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Orlontl DOiutes Vlalted 'n t'o Citadel of
Tangiers
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INVESTIGATING THE EUROPEAN VISITOR
) Irnc'llnl ClstatueMorn I , the
l'oro'I'u11 CI-.I 1 P1' flie
the JUICPtCrlir" 01 the 'Cnll
t -i'rlslleges 01 wises ,
Writing from Tangiers under dale 01 September -
I b' ' tomber 10. EfO Von Schalcelsk , correspondent -
ent of mho Cincinnat inqulrer . says she hal
11 not been II the harem of the kadl of the
Tangiers citadel ten minutes when the small
" army of many-colored bcltes. "slgnoris"
( Iegltmt ( wives ) and slaves , asked her to
undress excliming In French iingllsh . Ara-
bian and tlod - knowz - wltat-tongue-not that I
would be no end of a joke to see me In trous-
ors . \'cl and burnua . or bernouse aa the loose
mantle . of the Arabs Is called hcre. I knew
th6y were dying to observe the Intricacies 01
the European toilet , and consented the more
readily al I had Mused elaborately for th3t
very purpose following the advice of the
proprletresa of the French hotel In Tangiers ,
whose influence had opened the doors of the
harem to me. I wore a fashionable dress uf
changeable silk , , cut low In front , the decoleto
part being covered by laces I was all new
to them They touched and smelled of the
novel material , apparently thinking its luster
was produced by some outward Cuse. The
whalebone In the walt struck them I no
less grotesque and when they came to unfasten -
fasten my corsets their atonlshment know no
bounds. Even the big sleeves which hal
1 minute before they had admired so auldu-
ously . lost interest
When a woman takes 'r her stays she
usually glvc a Ito cry of relict as tie
respiratory 10tol vibrates quicker , because
unimpeded . through her body The cay was
very hot and the act of casting off the mod
emu coat of mal , therefore . a genuine corn -
t fort. You should have seen the glances '
curiosity mixed with klndnoss-wlth which
the harem ladles regarded my quivering farm
Some tf the bolder ones pressed their ear
fgnlnst tIle leb'l to hear my heart heat , and
then assured their doubting sisters that my
clock of life ) vas really beating . They wouhl
nol have believed It posslblo except upon m ,
the word of one of them.
The garters next attracted their mull -
vlde attention. "Why compress the flesh :
just above the knee ? " they asked nil at once
"It leaves I nasty marIe Doea not your
master object to II ? "
"Tho lady wears glove on her trot"
This astounding announcement by one oC
,
the slave girls was offset by anot'ler. Itl 1
more startling : "tier fet have two akins-on °
' black and one white. " '
, UNKNOWN ARTICLES OF API'AILEL.
, API'AlEr
" . Stockings and stays arc unknown In 110-
.rocco : so I the fashion of exposing any part
of the neck or shoulders When the ladle t
got through admiring my hose and corsets
and wonderIng at their alleged usefulness , the
oldest signora undertook to pint out to me
that It was very sinful and indeed horrible ,
to wear low-cut dresses. No noble-born Ara-
blnn would think of doing that which tnlo
slaves were commanded to do. Still , hersel f
and friends would bo willing to try on my
dress before the arrival of the kadi.
That gentleman's youngest wife , a girl of
, 1. hal Arab half Egyptian . summoned up
0 courage enough to attire herself European
fashion She was a beautiful creatle ,
graceful . lho of figure . with fine eyes and
hair , and so Itlo developed a to be able to t
sldo UI lY bracelet to under her arm piu .
Zuheima as they called her , threw , off al l
lien garments except shift and trousers , but t
xiotwlllmstaning that , all attempts at but
toning the dotS In front were futll Here
then wal a figure graceful and classical of
outline . one over which artists would rave , ,
and which the greatest connolueurs wool
pronounce perfect , that stubbornly rohued . to
submit to ( ho dtctate of Dine . La Mode Al
the harem's 1lle8 como to look at the won
der . and demanlled to ImolY my ugo , shakIng -
Ing their heads at the information gtven. No
doubt they thought I was fooling them A
'I woman of 35. having a smaler waist than a
girl twenty years younger ! "But she docs
sot breathe , thtl French woman , " said ono
of the slaves .
PUT HER TO THE TEST.
"Suroly she won't bo able to oat with her
things on ! " eclalmc another
To put mo to the test , I was allowed to t
dress again after a little while , whereupon
all of us sat down on the pllk silk matresses
strewn upon the hoer In tJ shadow of the
wooden balconies ubove. The kadl's harem
to which I have Introduced you Is the best
appointed In Tangiers , for the reason that
Its proprietor , one of the chief tax colectors
of the empire Is the rlche1t man In tow n .
I Is situated In the midst or the works of
fortification on a small hall overlooking the
narrows of Clbraltar. A donkey and guide
had brought me butter . and a sentinel II i
a white mantle that seemed to come from the
property chest of an American barber sllp
hal admitted us upon payment of a silver 5
franc piece . The citadel as far as I can
judge consists of a confusion of high and
, . very thick wals , all cleanly whiewashed. i
Even the buildings where the 'ofclals his
have no outside windows. - Vera and there
the walls Ire broken by small doors of Iron
and wool , pleltCuly decorated with meta
For twenty mlnctes : I rode through the I
arrow lanes without meeting a living soul 1 ,
man or horse , mule or dog , There were no
IlglS of the anywhere.
