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.10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 10 * 1880.-TWELYE PAGES. White Ohlef of The Pawnee Scouts-Hls Frontier Experience. THE DANCES OF THE PAWNEES. Tlio Wonderful Medicine Dance aicct- iunl i'ractlcc Among tlic I'aw- IICBS Tliclr Siipci-sll- tlotiH. coi'vnmiiTi : ! ) . tU'rttfen/or the Htmdau lift IIH Alfrnl ! SVN'oi'ftift or CitApTrii H.--immn of the Wnf I'lpa The Ccnlp linnet -Wild HOMO Danrc-lluffilo linnro Ilin Wonrtortul Moillrlnc Doncu I'ucull- nr.llcsiit .Mudlclnolun 1'mvneo ijjiiumitlons. II. Dunces mill Htipcrstltlons or the Ia\v- A description of the various dunces of the Pawnees , as related to the writer by Major North , will servo to Illustrate to a great extent some of their most Interest ing customs. The war dance , which was one , of their most prominent ceremonies , took' place immediately before tlio organ ization of a party to go out upon the war- pnth. The war-party , or more properly the horse-stealing party , hud a captain , mid alwajs went out on fool , expecting to.rottiru on horseback with horses stolen from other tribes or from the whites. They all had lariats coiled up nnd thrown over their shoulders , and curried an extra Supply of three pairs of moccasins and a few pounds of buffalo meal , v hiuh they packed on their backs. Their arms con sisted of bows and arrows. The war- dance was held as a sort of invocation to the Deity or Great Spirit to assist them in their enterprise. The musicians had drums or tom-toms , and dried gourds Illled with gravel stones , whien they flhook and rattled , and also slicks with the toes of antelopes ot deer fastened to the end with sinew , so tluit they could be Hwuiig and rattled , there being forty or lifty toes on each stick. The musicians pounded their tom-toms nnd shook their irourds and rallies , making hideous music indeed , accompanying it with singing , as they called it , while thu members of the War-party did the dancing. The dancers curried their weapons of war the toma hawk , the war-club , and the bow and arrow in their hands , and daubed their faces with war-paint , making themselves look as fierce and ugly us possible. The moment the music struck up they began their duncinir , the group working toward the center , singing unit yelling , passing between each other , and holding their weapons aloft , and keeping step to the doleful strains or thumps of the monotonous onous tom-tom. This dance always took place at night , and the party , &cnorully * mtmboriti" over forty braves , loft the vil lage at midnight , their traveling being done entirely under cover of the dark ness. During the day they secreted themselves and slept. On these expedi tions the leader , who was generally chos en by a vote , curried a war-pipe , which was used us u sort of rit'.H'llKTIC INDICATOR of good or evil luck or omen. The ad vance scouts , upon discovering a camp of their enemies , immediately reported to their leader , who then culled a council. The Indians seated themselves on the ground , and tlio louder took his war-pipe anil filled the bowl with kinnekinick. This pipe differed from tiio ordinurv pipe in that it hud no hole from the bom to tlio stem. The leader , nevertheless , lit the tobacco and put tlio stem in his mouth , and if ho succeeded in making the pipe continue to smoke it wiis re garded us u sign of good luck and that the Great Spirit would favor them in their undertaking. If it failed to smoke , then it was looked upon ns an omen of bad luck1- and an indication that the Great Spirit wns displeased with thorn. If , by some peculiar chance the pipe con tinued to omit smoke , they then proceed ed , and as a rule made a good haul of horses or took a number of scalps from their Indian enemies ; otherwise , they iravc up the expedition and returned to their camp , so strong was their supersti tion regarding the omen of the war- pipe. These war-parties frequently trav eled several hundred miles , and when they tried the war-pipe and it failed to smoke , they invariably abandoned tlio trip. If their leader had a single man killed on thu trip , they never went out with him again , and his prospects us a leader were torovor blighted. Immedi ately after the return of n wir-purty A SQALl * DANOK was invariably held if they hud secured any scalps. They had just as big a dunce over ono sculp us over a do/.on or more. The stop of tins dance wns about Ilio sumo as that of tno war-dance. They formed a circle around the musicians anil the sqnuws , who took jiurtin the festivity and carried the scalps fastened to sculp- tioles , which they kept moving up and down. The circle moved from right to loft , keening perfect time with the music. The Indians made up their songs to ac company the dunce , from the Incidents of the light. After a song was completed the music stopped and a brief rest was taken , uftur which thu dance was re sumed , and in this way it was kept up for several hours in the presence of the whole village. IN THE WILD HOUSE DANOK they curried no weapons , but in many other respects it greatly resembled the war-dance. Ono of their number was eolootcd to represent a wild horse by wearing a skin covering , generally that of a bullalo calf. A honso tall was fas tened on behind , and one was tied to the neck to represent the mano. Being thus nirayed , ho danced into the center of the group , and the Indians all danced around mm nnd paid their respects to him. They regarded him as a sort of Deity from whom they thus invoked blessings and assistance in the chase for wild horses , immense herds of which roamed over the plains. Tills dance was given just before Blurting out on a round-up of wild horses. There were until recently many wild horses among the sand-hills of Northern Nebraska. The method of catch ing them is rather peculiar , as they are walked down. They have a regular course from one watering place to another. Between these stations they will run and tire themselves out , and n persevering walker in following them will finally cause them to becomn ex hausted and to leuvo the regular runs , after which they can bo driven anywhere and gathered into a hertl of gentle horses. TIM : iimwAi.0 DANCU was also of an invocatory nature , and \rus held just before the Indians started off on a buffalo hunt. They had two hunts n year one in the winter and ono in the summer. In this dance the warriors alone took part. They all dressed in bullalo robes , nnd danced in u stooping position to represent the bullalo. The movements wore entirely dilicront from those