■if'
WAMTBD tO BE A MAN.
The Young Woman Who Wont to Chi*
ease In Mcn'i Clothing.
Mlu Hettle Dickey, the young lady
from Delaware who rccenty visited Chi
cago In men's clothing, has told the com
plete story of her nilventures. It ap
pears that for years she has had an
overwhelming desire to be a man. The
Impulse to see the world as a man sees
It grew upon her to such an extent that
she finally decided to leave home. She
• secreted a suit of her brother's clothes
In .the woodshed, and soon after noon
on March 24 Bhe slipped quietly Into
the shed and put on masculine attire.
• Then she walked calmly out of the yard
In front of her home to the road lead
ing to Klamensl station on the Balti
more & Ohio rallroud. It was then
about 1:30 o'clock In the afternoon.
She followed the tracks three miles
without meeting anyone. Then two
men came In sight, and, for fear of de
tection, she turned aside Into a field
and made her way to Newark, where
siie took the 3 o’clock train for Balti
more. By this time her parents were
searching the country for her In the Im
mediate vicinity of their home. Reach
ing Baltimore, she stopped for an hour.
Then she bought a ticket to Chlcngo,
and left on the 7 o'clock train over the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad. All the
money she had on leaving home was
$20. She reached Chicago on the night
of March 26 with $3.48 In the pocket of
her trousers. Her original Intention
was to go to Denver or San Francisco.
In both of those places she has relatives.
After her arrival In the Windy City
she was at a loss to know where to lay
her- head. She was afraid to go to a
lodging-house, so she concluded to walk
the streets rather than run the risk of
being detected. For two nights she
tramped the sidewalks of Chicago be
fore finding a place of shelter. At last
she found a big lumber yard near the
lake, and there she spent five nights
among the piles of lumber. What little
food she ate during this time she pur
chased at cheap restaurants. In all of
these she seated herself at tables along
' side men. For three nights she occupied
a corner In a box cur standing on a side
track of the Illinois Central railroad.
One of the employes discovered her and
demanded an explanation of her pres
ence. She maintained her fortitude and
succeeded in escaping arrest. She went
on In this way for two weeks until, over
come by exhaustion, she fell 111, and
was removed to the Cook County Hos
pital. The Incessant tramping and the
clumsiness of her brother’s shoes caused
severe Injuries to her feet. Upon re
moval of the shoes at the hospital flesh
came off with them. A diagnosis of her
case was made by the physicians In
charge. While making an examination
of her lungs he discovered her sex. She
told him her name was Hettle Dicker
son, but subsequently admitted that It
was Hettle Dickey, and that her home
was In Stanton, Del. After listening to
her narrative the doctor notified her
parents. On April 24, one month from
the time of her disappearance, she wrote
to her mother, describing her sufferings
and asked forgiveness. She reached
home a week ago, and, with the excep
tion of a slight feebleness, she was none
the worse for the experience.
LANGUAGE OF THE FLAGS.
Wlwt They Are Supposed to Represent
In Death or IJfe.
To "strike the flag” Is to lo#er the na
tional colors In token of submission,
says the School Journal. Flags are used
as the symbol of rank and command,
the officers using them being called flag
officers. Such flags are square, to dis
tinguish'them from other banners. A
•‘flag of truce" Is a white flag displayed
to an enemy to indicate a desire for a
parley or consultation. The white flag
Is the sign of peace. After a battle par
ties from both sides often go out to the
. field to rescue the wounded or bury
the dead, under the protection of
a white flag. The red flag is a
sign of defiance, and Is often used by
revolutionists. In our service It Is a
mark of danger, and shows a vessel to
be receiving or discharging her powder.
The black flag Is the sign of piracy. The
yellow flag shows a vessel to be at quar
antine, and Is the sign of contagious dis
ease. A flag at half-mast means mourn
ing. Fishing and other vessels return
with a flag at half-mast to announce the
loss or death of some of the men. Dip
ping a flag Is lowering It slightly and
then hoisting it again, to salute a vessel
or fort. If the President of the United
' States goes afloat, the American flag is
carried In the bows of his barge or hoist
ed at the main of the vessel on board of
which he ts.
Han In Regular Order.