Having reached the kadl's house my gut do
\401 time knocker with lunch energy , prc-
duclng sounds re ,
that In the Interior were
echoed by a shrill bell. After lve minutes
a negro sr\ant opened the door and aft cr
glancing at our sealed credentials bade us I
enter. We walked _ about thirty races In
darkness , when sUddenly wo fouud oursely es i
In the Inner court which was steeped In
brightest sunlight . The Inner steepel may Un U
called the living apartment of an Arahl lan
house ,
IUSO All the windows and rooms recelvelt
, light and air from It. The floor 1OOIS Is usual y
usualy
,
covered with
granite
granie , or In the more pre-
tenuous hounes with mosaic The Inner court
in the Imdl's hcbae was
hcuse gorgeous svlth rich
wih car-
pets flowers , a fountain , looking glasses and
'oascs. Thin walls . up to the second floe midr
were covered with tiles and the balconies In
front of all the windows
al were richly carved
and gilded. The roof of the house was ii al
and as clean and white as the walls , fat
ladles of the harem used the roofs to prom-
" cnado and visit each other by bridging over
, the distance from one roof to another w'I rim
bords. wih
. PLENTY OF \\'IVES.
In the shadows of the
balconies , on sni all
silk covered mattresses . the ladles of sm31 t
louse were found , six full fledged wive
llgell wlvcl
"
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"signoras , 8 they am called , each at
. tended by two or three female slaves
of the ladles were of the purest Anabl Al
( blood , with occasionally an intermixture of
Lgyptlon. They hd small . delicate fe-
tureg , the lines of their facer were regularly :
drawn their hair was long and silky a mid
their e'es'Ne ahuond-shaped.
I The ladles . according to the prevailing et-
quette . did nol rise 't onto when I entered ,
, . and for a moment or so 1 thought them to
bo wax figures , EO pale and bloodless were
1 their cheek ali foreheads . From the ( pal lid
palhl
background red Imps and deep black brows
showed with conspIcuous vivacity. iU lat 1
the oldest alto invited 10 to a seat among
' them , and all at once each began to jab b ar
t . In the tongues - which I was known to and er- :
" Itald-I'rench. English and Arable. I wa a
vorltablo : Babel ] of ' '
vorlabo voces ( , as the slave'
Yvon efl , who hived on a tooting of pert tct
equality with thor ! mistresses , Unleremo- '
i nlous\ Joined In when they felt like dot tsg '
so. Of servants there were twelve or nleen , I
representing all shades and differences eof ,
color , black , yellow , red , olvo and chocola te.
Most of the slave girls were and all
gIrl young al pr et-
t- , They wore nothing but a
sort of white VJnbloons , and Over
them a shirt without slee-ves , m ode '
of transparent IUaz , Some few wore
1 8as1 around the waist , and a colored cloth
f over theIr hair One of the younger girl
'who , J wu told ! , Is an Egyptian . had an In-
desertbably sweet taco , a classical 1 nose a mid
luminous e'es She wore her silky black hair :
In two thIck braids around the lop of her :
bead like a Tyrolean. Place her I
lke Tyolean. upon a music
hall stage In Iala or New York upn her fortune -
tune Is made ,
Of couro , frt of all wo dilcuSSN dress ,
and I' II only just to gay that time had lea
showed me all they had on before !
1 Ihowel ia ni tley bal befor request ag
me to Itrl ) I. strove rotated , Poor Arab
nohtan In of
\\Olnll , Iplo thu tropical clime , she
Is about fie thoroughly coveted R ont of
SeMtor Ifsdley's Ocean Grove camp meet-
Inl belles minus her stockings. The fIrst
garment she puts on Is a pair 01 heavy sltn
trouser gold . embrolderett end lined with
'lh
chintz , 'these trouser are very wide around
the upper part 01 the hR , but narrow down
considerably at the knees , niece they termI- !
nate. OI'CI' thee unmcntonable ! ' a long shirt
01 \ hle silk or linen or wool , with long
stereos , full from the elbow dawn , Is worn ,
When I saw them J conclured < that our mod -
ern putt sleeves , If a change was wanted ,
might he reversed a la Morocco , with goal
grace and without anybody being lime user
the same SUlouut of material , but not ao
much rom , Lclng rqulrl.
WORE \STS GALORE
Then follow a succeslon of vests three
four or more , ail made of heavy silk , lined
amid elbroldcre , and fnaly a number of
loose garments In limo f/hlon of very superior
wrapper with wide flowing sleeves , Most of
thE slgloral had on a wrapper of gold bro-
code 01' heave silk and over that one 01 gauze
or Ohlna sik , A girdle over a fet broad
und very str fnihes the toiet , In place
of It mal ) women wear a sash and bInd It
three or four times around the body just
below the bosom.
The legs and feet arE uncovered , and an
Arab woman would never hesitate to expose
pose her legs to the gaze 01 hundreds of
st range men as ! long a her bee was veiled.
