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A Unique Marriage Rite.

In the island of Banquey there is tribe
of Dusuns differing widely In language, re-
lglon and customs from other tribes bear
ing that. name. Marriages are performed
in the forest in the presence OF two families.
There is no public gathering or feast The
rites consist in transferring drop OF blood
from small incision made with wooden
knife In the calf Of the mans leg to SINH
lar cut In the womaE's leg After marriage
the man takes the bride to her home, where
he resides in future as member OF the
family.
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self by means of a steam apparatus. It is
claimed that the heat generated by the COM
bustion OF a given amount of coal is more
effectively used utilized in the form OF elec-
tricity than in the form of steam acting di-
rectly on the piston-rods. Whether or not
that claim will be demonstrated, the CON-
ing practical tests will show. An electric
system which depends on fuel and steam,
always present on the train. obviously has
drawbacks. The principal claim of M.
Holman for his system Is on its economy,
high power being gained at small expendi-
ture Of fuel, and greater ease of regula-
ting the power than in the case of the or
diUarY steam locomotive
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afternoon services commencing at o'clock,
and in the evening at 80 a sermon viii be
delivered by Rev. A. c. Bane of Oak land.
Centenary Church is the successor OF sew
eraI other congregations End names, but Is
the legitimate offspring OF tie first mission,
srv work of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. in San Francisco. 1t IS the
Oldest organization If Southern Methodlsm
west of the Rocky Mountains. In 1850 Rev.
A. NJ. Wyna organized a society with eleven
members, and shortly afterward Wesley
Chapel was built, in which services were
ing IL was not until 1857, however. that
,a-nonent orrsnization was effected under
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The Centenary Church.

at the Southern University at Green's
borough, Ala. He graduated in 1876 and a
year afterward entered the ministry, uniting
with ia Alabama conference. For three
years be served as local minister, when he
was transferred 10 the Baltimore conference
While there he studied medicine and gradu-
ated from the College OF PHYSICIANS and
Surgeons of Baltimore. In 1856 he came to
California and while on the coast was iden-
fed with the congregations at Princeton.
Lakap0rt. Stockton and Colusa, and in
October OF last year was called to the Gen.
tenary Church. He received the degree of
Doctor of Divinity in May, 1892. from the
Paclfic Methodist College of SANTA Clara.
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HULA DANCE ON CANVAS.
A Series of Pictures of Native Ha-
WaiianS or Exhibition.

w. Cogswell, wel-known portrait
painter on the Pacific Coast, has on exhibit
tion at the artro0ms OF Sanborn, Vail & Co.
a series Of ten pictures of native Hawaians
in their historical dance Mr.. Cogswell has
been in Honolulu for the past tw years
and has executed number OF portraits
while there. The pictures on exhibition are
considered among his best works and repre-
sent the best type of native Hawaiian
girls. The subjects of the portraits were
the favorte dancers of the late King and
were painted from life sittings. and as rep
resented are not only artistic studies but
interesting and pleasing pictures as well.
These pictures will probably be received
for the art exhibit of the Worlds Fair.
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Live One Dav at a Time.

Live one day at a time. my dear" said
an elderly woman to younger one who
was wrinkling her forehead over her cares.
"There is always time and strength for to-
day wait till tomorrow becomes to-day be-
fore you take up its burdens. | was almost
90 years old before discovered this secret,
and l am growing younger every month In
its use" Which passing word in these
days Of many absorbing occupations Is one
that many women win do we'll to write on a
card and stick up in the mirrors OF the
"A tah
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money for an equal sum in small change,
and on every day Of the week he must be
able to show So to the man who looks after
these matters for the stage line. By way Of
further precaution, three or four detectives
are stationed along Fifth avenue to count
the outside passengers and prevent the
drivers from pocketng their fares. Even
IL the company owes a driver the larger
part of a weeks salary, the rule that he
must show So Of his own before he goes to
work is enforced, and the man who cannot
show so much must borrow it or lose days
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A Cowardly Assault.

George Harris, boiler-maker. was locked
up in the City Prison yesterday afternoon
on charge Of battery. He brutality as
saulted his brother. cripple, on CONNER
cial street, knocking him down. splitting his
the Receiving Hospital to get his wounds
dressed. He is nendicant. and it is sup
posed that the battery was occasioned by
his refusal to give his brother money for
LIQUOR
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OPEN FOR WORSHIP
The Centenary Church to
Be Dedicated To-Day.
A HANDSOME STRUCTURE.
Imposing Ceremonies Will Mark the
Initial Services i'm the New
Church on Bush Street.

