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CHRISTMAS TRADE IN CURIOS.
MA*Y SAORiriCM HU>K
• HIUT%•** NOPIBV.
Irw of Ihf 11mratal••• ( owe I'rom
ollrc'lor*. ThintaiK m f **lloot4on !•
Mnnirllair* llrnk-n Ia to— Heirloom*
himl Pocket Pleeea. of %wlir In
• uappolnl h> the Owner, ( ome to
the Hnrkrt—ll<w a trt lleoler
(hi( an IMM I opper—%% e)tftip lilrla
Who Nell Their t Inthea for t'fcrtal
iiim Honr>—Thr Pawn *Mio| la the
Ut Heaort.
New York Dec 21. —ln theae days Juat
I>fore c )d.tmai when the whole tvorkl
faa ovne a->ho|tflfHK. when inirrhanere are
re klea* at <1 retail mer*h tula Juhnant.
ar.onner cla-> *f irM'lee-people are think
kif n t of pitching #alu. but only of buy
ing. Thee* are the l**alera in rare eolna.
(■nmta and curio#. The hahttat of the
aporlra le iau<tlly on eome dull aele
etreet or in dinjry rear oftlrep of tower
ing buetneea Mock#. Thte la their time
for picking up bar*.tin*, for, to the deal
er m rare eolna. atampe. hooka and an
tique* generally. ke< many o thetra* I'M
<*hntvmi* chopper turn for fund*. Tnl#
S* how a dealer tn coins and metaia ex
plain* the eltuation:
on aee here t# hardly a family in or
dinarily good etreuniftfanrea which 4oea
not pcmuh*op eonre* old noli), perhapa with
•* family tradition wita -hed. or perhaps
1* has been hand's! down merely a- a
lucky pocket piece. Now the present
rwner may not tw over-burdened with
family prVl*- or Interest in family tradl
t'ona. Chrletmae com©# and And.* a lean
purse*. What is simpler than to offer th**
rtrlo for eair* You, there k a boom in
opportunities for buying r.ire hits
Mori* rhntm# As h rule ib is
effected by a woman. M-n are more phil
osophical at •out Gtirlutmaa giving. hut
with fhe women, well, |t*s money
to aper.d on gifts or a care
of hysteria An*) as a rule
a woman knows nothing of the
value of coins Jus Ik> the piece Icl ft
she thinks It should command a hi* price
% tli rl■t hi a aurprlae.
‘*l remember one yonn* fellow who ro’
a *anu:nc Phri-tmas surprise In this of
fl-e ||e thr. w down a coin with a mum
bied a;olcgy that he needed fTirlstmas
ino)s\ If’i atranae. birt no one save the
coin **rik or collector regards this trade
as le*itimat*' I pl’ke*l up the coin care-
Jessly and wss timtcx**} to fin*l tl a rare
one, listed at Wf*. buy In* price. The young
fellow who by the way. Wis Well-dr o**ed
and wtdl-bre*!. fairly g.isped when I pal l
him the irri (if course. I Inquired
whether be h id any more stuff of th.it
•ort and h* replied that It waa a pocket
j*iece which the nti of his family had
carried for several generations, a sort of
*h k charm He remarked that the
was more luck than he had ever expec*
ed to get from It. At another time I got
an Hot cent In the same way. The man
who brought It In threw It down In a
ebam*-fnc.-d way and asked If "the old
thine might l* worth anythin* " When I
fmnded him g ive one astonished
look, seised the I*lll. and left In a hurry.
From the *kpre*4ofi on his face I judge
he thought that th shop had ta-en left.
In charge of a weak-minded assistant, and
be wanAerl to get away quick before some
r* person came to revoke the
deal.
“As every man knows, a numismatist,
the real coin crank, become* absolutely
*h**ort*ed in his collection, and would
rather starve than break a series Hut
2 know one ok! chap, musty as the shelves
in his library who was guilty of breaking
Into t complete series In th* interests of
f (’J.IU* H* ha*i pi< k*M up several
hits In my store, and we were fairly well
h quaftntvd in n business way Al*out all
J knew' of him personally was that he
had some sort of u steady income, for he
always made his purchases oh a certain
day of the month.
A Hare frrls llrolcen and Restored.
“Well, tlie day before Christmas, he
csim* in wHh a worrlrtl look on his face,
his shabby overcoat iinlniftotied and his
necktie even more awry than usual He
laid on the counter a certain series of
English coins, very valuable. Ills voice
was aotually husky when he akcd. Are
there any of those that you would like
to idly?'
*T promptly replied that I would take
tle lot He spread his hands over thsm
and almost sot>la*l 'No. not all, Just a
couple. Just a c*aiple You see 1 forgot
all about Christmas and I've got to have
II little money. Just a few dollars.'
**l picked out two coins, and wonder*
fngly paid him B for thm Then he
tamed beck with a yearning look at the
coins. T-I hope you won’t have a chance
to sell them bef.*re the M)th I'll have more
money by the 10th. But 1 ooulAn’t let
Christmas go by with nothing for my
llltle girl '
"Now, I'm no sentiment.illsl. but 1 kept
those coins out of sight until the loth. It
would have boon o pity ,rt brook hl set,
snyway. and bo chuckled Ilk*’ o bov wlion
bo found t boon watting lor Mm. If s'er
tho 'IIU.o ttlrl" Uvea to Inherit th.it col
tscilon of coins. (bo'll posses? n little for
tune. and lt' dollora to doughnuts that.
tinlrMt (ho la different from moot aonun.
