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r CHUB. ARomaDceofWestYirgi BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER IT?Continued. A hush fell over the crowd. Will you jump again, Mr. Sloan' Sloan turned on Bash angrily. "How high can you jump?" "Standing or running?" Standin'." For answer Bash put his right ap to his chin. "I don't believe it" Put a stick up. a string, railthing," said Bash, coolly. Perkins and Sloan held a rail t four feet off the ground. Bash turned his back to it and jci over, it , The big man clapped his hands. They placed the rail as high as chin. He stood before Jt, then sudc bounded high in the air over it The big man roared with laughtei "Now, Mr. Sloan," said Bash, Htay it" Sloan jumped three times, but f to come within throe inches of theh< . Bash jumped. "How high can you kick?" dema 'moan. "At least seven feet" ' Sloan had Perkins hold a stick ag; * tree just that distance from tbe gro stood under it, sprang up and strucli tick with his right foot. Bash had Perkins raise the stick n inch, rose the same way, and ki the stick high in the air. Sloan tried again, half an inch hie then an inch, until he put the stic to eight feet six inches. Then Dan Bash asked the big mi ctand on a plow and hold the stick loot higher. Sloan and Perkins laughed. Bash rose in the air suddenly, spi Ing off his left foot, and his right the stick whirling. "Put it three inches higher," a: crowd looked on dumfounded. What sort of a man was this, anyl: "No, that'll do," said the jolly gi laughing, "we don't want yoa to the light out of the moon." Whereat there was a roar of laugl "How do you ras'le?" said Si Per suddenly. "Any way?upper or lower hoi eatch-as'-catch-can?any way that prefer." "I used to ras'le a little." "I like it?with any one who un stands it" "Well, strip then." Not if you don't want to tea] clothes. They went at it, catch-as-catch-can flve seconds?less time?the "boss ra f the county" was on the flat ol back. That made Si Sloan laugh, while kins was furious. Anythin' else you can't do?" at the jolly Riant, good-humoredly. *1 can spar." ' ""You mean box?" Yes; I love it." I pass," said the giant Then tl as another shout of laughter. "Perkins will box with you." No, durned if I will," said Perk now laughing. "He might out-box I think Bill Peters misrht (rive hir trial." There was another shout of laugh Bill Peters' head was hanging enough now. "I reckon you'll have to give Bash fchool," said the big man. "Of course," said Sloan. "Any : that can do what ho does?durned know how he does it?can take fthonl. * - ? "Yes, he's got a right to it," Perkins. "Stranger, how much do^ weigh, jest as you are?" "One hundred and seventy-i f pounds," said Bash, smilingly. "Great Johosaphat, Sloan! Just cf his arms and legs." Sloan felt; then he stood back. "Mr. Bash, you're the biggest mai your size I ever seed. Shake." Then Bash shook hands all around The last man to hold his hand was big man, who shook his hand cordii "I would like to know your ne dr." "My name? Lordl Everybody kn Hank Dawson!" "Hank Dawson!" "Yes; I'm the blacksmith at the uers." So this man whom he had take , sudden liking to, and whose very s: Inspired confidence, was Chub's fat CHAPTER V. <7ntJB dawson's engagement. "I would like to get better acqnaii with you, Mr. Dawson," said Bast they stood a little apart, while man tho crowd looking at them marvelec the strength and suppleness of the i comer In tho mountain district xuuru wtMcuuiu tu juy iiuuse. x^v body Is," said Hank Dawson. "Then 1 am included among the cro\ "Yes. Though we'll be more friends, if you are as square as look." The blacksmith looked him all ove Kx"But you are the most doceivin' : I've met. Where did you learn Travel with a circus?" BasTi lauKliea. J3?-. -g-JWo? I'll stfun I don't see where yjupickcd It up. Do you know, yo ?utjuinped and outras'led the best In the county?you have, Bash." Dawson chuckled. It was fun Dawson. "There's one thing I can't do." "What's that?" ' "I can't lift half as much as you, bit as hard." ' "D'awsori laughed. "I don't know about that. If I wa to wallop an apprentice I wouldn't yon." The crowd soon separated after 1 ?nd cvory man thcro told such stori tho prowess of the new teacher Iheir acquaintances promptly called 1 liars. But thcro were many who had re to believe the stories told. And \ Dan Bash entered tho school there not a scholar there who questionea right to rulo them. The school was very orderly and dlcnt for the iirst Vrae since it had been opened. The young men did not care to ts teacher who could kick nine feet Inches high with one foot, nor did care to wrestle with the man that Ei Perkins on his back. The Monks did not go to school. 