of any other dunce , and they sang what they called the buffalo sung. Immediately upon the conclusion of the Kl.AND DANOB the wliolo tribe moved , entirely abandon ing the village , after caching or secreting everything tluit they could not curry wjth them. This was done by digging holes in the ground , small at the mouth and then widening outliko n oistorn.each hole being capable of holding four or live wagon-loads of stuff. Kai-Ji ledge had n cache , and after depositing all their surplus property therein , they carefully closed the mouth with sticks , grass and dirt. In such a way that it was almost im possible for anyone to discover any of those caches , all outward signs being cautiously removed from the vicinity. " i work of caching was alwav done at night and with great secrecy. All their surplus meat and corn were stored in the cacncs. The Pawnees always had a largo quantity of corn on hand , nnd fre quently sold it to the whites. In IfcOl and 180'Jono contractornlono purchased more than fifty thousand bushels of corn from them. They were always A roits riAvm < iT.oi-i.n , as far back ns they can remember , while thu Sioux on the other hand lived exclu sively on moat until they came In contact with the whites. The Pawnees claim that the Great Spirit lirst gave them their seed corn. Tlioir corn difiered somewhat from that raised by the whites. In starting out on A tltTFALO JIt'NT the whole tribe moved in a body men , women nnd children. The old Indians who had no horses trudged along on foot with the aid of sticks. The tribe generally remained out about three months. Upon reaching the buffalo country cneh of the four bands , into which the Pawnees wore divided , saved n bullalo from the first "iirroimd , and of fered the four animals as burnt oHonngs to the Great Spirit. This sacrifice was quite an uvcnt iitnonu the Pawnees , all of whom joined in the ceremony. The hearts nnd tongues of the buffaloes were cut out and carefully handled , and the heads were cut oil' , tno horns and hair being left on. The hearts and tongues were thrown into the lire , and the heads of the sacred bull'alocs wore set facing the flames. This ceremony was made very solemn and Impressive , and no white man or Indian was allowed to wit ness it if lie were inclined in any way to maku sport of it. Tin : COKN DANCB was particularly for the benefit of the squaws who alone took part in it. They formed a circle around a polo , on the to'p of which was tied a bunch of cars of sod-corn , the husks being stripped down and neatly braided. The squaws 'danced in a circle from left to right , single file , face to back. They were dressed in ma terials entirely of their own getting dresses and moccasins and other articles of clothing all being made of furs or skins which they had obtained them selves. They wore no material whatever that was mudo.by man. The squaws held in their handjfjjio old style of hoes used many years a o by the tribe. They were made out of buffalo shoulder-blades fas tened to wooden handles with strings of sinew. The corn dance was the most beautiful dance that was ever known among the Indians of any tribe. The step was entirely different from any other , and the squaws while dancing went through the motions of hoeing corn , in perfect time with tlio music. Ilwa ? danced almost exclusively by the Paw nees , as nearly all other Indian tribes in early days wore not corn-planters. Other tribes , who at times visited the Pawnees , pronounced it as the most beautiful and entertaining of all dances. The old bone hoes were regarded as the most sacred of their relics , and were guarded with great care and reverence , having had them handed down from tronerution to generation for hundreds of years , as the story goes. The corn dance always took place in May , just before corn-planting time. The most wonderful and mysterious dance of the Pawnees was THE MEDICINE DANCK. The more ignorant class of Indians be lieved that the Indian doctors or medi cine men , as they were more generally called , could perform miracles and in fact do anything , and certainly some of their performances would lead even some white men to incline to the sumo belief. If there was any deception'or slciirht-of- hand in the mysterious deeds of the mcd- icino men , tliov took < jreat care never to divulge the secret. Many of their man oeuvres equalled , and perhaps excelled , the best prestigiatory acts of Iioudin and Herman' , the great illusionists. This dance partook of a religious character. During its performance they worshipped , in their peculiar wuv , by representation , the beaver , the otter , the buffalo , the horse , thu door , the elk , and in fact all the principal animals which brought thorn in a revenue or were of material assistance to them. The dance took place m a largo open space in the center of the village , and the preparations ami re hearsals were begun three or four weeks before tlio day. Small arbors or houses were built out of overgreqns , for each of the Indians who represented the various animals that were the objectsof worship. Those Indians were dressed to represent tlio animals. The ono who took the part of the elk. for instance , was covered with an elk-skin , nnd wore horns made from the limbs of a tree. The one who played the bear was arrayed in a bear-skin ; tlio ono who appeared as the horse was rigged out with a horse tail and mane ; the one who acted the rolp of the deer wore a door's head and hide , and so on through the whole cast of characters. Everything having been made ready for the grand religious play , as it might appropriately be called , the whole tribe and invited guests assembled to witness the wonderful spectacle , everybody being expected to donate something for tlio bcnelit of the medicine men , who alone took part iu this festival. The contribu tions were generally very liberal , con sisting of clothing , ornaments , furs , horses , and in fact almost everything , excepting articles of food. The Indians representing animals came out of their retreats by turns into the center of the arena , and after going through perfor mances in imitation of the animals , they returned to their houses. The represen tative of the elk , for instance , then ran into the open space , throw his head proudly around , and looked wild and timid. So with the representative of the deer. The representative of tlio horse trotted out and charged around the ring , and three or four young Indians ran after him with lariats trying to catch him , but did not succeed , this being a part of the programme. They then