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| little sisters. Each one will say "Hullo'
 to you as you appear on the scene, and
 to each must be given a return 'Hullo.'
 New faces appear and their owners in | troduce themselves to any one who seems to belong to the initiated. You l know Harry" will say the newcomer
 Yes" you will answer, q know Har- ry?" Well, my names George" and
 the introduction is complete. Hence forth "Hullos' must be exchanged with l George. The smallest Ragamuffin, who
 is not a club member, being a girl and
 very little one, is the sister of the
 captain of the team. If she likes you
 she will walk as far as the big white house with you, not saying anything,
 but just being friendly
 It was on such an occasion that the
 great event of the street happened. Molly, the smallest Ragamuffin, wan
 dered as far as the big house with her
 special friend. The special friend, by
 the way, had done nothing to justify
 the child's devotion. Molly had need of a special friend, and the choice might as well fall on one undeserving mortal as another. Contrary to custom, Molly fingered to look at the horses, instead of returning to the shelterlng baseball bat of her brother. While she waited the old woman came down the steps. Molly was more interested than she had ever been before. Was she so very, very sick, the poor woman, that the young man had almost to carry her down the stairs? The small chid's big eyes grew bigger than ever with L@ r1l (, ih- fully sank on the seat she felt touch on her dress, and there was Molly care fully tucking in q bit of the skirt, every line of her dark face expressive with pity.
 Then occurred the event which was talked of by both Young Americans and Ragamuffins for weeks The wo- man invited Molly to have a ride. It was not believed at first when told on the street, but it was proved to be true by eye witnesses. The smallest Raga- muffin became a parsonage of greater importance than even her distinguished brother, he of the home runs.
 Once in a while a Ragamuffin in Q casual manner, saves child from be- ing run over. They are not excited when such things occur. It is part of Ragamuffinism. The Young Americans would doubtless do as much, but lack of practice stands in the way Young Americans apparently do not care much for their little brothers and sisters. Young ex-Europeans evidently do, and pulling them from under car wheels is part of the days work.
 Who would not live in such a street. watch the old woman's daily descent, and enjoy the favor of the Ragamuf- fins? A stagnant pool after running water is Fifth avenue, after such a street. The neighborhood would not give it's old danes, it's few stately houses, it's one great man--at least those of a former generation say he was great--for all the splendor of up- town. Fair as star when only one is shining in the sky expresses truth which is universally admitted but sell dom fully realized. You go most safe ly in the middle" and you live most on the borderland, hay ing neither poverty nor wealth, but knowing both through merely sitting at your window.-New York Tribune.
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STRANGE BARBARlTY
NEAR OUR BORDERS
A Graphic Description Of the Savage Voodoo
IN All Its Horrible Bloodatf1irstness
TIME FOR EUROPEAN CONTROL.

DAYS During this, as we KNOW rom
other aources, the faithful address ques-
tons to the god, who renders answers
through the mouth of the ManlaloI. ana
prefer requests for vengeance ana the
like which are granted or refused III
strict accordance with the value OF the
offerings with which they are accompa-
MED The whole scene represents a very
respectable imitation Of the legendary ac-
counts of the Witches Sabbath the
ecstatic phenomena being in both cases
apparently due to a sort OF voluntarily
produced hysteria. 1t is curious to notice
that Christians, Gnostics Jews, and GER
tain Protestant sects have been eacn IN
turn accused OF committing similar
atrocities.
UNDERMINING THE GOVERNMENT.
Whatever be the origin OF Eoodoo, as
to which we are not exactly in accord
with Mr.. Prichard there can be no doubt
OF it's disastrous effect upon the commu-
nifty. He says that he met with 1t every
where in his journey through the island.
although it was less III evidence in the
northern parts. which alone, it may be
noted, show some signs of persistence in
civilization. Elsewhere, he tells US, the
orders of the Papalol are obeyed with a
great deal more thorouShness than were
ever those OF the Vehmgericht during the
Middle Ages. and neither the Govern
.nent nor the Catholic priesthood care IN
terfere with a system which is rapidly
undermining their authority.
\ STRANGE POISON.
This state of affairs he attributes to the
possession by the Eoodoo priests Of sew
eral unknown poisonS OF singular efficacy
witt, which they can a once work the
private revenges of their adherents and
take off anyone who opposes them OF
these poisons he once had a slight eXper-
fence himself, and he mentions one drug
which he asserts is given to the child
marked in advance for the Noodoo Sacri-
fee with the effect that il passes into a
death-lil1e sleep in which it can be buried
and dug up, 10 be resuscitated IN the
Voodoo temple before being finally slain
If half the stories he tells about this and
similar matters are true-and they are
abundantlv borne out by West Indian
gossip-the sooner Ha%ti is handed over
to European control the better it will be
for civilization. Perhaps whom the Kaiser
has finished with China he may be per
slladed to take it in hand, for the few
whites still lingering in the three towns
OF Eayti are reported by Mr. Prichard to
be Germans.
