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COLTJMBTJS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1889.
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C0FTIIS AND METALLIC CASES
AT Bmairing of all kind of Vpkdl
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4t COLTJlttUa,NEBA8sIA.
MARRIAGE OH HE C0H60T
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STRANGE CUSTOMS OP A UTTLE
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Happier than 8om otiacr racef of mem
none of these West Afriam tribes prac
tice infanticide. On, the coatnrj, it is
considered a Biafortane not to have
children, and this desire is the source of
some very curious habits and enstoms.
Among the TTssbsii, a tribe further to the
north, a banana tree is planted on the
day of marriage, and if on the day of
its first producing fruit, a child should
not have been born the contract is con
sidered void and the parties marry
With the Kabina the bride and groom
immediately after marriage are locked
in a hut which must ever have been
occupied before, and are there kept close
prisoners for three months, except that
at every midnight the old men of the
town take the groom and the old women
the bride and escort them to the "fetich
man." to whom they appcal'for children.
During this time, however, they are well
supplied with both food and drink. At
t!ie cud of the three months a great feast
is hold, when the prisoners are released
and the hut where they have been con
lined is burned, and thus their honey
moon u brought to an end.
HOW A WIFE IS GOT.
The ceremony of marriage among
these people is conducted by the different
tribes in a manner that is common to
them alL
When a native wants a wife, if there is
none in his own town to suit him, he
tends to some neighboring chief asking
if there is a girl in his town of the age
desired. If the answer is in the affirma
tive, he then presents his case to the pld
men of his town, and after a "palaver,"
or talk, at which there is the drinking of
much rum, they agree that he may bring
homo as a wife a woman from another
town.
After securing this permission he, with
presents in his hands for the propitiation
of the spirit powers, visits the head
"fetich man," and after listening to his
many prayers receives a charm. He is
then ready to seek his bride.
In the meantime the women of his
town maids, wives and widows having
been advised of his intention and being
incensed by his slighting them in select
ing a stranger, are prepared, as they are
allowed by their laws to do, to prevent
his leaving until their charms have been
admitted and their indignation allayed by
many presents. This custom, despite
every precaution of the man, often ends
in disputes which are settled only by an
appeal to the "fetich man" and "sussi
wood." However, having overcome the diffi
culties of his departure, he arrives at and
is received in his prospective bride's
town by the old men of the place and by
them conducted to the "palaver house,
where there is more talk and more rum.
The presents he has brought having been
found acceptable, he is then allowed to
know the parents of the girl he is seek
ing, and from them learns the sum in
beads, rum, cloth, etc, he has to pay be
fore he can secure her. This usaatty
represents in value about $10. This mat
ter having, been satisfactorily settled, he
returns to his town and forwards the
goods as agreed upon.
At the setting of the sun on the day
appointed for the closing of the contract
the bride, naked except for being painted
with different colored chalks, accom
panied by her parents and friends, ar
rives at the home of the groom. There
they are received with much rejoicing,
gun firing, drum beating, dancing and
feasting. This is continued until both
man and woman are exhausted by their
orgies, when they are bundled into the
hut to remain for the customary time.
The customs surrounding the bringing
up of these girls and their conduct after
having become wives are strange and
interesting. All women, unless they are
slaves, until they are married or reach a
certain age are under the care of the old
women, and are called "cutta de.em
guago," or grigory bush girls. They cam
be easily recognised, for, mo natter what
may be their age, they are always en
tirely naked, witn only a email norn
h?Tigiti from a string fastened around
the neck. They akwphistertiisckly their
shaven heads with day at freqpent
intervals. This it is "fetich" to remove
or touch with water, and must be taken
off only by their Iwshands.
THE SEDUCER THZKZ GETS BIS DUE.
For one of these girls to be forgetful
of her virtue is a crime, bat for which
she is not called upon to pay the penalty.
The nature of the punishment u death,
but how inflicted it has been impossible
for mo to learn, it being "fetich" lor any
male to interfere in these matters. The
old women have sole jurisdiction and
most jealously guard the secrets of their
calling; but, be it as it may, the man,
after having been accused, is never free
from espionage until some day he is
missed, when after a time he is found in
a mutilated condition dead in his hut.
Contrary to what might be expected, so
strict are these people in the observance
of this custom that no sum of money
will purchase immunity, and even being
a white man is no protectioo fkom their
revenge.
After a woman becomes a wife differ
ent laws affect her. If convicted of un
faithfulness she is punished according to
her husbands pleasure. This, as a rule,
finds expression by his selling her into
slaverv. A peculiar belief is their find
ing reason for the XaOore of amy en
deavor or undertaking they may have in
hand in their wives' forgetfumess of
their duties.
A native chief, when about to start on
a journey, or go on a hunting or trading
expedition, or to war, on the day before
bis departure, calls together hfa many
wives and advises them of Ids intention.
He then reminds them that the sneosss
or failure of his- effort depends npon
them, and asks if they have been guilty
of any fault of which they should be
before starUnr on his journer.
i,of course, is answered m the nega
tive. Satisfied witn then? denial, a
then instractsthem as to tewarooitdBCt
during his absence, end then leaves to
proceed on his" way. -Cor. Sew York
Herald, '
THE WOMBCYAN CAVES.