1 were bent upon driving van xsasn o the district. They plainly foresaw his pcrmj residence, and success there mean of nrestifre to them sooner or later. If he "should become popular, popularity with the roughest porti* the community would te a thing o past They must get rid of Dan Bash i bow. . _ But how? That was what botl thV tycmfe brothers and the m?n" wbo followed them. At first they seriously thought of breaking up the school. Bill Monk very soon discovered that plan wouldn't work. Bad as tho couni ty was, the people wouldn't like to be nil] pointed out as the most reprehensible Li id* people in the State. "It would not do to got all the decent people down on them," Bill Monk said, to which Nod Monk sorrowfully assented. "Same time, Bill" said Ned, "'won't do to have people talking about this chap so much. Tell you what?let's tell he's not so much to brag of, or a feller that can do so much, and knows go awful mu?h_ as JDau Bash iloes^ wouldn't be tv? inc fTr?tt"ThfvoTiTTiT?KrVhtiGl wav ufi i 1 vis J iu 1U UIO viuiv wmvom ? ?m ? gghere." "That's a blame good idea," said Bill Monk. "We'll work it for all it's worth. Blamed if I think he is straight. He's hand likely got powerful reasons for coming up here." So that it seemed to the Monks quite -any clear now that, if they managed it right, they would "give Dan Bash a heap of iboni bother before long." Meantime Dan Bash wa9 making npec friends every day. There was a good deal of speculation concerning the young man whom nobody i hit knew anything about, further than_he chose lo ten. And "he "said very Tittle, ienlj He had reasons to keep his own counsel, be thought. At least he kept his affairs to himself. "y?? If there was anybody mb?e than another who knew who and what Dan Bash aiieo wa8) people 8aj(j jt wa8 Hank Dawson. ;ignt xi?? schoolteacher was a frequent visitor at the blacksmith's. It was pretty D<Je(3 well knownr, too, why he went there. Chub Dawson's beauty and high spirit was as well known?as widely known? ilnst as jjer father's smithy and great strength, for Hank Dawson was a giant : tiie I in strength. He had lifted one flour I barrel and set it on top of its fellow, and \,a'j I set a third on top of the second, somecked | thjng unheard of. As the giant of the Corners sat beside 'her, his fire, smoking and listening to Dan k UP Bash relating his pranks at college? which Dan did some time for Hank's diin to version?he would laugh heartily, one "There ain't many young chaps like that," be would say to his only daughter, Chub, when Bash went away. r'nS" One evening, after Dan Bash bade sen* them good-night, Chub leaned over ner father's shoulders and stroked his hair ?the 60ft]y, as she said: "You seem to think a good deal of Dan l0w? Bash, dad." ant, -Well, a sort of way?yes. He's a kick mighty knowing chap." "And he seems to be square out and iter. out.? kins "Yes; he does." "And he's lively company?" ds? "Powerful lively." y?u Hank Dawson's mouth was drawn down now. He was resolved his daughter should lead the talking. lder- "Dad!" "Well?" "Dan Bash has asked me." r "Hello! Hello!" Hank Dawson knew very well what 1? was in the air. He had good eyesight s'ler "You don't mind, dad." nis "Yes I do. Ain't it my business?" "Yes. Of course it is. And I told Per' him it was. And he knows unless you like him it's no use his comin"round any jked more." "Chub," said Hank Dawson, "you're the best girl from here to the forks of the road. He's a blamed handsome fellow. I don't know nothing about him here more than just what he tells us; but I like him, and if he can satisfy you and me?why, then, that's all there's to bo fns> said. You'll set the day, and we'll marme. ry you to him. I don't count on giving Q a you up?I won't do that" "No, dad. I told him I wouldn't leave ter. you, for you've been father and mother low to me. Besides, there's a way for all of us here. That's settled on." the knew it. Chub." "Of course you did. I'd like to see the man man who would take me away from you. if I You've got to have your pipe and sit by the the fire, or it wouldn't be like home to me." said "That's just like you, Chub?Just like you you." mere were tears in n&im jL?aw?uu a alne eyes, but he wiped them away furtively and Chub did not see them. 