KKIIir IliSTOHY OF THE CHEAT BEAUMONT OIL I itLD."
r '? w;' v -i
view in run heat most uii, field spindle top district recently swept by nun.
CrfO'll' renin dlaniitrnil fire III I In' II' uuiiiiiul nil field ngnln ntlra.i public attention (a a rorncr of Ilic United State
jflliitt U now n fiimlll.ir Innillljr to nil iumv .puin r read though It Iiuk been known In fame fur le llinii two yenr.
ti Oil liinl (iri'irliiiltlx been fcimi I ill ('urali-atin, lull II ' not till Jan. 10, Will, lliut A. F. I.ncnu. boring on
H.linlle Tup lilH. struck gualilng nil nl n ibl'tli of I.IUMI feet. Tin- priiirv win such Hint a stream uf oil allot 175 feet Intu
I lip nlr. Alumni I ti i n 1 1-1 1 n I x -i'iil,iiirH mill oil expert gathered from all inrt of the country. I.iiihI wa iMiught or
lenaed nt a rapidly hicri-iiallig wnle f piK'e. Tin Realty well wiih tin- second In "come III." On March mid April 3
tin. (luffey well Mtriit-k oil. The lllgglu compiiny fotunl oil on April II. The (luITt-jr company completed a aocuinl
well on Apill H. inn) on April IH t tie IIi'wihiiI well began tn How. Kuril new well Increased the cxellciucnt, not only In
jlr-illiunnl, lull In nil iiirt of Hie fulled Htule, n ml liiteriwt In tlio marvelou well wa mion felt In Europe.
It wii m'vernl ilnj before t!ie Lin-ii well win got mnler control, nii.l It wo not until the pipe wo aiiuk below the
rnp r.-k Hint It w.i nfe from belli elowwl with Mini. Hnmo of the well ponteil deadly gn nt llrl nml nonie of them
iMiiged Ihe hill with oil before lltey could Imj controlled, f p In Atiguat, HX)I. twenty well were ylchllnic oil. In that
niniilh tticnlyflvc were added nod In Kepteinber nineteen. During the bitter pnrt of Mil nml the llrat part of thl year
suite of oilier well bennn to proiluee. Ill the ineuntlniu llenninoiit lin gruwn Into n boom lty.
All Ihe well were fniiml on Hplmlle Top within n rnillii of half n mile. Iltnxlrci! of place were trleil ontalde of
(hi llinlteil art-it. but without favorable renlt. llralilea bumlreil of oil ronipiilile. Kcnulne ninl fake, many iiinntt-
f.titiirlng roinpniile hnve apruiig Into exlatci a a reiilt of the dUeovcry of oil. I'lpe line were built to the railway
ami to tidewater at Tort Arthur only sixteen tulle ilUlant. A lively ileniniiil for the oil n fuel iewn oroae. Munufac
Hirer tiaed It In fiirnnre. nml team viel nml Innmiotlve began to uu It limtenil of coal,, Compntiie were organize,
to extract Ihe llliiinlniitlng oil from the petroleum nml other devoid! their attention to the np"hnllnni. I lie price or on
nt the well wn kept nt about iVI cent a barrel. The output of the well I moro than 1,000,000 barrel a day-mnro
than that of all the re.t of the United Htslc. Already Tcxa oil I bring dellvenil In tank .teauier. to cltle on the
Atlantic count ami In ISurope.
lie found n number of Rnlmn sM'aiilii.
partly Illicit with rnlit water, lie am
Hlilcred lbl n lucky llnd, for In can
teen was nlmoKt empty, lie ilraiik lili
llll of the water ho found and per
mitted III Imrrn tn do Ihe nrttiie. The
nlKhl wna cold and the ninrm con
lliiiicil. He determined to camp In tin
Dr. fllbbea l.aa ...cceeded In photo- , '"t over night The , dmd nl'oni of
KmphlilK tho ernptlon of typholil fever . JT, " . " , , " , "
i..r..r.. ti eonbl either bo necn or felt. ' vwui-u mo iin--. -
It ued nntocliroiiiallc plnte ami
mndo a nniilber of expotire an (julckly
n pomtlblc.
riio llrltliili ndmlrnlty In teatliiK n
miinll hoat. cnrrylnK two hiinrtriil
lioiind of enn cotton, which joildcd by
wlreleaa wave encircle n wnrnnip nnu
can lit explodnl to aliik nn approachliiK
Hiibninrliie lurpeio lit
tmtinl novcrlty of tho weather,
"When we opened the door to Mil
dcnolate nlinck wo were horrlllcd ill
Hue'.ux what accuiod to ho a mnrldc
r.tntna lyltiK on tho lloor. ihe head
wa of alabaster whltciieM, the hilr
and whlakcm having fallen iway. 'lh
body wan outlined tinder a thin bl-tte
kct The ilKht wa no uncanny that
wo hoHllnted to remove the blanket
A new and nlnvdiitely correct method j flllluy mu,tered enough couriiK
THE SPIIIIT THAT WINS.
