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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XMV.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 27, 1S90.
NO. ?a'k
INDIAN MARRIAGES
tJCARTIVr OK KfcU HIT BY
CtriD'S ABKOW.
Interesting Tribal Ceremonies at a 0
coct Wf dJins on Indiaa Island, Me.
The Iribee of the Algonquin Indians
that inhabit the upper Penobscot river
island atUI hold on to tome of the In
teresting rrmioniri of their aucieut
mode of life. Two day before the
opening of the solemn daysof Lent, an
occurrence moat unuaual offered cause
for rejoicing at the Indiaa settlement
on a large island in a wide expaute of
the Penobscot opposite Oldtown, Maine.
Thia waa no lee than the marriage to
gether of four brides to aa many gal
lant braves, w hosa present of wamp
um, aided with eome of the sly court
ship of modern times, they iroi pted,
and accompanied the acceptation by
the plighted troth of their womanly
heart to the men of their choice aa
husbands in weal or woe through life.
The Indian of the Penobscot island
are what waa knowu us the Tarratinea,
a rlan of the Abenaque. of the tribe
of the Algonquin. The former, it ia
claimed, comet from u titlo given by
lesuit mi.-iouarie to a brave Huron
chief whom they called Taratouuii.
I!ut, while there are difference of
opinion unions authors aa to the
orign of the nppclation. one tiling is
sure, xir. that hi-tory know the
Penobscot Indian!) as Tarratinen. Thia
i the name of a social club in Bangor
among it mii cultivate! citiens. a
prominent nicmler of which is Yice
Freldent Hamlin.
The Tarratine were of the Indian
tribe who took cordially to the French
people who r:ime into their country.
Intermarriages from the lirat daya of
colonization to the present have b&eu
of frequent occurrence. The Indian
intercourse with the French people wan
very generally of apparent mutual
satisfaction, w hich, it in to bo regret
ted, cannot be snid of their relation
with the English. They rarely mis
trusted the French new-comer, and
when the latter built fortification or
other rtructurc for defence of trade,
there w aa neither fear nor jealousy ex
cited in the mind of these aborigine.
Their bartering with the latter in
mm-, animation, fur?, and other ware
only drew from them a'tachment to
the tiallic white trader and their
families. Tin- latter people exercised
adroitness, and mingled their business
with an openness and freedom that
won love in the savage breast.
The Frenchmen' high spirits and
companionable manners, the piety of
the .leMlit fathers and the devotion
which they showed to them in sicklies
and trial, together with the influence
exercised by thee spiritual guides in
restraining the v ice ami cupidity of
their fellow-emigrant, had much to
do with thi comity. Not the leat in
the work wa the inspiring inll icnce
of the graud ceremonies of the Cath
lio church in the celebration of tte
divine niysterie and other holy otUce.
Theee workel excellent ctlect in inak
ii IT the Tarratine Indian fa-t friend
of the French wtll.-n. What wonder
that one could 'race in the faces of
11. any of the mail ingo reveller of to
day some of ihe features peculiar to
the French people.
They did (food service in the revolu
tionary war, and in the war for the
luion a large miml-r of Indiana went
manfully to the "front.'
1 he name of the contracting parties
st the marriage ceremony -er formed
iu the Catholic church on the Inland
by Kev. I'r. Nclligan on Sunday tiltflit
were .loscphus Banco and I.ouie
l.o, kaha-oii. a most l-autiful Indian
girl, and said to have the proud blood
of a former chief of hi trite in her
vein; .loephu S. Neptune, relative
of an old-time chief who has been
Governor, and Mar. a A. Francis; Salt
bat u .1. Tu-cp and i 'at hei :ne F. Susie ;
Big Thunder and a widow who is
nearly all French, very little aborigine
blood showed in her countenance. The
young men and I'.ig Thunder at the
pow-wow di-plavcd handsome Indian
regalia, and nearly three hour were
occupied in the tribal reremoiiie.i and
dame of the-e peiple.
An old chief started otl from the
middle of the hall w ith a weird chant,
aided b timekeeping of a i-hop horn
in hi hand and a liylit ".tamping of his
fet. lie was followeil in order, nin
f;le tile, by other male, and then by
the iiaw s, all of them joining in
the refrain of the leader, the melody
natural, musical and fascinating as the
sound from an Koliau harp. After
moving round the hall teveral times in
this sort of procession, with military
precision, hey formed into sections,
men tripping and dancing backward,
facing the female, and at given bars
of roiiM.- alternating this posture by
movements most rraeeful. All thi
was natural, pleading ami interesting.
The younger of the fren'le sex were iu
manv instance liecominjfly dresed.
When the Indian custom were iluly
carried out, addresses were maile by
the t iovernor. Saul Neptune, an.l the
I.ieutenant-;overiior, Sat batus I ana,
and .loephus Nacola, one of the In
dian council.
