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WILL NOT SEE CORONATION.
j-resildent Hm Decided Not to Let
Miss Alice (i#.
Washington, March 7.—Miss Alice
Roosevelt, daughter of the President,
will not attend the coronation of King
Edward VII. While the White House
officials decline to discuss the matter
it was stated by these in position to
known that the President had decided
that she should not go.
n Mis* Roosevelt Could Jiot Go.
It was learned to-night that the rea-
,n why Miss Roosevelt will not at
tend the coronation of King Edward
Vl l its because it has been found prae
tjolly impossible for her to go simply
a young American girl traveling
privately in the household of Special
* mbassador Reid. Notwithstanding it
w,‘as stated she would not go to Lon
don as daughter of the President, but
simple as Miss Roosevelt, R was
learned that London court circles
were considering seriously the ques
tj in of the status she would
~; py i n all coronation func
t-ons When Miss Roosevelt’s
a ; atus became a matter of interna
tional discussion the President first
considered the advisability of cancell
ing the visit, but not until it was
found that an invitation to visit the
Emperor and Empress of Germany
was on the way to America, was it de
cked that, in view of the extreme
youth of Miss Roosevelt, and the in
ternational conditions, as well as
courtesies she would be called on to
meet, the English visit and all its de
lights would have to be relinquished.
RO NEWS FROM THE ETRURIA.
Steamer Elbe Will Take Off Passen
gers to Liverpool.
New York, March 7. —The New York
agents of the Cunard Line were be
sieged to-day with inquiries for infor
mation from the disabled steamer
Etruria and her passengers. The
agents said they had received no fur
ther information of the Etruria, and
all they were able to say was that the
steamer Elbe will take off the Etruria’s
passengers and transfer them to Liver
pool.
London. Also. Has No News.
London, March 7.—No further news
has been received here regarding the
Cunard Line steamer Etruria. The of
ficials of the Cunard Line declare there
is no cause for alarm.
THE ETRI RIA’S ACCIDENT,
Slip In Hourly Expected at Horta in
the Azores Islands.
London, March B.—A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Horta, Azores Isl
ands, dated March 7, says the Cunard
Line steamer Etruria is hourly expect
ed at that port.
About 7 o’clock of the evening of
Feb. 20, continues the correspondent of
the Daily Mall, a rumbling in the en
gine room of the Etruria, followed by
a crash announced that the propeller
had gone, and it was soon discovered
it had carried the rudder away
with it.
She was experiencing fine weather,
although not long before the weather
had been boisterous. There
was no excitement among
the passengers when they
learned of the accident.' They dined
and spent the evening In the usual
manner.
An hour previous to losing her pro-'
pellet- the Etruria had exchanged good
night signals with the Cunard line
steamer Fmbrla at a distance of about
forty miles and had dispatched va
rious wireless telegraph messages
from her passengers for delivery in
New York. Immediately after the ac
cident the Etruria tried, but unsuc
cessfully again to call up the Umbria.
COMPANY MAY NOT ARBITRATE.
More Non-Union Men Being Put to
Work at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va., March 7. —The street
car strike is yet unsettled. At the con
ference last night between the Cham
ber of Commerce Committee, strikers
and Central Labor Union representa
tives, it was decided to arbitrate the
matter to-day. General Manager
Johnston of the street car company
was closeted with the Chamber of
Commerce Committee this morning, but
will make no statement other than
that the company has appointed no
member of the arbitration board. One
hundred and twenty-five more non
union men w-ere put to work on their
arrival from the West to-day. Cars
are still running under military escort,
and many motormen wear the uniform
of the company. The city is quiet.
Still Rioting in Norfolk.
Hught Gordon Miller is counsel for
the strikers, and W. H. White of
'Vhite, Unstall & Thom, counsel for
the railway company.
A resolution to admit the press w-as
voted down. Norfolk is again in dark
ness to a large extent to-night, owing
to the light trimmers and electrical
workers’ strike. In the suburbs the
•“trike sympathizers are still bombard
ing cars with all kinds of missiles.
