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;5 Margaret Jennings-, a, girl of nineteen,.
Poi• who 'with her father had lodged in son ing Flannaganes house -an these lied
been doo to death by the same cruel
+:0 Cases. x means,
4, And, beside, there were others.
,04,44,04.00004,:h,teggegagegiggee e Exactly how many was never known,
• * * * t*"*".1.4 for the Home Office, seeing that there
"I reit yez I wants enother quid!" was no Possibility of the two anure
derers escaping the penalty of their
-nod I t yez just now ye
misdeeds, declined ' to exhume any
won't get IL!"
e.peaker. a tall, raw-boned hist:two-
first hiRhe bodies, • ,
-Won't • l'?" iieclaineed the
But the inPerance officers recalled
with. bitter.regret how they had paid
man, apparently of the lower classes.
RPO abOat that. GiVe me that 6a1-111 ur€er claim from that Partial -
motley, or 1.11 set the gees. og yoUr, lar district, without suspicion and
answered her companion, Almost without innuir.Y.
Other. murders, also, ia other parts
her drinkeaddened face changing into
o. g1t1 while. ..sw,e, see weee of the city, were clearly traced to
Flannagae, who used to go mit nurs-
only jokIne darlinte Yez Caa have
ing, and •seize the opportunity of,
another 'yellow boy,' or ten if ye
wish it; only dont ether opening poisoning. those to whoni she pretend-
yer mouth'so wide.' be he conversation ever-
ed to rainister, after having first We-
.
Such was '
en out policies on tlieir lives.
heard one stormy night in the -
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t
One of the worst cases was that of
teno1888 in low drinking au
gen a sick, friendless servant girl, whom
at et f a,
Wavertree, Liverpool, by a ''detee- the murderess agreed to nurse back
tive who happened to be there
eel). to health for the stun of £3 -all her
business"-anci it Set hine thinking. saving's.
W _ Flannagan took out -of course,
Wo and what were these gin-socle
without the girl's knowledge -no few -
dental hags, who talked of sovereigns
,than seven policies, in as many
as hhough. they Wera pence; and why
chereut offices, on her life; but, as
did the elder of the two fall into such n
a mortal terror at the more mention
theyhad six months to rtm before bo-
o the word "tee"? coming valid, did not start her dead -
f
These were the guest:Ions the officer ly work at once.
set himself forthwith to solve, little Instead, she doctored her victim,
and helped her to
vestigations weim to lead him. , even
dreaming, however, whither his in-
got her wellsecure another "place" at service.
The two Irishwomen, having satis-
The poor girl was gratotal, and
kept up a regular correspondence with
tective, disguised as a dock laborer,
Eed themselves, departed, and the de -
her "benefactress." The letter went
followed them.
on punctually paying the weekly pre -
They mrniums as they fell due.ade straight for -the heart ot
Six months soon 'slipped away, and
Liverpool, and then into a maze of
then Flannagan invited the girl to
courts and alleys lying between Park
visit her.
Lane and Paradise Street, at that
them one of the most dangerous
Supper was served, and an hour ea -
the many disreputable quarters of
terWards the guest was taken serious-
,
abounding in 37. the great seaport of '".„
"
Again Flannagan volunteered to
England. Once they stopped, and,
after glancing furitihely round, enter -
nurse her; but this time, as may well
ed a chemists shop. The 'laborer" be imagined, the patient did not get
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followed, and asked fcr a box of pills better'
at the same time taking careful note
of what the women were eaurchasing.
He half expected it would be acid,
or SOMO other material used in eoin-
ing, for he began to suspect the wo-
men belonged to a gang of smash-
ers."
What was his surprise, therefore, to
see the eldest of the two call for and
carry away with her five shillings'
worth of fly -papers.
The detective was a bit taken
aback, but his curiosity was still fur-
ther inflamed, and he determined to
see the adventure out. His patience
was not tried much longer.
