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The herald., 1893-05-16
carersssness xvlah Powder.

Michael Faraday, the great scientist,
and Sir Charles Lye1, were-sent as gov
ernment commissioners to watch the IN
quest upon those who. had died by the
explosion in the Hasweil cclhery in 1874.
Faraday cross examined the Witnesses
very perfinentfy. AnsDng other ques-
tions he asked how the rate. of flow of
air currents was measured. An IN
apecsor, in reply, took a pinch of gun
powder from box, as if it were snuff,
and let it fall through thefiame of acan-
die. His companion, with a watch, not
ed the time the smoke took to travel a
certain distance.
The method satisfied Faraday, but he
remarked upon the careless handling of
the powder and asked where it was
kept. ssIn bag, tightly tied" was the
reply. eyes, but where do you keep the
bag?' s'You are sitting ON 1t, answe red
the inspector carelessly. Faraday's agi1-
ity in vacating the seat Of honor may be
imagined. Washington News.
The herald., 1893-05-16
The watch Trick.

Here is a puzzle very entertaining and
used to some extent as an evidence of
mind reading. Take the dial Of watch.
Let your friend think Of any number
from to 70, keeping the same to him
self. With the point Of your pencil tick
at random upon any figure of the dial
and let him mentally add one to his
number for each tick. When he has
counted to 81, let him call Stop" and
your pencil will be found to be on the
very number he had chosen. As you had
no previous knowledge of this number
and as your pencil skips about at ran
dom it provokes astonishment to find
that you unerringly strike his number
as soon as he has reached u.
The explanation hinges on the powers
ofD. The highest figure on the dial is
10. Add to this and you have21. Count
your ticks (which, as stated, may be at
random1 and be careful that at the ninth
count your pencil is on H. Ifyour friend
has chosen fe, he will say ''5topr hay-
ing on his part counted to 81. Should he
have selected another number keep on
ticking in regular rotation to the left,
and your pencil viii Inevitably be on
the. correct number when he cries halt
Philadelphia Times.
The herald., 1893-05-16
A Girls Taste For Exarcise.

Miss Lena Tuttle of Connecticut is
amusing herself by clearing farm and
cutting down cedar trees, for which task
she is receiving the plaudits Of admiring
editors. 1t seems to be a matter of taste.
Different people have different minds.
A great many women make themselves
useful in a great many ways. Miss Tut
tie likes to chop wood--a very invigor-
ating end health producing exercise. It
arnuses her and doesn't hurt the neigh
bors. Miss Tuttle, if she marries at all,
viii perhaps espouse man who will be
able to waGh the dishes and attend to the
knitting, and thus harmony and domes-
ticity will be established. New York
World.
The herald., 1893-05-16
The ''DeviTA 7yogess;, and e s's Family"
There are at, Ie;lgt two nnaar freaks of

Inere are f%CI FelSL UTVO queer freaks or
nature ON the island of St. Helena-or
rather four, fdr opes of them Is a group
Of three fgures--Anown the world over
as the Devils Hose and ''Lot and His
Daughters" Any one who is able to
study the island as it is and not run wild
over the Napoleonic legends which have
clustered about that "sea bound rock
since the days when the s'Little Cor
porap was housed there in his living
grave will find much that will repay
for investigation, time and study.
The queerest of the natural formations
are the oddities above alluded to. The
first of these initiative forms is rocky
promontory which has been known by
names which signify Old Nick's nasal
projection since May %, 1902, when Juan
Castella and his men sighted the island
just in time to see the devil disappear
beneath the waves in the best harbor,
leaving his nose as reminder of what
might happen should the yenturesome
SpEniard seek to take possession of his
satanic majesty's favorite haunts.
''Lot and His Daughters are three
conical rocks which can only be conjured
into representing man and two women
by strong play Of the imagination
According to the views of some writers
they are weather worn statues of colos-
al size, probably the work of some alb
originies Of the island. Their gigantic
size, however, would seem to preclude
this idea. When or by whom they were
dubbed 'Lot and His Daughters no
authority has ventured to say. = st.
Louis Republic.
The herald., 1893-05-16

