' supplies at lowest
.. . Paper-hanging and
i ‘. GOl'ham,
“fl 2 First Avenue.
'12. No more stall
‘ cred horses, no more
Ail.
By reason of
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ll erect, manly lads, that moved, it is said.
‘Wns no single eaeeption transmit
«whleh‘hes little. if any. popularity»
the present day—tbs peer is the only
‘ ,water‘gesnzand of all occupatiouwper-
. hops-seeming serousutiewpesrl diving
is the m .jzcsssmss, and is a calling
follow. ’bytfe‘w men. ‘
There is avast distinction between the
V wreck or dock diver and the pearl diver.
though the same dress is worn by both.
Those of the former class do not make so
ineatly descentwor pass so 3;, xx:
WM”: .- 9. ~'
{M Ma "rifts fronts which
.. dials. ,1 y'anchoredzthedepthof
Willa nim- naually great: but with
theipqu iishesmll old dangers
become a thousa
ay have existed to but a
before, if he knew of it at
r a few months succumb to
. Nearly all divers are par-
tially if not totally deaf. incipient par-
alysis is another affliction. A descent
made at night by the dives, give acnrious
and intensely interesting observation of
shining phosphorescence. Everything
agiow with this wondrous light: the di-
ver himself became transformed, the fish
sent forth the soft radiance. and the far»
cinating reefs and tropical growths are
enhanced by this strange, faint yet lumin-
one medium.
The pearl shells are the bread and but
terof the diver. NO or 400pslr being gato-
ered in a day, and are worth to the own
or about one dollar a‘pair. The anemones
and other growths on the outside of the
shell are easily scraped off while fresh,
the oyster is thrown overboard, the only
edible portion being the muscle which
holds the shells together, and which the
Mohammedans eat in their diet of fish
and rice. The inside of the shell is the
beautifully polished and exquisitely hued
surface called methanol-pearl.
The pearl is found lmbedded in the oy-
ster, and not, as many suppose. attached
to the shell. The diver puts the precious
stones in a bottle, and the shells are then
_ cleaned and packed by the Malays ready
for the London market. litre they are
sold by auctlea’to agents, especially from
Austria, where so many beautiful but-
tons and mother-of-psarl ornaments are
made.
The value of the lovely pearl, which
needs no polishing or cutting. as do the
gene that come from mines, depends on
their color. lustre, and shape. Though
many prefer the pink or black jewel for
their oddity. the Oriental and white
pearls are the most valuable. with a los-
tre that reflects its polished borne. and a
form that is perfectly round. though the
pear and button shapes are available for
many ornaments.
NOTABLE MEN .715 WOMEN.
Short Notes of Persons You Have Heard
of Before.
Edouard and Jean De lteszkc, the slug-
ers brought their bicycles with them
when they came from France, and they
used them on the boulevards of upper
New York who-the weather permitted.
The Empress of Austria has to give a
written receipt for the state jewels every
time she wears them. and her majesty. as
a result, usually contents herself with a
private collection, which is worth about
01,500,000.
Tiberius. the Roman Emperor. was
born in November, but when the Senate
wished to name it in his honor, as July
had been after Julius Caesar, and Au-
gust after Augustus, he refused, saying:
“What will you do. conscript fathers, if
you have thirteen Omani"
It is a current literary rumor that
Marion Crawford will come book again as
a resident of America, and that he has
gone back to his Italian home practically
to arrange for the removal of his family
and their efiects.
The Duke of Argyle,whoae engsgement
Miss Knox Little is announced in Lon-
fi‘onfie over 70 years old and has been
married twice already. ills son. the
Marquis of Lorne. married Queen Victor»
la's daughter. Princess Louise.
Lotta gave up the stage and went
abroad for the purpose of studying art
seriously for at least two years, and if she
mgkes asnccess of it will probably never
go back to the footllghts. ileing more
than comfortably well ofi nml posmmi
ofagoodiy share of artistic talent, dis.
played on more than one occasion by
dainty bite of color in oils. it seems a set)
sible move for her to take rest and recre
ation in the study of art after her many
successful years before the theatrical
public.
lililltary Training in lichoola.
