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apparently without hum&n msvsuaA a
mirror Of Marie Antoinetts's was khfV-
cred at the wizards command.
In the present instance, however, IN cRl3.
nary sheet OF heavy French plate glass wa
used. and was held in the hands OF q Per-
son above any suspicion of c~onfedersy.
Having had It thoroughly tested and exnR-
tned TO tbs satisfaction Of his a~uaienoA
Sarak gazed steadily at II for Q mnrnsns,
and. as II from the very power Of his xianoA
the glass cracked. shivered and fell -
pieces in the holders hands.
At a banquet given In hts honor NJ IA
Hotel Continental IN Paris Sarak guccaaasd
in completely astounding the assembled
company. The Baroness de Cleary and the
Duchess de Pomar had toasted him and
Sarak arose to respond.
Instead OF speaking he lifted his xfaA
Drumming with champagne. high into o.
air. and then. IN its depths, as though On
tbs surface Of a mirror. the guests saw -
fiected the faces OF absent frtendA whiIs
still the wonder grew, and while an Eapsd
at the magic glass outheid in the steady
hand Of Sarak. prestoi the champagne van
fshed Ike mist before the morning sun.
The glass was there. held at the same Nm
wavering angle, but Its contents had uttsrfy
disappeared.
Terrible thought! Had Il surreptftsoss1
flowed UP the sleeve OF Sarak's correct even
ing coat? Assuredly, the faithful viii newer
believe so.
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Birds Are Bee EaferR

A gardener complains to me about n fsa
he s~ustains owing to tho fondness u The
pretty little bluetit for bees You'd nsvE
believe the lot that little chap snaps 10
right off the board in front Of the hfvA"
The spotted fycatcher. a charming summer
migrant. whose pretty nesting and feeding
habits 1 have watched with great interest,
and whom 1 have found TO be a very con-
fding bird and one true to his old nesting
places. has also been most unjustly libelsa
and prosecuted for the same reason.
The fact Is both these birds do take bssA
but IL the compliments followed I'D the
matter they would find that the birds dars
not take a worker bee, because Of its sting.
and they devOur only the stingless drones.
which are being turned out OF the hive. or
are destroyed by the working bees as no
longer necessary to the economy OF thu
hive. just at the time when fycatchers ars
wanting these fat drones to feed their young
with.
The swarming season Is then over. In
stead OF destroying the useful insects. the
birds are actually helping the works. And
SO they are the best friends Of the bee
keeper.
The error OF attributing the destruction
of working bees to the action of birds In n
very old one. In the Fourth Georgia. Virgil
writes to the following effect: The bloody
breasted swallow bears away In her beak
the bees while or the wing. sweet morsels
for her mercfless young"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31

