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APPEAL TO ST0.MACII.
A OUEF.H TOOD EXPERIMENT
THAT IS BE TRIED.
I'rolilfin of Itifnrinlnir it (rliiiliml It
MiiiIppM .Niiinlier .Mimy llrnliiv .Mrn.
Whn Wilt U.itli tin- SiliLinn ultli
Intirmt.
LL civilized na
tions hold out some
Inducement to tin
criminal In confine
ment to sooner so
euro his release
front t(Mnl re
titr.tlnt, s.i.vs the
New York Time.'.
lAJKpy A eertnlii nnioiint
the M-ntciico for
good behavior, but n new ami Interest
lit; experiment is soon to he mail" nt
the New York state rt fonnatory nt Mi
ni Ira In the way of refoi minion 'of crim
inals. Students in the problem t re
lorntln,'j the criminal chws ami till
persona Intemucd In the pi ncral wel
fare of the community will wait h the
exiieriment at Klinlia with mme than
"imiiuij interest, tor It is to lie iitl ap
peal to the criminal on nti cntli.ly
new jilatt. Ho has been appealed to by
lathor. mother, brother, sister, and by
others who had bin Interests nt heart.
Ills manhood, hln future, and even the
promlmi of quick leleaxo from confine
ment, Ills nmhltion, all have been up
.titled to, and in many cn-.es In vain.
Now it Is to the man's stonmch that the
appeal la to ho made.
"Toll tno what the man cam and I will
tell you tho man," Ik a saying that has
found countless hellevett. anil thetc
am those unkind enough to say that
every man can be Inllueiieed by his
stomach. After a good dinner Is gen
erally considered the best time to seek
the person from whom a favor Is de
sired. If thoro Is n epark of generosity
In the victim's soul It will probably
come out after an enjoyable ntcai,
when, If a Rood digestion permit, the
owner of the stomach Is at peace with
both his Maker and the whole wot Id.
So it Is that the brainy men who study
out how best to check the Increase lii
crlmo and reform thou1 already in
i rime have hit on the plan of entering
to the p.-lf.onor's stomach.
Once proved a success, It Is believed
by its advocates that it will be Intro
duced in every prison and reformatory
in the country. To try this food exper
iment quite an elaborate new plant Is
required. It will cost $10,000 and con
sist of a now cook mom and mess room.
Thla fireproof building will, when
erected, be large enough for the present
and prospective population of the re
formatory 1,200 to 1,.'00 prisoners.
Superintendent '.. R. Hroekway of
tho reformatory said a day or two ago
in answer to a query about the new
experiment: "I regret that I am not
ablo to write out at pie&ont the full de
tails of the scheme that Is Incubating
in our minds and gradually approach
ing materialization In the planning and
construction of a kitchen and series of
dining rooms to afford facilities that
shall cnablo us to utilize with better
results than hitherto the chemical com
binations and quantitative distribution
of foods among the more defectlvo of
tho Inmates of the reformatory. The
proposed experiment contemplates a
somewhat enlnrged scale of dietary
privilege, enlarging from grndo to
grade, from lowest to highest, so that
within duo and proper limits of indul
gence of tho appetites by prisoners in
a prison reformatory for crime they can
out of their own accumulations have
tho privilege to select meal by meal,
ns they may please to do, provided nl
unya that they keep their expenditures
within their means, and also within the
HmitB of indulgence allowed by tho
government of tho reformatory.
"Tho prisoners under tho wage-earning
system of the reformatory as It Is
nt present must earn their living and
keep a credit balance to their account,
respectively, in order to progress to
ward their release by parole. Their
account is now debited v'th a charge
for board by the day ,n week, and
thcro is already established some dif
ferences of diet and of board rate, as
between the three grades, hut tho dif
ference is iiiBiilllcleitt; it Istoo indednlt
ns to each inmate and Is not flexible
enough.
"Thcro Is need of more opportunity
for their self-indulgence as to diet, In
dulgence to bo based on the amount or
earnings and credit tho prisoner main
tains for himself. Tho prisoner, to
mnlntnin n credit balance under the
conditions here, must needs restrain,
regulate and exert himself In a man
ner which accomplishes and shows h!n
Improvement.
