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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-09

Last year Mrs. Fisks gave a benefit performances
OF MARY OF Magdala' for the Regina Angelorunl'
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fiske have Just received from
the sisters at the home token OF gratitude which
has been a YEAR in the making. II Is illuminated
acrostfc in verse; in the style OF the Middle Ages
beautifully done. the painstaking WORK OF many OK
the sisters having gone to cOmplete the whole
Miss Edith Ellis Baker has resigned from the
Century Theatre Stock Company. She gives as her
reason dissatisfaction with the conduct of re-
hearsals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-09
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Daniel Frohman has received the manuscript OF
Israel Zangwlirs new play. The serio-Comic Gov
erness'' founded on his short story OF the same
name. Miss Lotus Will appear as the star III thls
play ct the Lyceum next September.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-09

Miss Viola Allen will appear IN a new one act
play at the benefit for the Actors Fund on March
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-09

Arnold DAILY win present The Man Of Destiny"
by @; B. Shaw. this afternoon for the first time. at
the benefit for the free kindergartens IN this city.
which will occur at the Hudson Theatre
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Curiosities of ,he senses.

That impressions made on one of the
senses may produce similar impress
sions on another sense is a fact whose
observation has come within the expe-
rience of many.
An extraordinary instance is de-
scribed in the Revue Philosophique
The subject was youth of twenty
six, born of q homeopathic family. He
developed epilepsy in his thirteenth
year, and the attacks seriously i'm
paired his mental faculties, although
his color sense, which had been re-
markable since birth, remained uncom-
monty acute. The human voice had al
ways, it appears, represented colors to
him-colors Of prism-like delicacy
Even the cries Of animals were col
ored. In the case of the human voice
the most intense color impressions re-
suited from the sound of the spoken
vowels. Ca" for example, gave the i'm
preston of light green, and other
senses were affected as well. The i'm
pressions succeeded and were merged
into each other. Other vowel sounds
produced these peculiar associates
was yellow, "u" dark green, "y" white,
'f' black. The printed vowels pro-
duced the same impressions, varying
In vividness.-Harper's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
The Silk Spinning Oyster.

A mollusk that might take an impor-
tant place in textile industries if it ex-
listed in sufficient numbers is found in
warm seas, especially on the coast of
Sicily. 1t is the pima, genus of wing
shelled bivalves, of which one species
attains length of two feet. To attach
itself to the rocks it spins a cable of
strong filamcnts. called collectively the
byssus. These threads are wonderfully
strong, silken in texture and have been
woven into various delicate fabrics A
pair of gloves from this material may
be seen in the British museum, and
fine mummy cloths made from it by the
ancients are still preserved.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
MOnkshOOd.

Among the old herbalists aconite, or
monkshood (Aconitum napellus), was
held in wholesome terror on account of
Its poisonous qualities, which are great
ly respected even in the present 1t is
valued medicine of the pharmacoppia.
Great prejudice formerly existed against
its use as medicine internally. Stoerck
first prescribed it for rheumatism, and
it is now known to be sedative to the
heart and respiratory organs and to re-
duce temperature. 1t is a great medi-
cine for fevers.
Monkshood is a well known garden
perennial, snowy and consequential on
account Of its rank growth. 1t grows
about four feet high, each stalk having
a long inf1orescence. The flowers are
dark blue, the colored sepals generally
mistaken for the petals. The upper one
is vaulted, and from this the plant gets
its common name, the sepal hooding the
flower like a monks cowl. In cultiva-
ton there are many varieties of color.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Units of Measure.

The editor was taught by his govern
ess that three barleycorns measured
one inch, and at the mature age of six
years he determined to test the accu-
racy of this statement He had no diff
ficulty in finding the barleycorns, but
somehow no three grains that he
picked up in the chickens yard agreed
with the formula. He never attempted
the more scientific test which is thus
described: "The length of a pendulum
oscillating in second in vacuo at sea
level In the latitude of London is
39.13929 inches, from the knowl-
edge of this fact the standard of the
inch, foot and yard can easily be OBJ
tained should the official standards at
any time be lost or mislaid." When in
1884 the STANDARD" measure was de-
etroyed by fire at the house of parlia-
ment an attempt was made to restore
1t by the pendulum test. but pendu-
lums, like barleycorns, were found not
to agree.-London Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Origin of the Polka.