(he'll (ratter the labor of yearn to the
four winds."
.% Deal In Stamps.
One of the Mg stamp <lealer haa ha.l
a , B customer for several years a lad who
lias apent a good dool of money making
tip a collection lll( album was rapidly
s morning that delightfully bulging shape
dear to youthful .-ollrotor*, when misfor
tune overtcok Ills father's hueln. .■ nffatrs
He no looser t*ought damp but Mood
before the small window studying Ita con
tents with yeurnlng A few daya ago ho
lidl/ marched In. hla statnp book under
htr arm. The dealer nodded to his former
ouetoraar with cordial greeting Hu*, tl.o
ltd had not come to buy. Would the deal
er take the collection off hla hands’ You
ae. thing* were going aon of hard ter
home, end It looked vary much aa If there
would he no Christ nwta doings
"Of course." explained tlie tad. “I don't
ran* for tnyseir. brat It's kind of rough on
bbc younger ones They'll have a ft If
thay don't gat some dolls and truck."
Th< a'.am|-d*aler concluded the atory
by saying . .
"1 suppose you think I ought to have
t ought the Whole thing up at a big price,
Ml fast turn se.r> of Psilta Claua tnyse.f.
tout business Ir bustneas. even In stamps.
3 paid the boy what It was worth and
told him not tq waate the money. Hut
he's a* right He haa Job now in a hlg
wholsaal* house, and some day I’ll wager
bell have a collection of stamps after
all."
A daaler In old books la responsible for
the following tale of Christmas sacrifice
Two pretty and determined Rout lierti girle
came to New York last summer to woo
Dame Fortune. But that lady proved
singularly obtuse to their attentions, and
to ha* been a brave struggle to keep the
wolf from thslr studio door' Not that they
ever gave a thought to relinquishing their
arnbmons and returning to the sleepy
Hrmthem town The only difficulty was
to oonvlnee certain people pi that same
town that these young women were ab.
an.utely comfortable and happy. When
■ Yidatmaa time came, the difficulty was
greater than ever A box must be sent
to the Southern town, but Itow*
Happy thought! On their studio wall
was a case of booke, brought from home,
containing some rare English and French
volumes, last remnants of the glory of an
old Southern library. Family pride was
sacrificed In the twinkling of in eye. The
inoks found their way to the second
hand shop, and eventually to a notable
collec-tlon. The box will be opened by a
couple of very toappy people In the Far ,
Hnuth. and two very happy girls artu sit
n to a audio Ciwtotnraa dinner that !
•rill rot be entirely reminiscent of Christ
mas the da> befewe the war
Where the Old ( lottir# Healer Comes
In.
The old clothes men Un tell atratig*
tales of theb holiday pur. haM - fltrang©
as U may aeem there are young women
belonging to well-to-do and even wealthy
famili*** win* hav lttural permission io
run up hills for *.*? ;■•#•, but who do not j
know the meaning of th* word i*ln man*
The Id's that girl* should want to spend
Just a* they plr.i> on Chrlstm.i- tririk* ta
I* hcvcaid the ken of head* of * *rt tin
families. Many a girl who wear* si.k
ddfti and fura 4su <x ii
of rarr> ing in her po- k Th* hill* j
for clothes u< to "Papa * tnii as for
Christina* -landing money, tufT and j
nonsen** • Otrfte .• b* ter off without
It Ib Mult. a stealthy \ Iwlt from the ld
ciothe* man. and the - • rtfi<*> of a **u
ple of half-worn dancing mil *llnn* r I
frocks, a Ih< e-de*‘ked morning r-*U\ or
|s rhNp* n bit of fur th pupa will never
mbs Aral mamma wink at the ll;tl*> de
his eye derl*lv* lv i< h- sn**ks out the ,
rear enirar .v. Hut never mind, the glr •*
will w bapp> ►* rviifig out a number of
small Christmas i*ar*l.-, tl**! with baby
rlbfoii
The Junk men reap a small Christmas
harvest by buying up Jon lots of duff
from v otir.gffter* Tb* r* * * c*uner In old j
bottle*. * rap Iron ** 11 • of hra-n md •v<n
rags among the small fry of many fain- I
Ikes when
all collected on pi Ii I: I* * f *• strictest.
boti* *ty pr iiily * veil though th* Im
pulse that prompted it I- Renerou* The
last h-H'it. th*- pawn ' k* r •- -h*f*t. *!•- •*
Its b**st hualnese >n th** day iwfor** Cfirl j
mas wh*n all other expedients for rut*-
Ing m<*ne\ hav* failed often the p|U* ,
offered I* a piece of < iidtiing that can HI j
be spare*!, and tha will bring at beat hut
a few cents, for clothing is a dead nr- j
tide" and many of the pawnshop* will i
not accept It at any price The appll- ;
cant of the pawnshop ha-* one advantage I
over tin man who -.• rltl *• tbs treasur**** j
at the curlo-deaier ■* |>la * in that le |
has a year's grace ti whl h in r* ovr
them, whereas Hie rar* *tamp or prised
coin, on * out of hand, i- pro *atly gone
forever.
joi.i.Y iini.nm iA ir.imtNmAT*i.
ti<|xra|loM for I mpromptii ll*ne
Partlea Dtirlna < Hrlatuma Week.