pretty women leaning idly on the silver
rod surrounding the poel, their damp,
sheets affording fieeting
gIimpses of white ankles while they err
changed laughing comments with com
rades splasling and swimming ii the
clear, cold water. Attendants rushed
about fleet footed and perspiring, hurry
ing their charges through the different
stages of the bath. A group Of girls sat
singing in q corner while they slipped
lemonade from long, frail glasses. Near
them q duet Of portly a1nazons disputed
volubly over q pound or two.
When I had left the steamroom for the
hutechamber, where drying, manicuring
and weighing were attended to, | realized
fully the real luxury of the bath. In this
room dozen girls, wrapped to the chin
in heavy toweling, lay on long couches,
and while attendants brushed and per-
fuIned their hair, or manicures polished
their nails to luminous pink, they lay
supine and drowgily happy, some nib
bling sweet1neats, some reading the daily
papers or one of the latest novels and a
few smoking the thlnnest OF cigarettes.
II think" said one very drowsily, that
If life could flow on in one continual
Russian bath, If I could always walk
barefoot over seft rugs and wear a
draped sheet to afternoon teas, / would
be o most incorfigible opti1nist."
Oh, how heartily | agreed with her
when after an hours rest in. the shaded
little room it came time to gol How dis
contentedly / eyed the tight fitting gown
and all the ct ceteras upon the pegs be-
fore mel How | shuddered in that sweet
scented cleaning as I Thought of the
warm, crowded streets, the dusty shopsl
"EIey, to be q primitive woman and
the world 1900 years younger" sighed.
"Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle," whirred q lit
tie warning bell, and there was no time
for further reflection. My first Russian
oath was over. EVELYN MALCOLM.
The herald., 1893-05-16
A seathing Reply to a bishop.

Alta clerical meeting the subject of the
separate mode of administering the COM
munion came up. One of those present
said that when there were large num-
Der present at the celebration he often
preferred to give the exhortation to sew
eral persons together, as it made the
feast more of a communion than when
each was isolated from his fellow wor-
shippers by the separate mode of admins
tration. Bishop Wilberforco, with sar-
castle mien and tone, replied, ''I under
stand you, Mr.. Eardley, to prefer admin
istration by wholesaler
Mr.. Eardley rejoined, my lord bish-
op, when the divinofounder of the feast,
addressing the 12 apostles, said, Drink
ye all of the cup do not think that
even Judas Iscariot would have dared to
sneer at him as wholesale administra-
tor The bishops usual readiness de-
serted him, and he had nothing to say
San Francisco Argonaut.
The herald., 1893-05-16
A versatf1e Literary Woman.

Probably one Of the most versatile lit
erary women in the country today is
Miss Alice T.. Ives. Her newspaper work
is phenomenally voluminous, and she
writes any number Of funny sketches,
humorous and sentimental verses and
short nove1ettes for the weeklies and
magazines.
Miss Ives best humor, though, is ex-
hibited in her plays, or perhaps it is be-
cause it is brought into sharpand abrupt
contrast here with her magnificent pa
thetic and tragic work. She has written
two or three meritorious comedies. The
range of Miss Ives work may be under
stood when I mention that she Is the
principal art critic ON two Sunday pa
pers and volunninous contributor to
The Art Amateur and two or three mag
azines besides writing any number of
short stories for the daiies and week
lies.--New York Recorder.
The herald., 1893-05-16
GrrMnup Girls and po1la

