Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 149, 13 July 1908 — Page 2

THE RICHMOND PAIXADIU3I AND SUN-TELEGRA3I, MO'DA, JTJLjT 13, 1908.

A AGE TWO.

FOUR KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION

Accident on Launch Fatal. Proves Marion, Mass., July 13. Four prominent residents of this town and Falmouth met death through an explosion on board a forty-five foot launch off here. Two survivors were picked up after having been In the water for twelve hours. The dead: Roland Worthington, Boston. John T. Trull, Woburn. Joseph S. Beal. Milton. George Savory, Marblehead, captain of the launch. The saved: A. P. Tarbell, Marblehead. Edward Tucker, Boston. THOMAS J, BRYCE DIES SUDDENLY Was President of Columbus, American Association Co. Columbus, O., July l.i Thoma3 J. Bryce, known to sportsmen the country over as president of the Columbus American association Daceball company died suddenly Sunday afternoon la a eeat of the grand stand at Neil parley, whore he had gone along with thousands of people expecting to vitne8v the last game of the scheduled series between the Columbus and Toledo-clubs. Heart disease was the cause. The baseball game was postponed in respect to the memory of Mr. Bryce. THERMOMETER GOES TO 96 DEGREES IN SHADE One Prostration From Heat Today. Awful At noon today the mercury, goaded on by Old Sol, rose to 96 degrees in the share. No one knows what the temperature in the sun was no man or thermometer had the nerve to investigate. Today was by far the hottest of the year. But few people ventured on the streets and those hunted the shady spots. Only one case of heat prostration was reported, that of Thomas McCarthy, father of John F. McCarthy who was overcome with the heat this morning while crossing the Doran bridge. He is about sevenf; iiva years old and makes his home with his son on South Twentieth street. His condition is cuite improved so that he is able to be up and about this afternoon. SHOOTS YOUNG WIFE; THOUGHT HER BURGLAR Distressing Accident in Philadelphia Home. ' Philadelphia, July 13. Mistaken for a burglar while getting a drink in the bathroom, Mrs. William Thoma3 was 6hot and fatally wounded by her hus band arly this morning. Tho two had been -married three weeks. STUMP IT FOR BRYAN Makes Declaration to This Effect Today. Lincoln, Neb., July 13. Samuel W. Gompers todar 6aid that ho would take the stump for the democratic ticket if Bryan .appro7cs of such ac tion. Gompers statement has created great surprise in political circles. THAW'S CASE IS AGAIN POSTPONED Jury Trial Not Until Next De cember. White Plains. X. Y-. July 13. Harry Thaw's application for a jury trial of his mental condition was postponed today until December. Thaw refused to let the barber shave him and select ed a razor and shaved himself today He was taken back to Poughkeepsie jail. So," remarked the boyhood friend. "you are ta the swim." "Mother and the girls think I am. answered Mr. Cumroi. "but mt ner sonal fee lines are that of a man trhn has fallen overboard and ought to be hollering at the top of his TOice for

WHO WILL WIN?