When the signora leaves the house ! she puts
on 1 clumsy pair of hoes , a bernouse and
hood. The bernouse I ! a garment worn
alike by mel and women and Is made of
white linen , wool or sills. The hood Is drawn
over the forehead , and mouth and ,
o\er all nose are
covered with a silk handkerchief , so that
only the eyes remain vllble , '
All Arab women . the poorest and the rich-
cst , are passionately fond of jewelry. Gold ,
BU\er. precious stones , glass balls . figures
ef sandal wood they employ Indiscriminately
A rich woman wi wear bracelets U
broad as your hand , and at the side of
strings of real pearls and rich briiants the
very snilest of trash that may be given away
with a pound of tea. used In
pounl Rings are use pro-
fusion around the ankle . time upper and the
lower arlP , hands and toe ! On their head
the ladles wear a small cap of gold lace , t to
which tassels of real pearl are attached In
front that hang down upon the forehead. At
the other enl Is a how of many colored 1
ribbons the ends of which hang
'
down the back with the many braids
and curls. I the Arab woman wants for
nnythlng It Is for blonde hair My Euro
Iean l , togery lad Interested my hostesses
very much for a lime , hut they never got t
through talking of my light tresses as long
as 1 stayed at the harem At first they
doubted their genuineness speculatng
whether they were made of fax or stilt , lS
I mho custom here. When convinced they
were real , they requested tee In all sorts
of language to let them know the dye I
used with such extraordinary success. That
blonde was natural with our race they would
not hear of . because It was against all ! coal l-
ton.PICTURES
PICTURES aI' GOOD HEALTH.
The Morocco dame Is a very healthy specd -
men of humanity , As already intimated .
Intmated.
oho knows µ
nothing of corsets or nacre
narrw
girdles , and the weight of her clothes rests
entrely upon her shouhlere. As a anise
gcenco . the various organs In her chest are
all In their proper places , and the perform
ores of their several functions Is never Interfered -
terfered with by want of room Iness ! ! ! In
the harem , therefore means a broken leg
or anile , cholera or worseour modern fe ,
male diseases are entirely unknown among
them But , I hear It argued by many fair
and fashionable sisters , the Arab woman
has no individuality : she Is her master's
plaything-a mere automaton From my own
obsHvaton 1 am able to deny these nllega-
ceny alega-
tons , which seem to be accepted as truth
all over the Christian world
The Morocco woman Is her own mistress
In her household She may decide about the ,
educatlmm or all her children I
educaton a1 chidren. and remains
mistress of her marriage '
portion alt through
le l , I her husband neglects her , beats her ,
or refuses to suitably provide for her wants '
she ma)1 sue fr divorce and obtain 1 decree i
which allows her to marry again '
She Is nol wooed
and won for her money ;
her husband has to part with a great deal
of money In favor of her parents before h'
can possess her. I she decides to be dl-
vorc3d be moat not only refund her dot but
ale permit her to take along the presents In
money ! meets . etc. , that be has made her
mare
The ordinary courts of justice have no
power over the Arab woman She ts
never sent to prison , never submits to
corporal 11nlshment : even when submis becomes -
comes a murderess the famiy counci or her
husband decides about her fate
PUNISH SOCIAL ODLIQUITY.
The 'lsb:1d : , on the other hand , has the
right to sell the unfaithful wife , and if he
I
Ills her upon.f dlng her In the arms of
another he wi bo no more punished than
a Frenchman under the same clrcumstancps. '
I ho commits adultery the wire may bring
him Into court , where he Is severely dealt
Wml , risking long Imprisonment and bast- !
Ist-
undo , an Eastern moro of punishment by
boating the offender on time soles of his fect.
The women marry In theIr twelfth , Ihlr- ,
teenth or fourteenth year : the man shortly
after their fifteenth or sixteenth birthday.
An Arab may have as many wIves and fee
male slaves as ho can afford to leeep ; he
has no right to bo jealous , neither have
the worsen but If the lord of the harem
should go astray all his wives and female
slaves combine to make his lo a burden to
him forever after.
The Arab woman retains her beauty much
longer than women of the Caucasian races ,
I mentioned In another part of this letter
that , the kadl's wlvetl were remarkably p1le.
Then paleness however , Is neither the consequence -
sequence of 111 - health nor of cosmetics. They
have a system and a habIt to keep their faces
always In the shade so that never a ray of
the sun strikes them , Women at 50 In this
country may easily pass for 30 years , I met
II the kadl's harem that gentleman's mother ,
whom I tools for one oC his wIves She had
passed the mth decade of her lo and had
borne and nursed elcven children . still she .
did nol look over :0 odd . -
Of coarse rich men's wl\e do nol work
In this country , or no moro than their sls
taro in Europe and America , When work fs
required of them they show themselves
equal to the foals 1 was pleasantly sOr-
prlsc at my first visit to an Arab's house
so thoroughly clean and It
thorourhly orderly pre
tented Ittelf. Kitchen and ,
Itelf. Kichen sleeping apartments -
moots were \xel aired , and the whll curtains
at the beds looker ! Indeed as If t\ey \ had Just
left the store. The wife or wives must cook
and scour , must maim candles . soap and the
clothing for the whole fami'ry They must
not only make up the garments , but also
weae or spin the material. When l'ey have
limo they devote themselve besides to the
weaving of carpets and tapestry , In whIch
they are experts The signoras work side by
side wih tine slaves ; difference of rank among
tie middle classes Is unkno\l : the only right
denied to the slaves is to sit
slves I on silk cushions
getlpr with those of the legitimate wives an d
are consIdered of equal . birth
Iu u 'I'ruuc. Seven Uno" ,
A strange story comes from Dravo , Ale-
gan county , Michigan , A week ago Friday a
Mr. Condon of Bravo went to work on the
state road ditch between that place and 6'enn -
v111r. Attar working all day ho starter 1
home , going across the felds , After going
about 100 rods ho became 9 weak fro m
what ho supposed was heart disease that he
tell II the weeds and brush , where Imt lay
for coven das uncon5clous.
