a he a ihe * =, By = e a — 7 ans 5 to > - ~ : iL - - * - a 4 7 $0 fis sway is the evil eye. . vies, very often 8 ‘ y" 7 _ ND. OF SUPERSTITION yeny TOWN IN ITALY HAS ITS = MAN WITH EVIL EYE. m s Against it Always Carrii#d — ‘Drivers the Most Superstitious Pe of all Classes. - Superstition is to-day as much a part of the Italian people as it was In Nhe Middle Ages,-and the many inci- denis of life are so interwoven ‘with it that the simplest of actions on the part of a stranger may very often ke construed into a deadly offence, wriles a Rome correspondent. The most universal superstition and at which holds the people literally It is firm- believed that the power of fascinat- ang man or beast is found in certain aca h and whalever object their falls on is bound to be fascinated, and by this very fascination every evil befalls it. He who casts the evil eye ig called in Italian the “jeltatore,” and there is not a town, village or hamlet that is free from at least one of this ‘ype, recognized by all as a menace to “nt prosperity and peadoe of his fellow - AN - In one small town the jettalore was ‘ve only druggist of the place. So venowned was he for his evil eye that iobody would go to his shop while he was around, ag they felt sure (hal the easing would kill instead of cure them. The people preferred to go when his assistant was in charge, and con- sequently at noon, when the feared uggist had his luncheon, they lined r their prescriptions, ae they knew wnat kind, fat, old Sor Arturo would ®ast nothing but good luck on their purchases, It is strange, but fat peo- ple are supposed to be unable to cast vil eye, as he who hag thal power is 4lways a man of sallow countenance und unhappy expression who wanders about casting a spell on those he en- -> plies - Another story is told of this same druggist who was travelling to a neigth- boring town. and en roule, when #he train stopped at a small station, he ‘wished to deliver a package of wafers FOR A FELLOW DRUGGIST. Being a stranger {fo the place, he ask- dd the station muster to hand it to some one who would tnke it lo town. There happened to be « farmer on the latform who, with Italian willingness, flered to deliver it safely, When the train had disappeared in the distanec, the farmer, with a friend, mounted his cart to which was harnessed a horse never known to shy. At a round pace they ascended the ereep incline to the village and strange to relate as they passed no field where O pig was lizily lolling the horse shied, “Per Bacco,” said his master, “soma this charm is not te, it, probably in allusion to the luring song of the Siren. In modern times much in use except 1: a small extent among the Neapoli- tans. Slrange as it may seem, the Romans, who one weuld think would stil, retain many of the emblems and customs of pagan times, althqugh slill ‘superstitious adept ¢hearms and em- blems of a much simpler design. Thus, for instance, the drivers of the wins cars from the Castelli Romani would consider their journey from Albano of Gensano exceedingly dangerous if they failed to hang on their horses’ harness a half moon of brass or a bone horn, with is expected to guarantee immu- nily from the evils en route, Very often these emblems are suppressed al- tagether and a picture of St. Anthony is carried om their carts in their stead. A chance visit to one of the out ef the way towns near Rome weuld re- veal customs and practices which saver more of medieval times than of the twentieth centurv. A broken dewn mo- =: car and a long series of misfor- tunes forced the writer a short while ego to spend the night in one of these villages. A holel was an wnknewn luxury, but furnished rooms were to be had at Marietta’s, a street urchin in- wormed us, for a consideration. We found the place meat and clean, the hostess talkalive, and while serving us with a hastily Booked supper, she was only too willing to tell us of the strange inhabitants of her native vil- lage. aving heard of wise women, we asked her if there was one about. She easured us that there was Sora Maria, who had wonderful) knowledge ¢f charms and who could brew a potion (hat would keep all harm away. On further questioning we discovered that Gur hostess had called in the nee cf the old women when stricken by 4 mysterious illness, due, as she said, to {he evil eye. Our hostess was bound lo secrecy, but by dint of judicious cross-exammination we learned that the ceremony which cured her of her ill- ness consisted in placing eil and herbs in a saucer, igniting them by means cf a wax candle, the muttering of many strange words and the passing of signs, al! of whith not only healed and cured Marietta but contributed to the disoov- ery of the cause of her malady, a large pebble which in some mysterious wely suddenly appeared on the saucer and which the woman assured us, was the materialization of the evil spell. “Rut.” continued our- hostess with conviction, “our wise woman is still more wonderful, If you wish to do away with an enemy she has only to use her art in order te bring about his death. All that is necessary is for her to see him and cast the jettatura.” Se a erie GENERAL INFORMATION. ——— Bilis of Knowledge About Most Everything. Interesting one must have bewitched tte beast. It must be this blessed package 1 am car- frying, and now that I think of it the Man who gave il to me had a vicious