Wires are being cut or grounded and
to-night one car got caught on a dead
circuit and a detail of militia spent an
hour hunting for It before it was
found.
Democrats Called to Organize.
Washington, March 7.—Representa
tive Richardson of Tennessee, chair
man of the Democratic Congressional
1 ommittee, has called a meeting of
the committee for Friday evening,
March 14, for organization and for
the transaction of other business.
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LEANDER DEFEATS WALTHOUR.
Georgia Boy Had a Bad Fall In Hlb
First Heat, But Placklly Finished
the Ilnee.
Atlanta, March 7. —George Leander
of Chicago defeated “Bobby” Walthour
of this city to-night in a moter-paced
race of five-mile heats for a
purse of S4OO and 60 per cent, gate re
ceipts, Leander winning the first and
last heats of the event. Five thousand
people saw the race.
Walthour received a severe fall in
the third mile of the first heat, but
was able to finish the race.
The one-mile professional handicap
was won by Lake of New York; Cad
well of Hartford finishing second, and
Turville of Philadelphia third.
HONORS FOR FITZHUGH LEE.
Entertained by Muyor Collins and
Received nt Statehonse.
Boston, March 7.—Mayor P. A. Col
lins entertained Gen. Fltzhugh Lee at
an informal luncheon to-day. Among
those present were Rear Admiral
Johnson, commandant Charlestown
Navy Yard; Lieut. Gov. John L. Bates,
Gen. Thomas R. Matthews and Gen.
Josephanus H. Whitney. Gov. Crane
was unable to attend.
During the afternoon Gen. Lee was
received by the Legislature at the
State House.
TAXATION IN VIRGINIA.
Convention Adopt* Section Making
Rate BO Cent* on fifth.
Richmond, Va„ March 7. —The Con
stitutional Convention concluded con
sideration of the taxation and finance
report to-day and sent it to the Com
mittee on final revisiion.
The adoption by a large majority of
the Withers’ tax reduction section was
a genuine surprise to many, and was
the only feature of the session. Tne
section makes the rate 30 cents cn the
SIOO.
FOR SHOOTING BOER PRISONER.
Tito British Irregulars Courtinnr
tialed and Shot.
London, March 8. —Cabling from Jo
hannesburg, the correspondent of the
Daily Mail cites the first reported cases
where British troopers have been shot
for misconduct.
The correspondent says two irregu
lars, who were convicted by a court
martial of shooting a Boer after he
had surrendered, were shot last week
at Pretoria.
Maryland’s Memorial for Schley.
Washington, March 7. —Senator Me-
Comas to-day presented to the Senate
the memorial of the Maryland Legis
lature asking that the thanks of Con
gress be extended to Rear Admiral
Schley by name on account of his
services during the war with Spain.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. MARCH 8. 1902.
MR. BRYAN ON THE NOMINEE.
He Replies by Telling How ihe Plat
form Should Be Written.
Scranton, Pa., March 7.—William
Jennings Bryan, who lectured here to
night, was asked whom he considered a
Democratic presidential possibility. He
said: .
“No one can tell in advance what the
issues will be or what will be their
relative importance. It ought to be
safe to predict that Democratic princi
ples will be applied to the issues, and
it ought to be that the platform should
be written by those whose fidelity to
those principles is not subject to sus
picions."
TO BAR HIGH OFFICIALS.
Mississippi Senator Scores Good
Point on Shli> Subsidy.
Washington, March 7.—Senator Mc-
Laurin of Mississippi to-day gave no
tice of an amendment he will offer to
the ship-subsidy bill, intended to pre
vent the high officials of the United
States government from receiving any
benefit from the enactment of the pro
posed law. The amendment requires
that the names of ail members of firms
or of incorporators and stockholders of
all corporations, whether owners of
subsidized ships or contractors to build
the same, shall be made public. It
then proceeds as follows:
“No senator or representative or
President of the United States or judge
of any court of the United States shall
be directly or indirectly interested in
any contract under this act, or in any
corporation having a contract under
this act, or directly or indirectly re
ceive any money or thing of value or
worth under the provisions of this act,
or be directly or indirectly interested in
any corporation or vessel which is a
beneficiary under this act.”
