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The herald., 1896-11-29
THESE ARE woRsAiPED BY MANY RACES

amiable girl alive-hes 45 If he's a day,
you know. Ned was delighted and sug-
gested to me that l had better live up
to my fancy sketch of my sister, to
make it appear that those virtues ran
in the family"
"Humph Seems to me that Ned was
profiting by that scheme"
He was; though it was some time be-
fore l had the sense to see it. Why, for
a time l had almost to give up my soci-
ETY. and my clubs, for Mr. Goldie was at
the house almost all the time. In order
to get something out of 1t, laid in
quantity of table linen and set Maud to
embroidering it. kept her at it, too, by
intimatng that a man of mature years
likes to see a woman ply her needle"
yes I suppose you kept the piano
shut, too?"
1--WE did, and never enjoyed one of
Maud's visits so much. The only draw
back was the fact that had to face the
cook. Maud was supposed to make pud-
dings and things, and the cook gave
warning every time she went into the
kitchen.
THE only way could keep her at all
was by making Ned say we had an awful
pretty cook every time she came into the
buffers pantry. Ned complained that 1t
scared his conscience, too"
excellent one. don't see how it could
fail"
ut would have succeeded but that the
cooks husband, whom she thought dead,
suddenly appeared, and the ungrateful
creature left me for him."
Outrageous! When you had been so
good to her. too!"
Wasn't it? Why, I even kept per-
fume bottle filled with an inferior brand,
of course, right on my dressing table
where she could always get at it. Will
her husband do that I'd like to know?"
"Of course not. But what did you do
when she left you?"
First sat down and wept, then got
up and went to an intelligence office.
There I engaged a woman with refer
| ences which would turn Delmonico's S
green with envy; she could not come
| until the next week. however. Then
| went home and told Maud that I'd let
| ner do the cooking all herself, and have
| Mr. Goldie to dine with us every even
| ing. And what do you think the un-
| grateful creature said?"
I'm sure / don't know"
'She said that if he once ate a whole
dinner of her cooking he would not be
able to leave his bed in time to be mar
ried before Lent Then she said she
The herald., 1896-11-29
was Ill and went to bed leaving me with
all the work to dnin

was Ill and went to bed, leaving me with
all the work to dol"
You don't say so! and you"
While I sat considering what to do.
the telephone bell rang and Ned called
me up to say that Mr.. Goldie would be
UP to dinner. l was speechless for two
minutes; then l said Edward Van
Smith. if you bring that bald-headed
gourmand up to dinner today I'll have
divorced There was q groan and a
humble about Maud and l replied
Maud has gone to bed until We get a
cook; then she will quit sulking and
then l was shut off,
Il don't see why Ned should"-
1T wasn't Ned, dear; it was Mr.
Goldie, who had taken his place at the
phone! Maud goes home next week.
New York Journal
The herald., 1896-11-29

spirits and propitiating the good ones.
These natives are singularly benighted
One of them who was taken aboard an
English ship described the vessel, on his
return to his friends. as floating island
with two rivers flowing on 1t and PLAN
tations of sugar cane growing on 1t. Ihe
facts in the case were that the ships s
pumps were being worked at the time
and the water flowing down on either
side of the deck accounted for the rivers,
while large boxes fitted up for the trans
portation of exotic plants comprised the
plantations.
THE DEVIL WORSHIPERS.
The Solomon islanders are great idol
ators. 1t may also be added that they
are cannibals and head hunters. The
flesh of the white man is particularly
pleasant to them, but they also dine off
each other during wars between rival
tribes.
These savages are devil worshipers
They have a belief in the good spirit
living in a pleasant country, whereunto
the good are transported after death;
the bad being relegated to Bagana, a
volcano on one of the islands. They pay
no particular tribute to this good spirit
however, because he is supposed inca
pable of working harm. The evils pirits,
on the other hand, can work harm, and
10 lueIl, consequence, tut plous opl-
ONION Islander addresses himself with
sacrifices and supplications
The shark is regarded as malignant
deity of this sort, and offerings are made
to it by the natives before they under
take canoe voyage Sometimes these
offerings consist of food, sometimes of
porpoise teeth, and sometimes of the
shells which are used as money.
In the case of a sharks having seized
man. who, however manages to get
away from the creature. his companions
fling him back into the water to be
eaten, lest the shark should be offended.
The herald., 1896-11-29

