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YARN SPINNERS REJOICING
BECAUSE OF BETTER PRICES
Stimulation Has Followed the Organization That
Has Been Perfected.
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 25.—A meet
ing of the hard yarn spinners of the
South was held here this afternoon.
Nearly 500,000 spindles were represent
ed. The object of the meeting was to
review the state of the trade condi
tions since the organization meeting,
SeDt. 27.
The greater part of the time of the
meeting was consumed in a discussion
of the report of the Advisory Commit
tee, embracing a number of recom
mendations looking to further promot
ing the interests of the spinners. It
was pointed out that substantial ad
vances in prices had already been se
cured through the co-operation of the
spinners, who were urged to stand by
the organization and assist in bring
ing about further reforms and im
provements.
Mr. J. P. Wilson of the Louise mills,
Charlotte, resigned as a member of
the Advisory Committee, and Mr.
Charles Iceman of McColl. S. C., was
elected to succeed him.
Prices of hard yarns have increased
from 2V a to 3 cents a pound since the
original meeting held in this city on
Sept. 27, and without exception every
spinner was disposed to give credit to
that conference, and the action taken
EXPLANATION IS NOT
KNOWN AT CAPITAL
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fore formulating demands, shows con
sideration for the position in which
Russia had been placed by a deplorable
blunder. At the same time, this con
sideration has an ominous ring about
it, only serving to emphasize the grav
ity of the situation, the language of
the note admitting of no doubt that
when the demands are ultimately pre
sented Great Britain intends to insist
upon full compliance -with them.
Althought some nervousness is per
ceptible in diplomatic circles, general
ly speaking, there is the greatest con
fidence both among diplomats and high
officials of the government that the af
fair will be amicably adjusted.
To a member of the court, the As
sociated Press learns the Emperor has
already expressed a determination to
punish whoever Is responsible for the
error.
THINKS THE RUSSIANS
FIRED DELIBERATELY.
London, Oct. 26.—A dispatch from
Hull to the Times says that the corre
spondent, as the result of his investi
gation, is of opinion that the attack on
the British trawlers by the Russian
Second Pacific squadron w'as a delib
erate act. perpetrated with knowledge
of its character.
The correspondent says the fact that
the four first ships of the squadron
steamed calmly by “disposes of the
fiction that the Russian officers had an
attack of nerves,” and then contends
that it is ridiculous to suppose that
Russian men of war, largely manned
by Finns, could have mistaken the
trawlers for anything but fishing
boats.
“Besides," the correspondent says,
“such excuses as have been advanced on
behalf of the Russians do not even al
lege ignoranoe; they suggest some mis
take or a menacing movement by the
trawlers. Then the firing was from
more than one ship and was com
menced and stopped by orders."
Finally, the correspondent contends
that “the whole affair is compatible
with the idea of a drunken commander
yielding to the temptation to have a
little fun among British fishermen,
who are nothing more than peasants
in the eyes of a well-born Russian,
and, according to the ideas of a Rus
sian officer, especially one under the
influence of vodka or champagne, a
few roubles would settle the killing of
a poor brute of a peasant."
PREPARINGTOCDAL
THE RUSSIAN FLEET.
Vigo, Spain, Get. 25.—Five colliers
from the Island of Teneriffe arrived
here during the night and four others
have reached Arosa to await the Rus
sian squadron, which Is expected to
divide, half of it coaling here and the
other half at Arosa, a small Island In
Arosa bay, about twenty-five miles
north of Vigo.
The Spanish warships Estremadura
sind Rlo De La Plata are on their way
here to see that neutrality Is observed.
kuropatkhTnamkd
AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
St, Petersburg, Oot. 25.—An imperial
Ukase, dated Oot. 23, appoints Gen.
Kuropetlti commander-in-chief of the
Russian army.
Was no Fighting.
fit. Petersburg, Oct. 25.—A dispatch
has been received from Gen. Kuropat-
Jtln announcing that there was no
fighting yesterday between the oppos
ing armies.
