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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: ?T'NT)AY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1904.
“Here's to the lend which gave me birth,
Here’s to the flag she flia*|
Here's to her *orj»—-the best of earth,
Here's to her smiling skies.
Here's to a heart which beats for me,
True sa the stars above)
Here's to the day when mine she'll be,
Here’s to the girl I love."
Enjoy the Christmas Tide I
Eat, drink and bo raorry! Quaff the toast,
and gather round the punch-bowl. But bo
sure that in raizing you use
LIPPMAN’S PRIVATE STOCK
Pure Rye Whiskey.
It is absolutely unexcelled, and the price is
$1.00 a bottle.
For Sale by
GABE LI PPM AN,
604 Fourth 8treet,
'Phone 600.
20 PER CENT DIVIDEND
AT FIRST NATIONAL
RECEIVER W. J. BUTLER WILL BEGIN PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL
DIVIDEND ON WEDNESDAY—CREDITORS WILL HAVE REACHED
85 PER CENT. MARK—LAST DIVIDEND WAS SLIGHTLY DELAY
ED—COL. BUTLER PUSHING FORWARD TO FINAL SETTLEMENT.
BEAUTIFUL WREATH
AS CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Girls of Georgia Industrial Home Pre-
tinted The Telegraph With Handsome
Holly Wreath.
The girls of the Oeorgto Industrial
Home yesterday presented The Telegraph
a hnndaome holly wreath with many ax-
j - nRinns of good wishes for Christmas.
They asked to be remembered by The
TH'^ffraph as one of their treat frie nds.
The wreath le made of leaves of luxu
riant growth ar.d Is offset with the red
berry of this beautiful green plant, and
bon a ribbon attached. The wreath Is
of perfect formation, and la at beautiful
as any gracing the Chrlatmaa windows
of the city.
A HAPPY OCCASION.
Little Folks Qiva and Reeeiva Christ
mas Presents at Miss Qsrdins's
Kindsrgnrden.
• About the happiest crowd of little
folke In Macon on yesterday were the
children of the private kindergarten
school taught by Mias Lula Oarlln*,
assisted by Mias Jennie Malone. A
very sweet programme had been pre
pared by the children under the direc
tion of their teachers, consisting of
drills and song*. and their parents had
been Invited to attend. It would have
bern difficult for any one to have said
which were the more delighted over
the success of these exercises, the
scholars or their parents.
The beautiful behavior and Intenaa
lnl*r#**t of the children and the many
••vldencea of their handiwork to be
seen around the room made quite an
Impression upon those in attendance
and called for moat complimentary
remarks on the superior gifts of the
Xgacher COr kindergarten work.
The following children are regular
attendants at the school:
Id.i Mallary Cobb, Elizabeth Huff.
Margaret McKinney. Louise McKin
ney. Nell Whitt, Ida Rhlnholser.
Claytoe MacWUllama. Mary Elisabeth
Boone, Joe Mardrle. Kdwnrd Hhorter.
Max Cohen. Rudolph Wright. Charlie
Clerk. Rogers Malone, lyler Boone.
Robert Douglas.
A rweet feature of the occasion was
the giving by the children to their
fathers and mothefa of pre sente made
v-m» their own little hnnds and the
distribution by Rants Claus of girts
to children.
AT THE PARK HOTEL,
An Elaborate Menu Has Been Prepared
for Today at Dinner.
. V *., rr, ttV' , L , . h /’ *V rn 1 * or dinner
’ 11 < IL" I irl: lintel. Mr Ben 1.
»'• ' ' «>kr* delight in placing It
the public, rfi.. Mlw.ii namnur
trep«r«d a inun’-r of mmu ran).,
JmT** —h lrf i la artl.tlcnlty arrant*!.
Ttwjr an. hand-Mlntedand of four kinds
Th.. rrproa.nl: Ktttla riaua and a rim*,
inaa traa. a Chrlatmaa lurk-; - . lady In
I'Vrainc drr»« stunning under the ml.ilr.
*2" S* 11 ’* ’ Ian. arith chrl.ima.
«r.*irry. 1,. c h card la trimmed with
drawings of holly In brilliant color
Th* moan I-
Btleal Points
' ""olrrw*' Par ** Tomato.
1 troll..I Brook Tronr'itaooa IWjll"*
— N Banc. Host*.