A few minutes later on his quarry
turned down a. narrow and filthy al-
ley and disappeared into one of the
many underground cellars which at
that time existed all along the river
front, forming a sorry refuge for the
lowest and most depraved classes.
Here were the materials for a very
pretty trag,edy, or comedy -the offi-
cer was not sure which.
Two old hags, living in a cellar,
taking a long journey to a distant,
suburb apparently for no other pure.
pose than to purchase a quantity pf whom she adored. died suddenly, and
fly -papers. The detective almost she returne to her former profes-
sion. One morning on awakening she
found that she had become tastily
blind. 13y a coincidence she. was to
ride a blind horse in the arena the
same eight, and attempted to go
through her performance. The ani -
LESSON TO THE NATIONS
JAPAN'S CREATION OF
NAVY PERSONNEL,
Itellenhkahle Body of Professional
Seamen is on British.
Models.
The successful' aduilnietration and
organization of the Japanese navy
have aroused et very definite curiosity
in regard to the methods whiela they
have adopted and applied to satisfy
the special conclitione imposed by
their environment, teaditions and ra-
cial ifistincts. Thoroughness and pre-
paration seem to ba the keynotes of
their system, and when those quali-
ties are found allied with high intel-
ligence. devo tea patriotism; capacity
for self-set:1'Mo .and . contempt of
death, the result west be nearly roun-
ded and complete,
The first important step taken by
the imperial nay was the establish-
ment or the Naval College at Tokio
in 1873. and the employment until
1882, by perrniseion 'of the Brttish
government, of a number of instruc-
tors drawn from the executive and
engineering branches of the 13ritish
fleet. At the same time a, few se-
lected students were sent abroad.
Since 1888 the Japanese have con-
ducted their own war schools of in-
struction and have trained a nerson-
nel that is surely remarkable. The
number of officers and. men voted
for the peace esta.bliehment of the
iraperial Japanese navy was as role
lows: -Officers, 2,294; warrant offi-
cers, 1,057; petty officers and sea-
men, etc:- 89,821; officers and men in
the reserve -officers of naval reserve,
170; warrant officers, 108, and pet-
ty officers and men, 6,843.
The officers of the imperial navy
are divided •into two classes -first,
naval officers (executive), and second,
officers holding. relative steaks with
naval officers.
The list of naval officers. includes: -
Admirals, vice admirals, rear admir-
als, captains, commanders, lieuten-
On the contrary she grew steadily . ants, sub -lieutenants, midshipmen,
worse, and within a week had pass 'naval cadets, gunners and hOataWahlS.
awa.y, her last words being a brief The grades of officers holding relative
ranks are engineers, surgeons, pay -
message of thanks to her "kind nurse masters, ordnance engineers, naval
who had done so much for her."
Catherine Flannagan and Margaret constructors, hydrographical engin-
Higgins were hanged together in Liv-
erpool Gaol on March 3rd, 1384. THE NAVAL OFFICERS,
They were reserved and reticent to Naval
the last, expressing no contrition, cadets are appointed through
but also no fear -tall. gaunt, repui_ en to the sons of all Japanese sub -
competitive examination and are op -
sive -looking women both of them,
who no more shrank from secret jects. The entrance examination is
crime' than from. the penalty it en- cipal towns of Japan, under super -
at present held In the nineteen prin-
tailech-Pearsones Weekly,
vision of the Superintendent of the
Naval College. The number of ea -
ONCE PAM" US BEAUTY. dets required for the year is previous-
ly gazetted by theMinister of Marine,
The strange and sad romance of a and the requisitions for prospective
beautiful woman, baroness de Pali- vacancies are made on the Superin-
den, who was once the spoilt child of tendent of the Naval College through
half the capitals of Europe, has just the local authorities within a specie
come to light in Paris. Owing- to fied limit of time. The age of a
her father's financial reverses she candidate must not be under sixteen.
