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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22
MAY MARRIAGES UNLUCKY.
An Old Superstition Which Has Pow
erful Influence with European
Bridal Couples.

| From the New York World
The municipal statistics of the city of
| Marseiles. France, show that on the 18th
| of April, 1894, there were registered at the
| mayors office in that town no less than
ninety four marriages. Why this enor-
nous number? Because, according to an
| ancient tradition couples that marry in
| the month of May expose themselves to
| great danger-death will soon smite the
| unfortunates, or, at the very least, their
| union will not be blessed with children.
| Therefore a large number of Marseilies
| lovers awaited themselves of the last days
of April to join themselves in wedlock.
Thi. curious superstition is 10y no means
| col fined to Marseilles. NJ. lie Blaut, a
| French investigator. ascribes 1T to an
| origin in Roman antiquity. The Roman
poet Ovid said that May was no time fer
| widows to marry, or for yourg girls and
| dd,ls that the imprI dent woman who
braves fate by so doing will die early. Plu-
tarch agrees to the truth OF this.
1t may be because of this ancient prin-
ciple that the Roman Catholic Church has
made the month of May sacred to the
Virgin. However this may be, the idea
has certainly perpetuated itself with singu-
lar persistence. TaSSoni, writing about the
middle of the seventeenth century, relates
that among the inhabitants of Ferrara
many young mobiles and princes who were
married in May died only a few days af-
terward. 1T is the observation of this
strange fact" he observes, that induced
the Ferrarese, it is said, to follow the
ancient custom
At the present day the superstition has
not ceased to show itself in certain regions
of Italy. in Roumania, i'm South Germany,
Bohemia, Westphalia, England ard France,
notably in Saintonge and in the Cevennes.
where every one acknowledges the truth of
the proverb The month of flowers is
month of tears"
Perhaps" said Plutarch. the month of
May is regarded as unlucky because it
comes between April and June. the months
respectively of Venus and Juno, the tute-
larry goddesSes of marriage. Or perl aps ii
is because May is the month of the feast of
the Lemurs, the souls of the dead"
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blossoms with wide outreaching arms like
branches advancing upon them. AT the
same time he heard strange sounds like
the rustling of new leaves and the twitter-
ing of angry birds.
1T is the spring ,siantv' shrieked the
nurse. She whipped up the little white
donkey, which was of a rare breed and as
fleet as horse, and as they flew along she
told the prince breathlessly how My Lady
Primrose had been born en- a Christmas
day and spoken her first word when the
first primrose plossomed, and that had ex-
posed her t. great danger from the spring
giant in all countries where primroses
grew, and especially on sunshiny days.
Il don't understand 1T, painted the nurse,
but tits in her family. poor dear"
ride faster. ride faster!' moaned My
Lady Primrose, and the prince spurred on
the black horse.
"Only a husband who can take her away
to live in a country where the primroses
cannot blossom can save her." said the
nurse. The minister and the doctor and
the man that wrote the encyclopaedia all
said So"
ride faster" sobbed My Lady Primrose.
'"There is one comfort" painted the
nurse. MY Lady has got a piece of the
north pole in her pocket. end that may
keep him back a little. The north pole Is
made out of ice that can't melt. My Lady's
great-grG ndfather discovered 1T, and he
knocked a piece off with his Jack knife and
brought it home in his carpet bag. 1t has
been in the family ever since. 1t is a
heirloom. The spring giant is afraid of it,
He thinks it will give him chill. 1t may
keep him back"
Ride faster" urged My Lady Prim-
rose, and the prince spurred the black
horse. but the spring giant gained on
them. His arms, like waving branches,
seemed to almost touch them: he Cast
shadow over them and the sounds of
rustling leaves and angry birds were ir
their very ears
oh! My Lady shrieked the nurse, feel
in your pocket and see if the piece of the
forth pole is safe"
My Lady Primrose put her hand in her
pocket. then size gave a cry of dismay.
The piece of the north pole was not there.
"Oh," she Sobhed, II have left 1t in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22
ONE USE FOR CRICKETs.
Their yOrncity of Service In Clearing
n Kitchen of COciSrOaches.

