Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1893, Page 12

12 “THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. AUGUST 5. 18983—SIXTEEN PAGES. A VISIT TO KOREA. - Something About the Habits of the Curious People. THEY DO NOT HATE FOREIGNERS. —o—___ An Island With a Wall Completely Around It. — + -- & MOURNING CUSTOM. HEN THE YACHT Inconstant sailed into the harbor of Chemulpo, Korea,and Gropped anchor at the foot of the crags that inclose it the heights seemed brist- ling with spectres. They Were only Koreans, however, in their pale voluminous gowns. It fs their custom to perch in the crevices of the hills at the approach of any steamer, man-of-war or merchant ship, and plactily wait there until the boats Shove off for shore, when their curiosity is Satisfied. They always have time to perch and watch and wait. I cannot imagine any combination of circumstances that would hurry « Korean. From coolies to noble- men they all swing along the streets and mountain trails with the dawdling loll of ineffable leisure and conceit. But {f their peculiarities are many thetr Sood qualities are not few. It fs true we are not enchanted with them unless “from afar off.” The little thatched villages, which at a distance look like an accumula- tion of ingenious birds nests, are filthy be- yond words when we walk their street; the white robes, which seem almost celes- tial when seen upon the hills from the har- bor, are repulstvely earthy upon closer con- tact, except at the New Year season when they are donned fresh and new, to be worn without washing or = throughout the year. No Hatred for Foretzners. On the other hand.the Koreans, unlike the Chinese, have no hatred for foreigners. We were met always with kind, cordial smiles and welcoming maneuvers, and we never heard a scolding tone toward child or beast, Seaport in Korea. Sh Ysrrelsome word between man and wife. In fact. the Korean peasants do not give an impression of poverty, they seem merely lazy and majestically superior to all sense of decency and comfort. Finding we had some months to spend In “Chosen Land” we devoted ourselves to Uttle explorations, and it was on one of these that we found the Arcadian Island, Where no foreign foot had ever trod, and which a Korean friend of ours, who had established pretensions at home as a lit- erary man, called our “Columbus,” his idea of Columbus being a discovery, not a dis- From the deck of the Inconstant one en- ticing spring morning we looked out upon sparkling waves and the beautiful purple Feaks of the mountainous islands of the orean Archipelago, which loomed into view in all directions. But we longed to be ashore, for we knew that the hills of Chemulpo were covered with a mass of 3. lilies, violets—not hiding away in forests to be searched for, but waiting to bend for us under every ‘foot- 1¢ gig was “called” away and we were led ashore. Landing at the long, crude paseca “throuzh a village, Faihee lanes seal rough a e, rather large ani Odiously crowded, and found ourselves sud- rp turn of the Toad around a bluff. We followed this sea- road for nearly two miles, not al- / laapse of Waltcd Is ways in sight of the water, because the Foad sometimes would wind ‘around a hill or cut through it; but we soon emerged again into glimpses of the waves and the islands. When tired of the sea we took a path that led across country toward the Tiver, ané found little villages in every sheltering nook in the hills. These thread- lke paths are very fascinating. They droop over the hills like a network, leading in all directions—we know not and care not Where—we have only to follow any one of them to find new beauties in views and flowers. Their Mourning Costume. When we first walked over the Korean hills we wondered why some of the men we met wore huge, drooping straw hats, ghiclding the faces very much. As the Rational hat is high, stiff and has a narrow . im our icnorance of the signitication of this immense inverted straw tent, we failed to account for a preference for a thing so cumbersome. But, when we learn- ed that these disguising things were mourn- ers’ hats,we could understand that they were intended as a shicid to the feelings as Well as to the face. Three years is the Fegulation pertod for mourning to be worn, so the streets are well dotted with these animated toadstools. walk we met « Korean acquatin| had called on us on board ship. was of the mandarin class, and this mourning was of elegant fineness, although the same in color and material as all classes wear. He Was attended by his servant carrying his slender pipe. Indeed. a Korean must be in extremest poverty when he has no servant to carry Pipe for him. His hat Gate of Uiicint Compow of straw was finely bratded.and his flowing, gown of transparent corn grass en Was Worn over an undergown of white. A curious little signal of afiction is a plece of grass linen, like that of the suspended between two sticks It is fixovan ordinary folding fan with, au the middle sticks removed, and when the mourner approaches or le approached by any one it is held before the face, conceal- ing all but the eyes. A Catholic priest in Beoul, Korean capital on hi mission for years under the disguise of a Mmourner, when, had he been discovered, he Said aot have held his life for a day. One might fancy that the Korean graves were Modeled from, the ‘mourners’ hate. Thi are round, low mounds, without any ) agers hyo the cholera Coreg not “an infrequent plague—it hundreds daily, so it is not surprising that the little mounds are numerous, and that mourners’ hats are bobbing in all the streets and felds. We lingered for a chat with the grass- glcth mourner. In correct and even elegant English he invited us into his compound, flose at hand. Ail Koreans that are taught in the English schools at Seoul pronounce #0 very deliberately, and use such extreme- ly proper words, you will feel itke laughing Srrnet® Redantic taste, but seldom at thelr @frors. We declined the proffered hospttalt- ty—we have never foun: Ko- compound irresistil Sas Sangreal Teacna, Sad eae | pound proved to be a temple. | many months in her nati way to the shore, where our boat was to meet us, pushed off into the wide river, which, as well as the sea, is strewn with Is- lands, dividing the waters into lakes and bays of bewildering beauty. We sailed long among them without seeing a sign of a human being or a habitation. Our elabo- rate speculations as to the summer hotels and cottages that might develop in this lovely region under American enterprise were brought to a sudden close by the ex- citing discovery of what we supposed to be the roof of @ mandarin compound on a walled island. We immediately decided upon an invasion. If we had been mariners of 1492 I doubt if we could have watched the nearing shore with more interest or delight, and when the boat scraped the beach we scrambled out with tumbling alacrity. The Wall Aroa: the Isla Passing through the walls between two towering rocks which formed a gateway, we were immediately surrounded by a throng of urchin Koreans, and soon had as followers also, some of the fathers and mothers, one of whom became our self- constituted guide. The little territory did not exceed twenty acres in size, The wall completely encir- cled the island, winding over hills and into declivities. It ‘had loop holes at intervals through the upper edge, from which, in its prime, arrows doubtless sped; and’ there Korean Temple. Was a romantic walk inside, along the ram- parts which were high and complete enough still to insure defense from a host of mighty foes. It was tumbled, in many places, into mellow, pictur. i softly draped with