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fancers, and unpleasant stories were
told of Alnason's queer influence over the
women. Time after time efforts were
made to drive, them out of the neighbor
hood, but without success. Ainason is
very shrewd man, and when the law was
evoked he was generally able to Nriggle
himself free by the infence OF some legal
techmcal.ty. Except for his shrewdness
ii might have been possible to have him
confined on the insanity plea, but the peo-
pie who dislked him the most acknOwl-
man.
Called 1t Happy Wiley.
The strange people lived on what was
known as the Storms farm, about three
miles from Park Ridge, suburb less
than twenty mites from New York The
farm is in a sparsely-settled region. and
its isolation was one of the causes of the
prolonged stay of the obnoxious sect in
threats were made Of tar and feathers
for the. members of the band, but Nina
son only laughed them to scorn. Nina
son called III, farm Happy Valley" The
nelghbors called it "Hells Hole"
The farm Was the property of Hermann
Storms, a weak old man with a wife and
daughter, the latter named Mary. In
he became a member of the Storm fami-
~. Prior TO Mnason's advent in the
household both Mrs. Storm and Mary had
displayed an almost morbid interest in
religious matters. Shortly after Mnason's
appearance the two men who afterward
became known as John the Baptist and
Silas the Pure appeared, and later the
two old women The names OF the latter
are Jane Howells and Mrs. Berry. The
names of the two men were never
learned.
In a short time Mnason became the
real head OF the household. Old man
Storms, who was a shoemaker and farm
er combined, was showed into the back
ground, and his wife ana daughter
treated him with no more consideration
than did the others He was permitted
to have no say in the management OF the
house. and fear of bodily ill-treatnent
kept his mouth sealed. He never joined
the religious band. and for this he was
always spoken of by the others as an
emissary Of the devil. Sometimes he did
EomP d 10 Ine 9 tbe 6nie anI my
rested. but his fear of openly disgracing
his wife and daughter held him back.
About a year and a half ago. after
many previous attempts. the people had
John the Baptist and Silas the
Pure arrested on the charge of keeping
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TRIE CHARITY.
Bless the children!

DleSS lilc Illi1N2 GIL
Their hearts are easily touched, and
when they give it from the love of giving
and not that they may be known as
benefactors.
The bud of the infant class when she
contributes her penny to the missionary
fund knows that she is doing something
for a dark infant of about her own size,
and she gives cheerfully.
An illustration of this pure upsefish-
ness of childhood is found on the West
Side.
The mother is interested in practical
charity-a sympathetic, sensible charity
that goes out 10 find those who need
help. She makes frequent visits to the
homes Of the destitute. and before she
leaves a home it is happier because of
her visit.
The other day she was telling a caller
of a visit she mad made on the previous
II found the family living in a mis-
cradle little house of only two rooms"
said she. 1.-The husband wasn't at home.
but as nearly as 1 could learn he has
fairly intelligent. and she said they had
once been in comfortable circumstances
There were four children The oldest
was a girl of z, and there was a baby
about ~ years old. They had no fire
and hardly a crust to eat. They were
such pretty children. too
During this touching recital the g.
year-old had been standing beside her
mother, listening very gravely When
it was ended she ran into another room,
returning presently with both hands full
OF pennies.
Mamma" said she, .emptying the II
take my savings money and buy some
gum for those poor little children. Chi
cago Record
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those who knew her, was the most
delightful sponsor New York has ever
l1nowns When Mrs. Cleveland came to
New York to live, as an ex-president's
wife, society wondered if they should
visit her. McAllister was interviewed.
and so were the reputed society lead
ers. and some said yes, and some said
no. Mrs. Whitney said nothing at all.
but she gave a grand reception in
honor of her friend, invited the fash
ionable set. and Mrs. Cleveland became
again the first lady in the land.