NATIONAL LEAGUE. Won Lost Chicago . . . . .. .. .45 29 Pittsburg 16 30 New York 43 32 Cincinnati 40 37 Philadelphia 32 37 Boston 34 42 Brooklyn 29 43 St. Louis 28 47 Pet. .608 .605 .573 .519 .464 .447 .403 .373 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won Lost St. Louis ...... ...44 31 Detroit 44 31 Chicago 42 33 Cleveland 41 34 Philadelphia 36 36 Boston 34 41 Washington 28 45 New York 29 47 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Won Lost Indianapolis 54 32 Ixmisville 49 36 Toledo 47 37 Columbus 46 40 Minneapolis 41 40 Milwaukee 38 49 Kansas City 36 51 St. Paul 29 53 CENTRAL LEAGUE. Won Lost Dayton 43 31 Evansville 43 35 South Bend 42 35 Terre Haute 39 35 Grand Rapids 40 36 Ft. Va3-ne 37 38 Zanesville 35 37 Wheeling 22 54 Pet. .587 .587 .560 .547 .500 .453 .384 .382 Pet. .628 .576 .560 .535 .506 .437 .414 .345 Pet. .581 .551 .545 .527 .526 .493 .486 .289 RESULTS YESTERDAY. National League. Boston 4- Cincinnati 0. Brooklyn 3; St. Louis 2. Chicago 3; Philadelphia 0. First game. Philadelphia 2; Chicago 0. Second game. American League. No games scheduled. American Association. Indianapolis 3; Louisville 1. Kansas City 5; Minneapolis 4. Toledo-Columbus Rain. St. Paul 2; Milwaukee 1. First game. St. Paul 4; Milwaukee 3. Second game. Central League. Zanesville 3; Evansville 2. South Bend 3; Dayton 2. Grand Rapids 5; Ft. Wayne 3. Terre Haute-Wheellng Rain. GAMES TODAY. National League. Boston at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Chicago. New York at Pittsburg. Brooklyn at St. Louis. American League. Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Boston. American Association. Louisville at Columbus. Indianapolis at Toledo. St. Paul at Kansas City. Minneapolis at Milwaukee. Central League. Ft. Wayne at Grand Rapids. Dayton at South Bend. Evansville at Zanesville. Terre Haute at Wheeling. 'S IN ST. PAUL, Expected 40,000 People Will Attend Convention. St. Paul, Minn., July 13. All day long visitors have been pouring into the city to witness the events attendant upon the thirty-fourth annual con vention of the ancient Arabic order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine which began today and continues the entire week. It is estimated that 40,000 to 50,000 visitors will be in the city by Monday night. CITY STATISTICS. Deaths and Funerals. EADLER George Eadler died at his home on Cottage avenue, Sunday morning at eleven o'clock at the age of 69 years. He had been ill for about two years. The funeral will be from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends may call Tuesday afternoon and evening. Burial at Earlhame cemetery. HAY Mattie Angeline Hay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. R. Hay. died Sunday afternoon at their home, 402 North Sixteenth street. The funeral will be Wednesday morning at two o'clock from the home. Friends may call any time Tuesday afternoon and evening. MANSFIELD The funeral of John Mansfield will take place Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock from his home three miles northeast of the city on the Smyrna pike. The Rev. S. W. Traum will officiate. The interment will be in the State Line cemetery. Contagion. Alice, the IS months' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Porter, 1102 North I street, smallpox. R. J. Dadisman, age 42, 402 South 12th street, typhoid fever. LIVED I ADULTER Y. George McKinstry has b n arrest ed on a charge of living in adultery with Mrs. Sarah Hoover. The woman has not yet been located. In the city court this morning McKinstry was ar raigned but was not given a hearing because he asked time to secure an attorney to defend him. The charge on which McKinstry was arrested was filed by the Hoover woman's hushnnrf He states that she and McKinstrv lived as man and wife in the country! and at a homo in West Richmond, j

