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IS THE WEATHER ECCENTRIC? hit for it* V art IMS nnsi.E* I.IFE WOT 14* BR A MOYOTOWT. varlAflnm a Part of the Laws of Notar* and Kuoner or Later Thn Iteaeb a General Average—’Thla I car Will Had llh a la rt* Snr pin. of T< .narrator# aa an OSaat | rroedln* Vrara—Thr Kindt of Meteorology From a Meteorlogtst's landpolnl. j, the weather eccentric? Webstar de . uie word eccentric, aa a deviation ir n the '■enter, or front the ustiel course, and taken In this sense, the weather la , ■uredly eccentric, ae It seldom runs , long the lines of tts normals, or when loee touch these llnea Ita stay Is brier. , akeo In a broader sense, these appar ,.,,t rcctottrlcllles are a part of She fixed, imuteble laws of nature which are being • rrled out under what we terra the laws compensation. Thla swinging. back „.l forth, over the normal llnea. has not •he regular, rhythmical stroke of the pen. ti.ilum, for If It had general forecasts, v .„ ra m advance could be made. On the nritrary, the swing of the weather from month to month. Is quite erratic, but the , im total at the end of the year (It may .. .my take several years), will coincide Vl! l, the normal. In other words. If our ’eorologtcal balance sheet he against this week, month, atson or year, a mpcnsating departure tn the form of a , ,:pltis will surely be entered on the fit side later on; a deficiency In atmos ’ ier c phenomena over a particular region , a certain time, le counterbalanced by m exeesa over some other portion of the ii try or globe, and this Is worked out „,,t maintained an equilibrium, not in .. elements which go to make up the - .(her only, but In all nature As re f rds temperature and precipitation, the ■ a . elements which prot-aWy affect or ,r,; - life the most, their apparent vagw n.re aptly described recently In the v York Tribune: Any one who compare* the actual (..in iemi>cr*ture for month with the .verage for that month for the previous rty or fifty years will almost Invaria bly detect a considerable excess or defl , ,„cy. The same la true of the preclp- H-iilon. The difference may be small atul ucely noticeable or It may be large, r it it Is practically always dtxoemtbi# Not once In a hundred times probably will , r the average tcnqierature or raln ' T for four consecutive weeks be exact normal And so. while there Is often a i.sd deal of extravagance In popular . mirnents on the w. ather. and especially ■ i nerdlng the ‘remarkable' character. It nevertheless the fact that it Is always little warmer or a little col ter and a il dryer or a little wetter than It ought U> N*." That it lf"alw:iya little warmer or a itk colder and n little dryer or a little v.tter than It ought to be" I* forcibly ti trated by the fact that at Savannah during the past ' ten years, I>i months. May. lWh. was the only month during which we received exactly a- much heat us we are entitled to; while during the same time there was not o rr nth during which we were permitted ... r < ord our exact allotment of preclplta tlon-always wetter or dryer. \ It ts with the months, so Itgls with r . ye.rs. Taking the year I*oo M ts found ti• the pendulum of temperature depart from the normal— using a euggeftlve . it is found that It swung to the ild, nf deficiency during the months of Jar -urv, February and March: during Arril It oscillated to live side of excess for May lx hung motionless at normal, a nr uual occurrence as staled shove. • winging to the deficiency side again rturtre June. It then passed back o the , a- of excess during July. August. Sep tember. October and November, while TV. ember promisee to end with a slight r.ntlve quantity. Asa whole the yejr will end with quite a large plus balance to Its eredlt, but we need only to turn hi k to 1*97 anti ISM when It was larger IX9], is*;. 1*! and 1*96. when the Ki'ances were the other way. In precipitation the pendulum has 'wing to the excess side, via.: January. \prll. October aid Novemlter. I December premising to give us a slight deficiency), sid this, the last year of tiie nineteenth century would end Indeblted to us to the amount of approximately It Inehex of ratn f ill Hero again we may turn back to the • ■ ora I*9B and I*. when the deficiency waa greater, or to ’93. ’9l. *9T. '97 nnd '** V hen we had more than our allowance. T esc deviation* resolve themselves Into e grand averagea or normals; converse rherefore, the normals are made up of tsriiw „f shoormals or eccentricities. Rut. to phllosophlie a little, what would ’< be without these abnormal* which •ui.l spice and xest to everything? This . tils the words of the familiar song: ring Would He Hut 'HoornV Weather II t l Wo Nothing Klse But Spring." which •Hv bring* to mind a memorable and pioiiarted period, at a place nestling near •he tropics, wherehi the cloudier# skies nnd continuous glare of bright sunshine ' "tuljr became unbearable, while on an other occasion the wearisome irksomeness o' cloud* and rain for 29 days, became al fiost Intolerable—s period during which *'ery man. woman an.l child became mt"- thrope* and pee-lmlsts. It cauras one t ■ shudder merely to contemplate what existence would he under non-eccentric we.iiher conditions, for Ms terrible mo -1 ■ 'ony would be simply awful. H. H. Boyer. Loral Forecast Official. The Early "Penny In the Mnt.” From Hood Words. Rarely fifteen years have elapsed since tie automatic coln-ln-the->lot machine hrtt appeared In public places to supply > ustoraers with cigarettes, matohe*. choe nkites. eweetmeatt. stationery, etc.; while In its lntest phase this contrivance. In conjunction withs lighted street lamp, has been made available for the auto matic purveyance of hot water and hot drlnkf. Surely, It may be thought, this extremely utilitarian Invention ran only have been due to the Ingenuity of the present generation; and II Is. therefore, startling to learn that the automatic ma chine is one of the oldest projects In everyday use. since It was known a cen ■ry before Christ, being the Invention of that great mathematician. Hero of Alexandria, who flourished B. C. 117-11. Hro Invented what he termed a "xarrl fi lal vessel, which plows only when money It introduced." ami a full descrlp llon of thla apiuratus I* contained In bl famous treatise on pneumatics, rels • ued by Threvenor, royal librarian to l-''lls XIV of France, tn Ihe year I®! "If into certain sacrificial vessels a coin of five drachms be thrown, watrr or wine shell flow out end surround them," so runs the postulate. The explanation of Ihe mechanism In side the vase was very simple; Ihe ves *el contains another holding Ihe wine, and near to the latter Is placed a verti cal rod. about which turns a well-bal anced beam. When the coin ts dropped through the slot It falls on one end of thla horizontal beam, which, being de pressed. opens a valve suspended from a chain at the other end. and the wine com mences to flow out through a pipe. . m Aa Rlephunt’s Execution. From the London Globe. "Sir Roger." the big elephant of the Scottish Zoo tn Glasgow, was recntlv shot, oaring to his having shown signs of vlrlouanees. The great animal was eon fined In a spec,ally constructed cage of thick Iron bars amt heavy wooden beam" A considerable number of ap<‘< tatorg wl>- nessed the execution, which #as through by a party of five comprising two sergeants of the Royal Scot# rusll leta, a uty gumnaker. and two assistant*- Tlzzv r • rr r’ wiu ’ rtn ~ •*■* wul? hi. 2" a Th * 4,11n, * ! 'food quletlv with his h-.d protruding from the op-„- ng In his csg. At the signal to fire, the report, of th. five rifle, rang out si mullaneouily The elephant stood with out making the slighteat sound or motion for two or three momenta. Another vol ley way discharged, and hit head drop ped a Utile on to the beam at the bottom of the aperture He then slowly sunk on Ids aids and died. THE WORLD GROWING BETTER. from Tanth Pago. that all njtKma will In* <'*hritlan nattotu*. •rul th*r* will no lonaor cxlPt any nation In tha worl<l wtifre the ChrlPtUn rpiliclon Is not dominant rHlcton. l*rotc.stantlm prevail* among fho Opr manio rsc*** Threv of tho tvmpr*— Qtrmany, Kn.' ird and th* United Htatp* Protestant Power*. To the*# we may add Japan, which so far as it is Christian balonjr* <o the I*r>te*tant group. Th***o Power* have the chief control In Pattern Asia. Hour hern and Kastorn Africa an*! the Island, of the sea Protestantim Is os vigorous as ever and continue* t• rrow a* a youthful giant Tha Homan Catholic Church Is on the whole she strongest arwf most efficient re ligious force in the world. Its stronghold* n*-e In the Celtic ami Isatln race* Three of the great Powers-Franca. Austria and Italy—re Homan Catholic It also con trols Hnu:h America. Northern and Cen tral Africa and portions of Asm More over, It is powerful and growing, aa it en Joys freedom In all the Protestant na tions. The great divisions of Christianity will develop in their own terrltoTle* They gain from one another and lose to one an other Bus In the aggregate they hold their own; and we may confidently say there t§ no possibility of any ona of tha three overcoming tha others. The reunion <*an only coma through eMlmtlatlon. mu tual concession, and. above all. through the coming to the birth cf new ami great er problems which will absorb the inter em of all and throw into the background old controversies and present lines of di vision Tha lines