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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1895. N0 RACE QUESTION Whites and Blacks Draw No Line of Distinc- tion in Cuba. THEY STAND TOGETHER. Both Colors Included Among the Fighters and Leaders of the Insurgents. SUPPLIES FROM NEW YORK Arms Smuggled in Streetcars Are Captured by the Government Officials. 23.—Dispatches ng that the ne-| g to make the stion, have caused d it is denied by | Figueredo was and said: rumor put up by the credi Cubans g questioned abou “It is Governm There are m the whites it the revolution. under arms, but undoubtedly in the ma- To you there no I the races in this fight, Havana state that a prominent lawyer, », of Santiago, has gone out with thirty or fc young men of the papers named Portue best white famil that section. “They were vin the forces of General G non Moncado, who is a negro. He has many white men under his command. The color line is not drawn in nd in business as it is in U The ne population of has decreased and the whites on the nd are in the majority “Ttis s that one reason the province of Puerto Principe has been so slow to rise is becanse the Government surprised the insurgents in that district. They intended to with Spanish arms, but Spain was too alert. Some time ago the Gov- ernment gave the citizens of this dis- trict permission to arm themselves against the bandits, who are very numerous. The people took advantage of it, and two days before the uprisi v man was armed. The Government officers who searched the houses in Puerto Principe found no le than 1000 rifles. % ‘A young man was here two days ago who conveyed arms in a streetear from New York to Puerto Principe. Streetcars were ordered and one of them, intended for carrying freight, was loaded with arms in New York and shipped to Puerto Prin- cipe. Anexamination of the general depot there disclosed the cargo, end the arms zed by the sol, i LOCATING THE ARMS., #oints in the United States From Which Help Is Sent. [, March 23.—An official it who has arriv, here says exact and detailed informa in the hands of Spani to places throughout the where arms anc collecte gents, Th stated to be F N. po tion is being ister at Wa form a basis for a request for of ordersb, trict Attorneys to appreh. gaged in the ie forwarding revolutio: of formed by | It urges the DOUBTFUL RUMORS. The Govermment Has Not Confirmed the | Reported Surrenders. NEW YORK, March 23.—A special dis- | 1 to a m g peper from Panama | { ed no confirma- St. Ander and Boyaca,and doubts that the triumphs eports are circu surgents in Cali reports that he met, néar Cabo de Gracia, a bark loa with men. It is supposed these men another party formed to in- Troops at Porto Rico. NEW YORK, March 23.—A special dis- patch to the morning paper from Guan- tanamo by way of Havana say It is reported that Perez with his band has attacked a coffee plantation at Hermitano in the inity of Tate- ras, with the result of being repulsed by volunteers who are pursuing him. The steamer Santo Domingo arrived at San Domingo with 500 Spanish troops. The steamers Aifonso XIII and Antonio Lopez, with Spanish troops for Cuba, arrived at Porto Rico last night. NATIONAL CHRISTIAN LEAGUE. Arrangements for the Convention to Be Held in May Discussed. NEW YORK, March 23.—The annual business meeting of the National Chris- tian League for the promotion of social purity was held to-day at the residence of its president, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannis. The principal matter discussed was the new industrial home, which the league is to open on May 1. Mrs. Caroline Buell spoke on ways and means of furnishing the new home. She also read a report on the_results of the ‘Women’s National Council, held recently in Washington. The object of the league is to make the home as far as possible self- supporting, and for this purpose a com- mittee was appointed to obtain work and secure furniture for the home, BALTIMORE. The Wife of a BStockbroker May Die From Injuries Received. BALTIMORE, March 23.—The residence of A. K. Heath, 29 Mount Royal avenue, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Mr. Heath escaped, and two children and three servants were rescued’ by George T. Imanus, a neighbor who stood on a fence and made a bridge of his body, Mrs Heath, | loo! | lative to the revolution in the | o3 The Govern- | tifal d surrender of the revo- | who was on the second floor, was badly‘ burned before rescued by the firemen. Mr. Heath is a wealthy stockbroker. Mrs. Heath will probably die. BRI ENIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. | The Improved Order to Be Questioned by the Supreme Lodge. INDIANAPOLIS, March 23.