The polka is of Bohemian origin. A
peasant girl, servant to a citizen In
Elbekosteletz, town three hours dis
tance from Prague, was ON a Sunday
dancing for her pastime, at the same
time accom- panying her steps with an
air of her own fancy. The schoolmas-
ter and organist, Joseph Neruda, hav-
ing observed her movements, compos-
ed suitable air. The dance was per
formed for the first time in public at
Elbekostelctz, then at Prague, where
it obtained the name of polka. At
Paris it became very popular and final
ly found its way to London, New York
and all the great towns on both sides
of the Atlantic.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
A Unique Tennessee County.

'The county Of Franklin, in my
state" said Tennessee man, "has the
unique distinction of being the only
county that ever undertook to secede
from the state to which it belonged. A
great many people have doubtless for
gotten that the people Of Tennessee
voted twice on the proposition to secede
from the Union. At the first election
in February there was an enormous
majority-about 1OO,O00-against dis
union. A few months later, when the
attack on Fort Sumter stirred the pas
sions of men, another vote was had,
and the earlier verdict was reversed by
about the same decisive figures
But in Franklin county, where
state rights and secession claimed the
allegiance of the entire population,
there was such intense disgust over the
result of the first election that, led by
the Hon. Pete Turney, afterward su-
preme court Judge and twice governor,
the citizens held mass meeting and
solemnly passed an ordinance of seces-
sion from Tennessee. OF course, when
the state reconsidered in June. Frank
lin county was Modified and renewed
its allegiance. e."-Washington Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Delhi and It's History.

Shah Jehan in 1881 built the present
city of Delhi, close to the old Delhi,
and made it the royal residence The
MOhammedans still call it Shahjehana-
bad, the city of the king of the
world" Nadir Shah, the Persian usurp-
er, captured it in 1880, massacred thou
sands of the inhabitants and bore away
plunder to the value of nearly $780,
100000, including the famous peacock
throne and the great Kohinoor dia-
mond, now in the possession of the
British crown.
The British first came into control in
1903, when the Mahrattas were defeat
ed near Delhi by Lord Lake When the
sepOy mutiny broke out in 1857 Shah
Mohammed Bahadour, then ninety
years old, took command of the city
and until the English again triumphed
enjoyed the imperial state to which he
had long been stranger.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
How Japanese Harvest Wheat.

The japanese have a queer way of
harvesting their wheat Instead of
ruthlessly cutting it down with a
scythe or reaper they pull up much of
it by hand and clip off the roots with
shears, for they wish to keep the beau
ttful long, golden straws from getting
bruised or broken. With the Japs, who
do everything neatly and allow moth
ing to go to waste, the straws are al
most as valuable as the grain. They
first fiatten the straws, and then, after
being softened, they are woven, either
whole or split, into mating, baskets,
hats and many other articles.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
The Spanish Wine Tester.

Speaking of the preparation of Span
ish wines, an expert said:
"When the grapes are crushed and
the juice has been extracted, it is plac-
ed in big 100 gallon butts and left to
stand. For six years it is not even
touched. Then wine expert goes
through the butts, testing them by
smell. His nose is the only means
used to determine the value and fine
ness of the wine.
''Now, it is a peculiar fact and one
that has never been explained that
from the same vintage, secured under
the same circumstances, many different
grades of wine will be secured. Some
of it will be pale, onAAmedium, some
dark. Only about one-third of it will
be of the best quality. 1t is the duty
of the wine tester, by means of his
nose alone. to determine what butts
contain the pale wine, etc, and what
butts contain the best. He is able to
separate the various qualities. Then
the wine is bottled, labeled and Slipped
to foreign consumers"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Did He Get on?

