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ously and were three feet high the first

ously and were three feet high the first
year and gave leave the second.
When the trees began to mature the Sec
ond year every one went crazy. The grow
piece of ground would bear profusely. an
other would seemingly defy cultivation. In
had her collection of cocoons, reels, damp
ing apparatus and brushes for starting the
silk to wind. and this fad dominated So
side OF the caterpillars, and one In revenge
for the slight sat down on and smashed a
choice collection OF Italian nar- Sar,PPsa
losing the heart of his Jemima forever.
The first sale OF trees was on the DOCK,
street sidewalk of the exchange. Year old
trees commenced at 80 cents apiece and
then ran up to 81. Now. an acre of ground
would grow about $500 trees, so the growers
had reason for getting excited.
c%obbling on Pegg street, lived with his
father in 1889 I'm a little board shanty on the
southeast corner of Tenth t and Fit Eltsw saer
ming west to Eleventh street. Ola Sypert
was wide awake, and planted this ground
with morus multicaulis. and they grew
abundantly. He had numerous oners, out
held on till October, and then sold out Tor
1900. He had been offered the ground Tor
$3.50. His next crop in 1870 was valued at
81 for the crop and the lot was runned Tor
all planting purposes. Nothing but dyna.
mite will eradicate the roots, ano tney VIII
close a we'll one hundred Yards away.
on the Goth of September, 1899. Trees six
feet high started at s. and rose 10 81. Philip
Physick gave the final stroke to his fortune
Nv buying $4,000 worth, and the proceeds
VI the sale came TO $4,000.
In Baltimore the craze was as bad, and
some prominent people ruined themselves.
The Carrolls. of Carrollton, were credited
With the loss of much of their possessions
~ this speculation.
And now there began to be doubts, and
much figuring was done. and it became ap-
parent that the native silk would cost about
not as good, and so the bubble burst. Nine
tr-five per cent. Of the spectators lost
more or less. Some won. A prominent rcn
INTO the nobility of Europe. made their
start for afluence. in the money made by
their old Dutch grandmother on the little
street. right opposite Flower. now Fallon
street, while James Horn and Philip Ply
sick lost 800, 900 apiece.
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FOR THE PIPE FuExD.


Detroit Free Press.
exhibited by Mr.. Robert Elliott. Of London,
at the International Tobacco Trades Ex-
hibition in London in June. The collection
ffUmpr aif pa 1ver of f the w nu1dred rh spe Tomdon
Tobacco Trade Review of Aug. l thus
speaks of the most interesting of the Afri-
The first African pipe that came under
notice was a beautiful piece of work; the
stem, three feet in length, is BRAIDED with
raw hide and ornamented with leaves and
lowers in gold and silver, while the bowl
is ivory mounted. An Ashantee pipe has a
stem forty-three inches in length. of carved
wood; bound round for twoTthirds. of its
length with native beaded work. Another
stem of forty-three inches. bound round
with snakeskin; and these may be regarded
unique specimen is a pipe from Zanzibar.
The bowl is Of carved pottery. and the
stem (sixty inches) is plated round wish
white and black h~orsehair; the mouthpiece
is studded with silver. hammered in. and an
Immense amount of labor must have been
expended in making this pipe. An African
pipe with a large stone bowl was next seen.
the stem being ffty-fve inches long and
partly bound in raw hide. There were two
magnificent Ashantee pipes will stems
their entire length. From the north coast
of Africa Mr.. Elliott has obtained a pipe,
the bowl of which is of box horn and
carved gourd; this is>a remarkable speci-
men. and is typical of the tastes of the
natives in that part of Africa. FearfuIiy
and wonderfully made also is an African
pipe, the bowl of which Is of carved stone
weighing about seven pounds, while the
forty-six-inch stem is bound with rawhide.
One OF the most remarkable specimens is
an Ashantee pipe. the bowl being of wood,
carved in the form of a woman's head: the
eyes. tongue and ears are represented by
corals. the back of the head is encircled by
two rows Of beads, in addition TO which a
pin of coral ornaments the hair; the stem
thirty-nine inches) is covered with plated
horse hair. A pipe from the west coast of
Africa has a stem fifty-seven inches in
length. being Of beautifully carved wood
formed in sections. From the same district
came a pipe, the bowl of which is made
from the base of a deer's antler, the stem
being hound i'm raw hide. There are also
some fine pipes with pottery bowls col
lected on the west coast OF Africa; and one
African pipe consisted of a stone bowl
with a stem three feet in length. decorated
with handsome feathers. The collection of
African pipes Is unique, and must amply
repay MIR. Elliott for the pains he has
taken in acquiring il. Ono Ashantee pipe
has a bowl of carved horn. then bound
with bead work and ivory, while another
has a carved buffalo horn stem decorated
with silver work and beading I'm a manner
which serves to demonstrate the penchant
of the natives of that country for articles
of an elaborate character, in the making
OF which a large amount of patience and
perseverance has been necessary.
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MORUs M~ULTICAULIs BUBBLE.
a Boom I'm the Culture OF the Sill
Worm Which Ended DisastrOusly.