—The Im- | proved Order Knights of Pythias, which originated in this city last December, has | issued a manifesto setting forth some of | the wrongs which it is alleged have been inflicted on the German-speaking mem- bers of the old order of Knights of Pythias. | The manifesto declares that the act of the last Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, in enacting a law that the ritual shall be printed in no language other than the English, ought to induce every lover | of fair play to leave the old order and join the new. Itis announced that the oppo- on order has decided to establish zlish-speaking lodges. - The original intention was to make the order English speaking exclusively. In conclusion the manifesto says that tween natives of this or any other country orin any way dictating what language its rites and ceremonies are to be conducted | in.” Red, whiteand blue, it is announced, have been adopted as the colors of the new ! order. Officers of the Indiana Grand Lodge K. of P. say that the action of the seceders in | starting a new order with a name similar to the old order will bLe considered at the next meeting of the Supreme Lodge, and | that legal steps will be taken to restrain them from using the name of Knights of | Pythias. e = Smallpox in Oklakoma. GUTHRIE, March 23—Four suspicious cases of illness in the family of John Woolen, living in the village of Moore, | forty miles south of here, have developed into smallpox, and great, excitement has | resulted. The family has been isolated and the town rigidly quarantined. e Free Siiver as a Passport, LAPORTE, Ind., March 23.—In an in terview on the possibilities of Republics candidates Colonel R. G. Ingersoll said ““The man of '9% will be an advocate of free | E r,and no candidate nominated on a single issue could hope to be successful.” > 4 Decrease in Earnings. CHICAGO, March 23.—The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul for the third week in March were $509,852, 3 decrease of $38,594 from the correspor week of last — e Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, March —To-day’s statement of the condition of the shows: Availabie cash balance, $1%5, gold reserve, $90,741,083. A GREAT HERD. Hundreds of Deer Seen Browsing To- . gether in the Northwest. J. B. Tyrrell of the Canadian Geological Survey has lately returned from the far Northwest, and tells of a w Isaw t 3 gla: of reindeer. 1as led a jeune pre; ris preparatory the not to say painful ier ata adventure. The own age in a new piece, and had to make a ration of love. He held the mirror up to nature so well in the matter that the voung lady’s intended husband, who was g on from the stalls, flew into a passion and thirsted for blood. performance was over the man possessed by the green-eyed monster waited at the stage door for the jeune premier and ked yigorously at the actor’s face with iis_cane. The player—bruised, bleeding and tearful—did not make any effort to re- turn blow for blow, but holding up a man- uscript which contained his part in the play, remarked to his aggressor that he Fad done no more than follow the instruc- tions of the anthor of the little love com- edy in which he had acted with the bean- | young lady. The affair ended there. | London Telegraph. ————— The largest isin New York. Next comes lowa, then { Illinois, followed by Pennsylvania, Kan- as, Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri, in the order named. GOLDEN_. MEDICAL DISCOVERY Many years ago Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulling physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., compounded this medicine of vegeta- ble ingredients which had an especial effect upon the stomach and liver, rous- ing the organs to healthful activity as well as purifying and enriching the blood. By such means the stomach and the nerves are supplied with pure blood; they will not do d‘:uy without itany more than a locomotive can run without coal. You gan not rffl a lasting cure ofdys- pepsia, or Indigestion, by taking artifi- ciallydigested foods or pepsin—the stom- ach must do its own work in its own way. Do not put your nerves to sleep with so- called celery mixtures, it is better to go to the seat of the difficulty and feed the nerve cells on the food they require. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Biliousness and Nervous Affections, such as sleepless- ness and weak, nervous feelings are com- pletely cured by the * Discovery.” It puts on healthy flesh, brings refreshing sleep and invigorates the whole system. Mrs. K. HENKE, of No. 896 North Halsted St., Chicago, [il., writes: * provement as simply _wonder- ful. Since tak. nection with his ‘Pleasant Pel- lets’ I have gain- AR 5 icular- Iy in ‘?