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    THE OMAHA DAILY J3EE : SATURDAY , JUNE 22 , 1895.
CONTROVERSY OVER CATTLE
Commission Men Bactl for Valno of Mort
gaged Stock Bold ,
INTERESTING TO SOUTH OMAHA BUYER ;
t
ft Qaettlnn of IVIiotlinr or Not CommlMlon
Men Shall Ho llulil Iloipoinlblo Uhon
They Unto 11111110011117 rurclmneU
Stock la lU Issue.
Cattle men Iti the western part of the slat
are accustomed frequently to give clmttc
mortgages upon their herds of stock. Late
tlio mortgage Is either paid or some arrange
ment Is made with the mortgages whcnb ;
the cattle may be shipped to the Soutl
Omaha market and the proceeds divided be
tween the contracting parties. Sometime
the cattle are removed from the range with
out the consent of the mortgagee am
shoved on the market clandestinely and suit
are started These chattel mortgage case
turn ! h an abundant field of llt'gitlan. Judg
Dufile and a Jury are wrestling with one c
them and It promises to become a test cas
before It IK ultimately decided. The proaen
Eult , llko so many of the other cattle CJBO :
comes from Holt county.
It seems that In June , 1S91. Hugh 0 Net
had several hundred head of stock runnln
on the range. Ho went to the \Vllcy Cattl
and Trust company , a corporation , and st
cured largo sums of monuy at various time !
footing up In the course of time to nbot
J7.700. I'art of hla stock he nftcrwar
turned over to the corporation. Forty -si
animals v > ere delivered to Holt county pai
tics , who shipped them to J. A. Ilralnard an
others , commlbslon men of South Omnlii
who proceeded to sell to the packers , ieall <
Ing $1,500 from the sale Ncal claims h
had permission to dispose of the stock.
The Wiley people have sued the Soul
Omaha commission men for the | lnoO , thong
the defendants allege that they simply r <
celved commissions and turned the proceed
over to the Holt county shipper.
The peculiarity of the case lies In the fai
that as the mortgage wus on record In Ho
county It Is claimed that It was a notice t
nil the world that the Wiley company ovvne
the stock and nobody else cnuld sell tli
steers , consequently the South Omaha con
mission men should have known that tli
stock was not shipped to them by the owi
crs. The commission men are much vvorke
up over the suit , because It Is stated that
they have to look up the legal pedigree c
every bunch of steers that passes throug
their hands they will be compelled to kcc
men out scouring the country to exam n
records and cattle brands to make sure th ;
their title Is good. This would break thei
up In business , It Is claimed.
nKV CO.vrUOVKKSY IN COIJK
Qu Btlon ii f Altoulng Jin Addition to Pros
prct. IIMI Heine Litigated.
Old settlers were called on for ren
Inlfcences at the session of tha crlmln :
court yesterday. The city case against C. i
Daldwln and C. F. Catlln , president ar
secretary , respectively , of the Prospect HI
Cemetery association , was called for trla
The defendants have been trying to she
that a strip of four acres of ground whlc
the cemetery bought early last spring of tl
Byron Heed heirs , as an addition to tl
Trospcct Hill cemetery , was Itself In n
early day a cemetery ground.
The city passed an fdlriance In 1S92 fo
bidding any extension of cemetery ground
In the face of this ordinance the nssoclatlc
negotiated with the Heed heirs for the a
cetslon. Straightway the neighborhood vvi
up In arms and employed counsel to prosecu
the case , claiming that the locality won
become unhealthy and unfit to live In. Tl
defense rely on being able to show that I
nn early day the land was used as a burylr
ground and tint there Is no violation ,
ordinances. Attorney IJrogan Is prosecutli
the case. The judge of the criminal cou
refused to allow Attorney Shoemaker to tl
It and then sought to get several attorney
to take the case , but they refued.
Nobody had yet beno burled In the ne
addition to Prospect Hill ccmtery so th ;
the criminal Judge Instructed the Jury tin
no offense had been committed which cou
alarm the neighborhood , which Is seeking
prevent an extension of this popular burl
Ground. Mr. HaUwIn was released. Ho lu
been lined $25 In police court as president
the association. _
SUIT imuuiiiir ON AN ui.u CI.VIM.
Squires Seeking to Itccovor nit n Str i
Nwveplntr Cnutrirt.
An old street sweeping contract with tl
city of Omaha has found Its way Into tl
district court. C. E. Squires , who undertoi
the Job ot keeping the mud oft Omaha
streets , on and after May 21 , 1800 , the da
of his contract with the city , has appean
In court seeking to recover $9,515.46 from tl
municipal corporation for the work which ]
alleges he performed.
The city In 1892 , through the Hoard
Public Works , rejected the claim , declarli
that Squrcs ) had not lived up to the terms
bis contract. Ho had bound himself to i
Ills work In a thorough manner , keep tl
mud out of the sink holes , as well as off tl
level parts of the pavement , and act und
the direction of the board. Squires Is su
ho dUl all this and so states In his petitlcn
Which tbo sum of $9,51r Is asked. II
work was to be paid for at the rate of $15 p
mile. The work was done between May , 18t
and January , 1892.
Oils Null tlmt Itli xv Until Uuyn.
Judge Keysor Is hearing a case relating
a gas well at Dawson , la , which blow Itsi
out after a number of Omaha citizens h
"blown" themselves In for some thousands
dollars.
J. W. Penfield & Son have rcco\ered
Judgment for $1,932 of the Daw son Town ai
Gas company. Four Omaha stockholders a
being sued for having- failed to put In mon
enough to pay for the thousands of shares
capital stock which they bought ; This mon
Clio plaintiff wants applied on Its judgmei
The company had $300,000 of capital stoc
and A. n. Cooley and J. T. Hello alone he
$205,000 worth of the shares , for which It
claimed they fraudulently traded $5,000 wor
of poor Iowa land.
\Vuiil * I'uv fur 11 llrukcn Kiioo 1'iin ,
Ed lilalso. has begun a suit for $5,0
against Swift and Company of South Oma
for Injuries sustained while working In t
sausage department on August 3 , IS !
Illalse says he was on the fifth lloor , helpl
turn out sausages , when the foreman. Fr
Apple , ordered him to take two trucks to t
lloor above. The elevator man was not
hand and Apple tried to work the cage , ar
ns a result , Illalse fell down Ihe storli
breaking- his knee ran and sustaining otl :
Injuries. _
< lljr Not I.lnble for ttin Dinmgp.
