THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 17 , IBS6.-TWELVE PAGES.
ASSORTED TALK ON TIES.
Matters Matrimonial in Short and Cheering
Chapters.
HOW THE dAPS TAKE PARTNERS.
Bomo Hcaionn Why Huxlinndx ft lion Id
Not Stay nt Home The Policy Mar-
of Horalty Oilier Do-
mcstlc Selections.
A Waiting Wife.
Westward , a sunset's splendor fills the sky ,
Kastwaid , thorose-ilushc'l ocean turns to
Bray ;
Jtcrry Inunffrs pace the sands hard by ,
And mark the splendor of the dylne day ,
ThPlr dunce turns upward to a beetling bfufl ,
Where , looking out to sea.a woman stands ;
A fisher's wife In gown of simple stuff.
Her bent brows shnded by her toil-worn
hands.
No glance has she for sunset's fair detail
'Why goes her gaze across the darkening
sen ?
Fears she the safety of the single sail
Fllttlnc before the soitthwliul fresh and
free ?
IJut ecntlc Is the sea and calm the sky ,
And languidly the slow waves rise in tune ;
One lone bright star , aslngle watchful eye ,
Awaits the coining of the sliver moon.
"Whatreck these fisher-folk of sunsets rare , "
The merry loungers said , "or beauteous
day ?
Like yonder woman Idly ( razing there.
They turn their backs to cold and view the
gray. "
Ho. jcstlnp , spoke they of the waiting wife ,
Ttien passed her by. her faithful watch to
keeti.
They could not know It held her best ot life.
That little bunt alone upon the deep.
Koine licnRonnVliy JttinlinmlH Should
NotHtny nt Home.
Men about home , writes the author of
"How to Bo Happy Though Married. " in
the London Queen , all day are fidgety ,
grumpy und interfering altogether ob
jectionable in short This is the case
very often with authors , or parsons , or
painters ; but it is particularly apt to bo
so with the unemployed , such , for in-
htunci ! , as olliccis and business men , who
have retired or are out of harness for a
short time. The spirit of mischief is
never at a loss for a job for paterfamilias
if it catches him idling and lounging
about neither at work nor at play. It
htirs up his bile and irritability , and in
cites him to thu reform of domestic
abuses. It kindles his sanitary ardor ,
and sends him poking and Miilling about
inconveniently into all corners of the es
tablishment ; or sets him about the cur
tailment of hout-ckuoping expenses , or
the amendment of various unmethodical
household proceedings all of which , how
ever right and proper , tend to disturb
domestic pr.acu and quietude , and to
make the women of the house devoutly
pray for the time when business shall
calf the disturber away immediately
after breakfast , and keep him away till
toward evening. We have known clever
men who were always thinking of now
theories and "fads" about thu manage
ment of children and other parts of
family government. Such men torment
their wives and injure the health of their
children when they allow these theories
to interfere with common sense and
practical experience. The following case
will illustrate what is meant. A cer
tain family had thcypungcst members ill
with measles. The time was winturand , ,
amongst his other prescriptions for their
benefit the doctor ordered that the room
in which the patients wurushould be Kept
free from drafts of cold air. Everything
went on comfortably , and all were con
valescent but the two youngest.one about
three years of age and the other fifteen
months. To them their father uanio
one day in January ; the temperature was
higher than usual , he wore a great coat ,
and had walked fast about a mile up hill
nt noon under a vintcr sun. He was
warm , and , vhcn he. entered the sick
chamber ho found it stilling. Being a
bustling sort of man , and very opinion
ated , ho ordered the children and their
nurses to leave the "stilling chamber ,
where none but salamanders could live
and go into another room where the air
was pure , and sweet , and cool. "
Remonstrances were vain , and the poor
patients wore packed off to au unaired
bedroom. Within one hour the young
est > child was affected with croup , and in
a few more the second became equally
ill. Both died within three days , victims
to pedantry and obstinacy. But the
pedantry and obstinacy , would probably
nuver nave had such fatal results if the
father had not been idlinir at homo.
