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AS TO COINCIDENCE.
Some Queer Exa mples Which Help to
Strengt hen Superstftton.

Strengthen Superstition.
The London Spectator has a clever ar
ucle entitled THE Tyranny of Coinci-
dence." The example shown is OF
lady who was driving outside OF Athens
When the horses were halted one of the
team refused his oats. The Greek coach
man insisted that his horse was under a
spell. The young English lady had an
''evil eye" The man told Miss Symonds
to spit-that was the only cure. The young
woman was forced to go through that un-
ladylike performance, and at once the
horse took to his feed. THE coincidence
riveted the chains of superstition upon the
driver tighter than ever"
Many condolences of similar charac-
ter must occur to the reader. Here is a
case: A child was told to put a four-leaf
ci,~er in his left shoe, and was assured
that he would be sure to find something"
Ths little boy did so and had hardly moved
out OF his tracks in large grass grown pas
ture before he found an old half-dollar of
an ancient date, evidently lost years be-
fore. The child was not guperstitlUHs,
and fortunately the parents were not. The
matter of coincidence was explained to
him, and among other Things he was plen-
tifully supplied with fcur-leaf clovers, but
he never found anything.
The origin of superstition associated with
amulets or any material objects must
owe its being TO Just such coincidences.
Among those who.are not educated it may
BE- that the tyranny of condolences does
exist. but it should not hold with those hav-
ing sound minds. We all have, however,
a dark chamber in our brains, and it is there
that the owls and bats of superstition flap
their wings.
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WHERE EGLADIA TORS FOUGHT.
Revival of the Oily mpic Games In the
stadium.

Stadium.
II the Greek newspapers do not exag-
serate. the revival of the Olympic games
next spring will be upon an imposing scale.
The International sports. as already an
nounced, will take place in the ancient
stadium, which will be rebuilt for the
purpose at an expenditure of 500. 900
drachmas, wholly subscribed by II. Ave
roff a wealthy Greek in Alexandria.
1t is to accommodate 100, 900 people.
boat races will be 70 wed tween Old and
Sew Pha!erum, the harbor OF Munychia
icing used as q shelter in rough water. 1t
is expected that more than 200 boats will
axe part in these contests. For the run
iing it is proposed to adopt the historic
-un to Marathon. Invitations have been
iorwa rded TO 1000 different athletic
clubs in all parts of the world, and 300
have already agreed to send representa-
lives. AT night the Stadium will be lighted
by electricity, and native dances will be
performed. The Acropolis and the other
ancient monuments will also be illuminated
More than 100000 visitors are expected
20 visit Athen from the provinces and
abroad, and the executive committee are
anxiousiy considering the best means for
the accommodation of this influx. Greeks
at home and abroad are Ia king the keen
est interest in this national undertaking,
and large sums of money have already
been forwarded from London and Alex
andria. Nearly 100000 drachmas have
been collected in England.
The evening times., 1895-08-24
AS SEEN FROM ABROAD.
An merican's View of His Native
Land.


After all, to behold America in all its
beautifully true significance one must stand
upon strange shores and look across vast
seas.
have rat sacked every Granny OF surprise
in America, climbed her mountains pilIa Ged
her mines, caught fabulous sea rlets in dying
prairie suns, watched the moon wane over
the inverted stalactite of the Ga ricn of the
Gods, slept in adobe huts and coast pal
aces, but never stood awed before Ameri-
cas- poSsessio MS and possibilities save whers
boundless deeps focus vision to immensely.
Squirting through the fierceness of Ameri-
can life, head down and eyes closed against
the cyclone Of american .'push," we never
take time to adjust the telescope, but tear
along, catching hurried glances through the
little end of the magnifier. 1t is only when
the drone and gracious old Guietness of the
busted eyes, leisurely lift our Columbian
heads, and in bravest truth support the lers
that America assumes the august, inCOm-
parable majesty OF infinite superiority
1t is no longer young; it is old The
nation is advanced and smart and cultured.
We have history blue-molded and moss
grown, and except for painters, poets and
idols who belong 10 no age nor to any one
country, monuments, and the mistS of
tradition do not see but that America is
about as awesome and mature as any other
country-P aris correspondence Chicago
News
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a Land slide.