The city , so a Jury has decided , was r
liable for the violent rain which fell early
the summer of 1S92 and which flooded t
basement of the Creamery Packing compar
The creamery was located at Fourteenth a
Lcavonworth streets. A quantity of cnif
kegs were stored In the basement , lie
water Illled the cellar and warped the kei
night hundred dollars was asked of t
city , because the Chicago Lumber compa
had a pile ot lumber on the opposite side
the street , which , together with some cl
grading , It U claimed , deflected the course
the water , sending It Into the basement , I
Btead ot Into the sewer.
Minor Court Mm tor * .
The verdict of the Jury In the suit
Kublman against the Homo Fire Insuran
company was for $ GSO.
Fred M. Granthant was acquitted by t
Jury of the charge of embezzling from t
firm of Coflman , Smiley & Co. of Sou
Omaha.
About a dozen defendants have appeared
the Baldwin-Hurt mortgage foreclosure su
relating to valuable lands , asking a quas
lag at summons and dismissal of the co
as to them ,
Deputy Sheriff Mahoney brought Mas
tack from the Lincoln asylum , The asyk
People refuse to receive Douglas coup
jnsano unless an equal number of pallet
\re UUen away.
K. H. Dates & Co. have been sued for t
traluo of a carload ot oats. 12. Hannlgli
Uio plaintiff , says be sold th iu $215 Y.CI
of grain last April , when they advanced him
promises Instead ot money.
The jurors In district court were all dis
charged yesterday afternoon , except the
three engaged In the trial of caeca. Thli
meant that the caws of Ich , Laudcr , It he
Is held to district court , and others will gc
over the term.
Judgn Hatter found that Mrs. Erlckson had
lost the certificate of stock In the Board
of Trade and so was not liable for Its con
vert Ion. Her husband's Administrator tried
to make her turn It over1 to him , bringing a
suit to that cud.
neforo Judge Hopov.ell the well known
contest over the will of Edward Cook Is
being tried. Cook left a somewhat
mutilated will , bequeathing property tc
Presbyterian theological students , nmonp
others remembered
Judge Ambioso has refused to open up the
littler divorce stilt. Ilemlottii Duller secured
derroc against William Duller for cruelty ,
Vllllam tried to prove that utter the decree
if divorce his wife condoned for all pasl
lellnquencles by living with him at odd
pelli.
In county court Judge Maxtor Is trying tc
eleimlne whether Frank Heller , as ad-
mlnUtrator , Is intltlcd to tecovcr $1,000 ol
Mrs. Erlckson and her attorney for ar
illegcd conveibton of stock In the Board o !
Trade. Heller claims the estate should have
he stock.
l.WJ/.I.Y TliUfJtl.l'.t * iAt'/t/MMA't ; .
Jliryeillic * Tlireiitrn to IU ci Up ntut Clcnt
Out tinliltm. .
IIRIDQEPORV , Dlalno county , Okl. , Jum
21. Trouble at Arapaho * , arising out of tin
shooting of the Indian , Red Lodge , b ]
deputy Sheriff Uurch , Is Mill Intense. RIM
.jodgo Is still alive , but cannot llvo and thi
ndlans are linking dlro threats to bo carrlce
out when he dies. On the day of the shoot
ng the Indians were very much excite' am
hreatenlnir , but were quieted by troop A
Third cavalry. Cantain Mackay in c.omm.md
\hlch is In camp near the town. The In
Hans went Into council and sent couriers ti
'art Reno an I to the Klowas and Klowa res
ervatlon. Today Captain Woodson , Indlai
gent of the Cheyennes and Arapahoe-s. passe.
icro on the way to Araoahoo to quiet tin
'ndlans. If luc whiles tan identify Re
.olKo as tlio inxn who assaulted Mrs. Ilayc :
they will hang him.
John Hnn el , an educated Cheyenne1 In
llan , said today "I fear my people wll
-Ise against the white men. The white ,
lave Imposed upon them beyond endurance
saw old Red Lodge at Watonga. Ho salt
f hla son died the Indian warriors would gi
on the warpath and wipe out the whltts a
fUapihoe. " Asked how many warriors thi
heyennes had he said from 300 to 400. Hi
said they would get no help from the Arapa
iocs , but would from the Klowas.
j/.ir r
Iiipnn Will bend HIT Nuvy on n frulio t <
Sun I'nuiclnco.
SAN FRANCISCO , June 21. Private letter
received In this city state that as soon a
Japan's troubles In Formosa shall be settlei
Admiral Ito will be sent to San Franclsci
with the Matshushlma and two or three othe
vessels of his fleet. The Matshusulmi Is f
single-masted cruiser of about the tonnagi
of the Olympla , and as Admiral ito's flagshlj
went through hard fighting1 at the Yalu am
off the roadstead of Wel-Hal-Wel. One o
her probable consorts here Is the Nanlwa , i
s s-ter ship of the Charleston , which begai
last summer's hostilities In the far east b ;
sinking the transport Kow Shlng with al
on board.
Mr. Koya , the Japanese consul general Ii
this city , siys he has heard of the mattet
but he can not fix a date for the coming o
his country's warships nor verify the state
mcnt that Admiral Ito will command them
Owing to the unsettled questions In the fa
east he thought Japan would not be able I
spare any of her fighting flest during th
summer months ? , but later In the > ear severa
ships might come. Some of the objects o
the cruise will be to show the sort of vessel
that Japan has In her modern navy and t
glvo their men the experience only acquire *
In long voyages.
Many Llilrnio Kx-Ufllclnl * Imp'lcitcil Ii
tint I'uv Itoll Swindle.
CHICAGO , June 21. The city ofllclals wh
are Investigating the stuffed pay roll swln
dies received valuable testimony today fror
ex-Fireman Dorman of tha water-pipe ex
tension department. Detectives had bee
searching for Dorman for several days , an
today he gave himself up and made a cor
fesslon , which It Is said Implicates many e >
city officials who are not yst under arresi
The details of the statement were carefull
guarded by the Investigators , but It Is sal
that It is sensational In its showing of th
widespread corruption under the late clt
administration. It was reported his aft i
noon that as a result of Donnan's confesslo
a large number of additional arrests would t
made at once.
KEVVbKU TO Dlti.Mlii'i TllK t'.KY
IJcfen n In tlio llnrrutt Scott Lynching Trln
Meel Anottlu Defe.lt.
DUTTE , Neb. , June 21. ( Special Telegram
The defense in the case of the men accuse
of the murder of Barrett Scott made anothe
attempt to end the trial today. Attorne
Harrington filed a motion asking the court t
suspend further proceedings In the trial an
Instruct tlio Jury to at once bring In a vei
diet of not guilty , on the grounds tint th
state had not established the fact that th
crime had been commltteed In Boyd count ;
The motion was overruled , the court holdln
that the cast ; at bar related to matters c
fact rather than ot law.
Vullillty of tlin Seenritlr-s nled. !
