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The morning times., 1896-01-26

at you, then veil their shrewdness. 1t 10
a capable eye, but q careless one-cAreiess
of your feelings, OF its own.
The emperor's eye sees something funny
In handing drinking horn to every new
conner. The horn is . stag's horn, with q
gold mounting. 1t Is made so that the
urinker cannot quite get his mouth to tue
horn. This great cap the emperor fills with
wine from the imperial vaults, and bids his
new hunting guest welcome TO the woods
of Potsdam. The new guest. highly nat
tered. lifts the horn to his lipsfa and throws
his head back. The next minute he is
drenched with wine. Then the kaiser
iaug;ls so ilnmoderateiy that his attendants
have to warn him to cease.
That eye is the one that sees something
ludicrous in the fact that his little expert
mental yachts break downin shallow water.
making all the ladies wade to land; and 1t
courtier. deceived by clever presentment,
tries to cut a piece OF rubber duck upon mis-
plate. These are the things that the eye
sees and the heart is merry FOR!
The best trait OF the emperor is his brow.
1t is the brow OF absolute fairness. When
he found tnat an attempt had been made by
the English to take territory from the Beers,
and that the Beers had resisted, he tele-
graphed his congratulations. And many an
EngltShnan now says he had perfect right
to do SO If he pleased. II England had
taken no notice of IL. that row tomorrow
might have wrinkled with pain over the de-
fiant message of the United States to Eng
land. That is the kind of a brow 1t is.
But the fist backs up the brow when fair-
The morning times., 1896-01-26
RED LIGHT FOR SMALLPOX.
Permanent FITTING Prevented by This
Mode of Treatment.
New York World.

It is well known that red light pos
sesses some peculiar property which an
Du.s the chemical effect produced by
other bues composing the solar spectrum.
a red light is used in Photographic dark
rooms because its rays do not affect the
sensitive Plate in the process of develop
ing. Some time ago it was suggested that
the pits which appear 90 the face after a
severe attacS of smallpox might he due
to the action of the sunlight. With
view TO testing this theory, the windows
of the rooms in which the patients were
Confined were shaded by orange-coiored
curtains.
Tie results were not very satisfactory,
possibly because the experiment was bung-
lingly dnue. The idea was not given mp,
however, and lately some tests have been
made with red light, which has a greater
power than orange light to exclude the
SUMS rays. Tie light was tried on several
unvaccinsted children suffering from small
pox in a German hospital, and the disease
Immediately took a favorable turn. Al
though the pits appeared, they did not
break, and finally disappeared, leaving the
skin perfectly smooth. There was no
secondary fever.
According to DIR. Feilberg, who conducted
this-test, the essential point for the sue
cess OF this treatment is that it should be
begun during the early stages of the disease,
shortly after the pits or vesicles have ap-
peared. II the seventh da yha been reached,
it is hardly possible to keep the pits from
breaking and hence becoming permanent.
Another important point is that the ex-
clusion of the chemical rays of daylight
must be complete and continued until the
vesicies have quite dired up.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
THEY HoNonED THE MAYOR.
Chinese Festivities That Were Try
ing ON the Nerves.
Hin Ii imara Sun

As The mayor aud party left the Masonic
room there Was a horrible din Ike the
huwling of midnight cats, followed by a
rattle and splash, as il some angry person
had thrown tin basin, water and al. at
the cats Mr.. Tom Yum looked delighted
ard said: THAT is the Chinese band"
" zen The mayor entered The room the noise
ceased. Mr.. Yum said the Chinese had no
printed music, but played by car.
A man seated in the center of the room
with a wooden shell, the size OF an ordinary
derby hat, between his knees, was Nj Der
Chung, the leader. The wooden shell was a
drum, on which he beat time with two
sticks. Then there was a wooden frame,
frpm which was suspended what looked
like an ordinary dishpan. -Four other musi-
cans hSd wo-striHged iiddles and liI duet
Chinese banjos. The four last named made
the cat-like noises, while the first two imi-
tc ted the throwing of the tin basin and the
water.
Mr. Yum said that for "His Honor's
beneft" the band. with the aid of a sew
eDth musician, would play Gong HOi," or
the God of War, the seventh musician al
luded forthwit drew off his coat lad pro-
duced u par of cymbals fully thfep feet
in diameter. Then, while the mayor stood
in their midst, Der Chung beat on his
wooden drum, the mau In his shirt sleeves
slammed the cynibais and the fellow with
the dishpaD almost broke the string by
which it was suspended as he furiously
beat il. War; with all its horrors, could
not be more horrible.
This lasted ten minutes. and then .sme
quartet by the two-stringed fiddies
and the Tia duets. After recovering from
the shock Mayer Hooper said that Chinese
music must make the performers v,ty
strong.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
Design for Statue of Courage.