There lea movement on fwttomake
instruction in military drill general in
the public schools.
The Idea of military drill first orig}
hated with the col 4|,be public
school boys dur on the Centennial in
it was the night ct those
the gallant old General Sherman to tears.
Ix—Presldent Harrison, then in ofilce, was
also deeply impressed and made the re-
mark "that with such boys for citilens
the country was safe."
Aside altogether from the eoidierly la-
fineuee, the patriotic spirit developed, the
purely physical benefit of military drill
should commend it as s ueooaelt .
Sound mind in [mind body. you see. e
wantmen of senseless well unenof
brains, whether they may ever he sailed
upon to take up arms or not. But if we
carryour point and battle dsyever did
some.wbst a splendid thing to have aa-
other tampon soldiers ready at short
notice to cruise the field.
i .m firsts-seep
"That stove," bog-ll the customer with
deadly calmness, “you sold one last week
as an ‘art etcvo.’ l bellsvei"
”Yes," admitted the dealer. "isn't it!”
than a headers about destiny."
"lief hall"
"l eay’lt doesn’t know the first thing
sheet are. lsavsa't tried itea pats
but it can't draw worth a seat.”-
laaapells Journal.
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_ lawman-senses.
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Lua'd to wearing shoes that autos
“perineum—Nam!“
lambs-sets. is thesauruses!
” to ale
no
"it doesn‘t some say more about art ‘3'
as units or inns season's onset
i been i” new vault. ‘
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mammals: autos,‘ acumen
“restaurant-seminar masses
Deming Woman" not Incas-fell
ti
politely received when she presented her
was found» case that the lady had
ties and snow truth of two. Whyf For
soother reason, I am sure, but because
the play’s title smacked of modernity. of
the sexual question, of Noraism. Hedda
Gablerlsm and all that sort of thing.
Instead of which the spectator was cone
fronted with the tawdrlest kind of melo-
drama—with a heroine who is a horse
doctor. and an old scapsgrace of a father
who had coritracteda mock marriage and
committed forgery,with a polished villain
who image at the club of his triumphs
over the weaker sex, with an incognito
uncle who lends money at good fat inter-
est and saves his niece from a circus life,
and with a monstrous gray horse which
played a most exacting part like aschoiar
and a gentleman.
Revivals and resuscitations will not
alone make up the repertoire this season
at the Metropolitan Opera House. Many
new works are promised. Within a'month
it is expected that Bemberg’s “Elaine"
will have been produced. with ,Mme.
Melba and M. Jean de Reeske in the roles
they created in London when the work
was first represented at Covent Garden.
Round about the same period Verdi's
last contribution to the literature of the
the lyric stage, "Fabian.” will be seen,
with M. Victor Mauriei in his original
part of the Fat Knight. Miss SibylSau-
denon’s arrival early in January will be
followed by a production of“ “Eccles-
monde," the title role of which Maesenet
wrote with a special view to Miss Sander-
soan characteristic of voice and style.
The same composer’s "Thais" and Saint-
Baens' musical dramatisation of the im-
plous.thongb luckily beautiful “Phryue,”
are both promised. Not a bad list, even
though the prospectus proposes and the
manager disposes. "l‘llnllle” will in all
probability be the first novelty of the
season. It is the first essay of M. H.
Bemberg in grand opera. "it is my first
work of large dimensions—my first serious
work for the stage," said M. llumberg a
few days ago.