"While tho Inducement of approach
ing early releaso from Imprisonment
ns a roward for earning Is sutllclent for
tho better class of the Inmates, thero
aro othorB who require more opportun
ity to expend for their persoivnl gratifi
cation in order to supply them a sulll
clent Inducement to earn. Then, again,
tho expcndlturo of their earnings
wlsoly and well, as tho expenditure
must bo made when under proper regu
lations and supervision, is as valuable
a training for them and as sure a test
of their fitness for freo llfo as Is their
disposition nml ability to earn; this
because tho rate of expenditure deter
mines tho amount of savings. To save
when thcro Is opportunity to spend re-
fllllrca SClf-dOnllll! llir. Invnlnntnri-
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rarcfiuinu " present possible inuuig
onfc for a remoter benefit, which is an
nkcnf-1 of correct living. Tho prls-
ouri whoeo earnings are logltlmato and
sufficient, whore expenditures aro wise
sufficient, whore expendltu;
fVi prudent, who denies
I- for other days or for ot
tly to llvo within the r
rt law and to bo a good
himself to-
athorH Is most
requirements
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t will be seen that in effect the
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fiilt v-;a
prisoner, if he wihw to tickle his pal
ate with mince pie, a Juicy roast or
cake- like his mother need to make,
tun- iic(N teform in earnest. These
coeteil prizes, n imnu ehmen wisely,
of couive. by tho management, will lie
hid to ehoo'e front for breakfast, din
ner and supper If he will get up and
hustle and be a man.
The reformatory at Kliulrn is de
signed for the loformator.v treatment
of males hetwien the ages of ltl and 'M
years who have been committed to It
under an Indeterminate sentence of fel
ony. Efforts are made to educate the
men In the ttades and Intellectually and
physically. The average period of de
tention Is about twenty month-", and
the ninnagntnent claims that a reform
atory graduate who has mustered the
whole course of the school of letters of
the Institution may safely be presumed
to know the principles and lending
fuels and requisite processes of about
ten great blanches of learning that
have a direct and Important bearing
on human thought ami intercut. The
Inmates are soldiers, workmen, rontn
l.eepers. trade loaimrs and scholars.
The name persona arc, at different
tliiHM. cadets. inechanUs and "ludetus,
and all are always Inmates. To make
itlincH mill ctni lilii!' miiim tin. 1i.Mi.1i'
,ii: ,,n.i .,h n." r,i ,ni ..'... t -.',.'
and gaideii. mill; llie tw'nt enw. and j !'.' ,U,t' "'"'T "", lms ""l"'1 " ,,pr
feed the J0O swine haul the cr,,i ;,. 1 "rl " whi'ii the acqaalntance has
the fhes. sweep and mop the corridors. !
shave the beards and cut the hair nfl
1 .-00 men. keep the leeords, illttiiibute
the library, edit the novwpnp'T, teach
fort.v classes, ate a few of the litinrs
the lumaies are kept luuy tlolng.
X-Hin nml l.iiclitt;
Queen Ainetln of Poitugal, who. as
every one knows, Is a qualified doctor,
has perceived that X-rays might be
utilized to demonstrate the evils of
tight lacing. She has taken photo
graphs of some of the ladles of her
court, and has been holding forth en
ergetically concerning the contrast be
tween the feminine form divine and the
form as it appears when "Improved"
by the modern corset. One is sorry to
hear that her majesty's well meant ef
forts have not met with much encoiir
ngetnent fiom her eiilournge. Some of
the fair rebels hnve even gone so far
as to flatly refuse to be photographed.
If the queen peiveveres, however, she
will doubtless be able to legulato the
size of waists, Just ns the Princes', or
Wales has killed many an Injudicious
mode by tefuslng to adopt it. To make
a thing "bad form" Is far more efTec
lu.il than to seek to crush It by de
ctees or discredit by argument.!. In
I'ngland the custom of "squeezing" re
ceived Its death blow when the Duchess
of York was married, and the curious
world was Infoinied that the waist of
her wedding gown measured twenty-six
inches. Her figure Is beautifully pro
portioned, a fact which no one can look
at her and deny --New York Uccordct.
Ill-it Wiiy Out or II.
An old lady who was seriously 111,
found herself to be In a trying position,
which she defined to a friend in these
words: "You see, my daughter Har
riet la married to one o' those homey
path doctors, and my daughter Kate
to an allypath. If I call in the homey
path, my allypath tion-ln-law and his
wife git mad. an' If I call in my ally
path son-in-law my honieypath son-in-law
and his wife git mad, in' If I
go ahead an' git well without either o'
'cm, then they'll both bo mad, so I
don't fee but I'd better die outright."
