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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29

HO great has been the appreciation
of the readers of these memoirs
~ of the installment of anecdotes
of the ladies published last week that,
yielding to the solicitations of six hun
dred and thirty odd correspondents of
the fair sex, continue this week the
selections from Father Times recollec-
ton of lovely woman.
A search of the complete manuscript
of the work reveals a larger number
of them than / had at first ventured to
suppose were there, and in the most
pleasing variety. 1t is quite evident
from the tenor of them that Father
Time in his day has been a good deal
of lady's man, and one or two of the
later anecdotes, which 1 deem it in
advisable to publish, indicate to my
mind at least that he has not ceased to
be so.
1T has always been my wish,' he
writes, in one portion of his wonderful
story, now before me on my table, ito
treat the ladies kindly. The dulling
eye and the whitening smile, and the
faded check; the sharpening nose, the
doubling chin and the crows feet near
TO the eyelids; the wrinkled brow. the
thinning locks and the whitening hair,
1t is true, are all supposed to be gifts
of mine, and not infrequently have the
ladies complained of my lavishness
Herewith, but it has been my custom
to withhold them as long as I possibly
could.
'' The touch Of time" as it has been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29
Aoecdote of Baroness Munchausen.


4 MOTHER woman of fine dis+ino
N ton, but never mentioned in anv
OF the written biographies of her
husband, to whom l have aIreadv re-
Lerred, was the Baroness Munchausen
one was a lady of very remarkable at
= l t IN many ways, and possessed
9 1uhd OF good common sense which
must confess l myself found highly
admirable, although at times I could
- thdt lt greatly irked her more ia
nous husband. One night while din
ing en- famille with the baron at his
castIe at Bodenwerder | was amused
70 near young Karl Frederick. Jr after
long and careful study of his fathers
face, observe:
say, ma, is pa pretty?"
NO. my son." replied the baroness
promptly. Your father is one of the
homeHest old persons that ever drew
the breath of life. His eyes are not
evenly balanced; he has a low, retreat
ing forehead, a shifty mouth, a chin
that looks more like a Bartlett pear
turned upside down than anything else
IN the animal kingdom, a nose that is
not quite as straight as the path up
the Matterhorn and complexion that,
II there were such things as railroads.
would serve as danger signal in a
fog
Mercy, woman!" cried the baron.
Indignantly, why do you say such
things to the boy?"
Because, baron" the lady replied
meekly, i think a little plain truth
once in while is needed in this family
to average things up"
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-l0Q-Q-4-1- Q-Q-Q1d-
AS the diet of the Koryak is limited
to fish, half cooked seal and whale
flesh, with Russian brick tea as an oc-
casional luxury, the taking every year
of good quantities of the beluga, or
White whale, a mammal about twelve
feet long, is essential to their welfare.
The white whales are now very scarce
In the bays of the Okhotsk sea. They
are captured in the open assures in
the ice foes, which they are obliged
to frequent for breathing purposes, by
means of the harpoon and the seal net.
When an animal is caught the festival
is held, all of the inhabitants of the VIII
lage taking part. The idea underlying
the celebration is that the captured
whale has come to visit the settlement.
He must be treated with great respect
and Hospitality entertained, as he-that
is his heads destined to return to
the sea, where he will tell his COM
rades of the good time he has had
While being relieved of his Superfiuous
body, how glor;ously he has been en-
tertained, and will induce them also,
like the fox in the fable, to go and
have their tails cut off close behind
their heads and "get into the SWIM"
According to the mythology Of the
Koryals. all the white whales belong
to one tribe and live in settlement
somewhere in the undersea world.
A beluga has been captured. Far out
over the broken surface of the ice foe
group of dark figures is seen toiling
along, dragging behind them a long
sledge. It is evident by their straining
that they have captured one of the
priced animals. The women on the
shore have discovered the laboring of
the cavalcade. and, aware of its mean
ing, hasten to light a fire on the beach
and to don their taSseled dancing coats
and the boots used for such a joyous
occasion. They begin to prance a sort
of welcome dance about the fire and
along the beach. AS they dance they
chant the world. "Ala-la- la-ho, Ala
la-la-hoi" .Ah, dear guest has
comet" At last the guest" reaches the
shore and the dancers climb UP the
poles to the tops of their hourglass
houses, drop down the tunnels, and
exchange their dancing costumes for
their ordinary dress. Soon their round
heads, their twin, black pigtails flying
about with the excitement, pop UP
again over the tops of their houses, and
they return to the beach with a large
plated grass mat on which to lay the
body of the distinguished guest. The
men cut up the whale, and, after di-
vidfng the flesh, the blubber and the
skin, distribute portions to the hunters.
The head, destined to play a promi-
nent part In the celebration, is wrapped
In grass hood. and put upon the roof
OF the storehouse.
That evening number of the men
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29

