For ton thousand years the fato of
mon has looked out through the mil
lions ot lines In the palms of tholr
hands. Tho hands are tho windows
of tho soul instead of tho eyes. Along
tho ridges, the valleys nnd tho moun
tains of tho palm destiny was writ
ten, and there It Is read If the reader
be deep In the sclenco of palmistry.
Man Is irrevocably mixed up with tho
eternal, can, neither voluntarily nor
Involuntarily escape or even oppose tho
inscrutablo verdict of tho eternal. All
things are, and the past as well, us
tho future nr5 only local applications
used for small conveniences. There
ar no such things In reality as up or
down, north, cast, south or west. They
belong to tho mundane, which, com
pared with tho infinite Is Indeed a
trifling matter in tho economy of tho
universe
So says Dr. Carl Louis Perln, tho
great master of palmistry, who has
boon shown favors by kings and hon
ored by academies, schools and col
leges for his remarkable dolvlngs into
the secrets of tho open palm in scien
tific ways.
"I was with Luotgert, tho Chicago
sausago maker who killed his wife,"
said Dr. Porin, "and in him I found a
remarkable Instance whore tho faco
could not be rolled upon for Informa
tion regarding tho soul. He received
mo with gushing cordiality and ap
peared ono of the most open-hearted
persons imaginable. I wanted to get
an impression of his palm, for I be
lieved that thero was the regulation
mark of cruelty in It, and tho mur
derer's hook. By tho 'murderer's
hook' I refer to a mark shaped some
thing llko tho flguro '2 as will be
observed in tho plcturo. Nearly all
murderers have In their hands at ex
actly tho samo place, this mark this
curso of Cain. I took the impression,
and was surprised at tho distinctness
with which it loomed up.
"The mark of cruelty, as will bo
Been in tho illustrations, runs from tho
ring finger toward tho mount of Jupi
ter. Tho hook Is on tho edge of the
heart lino, under tho mount of Sat
urn. Long before Theodore Durnnd,
tho murderer of Dlancho Dumont and
Minnie Williams, in San Francisco,
camo to trial, I took an Impression of
his hand, mado my study from it,
wroto my opinion that ho was a mur
derer, and, sealing my notes, left them
in a vault to bo opened after tho trial
was over. I made my predictions, and
after tho trial was concluded they
wcro opened, and my findings were
according to tho facts. I discovered
tho hook and I know that ho was
guilty.
"In 1S87 Broulent, tho murderer of
his wife and child, whoso case was
among tho most famous In Paris,
Franco, for years, was to bo tried for
tho doublo murdor on circumstantial
ovldence. Beforo he camo to trial I
wanted to got an impreslon of his
hand. According to tho rules of law
t' ere tho business of a caller must bo
SUN VS. SEA.
The New Hygienic Treatment I Hot
San lliitU.
Doubtless those who understand the
affair aro convinced this Is tho right
tlmo to bring boforo tho public tho
now hygienic treatment by means ot
sun baths, but In hot weather it Is a
bravo person who will stop to conMdor
the question when water Is available.
Scarcely any ono would glvo up a sea
or lako bath for a sun bath when tho
thermometer Is dallying In tho 90s.
However, we are told, we shall yet
explained to a man under arrest bo
fore ho can bo admitted. Tho first
day I applied ho sont word that ho
was Indisposed, but that ho would see
mo within a week. When I called
again ho had burned out tho Insldo
of his palm to prevent Its sccrots from
being read. I cite this as n remark
able caso wherein abject fear of tho
truths of palmistry caused an extremo
self-lnfllctlon. Ho was convicted and
executed Just tho same.
"Not long ago I took an Impression
of tho palm of Roslln Ferrell, tho Co
lumbus man who killed Express Mes
senger Lane, and I took an impres
sion of the palm of Mollneux, but
failed to find tho tolltale mark. I am
unablo to satisfy my own mind, after
a careful study of his palm, as to
whether ho is or Is not a murderer."
