The Washington Bee Newspaper, March 31, 1894, Page 4

RIGHTS OF ANIMALS. to Treat Them With 5 and Respec aps We Oncht entitled bodies. mo sooner € “said grace an e itis. The b always @ ch jong run © 8 touch ot th ibitions are only such ople’s pleasures. Snakes in the Home Circle. One w lly expect to find rep- tiles dome but they are found Para, not far f errun ris, and more es- cep down this boas or jibolas are placed y could gé only at 8, and fe ite for naconda be to vital , which about an inc ised to beat ad. The L but one en¢ nd certain Brazil, from their other point, nd destroy stays in their n and domestic ani The monkey or the enough to fice before the but the snake does not nger until at tiny but per. and writhings Tn pnual pilgrimag ng host Tr may often the bleach. ich has The , considerably larger than ricties, but seem puny enem' ssfully demolish a reptile monarch of the jungle. He Wanted to Play. few people who care to er with a lunatic. Most ynsider “discretion the * in such a case, There a risk an en g Island, made n, walking @ across him, used by the pace and ction to avoid e Iunatic started elderly and stout 1 Wings, and he flew 4 pace which would to a professional . bis pursuer en his wind > further. uting for igainst a fence or lost. p and stretching dat him, cried, 1 ‘ites now know hey have been 218 for claims of Post. AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. And When it was All Over the ent Mended Things. y station on the Louisville le ohe winter the station n exciting time. It was and the station being in 4 f the country had been It began to rain. was not sleepy and Station stations and farm- line had been fre led himself down to Jt hungry he took a ers down from the allowed to Just then a train end and the station de to display the He felt distrustful feared that he would y drawer. As the burried into the room ; opened the door and anding by the stove lie down b3 me around th evidently es- Sorrowfully the tantly drop- g sight met hir r one, found a about at the scene of p his booty. andle desolation. he lamp had been shattered by a vullet. A cheese had been perforated The room was filled ipe, which lets filled with coed every- oysters, oysters, cove ent grasped and real- an had remained in Stove too long and being sealed d exploded from the steam when tramp poked the fire. Of course tramp skipped when the shooting amenced. sh drawer was in- A piece of tin was found near door, where it had recoiled off the The agent spent the re- der of the night in mending the .—Louisville Commercial. Alma-Tadema’s House. In an arti on Alma-Tadema, in the Century, Mrs. Edmund Gosse thus describes the destruction of the artist’s and its rebuilding: the year 1874 the decorations of : -Tadema’s house, at the North Gate, Regent’s Park, were com- pleted, and the whole effect was of a palace of exotic beauty. In a moment all this beauty was well-nigh destroyed by the explosion of a barge laden with gunpowder and benzolin, which was passing along the canal in front of his house. The walls were cracked, the windows broken, the front door, even, was torn off its hinges, so that the open portal showed on its threshold e@ almost ple greeting of world. M. Tis- who was at that ndon, said that the ce nearest to the scene of the accident had all the appearance of the streets of Paris after the bom- bardment during the Commune. There i pretty story of the behavior on occasion of the two young daugh- ters of the house. They had always been told that if they felt frightened at night they were to ring their bed- room bell; so, when they awoke sud- denly, in the utter darkness, to find the window-frame lying on their bed, the s-iting falling in fragments and hundreds of hazelnuts—part of the boat's cargo—showering down upon them, the elder child remarked to her sister, in the high calm voice of author- i Anna, ring the bell!” news of the explosion was a terrible blow to Mr. and Mrs. Alma- Tadema, who were travelling in Scot- at the time. But Mr. Alma-Ta- splendid energy was equal to » occasion, and he at once saw means for improving his house. The outer walls were, first of all, firmly clamped together with huge iron gird- ers; next, the inner house was consid- ered. New doorways were cut through the side walls, arches were construct- ed, and here and there a slim, support- ing column was added. The whole as- pect of the place became, if possible, more charming and fairy-like than be- fore. The artist decorated the ceiling of his studio in the Pompeiian style, with figures of his own hand in a de- sign of light floral festoons, dividing the space into panels of different sizes and apes. For these Mr. Alma-Ta- dema made some charming sketches of dancing nymphs and tootling satyrs. Pree Sane An Il Wind. Jack—It’s all over. I’m a cooked goose. Tom—Wouldn’t she have you? Jack—Confound it, no! “Cool as a aes about it, and nothing green either. Tom—Any chance of—er—her exer- cising woman’s peculiar prerogative? Ene her mind? Not a it. Tom—I suppose, too, you had plan- ned to buy her a ring if she'd have you? Jack—Yes, I suppose so. Tom—Had your money all saved up for it, didn’t you? Jack—I should say so. Had $50 all ready. Tom—Ah, yes! Jack—W ell? Tom—You—er—couldn’t lend me—er— that $50 till you find some girl who will have you, could you ?