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GULF STREAM VARIES MICH
Trade Winds Cause the Great Chanoes
Off Cape Hatteras.
From the New York Post,

From the New York Post
Enough the gulf stream has been unus,,-
any strong and variable in direction of
cape Hatteras recently, it is said in shin
ping circles that there is nothing abnormal
IN such variations, and that it is the nat.
ural thing for the stream to be constantly
changing. .,.-.t-.-
captain {. J. w. Winchester of the brig
irene, who sailed up from South Carolina
the other day, said this morning that when
ne put out he was unable to discover any
trace or the gulf stream in the position
Wnere 1t is charted Off Cape Henry. He
sailed north without finding 1t until he was
With1n few miles Of Cape Hatteras. Here
IL suddenly and unaccountahly reappeared.
The direction of the current had now
turned very markedly shoreward. Accord
ing to the chart the Utmost edge of the
gulf stream, as 1t rounds Cape Hatteras,
should have been twenty-five miles from
the mainland. In other words it's Utmost
edge should have been five miles out from
the Diamond Shoal light, which is itself
five miles out from Diamond Shoal and sew
enteen miles from the shore.
AT present, however, the captain says,
and is running at the unusual speed of four
knots on hour. Fifteen miles north of the
cape the current now freakishly spreads
out in fan fashion and completely disaE-
pears again. The path of south-bound sail
ing vessels around Cape Hatteras lies very
close to the Diamond Shoal light, for they
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MEDICINE IN TIBET.
The Potent "Charms" and Prescrip-
tions in Use There.

From American Medicine
AS might be anticipated from the primi-
tive forms of thought and living which
exist in the land of Tibet at the present
day, talismans, amllets and charms figure
largely in their schemes of medicine and
therapeutics-both preventive and curative.
The majority of such spells are used to
compel the favors of fortune ito bring the
wearer good luck But there are special
ones devoted to the prevention and to the
cure of the recognized diseases and acct
dents. \ large majority consists of formu-
las written by the Lamas in corrupt and
Otter. unintelligible Sanskrit, extracted from
the pages of the Mahayana and Tantrik
scriptures. An item of the common kin
ship of humanity is furnished by the fact
that the swallowing of the paper on which
the sacred ard therapeutic words have been
written is very ordinary method of cur
ing disease-just as ii was in Europe iii
the middle ages. The prescriptiye spells"
hich the Lamas use in this way to eradi-
cate the effects and the germs of disease
are called the edible letters (za-yig). One
work on 1.-THE Buddhism of Tibet" a still
more metaphysic way of using such rene
dies is by getting the patient to swallow
the washings from the surface of a mirror
in which the writing is reflected. The diiu-
ton In this mode of therapeusis may. we
venture to think, be safely held to surpass
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mus avoid the counter current of the gulr
stream But now that the stream flows
ciose along shore IL is impossible to escape
the current and almost impossible to make
any Roadway against IL.
captain Winchester reports about 100
sailing vessels Immediately north of Cape
HatteraS unable, on account of the extra
ordinary strength and direction of the cur
rent, to round the cape. On his own last
vain to make the cape. Time after time he
worked his brig up to within two miles OF
the Diamond Shoal light. when the wind
and the current would drift him back to
the north. Several vessels were so DELAYED
that they ran short of provisions and were
obliged to put back to Chesapeake bay for
fresh supply.
Captain A. r. johnson of the Yucatan OF
the Panama Railroad Steamship Line
laughed at the suggestion that these varia-
lions in the gulf stream have i'm any way
been caused by the eruption at Martinique.
variations in the gulf stream he said,
are occasioned by changes I'm the direction
and strength of the trade winds As the
trade winds this summer have been unlisu-
ally strong In the tropics, they forcing
an unusually strong current of water
through the Caribbean sea. This current
energies from the Gulf OF Mexico and flows
up along the eastern coast of the United
States the gulf stream. Thus the tropi-
cal winds that originate this stream are
now because of their unaccustomed
and direction as far north as Cape Hat
teras.''
Though these variations in the gulf
stream are affecting the progress of sailing
vessels, they will have no effect whatever
On the coasting steamers.
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any of those devised by Hahnemann or his
disciples. Still an analogous process-even
II less subtle-has been reported from Gam
bia. THE treatment relied upon for cure
and much practised in the country is to
call in man who is supposed to be doc
tor, who after looking at the patient, sits
down at his bedside and writes in Arabic
characters on a wooden slate a long rigma-
role, generally consisting of extracts from
the Koran. The slate is then washed and
the dirty infusion is drunk by the patient"
The effects CT a Tibetan EVIL eye'' manifest
themselves in Authorizations and dementia
known by to the natives as byad-'grol And
the regulation treatment is as follows:
Write with Chinese ink on a piece OF
wood the particular letters and smear the
writing over with myrobalams and saffron
as varnish. and every twenty-nine days re-
fleet this inscribed wood in a mirror, and
during reflection wash the face of the mir
ror with beer and collect cupful of such
beer and drink it in nine Sips The pre-
scriptfon for the preparation of a charm
which preserves the wearer against cholera
must be of great Importance in an oriental
country. 1t is as follows: With the dung
of black horse and black sulfur and musk
water. with the monogram prescribed,.
Insert this n the print of The Assembly
of the Hearts of the Lamas" (the General
Charm Print, with a vacant circular space
in the center for inscription; fold up in a
piece of snake skin and wear.
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order, as it seemed to me- to give the lads
chance to approach, one or the other
young man would step up and begin a
conversation with a girl who had at
tracted his attention.
l was much interested in the proceed.
ings, in fact, enough so to spend several
hours in Bodony, during which, with tie
help of my RATA host, learned all about
this annual maiden market, the main fea .
lures of which are the following:
The preliminaries, generally consist in
the young man buying the girl who has
made some impression on him, a ginger
bread heart or something similar. and an
inquiry as to what village she halls FROM
He addresses her with the familiar
thou. while she uses the conventional
"maga," corresponding to the English
you" The conversation which follows Ia
not very clever, being more or less re-
stricted to good-natured banter.
During this conversation the girl 10
critically eyed by the relatives of the
young man, who carefully inspect her
whole appearance. After a while thew
join in the conversation If eyervthjne.
seems to be satisfactory the young Couple
walks off arm in arm, while further ne
EQUATIONS are carried on by the two fam
lilies interested. for the girls relations a re-
present to conclude the bargain. These ne
got1at1ons turn about the household ar
ticles, such as furniture feather beds
&c, live stock and land which are to form
the dowry of the girl, and the dickering
lasts sometimes the greater part of the
day.
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MAIDEN MARKET OF BoDoNY.
How the Youths Choose Their Com
panions for Life.