NEW YORK , Juno 21. The World rayi
The Wall street quotations of the $4,350,0 (
old of the securities of the Northern Paclf
lia\o been seriously affected by the news th :
the holders of the preferred stock contumplai
a suit to have declared Illegal nearly ha
the securities of the road The suit coi
templated Is based on a clause of the orlg
nal charter of the road granted by tl
United States government In 1864 , which fo
liaJo the Issue of any but first mortgat
bonds.
The reorganization scheme will come I
head quickly now because J. Plerrepont Megan
gan U here. Ho arrived from Europe on tl
Germanic. It Is likely that the scheme wl
bo accomplished In ten days. President J.
Hill ot the Great Northern Is here also awal
Ing a conference with Mr. Morgan.
Directors Untile.
ST. PAUL , June 21. A decision of muc
Importance , especially to creditors of the o !
Guarantee Loan company of Minneapolis , w :
handed down by the supreme court yeste
day. It was the case of the First Nation
bank of Morrlll , Wis. . and the National Ne
Haven bank against the Guarantee Lot
company and S. II. Harper and W. 1
Washburn , respectl\ely. Judge Canely r
versed the lower court , holding that the nei
lect of the olllcers of the defunct com pa i
made tlrm liable for Iho claim of credlto
who might have been Induced , through sue
olllelal neglect , to Invest In the compan
The decision , If allowed to stand , will n
parently make the directors of the Gua
anty Loan company liable for the obligation
of that concern.
I'.inlc Among \ \ orUInc UlrU.
CINCINNATI , Juno 21. A panic amoi
the 200 women and girls employed In tl
cotton mills of Henry Pcarce's Sons and tl
Russell & Morgan printing works on Eeg !
ston avenue was caused by a fire whU
broke out today In the two-story dye houi
situated between these two largo factorle
The sounding of a second and third alar
only Increased the panic and the police h :
to carry out a number of fainting girls wl
were In no way endangered by the fir
Luckily none were seriously Injured , thouj
several trleTl to Jump from windows. Tl
loss Is $5,000.
More Iroubln for ttio WliUkjr Trust.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , June 21. A petition wt
filed In the United States court asking th :
the receivership of the Distilling and Cattl
feeding company ot Illinois be extended I
cover the distillery at South St. Paul. Tl
petition Is filed by Stephen D. Uayer , D. (
Bennett and Huco Hlumsnthal ot New Yoi
and the court Is asked to turn over the Soul
St. Paul distillery to the receiver to help mei
the llu ot the concern.
WILL NOT LOSE THE OREGON
Union Pacific Officials Explain How Thej
Are Holding the Short Lino.
SURE OF SX MONTHS' POSSESSM
They Kxprct ConcrcM to ( Irnnt Some Torn
of Itcllrf nt the Pml of tlmt
lime for the O\or-
Intnl.
There Is considerable speculation going 01
at Union Pacific headquarters as to Just wha
here Is In the rumor that a committee o
consolidated Cs of the Oregon Short Line (
Utah Northern has decided not to take tin
> roperty In Utah under Judge Merrill'
order. It Is thought by some of the olllelal ;
hut a deep-laid scheme Is being played Ii
order to ha\o effect upon Judge Merrltt
Olhers bel'cve Ihat It Is an admission o
defeat on the part of those moving for i
separate receiver for the Oregon Short Lin
& Utah Northern. H Is believed that th
ictlon of Judge Merrltt was known to th
committee In New York and consequent ! ;
the committee had nothing else to do but I
refuse to accept the property under th
crms of the order.
Three propositions am to be considered be
fore Judge Merrltt next Tuesday. First , th
ssuance of recel\ers' certificates , upon whlc
Judge Merrlttt was silent when he hando <
Io\\n his opinion In the Short Line case
This matler is ono of Imporlanco an
rightly comes up at this time. But upon th
wo other pioposltlons there Is great dl
vergence of opinion ; second , to modify hi
order so as to permit .Inhn M. Ugan t
assume the duties of receiver Independent o
any other receiver , and third to perml
ho trust company to operate the northen
Ine , leasing the Southern ExtenMon on th
lands uf the presetn receivers. It Is no
thought Judge Merrltt will change his orde
upon thc e two propositions , although pull
Ic opinion In Salt Lake has bee
> renounced against him for mak ng the orde
which practically shut the American Loa
md Trus.1 company out of managing the prop
erty through a receiver. Merrltt Is looke <
upon aj one of the able Jurists of the wes
and it Is belle\ed he will adhere to his orlf
Inal order , founded , as It is alleged , upon a
absolute rightful construction of Iho sltua
lion.
lion.No
No matter what Is done , the present re
cehcrs of the Union Pacific state that the
will continue to operate the Short Line <
Utah Northern for the next six months , a
least , and probably longer If It Is determine
to buy the property under foreclosure prc
ccedlngs and sale , as It will take some Urn
to perfect an organization to bu
the property. Men of financial re
sources are leaving the money cer
tors of the country and It will bo bte I
September before any plan Is decided upo
to take the property. Then congress , the re
celvers contend , Is expected to take up
funding- bill this winter , which will undoubl
edly Include the Oregon Short Line & Uta
Northern In the terms of reorganization , s
that upon the whole , unless something I
lone very soon , It Is easily seen how month
will Intervene before the Short Line sltun
tlon Is finally settled.
\MM.siKKr ANY itvri : Tiivr i > .u.vui :
tjnlon 1'uclllc In Iho Uiir to st.iy nod \V11
TO Ml ( iiinnrlltiira.
"Tho Union Pacific Is made responsible fa
all the crimes In the calendar , " said an offl
cial of that road yesterday. "It Is sal
of us that we are now blocking the wheel
looking to the organization of the Wester
Passenger association , when , as a matter t
fact , up to this time we have expressed
willingness to Join any association to whlc
all lines in Interest would be parties. Th
situation has somewhat changed since th
dlfilcultles over the Short Line , and I don
believe It would be fair to go Into an ass <
elation while this matter Is still undcclde (
Should Mr. I'gan succeed to the recelvershl ]
\ have no Idea that he would Join any asjsi
sociatlon , for he Is on record as having said h
company would be a free lance Under thes
circumstances It would be useless , It seen :
to me to Join an association when we mlgl
have to give way to some one else. The
If we were compelled to protect our ow
Interests the whole country might accu :
us of bid faith. Several months ago w
were anx ous to join the association ar
we signed the agreement creating the Wes
ern Lines Passenger association , but llm
quite as much Interested as we are refuse
to sign , and now I don't know why w
haven't the same right to refuse , althoug
as a matter of fact we have not refusei
As to the Denver rates , we will meet an
rate made by any competing line. Wo ai
not seeking to be leaders , our conservatls
having lost to the company thousands i
dollars , but whatever rate is made you nu
bo assured we will meet It In our own te :
rlory. "
Not Vorv I'ar on the OutHliln.