While enrclilinf the arrhlve for knowl
edge. While after the rnreat of lore.
While nt'klug the rli'he! of Jewel
In Wbulom' vnrlnnt alore,
Iteiiieuibi r thl n oil ruiiiniiiiu
I "or n mot of the Kniie' wit.
The bet and rnreit of lioii
Ii lilt up, git up ami Kill
Age nre Ailed with the dreaming
Of veriH- the H't hnve nun it,
Killed with the aiiifiiMi and aorrow
Traitlial miiaiui hate wrung
1'roiu the Iihiiii of funi'lful iiiiivlng,
Ililt the eoaeure of all the wit,
The Iimoii of nil the h-Miina,
I the lemon: (lit up and gltt
I'mni k-iIih prlmnrdlnl
On down to the time wv live.
It' aluiplr a matter of Tuke. my boy;
If we cnii't n ) ui- I In ii of (live,
Jteiiiember thl a )oii runmugo
I'nr a Hint of the Hagr' wit,
Jlie bet nml rnreal of leou
11 lie Juat. but git up nml till
New Orlean Tlmea-Peinocrat.
Durin.j the Cotillon
z. .
HW AHS'T drenmlng, Terry. 1
wnnn't. riitlly. I wan Jtit le
KlnnliiK to Kvt nlccpy, mid then I
heard Martha miking to Jane In tho lit
tle drennlng room, nml I got iitlltc wide
n wake.
'nt llrnt, and I did not menu to IImIcii.
"And I mnnt not tell fnthcr-Jono ' n teudernena and trut that mov
nald It would kill lilm-do you think It deeply.
would kill father, Terry i
"Not it doubt about It," nald Terry,
thickly.
Then 1 won't Hut 1 find to tell
you, Terry, l'vo alwnyn told you thing
nlnco I vn titto n little girl, haven't
I. Terry)"
'Alwayn, Dodo."
"Terry, can't you do nomethlngT
of dutermlnlng tho value of diamond
ha been dlncoveretl by a rreticli Invei
tlgntor. Tho brlllluncy of a diamond I
nhown by tho dogriH of Itn tltioreacenco
under tho Violet light or au electric nrc
lamp.
Two German Invcatlgatorn coucludo
positively that there In nothing In tho
liopular belief that liny fever la pro
duced by Irritating pollen from plant.
Tho dlnenno In evidently produced by
iKtcterla of aome aort. but how It gela
Into tho nyatem I unknown.
Much attention baa been nttractwl In
Kngland, and noino nppreheuilon arou
l, by the dlcovery of crack In tho
wnll of Ht. Paul Cnthcdral. KxperU
think that tho opening of underground
railway and newera In tho nelghlwr
hood of tho great ttructuro 1 repon
nlblo for the damage. Oue of the oug
getiil method to secure tho safety of
the cothidral, at n cost of about $1,000,
(KM) I tu uiidenitn Its foundations by
.. ..m 1 carrying thcra down about tlilrty-flvc
I feet to tho solid blue clay which under-
1 He London.
The rcmarkaldo fact that the earliest
"There Is nothing to trouble you now,
.1 t ...III ,....ln l .ill ulr.tlrrlit "
Ul-iir. a .!,. . .... ...... -r. i !.,,,
Kho went nwny obediently mid (ttlto Known nnccsior. or ,,"" - ')!'. '
contentedly. He watched the slender, the modern whale bore heavy armor
whlto figure until It vnnlsheil: then ho on Its back, In the form of strong, bony
tnrii.il away with n mint In his eye. 1'latcs, has recently been set forth by
And he wns miles awny the licit the Herman paleontologlt r. O.
mo.nlug when his brief farewell was Abel. Tho plates occasions ly found
taken up to Mr. (Inrth. And after- associated with rcuinlns of the prlmo-
wanls slio tnanueu uou uini sue nnu - y ,
Terrv nut lit linnds over ins ears io . wani nnu iiuumi.-.. ..h n,.u .. . , ,
slno out Z Iddcnnig sound of the been savcO at the eleventh hour; for "iSSTb:
.iviiiii.li. nml croane.1 the future be d much happiness for having belonged to gigantic turnes, uui
knI.. ,Mr K J Z n,l tb .lee.,. tnutliiL' love of Ir. Abel shows that they were part
.yi.ui.iii i )uu ...... . . r",""'. " . - i. f n.n t,..t,.tnn of the zeuc odou tself.
iniin miner won .icrs. eu lu.tu nnu- . - - -
and make him stopcouldn't you, dar
llngr
Terry's faeo was hidden In his hand
now. Thn ho rained his head sudden
ly ami looked at her.
