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WAS QUITE PAINFUL.
Sad Climax Of Sweet LoVe-Making
by PhOnOgraph.
Experiment That Promised Pleasant
Possibilities Terminates in Dire
Disaster 10 Its Enterpris- -
ing Promoter.
Making love by phonograph is the

Making love by phonograph is the
attest fad.
No one believes that il Will ever be
popular and the experience Of a we'll
known Philadelphian may put dam
per upon other SWANS ambitious TO do
something unconventional in the win
ming of womanly hearts, as related by
the Philadelphia Press.
This is the well-known's experience:
Went to see a friend" =" said he, and
he showed ne something that made me
open my eyes. lie has just patented
new phonograph. 1t was the best
thing of the kind I've ever seen--or
heard There Is no irritating metallic
sound about its tones, and the rec
Ords' are so made mat the machine
will run for eight or ten minutes.
"Well, l thought I'd borrow that
phonograph ana pay visit TO my
sweetheart.
''It was not a vest pocket affair,
however The thing weighed 100
pounds or more, and for that reason 1
did not think Of using it as a watch
charm.
But it played some music tunes,
and l wanted my girl to hear them, so
l lugged the whole thing TO her house.
1t was as heavy as lead, and had a
hard trip Of it. But at the girls house
it was great hit, and the result was
that for some months l lugged the
pet around TO the homes of the best
girls of quite few of my friends.
1T was great-sort Of loVe-making-
made-easy affair, you know, and q
winner every shot. We had more girls
than we knew what to do with.
1T was a strange looking con-
trivance, you understand, and in order
to reassure the girls it was necessary
for US to hold their hands whenever
the music box was doing the stunt.
"WeH, one night l put the arrange
ment on the stretcher and carried it
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cashier in 1873. Her father was then
cashier of the bank. When her IA
ther, John McGrew, became president
of the bank in 1881 his daughter was
chosen by the board of directors to
succeed him as cashier. This position
she held until recently. Her father
declared he had never been able to find
a man who was as good a judge oil
men as his daughter, and who made as
few mistakes in making loans as she.
Mrs. Dick has declined the New York
offer, in spite of the fact that splen-
did salary was attached to the posi-
ton.
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Drug Clerk Picks Up Three YOunE
skunIzs Under the Impression
That They Were AngOras.

Music surely hath charms when it
brings to the surface from their bur-
row three handsome skunk kittens
This, says the Hartford (Conn.)
Times, was the case on Sunday after
noon at Riverside park while the band
concert was being rendered 10 thou
sands of people. The country boy
may be green: he may be given even
the title of "hayseed." but he knows
a thing or two about skunk kittens.
Not so with the young helper in a
Main street drug store. He was lack
ing the wisdom of the farm boy on
this particular occasion. He wan
dered about the park in his Sunday
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TOOK BATH WITH EELS.
Girl Who Was Staying with
Friends in Chicago.

The Chicago Inter Ocean tells this
strange tale of family on Delaware
place with palate for eels. As often
as twice a week the head of the fam
lily carries home from the fish mar
ket two or three of the slippery,
Snakelike wrigglers.
In the front rooms of the apart
ment where lives this family are two
young women from Indiana, who,
during their sojourn in the city, are
boarding with the family of eel eat
ers.
One night last week the man of the
house took home three cells. After
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though quite disastrous from a profes-
sional point of view.
Having produced an egg from pre-
viously empty bag, he announced that
he would follow up this trick by bring
ing from the bag the hen that laid the
egg.
This little arrangement he had LETT
to his confederate to carry out.
He proceeded to drop the bird from
che bag, but what was his surprise on
finding that the alleged hen was an
old rooster, which strutted about the
stage with rufled feathers and Of
Tended dignity, and set up as vigorous
a Growing as if it had Just awakened
from its nocturnal slumbers.
The whole audience shrieked with
laughter, and the unfortunate cOnjur-
er made a bolt for the dressing-room.
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supposed Corpse Sat Up,

John Bissman, barber of Wells
vile, o., was shaving a supposed
corpse, Samuel Colledge, when he i'm
agined that the body seemed warm.
Further investigation showed that the
mans heart was family beating. The
preparations for the funeral were
abandoned, and in a few days Mr.. Col
ledge was able to sit up and take his
rations.
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eIaIs OF England. This is the first
time such a course has been adopted,
and Mr.. Letter believes that he has
spared his wife and daughter much
trouble and annoyance. Miss Letter
has visited India before, but this is
Mrs. Letters first venture into that
mystical land. The ladies will re-
main in Delhi until February and
will then go to Simla.
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Now They Want More Pay.