ELLIS MAY

GAIN FREEDOM Friends Take Action for Richmond Boy in Penitentiary. Attorneys, court officers and other friends of Fred Ellis, a Richmond boy, who was sentenced from Eaton, Ohio, for grand larceny, may be able to secure the young man's release from the Ohio state penitentiary. It is believed by hundreds of his friends that the young man is not half so guilty as his companion in crime, and that he bowed to temptation due to the stronger will of another. It is thought that the pardon board will grant the request of the petitioners and free the young man. PRIEST'S MURDERER TO ANSWER FOR CRIME Giuseppe Alia Will Be Hanged This Week. Denver, Colo., July 13. Giuseppe Alia, the priest murderer, will be hanged in the state penitentiary at Canyon City some time this week, but the day and hour are only known to prison officials and perhaps has not been definitely decided upon by them. SNAKES OF SARAWAK. The Python Are Enormom and Feed ou Pigs and Children. In the Sarawak Gazette is an article on the snakes of 1hat part of Borneo. Of the poisou-Mis reptiles it says: "The cobra (Xaja tripudians) is a black ennke which raises its head to strike when Irritated, at the same time expanding the hood at either side of the neck. It spits at intruders and hisses like a cat, whence it is known ns "ular tedong puss;" in some parts, too, as "tedong mata hari." The word "tedong" in Sarawak is apparently applied to all large snakes which Malays consider to be poisonous, and, as our Malays are but ill acquainted with these animals, quite a number of large but harmless forms are designated by this term. The hamadryad (Xaja buugarus) is a brown snake, considerably bigger but rarer than the cobra. It is rather shy, but when cornered, like the cobra, it raises its head and expands the hood before striking. Its food is chiefly other snakes. "Less dangerous than these najas are the vipers, of which the most common species is the greeu viper, which reaches a length of two feet or more. The head is large and shaped like an ace of spades. This creature is a tree snske and very sluggish. The 'bungarus' are of several species, one, Bungarus fasciatus, of length up to four feet, being black with yellow rings. It is called the 'ular buku tebu' ! (sugar cane joints) by natives. There are also sea snakes of many species, j The tail of a sea snake is flattened i and oarlike." Sarawak has other snakes: "Of the pythons there are two species. Python reticulatus grows to an euormous size, over twenty feet. It is very fond of pigs, but varies its diet by various animals, including even children. The oil of this snake is used by Malays as an embrocation for bruises. The other species of pythou, Python curtus, Is interesting In that its flesh tastes like that of fowl at least, so Dyaks say, and they are authorities on snake flesh, for they eat a number of the large snakes." POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Some people are simply acting nal ural when they are kicking. Do the right thing by all of your friends, and you haven't anything but the core of the apple left. People with real troubles do not care as much for sympathy as they do to have their trials as Inconspicuous as possible. When a man says that he has not a friend in the town where he lives you can depend on it that the town is not to blame. Don't forget that your actions are measured as criticaliy all through life as is the borrowed butter you return to a neighbor. With all due consideration for tht sober second thought, we notice that the longer we aim the more liable wi are to miss the mark. Atchison Globe Fronde's Toothful Terrors. Of the youthful hardships enduret: fey James Anthony Froude a blogra pher says: "Conceiving that the chile wanted spirit. Hurrell. his elder broth er, once took him up by the heels and stirred with his head the mud at the bottom of a stream. Another time h threw him into deep water out of a boat to make him manly. But he was not satisfied by inspiring physical terror. Invoking the aid of the preternatural, he taught his brother that the hollow behind the house was haunted by a monstrous and malevolent phan torn, to which in the plenitude of his imagination he gave the name of Teningre. Gradually the child discover ed that Peningre was an illusion and began to suspect that other ideas of Hun-ell's might be illusions too." The Firing Lizard of Jan. The curious little animals know as flying lizards (Draco volans) are only found in Java, and their strange appearance is supposed to have been the origin of the dragon of the mediaeval eastern imagination. The reptile is like an ordinary lizard, but is provided with folds of extensible skin which are spread out by the long ribs and enable the animal to glide through the air from tree to tree in pursuit of the insects on which it preys. When lying prone on the mottled surface of a bough, It is an excellent example of "protective resemblance," as it is moat difficult to Ix aen unless it moras

