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THE OMAHA DAILY HER: SUNDAY, XOVEMHKtt 20. 100.1.
ALL SAINTS IN NEW ORLEANS
Quaint Obiorrance of a R"ieioui Ho!idij
in tie Cre-cnt City.
DECORATING THE CITIES OF THE DEAD
Entire Population, from niclint tc
Poorest, Pay Tribute to De
parted Friends An Im.
prerslve Spcetnele.
All saints' day In one tf which persons In
many cities may have to be reminded, be
cause, whatever the dellnhts of Hallowe'en,
the first day of November certainly has no
r.peolal significance In mott sections of tho
United States. In New Orleans, however.
It assumes great Importance ond consti
tutes an Interesting; reminder of the Latin
origin of the city. It la essentially the loca:
substitute for Memorial day the feast uf
the sainted dead, the day on which the
town drops buslnera caren, when rich and
poor, black and white, the landed pro
prietor and humble toller on the levee, are
iraplred on common ground to pay tribute
to the loved and lot.
New Orleans celebrates this festival In a
way that Justifies the epigrammatist who
gave It the title of "the city of the carnival,
the Creole ond the crab." Of fetes and
festivals there Is no end In the Crescent
City, and the celebration of AK Saints" day I
Is In Its way hardly less memorable than
the better known observance of Mardl
Oras. Practically all the old customs of
the day, dating back to 998, when It wao
instituted by the Abbot of Cluny. are still
regarded.
- The whole population attend mass In the
morning, and then during the day repair
to the cemeteries, where floral wreaths and
other emblems of love are laid on the
tombs.
Nor Is this a mournful occasion, for you
.re greeted everywhere by a profusion of
gay flowers, and outride tho cemetery gate
florists, cako venders, refreshment dea ers
and praline women stand In line, not unlike
venders at a country fair, save that there
is no vociferous hawking of wares. As the
people pass Into the rural grounds they are
met by orphan children under the espionageJ
of sisters. The little ones usually wear
pink costumes and have a plcturgsque ap
pearance. Their Importunity Is something
you may not Ignore., for not only do they
tap their motal contribution plates with
coins to attract your attention, but if that
ruse falls, they do not hesitate to ralBe
their voices In clamorous appeal in the
cause of sweet charity.
The City of the Dead.
Perhaps nowhere else In the world Is the
term "city of the dead" so appropriate to a
cemetery as In thli quaint delta town.
Here, since the water oozes copiously when
one digs a few feet beneath the surface, nil
bodies have to be Interred In tombs rather
than In grave, those of wealthy families
being often elaborate mausoleums, sur
mounted by statues and adorned with bas
reliefs; those of poorer people, vaults of
brick, covered with stucco.
The sight of a New Orleans cemetery on
All Saints' day Is not earlly forgotten by
a northern visitor. The brilliant autumn
sunlight falls on a gleaming city of white,
throwing into sharp relief delicate chisel
ing on costly tombs, and as the stranger
tands beneath the arched gateway and
looks down the long streets shaded by the
verdure of semi-tropical trees and flanked
by glorious displays of flowers, he gets an
Illusion of that other city of stately splen
dor which sits "by tho crystal sea." New
Orleans, beneath Its gaiety, Is Intensely
religious and tenderly reverent toward the
departed, sparing no expenso to make their
testing place one of loveliness.
Many a stranger on All Saints' day en
Joys znualng In the oldest cemetery of the
city, St. Louis No. L for here, among the
tombs huddled together in confusion, are
Interesting remlnlscenoes of the olden
days. Threading one's way through the
alleys, one not Infrequently stumbles upon
a slab bearing this Inscription: "Mort aur
1 champ d'honneur." Not far away la
another slab, which In reforence to a slm-
liar tragedy says simply: "Poor Charlie,
X. B." These toqpbs and many 11 He them
recall ' the fact that New Orleans In the
old days was under "the code" and that
duelling was tho disastrous passion of its
high born youth.
