The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1901, Page 16

16 ADVERTISEMENTS. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1901. SUdidididididdididnduduaiaiigiaigudidavdidididididididndigidibidid didiid 2 $3.75 for $1.50 GREATEST of them all. ed a sale that in any particular coul JUST E-HALF THE FORMER Silk Waists This season’s Silk Waists, made of the most reliable wearing Taffeta and Duchesse Satin, finished with the latest hemstitched yoke effects and tucked bishop sleeves—a perfect fit- ting garment, in all the most fash- fonable colorings and black; all sizes; the former retall price was $7.50 each; on sale commencing to-morrow at price of A GREAT BLACK TAFFETA BARGAIN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY Guaranteed at 89c Yard. Regular value $1.25. This jtem alone will bring many eager buyers, for the value is extraordinary. Every season at only rd 89c advertised at this time of the year. tation—at special prices this week, $2.00 Quality To-Morrow 1 Broadeloth and Venetian, lity X . English Black Cheviot ;2 This is a grafd leader for Monday and id satisfaction; not be duplicated under §1 morrow and Tuesday SAMPLE YOKINGS ON SPECIAL SALE. Choice sample pleces of Yokings closed out from the manufacturer at half a yard. qued and E Taffeta; in a large variety of styles black, cream and colors; each plece 10 inches; while at one-half thelr original value. standard make: Hemmed 54x90—38e 6exs0—42e T2x50—49e Sheets Henstitched Sheets. 52e¢ 59¢ each each New Fall Suits morrow of New Cheviots, with Eton effects; k lined jackets colors of Tan, Red, N On_special sale....Suit TROUBLES BESET BlG GAMBLERS Tale Anent Misfortunes| of “Gentleman George” Hankins, “We failed to make a swell gambling house pay in New York because those in | authority were selfish and asked us to | pay more than we could afford to, and | that is the reason my husband is bank- | rupt and that I have just gone through bankruptcy, d Mrs. Effic S. Hankins | of 218 West Forty-sixth street, the blue. §7°g Invalid wite of “Gentieman George™ | LA AL AR DA AR AVAAMATALATAR AR A AT AN ALA A A AN VA TAVAVANATA VAUV ALANATAVAV A AV AT ARV VKL AR TANTAVATAL £ s E |3 3 & = 3 = 3 = = = 2 = = = = = E = = = s = = | = E = = = = = L 5 = Y of nkins of Chicago, one of the boid- | g, est gamblers in America. Hankins came to New York from Chi- | cago and opened a luxurious gambling | house near the Waldorf-Astoria. He | could not agree with “the powers,” and | soon closed his place. His wife, who has just failed for more than $500,000, told the | ry of her misfortunes to a New York rid reporter. | indorsed my husband’s notes to the | amount of $576,3%2, and when he get into | the tangle T had to settle. I had a beau- uful collection of Glamonds/ valued at | 3260,000, and these I turned over to him to get him out of his fix. Aside from this, $00,000 that I had in my own name went by the board. I loaned him the money to | help him over, but it was not enough and was swept away. “I hoped that his venture here would | succeed. He started the swellest gam- | bling house in New York near the Wal- dorf-Astoria, but New Yorkers are not | used to his way of doing business and it failed. He is square himself, and de- mands that every one else shall be. “When they tried to be selfish with him here, asking him to pay more than he could afford to, and more than he thought was right, he summarily ciosed his place and got out. “Who do the reporter. “Why, those in authority.” “Do you mean the police?” “It ien’t healthy for me to talk.” “Can g'ou tell me how much money your husband was expected to pay for police protection in New York?” was asked. “No; I do not want to talk about that.” “Did he have to pay more than he did in Chicago?” “Well, you know New York is a larger | and richer city. It is worth more to be in business in New York than it is in Chi- cago. What is the use of being in busi- ness here, though, if when you have paid your taxes, your rent, your grocer and your friends of the police force or any ne else who happens to be in authority, you have never & cent left for yourself?”’ ““What did you lose because of your lack of support by those in authority here?” b did we lose? We were worth be- ou mean by ‘they’?” asked A Bargain Event of Great Note! In no wa{d the unpméwen!ed low For Monday and Tuesday matter the loss, will be closed out to-morrow. 