San Francisco is rapidly becoming a city
of churches. and If the present rate of
church. building keeps up the city can in a
short time compare very fayorably in that
respect with any place in the United States
Handsome and c0mmodous structures are
being dedicated almost every week for
church work. and the latest to be added is
that of the Centenary Church, on Bush
street. between Cough and Octavia.
The building which is to be dedicated to-
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undertook to perform the duty for him.
She carefully lowered sixty quarts of the
dangerous explosive to the bottom of the
well. geo feet below the surface of the
ground, then she dropped the weight into
the we'll and ran away as hard as she could.
A trembling OF the earth. muffied roar
and puff Of smoke from the well told that
tie operation had been successfully per-
formed.
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MODEST sCHMID.
He Is Not Going to Make Venus di
Milo

The manner in which the intention OF
sculptor in San Francisco to IN del the figure
of Beauty" of California type for the
Worlds Fair was treated by the daily pa
pers didn't suit the sculptor at all. Some
articles, representing Rubert Schmid as a
competitor of the great master who created
the Venus of Milo" caused great deal OF
comment among Rupert Schmid's confreres,
and be was criticized rather rashly for the
frivolous treatment OF a matter of art. Ru-
pert Schmid wants to state that ne is not
responsible for these publications. his in
tention of modelling a Beauty" from stu
dies he made or is going 10 make in Califer-
MIA has nothing whatever TO do with the
Venus of Milo"
Srhmid is undoubtedly a sculptor of great
ability, and has given sufficient evidence of
his earnest devotion to art. He is not a
sensatiOnalist. and don't want TO appear
before the public in the light he was repre-
scented in some of the articles on the Cali
fornia Venus"
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Rev. O. p. Fitzgerald,
no afterward became
Bishop Of the diocese.
In the centennial year
of Methodism a fine
property was secured on
Bush street. between
Cough and 0ctayia. and
a handsome church was
erected thereon. For
several years services
were held there, and the
congregation increased
with a wealthy and
rapid growth. On the
4th of July. two years
ooo that hondaofpp
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.Jobbery Claimed.

At tie request Of some of the property
owners in the Mission. the Street Commit
tee Of the Board Of Supervisors examined
the work recently finished by Thomson
and Williams. who had contracted to mac
adamize Capp street, between Twentieth
and Twenty-first. The property-owners
CAIN that the contractors AID not live up TO
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their contract and that they used very poor
macadam and very little cement. Notices
were sent by the propeE ty-owners TO the
Board of Supervisors TO have the work ex-
amined, and Friday portion Of the work
about two feet square was dug up and the
material used examined by the committee.
which will make its report at the next meet
ing of the board
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A PoIygIot Pickaninny.
Galveston Daily News.

One of the most remarkable boys ever
seen spent Saturday and Sunday at Tex
arkana, Ark. He is negro. only five years
old, who never attended school and was
never taught even the alphabet. yet can read
and speak all the principal languages now
in use and all of the dead tongues with the
exception of Greek aud Hebrew He is
full blood negro, very black. but has a
Grecian nose, with black, sparkling eyes
and head remarkably well shaped and
do
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Fire Commissioners.

The Fire Commissioners met yesterday,
but nothing of importance was brought be-
fore them. Samuel Young was appointed
hoseman of engine G. in place OF John
O'Neill, retired. Assistant Chief Sullivan
asked the board to instruct the secretary TO
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A Natural Mistake.

Near-sighted stranger lin hotel reading
room)-I see you are looking at a plan of
one Of these new-fangled labyrinths. They
are mighty puzzng things. Have you ever
happened to -
Gentleman from New England with ex-
ceeding stiffness)-I am looking at map Of
Boston, cir.
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Not His Line.

