THE SOKANTON T1UBUJNJ!-TUESDAY, JANUARY 37, 1890.
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SOCIETY AS FOUND
IN FAIR HAVANA
CUSTOMS WHICH AHE DIFFER
ENT FROM OUR OWN.
The Two Loatlcis of Havana Socioty.
Education and Courtship of a Cuban
Girl Life of ft Cuban Oontloman.
1 Social Diversions.
From Town Topics.
Since the 1 evolution broke out In
Culm, Hume tluec .veins ngo, society In
Havana has pinctlcallv been dead.
Kvcrjone, In the Hist t)lacc. Im poor.
Then the young men who set the tono
of Havana society, with few excep
tions, Jolncil the revolutionary tanks.
Theie exists In this country an idea,
fostered by the eorioponilcnts of pome
of the dailv paper h anil writers of
magazine articles, that the Cuban
army was almost entirely composed
of the rap tap nnd bobtail of the
Inland. This In altogether erroneous.
There were no doubt a number of
very desperate c haratrturs In that
army men who used their machetes
to hack the Spaniards to pieces with
the hope of pet tonal en In and to sat
isfy their tate for blood spilling. Hut
the greater numler was composed of
mien tilled with patriotism, who woie
leady to sacrifice their all In order to
free th" country of their birth. And
the young fellows who deserted the
clubs and salons of Havana for the
sake of "Cuba Libre" weie among
these. Many hae fallen. Those that
survive will never Vo satisfied to re
main under foreign rule. Thev are a
proud lot and biave. Most of them
have been educated nbioad. Their
Ideas liave been enlarged by contact
with Anglo-Saxon Institutions, and
govern themselves thev will.
Prelous to the breaking: up of
Havana society It was divided Into
two sots the Spanish and the Cuban.
The late Count de hi Mortem led the
foiniei the Countess de Fernandlna
held swaj over the lattet Count de
la Morieru, whoe fortune at the time
of his death 1 cached into the millions,
nnlved In Cuba from Spain about
twenty yeais ago. He wai penniless,
his sole possessions, besides what he
carried n his back, being contained
In aMnrge handkerchief Hut he was
u hard worker, and with the aid of
some fat army (ontiacts. developed
Into a mlllionalie The Countess de
Feuiandlna had been a leader In Hav
ana society loin; befote de la Moitera
appealed on the uceno She Is u wo
man of about llfty-the, whose early
man led life was spent In Paris during
tht brjlllant elnjs of the Second cm
plie Her husband was enormously
wealthy. The magnificent enteitain
ments she gave In hei house on the
Champs Kljsees were the talk of tout
I'm Is She was a gieat favoilto at
the Tulleiles a,i C'omplegne. and Na
poleon HI and Cugcnie weie often her
guests
The ten eais' wai. which bloke out
In 1SCS, gientlv ltducod the fortune of
Count de reinandlnn. He teturned to
Havana Since then he has lived in
his fjiilnta. in the Caliuda del Cerio,
wheir the Fernandirra gave the hug
est balls that Havana has known
since the Onjs when Miguel de Aldama
eutei tallied society In his magnlllcent
palace on the Campo Mum-. The po
sitions of the Countess and of her
daughter. Joxetltut and Helena, as
leaders of Cuban society hae never
been disputed. .loseflna Is a woman
uf remarkable heaulj. Koni jeais ago
she mairled Cailo I'ulldo, a multl
mlllionalie Contiai. to the average
Cuban tvpe she Is a piououiueU
blonde, with large blue eyes. She Ins
faultless featuies. She spent over tlf
teen jear.s in Paris, and has all the
style and biilllum of a well-bred Pa
llslan. Her Msler, Helena, isi lepoited
vo be engaged to Manuel I'ulldo. It
was at the qulrrta of the Countess tie
I'Ytnundliia that the Infnnta Hulnlia
was enteitalned when she (sited Hav
ana The titled families In Havana
i lubbed together and gave in honor of
Hulalla n magnilkent ball, the opening
tlguie of which the Intanta danced
with Count de Fetnandlua.
The lot of a Cuban gill Is not alto
gether a happv one. She is njt allowed
to Ieain the full significance of the
woid fieedom. She Is constantly being
watched. Her early lite, that Is up to
the ago of sKteen is spent in a con
vent. Then she Is allowed to "come
out" in society, but her daily life con
tinues to be monotonous She rises
early in the morning, and accompanied
by her duenna 01 a married sister, goes
to mas. She then letuins home t till t
ly guurded, and occasionally in the af
ternoon vlflts fi lends. In the evening
die Is allowed to go to th opera .in J
to dances, but is never permitted to
trance moie than once with the same
man When she comes of age that Js,
eighteen she Is allowed to lecelve pio
tendlentes. but is ntver left alone with
any of them
The aveiage Cuban git I is pietty.