joined a circus troupe, being an ac- nor over twenty years, and thy are
complished rider, and while at Riga divided into two groups. Candidates,
married the baron de Rahden. When who have passed the course of the
she was at the height ot her success, middle schools . are examined in
idolized and wealthy. her husband mathematics, Japanese. composition,
English and Chinese, but a candidate
who has not passed the middle school
curriculum is examined in the follow-
ing subjects:- J apanese composition,
mathematics, English, Chinese, geo-
graphy, history, physics, chemistry
and drawing, and if candidates ele-
sire they may also be examined in
French, German or Russian. Ali
candidates have to pass a medic.al ex-
amination before they raay go -up for
the competitive examination. Su.cces,s-
fell candidates become naval 'cadets,
and are ordered to join the Naval
College at Yetajima, on the Inland
Sea, near the Kure naval station.
Travelling expenses to the Naval Col-
lege are paid and everything is pro-
vided at the college by the govern-
ment.
The cadets remein in the Naval
College for three years, and are in-
structed in seamanshi-p. navigation,
the higher mathein.atics, English,
physics, chemistry, gunnery and tor-
pedoes, steal' engineering, etc. They
are then appointed to a sea -going
training ship as midshipmen, . pro-
vided they have passed the final ex-
amination successfully. After eight
inoteths sea cruising the midshipmen
are examined in what they have
learned on board and transferred to
commissioned ships, generally among
the ships of the squadron, and after
four months, if favorably recommend-
ed by the captains oe their ship, are
commissioned as sub -lieutenants.
Promotions of naval officers are
made entirely by selection, and the
list Of candidates is decided by the
Board. of ,Admirals, 'which 'meets once
a year. The proper members of the
Board number eight or nine, but when'
they sit to decide the list of promo-
tions the Minister of Marine presides
and the commanders in chief or all,
naval stations and of the seuadron,
with the senior officers of different
branches, such as engineers and meth-
od corps, etc., are added. Officers
that have been on duty for the num-
ber or years corresponding to the re-
s,pective ranks set down are eligible
for nomination:- Sub -lieutenants, one
year; lieutenants (junior grade), two
yore; lieutenants, five years; eom-
mand'ers, .tWo years; captains (junior
grade), two years; captains, two
years; rear admirals, three years.
ENGINEER OFFICERS.
laughed aloud.
Then he suddenly remembered the
strange conversation he had over-
heard in the drinking den at "Waver -
tree, and his face grew stern again.
Something shady was going on.
He drew itear softly and peered haat, however, noticed something was
through the little window that was wrong, became restive, and bolted,
throwing Itis rider against a pillar
and fracturing her skull. After wast-
ing the little money that remained to
her on specialists who could do her
no good, the baroness is now plunged
in the blackest. misery in. Paris, blind;
ruined and forgotten.
almost level with the street, and by
means of which he had an excellent
view of the Interior of the apartment,
There were several persons inside,
but the central figure of all was a
man. He had once been a powerful
fellow, but now his clothes hung
loose about his shrunken form, and
from his skeleton-like face there shone
two eyes that were bright and burn-
ing with fever.
The women (there wen- four of them
now) stood round in a Bak circle
watching him -the detective watched
the whole -party.
Presently the man raised himself on
his elbow, and cried in a low, moane
ing voice for water.
One of the women (she who had
bought the fly -papers) approached him
with a mug, but he pushed her away
peee ishly.
• ”The water you give me burns
me," he said faintly. "Let her get
me some," Pointing to a young girl
who, it came out afterwards, was one
of the neighbors, come in to see if
she could be of any assistance.
The person indicated fetched a glass
of water fresh from the tap, and the
sufferer drained it eagerly.
"God bless you, colleen," he ex-
claimed fervently; "that's the sweet-
est draught I've tasted this anany a
day. I can die easy now." Ten
minutes later he gave one gasp and
eepired.
Shortly afterwards a pale -faced lab-
orer stalked into the Central Police
Station, and, aftee explaining who
he was, recounted his experiences and
his suspicions.