"E. W. Megeath did not quit the coal d' '
partment of the Union Pacific , " said a co
man yesterday , "without reckoning tl
cost of losing $7 000 a year salary. Ho
interested In the firm of T. H. Havens & Ci
and has also Interests In the Sweetwater Co
company. While he quits the service of tl
company , I have no doubt he will contlnt ;
to be very close to the coal department i
the Union Pacific. "
nil ! I'ay Dividends on lent rut I'aclllr.
NEW YORK , Juno 21. Advlcea from Lei
don are to the effect that S. P. Huntlngto
who Is abroad , has given notice that a dlv
dend of % per cent will be paid holders <
Central Pacific stock on July 1.
K.11 l.i > i V Noun.
F. A. Nash of the Milwaukee was In h
olfice yesterday after a week's Illness.
E. M. Gannon , commercial agent of tl
Missouri Pacific at Atchlson , was in tow
yesterday.
The Union Pacific anticipates bringing In
Omaha Sunday 3,000 people from poln
around Columbus.
Managing Receiver S. II. H. Clark of tl
Union Pacific went to St. Louis last nigh
Ho will be back In Omaha about July 1.
Wen ern Slinrp Miootcra' Union.
MILWAUKEE , WIs. , June 21 The conte
In the tournament of the Western Shai
Shooters union has become very exciting ar
It Is belle\ed that before the close of tl
match tomorrow evening all present recon
will bo smashed. So far the tournament h
been In every respect a successful one , tl
weather being delightful. Twenty more e
Jrlea were made this morning which swel
the total number of shooters to ISO. It
expected that about 225 will have entered b
fore tha finish. The point shooting co ;
tlnues and In this contest sixty-five meda
have already been bestowed , seven belt
awarded Ihls morning1. Adolph Strecker
San Francisco broke the world's record at tl
man target by getting 97 out of a posslb
100 points. Nobody else has been able
come near this as yet.
Nrgro I'rcichrr Lynched.
LITTLE ROCK , Ark. , Juno 21. A shoo
Ing affray at Portland , Ark. , Tuesday r
suited In the fatal wounding of one of tl
parties and ' .no lynching of the other. Re
Frank King , colored , became Infatuated wl
Deacon William Toney's wife and trout
arose between them. When they met on tl
street the p-eacher leveled a pistol at Ii
man and shot him In the abdomen. He wi
locked up and after dark a mob ot Infurlati
negroes repaired to the lockup , took him
a tree and lynched him.
Americans Murdered In Mexico ,
DEMING , N. M. , June 21. Eight Amei
can gold miners on the YaquI river , In tl
ttate of Sonora , were murdered by India ,
about two weeks ago. News of the klllli
Juat reached here. The miners had been su
cessful In obtaining gold and the killing wi
probably done for the purpose of robbing tl
victims.
III ! Ilrlcln Mttjredltll Him.
SAN FRANCISCO , Juno 21. J. H. Dav
ot Rochester , N. Y. , son-in-law of H. 1
Craig , a wealthy lumberman ot that clt
had his preliminary examination In the poll ,
court yesterday on the charge ot defraudlt
n number of San Franclico merchants b ;
orgcd drafts on a mythical New York bank
Xivla was held to answer In the supcrlo
court , ball being fixed at $2,000. Davis
irldo Is his constant companion In the clt ;
prison.
AN ARIZONA WONDER.
An itcotrlc : Death Trup far Mnn nnil Item
III tlin Mnunlnlti ) .
One of the most recently discovered Inox
illcable phenomena Is an immense electrlca
stone which crops out tobqve the ground Ii
an almost Inaccessible mountain pass sotn
fifty miles north ot Needles , Ariz. , says
correspondent of the New York Journal. I
pursuing a conscientious Investigation Into
subject of this kind It Is necessary to cal
nto requisition such an Immense number c
grains of salt thai the real trulh of the mat
er becomes lost In a briny deep , as it were
and passes forever beyond the pale of fae
nto the realm of romance along with th
serpent and the mermaid , bill In spite c
.his the existence of Iho electrical ston
has been proved beyond the possibility \
doubt.
In a multitude of witnesses there Is safetj
and It appears that the natives ot Arlzon
were for years acquainted with the Eton
and Its peculiar propsrtles long before II
llscovery by a party of hunters a few day
ago. Among the Indians the stone goes b
the name of the "Death Trap , " and the pea
whereon It Is located Is called Death Tra
mountain. They say that Ihelr falhers an
randfathcrs before them knew of th stoni
and It Is only an old and experienced guld
who will venture to take a party In th
neighborhood of It lest by some unluck
chancs a too daring hunter lose his lite b
suddenly coming upon It In an unguarde
noment.
The stone Itself Is described as being
rough , jagged outcropping , bursting u
through the shale of Its surroundings , read
Ing up the mountain side to the height e
about seven feet , when a sharp projcctlo
shelves over again , making a three-sided fur
nel , perhaps nine feet long and five fe <
wide. Ordinarily the rock Is of a blue , mi
talllc luster , and shows traces of volcanl
action , being seamed and ribbed as If b
melted lava. In the heat of the day , whe
the sun shines squarely upon It , the Eton
assumes a faded pale blue hue , at whlc
times the Indians declare It to be perfect !
harmless. As the sun leaves the gorge , how
ever , the stone b ° glns gradually to deepe
In color , and when night comes and there
no moon , It glows with all the brllllanc
at a molten mass or so many mcandeset
lights. This Illumination may be dlstlncll
seen for a greal distance when there are n
Intervening mountains to obstruct the vlev
Now , as to the peculiar death-giving powe
of tha slone. It Is said thai nolhlng , gre :
or small , can set foot upon It and live.
powerful are the volts which It Rives 01
at even the sllghtesl contact that It Is In
possible for even the largest animals I
withstand their strength. Recently tl
party of hunters referred to ventured wlthoi
a guide into some of the dangerous mounlal
pas es In the up country , and by chane
found their way Into a narrow gorge , havln
coma In hot pursuit after a little fleet-llmbt
mountain goat , which they managed to stai
from the rocks below Suddenly , while the
were all some seventy or eighty feet awa ;
they were astonished b yond measure to ee
the goat drop dead In his tracks , althoiiR
not a shot had been fired. They were imkln
ready to climb up the ledge and secure tl
little creature , when an old Indian , high u
on the cliff behind , called to them to eto ]
So frantic was his manner and so perslstei
his admonitions that they waited till 1
scrambled down to them , and then for U
first time cime to light the story of the clji
trical wonder
The peat had fallen within the death tra ]
the Indian explalnc-d. and had the huntei
followed after him they , to ? , would ha >
shared his fate. There was ample evidem
at hand to prove to the hunters the trut
of the old man's statement , for the lltl
gorge surrounding the. slone has been turn ;
Into a perfect charnel house full of the vvhl
enlng bones of Its victims. And If this wei
not enough to convince the most skeptlca
while they stood within thirty feet of tl
btone a big rattlesnaka crawled upon tl
precipice and but upon the stone , only
cell and writhe , and finally die m the Ii
tensest agony.