The tjpe is that of a pi on .mm ed biu
nette. with daik complexion, large
black eyes and magnificent long black
halt Hut many Cubans glils met! to
Uiln their beauty bv coveilng their
luces, with a wash known as cascarllla.
It gavo them a ghastly appeaianec.
Trail lips were smeaicd with rouge:
theli eyebrows and evelash.es touched
up. Of late ers, however, this fixing;
up of faces has i other fallen Into dls
tt pule.
The manner In which a Cuban girl
Is courted Is one of the most interest
ing features of Havana society. The
first steps In a love affair are carried
on secretly despite the duenna. iie
minute a, couple havu come to nn un
derstanding their conduct betiays
them. It Is not considered ptoper for
i girl and a man who are. engaged to
dance, or even to enter a dining-room,
tvlth any one but each other. Thesis
ure the first signs of an engagement.
Then the father of the young man
formally demands the girl for his son.
IJdforo such a steo is taken, however,
t Is generally understood that both
'amllles are willing that the alliance
hall take placo. After the girl has
boon formally pedlda her society days
are at an end. Sho no longer attends
social functions, but remains at home,
where every evening she receives her
future husband. Hngagenrents are as
t rule very long Weddings Invarlubly
occur ut night Once married, young
rouples seldom go to dances or din
ners. Hut on the other hand, a jilted
Blrl Is almost an unknown thing In
Havana, Consuelo do Sanchez Mar,
tnol, ono of Havana"s most famous
beauties, committed suicide about four
rears ago because eho was Jilted.
An Impression has been created In
Mils country by writers of fertile Im
iglnatlon nnd with very smalt exper
ience thut the women of Havana soci
ety smoke clgaiettcs, walk the streeto
with mantilla covering their heads
and attend the tegulur Sunday bull
light. This Is not tine. The women do
not attend bull fights nnd do not wear
mantillas. They do not omoke cigar
ettes and ate not serenaded at night
by their loveis.
The life of a Cuban gentleman Is one
of ease, lie rises generally nt 10
o'clock, takes bieakfnst and reaches
his olIUo nbotit one. Hln work Is fin
ished bv thtee, when he iclurns home.
A siesta follows, after which he pre
pares for dinner and the opera or
dance, as the case may be.
Cubans, male an well as female, ne
er walk If they can help It. which ac
counts for their ungraceful beating
when they are compelled to do so.
Very few glils In Havana lido, Miss
Mendosa Is ono of the exceptions. The
men, as a rule, ride single-fooler e. The
hot sos nio mostly Ameilcan, the otu
llagcs and liveries Parisian.
Ah It was In New York a half a cen
tury ago, so It is In Havana today,
some of the lire companies aro com
posed of the elite of the cllj. Uulz, who
wns ono of the most popultr men In
Havana, and who was shot by the Cu
bans for attempting to get Mime of
their leaders to accept autonomy, was
captain of a fire company. A few
years ago, a fire broke out In r. hard
ware stole In Meicedares stieet A
terrible explosion took place. About
twenty of the "smartest "Cubans weie
killed, and all Havana was thrown in
to mourning.
Justice In Havana does not deal
harshlv with the "gentleman." He Is
allowed with Impunity to do things
thnt would surely land a poor man In
jail. Such trifles as a drunken brawl
or the smashing and wtecklng of a cife
by a "gentleman" occur nightly, but
the cases never leach the police court.
Murder Itself has often been commit
ted by men with largo Incomes, nnd,
barring the publications of the facts in
the papers, no further attention has
been paid to the matter. Three years
ago Carlos Mendletta, the son of one of
Cuba's wealthiest planters.murJered an
unfortunate dry goods cleik In cold
blood. Thev Cuban was nt the time
walklngwlth hlsslsternctoss the square
In front of the Hotel Ingleterra. They
were on their way home from r. small
dance. The clerk, who had been
drinking, wns standing at the coiner
with several of his friends. As Don
Patios and his sister passed, the cleik
who was a Spaniard, made nn insolent
teinaik about the girl. Carlos diew
his revolver and shot the man twice
in the head. He fell to the ground a
coipse. Carlos calmly reloaded his re
lolver.antl asked the ftlendsof the dead
man if they had ull that they wanted.
Th'-v were too frightened to leply.
Taking the aim of his sister, Carlos
hunied across the square to his home.
About two hours later he was .irrested
and locked up. The following morn
ing the public was Infoimed, thtough
the press, of the muicUr, and at the
same time the statement was made that
Hon Carlos has escaped during the
night Irom the jail. The authorities.