THE OCTOPUS. tte Terrible Amy of Sockcri and Ite Poirerfal Jim. Both the octopus and the cuttlefish have arms that are clothed with a formidable array of suckers which are wonderful pieces of meebaeiem. When the sucker comes into contact with an object the central piston, rv!ng previously been raised so as to completely fill the cavity of the sucker, is at 9nce withdrawn and a perfect vacnum produced, explaining the great teCaclty with which The suckers cling. They number upward of 10O pairs to each arm of the octopus, and once they obtain a grip on the victim, unless the arm Is actually torn away from the body of the octopus, it is practically Impossible for its prey to disentangle itself. In addition to these suckers the octopus has a powerful pair of Jaws, shaped like the beak of a parrot, behind which is a formidable armor plated tongue used as a rasping organ. The octopus will attack and kill crabs and lobsters of considerable size, ripping open the body by means of its powerful jaws and devouring the contents. In spite of being a creature of such awe Inspiring looks the octopus has several enemies in various species of whales, sharks and conger eels. In fact, the latter are particularly fond of devouring the smaller octopuses. Conger eels hunt for the octopus and, when found, proceed to browse on its limbs. The octopus tries to hug the slippery, slimy conger tight, but in vain, and, finding its limbs growing less, discharges Its ink in the face of the foe and under cover of the turbid water beats a hasty retreat. It is to escape the too pressing attention of Its foes that the octopus possesses the power of changing its color to correspond with that ot ts surroundings. WHEN WE STAND UPRIGHT. A Special Complex Mechanism Unable, la to Do It. We are so. accustomed to standing upright as a natural attitude that few of us think what a special complex mechanism Is required for this purpose. A moment's consideration will show that the ordinary explanation of the erert position (the center of gravity to be'dlrectly above the feet) is insufficient. When a man is suddenly shot, whether from the front or behind, he drops on his face, for the truth is that there is much more weight in the front of the spinal column than behind it. The fact is that when we are standing a large number of powerful 'nuscles (both front and back) are simultaneously at work, the effects of their actiou being to neutralize eafch other. Thus the legs would fall forward were tt not that they are kept vertical on the feet by the strong tendon (the "Achilles") at the back of the heel. At the same time the muscles of the thigh are tightened so as to prevent us taking a sitting position, and the muscles of the back are pulled tense so that the trunk does not stoop forward. The bead is prevented from dropping on the chest by the ligaments in the nape of the neck. That the upright is not its normal position is easily shown by the fact that a man nods as he is falling asleep, for a3 soon as the controlling nervous force is deadened the head drops forward by its own weight, only to be pulled back into position again with a jerk when the brain becomes suddenly aware of an unusual attitude. British Contrasts. Their wealth, their luxury, their cultivation of arts which we have not yet had time to seriously contemplate, their civilization, their strange class distinctions, but above all the great wealth and the great poverty of their people, stir our wondering faculties more than any other things can ever do. When we behold their wealth we are as poor children brought suddenly into a rich child's nursery and lost in astonishment at the number and profusion of toys strange to us. When we see their poverty we are Pharisees who thank God that we are not as these others. But iu either case are we beset with a great amazement. From "An Outlander In England." His Exense. A Scottish parish minister met the laird's gamekeeper one day and said to him, "I say, Davidson, why is it I never see you in church?" "Well, sir," replied Davidson. "I don't want to hurt the attendance." "Hurt the attendance: What do you mean?" asked the minister in surprise. "Well, sir, you see," replied the game keeper, "there are about a dozen men in the parish that go to church when I'm not there, and they would go poaching if I went to church." An Explanation. "Why is it." said the young man with long hair, "that the average woman would rather marry money than brains Y' "She takes less chance" answered Miss Cayenne. "The-average womaa Is a better judge of money than she is of brains." Washington Star. Hie Lack. Friend of the Family Tou are very lucky, my boy, to be the seventh son. It will bring you everlasting fortune. Son No. 7 It hasn't so far. All it's brought yet is the id clothes of my six brothers. Illustrated Bits. Xatalaa; bat Praiae. I have nothing but praise for our new minister." "So I noticed when the plate came round." Chicago Journal. If we neglect to exercise any talent, power or quality it sooa tails from us. Wood. The United Brethren church will hold Its annual picnic Saturday afternoon at Glen Miller pnrk. I CM

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5c Theatre 715 Main Street Coolest and Safest Theatre in Richmond.

