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" When a Girl Is Not./
' 1 , A womnn 10 11 girl uutll aho 10 3u ,
: " or lng t the bourd ot managers
( of the Phlladolphla Young Womnn' ! !
" ChrIstian association. On her thirty.
nrth birthday she cuts err the glddl
1 \ ness ot girlhood and becomeo a worn.
r'f an. TJiat Is , she docs It she looks It.
If she Is able with the aid of a
! ! , wltch and porodhlo , rOIlro ; nnd the
eyebrow pencil , to look or think she
lools less than 35 , then she Is a elrl
so long as she Is able to look or thlnle
.aho looks so. l < or her still the choco.
late carmel and the marshmallow , the
Amerlcnn beauty and the matlneo
ticket , also the French heel and the
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straight front. As not many unmar.
rled women ever arrlvo at the age
; when they do not look or think they ,
look 35 , It follows therefore that n
} woman Is a girl as long as ahe wants
. to be , In SIlllo of all the boards of
lady managers In exlstenco. Which
Is as It should boo or ago Is not , after
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aU , a matter of wrinkles and agility.
Is ns It should bo , For age Is not , atter
of the splrll within. If we are 1m'
mortal 80uls , It were preposterous to
out of otor.
say that 35 years taken
nlty can have any elIcct upon us :
nor 70 years , for that matter , nor a.
hundrod. It a woman's heart bo pure
"ngo cannot wither her , " snys the Chi.
care ; Journal. She Is good , and good.
ness grows not old. She Is tender ,
and tenderness knows no date. She
Is loving , and lee : Is hnmortally
young. lIer hair may be whlto and
scant > , her limbs feeble , her eyeil
dimmed , her once rosy cheole palo
and sunken , but so long as the fiame
of Ute remains within her breast ller
husband and her children know thnt
tlmo bas not altered bor pure alIoe.
tlon , which burns as bright as ever
and Is young eternally.
The Flood of Immigrants.
The official returns of Immlsratlon
sbow that out of moro Umn million
aliens who arrived In this country
during the last fiscal year 1)35,915 )
came by way of New Yorle. Ellis
Island continues to bo the great 1m.
migrant gateway to the Unltod State ! , .
Of the New York arrivals 697,000
who naturally predom.
: were : nales ,
Inate In such a movement. Only 38. .
29G of the Immigrants were more.
tban 40 ) 'ears of age. Italy produced
the largest quota , having sent 254,236
Immlrrantsj Russia coming next with
163,316 : IIUngal'y contributed 128,247 :
Austria , 96,625 : Great Britain and Ire. .
land , 71,000 : Germany , 30,808 , anll I.
Scandinavia 33,000. Most of the new
arrivals located In Now York anll
Pennsylvania. Notwltbstandlng the .
strenuous olIorts of the southern
, Btatcs , a number of wblch have olU.
; clal alcncles neeklng recruits of this
1 kind and bavo held out special In :
ducemonts , very few of the nowcom.
; ors wont In that direction. Arltansns
: 1'celved seven , Georgia 63 , Mississippi
I : 24 , North Carolina nnd South Carolina
I .each 23 and Texas 856. A consider.
I able number have re6ently gene to
! I Weat Virginia , where mining fur.
I DIshes employment. . Dut ther sec.
I. I tlons of the south , notwithstanding
; the genial climate and the inviting
! opportunities olIered , are strangely
i neglected by the new arrivals.
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. The Black Man.
In an address before the Negro
Young Peoplo's Chrlstlnn and Edit ! }
rial congress In Wasblngton , Secre.
tary of the Navy Bonaparte pursued
a suggestive line of thought. lIe
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pointed to the fact , established by
t comprehenslvo OXIJerlence. that the
1 black race Is the only ono which has
beeu able to IIvo with whlto peo111e.
Indiana , Australlnns and Polynesians
haTe died oII and disappeared before
the atvance of UIO whlto race. but thl }
negroes bavo not only remained , but
bave Increased and multlplled. 'From
this condition the secretary drew the
conclusion that the black men have a
destiny to work out , and must com.
pete with the whlto men In the olIort
ot gain a livelihood. "There Is no
room In America for people wbo
can't take care of themselves. " said
the secretary : and again : "You can't
In this country 'rest and bo thanlctul , '
for If you try to do this you will soon
have nothl g to be thankful for. The
Idle and sensual and bonlghted are
never really free , and AmerIca now
Is a country only for freemen. " That
Is sound lractlcal sense and true
patriotism , says the Troy TImes. And
como to think of It , the advlco Is as
apPllcable Whlto as to colored men.