of progress point to Juat such a situation In the twentieth century The doctrinal controversies nf the Reformation have died out and can never emerge again In th# same form. It Is now Impossible in any part of the world to rouse those fierce controversies whif'h disgrace the Miteenth and neventeenth centuries. Religious persecution no lonrer appeals to the civil authority, but 1s confined so far is It ciiats In eccleeiastcal lines. The questions of the twentieth century will be chiefly ethical questions. The divi sions will be on ethical Unas. Rut the church Is tired of divisions; H craves unity; therefore there will be do division# of ecclesiastical organisation#, hut the division* will be of parties within the . j !me church Rut so soon as the churches *re able to tolernte and recogHie differ ent parties on burning question*, they will also recognise the fofiy of perpetuat ing divisions of organisation* on ques tions which are no longer burning; and tha inevitable result will be the reunion of Christendom. Unlit.l nirfi.il on the Jews ti the 2'fli Centtiry. Rnbbi Kmll O Hirwrh who was In fii vannah a couple of weeks ago and who is one of the leading men of the day of the Hebrew faith, says of the Jew* and Judaism In the twentieth century-; No epoch in Its history has perhaps wrought such stupendous change* In the fate and force* of Judaism aa the century about to go to sleep* The people and religion of Israel have often before met and mastered far-reach ing crises The eitle at Babylon, the Fyri m rebellion, the Roman conquest, with Its subsequent destruction of Hate and temple and the dispersion of the Jews over the wide earth—these ami nuny more trials have left their deep Impres sion upon the faith and the fortune, the ambition* and attitudes of tha “chosen people. ’* But withal no succession of decades has evoked modJfloatlons in both their re ligious views and their political hopes and status* among the nations which in pro found i*ower may ho compared with those brought to pass within <he Inst hundred year*. The American and Fren h revolution proclaimed the Inalienable right# of man, which were the patrimony of every on* bom In the household of humanity Th* old distinction* *n<l discrimination# un der which none had auffered greater wrong" than tha J*w were thereby denied legitimacy. Gradually and almoat everywhere after a tierce struggle for recognition, the Jew. in conaequrnce of th# spread of Ameri can and French Idea", wa# admitted lo the fellowship and clllzenahlp of the dif ferent nations who** respective language he had been epcuklng for many whirling centuries and on whose territory his cra dle had rocked. This admission lo political right* and responsibilities reacted necessarily upon the rellglo-uattonal hope* and conscious ness of Ihe emancipated few. \\ nth- be fore he had felt hlnnelf to be nationally distinct from hl neighbor*, and prayed for return to Palestine, where he wa# to live apart from other nations tn an Inde pendent Jewish State, he now came to lose hi# Identity a# potential member of future Jewish political nation, and In his prayer# he CMZed expressing an hi" In nermost longing the desire for return to the land of his fathers. Jewish religious reform pivot* on thl* change from Orientalism to Occidentnl |.m The synagogue came under the spell of Western Id*#*. The national yielded to th* universal aepect of the Jewi-h faith. Thl* movement, very eagerly pushed In Germany during the fifth decade of the century. nd later still more alr<nuou#ly brought to fruition tn Ameih-a. ha# since the revival of anll-B*mltism *n Europe, come to temporary standatlll. Under th* .ting of the n*o-natloiml re crudescence of medlaevallsm, which would again exclude the Jew tpatton In the Ilf* of the modern M ettem nation- Jewish national *xclulven*s# ha# also received anew stimulus. And to day in the camp of Israel the voice* Of the Zkxitat* are very loud one# more It I# very likely that Zionism will not relent unlit l programme ta realized, unless ntl-Seml!l*m ee*#e Its fury ■ The later prospe- t lacks probability. Kven modern nations the world over are steeped to the core In Chauvinism, and have fallen ready victims to th. plfiurlh a fhenrv that raelsl affinity I* basic • o their constitution and stability Under thla pernicious notion no stand- Ing ta conceded lo .he Semite Within the sweep of the modem nationalism Th. Jew. In Buraia. Roumanta snd lower Danube will continue to P"B-te loetrine of Jewish nationalism, and the possibility l "o' preposterous thatraffif* tha iwanUHh caniury will ha*a on* to ltTbitrtal their dre-n of national restor *!• In .