'e?l So it was soon known to every one that Dan Bash was going to marry Chub Dawson, the blacksmith's daughter. 1 Mr. Potts stood on the porch telling it to all the travelers as the latest news; his ^ wife, not content with assisting her husthe band at the tavern, went around among the neighbors relating all and much une, moro than she knew concerning the preparations for the wedding. 0WB Hank Dawson was going into the town to buv her a new silk* dress?a blue silk dress," and a white bonnet and white ^orw veil. Chub was going with him, of course?"how could Hank Dick things n a for a gal?" mil? It was true. For some reason Dan her. Bash had been very anxious to get the wedding over. Chub wanted more time ?she was determined not to be married so soon?but Dan Bash was an ardent nted lover. He pressed her so that she cou1, as sented to marry him in a month, y of The engagement enraged the Monks. 1 at The marriape must be prevented at all !ew- hazards. With such an ally as Hank Dawson, the power of the Monks would ery- soon be a thing oi the past Two such men as Bash and Dawson would rule the vd." county?o? so much of it as was useful like to the Monks. you "They'll never marry," said Ned Monk. "I won't say they mayn't marry," said sr. Bill Monk, meaningly; "but if they doman I say If? they won't live together very it? long." Tnis speech was rounded with a terrible oath. else Squatty, who was present, looked at u've Bill Monk fearfully. He had a horror men of the schoolmaster ever since he had heard that he could kick noarly ten fecr for inJF., and tumbled Hi Perkins on his back. "It's mighty ticklish business." The Monk brothers looked at Squatty hor contemptuously. "You'll lind it much more ticklish if this chap and Hank Dawson discover vhat they're bound to learn soon." nted "You don't think?tain't sure they'll hire know." "Ain't it?" that, ?y0t 0f course not" es of As the brothers laughed, Squatty that shivered. He was afraid of his shadow ihem times. And they had compelled him to help them in all their villainous enason terprises. vhcn "What makes voc two laugh?" i was "You poor fool!" said Bill Monk, 1 his "don't you know there's detectives on the hunt? We haven't been buyin' ?^)e* horses, 'n puns, 'n powder?hats, 'n been gloves, 'n all sorts o' traps?without psople knowin' it. We don't steal all we'vo ickle jrot. It's natrcl we'll be suspected, and nine when wc are brot up for't wo want to they got a mighty cute lawyer. First time's laid nothin'." " We can swear and lie through, unless we're fooled by our lawyer. But They jf this chap arid Ilank Dawson pull tout of gother, and Dawson liuds out the lay of the land " inent "What do you mean by the lay of the l loss ]and?" Squatty asked. "Why, can't you sen? Chub will tell ihelr iir-r father?if he don't know it now? dp of a]i that happened on the road, and beI the fore We reached the spring that day Bash fought us." jome- Bjjj Monk spoke seriously now. "They're bound to side against us, lered ju8t ae we're bound to go agiji Bash an' agin Li&wsoq^ too, if we1 can't get Baah out of the way somehow." Ned Monk frowned as he spoke to Squatty. j "Say, when does the weddin' come off?" Squatty inquired suddenly. "Two weeks from to-morrow?sure as fate. Chub and her dad has told every- ] body, and so has Dan Bash." "Suppose something should prevent Bash from going to his own wedding?" The Monks looked at Squatty curiously. "It would be bad if he didn't go to his own wedding; it would be better if be couldn't go to anybody's wedding never again," said Ned Monk. "Yea." "Tell us what you would do to prevent it, Squatty." Souattv lookfid around him nervouslv. Thon he rspoke in a lower tone. The ' Monks listened attentively. Then they slapped their poor tool on the shoulder. "Bully