R, F. BOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLVH.
MIFFLINTWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15. 1893.
NO. 13,
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WHAT DANDELIONS DO.
'. i;Hre snrelv Is a ir-al untie suaiewhera
iimn ne;itri Hie i:ta-,
h ui aiin.lelionsare sin-mixing up
in rvirv place you jiass.
;.i:t if yo'i mink tlnlr ypthiw beads
;m il- lthtl' Ii;mi nor ie
,u ai'1 jut as niiirli m-lakeu
A a u.o or tin ran lie.
1 1 .ml! take I lie r.ilns tu listu,
VI:-n Hit? n w is n tilt- loound,
... ml the earth l Mill In Winer,
You may ln-ar a inn mtiriiig sound.
t lie ilai at- I i n"i ti-l inn.
A- tut wttin-r il i l.y.
i Hi.- n 'ill-- s Hi'-y -a a't'i beard
lit-i.e -t.i ust Sumlil t's sky.
I .I 'J yrn tall ti In ar l!l-'lil,
n- a -'ill tli- all ar- sua
, ! ill s lit'- si. il y (Hit ll:i lolil
v: olilkl: en wi.o ware lit I.
Emma Lee Bene ltct.
MY NAUGHTIEST DAY.
HELMS WATT EKHON,
Just when it began to be the naugh
ti: st .lay uf my life I have never been
quite Mire. 1'robibly, however, it be-j-MU
morning prayers.
lo tell the trtitu, Eddy and I were
not tcnil of uiorniug prayers.
I'lu.l tuoruing t lie reading lesson .vns
il tte fourth chapter of tbo Ephesians.
I glum ed over to make sure that Eddy
-a uiy devotion To iuv amazement
In- looked sijinr ly in my face an I pave
a .-by but Jelili. into wink with bm left
eye.
Now, in our signal code a wink with
tlie rght ete meant "danger;" a wink
with tlie left meant "fuu ahead."
1 gave li'tii wlmi I intended n a
in i c ot intense reproof, but he oer
tai. ly look it for one of curiosity, for
niaiu lie wit ked his left eye fonr times,
hi ll- bis fac took u an unmistakable
i..'k of mwhief.
Then grandpa's solemn "Let us
j ray" fell on our ears au.l we knelt
precip tatelv at our tittle i 1 nt boitom
chairs !o tinker the spliutsaud pull out
'ut!, tonli slivers from their edges
until grandpa's loud 'Ameu!" set us
ti ee.
Willi a f-.ii:ni"U impnlse to gt away
Uom tlie supt Tiiutural and one into the
I eaiitMul, hiuuiu w.rl 1 tint we under
wood aud I vel an 1 were notafrad of,
we ruHhe I toward the door. It was
Initi June.
Eil lie drew uieell iito the tool honse.
1 his was our cpr.-mil eharulwr and
favorite place for playing under suel
ter. "What is it V" I asked in an urgent
Liper u whif-per always being more
'ouipatible with in;, stery, even though
no soul were nigh to listen.
"Did j on bear what grandpi real
this morning?" asked Eddy in u second
v. hisper.
"Uf course I did," I answertd.
"About the Mm?" pursued Eddy.
'About whose sou?" I asked.
"tlh, ninny!' In; oroke out impa
tiently. "About the puu up in the sky,
and not lettu j; it go Uown "
"On your wrath," I finish- d calmly.
"Of course 1 heard u."
"Well, now," said Eddy, his foretin
jrer waving wildly m the air and his
fred--'" nose wiggling line a rabbit's
ijuite independently of the rest of his
teatures, as it ulways dil when he was
excited; "well, now, let's do it."
"Do what? "
"Why, not let the Ban pro down on
our wrath," expliined Eddy. "Yon
just wait till 1 make the snubtaud still."
"Do what ?" I gasped.
' Thip." said he, sitiinp; down on the
anvil and emphasizing bis remarks
with his ever uctive forefinger, ' you
heard what grandpa rend: 'Let not the
sun go down n yonr wrath.'
"Don't yon see, it nitfii.s t! is: If
yon get mad th it iou't wi- ked, because
everybody gets ma.l, you know; but if
yon let the sun z? down when you're
mad that's wicked."
"How do you know?" I objected.
"I thought it only meant it was wicked
to get angry mid."
"It don't say that, "said Eddy stoutly.
"It says, 'lie ye angry and sin not.
Let not the sun go down on your
wrath.' That means get mad all you
want to, but don't let the sun go down
when you're mad. '
"But the pun always does go down,"
I persisted.
"That's because people don't get mad
enough," he answered promptly; "if
they did, the sun would stay np.
Don't you know," ha want on eagerly,
"Josha did once, and the snn stood
dill and everybody thought be was
doin' miracles. Joshua gut so awful
mad at those five old kings for tryinj
to fight him that he was mad enough
to keep tue S'in np. Tint's what we've
got to do get so awful niid. "
ITere was proof from Holy Writ it
self. Conviction at enje sat firm upon
me.
"Oh, won't it be fun." I cried,
"when it's 0 o'clock and the sun knows
he ought to go down and he tugs and
tngs like Spotty's calf at the rope to
get away and ho can't!"
THE I'KOBLEM THAT PRESENTED ITSELF.
But a f-erious problem cauie with the !
necessity of generating for the occa
sion a supply of wrain sufficient to
interfere with the movements of the
solar system, and yet not snfhVient to
inteifere with the pursuits of the pro
moters of the plan.
We did little all the forenoon bnt fit
iu the tool house and discuss projects.
What was the thing that made us an
griest? By and by this one fact struck clear
ly into our unhappy consciousness
nothing made us both so ont and ontan
K ry as to be sent to bed in the daytime
the one punishment gran ima's gentle
ingenuity ever suggested.
"We'll have to go to bed," said
EdJy, grimly, and I sighed and ac
qniescid. And since we had got to go to bed to
get np wrath enough for the occasion,
we had got to do something so un
mistakably bad that nothing bnt go
ing to bed as a punishment would be
possible.
"I know," I said suddenly, catching
hold of Eddy's roundnbout, "I know
we'll taKe potty's calf away from her
und shut it up in the spring house,
and when grandpa 'indsont what we've
done they'll send ns" I paused brenth
iossly, and aglow with approbation for
my own ingenuity.
