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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-02

/ U. S IS, ref. .1021s N,lM6.C-~ lists If0I9
do Is, reg. 9y14 Nsog. e. gem 5S 1885
do IS, reg. go. 1881 Nor. Car. 6s.....127
do IS, coup. 1854 DO is .......... 1876
do new As, reg. 1884 NJ p; prior As. 1885
do old As, reg iI4i[ NY CO stI14slG65&4
! do old Is, c0upl14A n: & w. con. IS 971a
do IS, reg......l124I 60 gen. 6s.....f32
p, SIS, coup. ....1l214 Or Nav. lists JOB
Distrfr> IS SIS. .12l do As ........... 1885
Atch gen. is I9 ~ % or. -; Line 6s ~
do adj As o. m IN , o.; "
S%aSo r. n Ho liz r. G. W lists 9S15
do = ~ 81 & q l. NJ. con.5s11 10 Z
q e I " CON = 113 { g. +. gen.6s12I
do S. f. deb.5sl2l15ISt Pau on. .152A
Chi, Terminal Is SO Isl, c. & -. ~
d. & r. G. lists. 1G424 do 5s ...........4.:l
E.T.,V.& G lists. l62as Is. b & T. 6s.... 70
Erie gen. 4s..... l3 Tenn. new set.3s 955s
j.. w. & C1sts. II r. & ?. lists. .If553
Gen Flee. 5s..120 do DDS ......... G21b
G., h & S,A6sl07 IL. P 10l5s
do a. 2ds......109 Wabash lists ...l15i2
IL. &, T. c.. IS. ..11115f do DDS ..........I04
do con. 6s.....1l0 West Shore Is. 1872
10. Cent fsts..,115 Wis. Cent. lists. 81
K.C.,P. & G.1sts I2l2I Va. Centuries . 9lh
La. new con- 4s.1G8t4l do deferred -. )
/. & N uni. is .I0J44 Col. So 4s....... S3i4
M, K. & T. IDS. G9is So Pacific As. 8228
do IS ........... 53AI
VAIL STREET GOSSIP-New York
stock gossip, reported by H. HoIbert 8,
Son, bankers and brokers, 54l Robert
building, ST. Paul-SrOng, StuTgis & Co
wire US: There have been several mi
nor changes in this market worthy Of
comment We note q further decline in
MetrOp Olitan Street Railway due to the
selling Of stock natural upon the fran
chlse tax as essment Other shares have
SufIeted somewhat from this also. Steel
shares have done fairly well, holding
their own and apparently absorbing all
liquidation. Although the issue Of bonds
by the Missouri Pacific has called for the
adverse comment, yet this influence has
been in great measure neutraliZed by
the heavy purchases by the Rockefeller
interest and the prospect of the distinct
pressure Of that power upon the board
Of directors. The general tendency of
much bullish DEVELOPMENT and in certain
stocks liquidation continues HClje-s OF
speculative securities are disposed TO les
sen TIER obligation before sailing for
Europe or going into the country. A
healthy investment demand is evident,
however, and New York Central, Penn
sylVania, N0rth-W esterp, etc, are be
ing SUI ely and steadily absorbed -
NEW YORK NONEY--NeW Work. May
Money on call steady at Pare Per cent;
AZ per cent. Sterling exchange heavy,
with actual business in bankers bills at
$4.8SG4.SSis for demand. and at "a $3.50
4.S4& Tor sixty days; posted rates, 81 $50
4 S212 and $4.89g4 .S912; commercial bills
A.S3lsQ4 .S44. Silver certificates 606i6015c
Bar SILVER. $3.50. Mexican dollars, 47hc
TREASURY STATEMENT -W asaing-
ton May 1.-Teday's statement OF the
treasury balances in the general fund. ex-
elusive OF the $3.50 600, 0G9 gold reserve in
the division of redemptt6n shows: Avail
able cash balance, $l461E,54S; gold, so;
BANK CLEARTNEfS.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