A SOUTHERN PACIFIC MERGER.
Three Companies Combined in One
in the Southwest.
San Francisco, March 7. —The South
ern Pacific Company filed articles of
incorporation here to-day by which it
transferred all its property in Cali
fornia, Arizona and New Mexico to a
new corporation and hereafter its
holdings in the three states will be
managed by one company instead of
three. The new corporation is a con
solidation of the three old companies.
It is known as the “Southern Pacific
Railroad Company.” Its capital stock
is fixed at $159,445,000, making it the
largest corporation ever organized in
California. The shares have the par
value of SIOO each.
ASSAULTED AND THEN KILLED.
Mutilated Body of Young White
Woman Found in Virginia Swamp.
Newport News, Va., March 7.—A
special to the Daily Press says a ne
gro notified the coroner at Front Royal,
Va., of the finding of the body of a
young white woman in a lonely spot
in the woods near there. The verdict
of the jury w’as that the woman had
been first assaulted and then shot to
death.
The body had been mutilated by ani
mals. It was identified as that of Miss
Low Wise of Salome, Farquier county.
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TO GET PURE WATER.
nig Birmingham Company to Put in
a Gravity Plant.
Birmingham, Ala., March 7.—'The
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company has purchased for purifica
tion of water a central gravity treat
ing plant, to cost $35,000.
The plant will chemically treat all
the water used in the boilers of in
dustries controlled and operated by
t'he Tennessee Company, and to the
various manufactories in and near
Pratt City and Ensiey.
A NEW ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE.
Queen Alexandra Laid the Founda
tion Stone nt Dartmouth.
London, March 7.—King Edward, ac
companied by Queen Alexandra, laid
the foundation stone of the new royal
naval college, for cadets at Dartmouth
to-day and thereby, figuratively
speaking, scuttled the old training ship
Brittania, the Alma Mater of all the
present generation of British naval
officers.
Lyttleton May Succeed Pauncefote.
London, March 7.—The Yorkshire
Post to-day says it learns that Hon.
Alfred Lyttelton is likely to succeed
Lord Pauncefote as British ambassa
dor at Washington.
Cecil Rhode* Ha* Angina. Pectoris.
London, March B.—Telegrams re
ceived here from Cape Town represent
the condition of Cecil Rhodes as most
grave. Mr. Rhodes is suffering, ac
cording to these dispatches, from an
gina pectoris.
Got. Odell Invited to North Carolina
Albany, N. Y., March 7.—Gov. Odell
has been invited to attend the centen
nial of the founding of the Salem Fe
male Academy and College at Win
ston-Salem, N. C-, during the. week
beginning May 2.
A Building for Charlottesville, Vn.
Washington. March 7.—The Senate
Committee ion Public Buildings and
Grounds to-day authorized a favora
ble report on anew public building at
Charlottesville, Va., cost to be SIOO,OOO.
ffipllllji T qaV~de il
If you wish the lightest, finest,
sweetest, most healthful biscuit, cake
and bread, Royal Baking Powder is
indispensable in their making. There are imitation baking powders, mad#
irom alum and sold cheap, which it is prudent
to avoid. Alum in food is poisonous.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
SEVERAL. FLORIDA CONVENTIONS.
A Number of State Bodies to Gather
Shortly.
Tallahassee, Fla., March 7.—The
State Christian Endeavor Conven
tion will convene at Tallahassee on
March 12.
The Florida State Horticultural So
ciety will commence its annual session
at Tampa on May 2.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights
of Pythias will meet at Tampa on
March 12. Cicero Lodge will be repre
sented by Hon. H. C. Cranford and
Julian Ball, and Capital Lodge by Hon.
C. H. Dickerson.
The Florida Knights of Honor will
open their Grand Lodge at Jackson
ville on May 13.
R. L. Kilpatrick, of Monticello, upon
the recommendation of Wm. C.