PROCEEDS OF BOWLING
FOR THE HOSPITAL
CoL W. J. Butler, receiver of the
First National Bank of this city, yes
terday announced another dividend for
the creditors of that Institution of 20
per cent. This will amount to $130,-
000. With the distribution of this fund
the creditors of the First National will
have received $5 per cent, of their
claims.
Col. Butler will begin the distribu
tion of tbls fund on Wednesday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. This will come In
time for Christmas, although three
days late. The receiver announced
that It wns his Intention to have this
dividend distributed before the holi
days, but on account of failure to reach
an agreement with some of the credi
tors of the Red Cypress Lumber Com
pany he waa delayed. Three held out
against the agreement which was
made in the court Friday and thla de
layed the dividend at the First Natlon-
i account of the Interests which
that Institution held In the settlement.
Col. Butler offered to make the set
tlement with the Red Cyprens Lumber
Company lust summer for $74,000.
that time he was offered $64,000 for the
First National’s interests and us a re-
Brim# Riba
w.
ftnt
Cranberry Sa
Barb-ruwl fit* kilns n«, <j» "rlin’Vs'SiUm
Supreme o, fiweethrrad,
en Caaaelette.
** an ^ n V* Current Jelly. « U Cuba
Oraain Ambro.il. Cr.n »Mi, Puff.
— Blirlmp Hal,.!
Crtangl Potstor. Csndl.d Tents.
Jj-Fl.Mk Pees. Imr Corn
Franrh n»*na. Chino ltntle.t Me.
■n'orr 1 ?*!. ,,<W '***’ IfeHSrjSuk
Mine Ft* M Bumpkin Tie.
„ . i-rmon Meranga Pie.
English Plum Pudding. Hard inure
Itxtachto Im Cr»*nm
Macaroons. l Kin sere
Assorted Fancy Cak*.
rruRs. NutA tlonai-v
Meet me nt tho Skating
' ' (link tomorrow at 2:30 or
,',7 :30 p. m. Music.
Mr. Falla Kohlar Hat Kindly Tandarad
th. Uaa of Hla Colonial Alloy, to tha
Young Ladlaa Aualliary of tha Macon
Hoopltal.
Tomormar tho Colonial Bowling Alloy,
on Colton avenue will b# operated by llio
tnrmbrrn nf tha young tadloa' aualliary
nf tho Moron hoopltal. and tha prnrarda
of lha day will ba uord by thorn In hos
pital Interest.. Tho offer of hi. altrya to
iho young ladle, wao made by Mr. Fella
Kohler .onto lima ago and alneo then tha
ladle, have Informed all their friends.
R i doubt a largo number of bowler, will
present during tha day aa they aro
well aware nf lha fact that the money
paid In for tho uae of Ihe alloy, will go
for iho Internet, of the eliy hoopltal.
Tho alleya will open during Iho morn
ing.
Death of Mr. W. S. Holliman.
William 8. Hollltnnn riled nt hi. resi
dence on Lamar ntreel In Vlnevllle yee-
terday afternoon nt f. o’clock, after an
lllneaa nf arveral month., Ihe caune of
hla death being dropsy. Mr. Ilulllman
prior to coming to Muron oevoral yearn
ago waa a realdent of Hawklngvlllo. tin
Htnc* coming to Macon ho has boon en
gaged In the brokerage buolnona and
wag well known throughout thla sec-
lion.
Ho leavea n wife and alg children
Theae are Mre. C. L. Carter. Mlea Kath
erine Holliman. Virginia. Annie faiurle
and Kdllh and a ion. William.
Mr. Holliman wan a man of linn per-
annallty and made frlenda and held
them. Hla death will be very much
Inmented In the clrcto In which he
moved. The funeral will occur at hlg
late residence this afternoon nt
o’clock. Rev. W. L. Walker, pnator of
Vlnovlllo I la pilot church, Will officiate.
A Birthday Party.
On leal Tuesday little Mlaa La Verne
Howell entertained a party nf her
young friends, celebrating her eighth
birthday Many merry games were
played, after which all werg Invited
Into the dining room where a course
was served to lha mil. gueata. Pink
nnd white being beautifully carried out
In all tha decorations.
The little frlenda who war# enter
tained on thta happy occasion wore:
Lois Sanford. Dorothy Parseaon. Thai-
ms Conn, Lucls Coun. Francis Vaughn.
Mary I-ahe. Mary Jones. Hattie Keldrr.