WON ON A BLUFF. Tho Way One Prosperous Merchant Got Hia Start In Business. There Is a prosxrous merchant fto Chicago today who wes his success to his donation of a $5,000 organ to a church at a time when he didn't have money enough to buy a hand organ. This donation was a cose of bluff pure and f Jtnple, but the bluff worked and respired in the subsequent wealth of tve itiCky bluffer. John Smith was seeking capital to start in business icr himself, bnt as he had no security worth speaking of he could not borrow the money he needed. When he had tried every person he could think of who would be likely to have the necessary cash and the Inclination to lend it and had been turned down, he conceived the Idea of presenting his church with an organ. Young Napoleon John Smith therefore ordered his organ and allowed the future to look out for itself. The manufacturers of the organ never thought of questioning the financial standing of the philanthropist who was handing out $3,000 organs and agreed to have the Instrument set up in the church op time. Of course J. Smith was not a Uud that was born to blush unseen, nor aid he hide his beneficence under a bushel. He managed to bring in at least the flute stops no matter what the subject of conversation. Not only did the young Napoleon advertise himself by means of the church organ, but the pleased minister and the equally pleased congregation spread the news of his gift. During this time John did not allow any alfalfa to grow under his feet. On the pretense of consulting some wealthy member of the congregation about some minor details of the organ he would drop into an office and before he left casually would mention the subject of the company that he was forming. Most of the men that he thus saw thought that it would be a good thing to be associated with a man who was making so much money that he was able to hand out $5,000 without missing it, so that all were anxious to take stock in J. Smith's company. Long before the time came for the first payment on the organ Smith bad gathered enough money to start his business and was doing so well he bad no difficulty In borrowing the amount needed to make the payment. From that time he has made money so fast that now be could give away several $5,000 organs and pay for them as well. Chicago Tribune. MEXICAN POLITENESS. In the State of Michoacan Chivalry It Compulsory. "If any man opines that the days of chivalry and the true knight errant spirit have gone forever, let him start forthwith on a far southward Journey, not halt his steps until he brings up In the town of Morelia, which is the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacan,' remarked a traveling man. "Having arrived in Morelia. be will at once see that the chivalrous spirit still survives. I was down there not long ago, and the gallantry of the men and their extreme readiness to extend courtesies to the fair sex pleased and surprised me. When I noticed the alacrity with which the native males jumped up on the crowded street car to offer their seats to the first senorlta that entered, I thought to myself how much more gentlemanly are these Mexicans than many of my own countrymen. They do not wait to see if some other man is going to get up. but each tries to beat the other In courteously proffering his seat to the lady. "I spoke about the matter to the proprietor of the hotel and immediately he began to laugh. " 'You must understand, senor, said the innkeeper, 'that the governor of our state Issued a decree that if any man keep his seat in a street car, thereby compelling a woman to stand, he Is liable to arrest and a fine. The police have been instructed to execute this order severely, and I think this has much to do with the prompt politeness of which you speak, since none of our population wishes to become Involved with the police and to be publicly branded as lacking In gentility. Baltimore American. She Had Red Burns. The philanthropic lady was visiting a Glasgow slum and had just been ushered into a house where the good wife was engaged washing. Her endeavor was to elevate the minds of the poor, and she asked, "Have you read Burns?" In answer the good wife bared her brawny arm and displayed a large red mark, saying: "There's wan I got this morn wi the steam o' the pot bllln' ower. But, efter a', a burn's aye red! Must Have Had Experience. "Never mind, dear." he said reasaurIngly as she raised her sweet face from his shoulder and they both eaw I ffl -Mt Mnr nn lii frva t - "It xrill all brush off." "Oh. Charlie." she burst oat sobbing, hiding her face again upon his whkey shoulder, "how do you know 7" Som ervllle Journal. Both Ways. Woman Now that I have fed you. are you going without doing your work? Tramp Oi couldn't wurruk ou an impry stomach, mum, an' Oi nlvir worruk on er full one, o there yes be Smart Set Making Headway. Kervous Traveler (to seat companion) How fast should you say you wserc traveling? Companion (who has been flirting with the girl across the way) About a smile a minute. Life. Mrs. Cleo Linton and son, Cleo. Jr., have returned from a visit at ConcersvCle with Mr. and Mrs. OswaJd Bean. Honor: Order Gd. Metis: Hour next time.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY "The Pioneers Crossing the Plains in the Days ot '49' A thrilling romance oi border warfare with Indians.