From the Pilgriml %
The girls were mostly handsome. we'll
proportioned Magyar types, who, in their
rustic artlessnessf did not seem to find
anything improper in the short cut of
their skirts, which barely reached below
their knees. They wore shirt waists of
light material, dark shawls crossed over
the breast, aprons and thick red or blue
stockings in low shoes. Some were bare
headed, while others had large, gay kerr
chiefs tied over their heads in a peculiar
fashion.
Mixed with the Hungarian crowd were
also visitors from a neighboring German
village and some gypsies bent on piIfer-
ing.
On both sides of the village street gin
gerbread bakers and gew-gaw dealers
had erected canvas tents for the sale Of
their wares There were acrobats and
fakirs, and a hand-organ grinder turned
the crank of his instrument with the ra :
pidity of the merry-go-round in front of
which he was stationed. The cars of the
merry -go-round We're filed with giggIinp
girls, while others Strolled about in small
groups among the tents, admiring and
commenting on the goods and being fol-
lowed by their elder relatives.
The young fellows, with their friends.
lined the street. cycling the girls and ex
changing remarks about them Whenever
& group of the latter stopped in front Of
a stand, which happened quite often, in
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Currency Reform in China.
.orth China Daily News.

From the North China Daily News.
Prof. j. w. jerks left Shanghai yester-
day for the United States in the Mongolia,
and we are glad to know that he leaves
these shores with the satisfactory convc-
ton that his mission has not been alto
gether in vain. He has planted. it is for
others TO water, and the increase will come.
Thoroughly conversant as he is with his
subject on every side, a clear and cogent
writer. a very able speaker and man of
winning personality. he was the best choice
that the United States government could
possibly have made when the Chinese asked
for commissioner to advise them how
they might best obviate the loss which the
continuing depreciation of silver was caus-
ing them. His plan. as is generally known,
Is the adoption of the gold standard with
out gold currency. to put it as concisely
as possible, and he has found the statesmen
OF Picking, as well as the high provincial Off
Gals with whom he has discussed the Ques-
ton in all it's bearings, eager to listen to
him, to understand and to adopt in due
time his suggestions Many foreigners too,
who were at first indiSpoSed TO believe that
the adoption of the gold standard by China
was anything but an impossible dream,
have been convinced by mis- arguments; and
there is good reason, If nothing untoward
happens, to believe that something like the
reform which has been so Unexpectedly and
promptly successful in the Philippines will
be adopted by China before very long. Thus
China Will come into line with India the
Straits. the Philippines and Japan to the
permanent advantage of all who do bust
ness with gold-standard countries And
mainly To the Suave, unaSSuming, but thor
oughly earnest. professor of Cornell Uni
versity. with his unexcelled mastery of
facts and figures. this great and beneficial
reform will be due. And there will be a
general hope that circumstances will ena-
BILE him to return to China to give his ad-
vice and assistance to those who will be
charged with putting his recommends lions
In action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-02

