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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
SARAH'S SNAKE.
Bernhardt's Serpent of the Nile
Has a Will of Its Own.

I think that the performer in "Cleo-
patra," next to Sarah Bernhardt herself,
who attracts the most attention is, I'M
doubtedly, the serpent, says Paris
letter to the Philadelphia Telegraph.
His actions have certainly the attraction
of the unforeseen. Philippe GARNER and
Mile. Fleur and the rest of the actors
and actresses have not only the words
that they are to say set down for
them, but their gestures and movements
and stage business are all carefully reg
lated and rehearsed beforehand. But
his snakeship is always INDUCING in
wild and wonderful gyrations, neither
set down In the manuscript of Sard0u
nor prescribed by the stage manager of
the Porte st. Martin; so his appearance.
when Cleopatra first draws him forth
from the cODical-shapedb basket, in which
he lies concealed all through the COM
mencement of the fifth act, is always
anXiOusly anticipated, and causes
thrill of interest to preyade the audi
ence.
The other evening he positively re-
fused TO be incarcerated in the pocket
cunningly arranged in the breast of
Sarah'S tunic to contain him, but wrig-
CLING forth, head foremost, he encircled
length. Sarah tried very hard to per-
suade MIN to enter his usual prison. but
in vain, so she was Obliged to go rough
her death scene adorned with that
strange necklace. and clutching tight to
the reptiles slippery tail to prevent his
getting away altogether. When she
was called out at the close of the drama,
she came forth still holding OH to her
asp and With it still coiled around her
throat.
On another occasion his conduct was
even more trying. He would not be
persuaded to enter the pocket at all,
though Sarah, rendered wise by previ-
Gus experience, tried to put him in
headformost. He resisted all her eff
forts, the long: supple green coils with
ing and wriggling over the front of her
white robes in the liveliest possible
fashion. Whereupon the gallery gods
waXed hilarious. and set up the tradi-
tiOnal air of Les LamplonS, to the words,
"Entrera-Entrera pas ?' c'Will he go
in-won't he go in?'') stamping their
feet in cadence. The wrath of Sarah
can better be imagined than described,
particularly when one spectator, more
audacious than the rest, cried out: 'See
here, Sarah, your snake is running
away. Send him back to the stable!'
Altogether the live serpent, though a
very good advertisement, is serious
blemiSh on the artistic qualities of
Cleopatra's death scene. which should
have been pathetic and poetic merely,
but which is by that adjunct rendered
sensational and at times ridiculous.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
THE ROOMS STORY.
1t Tells at Once Whether or Not
the Owner Is Tidy,

Rooms are a very strong index OF
character. The moment we go into o
room we can tell certain facts about the
occupant-if she is tidy, if she loves the
beautiful, if she is industrious, if she
is fond of reading, and even
about her temperament, If she
is cheerful and sociabIe and
kindly. The very chairs take on hos
pitable or forbidding look. according TO
the disposition of their owner. In fact,
chairs have silent language all their
own. We remember hearing a woman
of high position, whose success In en-
tertainlng made her an authority, say Of
chairs:
"Why, consider the arrangement Of
my chairs most carefully in every enter
tainment l give. l am at home, you
know, every Thursday. and for
that afternoon / move back every
thing that is easily tipped over
against the wall; and put
chairs in easy, gettable groups, and peo-
pie circulate easily and begin to talk
and have a good time at once. For din
ners arrange one or two sets of tete-a-
tete chairs, not too obviously apart from
the rest, with a becoming little back.
ground i'll the way of screen or two
behind couple of these low, lounging
comforts that l call my feminine chairs.
1T is astonishing to see how a beauty
is naturally attracted toward the spot,
A low table covered with photographs
separates the two sets of chairs, but
gives the girls something to do in COM
mon until the men appear and the other
places are occupied-which they are
certain to be as soon as the masculine
element enters. For the majority of
after-dinner people groups of seats
make the talk easier and brighter than
when each Jack takes his Jill. 1t goes
without saving that chairs must be
comfortable-lOw ones for the women
and rather high ones for the men-and
If you entertain much, above all, have
them substantial"
To revert to rooms and their char
acterS, or rather to the character of
their owners, we would say that moth
ing takes the place of sunshine and
periodicals. If you enter q sunny room
with a blazing fire and find comfort
able chair near table covered with the
delightful periodicals of the day, one
instin ctively likes the people of the
house at once; and OH the other hand a
stiff and evidently unused room freezes
the visitor at once into formality.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
WHY "FOUR HUNDRED. :"