The famous Liddell, who, with
Scott compiled Liddell and Scott's
lexicon, was dean of Christchurch
college, Oxford. 1t was whispered in
regard to the lexicon that Liddell pro-
vided the money and Scott the brains
A young undergraduate was hailed be-
fore the dean for some misdemeanor
'I hear, Mr.. -, that you have pret-
ty wit for impromptu verse;" said the
dean. "If you will write one on the
lexicon I will let you off" The young
man thought a moment and then said:
There's Lexicon written by Liddell and
Scott;
Some of it's good, and some of it's not.
The part that is good was written by
Scott,
The part that was written by Lddell is
rot"
London News.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
A story of car1yle,s Judgment.

Among the many good stories told
concerning Carlyle this is not the least
good: Carlyle took a friend and q
much younger man out walking with
him and In his usual way INDUCED
in monologue, in which, nevertheless,
his companion was much interested.
Once or twice, however, the friend ven
tured to put in word or two of OBJ
lection in regard to something said by
Carlyle. This annoyed Carlyle intense
ly, and when they reached home he
turned upon his companion and ad-
dressed to him the following warning:
Young man, I'd have ye to know that
we've the capacity for being the great
est bore in Europe The poor man had
hardly spoken dozen words, but since
these had been critical they had made
him seem to Carlyle potential bore of
colossal proportions"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
THIS WILL INTEREST YOU.

The Ledger has made rates with sew
eral publications whereby subscribers
may get the benefit of good papers and
magazines at very cheap rate. The
price of the Ledger is 81. 80 year, but
our arrangements are such that we are
able to present clubbing rates as below,
and no lover of good reading should fail
to take advantage of our offer. These
rates are payable in advance, and we
invite old subscribers as well as new ones
to interest themselves on this subject
We have not forgotten the ladies, as
you can see by referring to the list our
offer on the Cosmopolitan Magazine,
also McCall's Magazine, which you
receive without any additional cost
whatever, and you have the selection
of any pattern you wish, which will be
sent to your address free of charge.
Take advantage of our offer, and keep
posted on the news of the day:
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Ledger and Weekly Call one year 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
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Ledger and Weekly Chronicle,
one year 60
Ledger and New York Tribune
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Ledger and McCall's Magazine,
year, including free pattern " 2 SO
The above rates are strictly in ad-
vance.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
The Cn.rm worl.ed Too weu

A story cf witchcraft in east Africa
was told at a meeting of the Folklore
society by Robert Webb. A man ap-
piled to witch doctor for a powerful
charm to kill an enemy. He was given
a parcel to bury in the path down
which the victim was to walk. To test
its efficacy the man buried 1t Just out
side the door Of the witch doctors hut.
A female slave Of the magician was
the first to leave the hut and on pass
ing the spot fell dead. The witch doc
tor sued his client for the value of the
dead slave, and the case was tried be-
fore the native courts.-London Mall
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
still OhSCuYN.

"Josiah," asked Mrs. Chugwater,
holding her finger on the place in the
paper where she had been reading,
what does 'eke' meanT
ut means 'also,' in addition like
wise,'" responded Mr.. Chugwater.
Cant you tell from the other words
in the sentence?"
mo, and that doesn't seem to make
it any palmer, either" she said, pro-
ceeding to read: "'The lower classes
Of Chinese also, in addition, likewise
out miserable existence What's the
sense of that, I'd like to know ?"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Men Who Build Nests.

In the bushmen of Australia we find
perhaps the lowest order of men that
is known. They are so primitive that
they do not know enough to build even
the simplest forms of huts for shelter
The nearest they can approach to it is
to gather a lot of twigs and grass and
taking them into a thicket or jungle,
build a nest for a home. The nest is
usually built large enough for the fam
lily, and if the latter be very numerous
then the nests are of very large size.
Sometimes the foliage above will form
a natural covering, but there is never
any attempt at constructing a protec-
ton from the rain and storms.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
ExcusabIe Ignorance.

The bishop of Brisbane told of one Of
up country asked the child of an Eng
lish squatter what happened on Christ
mas day or why the day was observed.
The child was unable to answer, and
its mother fastened to the rescue. She
told the clergyman that he really must
excuse their ignorance, as no newspa-
pers had come their way for long
time, ard they had not heard the latest
ntelligence-Church Eclectic.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
A Winning Gaft.