"Criirkyf cried Eddy, jumping
down off the anvil, "that's" bully for a
girl!"
At 2 o'clock Ihe house was very still.
Grandpa had driven off to town; grand
ma was lying down for her afternoon
nap; Jonas was off on a week's vacation,
and there was no fear of Sarah in the
kitchen, since that room didn't face
our field of action.
lint, in Hpite of the fact that there
wasn't the slightest danger of detec
tion, we slipped with a great show of
stealth, out of the tool house through
J the barn yard to the shed beyond,
where Spotty stood with her "four-
weeks-old calf.
j 8potT was grandpa ohcioett Jer
sey, and Sue was her very fiiB1 calf.
Hpotty was big eyed and dappled a
little and slender as a deer, and Sue
bid fair to be no less beautiful.
SOMETHING VERY NACOHTT.
Under his arm Ed ly had a coil of
rope with a slip-noose at the end.
Spotty, fastened in her stall, gave us
a curious sidelong inspection as we slid
along the Bide of her stall and slid the
noose over Sue's head: Aa we started
out of the shed, pulling her poor little
baby backward with us, she gave a mild
low of . entreaty and resentment, and
tagged hard at her rope to follow.
Both holding fast to the rope, we
led the glossy little creature back
across the barnyard, around the car
riage shed and through a rear route
to the door of the spring house, which
stood on the other sue of the house
and some ways back of it.
The spring house was a long, low
building, todded half way up itj side
with a hard earth floor, and in one
corner was the coldest, clearest spring
running musically Jinto an earthen
trough carried the water outside and
down to the brook. All around the
sides of the room were shelves on which
stood the morning's milking in shiuy
pans, and jars of butter and home made
cueesee. Two little wooden steps led
down to the floor from the solid oak
doorway.
We reached this very much excited
and ont of breath, for the calf, with
wl. inking tail and a carious kioKing np
of all four legs at onoe, had made the
most of her little joniney in the world
and h d le i us five steps in the way she
wanted to go for one step she had ad
vanced in ours "Here, Nan," said
Eddy, when we finally called a halt,
"you hold the rope while I push the
door open."
I canght the rope close to Sue's head
and held her fast while Eddy lifted the
big oaken bar that stretched across the
door. As the door swoDg back the
calf gave a sudden jump that threw
her hind legs np in the air and her
hea 1 nearly down to the ground. I
drojiped the rope like a flash, then
caught it again at a loud cry from Ed,
ho stood inside the door, on the
little stepr.
"Hold on!" he cried, dashing cat
I did hold on, but I had lost my
head. Seeing the the miscievous little
thing put down her head as if to make
nnother plunge, I bolted manly into
the 8) ring house, polling Sue in t.fter
me.
"Look ontl" cried Ed, excitedly;
"d n't let her in! She'll fa'l on tiie
steps!"
But it was too late. The clf al
ready stood in the doorway, and at the
po-md of his voice gave a frightened
leap, head down, into the spring house,
hea fell, quivering in every fibre, at
ray feet. She lilted her head and
n.a le an instant's struggle to rise.
Then she fell bark again and gave a
little erv that son n led exactly liko a
I urt child's. With a second binge
forward she tdood up. But it was on
three fet t. Her right fore leg swung
from above the knee.
".She's broke her leg," cried Eddy,
hoarsely, his own face as white as he
saw mine to be.
A sickening wave of fenr rolled over
ns as we stoo I helplessly starinj into
each other's eyes. The little creatnro
shivered again and lay down, her big,
soft eyes tnrned upon us, appealing
like a child's.
"What shall we do?'' I .piavered out,
my voice full of tears. "Will she die?
Can't it be set? What will grandpa do
to us?"
AN AWFUL POSSIBILITY.
"There ain't bnt one thing to do?"
he said, grimly. "I'll have to tell
grandfather. I s'pose he'll send ns
back ho-ne anil tell father, and I don't
know what he'll do. Maybe they'll
have to shoot the calf."
Here ho choked and I bnried my
innc in Sit'a riAi.tr with rr. V arm 1 " u .l . 1
over the dappled gray body and cried
wildlv.
"Oh! Oh!" 1 wailed, "if thy do
we'll be just the same as murderers.
We've murdered poor, dailing, little
Sue that never did anything to us, and
oh I ami oh! I wish I was dead and bur
ied and dead and dead!"
It is years since then, but as I write
I see again the miserable childish tig
nre lying close to the glossy body and
feel again in its first acuteness tht aw
ful suflVring of mind and body as 1 lay
there, beaten down by wave after wave
of self accusation and pity and help
lessness snd despair It n wt-U that tha
sufferings of childhood are short lived.
Their intensity would kill if it lasted.
We sat a minute longer in dumb de
spair. She turned a pleading look
upon ns and fay still.
"1 gness L better go and see if grand
pa's home," Ed. volunteered at last. -
"Eddy," I "aid, raising my tear
swollen fsce, "I think 1 ought to tell
grandpa. I'm the worst one. I thought
of putting Sue in the spring honse aud
I pulled her in when you told me not
to."
"lhat'e no difference," said Eddy,
chivalrously, "you're girl. Besides
it was me that wanted to make the sun
stand still."
We gazed solemnly at these words
into each other's eyes. We had for
gotten in our misery the pnrpose of
the performance of which this was the
sad end.
"We're not angry now," I said
mournfully.
"And we won't get sent to bed,
either," Ed replied. That there might
be misbehavior so grave as to be be
yond being sent to be 1 for, had not
occurred to either of us till then.
"Now I'm gomr to find grandpa or
grandma," said Eddy soberly, "and
you must sit here with Sue till I get
back and hold her down if she tries to
get up."
ALOSE WITH SCE.
And so he went ont and passod slow
ly tbrongh the grassy yard toward the
house, under the long lances of the sun
be had plotreu again so
a ftw hours before.
sat still, trembling in every limb,
stroking and crying over Sue and oc
casionally pushing her gently back as
she threw herself as if to rise. A sol
emn fear of the little creature possess-
na mm fcji vlinm death was about
to come speeJily, and her presence be
came strange auu lerrujiuB,. t
t amAil linnm before ffrandDa s
rained, anxious face appeared iu the
(lOOrway. IXO neil uuwu umuo uo
both, and, as my tears flowed again at
the sense of relief, he lard one pitiful
r,r.st m me and the other on Sue.
