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How tbo King of Cereals is Invading tbo
Bnkories of Germany.
ESTABLISHED INTERESTS IN OPPOSITION
But Uuclo Jurry is Leading the Oonriueriug
MnroU of the Maizj.
IT MEANS TO AMERICAN FARMERS
More Than Quo Hundred Millions of Dollars
lars for the Corn Kaisera.
COR.PEAL MURPHY'S GREAT EVANGEL
Our Com I'KMlnrlV"i Hi Mui'li .Horo Tli.in
All Ihn I'IIM Inns .Mi'luU 'Mliioil SOIIHI
l'itiiU9 1 luit SinirUril ( Our
HKIUIN , Nov. 5. ) Hi > ccIal Corrcspoudciico
of Till ! Hri.J : Kxpcriinonitt mo bctnt ; muilo
liero in Itorllu which ruomlso to bootu
ImpJrtiuico to Uiu future prosporilv of tliu
United Slixtcs , TiioKovonimcnl of Cicrma
> curofully tcsllr.K thoususof our Indiiu
oorn , niul Is consltlcnnc the uiloptlou of it as
u fooil for llioCJennntinnny. Tills armj nov
consists ol bT.UoU eolillors , uuu on it ua
footing us total run a up to more thai
. ' ,503,000
Tbo fnminu In Husslii tiab tiiu lit ( lOrinnny
that she caiinut rely upon ttio cranarlos of tlio
tv.ur to supply rye enough to feed bur ol-
dlors , nnil ttio Uatigcr of a war with Kuisiu
Ima led hur to carefully cxiimlnu tlic other
food rejourcoi of the world , Shu Unous
that It Is out of ttiu question lor her to hojio
to ralso tuoiigh food for herself , anil If she
must bo dependent upon other nations for
livr bupply 5hu would profur to Imvo U conio
from other puits of tbo world than F.uiopo ,
At liruaenl tbu i > tniilo food of tlio eoluicr-i
Is rye , but tliu oxporlmonts which uro no\v
ponif on incluJo inutnics of rye and pota
toes , of r\eund jicatuita , uud , in fact , nil
Boitn of posalblo coniblnullons. Tbo u ri-
oultunsta o ( ( iormauy vloiv tbo situation
with great olarin , and both they and the
miller * , who unow that now nmcbincry will
buvo to bo botiKbt for tbo crlmilng of maUo ,
uro opposing uny laaical chungo. The eav-
eminent , However , Is lestlnc the inoltor
scicqiillcally npd practically , and our Amer
ican corn la bvUij ; submitted to moro expcii *
jrtonts here thin uny which it uiii unavrKOuo
1-3 Iho Uiillnd .States , If It should bo ndoptcd
us nn arioy food out1 exports of Ainorlcan
corij U rnpiuly surpass in VHUO ! tboso of
wheat , and tbo price of Indian corn ulll rUe
ull over the world. An lucrcnko of oven
ceojsji iuvuel ou cu' product would ndd to
our wcitllli inoro tbnn $ IOJOi'0X)0 ' ( a year ,
urid U'0 riililiiK of Indiac cam will 01 oiico
becorutj Jijoitj irolitablo tuaii tbo raUini ; of
w1io.it ,
, Thg Ivii Jljiu fair.lno has shown Curopo
that our corn Is tbo bust corn la thuovlil. .
It ht > brcuk'bt tbo aitferelit countries to
the ulflcroiit Kinds of uutUo , aud
bo icsult is that our corn hns oeen snown to
> o far superior tolbat raisea in south Hus-
ia , in Snalu ana In Italy , and if UKUZCJ hi to i
10 used us nn nrtuv food it will bo tbo Amcr-
can corn that is clio on ,
lntricilc < l I'MrlloK In Oii | > oxllliu ,
Wo hnvo no vast staudlnt ; nrmv in Amor-
> cii , and you cannot underbuild at u Rlancc
what im importiint tbinp the feeding of sucb
u v.wt body of moil as the German army is.
Tlio food has to bo of n certain character.
