Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1895, Page 16

SS SSS EEE FANNY DAVENPORT. What Lover of the Stage Does Not Know Her? : Comes of a Family of Players. Her Latest Stirring Success Was Gismonda. Terhaps there nas been no family so closely Bilied with the theaters as the Davenports, of whom Bvston has known so much. Here they lived when this generation of the family were but children, and here they had a prominent place in the theater always. Miss Fanny Davenport (Mrs. Melbourne Mac- Dowell) fs the best known of this famous family end no doubt she inherited her t: at for the stage from that famous artist, her father, E. L. Da uport. Since childhood Miss Dav@n has been assoclated with the stage and its playe Ey four years azo her health broke down © OF compictely from the great strain imposed upon her in many trying parts. In “Gismonda,"” her Istest success of last sea- fen, she made a@ great hit, and her part is one of the hardest that was ever attempted by an actress. She necded something to keep her vitality up to the highest point. 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At your grocer or druggist does not keep it Apply to MARSHALL CHEMICAL CO., Marshall, Va. fy24-coSm The “Concord Harness’’ 18 THB BEST AND THB CHEAPEST. 's the simple statement of every one ever used it. HORSE CLOTHING and ROPES «ii riptions. LUTZ & BRO., 497 Pa. Ave. oc8-16a j harbor HAWAII'S TRIAL How the Cholera Scourge Was Con- quered. TROUBLE FROM NATIVE IGNORANCE ———— Energetic and Intelligent “Work -Stamped Out the Epidemic. ROYALISTS NOW QUIET Speclal Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, October 1895. Cholera, of course, has been our main topic during the past six weeks, and will be the chief subject of this letter. We are profoundly glad to report ourselves sub- stantially clear of this disease. We are near enough to your western ports, and in suffictently intimate intercourse with them, to render it a matter of serious interest to you how we have prospered in our con- test with the dreaded enemy. Were this pestilence to gain a strong lodgment in Hawaii, its presence at so near a point, and at your chief commercial outpost in the Pacific, could not fail to become a dan- gerous menace to the health of the Pacific coast. . Very fortunately, although Asiatic chol- era is an extremely malignant and fatal malady, modern knowledge has made it one of the most easily controlled and re- pressed of all the communicable diseases. In possession of that knowledge, our au- thorities and citizens have been making a splendid and successful fight with the ene- my, in the face of some peculiar obstacles. The disease was kept from becoming thor- oughly epidemic. Being found to gain ground through the opposition of the na- tives to remedial control, one strong meas- ure was used and conquered the evil. It is not too much to say that unusually wise and efficient action has been employed with most satisfactory results. As reported in my letter of September 5 the cholera was breught here by Chinese laborers, imported per Belgic, three deaths among them from that cause occurring on the quarantine islet. Cases broke out a week later cn Avgust 1S, on the nearest land to the island. The most satisfactory theory of its transmission is that of the agency of crabs. These are supposed to have penetrated the graves of imperfectly disinfected cholera victims, and afterward to have been gathered and eaten raw by women \-ho diligently glean the products of the reef. Several cases were proved to have originated from meals of raw fish. These had probably become infected from the crabs, perhaps through the medium of sea moss and slime on which the fishes browse. Despite the strenuous efforts of the au- thorities to limit the spread of the disease by disinfecting and isolation, with the es- tablishment of a cholera hospital and quarantine cottages, to which exposed per- sons were removed, the disease steadily increased from eight cases the first week, to fourteen the second, and forty the third week, with the great mortality of forty- eight deaths, or seventy-seven per cent. It was found inipessible to overcome the rooted aversion of natives to white medi- eal treatment and hospital control. They habitually concealed their cholera victims, so that before they were discovered three- fifths of them were past medical aid, and half of those already dead. Opposition to Preventive Measures, The worst consequence of this fatal per- versity of the natives was its frustra- tion of the preventive measures of the authorities. The necessary isolation of ex- posed persons and the disinfection of prem- lses and clothing were both made impos- sible when an average of twenty-four hours commonly elapsed before a chulera case was discovered. Friends and neigh- bors made off with defiled clothing and bedding, probably washing it in some Streamlet, to infect the larger streams, ‘The many persons exposed by thcir habit= ual reckless crowding about the sick went off in all directions. The sick person him- self sometimies went from house to house in his