held a consulta tion , and nn idea struck ono of them. Ho procured u lariat , to which lie fastened an arrow , and taking his bow ho coiled the lariat in his hand and placed the arro w in position on the bow , undstartcd after the "horso" which ho chased around several times , liimlly shooting him .In the back just below the shoulders , the arrow penetrating the skin and going through from side to side until the point stuck out. The "horse" instantly dropped to the ground , and ono of the Indians who had been trying to catch him , ran up and taking hold of the protuding point of the arrow pulled it and the Juriat through until about the middle point of the lariat was reached. lie then held on to ono cud of the lariat , while another Indian took hold of the other end , The "horse" soon begun to show signs of returning - turning life and endeavored to rise to his feot.'und after a few apparently desper ate attempts , he succeeded , llis captors had him foul with the lariat , with which they led him around the circle , giving the spectators a good opportunity to see tluit there was no deception about the lariat being passed through and under the skin. I'lio captive "horso" had on nothing but the mane nnd tail and a breech clout. No ono discovered the least sign of fraud about the wonderful performance , which must have boon very painful to the victim , who , however , be trayed no signs of pain and bore it all with heroic endurance. The blood streamed down his sides , and everything went to show that the whole thing was genuine. The performance was of such a character ns to require the utmost skill in iu successful execution. The "horso" was linally led back to ids quarters , from which ho did not again emerge. The "bear" next came out and was pursued by n number of Indians who shot at him with bows nnd arrows , but did not succeed in capturing him. The ferocious "boai" finally attached ono of the In- diuns , who was armed with a big knife , with which ho notuully stubbed the ' boar" In the stomach. The entrails pro truded from the wound , and were viewed by the astonished multitude. After this exhibition the wounded "bear" was led back to his pen , and that wns the last seen of him. How all this was done is a mystery that has never been solved , but that it was actually performed as described - scribed wo have the assurance of several reliable white men who have witnessed this dance , ns it is called , nnd.amongthcm was Major North. The next act on the programme was still more mysterious. A naked boy , not more than six or seven yours of ago , was brought out to be sac rificed. He was laid down on n buffalo robe , in the center of the circle , and the medicine men gathered around him and making a few passes nnd motions over him with their hands threw him into a trance. They then deliberately CtT OI'EN HIS STOMACH in the presence of everybody , so that the least deception could have been dctceted. One of the medicine men then ran his lingers into the opening and brought out something to the surface which looked very much like the liver , from which a small piece was cut and given to one of the Italians who ate it. The blood spurted from the opening and apparently the whole performance was genuine , but it looked too unreason able for any intelligent person to bolicvo that it was an actual occurrence. The so- called liver was replaced in its proper po sition and the opening was closed again. The boy was then covered with a robe and was conveyed to the arbor from which ho had been taken. It was not supposed by the Indians that thu boy hud boon killed , although ho showed no signs of life after the surgical operation , and during Its per formance lie did not oven scream or give any evidence of pain. What became of him was never known , to the white spec- tutors at least , and perhaps ho w s act ually killed , but the more reasonable sup position iu this case is that the boy was a ' 'dummy , " skillfully prepared for the oc casion , and with regard to the "horso" and "bear" It is reasonable also to sun- pose that these performances wore skill ful feats of legerdemain or illusion. Even if such wore really the case the feats ex celled in skill un.1 mystery anything ever done by the most wonderful illusionists that have over lived. The sacrilico of the boy was the closing act of this apparently bloody drama. At intervals , or between acts , several exports entertained the au dience by swallowing arrows , which they ran down their throats until liic feathered ends were reached. They also swallowed smooth sticks of wood , about the length of un ordinary sword , and performed other similar feats. The dance now followed , during which the participants sang their religious songs in which thanks wore offered to the ( treat Spirit for his assistance iu success fully carrying out their programme. This music was "of a solemn character , the songs were low , plaintiff and guttcral. The representatives of tlio animals did not appear again , but were kept out of sight in their retreats , into which no ono was allowed to go except the medicine men. Tlio step m this dance did not ma terially vary from that of the other dances , although the movements or fig ures were different , as they moved in couples facing ouch other , and passed through and intermingled. The dunce begun between I ) and 10 o'clock in the morning and continued until late in the evening. There were about forty or fifty medicine men who participated. THE MEDICINE MEN or doctors were a peculiar class. The art of medicine , according to their notions , hud been handed down from goneratfx ! to generation. They had tne.'r medical schools or classes , where men who wished to study medicine could learn all the dif ferent kinds of roots and herbs , their qualities and uses. Whenever an appli cation was made by an Indian to study medicine , the medicine men hold a coun cil and decided whether they would re ceive him and give him instructions. If the applicant was known to be too giddy and wijd , or was thought not to possess discretion or other necessary qualitieu tions. ho was promptly rejected. The successful applicant had to boa man who could keep a secret and who would not make sport of the art. The price of tuition was very high , horses gener ally being given to the medicine men , who also required horses for their feus for medical attendance upon sick per sons. There were among tncm good and poor doctors or quacks. A good doctor would not attend a poor family. Only the wealthy portion of tlio tribe , who could pay big foes , could avail themselves