'S FINEST SILKS, a EEASON Pare sk Taffeta, of -a fine, ) TWILLED Justrous finish—for Monday signs and the leading colorings; were §1 for to-morrow and Tuesday High-Class Broadcloth and Venetian. | $1.35 Yard. 52 inches wide, of a satin finish—one of the finest fabrics imported, fast black London dyve—you will skirt or tailor gown; sells regularl; Sponged Shrank a magnificent quality Iready sponged and shrunk; can- On 200 doz. 45x36 Pillow Cases, hemmed.. doz. 45x36 Pillow Cases, hemstitched. 125 doz. 50x36 Pillow Cases, hemstitched. At $15 suit A great gathering to- Fall the latest fash- most_correct ef- in Venetian and Nor- folk blouse, dip front and double-breasted tight-fit- ting skirts with gradu- ed flare and flounce; vy and Black. $152 Waists. 13 $3 Each Regular Value $7.50 .75 each. 75c Yd a great sacrifice. in FOULARDS, fully 24 inches wide, only... an extra suits or skirts, want at §2 this for a yard; l 35 . Yard — 7 9 C TARD. Reguls Vi Tuesda gray, cadet, T ‘alue $1.25 Extra heavy guaranteed to- Yard TOC | bie, caet, SPECIAL SALE OF NEW WRAPPER FLANNELS. MONDAY 12ic YARD. Another great Monday bargain in our flannel department. Handsome and new wrapper flannels in figures, stripes, scrolls and Persian effects, in all’ the ‘néw_Tall colorings. Commencing Mond: ey = 2ic ard ANOTHER LACE SALE, I63c YD, Worth 26¢ Yard. quite & run on these pretty Laces last Mon- ay. To-mor- row we offer ! the second ship- ment, far prettier than the first.- A nice variety of All-silk Black Galoons in very effective patterns. ‘While 2 they last. v 183c tween us over $4,000,000 only a few years 2go. To-day we are not worth a cent.” “Is that the only reason you failed here?” “Yes: vou have got to be crogked to get on in this city. We wanted to be straight. A few weeks before my husband got in- volved in Chicago the Board of Real Es- tate estimated his property at $1,750,000 in real estate. This did not include his bank accounts. We had the finest house on Michigan avenue. “My husband’s gambling house cost $200,000 to fit up, and when they raided all the houses in Chicago and seized the fur- niture his was the only one that did not have trick tables and games. The outfit was all returned to him by the authori- ties, because, while he paid heavy sums for protection, as all must do in all cities if they are to be gamblers, the stuff could not be proved ‘gambling furniture.’ “What caused our failure in Chicago was the building of flat houses. I had an idea that there was money in them. So w:d my husband. He started In to erect twenty of them, but only got as far as the thirteentn. We believed in making them as-luxuriant and cozy as possible, and in that we overstepped the mark. “It was while we were building the thir- teenth house that the authorities sudden- shut down hard on his gambling houses and no amount of ‘protection’ would keep it open. Then seven big business men failed all in a bunch. That drove his pa- per‘to the wall. He was for paying every cent. : “‘Half a dozen race tracks that he was interested in were shut up at the same rime and he became strapped. He bor- rowed $550,000, but couldn't stand the strain and everything had to go. Then he closed in Chicago and came here. He failed here, as I said. Then he went back and I came here. I had a few friends here who were willing to help me, and I fitted up a boarding-house. ‘I am free from my debts, and yester- day, the anniversary of my marriage, I stepped out into the ‘world with not a red cent, though I have been worth $2,000,000, all made on the racecourse and in the gambling business by my husband.” —_———— Her Majesty’s Service. Our friend Smith has a habit of affix- ing his initials to letters, telegrams, etc., where he is well known, and this propen- sity did did not depart from him in land. It Gid not occur to him that the letters H. M. S. are magical initials in the United Kingdom until he had “stacked up against several experiences,” as he ex- pressed it. The expedition with which his telegrams were sent caused him to fall in love with the system of government own- ership, which he had always opposed in this country, and one day in the presence of several British acquaintances at the Saville Club he mentioned his apprecia~ tion of the service. “It is not always to our liking,” said a colonel of engineers, “but then we are not privileged to use your signature to tele- grams. ..oWhat has my signature got to do with it?” inquired the American, and the Eng- lishman explained that H. M. S.—“Her Majesty's Service’—always took prece- dence over everything else in Britain.— New York Press. —_——— An old bachelor says the average wom- an exaggerates except when she's talking about her own age. : g We createdf A PHENOMENAL PURCHASE OF SILK WAISTS AND SILK PETTICOATS. Offers That Surprise and Please! $6.50 for $10.50 Petticoats. 