and women of the village can be seen
vending their way toward the hour
glass house of the hunter who killed
the whale. A celebration is to be held
in honor of the mighty guest. One by
one they climb to the roof and diSap-
pear down the funnel. Some of the
women carry burdens of cooking yes
sells, and children dangle from the fore
heads of others. The burdens do not
seem to interfere with scaling the
walls and going down the slippery and
soot-covered log with celebrity.
The interior of the hut presents none
of the festival appearance of the ball
room of the Waldorf Astoria on a gala
night. Eight stone lamps, correspond
ing to the number of families partici-
pating in the festival, are burning in
different parts of the apartment. They
give off more smell than light, and the
smell is decidedly unpleasant. The
walls, festooned with sooty strings and
black themselves from the SCOT, COM
pletely absorb the lamplight, and it
is difficult to discern the inmates.
These seem like apparitionS as they
move about, making their preparations
for the festival. The unnaturalness of
1t is augmented by the subdued tones
OF ALL The guest must not be awaken
ed before the right moment. The WOm-
en- are busy cooking over the fire in
the hearth. Berries, edible grasses and
roots are being mixed into buildings.
The youths and children stand or sit
silently near the hearth. where they
can watch the preparations, while the
men sit silently in. half circles near the
posts of the house in the rear.
A sort of shrine, or altar, is set up.
On this are placed charms adorned
with plated grass. One of the most
prominent of these is the sacred fire.
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it are placed bags filled with buildings
that have been frozen, also the head of
the whale, wound around with sacrifi-
cial grass. Two sisters of the owner of
the house put on long grass masks
and officiate as priestesses. They
kneel down before the hearth, bend
their heads over the altar, so that their
masks cover the bags, and pronounce
an incarnation. The women are sup
posed to have weak hearts, and there
fore are afraid to meet with face un-
covered the spirit of the white whale,
supposed to be present at the ceremony
of equipping it for the journey home.
Two men ascend the roof and let down
long thongs to which the pudding bags
and the head are tied. Berries and
sacrifcial grass are put into the belu-
gas mouth for food. Thus festooned
and provisioned for a five days jour
ney, the head is taken to the beach by
the company and launched into the sea.
"Goodby! dear friend! when the next
high tide comes in, induce all your rel
atives to come with you!" sing the
group. And the hunters prepare to
take the newcomers when they appear
on the next tide.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29

"Whitebait?" reared Holmes euiIt;,r
Yes-ny love-" she replied. when
you kissed me l tasted the red pepper
on your lips" pPeA
Holmes. 1ieu
'Maybe-but 1 never knew they had
moved st. Pauls to Richmond, even if
l am she replied.
How IN thunder began Holmes.
Never mind, my darling" smiled
the lady. And the next time YOU 90
mere be sure to leave the bill Of fare
OF the Star and Garter in the pew
Where It belongs, she added pointing
~ Holmes otter skin overcoat pocket.
Ou1 OF the top Of which one Of the said
the alibi. - PAO'o
1ou see now" said Holmes to me
tt3p 1.li lly over the whisky and soda
tnat night after Mrs Holmes had re-
tlred why 1 keep seven bachelor
apartments in London under as MANY
assured him that I did. and 7 do
aIthoug3 must acknowledge that that
IS no reason why all mention of This
Keen Witted lady should have been
oLlltted from all accounts of Holiness
NE hitherto published.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29

