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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18

! Of you. you'Il hs treating your wife right
and you woa't DO kicking the cat around,
but youll be living right
TIL mons cosvu - ~ lsis;ed OF loose
knee breechcs, lsa'hsr lsgging,. high black
w~aistcoits. cailulo.d collars, a Norfolk
! Jacket and a cap with vizor front m back
The caps bore the legend Pillar Of Fire.
across the front.
The women's costumes consisted OF a
blue skirt and q loose blue blouse and a fiat
hat bearing the same legend. The move
want is known among it's members as the
Pillar Of Fire movement.
The meeting adjourned to the big hall
within, and the m embers lifted mp their
voices in prayer. Lifted up their voices"
described il. They yelled They howlei,
They shriekej.
They rocked their bodies to and fro and
beat their hands together. The clamor
grew and grew n intensified, until IL
sounded like the Stock Exchange on a panic
day. The air was rent with shouts OF God"
jesus" and He'll" and the shouting OF
the men was varied by the shrill screaming
of the women.
Then the clamor quieted down and the
music broke forth again. They began 70
sing and to dance with q straight backed.
straight legged strut.
Gradually they began to go faster. They
formed rings. they sashayed up and down
the hall in couples. A shril cowboy yell
rang out. -Whee-ow! Yowl Vow! Yowi"
Noise was the object. and every man
and woman indulged in the peculiar form
which took his or her fancy. The music
went faster. The men leaped upon the rows
Of chairs and ran along them. The women
gyrated about the pillars.
The men Joined hands and strove to out
leap one another. The swing OF II was ire
sistible. and suddenly tho whole clamorous
crowd swept down the main aisle and back
again. Every one was still smiling Joy
fully.
waving handkerchiefs Little children
jumped up and down among them. Over
there by the piano 10 q quiet. pretty girl.
Surely she viii not join in the reveli Yes.
See. She begins to sway. She begins to
leap. Her blue skirt founces back n
forth in an ungainly fashion. Her charm 10
lost in the awkwardness of her movements.
A fat, white haired old woman prances
around on the raised platform. And still
everywhere il that air Of radiant happiness.
The cheeks OF the girls are red with exer-
else.
The dancing cea YEA. Next came a solo
bva nasal toned woman! Let Him Have His
Way With Thee"
That's the whole secret Mid Mrs. Alma
White, the founder Of the religion.
A red haired Swedish girl arose.
Il am going out in the highways and the
hedges she said, depending on God.
shall live by faith alone. Just think;
used TO he afraid that i would starved"
The statement was greeted by a burst OF
amused. i~ncredulous, derisive laughter.
THE Lord will provided shouted a man.
Then Mrs. White n Il dreamed that
the great Judgment morning. In Q clarion
noted, bugle call voice. The whole tenor
OF her speech was that money 10 the root Of
all evil, and that Il should be given away.
The movement has received go 1000 in do
nations.
.Other churches believe that gain is Cod
ness, . she aid; and repeated II with Q variety
Of accsutuaxiono with the wearisoms itesH
ton OF . country sermon. Jesus ddnv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18

'ChAadoa,' Cecil CastlemainS's Gag
and n or two other Of ouidais book had
appeared that tho public learned that h
writer VA . young woman In her 1os,
The apparent familiarity which OuldA
showed with the ssamy sds Of Me afforded
an opportunity for tho spreading Of base
oalumuiss by hsr enemies. An attsmpt
was made ever TO compare her earlier NE
with that Of -0sorge Sand but thsss
sttAeks were 40 baseisss 40 thsy were un-
~pardonAble.
Ouida's American publisher. tho lAte J. b.
Lppincost. onos tried 10 draw aaids the
veil Of mystery that snvsloped Outda's
personal history. He took tho liberty 10
ask hsr In tho course Of . frtsndly CON-
vsrsation bow shs oams 70 know % much
about clubs. camp life. barracks. gambling
houses and other places which are frs-
quentsd only by mon. In reply the novel
lot looked straight at her qusstionsr and said
smiling: 1t 10 none Of your business
ouids's knowledge Of these things 10 gen.
orally accounted for by the fact that abe
accompanied her father for years on HE
promisouous wsnderings In foreign lands.
ouida wasin the habit Of giving her friends
WuOm mo uteukou Inc pTetoTouCo III hof
books. In one Of her books. -Frieudships.'
she portrsys In the character Of q weak.
wavering hero her faithless lover. q Flor
entine Marquis. This was the only time
abe was ever in love. The Marquis was
young and q man Of cultured tastes. 0uida
at that time was nc longer youthful. 0uida
after the Marquis had wooed and won her
discovered his fascination for the wife Of
another, who was less bpilliant but younger
and more beautiful than 0uida. The novel;
ist impaled both the man and woman in her
production in 80 unmistskable q manner
that they we're obliged to withdraw for a
time from the Tuscan capital. This book
alone yielded Ouida $4,000.
Ouida still writes. but her efforts are con-
fined mostly 10 to her correspondence
with old time friends. II is said that she
Toes considerable Of this. but that she
never allowed a line of complaint about her
condition to creep into her letters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18

