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PUNISHNENT OF TIE PAINTINGS.
They violated Editor storey's Cast-Tron Rule
and Accordingly We're Hanged.

when we went o. Chicago To live just after
the fre." said woman who has since re-
turned to New York. we furnished the house
with all that was necessary to make II
attractive. one winter my husband
bought number OF paintings. and after
tev had been placed properly we invited a
clever young " oman g. como in and see IL q
collection. | don't mind telling you that she
wrote for Mr. Storey's newspaper. tho Tunes
She UNDER TODD art. She had been reared In
boston and IA" had StuG.ed 4nroad.
When the article on our collection ap-
pearei what wa our horror 70 read that
each picture described had been hanged by q
man who mad" "A specially OF putting ny
Paintings. Nv husband was teaSed into a
1T Of neuralgia the LeXt day by his Chicago
RCglairtgnCes, who expressed their regret
that all hi~ rOiutings Lad hecn executed.
or course the women heard of IL and there
was glsgle for blocks.
called upon tie Young woman from Bost IN
and asked how she had made such blundcr,
she was in AN 6gOnl2ed frame Of mind aud
protested that She didn't write IL hanged.
was sure she didn't Then came the eY.
ylsnatlon. few weeks before there had
le"n an execution Ia the Chicago Jail and
Mr. StOrey's reporters wrote that the man
was hung Mr., Storey was furious and
Issued al order. 60 heard, that heuccf1rth
editors. reporters. copy readers. priLtcrs
and proofreaders must write and Sct up and
flexible. The Young woman who wrote of orr
ton used the word hung throughout
her article and Mr. Storey's rule was en-
forced. But as long as Wa lived in Chicu 20
We we're ALWAYS known as that New Work
family who hal their paintings executed.
The sun., 1900-12-30
LAWYER SUES DIR. KINDRED
For Alleged III Treatment in an Asylum Has
Becn Plaintin Eciore.

George Carleton Spann. who IL admitted
TO the bar. has obtained from Justice Leven-
tritt % the supreme Court a writ 81 inquiry
20 have damages assessed In an action lie has
brought against DR.. John j. Kindred OF HAS
Madison avenue u recover t25. 900 damages
for alleged malpractice while Spann was
an inmate of tho sanitariun Of the defendant
nj Stamford, Conn, IN 1890. IL Il alleged
that he had only nervous pro-trntion when he
went there. but that q roush the u" OF drugs
and under u-treGtueut he became tempo
rarily insane. A. tho result OF the condition
into which no got. he say e.. Lee lost his law
practice, got divorce from his wife Juliet,
although he had nu reason for doing so aud
Wa induced To spend 81 600 H'edle.,ly. pr
Kindred paid 10 attention - the suit and for
this reason the alleged damages are to bc
assessed on default
spann, who come, from Alabama, married
juliet on Dec -, isHa, ana they separated
q week later In the divorce .uit. Which was
referred TO Arthur Berry, Npann charged
his wife with intimacy with Charles L. Hitler.
spain enlisted for the war with Spain. serving
In IN" Fourteenth Regiment lie had become
recnnciled 10 Juliet and remarked her IN
1897. lu June 1899, hn brought an action
against Benjamin Reed e. recover s. 900
damages for alienation Of her affections,
saying that Reed had been attentive TO her
while he was 1T The war; Eccd was arrested
on an order OF Justice Mccarthy of the city
Court. gave bail. and the action does not seem
TO have been prosecuted any further.
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FEWER STEEL PENS Used.
One Industry Seriously Affected By the Spread
Of the Typewriter.