A few days ago a
ontbessiaisterof
tkatahoBse to
should to erected a the Wosnbeyaa
caves. At the saae time they gave the
iniiiislai sisiii iifisaMliii i nil wing
recently daKorered caret and Mr. Abi
gail without dsia-aiiBiB lor a report.
The fallowing report waesmbBaittedto
the mieialiBi by the chfef sarveyor, W.
a Leigh:
I have the honor to sahwt, as re
quested. ttefoUowaw report on there
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existed.
This surmise, after exploration, proved
to bo correct, and the discovery must be
regarded as a very important one, as the
whole of the new cave can now be ex
plored without the necessity of retracing
your steps. Descending about forty feet
by the aid of a rope into a large pit from
the middle branch cave above mentioned,
you find yourself on the floor of the main
i cave, wiucu uss a iouu wugiu tu over
t 150 feet by about 80 feet in width, and
its rugged and precipitous walls run up
to a height of over one hundred feet.
This cave is remarkable for the mas
siveness and not for the number of its
stalactic formations. The immense fallen
black rocks piled on each other in every
conceivable shape are here and there re
lieved by massive buttresses of snowy
white and transparent dripstone. Some
of these very much resemble frozen
waterfalls bursting through tho rocks:
others take the form of statues, one of
the number being a duplicate of the
"Lot's Wife" of the Jenolan caves. Con
trasting with the magnitude and somber
ness'es this chamber are two or three
smallbranches off it packed with all
kinds of pure white and transparent
crystallised lime and stalactic forma
tions, as though they were chambers
whose walls are covered with jewels.
After leaving this cave some two
hundred or three hundred feet rather
hard traveling is experienced through a
circuitous passage averaging ten feet in
width; tho floor is perfectly level, and
the roof, a bare shelving rock, does not
average two feet in height. This, of
course, necessitates bringing into play
the hands and knees in lieu of feet as a
means of locomotion, added to this, the
floor being thickly covered with a forma
tion resembling small conical spikes,
divided into portions at intervals by
knife like ridges, makes progress rather
a painful operation. Some portions of
the floor resemble miniature pine forests
and produce a very pretty effect.
On emerging from this passage an
other large cave is entered which is made
up of large broken bowlders, piled upon
each other in every direction. Tho drip
stone formations are mostly dull and de
composed, the principal feature of tho
chamber being tho enormous number of
bats lodging in it, which, on being dis
turbed by the light, produce a sound
during flight as of a roaring wind. Pass
ing from this chamber through a fissure
in the rocks and ascending a short dis
tance over the rocks brings you to the
foot of another passage on an incline
through which daylight is seen and the
surface gained. On emerging after three
or four hours' continuous journeying
through the whole cave you find your
self within 100 feet of the place' of en
trance, and level of the outlet on tho
face of the hill being about forty feet
below that of the entrance, which must
be about 800 feet above the level of the
creek. Sydney Herald.
wdiing High Explosives.
Forty civilian workmen accustomed to
the manipulation of explosive substances
are employed at Toulon arsenal, under
tho direction of the 'artillery staff, in
charging melenite shells. To the latter
composition, it appears, is now added
another substance called "cresilite,"
which is stated to materially increase
the powers of melenite, and at the same,
time contribute to its preservation and
safety in handling. As fast as the shells
are loaded, and a considerable number
arc daily filled, they are sent away to
store all the forts on the coast or Alpine
line.
The process of filling the shells is sup
posed to be a secret, but it is learned that
the cresilite, a hard, gummy compound,
is first melted in copper vessels, ana then
poured into a space occupying about
two-thirds of tho interior of the shell
left in ;he casting. The remaining vac
uum is afterwards filled up with melen
ite, rammed in by means of a mallet,
and the work requires the utmost deli
cacy to avoid accident. Ten men are
specially selected for the latter part of
the operation, who are kept separated
one from the other in compartments in
closed by walls of empty shells, so that
should an explosion occur, there would
be but one victim.
On beginning work in themomingthe
fillers have to drink a pint of milk, by
medical order, as a prophylactic remedy
against the noxious fuines of the sub
stances they handle, which leave upon
all the exposed parts of their skins a
deep yellow tinge that cannot be removed,
even by continuous ablutions. In spite,
however, of these cutaneous eigne and
the forebodings of the surgeons, tbemen,
who gam from four shillings to six shil
lings per day, seem to retain excellent
health and declare that tho emanations
from tho compounds they mix endow
them with inordinate appetites. New
York Telegram.
Fresh Air for Our ITnrBts -The
following cheap and simple method
has been found very satisfactory in solv
ing the troublesome problem how to
secure fresh air in a room without ex
posing the inmates to draughts. Nail or
screw a neat strip of wood from one to
two inches wide upon the window sill
just inside the sash and extending
across the window. Upon the topof the
strip fasten a piece of "weather strip,"
so that there will be formed an air
tight joint between the weather strip
and the lower sash of the window,
whether the Litter is closed or raised an
inch or two. tho lower cross piece of tho
sash sliding on the rubber of the weather
strip as the sash rises. With this fixture
the lower sash may bo raised enough to
admit air between the lower and upper
sashes without admitting the least air at
the bottom of the window. The sir thus
entering is thrown upward and has its
"chill taken off" before descending upon
the heads of the occupants of the room.
