.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 ,
