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means employed bv Congress to mate the
President change hit mind. Even then, had
he adhered to his first decision, or, better
still, had he made and abided by it when
the first change of officers was demanded,
oil might now be well with the country;
and if milder means for enlorcing his right
ful authority had not availed, it would have
been far better for the country had he caused
the arrest and detention of the agitators as
so many traitors to the Government All
the world admires a brave man, and prompt,
decided measures of that sort would have
won more respect for Senor Balmaccda than
he can now hone to enjoy. To be sure, such
extreme measures are contrary to the spirit
of republicanism; but to is armed rebellion,
the bombardment of unoffending cities and
the murder of hundreds of helpless women
and children, huddled together for safety,
as latelv took place at Iquiqui by a posse of
irrcspoLsible cut-throats, whose crimes were
the result ot the rebellious attitude assumed
bv the legislators.
"Of course it is bnt just to add that at first
Congress probably had no idea that the
dangerous ball it set rolling would gather
such deadly proportions and so might one
argue in favor ot the incendiary who delib
erately fires a powder niagazine, without
considering what lives and property he may
destroy. They refused to pass the presu
puestas for the purposa of crippling the
Executive, kcowing that at the same time
they were ruining business of every kind
and inciting the worst classes in the country
to desperate deeds.
All Business at a Standstill.
No taxes, duties or other contributions to
the treasury could be collected; even deeds
or other legal documents could not be re
corded. For a long time one could notbuy
a postage stamp in all Chile, and sometimes
for davs together the postoffices would be
closed! Merchants could not get their goods
ont of the Custom Houses, and quantities of
perishable goods spoiled in the keeping.
The army and navy could not be paid, nor
any other employes of the Government,
however their families might suffer. Busi
ress o: every description (except the pawn
brokers') ws completely paralyzed, and ex
change sank lower and lower, until for
cverv dollar of the United States one re
ceived ?3 27 in Chilean currency. Failures
occurred on every hand, and there were peo
ple actually starving.
De'ecation alter delegation of citizens
waited upon the President, end to all of
them he explained the situation, assuriug
them that the fault was not witli himsell,
that lie would be glad to make any personal
sacrifice to ameliorate their condition, or do
anvthmg in reason to satisfy the demands of
Congress; but that he would not make him
self and the country a laurhing-stock for
the world by again changing his Cabinet;
and further, that if he accded to that un
just requirement, there was no Knowing
what the next demand might be, and
he just as well let go the reins of Govern
ment at once.
Congress Would Not TIeld.
Congress was also importuned by numer
ous petitious, but doggedly maintained its
attitude, judging rightly that Bdlmaceda
would finally yield to their terms, rather
than ruin the country though one day a
hungry rabbie collected around the cham
ber, and gave some of the deputies, as they
emerged, a well-deserved beating. Then
strikes and incipient revolutions sprang up
all over the country, mostly carried on by
workmen whose lamilics suffered most
from the non-passage of the appropriation.
The roustabouts, Jaunchinen, freight-haulers,
teamen and other irresponsible persons
who had nothing to lose, paraded the
streets of Valparaiso and other ports in
drunken bands, singing and howling like
demons, throwing stones at unshuttered
windows, firing shots right and left without
any particular target, occasionally gutting
a shop or store and threatening to pillage
every house and burn it over the heads of
the terrified people.
The Unpaid Army and Navy.
But, as be had foreseen, the opposition
party were not satisfied and became more
pronounced in their hostility toward the
Government; until at length, hoping to
better their condition, a portion of the un
paid army and navy went over to their side
with the disastrous results of which the
telegraphs have told you. In the late pur
poseless but sanguinary conflicts, several
thousand men have been killed, a host of
children orphaned, and millions of dollars
worth of property destroyed; there have
been business failures innumerable, and
Chile has lost more than she can regain in
60 years of prosperity all for no good
reason except that the spirit of revolution is
in the Spanish blood, and, like murder,
"will out."
President Jose Manuel Balmaceda was
inaugurated on September 18, 18SG, for the
constitutional term ot five years, and conse
quently his time has nearly expired. Pre
vious to the election he had not figured
much in politics, but was a quiet, well-to-do
citizen of the wealthiest and most aristo
cratic capital of Spanish America. The
questionable "greatness" was not particu
larly ot his own seeking, but was in a
incisure "thrust upon him." His private
fortune has been completely wrecked in this
disastrous five vers, and ne w ill retire from
office a poor man, with lewer friends than
when he went into it. Chile boasts that
within htr patriotic borders there arc no
peculations in high places, and loves to
point to the case of a lornier President who
was immensely wealthy in private life, but
through some unfortunate speculation lost
all bis fortune while in office, and being too
honest to help himself from the public
funds as he might easily have done in a
hundred ways undetected gave up his
splendid casa and iiorses and carriages, and
at the close of the term retired to a cheap
little rented house in the suburbs, where he
still lives.
Spirited Ills Family Away.
President Balmaceda is not yet 40 years
old a tall, handsome, well-educated man,
who has traveled a good deal and speaks
some English, but not enough to carry on
en easy conversation. His family consists
ot a wi.e and several pretty chilnren, among
the latter being three nearly grown daugh
ters, who had already begun to pose as belles
belore their flight. It is sot known to a
certainty where they are gone; some say to
Europe and others assert with tqual confi
dence tnat they were sent over the mountains
to the Argentine Republic. At any rate
the President has succeeded in spiriting
them away to some place of greater security,
while he remains to face the storm, in
hourly danger of threatened assassination.
"What a sad parting that must have beeu
between the harassed father and his gentle
wife and dautrhtersl Mrs. Barmareda is
spoken of by all as the most womauly of
women, a devoted mother and model home
keeper. Ministers Kicked From the Club.
On January 4,as an expression of popular
eeutiment against Balmaceda, all the Cabi
net Ministers were expelled from the Union
Club, the most swell organization of its
kind in the city, by a yote of 9 to 1. On the
5th a decree was issued forbidding coaches
and street cars to piy after mid
night, an order which bas hich
lv incensed the society people, because
nothing begins here until nearly the time
of going homo in the North. Santiago is,
like Washington, a city of "magnificent
distance," and the bare-beaded belles will
be compelled to remain at home, or walk
many a mile in their satin slippers. Po
licemen, mounted aud on foot, patrol at all
hours, and no gatheriug of any kind is per
mitted on the streets. So vigorously is the
order enforced that if three or lour well
known citizens chance to- stop in a group
lor conversation, as is daily done in every
community, up steps a policeman and or
ders them to disperse. In view of existing
circumstances, these extraordinary precau
tions ui.iy be necessary; but are, neverthe
less, extremely irksome to well-disposed
people.
"Who has seen to-morrow?" is a favorite
Spanish proverb, particularly applicable at
the present time, lor any hour may bring
shot and shell and carnage into this proud
old capital. Fannib B. "Wabd.