Then came the time for the younjr
folks, who at aU.iit II p. m. bean
their frolic in modern dances to the
music of a native band, consi.tinfr of
a violin, cornet and trombone, with a
piano, well performed on, in accom
paniment. Although the marriage
ceremony was rfornied on Sunday
evening, according to Indian custom,
the bride Hid not po home w ith their
poues until after a second night of
featinir and now-wowing, at which
time they must have felt pretty tired,
and at honeymooning- take a ref.
On the isiand there are four Sisters
of Mercy, who teach the girl and
Indian boy and give them lessons in
faith and morality. Many handsome
houses are now completed, or being
built on the island. Thrift, pood
behaviour, and a desire to have the
world know that they are, in their own
way, making tine atride in the art of
the whitemen, characterize the present
day Tarratinea. At Uie pow-wow 1
talked with a noble appearing Indian
named Francis, whom I met four
yeara agt at Mooosehead lake. Jie
acta as a guide for many Boston frentla
man at various seasons of the year In
the wilderness and forests of this
xictwt sane commonwealth ' "
The Beaaarkahle History ef a Slav.
General Khalreddin I'asha, who died
last week at Constantinople, was un
questionably the most remarkable Tun
isian functionary of too preseut cen
tury, and at one time seemed destined
to play a really important part in the
history of Islam. Iurchased some
sixty yeara ago as a a'ave by the iState
Treasurer, Uahmoud Ken Ay at. he
lived to become a favorite in I'arisian
salons, although ha waa engaged in
prosecuting a heavy claim against hi
former master, who produced hi ow n
deed of sale as an exhibit at the trial.
He married a daughter of the Tunisian
1'rime Minister, whom he eventually
succeeded, and having gained the ap
probation and decoration of half the
court in Kurope by an erudite essay
on Moslem Keform, he finally
gained the good graces ot the Sultan
by warmly espousing the cause of I'an
l.lamism. The Bey of Tunis dismissed him
some time before the French invasion,
but Khaireddiu oaly exchanged his
gorgeous abode on the shores of the
Mediterranean (i.ow or lately a French
military hospital) for a scarcely lea
magnificent palace which ha built on
the heights above Stamboul. Abdul
Hamld, within a few months of his ar
rival, made him (irand Visier, but his
tenure of office waa brief. The Turks
resented his success, and neither his
commanding presence, his marvellous
ower of talking political platitudes,
nor his lavish expenditure in the mat
ter of bakshish, could prevent his fall.
He talked French fluently, and loved
to propound to Kuropeau visitors his
theories aa to the future of the Cali
phate. He constantly endeavored to
return to office, but the Turkish cabal
always proved too strong for the wily
and eloquent Circassian.
Ornamental Handkerchiefs.
I'ocket-haudkerchief are descending
to filmy cobwebs of delicate lace and
ilk. Some very unique handkerchief
have just been imported froiu Mexico.
They are entirely of lace except a
small central spot measuring atout
two inches square, which is of linen.
They cost eij;hteen-and-ii pence each.
A good many of tbnm are worn at
receptions. They harmonize very well
with tine dresj.es. but no practical use
can he. made of them. Many of the
daintiest handkerchiefs have borders
and insertions of Valenciennes lace.
They cost twelve-aud-six pence each.
It tit exact counterparts trimmed with
imitation lace can be bought for one
third that price.
The hand - embroidered handker
chief are exquisitely neat and pretty.
They come from Franca and Ireland,
since the Irish linen weaver have
taken to embroidery the French have
no longer a monopoly iu these hand
kerchief. The Irish embroidery is
in every way aa good a the French.
The only diuerence is that in the hand
kei chiefs from l'aris the linen is of a
slightly finer texture. Handkerchiefs
with coloured borders are very popu
lar, and the designs a-e numerous. A
handkerchief with a avail ped out edge
in imitation of an ivy leaf, is novel and
pretty. Then there are handkerchiefs
w ith deep borders of coloured dots.
F-acb. dot is worked in by hand.
Handkerchiefs of Japanese silk hje
coloured corners oulv-
Jonraals of Ueneral (ivrdoB.
The unpublished Journal of tieneral
Oordou in China are to appear shortly.
Mr. A. Fgrnont Hake, hi cousin and
companion, and editor of "The Story
of Chinese tiordon, is at present en
gaged on them, and they are to be
published by W. II. Allen a: d Co.
There is to be a beautiful etching of
tiordon, in Mandarin dre-s by Val
I'rinsep, from the original in the
Chatham mess. The work will alo
contain numerou original map of
and letters relating to the country of
tho memorable Taiping rebellion. The
journal were supposed to have been
lost some time ago under very eculiar
circumstances. They were lent by
o.rdon to a member of Ixird Uussell's
Cabinet, and were sent to be printed
for the convenience of the Ministry, as
they contain valuable and exclusive in
clination a)out China. When Gor
don came home he was exceedingly
nngrv at thia publicity, and immedi
ately went to the printer' and broke
up the typo, and it was supposed that
he destroyed the manuscript at the
ame time. This, however, waa not
the case, for some time ago they were
found by Sir Honry Gordon in an old
lumber-room, and were by him handed
over to Mr. Hake.