WRITTEN FoR TYE SUNDAY
The recent appearance in Washington. d
C. of Count Sarak de Das. the celebrated
Thibetan occultist. recalls to mind some of
his feats which have astounded the coun-
tries OF Europe. Sarak de Das is the Gag
liastro of to-day. How many of his mira
cIes are due to the workings o. q psychic
force not yet understood or how great a
percentage OF them are cha-latanism Zone
can say
During the time his exhibitions were being
given in Paris the French papers were full
of them. and some OF his experiments are OF
thrilling interest.
Before an audience Of fourteen hundred
people Count de Das had a glass cage. con-
tanning a serpent four meters long. rolled
onto the stage. Whether this serpent was a
boa constructor or a cobra, the journalists
fail to state: but. nevertheless, when IN
swathed from its wooden coverings. the
snake crept out of It's cage with uncommon
agility and Hveliness and began 10 swiftly
coil and uncoiI its sinuous meters.
Emile GaboriaU. the creator of Monsieur
Lecocq. advanced and touched the reptile
with tentative fingers. pronouncing It un-
questionably genuine. no base imitation in
rubber impelled to movement by interior
springs.
Then De Das had his little Jest. "a veri-
table serpent?" he sked.
oh. yes replied Gaboriau. "a rerpent
Of flesh and bone
"Of wood. you mean" said Sarak. and in
the twinkling of an eve the snake was
rigid, immOvable. Sarak took II UP and
struck the table with it three tImes-three
resounding blows. Grave and reverend doc
tors came up TO examine and were forced to
confess that to all outward seeming the
creature was as insensate as a thing of
wood or stone. Presently SarGk ciapped his
hands. made a pass or so in the air and
the serpent was restored TO life and activ-
ity.
After all. though. this Is not perhaps so
wonderful a feat as it appears. since most
hypnotists affirm that many animals qre as
susceptible to psychic influence. If properly
applied, as are human beings: but even
more amazing and spectacular was Sarak's
next effort.
The operator. with a beautiful young wom-
for his subject. entered a cage OF seven
unframed lions. and. casting TIE girl into
a state OF rigid catalepsy. placed her body
across two stools. thus forming a bridge.
over which he drove the roaring beasts
back and forth. This was almost sufficient
even for a French audience: but
Sarak had another trump up his sleeve.
With a sudden glare OF the eye he stimuli |
hypnotized the seven lions, so
that they fell to the ground together. as |
though stricken by a bolt of lightning
An experiment of Sarak's with a pane
Of glass Is very interesting, although 1t is |
said thai the same feat was performed b. ]
a magician Of the time Of Louis XVI. when.
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into which the person who acts as the
'percipient," or seer of visions, gazes fix
eddy. After a little while. IL the person be
OF the proper psycnical equipment. images
will begin to appear in the crystal. These
images Will become gradually more dis
tinct- appearing as II either on the surface
Of the crystal or else contained within it
The impression conveyed to the mind by
the images is likely TO be rather uncanny
at first, but one soon gets used to them.
and they produce no painful or unpleasant
effect. 1t Is Immediately obvious that they
proceed from the mind OF the gazer, mas
much as he or she is able to vary them TO
a great extent at will, by turning the
thoughts in this or that direction II the
"percipient." for example. chooses to think
intently Of a well-known house in another
city. the inmates of that house are likely
to appear In the crystal in a lifelike man
ner.
Now. this is odd enough. but when the
persons in the crystal are seen to do GER
tain things. and subsequently IT is ascer-
tained that they were going through ex-
actiy such. performances at that time, per-
haps INDUCING in actions quite unusual,
and not in the least to be expected. the
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC

WRITTEN FOR SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Are you a clairvoyant? Probably you
think that you are nothing of the kind. but
you cannot tell until you have tried. OF
course, you must know just how TO go
about 1t, and you mustn't take It for granted
at the start that you won't succeed. The
Society for Psychical Research has been
investigating the subject recently, and It
lays down the opinion that the c~lairvoyant
faculty is by no means so rare as is COM
monty imagined.
It is a question OF being able to see what
is happening in another place by the exer-
else of a power which is supernormal-of
beholding persons and things at a distance,
perhaps hundreds of miles away. The art
has been practised for thousands of years.
Being anciently regarded as a part Of
magic. but only of late has it been taken
up as a matter of scientific inquiry. Its
practical usefulness may be disputed, but
some OF the visions recorded by the psy-
chical experfmenters have been little short
of amazing.
Very little apparatus is used in expert
ments of this kind, but the most notable
results seem to have been obtained by the
employment q q crystal Of glass or quartz,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
Little Show Is Constantly
but Quietly Kept Up.

In France there is a little circle Of titled
people who think they should rule the coun-
try. They are called pretenders. When
France vas mad q republic they refused
to swear allegiance, and to-day hey call
the pretender and his wife the king and
the queen. This little show Is kept up
constantly. though quietly. There is
nothing Illegal about II, say the sympathiz-
ers, just a "reminiscences Of past days. Just
q little something to recall the time Of
Louis and Eugene.
The Count de Castellane Is b. family en-
killed to the place of first honor In this little
kingdom, and he and the Countess have
kept their positions there with all discre-
ton.
Sc off In France the Countess Anna de
Castellane, lives a life which reads like a
fairy tale.
Sweet of disposition but without too
much good looks, she has obtained a high
place as far as rank goes, and she has held
it well IS far as tact and judgment are con-
cerned.
Her money. her Yankee sagaclty, her wit
her education. her early teaching and her
strong love of home have marked her in
this land where women do not so much
brag OF home ties. And, so, she is unique.
this American Countess. And, in France
there Is no woman better liked by the peo-
pie and no woman better liked by her hus-
band And on a woman's gravestone what
better epithet can there be than this?
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Az" NO0N
but Count Boni gave his wife his arm from
the carriage to the front door. carried her
vinaigrette for her. famed her assiduously
at the opera, went driving daily with her
and was all politeness at all ines. My
wife was on his tongue constantly.
If the Count kept up his comic opera con-
nections none were aware of it but himself
and his enemies. and certainly a matter of
this kim dill not worry the Countess. She
bloomed and grew happy and thoss who
knew the shy, dark. timid little Anna
Gould IN America looked at this gorgeously
dressed smiling doll and said she had done
well.
That is all there is IN life anyway-the
happiness. If you can find it in this coun-
try all right: If you cannot. then go abroad
for IT. Anna Gould went abroad for II.
The fortune of the Countess became de-
pleted by the inroads made upon IL. There
was The whole of the Castellane family.
all splendid gentlemen. and there were
castles in Italy, castles in France and cas-
ties in Spain. And in the heart of Paris
there was a bigger castle than them all
nothing less than a reproduction OF the
Little Trianon. And for this Anna. the
Countess. agreed to pay something like
100000, more or less
You can spend the wealth of the Indies.
II you set out to do SO. and the mines OF
GOlconda will dwindIe away Ike the con-
tents of a toy bank.
The funds got short and there were law
suits. But the Countess had been Gener-
Gus in all her dealings and the aristocrats
OF Paris said that the creditors got more
than was coming to them.
To-day in Paris there IS no such woman
as the Countess de Castellane.
TIL Duchess of Orleans. pretender to the
throne, calls her sister, dear"
The Duke says she shall be his little ad-
visor when he comes to the throne.
the royalists look to her for funds and
for encouragement and the nobility find
in her always a sympathetic listener to
their ambitions and their wrongs.
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BY;MRs. GRDY-CANF1ELp

