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Only Partly Right.

"
=. A unique figure at Palm Beach is AL
ligator Joe, who Is well known 20 all visi-
tors 20 that part Of Florida. lie ls famous
personality and his joviAl and exciting stories
Of adventures have made him a celebrated
character
, Among the guest. OF the Royal Poinciana
there IL no more enthusiastc hshe man than
Mr. Joseph Jefferson who annually nees IRON
the rigors of our New York climate 70 spend
the winter months In southern Florida, IL
Is related that one day when he was ba.klng
ing out In the lake In front of the great hotel,
newly arrived visitor from the North, 2
woman who was evidently unfamiliar with
this part OF Florida and It's associations,
approached and began 70 examine the SOIL
tAry fisherman with great attention. MI
Jefferson, intent upon his fishing, paid no
attention TO her. ana after a pau she went
up to him and said
-Excuse me. hut are you Alligator JoeT
twin nkled
but ] deny the Alligator
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The Elevator Man.

From the chteoeo Daily Nsu,.
IN, s,srtef ciscks his castanet. VIC slam the iron
And up the dizzy elevator shaft we swiftly gfide.
A hand ipon the lever for the ones above who wait.
The numbered doors fash by US TIL at last we reach
And ts,fe r avail, the signal bell to call US down
N CONES, and to the bottom. pausns here and
And that's the life OF elevator men.
You nigh, say m's hard one. and there's things
"a rather do,
Bu, mats the way with most of us. we seldom
n verrrs on monotony; Ms rather risky, too.
nut then we've got 10 eat and pay the rent,
We have 10 watch the passengers and not make .
And carry Them 10 i7when they have called for TO-
which Is strain upon the mind. " there's no body
Bu, tSs,'. ,h. life Of elevator men.
Then there are other drawbacks. much too punsr.
And then there's no more salary than what .
man can spend. .-. .
ns day by day and week by week eternAliy the
And nothing much 20 hope for at the end.
And yet might be happy II II wasn't for those
VINO MI our overveary souls with rsss and
Te.y joit You IN The ribs and say. There, lots Of
About ths iiie Of elevator men"
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Remarkable Longevity.
r,om the OWsnsboro N,) Jnou,,.

FROM the OWsna'oro tki) INQUIRE,
Mr.. Allen Mckay Of ,Tapyior.vIlls is visit.
ing his sister. MT Nar.d a haney Mr. Mckay
homs IN Taylorsvie after visit TO his 6rot o0 ms
Mr George Mckay Of Palestine, To9 o'nar
~ sS,S hearty as man OF 50, and no one aiy mneiy
think thai hc had passed his slStieth Sguiu y"aT
Mile IN Texas he also visited his sl.,sr lesI
I1crs Mr., Hancy acknowledge 81 sum sum
Mr' Charles Mckay, the baby OF the fsmiISs
~ siv hroi hers and sisters l. a. ,dsse age
II l. believed that there is not smother u niha
IN the nlt'd n,a,r' ~ ,1a, ,o "hn eqsl the record
sniovmen. OF their faculties, ana ~. 4uil
not one Of them that cannot Teasnnst ~ s
.sAlnacially when IL is known thai ~ AZ least.
died only a few years sso at the ar. S'Iss of Ia
yeAas
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POEMS WORTH READrNe.
wAsn Father Spears fer Esis.

wAsn Father Spears fer Esls.
when pork 40 lamb an steak en- ham
An other meats run short,
An there aint nothin' in the houss
To eat wv any sort,
Then dad viii git his eel spear out,
Ne taggin' at his heels.
An 20 wsy down upon the onck
An poke an jah for cells.
He drops his basket on the Ice
An cuts . big round hole.
Than shoves his great big eel spear In.
Hitcbed 10 o twelve foot pole.
An then he jabs IL In the mud.
Sometimes not more than twice.
An out will come two foot eel
A-sauiruiin' on the Ice.
Then pa will jab an poke an lab.
An walk around the hole.
A smile upon his gntzled face.
Contentment In his soul.
An By an BY he'll give q yank.
Whenever one he feels,
Untn he's hiied his basket full
Nv froEen coated cells.
An father says be pitics them
En- can't 20 out an spear
A meal Nv vitties threw the Ice
Like we can do down here.
Pa seems oontented with his lot,
An never wants for meals:
Gus when he amt s-helpln' ma
He's out s-spearn' eels. jon coSr.
The sun., 1902-03-09

Prof Nlrrhow, who fractured mis- thigh IN 'aune
from Berlin trolley car about Christmas NWe. u
causing anxiety To- his doctors as hc does not seem
70 recover his strength,
a contributor TO the Calcutta En0'ishrVa- pc.
poses 70 have peace b" the hodng Of another
peace conference barred 20 all soldiers diplor Ats'
huhmakrr ana tUelr relations. aud the oTSAnNa
,oh oi an International police which Shl. keep
lne peace alter u u made. rhe Continental Iowc .
~ n hbnllsh their armies, and England and !
VIZ oAhsI iowers arc TO sacrifice their nsNieS Tae
aAaolossA
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Elegance and suffrage.