Klin Lae Felder. Louise Halliburton,
Rdlth Hollemsn, Laurie Garden. Annlo
Willingham. Catherine Krvlno, Clar
ence Jonee, Bsrneet Ftoyd. W. O. Khr-
gaaon. Jr„ John Colquitt. Kenneth Kr-
wln. Her two mile elalere Miner Ray
and Ifdylh enisled her In entertaining.
Chrlatmaa Watermelon.
Rhertft-elect Georgs It. Itnbertann
haa presented The Telegraph with
watermelon which wns raised on hla
farm. This came to Ihe office vestrr-
day In seemingly aa good condition ns
If plucked from the vine In the middle
of summer. Mr. Iloherlson staled soma
time ago that ha had a melon growing
which ha Intended to present to Tha
Telegraph sa n Christmas present and
it came In yesterday. A watermelon
In mid-winter even In the Hunny Bnmh
la no very common eight and thla one
has caused many cltlaens to slop and
take s look at II.
Shea Dealers Clots.
The shoo dealers of tho city will
shut UP Ohop Monday and nbaorre tho
day. making two holidays for their
Christmas,
Th* places of buxine** wore shut
up teat night to remain ao until Tu«a-
day morning at tha usual hour. Thla
tn«ana tho observance of tomorrow aa
Chrlatmaa day. Tha following atoroa
aro cloaod: Joseph W. Clteby Taylor
Shoo Co.. Macon Shoo Co, K. n. Harris
* Co.. Strong Shoo store. IVrmtnter
Shoo COq Isostor-Whltnoy Shot Co.
and Raid Shoe Co.
suit has secured tha amount which he
asked and he Is enabled to make thla
additional settlement with the credi
tors In the First National Bank,
Thin la the laat very large claim held
by Receiver Butler, lie hold* one oth
er for $66,000 and one for about $17,000,
making more than $100,000, but he
stated that It would not be proper to
offer any very great encouragement to
the creditors further than that which
is now In sight. The business of the
bank Is being rapidly wound up and
Mr. Butler announces that other inter
ests will meet with the closest atten
tion until the end.
The checks for the new dividend
have been made out and will be given
the depositors, beginning on Wednes
day. The fund which went to the
First National Bank from the settle
ment of the Red Cypress Lumber Com
pany will be placed to the credit of
Receiver Butler on Tuesday or
Wednesday In Washington. Thla will
be in ample time to have the checks of
the depositors for the new d'vldend
honored after Wednesday morning.
Those who expect to receive addi
tional twenty per cent, are required to
appear at the bank between the hours
of O.nnd 1 o'clock. Mr. Butler will
present tho checks to the depositors
only ut these hours.
ELECTRICIANS
ARE NOW AGREED
Differences Oyer Wiring
Done in Macon
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HUMPHREYS PROTESTED
MACON WILL ERECT
MONUMENT TO WOMEN
A COMMITTEE MEETING IN THE OFFICE OF MAYOR SMITH YESTER
DAY RESULTED IN PUTTING FORWARD PLAN FOR MONUMENT
'IN THIS CITY TO WOMEN OF SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY—
' FUND IS STARTED AND 8ITE I S TO BE ON TRIANGULAR PARK,
FACING THE CITY HALL. - ,.
A plan to erect a monument to the
women of the Confederacy In the
South took definite shape yesterday In
Macon. 1
committee from R. A. Spilth
Cump. Confederate Veterans, compos
ed of Commander Abb F. Jones, Adju
tant W. A. Poe. Col. C. C. Anderson
and Judge M. F. Doraett, colled on
Mayor Smith yesterday afternoon at
hla offlca. Mr. Jones stated that It
had long been the purpose of the camp
to erect a monument of this kind, nnd
that the committee were anxloua to
■fart the movement In earnest. It wns
proposed to have the monument of
Georgia marble upon a base of Oeorgla
granite, and the site desired was on
the little triangular park opposite the
auditorium nnd city hall. .
The matter wns fully discussed nnd
the following was the result:
The mayor nnd council will be asked
for permission to erect the monument
on tha site proposed. A subscription
list will be started at once to secure
206 Cltlaens to contribute $5 each, and
as soon as the list warranted to erect
the granite base, leaving the marble
design to be considered later. If pos
•thle. to unveil the monument on the
26th of April next, If not, then to have
the granite base In poalion by that
time.
Immediately upon the adoption of
Agreement Between Electrician of
Southeastern Tariff Association and
City Officials Reached Yesterday—
City Electrician Humphreys Was
Being Left Out in the Regular In
spection Work and a Protest Caused
Amicable Settlement.
the plan, the following gentlemen sub
scribed $5 each: A. F. Jones, C. C.