1e) LV man; e: v ticoats of more or less magnitude, ATEST of them T “cz‘:t:'ggd Pe‘ergte the importance of this sale, for never before have we present- appmc}x\sfiils ONE as to value and style. We succeeded in closing out from the biggest New York Waist manufacturer 600 of this season's handsome and most effective looking garments, AT SELLING PRICE. The entire lot will be ready for you to-morrow morning, and you may come prepared to expect the grandest bargains of the entire year. Black Silk Petticoats These Petticofts will create quite 2 stir, because every one is worth $10.50. A strong and durable rustling Taffeta has been used for them, made with a very deep graduated flounce, with extra heayy silk dust ruffles,'daintily trimmed ‘on the bot- tom with full ruche, full length and width; special price beginning to-morrow .. .50 each High-Class Foulard Silk Sale Regular Value e $1.25 and $1.50 Yd. To-morrow an opportunity for buying the finest Foulards of the All dress lengths of 11 to 15 yards, no These are all THIS SATIN LIBERTY and in the cholcest de- gebatand S {10 New Fall Dress Goods on Special Sale. The fall selling season will start in our Dress Goods Department to-morrow, with the most notable assembly of values ever e i A collection of BLACK and COLORED DRESS GOODS that surpasses any previous impors All-Wool Chalk-Line Suitings. $1.00 Yard One of the most popular fabrics for this fall for complete All-Wool camel's hair effect in the new shades of green, brown, navy, castor and black; extraordinary value at $l 0 Yard —_ Satin Prugella $5.00 a Suit. The correct material and latest idea of the French manu- facturer; an elegant cloth for a swell suit, satin finish, all wool; in shades of rose, cardinal, castor, brown, gray, new reseda and navy; great leader.. COUNTRY ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. A Big Sale of Sheets, Pillow Cases and Bedspreads. To-morrow morning we begin a very special sale of SHEETS, PILLOW CASES and WHITE SPREADS. The entire accumu- lated stock of a big New England manufacturer that we secured at an immense reduction. a finished in the most careful and conscientious manner. 10¢ Each - Large size Honey Comb Spreads; | $2 50 Quilts for. 1.95 E: S1x0—55e 65¢ each BgnsEPA'::E“ADS choice patterns: already $ 5| 3350 Quilts for. .50 E:f:!): x%—5e .69¢c each |B5C 3 hemmed; good value....Bach — 1 $4 80 Quilts for. but to-morrow starts THE A0 $BEach Regular Value $10.50 SPECIAL SALE NEW CREPE DE CHINE 85¢ YARD. We place on sale to-mor- Tow a mew shipment of the much favored silk, the $1 quality, at 8o vard; in shades ot light biue, pink, old rose, reseda, cardinal, new blue, corn, tan, lavender, nile, cream and black; fully 23 inches wide; 85 C speclal price...Yard FINE Reguiar Value « $1.50 Yard. Chalk-Line Striped Suitings, in a GLOVE SALE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. All our $1.50 Cloves Monday and Tuesday $4.15 Pair, The finest grade: French Kid Gloves; all styles, all colors and sizes; fitted and guaranteed; a great glove opportunity for to-morrow, the best 1.15 pair The qualities are unquestioned; of & Immense Marseilles Quilt Values. For double beds, in the hand- somest designs, ready for use. 2,95 Each Sacrifice Sale CottonWaists $3.00, $2.50 and $2.00 Waists 95 Each This is THE bargain opportunity of the en- tire season in Wash P Walists, We must clear them, no matter what we sacrifice to do it. All this season’s finest Walsts of madras and zephyr ginghams, also white lawn Waists; ‘were $, 52 $2 Cut 2 i 98C ZRUMID SR LA AR AU RO LA JRA JIALIA JAR LA LML R R LM B R b i i i i i s i i i i idsi b n i i g i i v s JUPERSTITION OF POKER PLAYERS Clubman Tells of Some That Are Peculiar and Amusing. “A man who plays poker can’t help be- ing superstitious,” declared an old club- man to a New Orleans Times-Democrat man. “In any prolonged game such ex- traordinary streaks of good and bad luck are certain to cccur, such strange coinci- dences will take place in the ‘draw,’ and S0 much apparent fatalism will attach to certain cards that a player will look around instinctively for some mascot or hoodoo to hold responsible for the phe- nomena. The commonest superstition, I suppose, is that the foot of a spectator on the rung of one's chair brings bad fortune. I confess I can’t stand it. “Not long ago I was playing in a friend- ly game at a fishing club on the lakeside, when a man sat down behind me and rested his foot carelessly on my chair. Instantly luck left me, and after I had lost five or six good pots in succession I got desperate and tilted forward in the hope of shaking the fellow off. Thereupon he removed his