During the past year" said q Nassau
street ststioner. we have sold only half
the number Of steel pens We sold In ispo
And would not be surprised to see the sales
of pens fall of till only a few stationers in
town carried largo stocks Of them This.
l think, il due to the advent Of the tyIe-
writing machine
In almost every business house in the
city typewriters are in use and In some houses
they have "A system Of keeping books with
typewrtine machines In the County Reg
listers ohice all the records were for years
kept with pen and ink, but now the copyists
employed there are compelled to work type
writing machines Deeds are copied into
the record books with the aid Of the type
writer and the COpyiSt Of to-day has not
the political siuacure lie had a few wears ago
when ans school boy was competent to be
acnpyl-t IN the Register, ot,iCc. Hundreds
Of boxes 81 steel pens We're in use there in
thos" days. but now they use only about one
PEI, cent Of the quantity formerly required.
few. YEAR several pen manufacturers gave
up business few people know what a heap
OF bother and expense II i, To- make n pen
sheets and then ,ut into strips about thrro
inches wide These strip, are snnealed.
In other words they are softly heated to
u rcd heat and permitted 10 cool very gradu-
ally. 50 that tho hrIt'!en"ss is all removed
and the steel is soft enough 10 be easi v worked
mon IN" STRIPS ~" aSaln rolled To the re-
CURED thickness. or rather thinnesS. for as
YOU know ile average steel pen II not thicker
than a piece Of letter paper
The blank pen {, next cut out OF the fat
strip aud a." na'ne of the maker stamped
upon II Then comes the mould'nE process
Thy pen i put in a mould vhi.h gives IT grace
and strength In" rounding enables the
pen 70 hold tho reQuisit" iuk and to distribute
tAo ink gradually That little hole which
l. cut near the end OF the slit also helps ~
mik" ~" ink run properly and regulates III.
- 1-t."l'y OF the. pen Up TO this time tho
metal l. soft aud1oad-lik. To make il brittle
ana -rringy il /, tempered by being heated
y a cherry color and then suddenly plunged
into cold water But IL IL then 10 brittle
for use. - the temuer Of the steel must be
drawn Tho elasticity varies with the color
and each color Is obtained by suddenly plmnR-
ing ~" pen into cold wateN Then follow
~" slitting, polishing, pointing and finishing.
all or which Is done by expert workmcn.
But IN. price ~ pens has fallen greatly
% the new century. there will probably be
fewer pens manufactured and more typo
writer's put 20 work &"
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greatly improved by a service at Sand Kew
Previous 20 the Spanish war We go. little wea-
ther news from the Gulf of Mexico md the
Caribbean. II storm proved very destruc-
tive In some OF tho more southorly Of the West
Indies wa received news OF IL. and for the
next week or ten days shipowners were kept
In a condition Of nervous doubt IA to the
course oi the storm nild whether il would be
safe to let their vessels put ont to sea One
storm might lrave the West Indies aud go
due east across tho Atlantic, or IL mi ght 20
along the eastern coast Of Florida, oausln Z
wreck and ruin on the seacoast of eastern n
Florida. Georgia and the Caroinas and
Winding up IN blow at New York and Boston.
or again. it might turn into the Gulf Of Mexico
and strike at any point on the coast of Texas,
Louisiana or Mississippi Practically the onl y
weather news coming from the West Indies
was sent from Cuba, by an old Jesuit priest
who had devoted a great part OF his life to the
study Of the weather In the Gulf Of Mexico,
and who had a wonderful knowledge of Gulf
storms and weather phenomena and who was
remarkable prognosticator
The Weather Bureau recognized It's de-
foienoy In this matter and asked Congress for
money to establish weather stations or at loast t
70 got telegraphic weather news from the
West Indian islands that lay In the course OF
made aud there vas a marked Improvement
Ia the service. While the ravages OF the
storms on the coast continued to q large ex-
tent there was an apprecablc diminu ution In
tho damage to shipping. Some further i'm
provement followed the American occupation
OF Cuba and Porto Rico
oEe. great deIect in the. present system
Is That there 's no way Of communication
with vessels after they leave Galveston.
New Orleans and other Gulf ports They
may be rInning into a hurricane ofs; he worst
sort, but they have no warning Save such
as their barOineters give The same Is true
OF vessels from the Atlantic entering the
Gulf A Warning from tho shore that "a
storm was brewing IN the Gulf would en-
Il neces ar Again. when a storm comes
from the Nest Indies and strikes the south
eTn par Of Florida IL somatiil,s goes to
the east and sometimes 20 the weet Of the
peninsula Occasionally. but very rarely.
ii splits In two. one section raging OF the
Atlantic coast and the other of the coast
OF the Gulf Of Mexico, 1t would be Of great
was heading, but this 10 impossible under
present conditions II has happened IN
cases In which vessels have been detained
at New Orleans and Galveston for news oil
a Gulf hurricane that the hurricane has
taken the Atlantic route. but not until II
reached Brunswick or Savannah. Ca. was
Il known that therc was no danger ahead
ward into the Gulf II IL lost at sea for two
or more days Its course Is generally due
west, along the Dry Tortueas. and then
IL starts in a northwestcrly direction toward
the mouth Of the Mississippi or some OF the
islands scattered between there and tho
Rio Grande. The west coast Of Florida
seldom u ever suffers. Then 10 may Be sew
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CITYS GREETING TO AZ. CENTrRY.
Bnrst OF Song aud Colorcd Fires a, the clock
Strikes Midnight.