- A a h*ir ooaltion. If Judtlun S°." C crerad • snd des r;,ll be recast Ih. *'"## o, The U ffi#t'!nc‘ I'vel 1 'vel> h Jewish - of Ura ....nal svmbo l*m will pas away, in* J :r arrai.~y sSs-wss of 10 # united humanity sanctified rvlee of Justice, righteousness snd love, I new ehurch. Ilbersl In thought, unlver t Mn fellowship, hrrad In It- -)'mi*J; . ..Lricnr tor the kingdom of aortal .ml work.ng tor • * ce of al | ,he nations, will Uuv. arisen from the i" of Judaism" THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER M, 1900. SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP. HOW NEW YEAH-9 Ifi tEI.KIiN 4TRM AT THE. CAPITAL. Th* Halida, Eatortninmrat* aa.t Alan Hbn W*ra fh* lint, and Moetesa*,,—Cabinet Odteev* Who Are A him* from Their Pan. of Ont,-Tha xhadun Wnrnina at the White llonae—The Hardeot Work ed Men llarlaa the tlnlldara—Other Mattrr* of x*edal Inlrrrat. Washington, Deo M Holiday week at th* Notional Capital is eeMom marked I by formal funrrlona. a* "aoclaty," ilk* ! commoner clay, |* occupied with hnma affair*. Chrlaima* heior.g* eminently to ' th* family; and while thou# of our legis lature whose families hava not come on for the winter have scattered to their aln fire-elde, the local world le equally engrotaod in gathering* of kin-folk. New Year s day inaugura'ea the aortal eeason pref er. wl!h the big public r* cptlon in [ the White Houae. the Cabinet reception*, end the later round of general oatle —tha ; latter, by the way. growing leee and leea ; with each succeeding year. Time wan— not *o tong ao~when Washington re solved Itself Into two great todies on th* first day of the year—lhe men who were making rails and the women who were ; receiving them. Everybody shutter* ■ were closed st noonday snd flower decked j parlors arllftcally Illuminated; table* groaned under substantial spreads In | which terrapin, done In sherry, occupied the poet of honor, while punch and cnam pagne flowed o freely that the most ab stemious caller began to feet queer In hla upper atorv at an early stage In the pro ceeding*. Under such circumstances, It was smalt dlsgvac* to be seen In an In toxicated condition; and a. New Year* night wore cm, many a dignified man of affairs, noted for hl generally Uhesier fieldian deportment, was returned to th* bosom of hie family by tha coachman •* limp and maudlin bundle Happilv. verv little of this le now seen in good society at the capital. The change was not brought about by the Woman'* Christian Temperance Union, nor any other temper ance organization; It was simply due to American gcqd sense, which asserted It self. tn sppe of fashion on one band snd the ill-judged cry of "flhe turned the wine-glass down" on the other. Nowdays few people of any eoclal standing servo wine at all at promiscuous githerlng*; and In this good year of 1901. pater faml lias may eaelly walk a chalk-mark home after his merry round of caits In Was tv Sngtoe. the houMS that are "open" on Jan 1 are fewer year hy year. It l* usually those of the edges of society who now hang up evergreen wreath* in the front window* ae Ihe outward sign of "gen tleman callers warned within." The British Ambassador snd lady Pauncefora always "keep Christmas" by observing all the lime-honored English custom*, even back to the Yule log and the was-ail bowl The atately apart ment* of the legation are bedecked with holly and other woodland bough-, while I the Queen's portrait in the atalrvxay-hall Il garlanded .mew Thera was a family j dinner-party on Christmas day. at which | all th# gentleman of l-ord Fauiuefole'e I staff and their wives were gueets Th* typical I •oar's head was Hanked ly 'be : American turkey, umtl haunches of vsn ! lam and roast* of beef; and a genuine English grliim pudding esm* in irolly- J -row no! amid blue blaze*', followed b> i rhe usual toasts of the day—the first, of j course, to Queen Victoria. The day fol- I lowing Christmas Ambassador and lanly Pauncefot* gave a lrg<- dinner-party members of the diplomatic >n; and *>- icrvv rr*b* hots and guests adjourned In a bo>ly to the Letter mar.slon. where a trail was in progress. Russia's calendar give* th# members of Ihe Kuselan embassy two distinct Christmas celebration*. The first will ho th* uniting with their friend* of other nationalities on our orthodox day; and tire second occurs * week later, afier ute custom of Ihe Czar's subject*. On the I last m<n non cl date, a Russian Christmas , tree burdened with unique gifts for Ihs I various friend# nnd members of the liouso ! liohh will be set up In ihe room adjoln i mg the ambassadors library, on the sec ond Boor of the legation. This fatry-llke tree )s as different from ours Ui itcwign nnd decoration as can well b* It will be Illuminated with queer colored s ax Will )■ Ming and toasts proposed tn true Russian fashion Thn young Countess Cassini did not return from New York until after our Christmas Day. She wae the guest of Mre. Perry Belmont, who occupied one 0 r ihe moef >ns|ki uous boxes In the house on th- first night of (lermun ope.a. Amid all the social glory, which repre sented everything In the way of gowns snd Jewel* that money <x>iild buy. the pretty l*-year-old Russian Countess shone pre-eminent, in a dress of white !