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SHE COULD NOT LOVE HIM.
He Was Bow-LegSed and the Pretty Blond
Said She'd BE His Sister.

He Was Bow-LegSed and the Pretty Blonde
Said She'd BE His Sister.
From the Philadelphia Press.
She entered o Walnut street car at Broad
yesterday. You could tell she Just come from
the shore by her face-last winter blonde, but
now a. red as beet with an occasional freckle
"Just lo-o-v-e-ly time,'' was her gushing
reply to a pretty brunette friend as she
thumped into the corner seat beside her. "Oh,
just d-o-o-o-o love the shore. Never went to 80
many nice teas and par ties-aud dancing; why,
I'm most dead from it. could Just die a-waltz-
ing y'know."
And, Fannie" she gushingly continued. ~
never met SO m-a-n-y bald-headed men, Why,
it's getting to be just dreadful the way the men
are growing bald. They should use restora-
tives-its dreadful"
There was pause
YES" chirped on the summer girl, 'there
were good many bald heads. And"
pretty brunette; lyon said he was lovely in
your last letter"
There was quick, surprised look, a short
gurgle, and the pretty blonde pitifully replied:
Poor fellow! He was an awfully nice boy.
Nice talker-danced well--and I adored him
until the other day, when he did something
why, what did he do2'' was the quick inter-
rogative.
..He went in bathing" poutingly.
'Well, that's nothing"
"Yes 1t was"-proudly-"yes indeed, it was.
Why, do you think--do you think" sauaring
herself face to face with her brunette friend.
I'll ut would 60 with bow-legged man?'
The car stopped and the sun-burned blonde
got out
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Touch Of Human Nature
From the 81. Louis Republic.
II to Impossible for one who has been
''human" to forget that heor she wss '.human,"
and everything tends 70 prove this assertion
A story is being told that brings out this truth
In . convent near st. Louis there ID nun past
middle age. She ID as pure and devout a. it 10
possible for . woman to BE- That il to say, she
ID entirely unworialy. Many years ago, when
she wss young girl, her father owned largs
plantations and numerous slaves In Kentucky.
At that time there was negro slave who loved
the beautiful young girl Il was not the deyo-
ton Of . faithful servant, but the alteration Of
. lover. Though he never insulted her by an
open svowal Of his passion, he followed her
around and watched her until his love became
matter Of public notoriety and almost scan-
dali The giri was very devout, and finally left
her homo 10 enter q convent She entered in
the bloom Of young wonanhood, and 10 nov
woman advanced IN life. A few days ago mem.
bers Of her family from Kentucky visited the
convent where she now h. Upon seeing them
visions Of tho old, old days and the worshipin9
love Of the dusky shave must havu crossed her
mind, for her Arst question vas - 70 what had
hseome u H. Asgro I'D who bad pegDocutDd
~ VIII - a1oe0ttoo, fTF7
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faces grim and threatening aspect.
THE KEY TO ALL SUCH CARVINGS
il found in the legends Of the people. Often
their significance is Loot; often individual &C.
centricity leads them to make a carving of
which some alone know the meaning; often
only the elders are well enough informed to
causes combined with the indifference Of the
younger generation and the reticence Of the
older, makes it extremely difficult to arrive at
the significance of the figures. Often they
concoct stories to mislead the inquirer, and
laugh in their sleeves at the credulity shown.
Heraldry is full Of legends explaining the de-
vices on family arms. The serpent in the
wilderness, erected by the children of Israel,
has been. by many theologians, supposed to be
emblematic of the coming Of the Christ, while
most scholars now consider it only survival
Of Egyptian serpent worship.
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GAMBLING AT OSTEND.
Germans and Englishmen Play Heavily NJ
the New Resort.

