WHERE GIRLS ARE CAGED vised patients of mina who are troubl- Ag ; ed with insomuia to try a quiet church ( where the preacher was not too ener- 0 United States Consul Griffin, Bydoey, has been making some ex baustive studies of the people of New Britain, an island of the South Seas, and informs the State Department as to the result of his investigations. He finds, among other curious customs, that theislanders have a way of cou: fining their girls in cages until they These girl getic in bis manner, and in most cases the result hus been gratifying. The | por man who bas become almost wild through want of sleep generally ob- tains relief and falls off into a gentle and refreshing slumber. Many p ple suffering in this way tale aride in a get | it, but nothing has succeeded so well a8 railroad train for relief und mten are old enough to marcy. cages are made of twigs of the palm tree, and the girls are put into them or 3 years of age, These the Sunday morning service in a quiet It th | urch, le, | not need to sleen in ¢ Ver nd [& SN Peo 10) o) 1! \ ure, 0 - when only Cages are built inside the houses, and not want to, would drink teR or ¢ het re the girls are never allowed to leave £. they might find it ¢ W hy | heads nodd ng m the house under any circumstances, means healire and are only taken out once a day to be washed. The are closely fenced in with a sort of Ventila- is houses themselves wicker-works made of reeds. tion under these circumstances rendered very difficult. The girlsare said to grow up sirong and healthful, mn I'he natives are very fond of jewelery made | in spite of those disadvantages. ie Both men and| ft of shell and bone women are entirely naked, except a small strip of bark or leaves around | their loins. They have thick black hair, large flat noses and symmetrical | bodi r feathers of gaudy COlOIS, . 1 3 i , With which they decorate their hands. | | i oolnevimes they wear & helmet or head-dress about eighteen inches height, made of bark and seawe and orvamented with shells, cat's ey fe c, ] l . holly destitut eravly made, and are wholly destituts of and I'l s h 4 lacan H divided ino two distant classes cal Marawmars Pikalaba, marriage between parties of the ir houses are small and n Hel mats furniture. ey Ar and the forbidden, and if ev the They are filthy C lasses ticed is contempt, Rabits, cruel and treacherous p races, incl uding infanticide ar regarded with in STL a the lowest vices of tice 3 i nibalism. - —- A — “Know George Hearst 7 Well, I [as tl id Nevadan at the Palace the other even | ing heard uncle Georges name should say I did,” remarked an S i never | i i For the last few years | r "nt ” Fue HAO without recalling a little incident that happened to him and me years ago at Pioche. on a prospecting tour all We ibad not finding or making any locations. | face provis ons Uncle George and I had sum. r. been unfortunate We brought up at Pioche in the of a hard winter, out of ] Hearst he leading merchant of th out of money. Ww ent to e camp and #sked a few dollars credit to purch 1 he “Well, drawled [= » | ime when I ean a ay urt build “is Rp pity the sad Urn the bare necessities of life. . {8 chant refused. mer | ¥ {ing would be then an | i tl biow a upi t i Bl IRs €V now millionaire live to sae th wh enator, ‘I shall put th La” 3 He l gh of Nevada in my trousers pockets.’ Since Uncle George has become a United States Senator [i am : oY rv fy g him every day t duce a hill wbolishing the State of Nevada." —San Francisco Post — A— Young man in search of a place Dov Hay 9 ed any hands, SMr. seed Farmer Hayseed—Need ‘em ? cer tainly I do pitch right in. “How about the r—eight Wule ? Do yon believe in that 7” “That's the rule on this farm, youns man. You goto work at 4 in the morning and knock off at noon. Then | q go again at I o'clock and work till ibe jury in the case from being ap- i 9. Eight hours at a time is enough | 8 aj for me. 1 tell you, have been constantly a Pall off your coat and '"1 . hi ’ oughly guarded, and doubly gu from the commencement h FIle In the case | {pal Court bailding the precautio pl is { the Crim | against auything of this kind occuring tare being daily multiplied. Inc reas ing care is being exercised to secure | | proached and to prevent even a note being surreptitiously thrown to them as they pass from the court-room. cross the street, and enter the Revere House to take their meals: police, white gloved, re-stationed at intervals across the HE DIDN'T CARE FOR LARGE WORDS, “You are fishing with persistence,“ oid a geatleman to an urchin who treet jealously grarding Bad thrashed a stream without appar- the slightest appearance of an ap- eat reward a whole afternoon, | proach to any of the jurors by out “Ob, no, sir; jest angle:worms repli. | *ide parties, od the youth pleasantly, “I mean yon bave a good deal of perseverance,” explained the other, “No, thems suckers. Guess you ain't never lived in these parts, have gout™ » " SLEE A physician who was asked for reasons why people became drowsy in and if there was any remedy ni cases, said that the drowsy feeling in charch was often due to bad onstruction, to overheating and to the | quiet and composing surro ind. “I have oftes,” said he “ad. — AII—— | LUCK OR PLUCK “I have no luck,” SAYS A young man as he stands in New York streets, his hands in his pockets. “Now look at #0 and #0, what good luck he has.” Nothing of the kind. While ten men stand loafing round waiting fo chances, one man makes Lis chance while the ten are waiting for so.e- thing to turn up, the one man turns up something himself. It is not luck, it is pluck, and there are plenty of chances waiting for the youug man who trusts more to pluck than luck. “Just the luck,” rays a discontented PING IN CHURCH, | storekeeper, who cannot | tune Railroads, ALD EAGLE VALLEY R, R— Time Table in effest Muy, 12, '84 WESTWARD. Exp. Mail, meet his \ TRIT IN PARTITION — To Amos Whiteleather, Powers and William Powers, heirs and egal representatives of Jacob White. lenther, Inte of Marion township, decess d, « non-residents within the © winty of Cen tre: Take notice that by virtue of a writ of Partition, iesued out of the Or. phans’ Court of Centra County, and to me directed, un inquest wil be held at the inte residence of suid Jacob Whitelenther, | decensed, in the Township of Marion, and | County of Centre, on the 20th duy ofl June, A. D. 1886 at 2 clock j [ suid day, fur the purpose of muking tition of tho real estate to and wmong his heirs sentatives, pre wise I Loavo Lock Huven Flemington Mill Hall monthly bills, as he sees a new aod Busan | lurger store being ere ected for his rival, Nothing of the kind ; 1t is the other wan's pluck 1 adverusiug, pushiog his way, seizing his ¢l « which is misnamed luck. Eagloville Howard Sa, while teu men fail, one succeeds i \ We by sheer force of indomitable pluck, | looked m., of pur as a favorite of | oO and is upon Mileshur Snow Shoe Unionville forcun of mid deceds and legal repre if the seme can be done with @ or spoiling of the whole, value und nppraise the san to law, and st which may be present W. MIL , May 24 nt has made nig for Ent. sivinians | So be i | i othe ' Lo 8 according You Snow on Mount time nr if yeu think | ES WALKER Nhe piace Hunnuh F 74 ) Wyn IN PARTITI | Fo Mary Weaver Fanny Shirk, Ja ONE DOLLAR. . The Weekly Pa + l1 0) { Fed od | 1 Obs rat ne "Dollar Per Year, 1al Rates to Clubs f at “ ! ly { Spe J | Ww te rs adeted N yf WANTED. bet & THE PATRI ANIA Y LA & Er a BALLR Is y ow ® P= NS I": ier May 11, Ww ERIE MAIL ’ T'WARD wT & CHRISTIE'S CHOCL OF BUSINESS LOCK HAVEN, P. 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