Hodges, United States commissioner,
has been appointed deputy United
States marshal for the Northern dis
trict of Florida.
Hons. H. J. Drane of Lakeland and
C. M. Brown of Ocala, members of the
Capital Improvement Commission,
came to Tallahassee on Thursday. An
inspection satisfies them that every
thing is all right, and the work pro
gressing properly. Preparation is be
ing made to commence work on the
large dome.
Wm. B. Crawford having been
made business manager for the Daily
Capital, Wm. Munroe Mclntosh suc
ceeds him as city editor.
Mrs. Louise Hardee and Mrs. H. C.
McFadden of Waycross, are guests at
the home of Hon. Alonzo Church
Cowan, state controller.
. THE NEWS AT DOIGLAS.
t'nproyoked Shooting of Nfgro Tele
phone Employe Reported.
Douglas, <>a.. March 7.—Last night
Pat Riley, a colored employe of the
city telephone system was shot and
wounded in the arm at the show
grounds, it is alleged, by a young white
man of good family, for no cause or
provocation whatever. The accused
is not in the city to-day. A warrant
was sworn out for his arrest.
President T. J. James and Capt.
Miller of the Wadley and Mount Ver
non Railroad are in the city and prom
ise interesting railroad news within
twenty-four hours.
O. F. Deen to-day purchased the
entire business and good will of the
Bryan-Deen Drug Cos., in this city.
The remains of Mrs. Merritt, who
died of typhoid fever at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. T. Tanner, in this
city, yesterday morning, were laid to
rest, in the cemetery this afternoon.
OBITUARY.
•i fst:
, Lee Plat slick.
Lee Platshek. for several years a well
known member of the Savannah fire
department, and on the city's pension
rolls, died at Allen's Sanatorium at
Milledgeville during Thursday night.
The remains of the late fireman will
be brought to this city for burial to
morrow afternoon, and the funeral will
be attended by Savannah Council >so.
1, Order of American Firemen. When
the news of Mr. Platshek’s death was
received in the city the flags on the
fire stations were put at half mast.
Mr. Platshek suffered from locmotor
ataxia, and his death was due to this
malady, which also caused him to re
sign as a member of the fire depart
ment. Besides a mother he leaves three
sisters and four brothers.
C'npt. diaries P. Rigger, Richmond,
Vn.
Richmond, Va., March 7.—Capt.
Charles P. Bigger, one of the Civil
War captains of the Richmond Light
Infantry Blues, and commandant of
the Lee Camp Soldiers’ Home, commit
ted suicide this afternoon by shooting
himself. He was severely wounded
during the war, and had been in
wretched health for some months. He
was widely known throughout the state
and the South.
Henry Bixchoir, New York City.
New York, March 7.—Henry Bischoff,
senior member of the banking firm of
Henry Bischoff & Cos„ died at his home
in this city to-day. He was the father
of Henry Bischoff, Jr., a justice of
the Supreme Court of this county.
Entey Organ Man Head.
Brattleboro. Vt., March 7.—Gen. E.
S. Estey, president of the Estey Or
gan Company, died at his home here
to-day. He was 57 years old.
.Inuien Dick, Glasgow, Scotland.
London. March 7.—James Dick, the
largest English importer of gutta
peroha, manufacturer of submarine
cables, originator of rubber-soled
shoes, and philanthropist, died to-day
at his home in Glasgow. He left £l,-
000,000 to Glasgow charities,
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A REBUKE TO KING EDWARD.
Ur. Joseph Parker Criticism Him
for Urewlng Hcer nnd Attending
Sunday Concerts.
London, March 7. —There was a
striking scene in the City Temple yes
terday, when, during the course of his
sermon, the Rev. Joseph Parker, D.
D., the minister, administered a pointed
rebuke to King Edward, which was
loudly applauded by the congregation.