for yon, Squattyl That's a prime idea. We'll carry it out as sure as you arc a sinner. And, Squatty, you'll get all tho credit of the plan." Then the Monk brothers laughed again. Squatty shivered. "You won't put it all on me," he whined. i "Pooh! We're all in for it, Squatty. It's everybody's business now. If one coes we'il all jro. so you needn't be airaicf IT luey"ctttclf you you'll Taa"Ve plenty of company." ^ f CHAPTER VI. | Chub and her father verified all the t rumors by inviting their friends to the. wedding. Then they went to the nearest town 8 to buy her wedding dress and such ap- 6 pointments as Dawson was determined t his daughter should have. r "I've got plenty of money," he said to f his friends. "I've earned it for Chub, and she's bound to have the best." That was sufficient. Everybody applauded Hank Dawson's docislon. It was politic to do so. Hank was inviting a crowd to the wedding. There would be abundance to eat and drink?fiddlers for a hundred, fun for evervbodv. And everybody wanted to be "on hand" at Chub's wedding. Chub's wedding was the talk of the country for miles around. It was an extraordinary event. She was the prettiest girl in that region. She was the smartest and the most spirited. She was the besl cook and the best shot. She could manage the most unruly horse, and men had 6tood in not a little awe of her. She had hosts of admirers, and it was never known that any one had been so courageous as to ask her to marry him. Above all, she would have more money than any girl in the entire district. Hank Dawson had ever so much money in bank, had inherited a fortune from a brother who died in a distant city, and was able to point to three fine farms within sight of his own home. And all would go to Chub when Hank Dawson died. Of course, now that the marriage was approaching, Dan Bash was congratulated daily. His good fortune was remarked. To the surprise of all, Dan Bash took the compliments as a matter of course, lie did not think he was bound to be grateful to Hank Dawson, and he plainly Intimated as much when occasion seemed to demand the expression of his inde pendence... "Tain to be envied for securing one of the best women in the world," he said more than once. "In my opinion, Belle Dawson is the equal of any woman in the State." That was the manner in which he referred to the woman he was going to marry. He seemed to think he was the equal of any man or woman; he did not assume superiority, but it was quite a matter of course that the prettiest and richest and cleverest girl in the county should be willing to marry him. [tc be continued.] _ ? ?- d TEMPERANCE. 1g a: what t"e raloon-eeefejl sees. The owner of a costly and attractive build- ,1 inp. formerly used as a saloon in New York City, has gone out of business. "I have sold e: liquor," said the ex-saloon-keeper, ''for ei eleven years, long enough for me to see the ? beginning and end of its effects. T have seen a man take his first glass of liquor in my E place, and afterward fill the grave of a sui- tt cide. I have seen man after man, wealthy fc] and educated, come into my saloon who can- , not now buy his dinner. I can recal^twenty customers worth once from 4100,000 to 8500,'- g 000 who are now without money, place or ii friends.'* . S science and alcohol. w It is a common idea that alcohol produces d a warming effect in cold weather; this feel- a] ing of warmth depends, in the first place, on the fact that tho paralysis of the central ner- ^ vous system causes au mcreu&ou uiuuu ouyply to the 6urface of the body; and, secondly, ai in all probability, on the blunting of the sen- w eibility of the central organs which are con- _ cerned in the sensation of cold. The stimulating action which alcohol appears to exert on the physical functions is albo only a par- / alytic action. Again, there is a strong b?