"A soldiers first duty. l understand. is
obedience, major" observed the bright
lady at the picnic.
..Yes, main. Blind, unquestioned obe-
dience MANI"
And did you never disobey command,
ma jor?''
.-Nevah but once, MAIN, in all my sub
Wis"
'Ah? How was i?t''
1T was al Mission Ridge. nam. When
the Yanks came ovah the hill in greatah
numbahs, the brave boys had to 60
suah;-"
"Retreat?'
Retreat. 1t was then the cunnel iGmped
into the crowd and shouted stand yp'
ground. men. Stand yo' ground, majah.
stand yo' ground! And
..You didn't stand your ground, majUr?''
ITO tell yo' the truth, mann, the ground
was goin' undIh me so infunnel fast that
l couldn't catch n footholt. l could hahd-
ly touch IL as 1T went by!"-Cieveland
Plain-Dealer.
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dition of desuetude. The naturally eager
and drenching hose rots upon its nozzle
Bathing brushes and gloves and sponges
are unknown in the toilet shops. The bath
tub is obsolete. OF the vast quantity OF
soap necessarily produced In city Of
world wide porcine fame, nearly all is
exported.
This was one time q mystery-this per
sistent carnival of CRIME, but it is now ex-
planned by the discovery that the eminent
medicos of Cincinnati have warned their
patients against the external use of water.
Apparently they knew there was little or
no danger of a tho free use of that liquid
intcr crnally.
The evening times., 1895-08-24
DEACON SAW 1T.
Sea Serpent Story From Way Down in
NIniue,

Maine.
Capt. Charles Deering, of the steam
ship fremont, a gentleman whose story
can he accepted without reservation.
gives an account of a close view he had
of a sea serpent-for there is sucii :
thing, whatever it may be. when !
was about fifteen years of age" said
Capt. DeeriDg, II was cook on q sail
ing packet on the coast of Maine. The
vessel was at anchor one day in Penob-
scot Ray, about half mile sou'west
from Cape Roster. The captain and
myself were dressing the fish, when we
heard a noise that sounded like the rush
ing OF a brook over a fall The captain
shouted What's that?' and both of us looked
up and sa W a huge creature of the serpeat
kind passing at about 200 feet distance
from the vessel on the port side. 1t was
moving swiftly at the rate OF between
fifteen and twenty miles an hour, and max
ing a strong wake. Part OF its head was
above water and was that of a serpent;
the body appeared to be about as big
as a hogshead, and at least 100 feet
long. Its movement through the water
was the same as that OF water snake.
We were amazed at the sight 1t k-pt on
its course and triedto pass between the two
Islands. where the water was very shallow.
This it seemed to find impossible, and in
turning back-tacking ship, so to speak
the monster threw its fOrepart what seemed
20 us about fifty feet out of the water. Then
we became satisfied beyond doubt that
we had seen the long talked-of sea SER
pent. Shortly afterward, in Edgemoggin
Beach, this same serpent, or one exactly
ike it, was floating at rest on the surface
OF the water, and was seen by the Castine
cutter. which happened to come along,
That same season Deacon Allen, who lived
on Pond Island, in Bluehill Bay, while row.
ing between the island and the mainland.
passed close by the same creature and saw
il distinctly Portland Argus.
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pense of the French King. His success was

pense Of the French King. His success was
achieved at Versailles. The King, disbeliev
ing in Georges reputed wit-for the willy
Georged edissem bled as gawk-showe him a
picture OF the crucifjxion a and asked him his
opinion. Buchanan prefessed the densest
ignorance This said the King, lis a
picture OF our Savior; the figure on the right
is the Pope nj that on the left is my own"
George replied: II humbIy thank your Ma j.
esty for the information: for, though have
tween two thieves, yet never knew who
they were before"
Buchanan was the King IS scounseloras well
as his entertainer. but on one occasion he SO
offended his sovereign that he was ordered
never TO show himself on English ground
again. He withdrew to Scotland, but re-
turned, wearing high pair of boots filled
with Scotch soil. and was pardoned for thus
cieverly complying with the letter If not the
spirit OF the Kings command.
He was met one day by three bishops. Said
the first: Good day, Father Abraham.
The second said: Good day, Father Ifaac,"
and the third: Good Cay, Father Jacob"
To which he replied. II am neither Abraham,
Isaac nor Jacob, but Saul, the son Of Kish,
sent out to geek my fathers asses, AID loi
have found three OF them"
He treated a Scotch bishop with even less
respect, for he cut tie poor mans head off!
This is how it happened: The Scotch prelate
was malignant" coming hitler "for the
reduction of the church. Meeting him On a
bridge, George cut his head off and threw it
over. Running to the king lie pleaded Justify
for pardon. as without it he was dead man.
The king most seriously asked aim what he
had done. Thrown Scotch bishops hat
over the BRIDGE" was the reply. James
laughed heartily, but as soon az he mad
passed his royal word, George cody said
Indeed, my sovereign, / threw his hat
over the bridge, but his head was i'll it!"-
Chicago News.
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testers OF the Court.