A Fact of History,
Galveston Sews.3
The Colossus of Ehodes was the first great
public man who understood hit business.
A TOMB OF RICHES
The Gloomy Structure in Which Sec
retary Foster Sits the Master
of Many Millions.
BIGGEST BECEIPT IK THE WORLD.
Ike Yaults Are Insecure, bnt In Bplte of
That a Robbery of Uncle Sam Is
Ifext to Impossible.
HOW SIKETI MLLIOIiS ABE STOKED.
BtJemjUcn cf EigMetc TUuind Dcllut in Grtealieks
IhitBsdBottti.
fCOKBXSrosDEjrcx or tbe wsrXTCH.l
WAsnuroTOir, March 14. Secretary
Foster is now as much at home in the great
Treasury Department as though he had
been born there. His big office over
looking the Potomac is as quiet as a church,
and the business goes on as smoothly as the
oiled locks of the massive vaults which hold
the millions upon millions of gold and silver
coin in the vaults below. Secretary Foster's
room is the cheeriest one in this grand and
gloomy building.
The Treasury Department itself is like a
tomb. It would be a fine home for the Sui
cide Club, and there is no prison in the
world which is so depressing and penitentiary-like
as it is. Long and squatty, with
a massive roof, its walls are of gray granite
many feet thick, and into these at the base
ment.doors have been cut out, which seem to
lead into the cave-like structure, and over
which seem to be painted the words of
Dantr, "All hope abandon, ye who enter
herel" Such windows as there are,
are sad and bleary. They look like the
rtlieomy Eyes of Dying Giants.
and they are veiled with massive bars, which
aid in shutting ont the sunlight and in
making the gloomy exterior more prison
like than ever. The second story of this
massive tomb is lined with columns of dirty
sandstone, ann back of these other windows
look out more gray and more gloomy than
those below.
The interior of the building is as depres
sive as its exterior. You walk through
miles of corridors which have to be lighted
by electricity in order that you may find
your way. These corridors are narrow and
hundreds of doors open from them on either
side. They make you feel as though you
were in a vault, and as a door opens vou.un
consciously shudder at the thought of seeing
the coffins which you feel mnst be piled one
on top of anotberon the shelves within. It
is the same Irom basement to attic and it is
only the south rooms that have anything
like a cheery look. It is on the second
floor of these, that the Secretary's office is
located, and here in a room about 20 feet
square, Mr. Foster manages Uncle Sara's
cash. Have you ever thoucht what a
mighty job it is?
Has Killed Its Men.
"When Secretary Folger died in the at
tempt to keep track of it, did it strike you
that the care of millions preyed upon his
mind until death came to his release? When
Secretary Manning figured the interest ot
onr big Government debt and watched the
outgoing and incoming of million every
day, the responsibility of this mighty Treas-.
ury maobine ate the life out of him, and
when Secretary AVindom grappled with it
in his strength, it overthrew him. The fight
seems to.be different with Secretary Foster.
Business men are born, not made, and Fos
ter inherited the knack of managing men
and money.
How much money do you think the Gov
crnmenthason hand? Well, whenTreasurer
Huston came in to his office as United States
Treasurer, he gave a receipt for just what
he found here, and this receipt was the
largest ever given in the world. A fac
simile of it is framed and hung up in the
Treasurer's office and English visitors put
their hands to their heads in amazement
and feel to see if their eyes are really open
when they look at it. It is a receipt for
?771,432,329 4S.
Uncle Sam Deals In Bis Figures.
This is about the amount which is on
hand in this massive building to-day. It is
the balance which Secretary Foster has
under him and which remains just about so
much, notwithstanding the millions upon
millions which come and go. I looked at a
check yesterday for 567,000,000 which was
signed by the Treasurer and there are some
thing lite S300.000.000 of gold and silver in
the vaults of thii mighty department.
Can yon realize how much 567,000,000
means? 1 can't, but I know that General
Washington was almost wild about the debt
of this country when he took the Presi
denev and found that the Government owed
575,000,000. Still we give a check for
67,000,000 and the amount does not sur
prise us.
Leaving Secretary Foster's office, I went
with one of the guards out into the court
which lies in the center of this massive
Treasury Department, just over the great
vaults. The Treasury is built in the form
of two hollow squares and around this court
rose three-storv walls on all sides.
Bissest Silver Mine in the World.
It was roofed only by the skies. and it was
flagged with great blocks of stone as big as a
cente'r table. It covered, I judge, a quarter
ot an acre, and as I walked over it, I had
beneath me the biggest silver mine in the
world. In the vault below there were ?90,
000,000 of silver in boxes and bags, and
under my feet, separated only by a foot or
or two of stone, was gold by the millions.
Guarding it were the great fort-like walls
on every side and within the Treasury police
men who walk continuously to and" fro and
watch the great doors which lead down to
the entrances of these vaults.
Leaving the court I went down into these
big vaults. They are already packed to
bursting. The vast vault which was built a
few years ago has its chambers all filled, and
the aisles are being packed with silver bags.
Each of these bags contains CO pounds of
silver dollars, and they are stacked one on
top of another, for all the world like the bags
of a flour mill and like so much wheat. It
was the intention to store the whole $90,000,
000 in bags, but it was found that the roof
leaked and 45,000 small boxes were made.
Each contains $2,000 in silver, and they are
piled one on top of the other.
A Skirting of the Millions.
Where bags are used there is a continual
movement going on in the silver, aud the
displacement of a single bag would cause a
movement ot millions. I saw this big vault
built. It has thick walls of brick and
cement, and its foundation is of cement. It
covers more than a quarter of an acre and it
is 12 feet deep. In its interior there is a
cage of iron lattice work, the bars of which
are made of wrought iron, and which were
riveted together with red-hot rivets after the
lattice-work was put up. It took 100,000
rivets to fasten the iron work of this vault
together, and the lattice had to be very
strong, a the silver is very heavy.
The amount of silver now in the vault
weighs over 3,000 tons, aud vou could put
these 90,000,000 on one side' of the scales
and 35,000 men, weighing each 180 pounds,
on the other, and the silver wonld outweigh
them. It would take 175 freight cars to
carry this silver to the sea coast if America
should be conquered by England and this
Treasury vault looted. The silver dollars
in this vault would carpet an area of more
than 30 acres, and If they were piled one
upon another they would make a solid
column of silver more than 160 miles high.
The Treasury Vaults Insecure.
The question as to whether the Treasury
could be robbed has often been discussed,
and it h&i been a question which hai agi
tated the secret committee rooms of the
THE
House and Senate, during the present
session. There is no doubt that many ol the
vaults are far behind the times in their
safety appliances and there are hundreds of
cracksmen in the country who could open
them. This may not be so of .all the vaults,
but it is certainly so of a number of them.
Mr. Huston became' alarmed about their
condition sometime ago and he went to New
York, I am told, to get aconipetent man to
examine them. He visited the big banks,
the loan and sate deposit companies, and
they all recommended him to go to the same
man.