Ho elates that ho came to himself one e ,
but was unable to cry for help or help him
SElf , On the seventh day a party started to t
hunt for the missing man . but on that morn
tng he carne to and got home , and was some
what surprised whO 10 was informed that
ho hd lain ! there for seven drys ho sup
posing that ho had bEen there Just over
night
' 'hl parties that were hunting for him
found where he had lain , and they sold that
he hal dug a hole , they sUPP01ed , for w ate r .
as deep as ho could , reach his arm
They have just found out In London , accordIng -
cordIng to an I : nglih woman's weekly . the t
"In America they send to table , at limo be-
glnnlnl of dinner delicate little slicks of
celery two Inches or so In length , ear p
crisp served Ice and the
on , diners cat their
celery as they go on front dish to alai just
al we eat bread " Very "appetizing and
delicious . " tea , It I pronounced , and It Is I I
recommended to bo tried by hOIest1 ! searchIng - I
log for novelties for shooting luncheons , :
This Is bettor titan another of lime same
clang of publications , ( thick suggests to a
correspondent asking for menu Ideas for a
garden party that "American cornbr.imd" and
"American lemon plo" are "novel aloha s .
sid to be exceedingly gosh" So they are ,
indeed , but not at garden parte )
,
JUSTICE J IN I IIU - ) ITVE [ ; TOGA
Smplos of Legal Procedure In te Ozark
Section of Arkansas ,
A FRESH NEBRASKAN TAKES A HAND
. \I'I'nlll u 111aally . 01 time Just lec of
the l'euce-'Vic CIPh'l of "Cus -
sin' ( lt"-M.rlklu . IUIIIICC/
of Judicial Shll'lcl ) " .
The sobriety of that portion of the Ozark
country In Arkansan Is apparent 1 Is
claimed by a correspondent of the St. Luis
Globe-Democrat that the high moral tone extends
tends to the rights of personal property , You
get no key when you are assigned to a room
In a botch Few of the farm houses have
locks en the ( lees .
"I don't believe there Is any other section
of the United States where larceny Is 80 rare
a ! I Is here " sa1Q Editor Jones of lime
Mountain Echo at Yelvle to the correspoll-
ent. t "I had occasIon to write something on
this subject not long ago An article had
a appcc In an outside paper which seemed
to reflect ul'on ' our people as regards the
safety of property. I said In that article that
I had been In this country eight years : thai
I never thought of locking either my smoke
houtss or my corn crib and that I hall never
bad anything Btolen. The statement was
)
strictly accurate UI to that tuna I'm sorry
to say that about a week after I mod that
boat I lost a load of corn Still , such things
are very rare "
Time fact Is , criminal trials are such novel-
tes In the Ozark country that they serve the
purposes of recroaton , At Lion 11 ! the
other day the shots communiy assemblCI to
enjoy the Inquiry Into a larceny case . Colonel
M ix's sawmill was utilized for n court room ,
Foreman Tripp blew the whistle as the signal
to begin. Constable Schoonover , a tolerably
f1sh arrival from Nebraska , was Interrupte
In i mho midst of al expression of opinion on
the was relative just saying merits : of the two secton le
"A man has to put In a little more muscle
making a crop down here among these rocks
loan ho docs In Nebraska. among ) there he
has to work harder to make a lving , You
see ho can't resort to thu weds with I gun
every time he gets out of meat , as he can
down here. "
" " 'o's ready , Mr. Constable , " said a shat
stout man In his shirt sleeves.
"Oyez ! Oyez ! " Mr. Sehoono\'er announced
sonorously , "Uo : court of Buffalo township ) Is
a - galn' to takE a feat. "
Justice Nace , the aforesaid short , stout man
In shirt sleeves , carrying a ponrerous volume
of the Arkansas statutes walked over and sat
down with his back to the buzz saw
Constable
Schoonover produced a paper
which alleged that three men named therein
were responsible for the dll'Jppearance of a
certall log chain. One of the defendants
came forward promptly when his name was
called by the justice. The second manifested
not the slightest Interest In the proceedings ,
but stood with his back to time court
"You'l have to talk louder , judge , " euid
Schoonover "Th3t man can't her nothing "
"Do you plead guilty or not guilty ? " the
j ustice . . asked of . a man In a log facing hhu
nfOt guiy , " sam tie defendant , with
such emphasis , that the crowd admired.
The JUdge opened the statutes al a place
he had marked wih a slip of paper ana
addressed the constable :
001 any witnesses ? "
"I believe I've got returns "
beleve ; on a couple ,
sid the constable , aH he fumbled over some
w ell-worn sheets of legal cap le called the
names. ana of the witnesses spoke up : "I'm
not going to appear agalm't this man , "
The court looked at the witness and then
consulted the law boole.