manship, and their general resem-
blance to the genuine article. These
images were the property of people, like
the Japanese for instance, who are not
idolators by any means. If small edi-
tions of the American statue of liberty
were circulated in some distant coun-
tries the natives there would probably
think that we Worshiped the image
in the same way that the savage of the
Solomon Islands bows down to his idol.
The real idol worshiping races OF
the earth are still very numerous, how
ever, most of them being on the many
islands in the Pacific ocean. There are
also numbers of them in Africa, par
ticularly along the west coast.
The West African idol is particularly
absurd in the matter of proportions
The style common to these natives is an
image about three feet high on a horse
which would have been better fitted for
figure less than a foot tall. But as
most of these idols were carved out Of
single piece Of wood, with the rudest
kind of native tools, the results are not
as bad as they might be. . A more COM
mon form of idol among these natives
Is block of wood fashioned with the
very best possible resemblance to the
human form and stuck full of nails.
These idols come from sections where
iron Is extremely rare, and where a
single nail IS worth its weight five times
over IN SOlu. The popularity of this
form of idol can always be Judged by
the number and the size of the nails
sticking in It.
PICTURESQUE IDOLS.
The Sandwich island idols are more
picturesque than those of the African
savages. A rare style is one consisting
only of head and neck made of feathers
The interior frame Is wicker. and the
covering is of red and yellow feathers.
The eyes are of mother Of pearl, with
black beads for pupils, and the smile is
bordered by a dogs teeth. The whole
affair is considerably bigger than the
usual human head.
In regard to feathers, it may be of in
terest to state that the yellow feathers
are Of a most precious and rare sort
They come from little bird which the
naturalists call Melitreptes Pacifica The
little bird has under each wing one sim
gle feather and no more and that only
an inch long. SO that the work of collect
ing sufficient number of these feathers
TO cover the head of an idol was gigan-
tic task in itself.
9he natives of the Cook or Hervey
t44ndg are great fishermen. and they fix
tAaE IDOLS in the bows of their canoes
fes We YosHsss Of frightening the evil
The herald., 1896-11-29
THE IDOLS Of ODD RACES
Head-Hunting Solomon Island.
ers Worship Devils
QUEER SUMATRAN BELIEFS
Picturesque Idols, Painted or Tatooed.
Curious Customs
Rude Eff1gies Which Are Not Much to
Look at, But Represent Great
Toll and Labor.

New York, Nov. 13.-In the Museum of
Natural History there is one of the finest
collections of idols the world over, bu.
they rarely attract anything more than
passing attention from the hundreds
who daily see them, for the reason that
they are not much to look at, and little
or nothing is known about their his
tories
Yet they are interesting, as they give
an inkling of the intelligence or lack
of intelligence of the comparatively un-
known savages in far off islands out
side the general lines of ocean COM
merce, and but seldom visited by the
venturesome tourist. Many images
in the museum are mistakenly judged
to be idols by the average visitor be-
cause of their rude and grotesque work
The herald., 1896-11-29

Here, too, the practice obtains of fish
ermen attaching idols to their canoes,
the idea being, apparently, that the fish
will be so charmed with the beauty Of
the thing as to be attracted and easily
caught.
Westward of the Solomon islands is
the island of New Ireland and the ma
tiVes here show more artistic ingenuity
than any other race of idol Worship
ers. The New Ireland aboriginal carves
his idol out of single block of wood
but he puts so much work on it that it
looks like merely the framew ork of some
grotesque affair. He also spends much
time in staining it with different colors,
and the greater variety of colors, the
more potent it is thought to be.
MAORI TATTOOED IDOLS
The Maoris of New Zealand are rap
idly becoming Christianized, and there
are few idolators among them now.
The native religion was based upon be-
lief in spirits, usually those of departed
ancestors, and each family had a num-
Der of idols. Infinite pains were taken
to mark them in the same way that the
originals were tattooed in the flesh, and
as the average Maori was tattooed from
head to foot, this was task of consid-
cradle dimensions.
The natives of the island of Sumatra
are curious mixture from a religious
standpoint. They have idols which they
bow down to, and all of these have three
horns sticking up from the top of the
head. The Sumatran belief is complex
He believes in supreme ruler whom he
calls Batara Curu; he rules in heaven,
and Is father of all mankind. Next to
him come two other gods, Scripada and
Mangola- -Bulary, who govern the air
and the earth respectively
Naga- Padoka, god with three horns,
originally supported the earth on the
points of the horns, but after a time
some catastrophe happened, the earth
! rolled off and the water rose over it,
! covering the whole world. This is
plainly tho Sumatran tradition of the
| flood.
In time a daughter of Batara- Curu
came down from heaven, but not finding
| the earth, mountain was dropped in the
water and in time the earth grew around
1t again. The religious Sumatran still
believes that the earth rests upon the
>hree horns of Naga- Padoka.
The herald., 1896-11-29
REAL NICE.

