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III Bagmdged. 80.
.,.... Years Ngo.
How the People Lived When the
Country Was Young.
ARTICLE NO. 5.
FUNERAL CUSTOMS


The colonial funeral ranked as a festive
occasion, the quantity of food, liquor
and tobacco consumed depending upon
the value of the estate of the deceased.
In more than one colony legislative In
reference was required to keep the
friends of the deceased from eating and
drinking his widow and orphans out Of
house and home. South Carolinans ex-
celled in expensive funerals, as they did
in all other form of hospitality and So
cial display. In New England funeral
festivities were more moderate in the
matter of eating sand drinking. Cake
and cheese were distributed, and tables
were sometimes spread, and wine and
beer was served as on other solemn oc-
casions. But feasting at such times APP
pears not to have been SO general as in
the Middle and Southern colonies, where
funerals were sometimes occasions Of
drunkenness and quarrels. A New Jer-
sey governor provided in his will against
the occurrence at his funeral of rude
ness, that may be oceasioned By too
Much Strong Lickquor." But food and
drinks were not always the chief ex-
pense at funeral. The "underbearers,
who carried the coffin walking with their
heads and shoulders covered with the
pall-cloth, were provided with plain
gloves. This pail was hired for the oc-
casion. Its corners were upheld by per-
sons of social dignity who were the pail
bearers. and who were provided with
gloves of a costlier kind. Gloves were
also given to the minister and often TO
many of the friends. The present Of a
pair of gloves was an approved form of
invitation to a funeral, though in some
places invitation cards with wide black
borders were used. Hundreds and in
deed thousands Of gloves were gwen
away at single funeral. So many
gloves were received by persons of wide
social connections that a considerable
revenue was derived from the sale of
them.
Mourning rings were one of the heavy
charges at an upper class funerai they
were sent to the minister and pail
bearers, and sometimes to a circle of
friends. One Boston minister estimated
the rings and gloves he received as worth
SIS per year. Two hundred rings were
distributed at a funeral IN Boston In
1913. Scarfs, often of silk. were given
to the pall-bearers, ministers, and others
and they We're worn for a considerable
time after the funeral as a badge Of re-
spect for the dead. Families sometimes
dissipated large portion of their estates
in funeral ponp Many efforts We're
made to abate the expenses attending
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ADWWVB0> Fair S

Settling down. is a pernicious phrase
and ought to be excluded from a
woman's vocabulary. There is In France.
Germany, Switzerland Holland and in
most countries of Europe distinct type
OF female who exists today as the result
of the settling down of her sex a
thousand years ago. This Is the peasant
type, 1t is so pronounced that even girls
of sixteen born under its bane have that
settled down. heavy look around the hips
and the springless, humpity clump move
ment of the head and shoulders which
we sometimes observe in American
women fifty and sixty years old. Cen
turtles ago the ancestors In the female
line of these girls sank with oxlike res
ignation into the mental plane of burden
bearers and field laborers. Their de-
scendants bear the stamp Of it today in
the clumpy form and movement and the
slow, heavy brain. All over Europe, ex-
cept in Great Britain, this peasant type
Of woman is so distinct from that Of her
sister in the upper classes that they
seem actually to belong to two different
races-one short and broad, the other
slender and more or less tall.
In our country the settling down. of
a woman's body as she approaches mid
die age is the result Of the slumping
down of her mind. In this republic.
| heaven be praised, we have no peasant
type, and we never shall have If our
women keep themselves braced up and
bright all their lives A woman's pleas
ure in life is not ended when she is mar
r1ed and the mother Of children 1t
should really begin then. A course of
physical exercises will keep a human
BODY as active at sixty as it was at
sixteen and as capable of endurance. and
| these physical exercises will not cost a
cent Of money, only q determined will
and few minutes of time every day.
1t has been said so often that it is like
| repeating the multiplication table to
write it again; but just the same phys
ical exercise, pure air. proper diet and
a determined cheerfumess will keep the
body healthy and timber down to old age
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TROUBLES OF OUR OWN
Americas Wars, Re-
bellions, Insurrec-
tons, Riots, Strikes.
ARTICLE NO t.