May Sae Far a Stolen. Hasbaad.
T he New York Court of Appeals has
decided that a woman may bring suit
for damages against another woman
w ho has robbed her af her husband
The decision is of particular interest to
women because it seems to settle the
fa.-t that in law, at least, the wife ia a
good a the husband, and Is entitled to
the same privileges as he. Judge
Vaun says, in his opinion: "The
husband's right to the conjugal society
of his wife is no greater than her right
to the society of her husband. The
rights of one and the obligations of the
other spring from the marriage con trait,
and are mutual." If this principle were
carried into every-day life surprising
revolutions would occur in a great
niauv households of the land.
Big Prices For Hair.
Purely white hair, if lon; and fine,
may he converted into a little fortune
by its possessor, supposing she be so
minded. Albino women have been
known to obtain for a crop of hair
white aa snow and fine as spun silk,
the nice little sum of $760, which cer
tainly would make hair farming a re
munerative occupation, supposing that
only two such crops could be raised
and disposed of in a lifetime. It is
said that the French ex-empress paid
$'.'00 an ounce for hair to mssch her
own. which was, in her youth, that
much prized hue which is the same as
virgin gold.
There ia a spring In Georgia the
waters of which cure ail kinds of
nausea.
A a ounce of aqua ammonia to each
pailful or water Is said to provide the
quickest restoration of ton to ex
hausted nerves and muse lea. bemdes
making tha flash firm and smooth.
IT53B.I AUT HUSH.
tfbew e'er the darkening moorlands;
Flakes UU the quiet sir;
Drifts lu Ibe furet hollows
ad a t oitat everywhere. . -
Tbs near! twig aa tbe plne-tre
liooks tlus through tus whitening a)
And the rlinictng beech-leave, rustle
Though never a wind goes by.
But there's red oa tbs wtld-ross bsrrkS
Anil red In the lovely glow
On tbs eberk. of tte child beside ma .
Thai once was psle, like the snow.
Tboins Wsntwortn Uigi0lB.
AS THE FILES TELL IT.
(From th Centropolls Sun. Editd by
Joseph (Jordan, at Centropolls, ''flute
Co., Colo.. September lib..)
BT L. W. JOHNSON.
Jim Fadden and Fete Tolmes, af
lamented Sparks City fame, have
bobbed up again with their usual
amilea, smooth schemes and slick con
fldeuce gs mes, and this time they have
entered the arena for the county seat
of Prairie eiuuty. They have scripted
a quarter section on Coyote Flats, and
have the gall to advertise that they will
lay out the future metropolis of Prairie
county oa that alkali bottom, cactus
covered desert and land of ' stinking
water." By the way, the script with
which they have euteredthe land ia the
eld Waitertield issue that has never yet
been able to hold anything but suckers,
and should the schemiog pair be able
to talk any tenderfeet iuto buying lots
iu such a forsaken spot, the poor un
fortunates would havo absolutely no
title to their land.
Fadd-n passed through here yester
day with a corps of surveyors aud a
wagon-load of bright red stakes to
lay out his town site with, and as he
passed by the temporary court-house
he pointed to it and called out to
Col. Bogan, tho enterprising sec
retary ot our enterprising Town Com
pany, that he would have that build
ing on wheels moving over to Prairiu
City inside of two mouths. The crowd,
very properly, gave Mr. Fadden the
"horse"' laugh, foreshadowing his
treatment at the polls r.ext November.
To assist in hi nefarious scheme to
retaid the growth and settlement of
ibis magnificent country by involving
all iu a dirty country seat tight, these
professional town builder have ar
ranged to import a newspaper from
back in Kansas somewhere, and it is
said the first issue will be out next
week. We don't know what the sheet
has been named, but would suggest
Cactus Bud a a titling cognomen,
since the Cactus is there, and there is
no hope that this promising Bud will
ever bloom.
The editor, J. P. Purdee, is reported
to have been hired for hi tightiug
qualities alone. Fadden seems to tw
counting on a bloody county-seat war.
aud has commenced early to bring lit
bluffers and thugs, and as they will need
them all, has economized material by
sombining both iu au editor. Thi
rurdee has a sweet-scented reputation
back East. He once just escaped get
ting hi just dues from a mob in
Texas, and was last mouth turned out
of the penitentiary in Missouri, where
he learned his trade as a printer ou the
prison paper.
Centropolis, the gem of the plains,
ia not afraid of the contest. Her nat
ural advantages and central location
make her pre-eminently the site for
i ho county-seat, and Fadden and hi
bluffers will tlud little encouragement
from our holiest, fair-minded farm
ers.
Frnm the Prslrie Flower, pill.llilje.l at
I'r.irie I itv. I'ralrie i o., Colu., by Jane C
Purdee. Sseptelllher lli.)
How l Tor im? Since our gentle
manly contemporary at Centropolis
introduced u in hi issue of the 7th,
it ia, perhaps, unnecessary for us to
apologie for our appearance. Vet we
feel we would be better friend for
this short hand-shake.