* lief that alcohol gives new strength and energy after fatigue has set in ; the sensation of fatigue is one of the safety valves of our machine. To stifle the feeling of fatigue in order to be able to work on. is like forcibly closing the safety valves 60 that the boiler may be overheated and explosion result. The belief that alcohol gives strength to the weary i? particularly djingerous to the class of people whose inc'omS js already insufficient to procure subsistence and who are misled by this prejudice into spending a large part of their earnings on alcoholic drinks, instead of purchasing good and palatable food, especially meal, cheese, milk, meat and other nitrogenous food-stuffs, which alone can give them strength for their hard work. Xt is commonly thought that alcoholic drinks aid digestion, but in reality the contrary would appear to be the case, for it has been proved that a meal without alcohol is more quickly I followed by hunger than when it is taken.? Dr. A. E. T. Longhurst, in Westminster Review. DRUNKENNESS AN1> INEBRIETY. Dr. James Stewart, an English surgeon, in a recent lecture makes a distinction, not commonly made, between drunkenness and inebriety. The drunkard, he maintains, is a person who drinks whenever he finds an opportunity; tbe inebriate is n person who, in most cases, is born with fin unsound brain , find might even be a mac who never tasted alcoholic drink in his life; the one vicious, the other diseased. The following is n summary of Dr. Stewart's conclusions | 1. Drunkenness is a vice, inebriety a disense ;the two terms must not oh confounded, j 2. The disease of inebriety once established may be transmitted to the patient's offspring either in the form ot the alcoholic diathesis, epilepsy, chorea, iusanity, or even tendency n to crime. 3. The child oi an inebriate born , after the. functional or structural lesion has been established is sure to inherit some ner- H vous diathesis. 4. The only security against h this diathesis developing as" inebriety is lifelong total abstinence on the part of the child. 5. Even the adoption ot this precau- (l Jion will not absolutely make certain that a there will be no transmission of the ehach- ft pviu hv the child to his or her oITsorinir. 6. To prevent tho development of tho alcoholic " neurosis in other directions?such ss epi- D lepsy?sudden excitement of the emotions p und sensibilities, such as might be produced p by corporal punishment by strangers, should f" In all cases be guarded ugainst. 7. In the 1 prophylaxis inebriety the principle to be acted on with regard to children's training fi Is, that if we accentuate the good we attenu- ^ ate the evil. 8. The marriage of tho child or even grandchild of an inebriate to a first ^ cousin should be absolutely interdicted. . b COSTA MCA. V CENTRAL AMERICAN STATE AT THE FAIR. Fine Exhibit of Its Products ?Minerals, Woods, Hides, Coffee, Herbs and Roots In Great Profusion. OSTA RICA'S house stands at the head of the lagoon -which washes the steps to the Art Palace. It is the yellow, building, with the bine, \||"TI ^J\ | njuiy^ uu\.i itu A /10/ I ri ' flapping above the I //Ii *ree8, Along the It /pJT^Pr^i] | back runs a wide ?y u ill \YvM P^azza? who Be ra / 1 foundation :s laid ^Clllfti \ *n ^'e Wft*er' At \ li ? "^>3^ the front two mar V \JJ| hie urns stand at \\ \ l\ l eac^ d?or post and Kl 1 I \ ' above the door isJ J J 'ft\ the coat-of-arms of 3 the State. Striving to develop its impenetrable forests and oreilled mountains, it bankrupted its reaeury and thuB has.not much^oney o spend for luxuries. However, it is .t the Pair in a most creditable.shape, md the old country which Columbus tumbled on during his third voyage lopes to receive an impulse in the ight direction by taking its light rom under a bushel. Once out of isXXj ' ip tit a MATS EXHIBITION HALZi D? ebt, or even able to meet its obligaons, the country will forge to the ont. It is blessed by nature most ivishly. Its greatest .need is men, d men with money. Draped in the colors of the country, ic interior of the building is devoted delusively to business. There are no laborate reception-rooms nor offices ith magnificent furniture. Dr. Guz>an, Costa Rica's Commissioner, relined only a corner for himself among ie animals and birds, and silics ana yes that his country ha6 sent. The allery makes the circle of the build-, lg, with great slashes of color hanglg in the arches. Shields and bronze roups of soldiers, and zealots rushing ith blazing torches are among the ecorations. Many photographs of imost topless mountains, endless ingles and handsome girls from the it South, adorn the walls, with here