A THIMBLE OF GOLD IT IS MADE OF METAL ALLOYED DOWN TO FOURTEEN CARATS. The Process of Maanfartare, From the lna-ots of Pare bold Fresh From the Sabtreasary to the Finished Shining Prod art. Out of whatever part of the earth It may originally have been dug, the gold from which thimbles are made in Philadelphia was bought at U:t United States subtreasury in the c;v iu tie form of snug little ingots, br: h shape 1 and about two and a half 'act: s long. an inch and a quarter wide iui! about ) an inch thick, These little Ingots would be of a eonvenieut size for paperweights. But they would be rather heavy for such use and probably too expensive for most people, for each one contains, of pure gold. 24 carats fine, metal of the value of about $000. Gold of this fineness would be much too soft for thimbles, and it is alloyed down to 11 carats, in which condition It is rolled into sheet of suitable thlckuoss. In the first process of manufacture a sheet of this gold is run into a machine which cuts out of It a disk in size sufficient to form a thimble, the same machine stamping this disk also into the form of a straight sided capsule with irregular edges. Then the thimble blank goes into another machine, in which a die stamps It into its conical shape. Out of this machine it goes into an annealing furnace for tempering and from that Into an acid bath for cleaning and the removal of the fire coating. Then the thimble is put into a lathe to be turned down to its final shape and dimensions. It is dull colored when it goes into the lathe, but at the first touch of the keen edged cutting tool it shows a glistening narrow band of bright gold surface, which is widened In a moment to cover the whole length of the thimble as the skillful worker shifts the tool along. With repeated application of the tool the operator brings the crown of the thimble Into Its perfect form and cuts down along the thimble's sides to bring the walls of the thimble to the requisite thickness, and he defines and finishes the smooth band that runs around the lower part of the thimble and brings Into relief the rounded rim that encircles the thimble at Its opening at once to give it a finishing ornamental grace there and to stiffen it. The glistening little gold shavings that be cuts off in these various operations all fall Into a canvas trough suspended between him and the bench upon which stands the lathe. With that last touch to its rim in this, stage of making the former has grown niarvelously more thimble-llke in appearance, but somehow It still lacks the breath, so to speak, of thimble life; It lacks yet the familiar Indentations In Its surface that nerve to support the needle and to hold it In place. These the thimble maker now proceeds to make, and the making of these is nice work indeed. It is done with a tool called a knurle. There is an end knurle and a side knurle. An end knurle Is simply a handle having set In it a tiny, thin revolving wheel of steel, upon whose periphery Is a continuous encircling row of little bosses or knobs corresponding in size to the Indentations to be made. The side knurle has In place of such a wheel a little steel cylinder of a length sufficient to cover that section of the thimble that is to be indented on Its sides, this cylinder having knobs all over Its surface, as the end knurle wheel has around its edges, and turning, like the wheel, on its axis. The thimble in the lathe is turning with 2,500 revolutions a minute, and it 6eeain as though the application to Its surface of any sort of tool with protuberances on It must leave there only a Jangled and mixed up lot of Irregular marks. But now with the end knurle the thimble maker makes an indentation In the center of the top of the thimble, and then he proceeds rapidly and with perfect certainty with the end knurle to describe around that center concentric rings of indentations, with the indentation all perfectly made and the rings all jrfectly spaced, from the center to the circumference of the top. Tou may see him do this, but you can't tell bow he is able to do it. And then with the side knurle he makes the Indentations in the sides of the thimble, making there as well, as he deftly presses the tool against it, indentations that run absolutely uniform and true and that end at their lower edge in a perfectly true encircling line. It is astonishing and a pleasant thing to see how it develops and comes to itself with the making of these fa- f miliar Indentations, and now there remains to be done to It only the polishing inside and out and you have the finished gold thimble. Philadelphia Press. Bow Exclamations Originate. t "Halloo" and "hurrah." which are among the exclamations In common ; use, can be traced to curious origins. The author of "The Queen's English" i tells us that the people of Camwood ; forest. Leicestershire, when they wish i to hall auy on? at a distance rail out ; not "halloo," but "halloup." This, he , takes It is a survival of the times when one cried to another "A loup! A I loupT or, as we should say. "A wolf! j A wolf: "Hurrah." according to high ; authority, is derived from the Slavonic ! "huraj.'' "to paradise, a battle cry which voiced the prevailing belief that all soldiers who fell In the fight went straight up to paradise. Pearson's Weekly. In Bohemia courtships are abnormal - ng. In that country engagements ly Ion frequently last from CXteen to twenty years. They say the secret of success is tenacity of purpose." "Of course. If you bold on long enough, competitors die off. W-i.n ELiiiiNA: tetter . use Gold Medal Flour- " '