Philadelphia Times.
In 1899 Philadelphia was only a big VIII
lage, and everybody knew everybody else's
business, and on Sept. 20 our people were
enjoying all the excitement of a boom. as
the great sale of "morus multicaulis' trees
was to come off on this day. Although il
is only ffty-six years since, there are very
few people now living who have any def
mite recollection of the popular craze and
its evil results. 1t was the oil speculation
OF those days
In 1873 a society was formed here TO pro-
mote the raising of silk worms and the man.
ufacture of silk. and very handsome prem
iums were offered for the finest lot of CO.
coons and specimens of raw silk. But pub
lie interest ~languished until in 1888. when a
seductive stranger appeared In this city.
and by representations OF the profits to be
made from silk raising started a veritable
boom, which quickly extended to all the
large cities, but here the fever was very
virulent.
1t was easy to get the worms from abroad.
but the feeding OF them was a serious mat
ter. Each full grown worm ate twenty
ounces OF mulberry leaves per diem. SO
nearly every one that owned or could hire
a piece of ground planted II with ''morus
m~ultcaulis' seed. The plants grew vieor-
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AUTHOR OF 1.-THE MANXMAN.v
Hall Caine, the English Novelist. VIII
Spend n Few Weeks Here.

%~SN I'LL %'1atA anu
Alittle man with b~ristling beard and long
hair, who was clad in a gray suit that
Americans might consider rather loud.
stood on the White Star line pier at 1890;
imagine that the little man with the foot
ball hair was the author of that novel.
Still IL was Hall Game, the popular En-
glish writer. who had then just reached
|. the pier on the steamer Teutonic, which
brought him from Liverpool.
First impressions are sometimes deceiv-
to the little man with the long hair before
he begins to realize how clever he really is.
He owns a pair of eyes that are the stamp
ever illustrative of its owners determina-
ton. The author is about forty-five years
old and not much more than five feet three
Game and their little son, who is about
seven years old.
William H. Appleton. the publisher, was
at the steamship pier TO welcome the En-
glish penman. When he left the other side
1t was officially announced that he was
coming here as a delegate from the Brit
ish Authors Association. ASKED by a Mail
and Express reporter as TO what he in
tended to do here. Mr.. Game said:
II have a number of objects in view, but
can give no Information concerning several
of them. because they are of private and
personal nature. My chief object. however.
is TO interest myself In the copyright laws.
This is to be a convention of publishers
and authors at ottawa, Canada. and / shall
he there as a representative of England.
l nave planned TO remain ten weeks on
his side of the Atlantic. / intend TO re-
main three days in this city. when / shall
leave for Montreal. From Montreal 1 will
go to Ottawa, and then TO Toronto. Be-
fore / return home / shall spend several
days as the guest of Mr.. Appleton at Lake
Placid in the Adirondacks.
Lecture? Well. l may. but it is not
definitely settled yet. i do not yet know
what arrangements Mr.. Appleton has made
for me. 1t may be that 1 shall not appear
in public at all. Yes, / am at work on a
new book. but IL will not be ready until the
fall. If then. In the meantime. / am look
ing out for material for another book, and
may find u here"
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WANTED TO FIX THE ADDRESS.
She Would Have Johns Letter IL h
Had to Wait All Night.
Star.

