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Xw York MM f fila!genr.
Emma Zimmerman, a 4-yer-olJ
g irl of 15ath llrnch, which is now a
part of the city of llrookl.vn, ha one
of the stranvtt Miction on record.
The little one cannot eat anything
sweet like a piece of cunly. or pie,
r fruit without becoming blind for
three day. He r remarkable com
plaint, it is said, lias so far baffled the
kill of the physicians. She is now
under the care of a New York special
ist, but lie has not been able as yet
to trie her any relief. While play
ing with some of h -r little compan
ions three days ago Emma ate a piece
of candy, and as a result a tpell of
blindness was brought on, from which
the has not fully recovered. It was
bout a year a?o that hmma's disease
first manifested itself. She Wcama
suddenly blind, and then, after three
days, as mysteriously recovered her
Big-lit Over her eyes came a tilmy
white covering that gradually in
creased in thickness, until it produced
total blindness, after which it bean
to grow more transparent, and finally
went away.
After the (jirl had been afflicted
with several of these spells a special
ist was engaged, lie was at lirst ut
terly at a loss to account far the dis
appearance of sight, but by a series
of experiments with food he demon
strated that sweetmeats were the ex
citing cause of the blindness. Since
then, al though great care is exercised,
Emma once in a while forgets the
dire results that follow the eating of
forbidden dainties, and pays the
penalty of her rash thoughtlessness
by losing her 6ight for seventy-two
hours.
THE ART OF REMEMBERING.
All Sort of Pytteint liar Tleoa In t'e
From Time Immemorial,
The art of rendering artificial aid
to the memory by ass ociating in the
minds things difficult to remember
with those which are easy of recollec
tion is said to have originated with
the Egyptians. The first person to
reduce it to a system was, accord
ing to Cicero, the poet Simonides,
who lived 500 B. C His plan is known
as the tc;,ical, or locality plan, and
was in substance as follows: Choose
a largo house, with a number of dif
ferently furnished apartments in it
Impress upon the mind carefully all
that is noticeable in the house, so
that the mind can readily go over all
its parts. Then place a series of ideas
in the house; the first in the hall, the
next in the si tting-room, and so on
with the rest
Now when one wishes to recall
these ideas in their proper succes
sion, commence going through the
bouse, and the idea placed in each de
partment will be found to readily re
cur to the mind in connection with it.
It is related that the mnemonic
plan was first suggested to the poet
, by a tragic occurrence. Having been
called from a banquet just before the
roof of the house fell and crushed all
the rest of the company, he found on
returning that the bodies were so mu
tilated that no individual could be
recognized; but by remembering the
places which they had severally oc
cupied at the table, he was able to
identify them. He was thus led to
notice that the oraer of places may
by association suggest the order of
things.
V orklng the Manager.
Lemaitre, the French actor, wat
always head over heals in debt,
despite an enormous salary, and was
always kept busy devising means by
which he could raise money. One
evening, an hour before the curtain
was to rise upon a new play, a well
known pawnbroker entered the priv
ate office of the director of the
Theatre-Francais. "Here is a pawn
ticket for you, sir." "For me?" ex-
, claimed the astonished director.
"Yes monsieur. It is for twenty
thousand francs, and I hold M.
Lemaitre as security. He cannot
leave my place until I have been
paid." And the pawnbroker was
telling the truth. The director had to
pay this amount before he could get
his star. Lemaitre and the pawn
broker divided the spoils.
A Dirty Trade.
One of the dirtiest trades is that ot
the weaver of rush chair bottoms. A '
well-made rush bottom will last a
long time, and the demand is not :
jreat for such chairs, though their
use is reviving. The rushes come to .
the weaver still soiled with some of
their native ooze, dry and dirty. The
preparation for the work requires the
wetting and twisting of the rushes,
and in this process muddy streams are
wrung out, which trickle over the
worker, and make dirty puddles on
the floor. It is just possible that ma
laria germs lurk in the rushes.