He brought this man to Washington and
he went through the Treasury vaults. After
he had examined them, he wrote out his re
port and then came to Mr. Huston and said:
I have prepared my report and vou can
have it now. The vaults in the Treasury
are not safe and before you read the report I
want to give you a practical demonstration
to this effect, I will take you into one of
the vaults and will leave my workmen on
the outside. The vaults may then be locked
and I am sure that my man cau open the
doors and let us out inside of an hour."
r radical Demonstration of Insecurity.
Mr. Huston and the man then went down
into the basement. They picked out a vault
that had 8,000,000 in it and this man's
workman, who was. an ordinary safe re
pairer, had his tools on the outside. The
doors were locked, but I think the time
Jock W3s left off. In 12 minutes from the
time at which the Treasury employes had
locked the doors with locks that were sup
posed to be secure this man had opened
tbem and let Treasurer Huston and the ex
pert out. He did it without the use of ex
plosives of any sort, and merely by driving
three wedges "in between the door and the
safe. In company with this man, Treasurer
Huston went to the Committees of Congress
and they promised to attend to the matter
at once. They did try to attend to it, but a
squabble came up between the Honse and
Senate and I understand that this vault is
in the same condition that it was before.
It would, however, be a very brave man
who would attempt to rob the Treasury. A
tunnel might be dug from somewhere near
the Potomac Biver under the Treasury
building, but the robbers would have to
drill through a floor of cement and chilled
steel and they would have to have a railroad
to carry away the silver in order to make it
pay.
The Dollars "Wonld Tumble.
After tbey had taken a few thousand dol
lars the bags aud boxes containing the re
mainder would tumble about uith such a
noise as to apprise the Treasury guards of
their action, and as these guards are on
hand day and night, it would be almost im
possible to get anything to speak of without
discovery. There might be a combination
with the guards, and a fortune .in green
backs or silver certificates taken; but these
arc all numbered and the thieves would be
sure to be identified. There are 60 guards
in the Treasurv Department, and these are
divided into different watches. They have
to salute each other from time to time, and
a whistle would bring an armv of guards to
anv part of the Treasury at any moment.
Not long ago the Treasurer attempted to
go down into the vaults to see whether the
men were on duty. He suddenly found a
barrel of cold steel at his head, and the
guard who held the other end of the revol
ver made him stand still and throw up his
hands. He said that he was the Treasurer,
of the United States, bnt the very polite
watchman with the revolver said that mieht
all be, but he did not know the Treasurer,
and he would have to wait until he called
one of the other guards to identify him. He
then gave a whistle. The other guards
rushed up and the Treasurer was released.
It is by no means a sate thing for even the
Treasurer to go around the vaults at mid
night.
Our Money In Greenback!.
It would seem to be an easy thing to get
away with some of the greenbacks of the
Treasury. Still with millions on hand and
with no apparent guards to speak of, Uncle
Sam seldom has a loss. It is almost incred
ible that year alter year these 51,000 and
52,000 clerks go on handling millions and
still there is no leaking and no stealing. I
visited the cash vault ot the Treasury the
other day, and I saw pile upon pile of green
backs ali practically in charge of one man,
and there were millions ot dollars repre
sented by them. I was shown half a dozen
small packages of bills which could have
been crowded into a cigar box, aud which
were worth S500.0C0.
In the story of Alladin is told how a
wicked old man made a fortune by changing
old lamps for new. The people are doing
this with Uncle Sam all the time. You can
get new greenbacks fur old ones at the
Treasury any day, and there are hundreds
of clerks who do nothing but count old
bills, do them up into packages, have them
punched with holes, showing they are not to
be used again, and then cut in two with a
rort of meat ax cleaver to render them per
fectly worthless.
What Uncle Sam Will Do.
If you have bills chewed up by rats, you
can bring the pieces here and you williget
new ones for them. If you hide your money
in your stove and making a fire without
thinking of it, the crisp remains of the bills
will be honored, and if vou bury it and it
rots, Uncle Sam will take the rotten pieces
that are left and hand you out new bills.
He has to be sure however that you had the
money in thb first place and curious Irauds
are often attempted.
The sweepings of the bank counter are
ground up and sent in as chewed money,
counterfeits are burned and attempted to be
passed as genuine, and last week a wad of
huried money was brought in said to belong
to an old German near St. Louis who had
huried it in a jug. He said it contained
5900 and was the price of nis corn crop.
Upon investigation it was found to contain
the pieces of nearly $1,800 and after looking
into the matter, the Treasurer decided that
the old man had buried two crops instead of
otie, and gave him a check for its full
amount. Fbakk G. Cabpenteb.
A SNOWBALL FOB REHT.
Curious Terms Upon Which Some English
Estates Are Held.
The tenant of a large farm atBroadhouse,
near Langsett, county ot York, England,
holds the right to the property as long as he
shall pay a yearly rental of "a snowball at
midsummer and a red rose at Christmas"
to the owner, Godfrey Bosville, Esq.
One ol the Dukes ot Scotland relinquishes
his rights to his lands if it should ever get
warm enough to melt the snow from the
highest peak ot the highest mountain in
Scotland.
A CTJEIOTJS WHITE TS.0Q.
The Albino Animal That Is Attracting
Attention in London,
rail .Mall BodKet.1
'lhere is at 166 Piccadilly a white frog, &
rara avis indeed, to "derange epitaphs"
somewhat. He was caught last September
in Wiltshire, and Mr. Ward exhibited him
to the learned gaze of the Zoological
Society the other day. Inclined to pink
rather than white, he li a fine specimen of
bis kind, and takes existence calmly in his
weed-strewn box, not at all disturbed by the
curious who throng to see him all day. His
large, black eyes are rimmed with flesh of a
dull golden color, and make him rather a
ghastly object than otherwise.
WmwWr
The Albino Frog.
PITTSBUEGr DISPATCH,
A HUNT FOR SPOOKS.
Howard Fielding Warns the flew In
vestigating Committee.
A CHAPTEK OP SAD EXPERIENCE.
Seance That Ended in a Toboggan Elide
Doirn a Flight of Stain.
BE0EEN BIBS AND EEY0LYER SHOTS
LWBiTTmf roB th DisPAica.i
It is reported that a number of distin
guished gentlemen and ladies have banned
themselves together for the purpose of inves
tigating the phenomena of spiritualism.
They propose to get up a series of tests
through which no fraudulent ghosts and
very few of the genuine can ever pass suc
cessfully. Let me hasten to say that it is not my pur
pose to criticise or ridicule these investigat
ors. Some of them live In Boston and are
thus above criticism, while others do not
live in Boston and are therefore objects of
pity rather than ridicule. Collectively, if
they have a iault, it is that they are too
good. The work requires somebody who is
en rapport with iniquity, as a Boston gen
tleman remarked in tendering me an invita
tion to a spook hunt in that city some years
ago. I did not understand French at that
time, so 1 simply thanked him, adding mod
estly that I had a good bringing up, and
hoped net to disappoint his expectations. I
now perceive that I should have struck him
with a club, but it is too late.
