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The evening times., 1898-02-09

by copper wire 10 the doTsaI. anal or
caudsl fins.
Commissioner Brice has issued cir
CulaTs and sent them To the fishermen.
and dealers. urgently requesting them
when a cod having such a tag comes
into their hands TO remove the tag
and forward il TO the United States
Fish Commission, either at Washing
ton OF at Woods HoIl The cOmmis-
sion also requests that the following
information concerning the fish be
sent To them:
Date when caught. on what grounds
taken. weight before being dressed.
total length from end Of nose TO end
of tail whether male or female and
whether eggs or miIt were ripe. large.
but not ripe. or immature: also the
position of the tag.
This inquiry Will it is expected prove
of practical interest. by showing.
growth of the cod. the frequency Of
its spawning. and the extent 10 which
the individual fish migrate, and the
assistance Of the general public in
fishing towns is asked. in order % make
the experiment fully successful
As all the fish tagged and liberated
by the commissioners will be caught
in Vineyard Sound and the adjacent
waters. il will not be difficult matter
to release them on their natural spawn
ing grounds. The fish which are
tagged have to be handled Very care
fully and skllfully. both before and
after they are brought to the station.
AS goldfish do not live for a great
length of time after they are taken
out of their native element. il is only
the nearby fishermen who engage in
the business Of catching them. Among
the fish thus far liberated are several
4 a.. "a
pounds As soon as they were taS-
ged they We're put into big tank and
taken far out into the Sound and re-
leased
The process of tagging these fish IS
quite interesting aud requires the
services of two skiked operators. \
small hole is made through the dOrSal.
anal or CaudaI fins. through which a
small copper wire is passed. To this
wire are attached the tags. which are
about one inch in length, 0Ee-haif inch
in width. and about the thickness of
writing paper. The numbers are
stamped in the middle a record of
the fish released is Kept in books es-
pecialIy designed for that purpose.
The work of liberatinS a sufficient
number of these large fish viii not be
finished before next spring. as the COM
missi0ners wish to give the experiment
a good trial. and. besides. il is no easy
matter to st just such fish as are
suitable for the purpose at this time
of year
The evening times., 1898-02-09
MIND TRIUMPHS
OVER MATTER
A Woman Cured Of Append
citis Without Surgeons.
Many Prominent Persons in Relig.
ious and Social Ci relies Interested
-...t ia Mental Science.

Mental science. as ii is called, was
the means employed to bring relief
when Mrs. Lorrillard Ronalds, of New
York, was attacked by appendicitis. As
is the way with this serious disease, ii
developed rapidly after the first symp-
toms were noted.
Mrs Ronalds became SO critically i'll
that the necessity of an operation to
reach the seat of the disease was immi-
services of a celebrated surgeon who
operated last year on a millionaire in
a New Jersey town for the same dis
ease be obtained. The charge for that
operation was said to be 5000.
Mrs. Ronalds would have none OF
surgeons. and trusted her fate to men
tai science. The result was satisfac-
tory. Within month after the in
fiammation began she was able to be
out. and is now Well woman.
Little wonder is it. therefore, that
Mrs. Ronalds and her mother, Mrs
William A. Perry. are deeply interested
i'm mental science and in spreading
among their friends the good news of
its beneficent results and in seeking its
employment as healer of maladies.
>tNefdl uGdNlllS -fbOIll meetings nave
been held 10 devote to the study of this
science of healing without medicine.
The report is tha. society or club has
been organized as a development from
these meetings. This mental science,
by the way, is not to be confounded-
with Christian science, faith cure.
thought cure and other cures of other
names. though there is resemblance to
them in that material remedies are not
employed and that the mind directs the
subordinate body to fulfill its duties
without permitting LESSONS and pain to
interfere.
Mrs. Perry is>foremost among those
who are deVoting attention to this
scheme Of outwitting or controlling dis
ease One of the meetings was held at
her house in East Fifty-sixth street.
Mrs. Rainsford and her sister, Mrs.
Charles Perry; Mrs. +. {. Bliss, Mrs.
Church and the Misses Pierpont are
said to have been among those who
have attended drawing room meetings.
Ii has even been said that DIR. Ly-
man Abbott and DR.. Rainsford spoke
at the meeting that was held at Mrs.
Perrys house.
The formulate by which mental sci
ence is brought to direction upon dis
ordered organ OF the body are not dis
covered to the public. The meetings
are said to be under the direction of a
doctor who lectures upon the interest
ing subject under consideration. and
also directs the treatment. if this word
NAV be used in this connection. when
mental science is used to combat dis
ease.
The evening times., 1898-02-09