Christian Union.
Pussy Fays Her On Beard.
A correspondent of The Maine Farmer
sneaks a good word for the cat, and ad
vises the fanner to keep several. Fur
thermore, the correspondent says, the cat
ought to be kept welL Just keep your
hired man, or even yourself, so meanly
that you have not strength to work yon
accomplish but little. Just so with your
horse, with your cows, with tout. cats.
The case of a man who lost $100 worth
of property by mice girdling young
apple trees is cited, and the moral drawn
that if this man had kept half adosen
cats it would have been money in his
pocket. He might have had the credit
of having the nest in town, and taken
comfort himself, besides making his
family happy and saving bis trees.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
TSa;
CMrt BtMe.
The supreme court Bible b a small,
black, velvet 'covered octave. It lias
been used in the administration of every
oath since 1803. Every chief justice and
every associate justice of the United
States has held this little sacred tome in
taking oath of. office.- Many thousands
of lawyers Iiavoitield it, and to write the
names of the men'who have touched its
covers would be to name the men who
have made the bench and bar of the
United States illustrious. It was printed
in London in 179, and is today butiittle
the worse for wear. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The first gnat canal in England
the Bridge wat ii r renal, which was h
brtfceeVtke ef Brideewater in-ttet.
completed two yearn Inter. The length
A MODEL'S EXPERIENCE.
A WOMAN IN BOSTON WHO HAS
POSED FOR FAMOUS ARTISTS.
a) Was Maaonaa, Veaas, Helen,
lest and " Other Celebrities Many We
atet Heads Painted eat Her Lerely
Shealders Aaserieaaa Are Swtodle.
A homely visaged, well formed Italian '
woman, about 85 years of age, occupies
a suit of rooms on Greene street, and
gets a Imng by domg fancy needle work
and taking lodgers. Her name is Mar
gharita CampellL Her husband, form
erly a tenor singer, but latterly an organ
grinder, died two years ago, leaving her
his name and just enough money to buy
a black veil. As for his burial, that was
naid bv thecitv. But Mareharita was
not to be cast down. She had seen bet
ter days. She would see them again.
The result is that she isnow comfortably
situated, and is growing more prosperous
every year. -
Years ago, before time cross plowed
her face with wrinkles, Marghanta was
the pride of Paris, and earned a luxuri
ous living by posing as a model for
sculptors and painters. She was able
to earn anywhere from 100 to 600 francs
a week "on her shape" alone, and on her
rounded shoulders and above her well
molded limbs rest the faces of some of
the most celebrated belles and heiresses,
and, for that matter, queens and prin
cesses of 'Europe. In short, her body
was the form in wliich the celebrated
Parisian artists breathed the breath of
life and beauty, and having done this,
they surmounted the trunk with the
heads of their patrons, all of whom were
pleased to be associated with her sym
metry, which none of them possessed.
THESE DOZEN MADONNAS.
When a reporter called she was en
gaged in the agreeable occupation of
washing the dinner dishes, but, although
attired iu a simple "Mother Hubbard"
satine wrapper, the "human form di
vine" which she possessed was so very
apparent tint it was quite evident the
artists liad made no mistake in their se
lection. "I don't look much like a Madonna,
do 1? was her smiling greeting as she
stuck out a wet hand for the reporter to
grasp. "1 think I am more nearly akin
to Venus rising from the sea just now,
and I have sat for both many a day."
"Which do you like the better, Venus
or the Madonna!'" asked the reporter.
"Oh, Venus, to bo sure, though Ma
donna posings paid me better; but they
were too stiff. I don't like standing all
the forenoon on a marble slab holding a
'dummy' baby to my breast. It makes
my arms ache. I was never lucky
enough to be a mother, and this fond
ling of infants comes hard. Still, I did
pretty well. I Itavo been the model for
at least three dozen Madonnas in my
day. Six of them are now in Rome.
Nearly twenty are still in France, and
the rest have gone to England and
America. Last year I saw myself in
three different attitudes in as many
paintings at a 'loan exhibit in New
York. I was told the cost of those three
pictures was 820,000. I wish I had the
money, but 1 am no artist. I am only a
model. Still, I liko to know that the
rich people admire me, even if they do
not know who I am."
' "Now tell me about the' Venus," said
the reporter.
"My! but that was gay. I liked to.be
Venus. I acted natural, you see. I just
sat down and threw out my arms and
gave myself up to love. One artist paid
me 500 francs for six days' sitting for
Venus. One hundred dollars! Just
think of it! It was the easiest money I
ever earned. But he got 40,000 francs
for the job, so ho need not complain."
"Have you been a model for anything
but Madonnas and Venuses?" was asked.
WELL LOADED SHOULDERS.