We have a $1,000 building in Los Angeles
and we have had one S.0 900 gift.
Yes, we have been accused OF separating
families by our method of taking people
into the church. but IL is not true. We
refused a boy OF II years OF age just the
other day.
If the parents are living in sin IL is no
use to take in the children, for the iniquities
of the parents are visited on the children
ever unto the third and fourth generation.
But many parents ask us to take their
children and train them. We have a chill
dren's home occupying three buildings in
thisc city. There are some orphans theres>
What do we do with our surplus2 We
have no surplus. We spend the money
as fast AZ we get IL. We sent out three
missionaries this morning, and are sending
five tomorrow. God Almighty stands by
us and sends us in funds. II we want
10 cents OF 81 900 We get out and pray for it,
and IL comes.
W have both men and women preachers,
and all ordained preachers can perform
wedding ceremonies. We had a wedding
here the other day"
A glance at the bundle Of literature which
Mrs. White handed out revealed the fact
that God. in His infinite wisdom, saw At
to choose Denver. the Queen City Of the
Plains as the headquarters OF the Pillar
OF Fire work" Other pamphlets contained
attacks on the schools and colleges and
had pictures Of devils In the instructors
chairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18

as sowc persons regard it. her mania for
animals At one tire she had ~ many
as forty horses in her stable. and she hos
never, even when she WIS in " nj herself.
neglected her dogs. Of which she had thirty
in her prosperous days. Now there are
three LEFT RUN. Goldoni and heroine all
g~reyhouads. The Lady cc the Dogs"
was the way Ouida WIS known in Lucca,
Ouida's three docs are now her i~nse'Irablc
c,mpan'ons. Thev are practically the orly
company she cares fo?. She hes gone
without food herself that these pets might
be properly cared for.
One Of the characterize c~Xtraya7",O-s
into which the novclist's love for nnimFlS
led hcr was the ordering Of q meal Of milk,
bread and meat for every dog in Luccf
When Ouida raid the hin for this cxtraor-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18
The JUMPERS" OF DENYLR
SECT THAT OBEYS the BIBLES
IN.JJNCTION 10 LEAP.
II Vas Founded Six Years Ago ny n Woman
and Now Has a 100000 HOmc-To
Dance aDd q Give Away Your Money
Two Of the jumpers Articles or Faith.

DENVER. Aug. 1.-THE P~entecosial
Union ia The corporate name Of a reli gious
sect which seems TO be- 1ourishing here
'Jumpers"is the popular name Of the body.
II was founded by a woman, Mrs. Alma
White. One Of its articles Of faith il that the
sooner you give away your money the
better, and it has a new $40, 900 home here.
Its most conspicuous manifestation gives
II it's popular name. The writer was at
one Of its open air meetings in front Of its
100000 home the other day.
A he neared the circle Of Jumpers his ear
caught a catchy, rollicking tune. Then
he came upon a band OF some seventy-f
men and women dressed in ostumc like
those Of the Salvation Army jumping,
leaplng, whirling about the street in unison
with the music. On every face there was
a smile not a fixed smile. put a happy.
pleased, expectant, almost rapturous ex-
preston.
In and out they wreathed, the men and
women dancing apart. but those OF the
same seS joining hands. playing ring-a-
rosy for a minute. then breaking away and
lounclng up and down with a not ungrace-
Il movement. Higher and higher rose the
tune and more and more fantastic grew
their sTlous.
@r shouted aloud hallelujahs and
cneers with an enthusiasm somewhat SINH
lar to that aroused at a college football
game. Suddenly all was quiet again and
woman stepped upon a chair in the midst
Of the circle.
Arise she vociferated. "Shipei'
We're doing hotb!" the other members
shouted.
The woman made an address and then
gave place TO Brother Day, an aged member
VINO had been dancing around backward
Win considerable agility.
There ISN'T a real church in Denver out
roe on this!" he shouted. AN the MEM
GERS Of all other churches are bypocrites!
iney are damned"
Ms voice wasNrowned by the shouts OF
bis hearers.
that's sol' shouted one Jumper.
hallelujahi' said another.
Praise Godi' screamed another.
II they preached as fearlessly In any
aner church, continued Brother Day,
sney would lose their salary inside OF
Thirty days.
Another orator arose, q beardless youth
no bad been calculating Praise Godl"
~neervas - regularly as q minute gun.
We haven't a corner on sa~lvationi" he
..su. You . get IL. tn take the mad
""youi TIN take the old sIambsng out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18