vines. What we had supposed was the roof of a mandarin com- Korean tem- ples are very rare, and this was particu- larly interesting with paintings and offer- ings. Our guide was not willing that we Should remain long within these sacred precincts, and indeed, hard scowling looks and threatening words from the train of inhabitants; so we showed the appreciative politeness to say nothing of the discretion which ranks above valor—to bustle our- selves out with considerate rapidity. On the prettiest hillside a cheerful little vil- lage sunned itself, and we saw there what was, perhaps, the’ most surprising sight of the ‘island—a pretty Korean woman; the only one we ever found in a sojourn of land. She was out to look at ug as we were passing her mud residence. She was young and rather pretty. Her dress was a full green skirt of the light, soft native silk—so long, that in order to (clear the ground it was ‘gathered pp at the side and drawn through the belt. ith {t was worn a short jacket, zouave shape, mulberry color, fastened with two silver clasps. A long silver pin was thrast through the low simple knot of black hair. The silken attire was far from clean, but in our enthusiastic mood we thought her charming. A Majestic Methuselah. The village was the cleanest we had seen in Korea (faint praise), with scat- tered houses and pretty little gardens. We discussed the possible history of this old island and its simple people; tried to de- pict the defense which many times in olden years must have been made against some greedy neighboring chieftain, but it was rather absurd to dwell upon’ battle scenes while we were surrounded by the mildest and kindest, even though wildest, of human creatures. As we passed out between the granite guards of the gateway. a majestic Methuselah, in flowing, dirty white cotton, presented to one of our rty a large paper flower on a large stem. it was not a beautiful flower, but it was bestowed with stately courtesy. We clambered into our boat amid showers of kindly smiles and seemed to be leaving Italian rather than Korean shores, The crumbling walls shielded with ivy, the Peasant Compound. shallow, worn, winding stone steps leading to a cottage here and there among the terraces, the fresh, vivid green of the early spring on vines and trees, all seen in the beautiful golden weather, made a picture like a sweet dream. “Land of the morning calm!—and evening rest, And afternoon se! Still let thy sons, like shadows of tne rt, white laa and silent, watch the distant strife, Nor seek to know, nor long the die to cast Which shall with’ knowledge mar thy sim- ie life Ant orning calm! sweet in these latter 3 Upon thy dreamy lotusland to gaze.” a One Cure for Insomnia. ‘From the New York Tribune. “I once was a sufferer from insomnia,” said a dentist who lives in one of the small villages of the state, as he sat talking with other men in the sitting room of an uptown hotel, “but I got rid of the trouble.” “What did you take for it?" “Bucking pony.” “Tell us about that, please.” “Well, you see, there was nothing the | matter with me, only I couldn't sleep. The | doctor looked me over and said I wasn't suffering from any disease that he could detect, but all the same I could get only a few catnaps every night, and I feit that I would go crazy if such a condition of af- fairs continued much longer. A wise friend of mine advised me to try horseback exercise. Just at that time a man had brought to the village a string of ponies from the west. As the ponies were wild they were offered for sale cheap. I bought one. He was such a sleepy-looking animal we called him Rip Van Winkle. After we knew him better we dropped part of the name and called him plain Rip. The first ride I took on him furnished excitement for the whole village. Two men helped me to saddle and mount him in the stable. When the door was opened he shot out into the street like a streak of lightning. He ran full against the fence opposite the stable and broke several pickets. Then he reared up on his hind legs and came near throw- ing me over backward. Next he tried to stand on his head, but I yanked him back on his feet and drove the spurs into him. He started to run then, and I let him go as fast as he could leg it until we got to the Methodist Church at the end of the street. A temperance meeting was being held In the church and the door was open. Before I could stop the pony we were jn the church and haif way up the aisle. Women screamed and fainted. “Some of the men led Rip back into the street. I didn’t dare to get off his back. When the men let go of the bridle he began to buck, and for a few minutes I thought my neck would be broken. He would go at a gallop when he went at all, but he would stop now and then to indulge in more bucking. Presently he changed his tactics and went from one street to another, across lots, Jumping fences, tearing up flower beds. damaging gardens and keeping me busy dodging the branches of fruit trees. The next street led me to a turnpike. along which I spurred him for miles until he was covered with foam and nearly tired out. He seemed to be docile when I got him back to the stable. Next day, however. he was nearly as bad as when I first rode him, and every day for a fortnight I was obliged to race him along the turnpike several miles. My! My! How he did buck! I was so lame at the end of two weeks that I could scarcely walk to my office, but I could sleep. A few minutes after I got into bed at night I was sleeping soundly, and I awoke every morning thoroughly re- freshed."”” “Do you still ride the pony?" ‘No. By the time I was cured of sleep- lessness I had broken Rip to ride, and I sold him for double the sum I had paid for him. My advice to anybody who is suffer- ing from insomnia is to get a bucking pony fre tekae Bard as he can. ee broken, man an iy Denefited by "the ‘treatment hm “Why did you leave your last place’ said Mrs. Cumso to a girl who wanted a position in the kitchen. “Because the missus went an’ took les- sons at @ cookin’ school, mum.” a When WwW ym Have Their hts. From Truth. Chairman of the Board (reading)—“Wwe have received a a BS Sp mn cone ue ruins, the broken edges | ABOUT THE ELEPHANT Considered by Many Next to Man in Intelligence. HOW SPORTSMEN HUNT HIM. Reverence for the White Variety in Different Countries. AFFECTION FOR ITS KEEPER. HE ANCIENTS were sparing in the praises of the dog. but could not speak too highly of the elephant. Pliny places the elephant as unquestionably next to man. In- telligence, obedience, memory, ambition, affection, honesty, prudence and justice are among the cata- logues of vir- tues which he ascribes to these creatures. The Cartha- ginians were the first to utilize him in European warfare, and It is a remarkable fact they, and they only, have been able to educate the African species of the race for human uses. In ancient times, as many as a dozen bowmen and spearmen fought from the vantage ground of a wooden structure called the tower, mounted on its back. In India, from the remotest antiquity, it formed one of the most picturesque, if not the most effective features in the armies of the native princes. With their huge heads defended with iron plates, to which were attached long spears, these animals were very formfdable in a charge. They have also been taught to cut and thrust with a kind of scimetar carried in the trunk. Elephants live in herds, and each herd has a leader, generally the, largest and most powerful animal. He seems to exer- cise much control over the movements of the herd, gives the alarm in case of danger, and seems to decide for the whole party as to the safety of proceeding in any