• The report of Nasrullah Khan's Im
pression that, as the first race he saw at
Epsom was won by the prince of Wales,
while on the second the premier was tri
umphant, they arrange matters In this
way on the turf In this country seems
i to be borrowed from what actually took
place at tl.e races near the monastery
In the Crimea during the war there. A
purse was given by the executive to be
run for by a horse, the property of our
■ French allies. Some fifteen started and
finished In strict accordance with their
army rank—the race being won by the
general, the colonel-being second and
the major third, but the subalterns no
where!—London World.
||s^" A Judge of races.
SjS’ V' Cecil Rhodes Is a man of very simple
taBtes, remarkably unaffected, and
S;v" plain-spoken. He has an iron will, but
is soft-hearted, and is a philanthropic
dreamer as well as a man of deeds. Mr.
Rhodes judges men very quickly, and
by their faces. By merely looking at a
man once he can make up his mind
what sort of a character he has to deal
£ with. Once a friend wrote to him ask
ing him to do something for a young
ma* who was anxious to go to South
AMca. The King of the Cape replied
to this effect: "Send me his photograph
and I'll let you know by return mail
whether I can do anything for him or
not."—Ex.
The Banking Power.
Recent statistics show that the total
"banking power," as It Is called,
of the world Is £4,000,000,000, or
t20.000.000.000. Of this North America,
mainly this country, controls £1,200.
000,000, while all Europe, including
Great Britain, France, Germany, Bel
gium, and the Netherlands, nil the great
“capitalist" nations, control but £2,300,
000.000.
CROWDED LONDON.
I'll iron Gathered bjr Gen. Booth of the
Salvation Army.
fc r. Booth has checked his former
measurement of London poverty. He
has previously Inquired how the people
lived and worked by one method. Now
he tries another, and compares the re
sults. He has divided London Into
about ninety trades or groups of trades,
and be has also classified the whole
population by the number of rooms they
occupy and the number of servants they
keep. By this new method’he has In
quired what proportion of London popu
lation Is "crowded" and “not crowded.”
Then he has compared the figures with
those which, by his former methods,
told us the percentage who were "In
comfort" and the percentage who were
“In poverty.” The two seta of figures
come out with what Mr. Booth calls
"startling similarity " He made out
before that nearly 31 per cent of Lon
don iieople were living In poverty. By
his new classification he finds about 3114
per cent "crowded." IBs 6814 per cent
"not erswded” compare with a little
over 69 per cent declared In former
volumes to be "In comfort.” These
similar results, however, are only ob
tained when London Is taken over its
whole area. Some districts, as Mr.
Booth puts It, are more crowded than
they are poor, while others arc more
poor than they are crowded. But the
common measure of London wealth and
poverty Is as close as we could expect
to get. Mr. Booth finds that four-fifths
of our population (80 per cent) live as
six, seven, or even eight In one room. A
families without servants, 11 per cent
only have servants, and the remainder
are Inmates of Institutions. Of those
without servants there are 130,000 so
very poor that they are living four, five,
six, seven, or even eight In one room. A
small proportion are represented as liv
ing ten and over ten In one room; but,
happily, here Mr. Booth distrusts the
accuracy of the census enumerators.
Nearly 1,000,000 are living with only one
room for each person, or at most with
two rooms between three people, three
between five, or four between seven.
The "upper classes” are ranked with
those who have one servant or more
for fewer than four members In the
family, and Mr. Booth Justly remarks
on their numerical insignificance. They
number little more than 250,000, and of
these less than 100,000 enjoy the luxury
of living In families with three or more
servants. These tests of the condition
of the population of London, as a whole,
Mr. Booth Is now applying In detail to
the various groups of trades, and so in
this way gauging the prosperity of each
and accumulating Invaluable material
for the political economist. — London
News.
FIREFLY ON A MAMMOTH SCALE.
U»ed bjr the Natives of the West Indies
•s an Illuminator.