"As there are no witnesses " . he said , "the
court discharges the defendant.
"Much obliged to the court , " said the the.
fendant He got up from the log put on his
hat and went out of the saw mill.
The justice turned hll' ' attention to thus
other defendant The constable hd been
holding communication al short rang wih
the deaf man and now replied :
"le says ho wants a continuance until
Saturday to get counsel. " '
The court consulted the statutes and salt ! :
"The law allows three days' continuance .
The case will be set for Saturday. "
Then , having looked over the warrant , the
justice , turned to the constable and said :
"Therc's one man ! } amed hero you ha\'en't
got "
"No " said Schoonover , with a grin , "I
haLn't got him , and I ain't likely to get him.
They say he's ball medtcine ! " .
Some of the auditors snickered , The Jus-
tce proceeded to write up lime minutes of
lima azssion white he was 9 engaged a
man rode up hurriedly and dismounted
"What's been done ? " asked the newcomer '
In i the tone of one who understood his pro-
fesslon31 rights before the court
"So-and-so's discharged , " said the Judge
"On what ground ? " Lnqulred the newconer.
"No evidence " replied the JUdge.
\Vhat was done with the other man ? "
asked the newcomer.
"Ho took a continuance until Saturday "
said the judge.
"He had I right to I , " commented the
newcomer , turing away I
Subsequently the newcomer said I he had I
arrived In tme he should have undertaken I
the defense of the man asking a contnuancJ , I
"And " he added , "I would have cleared
hem , too nut as long as the court has sus-
talred the motion for a continuance nothing
can be done , "
"That's right , " said the Judge , reflectively ,
Wang the end of his pencil.
Time newcomer was identified as the blacle-
smUh ! at Sulfate City . I
Justices' courts tn the Ozark country are
great Institutions. I Is told of one squire In
Baxter county who , In passIng on a umatter
l1ter
submitted to him , sold to the array of law-
yers on both aides :
"Gentlemen . I shall decide this cast In a
pint that none of you have seen. "
A woman came down to Yelvile not long
ago to consul a lawyer She told hIm that a
justice of the peace over on white river had .
Uvorced her , and she wanted to know If the
plceedlngs were all right
"Of course not , " said the lawyer "tho jus-
tce of the peace couldn't give you a divorce. "
" \ \ 'ell , " said she , "he done I. all the same , "
A mcssage was sent to the justice to come
over to the ccunty seat and explain who t
kInd of a court ho was running When he
put In an appearance he was asked about the
divorce and at once sold he had granted it .
"Dut don'l you know you can't clvorce
people ? " expostulated the Judge.
"Dy thunder , " retorted the justice , "I mar-
marred -
vorce 'em "
"Culsln' out" use to be one 01 the ways of
setting controversies In the Ozark country ,
I originate with Uz l'lndley and John Car
ter , The Flndleys came from Georgia Old Uz
took a great Interest In poltls , and whore
ever he went he was followed by a venerable
negro named Dosen , whose duty It was to
steer hIs master homeward when he needed
help. At one of the curly elections old Uz
and John Cater became very angry at sac h
other. I looked a If nothing but a fight
,
could settle the issue belween them , when
sUddenly old Uz shouted :
"Mr. Carter stand and bo cussed. "
Carter removed his hat , walked out about
ten paces from the crowd , and told old Uz :
to g ahead
Findley removed his hat , and , walkIng out
In emphasis front ! of : Carter said , with deliberation and
" ! r , Carter I this earth was one piece 01
parchnnent . and the sea one basin of Ink , and
every quill upon earth was one qui , and I
had the power to use that qui , that parchment -
meat , and that hmk I would tall short , sir ,
of being able to describe the corruption of
your old heart , sir "
Carter sid never a word but stood wit h
uncovered head until UI was through . Then
he said :
"Mr Findley , stand sir . until 1 coat you ; '
Old Uz bowed his head and Carter laid : ! I
"Mr , Findley , had I all the talents ever
produced In Europe and America combined ! In
solid phalanx , and was to undertake to t
speak to you , I would then tall short of
describing the corruption of your old heart ,
aIr "
This settled the rlfculy , The two re-
8Uml friendly relatlona. The custom 01 1
"cussln' out" was thus' Introduced
"cu"1In' Introucd In the
Ozark country ,
One of lima famous trial of this region ,
the memory of which sti ! ! tees with some of
the old settlers . was a salt for slander
brought by John 1' , Houston against Daniel 1
Jefrey , I took place' In Athens , which , In 1
Its day , wu the seat of learning , of justice , '
nn is I : B.A'I' l"ll DAY O'TOBEl 12. 18m. . . 6 _ _
of bUllnl ! and of I hflRlon + 01 Whlt rlur
The bade of time aclln'wl thAt Jeffrey , who
was sheriff 01 the npiq'ty ' . had called loBton
"an Infamous old 1ti'hl , " John 1' , Houston
was a brother oft \1 10Ultol , president
of the republic 01 ' Coos , lie wnnderel Into
UI Ozark country .n of magnificent Jhy-
steal appearance , walt - educated , of great
natural ability , anll'l 8 drunkard . lie was
node One of the firm afcer of Iarl county
I wa his custom mlp , , do public busIness alt-
flag with R table 1t\Ven himself and the
door , On that tabl 1111 books were arranged
before him At hi tight hand , and within
easy reach , was a anallgr table , on which lay
during business hOlt , 'l kinds 01 weapon .