The directors Of bank in Chicago.
think that no man should marry on
a salary less than $1,000 year. They
have, therefore, informed their single
clerks who get less than this sum
that they must not marry. The clerks
have requested higher pay.
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EVERYBODY LAUGHED.
WHY an Unfortunate English Com
juror Made "a Sudden Bolt for
the Dressing Room.

At a public entertainment in Lon
don recently a conjurer had an ex-
perience which was highly com1cal,
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snow stons Rife BuIIets.

A rife bullet fired at distance Of so
yards will not pass through a wall of
snow four feet thick.
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Where Umbrellas Are Cheap.

In Corea a serviceable umbrella
costs about 12 cents. The covering is
Of oiled paper.
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Miss Lucy Wilhoyd, Of New York is
visiting her custom Mrs. Archibald Ray
r7.sW street. Miss Wilhoyd IS a
Dlsa-ing young marin and easily wins
friends where ever she goes.
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RABBITS or HEMPSTEAD WAY.
Hunters Who Iiag the Game started by
the Other Mans Dog.

Sportsmcn fond of shooting rabbits are
now having lots Of fun on Hampstead
Plains, where the rabbits are very plenti-
full Every day g,inneIs bring several back
az the result of a short trip.
While the beagle men were ma king their
headquarters at Johrens Hotel az Mineola
last week, when the field trials were bein z
held, they used to sit in the reading room
In the evenin g and talk dog. One evening
a German entered the hotel having with
him two fine jack rabbits which he had shot.
The beagle men looked at the jacks and
then one asked the German:
Where did you shoot them?'
-On der Plains, was the reply
where's your dog:' asked the bea gle
man, who wished TO see the hound that had
shown himself good at starting rabbits.
liant got no dog
How did you get rabbits them"
we'll. keeps near some oder fellow what
has dog and get der rabbits
There are lots Of men like this German
who visit the Plains and keep near some
other sportsmaIls dog. Sometimes this is
rather a dan gero,is proceeding. as the owner
Of the dog will naturally object to stranger
profiting by his dogs work.
Nevert hnl.%s, many Of these gunners with
OUT dogs keep within striking distance of
some other man = dog and if "a rabbit runs
trouble IA a rule. but It is as well to keep
az far from the owner Of the dog as possible.
One man who always follows another man s
dog said:
If get a chance and make good shot
usually tell the owner Of the dog that the
rabbit is his az his dog started il and as
rule am told TO keep it. as my gun
killed it
One afternoon just after twilight a big
Great Dane was jogging across the Plains
u Il.
scrub right under his nose. The rabbit was
scared out Of its wits and ran for its life.
The dog could have picked the cotton
tail up IL he had wanted to, but instead he
dropped his tail and ran as though he had
seen a ghost. and never stopped running
until he had reached home.
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and know Thou wilt show me the right way.
soul than all else In the world. I will dis
cover its dark spots and wash them clean.
Seal up my eyes against the sins of others.
seal UP my tongue against slandering any
man, woman or child What Thou feedest
me with Is sufficient for the day. complaint
shall not escape my mouth, Quicken me-
all day. o Jehovah, with this, my. prayer.
that | may be enabled to accomplish In the
founding OF Thy kingdom. Guide Thou me.
o Jehovah.
At the weekly formal service on Sunday
evening white robes are worn by all Of the
disciples and the incense is waited over
them.
1t is not pretended that the religion is Of
Divine origin OF that anybody connected
with it ever had any revelations from the
next world making them the particular
representatives Of any power not of this
earth. IL includes belief in Divine power,
in evil spirits and in Nirvana. which 10
the end Of all things.
The order is rather strong on coined
words, Evil spirits Of the dead are "dru-
jas Besides these there are "deuks,
evil men who are as near being -druj las"
a. IL is possible for morta man to be. Then
there Is another word much used in the
ritual Il is -relrachs' which implies
the inherent capability to commit folly and
TO amount to nothing spiritually.
The faith has aroused good deal Of
curiosity and some vague interest, and
people are wondering II II really will grow.
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QUEER PACIFIC FISHES.
Swarms Of Little Creatures built Some.
what Like Balloons.
From the Los Angeles Times

