AN UIHt AND A NICHE. TACTS ABOUT CREMATION FURNISH ED BY A CREMATORY AGENT. Koonomyand Cleanliness Among Its Online, AiIim May lie Left In Hie Crematory, lint Often Mnurner Carry Them Away and Keep Them Always Hoar "Croniiitloii tlii iiftorinmn nt 9." Thrsfl words nrn lottoiril on a smiill sIhii Hint swings ii a slit'l' window mi llmis ton strnnt, vhrre snvornl mirlous him nrn displnyed. Thin in tlw Ni w York ofllco of a milmrtmn remctcry, wliern nro crt'iimteil tlin limHcs t,t tliiwn wlio prcfor tlmt thuir rrimtiiis hlmll bti con sttmcil liy flume rutin limn to let na ture tiikii ita course lu a cufllu six fi:i't vuilnr the soil. A World reporter dropped Into tlm cflleo nnd hud n tnlk Willi tint 'mtw tiinit in cIiiiiko. It wits Ion lain on tlmt afternoon to witness a cremation, Imt , orcHnnrtly tlie rremntory pr'ilo nro gliid to have spwtntors when tha IntiTiwtiiiK pnxTMn in going on. Keonomy in alwnya cotmiilprod 1y most people, mid creinntion is clienp. It ii abo clenn, and wlmt 1h clenner for n Innt renting place than a w hite metal TBBC? "Yon know how much yon won Id have to pny for a plot at Greenwood?" aid the young man. "At our oroimitoiy $2S will buy n niche in which you may place an nrn largo enough to hold the nslies of an entire family. " There ia something pontlmcntnl in thn ashes of "two inula with hut n ("ingle thought" btfiiiR put toother. There are no rules ngaiiint bnying- a row of nirhts. Thin, however, Is more oxju'iisivo, nnd the line of names on tha separate, nniH suggests the search for a name on thn bells of a flat house. Yot there are oftci ai many as 13 niches nought in n row. Koch nioho is decorated liy the creinn tion company every Mennirinl day. It is on this occasion that tint crematory has its greatest number of visitors. When the young nmn was asked wlmt class of people favored cremation, ho re plied: "No particular class of people. In New York tho Germans perhaps nre the most numerous ndvoentcs of it. It appeals alike to the poor and the wealthy. The cost to cremate an adult is 85 and $28 for a child. An urn largo enough to contain tho ashes of one ier son can be bought fur $0, and this, with the price of a niche, dons not bring cre nation beyond the reach of the poor nan. "What are the orns made of ? Mostly of brouce and white metal Ilure is a beauty of serpentina stone." The "beauty" was only SO inches high, bnt it cost $45. There are about a dozen dif ferent designs in urns. Often a dead porwsTs relatives may desire to keep the ashes in a parlor vase, The yonng nan was asked if all the ashes of those cremated were kept at tho cemetery. "Just about ine-half are," he answered. "Some are taken away and placed in safety vaults, and some are always kept near the person who most loved the deceased in life. I know of one lady who always carries the ashes of her hnsband wherever she goes. Tbey have been to Europe and back several times, and have bad many trips to the seashore and mountains. "No one bnt myself ever bandies the ashes after they leave tha remau. They are sent to me from there, and I seal each jar and keep them here until they are sent for or until I have too many on band. In that case I notify the relatives. . If tbey want them transferred to an nrn, ! I do it by means of this great gluts inn pol. Do they all pass through the same :fnnnel? Of course. What's the diifer-,-enoe? I clean it after eueh separate lot .of ashes." He then went over to the big office .safe, and, fixing tho combination lock, opened the iron door. There was exposed a row of block Jars about the sise of or dinary tomato cans. Eaoh Jar was sealod With blaok wax and tape, and pasted on the front was a label The young nan took ont one of the jars and set it on the hand of a woman who wore a number five glove. She hold it easily and read the label Inside of the jar was all that .remained of a largo sized man who had :been cremated three week before. .Hew .York World. Argentina Woods. The woods peouliur to the Argentine Jiepublio ;re, as a rule, not only dis tinguished.for their positive colors, but one . of . them are also said to be of a hardness capable of resisting the keenest oojs and of withstanding fire