It vas added, weie scutching high and
low for him That night Ca-los ap
peared at the opeia, wheie the veiy
chief of police, who lepoited to be
seatchlng for the man, was seer, hold
ing an animated conversion with
him. The nflalr never went any fur
ther. Shortly after the t evolution
broke out, and Catlos Mendletta went
to the front, wheie his great during
won him the lank of a colrnel. The
cletk was burled In Havana's "Potters
rield '
The open i.-i the te.Uuie ol the Ha
vana season. The boxes ate neaily all
owned b tin principal families, who
pin chase a them when the theater was
built and they have parsed fiom fath
er to "-on as a soit of hell loom The
eiitrinte to the Taeon theater Is cm
the I'rado A huge strip of eat pm Is
stietched from the maible step to the
sidewalk-, and on cither side of this
cat pet the young men In oclet await
the airiia! ot their lrlemR Thi- cus
tom Is dangerous, for laielv does an
opera night pas tat a duel docs not
spring up ftom it. A look 01 a giant e
is sulllrlent fui an exchange of cards.
Cubans aie tieniendously jealous and
do not tolerate ,inv lllitatlon with
their lair inamoiatas.
Fencing Is one of the thief points in
a man's education in Havana. Young
men ami old upend tiom two to four
horns a day piactlclng with the foils,
they are masters of the uit. Duels in
Havana, unlike those in Fiance, sel
dom tesult without someone being ser
iously injured Many brides have been
won, so to peak, at the point of the
swonl. Two eais ago Havana was
eon Ilrrope. He tool; advantage of his
couttshlp of a certain master of arms.
His fame with the foils had t cached
evn Hurope. He took advantage of nls
skill to make love to one of the piet
tlest and rldiest gills In society. At
flist several men att mpted to compete
with him. In rapid sucesMon he chal
lenged and fought them, and In eleven
das laid low seven of his rivals, it
Is needlet-s to say that he won the
bride Such a thing ns a fist fight Is
not known among the bettei class In
Havana. A blow Is nevei sttuck. The
meie attempt at buch a thing sulllcts
for a challenge. One 0f the principal
fencing clas-sra Is held at the I'ninn
club, and thete the celebrated French
fenter, vvus defeated by seveial Havana
men. No attempt Is made to keep a
duel seciet The lrlends of the two
combatants attend them quite openly.
Four yeais ago Albeito Jon lug. a
splendid looking man of over sl feet,
and one of the gieatest swell In Ha
vana society, was run through by a
Spanish officer In the presence of 'J.000
persons. The duel took place behind
the Foitess Cabanas. Jorilng, whose
wife was the celebrated Havana beau
ty, MIs Hamlrez, had oidered a ban
quet to be piepared in lienor of his
victory; but he was carried oft the field
mortally wounded. In an ambulance
brought by the Spaniard, and died a
few houis later.
The acera del Louvre, In front of the
Hotel Inglaterra, Is the rendezvous for
a. i the Bwell luiers. These men spend
their time picking up quarrels. With
them duelling Is a pastime. So many
duels tire fought that Aguetln Cervan
tes, who is considered the champion
fencer of Havana, and who now has
twenty duels to his ciedit, every six
months publishes a -ook. In which each
duel, with the namca 01 the principals
and seconds, and the Issue of the fight,
is catefully chronicled. This custom
of duelling will be hard to do away
with and will give Atnerlcun officials
serious trouble
A Cubans fortune is calculated by
his yearly Income, which, according to
the price of sugar and tobacco, de
creases or Increases annually. The
wealthiest mnn that Havana has ever
known was Miguel de Aldama. Ho
built his palace, which is the largest
house In this city, at the cost of $400,
000. This did not Include the price of
labor, us Blaves wore then employed,
but was merely tho amount paid for
tho stout! and wood uaed. Tho decor
ations of the housu and the furnlturo
were nil Imported from I'm Is. Mr.
Aldamn wns one of tho most ardent ad
vocates of Cuba's liberty. At the out
break of the Ten Years' War, he was
foiced by the Spanish government to
leave Havana Immediately after IiIh
departure the Spanish volunteeis en
tered his palace and destroyed every
thing In It. Mr. Altlaina came to this
city and was made a delegate of tho
Cuban cause. He died In 18S7. Ono
of his daughtets, Mrs. del Monte, was
voiy well known In New York noddy
up to live j cars ago. Mr. Aldama'H
yeaily Income was estimated at about
J1.000.000. No such f oi tune exists to
day In Ilnvann. The richest man In
Cuba nt the ptesent time Is Mr. Tlrso
Mt. His fortune may possibly
reach JSIO.OOO a yeai.
The cost of social life In Havana Is
small compaied with what It is in
New York. With un Income of $Ji,000
a Cuban family can tiffoid to figure
piomlncnttv In society, and needs In
no way to be ashamed of ll enter
tainments. The rent of a house Is veiy
small The principal Items for those
who flguie In societ.v aie the women's
gowns. These are all tmpoitcd direct
ly from I'm Is The best dreesed wom
an In Havana nnd the one who may
be said to set the fashion Is Mrs. M. A.