AVALON, Nov. 3-David Wilson and his
launch. the Alligator are becoming famous
for the curious forms OF sea creatures they
bring in. His latest find to-day consisted Of
five different kinds of jellytsh
One was shaped like a big cigar, blunt nj tho
ends. perfectly transparent, and almost
impossible OF detection in the water except
by its movements. Two spots in one end, a
little more dense than the remainder of the
fish. evidently its eyes, are the only things
markedly visible about II. II is about six
In ches IN length, Another species has the
appearance of a small bladder, and one side
Is marked with a deep blue ,oloring, while the
end Is tipped with a bright grass green. 4
In length extends from its body IL seems
to be able TO initiate its balloon at will and
rest on the surface OF the water. The speci-
mems OF this variety are about three inchee
~ length. and IT readily moves any part OF
the body and extends and contracts the cord.
Another Is about two inches in length and an
inch in diameter, perfectly transparent.
with the exCertion Of three red spots
Two OF these spots" emerged from the
body aud went cavorting about the pail
much larger. . Another il shaped ike Jap
anese umbrella. half opened. and II moves
through the water like flash j. has faint
red markings along its sides. Mr, Wilson
to catch jumped two feet and escaped him,
stu another is a delicate little bulb Of
transparency Jelly an inch by half an inch
with red cord six inches long attached.
puck could go Mr., Wilson says he encoun-
tered mass OF them this morning three
miles on shore. there seeming to be millions,
ana there were yet other varieties which he
tailed TO catch Tn: wonderful little crea-
fures were preserved alive and taken TO the
AQUARIUM
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swindIe>i with Counterfeit Coal.

From the Philadelphia Eronino Telegraph,
There is n small army OF women folk In
Darby and land downe who are aching to
get hold OF n mean swinder who visited thoss
places a day or two ago and cleverly palm"d
on n load of painted broken bricks and stones
for coal
II was early In the afternoon when the cry
OF Coal was heard in Darby. somethin g
to which the dwcllers had been strangers
for almost half year, lts ehect was maGi-
cal. The town turned out and saw man
driving a horse attached to a wagon which
was filed with what any one could have
sworn was load OF blessed anthracite. Two
thirds Of the load was sold AT II cent : bucket.
Then the pedkr went to lansdowne and
soon disposed Of the remainder. and then
man horse and vehicle disappeared.
That night these two suburbs or Delaware
county resoundcd with the wild lamentations
Of those who were trickcd. Each Of the I'M
fortunates started FIRE. The coal was put
on II would not burn, Ono woman not iced
that In handling a piece Of reputed anthra-
cite II showed white under the pressure OF her
thumb She grew suspicious, and the in
under the hydrant.. They washed clean;
one lump proved to be piece OF brick and
the OF her n portion OF rock.
She spread the news OF her direful dis
covery. The result in every case was the
same, Only pointed brick and rock were
revealed
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the restaurant. A few days ago he settled
the pie-bakers strike, acting as arbitrator.
Among the children who attract the at =
tention Of strangers in New York probably
none is better known than -Beehe,- the
boy violinist Of Chrystie street Beebe is
a child IN dresses, only four years old. He
entertains the children and grown folks Of
the streets, near the Bowery by playing
popular tunes on small violin. He does
not play for pennies, but simply for anuse-
ment. His parents would like to place him
on the stage but cannot do 80 because the v
are afraid the Gerry society would inter-
fere.
One of the oldest violinists who play
in public about New York il Jimmy the
Fiddler. Jimmy has played his violin to
picnic crowds in the parks for forty years
He has been blind since childhood. but he
manages to make his way about town and
frequently appears with his violin in the
rear rooms of the avenue saloons. Rumor
has it that Jimmy is wealthy, but this he
denies.
Senator Bill Is the name applied to a
weu-known Park row character who APP
pears one day in rags and another day IN
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have since that time become mighty super
stitious about the jumping brutes that
have caught the betting fancy Of the black
brigade.
The grand stand women who bet on every
or nearly every horse In a race won out
handsomely the other day. There was
new betting commissioner In the stand
and through ineXperience or carelessness
he framed up what * known a. a Dutch
book In making the figures on fve-horse
race. A Dutch book, as II well understood
by the regulars, Is book that will Permit
the player TO bet on every horse in a race
and stand TO win something, no matter
which Of the horses PASSES the wire first.
The wife Of "a we'll known horseman was
In the stand on this day. and when she in
quired the pr ices against the horses. the
new commissioner named figures which
her practised mind instantly perceived
were out Of line on the Dutch plan She
promptly put liberal bet on each of the
five horses. doing ii in such way that the
commissioner did not suspect the nature
OF the dodge.
Then she told all Of the women Of her
party about the Dutch book. and they. too,
got their money down on all five Of the
horses In way that permitted a rakedown
for each OF them no matter how the race
resulted
1t happened that the longest shot in the
race won. leaving the largest winning
margin for the women. and their rejoicing
was worth witnessing. The commissioner
paid up. with I'll grace, but that did not
detract from their happiness.
The effect Of their winning, however.
is likely to be serious upon the pocket
books Of women visitors. for the story got
around. and now all OF the women who
visit the track have got II firmly implanted
in their minds that the only successful way
to beat the horses l. To PLAY the whole bunch
in each and every race. The intricacies
of the Dutch book arr naturally not OBJ
vious to women who are mere holiday
visitors az the racetrack. for even the male
experts 81 years standing often fail To
avail themselves of Dutch book oppor-
tunities carelcs-lv offered.
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HAIR ORNAMENTS.
TIaras Most In Favor-Wreaths and Bunches
or Flowers.