Anderson. M. K. Dorsett. W. A. Poe,
Bridges Hmith. L. C. Ricks, A. R. Tin
sley nnd T. L. Massenburg.
There wns some discussion as to
the design of tho monument. A plain
marble shaft with appropriate Inscrip
tion wns ndvocated by some, while
others thought best to have the bnte
surmounted by the figure of n woman,
sewing and around her a number of
children.
There wns also discussion ns to
whether the Inscription should read:
"To The Women of Bibb County," or
"To The Women of The South,” The
latter Idea prevailed, the reason being
given that Mncon would be the first
city In the South to erect n monument
of thla kind, nnd It waa considered
beat to commemorate the women of
the entire South.
Subscriptions to this monument are
now in order and the monument will
be watched with Intereat.
If council grants tha spot which will
be asked and the promoters of this
tribute to the women of the Confed
eracy find thetr efforts successful Ma
con will have a moat beautiful monu
ment to grace the triangular park in
front of the city hall.
The news of the monument will
reach many people who will be eager
to contribute. There will also be con-
slbcrable discussion as to the art form
of the monument. Those who have
pledged their money are now at work
and the encouragement is strong.
MR. JULIU8 L. MACK.
Has Been Invited to 8peak Before the
Qiadesville Ledge of Masons
on tho 27th.
Mr. Jullua L. Mark, a member of
Georgia's Grand Ijodge of Maaona and
a resident of Mucon, received an invi
tation yesterday from the members of
the Gtedeavtlle lodge at aiovera, Ga.,
to be present with them on the 27th of
December and make nn address. This
lodge la one of the moat prosperous
among tha amalkor cities of the atate
and the Invitation la to be accepted.
The 27th la flalnt John day and tho
Maaona will celebrate tho occasion.
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT.
For Wook Ending Decombor 24, $567,-
015.
Tho cloarlng house report tor the
week ending Raturdny. December 24.
showed that business to the extent of
$667.01* had been transacted during tho
past six days by Macon banking Insti
tutions. Compared to the correspond
ing week of teat year thla report show a
very favorably.
AT CUMBERLAND PARK.
A DAINTY
4RISTMA# CARD
by the Atlantic and
rbetr n**w Chflitimi i
xrd of greeting, the At
«**. tagham railway places
Voluntaora' -Open House”
The Mncon Volunteers are preparing
to entertain all friends of the company
I at the armory tomorrow afternoon with
I an "open house** between the hours of
II and 0 o'clock. Oultenberget'a or-
| chest™ haa been engaged for the oc-
I raafon and refreshments will be served
No special Invitations have been Issued
j aa this la one of the occasions upon
j which alt friends of the company are
invited to call.
Wheici oa Their Helldaye.
Prof. Qoldtob haa bean telling the
Christiania Academy of dclenca the re
sults or hla Investigations Into the mlgra.
Ilona of whales. These creatures hang
about the coast of Norway and Finland
until the spring ta well advanced, and
then they go away on the| r travel. Some
go to the A sore*, others to Bermuda and
the Antilles, and that cover the*,* enor
mous distances In an Incredibly short
time Some of them bring hack harpoons
which bear the names of ships nnd other
evidences of where these migrants have
been for thetr summer holidays.
Stakes Which Will Be Run Next Spring
Announced.
NABHVILLB. Tenn.. Dec. 24.—Becreta.
ry J. W. Russwurm of the Tennessee
Breeders Association announces the fol
lowing stakes to be run nt Cumberland
Park next spring, entries to January 21,
Cumberland derby, $2,600 added—For
9-year-olds, one and an eighth miles.
_ Cltlaens' handicap. $1,500 added—For
9-year-olds and upwards, one mile and
a sixteenth. Weights announced April 20.
..Offal Brewing Company selling stakes.
$1,000 added—For 3-year-olds and up
wards. one mile.
Avondale stakes. 11,000 added—For
9-year ddr. five furlongs.
. D*He 11.600 added—For
2-year-old fillies, four and a half fur
longs.
Hermitage steeplechase. $6,000 added—
l* or l-year-olda and upwards, full course.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 24 — Floral King
acortd a victory in the Christmas hand-
loap, for which he was a strong second
.JfiHRJnthRiM was the
only winning favorite of the day. 8um-
—nry:
First raco. one mile—Troves Labor <« to
F on: ra° oW> Wn * t« B> »> second:
EKZ °° rn "* (M to 1) third. Tims!