Organized by Honest Believers.
The hunt of which I have spoken was or
ganized by spiritualists. They were honest
believers who desired to expose iraua, as
the surest way of giving the truth a chance.
Mv intentions were as good as theirs, but I
lacked discretion. I shall tell the story ot the
hunt as a warning to the above-mentioned
committee net to push investigation reck
lessly.
Wo were to expose a man who was tempo
rarily named Morse. His wife materialized
spirits through the power of a deceased In
dian princess, who in life had been called
Bright Eyes. Her vision must have been
considerably dimmed in the mysterious
hereafter or she would have been able to see
through such a diaphanous fraud as Mrs.
Morse, and would have refrained from hav
ing anything to do with her. When Mrs.
Morse "passed into a trance she was controlled
so completely by Bright Eyes that she
could speak nothing but pure Choctaw.
Thus the ordinary auditor at one of her
seances learned little or nothing about the
eternal mysteries.
To Sainplo the Choctaw.
Our hunting party heard of this linguistio
difficulty, and so we pressed into our service
an ex-cowboy who conversed nucntiy in
Choctaw. He could also shoot the neck off
a two gallon demijohn at CO paces, and
afterward drink the entire contents, no mat
ter what it happened to be. He was an ac
complished gentleman.
We arranged the plan of campaign very
carefully. To each was assigned his share
of the work. Bill Adams, the cowboy, was
to test the quality of Bright Eyes' Choctaw,
lifter which he was to wait till the signal
of attack should be given by Harvey Blake.
This young man acted as a sort of guide
to our "psrty. He was a believer in
spiritualism, who had come to the Morse
seances in good faith, until their trickery
became too thin to deceive even so partial a
witness. The Morses thought that they had
a sure grip on him, and so he could easily
secure a front seat at the seance a favor not
shown to strangers. In his position of ad
vantage -he was to wait until a materialized
spirit was well within his reach, and then he
was to grab it, and yell. At his war hoop
Adams was to overpower Morse; I was to
assist in detaining the spooks; and others
were to turn up the lights and qnell any
outbreak on the part of Morse's heelers, of
whom there were a half dozen at every
meeting.
A Short-Holred Body Guard.
I noticed them when I first entered the
rooms on the evening selected for the ex
posure. They were short haired middle
weights who were engaged at CO cents a
head as a body guard. We were given a
brief opportunity of examining the room,
one corner of which was curtained off,
making the usual cabinet. When we took
our seats Blaka was in the front row with
Adams and me just behind him. I esti-
Blake Sees His Orandmother.
mated that of the 30 people present only
about a third had come with a real desire to
see and converse with the departed.
When the lights had been turned down a
thin and faded spinster began to play hymn
tunes on a consumptive cabinet organ in a
manner calculated to disturb the eternal
slumbers of their defunct composers, if
anything could. That they did not ma
terialize, and remove the organist, hardened
my unbelief as nothing else ever had. But
young Blake, who was a veiy nervons fel
low, found this waiting for ghosts in the
grizzly darkness very trying. He did not
know which to fear most, the appearance of
a genuine spook, or the rough-and-tumble
fight which was certain to follow a palpable
fraud. He trembled so that I could feel his
chair shake. Adams noticed It too, and
tried to quiet the young man's nerve.
Soothed by the Cowboy.
"Don't you be alarmed." he whispered.
"Just because that man Morse has a gun in
his hip pocket, ain't no reason why you
should expect to be cut off in the flower of
your youth."
Blake's teeth began to chatter audibly.
"I felt the gun," continued Adams,
"while you fellows were looking over the
room. 1 spent my time looking over Morse.
He is my meat and don't you forget it.
Cheer up my bloomin' shrub; I have a
shooting-iron in my boot-leg, and it's twice
as long as Morse's."
Blake gave a tremendous groan. By this
time Mrs. Morse had gone into a trance and
was jabbering in her aliened Choctaw.
Adams listened to it awhile and then-be
said: "I'm gambling that that don't come
from the Hapnv Hunting grounds. If any
poor Injin talks that lingo it must be be
cause his sufferin's overpower him. Wait
till I try the genuine article."
He spoke a few words in an Indian
dialect, and then added in United States,
"If. the ghost of old Chief Bed-Eye isn't
here in 30 seconds tbe whole thing is a
fake."
"Why so?" I inquired.
Why He Knew It Was a Fraud.
"I just remarked in Ked-Eyo's natire
tongue," said Adams, "that I knew where
there was a barrel of fire-water on tap. No,
no; he'd have been here before this. What
evidence do you want? Speak your little
piece, Blakey, my boy, and I'll open fire
right over your shoulder."
Blake fell upon his knees, and, reaching
out his hands toward a white-robed figure
whioh hid Just capered oat of the cabinet,
be called her hlsJear old grandaotnsr and
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asked if she bad come to protect him. At
this several women sobbed, bnt I was not
deeply affected. This same figure had been
out before. I recognized it as the bulky
form of a fut woman whom I had seen skip
ping down tbe basement stairs just before
the seance opened. But Blake said she was
his grandmother and an old fellow on the
other side of the room recognized .her as his
daughter who had died at the tender age of
11. I could not help feeling that this iden
tification was complicated and doubtful;
and I longed to make a sure thing of it by
dragging tbe specter to some portion of the
house where there was more light.
An Exposure by Fraud
It was evident that Blake was too badly
frightened to give tbe signal; I could bear
murmurs from various members of our
party; and I was anxious to get away
from Adams revolver before it should
go
off by accident. Moved by
Adams Shot Off His Revolver.
these considerations, I sprang over
Blake's kneeling form, and seized the
fat spook around the waist. She offered a
very material resistance, which became quite
uncontrollable when Adams shot off his re
volver into the ceiling and leaped upon
Morse. After that, I was no more of an en
cumbrance to the spook thanifmy arms had
been ber apron strings. She rushed out into
the hall, and I trailed behind like the "bob"
of a kite. She fled up the stairs with an
agility proportionate to her fright, and mar
velous considering her bulk. I accom
panied her up the stairsbecause I was afraid
to let go.
On tbe uppermost step she tripped, stag
gered a moment, and then, overbalanced by
my weight, she fell backward and slid the
whole length of tbe stairs on my unfortunate
body, as if it had been a toboggan. I bad
been told that spirits dematerialize at the
profane touch. This one didn't. She was
all there when we landed on the hall floor.
I was much nearer dematerialization myself,
being pressed out to a thinness which ap
proached transparency.
It's a Dangerous Proceeding.
All this I have been told, for I was
not in condition to observe it at the time.
I did not know when the spirit of
As if 1 Had Seen a Toboggan.