The bewildering variety in hair orna-
ments for evening wear leaves one in doubt
as to what will prevail this season, but no
doubt the opening night Of the opera will
settle this question most efectually There
are SO many elaborate confections of this
sort that it seems as IL the one and only
way to acquire distinction would be to
eschew hair ornaments altogether and
let the well-br,lshed tresses serve for chief
decoration.
Anything which can be formed into q
tiara Of any beauty finds place here.
1t appears to be- the leading shape. not only
In diamonds and precious gems. but in
flowers and leaves as well. One very
pretty tiara is made Of very small pointed
shining green leaves with tiny flowers
Of glistening rhinestones. There are all
sorts Of wreaths Of flowers and leaves
alone ivy leaves edged with silver spangles
being one Of the novelties.
Artificial laurel and holly berries are
lovely In dark hair, but there Is every kind
Of flower. from pond lilies 10 forget nots.
arranged for the hair. in punches to be
worn at the side, in wreaths, or any way that
you fancy is most becoming, sprinkled. as
so many OF them are, with spangles and
jewels that are very snowy.
They are made up in rather elaborate
forms. too. much larger than they were
last season, so evidently our colt ires are
TO be deliberately decorated.
Half wreaths are very pretty, and a
single rose, or single orchid or a single
flower or some sort, Is also worn low AZ one
side or high on the head. Little punches
OF grapes and cherries are another novelty.
Then there are all sorts of flower effects
made Of ribbon. besides gauzy spangled
Alsatian effects, aigrettes and marabout
feathers daintily ,jeweled. Gauze butter
flies in black, worked with gold and jewels
are very pretty. trembling on an invisible
wire. and there may be several of different
sizes in one cluster.
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Consomme with Cream and sugar.