At first the inspector was incredu-
lous, But a course of carefully -guard-
ed inguiries sufficed to establish good
grounds for prosecution, and, a week
or two later, the two women whom,
the detective had followed were ar-
vested. Their mums tented out to
be Catharine Flannagan and :Margar-
et Higgins, •
At their trial the whole sordid,
horrible story was made plain.
The man in the other taus Thomae
Higgins, the husband- of the :woman
of that name; and he had been sloWly
'done to death by means of areethe ob-
tained from fly-pariers, after having
been insured in various societies for
nearly one hundred pounds.. •
But thie wag hot all.
other people who, in years met,
had been cormected with the tteo
W0113021, Were remembered to have
died mysteriously, told their bottle%
were eXimined.
The mean of the rioshenorteme
Iliad° it plain that the two wretches
.had been engaged, for no one could
telle haw ieng, in secretly destroying
their neareSt relatives,
LITTLE MOSLEM'S START.
A little Moslem when she was 4
years 4 months old goes through the
"Name -of -Clod," or Bisn'illlah, cere-
mony -which begins her real life. She
is dressed in cloth of gold, with a
veil and wreath of flowers, and
friends are invited to salute the lit -
tie queen, She sits on a gold cush-
ion, which must be borrowed IL. she
hasn't one, and all the rest sit on the
floor. Then an old mulleth recitee
very slowly ,a certain verse from the
Korean, which is also written in saf-
fron on a, silver plate tibi held in
her hand. She MUM her fingers over
the words and stammers them, after
him. "Say it now, Bibi; be a good
girl, then you shall see yo-ur pre-
sents." Soon they all cry, "Sha -
bash! Shabash! Wah! Wah!" and
the ceremony of the little girl's first
lesson in reading, writing and religi-
on is over. Seim salaaxns mamma,
then shows her presents to lier sah-
ells (girl friends).
NAMES IN' NIPPON.
The -Taps do not call their Country
Japan, but NiPpon, and .that name
has bon in us for thirteen or four-
teen centuries. Before that it was
called Yamato, which is properly the
name of one of the provinces. Since
the Japanese have traced a resemb-
lance between the position of their
islands off Asia eted the British is-
lands oft Heroin, and .have determin-
ed on founding an empire like the
British Empire they have called
their country' Dal Nippon' (Great Ja-
pan), as we Pay Great Britain. Ja-
m/Team "The Land of the Rising
"Keep your seats, please, ladies
end gentlemen.," said a theatrical
nanager; "there is no danger what -
veer, lint for some inexplicable le:a-
eon the gee; has gone out." Then
a boy shouted /rota the gallery; "Pate
hapS it didn't like the plata"
The aPpointmentsof engineer stn. -
dents are :Medic in the same menner
as theee b/ the naval cadets but the
age of candidates must hot be under
sixteen nor over twenty-one yore. A
etudene loine the Naval Eegineers
College at Yolleesulsa and reinoins
tlaire Over years aed four hlOat 11S,
The students go through a defuse of
.advaieced Matheinatice, physics, chem.-
-a— istry, theory of steam engine, eta,
Any Mat Who thug to , get up and and receive practical tearning the
get his own: breakfast While his wif0 engineering WeeltiliteSS of the Volcosae
lies in bed is likely to feel, like turtle ea dockyard, end 'in'estreettoneinleen
:leg the "God Bios Our Mural" mote'sliipbtrilling, marine engines .tial beihe
to to the welt, en, Oa Me- (3? Oa h1.60"hilleat,S eine b
etee-a ployed in the engino rotnn and in the
Quit inalehig ,good reeolutione and. tonetruction find WOrkitIg of eleCtric
et deletele. beelheSS. 1104 arid of the torpedo inactitherY t
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Students passim silt:weevilly the
final; examination home 'probation-
ary assistant eegineere itt the navy
and ere aPpointed to a seagoing,
the-dui/1g shill, on board of which they
receive, practieel training. After'
eight months 0.1 this trajaing they
are examined and comentseioned 136
assistant eagineees. The succeeding
stepe Of promotion ip by selection, as
in the case of the executive officers;
to the grade qf engineer, chief and
geet .engineer, ens.peetor of machinery,
aud, last, 'inspector ,general of ma -
chi nery.