II hear that your daughter Mamie is
married. Mrs. Trott."
"Yes, she is; and she's got real nice
man."
"Oh, has she7"
Indeed she has. I've been maxim
them little visit and tell you he does
everything to make home pleasant for
Mamie"
THAT Is good of him.
"It is so. He gets up of morning and
builds the fire and gets his own break
fast and makes Mamie a cup of coffee
and fetches it to her bed ev'ry morning
before he goes downtown"
Indeed"
Eyes, and of Monday he gets the
washing all started and some of the
things on the line before Mamie is out
of bed"
That's nice for Mamie
"Ain't it, though? And that man does
ev'ry bit of the sweeping and marketing
and he never bothers Mamie about his
buttons but just sets down and sews
them on himself"
THAT saves Mamie a good deal"
II guess 1t does. Then when he comes
home at night he does up all the supper
dishes, while Mamie sets in the parlor
and rocks or lays out in the hammock
I tell you, he's an awful nice man. He
amt goin' to let Mamie kill herself
workin.' He's real ice."-Detroit Free
Press.
The herald., 1896-11-29

To Cure Gold In O,e Day
Take Laxative Brolno Ouinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If ii
fails to cure. Csc
The herald., 1896-11-29

Try our port and sherry wines at rs
cents per gallon. T. Vache & Co., Com
mercial and Alameda streets. Tele-
phone 300.
The herald., 1896-11-29

All prices Of wallpaper greatly reduced
A. A. Eckstrom. S24 south Spring street.
The herald., 1896-11-29

MY prices for wallpaper beat all the CITY.
4. A. Eckstrom. "a South Spring street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-17
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-reguIar can-l2 o'clock u.-,Ie,ropolitao
Ra s SSl S SSSk at 22 PaFms and Mea
Bank; 3 at 1873; 3 at 1873. National safe Deposii
ropoltan RAILROAD. at I17Is; I at lis Columbus
Railroad 1 at 5sls; 10 at ssh. Washington Gas
Peoples Fire 1nsiranei. at 5a. u American az tr5
.phone' 100 at ;; 80 at s; 10 at s. Lanston Mo
Goverrnment Bonds.-U. s. IS. registered 1osy
asked i'' "a aSsed ia Is 'q SG los bid
District Of Columbia Bonds-a0-year fund IS los
rs o S %at sd so Sn 4
currency, III bid S.65s funding, currency, Io3
miscellaneous Bonds.-Metropolitan Railroad Is.
Iot bid, lo9 asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv.
Is i2sl3 bid 10 asked; Belt Railroad Is, ~ lid,
asked Columbia Railroad Us, l1s bid. Washington
Gas sSS@1any ss ses A. ioS bid liz ssfs
1l6 asked. Washington Gas Company COW. 6s 40
bid BID rs asked Electric Light soDy S Is
asked AL American Security and Trust IS. F. and A,
Market Ma,ss, SSnpany imp g. 70 Slid was6inE@
Association 5s. l05 bid. Washington Light Infan-
National Bank Stocks-Bank Of Washington. aSs
S bid Bank 81, Of the Republic s4O bid Metropolitan.
bid IS ss asked Citizens ISs I'D. Columbia, is
coin, l92 bid los asked. Ohio. 50 hid. 90 asked.
Safe Deposit and Trust Companes.-Natlonal Safe
Deposit and Trust. 100 hid, 12I asked. Washington
Loan and Trust, 122 hid. 125 asked American So
eurity. and Trust, lao bid, lac asked. Washington
Safe Deposit, 80 bid.
Railroad Stocks. Capital Traction Company. Coz;
bid, Is asked Metropolitan, lis bid. ~ asked.
Columbia, 81 bid, 60 asked. Belt 30 asked. Eek
inglon 16h bid; 30 asked. Georgetown and Ten
GAS and Electric Light stocks.-washington Gas.
'i3h bid, 49,. asked. Georgetown Gas, ~ bid,
80 asked. q. s. Electric Light, l2sas bid I2iS
asked.
Insurance Stocks.-FIremen's, 80 bid, 35Is asked.
franklin. IS bid, 40 asked; Metropolitan, q bid.
90 asked Corcornn, % bid. Potomac, 65 bid
Arlington, LAP bid, 1856 asked. German. merIcan.
10 bid National Union, II bid. 13 asked. CO.
pies 5b Sid Lincoln bid, sIs asked. Com
mercial AZ bid. 6La asked.
Title Insurance Stocks Real Estate Title. 1Os
bid, 10 asked. Columbia Title. SIS bid 81. asked
Washington Title. hid. District Title, bd.
Chesapeake and Potomac. so hid, 55L asktd
matte Gun Carriage, % bid 2s asked
Miscellaneous Stocks - Meryenthaler Ilnotype.
lis bid, ll9S asked. Lanston Monotype bid 81
asked Washington Market, ID bid Great Fallf
Ire. 10 bid, l3e asked Lincoln Hall, 80 asked
sEI di-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-17

