A toilet vinegar of any desired odor
is made by digesting four ounces of
any fragrant flowers or scented herbs
in one pint of strong white-wine vine
gar. Merely put the flowers in the
cold vinegar and let it stand for a
week, agitating three times daily; then
strain several times, and repeat the
process with more fresh flowers or
herbs if the liquid is not sufficiently
perfumed. Toilet vinegars made from
dried herbs, such as lavender and
rosemary or others, can be prepared
in the same manner, only half the
quantity of these being needed; but
t'resh materials are better, these exer
cising a more active result upon the
skin.
Women used to the coquetries of
the toilet understand the use of toilet
waters and vinegars of all sorts.
Where cold cream is much employed,
they are Indispensable for taking the
eliine off the skin, and since a liberal
use of cream burns the flesh, making
It at last darker and rougher than be
fore —remember the point—the toilet
vinegar is often required for a thor
ough cleansing. When using, about
a tablespoonful of strong sort is put
In a small bowl of water. For astrin
gent treatments of the neck the vine
gar or water will be used full strength,
after the throtft has been washed, mas
saged and creamed. Sponging down
with a solution of toilet vinegar and
■water is also very refreshing on a hot
flay and to sick persons, while if a hot
plate is sprinkled with one or it Is
sprayed about the chamber the sick
room will be gratefully purified.
When treating sagging muscles of
the neck use the vinegar hot.
Where the herbs or flowers cannot
be had, flower and herb oils achieve
the next best thing in the way of a
beneficial toilet water, and a vinegar
of this sort is as easily managed. One
of the simplest lavender waters made,
and which always receives the name
of "fine" in the drug stores, can be
fabricated at home by digesting one
ounce of michara oil of lavender in a
half pint of strong rectified spirits.
Other perfumed oils can be used In
the same way.
A toilet water especially for resting
the muscles of the body owes Its in
vention, it is said, to Mine. Bernhardt,
who used it every day. particularly
■when coming in from her outdoor ex
ercises. As this wonderful woman at
sixty-eight or nine is younger than
many women of forty, I would advise
a little trial of lier "calming" /water,
which is made in this manner:
Alcohol y 2 pint
Spirits of camphor 2 ounces
Spirits of ammonia 2 ounces
Sua s.ilt 5 ounces
Boiling water....To make a quart
Put all Ingredients in a large bottle,
or in two, and agitate thoroughly.
When using, shake the bottle always
and rub the water into the skin with
the hands.
Dresses for Girls
THK first Is for a girl of 8 to 10
years, and Is made up in ruby
red fine woollen material, with
a silk stripe.
It has a Magyar bodice with the
right side of front cut in a slant and
taken over to the left. A strap of
plain material trimmed with buttons
Is carried from above waist to hem
of skirt.
The neck and sleeves are trimmed
♦o match, and the waist-band is also of
the plain material.
Materials required: 2Mi yards stripe
44 Inches wide, M yard plain 40 Inches
■wide, dozen buttons.
The second would look well in fine
face cloth and Is for a girl of 6 to 8
years. It liaa a pleated skirt connect
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From "An Orphan."
Have found your column of ques
tions and answers very much help. A
very good boy frleud of mine has
failed to write to me for a very long
time and I have never done anything
,to stop him from corresponding.
. Would lilte to start corresponding v/lth
him again, as we have been great
friends for four years, therefore 1
would like to continue being friends.
I am now seventeen years old and
would like to know If it is proper for
me to wear ribbons on my hair? X
don't care to do my hair upon my
head. I want to look girlish as long
as possible. I am an orphan and will
take your advice any time.
EUGENIA.
Writs a letter to your friend and ask.
him why there has been such a long
time between letters. You know
"Uncle Sam" occasionally lets mall go
astray, and It is possible that "he"
has written you and you have never
received the letter. So give him the
benelit of the doubt and writs once
again to him. This is all you can do.
You are not a bit too old for hair rib
bons.
From a School Girl.
I have been helped very much by
your valuable column. Many thank*.
Do you think a young lady should
teach a young man to play cards?
How often should a school girl let her
beau call upon her, or do you think a
girl of fifteen too young to receive
company?
Do you believe In "leap year" af
fairs, where the girls ~o for the boys?
Do you approve of g0...g automobiling
at night? "VIOLET EYE 3."