expression.” sO Saying. he threw the wafers in the fleld, bits of white, made a leap into the air, throwing the cart to one side, upset- ting the occupants, one of whom was other rendered seanseles?, while the wilh a broken leg was forced to craw! fo a nearby wotlage for help. horse, meanwhile, careered madly up the road, collided agains! a wall and fefl to the ground. be shot, The package was picked up by the owner of tha field, who on rTrelurning home found his house on fire. The slory reached the town and €very one identity Was anxious to discover the of the stranger. When it was known Lit was the druggist jellatore, ev- érybody said: “Another calamity added lo his long list.” But jettatori are not only found in Villages, but also in Jarge towns like Rome among all the profesgions, whe- G@pciors, lawyers, priests or liter- men, and even archho Wgisls, one more @f whom 4re universally re- gnized We possessing this strange wer, At the Press Club, for instance, shrbokee” 9 of Signor B, is the sign #1 hasty exit om he part of all members present. Alt certain social entertadin- ments it is nol unusual to see a certain well known man completely isolated, Not because he is unknown, for on the contrary he is known loo well, and therefore shunned. TO AVERT ALL THIS ILL LUCK which seems to be eontinually hang- ing over every good citizen, certain pre- enutions must be taken, ‘The princi- pol one consists in extending the first @nd the lillle finger of the hand, clos- ing the others and pointing them at the offender, thereby, according to re- eognized authority, throwing off his beneful influence. This action is eilled “making horns,” and jt is said that a watelfcharm consisting of a small coral or silver hand, wilh two fingers extended, or a horn may prove quile 4s <ffective against the evil eye, It has become so much a habit el- Vilized by use that instinctively one’s hand closes in the required way whew a recognized jeliatore is near by. <A mother will make it when she sees her child the object of too much attention on the part of a cross-grained slran- ger, To compliment one in Italy on his healthy Woks is not considered good form unless the well known ex- pression “Dio vi benedica,” may God bless you, is added. Allhough as a rule all classes of peo- ple in Maly are more or less supersti- tiows, slill if has been observed that coachmen, carlers and all those gener- flly interested in horses are more so. In fact ene will hardly find a single sal horse wilhout a charm against the evil eye attached to his harness. These oflen consist in a coral horn or a me- tol crescent, bul in southern Italy other sharms are used which are absolulely wnknown to the Romans and northern llalions. The principal of these js known as the Cimaruta, and it consists if eight emblems hung together on a éilver ring. These are a bunch of rue, Gilways Gonsidered a powerful antidote against evil; a 6erpent, the half moon or crescent, a key, a heart,.and a hand clasping the horn, all emblems in anci- ent times 6uggesling plenteous fulfil- ment of all’ good things. The amulet is generally made of silver, always considered a TIucky metal, and it is curious that this collection, which is regarded as the most efficacious of all talismans, consisis entirely of pagan emblems. There are other emblems of secondary importance, such as the Siren and the sea Horse. These were used atone time by the ‘better élass people, as many of those still extant and much scught afler by collectors are of fine workmanship, unlike those of modern manufacture, which are roughly fin- ished. Fs THIS CHARM OR AMULET id a small bell attached to — The horse really started at the The When help arrived he was so badly injured that he had to It is estimated that to pul the entire | British telegraphic system underground }weuld cost about $125,000,000. It is calculated that the amount spent in advertising in Greal Britain amounts lo about $450,000 every day. British Houses of Parliament cost $16,- 500.000, which is the same amount as St. Peter's at Rome cost in building. The German Empress owns jewels werth $550,000, and has the right .to wear the Crown jewels, valued ab $800,- (hy . | Goffins of heavy plate glass, hermeti- cally sealed, are now being used, It is sfid they are much more sanitary than any other kind. The largest was an anaconda, lfeund dead in Mexico. ! long, and it took two | along. Western Australia has the highest per- cenlage of crime of any of the Ausira- lian Colonies: but the average number of crimes is lower than that in any pari of the Southern States of America, The worst attack of cattle plague known in Great Britain was from 1865 (o 1867: 124,332 catile died and 170,18) were slaughtered. : plague was imported from Russia. Gérmany exports more than 6,000,(00,- 000) lead pencils every twelve months. They are shipped to foreign countries al the rale of over 10,000,000 a day, count- ing six days to the wetk. Probably the greatest number of wild geese éver seen at once flew over the town at Lewiston, Illinois, a shert time ago. Their number was éstimated at be- tween 14,000 and 15,000, and for nearly half an hour the sky was quite black wilh inem. Saturn, which shines as a yellow star of the first magnitude, is nearing the eort, and will be at his least distance (his month, some 760,000,000 miles, or nearly twenly times as far