particu- lar direction. An animal which by any cause has become separated from its herd seems never to be admitted into another. ‘They become savage and much dreaded, while from a herd of elephants danger is never apprehended. ‘The Favorite Ha ‘The favorite haunts of the wild elephants are in the depths of the forest, particularly in mountainous regions, where they browse on branches, and from which they issue chiefly in the cool of the evening to pas- ture in the more open grounds. They are ready to plunder rice or other grain fields, if not deterred by fences, of which, fortu- nately, they have a wholesome dread. Ele- phants intended for domestication are cap- tured in various ways. It was formerly common to take them in pitfalls, but tn this way they were frequently much in- jured. Another method often practiced is by the aid of tame elephants. Male ele- phants are chiefly captured in this way, the decoy elephants being females trained for the purpose. Two of the females take their places one on each side of the stranger, and while he is Interested in them, the natives who spend their lives in the business, pass ropes round the legs of the intended captive. When finally the ele- phant is secured and becomes sensible of his danger, his fury becomes ungovernable, and he makes violent efforts to get free. It is not until he has thoroughly exhausted himself, and begins to suffer severely from fatigue, hunger, and thirst, that steps are taken toward taming him. dn shooting elephants various devices have to be arranged by which the hunter can get within easy range of his prey without alarming it. The spot selected is usually in the vicinity of some stream where the animals come for water. Secreted behind @ screen of bushes, the sportsman can select some vulnerable spot, for the tough hide of the elephant resists a ball with Uttle difficulty unless great care be exer- cised by the hunter. Strength of Its Legs. In captivity elephants have been known to sleep for months standing up, and in some menageries the keepers infer that the animal is ill if it les down during the night. In fact, its legs support it so well that one sportsman printed an account of his firing at an elephant over and over again, and at last, coming up to it, found that it had died landing up. Elephants are very conservative, and do not like what they are not acustomed to. They are by no means ‘cowards, but, like other animals of undoubted courage, they may be fright- ened by unfamiliar objects, It is known that an old woman once escaped from an enraged elephant by opening an umbrella, and in the same way a herd will fly from the yelp of a dog. A story is told of a Uttle Scoteh terrier that seized an elephant by the trunk, and so frihtened the big brute that it’came at once on its knees. The distrust which an elephant has for a horse Is founded on the same grounds. Before the Prince of Wales started on his journey to Indi: his ho ‘S$ were taken Several mornings to the Zoo and were waik- ed round the elephants und other animals, s0 as to accustora them to forms they raight see a little more frequently In the east. “She elephant is probably hel! in greater affection and veneration in Surman than any other part of the world. It was there that the writer first saw one of the ed white elephants that are high estimation. It was not really either, but of a dirty yellowish color, at all handsome, and probably ‘the: ‘Ii color te caneed by a species of leprosy. Th She kind is an albino among elephants, Burmese have gone to war sith the amese on several occasions for the po: sion of the white elephants. Larse rewards were formerly given to anyon? who dis- covered the whereabouis of % white ele- phant. No native would attempt to eap- ture it for himself, it being a treasonable offense to do so, but had to inforin the king where the animal wa: Capturing a White Elephan The capture was usually effected with the aid of a handsome tame feiale, who acted the part of decoy to perfection. The decoy would attract his attention. pretend she did not desire his proffere1 caresses, and walk away in the direction of the in- closure made for his recepticn. The vic- tim follows her blindly, Is caught, subdued and led in state to the king. Mere he is decorated with golden ornaments. }, ed in a luxurious stable and fed with augar cane and fruit. The cause of all this respect paid to the white elephant is the universal bellet in the transmigration of souls prevalent in all the oriental nations to the east of Hin- doostan. The souls or spirits of those who had achieved the greatest good on earth are believed to fill the bodies of white creatures. The essence of the Buddhas, the performers of the greatest good of all can only inhabit the bodies of white ant- mals, such as the occasional white mon- key, ‘swans and doves. j hus the king, by obtaining such ‘an ant- mal, might possibly be the happy and. hon- ored possessor of Buddha. The writer was informed that the money value of a white elephant was fully $5000. The King of Siam has several of these rare animals, who are taken great care of, have a retinue of servants to attend upon them and are accorded royal honors. The story of how these kings formerly used them for the purpose of ruining any of their subjects who were becoming too wealthy is well known. One of. these white elephants was sent to the individual desired to be humbled as a valuable gift from the king. The luckless nobleman dared mot refuse the present as he valued his life, but was obliged to receive the animal,’ build a spectal residence for him and spend large sums in keeping him in stately comfort. The result was gener- ily ‘the nancial ruin of the, person who had received the fatal gift. This accom. plished the king took possession of the elephant again. In Burmah the elephant is the general benst of burden, and the government has @ number of them. Each elephant has his nane, and it is interesting to watch them at work. Their mahouts often take ad- vantage of their sagacity, and so save themselves trouble. B img a Telegraph Line. The writer once had the good fortune to witness a troop of elephants bullding a telegraph line. The telegraph follows the advance of the bar to secure rapid com- munication with the rear. First a track was made by felling all timber and clearing off any undergrowth to about twenty feet in width, hundreds of natives being em- ployed. ‘Such trees as were suitable In length’ were trimmed down for telegraph poles, a number of them being piled at in- tervais along the track. ‘Then the elephants war. <=: the poles to the distances they were to be set apart. One mahout conducted his ele- phant to @ pile of the heavy poles and or- dered the intelligent animal to pick one up. The elephant quietly obeyed, carrying the pole to the spot indicated by the out. ‘The elephant was then directeu w go the and them in Sisug the _tven, “at apart. The native then calmly selected a cool ‘shady spot under a wide-spreading palm and went to sleep. In the meantime the elephant took up each piece of timber and carried it to Its proper place in the line. After the task had been accomplished the elephant gently touched the mahout with the tip of his trunk, and awoke him, as much as to say: “Your orders, master, have been obeyed." The mahout awoke, mounted the elephant, and went forward to continue the construction of the line in the same easy manner. The Burmese mahouts are very kind to their elephants. They tickle them behind the ears, stroke and fondle them, select- ing choice morsels of food at every oppor- tunity. The natives of Hindoostan, on the contrary, are frequently very harsh and cruel to ‘the