Morales, the future Maiciulso de la
Heal 1'ioc lama t Ion. The men follow
the London fashions. The best drewed
man in Havana today Is llnmon Men
dosa, the son of a veiy wealthy lawyer
and plunter. During the late war lln
mon acted with the rank of captain an
one of Oenernl L,aw ton's aides. lta
mon Is also the recognized cotillion
leader of Havana He Is supposed to
bo one of the best "catches" In Cuban
society, but seems to piefer a bachu
lor'n life.
The opeia season In Havana lasts
for about six weeks During that rea
son the small dances given nt private
houses aie suspended, foi tho opeia Is
considered of far too great Importance
to bo Interfered with by minor affairs,
A gteat ball Is given every winter at
tho Carldad del Cerio, the recognized
Cuban club of the city, it has genet -ally
been a fancy diess ball the young
women wear monks nnd doiniuos till
two In the morning the matrons are
In fancy diess. but nelthei masked
not dominoed. Of equal Importance Is
the bachelms' ball, which is usunllv
given at the Tacon theatie. It holds
the same position In Havana society
that a ball of the "Howling Swells"
octuple" in New Yoik. The social sen
sou comes to an etui about the begin
ning of .May. Then society tleseits
Havana Manj families go to Plna
de Mariano, which is about fifteen
miles awuv, but the majority come to
New Yoik, whence thev sail for Kit
rope Some, Indeed, lemaln In this
countr and spend the hot season at
Suraloga. It.ti Harboi and Newport,
and lust Suminei a numbei of pioml
nent Cubans weie to be found In the
Atlliondaeks. Late in November or
eaily in December they leturn to Hav
ana and the social season opens.
La Playa tie Mariano 1 a seapoit
wheie the boating ami bathing aie
superior to anv piovlded by seaside
places in this lountiv Theie the Hav
ana Yacht dub has its headquai lets.
Seveial of the members own veiy flue
juchts, on boaul of which they make
dally trips to and from the city. Hn
teitalnments. such as gal den paitler
and small cotillions, aie given every
week at the club house. One of the
principal j at lit nvvneis, and at one
time :iesdent of the club. Is Albert
AVHI Curios Cat bound, who mauled
Miss i:. Clsneios. is also a piominent
member of the t lub
In Havana sot letv as in all s,)ciety
of Spanish oi Portuguese origin, tho
foimallty of inetKlng a name with
Mr. Mrs. or Mls N done awaj with.
A pel son is nv iIu'j1 addressed by
liN or iK.r fIst name. A young bach
elor dots not hesitate to call a matton
whom he has Just met b.v her Chris
tian name, noi dots she hesitate to
nridwsu him In like m.intii i Again a
married woman Is Invuilublv known by
her maiden name That maiden name,
followed b a small de which in its
turn is follow ed hj the husband's
nairie, is printed on her vMtinrf cnids.
Atter the death of the husband the
words "widow of" ate printed betoie
his name
Cuban cooking dlfteis fi.im anvthlng
known In New Yoik While the dishes
setved at banqtietn and dinners aie
exclusively Fiend, ones, the Cubans
have theli own peculiai cuisine. The
banana plais tin Imnoitant pait In
their meals it Is served both motnlng
and evening as u vegetable. A Cuban
would no moie think of sitting down
to a meal without his fried banana
than an American would think of
breakfasting without butler, liulter,
by the way. Is compaiatlveh an un
known article on the Cuban table, ow
ing to the climate It Is almost Impos
sible to pi event It fiom bet tuning ran
cid, and, as u consequence. It Is not
manufactuied on the Island, but Im
ported in tin cans f,m this tommy.
The meats aie similar to those used
here The sweets, however, aie char
acteristic. No snub tonftctlons un
known In tho Tnlted States or else
wheie. The cocoanut Is the principal
fruli used In the make-up of these
dishes, and Is served In all sorts of de
vices diiectly before the coffee that
figuies prominently ut everv Cuban
"-'' The Havantse.
SECRETS OF SNAKE CHARMING
Feats Which the Public Credits Aio
Only Tricks of the Trade.
From the No.v York Times
A few days ago there appealed In
one of the daily papers a wonderful
story of a snake which was charmed
by the strains of a jew-'s-harp The
stoiy was to tho effect that a country
man, meeting a danger oiw reptile In
the road, was hoirifleti to see the rep
tile ptepare to attack him. Being
an enthusiastic performer upon tho
Jew's-harp, ho immediately stiuck up
the tune "St. Pntrlck's Day in tho
Morning," which either paralyzed tho
seipcnt with nstonlshment oi ent a
series of entlmentul chills down Its
undulating vertebrae. At any rate, It
discarded all hostile intentions and
becamo motionless, when the eountiy
man mercilessly giound its head into
dust.
This is an example of the many
"snake stories vvlhch appear con
stantly befoio the eyes of ciedlous
humanity. It orlglnntes, like all of its
kind, from superstitious sources.