Record race, five furlongs—Norwood
Ohio tto to 1) won; Jake Sanders (9 to
Tluf^Wt 1 Sf 0 " 1 * C * k ® <7 to l) third.
Third rtce one mile-Mlsfcnthrop* (4
to 6> won; Washington CIO to n second;
IlAbunta <&q to n third. Time. 1:44.
Fourth rare. Christmas handicap, one
mile—Floral King (6 to 2> won; Gregor K
<(« to I) second; Aurevoir (10 to |> third.
Time 1:41
Fiftr
The differences between the city elcc.
triclan and the electrician of the South
eastern Tariff Association, which have
been a source of some little trouble to
both the city and the association, have
been adjusted, and those interested are
now breathing more easily.
As la known, the cJty electrician, Mr.
C. H. Humphreys, is required under the
ordinances to Inspect all electrical con
struction in the city. Such as the wir
ing of houses, placing of temps, motors,
fans, etc., and before any work of this
kind can be done by any of the several
contractors In the city a permit must
first be obtained from him. When the
work is being done, and even after it
Is done, it Is inspected by the elec
trician.
The custom of the chief electrician
of the tariff association has been to
visit Macon once or twice a year, as
he visits other cities, and makes an In
spection in the interests of the asso
ciation and the insurance companies.
For some time the association has
been sending Inspectors other than Mr.
A. M. BchoCn, the chief electrician, to
do this inspecting, and much of the
work is said to hava been condemned
or ordered changed after It had been
inspected by Mr. Humphreys. This
brought about & number of complaints
from property owners who were re
quired by the Insurance companies to
go to considerable expense to make
tho work conform to the rules. They
could not understand why they should
be put to this additional expense when
the work had passed the Inspection of
the city electrician. And this official
could see no reason why he should
give up more than half his time to in
spect the work to have his Inspection
thrown aside by the association In
spectors.
In consequence of all this a confer
ence was held in the mayor's office
with Messrs, flehoen nnd F. A. Will
iams. representing the association,
Messrs. Griffith and Harris the Insur
ance agents, and Alderman Mnssee,
chairman of the council committee on
lights and electricity, and Electrician
Humphreys of the city.
It developed during this conference
that the main cause of trouble was that
contractors would do work In addition
to that for which a permit had been
Issued, such work escaping inspection
because having been done after the
regular Inspection. This Irregular
work being condemned In many in
stances, brought about the impression
that it had been Inspected, and of
course wns condemned by the asso
ciation Inspectors.
When this was developed. It was
an easy matter to decide on a plan to
prevent It in future, nnd to relieve the
situation, by amending the ordinance
on electrical work In the city *o aa
to require an additional permit for all
additional work.
Thla, with other minor matters, was
agreed upon, everything amicably ad
justed. and the pleasant relations be
tween ad concerned have been restored.
ring
each one of which waa
TJ»ay in primed sms tv
paper, on the Erst r
upper left
in# JiS y *« L
-■ l ry* '.El? Ih# *****
»**• greeting: "The trafft.’ t
« i*lm 4*T*rtm*fiu of the At
Mr«fnghaa» RaBvur Oompanj
a merry OiririaMs and a hsxw
porous New Tsar."
EL te rtf
Traffic LH'Utrlinrnt
Change In Positions.
Inmaster Henry Pnibtrd of the
al railroad in Savannah cornea ta
Ity of Macon. January i, to taka
• of roadmaster’a duties between
^ 6Hd Atlanta. Trainmaster j.
Mitral railroad in
vttt I
innah. The
chan
McFadden.
chief ttSi-*
Ktutherfct d.
. I tend 'v-rvtce
• I The aervf, <
I J. M Mam
* I duet A by t>
l FHendo. an
I cordially Ini
I ATLANTA, (k. Dec
I Vnlversitv_ tvatn defeat
ifft:
of n to i$.
ha> bars tonight by
THERE’S HEALTH
Lemon Juice
V.Hou. ..p.rim.nt, by em-
imnt MtantUu hava prav.n th.
graat vain# at lament in d»-
Greying the g.rm, of typhoid
and athar fevara. G.rm. af
diaaaaea art depoait«d In tha
ayatam by tha failura of tha
bew.li to ect regularly. MOZ>
LEY’S LEMON ELIXIR I, an
idaal laaatlva, made from the
Juiee of pure temene. and hat
ho equal for eleanalng th* aya-
tom af all impurltiaa.. It acta
promptly en the be—ela, liver
and kidnaya. and deea net (ripe
or eautf any unpl.auntn.it.
