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Brains Count!
Read this story
of a very lucky
young man who
won an income
for life for one
moment’s
thought.
ront months ago. It will be remntrber
e advertised widely for a twme for
| he magaz.ne we were about to publish.
as a little thing to give, but much to
ive A moment'* thought, perhaps,
.1 do It. yet the result was of such tnr
•ance to ua that we prepared to award
a prise nothing more nor less than
week for life, or an annuity of $2.V>.
offer, when first brought to the pub
mention through the ooluror* of all
, ling papers in the country, was re-
I r*l with considerable Incredulity. The
| m an at your right sneered, while the one
I-o your left smiled Neither add •'lt*#
Icht enough;" both said, "Better !e*v
r.uie ’• That was because they did rot
|,w our say of doing things A ir.rto
itual. ret haps, bug success to-day
I , ons Jiiet that, with the additional trait
I, taking the situation boldly by the
1 1 - root.
Those, however, who entered the contest
I i re ourtoous enough to give ua the b n
o', their doubt, one of them giving un
I omethlng else bes des. a Utile legend of
arce half a dozen words which was Jnst
vhat we wanted. The balance of that
bank b ok to-day foots up to a sum
sret r by ]250 than It did five mon.hs ago,
, llfferto that cans' about Saturlav,
ia> .. :irn our representative talk'd on
■ man. Mr. Arthur IV. Madden, at his
orne in Phl.llpsburg. N. J . and preserved
i. m with a cei.med check for the above
T ... |i genultj" of man Is concedcdly
v 1-nigh infinite, but probably never
more so than when ho de.lberately tr es
to put something Into J name. There weie
-lines sent us that would have g acol
I’ Me pice of a Queen's memoir anl
. mi, , t:.- tnal would have kll.ei
I . * per.ny-dreadf .i" ere It hod left the
I-■ s Some look extensive liberties with
I .r firm n ime. wh !e others took st.ll
-•reuter liberties with the IvnkHah Un*
I- ;,ige as Dr. Johnson conceived It. The
monthly" and •'magazine" did
SWEETHEARTS OUT-OF-DATE.
I III: | %/V, MODKIO I%CHF.LOH
LOOK* TO >MTHPIOM FOR
COMFORT.
Tin- f• I!•*(£* nrcil Alblellfl Clrl of To-
Day l Hard—l* n Full are t ••••*-
krr|lnic Mini Above All l Drowl)
iHtioi'finl of wnl Indifferent to tle
(harm Mho Demand* of Worn*a.
\\ hrrnifl the Splnler, Widow or
Divorcee Forty H Mellowed
Nafflelently to Apprerlite \\ hot Hr
AVuati anti Khr H I’ut the Girl's
\e Out of Joint and la Copturlua
Price* Itltfht anti l.rft.
New York. Nov. 30—This If
day of the elderly siren, the
* iy when middle aaed women are hero
e. f h uftl interesting reman conp*-
.ently the Wuehln*. trUflln*. dlmpied
* n if loir ’ h r hold on the heart* of
♦ n—modern playwrights have for severa*
* in* been illustra Ing this sate of af
tir-% They were quirk to *e# that the
u/.g girl's love affairs make a very sec
iry appeal to a .<liiice. who follow,
1 'ibsorbed at ention, the coquetlnh
•e of the mature widow or the woes of
* divorcee, past her fortieth year.
\ tug tie at lon for the Novelist.
It now remalna for the novelists to
*■ h the drift of public sentiment and
‘hny Miss Jsne Austell's assertion, that
r.n woman after iJisslng the age of 27
15 Inspire true romantic love in the
masculine heart .
-li.-s Austen knew whet she was talk*
Tttout at least to her 'lay and gener-
Hon uul in all hut one of her brll.lant
• 1- the heroines loved, wept, wrung
h<* ta of men and married off. all,
• f“t >■ unit ilia their teens. In her story.
1 rsuaiioi." she told the tale of a wo
-1 of twenty-eight who was loved It.
of her advanced years. Moreover,
won the heart of a tine, hand some
s man w ho was not a widower ready
> btrcxln for a good oareiuker for his
and children, nor a fortune hunter
• tt to marry him way out of debt
In that day Anne Elliot, the charming
i tral i-rraot allty of "Persuasion.'' wjs
* 'tded as aim ,t as daring a concep
ts is the uyly heroine Jan Eire
ttas p rfeci:y true that Henry Esmond
:r:. (! the e.derly Lady Oastlewotd, hut
'• did It partly In despair over his toss
i the heautiful young Beatrice, while
ken* and Scott, and the rest of the
ion brotherhood, clut g valiant.y to the
rl heroine. The novelist of the iwen
“th een’ury wlil be o' llgeJ, however, to
■ low the dramatists I,ad and MMN a
M’an beauty the first place In his plot
and his pages.
The Girl’s \nse is Oat of Joint.
n re.n Jtfe fifty years ago men dtd not
art nor .ove nor marry elderly w-men.
'• e in suf!l;lent number of eiceptlons to
ove the rule. The young girl used to
' " so a* power. To-day her moat
r serous and moat numerous rivals. In
and i< Alrtntl n and matrimony, are
ii over thirty-five. A girl used to
passe SI 27. to-dav at 47 she enjoy*
"•“si •>* excel.ent chances of wedding
I a* doea her sister of 18. At 57 one
haps has the right to place a splnater
widow on the !w: of the have been*,
and yei statistic* can be quoted to prove
'• v the per cent- of women married
’ er passing the flftletn mile post Is
•‘llly on the increase.
any one look over his or her own
i acquaintances lo reailxe the
1 of tbl statement. On all sides
. n the noted second marriage of Lady
' >'ioiph Churchill to the latest surprise
*’ • Jgenicn: in ones own circle of friend*
yeoman service to their last straw, some
of the combinations Into which they wire
worked being fasrfullv and wonderful y
made Yet. apart from these, and decid
edly In the majority, were n long list of
name* that sounded possible in every re
spect. It was evidently an embarrass
ment of riches.