off as Mars et his nearest approach quite recently. When near the earth, as at present, a small glass will show the planet's rings and bells. Some tropical plants can really be seen to grow. An eminent scientist, who made measurements in some botanical gerdens in Java, recorded a growth in a bamboo of 17in. in a single day. Another bamboo was observed to add & inches to its height daily for fifly-eight dave, while two others. grew 4 inches steadily each day for sixty days. e The most wonderful bird flight noled in the migratory achievement of the Vir- ginia plover, which leaves ils haunts tm Nerth America and, taking a course down the Atlantic, reaches the coast of trazil in one unbroken fight of fifteen heurs, covering a distance of over three lhousand miles al the rate of four miles a minute, Whal is probably the finest work on Pctany ever published has recently been issued from a Leipzig press to the order ef the Brazilian Government. It consists of forty volumes, comprising 130 parts, wilh 20,733 pages, dealing with 40,000 scecies af flora found in Brazil. The work was begun in 1819 by Martius, and had been built up by sixty-five authors. clea PITH, POINT AND PATHOS. Many men have many mimds, but not many of us are mind readers, all the same, Hardship is one ship that can general- ivy be depended upon to make the voyage “f life all right. Woman differs from man in that she can generally lose her heart without los- ing her head, — Men who drink to forget their sor- rows forget that they are simply sew- ing a new crop. Revenge is the poorest crop that mor- tal man ever sowed in despair of spirit. Virtue may be ils own reward all right, but the reward is one that can- not always be collected. Widow's weeds could never have been grown in the Garden of Eden. Few men know their own minds—and those who do, wish they didn't. The shortest life is sufficiently long 10 feel regret in. = King Edward now wears braid on his serpent ever measured which Dr. Gardner It was 97 feet horses tO drag - tl elated Lita nobody can upbraid fm. | a tr 2 } a WAS A BOGUS NOBLEMAN SECURED AN EARLY START IN CA- REER OF CRIME. i | Seymour Barton, Who Posed as a Nobleman, Imprisoned for Life for Murder. ] seymour Barton, known from one end of America to the other as “Lord Berington,” will not hang fer murder- ing James McCann four years ago, but wil. undergo lifelong imprisonment. In commuting the sentence, the Governor of Missourii announced: “No man in Missouri can be executed without his consent,” and Barton apparently — still thinks life worth living. Thus disappears from the public stage anoiher of the tribe of bogus noblemen who imposed themselves upon the gulli- bility of democratic people, many of whom, perhaps the majority, still dearly love a lord. Barton's chief stock-in- trade was a good English accent, a de- cent appearance, and colossal cheek, and these assets were used to advantage mcre particularly in rural districts, where, on his meleoric visits, he was ap- parently welcomed with open arms. STARTED EARLY IN CRIME. Barton secured an early start in his cipeer of crime. When bul seven years af age he was arrested at Tunbridge Wells, England, fer incendiarism. He received o sentence of five years, but broke out of jail. When eighteen he became a more accomplished criminal, stole $80,000, was arrested and sen- anced 19 ten years’ imprisonment, but he forged pardon papers and again eés- caped, Then he travelled in the best society, glole everything of value that he could find, visiled France, Germany, Spain and India, and served terms of impri- sonment in all four countries. Aller- nalely Barlon was an adept and then a Eungler in his crimes. Sometimes his performances baffled the most skilled detectives, and again his work was easily traced out. His matrimonial was al- most as varied as his criminal career. MANY MARRIAGES, In 1889 he married Miss Celestine Elizabeth Miller, of New York, took wer lc England, and deserted her, In 1902 he married a young Canadian woman and deserted her three days laler. In 1903, posing as Lord Barringlan, he married heautiful Miss Wilhelmina Grace Cochran, of St. Louis, daughter of i Kansas Cily pork packer. She dis- ecevered that he was not a rea) lord and chtained a divorce, while Baringlon gol six months tn jail. Many other mar- Tioges are altribuled to him. The bogus lord supposedly murdered James McCann and a friend for his money, wilh the inlention of marry- ingg Mrs. McCann. McCann aided Bar- lon, taking him into his own home to live. In June, 1903, McCann disappeared from home, and a few days later his body was found in a quarry. Barton was arrested for the murder and con- victed. BECAUSE OF CONVENTION PIDITY IN ENGLAND, Are No Department There Original Ideas in Any Medical Profes- sion Scored. “Conventionalism is the main cause ¢. our national degeneration, and con- ventionalism Inerely another name for organizal siupidily by the repres- sion of originality, It is a sort of red- lapeism which pervades every depart- ment of national life.” is On this occasion the} the Daily Mirror Such was the pronouncement made to by one of London's lleading medical men. “Great Britain has been beaten,’ he seid, “at football, tennis, golf, rowing ami shooting by other countries, and in her manners, morality, religion, law, niedicine, and dress she is fast drop- ring behind a}l