is now described in print for the first
time
Santa Claus must have learned the
knack of entering the house by the
chimney from the Koryaks, for that is
the way these people enter their
homes Their domiciles. which are
strung along the shores of the Behring
and Okhotsk seas and of the bays of
Gishiga and Penshina in scattered vii
lagos, are shaped like hourglasses
and are partly underground. The SEN
sation of entering one of these homes
could not have been altogether pleas
ant to Santa Claus, assuming that he
visited this isolated part of the world
in the arctic region. The structure is
built of drift logs gathered on the
beach. Only when the snow is level
with the platform surrounding the
funnel leading down to the neck Of the
hourglass is it possible to enter with
out first climbing up a greasy split log
in which small holes have been cut for
the accommodation of the toes. These
improvised ladders are almost as diff
cult of navigation for the relatively
large footed white man as is the lad
der of fame. They were designed for
the smallfooted Asiatics who use
them, without regard to the possible
visitor from another portion of the
globe. Crossing the platform which
serves the double purpose of prevent
ing the snow from drifting over the
entrance and chimney and of a stor-
age place for household supplies of all
kinds. the genial old saint would have
found himself face to face with an
other of those rail-lilSe ladders de-
scending into the funnel. Smoke rises
from the houses crater like the vapor
from a lazy volcano. Dangling over
the roof from pole raised high is the
frozen body of a dead dog to keep
away evil spirits and maladies Grasp
ing the greasy, sooty pole he would
half slide, half lower shis jolly, rotund
form and his packages down the oc-
tagonal funnel of logs. into the smoke.
4 moment of griny sliding and he
would be through the two by-three
neck of the hourglass house, and find
himself, his gray beard and locks and
ermlne-trimmed coat sadly Soiled, in
the midst of circular apartment if
teen feet high and thirty feet in diam
eter, built of logs, and so grimy with
scot and smoke that it is almost i'm
possible to see the booths lining the
walls III which the thirty or forty oc-
cupants of the place are snoring. Here
ten feet below the ground, about the
hearth, on which q copper kettle is
slmmering, the whale feast VIII be cell
ehrated in the fall.
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the shade by it. Wonderful, indeed, as
were the great detectives analysis Of
knotty problems, even more so were
those of his wife.
In fact, happen to know that this
great ferret, who so easily outwitted
others, was a mere child in her hands,
l shall never forget one Sunday even
ing, when Holmes and l had returned
from an automobile spin to the Star
and Garter, at Richmond, for some
reason or other the detective assured
Mrs. Holmes that he had been to
church at st. Paul's cathedral
Really said she, as she fixed her
eyes steadfastly upon him, 'and who
was the officiating chauffeur"
What do you mean?" demanded
Holmes.
Nothing, dear" she replied, sweet
ly, but the slight odor of gasoline on
your gloves, and the fact that you have
forgotten to remove your goggles from
your nose led me to believe that you
yourself had conducted the service.
Was the whitehall good?"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29
VAS THE
OFFICIATING
CHADFFEUp

one did, there was none the i tre-
mendous amount of surprise 10Th in
society and out of it that this lovely
daughter of one of the first families
should accept the attention Of one of
his color, and in some quarters consid-
cradle hostility to the match manifest
ed itself. One Of Senator Brabantio's
colleagues in the senate even went so
far as to suggest that Othello should
be lynched, others in opposition to the
administration set it down as the nat
ural result of the grand dukes having
invited Othello to luncheon at the pal
ace, and suggested that the duke be
lmpeached with pitchfork, but in the
face of all this Desdemona was loyal
to her choice.
L happened to be present upon one
occasion when Othello, having brought
plate of ice cream to the wife of one
of the Doges at a reception, was
tipped" by the lady's husband. Des-
demona Immediately rose and left the
house in displeasure.
1T is not that my fiance resembles
a Pullman porter" she said scathingly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29