The premature explosion of blast at the
Eichel limestone quarry at Midtown, Md,
yesterday, resulted in the death of Fore
man William Engleman and James Miller.
Harvey Heath and Neal Miller were serious
ly and several others severely injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-02

The eastern Virginia Christian conference
began a four days session at Holy Neck,
Va, yesterday. The annual address was
delivered by Rev. Isaac w. johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-02

1t pays to read the want columns of The
Star. Hundreds OF situations are filed
through them.
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BARGAIN NO. 10.
1oc. to 15c. Trimmings.
Special lot of Persian and
Silk Trimming Braids. in
colors and fancy effects. Cor
rect styles. Sold regularly
at 10c. to 15c. a
5 ! 4 : e. !; ::: 5 { 7Rc.
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GOLDENBERGs 1.-THE Dependable store
BARGAIN NO. !.
Brush and Comb.

Solid Back All-briStle Hair
Brush, worth 19c., and full
size hard rubber Unbreak-
able Dressing Comb, worth
1Cc. Combined
value. 29c. For 80
Thursday only sc.
both for.
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BARGAIN NO. IS.
So. 90 MackintoSheS

Children's Fast Color Ma
Wy Blue Mackintoshes, guar
anteed waterproof cloth;
newest shape with full cape.
All sizes. Sold
regularly at IN a 40
$3.50. For ~ II WS
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BARGAIN NO. 81.
&c. Innings.

The genuine Taffetine, one
OF the best substitutes for
silk Innings. Full SO inches
vide, guaranteed fast black,
deep lustered quality. Regu-
larry at .25c.
s j. ) S ( a. s5.: Day Day 12Rc.
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BARGAIN NO. %.
3oc. Dress Goods.

Strictly All wool Storm
Serge. hard twisted. fine
weave. In navy blue and
brown. One of the most de-
sirable as we'll as service
able materials for skirts
and dresses. Our regular
SOC. grade lower
ed for one day. 80
For Thurs day SIC
only at.............
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BARGAIN NO. 4.
zoe. NeckWear.

New style hand-drawn,
hemstitched Turn-down Col
lars, with pulley embrold-
cry work. Also Ladies All
silk Four-in-Hand Ties, in
black and faShiona bic
brown. navy, red, etc. Ac-
tual value, soc. so
each. For Thurs ZVC.
day only. ........
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BARGAIN NO. %.
&c. Drawers.

Ladies' Heavy Quality
Muslin Drawers, yoke
bands, deep cambria hem
stitched ruffies and tuckS.
Open or closed styles. All
sizes. Regularly hm
25c. pair. For VIC.
Thursday only at.
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BARGAIN NO. 30.
soc CorSetS.

Coutil Corsets, well boned
and perfect fitting. Straight
front, medium and short.
Sizes IS to so. Lace trim
med top and bot
tom. Best of SOC. N.~
Corse For .3WC
Thursday only at
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BARGAIN NO. 81.
Ladies' Aprons.
BARGAIN NO. 30.
Chi1d'S Dresses.

Little Children's French
Bingham and Flannelette
Dresses; in pink and blue
stripes; trimmed with en-
broidery and braid. Sizes
up to 3 years. -
For Thursday ESQ.
only at..............
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BARGAIN NO. So.
soc. Ribbons.

fine quality All-siIk Dres-
oen Tafeta Ribbons. fun 4
inches wide; in lovely floral
designs Quality always
sold at Joc. a
yard. For Thurs VGDC
day only at....... .S>Se
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-02
BARGAIN NO. 10.
School Umbrellas.

Children'S School Umbrel-
las, good quality black Mer-
ceriZed Gloria, - or 24-inch,
full paragon frame and
strong steel rod. Neat natu-
raj wood handles,
in a variety of 10
S h apes. For ASC
Thursday only at. ooSs
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BARGAIN NO. 3.
Table Linen.