distress, scattering the pestilence. It proved to be impossible to check the evil without stringent measures. The board of health, under the leading of its energetic and brainy president, W. O. Smith, proved equal to the occasio: the beginning of the fourth week, Sep- tember 8, a thoroughly organized system of house and individual inspection went into complete operation, under the direction of a sanitary committee of ten leading citi- zens, of which L. A. Thurston was an ac- tive member. The city was divided into twenty-one districts, each under a chief inspector, and the districts into sections under subinspectors, 251 in all. From that morning for two weeks every house in the city was visited twice a day by the subinspectors, every man, woman and child thoroughly accounted for, and their state of health “ascertained, every room and corner searched if deemed necessary, and every part of the premises inspected. Nev- per before probably did a town get such a daily turning Inside out. Most of the peo- ple submitted cheerfully to the ordeal. The natives accepted it in their passive way. The Chinamen were perhaps the most re- luctant to have the abominations of their dwelling revealed, such, for instance, as a row of barrels of green manure in a man’s bed room, each with a hundred duck’s eggs in process of incubation by the heat gen- erated, and perhaps a slimy pond under the house in which the ducks dabbled. The natives are comparatively neat in their homes and surrcundings, although totally indifferent to infectious exposures, From the morning of the Sth it became substantially impossible for any person at- tacked by cholera te escape speedy Yetec- tion. It also became impossible for ex- posed members of the household to escape from their homes without their absence be- ing noted, as every person's name, sex, ase and nationality were entered in a book and the roll called twice a day. The effect of the new system was mazical. in three days the new cases of cholera had fallen from an average of seven to that of two a day, and in ten days to nothing. The last case occurred on the 1Sth. The average mortality of cases also pro! showed the effect of early reporting of at. tacks, by falling from 77 per cent during the first three weeks to 55 per cent during the, last ten days. ‘The totals are 85 cases and 6 leaths, during thirty-one days August 18 to September 18. eee Over the Race Line, At the end of the third week the disease broke over the race line Previously drawn very strictly among the races on shore, natives alone being attacked. At that date two of the dominating American race were violently carried off, dying within twenty-four hours from the first symp- toms. This man and woman were both tn- fected in the same house by waiting on a sick native girl who had been pronounced by a leading physician to have only acute diarrhoea, and who was nearly recovered when her friends were struck down, Their deaths were followed the next day by those of a native woman from the same house and of the Chinese cook. This was the only Chinese attacked. There was a single Japanese victim. Two Portuznese— father and son—were taken, but recovered There was only one hali-white sutferer. Counting also a sailor on the Hennington, there were only eight foreign cases to seventy-seven of pure native Hawalians, As haif whites and foreign races in Hono- Iulu are four to one of the pura natives, these figures show a fatality of forty to one among the latter compared with for- e'gners. lost of the cases have occurred in the westerly parts of the town, in the districts of Pal a and Kalihi. One Jocality has been a true breeding place. It is a spot calied Waipilopilo, or “stinking water,” and proved not to have been named ami Raw fish started the mischief, Contamii tion of surface water which the people drank did the rest. The government pipes did not reach that hamlet with thi water. Out of sixty people, seventeen per- ished. The entire hamlet was burned and the survivors quarantined. Comfortable quarters had been provided, where miber of exposed people nud fed. Among them were tilors detected in catching and raw fish on board a steamer in the which had been very carefully dis- infected and isolated at much expense for the purpose of ‘carrying freight to the other Islands. As none of the men develop- ir pure | THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1895—-SIXTEEN PAGES. ed cholera, it is probable that the harbor water and fish had ceased to contain germs of the disease. The harbor has been swarming with fish of many kinds, a most tantalizing-sight to the natives. Guarding Country Roads. Among the perverse tendencies to be counteracted was one pointed out in the important letter of Mrs. E. Metcalf Na- kuina which I mentioned in my. last, that of natives from infected districts fleeing to secluded valleys where they were Hable to contaminate the city’s supply of moun- tain water. Her warning was promptly fol- lowed by placing guards upon all roads leading up the neighboring valleys. De- spite this precaution, there were a few days ago arrested a party