lie hall dirks , bowiE ' knJ\s. pistols and rifles
of the finest quail fp that IJrlo One of
his bowie knives be. claimed has coat him
$15 , a high price ( ols\lch \ a weapon In thOfO
days , On one occasion a man named Jess Everett -
et came Into the ofce about some county
business . In the course of the cor1ersaton
BI'eret , unmIndful of the arsenal , ( ell
Houston he was a liar , Houston arose Ee-
leeted II knife , and started around the table
\eret met him halt way and knocked him
, down , The knife . flew across the floor.
Houston got on his feet , picked out another
knife , and started again only to meet the
same fate , Before this Interesting fight could
go any further It was stopped hy outside
interference , \ another time 10uston attempted -
tempted to Use his weapons on the sheri ,
and then It WBS that DanIel Jeffrey applied
the worst r.osstble epithet In the estImation
of the OOd.fearlng communiy , lie called
Houston "an Infamous old atheist. " flout-
lous-
ton brought nn acton for slander The trial
went against hln Toward thc end of John
p , 10ustol's career In the Ozark country
Sam 10uston was bringing Texas through
her troubles and attracting great attention.
The amiable brother In Arkansas used to tel
people ho had hut two more Journeys to
umk ° -one to Texas , to hill Sam Houston ,
unit the other to hea\en , In the opinion of
the old settlers he made neither , as ho died
drunk at Athen
Questons of eccnomy In public affairs agl-
lte the Ozark country In those early da's.
The county of Izard , which al that tine em-
brac i half a dozen o too countes of today ,
arrived nt the dignity or a new court house
The building was of frame Instead of logs ,
and was probably the first departure from
the original architecture of this region , 1
was twenty feet square. There was a door
on the east sIde and a door 01 the welt shle.
The judge's bench was 01 the south side of
the room , and 3 apace had been left on the
north side for IL' t'llmney. winter ap-
proaclted. The Issue which dlvldel the county
was \\hether the proposed chimney should be
of stone or or sticks and clay. The county court
held a sesion to hear arguments from. Interested -
ested citzens , Advocates of the stole chhn-
ley led off with the claim that Peter Young
and Sol less were g011 stone lasons : that
they could lay a stone chimney which would
look better than one of .tcks and
anl
last forever Old Jim Criswel , a big man ,
weighing 200 pounds , who hall nettled on
Rocky bYcu In 1820. led the opposition to
the store chlmne . lie male I vigorous I ,
speech , In which he denounced -thoso who
would "grind the people to death with taxes , "
and urged that the county court hod : Cast to
the custom of mho country and build a stcl ,
chlnne ) " , 'fhe spirIt ef progress prevailed.
The fashion c stone chimney's was set. Ito
Wa a member of the Criswel famiy , old
Harvey Criswell . who left this region fifty
years ago to settle ip Texas , saying he was
If
too crowded and wO\ht have to ' 1nt a new
home for "the It-I % Tennessc renter had
taken possesslcn of' ' tide . "
country.
tken countr.
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nEcol.I.EC'I'lp ; SIElIDA :
111'url'll )1"111' " Corrected fir -
Jlr.111 Ills CIltIM"IIIIM ; CUI'II'I ,
In General E , A. DJv\es' \ biography of Gen ,
cram Philip I. Shcrllau ( . recently publt'he < ,
the statement Is made , : "Tin one accident
of SherIdan's mllllaryy . life seams to have
bee hIs appolntm } ap colonel of the Sec -
If
and Michigan ca\'afy" ' ' } Io himself was ne\
able to learn to \\Ihat circumstances I was
dot , + The fact Is that through the
same perlOI from , the Ileglnnlng to the close
of the war he oWfd nothing to the help of 1
friend . .
I f
General Sherl ; , ' his memoirs , makes
a similar atatement , svhlch was probably th e
basis of General Ua'tea' \ error for error It 1
Is ! , according 10 Q ieral Russell A. .Algerl
'who probably wns' lriser l to'Sherldan through
out his unrvelouo'career ' , from aldo-not
quartermaster-on General [ lalleck's stat to
the heal of the army , than any ether comrade
In arms. The story 'that Gonetal Alger toll s
of Sheridan's frt promotion In the volunteer
service Is ! a mosl-Inlerlstng one , and the
facts were well known to General Sheridan ,
who often rEcounted them In social bourn ,
He wrote hIs memoirs during the last lwo
yeas of his life , when decaying vitality hac
probably weakened his memory. Hence an
error which , though seemingly unimportan
yet seriously misstates a historical fact i
which was plenmt : with Importance In f' : tap ,
Ing his military C1e r. General Alger thus
partcularly dlcrlbed to a New York Mal 1
and Express reporter the Incidents whIch le <
up to Sherldan's promotion to the colonelcy '
of the Second Michigan cavalry :
"It was the 26th or 27h of May , 1862 ,
that the Second Michigan cavalry , of which ! t
I' was captain , lay at Farmington , one of the
outposts of the union army then drawing Is
tines nlOunJ Corinth , :18s , , In which lay
Be.uregarr and what was left of the army
that struck Grant at. Pltsbur Iandlng six
wleks before The Second MichIgan had just
tn
lost Its colonel by the promotion of Gordon
Granger to brigadier. Our lieutenant colonel 1
had just left the service In disgrace , and our
two majors ware too Ilefcient to be trusted
with command of the reglmcnt. In fact
both left the service soon nfterwnrd
"On the day . named I bad just fnished
a tour or duty twenty-four hours long as
field officer of the day Of [ course , cavalr ) '
tarnished the outposts vldetes and pickets
nearest the enemy and the line ot guards of
whIch I had charge stretched out several 1
m ullet . and required such constant vlglanc !