To THE EpIroR or THE SuS-Sir:. Ida
Hustled Harper. in her last sundays column.
National Council Of Women as ~one OF the
most elegant women OF the Pacific Coast
Mrs Harper might have written volumes
and not expressed SO graphically, as In this
one sentence. just why II Is some persons
fail 20 find the Spfragists to their social taste,
however good the suffrage cause,
NEW YORK, March 3. A WOMAN.
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On His wifep Mirror.

From ~ Boston Gieos.
1bas n the mirror Alma used 70 hold
lnd lght It's surface with her radiant syeG
A siiyer moon seems as there lea,
oet In . circle OF enrsven gold
How of shes eazed ct her renection theye-
IKE two sweet women looking face TO fees
And smilins recognition: now. IN plscs
OF living beauty. she's tho image fsir
WIN sref.dim eyes in the mirror Gass
And think OF her who'll look In " no more
A spirt glow It's surface rises Ger
II II q trick my longing fancy plays,
That In It's depths fAintly can denne
Her face with eyes OF loving turned 70 minsf
fvrs GEoBdE BraDsnyA
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The RAGLAN Coat.

From ns Denver Posi-
A long and clumsy hitting thing that covers every
And curve Of beauty given 10 the female form
Ths, resehe, from the neck 70 heels jusi IKE .
mourning veil -,
In one unbroken line and sweeps 'ns Aoewdk
We know because We see It move iDsidO the swt.
There must be something that's alive; just whsi
We have to guess ,., -
plump and graceful ngure all alive with healthy
soul.
Or one as bea-tly shApeless as telegraphic pole.
We see u move along The street. SORT OF wftnkiing
cone. .
An lackng IN artistic shape and nat,y. dressy tone,
And devoid OF beauty and Of easy .nttlnf srsee
II seems TO mar the sweetness OF resiV pretty
face.
The ladt, from their graceful forms the thing
They wear Il only Just because Dame Fashion
wills II so. ~ -,
And not one but wishes tor the coming Of the day
When II will In the ragplc be forever eAs, away
And they can once again display the srsoefa curves
And lines .
For which the kern artistic eye OF msn Forever
pines.
The sun., 1902-03-09
10, The Poor Hindoo.

From N, Falsfis Nv. va Jos'nai
lac poor, benigh,ed Hindoo,
He dees the ben ho kindo5
S Hs,sss: iss .ss 70 ~ 4 s,.ss . fssH z. h h,s,s9s ~
The sun., 1902-03-09

Can you read me this riddle. which saw In THE
Sun:
II II be true. as wcishmen say.
Honor depends on pedigree,
Then stand by-oehr the way
And let me have fair play.
for. though you boast thro ages dark
Your pedigree from Noahs ark.
/ too. was with him there.
For | was Adam, Adam !,
And was Eve, and Eve was l.
IN spite OF wind and weather
But, mark me-Adam was not l.
Neither was Mrs Adam !.
Unless they were together.
Suppose. then. Eve and Adam talking
With all my heart, but II they're walking
There ends all simle.
For, tho I've tongue and often talk,
And tho I've feet, yet when walk
There IA an end Of mel
Not such an end but have breath,
Therefore - such a kind Of death
have but small objection.
may be Turk. may be Jew,
And tho Christian, yet It's true
die by rcsurrection' N. A. n.
The sun., 1902-03-09

S ". saws The dealer turns down the truinp.
The player on his left makes ~ next. Can this
payers partner now play Aone1
So. 40 one but the maker OF the trump can play
The sun., 1902-03-09
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