of six natives hidden far up in Nuuanu valley, but fortunately not upon any water course leading to a reser- voir. They had escaped from a then quar- antined section called Puukola, northwest of the old fish market, which has just been demolished for sanitary reasons. The fish and meat traffic there carried on has been removed to a fine new market building still unfinished. The only fish sold during the epidemic has been salt salmon from Ore- gon, a favorite diet of the natives, eaten raw. In fact, our white youngsters often picnic on raw salmon and poi. A new street is now being opered clear around the old market to King street bridge, at the mouth of Nuuanu stream, along which it will continue half a iile in- land. A strong sea wall is being built, and the mud flats where the people fish at low tide will elther be filled in or dredged cut. The stream also will be walled in. These are primarily sanitary improvements, but will lend some comeliness to what has been a most hideovs section, foul with rotten tenements overhanging the water—or mud, aecording to the state of the tide. Many Preeautions Taken. ‘The white residents in the out-districts cre keenly sensible of the danger and cannot Le very severely censured if in most places they have gone to extremes in the energy of their self-protective edicts. Our honorable board of health, holding daily meetings in con- ference with leading merchants and physi- cians, haye taken the most thorough pre- cautions against possible transmission of in- fection by freight or passengers. A number of coasting steamers were carefully disin- fected, the holds and cargoes thoroughly fumigated, and only selected classes of goods sent, such as certainly had not been exposed to infection, or if fumigated, could not carry it. All seamen and passengers underwent disinfection and six days’ quar- artine on board, which covers the period cf cholera incubation. This was undergone at anchor in the outer roadstead, a mile and a half from the city, where the rolling kept some of the poor ladies constantly seasick. None of these passengers had been in any way exposed to infection. It made no difference. Landing of freight or passengers was for the most part abso- lutely prohibited at the chief ports of Ka- hului, Lahaina, Hilo, Mahukona and Nawi- liwili. In a few cases greatly needed freigat was put ashore at plantation landings and minor points, with the result that guards were put on the roads to cut off communica- tion with the offending localities. Managers of plantations and others imperatively needed at their posts were driven off, not allowed even to undergo further quarantine on shore. A few weeks since the Claudine was driven from Maui with a large com- pany of school teachers returningg to duty on that island, also the sheriff, who is the chief official. Going on to Hilo, like treat- ment was encountered there. Ex-Marshal Hitchcock, the sheriff of that island, popu- larly dubbed the ‘holy terror,” made a de- termined attempt to land, but subsided be- fore the nozzle of a steam fire engine direct- ed at him. The Hilo people finally let the sixty-seven Maui and Hawail passengers land for quarantine of eleven days on Co- coanut Island, opposite the town, and did their best to provide for their comfort. On a later trip the Claudine brought back the Maul passengers to their homes. Tourists Driven Away. A more entirely unreasonable thing was the treatment of a party of tourists at Kau, by orders from Hilo. They had come down from San Frane!sco on the Australia Sep- tember 2, had gone directly aboard the clean steamer W. G. Hall without landing here, and on the 5th stepped on the wharf at Puraluu,; Kau, eight hours’ stage drive to the volcano. The deputy sheriff met them and drove them aboard the steamer, despite their protestations. He had strict orders to do so by telephone from the temporary sher- iff at Hilo, seventy miles distant. Our Hilo friends seem to us to have somewhat got cff tHeir balance. Equally extreme proceedings were pursued on the Island of Kaual. Very serious destitution of food began to arise among the native population of Hono- lulu, owing to the loss of daily earnings by the ‘stoppage of the coasting trade, which employed many dock laborers. There was also a considerable population along the sea accustomed to collect on the reefs fish, crabs, sea moss and other products for food and to sell. These were suddenly debarred from plying their occupation by the sanitary prohibition. An organization was promptly formed, under the name of the Hawaiian Relief Society, with the object of suppiyiag food gratuitously to needy natives. They speedily collected over $9,000 for this purpose, a dozen leading individuals and firms sub- seribing from $500 to $200 each. The mem- bers of the society are chiefly half-white royalist ladies, who worked hard and faith- fully, though with perhaps less prudence and économy in the distribution of rations than was desirable. Natives Misinformed. A fortnight since written placards in the native language were found posted warn- ing the people against the cholera