Snakes are utterly void of any sense
of appreciation of music They huvo
no ears, and, although tlu- may ill,
tlngulsli vibrations of heavy sounds
upon their dellcato scales, a voracious,
hungry serpent Is entirely Ignoront
of tho presence of a chirping bird,
providing It does not eo or scent Us
prey. The fumlllar exhibitions of the
Kast Indian fakirs, during which the
deadly cobra Is made to "daneo" to
tho music of a flute, huvo led many to
bclicvo that these creatines uru ox-
USED BY THE NOBILITY.
The Remedy That Makes People Well
Paine's Celery Compound.
fef r f
In every clvllbed countiv rich and
poor alike havu found lestotud health
and new vigor In Paine's celery t (im
pound. "Hard-woikliig people of oidinary
means uie to b (ongi ttuluted," s,lVs
an Hngllsh writer in rev lowing the si I
elltlfle work of the last quaiter ol a
tenuity, "upon having so easllj within
their leaih totlav a lemedv whltli the
wealthiest and most iiifli'cullut peiMins
must thi'insdves use, if the would get
the best that modem medltal skill ol
leis. Palm's tfleiy compound proves
that the sd.mi e ol mediilne bus kept
pace with the wondei fill piogiess whit h
chaiactili.es the life of the present
teneratlotr '
The astonishing n putntion that this
most wonderful of .ill tonicities has ac
quired Is principally due to the woid-of-mouth
utommeudatlon and en
dorsement f men and women ot th
highest business and s( al standing
as well as of those In humbler but no
less Impoit.uit positions vdio bav
themselves dlscoveied It s merit"-.
Adeline, i'ountss Sr hlmmelniann,
who'e poittalt Is line given. In a re
cent letlei to the Wells S- Uliliaidson
Coinpan.v speaks of tnends of heis w ho
have be "ii b-neflttd bv Palw-'s celn-y
t (impound, and who Hist advised her to
lecomtiK rid It to her s( K fi l nils.
The tounttss, as Is well known. N e
piomlneni nieiubi i of the Danish coutt
Hei coming lo this countiv has bei n
tienicly sensitive to the sound of mu
sic. Hut exhibitions of this h.uacfr
are onlv tthks piuitlcid bv the tlever
Hindu, and the eobia, Instead of being
In a quiestul, chuimed (ondltion, at
it waves Us bod to and Ho. Is reully
In a fit of Intense angei
Not lorn; ago a huge lobia was In
the possession of In. Joseph ('. Thomp
son, of Uosebank, S. I., an assistant
surgeon in the Frilled States navy.
This leptlle was pint based by Dr.
Thompson In South Africa. It was
then In the possession of some protes
slonal snake channel s. Alter It had
left theli hands It was made to go
thioiigb a llvelv peifoimaut e without
the accompaniment of the welid music
of the fakh.
The operation of making the (olu.i
tlnnte Is veiv simple The i entile has
the characteristic habit of elevating
the forwaid part of tile bod tiom the
gioun.l when annoyed, spieadlng Its
netk oi hood, and glaring lleteelv at
the objet t of its anger. When In this
position Its keen ees watch eageily
for a chance to deliver a tleadl blow,
observing eveiy movement of the ob
ject or person In fiont of it. if one
moves, no matter how siightlv. theie
Is a eoriespondlng nervous movement
on the pait of the snake, lleie the en
tire seciet of the snake dame is e
plnlned. When the Hindu opens the
snake baskets the coin as rise omin
ously to their peculiar position of de
fense. He now commands the snakes
to dunte, at the same time beginning
a lively tune upon his flute nnd swuy
Ing his body fiom side to side in time
to the musk. The net v oils coin as fol
low eveiy motion of the supposed
chut mer. They me not dune Ing to tho
music, but, Intensely nngeied, aio
seeking to revenge themselves upon
their human captor.
The snake-ehaimlng nit of the bo
spungled female with the glunt boas
and pythons at the dtcus is even moie
simple Tho large snakes used in these
exhibitions nre. In the first place, of
a harmless riatuie Secondly, they ato
most inoffensive in their hahlttt. The
lazy boa will He for hours, or das,
motionless In Its cage, and when sud
denly uwnkened from a long nup, is
utteily lndlffeient to what Is going on
around It. A'ter a few weeks lit cap
tivity, these huge leptlles become 'voty
tame, and seem to enjoy being handled
by one familiar with their movements
The chief requisites of a 'Vnuke
charmer" are gieat dellbeiatlon and
sufficient nerve to handle a ten-foot
boa or anaconda without tho slightest
hesitation. A nervous movement Is apt
to annoy the serpent, uud cuuso It to
bite, while If treated gently and hand
led with movements corresponding to
Its sluggish hublts, It evinces the
utmost good natuie.
