tell where she was going. She had
The cold bath in the morning Is not
was particularly marked among wo a lover named Ole Nelson, aud here
men—servant girls and girls employed was a possible cause for her act. It so popular as It was formerly. There
In shops and factories. Their excla seems that the lovers had quarreled Is much energy expended in the re
mations, their "Ohs!” and “Abs!” were the evening before Edna's fatal visit action nnd Just at the time of day
expressive of much genuine admira to the musee. It had been n lovers’ when this energy Is at its lowest ebb.
tion, thougli I had doubts If It was so quarrel and In nowise different from Then, too, cold water has very little
much the lifelikeness of the image that others before it. Edna was Jealous of cleansing effect. Very hot water
elicited them as the barbaric splendor Ole’s attentions to another girl and stimulates the nerves, which Is the ef
of Othello’s dress, the rich robe and had upbraided him about it. They fect that we are seeking from the cold
Jeweled trappings. Certain it is that had parted in temper, but poor Ole, water, while it does not demand the
when I observed these exclamatory who was nearly heartbroken over his energy of reaction of the latter. The
creatures their eyes would more often sweetheart’s death, had never dreamed duration of the morning bath should
be wandering over the apparel of the that Edna would It’ll herself on ac be ns short ns possible—hardly longer
Image than remaining fixed on the count of it. But. as no other reason for than the mere application of the water
singularly human face, and it is also her act was found, this had to be ac to the skin, followed by a brisk rub
certain that If Ciesar, who was every cepted as tlie cause. The verdict of bing. However, many prefer a cool
whit as handsome as the Imaged Moor, the coroner's Jury wns that she met sponge bath In the morning, and If
this Is followed by a warm glow nnd a
happened to be standing near In a death at her own bands.
After the papers had made public feeling of well being it certainly Is (
commonplace nineteenth century garb
he received no more than a passing the affair there was a noticeable In beneficial. Many people are not strong
glance from these same emotional crease of attendance at the musee for enough to react well. A hot bath at
maids. And Caesar would often be a few days, and visitors, after finding night is most cleansing nnd restful.
standing there when bls duties would where the Othello stood, would remain Genernl bnthing must be regulated by
permit. I suppose be felt that he was gazing curiously at tlie spot where the Individual peculiarities. — Emma E.
receiving admiration, by proxy at body was found. But after a few days Walker, M. I»., In Ladies’ Home Jour
Interest lessened, aud the affair would nal.
least, and enjoyed it.
To impress upon you bow the wax soon have been quite forgotten had
A Little Too Lnte.
Othello Influenced some persons I will not something happened to recall it
The minister of a Scotch parish hnd
relate a little Incident that occurred vldldly to the public mind. Just one
one day not long after the new Image week afterward, at the same hour ami n great wish that an old couple should
had been put in place. Mr. Miller, the nt almost the same minute, Murphy In become teetotalers, but they were In no
proprietor of the musee, was conduct his rounds discovered another woman wise eager to comply. After much
ing some friends through the place, lying dead In front of Othello. Sh» presslug, however, they consented to
try the experiment, but laying down ns
and when they came to the Shake
was covered with blood from a wound
spearean group they paused, as people In the neck almost identical with tlie a condition that they should be allowed
always did, to admire Othello. One of wound found on the body of Edna to keep a bottle of "Auld Kirk” for
the ladles said: "Mr. Miller, it Isn't Nethersole, and tills, as in the previous medicinal purposes.
About a fortnight after John began to
really wax, is It? It must be a live
case, had been Inflicted by the Jeweled feel bis resolution weakening, but he
man. It isn’t possible that so good a
dagger of the Moor. The dagger lay wns determined not to be the first to
counterfeit of a living man could be
beside the body, its blade encrimsoned give way. In another week, however,
made.”
with ldood. Ou the woman's face wns lie collapsed entirely.
I For answer Mr. Miller said, “Would
that snine singular look of horror—al
“Jenny, woman,” he said, "I've an
you mind letting me take your hatpin
most affright, you would have said— ,nwfu’ pain in my head. Ye mlcht gle
a moment?”
that we had noticed on the face of the mea wee drapple an' see gin It’ll dae
, The woman drew a hatpin from her
other girl.
me ony gulil.”
hat and handed it to him, a little mys
When Mr. Miller came upon the
"Weel, guldmnn,” she replied, "ye’re
tified apparently at the request. Mr.