Beside* being • captivating wv of
In lme ing one's friends u*r*aher for a
social three’ hours, a const*dlation |arty
has the* additional merit of ladng ex
tretncly pretty. Tlw •ugg*‘tion of the
stars, which hgure so prominently in the
gum** played, may also nf|>car 1n the
decoration* of tie draw mg-room.
Soft blue material crepv If |>*sslble
and *fKing!"d with gilt i*uf* r stars may
lra|*e the walls, fondles or fairy lamr*
under white shades should glow here
and there from corner**. window scats
and mantel shelves. The hostess and
har aides If they tie*lre might wear gowns
sp.ngld with steel or gilt, but costum
ing is by no m* m* necessary to the
success of the affair
There H no Item n the prejiaratlon*
tlvat cahnot Im* <lon at bom* and at
trifling cost The htM thing m-cssary
in pr*iaring for the gum** I* seven sheets
of colored cardlnaird. one of blue, one
green, one of bhr k, yellow, violet, red
and whit*
flit from |h|* a nutilizer of I
five pointed stars, ahnut two Inches tn
diameter
Now select, from memory or a book,
a aerie* of proverbs consisting each of
mvhi words The problems chosen should
le well known sentences u**-*! In Minmon
; speech. su*h as the following:
Straws show which way the wind blows.
'TI* an ill wind blow-- nobody g"od
<*od helps the man who help* him
self
Hold lies very deep In the mountain**
A wilful waste mak a woful wan*
A fc>ol and hi* money soon part
In times of i**icc freiart for war.
You can't s*iuex* bl<>ol from a stone
Have an exactly equal number of stars !
of each color. One won! of *< h proverb 1
Is written upon each star No two star* j
of the same color being used for the .
same proverb Thus, wrtir upon a white
star the word "diraws." t'pot) blue star
"Show " Vjiott s red star The " The
yallow* star b*r* the word "Way " The
green star "The •* Violet "Wind " Red
“Blow* "
Vary this order as mu'h as possible,
r ome times beginning the proverb on a
red star and ending on a white ftom* -
nm< ending on a gr**en and loginning
on a blue
When all proverb* an* efjrr have been
dispose! of Jumble them well together
and then divide them equally into as
many envelop*-* as you are to have
guests.
When your guests come together give
each an envelope and explain the na
ture of the contest, which consists In
seeing who can ui an hour and a half
form the largest number of the pro
verle hv grouping the stars together in
"conatailallonr" of seven Kxnlaln thnt
naeh sentence consists of but seven let
ters and that no color can lie used tales
In any seven words These two points
will be the only guides by which the
players can work towards success
If. as will probably happen earlv In
the game, the astronomers find them
selves unable to hum constellation
from the one* In their own envelopes,
they may off**r exchange* and In this
say. secure new words
Titer* are no tables for the game The
plxvera form their slar grout** while
walking or sitting according to fancy.
Kach sentence when completed Is taken
to the hostess who consuls tor list an I
says whether or not It hns been correctly
given If correct, the plater receives a
glldml i*ardbnar>! star which counts one
point towards the prise If Incorrect It
must he worked over again
Hunting for the word whleh one
thinks necessary to complete one's |r
verb, bargaining for It with another
player who Is reluctant to give It up.
.11 •Ih]. ri .. Hi e I ■ l '' and
p.nr>r~j,rTT, ' ‘r-^iLnrrml
HIDING J*£UUINUa.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1900.
that, because of It* color. t cannot be
used in the constellation otr Is farm
Ing -theae and similar excitements form
the spirit of the gam*-
Th* player who has in hand the greatest
number of gilt stars when the finish
ing Ik II ring** Is entitled to Ihe first prftge.
If other |*rlxe>* are given th*- sec Oft* I and
third largest numbers of the gilt liar*
carry off these
Thera are riogens of pretty bijous
whi h would make appropriate piix*-- f" r
a star iar t > dcarf or lace pins or cuff
Hud* In starry thllTTr Ht*mgl**d neck
fi hus for the iu lies, and w.*il llluatrated
iiooks on astronomy for the men are i
worth thinking sl>*ut for the pur pas*
The motif **f the evening could also •
nppear In the suiq>er or refreshments. |
Handwiches and cakes, hy means of a i
tin biscuit m be cut tb tbs r
-propriate *ha|*** b o cream can In- mould
d in it ITie vines upon he aupi*er table
an Ih trained to form the flv** t*olnt*‘*l
?tr ItonhotinlereH *an be llttb* star
-haied boxes covered with silk nd
spangled
When Ihe gre*' oc .tslon w*rks Its
wa> arutind upon the calender and tin
last guest ha- arrive*! *>f**n the evening
with a contest In horoea n*l heroines
of fx-tlovi lor this you must have pre
puted ivi advance a list of th* Interest
ing yoifcng |ei|#l* or old ia*ople who
f’gure in certain p >puhr novel* a* "lead
if: ti. tr >tai "landing i 'l>
I stories of recognised repuiation should
! i* consult**! for th s purpot*-. hut this
I rtilf* Is th* .mly one limiting th** choice.