Probably the quaintest of the city's burial
places is the little cemetery on Louisa
street, known as the " Pepe Lula, called
after a famous Spanish swordsman of that
name. Pepe Lula, besides being a mas
ter of.thes word and a famous duelist,
was, curiously enough,' sexton of the little
cemetery that bore his name,' and it was
commonly said In his lifetime that he-maintained
the place as a convenience for In
terring his own victims. He is known to
have killed sixteen men on the field of
honor, snd to hare ministered at the obse
quies of several of them.
The other cemeteries of New Orleans
and there are many are among the shov
places of the city, and are easy of access,
because the routes of tho New Orleans
street railway are- so arranged 'a to in
clude them all.
A Famous Shrine.
little shrine which has become famed
for its cures has given name and fame to
the cemetery in which It stands. This was
reoted to St. Koch as the result of an ap
parent miracle during trie epidemic of yel
low fever which 'Visited New Orleans In
1806-7. Francis Thcvls, for many years the
revered priest of the Holy Trinity church,
made a vow to St. Roth that It all his
flock were spared he would erect a chapel
to the saint.
Curiously enough sj tradition has lt
alt hough the city was fever swept, not
a member of Father Thcvls' church died.
. The good priest remembered his vow, and
with his own hands built the little chupel
from which St. Koch's Eanto Campo ceme
tery takes Its name. The ivy-twhietl
brine, where on i any fair day, one may
witness devout pilgrims traversing the Via
Dolorosa. Is hardly larger thun an ordi
nary living room, but its fame Is wide
spread and pllerlmc from far uway cities
are numerous.
Toung girls seeking husbands, especially,
frequent the shrine of St. Roch. It la said
that a devout prayer for a husband has
never yet been denied to a New cleans
maiden. New Orleans rtcayune.
Very
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Beginning Monday and Continuing Until December 15, Wa Will Give Double Trading Stamps in All Departments on Our Second Floor.
ture
This floor is occupied by six live departments the Crockery and Chinawure, Ladies' Cloaks and Suits, the Millinery,
Frames, the Pianos and Music, the Toys and Santa Claus Novelties. After December 15th we will be obliged to' disco
mportant
the Art and l'ic-
ontiniie the triviiiii
of Green Trading Stamps all over the store until day after Christmas, because of the extra work it entails upon our cashiers.
To induce early Christmas shopping particularly in those departments that will feel the holiday rush more severely than most other de
partments of the house we have determined to give double the usual number of (Ireen Trading Stamps from tomorrow to the 15th of Deo.
NOW IS YOUR TIME TO PUSH FORWARD THE FILLING OF YOUR BOOK.
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Sweeping Sales in the Cloak Dept.
Ovor throe hundred women's coats purclinaed within tho past ten dnyg for
spot cash of the leading: coat makers of New York. This purchase includes
Two Hundred Pine Kersey and
Zlbellne Coats
Finished In the most perfect manner
lined with the finest mercerized cloth-
sold by the manufacturer
earl)- In the season at
$6.60 our price Monday..
Mxtyftrc lleatr Kersey Coats
VMth Nautch collar ep'endld
lining value $8.50 our
price Monday
Korlf-nie Fftn-7.lbrllne Coats.
Shades of blue, fjreen, brown and red
trlmmlnit, loop ends and
fancy buttons a $12.60 coat-
Monday at
Women's Hla-h Clans Coats
Fine silk Velour Coiits, Pan Zlbellne Coots
und Imported Kersey Coats in the verv
latest, styles J to
60-inch lengths prices
from ttS.uu down to...,
4.95
r Coats
4.95
Coats.
i and red
- 9.75
oats
ellne Coots
l the very
$25
Women's Silk Waists
Opened for Monday's sale, 100 fine Feau de
Sole Bilk WalMs In black, white, light
blue, pink, red and gray such a waist
as other dealers ask $6.50 n
ordyUr PrlCe Momlajr aj.y O
Jl'ST A LITTLE JOT of Silk .