I'rrtljr i.oiiil.
He Miss Uptodate's bicycle rigging
Is pretty loud, Isn't It?
Her Rival Loud! I flhoulil sny it
was. Kvery time she passes a vacant
barn by the roadside her bloomers
create an echo.
(.'n't Iluy Our.
Saya a fertilizer concern In Nash
ville, Tenn.: "We buy your bones and
pay you the highest market price."
WORTH KNOWING.
It Is lawful In Chlnn to kill a grave
robber tho Instant ho Is caught In his
underhanded work.
Tho only quicksilver mines of 1m
portanco in this country aro located
In southern California.
The old house In West Urownsville.
Pa.. In which James O. Dlalne spent his
boyhood has been torn down.
Over li,700 children are cared for by
twenty-eight orphnnngen and Instltu
tlonH for children In Philadelphia.
In most of the London ehiirchen on a
recent Sunday night special thanksgiv
ings were offered up for the rain that
had fallen.
Hlcyclcs have reached tho Arizona
Indians, and tho peoplo of Phoenix re
cently noted a Pima riding his wheel
along the Tempo road.
Silk worms in the west have taken
an extra turn this year, and a colony
of 80,000 at Cnqulllo, Ore., is reported
as having spun the cocoons quicker and
better than over before.
Whllo tho militia were in camp at
i.auo tacuiihtocook, In Maine, it Is said
that tho perch stopped biting, espe
cially on days when there was much
firing.
At Hood Itlvor, Ore., strawberries
yielded ono grower this past season a
profit of 1208,709 on a patch of ninety
six squaro rods, or at tho rato of nearly
100 an acre.
Tho latest order for women Is the
Itoyal Victorian Order, which has only
this year been Inaugurated by her ma
jesty, and to which no lady has yet
been gazetted.
An editor, who Is also paymaster at
Great Ucnd, Mo,, offers a year's sub
scription to his paper at 1, agreeing
that tho paper shall bo sent freo if
Bryan is beaten,
qsWforS,jE srw-r V iHiMffciMW' 'CfW";'"
THE RED CLOUD QUI
SEASIDE SOCIAL. CUSTOMS.
Tito fmlc la Nut Vii tm-k n In limn
l.lfr. I, nt It tin. t.ltitUiitlnna.
It requites aliuoM as much diplomacy
nuil mental work to steer a woman
through the social Inlilcaeles of a sum
mer at a result as to carry her tinMy
through an official Washington w Infer.
The appearance l Informality delude1)
newcomeis Into hoping for pleasant te
latloitjs, and then they make what Is
Known In the vernacular as a "break."
At the end of the season they go away
declaring that "Se.i Hock" or "Whlt
Wave" Is a horrid, stlfT place," peo
pled mainly by snobs, and vow never to
letuin. The tules which govern nc-qiliilnt.tnce-mul.lng
at summer resorts
are a trllle more ln than those which
regulate town acqualntanctMhlp. Peo
pic who meet In hotel dining-rooms or
on piazza cement every day noon grow
to know one another sullleieutly well
to permit ih'eiii to do what the lrNh
niun calls "pasting the time of day."
They may exchange magazines and cui-
j broidery silks, to s.iy nofhlng of lews
on the Hceneiy and th eontptny. lint
this degree of Intimacy. san a wilier
In the New Yoik Journal, docu not war
rant eal!.. No newcomer nt a hotel
ItlllMI 11V III1 'til ill tltt illil.ill .if.l 1..ti i .
! ln"1 - t-all on an older icsldoiii tut
lBre -o.i so far that o-.e Invite the
",,I,.T ,() (" P!iicln,; or salllng
I tmrtiiM Kiinnlil tlilu fill.. In .. I i.