Ward McAllister's Explanation of
the Famous Term. la
Ward McAllister, in his book, writes:
Why there should be prejudice against
a class, the existence of which is as
natural as it is necessary, is more than l
can understand. The money spent by
society with liberal hand goes to the
poor. Take as an example one of the
balls given by the Patliarchs.
All of the large amount spent thereon
finds its way to wage earners-WalterS.
cooks, coachmen and special servants,
to say nothing of the sums which go to
SeamStreSSeS, dreSSmakerS, grOcerS and
tradespeOple. One of these entertain
ments puts thousands of dollars into the
pockets of working people, and society
gets for it the privilege of enjoying
itself. in its own set, in its own way, for
q few hours.
Speaking of these balls reminds me
that it was in making reference to
them that the term 400 came into use.
1t has always been recognized that the
Patriarch balls are the most exclusive
social affairs of the season.
was asked how many people usually
attend them, and replied: Not over
AGO." as that number included about as
lHany WHO moved III the SI1arC SET. gu
know, of course, how the term has adj
hered ever since. 1t is really fact,
however. that 400 persons have never
attended one of those affairs. Gener-
ally there are present from 325 to 375
people.
There are SO gentlemen who invite
the guests on these occasions, so you
can judge from that of the quality of
our society as compared with that of
London. Here we have a population
of 100000 people, and the most repre-
sentative social affair is confined to less
than 400 persons. In London the eX-
elusive balls and rece ptions are verita-
bic jams and brushes.
There is really but little enjoyment in
them. whereas there would be great
deal if a smaller number were to par
ticipate. New York society is not max
ing the mistake of crOwding its draw
ing rooms to suffocation.
There is room here, as there is in
London, for several social circles to
live and move aud have their being
without interfering with each other in
any way. They can all be independent,
with no prejudice one for another. This
ought to be done in London, but then
the American contingent in the smart
set there would be even smaller than it
now is
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28

mep, as eager as these two seemed, to
have eXtricated her from the cabWeb.
Now, gentlemen, hope you will not
quarrel over this silly thing" she
begged, in an apparently distressed
manner.
l wound myself down to the parlor.
where at least twelve contestants were
seated in laughing despair.
"HOoray! hoorayl I've found the end
of my string" cried voice from one of
the upper stories, and the call was
echoed from different parts of the house
as the guests came trooplng in. many of
them bearing handsome prizes triumph
antly in their arms.
''lt's the j0lliest game have ever
SEEM" said to Mrs. Van Zandt as l
babe her good night, "but how did you
ever fix the stilngs%"
elf you will believe me / have had
men here for the past two or three days
arranging the house and winding that
Irvine around everything" answered
she. "Of course it is good deal of
trouble, as each string must be wound
separately, but it makes a very merry
evening, as you see, and pays for all the
bother"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
BY THE MORNING LIGHT.
d and red. the light of morn

o, glad and red. the light of morn
Across the field OF battle broke,
And showed the waste of trampled corn
And smouldering farmsteads wrapped in
smoke;
And cold and stark the soldier lay,
Shot down beside his shattered gun:
And gr:mly splashed with blood and clay,
His face looked CHASTITY in the sun.
o. glad and red the morning shone
In happy England far away,
Where knelt bright-haired little one
Beside her mothers knee 10 pray.
And prompting each fond faitering word,
The soldiers wife was glad and smiled;
She knew not twas q widow heard
The prattle Of an orphan child.
o, glad and red, o. glad and red
The morning light glowed everywhere;
And one beam touched the father dead,
And one the child who knelt in prayer;
And from the trampled corn and CLAW
a skylark sprang with joyous breast,
For shot and shell had spared that day
Its four brown eggs ana little nest.
William Canton.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
JEwELED CONSISTENCY