Grocer-What have you been doing in the
cellar so longp
Grocer's Apprentice have been clean
Ing out the molasses measure. 1t was so
cogged up that 1t didn't hold more'n half
quart.
Grocer-Oh, that's what you've been
doing! Well, you take your hat and go
home and tell your father to send you to the
theological school. You amt fitted for the
grocery buslness-New York Press.
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day takes the place of a
church which was burn
ed on the same los on
July 4. two years ago.
1t Is in the French style
of architecture OF the
sixteenth century, and
is very we'll arranged
for the purposes il Is
intended to meet. The
main auditorium is ar
ranged TO seat about
Fnn nonnfa and uiua
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A Brave Woman.

Mrs. William Walters OF Muncie. Ind, Is
said to be tho only woman who ever under
took to shoot gas well with nitroRlycerine,
an operation so dangerous that few men
care to undertake it. Her husband is en-
gagged in tho business, and as he was not on
hand when the well was to be shot, she
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Wants $4,000.

Adelbert Fl. Leet and his wife Emily filed
complaint ia the Superior Court yesterday
against w. 1egeler. asking for 5000 dam
ages. The complainants aver that the de-
PENDANTS malic0usly caused an attachment
to be levied on their clearinghouse, 522 Van
Ness avenue. when they were in no way in
daIrpd IN hum
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The Sunday Concert.

Following is The programme OF the con-
cert to be given by the band in Golden Gate
Park this afternoon:
March. bay state Commandery. ;" introducing
''Adeste Fideies' Burreli
Overture "Orpheus" Ofenbach
dance Poonaise" ..... sc hwarwenka
New rural fantasia. in four movements. deSerib-
ing The might" storm" Aurora" and
FANTASTIC ger
Introduction and Siciliana from the opera Cav
aileIia Rusticana," with horn obligato by
Mr.. L SchIott. ...,.....................M aseagDl
aEspana Waltz WaidteufeI
Oyerture ..Wftlam Teiln. RoSsinf
serenade. solo for coTnet performed by VIII
liam ForDer...... ................... Schubert
Selections "Martha .......................t i0tow
"Pinafore Patrol" parody on Turkish Patrol"
................. ...........A Spadina
Grand medley. "Recollections OF the War; ar
ranged by ............. Boyer
March des Cosaqnes $3.50. Sellenick
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He Could Afford 1t.

C.-What! treating yourself TO bottle Oh
wine these hard times?
G.-Oh, | can afford It now. Do you
know about this time of the year my latd
lamenied wife generally got new WHITES
hat-Blumenlese.
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A perfecr Dream.

Miss Hiehfly's dress is perfect dream.
Did you see il ?"
Renortpr-No; searched through the
masQueraders for half an hour and didn't
find person dressed 10 represent miIce
pie. ] guess she's gone home.-Chicago
Inter Ocean,
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Judge LOWS Courfroon,.

The rooms recently occupied by the Elec-
tion Commissioners will probably be used
as temporary courtroom by the newly APP
pointed Police Judge, Charles A. Low
Michael Herman and William Burke are
candidates for the office OF Prosecuting At
t0rney OF the new court.
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A Hard Man to Work For.

New YORK Sun.
When a man goes to work as driver for
Colonel Shepard's stage line be must pay
down IS of his own or some other fellows
The morning call., 1893-02-26

The excavated temples near Bombay,
in.lndia, weuId require the labor of 10000
men for forty years to complete.
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work. The driver who makes seven trips
per day of one hour and forty min utes each
schedule time, receives 50.
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AN ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.
1t Is to Be Tested by the French
GnXerumanf

We reproduce from "L'Illustration" an
engraving, showing the electric locomotive
as proposed by J. j. Heilman. The French
Government is about to make practical tests
of it. The popularity of the Heilman sys-
tenn is that the electric current which moves
the train is generated ON the locomotive it
The morning call., 1893-02-26