The great firefly—«lat;er noctlluous—
la on inhabitant of the savannahs of
most of the warmer parts or America
and the West India Islands. It is said
to attain a length of eleven and a half
Inches. In the gloom of night these files
are extremely luminous and the effect
is brilliant. The light chiefly proceeds
from four parts—namely, from two
glandular spots behind the eyes and
one under each wing. They have the
power to cut oft thr light at will, in
which case the glandular spots become
perfectly opaque. The light of this won
derful insect by itself is such that if the
creature be held In the palm of the hand
print or manuscript is as easily read as
by a candle. The aboriginal natives cage
these creatures and make use of them,
it is alleged, as lanterns. Ladles adorn
themselves with this electric-llke lumi
nary. It is related of Don Domingo
Conde of Colombia that he would ap
pear on the evening promenade with a
large fl-efly ornamenting the buckle of
his broad hat, while a band of smaller
luminous insects surrounded it. The
same Spaniard lighted his palace with
fireflies in silver cages. The display
must have been enchanting, for at one
time the light is ruddy, then there is a
change to golden yellow. It is stated
that when the Spaniards were about to
land one of their expeditions against
Mexico a panic was caused by these
luminaries. The host of flitting lights
on land was supposed to be an indica
tion of the enemy arousing their camp
to resist the attack. When the English
were attacking the West India Islands
the fireflies were taken to be a Spanish
army advancing with burning matches
against them and the upshot was a
hasty retreat to the ships.
A New Bund Saw.
It must be a valuable mechanism In
deed which fulfllls the service claimed
for a newly Invented band saw—viz.,
the capacity to saw during both the for
ward and backward courses of the log
carriage. In this case the saw itself is
provided with two sets of saw teeth,
facing in opposite directions, and is sus
tained by the regulation band wheels,'
and the operation as described consists
in a forward movement of the carriage
which brings the log in contact with the
teeth facing one way, while the retreat
of the carriage utilizes the teeth facing
the other way; assuring a considerable
economy of time and wear of the saw.
Any difflculty in reversing the "lead” or
angle of the saw face toward the log
to accommodate the alternate motions
of the carriage is overcome by the log
carriage performing the reversed move
ment. The upper band wheel, which is
moveable, is connected with the car
riage by means of a series of screw
. shafting, well geared, the carriage runs
its course In one direction clear of all
mechanism and with the wheel face
and saw resting thereupon, tilted at the
angle required to saw a slab from the
log—completing this course and revers
ing for the return, the carriage is in
stantaneously brought in contact with
pawl and ratchet, which, working in
conjunction with a rock shaft and pft
man, taansmit—by means of the screw
shafting—a motion <b the upper band
wheel, which throws the latter at an
opposite angle, and .holds the saw in
readiness for its work upon the log
i while the carriage retreats. At the end
I of the retreat the connection is again
broken automatically and the carriage
again makes its clear run.
Leadville Is Mich.
It ,1s the opinion of one of the most
distinguished mining experts in Colo
rado that the mineral wealth lying be
neath the streets of Leadvllle exceeds
the gross amount that has been mined
in the entire district to d*»»
GOOD Hfciuaw OF WORK.
Once Acquired, They Are Like Oil to
Life's Machine.
If the time that many’of us waste In
making; up our minds over little mat
ters could be employed in doing some
thing really useful how much more
would we he able to accomplish? As
with most bad habits, moralizes Har
per's Bazar, the habit of Indecision In
little everyday affairs is the easiest
thing in the world to acquire. We think
so much of the small duties of life that
they get to assume the most formidable
proportions and in deciding what we
shall do about them we leave ourselves
little time for greater and more serious
things. How we envy those people who
have the knack of accomplishing a
great deal without apparent effort! We
look at them in wonder and vainly wish
that we might discover their secret. It
does not appear difficult. “Why,” we
ask ourselves, "can not we do as much
as they?” But strive as we may we
never seem to succeed. The secret is
not a hard one to find, but it is a hard
one for us to put in practice, at first,
if we have been of the hesitating, unde
cided kind. They have learned to make
up their minds quickly, and then never
to permit themselves to have any
doubts as to the wisdom of their deci
sions. They do their work systematic
a-lly, and put into each working mo
ment the best that is in them, without
thinking of the result. They are the
people who rise at the same time each
morning and take up their dally tasks
at the same hour every day. They are
the creatures of habit, but their habits
are nearly all good ones, that lead them
In the direct line of that which they are
striving to do. There is no one factor
of success stronger than that of having
acquired good habits of work. Having
once formed these, we are left free to
look beyond the mere details of the
work and to see how best we may
accomplish that which we have under
taken. It is like playing the piano. At
first we have to study the music and
the keys, and each note we strike re
quires a separate and distinct effort of
the will, but in a little while we begin
to read music readily, and as our fin
gers wander readily over the keys we
are not conscious of guiding or direct
ing them. And this is the way we
should learn to do our work, whatever it
may be. The details of it should never
trouble us, but they should become as a
second nature.
AN ELECTRIC SPR1NQ.
Invalids Were Cared There Before
the Deception Was Found Out.
