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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-21

biguous phrases. Like the oracle Of old Delphi
he speaks so that one can never tell exactly
what he means. Usually the credulous one IN
terprets the words to suit himself; if the pre-
dictions fail to come true, the ignorant coohe
becomes convinced that he took the wrong
meaning.
No one doubts the fortune-teller IN China.
His word Is regarded IS infallible. When be
becomes rich on the offerings of the creduloEs,
the Chinese reader of the future instals him
self IN luxurious apartments There in dark
ened room. the wealthy visit him just the
cooEe did on the street
Even q Westerner becomes impressed with
the sense of mysticism when he enters one of
these chambers. About the wall hang red or
black curtains. embroidered with Chinese char
acters. Strange, hideous faces of bronze idols
peer from dim recesses: wavering lights flicker
and cast portentous shadows. Spiral rings Of
incense ascend and evolve into mysterious
shapes.
In the centre of The room sits the specta-
cled oracle Before he talks some one in the
distance begins beating tomtoms; there are
ghOstly cries as he consults the spirits, but as
he begins to speak In a monotone other sounds
discontinue. and one can almost hear the knees
of the superstitious patron knocking together in
the sc.ai-darkness
Most revered Of the craft are the astrolc-
gers. Their charges are the highest. The En-
peror Of China has a staff of fortune-tellers at
tached to his court. To interpret the meaning
of his dreams Is the duty of the chief.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-21
ortdDe oilers Of
HoDV oDdS oDd
their Superstition
Clients.

ITO PEER into The dim, mysterious
future, seeking o learn ones fate
or fortune during The coming
days; 10 satisfy curiosity and prepare f0r
evil or rejoice in promised good-in all
countries and among all people this de-
sire sVas appermOSt in the minds Of men
long before SaW consulted The Witch of
Endor.
Today, in the East and the West, the
fOrtune-feller still holds SgVay, as Of old.
In China the geomaHcer is consulted
regarding every act and event Of life; in
India the faktrS are sought for kHOzvledge
of The future, their help IS asked in DSpU-
ing Iaggards zvith love or ufictiHg harm
on enemies; IL Egypt SorcererS are con-
suited both BY natiVes and traUeiers just as
they scere in the days Of the Pharaohs
StrOIliHg gypsies sill find profitable
aVocatioH, in Europe ard america, in read
ing the future for eyeduIoHs visitors 7chiIe
at seaside and other resorts balmisfS, card
readers, clairvoyanb and Hindu a5HoIo-
gers ply a paying trade.
4 study of the f0rWHe-fellers Of vari-
Gus lands is a neVer-failiHg source Of inter
est TO the tourist
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-21
GYPSIEs IN MANY Lands

Best known of the fortune-tellers are the
gypsies. In al countries-R Russia, Greece, Tur
IS, y, England, France, the United States-ths
eid ear-ringed woman IN her gaudy shawl is a
familiar figure.
During the summer, no doubt. there viii be
gypsy encampment near your home-and your
nome may be ia almost any part Of the civilized
world.
While the men trade horses the women VIII
reap coins by foretellinc events. As she follows
me lines of the hand with her finger. the gypsy
Woman tells of clark haired" men and eight
.faired" women. of persons bearing familiar ini-
ais and foes of certain physical characteristics.
She tells of trips which one Is 10 take. of
persons making trouble IN the family. So gen
cral are her statements that the superstitious
woman who has her fortune told makes it ap-
ply rc her personally; he VIII seek among her
aequaintances for friends with initials TO CORE
~poud and foes with blue black or brown eyes.
Gypsies, as a rule, especially those of Eu-
rope. scorn nationality and know native
country Each Is a Bohemian by heritage and
rover by choice
Being reluctant to give information about
themselves, census Of these people is difficult
-p elect. Careful estimates, however, place the
number ut 100000 In Austria Hungary; 100000
I'm Turkev; 10000 in Greece; 10000 in Bosnia;
$4,000 in Russia: $4,000 In Italy: 100000 In
Portugal and Spain: 10000 IN France: 5000 III
England and 10000 in the United States
It's stated that there are 10000 members of
this uomadic race In Asia and Asiatic Turkey
The gypsies travel at any season Of tho
year that the spirit happens to move them. In
this country they wander from New England to
he Pacific coast; from the Great Lakes to tho
Gulf of Mexico, their homes and families being
always with them.
Some of the more prosperous own houses,
aud perhaps, land in the North. and live there
during the winter.
MANY others. however. winter in the South
ern States. where the climate IS not severe
enough &c drive them indoors
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
BOY WOULDN'T BORROW
NICKEL; LOSES HIS LIFE
Special to The Herald.