In a re xoarkable . degree. The alganobo is de scribed as white, red, gray, black and violet ; the quebracho is deep red and Spe white; the. cedar is bright red; the CibU is white, red and black ; the gayaibi U white, gray sad black; the laurel la white, black and yellow; the tipa is white, red and yellow; thepaloamarllla It bright yellow, .as is also the polo tooro; the viraro is dark brown; the cables is bright red lithe tatane is goldon yellowy the pacara is dark red; the nolle is black brown ; the lapaoho is green, gray and blaok.; the guayabo is deep red,,veiued with black and yellow ; the palo nbera is dark .cinnamon, with red veins j Abe guayaca is black and al most indestmotibla New York Sun. OM Marrla- Caramon?. Polynesia is probably the only place in the world where the marriage feast takes place without the presence of the bridegroom, tor some unexplained res son the yonng man is "sent into the bush" when negotiations are opened with the family at his bride, and he re mains there during the subsequent fes tivities. It is only wheu the guests have departed and the girl is left alone with bis parents that messengers are dispatch' ed for him. Meekness is imperfect if it be not both active and passive, leading us to subdue our own passions and resent ments, aj well as to bear patiently the panoni ma resentment! (V others. THt MARRIAQI TIB. Kea and Women Hot to Tie Jnl(t fcf tha sum Btantlarrt. Whether it is that wo are poorer, or that we are more luxurious and exacting in our tastes, and that the girls of today require more in their marriage, than the ordinary Englishman can afford, I onn- not say, but unless girls have great bennty or large fortunes we hear much tnnrenf the dilncully or their marrying. Among the mass of women, however, there is no revulsion from the marriage tie, and all healthy minded girls and Women seem tn lie Just as much interest ed In the question as were their grand mothers. The one grout fact that has kept Knglisli society is thn Inviolability of thn marriage tin. Infidelity In a mar ried woman is sniely reason enough to justify her hnsband in gelling rid of her, noil the woman who clamors for divorce on the same grounds as men is surely lowering tho slandiird of female purity In a ruthless wny. Is mini, with his stronger, coarser, morn nnlmnl na ture, to lie judged by thn sumo standard of chastity as a woman, with her higher ideals of life, her purer nature, and tho exemption from temptation which she enjoys? If we think for a moment of the temptation to which men nro exposed from their very early youth, and which they undoubtedly combat very unsuc cessfully, mid which attacks them nt a time when they are most prone to suc cumb -in tho period of youth, vigor and ignorance and coiitniHt their posi tion with that of women, we must sure ly feel that we are degrading our sex when wo ask for a corresponding oodo of morality, or even suggest that women are to bo tried by no higher standard than that to which men strive to attain. We are told that no union can survive the conjugal customs and Intimacy of English married life. Perlias thn now woman thinks so because, in her ephem eral passion no feeling of constancy, af fection or grntltudn is possible. We be lieve that the overwhelming majority of aid fashioned English women regard that intimacy as one of the purest and sweetest ever devised one which, when the passion and desire of youth fudn away, blossoms into a friendship, a cotu pansiouship as constant as it is holy, without which their lives wonld indeed be barren. Lady Jcune in Saturday Re view. A REMARKABLE VENDETTA. All This Half Savage Father Lives For Is tn Kill Walrus. "Did yon ever hear of a strong, able bodied mun going crazy from grief?" asked Captain Dobney of the steamship City of Pnobla, on the water front yes terday. "I don't mean one of yonr high ly sensitive creatures," continued he, "bnt a man 6 feet 4 inches in his stock ings, and as strong as an ox. Of such a man I heard during my Inst trip to the sound. He is a Russian Finn and is sensible on every subject save one. Be has a vendetta against tho walrus, and his cabin in the wilds of Alaska is built up with their