hospital, where they not only made a business of pol- soning the patients, but also buried them alive. Particulars were given of two coffins having been opened at the cemetery and living bodies found in them with their mouths sealed up with wax. This hideous lie was in a line with stories previously cir- culated by the witch doctors and their dupes. It was believed to have received some in- spiration Trom some wild talk of one God- frey, an old journalistic character, who ad gone into the cholera hospital, fancying himself attacked. After his release he told of seeing a supposed corpse move when disinfectants were applied, with other dread- ful allegations of abuse of patients. Such things were absurd and impossible, from the high charact® of the nurses and physicians. As large numbers of citizens were laboring devotedly to subdue the pestilence a storm of indignation arose against Godfrey, wnose talk stirred up the obstructive tendencies of the natives. Some of the boys, who remains unknown, seized the poor fellow in their ex- citement and tarred and’ feathered him. This act of violence is much regretted by sober citizens. The man was undoubtedly much astray in his mental condition and hardly responsible. The president of the board of health, who as attorney general is a prominent member of the government, has earned general praise by his wise and vigorous handling of the situation, and by much patient and judi- cious dealing with conflicting opinions. Mr. W. O. Smith has materially risen in public estimation during the past month as a capa- ble leader. Permanency of the Republic. To turn a little to polities, the Independent of this city, hitherto representing the ex- treme royalist faction, wrote on the 5th of September, fairly conceding the stability of the republic, as follows: “The people of Hawaii have by this time become used to the republic. They have received an object lesson which demonstrat- ed that the republic was here and to stay. We do not say that the present form of government is approved by the people. We care not insinuate that there is an end to a most lively and energetic opposition, but we are ready to declare that all ideas of overturning the republic by force have been abandoned and that the people without doubt have adopted the situation.” ‘This probably represents the prevailing sentiment of the late royalist party. Un- questionably the republic Is here to stay. The Independent was unusually good natur- ed at the time, in consequence of the rel2as of the ex-queen from her seven months’ prisonment. She is living very quietly on her parole, at her own house. A few of the chief conspirators and leaders still remain in confinement. It is regarded as probable that their turn for release is not extremely distant ince the first part of this letter was written, and after an interval of eight days without new cases, a fresh case of cholera appeared on the 27th and another on the 28th, in. different localities. This caused much discouragement, as indicating the continued lingering of germs in the city. Such lingering could not fail to exist, not- withstanding the general disinfection and nitation so vigorously and thoroughly conducted. It seems safe to say, however, that the city is substantially cleansed of the pestilence, even though a liability re- mains for a case of cholera occasionally to occur for a few weeks longer. KAMEHAMEHA. BELOW THE MARK —1e+__.. Attendance at the Atlanta Exposi- tion Not Up tothe Expectations. HOT MORE THAN 8000 PER DAY Some of the Attractive Features of the Great Show. er Ae A MIDWAY THERE Correspondence of The Evening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., October 12, 1595. The maragers of the cotton states inter- national exposition are rather despondent at present on acount of the light attend- ance, and it is the general opinion that unless interest in the enterprise increases to a considerable extent within a short time the exposition is almost certain to be a financial failure. This, the directors say, will not pe the case, and they assert with much positiveness. that as soon as the working machinery gets to running a ‘it- tle more smoothly the expectations of a large attendance that were entertained at the beginning of the fair will be realized. Thus far the average number of persons visiting the grounds each day has not ex- ceeded 8,000, and these few scattered over the large area occupled by the exposition gives the place a desolate and deseried air. The banner day in the matter of at- tendance was liberty bell day, when about 50,000 persons passed through the -urn- stiles. A large percentage of these, how- ever, were children, who, as a special in- ducement, were admitted on that day for ten cents. One of the reasons for this apparent lack of interest may be found in the fact that a surprisingly large number of firms who secured valuable concessions in the way of space have failed to take advantage of their allotments, and have not yet pre- pared their exhibits. This is particularly the case in the transportation building, where there are many vacant