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The Dunkurds orlglnuted In Ger many, out of which country they were driven by persecution early In the eighteenth century. They cauie to Pennsylvania ou the Invitation of Wil liam I’enn, and In that State they throve and grew numerous. Until re cently Pennaylvanla has been the head center of the Dimkurdu, but so many of them have emigrated to the farm lands of the far West that the center has now shifted. It was from one of the Pennsylvania communities that sprang an even more •curious and interesting development— that of the monastic Town of Ephreta, Pa., once a manufacturing and com mercial metropolis, now u mere vil lage. Nearly 200 years ago Conrad Beissel, of Dunkard parentage, was baptized into the German Baptist Church. He was a man of great study and pious zeal, and he became convinced that the seventh, Instead of the first, day of the week should be observed as the Babbath day. He wrote tracts In sup port of tills view and urged It so strongly that, to avoid trouble, he was finally compelled to withdraw from membership in the society. He retired struck with the strange fact that all the doors are extremely small and of the same size, measuring exactly live feet in height and twenty inches In width. This, It Is explained by the old Dunkards who still live about Ephreta. was Intended to be a constant reminder to the faithful, as they stooped and twisted to get through the doors, that the way which leadeth to eternal life Is narrow and steep. These Ifunkards are inclined to live together in communities, though this is less pronounced than formerly. They are cut off from the rest of the world not only by their peculiar dress but by many of the religious beliefs and ob servances. Altogether they now num ber more than 100,000 members, though there Is not much If any growth in tlieir numbers of recent years. The young people who grow up In the denomina tion seem to be more and more Inclined to leave It In recent years for some faith which will give them more lib erty of thought and action. Every congregation of the Dunkards Is entirely Independent of the rest and elects Its own deacons, ministers, and Bishops. None of the clergy is paid a regular salary, but if he is poor the ness Is sent to the elders of the cliurcn, and at au appointed time they appear, pour oil upon the head of the sick man, lay their bauds upon his head, and of fer prayers in bis behalf. Baptism is administered In running water aud by threefold immersion. Almost all of the Dunkards are en gaged In farming. They will suffer a wrong rather than go to law about it, and are not accustomed to take any part in politics, though more and more of the young men of the church are to be found among those who vote regularly and take an intelligent in terest in matters of public policy. The old-fashioned Dunkards pride them selves on the peculiarities which sep arate them from other people, and are accustomed to refer to the members of thlr church as “God's peculiar people.” But It is the disinclination of the young people of their church to cut them selves off from others of their own age that has proved to be the greatest weakness of the church. It is said to be barely holding its own at the pres ent time. or rr.AOK. WA-HINO TIIK KKZT. into what was then a wilderness and made his home In an old cave on the bank of a river, where lie lived the life of a hermit. Gradually some of his friends and others who were convinced that he had the right way of thinking gathered about ills cavern, and In 1732 a communistic life was entered upon by those who followed him. The men of the society wore long white flannel gowns and cowls, with shirts, trousers, and vests of the same material. The women were attired in the same way, with the exception that a short petti coat was substituted for the trousers. There were no vows of celibacy taken nor required, though the Idea was taught by Beissel. Both the brothers and sisters were known by monastic names. About these two monastic communities gathered a good sized community of people who believed in the doctrines taught by Beissel and wanted to follow him. All property was held In common, and In a few years the farm lands held by the com munlty and worked by the brothers and sisters Iwcame extremely productive and valuable. Gradually also flouring mills, paper and saw mills, and woolen mills were erected on the banks of the river by the community, and at one time they wen1 the largest mills of their kind In the United States. The In come from all these enterprises was large, mid It all went Into the com mon fund and was used for the com mon support. The community was also active In proselyting, nnd set up one of the first printing presses In the country to turn out Its own books mid tracts. J 1 , COSTUMES OF DUNKARDS. church members will contribute to his support. When there are questions which Involve more than one congrega tion district and general conferences are held, mid the Dunkards meet by the thousands in the open ulr to settle them. At every conference, as well as at the love-feasts which are held In every congregation twice a year, the first cer emony is that of the washing of feet. All the im'ii of the congregation sit on one side of the meetiug-bouse and all the women on the other side. Then, ns the candles are lit, the members on the front benches remove their shoes and stockings. Men mid women come In, carrying tubs of lukewarm water, and a man on the man's side and a woman on the woman's side then wash the feet, one by one. shaking the right hand of each Individual as the washing Is completed and giving the kiss of pence. Closely following the person who does the wanning comes another person, girded ulsiut the waist with a long towel, who wipes the feet and bestows the kiss of peace mid the right hand of fellowship in his or her turn. As one benchful has the ceremony per formed another takes Its place until all the congregation tins taken part. While the feet washing is in progress the mln Ister makes a brief speech or reads from the Bible some passages alluding to the