10 ctnta par bet tie at all drug
ataraa.
Alozley’s
Lemon Elixir.
Made of Lemons.
handicap
_ "on;. Hit.. ,
Topic <t to 1) third.
AMERICAN WOMEN.
Helen Mathers Sees a Vast Difference
In Them When Abroad and
When at Home.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
"American women dress gaudily and
beyond the dictates of common tense
they sr# extravagant In all their ex
pendltures; they shirk their home
duties. Let me assure you that those
In London are merely of 'society' not
'in society.' They are tolerated, but
not welcomed.”
Frankly, and without any arrlere
penaee was this caustic arraignment
of the American woman as she is
abroad, poured forth from the lips of
an English woman who haa made her
a study. A woman who waa ao dla
pleaaed with what she saw of her
American slaters In her own country
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The Dannenberg Co.
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to rival and excel. That is the begin
ning of all evil.”
In her recently published volume.
Sideshows,” Mrs. Reeves begins a
comparison of the English and Amer
ican girls with the following para
graph: "The American girl of today
la more brilliant than her English sis
ter, the latter less arrogant than her
fair relation, and we must blame the
extreme subserviency of the American
male to the whims and caprices of his
womankind for the way in which
(however charmingly) the domineer
over all creation.”
Further on in the same volume Mrs.
Reeves questions whether the nicest
American girls are ever seen In London
society. From what she said yesterday
afternoon it Is to be presumed that she
will be much more pleased with those
She will meet while here. Mrs. Reeves
has a large asquaintancc with Ameri
can books and authors and talks en
tertainingly of literary matters: "It
will not be long before Americans will
be entirely Independent of English
authors,” she said “For myself, when I
go to my library I always ask for an
American book. Your writers havo
been producing some great stories.
'The Pit.' By Norris, was splendidly
done. It made me long to be In the
rnldst of Juat such a struggle for com
mercial supremacy. It is too bad he
waa not spared to write other books.
And what was that glorious book about
cowboy He carries her across a
stream in one of the opening chapters
and afterward they marry. It is such
a splendid characterization of the free
life of the plains. Oh. yes. The Vir
ginian.' It la a book I shall always re
member.” *
hoar frost Is made so is snow dust
Imitated.
A rain soene is artisticaly imitated
by means of glycerin. Leaves of trees
and twigs and shrubs are coated with
this liquid, wthlch, when thinly spat
tered over tho fur of a mounted ani
mal, looks exactly like fallen mist or
condensed fog, or like early morning
dew.
Birds in flight, like the larger ani
mals, are mounted after instantaneous
photographs. With wings and tall
feathers spread ajid with legs lying
close, they appear to soar in a general
direction, no two birds, however, be
ing posed anywhere near alike, and
even the angle of flight varying with
the indlvlduaJ, as is made possible by
their suspension with invisible plat
inum wires. Not only are such birds
shown darting skyward from a thicket
hut the ascent takes place from their
hatching ground. The sand la thickly
strewn with various nests—actual
nests, stolen bodily—and here and
there are broken shells showing where
broods have been hatched. Here tha
tiny birds, still dependent upon their
mothers, sit in nests, bills open, await
ing a welcome contribution. Other
young birds have managed to quit tho
paternal home and are striking out for
themselves among the shells on the
nnnds.—Grandon Nevlns in Pearson's
Magaxlne. \
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•no;
Time,
3'j3 J 4-7'* ny " 1n <7 '° 8) ,hlWI ’
A DEVOUT INDIAN.
Two Hundred and Eighty Milas In Four
Days to Rtgoin a Bibla.
North and aouth, east and went, tho
Blhlo Society sows; and that no ground
la too barren for Its toed, surely the
following true Incident proves.
A Creo Indian and hla non, fishing In
the Northwe.t some year# ago during
the winter season, travelled on suow-
ahoeo acmes the plelna. thinking they
carried what they called the "Rook of
Heaven’’ In their pock. When they
reached a hunting-ground, however,
one hundred and forty mllee distant
from the fiahery, they found the book
had beor. left behind. It la a fact that
one of them went back on thla tracks,
wwIking In four diya two hundred and
eighty mile, through the wild, benr-
tnfeeted fore,-, to regain that Bible.—
-ftnwlpg the RiMe." Everybody's Mag-
astne for January.