Waists worth $5.00 on sale
Monday
Children's Far Sets
1 thousand of them on
sale table Monduy up
from
1.98
98c
Old Ladles' Capes
For comfort only in plain kersey,
boucle and fur effects f"" rf-v
prices $9.0, $9.60, $7.85, $6.50 OeO O
Special Monday Bargains in our Silk mid Dress
Goods Department.
All of our odd pieces of vFancy Velvets-sold from 69c to $1.23 per yard
Monday at per yard ,
"pedal Illnelt Silk Offering;
19-Inch Black Taffeta worth 9Sc CLCkn
yarn at per yard OVO
26-inch Hlack Taffeta worth $1.00 Atl
yard at per yard J JL
36-Inch B'ack Taffeta worth $1.60 QO
yaru at per yard .; "OO
30-Inch Bhick Tuffeta worth $1.76
yard at per yard 4u
Ulavk 1'eau lie Soles
19 Inches wide worth 89c per fxVin
yara at per yard Jzf
24 Inches wide worth $1.60 per 4 fB
yard at per yard IsIO
24 Inches wide worth $1.60 per ' " f o
yard Ht per yard
Sli inches wide worth $1.76 per f OO
yurd ut per yard
36 inches wide worth $2.25 per 1 AQ
yuru at per yard IaO
OUR GLOSS FINISHED SATIN, 36 Inches
wide, all colors and black, guaranteed to
wear cheap at $iin per yaru ft Ofcl
special sale per yurd "OO
Black Dress Uoods
100 pieces go on special sale In widths
lroiu m to 60 Inches wide In plain and
...48c
fancy weaves goods In this lot worth up
to $1.25 per yard all go In this 'JSLa
sale at per yard fv
Colored Dress Uoods
100 pieces pretty dresa goods In plain und
fancy weaves a Iho checks ana piiiids
worth up to Wte yard all go In A J
this sale at ier yard tOu
60 pieces 64-inch Suitings and Zlbellnes,
Astrakhan Cloaklngs and a lot of Pluln
Hulling values up to $2.25 )er tt
yard all go In this sale at yurd... IW
Walstlnas ' . ,
We have about 50 odd pieces of pretty all
wool and silk and wool WalBtlngs 29
Inches wlde-Mhat sold up to $l.oo per
yard while they last only II !
per yard
All of our fine Zlbellne C!oakings 54 Inches
wide fancy Knotted Zlbellne and new
rancy nuttings tnat sold up to JM.00 per
iu mi go juonaay at
per yard
Mercerized M'alsttnas
White ground neat, pretty colored
and dexigns worth Cue per yaruS
for per yard
1.50
spots
35c
Ladies' Plaited Wool Vests and Drawers, Blue Clouded
Silk taped Vests, crocheted finish and fine Jersey ribbed French band
"Fltwell" patented cut no buttons goods worth $1.00 per garment we
' put them on sale at per garment :
Ladles' Black Full Over Tights
Closed or open crocheted top lino jersey ribbed worth $1.35 per gar
ment at per garment
" ' 50 Dozen Ladle' All Wool Hose '
Ribbed top worth 25 cents per pair we sell them Monday three '
for
Drawers
......75c
..98c
50o
A Few Notions from Our Notion Department
2c I
2c
OPENING OF T0YD0M , IN OMAHA
Mon day morning Toydom has its annual reopening. We want everybody
'in Omaha, man, woman, boy and girl, to see the entrancing display of Toys
and juvenile delights, Dolls, Doll Furniture, Wagons, Sleds, Games, Building
Blocks, Trains, Engines, Automobiles and hundreds of mechanical contriv
ances that are marvelously cute and astonishingly low priced.
Everything is new-rno left-overs whatever. Everything is substantially
high grade and everything is wonderfully low priced.
We Have the Products of the Best
Factories of America and Europe
Our reputation for headquarters will be more vigorously maintained than ever
Increased floor space, improved facilities, extra help, a bigger purchasing power, all i
iu jjruuute nn cmuurmu uispmy never oeiorc attempted.
But Come and See the Show.
Here's a Special! The Latest Game With a-Charm
unirlSAN
411 m
before.
combine
lit
It!