SpSCldt 10 Inc 1teTdlu.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2O.-His de-
termination not to borrow a nickel cost
the life of 14-year-old Daniel Kelley of
Chadwick street, near Wharton, on
Sunday night. In company with
Charles Hahn, another Philadelphia
lad, about his own age. he went to
Essington to visit Hugh Delaney, jr.,
son of the proprietor of the Rosedale
inn.
When they started to go home, Kel-
ley decided to take the Prospect Park
line to Moores, and from there go to
Darby via the Chester traction line. AT
Darby he intended to take any car that
would land him near his home. This
route would cost Is cents, and though
he had only 10 cents, declined his
chum's offer to loan him the extra
nickel. saying that he would ride on
the rear fender to Moores
Kelley tucked himself away in the
rear fender, but instead of the car go
ing forward it backed and, colliding
with another car, crushed the lad into
insensibility, his inanimate body fall
ing upon the rails. Another car, bear
ing his chum, passed over him,
mangling his body horribly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
POSTOFFICE IS
ROBBED BY BOY
DOES DARING DEED IN DAY
LIGHT
Enters Rear Window, Empties Cash
Drawer and coolIy Walks Out
the Front Door-Many
See Him

The work of boy In knee pants
breaking into the postoffice at Covina
yesterday afternoon and tapping the
till of about $40 added another post
office robbery to the long list of those
occurring in suburban towns during
the past few weeks. The daring of the
robber In entering the postof2iCe In
daylight aroused the belief that II was
the deed of an old time safeblower,
but people purporting to have seen the
boy coming from the federal building
dissipated this theory when they told
the town marshal of their observations.
The robbery was not discovered until
last night, and consequently the youth
full robber has not yet been captured,
as he was given n big advantage in
start over his pursuers
The boy made his entrance by a
rear window to the postoffice and de-
parted by the front door, unlatching
it from the inside. The absolute cool
ness with which he made his exit dis
armed people Of all suspicion against
him, and even those who saw him
leave the place made no mention of
it until the robbery was discovered
last night The boy seems to have
been a stranger in the town, as none
Of tho residents who saw him recog-
nized him as the son of any Covina
citizen.
The sheriffs office was notified last
night and deputies, together with the
marshal of Covina, are making care
full search for the boy bandit.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
"H00LIGAN'S TROUBLES"
MAKE TWO AUDIENCES
LAUGH AT THE PEOPLES

Hooligan is back again. The Hooli-
gan of the comic supplement has
brought his troubles with him and
they may be sympathized with all
this week by those who care to at the
Peoples. Hooligan is indeed worthy
of sympathy, even though laughter
goes with it. The stage complications
are mirth provoking to the extreme.
In 'Hooligan's Troubles" the playgoer
sees tonic and both sexes of all ages
will share in the benefits. The tonic
comes in the smiling way with which
the luckless fellow breasts the wave
regularly ana the unfailing good humor
that he extracts out of his turbulent
life. Whether he be swatted by po-
liceman, kicked by mule or thrown
out of doorway, Hooligan finds that
the worst has not come. What might
have been in possibility always be-
fore him. His grip on that philosophy
is as good as practical sermon to
those who draw inspiration from plays
for making life worth more in the liv-
ing.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
"THE COWBOY AND THE
LADY" TO BE PLAYED AT
THE AUDITORIUM TONIGHT

Clyde Fitchs play, "The Cowboy
and the Lady" though seen here be-
fore. both by an eastern company and
in stock, will. it is promised. be so
cleverly done and so sumptuously
mounted when presented at the Audi
torium tonight that it will surprise
even those who know 1t by heart 1t
is a bright depletion OF an easterners S
idea of the west, and amusing in that
respect il no other. 1t will mark the
debut OF Dick Ferris as an actor here;
he will assume the role of Teddy
North, while Florence Stone will play
opposite him, the two appearing in
the parts assumed originally by Nat
Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. A special
point is made OF the scenery.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
ISIS HOPKINS" ON HER
EIGHTH ANNUAL VISIT
AT THE GRAND THEATER