..sr . ...v in iiwiiu 'i'
calls be Infringed. The summer board
er's room is her ctwile end any amount
of outdoor Intlni.ic.v does not warrant
Intrusion into it until after a definite
advance towaid friendship has been
made. Cottagers, an a usual thlm;.
should take the initiative In calling up
on any hoarders at hotels or boarding
houses whom they wish to know. In
many places the cottage eloinetit and
the hotel (dement form two distinct
and somewhat hostile cliques. The ad
vance toward acquaintance should bo
made by the established residents, and
not by the transient ones. And yet
tne utmost outdoor civility may exist
among beach or rock ucqunlntnnern at
a small resort without any house In
titnacj. Of course these rules apply to
women, tho real dictators of social
customs. As for the acquaintance be
tween .voting women and men, It is gov
erned bj the ordinary conventionali
ties. Young women do not become ac
quainted with young men except when
thej are formally Introduced by sonio
common friend. St. Louis Post-Dls.
patch.
WON A NOTAULE PRIZE.
l.ntiitii'i Itujiit IIiiimIiii; Sdrllty Mrilitl
ln.' tn ii Ctrl of 111.
The award of tho bronze medal o!
the lloynl Drawing Society of London
this year Is a matter of enthusiastic
inlet est to young art students all over
tile world, lnaouiiicli as It was won by
a young woman only 10 years of age,
MI.m Nellie Knelt.
Since the earliest inauguration of of
ferlng prizes for tho host work among
any given artistic line artists or un
doubted genius from Canova and Tlitir
wahlKcn have entered Into eager com
pel It Ion for the advantages which such
badges of distinction cairy In their
train; for where they do not ineludo
years of tttitdy under most favoring
conditions, as they so often do, they
bring to an artist Instant and wide
spread recognition; nnd It ought to
serve as a stimulus to the youngest art
student In Philadelphia, Iloston, New
York or Denver that youth l no bar
sinister to such honors. Tho drawing
which obtained for Miss Kuck so dis
tinguished a success Is entitled "Tho
Young St. Cecilia," a charmingly com
posed decorative panel, chiefly Inter
esting by reason of iu original and
novel manner of treatment. Perhaps
It was her own sweet youth In tho
blood that led her imagination away
from tho traditionally mature Cecilia
ami mtuie It dwell rather upon tho
heavenly mnld when Inspiration first
dawned upon her youthful conscious
ness, with a few clever, effective
ntiokes sho has achieved tho sweetly
tuirloiiB face and pose of tho young
saint, the well-grouped, raptly listen
ing angels above, topped by tho con
ventionalized figures or music and poe
try. The whole gives evidence of fine
poetic fancy, excellent art, and is par
ticularly strong In the decorative har
mony of Its linos. Two years ago .Miss
Kuck was awarded Lord IjIghton's
prize for her drawing "Tho Mermaid,"
and ho then always ho ready to en
courage youthful talent- recommended
her to adopt the artist's profession. In
fact "The Young St. Cecilia" repre
sents her thlid success, as last year sho
obtained tho Oeurgo KckwichH prlzo
lor an Illustration of "Undine."
A Hlcyel HUr.ni-,
Motheis whose daughters do a greai
deal or cycling should know about a
new cycling disease. People have been
declaring that they have been sud
denly seized with a wild Impulse to
Jump from their machines an unenn
liollablo Impulso, which apparently
seizes them nt the most awkward
times, such as midway down u hill.
It Is no now thing, after all; at least)
no newer than tho cultivation of over
strung ncrven among us. Peoplo nf
llleted with this mysterious maladv
havo been overdoing their riding, and
the only causo tor wonder Is thnttliolr
111 treated nervous systems havo not
taken Its rovenge In an oven more un
pleasant manner.
I'tlllltcil. I
"A great, big. overgrown fellow llko
you ought to bo at work Instead of
begging," said tho cciiBorlouo cltlzon.
"I'm will'ii' to work," replied DUmal
DawEon, "but I'm too blumed ilumsy.
I've tried tho ehells and Pvo trll
three-card nionto, but tho Hubts got
onto me the very first tltuo." I
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M KMDAY. OCT. il 1J)6.
LIIWIN WASIIIXH'IUV
A mCCENlDANT OF l.OHD UAI.ri
MOIIt NOW LIVINU TIK-.WL"
.M'lintnr t'.inll,iinr Km lln.lr.t Mum nl
lli CkiiI'.hI tin. t oiiilii'.. Miurliisi' nt
MIm IIiijiIIi. I'milkiirr llrniTll
Oliialp.