As Is now evident. "The Brown Book
of Boston' was Mr Midden's contribution
to the contest. We believe the name will
find the same favor with our eubscr.ber*
as It has with us. It Is alliterative, which
Is something. It Is associated with a con
servative. thorough-going and durable
color, which la mor it is democratically
unpretentloua, which Is mod. "f.tke
brown-bread." Mr, Madden suggested, ' it
can be trade wholesome for the entire
family." Tills will be our aim An un
bolten, whole-grained product put forth In
the er.dea. or to meet the average per
son's desire for reading that U worth
while.
■ ... •!
i/ Wi&ua,
In the belief that ©ur readers may rare
to know something further of Mr. Mad
den. we would say that our representa
tive found in him a young man of 27.
with a will to do and a body to endure
that foreshadow a liberal longevity for
the enjoyment of h!s good fortune. With
the exception of n year away from home
teaching school, he has spent hi* life in
Phlltii shurg. n semi-active, though nen
changeable town, of some ten thousand
souls, lying among the cultivated hills of
Western New Jersey, where they ?k>pe
gently down to meet the waters of the
Delaware.
the elderly woman is taking to herself
husband Sometimes, as in the case of
la<ly Randolph and Adeline Patti ai I
more re in the engMg>'mevt of Mr
Van R* neselaer Crugcr. the man is a qua: -
ter of u century younger than hie br|d'\
h disparity of years that eeena* merely
to intensify his lover.ike ardor.
Her hair 1* apt to lie grey, her complex
ion a bit fadexl; she makes no court**.*
rmnt of her* wrinkles and her matronly
otNitnes are not StrappOd into cruel ttafo
nor Is rouge and hair dye called to the
rescue of her depart jig youth She is not
even sensitive about the number of her
binh<la\* and. to the eye of the most p*r
tial. she |h a woman from whom the mid
dle age spieud. dryness and bleach ha a
taken the sap. bloom and aieri<Wn*.-<* of
lier .ot.g ago young girlhood Neverthe
less she Is loved, not for her money,
for often she has not n cent, neither is
If for her beauty, because that Is either
gone or sadly b.ighted. Even the wueh
| craft of coquetry 1* dulled or dea l. Bhe
is loved ardently, steadily and truly, by
! the man between 26 and 50. for herself
I none She Inspires the sort of passion
; t.*at . woman may g.ad.y rc:t prorate at *1
Ii lk*' voat credit tn arousing. When she
| marries n*r youthful or middle aged hu**-
! band, ive adorea tier, and the young girl
I the wh.la looks on in blank envy and d‘-
j may. She sees the young man defying
I tradition, his family, and often h|s own
i hew; wordly interest in order to win and
wear this psssr* fat, grizzly headed lady
j of his choice, and once married to her
<i* hangs over her with fond foolish in
:at nation Tne modem Dora Bi-follow is
to him a tasteless, cloying, filly ewe*:.
To her arts and her wiles he is equally
cold, while to nis aged charmer he pours
out his very soul.
A hundred years ago this young mm
would have been pronounced bewitched,
and his elderly wife would pro ha by have
Ken taken to the nearest m.il-pond and
forced to explain herself. To-day there
Is simply the wtute of so* lotv to blame
or praise as otie may regard the situa
tion.
ii lint Men W ant.
Wherefore Indeed has the woman fair,
fat tin*) forty come to dominate l he stage, j
. the authors brain nnd steal the hearts of
mm * In a grout measure and natural.y
e-cause the tnud< rn mail prefer* as t
wife tne woman who know , her world
Kitty years ugo and back of that when
| the man mimol young, he took a w ife woo
I was hie Junior and they found out about
1 dfe atwl lie ways together. She kept
1 house and looked after the ha! im an i he
was her providence. her guide an I bet
: <l<fen<l*c. Distinctly he married a help
! meei. he was the pioneer and she walked
| In his footsteps.
To-day men do not want to marry
working partner* hut companions The
overage man waits until he has made Ills
money, has had hi- fight with the world
a.one. ard. having lived a* an itid'p pl
ant bachelor has s dominant vearnr.g ror
cotr.fore Tne med rn man a lo li a/> ad
se.flth when It con.rs io weldi g H i
-s res the J ys and shirks th* re* n lb ll
tle* of matilni ny and this Is wher* be
tuns to the ml Idle aged w man. tthe ft*
live) l< ng enough In the world to know
its requl emen.e an I to learn Us ph e
ophy She is not eueily Jealu la no:
Whig:* cal and It ntver ex* ' ng She h
found out a yen ilc <1 abo it men '.o
knows what lend is t em ha py. he o e
rot talk servants, tun up bids quam
with her husband* amber, nor In-t*.
iqon being cone.dered and entertained
every mcm>ni She ke-pe house l.ke a
veteran she twllrve* that little absence
make the heart grow (on er and o a ton
therefore forbid her hue and- annuo
sbooting or Ashing trip w.th M mia u
line friend*. As she Is not apt to gve
h'm snr /hlllr-n. he can have he row
' pinions ip at all t me- With ihe man of
to dv the*.- ate the true matritn. nial • - ,
j lights and hi* heart .* laid ai the fret
of she woman who. by Inatlnt tie feel*.
I will give him Ju*t that aweet aympalhy
and true frlendahlp that leave# him a/tar
THF MORNING NEWS: SI NBA Y, 1 EC KM BEK 2. liKKi
Mr Madden. In p<kinff of how h®
cho#* fh* ram? he #®nt lr. nail: **A I
rrrrH-rnhtr. it ram® In n ®cond th® day
after 1 mw your a>K®rtl*®m®nl In ih®
N®w York World 1 Jotted it down and
rent It in. Tnen If rot Ail about it un
til I receive- 1 your letter, That, you
know, if about the way §uch ihlng> go.**
AFFIDAVIT.