From the New York Sun.
81 wish the crickets would stay about the
house all winter, Just as they do in the
SUMMER exclaimed the observant Jersey
mans wife the other day.
why? Do you enjoy their singing SO
much?" he asked.
mo; it is not that, although do like to
hear them chirp. The particular reason
that makes me wish they were still here is
that the cockroaches are beginning to ap-
pear again about the kitchen. A big one
Just ran across the floor, and you know
would rather die than touch one of the
nasty things. They seem to know it, too. for
last winter there were several great big
ones which took possession of corners
where there We're covers for them, and
would dart out at me almost every time L
went near them. When we moved the
kitchen into the basement they all came
down here.
when the summer began the crickets
came in. Besides being pleasant compan-
ions, i'll a very little time they seemed to
have eaten up every cockroach and croton
bug, ard didn't see one of them again I'M
til just a few days ago"
Crickets are noted among entomologists
for their voracity and pugnacity In some
parts of the world they do much damage to
grass lands, and children are employed to
catch and kill them. These crickets live in
burrows in the ground among the grass.
The burrows are six or eight inches deep.
The children have merely to stick a bit of
stiff grass down in the burrow. If there is
a cricket in the hole he will resent this in
trusion upon his privacy, seize the end of
the grass in his mandibles, and hang on so
persistently that he can be drawn entirely
out of the burrow and killed before he will
let go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22
One Thing Lacking.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The mammoth department stores supply
all wants. Not long ago customer in one
of these all-round stores purchased a CON-
plete house-furnishing supply, including a
dog, parrot and a monkey. He bought
himself a suit, and, having an ugly tooth,
he had IL eased up without going out of
his way. Going up another flight, lac sat
for his photograph, passed into a physi-
clans Office on the same floor, was taken
seriously i'll Oh the floor above, died there,
was placed in a coffin out of stock near Iy
on the same floor. and sent home. The
manager Of the house added in q business
like way: I'VE would have furnished a
coroner and jury II the friends of the de-
ceased hadn't been i'm such hurry"
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round face was all pink with bushes
She trembled when the young man went
down on his knees and asked her to marry
him, and go away with him to his coun-
try. II am a prince said he, land you
shall be a princess and live in a white
palace and dine on stuffed peacocks and
wear pearls as big robins eggs and
diamonds like stars. But more than all
that, you shall have my true heart to keep
for your own all your life"
"'Tis the gift of king. and the gift of
q man, and primroses grow not in his
country" said the old nurse, and her green
eyes shone.
Ny Lady Primrose smiled at the prince
and the fragrance of a primrose came in
his face. II care nothing about the white
palace nor the stuffed peacocks nor the
pearls nor the diamonds" said she, but
| would like your true heart to keep for
my own all my life"
Then she stood up and called for her
green hood. but the nurse cried out in
horror. ''The sun shines!' she shrieked
You cannot go today"
II must go today said the prince, for
1 rode for my life when I saw you at the
window. The king of this country has
declared war with my father and 1 am
two days journey from home"
''She cannot go out when the sun shines"
cried the nurse.
Give me my green hood" said My Lady
Primrose, and the nurse got it and tied
il on her mistress beautiful head with
trembling hands.
Ally Lady Primrose rode behind the prince
on his great black horse and the nurse
followed on the little white donkey. She
kept looking back with terrified eyes. hut
the others did not seem to fear anything,
and locked only at each other. So they
Travelled on the first day and came to a
shepherds hut, where they lodged for the
night. All night long the old nurse sat by
her mistress bed and watched with her
green eyes and shining in the dark like a
cats and the prince marched like sent1-
mel up and down before the door. He was
in danger himself from his enemies, and a
terror OF something else that he could
not explain had come over him.
The night was passed in safety and they
started early the next morning and rode
along through a beautiful green country,
but all three rode in terror, and kept look
ing over their shoulders. Suddenly My
Lady Primrose shuddered and chung more
closely to the prince. Ride faster, ride
faster" she moaned.
The prince glanced back and saw a great
figure of misty green like a tree. which
seemed, moreover, to be foaining vita
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22
4 GUILD OF RASCAIS.
4 OmbinatiOn That is TerrOrizing
Indian Territory.


From the New York Times
1t has been openly asserted that there
is a guild in the Indian territory number
ing over 1000 persons and believed by
many to number over 1000, which protects
the active participants in train robberies
and other lawieSS deeds and which shares
in the proceeds accruing from the work
OF the more reckless members. This guild
il cludeS farmers, Cattlemen, hunters, rail
road mel, telegraph operators, Indians
and business men who are supposedly
engaged in honorable occupations The
membership includes men in northern
Texas and southern Kansas, especially in
the branch or section composed of rail
road men and telegraph operators The
movements OF trans are reported and
press cars given, well as the prepara-
tons for resisting attacks. The move
ments OF pursuing parties are always
known. and every contemplated action by
honest officials for the suppression OF law
lcsSnesS IS known to the desperadoes be
fore ii is made. This would indicate that
many of the deputy marshals are i'll league
with the guild, il, indeed, they are not
active members, as some known to
have been in the past.
The farmers in the territory, who are
principally "squaw men," men with In
dian wives, or renters" very seldom re-
fuse to aid the active members of this
guild, and rever give reliable informa-
ton concerning them.
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COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.
New Light on the Subject by an En-
glish Writer.
From an Exchange