supplemented by Greeks and Arabs. GOO
miles across the Lbyan desert to De-
rene, the capital OF Tripolis richest prov
tnce, which town he stormed ana can
tured. In this expedition, which aid ito
work in March and April. 1906 the Ameri-
can flag waved for The first
time in triumph over foreign ter
ritory. Eaton has long since been
forgotten, and the war against the
pirates Of Tripoli gets only very brief
mention in American histories, yet Ea-
tons gallant exploit deserves rank as a
daring, well planned and successful ex-
plot.
The war lasted from June TO- 1901, to
juno 4 1905, and gave employment to
about 5000 naval forces and a dozen or
more vessels.
THE SEMINOLE OR FLORIDA WAR,
This was the most expensive Indian
war the country ever had. The Senninoles
We're a nation Of Florida Indians made
up chiefly of two tribes of Creeks who
had withdrawn from the main tribe. and
several other remnants Of tribes. During
the American Revolution they were un-
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P6RSTITI0NS | '' s.. s's'; s:.' gs's'
ARTICLE NO 6.

THROWING THE WEDDING SHOE.
This custom Of throwing one or more
Did shoes after the bride and groom
either when they go to church to be
married or when they start on their
wedding journey is SO old that the men,
DRY of man stretches not back to its be-
ginning. Some think it represents an as
sault, and is a lingering trace of the
custom among savage nations of carrying
away the bride by violence, others think
that it is a relic Of the ancient law Of
exchange or purchase, and that it form
srly implied the surrender by the parents
Of all dominion or authority over their
daughter It has a likeness to a Jewish
custom mentioned in the Bible Thus in
Deuteronomy we read that when the
brother Of a dead man refused to marry
his widow She asserted her independence
of him ''by losing his SHOE" Also
in Ruth when the kinsman OF Boaz gave
up his claim to the inheritance Of Ruth
and to Ruth also he indicated his assent
by plucking off his shoe and giving 1t to
Bcez. 1t was also the custom of the mid
die ages tc place the husband S shoe on
the head of the nuptial couch, in token
Of bis dominion.
TOUCHING FOR THE KINGS EVIL.
The disease Of scrofula was called
Kings evil from a supposihous belief
that prevailed in England that 1t could
be cured by the touch OF the rejgning
sovereign. This belief began in the reign
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THE LITTTE MINIsTER.

LIZ ILL 1lAEI NdINlSIERs
This is a love story. the scene Of which Is
laid In the little Scotch weaving village
OF Thrums at about the middle Of the
present century. Aside from its intrinsic
interest, there Is much sllfllful portrayal
OF the complexities of Scotch character,
and much sympathy with the homely
ives OF the poverty-striclxen weavers,
whose narrow creed may make them
cruel, but never dishonorable The hero,
Gavin Dishart, is a boy preacher of
twenty-one small Of stature but great
in authority, and given to innocent frolic
in eXuberant moments. Grouped about
him are his people, who watch him with
IynX-I1ke vigilance, ready to adore, crit
1cizo and interfere, while an all-persua-
siye influence is the mother love and
worship Of soft faced Margaret Dis
hart.
Across the narrow path of the Little
Minister, and straight into his orthodox
life, dances Babbie, the Egyptian, in
wild Gypsy frock, with red rowans in
her hair. Against the responsiveness of
her beautiful eyes and her madcap
FRANKS, even three scathing sermons
against woman, preached by Gaven in
self-defense, are of no avail, and the
reader follows with absorbed interest his
romantic meetings with the reprehensi-
VAC OclOOASy anu Tie SOSSlp OF the ScdLU-
dalized community. The rapid unfolding
of the story reveals Babies sorrowful
and unselfish remuneration of Gavin, and
her identity as the promised bride of
/ Lord Rfntoul, who is nancy years her
senior. A false report of Gavin's death
brings the lovers together again on the
eve Of Babbies marriage. Fearing pur-
suit, she consents to a hasty Gypsy mar
rage with Gavin in the woods, and the
climax is reached when a flash Of light
ming reveals the ceremony to Lord Rim
tout, two stern elders Of the Kirk, and
Rob Dow, who is seeking to save the
Little Minister from his wratfuI people
by killing the Egyptian. In the. food that
follows, the chief actors in this dramatic
scene are scattered; but Gavin and Bah
Die, after many adventures. are reunited,
a deed of herOism on the part Of the
Little Minister from his Wrathful people
in the love of his people.
The story is recounted by Dominic Ogil-
Wy, who is at last revealed as the father
Of Gavin. It IS lighted by touches Of
quaint humOr that so often what might
otherwise seem stern and forbidding in
the picture. An instance in paint is that
of Libbie Craik, who would be "fine pleas
cd with any bride that the minister
might choose, because she "had a nlagen-
ia silk, and so was jealous of no one."'z
In 1887 the book was dra1natfzed, with
violent wrenching Of the plot to meet
dramatic necessities. ~ -,-.a ~ -.r-. "a
James Matthew Barrie, author of 1.-THE
Little Minister" and dozen other
books, was born in Scotland, May 8,
1860. His peculiar talent for depicting
Scottish village life and rustic character
with fidelity, pathos. hunor and poetic
charm, has brought him fame and
wealth. He now lives in London.
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AMERICAN COINAGE.