State of New J®rty—County of War
den. **.
Arthur W. Madden, of full age, being
and tly fworn acco:iing t to law. on hi* oath.
►aith:
l am ?7*year* of age. and am now ar.d
ha\e been a re**! lent of the town of Fhll
llprburg. in tie county of Warren and
riat® of New Jersey, with the except ion
of about a >e.r sp*nt in the s.ate of Con
necticut during my chUdhoHi.
About the month of February. 1900, I
re.i-i in New Y *rk Wo:. 1 in adv®riM
ment of the Bernard-Richard* Company.
ofUrir.*: u priz‘ v in conn®* lion with anew
mngasine which they were about to puiv-j
llfh. In answer to my ivspona® I ra
celvd a circular letter in wht h the fter
nard-Richard* Conifxiny. Limited, ofTer**u
& a week for life, cr an annuity of f-V,
to the prreon t e mot appio
prlate name for this puh.i at'.on, requir
ing that each competitor should send with
hi* choice of name one year * advance
subscription, amounting to the sum of IL
I complied with th condition and aent in
as my choice the name * The Brown Book
of Boston,’' and received a receipt, dated
March 10, IS**'*, for one year s advance *ub
•cnpilon.
On April St, 1M letter frtm
i
tee find that > •- wa ihi DM
prlate tame sent in anl have awarded
yen tiie a nility f i life In the same
letter l was requested to Inform the com
p.n> wh.thet I w.-hei the- nwatd In the
form of weekly payments of f or .n the
form of an annuity of IliaO Cm the same
day I replied to tha company's letter, stat
ing that I preferred the * > of s..*s
On May J. !i> ! wa to ifld by the
company that their representative would
call on me a Phillips!) <t g. N J. on i e
then following Fr; !*' or Saturday, with
a certified check off.
To-day. s?a urdsy. May .* IW. Mr. Ar
thur W T*rh#ll, representative of the
Bernard-Rii hards Company Limited, call
ed upon me here at Phil ipsburg. N. J.,
and handed me a certifbd ohe k of the
. ompany on the Federal Trust Company
of Boston. Mass., dated May 2. 19ft. and
male payable to my order, tor the amount
of J2j*. b*lnc the first year s payment on
the annuity awarded to me as above
stated.
Prior to the appearance of the said ad
vert isemet ir> the New York World, about
February, If**) 1 hod no k w ledge of t <*
existence or the object of the Bernard-
Richards Company. Limited, and *.n e
than l have had no dealings frith said
omphny except a sated
t.Signed) ARTIIFR W MADDEN.
Bttbacrihe*! and sworn t-> before me this
•V h la\ of May. A. D.. I*JO.
(Signed) ti. r SMITH.
Master of Chancery of Near Jersey
nil as free as during his bachelor days y *
with the tbs. affections and dignities of
the married 4 it* .
The tiirU Own I’atill.
These reisot s. however, cogent as thev
tiudoubtedly re. and n • fu ly explain wtb
the middle 04*d w n: n ha taktn th*
young girl's place at the altar ,t.d fire
side The undiTlvirK cause ran be found
in the young women themselves. Their
education, th ir ambitions sol tliotr op
portwnlMes bring f rth. at too marriage
able ages of . ghreen ,nd twenty, hys
lerl- ill se.f center and. c l i sn.l imperiou*
your g goddess The schools arid college*
teach them Greek and the higher ma ne,
matics. hut they don’t turn o it the ma
terials from wh h sweetheart <nd wi*.e*i
are made. The romance, the subtle chirm
of woman I n* ss, the gift of sweet sym
pathy all have tv* n *u~o ssful v • l:m1*
rined In rrxier *o m ke way f -r high* r
men al cultivation Toe dlmp • s toe re
bellious curie, the dropped eve lids and
the coquetry of Miss Am* * a **r In sr
contempt u-iisiy
e\ed. muse ilar young Minervaa util D.an
nas of to-day. Men look a them in doubt,
they are beaut ftil and gifted but the
modern young woman is hard, ignorant
of domestic economy and ibove all of
masculine nature.
In self-deferse the man has turned to
lur mrur*d sister off *rt\ or there,
about*, w ho with 'he mell wing lr flu nc •
of experience upon he:, is too wse to
exploit her learning. rd mile cynl ally
at the r sd of th'nrs btr kn w*
enough to keep . ive the t idl iona o' fem
ininity that hrr .‘ex hva held so p eciois
for six thousand y* r.-. To men the*, i
nenher po< tr% ehptv* re -n r mysterv
about the young gTi of hi. tm• Bie Ik
amusing like a cU-ver conceited pretty
boy and a* much fun; but she Is a crud
band n the hour** and all her riil-ure
and golf have i 'aught her an exquL
de urderstanding of the m*s line ra ur
and Us ols. *hnt ’h** s'lAimental he
roines of the old romance# kn w snd th*
taetful trained tv man of f< rtv now* real
; i*es and practices up n K-idly Holt.
WOMAN’S WORLD.
Corrln <-l from pare 15
of cold cream To the untnltlat and Ibis
seems n small mailer. but In truth I' I*
very complex. It Involve* knowledge
of the various fat- and oils. In-1 and f-g
spermaceti, cocoi hutt-r, wax J*r*n *
almcnd cream.ianollne and such in- II nal
Ingredients ua h.ntolii, *-nmph< r. - rr
carbolic ociJ. aulpl.ur. urseu.c, sin- ai.d
whl'e lead
Women who contemplate if. re'gn tour
or who are to receive distinguished for
eigners are often at a less respecting Ihe
et quette of European rout lit** They
can get out of them troub.e hy taking -
course of A-’on- from 'eiicher* who nave
lived abroad I*- days r.f wealth.
