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The morning call., 1891-12-27
DIAMONDS IN SHOWERS.
Ii Is Possible That These Precious Stones
May Come From the Clouds.

Professor Huntington of Cam bridge gave
the third in his Lowell Institute course OF
lectures on meteorites at Hun tington Hall,
NJ. /. T.. Monday evening, to the usual
large audience.
His especial topic was ths composition
and structure, and the relations which the
minerals found in the meteors bear to the
minerals found in the earth.
Every succeeding meteor, he said, is
matter OF Interesting and important study.
The striking result, thus far, is that no
new element has yet been discovered.
Fully 0ne-half the seventy or more known
elements IN nature have been found In
them. The familiar elements appear in
peculiar association in all meteorites moth
ing like the com binations are found in mum
dane deposits.
The first noticeable feature in meteorites
is their dark, yiteOus crust, the result of
heat from friction in their rapid motion.
Their fresh fractures are usually gray, with
rounded granular structure. Malleabie
iron is often present, and this alone shows
their origin, as it is almost never found else
where in nature.
The next largest feature in meteorites is
their rock material This differs from all
other rocks. but is practically identical in all
specimens yet examined. There are indiea-
lions, too, OF some systems of qualification.
A list of elements found terrestriaIy and
common IN meteoriteS was given, and it was
iVlIlaiACu sOulo VI THO clSiu6DbS IUOsI
common on the earth are absent. OF these
quartz, limestone, feldspar and mica are the
most common.
Ten or more minerals or compounds we're
named which are found only in meteorites
aud their neeuliarties were given in detail
and the lecturer found evidence that some
of these combinations could not have been
found IN the presence of water or Of free
oxygen. Some of them bear quite close re-
latiOns to the earlier volcanic rocks upon the
earth, but none resemble the surface rocks.
Meteorlc stones show other variations
from terrestrial stones. OF these their
structure, OF rounded grains, is notable.
Some grains appear to be single crystals
worn by attritlon, while others appear TO
be aggregatieEs of similar crystals. Some
Of them have crust like the larger mass,
and others seem to have been fused to-
gether, indicating that each grain had o
history antedating the mass. No satisf8c-
tory theory explaining their peculiarities
has yet been presented.
a recent meteor which fell in Russia in
1886 was mentioned as containing carbon in
the crystaliized form of diamonds. 1t sug-
gests that all diamonds came from meteor
itss. Their origin has never been ex-
planned.
There is no evidence of any organic life in
the constitution of meteorites. Certain
hydro-carbon gases have been found, and
something very like petroleum is claimed to
exist If this is true. it suggests the origin
of meteors in some organic deposits in
prehistoric world.-Boston Herald.
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only protected from the gaze of curious man
by thick shubbery; and in the early days
tne stopping OF one lone man to observe the
golngs on within was sufficient to suspend
all operations temporarily. So big wooden
fence was put up. and city ordinance
passed making it a Unable offense for per-
sons-even in carriages-to stop unduly and
watch the girls at exercise. Miss McMar-
tin is policeman, too. wearing the regular
badge of the park police, and carrying a
policeman's whistle with which she can
SUNNI n help. if needed.
All classes, types, varieties of girls and
women are there, from 9 years to 60, from
the child weighing 80 or 55 pounds TO the
stout lady" who tips the beam at 200, so
that Miss McMartin says she sometimes
trembles for the apparatus. All is life,
animation, jollity.
There is nursery attached to the gymna-
SUM for the babies and little chaps who
are under age TO use the apparatus. There
they play games, run, romp and dig in the
sand beds, several of which are provided
Tor them, all under the charge of a careful
matron.
1t seems to me that such gymnasium
established in every city would count more
10 the good than many existent public, semi
charitable institutions. would be a great
factor in the physical improvement of the
race and would be to the mass OF girls and
women welcome evangel Of the good time
which Is surely coming.
Ma
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FEMININE BOOKKEEPING.