It is preferable to us* no translations
I'rotn tlie I took > selected make ** list of
alHMit twenty-nv* her* 1 * *t t**l heroine**
It order to puxxi** tlie players tnob*
j thoroughly, It is better to chose chars*
I t**is a nieh lo no*, give their iianu * to
the romatM'e. The nanus selected at*
written, one by on*, upon a blackboard
within view of nil players and each
P layer in a*kd to write down the title
of the atorv In which they occur.
Th# following suggests some good ones
for the purpose Th* l>ooks In which
the cliara*'ter figure are given In
brackets Maggl* TUlllver. <MHI on the
Floss > Jennie T)ena tllearf of Midlo
thian Msther Bummeraon. (Blrk House >
Nathaniel Bunppo. (l**iah*r tHocklng
H-ries I .aura Hell. fPendennls Rev
Uortor ITkmroae. (Vlcor of Wakefield. f
Hester Pruyne. Scarlet latter Ago***
Wakefield, (Havld <*op|erfie|d.> Vrsula
March, (John Halifax Georgians 'obb.
•The Kentucky t\irdlnal ) Rbertw March.
(The late Mrs. Null t .lose(*hlnr March.
(Ixlttie Women ) Mr Knightly. (Kroms )
Itudolph. (Prisoner of Zends > KliXibetb
Rennet, (pride ami Prejudice i The Dl*-
IlU rouble Mini. (Biilps that Pass In the
Night.) <')rrlst'*plier Newman, (The Amer-
I an I Pomona. (Rudder Grange ) Pene
lope Ixapham. (Rise of Biha* lAklm )
Dorothea Brooke, (Mlddb-march.)
About fifteen minute* will Ik* required
for these questions. The player who.
.t th* eml <f that time ha* most correct
answers to her account. receives a
i-anl on which Is written This card
• ntltb-s (hr bearer to one |*otnt towards
the prise "
Time “between the sets," must not
hang heavily To carry the gaiety on
with eclat have the maid roll at once
upon the scene a table having upon it
the foliowing object*:
\ parlor match, two or three photo
graph of Infants grouped together a
small school globe, or railing this, a
book of geographical maps, a bust or
mUmture of a pretty woman, an empty
cigar box with a tine handkerchief and
i pa'r of women's gloves in it; two dolls,
sitting vis-a-vis as If engaged In con
versa Hon. a man's sock with a hug*
• avlty at the tor*. is*ir
shore goggles; a wedding rln and a
photograph of Queen Victoria
K.ch >f these object* will suggest the
name of e*wnr popular story If intently
studte*l. Pig the guests to work at once
upon them A key is given here to aid
the Uiey hostesK lYu* mat. h stand* for
that well known, old fashioned novel.
The Lump Fighter The photographs of
i fantft an The N-w-me* s'boo.
glolie i* the Wide Wide Work! The bus.
of t lio jwllv *(n*n roj-rMwinn A
I'orlralt of !Jidv " Th- clw cm— hol.l
lUu-<V<intv hhJkprl>lof r***‘-
|v of Th. WronK Hoi " Two .toll, in
! aonvraallon could *•jinx’ hiK
! riix Ih>llv rtlou*- 1 Tho *> k With o
i hole in I’ 1* ”W’h*n Mnii’n lnl Th*
o4Kl* r* " r - lo ° r “ l * * "* u,h •“
A I'.ilr of Hlu* *!<' an ‘ l . W f U^ n
Victoria* photograph how A i.aoy
of Quality." . .. . .
A um lik* ilI *tv>-n **• ?h * "’•1 f
the flr-t khiii* I* awur.l-1 h*r* to th*
mnn or Kiri who prov to •>* th- *r*nt*a:
hlhllophl!* In thl* *<..’Otul *ont*t.
■i i,., ...mi..* of famou* ftory rlt*ra n
..r..,t,| in oharad. lv anoth.r .Vlkrht
fit] numlar to th milnK Vr hf. th*
hoate** read, out from a llat -r*i4ouli
arruiwod. th* folio Win* word*, -ach on*
„i which • >* ranp.**d Into ih* nn-
Of ivpular wrthT hy ualnw suhathut
, „ ~ w nv.Ti B*v*r* iStern*). Utrorv
(llanlrt. very dark <hV.ck>. A tall hlr l
K’nm*i. A oronaln* |dor* (Ford); vari
iflwlft); Hatn* a* Jlni (Jam*r>; A
chariie (Ward). A li*qo* (Orar.l); A
d*vot* (I-ovor). A mxlutDal t-r
(!g*v*r>; A madlaevwl dwelling (Caatlei
T**nty vn!nut*a m*lll h* r*qulrrd fo;
drolph*rlnw th** oonundrtim* or any aat
almilarlr Th* H.ckv tk-k*t l
awnrd*d h*r* a* In th* forawoln* con
t*t*.