"Podo-mipposo suppose," ho said,
hoiusely, "that I could put my Anger
on tho scoundrel what thcuV
"(), Terry, you could go to him and
make htm stop. You could tell bow
good and sweet mummy Is, and bow
wo all lovo her. I'crlinps he's got a
llttlo girl of ht own, and If you tell
that I can't llvu without mummy ho
will bo sorry. Perhaps ho could tnkc
somo one who wouldn't mind u bit
sonic one who has no little girl, or fa
ther, or you. O, Terry, tell him I can't
let miiinmv co. And when I am a
beld.-Chlcago Tribune.
IHE MAN WITHIN THE CU.V.
to do so, The body had undergone a
singular transformation, being nothing
less than cotnpleto petrification. The
substanco was of a nature of gypxuui.
very friable and pure white In color
Tho outline of the body was pcrfe.'t
The darkness of the Interior at lirat
prevented us from seeing the burro
which was staudjng In one corner. One
of our party advanced and laid bin
hand on the animal, when It fell over
against mm. me uurro nan unuer
gone tho same transformation a Its
master. The body of the man wa
given a decent burial near tlm bouse.
n nd the burro will be sent to the
Hmllhsonlan Institution.
'The explanation of this strange phe
nomenon Is to be found In the kind of
water that was drunk by the man and
the burro and In the kind of earth that
comiwsed tho roof and Moor of the salt
habitation. The water Is heavily
charged with chloride of sodium. The
earth that had been used for tho roof'
Ing contained chemicals which were
taken In solution by the rain water as
It dripped through tho galvanized
tanks.
"After drinking freely of this watar
the man and bis beast bad evidently
frozen to death and were gradually
petrified."
QUEER CA8E OF HYSTERIA.
tell him that
Terry caught tho llttlo, sobbing, tor
ym't'knmv what sin, said "red creature In lib. art,., mid presl
in into KK.il. ,-v.,...
Then ho pulled out bis handkerchief
nil willed her eyes.
"Dodo, my sweetheart, listen to me. j
Mummy Is quite safe no ono Is going
to take her nway. ir-ir anyone
thought of-at least-." lie stumbled
In hi speech, and then went on uoiuiy.
I know tho fellow, Dodo, and he is
heartily sorry that ho ever thought of
such a thing. You believe me, when 1
ell you that mummy Is all right l"
Yes. Terry." She looked up at mm
trustfully. Hho knew that her darling
Terry would make things right.
"Dodo, sweetheart, I want you to
promise mo this; that you will try and
forget nil mat you navo ioiu me, nnu
never mention It to anyone, and that
you will bo very good to mummy, and
lovo her with every lilt of lovo In your
warm llttlo heart Promise mo this,
dear."
"I promise, Terry-Terry, darling!"
Ho stooped nnd kissed with n so
lemnity that nwed her It did not seem
a bit llko her old laughing Terry, inn
she felt that never had sho loved hlui
as sho did now.
"My llttlo good nngell" said the
young fellow, with an odd break In his
voice. "Go nnd play witn tuo outers.
I'm going to have another smoke."
Sho kissed him and clung to him witn
1t
1K1 VOU THINK IT WOULD KILL VATltKItlf
really, till she said something about
itiiimmy."
"Weill" said Terry ho was In for It
now, and ho mount to hear It all.
"Jane wns angry with Mnrthn nnd
said sho ought not to say such things
-I don't know what It was-nnd then
Mnrthu saldi '0. you needn't pretend
you don't believe It-It's ns plnln us tho
iioho on your face he's going to nut
nway with tho missus, nnd somo ono
ought to tell tho muster,' nnd then
Jnno cried out nnd said; 'It would kill
him' that wns father, yon know. And
then Mnrthn Bald something nbout mo,
nnd Jnno cnniu Into tho room with n
cnndlo nnd snld; 'Aro you nslcep, Miss
Dodo?' And I pretended Hint I was
O. Terry. I hnd to pretend or I should
hnvo screamed right out. And then
Mnrthn emtio In nnd looked nt mo, nnd
sho said that bIio hoped thnt-that
mummy would dlo If tho mnn took
her nwttyi It wns tho best thing. And
thcn-I think thoy cried, but I kept
dm clothes over my rneo."
A hot word enmo upon Terry's lips,
but ho smothered It.
"And when they had gono I ran out
on the lnndlng-I wns so frightened, I
did wnnt to see mummy, nnd sho wns
lust going Into dinner nnd you wero
with her; nnd. Terry, I was so glad
that you wero thcro that I snld my
urn vers nil over ngnln."