The Praii ie Flower is planted here
to-day with the hope that it will be a
ioy and comfort for all, and we shall
aim to make it as pretty and as neat as
our namesake, the flowers that bloom
ahout on this pleasant nook of the
footstool. We thank our kind Sun for
suggesting the name, Cactus Bud, and
for a time were tempted to adopt it.
The cactus is a beautiful blossom, aud
we shall favor it adoption as the na
tional flower.
It is hardv. straight business, only
gives up a few days of each year to
such foolishness as blooming; ia a
standing menace after the fashion of
our old "don't tread on me flag;" an
embodiment of the Monroe doctrine
and our protection policy, and when
man can make money out of the ground
where it grows, the cactus must go,
just a sentiment must fade from cur
American life. The. laurel, the pansy,
the golden rod are all very pretty as
flowers, but if a type is wanted, what
is the matter with the cactus.
But Flower is broader and takes
them all in, just as Prairie City hopes
to throw open her doors to all Prairie
County and invite it to come and mwke
its home where the water is pure, the
climate delightful, the grass green, the
flowers growing, anil where good
Iame Nature intended tho county seat
should be.
And with this short sa'ute we must
close, for modesty reminds us that
we must not make our visit too
long until you return our call, and
write us to come aud see you again.
Yours,
Miss Jane Carrie Purdee. -The
Sun, September 21.J
We are forced to take it all back
about J. C. Purdee, since it now ap
pears the new editor of the Prairie
Flower i a lady. But while we are
too gallant to enter a light against the
paper, we want it distinctly under
stood that we shall tight this tow n
bonming scheme of Fadden and
Tolmes to the bitter end. and if they
think to disarm us by such a trick, they
will find themselves mistaken, and that
the Sun is neither to be cowed nor
cooed into submission.
The farmers hereabout are too intel
ligent to be hoodwinked or bribed into
Duttins- the country - seat at Prairie
City, and will laugh at Fadden and
Tosmes for their pains.
Th. Flower, September 13.
Wa were pleased to sae that Mr.
Gordan, of the San, drove over from
CantrottolU jfiflerjiaT md swad thi
work of building going on In the fu
ture capital of Prairie county. Mr.
Gordan, however, avoided our dee;
so we are denied tbo pleasure of stat
ing bis opinions ou our beautiful iocs
tion. The building- boom Is certainly well
under way. Fifteen new houses were
commenced this week, and it is re
ported that three of the leading mer
chants of Centropolis will move their
buildings over next week. They recog
nize that Prairie City ia by far a bet
ter location for the capital than is
Kia&y, dusty, dry, alkali Centropolls.
(Tbs Sun, September S3.) .
Wa have endeavored to treat the
editress of the Flower with that i r
spect duo a lady, but to find such
statements as were ma e iu last week'
paper taxes our patience to the utinos'..
She says that three of our business
rue a ere thinking of merits' ov;r,
when cothingof tbe kind ij thojht
of. Miss Purdee is an able cbt.mpie.i
for Prairie City, but she chonld udjiere
to th facts.
From tbs Flower, September 60 )
Mr. Gordan, of the Sun, madu this
office a fi.Mernal call on Monday.
From tbs Sun, October J
It is time that some steps were
taken by our business men looking to
the coming county-seat election. With
such disreputable- tricksters as that
Prairie City outfit to Aght, for our
merchants and those iuttue.ted to rest
back on their oars aud expect the
natural advantages possessed by
Centropolis to win the tight unaided,
is to write defeat. The Prairie City
gang is at work, and our people must
wake up. Go to work I
From the Flower, October 7.)
We received yesterday another
call from Mr. (Jordan, uf the Sun, aud
from certain words dropped by him
we are led to believe that he will also
be a resident of Prairie City before
many moons.
The Sun, October 12.1
As the election draws near, it is pro
voking how low men will stoop to ac
complish their points. Fadden and
lolmes have at last bribed three of our
business men into moving their dilapi-
la'ed old buildings to Prairie ( it v.
It is hot the fact of the removal we ob
ject to, it is the principle of the thing.
These men are most profuse iu prom
ises, and often accomplish their pur
pose by overture they never intend to
make good when the time comes.
They are even reported as having
heated Mis Purdee of her clues a
publisher of the Flower. While we
are too gallant to say that tho lady's
efl'orts have not leen conducive of the
results they may have expected, we do
think they should stand by their agree
ment with her. If they will not do
this, how can our farmers and mer
chants expect that they will stand by
their propositions to build a court
house a a gift to the county and to
donate lota to our merchants who move
over before election. Stand by Cen
tioolisl Don't be led aw ay by these
false tricksters 1
Frcni tbe Flower, October 14.
We hod occasion this week to thank
Mr. Gordan, of the Sun, in person for
his well intended sympathy aud lalior
in our behalf, and also to assure him,
as we now do all, that our relations
with the gentlemen engaged iu thi
town building enterprise has been
cordial and satisfactory to us.