Blake's grandmother was lifted off my
ruins, nor did I suffer anything at the hos
pital where I was restored from a strip to
my usual cylindrical form. No; these trials
were over before I regained command of my
faculties; but what did pain me seriously
was the notification thtt Blake's grand
mother's ehost would Lharge me with as-"
sault and battery, and sue me for civil dam
ages. Considering that I had fractured five
ribs while she was practically uninjured, I
could not but regard this as unkind.
Therefore, I publish these tacts in order
that this new investigating committee may
know enough to stand from under when
spirits that have been too ponderously ma
terialized attempt to impose upon the hum
ble seeker for the truth. We should all
grieve if any member of the committee
should pursue tbe search for facts about the
other world to a point from which he could
not return with his report
HffWABD FlELDINO.
a plkd of mummies at thebeb.
Discoveries That Will Keep the Egyptolo
gists Busy for Awhile.
Illustrated News of the World.l
Egyptologists will be pleased to hear of
the discovery of a vault filled with mam
mies and funeral coffers at Dayr el Babree,
near the plain of Thebes. It was not far
from this spot that M. Maspero found the
royal mummies of the kings of the nine
teenth and twentieth dynasties in 1831. The
new excavation, from which already 200
mummy-cases have been taken, also seems
to have been a cachette or hiding pla:e
rather -than a tomb. At a depth ot about 30
feet a gallery diverges, and in it tbe mum
mies were packed, the entrance baying
been blocked with wool and cloth,
both of which are in good preserva
tion. Two other galleries have still
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The First Mummies Found.
to be explored: probably they are also qnitc
full. The removal of the case3 is under the
superintendence of M. Gribeaux, from the
Geesch Museum.. Eight or ten of the
fellaheen bear each of tbe heavy cases on
their shonlders, chanting the song which is
always beard when a number of men work
together, and after frequent intervals of
rest the procession arrives' at' the barge
which has been sent from Cairo. It will be
impossible to decipher the many rolls of
papyrus far some months; so far it has been
ascertained that the mummies are chiefly
those of priests and priestesses who lived in
the twenty-first dynasty, or about 1100 B. C.
A high priest of the god Amen, named
Hirhor, was the founder. This may, per
haps, aooount for the elaborate way the
mummies hart beea preserved.
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GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
flow a Clever Eeporter Got an Inter
view With Hannibal Hamlin,
A PICTURE FROM NEW ENGLAND.
J. Palmer O'Neill finds There Is Flentj
of Interest in Baseball
CEACKIKG JOKES OX TIFEWEITEES
rCOBBXSFOXDXXCX OJ" THX DtSrA.TCH.1
New Yoke, March 14. I have talked
with a large number of people during
the week, and select the following inter
views as most likely to be interesting to
Pittsburg people:
Breaking Up the Nervous System.
Edward Ryerson, commercial traveler I
have bad a good many queer experiences on
the road. Once in Michigan I was held cp for
all I was worth. Ij was right in a small town,
one with which I was very well acquainted and
where I was pretty well known. 1 bad been out
in the evening, and was coming home early,
when I was met in the middle of the sidewalk
by a stranger. I stepoed to the left and he
stepped to tbe left; then I stepped to the right
anil be stepped to the riaht. just as people, will.
you know, often without design and to mutual
embarrassment. In this case it had the effect
of embarrassing me only long enough for a sec
ond man to grab me from behind and trip me
np in a twinkling. Goth men were on top and
squeezed me so hard that I could hardly yell.
But yell I did right lustily three or lour times.
I could see from where 1 lay a woman sitting
at an open window just across the street, and a
little further up a man louncing on a
front door stoop. Although' I yelled
murder and thieves, neither tbe man nor
the oman made an effort to either release me
or come to my assistance. After I made three
or four yelps one of tbe fellows had mo by the
throat while the other was reaching for my
pockets. The man almost choked me to death,
but as my pocket was on tbe under side and
both of tDem sitting on me. they couldn't get
at tbe latter as easy as they could my throat.
This kept thorn a little longer than usual
fumbling at the job. When I got a chance I
gave another desperate yelp, and this caused
the man Who was sitting on the stoop to get up
and leisnrelr come my way.JAt the sight of him
the two ronbers deserted their prey ana fled in
the other direction. Now. don't you know, 1
havo never fully recovered from the nervous
prostration of that attack. I never go out auy
where at night witbou,t feeling that the air is
full of cnt-throats and highwaymen, and I have
a nervous suspicion of every man I meet in tbe
dark. Yet this was years ago. Ibaveafriend
who ha had a similar experience, and he tells
me that his nervoussystem has been thoroughly
broken down since that time. When he goes
home at night be carries a stone in each hand
and walks in the middle of the road.
New York Doesn't Decide Now.
Thomas H. Davis, theatrical manager This
season on tbe road has been remarkable,in that
tbe better class of plays have received more
encouragement than ever before. On the
other hand, all of the bum shows and cheap
spectacular and operatic companies have met
with disastrous results and have lost money or
gone to pieces. The time was when a success
ful rnn in New York decided the fate of a
piece. It is no longer tbe case. In fact, on tbe
contrary, a great number of pieces are brouzht
out without reference to New York, and they
rnn through successfnl and successive seanons"
without ever having been produced here. Yon
may think it curious, but it is a tact that there
are bat Bve cities in the Union where a play
can be run more than a week with reasonable
chances of success. These cities areNew York.
Boston, Philadelphia. Chicago and Sau Fran
cisco. The advantages of Boston as a
show town are in the fact that it lias
a large outlying popnlation that depends
unon Boston tor amusements. Tbe cities
of Cambridge, Lynn, Lowell, Salem, Haverhill
and Worcester have theater trains and so does
Providence, R. I. In Boston they get a higher
price for seats than in any other city except
New York. A eood play can be rnn in Boston
four or live months successfully when it
couldn't in Philadelphia two weeks. As to
prices, they are higher, as a rnle, in the East
than they are In the West. In Cincinnati and
St. Louis anything over SI for a seat is consid
ered robberv and the public won't stand it.
Most of tbe Chicago theaters are SI and under.
A Regular Joshna Whltcomb.
P. P. Pope, lawyer I was np in Vermont
daring the cold snap to tako some testimony.
The place wasa small town with little or no ac
commodations and those were frozen up as
tight as a drum. We had to break tbe water
in our pitcher with a warm poker before we
could wash. After Inquiry we ascertained tbe
residence of tbe master in chancery. He was
found with an old-fashioned yoke and water
pails, and outfit similar to that with which the
rnral Now Englander carries sap about in the
sugar camp. He was dressed in homespun and
was a regular Josh Whltcomb in general ap
pearance. After breakfast, an hour later, we
mot him in his office and was astonished at tbe
transformation which had take piaca in his at
tire. He wore a full suit of broadcloth of
antique cnt, an ola-fasbioued high collar with
sharp points we used to call "side-boards," and
one of those old black stocks that onr early an
cestors used to wear around their necks with
three or four turns. He was as genial an old
man in his personal manners as I ever met. In
tbe evening when we cot through he Invited
us to his house and we drank cider, played
cards and were royally entertained in a 'New
England way. He felt pretty good, having
made 53 or 54 out of a hard day's work.