The hunters expressed the deepest grat
Hide to the old InJIan for saving their live
but regretted no little the loss of the goa
whose species lt > almost extinct now , wher
upon the old man unwound a rlata from h
waist and flung It up under the rocks. H
aim was unerring , and presently the go.
was dragged down Into a place of safei
whence the hunlers removed him. This wi
an old trick among experienced hunter
the Indian explained , and said ho hlmsc
had reaped a pretty rich harvest ot pelti
by snatching frpsh victims from the grai
of the death trap.
The sun was almost down and had qul
left the gorge , so at the request ot the Ii
dlan the hunters , accompanied him to h
mountain-perched cabin , and from there b
held the lighting up of the stone when tl
moon was gone. As they all sat about tl
fire watching the phenomenon their old ho
told them many marvelous stories of tl
wonder , among others the legend of Its dl
covery by the tribe hundreds of years ag
The legend runs about as follows :
"Once upon n time there came Into tl
midst of the tribe asking food and shelter
btranger with a marvelously beautiful fac
His body was little and mean and puny ai
his back was humped , but his face was fa
beyond all description and strangely beaul
ful. His eyes were large and luminous. III
twin stars , and although ho seemed to knc
nothing of herbs or their properties he po
sessed the marvelous faculty of healing tl
sick by laying his han3s upon them , or cvi
by looking fixedly at them with his gre
eyes.
"Even dumb animals would flock aroui
him If he chose to have them do so , and t !
chief held him In such reverence that 1
and by he adopted the stranger into tl
tribe and made him a medicine man. Mai
years pissed , during which time the strang
still lingered , and In the meantime t !
chief's son had grown to manhood and It h
came time for him to take a wife. T
comllest maiden of the tribe was selected
his bride and preparations were made f
the nuptials. When the wedding day a
rived , however , the maiden was missing , ai
an old woman declared that the medlcli
man had spirited her away. A dlllge
search failed to disclose her whereaboul
and the chief reluctanlly consented to belle
the friend of his adoption guilty. A coi
pany of twelve of the bravest warriors w
ordered to drive the medicine man out of tl
tribe , for no one would consent to seeli
him killed outright , so great was the love
the people for him. Early In the mornli
the warriors set out to chase him beyoi
the mountain , the medicine man runnti
swiftly on before so that they could Ju
scarcely keep him In sight. Finally It I
came evident that ho was leading them i
after him Instead of fleeing before thorn , ai
at last , though the chief tent messengers
order the men to return. It was impossll
to get them to heed the command. On ai
on they followed , climbing the mountal
side and looking neither to the right nor
the left , but keeping their eyes fixed despe
ately upon the medicine man before the :
The chief's messengers followed as close
they dared , and at last beheld with co
sternatlon the warriors fall one by ono de
In their tracks between the parted lips of
great blue stone.
"Thus was the death trap discovered ma :
hundreds of years ago , and the Indians t
lleve It to have been set by the medlcl
man to watd off all pursuit after him a :
the stolen bride of the chief's son. "
Five ( Senerntlnna Living in Onn lloil r.
Five generations are represented by
many women , all living together under o
roof , at Juniper and Mlflln streets , says t
Philadelphia Record. Mrs. Katherlne Ti
tnalne , the great-great-grandmotbor ,
within a few years of the ripe old age
100. The great-grandmother , Mrs. Fulli
Is over 70 , and Mrs. Birmingham Is past t
half-century mark , although she looks b
little more than half that age. Her daught
Is Mrs. Frank Gray , the proud mother of t
new generation. The baby , Katherlno Gra
Is Just two weeks old , and Is probably
greater danger of being "spoiled" than ai
other baby In this broad city. Very fe
little girls can boast the possession of thr
grandmammas. Of course , this little g !
can't make this proud boast yet , but Judgli
from the healthy appearance of her greu
great-grandmamma she will be able to defer
for many years after she herself will ha
attained the use ot speech and reason.
To the young face Pozzonl's Complexle
Powder gives fresher charms , to the old , r
newed youth , Try It.
HEROES IN BLUE AND CRAY
A Trio of National Military Parks to Bo
Instituted on Three Great Battlefields.
Hit OH , GETTYSBURG AND CHICKAMAUGA
V Hravo Drummer Hoy' * I.oynlty Attends
Ills Wounded Ailjutnnt In the Mld t nf
flying llulleti How Micrltlnn Win
Ilnroil Other Itecolloctlon * .
Conforming to the laws enacted by the lasl
congrcas , the government has taken the ncc
essary steps to create three national military ;
parks on the three great battlefielJs of the
civil war , Chlckamauga , Gettysburg ani
Shlloh. None of the e parks will bo merely
ornamental pleasure grounds. The prime Idtn
Is to restore those historic fields to substan
tially tin ? condition they were In at the times
of the battles , and In harmony with that Ue.
the parks to bo created on their sites will be
devoted strictly to the Illustration Of the su >
ireme struggles which rendered them famou !
tor the benefit of future generations rathei
than of surviving participants. In these
parks every Incident of the battles will hi
treated from the Impartial standpoint of tils
tory , without sectional animosity or bias , atr
In all the markings and monuments rlgk
Justice will be shown alike to the vanquished
and victors. Chlcanmuga and Shlloh were
the most memorable contests of the war Ir
the west , and Gettysburg was tlio most mo-
mer.tous conflict In the east , and In all thrci
the most distinguished generals , union urn
confederate , commanded , and troops fron
tjplcal sections fought , so that by securing
and preserving those fields Intact , as repre
sentatlve examples of the greatest battles o :
the war , the government will be able te
perpetuate their history In a concrete physlca
form for all time to come.
CHICKAMAUGA.
The Chlckamauga park Is to be dedicatee
with most imposing ceremonies on Septetnbci
19 and 20 next , under tne direction of tin
secretary of war , with the president and cabl
net participating , together with committee !
of congiess , botli house and senate , the su
preme court , the general of the army and tin
admiral of the navy , the governors of tin
forty-four states and the survivors of thi
beveral armies , union and confederate , en
gaged nt Chlckamauga and Chattanoogi
thirty-two years ago. The dedlcat'on will bi
a red-letter event of the year.