stalls, and in the agricultural and manufacturing buildings the same condition exists. The directors of the exposition have repeat- edly urged the delinquents to hurry up their exhibits, and their efforts have !cen rewarded by the employment of an in- creased force of laborers, who were put to work this week, opening cases and ar- ranging specimens, and it is now expe=ied that within the next ten days or so things will be in first-class shape. One of the special features which was expected to be a great attraction nas re- sulted disastrously through the fault of the contractor. This is the electrical foun- tain, which was built in the-center of the big lagoon. The man who secured the con- tract for the work made a miscalculation in the power of his dynamo, and when the current was turned on it proved to he too weak to operate the stream. Just how soon this will be remedied is not known. Street Car Fares. When the exposition was opened last month the directors of the street car line runhing out to the grounds, wishing to become wealthy in’a hurry, raised the fare to 10 cents, making 20 cents for the round trip. This naturally aroused the ire of visitors as well as the citizens of Atlanta, who immediately, organized a_ boycott against the railroad company and patron- ized the ‘buses, herdics and private lines which began to operate from the center of the city to the grounds and which charged but 5 cents for the trip. As these private conveyances make the run without stop- ping en route and are just as comfortable as the street cars,they are giving general satisfaction and are well patronized. The Southern railroad runs a line of cars Tnto the grounds from; the depot down town, charging 10 cents for the trip, but the. bulk of travel goes out by: the ‘buses. The reports of the high prices charged for hotel accommodations at Atlanta have been greatly exaggerated, and comfortable quar- ters can be secured without trouble at rates easily within the means of all. In fact the big crowds which were expected at the opening of the fair having failed to matcrialize a number of the hotels and boarding houses have been forced to reduce the rates named a month ago. At the first-class hotels the prices range from $3 to $15 per day, but those who do not care to pay for the elaborate appointments af- forded by these houses can be accommo- dated at less pretentious hotels, where the rates are from $2 to $5 per day. For the benefit of those who have but a limited income and who destre to see the exposition on a “cheap scale” the public comfort committee has obtained a list of private boarding houses, where room and board can be had for $9 to $12 per week. ‘These places have been selected with great care after personal investigation by mem- bers of the committee, and as almost every woman in Atlanta owning a house has gone into the business of taking boarders there has been no lack of accommodations offered. This list is open to inspection without charge at the office of the commit- tee, near the depot. Disappointment Along the Midway. The ones with whom the light attend- ance at the exposition grounds is playing the greatest havoc are the managers of the various attractions along the Midway, many of whom are losing money right along. On Wednesday and Saturday evenings a very good display of fireworks is given at the Lagoon, and this always serves to draw a big crowd to the grounds, but on other days the Midway has a decidedly deserted ap- pearance. The worst of it is that the ma- jority of those who do visit this part of the fair are apparently content with merely seeing, for they spend very little money on the many side shows. They collect in front of the theaters, and after listening to the long harrangues of the “speilers” or “barkers,” a few drift inside to witness the performance, but most of them move on to the next show. The speilers are in despair over the slow- ‘ness of things. They expect that matters will improve shortly when the travel from the north begins, and as cotton Is bringing higher prices this season than for many years previous, they hope that the farmers will be a little more liberal after disposing of their crops. The ruling rate for admissions to attrac- tions on the Midway is ten cents, but a few of the theaters make a charge of a quarter, which is reduced to fifteen cents on speci days. They all_ he however, and after seeing them all the itor finds that the total cost is in the neigh- borhood of fifty cents. There are very few exhibitions of a really instructive nature, such as representative villages of foreign nations, most of the managers haying in- vested in vaudeville performances of a more starting character. Probably ihe ron:zed attraction here is the streets vhich is a very good imitation of the affair produced jat*Chicago. An Imitatfon Bull Fight. The same camelg. and donkeys that did service at Chicago are’ carrying passengers through the stree}s for 25 cents a round trip. As the authorities refused to allow the Mexican village people to have cheir bull fight, the latter have supplied a substi- tute in the way