In one of the shipyards of Cleveland
there is a young man who demonstrated
to some people of the Rocky Mountain
country the great Influence of the mind
over the body, says the Cleveland
Leader. In their cases this Influence
was sufficient to cure various diseases,
until they discovered the hoax, and then
a relapse came to some who had not as
yet thoroughly recovered. The young
man and his companions were not pos
ing ad priests of any peculiar faith, but
were simply looking out for the dollars
that might come from their patients,
and the cures were in no wise credited
to faith, but to the natural properties
of an “electric spring.” This they
claimed to have discovered under the
bluff at Pike’s Peak, and over the water
they built a fancy sanitarium. Soon
people came from far and near, and not
only came, but were cured. From vari
ous diseases the patients obtained re
lief, and the sufferers ffom rheumatism
were numerous, some being terribly
crippled. The phenomena of the spring
were remarkable and unique. Those
who bathed In its waters felt pleasing
currents of the subtle energy coursing
through their anatomy; and when a cup
(which was chained) was touched to its
surface a shock was felt by the arm
which held the cup. Marvelous success
came to the sanitarium, and wealth was
rapidly coming to the young men dur
ing the several months that the cure
was in operation, until one day a party
of electricians visited the place and dis
covered the secret of the spring's pecu
liar action. Thereupon, fearing the
wrath of the people, the young men fled,
leaving everything behind. The visit
ing electricians, strolling over the moun
tain, had found wires, and these were
traced into the spring. Beneath the
rocky bottom of the basin there was a
network of the conductors. The secret
of the shock obtained at the drlhklng
place was found to lie In the fact that
the water was connected with a wire,
and when the cup touched the surface
a circuit was formed. The discovery of
the fraud destroyed In many cases all
the good that had been done by the
treatment.
Fire Proof Celluloid.
A unique method Is lately described
as Introduced In England for manufac
turing fireproof celluloid simply from
the spent fibers from paper mills. The
process Is simple—that is, as described,
the pulp, consisting of fibers collected
from washing water of the paper mill.
Is subjected to the action of certain
chemicals which reduces it to a gluti
nous state, and is It then sent through
a centrifugal pump, which gives it an
even substance, any shade of color be
ing Imparted to it at the same time by
the use of aniline dyes. After this it
Is strained through flannel Into square
boxes, In a short time assuming an al
most solid consistency. In this state
the celluloid can be cut into slices or
molded when the composition Is In a
liquid condition. The substance thus
formed Is asserted to be perfectly safe,
and it is proposed to make from it
printing surfaces for Illustrations, for
stereotyping, and to utilize it for va
rious purposes as a substitute for other
materials now employed.
Pneumatic Mall Service.
Within a year the mails between New
York and Brooklyn will be whisked
back and forth through pneumatic
taken. massing from ene government
building fo the other. The pipes will
be large enough to admit small pouches
and It is said the cost will not exceed
$100,000. The pneumatic delivery of par
cels also Is under consideration in
several large cities.
Drying Dp.
The region of the Caucasus Is said to
be drying up through the recession of
the Caspian sea, leaving barren
tracts of sand, which the wind carries
over the plains. During the last hun
dred years no less than 7,000 square
miles of shore have been laid bare In
this way.
IN FRBttOM BVB8.
American Women Hare Good Taste, but
No, Originality.
I have had an Interesting: conversa
tlon with my hairdresser about the
characteristics of *the ladles of the
many nationalities on whom he oper
ates, says a writer In London Truth.
The American, though so fully emanci
pated, has, he thinks, no originality.
She assimilates everything and orig
inates nothing. In Paris—and, for that
matter, in New Tork—her get-up Is ex
actly modeled on that of the Parislenne.
When guided by a model she has taste.
Hut she is dependent iipo'n a model. Her
quickness and sharpness la selecting
merchandise are to he noted. The Eng
lishwoman Is fond of simplicity—too
fond, perhaps. She timidly follows the
Parislenne In her coiffures and pays
well and cheerfully. She Is always
afraid of what Is suggested “not suit
ing her” and has no Idea what does
Butt her. She is not hard to please, yet
at bottom she Is never thoroughly sat
isfied because uncertain whether her
nead is dressed exactly as It should be.
The Russian lady Is the most taste
less woman alive. She Is helpleBS In the
hands of her hairdresser and has no
suggestions to offer. It may be that her
national headdress has prevented her
taste running on the coiffure. The Rus
sian lady has soft, quiet manners, but
scans bills with a suspicious eye. The
Italian lady is a bad payer, hard to
please, stingy, and never more than
half satisfied with a Parisian coiffure.