When completed the park will be the mos
comprehensive and extended military objec
lesson In the world It contains 7,600 acres
and the central driveway , passing througl
and overlooking all the heavy fight ni
ground , Is twenty miles long. The old roadi
of the battles have been reopened and nev
roads closed. Over forty miles of the mall
roads of the field have Been rebuilt In i
substantial manner. The details of the sh
battles Chlckamauga , Missionary Ridge
Lookout Mountain , Orchard Knob , Wan
hatchle and Brown's Ferry are being se
forth upon historical tablets w thin the park
These tablets , numbering atiout 2,000 Ii
all , are cast Iron plates , tour feet by threi
feet , with embossed letters. After castlnj
the plates were glared black and the em
bossed letters whitened , making the Inscrlp
tlon distinct at a distance. Each plate wll
contain from 200 to 4uO words of hlstorlca
text and w 11 be fastened to an Iron post se
in concrete. They mark the positions o
army headquarters , corps , divisions am
brigades , both union and confederate , OIK
tlio parts taken by each organization an
concisely stated.
GETTYSBURG.
Under the recent law establishing a na
tional park at Gettysburg , Introduced bj
General Daniel C. Sickles and approved It
February last , the government will at onci
proceed to acquire 800 acres and rights o
way over avenues owned by the Gettysbun
Battlefield Memor'al association , and alsi
to acquire other lands on the battlefield b ;
purchase or condemnation. Additional roadi
will be opened and tablets will be set u |
definitely marking the lines of the troops 01
both sides. The rights , however , of state :
and military organizations to plats of groum
on which markers and monuments have al
ready been placed will In no wise bi
prejudiced. The Gettysburg National Par !
commission , like that of Chlckamauga park
will co-operate with state commissions Ii
fixing positions that are not yet determined
A spec'al ' and noteworthy taature of tlii
Gettysburg park , authorized in the Sickle :
law , will be a great bronze xable : on i
pedestal bearing a medallion llkcress o
President Lincoln and the whole of his ini
mortal address on the occasion of the Na
tional cemetery dedication at Gettysburg i :
November 19 , 1SC3.
There are now nearly J2.0100UOcrth c
monuments on the Gettysburg n > ld , eiectei
by states and regimental organl/.ntlons an
military societies. Hut until a couple o
years ago , notwithstanding all these mem
orlats , there were no iines of battl
marked and a visitor to the Held , no'icini
the absence of monuments on the cnnfcd
orate side would prompted to ask "Agalns
whom were the union troops fighting ? " Thi
lack will now be supplied and fie 1 lies nt aj
troops will be carefully InJlcit'd by 'ahle-ts
as at Chlckamauga , without renmro am
without praise , and above all with lihioilca
accuracy.
SHILOH.
The Shlloh Military park for which congress
gross passed an authorizing act In Dcccmbe
last , under the lead of Representative Divli
B. Henderson of Iowa , will compilse nbuu
3,000 acres , woods and farming lanJ. Ove
4,000 confederates lie buried on the han
fought field ( April 6 and 7 , JSG2) ) , anl m th
National cemetery are 3bOO union di' I. ;
commission like those of Chlckamriga am
Gettysburg Is about to ttKe ihar e > f th
ground , and , after 'he land shall hav rxei
acquired , will at once begin local1 ig th
bittlo lines and sites lor t.iblels and menu
menls for the 25S organizations engaged I :
the bailie. The arrangement of i < iwl < em
brigade sections will bo placed uneltr th
supervision of the tist Kndscapj auhitttt
procurable by Ihe War dspirMiifit. 'Hi
regulations as to tablets and n rjimniMns wll
be uniform for all three paiks C'il2'umauga
Gettysburg and Shlloh.
Thus far $760.000 has been granted by ccn
gress toward the Chlckanauga jr.ik alar.t
The sums appropriated for thexpentec o
marking Gettysburg lines be-lore the i > tliorl
zatlon of the park on thai fn-'u aggregat
$145,000 and Ihese , with the ? T7 COO cnir'ei
on the Sickles act , make a total to date fo
Gettysburg of $222,000. For beginning Shllo !
park $75.000 was granted by the Heidersoi
act , and Inasmuch as land there Is cheap th
cost of the land alone Is HmlUd to $23OOC
The remainder and future sums to bo ap
proprialed will be applied to the restoratlo :
of Ihe grounds as Ihey were In 1862 and t
the erection of monuments and tablets mid t
Ihe building ot roads.
HOW LANGBE1N WON HIS MEDAL.
Young Langbeln was the smallest membc
of the drum corps of his regiment , and hi
face was so plump and girlish , and his figur
BO slight , that he was known by all his com
Tades as "Jennie , " a nickname given to hlr
by a soldier who said the lad looked Jus
like his sweetheart at home In the north.
The battle of Camden , known to the con
federate as the battle of Sawyer's Lane
though not ono of the most famous In th
civil war , was a hotly contested engagemen
nevertheless. It occurred during the expedl
tlon sent to destroy the Culpcpper lock a
the southern end of the Dismal Swamp cana
In the rear of the city of Norfolk , Va. , on
ono of Us notable features was a charge b
the Hawkins ' /.ous , " not so disastrous a
the one at Antletam , but as daring. U wa
during this mad dash that Adjutant Thoma
L. Bartholomew , who had promised "Jer
no's" mother to keep special watch over he
boy and between whom and the lad th
closest comradeship existed , was struck dow
by a fragment of an exploding shell , whlc
plowed a frightful furrow In his neck I
time of action It Is the duly of the musician
lo act as an ambulance corps ; to look afte
the wounded and to carry them on stretcher
to the rear. Yet It Is not part of the drum
mer'a work to unnecessarily expose hlmsell
Indeed It Is expected that he will Hlielte
himself as much as Is consistent , slnco I
the members of the ambulance corps ar
killed , fighting men must leave the rank
to take their places. Little "Jennie" Lang
beln , however , had no notion of looking ou
for his own afety. He was present to do hi
part , and when the order was given t
"charge , " he went with his regiment , keep
Ing a sharp eye for disabled comrades an
especially for Adjutant Bartholomew , Whe :
this officer was wounded bo did not fall a
once , but ftaggereel outside of the federal
ranks , and In a moment was between r the
hostile line.
HEROIC CONDUCT.
Then It was that thp | ad showed tlio stuff
of which ho was made , for without heeding
In the least the Irndon rain of bullets or the
screaming shot nnd shell , ho rushed up to
his friend , caught him as In his delirium
no was wandering aimlessly about , and man
aged to pilot him without further hurt from
the field , and to a comparatively quiet place ,
TJicro the lad gave the officer a drink from
his canteen and then rushed away to find
the regimental surgeon. When that officer
arrived Bartholomew was unconscious , but
BOOH revived a little.
"I felt the doctor pushing his fingers Into
my wound , " says Bartholomew ; "ho felt In
and around It , and I then heard him tell
Jennlo It was no use , that I was nearly
dead , and that it would not be worth while
to move me. "
Then the doctor left , but Langbeln would
not abandon his frleml. The boy was not
strong enough unaided to carry the officer
away , but ho hunlcd up Charley Wiley , the
drum major , a big , strapping fellow , and to
gether they managed to convey the uncon
scious man to a house near by , where he
was placed upon a bed. LJngbeln's devotion
to his friend did not ceasa wth his re.'cuc
from the field , however. Later In the day
the confederates were reinforced and the ;
folcrals had to retreat , and so hastily that
It was not n quesllon of laklng care of the
wounded. In the circumstances the adjutant
would have been abandoned had H not been
for Iho continued devotion of his little frienj ,
who managed to get the Itjured man Into the
army wagon and staved by him until ho was
safe In the federal hospital nl Koanokc
Island , where ho ultimately recovered and
later Joined hla regiment.
"Jennie" was awarded a thirty days' fur
lough for his heroism and went back to his
father and mother In New York with a lettet
from his commanJIng olllccr of which ho Is
still proud , beslelcs being mentioned In gen
eral orders , though his medal was not granted
until early In the present year.
HOW COLONEL BAKER FELL.
"Tho last time I saw Colonel Baker he
was being cart led en two muskets , with his
cap and his sword on his breast and his halt
iragglng In the dust In other word" , he
was being landed from a scow on Hairison's
Island , having Just been kllle l in battle upon
Ball's bluff , " remarked Mr. A. J. Bellows ,
giving some of his war reminiscences to o
reporter of the Portland Oregonlan.
"I saw that battle , and , as It was the fir * !
time I ever smclled gunpowder , I remeinbet
It very clearly. I was a drummer boy In
the Mfteenth Massachusetts , the regiment ol
Colonel Dovcns , afterward United States at
torney general. Tlmt night I beat the lone
roll and we fell In and went down to Ed
ward's ferry. About daybreak Colonel Bakct
arrived I heard him ask Colonel Devon-
about the transportation. A scow nnd o
flatboat , which were filling with men , were
pointed out. and he said , with a bert of a
laugh : 'Well , evidently they don't Intend
for many of us to come hick. '
"There had been skirmish firing some fou :
or five miles off In the direction of Lcesbuig
but soon after this the battle opened It :
earnest. Our regiment had two howitzers
In the middle of the stream , on Harrison's
Island. It was not long before orders came
to pass over those guns , and I sneaked In as
one of the detail and went over.
"I had Just got en top of the bluff when
Colonel Baker came riding back. Dismount
ing , he threw me the rein , and said : 'Here
bub , hold this horse. You had better gel
over the brow of the hill a little , so joti
won't get hurt ' In a few minutes hewa
riddled with bullet1. T.icu occurred a torr
ble hand-to-hand Ptrupgle for his boJy. H
was the only time during the war I saw the
bayonet used in a line of battle.
"Being a musician , my place was with the
wounded on Harrison's Island. I had scet :
enough. I let the horse go , climbed dour
the banks and got Into the last boat thai
\\ent back.
"After Baker's death the command went tc
pieces. There was heroic Individual fight
ing , but teen all formation was lost. The
majority of the troops were taken prisoners
The rest ran and Jumped Into the river
Those who reached the Island were saved
but the rest were drowned In the swift cur
rent. '
o -
SAW NAPOLEON FALL.
in Olilnnn Who VVImcusrd the ruinati !
Itnttle \\ntrrlnn. .
Wednesday , the 19th Inst. , was the eight-
It ; h anniversary of the battle of Water
loo. Of the hundreds of thousands ol
men who struggled that day for supremacj
all have passed away , except two in America
four In the British Isles and six In France ,
and most of these are centenarians
There Is another , who , although not a par
ticipant in the great battle , had the pr.vilege
of witnessing the thrilling events of thai
week In Belgium which marked the downfall
of the Napoleon dynasty and who viewed thai
battle from a better vantage ground , perhaps
than any of the participants. That man Is
James R. Green of Ellsworth , O. , who la 91
years of ago.
The old gentleman ) was born In Bolton
Lancashire , England , on July 25 , 1798 , an ;
entered the English navy at the age of K
as a midshipman. The next year his ship
was employed In transporting the English
soldiers for Wellington's army across the
channel from Southampton to Antwerp , and II
was at this time that he accidentally wit
nessed Waterloo , in * iaJ8 he entered the
East Indian merchant ffvice , and for many
years voyaged In the Atlantic and Indian
oceans , making many trips around the Cape
of Good Hope to Delphi , Calcutta and Bom
bay. In 1S20 he made his first voyage tc
America In a sailing vessel , It requiring
twelve weeks to cross the stormy Atlantic
Since then ne has crossed the Atlantic
twenty-three times.
Mr. Green was In a reminiscent mood when
seen by a Cincinnati Inquirer correspondent ,
and talked Interestingly of the great battle.
"I v , as a midshipman In June , 1815 , on one
of King George's transport ships , " he said ,
"and with the other 'middles' started across
Belgium to Join the English troops.
"We came first to Ligny , where the pre
liminary battle of that terrible week In Bel
gium took place. That fight was between the
Prussians under Biucher and Napoleon's
veterans. The conflict did not last long , bill
It stands as one of the most desperate light :
of history. Biucher was compelled to give
way , and his retreat was almost a rout
Flushed with tuccess , Napoleon pushed on t <
his fate at Quatrc-Bras and attacked the out
posts of the English on the 17th.
"At Quatre-Bras Napoleon was repulsed
falling back to Waterloo that night , when
he determined to make his final stand.
"On the morning of the 18th , with a sea
glass which we had taken with us , wo stooi
on the heights some distance away fron
Waterloo and took In the whole scene. Wi
could sec Napoleon on his charger rldln ,
along his lines preparing for the battle. Tin
lines were formed and soon the field wai
filled with smoke and the roar of cannot
reverberated through the hills of Belgium
In the afternoon the fierce conflict ceasei
and the field was a sickening sight. Tin
green rye had been trampled down and tin
field was nothing but dust like the mldJli
of the road , while the dead and woundei
liy scattered thickly over the great plain
Out of the 250 pieces of artillery Napoleor
lost 15C , and 40.000 of his men were elthei
dead upon the fl Id or prUoners.
"I cin remember distinctly of seelni
Biucher , Napoleon , the duke of Welllngtoi
and George IV. I can remember seeln ;
George III and his couriers riding down ti
the London docks upon many a morning
During the reign of William IV I remembs ;
having seen Queen Victoria In a villa nea :
London playing In a garden , and I have ills
tlnct remembrances of the last four rullni
morarchs of the house of Hanover "
A 'l UKh Snn of the Itotiiliitlnn.