S1SA16S.
& WRITTEN % THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
AL Paris is whispering that the Countess
! De Castellane has buried the Ratchet with
khs Republicans, and that she, the leader
OF Royalist society. IS high in the favor
OF Nine. L1zbet They whisper that the
swo ladies' have lunched together infor~
nally and have dined en- famiIle
This Is laid to the tact of the Countess
and the good VIII of Nine. Ioubet who In
notorious for her kin nature.
Anna. Countess de Castelane, IN the most
prominent woman IN France to-day. Her
name Is heard over all Paris.
She does not seek prominence.
Is NOT q woman interested IN politics.
She Is hardly a public woman in the sense
generally understood by that term"
She Is not aggressive. not pushing. not
l~1oud-votced, but she is distinctly feminine In
all her ways.
The prominence of the Countess Is forced
upon her by her wealth. by her youth. by
her husbands position. by the aggressive
mess Of the Castellane family, by the
ancient dtle, by the eocial conditions of
France and by the wish of her friends.
h Countess leads in the STYLES: and
when she says that heads ara to be DOW
nered. To- they take on a white hua When
N says that red shall be worn behold.
and all the women are dressed in the coIors
of The gufl1Uttne.
Paris Ladies Initiate
Great F~inancier's Daughter.
Does The Countess go to walk under a
,white sunshade, all the women are rushing
on TO the parks with the gay banners flung
ever their heads. Does the Countess pincb
her waist and tighten her shoe strings. ali
: the ladies' of Paris are doing likewise.
Never did q young woman in a stranrr
: land bear her publicity better than this
daughter OF one OF Americas greatest
fnanciera. Transported to the Old World
while she was yet in her teens, given a
8 fun rein over . great house and a great
fortune, bowed down TO by countless SER
wants and Worshiped by society this girl
small, dark not over beautiful and wholly
retiring in disposition, suddenly showed
that shs was OF the true blood and that
she knew q thing or two about the world.
She recognized the servants in the vast
mansion waiting for her. She selected the
livery and the family colors with much
taste. Shs ordered her menage in a fault
less manner and she gave dinners that were
wholly enjoyed by the Feubourg st. Ger
main. which is the inner circle Of Paris.
{ the highest Of all known society. Few
Americans are ever admitted to this circle
and Anna. Countess de Castellane. is one
; of the select number.
The Countess, who had not sufficient
beauty to make the women Jealous OF her,
became a great favor1te-
Men like her because che kept stf1l-
Women liked her because she did not
Eirt with their liege lords.
Children liked her because she made Them
presents.
Tho servants idolIzed her because she
dealt with them in the American fashion.
&Oid DANES Looked
eat Her With Approval
4pot Is dogs.
81 The public. the people Of France. whom
z m titled pec1'e ~ 10 lied to cater to. i'm
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conservative danes looked at her with ep-
proval, for she was not at ali continental
IN her ways She wanted a family and cid
not hesitate TO say SO.
Count Boni, on the other hand. who was
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Miss Anna Ewing CockrelL daughter Of Benstor T. Il CbcErsn, has
Just finished her education in Paris and has returned to her Al.
tive country. She is now at her fathers home in Warrensburg.
Miss Cockrelrs formal debut will be made this autumn. Il IL pre-
dicted that she will be one Of the reigning beauties Of Washing.
ton society. .
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not expected to remain loyal to bis bride
developed suddenly domestic tastes. The
two went everywhere together and the
Count was attentive to his wife In public.
To show ones wife public attention Is
considered more than bad form IN France.
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medtatsty took TO her because Of her easy
familiarity with them. She did not hesi-
tate to send her carriage home and to walk
through the Avenue de TOpera on foot do
ing her shopping.
In six months, Anna, ths young CounteSs.
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At Her With Approval