From an Exchange.
An English writer has recently been CIV
ing some what he calls new light on love,
courtship and marriage" that is worth con-
sidering. Anybody, he says, who has not
yet fallen in love can readily raise the
vision of the subsequent dear one by look
ing at himself in the glass. If he be stout,
the girl will probably be thin: if he mas
snub nose, his love will center about
Roman one: if he is dark, ten to one
blonde ultimately captures him. Thus ra-
ture corrects defects and strives to realize
her ideal. The same holds good in a meas
ure of the mental qualities. A fool should
make 1t his business to fall in love with
clever woman; and, conversely, wise man
should marry fool if he has any respect
for nature. Note, further, that girls with
Roman noses are, as a rule good house
managers; but against this amiabe quality
must be set the fact that your Roman nose
is essentially managing in every direction
and is not content with domestic duties
alone.
Your Roman nose in fact, requires
complete surrender, and is rarely happy till
she gets it. Noses, he thinks, are a leading
index of character. Avoid sharp nose.
If, besides being sharp, it is tinted with
varying shades of red or blue, or is blue
pointed, there Is asperity of temper,
which it would not be well for you to en-
counter. Let your converse with blue
points" be confined to the oyster bar, then.
Avoid the blue-nosed maiden as you would
the blue-noSed oufangoutang-both are cap
able to infinite mischief He also eau
tions us against red hair and bushy eye
brows. In selecting a husband Choose
sensible man, one of solid, mature judg-
ment. broad, perpendicular forehead,
with the upper part somewhat projecting
over horizontal eyebrows, and vivacious,
deep-set eyes, are said to denote practical
common sense and mature judgment" Ex-
Cellent advice, only bit too general. as is
his infallible recipe for winning his love.
To do so a woman must possess womanly
graces, the power of setting out her quail
ties to inspire the tender passion and
a gift of fascination. That is the whole
secret.
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nut Dance" jolly little thing we all APP
plauded The crack of the whip in that
same Might S, ,Frolic'' was initiated by the
striking together of two hinged pieces of
wood. The same instrument by the way,
that is used to- signal to the young women
who do the Amazon march. The same noise
is sometimes made by suddenly jerking a
leather belt held by the ends.
Initiating Animals.
The bird calls at the end of the piece
were the ordinary whistles familiar to
every sportsman. The hooking bird looks
somewhat like a watering pot. 1t is
filled with water and the tin shopman
blows into it through a hollow whistle.
The water supplies the peculiar bubbling
of a birds song.
Little pigs under the gate" has outlived
its popularity, but when the orchestra
used to play il the grunt of the pig was
made by the Yiolins, with the bows against
the tail piece. The squeal of the same I'M
musical animal was played on the violin
strings back of the bridge.
The sharpening OF scissors in the ''Scis-
sor's Grinder idyl was simply the man in
the corner of the orchestra Scraping sand
paper With a bit of window glass. The
cackle of a hon is, perhaps, the most ex-
asperating noise that comes from the tin
shop. To make it, a tiny hole is cut in
the bottom of baking powder can, am
through this is passed long cord, fast
ened by knot inside. The player rubs
rosin on his fingers and, drawing the cord
slowly through them, initiates the barn
yard belle to the life
That is the work of the man in the right
hand corner of the orchestra. Everything
about the theater, from the leading lady's
smile to the low comedians bald head is
intended to deceive. and the orchestra has
it's share of the deception to furnish; but
1t Is very innocent fraud, and one we
would not like to be without, for more
than half the pleasure of the orchestra's
music centers in the little man in the tin
ShOp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22
The StenOgrnphcr's Discovery.

From the Chicago Tribune.
A young woman who has done stenog-
rapher's work in several Offices downtown
says that the man In his Office has q side
which his family never sees. If he is cross
and mean at home he is agreeable in his
office If he is an angel under his own
roof and courteous to those whom he meets
in the street he is sure to be Grabbed and
curt in his office. She wonders why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22

Famous Violimst (after his great solo,
do you play any instrument frauein?'
Miss Ethel-"No; my mother always said
that her children should not be nuisance
to any one if she could help it."-Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22

seat near the or
chestra just to watch
the little man in the
tin shop?
III you have not
you have missed one
of the greatest pleas
ures the playhouse
affords. Y gu m a y
nave seen the stage
from the rigging loft,
you may have sat on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in i'm
effects, prepared only from the moss
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend il
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 800
md 81 bottles b, all leading drug
yists. Any reliable druggist who
nay not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
7ishe to try it. DO not accept any
lbsti tie.
cal .TORNLA FIc SHRUp co
shR FRANCISCO Cal.
lou VILE. Ky NEW YORK ~
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Better Have Been Unsafd.