tributed with an amusing accompaniment of
talk.
In the billiard room of very handsome
houseen Fifth avenue, New York, there sits
figure that is a source of much pleasure
to the young people who gather there for
fun. The figure is n woman dressed as a
gypsy. In front Of her hes a pack of cards,
and in her iapare number OF printed proph-
ecies.
When anyone approaches her and lays
out a palm to be read, the figure bends
her head over it n minute and silently lifts
a prophecy from her lap. This she does
until a very clever reading is given. Finally
she shuffies the cards and tells the birth
day, age, and gives other figures if asked
for them.
The exact secret of this figure is not
known. But 1t must be recorded as a notice
able fact that it refuses to talk this winter.
since the elder brother Of the family went
back to Harvard. and as soon as he is home
it talks again. There is large hollow
carved box under the gypsy figure, and her
inside is cavernous, while her breast Is
lightly covered with draperies, under which
there might be looking glass.
Sorosa, in her own circle, is getting a
great deal of credit for her cleverness but
between you and me, there isn't anything
she does that we could not do with a little
practice o. Sundays.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
Crisp Salad.

London has population of from 20 900
to $4,000 Germans.
The Japanese have adopted English as
their diplomatic language.
The cycling craze has broken out with
great violence in Melbourne.
1t is calculated that 1876 900 women are
employed as dressnakers in Paris.
The value of imports into Japan last
year from the British empire was about
SIS, 700 900.
According TO modern measurement. the
ark was $50 feet long, 81 feet wide and 80
feet deep.
Burn's .Cotter's Saturday Night" has
been translated into ten languages, inelud-
ing African-Dutch.
Nux voniica is prepared from the seeds
Of tree that grows in abundance in India,
the East Indies and Ceyion.
Barn Hall, Beaconsrield, the country
seat Of Sir Edward La wson, occupies the
site Of the famous residence Of Edmund
Burke.
A twelve-year-old boy preacher, assisted
by his father and mother, Is conducting
rcvivals In Carter and Lewis counties, KY.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
HUN eARYS .M1LLENNIux.
Splendid FestpSes Of Celebratioa
That VIZ Last . Year.
: PliilndeI IA IDuulrer.


On the first day Qtthe new year the people
OF Hungary beg4 Ffhef celebration of the
Thousand years ch have made ur the
duration OF thcIf&1 bntry's existence. The
whole year has haeA set aside for tie eere-
monies, and duri4tN bat time it is proposed
to comn,e mOfatef ehe great events which
led up to the uH tion OF the Kingdom
the Dukes OF Hqt4$y have ruled o-er an
independent peoh aitI,ough 1t was not
until tile year 1000 that Pope Sylvester IL
exalted Stephen to the rank of king.
One of the most notable features OF the
celebration is the character OF the cere-
monies. Many nations, when they COM
memorate great events in their history. do
1t with all the poinp and circumstance of
war. They marshal their armies, they set.
their navies in battle array, and in every
way seek to impress the world with their
strength and power. This is not the spirit
of the Hungarian people of today. The
first great event on the program is the In
staliation of parliament in the new reichs-
rath building at Budapest, which has cost
upwards of $S.0OO,0O0.
The Pantheon, another splendid build
ing, will next be dedicated; sta tues and
busts of the great men and women of Hun
gary are within its walls and the bones OF
all the dead patriots who struggled for the
restoration of the Kingdoms constitutional
form OF government VIII be carried thlther
within the year Several museums and
other public buildings are TO bededicated and
the corner-stones to be laid or two mag
nificent bridges across the Danube. All
these exercises are TO be carried out in
Budapest.
But this will not be all. Besides pomp and
splendor there will Also be ceremonies OF
a practical character, cnnnected, too, with
the material and intellectual progress OF
the people. Five hundred new advanced
schools, scattered over the whole country,
will be opened during the year. The re-
modelling OF two OF the older sections
of Budapest will also be begun and several
millions of dollars are to be spent ON the
project.
Those forms of epidemic disease which
invade Europe by way or tie routes from
the East have, in the past often found an
entrance into Budapest and from thence
spread over the country. II is now pro-
posed TO connteract this by hygieuicaliy re-
modelling the city. Doubtless many people
from all IaRds will take part in Hungsry's
unique celebration and be impressed with
its splendor; but even those who only read
OF it can scarcely fail to see what an adj
vance IL is ON the old methotis ul nations
when they sought to commemorate the
achievements of their ancestors.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
SHE SAVED THE NICKEL.
Got BY Her Station, But Was Posted
on Transfers.
New York World.