"Yes, indeed. Let me tell you. I
went to Paris in 1873 and danced in a
theatre.' Daytimes I sat as a model for
at least twenty artists, and had my fig
ure painted in all kinds of postures and
attitudes. I was Proserpine in two pict
ures, Helen of Troy in five, OZnone in
two, Hecuba in three, Rachel in one,
Minerva in four, Andromeda in one, and
so on through all the list of celebrated
historical, biblical and mythologic char
acters. I worked as a model and got
good pay until 1884, when I was mar
ried, and my husband objected to my
getting a living that way."
"What was your husband's occu
pation?" "He was a musician."
"How long ago did he die?"
"Last year. He heard there was a big
field for musicians in America, and came
over, hoping to make a fortune. His
failure broke his heart. Since his death
I have tried to get work as a model here,'
but your artists do not seem to care lor
me. I am afraid I am getting old and
embonpoint."
"How many faces are now on your
shoulders,' do you suppose? ' was asked.
"Over 900. It is somewhere near 400,
if I remember rightly. There are three
of the Rothschild women, Mrs. Mackay,
Judic and the ex-Empress Victoria of
Germany among them. Bernhardt
wanted me to act as a model for her pic
tures, but the artist convinced her that
she was too skinny. Sarah Bernhardt is
a beautiful woman for all that, and just
as liberal as sunlight."
"Did you ever act as a model for 'an
American woman?"
"Yes, five or six in alL Mr. Bennett
brought a woman to Palero's studio while
I was a model. I think her name was
Bell, and she was a sister or relative of
Mr. Bennett. I also sat as a model for a
relative of Minister Bancroft when he
was in Germany."
"Anybody else?"
"I remember a few more, but the
names are gone. The Americans who
go to Paris to get their portraits made do
not patronize the best artists as a rule,
though they pay big prices. It is shame
ful how you people are deceived by
cheap artists. They have plenty of
money, and should get the best. The
fact is, they are imposed upon by cheap
work." She chatted pleasantly about
French art for a few minutes longer and
then resumed her household duties.
Boston Cor. Globe-Democrat
UatoTaia
If onelovesahalf hour of auJet med
itation, a withdrawal from the pomp
and vanities of life, an awakening of the
higher thoughts, be shonkTvUt the great
picture of Munkacsy, "Christ Before
Pilate." Every face'and figure is fmnrnv
sive; the rabble thirsting for a human
life, the solitary, sympathetio woman,
the scheming, vindictive high priests,
the stern and pitiless Pontius Pilate,
Jesus of Nazareth, friendless, forsaken,
a supreme dignity in hie attitude, adl
vine resignation upon bis coble brow.
We see at the first glance that it is
useless to hope for justice or mercy from
that tribunal, and this feeling increases
in intensity the longer we .gaae into the
hard, cruel faces ninnnnilnii the Christ.
Away with him, condeninedDefore he is
heard by that voice of the people which
is not the voice of God. Sublime sacri
fice for an unworthy world! As we
leave this WDnderfnl picture, looking
backward again and again, and find onr
selvea bv the closine of a doortrane-
nlaated from the First to ttoNmctcontn
aryywoaroiniinian Dy a constat
thattaesofttoereatxlon
There is not a year, tnere is scarcely a
day, but that some innocent soul is
hounded to the death by the voice of the I
people. Circumstances furnish the vic
tim; public opinion usurps the place of
judge, accuser and witnesses, the i
thoughtless people take up tho cry, j
"Away with him," the cross is laid upon
his shoulders, it is finished, and the mul-
titudu goes its way. This is the fact to
bs remembered, that the spirit of per
secution still lives; that by our careleso
words, our lack of sympathy, our blind
adoption of current ideas, our failure to
djhsa uui uuuiv iur ura iwuti no ai- j
courage ami support uus spine. -umK
Beforo Pilate" carries this lesson, that
though ho died for tho remission of our
sins, there are many for which wo our
selves shall be held personally responsi
ble. Ida Harper in Indianapolis Journal.
The Hatlees Lady.
vA vouncr woman made her way to her
scat past all the people in the orchestra '
f-eau or. tno Lyceum tneatre a mgns or
two ago, attracting unusual attention,
because she had left her hat in the ladies
roptn'She waar young and plump, and
had raven black hair that fell ma clus
ter of tight ringlets over her brow. She
'was not particularly good looking. Her
lace was too strongly marxea ana iuu or.
strong character to bo femininely beauti- j
ful. One of the habitues of the theatre
determined to find out what the other
ladies had said of her in the buzz that
greeted her appearance, so between the
acts he asked every man be knew what '
tho lady he liad with him had said when .
she saw the bare headed leader of that
fasluon which all men dream of, but '
scarcely hope to see established. These
are the comments he got:
"Mv wife says she must be fast."
",'She looks lito a baboon,' my girl
said." " j
My companion says, 'If she wants to
attract attention so baoiy, wny aoesne
she wem trousers, like Dr Mary Walker?"
"She's got pretty hair; that's why she
does it."
"Well, she must want to make a show
of herself."