H must bo a fooa which will Heop for weeks
without t-poilinc , and it must bo
capable of bciu ? transported IOMK dis
tances without injury. Corn bread will
not do this , but when mixed with
mi in certain proportions its character is
changed and it keeps very well. Tboso
pioportions nro now Doing determined by tbo
Kovornmont chemists mm b liters , and I am
told that broad niado of ona-lhuM of corn
and two-thirds of rye Is a success , bu-jli a
bread tastes no iiifteronlfiom rye oread , and
tbo soldiers ot one of tlio camions hero
were led for ciRht days on such bread ( ind
tboy did not Know it. After they were told
what tboy bad been eatinc they found fault
with it , but not before. Tbo broaJ is bemc
testcn in the prisons and in every wav possi-
bio to llnd Just how well it agrees with tbo
inon , how long It will keel ) and tbo exact
amount of its strennth-iiroducliiB power In
comparison with rvo. The criiiu used is
( . round at the povoniiueut mills nod tbo
brcnd Is made under tbo eyes of tbo govern
ment olllclalb.
In tlio nioantlnio all sorts of faults are
boins found with Indian corn us an army food
bv tbo rye and potato raiser. * of Germany ,
and ono charge , which bus bofin lately pre
ferred , Is that It plvos tbo soldiers a d'iseaso.
Tbu fiiomie.- liuilau corn olinr ed that Uiu
Italian oldlci"3 wcio uflliuied with tills dls-
ease and that the Koldior-t of .Mexico pot a
soil of an itch from ontmp corn bread. They
chained that our soldlars wera alTcctcd in
the same way and that Midi food bud caused
the same trouble in tbo armv of Frunce.
Thcso complaint * wcro brniif-bt to tlio atten
tion of I'oiiBtil ( ienor.il Kdwnids , who. bvtbo
wav , is niiu of tbo most ufllclont , nnd prnc-
tical ortlceis of our Uiplomatio service , and
ho nipped thorn in the bud by writing to
Iho various authorities of the dlffcient
conntites on tbo suojeol. lie received tbo
othrr dnv a letter from tbo French minUtor
ofvar at I'.iris , and this Maiea that tbo
French soldiers never had such a disease ,
and oven U they had had It , it could not have
come from tbo u < eofconiHi food , for tbo
nimy hail never used it to any extent. The
Italian minuter of war replied that corn had
been found a very good food for soldiers In
that country mid the only trouble from it
was when it was used in an tinnpo Mato.
The Mexican authorities bad never heard of
the dlscasn and no traca ol it could bo found
in the United States. All of this informa
tion was hud before tbo ( ieriaan government
and i. encctunlly settled that question.
u'urotnry limit' * ( Irriit V\orK.
This movement for the introduction of In-
di&n corn Into Huropa is being pushed by
Secretary Uusk for all it Is worth , and the
governments of Kurnpo hnvo learned moro
about our Agricultural department during
the present administration than they
over Knew lH > for ) , Secretary Husk
has liroi'uht the department so to tbo
ft out in Kurono that tbo Itinilun govern
ment has Just decided 10 adopt our ystom of
crop reports , and vvbllo I was In St. Petersburg -
burg tbc nsricultural oftlccis of tbo c/ar re
ceived directions from .Scciclary Kuslt as to
bow to do this ,
lleio in Cici'inany hiipfforts In the Diishlng
of our American por.t have been f > upplo-
mcntcd by the work ot bis agent for Ameri
can corn. This agent is Colonel Cburlts J.
Murpbv , who is laiown In America as "Coin
j meal" Murphy , and who bai bopn tryinir to
lutroittico AmcilcJii maize into the markets
of Buiopo for aoino yoais. Ho has had corn
exhibits r.t t no leading arrji-ulturdl and in-
itustrlal ( xhibliionb of Kurono durlnrlho
past cls'Ut years' and bu has been gotni ;
among Iho haler of Scotland , Kugland an ]
ports of tbo coatinunt and bbowluc them bow
to cook tbU ; nealt Ho wont to lut.slu { and
showed the people tbefe how to mix the In
dian corn with rye to make tbo bread which
was u ted l > y tbo JeDime tuffmu , uud ber
[ loins what bo can hero to push the mattes
wl'b the German government. Ho lecelvo-
a salary of $ i,500 a year from the Aprlctils
tural department , and tbis , with $1,000 for
his secretary , Is all that the government is
spending on this enterprise.
