The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-04

Der Mather,s an actress who has an e.
traordinary collection of cigarettes.
her exhibit are weeds of the kir
smoked by royalty and many other
that are remarkable.
MISS Mather's cigarettes are on e.
nipition at her home in New Yorl
Each enc Is mounted in a rosewoc
case on gold pin. She has cigarette
from Sumatra, Hindustan and EgyL
two that were made in Ireland, on
from the Prince of Wales box and o.
from box of the Count de CASTELAR,.
MISS Mather is of a well-connects
German family and was for years su
cessfully connected with robin HOOD
She was the late p. s. Gilmore's lea;
ing soprano singer and is a compose
of merit and reputation.
Strange, as it may seem, it is .
Londoner, not Bostonian, who &C.
lects beans.
My collection comprises beans fro.
every part Of the world, some of the
being extremely rare" he says If
man brings me a dozen of a new VI;
riety, | have to buy the whole assor.
ment, for the value of the collection d
pend upon the scarcity of the spec
mems, and If a dozen other collectr4
had that particular bean it's worth
me would be enormously decrease
You can easily see that beans are {,
pensive to collect. My collection h.
cost me f1,50O, and / pay a gentlema
LAO year to write out it's history g.
each bean. You can read the writii
with a magnifying glass
Still more remarkable in the edib,,
line is a collection of hundreds
grains OF rice, upon each grain
which is written stanza of I'm MI
mcriam." This method Of perpetuati til /.
Iennyson cost it's contriver thousand
OF collars. The same collector has 81
stuffed birds of common species, eac
decked out in gorgeous feathers L
other birds, mostly of tropical species
What the sense Of this collection :.
nobody, not even the owner, has eve
been able to explain. The collector j.
surely the most advanced of his kim
for in addition to these exhibits he ha.
also valuable collection of intricat.
silver work, mainly in minute patterns
Another collector keeps hundreds @
jars of tea on his shelves, from which
he occasionally gives tea luncheons, d
which only this beverage and delicate
waters are served. Still another ha
amassed no fewer than 106 mechanical
piping bullfinches, which are a contin
ual source Of anxiety to him lest thei
pipes should get out of order.
1t remained for a New York negr,
to collect rabbits feet Every coloret
man knows the mysterious value Of !;
rabbits left hind foot. and all negr,
gamblers do also. But old Joe ha:
never attained any remarkable luc
from his many rabbits feet. H
hangs about the big markets, goin:
through the rubbish heaps and refus.
barrels in search Of the treasures h
prizes Nothing else appeals to him
How he makes living is not known
to the market men. All his time
spent about the markets. OCCASIONAL,
he sells one Of his treasures to a gam
bier or curio seeker. but most O.
them he keeps strung on a cord whicl
hangs about his neck. He is yer.
old, but declares that he has as man:
years of life left as he has rabbit:
feet, as they ward off disease as We
as i'll luck
Collecting strange things will un
doubtedly continue as long as human
nature develops along abnormal lines
and will broaden as new invention.
broaden the field.