Having UNBIASED, THOROUGHLY OVERHAULED
and MARKED DOWN our gigantic purchase EVERY
DOLLARS WORTH OF THE ENTIRE STOCK WILL
BE PLACED ON SALE MONDAY MORNING, and in
making this announcement desire to apologize to all
who were unable to get waited promptly during the
overwhelming rush that forced close doors several
times during the opening days of the SALE and also
take pleasure assuring patrons that have provided
against further inconvenience by engaging of
OVER FIFTY EXTRA statesmen.
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Congress recognized Chicago's claim
and the city at once poured into the
treasury Of the exposition nearly
S1,OOO,OOO more than the amount prom
ised
Then the great buildings We're plan
ned and contracts We're awarded. The
size Of the proposed structures aston
ished the world, and again the metrop-
oils Of the Atlantic shore asserted that
Chicago could not make good it's prom
Uses, and the buildings would never be
completed. 81 II: i.
Last october the Nation assembled
at Jackson Park under the greatest
roof the world has ever known and
solemnly dedicated the thirteen expo
sition structures.
And so it has been all through the
work. Step by step the progress has
been made, and the Obstacles that have
been pushed forward by New York
have been easily brushed aside by Chi
cago Now that final success has all
but been obtained, the cry is heard
that exhibits cannot be installed in
time and that the fair will not be open
ed May L. The assertion is wholly
lacking foundation. The exhibits will
be installed, and when the sun sets on
the evening Of May the Jackson Park
gates will be closed after the first day
Of the worlds greatest fair. Concern
| ing this subject exposition officials are
all agreed. They know what has been
done, and what can be done. Their
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help out the setting. The rocks Oh,
which the walrus is placed are copied
from samples which Mr.. Palmer
brought home with him from Walrus
island The counterfeit rocks are made
in very odd fashion. First, piece.
of board of any desired shape and sEzs
is taken for the base of the rock, and
around the edges Of this considerably
s;.," ~ Sea otter.
bigger sheet Of wire netting is tackled
so as to form a sort Of rough cage with
a wooden bottom. Over the wire net
ting is roughly spread a mixture OF
plaster and wood fiber. This is again
covered with coating Of PAPER
]nache, and finally paint is applied to
give the proper tint. Lichens c:tn be
stuck on alterward if wanted. Use
has been made in this work OF u new
" discovered process for preserving all
sorts of grasses, ferns, small plants anu
leaves. After undergoing a sort of
picking they will last indefinitely, re-
tanning tll.,ir natural cOlors and tick
Utility. The effect is Inuch :lore real
istiC than can be produced by artifiGe
;nd far cheapeo'. SeaWoeds are PIE:
served i'll tile same manner.
1t is intended to exhibit REPRESENTS
tives Ct the families of us many as pos,
sib]e of the strange and rare mammals
native to all America, as, for example,
certain scarce armadillos, cats, deer
/ and rat-like beasts from The southern
continent. Unfortunately some are so
rare as not to be obtainable, only one
or two specimens being known in tlla
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-16
The Art of busting.

There is an art in busting which does
not receive the attention it demands.
According to the various analyses Of
different observers, the components of
ordinary dust exhibit special characters,
in almost endless variety. Mineral mat
tiers, animal and vegetable debris, NOR
bid germs, and whatever is small and
light enough to remain for any time
suspended in the air, fall into the cate
CORY; and among these things are many
substances which in the air do mis-
chief The spread Of cholera and exam
thematous diseases has, doubtless with
truth, been attributed to it's influence.
Methods of busting, therefore, which
merely remove the dust to another
place, or fill the air with it, are not suf-
ticient, are not harmless. 1t should
be wiped rather than brushed away.
and carried off Or destroyed. Then
let the sunlight in to kill what infec-
ton may remain.-Popular Science
Monthly. II il
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ADVERTISING PAYS.