Western Women llehlnd In Fashions.
Few persons who observe the hats
and bonnets hung in the shop win
dows in the winter realize that
they differ entirely from those dis
played during the early autumn, and
then announced as Peris winter fash
ions. These latter are made for the
Western and Southern people who
is'.t York in the sanacr sr.d
autumn and are known as the "West
am styles" The real winter fashions
ome a month or so later, and the
"Western styles" are usually only
ummer designs made up in heavier
materials. New York Sun.
Pons of the Hindoos.
The Ilindoos have some very odd
astronomical ideas, among others that .
there are really twelve suns, which
take) "tnm about-' supplying our'
planet with light and heat They
argue that these suns are brothers, j
but that some are much younger and
weaker than the others. In the win-
ter a weak sun is on duty and in sum- '
Bier a strong one. I
DOCTORS.
tle mt the D mm ot Wklrfc They Make
Sporlallr-
"In one f your stories in T.uuod
the lied I Jimp,' doctor, " tald the re
porter to Conan Doyle, "you ay
through the medium of Surgeon
Walker that a doctor generally dies
with the disease that he is especially
interested in and has investigated
thoroughly. Were you quite in
earnest when you made that state
ment?' "I am glad you asked that ques
tion," rejoined Mr. Ito.vle. "The
story you mention, though it ha been
called horrible and other startling
names by the critics, is the result of
a large number of ye:rs of m -.lical
practice. I am thoroughly of the
opinion that imagination as regards
the existence of a d s-.-asa can affect a
doctor as well as the most susceptible
of his patients. The story in ques
tion relates the life of Surgeon
Walker, one of the greatest spec al
ists in n-rvous diseases in the I'nitcJ
Kingdom. He addresses the stu
dents in the clinic on a horrible form
of nervous disease and conclude his
lecture by siying that thi only
method to determine the evidence of
the disease is to clo-e the eyes and
endeavor to bring the heels together.
"Surgeon Walter suits the action to
the word, but he finds it impossili'e,
and the terrible truth is flashed to hi a
mind that he is afflicted with the very
disease ha is explaining and which
is a lingering one. and in the way of
exquisite torture could discount seven
times any form of torture germinat
ing in the agile brain of the Apache
or Sioux Indians. Tli3 story is dra
mat e in way of climax, f ir such a
position could not be otherwise than
horrible. The critics have said that I
was stretching my imagination too
far and all that, but the story is
founded on something more substan
tial than mere fancy. It has been
the result of my observation thit a
great per cent ol physicians and sur
geons die of the very disease which
they have so sedulously stulied and
investigated. I am glad that you
asked that question, as I wanted the
statement emphasized."
AND HE DIED.
The Oil Man Met Ills Fate In That
Small Still Voice.
She was a typewriter. Of course
she was pretty. A typewriter that
isn't pretty is as rare as a hen that
isn't a chicken or a circle that isn't
round. Nobody ever saw one at
least, who lived to write about it
He was the senior member of the
firm, but susceptible, for all that. He
was smitten. He wanted to ask her a
few tender questions. He dared not
commit them to paper, oh no! He
dared not speak aloud for fear some
of the weasel-eared clerks or junior
partners would catch on and squeal.
For three days he thought, then hit
upon apian. He would inveigle her
into the soundproof telephone closet.
He did so. "Little dear," he plead
ed th?re, "will you go to the opera
to-night wit'a me and for a little
si , er afterward? Don't refuse me.
Twill promise you a glorious time."'
The sweet girl blushed. Oil, it was
indeed a temptation. She tried to
spealc. What her answer was no one
shall ever know; for just at that In
stant there was a buzz at the tele
phone. With pallid facs and trom
bling hands the senior drew the 'phono
to his car and heard a familiar voice
from afar: "Yes, dear, thank you.
Come home early. I will be ready on
time'.'
The doctors called it heart failure.