Awful Suffering in Italy.
Charles Moss, brother of Theodore Moss I
received a letter the other day from my sister
who is in Florence, Italy. She gives in detail
the most distressing situation of that people
during the past winter. They have been
visited by exceedingly cold weather and snow
has fallen from 18 inches to 2 feet deep. Flor
ence depends for its very existence upon the
hundreds and thousands of visitors who flock
there during the season. This unprecedented
winter bas had tho effect to almost completely
shut ont foreign travelers, and In consequence
of this the small shopkeepers, who abound in
the beautiful city, have been ruined and all
classes of people who depend immediately upon
foreign visitors are in great distress. This can
not be put into words, she says. It is abso
lutely depressing to think of it. Cold weather
and deep snows are comparatively unknown to
the people of Southern Italy and snen a visita
tion, therefore. Is a great deal more severe
than it wmild ha nnnsidprtd bv na nfnrtliavn
New York. When it Is remembered that these '
same shopkeepers live on very small Incomes
and those incomes are gathered from day to
aay from foreign visitors, you can imagine the
miserable condition in which they now are.
The Tariff and Electric Progress.
Arthur T. Welles, Western Electric Company
We manufacture in this country about every
thing that now enters into the various branches
of tbe electrical service. The .only important
thing that is imported is manganese, and tbar,
you know, mnst necessarily be imported. It
enters into the formation of tbe magnet. We
would manufacture more if it were not for the
burtlul discrimination of the tariff duties.
Necessarily in tho electrical business we nse a
great deal of copper, and thl copper conld be
purchased 2 or 3 cents a pound cheaper laid
down abroad than it can be bought here. Mind
you. this copper is Lake Superior ore. In con
sequence ot this we have two large factories
abroad at Antwerp and Berlin, and are build
ing a third one in Paris. In addition to the
effects ot the tariff, the South American mar
ket is mor easily reachod from Antwerp than
from New York. However, but for tho differ
ence in copper ore we would have probably
built another factory in America instead of the
one now being fitted ont In Paris. There ere
now employed between our New York and Chi
cago bouses about 1,400 men. while in Berlin
and Antwerp we run about 1,000.
A Novel Attempt at Smuggling.
A Custom House Official When an Ameri
can dies abroad, you know, the clothes of the
deceased can come in free of duty. Tbi3 fact
has developed a curious attempt at smuggling.
A short time azo a man declared six .dresses,
worth about SoOO, as tbe property of his de
ceased sifter, an American. He represented
that sbe died abroad and ber clothing m be
Ids returned to her family. To aid this decep
tion the dresses were made up witb.solled ruch
ings in the neck and sleeves and soiled whale
bones being placed in the seams of tbe waists.
But the dresses tbemSelves, when submitted to
an expert, were found to be constructed In the
latest fashion, and that tbe old and soiled ma
terials could bo easily changed without damage
to the rest of the garments. The expert also
found that instead of being worth $300 they
were worth at least IL800- They are now is
tbe custody of tbe United States Government
and will probably be sold (for the benefit of
Uncle bam.
Cold Weather aad Patent leather.
H. J. HolbrookfcieH!aealer la floe shoes
Bovere cold.tsaew, dangerous to patent
leather than rtC''elM. Gentlemen may
wonder why patestQlMtBtf shots worn in the
winter tiiu swokM Mrtf.Mt it U not ex-
posnre to the outdoor air or wet necessarily.
We take the greatest precautions to protect
onr line patent leathers from the cold. The
foreman of the leather room see to it that all
patent and fine leathers are covered np with
blankets every evenipg in winter time, and
thus covered until the warmth of the next day.
If we ship fine patent leather shoes in tbe win
ter time. It is at considerable risk of tbe ex
Jiosure to cold. Before delivery they might be
n a condition which would causa tbe barer to
think that tbey were an Inferior article and
throw them back on-our hands. We have had
numerous such cases.
How He Thawed Hannibal Hamlin.
A Syndicate Reporter I have been in the
newspaper business a long time, bnt a recent
experience discounts anything in tbe inter
viewing line I ever had. I was requested to
see Hon. Hannibal Hamlin and get ont of him
some genial talk. I knew Hamlfn very well,
and tberofore knew that it was one ot his char
acteristics that he, never talked to newspaper
men upon anything. Notwithstanding tbe
chances against me, however. I resolved to
make the effort. I laid around the Fifth Ave
nue Hotel all night and found that Hamlin
was to leave Boston early next morning by a
certain train. I jumped the train here and
took one that met him at Hartford. I had no
difficulty In finding him in the smoking com
partment of the vestibulo train coming
back. I hadn't addressed three words
to him before he asked me point blank
if I was a newspaper man. Of course I told
him I was, when be said very sharply and in
sultingly: "I don't wan't to say anything to
you. Inovertalkto newspapermen. 1 won't
say a word. I have cbmein here to smoke a
cigar by myself and I don't want to be bothered
witli yon." The old man was fairly ragintr. He
was so mad that be struck a match to light his
clear on the bottom of another fellow's sboe.
tbinkinglt was disown, and had to apologize. In
the meantime I got on my dignity and informed
Mr. Hamlin that I had just as good a right to
smoke my cigar in the compartment as he had,
and whether lie talked ur not was a matter of
supremo indifference tome. That matter ap
parently settled we smoked in silence for a
short time and then the monotony was broken
with a remark of mine abnnt something out
side the car window. He returned immediately
to tbe old subject and began to abuse newspaper
men in general and the one wbo attempted to
interview him in particular. I know tbe old
man's weak point, and mentioned tbe fact that
dnrmg the term of his Vice Presidency of the
United States, Ben Butler had been asked by
Mr. Lincoln to return from the Held and go on
the ticket with him as candidate for Vice
President on tbe ground that Hamlin's temper
was so bad. and that be was so far removed in
his personal relations from other leaders of tbe
party that his renomination was an impossibil
ity. I said:- "Senator, X know now that tbeir
judgment of you was correct. If it were not
for your irascible temper and contemptuous
indifference toward the feelings of other peo
ple, you would have been renominated on the
tit ket with Mr. Lincoln."
This brought the old man out strong, and he
talked to me about au hour straight along.
When he got to New York about 20 reporters
send their cards up, but the old mansaid: "I
never talk to newspaper men. They tried to
Interview me on the train, but they didn't do
it." In tbe meantime a lovely article of two or
three columns was In a dozen different offices.
Color Blindness and Street Cars.