In Dr. Porin's collection of palm
Impressions nre those of President Mc
Klnley, Colonel William Jennings Bry
an, and about two-thirds of tho pres
ent United States senators and repre
sentatives. Somo palmists, at least, are willing
to take their own modlcine. This is
evidenced in the case of Dr. Perln, and
probably if tho data was obtainable
A HOUSEBOAT IN CHINA.
other cases might be found of other
palmists less great who would bollovo
their own readings. Whllo In Chi
cago Dr. Perln mado readings of tho
hands of two men, Paul Hlrsch nnd
Louis Enright. Theso two men had
been Interested In contracting, and
It seems had been tho promoters of a
railroad from Canon City and Crlpplo
Creole, Colo. Thero was somo trouble,
hownver, and the result was thatwTUlo
tho two men were away tho directors
como to regard tho Idea with favor.
Sea and lako bathing Is a modern In
stitution, comparatively speaking. A
wholesale exodus to the sea or lako
shoro Is rather now and whereas now
everybody with a dollar to his name
flies In vacation tlmo to somo such re
sort a century ago not 1 per cent of
tho population would have dreamed of
sending whole families away to tho re
sorts, as Is now dono. As, therefore,
we have come to regard tho sea and
lako essential, It Is nald in time wo
will como to consider the sun bath ne
cessary, though how It Is to be popu-
PS
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of- tho road swore out wiiynntB
against the men for embezzlement of
$4,000, and they were arrested when
they arrived In Denver at tho Palace
hotel. It so happoned that Dr. Perln
read tho newspaper nccountfl nnd re
membered tho name3 of tho men. Ho
consulted his Impressions and was so
convinced that they were wrongfully
accused that ho went to Denver nt
once, secured n bond, engaged Editor
Patterson of tho Rocky Mountain
Nows ns counsel for tho defense, and
tho result was that tho men wcro
easily acquitted, and nre now in con
trol of the road.
Women Suvo Historic LniHlmttrki.
Nearly twenty-flvo years ago tho
women of Boston united to save Old
South church, of Revolutionary mem
ory; within two years tho women of
Philadelphia havov restored Independ
ence Hall of that city. After the death
ot the poet Lowell, a Cambridge
woman started the movement, owing
to which tho grounds of his homo
woro purchased for a Lowell park.
Tho women of San Francisco have re
cently endeavored to save tho groat
Thls Illustration
deplctB a typical
Chinese housoboat,
such as Is con
stantly used by
travelers on tho
upper waters of
tho Y a n g -t s o.
These boats are
about CO foot long,
each being provid
ed with a huge
mnst and sail; In
tho bow Is a deck,
open during tho
dny for working
tie craft but nt
night covered In
wIVi bamboo-mu't-tlng,
so ns to form
a sleeping room
for tho crew.
Ho who would
not bo frustrated
of his hopo to
write well herenf
ter in laudablo
things ought him
self to be a tmc
poem.
Sequoia Grove, and aro now ngltatlng
a public park for tho historic Tele
graph Hill, whllo tho women of Now
Jersey aro bent upon preserving tho
noble Palisades, and those of Brook
lyn preparing to honor the martyrs of
tho prison ship.
If a man is engaged to a girl nnd she
elopes with nnothor man, tho party
of tho first part Is saved from getting a
mighty poor wife.
larlzed Is tho question. In tho first
placo, It Is cheap and will bo common,
for.svorybody can havo It without mov
ing away from home. Speculative
builders and hotel keepers will not
like It, for it will bo n fad doing them
no good. Ono advantage sun bathing
will havo Is that people need not mako
themselves hideous In order to enjoy
it. Girls will not havo to hide their
pretty curls under caps nnd so trans
form themselves Into monstrosities.
Gowns can be worn that water would
not permit nnd altogether tho Idea may
become the fashion in time.