to the Doge. as she swept haughtily
from the room, but that you have the
soul of a drummer for pork packing
establishment
This prideful loyalty won many
friends for the couple, but regret to
say that the general impression gained
by the public from the engagement
was that Brabantios term in the SEN
ate being about to expire, the whole
affair was merely a bid for the col
ored vote, although 1 knew myself
that it was nothing of the sort. Des-
demona's own remark the morning of
the wedding proved to me conclusively
that she loved him. One of her closest
friends having advised her to recon
slider even at the eleventh hour, she
retorted instantly:
Let me assure you, my dear Blanca,
that rather than give him up 1 will be-
come one myself. If you say another
word I will throw away my powder
puff and cork my face permanently"
said she. II guess that'n settle these
COMMERCIALS"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29
Desdemona and OtheHo.

Desdemona and 0theHo.
TT has been a habit of mine, writes
4 Father Time in his memoirs, to
linger affectionately over the can
ais of that lovely daughter of the sea,
the city of Venice. There is a soft,
sweet something in the atmosphere of
that delightful place that has ever APP
pealed most strongly to me. In sum-
mer time it is deliciously cool, being
swept by ocean breezes; and in winter
one never finds the highways so
blocked with snow and ice as TO make
easy passage up and down their sinu-
Gus lengths a trial; nor do the bus
tering March winds, blowing along the
canal, fill the eyes of the weary way
farer with dust, as is so frequently the
case in other famous cities like Chi
cago, Boston, Philadelphia, or that
Venice of the Empire State, Water
town. Moreover, Venice is and has al
ways been city full of charming So
ciety.
Many of it's best people 1t has been
my privilege to know intimately.
Among them was Imy dear old friend
Brabantio, whose daughter Desdemo-
ma married that distinguished soldier
General Othello. I remember wildly
the morning when this engagement
was announced.
Admiring Othello, as almost every
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I NE
EDITED YW
JOHN E6ESDE0 DICK BANGS
Yrs. Sherlock Holmes.

Mrs Sherlock Holmes.
HAVE been somewhat surprised,
says Father Time in chapter
on THE Unknown Wives of
Great Men, to find how infrequently
the memoirs of certain illustrious per-
sonages make mention of the wives of
these individuals-women who in
many instances give actual vertebrate
qualities to their much heralded lords
and masters.
Very little appears in print, for in
stance, concerning the Baroness
Munchausen, a woman as viciously
addicted to truth as her husband was
supposed to be given to unyeracity;
nor from the beginning to end of his
very entertaining memoirs have I
found any illusion whatsoever to Mrs.
Sherlock Holmes, nee Hawkshaw, a
daughter of a once eminent detective
who in his day was quite as much in
the public eye as is Holmes at the
present moment
That this clever woman should
have been kept in the background SO
persistently can be accounted for
only on the assumption that her hus-
band and his biographies have been
afraid to exploit that. very cleverness
lest Holmes himself should be cast in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29
Charlotte Corday's Retoyt.

HAT Charlotte Corday was witty
as well as a determined woman
has not as yet been recorded.
Happening in at her trial shortly after
her assassination of Marat, l listened
TO a long lecture which the chief of the
tribunal of judges was giving her on
the utility Of women mixing in poll
ties.
Politics is not woman's sphere"
said the judge, "and here we give
dreadful example of what happens to
one who embarks upon an enterprise
for which she is not fitted'
"Humph!" calculated the lady, in
polished French. "HumphI Seems to
me made pretty good stab at it,"
The court Immediately went into ex-
ecutiVe session, and an hour later
Charlotte Corday was condemned to the
guillotine.
I'VE don't care for Murat,' said one
of the judges to us afterward, but
such jokes as that add a new terror to
the French revolution"
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Queen Isabella and Columbus.