But the wife and the little blond
typewriter knew more than these
wise men.
Edwin and Edwina.
Constancy and devotion were in th
blood of Edwin Hooth, as his published
letters, edited by hisdaughter, adiind
antly show. I recalled, as I glanced
them over the other day, the touching
love story of his daughter Edwina.
The man to whom she was engaged
to be married became demented
through his accidental inhalatiou of
illuminating gas, and foryears father
and daughter found in the poor chap's
helplessness only another tie to bind
them more closely together. Booth
sent him abroad and gave him the
best of medical advice, while his
daughter nursed him with an un
selfish fealty, which lasted until his
untimely death. Hooth ardently
longed for a son, and tried to alle
viate his disappointment over the
birth of a girl by baptising her Ed
wina. The child grew to be the man's
other, self, however, and the time
came when the father would not
have exchanged Edwina for a dozen
Edwins. The domestic history of the
two is one of the sweetest and rarest
stories of the stage.
Music for Young Children.
One of the most interesting appli
cations of kindergarten methods has
been made in the teaching of music
to young children. The instruction
is begun at a very early age. Tiny
children are taught to sound a given
note after it has been struck on the
piano, and to do many things that at
first seem impossible to the very
little M"ch of the knowledge cf
music usually imparted in later years,
with much labor to both teacher and
pupil, is thus acquired with compar
ative ease.
Quick Rutter Making.
A German inventor has turned out a
machine for the making of butter in
small quantities. A receptacle con
taining the cream is attached to a bar
which has a reciprocating motion im
parted to it by means of a revolving
crank and connecting rod. A wheel
is turned by hand and the connecting
rod is moved backward and forward;
this motion Is communicated to the
receptacle, the contents of which are
speedily converted into butter.
STRUCK THE WRONO CROWD.
A Faker Appetite taesarager
Wanted bf llaetrr Striker.
The dapper little man la the, check
suit, with a bulky can and a largo
yellow valise, aaw a good-aiaed crowd
on the atreet corner and immediately
dived into the center of it He didn't
take time to stop to find out what
was the reason of the crowd's gath
ering, but began business at onca.
The thick c.tne was given a dexterous
twist that develoed it Into a tripo I
and the large yellow valine was
placed on top of it.
tientlemen." began the dapper
man. The crowd concentrated its
collective eyes on him. "I have here,"
continued the orator, with the easy
confidence of a man whose life has
b;'en pass-d in public speaking. "I
have here for sale at 23 cents a
bottle Old Mother Sohnso's Home
made Knot Bitter. These bitters,
gentlemen, are warranted to cure
any case of loss of appetite that ever
existed. Ten drops taken as a dose
before meal time will make the most
dyspeptic man want porterhouse
steaks, fried chicken, ice cream, a
whole half of a pie "
lie said no more. The crowd of
hungry strikers, who had been living
for two weeks on half a meal every
forty-eight hours, jumped on him,
jammed his yellow valise, bottles and
all, down over his head and chased
him up the street at wondrous speed.
FEWER HOT BOXES NOW.
Iniravrini'n's Hh About Hons Away
With ihls I all way Antioynre
Those who have traveled much by
rail are more or less acquainted with
tin hot box. A hot box, as it is com
monly called, really means a hot
journal bearing or a hot journal, or
both. It arises sometimes from the
use of poor mater'al in the bearing,
sometimes on aeMunt of imperfect
casting, and sometimes from too great
weight upon the bearing, producing
friction and heat.
There are now far fewer hot boxes
than formerly. Some of the heaviest
cars nre now carried upon six- wheeled
trucks, thus distributing the weight
of each end of the car upon six jour
nal bearings instead of four, ami re
ducing the danger of excessive fric
tion. Better materials are used and
the workmanship upon them is better,
weights to be carried are calculated
more nicely, and greater care is ex
ercised in operation, so that the hot
box is not what it once was. A man
thoroughly familiar with railroading
who made not long agoe trip of 10.000
miles which included points as far'
apart as the City of Mexico, San Fran
cisco and Chicago, said that he did!
not encounter a hot box until he was
within twenty miles of New York on
t is return.