Miller took it and, stepping upon the scene, he wns highly disturbed, and owre late o' askin', for ever sin’ that
dais on which the images stood, plung quite naturally, I tliluk. "This comes bottle Chin’ Into the hoose I’ve been
ed the sharp pin into the leg of Othello. from the papers printing all these de bothered sae wi’ pains 1' my held ’tls a'
He withdrew it and plunged it into the tails about crimes,” he said. “Some dune, an’ there’s nae drapple left.”—
arm of the image. “What do you half crazy woman read aliout tlint girl Spare Moments.
killing herself here last week, I sup
think? Is it a man?” he asked.
She Remembered.
"No,” sakl the woman, laughing; "I pose, nnd got the notion in her bead
Small Mabel had received n parental
Hint site would kill herself the snme
don’t believe it Is.”
“I would hold a lighted match way. Well, no one else shall kill her Injunction to remember at least one
against his nose if it wasn't for melt self with this dagger,” he said, nnd thing the minister said nt church, and
ing the wax,” added the obliging pro with that lie snapped the blade off upon her return home exclaimed, “I
close to the hilt. "That's what I remember something!”
prietor.
“That's right, dear,” rejoined her fa
"It Isn’t necessary,” said the lady. "I ought to have done in the first place,”
ther. “Now tell me what the minister
he added.
am already convinced.”
__ Well, this second suicide, as the said.”
“He said,” replied Mabel, “ ‘A collec
*
caused some-
Bp'lljl I. ||||, |..,l
tion will uow be taken up.’ ”
T
NEGRO Siri IEI i ES.
harmful bathing .
Too
Much S ohii aud Water
Good Fur the Skin.
Iu Not
It is a familiar boast of English peo
ple that we are above all others a
washing nation. Soap and water is a
standing dish in Great Britain, but so
little were we disposed to credit the
habitual cleanliness of foreigners that
a piece of soap in the valise was till re
cently the habitual companion of an
Englishman on his travels. All kinds
of theories have been raised to account
for tills national tendency to ablution,
aud most diverse qualities have been
attributed to its possession.
The familiarity of Islanders with wa
ter and tlie use of it occasioned by the
uatiouul custom tlint led the ancient
Britons to paint their bodies are sol
emnly urged ns tlie foundation of the
English proneness to washiug, anil the
fresh complexions and smooth skins of
young Englishmen are held to replace
tlie more dusky and hirsute counte
nances of the Latin races because of
their closer and more frequent ac
quaintance with the articles of the
washstand.
it is quite obvious that even in Eng
land there are people who wash too
little. It is not so generally recognized
that some people wash too much. The
skin is not well adapted to frequent
applications of water accompanied by
even tlie least irritating of soaps. A
tendency arises to maceration of the
superficial part of tlie epidermis, which
Is too frequently removed nnd occa
sions probably too rapid a proliferation
of tlie cells of tlie Malpighian layer.
There is no doubt that many cases of
roughness of the skin of the face come
from tlie frequent applications of wa
ter. It is a good thing to rub the face
witli a soft, clean, dry towel two or
three times a day. If, in addition, wa
ter is used in tlie morning and at night,
tlie skin will be kept in a sounder,
smoother aud healthier state than if,
as Is often tlie ease, soap nnd water are
used three or four times a day.
Men are not often offenders In til's
respect, most men sparing little time
for tlie refinements of the toilet. Wom
en and children, whose skins are the
most easily affected by superfluous ab
lution, are the very persons in whom
such excess is too common. They
should be taught that there are dry
methods of cleanliness as well as wet
ones.—I.aucet.
PADEREWSKI GOT $20.
But
It
font llim That to Get
Clot lien Oof of I’awn.
III*
Paderewski's first really Important
engagement ns a pianist was iu Purls
long after the deatli of Ills beloved
wife. He was engaged to piny in tlie
drawing room of a lady famous for
Iler musicales. and Ills fee. which seem
ed to him enormous, was $20. He man
aged to persuade the humane agent to
pay lilm in advance, and when Pade
rewski laid redeemed his dress suit
fr< m pawn and paid for shoes, gloves,
tie and other essentials lie had no mon
ey left for call hire, so he was forced
Io walk to the scene of Ids engagement.