Woman and Leva.
From Maria Burr’s "Autour du Comr."
A woman who baa no othar women
to Natan to her love affairs enjoys only
half thetr relish.
To spook til of men la to loro them
atm.
Th# woman who loves carries a
cross.
menu And after two days!—‘The real
true American woman of the typo
found In tho home, haa all that la good
In her English slater.
Mr*. Henry A. Reeves, better known
by her pen name of "Helen Mather*. 1
whose "Cornin' Thro the Rye” haa been
read in a dosen different languages, la
the woman who haa formed theae va
ried oplniona of the Daughter* of Lib
erty. She ha* Just arrived in this
country for purpose* of study nnd re
creation at?ui 1* being entertained in
Brooklyn at the home of her friend.
Mr*. J. H. Dougherty, of 258 Clinton
avenue.
In her simplicity and charm of man
ner ahe represents the beat type of
English woman, one of those grown tip
In some wholesome rural environment
until a time when the scorching blasts
of London life no longer have the force
to wither and destroy. It was In Lon
don that Mrs. Reeves met those Ameri
can women who are responsible for her
poor opinion of them aa a class. Her
husband la one of the leading ortho
pedic Burgeons of the English metropo
lis. and *he has studied ita society from
every point of view. But ahe doesn’t
wholly blame the globe.trotting Ameri
can women for what faults they have.
“American husbands give their wive#
altogether too much liberty,” ahe says.
"The idea of letting them run around
the world while they stay at home and
continue thetr dally drudgery.
The American man works too much
and the American woman spends too
much. There is the root of all the
eviL Jhe rich American business man
te too engrossed in hla work. He gives
hla wife and daughter all the money
th*y want and general allows them to
do aa they please. Wt|h unlimited
means at thetr disposal they can *et
the fashion of dress and entertain
ment*. Let me teN you that the‘influ
ence of American women ba* done
more to corrupt English society of to
ddy than any other element.
women try to follow the extravagant
i fashion* of * your American women.
\Tiie.r means are much morn limited
Skin Culture—The New Taxidermy.
Imagine that famous piece of animal
sculpture, Barye's Hon, enveloped in a
splendid, soft, pliable lion's skin, drawn
tight os a kid glove, showing every
outline of the lean flanks, the knotty
muscles and sinews and each massive
rib and bone in the frame of the gaunt,
mighty, magnificent monarch. This,
In a nutshell, is a description of the
modern method of taxidermy, the art
of skin sculpture, which has raised
the taxidermist's trade of yesterday
to the dignity of a profession.
But the animal modeler of today has
not stopped merely with the Improved
method of mounting nnd posing his
subjects. On the contrary, almost
throughout, the old trade has been rev
olutionised. In these days, single
specimens are rarely. If ever, mounted.
Wherever possible, groups of beasts
—hards, or wild animal families—are
clustered, showing not only relation*
between the parents, but also the char
acteristic postures of the adults when
with their young.
A Bengal tiger group Is shown.
Rtnrtled, the gorgeous, orange-and-
black-striped male, grimly suptcioua,
has bounded to his feet, scenting dan
ger. Desperately alert and head up
lifted. the tigress lies like a yonder-
oua spring, the Incarnation of fero
ciousness, ready to Jump to her feet
In defense of the family. In poses of
unsophisticated kittens the golden
cubs stand on tottering legs, wonder
ing what the disturbance Is about.
Like n perfect, living picture of a tiger
family lifted out of the innermost
Jungle of darket India, stands this
group.
And yet the modern taxidermist goes
even further. Not only the individuate
of a group and the groups themselves
must be true to life, but even the
bensts* setting* mutt be realistic Im
itations of their wild forest homes.
Rocks and leaves and shrubs and
flowers surrounding groups are not,
a* formerly, cheap imitations consist
ing of sticks and sand-strewn paper,
or the floral decorations procured from
the over-stock of a millinery shop.
Each rock and leaf and blade and
berry Is accurately molded from plas
ter casts taken from nature and fash
ioned out of wax In the moat puzzling
counterfeits of the actual subjects.
Lastly, to complete a circle of won
derfully artistic Illusions, te installed
the perspective background of the
group*, paintings of real and appro
priate scenery—by no mean* the work
of mere scene painters—but painting*.
perfect that at a distance of ten
feet.it te impossible to discern where
the painting begins and where the
foreground ends, while photographs of
finished groups show pictures which
defy detection that the likeness te not
a snap shot of nature Itself.—Granflon
Nevlns In Pearson's Magazine.