A man can never pull with his wife
until ho learns not to interfere with what
does not concern him. Ho who can
trust his wife , should no more mcddlu
with her home concerns than she should
pester him with questions about his busi
ness. There will bo no peace if ho poke
over the weekly bills , insist upon know
ing how much each thing is per pound ,
and what ho is going to have every day
for dinner. It is , indeed , almost a sine
qua non of domestic felicity that pater
familias should bu absent from home at
least six hours in the day. Jones asked
his wife : "Why is a husband likodough ? "
Hu expected she would give it up , and ho
was going to tell her that it was because
a woman needs him ; but she said it was
bccunspjujwls hard to get off her hands.
' 'Of course , ltlv'u 'CVGry eU'lr ! good rule ,
this ono of non-intervention may-bo car
ried too far , as it was by the studious
man who said , when a servant told him
that his house was on lire , "Go to your
mistress ; you know 1 havn no charge of
household matters.1' ' No doubt occasions
will arise when a husband will bo only
too glad to take counsel with his wife in
business cares ; while she may have to re
member all her life long , with gratitudu
and lovu , some season of sickness or
allliotlon when liu filled his own place
and hers too , ashamed of no womanish
task aiui neither irritated or humiliated
by ever such trivial household cares.
She Wasn't That Kind.
KomcrrUle Journal ,
"Wfl are wedded now , my darllne , "
Said the husband to his bride.
"And henceforth wt'Il go together
On llfu's journey , side by side.
" \Vo must bear each other's burdens.
Help each other when we can.
And to make llln happier , brighter ,
Each must lot the oilier plan.
"Lei's bwiii this very moraine
To start rlBht U ray desire
You just Let up now. my preclou * .
And construct the kitchen tin1. "
Sad. ah ! sad , his disappointment 1
Couraeo oo eJ from every j > ore
Whfii his sweet young bride responded :
"Say { What do yo take me for ? "
lltifahand and Wife ,
DCS Moiucs Mail : A man has an eve
for beauty in his wifo. Ho notices the
roft wavu ot her hair und tit of her gown
with a sort of pleasurable pride , ever
after limit and trials have dimmed the
glamour of first love. The successfu
wife must represent to her husband al
the virtue ; must be sympathetic , and a <
the fc.imo time sensible. Shu must b <
bright , entertaining and agreeable a
homo us well r.s abroad , and she musl
know how to preserve silence when it it
desirable to hold her tongue , even if she
is rccily to burst with indignation. Ii
E to does not possess these qualities le
her cultivate them most assiduously
And there is not trait that is such a pow
crful factor in household harmony ns us
Fimilation--to become one 5n though
and purpose , to have kindred tastes am
kindred withes. The theory of the nllln
ilv of opposite was hopelessly ex | < lodoi
long ago. Thq picture of u petite blond
Dosdemoua clinging to a swarthy Othvlli
Is very pretty , but if Othello's wind U ou
"Since Thou Art Not Sure of a JVEinute , Throw not
Away an Hour. "
LOTS
Prices will soon be advanced and you should
are Bargain in the Choicest Addition to Omaha
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S. E. Cor. ISih and Houglas Sfs.
ST-A.IIR.J3. .5 5iff Fargsam St. , ( Up Stairs.
of tune with Desdcmona the aflinity can.
n ot exist.
What n Jap Must Do to Call a Woman
His liccal Wife.
Lovisvillo Commercial : The recent
Japanese marriage in this city lias caused
some discussion as to the marriage rites
performed in thu nativo'land of tlie Jap.