The Little Woman Meant Well, But the
Cash Was Missing.
She decided that the only way to run q
house economically was 10 keep set of
books, so she made all the necessary pur-
chases, including bottle of red ink, and
started in.
1t was a month. later that her husband
asked her how she was getting along.
'Splendidly," she replied.
"'Ehe system is a success, then?"
''Yes, indeed. Why, I'm sos ahead al
ready"
''Sixty-eight dollarsr' he excaim ed.
Heavens! You'll be rich before long.
Have you started bank account?"
MO-; not yet"
"Oh, haven't got the money you know.
That's only what the books show. But just
think of being S6S ahead"
'Um, yes; but don't exactly see"
''Why. don't the books show it?"
"Of course; but the money! What has
become of lhat?"
Il don't exactly know" she said doubt
fully. I've been thinking of that and |
think we must have been robbed. That's
the only way l can explain it. What do'you
think we had better do about ftp"
He pulled his pipe in solemn silence for q
moment and then suggested:
I'VE might stop keeping books. That's
easier than complaining to the police
Chicago Tribune
The morning call., 1891-12-27
UNDER A CURSE,

A Young Girl Who Believes She Has
Been Placed Under a Spell.
There is young woman in Bonner
Springs, KanS.. who believes she Is under
the influence of a curse. She is a most
estimable young woman, but some time ago,
while suffering from nervous attack, she
was accosted by tramp who came TO her
door and begged for something to eat. AS
the family had been so bothered with
ttamps, she answered him very shortly and
told him TO get away from the place or she
would set the dogs on him. The man in
sisted that he was almost starving, and the
girl slammed the door in his face.
About an nour later knock came to the
door, and she went there, only to find that
the man had returned. This time he did
not ask for food, but as soon as the door
was opened he began calling down maledic-
tions on the head OF the girl. At first she
was inclined to get angry, and started to
call for some one TO have the man arrested,
but as his bitter words continued she be-
came terribly frightened. and at last tainted,
in which condition she was found by her
mother, who had heard the noisr. The man
had disappeared. During the curse the
tramp had called down a spirit of unrest
on her, and told her that he always
wished her to feel hungry and Ike wand er-
ing, SO that she would know what 1t was TO
be a poor tramp.
The girl was i'll for several days after the
adventure, Dut Is now III apparent souu
health. She says that she feels that she is
under q curse. She is restless and spends
her time walking up and down about the
place, and com plains OF never getting enough
to eat. She eats very little, for her stomach
will not bear it, but she says she never feels
as If she had eaten anything Physicians
who have been called in to see her pro-
nounce it a case OF hysterical mania. and
think that it will wear off in the course of
time II efforts are made TO get the girls
mind from the tramp. This parents are
making arrangements to send her East To
visit relatives, but the girl insists that she
is perfectly web. except that she knows the
tramp's curse will follow her to her grave
Fort Worth Gazette.
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HIS TRUTHFUL RECORD.
An Afflicted Boys Diary of voya,
Acrnss the Krinx San

An Afflicted Boys Diary of Voyage
Across the Briny Sea.
A boy of II, who went from New York
to Englan with his father on a short trip,
was asked by his mother to keep diary of
all he saw and heard while gone. Below is
given an extract relating the incidents while
on shipb0ard.
June /. Left New York at noon and am
having glorious old time. Have been all
over the ship and have got acquainted with
the captain and the mate. But like to sit
on deck best, and | am going to sit there
most of the time. It's grand to be away out
on the ocean out OF sight OF land. They We
splendid things TO eat at the table. and I'm
having such good time l wouldn't care if
we'd be month reaching Liverpool. I'm
glad | could come. It's glorious.
June 2. Sick.
June s. Seeker.
June 4. Awful sick.
June s. Still sick, and don't know as I'll
ever live TO get home, and don't care if ]
don't
June 6. Some better; ate cracker.
June Z. Pa helped me up on deck, but
| amt we'll yet
June s. Maybe we'll get to Queenstown
tomorrow. l wish we were there now. Am
going to bed.
June 9. We can see the Irish coast. I wish
l could walk hume or else stay abroad for
ever. I've had a terrible time.-Cincinnat
Commercial Gazette.
The morning call., 1891-12-27
UNE AFFAIRE GLAMOUR.

This is a man. Shakespeare.
We met at CarlSbad-it was summer time
An carry day OF June met him there;
They sad he was-par excellence-rch, prime;
And then-was handsome aud SO debonairl
He sought me-wOoed me-eVer teRderly,
Softly as wooeS its mate the cooling dove:
lie told me that he loved me. worshtpe1 me.
He vowed he could not live without my love.
He came each morn for me to drive or walk.
We roaincd toCet her far by dell and stream,
We'd dance together. dine, and read and talk:
Those summer days seemed blissful dream.
One morn l waited in n leary bower
Thinking to start him with glad surprise,
Dreaming the while OF that dear happy hour
When first "read LIES meaning IN his eyes,
just then heard voice say-throUgh the wood
Come to me. dearest when Will you be mine ="
l gazed unseen. at where a lady stood,
With face trans figured as with love divine.
My own true love was kneeling at her feet,
Saying al love you, would die for you,"
She answering, IN a tone of rapture sweet,
Can this be true-dear love can 1t be tue ?"
Then fell prone upon the dewy flowers
Ana lay until the night had 'slain the day."
And then, when came the early Gawning hours
- And did he marry her ," Nay. do not start.
wOnderous truth in loving natures plan,
4" Mans love is of mans life thing apart"
Marry her? No! He was married man.
The morning call., 1891-12-27
SIMPLE SPARROW-TRAP.
Ingenious Way in Which Some Chicat
Bows Catch Rirds