ceremony. In the meeting houses the back of every third bench Is so arranged that it can be turned on a pivot and trans formed Into a table, about which the faithful gather for the sacrament of tlie Lord's slimier. The pew back Is covered with a white cloth, upon which are placed large bowls of soup. Three or four people help themselves from each of these bowls. After this the communion Itself Is administered, and the services conclude wltli the singing of liytnus mid preaching. Now the mills are almost all In ruins. The great estate of the old community has practically passed out of the hands of the few surviving members of the society, and the last of the brothers In white gowns has long since passed away. The old doisters, where the brothers In ease of sickness among the mem mid sisters lived until a few years ago, bers of the church the orthodox mem- are now leased to a number of families liers ding to the ancient ceremonies of and are fast crumbling Into decay. anointing the patient with oil nnd pray Within their walls one will first be ing over him. Word of each case of Ill MINERAL SPRINGS HOI El . AT WEST II\DEN. IND., The Change of Life Is the most important period in a wo man’s existence. Owing to modern methods of living, not one woman in a thousand approaches this perfectly natural change without experiencing a train of very annoying and some times painful symptoms. Those dreadful hot flashes, sending the blood surging to the heart until it seems ready to burst, and the faint feeling that follows, sometimes with chills, as if the heart were going to stop for good, are symptoms of a dan- A Complimentary Indorsement. A farmer was traveling to London in quest of legal advice, and during the journey became Impressed with the be lief that he had left behind certain im portant papers. As he made a hurried investigation of his bag he said: “If I did leave those papers I’m a fool.” He continued the search, and a mo ment later exclaimed: “I’ll bet it’ll turn out I’m a fool!” For the third time he rummaged through the bag. and as he reached the last bundle he repeated: ■ “Yes, sir, I believe It’ll turn out I'm a | | fool!” Now the traveling British public greatly resents any disturbance of Its solemn silence, and a man on the other side of the compartment, who had list ened frowningly to the farmer’s defini tion of his own status, looked over his newspaper and said, with sarcastic In terest: "Oblige me, sir, by laying a little - money that same way for me.” The proposition was not accepted, ' partly because betting is Immoral, and : partly because the farmer felt that his companion would have a sure thing. A Kentuckj kiss F RE MARSHAL SWEME OF L HICAG0— iooi . Mos. J knsie N obls . gerons, nervous trouble. Those hot flashes are just so many calls from CHICAGO'S FORMER FIRE CHIEF DENIS J. SWENIE. nature for help. The nerves are cry Chief Denis Swenie's retirement from the Chicago fire department, after a ing out for assistance. The cry should service of over fifty years, marks an epoch in fire department annals. During be heeded in time. Lydia E. Pink that time the chief has seen and helped to fight the greatest conflagration of ham's Vegetable Compound was pre modern times—the tire that almost wiped Chicago off the map in 1871. While pared to meet the needs of woman’s that was the greatest tire in all probability that the chief is destined to ever system at this trying period of her life. behold, anil it was the most destructive, it did not equal in the element of per It builds up the weakened nervous sonal danger many others that the chief was called on to fight in his long con- 1 system, and enables a woman to pass nection with the department. that grand change triumphantly. Denis Joseph Swenie was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 29, 1834. There " I was a very sick woman, caused is a story that the first thrashing he ever received was for burning a pile of by Change of Life. I suffered with hot fluches, and fainting spells. I was boxes near a stable, where he directed a young volunteer company with small afraid to go on the street, my head and buckets of water. When 15 he shipped on a sailing vessel for America. Arriv back troubled me so. I was entirely ing in New York in July, 1849, he came directly to Chicago. At this time the cured by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta volunteer companies were in existence. The work that they undertook was a ble Compound.”—M rs . J ennie N oble , marvel and a delight to the young Scot. On Dec. 3, 1849, his name was enrolled 5010 Keyser St., Germantown, Pa. as a member of the volunteer department, and he was made a "runner" with Niagara No. 3. In all the months and years that have passed his name has never been erased from the rolls of the department. The second organization to which the veteran chief was attached was the Red Jacket company No. 4, which was No Room for Doubt. famous in the early days of Chicago. In September, 1854, the Red Jackets , “You speak with great positiveness passed into history and Mr. Swenie returned to the Niagara, where he remained until 1850, when he was made first assistant engineer of the department. In about the sincerity of your friend’s March he was made chief engineer, and was assigned the work of organizing religion. ” “There can be no doubt whatever of Author. the paid steam fire department, a mighty step forward for Chicago. He went answer. r McElroy, the to work, with the whole volunteer fflf.ee against him. In those days it was its sincerity,” was the ras born in I.eba- ! customary for the firemen to select at a regular assembly a chief, who was ac “Why, sir, that man would rather go ed all her life In cepted by both political parties. On Oct. 1, 1873. the tire captain was made to church on Sunday than play golf. ” first assistant fire marshal by the order of Chief Benner. He continue! in I this position until July 3, 1879, when he was appointed acting chief by the first I Mayor Harrison, and was confirmed by the City Council as fire marshal and chief of brigade on Nov. 10, 1879, which position he held until his recent resignation, i Mrs. Lucy Cleav< author of "Juletty,” non, Ky., and has 11 that State. As a girl Mrs. McElroy joined in all her fa- t h e r' s sports and lived an out-of- d o o r s-Ufe. This manner of living she kept up after her marriage, and It was while riding to hounds with her husband that she was thrown from her horse and made MBs. a’xLBer. an invalid for life. She wrote "Juletty” under the most trying circumstances. While the au thor lay on her back or when scarce able to hold a pen, she picked out the words with one hand on a typewriter. Yet she writes with a fullness of life and Joyousness that any lover of field sports might envy. two 7%inch guns In armored turrets on deck, with fourteen 5%-inch rapid tire The Swift French Armored Cruiser guns, twenty-six smaller guns and two torpedo tubes. She carries a crew of Jeanne I.’Arc. France has just put into commission 6211 men.