isis Hopkins" perennial, but ever
popular, has come back from Posey
county to Los Angeles on her eighth
annual visit and all indications are
that she will keep on visiting. AS she
says, there amt no use doing nothin'
for nobody when nobody does nothin'
for you," but Southern California has
been kind to Sis-so kind that her
manager smiles more broadly than
anywhere on the Pacific coast when
he basSs in this land of sunshine and
plentitude.
Sis has a few new faces in her COM
pany, changes inevitable in so long a
road experience with one play, but
most of the old Posey county family
and neighbors are there and 1T warns
the heart to see the embodiment of the
play and the natural good that exists
in the human nature there shown.
Since Miss Rose Melville first
brought out the shy, awkward Hoosier
girl she has made of her a stage classic.
So insistent has been the public de-
mand for the temperance of Miss Mel
vile that all thought of bringing out a
new play has been abandoned for a
time at least. The art in the por-
trayal, the charm of the play and the
wholesomeness of it have served to
make thousands of theater goers ir
for U.S." Old-time patrons remember
the play built around mere sketch
Today Sis is a developed characterize
tion with quaint common sense, clean
ly comedy and homely philosophy.
Miss Melville is supreme as
comedian in her own field. 1t takes
more than a gingham pinafore, tight
pig tail braids and an Indiana dialect
to make Sis successful and keep her to
the front after SO long a sway. 1t
takes art. In watching the develop
ment of the shy lass from the country
into the sensitive seminary girl and
finally the rounded American woman
one sees life nodded and in Miss Mel
villes hands it brims with pathos, wit
and complex shadings that make it
classic pastoral.
Most of the old players are remem-
bered, including Frank c. Hartwell as
Pa Hopkins, Florence Webster as Ma
Hopkins, j. II. Ray, the undertaker's s
agent and Frank Minzey as Sis coun-
try sweetheart. The new members of
the company are Gilbert Fitzgerald
as the football player Mary Atheling
as Elsie N. Van Ness, the city girl;
Grace Kimball as Margery of the semi
nary and Lee Danial as the scheming
agent.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21

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my sister, of Arlington, Washington
Co., Nebr., was taken very sick and had
several DOCTORS" writes Mrs. c. l.. Har-
rison, of Elk City, Douglas Co., Nebr.
They could not do her any good, and
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three of 'Favorite Prescription and
some Of the Pellets and now my sister
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THE BEST GUIDE
to health and happiness is DIR. Plerce's
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21

beginning: What shall be the final YER
dict?
In word, Mr.. Brown has some good
material, and he has failed to make
quite all of it that he might have done
he has numbered 1t with some hack
neyed and obvious matter which is
largely extraneous, and with torrent
of words which threatens to overwhelm,
especially in the cry weak first act.
His play improves steadily toward it's
climax, which is good. He may yet
cut out some timeworn and tiresome
words and have plenty left to utilize as
basis for a drama which will possess
considerable real value. Then, possibly,
he will hold the true interest of the
playgoer, and not win it almost solely
by theatricalisms and "reminiscences.
But how the Burbankers did delight
in it yesterday!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
HORSE and MOTOR.
Does it rIean the Passing of
the Horse
THE horse, since the beginning Of

ME horse, since the Deglnnlng OF
civilization, has been one Of mans
most useful servants. TO the farm
er, his services are Indispensable,
in drawing. his crops TO barn and market,
blowing his fields, supplying power to
buggy, tho patient animal has covered
many long miles. But with the coming
Of the automobile, steam pillow, the trac-
tion engine and the bicycle, his services
are becoming less essential, and some
have even gone so far as to believe that
in few years o horse will be seldom
seen on our streets.
A prominent automobile Journal says
"Though the motor-driven vehicle stead
lily increases in numbers and availability,
according to Texas paper, : 1t is not
sending the old nag to the boneyard.' 1t
is further stated that the horse market
does not show the slightest effects of the
automobile, the demand being as great
and the prices as high as before the auto
mobile came into use. These reports are
taken from statistics obtained from 325
cities by the master horseshoers. All this
information is extremely gratifying, and
it is q satisfaction to know that in its
advancement the automobile is not doing
injury to any conditions which existed
previous to its entrance upon the stage"
Mother nature knows her business and
does good work. DR.. Pierce early believed
in following the laws laid down by nature
las do the anmals), in choosing roots.
herbs and barks for the ingredients for
his stomach tonic and alternative extract,
the Golden Medical Discovery 1t acts
on the stomach in natures way-is nat
ure's cure for indigestion, and by correct
ing the stomach, and thereby feeding the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
NEXT GENERATION WILL
TAKE EVERYTHING EASY
Special to The Herald.


CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-Chicago special
lists on nerves see the dawn of the sane
and normal life.
"Just now we are moving as nation
toward nervous prostration." said DIR.
John r. Murphy, "but we're not going
to continue this foolishness for more
than two generations. The farther you
go west the more strenuous you find life
being lived. and the farther east you go
the easier life is being taken. The older
community is always more leisurely,
staid, sane, less clumsy and impetuous.
The English know how to live; we don't,
but we will learn"
Health Commissioner Whalen said a
recent investigation of the department
on the prevalence of nervousness I'm Chi
cago and I'm the United States in general
has shown a marked decrease in recent
years.
Nervousness is falling off the void
over" said DR.. Whaien
BarnQV Olddald AT AufO shOU fodaV
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
TWO LEGLESS MEN
HAVE WARM BATTLE