ad there oils executed in peculiar ays. nT'm li tTZs BIRDS FROM COSTA RICA. Sarsaparilla grows in Costa Rica and long with a wealth of other nhrnbery this medicine is shown. It. is .lteresting. since the average visitor as never seen sarsaparilla oat of boties or the soda fountain. Extending owe the Bide of the long structure re a score or more cases containing ottles anil jar* of plants and herbs sed in medical practice. Barke, eans, roots, leaves, branches and nlverized woods are in a bewildering rofusion until it looks as though na,ire had grown a remedy for all the eal and imaginary ills of body and esh. Not even the old family "doc3i* book" can relate a diseaso for hich Coeta Rica does not grow its aim, _ , Pyramids#* minerals and wood? the center, showing the natural 1JMM Tlwf^nrflr ?i|B COOTA RICA'S DISPLAY OF ORE8. souroes of the country. The stoi range along the whoie gamnt of va] from the cumbersome lumps of iron bite of precious metals. The vo< are stub-ends of logs, polished a varnished to high degrees and in ^ IBHP* li Jsp nnwiA> THE COSTA RICA BUHJDIHG. variety 'which is simply marvelor The forests are yet practically virgi the natives alone being large cons mers and the uses being largely tho for heat and waste. Long on timb< Costa Rica is short on a market for and thus the very best sells at almc ridiculous prices. Hides of almost everything frc snakes up are shown, those of the f tribes being most numerous. T country has not much use for wai garments, ana it. is curious iu?i uutu in its wisdom filled the south woo with pelts for Arctic coats. The bii with densest plumage always pa where the sun is fiercest, and thus happens that Costa Bioa has songsfe with feathers a yard long, and oth birds with plumage rivaling the rai bow in brilliancy. They are in t National Building in great profusic and arranged as found in the jnngL Some look like jokes, with spindli: legs and bodies too heavy for the: and others are built on graceful lis with most wonderfnl beauty. 0 end of the gallery is a long-distau landscape, and the blue sky and whi clouds are helped out by stuffed bir nailed to the canvas. This is realif in art with a vengeance, but since t aim is to show the birds and not t landscape the criticism hardly stanc Like all the neighboring States ai Kingdoms, Costa Kica raises conee a challenges the world to equal its pi duct in quality. To prove its val great silver tanks have been arrang to cook samples, and when the buil ing was opened all visitors were giv long draughts of the fragrant mixtui For this purpose the end next t north had been reserved. Thus all t departments of the country's vari business relations are exhibited, t Government sending many thin from the National Museum. There u cases of coin and script of the counti displays of all the articles importe silken wares and sea weed produ< made by the natives. Everythi about the placo suggests commert and that is exactly why the count came to the Fair?to boom its expc relations with the rest of the worl and particularly with this edge of ?Chicago Herald. Mathematical Combination Wonders If you want to know to what ma depths mathematics can take you jn begin to figure on combinations ai keep it up industriously for an ho or two. One of the most wonderf examples in this line, perhaps, is tfa relating to the various combinatio in dominoes. Doctor Bciu, u Fran fort (Germany) mathematician of i ternational reputation, has calculate that two persons playing the game t< hours a day, and making four moves minute, could continue one hundri and eighteen million years (118,00( 000) without exhausting all the coi binations of the game, the total which is 248,528.211,84:0!?St. Lor Republic. Great Britain received 10,057,6 letters from America last year. <22, ' "''ci ' feL NEW YORK INDIANS. THE FAMOUS SIX NATIONS OF IROQUOIS. Scions of the Noble Houses of Red Jacket and Laporte Reproduce the ? Aboriginal Life of the Days of Columbus. f ^TUDENTS of ethnology on their k wav to Professor Putnam's AreheeoW logical Building, at the south end of the World's Fair grounds, have lately had their attention arrested by a long, low house near the bank of the Bouth pond, with several wigwams and stockades close by. This is the Iroquois