elephants under their charge, striking them on the top of the skull with the crooked iron rod called ancus. As Executioners. Elephants do not travel fast, their gait being at best but a shambling walk. Twenty-five miles is the outside limit of a day's journey. It is only when hard ressed that elephants break into a run. Fe Wounded he wil suddenly turn and rush at his assaflants, select one and try to catch him. This ‘is termed charging, and woe be to the unfortunate hunter if the infuriated animal succeeds in reaching him with his flexible trunk. In an instant he is hurled to the earth and trod into an undistinguishable mass. “Elephants have been kept by the kings of Burmah as exe- cutioners. When criminals condemned to die, and frequently influential noble: whose riches the King desired to seiz were brought out of prison, a public spec tacle would be made to strike dismay to the ‘hearts of the monarch’s secret ene- mies. The elephant would catch hold of a victim by the neck with his trunk, lift him off his feet, give a sudden jerk’ like snapping a whip lash, then tread him to a jelly beneath his enormous feet. A mahout elephant keeper was addicted to the use of opium. Orders were given when the elephants came into town for supplies that this man should remain at the country station. The dark-faced native had a long talk with his elephant—they seem to understand Burmese—and told him to go to town and get him some opium. Off he went, and reaching the supply depot tore about as if in a fury. The villagers sought cover. The elephant nosed about, smelt and snorted where opium was stored, took @ ball and trotted back to his keepe At another time an elephant camp got out of sugar, It was near a trail which a ny train from China passed. The ma- outs knew a train was near at hand. One of them explained to his brute what was wanted and sent him to intercept the train. He did so and scared the men to the trees and scattered the load of the ponies. The elephant found some sugar baskets, ate his own fill and carried off a basket to his keeper. The Rogue Elephant. The rogue elephant is a kind of felon or convict, who has become separated from his companions. He loses his way or is per- haps wounded, ‘and ultimately recovers. But he has forfelted his citizenship; he ha: lost his rights, and becomes a mere tenant on sufferance.’ The herd will permit him to browse near them, but the intimacy must not go further. The pariah then becomes desperate. He wanders about and attacks everything. He cannot join his own kin, and so he marauds recklessly. In this way he becomes more accustomed to meet men, and revenges upon them the wrongs which have been’so cruelly visited upon him. It 4s said that he gets such an abhorrence for his own tribe that he will not even make common cause with another rogue, which is perhaps fortunate for the natives. An English army officer stationed at Cey- lon relates the following curious account of an elephant funeral: “I went after a herd of eight elephants and came up with them about 3 p.m. After stalking I got a chance at the one which seemed ‘about the biggest of the herd, and dropped it at the first shot. It turned out to be a big cow elephant. About two hours afterward I had the tail and feet cut off and taken to the bungalow. Next morning I went to the spot to look at the elephant and found her, or what remained of her, non est. After looking around I saw the herd had been around uring the night, and T soon discovered a track where ‘they seemed to have retired in a body. I follow- ed this through a thick bamboo jungle, and about 500 yards further on I came upon the dead elephant, lying in the bottom of a rocky stream. Judging from the appearance of the body the elephant had been carried to the top of the bank, and from there rolled into. the stream, From the tracks it was plain that the body had not been rolled, but carried to the bank, and it was plain that It had been rolled through the managrass, which grows on the sides of the stream. The jun- gle through which the body was brought to the stream was very heavy, with bamboos growing close and the trick which tye elephants made was several yards wide. Some surprise was expressed at the elrcum- stances by my neighbors till IT showed them where the elephant had been shot and where the body lay in the stream, Which proved conclusively that by some means or other the body had got the inter- vening space in the night.” H.D.S. > — A Correction, From Trath. “You jewel!” exclaimed Miss Flypp to her fiance, as he placed her on his knee with his arms around her waist. I am @ lapidary,” corrected the young man. “I have just’ set the jewel.” All Right, line | UNWRITTEN HISTORY Dickering for the United States Sen- atorship and Cabinet Offices. ABOUT GARFIELD'S CABINET. Stories of Trades in Which Men Were Left Out. THE STANDARD OIL PROFITS. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star, New Yon. Aug. 4, 1893. aM TOLD THAT McKinley is already laying his wires for the republican presidential nomination, The prob- ability is that he will be disappointed. Ohio is m great graveyard filled with the corpses of the political ambi- tions of its prominent men, No state in the Union has more hero worshipers, and no state has more ambitious politicians, There is scarcely a man of prominence in the state who has not been stabbed by his friends, and ex- Gov. Geo. Hoadley, who went to New York to makea fortune at the Jaw after such treat ment, once told me that a statesman never grew to be over two feet high in the buckeye state before there was a great army of smaller men striving to cutoff his head. The only man who bas held his own for any length of time in the state is Jobn Sherman, and the other men of prominence, both democrats and republicans, have had to step to the rear with vinegar in their eyes and iron in their souls. ‘The leaders fight among them- selves. There is no harmony in either the democratic or republican party, and Ohio might have had two or three more Presidents if her politicians had worked together. Jobn Sherman would have had aseat in the White House had it not been for his enemies in his own state, the Cincinnati Times, just before the nominating convention of’ 1880, sug- gesting that I throw away my Sherman veil d_buy a pair of Grant spectacles, as the ‘imes thought Gen. Grant ought to be the nominee of that convention. The Cleveiand Leader at this time was wounding Blaine, and Sherman went to Chicago with the dissensions in his state and treachery in hix camp. It was the same with Allen G. "Thurman at three or four different conventions. He had several chances for the presidency, but Ohio knocked him out, Old Ben Wade had a slight chance at the convention which nominated Lincoln, but Odio men spread scurrilous stories about Chicago concerning him, and he never knew what so easily caused his detent, Gossip About Foraker. I was reminded of this fact the other day‘as I sat at breakfast with Gov. Foraker at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, His hair has turned from black to gray within the last few years, and he tells me that he has left pol- ities for good. He was very bitter in talking of Sherman and raid that he wanted no assistance from him in any way. SHe evidently regrets <Sthat he ever entered politics, and he now ia- tends devoting himself to money making and “the law, He was, I am. told, just at the ning of fortune making when heaccepted the nomination for governor of Ohio, and the year before he was nominated he | He can probably make | cleared about $10,000. two or three times that today, and bis career as ‘a statesman has been, so far ax finances are