The Letters, of Chicago and Wash
ington, were introduced in New York
society by Mrs. Whitney, and beautiful
Miss Mary Letter, the daughter of the
western dry goods king, became the
belle of the Patriarch ball set. and re-
fusei more of the young scions of the
Knickerbockers than any maid who
ever came to Gotham from north.
south, east or west. Now she is going
to do what so many of our girls do
every day, and that is, exchange her
beauty and her millions for an arts
tocracy, which is the real thing. for
her future husband is down in Burke's
Peerage, and there is not much going
on beyond that
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at the house Just before Mnason left.
and he described the performance TO me
writer. No other outsider has eyer H11-
messed the spectacle. This is the way
the dance is described:
Finally when Mnason had eaten
enough, he seemed to make up his m rInll;i
is among u.s. he shouted. Chase him
awayl' At this old Jane Howells got up
and began to prance around the table as
Jump over itl' shouted Mnason. She
put her hand on John the BaptiSts
shoulder and sailed over the table a.
most without touching dish; Then she
commenced to cavort around Us again
until she had covered fourteen laps.
During all this time the others were
elapping their hands, praising the Lord,
efforts. She got wilder and wilder, and
finally jumped upon the table and slashed
around among the vegetable dishes. she
stepped on a big cake and mashed it fiat
In the meantime old man Storms, who
had not yet finished eating. grabbed some
,buttermilk pap and fled. The old woman
until she had overturned nearly all of
them. Then she sat down by John the
BAPTIST painting with eXertion- amid the
rapturous ordinations of the disciples.
This was the ordinary Angel Dance
but i did not end here. Things would
have quoted down if John the Baptist
had not leaned over and made an affec-
Tomato remark to the painting Mrs. How
ellis. Mnason heard it. and waXed wroth.
He jumped up and kicked the table over
Away went the turnips. potatoes, but
termilk pap and dishes with a great clat-
ter. In an instant Mnason and John the
Baptist were clinched like a pair of cats
and rolling over the floor among the de-
briS fighting for dear life.
'Silas the Pure in trying to part
them, received a quantity of mashed po-
tatoes in the left eye. Then the women
took a hand and the dishes began to fly
You could have heard the noise of COM
bat mile away. When they got through
there were mashed turnips and butter
milk pap on the windows and walls, and
mashed potatoes on the ceiling. The
floor was covered with broken dishes, and
the place looked as though it had been
upturned by an earthquake.
In their struggle the disciples had
rolled over and over on the floor until
their clothes were covered with proven
der When quiet had been restored Nina
son said, Praise the Lord and the 9TH
ers said 'Amen, That settled it. I did
not join the Church OF the Living God
The cause of Mnason's denarture was
the fear of another term in the peniten-
tiary. The neignbors were preparing for
another crusade against the Angel Dane
ers when he left. John the Baptist and
Silas the Pure have also disappeared
The two old women still linger about the
Storms farm. but there is meat on the
table now, and old Hermann Storms is
once more boss.
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DISCOVERY OF CATsUP.
Through n Preserve Makers Mis-
take in Using Wrong Ingredients

Through Preserve Makers Mis-
take i'm Using Wrong Ingredients.
'"The discovery of catsup and how
the odd-sounding name came to be ap-
piled to that common and important
table garniture was, curiously enough,
due to blunder by a preserve maker
many years ago, when the canning in
dustry was in its swaddling clothes"
This statement was made by veteran
member of thetWestern Gamers and
Packers association at the fremont
yesterday.
1T is only another illustration he
said, how mistakes sometimes lead to
important discoveries. In connection
with this story, I may add that when
/ was a boy, tomatoes-from which
catsup is made, or Adams apples, as
they were known in those days-were
considered rank poison. They were
looked upon only as beautiful and val
liable additions to the flower garden as
an ornament. No one dreamed what a
delicious article of food they were.
I'm the east many years ago, a we'll
known preserve maker, now dead,
while boiling a huge cauldron full Of
tomatoes for preserves one day acct
IDENTIFY put the wrong spices and other
ingredients into the boiling mass of
vegetables. He did not discover his
error until some time afterwards,
when, tasting the mixture to ascertain
whether it had been boiled to the
proper consistency. he saw that some
thing was wrong Tomato preserves
never tasted like that. He smacked his
lips, puckered his mouth, and made
very wry face as the bitter-sweet and
now familiar pungent flavor of the
mixture made itself felt.
Showing the caldron off the fire to
prevent a possible scorching, he made
a hurried investigation, quickly dis
covering that he had used articles
strange to preserves. and the result
was that steaming but not unpleasant
favored mess before him.
well said he. with a rueful ex-'
preston on his face, speaking to an
attendant, the cats up meaning by
that slang term that the toma toes had
been spoiled.