Worknen began Yesterday the docora-
ton of city Hall and the park FOR the muui-
cipal welcome to the new century tomorrow
evening The cntiV. front Of the City Hall Will
be Illuminated, and the 800 German singers
and 1000 members oi the choral union Nt.p
VIII sing the old year out viii be surrounded
by blazing strings of electric lights 1le
national oolors will he used largely ia the
decorations and there will he an elaborate
display OF fireworks
=, Alderman Muh. who Is the chairman of
the committee in charge Of the celebration n
s,lid yesterday that he would not make th"
programme public until tomorrow after
noon. IL was dec arod that all but - OF the
.. 800 approprla LAT sd was TO be spent for music
decorations. &c. and the members OF IT,
committee said that there was no truth in
The report that eighteen cases OF champagne
had been ordered FOR the Aldermen,
One part of the programme provides that
Jus, before midnight ali the lights snail bs
exting,ished and that on the first stroke OF
Il they shall be turned on, while the fire.
works are set OF. and all the SINCERE Join In
Q Great ohoTAs
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HRS. PERSONS MARRIAGES.
Devotion TO Three Cripple. Followed nv q
Iuth Wedding.

lNnIANATOTIs, Dec. ~ - Mr.. l1Ora Pier
sou. a widow Of Hagerstown. Ind. has just
entered upon her tfth matrimonial venture
a. the wife ~ y. II hingcry OF Rocky Ford,
Go! ana interest III the event is heightened
by the fact that Mr.. kingery is tie third
husband TO whom Mrs Pierson has been
married without seeing her a'tanced till
they met 10 have the nuptial knot tied Mrs
IiersOn Is o. and Mr.. Kngery ~ and his
confidence in her was manifested by sending
her 800 with which to make the journey from
Harerstown to Rocky Ford. TO is said
tS>be "a substantial farmer and was attracted
to Mrs Pierson by learning from a friend the
story Of her devotion 10 three previous hus-
bands
Mrs Persons frat marriage was not at
tended by any Unusual circumstances but
the second attracted attention to her. Aer
husband was n hopeless cripple and from
the first was Il source Of constant care She
never uttered a complaint but nursed him
year after year with tie devotion that a
mother would show 10 n child. and when he
died Lo one questioned the genuIneu,ss or
the grief she exhibited. Her tIrd husband
was ~, nearly blind and without a home
AIpMe1uy PITY induced , her 70 make Tie
constituted a period OF devotion ana self
sacrifice on her part that proved that syn-
pathy. If that were the moving cause wa,
In her not a snort lived sentiment
be fourth matriInuEisl Venture was
stranger than any Of the others one dsy a
pedlcr stopyed al her house and showed The
package OF lace and when she opened Il was
surprised TO find that II contained a letter
signed by one oscar Piorson, II was directed
to whoever should open tho package and
stated that he was helpless Grim le and
earned scant living by making lace hy
hand while being confined in bed The
letter gave rs the residence of the " ritter a
New jersey village, and Hppea led 10 the read or
10 assist him ia bettering his condition Tho
widow at once addressed a letter to the lace
maker, expressing sympathy with him and
inQuiring into the Circuu, stances Of his life
reply wss received III due time and the
correspondence thus epened resulted in an
engagement and "A few weeks later I'm mar
riace. Mrs Roher. which was the name Of her
third husband, going TO the New JERSEY
village 10 be welded Tho laceinaker lived
two years after his marriage and those who
knew the couple bore testimony 70 the faith
fulness and unrenlitting attention OF the
wife After his death she returned 10 Hag-
erst own and reoccured her childhood home
The death Of Pierson was followed by
hundreds OF letters sent u the widow from
cripples In all parts OF the country The
writer's had heard Of her devotion and sought
pierson. Some Of the writer's appealed
strongly 70 the sympathy Of the widow and
oorrespondenoe was entered into with two
or three. but upon further thought she de-
eAdsd thas shs lad made sAoridose enough
The sun., 1900-12-30
4 SALMAGrNDI CHRISTMAS.
Gifts From . Real Santa Claus Interohanred
Between Memb bers.