Congress first authorized the issue Of
United States money BY The act Of April
~ Il92 Our forefathers were not SO rich
. In those days as we are now, and for the
next two years no coins were issued ex-
cept copper cents, which were much larg-
cents. In 1884 there appeared our first
silver dollars and half dollars, and in
the following year the gold eagles and
half eagles. Altogether there have been
twenty different coins issued, either reg
ularly or temporarily, by the United
States mint; gold pieces Of $40. $40, SIS, So,
$3.50 and 81; silver pieces Of a dollar,
and so, rs, 20, 10, 5, and cents; nickel
pieces Of five cents, three cents and one
cent; copper pieces of one cent and half
cent, and the so-called bronze cent
and two-cent pieces, which are com
posed of an alloy of one-twentieth nickel
and nineteen-twentieths copper.
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funerals. The articles Of association
prescribed by the first congress in 17Tl
contained a pledge against the use of
funeral scarfs and gloves IN New ling.
land the tclling Of death bell' aA an
announcement Immediately after the de-
cease Of any person came in probably
with the Introduction Of bells. Another
custom probably confined to New Eng
land, was that Of presenting to friends at
the funeral suitably serious books as
memorials OF the occasion. Funeral GER
mons there were, but these wero not
preached at the time Of burial. In some
Of the Southern colonies a clergylnan's
fee for q funeral sermon was fixed by
law. In following the coffin to the grave
great formality was observed; some man
of dignity Ted the chief mourner. At
the funeral Of q young child the bier
was sometimes borne by girls clad i'll
white. and wearing long white wells.
Now and then among people attached
to the Episcopal church. a funeral took
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07
STAMP MAKING BUSINESS.

Throughout the world there have been
issued during the past year different va
rieties of postage stamps The philatel-
lists have pretty good reason for sus-
pecting that some of the nations Of the
earth have become aware of the extent
and fervor Of the postage stamp collect
ing fad and that they are bent on in
creasing their revenues by catering to
1.-THE frequency with which new issues
appear from the Indian native states
has led several leading stamp publica-
tons to discontinue the chronicling of
any specimens from India except those
authorized by the British government.
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THE AMERICAN
CONTINENT.
ARTICLE No. 2.

Do you want to see a. salt lake? One
Is salty as the historic Ded sea of Jul
lea is found in Utah; deep, t1deless, life
Jess and higher above the ocean than
The top Of the Allegheny mountains.
Do you want to see deserts? Go to Ari-
iona, where, as some one has said: "The
Almighty dumped the scraps after max
ing the earth" There is the American
Aesert, as grim and absolute as the Sa-
bara. Not a wide reach of sand, but
country scanned with ragged, barren hills,
extinct volcanoes, expanseS Of black lava
beds and yawning chasms. It is hotter
there than anywhere else in America. In
the smooth wastes the wind plays havoc,
Btifing living beings and burying OBJ
Btao,es in its sandy path, lifting the keen,
sharp particles as with a scoop and scat
tering them alOft on the mountain cliffs.
Some localities where tho desert is worse
than in others are known under the To-
ral names as Death Valley" and Land
of Thirst" etc, the surface lying below
the level of the sea.
Do you wish to see natures rucst awe
Inspiring work? Go to the appalling
canon Of the Colorado, where Charles
Dudley Warner after visiting many of
khe remarkable places OF the earth was
seized with fear when left alone in the
presence Of the massive gorge with its
awful and gaudy architecture. Where
Maj. Powell risked his life in a most
startling voyage, in river so deep in
fts bed that it looks like a mere ribbon
from its lofty banks; where nervous peo-
PIE are so impressed that they burst into
tears or fits of laughter. See the Garden
Of the Gods, in Colorado. Avalanche Ba-
Bin, in Montana Yellowstone Park, in
Wyoming and other spots in the West
for further manifestations of nature 5
wonderful grotesQueness and disorder.
Do you wish to see the mirage, lifting
distant places into View? Go to the Amer
ican Northwest, where the summer time
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WONDERS OF THE WORLD J Several set; >; ;.,..