Mrs. Plimton-Henry, are you going
to take your horse to the races? Mr..
Plimton-To the races? What for?
That horse can't race. 81 don't see
why. He is quite pretty horse" "Ha,
ha! Why, PAMELA, you couldn't make
Selim do more than canter around the
track" "Well (triumphantly), 1 often
see in the papers where horses win In
a canter. kansas City Journal.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
The Fate of the Stfnrv.

l sometimes wonder what will be-
come of the stingy man in the here
after. Certainly he can't get into heav-
en-, and If the devil has left the first
principles of gentleman the stingy
man will not get the entrce in the other
place. 1t is well to be thrifty and fru-
gal, but when thriftiness runs to seed
1t becomes just plain. NANCY. measiy
stinginess, and man would much bet
ter get the smallpox.-San Francisco
Bulletin.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
The Foundation of All Fiction.

For all readers there comes n time
when love, and plenty of 1t, is indispen-
sable. And this is the one taste that
lasts. Those penny novels, by the aid
of which girls on the way to work give
their mind holiday, reading with
panied, anxious expression, coming
back to the world with a start when
tickets are demanded, have but this
one subject.-London Queen.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
His Effort.

Strutter did you think of my
impersonation of Hamlet? Foyer-As
genuine piece of realism as ever
saw. Strutter-You flatter me- You
surely cannot be in earnest? Foyer
Never more earnest in all my life. The
fact that you were trying TO act shone
forth in your every word and every
movement.-Bos os:on Transcript.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Feminine Friendships.

She-Have you ever met my two
dearest friends? They are Just lovely
and so devoted. He-How long have
you known them? She-Why, I've
known Annette nearly ten days and
Margaret almost a week.-Cleveland
Plnin Dealer.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Only Wanted HIS Fnre.

II suppose, jerry" the eminent states
man said, looking through his pocket
book for a new dollar bill, like a lot Of
other people nowadays, you would rath-
er have clean money!"
"Oh, that's all right, SENATOR" said
the cabman. II don't care how you
made your oney."-Chicago Tribune
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Matter of Finance.

Time is money, they say" remarked
the chronic lc.,fer as he bit off fresh
chew of tobacco.
well, maybe 1t is" rejoined the vii
lage grocer, but if it's all the same to
you wish you would spend a little
more money here and little less
time. ."-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
A Use For NIacnroni.

A servant girl was once given some
macaroni by her mistress to prepare
for the table. Noticing the girls sur
prise, the lady asked:
"Didn't you cook macaroni at your
last placer
"Cook it? We used them things to
light the gas withr'
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Two of Them.

Towne-I met that fellow De Bates
today. Browne-Yes; so he just told
me. Towne-Talk about a man who
won't listen to reason Browne-Don'tI
That's what he's just been talking
about.-Philadelph Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
A SeCTet.

Mr.. Thompson-Jones told me a secret
today. Mrs. Thompson (anxiOusly) -
What was 1t? Mr.. Thompson-Th one
! told you last week. Mrs. Thompson
oh, dear me; that Mrs. Jones is such a
tattler! I'll never tell her anything
again.-Judge.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
EvadinR Disturbance.

Parker-We've moved again. Barker
You have? Parker-Yes; our children
were so noisy that we couldn't stand
what the neighbors said about them
Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
1t Depends.

Miss Spright-Do you believe in put
ting an old head on young shoulders?
De Gay-That depends upon whether
you have reference to love or education.
Butte Inter Mountain.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
A Definition of Man.

Man, said Huxley, the scientist, is a
mixture of "horse nervousness, ass
stubbornness and camel malice, with
an angel bobbing about unexpectedly
like the apple In the posset"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
The Same Girl.

Young Husband-When I used to
kiss you, you slapped me. Young
Wife-Weli, you won't get slapped now
unless you forget to kiss me.-Illus-
trated Bits.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
Neglected.

Won Blumer-Who's taking care of
the baby? Mrs. Won Blumer-No one.
The new nurse is with him.-Smart Set.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15

There is nothing more precious to q
man than his will. There is nothing
which he relipquishes with so much re-
luctance.-J. G. Holland.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-15

Contentments coupons are cllppable
Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-28
FIRST LOSS OF PICTURE.
Original Sketch by Wilkie Stolen
from Lemon LibrdrY.