A: least i brlflr young w >m*n have
taken up dirmaiol g> with apierla! refer
enee to the hair ft *1 reap They visit
their patrons th- f me a* l-h' * 1* * -and
earn a handsome living At least two tn
the city cle-r in- r. than K/mi ye.tr.
K. .storing Id photograph* glvrs profit,
a~e employm. n o a number of w.-men
who have b c. mt evp’rts In the ti* of 'h..
ramera. It loss not |<y very well in gen
er.ii but now end th.n. wh n h.r- la
s'ror g fumt.y love Involved, it gives very
h it— me r* t'trrs
-•
Th* work I* exceedingly hard, and -on
slats tn scraping away a fl m from th*- sur
fac- of a blank sleet of paper so a* o fit
n printed piece Which Is to he s't Into It.
and also removing a g film
from the bark of the liter The two
piece* are glutd an I subjected to areal
pMSeure. The result I* * ft*
lock* exactly as If It had been primed as
an entirety.
Entertaining children Is another new oc
cupa lon It d-mand* much tact and Infl
nlt patient*. Writing sentiment*, letters j
$2,000 IN CASH FREE!
La*, January. F bruary *ml March i be renumbered advertised what was a that Urn* considered on* of the hursest contaU ever published The firm
prize sraa noih.ng mow nor la*a than f. , k tils. m.i v.ft- •< year in ad vane# Mi. A tt UMs n t I tllltpsb m N J . si* declared tha win
ner. nut a* llr Madden iiefen. -t ihe .. nuit v j. . > .ir In a.lvanr,-. a .ora Med check for ih* said amount was promptly for* sided to nlrn Just atop and think
for s moment whai z srand I>n. ibis .u It no am that as .on* Mr Maddtn lived ha would receive from u every )osi on the tire' Jay of May K&O m mah
a. Mr Hadltn t , v .. ha , . . .. .nr* bafor, hm in which to enjoy his good hrtms
The near comes: we advertise.! cl . ctl < . iho, and the cash prize* wne a*autod to the following partiea
Mrs. J. S. Pouclw, Umstead. bus nae Cos, fia., SSOO in Cash. Geo. C, Cone, Jr., Una, Davidson Cos., Tenn,, S2OO in Cash,
Zlrs J. B Sherwood I'oi.m, t*i Jo oui.lv. Michigan J.. M Bchwawa rhesterflcld. <’onn„ IK. II 11 Blleck Klkt n. Huron cunty Ml vlgan. lIIM. Mrs
A. 11 Uralnger. ii .k iin.lenc.. Autauga c mv \ ibama. *1: .•. I. J .iarm av. Hillsboro. Hill county. Texas. July <uley. Ibe, 1 iwrenoa Vo. Mw. Mary
iiooih, Newburgh orar.gr t'o. N V Ms , V1..,-.1. Hasellwn. Oh. .A J U'wry, Tra.-kv. Minn .11 R Hart, Searcy. Ark Mi*. Keie I : Sv. Xh strrei, Minna
a polls. Minn.; Cairle 11-u.lrrson. Davia <r. ek . au: ia. ler y L ‘velrs*. K ck- lot. Jack*..,! Cos.. Or* . M;as L, R Hurl-ink. l.owtil. Mass Mrs Zl McDonald.
k•. j f i. ,• ,r.* Bertram Burn#t Co*. TW . B M KMdsfiNk fukili >• ►•
Cliiir Lake Ccrro Uordo Cos. la Mi* H R TaompM>, 1"T Taincaaier street, portend. Me. Maty Henry. (Trover. Bradford Cos. Pa Mis. Laura Thnmnaon, Boz
w lans Station Or.: . Canada. Louisa Mil Pr v •I. Mr L O Murphy. West Liberty, la Mrs. May Hush. Delawaie.O S Mo n- 1. brum. Pa. Mr* D.
r Dealing. Magnolia, la Mrs K J. Hague: Cry-m S rings. Mire , Amu# K Claw ford. Bremen. Ky.. Alonzo Penn-lek. Norwich. \i Mir W W NtohAia,
Marion Corners. Kris Cos. N I .Mrs Hal Long t*. wee. Meigs Cos. Tenn. Joseph Rogers. Poorlllh P. O. I'nton Cos.. N. C . 8..1U1U Johnson. \ sm-ouver, F C..
______________ Now ifv.'ii vv. ,so (oollsa as I • Ignore our previous adv erllement. we certainly would ad.ls* you not !r> ov-rte-k This one fo*
_ without a d< tunity of your Hie foi you have not only a chnno# to win an income of Z • . it also to
L A A R . i w* want you to rend ihi* over very enmfuUy, for it does not coat you one
content, ! , isU.vf a v.iv hard one. in fact so hard that II cannot be solved In a minute, not an hour, but Is going to tax your
■mamaapa , However do not give It up. for ll can 1* solved MMI Juat think of tha teward We *... give
|ki E O Y er. In tha block iftuare to tha lett have printed H Jumbled lartara wh •> w# want you to inr
~,i irrang • • - parly arranged Win s,<eii (tie names . t 1 l t!#a In lb* world o ■ holed
■ " , , ...|" In ni-„ ■it ire the
P sag |# , ii , and n lo.tef eon ho uaed Wblob doao not *ii” at W ban vou hn\•• fund ihe three coireot nam<
® ™ av< .. i v< v > six tern n miti) tunes Mit appears If you Conner And llwikrw correct names bttt find only •* you
win van l| you And only iwo correct names you will hove the aoene ohenee to win t •
. ih big fees mantiuned In the second half of HUa ndarUiamanl If yw M* to f®*r onewer mi once wo are qtkU
I R | N .is ,met- going to win tha money and it me] be you Anyway it does n- ieo ou any mot
.. e<l. This, we cat truth ullt **v. <■ tt.e vary I I gale aval edv , aod oo *• • out yur geoorophy, atiaa
r ,, . . . , ll~k f I th< ,! l<— Clues I tie correct n.iluta arc known only to the prealdetit of this company and his private secretary The envalope contatnluz
", t...| an . r.l wit. i a lead ng .fe Dr|>. lt no In Beaton and wIU not be opened until tlv div af'er the .its' I veaa. This, w# belt *.