A Bitter Fight Between Two Re.
Publican Factions.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 1.-THE repub-
lican primaries. which will be held in Bal
timore county this afternoon, to elect dele
gates to the district and state conventions,
promise to become memorable by reason of
the bitterness between the opposing fac
tions manifested in the preparations and
the consequent clashing of the rival ele-
ments anticipated. The opposing sides COM
prise the younger element of the party,
headed by John C. Rose, Wesley NJ. Oler
and others. and the older faction led by
ex-United States District Attorney John T.
EnSor
The anti-EnsCr men are confident OF vic
tory, and Mr.. Ensor, who was seen by The
Star correspondent this morning, admitted
that his opponents were capable of putting
up a strong fight The administration is
against ME in this fight" said Mr.. Ensor
land if L lose it, will attribute my defaat
to the opposition of the governor and his
friends"
Republican primaries are being held in a
number of wards of Baltimore city today
and while friction over local leadership is
being manifested in some instances, no Sc
rious difficulties are anticipated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-17
FINANCE AND TRADE
Moderate Decline in Prices Owing
to Profit Taking.
SUGAR fHE LEADING FEATURE TODAY
Statements of Railway Earnings
Were Generally Favorable.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star
NEW YORK. April IL Opening prices
this morning were generally steady around
last nights closing level. but yielded to
profit-taking later in the day There were
few new developments having any specu-
latiVe significance, the evening up OF con-
tracts at the end of the week being credit
ed with checking the advance. London's
prices were fractionally irregular, and for
eign houses did little of Significance in the
local market.
Sentiment continues to be decidedly opti-
mistic, The moderate decline N values being
regarded as entirely consistent in view
OF the improvement recently recorded on q
comparatively small volume of business.
Sugar was the conspicuous feature of the
day at a 2 per cent decline, due TO realiz-
ing sales on purchases made at the be-
ginning of the week. The character of the
seIing was not such as TO cause apprehen-
SION, and : revival of good buying is conf
IDENTIFY relied upon. Tobacco was only mod
erately active, and as usual was strong
and weak by turns. The doubtful value OF
the recent scrip dividend continues to ham
per the operations in this property.
In the railroad list the volume of business
was restricted and a trifie more profession
al than yesterday. Earnings were general
ly favorable, St Pauls reported increase
of $1,000 for last week being especially
members of the Granger group have been
somewhat OF a disappointment in the mat
ter OF earnings. but from the nature Of recent
purchases IL would seem that a decided
change for the better is anticipated at a
very early date. The affairs of the North
ern Pacific railroad are daily assuming a
more encouraging tone, todsy's amicable
settlement Of all differences in the reorgani-
cation committee being particularly graft
flying.
1t is understood that matters will he
pushed forward with all possible speed.
and that no extension of time will be al
loved under any circumstances
owing to the easier rates for foreign ex-
change and the absence of any consider
able demand. no gold was engaged for
Shipment by tomorrow's steamers
From the present outlook there would
seem TO be no reason for altering the orief-
nal prediction that this seasons outflow of
sFecle would be confined within narrow
units and that actual necessity alone shall
govern the amount
The recent domination of the Industrial
SHARES during all active speculative pe-
RODS is expected TO be ovencome by q bet-
ter outside demand for the railway shares
should the public interest in speculation
increase along lines now regarded as proh-
able, the bulk of the new business should
&C to the conservative members of the
railway list; and not to the industriaIs Vio-
lent fluctuations having prejudiced the
average speculator against them
Tine trading ct the last hour was mod
erately active and unchanged in character
fractional declines being the net result of
the days bI siness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-17
THEY WANT HIM TO RESIGN
Trouble Among the Members Of the Emer-
gsnoy Hospital Staff
Four Physicians Sign a Letter to DR..
kerr-An Investigating Conn
mittee In Session.