/ GRAIN GOSSIP-Gossip by private
wire to {. ii. I. Smith & Co., St Paul
members Of the New York Stock ex-
phaage and Chicago Board of Trade. =
tEeerbohm: Crop reports from south Of
Russia remain quite favorable on whole.
RS far as winter crops are concerned
IOu'N in few districts are there any serious
lEomplaints. Spring crops, however, are
meteorological on all sides to be very late.
PGu are likely to be more Drecari0ue on
th3l account. From Crimea, however, re
ID ADGut l10.O00 bu corn delivered; no
wheat or oats. London wheat off Goa ST
.po hlA% doing. on passage quiet; steady.
( rn on coast nothing doing. On passage
lGuift. but steady Paris wheat barely
81 caaE May Ice lower. Flour weak, May
GRAIN VISIBLE sUPPLY-New York
May Special cable and telegraDhic
comm unlCatiOnS to BTadStreet's show fbe
following changes in the available SIM
talies' as compared with the last account:
~ nSa'TL nlted States and Canada, east
'2I lha Rockies, decrease. 3,402 600 bv: q. iv-
atp9ol Corn Trade News) afioat for and
s .S..,,,' decrease, 24os,O00 bu. Corn
i2clies, 30SL000 bu. Oats-TTnited S+atae
md Canada. east Of the Rockies in
rease, 64,O.0 ,bu Among the more i'm
JOrtant decreases reported not rriyor in
he official visible supply stafen9enf or 20
nose Of $4,000 bu At Northwestern in
4lor elevators, $4,000 bu at Chicago
lriNatc elevators, 345000 bu at Manito69
forage points. 100000 bu at Porf Huron
5o9o by % ct 9t ST. Joseph 1000 bu at Sioux
calls, t"Co9 pu at Joliet. and 80 Geo b1 AZ
last st. Louis and Chattano0ga TSe
1riucipal increases are those of $50 q q
1u az Cle,TEeland and 71,0OO bu at Depot
iarbor. Tho aggregate stock Of wT1s9t
+ lcld at Portland, Or. and Tacoma nod
sea;Lle, Wash, increased, 134,9O0 bu LAT
NEW YORK, May 1-FIour-Rece-D ts
hlSgs; market slow but steady IN tone ana
without change. Rye -four duh NVhcat
j Receipts. 1900 bU; exports. Cisco Ia:
falea 10000 bu futures, 100000 bu e.
ort; spot strong; No. red 79c r. a. -
doa. Srct; No. 2 rel Sc clava o.:
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Henry F. Boardman ex TO Minnie NJ
Meacham, It g. blk 9, Tracy's out
Susan r. FtcllIin and husband 70 f'-'-''
Walter L Baldwin, It 3, blk 81
Ramalcy Park, White Bear .....-. 8Of
Martha \. Clark to John II Dick
9u4t, 1t ), blk 4, E Rlce's First adj
,ditlon Observation-Disclosures.
Robert l.. Ware ct ux., ct al. to
JuIius Mystrom, 1t 13. J. NJ War
ners Second addition ............ 81
Kieiv Il # Do Ffi, ct 1 gX to Margaret
JACOB SINNERS ct Tx. to Nieholaus
II; WebRer, 1t 8, A. Gotzian's sqbd
N5 DIX lq4 PS;aytons add ............... 5oC
NAY TLorn H. schmidt and husband to
thohlaS j. Kennedy, W p 1t 10. e
l9l2 # 1t H. A V Browns subd "
2 Dix 30, Stenson, B. & r. $ add. 24,
chan = BS e3Ia3 Stu ct ux to 1fer-
Pioneer Real Estate Buiiding So w.
Cle ~ supd u of NV u, 5, p, It % ~
T7I,,nI, MI = '-.l: - ..Dil q
f r. IN 70 6u AK, to John Hammerly 50
Richard Lott to Emil ". YONG. '90'
QulSt' IT ., Henderickson's. .. o.,
rank W. Davis ct ux. to joseph
ETg:IhIplom 1t l3, IA, subd 1t 81, Como
Eiizabsth DAM and husband f. Ida i''
y, C&d"ell' 1t 20. blk Is. Syndicate
Seven Corners Building Associafion i'0O
to Annie b. Holman. " "A Of " 90
IL % Paulson Rearr II u, It's ! 3
sf ok IS Brown & Us West ST. Paul 161
0i "a ~ IIILa ~ ct uX. to Percy Nash.
~ = DIX ~. Summit Park - oa
Henry Saucheray to Henry csiev,u.o 10 y
- rous 90 H. 10 rods W r. =, II L.
1AI - "A; Johnson ct ux. to william
i11,- Johnson, 1t q, blk 80. including
DIX Minnesota Transfer
same to same, Its 81. 80. same on
C +i1Iiit ~ J ItI S4 to Ann Linseed
M Tini5'an{, Us H. ~ 2S' %, 80, blk /,
Same to same, Its 81, 30, blk / Min. ''o0
nGsota Transfer ..............' 90
W = am e. Allen, Ct al to Robert 81
T. Redmond to Mary G, Simns ilI ''oO
~, Y, sw 4, 2 80, + 8..... -.'..,-i' "a
RED red Is. Lambecht ct TX to John o.
& gNtf sTs65PIj' 1t a5 ~ blk 6. Mackubln
Anchor Investment Company; 70 Ia 2'20
SOD o rdGIihen ii biks ?, 3, d. r. 49, H.
" b gToeln 70 ISG foby, 4 Investment Com
blk 2 Excelsior Park. S, w n L. =
Mary NJ Woodman to Mario,l NJ ID
LAY LAY It 5, blk 50, Arlington fills
i-4 fo q N W: Mortgage Company
20 anna e. Kneehtyes, 1t 4 bIIr
! Is, Bakers S. w. D...., = "iA o.
Charles -Ksempfer to Pete; j. Getsen %
t,z 20, $50 80 1T 1t 6, blk ?, Rice & rs. o.
bert N. Johnson. It Is Nortb g. e.
| Paul Land Company'S r re9iTh H 2I'
:, blk 2, North St Paul Park ~ e
Annie Bognagh and HUSBAND - o.
RR iea ~ ,, G(5Iramer 1t A. blk ).
't Szj e. y was ~ s., subd 1t s. 70. 10.
| H. go II 1t Il, Walcott's to Collage
! ................. a.
| FtoViGence Life and Trust COMPANY
20 10 IGw al Syrup Company, it 1, 3.
P,i ok ~ Bazllle & Rs West st.
! julius Mystrom ct TX. to Iniins 90
SSurgen's n 2 1t u, J. NJ Warmers
| Henry F. Boardlnan nxac,,to,.'' L
Min NJ. Meacham 1t G. bin .
Iracy's out lots ................ VIZ. o . o.
-olai transfers, . ................S8s.a q
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NEW