il somehow. II is supposed that these
paintings have gone the way of the villa.
Ouida entertained her friends at the
villa once a week in accordance with he
FlNrcntine custom. but these receptions
we're never very elaborate or expensive.
The guests drank yin and smoked
cigarettes, hut Ouida never INDUCED in
either.
Fer life in the humble milkman's cottage
Is Patterned rs nearly as possible after
that followed by her in the villa. She
avails herself Of every opportunity to be
in the orcn air. In the old days she used
10 drive from > until'O in the afternoon,
always having nj least two Of her ret dogs
at her side. She was always up by 0 o'clock
in the morning. Now she goes ont daily
for n walk in the afternoon with her dog
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18
MUSLIN WINDOWS.
Their Use In Dairy Barns May Help TO Pre-.
vent Tuberculosis.

The experiment OF using muslin curtains
In place OF window glass. which has proved
40 successful In poultry houses all ove
the country. In now being extended to dairy
barns.
The problem OF ventilation has long been
one which dairymen rave found difficult
to solve. a Suburban Lie. The new
plan is the acme Of simplicity. Several
windows are removed and replaced with
frames over which common muslin cloth
has been tightly stretched.
Experiments ave shown that even in
the y coolest weather the temperature Of
the stable is lowered only two or three
degrees by the ,lse OF these curtain iudows
while the Earns actually have seemed very
much warmer. This result is due to the
fact that the air is kept dry.
Where this plan has been adopted the
cattle have shown less evidence OF suffering
from the cold and the attendants have
admitted that the barns ave been more
comfortable places in which to work thSn
when the glass windows we're In use. ir
Is the excess Of moisture in the air which
causes the feeling OF dampness and chill
which prevails in many dairy barns. Al
though the outside air rs able TO pass through
the muslin It is almost impossible for any
one standing three feet away TO detect its
entrances.
Il Is possible that the Introduction of q
systemof this kind will do much to prevent
the spread OF tuberculosis among cattle.
Poultrymen have found that whereas un-
der the old system of using glass windows
and keeping the house a warm - possible
fowls were frequently AFFLICTED with colds
and similar troubles. where the muslin
curtain system has been adopted tho birds
are much moro free from such complaints.
and Il y eSpectsd BY advocates Of ths now
system that ther0 WIN BE- similar bonehoent
results In the cass Of dairy cattle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18
OUIDA'S POOR HOME IN ITALY
LIVING NOW Nv TEE HOUSE or A
MTLKMAN.

cared For by h Mother of One os Har For
mer Maids-Three Dogs Lett or the
Army She Onoo NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OFFERS or Aid-How Her Fortune went.
Miss Louise dc Ia Rance, the novelist,
better known M 0uida, who 10 now living
on a pension Of $3.50 granted to her from
Eugland's civil list and who recently was In
such poverty that she was compelled to 20
without food, made between $3.50, 900 and
100000 from her writings. Az early an
1894 stories OF Ouida's pinched circum-
stances found their way from Florence.
where the novelist had her little villa, to
England. but Il want until two years ago
that she was compelled to leave her homo
in Italy. Now. as told in THE Sun recently,
she ia ending her days in the humble home
o. milkman at Massarosa, cared for by the
mother Of one Of her former maids. The
pictures show the milkman's house and
Ouida os she looks in her seventy eighth
year.
Most Of Ouida'smoney has gone in aiding
'ho moor and in satisfying her fondness or,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18
QUEER PETS or ROYALTY.
Monkeys. Lizards. Chasnelcons. Camcis and
Even AJAX =