I A woman bolleved to be the oldest
In the Unlled States , If not In the
world , has just died at Laporte , Ind.
She was Mrs. Ferdinand Reese , wife
of an American but a natl\'o of Po.
I I land , wbere she was born , according
j to autbentlc records , 112 years ago ,
She was a girl of 18 when Napoleon
Invaded Russia , and had a vivid rec.
ollectlon of Incidents of that memor.
able campaign. And tbe opan of fier
lite Included a porlod of development
the most wonderful the world hils
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Doston.-One ncoll not have the
wealth of the Into Russell Sage In or. I
der to purchase a ghoul.proof casket ,
for the sarno thing , or at least one
equally burglar.proof , can bo secured
nero for from $100 to $200 , They arc
not In great emand hereabouts , for
the sarno dangers do not exist as for.
merly , or exist at all , snve for men of
lIuch prominence as this late eccen.
trlc mllllonnire. said a member of a
prominent firm In speaking of tbls
type of sarcophngus :
"I cannot see how nny such sum as
that mentioned In the newspnpers
could possiblY be paid for n steel cas.
Iet. They can be secured for 0. little
over $100 , and even If made to ardor
could not bo brought nbove a cost of
$1,000. They nro of elmvlo construc.
tlon , conslatlng only of n steel case
which locIs from within with spring
loclts. The ordinary Idnd cannot bo I
opened without the use of a steel !
cblsel , and then the heads of the bolts
would have to be cut away.
"Thoy are an absolute protection
for such ns possess the fear of body.
snatchers , but they are not used very
much hero In the cast. Now that tbe
medical schools are well supplied , un.
der the law , there Is IIttlo Incentlvo
tor this type of criminal to operate.
In the south and west , however , they
are in quite common use. "
"Do you ever have request for a
casltet which shall bo provided with
snfeguards against burial alive ? " was
aslted.
No More Burials Alive.
"No. Under our Ilresent met110ds
burial alive Is an Impossibility. To be
Bure , there are some eccentric Indl.
vlduals who make odd requests , but In
my long oxperlenco I have never como
across one. This steel 'casleet Is as
far as they ever vary In their ox.
pressed wishes. "
A member of the local branch of the
compnny , from whom It was reported
the $22,000 casket was bought , also
agreed that It would be Impossible to
expend this amount of money on the
steel Inclosure. To said :
"Our prices range from $100 to perhaps -
haps $500 , and should such a thing be
made to order , of heavier steel and
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wIth special arrangements , It might bo
brought up to over $1,000 , but scnrce.
ly more. I have beard nothing to the
effect tbat Mr. Sago's sarcophagus
was bought of our firm , but If It was It
fa scarcely probable that any such
I price ns this was paid for It. "
"Havo you In ordinary use especial
arrangements lIke electric bells or
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other means of safeguarding against
burial alive ? "
"No : although , of course , such
things could bo mndo , to supply a
whim. Tbe steel casleet Is common
enough , especially In countrlp.s where
there Is a great deal of rain , or In
remote regions where the grave can.
not bo watched. "
If as big a sum as $22,000 was nc.
tually expended on the burial arrange.
ments of Mr. Sage , It must have been
In other directions than for the mere
Inclosure. Local undertalers doubt It ,
and maintain It is absurd.
Grave Robberies Common.
Altbough the danger from grave
robbing never becnme so acute In
Massachusetts as elsewhere , up to
within 25 years the crime was of com.
mon occurrence here. But In New
York a series of startling exposures
revealed the fact that there was a
well organized body of men engaged
In the work of supplying medical
schools with the necessary cadavers
for dlsscctlon. UnUl 1883 , when the
so.called anatomy blll was passed In
that state , there was but this ono wa "
In which bodies could be secured. The
prices paid for them were high , and
In consequence a group of men about
S 'racuso Medical college and the Buffalo -
falo Medical college did a thriving
business as "resurroctlonlsts. " Of
them all , no ono was more famous
than Dr. Hervey W. Iendall. who at :
last was mysteriouslY murdered.