Mr. T. Shuuoka of the Japanese village
at the exposition gives the following :
The marriage is preceded by the cere
mony of betrothalat which all tLe mem
bers of the two families are present. It
often happens that the parties concerned
then lor the first time are informed of
the intentions of their parents with re
gard to them. From this time the couple
are allowed to sec each other on every
opportunity. Visits , invitations , pres
ents , preparations for furnishing
their future home , and the be
trothed are soon satisfied with
their approaching future. The wedding
generally takes place when the bride
groom is over 20 years old and the bride
in her 17th year or over. The morning
of the appointed day the groom dresses ,
and thu toilet articles of the bride are
carried to the bridegroom's house and ar
ranged in the room appointed for the
ceremony. Among many decorations the
small table supports figures representing
long life , such as the stork and turtle ,
supposed to live longer than any other
creatures. In the evening a splendid
procession enters the hall , headed by the
young wife , clothed and veiled in white
silk , escorted bv two bridomaids and fol
lowed by a crowd of relatives and neigh
bors ; also friends in full costume , all
glittering with brocaded and scarlet cm-
broidery. The two bridemaids and two
or three young girls who arc the friends
of the bride volunteer for the service ,
wearing the same costume , per
form the honors of the house , arrange
the guests and flutter from one place
to another to see that all are made com
fortable. Among the objects displayed
in the middle of the circle of guests there
is n deep saucer of soft ware made for the
occasion. It has a metal vase which is
furnished with two spouts and elegantly
adorned with artificial flowers. At a
given signal ono of the bride maids fills
the vase with "shake , " a queer liquid
pou roil intothe saucer. The bridudnnks
one-half of the liquid and the bridegroom
drinks the other half. After this every
body is invited to the dining-room ,
where the "best man" sings the happy
song and serves out the great dinner to
all. With the exception of certain
Buddhist sects and Christians , a priest or
clergyman nuver takes part in the cele
bration. The nerson known as the best
man acts as priest and performs the mar
riage ceremony. The next day after the
marriage follows a festival given by the
police oflicer who has given permission
lor the nuptials. He then places the
newly-married couple on his list ,
Jloyul
Ban Francisco Chronicle ; Persons who
are interested in the royal family of
Great Britain will regret to hear that the
marriage of the Princess Beatrice does
not promise to be as happy as might bo
wished. While it is understood that she
is likely to give proof this winter that she
loves her lord , the I/ondon newspapers
which make a specialty of reporting the
feelings of the royal family and the no
bility , state positively that she is in low
spirits , and in such condition that gossips
declare she is disappointed in her mar
riage , Marriage is a lottery , in royal as
in other circles. The fair Beatrice got
for her lot thu handsomest man in Ku-
rope. We know on this continent that
the handsomest man in society is apt to
prove a poor matrimonial bargain. Those
of ns who have both daughters and ex
perience arc content with the second or
third liandsomo&t man , and those of us
who have more than once gone through
the null are content to dispense with
good looks altogether if we can cret for
our daughters a man who is honest and
woll-behavcd and able to earn his living.
Male beauty is even shallower than the
skin-deep beauty of women.
The qtiKcn had live daughters , Of
tlu'so two proved perfect women , who
would have- been au honor to their tx It
tin v ha 1 boon born in lowly station ,
tuo brightest and bravest woman
in _ Europe to-day is Victoria , crown
princess of Oermany. She is the one re
deeming spot in the dull German court ; a
woman gifted with all good gifts , and so
sweet that even those who cannot appre
ciate her adore her in silence. Her sister
Alice , tiie ill-fated wife of the Prince of
Hesse , was so tender a daughter , so true
a wife , so devoted a mother , that her me
moirs are given bv American mothers to
their daughters as the record of a life
which good women should strive to
emulate
Of the wife of Prince Christian noth
ing is known. Louise , Princess of Lome ,
did not convince the Canadians that she
was as ioyal to her husband as the con
jugal law required. She may bu a good
wife , but European gossip describes her
as too constantly separated from her hus
band to fulfill strict matrimonial obliga
tion. The law says that the wile shall
cleave unto her husband. She cannot
well cleave if he is at Edmonton while
she remains at Ware. Thu queen saj's in
her memoirs that tier marriage was a
love match , dating from a boy and girl
allection. As a rule the nursery is a bad
cradle for conjugal love. Both men and
women tire of nursery fare. Xow
Princess Beatrice is said to have drawn a
blank in the matrimonial lottery. If so ,
kindly people will bo sorry. She has
been a gentle daughter , tenderly affec
tionate to a morose old mother. She was
fairly entitled to a good husband.