con- cerned, one of dead loss. Foraker is one of | the ablest men in Ohio today. He may not have the financial ability and the pure intellectual | strength of John Sherman, but he is packed full of personal magnetism, and his friends are tied to him almost as strongly as were those of Blaine to tho great Maine statesman. There are today Foraker clubs scattered throughout Ohio, and he wilt again be pushed to the front. How Ex-Secretary Foster Lost the Senatorship. Speaking of disappointed Ohio men, Ex-See: retary Foster is entitled to more sympathy than, perbaps, any other man in the state by rewon of his financial losses and on account of his disappointed am- ditions. Foster has given more to the party in money and time than eny other man in Ohio, -\, and he has probibly expended $100 where %4 MeKinley hasexpended / one. His brains andZ® money have done much in making many a cam- paign successful, and when Garfield was made President every one \ supposed that Gov. E, Foster woud be the chief of his counsellors and would be the leading Ohio man at the capital during his administration. He had at this time almost a surety of being Garfield's successor in the United States Senate, and it was currently reported that he would either take this place or be one of the chief members of Gariield’s cabinet, I heard the other dav the story of how he lost both of these positions. It is somewhat similar to that of his recent financial failure, and his fault was that he trusted in his friends aad they deceived him. I get the fact from Mr. Thomas Carron, who was at this time in the Olio senate and who was for years one of the leading politicians of Ohio. He is now practicing law at Los Angeles, but his big in- terest in mines and lands keeps him in the east | more than half the time. time living at Cleveland, confidence of Carron was at this jartield and Foster, and he was pert of many of the political trades that were | We} were sitting at dinner ina Mexican restaurant | made among the statesmen at that time. in Los Angeles when the conversation turned to Garfield, and IT asked hin Charley Poster got nothing o administration, He replica: t was largely the resalt of Garfield's vacil- lating character. He was not a man of great moral courage, and in his efforts to please John Sherman and ‘Koseoe Conkling he refused to pay his legal politicai debts to Charley Foster. oster and Garfield were as close as brothers f the Gartield at the time they went to the Chicago conven- | tion, They slept togethor at Chicago during | “"s artield rode | together back to their hotel after Garfield had | the convention, and Foster and been nominated. Foster pnt a great deal of money into the Garfield campaign, and he was one of Garfield's closest friends and advisers. ‘The understanding was at that time in Obio | that Foster was to be the next United Stat Senator. He was very strong with the people and the legislature, and there was little doubt | but that he could have been elected. Sherman and Garfield. “Such was the situation during the summer of 1880, and John Sherman, then at the head of ) the Treasury Department under Hayes, looked it over and became ex- cocdingly anxious. He had sounded Garfield as to the prospect of his holding him over as Secretary of the Trens- ury, and Garfield had given him to under- stand that he intended to make his cabinet en- tirely nov. He could not get back to the Sen. ate with Foster's oppo. sition, and it looked as thought he would be left outin the cold. Gar- field didn’t want him in the cabinet. He feared him, and he thought that with him as Secretary of the ‘Treasury Sherman would be bigger than | Garfield and would get the crodit of theadminis- tration. He did not want to displease Senator Sherman, however, and he wrote to Foster ask- | “One of the ing him to give up the senatorship. of the kind I have ever seen. for the good of the party to stand aside and let Sherman go back to the Senate. He practically got down on his knees to Foster and urged hi would do. give Foster austhing he asked if be complied with his request.” “How did the letter strike Foster?” I asked, “He was, of was the reply. tainty of Tt meant giving up the cer- | intended to been his ambition for years, for a presidential promise, which was, tosay the least, an un- certainty. Still Foster was a very true man himself. He always stuck to his friends. He | had great faith in other men, and he has all his | life been willing to do a ‘great deal for his party and his friends, He showed me the letter | as soon as he received it and we discussed the situation. He slept upon it and he finally cams to the conclusion that he would do exactly ae Garfield desired. provided he could have the Ohio patronage for the next four years to aid | him in succeeding Geo. H. Pendleton, whose | term in the Senate would expire by that time. The carrying out of this plan required promises from both Sherman and Garfield. The next | day Gen. Jim Robinson was sent to Washington tosee if Sherman would agree to let Foster have the patronage on this condition, and we concluded to hea from bim before saying any- thing to Garfield about it. We waited of days and at last the dispatch came: “All right at the Washington end of the line.’ “Iwas then sent to Garfield to tell bim of the decision and to get his promise. I called upon him at Mentor. A crowd was in the room at the time Ien- tered. I could see that he was very uneasy about something. He talked to the other peo- ple. but glanced at me from time to time with questions in his eyes. At last he arose, and walking up and down theroom got behind the others und crooked his right index finger at AS me, motioning me to fA come. I got up and he excused himself from the rest and took me intoanother room. As we sat down he put his hand on my knee and asked: “‘How about Charley Foster? How is he | feeling toward me and what is he going to do | about that matter concerning which I wrote him?" “I then told Garfield what Foster's ideas were, and that he would withdraw if he could have an assurance from him and Sherman that he could have the higher patronage. Gen. Garfield replied at once: “He don’t need to ask Sherman about that. I will promise to give him all. that Ohio has to get during my admimstration, and I will take care of him myself,” “But what will you do for him?’ I asked. ‘Oh, he can fave anything he wants,’ re- sponded Garfield, “I will, put him in the Cabr- net if he desires.” couple ‘Tn what plice in the cabinet? asked L | deia V BM! Pisce does he want?” said Gen. “Gar- | e | “I think he would like to be Postmaster | General,” said Senator Carron. ‘This would | give him control of the patronage and insure | him his election to the Senste.” “All right, be can have it,’ replied Garfield, ‘and T took this news back to Foster. Gartield | | put Foster down on the slate as Postmaster | General, and there is no doubt but that he | him the place up to until six auguration. He eveu asked Foster to go with him from Ohio to Washing- | tonasa part of the presidential party, but | Foster very wisely refused to do this.” | How Roscoe Conklink Made a Post- | master General. | “How did he happen to change his mind?” I_ asked. “It was through Conkling and his desire to appease him. Had he began to fight Conkling | at the start and had taken Charley Foster in his cabinet to belp bim Garfield would be alive today. But his will | power was weak. He wanted to oblige every | one and he was afraid of Conkling. Conkling ~~ had insisted that Levi XP. Merton. should “be “Secretary of the Treas- B>.Cury. Garfield refused to Wa. g-¥e him this place, but offered him the port- | \\ folio of the navy. Mor- | ton, who wanted the lace for social rea- sons, wrote to Garfield accepting it. He then went to Conkling and told him what | be had done, The lordly Roscoe was angry jand he told Morton with a sneer that be must refuse the position. His power over | Morton was such that he did refuse it and wrote Garfield to that effect. I think Garfield got this news just about the time he came to Washingion. It worried him greatly and he asked Conkling to come to see him. He told Conkling be wanted to make a cabinet to suit him, and I think that | Conkling propored that Folger be put in. This Garfield could not well do, and Conkling | | asked tosee the slate. Tho list of cabinet | officers was handed to him. As soon as his eve | met the name of Charley Foster as Postmaster | General he said that that eppointment would not do, and that New York must have either the post office or the treasury “*Well, who do you want me to appoint as | Postmaster General?’ said Gartield. “*Appoint James—Thomas L. James,’ said | Conkling. ‘He has been postmaster of New York and has a record for the place. I don’t like bim, bat appoint him and it will be all | right.’ ‘And thus James became Postmaster General, In the meantime Sherman had been elected to the Senate, and four years later a democrat, in the person of Henry B. Payne, took the place of Geo, H. Pendleton. | Gossip About Standard Oil Magnates. Speaking of Payne brought up the subject of the Standard Oil millionaires. Senator Carron | was brougnt up in Cleveland aud he knew the most of them as I asked him to tell me something about Kockefeller. He replied: “-T knew Rockefeller when he was a clerk at something like $50 a month. He didn't seem to be overbright. For a time he bad made my | house his lounging place in the evenings, and I remember he would sitand sit until I would | begin to watch the clock and to wonder if be ever go. ‘kefeller’s Million-Dollar Check. | “Sam Andrews was another queer character, | Senator Carron went on. “fie began life like | Rockefeller und the two went along neck and neck for some time, but now Rockefeller is said to be worth at least fifty millions and I doubt whether Sam Andrews has as | much as two millions, It was a funuy thing how Rockefeller got Andrews He was close in the | why it was that | I was at | Oliver H. Payne. Columbus when Governor Foster received this | he has a wonderful financial talent. letter from Garfield. It was the weakest thing | worth, I venture, im | ney, to write him at once letting him know what he | him He suid in the letter that he would and » United States Senate, which had | f the Standard Oil Company. I was in the Swi Cleveland at that time and knew all about it, Andrews was very jeaions of Rocke- feller’s success. He tried to beat him in every way, and whenever Kockefelier did a thing Andrews would try to do a bigger one. Rockefeller was president of the Standard Oil, and the iron went into Sam Andrews" soul as bo aw him getting bigger and bigger and himself | remaining comparatively stationary. He con- cluded that he would assert his independence, | and be came down to the Standard Oil offices one day and demanded a look at the books, | Rockefeller told hiia that the clerks were busy with them, but that if he would come in the | next day he wouid give bim a statement. An- drews grunted and went out. The next day he returned and again demanded the books. He was handed in place of them the statement. He cast it angrily from him and sa: don't wantastatement, Iwant to see the looks of this company. I am interested in as much as any man connected with it, and if Tean't see the books I want to seli my stock.’ “What will yon take for your stock?’ said Mr. Rockefeller, who was sitting at the desk. “Andrews looked Rockefeller in the eve and hesitated. He figured up in his mind that no one would accept the proposition he was going to make, and he said “I will take just 1,000,000 cash, and I want money now.” I right,’ said Rockefeller, “I wili give it to you,’ and he picked up his check book and wrote out bis check for $1,000,000 and handed it over to him. Andrews looked at the check, He didn’t want it and he doubted his eyes when be saw the amount upon it. He didn’t suppose that Rockefeller had anything like this amount at his command, and he didn't know that Rockefeller had just been scheming to get him angry and into just this kind of a fix. Rocke- feller thought he could do so, and he got his | money, Iam told, from Vanderbilt and had | lying im one of the Cleveland banks ready for | the occasion, Andrews was ashamed not to | take the check and he accepted it. He worried | himself almost to death investing the money, | and he put about half of it into government fours, while a large part of the balance went | ipto tho building of his big house an Cleve- and. } | Oliver H, Payne Worth 890,000,000. “Who is the brainiest ‘man in the Standard | Oil Company?” T asked, “That is hard to say laughed Mr. Carron. iRgest. broadest and shrewdest is He is a great organizer and He is as much if not more than He described | Rockefeller, and I naderstand that bis assots his relations to Sherman, and he begged Foster | amount to nearly $90,000,000. He is a | quict fellow and he makes no fuss about any- | thing. He wns in college with William C. Whit- and Whitney, I think, came home with to Cleveland during one of is vacations there fell in love with his sister and mar- ried her. Oliver H. Payne iss great man, and | he is great enongh not to make a splurge about it. He seems to have no ambition in a political ‘ourse, not plensed with it,” way, and the probability is if he lives much {eH one to be jotted down in her te longer he may become the richest man in the United States.” Fraxx G. CamPenten | style, | ner 13 lackadaisical BEAUTY VS. STYLE. Better, in the Long Run, to Be Stylish Than Beautiful. HOW If I8 DONE. Is It a Slander to Call Fashion Despotic? ONE WOMAN'S OPINION. OW, PRAY," said the stylish wo- man, holding up both hands depre- catingly, ‘‘don't say again thet I am beautiful. You'll not only strain your conscience, but you'll permanently maim it. I know perfectly well how I look, and letting alone being beautiful, I am not even pretty. My hair, eyes and. com- plexion are of no particular color, and yet they are all of one color. ‘My features are not cast in classic mould, nor is my form Statuesque, and yet, notwithstanding all this, I am quite satisfied with my appear- ance, since I possess something better and more lasting than all the beauty in the world, and that is—style. Her fair companion, before the speech reached its triumphant close, was framing @ polite little demur to these slanderous sen- timents, but its self-satisfied climax chang- ed her courtesy to contention, and she re- plied with some spiri “Better than beauty! Well, I defy you to find a woman who agrees with you.” “Of course, not you, or any other beauti- ful woman, for you roses and lilies of femi- ninity haven't been obliged to reflect on your appearance, as have we plain ones: you have had only to accept your sweet fate and bask in the sun of approving looks, but Tam plain,and I know it, and after thinki the matter all over, I prefer that state of affairs since I am not denied withal the pavoere of being stylish.” “Well, why?" inquired the beauty with evident ‘curiosity. The Why of It. “Why, because style lasts through life, while beauty is of youth. Because beauty has a certain standard of looke to preserve, while style has not, every year or so see- ing a complete revolution in the ideals of fashion. Because style requires less har- rowing study than beauty, since it has sim- ply to