Terry wns sitting with ono elbow on
bin knee, his head testing on his palm,
nnd his faeo In tho shadow. From tho
big drawing room enmo tho sound of
music nnd tho rippling laughter of tho
children. Ho remembered now that
Constntteo hnd told hltu with n look ot
pnln tlint tho hist fow days her llttlo
daughter hnd been cotitlnunlly hover
lug nbout Iter In tho house and wnlched
her to lenvo It, nlwnya with extreme
reluctance, nently nlwnya cngorly of'
fcrlng to necouipnny lietlt wns nl
most ns though sho hnd understood.
And ho had lnughcd-lniighod., flood
Qodt
They resemblo In their character tho
Impenetrable lny shells or tlio uugo
' glyptodonts Hint formerly Inhabited
South America. The suggestion Is mado
that at the time when they carried ar
mor whales were amphibious creatures,
living on tho coasts and needing special
protection from breakers and from
sharks.
Colors ore an Interesting feature of
bacteria to which M. Henri Couplu has
been giving special attention. Many ot
the bacteria produce coloring matter.
and most of these nre themselves col
ored, the pigment being within the or
ganism, but thcro nro colorless mi
crobes, llko the grccn-stalnlng bacillus
Here Is the lU-lnch gun which has flUOrcsccns, that spread color Into the
The colors are
darkness, oxygen
heat unfavorable.
pounds. Tho gun Is Immense, when one The best known of the color-forntlug
considers tho quality or the metal con- bacilli Is bacillus prodlglosus. wnoso
tallied In It, which Is, of course, the beautiful red colonies often appear on
best that science nnd skill can produce foodstuffs, like bread, nnd. form the
nt the present time. It Is built up of spots of "blood" onco supposed to bo
nine nieces of steel forglngs, the first 0f miraculous origin. Also familiar is
piece being the tube, all In one piece. 1 the bjiclllus syncyanus. giving the pe
18 feet long. Tho whole length of tho , cullar appearance to "blue milk." The
Mulshed gun Is 40 feet, the diameter at bacillus polychromogenes of wells nnd
breech Mid Is 5 feet, and nt muzzle . conduits Is noteworthy for Its prodtie-
n Lr . l l r cl na'J11"1 bw "'"'ideted at the Watervllet nurro.tndlng meJIutn.
wm civJ i M to hi" -i will ku. vlew how ,h0 u",Izl0' i"-0'1"' la lls"t or la
hlm ire O Terry" I a man In It whose weight Is 105 ucIus pessary and he
. . . cvtrjr,m"s' "' poumU. Tho gun Is Immense, when one Ti,e best known of th
2 feet -1 Inches. Its weight Is 130 tons.
nnd It Is rilled with OU grooves. Tho
breech-loading mcchnnlsm Is operated
by tho one movement of turning n
crank. Twenty turns of the crank
su-lngs tho breech block out ready for
the firing, which U done by pulling n
Innynrd after tho primer has been
placed In position nnd connected with
electric contact. Tho firing mechan
ism Is connected so ns to ninke It Im
possible to explode the primer before
tho breech block Is properly closed nnd
locked.
At tho Conocrt.
"Is that n dead uinrch they're piny
IngJ" "Why, no; It sounds lively."
"Well, It will bo dead when they get
through murdering It." Philadelphia
Ilullctln.
Alter Cntiip Meeting.
"Is Ur'er Williams eddlcatcdl"
"I dunuo. Hut he's wcarln' two pair
cr gold spectacles, en lookln' six ways
fcr Sunday!" Atlanta Constitution.
MAUSOLEUM OF A VOODOO PRIEST.
Hon under usual conditions of blue, vio
let, red, green, yellow nnd various spec
tral sltndes. nnd. on solid media, of a
beautiful Indigo blue. The purple bac
teria differ from others In causing tho
phenomena of assimilation, nnd tbey
nro all sensitive to light
8HARED FATE OF LOT'8 WIFE.
A Man and HI Ilurro Turned to Hock
alt In tlio Colorado ucsert.
George II. Tucker, a mining prospec
tor, recently returned from a trip
through the Mojnv nnd Colorado des
erts, tells a remarkable story of the
discovery of a petrified man and burro
In ono of the large salt Ueldj tbat
abound there. He says:
"One of tho most desolate places In
the Colorado desert Is thirty-two milts
southeast of Danby. Here is a largo
deposit of rock salt fifteen mtlcs In
length and from one anu one-nmr to
three miles In width. There Is .iot a
spear of grass or any kind of vegeta
tion In many places the rock salt
crops out of the earth, nnd nnywbcro
In this section rock salt enn be obtain
ed by digging ten or twelve Inches.
No ono knows how deep the salt goes.