The Salmagundi Club had It's usual Christ
mas celebration on the night OF Friday
Saturday. The clubhouse at /. West Twelfth
street has been enlarged and rettted costly
since last season and thcre was q large turn
new art gallery there was Christmas tree
hung with gifts provided Nv the club mem :
bers and there was a miniature Santa Claus
later TO be Mr.. I. NJ Arnold The Parcels
were distributed by. lot and each member.
as he received his gift. was reu.ired TO oren
il In the presence Of a very Jolly multitude
There WAS a lot Of Jnerriment over the rag
dolls and penny whistles which were drawn
who is known chiefly by his lack of skill in
drawing drew transrarent slate while
another who won a parcel labelled Portrait
Head" found In II clever sketch Of a cab
bage
Fred Eyeroft. Charles Potter. Walter Hud-
son. Fred Millbaun and Henry Mayer con.
sons and stoTy.
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"Babbtt,s" combination Soap shaksf and
Finest, iuiI Size double Mn: Laundry Board
200
Birdseye maple Rolling Pins .....,... .26o
Elettric hoop selected Virginia cedar Wash
Galvanized iron Wash Tubs, with wnnger at
Tooth Picks, hard wood in large boxes, 5
Stands in oak or walnut for tuies trays. SSo
Rus.ic Flower Boxes, hanging. eco, $40
Rustic Flower Boxes, !ardiniers STYLE,
"Wollt's Fair" double pointed Tooth Picks,
Buffers Dish Trays, oak or walnut. 81. Is
Rustic Flower Boxes, for window sills,
$50, $2.2A
Laundry Soap.
"Bahbltt's" celebrated Best" limited guam
tity, II cakes for r...............,1 400
Fairbanks" renowned Washing Powder,
Gold Dust" in medium paeita yes, 2 for 90
10 Alb. PACKAGES. ....................1Ao
Quantity limited to each purchaser.
Table Oil Cloth.
10000 yards Of the very best grade Of lK yd.
width in "Buchanan's" superior Oil Cloth
for table covering, value 2Jc. I'd 49,. 90 I'd
Toilet Paper.
Extra fine satin finish Boudor Tissue, In
large rolls or packages, value S.. not over
Oto each purchaser, 10 tor or........ 20o
BrOomx
1000 extra well made three -sewed Bruoms,
real value 29t., only two TO each customer
100
Celebrated Home Of Industry" parlor
BroomS ,.,.;.....:...;" ;"0c., $50, 41c.
"Home of Industry" velvet finish paror
Blooms. .48c.. 400, $40
No Mail or Telephone Orders Filled.
Clothe, Wrinser.
An excellent wood frame Wrlnger, with 10
Our "favorte" Wring;esii. improved guide @
board, coil spring. l0-ineh. .,...... 81 80
Our new high grade spiral coil Wnnger, with
the reversible water board extension han.
Ole. standard high class rubber rolls, IL
msh sh.......;........... ...........$ $8.OS
Baskets.
Imported, oval, double handle, strong willow
Clothes Baskets. ...,.......,.......... .10o
Extra strong, large size. oval Clothes Bas-
Round, covered clothes Hampers; ......sSo
BRAIDED TOP, covered Clothes Hampers, very
Extra heavy white willow Hampers, square,
Basement, Central and Eas, Buildings.
The sun., 1900-12-30
TO WATCH HURRICANES.
PROPOSAL TO Put A SIGNAL STATION
ON SAND KEY. PA.
Its Duty Would he to Give warning Of the Ap-
proach and Path OF Gulf Storms such
station Needed by shipping Congress
VIII Re Asked TO Act In tho Matter.