Th* tlek*t r***lv*d at th* oloa* ot
thl* f*atur* oloa** th* hula Th* plv*r
wlnnln* mowt <MIU dWOH roc*lv* a
*oo.l novrl. Minor pria<* mlkht b* tho*
unlqu* candy ho* In th* alwp* nt ta>k
which wh*n op*n*>l rov*l tomptln*
„**t. Man rw*on
—Von Ttnim*r: What’a th* matt*r? Too
look ad
Plmpl*ton. I f**l *ad Thl* morn in* I
d*.'*lvr.l mi lf* for th* drat tlrn*.
Oh I* that all? Pooh’ You'll rertwor.
Don’t l*t that worry you."
■•But II do**, old man Bh* caucht m
at it."—Dolroll Fr** Traa*.
—-Mrf Bunk won’t lot h*r dauwhtor **t
marrl*d "
•Why not-"
"itho *ay* ah* had h*r own htiaband an.l
Iwo aona to look after and ah* chn't hav*
another Iran around.” —Chh'*t Record
IDOLS IN NEW YORK.
HNom'. Ml DIIH %*• tou *:rviv.
A P.tPGH-l)KIOHT-.
Phlllpplnr Madonna* For mo-a II
ftnd* < hl.lr*n’* *la> thin*—l*op
ulnr tfuan V In—Til* t.oddra* l
hllknonna American I ontrlho
tloas.
kYum the New York Evening Pogt.
I The rpgram "Or|hc<Kx\ Is my <Y>x>. n.|
heterokhixy is yours." may be paralleled
1 ly (he statement that “Every religious
figure in my fallh Is a sacred object.
! hut in yours la an idol " This appears to
be the ruie in the various collection* of
such aril In In New York. Under the
trm elol are Included every variety of
hßur*-, from tthangD, the thunder g<jd of
Utrural Aftag. to Buddha of India and
Uonfudue of China.
The mixeionary movement in the I’nltM
Btate- bimn work on a large scab* In the
pfcnent century, and from that time on
• very evangelist has sent on the Moln of
the- territory in which he was engaged. A
minority of these have been placed In
o!ie< ttun*. but the gf-at majority at--
I distribute)! in parlors and libraries .*.
• ■urine and brlt-a-brac. Bronx* Binklhas
tv.il* h on-e gave joy to Oriental hous -
holds now *k hity as paper-welghtx. anl
at least one 81 vs. with his fifty hands,
now sit* in • smoking-room on Murray
Hill, holding the favorite pipe* of Its own
er. Those which are graceful and hand-
M, ni are i>*fp and ir ornament* for the man
telplece an*) catdne;. while those which
**fe grotesque ()ih| th-lr way to the lioudoir
• tnl smoking room In due mason they
ios*- their r*dlglous meaning nin! becom
n**re t*r* - -bra. In the Visava Isixt **f
th* I'hilippiiiew are black Madonna* whl'ti
were laoloibly statues of the go*ldes
Quan Yin when they were made. Many
•and these have been ei|M*rted to the Cril
f * Bt.ites, %%hera they now |m*ss for
humorous statuettes. The Papuan In
dians of Formosa rove little straw go*)*
e-nich are popular In China among th**
i.dren, who use them as doll** Occa
sionally thev go (o New York, where
h y are so.d as Juvenile toys
American Hoard's ( ollectlon.
Of the collections In the m-tro|*)]ls that
of the American Board of Foreign MU
••lons on Fifth aventx- is undoubtedly the
ie-f. Next to this Is the exhibit in the
Church Museum of the Jud- m Memorial
bubdlng. A s|KTiai collection of consid
erable value is in the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art, while a e ore of private col
lector* own from twenty to several hun
dred ilgures and symbolic carvings In
the American Board of Foreign Missions
the collecthm has grown no large that
it was re*‘ntlv dlvkle*). one-hall' being
idaced In the library and th*- other In the
assembly rc*m It Is arranged with gr*at
skill, and offers sn excellent obje t-les
son to tho**- who care to study the varia
tions of religiotj.s art. The K*st figures
aie those which come from the Bralnm
ami Biuhlhlst lands. Tin- former are
xomewliat superior In <lesign. the latte r
in variety and workmanship. Of the
iiraiimnn figures, the more noticeable are
Hiva. the (Jod of I >**stniction. who is us
ually portrayed with an unnecessary num
ber of arms, ranging from ten to fifty.
Kali, his female counterpart, is often
marked by the fact that she has smikes
.nstead of hair, or ;hat her ti.i'r is bound
with writhing serpent-*.
In the older figures the serpents were
purely conventional, but in the l.i:er the
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spirit of realism Is manifested, and the
reptile* art carved to represent the hid
*ous c*.bru *li ca|ello A varlani of Kali,
Is the goddess Hohwani Bhe Is of m*>re
slender bulkl than her prototype.
bears a retemWanc* vague and in tome
ease# startling to Quart Y the Chinese
• ioddcMs of Heaven It lax b* en stig*
geoted by Oriental scholar# (hat the Mon
gol tribes which invaded India in the
Christian era. ami of whom the <oork*
or (loorkhas are the most prominent de
scendants. brought th Qon Yin cult
with them, and (bat it became mixed or
modified by the Kali worship, resulting
in the creation of ihe newer divinity Boh
yanl. The tiger figure or tiger with the
half-human head, is i symbol of Siva.