Court testers and those favored by the no.
bflity were not jack puddings. They were
men of wit and education, clever enter
tainers, quick in repartee, often relied
upon for counsel as well as for amusement.
Some of them became persons of consequence
in the land, notably William the Norman's
Jester The rociety clown of modern draw
ing room entertainments is obviously the
SUCCESSOR of these men. The most grotesque
Of the older type of society clown of
whom we have any record appears to have
been George Buchanan, who accompanied
King jamie over the border. If all we read
of him b. true, he was adrOit, but indeli
cate-a very queer customer indeed.
Many good stories still in circulation, though
more OF less modified, are attributed to
him.
The French King desiring 10 pick quar-
rel with the English court, sent letter, de-
string that 1t should be read before Parlia
ment, as follows: "WiN 1 come? Will
Gomez" An evasive answer, which should
neither offend nor seem pusillanimous, was
desired At Georges instigation the reply
was: And ye comel and ye come! and ye
comel"
Buchanan scored a second time at the ex-
The evening times., 1895-08-24
PROFIT IN HER PLAGUE.
The Rabbits of Australia to Be E1
ported for Food.

The Australian Secretary for Agricnl-
ture has received 4 letter from Mr.. Ferry,
OF the Agent Generals office, stating
that it is expected during the coming
season that the price of rabbits will bo
from 10d. to lid. each. The charges for
dock dues, carriage, and commission at
London are about Id. per rabbit, and to
Hull or any other manufacturing pruvin-
cial cities about one penny extra. He
adds: There is not the slightest doubt
that a very large trade indeed is open
to Victorian rabbits in the great manu-
;acturinS districts, such as Leeds, Man
chester and Sheffield, where all the mem
bcrs of a family work at the mills, and
therefore have not much time tn spare
for cooking. Rabbits can be easily
coked, and are accordingly much IA
vored by mill workers, and it is M un-
usual thing when rabbits are cheap for
them to be the sole local meet food eaten
by the family during the week" He
strongly urges Victorian shippers To take
4 small profit in order to assist in push
ing trade in rabbits in these districts
Melbourne Argus
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DOn'tS for SportSmen.
Don't sneer at the man who prefers fish
ing. G. Cleveland is an angler.

| Don't sneer at the man who prefers fish
| ing. G. Cleveland is an angler.
Don't forget that other members may
have a few friends as well as yourself.
Don't forget TO be n gentleman al all
| times If you wish TO be true sportsman.
Don't shoot toward the wagon-the birds
| there are supposed to be dead, anyway.
Don't aginc that nine in 4 bunch will
necessarily get more chickens than three.
Don't shoot your neiGhbor's decoy duck
| full of holes. 1t has done nothing to you.
Don't play cards all night and keep the
rest of the party awake that want to sleep.
Don't have your picture taken surrounded
with your victims. 1t looks bluodthirsty.
Don't imagine that the entire world is
aching to know the results of your expe-
dition.
Don't stop to see whether 1t is mallard
or teal before shooting. 1t may be out Of
range.
Don't be a hog and claim every bird Shot
went down with the contents of your barrel
in him.
Don't carry hammer, except on the gun
season.
Don't try to get in a couple of shots before
advantage.
Don't shoot in the brush without great
care. Better take home one less deer than
one less hunter.
Don't ask any one else to load your sheIls.
His ideas may be entirely different from
your own.
Don't leave your campfire burning. 1t
may chase you and lead TO hard feelings in
the neighbOrhood.
Don't conclude that the most costly Fuit
or gun makes the best hunter. Comfort and
convenience count
Don't get "stage-fright'' when you hca.
the .houk -honk-honk' of the big ones rise
This will be hard.
Don't waste time on prairie wolves.
You might get $40 worth of chickens
while chasing one So coyote.
Don't expect Welsh rarebit from the un-
fortunate who looks after the fire. Prairie
chicken ought to be made to do.
Dou'tshOot where you see signs up: Keep
Off" The owner may be an ex-pugilist,
who took up farming when his vocal organs
gave out
Don't insist that your gun is the only one
in the world. Nine to one you will meet
some farmer with a back number hair-raiser
who has three times as many birds as you
have-Minneapolis Times.
The evening times., 1895-08-24
DANGER IN WATER.