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for the stimulus. Several spinners did
not hesitate to say that they had made
good sales In accordance with the new
schedules, and all agreed that the trade
was recovering from its recent state
of demoralization.
The spinners finally approved the
present and original plan, that of a
permanent advisory committee, to
meet weekly, study market conditions
and fix the schedule of prices for
southern mills. It is expected that
within a month every mill in the
Southern States will be in the as
sociation and bound by its iron-clad
agreement of reformed prices.
An official statement issued by the
advisory board to-night says that the
report of the board to the meeting was
received with much interest and the
report, together with the course pursu
ed by the board in its several weekly
meetings was unanimously endorsed
and approved. The statement then
continues:
“The general situation was thor
oughly reviewed and evidence conclu
sive presented showing that the co
operation during the past several
weeks by the hard yarn spinners has
resulted in stimulation of formerly
demoralized conditions of the hard, or
weaving, yarn business, not only in
the Southern states, but in the New'
England states as well."
The schedule of prices issued on Oct.
18. beginning with 4-2 ply at 16% cents
and running to 40-2 ply at 28 cents w T as
reaffirmed.
JAPANESE LOSSES
FAR BELOW RUSSIAN.
Gen. Oku's Headquarters, Sunday,
Oct. 23, 5 p. m., via Fusan, Oct. 25.
The official report of the Japanese
casualties from Oct. 10 to Oct. 22, is
as follows:
Killed—Officers, 46; men, 823.
Wounded—Officers, 213; men, 5,340.
The first indications of winter are
appearing. At night the thermometer
shows several degrees below freezing
point. Heavy clothing and overcoats
have been issued to the men, who, ap
parently, are not affected. Elaborate
preparations are being made to pro
vide for the comfort of the troops dur
ing the winter months.
IMPERIAL DECREE
PUBLISHED BY ALEXIEFF.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 25—A Harbin
dispatch states that Viceroy Alexieff
on Monday published an imperial de
cree appointing Gen. Kuropatkin com
mander-in-chief of all the land forces
in the East and retaining Alexieff in
the post of viceroy. The Emperor also
congratulates Viceroy Alexieff on the
efficiency he has displayed in the for
mation, concentration and supreme
direction of troops in the theater of
operations.
The Emperor hopes in conclusion
that with God's help their strong ad
versary will be defeated.
STORY OF SALE OF~
THE CHILEAN NAVY.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 25, 3:25 p. m.—A
story is current here that Russia has
purchased the Chilean navy, which
will join the Russian Second Pacific
squadron at the Azores Islands.
According to the report an infrac
tion of Chilean neutrality will be
avoided by transferring the ships to
Turkey, for which the Porte will re
ceived $2,000,000 from Russia,
While the story receives some cred
ence, it is denied in responsible quar
ters.
WITH AN OLD TRICK
DRAW RUSSIAN FIRE.
Gen. Oku's Headquarters, Sunday,
Oct. 23, 4 p. m.—Via Fusan, Oct. 25.
It is reported unofficially that the right
army buried 3.000 Russian dead, the
central army 1.500 and the left army
about 5,000.
The armies average 600 yards apart,
and at places only fifty yards separate
them. The men are constantly In the
trenches, and by placing their caps
on their bayonets draw scores of bul
lets from their opponents.
The Russian artillery Is searching
the Japanese lines and skirmishes are
almost continuous.
NEW russlanloan
OF $270,000000.
London. Oct. 26.—A new Russian
loan of $270,000,000, according to the
Brussels correspondent of the Stand
ard, has virtually been concluded.
The first portion of this loan, $70,000-
000, It is expeoted, will be issued in
January. Half the loan has been re
served to Germany and the remainder
to France, Belgium and Holland.
TSAYAKttAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY.OCTOBER 2C>. 1904.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
&AKIN<3
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
HAS NO SUBSTITUTE
JAPS COMMIT SUICIDE
WHEN WAREHOUSES BURN.
Che Foo, Oct. 25, 6:30 p. m.—A junk,
which arrived here to-day from An
tung on the Yalu river, reports that
eight Japanese warehouses containing
rations, clothing, ammunition and the
prizes secured at the battle of the
Yalu, were burned recently, the fire
lasting two days. Incendiarism is sus
pected.
Two Japanese officers, w'ho w'ere re
sponsible for the care of the buildings,
committed suicide.
STEAMER STRUCK
A FLOATING MINE.
Che Foo, Oct. 26. 11 a. m.—The
steamer Hashing struck a floating
mine north of Alceste Island at mid
night last night.
Two Chinese were killed and three
were injured.
The Hashing reached Wei-Hai-Wei
to-day.
STILL
RUNNING UP THE DEAD.
Tokio, Oct. 25, 7 p. m.—Field Mar
shal Oyaraa reports that the Japanese
total casualties were 15,879 officers and
men at the battle of Shakhe river.
WOMAN A* FORGER.
Used Names of Wealthy Men on Illg
Checks.
Fairmont, W. Va„ Oct. 25.—A woman
giving her name as Mrs. Helen Kerns
of this city was arrested to-day and
held under SI,OOO bond for the grand
jury charged with forgery, on the
First National Bank of this city. She
is alleged to have forged the names
of S. L. Watson and J. J. Jacobs to a
SI,OOO check and another for the same
amount on the Bank of Fairmont
with the names of A. L. Parish and
Fred W. Kahrl.
All the parties whose names she
placed on the paper are wealthy busi
ness men of this city. The banks paid
the money, but afterwards recovered.
She was placed in a cell In the coun
ty Jail and in some place about her
persons she had concealed some poi
sonous drug which she afterwards
swallowed, and to-night she is in a
critical condition.
CHANGES HIS STATEMENT.
Watson Now Says lamb Had Noth
ing to Do With the Killing.
Gainesville. Fla., Oct. 25.—Fletcher
Watson, the negro who Is confined In
the county jail on a charge of killing
Garrett V. Chamberlain at Kirkwood,
and who a few days ago confessed that
he was the murderer, has made anoth
er statement, which differs somewhat
from the first one. In his original con
fession Watson stated that a white
man by the name of A. G. Lamb, who
is a prominent citizen of that commu
nity, had given him the rifle, and told
him that If he did not kill Chamber
lain, he (Lamb), would kill him. Now
the negro says that that part of his
statement which refers to Mr. Lamb is
not true, and says that Mr. Lamb had
nothing to do with It.
Mr. Lamb's hearing has been set
for to-morrow. His friends are con
fident that he will get out of the trou
ble with little difficulty.
DAUGHTERS GATHER
IN STATE CONVENTION.
Elberton, Ga„ Oct. 25.—The state
convention of the Daughters of the
Confederacy met here to-day in the
First Baptist Church auditorium. The
delegates have been assigned homes
and were met at the trains.
Quite an Interesting programme has
been arranged. A public reception in
honor of the delegates will be given
to-morrow night. Some of the most
prominent women of the state have
signified their intention of being
present.
During the week Mesdamcs A. S.
Oliver and A. O. Harper will give re
ceptions.
Cleveland Will Speak.
New York. Oct. 25.—Announcement
was made at Tammany Hall to-day
that former President Grover Cleve
land will deliver an address at a mass
meeting at Cooper Union in this city
on the evening of Nov. 2. Mr. Cleve
land will appear under the auspices of
the German-Amerlcan Parker Union.
The meeting will be presided over by
Carl Schurz.
Over Thirty Injured.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 25.—Over thir
ty persons were injured, three of them
perhaps fatally, In two head-on collis
ions that occurred In a fog on the Ben
ton and University Electric lines.