• J.inesh. the gosft-nttured r°L 1 always
typified by an elephant either uncrowned
or crowned linnitmon, th* money gcsl.
is nn Interesting cr* utlon. and undoubt
edly r* ir*-sents tlw- a* i-nt faith of a Tamil
r#rr which occupied India before the ear
ly Aryan# Invaded It from (he north
Krishna, though th* mo-t popular Hindu
deity, s seldom represented by a graven
Image.
Comparison of (be older with the later
figures shows Hearfy lhv the first statues
were simply aiithi>| morpht and of con
siderable excellence With the years there
was a gradual degradation In the work
manship as In the religious concepts Just
as the god B|v*. Hh.\a or Bhlv degener
ated from the clear con* eptlon of th** de
structive for**e of th** universe into a
monster of orueltv a.*l bl<Knl**hed, so the
figures changed from that of a ha mistime
man to a hurnanix# tiger. Buddhist Mo #
divide themselve* Into five cia**e*. ac ord-
Ing to the lands from whl -h they ome—
India. Ceylon China. Korea, and Japan
Those of India ur** old. exclusively old.
*• wlng to the fact that the faith of Gau
tama died enturios ago In th** land of It#
birth. Those of Ceyl*n are clumsy, but
rontaln considershl< |s*wer sn*l natural
ness The Chinese Buddhas are strongly
permeated with Ta*>im. nn*l present the
tda) Taoist beauty.’ which e extreme
obaslty. Korean Buddhas display
of Bhamanlsm *>r de\||. worship The
n>o( cnaractertstl figures and flgurettes
have a seml-dlabolb .il expr.-sslon similar
to that which mark* tin demons on*’e
worshipped in the Hermit King*l**m The
Japanese Buddha# in thl* city betray th**
history of the Shinto faith It cam* from
China during the Christian era. and was
largely modified by Japanese factors.
( lilnese IHtll*.
Chinese idols in New York are numerous
ami range from Buddha down to the l>eau
llful little divinity known nr th.- Kitchen
(Jod The n).| mi rod Ive fenule divinity
I, v<i.an A’ln. Ihe Codder- of H-oven, w!n>
1> |orira>d wllh e*oe—lllHlly oblique ever.
Inn* oval face, aiat lona, llnaerr
with exqulalte nail*. Sh. I* the moat |*>l>
nl.ar female divinity In the Celcatlal Kina
dom. ami Inara the *ume relation to the
faith of the far lai• I oa the Virgin doer
In the | rtn eounttler Next to Qoan Tin
l the iftvMesr tti Unit Cin e la-tier known
ah trie (Judd'!?* f HI Ik worm r Hh l an
historical character, havltar on -e l-en an
Kmprer*. IXirlnK her relsn *he |>ald ttreat
attention to rnlUi* silkworm*, and mad.
s.! many improvements lii it she enrtcheil
the land for five hundred miles In every
direction around her j-.ilace. When slie
died she was deiflot. and 1* still proy<-i
to by the numb, rl**,* sllkarower* and
weavers of Ihe empire. Next month. No
vember. 1* the Festival of the Cocoons,
or of HI l.lmt Chen. A tlne-lookln< ima*.-
Is that of the t;.l of OoMcn I‘roflt who
typifies the strm)* commercial nature of
the Mon*ollan Of equal repute H guana
TI. or QwatiK-H' Cion*, the (io.l of War.
He I* •: an hlatwrleal < hnraeter, ha) In*,
when alive, bccti a brilliant general, who
defeat•*] the foes of hi* la-other the hm
lierur tn eenes of dvli war* ai*l after
ward* routed ttie heathen* of the north
A curtun* statue Is that of th* Ihrate (bsl
or Hoi of Thieves. Fp lo the present cen
tum the pirate was an honorable gentie
man in the Middle Kingdom just a* th
bucane.r was In the days of gueen
He** Tits Pirate tlod la said to be th.
dethcatlon of a famous *•• rover w o
*w*f‘‘ the China coast about law •' *
and who. acordln* to ieg.nl*. went .
fur we*i a* the land of the pyramid*.
Horn far hit Journey* are true or mjlhleal
cannot be 4* termine*!
Rorran him! %frtca*i 1 l*!•.
Korean Idol* are par*e in New Yor*
Itnd of little artistic vaiur One or two.
however, are of considerable interest, on*.
In this city Is the stone pile whh.lt w ■"
errcte.l upon hill* 'id mountati) peak
and even housetop*, to frighten aw y in*
visible being*. These spiritual beacon*
are very i.-mmon In the Hermit Kingdom,
and the one which is now here baa prob
ably been prayed over by hundreds of
thousonds of superstitious brown men.
Itather comtcol I* t Korean frog-*")'
Thl* I* a hollotv construction shat* I like
a tortol*' - . In which are three .’■mall coin*
■TYhen j tnv.al over by a priest or a devout
believer It possesses remarkable |>wer
against evil thing*, and also is supposed
to bring *.>od luck to the owner Thl*
numoer—three—is sacred, four coin* r
two coins having no power whatever.