She will write from Italy for a dozen
imitation tortoise-shell hairpins costing
3 sous apiece. She had them at that
price In Paris and does not calculate the
loss of time, and money too, that Is in
curred in sending'them by a well-paid
assistant to the district post office. He
may have to stand there half an hour
before his turn comes in the waiting
cue. Five francs for the ballroom coif
fure is not thought too much to ask for
a chance customer. An Italian lady
will protest against It as though she had
fallen Into the hands of thieves who
wanted to rob her. The Roumanian la
dles are the sweetest and most tasteful
In Europe. Their manners are, perhaps,
better than those of the best Parisi
ennes. They have In youth splendid
hair and know how to dress It or how
the coiffure should arrange It. It Is a
pleasure to receive their hints. Some
how they manage to pay their bills reg
ularly. The hereditary princess Is a
customer of nay coiffure. He can show
a charming letter from her to say that
all the things he sent her were exactly
what she wanled. Her payments are
made by return of post. This is less
usual in her class than might be Imag
ined.
HOME-MADE TRUNKS.
The Scheme of a Chicago Man to Beat
the Railroads on Baggage.
A caller dropped Into the Brlghtslde
flat and found Mr. and Mrs. Brlghtslde,
and their wise little terrier, “Ming,”
all assembled in the kitchen. Mjr.
Brlghtslde was busy boring holes vWh
an auger in the end of a good-sized
packing box, while Mrs. Brightslde and
the dog, seated side by side on the floor,
regarded him with Intense, though pos
sibly hypocritical, admiration. Near by
stood another packing box with four
holes in each end, through which loops
of strong rope had been so fastened as
to make good serviceable handles.
“This Is about the greatest crisis of
my life," observed Mr. Brlghtslde.
“How do you suppose I got that rope in
without opening the box? Just figure
on It now.”
As the caller belongs to the sex which
has never produced a great epic poem,
discovered a continent, or voted for the
Governor of Illinois, she gave up the
problem with a cheerful meekness born
of centuries of acknowledged incapac
ity. Mr. Brlghtslde having finished
boring, produced a bent wire and a
piece of string, one end of which was
fastened to a few feet of rope. With
the wire he proceeded to Insert the
string into one hole and wiggle it out at
another. By means of the string the
rope was then towed into position, the
whole, process ending triumphantly in
another pair of handles.
“But what are you doing it for?”
“He's making trunks,” explained Mrs.
Brlghtslde. It’s his latest speciality.”
“The only trouble with me,” said
Mr. Brlghtslde, with apparent irrele
vance, “is that I’m lazy.”
“But what on the top of the prairie
are you making trunks out of packing
boxes for? Cui bono, you know.”
“To save freight. I’m sending them to
a friend in Wisconsin, you see. I’ve got
some other friends starting out there to
night, and if these things have handles
on they can take them as baggage.
Otherwise the railway company won’t
let them. Can your female mind as
similate that fact? Taking it by and
large,” he added modestly, “it’s a
beautiful piece of work.”
The caller Joined the intent audience
on the floor, and contemplated Mr.
Brightslde with wonder, love and
praise. It was pleasing to find any one
clever enough to get ahead of a.rail
road company.—Ex.
Maty E. WUklas’ Home Life.
Miss Mary E "Wilkins is the fortu
nate possessor of the treasury with
which the romantic novelist adorns his
heroines—a wealth of beautiful golden
hair, and it is of the real yellow golden
hue whiclr one seldom sees growing
naturally on a woman's head. The dis
tinguished novelist is very tiny in fig
ure, and very shy and modest in man
ner. She cares little for the applause
of the world; indeed, she seems hardly
to know what to do with the fame that
she has won. At. a little distance one
would take her for a shy and sensitive
child who begs that she may not be
pointed out to public notice, rather than
for the successful authoress whose
work is ranked by critics among the
best of the century. Miss. Wilkins was
a student at Mount Holyoke college,
and her hems Is in a small town in east
ern Massachusetts, not far from Boston.
Deer Hunting In Maine.
There will be good deer hunting in
Maine this year. In many districts re
cently numbers of the animals have
been seen on farms and in fields very
close to settlements and villages, which
the hunters take to indicate a great
plenty of the game in the woods.