I'eter the Great.
A St. Petersburg correspondent
telegraphs that an Englishman who
was passing lately through a small
village in Russia, entered a peasant's
cottage to ask for a cup of tea. Hang-,
ing on the wall, framed in a tea-tray,
the edges of which were turned over
the canvas, he notice I a portrait in
oil of I'eter the Great Having bought
it for half-a-crown. he showed it in
St. Petersburg to the curators of the
Hermitage gallery who, after consult
ing their catalogues, identified it
pretty surely with the picture at Ver
sailles; but considered that if they
were by the same hand, or copied one
from the other, the copy was at Ver
sailles, and the original was this.
The portrait, if not the finest of any
existing is inferior to none, and will
probably be purchased eventually by
.he imperial family.
CreRon C laims a Itecor '.
Oregon has long been celebrated as
the land of big red apples and red
cheeked children, and the Rupply of
both is pretty well maintained. Some
do more in keeping up the record than
others, but a couple on the east side,
Jarrett by name, have, it is believed,
broken the record for Oregon, and
are world beaters. They have five
living children, born to them within
a period of one year. The triplets,
two boys and a girl, are about 3 years
of age, and the twins, a boy and a
girl, are loss than a year younger.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett came from Mis
souri to the state.
A Famous lillnd Woman.
The death of "The Blind Woman of
Manzanares"' has attracted wide at
tention in Spain, where she was
known from one end of the country to
the other. She was a poet and had a
remarkable talent for writing beg
ging verses, describing her misery.
Many of the poems are beautiful, and
the author enjoyed a large income.
She was said to be one of the best re
citers ia Spain, and many of the most
famous men in that country made
pilgrimages to her house to hear her.
Queen Isabella gave her a pension
years ago, and she left about 80,000.
Anoilier Monte Carlo.
Ostend has finally decided to per
mit gambling tables to be maintained
at the Kursall, though the lessees are
taxed heavily for the privilege. What
with engagements to pay large speci
fied sums to the hospitals and the
town charities, the undertaking to
pay half the town taxes and cost of
keeping the establishment lighted
and in repair, the rent will amount to
at least S12"), 000 a year for a season
which normally lasts six or seven
weeks. The privilege is granted for
nine years from lS'.i,).
Women Mining; for Sliver.
Two women in Baker county, Ore
gon, own silver mines and are run
ning them lu persou. They do not
actually handle shovels and work the
dirt, but they superintend the work
ing of the property, and while thy
admit the business has rough sides
for a woman, they are making money
and propose to hold on.
CHINESIiTHUa.
rertiarate ol M-mW-r.bip la lllgk
bladert' OorlelUt Hwswt
The arrest of a Chinese known as
Mar Tan in Sn Francisco has brought
to light document hitch as have
never Uen unearthed before in this
city. Mar Tan la I for a long time
been recognized as a Chinese 'VapH-r"
for a number of police court practi
tioners. In his p H-UeH were the
names and addresses of a number of
prominent merchants of San Fran
cisco. Among Tan's effect were two
pieces of cloth on which are Chinese
characters. These being translated
prove that Tan belongs to III hbind-rrs.H-ietiev
One of thest rea ls:
( Hing Co , received from lling
St-n on account of Mar Tan $H, hav
ing U-en paid to tha company. lie Is
entitled t.i be a member of the Hung
Kar. trad, lion. (Anarchist secr-t as
sociation. He was born again by
Lang Sun, mot her-leader.) Tong
Lung, brother-in-law.
The second certificate reads:
Sacramento, (ijj lling Co. re
ceived of Mar Tan tlia sum of $1. He
is entitled to be a mtiiilor of the
Hung Sun society. In the year of
Tin Won (Calc n lar seeret widely), of
the fourth month, a lucky day.