‘sn and stren, . et es droad, liver was Mges. HENKE. months I am_entirely relieved of my disease. My appetite is exceilent ; food well di m:fi regular anc sleep much improved. new order is “based upon the prin- | les of liberty, friendship and benevo- | lence, making no odious distinction be- | of his | nto a disagreea- | ‘When the | amount of farm incumbrance | Suits, FOR THOSE CU"{,E LITTLE FELLOWS, 4 o eI Ages 3 to7, through the pleasant faces, the crowded friends the grandest sclection o In BEAUTIFUL | BLUE CHEVIOTS, IN FANCY SCOTCHES, Prettily made, as you see in the cut. On sale, commencing Monday, at $2.50. Of those All-Wool Scotches, in all colorings, for lads be- tween the ages of 4 and 14, in Reefer and Double-breasted styles. On sale, commencing Monday, at $3.50. Some of ’em come with a long sailor collar. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. HOW MUCH JOY Our tiny prices carry to the hearts of theg | masses can only be demonstrated to you we will offer our gentlemen e Men’ Commencing Mo i | Department. nday morning |aisles, the busy salesmen at the big store| | high=class, ready-t?-wear tailor= | made Suits, at a price that may lead you to discredit our state- |the past week. Commencing Monday, and during the ments, but when the goods are entire week, we shall place the tiniest prices on the greatest values ever offered that lives up to its printed state- by this house in our MEN’S CLOTHING DEPARTMENT, OUR JUVENILE DEPARTMENT, FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENT and OUR HAT DEPARTMENT. | ments. | laid before you, ygu will learn | that there’s one house in Frisco RAPHAEL’ (INCORPORATED), 9, 11,13 % 15 Kearny Street.j YOURS FOR VALUES. ; expense, Prices Talk Loudly. Our very swellest Reefer Suits, gotten up regardless of richly braided and trimmed, made up only in the finest of foreign fabrics; also Long Pants Sailor Suits ; values that were $10 and $12. | Commencing Monday at - $4.0s. | ALL-WOOL TROUSERS. About 300 pairs of Gentlemen’s Tailor- Made and Perfect-Fitting Trousers, Monday at ==$[.95= SUNDAY TROUSERS, in Fine Wors- teds, in Pretty Hair-Line Stripes, stylish, dressy and perfectly tailored; worth $5. Sale price -=$2.50-= of High-Class Trousers, in handsome Spring colorings, | On sale Monday at =,=$3.50=‘= A glorious selection worth $6. The Pick and Choice From a Thousand Suits, Sale price One handsomer than the other, Stylishly fashioned, perfectly tailored, this Spring’s most fashionable colorings. Suits that represent values up to $20. $10.00. Styl on sale| Dovetail Cutaway, '3-Button The Essex, ‘The Regent The Cambridge Cutaway Sack, The Newest Cut of the Double- Breasted Sack. €S. AMID CORIOS FROM © VARIODS CLINES bV ¥ J M M. HERING'S POVERTY MADE \DURABLE BY HIS ODD POSSESSIONS. actor was acting with a lady of his | { HAS WONDERFUL INGENUITY. | NTED A MacHINE WHICH HE MS WILL REVOLUTION- 1ze FARMING. | Any one entering the basement of what is known as 181}{ Jessie street, near Third, would find it difficult to determine | whether he was in an odd corner of a museum, the forecastle of an old-time vhaler or the hut of a South Sea Islander, Amid surroundings as curious and heter- M. Hering, aged 73 y | remarkable for the perseverance be has | displayed as for his ingenuity | Mr. Hering has bassed the Biblical limit of three score and ten, and maintains an ex- istence under conditions of extreme po: erty, he is still most sanguine of achieving ogeéneous as these there dwells alone John | vears, an individual as | and household utensils, all of which now make part of the unigue decoration of his home. _In 1858 he met with an accident which disabled one of his arms, and he forsook whaling and took up his residence at Hon- | olulu. "Here, in 1859, he met Captain Coursen, a whaler, who brought to Hono- lulu what he claimed to_be relies of the ill- fated expedition of Sir John Franklin. Captain Coursen said that he had bartered clothing for them with some Es uimaux, and that from the story they told of the finding of them he had no doubt that the | articles had belonged to members of that disastrous enterprise. Of these Hering | succeeded in securing a compass and a pair of spectacles from Captain Coursen, and | though they have little or no intrinsic | value he treasures them as almost price- | less possessions. In 1863 he got a notion that the island (had all the requirements to make rice- | nd though | fame and fortune by his own efforts before | | his span of life is broken. His life history is varied and has been | Coburg. - At the age of 26 he was a soldier |in the German army and took an active | part in the war waged by that country | against Denmark in 1848. He was thrice | wounded. One bullet imbedded itself in his left leg. another blazed a path across | his left cheek, near the jaw, and a saber nearly severed his left thumb from his | hand. After leaving the military service in 1850 he located at Cuxhaven, Hamburg, where for six years he followed the peace- ful and unromantic pursuit of a tailor. At thistime the spirit of advgnture that had been imbibed while under arms for his | country.became gominant, and he ehxpped' ona whaler at Bremen for a two years' | cruise, taking berth as cook. Before the | voyage was over Le had become o expert | with the harpoon that during active_opar- harpooner in the captain’s boat. A During the stay of the vessel at Kap chatka, in 1856, it became known to the Governor of the place that Hering was considerable of a musician, and he fre- quently invited him to bis residence to play for his family and guests, xtensive excavations were in progress in the neighborhood at the time, and a mammoth, measuring between sixteen and eighteen feet, had been unearthed. The skeleton was complete, and as a reward for his obliging services Hering was per- mitted to earry off one of the gbnge tusks of the beast. Part of this has been worked up into cane-handles and other ornaments by the ingenious owner, and a stump of it, about a foot long and six inches in diame- ter, now adorns one of the walls of Her- ing’s uncouth-looking den. The winters of the %wo years’ cruise were spent*in trading among the South Sea Islands and in trips to China, Japan and Australia, sojourns being also made at Honolulu for the purpose of refitting each season. During these journeyings Hering landed on fourteen ‘different cannibal islands and secured a supply of aboriginal war and hunting implements and other curios sufficient to stock a respectable- sized museum. It includes bows, arrows, spears, lances, clubs, boomerangs, idols | ations he filled the responsible position of | interspersed with many peculiar and inter- | | esting incidents. He is a native of Saxe- | growing a profitable venture. He wrote to | a friend in South Carolina and imported | fifty pounds of seed rice, which came by mail and cost him §7 75 for postage. This | he planted on a little less than an acre of | land, and was rewarded with a crop of | 3400 pounds, a great portion of which he | readify sold for 6 cents a pound. He was | thus the first, he claims, to introduce this | industry into the Hawaiian Islands. portion of his erop was sold as seel A d to | | ther, he ass milar to those on which street sweepers are tade. Underneath the bed o? a vehicle intended to be drawn by four horses are six rollers, to all of which are attached curved knives of various lengths. The roller nearest the front of the struc- ture, in revolving, cuts up the earth to a depth of 7 inches, the next $enetrates 2 inches deeper, while the third cuts to a depth of 12 inches. Then roller 4 turns the loosened surface completely over, and | roller 5 thoroughly breaks it np. Roller 6 acts as a harrow, and covers the seed, which is automatically fed between rollers 5 and 6 from a cylinder arranged on the bed of the huge vehicle. The machine is to be made to cut 2 swath 8 feet wide, and Her- ing claims that twenty-five acres of land can be properly cultivated and planted to wheat by his invention in a day. It fur- ris, has the merit of effecting a large saving in seed, as the roller which acts as a harrow covers the seed for a uni- form depth of only 1}£ inches, thus mak- ing every kernel tell.’” By existing methods he claims it takes from 95 to 100 pounds of wheat to plant an acre, while with the use of his manifold plow, cultivator, seeder and harrow only 43 pounds are reguired. Despite his extreme poverty, his ad- vanced age and the aggravating 'delay oc- casioned by a long pending lawsuit, Her- | ing preserves a wonderfully cheerful tem- per, and displays a sanguineness that INTERIOR VIEW OF HERING'S ABODE. [In the foreground is shown the manifold plow, cultivator, seeder and harrow from which expects to gain fame and fortune. Sketched by a “Call” artist.] he others who were desirous of emulating his | enterprise, and most of the remainder was | exported to this city, where it sold for a | good price. Meanwhile, the Chinese had | settled in California, and with them came heavy importations of rice, which broke the market. Hering had leased a large tract of land and invested all his savings in his rice plantation, with the result that he was ruined financially by reason of there being no foreign market for the crop. In 1865 he came to San Francisco and soon after grceeded to Satter City, where, by plausible representations, he was in- duced to loan $7000, the whole of his