There Is no harm that I can see In
teaching a young man to play cards,
for I do not object to cards any more |
than any other game. A girl or tir
teen is entirely too young to have what
you are pleased to call a "beau." Walt I
until you are out of school before you I
allow such thoughts. Leap year par
ties are lots of fun when properly !
chaperoned, as all parties should be. 1
I am not much in favor of night auto- i
mobiling without a chaperone.
From a "Young Girl."
I am a young girl of fourteen years. 112
Is it right when at a party a boy who
is in my room at school escort me
home? My brother is just my size.
When he has one or two boy friends >
at his home is it right for me to play 1
games with them. H. SMITH.
Certainly it was perfectly correct for
your boy friend to see you safely
home, and equally proper for you to I
help your brother entertain his
friends, that is, if he likes to have you
with him, and he should.
MADAME MERRI.
pd to the bodice by a braided waist
band; the neck and armholes are
trimmed to match. Piece lace or fig
ured silk may be used for the required
underslip.
Materials required: 2 yards cloth
42 inches wide, 6 yards Russia braid,
1 Vj yards silk or lace IS inches wide
for underslip.
For the third black satin is used.
The dress is for a little girl of 4 to 1
years, and is Just a straight, simply
cut Magyar, trimmed at the neck a»d
sleeves by Vandyke lace. A cord gir
dle encircles the waist, and a narrow
lace edging finishes the foot.
Materials required: \\' 2 yards satin
10 Inches wide, 1 yard Vandyke *n<i
IV4 yards narrow iace.
NATIVES AWED BY VOLCANO
Region West of Cook Inle* in Alaska
Mapped by Geological
Survey.
Nome, Alaska. —The volcanoes of
Alalia are not all dead, and those
that smoke are held i:i dreadful awe
by the natives.
When the Indians living on the
west shore of Cook inlet first beheld
a smoke-belching steamer nearing
their village they fled precipitately,
first closing their houses so that tha
"demon of the volcano," which they
believed was approaching, might bo
induced to pass by.
As late as ISS3 Mount Augustine, a
volcanic cone which, rises 4,000 feet
out of the waters of the inlet, was in
violent eruption, and Mount Iliamna
and Mount Redoubt, about 10,000 feet
high, towering above the coast range,
r 11
• I
■ ": ; 'v
JJJJ
An Active Volcano.
were in eruption in 1554 and 1002, re
spectively.
That Vulcan is still active within !
these mountains is attested by the per- !
sistent cloud 3 of steam rising from
their summits and by occasional light
showers of volcanic dust.
The natives say that Iliamna is the
name of a great demon-fish which
lives in Lake Iliamna and is ever on
the watch to destroy the unwary, so
that the native who risks himself on j
its waters in his frail craft is ac- j
counted venturesome.
The lake is, however, the largest j
fresh water body in Alaska, and isfre- 1
quently swept by terrific gales. It is
SO miles long by 8 to 20 miles wide —
somewhat larger, perhaps, than Long
Island sound. Its bottom is far below
sea level.
North of the tributary to Iliamna
lake Is Clark lake, more than 50 miles ]
long, but narrow. This lake Is 220 feet
above the ocean tides, but in places
is more than 600 feet leep.
The region containing these inter- 1
esting volcanoes and lakes was the
scene of very early missionary endeav- j
ors and trade exploitation by the Rus
sians. Nevertheless little exact knowl- j
edge of the region has been acquired, j
and that has been largely inaccessible
to the public, so that the recent in
vestigations by the United States geo- j
logical survey, a report on which lias '■
just been published, should be wel
come.
This report describes the geographic
and geologic features and the mineral ]
resources of an area covering more \
than 5,000 square miles lying west of :
Cook inlet. The geology is treated at \
considerable length, and so also the I
prospective mineral resources, which |
are copper, gold, silver and petroleum, j
None of these minerals have yet j
been shipped from this district, but i
the region may nevertheless some day |
become Important commercially.
NEVER HEARD OF HEAVEN
John and Joseph Shake Their Heads
When Questioned by Judge in
New York Court.
New York.—Rabbi Harris Platkin, j
who has one synagogue In Grand j
street, Brooklyn, and two in Manliat- j
ton, appeared in the children's court ;
to press charges of malicious mischief >
against two young brothers, one aged j
thirteen year 3 and the other ten. The ■
elder of the two, John Waltukartis, j
was found guilty. Little Joseph was !
allowed togo home. John will be pa- |
l aled.
The rabbi alleged that the two boys
threw bricks at him and struck him in j
the head with one of them, and called 1
him names.