o. New England Limited: In service Anri,
18th, and daily thereafter. nc al \
New Time; Twenty-six hours to Bos-
New Departure: From Cbicapo
into Boston 5 D. m. next daV' p III J
New, New cars; Sleeping. Dining, Buffet and
h33T I9 smoking cars and coaches. ''--'
sonther nOu New York S Se0fs 9Mehigan
6. Albany. ' 0oS'on
On same date train No. IA. 3 n m
B Bdtd be S discGnt9 Ged The New York &
Shore Limited, $3.50 D. M, win ''- RIM r1"A X g
heretofore. w B. Hutter. N. W. p
J; p +, Hull li,r P, A, l22 Endicott Arcade
Chicago; A. J. Smith, G. p r. n A.
Cleveland. o. A. a.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-02

DcDIrimfUL " IUHuII1Ce.
Whereas, the Benefit Leagu. corp lTl-
ton organized under the laws OF Min
neSQta, has fully compiled with the re-
quirehdents OF the laws ~ this s ate. TO-
lating TO Cooperative or Assessor NJ IN
surance.
Now. Therefore. I, the undersigned. IN
surauce Commissioner do hereby eInpow-
er and authorize tho 1h0ve-named Scot
OF Cooperative or Assessment Accident
insurance in the State OF Minnesota. ac-
cording 10 the laws thereof. uu;u the
thiTty-.irst day. Of January \. D. 1901.
unless said authority be revoked or 9TH
erwise legally terminated prior thereto.
In testimony whereof Z have hero
unto set my hand and affixed my seal OF
Oslicc a. St Paul this 3Ist dag Of JI1u-
airy, y D. 1893.
j. \. C'SHAUGIINF2Sy
Insurance Commissioner.
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HOGS.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today estimated ..........S :. 199
A week ago ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. AS
a year ago II, Oh
Quotations: Mixed and butchers. $5104
$50; good to prime heavy, $5l54525;
rough heavy, $40; stays and bears. $2Q
4.25; pigs and sI1ips, $4Q4.75.
Receipts were fairly heavy although
several hundred less than the correspond
ing day year ago The market opened
50712c lower ard closed weak at the de-
cline. The bulk of the mixed and butch
ers sold at $5.15d5.20, with choice up 10
$52212. Others steady. Pigs, $4.75; packers
$50 Good to prime heavy sold at $515u
%; stays $4.Z5. LpCal butchers paid W
to $3.50 for extra choice sorted hogs. Rep
resentatiVe sales
Mixed and RUtCberc-
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Those ArtfuI Nc,

pIOD6T 9.
mrs. Naggerton. cannot understand
what the attraction of a public dinner is
10 10 you you men 81 You can enjoy a good meal
are none p1a9,+ II you want to. or If not there
might go. but only the young men seem
to take advantage of them.
MI; Naggerton fabsent- mIhdedly). At a
o o,l Gunner. my dear. there are no wom-
en-. aon YOU see-(he neYer finished
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-02