There are some sec ret society char
acters on the cert i lie at cs that cannot
be translate I. Never Wfore have
the Highbinders' documents fallen
into the h in U of tha police. An ef
fort is being ma le to li:ivo the pris
oner deport d under the law by
which criminals mav be sent-back to
their native laud. These documents
prove the man's stan ling as a crim
inal in Chin i.
TOOK HIM FOR A F1EPORTER.
The Awful Mlttxkn Mailo liy a Huston
Itostrst as to .Ionian Oitlnry.
A good story is told in connection
with Josiah Quincy that will be ap
preciated by all who know him. Somo
time ago he was at au evening party
given in one of the most exclusive
Boston houses, and, according to his
wont, he stood al.iof, preserving a
mien of cold indifference to his sur
roundings, speaking to no one and no
one addressing him Finally the
hostess, one of the grand dames of
society, saw the lonesome figure, and
not being able to recall who he was,
went in haste to her husband and
questioned him. The husband looked
and looked again, but he did
not know him either, then the
hostess in great alarm whispered
she must go at oncu and
find out, for she believed him to
be a reporter! Approaching the un
known guest she said, with an air of
much severity:
"This is a very quiet house; we are
very quiet people and we do not caie
to have any notice made of our re
ception for the newspapers."
"Madume!" thundered this dis
tinguished citizen, "I an Josiah
(Juincy!"
Tableau.
"tathan Hale's Haddleuag.
A citizen of New Britain, Conn.,
has in his possession a pair of queer,
wrinkled, old-time saddlebags, and
there is abundant reason to believe
that they belonged to Captain Nathan
Hale, the martyr spy. Their present
owner does not wish his name pub
lished in connection with them until
he is able to recover certain papers
proving the genuineness of the relics,
which have been mislaid. The saddle
bags are heirlooms and came to him
indirectly from an ex-governor of
Massachusetts. Th-i owner of the
bags says: "I have read the papers
that go with the bags, and am satis
fied there is no doubt t hat they be
longed to and were carriud by Nathan
Hale."
A lesson of the Rtace.
Mary Anderson looks upon the stage
with aversion. For six or seven years,
shs says, she loved her work, but
after that the u nuaturalness of her
life, its unwholesoma excitement, its
glitter and glare became apparent to
her eyes. First she grew weary of
the constant publicity of such a life,
and then her feeling became one of
positive distaste. From the moment
she had resolved to leave the stage
her life in the theater became un
bearable, and since her retiremeut
she has never for a moment wished
to return. This is a wholesome lesson
to stage struck girls, whom Mrs. de
Navarro never fails to discourage
when they apply to her.
An Actress' Debts.
The Hon. Mrs. Spe ncer Cowpcr, who
has been figuring in the London bank
ruptcy court with liab ilities of about
$400,000 and assets of less than SS.00O,
is none other than the once popular
American actress, Jessie McLean,
bailing from Newburg-on -the Hudson,
and who achieved a pool deal of
celebrity in the V nited States and the
West Indies in ' Colleen Bawn" and
other similar plays. It was at Nice
that she met and m.-irried the late son
of the late F.irl t'owper. It was he
who sold Sandri Dgham to the prince
of Wale a
White Gloves for Men.
White gloves for street wear for
jnn have finally made tlieir tipis
ance in New York. They are, of
course, nsed only for frock coat and
its accompanying high hat and
patent-leather shoes. They are made
of the heavy dog skin used in ordin
ary gloves, but are white or pearl
gray in color. Frenchmen have worn
them for years and they have been
less popular in London.
Origin of Camlet.
Camlet was tirst. made in Eng'srld
during the reign of Elizabeth. It
was so called not, as some suppose,
from its being made of camel's hair,
but from the river Camlet, in Mont
gomeryshire, on which the first fao
tory was located.
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