Ingenious Way in which Some Chicago
Boys Catch Birds.
The crusade against the English sparrow
is developing a marvellous amount of in
genuity. A cheap. effective and unerring
method Of killing the birds is the essential
requisite to success in the new industry.
One little fellow on the South Side has
solved the problem. and has already
brought in over 100 heads. He explained
his system and the comparative merits Of it
and other systems to Captain Haywood.
"You see" he said. Il didn't have no gun
nor no money to buy one, an ii l had the
p'liceman'd arrested me for shootin'. An
me mother wouldn't let me poison 'em. She
said it was cruel. Anyway, you could
never tell whether you got all the sparrers
you poisoned. So just got up a scheme of
my own. me an another boy that lives on
the street do.
we made a lot of paper tunnels out of
wrltin' paper, bout half as long as lead
The morning call., 1891-12-27
A GYMNASIUM
TOR WOMEN,
! Where Thousands Cultivate Their Mus
Giles Every Week.
The charlesbank Gymnasium in Boston-A
Talk With Its Directress Something
Needed in Every City-An Free.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALI.

BosroN (Nass), Dec. q, 1s91.-Physical
culture for women is going to work n reyo-
luton.
d. Dudley Allen Sargent, Director Of the
hemenway gymnasium at Harvard and the
leading authority in America on athletic
matters and the study and practice of physi-
cal culture and development tells me that
two-thirds of his summer school at Har-
ward, as well as his normal classes, are
women. He says they are quick, bright,
intelligent in learning. and most capable
and successful instructors. and he insists
that women are the coming teachers of
physical culture.
DR.. Sargent also has supervision of the
gymnasium for the Harvard annex, the
Teacher IN charge being Miss Jennie Blanche
Wilson, graduate of DR.. Sargents normal
classes. The normal classes are held in this
The morning call., 1891-12-27

pencil, the top of 'em just big enough for
Sparrer to get his head in. We put birdseed
in the bottom of 'em an set 'em up IN the
alley back of our house, where lots of the
sparrers come. The sparrers come peckin'
around an find the birdseed in 'em an stick
their heads in to get it. Well, it's down at
the bottom, you know, an so they just push
their heads right il, an then the tunnels
they can't see. an b'sides. it s'prises 'em 80
they forget 10 fly, then we come right up an
catch 'em. It's lots of fun watchin' 'em
fiutterin' round, tryin' to get the funnel off.
The other boy had his tunnels marked with
his name an l had mine marked with mine,
so we'd know which was mine and which
was his. He couldn't come down to-day
cause he's been yaccinated, an his arms
so sore his mother wouldn't let him go out OF
the house. Him and me is goin' to try an
catch enough sparrers SOS we can buy
boat to go out ridin' on the lake next sum-
mer. Chicago Times.
The morning call., 1891-12-27

| was submitted 10 several brilliant ard high
priced legal lights, among whom was Will
lam NJ. Eyarts, and they all, for fees Of
$4,000 or Whereabouts, pronounced the doc
ument unimpngnable.
But the VIII remained a subject OF uneasi-
ness to the Commodore, and one day he was
toIuCi young lawyer VINO nau oeeu In Inc
Office of the Register Of Wills for some
years, and who was something of an expert
in the matter of wills. ''Send him copy
of mine and a small fee"' 1t was done
And the Young man in going over the paper
found flaw. and reported it. The discov-
cry was referred to the legal lights before
mentioned, and they all agreed that the
point was we'll taken. The breach was
healed, and there was no legal controversy
over tie Vanderbilt milions.-Wa Washington
Post
The morning call., 1891-12-27
Electricity in oyster Culture.