"Deep in their hearts every woman in
tho house envies her her pluck for com
ing in that way, for it's right, and if
only some swells would do it we would
all be glad to leave our hats off."
Tho ntterer of this sentiment, so dia
metrically opposite to all the others, was
a young married woman, thowife of a
music publisher. When the theatre
goer heard this, he took the publisher
over to the hotel across the way and
said, "I want to drink your health.
You'vo got the best woman in that
theatre." New York Sun.
A New Light.
A new and promising light has been
invented and patented, which is likely to
come into extensive use for contractors
and others who have nightwork on their
hands. The principle is something like
that of the famous Lucigen, in which a
t
et of crude petroleum, driven in spray
y compressed air, is made to give a
light rivaling in intensity an electric arc
light, but steam is used instead of com
pressed air to drive the jet of oil spray.
Tho apparatus, ready for use, con
sists of two cylinders, one contain
ing oil and the other water. They
are filled from the' bottom, so that
the air In the cylinders is com-
Eressed in the upper portion, or air may
o forced in by a small condensing
pump. When the lamp is to be usecj,
the -condensed air fronrtbe topof the
cylinders is allowed to begin to escape
through the jet, and the oil is then
turned on. Tho spray of oil and air is
lighted, and bums with a light equiva
lent to that of 2,500 candles.- Just above
the flame is a coil of pipe, communicate
ing with the water cylinder. As soon
as this coil is hot, the water is
turned on, and passing through the hot
coil is vaporized, and enters the jet in
place of the compressed air, which is
then turned off. The steam serves to
maintain the blast begun with com
pressed air, while it greatly increases the
light, through its combustion into oxy
gen and hydrogen, which assist tho com
bustion of 'the oil. As there is no wick,
no choking can take place with any kind
of oil, and crude or ref use petroleum, or
creosote from gas wastes, can bo burned,,
while the apparatus is portable, and the'
lamp can be lighted in a moment.
American Architect.
Women's Figures la France.
In any assemblage of French women,
from a ball in the Faubourg St Germain
to a' bal do i'opera, the number of ad
mirable figures is very striking; the face
may be positively common, but tho figure
is nearly sure to be superb. The wasp
waist so much affected across the Chan
nel is apparently confined to fashion
plates designed for exportation. The un
wisdom of tight lacing is evidently not
more perfectly appreciated than its un
sightliness, though the relations of hy
giene to beauty are thoroughly under
stood. With this excellence of nguregen
erally goes a corresponding exceUenco of
carriage; in this respect the skill with
whkh the Louis Quinze beel is circum
vented is beyond praise. And with re
gard to the tact and taste displayed in
the garb which decorates tins figure and
carriage, the world is, I suppose, as well
agreed now as in the time when the em
press set its fashions for it in a more in
exorable way than the women 'of the
present republic can pretend to. France
ts still, if not the only country in the
world where dress is an art, at least the
only one where the dressmaker and the
milliner are artists. W. C. Brownell in
Scribner's.
Mario as a Stage' Lever.
About. 1830 the famous tenor Mario
was at St. Petersburg singing in a com
pany which numbered, among others,
'Lablacho and his daughter, then only a
girl, out wno afterward became toe cel
ebrated Mile, do Caters. One day, in
some opera and during the usual duo of
passion, to her amazement and indigoa
tion she heard Mario, while she
sang alone, whisper so low that
tho words reached only her own
ears: "Mia cara! Mia bella! Ama me!
Io t'adoro!" So offended was she that
after leaving the stage she refused to
listen to the tenor's explanations, and
refused to sing with him again. Some
days afterward, however, 'from the
wings she heard Mario sing the same
duo, and this time with a very ugly
woman, who had assumed the aban
doned role. Again did the tenor fill in
his "rests" with the same impassioned
whispers "Mia cara! Iofadoro!" Then
ahe understood. The burning avowals
were only a means of keeping fiinwif
en train of retaining the emotion neces
sary for the continuance of his role,
San Francisco Argonaut.
The aswnrHl vobUUO Of the meanMia cf
the Duke of Gotha, which has made such
a stir in the social and political world cf
Germany, contains another anecdote of
Bisnanrck the latest iiiiimiiw to the
ranks of doctors of divinity. "When
secretary -of the Prnanan legation
at Frankfort, he wan asked by a
lady why he objected to the ap
pointment of Count Than to the
position of ambaesador. Berepliedthat
it was awt ant place for a man of his
extzaordinarT mlenas, there being so
little todo. Then," continued the &dy,
"why do yon retain your ofScc?" "Oh!
madam, it is .another thing with me. I
save always been a lazy , good for noth
ing fellow, .and cared for axrthing save
my gun. Hem I, can hunt as wellae on
my farm and enjoy my.
CAPRICIOUS FORTUNE.
HOW THE FICKLE MISS FURT8 WITH
THOSE WHO COURT HER.