Accounts have been published of
largo snakes colling themselves about
tho object of their annoyanco and
demonstrating In an exceedingly un
comfortable, If not dangerous, manner
tho power of their scaly bodies. This
much talked of. Her real object was
one of charity, foi she Is using her
groat wealth nnd Influence this winter
in assisting the Danish people in the
western states. She Is stopping in Chi
cago, and fiom there writes her
sttalghttoi ward endorsement of Fain'
celeiy compound.
Women who aie easily excited, who
waste energy woiijing over trifles, who
are ofu n sufftiei, fium sick head
aches and neivousness. should read the
philp, unbla-(d statements of what
Paine's celeiy compound has done for
otliei women
Among the dlseasts that cause a vast
amount ot needles suffering that may
Im readily t tiled by Pnlne's celeiy com
pound aie biliousness, toipld liver,
headaches, sleeplessness, dizziness, con
stipation, dyspepsia and genet al ner
vousness an 1 debility
No man or woman who W continually
ailing can suteessttillv cany on busi
ness, or be of much teal comfort to the
household
nd til a tboioughly nourished
body tint his all the usil-iip, and
therefoie hat nil ul. material promptly
removed from the blood and tissues cm
be healthy When either of these vi
tal conditions of adequate lepalr or
ellmln.Hion aie Incompletely done, th
organs need .Hist such help as Paine's)
eelerv compound Is fitted to give. No
otlu r lemedv I so valuable.
W'ltn otlu r lemedies have failed,
Paine's colt l.v compound will sutteed
chai.K t( ristii Is populaily supposed to
be tommonlv lesorted to by the "boa
constrictor." but the d( a i puiely er
roneous and originates from an aver
sion to the serpent race from which
have spuing Innumeiable fallades and
superstitious.
TUNK POND.
A Lake That Fieczes Without Much
Regard to Tompeiatme.
From Hie X V Commt n tut Advertiser.
It Is pretty nearly lime for Tank
pond to freeze. It Is one of the tradi
tions ol this section that no matter
how cold It may be j,uu can't fieeze
Tunic pond before the middle of Janu
.iij. and. no mutter huw warm It may
be after that time, Tank will fieeze ns
tight us a brick befote the end of the
third week In the mouth.
Irr Its way Tank Is u wonder, but very
little Is known about it except to the
lew who make thdr way thiough the
mountains two oi thtee times a year
to relieve it waters of u lew hundred
surplus trout. It N lull ot trout, and
as It Is loo far away irom the beaten
tiatk of the hunter and llsheiman to
bo Included in the Itlneiaiy of any pro
fessional gultlcs. It Is likely to remain
so tor some time. Frank Jones, a
wealthy biewti of Portsmouth, N. IL,
became acquainted with Tunk us a
fishing giound a few yeais ugo and
built a camp down near the foot of
the pond, to which he usually makes at
leant one trip eveiy summer and w In
tel, and theie aie a few local sports
men who go In. but the big outside
wot Id doesn't know rnudi about Tunk.
It lies right In the heurt of the Tunk
mountains of Maine, and Is the middle
one In a long series of Hire trout ponds,
any one of which Is big enough to he
classed as u luke. There nro Flarrder's
pond. Fox pond, Tunk, Spring Hlver
lake, Long pond and Stillwater, livery
other porrd In the lot Is frozen hard,
and thero Is good fishing through tho
Ice. but Tunk shown air tinbtoken
stretch of black water us free fronr Ice
ns in midsummer Some people have
tried to explain Tunk's little eccentri
cities In the matter of freezing by do
daring that as It is fed by mountain
springs it requires very cold weather
to fteeze It. but none of them ever
have succeeded in explaining to the
satisfaction of the natives why, on
soveial occasions, Tunk boa waited
tor the Jauuniy thaw to do Its freez
ing, and closed up hard and tight Just
when the Ice on all other ponds In Its
vicinity had become so rotten on ac
count of warm weather that it was not
safe to travel ucross them.
HOW PLANTS SLEEP.
Process Is Mysterious But Analogous
to That of Animals.
The sleep of plants, which Is tho
sntrre physiologically as animal sleep,
does not oxlbt without reason, says the
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A glorious opening
to a great trade week
TllO nnwpr nf RPAI. hnrnr?iinmtMniT ie lnriin lnmnncr'trtfl
here yesterday. The store w.is thronged almost beyond our best
expectations. It was the greatest trade day of this truly great
clearance sale
If you have not had an opportunity of testing the impoitance T
of this unusual mercantile movement you should lose no time in "t
doing so. Prices are stranger than all verbiage. Read the tollowing: .
The dress goods
and silk sale
The entire stock has been re-ai ranged. All bargain lots are
on counters and special tables plainly marked. We offer during
this sale some of the best of this great stock of Silk and Dress
Goods, priced as equal goods wtre never priced before :
DoriiLi: i-'omj i)iu:ss ooods-a
real luirgaln at the pi Ice, In furt a
grade that never falls to bring IJ'nc.