While copper and brass are not attracted By shs
magnet-in fact none Of the metals With the ex.,
ton Of iron. nickel. one or two rare metals. and
their combinations Is acted upon with attractive
Or repeilent force-thcy do not hinder the enects.
In the case OF the compass. since its properties
depend on the influence OF the earth's marnetsm
Nothing which would be Of hindranoe would be
used In It's construction SO far ! am aware
there Is no Practicable substance having the proRs
srties y. J. T." mentions IL there were. would
Be Invaluable for enclosing sensitive chrcnometsrs
snd other Instruments. Y. j. D.
i, osn yoy, explain the word hbbseinatsf q q
What u ths difference between AMelodlc scale ana
Harmonic minor scaler Q. Do you think violin
making OF day inferior 10 that OF Stradlvaruss
timef 4. Who do you think Is the greatest violin /.
bt now lving' 5. have often heard say that
tions. Do you think the "Paeanlni music nov
played Is the same as Paganini performed when re
was llvinsf Q. How can student of the violin
stop the Precipitation Of the nngeB' NIoiISIsr'
I. Abbacnste or abacinate Is TO blind per-
con by holding o red hot metal basin before
his eyes. D. Consult some book on musical com
position. 8. Some OF Il Is, some OF Il Isn't. Voiins
as good some made In Stradivariuss time are
made to-day. 4. Why, Herr - OF course. b.
Why not 0. He must accustom bis fingers. that's
Ali.
The sun., 1902-03-09

81 point cassno, wins all but the spade ace.
VINO goes out nrstf
|. When the aces have 70 decide 10. the spade ace
goes out nrst. then clubs. hearts and diamonds
% that wins.
The sun., 1902-03-09

w. ?. I. says; In a SIX handed rame, 4 deals
and D opens a Jack. -Four men come In and draw
cards, The opener bets and all four lay down
their hands. B shows pair OF kings. The others
say he must show the whole hand.
After the craw the opener need show openers
only. The others must call his bet 10 see what. he
drew
The sun., 1902-03-09
Please tell US where the name "Panhandler
originsted and what II means as applied 70 beggars.

, X. h. H.
II Is said that the men In the Texas panhandle
were known for their brutality and other similar
traits; they were called panhandlerS because OF
their habitat. Prom them the name was given 10
beggars. who are really footpads.
The sun., 1902-03-09

T T.. asks n player can call on an ace when he
has none OF the suit IN his own hand.
In New York II Is the custom TO Insist that .
player shall have one OF the suit called, but In other
places II Is considered fair TO call on the ace OF
missing suit so as to get discard OF losing card
IN another sult when the called ace suit "a led.
The sun., 1902-03-09

V. c. s. says: In game In which II Is allowed
10 split openers. 4 lays out an ace, announcing
that he splits bets he must show both the
pair as 10 show that he had openers before he
split.
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4 n. says: z deals and takes up the trump, He
an his partner T. take the nrst three tricks. where
upon Y. under the Impression that II was the ad q
lays down his two remaining cards, The al !.
yrf'at'es insist that the play must stop and that
one point Is sl the dealers side can score.
The only penalty Is that the exposed cards can
be called II the supposed hand Is In the lead a
lead can be called or the exposed cards can he
called 10 be played TO the trick. but the player
cannot be made 10 revoke.
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r. n. r. says: A bets that a straight flush TO q
KING Is Just as much royal as one TO the ace.
royal flush Is an unbeatable hand, ten, lack
queen, king. and ace OF any suit. There are three
hands that will beat a king high straight flush.
The sun., 1902-03-09

Fuchre-F. II. says: A deals and passes the pack
10 Il to cut. shuffies them instead. denies his
right to do so.
D should have asked TO shufne the cards before
the dealer shu1ed them as the dealer has the night
10 the last shurie after which the adversary can
cut only
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L, y. says: II a card Is faced In the draw. when
does the player get one In It's place.
Afer all the others have been helped Thi, 4,
TO prevent the error from altering the run OF the
cards.
The sun., 1902-03-09

VIII you kindly inform me when the ten-oent
bills" and twenty -nve cent bills" totherwiSe,
shin 'plsNerS1 ceased TO be circulated by the
United Ststes' KSowLvpoy SEEKER.
During the seventies gold and silver came
back ofhciay in 1872 but the smaller coins had
come back TO some extent before that.
The sun., 1902-03-09