One thousand yards OF
heavy Bleached Table Dam
ask; full IS inches wide; in
several desirable patterns.
GOOD wearing .n~
quality. Yard, for VIC.
Thursday only,
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BARGAIN NO. II.
&c. Toilet Water.

Woodworth's Nina Toilet
Water, in rose, carnation or
violet odors. Always sold at
25c. a bottle. For 40
Thursday only NC
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BARGAIN NO. %
nc. Sateen.

Extra Heavy Fast Black
Sateen, :ustling quality. 80
inches wide. Always sold at
15c. a yard. For drop skirts
and petit
ST. S Sn3 IT, s,. DAY cay 1OAc.
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80 pieces of White Cur
tain Drapery Material. i'm
stripe effects. for sash cur
tains. Worth Sc. a
yard. For Thursday sc
only at. Se
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-08
Embarr1ssinH.

A settlement worker. having bss.n re
quested by anxious mothers 20 address
the younger Oh 81 IT,. Setflcmen,
clubs on heart Interest" topics dcsid.
Ell 10 DO So. She iaised with the girls
earnestly, urging uron them the deei'
and Intrinsic saeredness of all love and
marriage relations. Tie SEN and
%vulgarity 81 indiscriminatr nirtatlons.
the great and growing n~-i Tor Ligh
Ideals standa rds and action on the wo-
mans part Then Just a. he look her
seat. II occurred 10 her ttat she might
have talked "A little bit over tL- beads
or Der listeners and she spIang 70 Der
feet with an added remark
Please believe that what / say \.
true, nv dear friends" she eIborted
earnestly and please don't thiuk I
don't understand my subject / know
what I'm talking about g%irls-l really
do
once more she GOA Ler seat delight
ed with the air OF general Interest. unt
from tie rear OF tie room came tLe
question
Please. Mrs ;. how many times
have you BEEN IL love-" New AOrl
Advertiser
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-08

On the adopts OF the word Jolly
into tie English II Lad the IA u
beautiful as IL has among The Fneucl
today. The English drauatist Beau
mont n the sixteenth century speak.
OF our nrst mother as the Jolly I've
Ia time. however. II came - mean hi.
iaflous. resardless or physiea! beauty
liut THIS latter meaning - probabl,
the right one after all as the word
doubtless ooiDes from iule tfu.lel tie
na-Ah 'hristM4s - u speak. q. lie II
known that what We Low observe a..
'Ltistn4As d.y was a heather holiday
called Nule and tie Iule festival was
1De Or no4ss demonstration
lule indeed means noise VI outc1
pralslLg IA loud 'O4ce chanting. sing
.ns uiakins outcry in honor u their
RON yuie. then. 10 jolly the step
> short and easy. both meaning rvvel-
~, rejoicing. ours is a risen Lord.
heirs tie same. The wonis are !denri
IL So. too. in LARGE degree the Christ
mas joliities. praises and those OF hea-
hen fule. Into such close relation 90
simple words sometimes cornect Tie
'reseut with the past
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-08

IL Japan tie women arrange their
hair IL q manner 50 Ingenious that
= person can tell al nee zhsther
any woman he sees n a maiden ~hC
desires 10 get marned or q widow
who Is lnconsolable OF one Who j.
willing 10 be consoled /, the proper
sutton presents himself
Dung girls arrange their hair u
front IN the form Of q fan or butter
fy and sdorn II with silver or col
ored ornaments. widows Who sre
looking for second husbands faster
the hair al the tack Of the head by
Of tortoise shell pins, and
widows who are resolved to remain
forever faithful 10 their departed
spouses cat the hair short and wear
ornaments IN IL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-08

Justice SIT John Armour Of the
supreme court Of Canada was 8
member VI the Alaskan BOUNDARY
commission. Al one 81 the sessions
he was greatly annOyed b. the re
marks OF members o. 10th sides
Sho INDUCED IA speculation Oh tu-
ture conditions Sir John fayored
dealing ~lth present. issues. Dur
ING tie discussion = ssuesking noise
Sas heard ;. TIE ~r4nglers Look
ing around, tie. ssE NJ. Aruour
cooly screWlnZ up the rotary chair
Oh which he had TEEN seated. eu-
IDENTIFY taking pleasure n tie noise
which he VA Producing. When tie
chair wa raised 10 such a heigh,
that II would make us OCCUPANT II
dcnlous a. vel as conspicuous S.r
addressed himself 10 the men
Be. II the commission and said
Gentlemen, ] am not 30 farse--
ing as YOU are, but With Your indrl-
genee ! have T.ls~d ny point Q.
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SERVANTS IN ECUADOR.
The Traveller 10 Forces - rifs s.n,
20 Serve hin.