The truth of the matter is that there ]
should be a doon men hero instead of one ,
and that the very best and most practical
business men of the United States should bo
selected. They snoutd bo bent here with a
good supply of raonov nnd the corn used for
cincrimentlngbbould bo selected corn from
tbo best soil and tbo best seed. Tbo bread
should bo introduced tlnougti the best so
ciety , much us William Walter hclps in-
tioduced it at the dinner which bo gave to
Bismarck and others , where tno onlv broaden
on tbo table was corn broad , so made that it
was as liuht and white as wheat broad , and
it should not bo brought forth ns a starva
tion food or n cheat ) rood.
I chatted with Colonel Murphy last nlcbt
noout his work and tbo prospects. Said ho :
"Wo arc now maKlnc a broad of rye Hour
and corn meal. Tbu proportions are one-
third corn and two-thirds rye , and the bread
Is fully as nutritious us thu rye bread. It Is
moro alKCstlblo nnd at least ' , ' . " 1 per cent
cheaper. Tne element of cheapness makes a
great dlffotenco with the Germans , , and in
this country ovorv cent counts. This bread
has the same taste as tbo rye bread and tbo
rye completely conceals tbo'taslo ol the corn.
Com llrrail 4n ( in man Iliimni.
"I have no doubt but that it will bo
adopted by the army , and if it is it will bo
used by tbo best disciplined fighting force In
the world. 'Ibu Gorman BoVernment would
save over ? , " ) , 000 a yonr by usingit4and its adop
tion would mean n demand for this purpose
aloifo of many minion bushels of our Indian
coin every jo.ir. If it is used-ln th army it
will soon be Introduced all over--Germany ,
Hvcry family in Germany has ono pr moio of
its members In tbo nrmv , and this cheap and
nutiitiojs food would iu this way reach to
every hotiRo in the omniro. Already tbo
mru/.o is getting a fooling amnni ; the people
nt largo. There ore moro than tblrtv mills
in Germany which mo grinding Indian corn
for human fno.l , nnd many of tno bakers arousing
using from : W to 40 per cent of nuuO with
their rvo. Mhero are a number ohakcis
hero In Herlln who nio selling it , and the
corn Is making its way very fast. "
"Is the cornmeal the same as ours ? " I
asked.
"No , " replied Colonel Murplly. "The
brcna used in Germany must keep much
loncer than in America. The , ayorairo
German batting takes place only once u
wock. and there is too much oil In Iho corn
for It to noon so long If it Is gruund us It is
ordinarily ground in tbo United Status.
Tlio moit of this oil U in tbo Hula gorui at
the end of the grain of corn , and we got rid
of thin by cutting it out by a dcgcrmina'lng
machine. It Is then almost as free from oil
as rve , and it makes n liner flour than many
people in America can reull/o. It will make
the lineal of white ore nil , and It is being
used lor caku baking hero with splendid re
sults.
"Vienna pastry Hour costs bore
fS 7.r > por00 pounds , and the batno
amount of line maizu Hour can
bo bad for about ? 5.r > 0 , and many of
tbo rakers are using it without the knowl
edge of their customer ; , who suppose they
are eating can us made from Vienna Hour , I
found a baker in lOngland who was using our
corn meal in this way. One day wben pas.
sins a grocery store I was attracted bv a
gaudy sign advertising a wheat prenatation
which was guaranteed to bo excellent for
puddliifn , 1 bad a strong suspicion that this
was tome fnrm of Indian corn , and I bought
a one-pound box ol it for 10 cents and took it
homo id try it lor my Sunday dinner. Wo
cooked it and wo found It was nothing morn
or less than old fashioned American mush
Havered with vanilla.
"Hero In Germany this corn meal
is being used In largo quantities by
the restaurants as it thiu ening for
sou us and Rravlo * . It is driving nut the
Chliio a rice , wlucti does not trivo as good
results and costs morn. Tbo Gmnatn like
thick fcoups , nnd ( bo German housewife Is
waking up to tno advantages of Indian
corn "
k ' oino Figuring un Corn ,
"When do you think tbu government wl |
decldo as to the use oi the corn by the
army f"
" 1 don't know , " was(1jho replv , "but I expect -
pect to buar from thorn daily. In addition
to their exneriments on the bread they are
oxptirimaiidnjr on a buscuit for the navy ,
which will bo composed partly ot maizo.
Tbo army has its own mills for. tbo grinding
of much of its meat and , as it is now , thg
duty on imported . meal is so much greater
than tnnt on raw corn tnattho most of tbo
corn hero would have to be ground by Ger
man millers.