That Cincinnati physician who has an
nounced to a long bathing public that
It has been mistaken all these years; that
the American people battle too much, and
that a volume of the ills to which human
flesh is heir is due to the excessive use of
the bath, has, possibly unco nsciDusly,
given an explanation of the external ap-
pearance OF his city.
Cincinnati seems to fairly revel in dirt.
It does not Inok as though 1t had taken a
bath for years. 1t gurgies with joy en-
wrapped in its coat of fog and soot It
grows fat on CRIME. The death rate falls
away in dispair in the presence of walls
and souls encrusted with relays of soily
The street sweeper is in a con-
The evening times., 1895-08-24

Southern Cahfornia's orange crop this
seasonhas brought to the growers about 81 :
$50 900.
"sunstruck collars brought to in short or
der-two cents per collar" is the sign in q
New York Laundry.
The Victoria Embankment in London has
a surface OF 4S 900 square yards, and costs
$4,000 year 10 keep in repair.
II is said that more visitors to Mount Au-
burn Cemetery, near Cambridge, tarry ut the
tomb of Edwin Booth than Of any other.
Hog cholera, or some disease resembling
II closely, has been killing off the swine in
the neighborhood of New Cumberland,
w. Va.
w. A. Fitzpatrick Georgia veteran, who
claims to be 1O5 years old, has applied
for pension under the ilNligent pension
act.
genuine Panama hat is go flexible that
1t may be compressed into small compass,
and, being released, will resume its former
shape.
Clearehus, the Spartan, laid down as one
OF the maxima of war the statement that
soldier ought to fear his own general more
than he did the whole hostile army.
The royal family of Italy Is said 60 he
charmed with their new kinswoman, the
Duchess OF Aosta. Queen Margherita eepe-
cially Is happy at the choice of the young
Duke.
By tho use or the mechanical devices now
employed. it is said that workman can
make the bodies" for 400 hats q day. BY
the hand process he could prepare only fous
or five.
John Twamley, of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
wants 500 men with Winchesters for the pur-
pose Of hunting geese on the Gulf OF
Mexico" Twamley is q Cuban sympa
thiZer.
The expectation OF oranges and lemons
from Palermo to the United States during
the year 1894 was eight times as much
as the expectation to all other foreign
countries during the same period
Lord and Lady William Beresford (the
latter formerly the Dowager Duchess Of
Marlborough have been fishing for salmon
in Norway. They paid 81, 900 for a salmon
stream and caught two fish.
Louise Imogen Quincy and Miss Alice
Brown have Started together for a walking
trip thrsugh England. Miss Quincy is the
well-kpown critic and postmstress. and
Miss Bro wn mas books TO her credit.
A small grocery store in East Ninety
second street, New York. has n sign ort
which reads: ''5pounds of hgi-class sugar
given away With every pound of high-class
oO-cent tea. Also 4 sugar bowl with 2
pounds OF tea
A new solar physics observatory is to be
erected in India. at Kodaaikanal, in the
Paiani Hills, 900 miles south of Madras.
1t will photograph the sun daily. and will
undertake a systematic spectroscopic ex-
animation of the sun.
The evening times., 1895-08-24
The Rocsereller family, of standard Oil

fame, deserve o monument as high and Sub
stautial as the pyramid of Cheops. 1t is
publicly announced that Miss Emma, the
eldest daughter OF William G. Rockefeller,
has engaged to marry DR.. McAlpin, son
of a tobacco mi nufacturer. Miss Edith,
a daughter OF john d. Rockefeller, will
soon be married to a Mr. Mccormack, an
other American; and William G. Rocke-
efeller, jr, will wed Miss Emma Stillmau,
an American girl What has come over the
spirit of the dreams of this American
family of the nouveau richie class, that it
had no desire to capture a least one duke
or 1uchessc. or something of the kind?
The evening times., 1895-08-24
TAKE THE TIMES WITH YOU.

Summer Outings VIII Not BE En-
JOyed Unless 1t Goes Along.
The summer tide of pleasure and
healthseekers has set in toward
mountains, springs and seashore.
No plnns for the seasons outing
will he complete unless The Times
Is included among the necessaries.
Men and women may go from town
TO leave care behind, but those who
would keep their finger on the pub
lie pulse, or be Al breast of the worlds
happenings, or, indeed, who need n
golden link bet ween themselves and
the whirligig of time-these must
have The Times sent daily TO their
sylvan or seaside retreat.
The evening times., 1895-08-24
A Wise Boy.