Germans and Englishmen Play Heavily 1t
the New Resort
Monte Carlo is just now thrown entirely in
the shade by Ostend, says a cable dispatch to
the New York World, where the rage for gam
bling seems to have reached point approach
ing madness. A weii-known London man.
whose ventures in a single day have amounted
TO as much as COO, 600 francs. left Ostend a few
days ago with enormous gains, and he ia but
one Of several players who have had astonish-
ing luck this season. TO the severe loss Of the
bank.
One day this summer there was complaint
made of the scarcity of 1,000-franc ietons
Chips for the players whereupon the hank
conceived the very unlueky notion Of ordering
a number of 5,000-franc jetons from Paris
The result of this WAS that the unit became
raised at once from 1000 to 5000 francs even
Tor ordinary players, and the whole table was
quickly covered with jetons, for this was new
amount to be allowed Mt the trente eft quarante
table, and, singularly, at this particular game
hardly any languag Is spoken but German.
FAR the heaviest players. And vet among the
English checks for $4,000 and even for fl0 600
have been drawn. One player from London is
said to have written q check for El4, 900.
The play begins at ii O'Clock in the morning
and generally continues all day, some even
keeping at 1t all night for the room is open at
all hours
The founders and managers of the club are
not Belgians. but Parisians, and they pay q
royalty to the municipality Of Ostepd amount
ing TO 800, 900 francs FOR the season
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The KafIir style Of Snolkiug.
, Y Na.a


Englishmen, when they light cigar, do not
at least IL they are sober-put the lighted end
into the mouth; but even this strange practice
may be said to be on the way hither. Col.
Knollys has taken first lesson from the Kim
berley Kaifirs, and has given in 'Blackwood"
an account Of the experiment which il emf
neutly calculated 10 excite the cnrio6ty of
those who run after new fashions. These inter-
esting South Africans are extremely fond of
cigars, but their habit is to smoke them in the
manner described. When tins peculiarly was
first mentioned to Col. Knoiiys he supposed
that his informant was cracking o Joke; but to
his amazement be saw numerous instances. The
native il is stated FIRST lighted his cigar by the
ordinary method, then turning Il around be
deity arranged the hotly glowing end in his
mouth, and. tncking away his tongue in his
cheek. proceeded TO inspire snd expire the
fumes, very gradually consuming the whole of
the cigar. The smokers assured their visitor
that the process WAS warm, comforting, de-
hcious and far superior 70 the usual mode On
subsequent trial Col Knollys found, he says,
that the knsck 10 less difRcuit 10 acquire than
might be supposed
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Written for The Evening Star.
Mitylene.

Mftylene.
o Mitylene! island fair,
Upon the blue Egean sea,
Wild rumors trembled in the air
OF wars red signal seen ON thee
When Britain's sailors, swift and bold,
That day the treasure seemed to hold.
o, island of historic fame,
And Grecian lore in days of old,
When Lesbos was the classic name
SO of in song and battle told
Bright jewel in that famous sea
Whose waves were full of destiny.
Here Greek and Persian fought Of old,
To win the glorious island prize;
Here Greek met Greek, the warriors bold
As ever fought beneath the skies
And late the British sailor brave,
Thundered, like Jove, above the wave.
The signal lightened once again,
The sailors were no hostile band;
Twas but their pastime on the main,
A mimic battle by the sand
But like the lions play, his roar
May follow soon upon the shore.
o Mitylene, by the shore,
The ssinted Paul sailed long ago,
The voyage which hero bore,
For Christ above, and man below
To bless the Gentle and the Jew,
To bind the old world and the new.
And here again the Jew may come,
The exiles from their Journey long,
I'm fat tall In, f.xbt 81
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EagenIe's Fontaineblssu Picsis.

From the London Daily Nevs-
A French contemporary, In an article upoa
life at the court OF Napoleon III, tsns several
drou anecdotes which we'll illustrsse The FREE
dom and lack Of conventionslity which rulsd
there. Once during the stay Of ths court ~
FontAinebleau the empress thought he would
like 10 Arrange picnic in the forss& IL vss 20
be quite an informal meal But . esssaan gen
ersl belonsizg 70 TIRE kousshold, Through whom
these orders bad TO 90. thought tLe idsa IN M
reasonable within. When he sac, however, thae
the empress was determined, he revergsd him
self by having served beneath the trees . veri-
table banquet with Ackeys IN ofhciai livery
and force Of gsndArmss statiessd round he
table. The result was thss The ampls plAn Of
Of the neighborhood, informed Of uhas was
going on. ssssmbled around ths iDpsrinl table
ready 70 enjoy the uswontsd agha The en-
pres Indignant then declared che would not
dine in the opsn sax II all and VITA hsr soD-
pAnions vithdrew, having The general % HI
banquet and his diseonhtsss.
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a Word for the H0mely 0irl
FROM the Sc. Louis G,obs- Democrss.