"Ioor lit:lo Nan," he said, softly. I
bent my face and kissed the- hand pas
sionate'y. He lifted the poor little leg for a
moment, then laid it down ob, so
gently, "i'il g an1 f?et tne pistol,"
he siiid quietly, and went oat. Eddie
and 1 sobbed together without re
straint. Two swollen, tear wet, dirty faces
were pressed against grandma's knees.
Between sobs and br torn w panted
out the whole wretched, daring, ridicu
lous plan. There were tears in grand
ma's eyes, too, whet, we wers done, but
her gentle lips smiled ence or twice.
"And, oh, grandma, are we real
murderers and must we be hung?"
In these words I gasped out the last,
deepest fear in my soul.
Grandma passed her hand softly over
my hair and smiled then.
"No, dear," she said, "don't be
afraid,
You won't be hanged for mur-
der. Bnt I'm not sure," she added in
gentle perplexity, "but 1 ought to put
you to bed after all."
"She didn't though, and after supper
we went out on the wide, old porch
that faced west. A great soft ball of
fire was slipping clowly, slowly down
over the wavvedgeof the far blue hills,
Humbly we 6 too. I, hand in hand and
watched the ragged hoiVon line eat up
the shining disk bit after bit. There
was only a thread lelt at last. Then
that wavered and dii-apeared. Eddie
turned to me. "What makes the Bible
say things children can't understand?"
be asked. Ihe frett.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Special days a n to he a great feature
at Ihe World's Fair. Nearly if not
quite evtry state ot the Lnlon will have i
its day, upon which special exercises
will be held, and its governer and staff,
otl er state officers, militU nd tbuu
sands of Its dl-itii guished and other citi-
z ns will be in attendance. Receptions jCltn whaler. From the time of the
wdl tte he'd at the state bnildinss, re- ' acquisition of our Tacifio States, far
spfctively.and the governors and others 1 feeing Matesmen have almost univer
wi 1 make speeches. Many musical, I g.,Uy Mgreed that to America wonld
civ c and secret foc-etles also have ! ev.ntuallv fall, as bv natural right.
made arplicat'on for a special day upon
winch to hold exerci.es peculiar to
themselves. Among them are the
Masors, Ot'd Fei:cws,Knights of P.tli
las and Foresters. The Welsh
Ef8ttdfodd will have an entire week foi
a musical celebrat on. It Is believed
that these special teatures will rrw
many additional thousands of viit rs
to the h air. Arrangements for the-e
special days are being made by Col.
Culp secretary of the Ceremonies ( orn
iniitee, which had the Dedication Da
exercis-es in charge.
The American Library Association,
which has the co-oeratlon of nearly
all the grea'- ip ares of the country,,
will make a nofatilo exhibit at the
World's Fair. It will include samples,
models and photographs, showing ar
ticles Hnd mechanical devices In actual
u--e; printed matter, forms, blinks,
constitutions, by-laws, rules for sub
scribers; accession departments and
their management; catalogue, classifi
cttion and reference departments;! iu.'
lng department, with samples of I in'
lng, temp irar? coveis and recipes for
restoring, mending and cleaning; sheif
and building dr-paitirents; and an
architectural exhibit showing plans,
elevations, perspectives a id models ol
the l est lilr iry buildings. Tin re will
also be a model library of 5,0i'0 vol
umes, stlected from lists prepared and
snt in by the various librarians of ihf
country.
Germany's buil-lin? at (he World's
Fair was I'eilicated wit';! upproMiate
exercises on Jan. 27 ti e anniversary
ol" Emperor William's birth. The
biiilniiig i a ban lHome structure, cost
lug fl.jO.POO, aud is neatly completed.
In the Fine Arts exhibit at tie
World's Fair vid appear three pictures
from Windsor Cute, 1 aned by 0.ueen
V lct,or:a, and seveial from the l'rince
of Wales' collection.
The Bureau of Music at the Worlfs
Fair has issued the fo losing lela'ive to
concerts by Atueiican artists at the Ex-
posi'ion:
Those among the younger, native
born, prc-fessioi a' musicians of this
country who may ds'sire to avail the:n-
smsofthe opioituiiily, are uivlted
to communicate with the liureau of Mu
sic before May 1, with such testimoni
als a i shall Indicate cleaily the decree
of their ability and talent. Those
applicants wnom the Musical Director
can recomn end will be asked to appear
before a committee with headquarters
In Chicago, to be appointed by the
Bureau of Mmlc. A menu! or otaer
to'-enwlllbe confeired upon all who
meet the standard of attainment re
quired by this committee, and po'siblv
an appearance m concert in ltecital
Hall of the Exposition nay be ar
ranged. There will be no expenses connected
with the trial In Chicago except those
of travel aud entertainment: these the
candidates must pay, as the Bui e tn has
no funds for lbn purpes?.
The Chicago Co nmittee will not be
convened until after the opening of tlie
Exposition la May, and will hear n
candidates not revotrjmtnded by the Mu
sical Director.
The Unyal Chorus syciety of Belgium
more than a hundred strong, will visit
the Woilu'a Fair ami take part In the
concerts in. choral hall. The chorus
recently gave a series of concerts in
London for cbarilable purposes, and
was received with enthusiasm.
The Japanese roval family will be
represented at the World's Fair. It la
anuounrel positively that the eldest
son "d probable successor of tt-e
Mikado will visit Chicago in Septem
ber. The list of Germany's exhibitors at
the Fair cortaln 5,077 names. Repre
sented in it are 230 cilits and towns of
the empire, and of these forty cities
Bend more than ten exhibits each.
Berlin leads with 23 exhibitors
Munich f.dlows with 187; Leipic with
la9; Frankfort, 55; II a in t u -g, 57, an J
Chemnitz, 41.
The Tatterson and Newark mills ot
New J, isey, will make a splendid silk
exhibit at tne World's Fair. The silk
in ill its stages of manufacture will be
displayed, together with the silk worms
and c coons from which the silken
threads will be spun an I passed through
various manipulations until they ap
pear In the finished sl'k . texture read'
1 jtlie market.