The travel on the new Short Line :,
Omaha, Kansas City. etc. surpasses the
expectations of the Minneapolis & ST.
Louis r. r. management Better eouin-
ment and faster time pleases the fra
cling public. PalatiaI trains leave The
M. & st. L. Depot at 900 a. m. and s!aS
?. m Try them and be convinced. TICKET
coo. MAIN
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Wanted Stretching.
Ally Sloper's

AIIY bIODerS. -
She had shown her friend aver +ba ,iio,,
villa which she had lust taken and
winch was very much like a somewbar
ENLARGED dolls house. 9 sumo " I'd
# q; AND 1an now y dear What you think of
Yes. indeed" replied the- friend: but
M M4at are yo y, going to do with all those
oh; | shall let them out. dear"
sure they want it,
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SHEEP
Comparative receipts:
Total for TODAY (eStimated)

Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated) 200
A week ago ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .501
Quotations: Fat sheep. 81. 5Oa5. 49, stock
sheep, 43,z5Q4; feeders, $3. 4CQ4; fat lambs,
g. 591g6, s.; yearlings. IS. 75@6; stock and
$50; bucks, s.. 25a4 25; spring lambs. STqS.
Shorn sheep and lambs sell at 5OcGSI a
hundred less than these quotations.
Receipts light. Demand was good for
all kinds of fat stuff, with no quotable
change in prices.
REPRESENTATIVE sales.
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THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS
HOGS SOLD FIVE TO SEVEN AND
ONE HALF CENTS
LOWER
STOCK CATTLE SELL STRONG
Receipts Were Heavy, With Com
paratiVely Light Run of BUTCH
er StuR-StOck Calves in Elk
celIent Demand.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, May 1-Receipts at
the Union stock yards today testimated)
We're: Cattle, 900; calves, 500; hogs, 300;
sheep, 200; cars, So.
Official receipts Monday: Cattle, 222;
calves, 216; hogs. 896; sheep, Is; cars, %.
Receipts for the month of April, COM
pared with April 1899, are as follows:
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: Wonlan.s Questinn.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
II see" he-remarked as he 1ool.o5 ~,
rom MS naner; that the British have re-
covered that battery of guns.
what was it covered with the first
tlinc. GEAR she SWeetly asked
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-02
Wisconsin, Central Excursion Bel-.
IetIn.

ST. Louis, Mo. and return..a ........ SIR IN
On sale May 18th. 18th, 18th ana 2lst;
return limit June %.
New Orleans and return. .............. So. 90
On sale May 18th, 2OJh and 2lst return
limit May 2Jth.
Milwaukee and return 81. 70
On sale June I'd to 9th; return limit
June 30th.
For particulars call on Herman Brown.
G. P. and T. A, SI3 Robert St. St Paul
MINI.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-02

), Mllch Cow Exchange-Receipts were
heaNy' with good demand for good to
Gi emo quality cows. Prices strong at
last weeks quotations
Representative sales:
co-,.s IIIce;. 20 Price.
. cows '....... l23 90 cows ........ IS co
The days sales, each buyer purchasing
me IN; number OF head indicated, were as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-02
BONDS.

premium; Chicago exchange, buying rate
SOC discount selling rate par; sterling,
81 BIZ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-02
MINNEAPOLIS.