A number of prospect holes hnve been
sunk, but tho great amount of water
encountered at a depth of twenty-live
or thirty feet makes further mining
impossible without apparatus for
pumping. Some ten years ago an effort
wns made to bring this Immense de
posit of salt Into commercial use. Two
railroads wero built to connect tho
rock quarries with the Santa Pe. It
wns found necessary to build a house
In tho middle of tho deposit, nnd for
this purpose enough blocks of rock nlt
wero cut to build a sbauty Hx30 feet
In dimensions. A flooring nnd roof
comnosed of the peculiar kind of earth
that exists In that vicinity completed
' tho building. This salt house wns
used for tho purpose for which It was
erected. Hut In n short time tho salt
' mining operations wero discontinued,
I and tho salt house was abandoned to
i tho coyote nnd desert owl.
"For. nt least seven years before we
I visited this building, nbout n mouth
' ngo, It hnd not been Inhabited, ami
1 nrobnbly very seldom seen ny any one,
During tho summer monins in xuts io-
Vlctlm Wan DUtlnctlr Sl-rkod by the
Devil bhe Tuouicht I'oeel Ilcr.
A scries of extraordinary events re
cently took place at Itodez, France,
which have excited widespread Inter
est among all chuscs. The circum
stances were thoroughly Investigated
by a representative of a Paris Journal.
The scene of the occurrences wns tho
orphan asylum of Grezes, near Laissac,
nud tbey concerned a member of this
asylum, by name Sister Salut-Fleuret
The following Is tho result of the In
vestlgaUon, obtained from absolutely
creditable sources and of which he
guarantees the correctness.
There bas been at the orphan asy
lum for the past twelve years a sister,
originally from the Canton of Bozou s.
who Is afflicted with a species of mad
ness which makes her believe that she
Is possessed by a devil; her sister su
perior, the ether sisters of the asylum
and nearly all the ecclesiastics of the
country have n similar belief In her
affliction.
Tho disease, according to the physi
cians. Is merely a species of hysteria;
natural predisposition which became
acute under tho Influence of the sur
rounding atmosphere. "But the super
natural features aro the result of true
auto-suggesHon. in her paroxysms the
sufferer utters piercing cries of such In.
tensity that tho peasants hear them at
n great distance from the convent Dur
ing these attacks the patient believes
herself to bo bitten or burnt by the
devil In this or that portion of her
body. Tho nuto-suggestlon lsso strong
nt these Utnes that Immediately upon
tho disappearance of tho paroxysms
thcro la found on tbat porUon of the
body where the suffering Is most In
tense, either a burn of the skin or the
Imprint of teeth.
Sister Salnt-Flourct bas a horror of
every religious object and tho nearby
presence of a figure of Christ of & book
of devoHons, or of any sacred Imao
Immediately throws her Into au almost
rabid flt The most curious clrcuni
stance Is that she need not see these
MAKING OF TROUT FLIES,
Jtouao Whlaker and llenr' ltyehrow
Are lisoit.
There nrc trout- nnd snlmon-flslicrs
who pny wvcrrtl tliotuniid dollars n
yenr for their "Hies" nlono. Few per
son can learn to lie nrtlflcl.il flles,-
knottlng hnlrs that can hnrdly be seen
so tho skilled lly-nmker commands
high wage. Tho materials cost money,
too, says the Mnlno Sportsman. Tlio
earth I ransacked for feathers nnd
hnlrs, and ono hair wrong makes "nil
tho difference."
The business dono In mottso whiskers
Is considerable this yenr. for they nre
used In tho tnnklng of n wonderful
new fly, the "new gray gnnt," nnd thoy
nro ex pensive- nearly two cents a
whisker. Trout rise very much better
at mouse-whisker flics than nt the
snmo "gnnt" dressed In Jungle-cock
hackles, which look very much llko
them.
Hears' eyebrows, being stiff and ex
actly the right shade, nre used In a
newly Invented fly Hint Is killing quan
tities of salmon this year. These eye
brows conio from tho Himalayan
brown benr, nnd cost about ono dollar
nnd a bnlf a set
Thcro nro ngents nil over tho world
scorching tropical forests for the right
birds to supply fly hackks. Oue of
tho moflt sought-after skins Is that of
the raro "green screamer," an African
bird about the size of a hen, which has
n tiny bunch of feathers on each shoul'
der that Is worth fifteen dollars a
bunch to the fiymakcr. Ono of these
birds supplies only feathers enough to
make rings for half a dozen files.
These Is no limit to the cnthnslasm of
on artistic fly-Ucr, who will use hair
from his own eyelashes to fin'ah off
an "extra special" fly. Babies' hair
Is much sought after. If It Is of the
right shade golden yellow for all tho
lighter salmon files, and one curl win
mako a dozen first-class flies.