Mrs.M- OF West Ninety-fourth streer
has a fad for saving car-fares. The trans
fer system delights her, ard she knows
the transfer points all over town. and
will ride miles out of her way If by any
system OF transfers she may reach her des-
tination for Cne fare. She knows, too, all
NAV get off one train, walk across the
platform and take a train going in the
opposite direction
Mrs. NJ took Ninth avenue train at
Christopher street at 7:30 p. N. the other
evening TO go 10 her home. She Intended
to get off at Sinety-third street, but did
not realize where she was until tue con-
ductor called nut One Hundred and Fourth
street. She might have gone downstairs
and taken q street car back to Ninety
fourth street, bat she didn't. On the con-
trary, she rode 10 One Hundred and Six
teenth street, and crossed the platform and
took the first train downtown. This hap
pened to lie a iheater express train, which
didn't stop Until it reached Forty-second
street Mrs. II. wasn't going to lose that
nickel, So she remained in her seat until she
arrived at the Battery. There she crossed
the platform q gain and took Sixth avenue
train. arriving home at 1915 p. m, but
thoroughly satisfied because she had ac-
conpiished her Journey for one fare. But
the curious thing about it Is that the dear
oldiady ycannosanderstand why peoplelaugh
when she tells the story about how abe
saved fi:e ct.s-s
The morning times., 1896-01-26
Rather a Long Mait.

They have been printing recently some of
Henry Labs cheFeS experiences as dip
lomat in tie United States. He was, as you
will remember. as attache at the British
legation in Washington. once upon time.
One day, they tell Us, Labouchere was sit-
ting in his office. when rather noisy indi-
vidual came in and asked to see the min
lister.
"You can't see s1lR He's gone out. You
must see me.'4
81 don't want kOssee you; want to see
the boss of the tanch," said the noisy in
dividual. tSfN
''All right" replied Labouchere. going on
with his writing aTake chair"
The visitor sat and waited for an hopr.
Then. withsevera picturesque extractsfrom
profane history, Me Inquired how long the
boss would be.
81 should think about six weeks" re-
Piled Labouchere. carelessly. "You see, he
has just sailed for England. Exchange
The morning times., 1896-01-26
DISSECTING AN EMPEROR
King William Torn to Pieces on
His 37th Birthday.
WAR LORDS STRONG POINTS
Began by Banishing His Mother
and Bismarck When He Be-
came King of Germany. +

Kaiser WiIhelm's birthday is tomorrow.
He will be thirty-seven years old. He has
been upon The throne OF Germany only eight
years, but in that short span lie has stamped
himself upon the history of the world.
When the ka User made his opening speech
after the ded tn of his father, Frederick III,
he said Germany, as It's present power,
Is only eighteen years old. Within the next
ten years she viii come into her ma jority y
and the world shall hear OF it,"
The word has heard of IL. Wilhelm, with
his eight ba bies born from 1882 To 1899,
aud his navy, his army, his policy, his ag-
gressiyehess, and his accomplishments,
have been the talk OF the time. For a while
when the reports OF his vigorous rule came
The morning times., 1896-01-26