Mr. Gordon will find thciil men of
their word in all things.
From the Sun, .-totcr 15.
We throw up the sponge. Gentle
men of Centropolis, we have fought
for y it long and faithfully. We have
been steadfast in our faith and diligent
in our works for this town for the per
manent county-seat, but it is no use.
You have leaned back iu your easy
chairs and refused to work until now
it is too late, aud no power can stem
the torrent of popularity that is setting
in toward Prairie City. We yield to
the better enterprise of Prairie City,
and to-morrow shall commence to
move our office over and become the
Prairie Sun. We thank you all for the
support you have given us, but find it
impos.ible to stay with yOu longer.
Nature is against us ami for Prairie
City, and we hope to see you all with
us soon. Long live Prairie City I
Farewell Centropolis 1
tS(wciJ IMtpitch to tbe Psily Howitzer,
lenver. Col. J
CtNTRorot is, Col., October 19. A
typical Western sensation, that camo
near being a tragedy, occurred here to
night, and at thi hour (midnight) is
hardly yet subsided.
About an hour ago a mob of about
fifty masked men attacked the Sun
office with the intent and purpose of
hanging the editor, Joe Gordan, and
burning his office, the affair growing
out of the hot comity-seat contest now
in progress in Prairie county between
Centropolis ami the new town of
Prairie City. Gordan, who has been
in nearly every county-seat fight In
Kansas, and has been a staunch cham
pion of this place up to this time, to
day made a complete flop anil came
out boldly for the opposition towu.
Ilia change so excited the property
owuers here who have decided not to
yield, that they planned a 6cvere re
venge ou Gordan, and but for a timely
intci vgiition they would have succeed
ed. The mob had broken down the door
entered the office and was busy scat
tering the tvpo aud breaking the
presses, and w as about ready to com
plete its work by hanging the editor,
who had been caught. Just as they
were tying the rne about his neck,
had fired the building, aud waro start
ing for a gallows tree, a halt was called
by a young woman dashing up to tbe
house, tumbling from her horse and,
revolver in hand, rustling iuto the
office with a threat to shoot down
every man who touched Gordan. The
men were paraiyzed by the apparition,
but obeyed the woman with one im
pulse and hurried away, leaving the
rescued and rescuer to put out the
fire. A greater portion of the build
ing and outfit were ruined, but Gor
dan seems satisfied to get out of the
scrape alive.
After the mob had dispersed, a party
of about twenty horseman came over
from Prairie City armed to the teeth,
and have been parading the streets
since than, as if looking for a fight. It
is impossible to tell what the outcome
may k-i bjtt.1 u heroine of the, eica-
pade contemptuously says these men
will hurt nobody.
It appears that the Judy, who Is tho
editor of Gordau's opposition sheet, got
wind that her opponent was to be
handled for his Hopping and urged
these men to arm and coma to his re
lief, but they being too slow to oleas
hor, aha procured a saddle xwirso .
biavely came atone, an! iuca,y lor Joe
oord&u it waa that she did.
From the Flower. October 21.)
Owing to the cowardly attack made
last wk on Mr. Gordan and his
paper, be has been unable to get out
hi paper this week, and his reader
wi'l be compelled to await hi com
plete recovery aud reorganization of
bis oCice. Mr. Gordan waa but
slightly injured in the affair with
which all are familiar, but the shock
t s incapacitated aim for work for a
lew days.
.-lightly contradicted tn another place.
We havo to thank Mr. Gordan, of
the late Centropolis, now Prairie Cit
Snn, for soma assistance in the me
chanical work on our paper this week.
(From th. Sunflower, October 19
With this issue the names of our
papers are changed, and wa present to
our combined readers a combined
paper under the combined name of the
Sunflower. Thanking all for the many
expressions of good will and well
wishes for future happiness and suc
cess, aud trusting that Prairie City will
be the permanent county seat of Prairie
County,
We remain, gratefully yours,
Joti-H Gokiian,
Jane PiKiu'E Gordan.
You may taugle the tale to suit yourself.
The Mckel Was Plugged.
A tall tuan with a dark moustache
and imperial got into a south-bound
Broadway car at Twenty-second street
the other day. and took a seat about
midway up the car. When the con
ductor came for his fare the man fished
a nickel from his pocket. The con
ductor looked at tho coiu eharply and
passed it back agaiu.
"What" the matter?" asked tho
man.
It's plugged," said the conductor.
The man put a pair of eyeglasses on
his nose and critically surveyed the
nickel. He found that the conductor
was correct, and handed him a good
nickel. He was about to put the bad
one back iuto hi pocket when he no
ticed that every one in the car wa
looking ut him. He turned red, hesi
tated, aud finally dropped the nickel
slyly on tbe floor. Every one saw him
do it, but every one tried to appetr as
if he didu't notice it.
The nickel lay on the floor in plain
ight, but no one would look at it.
All seemed to think that they would
appear as if they coveted it if they did.
Every one seemed quite uncomforta
ble. Two or three men tried to read,
but they couldn't concentrate heir at
tention on their newspapers. The
conductor passed over the nickel once
or twice, and tried not to notice it.