A 5-year-old grandson In a proinlnen
family of New York City which boasts muc !
of Its connection with the heroes of 1776 ha
always taken a great Interest In the fatnll ;
conversations. Ono day not long ago , relate :
the New York Times , he and his gramlmi
went down town to do some shopping. A
noon the little fellow said"Don'
let us go home for luncheon. The props ;
thing to do U to go to the S - . Every food ]
goes there. " Persuaded and amused by tin
grown-up airs which the youngsttr had as
sinned , his companion agreed , but told Mase
Hopeful that he must glvo his own order
"Turkey and cranberries , " he said promptly
und when U came he began to do his owi
carving Ho sawed away without making un ;
Impression , and his grandma suggLBted. "L-
me cut It for you. " "No , " he said , doggedly
as he worked away. "You'd better let mi
try It. It seems pretty tough , " she Intcrposei
again The little fellow kept on trying for i
moment , then dropped his knife and fork It
despair , looked at hU plate and said cm
phatlcally : "It must be a son of the revolu
tlon , grandma. "
FAD3 IN PHOTOGRAPHY ,
I'ortrntti 1'lncril on Vr lchf , I'lpei and
Kelt Ilurklei.
If the alchcmltts of the sixteenth century
could take a peep Into the modern photo
graph studio they would experience an
electric shock at the scientific beauty Into
which their early efforts have culminated.
Since the time of Thomas Wedge-wood , who
was the first to discover the value of the
action of light upon a sensitive surface , nuch
gigantic strides have been taken In the art
that soon tha very coloring of the flesh and
bloo.l will appear on our ciute do visiles.
The old-time daguerreotypes , which made
their entree In 182 1 , under the guidance ot
DiRuerre ; the ferrotype , brought out by
Robert Hunt a little later , and the ambrotypo
of a still later period , ore made to hide their
diminished heads before the splendor ot pro
portions their rival brothers have assumed ,
Not so very loirg ago one's features could
only bo Immortnllred n la silhouette , by
tracing with a black poncll the shadows ot
the1 profile ot the face cast by u can lie on
white piper ; melancholy , ghastly heirlooms ,
cherished by this generation , as belonging tea
a time when "all things were new. "
There Is no feat now too dltllcillt for tha
photo student to attempt ; the camera , ftom
being the wonder of the age , has become a
household companion.
The craze for anything nnd everything
new. tiys a New York correspondent , has
entered this field wllh the remit ot turning
out n number of quaint devices by which
the photograph of a friend may be > carried on
one's perron , with good artistic effect. Of
these , perhaps , the wnte.li case Is the most
commonly seen ; n man with a sweetheart
must first have thought of this arrangement
by means of which the face he most admit cil
could be brouglk before him nt will The
hard surface of the gold c.vso takes very
kindly to the photographic solutions , and the
finish Is as beautifully fine as tlu > italntlest
cabinet. A few appear with the decoration
on the outside of the case1 , If It Is not already
carven , but the favorite style Is the Inner
side , where the photogiaph Is shielded from
dust and too glaring light Photograph pipes
are a decidedly new Invention , and altogether
fetching , not lo speak of the expense , are
these bits of "manly" trifles.
One of these , noticeable for Its delicacy
nnd ilchncss , is in tlio possession of a New
York club man , who earnestly declares that
the fragrant weed Is never no soul-satisfying
as when Inhaled through the medium of thin
bit of clay ; and no wonder. What man
could not be "carried to the skies" on clouds
of fragrant tobacco , with the vision of the
fair joung face to softly Imprinted on tlio
pipe's bowl , always beaming sunny smiles nt
him ! And then the glitter of the Jewels !
the gleam of the large rubles , lingo all his
dreams loty red , and the tiny diamonds sot
lieie and there at its base glisten llko his
love's eyrs.
The meerschaum must bo richly colored
to set off the decorations. Small turquoise
fotm a pretty contrast to the gorgeous > el-
Ions and browns of the pipe.
Bric-a-brac present another form of pre
serving photography ; some wonderfully line
effects have been produced by means of
transferring a pretty face on the Hat tur-
face of a dainty vase.
This is usually done before the last firing ;
so as to preserve all the beauty of the pic
ture Intact. U Is then proof against ravages
of tlmo and weir.
It is a pretty bit of remembrance to offer
to a friend to whom the photv ) alone would
seem too small a gift. One of the most novel
forms this fad has assumed Is shown by
a bright Vassar girl , who wears upon her
boating dress a set of huge buttons , each
showing the faca of her favorite chssmato
and all beautifully set In a burnished gold
frame. A tiny art gallery , and sufficient
at a moment's notice to call up hosts ot
pleasant recollections Another way In
which the pretty facs may be carried with
one on a long journey , when any bupsr-
lluous cargo Is Inadvisable Is In the buckle-
of one's belt. A inott unique arrangement
and one eliciting decided approval If one
may Judge from the number being worn.
A very smart ons is worn by a young
woman who counts her diamonds by the
dozens , and who has spared no expense In
the setting of this small but costly trifle.
It Is a younger sister's face peering out
from the rich setting of large pearls set In
filagree gold ; the whole surface Is richly
chased , giving color and tone to the milky
whiteness of the priceless pearls. The face
Is beautifully tinted , making one think ot
the dainty Ivory miniatures of long ago.
Then there are those set In frames of gold
or silver without the Jewels , but the rich
ness Is necessary to lend the photograph
the prop ° r tone.
The daguerreotype lockets are a swagger
d vice for the photographed face which wo
do not wish exposed to the gaze of the
"common herd. "
They are In the form of huge silver hearts ,
much larger than an ordinary watch ; their
frosted surface bears the monogram of the
wearer In largo English letters , and to it
hangs an excecdliily long , slender sliver
chain , which Is worn thrown carelessly over
the shoulders , allowing the heart to drop
where It pleases. I
Inside the dainty face of a girl friend ( or
of a sweetheart , since no one will see ) , 11 ts
In b autlfully ; opposite Is Inscribed some
quaint legend , supposed to ward off all at
tacks of the "Evil Eye. "
It Is odd to note tint among all this col
lection of feminine and masculine adorn
ment the face of a man seldom appears ; It
may bo duo to 4he utter hopelessness ot
anything artistic In their get-up , or to thp
undue modesty of the fair ones , who shrlnlf
from displaying the pictured face of their
"Prince Charming" to the public.
New York World JliiRle What was tha
trouble In the Soldiers' home last Sunday ?
Jingle Rev. Mr Thankful chose for hla
text , "Let not your right hand know what
your left hand doeth ! "
Jingle Well , but what was ths trouble ?
Jangle Nearly all the Inmates are one-
armed veterans.
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