MI\NFAPOIIS Nav l-Wheat opened
steady
same as at Mondays close close advanced
gradually to 641sc by 11:30 a. m, and by
Roau held at 64asc.
July wheat opened at 65I5c. against 651b
posse Monday, advanced slowly to G5al5
The cash ' Wheat iS market aGIi S was strong
northern sold at. at ii.e &c over ,sIi he Nav or
b4 basis of 10 under the Tul,- Ch0feo
ears odd at a Shade over.
,-55.-a|.r neat '''=1' 81 'i'z' ana "'S At
Omen HIGH Low CIosino
Wheat inc asf st T1Ice Mon
May 49,. 62as 6lI5 63& 6r5 Geai
ss6fa,n e-ayi c55 e7sS ~ '' ~ z az ls
On -Tr3clz ~ b3Td g. y No O'72 02,t1
srn fl... No noTtbD, Ga. ANIL 'oi , ~
05.- ,-,fl l,, H. ' a. H. III - @1P- o"'S'
I,.-L ~, ~. - -, 9NN"' ?i''i'
PMS nm TTi5- y,bS9f G22iI4gg;,c-7l,
Calls ON July wheat, &aG57sc.
CASH SALES.
n, ro,-1.,.,, % -,r, e-iLo
~ t5r = 10 ~ 20 20, arrive 0o2sc.
H." , nof R SSr,l % G5a s e 2252c'
No. egtS,I,' < efrs c ffD}iG5i en.o
b. 10 ? 3 4oE .sFs = esEs. G37te
~ nti5 sii ~ "a. sselz,5 0ic c, e,,,
10 w6eat, 8 cars, 6214c,
DO DO; "i wi a. l car, We. .o,,
49,. ga wheat, ! car smutty, 65l2c
80 d n r'leI'S' 9'.oyee.'7' hrst clears $ZSo
- HSlf' per Dbl pure $z.6o4z.'o.
'lH-No " corn, @sc; No. yellow
Sc: no sales .5rsepeorted.
G1i--- 10 - ~ d2ac. --,,--,,...
'.-Ne. quoted al 5O052lac; mo sales
fenol5ea. s.
,,tjeI ranges from soc to 4Oc for choice
=, i'e ,l, ..a IN bulk, $11@1L25 shorts
~ DII.' SlV9t5 lL'3' mludl!ngS, IN bulk
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*Pullman, ex-dividend, 2 per cent.
Total sales. 99S, S57.
NEW YORK MINING SHARES

May New York exchanges TT,es,i, y.
Buying rate 26e discount, selling rate ,sg 30
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BENEFIT LEAGUE.

Home Office, Minneapolis. MINI. W. f..
Black. President VIM. q. S.ott. Score
tarY. Incorporated Aug 18Th. 1898 Com
menced business, January lst. 1897 At
torney to accept service iu Minnesota
Insurance Commissioner.
Net assets. December 81 pre-
NiOus year .......................... S'44.3t
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st. Paul, $97S, 316.3S.
Minneapolis, $1;S52, 955at,..-..
New York, $2l6, G05 991.
Boston, S25, S27, 1888. 2ntf'sfzs-rCj i.5s
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-02
LITTLE DONE IN STOCKS
MARKET WAS LIsTLESS AND FAIL
ED TO RESPOND TO ATTEMPTS
AT DEALINGS
SOME WIDE CHANGES SHOWN
They Were Not, However, in the Ac-
tive StOcks-PennsyfVan Div
idend Announcement Had
Little Effect.
Prev.
CIoce. Day.

Cloce.-Ddy.
Bar siiTar. New York ..........- 595s o9s4
Cal money - ew York ..........2q2A
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over re WHICH i9ltf t M5nd@r. receipts came in
and the number of loads u au-ed by e3ch :
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-22

Saturday afternoon, his mother was
sure that Jimmy had done It.
And yet Jimmy wasn't such bad lit
tie boy after all. He could fiji the wood
box quicker and get the cows In from
pasture sooner than Willie Prime, VINO
was the good little boy Of the neighbour
hood, and Jimmy was a master hustler
at chores when he wanted TO go a-hshins.
But he had a reputation and was just
a plain boyish boy, VINO believed In ghosts,
and fairies and things.
This particular Saturday afternoon
Jimmy wanted 10 Ego 70 the swimmin
hole via De gang" but misfortune had
oyertaken him IN the shape Of bent pin
which was found innocenty reposing on
The seat OF Deacon Smiths chair az pray
ers that morning. SO Jimmy Was forced
10 spend the afternoon prisoner In dui
ance vile" IN che garrett. whore he swell
tered IN the heat ana took rare comfort
shying dried applies from the window a.
the fowls and pigs in the barn yard
There would be sFrnngo swelling %
breasts in that same barn yard after the
dried aDDles had made me Acquaintance
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-22
BLIND KOREAN BRIDES.
THEIR EYELiDs Arm PASTED TO-
GETHER FOR THREE DAYS AT
TER MARRIAGE.