ST. LOUIS. Jai. 2O,-A fight be-
tween two sleepless, legless men, who
We're sharing room at O'Malley' 8
boarding house, East st. Louis. re-
suited in the arrest early this morning
of Frank Rowley, aged 80, of Cleve-
land, o., the legless inventor of the
autoskate, a device for wheeling those
who have no legs. Rowley was charged
with drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct on the street. Rowley and Will
liam Kleiner, also legless, have been
trying the auto skates on the streets
for the last two weeks and attracted
much attention.
About a, IN. they quarreled over
frivolous matters, and Kleiner, so Row
ley, says, struck him on the nose. He
fled to the street. where he was ar
rested. Kleiner returned to sleep.
Rowley, While employed as motorman
at Elgin, ILL.,. was hurt in a collision
and both legs were amputaetd above
the knees.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
Fischer's New Farce

Tonight the new Offering at Fischer's
will be "Dick Taters Troubles" a
musical travesty-farce, founded upon
"The Dictator" 1t has a good plot, is
full of comedy and contains much ma
terial for the comedians. The story Is
of the adventures of several Americans
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
unIaue,s New Bill Begins

The Unique, that handsome tabloid
playhouse whose patrons find so much
pleasure in it's shows, will put on its
new bill tonight. Refined vaudeville
of high class will be featured, with
the best of moving pictures to follow.
Matlnees are given Monday, Wednes-
day. Saturday and Sunday, and the
amateurs are tried out Thursday even
fnp
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
"The Ham Treey Toniobt

Mcintyre e. Heath, with their COM
pany, will open in "The Ham Tree"
at the Mason tomorrow night. owing
to engagements in the north the COM
pany could not reach here for tonight
The musical comedy has been well
received elsewhere, and is said to be
bright and coiorful
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
Maud BalIinuton Booth

Great interest is being taken by the
church people, the literary folk and
the workers of this city in the talk
which Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth Is
to give tomorrow evening at Simpson
auditorium under the title, Lights and
Shadows OF Prison Life"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
"RANSoN'S FOLLY" THE
BELASC0 OFFERING, is
ANOTHER DAVIS COMEDY

"Ranson's Folly" which begins this
week at the Belasco, is another COM
edy by Richard Harding Davis. whose
farce, "The Dictator" held the boards
there last week. 1t tells a story of
q western army post. and is said to
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21

be one Of his best creations. Stone
will, Of course, play the hero, who Is
an army officer
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21

who are supposed to be visiting in a
mythical South American republic, and
the events that arise bring the various
characters to an amusing tangle.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21

Barney oldheld at Auto show today,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-21
Remembered Mother

In the far-off yestern home my dear
mother was praying for me every day
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-12-20

restraint on the part Of the powder
court at Wilmington. all denying the
charges. The chief contention is that
the business is not unlawful because
large and that the company had a
right to purchase other companies or
properties when considered good in
vestments. The answers show how
the smaller concerns were absorbed by
the voluntary consent Of both. parties.
Closing Sunday Theaters.
Supreme Court Justice O'Gorman of
New York on the strength of an old
but u%nrepealed law has decided that
every form Of play. concert or public
amusement is illegal on Sunday in that
city. The mayor and police commits
sioner at once took measures to enforce
the law, and the managers were dis
posed to put It up to the public by Of
fering no resistance.
Federalizins State Railroads.
The United States circuit court of ap-
peals at st. Louis, reversing the de-
cision Of the district court for Colora-
do in the case against the Colorado
and Northwestern Railroad company.
holds that any railroad wholly within
a state, but carrying goods consigned
from one state to another, is subject to
the interstate commerce law and to
regulation by the interstate commerce
commission. Judges Sanborn of st. Paul
and Van Devanter Of Cheyenne gave
the decision. Judge Philips of Kansas
City dissenting.
Reverses Fine Of the Southern.
The North Carolina supreme court
has reversed Judge Long of the su-
perior court in the $4,000 fine imposed
on the Southern railway for selling
tickets above the rate of 2A cents a
mile established by the legislature.
The higher court holds the criminal
proceedings void, saying that where
a civil penalty is prescribed against a
corporation, followed by the creation of
a criminal offense against the agents
Of the corporation, the civil penalty
first prescribed relieves the corpora
ton of punishment by Indictment I'M
der the criminal offense created against
the agent.
Shot In Governors Office.
John A. Steele, a lunatic released
from an asylum three weeks. entered
the statehouse at Boston Dec. 5 in
tending to kill Governor Guild. In the
executives anteroom Steele shot down
~, =, n I o1,o,. 1oo1arc WAITING for q n q midi,
ence, one of whom was not expected
to live, and then was overpowered by
others present.