Candidates fors the Medical braneh
of the navy are required to pass a
professional examination before they
go up for their competitive 'examina-
flans. The latter. include medicine!,
surgery, science - and modern langu-
ages. Successful ceediclates become
probationary assistant surgeons in the
navy and then join the Naval Medical
College for instruction. They re -
Meta there not less than one year,
and, after passing at the college suc-
cessfully, they are 'first appointed to
the hospitals of different naval sta-
tions, cued after certain periods of
time, when favorably recommended by
the Superintendent of Hospitals, they
are commissioned as assistant sur-
geons.. The succeeding steps of pro-
motien are by edlection Lead the
grades are surgeons, staff and fleet
surgeons, sergebn inspectors and sur-
geon generals. Surgeons are also
pointed from arnOng the graduates of
the imperial universities without the
examination in science.
Probationary assistant paymasters
are taken by competitive examination
after successrully paking the medical
examination, tied must net be under
twenty MI' over thirty years of age.
Successful candidate -s join tile pay-
1master training school, receive a
course of instruction .for eight months
and after examination are appointed
to commissioned ships for practical
experience. .Aeter foer months, if let-
vorably recomniended, they become
assistant paymasters and pass by
steps through the grades of pay-
master, chief, staff and fleet paymas-
ters, paymaster inspectors and pay-
master generals. Paymasters :are al-
so appointed from among the gradu-
ates of the imperial universities and
those of the Higher Commercial
School in Tokio.
NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS,
Every year a. certain number of the
students in the Imperial University
of Naval Architects can make appli-
cation for appointment, and if., suc-
cessful in examinations they become
navy stude.nts and continue their
study at the expense of tbe• navy..
On graduation they are appointed as-
sistant naval constructors and are
promoted by selection to naval con-
structor, chief, inspector and iespece
tor general of naval constructors.
Ordinance engineers are appointed
itt the same manner as the naval con-
structors, or are • drawn from naval
officers and engineers, who , often
change into this branch by special ap-
pointment, ,
Stedentsare taught at the Hydra-
grarhic Office as hydrographic engin-
eers the theory and practice of sur-
veys, etc., and are appointed assist-
ants eater successful examination.
They can reach the grade correspond-
ing to the rank of captain, (junior
grade). As this profession can be
performed by the naval officers, the
continuation of this branch for .the
future is in doubt. •
The warrant officers of the execu-
tive line are either gunners or boats -
wale's gunners or torpedo gunners
and must be qualified as gunnery or
toreedo instructors before promotion.
The non-executive branches holding
relative ranks are engine -room artifi-
cers, bandtuasters, carpenters, writers
and nurses. They are all promoted
from the chief petty officers of their
respective corps, after having served
at least two years at sea and having
passed the required examinations sfee
eessfullY. A warrant officer who has
super -excellent ability 'may, after six
years' service, be promoted to chief
Warrant officer, with the i.atile of sub-
lieutenant. • Chief warrant officers
that have long and meritorious ser-
vice receive the rank of lieutenants
(junior grade) when they are trans-
ferred to the reserve by reaSon. of
age. Petty Officers and men are di-
vided into the sane classes as war-
rant officers and petty officers, except
that ships' writersare appointed' froni
the men.
Exami nati ons for the promotion of.
petty officers and men are held twice
each year and eligibility for this ex-
amination depends upon the follow -
Mg lengths of sea service*- Petty ciet
kers-Third class, one year as leading
seamen; second class, one year as
third class Petty officers; first elass
or chief petty officer, one and one-
half -years as second class petty of-
ficers. Men -Petty officers, leading
seamen or first class men; able .seae
Men or second class men, and ordin-
ary seamen or third class men ari ex-
amined in April. and October. Boys
are examined in May and November.
APPRENTICES.