Africa I* fairly well represent.-d In New
York by structures In stone, wood, and
ivory. All of them are k>w tn the sca'e
of art pyml>oUn an*l r**Hgioua coniaqx
ilon. Srn* f th#* flgur#*# r**ir* nt Bhan
go. the #iod of Thuiwfter; Oro. the Uo*l or
thf Night Wind aiwl Utortn. ogun, the
War (lo*i. A#hu. the Oo*l of Mvil. '*
Ela. the tk#l of 8 • ret#. The kait-nanie-l
deity l# the cxiiy one treat'd pogthally
It I# generally pymboHxed hy n Mr*f.
apparently a *love—l though wn.it a l*lr .
hs to do alih keeping *e,’ret# J I >ro *
found mystery It i# evil**nt that in
Africa they have no paying corresponding
to our childhood clause. A li’.tl** bird
told it to m* Thl# Afrloan exhibit,
though excellent •• far as it goes, it* not
a# complete as (hat tvhlch Bishop Turner
brought from the Dark Dontlneut itnd ex
hibltetft -*nie year# *g<
our own continent -upp'.le# a very neat
•Replay The Redskin* proper mak* in©
poorest showing The Chinooks. Aleut#,
an*! other Aia-kun tribe# are far better
represented while the ancient r# ♦ * of
Mexico and Central America lead them
all. The Ilgures confirm the present he- |
lief of ethnologist# that this part of th*
ontlnent wa* at one tm* peoplwl h\ ♦
numb* r of tri:e# or race# possessing * a h
its own religion atw! civllisntlon. Tner
were th* M.iyai*, Axt**cs, Toltecs, Kichee.
Kiehcklls. tftituhlls. and Ouatemaluns
Our knowledge respecting tht*r religion
i* very slight, and It Is *ft i ftV •u 11 to
fy th** various figures which we poss*
Tine workmanship of these ido'.s Is rather
jmor. They do not compare wiih thos*
of Asia, and r*- ir* e|v much bet r
than the African figures If art is a true
riterion of civilisation, the Central Amer
ican races hud not attained u high de
\elopment at the time the bkiis were
male. The isles of the South Sea arc
Burly represented The kk>le r* evklent
ly of the swine general or.gin, and liull
ite that th© various grou|s of islan*le.
such a# Hawaii. Samoa, Tahiti, FIJI, and
Marquesas, wen* ik-o|lk| by the sam
race They all ha<) a god of the *e.i, tv io
Ikihetl up Isliinds with a hxdc and liu*#
from the bottom of the ocean. His name
In at least eight nr hipetagoes js Maul.
In those j?.a , .*is where *h*re nrc activt
volcanoes there was a fire gorkless Pele.
la>no. the It.iln God, Ku. the Evil Spirit,
and Tan* 1 , the Creator of Man were thr* •
rtlier prominent members of their pan
theon
The chief feature of the Jttdson Memo
rial collection 1< a w*ll-ff©lOied assortment
of Burmese divinities. The*e re mani
festly the result of the mterpenetrati m
of Hindu slid <*hln'*se schools #f thought.
The Buddha of Burmah is essentially
Mongolian while the elephant god is clear
ly a survival *f th* Hindu Cloneah. Th*
Burmese appear to have had consMerahle
skill In carving, but their workmanship i#
that of the artisan and not the artlst.
Th*y revelled In detail work, but w*r©
ineffl- lent In design an#l proportion. Dike
the Chinese, they have a barbaric love fr
gold, and gilded a)mi*t every object w hi n
they employed in connection with tlu-ir
temples. Eater Burmnw work indicate#
a marked retragre##lon over early *p ci
mens. anl indicate# that the country ha I
gone steadily downwards.
The collection# allow that all the great
religion# of the world have resort** l to
the Ik-11 either for calling the faithful to
prayer or frightening away evil *pinl
Moat of the religion.- have employed th**
war-drum or the tom-tom for the same
purpose. All of them have used lnceu*
and all have cultivate.) sacrifice# of some
sort. The oldest Mol# of Asia, the pres
ent ones of Africa, hid! those of Meii o
demanded human sacrifice#, the sam* a
did the Babylonian# In the days of Abra
ham. Only two of the older religions m—m
to hava had no Idols Those are the faiths
of Israel and of Islam '
—At the coming *<w#lon of the Booth
Dakota Legislature a bill will be Intro
duced to set aside a sum for the coll*
tlon of documents, relics, etc., hearing on
the early history of the territory now em
braced by that state, and to furnish auit
sblt quarters for the preservation of the
mine The first Legislature of Dakota
territory. whk*h met In 1*62. Incorporate*!
a hlatorlcal aoclety. which Include*! among
it# member# many prominent pioneer#.
WAI.KINC 111 (>TB.
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.ri'lA-DRiaj SHOES.
GOOD REASON FOR IT,
The **eee.* *nl I’opulitrlt* or tb*
New (klxrrli (’ur*.
Th(* remrkb!e *ucrc* and popularity
of Ihe new i*trrh run*. Htuart’i Catarrh
Tablet*. 1* !-Burly because it not only
cute* rotiirrh, but catarrh uf.