The Michigan World's Fair Board
will make au exhibition of its news
papers. The first page of every news- ,
paper or magazine published in the j
state will lie mounted on a wood veneer .
lear, varnishid the same as mounted
maps are prepared, and hung on lea'
standarus.
'Whosoever will may come," and
it is ust a9 true that "whosoever
will" may stay away.
Evert man who professes to be a
soldier In God's army and U not over
coming Is a deserter.
It Is not what we think about God
but what we know about Him that
the devil is afraid of.
Tile door of salvation Is always
open, but it Is not God's purpose to
drive anybody through it
Evert preacher ought to strive to
be what John the Baptist considered
himself a voice for Christ.
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
Most heartily do iri wish that with
these two fine Vie as of the Capital of
Hawaii, as it exists to-day, we could
have reproduced drawii gs made there
in the earlier years of this centnry.
About ls31,if we mistake not, a mis
sionary ijtiru.'d Ellis published a vol
ume of something like fonr bundled
paires. entitled. "Tea vears in the
jriandwi - h Islands." This book is prob-
ably still to be found in some old
libraries, nud would prove a mne of
information on its subject. Jn fact,
more of the knowledge now possessed in
regard to the fcavage condition of these
once uncivilized islands is taken from
thla slightly proav, b it highly valuable
von. It is illustrated trom drawings
madd by Mr. Ellis, and it is these
which we wish that we could have
givju to our readers in connection with
our Gne modern views.
The "King's Palace" ws then a long,
low hut, somewhat larger titan those of
the ordinary uatives, and perhaps a
little more carefully conntr acted, but
still differing from them very little in
point of beauty or comfort. In place
of tie citj of Houolulu, looking like
evjry othr rich or prosperous city of
modern construction, and with a imr-
Dor fn,i 0f 8l,ip8 Qf au nations, was then
out B q.et D!IV Bn(i quieter Khore.only
toliveued by groups of natives sportiog
ia the tepid waves, aud, on rare occa
sions, visited by an English or Amer-
tlit so fertile islands, situated so advan
tageously for ns midway betweeu San
I'rancisco and Australia in the one di
rrction, and China in the other. This
is cot a question of politics. Real
statesmen of every shade of political
opmi. n have uniformly looked forward
to the ultimate annexation of the Sand
wich Islands as a national necessity.
Though a few narrow-minded partisans
now seek to make political capital of
their opposition to this salu'ary mea
sure, it is to be hoped that their efforts
will fail. That some who urge the an
nexation may have saltish motives for
their course, is very probable. But
should all great measures lie allowed to
wait nntil nobody had any axes to
grind, what would become of national
progress? It is an extremely narrow
view to take of sn.-h a subject that be
cause a certain man, or clique, may be
benefited, rtitrefore a great nation is I
to refnse to take advantage of a free
Rift which will eventually benefit ef-ry ;
oitizi'n. It wonld be like refusing to
partake cf a bountiful table, because
seme insignificant oat vr dog might get
he crumb? we must let fall.
Ir tnr issue for February ISth, we
ga'-e an tcount of the late revoln'ion
by whL'h Queen Liliuokalan' was dis
possessed and a provisional govern
ment appoiuted. While we- write, th
question of annexation ia before the
National Congress. There is therefore
a period of waiting during which wo
may profitably turn onr eye- to the
material considerati n of these islands
of the Pacific at the time when Ameri
can missionaries first went among
hem.
On this subject wo End an interest
ing article from tlie pen of Frederick I
Stearns in the Detroit trrt I -ew.troiu
which we quote: "An interesting art
in the I'olyuesinn group of islau Is,
where nythinr like a loom was known
nn'.d thj natives camo in contact with
the early navigators of the world, whs
the lamufacture of their material for
clothing, ealhd in the Hawaiian Is
lands, laps or Knpn. This art and
industry which has almost entirely
cea-ied in these islaud.s is still active m
those farther south on the equatorial
belt.
liefore printed cottons became com
mon iu the Hawaiian Islands the dresx
of the women consisted of a wrapper
Pa-n (pnh-oo) composed of five thick
nesses of tapa eaoli, about four y.-rd-i
!jng and from three to four feet wide,
passed several times around the waist
and extendiug below the Knee, wuilo
that of the men was simply a rnalo or
girdle which was ahont a foot wide and
three or four yards lonfr.
A mantle about tix feet square, Ki
hei (Ki-h-ce), was sometimes worn by
both men and women, by the men by
tying to corners of the same side to
gether so that tlie kao. rested on one
shoulder, and by the women after the
manner of a ljng shawl.
Bed coverings I Kapa mr,e) were made
of five lavers of common white tapa
three or fonr yard sipiaie, the outside
piece (Kilohona) being stained or
painted with vejetablo dyes and often
richly adorned with statu j e 1 patterns of
the same.
This tapa, or lark cloth, was
made of tne I ast or inner bark
of the paper mulberrry tree or
wauke (Broussoutai l'apynfera. Vent.)
and of the mamake (I'ipturus
albidus, Giay, both belonging to the
nettle family and both indigenous totiie
Hawaiian islands. Both weretormerly
cultivated wiip much c ire, not only iu
Hawaii bnt by a 1 Polynesians of tha
Maoii and Vitian races.
At the present time these tiees are
found only in the isolated places along
the lower forest zone and chiefly in
K'ona, on the south coast of the Island
of Hawaii.
The manafacture of tapa was entire
ly in the hands of the women, who
peeled off strips of the bark as wide as
practirable, three to six mchss, and
while fresh scraped off the outer ooating
with shell or stone implements. After
soaking awhile in water each strip was
laid upon a smooth log or anvil, curved
after a certain pattern for the pnrpose
and beaten first with a heavy hardwood
round club called ho-hon. When re
duced to the thickness of common
flexible paper the strips were united
or feltel together by overlaying the
edges and beating them and theu the
whole sheet when prepared of a size
to suit the special purpose was beaten
with a square club called Iekuku (ee-a-koo-koo)
made of hardkaurvili wood.