of the service ! of first-class , high-toned medicine men , who generally had more horses , obtained from their patients , than wore owned by the head chief. They were a privileged class , always at homo , and never going out upon the war-path. It is a well-known fact that in the treat ment of a gun-shot wound , a broken limb , or n cut , thu Indian doctors are very successful , some of their cures being pcricctly wonderful. The Pawnee In dians never wc.ild allow thn amputation pfa liinb , us they preferred death , and it is claimed that there never was a Paw nee who hud a limb amputated. The Pawnees in preparing for buttle always stripped themselves , first because they could handle themselves much better without the encumbrance of clothes , and , second , if they were wounded no cloth or fur would bo shot into the wound to irri tate it. They could thus dress u wound much easier , and it would heal very quickly. BBl'EILSTITIONS. The Pawnees wore very superstitious If , in lighting u pipe , for instance , a blu/o suddenly started out of it , they declared it to bo a bud sign or omen , nnd if any thing of an unfortunate character oc curred in u dav or two they assorted that it was the fulfillment of the omen. They believed the Great Spirit to bo un all- powerful being , seeing and hearing ev erything , The thunder and the lightning were his voice , nnd they were afraid of it. Itis related by Major North that once upon a time the lightning struck a ledge and killed an Indian , and the otlioroccupanls rushed out In terror nnd sot lire to thn shattered lodge and burned it up together with the dead Indian. They believed that a great flood had once covered the earth , and that the largo bones of the mastodons , which they occasionally found on the plains , were the bones of a giant race of men who once existed and who offended and defied the Deity by their haughty bearing and bv making sport of tno thunder nnd lightning. The Great Spirit determined to punish thorn , nnd accordingly sent a Hood upon the earth to drown them , and when the low land was submerged the giants dcllaiitly said , "Come on with your flood ; this isn't much of a storm vet/ ' The rising water gradually drove them to the mountain tops , which finally become submerged , and the giants were all drowned. The flood subsided , and tlio Grout Spirit placed upon the earth n man and woman of much smaller size than the giants , and from them sprain : all the human races now existing , who the Great Spirit ex pected would obey Ills laws and offer up burnt sacrifices to him. [ TO 11U CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY , ] The .Retort Courteous. Buffalo Courier : Two ladies arrived in Buffalo last Sunday on a visit to some relatives , and ono tolls the following amusing incident which occurred while they were on route over the Niagara branch of thu Michigan Central , her com panion being the victim , A diminutive boy was endeavoring to please the pas sengers and get a few pennies by singing comic songs in the our. When ho hail finished and was passing along the aisle with outstretched palms , making his col lections , the lady in question said to him : "Don't you know it's wicked to sing songs Sunday * " The youngster looked at her For a second and. wiln a twinkle in his black eye , replied : "Don't you think it's wicked to travel Sunday ? " The assen- gers roared and no more questions were asKed. "COD'S ' BEST GIFT TO MAN , " Wholesome AtMca from Ono of Thorn on Making Hen Endurable- WOMAN'S BRAVEST BATTLE As Habloa , Holies nnd Mothers Boy cotting I'arlor llcnti.v llow to Mnka AVIiltc Jlai U ? . lite. , Ktc. Tlio nrnrost Ilattlo. Joatyifn Miller. The brnvest battle-Unit was every fought I Shall 1 toll you where and whenV On the main of tliu world you find It not ; " 1'w.u fought by the mothers of men. Nav , not with cannon or batlio shot. With sword or nobler pen ; Nav , not with eloquent words , or thought , From the mouths of wonderful ition. But deep In tlio wall-up woman's heart Of a woman that would not yield But tiravoly , silently , bore her part Lol there is that battlolluldl No marshalling troop , no btvoaucBonj ? ; Xo banner to gleam and w.wol Hut , ohl tliusu battles tliov last so long l'iom babyhood to the grave. Can't Got Along Without Women. Mrs. Roland Ltiwlon , in Webster county ( Nob. ) Winner ! It is said tluit woman is God'd best Rift to num. Fitly spoken ; .nil tlio ladies know tlnit , and men do. too , but they don't like to no- knowledge. Wo'd like to know how in creation the inon could golalong without the aid of the "wlmmin folks. " Why , just look at yon forlorn subject who declares - claros that the women are of no particu lar good and ho wouldn't give a cigar for tlio wliolo clan , and sou if Ins dilapi dated waistcoat isn't minus tliu buttons , nn l tlio seams distended like the mouth of a hungry wolf , and his pantaloons roqtiiro some natch work ; it is sheer nonsense for thorn to talk about getting along without us , for that is out of the question. Fancy , if you can , the average man with his soiled palms compounding Hour , water and lard into pastry ; a fascinating spectacle we imagine ; just arouse your imagina tion ana you can see him holding aloft the grimy mixture wondering how ho is to extricate it or keep it on the table , as it persists in clinging to his lingers. Now lie is mad , inexorably mad , and the next thing you know the "pie , " table nnd all are hurled into tlio back yard in ese indescribable mass. Just cast your op tics over the domicile of the man who prides himself in being culled "u happy old bach , " and there is where you will find sweet confusion in all its glory , lint nevertheless , men are , gononull.y speak ing , good hearted , whole souled sort of beings , and nil that is required is a little traimnir at the hands of some good female - male to make them quite endurable. Gentlemen are very much like spoiled children ; they require considerable pet- tintr , a little scolding , a little coaxing and iv little pure , good-natured persuading in order to manage them , for we "know whereof wo atlirtn. " Not Tor Smokers. Some lady who has more reverence for the Inspiration slio draws from Helicon than for that imported from Havana , cumus dow n in the following manner uoon tlio patroiisiof the weed : May never lady press his lips , Ills proffered love returning , Who makes a furnace of his mouth And keeps his chimney burning. May each true woman shun his sight , For fear his fumes might choke her. And none but those who smoke themselves Have Kisses for a