foot from the rung and put it on the floor. I glanced around and seeing it directly beneath the rear chair leg decided to take a horrible re- venge. So I settled back and came down square on his toes, but to my amazement he never turned a hair. He was chatting with somebody at the time and seemed to be totally unconscious of the fact that the’ chair leg was resting on his pedal extremity with a pressure of about 200 pounds to the square inch. That uncanny episode made me so nervous I quit the game. Later on I learned that he had a cork foot. Another queer thing,” the old clubman went on, “Is the way a player will attribute changes in luck fo the most grotesque and cutlandish incidents. Jears ago a friend of mine, a veteran river captain, was one of a_poker party in % hotel at Hot Springs. He was losing steadily, and glanced aroound slyly to find a mascot. A gentleman wearing a very fong frock coat was sItting near him with his back turned and the captain quietly picked up one of the flowln? coat-tails and tucked the corner under his leg. He did 50 on the theory well known to confirmed poker players that some outre act will change the ‘run of the cards.’ As chance would have it, he immediately began to win and was on the high tide ef success when the other man started to “‘Hold on!" exclaimed the captain, cl g like grim death to the coat-tail, ‘for heay- MAY UTILIE AMERIGAN GOIN Mexicans Receive Offers From Railroad Mag- ‘nates. Important Changes in Corpo- rations in Sister Republic. —_——— MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3lL—Waldemar Prummer, formerly manager of a railway owned by British capital in Argentina, Wwill arrive herd in about a month to as- sume the general managership. of the Mexican and Vera Cruz Railroad. He comes with remarkably full power, such as has never been granted before to any manager of that road. George Foote, the | Dresent general manager, will retire ;ndl take uglthe duties of resident engineer, Mr. arkhill -of England will shortly arrive to take a position as assistant gen- eral manager of the Interoceanic Rail- way, also an English owned corporation. There is a rumor current in railroad cir- | ¢les tbat the Mexican road has bought the controlling Interest in the Interoce- anlc and that the two roads will be merged. American capitalists are endeavoring to bring about a deal by which -they will secure entire control of the district rail- way system of thig city and suburban towns, which is now being rapidly tran: formed into an electric system. Cec: Rhodes is the chief shareholder, accord- ing to common belief, and Chandos Sta hope, a brother of the Earl of Cheste fleld, fs president of the company. Charles Clegg, an Englishman and formerly mao- ager of the Interoceanic Railway, is gen- eral superintendent. Descendants of David. At a time when Zionism is one of the great topics of the time, it is not without interest to learn that among the Jews | there are families who claim to be the lineal descendants of King David, and whose claims appear to be tolerahly well substantiated. One of these is a Ru | family, recently brought to public notice by the death of one of its members, Prince Alexander Konstantinowitz Imere- tinsky, the late Governor General of War- saw. Concerning this family the follow- ing particulars are given by a German Journal: “'The Imeretinskys are a branch of the princely family of the Bagratian, which claims "that it can trace its ancestry up to the great Jewish ruler. Among others the Byzantine Emperor, Constantin Por-, phyrogeneta, in his annals, has ref:ognized ; the claim of this family to a Davidic de- scent, It is noteworthy that the book which in Russia occupies the position held by the ‘Almanach de Gotha' in Central Europe, namely, the ‘Annuaire de la Nob- lesse de Russie contenant les Princes de T'Empire’ and printed by the Imperial Publication house in St. Petersburg, gives & most complete account of the Jewish origin and descent of the princes of the | houses of Bagratian and Imeretinsky, and emphasizes the fact that not a single sov- ereign dynasly in Europe can trace its line farther back than they. It is a fact that in the genealogy of this family the name of David often occurs, David I hav- ing died in $81. The members of this family in the ‘Annuaire’ acknowledge that originally they were of Jewish origin, but that generations ago the persecutions of the times had compelled their ancestors to embrace the Christian religion. is further known that members of this princely family as early as the fifteenth century were monks.” It is conceivable that the Zionist move- ment would receive much strength through added enthusiasm, if a prince of the house of David should appear at the right moment and identify himself with ! it. The history of Israel centers around that roval house, and the forecasts for the future give prominence to the role %tlll reserved for its descendants.