on rho part of the field ' oalcer of the daO
that I lent those twenty-four hours In tin c
coddle or afoot viitng the outposts fnd
wltout a minute for sleep When 1 arrive d
de
at General '
Granger's headquarters to make
my report of the previous ray I was almost t
trelt out , and hoped for the usual ray eI
duty In which to rest
"As soon as I had madE my report Genera I
Granger told me that Governor Bair of
Michigan and his adjutant general , John
Hoberlson , had \Isled him the previous day.
" 'The o spoke ' of the condition or time Second -
amid Michigan cavalry , ' said GenEral Granger ,
'without a commanding officer and without a
field otcer capable of setting a squadron f In
the feld , They asked ate If I could suggest
any officer qualified for its command I knew
that Blair was prejudiced agaInst regular
army officers . deeming them too savers In I
their discipline of a citizen soldiery , and had
said thaI he would not conlnlsl'on ! one of
them , 1 could not think 01 any sultab to
suiable
officer Just then , but after they went away
the'ery man occurred to me lie Is cptain
Phi Sheridan of IIalleek's staf Poulbly
Blair would listen ro you If you tel him
that we are on time , en"'f very active open : -
ton ! and that tlE.caond Michigan , ofcered
as tt is . may become ' bopelesy : demoralize d .
demoralzed.
Blair will be at Plshurg Landing at 3:30 :
this afternoon 10 tkoho steamer down the
river. You will \ = \Iutme by hard rldin
to catch him thereJaad , . perhaps he will lsten
to you and comm sloe , SherIdan. '
"Granger had thRI 1 , 1fuly told his orderly
to fed my hole Indl , et breakfast for me. l
While wo were br alrjstng Adjutant Wal-
bridge of the SeeO ll,1Jchlgan. rode up wit h
the regimental reprl , and was told of my
proposed mission , utile J asked and obtained
leave to accompany Ope. Shortly after 9 a.
m , wo roe off toward Pltburg Landing ,
thirty miles awaY Jlh only a margin of
five hours to do-1tIr1 !
"Our route toold de '
rote took through the Shll oh
battlefield , the unburtl bodies of Shioh
of horses stl lalntitt 'tlhe air . long rows of
rois
fresh graves showing : \.here the blue and t nee
gray were awaftnl i 'b final roll call. We
arrived at Plttabbr r Landing and found
Governor Blair and General nobertson already i
ready aboard time steamer , which was soon
to start. I was on exceedingly friendly
terms wIth the governor , and opened my
subject to hIm at once . When 1 said that
Captain Sheridan wet the man list General
Granger recommended the governor prompt
declared that bo would not commission any
regular ofclr , I remonstrated . telling him
that the emclency of the regiment and 1 Its
usefulness to the afore and to the cause hung
upon his decision , .10 sold that he would
appoInt and commission a certain captain of
the regiment I polntld out that lime prom
ton of the captain named over the heads ui
sold officers would breed rlsafeeton , le
clung to his views ; and we left the boat ,
and , going ashore , sat down on some con -
mts.ary slots boxes and continued the disco t -
"Really the deciding voice wag that of
Adjutant General Robertson a clear minded
Bcotcblu , who was generally right when
.
caltl upon for advice . He strongly ' nrtted
urll.
lalr 10 cnlliulon Bhorllan Rt smite . Time
governor , fna\J yielded , 1 reluctant assent ,
and going aboard the steamier procured 1
sheet 01 paper . , natn/ Lansing , Mlch „
ho wrote ; .ou arc hereby appointed Colonel
of limo Second MlchlRan cavalry , and wi
take command at once , regarding this as
your clllulol until one In due form Is
forwarded to you. '
"Our tar Rt llhburg Landing probably
lasted an hour RIll 1 half , during which our
horses were fell ! and rubbed down and wo
made a hasty meal . I was after . p I , m
when LieutenantVnlbrldgo all myself setout
out on our tltur Journe to I-'armlnton ,
After wc had crossed the battlefield DRain
we met a native . who told us that wo could
save several mies by tking a certain route
which he described , I was then nearly
dark , but le took his al\'lo and Rot best
My hone , after nearly two days of almost
)
continuous " work was now so weary that we
were compelled to hung our gait down t ( a
! town 1
walk Instead of our new road beln/ shorter
It really prolonged our journey by / at least
tel collet. Wo reached our camp In the
early morning , and I threw myself on my
camp bed for the first sleep I had taken )
forty-eight hours . \ \ Il one long tour of
ditty and a ride or seventy mies Intenen-
Ing .