Miss Helen's Kindergarten Spectrumcome and see how to work it demonstration
on Toy floor Monday 10 a. hi. Book of Rainbow Rhymes, tolling all about how.to play
the game, play board, box of players and all for ; '
1.00
Crockery! Crockery!
Famous American Trcscut glasn, rich and showy; an
exact reproduction of the famous Belmont pattern of rich
cut glass. Everything from a punch bowl to a salt and
pepper.
TflrtsS VrTii iia
To introduce this ware we will sell a rich bowl (like cut)
ior jess man tne price of plain glass r C
aWtJl
Ironlnc Wax
per stick
Toilet Pins
per box
Common Pins
per paper
Wire Hat Pins
per bundle ....
Bone Hair Pins
per dozen
Safety Pine per card
loc, 6c, 4o and ,
Linen Tape
per bunch .
Hat Pins
eaoh
Mitts!
Case of ladles', children's and misses'
on sale Monday-i-per pair
lc
Mitts! Mitts! i
Black Mitts all sixes worth up to 30c
10c
3c
3a
lc
i
i
22-50
10c
Bargains in Stoves
We are determined to move our stock of Stoves. We have too rnnnv, and in
view of liKiner needs for ChrlHtmas and t he holidays, the space they occupy, both
In our storeroom and in our Hardware De partment Is blithly valuable. We put the
knife in the prices to compel quick sales.
Here's a 14-luch Hot Blast heavily nick
eled polished steel body stove has ashpan
atid is throughout thoroughly high
grade we throw It away Q
Here's the same stove only larger 16-Inch
slse we throw It. away 2g
Here's a H-lncb Oak Heating" Stove has
large ashpan heavily nickeled large
bae yours if you mention l rfcl
this ad for V.O
IS-lnch Oak Heater name finish as above
mention this ad and get It J2 QQ
lS-incn Stove same as above mention
this ad and get It 35
Big Sale of Skates
Every known reliable kind of Skates c an be had here at bargain counter, prices.
All Steel ladles' Skates 7fr All steel boys' Skates ACi-
-Vc and only , . -w
Ladles' Nickeled 1 Afl These are keenly cut Drloes.
Pr pnir o
All Htecl
akalt-s
Qet your
only
Ilaviland 100-piece dejorated dinner
sets ........... i
Rare Values in High Class Ware
Royal Austrian china, 92 pieces, nicely dM f
decorated, for ''lv
Ture white Syracuse china tea cups and
saucers, the new shape, each. .'
Wellsbach gas burners, complete with chimney,
shade and mantle, each.
From 8:13 to 9:15 a. m. we will sell McBeth's No.
2 Rochester chimneys, each
No deliver' on this item.
10c
29c
"3c
ART!
ART!!
ART!!!
YOU'LL HAVE LOTS OP NEEDS FOR CHRISTMAS
Why not get them now? NOW, while our stocks are hot shot to pieces,,
and first choice really means an advantage.
Flifi,WTfcR COLORS. PASTELS, ENGRAVINGS, FHOTOGKAV- 1 OK.
URE8, from $S6.00 down to 33
New Things in Pyrography Supplies
Dresser boxes, chairs, tables, picture frames, waste baskets, umbrella
stands, tubourettes and novelties of every kind.
Instructions Free
Furniture, Carpets, Curtains
19.95
Reduced from 27.00
CpMEINATION BOOK CASK and Writing Desk-mad., of se
lected quartcr-vawed oak hand carved large French mirror for.
Reduced from $21.00
TOILET TABLI2 made of genuine mahogany pattern French mlr- (C (tZ
ror with hand carved frame lurg. shaped top and serpentlno front... C.VCJ
Reduced from SI6.O0
LADIES' DESK made of selected quarter-sawed oak -beautifully carved -two
for8,0 wcr8 below writing pad excellent pigeon hole arrangement-1 2
Reduced f roiii S2().66
BOOKCASE made of selected quarter-sawed oak with douhlo glass
' doors shelves adjustable and high polish finish for .'