Corbett’s business has increased ill) per
cent... according to the despatchrs, since
the death of Fitzslmrnons’s spurring parto
her. This goes to show the thoroughly
commercial nature of prize lighting at
the present time, and how directly free
advertising of pugillsta affects their
theatrical fortunes. it is evident now
that the Corbettl’ltssimmons match
will not be fought next fall. for "Lanky
Bob" will not get through his trial until
well along in the summer, and will thus
be deprived of the time for training
stipulated in the articles of agreement.
it will be easy enough. however, to more
the date of the fight a year or two ahead,
in case Fltaeimmons is obliged to serve
the State meanwhile, so that Corbett and
the man he is matched to fight will con-
tinue to figure as prise pugilists without
facing one another for a long time to
come. It. would seem to he better to
accept both men as actors. and give up
all discussion about them as lighters.
Corbett does not want to fight again. lie
is aehrewd.hard-worklng. money- making
man. without brutal instincts. and with
adesire to get ahead. lie has been aided
by luck thus far to an extraordinary ex-
tent. and it is likely that nothing will
force him into the ring again, despite all
the agreements and incessant advertising
which he manages to get.
Nowadays scenery and costumes count
for almost as much as music and words
in the success of a comic opera. lleariug
this fact in mind. the liostonlnne have
spared no pains in the preparation of the
stage pictures for "Prince Acacias." the
new comic opera by Victor Herbert and
Francis Neilaoa. which is at the Broad-
way Theatre. The scenes of the opera,
which is in two acts. are laid in France
in the sixteenth century. The cast will
be as follow»: George Frothlngham. Wm.
Castleman. Peter Lang. W. ll. McDonald,
Eugene ('owlee, If. C. Barnabee, Jerome
Sykes, Joseph Sherman, Josephine Bart-
lett, Eloise Morgan. Caroline Hamilton
and Jessie Bartlett Davis.
After an absence of a year, during
which time she has visited Europe, Ada
liehaa is again in New York at fiely's.
Miss Bekan opened in "Twelfth Night."
lbs is supported by MnJames Lewis,
Ir. Herbert Gresham, Mr. John Craig,
Mr. Kidney Herbert. Mr. Charles Wheat»
lelgh, Mr. Lloyd Daubigny, Miss Sybil
Oarllsie. Miss Lily Post and Mr. Henry
Diary. '"l'weiftb Night will be presented
for only a few nights and will be followed
in quick succession by "Lou on Crotch-
ea." "The Railroad of Love." "Taming
the tibrew." "The Magistrate" and "The
Wonder." None of these plays will run
morethan twelve sights, and after this
series has been completed a numberof
novelties will he produced.
Lrswanb.
UNGALLANT GIOILV.
I'Ie Advent of a Daughter Is Considered
a M.
lees-spans of Sicily the birth of a
girlie always as unwelcome announce
neat. iafeetitisregasdedeseeed
evsetaadisasadekaewstethsworldby
ablaek , which is be out ofihe
wisdewng‘ke ng
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a Thiamine», lstryleg.bat
“member is see as badlyelae '
Americas went. Girls is Melly are
married hatwesatas sass oi use“.
Theyllveieseslasiesaetiltheyere-m
momma
use», ”more“ autos-ea .
card at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. it “ “ ‘
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Corning Womeu”wes not at an F; r
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sewaeenln ; ' HulrWV '1... ‘ ' wanna
lag—oftthev floss rm- _ ,’ I'm '
much in a muscle to the contrary verse eve-ow therein. ea‘ when
notwithstanding. Maine out of «or . ‘ "“"Wl'lm‘r‘ ‘ ‘ “ ' ‘ .
in persons whobsd gonetow seethe mmmahgtoil "’0 “'le '3‘“
first performance or play no mo ' -= ‘
doubt. that dealt with aproblem—a play For ‘fiefidetm' WWi l.“ a” N
that contained many intellectual subtle- . » 1 1 if '
‘ ”-hila’nta (lonstitutlon.
runes lN DEADLY cenmcv.
5”,.” 9 em} lie» Elvin-t light
. 3%». hurl! ileum
"Tm”. and there's going to be a
fight.’ said our/Booth Americas guide in
a whisper. When we caught sight of the
two animals they were crouching close to
the ground, facing each other, in a small
space under some large trees. They were
the finest specimens of the puma I ever
saw.