washington star.
mo, SIR said the clerk at the stamp
window, "the life we lead is not what peo-
pie nowadays term a soft thing. IL you
could spend q day here you would not won-
der why my hair Is turning gray at thirty.
What worries me?" and the smile with
which he accompanied the words was BIT
terness itself. I'll tell you what worries
me. A thousand and one things! A thor
sand and one persons of every age, char
acter and description. Dining questions
into my ears every minute in the day. And
they expect me to answer with imper-
why. only last Friday" he continued.
"a sour-faced old lady came in to inter-
evening, a time when l ordinarily have a
little immunity from torture. but when /
saw her approach I scented trouble.
in that place ar hour ago. Indeed /
replied. politely. that is the proper place
for it 1 know. but / want it again. she
retorted. it wasn't properly directed 4
but ii is against the rules for me to return
a letter to any one. IL your letter Is de-
master of the place to which it is going,
and he will see that il is properly de-
iivered. Besides, there are a thousand or
find yours. even il it were right / should
do So Those rules you speak about are
all nonsense. 1 must lave that letter to
was beginning to get a little warm about
the collar. but i held out bravely. 1t is
forbidden to return a letter. for whatever
purpose, and | cannot do it, this as graz
ciousIy as / could. and. as I said before,
/ have no time TO run through a thousand
or more letters 'Whatr she cried, 3hak-
ing her parasol in the window. uncomfort-
ably near my face. don't you -s'pose I
know what you're paid fer. You're paid
to do as the public demands. And I tell
you / must have that letter. It's to john
Wesley Dyer. Philadelphia, and l shan't
leave till you hand IL out. IL l have to stay
till morning. Do you hear? tried an
other argument. 1 consented to search
the receptacle for the letter and hand it
to the postmaster. whom she could con-
suit in the morning. But that would not
do. She must have the letter she had
put In there. and would not stir a step
until she had gotten Ii and fixed the adj
dress.
Making the best of a bad matter. I
went about the task of finding the precious
missive with as good grace as l could COM
mand. bat. though ! worked as rap'dlv as
l could. frequent Interruptions retarded my
efforts. and half an hour had elapsed be-
fore I nnalIy unearthed II. asked the
woman IL IL was the letter In question.
and she said IL was, fairly snatching IL
from my and And What do you suppose
was the alteration she deemed so impera-
tive? Don't know? Well. when she re-
turned the envelope to me she had simply
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AN L I R FAILS.
J.. II. brewster & Co., Carrfage Manu-
facturers. Make an Assignment.


NEW YORK. Oct. 12-J. B. Brewster &
CO.. Incorporated. manufacturers of car
riages. with ware rooms at No. $50 Fifth
Avenue. made an assignment to-day for
the benefit OF creditors 10 John A Carver.
The officers OF the company are Joseph
c. Smith. president: r. Schuyler Tucker.
treasurer and secretary
Assignee Carver says it is yet too soon
TO give even an approximate estimate Of
the firms assets and liabilities. Mr.. Carver
Is certain, however, that the liabilities will
be somewhat in excess of the company's
capital stock Of $lS5.000. To Offset this, he
says, the firm holds pledged bills to the
amount of $4,000. The firm Of j. Il. Brew
ster & Co. is one OF the oldest i'm this city,
and has always enjoyed the highest repu-
tati0n. 1t was installed over a hundred
years ago by the father OF the present head
OF the firm, who took his sons. James Il.
and Henry. In partnership. A disagreement
between the brothers was followed by a
dissolution of the interests. TIE two firms
became fierce rivals. the establishments be-
Brewster x Co.'S mark read. "of Twenty
NTH street" and the other firm, "of Broom
etreet." j. p. Brewster & Co. were known
FOR their conservative business methods.
This was In a measure the cause of the
failure. although IL Is said they have not
one. dollar OF bad debts on the books.
James B. Brewster is over eighty years
old. and has taker little or no active interest
In the Offices OF the firm for some time
whether or not the firm would be contin-
q
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In Certain Directions Women Weekly
Id.