NEW OKLEAN-. Dec. 2e.-It is believed
that II the United states Weather Bureau
will establish a signal station az sand Key .
Fla. one Of the Dry Tortugas, about seventy
Ave miles west OF Key West, II will save each
year many lives and much property on the
Gulf OF Mexico. The establishment OF such
a station IL being urged bv the New Orleans
Maritime Asso citation. which will bring the
attention OF Congress 10 the matter. II has
Interested the Commercial and Maritime
Exchange Of the Gulf Coast In the project
and already letters OF approve al are pouring
in The proje has the support OF Com
mander Selfridze Of this Light House dis
trict. Of Observer Blythe and other officers
OF the Weather Bureau. and OF all the ship
masters engaged in tho Gulf trade. The
proposition will go before Congress. advo-
Gated by every interest that can be affected
h. the Gulf storms. and IL will be asserted
that there is no point on the Atlantic Coast
not even Hatteras. where a signal station
Is needed or can produce suoh beneficial
result,
The country has learned from the Calves =
ton disaster the character OF these Gulf hurri-
canes. The storm that swept away that
prosperous city. while the most destructive
In human III. NJ any that has struck the Ameri-
can coast, was only one of many that have
come from the Gulf OF Mexico. the breed ns
place Of our worst hurricanes. Most OF
these storms drift out to sea, but there Is
scarcely a year In which some Of them do
not strike the coast along the Gulf Of Mexico.
the Caribbean Sea or the South Atlantic.
Only year ago the island OF Porto Rico
was In the track Of one Of these storms. W hich
destroyed tho orops Tn suoh an 81 tent that
the island has ever since been suffering. and
ha pifad har Aa -
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eral davs before it is known whether the Storm
has entered the Gulf or not, IN what direction
4 is tending and which Part Of the coast
Ii is IN. unanimous opinion Of the ship
captains and owners Interested that 1 signal
station at sand hey would meet al. rse
defects IN the preSent s",,'a1nT Lhf Island
u or from the Gul! ports signal from
Sand Key telling Of Il sudden charge IN the
weather or of an appruathiu storm would
be visible TO ell pas ing rHsrl-' and they
could take sueh ,pIecaatrn@ a, misnt he
ns,h Of The ye;t Indian stonnS ~ "n'c1ins
stationed there could give intoim2'ion as
to whether tho storm h1d PASSED along The
Atlanti5 coast Of l!Orda or whether II would
enter the Guli and If 80 in what Erection Il
IN the Gulf demonstrates dearly that sand
Key IL the centre nf region m"St dangerous
10 navigation. and storm warnings There
would DO more AT ectiye than at any other
place
This Is the conclusion reached by a COM
inittee OF the New orleans Maritime Assoc
ciation, to which was submitted the question
which was the most dangerous point on the
Gulf Coast, and Therefore the best point
FOR n signal station Tho committee called
before II ,h'p, captains and all Others who
subject; and they are said 10 have been unani-
mously in favor - Sand Key The station
would be valu able for shipping purposes
u telegraph ONCE were also established
Sand Key is the most westerly Of the Florida
reefs. about sevcrty-fvr miles due west Of
Key Vest and coo miles southeast Of the
mouth o! The Mississippi, It is much IKE
there would be very much Ike a lighthouse
keeper In the matter Of society. but on the
other hand he would have tho satisfaction OF
ln1Nwing that he was the sentinel for the entire
The sun., 1900-12-30