"Tho millers are watchingthe experiments
carefully nnd they are ready to ony machln'
cry the moment uny decided'movoment lint
been made. As It is npw , Germany imports
about one-third of its food supply , and I nope
to see thu third madoup : Urpolv of Indian
'
corn. Iu tha event of rf w'ur with Kussm the
foreign supply of rye whtch Germany now
gets from there would bo cut pft nnd tno Ger
mans would bo materially crippled from tbo
lack of It. IJy tbovav _ , young man , do you
know anything about Indian corn ? "
"I bavo planted it , oed and busked it. "
said I. "and 1 ought to know something
atisutit. "
' Well , what do you know about ill"
As I stopped to t Ink , Colonel Murphy
went on : "whatever you know , I can prob-
ibly toll you somottin g moro. Our foreign
orop is the biggest g aln crop of the world ,
and wo turn out semi tbinfj like 2,000,000,000
oushels of corn every earand wo have six
slates which produce vor 1,000,000,000 biHh-
els. have joii any i oa what that means *
Forty bushels of she. ] cd corn it. a good load
For a team of horses , and if you could load
ihat crop iiDou waion , putting the noses of
Iho norsts1 heads to the tailboards of tbo
wtcrons in front of th < m , tbo line of wagons
would reach nwiiv in a straight line for moro
than ino.OOO mlles , If It could cross the
oceans , it would go six times around the
earth and have neatly 5,000 miloi of wagon *
yet to spate. A ainplo year's crop of Amnri-
can corn would make u road of wagons lorly-
four abreast from No1.1/ York to San Fran
cisco , and if this amount were loaded in ,103
ousbel lots In Irolght ears the train would
roach from tbo west to New York , across the
Atlantic ocean , across Uuropo and nearly to
tbo 1'ucitlo shorts of Asia before the last car
was on tbo truck. These cars would lorm
four continuous freight trains from Now
York to San Francisco , ana they would block
up ull tbo trunk lines of the country.
And thu most of thii corn comes from
only BIX states , though corn can bo
raised in nearly every state In the union ,
Out ot ovcry thousand acres of arable land in
tbo country only torty-ono are devoted to
corn , and if the , ) rlco Is raised by ibis Kuro-
peau demand wo will have millions upon mil
lions of acres of new corn fields. Suppose wi
increaseoururcusonly one-tenth , this willadt
{ .Vj,000ooo to our corn receipt , and the mouoy
received from corn'tiow by us is enormous.
Com .Morn to Us Tlmu Ciolil nr Slltur.
"Wo got more out of our corn fields over/
year than wo uo out of our gold , silver am
load tninoa. Our corn receipts are greater
than all tbo dividends of our railroad utocus.
and ihov are moro than all tbo dividends of
our national banks. AH it Is now if wo can
get on Incieuso of ft ceiiu a bubbel op corn
'
wo will add $100''JOpOUU ; ' to our receipts this
year , nnd If vou could divide this Increase up
among the families of ins United Slates It
would glvo moro than fd n family. Our corn
crop In Ibb'J was worth moro than 700.000-
000. and 1 expect it ta run into tbo billions
when these people hero are eating corn
bread. "
The moit of thatU new to me , " said 1.
"What moio do you know ( "
"Weil , " connuued Colonel Murpny with a
lau 'h , "I know tlut ( corn itself U n'to , ' us
interesting a > tliu corn crop. Here U a plc-
luio of a grain of corn wreath1 magriHed.
wflicli will show voq moro about it than I
can tellj-ou. It U a kernel of dent corn cut
perpendicularly throuatt the middle. Tbero
uro a number ot vanellss of Indian corn and
this is ono of tbo best. You sen iiiiu racta
kernel of corn Is made up of hundreds of
little starch boxes , each of which Is nacued
full of nutriment , and there are 'JJ.OOO of
the o kernels in a bushel of corn nnd in our
: orn product of one j ear wo bavo cnouph
grains to give 77.0W 'kernels to even' man ,
woman and child on the face of the globe. "
"How much corn do wo ship to Europe
icwi"
"Only about 4 per cent of our entire crop.