*• <• wl'li long puffed sleeves, relieved with knots of black velvet. Mr*. Rrtmont was gowned tn white satin, a wreath of green leaves I" her dark hair, faetened In from with diamond ornament—an old, old style revived Senator Clark, thn Mon tana multi-millionaire, occupied an ad joining box. accompanied by his daugh ter, Mrs. Culver, who wore whit# eatin. with frill* of pink chiffon. At the German Embassy. Dr. von Holle ben and staff followed tha custom of the Fatherland by celebrating the night of the 24th, instead of Chrleima* Diy. The great Imiek emhasev was gay with holly wreaths and mkxtletoe. and the usual good cheer was enlivened by Ctirlstmix carols snd German games. In which youtis and old participated About the same thing occurred et the legation of Austro- Hungary, where ih Baron snd Hnronee* von Hengelmnller devoted the day to their one small 'laugh ter. Thla was the latter - * second Christ mas here below; but she had a tree ax brave a" the biggest and severs! srnsH friend# to enjoy It with her; and laler In tha evening a number of ladies and gen tlemen of the diplomatic corps were in vlied to participate tn the merry-maklnr The Austrian Minister and Baroness von Hengelmuller returned only the day be fore Christmas from New York, where they went to attend the opening of Ger man Opera, and also to meet the Minis ter* nephew. Baron Pflugle, who will •pend the season In Washington. Not withstanding hi# unpronounceable cogno men the new arrival Is ha del with Joy by ihe bachelor maid# of #o< laty, as he Is handsome, cultured, rich oml unmar rlod. The Vlscountew# Santo-Thryso. wife of the Minister from Portugal, accompanied hv her little daughter and eon, baa Just returned from Europe. Count Quadt. first secretary of ihe German Kmbamy. Is •pending Christmas week In New York, where he went to meet hi# wife. Countees Quadt and the.r 1-year-old d*uh'-r. who have been visit ing relatives In Pisa. Italy. The Dalian Ambassador and Bar one*# Fava are yet at thetr home In New Torn but will return lo Washington in time for the New Year reception at the White House. The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Gage were among the übsentees of Chrtat- Iti's week spending the time with New York frlnds. Th* Hitchcock family are also missing from tha cohlnet circle, bo iva yet st their home tn t. Iyxils. where they wio remain till late next week Mta* Constance Ortggs. the third .leugti ter of the Attorney General and only cabinet bud" of th* tehvon, was Intro fluccd to society on a recent afternoon, at a tea given by her mother. The com ; mod tour house on M.smrhu.ett. avenue. which Ihe A Forney Genera! and h - fan,- ! Ur have occupied throughout their r**l i Ucnce in Washington, was <Jecorat*d with It* mi *r*f pink flow art. tu fiilari thfoughoul tAa racalvtfig hotira. (town 6 to 7). With th# l#a<ltitr vffl<*lal Ai|kk>aati# atul rrui*M famillaa of tha <>apita4 m oo °ial aorlj Tha thr## younf tlauthtrra of th# Atlornrv Gan* #ral mak# an tknuu illy prat tv trio, attl of enurwr. nailed forth #uatomar> trtt# tmm#nt anant **khi thr## grace*. *• I Thiy.hgva alard#r. willowy flgurca. ar t Mi** ('onstanc#. tha younce*, tm&m a mark#d mtmblanca to h#r fathar Tha Chief Jumicv arl Mr* Kull#r will giv* a vlinn*r Jan. *, for tliair SiMvin-law and daug-titor, Mr. nnd Mrs N 1* Fran ! who will h* th#ir hou*#-gu#*tii ev#r th# holiday# Mr*. HarturU ha# invlta j tlon* out for luncheon in Mr*. Prnnclit (tor,or By th# way. <h% reported hetnoth- *f Mlaa Vivian ttarturia to Mr Ni.'ho!* of New York I* denied hv tha family. Th# latest annmnvnetiient mad# and •< I promptly denied, I# tha anjragetm nt nf ‘ Ml** EvlMlt Pitirts to Adjt. U#t\ Oor A re. #nt and avtremely ftopular a l | lion to the |>lewMirae of fahtotuihl# Uf# at tlta i* a riding club, arnovuc whose member* are tha SacrtUry of War. Mia* Hoot. Ml** faunrefote, tha Hwnd ) l*h Minister. Count (jnadt. B*rtm Her man. I ‘opew. Mi** Paulding. Pay master Baten, and othar well-known ao claty iwotd* Mr*. Daniel Lothrvi* of Bolton, t* the guest of Prof and Mr* Ravmon.l, for* , marly of Princeton, N J Mr*. Luthrop ho# Juat punVia*4Hl tha famous ! !i>u*e, ' ih, rivenl home f Lgotiiae M I Olcott. Th# place adjoins "MavwM#.'’ for I inerly occupied by Nathaniel Hawrliorna, * hkh 1a now Mr* Lothrop a • imaiur ree- I lvloruM*. E\#ryt>ody ha heard of th# shadow\ Hrarnlng. lately dlrvwered on th# Will la i House w'hich •uperatllioua pmotw ! connect with the singular plieikotneiioo of I three years ago - w hen. Juat before tha President*s mother died, even’ morning ' when the *un got aroovMl to Lna front porch, flia figure of a bent old woman nppeoreii on one of tha maaeiva Greek • Mllars Your correspondent had the cu riosity to make a •p#'ia.l n*lt to tha ; man* on yesterday, at tha regulation hour J for the hoodoo to appear, and. pure J enough, there was plainly to be peen, Ift ] the exact spot where tha aha lowv old ; woman u*ed to be ean (and which dlsap leared a* my*trlouly we It <'ane after M Mrs MrKinler died). tha un* j tnUtakable onflliw- of forearm anl hand, one finger held up and slightly bent 1n i the attitude of protest or wruming- I Every day r.mnlern of people go to *e# 'it. and pttssh* their head* in N'wln. tr>ing jto find what object owet* the shadow j Nona of u# are superstitious. oh no* hut * it glvaa on# a delightfully creepy eenaa | tk>n to see such a singular tiling on : eoineltOfilv else * front |*orcti I About tha hard**t-workP*l man In 1 Washington in Christina* week # the i postman whose round Include# the White House. Haverai times \ry day h* fome* loaded down with tmn lie* and 1 imckage* for fhe I'reakdetit or Mr*. Me- Klnley; while Innumerable other present* arrive by express. It 1* th# *ld idea of •To Him Thwt Hath Hhall Be (iiven ’* Thee# popular donation# to the Executive Mansion mount up Into th# thousand overv year snd comprise every thing imaginable, from typo-writer* prise turkey* With uch an wntwr**s tn*t of riche#, it is truly more btooeod to give then to retlvt. If the ttotxir* fondly Imagine that the President o*.en* .ill these parcel* himself, and make# w mental im*# of the giver’ names, to be i held dn memory dear,” they were never more mistaken. One pair of hamla coulo j not poaslblv do It—to mnf nothing of one man’a overtaxed memory. Tha conet antly Increasing mountain of package* Is un der the charge of Mr. <sorte!vou. th# !’resident'* even that g#n ( .man )*, ordy tiro.' to keep in eye "e th* servant# who turn'll* end own th* humlle* Mefnber# of th* W- f• will be Interested to know that *ll th* esses of w.ne and Ju* of wlvlky th*t oroe to the Presldeirt - snd ttwlr n*m* t* lvton—are Invariably refused: wnd an ar* all *lft* of tars', intrliuilr. value, accord lug o th* e*tabU#hed rule of th* Whit* House When Mr#. Clevelsnd wax "Fir## 1,.(d>," a xplondld hrooclv. #et Wltsr cotl> acme, c.ime to her on* i'hrifin'" . from .m entir* #trunc*r an*l. noeflic#' < d<J. the girt v,< immediately returned cigar# Mr. M> Klniey aei#e. and ih* g,,l om-e he waikea; an.l he eat* the prize xurkey#--all he ran of them. Sarah and Her Aisle Attire. From Harper # Bazar. Sarah Bernhardt aay# th* etory that when she I# lo '•#■>- men * part" he wear* men - # clothe# for month* before hand In order to become areuMomed to them and unconarloua of #elf 1* absurd. "With tha donning of the coatama."' !• write*. -- I am the character. Aasuredly, ye#. I believe In tha Influence of environ ment Given th* surrounding# an.l the coatumo b< longing lo a character which l have previously tud!rd. I am thai i— t xunag* and deport myself h would kx Every movement must be that of Ih* trail) There must Ire no lap#* into feminine grace*, inlonallon* and cajoler ies, There I* no d*lr lo do so whxxn th# port la thoroughly alieorliod Fasci nation there ran be-ma foi. >■<•#■—but It mu#t be that of th* man. not of th* wo man. IVAtgton show# p'ayfuln**#. nf feet lon h ihl cajoterx- tn Ihe acen* with hi# grandfalher. but they are those quallll—. ax felt and exhibited by a boy. and nm an a woman. 1 have no special time or pla o for HHly. When 1 am working up anew role I think of nothing eta* until I have completely associated my#lf with the diameter. I will ludy In my car riage. In bed. when rating—all the lime.” Mormon# In Hangar,. From the Imndon Telegraph. The Hungarian government will have to decld* whether the freedom allowed to all creed* In Hungary extend# also to Mor nionlsm. a# two mlxelonarte* of that faith have arrived st Temeswnr. This neigh borhood ha# always been s favorable soil for the production of sectarianism, and th* Baptist#. Nazarene* and other re ligious bodies there cause much troubtr to the military authorities, as they will not taka Ih* oath of the colon mon missionaries hove notified the gov ernment that they are founding a church, and the offtctal# are at present studying Ih# doctrine* of Joe Bmlth and Brigham Young <o discover If they contain any thing Inimical to the state Several mem ber# have already