metal belt is new idea designed to
protect the dress from the constant
friction of sharp. or, at least, hard
points with delicate material.
Another innovation has the same
merits to recommend ii as certain
weil-known health corset which has
been on the market for many years. 1t
is the belt with a spiral wire arrange
ment that stretches in accordance with
the movements of the body, allowing
free breathing and reasonable exercise.
Young women who contemplate a
summer by the sea should either avoid
the cut steel belt or else ask for the
kind that is warranted not to tarnish
at the Seashore, as there is a new va
riety now on the market which has
this guaranty.
Ingenuity in the arrangement of imi-
tation jewels has been taxed to the ut
termost in the making of belts, and the
despairing designer has turned his at
tention to imitation cameos Mercury,
Phyche, Venus. Juno, and all sorts of
NEUROLOGICAL characters are linked to-
gether in unclassical disregard of rela-
uons or affinities, but they make
beautiful belt and are affected by the
damsel whose pose in Grecian wher-
ever possible.
The evening times., 1898-02-09
A WOMAN MARINE OBSERVER.
She L. at the Government station
at Truro. Mass

Miss Lillian Small, a pretty girl of
nineteen years, is the youngest marine
observer in the Governments employ.
Her home is on tho outer or ocean
side of Cape Cod. that great arm Of
land stretching away seaward from
the mainland of Massachusetts. Her
low-roofed New England cottage
stands on a great clay promontOry
overlooking the Atlantic and only 800
feet from a nearly perpendicular cliff
which rises $50 feet above the sea.
All the ships from the ocean and
along the coast of Boston and North
ern ports pass within a few miles, and
Miss Small's duty from sunrise To sun
set of each day is to watch through
a big telescope those passing ships
make out ttPir flags and names and
then, every half-hour telegraph the in
formation to the Chamber of Com
merce at Boston. where it is used for
the benefit of marine interests. Tele-
graph wires run from her cottage di-
reetly into the office of the Chamber
OF Commerce rooms.
There is also a Government telephone
line connecting with all the life-saYing
stations along the Cape Cod coast
with a bell in her sleep room, in case
of a marine disaster at night when
she would Immediately wire the par
ticulars tu the Boston newspapers
This station is to Boston what the
Highlands of Navesink are to New
York
The evening times., 1898-02-09
YOUNG MEDENS
HPTER PULLMAN
Beacon Street Beauty Writes
a Proposal to Him.
- J.
q n
Since His Mo.heTs Decided to Take
Her Dover Rights, Hts Mail
Has Been Large.

Young George NJ. Pullman of Chi
cago, is an object of much interest to
numerous young women, now that his
mother, having elected to take her
dover rights in her late husbands es-
tate, will get about $500, 900 instead
of si,500,000 left her by the will.
As she Is generous to her boys, they
will come in for share of 1t, in spite
of fact that Mr.. Pullman, having no
belief in the business ability of the
youths. left them but $1,000 a year
each.
George NJ. Pullman about a month
ago was visited by a man who desir-
ed to write an account of his attempt
at breadwinning. In a spirit of fun
Mr.. Pullman gave his name as Sanger
Pullman.
Mr. Pullman was then working as an
inspector in the employ of the Pull
man Palace Car Company. A few days
afterward an account was printed,
giving in detail how Sanger-in reality
George-Pullman had begun a business
life and was earning his own living
Scarcely had the account been pub
lished when letters from far and near
were thrown upon George Pullmans
desk. They were addressed to Mr..
Sanger Pullman. inspector, care of
Pullman Palace Car Company"
One letter, dated Toronto, Canada,
and signed Miss Changeable," READS:
You will probably remember meet
ing me at the home of Mrs. X, in New
York city, VIXEN you were there last.
L am the girl with the red and green
changeable silk To whom you said, Let
me see the color of your eyes. Are they,
too, changeable?' i liked you then as
an ornament to society, but now you
are even better as useful member of
that great business community of your
country-Chicago. l would correspond
with you. Send To Mrs. F. for my
name and address. / have written to
her today. Yours, with affection"
Another letter from Boston said:
My Dear Mr.. Sanger admire your
physique. You are certainly hand
some. Maybe If you write To me and
find you sociable I'll answer you. /
am not altogether against marriage.
No. l might be pressed into that hap
Ply state of bliss. They say I'm PRETTY
and Beacon street can't beat me-"
Another letter, from Louisville, Ky,
and signed Friend" runs:
My daughter. a blue eyed. haxen
haired girl Of eighteen, is still in love
with you. Size hasGlong admired you.
but | would not let her write to YOU.
Now that L see you are employed and
are making a good fight To be inde-
pendent | withdraw my objections. She
may address you now. Perhaps you
might write first " co
Other letters of Hike import came
from Mansfield! Ohio: from Ithaca, y.
y: from Bloomington, H.. and from
Old Point Comfort Ma
The evening times., 1898-02-09
BEATS HER IN HIS SLEEP.
An Iowa Man who Does Queer
Things Is i'm Trouble.