”They were probably thirty feet apart,
and as they crouched there glaring at
each other they looked like giant cats
about to spring on their prey. Pugiliate
never sparred with greater caution than
did those big brutea. Their tails were
switching back and forth, and their eyes
were like balls of fire. Slow’ly they moved
around in a circle, all the time cautiously
getting closer and closer together. It was
evident that each was waiting for the
other to make the first lead. For more
than ten minutes they watched and waib
ed. The roaring and snarling we had
heard when they first met had ceased.
They made no sound now as they watched
for a chance to spring.
“Our own nerves were trembling under
‘the strain when at last the two great
beasts rose in the slant the same instant,
and, like catapults, came together witha
thud that could have been heard 200
yards away. They dropped to the ground.
and for almost ten minutes all we could
make out was too great brown bodies
rolling over and over in the death strug-
gle. They made no outcry of any kind.
but every few seconds we could hear their
powerful jaws come together with a snap
like the' closing of a wall-oiled steel
trap.
“Finally they began to weaken. and as
their struggles became less violent we
could see that both of them were covered
with blood. .vh'le their flesh was torn in
shreds. In five mind. w more the fight
was over and the two giants oi '..‘.:' forest
were stretched out at full length on the:
ground. clasped in each other's limbs.
just as two playful kittens sometimes lie
down together. They struggled feebly a
little longer and than both of them lay
perfectly still. Both were dead when we
got to them, and I never saw animals so
torn to pieces. The entrails of both were
torn out and sutured over the ground
where they had fought, and in their necks
were great ragged holes, from which the
blood had flowed in streams while they
were still fighting. They each had a score
of wounds that would have killed any
animal with less tenacity of life.”—-St.
Louis Globe- Democrat.
A SMART WOMAN.
She Per-nodes! an Insurance Company
and la Its nustllng Agent.
Women as insurance agentsnre certain-
ly an innovation in business life which
but not shown itself in every city, but
San Francisco boasts of one who success-
fully mauagcs the woman’s department
, of a life insurance company.
’ She is described as a “dainty bit of hu-
manity as delicate as Dresden china,"
and not at all on the order of the ad-
vanced women of the age. She also has
the honor of being the only woman in
that part of the country who holds such
a place.
A few years ago she found it necessary
to depend upon her own resources for a
living, and became interested in the in.
snrance business through the fact that
women were obliged to pay to a thousand
more than men for the insurance on their
“Wis.
The injustice led her to seek a remedy,
and she looked up :statistlca, consulted
business men and finally hit upon a plan
whereby sex need not be‘consideyed in
the proposition at all. She had a long
struggle to bring the insurance company
around to her“ way of thinking. but she
ultimately convinced them of the leash
bllity of her system. Woman's unrelia-
bility in regard to telling her age, the
great risk of her husband's putting her
out of the way for the money. her life is
worth. and, in fact. all objections which
militate against women as profitable sub
jects of life insurance were promptly
abandoned by this company’s represents.
elves in acknowledgment of her good an
gumenta.
A woman's department was created for
her and a corps of female assistants who
receive the same rates as the urea solicit.
ore. were put under her supervision.
LOWELL'B PRETTY DAUGHTER.
a. men's Isasrn ler Father's assis-
. or life Testes.
Mrs. Edward Burnett is the only daugh-
‘fe'vof the late James Russell Lowell. She
was a very pretty. attractive young girl.
much admired by the undergraduates at
Harvard, as well as by the large number
of people when her father's fame brought
about them both. it who one of tiles
Lowell's grievances that she was supposed
by all the acquaintances whom she made
to have the wit and wisdom of herpareot.
it is a steel: story concerning her that
when she was asked. asehe orally was.
”its eerefer p mr's always re
piled fiercely. “No, i hate itl"
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to give the
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