JONES IN A TEUST.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER HOLDS
COTTON CINNERS BY THROAT
What the Itounil Cotton l!nlo Trmt I
acil Why Jlr. llrjnn IJoe Not IJu
iMHiiifv It In HU SnoecliM An V.yc
Opener,
Senator J. K. Jones, chairman of tho
Democratic national commltteo, Is n
defendant In n proceeding brought un
der tho nntl-trust law of Texas. He
has company in his trouble.
John E. Searles, well known In Wall
street as ono of tho biggest "trust
magnates," la a co-defendant.
Tho Toxnna have placed these two
gentlemen under flro because thoy aro
the heaviest stockholders In a concern
known an tho Amcrlcnn Cotton com
pnny. John E. Searles Is president of
the organization.
' The chairman of the Democratic na
tional commlttco says his company Is
but a "largo business concern," but
tho Texnns and Texas 1b a Democrat
ic state think differently. It Is charg
ed that tho Jones-Searloa combination
constitutes a conspiracy against law
ful trndo and free competition.
The American Cotton compnny Is a
monopoly If thero ever was one. Not
only Is It entrenched behind $7,000,000
capital stock, but it Is fortified by pat
ents which exclude tho possibility of
competition.
Nlcoll's Stock Exchongo Handbook,
a recognized authority, sayn:
"Tho American Cotton company Is
a corporation which controls the pat
ents for machlncy nnd processes In
making round lap bales."
"Controls" thnt word Itself Is sug
gestive of tho "octopus." It is a word
over which Mr. Bryan fumed In his
St. Louis denunciation of trusts.
Every cotton ginning plant In tho
south must havo ono of tho machines
manufactured by the American Cotton
company. They snvo tlmo and money.
Tho cotton glnner must mako his ar
rangements with the Jones-Searlcn
combination. It has exclusive posses
sion of the field. Tho glnner must
como to tho terms of tho combination.
He can deal no placo eUo. Ho cannot
oven buy Independence from this $7,
000,000 combination.
The American Cotton company re
fuses to sell its product. It leases ita
machines. Tho manufacturer attaches
ono to his plnnt nnd yearly pays trib
ute to tho American Cotton company.
Sp great arc the profits of this, comblna
tlop that in tho short tlmo tho con
corn hns been In ox'lstcnco Senator
Jones Is said to have risen from tho
estate of a comparatively poor man
until ho Is now regarded ns a million
aire. And tho southern glnners con
tinue to bwoII tho bank account ot tho
Democratic campaign mnnngcr.
William Jennings Bryan In his de
nunciation of trusts at St. Louis gave
a list of tho great corporations of the
country. But ho left out tho American
Cotton company and tho American Ico
company. Tho othora ho donounced.
But theso two great Democratic or
ganizations ho Ignored. He ex
claimed: "Those who attempt to dlvldo pri
vate monopolies into good monopolies
and bad monopolies will never mako
any progress toward tho ovorthrow of
trust."
Thereforo Mr. Brynn will not suc
ceed aa a trust smasher.
Even in making his division in
monopolies, Mr. Bryan showed strong
discrimination. He specified such con
corns as tho Federal Steel company.
Yet this combination Is only ono of
several iron nnd steel companies In
the country. No ono Is forced to do
business with tho Fcdornl Steol. Thoro
aro tho American Stool & Wire com
pany, tho Republic Iron & Steol com
pnny, tho National Steel company, tho
Carneglo company, and there aro oth
ers. But Mr. Brynn mndo his division In,
faor of tho American Ico company,
which had absolute control over tho
prices In New York city, nnd which,
last spring, turned upon tho poor of
tho tenement house districts nnd add
ed to Ita wealth by tho suffering of tho
poverty-stricken; and Mr. Bryan nlso
makes his division In favor of a
concern which Is so strongly fortified
that every cotton ginning plnnt In tho
United tSntes Is forced to pay tribute
to It.
It depends, whon Mr. Brynn de
nounces trusts, upon whose ox Is being
gored.