From the Detroit Free Press.
He-I wish 1 could take nap every af-
ternoon, because it makes me SO much
brighter in the evening"
She-"What pity you can't!'
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under shelter"
She-"Who told you it was raining?"-
Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22
December
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22
Plays a Variety Of Instruments in a
Theater Orchestra.
uses BOTH HANDS AND HIS FEET
He Initiates Animals and Con-
tributes to Descriptive Music.
SOME CURIOUS DEVICES
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

AVE YOU EVER
III : ssa; to snS ne ,. ;s:s': :
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-11
-.
A FEW BLAZES.
Fire Department Disturbed Sew.
eFai Times.

Fire Department Disturbed Sew
eFai Times.
st. Paul firemen had an easy time
through the heated portion of the. day
yesterday. In the evening, however,
things were different, and they had a
chance to warm up several times. At
9:43 box 81 was pulled. 1t called the
department to boarding house at tue
corner of Kittson and Seventh streets.
Ii was thought that the blaze here,
which originated in the kitchen, was
causad by sparks from passing loco
motive. This was easily gotten under
control, with practically no estimable
damage.
An alarm came in from Box 121 at
1923. and second alarm was turned in
at 1925 from Box l23. both for the same
fire. In this case it was two barns at
226 and 22S Cayuga street respectively
Both were unoccupied. One. estimated
to be worth not over 500, was entirely
consumed. and the other was partially
burned, entailing a loss of about $50.
At 1:I2 this morning officer William
OBrien pulled Box ~. corner of Sew
enth and st. Peter streets. The de-
partment found the fire at 90 West
Seventh street, occupied by 81. c.
Sehilling. dealer in groceries. The fire
was occasioned, so it was reported,
from the explosion of kerosene lamp.
The department kept the flames con-
fined to the basement. As it was the
fire consumed but little except few
empty boxes. Chief Jackson estimated
the damages as nominal-probably less
than S25.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-11

This brief announcement will be read
with sorrow and regret by hundreds of
people. not onlyin these cities but in
the state at large. as he had the personal
acquaintance of all the active politicians
III both parties. 80 T.
Mr.. Ward was taken sick Thursday
night with congestion of the bowels.
On Saturday night his condition was SO
critical that DR.. w hitcomb advised his
removal from his residence on
Churchill avenue to the city hospital,
where few hours later he expired.
He was forty-two years OF age, and all
and Minneapolis, chiefly in newspaper
work. Twenty ears ago he had charge of
the Minneapolis department of the Dis
patch, and when the GLOBE started in
1878, ne took similar position OIL that
paper.
He left his position on the GLOBE to
become Mayor Ames' private secretary,
and upon the completion OF Mr.. Ames'
term of office resumed newspaper work.
The larger portion OF his work was in
Minneapolis, but, coming to st. Paul
for legislative reporting. he finally
located here two or three years ago. and
was first employed on the GLOBE, but
was with the Pioneer Press at the time
of his death.
He always took great interest in poll
tics, and had very wide Northwestern
acquaintance with members of all po-
litlcal parties. Everywhere he went
John Ward made friends. and only eX-
pressions Of sorrow for his death and
kind words for his memory will be
heard. His friends i'll the Twin Cities
are only limited by his acquaintance %
Among his newspaper brethren he
was universally popular and john
w ard never waSIefused aefavOr by any
of the fraternity.
Several years ago his wife went to
California for her health. but died at
Salt Lake City OIL her return trip.
He married again few months ago.
and. besides his wife. leaves three
daughters and a son, the latter in the
East. One Of his daughters is married.
and lives in Minneapolis. The others,
aged seventeen and thirteen respect.
lively, were living at home.
Arrangements for the funeral are not
yet complete, but it will probably take
place OH Tuesday, under the auspices of
the Fress club and fraternity generally,
with whom he WIS so great favorite.
SORROW IN MINNEAPOLIS.
The News of John Wards death was
received at police headquarters yester-
day with sorrow, and many were the
expressions of sympathy given vent to
by the officers. The long connection of
the deceased with the police department
under the Ames regime made Illn we'll
known and popular. The old-timers OIL
the force knew him Intimately Aside
from his position as adjutanG OF police,
he was more or less associated with all
of them in the capacity of reporter.
He was well known in newspaper cir
clcs and throughout the city, aad wide =
| spread SORROW Is expressed at Inside
n,ieo