the", tilV ho-. -t of oil 'll ti' f•* I ,S *v ■v. t.e wt I have an equal chsr.ee In tha event of more then one correct inswer bring received, we will request
nvaiartl a who' av- answered th;s advett sf.ner.t to act a c nun I: toe to award the cosh pw rata They will be Invited Item, to .aton at our ezpentje ondl our
uuits While in 'hit ■ . V W. take ,n* unu ual n e hod o' seD t ■ g a committee to show our good faith a. w. want to treat all In the fairs,, manner com.
m”'l WIU ho oalaetad Dorn among the con.e.i.nta ten day. lefcre the contest clom. Jan h>. INI. and JOU may be asked but not compelled lo act a. 0,1. of tha
ccmmlttee In addition to the Two Thuuaat rt Itoliar* In < v*h we will give tou an opportunity to win.
S3OO A YEAR FOR LIFE FREE!
9 Cash Prizes of $250 Each Free 58 Cash Prizes of $25 Each Free
WITHOUT LABOR OR EXPENSE.
We are going o give tomeor* who has entered this contest and who compile*
with our easy conditions an opportunity lo win and -e ur# from u* without any
labor or expense on their part. three hundred dollars every year during their
t atural ,if< We mean JuM what ste sa If you arc the hi ky one, and we Lope
you are. fur someone will get It w will ecrul the winner every year during their
natural life 3*> cash In advance. Now. In addition lo Ihe cash prizes already
cod. we arc fsb * to give away Dir e ,-aeu prigga of W each and If! - -eight
cash prizes of m !■' tha following manner Ws Will gtT* P IO one pnrty reeld
l„, m the New England stales, which consist of Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont.
Massachusetts. Rhode Island and Connecticut. tZM to one party residing In Ihe
Mtdrl e Plates. Which consists of New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Dela
ware Maryland and District of Cos umbla .U> to one party residing in the 'Mini
rt ate- vv ,i consists of Ohio, Indiana, tdnol*. Mt. .Inn and \\ 1•.•..n1n to
one party r-siding In the We*tcm Unites, wnt -h .ot.s -t of Minnesota. lowa. Mis
souri Kansu* Nebraska and North and H ath Dakot. la- to e. e party r** dng
;,. , h V gou, hi tn State which consist of Virginia West Virginia. North < arollnn.
South rarotlnu Ileorzia. Alabama. Florida, XBasl-slpp*. Tvtmeweee and Kentucky.
I- to ote party residing In the Southwestern Slat.*, which constat of Lsulal
ana Ark..n*as. Oklahoma. Texas. N ' 'I - . *t.d Arizona .?*> *<• one .party
residing In the Ro; kv Mountain State: which consist of Montano. Wyoming t o|.
orado Idaho and Ptah. 121— to ona pnr f y residing In lit* Pclfl ' .*st Suite* wtitrh
c. nsn of fadfornls Nevada Oregon ltd tVaahliiK*'.t.. and *2- to out party reatd
ug in the T' tnlniort of I'atudn. and that Is not "i lor vv • •' t ! X‘• • one party
residing In each state and lerrttor) In tha United Itzlu M* "> ‘ pmvutao of
the Dominion of Canada ash prizv of I
\ ■ V • *■< -.ave an Op| rl nit) to win and at
from us. without any labor or one cert of exper ton your lain any of the above
named prizes There Is positive.y no de.eptloti. and a for trh kery. bow czn
The Bernard-Richards Cos., Ltd., 144 Wharf and Broad Streets, Boston, Mass.
and club addresse- for ir.doeot women of
leisure is fol.owed bv manv ex-school
te hers and college alumnae.
An edict his been Issued by the Malfin
gecus Indians, who live in the mountains
of Hancock county. Tennessee giving the
maidens off htot rtbe n rigid to chooae their
husbands from the pa tfaces Formerly
this was a violation of one of the sacred
laws of th* tribe.and the girl who married
a white mnn was banished from Indian so
ciety. As an Inducement they a*e offer
ing to every white man who will take an
Indian wife from fifty to a hundred a re#
of mountain land
The applicant, says the Cincinnati En
quirer. must be honest an 1 Industrious
and of good character He must also give
a solemn peom’se that he will forever re
chew the daughter* of th* p'e-f.i*ed na
tion, which. In effect. Is that he wl.l love
and protect hta Indian wife s faßtifu-ly
as he would on*‘ of his own r.*ce
The Mslurgeons mnde this* offer he ause
they ran* o ’* onclutlon that their
rsc- was do m* and ’’nd that the * nly way to
save it was by am* gamatlon.
The Malungeona number shiut 1M The\
are the last of a once numerals and
powerful race, o ter than Tennessee It*eif
A tradition am* rr them Is that thev are
descendants of a colony of Portuguese,
who amaleamut* I with tbs Chtfgkei In
dian** hundred- of years ago Th** Maltm
geon are thrifty farmers nnd hon*st and
upright as n gen* ra rule They re
brown-sklnne 1 sn-1 bl.tck-hairwd. nnd hive
regular features.
Mis. I-Vix-D iv|s. Contralto In the choir
of the South Conareg.itl nal Church. snvs
a Ch cago spec ■) to the N w Y rn II r and.
hud an encounter w! h a mem*, and trine
the serve, aln t e r.u ch Sind* e. ■ nine.