say- ings, to a man who turned out to be a con- summate swindler and who was compelled to flee to escape the fury of the two or three hundred people he had chrated. Herin never recovered a cent of this money, an maintained himself on a small ranch, whence he came to this c%y three years ago. . But the great fruit of Hering’s labor and ingenuity while in Honolulu was the | invention of a machine which he claims | will revolutionize the present system of land cultivation. He consumed the even- ings of three years in constructing the somewhat crude model on which he secured letters patent. It is planned on principles would be looked for more readily in a man of half his years. HERE'S A QUEER BIRD. Nothing Will Satisfy This Parrot but Sheep’s Kidneys. Among the remarkable birds of New Zealand, says the Revue Francaise, is the greenish - gray nocturnal parrot of the genus Strigons, which lives in burrows and resembles an owl, and a still more singular parrot, the Nestor notabilis, which the English have come to regard as a dangerous nuisance. The English, asis well known, introduced sheep-farming into New Zealand, as well as into Australia. Now these parrots have acquired the habit of perching upon the back of the sheep and excavating holes thereinwith their formid- able bill in order to extract the kid- neys. The fact .is so much the more curious in ‘that it cannot be attributed to an innate instinct; since, preyious to the arrival of the English, tgese birds had never seen a sheep nor even any animal of analogous conformation, the fauna of New Zealand, inc luding scarcely a single mam- mal. We know, moreoyer, that in entire | Oceanica there are no other mammals ex- cept marsupials. There is here, then, o the part of these birds, an act of intelli- gence and even of calculation, so much the more curious in that it is certainly com- plicated with a phenomenon of language or analogous communication. It is true that the birds are parrots, but the fact is none the less worthy of remark. VA M T b S LOST TWO FORTUNES. Clara Lounise Kellogg Now Poor aud Unable to Earn a Third. On Twelith street, near Sixth avenue, | ew York, there is a little restaurant that is known as “Maria’s.”” It is frequented by men and women of bohemian ten- dencil A table d’hote is served for 30 cents. The quality of the food is just about what one can imagine 30 cents will buy. The people sit at one long table. They elbow each other as they eat, and half a dozen languages are talked simulta- neously. 1t is a place that one would probably forego if he could afford to pay more than 30 cents a dinner. Yet to this place goes almost nightly one of the most celebrated women New York has known, a great songstress—a woman whose fortune was at one time estimated to be in the neighbor- hood of $500,000. This is Clara Louise Kel- | logg. whose name in private life is Mrs. | Strakosch. Not longago a large part of the second fortune she has earned was swept away by the failure of a publishing-house in which her savings had been invested. | It wasabranch of the English firm of | Cassell & Co., and had been considered a | prosperous concern. The confidential man | of the house plundered it right and left and fled, leaving Mrs. Strakosch with little or nothing. Yearsago, in the heydey of her prosperity, the singer intrusted George W. Stebbins, the weil-known banker, with the first fortune she had accumulated. This was also considerable. Miss Kellogg had every reason to rely on Mr. Stebbins, as it was through his efforts 'that she had | been able to secure education and a leading | position on the lyric stage. He obtained | for her, as far back as 1863, an engagement |in London, and she wae thus able to establish her claim to recognition. Mr. | Stebbins’ speculations on her behalf went wrong, and she was left without a dollar. | Her splendid voice was still a magnet | at the time, however, and before long she was once more wealthy.—New York | Journal. MATRIMONY ANP_THE_ STAGE. Why Wives Go on the Stage and Hints for Keeping Them at Home. It wilf be learned with some surprise that | ‘“there is now a rather smart discussion in progress in the United States upon the question whether a prima donna who mar- | ries should continue her public career, or whether married ladies should be prime donne at all.” According to a London weekly, the controversy was started by a well-known writer, Miss Fanny Edgar | Thomas, who, in the Musical Courier, gave at great ]eng(h her reasons for an answer | in the negative. “There must,” said somebddy in the foyer of a Paris theater, ‘‘be something wofully lacking in a man whose wife is on | the stage after marriaf;e." Mme. Calve, it | | seems. tells a tale of a poor tenor