Assnothing in The Master Builder has
exercised The minds of the critics and
the public so much as Mrs. SoIness'
''nine lovely dolls, " You Will perhaps al
low1ne to put on record little incident
connected with them which strikes me
as curious. At recent first night
happened to be seated iust behind q well
known critic. He turned around to Ins
and said: s'I want yon Ito tell me what is
your theory Of those fnine lovely dolls
Ofcourse one.can seethat they're entire
fy symbolical
I'm not SO sure of'that, replied, re-
membering Norwegian cousin Of my
own who treasured favorite doll until
she was nearer 30 than 90, and may do
so for auglrt know to this day. ssThey
of course symbolic the unsatisfed pas.
sion of motherhood in Mrs. Solness'
heart, but + have very little doubt that
Ibsen makes use of this symbol because
he has observed similar case or cases
in real life." ssWhatt'' cried the critic
''He has seen grownup, middle aged
woman continuing TO live with her
dolls
was about to say that it did not seem
to me SO very improbable when lady
who was seated next me, total stranger
to both of us, leaned forward and said,
Z Excuse me for interrupting you. but it
may perhaps interest you to know that
/ have three dolls to which l am deeply
attachedr will not be SO rude as to
conjecture this ladys age, but we may
be sure that very young woman would
not have had the courage to make such
an avowal. Does it not seem that Ibsen
knows thing or two about human ma
ture Enghah as well as Norwegian
which we dramatic critics, though bound
by our calling to be subtle psychologists,
have not yet fathomed2-W Westminster
Gazette.
The herald., 1893-05-16
The COST Of living In Boston.

A young man in Boston asks for bill
Of fare from Monday noon to Saturday
noon, alta cost Of So or less" This young
man must be humorist or a stranger
in Boston. He can live for SO for week
on fine, warranted beans, pork in mod
GRAFTON, Cambridgeport selected crack
ers, iced water. In fact this would be
extravaganza. Dio Lewis lived for a
week or two on 2 cents worth of beans
and a cents worth of vinegar, and we
believe he always looked back TO this
period Of his life with feeling that he
had been squandering money and living
grossly. One portion of vinegar for two
would have been enough and more than
en0uoh
The herald., 1893-05-16
travellers Should Always Take Notes.

First rule for all travelers: Set down
everything you see in notebook; never
travel without notebook. Make notes
of all you observe, if it is only bank of
primroses. Note the people in the car
riage; what they are like; what they talk
about; how the women are dressed; what
books they are reading; If they look hap
py or not It is interesting when the
country is dull to watch the faces of
your fellow travellers and to construct
in general terms their future, their pres
ent and their past And in few years I
know not whether it is more sad Or more
delightful to open these old notebooks
and to remember when they were filed.
The herald., 1893-05-16