Wednesday and Thursday "The Boston

Tea Party FIVE CENTS HAYSTACK MONUM ENTs7 Marks DIrthplaee of Foreign Mlealea Work la This Conntrr. Many a visitor to Williams college la tnk.u to the birthplace of American foreign missions, marked by a unique monument in a little park near the collego grounds. For cm e la the history of the world a prayer meeting is commemorated by a mouutnent. In Mission park in WUliaaistown stands a shaft which was ib-cicail on Sunday. July CS, 1S67. to the memory of five students of Williams college who met at the dose of one sultry summer day In the year q,; xo Uoj prayer meeting, as was their c tKtom. They were overtaken by a sudden shower of rain and were compelled to seek the friendly shelter afforded them by a nelgtboring hay stack. The group of young evangelists who were present at the prayer meeting oa that particular occasion consisted of Samuel J. Mills, James Richards, Francis L. Bobbins, Harvey Looants and By rani Green, Sheltered from the rain by the baystack, they continued amid the conflict of tho elements their devotional exercises and discussed religious toploa of deep interest to themselves. While the storm raged Mills communicated to bis fellows the plan of executing a great life work. It was nothing leas than a mission to some heathen land and the ultimate evangelisation of the world. They communicated their plan to such of their fellow students aa they believed would eym path tie with then and organized the Society of Brethren, a secret society, which had for ka object the establishment of foreign mlsaions. The result of the prayer meeting was the organization In Bradford. MtMH la 1810 of the American board ot commissioners for foreign mission. From this start grew the great society of the American board, which baa distributed millions of dollars. Sine the first meeting of five persona It corporate and honorary members bar Increased to over 70,000. Tears after the stodeata bad formed their great scheme of evanarellsejtioa the spot where they held the prayer meeting was marked by a cedar stake. This led to the purchase of Till nil park by the alumni of Wllliaaaa college and in 1867 to the erection and dedication of what ta now known aa Haystack monument The cedar stake monument became marble through Harvey Rice of Cleveland. who designed and at his own expense reared the prayer meeting ait marker. The monument stands on the Identical spot where the haystack stood, It la a strictly Berkshire county prod notion, composed of Berkshire marble, quarried at Alford and wrought la tbo workshops of the Berkshire hfarbea company. Its height Is twelve feat, rat shaft, csp and base square poUabad, Its color a silver blue. New York Tribune. Hlade Casta. The four grades of society among aba Hindoos are the Brahmana, or sacerdotal class, who are said at the moment of creation to bave Issued from the mouth of Brahma; tbo Kabatrya, or Chuttsee, or military class, sprung from the arm of Brahma; the Valsya, or Bals, or mercantile class, from th thigh of Brahma, and Sadraa, or 8ov ders, or servile class, from the foot of Brahma. The bsshaess of tbo Sudraa is to serve the three ss potior classes, more especially tb Brahmins. Their condition Is never to be Improved, they are not to accumulate property and are unable by say means to approach the dignity of the higher classes. These divisions are hereditary, impajaAble) and indefeasible. Meyerbeer. Meyerbeer was so nervous tad fidf ety" about his works tbst when they were In course of preparation er rehearsal or performance he never gave himself or any one else concern ad a moment's peace of mind. He was constantly making changes or alteretlons in the score and would sometimes write a passage In three or four different colored inks in order to try the different effects and then could not make up bis mind which wss the best He worried over his ojera "L'Africaine" so. long, delaying, retouching and polishing, even while It was In rehearsal, that the self Imposed labor made him ill, and he died before the first public performance. Drnnsalte Whlskera. The name "whiskers" is applied to feathery crystals which gather upon the outside of the wrapping of frozen dynamite. The "whiskers" are more "Irritable- than dynamite itself. A case Is on record where sticks of dynamite had been thawed ont In hot water and the can of hot water In which It was done left In the blacksmith shop without b5ng emptied of the reaidn.il scum of grease end whiskers. The first blow of the blacksmith's hammer on a nearby anvil was sufficient to set ofT the whiskers by concussion. The can, was blown to pieces, but fortunately to cao was hurt Tho UaiBrs. The KaXrs arc gr?at philosophers. If an ox should die the owner never grieves, tut remarks: "Now I must g to work for master (all whit a men wt treat them well are called masters, and la six months bo will give mo a cow. It will have a calf. If It U bull calf In year I'll Lave a pair 2 oxea, but chocld it be a heifer calf I'a all tho richer, for the nert year T3 have ttvo calves Instead of one, The opinions of the misanthropical ! rest aPn tti3 T positive basis, they, ; dct tte fcad fa!th cf a few " tT cecco wc ma woruusssBeaa vi auuevt It this cub -fr -ou. ttM enreSCFT". lit. idwoil's feyrup Pepsia lscosltloy (rnaraaed to care todirestkm. ooasttpatloa. sk a headache. oSana oraath. malaria aaa ail diseases PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY-