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7MTUKES0ME STANLEY. TURNING POINTS OF HIS CAREER IN DARK SAVAGELAND. PlMk and Darius Lead Him to Uvingffeocw, Y?t Thli Was Child's Play to His Tlghtlag Trip Down the Congo and the Belief of Kmln. 1 ? [Copyright by American Press Aoociatioa.] ' A-EDUCED to its ite|9srt elements zS?? [yy and shorn of the Hp jy SflT ?_ halo of enchantw/oKT /^S\ment that suryronnds the subBKr>#lk\ ject of Afriean fipJBuoJr 1 travel the work of ^S&UkWvl Stanley has been a 7eE^3k4/>^///;'' eries ?* marvels, even f?r this age Take his first exploit,the discovery of Livingstone. To \J the average news1*1 paper man a commission from Tha New York Herald to set out on any unusual enterprise would be accepted as | carrying witn u iu sons 01 moons uwaisary to success. Of gold there would surety be no husk?gold, the key to every f?ataess. Yet with all the resources poured out without stint, the Livingstone Relief e^wdition fell back again and again upon the "power of human uature" lodged in the loader It Is ouly through following day by day the experiences of Stanley that the mind can grasp the trials and difficulties of this miMinn which Stanley himself declares was only child's play beside his later achievements. On the day of dispatching his last caravat) from Zanzibar his routine labors ended, and with less than 300 followers, and but twenty-four of them fighting men, he entered the wilderness ol Africa bound for an adventure of the most daring'Vp* He was a young man, and his strong constitution weathered the fevers which attacked him as soon as he entered the region of swamp and desert. After the fever the next great obstacle in the way of progress on an errand of this nature is the Arab element. These powerfa], untrustworthy and rapacious people arc not to bo avoided on any practicable route of travel, and while hostility with them means defeat, alliance is almost as fatal. Stanley fell in with a caravan that soon became involved in a bitter war with active bandits that disputed the route to Ujiji, where Livingstone was supposed to be. The chief of the robbers, Mirambo, after accepting heavy tribute from the Arabs, coolly told them to turn back, for no Arab should pass across to Ujiji except over his dead body. Stanley led his men into battle In aid of his fellow travelers, and the stronghold of the bandits, Zimbixo, was carried and Mirambo's forces scattered. But the ungovernable Arabs rushed wildly in pursuit of the savages and soon met with a stunning defeat. The Arab leaders then decided to abandon the route, but Stanley, although some of his best men deserted, set out toward Ujiji on another road. The used every means to thwart this new enterprise, hot' the stout hearted leader gathered a company of fifty-four men, including natives, and started to find Livingstone or die in the attempt. In a short time twenty men deserted in a body, and then the remainder mutinied. Facing their ready weapons, Stanley covered the stroiv " among them with his rifle and y. jX the mutiny on the spot. Ita watTjof a muscle would have cost his life, but his coolness restored order, and he went ahead and found Livingstone. This was in 1871. Stanley's next expedition began in 1874, and was organised to complete the labors of Livingstone, who had died meanwhile, and solve the mystery of Lake Victoria. He made his way from Zanzibar to the lake with the refused to believe that better things lay oeyond. It was "like dragging them along with chains," said Stanley. "They were deaf to oar prayers and entreaties, for, driven by hunger and suffering, they sold ! their rifles and ammunition for a few ears of Indian corn, deserted with their ammu- > nition and were altogether demoralised." I The time passed in the wilderness was 16C usual trials of desertion and aicxnesa, ana was rewarded by valuable discoveries as to the headwaters of the Nile. From Victoria he advanced to Ujiji, followed' in Livingstone's tracks around Lake Tanganyika, and then started on his remarkable trip down the unknown river, the Congo. His predecessors in this field had been unsuccessful. Stanley-arranged with an Arab trader, Tippoo Tib, to furnish armed allies, carriers and guides, and with 146 men of his own expedition started from Nyangwe in November, 1876. In a few weeks the Arab escort gave up in despair in face of the difficulties, sickness and hostile natives, and Stanley again aehout alone. The Arabs contended that the great river flowed north and in no other direction, but Stanley insisted that it was the head of the Congo. Within the next two months the expedition made the wonderful passage of the cataracts, and engaged in battles almost daily with the natives. Thirty-one pitched battles took place between Nov. 124,1876, and Feb. 14, 187T. On this last date oocurred the hardest battle of the series, that with the On approaching the land of the Stanley expected friendliness, but these people had never seen a white man afcd would receive no offers of peace. The expedition was moving in canoes, and before a landing could be made for defense the party was assailed by a force of sixtythree boats with over 300 warriors. Stan QUEfcLIXO A MUTINY. ley mustered forty-four. The fight lasted Dearly four hoars, and at times the native canoes ran up within fifty yards. The aim of the savages with their muskets was wild and ineffectual, and the superior range and power of the Snider rifle won the day. The Bangala were appalled at the fact that the white men's bullets flew to the shore and perforated their huts, even striking down their old men and women who came out to look at the fight. One more fight took place on the river, bu t other trials beset the expedition, and it did BQt reach the Atlantic coast until August, eight months from the time of starting from Nyangwe. Thirty-five men had been lost by battle, disease and accident, and Stanley was the only European left. , The experiences of Stanley in the discovery of Livingtoae and the exploration of Central Africa led up to the greatest achievement of his life, the penetration of the dark forest region between the Upper Congo and Lake Albert with theEmin Relief expedition. The outfit for this enterprise was most complete. The powerful Arab, Tippoo Tib, was retained to furnish under Stanley numbered over 700, with 600 carriers for the land journey. The men about 000 fighting men and a good complement of under officers. The expedition started in the summer of 1887, and all went happily until the hour arrived for Tippoo Tib to lend a hand. But this rapacious Arab wanted more largess, and did pot pat in an appearance at the rendezvous on the Upper Congo. The bold Stanley as usual decided to act on the resources at hand, and dividing his expedition bs left a reserve in a strongly intrenched camp at Yambuya, aud weut ahead with a flying column to carry news to Emin. Then began a series of trials that tested the mettle of this daring genius to the utmost.. The distance to be mode between Yambuya and Lake Victoria, where Emin was to be reached, was 1150 miles, and the region totally unknown to Europeans. On the first day's march hostile natives were encountered, and every device known to cunning and cruel savages was employed to harm the expedition. Several men were killed and an officer severely wounded by poisoned arrows. Another evil which Stanley had hoped to avoid by tMh"<r>g the Congo route cropped out at the end of a couple of mouths. This was the Arab pest. These people are the enemies of native and European alike, stirring up the savage animosity by their raids and bribing and tempting the trained followers of Europeans to desert. Within three days after meeting the Arabs Stanley lost twenty-six men by desertion. During the next six weeks the flying column was rediosd by sickness, desertion and starvation to 174 men. The Arabs had devastated the country and the expedition subsisted on wild frnit8 and nuts. Men secretly bartered their weapons, ammunition and clothing with the Arabs for food. So terrible were the sufferings and calamities that the followers lost heart a.- 1 days. An average of six miles was made each day of actual travel. All possible haste was made so that the savages should not muster in hordes along the route and overwhelm the travelers. In December they reached a land of abandant forage neat the lake, and for a few days feasted upon plenty. However, new troubles arose. A powerful tribe, under a noted chief, Mozaiaboni, spurned all offers of tribute, and the re was no road except through their widely /?! %&&&*#** IS MOZAMBONl'S LXSD. scattered settlements. Fierce war cries rung through every valley and echoed from a hqndred hills. Stiuiley seized an elevation, and with his few men stood at bay. An attempt at parley was answered with the yell meiyiing "war," and two arrows were fired at the interpreter. The fighting men of the expedition were divided into fonr companies of 50, 80, 20 and 10, and led down from the hill by covered paths to the plain. As soon as they come within sight the arrows fell in showers. But long range rifles and surprising boldness in charging put the savages to rout in a short time. Stanley's men fired several villages, and returned to their camps only to be beset again. Onco more the little companies went out to the charge and several more villages were burned. The fight lasted the day out, and the settlements were in the end totally destroyed. After considerable more fighting f >r roadway Lake Albert was reached Dec. I i, but Emin was not at the appointed rendezvous and no message from him was found. In order to lighten burdens Stanley had left his boat 100 miles back, and lie could not seize one without provoking war, which he could ill afford. His ammunition was nearly gone and there was no boat material at hand. In this extremity the fate of the expedition again fell back upon Stanley's ready genius and lesource. Selecting a favorable region recently passed through, he built a fort and placed a garrison to hold it and plant corn. After forty-seven days of illness Stanley set out again for Emin's land. His boat had been brought up and his flying column was all together at the fort. He reached Emin at the end of April, 1888. But the fiDdiug of Emin, which had been the special task of the flying column, wits not the end of the expedition. The great need was ammunition, and the stores of this were hack with the rear column. Stanley returned to Fort Bodo in Juue, and not finding the party on hand be decided to go back in person and lead it forward. Two hundred carriers were taken from his ovrn force and Emin's, and with these he hastened back through the forest toward the Congo, and in August met the belated reserve a few marches in advance of where he left it fourteen months before. The delay had occurred chiefly through Tippoo Tib's breach of faith. All the carriers were mustered and laden with ammunition and a few loads of goods for tribute-en route, and after numerous trials, among them battles with cannibals, starvation rations, wijen men were reduced to a cup of thin broth each* day and were driven to suicide by despair, he reached Fort Bodo in December, and found himself on sure ground once more. The garrison was in good condition, and a full granary and growing crops proved the wisdom of holding on to a success once gained. Stanley's work has not passed through historical criticism, yet his stories remain before the world virtually unchallenged. Geobge L. KLLMKB. Charles Stewart ParnelL PARNELL IN THE HOUSE OP COMMONS. I From a recent sketch.] Charles Stewart Paraell was bom at Avondale, county Wicklow, Ireland, in 1846, his mother being a daughter of Admiral Charles Stewart, of the United StAtes. He was educated at Cambridge university, England, and was chosen high sheriff of Wicklow in 1874. He entered parliament for Meath in 1875. He was chosen president of the Irish National Land league in 1879, and for years has been leader of the Irish Home Rule party. A Successful Candidate. | SIR JOH.V POPE HE.VNESSY. Sir John Pope Hennessy, who won the j recent parliamentary election in Kil- j kenny against the Parnellite party, was born in Cork in 1884, and for many years j was the only Irish Catholic Conserva- : tive. Anthony Trollope took him for the original of his character, "Phinea? ; Finn, the Irish member." In 1867 he ! entered the colonial service and re- j mained in it for twenty years. When j he retired he purchased Rostellan castle, i county Cork. In politics he is a "mod- ' erateHome Ruler." Fori Huron's Tunnel. SIR JOSEPH HOBSON. T. E. HILLMAN*. Sir Joseph Hobson, who planned the j i tunnel under the St. Clair river at Port I Huron, Mich., was a railroad builder in i Canada and the United States till 1870. j J He built the international bridge at Buf-! falo, and was upon its completion made j chief engineer of the Grand Trunk rail-1 j road. He is a Canadian by birth, and is ' about 55 years old. T. E. Hillman lives | at Sarnia, Ont., is 50 years old, and has j ! credit for the actual construction o? the | Oldest Paper Mill In the United Suate*. 1 PAPER MILL AT ROSLYX, L. I. | Meyer Valentine, ot Roslyn, L. L, is j the proprietor of the oldest paper mill in the United States. The mill was built 150 years ago, has been running con- ' tinnously ever since, and in methods and j machinery is still a very old stylo estab- ' lishment. ' f KISSES THAT KILL. w ? The Deadly Danger of OsculatQC ing a Pet Dog. ? ^ PERIL SURROUNDING THE COFFIN ^ ! IX So mo Medical Men Had Their Way ! Kissing Would Not Be Allowed Under 1 Any Circumstances?The Truek Drivers' | ! GrievancefP | [Copyright by American Press Association.] ^ ERY sad, Isn't itf j A The doctors, those : p*" lM learned and in^ mil JMKC B Qu*8'tive gentiemen who are al- J L~J Kul mustn't do, have " * jqjgHffigSAvKf^ ailment which Las Kj it8 origin in kiss) " < Vjxjr^" "* regarded, and recent casualties seem to show that they are in the right, Kj^ the woman who owns a pet dog must herein after keep her canine playmate at a distance on penalty of death. This is a rather startling statement, but it is absolutely true, for recent investigation Bhows that , several ladies have come to an untimely end through a strange and painful affectionof the liver. That necessary but troublesome organ EQ was found, upon post mortem examina-1 tionineach case recorded, to swarm with >2 parasites. These parasites, it was estab^ lished, were peculiar to dogs, and had been transferred to the human system through the osculatory caresses lavished upon the littlo animals by their too nffeov* tionate owners. The conclusion, there" fore, reached by the medical men is that women must keep their pets at arm's 22 length unless they wish to incur the possibilities of torturing and surely fatal dis? ease. These physicians also sound a note of warning relative to a far more widely ^ spread and what they declare to be a more dangerous custom. They assert that the gj kissing of a person stricken by illness or a corpse involves more peril than the chances of battle, and that many fatal and otherwise mysterious cases of blood poii ^ soning or contagion can be traced to the FROWNED ON BT THE FACULTY. . farewell salute imprinted by the lips of ^ affection upon the mouth or features of a ft- dead or dying relative. They go even furpmi? ther and take the position that the health O of mankind in general would be improved to a remarkable degree if kissing was done away with entirely. They would abolish the chaste salute of old age to youth, the impassioned greeting of young love, the m temperate and mutual sign of marital affaction and respect, and the effusive oscu jjjj lation of female friends. To bolster up their crusade against the CD kiss they bring authorities and cite exampies. They speak of the Japanese, to whom the kiss is an unknown delight; of the EsCD quimaux, whose closest contact is the rubSB bing of noses, and of various other barbarian or semi-civilized nations which S* thrive without the kiss. They have muny M opponents and but few allies. Yet if they only knew it they could find enthusiastic supporters among a class of people who would be swayed in their allegiance not 5S* by sanitary but by practical reasons. The allies to whom I refer aro the drivers of street cars, trucks and vehicles of all sorts ^5 on the busy streets of any crowded city. Probably there does not live an expejr rienced member of this class who has not 2 been compelled to pull his horses to their haunches time and again to avoid runniug down a brace of dainty maidens, who, ob2T" livious of danger and surroundings, paused ? in the middle of a crowded thoroughfare to exchange the greeting of the lips, without pj which any feminine friendship is consider ered valueless. Unhearing of oaths, exv? 1 postulations and warnings the two fair P5 J HOW DISEASE IS SPREAD. JiJ | creatures meet, embrace aiiii linger, aud tbeu go their separate ways sereuely tinconscious of the tangle iu traflie caused by their chance meeting. Yet, in defiance of doctors, draymen and , disease, the indisputable fact remains that ? I the kiss is here to stay. It is as old as his1 tory or literature, oral or written. Eve hH ! learned it in Paradise, aud by it Christ i was betrayed. It was with a holy kiss that j Paul urged his distant correspondents to ^ > greet the brothers and sisters in his name. j Indeed, there are as many varieties of oscua | lation as there are variations iu the teni| perument and habits of men uud women * | the world over. Everywhere the baby is ' the principal object for this manifestation r~-i of affection. Relatives, friends, acquaintances and even strangers make it the targot for kisses until sometimes it is almost i?< i a matter for wouder how the poor thing Nrt gets a chance to draw its breath. The school girl has a practical monopoly of what may be termed the "impetuous" kiss. When she grows older aud becomes Oa member of society she expects her female ; friends to be less demonstrative, and it is : at this period of her existence that the I "dabbing" kiss, so called, is regarded as ??W | the proper mode of salute. It involves but nm a HgQi toucuiug oi uie nps, no enusive emr-? : brace, aud therefore does not disarrange I the costume. The "peeking" kiss, indis| criminawily plautod upon the bald head, , the neck or the brow, is reserved for the fond father who responds to maidenly ap| peals for money, jewelry or the sanction of : an engagement. Hjj 1 The kiss granted to au accepted lover ' has so muuy varieties that It could hardly | be discussed even in the limits of a book. I The stage kiss is usually a perfunctory j sort of a thing, and save iu the case of Emma Abbott and one or two other stars | of the present day has never attuiued ' prominence for warmth or heartiness. In' deed, it is the growth of the past few years ^4 THIS STYLE CAUSES l'UOKAMTY. ^5 only. Not a generation ago it was regardI ed as a decided innovation by French actors, and it is a matter of record that wheu ** { one of De Mussel's plays was rehearsed for production at the Theatre Francaise seva eral scenes were cut out because their repf'A] resentation involved such dialogue and \J i action as the following: M" Saya Perdlcan, "1 respect your smile." and gives the girl to whom he is talking a kiss. She replies, "You respect my smile, but you don't respect my lips." This was considered entirely inadmissible, but Anally, after the play had scored a Success, the excised scenes were introduced to oblige Delaunay, the leading actor. The critics made a great row, but the public applauded, and from that moment kissing had a recognized position on the stage. In private life and in certain circles the matter of osculation is deemed so important a feature of existence that certain persons earn a handsome living by giving lessons in the art. One of these tutors, who calls himself a professor, is responsible for the following deliverance on the subject: "What is there in kissing? Just as much, if not more, than there is in eating. The next time you go to see your girl, young man, kiss her lightly and with deliberation. If she happens to be standing just put your left arm around her waist j and draw her to you. Of course she'll be bashful. She will turn her head away. Thpn vnn mnat nut vour right hand to her left chock, the hand open, and draw her face around to you. Then look her straight in the eyes for half a minute, bend your head down slowly and prepare for action. Don't pucker up your lips; allow them to remain in natural repose. Don't push your mouth against hers as if you were going to knock her teeth out. When the lipe are forced together the teeth come in contact with the hps and form a resistance which is decidedly unpleasant. The lips should just meet, there should be just the slightest pressure. Then a little playful motion of the lips by the kisser and the kiBsed Bends through you a thrill that is ! unction to the soul itself. When you cau j do this you will be an accomplished kisser. Of course there are other and mere advanced stages in the art of kissing. Kissing can be made more effective and much more delicious by assuming certain attitudes, such as the actresses assume." So it will be seen that although there ore kisses that kill there are others that vivify. They are unsavory and unwholesome only when not sanctified by affection, and there is therefore more cynicism and slang than truth In the following lines which now hare a certain vogue: You will find, my dear boy, that tho dearly prized kiss, Which with rapture you snatched from the half willing miss, Is sweeter by far than the legalized kisses You givo the tamo girl when you've modo her a Mrs. F. X. White. i A Handsome Woman Writer. i I j '$ ELIZABETH BIS LAND. Miss Elizabeth Bislaud is a native of j Mississippi and a very handsome girl. ; Some two or three years ago she went to New York and entered journalism. In 1890 she was sent around the world by the Cosmopolitan magazine, her object being to beat Nellie Bly, who was sent on a sirpilar journey. Though she failed i she made very good time. She is still | connected with the magazine, but has j taken up a residence in London. A New York Beituty. MISS FANNIE PBYOlt. One of the handsomest girls in New York society is Miss Fannie Pryor, youngest daughter of Gen. Roger A. irTyor, WII086 ponrau IB nertj gircu. She is said to be as good as she is comely, and is very popular with those who know her. Idaho'* Three Senators. SHOUT. M'CONNELL. DUBOIS. George L. Shoup, one of the senators from Idaho in the Fifty-first congress, was bom in Pennsylvania in 1836, removed to Illinois, was an officer in the Federal army, was appointed governor of Idaho in 1889 by President Harrison, j elected governor of the same state in ! 1890, and United States senalor the same j year. William McConnell, the other j senator, is a native of Michigan, I and is 51 years old. His first political acta were done in Oregon. He removed to Idaho iu 1879. Both are Republicans. Fred T. Dubois, elected to serve as senator beginning next March, was bora in | Illinois in 1851, removed to Idaho in I 1880, and was a delegate to the Fiftieth j and Fifty-first congresses. An Irish Louder. MICHAEL DAVITT. Michael Davitt was born in 1840 in j Straide, county Mayo, Ireland, was ear, ly put to work in a cotton factory, where, ! at the age of 11, lie lost his right arm, ! was then sent to school till he was 15 ; yours old, when he obtained work in a ; printing office, remaining for seven years. 1 In 1800 he joined the Irish revolutionary I purty, and in 1870 was tried for "treason i felony" and sentenced to fifteen years | penal servitude. When this sentence was half served he was released on a ticket of leave, lie has since been ar, rested several times. He is editor and proprietor of The Labor World, a weekly paper published in London. Big I'rlco for u Kins. An Indianupolis business man, who has the reputatiou of a "masher," will probably conclude, after his most recent experience, that the pastime doesn't pay. lie stopped a pretty girl on the streets a few weeks ago and kissed her against her will. She had him arrested, and he has just been ; mulcted (500 ami costs by tbe criminal court, llis attorney had a hard time to 1 prevent a jail sentence being imposed. After a sleep of nine months' duration Grace G. Itidley, of Amboy, Ills., has recovered consciousness. Shu has not as yet. 1 howover, regained her powers of speech. DO Kill ATOM A IF YOU DO, BY AI CREOLE AN! It is a Splendid Chan Parts, and the Ope pear on the Fin Issue of Th< The story abounds in dra situations such as are calculated out. The s;Q0He opens at W< characters;?one a Northerner ; form a friendship that is destin tests incident to love and war. changes to New Orleans, them to a most satisfactory close in IS There is not a single dnl You may obtain a fair idea of ard from the installment that will find that in each subseqi more interesting. And the sto it is unusually instructive. ' miliar with the various subjeci while you are delightfully en you are also brought into coi different climes. The thread o occasion of a great carnival at ] cipal characters taking part, tl teresting description of the M Egypt, where the principal cln refused to accept a Federal pi Khedive. Here he has some Arabs, and these adventures abc The heroines of the story and vivacious girl of eighteei dei* Huysen, who is a cold and woman. You cannot afford to mis ! great story. lJcSr* The Enquirer will be f a year, itMubs; or six months old subscribers who may not ha as yet, but who may desire to < i who may wish to become subs< I club-makers as published in tin this issue. ISSUED BOGUS DIVORCES. Hon Two Lawyers of New York City Cot Into Serious Trouble. Numerous people throughout the United States will lxj glad to learc that Mr. Will ium H. Butl.ner bas reached the end of bis | rojte and is booked for a long term of , [ R imprisonment in j fa ,egs on j of New York's 17 R Httle prisons. Mr. i Uk. & Bi ttner, in con- j f ne:tiou with an- ! other lawyer namjMS ^ Hughes, did for some years a flourishing business in t^ie divorce line. cT Thut is, the two men, having obW. H. buttner. taiued an uuhup- ! pily mated client, would agree to secure , him or her, as the case might be, a decree ! absolute from on Illinois conrt holding i sessions at Chicago. They never instituted any legal proceedings, however. Tl&ey hud a bogus seal and bogus blanks, ! and used these in gulling the seeker after j freedom from marital chains. They filled out dccreen iu their own office, forged j thereto the names of the judge and court' clerk, adorned the documents with the false seal, collected exorbitant fees, and sent their clients away as much married us when they got into the legul net. One of their dupes was the mayor' of a Texas town, who took a new wife, supposing ho had a right so to do. ile promptly found himself involved iu bigamy proceed-1 iugs, and that tangle being straightened out ho weut guuning for the lawyers. Through his efforts Buttner aud Hughes | were brought to book. Their record of ! wrong doing became public, uud now pun- i j ishment commensurate to their crimes ! stares them iu the face. THE WAGES OF SIN. The Sorrowful Life of an Kngliih Girl ' Euiled by a Bullet. I Shot through the heart I j So closed the life of May Sidney Castree, | a beautiful English girl resident iu San Francisco. It is not improbable that she j welcomed ;he leaden messenger of death as bringing happy release from a burden- j Her surroundings I ^ ^ wedlock brought row. Herhuaband may sidnky castrkk. left her, nnJ ahe drifted?drifted awXy to America und to the Pacific coast; drifted into a career from which there waa n? redemption. Yet deapi te her wild life ahe retained her beauty and attracted the homago of the dissolute. Often ahe waa so rich that aho had more money than she could spend. Often, too, ahe went hungry and roofless. But through it all she kept up communication with her relatives across the aea. She falsely wrote them that she was happily married to a wealthy Californian, and i when in funds sent them costly presents, i 'The other day the end came. One of her ! Admirers named Barnetl* maddened by : jealousy, shot her dead and attempted suii tide. He ia at a hospital, and Mignon, as she was called, ia in her grave. | Sho had no money and no property, so ; the poor creaturea of tlu* same class to | which ahe belonged contributed their I shame earned dollars to buy a coffin and a | shroud. A clergyman consented to read j the burial service. The girls present at the funeral followed the hearse to Laurel ; Hill. They cried as the clods fell upon the ! casket. Then tbey went back to the great 1 bustling city of the Golden Gate, and night ! and darkness and evil doing ugain shot I them from the view of'those who have not | sinned. FIRST CLASS SERIAL - jL means read ' J PURITAN !i i c i: acter Study iu Three niug Chapters Apst Page of this ; Enquirer. ( matic incidents and thrilling [ to hold your interest throughest Point, where the principal ? and the other a Southerner? ed to withstaiid all the severe From West Point the scene :e to Egypt, and finally conies Few York city. .1 chapter in this great story, its exceptionally high standappears in this issue, and you lent issue it grows more and ry is not only interesting but The writer is thoroughly fats with which he deals, and tertained with his narrative, itact with different people, of f the story winds through the Mew Orleans, and all the prinle reader is given a most inardi Gras. It next goes to , iraeter, Adrien Latour, having arole, enters the army of fhe , thrilling adventures with the . mnd in romantic incidents, are Bennie Standish, a pretty i, and her chum, Edith Van heartless, but brilliant society >s a single installment of this urnished to subscribers at $1.75 for $1.00. The attention of all ve renewed their subscriptions lo so, as well as that of those :ribers, is called to the list of 2 Special Notice department of A Bride with Broken Arm. For pluck under difficulty and disaster it must be allowed that Sarah Barnes, of Montgomery county, Ky., bears away the palm. Recently she fled from home with her cousin, Butler Barnes. Arriving at Cincinnati the young couple learned that the laws of Ohio did not sanction the marriage of people so nearly related as they. Therefore they procured a carriage and sped across the river to Covington, Ky. The driver took them to the county clerk's offiae for the purpose of obtaining a license. tie left his horses unhitched while he went in, and the passage of an electric car frightened the animals so that they ran awity. They made a dash up Third, street nt it fearful rate of speed, while the intended bride and groom were screaming vociferously for help. Thore were few people on the street at the time, and consequently there was no attempt made to stop the hoi-ses. When it reached Garrard street the carriage struck a lamp poet. The horses were thrown down and the carriage cafiaized. The occupants were unable to | extricate themselves, and "police officers | who were in the neighborhood hastened to j their rescue and pulled them from the j wreck. Mr. Barnes received Boveral small cutis, but was not seriously injured. Miss Barnes was not so fortunate. Her left arm was broken, and she had : several bruises about the head and face. j Her clothes were badly torn, and she did not present exactly the appearance of a bride. The couple, however, had startled to get married and did not propose to allow a little thing like a runaway accident to stop them. ^Vfter they had arranged their clothes 1 they walked around to the county clerk's : office, where things were made us comfortable as possible for them. When the young i lady had recovered from the shock a license i wis issued, and Judge Shine was sent for j and tied the nuptial knot. The young : couple were doubly congratulated by the little group of persons that witnessed the ce -emony. A Cathedral on Wheel*. A Great Invention. j There are many well meaning parents rho have not the heart to punish their hildren. This ingenious machine has >een gotten up for their benefit. All hey have to do is to lock the cnlprit on i he table and leave the room. The ma- j hine does the rest. It will give any j lumber of strokes to the minute by fix- I ng the hand on the dial.?Life. Hans' Mistake. I ^ Herr Brietmnller?Ach, some feller's efd a frankfurter. I voa nod proud ilreatty. ||fP "BUT BY CHIM! DOT DOO VOS!" ?Judge. A Testimonial. Mr. Wredink (the old bookkeeper)? ; Today marks my fortieth year of service j with you, sir. Mr. Hides?I was aware of it, Mr. Wredink, and I have arranged a little surprise for you. Take this alarm clock, with my best wishes for your continued promptness.?Puck. The Letter That Never Came. Barney (making a futile effort to write to Bridget) ? Feth, dhis pincil would be an illigant wan to wroite saycrets wid; it makes no mark at all.? Puck. A Moment of Suspense. Anna Matilda (who has just made a j purchase)?If it likes cocoanut candy an' i smells it in my pocket I am lost.?Life, j Defining His A vocation* j Blind Fergus?Oi'd know th' smell av j that pipe anywheres. Is it you, Mc CrackenV I McCracken?It is. j Blind Fergus?ItTs glad Oi am t' run i acrost yez. Are yez wor-rkin'? McCracken?Oi'ni in business. Blind Fergus?Conthractin'? McCracken?No; 0?m a iniddleman in th' phroduce thrade.?Judge. A Handsome Fountain. THE GIFT OF JOHN B. DRAKE. John B. Drako has presented a liandBonie fountain to tho city of Chicago, which will ho finished in 1892. It is to be built of polished granite from Baviuo, Italy, and on a pedestal in front will 9tand a statue of ColumbuB seven feet hiph. The ice chamber will hold two tons of frozen water, and the city agrees to perpetually maintain a supply of water and ice. Chief of the Press Hureau. Moses P. Handy, who has been chosen chief of the World's fuir department of promotion and publicity, is a Virginian Sby birth, and is about 40 years old. Ho has been since tho close of tho civil war. serving in every was managing editor of The Phi lad el phi a Press during the time of that pamosks f. handy. most rapid growth, and has traveled extensively in America and Europe. He has been president of the noted Clover club, of Philadelphia, from its beginning. BISHOP WALKER'S IDEA. Bishop YV aiuer, or tne episcopal cuuruu, located in Nortli Dakota, has introduced a new idea in frontier missionary work j by having a cur fitted up as a miniature j church complete, which may l>o moved ! from place to place in the diocese where churches do not exist. The cut gives an I interior view of the car. The Treanury'ii Watchdog. Tho cut here given of the late Francis E, Spinner, for many years treasurer of the United States, is copied from one given in Scribner's Monthly in 1878, and shows the treasury's watchdog receiving rural visitors. I LETS OE OUB ANCESTORS. ! ( THEY ARE BEING REVIVED UNDER i ARISTOCRATIC PATRONAGE. " j l Zand WMTlBf and Spinning Sabitantial- i Ij Encouraged In Iiflaid?IadiutiiM J That Flourished Before the Era of ( Machine Made Goods. [Ooryright by American Frets Association.] ' fH E wealthy 1 Duchess of Portland is said to be 1 engaged in an at- 1 tempt to revive 1 the almost l'orgot- ! ten art of spinning : and weaving, in ; order to encourage ' the home produc- 1 tion of woolen and : other fabrics And ; give employment to the poor. Her j husband, the duke, has offered o purchase from the women on his Caithness estate all the goods thus mariufactired, and to snpply them with the raw nateriaL A few years ago Queen Victoria, ind more recently the Princess Alexandra, vife of the Prince of Wales, gave a rimilar 1 mpetus to lace making in Ireland. There is eason to believe that a popular movement >f this kind may extend to other countries n which modern machinery may have de)rived a portion of the working classes of >ne of the means of livelihood. If great age can dignify an art or lend ralue to its products, spinning and weavng should surely be among the most fashonable of sociable pursuits. The old dis;affs and spindles of our grandmothers, initead of occupying a place among the uticles of vertu and bric-a-brac in the par ore of the rich, would then again be in use ay the maids and matrons of our time, and Minerva once more become the patron saint it woman's husbandry. We read that the another of Alfred the Great was "skillful in the spinning of wool, and instructed her ianghtere therein." At a later date the irt was considered, a part of good education, and the term "spinster," as applied to unmarried females, indicated the nature it their occupation. Concerning its origin, we only know that the invention sprang from human nore?itics at an early period of the world's history. According to Pliny, Semi ram is, the Assyrian queen, was supposed to be the author of the art; Minerva is represented in some of the ancient stature with % staff, to intimate that it was she who taught man, while the honor is given by the Egyptians to Isis, by the Mohammed QUEEN VICTORIA SPINNING. ana to a son of Japhet, and by the Chi* nese to the consort of their emperor, Yao, who was the founder of one of the colonies formed at the dispersion of Noah's posterity. Spinning and weaving crtalnly existed in Egypt in the times of Joseph, 1,700 years before the Christian era, it being recorded that "Pharaoh arrayed him in vestures of fine linen." When Moses constructed the talternacle in the wilderness "the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought thAt which they had span, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen." Linen was the national manufacture of Egypt, the prolific borders of the Nile furnishing from remotest periods, as at the present time, an abundance of flax. The Egyptians exported their "linen yarns" and "fine linen" to the kingdom of Israel in the days of Solomon. Helen of Troy is mentioned by Homer, who lived 900 years before Christ, as engaged in making tapestry that illustrated the combats of the Greeks and Trojans. The spindle and distaff form a leading featnre in King Lemuel's descripf ion of a virtuous woman. "She layeth her hands to the spindle and her hands hold the distaff. She maketh fine linen and selleth it, and delivcreth girdles unto the merchant." The tapestry of Babylon, even as early as the days of Joshua, appears to have ex- ' cited universal admiration, one of the fabrics being compared to a peacock's train. Martial celebrates the magnificence of the Babylonish textures. Pliny mentions the enormous prices paid for them to decorate dining rooms, and Plutarch speaks of a splendid shawl which was bequeathed to the elder Cato. The Roman matrons wove robes with golden threads, and in 1544 the nuptial garments of Maria, wife of Honoi-inn wprfl discovered in Rome in the ] marble coffin that contained her remains. WEAVING IN THE ORIENT. On being burned they yielded thirty-six pounds of gold. Nero paid 4,000,000 seateroes (about $150,000) for a Babylonian coverlet. The Egyptians wore fine linen shirts fringed at the bottom. Carpets manufactured at Babylon, Tyre, Sidon, Miletus, Alexandria, Carthage or Corinth were spread upon the floors, or bung over doors, or put up as awnings or curtains. The finest carpets, sometimes representing hunting scenes, were spread upon sofas and thrones. The fishermen of Egypt formed their nets into a tent, and u gauze curtain was expanded over beds and couches to keep out flying insects. Curtains were used for par- j tltions, concealing statues and decorating scenes in theatres. Napkins, which were ! used for wiping the fingers, were embroidered or interwoven with gold. In the time of the emperors the Romans began to cover their tables with linen cloths, some of which were striped with purple and gold. Table linon was so rare in the Fourteenth century that each tablecloth made for the nobility and gentry cost ?13. The spider was the first weaver and the wasp the first paper maker. Hence, the generic name textorim, from which is derived the English terms "texture" and "textile" as applied to woven fabrics. From these insects the ancients probably acquired their first idea of combining threads, yarns and filaments so us to form a kind of cloth or fabric. The fibrous parts of plants, together with rushes, plants and straws woven into a kind of matting, constituted the simplest kind of ancient weaving preceding the art of spinning or twisting the material into yarn and doubling the continuous threads of yarn into thread. The eurly looms depicted on the tombs at Thebes, though rude in construe tiou, produced line and costly iitnrics, nnu the rude looms of the Hindoo workmen of the present time exceed in their product tho beauty that comes from the most elaborate machinery. The ancient distal! was generally about three feet in length, commonly a stick or reed, with an expansion near the top for holding the ball. Sometimes for ladies of rank it was exquisitely wrought nnd highly ornamented. It was usually held under the left arm, and tho libers were drawn out from the projecting ball, being at the same time spirally twisted by the fortlinger and thumb of the right hnnd. The thread so produced was wound ujion the spindle until the quantity was as great as it would carry. The spindle was not unlike iu its general form that which is still employed MKIU.fcVAL LACK MAKING. in India, and-the spinsters of Ireland use a wheel very similar in construction, though somewhat larger. With the introduction of the factory system, however, weaving ceased to be a domestic employment, and the Jacquard loom and other automatic machines, with .he auxiliary steam power, now perform in i single mill the work of many thousands >f human hands, The Indians of Sooth Ajnerica take up each thread by the hand in (I pass three years in wearing a hamnock. Years have been spent in wearing i Panama hat. The cloth now manufactmd in a single district of England 1>y 172,000 people would, under the old aysem, requi re 67.000,000 operatives, or nearly ;hiee times more than the whole kingdom sontains. Silk, cotton, wool, flax and asbestos hare seen used since the earliest times of which we hare resort, and it would require many shnpters to describe the changee they lurro undergone. The origin of the elaborate network of gold, silver, 6ax or action that instituted the transparent texture we call [ace is unknown. It is claimed by both Italy and Flanders as a production of the Fifteenth century, but delicate needlework is found in church furniture of much oldjr date. The 1 aces, of Veciee, Milan and Genoa were formerly the best known in the commercial world. Later the Flemifih laces, the Brussels point and the Mechlin rivaled the best of the Italian. The famous Alencon lace was IniroMted' by the minister of Louis XV of France in 16(16, but its high price limited its use to the rich. "Pillow lace" is so termed from' the pillow or cushion which is used in Me fabrication, the designs being prepesednc parchment by persons whoderote them selves, to this branch, in urassais u^iu women are employed in lace making, the majority of whom work -at home. Vary