Seven man-made wonders of the United
States are as follows: 1. Capitol at Wash
ington. 2 Brooklyn Bridge, New York
and Brooklyn. 8. Washington Monument,
Washington city. 4. Congressional Libra
ry. Washington city s. Croton Aque6uct
New York city. 6. City Hall, Philadelphia
Z: Statue of Liberty, New York harbor.
other classifcations can be arranged.
The groups of natural objects that have
been classed as the seven wonders OF
America are: 1. Niagara Fails, New
York. 2 Yellowstone Park, Wyoming
and Montana. 8. Mammoth Cave, Ken
lucky. 4 Canyons and Garden of the
Goas' Colorado. g. Canyon of the Colo
rado, Arizona. g. Natural Bridge. Vir-
ginia. Z. Yosemite Valley California
The wonders of the nineteenth century
exceed seventy times seven, and none az
these wonders is greater, more inspiring.
ana more surprising than the develop.
ment and progress of the United States.
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WAR WITH rRIpn11

In 1901 the pasha Of TripoH demanded
larger tribute than this country was
paying to the Barbary states to stop raids
upon our commerce. The threat to make
war was more than President Jefferson
could endure, inasmuch as we mad al
ready paid over million dollars for the
rescue Of American sailors from slavery
In reply he sent Commodores Preble and
Morris to lombard Tripon and bring the
pasha to terms During the blockade
the frigate Philadelphia was captured by
the enemy and taken into port. Lieut..
Decatur sailed into the harbor by night,
with seventy-six men, In. small vessel,
surprised and recaptured the frigate, and
burned her to the waters edge under the
guns Of the pasha's castle In 1906 that
dignitary was glad to obtain peace by
promises Of better behavior and releasing
the United States from paying further
political blackmail The other Barbary
states soon made similar treaties.
During this war Gen. William Eaton
who had been a soldier In the Revolution.
and was at this time American consul
at Tunis, led force consisting Of the
United States marines and artillerists,
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SHAVE you had kindness showna
Pass it on.
Twas not given for you alone
Pass it on"

! .ooieties in all parts Of the G. untry. The
headquarters Of the society is at No. u
Fifth avenue, New York city.
The work of the Sunshine society is to
do good whenever and wherever it is pos-
sible. and 1t is always possible. II means
that members can distribute kind words,
kind looks, kind thoughts. 1t means to
make father, mother, brother, sister, rela-
tives, friends, teachers, neighbors happy
by giving them bright smile, n helpful
suggestion and a gentle word. 1t means
that members shall fill their hearts al
the fountain of love and let it flow on,
freely to everybody and every thing
Reading matter or pictures, sent where
they are needed; a flower to the sick,
the loan of useful articles, any act OF
goodness to any one, helps to make up
the record of work for members OF the
Sunshine society.
Next Sundays G 10 will contain
fuller particulars about the society, and
how to organize one.
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THE tap'ring pyramid, the Egyptian S
pride
And wonder of the world. whose spiky
top
Has wounded the thick cloud"
ANCIENT AND MODERN WONDERS.
The seven wonders of the ancient world
are said to have been: /. The Pyramids
Of Egypt 2. The Hanging Gardens of
Babylon. g. The Tomb of Mausolus f.
The Temple of Diana at Enhesus. s. The
Colossus of Rhodes g. The Statue of
Zeus (Jupiter) by Phidias T. The Pharos
of Egypt or else the Palace OF Cyprus,
cemented Wits gold.
The seven wonders Of the middle ages
were: 1. The Coliseum of Rome. 2. The
Catacombs Of Alexandria. 8. The Great
Wall Of China. 4. Stonehenge-the monu-
ments of the Druids in England. 5. The
Leaning Tower of Pisa. g. The Porcelain
Tower Of Nankin. T. The MOSQUE of st
Sophia at Constantinople
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THE COLLECTOR


ports, Che Foo, Chinkiang, Chungkiang.
Hankow, Ichang, Kewkiang and Wuhu,
have number of pretty and interesting
ones. None of these ports issued stamps
before 1898, and none except Hankow has
made more than two issues. But as China
has entered the postal union all the local
posts of the treaty ports have been sup
pressed; therefore, no more of the
stamps will be issued. .eliq
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SUNSHINE
THE SUNSHINE SOCIETY.