A story is floating through the papers
that the eldest son of the Prince of Wales ,
who , if he lives , will come to bo King of
Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor
of India , is about to marry an American
girl. Wo do not believe it. The laws of
monarchical eliquot to forbid any such
alliance. The young prince will probably
be restricted in his choice to those pauper
German families whose stock in trade is
various quarterings and their strict ad
herence to the protestant religion. It
would be a hopeful sign if the Prince of
Wales dared to depart from precedent fo
far as to permit his son to marry plain
Miss Smith of Xew York or Miss Jones
of Philadelphia. But thu American
public would bo surprised to learn that
modern ideas had made such progress
that such a marriage was possible.
Theatrical Accidents.
G. C. Miln in the Chicago News : Not
long ago I took a turn one afternoon at
Laertes , and a member of the company to
relieve me played Hamlet. Everything
went won uniii the closing scene , and
oven that was prett y nearly through ,
when a very funny thing happened. The
queen had died quite decently , witli the
ante mortem aflirmation on her lips that
it was
"The drink , the rtrink , my dear Hamlet -
lot ; 1 am poisoned. "
The king hiul been properly termi
nated ; Laertes , undone by his "own
treachery , " was serenely sleeping the
final sleep , when Horatio , declaring him
self "more an antique Roman than a
Dane , " seized the poisoned goblet to end
his noble life. But the impetuous prince
seized it , and , with tremendous force ,
threw it to the other side of the
stage , where it landed on the pit of
Laertes's stomach ! "Holy Moses1' ! ex
claimed that noble corpse , and for a
minute and a half or so writhed and
groaned as to create the belief that it
was simply a case of suspended anima
tion. It is needless to say that the mel
ancholy prince himself died to the chorus
of uproarious laughter.
Lapses of language are often very funny.
' Richelieu" was being played one even
ing , and Dr. Mouprat. instead of speak
ing the lines furnished by Lord Lytton.
had undertaken to substitute an improved
edition , He should say : " \ our fate has
been ono triumph , " etc. But he twisted
it unaccountably into ; "Your faith has
been one blossom b-l-o-s-s-o-m-m. "
'Yes"ground H'.chelicu , sotto voice ;
"one pansy blossom.1
In dyspepsia and indigestion the use of
Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cor
dial and Blood Purifier , strengthens the
exhaubted eoaUof the stomach , proiuotcs
a healthy flow -of gastric juiro. frhfch is
the solvent of the tooa and' SrwpeU the
organs which secrete it , to perform their
functions vigorously and with regularity.
A MILLIE LIFE ROMANCE ,
The Strange Family History of Eos. Oourt-
land Sypimes.
Change of Nameipnd Chant o of
Fortune Clearing Up a .Mys
tery of two States.
The appointment of Hon. Courtland
Symmes to be judge'dl ? the Brunswick
judicial court , says the special correspondent
pendent of the St. LouijsGlobe Democrat ,
writing from Brunswibk , Georgia , is not
only remarkable iu that the incumbent
is the youngest judgc'ever appointed in
tnc state , but that ho > is the hero of
a life of romance ofj' thrilling detail.
The story was developed in a suit re
cently entered in Cincinnati , wherein
Mr. Syrnmes set himself up as the long-
lost heir of the Moore family.
Nearly a century ago there lived In
Cincinnati John Cle.ves SyiVimes , a man
who had distinguished himself in the war
of the revolution , and who , subsequently ,
liad been lieutenant governor of New
Jersey , judge of the court of common
pleas , and repeatedly a member of
congress. His largo landed interests led
him into the Ohio valley ) where ho soon be
came recognized asonu of the most prom
inent pioneers of the day. Amongtlie
gentleman with whom he be
came familiar was Mr. Hugh
Moore , a merchant , who , like
wise , had amassed wealth and influence.
Colonel Symms had loft behind him in
New Jersey a charming niece , the
daughter ot his brother Timothy , who
also had held high honors of state. It
was the dream of Colonel Symmes' life
to bring about a "union between his
friend Moore and this niece. A meeting
was arranged , when Mr. Moore found
himself in the prcsoncd of a lady , young ,
beautiful and accomplished , ono who e
mind had been cultivated by attendance
in the best schools of Europe. The re
sult , as may bo imagined , was an encage-
ment , followed by a speedy marriage.