Joined th* church. HAVE HAD THEIR DAY, Local Treatment* for f atarrh Rele gated to the Hear. The surest and safest treatment for any form of Fatarrh I* an internal remedy which act* apertflcally upon the blond and mucous membranes. Huch a remedy I# the new preparation and everywhere by druggist* as Stuart - # Catarrh Tablets, a medicine In pleasant tablet form. These tablets ontatn In highly con -en traieti form, well known germ antiseptics like aangulnarta, gualaeol. Red Gum and similar curative elements, and no one who suffer# from sny form of (Wlarrh. and ha# experienced the Inefficiency and Inconveni ence of powders, sprays and inhalers will ever go rack to such antiquated reme dies after once trying o pleasant a treat ment as Stuart * Catarrh Tablets, and or.* which give* so much relief tn so short * time. _ . _ .. Druggist* sell fltu*rf Catarrh Tab!e* at fifty cent* for full sized package and their dally uee will effectually cure this troublesome and dangeroua disease. The danger from catarrh Is ih*t M t# a short road to consumption, to rtironlv stomach catarrh snd to catarrh of liver and kidney*. Most rase* of ilrafnex# are censed from stoppage of the Kustfichtan tube ar a re sult of catarrh. ECKSTEIN’S Embroidery Sale THE M CENTURY EVENT. Values best ever offered, designs exclusively our own. Ma terials the finest, and knowing that others may try to imitate our offerings, we feel sure that an inspection will satisfy all concerned that it is needless to waste time looking elsewhere, as GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO. Have always been known as the EMBROIDERY HOUSE of the etty. We plac* on sale MONDAY MORNING the largest variety ever shown, in Cambric, Swiss, and Nainsook Embroideries, in Edgings, Insertings and Headings. LOT 1. Fine Value at 10c. Special at 5c LOT 2. Extra Value at 15c. Special at 10c LOT 3. Good Value at 25c. Special at 15c LOT 4. Nice Value at 39c. Special at 25c ALLOVER EMBROIDERIES —Best line ever offered, special values at 50c, 85c, $1.19, $1.50, $1.75 and $2.29. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR AT "Sg Ladies’ Chemise, Drawers and Corset Covers, special at 25c and 35c Ladies’Night Gowns, Skirts, Chemises etc, bargains at 50c to $3.50 Children’* Dresses, made of best English Nainsook, fine value 69c to $3.00 “ READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS. ' They most be sold, regardless of cost. New Ladies’ and Misses’ Jackets, New Box Coats, New Cloth Capes, New Plush Capes, New Golf Capes, New Reefers, Infants’ Short and Long Cloaks, New Dress Skirts, New Rainy-day Skirts, Silk Underskirts, Sateen Underskirts, Silk Waists, French Flannel Waists, Outing Wrappers, Fur Collars and Far Capes. A T For one week only. Black Taffeta Silk, 27 inches wide, dLQ/* X-Vtail IXL, oo quality, at D7C “ MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT AND CAREFUL ATTENTION. GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN&6O..I 13 and l®> Broughton Street, u/est. rno Y’ALHfi. What rhe f'nnn Told the Waodehaek At he came down firom tils tree to take a moonlight stroll.the coon met the wood chuck face to face. Neither of than spoke for a mtr.ute. and them tha coon said: "OJi. tt - # you. I# R? I’ve la - ”' looking for you for quite awhile, aa I've got a few words to say to you." -- l hope I see you well,” replied th# woodchuck. "Don't you worry about ror health. I heir that you hava been bragging around aa to how smart you are. You told the fox you could climb three feet to my ona.” • -- N<-ver! You know what a liar the fox Is What I said was that I thought I could Climb a tree a* fast as you could If I really had to." "But you can’t climb a tree eny more trail u sheep. You live In a hole In the around, and I >' v no u " ,or Didn’t you tell the ’pos-um that you could outrun n In a raceT "Not exactly that. 1 only told him that t shouldn't bo far behind you at the fin lull *' . . „ "Well you nr# nothing but a braggart, said the coon In first place, you can’t run for t-unut#. Must any farmer s hoy , ..uid easily overtake you. while you know very well that tt take* a swift 'log to overtake m. Only last nigh* '•' chased me for a full mil*, hut I easily ...aped them There's another thing. You told the squirrel that you was a great light rt- and had klllad several dog". Am I not a good fighter ,h * woodchuck a# ha tried to growl Ilk* 'Bah* You couldn't fight a gout, and you know It! Why. I’ve ”• wood chuck- killed hy a dog In lesa minute! last a dog lrk now and youfd go wurrylng away to your burrow as fast a# your leg* could move. You gave MIM4TIHK tiAHIMCYX. They Come From Japan. Are hot Mora Thaa Klva Feat Hqaare. Japan ha* rant many quaint and lovely work# of art