At Fourteenth street a man got in
and was about to sit down, wheu he
espied the nickel. He picked it up and
tried to hand it to au old gentleman
with a red face and a white moustache,
saying: "You dropped this, air."
'No, I didn't." said the old gentle
man, with a laugh.
Then everybody laughed, as if
greatly relieved. The man who had
picked up the nickel looked closely at
it, turned bright crimson, and dropped
it again. F.verybody saw him, but
whichever way he looked he saw only
averted faces. The people would
glance slyly at him from the corners of
their eye and then look away again
very quickly. Agaiu no one looked at
the nickel, although every man there
knew to a nicety just where it lay. It
stayed in tho same place on the floor
until the car stopped just above Cham
beis street. Here the conductor told
the passergers to take the next car, as
that one was going to switch on" and
go up towu again. As they left tbe
car all the passengers took a last glance
at the plugged nickel, but no one
touched it. It started up town again.
and all tho passengers went down
town with that nickel weighing heavi
ly on their minds.
Large Hand and Beer Drinking.
Attention ha been drawn, says the
London Standard, to the rather curious
fact that, on tbe authority of carefully
collected statistics, it is proved that the
hand and feet of the women of
America ate steadily progressing in
size, so that very soon, if they continue
to grow in dimensions, there will no
longer be any reason for ladies across
the Atlantic to be vain of the smalluess
of 'their extremities. A person inter
ested in the matter asserts, for instance,
that the gloves and shoes worn by
American women are slowly but surely
approaching the site of those, worn in
other countries; and though the reason
for this increase in sire is not yet
known, it is suggested that it may be
found closely counected with the grow
ing habit of beer drinking.
For, according to the learned on the
subject, tho theory is that the women
of all beer-drinking nations have larg
er hands and feet than those of coun
tries whuie wine is the everyday bev
erage. It is certainly true that Ger
man and English women have, in the
majority of cases, larger hands and
feet than French, Spanish or Italian
women. But we do not see that it
follows that this is due to the beer
drunk in the first-named countries, or
that the feet and hands of the women
of Italy, Spain and France would be
come larger were wine to be discarded.
The latter are generally slighter in
build than their English or German sis
ters, and their hands and feet are in
proportion.
Diverre Figures.
A striking fact brought out at th
annual meeting of the National Ui
vorce Keform League at Boston, is
that 80.1 per cent, of divorces occur
in the state in which the marriage took
place. While such figures indicate
that the evil lias elsewhere than in
defective laws, the league declared
that the marriage laws were in a de
plorable state, especially with regard
to a system ox registration.
A Or Miii.IQNA.IRE.
Ltt1a Manklll Robert. IS Tear. C14. ttl
rtHMiH or a f ortune er ss.ooo.ooo.
Little Marshall Robert., son of the
late Marshall O. Roberts, is the young
est millionaire in New York City.
There are hundreds of children la New
York who will probably some day in
herit one er mors millions, but little
Marshall Roberts already inherits his
vast fortune, and In eleven years it will
be entirely In his control.
His lather was one of the great mer
chants of his day, aud when be died
some four wars ago ha left au estate
valued at 110. TO0.CC0. The little nor
did not have this eutire fortuue be
queathed him, because there ware other
claimant with equal rights to it.
v hen Mr. Uobeits died ha was an eld
man. His widow, one of the beautiful
young society women ef our metrop
olis, and the mother ef little Marshall.
was his second wife. Ills first wife was
thirty years her senior, and had a
laughter who is now Mrs. Ames Van
Wart. Mrs. Van Wart ha a daughter.
Miss Evelyn Van Wart, who is 20 years
old. This makes young Mrs. Roberts,
who is new But su, stepmother to a
lady of 40, and stepgTandu.c-ther to a
young lady of ItO.auX the little million
aire of 10 uncle to a maiden twice his
age.
When Mr. Roberts died he left a will
dividiug his money between hts wife,
hi granddaughter and bis little son
The son has half of the fortune for
hi own use, but uutil be comes of ago
his mother 1 to have the income from
the 15,000,000.
Little Marshall Roberts will some
day be one of the greatest catches in
tho matrimonial market, and he bids
fair to be a handsome and clever young
man. He is a nice, healthy-looking lad,
tall for his ago, well formed. aud with a
round face full of intelligence. He has
great. aoft, brown eyes like his mother's,
and a dimple in a rather decided-looking
chin.
lie has been across the ocean almost
every year of his life, has lived for
months in London and Paris, speaks
German and French as well as English,
and is being educated for a man of tho
world.
Hi greatest ambition at present is
to be an athlete. He has a bicycle on
which he rides up aud dowu Fifth
aveuue; he plays tenuis, bowls and
rides. Two horses are at his command,
and almost every tine morning he may
be aeen mounted on one of them, aud
attended by his ow n special groom, "a
young Irishman w ho once roue in a cir
cus," as the youug millionaire is fond
of explalnlug to his friends.