To mark his approyal of his niece's
choice , Colonel Symmes conveyed to her
large tracts of land , besides other pres
ents of a substantial character.
J'LANS THAT MIsCAItltlEI > .
Mr. and Mrs. Moore : it once became
the centers of an exclusive coterie of
friends. Their illustrious revolutionary
connections , their wealth , their cultiva
tion , all united to place them at the head
of the embryo society ot the future queen
city of the west. The early pioneers were
men who had distinguished themselves in
the service of their country , but who ,
finding the avenues of advancement in
the east , crowded , sought the opportuni
ties of the west. Having so much in
common in the way of tradition and fel
low feeling , their association was ot the
closest character. It was natural then
that the birth of an heir to Mr. and Mrs.
Moore should have been au occasion of
real congratulation , and that in seeking
a name lor it , not only should the father
bo remembered , but a compliment should
be bestowed upon a trusted friend ot the
family Judge Courtland Montgomery.
The child , then , WHS uuuicd Hugh Mont
gomery Moore ,
For twenty-one years following but
little happened to disturb the happiness
of the friends thus1 mtroduccd to thu
public. Business prospered with them ,
in conseviienco of which they contin
ually grow richer. Children grew in
beauty , and engaged the fondest ontici-
ii tionsof their pardtfu. Youmr Hugh
Montgomery Moore ut 21 was as fine a
specimen of manhood as ever lived. His
parents had fashion * ! for him a marriage
which should add'- both fortune and
prestige to the family , and never
dreamed that the ycnrig man could think
otherwise than they ; diu themselves. It
was a terrible interview , then , in which
Hugh informed hist father ( hat ho had
alro.-uly set his hoarf upon ono who ,
while not no wealthy or exclusive , WHS
yet one of the noblnst types of American
womanhood MiM Margaret Crane , of
Hamilton , Ohio. In spite of all that
father or mother could do young Mooru
married thn girl of his choice , This led
to still other misunderstandings , which
convinced the son that he cnuldnot liopo
for reconciliation with his father. Ho
had a final interview with his father ,
when , with his wife , he disappeared , and
for years t liu name of Hugh Montgomerv
Moore was never mentioned , and hfs
existence was wrapped up in mystery.
THE MVSTEllV DKIU'UXS.
Mr. George W. Crane had left Hamil
ton , O. , to seek his fortune in the south ,
and settling in Augusta , Ga. , entered
upon a career of promise. Great was his
surprise , then , when he discovered that
his sister and her husband had reached
Augusta , and greater still when he was
informed that Mr. Moore had resolved to
abandon his family name and to assume
that of Courtland Symmes tlie first in
honor of the friend for whom he was
christened and the second in honor of
his mother's family. This , then , was
the Courtland Symmes who. in
1842 , set np as a tutor in Geor
gia , and whose elegant manners
won all hearts. His wife did not take
kindly to the malarial climate , and in a
year death claimed lier as its own. With
thu death of thu fair girl , for whose Jove
Air. Symmes had dared the parental
frown , the last tie was broken , and
there was no mark by which Symmes of
Georgia , could be identified as Moore , of
Ohio , In time grief gave way to a ne\\
love , when Mr. Symmes married Miss
Clarentinc H. Harris , thu daughter of the
noted Judge Harris , a family of widu
social and political influences. Thu lady
was informed by her husband of the storv
ot his life.
In the summer of 18 , " > 4 an expected fam
ily event gavu joy to tiie couplu and re
sulted in the opening of correspondence
with friends in Ohio , preparatory to a
long wished for reconciliation with the
family. Mr. Symmes felt thai , upon the
birth of his child such a reconciliation
would bo certain. While anticipating
this joyous reunion Mr. Symmes fella
victim to yellow fever. Three months
later a posthumous t-on was born at the
cost of the young mother's life. With
her dying breath Mrs. Symmes directed
that tlie correspondence had by her late
husband with his friends in Oiiio should
be buried with her , and that thu child ,
bearing thu name by which sliu had mar
ried her husband , should bu raised us n
member of her father's family.
* ' ' .
J5PISO KOIl I'llOl'KHTV.