The music loving audience Inspired
liim. lie played witli feeling, passion
and mastery of ids Instrument as nev
er before. Ills success was Instant and
unmistakable. Tlie poor player had
suddenly become the lion of tlie hour.
Ids dream had become a reality, and
fame and fortune were assured him.
At last, after disengaging himself
from ids admirers, he turned to leave,
when Ids hostess, remembering witli
regret tlie smallness of tlie fee for so
marvelous a performance, offered hlni
her carriage for ids return home. But
Paderewski's pride came to tlie rescue.
In Ids courteous yet reserved way he
made a formal bow, nnd saying. “No.
thank you. mndanie; my own Is wait
Ing." lie stepped out for Ids long walk
home ward. -Pearson’s Weekly.
A Llvlnic Emelle.
A servant who did not find her way
very promptly to tl.e kitchen one morn
ing was visited by her mlstreka, who
found her In bed suffering from pain
and violent sickness. She explained
that she had a cold nnd bad taken
some medicine which had been recom
mended for tin* children.
“How much did you take?” asked
her mistress.
"Well, mum. I went by the directions
on the bottle. They said, ’Ten drops
for an Infant, thirty drops for an adult
nnd a tablespoonful for an emetic.’ I
knew I wasn't an Infant or adult, so I
thought I must be an emetic, nnd tlie
pesky stuff hns pretty nigh turned me
Inside out.” —Medical Brief.
The “Extra
Horse.”
A lover of horses recently noticed n
custom In France which he thinks
ought to be adopted In tills country.
On every street In France which lias
n steep grade there is stationed an "ex
tra horse,” The Inw compels draymei
nnd others to make use of tills horst
tintIX tlie summit of the hill is reached,
nnd there Is n heavy fine for refusing
to Hire the extra horse at a small fixed
rate. Placards by the roadside Indi
cate the point where the extra horse
should be taken on and also where he
may be dispensed with.
Her Ilrllllant
Inapt ration.
That the proverbial absentminded
professor Is sometimes ably abetted by
Ills wife is illustrated by a story told
of Professor Bunsen. One evening
about tlie usual hour for retiring be
took it into Ills head to run over to tlie
cluli Just ns be and madam were re
turning from nil evening call.
“But,” said tlie lady, “I must linve
the front door locked before I retire.”
Tills emergency staggered the pro
fessor, and as lie looked bewildered nt
his wife the lady, seized with an In
spiration, continued:
"I'll go In and lock the door nnd
throw yon the key from tho window."
Tills programme wns carried out. nnd
when he reached tlie club the professor
related the Incident to a friend as evi
dence of his wife's unusual sagnclty.
The friend greeted the story with a
roar of laughter.
“And why, my denr professor,” he
said, “did you not simply admit your
wife, lock tlie door from the outside
and come nwny?”
"True," ejaculated the learned man
of science; "we never thought of that.”
The climax of the Incident was reach
ed an hour later when, returning home,
the professor discovered that the lady
In her excitement liad thrown out tlie
wrong key.
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The southern negro’s love of pomp
• nd circumstance Is nowhere exempli-
tied more forcibly than iu the manner
in which he multiplies his charitable
organizations.
Inordinately fond of
company, he has few societies founded
with the sole view of promoting social
enjoyment. For the most part, what
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semireligious trend, the dues entitling
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expenses. There Is usually an elabo
rate regalia aud an Intricate ritual.
Not a few negroes of a southern city,
such as Charleston, belong to no less
I i Lupor kerb Aiiu
Tlie Lost Ilnrjiiiiii.
BLftRt,
than a score of these orders, the names
Book, Now«,
It
Is
Monday
morning.
Down
the
of which are oftentimes curiously and
MOFHIT
Wrltlng und
street
hurries
a
stylishly
dressed
wonderfully made. What, for instance,
W rapping...
&
TOWNE
woman.
would tlie ordjpary patron of secret or
CARD STUOr
Why does she hasten so? Why that
ganizations think of possessing mem
STRAW AND HINDERS’ HOARD
bership In the Sons and Daughters look of Intense excitement ill her eyes?
Ö5-A7-A9-O1 Firnt st.
T bl . main 199. 2 SAN FRANC IS< <»
of tlie Seven Golden Candlesticks In Is she going to tlie office of her lawyer,
Charity or in the Sons and Daughters there to hear the will of her favorite
uncle read? Or is she hastening to the
of I Will Arise?