Cho ueop'oof ' Europe know practically notn-
ng of the advantages of Indian corn. I have
been trying to introduce it in a do/en ( lllier-
ent countries and in Scotland I hart a corn
palaeo where I showed ovorl,000,000 ! visitors
ho worth of corn ns human food. 1 IMVO
bousands of children from the different
ehailiable iiruani/.ations free meals nnd seine
of Iboso insiilulioiib are now using Indian
corn. 1 srot the pooolo of Glasgow to using
t and In Ireland I know they nro now eating
a great deal of Indian corn , wbleh they use
n the form of mush , which they call 'stir
ibout. '
"There Is a big Held for American canned
: orn in Europe and the government ought to
bo snowinir our corn and its use-i nt Iho dif-
foronl exhibllions hoio. If arolall grocery
establishment could bo selected in tbo differ
ent cities and town ; In wtlch for a fnw
weeks a good baker could prepare Indian
corn for the people nnd KVO" ! It away , 1 be-
llovo in a abort time Iho people of the va
rious countries would got to using it and the
outlay would bn ijuickly repaid In our in
creased ex norts. "
Tbore socn-.s to bo a dlfTorenco of opinion
among the bikers hero as to the use of this
Murphy broad Quito a number of the shops
bavo tried It , bat owing to the use of Iho
wrong reulpcj or carelessness of mixing it
with ilia rye tboy have not had the best re
bulls. The uumborof bakers iu Herlln using
it at present is not largo. I matlo n tour of
the bread sellers in the big central market
this morninir and I did not find nsingln stand
on which .Murphy broad was for sale , and
ono old market woman confided to mo that it
was not good , and another know nothing
about It. Ono of Iho cooking schools buro
whlcb tried it did not succeed very well with
it , and 1 llnd that the brOad Is having almost
as many downs ns It has ups. Every ono is
walling until the government authorities
iavo made their decision upon it , and upon
this decision the immediate HIICCOSS of Ainoi-
icau corn In Germany nnd among tbo Gorman
people will stand or full.
FlH\K G. CAllI'l'MI'll.
Hartford Post : A rovoiond gentleman
tolls this atorv of a little boy : Tbo boy was
tired out from a bard ilay't. play , and when
bo retired bo was too sleepy to say his good
night prayor. His mother tried in vain to
have him say It , nnd finally sent tbo
father in. Ho found the boy just sinning
Into n tired sleep and demanded that ho
should pet up and say his prayers , The little -
tlo follow nroso wearily , sank down upon bis
knees by Iho bedMdn and began ; "O dear
Uord ! please make papa say bfs praynrs
some time when bo'H as tiled ns I am.
Amen , "
4 , *
A contentious church momhor In a western
town I'ocontly attempted to have IIIB pastor
disciplined for using ihe slang phrase "not
In It" In the ruilplt. Hut the bottom dropped
out of his charge when the clergyman pro
duced a manuscript of his sermon and real !
this sentence from It : "In u word , my
Christian hearers , the am was a minuturo
world ; there was no form of Ufa that was
not in it. "
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*
Tom Do Witt When Jack Ford was iu an
Italian cathedral ho 11 ! his pipe at a sacred
lamp before ono of the altars.
Ed Stillman What did tbo nriost say !
Tom Do Witt "Holv omoko ! "
In n church choir , the other day. according
to the Chicago Tribune , the liltlo sopranc
shook her list in inu teacher's whUkcrot
face , "Your voice Is toner , " she Horcul )
hissed , "but your conduct , sir , is basn , "
A French clectro-tnotullurcical company
whlcb employs the Herault-Kilian uiuminlun
process , asserts that it will bo able to Mill thu
aluminium at a nrlcu equivalent to loss thai
in cents n pound , provided It H in u position
to dispose of a yearly output of il.OOU tons of
tbo metal
Thirteen railroads have their trunk llnoa
In Omaha and furnish employment to S00
men In this city alone.
SHE DEARLY LOVED SUICIDSS
Strange Fa-r'intion of a Young Girl 'Rbo
Prepsntly Visited the Mov uo.
CURIOSITY THAT AMOUNTED TO DISEASE
ruplo Mio U'unl lo s o Vli'tlins ill Sell-
felnuclitt'r Duo liirt Who SIMIT Mlssi'il
u I uiKTiil iinil . \l\\ayi II.id : i
Uouijmit lor I hi ] C'nlll.i.