Washluglon Letter.
vj " een or tuoe
who have passnl I
their lives within!
the gates of the
capital know that
there is now Ihliiir
here a gentleman
who nu right fullv
claim that he is Ir.' '
lineal ii iMiilnnt I
of the last l.nrd I
ti.rn
llaltlmoie and thu
rightful heir to the title. This penile
niiiii In tiuitge IC. Calveil. who la In
the Conn of Claims, but his liotue Is
over on tin- mils or Vltglnla, a lie.tn
tiful idle from whli h one can see the
winding Potomac, the long, Ion:; line
J f u, v'.-iplicjl and new lil.rnrv while
I .
ot tonitmir ami the ulitti" lni iln-nru
the tall, whin- shaft f n,,, Washington
monument rises like a d..r,,;i r piercing
the uky. The first Lord Italtlnioio wan
Kir (iconic C.ilviH, who was aiuont;
the Knglldi geiitl. r. u who obtained
Irnui the Crown die charter for the
Virginia Company In ltion, when the
enlonlsl were rapidly settling on mnv
lauds In America. While holding the
position of Sicrelary of State ho lie
camo a Itiiiuaii Catholic, and as the
prevailing religion wan Protestant ho
UANCHOFT OFF- FOR
The United States cruiser Ilaurrofl,
which has palled for CoiiHtantlnople,
is a trim little boat, but Is by no means
a terror. It is not the Intention of the
government to terrorize the sultan by
tending a warship into his harbor, but
merely to signify by Its presence theio
that 1'iicle Sam Is not neglecting his
Interests In that country. The moral
effect, so called, Is all that Is de.slted.
Minister Terrell believes ho can per
htiado tho Turk to allow the boat to
enter the harbor, although there Is
doubt as to bis ability In that direc
tion. Tho Ilancroft silled under
scaled orders. She was laid down In
1891 at Elizabeth, N. J., by the Moote
resigned his high office, im be did not
think It right to serve nn administra
tion with whoso sentiments he could
not agree. Much pleased by tho lion-
orubl course tho King mado Calvert !
Lord Haltlmoro, his estates lying lu a
town of that name In Ireland.
Ileforo tho papcrB by which Mary
land was conveyed to Calvert were
made out, thatgentlemnn died, and It
was to his son, C'cclllus, that the char
ter was granted In Juno, Hill!!, by which
tho new provlnco was named In honor
of tho Queen, Henrietta Maria, Mary
land. The Lords llaltlmoie remained
In England always, being literally the
ruling Governor of the colony, but '.ho
eldest sou of tho lord watt sent to net
as tho representative or the nobleman.
Thus there were a great many finvcr
nors ot Maryland tn this country bear
ing tho name Culvert, whllo the lord
was still In England. At last the live
GEOHOE E. CALVKHT.
of (,C8c0nt ,n ''"Bland died out; there
wcro no heirs at all In tho Old World
who could Inherit tho title, for though
tho rovolutlon mado Maryland an In
dependent Stato that did not afreet tho
rlghta or the Lords Haltlmoro, who
pcdsosscd tho titles nnd estates In Eng
land, and had one ot tho American
helra returned to tho ancestral home
they would have taken tho title.
Tho present Mr. Calvert Is in a direct
lino from tho oldest son of tho last of
the English Lords of tho Haltlmoro
house. As bo has always lived hero In
BSyWt
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M lerica and the estatiit could not he
iit'iitned to the family at this dat",
It Is se.ircelv possible that, even If be
wished, he could icciire from the Crown
anv of the old property of the family
left In Kugland. Yet such Is far from
IiIk Intention A quiet, courteous gen
tleman with uumt modest and uaim
K'linlng milliners, he Is u thorough
American, and cares nothing for his
titled ancestry, nor wishes to Inherit
their lands or eslates. Illo daughter,
were he to claim hlrt Ihigll.ih title,
would bo l.ndv Helen, and tho child,
who Is about S, Is a sweet-faced blonde
with the retiring milliners of her fath
er. Mis. Calveil was n Miss Swan, a
daughter of one of the most distin
guished fatuillen of Virginia and a i;ul
whose atlstocratle dciicent shows in
her patrician bearing.