Judge Ryan, when examining the j
boys, asked them If they had ever
heard of God or heaven. John and
Joseph, hi spite of their biblical
names, shook their heads.
Love by Wireless Angers Uncle Sam. j
Newport, R. I.—The latest thing to |
retard official wireless communication !
of the naval torpedo station and ships j
of the Atlantic fleet is the large num- |
ber of messages from glrl3 smitten by I
the manly jack tars of the big ships. |
These maidens, living In Roston and j
other large cities along the coast, send
the most trivial messages to their sea
faring friends. One of the most ardent
messages Intercepted here was from
'Sweetheart Maggie" to "Darling
Jack," In whi.ill Jack was implored to
come to Boston as soon as he could
because Maggie's heart was "just
melting away" for him and he hadn't
kissed her for so long her "lip 3 were
dry."'
Captain Williams, commanding the
torpedo station, has Incorporated many
of 'he. messaf.es in a report.
MLTBRAONAL
SUNMSOKHH
LESSON
tßy E. O. SELLERS. Director of Even
ing Department, The Moody Bible In
stitute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JUNE 9
HEARING AND DOING.
LESSON TEXT—Luke 6:39-49.
GOLDEN TEXT—"Be yo doers of the
Word, and not hearers only, deluding
your own selves."—James 1:22.
Last week we had from the lips of
Jesus three Illustrations of that falsa
rlghteousnes which he will not coun
j tenance in his new kingdom. Today's
lesson is the last of the present series
' which has to do with the fundamental
■ teachings expressed by Jesus in his
manifesto and it is emphasized by the
! Golden Text taken from James' epis
tle.
Jesus begins with a 6hort parable
which, though not recorded by Mat
! thew as being used in this same con
nection Is here used to introduce and
; to explain what was said about the
mote and the l>eam. Parenthetically
Jesus Informs us that we are not
above our Master. We must teach
principally in the same manner he
taught, e.g., by our lives. He has
been setting forth the manner of life
!to be followed by his disciples. He
is the incarnate truth, and In that
fact lay his power and success as a
teacher, so as we Incarnate his life,
live his life before the world, we shall
most successfully teach. His sight
was unimpaired, henco his ability and
power. Jesus, however, guards
against any self-assumed righteous
ness upon the part of his followers by
telling us that "everyone," that is
every disciple, "when he is perfected
shall be as his master." (v. 40.) No
leader or teacher has ever made any
great and lasting contribution or Im
pression upon history except as he
has in a measure emulated the life of
Jesus or followed the principles he
taught the world.
Beam and Mote.
Tt Is as we are being perfected, fol
low on after perfectness In Christ
Jesus, that we are effectually able to
see for ourselves and to lead others.
Jesus by means of this teaching about
the beam and the mote shows us how
impossible it Is for a man who Is him
self disobedient to the truth to be
able to do anything that will help
others who are In a like state of dis
obedience. He plainly Implies that
It Is not only Impossible but actually
a sin for one who has a beam, a
"splinter" in his eye to attempt tore.
move the mote—a light speck of dust
—from the eye of another. The sin
of attempting to teach that which we
ourselves do not obey is greater than
the sin of him who is not obedient but
makes no attempt to teach the truth
and called forth the emphatic "thou
hypocrite" of Jesus. How many
fathers desire their sons to walk in
the path of truth and yet they make
no effort to remove the beam from
their own eyes—hypocrites—ls It to
be wondered at that they both fall
into the ditch?
Jesus emphasizes all of this by use
of the figure of fruit-bearing. The
preposterousness of our looking for
figs upon thorn bushes, or to look for
grapes upon a bramble bush Is pat
ent to all. We know that corruption Is
not so much a matter of Infection as
It has to do with Inward purity. If
the tree of life is pure It -will yield '
perfect fruit, for life always repro- ;
duces Its own type, in the same man- j
ner the influence a man exerts Is the
Influence of what ho is in his own
life.
In verse 4<? Jesus adds furthet
light upon this matter of hypocrisy.
He has already told us we are to build
upon his words, which were the truth, j
Now he shows us that to call him
"Lord, Lord" with lips only, and not
hecatise of a heart conviction, even
though It be known and heard of all j
men, will not avail. This sort of cry- |
Ing alotid shall be tested by him whe
knows the thoughts and the intents I
of the heart and it, too, shall receive !
the ju3t reward of all hypocrisy. To 1
cry "Lord, Ix)rd,' 'to Judge others by
different standards from those by i
which we Judge ourselves, is but an
other evidence of the sin of selfish
ness.