Because her husband walks in his
sleep. Mrs. E. II. Lower, OF Sioux City
Iowa, wants a divorce.
Lowers nocturnal perambulations
are truly startling. A fortnight ago
he dreamed that his wife was trying
to kill him. left his bed, armed him.
self with butcher knife and attempt
ed TO cut her throat. Her screams
brought in the neighbors and her life
was saved.
A few nights later she was aroused
from slumber by a blow on the head
from a water pitcher. 1t was Lower
who dealt it, He explained that he
was walking in his sleep again and
apologized. but that didn't help the
pain in his wife's head.
Finally he tried to throw her from
her bedroom window on the second
floor. Then she left him and began
divorce proceedings. In her petition
she intimates that Lower is not al
ways asleep when he pretends to be.
He will deny this allegation and at
tempt TO prove that he has been a SOM
nambulist from childhood. He is well
known throughout the state and is
worth about 100000.
The evening times., 1898-02-09
COLLARS INJURE THE NECK.
Aud That - the Reason Women Are
Dlsca riding Them

Wuman's neck is almost ruined, says
a writer in the New York Sun. The
high stiff. linen collar has done il.
Surely those observers who discover
ed that everything good has its evil
must have been fashion writer's in their
day. The high collar is extremely styl-
ish. is comfortable, Notwithstanding
contrary appearances, and ii affords an
easy. neat way of dressing the neck:
but at the same time it plays havoc
with what poets call the slender. mar
BILE column of milky whiteness. and SO
on.
One has only to look carefully at the
necks of the women at the opera, at
ball AT a reception, to see that they
are not what they used TO be. The high
collar has left its mark. To look Well
il has to be worn tight enough to him
der perfect circulation, and that causes
the neck to lose its plumpneSs, the skin
To lose its fine, soft texture and purity
Of color. The neck of the average wo-
man when barred nowadays instructive
ly makes the average man think of the
sere and yellow leaf He has no idea
what has done 1t. bHt he knows that
women's necks and shoulders aren't SO
pretty as they used to be.
And how does he settle the why and
wherefore in his own mind? Poor. de-
luded man, He pats himself on the
back. and says: You are growing old
and cynical You are sated with wo-
mans physical charms and have reach
ed that stage in life where the intel
lecUUal has more charm. He doesn't
dream that such a little thing as
linen collar is the cause OF the differ
ence. Woman has begun to see the
dual nature of the stiff collar and To
contemplate its evil side, and already
she is beginning to abandon il. She
winds a soft Roman scarf or ribbon
rather loosely about her neck and con-
soles herself that il looks more artis-
tic than the collar if it isn't so swell.
and then she knows it Will help to re-
store the beauty of her neck But she
Will have to do more than give up the
collar TO regain her lost points.
The evening times., 1898-02-09
MARRIED IN A CELLAR.
A Tenn @s>ee Couple the Princi-
pals in all Exciting EloDement