A Seventy-five-thousand Pound Me
teorite.
The largest, heaviest and most in
teresting meteorite ever discovered
was the thlrty-«even-and-a-half-ton
chunk of iron nnd nickel and cobalt
brought to the Brooklyn Navy Yard
by Lieutenant Peary's latest Arctic
Expositon, and recently dragged
through the streets of New York by
34 horses to be deposited at the main
entrance of the American Museum of
Natural History. There, on a massive
pedestal reaching dear down to bed
rock, this extraordinary celestial visi
tor, an awe-inspiring spectacle of the
stupendous missiles whirling through
space, rests In Its laat abiding place.
Like a real ghost, come to take per
manent residence In order to prove
vogue, ghastly superstitions, so this
mammoth Greenland meteorite stands
—12 feet long, eight feet high and six
feet thick—aa if to verify the declara
tion* of science that all about ua are
stars and planets and heavenly bodies
consisting of minerals and metals
identical with those composing our
own earth.
Fnsclnating though this meteorite Is
to the scientists, no less so Is It to lay
men throughout the world, for the part
which this huge boiddci of metal had
maintaining human life on Green
land’s most barren shore lends nn In
terest which no other i.atural curiosity
can have.
One of the ealiest puzzles to Arctlo
explorers was the fact that the knlvea,
the harpoons and the other Eskimo
hunting implements so necessary to
the native of the frozen North wero
made of iron.
"From the Iron Mountain** we get
our Iron,” the natlxes explained to
Captain Ross as far back aa 1818, and
from that day to 1805. when Lieuten
ant Peary succeeded In locating the
"mountain*,” one of the most perplex
ing things to Arctic explorers waa the
location of the mysterious source of
■upply.
Like many another scientific object
of search, /he 'Iron Mountain*” were
discovered by ePary chiefly through
accident Nine years ago he happened
to be staying overnight in an Eskimo
village on Whale Sound, when he camo
across an "oodoo”—a knife used by
Eskimo women. The knife was an ex
ceedingly primitive affair, consisting
of five pieces of iron fastened together
with thongs.
"Where did you get thl»?- Peary
diked of the women.
"From the gre*t Iron Mountains.”*
answered the hostess. “It’a very old
I never saw another like It: but old
men In the tribe say that yean and
years ago. before the whalers hroucht
S! a m. bUde * and ha n>oon
heads, these knives were the only ones
used by our people.”
Peary Investigated further, waa di
rected to the Ice-bound body of water
J“°5" “ Melville Bay. and. guided by
Tricks of Modern Taxidermy.
Rut It is not until extraordinary set
ting* are to be presented—winter
arena*, rafn scene*, or birds in fllghr.
for Instance—that the artist display*
his best Ingenuity and Inventlvene*
A group of musk oxen, for exampia.
require a foot of snow. The beasts are
shown, males, females and their ca»
knee deep in anow, r which la nothing
cooler than granulated paraffin. The
animate are startled and atop to gaze,
but, aa aeen by their tracks, they have
been rooting for the sparse grass be
neath' the heavy fall, and their snout*
and face* show frozen snow dust-
melted paraffin spattered with a stiff
brush. If a scene with opaque Ice la
required, paraffin In sh*etz strikingly
lestlz itself to th* Illusion. An<
an Eskimo hunter named Teiiikotlriah[
wes led to three enormous bouldsrs of
JmtLnMteorUeS’ known to the natives
respectively aa the ’’Dog.’’ the "Wo-
™ n ’ «>« “T-mt" He rt . then<
was Where for centuries the natives
had gotten their Iron: for. despite al
most a century's ravages of Arctic ele-
masus mu 1, ln, ' h * rd * urf »ce of tho
marara atll showed where natives had
labored patiently, breaking and wear-
jj* **»Fchtinka and sections of the
stone to be transformed Into heads for
imple-
2w. U 'w Port ' r In Pear-
•on* Magazine.
Brat Hart, a, , Ccn.ut.
FYomMoncur. Dan!., Conway. Auto.
w/T*i ‘Ut c ?2" ,h,l, P Glasgow
WJS s sort of Joke. William Blark
told me that once when he was returo-
Ing fTOtn a tour with Harte. asTtey
slowly entered a city, r.r.t raid-
Ituge. ug:>- pL. , la thtar’
"« la," said Black, "the city ta which
>CU .... tera consul for four tun,'