olher nations. “Take shooting, for instance. The military authorities. have just discovered that a right-handed man is usually left- eyed. Conventionalism says ‘shoot from the right shoulder;’ common sense says the opposile. “Look at the telephone companies. They put the receivers on the left-hand side, when most people are right-eared. Conventionality again. It is done to-day because il is always been done thal way. “Take handwriting. | Everybody who writes a free, quick and useful hand helds his pen or peneil quile differently from the conventional style taught in schools, “Rul there is no department of nation- al life where conventionalism is so rampant as in the medical profession. “I say in all seriousness that the enormous death-rate among children and the unhygienic condition of our people is due to this. Doctors meet to- gether and read learned papers to one another, and these are aflerwards pub- lished in papers which no layman sees, ALL BECAUSE OF CONVENTION. “The traditions of the old mystery- mongering doctor have been kept up too long, Amd yel a man who displays a little originality is condemned and os- lracised because he despises convention. “Our teachers are incompetent. The man who lectures on physical degenecra- lion is nol strong enough to swing a cat, “The muscular devclopment expert is a puny four-foot man, with a flat, chest ond broomstick legs, and the diet spe- cialist looks as though a good square meal would be the salvation of him. “And all because of convention, America, Germany, and our colonies throw over conventions and beat us all along the line. When are we going to get rid of antiquated ideas?” pla THOUGHT WAVES. Men learn lo lalk; women talk by in- slinct. Many a girl supports herself’ and a large family by marrying. The man who waits for just the right lime to‘starl, never gels anywhere, A poor man hasn't much to do with lawyers, but some of them have had, A girl is very, very intellectual-if she can't tell you what anolher girl has on. Lave, says a bachelor, is the thing which makes you believe what you know is not true. | People who boast they never did any- thing to be ashamed of, are lacking in a sense of shame. The man who can’t afford a motor-car | con console himself with the thought that a bomb doesn’t cost so much and is almost as dangerous. =” Dd It takes money to. stert a business | + | but it will stop withoul any. bel WRITER TELLS OF ORGANIZED STU- dear; I mean I’m failing in health.” CBAVALRY CHARGE OF THE BATTLE OF CASABLANCA. The Red Kaid, Heroic Leader, Steadily Defies the French — Arab Cavalry. The Red Kaid. a heroic figure, stood bolily on the skyline, refusing lo ce- lire. Left alone, he fired’ ffom ‘horse- back against the French infantry, who blazed away at him. Great shells tore up the ground all round, shrapnel burst In little white puffs overhead, but be was unhurt, Finally, seeing that his men had gone, he rode slowly oul cf range amid cheers of admiration for his pluck from the French. wriles a London. Express correspondent at the seal of war, The attack seemed over, and, the hersemen haying disappeared, — the French infantry lay down to await de- velopments. The ground over which the Arabs charged was covered wilh ameabied men, wounded horses, and cead, Brave HAD CHARMED LIFE. suddenly, one white-clother Arab ad- vanced alone to within five hundred yards of the French infantry, undér the fire of every gun on the field, to re- move a saddjp from a dead horse. Litlla puffs of smdKe rose up all round him. He reached the horse, and two of his comrades rode forward to draw the French fire while he removed the sad- dle. Then all three retired safely under ®% perfect hail of bullets, shrapnel and ecmmon shell, It seemed incredible that so many shols should fail fo kill ane man, The horsemen having gone, the fight stemed over, when suddenly tremend- cus cries arose from the camp A great mass of Arab horsemen near the seashore came down the slope at the gallop, enlered the valley, and swept lawards the infantry, the Red Kaid at their head. UNIQUE SIGHT. Here was a sight seldom seen in war, ind supposed to be impossible against mxlemn weapons, Regardless of the fire, everyone in camp stood up in the trenches to walch the alack. In solid formation, the Arabs pode boldly down on the French. Here was a target such as gunners prey for, but never get—maesses of cavalry charging in close formation over open ground only lifieen hundred yards away. Every gun on land and sea opened up. The ground around the charging cavalry resembled a ‘volcan, Bul they came on, hardly losing a man or horse, WAVERED AT LAST. At Jength a great ehell from the Gloire lanied right in the centre of the Arabs. Many horsemen fell. Some cit up again, Others staggered away, leaving their horses. Still the major- ily came on, At last the infantry had (heir chance, They opened volley-firing, the moun- r ¥ lcuses joining them. It seemed, how- lant dred yards of the Foreign Legion. But they could go no further. For nearly two miles they had ridden un- der a heavy fire. Theiy horses were riders. They wavered. The Red Kaid cume on alone, The hail of lead was mere than his men could bear, The solid mass broke up. “mea rode back down dhe vally, othrs wnt straight up the hill, while some ook cover where they were. Again the Red Kaid turned, slowly riding for cover un- harmed. ; The