smoker. AVomou and Money. By tlio author of "John Halifax , Gontlo- mau : ' ' Every { jirlwho is not entirely de pendent on herjuiulo relatives a position which , considcriiiKiuIl theups and downs of life , the sooiffcr she trr-ts out of the bet ter ought , by tho'timo ' she is old enough to possess any imonoy , to know exactly how much she has , where it is invested , and \yhat itought'ybarly ' to bring in. Hy this time also she ] should have ucquirc'l some knowledge qf'business ' bank busi ness , referring to Checks , dividends , and so on and as much of ordinary business as she can. To horaiiformation of a prac tical "kind never comes amiss , especially tlio three golddn rules , which have very rare exceptions ; No investment of over 5 per cent is really .safe ; trust no one with your money without security , which ought to bo as strict'between ' the nearest and dearest friends Us between strangers ; and lastly , keep1 all your nlfuirs from day to day in as accurate order as if you had to die to-morrow. The mention of dying suggests another necessity as soon as _ you are 21 years of ago make your will. You will not ilio a day the sooner ; you can alter it whenever you like ; while the ease of mind it will be to you and thu trouble it may save to those that come after you , are beyond tcllinir. It cannot bo too strongly impressed upon every girl who has or expects that not undesirable thing , "a little income of her own , " what a fortunate responsibility this is , and how useful she may make it to others. Happier thim the lot of many married women is that of the "unappropriated blessing1 as I have heard an old maid called , who has her money , less or more , in her own hands , and can lisa it as aho chooses , generously as wisely , without asking anybody's leave , and being ac countable for it to no one. Hut then she must have learned irom her youth up ward how to use it , she must not spare any amount of trouble in the using of it , and she must console herself for many a lonely rcgrot wo are but human all of us ! with tlio thought that she lias been trusted to bo a steward of the Great Master. Such an old maid often docs as much good in her generation as twenty married woman. It Is Father's Hal > y. Woman's Journal : Millions of mothers all over the United States gather their little ones around them , never dreaming that by the law they iiavo no right to these children. They do not know that the solo legal right to these children re mains with the father , in all except thrpn of the states. Most men do not know it. A majority of the fathers , if they did know it , would not assort their right as against n mother. But now and then a futhar who is as bad as the law Knows his legal rights and assumes them. Not long ago , within a short ride of Boston by rail , lived a young man and his wife unit their sovon-months-old baby. Apparently they were at poaca and prosperous. Ono day the husband told his wite at noon that u certain family had sent her an earnest invitation to bound the afternoon. The wife said "she had too many things to ao that day to goto visit.11 Hut thu husband said , "You ought to go when tlioy soml for you. 1 will take oaro of tlio baby. " Thus urged , the wife made ready and went. At 0 o'clock she came homo. The house was looked , husband and baby gone. ' There was no letter to explain this , sudden and .unexpected absence senco. The neighbors know nothing. Overwhelmed with 'grief ' and hcartaoho for her nursing baby , the poor mother consulted a lawyer. Hy his advice , she forced an entrance .to the house. How empty and desolate it seemed ! It was ev ident that the husband had exercised his legal right and had taken the child where ho pleased. All the neighbors sympath ized witii his wito. Men said that "if the wretch returned , ha would deserve to bo tarred and feathered. " Kxecration was loud , deep and abundant , but one quiet woman who know the law , said , "Ho U only as bad as the law which allows him the child. " But every man said there was no such luwf It was only after refer ence to the statute , they could admit that hero m Massachusetts a mar- rlcd father ha * a legal right to rob hiswife of her onll- ( Iron , nnd that men who were so cruel , mean , and dastardly were only ns bad as the law. There was but ono opinion of thu law and of the man. Hut that could not restore the tender , helpless babe to its mother. If others could sleep or rest , there was neither sleep nor rest for her. The parnnts of this husband hvod in Can ada. It was most likely he had taken the child to them. She hail been to their homo mid knew how to find it. Making such arrnnitPiiHMiti as worn possible , she otarted for Canada. The same night the husband returned. Not linding his wife , ho surmised that she had gone for the chilri. lie had carried it to his parents. lie telegraphed ( horn to take Ilio child away and hide it. This they did. When the young mother appeared nt the door of tlio parents of her husband with this measureless grief in her heart , his mothei met her at the door. Ono would snpposo that the heart of the old mother would hayf mnltcd in sympathy for this grief- stricken young ono. Hut not so. She sympathized with her son. It cannot now bo told how It was managed , but the wife found the little ono in a hot attic , evidently not having been washed since it left home , and she took it to her own father's house , where she is to-day in dread of what may happen to her anil it. The Girls Are MilwaukeeSeailnt'l : A war has begun in Atlanta against the parlor beaux- young men who like to spend an agree able evening with young ladies nt their homes , but never ask the young ladies to go to the theatre or any other place whore money is necessary. Ono young woman says , with disgust , that young men spend evenings in her parlor nnd toll her all about the performances they have attended alone. This is a timely nnd wholesome war- faro. Any evening numbers of young men can bo seen at the Mllwaukso theatres alone , although they are known to bo society young men and indefatigable parlor beaux. They go to the theatre whenever there is anything worth seeing , alone , although they are ublo to take young Indies. There , iovor was a time when young men wore so ImlllYeronl to the just claims of young ladies. There is an understood rule that tlio young man shall make some recognition of a courtesy at the hands of a young lady , but if he docs this ho certainly does no more. There is no escaping the conviction that the young man who is constantly enjoying the society of young ladies is a