For some time past trouble has been
brewing in the Emergency Hospital. and
the strained relations of the staff with the
surgeon-in-chief of the hospital have be-
come a subject of public comment 1t
seems that DR.. James Kerr the surgeon-in-
chief of the hospital. has made himself
persona non grata with most of the men,
bers Of the. medical attending staff The
latter body is composed of Doctors Fl. l.. f..
Johnson, G. B. Harrison, w. H. Hawkes.,
T. NJ. Murray, S. NJ. Burnett and +. l..
Tompkins, in addition to DR.. Kerr.
Matters went from bad to worse. until
on April four members Of the staff met
and discussed the situation.
The result of that conference was the
transmission of letter to DR.. Kerr, signed
by them, asking him to resign his position
in the hospital. In this letter they stated
that their action was not to be received as
any reflection on his professional attain
ments. but that 1t was impossible for them
to work tremendously together. No answer
was made to this letter, and at a meeting
of the board of directors of the hospital
held on the 10th Of April, the president of
the medical staff. submitted copy of the
letter that had been sent to DR.. Kerr, and
stated that no answer had been received up
to that time.
That four merchants of the staff had
signed it. and that the fifth member had
written a letter to them stating that he
agreed with them fully IN the steps that
they had taken, but RETAINED from taking
the positive step of signing the letter. The
president of the staff made brief state
ment, urging the utter impossibility Of con-
Quoting the services of the institution sat
isfactorily with DR.. Kerr as a member OF
the staff. and he consequently requested
the board of directors TO relieve them OF
the necessity OF having him with them
The condition of the affairs of the institu.
ton was very freely discussed, and the
whole matter was referred to committee
of investigation, consisting of Messrs B. H
warner. John w. Foster. A. A. Thomas
n. L. West and w. c. Whittemore. This
committee was called together this after
noon at the hospital. and was in session
when The Stars report closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-17
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE April 17.-Flour dull, unchanged
receipts, 6T25 barrels; shipments. 1881 barrels;
sales, Us barrels: Wheat firmer-spot and month
397 bushels: stock, sS.522 bushels; sales. 1900
bushels-southern wheat by sample. 75a7G; do on
grade !2al5 Corn frmer-spot and month, 35Sa
300; May, s5kas55s; June, :&,A hid; July, Ss%a
36ft; steamer mixed. 4Aa3iss-receipts, q. SIS
bushels; sales, 5000 bushels-southern white
corn s54a36: do. yellow; 37a37H. Gas steady
24lsa25-receipts 4,755 bushels: stoc': aia. isS
bushels. Rye dull-No. 9, 4oa41 nearby: GAS
western-stOck, ca, las bushels. Hay srn-choice
Timothy. $1,000 bid. Grain freights easy, demand
slow-steam to Liverpool per bushel. I'd. June;
Cork for orders per quarter 2s.6 .a2s. I'D April
and May. Sugar strong, unchanged Butter weak
unchanged. Eggs steady, unchanged. Cheese
steady, unchanged. Whisky unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-17
THE SECOND TRIAL.
Witnesses Tsstffy Again as to LOttIe
PAftStds House.

Witnesses ISst1fy Again as TO LOttle
FAfs3eds House.
The second1,kriA of the Lottie .Tilford
bawdy house faseskas begun In Judge Mil
lers court tt4 afternoon. There was not
the usual large lcrowd of spectators in
court. but tie. pblce had summoned the
same witI esssS Who appeared at the first
trial, when fssjusy disagreed.
The case was called before an entire new
set of jurymen. III
Mr. Forrest, for the defendant, entered a
plea to the Jurisdiction of the court. claim
ing that the case. should have been brought
in the Criminal Court by indictment.
This motion was OYerruled and a jury
was soon selected
In his opening speech Mr.. Mullowny, for
the government, outlined what he expected
to prove, telling of the night Of the raid on
the house, 212 18th street.
Sergeant James A. Moore was the first
witness called. and he testified that he had
known the woman during the time chargeS
house. On the night of the 10th of last
month he went with other officers and raid
ed the house. In one room the defendant.
dressed In a wrapper. was lying on the bed,
and beside the bed was seated young man.
There was man and woman in another
room.
The woman in the room told witness that
her name was Ida Wells. and said she did
iioe tAcics liidl sue llteu oh 1otA Sti oSe.
Another girl there, he said, was named
Jackson. Witness said there were other
women in the house. He found thirty-fve
bottles of beer on the premises. The de-
PENDANT asked witness why she was raided.
and he told her for keeping bawdy house,
and added that she was also suspected of
selling liquor. She denied that she had
been selling liquor. Witness said he knew
of the reputation of the defendant. as
well Of some of the women. About the
time witness and the other officers were
leaving young man and woman called at
the door and asked for room.
When examined by Mr.. Forrest. witness
said that the callers said they were going
to visit Miss TilfOrd.