A trinity there seems of principles,
Which represent and rule created life—
The love of self, our fellows, and our
God.
' —Bailey.
“It is the best patent medicine in the
world” is what Mr. E. M. Hartman,. of
Marquam, Oregon, says of Chomber*
Iain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. “What leads me to make this
assertion is from the fact that dysentery
in its worst form was prevalent around
here last summer and it never took over
two or three doses of that remedy to
effect a complete cure.” For sale by
P. C. Corrigan druggist.
One night when Mr. Isaac Reese was '
stopping with me, says M. F. Hatch,
a prominent merchant of Quartermaster,
Washington, I heardhimgroaning. On
going to his room I found him suffering
from cramp colic. He was in such
agony I feared he would die. I hastily
gave him a dose of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He
was soon relieved and the first words he
uttered were, “what was that stuff you
gave me?" I informed him. A few
days ago we were talking about his
attack qnd he said he was never without
that remedy now. I have used it in my
family for several years. I know its
worth and do not hesitate to recommend
<t to my friends and customers. For
sale by P. C. Corrigan druggist.
ONCE HAPPY CHINA.
A Chinese Scholar In Paris Takes a Gloomy
View of Modem Civilization.
‘‘You wish to know.” said he, “the
opinion of our philosophers and sages In
regard to the effect of the war just over
upon the condition of the Chinese. Well
I will give It to you. I put aside all the
humiliations of defeat and place myself
upon more solid ground. The war has
robbed us forever of our tranquility and
our happiness. We were happy and led
simple lives; but, by bringing to us
what you may call the benefits of civili
zation, the Japanese will destroy our
traditions and our hereditary virtues,
confuse our customs and mode of living
and make us like themselves, ambitious,
restless, and eager for conquests. And
what will we gain by that?
“You fancy that the Chinese are Ig
norant, poor and wretched, but you
must remember that happiness exists in
the Idea that one forms of it. In other
words a man Is happy when he believes
himself happy, when he confines his de
sires to the few Joys which are within
his .reach. The peasant who eats his
rice at the close of his day’s work Is sat
isfied with his fate, provided he keeps
his eyeaaway from the riches of others
and closes his heart against covetous
ness. The evil sentiments of envy, Jeal
ousy and social hatred have never yet
penetrated our population. I assure you
that you wrong the poor Chinese. They
are gentle, mild, good-humored, honest,
scrupulous, loyal, sympathetic and
charitable.
"You may have read the accounts of
certain cruelties and barbarities, but
they belong to the laws of war, which
are equally barbarous in all countries.
In a condition of peace, when their quie
tude Is not disturbed, the Chinese are
of marvelous benignity, which is only
equalled by the gentleness of their
wives. I fancy that I know the Parisian
ladies, but I do not hesitate to say that
the Chinese women are superior to
them. In the first place, our ladies have
little feet. They are good-natured and
devoid of all coquetry. They have a
deep sentiment of modesty, and their
existence passes along without disputes
and without quarrels. The woman who
makes scenes is unknown in our favored
climate. Our women are contented with
the dresses their lords and masters give ;
them and they never run up bills with
dressmakers or modistes.”—Republic
Francaise.
A CHINESE THEATER.
Against Women on the Stage I
Rigid and Unalterable.
We entered the building assigned to.
"The Ascending Luminous Dragon” by
a small side door and proceeding for
some distance along a very narrow,
whitewashed passage and down a flight
of steep and narrow wooden steps we
arrived at the kitchen of the establish
ment, where "celestial" cooks were bus
ily employed preparing savory (?) dishes
for the performing company, says a
writer in the Gentleman’s Magazine.
Our place, however, was not there, so
on we went up two more flights of
equally steep, dark and uninviting
stairs. Through a door at the top we
walked unceremoniously Into the “holy
of holies,” otherwise the “greenroom.”
Here the actors were In various stages
of personal adornment, some applying
cosmetics, others dressing, while many
more, smoking and chattering, were re
hearsing their peculiar parts, which, to
our untutored eyes, seemed to be com
posed of the most absurd and extrava
gant antics. Here and there were scat
tered small tables, around and upon
which those of the performers whose
parts were over listlessly reclined.
Habiliments and garments of wonderful
cut hung around the walls and were
scattered about the floor and tableB in
reckless profusion, while huge chests
containing “property” were deposited
at Intervals around the room. From
there was the direct approach on to the
stage.