He has a tutor who lives in the house
and looks after his tusntal training,
lie is being educated after tbe English
fashion ana learns bis Latin and Greek
with his English primer.
Mrs. Roberts is proud of her bright,
handsome boy, aud takes every pains to
make him a healthy, educated gentle
man. He eats plain food, sleeps on a
hard mattress, is taught to know the
value of money and in every way is
trained with the same rigor as a royal
prince.
His fortune Is most of it, invested in
real estate and Government bond, aud
four or five well-known men are his
guardian. His income, when he come
into his fortune, will be $200,000 a year,
which la almost (530 a day, er $22 for
every hour he lives.
Bridge Bnlldlas; Projects.
The proposal to bridge the English
Channel from Dover to Calais has given
rise to a number of similar schemes
elsewhere. Among them there is one
for bridging the Dardanelles and there
by uniting the European with the Asi
atic shore. This is a feat that has not
been attempted since the days when a
great storm destroyed the bridge of
boats which Xerxes had cast across the
Hellespont for the passage of Ids army.
It is stated that the plain fur the new
bridge have already been drawn tip,
and that thev are now being considered
by the Sublime Porte. Tiie distance
b. 'tween the Asiatic aud European
shores does not exceed a mile and a
ijuarter, aud the chief engineering dif
ficulties are duo to the extreme rapidity
of the currents.
Another project which concerns the
United States more closely i the Rus
sian plan for bridging over the Bebring
Straits, aud thus connecting America
with Asia by means of a railroad. Tho
narrowest part of the gulf W hich sepa
rates Siberia from Alaska does not ex
ceed sixty miles, and there are a num
ber of islands in a straight line which
would serve as poiuts of division, aud
reduce each portion ef the bridge to a
length considerably less than that ol
the proposed English Channel bridge.
The Be bring Strait project has aroused
much enthusiasm throughout Russia,
and i being eagerlv discussed in the
great cities of therapire. Of course,
there is something very attractive in a
scheme, which, if carried out. will
bring us nearer to the day when it may
be possible to make the Circuit of the
lobe on foot. But, ou tbs other band,
in view of th generally accepted pro
phecy that the supremacy ef the world
iu years to come Is to be divided be
tween Russia and America, It might be
better for the general peace if trie sea
remained unbridged. At any rate, il
would bu well to delay the exnoution
of the enterprise until our extradition
treaty with Russia is ratified by the
Senate. Otherwise native-born Ameri
can would be crowded out of Alaskrt
by the inrush of Siberian exiles and
uouvicts. A'. Y. 1'ribune.
L'ngaltant Beaux M ere These.
A reception was held at the home ot
one of society's local queens, saj s tin;
I'innrer Press. When geotleineu in
coats of steel-pen cut. and ladies rl.cl
in fashion's triumphs were courtes iii4
and bowing in the well-marked ni. as
ures of a quadrille, lo! a garter was
seen lying upon tho floor ainou this
feet of the light-hearted dancers. i
course, some Chevalier Kayard of li.e
hall-room stooped and picked up the
dainty circlet to keep until claimed lu
lls fair owner, remembering how
king bent down to regain the counte .
of Salisbury's garter, and made it the
badge of EDglaud's highest order, l'.ut
no; thev poljte.lv stared, while ladies
blushsa, until the hostess, discovering
the cause sent a domestic, who re
moved the shocking article upon a
dustpan. Ye gods! such is the nine
teenth century that the young men
would hold themselves polluted by the
touch of a silken circlet. Once men
went forth to battle trusting to the
talisman of a little ribbon or a frag
ment of a maiden's samite dress.
A Michigan man, Iffie to his ruling
passion, beat down the trader from
whom be boos hi a pUtol with which he
eomsajtud Tcla'aV Ue ot ii cents off
iroaa sae
fvLWS IN BKIEr.
An ice mine is reported to exist
near llowardsville, Cjloiado.
Prince Louis Ferdinand, of Ba
varia, is au enthusiastic vcteiluary sur
geon. The two cables connecting Aus
tralia and J.iva were recently simu'.t-aneou-ly
broken by au earthquake.
Plowing bv electricity is iu con
templation for a lare proi-eity in Cen
tral Spain.
Electric roads ex 'eed 2, per Cent,
of the luileamt aud of the liumher of
street railways iu th.s country and in
Canada.
A luminous b :oy has lieen inven
ted, the lihl for which is produced by
phosphuiet of c.i', luin, aud la visible
'.wo and a halt mile aw;iy.
Electrically cVposited copper is so
ilncll e that il cm lie drawn down un
til it resembles the li ne.it hair, and tins,
too, without annealing.
The f.mions I'hvsick Garden, lu
Chelsea, England, whose preservation
is now a matter of discussion, has '"0,
000 dilTt rent herbs and plant..
l'.ee. men are. generally giving up
urging t he cult ivatlou of honey plants
by the acre, as le pasturage, on the
ground "there's uo money iu it."