Other things there are in Mr.. Prichard s
booi1-amongst them an interesting &C
count of the BLACK Napoleon or En-
peror Chrstophle. But the note common
to them all is that the negro cannot gov
ern.
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dricar or conical. with carving and the
Cuneiform writings.
in the Hebrew-Pgllestinian department.
it is aimed to Illustrate the fora and seol-
ogy, the modern lie and costume OF the
country. the Jewish religious ceremohiais,
tee scenery. b.. photographs; and the his-
tory by manuscripts, coins. and casts OF
Tuc numents Tho coins, o. which ihefe
are about go. struck IN different parts C
the Roman province, and giving the .t'lhleS
of Roman officials. are particularly inter
exiting from the light they throw On the
history of the various cities and the rec
ords they give OF various rulers. Most
2t rht. PaIestinia collection. as at pres
ent constituted. vas brought together by
Rev Selaa Merrill. the United States coi-
sIi at Jerusalem. In the same general
line are the objects exhibiting the customs
OF the modern Arabs, while a considerable
section OF the Museum VIII In time DE de-
voted to Arabic art ana history, botl III
arabia and in Northern Africa and Spain,
f.om wA-h latter CCCntry it IS hoped 10
secure a collection Of casts OF the finest
architectural details, as shown in the Al
hambra and other typical monuments OF
the Moorish occupation
ARABIC THEOLOGY.
In the library a considerable number OF
manuscripts has already been accumu-
lated including Arabic copies of the 10
ran and treatises on theology, science.
law, and language; Syrtac manuscripts
from the eleventh century to the present
day chiefly copies of the Scriptures,
charm books, and service books many
Hebrew manuscripts of the Scriptures in
roll form, and u few Ethiopic manu-
scripts.
1t is earnestly hoped that some day the
Semitic department may be able TO Under
take certain excavations in Palestine.
where. curiously enough, but little -sys-
tematic digging has ever been done In
this event the collectors of the museum
would doubtless be greatly enriched. Sa-
maria would be a particularly promising
site. where there would be an excellent
chance of making discoveries of the high
est importance IL is thought tSlat the
cost of such q piece of work would not
be very great. In Jerusalem itself the
ground is 50 occupied with dwellings, that
dfgsin2: on any extensive scale is more or
less out of the question Samaria, on the
other hand, long important Hebrew
town. offers great present. advanta ses
over Jerusalem to the eHc2vator, VINO
might look forward, moreover, 10 findihG
there remains of Hebrew occupation much
more clearly revealed than in a city Eka
Jerusalem, in the destruction of which,
we are told, not one stone was left upon
another
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through .-.e generosity OF Mr.. Jacob Il.
Shift. OF New York, calls attention to
one of the most interesting special col
lections in the country-a museum mus
trating the life and thought Of the Semlt-
ic people, ancient aid modern. Including
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. the ARABIAN
the Phoenician, the Aoabite, the Ethio-
pian. the Syrian, and other branches, WITH
the Hebrew-Pa lastin:an. 50 called. as the
nucleus and central feature of the whole
It is. in fact. in the broad and scientific
sense a Bible museum; intended not only
to Illustrate the Instruction given IN the
Semitic department at Harvard. but to
be a working aid to serious Bible students
everywhere. both in the University and
out OF it.
There are Oriental museums, IN which
Semitic collections form an important
part. and there are strictly Biblical mu-
seums, but there is no other Semitic mu-
scum, at once comprehensive and exclu-
sive, in the world. 1t was founded in
1889 by a gift of $4,000 from Mr.. Schiff.
who had recently been appointed one of
new committee to report to the OVerseers
on the condition OF the Semitic depart
ment. then as now, under the charge Of
Prof. Toy and Prof. Lyon. Other gifts,
mainly from the same benefactor, have
brought the amount which the University
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The family that
aoes not own a great country house IS not
socially great in New York nowadays.
Formerly, to be in the swim, 1t was
only necessary to have million-dollar
.etal,1ish,nent on Fifth Avenue or one OF
the best cross streets. a cottage at New
mort and to be on the visiting list OF the
head of the house of Astor. That was
we'll enough ten or fifteen years ago. but
it no longer counts without the country
l,o,}se annex. The idea is English-an
attempt to reproduce the landed aristo-
cracy system of our cousins across the
water
When ] say "our cousins" must not
be understood as referring to the British
nation The words must be taken IN
their actual meaning The Nanderbilts.
when they talk about their cousins on
the other side mean the Marlboroughs.
and so Of at least Il score Of other fami-
lies in this city alone. The same is true
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FOLLIES AND FOIBLES
OF THE FOUR HUNDRED
Chollv Kinckerbockers Chatter About the Way They
Try to Initiate Our English Cousins
and Their House Parties
WHEN IT COMES TO TRUE HUNTING, YOU GET
THE REAL THING IN VIRGINIA, HE SAYS.