It takes an expert only fifteen tnln
utes to torn out n fly. which cotnlsts
of n tiny hook, with wings of Egyp
Hnn dove feather, legs of fox hnlr. nnd
n body of mouse fur, wound round with
n thread of yellow silk. A carelessly
made fly will have neither legs nor
"feelers," but the true expert adds the
lees and-DUts on a pair of long feel'
crs" of cat hair, white at tho tips. All
these Uny details will be exactly In
their places, nnd so firmly tied to the
book that the fly will take half a dozen
strong fish and be none tho worse.
One thousand miles from Its mouth
the Amazon Is C20 feet deep.
Ninety-five tons of gold and 52) of
silver are mined In a single year.
Junlter Is 1V4 times larger than all
the rest of the planets put togetner.
The nlshtlncale's song may be heard
at a distance of a mile on a calm night
"Polo Is nrobably the oldest of nth
letlc sports. It has been traced to I'M
U. C.
Palms never live more than 250
years. The yew Is tho longest-lived of
trees. .
An cleDhant has only eight teeth al
together. At fourteen years the ele
phant loses IW first set of tceUt and
a new set grows.
Among the curios of Windsor Castlo
Is a chair made entirely out of the
trunk of the fnmous elm by which the
Duke of Wellington stood nt tho battle
of Waterloo.
In only two cases have baronetcies
been conferred on women In England.
Once was In 1USU on the mother of Gen
Cornelius Spoeltuan. The other was
Damo Maria Holies, made so by
Charles I.
Norway's population Is the smallest
In Europe compared with her area.
Each of her Inhabitants could have
forty acres of land, while the Hrlton
would have to bo content with less
than on acre.
. . .. I. MnAPln 11, n i-amalna nf n Voodoo Driest.
fFSS 1ttyi''nighk!md KM'SS .S3. : .he desert The h.M8
m recZVa've'l en at oa 'tlio side, "of the tomb. Tho representation of 'Mmost unbearable What water U
C couln Is lo made of clay and Is about tho size of nn ordinary one. Tho. foUnd Is undrlnkable. and woo to ho
it... iin.i.tia iw luniitmiiHim wni mn niiL'i & una ajui hi n rnanncitir wiiii iiiitia uiuiaiii tu iiiia
dent Solomon's time, 1887, and tho oodoo worshiper hnve frequent gatherings BOCton -vv-Itli nn empty ennteetu A p
around the tomb. They used to sacrifice children during their religious r es cu,nr fca,uro of tno c,nnto Is Hint
but thl custom died out, or rather, was stopped by tho 'lorlt "- aud no mnUer how hot tho day, tho -light
now nro content with killing goats In connection with their femmilis, invariably cool, oven cold enough tor
Fow whlto neonlo have succeeded In attending Voodoo festivities, hut I gained is "'
ent keyth ,0UnJ' T1,e 8onff :coml,nlllc,, named Johnson, who had been pros-
u"; three. ambour. (drums), each of which I JJrtt . Ptlng lu the vlchtltystart to cross
largo ana U strucx reguiuriy nnu iun.jr u.. ims ury iuku u
and ha a flat sound. The third, a med um-sl.ed drum, 1. 1 played v Mh ' Bprlnsg men ,
lianas nnu root, luo vinyvr uwwn m w m us- -, , .
PwlucS elthe high dr low sound. They end the cereittony by 'drinking the
btood of a freshly killed goat. There are still many adherents of VoodooUm In
Haytl, which dates back to tho time tho Spaniards brought negroes . slaves
from Africa to tuo West Indies.
salt to Old Woman's
nearly hnlf way across
a tcrrlblo snudstortu blow up. Ho
trudged on until ho enrao to tho salt
house, whero ho and his burro Bought
shelter. Uuder tho caves of tho homo
It Is said that the redemption divis
ion of the national postofflce In Wash-
objects, she feels them, she divines Ington Is nearly swamped by the re
them when they are brought near her .turn of the left-over ran-Amerlcan
even though carefully hidden, nnd sho postage stamps since Nov. 1. Somo ten
I ,ulll,.l,. Minima nt thnm In ilostmr. UlOUSauu BlTOlltn uuic utf
Further, she frequcnUy divines the All records are broken ns far back as
.. Li . .i. t ho. nhlef Scott can recollect
lUOUgUl VI JICIOUUB M WW OfVUK .V, UV. .
nnd she responds to them In their own A unique specimen of ocean life has
language whatever this language may been captured at Honolulu for tho U.
be. Although she Is a slmplo pensant S. fishing vessel Albatross, now cruls
..., . iwrnr received the least edu-' Inir In that vicinity. It Is a small flsh
cation. Sister Salnt-Fleuret In her par- which has four feet They are webbed
oxysms speaks Creek, Italian. Husslan, like the rect or a rrog, anu ore iippat
Eugllsh ond (lernian. Sho always re-' ently the link between foot and tin. The
sponds fluently In the languago what- specimen Is said to be ono of a fow such
ever It may do in wnicu sno is aa- nsn rounu in me or.u.
dressed. It Is not expensive to become n noblo
tn Bavaria. To be made a simple
tn m. "Von" costs a. matter of 375: to bo rals
llivy i' - " -
nteur thentrlcals. During the progress
of the fclay at one time, while their
presence wns not needed on the stage,
they sat together behind the scenes.