Reduced from SI 1.00
DIVANS mnhogany finished frames with Inlaid lines spring scat cov
ered with Imported Vorona velour pollbh hnitm for
Reduced from $5.00
ROCKER mahogany flnlah saddle seat high arms-artlstlc design
polish finish for
Reduced from $13.00
MORRIS CHAIR golden oak beautifully polished broad arms, spring
eat all hair cushions covered with choice velours for
Five Specials in Stair Carpets
No. 1 Hemp Carpets eighteen Inches wide stripe effects 18 cent 4
value yard for lC
no. z Venetian Btalr Carpet 22 lathes wide large assortment checks
and stripes ate values, for yard
No. 8 Granite Stair Carpet 22 Inches wide warranted fast colors
80c values at yard 7
No. 4 Half Wool Ingrains 2i'H Inches wide choice line of patterns
46o values at yard 7
No. 6 Pure all wool Pilled Ingrain Carpet 22Vs Inches wide beautiful
color effects 660 values at yard
15.95
8.45
.3.25
9.95
174c
224c
...29c
. 39c
Matting Samples Matting Samples
Two yards, long worth up to 60 cents a yard your choice Monday
eucii
Interesting Lace Curtain Values
'Nottingham Lace Curtains full length and width $1.80 values
for pair
Nottingham Lace Curtains 64 Inches wide and 3 yards long $3.00
value at pair
Nottingham Lace Curtains full width and length beautiful floral de
signs $3.50 values a pair for
Cable Net Lace Curtains white only Renalsaance design $3.75
value for '..
Nottingham Lace Curtains very fine net Brussels effect extra wide.,
and full length $tt.00 values for
Arabian Iace Curtains beautifully Renaissance design $7.60 value,
for
10c
... 98c
...1.50
.. 1.75
.2.25
.3.75
5.00
Something that's unique in the Drug Dept.
Meyer's Grease Paints
Exora Powders,
Rouge Creams Etc.
Endorsed by the leading actors and actresses of the day
I'KIWUS Kiun I
REPUDIATE vFILlPINO WiVcS
Effort at Borne Ariuy O incurs to Shed
Matrlaaoalal Borden Aaanuicd
la the rut'.lpplnes.
The lutt of First Lieutenant Sidney E.
Burbank, Sixth Infantry, oca tint Mrs. ton- .
cepclon Vazquez, a FIHplno woiran, to se:
aside an alleged marr'age, wlrl corr.e up
ior hearing In the Leavenworth dIMrct
court nxt week. Tie suit was fllrd Se;
teraber U and the f.fty days' time al'owed
under the Kanr.38 sialutts to answer has
expired. So far tie womrn has not been
heard from. It wou'.d require anolh?r
month for the Fl'lrtro women to make 4
defence, as all tl.o papers 1b the ccto have
to cross the PaciQc e.-eau twice.
The suit will be watched with grt In
terest In army ilrc'.e. for dosena o( pros
pective weddings hinge on the outcome of
the suit, having been held up on account
of the order issued la the Burbank case
that marriages ef officers who had native
wives la ut i'LUi t-lnte would nut be coun
tenanced. There are several of theae cases
at Fort Leavenworth. ,
Lieutenant Burbanh ' was ' engaged to
marry Mils Stone, duuhter of former
State Senator Stone of Leavenworth. The
engagement was announced last summer.
Thm the claim of the Filipino woman was
sent to the War department, which called
upon Burbank for an explanation and
threatened him with court-martial If- he
married again while he had a Filipino
wife, liurbank. In order to clear h's name.
Died suit to set aside tne marriage. He
charges that the papers are forgeries and
that It Is a plot to rnrry this Filipino
woman to him or to extort money. The
er.ngemcnt will) Mir Btono. It is under
stood. Is still on, but there will be no mar
llage until the suit Is decided. Miss Stone's
father is IJeutenant Burbank's attorney
In the suit to have the clleged Flllplr.o
marriaee tet ei'ie.