my ways the hest by far" said Smith;
mo; mines the best" said Jones;
And then they argued long and loud
In high. persistent tones.
Smith said he could not be convinced
If Jones should talk all night:
And Jones insisted Smith was wrong,
And only he was right.
And when they parted each proclaimed
The other was fool:
And Jones adopted Smiths device,
And Smith tried Jones rule.
u. P. Denison.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
FRANKIE's NEW HOUSE.
Tudor Cottage to Be Shortly Oc-
cupied by Ex-President Cleve-
land

cupleQ by EX.HreSIQenC CIeve-
land.
Ex-President Cleveland has sent word
that any further delay must not be al
lowed in the many changes and i'm
provements now making and to be made
at Tudor Haven, which is on the Baz
Yards bay shore in the town Of Bourne.
Accordingly there is an out-of-season
hurry and hustle going on at the Haven,
and a sound of hurrying feet. of pick,
spade and hammer going rat-a-tap-tap
on the frosty ground and echoing cot
tage walls. Horace S. Crowell, who
negotiated the sale to Mr.. Cleveland of
the Frederick Tudor fifry-acre plat and
cottage and the adjoining fifty acres
as well, is intrusted with the gen.
eral supervision of Improvements
for Mr.. Cleveland. The result of these
late orders to hurry up matters has
been decided change the past week
around and about the Haven. This
Tudor cottage is an unpretentious
affair, long row of buildings bearing
the tell-tale marks of having been orig
inally very small structure, since sew
eral times added to and elaborated
upon. Plans have been drawn and
and specifications made for transform
ing this cottage into very commodious
and intellectually pleasing edifice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
HOTEL
BON AIR.
SUMMERVILLE HEIGHTS.
AUGUSTA. GA.

This new and elegant hotel will open on
December goth, under the same manages
ment as last season. Electric cars Will
transfer passengers and baggage direct
from the depot to the hotel on arrival of
every train.
For full particulars and illustrated book
with diagram of rooms, address G.. a. Lins~
ley, Hotel Imperial. New Horlx City, until
Vec. 10th, after that date at Augusta, Ga
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
Laundry Bag.

HarIer's Bazaar.
Cardinal red cashmere is the material
of which this bag is made in the model.
1t is twenty-five inches around and
twenty-seven deep, with heading two
inches and half wide Eat the top. and
drawing strings of red braid in the hem.
The lower end is drawn together. The
other covering is of macrame work done
with ecru linen macrame Irvine.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
HOW THE sun ROSE.

I'll tell you how the sun rose
A ribbon at time.
The steeples swan in amethyst
The news like squirrels ran.
The hills united their bonnets,
The bobolinks begun;
Then i said softly to myself,
'"That must have been the sunv'
But how he sat know not,
There seemed a purple slile
Where little yellow boys and girls
Who're climbing all the while.
Till where they reached the other side,
A dominic in gray
Put gently up the evening bars,
And leo the flock away.
Emily Dickinson.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28

Our friend, Snap Judgment, will say,
1.-THE lower one, of course" but If S. j.
will measure the two he may open his
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28

Which Is the Longer Line?
Philadelphia Record.
Just look for a moment at these two
horizontal lines and tell which is the
longer:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28

With money, perseverance, work and
courage one arrives at times, through
multiplied obstacles, at success in some
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28
One Of the Latest Crazes for
the Amusement Of Society
DeVOteeS.
How an Evening Can Be Filled
to Overlooking With
Fun.
Full Explanation of the Get
Up Of This Unique Enter
tainment,
With the Plain, Unvarnished
Story Of a Typical Cob
web Party.

''What! A eobweb party?" rubbed
my eyes and looked again. Yes, there
the invitation lay, uppermost among
other notes and letters on my dressing
table. 1t was the daintiest little affair
imaginable, too. On Japanese paper
was delicately traced cobweb, with a
cunning little spider in one corner. On
the inside sheet was printed the follow
ing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-12-12
THE BUST OF CLYrIE.