—Pioneer Tess. —_—— Fiddling Chinese. ‘When Lord Armstrong some years ago constructed several vessels to the order of the Chinese Government a considerable number of Chinamen were imported Into the neighborhood of Newcastle-Upon- Tyne. During their brief location in that city one or two of them died and were buried in the churchyard at Elswick. Recently two Northumbrian pitmen were wandering among the tombstones in that burial place when they chanced upon that erected over the graves of the departed Chinamen. For a while they surveyed with puzzled countenances the strange and mysterious characters inscribed upon the stone. Then one of them, turning to | his_“marrow,” exclaimed: “Man Geordie, ye're a better schollar nor me; ye might just tell us what that | steyn says.” George scratched his head in a_bewil- dered fashion for some minutes, then, as if fired by a sudden inspiration, he re- lied: P fAa doobt aa canna read it; but, man; if aa had me fiddle here aa could play it.”—Tid-Bits. e o e e Rl i e S T ] en’s sake don’t take away my mascot!’ ‘But, confound it, sir!’ replied the other, when the situation was explained, ‘do you expect to me to sit here all night so vou can keep my coat-tail under your leg? A bright idea struck the captain. ‘I'll tell you what I'll do,’ he said, ‘I'll buy your coat, What do you want for it? ‘A hun- dred dollars,’ answered the stranger. ‘All right,” said the captain, handing over the money, ‘mow slip out of it as easy as you can’ Next morning he told me that the deal had netted him $950 profit. “Out in Arkansas,” continued the story teller, “the throwing of a match stump or a half-burned paper cigar lighter under a player's chair s supposed to be a hoodoo of a deadly type. An ex-Judge of the Su- preme Court told me once that no man had ever been known to fill a bob-tailed, flush while seated over a charred match? ‘T don’t preterd to account far it, sir, he #aid; ‘it is simply one of those mysterious laws of nature that are beyond human ken.’ The way to remove the hoodoo, ac- cording to experts, is to pick up the par- tially consumed fragment, burn it com- pletely and rub the ashes on the head of the individual who deposited it under the chair. This ceremony generally requires an assistant to hold the other fellow, “Cats and dogs cut a large figure in po- ker superstition, but opinions vary so widely that no rule can be laid down. Some hold, for instance, that the appear- ance of a cat is a sure omen of good luck, while otiers believe the exact reverse. I know an irascible old physician who has an absolute horror of the animals. One night last spring he was playing a little game of draw at a mountaln resort in Tennessee, when a portly German strolled into tire room and took a seat in.one cor- ner. Direcuy afterward the doctor was beaten twice in succession on good hands. The second time he lost he wheeled around abruptly and glared at the stran- ger. ‘What is your hame, sir? he de- manded fiercely. “Katz!” replied the as- tonished German. ‘I knew it!’ exclaimed the doctor, and stalked out of the room. “‘Almost every old poker player hhs some pet superstition of his own that he is generally ashamed of, and tries to ob- serve on the sly. I used to play occasion- ally with an insurance man who would invariably slip a ring off his left middle finger and transfer it to the other hand before beginning the game. He had done that one night years before and won some extraordinary amount of money, an® the incident ga\'e birth to the ceremony. An- other old crony had a pair of ‘lucky shoes,’ and insisted he could win in_no others. They became so shabby in time that he kept them at the club, and would change just before he sat down to play. One evening he became disgusted with streak of bad luck and, swearing that the shoes had suddenly turned into hoodoos, he threw them out of the window. They hit an Italian candy vender on the top of the head, and instantly the fellow began to howl and talk about a damage suit. My friend gave him a $20 bill as a com- promise. ‘What did I tell you!’ he said; ‘they have already started ‘on their mis- sion of crime .and unless they are de- stroyed, obliterated, wiped absolutely out of existence, there is no telling what cat- astrophe they may occasion.’ ~With that he subsidized the janitor, got him, to start a fire in the furnace and reduced the fatal footgear to ashes. That prompt and sa- gacious proceeding laid the hoodoo for- ever.” T e Don’t lose any sleep on account of slander; it will rub off when it gets dry. PURSUERS FAIL TO CAPTURE 'MARY HENDERSON’S MURDERER It Is Asserted That the Negro Bossie Francis Was Paid to Commit the Crime by Whites Who Aided in His Escape. ANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 31.—The man-hunt that has been in pro- gress in Johnson and Cass coun- tles, Missouri, since Tuesday evening, when Miss Mary Hen- derson was found murdered at the home of her brother-in-law, Chapman Hyatt, and the negro hired man, Bossle Francis, the supposed murderer, missing, has not been successful. After fruitless beating of the bush, ransacking of negro cabins and search of coal mines the hundreds of volunteers yesterday were ready to give up, and even the bloodhounds refused to follow new tralls. Last night, however, fresh interest was aroused by the dis- covery of a negro skulking in the woods near Strasburg. A party of men set out in pursuit, but the negro vanished mys- teriously. To-night all the towns along the Mis- souri Pacific were intensely axcited by a report that Francis had been captured near Pleasant Hill; that the law officers were bent on taking him to Warrensburg jail, but that the hunters would carry him to the Hyatt farm and hang or burn him there. Pursued by a Posse. A negro answering the description of Francis was pursued to-night by a posse in the neighborhood of the Star School, between Pleasant Hill and Strasburs. So sure were the hunters of getting their man that one went to Pleasant Hill with the information that the negro was in sight and would be taken in a few min- utes. From this grew the rumor that Francis was actually a prisoner. Later it was learned that the fugitive escaped. Rain is falling, the night is dark and the chase 1s at a standstill again. The killing of Miss Mary Henderson at Columbus, Mo., took a sensational turn to-day, and it was hinted broadly that the murderer had made good his escape by the aid of white persons. Paid to Commit Murder. A special to the Star from Strasburg says: “There are dozens of men in Johnson County who believe that Francis was paid to murder Miss Henderson by white per- sons who wanted to get her out of the way. So convinced are many members of the posse that Francis has escaped by the aid of white persons that they refuse to take further part in the efforts to catch the murderer. If he is caught he will not be burned at once, but will be tortured for the purpose of making him tell what he knows about reports that white per- sons desired Miss Henderson to be got out of the way.” Punishment for Blasphemy. August 17, 1443, in Catholic Bearn, Gas- ton XI, husband of Eleanore of gon, in his Rubrique de Blasphemateurs, pre- scribed but 20 sols Morlaas, or a day in the pillc as an adequate punishment ‘or him o should deny or blaspheme in a public place God or the Blessed Vir- gin, or commit perjury; and merely 6 sols to be paid by each of those who heard such blasphemy without denouncing it forthwith. To give this enactment greater force, it was wont to be published with the sound of trumpets each year, on Mid- summer day and at All Saints, in every village throughout Bearn. lts preamble is as fellows: “Whereas, Complaints have lately been made to the Prince and his high’ court concerning wicked blasphem- ers and deniers of God, of the glorious Virgin Mary his mother, and of the saints of paradise, as well as touching the vain | oaths and perjuries made in his name, by | reason of which said plasphemies we must | presume, according to Hol Scripture, that persecutions and tribulations partly come for the affiiction of human nature in this world; now, the Prince and court, being of opinion that, in accordance with the disposition of divine and human law, Almighty God ought to be praised and honored by his reasonable creatures and not blasphemed; and inasmuch as our laws have imposed punishment upon such blasphemers, now,” etc.- In and after 1552, whether owing to the odium theo- logicum then beginning to run its course in Bearn, or by reason of some other con- temporary soclal agency, blasphemers who offended twice had their tongues plerced, were flogged the third time and on the fourth occasion punished with death. As an example of the growing severity in December, 1546, a heretic named Chdrretier was whipped round Bayonne and had his tongue pierced with a hot iron, after being compelled to listen to a sermon in the cathedral in his shirt, bareheaded, with a rope round his neck, a fagot on his shoulders and a lighted torch in his hand.