She took my check, gave me a sheet
and led the way to one Of the c61npart-
ments lining tie hall. These rooms
so called by way OF courtesy, are little
more than closets, each furnished with
rooIny, elder down couch, Turkish ta-
bic and mirror. Curtains OH brass rods
divide them. For this reason, as soon
discovered conversation between ilti-
mates from room to room, unless car
ried on in q very low tone, can be heard
by nearly everybody else. Before I left
the bath | had overheard so many bits of
toothsome gossip, SO many characters
torn to bits, so many fads discussed, that
was bowling success at 8 o'closk
tea afterward
The place was very hot. and it was de-
Ightful to lay aside the fripperies which
our modern civilization has decreed that
no properly dressed woman can dowith-
out, and wrapped only ia cool, laven-
der scented sheet hurry down the hall
to penetrate the mystery of the steam
room. As l opened the glass door,
blurred with mist, a medley Of sounds
reached my ear. There was terrific
Kissing Of steam, poUringof water, femi-
nine voices Of many qualities and ac-
cents, exclainations, laughter, groans
and admonitions.
1 could see scarcely anything end
stood irresolute near the door until an
attendent bore down upon me with a
folded towel and an earthen bowl filed
with water.
''Just soak your head" she said hur-
riedly and led me to q sent on a marble
slab where the steam eddied in thick
circles Women were all about me, but
l-could not see them distinctly. They
were half defined like so many phan-
toms. Suddenly felt q light but dis
tinctly fleshy touch upon my shoulder.
No one was sitting beside me. so what
could it be? It came again and againi
Well, If it was nothing mortal it must
come from above, so looked up. The
explanation was so purely physical that
my embryo spiritualistic throb van
iBhed. On the slab above me I made out
reclining, girlish form. Fer foot was
idly dangling, and as she swayed it to
and fro her big toe came IN contact with
my shoulder. A very pretty foot it was,
700, belonging, as L lCufld Oub aIISr rWbIu,
to a little soubretts whose tfills in an
opera bouffe had listened to only the
preceding night
This gives so1no idea of the democracy
prevailing at q Russian bath. Before
had been an hour in the place languid
blond was chatting about the baths she
had taken the preceding summer at Ba-
den Baden, another had confded to me
that she had heart trouble, and stout
woman with a coy, apologetic manner
had borrowed one of my hairpins.
At length, with great spluttering,
The steam was turned Off, and I saw the
pace clearly. 1t was q large room, with
marble walls and ceilings. Through a
large, half opened skylight the sunlight
| struggled with the steam. Broad shelves
| In three tiers were built all around the
4 room. A great rnfded pool lay in the
center, reached by flights Of stops and
fed continually with fresh water from
two massive dogs heads made of glisten.
ing silver and fastened ON either side
Half dozen shower baths were pouring
madly at the farthes end Of the room.
Just before me stood a quartet Of
The herald., 1893-05-16
AprRoXIMArLoN PRIzEs.

100 numbers from rs S4S8 to 1888 inclusive,
being SO numbers on each side of the number
drawing the capital prize OF $4,000; si00
1oOnumbers from 55, ,352 to So, ,452 inclusive,
being SO numbers on each side of the number
drawing the capital prize of 100000; $50
1o0numbers from 1896 to 12446 inclusive,
being so numbers on each side OF the number
drawing the capital Prize OF $4,000; $40.
TERMINAL PRIZES
99g numbers ending with SO, being the two
last figures of the number drawing the capital
prize of $4,000; $40.
900 numbers ending with OF. being the two
last figures of the number drawing the SECOND
capital prize of $4,000; $40.
The subscribers having supervised the Single
Number Drawing, Class . e. LOUISIANA
STATE LOTTERY, hereby certify that the
above are the numbers which were this day
drawn from the 100000 placed in the wheel
with the prizes corresponding to them.
Witness OF hands at New Orleans. La, this
Tuesday, May 9th, 1898.
J. a. EARLY,
w. l.. CABELL,
L. J. viTgkE. lin place of
Gen. G. T.. BEAUREGARD
Commissioners.
No. 73,5SS draws FIRST capital prize, $75, ,00Cx
sold in Bloekkton, Ala, Washington, ID. g., and
Chicago, I'll. No. o5 402 draws second capital
prize, 10000, sold in Natchez, Miss, and Ha-
vana, Cuba. No. 1880 draws third capital
prize. $4,000, sold in Washington, y, O.. No,
93,660 draws fourth capital prize, $4,000, sold
in Washington, CT, Wytheyiiie, Va, Port
LAM. Ore ami Chicago. III Nos 60E02 and
~ $40 draw each T2500.
The work Of sendiug The official list to every
correspondent begins Immediately after the
drawing and continues day and night untit
completed. Should any Of our patrons expert
ence any delay in receiving II, tits owing tf
their names being amoug the last on flie1'st
The herald., 1893-05-16
no, 4 csN WAIT"