very moan spirited and sellish person if he attends a theatre alone. There are any number of charming women who do not require tiiat a young man shall go to the expense ot a carriage. They are willing to go by streetcar , or bettor yet , to walk , to the theatre. Any young man with the right sort of feeling is willing to go only half as often and to take a young lady with him. him.Tho The Atlanta cirls resent their treat ment not because of the loss of the thea tre , but bscause of the lack of decent consideration the young men show. It is tlio indiHeronce to one of the plainest rights of .young women. They propose to use the cold shoulder hereafter. They do not intend that young men shall play the role of grand mogul and think it is enough if they smile on the young la dies of an evening in the parlor. The girls are right about this. Sweetheart. Farewell. iniffain Coiraii. Beneath the whispering trees we lingered late , Hand clasped In hand my dearest love and 1 , And ho spoke words I never can forget , Of teniler trust and love until 1 die ; Anil with his eyes what lips would fail to tell He spoke , what time no said : "Sweetheart , farewell. " With a sweet caress ho clasped me to his breast , Ami looked upon mo as with angel's oycs , And kissed my brow , and kissed my lips , and kissed The tears away that now began to rise ; And ever the same tain of love would tell , U'liat time he sadly spake : "Sweetheart.farc- well. " And so ho went away , and f am weary Of nature's smiles my heart Is full of strife The long , long days without him are so dreary , And all the bright has faded out of life. "C'omo back , my love , the old sweet tale to tell , But never more to say : "Sweetheart fare well. " How to Hnvo AVhlto Hands. A little ammonia or borax in the water you wash your hands with , and that water just lukewarm , says the Popular Science News , will keep tlio skin c lean and soft. A little oatmeal mixed with the water will whiten the hands. Many people use glycerine on their hands when they go to bed , wearing gloves to keep the bedding clean ; but glycerine docs not agree with every one. It makes some skins harsh and red. These people should rub their hands with dry oatmeal and wear gloves in bed. A good preparation for the hands at night is white of egg , with a grain of alum dissolved in it. The "Koman toilet paste" is merely white of egir , barley flour and honey. They say it was used by the Romans in olden time. It is a fist rate thing , but it does not do the work any bettor than oatmeal. The roughest and hardest hands can bo made soft and white in n month's time by doc- loring thorn a little at bed-time ; and all the tools you need are a nail-brush , a Ijottlo of ammonia , a box of powdered > ) orax , and a little line , white sand to rub the stains oil' , or a cut of lemon , which will do better , fur tliu acid of the lemon will clean anything. "Woman's Kesourcow. Good Housekeeping : Women need to cultivate their own resources more. There are some who early recognize the ditleroucu of value bot\\'con the perishn- bio and imperishable things of this earth. Every valuable possession has its added sare and expense. People who were once in moderate circumstances , or poor , oven , who grow wealthy , look back at tlio old life as ono freer from cares , and happier , yet. if they were to go back to their early mil simple style of living the world would severely criticise thorn. Every woman needs to keep up her list of old friends , and to make now ones , too ; the family mil children cannot moot all the wants Ji.at mlddlo igod people must Iiavo for friendship. Not any woman is so busy jut that she can iimi time to writn an oc casional letter. If the friund to whom she owes a letter would come to see her she could lay aside work and talk to her , and urge her to stay longer. One can stop on the street nt the risk of taking , meumonia in winter to talk to a frionu , : or half an hour , and why cannot friends ; jo civil when they do not meet ? Pure air everyday , which housekeepers need so much , would freshen them up till , .wico the amount of work could bo ac complished that there is , without the ] laily dragging sensation which ono has j who stays so closely indoors , Thuro are , many mothers and children who do not I jo out for a week of snowy or stormy , .veathor . and all grow Irritahlo or cross , [ jccauso they have failed to provide them selves with proper protection against ! storms overshoes , leggings , rain-coats , j or umbrellas , The English family , en- ' ire. goes out rain or shine. Health ranks Irst with them , us it should , Women of the World. Jennie Juno claims the credit for the syndicate correspondence idea , Parisian lournals speak of Sarah Hern- iurdt as a female Jacques Sullivan. Miss Clara J'olu , the San Frune.ijco awyer , Is preparing to lecture ou "Tho . 'rivato Soldier. " Mary Hewitt , the well known English religious writer , ha ? entered tlio Human Cut hoi ie church. Miss liraddon , the novelist , says that a largo handwriting is much more fatigu ing than a small ono. The entering class at Colby university contains eight young women , the largest number ever belonging to ono class. The News , one of Washington's bright est and newsiest papers , is edited and published by a woman , Miss Alice U. Noal. The opal is fashionable again. Queen Victoria has bestowed several of these stones upon her friends during the past your. A report comes from Italy that Harriet Hnsinur , the sculptress , has invested much of her property in Kcely motor slock. Mrs. Belva Lorkwood , the lawyer , is a woman of diversified talents. She threw a troublesome client out of the window of her olllco the other day. Mrs. i'ickott , wife of tlio confederate general who made the famous charge at Gettysburg , has been appointed to a clerkship in tlio interior department. Mmo. Anderson , of Stockholm , Sweden , is grunted by the king the freedom of the railways of that country us an aid to her missionary labors for the promotion of temperance and social purity. Miss Lotla has 'always hud the reputa tion of possessing a well balanced head. Shu announces that she will retire from the stage before old ago forces her to dose so , and it is believed that site means it. > \ omen who usplro fo academical hon ors in the German empire are looked iilion with disdain and derision by men ns well as by those of their own sex. They are excluded from colleges and universities. Miss Carrie White , president of the Washington territory Woman V.Christiun Temperance Union , is a member of the republican