Judge Harris , on behalf of his grand
child , at once l > egan suit in thu Ohio
courts to establish its claim to a share in
thu large estates which had boon left be
hind by thu old Cincinnati merchant.
Hugh Mooru. This property had passed
through probate , and was , much of it , In
the hands of third panics. The pre
liminary suits were gained , nnd the
identity of the child established , when ,
for some cause , the whole matter was
dropped. Thus it continued from 18-55
until March of this year.
It seems that the child grew up as a
member of Judge Harris' family , at
Woodhill , Hichmond county. No refer
ence was made to thu family tradition ,
because it was felt to bu unpiofltablc.und
the Harrises were too proud a peoplu to
press themselves upon others. It was
not until young Courtland Symmes had
reached man's estate that the matter was
recalled in such a way as to claim Ins
attention. He was paying liU addresses
to a lovely girl , whose hand he sought in
marriage. Imitating the example of his
father , lie made her the confidante of his
story before becoming his wifo. It was
at the solicitation of Mrs. Symmes that
the recent suit for the recovery of the
Ohio cutatc was begun. She urged it not
only as a matter of justice , but to set
right the family history , so that in thu
future no misconstruction might ariso.
This , in brief , is the romantic family
story of Georgia's newest Judge , Hon.
Courtland Symmes. It is a story not
only romantic , but highly honorable , in
that the whole lifTair shows devotion to
thu most clnvalrlot'inotionsof the human
heart.
This life history might well end hern
worelt ; iot that moru H duo to the Mi'niy
jndepc-ndonco of the mnv judge who lias
worked ids way uu from the bottom ,
Though born into one of the mostaristo-
cratic families of Georgia , he was des
tined to meet with difficulties before
which he might well have quailed. He
was but six .years of age when the war
broke out. In the general ruin which fol
lowed , the Harrises. suffered equally
with their neighbors , and it rc'quirod tljo
labor of their own Hands to build them
selves up again. Young Symmes had to
trudge four miles to such schools as ex
isted. He had to study under many
disadvantages ; but he never lost
courage nor abated his determi
nation to work his way up. He. studied
law under his uncle , Judgo. Harris , of
Ware county , and when admitted to the
bar ho hung out his shingle in Josup ,
Wayne county , where he landed with
just sixty-live cents in his pocKet. He
walked ten miles to attend the justice
court. Such determination soon bronchi
its own reward. Practice increased so
that he found it necessary to secure a
wider fieM. and hence his removal to this
city in 1877. Since that time his life has
been honorable and successful , well
qualifying him for the high position to
which Gov , McDanial has appointed him.
THE BONANZA FAMILY.
Men of Many Million * Not Always the
Happiest.
Town Topics ; A California correspond-
rut is my authority for the statement
that there has boon quite a breeze in thu
Mackay family , with Mrs. Mackav's re
cent London exploits for cause. Air. M.
has long winced under the notoriety his
wife has purchased nt such substantial
cost , says my informant.aml when her ex
travagance reached the culminating mad
ness of a contemplated settlement in
England on a fairlv regal scale he put an
interdict on it. The social aspirations of
his family are averred to have made a de
cided cavitj * in his ready money. His
wife's failure- Paris alone cost Fiim nt
least a couple of millions , and her waste
fulness in London surpassed all prec
edents. Mr. Mackay is a very rich man ,
his wealth Is so disposed that to sustain u
prolongation of these ama/.ing outlays ho
would bo forced to saorificu important
business interests. This he refeses to do.
The project for purchasing Hougliton
Hall was really broached to him , and ho
sat down upon it promptly. Pouts and
persuasions failed to moye him. For
once ho was firm. A simple , methodical
man of business , living thu cold liin of ; \
homeless man , he was wise enough at
the last moment to decline to support a
palace for a rabble of fair-weather fnunde
to gratify the cmptv vanity of his wife
The marriage of Miss Eva Mackay to
Prince Colonna is defined as having been
the sorest blow her stepfather was dealt
by the hands he loved. He had a fervid ,
fatherly inflection for this child of his pre
decessor , and is believed to have bo hold
in the Colonna match only a hollow
sham , a fcort of callous eacrificc of the
daughter to thu ambitions of the mother.