artillery plied the retiring cav- alry with more shrapnel, and the in- fantry moved forward to prevent a rally. The attack frori the south was over, ——— a Sr ik ) BOV'S SPLENDID HONOR. Paris Gamin Kept Promise, Came Back io Death. The street boy of Paris has, deep dawn in his heart, a senliment of honor. It slumbers heavily enough, so thal only creat emotion can arouse it, but it ds nevertheless there. We have an admur- able exaniple of it in an incixlent thai accurred durmg the siege of Paris, when the Parisians were being shot down like came by the enemy. Among the victims who were about to present themselves one day as a living wall against tis piercing shower of shot there was a boy who darted out from the ranks of the condemned and dared to speak to his executioners. What was it he wanted sy near the moment of death? Some- thing for himself? In his possession—his sole belonging, in fact—there was a big silver watch. He wished to take it back to his grand- mother, who lived at the other end af Paris. and léave it with her as a token before the long parting. He had no parents. This was his only request, and it startled the officer oul of his habitual brutalily. “How asked. “An hour,” The officer meditated, “You give your word of honor to re- turn 7?” “I swear.” "Then go." An “only a his death. long will you be gone?” he gamin"—came back and met wa SELF-HELP ESSENTIAL, Experience shows more and more every day that the man who knows most is he who is most in demand, both in the professional and in the commer- cial world, and in domestic life as well, The duffer and the simpleton have no chance now, and’ in their place enters (ie shrewd, well-mannered, — well-in- formed business man, in the first case, and the agreeable, polished friend end companion in the hatter. These quali- ties can be cultivated in one’s spare lime, and it is,the man who puts his leisure to the best use who gels on in Ibis world, 2 A man can do no wrong—after the undertaker gels him. A boy never so thoroughly realizes that quarrelling is sinful as when he is getting licked in a light. “Give us a man who sings at his work,” says Carlyle. Yes, deliver him into our honds and we'll gladly do the rest, Husband—"“Darling, I believe thal | Qin failing.” - Wife (in alarm)—"Gra I have warned you, your foolish speculations!” ~ Husband—“I don’t mean-in pusiness, us! Flow often nge, against ARAB’S SUPERB COURAGE THEY WORSHIP THE SUN PECULIAR RITES OF SOUTH AMERI- 9 INDIANS. Women are Not Allowed to See Wea- pons Used to Drive Off Spirits. ri Ll li is not generally known that while the wild type of American Indian has almost passed from the North American continent, there still exist in South America tribes of savages not as ad- vanced in xivilization as those which met Oolumbus when he landed on Am- ; erican soil. The barbarous tribes are supposed now-a-lays to inhabit Africa ind the Far Eeast, W. O. Gook partly in the interest of the Bureau of American Ethnology, has made a recent trip to certain por, lions of South America, where he cam in contact with these South American Indians, and he telis of the strange people in a most interesting way. With Mr, Cook was Senhor Antonio Candido de Carvalho, a noted Brazil- ian explorer. These two collected many native implements, ornaments, and olher objects, which are in the National Museum here. EXPERT HEAD DRESSING. “The long, straight, coarse black hair of both males and females hangs in a langled mass about their shoulders, ex- cept above the forehead, where it is | kept chopped off to form bangs, Nearly al! the single young plaster these bangs with a sort of red pully made from the sroall yellowish-red [ruit of the burity palm and fish oil, and the same paste ls used to paint the entire body. Boys and girls who are esteemed by their parents also have the foretop arranged fn this way, and a few of the latter who are regarded with special favor tain guns on the cresi and the mitrail- | ever, ag if nothing would stop ibe gal-| alry, who got within foyr hun- | spent, and many of them were without | hour laler the boy—and he was | have it plaited with a layer of beauti- | ful red feathers. from head to foot, with a brilliant plume in their hair, All young men and boys wear suspended from a hole in the lip, bored during infaney, a kind of chain called nogo- dau, about six inches long, made ctf flat oval-shaped bits wf shell, termin- ating in a red feather. The older men have a plug in ‘this hole, for if left open # causes difficulty in drink- ing.” “The village itself, according to Mr. Cook, is just as strange. He says: “There ‘were thirty huts in the vil lage that encircled in a very. irregular way, facing in every direclion, a very large hut that stood in the centre and was called bachylu. Bae (by) is: the ibachytu is the bachelors’ hall, the head- quarters of all the unmarried men, the workshop where the men make weapons and ornaments and instru- where most public functions occur, and tue club where visitors are received and enlertained. The bachytu is entered a hole in a haystack, and within is al- ways tamp, gloomy, and foul smell- ing. LIVE IN FILTHY HUTS. “The family huts are mostly like a | roo! resting on the ground and stroneg- iy resemble an old haystack ‘with a | hole eaten in each end, though occa- suonally the hut is raised a little and !'woven palm branch tongues