In moro ways than one Dr. Kendall
was a remarlable man. His temperament -
ament was such that ho seemed to delight -
light In things that horrified other
mono Ho was a student at the medical -
cal college , where he was Imown as a
man who was not a brllliant student.
but as ono who could do things better
than most men when he made up his
mind to do so. To loolt ut the man
was to see that ho was out of the
common. One who knew him well de.
scribed him ao follows :
"If Hervey bad lived In the days of
pirates he would have been a rival to
Capt. Kldd. In the first Ilaco , ho
100ltCd the part. Nine out of ten men
would turn to get a look at him on
the street. Almost six feet tall , he
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was sinewy and lithe to a degree
There was not nn ounce of fat on hll
body , and his muscles , were magnlfi
cently doveloped. HIs neck was un
usuaUy long , nd surmounted b ) ' I
head that was remarkable. His tore
head was high nnd Intolllgent. hll
eyes deep.set and SIarllIng blaclt , I
mustllchA of metll.lIIc blaclmess al1
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reason of Ills waxy complexion , which
was almost corpse.llIe In Its yellowish
whltenesB. This mustache , which was
long and fiowlng , gave him an nJr of
ferocity which W(1'S renlly startling. Ho '
were In winter a long ulster that
came almost to bls heels. "
Skilled In Use of Weapons.
A gllmpso of his living rooms In
'VnrrfJn street , Syracuse , was a reve.
latlon of the tastes of the man. The
walls were hung with foils amI a reg.
ulnr armory of wenpons. An expert
fencer and a dead shot , he led at' . ex.
Istenco that drew him away from all
but a very few Intimate frelnds.
His sldll with the revolver was
notoworthy. As an illustration of
this , an acquaintance of his said :
"I never Imew a surer marksmnn :
he WIl8 absolute lightning. On ono
occasion bo and I were In the old
medical college ono night. and had to
go downstairs Into the cellar , where
the cadnvers wore Itcpt In huge bar.
rels of brine. I went ahead , carrying
a candle , while Horvey followed me.
He bad 0. cigarette In his right band
and a package In his left , When half.
way down the stnlrs , In the Inky black.
ness , I benrd a nolso In one of the coal
bins. Almost before I had tlmo to
cabeh the glenm from n pnlr of yel.
lowlsh eyes , and to realize It WIl8 a
prowling cat , I heard the report of a
revolver. I jumped , and when I roe
covered myself looleed around , to see
this . man lclclelng aside the dead body
of the cat. He was laughing at my
frlgbt. "
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one who , moreover , was absolutelY
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Family of Ghoula ,
At about this time the country Wall
'utartlod by the weird story which fol
lowed the arrest of the McNameo fam.
Ily. Some three miles from the clt7
there had lived for five years the ta-
ther , two sons and a daught.cr. Dut
lIttle was known of them , although the
neighbors frequently speculated on
their means of earning a livelihood. ,
Ono night a farmer named Goodrich
was returning to his homo late from n
visit to a distant relative , whtm hemet
met In the dark road a tenm. The
road was narrow , so that In passln&
ho wns able to see the occupants of
the other vehicle. Ho reoognlzed
them as the old man McNamee nd
his daughter. Ho was somewhat surprIsed -
prIsed to notlco that the girl was
dressed In man's clothes , but sUll
more surprised to see that a mumod
figure sat between thorn. He stopped
and asked a few commonplace ques.
tlons , to which ho received surly roe
plies. At this Ilolnt McNameo's horse
started , nnd as he did 00 threw the
hat trom the head of the tblrd figure.
Goodrich nearly foil from his waon !
as ho recognized the set features ot
young Wilbur Hill , who had blCD
burled a few days before.
Goodrich , palo from fright , hurried
home and roused the nolghbors. They
opened the grave , which had but late <
Iy been filled , and found It empty. A
search of the house of the McNameelJ
revealed spades , roves and all the
other paraphernalia of grave robbing ,
Further Investigation of the grove.
ynrd sbowed that mnny other bodies
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fearless and who courted adventure ,
this grewsome worle of body snatchIng -
Ing had Its fascinations. It was 11.
legal , and the best brains of the police
force of the conntr ) " were busy tr 'lng
to stop It. which added another In.
centlve to this man. It was a contest -
test of mind and plnclt. as ho loolwd
upon It. And so , while still a student ,
ho organized a small gang.of m t1 who
supplied cndavers to colleges even as
far west as Michigan.
Emptied Numerouc Gr lves.