The most prominent man In (own
at present is Senator Faulkner, who to
iibnirbed In his campaign work. Should
the silver men win It would eerlalnly
cent that bin services ought to be sub
f.latitially r cognized by a Cabinet po
hIHoii, one for which lie Is enilneiiMy
titled. Senator Mai lou lluller and
fninllj are alio In the city, and It would
''ni'lhat the silver forcea are gather-
. .
lug strongly v. ith great nuiiibera at
the capital.
The wedding of Miss P.aydlo Faulk
ner, which will be celebrated sunn -it
.M.irtlusbiirg, W. Va.. Is expected to Is
a i.wcll lUielely evelil, us the parties
are both or such prominence. The
wedding of his seimid daughter will
leave but one Miss Faulkner to return
to the capital, ami as the homo of tho
Senator has ever been among the most
popular In the ell), the deprivation or
CONSTANTINOPLE.
lint hers. She Is coinmauded by ten
officers and carries a crew of ll'O men.
She has been In the seas Just three
years and cost the government the
nioderato sum of $250,000. Her lenglh
la 1ST feel (! inches, with a beam or !!2
feet. She draws 11 feet 0 Inchea or
water, has a displacement of 839 tons,
a horse power of 1,'JL! and a speed of
1 1.::7 knots. Her armament consists
or four four-Inch rapld-flrlng rifles,
two torpedo tubes and a few small
weapons of no great power. Tho ilan
croft will bo re'illy a representative of
the nation's dignity at Constantinople
rather than a menace to thu sultan's
capital.
one or tlio young ladles will bo felt
by their wide circle of friends.
Washington has been visited rcrent-
ly by a rising young Southern woman,
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trrm
MISS IIOYDIK FAULKNKIt.
who is making an enviable reputation
for herself In Iloston. This Is Mrs.
Caroline Green Noble, whose famo as
a writer or nciro dialect stories, of
which she Is the Interpreter, has made I
her well known In Iloston. On the slto
on which now stands tho magnificent
new Congressional Library, rose many
years ago the old mansion owned by
General Duff Green, Hero It was that
Mrs. Noble was bom. Tho death of
her father left the mother a widow
with several young children, so tho
family emigrated to California. Mrs.
Green wiih of tho distinguished family
of Pickens, being a grandfather of tho
famous General Pickens, of revolution
ary fame. Determining to attain her
success lu the center of Northern cul
ture, a shoit while ago Mrs. Noble, who
had displayed great talent iib n writer
..r Ont.lt. .M... llfr. ..... ... I.-..1 I
I in .juiiiii'-i ii iiiu, nnii UJ IIOHltlll, ami
though sho know no one, In a llttlo,
wiiiii' nun i:muuiiihiicii it reputation, ami '
her readlngrt were glvon nt most of tho '
swell literary clubs In tho Hub. Her
success has been phenomenal, and It Is
probable that she may tour tho coun
try with her readings, unless sho ac
cepts a position on nomo magazine.
Miss Florida Green, a younger lister
' of Mrs. Noble, has taken up camora
work and mado such a success of her
flno artistic photography that tho
magazines of Now York pay her the
hlgherit prices given for pictures.
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PERSIAN SOCIALISTS.
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Ho Net .iiill IIik Itiihl.
As to the leal tenets or the bandit
opinions differ, says the Fortnightly
Hcvlew. They are socialists and un
doubtedly adopt the system of enuiryii
nlly or propei ty, while the orthodoi
Persians persistently assert that the
piacllce polvaiiilry. and the strange ccr
enionlis of the Chcragh Km mush' ob
served among the Yezcedls, or devil
worshipers of Karrlnd, a dlntr';t ii'ir
Kerinanshah; be this as It may, ,lt t.
quite certain that each llaadl lonluj
upon hlmrclf as an Incarnation of CoJ
and reverences the haul), I. e San
Mahouinied All, ns the prophet or Hod
and the veritable Incarnation of ih
Deity Himself. Pnfortiinaloly for thr
secretaries of the baab, there Is n verj
simple means of recognizing litem. A
man being suspected of baablsm is re
quested to curse the baab; ir he be a
bnnbl he Invariably reMscs to do thU.
though he knows full well that the re
rural will assuredly rort him his lift
Imprisonment, toiiiire, death itself fa'!
Id thake the steadfast believers in the
mission of Hie baab.