form a | baskeilike wall. Deep gloom reigns within these huts. They are made dark that they may be free from flies and are dens of rubbieh and filth... Stuck tii the roof are bows and bundles of alirows, war clubs, instruments and ornaments not in use at a moment, “The occupants of this human lair log of wood four inches in diameter for ia pillow, and sleeping or pnawing an enr of corn, a bit of fish’ or vegetable, arrows, or other objects, or kneeling by the lillle fire, preparing food. When the fitth becomes unbearable, or disease is prevalent, they do nol trouble to q@ean hotse, bul simply abandon and burn the old amd build a new one on n olean spol. Usually the enlire vil- lage mnoves to a new place some ilis- lance away. WORSHIPS THE SUN, “The Bororo considers the sun as (thé | fountain head of majesty and power, and even of beneficence, and as the ‘abode of the great priests who have passed to the spiril world and fear him. Bope mé@ans spirit or disembodied soul, bul they seem lo have no idea of a gol spirit. The bope, who are vil spirits, must therefore not "be offended, although they must be driven away. To drive the espirits off they use a bull rarer, a peculiar inslmiment made of a Slab of wood aboul half an inch thick, sharped something Kke a fish, and cf varying size, hung by a long cord from the end of a slick like a fishing rod, and swung round and round through the air. As it @ewings and rapidly re- volves il sends forth sounds to a sur- prising distance, pitched from a sepul- ctral moan to an unearthly shriek, ihe wail rising and. descending the scale according to the rapidily of the swing or the size of dhe. instrument. lo hear several of these roarers él ence certainly produces most unusual sensations, particularly when operated as we heard them, during a ({ropical slorm amid the play of lightning,, the evash and roar of thunder, the falling fieods and dismal phoom. : “No female is allowed to see this in- ‘slrument under pain of dealh. New | ones awe made as occasion demands. Pek they are burned immediately after | their need has passed. W® entered the bachytu as some of these roarers were | being made for the funeral prelude, | Tnere Was a deep silence, and the |} word bope was whispered low and | mysteriously. Cerlain warning calls lare given some hours in advance of | the lime for beinging the roarers into ; use;and, hearing these warnings, the ifemales enter their huts, close the opén- ‘iegs, and lide their heads. .The roar- ers are manipulated oulside the villave ip and down through the bush, “We had difficulty in securing @xamples of these instruments. They were! brought fo us at might, securely wrapped and amid greatest secrecy. every precau- licn being taken lo make sipre that we would keep them where there would be no possibilily of a female seeing them.” ye If a woman should trim a work basket and wear it as a hat she would allract no particular attention; Occasionally a man baiks at doing a charitable deed because some one he diclikes expects him lo do it, A man can run a store, without ad- verlising and he can wink at a. girl in the dark—but what's the use. | A food printer is a man of the high- es! type. He atlends to his own case and makes it a rule never to be out Pmt * 7 ‘ * - = a IN ME et NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HUIS PEOPLE. Occurrences In the Land ‘That Reigns Supreme in the Commercial World. Through treading on a_ rusty nail scme weeks ago, Mrs. E, Fawcas, of Sunderland, has just died from lock- jaw. Lord Aberdeen was at Bow Street Police Court, fined £2 for exceeding the ten mile an hour limit on_ his motor car in St. James’ Park, The Isle of Man did not become a | able as the first recorded recogn by Mr, Carnegie of the work that is! part of the United Kingdom unti)] 1829, when the sovereign rights of the Deroy ‘family were purchased for £400,000, The Brilish Government has decided i donate $730,000 for the rebuilding of Kingston, Jamaica, and the people of Eoeoeee have further subscribed $243,- | Mr. Thomas Lister, postman, of Mal: | ton, who has retired after forty years’ | Service, was the first postman to wear uniform, as when he joined no uni- _ forms were provided. gift of £100,000 10 | Mr. Carnegie'’s King Edward's Hospital Fund is not- ition being done by hospitals. “Keep quiet,” said the Marylebone, | Scotch woman, L<endon, Police Court jailer to an old accused of begging. “Ah, yes,” replied the lady, “it’s a still longue mak’s a wise head.” The decision which the Brilish Board of Trade is said to have reached to stop Ihe duplication of names by the owners af ships is a wise one and aims to lées- sen a growing evil. The Rey..Thomag Lord, who is in his 100th year, and is the oldest Con- pregational minister in England, con- iinues to take preaching engagements in, different parts of the country. A ,remerkable accident occurred at Harlesden, a woman being knocked name of the ordinary family hut. This | ments, the dining-room, the town hall, | ® - | through an opening al each end, like | fishing gear, and | lal Lifeboat! | wards for saving 844 lives, and the life or itting laikwr fashion making beads, cown and trampled on, and her leg | brcken, in a rush to be the first at a big draper’s sale, Lord Roseberry inaugurated and pre- senled to the village of Cheddington, Bucks, a complete water system, which has cost £2,000, as a memorial to the | late Lady Roseberry. The report of the Government inspec- | lor appointed do inquire into the Isle jer Wight bee disease recommends that } {he bees should be wintered upon stores lcontaining an edmixture of beef ex- | tract, Known as the Cardiff working man’s tanker, George Matthews, who had ;eccndncted the East Splott Financial | Association, was al Cardiff Quarter Ses- sions found guilly of extensive frauds. In the savings bank eslablished by 'the North-Eastern Hailway Company far their employes, the annual report ishows a sum Of £854,602 standing to the credit of the 10,582 depositors, giv- ing an average of £81 each. An #lectric tramway car in Birping- him collided with a wagonetle contain- ing ten old, women, who were being driven from the Linch’s Trust! alms- houses. All were thrown oul, and two, each aged sevenly-four, were seriously injured, An inguest was held recently af Is- | lington on Manning John Lumbers, 4 | policeman, who fell from his bicycle. |The pipe which he was smoking was iforced through his palate, pierced the | base of the skull, and lodged in the ‘brain. A verdict of “accidental death” iwas relurned, Five people had a remarkable es- }cape from death in a motor smash on | the Brighton \through a hedge are sprawled on a palm Jeaf rug, wilh a | The car dashed dropped into @ road, and stone quarry, Since January Ist the Royal Nation- Instifulion has voled re- beats have been launched do the aid ci yessels in distres son no less than .200 aC Cashons, reo eo =——* NEW AND STRANGE. About the Latest Ideas on the Market. A movelly in clocks that which sveaks the time instead of announcing the hour or hal-hour by so many strokes of a bell. The phonogaph ‘n- side the clock tells the time in a well- Something IS | modulated voice. Barbers are adopling an idea which has been used by cetrain dentists; this is to have a pad of paper on the chair, inslead of a pad of cloth, where the head resis. Afler each sitting the upper square of paper is removed, leaving the ipad fresh and clean for the next oecu- jpant. The advantage of this idea is OPV NOLS. In placing cooked food in tins or jars, il is customary to sel the recepiacles in a boiler and boil them for a short time prior to sealing, To take the jars fram this boiling water without being scalded is a. feal requiring some skill, a lifler has been invented, A plate is pushed under the jar; a handle is then turned, whén a holder drops over the neck, and the jar is liffed clear of lhe water and deposited on a slab, The lifter is a Kind of minialure crane. A form of dry shampoo is now being adopled by oy fear of rheumatism or neuralgia from welling the head, Powdered orris [s gently rubbed on the head, afer the hair has been brushed: a cap is placed over the hair, and is allowed to remain al! night, In the morning (he ‘hair is brushed again, and the result is equal to that of any ordinary shampoo, A flag-holder, for window. decora- tions, bas been devised by a workman, A wood -block is made with a rounded ecgge in which holes are bored {to re- ceive the flag-slalis, This rounded edge gives {he proper spread for dwo, three, cr more flags, which are faslened in these sockels by screws to prevent them from being blown away. The bloek is bevelled on one side $0, as lo give a stlisfactary angle for tving flaps tig advantage, and ii can easily be secured lo the window frame. This holder ts. sa simple that anvote<caon make it. A new sleeve-holuctr, for keeping short sleeves in place while pulling on an overcoal or jackel, is made of a length ef tape with uw ring at both ring is smaller than the other, so that it can be slipped thriygh the larger one (ao form asngose in dhe tape. The nose is tightened round the end of the sleeve and the arm, while the free ring is held by the thumb. The short sleeve is thus kept from being pushed up, and much troublé and annoyance is pre vented. | Armia CIS, ————— oh DARK SECRET] Does anyone know where the dead cf night is buried? Gal —_—$_—_—h________ There are wonders what parents are good for. Some men get as much satisfaction cut of a political campasi RRY OLD ENGLAND|E lhose who are prevented | Oney ! times when. every emall boy} 46 60Mm0). women gel out of a church revival. [sees armed to HOW YOU MAY AVOID LUCKY EVENTS. — ee af Some of the World's Great Days. “All people have. their blind side In Lucky and Unlucky | Pre - = — ee 2S their superstitions,” said Ibsen on ong occasion, who deride such an assertion; but ever Of course there are cynics = = | se the strongest and most practi¢al-minded = men have some fear of ae ae ~ Napoleon was a fatalist and supe tious, and made no secret of it, He be did Cromwell, Byren, Wellington, ens, and Sir Walter Scott. re Sir Frank Lockwood once accepted an invitation to dine with the Thirteen Club; lieved in lucky and unlucky days; Dick- vitation on one eccasion. A day before the event, however, he wrote (hat, for the sake of the dogs, cats and horses dependent upon him, he dared not defy the fates. Lord Rosebery has a dread of — his path, | = seeing a dead hedgehog in a ~T a “ES % a, mR ie ar Seca but al the last moment his courage failed him, and he wrote to be excused. Mr. — George R, Sims received a similar in: = ‘on i — - _ a a ¥ =a | hae | "ya =i Ss : Ta -? | =. = - * a = i while even Mr. Glauetone had a super stilious