Lieutenant Rurlank strongly denies that
he was married to the Filipino woman and
irv his petition says In part: "This plaintiff
lurther avers that he Is an officer In the
army of the I'r.lted States and as such
ocivrd about two years in the Philippine
iHlando. and from May, 1300. to May, 12.
hud his headquarters at suld municipality
of Valladolld;' Itit.t during a part of the
time he had his headquarters at said town
he was acquainted with the defendant anj
rr.et her frequently, as did also other men
in the mliita: y service of the United Stales,
but thit his relations with her were not
o l.er or ilffrrent than the relatlrna to her
of other men In the army and In private
life that Curing all of the times that the
p'rint.ff knew raid defendant while sta
tioned nt Vnlladclld she mad no claim or
prevention to belrj his wife."
I leutTnnt Burbank is eilil at Fort Lea v
enwoith carrying on his army duties. The
War department will take no action re
garding the mattor unless Duruank loees
his suit In the civil courts. Chicago
Chrorlde.
iTURN LIGHT ON LAMA'S LAND
Cifilization Ecoo'bg at tha Gates 0
Th bet with 8eTral Gout.
MYSTERIES OF BUDDHIST - WORLD
Controversy Over a Differ State De-
t tifto Rassla and Eagrlaad Starts
j Tommy Atkins on a "CItIIU
lag" Expedition.
DAYTON CHIEJFJS -RESTORED
Head of Pollre Deyattmeat Reinstated
Suppress Gambling.
DATTON. O.. Nov. n.-Chlef of Police
Whltake; has been vlnatlly reinstate! by
the Board of Pubilo Safety after having
teen suspended two weeks under charges
of failure to suppress gambling and gen
erally Incompetency preferred by Mayor
Buyder,
- I
Close observers of the far eastern sltua-
j tlon are Inclined to view the Impending
I conflict between Anglo-Indian roops end
i the Russo-Thlbetsn forces as almost
portentous as the war cloud over Man
churia and Cores. One of the results may
be to lay bare to the outside world the
mysteries of the land of the Lama, which
have been so closely guarded for years.'
A small British force is fortified at
Qyangtse, 150 miles from Lhassa, the
Thibetan capital, and large reinforcements,
under Colonel Younghusband, are match
ing to thelt support. Rifles, furnished pre
sumably by Russia, are being distributed
to the native warriors. Pr'.asts of the
theocratic kingdom, whom the people be-;
lieve to be reincarnations of Buddhistic
saints, have consulted the oracles, and de
clared this a propitious year for war, and
are exhorting the people to rise and drive
the English from the land.
The heroic policy adopted by the Indian
office Is taken to mean that England has
at last taken a'arm at the drift of things
011 "the roof of the world" during the past
three years and Is determined to bring the
matter to a crtbls and retrieve the prestige
which she has lost to Russia in Lhassa.
Bo stealthily has Russian Influence spread'
over Thibet that few even in England
realize tho gravity of the situation. Early
In 1jC, prior to the Boxer outbreak, at
the signing of the now famous secret Can
ton agreement, Russia engaged to protect
the territorial Integrity of the empire of
China proper in return for full liberty to
exploit the secondary provinces Manchu
ria. Thibet, Mongolia and Turkestan. How
tha Muscovite availed himself of this op
portunity Is a story of petty official and
court Intrigue from the Himalaya to the
Pal-ho, In Thibet, particularly, was the
DTcbicia difficult. Not ouly was the land
largely unexplored, but the peoplo and Its
rulers were unlike any others In tho world.
Sway of Rnddbist l'ope.
The Dalal-Lania, high priest and pre
tended pope to the cmiro liudilhlut world,
ruled the theocratic state with absolute
sway, and uoknowlc-dged not even the su
lci alnty of the Chinese emperor, who had
bartered away the right to enter the lama's
land. By diplomacy of almost unexampled
subtlety, however, tha agents of the czur
brought forta fruits, and In November of
11HJ0 the chancellor of tho Dalai-Lama ten
dered to tho Russian plenipotentiary the
symbolic presents due to the "Lord and
Guardian of the Buddhist Faith," a title
formerly held by the Chinese emperor,
which had lcid dormant for ten years.