Obedience the Only Proof.
If we will real Paul's epic upon
love (I. Cor. 13) daily It will clarify
our vision and correct the motive of
our lives so that Its fruit will be ac
ceptable to God. Obedience is the
only one and only acceptable proof
that we are friends of Jesus (John
15:14). To further add light and
significance to this whole matter
Jesus tells us of the two kinds of
foundations upon which men build.
That, upon the solid rock may be se
verely tried, as shall all the works ol
man's hands, but being rightly found
ed the storin breaks and not tha
house.
Is your house founded upon tha liv
ing word or upon the speculations ol
science? Pace this question we must
Leeson outline:
1. False and True Teachers. ▼
39-45.
1. Danger, v. 39, 40.
2. Like teacher, like pupil, t. 41,
42.
3. The Test. v. 43-45.
11. Final Exortation. ▼. 46-49.
1. Profession, v. 4G.
2. Testing, v. 47-48.
3. Practice, v. 49.
4 Testing, y 48.
OLD AND NEW WORLD
BRIEFS FOR THE BUSY
General Lyautey reported that a
strong French column had dispersed
the Moorish tribesmen threatening
Fez, with heavy loss to the natives.
The dirigible Zeppelin ill., guided
by Count Zeppelin and with Prince
Henry of I'russia aboard, went from
Hamburg to Bremen and back without
a stop; despite a tierce storm there
was no casualty.
The Supreme Court of the United
States upheld the Massachusetts de
cision that a corporation can make a
promoter account for profits, and Al
bert S. Bigelow, of Boston, must pay
$2,100,000 to the Old Dominion Copper
Mining and Smelting Company.
"Matt" McGrath, the weight-throw
ing New York patrolman, was shot
and painfully wounded by a man
whom he was trying to arrest.
J. C. Stuart, vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Erie, was offered
the presidency of the Seaboard Air
Line at a salary of $50,000 a year.
THE MTRKETS.
(New York Wholesale Prices.)
MILK.—The wholesale price is 3',4c per
I luart in the 26c zone or $1.61 per 40-quart
can, delivered in New York.
Butter.
! Creamery, extra* 27 027<4
Firsts 26 ®26>A
Seconds 25 025 : /3
Thirds 24 ®24'j
I State dairy, iinest 26026Va
Good to prime 24 025
Common to fair 22 &23
Eggs.
State. Pn. and nearby, hen
nery, whito, fancy, new laid.23 @..
| State, Pa, and nearby, se-
I lected, white, fair to good 21 (if 22
lirown hennery, fancy 20 1 i(fi'2l
I Gathered, brown, mixed colors.. 11* @2O
| Western, gathered, white ... ,20Vi021V4
I Duck eggs, Baltimore @25
I Duck egirs, western lit 022
I Duck eggs, southern in 021
Goose eggs 25 @3O
Fresh Killed Poultry,
i Chickens—Barrels:
Phila. and other nearby squab
broilers, per pair 80 112?, 90
Pliila. and L. 1., fancy, per 1b...42 045
Pa. broilers, fancy 33 <340
! Fowls—Dry Packed:
! Wn. bxs. 60 lbs & over to dr.. d p.. @ls
j Wn. bxs, 48 to 55 lbs to dz dry
pick fancy @ls
1 Wn. bxs 40 lbs & un. to dz d p.13V»@14
Fowls—lced:
Xn & Crn. west'n, 4 to 4V>
lbs and over " @I4V4
| North & Cen. W'n 5 lbs and
over 014 >4
| South'n and southw'n aver best... @l4
Scalded average best 14 @t4'4
Small @l3
other Poultry:
Old cocks, per lb @l2
Spring ducks, 1. 1., Pa. and
other nearby @2l '
Sqbs. Pr white, 10 lbs to dz pr
dz @4.25
Sqbs, prime white 9 lbs to dz. .. .3 75@4.00
Fruits and Berries.
Apples—
Greening 2 50fff6.00
Spitzenberg 2.50@5.00
Spy 2.50@5.00
Wine Sap 2.50®5.0i»
King 2.50(3)4.50
Baldwin 2.5004.50
Ben Davis 2.50@3.50
Common 1.000 ..