Sho looked beautiful. Indeed, tn old-
fashioned gown and powdered hair.
nnd he, In court costume of more than
a century ago, wns the ocnu meal or
a cavalier.
For somo time ho had been very at-
.. . . ..... . I. V V. nnAnln
tcntlVO to uer, ui.u, ui.uuuou ivr Ilm-nrltt.
had frequently remarked upon his de- do'u of BaNar"u
Yotlon, he bad not come to tne point statuoofn King.
of proposing. Hut as they sat behlud Tho lossa! equestrlun stntuo nt
tho scenes he felt that an opportune Kom0 of KIlg victor Emmanuel II.,
moment bad arrived, nnd after casting 1vljlch Is now nearlttg completion. Is
bis eyes In tho direction of the celling nbout tnirtj..thrco feet In height from
for Inspiration he turned to her. tllQ levcj on whlch tho horee stand to
"Marie." ho said, "you may not hnvo tha ... of tho King's head. Tho
perceived my liking, but I ennuot de- tcatbcr8 m bis helmet nro about flvo
lay. I I want to ask you to to be" jt extra. Thcro will be Bp.tco for
Just then the prompter earned tno nn or two 'persons to get Into the bead
girl's name, but she never stirred. nna (or four or flV0 lu tho heud of the
"That's your cue," faltered the lover. norse. The scn!o of tho figure Is nbout
"Yes," Bho nnswereu. cuimiy enougii, tnat of tno itavniln statue nt MUlilcU,
laying nor uand on uts arm, snys inu t ,
London Tlt-Ults, "hut never mind the i alio I'ppuiar Longtlu
cue. You Boomed very earnest Just Artist Do you wish mo to imltit you
now. nnd I wunt you to go on. What n full-length portrait!
were you going to Ba,yV" i Mr. Snphedde Well, I wnnt It ns
' long ns your customers usually buy.
American aiui.oy ... urci.. Columbus (Oh o) Stnto Jouriini.
An English writer observes that "'uui
i II.... .. ....1 t -
Americans are w"" """" j WUen an "artist" makes n sketch of
sum or fvAA,,wo .u .u.v4.v, m.v, fae fl0a g0 gcr,ollalyi al,
m Kugnsn Bccumn.a. though his sketch looks no more dke n
It Is hard for the men to glvo satltjv sunset than It looks like n Hock or cy
faction; ' When thoy don't talk the clones.
.1 n I ... l,nv nrn m-nninv. mill i " "
Xn they do talk! tho women say! Somo men show , their secret des,lres
they nro scolding. Pa'aV tu nro vu,-ar-
cd to the "Itlttcrstand." fOOO; to be
made a "Frelherr," Jl.'.DO; to be made
n "Graf" costs J2,500. while to be mado
a prince only costs $5,000. These prices
are only for one person, but tho gov
ernment kindly makes roductloti In tho
easo of whole families wishing to turn
noble all nt once. Thus, for $10,000 or
$X5,000 a small family can be made
princes, though tuoy are ouiy permu
ted to use their title wiinin uie King-
rorfectlon. Jesus Christ nlono At-
tnlncd perfection. Iter. Or. Dixon,
Baptist, Boston, Mas.
Patience. Patience In ft mnn makes
hint Infinitely superior to hi fellow-
men. llor. Dr. Harbour, Baptist, ltooh
ester, N. Y.
Intellectual AssentOur Intellectual
nssent to given truths en lino t protect.
Itor. Dr. Olnmuctt, Hplseopallnn, Sun
Francisco, Cnl..
Deserters. Wo not only hnvo desert.
crs In church, but In stnto. where nro
tho men who demanded Justlco for hu
manity ?-Ito v. W. H. Derrick, Method
ist, Now York.
Science. Science, Instend of under
mlnlug religion, has really demonstrat
ed It. This ngo Is the ngo of under
standing. Hov. Dr. Worttuan, Reform
ed, Orange, N. J.
Tho Best Way. The best wny to
Christianize people Is by our own Chris
tian cxnmple. nn.l showing them lovo
and helpfulness. Rev. Mr. Baker, Con-
grogatlonallst. Woodstock, Canada.
Co-ODorates With Ood.-Ho who
launches a lovo or a truth on tho sen
of human consciousness co-operates
with God In perfecting tho creation.