central committee. It is the only cash upon record of n woman occu pying such u position. Mrs. Paran Stevens has become so frightfully aristocratic of late that people ure reeulling the day thirty years ago when she went out a bride Irom one of a long row of factory hands' cottages in a New England manufacturing town. Mmo. Cutulini , the most famous singer 91 her time , guvo concerts in Madrid in and 1800 , tit which four ounces ot gold , or $10 , " ) , waft charged us the price of admission. Thus it appears that the terms made by modern warblers are not without precedent. Mrs. Mary A Livermore , in her lecture urges upon parents to prepare their daughters as they do their sons for the duties of life and citizenship , in order that they may by their example exert as great an inllucnco on the present and fu < lure as was exerted iu the past by the wo men of the revolution. In Iowa ! )35 ) women own nnd direct farms , 18 direct stock furms,5own green houses , 00 manage market gardens , 13 servo as county superintendents , 37 man age intermediate institutions of learning , 125 are physicians , 40 are registered pharmacists , 5 attornoys-at-law , IU min isters , 3 dentists , 110 professional nurses , and 1 is civil engineer. Industrial Schools. Harper's Young People : The Unilcd Slates was the last of the industrial nations to found industrial institutions on a liberal scale , but now that wo have entered upon the work we are proceed ing in it with our usual activity. Wo have now nn Industrial College at Wor cester , Muss. , which has an endowment of about ? COO,000. This was founded in 186S , and it is now in the full tide of suc cessful operation. In 1871 was founded the Stevens Institute of Technology at Ilobokon , N. J. , at an expenditure of ? OoO)00 ( ) , In 1872 the Towno Scientific School , of Philadelphia , was organized , with un endowment of : i round million. In the same year Green's School of Science was opened at Princeton , N. .T. , with an endowment of tfoOO.COO. Tlio 1'ardeo Department of Lafayette Col lege , at Huston , Pa. , was opened in 1S73 , with an endowment of Jfr)00)00. ( ) The Miller Industrial School ot liatusvillo , Va. , with an endowment ot $ 1,000 000 , was organized in 1878. The Case School of Applied Science , founded in 1831 at Cleveland. O. , boasts an endowment of ? l. ! > r > 0OUO. Besides , there is the Hose Polytechnic Institute , of Terre Haute , Ind. , foiinded in 1883 , with an endow ment approaching ? 7oO,000. Wo neol not mention institutions so well known as the Cooper Institute , of Now York , the Institute of Technology , iu Boston , and many others , most of them founded during the past fifteen years. Each ot these establishments has its peculiarities of plan and discipline. Throe remarks , however , apply to them all : An industrial school is not a place suited to little boys. Until a boy has passed 1-1 he is entitled to as much play as health and circumstances will .allow. His best exorcise is hearty , honest play in the open air , and ho does not take naturally to study industry in a shop. Accordingly , most of our industrial schools very properly rcnuiro that the student shall have completed 15 years before entering. At It ! a lad properly constituted desires and needs labor. Ills health requires it , and the interests of liis mind rciiuircj it. We may further observe that an indus trial college \ of necessity an expensive Institution. It requires a great amount ot inclosed space , much expensive ma chinery and apparatus , two sols or kinds of instructors , and a great deal of mater ial more or less cijstly. At Worcester , fov example , although benevolent and patriotic men have bestowed upon it lib eral gifts , few students will bo able to get along with less than $500 a year , and Jtiring the school year of forty-two weeks Llio students cannot earn inonoy without Tailing behind in their classes. It is true that a certain number of pupils in consid eration of a state grant , receive tuition tree ; but the mure tuition , ns every one knows , is but a small fraction of the stu dent's oxponsbs. Nor is an industrial college a place for students without a natural aptitude for fcoieneo and the meehanio arts. At n literary college it is often the case that a large number of students are found who have no inclination to learning. They are there because it is the cuslou of the country for young of liberal circum stances to graduate from a college. They can misuse much Of their time , and yet just avoid being dropped. An industrial college olliirs no such tempta tion to Idleness , and no such opportuni ties for obtaining ill-earned honors. Stu dents go to them to obtain a knowledge of and a mastery over material tilings As a rule they go bueauso they want to learn , and bueauso they nin.s't speedily acquire sonic skill or knowledge by which they can subsist , ' 1 ho classes in an industrial or technical college are generally four in number , and the course usually requires three years. Tlio graduates find little diHicnlty in obtaining employment , because , if nothing else ofl'ors , 11103' have a trade or two at their linger * ' ends , Commonly they obtain engagements as dnuirhtJ- ( limn , assistant ungineiirs , assayurs'do- signers , chemists , assistant supurintcnd- cuts of works , and instructors In the arts and sciunvcri they have learned til the college. Ellet , who built the fn'st wire suspen sion bridm : in the United Slates , over the Schuylkill at Philadelphia , and who also built the first bridge over the Niagara , was thu graduate of a French technical school. Air. Houbling , the elder , who . planned the wonderful Brooklyn bridge , was a graduate of the Berlin Polytechnic school. Our own industrial colleges are too re cent to have given the world such splen did proofs of utility ns these men ull'onl. Ncverlheless , a very long lint cor.ld bo given of professors , civil ciigiu urs , man agers of works and inventors who were trained in the industrial md technical colleges of the United Statt i , SIGHTS IN ITALIAN 'CITIES. CMobrating the Fete of the Nativity of the Virgin in the Milan Cathedral , SUCCI , THE HUNGRY MAN. The KiiMlnj : t-'rcnka of n Disciple ol Tnmtci' A Visit to lie Studios of the Sculptor * , I'ft- Rnnl mill MILAN , Sept. 12. ( Correspondence of the HIK : ] It is the custom lu > ro , us in many other parts of Knropn , to celebrate the numosduy instead of the birthday of n person that is , to honor the birthday of the satnt whoso name you boar. If ono happens to have mow than uno bap tismal name , of course , only the first Is