How "KeI1y the Butterman,, Becnme
a Household Word In England.
Z An eccentric character iii Liverpool.
Eng, many years ago, an Irishman.
who dealt in butter impo from Ire
land, always dressed in light blue jeans
and Wore large, clean, white apron
SO he was remarkable, and in walking
on the street invariably kept right Of.
the curbstone SO that he could be seen
by persons on both sides Of the thor
.oughfare. 1t became phrase
There's Kelly the butterman. 9
D I Went to his shop, a boy at the time,
to interview sSn. ..a s4
555s'Mr. Kelly, you do those things to-
attract attention as an advertisement,
don't you ~ '. .'3
II do, sorr = 81. SIS
B. ~ ell, they are all very we'll as far FAR.
as they go, but they don't go, far
enough. You are only seen and known,
bys. those who are on the street yous
.-happenl TO be upon; why not carry
out your principle and be known All
over England q He took fire in min
ute and fairly yelled:
Il Sss sfioWly powers, how ~
Get your picture taken and use IL
in the newspapers, with Kelly the
Butterman' under it. z
5S He did it made fortune, and senh
me q tub Of the best butter ever put
into my mouth Boots. and Shoes
Weekly. ssssz
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low group iii enormous numbers ana
great quantities of their tusks We're ex-
ported to Russia in former days At
present digging for such of the trsks
as have been left behind by dead wal
ruses is an industry Of the natives.
The sand dunes along shore are wal
rus graveyards, and from the skulls
unearthed from them the tl1sks which
remain are knocked out to be sold
from 30 to so cents pound. They
are not very good ivory, being yellow
and cracked. It is reckoned that be-
tween 1870 and 1880 not less than 100.-;
600 Walruses We're destroyed in the
North Pacific for their oil and ivory
It is Oh this account that the aborigines
arc threatened with starvation, iIE,;-
much as they depended mainly on, the
walrus for subsistence. They used its
flesh for food. its hide for leather and
boats, it's oil for fuel, it's intestines for
waterproof clothing, the soles Of it's
f1ippers for shoes and it's sinews for
nets to capture birds with.
The Almost Extinct Mnnatee.
In like fashion will be shown the fin
est mounted specimen of the manatee
ever exhibited. This huge marine
mammal is first known to have been
remarked by Christopher Columbus
1t attains a length Of thirteen feet
and a weight of 1000 pounds. Though
now nearly extinct. the species was
once plentiful along the gulf coast and
as far up the Atlantic shore as South
Carolina It is gentle and harmless,
living on aquatic vegetation. One Of
these sea cows in London Geological
Gardens ate 100 pounds Of lettuce daily.
The diet was expensive, but it would
not taste anything else after it had
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-16

Gloriflcation Of Discoveries.
Paris exposition eighty days before the
opening. The fair is really a thing Of
the present. It is no longer to be- but
now is Is"
President Higinbotham is even more
enthusiastic over the progress made
than the director general. He said:
The time has past when calllmnies
should be answered. One glance over
jackson Park is sufficient to demon
strate that all our promises have been
kept. Just as sure as the sun rises in
the east tomorrow morning the expo
sition will be formally opened May /. Z
Director Of Works BMnham IS so
busy just now that he has little time to
talk. But he did pause long enough to
say: Yes, sir, the work OF installa alton
IS progressing satisfactorily, Exhibits
are now coming by the train load, and
are being handled as fast as they ar
rive. The next two weeks will see
good-sized villages spring into existence
e within each OF the great structures
here. AZ soon as these pavilions are up
the actual work OF arranging the dis
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the creatur gets its name, this al
5pendage belongin only to the adult
male. 81 These animals are entirely help
less. and sailors used to provision their
ships with fresh meat by driving herds
of them away from the water and
Strengthening them at leisure.
B Among the interesting beasts to be
shown by the National museum In its
exhibit Of the animals native to this
country is the Rocky mountain ante
Lore. This WAS the famous sswoOIly
horse which figured in the political
songs of the Fremont campaign. 1t
tinct, but it is one Of the least known
of American mammals, because the re-
gions which it inhabits are almost
inaccessible. Neyerthe it is NOT
very alert and is easily shot when it.
can be got at. 1t will be represented
by a group, as will also the woodland
caribou. which is the reindeer of New
foundland. The latter has been near
" eXterminated. Another group VIE
show. the barren ground caribou OF
Alaska. Both of these are regarded as
varieties of the same species as the
domesticated reindeer, which have been
newly imported by the government
from Siberia for the benefit of the
Alaskan natives. For them it is ex
pected to supply the place Of the wal
rus, inasmuch as it is the most useful
animal in existence. Its skin serves
for clothes. bedding, harness, ropes and
| fish lines. It's sineWs dried and pound
ed into thread make wonderfully
strong nets. Its bones are soaked in
seal oil and burned for fuel From it's
horns are manufactured weapons, sleds
and various household implements The
flesh is excellent meat, and a rein
deer will draw a sled $50 miles a day
| over snow and ice.
In mounting these specimens anu.
1 groups much effort has been directed
to secure the effect. Of the ori giIlal sur
roundings of the animals in nature
For example, the barren-grounti carl
/ bou stand in the midst of piece OF
/ actual Alaskan scenery, moss, Hchens
and other small plants having been
brought all the way from Alaska to-
help out the setting. The rocks on
which the walrus is placed are copied
from samples which Mr. Palmer
brought all the way from Alaska to-