Huckleberries per qut—
N. C 14@ 18
Flu 20® 25
Cherries per qut—
S. C. white 10® 15
Bato red basket 01.75
Gooseberries per qut—
S. C. green @ 10
Peaches, per ert —
Fla. honey 4.00@5.60
Fla. jewell 4.0006.00
Strawberries, per qut—
Delaware 30 13
Maryland 3 0 13
Virginia 3 ft? 6
North Carolina 3@ 6
Vegetables.
Asparagus, dozen nun .lies 5002.50
Artichokes, per drum 2.00 C.V 4.00
Beans, Va , per basket 1 .5002.50
N C., green, per 'i-bbl ba5ket.1.5001.75
X. C., wax. per 'i-bbl basket.. 1.50 0 2.00
Charleston, per basket 2501.00
Georgia, per basket 2501.00
Florda, per basket 2501.00
Bermuda, Fava, per half box.. I.oo<j
Beets, Va.. per 100 bunches 2.0004.00
N. C., per 100 bunches 2.00 03.00
S C.. per 100 bunches 1.0003.00
Carrots—
S. C., per 100 bunches 2.00W4.00
old. per barrel 3.0004.00
Old. per bag 3.0005.50
Cabbages—
Virginia, per barrel 75@1.00
N. C., per erate 7501.00
S. C., per crate 5001.12
Florida, per crate 5001.00
Corn, Florida, per case 1.500 3.00
Cucumbers, per basket 1.25 0 2.75
Cauliflowers, Va., per basket... .1.2501.50
Kggplants. Fla., per box or bskt. 2.0003.00
Horseradish, per 100 lbs 5.00@fi.00
Lettuce, per barrel 1.5002 00
Per basket 35 01.50
I.ima beans, Fla., pr basket ...1.50 0 3,00
Onions—
Bermuda, per erate @I.OO
Texas, per, erate 7501 25
Okra, per carrier 1.5003 50
Peas, per basket 7502.50
Radishes, per 100 bunches 7501.00
Peppers, bids, boxes or carriers.. 1.25 0 2.25
Romaine, per box 1.0001,75
Rhubarb, per 100 bunches 5001.n0
Shallots, per 100 bunches 1.0001
Spinach, per bbl 1.0002.00
Squash—
Fla., white, per bbl or bbl cr.. 1.50 02.00
Per basket ... 5001.00
Yellow, croolced-neck, per box. l.OOifi LBO
Per basket 500 75
Turnips, southern, white. t<er bbl.l .0002 50
Tomatoes. Fla., per carrier . ..1.00@2 50
Watercress, per 100 bunches . .1.00 02 00
Hothouse-
Cucumbers. No. 1, per dozen ... 50 0 75
No. 2, per box 2.0003 00
Culls, per box l.OOfti I 5n
Cauliflowers, per dozen 1.7502.25
Mushrooms. 4-lh basket 7501*73
Buttons, 4-lb basket 40<fj Vi
Tomatoes per lb 10(3 20
Potatoes.
Bermuda, new. No 2. per bbl ..5.0006 00
Southern, new. white. No. 1,
„ barrel 4.5006 50
Southern, new, red, No. 1, per
barrel 4.0006 00 '
Southern, seconds, per b irrel ..3.00T/4 SIJ
Southern, culls, per barrel 2. 00@3 00
State, per 180 lbs .T2s<fr 3 50
State, per bag 3.0003 50
Maine, per 180 lbs 3.750
Maine, per bag 3.50@:; 75
Europeans, per 168-lb bag 1.5'i@2\73
Sweets. Jersey. No. 1. per bskt.. 1.50 .Wi'j
Live Stock.
BEEVES. —Medium to prime steer?
sold at $7.40@8.60 per 100 lbs.: bulls hz
$3.7506.10 for common to good: common
to c hoice cows at $2 50 0 5.95; tallends at !
$2.30.
CALVES.—Common to choice veals i
sold at $7.50010 per 100 lbs.: bulls at $S ,
07. Dressed calves at 11 1 v@lsHc. for I
city dressed veals and 9Vi@l3c. for coun
try dressed.
SHEEP AND LAMPS.—Common to
prime sheep (ewes) sold at $405.5) per
100 lbs.; good wethers at $6.30; common
to good lambs at $6.75 0 8 50; spring
lambs at $10.25. Dressed mutton at 9®
12c. per lb.: dressed lambs steady to firm
at s2@7 each.
HOGS. —Good medium nnd . heavy hog* 1
sold at $8.1008.15 per 100 lbs.