The sacrifice , jf Mich it wus , completely
failed of its effect. Not a door in Pans
was opened to Mrs. MncKay or the 1'riiv
cess Colonna that had not been opened
before. Thu poans : Ming by the venal
trnmpelors of thu press weru hollou
mockeries , and thu man of common
FCUSU recognized at last that the cachet
of society is not to bu bought by mono )
or compelled by nolso. Then the horroi
of the whole situation dawned on him ,
Hu suddenly saw thu giho behind the ful
some praise , and the grinof mockery on
the smiling faces liu had nil along been
cajoled into believing all honesty anil
friendship. This , it is acavrtcd. led him
to have the English campaign of Mrs
Mackay reported to him by a dMiiler
ostod observer of ii , and the report
clinched hi * determination to stay tin
progress of affairs , nt least as far as hi
could The rest time alone can show.
A Peculiar I'owcr.
"Now , children , " said thu teacher o
the infant natural history class after tin
pcoiillaritio.fi of the crab hail boon dU-
elided , 'is there any other niiMiibcr o
the anliual kindoni that po.ss < so.s tu |
power to move rapidly backward "
"Ves _ ' faid cn of tin * most promlsin ;
of tht litl'lf iiholara/'tho-uiule kiudoii'
A CANNIBAL RING'S ' BOSS ,
Eventful Career of a Centenarian in the
South 8as.
lloxr n Manilla Man Controlled the
Dominion of the FIJI 1st-
ands ami Died iu
1'ovcrty.
New York Journal : One- morning a
little ve . * ol from Manila mnilo thoVijhui
coast , and the natives welcomed the
sicht as if a visit of their gods Hundreds
of these cannibals MVJUU out lo meet Iho
boat , armed with gifts of every kind , and
by every means in their power implored
the three men who were on board to land
at onco. It was not without grave mis
givings that Antlkoi , the Manila captain ,
at last consented to betaken to the shore ,
but air three men had stout hearts and on
shore they went , ? ay a San 1-Vancisco
paper. There they received a frantic
greeting from the native ? , who singled
out Antikol , and from some legendary
reason believed he was the father of their
little gods , known as Luve-ul-wai , or
children of Iho water. " .
Antikoi saw his opportunity and with
his two companions sot himself to assist
the chiefs and rid them of their convict
oppressors. Slowly but surely thusu
white wretches met their doom. Savage
was killed in 1S13 , and tlie whole gang of
twenty-seven perished.dnriug the ten or
twelve years followintr , 1'addy O'Connor
being spared only on proof of his abject
weakness and cowardice and therefore
his inability to do harm. So quietly did
Antikoi lift himself into popularity that
to gain possession of the aiichoi of the
vessel in which he arrived wars wuro con
tinually occuring , and hetacomhs of lives
were lost to gain and regain possession
of the treasure , until the .Manila muster
tad made thi'in understand that it was
iis. and he alone would keep it.
lie adopted the native costume ; wear-
ng a long snlu of many folds of chief's '
tappa , generally of n light brown color ,
with black spots and reaching nearly to
the feet. Shoes lie had none , but bound
his feet with palm leaf tied around with
roods. Thus equipped and with a variety
of weapon * , he would lead many u fray ,
striking terror into the rebel forces and
often deciding a conflict with his pres
ence before hardly a blow was struuk.
When , in 182 ! > . Na Ulivou 1-ad died ,
Antikoi still helped along the fortunes of
his successor , Tanoa ; but Tanua was old
and feeble and the Manila chieftain
agreed upon the exile of the ancient
ruler , placing the son , Cacombau or Tho-
Hambau , in his stead. With great bar
baric pomp and show did AntiKoi con
duct the installation of the new chieftain ,
and he induced him to take the title of
Tul Viti , or King of Viti. Now grati
tude succumbed before a deepened rev-
rencc , and instead of assistant , Antikoi
became master of Cacombau and all his
realms.