village, put up and maintained by the New i , York Commission, as a part of their | mate exniDit, ana constituting a most important part of their outdoor ethnological exhibit. If the visitor will tarn aside into this carious village, says the Chioago Herald, he will find, if he is a student of history, that he has dropped foar -hundred years out of the calendar of aefl time, and is face to face with red men [ue and women, dressed and accoutered to exaotly as their forefathers were when jjk Columbus discovered the continent n(j The controlling features of the New a York Iroquois exhibit is a faithful re production of the dwellings and customs of native aborigines as they existed four hundred years ago. The records and traditions of the famous Six Nations of Iroquois are in better shape for this purpose than those of any other family or tribe. Those who have had charge of the New York Indian exhibit were instructed tq spare no pains or expense in reproducing a s typical Iroquois village of the FifV teenth Century, and, according to the u testimony of the sachems and wise men of the various tribes, this has been done. , There are now more than a dozen [ndians living in the Iroquois settle, ment, and before many days there will be at least twenty. These have been selected from each of the famous six "??'' COUNCIL HOUSE OF I confederated nations?the Senecas, Oneidas, Cayugas, Onondagos, Mohawks and Tuscaroras. Each Indian in the village is not merely a representative of his tribe, but is a lineal descendent of some former chief, famous in council or in war. Thus Red Jacket, for instance, who will be here soon, is a direct descendant of the famous chief, . Red Jacket, whose name in the Iro_ quois traditions is a synonym for skilled is. oratory and statecraft. Similarly, n, Chief Laporte, who is to be a resident iu- of the village, is the scion of a family iso famous for centuries in the annals of ?r, the Six Nations. Besides being true it, aristocrats among their fellows, the >st members of the Iroquois village have been selected with special reference to )m the skill of themselves and their wives ur in the ancient arts of peace?carving, he weaving, embroidery, basketmaking :m and so on. No families of Indians are re more expert in these arts than the Irods quois, and there is already a marked ds demand for specimens of their handint work as World's Fair souvenirs, it Students of Indian lore are familiar >rs with the fact that the confederated ier Six Nations represented the highest in- type of the American Indian, and that he their power in council or in war was in, equalled by their freedom from deos. geueracy for centuries after the ad-* og vent of the white man. It is a eurious m, fact that there are more descendants ies of the Six Nations living to-day in the ne State of New York on reservations than ce were in the various tribes at the height [te of their power. The student of the ds American Indian will here find an injni stance, at least, where the contact for he centuries with civilization has not dehe populated the tribes. The Iroquois of Is. to-day are a peaceful, orderly and inad dustrious race. They have entered mi with enthusiasm into the project which o- has found consummation on the Fair ue grounds?the turning back of the ed wheels of time for 400 years, to show id- how their fathers lived when a good en slice of the continent was theirs and re. the pale-face was a stranger. he The log house is an exact reproduche tion of the dwellings of the Iroquois, ed who followed the ancient village he custom and housed twenty or thirty igs families in a single structure. Inside ire may be seed the utensils, clothing, y, arms and trinkets of 400 years ago. id, The men and women are dressed in 3tS , :j,! nr * JES?* ?| us AX IROQUOIS RESIDENCE. 1 k- 1 ?