who | actually *‘held in” his voice for several | | weeks in terror of displeasing his soprano | | wife, who wanted all the bouquets. But | on one occasion he sang out, and the first | boucglet that fell at his feet was a divorce bonib. ¢ | Then there is another amusing story of | a married soprano who used to telephone | | the nurse at intervals to know how baby | | was etting on. “I have heard,” says | | Miss Thomas, “‘of bringing up babies by i | bottle or by hand, but the results of bring- | infi them up by telephone are dubious.” he exciting cause for a st-marital | public life is, Miss Thomas, declares, either | | envy or vanity. A talented woman sees | Duse or Bernbardt act, or hears Calve, | 1M§wrna or Melba sing, and the cry is| raised, “‘Oh, I wish I were she,” or rather “I wish I what she has.” It is not a qugstion of art, but a desire for money or fame, and the writer makes merry over fhe woes of the husband of the “‘green-room wife,” the man who ruefully exclaims, *“I am only a doormat in the concern now." Miss Thomas also has a straight word for the husband. She is firmly of belief thdt a good deal of the wife's restlessness and a desire for a public career lie in her repugnance to come.to her husband for every need of dress or luxury. Woman is not necessarily mercenary or grasping, but the most affectionate creature in the world must wear shoes and gloves, hats and kirts. Miss Thomas asks triumphantly how the husband would like to have to go to his partner or employer for every item of ex- penditure, regular or unexpected, and watch the effect on the irritability of the donor. The natural conclusion” wounld, therefore, seem to be that the best method to keep a stage-struck woman from oper- atic life or the concert platform is to in- crease the pin money. Miss Thomas, who thus gives her views to the extent of nearly five columns of print, obviously attempts to prove, too much. Shecitesthe Kendals as exceptions, but they are not really so. There are doz- ens of musical artists who Jead very happy wedded lives; and among married English concert vocalists, indeeg. home unhappi- ness is extremely rare. Perhaps Miss Thomas would contend that in these in- stances the wife usually is the breadwinner, and the husband consequently has to be on his best behavior. he Knew Him. Whittler—Why, what brings you Mrs. home so early this afternoon ? . Whittler (pressing his hand to his right side and sinking slowly into a chair with a weak sm Mrs. Whittler—Append you mean? Whittler—I know what you will say. I know that Mrs. Highblower's reception is to-day and that you said you would never forgive me if I didn’t go to it with you. I am afraid, my dear, that T came home not to go to a reception but to die. Mrs. Whittler — Oh, don’t say that. Where is the pain? (Feels his head and that's icitis! Whatcan ulse.) Whittler—Right here. It came on grad- ually this merning. Not a sharp pain bu | a feeling of oppression. That's the way it always begins, you know. s. Whittler—Nonsense! You may have strained a muscle practicing with those dumbbells. You must go to that reception, dear. Iknow itis the hardest thing I could ‘ask you to do, but it is only for this once. ‘Whittler—You’re right, it's only for this once. This is my last day. Oh, I'll go. What time is it to be—4 until 7? Have the ambulance there for me at 6:30. If this thing progresses as rapidly as they say it oes I won't be able to stand by then. Mrs. Whittler—Now, dear, calm your- self. It may be nothingafterall. You are 80 easily alarmed. ‘Whittler—Easily alarmed! With this ain? Of course you know more about it than Ido. But I'll go to your reception. I may as well die there as anywhere. But in case I live—this is only a supposition, madam—in ease I live to get to the hospi- tal have Knifer operate on me. I'veknown him for years. Best surgeon in town. Mrs. Whittler—Don't, dear, take on so. You mustn’t. ‘Whttler—You'll tind all my papers in order, in case peritonitis shoufil set in, as it pmbahly will. The insurance policy is made out to you, and you can get the money when Knifer signs the death certifi- ate. Mrs. Whittler—But, dear, do you think you will have to be operated on ? Whittler—Why, of course. Don’t all cases like mine have to be operated on? Mrs. Whittler—Not always. I think I can cure you in about half a minute. Whittler—You! How? Mrs. Whittler—You make a slight mis- take. The reception isn’t until a week from to-day.—Harper’s Bazar. . tele A woman in Jacksonville, Fla., while cooking, mashed her finger. She rushed out of the house, screaming ‘“Murder! ire!” An accommodating neighbor kindly turned in an alarm of fire,and ina few minutes the fire department was at the ‘woman's house.