belief that any néw article of wearing apparel! was bound to detraet from Lendon Answers, PREJUDICE AGAINST FRIDAY. And it is curious to nole how these rc 7 é power of his speeches, says ith i * superstitious beliefs differ, While By- — ron, fdr instance, held Friday in the | most undisguised dread, Dickens regard- ed it as a very lucky day. Most Lngy hewever, have a prejudice against Fri- cay. The feeling against commencing a voyage on that day is so slrong that | Friday is the lighlest day of the week for — "AM port towns, while in hospitals patients 4 a the departure of vessels from our sea- ® a : a; He tes ‘| a —_ = ‘ a Ni sy te ' ia ge? eat re frequently hesitale about submitting to — an operation on that day. produce a new piece on a Friday, and all sorts of misfortunes were predicted — In theathical =, circles it is considered most unlucky lo . i yk = FF = a when Mr. Augustin Daly flouted this tra- dition. But Friday was apparently Mr, Daly's lucky day, for he produced a : Gal successful plays on that day of the week. So has Mr. Edward Terry, whe has said thal his favorite day for pre ducing plays is Friday. r . And while talking about thestrie superstilions, one might mention that a — saying eurrent among acters is to the effect that if you change the name of a lhealre you change its luck, There are tw« instances of London theatres which bear this out. The Adelphi was for a short time known as the New Century Theatre, during which period il experi- enced nothing bul bad luck. Now it i8 back to its eld name again things are difierent. The enormous success of “The Private Secretary” was, according to theatrical superstition, DUE TO A BLACK CAT. That play was a failure at the Prince of Wales’ Theatre, bul when it waa lransfefred to the notoriously unlucky Globe Theatre a black cal walked acrosy the stage, and all was happy and pr perous ever after, Amongal other stag superstitions the following are nol, per- haps, without interest. It is lucky to meel a hunchback in the theatre, and to touch him on the first night ensures the euccess of the piece. It is also lucky lo find cobwebs behind the scenes, bul un- lucky for an actor to whistle in a fellow: actor's dressing room, or open on ur brella upon the étage, How many people are there who dg nol believe that Hl-luck and the number thirleen go hand in hand? It is a super. stiion which is-apparently derived from tht: fact that there were thirleen at the Last Supper, which terminated in the great lragedy. te superstition about upsetting the salt belong, In e«iretching out to dip his hand in the dish, Judas is said to have # ce) -_ Je —* = = p-. fa To this same feust doses 3 # F a” \ an i. upsel the salt, and the ancien! painters — of that sacred repast often (in overturned sall-cellar. To counferact the evil number thirteen ibree. The fact that the seventh day of depict influence of try number seven or ihe week was ordered to be kept holy, — tat seven angels are said to stund be- fore the throne, and that a seven-branch candlestick was commanded (oO be used in the Temple causes THE MYSTIC NUMBER SEVEN io be regarded as one which will bring ~~ good luck. Three is regarded as a lucky number simply because at the third al — in. lempl success is won more often th not. numbers, and none more sa than the — habilues of Monte CaNo. the famous Casino you are. given @ stick. This tickel is stamped number. Should the figurea on it even, the old gambler returns it with @ On enlerng = ticket al the cloak-room for your hat and. > " wilh a ie eM re Sl Gamblers have a reverence for odd = fc i /. = . ae y _ ey polite “Merci, m’sieur!’ and promplly, — walks out, not lo return that day. - If, hewever, the number be odd, and under thirty-six, the owner of it will probably i + fe i ts —_= hasten to the room and stake heavily on lhe corresponding number on the long. The, ‘ green cloth of the roulette-lable, i strangest part of it all is the fact that ~, the number invariably comes ap}. the old their wedding-day because of saving, “Blest be the bride the sun shines a en.” Bul the rainy-day bride may cor- sole herself with the fact that in some ecuntries {he bride prays for rain, lak- ing it as an omen that all her tears are shed before marriage, and (hal there will be none afler, The Germans say a new joy comes wilh every raindrop. There is also.a universal belief that it is very unlucky for a bride fo sec her- self. in a mirror after her toilel is com- pieled, If she so far forgets herset {oO Most brides long for fair weather for. 1 i = -_ é a = ¥» . . 7 = 7 do this and wishes to appease the fales, she may ‘do so by Lurning away, ‘i drawing on her glove, and having some — — tiny ribbon, Mower, or jewel fastened to. her gown. ve LIFES ELUXIR. A laugh is just like sunshine, lt freshens all the day: Mis It tips the peak of lile wiih ligt And drives the clouds away, —_———— XN. a ol a aa a 7 7) whe The soul grows ‘glad thal hears it, ~ And feels il6 courage slrong— A laugh is just like sunshine For cheering folks along. A laugh is just Hike music\@ ‘It lingers in the heart, | And where its melody is heai The ills of life depart; “yl And happy thoyghts come crowd! Its joyful notes to greet—' A laugh is just like music 4 : ; = +s ; | a ie For making living sweet eres Bt When a dentist bunts tro the teeth, vw) +) VS = Pe wal Z-= a= — = = = = uw 7 4 a ¥i Ps. Sal r —"