skulls. "According to the story told rue by a passenger who came down with me from the sound, this man settled in Alaska years ago. He married a native woman, and she bore him a son. A few years later the mother died, and all the affection of the half savage father can tered on the son. Nothing was too good for the lad, and everything in the way of hunting and fishing lore was taught him. "When the boy was old enough, his father took him ont on all bis hunting expeditions and soon the youngster be gan working on his own account "One fatal day he attacked an old bull walrus, but instead of killing it he himself was the viotini. When the father saw the dead body of his son he was wild with grief, which finally settled into a species of madness. Now all he lives for is to kill walrus. "When the mania first seizod him he lived in a dugout. Now his hnt is on the ground and composed almost entire ly of walrus skulls. "He crawls up behind the brntea while they are asleep, and, seizing thorn by the tnsks, stands them on end by main force. He looks into their eyes as though seeking to recognize the one that killed his son, and then his knife does the rest. The head is then cut off, and goes to make one more to the monument be is raising to tho memory of his son. San Franaisoo Call Safer Tfcaa Lightning Rods, Each day adds some new virtues to tha king list of those already credited to the pneumatio tire. Tho latest of these is that the whools of a bicyole be ing encircled by a band of India rubber and dry air, which is a perfect insu lator, the rider Is completely insulated from the earth and consequently is im pervious to the attacks of the electrio fluid. Any one who sutlers from nervousness during a thunderstorm has now only to go into the dining room or the cellar and seat himself upon the saddle of a pneumatio tire bicyole to be perfectly safe from lightning stroke. Aa the chances of a man on a bioycle being truck by lightning have been carefully taloulated to be about one in a billion, there will, of course, be some pessi mists who will deny that this newly discovered virtue of the pneumatio tire amounts to very much. Pearson a Weekly. parrowi Barred as Readblrda. There are few restaurants in the city where sparrows are not served up as reeaDirds. it has become a regular bus! ness and may ultimately solve the spar row nuisance. Philadelphia Times. Prejudice was originally nothing mure man a judgment formed before hand, the character of suoh judgments being best indicated by the present Meaning of the word. Tha division of tlm into months and Wanka in an nM tt,a itm mUIn M..Aa Meyele Raparatltlnaa. Folks open to tho influence of signs, omens, etc., should read the following list of bicyole superstitions, compiled by the Minneapolis Journal I "1. Tho wheelman who allows a hearse tn pass him will dlo before tho year is ont 8. To be chased by a yellow dog with nun bine eyo and one black eye Indicates a bad fall 8. Tn see a small 1y with a slung shot beside the road la a prophecy of a puncture. 4. If yon pass n while horse driven by a rodlmlrod lady, yonr rim will split unless you say 'cajau drum' and hold np two fingers. B. The rider who expectorates tobacco Juiro on tho track will lose a spoke, fl. If yon take your machine to thn repair shop, it is a sign that yon will not buy that new snit of clothes. 7. Kicking the man who asks the make of your wheel Is it sign of high honors and riches within n year. 8. Lending thn wheel Is thn sign of the double donkey. II. To attempt to hold np n 2715 pound woman learning to ride is tho sign of n soft sis it. " .11 a ml. Wo would bo pleased to linvo you call nt. our store for a free package of 1 (neon's Celery King for tlm Nerves, which we nro distributing to all itllllctcd with dyspepsia and all blood, liver and kid ney diseases. raci im'h Celery King Is simply doing wonders In building up worn out constitutions, and Is thogrnnd speclllo for nervousness, sleeplessness, headache, and all derangements of tho stomach, liver ami kidneys. Kamples iron. Lnrgo packages filki. nt W. II. Alexander's, solo itgont. His Pardonable M Intake. "It was a bad break tho Rev. Dr. Fourthly mado when ho married