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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 The monthly" and •'magazine" did SWEETHEARTS OUT-OF-DATE.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*. 21