Memories ot tbo morgue not the morbid
nomoiies that deal with ghastly forms lying
till and cold within tbc small , dtmly-llghlod
bough double-windowed Inclosuro for the
sulcido nnd the city's unclaimed dead , butllv-
pg nnd breathing memories Induced "Undo
311" to talk of uuoor people who viait the
the place.
' Uncle Eli" was in a communicative mood
but Ilrit , of course , you don't know "Eli"
and wonder who and what ho Is. Well ,
Ollus Gistor ns ho has boon known to tbo last
jnnrtcr of n generation of newspipor report
ers in Omaha as Just plain "nil , " has for
nearly twentv-tlvo voars'p'orformed ' the last
riles of the living to'the dead at the
moriruo in this city. Hi * hair is fast
: uruing a whitish-gray , but his eye is ju t ns
bright us on tbo lint nlh-ht , jeara ago , when
ho gave tbo nollce reporter bis Hrat "tli/1 on
a big suicide or on a "lloatur" that bad boon
found In tbc river.
To the members of tbo newspaper frater
nity to bavo thu friendship of "Kir1 is never
to "got left" on a news Hem from tbo
morgue. Tno oM man , for ho is nojr his
threo-scnroof years.bas occupied acomfortn-
blo bed in tbo morgue for many seasons , In
order to bo on band In case of an emergency.
Ho has seen Ihe husband weep over Iho dcud
body of a wife , Iho molber mourning n f-on
anil Iho father a daughter , until bo luu bo-
eomo Indifferent , almost stoical. HP has
longslnco icall/cd that t ars and lamenta-
tlons will not IT store llfo. Ho has become
something of n philosopher.
Hilt wlthiU tbo o'd ' man has a kind , tender
heart and many little tokens of respect for
anotbot's gilof have proven him human us
well as stoical. J'iclura n man about 00 ,
small in stntuio , but rather heavy , gray linlr
and mustachi ) , ireadug about with u i.olr.o-
less stop , saynir ! but little as a rule , and
there you have "Eli. " The playhouse has
for him no charms and his onlv dlvorMon is
bis Teutonic tnsto for beer which extends to
about two or three glasses daily , and now
"Ell. "
you can see
< urlosll } Almost Dlnrnsr ,
The old man was turflntr n rest nfiarisomo
hard work and as he sank'lnto H chair be be
gan : "It's ( juoer Isn't it the odd desires of
some people to ga/o on ihodead * Some , of
course , call II morbid curiosity , hullo many
cases of tbo kind of which 1 speak 1 think
it gets to bo a disease. 'Something gets
wrong with their gray mutter they got
what you boys nowadays call 'wheels. ' "
And "Eli" slopped to think and bis memory
wont bark to years passod.
"About tvvelvo years ago , " she medran
"wo had the body of a suicldo hero whofbad ,
gene by tbo morphine route. The dead man's
relatives lived away down nast and they
wanton the body forwarded. We had placed
the coruia In a casket and It was to leave
that cvonmr. About ! l o'clock in the after
noon a girl , who , I Judge , wasn't over IS or
"J , came In and nstu'd to see the remains ,
She Becmed rather timid and afraldhko ai
she followed mo to tlio place when ) Iho cas
ket lav. Tbo ltd wut removed and us > ho
looked down on the man's lace she asked :
' 'Ho took poison , didn't hoi'
" 1 told her yes r.nd sbo said something
about bis looking lovely and turned to go.
ItclaUve ) ' 1 askeu , but bbu said no , 1 uort
ot wondered. '
"It was tome time before another suicide
wa brought in and tlin body had not boon
placed In u ratlin yet , but put in tbu llttlo
room downstairs , wbeu that young girl
camn around aenin. Sbo didn't appear to ba
near as much soared this time us she wont
downstair * . In tbo room wore two other
boilioi , but sbo onlv wanted to see tbo Bul-
cidu and never looltoa at tbain.
"VVoll , for about six years that same RlrJ
came around every time wo bad a suicide or
tbo body of any ono wbo bud luen murdered.
Tbcn she scorned to sort ol disappear. Ono
day tbo body of a woman , wblcb bait been
found in tbo river , wns bronchi In and "
"You rccoenlml your former visitor ? "
"Xo , but she came in to BOO tbo body before -
fore it was burieil. 1 asked her wboro sbo
Intel boon and stio said she nail 02011 married
about lour years before. Sho's ot qulto a
fannlv now. ] sco her on the street occa
sionally. Once in n ireat while she cntnos In
now , but her husband , sha told ma , doesn't
llko tbo idea. Her children arc all bright
and healthy , "
Tills Oiid Ilccinid u i : < < iiilnr Visitor.