In every New England sitting room
that respects itself, on some bracket,
bookcase or other pedestal stands a bust
of Clytie, with low brow, crisp, waving
hair parted deep on the slightly-bending
head and falling over the slender neck, a
gentle, modest, thoughtful tranquil face,
shapely shoulders, springing delicate yet
firm. from their carved and carven
wreath, writes Gail Hamilton in the
North american Recis'o. 1t is the pOr-
trait bust Of the woman who rose from
the weller of crime AID vice to give the
coup de grace to ligrippina-Poppea
Sabina.
History has endowed her with every
ornament but an unpolluted mind. Charm
of person she inherited from her mother,
who in beauty excelled all the women OF
her time, and that charm she preserved
with unwearied pains, as her chief pos
session. Out OF dobrs she wore always
a veil; within she used all the recipes
known to Roman ladies to attain or Sc
cure a good complexion. She covered
here face with a mask against the sun.
When she Travelled a nerd of 500 she-asses
followed her to furnish her bath of milk,
whereby she trusted to keep her beauty
during her life. Fervently at least she
prayed 70 die before sac lost it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-12-12
The Agate Cutters.

Between Oberstein and Idar, Germany.
NAV be seen the first of a number OF
buildings standing at intervals along the
river in the middle of the meadow, AMI,
as it were, in the water. They are near
w square. with many windows, and the
broad silvery slate roofs slope down
nearly to the ground on either side.
Each has huge waterwheel turning at
tremendous rate e1d throwing bright
drops on wild flowers. The agate stones
are cut and polished in these mills and
to step from the sunshiny, flowery world
into one Of them is, but for the courtesy
and friendliness of the workers, little
like stepping from paradise into purga-
tory. Three or four huge mlllstones,
about six feet in diameter and one loot
to eighteen inches thick. are turned YER
tically by band at the rate OF about
three revolutions in q second. Before
the revolving edge of each lie two men,
extending face downward along wool
en- block or horse their feet set against
stretchers. to give them the ces-d'y
purchase on the milestone.
The stones make hoarse roar, which
minglcs with the stamping of the water
wheel and the rush of the water outside
The men. with their pale, dusty faces
downcast. hold bits Of Onyx, amethyst or
tigcr-eve pressed with all the weight OF
their bodies and tie strength OF their
muscles against the remorselc'' sur.aGc.
The agate Kisses and cracklos under lts
tribul4tion, and becomes red and goT-
ine. and often a large piece becomes
beautifully luminous and almost mean
descent.
Saving the rough blocks, cutting the
CRYSTALS and the final polishing are done
at other machines in the same room.
The stream that turns the mills fails
about 500 feet in seven miles, and the
water-power is said to be about one
horse power to the foot Of fall 1t IS
regulated by sluices and turbines, and
the stream is frequently broken up into
bright millraces or gathered into little
lakes. There are nearly seventy OF the
mills. sometimes ten or more within a
mile Jewellers Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-12-12
BUTTON VS.. LACED BOOTS.

The woman who has an ugly foot and
who wishes to conceal such defect should
invariably wear boot that is laced
rather than a buttoned one. The boot
chat laces is also recommended to those
who have tender fees, as it may be made
to fit each day, the elasticity of the laces
being vastly superior to the stiffness of
the buttoned article. Many women
knowing this are in the habit OF buying
them. but frank and honest salesman
confesses to the fact that women who
have outgrown their girlish tenderness
to put it mildly-always purchase laced
boots. "He SAYS; ave always try to
persuade stout woman to wear them
home, because if they are sent home she
will find it so difficult to lace them up
that nine times out of ten she will send
them back rather than endure the dis
comfort. This, of course, she may not
do if she has worn them out of the
shop. - Comisr-JourAaI.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-12-12
Cordillcra Cows.