An exciting elopement occurred in
Dickson County, Tenn, last week.
Henry Herroll and his cousin. Jennie
Cory, were the principals. He is
eighteen years old and she is sixteen.
They fled from her home at noon. the
young lady riding behind her lover.
both or mule, but their parents soon
learned of their intentions and en-
gagged in hot pursuit.
With half mile advantage HerroII
reached the home of Mrs. Roberts. i'm
the cellar of which Squire Fielder per-
formed the ceremony. while the angry
parents searched the house above
them. After the ceremony had been
concluded the Squire quietly locked the
door. where the newly married couple
were left alone. safe from their out
witted parents. until they could make
their appearance without creating a
scene.
The evening times., 1898-02-09
A MUSICAL. PRODIGY.
Child If Two Years Surprises
Experienced Artists

The youngest musical wonder i'm all
New York is little Marguerite Mandel-
kern. just two years and three months
old. The wee girl has not yet learned
to lisp plainly the mingled English and
German in which she expresses herself.
but there is no music too difficult for her
TO sing with absolute precision. after
once or twice hearing il upon the piano.
The little treble voice is as clear and
true as bell, and most intricate meas
ures are given with a strict adherence
to time that would make prima donna
envious
The child is the daughter of Joseph
Mandelkern, Of No 106 East One Hun
dred and Twentieth street and has
doubtless inherited her marvellous ear
from her father. whose ruling passion is
music. Fer hours while her sister Eliza
beth. pianist Of no mean order, is
playing Baby Marguerite will creep in
TO the room and lie silently listening
This had been going on for some time
before the family observed the little
ones habit. and became aware of her
devotion to melody
1t was when near her second birth
day, however, that the infant musi-
clan essayed her own powers. Her
choice was grand opera. and her debut
made in an aria from Aida" As the
first note was struck Oracle" as she is
known at home, stopped suddenly in
her play, threw back her head, parted
her red lips. and To the surprise of
every one present, sang in a sweet.
pure thread Cf tone the entire aria.
once haN ing found her voice the lit
tie maid. tremulous with delight. went
on TO make her own every theme that
appealed To her. And Oracle knows,
too. everything that she sings. 1t is "a
matter OF no moment 10 this small mu-
sic lover whether il be Verdi or Men
delssOhn that occupies her attention.
The evening times., 1898-02-09
Eight DAYS on the Witness stand.
CFro.n the Louisville Post,


THE longest time I ever saw one witness
on the stand," said a man from Hardins-
burg, ''was .lnring the life of Judge Kinche-
Ioe, who was regarded as one OF the ableSt
members of the BTeckinridge bar. He
was honoref by his people with the high
offices to which he aSpired, and he was
always resp .cted in the highest circles rs
a man OF earning and a ripe scholar.
During his active legal practice land titles
were much unsettled in our county. and
some of the most important suits came
I'D over titl,s. In the case OF Askins
VS.. Askins, in which Judge Kincheloe
and the lace George W Williams, OF
Owensborc, were the counsel. the tax
ing Of testimony consumed two months.
It was thsn that Mr.. ASkiBs was on
the stand continuously for over eight
DAYS, ami when the judge had question
ed him from every Conceiva bic point Of
view he said: We'll, Mr. AskinS You
are excused. but I'm afraid we've pumped
you 81 dry You won't have anything TO tell
your wife AMI family when YOU get home
The witness retired, badly confused. but
EVIDENTLY glad To get off the rack"
The evening times., 1898-02-09
TAGGED CODFISHES
Denizens Of the Deep i'm Which the
Fish Commission Is IL tereSted