Some time last Monday = valuable painting was
stolen from the Lenox Library The picture was
the original sketch by Sir David Wilkie OF a por-
ton Of his painting Blind Mans Buff" which
completed IN 1872 and which hangs in Buck
ingham Palace.
The sketch, which IS in oil. contains only four
FIVE figures and is only by 5ls inches in size.
It was Of the smallest Of the framed pictures
IN the entire collection. The sketch was hanging
near one OF the corners Of the rooms which are
occupied by the Lenox collection Monday night
John Kramer. who is in charge of that section
noticed that the picture missing. lie is posi-
tive that IT In its place that morning. He
informed the chief librarian. Wiberforce Eames
who at once began an investigation. There are al
ways many attendants guarding the rooms and it
seemed almost impossible that the picture could
have been stolen without the thief being detected
The picture is so small that II any one could de-
tach It unobserved from the walls it would be an
easy thing to slip it in his coat pocket or under
his coat and make his escape before the loss was
discovered.
Mr. Games informed the police, and pawnbrokers
and art dealers have been told to watch for the
missing sketch. The theft Is said TO be tho first
OF it's kind from the LenoX Library.
Sir David WILKES sketch was purchased BY
James Lenox, July S, 1850, from Comachi & Co,
London. 1t is a sketch of part OF the painting
representing cottagers playing blind mans blum IN
a kitchen. which was painted for George ". Mr..
flames said last night that he could not estimate
the pecuniary value OF the picture, but II could
not Be replaced If il had been permanently lost its
value to the library was incalculable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-28
OBITUARY.
GEORGE THOMPSON GARRISON.

george Thompson Garrison. who died on Tuesday
west newton, Mass. was the eldest son Of WILL
- ' LlOyo Garrison. He born at Brooklyn
Conn. on February ls 1886 four months after his
ia'her mad to leave his Boston home by reason OF
'i.e acts OF pro-slavery mob. One Of the friends
U Mr. Garrison, whose utterances melted the mob
was the English orator. George Thompson and for
uiin the son was named After his early educa-
son ne became a compositor In the Office of his
fathers newspaper, THE IAberator" When the
OiVH war broke out he Joined the 55th Massachu-
se'ts regiment composed of colored volunteers
as ne did not sympathize with the principle OF
resistance advocated by his father. He had the
rank OF second lieutenant at the start and was
termaster at the close OF the war, having seen
a. wee IN North Carolina, South Carolina and Flor
ia. AFTER the war Mr.. Garrison engaged in
IpyTsiltsS until his health failed. a few years ago.
Ms ne was married in 1873 to Miss Annie Anthony,
Inc funeral takes place tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-28
STORM STOPS WESTMINSTER TRoLLEYs
New Record of Is Hours for the Eight
Miles Between Yonkers and Mount Vernon.

number Of persons who attempted to 60
from Yonkers to Mount Vernon Tuesday night
suffered severely from the storm. The heavy sleet
storm which set in about 6 o'clock covered the
trolley wires with ice, and cars stalled all
along tho line. After sitting a while in the cold
cars the travellers got out and walked to Mount
Vernon six miles in the binding Storm Many
did not get home until morning. and were arenched
a. the eIin with the cod rain. The stalled
did not get into Mount Vernon until after mid
night aud many passengers had to make the trip
ac. Os 5oTnsn and three small children rescued
froro a car on Valentine Hill by Coroner Wlesen-
danger. who was on his way 10 oliiheF a' 'Aou"'
Vernon. = ~. ,,ors+ tbo+ str,,cIr
teefer IN wears and did about $4,000 damage
70 overhead wires ard to trees and snrubbeTy on
yS,,riy o The te-up a new record was establlsheo
hetvee5 White Plains and Mount vernon. :, a
DetMS' 49, ,rhlch left White Plains shortly after
n'ciLoclt IN Tuesday afternoon filled with pas
sengers arrived at Mount vernon es 10 tJy
fosr