of a Jersey bull and some mataders from Mexico. An overworked looking steer Is released in a wooden arena and, after being tantalized for a while by some matadors, who flaunt red and yellow bunting before its face, the animal is las- goed by a big greaser and ignominously dragged from the arena. If the bull had a ttle more life and was more aggressive he could make it very interesting for some of his tormentors, but as it is he resents their insults in a half-hearted manner. The managers of this show say they are still willing to carry out their original prop- Take No Substitute. Gail Borden Eagle Brand mm——_CONDENSED MILK Has always stood FIRST in the estima- tion of tee Amel People. No other 1s “just as good.” Best Infant Food. osition and have a genuine bull fight if the directors of the exposition will give them Permission. Unless such an exhibition should be found necessary in order to en- liven matters, it is hardly probable that the directors will consent to allowe the fight. Paul Boynton’s. latest conception, “Shooting the Shutes,” does a rushing business, next to the village of the scantily-clothed Da- homeyians. A small edition of the Ferris wheel, known as the Phoenix wheel, carries Passengers around the circuit twice for 25 cents, A large and imposing structure en- titled the German village, attracts a good many people from the fact that the admis- — price be but 5 cents. yn entering the inclosure, the only thing to be seen is a big beer garden with Irish girls as bar maids. ‘There is a Chinese theater with a number of star celestial performers, and a congress of beauty,where women with foreign sounding names sell their photographs. The speller for this at- traction labors under a great disadvantage from the fact that his show is located dl- rectly opposite a steam carousal, and his best efforts are completely drowned by the noise of the big organ of the merry-go- round. The old plantation, with a cake walk as the principal attraction; the os- trich farm and Indian Village, do a good business, and the Moorish palace, mystic maze, scenic railroad, day in the Alps and other places of amusement are fairly well patronized on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Government Exhibit. The exhibits in the big buildings devoted to art, manufacture, agriculture, ete., are as a rule very good and are well worth seeing. The agricultural display from the southern states is particularly attractive. Probabiy the most popular building is the one occupied by the exhibits of the gov- ernment. and which are managed by Wastingtonians. All of the principal de- partments are represented by characteris- te exhibits, and strangers are given an excellent idea of some of the functions of the government's big work shops. A very pretty little romance has just leaked out, the central figures in the play being two stars of the midway. In the congress of beauty there puses a hand- some blue-eyed Scotch lassie, who has completely captivated the heart of a swarthy matador from the Mexican vil- lage, and rumor has it that the two will scon join their fortunes at the matrimon- jal altar. ————— MOTHS OF HIGH DEGREE. Butterflies That Are Worth a Small Fortune. From the Brooklyn Eagle. A private view of the great Neumoegen butterfly and moth collection, which it is hoped to purchase for the new Brooklyn museum, was given in the Art building. Assembled were the leading entomologists of the city, friends of the museum and the Brooklyn Institute, and some women. Mr. Neumoegen’s 50,000 specimens were ar- ranged in glass cases on the walls of the art gallery, beginning at the left-hand cor- ner and extending clear way round. The rarest insect in the entire exhibi- tion was a modestly dressed little fellow in case 19. To either side were dozens of butterflies more brilliantly winged and gay colored, but entomologists who hung about case 19 gazed affectionately at this one and said it was worth $1,000, for all its every- day, commonplace air. This was the pa- pillo Neumoegeni, named after its owner, and caught the lucky chance in the Island of Sumbawa, southeast of Java. No dupli- cate of this species has ever been found. Some interesting figures relative to the cost of a large collection lke Mr. Neu- moegen’s were given by one of the ento- mologists last evening. There are from 000 to 50,000 insects. Between 800 and x00 of these are type specimens; that is, first captured representatives of new spe- cies. A type is worth $5 anywhere. With the extraordinary values of some of the rarities from $5,000 to $10,000 are invested in types alone. The mechanigal element must not be forgotten. The insects are stored in 400 cases, which, at $5 per case, would mean $2,000. The cost of mounting each specimen is approximately 5 cents. This is another big item. ————+ e+ DINING IN PALESTINE. No Need of Waiters or of Much Table Furniture. . From the Boston Advertiser. A man just back from the holy land tells a very interesting story of his dining in Palestine. A very large circular tray of tinned cop- per, placed on a coarse wooden stool about a foot high, served