(From the Boston Daily GlObe)
An experiment which is being viewed
with the keenest interest by the fisher
men along the Atlantic coast is now
being carried on at the United States
fish Matching station at Woods HoH.
under the supervision of Commissioner
j. j. Brice.
For years and ever since the estab-
lishment of a fish-hatching station at
Woods Holl continuous observations
have been made through the year in
reference to the habits abundance and
movements Of the important fishes of
the New England coast. AT this sta
ton. as at all others. the product has
been from time to time seriously af-
fected by the presence of parasitic an
imals and diseases peculiar to the finny
tribes. or the food fish, the cod have
perhaps suffered as much from the
parasite animals as any food fish prop
aga'ted at this station.
The cases have been given careful
study by scientists, and investigations
carried on on an extensive scale The
results Of the Investigations have been
most gratifying to all concerned. and
il is evidently the intention Of the
Government to make this station the
most important one on the Atlantic
coast. utilizing the excellent facilities
here offered to the fullest extent While
the habits of all kinds of food fish have
been given careful study By the scient-
lists. that of the cod is now receiving
special attention.
With view to securing more def
mite information regarding some i'm
poftant points concerning the cod the
commission have begun TO turn loose in
the waters CT Vineyard Sound several
hundred cod. which in weight vary from
six 10 twenty pounds. The fish We're
procured from the fishermen in the vi
cinity snd stripped Of their spawn at
this station. Before being released
a numbered tag is fastened to each of
the fish. The tag is q small piece of
copper or tin, and is securely fastened
The evening times., 1898-02-09
A NURsE DECORATED.
A Cross of the Legion of Honor
Given TO Her

France has just bestowed the cross Of
the Legion Of Honor upon Mile Mar
guerite BOttard. the eldest nurse i'm the
SaIpetriere. where she has worked for
fifty-seven years.
Mile. Marguerite BOttard, who has
passed her seventy-siXth year. was born
i'm the Cote dor in 1922. When only
nineteen on January Il. 1S41, she enter
cd the Salpetriere as a nurse in the
wards of DIR. Trelat She became. first.
substitute. then under warden. and fl
nally warden. without leaving this
great refuge of misery. She was EN-
plOyed in the care. first. of the insane
Of Drs. Fabret and Le Grand du Sauiie.
and then passed to that Of the ep!lep-
tics. attended by PrOfs. Charcot and
Raymond. She is. despite her age. still
warden OF the clinic of maladies Of the
nervous system. performing the duties
Of her position with rare skill.
All France acclaimed an honor so sig
nalIy well deserved and bestowed, and
il is not the first time that the govern
ment has testified its appreciation Of
Mile BOttard The then minister pin
ned or her black dress the palms of
officer Cf the Academy seven years ago
The evening times., 1898-02-09

photographed with your fiance-that is
not considered good form.
Nor must you even have your picture
in the same frame with his. The new
fad Is to have a frame holding four
cabinet-sized photographs, and in this
you must put four pictures of your f.
ance, in four different positions-one
full face. one side face. one three quar-
ters face and one profile. 1t is rather
an interesting idea, as il is astonishing
how changed a persons expression is
with the face in different positions.
One of these sets of photographs was
seen the other day on a young girls
writing desk, and 1t was hard to believe
that the profile and full face were of
the same man. This is one of the lat
lest fads for engaged men, as well as
girls.
The evening times., 1898-02-09
ART STUDENTS IRATE.
The Manager of the New York Zoo
Displeases Them.

There is much concern in art circles
in New York city because students have
been forbidden by the managers Of the
c.ty's geological gardens in Central
Park from sketching the animals. ex-
cept at inconvenient hours before Q
o'clock in the morning.
Those who are most affected by the
withdrawal of the privilege are $40
young women from all parts of the
country, who are pupils of the School
of Applied Design for Women Dan
Beard, the well-known artist, has been
instructing q large class in animal life.
and frequent trips to the garden made
for the purpose of sketching. have been
a great stimulus to the work of the
budding designers. The class is one of
the most attractive features of the
course.
President Clausen, of the park board.
which is responsible for the order, states
that the artists and their eaSelS OBJ
struct the passageways in the garden
The evening times., 1898-02-09
THEY WANT HIS MONEY.
Two Divorced Wives Fight "A Widow
for n Dead Mans Pronerty

When he died Lutte Brown. of North
Stonington. Conn, left $4,000 in cash
and much land and three women hun
CRY f0i a slice of the property.
Brown was a horse trader and farmer
He divorced two wives and made viii
in favor of his third wife and widow.
Last Saturday a contest began be
tween the women over the estate i'm
hearing before the commissioners of the
estate. the law provides that a widow
shall have the life use of one-third of the
real estate owned by her husband at his
decease. and it is under that law that
the claim of the two divorced wives is
made. Their counsel claims that as the
divorce in each case was obtained
through no fault of the wives they have
claim to the estate. Counsel on the
other side says that the divorces bar the
former wives from participation in the
estate.