xnot Is dogs.
81 The public. the people Of France, whom
IN titled per1'e rra ID Ted to cater to. inn
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-11-01
An Old Rector Still At Work.

Rev. c. Ernest Smith, D. D., rector of st.
Michael and All Angels Protestant Episcopal
Church, Baltimore, preached the sermon in
st. Paul's Church, st. Johns parish, at Easton,
Md, October 2Sth. 1t being SIS. Simon and
Jude's day, it was thought an appropriate oc-
casion to hold services in commemoration of
the forty-fifth anniversary of the continuous
services of the rector Rev. George r. Bevan.
Clergymen from different parishers of the
Diocese of Easton were present. Rev. Mr..
Bevan, who is now in his 10Th year, performed
his ministerial duties with the same degree of
enthusiasm and zeal as he did As years ago.
When Mr. Bevan entered upon his ministerial
work in that parish, which at present is divi-
ded into three, but then only consisted of one,
there was but one church building, and not a
half dozen communicates. Now there are
three parishes and three church buildings.
served by three respective rectors, with good
ly number of communicates in each. Mr.
Bevan served for 80 years at Greensboro now
the upper part of the parish. He also minis
tered to the people of Denton, at st. Mary,
White Chapel.
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RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

Hereford Circuit. NJ. b. Church.-Sunday, No
vember I'd Jessop, II A. NJ; Bosley,, P: NJ,
Epworth, 7.3O P. NJ, Rev G. I. Weede; Hereford.
1890 A. M, Falls Road, P. M, Mt. Carmel. 7.30 p.
M, Rev. j. Walter Turnbaugh. Protracted SER
vices at Bosley will begin Monday night, Novem-
IfOnitoa Circuit. ME. Church.-Sunday ,Novem-
Der I'd: Clynmalira. P. M, Warren, 7.3O p. NJ,
Rev. ]. T. Marsh Monkton. II A: NJ, Corbett,
P. NJ, Phoenix, 7.3O P. NJ Rev. L. W. Gosnell No
T0aUson N. d. Churct-Rev. John r. Edwards,
pastor-Sunday, November I'd: ii A. NJ. sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper; 800 P. NJ, meeting
of the Brotherhood 8 p. NJ, preaching by the
Tdyyor's Circuit. NJ 3. Church SOuth.-Rev. J.
B. Henry. pastor. Preaching at Andrew Chapel;
Gardenvilfe, every first and third Sunday, at IL
A. NJ; Perry Hall, every third and fourth Sun
day, at II A. NJ; Taylor's Chapel, Hillen road,
81. MicsGsts German Euang. Lutheran Church,
Perry HdH.-Preaching every Sunday morning,
at 1015 O'Clock, by the pastor, Rev Alfred Ball
horn. Sunday school at 800 A. NJ.
50. Johns p. e. Church, Western Run.-Rev. II.
Heber Murphy. rector. Services I'd and 4th
Sundays of each month. at IL A. NJ. Missions
st. Luke's, Harrisonville, 1st and 3D. Sundays, at
IL A. M; Freeland Station. 5th Sunday, at II AM.
G00dnstoa0n III. e.. Church.-Preaching every
Sunday at Il 4. NJ by the pastor, Rev J; b. stitt.
Point R0dd.-Services every Sunday at II A. NJ.
and 5 P. M; Sunday school, 9.45 A. NJ. G. M.
Snyder.supe rintendent senior department MISS
Mollie X. Rogers, superintendent infant depart
ment. Prayer-meeting Thursday, P. N. Rev.
Will E. Henry, pastor.
Hamilton PreS6yteridn Church, Hartford Road
Rev. I. G. Yeakel, pastor. Sunday school at 2.30
P. NJ; song service and preaching at 7.45 P. NJ.
Church Of the Holy C0ny0rter, RossgiAe.-Ser-
vices third Sunday in each month at O'Clock
p. NJ. Rev. w. b. Mcpherson. rector.
FdiryieW H. b. Church South, jSunnybT00k.-
Preaching every Sunday at p. NJ: Sunday
8P. NJ. Rev. J. R. Jacobs, pastor.
VI. Washington N. b. ChuTch.-Preaching every
Sunday at II A. M. and p. NJ. Rev. W A.
Koontz, pastor.
Pdtapsco M. B. Church. North Point R0ad.-Ser-
vices every Sunday at IL A. NJ. and P. NJ. Rev.
E. G. Gallaher. pastor.
Jones Memorial N. p. Church, Philq. Rodd.-Sun-
day school, 2.30 p. NJ; preaching every Sunday,
p. NJ. Rev. William s. Sims. pastor.
Jerusalem German Lutheran Church, GdrdenyilLe.
Services at II. 30 A. NJ. In English the second
Sunday of every monthly Rev. Karl Buff pastor.
So. Matthew's German Lutheran Church, Home
steGd.-Service at 2.30 P. NJ On English the sec
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-11-01
The Great Waste of Fuel.
Louisville Courier-JouYnal.