The poorhonse grnve 'ard wa : ; their
favorite hunting gronnd. and at the
Inquest over the body of Kendall an
omcer testified thnt ho did not bellevo
there wem a dozen grwcs In the
cemeter ' containing bodies. Dut these
ghouls even visited neighboring vII.
lages nnd the aristocratic bnrylng
ground at Oal\Wood. So bold did the '
become , and so 110werless were the
pollco to check them , that many cltl.
zons burled relatives and friends In
dlstan t cl ties.
Kendall was snpected , but he
adopted a hundred ruses to throw the
sleuths err his tra l , . Time and time
again he was almost captured In the
I1Ct , but always mnde good his escape. .
Cemeteries were guarded and patrols. .
placed about tombs , but still the med.
ICl11 school was supplied. Ilnd Kendall
remained at large.
His end was as tragic nnd mysterl.
ous as his life had been. On May 8 ,
1882 , Thomas Powell , tin uttendant at
the count " courthousu , looked from
ono of the windows and saw through
the morning mist the bOdy of a mnn
lying In an adjacent field. There was
a bullet bole between his e 'es , but ho
WIl8 stili conscious. Ho gave his
nnme , but refused to divulge the nnme
of the man who hnd done the deed.
110 died n few hours later , with his
1I1)S stlll sealed.
ear him la ' a piece of carpet , two
shovels fLnd a satchel containing a
. cant.hook , a rope , a dnrlt lantern , n
bit nmI stalk , a scrowdrlvor nnd a
bUl'glnr'iI ! jlp1m ' , Whether ho was
shot In n quarrel with a paloI' by a
1 member of the vlglianco commltteo
I' whch ! hr.tl been organized against the
Choul8 , no 0110 Imows. With his death ,
and the passage of a law giving the
I. scbools a IO111 { means of securing ca.
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were missIng , and some of these were
later discovered at Ann Arbor Medical
school. Tbo McNamees were arrested
and Imprisoned after a speedy trial.
Demand for Steel Caskets.
The unearthing of another gang of
ghouls In New York came about In a
most dramatic way. and nearly drove
OnO of the innocent participants In.
sane when he discovered his sister's
body on tha dissecting table.
Such things as these were coming
to light every month In the early
eighties , and naturally created much
fear In the hearts of everyone In the
state of Now York. It was at about
this tlmo that the demand wns made
for a casl\Ct which would wltbstand
the depredations of these fiends. At
first a cast-Iron box was made , but
shortly after tbls the modern ghoul.
proof receptacle was evolved , wltb
springs which fasten securely on the
Inside. Strict laws and saner meth.
ods on the part of the modlcal Bchools
In the east have mnde their use un.
necessary here. But In the vicinity
of smaller and less scrupulous col.
leges they are In constant demand.
FINEST BnEAKWATER IN WORLD.
English Harbor Formed by Mile of
Walls Costing 9OOOOOO.
The harbor of Plymouth , England , Is
protected by what' Is claimed to be
the greatest breakwater In the , , "orld.
The main Ilnrt Is 3,000 feet long , with
two arms at angles extending 1,000
feet , thus making It nearly n mUe on
Its ontlre length. It stretches across
the entrance to the bay , two and a
hall miles from the cltr , and receives
the force of the gales that frequently
como up from the [ outhwest.
In he center Is u fortress of Iron
and masonry , and at either extremIty
a lighthouse 08 feet high.
Nearly four and a hat ! million tons
of stone were thrown Into the sca as
a foundation for this brealtwater durIng -
Ing the 41 ) 'ears that It was building
from 1812 to 18G2 , and It cost $9,000-
000 , but It made the barber of
Ph'mouth ono of the sa.fest In En ! ; .
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The city of Ph'mouth fills several
vane 's and , co\'ers several hl11s. It
used to bo written Plym.mouth. Nobody -
body \mows 11QV old the city ts.
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All Chemically Pure.
The mlstalcon Iden of a few years
ago , about Alu111 III Dnldng Powders
being Injurious , no longer prevails , or
scarcely exists. It Is a well established -
lished tact by chemical analysis that
Cream of Tartar being less volatllo
than Alum , when exposed to heat , Is
not entirely vaporized as Is the case
with Alum , but leaves reslduo In the
breall , which Is Injurious. Alum , on
the contrary , Is entirelY evaporated
whllo performing Its function during
process of bnklng , leaving no atom or'
Injurious . reslduouB substance. 'rho
words "Chemically Puro" erroneously ,
used to doslgnato Cream of Tartar
from Alum baldng powder Is a mls.
nomer. Daldng Powder mlldo of pure
Alum Is as chemically pure as made
from pure cream of tartar. .Theso
words mean nothing more nor 10SB
than pure chemlcnls , and In no way ,
can they ImplY that ono baking powder -
der Is Alum and another Cream of
Tartar. Alum ] 11lS been de lnred to bo
wholesome : an established fact. Every -
ery Inrge water system In the cities
along the Missouri river use Alum In
largo quantities ' t9 . purity the water
before pumpln'g It Into their water
mains for consumption. Cream of Tartar -
tar baking powder is perhaps good
enough for any ono : Alum baking ,
powder Is better , and very much ,
cbenpe ,
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False Alarm. !