Recognise Ii.
DorcthY Maddox, in Philadelphia Inquirer.
I wonder, and / know / never shall get
to the bottom of this mystery, at the IA
lives in. or / might say with wards in
general. To a brother il seems to signify
just as much to remark that a person
street and number of his house were
named.
When women vote. along with other
TO push away from their path Will be the
difficulty Of acquiring such knowledge or
the city's divisions. that they can all by
cast in the ballot-box their dainty political
And again 1 wonder at the bold. UNI
shady side OF a railroad car. Unless I
follow In the wake of one Of these trous-
cred superior beings / vibrate from one
ing fear that may hnd myself well on
my journey with a glare or sunlight
streaming through my car window.
give away OF my stupidity. and I only air
II for the sympathy OF my sisters who
have been there thenselves) that the sci
ence OF the whole thing lay in selecting
the sunny side of the car before the train
started. when ii would by some unacconnt-
able process develop into the shady SIDE
culine lead / found this 10 be the case. and
/ finally concluded 10 adopt IL as a prin-
ciple; but lately | have put 1t into practice.
and ii has failed utterly to work L have
travelled many uncomfortable miles with
never n sunny shift about.
So / have concluded 10 20 back 70 my Old
habits and dog the footsteps of some mas
culine travelling companion until he settles
himself on one side OF the car Then L
shall follow suit, and ] am sure l shall not
be alone IN my methods.
Evekind shows almost one mind In this
dilemma. Frequently ] have seen whole
4ocks of petticoated travellers start up
from their seats like birds in a marsh. and
with perfect confidence futter after one
specimen of the stronger sex who had
moved across the aisle for a change Of
seat
Why are these things thus and so?
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DULUTH. Mimi. Oct. 1s.-The Temple
Opera House. one OF Jacob Lifts theaters.
burned his morning. Flames were discov-
cred bursting through the roof at 12.l5.
and in thirty minutes the entire interior of
Sully had closed an engagement and left
the theater less than an hour before the
fire was discovered The loss is s1o0.5o0. The
theater is the rear section OF the Masonic
Temple building in which is located the
Public Library, but at this hour IT looks as
IL a are wall between the two would save
the temple. The Masonic Hall extended
across the theater on the sixth floor and
the loss to this is probably 5000
AT 2 O'Clock this morning the fire is un-
der control. The Masonic Temple was
saved except a portion on the sixth floor.
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Obituary.