(erera tv ho u*e ttu*e tanlet* know wl.at
they ore takln into their y*tem*. n 0
accret la made of txnat they contali
They are compoam! of Hydraatln, bio t
rcot, rtualacol and red ft urn, are pleaaar t
to the ta*te and belnir dlaaolved In th
rtmtiih they take immediate effeot upon
the mucou* llntn* of the throat, na**'.
pa.iuye* and the whole respiratory tract
Ttie cured tluat Rtuarf* t’atarrh T.ihlat.
have accomplished in old chronic ca>...
urc IMtlo short of refnarkirblc. and tt •
advantaKW of ktiowltur J)*at what you ar.*
tnklmr Into your system If of tmramount
Importance when it Is retnemtiered that
,h i-ocalne or morphine habit haa b..c n
frequently contracted as the reault •*
ujiny *crst catarrh remedies, ax a,
many of them are wrell known to oontalr,
the.-, ltijurkwis drus
Stuart’s Catarrh Talwet* meet with the
approval and oonllal suplrt of phy
clans because their antiseptic character
renders them perfectly safe for th
jteiicral public lo use and their compos
non make# them h common #*na© cur#
P r all forms of catarrhal trouble.
With ncsirly all advertised catarrh cue-*
l> is .i matter of ueee work as to wtm
sou are takln into the eiotniioh, as th
proprietor”, while makitu: all sorts o*
.'lalms a* to what their medicines will
do. arc vers- careful to keep It a clo •
s. i ret as to what they really contain
Tills Is one reason why Stuart'* Catarrh
Tablet* hove he—n so widely recommend
. I, liecatise they aie not only pleasant
and convenient to take, lait the patient
also knows he is not putUnic Into bis
stomach anythint of on Injurious charac
ter
Thrse tablets are sold hy drujnfts's
everywhere In the linked State* anti Can
aria nt ft) rents for complete treatment
I*ud probably there Is no )>etter remedy
~v er dev Iso I for the permanent cure of
catarrh whether located m the head
throat, bronchial tubes or In the atoma-h.
hypnotism it a m hc.icai. OMB.
t’ntlcnf ob|eeted to Cowtery tlon*
the Spine YXlthont Feeling Dis
comfort.
From the New York Sun.
Boston. Dec 1* —lfypnotlam wns uee)
successfully at the Bomon Emetkfencv
Hospital last nlrht in place of an anaes
thetic John Knee land of West Medford
was afflicted with chronic litmbasro atsl
several attendant ailments, but refused to
submit to an atmeethetlc while the attr
Rcon used a white-hot iron in rearm* the
nerves directly over the s;.in# column
which were . ausln* all the trouble A pro.
f. sslonal hypnotist was In the hospital
It the ttme. .ltd dunn* the conversation
H*ked ttie I*ll*lll if he had any objec
linn to la-in* hypnotized Kncsland was
r*her doubtful aliout the success of the
[Jan. but tlnnlly said he was wllltn* to
have It tried upon him. and in three min
ute* the patient w i* in a hypnotic slate.
Venous lest* were made to see If the
man wa- In a protx-r elate to he o()enuetl
uis d’>a. surfoon first told Kneelard
that there was no feelin* In his ear and
th.n p.issed a needle thrcm*h the lotis
witlutut Knee land evlncln* any M*na of
pain. The doctor then Intimated UvM at.
ordinary pen.-ll was a r.sl iiot iron %nd
ti[>on touchiiiu the [sttlent’s hand, the tat
ter withdrew It quickly ae If he had reai-
I) experleiK-ed a biirnm* sensation.
Aaaine.) i pniwaq U'lik-if.s atjj A\ ’WUl.e
and said to tils patient:
"Now. t item's not a [.article of feelln*
In your Is k. Is th, re"”
lie received a neymtlve reply.
• Now.” said ihe doctor, ’’l'm ro.n* to
vi, your spinal column
i lind your trouble There!” He drew
t.ic whltchot cautery down the man's
i.n-k
”Do you fe,d that?” he said.
“So." replied the patient and then he
was broturht ts.ck to a natural state.
Afterward K nee land said he had not
felt the sliifbtcst pain when the needle
was stuck three.*h hi* ear ard that th*
li* : iron ! ■ (tie payed dowry hi* back felt
exactly like the doctor's Unger.
Iron Unit Scare* n l)o*.
From the New York Timor,
rtilciao. De- IS —' ftport.” a fire*t Dana
<iowned by (Indfrey Johnson, threw
,'hrlstmas shoppers Into a panic ot
Washington und State streets this afte 1 •
norm. Johnson brought the dog down town
for exercise, and all went well with the
man and dog until the corner of Wash
ington street was reached and the do*
found himself lies de one of the hi* Iron
lions that guarded the door of a depart
ment store.
The minute ’’Sport' saw the lion he
went Into a fit With a howl of fear ha
bounded out into the middle of the street
In hi* dash for the street through the
crowd the deg uswe; a half-doxen women
who curried arm* full of purchases, and
(.icy -added to the noire Incident to the
tigs discovery of the lion Johnson had
a hard time -atchlng and quieting the
dog. but many women will always believe
that tile animal was mod.