1'lldon ha a fenrile bather shop
where three young Women handle the
razor aud shears for the bciielil ol the
sterner sex. The place is wed p.ttiou
ized. With a rainfall of two f-et an
nually, it is estimated that the land has
the benelit of about twenty pounds of
ammonia per acre.
don.
The Turk are said to be eiec ially
fond of the t u'ip, and t hat t he led suit
is used as an emblem by which a lover
makes known his pisMion tor his mis
tress. The Czar of I insula. Alexander
III., is the owner or ."iii,iHl,tHKj
acres of Im-.d In llusi.iin his own i iht.
This is an area equal to the w hole of
France.
A new toy barometer from Paris
comprises the limine ot a coryphee oil a
thick caul. The sknt of the dancer
is sensible, ot eeiy change lu the
weather.
I'aiut the tongues of your fever
patients wHIi ejwei iiie, says it physi
cian; it will remove the sensation of
thirst and discomfort felt when tho
organ is dry an I lonl.
New Yolk'.-; new mined net i thirty
miles Ions. It costs tJJ, ( o i.imi i and
eighty lives were. lost in it construc
tion. 1 1 bi mes ."H.ifMi.ii. il gallons of
water to New York daily,
A history of all tin" wars in which
HllHsia has U-eii engaged Slice the
time of PetertbeGre.il h m ii to be
issued. It will l.o i. hi., 1 l.y I, en. I. cel.
Three volumes are neaily u-ady.
Domestic servants, aie so scarce iu
Mont leal that v.oliieu i:i Want of help
aie said lo visit t he j ill Willi a view to
engaging young women lo woik for
them at tho close of their terms of im
prisonment. A lady of Kursk htarted iu the
middle of duly for St. I'eteisliurg. She
intends to make her way, h distance of
about PJOO vei.it. on hoisel.ack within
twenty days. A club of velocipedists
escorted her to Oicl on their wheels.
The literary pi o.I in t Ion of Mexico
is tpnite wonderful. One of her latest
bibliographical lists mentions no less
than U.'.xhi volumes by ."..tJOJ native
Mexican author.. The first book
printed on this continent was published
ill Mexico.
A mass of pine, compact nck salt,
said to contain ; i,tiiiii,iii ii tons of miu
eial. Is located on an Island 185 feet
high, which rises from a sea marsh cm
the route from Urashear to New Iberia,
up the river Tech , in Louisiana.
A young woman woo pays a large
amount of taxes iu Parsons claims the
right to pasture her cows in the school
house grounds liecaiiK) she never had
any children to send to the school.
That woman ought to have been a law
yer.
The I Inches of Ao.-da has the dis
tinction of possessing the must elabor
ate mourning cioal; ever made iu Paris.
It is of heavy lustieless silk, trimmed
with Hat bands of tho richest o.ilrlch
plumes, headed by bands of costly dull
jet.
Tho locomotive telephone signal
enables two trains appioaclung each
other to communicate l.y closing the
circuit when two miles apart. The
ringing of this gong: warns the en
gine -is, who can converse With each
other over the teleisjiie.
There Is a family Iivinc; in Athens,
(ia., whose bead delights in long names
lor the children. The fust clul 1 is
named Mary Magaliua Mainly Mectum
Elizabeth Betsey Polly Mack Bairttt;
the second child 1 named Alice Geor
gia Ann Yoiena Barrett, and so forth.
One of the peculiar industries of
Kern county, California, Is the collec
tion and sjiinmeiit. of homed toads.
Tiiey aie sold to Chinese, who use
them for medicinal putposes. 'They
aie coiisideied especially valuable in
the treatment of rheumatism.
Tin) pi and-daiifrhter of Charles
I el ens, the famous novelist, i named
Mi: Elhel Iiickeu. Like her noted
ancestor, she H.i'i exjrf-rt Menographer.
By theemploymeiit of In ! skill lu that
line, and at typewriting she is said to be
carding an excelk-ut livelihood in Lon
don. If you want a lovely odor In your
looms break off branches of the Nor
way sprin e and arrange tl.eiu In a large
jug well tilled with water. In a tew
nays tender, pale green blanches
leather out, sort and cool to the touch,
g'Ving the delightful In aith-g.ving
odor.
Among the ('hinesvi no ru les are
more valuable than the t.i's that have
been worn bv a magistrate. If be re
signs ami leaves the city, a crowd ac
companies him from his residence to
the gates, w hero bis Isjots are drawn
oir with great ceremony, to be pre
served in the hall of justice.
In Dorchester, England, a bounty
of eight cents per dozen is offered for
old sparrows, four cents per dozen for
young ones and one aud one-half cents
P'T d. zr n for eggs. The sparrows have
grown so numerous all through Dorset
shire that in some places they are aaid
to destroy half the crops, while in vil
lages they ruiu the gardens and even
strip the thatch from buildings.
nx'iawgttWc quantities of red and
yellow ochre have been laid Laie by a
landslide near Drain, Oregon. It looks
like rock, but dissolves readily is water
and gives a fine color op wood,
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