III yoa seTv nung Ia krasdor aui
wished u hare > servant ,ou coul,
hardly get one by himself or herself
bat would be compelled % taxi NJ
with a drove II them. probat. faI
outnam oerng y0uE . fallll Poi
example, witt = cO,E you ~oGlt hsg,
10 receive her husband and children
and perhaps also her father and
mother. mo so-r house ~ tei ID
board, aid es>a you'd bHns along
al LA " Ter portable property.
consisting MANLY u domestic pets.
such a. p4gs. chickens, rabbits. dOss
and other live stocs The nus
band may have scnf trade which he
follows during the CAV, BIT al meal
times and when, night comes lie re
turns - The t-Ds0m u his family and
yours. Ii would * considered down
right lnhumsnIty 70 refuse them
food and shelter. and lot : servant
IL Ecuador would work for 50 mean
i master or mistress. The children
of YOUR cook NAV be utilized for
light services, such IS running sr-
rnnds. weeeclne the garden and
tending the baby. bur the numerous
brood = apt 10 bs light fingered
and certain L. be dirty and proba-
tlt diseased There Is 10 help for
II, however. because -sl costumbrs"
has dvcfvrd thai Tor eyeTy servant
soU AlIe ,oG must expect al least 9
dozen extra Mouths 10 feed
NJ = Ills lie EOrst II Il Oc
.aslon4li. ihr cooks relatives from
village come 10 pzy her {
lslt OF = fortnight u tEO-lzsung
i long = ,ou wl tolerate linen.
s0msn and children, bringing more
pigs chickens. eic. 10 L
l0usvd aud lei. Fortunately they
e not accustomed II "toHnv beds
I ease. or sumpiuous living, bu;
onsider themselves IN clover IL
lentifullv supplied with beans. corn :
lea and Potato soup. and Will sleep
onieniecly Cd the stones Of The
.uo OF The straw Of the stable. The
anger x that some u the strsnesr
Angsrs u mas 10. ts as honest a.
COOK herself "a supposed - De- ,
- >ss=s srs EnoEn Ehsrs thieves j
20 even nuIderers thus gained a6-
lssion 70 the inside Of the casa
it'll disastrous results-PhLs5sl-
I'd Record
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IL liz book ~ China AID tie CLi.
ues Or Giles gives q specimen Of
Chinese humor which II the source
we're hot known, might veil ts mis-
taken FOR American LuDor
There Is d Chinese story which tells
how a very sungy nan took a paItry
sum II. money 10 an artist-payment Is
always eXacted Ia adyance-and asked
him 10 paint his portrait The artist at
once compiled With the request, but
when the portrait was finished nothing
visible save tie back Of the sit.
ter's head.
What does this mean cried the sit.
Ter Indignantly.
Well" replied tn artist I thought
man who paid 50 little as you paid
wouldn't Care L. show lis face
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Fits.
Baby Had Two to Six
Every Day.
Suffered Terribly
Doctors Failed.
DIR. Niles Nervine Cured
Him.

Weak, nervous, i%retful. punv children .s
qulre a treatment such a. only Df. Miles'
NervIne affords. When neglected these
symptoms lead 20 epilepuc fits ~ spasms.
Every mother should strengthen her own and
babies nerves with DR. Miles N~er.ine, q true
specihc IN all nervous disorders. Read the
following;
when my little boy was IS months ola
he had cramps in has feet and hands. They
would be drawn out 81 shape f0r two or three
days. At hTat liniment seemed to help but
IN about two weeks nothing did any good
the doetof gave him We called another
doctor but his medicine did no good 90 We
changed - another who called II spinal dis
ease. BY THIS time the child's BODY was
drawn out Of shape. has backbone was
70 one side and his hands and feet out Of
shape. Ills saiteHngs were terrible, and he
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taking Dr. Miles Restorative keryine for
nervous trouble and saw Il was recommended
Tor hts, 50 thought | would see II il would
help him. All three doctors had given him
up. One-halt bottle stopped the ITS and h,
limbs Strengthened, and another bottle cured
MN lie Is now a strong. healthy boy going
70 school. l have waited 10 see IL the Old
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