Live Goose Plays a Most Imp ortant
Part I'm the NuptiaI service-Bnch-
eIors Are Despised and Treated
With Marked Contempt by the
Hermit NRtiOn-CIothe Are Pasted
Instead of sewcd in Korea, and
the First Thing Taught "a little
Girl Is the Proper Use of the Past
ing Rod.
New York, April IA Korean bride
has her eyelids pasted together until she
has been three days a WIFE" said Mrs $.
4. Baldwin. who has lived for more than
twenty years in China and Korea, and
who Is considered among missionaries to
know more about the hermit nation"
as the Koreans are called, than any other
foreigner
Their marriage customs are very GU
rious, and perhaps l had better tell you
about a Korean wedding, which, once as
a great hcsor, l was allowed to attend.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-22
how to paste clothes together, then TO
and h..,,,

how to paste clothes together. then TO
wash and iron them.
Now. his use OF paste instead of
thread is custom. so far as ] know,
practiced only by the Koreans. 1t is done
on account CT their mode of ironing. To
accomplish this difficult feat they rip
their garments to pieces before putting
them in water. After the washing gar
ments are laid on smooth block of wood
or stone and are beaten smooth with iron
ing sticks. These sticks resemble a police
mans club and each ironer uses two.
Girls and boys wear their hair hang
ing in two plaits until engaged TO be mar
ried, after which the boy fastens his on
top of his head, and the girl twists her 8
at the nape of her neck. Koreans hold
marriage in high regard, and show n
married man profound respect while
bachelor is treated by them with marked
contempt l have seen men greet slip of
d boy wearing top-knot with ceremon-
ious Difference, saying TO each other: lie
is man: he is about to he married.
while of much older man, and possibly
a richer who wears his two plaits, they
remark that He is pig He can not get
wife. He will always be a boy.
In the choice of his first bride the
Koreans leave everything TO the 'go-he-
tween. But all other wives, and a Korean
may have ten the man makes his own Sc
lection. Ii is seldom, however, that sec
ond wife is added to the household, eN-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-22
THE CANNIDAE TREE.
Strange Native of Australia and De-
strOys Its Human Prey.


New York, April 21.-Mrs Ellis Rowan
of Melbourne, Australia. who is at present
III New York, and who has travelled more
extensively in the cannibal country than
any other European woman, has told re-
Gently of the existence in Australia of
forest tree which is perhaps one of the
most wonderful plants of nature. 1t will
hold in its center and devour the body of
a quite as readily as our insectivo-
rous wild flowers trap the insects on
which they partly subsist the Tree is
called the cannibal tree.
As Mrs. Rowan describes ii, its appear
ance may be imagined to Resemble a
mammoth pineapple which often reaches
to the hight of eleven feet. is foliage is
composed of series of broad board-like
leaves, growing in a fringe at its apex
Instead however, of standing erect, as
does the little green tuft at the top of the
pineapple, these leaves droop over ana
hang to the ground. Ia the largest spec
linens they are from fifteen to twenty feet
long. and strong enough to bear the
weight of man. Hidden under these Gu
rious leaves is to be found a peculiar
growth of spear-iike formation, arranged
in circle and which perform the same
function for the pant as do pistils for
flowers. They can not, however abide 10
be touched.
Among the natives of Australia there is
a tradition that in the old days of the
antpodean Wilds this tree was Worshipped
under the name of the Devils Tree" Its
wrath was thought to be greatly dreaded.
AS soon as its huge green leaves began TO
rise restlessly up and down, its worship
pers interpreted the sign as meaning that
a sacrifice must be made to appease its
anger. One among their number was
therefore chosen, stripped. of his raiment
and driven by shouting crowds up one of
It's leaves TO the apex All went well with
the victim until the instant that he step
ped into the center of the plant and on
the so-called pistils, when the board-lile
leaves would fly together and clutch ana
squeeze out the life of the intruder By
early travellers in Australia il is affirmed
that the tree would then hold its prey I'M
til every particle of his flesh had fallen
from his bones, after which the leaves
would relax their hold and the gaunt skel-
eton fall heedlessly to the ground. In this
way did its wOrshippers seek to avert dis
aster and to still the demon spirit among
them.
The trees present name and its uncan-
ny actions remind us that the cannibals
of Northern Australia have also a playful
way Of scattering about the bones of
victim after one of their feasts.