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20 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 THE CrtRRFjrT WINTER RIDING HARIT. I** 4w ■ mTiJs ffaga..-v f iXJ -Tut? i /* UOI4C uwib* 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. .■ ssz mMiWzv :■ ■, t, .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.