The Great llajartty at Caa ihlara as TJa
fertaaateBlc
Stakes A Fly
$3.00Sm the
"The caprices of chance or fortane,
whichever you may call it, are singular,
to say the least," remarked a well known
gam bier to u News man, in recounting his
ups and down at roulette, faro, poker
and various other games. "Not long ago
I made a nice little winning at faro, and
was cashing my checks, when a rather
seedy looking fellow, with a gaunt, hun-
fy face, asked me to give him 25 cents,
didn't know him from a crow, but
having won out pretty well. I tossed
him a white check and told him to go
and make a winning. What do yon sup
pose that duck .done? He cashed the
check, took the quarter, strode over to
tho tub dice game, placed it on the six
raffle and won $45 the first turn of the
wheel. "Give me the money." be ex
claimed, and away he went to get the
first square meal he had probably eaten
in a week. He might liavo made that
same play a hundred times again and
lost every bet, but some people can fall
into the river and they'll come up with a
fish fn both bands."
A CONSULTATION KKsSSAKT.
"That reminds me," said another
knight of the cloth, "of an incident that
came under my observation last week at
a gambling house on Sixteenth street.
A fly tenderfoot from tho east, who, it hi
said, liad won 935,000 on election, saun
tered up to the wheel and asked the
dealer the limit on the colors.
" 'Any amount you want to stake,'
was the reply.
" -All n-ht; there's $5,000 said the
sport, putting ten $500 bills on the Mack.
'Just flip the mil and see what shell do,
coolly chirruped the fellow.
"The dealer, who liad picked the ball
out of the pocket, stayed his hand. He
looked at the money, sized up the player
to see if he was bluffing and had a cable
tied to it, and seeing the fellow meant
business and had a Dig wad left, wilted
and refused to roll. By this time fifty
people had gathered around the table,
those on the outside craning their necks
over the shoulders of those in front of
the daring stranger, who, with the ut
most sang froid, drew a cigar from his
pocket, asked the dealer for a match,
carelessly scratched it on his pants,
lighted the cigar and looking impatiently
at tho dealer, remarked:
" 'Go ahead; win or lose. Give us a
roll and see what my luck is today.'
"The dealer still refused to turn, and
the fellow was about to take up his
money and leave when the proprietor
came over, and after a little meditation
told the dealer to roll the ball and he
would pay the bet if be lost. The little
ivory ball was sent spinning around, and
after making ten or twelve circuits
struck the pockets, skipped over the
metal edges, and finally, after bob!
first into one and then another, drop
in three in the odd red. The house 1
won the money. The stranger shook the
game, bought 81,000 worth of chips and
tackled Jaro with indifferent success.
"Another well known gambler bor
rowed $100 of a friend, and sat in a game
of faro on HoUaday street. Before 1
o'clock he had won $3,400, broke the
bank, and would have won the proprie
tor and dealer had they not closed up
and jumped tho game. Two days later
this Eamo gambler didn't have a dollar,
but the following night he borrowed $50
and won $3,100.
A CHANGK 15 TDK.
"The funniest play I ever witnessed
came up the other night," chipped in a
third party. "A young fellow whose ap
pearance was suggestive of a railroad
fireman or brakeman bought $10 worth
of chips and tackled tho wneeL In a half
hour he had lost $65. He was consider
ably discouraged, and was about to leave
when he turned to the dealer and said:
'You can't beat me for $5 on the colors.'
He had 50 cents' worth of chips left from
previous deals, and, throwing a $5 gold
piece on the red, he straddledthe double
and single Os with the chips in order to
protect himself against the percentage.
The ball went spinning around and had
made several circuits when the fellow
switched gold piece to the single O and
transferred tho chips to the red. In ten
seconds the ball dropped and caught the
single O. He lost 50 cents in chips and
won $175 off tho $5. He exercised a
wholo lot of sense then, for he cashed in
and got away with the money."
"However," soliloquized the sport,
"gambling dont pay. In the instances
stated the parties won by a scratch, but
fifty others lost. These rare winnings
remind me of the freaks of fortune in
tho gold mines of California. Every
body heard of the Floods, -O'Briens,
Mackeys, and a few morefortunates, but
the world never stopped to think of the
thousands upon thousands who lost,.
Most of the money which supnotls
the ten or fifteen gambling houses
in Denver is won from poor laborers,
who take $10 or $15, the earnings
of a whole week, and try to win a
fortune. The amount they, draw is .not
enough to protect them. They simply
play their money against the thousands
of the bank, and they are bound to lose
in the end.. Occasionally some fellow
makes a winning, but, if he stays long
enough, it will break him. The only
ones who make money out of gambling
are the proprietors of the houses. It to
a costly amusement fur the players.
They rustic around for a week or month,
earn $15 or 875, as the case may be, and
lose it They might as well march up
and hand it over to the des-ler. for he is
sure to gobble it in a few hours," Den
ver News.
Theatrical
discussing the qnestion of. the
proiitable manner of advartasinjr their
shows. A few years ago tte billboard
was the only recognised method of com
munkation between the inanagar and
his pations. Spaces npon erery
and corner were eagerly bonght i
the enteTorisimr advance agent: i
at up by
t; ajuoon
wmuows were uonsea so noia tne nxno
grauhs. and a free pass accesnpanied
each picture displayed. What was the
result? After the agent had gone his
rounds and papered tho town the ticket
scalper also began his pilgrimage. He
bought up the free passes at a small coat
and sold them afterward at a good profit
to himself and filled the boose at a direct
loss to the original management. The
scheme was a complete failure.