1t is wise boy who knows just what to
TO In an emergency.
First Boy dropping in for calD-what
are you doing with your hat and coat and
big boots on in the house?
Second Boy-Aamma is putting things
TO rights. and want to keep these things
where can find d'em.-Philadeiphia Times
The evening times., 1895-08-24

Only three weeks old, and yet how pop
ular and robust. ard everywhere in evil
dence! Even that great music laureate,
Fanciulli, has written a march, which will.
Of Course, be immortal, called it The
= New Baby" and dedicated it to The
Evening Times.
The evening times., 1895-08-24

Little Alfonso, the nine-year-old King
of Spain, with his revolution in Cuba and
wishes ne were a Grown-up man and given
something easy-sometainG like being u
boss in Pcnns ylvania, Maryland, or Ohio,
for instance
The evening times., 1895-08-24

Spain and its newspapers may get mad at
the encouragement given to the Cuban cause
in the United States, but Americans will
continue to shout for Cuba hbre all the
same; and the little eunboats which have
been sent to intercept filibustcring cxpedi-
tons, will carefully avoid being watchful
The evening times., 1895-08-24

If the Fish Commission would but give
its attention to !ocd fish propagation, and
use the Government vessels and the nice
cottages at the stations for that purpose
only. generations to come would rise up
and bless Ii.
The evening times., 1895-08-24
s,,scr,,.rs IN .rne Times" vii,

Subscribers to "The Times" Will
confer favor by promptly reporting
any discOurtesy of collectors, or neg
lect of duty on the part of carriers.
Complaints either by mail or in per-.
son VIII receive prompt attention.
The Morning Edition should be de-
hvered to all parts of the city by $50
o'clock a. m, including Sunday. The
Evening Edition should be In the
hand of subscribers not later than
$50 u. IN.
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The Times gives grat,iitously the infor-
nation OF the host OF heirs who are claim
Ing share of the 81 SOC, 900 TO be paid
to the Mora ciaina nts, that they need no.
waste their time, as the attorneys have
The evening times., 1895-08-24

When recruiting stations for volunteers
for the Cuban revolutionary service are
reported to be springing up in Kansas, one
may easily guess what the Mephistophelean
hand of John j. Irgalls is doing.
The evening times., 1895-08-24

The Canadian government has contracted
at cost of about 100000. for six
large fog horns. which viii be placed under
the supervision of the government engineers
at the most dangerous points along the
Gulf OF st. Lawrence -ss
The evening times., 1895-08-24

Conyicts in the Michigan State prison
are allowed to keep birds. and as result
OF this there are fully COO fcathered song
sfers in the prison, all owned and cared for
by the prisoners. Their caroIlings In the
morning are one of the odd features of
lie at sthis Institution.
The evening times., 1895-08-24

There is one other thing that Secretary
Morton ought TO abolish. and that imTcdi-
ately, but he is too great an egotist to guess
what it is
The evening times., 1895-08-24

"The Washington Times" is a men,
Dor of the Rochdale Cooperative So.
ciety.
The evening times., 1895-08-24
A THRILLING FICTION.

The greatest detective story ever
written. Read .:The Hindoo Charm"
In tO.mOrrow's Sunday Times.
The evening times., 1895-08-24

1t must be pretty hot in Kentucky, when
even his friends admit that Joe Blackburn
is sweating blood.
The evening times., 1895-08-24
A THRILLING FICTION.

The greatest detective story ever
written. Read :The HindOO Charm"
In to.m0rr0w's Sunday Times
The evening times., 1895-08-24

Ruskin, according to a new anecdote.
attended an exhibition of inipressionistic
paintings some time age, and seeing an
acquaintance said: Leave this place.
Don't allow your eyes to dwell OH these
impertinent, insolcnt daubs. 1t is sin
to prostitute noble calling in such a
way; it really makes me feel ILL.,"
The evening times., 1895-08-24

You'll read the Morning Times, IL
you want all the newsi
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With Literary Folk.

A prominent dealer in books says: ut is
the old fictiou-Scott, Dickens and Thack-
eray-that the new readers are reading,
while the old readers are the main support
of the new fiction"
The evening times., 1895-08-24

The English publications set an example
to all commentators on public people by
their invariably placing the title-if ORly
plain Mr.-before every author, artist or
actors name. In this country, where the
freedom of the press or our omnipresent
occidental sacrifice of all else to speed
makes us be as hslef as possible. the ex-.
treme care of even the newspapers always
to handle their subjects with this delicate
consideration is remarkable. at least, but
no doubt our American men Of art aud
letters would be thoroughly appreciative
OF such a courtesy.