II. c. II. says -Four handed game. The hands
dealt and counts his hand nrst and pegs It.
Then Y. the dealers partner counts and pegs.
Then b, the leaders partner. nds he mas nve cards
stu In his hand although the crib Is all night. What
IA faa aals
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csn i. y ,SS saSs; Having NEEDED spade msrri.r.
@ nan aou Ihe other spade queen and the Two Al. :
mono Jacks and score 500 pinochIe' wv nla'
YES The n.lds are In different olas.e. and N.
queen used "a the marriage does not bar II, heinz
used again In the double plnoohle "s
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The adversaries OF the player in error score two
holes. and II they think they have the worst OF IL
| they can call for fresh deal The sdversaries
| also have the right 10 draw one Of BIS cards.
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Historic Church Doomed
Old St. Johns. at Richmond, Virginia. Is
TO Be Demolished.
Virginia, Is

mated by the famous William Byrd OF
Westover, the founder of Richmond.
Among the first church wardens was
Edmund Randolph, afterward Govern
or of Virginia and Attorney General OF
the United States.
In 1875 the Virginia convention was
called to meet at st. Johns. Edmund
Pendleton presided, and many spoke,
counselling patience and further par
leying with the English government.
until Henry sprang to his feet and in
burning eloquenoe carried the day for
liberty. SO old st. Johns became the
cradle of freedom. But ii was doomed
to suffer for this distinction. for in 1881
the traitor, Benedict Arnold, landed on
the shores of Virginia and began pill
Laying and burning. When Richmond
fell into his hands he converted st.
Johns into a barracks The building
was defaced and damaged, and for a
long time afterward services were dis
continued.
The building was enlarged in 1712.
In this century fashion made it neces-
sary to lower the pulpit and the pews,
but the same sounding board is still
kept, and the original baptismal font is
also being used, having been discov-
cred in a cellar. where for years it
served as a mortar for beating hominy.
The names on the old tombstones
are almost complete registry of fa-
nous Virginians of the colonial pc
riod. Close against the building and
below one of the east windows fat
slab tells that "Edwarde Darlington,
whose bones are here entirred,' stood
on that identical spot and through the
window above listened to Patrick Hen
rvs speech and then and there de-
clared his intention of being buried on
the same ground where he had listened
to that historic grafton.
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WHITMAN AND INGERsoLL.
why tho Poet Differed from the Colo
mel as to immortality.

mel as to immortality.
In the last years Of his life Walt
Whitman, the peculiar Camden poet
and seer, was surrounded by a galaxy
of admirers, some of whom encour-
aged his poetic genius in more sub
stantial ways than by wordy strife,
and were admitted into his friendship
on terms of great intimacy.
On one occasion the gathering at the
hermitage included Colonel Robert @.
Ingersoll and a distinguished professor
of English literature at one of our in
stitutions of higher learning. Inger-
soils magnificent flow OF conversation
was stimulated by the convivial offer
ings supplied by Whitman's table and
after a brilliant analysis of the philos-
ophy of Shakespeare he began long
monologue upon the subject of the
souls immortality. With his usual
keen sarcasm he ridiculed the com,
monty accepted ideas of the Christian.
and in manner surprising even hii
magnetic lecture style, because the ell.
oquence was unconscious, he set forth
llS OWh uOCllluto.
Walt Whitman as described by the
professor of literature, sat silent in
his chair throughout the entrancing
recital He was at this time for along
in years, and his long, uncombeG white
hair and beard. with the loose pie.
turesque clothing which he affected
gave him a strikingly venerable APP
pearance. When the distinguished ag-
nostic had concluded, Whitman raised
his head and slowly answered:
Yes, Bob, that all sounds very well
but when a man gets so near to the
end as | am, he begins to have a dif.
ferent idea about those things"
1t was Ingersolls turn to be thought.
ul.-Phiadelphia Ledger
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tury, with its roar and railroad trains
and mills. Just below is the broad
sweep of the James River.
The first chapel was built about 1913.
The history of St Johns begins with
the second settlement of the colony Of
Virginia. The first record of the chron-
icles is that Dale, the high marshal,
and the Rev. Alexander Whitaker did
found church This Whitaker is an
historical parsonage and was evidently
a man of great force in the colony. 1t
is recorded in England that "he did
voluntarily leave his warme nest; and
amazement of them that knew him did
go to Virginia and help to bear the
name of God unto the Gentiles."
1t was Whitaker who attempted to
Christianize Pocahontas and afterward
married her to John Rolfe. His salary
as minister was fixed at 500 pounds Of
tobacco and 200 barrels of corn. The
records of the church were lost in the
many Indian massacres and its early
chronicles are fragmentary The par
ish ventry book from 1880 to IVA how
ever, is in existence. This old volume
is redolent of antiquity, and some of
it's entries are quaint, as the following
show:
ITO John Jones for keeping his
daughter, being a fool, 800 pounds OF
tobacco.
Ordered that Sackiield Brewer be
appointed reader In the chapple, Rich
ard Williams being absconded from
duty therein"
One Of the earlier preachers was Mr..
Mossom who afterward married George
Washington to the widow Custis. An
other of the pioneers in the 'chapple"
was the Rev. Anthony Gavin, who was
bitterly opposed to slavery and might
be called the first abolitionist. The
present building was built on land do
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trade guns stuck muzzle downward in
the ground and topped with human
skulls. The other is made OF wood
and supports more skulls, bones
feathers, blood, eggs, and other votive
offerings to the Ju-Ju, including the
head of the last victim.
Over the rock from which the run
ming water springs is a roof of human
skulls with a curtain. the top part of
which is composed of clothes and the
lower part of native mating, screen
ing the rock and hanging just short
of the waters edge The lower por-
tions of the rock composing the other
sides of this crater are draped with
mats only.
The sacrihcial function of the Ju-Ju
are performed on the left side of the
entrance, opposite the island, where
a fat-topped ledge has been hewn out
of the rock The waters as we'll as the
walls and whole interior of the char
nel-house abound in fetch lore. The
pool is about twelve inches deep and
abounds in tame, lazy-looking, gray
colored fish, about two feet in length.
These fish have long suckers and
glaring yellow eyes. The roof OF the
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Ruled by Electricity.