BLAINE'S STORY ABOUT COIN
AGE. JnmoH G. Blnlno told n story that
ho Bald was tho best thing ho got in
Iown, whero the greenback passion
flourished for somo time, and wnH ex
ploited with singular Intensity. A
financier of fantastic methods was
leaning back ,Jn his chair In a grocery
and talking, as ho bcllovcd, conserva
tively. Ho said:
"I do not ngreo to It that wo want
something that Is worthless to mako
money out of. I think wo ought to
make It out of gold. But I agreo with
you that U'b tho stamp thnt mnkes
the money It's tho United Btutes
stamp, and It Isn't nnythlng clso. I
want gold for money, but thoro's no
use of having a great big chunk of
gold to mako a twenty-dollar piece.
Just tako a bit o: u wafer of gold nun
put the stamp on It; tho United States
stamp for 20 and It Is $20. It's gold
money, too, and It's got tho American
cuglo on it."
Second citizen interposed, saying:
"I agreo with you, only you don't go
far enough. You state tho great prin
ciple correctly. It ought to bo applied
to other things. What's tho uso ot
putting 19C pounds In n barrel of flour?
tell you If there isn't more than n
quart of flour nnd you put tho stamp
on It, on tho packago ot It, United
States stamp, with tho American eaglo,
that It Is a barrel of flour I'll sweat
to It, It Is n barrel of flourl"
Citizen No. exclaimed: "But look
here, you are talking llko n blank
blank fool!" Murnt Halstcad.
EMPLOYEES FAVOR M'KINLEY.
For tho purpoao of ascertaining tho
political makeup of their "house,"
somo of tho employes of tho firm of
Marshall Field & Co. (wholesalo de
partment) had a paper circulated tho
other day asking for signatures to tho
membership roll of n McKlnley Com
mercial Men's Club.
Thero aro approximately 1,000 votcra
In Marshnll Field & Co.'s wholesalo
department. Tile paper was passed
around with tho consent of tho man
agement of tho house, but with no
"coercion" whntovor from tho man
agement to olgn or not to sign, tho
test vote being purely an affair at tho
employes, who wlahoJ to securo only
voluntary expressions from nil their
numbor. As a result of this teat vote
the poll showed:
Per cent of
Number votes, total vote
For McKlnloy 851 851-10
For Brynn 140 14 0-10
McKlnley's majority... 702
SILLY SEASON NOT ENDED.
Thnt tho summer silly season Is not
yet over can hardly account for tho
continuance of something moro than
humor In tho Democratic campaigning
tactics tula year. It wan funny enough
to havo Pitchfork Tlllmnu, who 1ms
openly ndvocated in tho past tho rul
ing of South Carolina negroes without
their consent, wrlto tho "consent ot
tho governed" plank nt Kansas City
nnd for Van Wyck, tho Ico trust man
of New York to wrlto tho nntl-trust
plank. But Tammany Hall, which
controlled tho recent Now York Demo
cratic state conventln without any ap
parently mirthful Intent, baa done still
moro funny things. It lias put up for
governor on an antl-oxpanslon plat
form, a man whoso only public utter
ance on tho subject had boon an en
dorsement of President McKlnloy'a ex
pansion policy In tho Philippines. It
Inserted a plnnk in tho platform de
nouncing tho Ice trust, In which tho
Tammany loaders wore atockholdero.
It Inserted n plnnk denouncing tho
Rnmapo $700,000,000 steal which Tnm
mnny leaders had planned and tried
to consummnto for their own lmmornl
gain.
WOOL FIGURES CONCISELY
STATED.
There Is no fcaturo of our ngrlcul
turnl or other Industries which sliowa
moro clearly tho benefits of tho protec
tive policy and tho adversity of freo
trade than docs wool. Tho facts aro
concisely stated In tho following ta
blo: 5 T)
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ISM ..1U.870.C52 291,000,000 29 9110.121.290
1807 ..SiO.W2.02il 2M.in3.00O jilM.l (17.020,9(2
1KI9 ... 76,730,209 272,191,000 28 bl22,CC5,913
(n) 189(1. (1)) 1900.