Two or three sides of this club were
carved with incised parallel lines more
or less crowded, while one face would
be carved in some suitable pattern.
By continued beating and careful man
ipulation many kinds aud qualities of
tapa were made, some so fine as to re
semble muslin and lace, and other
kinds left very thick and tongh like
leather. It was often bleached white
or stained with vegetable and mieaal
dyes. One of the most advanced arts
in tho islands consisted in priming
with bamboo stamps a great variety of
patterns and colors upon tho tapas.
It w s sometimes glazed with a kind
of gum or resin, and some varieties
were specially prepared for medical
ise, nieces of it being worn as plasters.
The wooden anvil was in form some
thing like a Fhatlow trough with a flat,
slightly curved bottom, which, when
in use, would be placed bottom up
ward. This hollow anvil was made of
sonorous wood, and it ia said that in
early days tbo music of tapa beuting
could be heard in ev ry val'ey and that
the women living ou opposite shies ol
tl e valley could talk with one another
by means cf a system of telegraphic
heats upon these founding wooder
anvils.
In the Kmifihumeha Museum there
is a splendid illustrative) series of tap s,
the property of the royal line of kings,
which for variety and beauty have no
match in the world.
The figure engraved in tho tara beat
ing club is reproduced in the finished
tapa, and can be seen by holding up
any tapn to the light. These paticrcs
all had distinctive forms, and the island
or source of any piece of tai a could
be known by the pattern it exhibited.
Tapa making, it seems to me, is an
art which should bo revived iu these
islands, for the reason that when skil
fully made it is a beautiful material
and capsble of much artistio treatment,
aud would comm.-nd itself fir mauy
uses, ornamental bed coverings, table
scarfs, covers for books, albums,
portfolios and like uses. '
A very curious industry not men.
tloned by Mr. Mtarus, and now ex
tinct upon the Islands, was that of the
feather-cloak making, One of the best
specimens of this unique manufacture
is shown in the National Museum in
the city of Washington. It is said
that, at the valuation of ten conts for
each bird killed to supply ihe material
fr this cloak, it would Lave cost i
million of dollars. Poor little birds
and ntterly waste 1 million 1 For, after
all the innocent lives and labor which
it cost, the clyak is the ugliest garment
imaginable.
The tiny feathers, about like those ov
a canary bird's hreast for size, are lait?
in big triangles alternately of a bright
scarlet and an equally bright yellow.
The taste evinced is crude euough, but
the skill is remarkable These gar
ments wtre reserved for royal usf
only.
PAT BAITING IN WASHINGTON
Ferret, an
airl Terrtffr la the Fo.luffio.
net TrHiurf fluildl
Ther was great sport up at the
Postofflce Department the other day.
If it could have been advertised be
fore hand and an admission fee charged
the box office would probably have
done a big business. Even without
this the audience was a distinguished
one, being headed by a cabinet officer,
no less a personage than Postmaster
General Wannamaker, and compris
ing also several assistant Postmaster
Generals there are four in the de
partment aud a uumber cf cthc
'illicials.
Twenty-seven big r tts gray old pa
triarchs of the ioilcnt tribe, that bad
infested the dark vaults of thj build-
in for years and grown wily anil
llrrce, were cornered in a room and
did battle royal with three under
sized but piuckv terriers. They sav
it was a great light. No on.; had an
opportunity V) referee the rounds.
Iioiu the liegititiitig until the end
un ie .! a eui.injoiin.-, scon juih
nuncn oi nnpry rais niixeu up wiiti
the three dogs, vicious squeals inter-
lurul "J iiiuuipiuiiii i-.ii r., vki.
ing of backlKinos between sharp littlo
teeth, an occasional anu'ry yelp Iroin
a bitten terrier, and aloveall the din
rising tho applause of the spectators '
who stood in the doorway watching i
the scene.
The rats were outclassed, but thej i
made the best light they could. They
were finally knocked out bv the ter
riers. One of the witnesses, with a ,
tinge of sporting blood in his veins, J
s aid afterward that it beat a cock
tight all hollow, and as for a dog
tight well, a dog fight wasn't in it.
I'or several (lays previous a pro
fessional rat catcher had been oper
ating in the basement, aided by a
couple of ferrets ami the terriers.
The rats were destroying tlie flies and
it vras necessary to get rid of them.
This modern pied piper of Hanielin
put the ferrets in the rat holes. They
would disappear and fpretty soon
there would be heard a great scam-
pering under the floor. A dog would
then be stationed beside the hole to
kill any rats that came that wav.
Usually the rats were driven before
the ferrets aud would come out at the
opposite end of the building. That's
how so many were cornered In
,(?n?
room. At least 500 rats were killed
audit is thought tha building is fid
of them altogether.
Tlie fame of this exploit spread
abroad. The Treasury Department
people heard of it aud sent for the
pied piper Hanielin. He agreed to
clear out the rats and promised to do
all he could to duplicate the sport
which had been enjoyed at the Post
otlico Department. A messenger
stood ready to summon the expectant
otlicials as soon as "time"' should be
called. The clerks who knew of it
kept their eyes on their chiefs, ready
to follow them when they were called
to witness the fun,
One day the latter part of last
week, at tlie noon hour, a number cf
women clerks were promenading up
and down one of the long corridors,
taking a little exercise and exchang
ing little feminina secrets and bits
of department gosip during this
midday recess. There were probably
fifteen or twenty in the length of the
corridor. Suddenly at the upper end
of the corridor there were heard sev
eral sharp yc'ps, a squeal or two and
clown tte corridor rushed three big
gray rats, hotly pursued by a terrier.
Onward they caiue like the charge of
the l ght brigade. Women to the
right ot them, women to the left of
them, on came came the thre.i rats.
Well, a mau who was there says it
was a sight! There was one long con
certed feminine shriek, several flashes
of white, and In about twelve secoud?
the corridor was empty.
The rat killer operated In tht
building for several days and killed a
large number of rats, but be did not
succeed in 'cornerin any; and now
the officials are kicking because they
didn't get as much fun as the Post
office Depattuient sports. Washing
tun Star.
Nobody knows better how thfc
Christian ought to carry himself than
the hypocrite.
The man believes In Christ who
does not also believe that the wages
of sin is death.