'I he writer saw a baabl led to prlnor,
In ISS0; tlio man was a priest (mollahl
uho had been denounced by his wife.
lie was an old man and, though he w.u
Imprisoned nnd severely luiHllnadocd
and offered llfo If he would curse thr
baab, .vet he refused. When led to ex
ecution and entreated to curse tho baab
he teplleil:
"Curses on you, your prince (tho zll-ivi-siiltan,
then governor of Ispahan!,
your king and all opptessors. I wel
come death ami long for it. tor 1 shall
Instantly reappear on this earth anI
enjoy the delights of paradise."
When he ceased tipeaklng tho execuc
tloner advanced and slew him.
A PRETTY STORY.
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An amusing story of Ingenious chili
hood Is told by a former mald-or-honor
In tho service or Queen Victoria, .d
little niece or hers visited her otto day
at court. The queen caught sight of th
child, and, pleased with her Innocent
prattle, asked the lady-ln-waltlng to
have the little visitor como to luncheon
Homo day at. the palace. The child was
taken on tin appointed day to tho rojal
table. While quite unconscious of the.
honor conferred upon her, she wa.
quiet ami well-behaved, and not In
clined to talk u n necessarily. During
the luncheon chicken was served. Th
child ate her portion with keen relish,
and was careful In the use or kniro and
rork. Suddenly she stared at the
queen with eyes like loiind tower?.
Then pointing her email finger In tit
direction or her majesty, she exclaimed
with a tone of leprnnf: "0, plggle!
plggle!" The queen had taken one ot
the chicken honea quite delicately ia
her lingers, hut ho carefully trainoi
child, who had been warned in the
ntusory that thla was n breach of pro
prlely In young people, could not re
frain from repeating an expression that
she had often heard her governess use
Kvery one at tho table was startled,
but the queen at once led In tho laugh
ter, enjoying quito keenly tho Joke i
her own expense. Youth's C'ompiinloa.
A Vory Chlu Woman.
A very chic woman looks her bcwi
lu n white foulard silk covered wltk
queer little black scrolls. In this caw
tho vest is composed of black mountml
Ino de solo over white satin. On lh
mousHcllne tiro nppllqued luce roses.
The sleeves have a very small puff an
are niched. This gown Is so Hkllfullr
nrranged that It enn also bo worn with
a fichu of black mousBellno do Hole,
round which Is seen a knlfo pleating ol
moussellne, which, in turn, Is edged
with a llttlo Valenciennes iaco. Fou
lards are exceedingly fashionable, ana
one having a white ground with a blue
pattern upon It ha lately been com
pleted by a good woman. The bodice I
seamed in tho conter of tho back, and
drawn In narrow folds to tho front,
where It Is fastened with rosettes orna
mented with diamond buttons. A loose
rever falls on either sldo of tho bust
to reveal a fichu and collar mado of
esprit net, outlined with grans lawr
embroidery frilled with iaco. Kx
Itlrrilra Tuka Ilia I'lnra of Hog.
Eastern dealerB In dogs say that thr
demand for their Btock ban increiuieii
rapidly. They declaro that tho woman
who formerly fondled poodloa and ter
riers for amusement now dovotes her
self to her hlcyclo o enthusiastically
that sho has no Ielsuro for dogs. Thu
(lnl",llf,) Ka dogH has almost
lu.im;ii, uuiauiHc mo men vvno usou to
tako them on their walloi now rJdo a
wheel and don't want to bo bothered
with dogs. SeverJl men who ride tcr
ulnrly on the boulevard are followed by
dogs, but this hasn't become n fad. A
man who owns a kenuol offered to
make mc a present of a St. Uornard
pup tho other day. This fact of Itself
bears out tho plaint of the dog dealers,
for tho breed ho asked mo to choosn
from used to bu quoted high here wn'
elsewhere.
A Skillful riliiihr.
A tourist In Switzerland who wa
About to make the ascent of a moun-
tain thought best to ask nomo qurs-
mum nti m iiiu iumuiimi-B ill ttis guiue.
"Ib ho a thoroughly skillful climber?"
no asked of the hotelkoeper. "I should
say so!" exclaimed tho Innkeeper. "Hi
has lost two parties of tourlstH down
tho mountain sldo and escnped wlthonl
a scratch both times." London Punch.
Ilia I'linny I.lltlo Wy.
Clara Ho baa such a funny llttl
tvay of kissing mo on tho back ot my
neck.
MaudeWell, you know, he can't turn
your face tnm there,
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