Boys are traiaed in the barracks of
the naval station for the first four
months and are then sent to seagoing
training ships foe at least two
Months, when they are distributed
among the ships of the fleet. From
among able seamen and upward' to
the firet class petty- officere 'certain
,men are selected:and examihed to be-
come seamen gunners and torpedo
men and the successful candidates are
trained' at the gunnery ' and torpedo
training stations at Yokosuka re-
spectively. For eeamen gunners there
are three kinds of courses of instrue-
tioni-First, a COth'Se for •seamen gun-
ners; secoed, e course for gumiery in -
etre et ors; tli i rel , recap iteria Li on or
ehort course,
The same method is followed with
torpedo leen and, toepecio instructors.,
etc. Stokers, eattienter's ci Ow arid
leaceemith are 1iven/41a up in. 1 be
:tame 11111111 ('1' as eat111011 loll are train-
ed at the artificers' .lreinine station
at similar periods of their sefeace,
Further details fee the Negation of
thee Tirane!) em pet Sy ofrIC.prsA atid
nen may he Omitted, as the eystem
, War" gitnilar to the!: protected for
he seamee cities, A fete litece may:,
botvever„, be added to explain the neve
al officers' 'and ., engineers' advanced
stady at.the Navel A.cademy.
The velvet academy is located at
Tokio, aad is eonclucted by a rear
'admiral saPerietendent, with a mini -
bee of offiter instructors of different
ranks 5014 p, peeps of professors': .The
.officer students are divided lab the
following elassesit- Officers' long
course, ttgo years; Officers' short
course, one gear; optional course, one
year; engineers' loeg cieurse, two
years; engineers' sheet, coerse, one
year. Officer students ena nominated•
arieually by the commanders in chief.
Of naval stations and squadrons and
by other °More Who have equal. re-
sponsibilities, according to notice giv-
en by tha'Mbeistee of Marine., Camlie
dates :foe the long course must be le
good health, have a good seeviee re-
cord, good judgment and eeniere
knowledge of their profession, They
Must have performed pea ditty for
period of at least three , years.
Cendidates for the short coarse' are
taken' from tile list of Iieutenetts
who are especially fitted for, gunnery,
torpedo or navigation duty.
011UltOlf OF YEGETARIAN
PHILADELPHIA IS ,THE CEN-
TRE OP THIS CULT.,
Congregation .is Said to be a
Healthy -Looking Lot of
, People.
Vegetarianism is the It:inner under
which hundreds of Philadelphians are
marching now -a -clays. A sudden wave
of .popularity leas risen in the erst-
while calm course of its followers, and
many new organizations have lately
sprung up to help foster this "reli-
gion," says the Philadelphia. North
American.
Philadelphia is tlie world's great
centre of this cult. Churches, mis-
-Pion homes, restaurants' and hoarding
houses all tend to strengthen 'the be-
lievers in the doctrine and help to
make fresh converts.
"Man's food be -comes his mind,"
might be considered the creed of this
suit, Whose followers are so impress-
ed with the benefits derived from a
diet without meat tbat they have
banded themselves together,, founded
a church, the only one of its kind in
the United States, and eought to
convert others to their way of think-
ing and living..
The church, with its vegetarian pas-
tor, vegetarian congregation and
vegetarian choir, is called the First
Bible Christian Church: of Philadel-
phia.
....PASTOR AN'D PEOPLE.
The Rev. .Henry S, Clubb, the pas-
tor, is hale and hearty, and his par-
ishioners . from year's end to year's
end to•uch no meat: For some time
Dr. Clubb has preached to Philadel-
phians the value. both to the moral
and physical man of disciplining the
appetites for flesh food, and 'for mere
than seventy years lie • has followed
the doctrine of the vegetarian chureh.
The Philadelphia chinch was found-
ed some years ago, and its congrega-
tion has gradually grown from a
mere handful of people to the flour-
ishing body, new members, now being
constantly gained.
The forms of their service are few,
and are very simple, but impressive.