Antikoi's aim was peace , but , alas ! such
aims were visionary in so bloodthirsty a
country. It was no easy life for any
man. Itewa , the principal village ) , was
only a mass of rudely erected thatched
huts , scarcely ever occupied on account
of the endless wars ; the only animals in
digenous to the soil were rats and Hying
foxes , human flesh being the general ar
ticle of food , and the natives wore tcO ;
laxv to till tiio soil , depending on their
gods for all their products.
Very soon AntiKoi began to learn the
wrongs of the wholesale massacres in
which the king's forces indulged , and
the arris-al of more missionaries and _ t
number of white settlers led him to dis
courage these horrible events by every
means iu his power. lhn missionaries
were continually being menaced , and
know that they carried their lives in their
hands , still they stuck to their noble
work. One night when Antikoi was
away , no one knew where , the natives
surrounded the missionary hut. These
zealous mi'ii closed the frail doors of their
reed house and hung up curtains of na
tive cloth to hide themselves from the
savage eyes that peered through the open
walls , and all that night they knelt in
prayer , expecting the blood-thirsty
wretches to rush in and massacre them
selves and their families at any moment.
Seemingly , superstition and AntikoiM
friendship for the missionaries awed the
savages from commencing the attack ,
and through the night there was an
awful Millni'HS , broken near dawn by a
wild , ringing yoll. The Christian teach
ers thought it was a death shout , but it
was not. Antikoi had arrived , and such
was his power thai he led the white
families out from the hut and made the
savages , nearly three hundred in num
ber , prostrate themselves before the
missionaries and then march silently
away.
But with all his wonderful powers An
tikoi could not live forever , and old ago
was beginning to show severe signs in
the Manila man's system , and in thu year
1860 sickness began to attack him. Ho'
was getting very old and very weak und
the king could not t-ce it. The Manila ,
man's wise head and strong arms were
often wanting at the king's side , and in
1803 , when the rebel chief Tui Wainoono
declared war against Kin { ( Caeoinbnu ,
his Manila master was lying sick unto
death and the weak kinir trembled for his
power. But to the king's surprise ho
vanquished his enemy near the Boiling
Springs and then , finding he could do
without his master , he fargot all grati-
tudn and determined to be rid of .Manila
man. Far away from the king's village
was an old reed shed , all openings and
crevices , with no sustaining poles or no
protecting thatch. Into this poor Anti-
Koi was thrown mill left to die.
But Antikoi was rescued from this mis
erable plight by a white settler named
William Berwick , who acted toward him
the part of the good Samaritan , and ,
taking him to his house at Drailm , ho
nursed him , pulled him through his ill
ness , uinl continued to give him : i homo
till the day of his death.
Only a few days ago not moro than
two months poor Antikoi gave up the
ghost , dying at thewonderfullyndvanccd
agu of ono hundred and fourteen years ,
having during eighty years of that tiinu
been a resident of Fiji. Ho If buried near
Berwick's house , at Draiba , and his mon
umental headstone is the larger portion
of the anchor of the vessel which led him
to meet with so strangely varied an ex
perience.
How C'l-ar Dealers are lircaklng the
IjllW.
Klrnira ( N. Y. ) ( layettes "Did you know
that a cigar denier violates thu law nearly
every time yon buy a cigar ) " asked an
officer of a Gazctto representative the
other day.
"Wei ! , no ; I did nol know it , " was the
scribe's response ; "how does his do ity * '
"Just this way , " pursued tlie ofllccr ;
"you call for u cigar ; thn dealer tnUcs a
handful from the box , hprcads them out
before you , and after you have selected
what you want ho returns the remainder
to the box ; this is a violation of the JawJ
lie has no right to return tlto.su cigars to
the box , and he could bo punched for
it. "
Whnn the face is liagtrard , thu check
hollow and thu form IanKHIU ! debilitated ,
the party concludes ho is tin : victim of a
wasting and iiiyMurious UUcaso , when
the simple truth is , his digestive organs
arc in bad order , if ho would use Dr. J.
II. McLoan'rt .Strengthening Cordial and.
Blood 1'urilier , liu Mould look an well.
and feel as hearty us thu hi-ulthii-sl of y *
1i : n < - Is bracing Up , vitalizing , thy *
all.