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OF Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, st.
Louis and San Francisco in Cincinnati
for example, Papa Zimmerman has just
taken unto himself, and given solid con-
sideration therefor, Il magnificent assert
ment OF cousins of the nobility variety in
the person of young Manchester and /
know that at least two other investments
Of the same kind are nearly closed.
ARE REAL PALACES.
When we chapples talk about a country
home, now we do not mean the old barns
that have been called by that name for
the last three generations. DR.. Seward
Webb's place up in Vermont is the thing
we have in mind. George Nanderbilt's
down in North Carolina. the Stokes place
at LenoN, and out in Jersey George
Gould's Georgian Court" These estab-
lishnerts are away ahead of half of the
old baronial castles and palaces in Eng
land. They lack, it is true, the ivy of
the centuries and the picturesque marks
of the old cannon-balls that We're fired in
the days of the cavalier and the Puritan;
but as a compensation, they have marble
or silver bath-tubs, and electric light
plants and Steamboat.
[ have been in d score of the ''palatlal
country houses of England. In every
one OF them l had to so TO bed by the
light of the misera BILE candle while the
toilet accommodations next morning would
disgrace fifth rate fIobokcn boarding
house. "a i;
But these old medieval fabrics have
IAN aCistocratic appurtenance,' as one Of
my legal chappie friends calls it, that our
country houses and the stock and bond
barons that own them do not yet possess
a tenant1y. a tenantry is the missing
link between the two social systems At
Christmas and New Years. and in the
hunting season" a few hundred happy.
contented farmers. with their wifeS and
children, are necessary to give color and
picturesque impressiveness TO the revelry
that marks the great house party. There
is an exquisite delight in decorating
Christmas-trees for the children Of the
tenantry: III driving around to visit them
in their humble cottages. with great
waSon-loads of presents, and in listening
TO their hearty Acknowledgements for the
faVors so graciouslr bestowed on them.
When these cherished English conditions
are reproduced here, American country
house life will be perfect, according to
the ideals of our new aristocracy.
MUST BE NATURAL.
But, though they may not think SO.
they will be still wide of the mark. 1t
will take more than one American gem
Grafton from shirt sleeves. no matter how
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ABOUT HAPPINESS.

y good many OF us are wondering what
is necessary to the happiness of the up
to-date young woman. Miss Rockefel-
Ter has just returned to her native land,
cured of her deafness. She is about to
be married, and will be lleress to twenty
or thirty million dollars. Yet we are
told she is very melancholy The in1me-
date prospect of marriage to the man Of
her choice and heart is supposed to be
enough to bring JOY to any maidens soul.
We believe we could be Very happy il
we were married t. the girl we love best,
and had the income OF even one million
Some people We born to be unhappy. no
matter how siorious their prospects in
life. I am truly sorry for Miss Rookie
Teller. and would gladly cheer her sad
life were it in my power.
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II CURED HIM

.,d will cure you. He had rheumatism
and writes US: You sold me a bottle of
,-nnr Dixie Nerve and Bone Liniment
which | used freely, rubbing vigorously
With it that night, and was most agreea-
blv surprised when on getting up the next
morning to find the rheumatism entirely
c,,rad md my arm perfectly well.
toIa the above to a friend suffering III
the same way and he tried your Dixie
Nerve and Bone Linineilt'' apt was speed
lily cured
It cures spra:ns, strains and pains in the
muscles, sinues sides, limbs and back
Remember Dixie L4!ni1nent. Large b"ttleS
Is cents everywhere.
Opposite Postoffice.
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HUNTING IN VIRGINIA

The hunting season has been observed
in Virginia for two centuries; but only
since the Meadow Brook and Monmouth
County clubs have begun riding over the
soft ground herea bouts has the sport
firmly established itself in popularity We
hear much about the hunting" at Mel
ton-Mowbray; but | say to you THAI the
runs there are child's play compared with
what / have seen at Charlottesville; in
Chester county, Pa. at Newport and
Long island. Now they are arranging
for the chase at Tuxedo. That viii mean
danger because the country thereabo
is wild and often very rough. l would
as lief gallOp 4 horse through the Devil
Den at Gettysburg as over some of the
wildwood I know west of Tuxedo OF
course. If the trail is laid by an aniseed
bag, the best country can ie selected ii
the hunt is the real thing''-with a
live foX-the chase may be had anywhere
except across the lake.
Talking about women riding to hounds.
[ intended to say that Mrs Adolpll Lad
enburg and Mrs. Jimmie Kernoclan
are as good as any l have seen at Melton,
judging from seat and courage. | have
watched them with anxiety. many is the
time, on Long Island ana at Newport.