EN0u SuhkSe. -
In an article in tho woohenbldH Herr
Kriesler calls attention to the growing
tendency among royal ladies to harbor
unconventional pets.
The Kaiser. it seems. docs not approve
Of the fashion. for he has more han once
vigorously protested against his extrava-
giant daughter-in-law, Princess EiteI-
Friedrioh's penchant for pet monkeys.
At Potsdam she has q model monkey
house, containing no fewer than fourteen
OF these animals. One OF them escaped a
few weeks ago and wrought great havoc
in the imperial gardens before it was cap.
tured q;
The Countess Of Montignosco, who're
unhappy marriage to the King Of Saxony
consolation at having been deprived OF her
children in the possession Of a number Of
American iguanss, which shc feeds herself.
The vegetable bill for her pots ID said 10
amount to 100 marks a week.
Another royal lady who has a weakness
for lizards is the Duchess Vera Of Wurtem,
berg, but IL is to chameleons that she 4
more particularly attached. While still q.
Russian Grand Duchess she INDUCED IN her
fancy for these curious pets, and with them
created a mild sensation at Stuttgart, when
in 1877 she was married TO the late Duke.
According to Herr krieslcr, the Duchess
is mover tired OF watching her chameleons
shooting out their tongues to a length ot
six or seven inches. H.st
Princess Hildegarde OF Bavaria, A
daughter OF Prince Rupprecht, received
last month as a birthday present from
the hereditary Grand Duke Of Mecklen-,
burg Streltz n Persian lynn, or ~caraoal.s
which he had brought back with him from
German East Africa. It is q handsome
bright brown creature, with a long tail, and
although naturally fierce in disposition
II has learned to take meat direct from
the hands OF its royal mistreas.
The Cars one and only greaf-aunt. tina
Grand Duchess Alexandra Josefovna Of
Russia, bought two paifs of oameis some
years sgo while Oh a visit TO tho Caucasus.
According to the Clinton Qa.) Herald she
devotes much OF her time each summer
20 these somewhat uncommon pets. She
has now no fewer than seventeen Of the
animals, and several geological gardens 10
various Russian towns have been presented
with camels bred upon the Grand Duchess"
estate.
IL is reserved to the Baroness Won Held
burg. the m~organatic and third wife OF
Duke George II. of SAKE Meinlnxen, to bs q
royal lovcr OF snakes. She has several Of
them, n they are so tame that now and
then she horrihes her husbands friends by
Appearing at table with one Of the reptiles
coilcd around her neck. The Baroness, who
was born plain Helena Franz, has (althouGh
she Ia his third wife) lived happily with her
husband for no fewer than thirty.nvs
ysara .kAAISaAa ~IAAAA-A-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
Private Car for Chickens.

Private cars for the feathery trav- elers constitute q new development In the transportation field.p says red Hax- ton in the Technical World Magazine for March. 'our hundred and fifty of these special cars for live poultry are now be- ing used on the principal railroads. and several hundred more are expected to be built in 1907.
 "A live poultry transportation company, operates the travelling chicken eoops' un- der the same system that other private car lines are managed. The ears are rented by the company to the large poul- try dealers, the railroads having no in-l terest in the transaction beyond collect ing the freight rates on the fowls shipped.
 The poultry car business has developed within the last few years, and was given tremendous impetus by the recent cold storage poultry sNandal, when the city of. Chicago confiscated thirty tons of dressedi chickens that had ben in coolers nearly a year. Consumers now demand that they 1t, and shipments of dressed poultry have decreased,
 'tfThe live poultry car is 36 feet long. ten feet wide. and two feet higher than the ordinary live stock car. Built along each side of the car are eight tiers of GOODS. three feet wide and thirteen inches high Partitions cut these into 12S sec-l tions. each of which will hold three dozen' fowls of large size A carload therefore contains from 4G00 to 5000 chickens"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
CROOK GETS S6O,OOO
 WORTH OF DIAMONDS
HOUSTON JEWELRY STORE VIC TIMIzED-STRANGER lNsPECTS GEMS AND SWAPS BOXES UNI DER CLERKS NOSE.

Houston Tex, February B.-A local iewelry company was robbed of between s5o.o0o and seO0Oo worth of loose dia- monds today, and up to late hour to- night no clue toward their recovery had been reported.
 This morning a stranger entered the store and asked to have an unmounted diamond which he had matched in order to have both mounted for earrings. A box of loose stones was produced by the clerk. and they went through them, try ing to select d satisfactory stone. The stranger did not appear to be satisfied, and said he would send his wife around in the afternoon. He left the store, and as the clerk supposed the box of dia- monds was returned to the safe. There was occasion to take the box from the safe again in the afternoon, and it was then discovered that the box had been returned containing only tissue paper, in- stead of the valuable gems.
 It was identical in appearance with the box for which it had been substituted, except being a trifie smaller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
NO CAUSE KNOWN
 FOR CENTRAL WRECK.
OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUEST INTO NEW YORK plS- AsTER-No RAIL 5RoKEN-TWo MOTORS COUPLED AS ONE.