Ifo man ever sits down to any table
so good as the one he knows God ha
I prepared for hinu
Thjs crookeder a man can make
other people look the atraigbter be
talaJsj as. 1$ bimclX.
OUR WASH INGTO V LETTER.
4 CABINET DAY.
Tbeso many years, I have wonero 1
why one goes lo reoet tions ni w'.ry
one enjoys going. But it is wonder tul,
the novelty of ,'olor aud brightness,lh9
lights ar.J shud-.ws on tapestried walls,
the rim 11 of human faojs, and the mys
tery of hum m voices, the contact with
tha world of women in Lih public
places: women who toil all the year in
offJje, connting loom and shop; fresh,
unspoiled rosy faces, lovely daughters,
just from the school room, filled with
the novelty of dances, teas and pretty
gowns; as birds love the spiingtime
and the sunshine, artists rave over the
atmosphere of a picture, but the vey
atmosphere of faces can be felt.
Wcmen covered with jewels, old in
powder aud paint, frizes and bangs.
One hides to talk about them, bat they
are eterywheie in big cities. Even
senseleis people ma t live I
Wednesday, thj eighth of February,
was the Lst "Cabinet Day" of the rea
son Homes were never lovelier nor
the decorations more beautiful. If I
could only send you photograph of
the light, the odor, the dotind of music,
th) tall vasts ot American Beauty
roses, white lilacs and tulips, all as
they were that day, it wonld thrill you
with jov ou the darkest, stormiest, bit
terest March morning.
Jast how the ladies of thj Cabirat
keep their faces so bright, their Lands
so full of cordiality iu the weary hand
shaking, tLeir wor.la so cheer v and
welcoming, one can't see; but they are'
always the same, throughout the season
1 of official duties. (If some of us were
to feel it a uecessity.out teaipe.a would
be ruined).
i The weather was not beautiful but it
did not storm. The wida avenues and
streets were filled with rushing car
riages hurrying from door to door, to
make sure of all tho places, between
j four and sixl In Washington people
w!k in thb middle of the streets, they
! ate so so much better than the best of
sidewalks in other cities, yon see!
I We cbancad to begin with .Mrs. EI
kins, whose husband is the Secretary
of War. They live iu the elegant house
built by Senator Palmer, and one of
: the fined iu the city. One passes
through the handsome hallway, hung
i with illuminated drapery; great stones
i c f "Tiffany glass," in colors of ruby,
i amethyst, emerald, ami topaz, set in
; dark Persian cloth. This is draped
! from the mantel and stairway in heavy
, folds and lines. In color, like the Tif
; fauy doors in the White Honse corn-
Jots.
I Mrs. F.lkius is young and lovely, soft
1 lue evesundtr very dark :ahes,brown
: waving hair and clear colorle com
plexion. Such merry, big dimples are
in her cheeks that von want to hear
, ber talk a long time. She is charming
in asocial wav, and we want to ask her
about her children, whose laughing
pi rtraits hang on the walls. She says,
"Oh, they are getting grown up.''
Mrs. Elkins wore a gown of soft grey
aud mauve siik, and was assisted by
Mrs. John 1'rexel, of Philadelphia, ho
, was elegantly dressed in
satin, with
; pearl trimmings.
Young lady dtbntaules in pretty
: emr.jre gowns, "at at the table to serve
j lea arj(i chocolate. White lilacs, lilie
! nf thn vallev. and muideu hair ferns.
decorated the centre, and arout the
table were fairy lamps, in pale greea
sha les of silk.
The Virginia home of the Elktns,
"Halliehurst" is named by the
Secretary iu honor of his wife Hallie,
and with its ninety rooms, its vast
grounds and the persoual supervision
of its mistress, is a genuine home, and
the most delightful resort for the fam
ily and their hundreds of friends.
Adienx were spokeo. not in hun-
! dreds, but in thousands. At the Vice-
President's three or fonr thousand peo
ple surged in and out! One met Mrs.
Morton, tall, distiugnishe 1 and ba iu i
fnl as she has ever been. Simply gra
cious and womanly, her carriage and
her face, her hand shaking and smiie,
are all to the "manor born."
Mrs. Morton's gown was of pale pink
brocade and soft piDk lace falling from
the throat and sleeves. Crvstal trim
mings sparkled on the lace, and the
rare family pearlo so famous in Paris
receptions besmed softly around the
"'rtu neck of the gown. Mrs. Senator
t1a'e mn7 prominent lames were
with Mrs Morton, receiving. We
miakArt Miaa F. Illli Mnrtnn who via
! her mother's helper the week before.
She is a tall, beantifnl girl, with a re
fined face of strength and character.
This is ber first year in society, and
she is altogether unspoiled and girlish,
but full of dignity.
Mr. Morton stands in the second
drawing-room, assisting his wife in the
same cordial unaffected way. It is
such a pleasure to meet them! Ele-
j gant, as to the pnblio etiquette o' their
honored positioD, fhowmg the simplic
ity of "gentle folks," and the ease of
association v it i the noted people of
the old world and the new. Everv
thiug is ia good taste; with a loyal
American bigness, which no other
country can boaBt?
Chinese and Turkish draperies;
cresmy walls, many palms, softest rugs,
end easy chairs, qn tint ornaments,
from foreign lands; celebrated pictures,
tempting books, a glowing wood fire;
and one only has a glimpse of this
rarely beantifnl interior! When yon
see Mr. and Mrs. Morton, on bnsiness,
for magazines or newspaper work. 'a ost
U-rrifio of all calls) you are given a
seat by the young American bov, who
takes your card, and soon ushers you
into the delightful library, where you
meet the Vice President or his wife, in
the simplest manner, receiving from
them the most attentive, prompt re
cognition. No red tape, but a genuine
American welcome and yon may, the
very next day, receive by mail or mes
senger tie photograph cr picture
asked for, with a cordial note written
by Mr. Mortoa himself!
'I Tie lamons house on Sonth street,
now occupied by the Postmaster Gen
eral, was even more crowded than
usual. On- nsed to say, the Whit
ney's entertained with more e!eginc,
and unselfish, unceasing bospitalitv,
than had ever been shown at the Cap
ital. The FrelinghnyFons, Evarts,
and Arthurs were charming in hospi
talities in their home, bur the warm
hearted. Democratic Wanamakers,
gather around the fine old place, the
whole official and social life of Wash
ington. Crowds blocked the way, and
for squares carriages stood in waitiug.