From the indianapolis journal
The hotel registers yesterday showed the
effects OF the excursions which were run
into the city on n number of the railroads.
Scores OF people who came In to spend the
day in the State capital dropped into the
leading hostcries for dinner At the Grand
a story was told on one of the visitors which
illustrates the native iioosler wit and ability
TO get out Of a tight place through q small
hole.
Two couples of young people from n north
ern city were there for dinner, and when they
were seated in the dining room 1t was evident
from the gingerly manner in which they
fingered the menu cards that they were not
accustomed to course dinners However.
they managed to give an order. with tho
kind assistance of the waiter and got started
In fair shape. Then the trouble started
one of the young men ordered consomme
and " hen II was brought TO him in cup he
looked at IT a moment as IL he thought II "A
poor article OF coffee then deliberately dropped
a couple of Jumps of sugar into the cup and
started TO pour In some cream.
why subj that ain coffee. sub: that's"
protested the waiter. who was dismayed at
the break.
The young man never turned a hair. but
went on pouring in the cream, That's
all right. | know what II II, and that's the
way always take II. was the curt answer.
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costly attire. The senator IL eccentric
and has travelled all over the world, If " hat
he says is true. He prides himself on the
fact that he has not done days work in
twenty years while at times he has sue
ceeded in getting large sums of money.
When he last appeared on Park row he
WAS well-dresscd and had several hundred
old cronies in the saloons about Chatham
Square and treated them royalty, a. he
always does when ne has money. Previous
to that he was seen on Park row wearing
odd shoes and an old ragged suit, topped
of with a hat full Of holes. To hide the
fact that he had no shirt he kept his coat
pinned across his chest
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does anything that promises legitimate
dollar.
And then there is the Mayor OF Poverty
Hollow, the Hon. Patrick Conn ely, who
owns a saloon and settled the disputes
Of the neighborhood before the city tore
down his house TO make room for the new
East River bridge in Delaney street.
The Mayor Of Tenth avenue. or as Devery
calls it. Double Fifth avenue, is Little
Johnny DAILY. He has an election Of his
own once a year, and is a power on the
upper West Side.
Harry Thompson, who has been acting
on the Bowery for almost half a century
has been known as the Mayor Of the Bowery
for many years. He is a unique character
and attracts Reuben when Reuben comes
TO town. Chuck Connors. known as the
Mayor Of Chinatown, is also an object
OF unfailing interest.
Ab Skidmore, the Mayor Of Barren Island
is well known He has often acted as guide
to Long Islanders who want TO gee the
sights OF great city. Alb has been con-
stable, deputy sheriff. New York police
man. fisherman, a clam digger. a boat
captain and saloonkeeprr
So much for the Mayors 81 the lowly
How about their philan hropists? Devery
is not the only free handed rich man among
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them. Besides the Big Chief there is Tom
Foley, the Tanmany leader; Capt. +. Nor
ton Goddard, the East Side Repub lean
leader. and Johnny Meehan. the Park row
restaurant man, Capt. Goddard has spent
fortune in relieving the wants of the poor
and In carrying on his war against the game
OF lottery policy.
Johnny Meehan and his Park row beanery
attract hundreds of sigh, seers. As they
stop to watch him carve beef in the little
restaurant they ask all sorts OF quest ions.
They want TO know il it il true that he uses
a ton OF butter a week Then they inquire
an about his wealth. his health, his race
horses and his boyhood
Meehan answers all questions put TO him
In "A courteous manner, taking the sightsec r.
asseriously as il he was under oath in a court
OF law, But he loses no time on the bee (
cutting proposition, and often converscs
with three or four persons while raking In
cash and carving
He will explain how he had been poor
boy working in "A factory until the factory
shut down and caused him TO lose his lob.
That was lucky, he says. His uncle, Patrick
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QUEER FOLKS YOU READ ABOUT
MEN or MARK IN THE BYWAYS
or THIS BIG CITY.

the Mayors or Avenue n, Poverty Hollow,
Tenth Avenue and the bow ery-How
Johnny Meehan Divides the Fronts
With Ills Uncle Dolan-Senator Bill.
How many Mayors are there in New
York. not counting the Mayor OF Chicago
and the Mayors of other cities who come
here as often as they conveniently can
get away from their own dominions? Well
there's Mayor Low, whom almost every
one knows, but there are others quite as
interesting in their way among the cos
mopolitan folks of the town.
There's the Mayor of Avenue A. for in
stance. His name is Steingut. and he's
little man who has a real estate Office over
on the East Side where he settles all sorts
Of disputes between husbands and wives.
gives counsel in the purchase Of stores
advises parents az 10 the best vocation for
their sons and daughters to adopt, gets
jobs for men and women out Of employ
ment. unites the separated. and In fact
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Dolan, who was the pioneer in the beef and
beans game on Park row, employed him as
a waiter. John proved 80 faithful that he
was promoted to be cashier and finally was
taken into partnership.
Ever since then Meehan has managed the
beanery. His uncle, who Ia worth probably
two million dollars. long ago abandoned the
restaurant, telling Meehan he could retain
the place az his own. But John has never
considered himself sole owner OF the place
He has kept his uncle's name above the door
and has made a rule by which he divides the
profits with Mr.. Dolan every month.
One OF the peculiar things about this
division IL that the profits are figured down