1.-THE whole mess was about to be
thrown out, but, fortunately for cat
sup-loving mankind. a happy thought
suggested itself to the author of the
trouble. The taste of the new mixture
still fingered on the palate, and he
had to confess that it was very pleas
ant I wonder how that will taste on
piece of roast meat he remarked,
anu TIE SuSSeSliOA WdS
acted upon. with the result that the
caldron of boiled tomatoes was care
fully bottled, and it soon became
popular table adjunct and a source of
great profit to the discoverer. The
name 'Ketchings' was first used to
designate the new condiment. and it
Is yet to be occasionally met with, but
the proper name is 'catsup,' from the
angry expletive of the cook when he
exclaimed the cats up in discovering
what he had done. "-Chicago Times.
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IN 1856 not only sold cloth and buckram
and buttons and thread, but charged
good round prices for the same.
Nicholas Stuyvesant sold handker-
chiefs and caps, and Peter Goelet dealt
in states, knitting needles and steel
knee-bucl1les, which must have been a
profitable business, as the old mans
descendants, Robert and Ogden Goelet,
are n,any times millionaires. Fred
erfc,x Rhinelander, whose descendants
now own castles on the Rhine. as swell
ae nalaces III New York. sold cups and
earcers and teapots fspelt .pott''),
while William sold yards of red and
reI5ow calico. James Roosevelt was
e~acar and Cornelius Roosevelt sold
sI,cl, plebeian things as lamp-biack, lin
Sod n.f and window glass. Jonathan
EisT1 was a weigher and weighed tons
IF Iogwood. but this was back in 1869.
The list is made from an old package
IF reaeipted bills belonging to the last
csntllry. They are authentic, and all
Of fine names are high up in the book
~ American Peerage today
This proves beyond all question that
s-ciaI prominence is founded upon
9yeaItf. and the fortunes of the Knick-
srbockers were made in the same sub
sta,stial manner and by the same hard
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MoLAssEs BETTER THAN VINEGAR

Say began Ruggles. as he stopped
the man on the street, you see before
YOU"
"Oh, I know what you are going to
say" interrupted the man. Your wife
is sick, your children are starving, your
house leaks, and you. yourself, haven't
had anything to eat for thirty-six hours.
You can't get work. and"
You're on to me, amt you?' returned
Raggles.
''Well, 7 should say I was
Been round a good deal. amt you?,'
That's what 1 have!' and he straight
ened up proudly.
ITS pretty smart man that works
you for coin. I knowed that when l first
seen you. 1 says to myself, that a man
with seCh an intelligent face as YOU has
can't be fooled. But I goes against my
better judgment and tries it. and now see
what a fool I've made of myself. 1 hum
bly, axes your pardOnr' and Raggles
made a humble obeisance.
oh you needn't feel SO bad about it..
replied the man. Here take this.' and
he deposited a quarter in Raggles' IN
callousod palm. and STROBE on with his
head in the air.
'sFlattel-v pays, and it don't cost much. -
said Raegles to himself as he started TO
find his friend Dusty, and tell him to
head off the soft and shining mari; on
the next bloca.-Indianapoli News.
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strokes that the Vanderbilts, Austin
Corbin, Gould and the more recent mil
lionaires dealt in making theirs.
number of the most delightful So
ciety leaders recognize the fact that
the colonial DANES and other Ameri-
can aristocrats who trace straight back
to colonial days usually find that the
organ of their stately name and
princely fortune can be found in some
neat, clean. little milk and butter or
calico and thread store, and these wise
men and wiser women welcome great
many delightful people into their circle
of friends and eventually into that
MISUNDERSTANDING position, COM
ponent Of New York's swell society.
a Great sponsor.
Paran Stevens for having the indie
pendence to make friends of whom
She pleases, and of introducing her
new friends to the extremely conserva-
tive society people, who are so glad to
know and to make much of the new
corners after Mrs. Stevens has, as 1t
were, vouched for them. This jolly,
good-tempered godmother met the
GouldS in England last summer, and
found them delightful to know, good
looking, happy, and altogether agree
on their yacht ATLANTA, and when she
came to New York in the autumn she
returned the Inequalities. and not only
made Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould have
a jolly time at her marble palace on
Fifth avenue, but also made them the
fashion
Jay Tried TO Get 1t.