Nicely furnish
ed rooms by the
The sous and daughters idea Is work bedside of the dying? No; none of
day,
w
o
ed to the limit of endurance. There Is these. She pulls a newspaper out of
month, < n suite
her
pocket
and
reads
again
the
an
or
single.nt
low
scarcely a well known name in Biblical
rates Country
history that Is not tacked on to it. nouncement of tlie wonderful bargains patronage solicited, and no pains w 111 he spared
to make them comfortable during their visit.
There are in Charleston alone no less to lie liad at tlie department store.
She rushes frantically into tlie store.
than seventy-five of these societies
OCMI Market st. nnd I) Ellis st., corner
witli charters from the state of South Yes; sli<> can see before her the rem
Stockton, San Francisco.
nant
of
pongee
silk
which
Is
selling
at
Carolina, and how many there are that
Telephone Red 304
MRS. RANFT, Prop
have no legal status no man may say only 15 cents a yard. What a crowd
of excited women are clustered aliout
with confidence.
S am M artin
C hah M. C amm
For 23 years with
For 3 y» ars with
Dues are paid weekly, and, strange tin- prize!
C, E. Whit ne j’ & Co.
C. E. Whitney & O
She
forces
her
way
Into
tlie
thickest
as it may seem when the great poverty
of the negro of tho soutli Is considered, of the crowd. She is tossed this way
NEW COMMISSION HOUSE
the arrears list is a brief one Indeed. nnd that. She cares not. Iler hat Is
Of course the charges are small, usual pulled off and walked on by tlie half
She
ly aliout 25 cents a month, but when It < razed mob. She cares not.
is remembered that many individuals leaches tlie counter. Ten yards only
belong to six or eight or even more of the silk Is left.
121-123 Davis St., san Francisco.
"I will take It," sli<‘ says. Just in ail
orders It is little short of marvelous
how the funds necessary to meet the vance of four oilier women, all reach
General
Commission and
demands of the collectors are found, lug for tlie coveted prize.
Produce.
Tlie clerk says, “It Is yours.” The
and yet It is so deep a disgrace to be
Specialty, Butter, Eggs and Chee8>
expelled that instances of tlie kind are woman feels for her purse. She lias
very rare. To hold membership in a left it at home.
Your consignments solicited.
The other women exult. They buy
number of societies Is regarded as a
the pongee. Tlie wonderful bargain Is
badge of honor.
BRIGHT’S DISEASE
Meetings are hold monthly in private gone. The bargain day is over. There
residences, in public halls or, more fre will lie no more bargain sales for one
The largest sum ever paid for a pre
scription, changed hands in San I-run
quently still, iu churches. These gath week.—Chicago Tribune.
cisco, Aug. .’it), 1001. Tlie transfer in
erings begin nt tlie fashionable hour
volved in coin nnd stock $112,500.(10 in <1
Why She Was Married.
of 10 p. m. and continue not Infre
It Is queer how Ironclad is the hold w-is paid by a party of business men hr
quently throughout the night.
Re
a specifi- or Bright's Disease anil Dia
freshments are to be liad for a small of convention and conventional con betes, h.therto incurable diseases.
consideration, nnd as these are for the siderations. They have a tighter grip
They commenced tlie serious invest
most part of a liquid nature the sons aud a wider influence than law, rea gat ion of the specific Nov. 15, llH«
nnd daughters are prone to be con son, sentiment or ethics Itself. A wom They interviewed scores of tlie curcu
spicuous by their absence from their an whose marriage may be termed and tried it out on its merit« by putt in
several places of employment next mediumlj successful admitted can over three dozen eases on tlie treatnu ill
morning. Often the police have to in didly not long ago Hint at the very last anil watching them. They also got pin
terfere to restore that harmony Iu moment never, never would she have siciaus to inline chronic, incurable case,
which brothers and sisters should ever married her husband bad it not been mid administered it witli the physicians
forjudges. Fp to Aug. 25, eighty-seven
dwell together.
for the thought of all the conventional percent of (lie test cases were either
Among tlie societies In Charleston considerations Involved.
well or progressing favorably.