WASHINGTON. Oct. ~l2.-Colonel Hamp-
ton b. Denman died here yesterday, aged
sixty-ive years. He was born in Ohio and
was related to the Blaine and Ewing fam
lilies. He went to California. in 1916 and
was one of the Rucker relief party which
carried provisions across the mountains to
starving immigrants. He was the first
Mayor of L-eavenworth. Kan. and a men,
Der of the first Kansas Legislature.
LEXINGTON, KY. Oct. 12.-General Will
liam j.. Lan9rum. of Lancaster, KY. vet
eran of the Mexican and civil wars, a per-
sonal friend of General Grant. and a man
of high character and attachments. died
late last night in his sixty-eighth year. He
held many offices of trust and was presi-
dent of the Mexican Veterans Association
of Kentucky.
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Wabash won the toss and chose west
goal. Ristine kicked off thirty-five yards
and the ball was carried back fifteen yards
by Noblesville. Wabash ball on fourth
down. Several small gains. Clouser made
a gain of twelve yards, and Reed eight
yards. Ristine went through center for
five yards. Wabash lost the ball to Mobiles
vile on downs on Noblesville's two-yard
line. Tucker went through the center for
twelve yards. Noblesville fumbled twice
and Darrah punted but Wabash blocked
the ball. Wabash got the ball, gained ten
yards and lost on a tumble. Tucker went
through tackle for four yards Bush went
around the end for ten yards and runs out
side. Wabash ball on downs. Wabash car
ried ball back eleven yards by small gains,
but lost on downs. Tucker and Norton lost
seven yards on fumbles. Darrah punted hf-
teen 10 Wabash, who made short gains.
The first half ended with ball on Mobiles
ville's ~five-yard line, will the score MOTH
ing to nothing.
In the first half the ball was not outside
of Noblesville territory. In the second MALT
the game was more closely played. Second
half began at 3:g. Noblesville kicked for
ty yards to Wabash. Ristine punted fifteen
yards. NoblesviLe maze small gains. Bush
pt.50eQ through the tackle TOT HrSl tOuCh-
down ten yards from side line. Bush
kicked out and full back fumbled. Score:
NobIesvilie. 4.
Wabash kicked thirty-ive yards and No
blesville carried the ball thirty-four yards
and punted. Clouser gained five yards and
Wabash gained ten yards on off-side
plays. Patton gained ten yeards and Clous-
err gained ten yards. Wabash gained ten
yards IN of-side plays and then gained
eight yards more. Noblesville got the ball
on boundaries at Noblesville's two-yard
line. Noblesville gained two yards. but
Wabash recovered the ball ON the on-sloe
play and rushed through tackle for touch
dosyn. Ristine kicked goal. Score: Mobiles
Vile, A.; Wabash, 6. The half ended with
ball in center of field in position. Referee.
Fairbanks; Hnesman, Wellborn; umpire,
Peffely.
Wabash has secured. a coach for the
football team in the person of F.. d. Arms.
who played half back in the University OF
illinois team year before last. Work will
now begin in earnest The lineup of the
men at present, with their heights, weights,
a. rI~.~n
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BOSTON, Oct. 12-The complications in
which the affairs of the Globe Investment
Company are involved were intensified to-
night by the arrest of its treasurer. Low
ell Moore. charged with the embezzlement
OF 500. preferred by Judge f. III. Bennett.
Judge BENNETT sonie time ago put a mort
gage Of 5000 into the investment company
for foreclosure, which. IL is alleged. was col
lected by the Kansas branch OF the COM
pany and the money forwarded TO Boston.
Judge Bennett only received 5000, and the
receivers placed the matter before the grand
Jury this morning, when a bill was found
and a warrant for A1oore's arrest issued
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sMy dear, l vas just thinking
He frowned and tugged at his gloves.
that IL is too bad you can never curl
YOUR bangs without broiling your ear It'll
il looks like a wiener schnitzel and soaring
your forehead until IL resembles a piece Of
pink seersucker."
Strange. love. out IT had Just occurred
to me-
she pafted her bonnet on one side. twisted
her head and tucked a truant curl back TN
der her VEIL
thai you can never shave yourself
without cutting your face Ill u looks like q
map of a suburban town site. Are you
ready to go. deary'
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CINCINNATI, o., Oct. 12.-Dr. ]. T. Ber-
~ reported TO the health office to-day a
death from hydrophobia- 1t was that of
Martin Arters, four years old, bitten by a
ne frofhed at the mouth. refused food.
fought when water was offered. and showed
avery symptom of rarbies and died in a
opasm last midnight.
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Josiah Flynt. In the Century. .
There Is one other cause of vagrancy
more potent than all I LAY described. and
its name Is whisky. The love of llauor
brings more men and women into tramp
dom than anything else. and until this fact
is more conscientiously recognized there
can be no thorough treatment OF the tramp.
There Is no need to enter into details on
this subject: all that I can do Is to report
the fact. The public needs to realize more
fully than IL now does the awful Effects of
strong drink on vagahonds. A realization
of this fact Is likely to be productive OF
some remedy for the evils IL represents
II the .tramps of America could be freed
from the bondage into which whisky has
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Purdue, b; Kentucky, o.
cnanial To the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Oct. 12.-This after
noon the Purdue football team played its
first contest game. the University of Ken
lucky eleven being opponents. The game
was one-sided, the Purdue team being much
heavier than the visitors. The Purdues
averaged 100 pounds. They played a splen-
did offensive and defensive game. About
twelve hundred people witnessed the over
throw of Kentucky. The score was: Pur-
due. 20. Kentucky, o. The teams lined up
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An odd FOLLOW K.Ilea.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12-William STRAIT
ton. aged sixty years. was instantly killed
last night In the new Odd Fellows Temple.
Mr.. Stratton was secretary OF the Radiant
Lodge. and was attending a house-warming.
To provide an additional outlet for the
crowds a temporary bridge had been erect
ed over an areaway. While crossing this
Stratton missed his footing and fell 10 the
ground. fracturing his skull.
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Cornell. ~, Western a.

ITHACA. N. Y, Oct. 12.-Cornell took a
game from Western Reserve University to-
day by IL to 4. but had TO work hard to
win. The Western Reserves hardly had
their blood up in the first half. when Cor
nell made all her points. and by flying
wedges made a game, but in the second
they clearly o%utplayed the Ithacans. Sum-
mary.
H~alves-Five and twenty-five minutes.
Touchdowns Cornell, Sweetland, Beach,
am; Western Reserves. Wickham. Goals
Cornell, 2 Referee-Stage western Re-
serve University. Umpires-Dyer (CornelD,
Mead (Western Reserve)- Linesman-Dow-
ney (CornelD. Attendance, Loco.
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xIpplncott 3 MdgdzInt-
The Iaudable efforts now being made In
some parts OF the United States to inn
prove our poor Highways have turned at
tention to the general excellence of those
of Europe At such times it is occasionally
remarked, But we cannot hope for many
decades to attain this same state Of perfec-
ton. for these old world roads were begun
generations ago This is a mistake In
some continental countries men scarcely in
the decline of life can recall the time when
they were surrounded with roads no better
than those that abound In ali parts of our
Union. II may encourage the American la
bCrers In this good cause to know this fact