put on what the rest of the world is garbed in, while beauty must wear itself thin in its efforts to avoid getting some- {hing that 1s going to make it look less love- ly than lest year. Because style is every day practicality—the bread id meat of life, while beauty is far-fetched romance—the cake ard confectionery. Because style is adapted to all, and is thus an inestimable boon to the plain mass of humani- egy While, beet, only 18 appropri ately framed by beauty. ‘cause in a certain’ form, can be effected by even the elderly, when beauty must be let severely alone,"and thus age joses its sting, and time its victory. Be- cause style can be attained and kept by any one with any eyes, and a spark of in- genulty, and imitativeness, while beauty is largely ‘an endowment of birth that soon escapes its owner.” She paused and drew a long breath be- fore continuing. “Now, if you were obliged to travel from the highlands to some low-lying plains, wouldn't you rather do it by a route that led vou over a gradual and almost imper- ceptible descent than to go by a road that ran for awhile through a strictly level coun- try, but which shortly plunged you into a deep valley from which you haa to climb with difficulty, only to have the trouble re- peated after another little level streteh?” ‘Of course,” admitted the beauty what has that to do with this subject” “Prime of womanhood is the highlands." said the stylish woman epigremmaticaliy hil the low-lying plains.” ‘Now, the st lish woman takes the grad- ual descent route, since if she makes any effort to do so she can be stylish every minute of the way from twenty-five to ninety-five should she I a pod m: = of Re able, since, after all, she preserves a sor. tain uniformity of look. “The beautiful women, on the contra: takes the plunging route to those ul leasant plains, going along all so nicely or awhile, and the observed of all obsery- ers, ull suddenly some illness or the force of years precipitates her into one of the valleys,whence she clambers onl: to find her color gone ‘maybe and people ‘all ‘ret ity marking “What a It was her grea‘ beauty, poor thing. 05 “Or at the next precipice either unpleasantly thin or takes on lesh. whereat the chorus sing: ‘Oh how she has changed” vown the next hill maybe her hair, Whose color was the distraction of all be- holders, turns gray, and then they ex- claim “Who would have thought it #0 altered her looker NOUSHt Ht could have “The adorable dimples in her cheeks,that Were everybody's envy, stretch out usly lines at the next declivity.”” she grows uous ‘Oh this interrupted the — + “Why mayn’t I go with you your | ra How It ts Done. The si woman smiled. cause she was amused at having inveigied the beauty into thus frankly confessing her good opinion of her own looks, while at the same time making her contradict the complimentary comments she had made a moment before on herself, the stylish wo- man, and partly because she enjoyed the hovel situation of a plain woman being appealed to by a beautiful woman, and tn a matter regarding personal appearance, Where beauty ts supposed to possess all the advanteges. ju may go with me my like,’ responded, “and she clever as I take you’ to be, to do 80, the moment yo ginning ‘to grow passe. The beauty siched, pe. if @ fading beauty would aban the bizarre and the picturesque. that were You won't fall adopt style in their place, people would | “A en skoftaculous how she preserves hen ‘And even when with wrinkles and mark “Well, positively, she always y and always will Even ‘the marke of exe don’t seem to make her look any the “Dut the trouble with most y coments that they are too inclined: to cling to the picturesque garments that be- came them in the freshness of their youth, frhen if at the first sign of age they would | instead bend all their energies toward being simply stylish.and thus divert attentiontrom r waning youth, why their melanchol) she got downright old, eray hair, would re- loss wouldn't be observed, since a stylish | y becoming, while the be- | aingness of @ purely beautiful decoration | thing is tnvariabl: 01 Jey upon circumstances.” ‘Oh, nol” began the beauty, “think of | hoop skirts, bustles and all those monstros- ities. You surely—" If anything ts fashionable,” repeat e stylish woman with emphasis, ‘ete bee coming, no matter whut its cut on Moe. = may, of course, before it fairly arrives ‘Oh, hideous! I won't wear it if it does aos ee : “But after all, when it Is undeniably wit us, we begin to like it, for love of the pret vailing mode, though undoubtedly an ac- Guired taste, like that for olives and tone: toes. is very strong and very absorbing while it lasts. “Not every one, though, can be stylish. objected the beauty, evidently meditating the adoption of this ‘age-concealing artifice and consequently desiring every least objec. tion to be answered. “for style is an inex- piicable quality which some possess, and others utteriy la ‘Oh, nonsense!” said the stylish woman with ‘some impatience. “I'm astonished that you, too, should accept that ancient platitude, for’ style, instead of being the great mystery that so many declare it, con- sists merely in doing when in Rome as the Romans do, and in wearing on any given sion whatever the fashion of the ino- ment signifies as the proper thing for that particular event, Whether It be a picnic or a, “One mustn't forestall the styles, though, don something in Washington that n't yet escaped the confines of Paris to do that isn’t to be stylish, it is only to be remar'abl “And every place too, In a degree, pos- sesses Its own modes, that would look’ ir appropriate in some sister town. The white shoes, for instance, and thin light dresses that Washington women often’ wear into the street in summer would be manifestly ridiculous in some sooty western town, where they would remain thelr original color not much longer than the time con- sumed in putting them on, but where even in that brief moment they would get their owners stared at if they were Inhabitants of another planet “Crispness and freshness, too, Is one of the invariable accompaniments of style, whether in the year one or in 1893, for Queen Fashion ts a fastidious regent in the matter i cleanliness, which 1s ror. tylish either if one’s m and if one doesn't hold oneself erectly, tor a melancholy look “One can’t be way if you | if you are 4 | find yourself be- | inclined to | and a weak-backed pose leave the same impression upon the beholder's mind does the spectacle of a solied and will musiin—they belong, indeed, to the same family.” ach man with dexterous fingers was per forming what looked like a sort of jugell oo 9 process with exes, holding four or tf them in his Jeft hand d examining them one by one. This was me by helding each ee for a moment between the eye and tht nd quite close to the flame, so th iiuminated. While thus held, thi ©8E Was revolved between the fingers, so that the tllumination should extend to its parts. The rapidity with which the bn eration “was conducted may be judged from the fact that an expert can thus “camdie” in a day's work of ten hours thirty cases of thirty dozen eggs to each case. Two eases make a barrel of eggs. By this simple means the condition of every ese as to freshness can be «bos lutely determtned—in fact, much more ec; curately than is possible by taste. If ea? firely fresh it wili appear perfectly tense lucent. The silightest staleness will be shown by a certain degree of opacity, An eé¢ that ts really rotten looks biack when heid before a candle. So easy is it to test ees in this wey that any housekeeper can do it satisfactorily for herself without any practice at all. From