are tlie Sons and Daughters of the Pil
“On tlie way to our wedding,” said
There lining lint thirteen per cent of
grims, tlie Sons ami Daughters of the the woman, "we had the most awful failures, tlie parties were satisfied and
Twelve Disciples, tlie Sons and Daugh kind of a row that made me vow In closed the transaction. The proceeding-,
ters of the Bearer of the Cross, the wardly never, never to marry him. of tlie investigating committee and tlie
Sons and Daughters of the Evening Then at the thought of the ceremony clinical reports of tlie test cas -s were
Star, the Sons and Daughters of the to come off at a friend’s house, the published and will lie mailed free on
Seventh Star, the Sons and Daughters breakfast that, thanks to her, was pre application. Address J ohn J. F viton
CoMi-vw. 420 Montgomery St. San Fran
of the Celestial Travelers, tlie Sons pared and the Invited guests, and how cisco, Cai.
and Daughters of the Good Samaritan, they would all talk at auj’ change of
the Sons and Daughters of the East, plan, I grit my teeth and went through
the Sons and Daughters of Lazarus, it. But It was the thought of the con
the Sous and Daughters of Christian ventions nlone tlint kept me up. No
Love, nnd there might be added to other possible pressure could have in
tln-se fully twoscore of others. The duced me to marry lilm after such a
devotion of tlie negroes to these or row as we hnd on our way to the wed
ganizations and their loyalty to their ding.”—New York Sun.
fellow members are absolute.
The funeral of a colored man or
To Dwarf Tree.
All the world knows that cofl'ee iu
woman who holds membership In a
To dwarf trees as tlie Chinese do you
excessive use is injurious. And yet
half dozen of these orders Is a specta must follow their methods. They take
the coffee lover cannot stand taste
cle worth witnessing. Occasionally a young plant, say a seedling or a cut
less cereals. There has to this time
bitter feuds nrlse between rival so ting of cedar when two or three Inches
been no happy medium between.
cieties for tlie possession of a corpse, high, cut off its taproot as soon as it
Café Bland fill’s the void with tlie
for tlie negro’s love of a funeral Is not lias enough other rootlets to live upon
liest elements of Isith. It is richer
second even to Ills lovo of melons. Tho anil replant It In a shallow pot or pan,
than straight coffee, and many will
ceremonies usually begin the night be allowing the end of the taproot to rest
not lie easily convinced that it is
fore the actual Interment Is to take upon tlie bottom of the pan. Alluvial
not all c'üee. But we guarantee
tlie’ Cafe Bland contains less than
place. There are sermons, prayers nnd clay molded to (lie size of beans nnd
fifty per cent coffee, which is scien
personal experiences interspiced with Just sufficient in quantity to furnish n
tifically blended with nutriiious
wild bursts of Incoherent melody, scanty nourishment Is then put Into
fruits and grains, thus not only
which arouses religious fervor to fever tlie pot. Water, heat and light are per
displacing over fifty tier cent of the
height. Men and women faint In the mitted on tho same basis.
call'ein, but neutralizing that win. b
course of the exercises, many others
The Chinese nlso use various me-
remains and still retaining the rich
fall Into trances nnd talk of visions of clianlcal contrivances to promote sym
codee flavor. To those who suffer
their dead friends enthroned In glory.
witli tlie heart, to dyspeptics ami
metry of growth. As, owing to the
to nervous people Cafe Bland is
The ceremonies culminnte In a form shallow pots, both top nnd roots are
especially recommended asa healtli-
al procession. It Is forming for an easily nceessilile. the gardener uses the
f il and delicious tieverage, so satis
hour before the residence of the late pruning knife mid tho scaring Iron
fying that only tlie member of the
lamented son or daughter. Negroes freely, so that tlie little tree, hemmed
family making tlie change in the
from tlie uttermost parts of the city on every side, eventually gives up the
eotl'ee known there has lieen one.
gather In the streets. The occasion Is a unequal struggle and. contenting Itself
More healthful, richer and less ex-
festive one. They run nnd shout nnd with tlie little life left, grows Just
pensive than straight coffee. Belt« r
caper. The members of the organiza enough to live nnd look well.
in every respect. 25 cents per It.
Your grocer will get it for you
tions to which the dead person belong
Ask for
ed stand In solemn order, clad In elab
Great Mrniorfon.
orate uniforms and bearing the ban
Otto Schultze, a stenographer, wrote
ners and other insignia of their re In the Brandenburg Scbulblntt that
spective orders, and when tlie cortege Bismarck liad a wonderful memory.
finally moves, wending Its way nt “When he liad delivered a two hours'
times through miles of the city's speech nnd looked over our shorthand
streets, It Is followed by a mad rush reports tlie next day, lie remembered
of men, women nnd children, who every expression lie liad used exactly
block the thoroughfares, nnd traffic for nnd did not forget them for years.”
the time being has to be suspended.