—Gentleman'’s Magazine. —_ e Cutting Prices. The agreement entered into by the American Publishers’ Association to stop the practice of cutting the prices of books recalls one of Mark Twaln's narratives on the subject. As near as we can tell the tale from memory the humorist went into a bookstore and asked the price of a book. The clerk furnished him the de- sired information, whereupon Twain in- quired if there was any discount allowed to publishers. This cut the price down 50 per cent. Then the clerk was asked if there was anything allowed off for authors. “The authors’ discount was 50 per cent qoff likewise. The humorist finally vouchsafed the information that he was a particular friend of the proprietor of the establishment, and this secured him a reduction of 25 per cent. Twain took the book and asked how much the dam- age was. ““As near as I can calculate, replled the clerk, “‘we owe you the book and about 373 cents. Call again.”’—Bos- ton Herald. ——— The New Mirror. Mirrors that one can see through, ac- cording to the Philadelphia Post; are the last Invention which is becoming the rage. Looked at from one side they are perfect mirrors. Looked at from the other, a per- son can see through them the same as through a window. They are a great con- venlence in such institutions as a drug store, where a prescription clerk can stand behind one and put up a preserip- tion unseen, and at the same time look through the mirror and see that the lady or gentleman who is waliting for the pre- scription does not steal the drug store. They are called ‘“‘the platinized glass,” be- ing backed by a compound made of 95 per cent silver and 5 per cent platinum.—Salt Lake Tribune. United States Senators. To two-thirds of the Senators the annual salary of $5000 is a consideration not to be despised. There are few perquisites to eke out this comparatively meager compensa- tion—none, in fact, worth mentioning. The Government provides one or two clerks to attend to the Senator’'s correspondence, which is always heavy; it allows a mini- mum of free stationery, and it returns some of his traveling expenses. There is opportunity, of course, to make money through speculation, and some Sen- ators avail themselves of it. One Senator who was a large holder. of Washington real estate, increased its value very ma- terially by steering legistration for street improvements in its direction, while every manipulation of tariff schedules and of internal revenue taxation, affecting steel and iron, tobacco, whisky and sugar, re- veals the close connection between the Senate of the United States and W street. But this acquisitiveness, to call it by no harsher name, is, after all, confined to the few Senators who are noted for their commercial instincts. The majority of Senators do not speculate. They con- tent themselves with their modest salary, and how they manage to live upon it is a daily wonder. The time doesn’t seem far distant when the Senate of the United States will be composed in large desree of rich men, simply because a poor man cannot afford tc accept the position. It is to the credit of the Senate that wealth is not vet the standard by which its members jucge each other. A man can- not rise to eminence in the Senate by wealth alone. Herein it seems is much basis for felicitation. Until this condition changes the Senate will continue to be what it is to-day—the greatest legislative body in the worl; 'he Forum. e Naval Architects. A new rule of considerable importance has lately been made by the Navy De- partment whereby graduates of the Naval Academy selected for appointment in the construction corps will receive a finishing course of study at the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, instead of being sent to the schools of naval architecture at Glasgow or Paris. These institutions have declined to take any more gradu- ates of the American Naval Academy, but it is now belleved their education can be finished just as well at home. Those selected are honor men of the academy who graduate highest, and an appoint- ment to the construction corps is a dis- tinction very similar to that conferred upon a West Pointer who, on graduating, is assigned to the corps of engineers. In each case the hconor has been fairly earned. Under the new system the high standard will be fully maintained, and no man_who is not entirely competent for the duties to be performed will receive a commission in the naval construction corps.