as a table. In the cen- ter of this stood another big tray, with a mountain of pilaff, composed of rice boiled and buttered, with small pieces of meat strewn through and upon it. This was the chief dish; though there were other smaller dishes, both meat and vegetable. Ten persons sat around the table, or rather squatted on the carpet, with their knees drawn up close to their bodies. Each had before him a plate of tinned copper and a wooden spoon, which some used without the plate. Most, however, pre- ferred to use the fingers of the left hand, several dipping their hands together into the dish as the disciples did at the last supper. As soon as any one had finished he rose and went into another room to have water poured over his hands to wash them and the vacant place at the table was instant- ly filled by a newcomer. The bread was laid on the mat under the tray so as to be easily reached, and a jar of water, the cnly beverage used during the meal, stood with- In reach. Besides rice, stews of beans or cracked wheat, with thick soup or sauce poured over them, in the great central bowl, are also in fashion. Spoons, though sometimes provided, are often wanting—pieces of thin bread,doubled, serving instead. Knives and forks are un- known, and as there is no special dining- room there ts no furniture suited for one. Hence tables and chairs are never seen. So far, indeed, are orientals from think- ing it strange to dip their fingers into the common dish that it 1s a special act of politeness to grope in It for the visitor and lay nice morsels before him, or even to in- sist on putting them into his mouth. EXPLAINED. Qonfidence in Their Preduct Led the Shakers to Make an Unusual Offer, People of this day and generation are not disposed to give things away. When therefore the Mount Lebanon Shakers recently stated that any one could get a bottle of Digestive Cordial by calling in per- son at thelr New York office it exclted a great deal of talk. One of the leading daiiles of the Metropolis sent a reporter to find cut what was meant. It devel- oped that the preparation in question has proven beneficial in so large a majority of cases that nine tenths of the peopfe who are sufficiently auxions to call for a sample find so much relief that they com’ tinve the product’s use and tell their friends about it, Asa result # very large demand has been cre- ated. ‘The Shakers have a long record of success a8 1n- ventors and their various medicinal products have always enjoyed a high reputation. The Digestive Cordial is not only nourishing in itself, but it di- gests other foods when taken as directed. Sleepless nights, spots hefore the eyes and a sense of heaviness after eating, loss of welght and general weakness are among the common symptoms of in- digestion which it promptly relieves, and it is grat- ifying to know that such a positive and harmless remedy as the Digestive Cordial should have at last been devised. In order to find whether the Shaker Digestive Cor dial Js adapted to your case try a small bottle. 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They are all large and magnificent animals, and the fur is finer and closer than that of the pure buffalo. Our host assured us that the meat was even more sweet and whole- some, although no one had a practical test of it. These cross-breeds yield very val- uable robes and in many ways retain the looks and characteristics of their wild pro- genitors. Cross-bred buffaloes may yet roam over the country in herds and infuse new blood into our domesticated stock, giving them the strength and vitality so much needed in the west to withstand the storms nd blizzards. The domesticated buffaloes and the cross-breeds defy the severest storms and they face them every time. While horses and cows will be driven be- fore the storms for many miles the buffa- loes simply stand still with their breast toward the wind and wait until it has abated. Then they will hunt around where the snow is thinnest and search for food. Their thick, shaggy coats appear to be waterproof, windproof and coldproof. As soon as a storm approaches the herd bunches together and form a wedge, with the well protected head of the oldesf bull the apex. In this way the weakest cows 4 calves are sheltered by the more hardy animals. rasan Nature Outdone Water is man’s natural drink; get it ab- solutely (chemically) pure, then add Li- thium Carbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate and Sodium Chloride in just the right quanti- ties, prescribed by physicians for the cure of RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY and Stomach Troubles; which at the same time makes 4@ more pleasant to the taste than ordinary ‘mineral waters,” the objectionable and unnecessary parts being done away with, end you bave Aerated Lithia Water Charged with natural spring water gas by our own particular cold process, and put up in perfectly sterilized bottles; the re- sult is a water that has never been equaled in the world. Physicians say so, but in- vestigate yourself. 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