Tlie novelist Splelliagen oneo told
Tlie hope of such n funeral Is the In Schultze tlint he could recall vividly
spiration of many a negro’s whole life. every one of tlie thousands of persons
Proonunci'dcut-tuy—accentjon last syllable
He slaves nnd deprives himself of lie hnd met In ills life nnd every word
actual necessities for years to meet spoken by casual acquaintances, to
the demands of tho collectors of the gether witli their gestures and the cut
To Judffe on Opal.
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societies In order that he mny go to of their hair and clothes.
An expert on opal mining has recent
his last resting place In the midst of
ly explained bow tlie opal is judged aa
A lluntlnK Story,
such strangely weird pageantry.—
Once Rogers was shooting where Ills to quality and desirability. First, he
Charleston Letter In New York Trib
says, color is of the greatest Impor
host happened to have killed a boy aud
une.
tance. Red fire, or red In combination
a keeper in tlie same season, and he
with yellow, blue nnd green, are the
Hymns nt y.XOO a Yard.
asked n beater whether his muster felt
best. Blue by Itself Is quite valueless,
A musical composer once said to Mr. the matter very much. The answer nnd tlie green opal is not of great value
Sankey witli more frankness than cour was: "Well, sir, lie didn't care much unless tho color Is very vivid and the
tesy that ho could write such tunes ns about tlie li'y. He gie Ills mother five pattern very good. The color must be
But he were wery wexed
those of tin’ "Gospel Hymnbook” by pounds.
true that is to say, It must not run In
tlie yard If tie were willing to come aliout tlie man. He didn’t go out shoot streaks or patches, alternating with a
down to It. Mr Sankey quietly re in’ for a whole week.” Tills in Norfolk colorless or inferior quality.
filled. "Well, sir, nil 1 linve to soy is was considered an evidence of tlie cli
Pattern is described ns being an im
that I am willing to pay five hundred max of human eniotlou.—George Arch portant factor, tlie several varieties be-
dollars ii yard, either to you or to any dale in Temple Bar.
known as "pin fire" when the grain Is
body else, for all the tunes you can
very small, "harlequin” when the color
RnlldliiK- In Stockholm.
bring me like those In our 'Gospel
Is all iu small squares, tlie more reg
Onlj'
two-tliirds
of
the
urea
of
the
lot
Hymnbook.'Ladles’ Home Journal
can be covered In Stockliolm except on ular the better, and the “flash Are” or
street corners, where three-fourths is "flash opal" when the color shows as a
Mlcrly Graded.
allowed. Tlie remainder of tlie lot single flnsli or In very large pattern.
It Is still n tradition that tho people must lie reserved for courts for light Harlequin is the most common nnd is
of Manchester, England, should gibe nt und ventilation. All chimney flues must also popularly considered the most
Liverpool with the proverb, “A Man be twelve or flftrcn Inches nnd nnlM beautiful. When the squares of color
chester man, a Liverjiool gentleman,” be swept once a month from October are regular nnd show as distinct, mi
nute checks of red. yellow, blue and
but. It Is said, classification Is not so to April by official chimney sweepers.
green, it Is considered magnificent.
strongly marked In Lancashire ns 1»
Some stones show better on edge than
Trouble* of Her Own.
the old days.
Mistress—Mary. Mary! I’ve Just bro on top.
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When stagecoaches were running, n
guard wns once nskeil, “Who hns tha’ ken my handglass. You know how un
Ono hundred nnd thirty-three tons a#
gotten inside, Billy?” Billy consulted lucky It Is—seven years’ unhappiness.
Maid —Ob. that's nothin’, ma’am! waste paper were collected nnd sorted
Ills list nnd replied, “A gentleman fra
Liverpool, a mon fra Manchester, a ’Ow about me? I’ve JiM smashed the by the men In the Salvation Army’s
chap frn Owdliam nnd a fellow fru large glass in tlie drawing room.”— Metropolitan Institution one week In
London recently
Glasgow Evening Times.
Wigan.”
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