a MOTHER exceedingly witty wom-
~ an was Queen Isabella Of Spain.
| shall not soon forget the roars
of laughter which greeted her sally at
the close Of Columbus account Of the
insignificant stature of the American
Indian.
Next voyage, my beloved sover-
eign," he observed, eff your majesty
will be good enough to put me in funds
to make another, I'll bring back two OF
those truly royal kings of the jungle
as a souvenir of my trip"
Don't you trouble yourself" retorted
the queen. Il believe in the old adage,
a Ferdinand is worth two in the
bush.'" -er4
The king was so pleased by this re-
joinder that two hours later, by let
tiers patent he made the queen pres
ent of all the riparian rights to the Isle
of Pines.
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A young mother left her baby with
her obliging mother-in-law one night
in order to attend the wedding Of a
relative who lived in a town about
hundred miles distant. The young
woman, apparently free from all fam
lily cares, spent an enjoyable evening;
but just as the newly welded couple
were preparing to depart on the mid
night train, an expression of acute
anxiety flashed across the young moth
er's countenance.
"Oh, George!" she exclaimed, clutch
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whom seem too often resentful of his
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them to be, may hear what he has to
say on his own behalf, and possibly
thereafter look with lenient eye upon
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29
An Illusion,

''He married money, didn't hep"
mo, he thought he was marrying
money, but he merely married some
thing else that talks" 49, Philadelphia
Press.
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IncontestabIe.

Insurance Agent-What are the proofs
of your husbands death madam?
The Widow-Well, he has been home for
the last three nights.-Smart Set.
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WHALE DANCE OF THE kORYAkS
by Is Captured

o-Etoo % u 60
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-16

Thomas George Barring. Earl of North
brook, is dead at London. He was born In
1896
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-16
GEN. ANDRE A NOTED SOLDIER.
Reasons for His Retirement From the
War Office

Gen. Andre was appointed French minis
ter of war May 20, 1900. He was then di-
rector of the famous French polytechnic
school. His predecessor was the Marquis
de Gallifet.
He is sixty-four years old and is an excel
lent type of the well-educated French SOL
der, distinguished by physical vigor and
cool energy, as well as by intellectual quail
ties.' While commander of the polytechnic
school he showed himself a skillful as well
as energetic administrator. He strenuously
opposed the introduction of politics into the
army. 1t was he who first forbade the
entry into the barracks of his division of
French publications that attacked the army
Gen. de Gallifet, encouraged by this initia-
tive, extended the order to all the garrisons
In France.
The resignation of Gen. Andre was caused
by the recent attacks made on him in the
chamber of deputies as result of his al
legged policy of spying upon the private lives
OF army officers, which eliminated in a dep
uty, M. Syveton, striking him in the face in
the house November f. for which the dep
uty is being prosecuted by the government
The wife of Gen. Andre was formerly a
footHght favorite, and Mile Chapuis'
achieved considerable success on the stage
of the Opera Comique, Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-16
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Progress Shown in Churches Of e. M
E. Denomination.


The Virginia annual conference 30 ~,
NJ Il. Church has just closed a session
held IN petersburg. Va. The reports showed
d pronounced increase of members of the
churches. and the financial reports were
1ar In excess of any previous year. Ninetv-
eight per cent of the general funds was
raised and paid, and there was material re-
duction In the mortgaged indebtedness
EVERY charge save one, it was renortad
mas paid something on the prfncinal deht
ana the conference begins the new vear
with It's financial obligations verv mucb
less than they were the previous wear.
Inc most noted increase was renorted In
'he Womans Home Missionary Society
which more than doubled the collections of
iast year. This department pledged itsalf
70 DO relief work in the several cbarees
where it operates. This is an advanced star,
and will accomplish much good nv the s,,s.
tematfc plan of work.
The church extension board and ea,ara,
missionary boards - had Increased thar
finances the former relieving several heav-
lily incumbered churches and the latter
making possible the establishment Of sevl
eraI new preaching points -
Inc appointments for the Washington
district are as follows: J. W. p Ieewood'
presiding elder; Israel, N. C. Cleayes: Miles
rem nor W; a. ti9asay; Lane Chapel g.
Front Royal, T. Archie Burkhalter. Rrown'
town CT, E. p. Sterling; Baltimore station
n. j. watson; Bakerton and Shenandoah
William Burrell; Ashburn and Seneca MI
=: Pierce; Alexandra. r. b. Robinson. GOOD
I Io,pt' .. JonIsoIs madison. D. F. Pierce.
W. Boston. y anu D.