KANSAS PROSPERITY.
Nearly ono hundred million dollnrn
was added to tho wealth of tho farm
ers of Kansas In tho first three yonrB
of tho McKlnley administration. How
tho fanners stood In 1890 nnd 1300 in
thnt Btnto lt shown by tho following
tabic:
180C. 1899.
Livestock ...$ 80,040,272 $132,759,873
Crops 83,303,084 111,391,831
Bank deposits. 17,147,100 33,505,101
Total $180,500,110 $277,050,305
Increaso In 1S99 $97,150,089
Kansas farmers will voto for the Re
publican party this year.
Smith AttnekH llrymi.
The McmphlB Commercial Appcnl, a
Journal which Is supporting Bryan,
docs not tako tho views of that leader
on tho Philippine) question. In n re.
cent Issuo It said:
"Tho valuo of tho Philippines to ua
In a commercial way nnd In a political
way Is rovcallng Itself to tho Amcrl
cnn peoplo In Bplto of thoso who ro
fiiso to hoc. Politicians who prato
about 'Imperialism' nro known as poli
ticians, and thoy nro bringing them
boIvcs to a point whoro few credit
what thoy Bay whoro their utterances
aro looked upon nn Irresponsible blab
bering." McKlnloy I'roipnrlty iinl Purinorfi.
Undo:- McKlnley prosperity tho
fnrmora havo again boen benefited.
Placing the mnrkot value of all Amer
ican hogs on tho farms, at tho begin
ning of this year, only on the snmo
basis as on Jan. 1, 1899, then tho De
partment of Agriculture's figures show
a total guln of $557,000,000 In tho
valuo of all farm nnlmals during tho
thrco years thnt William McKlnley
has been president. Here are tho
facts:
Hnrrlnon cnln, 2 yearn 1 ir.1,000,000
G'ltiviilutiil !(, 4 yt iim. . , . HHXU,000.000
McKlnley khIu, 3 years (57,000,000
Io Vmi Want Thin to Itotiirn?
From tho Chicago Inter Ocean, Dee,
15, 1893. '
Crowds of paupers aro pouring In
upon Chicago, drawn by tho news of
tho charity that In being bore dis
ported. Yesterday Manager Swift or
dered that all freight yards bo watched
nnd vagrants who woro found stealing
rides bo Immediately shipped back to
where they enrae from.
PORTO R1CAN BUSINESS OROWS
Four months' operations of tho Por
to Rlcan tariff law show an Increase
of more than 100 per cont in our Im
portB to thnt Islnnd aa compared with
tho corresponding months ot 1899, nnd
moro than 300 per cent ns compared
with tho corrcipondlng months ot 1897
or 1890.
Tho net went Into effect may 1, 1900,
bo that tho flgtirca for August, which
hnvo Just been completed by tho treas
ury buroati of statistics, comploto tho
record of tho fourth month of com
merco between tho Island nnd tho
Unltod States under tho now law, and
render prnctlcablo a comparison or
tho four months' term with corre
sponding periods In preceding' yenra.
Imports from Porto Rico
into the United Stntes.
Month of 1890. in00.
May $ 4S0.821 $1,103,867
June C1C.74C 1,218,257
July 251,670 640,023
August 107,830 281,903
Total during
4 months.$l,3C0,123 $3,244,050
Exports to Porto Rico
from tho United States.
1896. 1900.
May $113,069 $696,479
Juno '178,313 890,099
July 101,944 529,729
August 194,301 408,038
' Total during
4 months... $587,C86 t $2,525,845
REASON FOR FARM PROSPER
ITY. Between July 2, 1890, tho dato of Mr.