OBITUARY?"
Mrs. F. I*. Millard.
Mrs. F. P. Millard died last night at
her home, No. 806 Drayton street, after
an Illness of about three weeks. The
arrangements tor the funenal will be
made to-day.
TRIED TO BURN HIS
WAY OUT OF JAIL
Flumes Got Rryonil Ills Control nnd
Prisoner Screamed.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 25.—With the
serious charge of arson hanging over
him and a S2OO bond, which he failed
to give, Jesse Herrington, a young
white man of Phenix City, Ala., has
been carried to Russell couhty jail at
Seale, Ala. ‘
Herrington was arrested by the Gi
rard, Ala., officers for disorderly con
duct on the street. About 2:30 o'clock
Sunday morning persons who reside
near the Girard jail were awakened
by the screams of the prisoner calling
for help. They hastened to the Jail
and found the building enveloped in
smoke. The fire was put out before
very much damage was done. The bed
ding w'as burned and the walls and
door facing was damaged.
It seems that after setting fire to
the cell the prisoner became alarmed,
as the flames were getting beyond his
control. He was trying to burn a hole
through the door so as to escape.
NOTE.
Roosevelt Makes His Move for the
Pence Congress.
Washington, Oct. 25.—Acting Secre
tary of State Adee to-day dispatched
a note looking to a reconvention of
The Hague conference.
This is an invitation from the Pres
ident of the United States to the sig
natory powers of the original Hague
treaty to come together again for the
purpose of broadening and strength
ening the original convention, and
especially to consider means to fur
ther ameliorate the horrors of modern
warfare and to conserve and extend
the rights of neutral commerce on the
high seas.
The note is directed to the American
ambassadors and ministers abroad
with instructions to sound the govern
ments to which they are accredited,
and to extend President Roosevelt's
invitation in such terms as they see
fit.
MIST GIVE THE RATES.
Florida Snprcme Conrt So Direct*
the S. A. 1,.
Tallahassee, Oct. 25.—The Supreme
Court yesterday issued a peremptory
writ to the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way, requiring it to operate the freight
rates prescribed by the Railroad Com
mission for its Florida West Shore
branch.
The action of the Railroad Commis
sion and the decision of the Supreme
Court in requiring a compliance,
means thousands of dollars to the
people living along the line of the
Florida West shore. The rates on
general merchandise, fertilizer, live
stock, fruits and vegetables between
all Florida West Shores points (except
points on the Manatee river, which, on
account of steamboat competition,
were already low), and all other Flor
ida points will be very materially re
duced. In many cases the reduction
will amount to one-third of the pres
ent rates.
sequellTthecase -
OF CAPT. DREYFUS.
Paris, Oct. 25.—A sequel to the
Dreyfus case was the opening of the
court-martial to-day of four promi
nent officers of the War Ministry,
Cols. Dautreleh, Rollin, Francois and
Mareschal, charged with using mili
tary funds and otherwise influencing
witnesses against Dreyfus at Rennes.
The previous ministerial investiga
tion partially vindicated the ac
cused, who demanded a court-martial.
A large crowd attended the trial. In
cluding Maltre Laborl, Col. Plcquart,
Joseph Relnach, the biographer of
Dreyfus, and other notabilities of the
Dreyfus case. The testimony was
largely technical.
Tallnhnssre New* Note*.
Tallahassee, Fla., Oc. 25.—The fol
lowing appointments hgve been made
by the Governor: C. R. Hall of Boston,
Mass., to be commissioner of deeds for
the state of Florida; to be notary pub
lics, S. J. Albino, Milton; William
Wardell, Marianna; George m. Hub
bard, Kissimmee; E. H. Myers, St.
Petersburg; Florence Fltz Henry,
Jacksonville; S. G. Searing, Jackson
ville; W. R. O'Neal, Orlando; B. F.
McGraw, Jacksonville, and A. P.
Hoagland, Jacksonville.