to America, but non* more perfect and yet more surprtalng than the miniature houae garden, which la to th# Japanese home what the average window conservatory Is to the lugurlous American man sloti. The difference, however, between the J*l<anes* and American houae garden ts very grrae. The oriental product ta a genuine garden, laid out with all the tesla and science of th* professional land scapist. The territory It cover# I# from four to five feet square, and It ts worth while to examine II with a strong read ing gla#*. I" order to appreciate Its ex quisite finlrh and beauty Huch a fairy pleasure ground 1* called In Japan * *ko nlwa. and every well bred, beauty loving Japanese family that can not afford a domain large enough for “ real garden buys a toko-nlwa and sets It up tn wnat might he called the area Way of the house; or It Is Installed In the family sitting "only recently have these exquisite min iature garden# bra" brought to th* United S .it**, but there Is no doubt that tha few that have appeared have tickled the American fancy and more will come. They are delicate things to Import, and ax yet are very costly, for all (he tree# ,nd shrubs planted In th* dot!’* house .bone-ne to the art ID. telly dwarf ed verdure of Japan, and only an artist , ru .. ability aid culture can construct a toko-nlwa. The foundation of thl# pleasure ground .# a square or round, shallow box, th# sides of which ore daintily carved. Into th# box go stones ant earth for the con struction of evergreen crowned bill*. the squirrel to understand that you could make me run from you. but you know as well aa 1 do that t could make you veil In a min (Her What do you msan by such talk 7" "I gunaa I wae only Joking " ’Then you want to stop such Joking be fore it gets you Into trouble Bee her*, my friend, I u**d to know your grand father very well Indeed. He waa a big. fat woodchuck, and he waa given to trag. tile ivuim" as you are. He used to toll that tie could do this snd do that, and by and by ail th* animals of the fare*! got to laughing at him. I met him one night Tg Not Afraid of Dogs." sold the Woodchuck aa I waa going out for wood, and he want ed to go along. " ’But we may meet with men. - I raid " Tin not afraid of men ’ he replied. ” "We may meet with dogs ’ " Tn not afraid of dog*' " ‘lf wa have to run for our live* I can’t help you along.’ •• 'I don't want any help from any on*. - "That waa the way lie talked." contin ued tho coon, "and though I didn't want him to go along I had to make th* heat of It. We hadn't gone half a mile wtnxi a d„g look after us. and let me tell >ou that your grandfather waa overtaken and Drawing Ream Gardens. beetling crags humpbacked bridges, peb bled paths and stretches of meadow land. 11l rulers, no wider than case knife blade*, meander through the lawna. gurgle In rapids under the bridge* and widen Into lakelets where golden minnows glide and •l ye There Is usually a tea house on the hillside, and a bit of a temple or a shrine under a stately grove of tree* that lower twelve Inches In the air; and in 0)0 western sensa tt Isn’t a garden at all. but a wonderful bit of natural landscape. killed wlttan two mlnutea. Ha couldn't run, and he couldn’t fight, and novar will I forgot bow he yelled when the dog etas ed him. I#st hla raa# he a waning to you, young woodchuck. -- "But my growl aounde like tha* of a tear don't tt TANARUS" askad the wvioAchuek. "Not at all’ It aotmda more Uk* • lamb trying to cough, and It wxnitte't scar* a baby. I must go on now, but I hope you’ll remember ail I've said Aa a woodchuck you'll be all rhfb< If you beep close to your burrow and look oat far (longer, but if you go to getting foottsh Ideas Into your young head you'd bs meat for dogs before you am mtudi abler. Gent night to you. and I advtae roe to j go to bed early and keep your fleet ear ered up from Ihe froat." —KxperimenTs are being mad* to dlscnw-j •r, if aluoiialum may not be ueed In Uiaj manufacture of hlgh-olara wind taatrw-j incite If thta eouM be dona It I* rhoughd It would ba very deetrable. on account of In light weight and Its freedom from ver-j dlgrls deposits, and aw tl Is not raetljrj effected by change* of irmparatare the ta-j strumentt would be lea* likely to gat out) of tune. 3 copied light out of Japan Itself, and only ' large enough to ornamect a table tn tbs sunny corner of the drowing-raua. The a* Japanese gardens can ha kept allva and flourishing for a number <# i years It the proper rare 1* given thorn or If a Japanese gardener, who known i what the marvelous little plants ntti ls railed in occasionally to refresh tha i lakelets snd water courses, keep dears the weeds and keep up the repair* en. the tea house and tempi*. 11