Brynn'n first nomination for tho presi
dency, and July 5, 1900, tho dnto of hla
nomination this year, tho prlco of ton
of tho prlnclpnl fnrm producta In
creased 45.8 per cont. Thoro was not
a single decroaso In prlco of thoso arti
cles which Includo wheat, corn, oats,
lard, mosB pork, beef, cotton, wool, hnjr
or huttor.
Against this tho increnso of tho nrtl
cles bought by farmers was only 19
per cont. Thoro wns nn actual de
croaso In tho prlco ot sugar nnd ton.
and Bmnll increnscs Jn tho prlco of
rice, sisal, Iron, petroleum, tlnplnto,
leather, sugar nnd cotton cloth.
In ovory ense a bushel of wheat will
buy moro today than It would four
yours ngo.
These statements aro nil official nnd
can bo verified from tho public records.
Tho assertions of tho Democrats nnd
Mr. Brynn four yenra ago that Mc
Klnley's election would bring misery,
havo In ovory enno boen disproved.
Tho farmers know tho dlfforenco be
tween distress nnd prosperity, nnd
they nro not likely to voto to bring
about that old condition.
BRYAN'S PENSION RECORD.
"The next congress will hnvo to
wrestle with ono deficiency ot $30,000,
000. This is on account of pensions.
Tho appropriation for pcnBlona for tho
next yenr must ho not loss than $150,
000,000. It Is thereforo easy arlthmo
tlo to porcclvo that tho appropriation
that congress must mako for pensions
at tho noxt session must nggrcgato not
loss than $180,000,000. This tremen
dous sum would ot ltsolf bo enough to
run a reasonable government. One
would not complain it it wcro an hon
orablo dobt, becauso It was novor earn
ed by any act of patriotism or heroic
service Tho govornmont is hold up
and despoiled ot no mean portion of
this, nnd it seems helpless to defend
Itself. Ono cannot help being curious
to know how many mora years it will
tako to oxhnust tho generation whlcu
feels ltsolf injured by tho war, It la
safo to say that ncvor did u generation
dlsplny such longevity." W. J. Bryan
In Omaha World-Horald, Nov., 1892.
At tho rlpo ngo ot 32. , "
MISSOURI'S GREAT OAIN.
Missouri has gnlnod over $128,083,
768 In wealth under tho Republican
administration of President McKrhloy.
The gain was mndo In valuca In tho
following mnnner:
. 1890. 1899.
Llvo Btock ...$ 93,718,709 $113,800,380
Crops 58,219,870 78,411,465
Bnnk doposlts. 53,921,953 141,726,440
Total $205,800,532 $333,914,300
IncrenBo $128,083,708
This Is ono of tho reasons why tho
Republicans havo a good fighting show
to carry Missouri this year.
Do You Wan t Thl to Kotnrn?
From tho Chicago Inter Ocean, Dec.
10, 1893.
Bloomlngton, III., Dec. 15. (Spo
clal.) SInco October 15 tho records of
tho pollco dopartmont ot this city show
thnt 700 tramps havo' been sheltered
ut tho city hall by tho police depart
ment. A great many of thorn aro mon
of rcspcctablo appoaranco who claim
to bo willing to work, but nro unablo
to find employment. Enchs morning
tho men are told to move on nnd not
return here Most of them aro head
Ing toward Chicago.
Itnllronil Freight llonrii.
Rullroad freights havo decreased nil
over tho United States since tho Mc
Klnloy administration succeeded tho
misrule ot tho last Democratic presi
dent. In 1891 tho nvorngo rato for
hauling ono tan of freight ono inllo
(tho ton-mllo being a rocognlzed unit)
was 80 conts. In 1898 It was 76 centa.
This liaa enabled producorB to get their
goods cheaper to tho marked than ovor
before.
Moro Freight Moving.
Tho railroads of tho United Statos
carried 074,714,747 toim of freight in
1894 nnd 912,973,853 tons In 1898. Thnt
Is tho dliferenco between Democratic
doprcBdlon and Republican prosperity.