New York. February 1s.-Two official investigations of the disastrous wreck on the New York Central railroad Saturday night were begun in this city today. One was the inquest before Coroner Schwan- neeker, and the other an inquiry by the state railroad commission. Neither was concluded. At the eoroner's inquest Ira F. Mccormick, superintendent of motive power of the New York Central, who went to the scene of the wreck quickly said the cause of the wreck was a mys- tery to him. He declared that he found no broken rails. The railroad eommis- sioners were unable to find the cause
 Superintendent Mccormick said that two motors were attacked to the wrecked train because each motor had lost two of the contact shoes connecting with tho third rail. The two motor swere SO eou- pied together as to act as one. He said the running time of the train from New York to Wakefield. twelve and half miles, was D minutes. It's schedule at the point whore 1t was wrecked called for q speed of very nearly q. mile u minute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
IS DAILY
 GROWING WEAKER
Condition of Venezuelan President Is Now serious-Physicians
 Have No Hope.

Maeuto, Venezuela, February F, via Willen1stad, February 1s.-in spite of the daily bulletins issued by the government announcing an improvement in President Castro's health, he has gradually weak ened since he underwent the recent ope- ration and his condition is now more se- rious than ever before. It is even af- firmed that his physicians entertain no hope or his recovery. His temperature Is reported to be 103, gangrene is said to have set in and the end is expected to be shortly.
 Tn Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador is lying at La Guaira, and it is semi-offi- cially asserted that after his death she will carry the body of Castro to Puerto Cabello, whence it will be transported to Valencia for interment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
BEAUTIFUL COSTUME POSES
At the Marvel Theatare Every After
 noon and Night.

The Marvel theatre is putting on this week beautiful and novel feature-hav- ing poses displaying exquisite costumes in every style and color. Gowns for every occasion, evening dresses, afternoon and reception costumes Every one is of the very latest and most fashionable de- sign.
 Madame Roussey is the living model, and the costumes are flashed upon her. her head and feet showing, and the effect is so perfect you can almost see the tex ture of the material The ladies of Bir- mingham should not miss this. It Is among the most beautiful and interesting features shown at the Marvel. The cos tune poses are displayed every afternoon and night just before the Illustrated songs and pictures. Pictures and songs are changed at the Marvel theatre every day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
SIX SEAMEN LOSE
 LIVES IN STORM
Two Coal Barges of the Reading Com pany Go Ashore-Two Saved By
 Freezes Busy.

Highland Light, Mass, February lS- Six seamen lost their lives when the Phil adelphia snd Reading company's coal barges Girard and Alaska went ashore and broke up during storm off here to- day. Two men, the captain of the Girard and one seaman, were saved They were hauled ashore in the brooches buoy by members of the life saving crew of the Highland Light station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
Pastor Wants Thsw Trial Read.

Wichita. Kas.. February 1s.-In ser mon on morality, entitled "Woman's s Rights" pr. John Henry Cudlippe, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church. declared last night that all the evidence in the Thaw trial should be printed. T want to see every line of the Thaw evil dence printed' said Dr. cudlippe, and I want to read it. think the public should read ii i"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
san carIo oera h chloaao.

Chicago. February 1s-The San Carlos Opera company, which was brought to Chicago for a weeks engagement by the aiumnae in Chicago of Bryn Wawr col lese, who are seeking to aid the proposed AVo0000 endowment fund for the work of the institution. was welcomed tonight by an audience that filled the auditorium theatre Over s50o0O worth of tickets have already been sold for the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

There was constant stream of people passing in, out, bY and around each other, this man being worker for one of the mayoralty candidates this crying out the worth of candidate for chief of police. this endeavorng to land berth In the police commission for tho man most worthyl If a voter approached the p1lls with his ticket not mapped out in his mind, he was immediately thrown in pot with q general stew, If such a man approached the polls yesterday, 1t is odds that he came away with a elouded knowlodged as to just everybody he voted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until F o'clock noon Wednes- day. February 20, 1907, for certain grad ing, curbing, gutters, sidewalk and vitri- fled brick paving. Specifications may be obtained at this office. The right is re- served to reject any and all bids.
 fSigned) JULIAN KENDRICK,
 z-14-6t City Engineer.