The prer.tlge In Afla thus bestowed on the
monarch at St. Petersburg was comparable
to that enjoyed by the ruler holding the
title of Holy Roman Emperor In medieval
Europe.
Thibet's Independence not being recog
nized by the powers, the csar then sought
to have his moral advantaga made legal
by confirmation from the Chinese em
peror. To accomplish this he favored the
Intrigues of the grand chancellor, Tung
Lu, at Peking. A daughter of the chancel- i
lor was married to Prince Chun, and a
niece" to the newly proclaimed heir apparent
Pu-lun. Blnce then Tung Lu has been
plotting to place his niece's husband.
Pu-lun. on the throne. The empress dow- I
ager, Tung Lu, and all the foreigner
hating contingent realised that the execu
tion of this scheme might bring down
European intervention, so they sought and
found an ally In the caar, whose Interests
were vitally opposed to the opening of
China. The cxar demanded his price, which
Tung Lu paid In the fall of 1902 by a
treaty bearing on Thibet. There are four
parts to this document. The Russian Deal.
The Rnsslra Veal.
It Is stipulated that In the event of any
trouble arising In Thibet, Rursla, "in order
to protect her frontiers," shall despatch
troops, after notifying China. Should there
bo apprehension of a third power contriv
ing trouble in Thibet, Russia and China
bind themselves to co-operate in such meas
ure as may be deemedTadvlaable to nrpress
the disturbance. Liberty of worship Is ac
corded the Russian orthodox and Lamatat
faiths, but all other religious are pro
hibited. Lastly, It Is provided that to
TW bet shall be given gradually an tndu
i indent inner administration, Bauu and
China sharing the wotk. Russia under
take the reorganisation of the military
on European model and China Is In charge
of the economlo development of the coun-try-
-Uiat is to say, Chinese merchants are
to have a practical monopoly of foreign
trade.
This convention signed, Thibet became In
fact and name a Russian province, commer
cial privileges alone being reserved to
China. For the first time in history, too,
English and Russian borders met. - Eng
land's policy of protecting her eastern pos
sessions by intermediate, or "buffer" states
fell In respect to 2,000 miles of her frontier.
Owing to the proximity of Thibet to India
the change is more of a menace than would
be even the extension Of Siberia to the
Himalayas. The Dalai-Lama's claims as
pontiff of Pan-Buddhism are gradually be
ing accepted by the Buddhist clergy . of
Assam and Burma, both in British India,
and his influence is growing at a marvelous
rate. It Is estimated that in these two
provinces above 5,000,000 persons acknowl
edge him as supreme. It is almost an ex
act reproduction of the papal power in
medieval Europe. The result has been only
what could have been foreseen. Treatlet
with England have been Ignored. English
emissaries have been treated with scorn at
Lhassa and English missionaries pillaged
find exposed to vultures on the hills. The 1
Dalai-Lama refueed to treat with Colonel J
Tounghusband when he journeyed into
Thibet recently, until be and his mission
returned to Indian territory. He fortified
hia camp, refused to move and is bringing
reinforcements to decide the Issue. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
ftlilXT FEATlBEl OP LIFE.
Francis King, M years old, slightly deaf
and with falling sight, walked Into Ithaca,
N- T., from his home in Dunby, nine miles
away, and through a local paper challenges
any man of his age to run a foot race of
five rods' distance. The challenge ts under
stood to be directed specially at Joseph
Snyder, who lives In Varna, five miles from
Ithaca. "I'ncle Joe." who is M years old,
prides himself on being the most sprightly
nonogen&rlan "in ail York state."
William Wlndell. a farmer of Washing
ton township, Harrison county, Ind., thirty
miles northwest of Louisville. Is engaged in
the work of digging bis own grave in Wes
ley Chapel cemetery, near New Amsterdam.
It la to be walled with brick and ovorluld
with cement. Mr. Wlndell Is not more than
GO and Is In excellent health. He expects
to live many years, but says he wants his
last resting place arranged to suit him.