P'ancke, will you not look In your reti-
cule for nickel? I want you to use
your own coin TO be sure 1t is not q
trick five-cent piece. FeIIce,"- to the
maid. bring me q short cambria nee
die. Ah. yesl There you have one! Now
wait"
Quickly turning around, sorosa alb
stracts cork from q small bottle.
Into the cork she slips the needle until
II Is flush at top and bottom. Turning
around she says sweetly:
Mrs. Bancke, will you take that sill
yer hammer and give the top OF this cork
sharp blow with II? All, there, yes! let
the Cork rest upon the nickel"
Mrs. Blancke wonders. but strikes the
cork q smart blow. Pull the cork off,
directs Sorosa. Mrs. Blancke obeys, and
there. sticking through the nickel, is the
delicate needle. the blow upon the top OF
the cork drove it through. This Is a trick
any one can do with a minutes practice.
And so Sorosa goes on through her reper-
toire of mystic performances.
There is in this city lovely girl, the
daughter of a general, who is making a
Speciality of parlor entertainments. Her OBJ
ject is the beguiiing of the long hours spent
at her home by patriots. who have con-
tracied a habit of dropping IN after tea and
remaining for a long evening Often they
Are moody and want TO be lifted out OF
themselves aud the warlike atmosphere of
this mundane earth.
The prcttiest trick of this daughter of
general Is the rose trick. From off the cary-
ings of one Of the chairs she lifts a simple
reticule of gay silk. 1t is no larger than
Gen. Ghernan's hand and surely 10 bigger
than Gen. SchGTield's mutton chop side
boards.
Mr. Colonel" she says TO the old warrior
who happens to sit nearest to her "will you
kindly take a rose out of that reticuley
put one in there this afternoon for you"
.out they come tumblng. roses. white,
red, pink, all colOrs. So many roses May
be a hundred. "See, there are more still.
See."
And out comes another heap of the
crimson and white things.
BY this time the floor is strewn with
them and the pretty mink sits to her
knees in roses They are scented. and she
makes a picture like a sketch of rose
garden.
Wild applause greets her, and she re-
tires from the drawing-roOm, knowing that
She has given more than one old soldier
something pretty to think about
FOoLISG A VETERAN.
Mr.. Colonel puts his hand in the reticule-
But there isn't any rose there. Must b a
mistake" says he, apoiogeticaiiy.
why. no. colonel; here's a rose, and
bere's another laughs the saucy.puSs,
slipping her hand in the reticule and
bringing out silk rose.
why why
''Ycs. and aGOtSer and another. And
more. too, See. seer
The secret or the trick can be found in the
little punches or silk roses that come wired
in dozens for just this trick. Before being
Gn wired a dozen roses are no bigger than a
walnut. The little packet is kept up the
sleeve By pin until time to Go the trick.
Thea it drops into the reticnie and is un-
wired and shaken into shape by the uimble
fingers. IL is a pretty and easy trick
Fruit is brought from bag in the same
way, and paper favors can be cleverly dis
The morning times., 1896-01-26
A Musical Convict .

At the prison his is familiar face at the
Joliet penitentiary. in Illinois, none are
better known than George Stahl, German
by birth. whose musicsi attainments have
made him famous throughout the United
States. He is leader of the prison orchestra
and his musical compositions are known
everywhere. At the prison his is familiar
face at the chapel, where he sells music on
his own account. He has many friends
outside also, and strong efforts made to
secure commute ton of his sentence bave
finally been successful. Stahl was sent to
the prison from, Chicago for burglary.
He has been a good prisoner during his con-
finement.-Detroit Free Press.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
A HINDoo BoUDoIR.

The boudoir in which theexhibitions take
place Is hung in pink India silk, with Or
Chids growing upon the walls and curtains
everywhere. Orchics are tue plants OF the
jungles, and a jungle is sketched in coiors
upon one wall. In the center hangs a
Theosophic Hindoo globe, like the ball OF
crystal for which Jay Gould paid 81 ,OC0 to
crafty his daughter Helens fancy for things
mystic.
In the center of the room stands. beneath
the globe. u stand with a basket OF orchids.
The orchids have roots in the air of the
basket and grow in 1t without whiting.
In front of this the demonstration takes her
stand. She dresses In white, and though
she iningIes with her audience before and
after the show" she preserves i certain
degree Of excluSiveness.
Every Monday afternoon at the demon
strations are given. and safe to say they are
a great deal OF fun to the fair siren and her
friends. or long go they would have been
given up.
II is said that certain very well known
tricksters With world-famous names have
coached these fair society sorceresses, but
learn the tricks as they may they are now
leIter perfect in them. The equipments are
Hindoo charms, India silks, and brightly
colercd things. and The tricks are those
of the Hindoo fakirs of the Orient.
The principal trick Of Sorosa'' is the old
one Of cutting and burning a scarf.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
WESTERN sORCEREsS.