HAY AND STRAW—Hay, large bales
timothy, prime, 100 lbs., $1.55: No. 3 to
No. 1, $12501 5->; shipping, $1.1601 2a;
clover, mixed, light. $1.15: heavy. $1
140. Straw, long rye. $101.05; oat, 75c.
Spot Markets at a Glance.
Wheat, No. 2, elev 1.24%
Oats, standard \
Flour, spring patent, barrel 5.75
Corn, steamer, yellow 110m.
Flaxseed, spot 2.42
Lard, prime. 100 lbs 10 80
Tallow, city, hhds 06>4c
"ork. mess, bbl 20 75
•"offee, Hio No. 7, lb 14'4c
Tea, Formosa, lb 140
Sugar, fine, gran., lb •. 5.20 c
Butter, extras 27 1 A
Cheese, specials 14U
Eggs, extra firsts »a
Cotton 11.4)
Tobacco —
Havana It D 55
Conn wrapper CO
■■CUSTOMS
Chinese Women Perform as
Heavy Labor as the Men.
They Haul Huge Loads, Harnessed Up
Like Horses, Also Assist in Build
ing New Roads —City Is Very
Cosmopolitan.
Hons Kong, China —A peculiarity of
the Hong Kong colony is the anomaly
of the men's and women's occupations
—according to our English ideas. The
women work just like the men; they
drag huge loads harnessed like horses,
carry heavy weights strung over their
shoulders as yokels carry milk cans
in the country.
They stagger up the Peak for about
100 yards, when they lay down their
burden, go back, pick a new lot up,
carry this up to the first dumping
place, then take the first load on a
few yards further and so on, all under
a blazing sun. All the bricklaying,
1 road mending, coaling, etc., is dona
j equally by both sexes, but perhaps the
| most curious sight, writes a Hongkong
j correspondent, is to see a woman
straining at an oar or at the .teerage
j of a sampan.
If the boat be a very heavy one two
of the women will work an oar to
gether, one pulling one way and the
other pushing, while a little baby is
perched on the back of each in a sort
of cradle or papoose arrangement.
On the ether hand up on the Peak,
which is the European settlement, one
often sees a Chinese boy walking
along sedately pushing a perambula
tor, while the English nursemaid
walks empty handed by his side and
superintends operations. Of course all
the house work Is done by "boys."
The next point is the very cosmopol
itan nature of the place. This was
most forcibly borne in upon me the
other day when I was walking with aa
American on one side and an Austral
ian on the other. Just in front of us
were a couple of Germans, a Parsee
stood at the door of his shop, a Japa
nese girl followed by two Portuguese
boys passed us, and a moment later a
rickshaw went by in which sat a Span.--
ish maiden.
There were of course Chinese scat-
J tered all over the place as usual, so
j that here within a hundred yards of
one another at least nine nationalities
; were represented. It would be hard to
name a country which could not pro
-1 duce its type here.
A contingent of tbe Baluchistan In
fantry is here;«we have Sikh police
men; Indians of all kinds are repre
sented official!}' in the civil and poller
Street Scene In Hong Kong.
courts; next to the "Chinks" I thiiik
the Germans predominate; there is a
large sprinkling of Malays and I.as
ars. heaps of Frenchmen and Swedes;
Italians, Turks, Portuguese and Span
iards all have their place in the col
ony; the Scotsman and Irishman are
here in large numbers, and then some
where at the end of the list come a
few straggling Englishmen.
FATHER IN A GLASS CASE
Son Earns Nimble Sixpence by Ex
hibiting "Oid Man" as
Curiosity.
Paris. —Viverlos, in Auverne, boasts
of a man who for twenty-five years
has preserved his father's body in a
glass case in his drawing room.
Jean Granet, who has just retired at
the age of 70 from his post as secre
tary to the local mayor, keeps a mu
seum at his house, in which are found
mummies, animal and human, and
grim curios connected with the under
taking business. The most grewsome
exhibit, however, is the perfectly pre
served body of his father, Robert
Granet.
To all who pay a franc the son will
disclose his father's body, explaining
the minutest changes that have oc
curred.
In order to surmount a legal diffi
culty Granet, whose house abuts on
the local cemetery, had a small mauso
leum constructed on the consecrated
ground and connected by a passage
with his museum.
Famine Survivors Eat Each Other.
Shanghai, China. —One-third of the
population cf Chinese districts in the
vicinity of Shanghai are dead as the *
result of the famine caused by floods
last, summer. Survivors aro now sanl
to be eating each other.