Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 11, 1891, Image 3
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.
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' 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
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^ 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.
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A Handsome Woman Writer.
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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.
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Point, where the principal ?
and the other a Southerner?
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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
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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.
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"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. !
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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.
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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." ,