Not three years ago Jay Gould gave
a grand reception for his daughter.
Helen Gould: the list of invited guests
contained the names of all the Four
Hundred, besides very large list of
personal friends who were not Of the
fashionable set. Not one of the society
people came, and here, not three years
afterward, and two of those years
spent in mourning, and the most ex-
elusive and aristocratic scions of the
Knickerbockers are out in full force
at the Castellane-Gould wedding, and
Mrs. George Gould told an intimate
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One of the strangest characters in the
whole wide country-a man whose re-
ligious fanaticism has long troubled the
community about Park Ridge, New Jer-
sey-has just packed up his few traps
ana fled TO Scranton, Pa, with the in-
tention of SEEKING new fields for the
planting of his new Biblical beliefs.
The man is known as Huntsman Nina
son. He calls himself the Saviour and
claims that the Lord speaks through hin.
and that whatever he says is the voice of
inc gospel. AT the place in New Jersey
where he has lived for the past five years
he has six converts, four women and two
men. Three of the women were old, and
the fourth was young girl attractive
and pretty. One of the men was knowli
as John the Baptist" and the other was
called Silas the Pure" Mnason was the
chief of The band, and he lorded over the
others with a power as absolute as if he
really were what he claims TO be-
The people in the surrounding country
always spoke Of them as The Angel
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oerbilt family, with moro than $780,
OOO.O00 at their disposal, were numbered
among the outsiders? Mrs. Willie K.
Vanderbilt, who is now SO delightfully."-
exclusive that she has only one hun
dred and fifty of the bowling swells on
her visiting list, sighed in vain for an
invitation to the Patriarch ball, then,
as now, the social court of America.
But when William II. Vanderbilt. the
father of Cornelius. Willie K, Fred
and George, got ready to enter society.
he opened the way in a magnificent
fashion and landed his family in the
front ranks, where they have been
ever since. Every one remembers the
gorgeous Vanderbilt costume ball
which reads like a fairy tale now. in
this year of marvellous entertaining.
Diamonds, rubies, emeralds and
pearls decked the hosts and the guests,
and cleaned in the draperies and
hangingS Of the palatial house. All
society was hidden to the feast, and
all society donned its best bib and
tuck ( and straightway came. and the
Vanderbilt entrance into the most eX-
elusive circles by what was afterward
20 be the Four Hundred was a thing
accomplished.
Humble beginnings.
1t is interesting to note those who
most vigorously opposed the Wander
bits, giving as their reason that the
aristocracy of this new world should
not be based upon dollars, but COM
bination of blue blood, with, of course.
some money There were the sAstors.
whose dear old grandfather came over
from d little town-Waldorf. in Ger
maryland peddled pelts and furs TO
such advantage that today the Astor
family has $2600OO, 900 of increasing
wealth-producing properties
There were the exclusive LivingstOns,
who are so proud of their name and of
dating back to Colonial days when
their honest old ancestor, Philip Liv-
ingston, in 1869 sold sugar loaves and
pounds of tea and made out neat bills
for the same in pounds, shillings and
pence. William and John De Peyster
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(Mritten for The HeraIdl

kWrtlen Tor The HeraId.)
open sesame, and the jewelled doors
Of New York society fly open on their
golden hinges, and behold! you are one
of the family. Providing-a great
many things.
You must have wealth to do your
share of the heavy spending, you must
have health to keep up with the never
ending round of amusements, and you
must be jolly good fellow, else they
will have none of you. Above all, you
must have a social sponsor, a kind of
fairy godmother, to strike the barred
doors and give the password and, fail
ing her, your other qualifications will
avail you nothing.
Would you believe it, that fifteen
years ago the great and powerful Van
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THE SECRET of LIFE.

Sir Benjamin Richardson. NJ. D., of
England thinks that the normal period
of human life is about no years, and that
seven out of ten average people could
live that long if they lived the right
way They should cultivate a spirit of
serene cheerfulness under all circum-
stances. and should learn to like physi-
cal exercise in a scientific way. No man.
he says. need be particularly abstemious
in regard to any article of food, for the
secret of life does not lie there. happy
disposition. plenty of sleep, a temporal e
qualification of all natural appetites, and
the right kind of physical exercise will
insure longevity to most people.