—New York Journal. the newest naval terror in the world, A Picture lor a Fee. the cruiser Jeanne D’Arc. With her Among the "laughable experiences” six funnels and great length she looks like two ordinary warships joined to-' narrated by the Rev. D. M. Steele, in gether. This strange craft is designed , his account of “Some People I Have to be the vulture of the seas. She is Married,” in the Ladies’ Home Jour not to meet warships in open battle. nal, is this one: "It was after my first She is to prey on the commerce of other ceremony. The groom shifted uneasily nations. With her 23%-knot speed she from one foot to the other and observed can overtake the fastest transatlantic that they were ‘surely very much liners afloat. The big German passen obliged.’ ’You see,’ he explained, ’we ger ship the Deutschland, of the Ham- have not much money to begin life, buarg line, that has made the fastest but if things go well, perhaps in a year NEW NAVAL TERROR. TAPE WORMS ♦*A tape worm eighteen feet long at .east came on the scene after my taking two CASC'ARETS. This I am sure has caused my had health for the past three years I am still taking Cascarets. the only cathartic worthy of uotice by sensible people ” Gao VV Bo • vim . Baird, Miaa. Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. L» > Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 25c. 50c ... 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It runs light, in fact runs lighter with four horses than any other header with six. • The Biggest Clock in America. The biggest clock in America is in the tower of a public building in Philadel phia. It is 351 feet from the pavement. Its bell weighs over 20,000 pounds. The dial Is 25 feet In diameter, the minute hand 12 feet long, nnd the hour hand 1» feet, the numerals on the face being FRENCH ARMORED CRUISER JEANNE D'ARC. 2 feet 8 inches In length. A three- horsepower engine winds the clock. day's run on record at the rate of 23 1-5 we can send you some present.’ I knots per hour, could easily be over bowed them out as graciously as I Some I I.tinction in Tha', The knew how, and forgot all about it. Six She— Don't let my refusal of your hauled by the Jeanne D'Arc. proposal embitter you. Mr. Simpkins. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, of the months later I received by mall a pack He Oh. no; after all. it is something North German line with her 22%-knot age and a letter from these people. to have been rejected by a girl who speed and the swift Cunarder Lucan la. They had not forgotten my kindness. that has crossed the Atlantic in five ♦ • • And now that they were In owns a $500 dog. days and five hours, would also fall a lietter circumstances they wanted to Only fool husbands ever attempt to prey to the Jeanne D’Arc. The cap send me something • • • but what satisfy a wife's $50 wants with a $5 ture of a few prizes like these from should it l>e? At last they had decided. an enemy’s merchant marine might be There was one thing they were both bill. a greater financial loss than a naval particularly fond of. They were going battle defeat. Indeed, the knowledge to send It and hoped I would appreci that such a commerce destroyer as the ate and like it. I found a cheaply DE-TROYED BY F RE. Jeanne D’Arc were hovering unseen framed nmatenr photograph of a cat beyond tlie horizon to waylay all ship boat on Long Island Sound. On the ping would doubtless make more of a margin was written in lead pencil: ‘The panic in the enemy’s country than the appearance of a whole hostile squadron place where we became engaged.' ” of warships off the coast. This new French marine racer was begun about three years ago. She was launched from the shipyards at Toulon in June. 1.899. Since then the engi neers have been packing her hull with machinery, puttng her big triple ex pansion engines In place and adjusting the three shafts and propellers. The * Jeanne D’Arc Is as big as most ocean ' liners. She Is 571 feet long, with a 88-1 foot beam and a draught of 28 feet of | water. She has two military masts, with fighting tops; an armor belt of, from three to six inches in thickness.; and decks of steel plating; so she need j not be afraid of tackling any ordinary warship. But her special duty will be to cover great distances, at high speed, and capture all commerce that she j comes across. For this reason she has bunkers that will hold 1,400 tons of coal. With this supply she could make t three trips across the Atlantic without | reeval ing. Her armament cousists of; Origin of "Grass Widow." Society in India, it appears from the Bengal papers, is being disturbed jurft now over the origin of the term “grass widow,” and a considerable amount of research has been directed to the subject. So far the inquiries made have succeeded in tracing the word back to the year 1844. when It was used In the Calcutta Review. In the opinion of qualified philologists the term is a corruption of the much older one "grace widow." This Is derived from "vidua de gratia." which may be in terpreted literally as "widow by fa vor.”—London News. World's Greatest Match Factory. The biggest match factory In the world is at Tldahalm. Sweden. 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