An Elks lodge will be organized
here Nov. 2. Committees have been
appointed on reception, arrangements,
entertainment. Invitations and dec
oration. There will be a banquet at
the Leon Hotel. J. D. Burbrldge,
grand exalted ruler of Florida, and
other Elks will deliver addresses.
Transports off Hre*t.
Brest, France, Oct. 25.—The Russian
transports Knlas and Katgherloff ar
rived this afternoon In the roadstead.
They anchored far out and have had
no communication up to the present
with the shore. It Is believed the
transports are laden with coal for the
second Pacific squadron, whoae arrival
here is now regarded as Imminent. A
quantity of correspondence In care of
the Russian consul at Brest awaits the
squadron.
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BRYAN THINKS THAT
INDIANA IS SAFE.
Bdleves lie State Is In the Demo
cratic Column.
New York. Oct. 25.—A statement
from William J. Bryan of his Impres
sions during his speaking tour In In
diana, as expressed In a letter received
here, was Issued at Democratic na
tional headquarters to-day. Mr. Bry
an’s second tour of Indiana closes to
night, when according to his own esti
mate, he will have addressed 700,000
people, or an average of 60.000 to 70,-
000 per day. He has made seventy-five
speeches. He says that he is pleased
at the reception given him everywhere
In the state. In the statement, as
given out by the committee, Mr. Bry
an is quoted as saying:
"So far as I can judge from the size
of the crowds and the interest mani
fested, and the expressions of the peo
ple, the Democrats of Indiana are
ready for election day. There will be
no considerable defection among the
silver Democrats of the state. If I
can judge from what I have seen In
the sections I visited, I take it for
granted that every gold Democrat,
who has not gone over to the Repub
lican party permanently, will support
the ticket. I leave Indiana with hope
and confidence of Democratic victory."
Princeton. N. J., Oct. 25.—Ex-Presi
dent Cleveland would not confirm the
announcement made in New York to
night that he would speak at a German
mass meeting there on Nov. 2. He
said it was not at all likely that he
would speak at the proposed meeting.
BRYAN SAYS WE NEED
NO LARGE ARMY.
South Bend. Ind., Oct. 25.—W, J.
Bryan ended the first day of his sec
ond tour of Indiana here to-night. In
a speech at Plymouth to-day, he said:
“We do not need a large army if
we deal with the laboring man as a
citizen, a patriot and a brother, and
why should we deal with hirn as a pub
lic enemy in time of peace? Those who
labor on the farm and in the factory
produce the nation’s wealth, and in
time of war these fight the nation's
battles. If a. laboring man Is willing
to stand behind a musket and risk his
life In his nation's defense, he ought
not to be put at the other end of the
mueket when he asks for Justice to
himself, wife and children. If he vol
unteers when his country needs him,
tits claims ought not to be ignored
when he needs remedial legislation at
his country’s hands."
Joe Gannon Speaks.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25.—Speaker Can
non of the National House of Repre
sentatives was the guest of honor at
a luncheon at the Union League to
day, and later in the afternoon he ad
dressed a large mass meeting at Cam
den, N. J. Mr. Cannon, In his speech,
said:
"Our Democratic opponents object to
the manner In which our party secured
the Panama canal route, though they
admit thht they are willing to accept
the qfolen goods. If they are correct,
then I say that I would rather be a
thief, for that take's courage, than to
bt a concealer of the goods after
stolen.”
William* the Speaker.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 25.—Congress
man John Sharp Williams of Missis
sippi faced a house crowded to the
doors when he adeiressed a Democratic
mass meeting here to-night.
Touching upon the trust question
and the administration's policy in the
Philippines, Mr. Williams dwelt upon
Canadian reciprocity as an Issue of
vital importance, especially to border
cities like Detroit, but which, he In
sisted. could be expected at the hands
of the Democratic party.
SPEYER IN A WRECK.