Homely women are always more entertain
ing than pretty specimens Of the fair seq. The
latter rely on their beauty to carry them
through the world. and il generally does until
they get married, when IL commonly fails
them The homely girl, moving she has no
beauty to rely on, goes to work and improves
her mind; she learns some accomplishment,
becomes clever artist or pianist reads . good
deal and 30 learns to converse readily and
we'll She is better company than the pretty
girl, for the beauty does not think II worth
her trouble to Be entertaining, as she has spent
all her efforts In trying to look pretty. The
are that she win learn nothing after marriare.
and 20 will soon become dull and unintersst-
ing. The ugly girl, with littls brasns, stands
- fair chance Of getting = good Husband q
her pretty sister and . much better proepeet
Of having happy home.
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great size. The Ma
tional Museum is In po-
session of four, varying
between twenty and
thirty-five feet in height.
but there are said to be
extant in that country
specimens from seventy
five to one hundred feet
in height. They are
made out Of the WELL
known pine that ac-
quires such gigantic pro-
portions in California,
usually cut from the
trunk without separa-
ton into sections. The
wood is soft, light and
not durable. There is
something pathetic in
this perishability Of
monuments intended to
commemorate what to
the participants were
greateyents, the achieve
ments Of heroes, the
record of illustrious
families. Many Of them
wear a plume Of cedar
grown into the rings at
the top, which, little by
little, splits and decays
the column. Those in
the museum wear q
storm-battered appear
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Written for The Evening Star.
The Midnight Hours.

know the midnight hours; they are to me
Old dear familiar friends, trusty and tried
Friends, that have borne in kindly sympathy
My divers Maynard moods of joy and pain,
There comes, between the solemn hour and dawn
When nature seems to fold her restless wings,
And all the forms of too-exuberant life
Are sunk in drowsy self-iorgetfuiness,-
mystic incense floating on the breeze,
A mystic glory shining from the stars,
A mystic influence stealing DER the mine,
The soul, loosed from itself, Is free to roam
Through trackless fields of thought and space and
time;
To live again In memories OF the past,
And aw estruck gaze into eternity.
r. A.
Washington, d. c., September T. 1891
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ancestor: the second appertaining to the sex a.
men or women, and the third that which every
individual may possess. The elan feeling and
sentiment can hardly exist in full force, whether
among civilized men or savage, without totem
ism in some form finding expression. 1t is
exceedingly doubtful il the belief can be limited
to ssvsges a. in the above definition. Many
cians and even families among highly civilized
peoples contemplate some animal with an
Almost superstitious reverence.
Among aborigines it naturally is more sim
eerely believed In, q also more extrsyagant in
form.
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church spires or HOSTS them in colored strips
of bunting. The facts they are supposed to
represent and the sentiments entertained to-
ward them are Of infinite number and variety.
Who shall say just what shall be the latitude
allowed TO the individual man in his feelings
or beliefs touching the emblems which, indeed,
he has created With his own hands? The de-
scription Of totemism among different races
throws light on The general nature Of the sub
ject, while each specific instance contains
buried beneath scarcely ineligible external
forms the history Of the tribe and its religious
tdsaa
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Strangers Admitted to Parliament.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
A parliamentary return has been issued Of
strangers admitted to the house Of commons
during the present parliament. In the last ses-
sion tho numbers fell off slightly-which is not
surprising. Taking session against session, the
numbers of the daily attendance are as follows:
1886, 2O1; 1887, 2Os; 1888, 21s; 1889, 21O; 1890,
23s; 1891, 162.
But, on the whole, ii il clear that the inter
est in the house as spectacle ID kept up.
Whether the interest in il as forum Of de-
bate holds its own we should rather look to the
parliamentary reports in the big dai,ies 70
show. Here we see how the rivalry Of press
and platform has told on the chamber. The
tendency Especially marked in the ''largest
circulation'') is to cut down the reports more
and more, and to substitute more and more
the descriptive ''skstch writer" for the short
hand record.
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There is perhaps no
better illustration of the
totem idea as well as or
rather ~ Including the
legendary origin of FAM
lilies, tribes and peoples
SO widely believed by
mankind than the Haida
legend of the Bear
Mother" repeated in
various versions among
many aboriginal tribes.
One of these reads a.
follows: A number Of
Indian squaws were in
the woods gathering
berries when one Of
them, the daughter OF q
chief, spoke in terms Of
ridicule of the whole
bear species. The bears
decended on them and
killed all but the chiefs
uhOm the
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NEv ZEALAND TIKI
In Nsv Zealand il found Q similar idea and