Special cut prlco (luring this Q
sale O
woor. Dimss noous-maci: tig-
tirrtl wool dres good. !We grade,
special cut price during this ()
sale ' 'C
UltnSS PATTKHNS All of our $".
nnd ' dress patter nt. In ono lot, Spe
( lal cut prlto during this 5 in
f..il o.y
KLAXXULS AXD HKKOKS-Orifi
lot all wool flannels, serge and ludlei'
cloth, price has been ,Cc and Qr
40e. Special cut price IOC-
SCOTCH TVI:i:D-Oiio lot Scotch
Tweed nnd all wool Kngllsh tltesi
goods .D'tc grade, Special cut OAf
prlco during this sale ""
CtrAM.ins-Iialance of our all wool
ehalllts, Xc grade, special cut I Qr
price ,'
A phenomenal
corset sale
Opportunities like theve do not come
very often. This Is not an occasion
of oliluluii.g "cheap' eor.sets, but
GOOD tor-els CIllJAI.
A big purchase enables us to offer
a birgaln In J I. A.- S. Cm set of the
71( quality. AH sizes and an unlimit
ed quallt.v nro hire at one-third less
than regular prices. Special AQn
during this sale -rs.
Also the $12". qu.illtv II. & S. sateen
corsets in black, white and "7fZr
grtv Sptelal for this silu i j
Assorted bon-bons
and chocolates
Tor two tlavs we have been selling
one ol the finest products on the mar
ket-! not elates and lion uons p.itKeti
In hall -pound boxes assorted candles
that aie worth up to 10c ptr Q.
pound. Speclil ind.i, pet bo . "
Cambric embroideries
up to 5 inches wide
Spot lal sale of cambric and nainsook
embroideries real value 10c Ue and
ISt Spot lal during this sale. cr
1U Ce and . . . .. ,t
Closing our all
high class jackets at
less than half price
The slotK his been ninth tumbbd
iilioiit in the last two weeks lliui
dieds of wist ilropptra have been
bun and have t air led home the plain
tvidiiiee of a big slaughter on line
good" Satl-f vour cnrlo-llv ns to
the trill tl ol lllt-e reductions. Come
in 011 .Moml i .11 d mo them.
Two lots of our tlnest qualltv K r-i-p
and Houcle Jackets, bought at
the lull eiifl of this stasou, toinieil
sold riom $10 w) to J WW
Lot Xo 1 $1S
Lot Xo J S'it
II iI.iik o of this season's Jackets,
made of the Illicit materials, new
1 uts and all toloii?.
70 giadt) $T9S
ID.'") grade 0.1s
J'jWi grade iS
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Chicago News. The alt of sleeping Is.
In the higher animals, symptomatic of
lepobe In the Lualn and net v oils sjs
tem, and the fact of plants sleeping
Im tine pi oof of the existent e of a nerv
ous system In the members of the vege
table kingdom. i
Plants sleep n't various lituus and not
alwaj- ut night The duration of plant
sleep varies from terr to eighteen hours
Light and heat have little to do with
plants sleeping, as different species
go lo rsleen at different hours of the
da. Thus the (onuiioii morning gloiv
(convolvulus pur pin ens) opens a'
dawn, the Stai of liethlehem ubulit 1U
o'clock, the ice plant at noon Tho
goat's beard, whiih opens at sunrise
closes ut mlddui, and for this reason
Is called "go to bed at noon" The
flowers of the evening pilmiose nnd
of the thorn apple open at sunset ami
thou' of the night llowtilng ceieus
when it Is daik.
Aquatic lloweis open and close with
the gieatest regularity. The white
water 111 J doses Its lloweis at sunset
and sinks below- the water foi the
night. In the morning the petals again
expand and float on the suiface The
Victoria Hetjla expands for the first
time about 0 o'clock In the evening
nnd closes" in a few- hours. It opens
aguln at U o'clock, the uet motnlng
and lemalns so till afternoon when It
closes and sinks below- the water.
For upward of two thousand years
attempts have been made to elucidate
the phenomenon of sleep without suc
cess. Many theorlts have been promul
gated, but they have fallen short ot
explaining it. We know that sleep rests
the mind more than the body, or, to
put It Irr another way, the mere phy
sical as apart from the neivous por
tion of the oiganlsni can be jested
without sleep. Negutlvely the effect of
sleeplessness proves the value atrd
necessity of sleep. And this In seen In
a marked manner In the case of plants.
Injudicious Metaphors,
"Wo aro living." shouted the agltatii"
In Kansas, "In perilous and pot lentous
times. Wo stand In tho eve of gieat and
momentous events. Darkness, wild,
ominous and uncannv. is settling over
tho laud. Tho gloom becomes more und
more Intense. A black, heavy cloud Is
rolling upon us. voluminous and var-t "
Tho room was entirely emptied it, thirty-eight
second?. It was In tho c clone
belt. St, l.ouls fJlobe-Demociat.