The golden rule is the basis of their
creed, and a spirit of peace pervades
their place of worship.
Another noticeable feature. and one
which instantly impresses the visitor
to the 'Christian. Church, is the health
and vigor of the congregation. The
men ;appear alert and muscular, the
1170112011 fresh and blooming.
0
eeems to come with :flagging footsteps
age
and the marks of time are light.
There are few stooped shoulders, no
sallow faces, and scarcely a shaking
hand among the entne flock.
Dr. Clubb, although having 'cele-
brated bus 7611i birthday, is .as ac-
tive as a man many years younger,
and all this he ascribes wholly to his
abstinence not merely on his -own
part, but on the part of several past
generations of his family.
CHEAP LODGING,
Equally as active as Dr, Clubb's
church is a vegeterian mission, which
makes its home in the lower part of
the city, at 210 North Second street.
A huge sign in front proclaims "The
Gospel Help Mission," and here, in
the cheapest hotel iu tlie world, the
abstainers from 'meat draw converts
to their ranks by feeding and lodge
frig them at wonderfully low rates.
Its establishment was the work of
an active vegetarian, Dr. W. L. Win -
nee, and since its start several other
members of the calt have taken an
interest in its progress.
In its ehort life it has served 70,-
000 &poste with lodging and 460,000
meals, and despite its cheapness it is
almost eelasupporting.
Here a week's lodging, with. three
meals a day and the use of a bath, a
shaving set ahd the laundry, costs
$1..12. The lodging is clean, the
teeth le of porcelain, the shaving set
better than the average barber's, and
the laundry well equipped.
They who avail themselves of all
these comforts are not of an exalted
social station;- in fact, most of them
are or the worst, class, and the mire
sion thereforespecially' prides itself
on -the fact that it has .a numbee of
pen t ten ts and converts to the
"coarse,"
When the mission starteil a few
yeetee ago there were twenty beds end
a few miecellaneous pieces of furni-
ture in the houete, and the first ' night
three men slept end • breakfasted
there, The second there were tarenty-
men, and fifty the -third, for the mis-
sion *as a welcome charity, and its
first pens ionees pledged its eatloudly n4 en
At tile ielilnYg% aeli. slept. 'tvhdit"
bede 'rein out, on the floor', but they
are permitted to do thie no 'longer.
Ivor einetniihePs and erder ere hard
enough bo m ai ran in Wheel the ;me is
hut modeentely hill. Whet) it is ote-
ercrewded ,sirch Maintenance is iih-
possible, ,
Httlit Tr,p M r. A 1..8
other, more expensive, 'vegetarian res-'
Laurent§ in Philn.delphia, Which cater
to the delicate tastes of their Patel
clone and not to their purses.
Some of the most ectiveevegelarians
hi • the city belong to the engirt et,
and right in their inidst, where fash-
ionable club houos and cafes abouncla •
in Walnut street, near Tenth a pretty,
little plaee, the daintiness of whose
service would satisfy the most fasti-
dious taste, is well patronized.
Many dainties that would tempt,
the moet sanguinary person to become
a vegetarian are here set forth tcht
take the place of fiesh, fisli and fowl!
For instance, a raga attract i ye
looking "chicken" is brought in, and
proves to be a 'delicious concoction'
with much the test° of real fowl, and;
having ground peanuts as its base,
CONVERT MEAT EATfilliS.
The conductors of this establish-
ment and of the other vegetarian res-
taurants are wise 111 their :day and
generation, for they recognize the
teeth' of the saying theft "one's heart
(or mind) may be reached through
his stoniach."
All of these establisinnents, though
managed by different persons, are
really carried on by the combined ef-
forts or influential members of tink
vegetarian cult' alt over *he city.
Quite recently a vegetarian sanitar-
ium lies been opened in the heart of'
the fashionable section, This eetabg
lisliment aims to accomplish among a'
quite different class of people. thosa
who are wealthy, or at -least well to,
do, the 'same object as the mission
down town, namely, the conversion of
meat eaters to the doctrine of vege-
tarianism, and the gestoration 7to
health of those who have indulged
too freely in the fleshpots of Egypt.