Mrs. Wanamaker was very cordial,
and looked well in a rich claret-velvet
gown and snperb black lace. Her
daughters were dressed in pink silk,
and dainty jackets witu. bengdine
trimmings. Mr. Wanamaker is the
most free and easy of hosts; talking
with everybody, and making strangers
most welcome.
One chatted with the family, and
friends, then passed to the picture gal-
Iery, where the Hungarian Bana
plsyed, and crowds still lingered. One .
feels iu a strange land. The walls of !
the large room are crimson aud gold;
a softly tinted light comes from the j
ceding bnd falls on the great pictures :
of some of tbo greatest artists in
the world. Bougnerau, Millet, For
tuny and Munkaesv. One can never
stay long enough! The noise of
the carriages in the strtet, tho hum of
voiojs in yonr turs, the chatter in
Italian, French, and Spanish all
sound unreal; and yon look at the j
"Virgin and the Angeli" n I a'most .
think you bear the notes of the violin j
as the angel tonches the striugs fo.
the "Holy Child Jtsns" the little ,
baby on its mother's lap. Be'ow tha
paintings on tabbs aud stands '
are vases of all sizes and quaint de- j
sign, tilled with American beauty
roses fully three feet high like a bifj
bush of onr own roses iu June. Jar ;
of pale lilacs, pots of azalias standing
in niches and corners loaded with red
and white bloom. Then, sitting and
standing, agaiust the huge tiled man- j
tel and immense fireplace, was the
bsnd in Bnnrian costume, red aul
Hue jackets, black, long-legged boots I
and trousers striped witu white. They !
are Very dark, quite brown, with hair !
like jet and Spanish looking eyes, i
They have it wonderful zither, large as
a fe-ood sized tablo which ii swept- in !
the wildest manner, adding much to '
the weird sad strains of four violins, I
ami two 'cellos. They looked a bit of !
Eastern life among the Persian Em
broideries, divans, lurkish chairs, gold
brocades, altar cloths and bronzes.
the harmonv of light aud musi-y.
tho strains of this foreign band playing
tha lonely, odd songs of tair native
country, in this crowd of American
people, was a novel and delightful ex
perience. Yon pay little attention to
the young man who pokes his elbows
into your faos, as lie shakos bund
witn somebodv. the new wav (on a
level with one's face); yon don't noiieo I
the big man, or bigger woman, who '
pushes von against the wall; you have
au uospei.kable quiet within yourself, j
The music, the pictures, the soft lights
and the roses! No matter whether the
"common people," or the people of
power and pobition (not alwBys un
common), the aristocracy of wealth
and polit cs, or the ranks cf scrimping
poverty, push by you; no matter if a
possible uncertainty of "who is who'' I
stand close be-ide you. It is "Cabinet
Day ;" ev, rybod v goes, and it is the
people's good pleasure to dc- honor to
those chosen for them and by them.
One can look sarcaf tically and disagree
ably upon almost everything if one will,
snd American customs are not always
"above reproach," but the duties im
posed upon wealth and position are
inst as sacred as those In quiet home
nfe. Women who are tnoer counsel- 1
ors and advisers, comrades am com
pani. ins, to our greate-t, busiest and
best men; mothers, whose children are
carefully educated and cared, for are
frequently among the wives of oar
pi.tilic men. Many a woman in our
capital city, has served our great coun
try well iu the public duties of her
position, chaiitably, loyally and has
tiveu of her grace, beauty aod cul
ture, her best, to the people who do
i
her honor, and choose her husband to
represent themselves.
Margabet Spenceb.
Thft llitfinbotliain Jtursier.
It was 3 o'clock in the mornrnj
when Mrs. Higinbothara shook her
tasband.
"I'gh," he responded unconsciously.
''Hiram! Hiram!" she exclaimed
In a whisper.
"IT Ugh," he observed.
She gave hini another shaKC.
"Iliram," she whispered, ."there's
robbers down stairs."
"Ugh?'1 he ventured again, this
time yvith a rising inflection indicat
ing that he was gradually absorbing
the idea that something was wrong.
She gave hiru a tremendous shake.
"Ugh," he almost shouted, sitting
straight up, "what in thunder's the
row, Maria?"
She clappad her hand over her
mouth.
"Sh sh ,"'shc whispered, "there's
burglars downstairs."
"Aw," he growled, "we ought to
be thankful they are not up-stairs
Go to slcep;M au4 he fell back to tho
o.llow.
"Hiram, I tell you," she insisted
with another shake, "there's burglars
downstairs. I heard them. You go
down and see what they want."
"Maria," he priiiested, "I'll do
nothing of the sorts If they don't
see what they want they can asi for
it. That's business."
"But you shall go clown, Hiram,
and see," she urged and pleaded at
the same time.
"I wou't, I tell you, Maria. Be
cause your father owns a dry goods
6t-re is no sign that I believe it is no
trouble to show goods, and I repeat,
ioadam, if those burglars wint any
thing they've got to wait on themselves-
It's after business hours any
way. You must think we run an all
night place. Go to sleep, I tell you."
Mrs. Higinbotham gave a sudden
clutch at his arm.
"There," she nearly screamed, "I
hear them coming up-stairs, now."
"Well, dear," he said soothingly, ,
"you'd better jump up aud put on a j
dress. It will never do in the world ;
for you to receive strange gentlemen I
"n your present attire." I
"We'll be murdered in our beds," i
Mie wailed.
"Do you really think you will?" he
Inquired with some interest.
"I'm sure of it Hiram," she sobbed.
'Suppose you get out and lie on the
floor, Maria, and tb"n you won't be,"
he suggested heartlessly. "I'm will
ing to tako mine riht here In bed.
wnare it's warm."
Mrs. IL began to cry.
"What's the matter, Maria?" Mr.
II. asked as if he bad just that mo
ment discovered her grief.
''You're a ruean, horrid man, Hiram
niginbotham," she said in her na
tural voice, and she began to get out
if bed.
"Where are you going, Maria?" he
inquired, uneasily.