many of the lace schools are In tbeeo* vents. The extraordinary fineness of soaieofthv threads is obtained by spinning them in d&rk underground rooms, where dry air iu avoided and the best light is secured, which is done'by admitting a single beam and directing It upon the work. BmsseU lace has baen sold as high as $3,500 a pound. The point d'Alencon has been styled "the queen of lace," and owing to the delicacy of its construction is seldom seen in large pieces. At the French exposition of 1867 two flounces and trimmings of this material were exhibited, the prios of which was 85,oai tamps. It occupied the labor of forty woiken for seven years. The lace represented in the portraits .painted by Vandyke in the time of Charles I^is Brussels point. The Honiton lace of England is a pillow lace, bat It is riraled by thA TJmorick which is peculiar to Ireland, and a valuable source of industry to that country. From the foregoing sketch of the origin and progress of some of the industrial arts connected with home labor one may easily.' infer why several of the wealthy Ladies of Great Britain, including Its queen, seek to encourage a return to the old fashioned hand methods for the production of fabrics in common as well as aristocratic use. and thus reopen avenues for the employment of women and children who are now debarred by the innovations of machinery from earning a livelihood in the fields once occupied by their ancestors. F. G. OB FOOTAM. ???????? The Authorship of "The Marssllloiee " The cousdentions historian is always aa iconoclast Whenever be gats a chance he topples overs popular idol by proving thaS William Tell never existed or that King Arthur was a myth. His latest feat la ia connection with that famous French battle hymn, "The Marseillaise," It ia aaaartsd that Rouget de l'lsle did not write the music at all. The researches of mastoid scholars within the last quarter of a cealfury provn beyond a reasonable doubt that the melody was copied by him from the works of a modest old chapel master who lived at St. Omer, in the department of Calais, and who, having control of the music of the cathedral, wrote hymne and anthems daring the years of his odm, which began in 1775 and ended in lWf. When he retired his MSS. wen deposited in the archives of the town, where they have since remained. The MS. of an oratorio has lately been brought forth, and the air of "The Marseillaise/' to which Bouget de lisle set hb words, discovered ia the composer's autograph. There is something even men Mraarkabia. As Rooget wrote it the bettle hymn bud certain paangee which he believed properly accorded with martial music, but more skillful composers ia their subsequent arrangement have changed or omitted these, and in so doing have left the composition exactly as it appears in the old chapel master's autograph score. The Garb of Sopoestltlon. A physician of Philadelphia recently secured from a friend one of the shirts nsod by the Sioux Indians in their now famous a GHOST DANCXB'8 SHIBT. ghost dances. The garment is white fringed, and is adorned with pictures of a sparrow hawk and a tomahawk. The former lis said to represent the soul, and the latter authority. The figures are roughly painted with some yellowish brown pigment. Left the Salvation Arm jr. Commissioner Frank Smith, of the has caused a ^ among those who V are interested in 'fOB, and its methods book "In Darkest ^ authorship of which was claim- >' ed by Gen. Booth, frank smith. and that he was the author of the plan of campaign. He adds that funds received for the prosecution of the "In Darkest England" phut are placed to the credit of the general fund of the army. Of course all this is denied oy wen. Booth. Shot by an Ex-Pollcomau. j Michael Lally was a policeman in tha 1 employ of the Brooklyn bridge authorities. He clubbed several cituens dur/ |B i"K his days of ) ^ active duty, but ? ^ yJ escaped with llttlo 17. *j if any reproof. At-. Jfio W last, while in a ^ Jk state of undue ex^clt?111?111! he kick\%mES od the shins of his superior officer. That of course ^^VTa/ J was an unpardoui'/ able sin, and he MICQAKL lally. received summary punishment in the shape of discharge. | Freed from the onerous labors of public life he visited New York city and went on a spree. It culminated early one morning recently in a shooting scrape at a "stale beer'' dive. j Lally entered the place and demanded liquor. The Italian bartender, Dolatl by name, refused to serve him. The ex policeman at once pulled a revolver and shot the "dago" through the body. Then he fled, followed by two women who had witnessed the affray, and who caused bis arrest. Now Mr. Lally is In jail, held without bail to await the deuth or recovery of his victim. Her Voice Hectored by a Cold. In one cose at least a good bard cold bas <> Klm.o!n<? irtcf^afl nt ?. rmfunnra Miss Elizabeth Cattou, of Constantino, Mich., lost her voice seven years ago through au attack of scarlet fever, and uutil lately was not able to speak abovo a whisper. Recently she went to her brother's in Kalkaska to stay a few days and caught cold, which brought on a fit of sneezing. She sneezed three hours, and when the attack ended was so weak that sho could scarcely stand, but was overjoyed to find that sho had entirely recovered the use of her voice. The doctors are unable to account for it, but those who have heard her talk since her return, and she has tulked all the time in joy over the recovery, have no doubt of its reality. Knocked Out of the ColOn. No more shocking affair has come to light recently than the row at a wake in Roudout, X. Y. A number of people had assembled at the home of a family named Dooley on Pierpont street. Pipes and cigars were smoked and the growler was freely worked. Near midnight some of the party became hilarious and a free fight ensued in which two sons of the dead man took a prominent part. The coffin was upset and the corpse rolled on the floor. For a time this quieted the ruction; bat after the remains were picked up and repbvad in the coffin the men came to blows again, and the fight was renewed with increased vigor. It didu't stop till every one waa exhausted and well "tumped." ,