An application of electricity to the cult
walton of oysters has recently been made by
Mons. Lacase Duthier, the well-known au-
thority on oyster culture. He makes use of
the electric light in examining the stages
of development through which the spawn
passes. A glass cylinder Is mounted in a
cylindrical skeleton cage, which serves as
support; into this glass the water contain
ing the spawn is placed. At the bottom
is plain. silvered reflector; tho cover
forms parabolic reflector, in the
center of which is fixed small incandes-
cent lamp. The refiectOrs and the sides of
the glass cylinder act in such way that
but few rays of light emerge from the APP
paratus directly; hence the liquid is snffused
with soft illumination which is admirably
suited to the examination of the contents.
This little apparatus, or modification of
it. is now being employed in various re-
searches into the life processes of ferments
and the culture of microbes. the illumina-
ton by the incandescent electric light being
much more suitable for the study Of these
low forms of life than that from other arti-
fetal sources. Engineer.
Fine shavings from soft pine wood make
a pleasant pillow. They have special cura-
The morning call., 1891-12-27
Don'ts for Wives.

Don't mag" your husband.
Don't think your husbands heart is big
ger than his stomach.
Don't be afraid to assert your rights as
an equal partner with your husband.
Don't repeat what your husband tells you.
Don't whine.
Don't be afraid to live within your means.
Don't try to wear a S25 bonnet on a %
cent income.
Don't attempt to make society man"
of your husband.
Don't complain when your husband wants
you to stay at home with him in the evening
Don't publish your domestic grievances
abroad.
Don't scold any more than is necessary
ito keep peace in the family. Detroit Free
Press.
The morning call., 1891-12-27

gymnasium and from them have been sent
out graduates to teach physical culture ac-
cording to DR.. Sargenfs methods in COL
teges and schools all over the country. OF
these some Of the most distinguished and
successful are:
Miss Eizahsth McMartin. in charge of
the Charesbank Free Gymnasium for
Women and Children, Boston
MISS Harriet Isabel BallIntine. director
ol the fine Alumne Gymnasium at Vassar.
Alice b. Foster, D., director of gym
trial Union. Buffalo. y. Y.
MISS Juliette Maxwell. teacher of ply
seal training, Coates College, Terre Haute,
Miss Ellen L. Lowell, Leland Stanford
suiversIty, Palo Alto Cal.
r Miss d. NJ. Elliott and Miss Mary G..
Potter, Berkeley Lyceum, New York CITY.
Miss Margaret Z. Clark is building a
gymnasium Of her nwn in Cambridge.
The morning call., 1891-12-27

Ogolob da fot Ia dom dix men go0n We jo fuma
Man komom owl fun al logon ieyali et kelI
ytpel sel0n-hik al bInOm &c lei, blnOm gudkum
ka at de silet-SentaD keli ei0ludol bnom dis
stul jibloda olik-Mot obik edeIof In vel OF as
fat oik-N0 obiK el0dom in dom OF In kel fatel
elodom jill dell lilateia Obk-FlHm Ia iot binom
num glettk-Plo kim binon Kat at KEEL bnUm su
iab?-Fio kIOm bluom gudikun ma eed DIX, ut
krli elemob plO senIabs ktls d gaun Ut keli
jiU0k estdol Ole?-EkUmob al dom dix pla biod
obik al konon ole Pas j.motel ObslN no ekdnof
mot obk ei0lOms III dom Ia fot pos dell elias
omsik c ebbums IA ced gudIkdn obik-Stons
gieiik bInoms We jol huma-Tano'od fadi al FL
buk DIX.
IL you go through the forest you Will see my
horse. lie him 10 The large tree along the shore
of the riyer-Teil to- yonr unces and auuGs thar
accoi dug 10 my best opinion, they should come
with my father To see The animals and flowers;
they have not en- them since TWO years-Until
his death nay brother lived with me III our uneie's
hOuse-Iou kiss your sister iusead OF your
brother; eau You tell co. me what you SAID
against nun to bis grandfather ?-The man who
Is without hands or ieet can live. but thu man
who is without head Will di--Three boys
chased dog aud Cat around the tree which Is
tie this thread TO that iron key ?-Hill you go
with me along the river shore under the Iees?-
l nave lived In this house sIuce those days in
which you aud | were bOys-My sister lived
IN II her death with my grandmother who lost
ner son six year" ako (betore six years)-WhO
tied this dog under mat tree?-Wii you tell this
TO you father without giving Ito give him your
opinion concerning 1t (the sdne).
Lessons Will be omitted during the holidays.
The next lesson will appear January I'd, 1921
NoTH-Lesson l was published october llth in
THE GALL, with outline to the plan and full in
sructions Tor the revision Of the exercises. Mr..
L. Bancroft OF SOB suffer street. cfe for the Pa
cifc Coast. who has devoted much time and atten-
ton to the dissemination OF the principles OF this
language offers without cost to the student to give
assistance that viii put him In the way OF master
addressed to them Will receive prompt attention.
The morning call., 1891-12-27