A Boulevard Car Drirer You know these cars
burn lights at night to correspond with their
colors in the daytime for the guidance of the
people who cannot see tbe color or read the
lettering. Notwithstanding this effort to dis
tinguish one line of cars from another, wo are
bothered every Ave minutes in tbe day with
people who stop the car, ask whether this is
snch and such a car, or stop a car, get on, and
then ask and stop it again to get off, having
ridden a block' or two perhaps ont of tbeir
way. I have been making something of a study
of these people, and And that tbe larger num
ber of tbem are really color clind, and do not
make these errors out of stupidity. Tbey can
tell, nerbaps, black from white, but when it
comes to the different shades necessarily em
ployed by a great many railroad lines in this
city, tbey are hopelessly confused.
Selling Peacocks on the Street.
A Street Fakir Selling Peacocks These
birds come from Obio. What are they wortbf
I'll sell them to you for $25 a pair. Mypard
there bas tbe female and tbis is tbe male, a
lovely specimen, as yon see. Why do we bring
tbem along Broadway? Because the swells
and yonr fine ladies would not see tbem any
where else. We work Broadway from Four
teenth to Thirtieth streets. The trouble Is we
draw such crowds that the police won't let us
stand long in one place at a time. It blocks np
the sidewalk, you see. We have sold qmte a
number of birds during tbe past month.
ProfltT Now you don't -want me to give away
my bnsiness, do yonr Yes; sometimes I sell
dogs. I sold fancy dotrs in London and in
Paris. Tbere ain't no placo like America for
one of us. Dead loads of pups are sold on tbe
streets here every year. People whowon'tgo to
dog fanciers are often struck with the dog
mania when they are confronted with tbe live
article on & street corner, coat's wnere we
catch 'em on dogs. That's where I've been
catching 'em on peacocks. Novelty, my boy,
novelty, seeT We are going to run elephant
next.
The Democratic Hustler of Michigan.
John J. Enrigbt, man-about-town I Jiave
just returned from an extended tour in Eng
land. Ireland and Scotland, in company with
Hon. Daniel J. Campan, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Committee of Michigan. We
covered more miles in a day in a jaunting car
than bas ever been done by any American
travelers. We had so much run that Mr.
Caronan resigned his chairmanship of the State
Committee in a letter from Berlin. He is an
elegant gentleman, and is the first chairman
wbo ever showed any jndgment in tbe manage
ment of State politics In Michigan. The re
sult of bis management is sufficiently shown in
the election of a Democratic Legislature in a
State that was formerly 00,000 Republican ma
jority. He could get anything he wished in
tbe way .of public office from his party In
Michigan in recognition of his services.
J. Palmer O'Neill on Baseball.
J. Palmer O'Neill, baseball manager All of
this row that has been kicked np by the Asso
ciation Is lor tbe purpose, primarily, of adver
tisine themselves. There is no snch thing as
legitimate contest between the Association and
the League. We are going right ahead this
season as though they nerer existed. Tbey
havo recently forced us to meet tbem in the
courts by tbe persecution of one of our men in
St. Louis. We have accepted their invitation
and will give them all the advertisine; of that
kind they want. No, I don't think that base
ball is on tbe decline. It is. however, in a tem
porary state of demoralization as between a
good many high-priced players and would-be
managers of these players. The public taste
for games remains about the same. In fact.
I should say that It bas stead
ily increased with recent years.
Tbe?gpnblic' demands a higher class
of play than ever it did before, and this fact
creates an nnnsual cdmpetitlou among pro
fessional baseball people. That is about what
all this trouble between the clubs means.
There Is no surer indication bf tbe growth of
public taste for baseball than ibis struggle
among managers for the best players and tbe
best organizations. There Is not a place of any
size in tbe Union bnt whose inhabitants have
seen the best class of games. Tbey will have
nothing meaner or cheaper in tbe future, and
If any organization attempts it it wilt fail, and
It ought to fail. I think after all is said and
done the season upon which we will enter will
be a prosperous one financially, and from a
professional point of view a credit both to the
public and those who cater for it.
Gratuitous Abuse of Typewriters.
A Lady Stenographer I am almost ashamed
to tell people I belong to this profession, there
bas been so much said and written a nont the
"fair typewriters." Tbe comic papers make
pictures of them, and in tbe newspapers nearly
every day there appears some squib reflecting
on women who get their living as stenograph
ers and typewriters. From my experience, and
I have bad considerable, most of this is mere
tnfth. Men wbo hire stenographers usually
have plenty for tbem to do, and I bave never
seen a man yetwbo brouebt any woman non
sense in conflict with his business. I know
quite a number of girls wbo are doing this
work, and tbeir experience is just like mine. 1
once lost a good, job Because tbe wife of the
man wbo wanted a stenographer bad made
him promise he would not employ a lady. Sbe
bad been readme: all this rot in the newspapers
and bad generally come to the conclusion that
we formed a dangerons class. A woman with a
husband like that ought to chain him np so sbe
will know where be Is. Men In active business
life, as a rule, subordinate everything else to
tbeir business.' Any disposition of a lemale em
ploye to encourage flirtation on tbe part of him
self or bisjderE vox even his office buy. would
meet wttt) a pretty prompt dismissal. On tbe
other handTa woman wbo works bard and earns
whatever salary sbe cets is usually too inde
pendent to tolerate any familiarity oiktlie part
ot tbote with whom Sbe Is thrown in bnsiness
Contact. CHARLES T. MCRRAT.
A gKBTKMCB FOB TEACHEBS.
SjTTKtiilr.g Kstuai Editor Dpclsres They
Cannot Fathom.
A Kansas editor offers the following
sentence for school teachers to dissect, and
Is willing to bet that some of tbem will find!
nothing wrong with It: A widow woman
who was always noted fortrnth and veracity,
and wbo hsd recently celebrated her centen
nial anniversary, died of pneumonia fever
Friday evening at 9 o'clock'p. 31., and ber
funeral obsequies wera numerously attended
by many people."
BABY M'KEE'S STABS.
Solar Biology of the Youngster Whf
Delights Bis Grandpa.
THE SAME SIGN AS WASHIHGT05.
He Stands an Excellent Chance of Becoming
President Some Day.
CERTAIN TO BE EEAS05ABLI HAPf I
IWHITTJCir TO THX DtSTJlTCa.3
Benjamin Harrison McKee, born March
15, 1887; zoadical sign, Pisces; moon in
Sagitarius, Uranus in Aries, Saturn in -
Capricorn, Jupiter in Aries, Mars in 'Libra,
Venus in Scorpio, Mercury in Pisces.
Such in outline is Baby McKee's biologic,
a la solar biology.
Time was when every scion of a royal race
bad his or her horoscope cast at date of birth.
Dip within the sky-blue covers of Bntler's
book. Therein is a system of prognostica
tions based on ddteof birth, amply sufficient
for most human needs and destinies.