It Occurred While the Train Was
■tunning for a Record.
Laredo, Tex., Oct. 25.—Word has just
reached this city that the special train
which left over the line of the Na
tional Mexican Railroad, bearing
James Speyer of the banking firm of
Speyer & Cos. of New York, while go
ing at a high ratp of speed, was ditch
ed between Sanchez and Lajarlta,
about twenty-five miles south of here.
Mr. Speyer is uninjured. One of the
party, J. F. Davis of New York, re
ceived painful cuts about the face,
but ts otherwise uninjured.
The wreck, it Is said, was the re
sult of the condition of the road bed
and the high speed (seventy-five miles
an hour) at which the train was go
ing at the time, It having been th*
Intention of the railroad officials to
endeavor to establish anew record
between here and Mexico City.
Ilruke a Compact.
Elkins, W. Va„ Oct. 25. At the be
ginning of the campaign it was an
nounced by both parties that out of
courtesy to Hon. H. G. Davis there
would be no mass meeting In Elkins,
Ten days ago this compact was
broken when I. C. White, ex-Gover
not- of West Virginia, addressed the
voters of Elkins and again to
night when the largest audl
lence that has ever gathered
In the Elkins Opera House heard
Hon. W. H. Moody, Attorney General
of the United States. Mr. Moody de
voted his address largely to a reply
to recent criticisms of Republican
trust policies made by Mr. Olney.
Jniloeements to Get Gold.
New York, Oct. 25.—Experts In
foreign exchange said to-day that
Thursday's shipment of gold to Paris
ts made profitable only by reason of
the fact that the Bank of France, in
order to attract gold to that country,
ts offering American shippers Interest
on the gold during transit. The Relch
mark Bank of Berlin Is said to be of
fering similar Inducements. Seven
days Interest is allowed on exports to
Paris and ten days on gold for Berlin.
This Is the first time In years that
such Inducements have been offered
to attract gold.
Pont at St. l.onl*.
St. Louis, Oct. 25 —ln to-night's play
at the championship pool tournament
William Clearwater of Pittsburg de
feated Jerome Keogh of Buffalo, 125
to 89.
WEIRD EFFECTS'OF
TAKING NARCOTICS.
A Rrltlsh Physician Describes the
Gnrlnn* Visions nf Experimenters.
From the London Daily Mall.
That drug habits are on the Increase,
especially among the educated classes,
can hardly be doubted. Women are
particularly liable to yield to their se
ductive charm In preference to the
grosser Joy* of alcohol, writes a phy
sician.
The strain and artificial conditions
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of life have probably much to do with
it; but the modern epicure desires
more than the drowning of care. He
wants to flog his sensitive nervous sys
tem into yielding of its best. Into pro
viding him with the stately pleasure
domes such as Kubla Khan decreed.
He Is seeking
The sovereign alchemist that In a
trice
Life's leaden metal Into gold trans
mutes.
Or, to change the Image, he seeks a
key for the ivory gate of an unearthly
paradise. Many are the keys that are
used—opium, morphia and cocaine are
well known; but the epicure finds hash
ish and mescul even more effective, be
cause of the fairyland of visions they
reveal to him.
Hashish Is prepared from Indian
hemp, and Is chiefly used In the East
as the insplrer of the most incredible
visions and ecstasies. An English
medical man who took some of It said:
'it produces an extraordinary dislo
cation of the Ideas of time, space and
personality. You do not know where
or when or who—l had almost said
how many—you are. You feel that
within you are two or more person
alities—a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as
it were—commingled, yet each striving
to express itself.” Sometimes the ef
fects are unpleasant, and common ob
jects, such as a eat or a dog, inspire
the utmost terror from the uncanny
appearance they present.
Prof. Marshall accidentally swallowed
some extract of hashish in the course
of some chemical experiments, and he
says: "I was free from all sense of
rare and worry, and consequently felt
extremely happy. Fits of laughter oc
curred, especially at first. Ttie most
peculiar effect was that time see.med to
have no existence. I was constantly
taking out my watch, thinking that
hotfrs must have passed, whereas only
a few minutes had elapsed. This, I
believe, was due to a complete loss of
memory for recent events."
But of all these unearthly paradises,
the newest and most subtle Is opened
to the taker of mescal.
This Is a bitter, nauseous drug pre
pared from the dried leaves of a cer
tain cactus. The Indians of the south
ern plains of the United States treat
this cactus with divine honors, gath
ering it with heads uncovered amid
clouds of Incense. Mlslsonarles have
found Its worship a great rival to
Christianity, for its heaven is here and
now.
The mescal rite Is usually held on a
Saturday night. Seated In a circle
around a iHrge ramp fire for the vis
ions are most Intense by flickering fire
light—the men pray for “a good intoxi
cation,” and then the leader hands the
drug around.
"Throughout the night the men sit
quietly around the Are In a state of
reveries—amid continual singing and
the beating of drums by attendants
absorbed In color visions. About noon
on the following day, when the effects
have passed off, they get up and go
about their buslnesa without any de
pression or other unpleasant after ef
fects."
Mr. Havelock Ellis determined to ex
periment on himself with the drug.
After a transient consciousness of en
ergy he felt faint and giddy. Pale violet
shadows floated before him, suggest
ing, though not definitely forming, pic
tures. The air seemed to he flushed
with a vague perfume. Then he saw
glorious fields of Jewels, which sprang
Into flower-llke shapes beneath his gaze,
and then turned Into gorgeous butter
fly forms.
"I was furthsr Impressed." he says,
"not only by the brilliance, delicacy and
varlerty of the colors, but even more
by their lovely and various textures."
He compared them to living arabesques.
Familiar objects assumed the benutiful
shadowy effects seen in Claude Monet's
pictures. The visions subsided Into hu
tT.'an figures, fantastic and Chinese, as
he nettled down into peaceful and
dreamless sleep, waking at his usual
time with no fatigue or unpleasant
reminiscences. Ever since, he believes
he has been more sensitive to delicate
phenomena of light and shade and
color.
An artist to whom he gave the drug
experienced a pain at the heart and a
sense of imminent death. He says;
"With the suddenness of a neuralgic
pang, the back of my head seemed to
open and emit streams of bright color.
I had the sensation of the skin disap
pearing from the brow, of dead flesh,
and finally of a skull.” His attire ap
peared to change into a richly colored
medieval ooetume. Any movement led
to streams of blue flames of wondrous
beauty.
On eating, the flames burst out
afresh, Illuminating the Interior of the
mouth, and casting a blue reflection
on the roof. "The light In the blue
grotto at Capri," I am able to affirm,
"Is not nearly so blue." With him the
visions did not fade gradually, but the
outer world came back with a bound.
“It was the sensation—only much In
tensified—which every on* has known
on coming out Into the light of day
from an afternoon performance at a
theater."
To a well known poet the drug glori
fied th* whole work-a-day world.
“Late In the evening," he say*, "I
went out on the embankment and was
absolutely fascinated by an advertise
ment which went and cam* In letters
of light on th* other side of the river,
t cannot tell you the Intense pleasure
It gave me. Two glrle and a man
passed me. laughing loudly, and lolling
about as they walked. I realised, In
tellectually, their coarseness, but
usually I saw them, aa they oame utt
der a tree, fall Into lines of dedicate
picture; it might have been an Albert
Moore."
Mescal, In opening the door of a
fairyland of light and color, aeems to
leave th* intellect untostabed. Mr.
Ellis concludes thoit "a lar*e part of Its
charm lies In the halo of beauty which
it costs around the simplest and com
monest things. It Is the most demo
cratic of plants that lead men to an
artificial rviradlse That Its habitual
consumption would be gravely Injuri
ous I cannot doubt. Its safeguard
seems to lie In the fact that a cer
tain degree of robust health is required
to contain any real enjoyment from
its visionary gifts."
ANIMAL CONSCIENCE.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
An.{l now they say animals know
right, from wrong, and the* even tn a
puppy's breast is kindled that spark of
divine Are, a conscience.
The beasts of the field have eaten
of the fruit, of the tree of the knowl
edge of good and evil. That they are
capable of 10-vlng and of devoting
themselves to those they love, that
they offer models of maternal and con
jugal affection, has long been admit
ted, and to-day they are credited with
expressions of some notion, however
obscure or imperfect, of good and evil,
of merit and demerit, of Justice and
Injustice. There is a familiar anec
dote from the naturalist, Romanes,
about his dog, which never stole a
thing In his life, save once, and then
under these clroumstances:
"One day when he was hungry,"
says hts msster, "he seized a cutlet
from the table and oarried It under a
sofa. I was witness to this fat*. but
pretended I had seen nothing, and the
culprit remained some minutes under
the sofa, divided between the desire
to assuage his hunger and the senti
ment of duty. The latter finally tri
umphed, and the dog deposited at my
feet the cutlet which he had stolen.
This done he returned to conceal him
self under the sofa, whence no appeal
could make him emerge. In vain I
gently patted his head; the only effect
of this caress was to make him turn
his face with an air of contrttlon that
was truly nominal.”
What gives particular value to this
example, concludes Romanes, is that
the dog in question had never been
beaten, so that It could not have been
fear of corporal punishment which
actuated him. In him there seems to
be an animat that knows what ho
owes to another. There are also ani
mals which know what is due them.
It has often been stalted that, certain
beams have a precise Idea of what
can be exacted from them without In
jury and that they ask In their own
way to be limited to their proper ob
ligations. The mules on tramways In
New Orleans have to make their trip
five times in succession. They go four
times without any manifestations of
rebellion, but at the end of the fourth
round begin to bray.
Dr. Edmondson, who has made a
special study of crows, says that they
hold periodic assizes, when the affairs
of the season are appealed. They gath
er together In large numbers for a
convocation. Among them are some
whose fallen heads Indicate acousa
tlons, others are grave like Judgas,
while still others are motion and cla
mor. When the assembly Is ended there
Is a general noise, and a little after
lawyers, listeners and bailiffs pounce
upon the two or three prisoners ar.
r&lgned before the bar and ply them
with strokes until death ensues.
To wrong one, to render unto eaoh
his own, to receive according to one’s
deserts, is only the negative of the
moral code. Above the duties ojtas
tice are those of charity, the formula
of which Is this: “Do unto others as
you would that they do unto you."
Whether animals attain to this stage
may be partially judged by a scene the
theater of which was a large Parisian
menagerie. A little black-and-white
dog was thrown Into the cage of a
lioness named Constantine. Terrified
and trembling In all his limbs the dog
tried to hide In a corner. The lioness
slowly rose and approached th* poor
beast, which uttered a plaintive cry,
regarding her with an appealing look.
The lioness tranquilly returned to her
repose without Injuring the little dog.
At mealtime the lioness' ration of meat
was tossed Into the cage. She left a
part for her little companion, gome
days later the dog ate his meals with
her, and a week later he flung hlm
aelf on the dinner. When autumn ar
rived the dog thought It seemly to pass
nights between the lion’s paws, the
climax In a beautiful example of clem
ency and hospitality. The hero ani
mal can even vanquish his Instinctive
pride, pardon his Injuries and volun
tarily offer reconciliation.
What Shall We
Have for Dessert?
This question arises in the family
everyday. Let us answer it to-day. Try
JoH-O.
a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre
pared in two minutes. No boiling I no
baking I add boiling water and get to
cool. Havor*:—Lemon, Orange, Rasp
berry and Strawberry, Qet a package
at vour grocers to-daff. to eta.
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