—Harper’s Bazar. i side ving in of house I say, Jack—- eee ese oer eweaal Slight Discrepancy. Mr. Dadson (in one corner of the ballroom)—By gee, that boy of mine Inore girls than any other young fellow in the room. He is just his father over again. Mrs. Di another corner of the room) ust amazing to note how popular Willie is with the young ladies. He isn't a lit like his father was at his age.—In- dianapolis Journal. ! WOMEN IN NEW ZEALAND POLITICS, ; How They Worked and Voted for Their “Candidates, and Elected Them, Too. In the recent general elections for members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, for the first time in any British colony every woman over twenty-one years of age possessed equal voting rights to those held by men. Women of the colony, says a Wellington correspondent, developed a remarkable keenness for politics. They registered in thousands, and throughout the whole election cam- paign displayed a most laudable de- sire to learn their new duties. After- noon meetings for women only, at which the more social side of politics was dealt with, and the new electors instructed how to use their votes, be came part of every candidate’s work. Heckling there often was, and that of the keenest description, so much so that some candidates are said to have declared they would sooner face dou- ble the number of men than be hauled over the coals as they were by these gentle electors. With all the impulsiveness of their sex, the women became almost more partisan than the men, and lucky was the candidate whom they favored. For bim were crowded and enthusiastic meetings, ovations when he rose, and often showers of bopquets when he sat down, while in many cases the yote of thanks and confidence was moved or seconded by some blushing elector who heard her own voice for the first time in public. Women thronged his committee rooms, and canvassed for votes with a charming persistence which would not be denied. The whole battery of women’s argu- ments, personal and theoretical, was brought to bear on the recalcitrant male elector who was suspected of a leaning to the other side, and, as has been said, throughout the whole of the campaign the newly enfranchised took | @ deep interest in the questions at is- sue and in the result of the contest. It is gratifying to be able to say that, as was expected would be the case, women’s influence was wholly for good in the conduct of one of the most keenly contested elections that has ever been held in New Zealand, and in no case, so far as can be ascer- tained, was a candidate subjected to the indignities which have at other times disgraced political meetings. Dis- sent and disapproval were, of course, frequently expressed; but such tangi- ble forms of disapprobation of the speaker’s remarks as rotten eggs were but very rarely resorted to; and, con- sidering the length and bitterness of the contest, it is a pleasanter one to look back upon than any previous one. The election day was a typical New Yealand November day. The women, as a rule, cast their votes early, so as to avoid the crushing which always oc- curs in the afternoon and eyening, and they went about their tasks with a gravity which betokened their sense of their responsibilities. They showed, it is true, some degree of nervousness, and a good many, when the eventful hour arrived, displayed some slight re- luctance to enter the booths; but that was soon overcome as they saw their More self-possessed sisters safely emerge from the ordeal, and receive their assurances that it was very easy. The result was that when the polls closed it was estimated that one-third of those who had recorded their votes were women, and it is to the credit of the latter that the number of informal votes was surprisingly small.