liz oONSf11NEI' S5OG1E1Y.
The work OF the Sunshine society is
simply to distribute all over the world
as much sunshine as possible The ac-
tive membership consists of those who are
DESTROYS of frightening life by some kind
thought. word or deed. Men, women and
children are its members. There IS no
Restriction whatever as to religion, race,
sex, position or anything else.
It Was orC$rized four years ago last
Christmas by Mrs. Cynthia Westover Al
den now president general Of the inter-.
national organization. Fhe idea was sug-
gested by the gift to her of holiday car.ts
from friends. Some of them were beauti-
full. and contained noble and cheerful
sentiments in verse and prose- She
thought if these cards could give as much
delight 10 others as they gave to her she
would find pleasure in passing them
along.
The outcome was single local organ
ization. which has now gro WI into many
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1. ears: 2. forelock: 8, forehead; A. eyes;
g.. eye-pits; s. nose; :, nostrils: 8. point
u, poll; IS, name; IA; Withers; 10, parotid
glands. 16, throat; II, neck; IS, jugular
vein; 10, shoulder; 20, breast; 81, ribs; q,
back; %, loins; "A, hip; Is, flank; 26, belly;
q, haunch; Is. thigh; 20, buttock so, sti-
fie; 81, leg; 50, tail; SO, hook or hough; "a,
cannon or shank bone; 35, arms; So,
knees; 81, passage for the girths; SO, ell
bow; 80, shank; 40, bullet Al, pasterns; AZ,
coronet; 4S, foot; a. hoof; 45. fetlock
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THE HORSE IND TIE cow a N piEt ss'ass

During the first hundred years. they were
not MIXED in the winter, from the be-
lief that it would kill them. About the
time OF the revolution improvements
were made in breeding and caring for
them, until now the business of raising
cattle for various purposes is vast and
valuable.
l. neck: 2, shaking-piece; 8, chine; 4,
ribs; 5, clod; 6. brisket: Z, fland, s, loin,
sirloin; 8, rump; 10, round; II, leg; II,
foot; 10, udder; Il, shin: Is, cheek
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HORSES.

There were no horses in America before
its discovery by the whites. Fossil re-
mains Of the horse are found in this
country, but he WAS the contemporary
Of the mastodon and disappeared with
that great animal. Many changes have
occurred in the horse since his reappear-
ance in this country The changes
wrought, especially during the last fifty
years, have been marvellous The trot-
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A RARE COIN.

Very rare are the New York doubloons,
coined in 1877, Of which only five are
known to exist. On one side of this rare
and curious coin is a picture Of the sun
rising over a mountain, surrounded by
the legend, Nova Eboraca Columbia E2z-
celsior.' Below is the name Of the de-
signer, 'Brasher." The other side has
the original form of the national motto,
"Unum E Pluribus" There is her
aldic eagle, on one wing of which are the
letters e. b. the designers initials.
THESE coins are worth about $500. The
last one sold brought $527.
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DIVORCE.

The divorce laws will become uniform
not only in America, but there will be
before 2OGO an adjustment of the princi-
pie OF the home life International All
international law is founded on that
nonogan1lc group of. society. If Mr.. Dea-
con Tails to secure divorce in Europe
ne proposes to apply to the courts of
America, and vice versa, the man who is
interested in such procedure may change
his base Of opera tons.
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ORIGIN OF THE PosTAI, GARD

In 1869, while Prof Emanuel Herman,
OF Vienna, was seeking information by
correspondence, at large cost, for his
notable book, 1.-THE Guide to the Study
of National Economy, the thought oc-
Cured to him that many advantages
would result from the< adoption of
means Of correspondence cheaper than
the sealed letter. On Jan. 26 he went
before the Austrian postIidirector with
his idea, an open, stampedscard, and his
suggestion was alm6stoi Immediately
adopted. Within month the Austrian
postal authorities printed and sold 1000. 900
postal cards, and thus established this
cheapest and Indispensable means of
communication. Some Aofi4he first styles
OF postal cards are expensive now Ia
buy.
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Tin Be Year 1000.
What the World May Be a Hun
dred Years From Now.
ARTICLE NO. g.
DETECTIVES.

The advance in medical science and
hereddty will do much toward reducing
the ratio per thousand of deaf, dumb,
blind, feeble-minded, insane and other
forms Of constitutional Affections. Living
In better age, with better knowledge Of
physical laws and hygienio require
ments, the race will gradually overcome
many hereditary taints, and posterity will
be stronger, handsomer and free from
organic complaints, and the term of life
will be longer.