Iter. A. It. Tllllnghnsl, Universale
Waterloo, Iowa.
Excuses. Some men glvo excuses for
not being Christians. They can't glvo
reasons. The nearest to n reason was
"he wasn't man enough to bo ft Chris
Han." Ilev. Mr. Sunday, Evangelist,
Worcester, Mass.
Awful Responsibility. Sad, Indeed, Is
the moral condition of those parents
who do not feel the pressure of nwful
responsibility every time they look up
on their chlldren.-ltev. V. W. Tovls,
Methodist, Indianapolis, Ind.
Clod's Purpose. Tho revelation of
God's purpose was made to the church
through Christ, but the revelation cf
the divine purpose to the world Is made
by Christ through the church. Rev. M.
. Flkes, Hnptlst, Baltimore. Mil.
The Country's Need. Tho country's
need Is for statesmen, not politicians.
Strikes are relics of barbarism and
should bo made Impossible. An awak
ened national conscience Is needed.
Rev. F. It Morse, Baptist, New York.
The Spiritual World. Men of keen
spiritual vision nre looking for somo
significant occurrence In tho spiritual
world. Some think It will be a com
bination of forces that will greatly ad
vance the kingdom of God. Rev. H.
A. Proctor, Congrcgatlonallst, Atlanta,
Georgia.
A Practical Religion. The religion
which Jesus Christ taught his disci
ples nnd which the early church prac
ticed was a practical religion n relig
ion that cares for man's material ns
well as his spiritual Interests. Rev,
Dr. Hplderby, Presbyterian, Atlanta,
Georgia.-
Morally Right The klngdoroof God
stands for nil Uint Is morally right
honesty. Justice, purity, truth, fidelity,
honor and the promise of Christ Is, that
If we make these virtues our first con
cern, material prosperity win lottow
Inevitably. Rev. Dr. Raymond, Sche
nectady, N. Y.
Courage. This Is the kind of coumgo
which wo need to-dny, tho kind which
will enable men and women to llvo
their dally lives In righteousness nnd
faith, to bo upright Christians each
day and hour, In small as well as great
things. Rev. E. D. McIIosc, Evangeli
cal, Barbcrton, Ohio.
Ordinary Growth. Tho ordinary
growth of the soul takes time. When
we come Into great gloom concerning
ourselves we can serve God by remem
bering what he bas done nnd cast out
despair. Wo can servo Gel by putting
ourselves In tho place of other men.-
Rev. F. J. McConnell. Cambridge, Mass.
Measure Men. It Is right to meas
ure men only by what they do under
circumstances. Some grovel amid
enrthly things, while others turn their
thoughts townrd the skies. Education
enables us to do what others will look
upon with delight. Think of education
as being what God would have us bo.
Prof. Faust, Dayton, Ohio.
Test of Experience. The only wny to
test the power of Christ to forgive sins
or the efilcncy of prayer Is to comply
with the conditions which God has
laid down and put them to the test ot
experience. Whether faith In Christ
can give strength In trial. Impart pa
tience In BUtlerlug, fill tho soul with
peace, can only be settled by each on
for himself. Rev. Dr. McCullagh, Pres.
hyterlSn, Worcester, Mass.
Need of Our Time. The need of our
time Is Independent co-operation tn our
church work as Illustrated by tho
Christian Endeavor Movement, tho In
tcrdcnomtnatlouallsm of which move
ment Bays: "Let Beets live, but let sec
tarianism die." Let us have n healthy
criticism, but above all else let us have
an enthusiastic consecration which will
cement In spirit the wholo church.
Rev. C. J. Hall, Denver, Colo.
Stntgglo for Equilibrium. A great
salvation of society lies In the fact
Hint It Is never hnppy, never content.
The struggle for equilibrium Is the
struggle for Its peace an equilibrium,
which I supposo It shall never nehlove,
but the struggle for which Is snlva-
tlon. I do not mean by tho frank ac
ceptance of the limitations of life tho
limitations of spiritual condition. What
ever truth mnn ling heard, mnn may
hear. Rov. T. It. Sllcer, Unitarian,
Now York City.
Now Nuiiies Tor Rally.
Borne careful Inveatlgntor ot unity-
dom tells In the Detroit Nows-a'rlbt.int
what titles an Infant may claims
Tho prince ot walls; nn Inhabitant ot
Lapland; the morning calltr; the noon
day crawler; tho midnight brawler;
the only precious possession that never
excites cnvyi n key that opn the
heart of nil classes, rich nn l p'or nltr.e,
lu alt countries; n stranger with a (v
markahju cheek, that enters n boo
without n sHtah .to hi hark, niid.Rrt
Melvcd with opon nruis by orwyoi