regarded. Wednesday was the fete of the Nativity of the Virgin , and from early morning until night , men nnd boys were to bo scon on the streets bearing beautiful lloral designs , or baskets of fruit to the fortunate Marias of Milan. High mass , at 11 o'clock ill the morning , drew crowds of people to the cathedral. The rfight of several thousands kneeling in the vast church , while the long pro cession of archbishops , priests and pre lates wound slowly 'round through the transepts and massivn pillars , nnd the splendid organ peals and rich voices of the choir boys echoing from every corner and archway rendered the service very Impressive. The two royal boxes , ono under each organ near the high altar , were occupied by the court ladies at present in Milan. IK Till : Al'TEIlN'OON there were several good open-air con certs , as there always are on fete days hero , and a now opera , entitled "Don Osaro ill Har.an , " was presented at the Mun/.oui theater in tlio evening. The work is clnelly remarkable for being one of the few attempts made by any slngnr at composition. Spurupinf tlio author , is a well known baritone , whoso praises are sung from ono end of Italy to the other , and though his undertaking has not boon crowned with complete sticocss. it has been treated with respect and good will by public and press , SUCCH THE "Ht'NdHV MAN , " ns ho is cujlcd , is at present monopolizing the attention , not alone of Italy , but of nil Europe. Ho was born in the little town of Korli , in Homagna , and at the age of twenty ho became n sea captain. Later on he was engaged in business in Zanzibar nnd central Africa for eight years , and about six months ago ap peared again in Italy with a bottle of some dark lluid , which ho declared would enable him to fast longer than any ono had ever been able to before , and with out sulforing any weakness. lie commenced with a trial of ten Jays , following it up immedi- itoly with one of fifteen and another of twenty. Hy that time ho was well adver tised , and lifty of the most prominent men of Milan , including many physicians and several of the nobility agreed to watch him closely during a fast of a month. So at 0 a. m. August Itlth. , ho went into a room entirely alone and pre pared his beverage , which , before drink ing , he permitted the doctors to look at but not examine. Then ho swallowed the entire contents of the bottle , and HAS TAKI'.N NOTHING SINCE , except about four hundred and lifty grains of Viohy water on an average everyday. Ho declared ho would weigh thirty pounds less at , , the , cnd of the month than when ho commenced , and in twenty seven days has lost exactly twenty-seven pounds. Ho sleeps usually U hours out of the twenty-four , swims an hour , rides horseback daily , goes through the severest gymnastic oxorciso.s.und sees about eight hundred visitors during the afternoon and evening. His physical strength is most remarkable , for he shows no signs of fatigue after the greatest ex ertion. yesterday the doctors talked to him of different ( Italics , for which ho was Known to have a preference , without being - ing able to o.xcito the slightest interest in them. Saturday at 0 n. m. ho breaks his fast by taking a bowl of broth. Then at noon no will take his lirst hearty meal , for which ho has already made out his bill of faro. From here no goes to Paris , after a rest of a fortnight , and proposes to faster forty days in the same manner. VISITINO THK STUDIOS. Last week we visited the studios of the sculptors , I'.igani and Brogi. Puganf , after finishing the monument to Victor Kinanuol ( now in the "Gardens" at Genoa ) had an order for another from the municipality of Hroseia , for which lui will rccnivo $10,000. Ho is , at present , at work upon a statue of Donizetti , which represents the composer rcolininc in an arm-chair , holding in Ins hands his last work. PnganPs studio consists of four good si/ml rooms , ono of which ho works in. The others contain many beautiful 1 nines , the most attractive of all being an exquisite figure of a Peri ( thu spirit made so famous by Alooru ) . The graceful , girlish form seems resting on a cloud , the head bent , and the right hand ex tended , while tlm left attempts to hide itself among the soft furthers of her lovely wings , which tlio liltlo creature has drawn so daintily aroinul her lithe body. The expression and gesture de note a .sorrow ana dismay that cannot but touch one. and the finesse shown in tint handling of the subject is decidedly suggestive of Cnnova. , g" ' THOUGH A COMI'AHATIVKI.V NKW CKK.V- TION 1'aganl has already sold two copies of it , oiiu to an English lord and the other to nn Italian nobk > for his villa on the Jake. The figure is hfo-sixp and was exhibited last year. Hrogi is a much younger artist than Pugani , being but thirty years of age , and very much praised and talked of at present. Ho placed in tint exhibi tion , this your , a half-length marble fig ure of Cleopatra of immense proper tions. It Immediately created a furore and was given the place of honor. Thu inntniilicont head of the Egyptian queen is slightly Inclined , wl.ilo slid wnteluis In- tunlly the venomous Jittlu adder on her left arm. Only the veins in the tomplcs , and the almost imperceptible lightening of the chords of the left arm snow any signs of agitation. The power of the statue is wonderful , and a most brilliant future is predicted for the youngKuulptor. MIICIAM CIIASK. fllri , < Jlo volnml'ri Ctiiiiiry nnd . Washington Letter to the Sr , Louis lie- publican : Mrs. Cleveland shows a de cided fondnci * for pets , and lias in her drnssing room two upon which she bestows - stows much of her attention. The ono occupying a place of prominence is a sanoy looking liltlo canary , who swings from a tiny trapeze or hops about his gill cngu , trilling in a most charming manner. This little follow , who was hatched out on the day upon which Presi dent Cleveland was nominated , and was for thin reason pnwiutoil to him by a friend , was cslabliidiod in" the White house a year or more prior to the advent of Ins young mistress , for whom ho shows .a decided preference. The other pet , a little while mouse , Is qnltosleok and pretty , but hhvno IDOMIH so attractive us tliu canary. ( Jonlinod in a wire cage , in ono end of which is a re volving cylinder for his amusement and various uonirlviinues for his comfort , ho Ignored them all and spends most of the tinm Him-riv curled upon ono aide of the Moping tin roof , to which he clings in a imperious manner , whllu he pa-'sed the limini n ulumbur profound ,