A woran's figure -onsa ground OF night
Inlaid with saiiDw ssnrs that din1iy stare
Down In t,het lonesome eyes upiifted there
Aefn vneueshppe so1nesaliep lance ofA&ht
Might pinrre thearsssoe. The tears that blind
her sight
The salt nnd bfster blood ofsher~iespair-
Her hands toss back through torrents OF her
hair
And grin toward sGoSfwith Argtiish infinite.
And. Oh. the caryen mouth, With all its great
Intensity Of longing frozen fest
In such a smile as well may designate
Tho slowly murdered heart; that to the last
Cohceals each newer wounde and back at fate
Throbe loves eternal lie-sJo, Lean waitI''a
--Jasnea Whitconb Riley.
The herald., 1893-05-16
Especial @ corresnondence.1

New YoRK, April 27.-My first Rus
sian bathi 1t was one of those languid
spring days that seem to make ones Vi
tality ooze through the finger tips. Even
IN thin spring gown T felt uneomfort-
ably warm while walking up Broadway
IN the morning sun, but that was noth-
ing to the hot, dry draft which blew
against my face as entered the hallway
of the substantial mansion on spacious
side street, luxuriously fitted up with
Russian, Turkish. Roman, electric and
sulphur baths. After receiving my check
from the clerk in the hall I went down a
quaint, carved staircase to the Russian
baths on the lower floor.
AS fingered in the rug strswn pas
sage way taking in this first glimpse i
saw a girl coming toward me. She was
one of the bath attendants, and except
for the pile of towels hanging on her
arm looked q veritable nynph. Her
clothing consisted Of two ordinary sized
rough towels. One was fastened. about
her waist; the other was crossed slant-
wise FROM right shoulder to left hip.
This scant drapery, the effect of the light
on her smooth, shapely shoulders and
arms; her light, untrainmeled step; the
damp, natural rings of hair cluster
ing around forehead and neck, made o
charming ensemble. Alas, when saw
the same young woman after bath hours
she was ordinary in the extreme. Any
one skeptical about natures triumph
over art should see bath attendant in
working gear and then with the addi-
ton of high heeled shoes, tied back
skirts, bang and tip tilted hat. The diff
ference is pathetic.
The herald., 1893-05-16
The Impurities Of Frozen water.

The popular idea that water is purified
by freezing has been disproved by care
full experiments, which show that the
average amount of impurity retained by
the ice is s4.8 per cent Of organic matter
and 21.3 per cent Of inorganic matter.
AS organic matter is the more objection
able of the two, the case is worse than
was formerly supposed.-New York
Innrnal
The herald., 1893-05-16
rt Didn't Work.

Nervous Lady-Therei I've had some
ashes put on the hill outside, and now /
guess those noisy coasters viii so some
where else
Boy (outside) )--ffil All Of youl Here's
g bully place to shine y'r runners. Good
News.
The herald., 1893-05-16
q rrnrresrire nfscase.

Jimson-How Is your rheumatism get
ting on?
Bilson--It's getting along slowly, but I'm
very hopeful now.
Jimson- glad to hear that.
Bilson-Ycs, ii commenced in my feet
and has gradually worked upto my shou'-
ders. Irn ia hopes that In abDut q week it
win go OF into nsy hats-New York Weekly
The herald., 1893-05-16
sorupulous Dr.. Peabody.

According to DR.. Edward Everett Hale,
the late DR.. Andrew Peabody, while
looking over some papers one day, dis
covered that he was 0,000 richer than
he had been the year before. Thereupon
he wrote to the assessors Of Cambridge
and directed them to increase his tax
bill.
The herald., 1893-05-16
o1adatona,s way Of snxine .wo. },

The verbosity Of Mr.. Gladstone is pro-
vesbial, but it has never been more mark
edly put in evidence than when, want
ing TO answer querist with . negative,
he used these words. II must reply with
that brief and simple monosyllable---
NO."
The herald., 1893-05-16
A Test of Merit.