"The sun WS hluh In air when I awoke
and reported to General Granger lie was
greatly rejoiced at time success of our Ils-
aloe , and ordered ' ' '
to the
Ilon me carry go\'ernor's
eon1ul8slon to Sherldal at once. I had ne\er
seen that olcer , General Granger describe
him as very short , slender , amid weighing
not ' . . '
over 125 pound Lieutenant Walbridge
went with me to General llalleck's headIUar-
ters Asking for Sheridan , U ) 'OUnl captain
answering the "escrllton was pointed out to t
W I rode lp to him , and , saluting , asked :
'Is this Colonel Sheridan ? 'I 1 am Captain
Shlrlian of the regular army ' ho rcsponded
with a snap ,
" 'Exculse lute but you are Colonel Shlrl"an
of the Second Michigan cavalry , as this document -
meat will show you ; I r Jolnlc , handing : hLm
Governor Blalr's ml8lve. Sheridan real It , ,
and stood for a few moments like a man
dazed . and then shouted 'Hurrah ! ' with aIm
that brought lp a number of officers who
were lounging around with 10thing particular
to do Sheridan showed them the commL
sian , all then invited us to his quarters ,
where he brought out r138es and whlsll '
to celebrate his liromsotlon. Sherldau dranle
very little during his active career In the
army , but he always had liquor with hIm ,
On this occasIon ho poured out for himsel
barely elourh to carry the complhnen I ,
mY8:11. took enl ) ' water , but the glasses
were tilled . and some one proposed the toast ,
'That his promoton mJlht prove the 8tolllln/
stone to a brigadier's star. ' 'No ; said Sheri
dan , 'a regiment Is all I aspire to. '
"Next morning Sheridan Joined . his regIment -
anent wearing a captain's dress uniform coat ,
with the straps of an Infantry colonel ThaIs t
Is the true history uf his first volunteer pro
malon , all one filth which he wa& perfectly
Camlar until. his memory e - became clouded . '
"
nnssu' AIlOU't' WOMEN.
Some Washington people want Levi 1.
Morton fm our next prcshent , 'for no other
rEason than that Mrs Morton , when In Nash
lugtou , lends her high sancton 10 an effort e
to form a Cashlonable carriage meat at the
white Lot-a sort 01 park back of the whit e I
ea
house. Fashionable I folk want to mal.e a
second Hoten How 01 the place , but they
haven't exactly suceeded as yet.
A Chicago society girl , daughter of a
mllllanalre . took a rude In a Iolce patrol 1
wagol one ray last week through the shop
ping dlstrlel. She was see and recognized
by many acquaintances and others who' kle\
her II sight only , and the Incident caused a
Ire : ; sensation . The presence of the ) yon
woman II the wagon was a heroic deed on I
her h part As the was promenading Slat
street her curiosity was attracted by a crowd
Drawing near she found that ! It had colectlll 1
around I little boy who had slipped and
broken his Icg. She cognlzed In the ltte !
esufferer her cousin's son. Two policemen
had sent for the patrol wa/on. The young :
woman told where lime boy lived and efface gd
to take him home In a cab. The polce were
obdurato. I'olce rules called for trans
portaton In the ptrol wagon "Wo wi I
take him wher.ver , YIU say , but he must g u
In the , " Finally the l
tte wagon Finaly society gin
gave up. "Yell aloe sold , "If he mu t
go home In a patrol wagon I'l go home In I I ,
too. " So they lined the small boy In and
the . society girl clmbed In after him . anr
the t policemen mounted guard on each sIde. '
"You have been wildly extravagant In your
headgear thIs year , I seems to me , " said
I
ono of her friends to a fashionable girl , who
appeared 10 have a new hat to wear wit h
e\ .
scary goon
"My dear , " exclaimed the other , "I ha\'e
made a wonlerful clscover ) One of Mine .
L.'s former workwomen has hIt
L.s upon a ue w
1 le\
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ws
Idea that Is a perfect godsend to those of us
whose purses are inadequate to our needs .
She comes to mho house , looks o\er all your
old scraps , collects all your old hats , trim
ml'SA ' , etc , and with a few extra shapes
and accessories turns them out alogelhel
different , In the latest fashion , and as goat " 1
as new , at 50 cents to $1 for the fiat. "
This Is a new Industry which bids fair to
be a very poplar one , car almost ever
woman In society must necessarily collect )
great deal of excellent materIal , which L too
goO to be thrown away , and which she
roes not know how to use . but which , undo r
the deft angers of a sl.lful niodlste . unter
usell over again with charming results , "In 1
fact , I and my huadeovcrs' my most bc-
coming hats conclndell mademoiselle , ante
,
accounting for the numerous confections ,
"and I generally like them Deter than when
they were new "
Even men are taking up this industry one
of the most successful of these peripatetc
milners being a man who lives out of tOln ,
and who has all he can do during his
periodical visits In rcmal.lng the hats of
fashionable customers ,
TIle police of a Paris suburb recently arrested -
rested a woman for setting off firework
sottng of freworks
wihout a permit , and found that the occa-
Elan for the display was a small fete which '
she was giving to a number of her [ friend
In i celebration of her husband's death.
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