She came out vlcto ioua a-d uvrrtxd u
panic srootk te otter worn tt In t'e -o-.
arena I lop. Tie niou-e dun g *rv! e *n
tured out r. r n term, nude in the ' air
aid fr lick-d up,Mu Kox-l)vls skin 1’
was not th> outer skirl, and wher Mrs
l>avt felt the Intruder she etc I- 1 rar
pres* ic eof mind and -elg. I he I tie ani
mal. Afterward th* man who sing* a*
tn the choir gave th- tnou <• a vise ! "t*
squ-ere w,I, h pul art •tt I to pa !1 ,■
During all this time tie Ilev. \V II
r* n> f he cur h. had l**-n
pr* oeh ig on th* "D.fllculll* * * -f s*. tt-.
Men " Th-. ehutch was well filled M
i-'ox-Davis and the other m-mlei of th*
choir Mt In titer ac. us m< and -ate
Mrs Holmes r<.wpr, Ihe organist, was
seating front her arduous exert > -a ltd
was eyeing f new taan fomlly whet,
she sew some hlng the* rr,a b ar -tar
and gather her skirt* daintily in he.’ iefv
band.
Mme. Llnr.e. the soprano sho -t next
to her, instantly did llk*w.ae. but the
thesights • f Mrs Kox-Dv| the hand,
seme con’rslto. were elaewhere. and she
fa 1- I to f II w s u t
T' e scene h ng tbit th ononPt
s-en w.i- t e niou-e, which ha 1 come
fnitn the 101 l and wa* evidently st • king
wh.r m It trUlit dev. ur Noting the ab
straction Of Mrs rox I.BVI-. the furious
h. net quckh • " 'd her a* a victim
The C.the w • dtep saw Ihe threatened
darger. snd w ttld ' ve war -d Mrs Fos-
Davis Hit t >f re they ecu and ar-ract h-r
attention It sst t"0 late Th n. In '.rru
fed . X eft ney. tie wi hd*o e wh.
she ou tl do .. ~
They did rot nave long to wait Hardly
had the me ife shot across th* floor to
ward Mr* Fox-Invia. when a -h mge
came over her faee Her far-away ex
presalor gave way lo a look of sicked
Incredulity whl-h deepened In a moment
Into horrified conviction
For one awful and feaful Insiant she
came near yielding to her natural Im-
J.ule, —sprlrgit upon a choir I • t In*
loos* her who:, -nul In a tlood-rurdling
shriek But she -ltd not yield Instead !
was seen to drop her Jewelled left hand
gracefully, but by no marta languidly,
j and in leaa than no tlma thereafter Mr.
THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME!
Moil- wh, Mr,. prli>n*r
Tho J, *' llril h.n -1 hud <*utch*l It In
111, n-r ilr,*n from the out*Me,
but th bntlle n* not en*l,<l until the
mart aho ,m,i hu, In tha choir chlvnl
rourlv cam- lo h-r help ami at h-r rr
quiftt <ll,pti lir<l tha ih juaa by plnchln® Ita
haad.
ho unlo, y wa. It aH dona that no on,
out,i-ir tha chotr rmlia.il that anythltia
unu-'ial na- li iiiptHildlt. Hut tha momant
that tha aarvlcaa were over Mr,. F>*- j
114vI, ti !>rn to hurry Into Mde room,
her arm .-xicndlng downward at fuy
lenjth and her hand clutching her akirt*.
It la aaid tha< a nuhecrlpilon ha been
ataried by mambere of Dr. Thorpa'a aon
gragallotl to pa> for having lh-
raiding animal'* kln atuffe-l It will
than b<* praaantad to Mra Foa-l*avl a,
a lasting ramlndar of hr valor and aeif
command.
VIFTIIOUa OF I*tHIIAN THIKVK*.
ft r|tn ta t lon F,l?r<l by the fiualUh,
t>runt.nril* Favorite \ lettme.
Fioni the New fork Po*l.
I'arla, Nov. • —Foralgnera ai the eapo
•tiloti thti Mimmir and fa.l hava bad
many ofipormnllie* to laarn tha peeultar-
Itlas of Frn.ch thlevaa. and a ao to l-wrn
that a faw current notiooß about them
ora not aUogautar irue li l a current
opinion *n France for rximplr. that the
net i.l Iq • at ih#*top
of ptofcewlon. Till, butior la re-
Mil .1 lu Flan i ayaa fur ilielr netghoora.
lor ibe llght-ltiigared gentry of Oreat
Britain. The Bi. lan p'.cki*>clcrt ia al
vi .ya reft no) to |n the co.uui’ia of French
nawataipaia u, an ac know .edged maaier
of n. craft, aa a woraman ol tnt maul
.übi.e .kill and refiaeliiiig audacity. Coni
i.ar.d with nun the native product ia ad
muted to b a bungling tyro, whoa* math
ooa are clumsy 4io wbv.se daring it dubi
ous. To oe robbed 6y so awkwaid a piac
irr Is iliaara < fui a, we.l na dla>
agreeable, while to tie ea-ed of your purl*
b> a foreigner la an u.mm to your |>atrt
otiiin, in addition to an Injury to your
jei art Cunoue.y enough, Cnarlea I>tck
ct. i I, reaponn.o.e lo nome extent for
ilia- I—,lef in ttaac ;i|n rlorliy of the Brit
ish (>i kjiocket. Hi, deacrijKion of ihe
lialnlng. of a thief haa been popularized
In France, ere peop> are convinced
that Fag In ha, many uMe successors who
uwen the an of p.chlny po- keta cn tna
ne.t iin| (ivid pill iph • Many visitors
. tna **|!ii|ots. howver. Englishmen
ar.d others, ate ,utte '-invlnced tnai me
French thief la not tar behind Ihe Ehgdcll
pioduct.