Having alluded to public houses as
“trapdoors of hell,” Dr. Parker referred
to the King’s recent brewing of beer
while visiting Lord Burton. “Pray for
me,” said the divine, "that I may
speak delicately, loyally. If the
King brews beer, what can be wrong
in the subject drinking It? What the
King does is likely to be imitated by
others. If the King goes to a Sunday
concert, as he did recently, he deals a
deadly blow to the Englishman’s Sun
day. The King cannot attend a non
conformist place of worship, but he
can go to a Sunday concert.”
FATHER ARRIVED TOO L. TE.
Congratulated Eloping Conple nnd
Gave Them Hist Blessing.
Chicago, March 7.—After racing
across the state in an endeavor to pre
vent the marriage of his daughter, Miss
Daisy Clem, to Gordon Alexander. H.
A. Clem, president of the National
Stock Yards of East St. Louis, arrived
in Chicago just in time to witness the
conclusion of the wedding ceremony.
Then, instead of becoming enraged over
his lack of success, he accepted the sit
uation and gave his blessing to the
couple.
The only objection which the parents
of the young couple had to their mar
riage was that occasioned by their ex
treme youth. The bride, who was one
of the East St. Louis beauties, is but
17 years old. Alexander, who has been
employed in St. Louis, is the son of
William H. Alexander, of Mobile, Ala.,
is 20 years old and comes from one
of the best families in the South.
RILED AGAINST SAMPSON.
Appeal In Prise Money Canes Should
Nut Have Been I'nken.
Washington, March 7.—The District
Court of Appeals to-day announced its
decision in the prize money cases in
ctituted by Admiral Sampson, for him
self, his officers and enlisted men In
the Santiago campaign, and appealed
from the District Supreme Court. Chief
Justice Alvey, who delivered the opin
ion, held that the appeal should not
have been taken.
A Dwelling Iluriied at lie Land.
DeLand, Fla., March 7.—The dwell
ing on the Sunnyside Place on west
New York avenue, owned by Mr. O.
B. Childs, was burned at an early
hour this morning. The property had
been recently bargained to a Mr. Wil
liam L'. Little of Chicago, who was
occupying it at the time of the Are.
It is supposed that the fire caught
from sparks from the chimney. The
building was valued at $1,500 and was
insured in the British-Ameriean for
SI,OOO. Mr. Childs and family are In
California.
MANY DON’T KNOW.
I.ark of lliglll Food is llie Cause of
Sickness.
It is hardly fair to blame the doctor
for not curing his patient when the pa
tient attempts to live on food that fur
nishes the wrong kind of nourishment.
When sickness comes on it is a pretty
good sign that the food is not keeping
the body up. There are thousands of
cases where a change in food alone has
brought the sick one out into a prime
condition of health.
As an illustration. A lady in River
side. Oal., says, "After ten years ol
service as a teacher, during which time
1 suffered three or four attacks of La
Grippe, I finally found myself a physi
cal wreck. Medical treatment would
help my strength and vitality tempor
arily but I would always go back.
Husband and I moved to California
in the hopes that this genial dime
would restore me. I got better for a
little while but in a few months be
came so welak and debilitated that we
were in despair.
Finally through the influence of a
friend I changed my diet and begun
using Grape-Nuts and Postum Coffee.
I used Grape-Nuts at two of my meals
each day and have gained 15 pounds
in weight and the inorelawe in strength
Is really wonderful.
I am back to the healthy, good feel
ings of my girlhood days. I enjoy
Postum better than any beverage I
have ever used. My friends remark
on my improved condition and I am
impelled to write this letter with pro
found gratitude, hoping that many
others may be induced to go and do
likewise. I have proved that health is
the natural consequence of properly
selected food. Flease do not use my
ntimt but I will be glad to reply to
any inquiries.” Name furnished by
Postum Cos., Battle Creek, Mivft.
HORNED MEN AND WOMEN.
They Actually Exist In Modern Life
ns Well its in Ancient Fables.
From the London Express.
Men and women endowed with horns
are not by any means unknown in the
world we live in to-day.
A short time ago Surgeon Lamprey
of the Army Medical staff met with
and studied three horned men in Afri
ca, each having a horn on either side
of his nose.