—Bir- mingham Daily Post. The Humbug of Palmistry. After many experiments with those considered most successful, and a study of the subject in the light of anatomy, physiology and natural coin- cidences, I regard palmistry as with- out basis in science or sense. That no two hands have ever been absolutely similar is indisputable. When critically examined, no two leaves or flowers, though of the same species, appear exactly alike; much {less would such complex organizations js human hands be found without dif- ference. General conclusions can therefore be drawn from the shape and size of the bands as to strength, suppleness, cir- culation of blood, temperament and the size of the form to which they be- long. But ever here a large margin must be allowed for departures from general rules. Huge hands are some- times the mortification of small and otherwise beautiful women, while gi- ants are found with small feet and bands. Sometimes large feet and diminutive hands are possessed by the same persons. Walker and Darwin observed that the hands of the chil- dren of laboring men are larger from birth than those of persons whose an- cestors have lived idle lives, or have been engaged in vocations not requir- ing the use of the hands. Though such children might become renowned for intellectuality or proficiency in art, the large hand might be transmitted to several generations. What is justly allowed to chirognomy. is true of every other part of the body, in its proportionate relation to the sum of human activity. With these rational conclusions the votary of palmistry will not be content. It is mystery he seeks, and a power to read the past, present and future, which nature has denied to man. The sole and sufficient cause of dif- ferent lines in different persons is the difference in the shape and size of the hands, elasticity of skin, strength and use of the muscles, and external pres- sure. Therefore hands of different persons are not alike, nor both hands of the same person. Mr. Francis Gal- ton’s remarks, in his work “Finger Prints,” are to the point: “The palms of the hands and the soles of the feet are covered with two totally distinct classes of marks. The most conspicuous are the creases or folds of the skin, which interest the followers of palmistry, but which are no more significant to others than the creases in old clothes; they show the lines of most frequent flexure, and nothing more.” For lines to be an indication of any- thing mental, moral or emotional, it would be necessary for them to be evolved under the influence of nerves connected with the brain centres, in which the said intellectual and moral qualities inhere; but superinduced from the periphery, they can mean nothing except more or less of differ- ent motions and use.—Rev. J. M. Buck- ley, D. D., in the Century. Knowledge is a tool with which to aequire more knowledge, STONEWALL JACKSON. He Had Rigid Notions and wes Not Pop- ular as a Pcofessor. Jackson was not a popular profes- sor. He had rigid notions of disci- pline, and was uncompromising in his enforcement of the rules of the insti- tute. He was unbending, uncongenial, intolerant of neglect of duty, inatten- tion to studies carelessness at drill, ete. This, combined with his eccen- tricities, made him a mark for the witticisms and the mischief of the cadets. They played tricks upon him, they made sport of him, they teased him, they persecuted him. All in vain. He turned neither to the right nor to the left, but went straight on in his own ways. As he was passing by the tall institute building one day, a vicious and cowardly cadet, who hated him, let drop a brick from the third-story window. It fell close by his feet, and his escape was almost miraculous. He did not deign to look up, and stalked on with contemptuous indifference. He brought charges against a cadet for some misdemeanor, and got him dismissed. The cadet was a daring and reckless character, and challenged him, accompanying the note with the message that if the professor failed to give him satisfaction in that way, he would kill him on sight. Jackson brought the challenge to me, and asked my advice in regard to swearing the peace against the cadet. I vehemently opposed it on the grounds that the cadets would always regard him as a coward, and that he would be annoyed by their contemptuous treatment. He heard me through patiently, thanked me for my advice. went straight to a magistrate and swore the peace against the cadet. There was a perfect hoot of derision in the town, in Washington College and in the institute. A mili- tary man, who had distinguished him- self on the plains of Mexico, had taken an oath that he was in bodily fear of @ mere stripling. But the end was not yet. The officer of the law was afraid to serve the writ on the young desperado, who easily kept out of his way. Jackson had rooms in the insti- tute building. He went in and out as usual, both day and night. The dis- missed cadet told his comrades that he would