Th-- fa t that the Parisian thief shows
a pred.P tion ter atrokes of business that
Qm >b: r ja.- tl, uar tab nr may partly
account for ih" French view of h.m lie
la always tn the lookout, fer Instance,
f r ~n i porlunltv f robbing .a-ra-mi
who haVt I. c. ■!:.nk.ru i.ol wisely but
100 wti Ir, ,ac ,url<".y of (nls o. crat.on
’ e is cal eel. In Fiench -lane, the guard.
lan aitk'-l ' H i r P is lo get IrMo con
V'.eot oi wl I, the pet. who la Induced
10 acctst t Ms ei .<rt -ral b s arm. l"n<l“r
thise condlttn*. t trip ihe b-f .itl-l
Is nage f Ids b- 1 l-t. ns - I- child h play
A * 111 simpler m- -I "f operating Ir
that resort* Ito b> t„t|ov.ie T il- c as*
: ! *...- lie* I • ' • k'xrd
. wit I r xh *n ua - abej* on one of
I the x ut?II a.a lit. ll *r* ™mmun In th*
lag r Parisian ll ■t ug fairs A- a ml
the p Ivr er lx al* t spore the pocket*
iof h a victim wit .cut danger, but h nan
pen. *— **e sora ly ns hit w.iat I* ttlsel
in a light grip, and he ig* invltw) to go
round to th# nearest police etatlon. tha
prett ndetl alee per being a detective en
gaged In what la tecnnically known aa
• ruthlng."
A moie elaltoiale way of picking pock
is la the vol a I'eabrouffe. In thi* caaa
at least two confederates are neceaaary.
A aireet ta choaan in which there la a fair
there he. when the committee la selected from the eontstard. and you yours*lf
might be chosen to decide who Ihe winners are-
Do not throw this contest aside and say. Oh. pshaw' T have answered pus
sies tdforc and never got anything, fot if you do you will regre, tt as long aa
you live. Someone la going lo win th money and It may he you, n.i one cwn
tcF. Anyway. It does nut cost you one cent, as we do not wnnt anv money from
you Are the prlae. worth trying for? We think thev are, for SM a year paid
to you for life will keep one from the pnorhouee. ami lo those who have a email
Income. It will supply them with many necessity which one haa to do without
In these hard times
Ito >uu know of any Arm In the world that ha* made auch liberal offer, In auch
a fair manner? Of course we are eirangera lo you and you have no assurance e
v*|it our word iha' we are ftnan tally able to carry out the promise we make If
you have the least doubt, we would be plegec-d to have you get a apodal report
Irom either Bradstreet'a or Dun's Mercantile agency, or our narikrre
We are a responsible company with a paid-up cardial of one hundred thousand
dollars, rompoaed of well-known business men. and our sol# object tn giving away
such large cash prlaea la lo advartlsc our rnagaslne. and we will ieave no stone un
turned to accomplish, by honsst metnols ml\ our object
Everyone entering Ihl* conleat will receive honest treatment, and you will
have the same chan V whether you live In California. Mexico. Canada or M ilaa
chuseet, -distance makes no difference
When you have carefully arranged the jumbled letters Inin the three name*
which you think are right, send your answer to u* at once and enclose a stamp
for reply Within a few day* you will receive an answer telltn* you whether
you are a successful contestant, and w# will a m send you full |iartl u.ar* regard
ing our other r.nteat whereby you m win f<r one moments thought, without
anv labor or expense either s> a year for life • a large ball iwiae Do not
delay, aa thki advertl.enieni will net apf-eer in tills public*tlot Sgi.in. Kvriyoa*
answering thla ad will receive a sample copy of Tha Brown Book .Vddresr u*
lists say
amount of traffic. A likely victim hav-
Ing been marked down among Ihe passer*-
by. one of the thieves run up against him.
* If by accident, and Instead of apol
ogising for his aw kwardnse*. let* ffy a
volley of abuse A man who has bean
nearly upset and then Insulted In lh|s way
naturally gives his aggressor o bit of hi*
mind, and In hi, •nWemml. and amid Ihe
gathering crowd, h* I" very likely no, to
notice (hat (he second thief ha* eased him
of his pockethook, or hla watch, or both.
When hla mere dexterity I* at a loss, the
Tarlatan thief often haa recourse to vio
lence. In a general way he I* careful net
to endanger the life of Ms victim With
thla view he ha* iierfetled vailoua modee
of atta-k which enable him to have hla
prey at hla mercy for a few moments.
Th coup de la bascule I* a favorite ex
pedient of robbers working alone, or
philosophers," aa they are tlgnlffcantiy
termed In French thieves' slang floppier
a footpad sees somebody ctimlng lowarda
him in a lonely street When a yard or
two from the victim, he makrs a dart at
him. and with his left hand clutches him
by the throat Taken by surprise, th*
victim Instlncilvely throws hla head lock
At this Instant hi* assailant force* one of
hi* legs from the ground by encircling
wllh hi* own leg. as in wrestling. Th#
man thus assaulted la half tripped up. and
naturally imowa out hi* arms In an ef
fort to regain h a balance. Ilia position.
It. fact, is very much lhal of a person
attached to tne swingtssard, or bg-cu'e. of
the girtliotliK.'; hence the name of the
coup.
While the victim Is In thla helpless stale,
ilia thief with hi* right hand snatches
hla valuable*, and then, giving hi* man
a final puahvr blow with the knee In the
! pit of ihe stomach, tends him rolling in
Ihe gutter, after wntch he himself takes
lo hi# heel* TANARUS.) he aucceefut. especially
If Ihe victim be strong, this coup haa to
be carried out with the utmost rapidity
and precision. *ar more quickly. Indeed,
than tt can be described The coup de la
petite < halae la a sort of variant of that
Just given, ita object also being tn make
h'e victim kwe hla equilibrium for the
few moment* needful to furn.*h an op
i portunlty for the robbery In this In
stance, lb' assault la made from behind.