The artists were exclusively Chinese
and, despite the deceptive makeup, all
men. No woman is allowed on the
stage of a Chinese theater In any ca
pacity whatever. Strange as it may
sound, the omission is, however, hardly
noticeable, for the get-up of the men
impersonating female characters is so
perfect that it is with difficulty one can
really be convinced that the unalterable
law on the subject has not been in
fringed. Nevertheless, In Its stern
rigidity it is as unalterable as a law of
the Medes and Persians.
Ur. Miles’ Jtofn MHl (a are guaranteed to atop
m*aaache in 20 minutes. “One cent a dose.”
An Automatic Gallows.
Jabez L. Woodbridge, warden of the
Jail at Wethersfield, Conn., has pat
ented an automatic gallows. He tested
his ghastly invention recently on the
person of John Cronin, condemned to
death for the murder of Albert Skin
ner. 1
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PROOF-NOTICE FOH p
United Statali
__ , O’Neill. KeMfl
Notice is hereby given thui
has filed notice of Intention tel
tation proof before the reiisJ
at their office in O’Neill.NeCJ
16th day of AuKust.-lW.oofc
application No. etfl. for thtj
east quarter and eastsoufc
tion number 2. in township a
of range number 9 west.
He names as witnesses: tn
Star, Nebraska, W. II Ari
Nebraska, A. C. Mohr, ofB
A. R. Wertz, of Star, Neb.
1*0 John A. r
IN THE DISTRICT COTOj
COUNTY, NEBBJ
Farmers Trust Company.Cl
corporation plaintiff.
* vs.
James Harris and wife HaoiiU
W. Sherwood and wife. Mrs.,
wood, Thomas G. Cowfrill i
Thomas G. Cowgtli, Borin
wife, Mrs. Rockwell Sayer,
NOTICE.
The above named defendiifcj
them will take notice that on
July, 1895. the above namedpj
petition in the above named)
the above named defendi"*
and prayer of said petition!
a certain mortgage deed
defendants Harris and wife!
upon the following describedr
ated in tlie county of Holt anil
bruska, to-wit:
The southeast quarter of
the north half of the northeast
the north half of the northwesi
section fifteen (Ini) all in town*
range nine (9.) in said county'
plaintiff alleges in said petn
mortgage deed was to sccurtii
issory note, dated July1. MM
$1,500 due and payable DeceuMh
Interest at seven per cent'
annually as evidenced by J
attachecl to said principal no
Plaintiff alleges that the*#
to pay said principal note ui
interest coupons when ouejMj
the taxes on said
1989, 1891) 1891. and 1803 and W
protect Its security pat*”,
ax salt, and plaintiff.>
due it on said note and nwjj
said mortgage deed the sum ®"
with the sum of 8200 due It
the purchase of said Ij"
plaintiff alleges that said a^
and wholly unpaid, and
real estate, and npr* jj„
fenpants be required topHA1,,
said Ipremises^ may ab“dtb“„g
amount found due aadt(
each of the defendant. ^
subject to tlie Hen, ofjwjj
^ysfora-deSciencfi^
X^idants Harris
and
ant John"fv ."sherwood and for
ab’K>u<5aro required to a'11*®
on or before tbe 9tli day
Dated tl 'smh day of Juiy ^M
Attorney W
In the District Court.of
Notice to NonresidSnt. W,
T. Arthur lhoM80“. l’l(|
Vs. Luman M-H? n \Vhitcf>'
land, his wife and C. ' B
estate of Charlotte w nut
ants - ■'r"
Luman M. Cleveland and W
laud his wife ana ^iwhite <i
laud his wife and
the estate of t .h“r' . ttiic irth.daj
take notice; 'hat on ,ed pMiii®
D. 1805, the above name ()f a
affice of the district
sssn toi^r
Nebraska, his petition to'forrf«e
and prayer ot which„ i»
tax-lien upon lot No- 0 NeiU
twenty-two in the city rf,pr,r
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alluring ■/•."‘.'ifyrtie count}?
.aid iot to _ him Jjfewth davde'r
laiUlUl w 1 .hnwiB,--,
laid county, on t e u cn due
0.1802, for the taxes ^ s»
thereon toyethtr^)}, .lintnf ch11?
-ucivuu fc^elrhat plaintiii elai®
laid thereon,jha P ^
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nterest from the
'terest frow the j» JJJ « sataff
iks thatsaid lot UL
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