Later another plan was adopted and
with similar results. Season tipketa, ad
mitting the holder to four performances
a month and not transferable, were
issued, and on each performance the
door keeper was obliged to punch out
ono of the dates, as in a railroad ticket.
Tho result was that tbajHMsts of these
passes livid off until they had accumu
lated a dozen or so efadmisakns to their
credit, and then swooped down npon the
theatre in their might and owned the
house. In Buffalo last season one man-
was forced to give away 1,700 free
in one week, and only saved
nuneeu rrom nun oyi
ences m the nrices of those of
rrons wan wished to
assumed them to.
managers hea lately
h
oaeaam batter aata
&& fmt0ML.moi
way
theaAreraawpnUic. Snehlstheo
tion of PhlgleJphhint present that
tne principal auests tnere ai
for the billboard and the
They must be exiled to the
where the theatrical natron nt
tares, and the smaU boy who
read unites with the eqslry Operate
goat for their peady iisweiliun. An
afternoon's shower will erase the week
ofilays, batter down the asgns. bh
cosbrs.and generally destroy the
ambitions bill Dosted. The new
la, in truth, tho only rehabU means of
theatrical an it bof other sdTertkwesent.
It is cheaper, further rwrhhag and an
peak to a better cnentele, and thecen-i
atant increase in the space ocoapied by
the theatre advertisements in' the lending;
papers shows that this fact is nnorstoodT
-Philadelphia Times.
The
Some tatereetme things
bered by Sherman's Atlanta
Mmiu in rraimirnna witH
Dundy, commanding a battery of artil-J
lery, now known as Maj." BundyTaBni
one of the editorial writers on Deacon'
Shcpard's New York Mail and Express. ,
Lieut. Bundyhad a tooth for a good'
toddy, and one morning at 'KennoBaw,
Mountain had sampled seme ''Dfemoadj
B" commissary with some other onVers,'
and reached hie battery in excellent,
spirits. Soon Col. Geary rode that way.
and, observing the lieutenant, gruffly ad
dressed liim thus:
"Lieut. Bundy. you are drunk."
Bundy answered back, as quick as a
flash:
"CoL Geary, yon are a d d liar!"
Here was a situation. Geary was
about to put Bundy under arrest, saying
to him: "You are so drunk yon eWt
know that gun from a hollow fog."
"I dont, eh? 1T1 show you whether I
do or not See that bunch of rehover
there?" pointing to a group of Confeder
ate officers taking an observation from
an eminence half a mile away. "Just
watch me scatter 'em."
Seizing the tail of a gun, be jerked it
around, got the range, adjusted every
thing to his liking, gave the order to fire,
exploding a four inch shell right in the
midst of the group of Confederates, who
hastily retired to cover, carrying with
them their wounded.
CoL Geary withdrew his offensive re
marks, complimented Bundy on hie skill
and rode away.
Lieut. Bundy was an expert artillerist,
and coukl land a shell about where he
wanted to.
The writer has often beard it said by
Federals who ought to know that be
fired the shot that killed Gen. Polk.
Kennesaw Gasette.
The Deatlalea af
Canada is composed of sevenproyinces
and a number of vast territorial districts,
which correspond to the territories of
the United States. Tho provinces beara
relation to the individual states. They
are unequal in size. British Columbia
having 90,344 square miles of area, and
little Prince Edward Island containing
only S.1S3 square miles. Quebec has
193,355 square miles, Ontario has 107,780,
Nova Scotia 21,781, New Brunswick 27,
322, and Manitoba possesses 113,961. The
enormous Northwestern territory, which
has been subdivided into Alberta, Sas
katchewan and Arthabaska, comprises
1,919,503 square nnles,.Meewaytia 895
308, the Arctic islands 311,700, and
the islands of Hudson's bay 23,400.
Here is an area in the aggregate of
8,403,542 square miles of God's earth
under the aegis of Great Britain. Poly
glot b the population thinly -scattered
over the land. There aro 1,200,009
Frenchmcn, tho Emerald isle has con
tributed 025.CC0. and the Land o Cakes
has 555,000 representatives. Three hun
dred thousand rersoas trace their near
decent to Germany: there are 70,000 rela-',
uvea or Tally uie Welshman, and tno so
called Scandinavians number about 11,
000 souls. Ontario, the most thoroughly
English province, lias a population of J
l,vuu,uuu in round numbers: Quebec con
tains 1,600.000. of whom 1.100.000 are'
French. Nova Scotia contain 450,000,
New Brunswick nearly 400.000. Prince
Edward Island 120.000. British Columbia
120,000, and Manitoba approximately
170,000.-Exchange.
Advantage ft Uelaa; m HhMsae.