So far it has Met with wonderful
success.
-re
ILEDIOINE IN UR FOOD'
CURATIVE QUALITIES OF GAR-
DEN TRUCK.
Future Doctor' Likely to Prescribe
Vegetables Instead of
Drugs.
It is a common observation that
the quantity of any characteristic ele-
ment in a plant varies with its riche •
ness la tile soil. This is, of course,
a correlative of the well-known bene-
ficial action of feetilizers in increasing
plant growth. It is now proposed,
however,. to attempt the cultivation
of medicated plants -that is, common
vegetables containing abnormal quan-
tities of substances it is desired to
administer.
iiniste.lid
Iseeent to every one at all ac-
quainted witli the laws of physiology
that the assimilation of mineral 014 \
ments by the bode- is much more.
readily accomplished when these are
partaken in the form of food in vege.
tables. In the past, if the body has
needed an excess of iron, it has beeng
supplied by iron tinctures. taken,
through a glass tube after meals.
IRON IN THE SPINACH.
The modern idea is to supply this
swe;rieinatbi! certain vegetables, such
p
Experirnents looking 40
the demonstration of this scheme have,
been undertaken recently in Europe.'
Ferruginous plants were grown in
soil enriched by the addition of hy-
drate of iron, and upon analysis it
was found that plants grown in such
soil contained a much larger percent-
age of iron than similar plants grown
in natural soil.
Of course i1 is not to be- supposed
that this increase in the percentage
can be increased indefinitely, but it,
can be carried to a maximum pane;
which is yery much greater than the
average. This same demonstration
has also been carried but in connec-
tion with tea cultivation. Samples
of tea leaves from several plantations
haring similar climate and altitude
coridit-ions, but different soils, were
and, after drying, were lima-
lyzed in the laboratory for their con-
tent of iron, nitrogen, phosphoric ace
id, silicic acid, caillein and ash."
SOIL REFLECTED IN TEA.
The various soils in which the safe
eral plants yielding the sample Ica:vies
had been grown were also analyzed
for similar elements, and it was
found that the chemical composition
of the soil, especially the nuantities
of those substances taken by the plant
has an influence, clearly demonstrab-
le by chemical analysis, on the coin-,
position of tea leave prodUced on such
soil.
A
very interesting vista opens up
to the prophetic eye in giving free
rein to the imagination on this fas-
cinating subject. Will the doctor of
the future, instead of ordering a
nauseous dose from the druggist, pre-
scribe a course of Medical vegetables,
furnishing the iron, 'or potash, or,
manganese, etc., by means of these
els?ct
"doctored"eifieocfr "medicated" vegetath
milk, which, With itS
guaranteed proportion of milk fat,
milk sugar and solids, might have
Seetned an improbable commercial art
ticle-fifty years ago, ancl, if so, why
not "certified vegetables" in the im-
mediate future?
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8 ()Hoot, FOR 1100.S.
A school for dogs is the latest de.
Velopment of the -educational move,
inept, It has been established ie
Paris with the' object ol teaching.
not letters, but politeness, The
schoolroom is fureished With chaire,
tobles, and rugs, to' give the noes -
sere "local color" to the 'surround-,
inv. rile dog pupils are tritince to
Welcotne visitors be' jumping UP,
Wagging the tail, arid giving a 10*
bark; When the visitor leaves, tint
dog accompanies him to the door
and bows his farewell by bending hi.
head in the floor. He is train- f
likewise to pick up a haildkerchie ;
glove, or fan that has been dropped,
and rehien it to the 'ownee, Ht e
taught further te 'walk with "Pl'elta
end prenatalsteps" when out; mete
,
his Mistress, '
Of coueen, the real test or a Pim'
d'ing ,‘oinitiabilil,y LoslAp aftei
For the afore fasticlioue there are eating.it,