Now that Mrs. Ladenhurg is making a
reputation on the other side. l can only
remark that it was TO have been expect
ed. The Empress Of Austria would be
q rival-were she alive and thirty years
Younger
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Almost within sight Of the American
flag and almost within sound of the
church bells of Cuba lies Hayti, the island
where black rules white. The American
people have grown SO accustomed to the
general fact that the effects OF TINS state
of affairs on both races are overlooked
and therefore. the account of Hayti by
Mr.. Hcsketh Prichard, which is taken
from The Academy is Of startling in
tGreSt.
Such barbarism as exists nowhere else
in the world except OIL the west coast OF
Africa tlourishes in Hayti.
\ land whose vast mineral and asrlcul-
tural wealth is neglected, where the
buildings once reared by Whlte setlleiS
are falling down and replaced by straw
huts. where no white man can obtain
Justice. and where paper constitutions
Notwithstanding all forms of govern
ment are slipping back into the :rrespon-
sihle rule of the President for the time
being-such is the Black Repubhc OF
Hayti as presented by Mr.. Prlchard Yet
there ,emains one Haytian institution SO
entirely unique, and so difficult TO be I'M
derstood by western minds, that 1t IS
worth while to wade through any number
of accounts of Iaytain squalor TO get at
ANYTHING that may throw fresh Hght
upon it, This is the celebrated Eoodoo,
or snake-worship, that Mr.. Prichard
thinks the first black settlers OF Hayti
brought with them from their African
home. which now exercises a greater
mower than even the President in the
Haytian State.
SMEARED WITH BLOOD.
The rites of Noodoo, as Mr.. Prichard
witnessed them at Port-au-Prlnce, are
simple enough. The initiated are sum
,,oned bv the beat of a drum. which, ac-
cording to Mr. Prichard, sounds faint anu
low when close to you, but can yet be
heard at more than a miles distance.
When q sufficient number OF Worshlppefs
are gathered together offerings are maze
to the snake. and the proceedings oeSin
with a rnonotonous chant, with drum &C
commandment, joined in by all present.
Tn the midst OF these the MaElalol, or
n,.iastess OF the SNAKE dances between
tha rows or worshippers until the excite
,nanf of the audience becomes uncoHtroH-
able when a cock is handed TO hef pE
the Papaloi or priest. who is seneraliS'
h1,t no ALWAYS her husband She Kills the
cock with circumstances of great cfuelty'
aud smears herself and the congregation
with IT'S blood. and this process IS re
heated with a goat and. in extreme cases,
d child.
II every case the sacrifice is shared
and eaten by the worshippers, who then
give themselves up to a promiscuous or
gle that is said generally to last Tor 'hree
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many millions hunting at Melton-Mow-
bray; but / say that generation may have
to acquire the polish of the English brand
OF the article. In other words. they viii
have to show their cousins that, they
are to the manner born. To do this ct
fectisely will be the hardest task Of all.
In England the thing is innate 1t has
been filtered down through the proud DC
scent of fifty earls. 1t is on the female
side Of the exquisite Clara We're de We're
touch of Tennyson. Egad! won't it be
hard on some of them? The tenantry
must always be referred to as my peo-
pie I know two or three of the coun-
try-house set, from whose lips the phrase
already begins to fall. but it hardly ever
fails to provoke smile from those that
hear it. Still they must come to it if
they mean to be the real thing. That
dear chappie. 3ourke Cochran, who re-
Gently got into the swim, has hit upon a
sort of compromise phrase-"my farnl-
ers." At his country seat on Christmas
he assembled his farmers their wives
and children and played Santa Claus in
great form. A cynical old chappie sug-
gests to me that Rourke could not have
done so we'll if he had not been schooled
to the other side, and picked up the hang
of the thing from some Irish lord with q
rich brogue and Il beggarly bank account.
Again. when the holiday season comes
around. there are certain fine Old tradi-
tons that must be observed. There is,
for instance, the servants dance, when
all social barriers will have to be swept
away. The master and mistress must
open the ball-the one with the
llouse-lkeeper and the other with the but
Ter. II the innovation is introduced, as
it must, sooner or later, the difficulty of
getting up great holiday house-parties
will be awful. What Il searching OF pedi-
grees and family trees it will involves! 1t
would be simply frightful to assign Miss
--, whose father made his millions in
sugar, to Tommy Jones, the srocer's boy,
as her partner in the servants ball And
so on of hundred others.
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SEMITIC HISTORY AND THOUGHT
New Buildin. Now III Process OF
Erection i'll Which Strange
Museum Will Be
Housed.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Jan. 5.-Tha new
building which is in process Of erection
building which is in process OF cree
ton for Harvard's Semitic Museum
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