purpose carried out by
toeems. One totem, gigsn-
tic in proportions. stands
near the tomb of the
daughter Of Te-Whero-
whero and 10 one Of the
Aness examples Of native
carving to be found in
New Zealand The pre-
; else object d this tiki ID
uncertain, but the pro-
truding tongue Of the up
Der figure seems to show
hat Il 10 one Of the nu-
merous defiant statues
thai abound in the islands.
The natives aAy that the
lower Agurs represents
Maui, tbs Atui Who. &C.
ssrding 70 Maori tradi
Non, Ashed up the islands
fron The bottom of the
-. "A most of these
columns, indeed, In the
~halsuka NJ The hfUhIv
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eost nv H1gny civlized EgyPE
lana which are nov recognized a. like in
p1rposs, tie deity in some form is introduced.
fhsfs, - here, they stand before palaces and
sonshs allheL The Asni is the god part a. Ra
on the obslish. and associated with him an
emblem Of triumph, ~ whore Ea smites his
snsoisa Bot 10 would ssem that the running
cot Of ths tongue h rather an undignihed mode
Of err rsssing defiance Yet today on the key
ssons q tAs bridge gate At ST. Goa On the
Hhins h carved . lace With . protruding
tpa0as b express esnAsnpt for the people on
thsepposits sids Of the river. Aovsvss, ths
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short Work With q Murderer.

Fred Tyler, white, engineer on The ".
N. C. road, and Hezekiah Rankin, colored,
got into an alteration at the round house
at Asheville. N. C., Thursday night Tyler
struck Rankin with lump Of coal Rankin
ran on. got pistol and. coming back, fred at
Tyler. striking him in the abdomen. A crowd
Of railroad men caught Rankin and taking him
across the river hanged him to . tree. Tyler
will die,
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rsst in historical In Iampooning events Of q po-
htical or religious nature While the post or
pillar 10 not directly worshiped as an idol,
its totsmism and clan feeling are quite OBJ
vioua.
ADVENTURES OF r'sKAN-AHI-
column found at the Kaigani village, skowl
bay, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. is full Of
totem and supernatural representations The
projecting figures at the top represent. two chill
dren whose mother left them in her canoe on
the beach while she sought pine boughs on
which salmon spawn is collected The children,
disregarding her command, wandered into the
woods, and on her return and calling to them
they answered from the woods with the voices
Of crows. They were never found, and when
ever she sought them two crows Knocked her
from the trees- II believed that white
traders bad kidnapped them and carried them
OF IN their ships. The bearded face between
The tvo children represents such o trader.
The next ngure below. holding tool across
his breast is . crane. They were believed to
have formerly been expert with tools; that
these we're stolen by niiscbievous character
CrMaa -hD, and ever since he has been be-
wailing his fate. The cry he now utters 10: II
want my sools"
The figure next below is hoots-the bear
holding q butterfly between his paws. At the
creation, when the great Teti. the benefsetor
Of man, was looking for ''the fair land' for man
to occupy, the butterfly lowered over his head
- he Dew. Finally the butterfly pointed with
hts proboscis to the good lands"
The next figure Is the giant spider, sucking
The blood and killing a man. One Of the num-
erous adventures Of Tskan-ahl was to kill the
giant spider, such mortal enemy to man. He
oveTcame the spider and threw him into the
Gre but the spider instead Of burning shriveled
mp and escaped q mosquito. carrying away
with him q small coal Of FIRE. Now, instead Of
killing men, he can only snck little blood, and
In revenge leaves q little coal Of fire in the
bite. 1t Is said 10 require three days to relate
ell the adventures of Tskan-ahL
The lowest Is the figure OF koone, the whole
representing the token Of the owner Of the col
umn- II 10 q generally accepted opinion that
these columns are not truly historical. but an
esssrai or totemic; but this includes history.
xEv ZEALAND TIKI
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II ALL THE SOCIAL
propensities or mental
habits Of man there
seems to be mono more
deep rooted than his
fondness for emblems.
Ii is confined to no To-
cality and limited to
no period of time.
The savage stains them
on his breast, carries
then. strung around
his neck or raised on
@ pole; the civilized
man figures them on
seals, raises them on
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famous chief Skowl at
Kasa-an, Prince Ed
wards Island, Alaska.
who was enabled by his
great physical proves
and personal influence
TO prevent the intro
duction Of Christianity
until after his death.
He represents the an
Gent belief by means
Of his crest or totem
the eagie-placed above
and below. The column
10 commemorative in
representing tn e i'm
portant events of his
life. that Is, by ridi-
culing the efforts OF
Christian missionaries.
Next below the top
eagle is the figure Of a
man pointing heaven
ward. next below him
an angel, and below
him q missionary with
devoutly crossed hands;
lowest Of all is the ever
present trader. TIL Q
whole piece Of carving
Is in itself a totem, the
eagle giving it such
character. while the
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Opening stanford University.