On the top Of the Cordillera we met
with drove of Argentine cattle, the
first that had vcntured over this season.
The drovers have hard work, and many
a good OK leaves his bones on the road,
proof of "hich we found in some skcle-
tons we came across, picked clean by the
condors which frequent the mountain
tops. We perceived several Of these large
birds lowering overhead, their immense
wings extended and motionless, drifting
on that rarefed air as if they were sus
pended from the sky.
We had soon a striking example Of the
dangers of the cattle-driving trade. An
animal near us loosened big round
stone which went bounding down the
steep mountain side right among the
drove which was winding its way up.
The missile singled out DIg black OK as
lis victim, and, with fearful crash,
caught him full in the ribs and hurled
him downwards, in front of him till both
stone and OK lay immovabe at the bot
tom, scarcely discernable by US above.
In spite of the evident danger of a SINH
lar occurrence, we could not wait till the
whole herd of about seven hundred ami
mails had reached the summit, so, dis
mounting, we went on our way, finding
COOL footing in the loose volcanic earth
and stones, and in thirty minutes we had
reached the alley. Half way down we
passed some broken trunks, which, with
the mule that carried them, had fallen
and rolled over some two hundred feet
till stopped by a protruding rock. The
mule had been badly hurt Gentle
mans Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-12-12
AFRICAN BARBARITY.
They Kill Men Just for the Fun Of
It, Sometimes.

~ had the pleasure of witnessing a
native African execution once" said L.
J. Glayc at the Sherman House yesterday
Mr.. Glave has Just returned from Alaska,
where he has been exploring the interior,
but for six years prior to that he was in
the Congo country with Stanley. IL had
the pleasure Of seeing this execution and
Of knowing that wasn't strong enough
to sto< it. ! was allowed to witness 1t
only on the condition that and my COM
ranion should be unarmed. But for that
| should have shot the chief and the
executioner Afterwards | did have
forces enough to prevent it, and for two
years there weren't any wanton killings.
The missionaries have the place now, and
the slaughter is going merrily or. Soft
words wont stop it. But am drifting
away from my story. Some old woman
Of influence had died, and accordingly,
to celebrate the occasion, a slave had 10
be sacrificed. He was lashed fast in
kind Of seat, and plant stem about
fifteen feet long stuck into the ground
uear him. The top of it was bent over
and tied fast to his head, so that his neck
was as taut as a fiddle string. That was
ihe first time | had seen them use ono Of
their soft iron knives, and l expected
to sec the popr fellows neck haggled IN
to rags, out heard onlya click when It
struck the bones Of the spinal column,
and the mans head shot away like a peD-
bic in a sling. A fountain of blood
spurted from his neck, and the body
worked and twitched exactly as chicken
does when its head is cut off. The head
when picked up was chattering its jaws
and rolling its eyes.
"lt'sawful. the amount OF killing that
goes on in Africa. 4 tribe will make up
party and 90 out to make captives III
an adjoining village. They wait until
after night and then fire upon the village
until its defenders are killed. They take
the rest of the folk and make slaves Of
them. Some are killed for the meIc fun
of killing them, some are slaughtered to
be eaten, some for sacrifice, and Others
die from cruel treatment. Abont five out
of every six captives taken die by VIC
lence AS a consequence interior Africa
is being rapidly depopulated. One may
90 for hundreds of miles and not see a
man, but may note the charred stumps
which mark where villages have once
BEEN Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-12-12
A P. ehistoric Metropolis.

The southeastern corner of Missouri,
comprising the counties of Stoddard,
Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid, Penis
cot and Dunkin, must at one time have
had an immense population. No quarter
of Missouri is so rich in burial mounds
covering the remains of previous races.
Tumili and funeral relies, comprising
lars bottles. vases and other objects of
ea,thenwale are to be found everywhere,
even in the midst of the swamps. The
colored people do a cool business in
digging ND these relics and selling them,
but what they find is but tithe Of what
they leave undisturbed. In one ridge,
about ten miles from New Madrid, there
are over two hundred mounds, from ten
TO twenty feet in diameter, each proba-
bly containing remains and relics. They
are not the remains of the present race OF
Indians. but Of their predecessors, the
mound builders, and are interesting to
the ANTIQUARIAN for no other reason than
that he knows nothing about them and
is free to speculate concerning their ori-
Gin and history. ltilobc- Democrat.