"Down stairs," she answered hero
ically. "As between you up-stairs and
the burglars down stairs, I prefer the
burglars," and down stairs she went,
and the black cat in the preserve
closet upset four jars of her finest
quinces in its mad effort to escape.
She screamed, but Hiram Higin
botham made no sign; he knew he
had forgotten to put the cat in the
cellar when he shut the house up for
the night and reported to his wife
that everything was all right. Free
Fres.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
Philadelpeia has 130, 601 pupils In
eer public scuoiD.
! In battle only one ball out cf
' jiijl tv-Bve takes effect.
The British Museum contains the
i 'rst envelope ever madp.
Nice, plump diamond back terrapin
iow s.ell for $'JG a dozen.
I stem-winding watches were lnvent
I .-d by Xoel In the jear 18:1.
New York City has fewer alleys
' ban any other city in the world,
i The Egyptians koe ided their bread
n a wooden bowl with '.heir feet.
A hundred years ago the best
jysters were se'd at five for a cent.
A live co tontvood tree with petri
led roots is growing near Atchison,
Kan.
Taa-e sheep were brought to His
janicli by Columbus on his second
voyage, in 140d.
Guuter's ctiain u-ed in measuring
anJ was invented by Edmuud Gunler
in 1000.
In Russia the principals In a duel
j 'arUke of breakfast together before
' on g out to fight.
The Sultan of Turkey has issued
' -evised edition ot the Koran, adapte 1
k his own views.
j A Darien (Gel colored man claims
Co have gathered 90d lemons irom oa-i
tree recently.
I Au average of CG.CO0 letters ere
posted without addresses in England
very day.
One factory iu Frederick county,
Md.. put up 4,000.000 cans of corn and
; teans this season.
In Fresno, C.d , there is said to le
i fact.ry for the manufacture of petri
fied human corpses.
The ljng-eured J-ick rabbit of the
prairies is appearing in great nun-bers
in Southern Missouri.
In the French army there are four
ilvlpg generals on the retired list who
weie boru In the last century.
Ruskin has the finest collection of
lUu minuted missals In the world
numbering about 1300,
At dinuers aud banquets in Queen
EiiZibeth's time each guest brought
bis own individual spjon.
The recoid for shorthand writing
.8 315 i r Js a minute, made iu Novem
ber, 1S91, by a Chicago man.
Finland has just been celebrating
(he H5dtn anniversary of the establish
ment of pil .ting in that country.
Europe consumes upward cf $30,-
OOO.IOJ worth of gold and silver anualiy
for plate, jewelry aud oruameiits.
i even American Pre.-idents have
died in the month of July, and ia that
month Gariield received his fatal
; wound.
Mr?. Le Grand C.inuon, of Xew
Vork City, hts a cuaioiid tiara which
Is considered one oi the handsomest lu
Ameiica.
ri-a Whltutaw TJelri's hnudoir is
Ljj .a Wu'it3 aad goId pitueiS 0f
Un clotn alij A milDU.i o- 0uvx. inlaid
with gilt.
Tennessee is supposed to have teen
named from Tenas See, one of tne chief
villages ot the Cherokee Indians, which
was located on the banks of the I'ennes
see. Harrison Shearer, or Valparaiso,
Intl., claims to have found an tin horn
In the hollow of a tree, where he sup
poses it t j have been for 100 years or
more.
An Indian potentate, the Maharaja
of Betliah, has engage I the service of
an Eughsu woman puysicuu for his
woman's hospital.
Jironess Hirsch, toe wire of the
banket-philauthropist, Las been struck
with apoplexy and her tongue Is par
tially paralyzed.
Beveral American remedies for
1 cholera are advert Zed In Uainbur;.'
j papers, and are 'bighiy tecon mended"
j by the li cal druggia.s.
I During the Eleventh Century a fash-
ion of euibroidei ing the initials o the
i cam:-: and the family aims on the gar-
m jits began in Italy and spread all
I uvtr Europe.
I An old Enulish "manner book"
' says: "A lad, should dip only the t'ps
of htr lingers iu the sauce howl, and
s; ould not let food fall out cf her
m-.utP cu the tableelotb.
It Is now announced that old news
papers aie the best possible material
tor wrapping up clothing, as the print
er' ink on them Is oeadly pobou to
moths and their laivay.
Trademarks, it .-.ppears, are thous
ands of years old. Babylon, it Is re
corded, had property symbols, and the
Chinese claim to have bad tiadematks
more than 1C00 years B. C.
Mis. Frederick Vanderoilt's bou
doir aboard the Conqueror, the jacbt
which is soon to cruise In southern seas,
is finished in roe pink eatiu and ma
hogany. Miss Sidnhy Randall, of the Georg
ia Normal and Industrial College,
junior class, has been appointed posl-
j master of the House of Representatives
of Atlant t at $1 a day.
j Orifield, Md., is interested in the
operations of a stranger who has bought
seven islands to ra se delicacies lor
market fish, soft-shell cra'ys aud ptr-
I haps terrapin among the possibilities.
Joseph Ed'Ck, cf Helena, Montana,
' found a live frog recently twenty-three
j teet be'ow the surface of the earth in a
j miniature chauibr coi talnlng appar
1 ently no ccmmunic-ition with the out
side world.
Ihe Se.abury Ho-:se, at Woodhury,
! Conn., Known as the b'rthplace of tte
American Epis opal Church, nas pur-
cnasea Dy tne i1(.cjiicij arcuueaconry
some weeks ago.
The cheapest dress made by
Worth, the Parisian milliner, even if
of cotton, does not e isf less than $1C0
and this he calls his "pauvrette cos
tume" the poor girl's dress.
Lillian Russell, the singer, has a
faie i reparation for which she pays $ i
a uoui.d. To it sue attributes her we.t
kept skin, free from w. Inkles and good
complexion.
It comfortably pre-f rves tradition
co notice that Q :een Victoria did net
forget the Inevitable Indian shawl
among her wedding gifts to her r.!nf
daughter. the Princess Marie.
It is much easier to backslide at
camp-meetinj than it is iu time of
ehipwrecK.
Xo hax who helps God is the one
who is willing to go to war a0'aint
Haod QsbV -