The victim la alxed by the collar and
th# footpad then thrusts hi* knee Into
the small of hi* hark, thus offering him
whil Is Ironically called a “lltlle seat."
Th# prey once "spread-eagled" in thla
manner, the thlsf gets at hi* pockets
over hla shoulder
Both the coup* lust described and one
or two other* sim let to th*ni ere risky.
T * chances are all aga n-t th* victim nt
the outset, but cnee he I* out of the
hards of his a-sallorsl, there Is nothing to
I revem him screaming for help, or even
front tumirg ;he isble* on his aggressor
Avery *ut>ertor Invention from the p-lnt
of view of the footpad, and a much m to
and nge ova one fr tn thet of the vlet'm,
t# ihe coup du Fere Francois In this
e is- so "opera’or*” are necessorv Ono
Ot them, provided with a stout and long
#c,trf. |o*es up with the victim from he.
hind, throws th- *e*rf P'und his neck,
tnr ns sharp rour and and, with a Jerk, h l-t*
the men he has lasso*.l upon hl he k
The eontederate then "run* the rule" over
the vicelm, who cannot scream, bee, m e
h- I* hlf-ihro’t'*<l. aid who very p-h
--ably la In a swoon, the result of strsnxu-
Ittron. before the proceed ng* are terror,
rated lngenl.ua, however. * the o >n
trtvanee Is, It ha* ll* drawback* The pro
ces* of at rargulat on may go too far, and
he fatal to the vlcslm. Wbhout the least.
Intention of making so ugly • mistake,
the theveg And them a* Ives murder* ri.ar.l
run the rlak of "sneeamg In the haaker.”
which I* their p ciureeque way of saying
•being guillotined."
Auch are a few of the method* of the
typical l arislan rogue, and every one will
aomlt that, for *h*r brutality. 1f not d*x.
terlty. the French thief eurpaases every
other nationality. But tha French do not
believe 1C
at iisrin rr. fob -iwdus."
Attempt tn lots a tan, tar the Orig
inal A merles*.
From the Bclenllffc American.
There la no satisfactory dmotlve term
bi use tn designate Ihe aboriginal tribe* of
\|| ■ Meets - an I m,I nv rth
noluglata employ th* term "American."
hurt, thla Is Inappropriate, since tt con
note*. and Is commonly used for. the
present predominantly Caucasian popu
lation.
The term "Indian." first used On th#
flpanlsb front "Indloi by Columbus. In the
belief that the lands which he had dis
covered In the Wee’ were on the i-ooflnea
of India In As .a Is universally used In
popular apeech and writing, and to soma
extent in ethnological literature, hut Is
objectionable. In that l'l perpetuate* an
error, and that It connote* and so con
fuse*, distinct p oples Such an error wn*
excusable,at the l.me at whl-h It origi
nated. but there la r.o ruse for Ita con
tinuance, and It evidently would he well
If ths term "Ind'an" could be supplanted
by some appropriate and scientific desig
nation
Doting a fllaeuaidng of the subject at a
meeting of th# Amerlean Anthropological
Society, on May 23 of last year, MaJ. 1.
W Powell advocated the uae of the nvma
"Amer.nd " and arbitrary compound of
the leading syllable, of the frequentlr
used phr ise, “American Indian *' Tha
proposed term carries no Implcatton of
rlasaie relation, raise# no mooted quaa
tkm a# to the origin or distribution of
races, and perpetuates no obsolete Ideas,
ft,, for * Ihe fact* and theories of eth
nologist* are concerned. It I* purely deno
tve The term l surttrieotly brief and
euphor.lott* for a I practical purpoee*. not
or ly In English but also In ah* languages
of continental Europe It may be readily
plurallxed in lhe-* language*. In accord
ance with their respaotlve rule*, without
losing Ha distinctive aemat c character.
Moreover, It readily lend* Itself to ad
jectival termination In two forma, vtx,
“Amerinlan ' and "Amcrlnlle,” and la
susceptible also of vdverbal termination.
While It can be rcadl y use-1 tn the requi
site actional form "Amerlndlxe," or In re
lational forma, auch aa "post-Amerin
dian."
The term Is proposed a* a designation
for *ll the abortglcal tribes of the Ameri
can eontlnen’ snd adjacent island*. In
cluding th* K k mo.
The working ethnologist* In the society
were practl illy unanimous in approving
the term for tert-eive adopt on end for
commend*! on to fellow- students In thia
and other countries As th# working
specialist# form the court of laat resort.
It cannot b- doubted that any term ac
ceptable to them may be egpeoted to
come into use with considerable rapidity,
and be eventuMly adopted by thinkers
along other line*.
American machinery will hereafter
hnrvl e the coal and Iron recelvad and
shlriv-d In the bar'or of Alexandra.
F. vpi, withs reduction in th# cost per
t it from fl sft to rets cr lees An *x
(ert was ■•■ ll to th e -min’ry to study th#
pr- blem xrd the -esult Is I've con - tr-i-wion
of an elevated tramway on the American
plan. _
—Mlatref*— ’•Did you tell th* lady I wa*
out T‘
Servant Girt—Tea, ma’am.”
Vstress— "IMd she seem to hava any
doubts about ItT*
S-rvant Girl—"No ma'am; aha aald sha
knew you waan't.”—TH-Blta.
—Tetlow—"Keep truth on your aid#. Re
member. a)) liar* shall have their part In
tha laka that burneth with lire and brim
stone.”
Wilton—"Oh, It must have all bean par
celled out long ago."—Boston Tranacrlp*.
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