“While serving on the Gold Coast,”
said he, “I had opportunities of mak
ing drawings of these people. The
first horned man I had an opportunity
of observing was a Fantee named Co
fea, aged about 32 years, from the lit
tle village of Amaquanta, in Wasau
1 territory.
“The second horned man was a
long-faced youth, aged 18, named
Quassie Jabln, from the Gamin ter
ritory, and not a kinsman of the first
one.
“From a statement made by him
through a Fantee Interpreter 1 gather
ed that this hornlike growth had been
in existence as long as he could re
member.
"The third case was that of Cudjo
I)anso, aged about 20. He stated
through an interpreter that so far as
he whs aware this hornlike knob had
grown of itself. It certainly had
grown larger as he had grown older.
It gave him no inconvenience. He
could see and smell perfectly.”
Hundreds of cases more remarkable
have recently been collected in an in
teresting report by Drs. George Gould
and Walter Pyle, both well-known pa
thologists.
•'Human horns," say they, "are far
more frequejnt than ordinarily sup
posed. Nearly all the older writers cite
examples. Many mention horns on
the head:
"In the ancient times horns were
symbolical of wisdom and power. Mich
ael Angelo, in his famous sculpture
of Moses, has given the patriarch a
pair of horns.” ,
There Is a greates frequency of horns
among women than among men, ac
cording to these authorities.
The combination of horns and tall on
a human being would naturally give
rise to extravagant superstition.
There is a description of such a case
in a recent medical report. The crea
ture. said to have been dubbed the
“Hoodoo of Plato,” was born eight
years ago in Minnesota.
He was a boy five weeks old when
described. He had hair two Inches
long all over the body; his features
were fiendish, and his eyes shone like
beads beneath his shaggy brows. He
had a tail eighteen Inches long, horns
from the skull, a full set of teeth, and
clawlike hands. He snapped like a
dog, crawled on all fours, and refused
the natural sustenance of a normal
child. The country people considered
this devil-child a punishment for a re
buff that the mother gave to a Jewish
peddler selling crucifixion pictures.
Fabricus, the famous Italian anato
mist of the fourteenth century, records
that he saw a man with horns on his
head, and who chewed the cud.
Human rumination, or cud chewing,
has been recognized as a fact by medi
cal men for years, according to Drs.
Gould and Pvle.
A Swede of 35, living in Germany,
and apparently healthy, was observed,
they say, by a Dr. Winthier to retire
after meals to some remote place where
he might enjoy this bovine habit.
Dr. Chatard some years ago reported
that he had seen In Baltimore an old
woman with a horn on her nose. It
was “more than an Inch long, and
nearly shaped like that of the rhinoce
ros.”
Dr. Saxton reports that he has cut
several horns from the ears of patients.
There are further reports of such pro
tuberances found on the eyelid, the
nape of the neck, the lower lip, and the
chin.
FCRTI'NE TELLING IN HISSIA.
Some of the Wny* la Which Musco
vite* Commit the Fates.
A Russian writer. Miss Kondacheff,
tells in the St. Nicholas two ways of
consulting the fates:
“It might perhaps interest the read
ers of this magazine to hear soothing
abomut ’fate-reading’ in Russia, this
snowy land, still so full of Eastern lore,
customs, and traditions. Of course,
it Is nowadays a pastime, and an
amusement, indulged In chiefly during
the Christmas holidays, and more for
the fun of the thing than from any be
lief in the truth of the prophecy.
“There are a good many ways of
looking Into the book of fate, and I
will here give a short description of
the two that are most in favor among
young folks. New Year’s Eve and
Twelfth Night are considered the best
occasions of the year for these amußing
experiments.
"Whenever a number of young peo
ple come together during this time of
the year whether It be for dancing,
playing games, or just spending a
pleasant evening together, someone of
the party Is sure to propose ‘fate-read
ing,’ or ‘gadat,’ as it is called in Rus
sia .