The opening exercises OF the Stanford Uni
versity in California will take place Thursday
morning, October 1, at the Quadrangle. Ad-
dresses will be made by Hon. Leland Stanford,
President David s. Jordan, Hon. James Shafter
and Hon Martin Kellogg. The exercises viii
be public.
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WHAT TOXINS ARE.


Q savage regards with su-
perstitious respect, believ-
ing that there exists be-
tween him and every men,
Der Of the class an init
mate and altogether spe-
cial relation" ("Totem-
ism," by ]. @. Frazer, N.
Al 1.-THE connection be-
tween q man and his totem
il naturally beneficent; the
totem protects the man,
and the man shows his re-
spect for the totem in va
rious ways by not killing it
IL il be an animal and not
cutting it or gathering it if
be q plant. Same au-
thor.) In general. there
arsthree kinds Of totems-
the clan totem, the sex and
the individual totem. The
irst reverenced by the
clan as such, who believe
themselves and it to be de-
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T0TEMS AND EMBLEMS
THE INDIANS OF ALASKA.

What . Totem Means-The Relations BE-
tween the Columns and the Individuals-
The Clan ssatimeut-what the Carvings
Ssgnify-some Quser Traditions.
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many are gray and lee are balA nslit mAlF 1870
restores the naxurk coaW 80 ehbsksns - 80
Of the hair.
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vooprp LANDS wow SOLID BLOCKS on MICK
AND sonTaR-LloUrs AxD SHADOWS N VAIL
srkrrr-rHE a v. wurrk rarLuRs-ruE 10
oLrsIksrioAL n.rrLE-ooop rRlps rrosyrcrs.
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king OF the bears took to wife. She bore him a
child half human and half bear. A slate carv-
ing, now in the National Museum, almost as
extravagant in design as the legend itself shows
the agony of the mother in sucking the rough
and uncouth offspring. One day Q party Of
Indian bear hunters discovered her up tree
and were about to kill her, thinking her bear,
but she made them understand that she was
human. They took her home and she after
ward became the progenitor of all Indians be-
longing to the bear totem. They believe that
bears are men transformed for the time being.
How many elements common to the beliefs
Of early humanity this quite uncouth legend
contains-the transformation Of a human beng
into one Of the lower Observation-Disclosures
Ear, the Harpies, Actacon, who, in consequence
taking her bath, was transformed into q stag
Bottom, the weaver, became an ass-the race
sprung from the lower animals-in Chaldea
men first appeared with wings; even deities
were among the eastern nations in general rep
resented In animal shapes-Jupiter as q ram,
Romans were sucked by she wolf. And this
lineage must be Of royal descent. representing
the divine right of kings. in that it sprang
from the daughter Of chief once married to
king.
In respect to what may In compliment be
called art among these primitive specimens OF
workmanship, the forms are sometimes quite
realistic. but generally uncouth and grossly
exaggerated. The grossness is probably due to
the degraded form Of belief: the object is evil
IDENTIFY intended to be made terrible by being
made repulsive. Just as death and the devil in
the middle ages were pictured with every ami
NAL distortion imaginable in order to inspire
fear. Some have decided merit in carving, es-
pecially where the material is slate, which ad-
mits of delicate tracery and polish.
MAMMOTH KryIaIEs IN ALASKA.
In Alaska fheaa effioiea ara aop,afivaos ~
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tomb Of a young lady is hardly the place for
the manifestation of such worldly feelings.
LEGEND OF THE "DKAR MOTHER"
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A Touch q Human Nature.
Pom The II Txou{a Repryl,lir

Warrington, D. c., September Z, 1891.
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ohKAr AUTHORIZATIONS OF GOLD nov rHrr
CAN'T 10 III NADE YELLOW INITIAL oxLx
fxfLorrp FOR oRSAnkyr-snvER UTILIZED
ron noSrr-PREcioUs METALS IN rug nrpLk.