her point of view, i§ Should be well worth while where je for boiling are concerned, Inasmuch as the gros cer commonly considers it a satisfactory exe cuse for stale specimens to say, “Welk, mum, I can't see inside of the eces. This hot season is very hard on eggs, 18 ‘was observed that at least one out of Unree Of ali those examined vy the candlers was put into the receptacle for bad ones. Were not for the great loss thus in' €ge8 would be very much cheaper now they are. Of course, the perfectly fresh ones were put by themselves. Another tuy was devoted to stale ees. However, these latter were not such as most housek: would call stale. They were merely not the v. first quality, exhibiting signs of approaching decrepitude, as it were. if they could have been used at ence no fault could have been found with ti but they were likely to g0 off consid within forty-eight hours perhaps, an could not be warranted, particularly at thig heated season. So good are the eggs thus classified ag stale that the market price for them is only. % cents less per dozen than for perf fresh ones. Separated from these ia @ lower grade are “heated” and “hatched” ees. The former when candied show muddiness of the yelk, which is a sign of commencing decomposition. In the seen on the yelk, which, the shows that the process of in- @ red spot is dealers say, that the eggs are unfit to eat. By themscives are placed th are cracked or deuted—“nicked,” as the technical term is. When fresh’ they ere just a8 good as any other eggs for the burposes of bakers, boarding houses and restaurants of the cheaper class, which Purchase them at a discount of 6 per ust, at Present they ure worth 10 cents zen by the case, ges are into two classes. The ‘hopelessly’ ropes ones, mostly with partly developed chicks in them, go to the leather manufacturers, Those which are only partly “gone” are sold at 5 cents a dozen wholesale. are the ones that are utilized by the Hebrews and cheap bakers. Broken are thrown in with the rotten onea, Purchaser being welcome to them for trouble of taking them away. eees, being able to retain their contents by means of the membranous Uning of the shell, are packed in pasteboard ceses Uke whole ones, with @ separate ment for each egg. The bad eges of for human sumption mostly come under t tion of “spotted.” When one candled an Ue spot is seen at or on the where the yelk, ly decomposed, At the same time the white shell. wholly translucent, that fectly good. It has 1 5 how the bad part is thrown a' good retained. dealers in over, anxious to have the fac respecting the market for eect. inas- Such ‘as’ the sale of partly decomposed edibles is disapproved of by the authorities. method for cons ton to great tent, taken as, exten them tn eses that : lace of the olf process of keeping E'solution of lime water and salt By the use of ice they can be held for two months and sold at the end of that time as fresh. However, they do not last after coming out of the cold and must be used quickly. They will remain fresh for five or six months in cold storage, but im that period their contents will lose half in bulk by shrinkage. Nearly all the eges sold in winter are storage and they Fan up to # cents a degen wholes sale last February. If they were not kept fresh eggs would be worth aimort their weight in gold in winter, and demand could not be = Candling eges requires a steady and eye. Co jwentiy the ese reSteon erusding “Se regulation fo! ng * drinking men to its membership. R. —_—— MASKS OF ALL NATIONS. The Paper Ones Are Made in Germaey —Japanese and Eskimo Maske. A comic mask four feet high hangs on the wall of a down-town costumer’s shop. It ta gallinippers which carry wings to sharpen their Soden body, wings of wire of iron wire. “Such masks as that ere for ball decorations,” said the umer reporter.” ‘This one was made in New York, It is of paper. To make it is v To ‘begin with the face is modeled tn clay: Then an ordinary plaster mold ts taken from it. With the mold y pa oun protans ss many masks just ike the model as t You take a sheet of paper, essing it with the fingers into fart. Next you put a coat of muciage ail over the paper. Having done so, you take @n- other sheet of paper and perform the seme operation with it. When you have done this with a dozen sheets of paper and coats of muctlage you let them dry. Finallly, you separate the from the mold, and y; have the mask. Ail that it requires ts to inted PIRI of the ordinary pasteboard masks ere made in precisely the same way. But they are manufactured in Germany and tm; into this country, because labor is over there. After they are painted a gloss is put on them, by varnish usually, but the best ones receive a wax finish. ‘The cur tain masks, such as are used at fancy balls, are turned out in New York, Philadeiphia and elsewhere tn the United States. Mort of them are of cotton, but the more cost | Snes are, of silk and. satin, Pasteboard noses, with or without spectacles and mus- taches attached, come from abroad. Ordi- narily the hair ts simply painted on the masks of pasteboard, though sometimes ool of different colors is fixed upon them with mucilage. Here, you see, 1s such @ mask with bright green hair. It is not ex- pected that masks shall be very true § ure. “By looking over my collection you will observe that the German masks represemt all the races of mankind. Here are the j negro, the Indian and the Chinaman. This ace with the long whiskers is palpably om English lord, and you will notice that the typical Yankee is not left out. Best there are animal masks, representing sorts of beasts and birds—the pig, the for, | the Jackass, the elephant, the monkey, the frog, the eagle, the goose, ani so forth, | Here is the devil himself. He ts very pop- | ular. So is the human skull, which is quite the. Teal have quite « stock of counterfelt this man skulls for the use of secret societies fn their initiation ceremonies. Their Jaws are made to snap by means of rubber bands. | Here are imitation moustaches by the gross and beerds also. re all made of hu- man hair. Yet the moustaches cost only Jone cent. ap ‘Of course, the poorest grate of humen hair fs used for such pur- poses. It is the waste that ts good for not | ing else, and it sells for 10 cents a ‘octet grade ts required for benrks ae the same time, @ moustache of the finest quality costs $3, Children buy a great many tMoustaches at a penny apiece. "SHere is a Japanese mask made out f | wood. You will notice that there te a hole low behind for the nose of the wearer to #8 |into. ‘The jatter holds the mask on by bif~ ing Into a wooden plug which is left jecting for that purpose. Over at the Neo ional Museum you can see a great mai Eskimo masks, made of pieces of drift Some of them’ are worn at the ceremonies of those people. while others are put over the faces of the dead when they are bum ey FIGURING IT OUT. |A Man Whe Was Going to Deo the ma Cheap Basia. } From the Indienapolle Journal The earnest-looking man was ficuring om | scraps of paper at 4 very busy rate whem a reporter who had dropped in wanted t know what he was at Making out bills of fare for the time shall be at the Chicago show,” answ | the earnest-looking man. “Bills fare” “Yes Ying to ba ment of truck for each day, and I'm going ‘to find out the pric of the layout ow! jthe grounds und inside the grounds, aM ever the difference is more than. &@ cente In favor of the man on the cutsids Tl go out and get my feed, give up half for a second admission and my | back in agein. They don’t skin me out a cent more than I can help, I bet you.’ And the financier leaned back and ad mired himeelf to @ great ea regular assorte