It Does.
Mabel "Do jou think the use of slang
by a young woman could ever lead to
profanity?"
Abel "It might on tho part of tho
man who heard hei. "-Indiana polls
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PniNTKD FLANNI3LB-AU of our
nil wool Knneli printed llanncls, reg
ular price rlc, Special cut prico A"ln
during this sale tOU
I'lUXTllD liAWXK-One lot printed
liwns urgandlts and cotton grcna
dles. Special cut prlto during fr
tills salo "-
WASH SIl,KS-tti stripes and
clucks, real valuo IWe. Special OC
cut prlco during sale... iL
COl.OIti:i) FAXCV SINKS Price
has lit en Wic, Special cut pilco 7Qp
during sale ""
SATIN Dl'CIIi:SStt-Flgured, bro
caded and plain In all colors, iCir
(!ic grade. Special cut prlco 4yl
PUtNTIlD CHINA AND FOULARD
SIIjK i'io i.nd hoc giade, Spiv 50r
clal cut price "'
COI.OUi:0 OnnXADIXUS-lialanco
of our T10O and fl.'jr, colored grena
dines. Special cut pilco during CO
this .sale "C
Bargain counter
specials today
All of the following may be relied
upon lo bo at tho lowest cut prices
jet known
WKAPPUU CLOTU-Regubir 10c
qtlalit) of fleeced wrappei cloth In
everj desirable pattern, Spu- Ai,,
clal JaC
PRINTS One lot of robe prints,
Tt qualll., Special during this c
h.ilu OL
(IXmiAMS Ono lot of lOo Ain
dro.s gingham, to go nL ujV
TARl.i: MXUX-Uleliched tablo
linen icgul 11 !". giade. Special "li
din luff this sale A
AXOI'HIMt I.OT-nii'.-iched and un
bleached fi'ic grade. Special cut ?o
pi I
nice during this sale ""
TOWIM.S Kxtra qualltv linen
towels, ieal value 12'.., Special Cr
during this .sale 0
One lot ul-hieli pure linen finish
towels K,e. value. Special cut fn
pileo vrv
Ladies' $5 jackets
Smooth and lough thev lots soma
boutlt s high sloiiH eollai -never
hold lor less than .'"" In this
sttue, Specllll elllllllg this I IU
$3 to $5 silk waists
Ahsmteel makes and styles, some
titttetn. silks el hers China and Japan
-silks-all of them worth two and
three limes the present Aft
prlee, vvhilo ll list i.-
Men's $1 kid gloves
Sptelal silo of our celebrated "Ad
ler" Kid Clloves foi men res,ul.'ir re
tail pi lee $1 In all sIiikIls of Aftr
tan; excellent quality kid -
Wo shall also place on sale the
same bland et men's kid gloves In
the SIM duality, absolute lv the iln-
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Wednesday, Jan 18
Al 10 O'clock a. m.
At the pi i vale lesidence,
833 Quincy Avenue
This sale comprise the ciuhe. contents
of tlin house, nil of which was piuchasi.l
within a e;ii, and Is the It tore up to
dato nnd comparative ly new. and 1. to
be sold posltlvels without leeivc.
The house eontulns In put. elegant
ruipi thSthloiighoul. ileh p irinr suite cov
ered In silk emlneildcre d velour wlih
polished chtrr frame. Inlaid with satin
wood and pent I, one rolltl marble center
table vrith top Inlaid with emjx (very
raiei, Miperh couches, beautiful upholst
ered and riittun linker mncv tables
In oak und chenv lltirti imI eiak, pd
ixtled cNttiiMteiu titbit . eink sldebiiaid with
lat go I 'if m a btveleel mil I in bick, oak.
dining e hairs, tuh Frtnih plute minor
with floreiitiiiK name lit gilt white en
niiiil lion and bi.ii-x bi'dtdutds, curled
hair muttiPHMH pillows, blankets, tom
fortables, rich while enamel eliesser with
vet large bevtl pinto mirror and wash
stand lo in itch (liessliij; table otk cbir
louieis, rich polisbeil oak chamber suite,
curtains, shedes, brio a brae, pictures,
portiere, china, glass wale, cutlery, ele
gant wlilto mountain gitnd refrUenator
kitchen uteiislls, ete . The whole terming
a collection Hint Is rarelv see n at auc
tion. Tiro house will b open at n o'clock
anil sale will begin at lu o clock sharp,
and all will bo sold by J oelock.
A nice lunch will be served at 13.3a to all
present.
N. It. Deposits will bo required
of nil purcliitsers.
It will pay to como a long dlstnucn to
this sale. 114 t vet j thing will be) sold to
tho highest bidder. Xo postponement
ralrr or sblnn. Hear In mind that tho
sale begins at 10 o'clock and will be over
by 2 n m.
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