- costumes so tme to history that deer i ed had to be killed and their sinews i en taken to furnish thread for making ] i a the garments. < ed The separate wigwams and the stock- ] ),- ados are also copies of similar struc- i n* tures when the aborigines ruled what : of is now tbe populous Empire State. < lis The canoes which are drawn upon the bank of the pond, or which may be occasionally seen spurting through i 00 the lagoon, propelled Vy an Indian in 1 paint and feathers, are also faithful 1 pa t 11 (reproductionsof. the ancient dugotW 'The pottery'and ornaments, all carious \ and interesting, and only less so than j * the methods of construction, which ' may be seen any day by the World'* Fair visitor, the implements of wai and utensils of stone and wood form a rare subject for the ethnological ^ student. * One of the really unique features oi \{ the exhibit will be the performance of |' religious rites, gameB, dances, music, ; festivals and other ceremonial obser* > vances. The true Indian is ultra con? ^ servative in his beliefs and customs. The Word's Fair visitor may witneai in the Iroquois village the appeal to jg \ the great spirit of the joyous festal m ceremonial with the same fidelity to vJy , " history as characterizes its materia) features. The manufacture of orna? mentfl and utensils and basket making -*J is in itself a daily exhibit of which the Indians are naturally proud. Their deft fingers can turn out such wax clubs, pottery, baskets, bead works and moccasinB as no rivals can imitate. Out of corn husss they make mate that htp t/in iynrJ\ fnr nnmmon Thflt can fashion fans that would grace a lady's boudoir, while the specimens o! their embroidery show a keen artistic taste. The Iroqnois village is not a concee* sion and the. exhibit,may be freely 7. viewed in all its details. The sale of souvenirs has been allowed, but the expense of construction and mainten* ance of the village is a charge on the New York State Commiteion. No other portion of the outdoor ethnological exhibit gives a better idea of the preColumbian period on this continent, and the contrast with the civilization of to?day is one of the suggestive features of the many-sided Exposition. The Wart Hog1. ;; This is a new arrival at the Zoologi* cal Gardens. The wart hog, or vlacke '.4 vark, or Ethiopian wart hog (P. /Ethiopicus), is a native of Southern Africa. This species differs from his brother ' \ from North Africa (jEfcians wart hog), inasmuch that his warts at the side of his face are larger;'in fact, ho is a more formidable animal, his tasks, when foil-grown, reaching eight inches in length. The animal lives entirely on roots. The color of this hog is ' ; ', . gray, with dark mane, and hair sparsely scattered over the body. Who*, . .d -r. : &? fjtiL - H THE SIX NATIONS. chased, Gordon Camming s^^HH^HH presents a most ludicrous on account of his short neck, beiiq^H^^^H able to look ronnd, and n at a anxious to see if his pursuers are gain^^^^K ing upon him, he is obliged to lift his the wakt hoo. ' 1' snout well in the air, bo as to look over his shoulder, and with that, and his tail, when running, stiff and upright, he lias a most absurd look. The abovo (sportsman also says the animal is not devoid of sagacity. ?London Black and White. ' . . Mrs. Harrison's Monument. 1 The monument which ex-President Harrison has ordered for the grave of # a ^ ><> v. THE HARRISON MOXTMENT. his wife in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, will be massive in pro portions and graceful in outline. Be- ( fore General Harrison made his choioe he examined .designs submitted by monument dealers all over the country. The beautiful memorial to be erected will comprise four huge blocks. On the third base will be the name "Harrison" in large raised letters. Columns with tastefully carved capitals will be placed at the four corners of the base. Around the massive die, near the top, will be ft handsomely 1 carved astragal. The monument will be made of granite from Barre. Vt., after designs by J. R. Lame, of Indianapolis. It will be one of the finest- monuments in the cemetery. The Czar's Idea ot Humor. * * 1? I A Storj" UUS UCCU liucumuiu^ liuov the Czar of Russia recently sent to the Sultan of Turkey as a present an llbum of paintings by first-class irtiets of all the war ships of the Russian Black Sea fleet. In some piarters the reported act is thought a piece of fine humor, while in others it is considered an insult, to which ft repartee in kind would not be difficult. ?San Francisco Chronicle. In Doniphin County, Kansas, n Bmart boy of sixteen was sent to pay a . . bill. Instead, he bought a marriage licen80 with the cash and got married*