“Seeking to know beforehand the
name of one's future sweetheart is a
very amusing experiment, and there
are two methods of going to work. The
first is managed thus: A sheet of pa
per Is cut up Into strips about four and
a half Inches long, on every one of
which a name Is written. A big basin
is half filled with water, and by wet
ting one end of the strips of paper
these are made to adhere to the rim of
the basin all around, the dry ends
pointing horizontally toward the cen
ter. A nutshell containing a bit of
lighted wax taper is then set afloat
by one of the party, the water having
previously been slightly disturbed with
the fingers so as to give It a rotary
movement. Sometimes the skiff will
pass by many names without harm, or
again It may stay a pretty long while
before one without igniting it, but the
name set fire to is believed to be that
of the person who is to play a promi
nent part In one's future life.
“The next question of Importance is
to ascertain in ‘what direction lies
your fate’—that is, from which point
of the compass you are to expect it.
The answer is obtained In the following
way: You step outdoors and throw
your slipper high into the air; then,
the quarter to which the toe points
when it alights is that whence will
come the person who is to influence
your future,”
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JERSEY MAN MADE OVER.
He Tried to Tame a Gay nnd Fes
tive Southern Male.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Trenton, N. J., March 4. —William C.
Lloyd, of 431 Woodland street, who
was assigned to break the spirit of a
Southern mule and who has been in
the hospital and near to death for
three months, will be discharged from
there practically reconstructed.
Skin that the animal kicked off has
been replaced by many small patches
furnished by the patient's companions.
Part of his skull Is now made of sil
ver, and his mouth has an artificial
root. An eyebrow was made out of a
bit of scalp, and nature has been busy
these three months mending broken
bones. New teeth are now being made
by a dentist.
Lloyd was employed in the stables
of the John A. Roebling's Sons’ Com
pany. There was an unruly and un
tamed mule there that the company
got tired of feeding for no return, and
Lloyd, who had much experience In
handling such animals, was directed
to make the mule fit and safe to drive
and handle.
He started in at the job one after
noon when nobody else was about the
stable. What method he was about to
pursue the hostler does not remember.
He dimly recollects having been kick
ed twice. He was found several hours
ialer lying near the mule’s stall, ap
parently dead.
He was taken to the hospital, and
for several days it was thought he
would die. His skull was fractured and
part of his scalp was gone. A great
patch of skin had been torn from his
neck, and his teeth were nearly all
knocked out. The left eye had been
destroyed, and the lid and brow torn
away. His lower jaw and two ribs
were fractured.
But a strong constitution asserted
itself and Lloyd gradually grew
stronger, and the doctors said he
would live. Fifty of his fellow mem
bers in Nathan Hale Council, No. 89,
of the Junior Order of American Me
chanics, promised to furnish the mon
ey and anything else needed to make
Lloyd over. Skin grafting was tried
first. His companions furnished small
patches from their arms and backs to
cover the bare spot on his neck, make
anew eyelid and replace the missing
scalp and eyebrow.
As soon as he was strong enough a
silver Tlate was put In to replaoe the
fractured portion of his skull. Then
an artificial covering was put on the
injured portion of the roof of his
mouth. Nature meanwhile had repair
ed the broken bones, and Lloyd's new
teeth will be ready for use when he
leaves the hospital.
Murder Trial on at Madison, Fla.
Madison, Fla., March 7.—The Red
ding-Harby murder trial is in progress
In Circuit Court here. There are about
eighty witnesses summoned, and it is
predicted that the trial will continue
until the middle of next week. The
trial began yesterday. The State and
defendant have able lawyers.
Commandant Kritsinger’s Sentence.
Berlin. March 7. —Extra editions of
the evening newspapers here publish a
report that Commandant Kritzlnger,
who was captured by Gen. French in
December last, was, after being tried
by court-martial, condemned to death;
but that his sentence was commuted to
banishment for life.
The customs duties on the $11,000,000
of tea Imported into this country
amount to $9,000,000. All adulterated
arid impure teas are excluded from
ccrring into this country by the tea In
spection law, which was passed In 1897.
If tea is adulterated the adulterations
are added in this country.
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