Every year we gl l ho cry from fashion
writers. "Blondes uo lougor iustvto: they
have been supersedel ty thtir darker
sisters." etc Now. that's all nnnssnss
You cannot doaway with the blonde, nor
can you do away witer -frizzled, banged
hair. Pre-eminently, the blonde is the
beauty of civilization. Shewamongus,
to stay as such, and she cannot be driven
away. A brunette now and then may
rise supreme over her by reason off
wonderful loveliness, bat we aro speak
ing collectively. A woman can dress
more effectively with blonde hair than
with dark. It lights up better and is
more youthful. A well kept blonde has
ten years' advantage, in point of youth
ful looks, over the average brunette.
Once in a lifetime or so there arises, a
miraculous brunette who completely sur
passes her, but for steady, ordinary good
looks that make no pretentions of great
beauty, the blonde carries the palm.
You cannot expunge her in favor of the
brunette even in literature. In the novels
turned out during the past year there
have been 833 blondes to 100 brunettes.
American Hairdresser.
AGcrra
The folVmhieaUttkgirieesseyen
the caw: "Acowkananhnalwkhfonr
lean en the under aide. Theteilis
than the Isgrs. but is notepad to stand
The cow kflls flies with her tail. The
cow has bigcanthatwiggteonhhhras;
co does her tail. The cowls bigrer than
the calf, bat not so bur as an elephant.
She is made so small that she can go
into the bam when nobody is
Some cows are black and some book.
dog was hooked once.
dog that killed the ant that
ried the rat. Black cows give white
milk; so do ether cows. Milk men ml
oatt tobny thaw littkgktadr.-, which
uayrpaawaeaTmannonsir cwschew
cnas, ana encn nnas its own : ,w. Tn
is all there is about cows." change.
wkhaperpettnu motion
s last got n friend .at com
at ot a. frian4 ateaautaa
the person of Chief Clerk IJpscomb. of
tne patent omce. xte says:
"Perpetual motion lean assured fact
We have aaodelsnow at work that wil
Keen at work continually until the
ana tear ostne macninery stops
The machinrsso far have snnVaent
torantneaasstves nana now till
day. but the have net thasnrali
that rrailfl ha waail nsi eha m i TiTim
This is the point now that the perpetual
njotam man will have to work on. Some
dayaaaachinewill come here that wil
ham ttoreqafmd nearer to seen
mar come atanr
Cssv-New York
time."
tan lightest
is worth one hundr'-d s-.u sixty
dollars per ounce. Culli:'.:-. is the costli
est metal known. sr.U L v.-.r.h three
thonsaml two hundred autl I'Jty dollars
dnunond
trust is thet
..ml
canupaian
ris
combinatkKi
V'
National Bank!
-HAS AN-
Aerttwrlzw. CtfHslr$9S0,000v
the
a airansoii. rwt.
J. H. GALLEY. Vies rW.
o.T.nbn
G.ANDKMOtf, T.AummaiL
JABGMaaKN. lJENsW-sUGATi;
Joan, sullivan. J.u.iuik
fuMHtMsfaris.
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DEUTCHER ADVOKAT,
niCHAKD CUNNINGHAM. -
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
first Nattaaal
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over First Katioaal Baak.Ceemav.
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1 will h ia mv nS8r tk fV - .V
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DRAY and EXPRESSMEN.
lasttaaslBsavrlasdMtf. jGeodslancllaamtta
i ai 4. r. isecaer a Ce.s eases.
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TJBLE & BRADSHAW.
Hmectmon to rouble A Butkell),
BRICK
KarT!nnftMa uj .- - j
brick first-class aad offered at reasonable rates.
neare awo prepared to do all kiatls aff hfick
work. HlmsTfim
& TDBaT&m CO,
Proprietors aad Pnhlishtrs of the
Both.post.paid to aa j address, for S2-W a yaar.
ukuj ib in. iauli 40DBBAI1. si.es a
ear.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Cohahas,11eb.
Otfce up stairs era Eras! A Sehwarx's store
Eleventh street. MbbbitW
JOHNG.HIGGINrJ.
C.J.GABLOW,
M$XHWAtliJLLW,
ATTOBNEYS-AT-LAW,
pat tatty i
ef Callaatkaa fcy C. J. Garlew.
RCBOYD,
aUKWAOTtTan or
Hi aid Stat-Im Ware!
Jefc-Werk, iMilf and OmtteT
ingataitialty. .tar-Shop ob 1Kb street, Kraaae Bro.'S aid
an ob jairtssata street.
PATENTS
Caesata aad Trade :
ks ehtsiasd. aad all Pat-
for MODtfuTkyna.
eat hnatarsa eoadaetsd
OTJR omen in oppnarrK n. a patkkt-
reff asaea U? o MWttjaU basiEeaa
less tijas aad aTiSn COOT aaatteaa mote
froai Wasaiastoa.
BWsdaoBBLdiBwiBv.er photo, with aeserip
tioa. We advise if pateatable or sot. free of
ebarae. Oar fee set doe till pateatissseafsd.
AbooaMHewtoObtsia Pateats." with refer,
aaassteaetaal cheats ta roar state, eoeatjcr
towa. seat free. Address
Opposite PaUtO.VBi5ftol. $&
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