From tbe valley there came a cloud
of dust and a distant rumble. The
man of the stone age rushed up the
mountain and perched bimself on tbo
highest peak.
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"Shucks ! exclaimed the fugitive.
as ho sUpped down to the valley again.'J
"It Is enl ' a poor dinosaur roaming \
about for his brealtfa t. l < rom the 'f
noise I thought It must' be an auto. ,
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mobile. "
And the man went back to his
lJeacefu.1 occupa.tlon of hewIng an
avartIP'nt ' house out of a solid curr.
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In a Pinch , Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE.
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A powder. It cures painful , smart-
lng , nervous feet and Ingrowing nails. . : ,
It's the greatest comfO'rt discovery ot ;
the age. Malees now shoes easy. A '
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
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b all druggists , 25c. Trial paclcnge. ,
FRliE. Address A. S. Olmsted , La
Roy , N. Y.
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"Pugs" Ordered from Seattle. '
The chic ! of poUce of Seattle , believing -
lieving that prlzo fighters bring crlm.
Inals and other undesirables In tbelr
train , bas ordered all pugilists , train.
ers and others connected with the 1 .
ring to leave tbe city or take up some ,
resl1ectable employment.
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Important to Mothers. I "
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n sate lIud Buro remedy tor Intants nnd children.
nnd Bce that it
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In UI30 For Ovcr 30 Yeare.
The K1nd You nave Alwaa Bought.
Carloads of Whisky Lost.
Among the few otber things lost , )
In the shume during the earlier relief . dI.
proceedings In San Francisco were . . -.r . : ;
nine carloads of , , , blsky , and , despite , .
strenuous efforts , tbe whisky bas not
been traced yet.
Lewis' Single Binder Cigar hll' ! " rich
tasto. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory , .
Peoria , Ill. , I
poor man Isn't necessarily a cbeap I
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A HEALTHY OLD AGE
OFTEN THE BEST PART Of LIfE . ;
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Help for Women P SSln ! ' ! trough
OhIUlIlO ot Lifo ,
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ProvIdence has allotted us each at
le St sc enty years in which to fulfill
our mission in life , and it is generally
our own fault if we die prcmaturely.
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Nervous exhnuntlon invites disease.
ThIs stn.tement Is the positive truth. ,
When everything become a burden'
and you canuot wnlk a few blocks " "ith
out excessive fatigue , nnd you b a1cj
out Into perspiration easily , nnd your , I
faee flushes. and you grow excited and I
shaky nt tlle least provocation , and ,
you CI1nnot bear to be crossed in nny :
tlilng , you Bre in danger ; your nerves I
baTe given out ; ou need buildIng up . I
nt once I To bu Yl Id np woman's nervous -
ous system nnd during the period of
chnnlie of lifo we know of no better
medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg-
ctable Compound. Dere Is an ll1ur ; .
tration. Mrs. Mar , . L. Koehne , 371'
Garfield Avenue , Chicago , 111.t.Vfl'ite :
III havoused LydIAR. Pliilhtun'sVez1't4b1o
Comp < nuul tor yean in my fnmllr : and It
neTer disappcJlntis ; 10 wben I felt thAt I was i
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nearlIJ- ; the cluul of life I commenced treat. I
ment with It. I took In all About B1x bottJos I
Ilnd It did me a. Jl'Mtdca.1 of good. : rt
my dIzzy pans In my bick and the
hOAIhch08 with which I k d su1l'em tor
months bctoro taldn. . : the Compound. I feel
that it It h4d not been tor this rreat mlldfclna
tor women thAt' I ah0l11d not Javo been alJTe
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to-day. I Ii Is splendId tor womoD1old or y ,
and wm anrely CUN all female ulsordt'l"I.u. . . . . .
! Irs. Pinkham , daughter.ln-la.w of
Lydia Jil. Pinkha.m. of Lynn. } , Iaaa" In- I
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