aud she would stand aside and give some
other honcNolently disposed woman a chance
hch came letter from klngery lie
said that ae was old but by 10 means feeble,
and that tie story OF her sacrifices lad been
related 10 him 10y n miuistor If tho Dunkard
both members, He asked for PHOTOGRAPH
and Sad nat b" contcml lated asking her
hand IN marriage. 81" sent ~" picture and
ASKED Tor one IN rofurn. Nitu It came a
FORMAL oHcr OF marriage together with a
statement OF his financial condition and
references Ia banks and Iro,Alu,ut citizens
rs to his character The OFFER Vas ucCerted
md money followed quickly for travelling
expenses, and Chri-tmGs dpy witnessed tho
ceremony which Joined Mrs Pierson "a her
nIth husband
The sun., 1900-12-30
A Mammoth Sale of
HOusefurnishingS
Begins the Century in This Greatest Store.

To Brookyn"Cy Of Homes'wih the opening Of the great
Houunhng Store spreading the Easements Of Central and East
Buildings belongs the largest handome and most complete store Of
home furnishings in existence Stocks the widest in angeom
dainty the dinner table the tiled refrigerator
the great that cooks with both coal and Nothing that modern
science has devised for the household mSsng-a model
kitchen that g. established solely make suggestions of good
Housekeeping Brooklyn home lovers Ases broad displays
crowded ventilation Is perfect
The sun., 1900-12-30
Evuaii to Re Buried Beside III. First wife

II has been arranged that tho remains Of
George Everal. the tailor, shall be inferred
IN the plot lie purchased where his first wife
Il buried In woodlavn. and that the litigation
over their disposal between his three children
and their stepmothor shall be DISCONTINUED
An order TO this effect was entered In the
supreme Court Yesterday by Justice Lcven-
tritt The second wife, Mrs Katharine
Everall, wanted 20 inter the remains in her
I1no,i IiGt ana the children by the first N.fe took
contest Of the will, which left all the property
TO the second wife. viii proceed. The will is
Florence z MannicAn and Annie r Archer.
The sun., 1900-12-30
Mayor Signs Repavins Appropriation.

Mayor Van Wyck signed yeste terday The
resolution aprropristing 100000 for re-
paving OF this 81 900 900 will be spent In
Manhattan. 500 00O in Brooklyn, $500 900 in
the Bronx. GI.OOo in Queens and $4,000 N
Riohmond
The sun., 1900-12-30

The greatest news Of Muslin Underwear that ever we or an
has had to tell Thousands of splendid garments have dsappea
the week for the smallest prices which such Underwear ever c.
comes freshenine of this great January Sale
The sun., 1900-12-30
At Prices That Make New Record Of LittIeness.

No housekeepe afford to miss this SALE Everything Is
highest quy-nohng sodhere any price, This para
The sun., 1900-12-30

To fifty celebrate the opening this greatest store to mark the
of the twentieth century of the world. progress
will naugmate sale of Housefurnshngs.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-07
TIE HOUSEHOLDS
Some Pointers on Vinegar-A Girls
Combination Wardrobe-Pre-
pairing Asparagus

When we speak Of vinegar, the mind
turns naturally to vinegar made from
the hard ckler OF apples, or, since we
are told that most Of the commercial
vinegar is manufactured from various
acids In the chemists laboratory, we
think Of this diluted, unhealthful arti-
Gle. But scientists tell us now that
vinegar can be made from nearly all
fruits and that It is healthful as well
as plquant and delightful sauce to
dinner Vinegar is made from 0rdina-
ny peppermint leaves washed and put
I'm Il bottle for a month with good cider
vinegar. When strained, this makes a
delightful fayorlng for certain kinds OK
meats. Horse radlsh is ground and q
tablespoonful Of graduated sugar added
before It Is mixed with the apple Vine
gar. A bottle filed with nasturuum
seed pods and vinegar Will be ready for
use in a months time. Green peppers
make another piquant flayoring vine
gar Peach pits cracked open and the
meat put In a bottle with very strong
vinegar lmpart n decided peach flavor
to the mixture. Walnuts can be sub
stltuted for the peach pits. Ripe goose
berries make n delightful vinegar sauce
which some cplcures consider superior
to the best white vinegar.