Miss Bemlce Lints, the model for the
statue of "The' Perfect Type of Ohio
Woman," which stood In front of the Ohio
building at the Pan-American exposition,
is dead in Cleveland. She had been suffer
ing from tuberculosis for more than a year.
She was 22 years old, was born In 'Milwau
kee and went east with her parents when
young. She was 1C years old when she
started to posq for artists in Boston.
City Judse OtConnor of Utlca. N. Y.,
who has just been re-elected by a larger
majority than any other judge ever re-'
cctvrd In that city, asked to be sworn in
last Friday because it was the 13th o the
month. Numerous circumstances lead the
judge to believe that Friday and the num
ber 13 bring him luck. Ho began reading
law on the 12th of tho month, and when he
went to the legislature, just thirteen years
ago, the number of his sest was 12. There
was just thirteen persons at his wedding
and he is now 33 years old three times thir
teen. Cora Johnson, a cook In the employ of
Mrs. Margaret Cox of Mont Clair. N. J.,
was discharged a few days ago. When her
mistress refused to pay her a month's
wages the girl brought .suit to re
cover the amount In Justice Darlington's
court. A4 the trial Mrs. Cox declared in
court that the girl could not make corned
beef hash. The girl replied that she could
beat the world in making that dish. "Well,
Cora," said Justice Darlington, "I would
like to see you prove your case." A con
stable was sent out for the necessary In
gredients and cooking utensils. Cora rolled
up her sleeves and quickly turned nut a
dish that the judge pronounced "fit for a
king." Cora got a verdict for J2G.
"Judge" a. M. Perkins, editor of the
negro paper! the Oklahoma Guide, pub
lishes the following editorial in a recent
Issue of his Interesting sheen "Yesterday
we went to the office of the Elk hotel, at
Guthrie, about 10 a. m., and asked to be
allowed to apeak to the cook. We were
told by the man that was attending the
office tbat we could, by going out the front
door, go down- the alley and come In the
back door. This man must have bean
dragged up In the west on a ranch, for so
man raised north or south would ask a
gentleman to go In that dirty alley. But
If the unmanly clerk had looked In our
face he would have seen nn expression that
said, 'I will seeoou dentl, damned and de
livered." " "Judge" I'erkiiia labels the odl
torUtl "The Cheek o" a Brass Money."
Mrs. Mary MtDoimld of Philadelphia.
PRATTLE OK THK YOI 'SBSTKHS.
Father (sternly) Didn't I tell you If any
of the other boys said anything to make
you angry you should count twenty lforu
you said anything?
Tommy Ye, air; but I didn't need to
say anything. Before Td counted twelve
the other bey yelled "Knough"
"And every living thing was drownel
except what wont Into the ark," explained
the Sunday school teacher.
"Fishes, too?" queried a small pupil.
V f
"I want a hair brush fer my mamma's
birthday present," said little Johnny ns lu
approached tho counter.
"What kind of brush would you l.ke'."
asked the clerk.
"Oh, any kind, so it has a soft back,"
explained the youthful philosopher.
Archbishop Ireland, who la never with
out a good ator tells one that ho holds
to be one of the beat Illustrations of faith
as wejl as of confldence In Individual sup
plication at the throne of grace. The little
6-year-old daughter of one o( his paiishion.
ers is an exceedingly bright child, a Utile
too bright, as the bishop explained, nnd
she had been praying to have a little
brother sent to her. . When her prayer was
answered she was delighted and her faith
greatly augmented theieby. Lut when one
day, leja than two years later, the gift vai
repented she looked Bravely cpprehentilve.
"I don't want two brothers," sho ex
plained, "snd I'm ure I prayed too much.
I hope God won't answer every prayer 1
made for a little brother by sending one
for each."
But the best evidence of the responsi
bility she Mt In the matter was dlsrled
on a subsequent occusion, when she hecrd
her father and mother discoursing to a din-
ner table full of guests upon the merits
and attractions or tnee two little sons.
"Yes." taunted this superior elder vixter
of years, "and you wouldn't have had
either oae of them It it hadn't tcn for
me. "New York Times.
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