The daily critic., 1890-11-11
Seine information About Marriage in
the Land of the MikadO.
REAL CAUSE AND CURE OF SNAKE POISON.
Concerning Diamonds The Aristocratio
English Cinnamon as Farmers.
$4,000 Husbands in New York
Supported by Their
Wives.

and properly prosperous dime museums
in New York city, according to the
San, and one for which license is very
strangely delayed, at the same time that
the Bowery Is encumbered with fraudu-
lent little places For instances a young
Engllshman was walking up that
thoroughfare, when his eye lighted on
the sign "Dime Museum, over brond
and gaudily painted doorway near
Chatham Square. As he entered a sort
Of ante.chamber he discovered a very
countryfled. looking person standing in
open. mouthed awe before a nickel
plated machine. A small. dapper, we'll
oiled young man emerged from the
inner-room and said
Pardon me, gentlemen, but is either
Of you interested in electricity as APP
piled to the testing of blood?"
Both the Englishman and country
man looked at each other and shook
their heads.
81 saw you looking at that ma
chine" went on the dapper young
man 1T Is a very remarkable piece
Of mechanism, ! can assure you. II
you care about it will show what it,
uses are You observe these two glas
tubes on the sides Of the machine filled
with q pink liquid substance. Well
by holding the two brass handles that
you see here In you hands that pink
liquid Is made to indicate the condition
OF your blood. The test is inevitable
and It does away instantly with the
f.f "A nv
anime your blood. If your blood Is In
good condition the liquid, upon your
gGasping the brass handles, will hub
bic like boiling water. Should your
blood be thin and poor the liquid will
r,main motionlcss. Now, suppose you
gentlemen try
The counlTyman clutched the handle.
iirst, and the pink substance lmmcdi
utUly began to bubble. Then the Eng
lishman tried, with a similar result.
you both have excellent blood
said the dappcr young man.
The Englishman was smilingly turn
ing away when he was stopped by u
voice saying, zone dollar each, please "
II was the young man who met the
inquiring gaze Of the Engllshman with
nod toward tue machine, upon which
was now perfectly plain sign, that had
not before been visible, reading BLOOD
Tester, One Dollar" The Englishman
protested, and so did the countryman,
but after a moment the latter nulged
the other saying: We've been swim
died, but / guess we'd better pay up
and save trouble, pardner.
But the Englishman was not pre-
prepared 20 evade difficulty In this
style, so he sioutly refused TO pay. As
he made for the door he received
blow on the back Of the head that
nearly knocked him down. Turning
about he swung the heavy walking
stick aloft and felled the dapper young
man 10 the ground. Then, 20 his as
constituent. the countryman came rush
ing at him, aiming blow with a sluug
shot at his head. For the first time the
seriousness of the situation dawned
upon him and he began fighting for his
life He was soon surrounded by a
strange group Of wild. uncanny per
sons, In every style Of attire, who all
seemed bent on beating him 10 death.
These were the imitation freaks
from the inner rooms, who were trained
10 act when a necessity of this sort de
manded. II was not until the English
man had been frighlfully beaten that
be succeeded IN escaping to the street.
Such is the depths TO which the show
business can sink In this city.
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A marble statuette that might excite
both the yeneratiOn of the antiquarian
and the tests Of those unTegenerated
persons who yenerate nothing may be
seen at TifTany's. said the New York
Sun yesterday. If the story told abou
it is true, It is verify a great wonder
and certainly one Of the most curious
ard interesting pieces of statuary 10 be
teeD. II is thirty four inches high, ana
represents Diana Of Arcadia, the patron
Of hunting and Of sylvan sports. who
carries her bow and CULVER Of arrows
The arms are bare from the shoulder
ana the legs from above the knees
showing Well-develOped ext entities
worthy the sturdy huutress. yet coupled
with the Touudness and beauty OF
youth.
The face Is delicate and faulJless
and might well De taken from some Of
The attractive maidens who promenade
Fifth avenue on pleasant afternoons.
II has an expression Of pure. innocent
enjoyment The dTapeTY is ia artistic
f0lds and quite as captivating as the
Nile green cloth tea gown that Ada
Rehan wore IN a late character. The
pose Is easy and graceful The goddess
stands Just starting for the chase, on
her plump, muscular feet One arm Is
appraised 20 hold the strap Of her
culver. the other Is just Withdrawing
an arrow The bow Is not visible, and
may be supposed 20 be concealed by the
folds of the drapery. some artists re-
gard this as a wonderful example Of
ancient Greek sculpture. The marble
Is stained "a dun smoky color, but the
surface IS smooth and slngulariy free
iTOm blumisbes. and the stone Is oI OBJ
yiOus the grain, Ine price Is said 90
b. S50000
The story that goes With the scuip
lure and also accounts for the eu0r-
nous price. Is that this statury Is
about 500 years Old that IL was prob
ably cut by PuNiteles that DC was found
iu on ancient suC1phagus on the prem
E ists of O wealthy Greek merchant az
Eitusiss thai B1iliu and Feulrdgnt,
me audquadau experts, vQull for IFS
great antiquity that uy some means tue
Jaws 81 Greece which forbid die eX
UuJadUu ui works ~ art Wi-uaut The
I consent ~ Tie GlveInmeuJ were
evadtd. tLat lbe sculpture Was taken %
England iar sale. and that us soon as
llg Greek Government discovered that
it had been taken ont III The country
-urgptiJiQusly q demand Was made Ton
is return that IN consequence % there
bgiuE 10 treaties between the $50 colu
#4uies. this demand could uul be 10
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