—Buffalo Commercial. —_———— Women in Conference. A Washington correspondent, reporting the last meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, uses these phrases in ‘various connections: ‘‘A harassed and excited body of -women,” “the proceedings ran riot,” “‘a vast amount of vital energy was expended,” ‘“‘excited and acrimonious debate,” ‘‘exasperated the presiding offi- cer almost to tears,” “acrimonious and disorderly discussion,” “a storm of in- dignant feminine screams and hisses,” “the presiding officer chewed gum or candy constantly,” “a sharp retort was lost in the uproar of the convention,” “the bitterest personalities were indulged in,” ‘the greatest general disorder pre- vailed,” “one delegate cried in a shrill voice to another, ‘Oh, shut up; you are talking all the time.’” And yet there Is not a doubt in any one’s mind but that lovely woman is lovelv <till. *‘Soft bland- ishment” was only { ng a hollday. Crushing a ‘“Masher.” No putlic nuisance is more common than the man who ogles every woman on the street. Onme of these individuals was riding on a street car- the other day, when he saw a young woman in the seat beside him trying to button a tight glove. She was having 2 hard time at the task. The nuisance thought to himseif, as usual, that his fair neighbor must have taken notice of him, although she had given no sign of it. So addressing her of the glove, he sals “Let me help you to button it; I am very good at that sort of thing.” The young woman looked Mr. Nuisance over, hesitated a moment, and then ex- tended her hand. e Nuisance, after some tugging, succeeded in fastening the refractory glove. The hand was with- drawn. Then it slipped itself into a small purse, took out g dime, and was extended again. “‘Oh, no!” exclaimed the Nuisarce as- tounded. “T didn’t do it for pay. The hand went back into the purse, and this time it came cut with a silver quarter of a dollar. “I am sure that will be enough,” said the young woman, as she forced the coin into his hand and made a hurried exit from the car.—New York Timc . A Warm flurtmment. “Don’t talk to me about afternoon tea: said the nervous woman. “I went to one yesterday. It was a lovely tea; eve there said so in voices keyed to a hig pitch with excitement. The rooms were elaborately decorated with narcissus and other ‘smelly’ flowers, and were just as close and warm as though doors, windows and ventilators had never been invented. The punch, ices and salted nuts were de- licious and I ate and drank with the rest. Then I went away feeling as if I had been in the hot room of a Turkish bath— noisy, beehivish, sickenly sweet Turki bath. ‘““When I reached home I took two head- ache powders and went to bed with vinaigrette in my hand, a cold compres: on my head and a hot water bottle at my feet. I was truly a pathetic object. It took me a whole day to recuperate. That's what that delightful entertainment, a tea, means to me,” sald the nervous woman, “and it's all because the majority of hos- tesses seem to think that in order to giv their guests a warm welcome they m turn all the heat in the house into ths drawing and dining rooms, even in _this spring weather, and keep the windows shut as tight as wax.”"—Baltimore News, pom oo A st Pensions for Workingmen. In France an important experiment is about to be launched. The Government is about to establisha pension system for the benefit of workingmen. A work- ingman’s pension fund is to be created by as 1 taxation, or compulsory contribution, it 1s called. It is estimated at it w attain the proportions of $2,400,000,000. T interest will be used in payment of pe sions to aged and disabled workingmen. Pending the full development of the fund the Government will appropriate funds to meet the payments. The Interest rate on_which the scheme is predicated is per cent, but when the interest on Gov ernment securities falls below that figure the Government will appropriate enough to make up the deficiency. If the rate falls as low as 2 per cent the Government will_be called on to pay $33,000000 an- nually, whereas, if the rate keeps up to 3% per cent the fund will realize enough for the payment of the pensions. It is a gigantic undertaking and as an experi- ment it will be watched with the greatest interest by the people of all other lands.— Idaho Statesman. A man is a confirmed liar when nothing he says can be confirmed. FREE ANOTHER WEEK! Drs. Shores, the Catarrh and Chronic Disease Experts, Give Their Services Free This Week. In order to demonstrate to the sick and afflicted the value of correct diagnosis in the cure of Deafness, Catarrh and all forms of Nervous and Complicated Chronic Diseases, Drs. 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