In the capitol electricity is king
By its magic, says the Washington
Post, the long basement halls and cor.
ridors are wrested from the powers of
darkness and made to rival the sunlit
halls above. Electricity controls the
heating and ventilating system, oper,
ates the elevators, calls the senator's
and members on important occasions.
summons the pages, transmits their
voices in conversing with each other
from hundreds of different points with.
in the building, records their debates
and speeches and conveys them to all
points of the country and throughout
the civilized world. Truly in this great
building electricity is supreme.
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the Long Ju-Ju' have just come out
of the interior from correspondent
with the AFRO expedition. 1t is esti-
mated that every year 500 pilgrims
journey to the sacred spot to receive
the fetch decree and advice which is
vouchsafed to them by the recognized
powers. To most of them il is a dear
experience About fifty of them are
sacrificed annually in order that their
skulls may be offered to the gods
while fully 200 people are sold into
slavery. The remainder are allowed
to go away free.
The Long Ju-Ju' is one of the
most fascinating spots in western
Africa to the curiously inclined ex-
plorer. On account of its sacred
holdings it is closely guarded by the
natives, and it is by no means easy of
access. even when the traveller is ac-
companied by an experienced and Ii
censed guide, The utmost secrecy is
observed in approaching its entrance.
In addition to the difficulties the con-
ducting of a visitor to the Ju-Ju is n
somewhat lengthy process, When he
arrives in the immediate vicinity of
the wncanny spot he is led by cir
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Human L5x'eS q Sacrifice
10 Heofber1 Superstition

Fifty human lives are sacrificed
every year at the Long Ju-Ju,' one
Of the many fetch centers that dot
the iungles Of central and western
Africa in order that evil spirits may
be banished from the land and the
wrath Of the gods nppeased The
Long Ju-Ju" is one Of the most no
torious and most powerful meccas Of
the slaves OF fetichism. It is here that
hundreds of the superstitious natives
pile up their material offerings to the
spirits and journey in resolute bands
10 deposit the relics OF Ju-Ju rites.
Some interesting figures concerning
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ouitous route and finally is marched in
backwards.
The approach to the Ju-Ju is
through dense bush which gradually
becomes thicker and thicker until the
CItrance Is reached. The Ju-Ju is an
oval-shaped pit seventy feet deep, sixty
yards long, and fifty yards wide In
entering the visitor climbs down the
precipitous sides of rock into mar
row gorge and into running water
The water gushes forth from the solid
rock in two large streams, which
unite below small island, on which
are two altars, one made from many
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Ju-Ju Is formed by mass of densely
intertwined creepers.
At the left of the entrance, through
which the visitor is escorted, rests
the greatest evidence OF the devotion
Of the native worshipers to their be-
lief in fetichism There lie the skulls
of scores who have been sacrificed in
order that the Ju-Ju rites might be
fully administered and the spirit world
communicated with through material
offerings.
The natives in these fetch centers
of west Africa believe that by venting
their wrath upon human beings ami
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mails, and even inanimate objects they
are enabled to worship the gods. II
they are prosperous and escape what
they regard as misfortune, the objecta
of their devotion are petted, but if the
reverse is true they minister the most
eXcruciating punishment and cast
some portion of the object in the
Ju-Ju.
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Ambiguity.

Love" said the poet. lis mystic
influence; it is a message and a re.
sponse voluble in flash of thought;
it conquers time and distance, and its
exchange requires no medium foJ
transmission.
That's not love- said the practical
man. You're talking about wireless
telegraphy now"