"ICIiV reminiscent mood recalled several
o'.lier Instances of pcoplo who bad a morbid
curiosity for Baying ni tbo faeos of the ( load ,
uut only ono other of a woman wbo wanted
to view tbo corpses of tboso vine met
death nt tbolr own bund * . The case
was that of u woman , r.itnor oluorly , who *
bncamo for about two roars a constant
visitor , but nt wbom nothlna bus baen seen
or heard for soinn time , "I reckon sbo c rae
bore moro out of n desira to bo accounted
odd than anything else , buti.liu crow tirad , I
supposu. Ilavo any mon vUltorsl Plenty ,
but I KUBSS tboy I'omo around bocuuso they
havon't anything else to do. Homo pcoplo
lllco to have it to t > ay to tbolr friends and uc-
uualutances tbat ihpy hnvo soon tbo body
of someone wbo has been killed or Bhullled
off. "
llait u .Miinlii lor Fnnrrali.
Slump Iii the llttlo crowd , listening1 to
"Kli's" tales , was a well known undertaker
located In tbo north part of tbo cltv. "I
know of a queer ctwo myso'.f , " bo began ,
uflnr tbc old man bad llmsbcd. "It wasn't '
exactly similar to tha girl who wanted to son
tbo btiicluos , tint siio him a mania Just as pa-
cullnr. Klui was n ( 'OoMooklnjj girl and
dressed quito stylishly. J noticed her llrst
ono day us I w.u screwing on the lid of the
class in tbo collln uovor. Funeral sorvtcos
bad just conoinilcd and everybody wna de-
blrnii bad taken a last loon nt the fuen of tbo
deceased. The girl culim nlnni ; and laid a
small bunch of roses on tbucolrln , i thought
bor u friend or relative. Sbo wont alonp to
the cemetery and stayed until tbo interment -
mont was over and 1 tboucht uotbliift
mare of it , I had another fu
neral In oliarco n few ( lavs later
n ml bho came again. Sbo wont through tbo
same perlormanuo nnd nccompunlud tno body
to tbo iTuvoyurd. for ovur a your nbo never
missed n funeral , .Sometimes sha would
brink'TO < M , and again only u few ponuilurni
or suchllno. Cru yl Nut a bit of it. Suois
living | r > Diibuque , Iu , now nnd ihowa no
moro svinptonis of Insanity thun the ciuket
over tboio. "
That tburo Is no nccouullntr for tastes Is an
axiom iierpotualod by tbo Irish woman who
kissed tbo cow and tbo Idlosyticraciej of tno
human mind uro us vailcfratud as the sands
of the soasboio. To the believer in the bora-
nltor ilcatn holds tbo key u tbo mystery of
tbn threat future. JMuuv people visit the
housoi of the ( lend und t'szo lonif
and obrncstlv Into tbo stilled fcnturot
as If to wring from tbom tbo bccrpt *
hold tborcla , TbiR BCOIIIS to bo tbo most
general cause of tha morbid U'lidmicy of tbo
living to see Iho daacl. To realize a loved
ono IvIiiK still in death , wbo but H bert
time before was in uooil boalib nnd unlrlla ,
is to attempt. If Euch a tbum ucra possible ,
to fathom beyond tbo ) o.trnoy ovrr the river
nnd learn that vyniub cannot ba solved
this side of the bboro.
To tbo general public Uioro Is a peculiar
fascination iittacbcd to a Biitcldo , Tliu ID an
or woman , bolluvt'i' or unbeliever , who ha
tbo quality , sometimes termed Couraifo ,
Eoinotlmci cowardice , to face by their owi (
net the futuroujd llfo is n thing of cur
iosity , whether\ curiosity bo u morbid
ono or not. Men have been known to pay
steady vitlts to n'avo.vurJs at witching
hours ; others perform equally queer feqttl
cases are innumerable ol friends ot tbo dead ,
calling In spirit meulumt ; and alt tbli for
wbatl To lo&in tbtt wlikb onljr death ctn
reveal.