The high prices of coal, caused by the strike
now ending, have carried with them salutary
lesson. 1t has reminded our people that they
have been using fuel wastefully. The natural
resources of the United States are so great that
something out of the usual order is necessary
to convey the lesson that there is limit to
them.
But it is not merely in the matter of waste
fulness that fuel has been abused. The sani-
tary argument is even stronger than that based
on economy. In America we indulge in hot
rooms to degree unknown in other parts of
the world. Some of those who lecture us on
the subject probably err on the other SIDE The
cold rooms of Germany and France have their
drawbacks, and there is reason to believe that
they are often insuficiently heated. But that
does not, in any degree, excuse the hot rooms
to which Americans are very commonly SUBJ
jected. 1t is not the degree of cold which is so
fatal to health as the sudden transition from
heat to cold. To quit room at the tempera-
ture of a day in July and go into zero tenn
perature is necessarily perilous, yet this is a
common incident of American experience 1t
has cost many man his life, and caused others
troublesome attacks of illness.
With coal at abnormal prices hetemptation
to use too much fuel is not so strong. When
normal rates are restored it is altogether likely
that most of the people will forget the pru-
dence which necessity has taught them. But
it is not too much to hope that the lesson of
the strike may not be altogether lost on some.
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Asks Divorce-Not Year Married.
Messrs. w. Gill Smith and William S. Keech,
attorneys for Mrs. Elsie Isenock Guyton, have
filed bill in the Circuit Court here for par
tial divorce from her husband, William n.
Guyton. of Sweet Air, Baltimore county. She
alleges that they were married by Rev. Solo
mon German, November 18th, 1901, that she
lived with him until October 9Th, 1892 that
he treated her with great indifference, cruelty
and harshness and that he used abusive Ian
guage to her, at times striking aud beating her.
She also says that he refuses to contribute any
thing to her support, and that he owns large
amount of real and personal property. She
asks for $40 per month alimony, and for 500
counsel fees. Pending this suit, the court
passed an order allowing same.
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TWO Very Lucky Farmers.

Two of the most fortunate farmers of the
country are Foster Udell, of Brockport, N. Y,
and Judge Wellhouse, of Kansas. The latter
owns the largest apple orchard in this country,
if not in the world. From his orchard of 800
acres, near Leavenworth, he has gathered
about $4,000 bushels of fruit, and his profits
this year will run up to 1856, 600. His apple
orchard has already netted the judge S25000O.
Foster Udell, of Brockport, has an apple or
chard of so acres, and has sold his crop this
year for $4,000.
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Lodge Reunion and Dance.--Marble
Lodge, No. 1913, of the Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows, Cockeysville, held reunion,
followed by ball, on Thursday night Ad-
dresses were made by Mr.. E. s. Anderson,
State grand master; Mr.: John NJ. Jones, grand
master, and Mr.. James w. Chapman, grand
conductor. The Cockeysville Cornet Band
furnished music for the first part of the eve
ming. After the formal exercises the members
and guests assembled in the hall, where a
dance was held. Professor Mezzaotti, OF Bal
timore, furnished the music. The committee
of arrangements was composed of Mr. George
B. Kenney, chairman, and Messrs. Zedekiah
Cross. George link, Henry Hess, Lewis link
and Ray Pitts.