SOrOSl, WDen Sne welcomes ger guests,
wears a long yellow silk fiehu around her
throat. IL is becoming to her, as she is a
brunette. Later the fIchu comes in use.
WESTERN sORCERESS.
As soon as all are seated around the room
in the handsome divanS and velvet reclining
chairs. Sorosa unwinds the scarf from
around her neck and beckons to a very
young woman vino has assisted her in re-
ceiying. This is celebrated California
heiress, who is herself au amateur sor-
ceress of no mean merit.
II am going 10 cut up my scarf" says
Sorosa, smiling sweetIy, land distribute
i, aulong my trends as souvenirs ci This Oc-
casion. Dear, will you," turning to the
pretty girl assistant. "be kind enough Il
Gu. it for me a IS hold it up to your
Weird music steals through the room as
the sorceress holds out her amber scarf to
be cut. The assistant snips ii, ard the sor-
ceress ties the pieces together as fast as
cut. II will unite them in a minute" ex-
plains she.
Six times the scissors snip, snip, each
time severing the cloth.
Now" says the sorceress, ''you have cut
enough. Ladies, / will wind the scarf
round my hands, that you may see how
pretty 1t is"
Round and round the pretty hands goes the
strip of silk. Aud the audience gasps to
IlDU III is again all III tiie picCc, Hot Cu ar
though they have seen it cut right before
their eyes.
Sorosa. if she will pardon being exposed"
managed by sleight -of-hand to present the
end only TO her assistant, who ships Off a
trirle, concealing the pieces in her hand.
The sorceress knots the scarf as fast as it
is cut, as though tying two pieces together.
and afterward, when twisting the pieces
around in her hands, she unties the knots
deftly. This was her easiest trick to mas
ter, but looks the most intricate.
Boullion with celery is served between
the .magic." and Sorosa retires from
the room, manifestly to recuperate her
shattered magnetic system, but really to
get ready for the next "charm."
This she manages very cleverly. 1t IL
for the benefit of the elderly people of
her audience who cannot see well
enough to appreciate the more intricate
magic.
SEWING A NICKEL.
'swould you like to pierce . five-cent
piece with q needie?" she asks some
dear Old lady with money bags at homo
and lorgnette in her hand.
Eyes, dearest, IL
.'oh. nothing amp3ezi Now, dear Nm
The morning times., 1896-01-26
ALMOST AN ENGLIsHMAN.

These are the kaiser's salient analytical
points. He has his unenviable traits, but he
is lucky by nature. He is the Oldest child OF
an English princess with more pride in her
veins than most princesses. The Kaiser's
mother is The Oldest child OF Queen Victoria,
and was "the little Princess Royal untiiher
younger brother, the Prince OF Wales, was
born. The kaiser, too, was the first child.
Mothers know the pride and the spirit they
place in their first-borns-
More than that, the Kaiser Wilhelm was
born almost upon the day that afterward
proved the birthday OF his country When
the Germans cry 'Hoch.'' tomorrow they
cry it for the double birthdays Of kaiser and
country.
Wilhelm II has been called William Second
to None. Do you know a monarch ahead OF
him?
The morning times., 1896-01-26
His Collar Exploded.

william Benjamin.. brakeman on the
Erie Railroad, caught spark on the back
of his celluloid collar The collar took fire
exploded with loud report. BENJAMIN
seized the collar with both hands and tore
1t from his neck. He was. burned severely
ON the face, neck and arms. Buffalo News.
The morning times., 1896-01-26
THE KAISER ANALYZED.

ness is misunderstood. That fist might
be envied by Peter Maher if the thumb were
not too long for prize fighter. That thumb
Is the thumb of a scholar 1t would be
torn off prize fighting, but it is the thumb
that could easily make try at holding the
world under Ii
The morning times., 1896-01-26

before lie could reply she added. ''How
stupid of me, TO be surei OF course it
Couldn't be very fresh. for 1t takes about
ten days for it TO comea from vienna.
You may give me two loaves.
The baker gave her the stalest he had
Exchan96
The morning times., 1896-01-26
his magnificent and grandly extended

of his magnificent and grandly extended
wings.
In conclusion, let me say that dis
honorable game is fools game. Success
in crime is ever failure, and success won
that way brings no sweetness, no JOY with
1t.
Let all young men beware of the first
wrong step, and let no one imagine in his
simplicity that he can take one step in crime
and successfully retreat again to solid
ground. 1t is mighty cas- y to go to the devil
as did, and few ever come back again as
I have. The prisons and potter fields OF
the world are full of men and women who
never dreamed, when taking the first step
In crime, that . second would inevitably
follow, ending In either dishonor or
The morning times., 1896-01-26
YAwNING WITNESSES.

As an illustration OF the difficulty found by
political opponents in testifying to the good
works OF their party Mr.. Mason frequently
tells the story OF the witness hired to lie.
Every lawyer says Mr. Mason, having
led up to his point, knows that when lle
finds witness who keeps va wning in the
course OF his examination he has struck a
liar. l remember one in a case l tried. He
was asked what was the character of the
weather when q certain incident to which he
had testified occurred
We'll, he said, 'ye-um-um uh-it was
pretty cold d-um-uh day.
Was it an extremely cold day?'
Yes, it was a powerful Cum -ye-colt.
day. The ground was frozen
How deeply was it frozen?' was asked.
a bout-um -um-two feet
''Shortly afterward the witness was ask
ed what he wasdoing on that particular day.
L was plowing for corn he replied.
a. Didn't you tell the jury few minutes
ago that the ground was frozen two feet
deep? How DO you reconcile that statement
with the assertion that YOU were plowing?
Explain yourself, please
Yes, wiIl,' said the witness. I dont
care a cuss for this case anyway