that couple the other day. " "What was it?" "Ho performed tho ceremony all right, but lie never had married anybody In bloomers before, and he's n littlo nearsighted, you know, and when ho came to saluting tho bride, according to his custom, ho became a little flurried and kissed the young man. "Chicago Tribune, Chinees Calendar. The Chinese have a singularly oompll cated calendar. Thoir oyolea have 60 years, each year, month and day hav ing its own name, and by combining those the day, month and year are des ignated. Life is made up not of groat sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kinduoss and small obliga tions given habitually are what preserve the heart and secure oomfort. Sir H, Davy. Captain Sweeney, U. H. A., San Ilio go, Oil., says: "Sblloh's Catarrh Hem ody Is tho drat medicine. I have ever found that will do mo any good." Price 50c. Sold by J. C. King & Co. It is handy to know just where to get the best assort ment of SHOES at prices that are right. GILBLOM 7 The Live Shoe Man, has them. Come and see his line and get his prices, Ladies' fine dongola, in button or lace, patent tip, sold at $1.50, now 1.12. Ladies' Liona kid, the lat est style, sold at 2.25, 1.55. Fine line of warm lined shoes, a big drive, sold for 1.75, 1.25. Ask to see the latest nar row sauare toe Tokio. It is a beauty. Men's fine dress Bhoe, con gress or lace, worth 1.50, for 1.15. Fine line of men's lace, worth 2.00, 1.48. Call and see our cork sole in congress or lace, formerly 8.00, for 2.23. Large line of school shoes, formerly 1.25, 8o. Carpet slippers 20c. We handle the celebrated Latrobe shoe, sold all over for 3.00, at 2.48. Don't wait but call and see for yourself. Gilblom's Live Shea llouss, A Hreat Candidate. For your favor Is Otto's Cure for tho throat and lungs, we can confidently recommend It to nil as a superior remedy for coughs, colds, ast hma, bron chitis, nnd all lung nITcctlona. It will stop n cough quicker than any known remedy. Wo guarantee It to euro you. Inslanl lullet In nil cases of croitp and whooping cough. If you nro suffering, don't delay, but call on us and get a HHiupIo Isilllo of this grout guaranteed remedy and Iki ono of tho great party on thn road to health. Kamples free, ,orgo Imltles olio, nt W, II. Alexanders, S'llo Hijent.. In Rinergt!ry. A young tenor was recently admitted to a hearing ut ono of tho first lyrluul theaters In New York. Ho sang, and nt tho third or fourth notn thn manager stopjMxl him. "Thorn, that will do," ho said. "Ijtiivo inn your address. I will lienr yon In mind in easn of emergency. " "Hut whnt do you call a case of emer gency?" "Well, supposing my theater got (in Are." "Eh?" "Yes. I should cngugo you tn sing ont: 'Firel Fire I' "New York Jour nal. Beatnh "Hall." General Wudu constructed military roads in the highlands of Bcotkiud. An olMilisk was constructed to oummumo rate his achievements, on which was inscribed the following "bull," intend' ed to distinguish between natural tracks and mado roads : Had yen smtn thiwe ninds before they wore miMlo Yon would lift up your hnnds and liline dun ernl Wadiv Right In Line. "If there is anything I like," said ho to his wifo, "it Is o wiman who knows ennngh to be n good listener." Whereat tho servant girl at thn keyhole conld nut repress a smilo of satisfaction. Albany Argus. Tho most gouorous vine, if not pruned, runs out into many superfluous stoma aud grows at lust weak and fruitless ; so doth the bust man if he be not cut short in bis desires nnd pruuod with af fliotious. Hisliop UalL An agreeable taxatlvo and Nihvs Tom o. com ny urug-frists or senr. Dy mail. 100000. and f 1.00 per package. Pamploe free. 1TA TTA The Favorite TOOTH fOWBll HU UUtortheTeeLhandilnth.86a. Hold liyJ.U. KIuk&Co N. HANAU Will Sell All Ladies 0 Misses' and Children's CoatsCost This is a Great Saving for any body wanting a Garment. Come and see for yourself. S 7,VI J M I I f .,5,1:1 ljeiasV'S-ll'llal-r-- 1 . 1150. FOB A CASE IT WILL NOT CUBE, t One A In -A.dvmice, Gets The FOR ONE YEAR1 ! I I I ! ! I ! I Wo Imvu tlencleil to offer TIIK Strictly in Artvnticft, to now and old HulwcrlberB. 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