Miss Ballintine made rather a specially of
swimming, and there is a fine big swim
ming tank in the Vassar gymnasium, where
she now teaches.
The Charesbank Gymnasium is free
npen-air gymnasium on the bank OF the
Charles, with one department for men and
one for women and children, the latter. in
charge of Miss McMartiu, being the first
institution OF the sort in the world.
The gymnasium belongs to the city, is
absolutely free to all, and is open daily
from o'clock in the morning till half an
hour after sunset Any working girl or
woman seeking pleasant exercise and physi-
cal development may secure all the privi-
ieges of the place, apparatus aud instruc-
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The dress prescribed for those who use
the more difficult and advanced apparatus
is very neat. becoming ana suitable, con coz
sistIng simply of loose blouse and full,
7ouaye-Iike trousers There is no skirt;
for. as DR.. Sargent justly says. a skirt is an
in,modest and improper-iooking garment ON
I a woman using yaulting bars, flying around
on horizontal bar. or hanging head down on
a trapeze.
Al first the girls were quite timid and very
shy of being observed. The gymnasium was
The morning call., 1891-12-27
THE VANDERBILT MILLIONS.

Little Flaw Nearly Made Big Rum
pus Over the Will.
Commodore Vanderbilt spent the last
days of his life in great big old house that
stood in that aristOcratic uortion Of New
York City, Washington square, and he had
married for a second wife a sweet young
woman of the South. He was anxious to
write will over which there could be no
disagreelng when he should have passed
away. When the Will was completed il
The morning call., 1891-12-27
A TRULY WONDERFUL TRAIN.

This truly wonderful train was worn, says
the Philadelphia Press, by Miss Trelawny
at her recent wedding in London:
Dress in rich white satin, draped in old
Brussels point lace.
The train is bordered with a satin ruche,
The morning call., 1891-12-27

ton, by simply presenting her name. The
gymnasium is fitted up in the most I'M
,sroyed manner and in accordance with the
most modern methods. under DR.. Sargents
supervision. The apparatus used is much
the same as that in the mems gymnasium,
and in all other well equipped institu tons
of the sort, differing in some respects from
the mems in that some of the pharapher-
MALTA has been changed to meet the require
ments of the sex. The total attendance of
women and children the first week OF its ex-
istence was 1888; and Miss McMartin told
me on October 18TH that the total attend
ance from June 1st till that day was 140, 900.
The morning call., 1891-12-27

and the lace upon it is studded with
bows Of baby ribbon. The bridegrooms
crest of five ostrich feathers ornaments the
train.
Long Brussels point-lace veil and wreath
of orange blossoms.
The morning call., 1891-12-27

has two elaborate eQuipments-one for hot,
the other for cold regions-and passports
for every country on the globe, and he
holds himself at the command of his editor
in-chief at all hours.
The morning call., 1891-12-27
A HAIRY STORY.

Barber whispers to boss)-My customer
fell asleep while was shaving him. Shall
/ give him haircut before he wakes up?
Boss-Yes, you'd better. The weather is
very hot and he needs it, He'll pay for it
when he sees it's done.
The morning call., 1891-12-27

The pennyweight was the exact weight Of
the old British silver penny.
The morning call., 1891-12-27

Fine shavings from soft pine wood make
a pleasant pillow. They have special cura-
tive virtues for coughs and lung troubles.
The morning call., 1891-12-27
PERHAPS THIS CUSTOM

In Lerwick they are accompanied BY mu-
sical instruments, and agreeable music is
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Nouns.
BIN. tree.
Ced, opinion.
Dell, death.
Fad, thread.
XIX, key.
Lel, iron.
Slief, silver.
Ston, stone.
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YOLAPUK.
Another Lesson in The Language That MaY
Become Universal.

LESSON II.
Verbs. Prepositions,
Billion, 10 re- Da, through.
main. ri, around.
Deiion, 10 die. Dis, under.
komon,to come. In, in, on.
konon. TO tell. jill, until.
Lion. 10 live, La, near.
have LIE. Ma, according
LodOn, to live, TO.
reside. Men, without.
Poliiuon,t to lose. Pla, instead Of
Ian0n, 10 tie. SiS, since.
Wagon, 10 chase. Ia. against.
We. along.