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long that it hung down on his shoulders,
and his beard fell almost to his waist
Mnason.. does not believe in any marriage
law, and all of his disciples must believe
as he does. lie also lays down the law
band subsisted entirely on potatoes, tur--
nips, bread, fruit and a mixture called
buttermilk pap. The diet gave all OF
q vigorous man, though. and as he now
wears his hair and beard close cropped,
he is not so eccentric-looking as formerly
The Angel Dances.
The Angel Dances often took place. at
meal times. A resident of Park Ridge:
who was invited to become q disciple OF
the Church of the Living Cod, suppeo
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friend the other day that she had had
requests for invitations from society
people whom she had never seen. Mrs.
Stevens must be fiattered to think that
in less than a year she can, if she so
wills, not only introduce a family into
society, but put them in a position
where they can assume the leadership
if they choose.
The COrbin's Hard Fight.
Pretty golden-haired Miss Annie Cor
bin, daughter of Austin Corbin. the
railway magnate, is another of Mrs
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think it was the Iselins who stood
sponsor for beautiful Mabel Wright,
who had no claim in social distinction
except her marvellous blond beauty.
And she was beautiful-fair as a lily
and queenly and stately beyond all the
women who danced the hours away at
the Patriarch ball seven years ago,
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Huntsman.s Strange Letter.

Mnason's idea of himself is admirably
shown in the following letter which he
sent to Presiding Judge James NJ Van
Allen the day he left for Scranton. Judge
Van Allen was the official who sentenced
him to the year in prison. This is the
letter:
AFTER taking my departure from thee.
OF Hosts, the Holy one of Israel, in a
still voice, spake unto me as 1 went on
my way down the street to take the train
to New York and thence to Scranton, Pa
The still small voice of the God of Israel
spake unto me. saying:
Thou son of man. write unto Van
Allen, the judge and ruler in Israel, my
word, saying it is written whatsoever thou
has met unto others shall be met unto
thee
Moreover. the word of the Lord came
unto me, saying:
.As thou, ruler, met unto those my
servants in the court of Injustice and in
tended to stop the cause of the Almighty
and most high God, so will I stop thy
course in the world of thy natural life.
and thou shalt be removed
moreover, the word of the Lord God
Almighty came unto me, saying: Thus
saith the Lord Almighty unto the ruler
in the midst of Israel, an angel of the
Lord God, the most high that ruleth in
the kingdom of men will smite thee be-
cause thou wouldst not give God the glo-
ry and the worms will eat thy flesh and
thou shalt give up thy spirit
'eThus saith the Lord God of Israel. the
most high unto thee. For the mouth of
'--S - 'MNAsoN."
Doesn't Believe In Marriage Law.
Mnason and his converts always snorra
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Stevens recent proteges, and she gives
the most delightful and unique enter
tainments in her fathers magnificent
home, and society finds itself wonder
ing now and then what they did during
Lent and other dull times before Spon-
sor Stevens gave them the pleasure of
knowing her.
How Mrs. Cleveland Got In.
Lovely Mrs. William C. Whitney.
whose sad death is still a sorrow TO
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a disorderly house. and they were all
sentenced to one years confinement at
the trial the two companions of Mnason
refused to divulge their identity and
served their sentences as John Doe and
Richard Roe. During their Imprisonment
the farm to her. and on the release of
the three men last September they all re-
turned to the farm and the orgies OF the
Angel Dance were continued with more
abandon than ever.
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HOW THEY GOT
INTO SOCIETY.
Some Famous Moves Made bv
the Great Fani-
lies.
GEORGE GOULD'S SCHEME.
OTHERS HAD A STRUGGLE NEARLY
AS BARD.

Heaith, Wealth and Nerve of yari-
Gus Kinds Are Requisite to Sue
ceed-LilSe Other Esteemed Luxu-
ries, the Price Paid is a High One
Social Sponsors.
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TWO OF A KIND.

Sitanchin-'Tf / had your money, I
know what I'd be-"
What would you be?"
Sitanchin-"Jlst as mean as YOU are"
Kate Fields Washington.