attack Jackson at a certain hour one day, but he did not. The time was changed to that night, to the next day, to the next night. But the attack nev- er came, and the boys discovered that the blusterer was afraid of the man who had sworn the peace against him, and they turned their derision from the professor to their comrade. The explanation of his conduct was this: Jackson had let it be known that as a Christian he felt it to be his duty to avoid a difficulty, and therefore had gone to an officer of the law for pro- tection. That failing, he had felt it to be a duty to protect himself, and had prepared himself for a personal affray. The cadet had seen the flash of that blue eye, and knew that the result of a collision would be fatal to himself. I have thought that no incident in the life of Jackson was more truly sublime than this. He was unmarried, a com- parative stranger, with but few friends. He was ambitious, covetous of distinction, desirous to rise in the world, sensitive to ridicule, tenacious of honor—yet, from a high sense of Christian duty, he sacrificed the good opinion of his associates, brought con- tempt upon his character as a soldier and a gentleman, and ran the risk of blighting his prospects in life forever. The heroism of the battlefield, yea, the martyr courage of the stake, are nothing to this—‘‘The Real Stonewall Jackson,” by Gen. D. H. Hill, in the Century. Curious Indian Games and Sports. We had some quiet plays which we alternated with the more severe and warlike ones. ‘Among them were throwing wands and snow-arrows. In the winter we coasted much. We had no “double-rippers” nor toboggans, but six or seven of the long ribs of a buf- falo, fastened together at the larger end, answered all practical purposes. Sometimes a strip of basswood bar! four feet long and half a foot wide, was used with much skill. We stood on one end and held the other, using the inside of the bark for the outside, and thus coasted down long hills with remarkable speed. ee Sometimes we played ‘Medicine Dance.” This to us was almost what “playing church” is among white chil- dren. Our people seemed to think it an act of irreverence to imitate these dances, but we children thought other- wise; therefore we quite frequently enjoyed in secret one of these perform- ances. We used to observe all the im- portant ceremonies and customs at- tending it, and it required something of an actor to reproduce the dramatic features of, the dance. The real dances usually occupied a day and a night, and the programme was long and varied, so that it was not easy to execute all the details perfectly; but the Indian children are born imitators. I was often selected as choirmaster on these occasions, for I had happened to learn many of the medicine songs, and was quite an apt mimic. My grandmother, who was a noted medi- cine woman, on hearing of these sacri- legious acts (as she called them), warn- ed me that if any of the medicine men should learn of my conduct they would punish me terribly by shrivelling my limbs with slow disease. Occasionally we also played “white man.” Our knowledge of the paleface was limited, but we had learned that he brought goods whenever he came, and that our people exchanged furs for his merchandise. We also knew, somehow, that his complexion was white, that he wore short hair on his head and long hair on his face, and that he had coat, trousers and hat, and did not patronize blankets in the day- time. This was the picture we had formed of the white man. So we paint- ed two or three of our number with white clay, and put on them birchen hats, which we sewed up for the occa- sion, fastened a piece of fur to their chins for a beard, and altered their costume as much as lay within our power. The white of birch-bark was made to answer for their white shirts. Their merchandise consisted of sand for sugar, wild beans for ecof- fee, dried leaves for tea, pulverized earth for gunpowder, pebbles for bul- lets, and clear water for dangerous “firewater.” We traded for these goods with skins of squirrels, rabbits and small birds.—Dr. Chazles A. Bast- man, in St. Nicholas. Good manners andgood morals are , sworn friends apd fast allies, 2 CHEAP 205 PRINTING _ At the “BEE” Office, 1109 I Street, N.. were you can get DODGERS, TICKETS. PROGRAsIMES, CIRCULARS. BUSINESS CARDS, VISITING CARDS RECEPTION CARDS, WEDDING INVITATIO BILL-HEADs, LETTEEADS STATEMENTS, CONSTITUTIONS, BY, DRAFZ BOOKS, CHECK BOOKS. Ete. LOWEST CASH PRICES. W, near lite AT THE Liberal Discount to Courcues Benevolent Societies, Social Clabs, Military Organizations and Labor and Trade Unions. ALL WORK READY PROMISED. 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