A pretty young girl was corrected one day
For tapping her foot on the floor
While an orchestra played, and the pretty
girl looked
At the speaker and thought him bore.
"I can't understand why people object;
'Tis Justified sure on the WHOLE
For what earthly good is the rausic hear
Unless isapreals TO my sole2"
.-E,aefo,, 1sSd<~e4
The herald., 1893-05-16
Few pipes 20 BE seen In spasn.

The tobacco pipe is never seen in Spain
in use among the natives, nor are tobac-
co pipes to be purchased in any Of the
shops. Cigars and cigarettes manufac-
tured in the government factories in
Spain, or imported from Cuba or the
Philippines, can alone be procured and
are universally smoked by the people.
The herald., 1893-05-16

A Detroit school uses the Columbia
postage stamps as text for essays.
They form quite picture gallery and,
as is generally known, are descriptive Of
the discovery Of this country.
The herald., 1893-05-16

The waste of a great city might easily
feed its desperate poverty. We waste
our coal and our smoke, our gas and our
water, our food and our refuse. What
we want is more forethought in times of
comparative prosperity Exchange.
The herald., 1893-05-16
Hong Zee,

Importer and dealer in Chinese and Japanese
fancy goods All kinds Of silks, silk dress pat
terms, embroidered silk dressing gowns, shawls
and nandkerchiefs end gents furnishing
goods: and also mnnrfactures ladies' undsr-
wear. / respectfully call the attention OF the
public to he fact that all my stock is now on
special sale, regardless OF cost. No. sos North
hsin street. opposite the plaza, Los Angeles.
The herald., 1893-05-16

A Tamil proverb. expresses the idea
that tears in woman are not SO bad after
all: ga weeping man and a smiling
woman are not to be trusted"
The herald., 1893-05-16

Herenn @s, the sioilian, showed signs
Of madn ~ and was confined by his
friends. Determined to thwart them he
beat his brains out against post.
The herald., 1893-05-16

Ouida has dog cemetery at her home
near Florence In which are buried all
her favorite s'barks,' Of which there has
been a considerable number.
The herald., 1893-05-16

Perseverance, dsar my. i9sg;
aonor bright. 10 have nenosis te
quite ont Of fashion, like a fhsty II.
monumental mockery .---Shakespear,
The herald., 1893-05-16

Black haired and extremely light
haired men seldom become bald at an
early age. When they do it is generally
an tha cant<r Of +he. hsad.
The herald., 1893-05-16

The violin upon which George Wash
ingtorl's wedding march was played is In
the possession of a musical society at
Sunbury, Pa.
The herald., 1893-05-16
dER FIRST RUSSIAN BATH
EVELYN MALCOLM, THE WRITER,
GIVES HER EXPERIENCE

She Had Good Time and was Persectly
satisfied-A Nice Place to Nibbie Sweet
meats, Gossip and Be Drowsily Happy.
sighs to Be Primitive.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-15
Fine Horses,

special 10 The News.
NV I"Rk, April l5'--A dis.
patch from London says; Thr e
horses from the renowned stables of
the Duke of Beaufort, at Beaufort
Castle, near Bristol, were shipped
today fro m Liverpool and b. KIDD
dir, ct to Chicago. where they wi |
take part in the summer meeting
the Washington Park club They
are Son of-a.Gur, ST. Juds AID
Strathrose. The two latter a e
selling platers. and would have no
chance In the ID rbJ, but S)n-of.a-
Gun is a great colt, a d c>mes from
one OF ihe pest Tong distance horses
in England. He was twice t e
winner of the big stakes in last
yeal Il races.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-15
Trial OF Auditor Pavey
special to The News.

= IEI IHI 70 HE NVWh'
SPRINGFIELD, III April 3 -
The motion for a rule on ex Aud :
tor Pav'y to compel him to pre-
duce certain boz ks and papers,
which, it is alleged, he withheld
from Auditor Gore when he retired
from otiice, is before the Sapgamon
county circuit court today. The
repu blican eX auditor has retained
able counsel, and takes the ground
that the records asked for not pub
lie property.