Self-knowledge is the sum thereof, and
self-knowledge means forewarned, fore
armed. Nor is it so difficult to at least
classify this self of onrs, for after all, tbere
are, says the Boston philosopher, only 13
manner of people in the world. Humanity,
en bloc, is divided into 12 great divisions
decided as to spiritual and mental charac
teristics by date of birth. And these 13
grand divisions and their characteristics are
based in turn on the determining influence
of the signs of tbe zodiac for tbe zodiao
rules; each sign thereof fixes the destiny and
determines the governing physical and men
tal qualities of its own particular division,
ergo, ol" every particular individnal bora
therein.
Plenty of Boom for Individuality.
Individuality itself is at the same time
allowed widest possible scope. The influ
ence ot every sign is modified (1) by the po
sition ol the moon, and (2) by that of each
of the planets, both moon and planets hav
ing a specific and polarizing effect of their
own. The zoadical dominant is thus modi
lied in an almost infinite variety of ways,
and humanity, albeit divided as a whole
into only 12 granddivisions yet exhibits the
widest differentiation as to personality no
two persons ever being exactly alike.
Solar biology employs yet another thesis
in the formulation of its system. As every
one familiar with almanacs is aware, the
zoadical signs are symbolized under the
form of a man yclypt the grand solar man
of our universe. Each sign has its own par
ticular position and governs its own par
ticular function in this macrocosmio type
of humanity. Thus Aries has place in and
control of the face and cerebrum; Taurus, of
the cerebellum and neck; Gemini, of the
shoulders and arms; Cancer, of tbe breast;
Leo, of the heart, etc.
One familiar with the principles of physi
ology and sarcognomy (the interelation of
mind and body), will readily understand
the physical and mental influence of each
sign earthward from their position in this
symbolical body.
In tho Same Boat TVIth "Washington.
Our immediate concern is with Baby Mc
Kee. Born between the dates of February
19 and March 21, Baby McKee therefore
made bis first appearance in tbis yale ot
tears when the earth was in the sign Pisces
or the Fish. So also was it when the Father
of his Country, George Washington, made en
trance upon the world's stage of life. Baby
McKee, therefore, in common with all other
Americans, big or little, born in tbe same sign,
is in good and illustrious company.
But apart from this particular fact, which
may or may not have political significance, cal
culated to encouraze the ambitions. Pisces is a
very good sign .to be born in. Placed in the
feet of the Grand Solar llan. It represents
more particularly tbe hnman understanding
L e those principles ot tbe mind and life
which subserve as a base lor tbe whole. Speak
ing corporeally, without. the f eet we could not
stand; and metaphysically, without the princi
ples or qualities externalized in Pisces, we
could not materially exist at all. The practi
cal, the mechanical, the, scientific knowledge
,of all kinds aforethougnt of ibe futnre, in
nate appreciation of the' value of money all
these aud more belong by right to thoe born in
Pisces. Valuable as tbe qualities mentioned
are, they are apt, however, unless modified, to
make a person restless, unduly careful,
anxions about the future and close
in money matters. Tbey are also inclined to be
somewhat stubborn and dogmatic; hare strong
wills aud tenacity of purpose, and yet when it
comes to tbe decisive action, are apt to lack
seii-conuuence ana can Deal ionow a leader.
They make excellent accountants andbnslners
men of all kiids. and being generally upright
and Justin tbeir dealings, are able to fill posi
tions of trnst and responsibility.
What the Moon Says of It
It Is doe to children born in this sign, sayt
our author, to have a particularly good educa
tion, with a view toward ascertaining by gen
eral self-development, their proper vocation in
life; a wrong start In the world would to tbem
prove especially disastrous. Tbe diseases to
wbicb Pisces men and women are subject
are varied, but affect more especially the
head and feet. Bnt here the moon comes
In with a strong, polarizing influence, predis
posing one to weakness of tbe digestive organs
and lungs. This polarity also increases tbe
natural combativeoess and restlessness of tbe
sign Pisces. It also gives positive inclination
for public service and public speaking.
Taking now the planets In their given order,
Uranus, whose particular function Is of tbe
metaphysical and spiritual order, being then
(March 15. 1SS7), in the sign Aries, gives added
mental vigor, love for the spiritual and a desire
to penetrate into the world of causes. Saturn
is in the sign Capricorn and gives adaptation to
botb scientific and religious professions but
acting jointly with tbe Pisces element
gives a leaning toward tbe mercantile life,
with chances largely in favor of success.
Jnpiter, also, is found at that time in Aries,
and Its influence, unless counterbalanced,
tends to over-weaning feelings of mental pride
and self-importance, which may lead Into
recklessness and extravagance. Mars ex
presses more particularly the principles of
parental love aud physical life. Baby McKee's
birth finds tbis planet in tbe signLibr (the
reins), where it lend its influence to the ma
terialistic side of human nature, giving in
creased abilities for succeeding n life, and
strong family affections. Coupled with Pisces.
Mars wonld seem to .counteract tbe feeling, of
distrust and discouragement natural to the
former. Unchecked, however, It inclines to
selfishness and animalism.
tVHI Make n Good Lover.
Venus, "embodies the elements of beauty,
faithfulness and pure conjngal love." lbs
date finds ber in Scorpio, where its functions
become altogether inverted, and a source of
danger, mental, moral and physical. Tbe
Pisces influence wonld, however, serve to
counterbalance its tendencies, when rightly di
rected. Mercury is Baby McKee's own "home"
plahot, being then In bis own particular sign
Pisces. "This (conjunction) gives great love of
actirity and inclination to be on tbe feet.
Children as soon as tbey can walk are apt to
rnn away. Tbey are apt to have large feet
and tbe love of travel ii increased."
So much for tbe round of planetary Influence
dominant at that particular date. Patting It
altogether. Baby McKee's biologle is on the
whole a favorable one. Granted the necessary
development and training. Baby McKee will '
probably be either of four things: A great
student and traveler: a public .official with
more than the average free American'
chances ot being President himself someday;
a professional man or business man, with
cbanees in favor of success. "With
his pockets sufficiently full of shekels.
Baby McKee will probably be a
reasonably happy man. If even jnod
erately poor, howerer. he will as probably be
an over anxious and careworn individnal with
a wrinkle or two over his noso and between his
eyes. But rich or poor, tbe Pisces baby will
most likely grow np to be a good and reliable
citizen, beioc naturally endowed with all the
civil aud moral virtues necessary thereto plus
a conple of large understandings clad In No. 9
boots. Mabk. F. Gkiswold.
TO BE EHGLISH, Y01I ZROVT,
Ton Mnst Study the Latest Fashion In Hand
shaking. -
"The latest way of shaking hands," said a
howling swsll to a writer in the New York
Sun, "is purely English in origin. The arm ' '
is bent at the elbow, bnt the wrist is rigid'
and the hand is turned inward, nearly
touching the chest. The fingers are kept
itiffand olose together, and the pressure is
very slight. The hands hardly meet before)
they separate, and it is very vulgar to shake
bands for more than a few seconds at the
most.
"It requires practice to do - this in para
form, and I had to study my motions in a
mirror for more than an hour before I eonld". -accomplish
it. Now, bowever.Iam perfeat., . .