Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 10, 1886, Page 10

I ADVENTURES OF MAJOR NORTH White Otief of The Pawnee Scouts—His Frontier Experience. THE DANCES OF THE PAWNEES The Wonderful Medicine Dance—Med- fcal Practice Among the Paws Th Supersti- tions. ness Dances and Superstitions of the Paws nees, A deserintion of the various the Pawnces, as related to the dane write by toa proat extent some of their most interest- ing customs. The war dance, which was one of their most prominent ceremonies, took pluce immediately before the organ fzation of a party to go out upon the war: path. The war-party, or more properly the horse-stealing party, had o captain, and always went out on foot, expecting to returu on horseback with horses stolen from other tribes or from the whites. They all had lariats coiled up and thrown over their shoulders, and carried an extra supply of three pairs of moceasins and a few pounds of buffalo meat, which they packed on their backs. Tlicir arms con- gisted of hows and arrows. The war- dance was he| rt of invocation to the Deity or Great Spirit to assist them in th onterprise. The musicians had drums or tom-toms id dried gourds filled with gravel ‘stones, which they shook and rattled, and also sticks with the toes of antelopes or deer fastened to the end with sinew, so that they conld be gwung and rattled,’ there being forty or fifty toes on each stick. The musicians poinded their tom-toms and_shook th fuurllfl and rattles, making hideous music ndeed, accompanying it with s ng, ns they called it, while the membYers of the war-party did the dancing. The dancers earried their weapons of w the toma- hawk, the war-club, and the bow and arrow—in their hands, and daubed their faces with war-paint, making themselves look as fierce and ugly as possible The moment the music struck up they began their dancing, the group working toward the cente nr,:inuum(l yelling, passing between each other, and_ holding their weapons aloit, and keeping step to the doleful strains or thumps of the monot- onous tom-tom. This dance always took at night, and the party, generally numboring over forty braves, left the vil- ajor North, will serve to illustr Jage as midmght, their traveling being dono entirely under cover of the dark- ness. During the day they secreted themseives and slept. On - the tions the leader, wno was gene: en by a vote, ear was used as a PROPIETIC INDICATOR of good or evil luck or omen. The ad- vance scouts, upon_discovering a camp of their encmies, immediately’ reported ader, who then :lllm{n council, The Indians seated themselves on the ground, and the leader took his war-pipe and filled the bowl with kinnekinick. This pipe differed from the ordinary pipe in that it had no hole from the bowl to the stem. The leader, nevertheless, lit the tobacco and put the stem in his mouth, and if he succceded in making the pipe ntinue to smoke it was re- rarded as a sign of good luck and that he Grear Spivit wonld favor them in their undertaking. If it failed to smoke, then it wus looked upon_as an omen of bad luck, and an indication that the Great Spirit was displeased with them. 1f by some peeuliar chance the pie con- tinued to emit smoke, they then proceed- ed, and as a rule made a_good haul of or took & number of sealps from their Indian enemics; otherwise, they gave up the expedition ‘and returned to their camp, so strong was their supersti tion regarding the omen of the v P These war-parties frequently t; eled several hundred miles, and” when they tried the w 1pe and it failed to smoke, they invariably abandoned the trip. If their loader had a single man killed on the trip, they never went out with him again, and his prospects as leader were torever blighted. Immes ately after the return of a war-party A SCALP DANOV was invariably held if they had secured any scalp. 1ey had just as big a dance over one scalp as over a dozen or more. The step of this dance was about the sumo as that of tae war-dan They formed a circlearound the musicians and o expedi- rally chos- d o war-pipe, which the squaws, who took partin the festivity and o 1the sealps fastened to sealp- poles, which they kept moving up and down. ircle moved from right to left, keeping perfect time with the music. The Indians made up their songs to une- eompuny the dance, from the incidents of the fight. fter a song was completed the music stopped and a brief rest was taken, after which the dance was re- sumed, and in this way it was kept up for several hours in the presence of the whole village. IN THE WILD HORSE DANCE they carried no weapons, but in many other pects it greatly resembled the war-dance. One of their number was golected to represent a wild horse by wearing a skin covering, ge lly that of a buflalo calf. A horse tail was fas- tied to the tened on behind, and one w neck to represent the mane. Being thus mirayed, he danced into the center of the zroup, and the Indians all danced around him and paid their respects to him, They regarded him as o sort of Deity from whom they thus ivoked blessings and assistance in the chase for wild horses, immense herds of which roamed over the plains. This dunce was given just before starting out on a round-up of wild horses, There were until recently many wild horses among the sand-mlls of Northern Nebraska, he method of catch- ing them s her peeuliar, —as they are walked down., 'They have a regular course from one watering place to another, Between these stations they wall run and tire themselyes out, and a persevering walker in following them will tinally cause them to become ex- hausted and to leave the regular runs, after which they ean be driven anywhe and gathered to a herd of gentle horses. THE BUFFALO DANCE was also of an invoeatory nature, and was held just before the Indians started oft on a buflulo hunt, Thoy had two hunts A year--one in the winter'and one m the summer, In this dance the warriors alone took part. They all dressed in buflalo robes, and danced in a stooping position to represent the butlulo. The movements were entirely ditterent from those of any other dance, and they sang what they called the bufiulo song. .iuuu\'llinh-ly upon the conelusion of the i AND DANCE the whole tribe moved, entirely abandon- ing the viliage, aftc mhinf or secreting everything that they could not carry with them. This was done by digging holes in the ground, smaull at the mouth ud then widening out like a eistern,each :ale being capable of luvhhui( four or five wagon-loads of stuff. Each udf;u had & cache, and after depositing all their surplus property therein, they carefully elosed tho south with 5 rass anid dire in such a way that it was almost im- ible for anyone to discover auy of caches, all outward signs being utiously removed from the vicinity. night and with gr at secrecy. All their eurplus meat and corn were stored in the cac hes, The Pawnces always had a lnrge quantity of corn on hand; and fre 1862 one contractor alone than fifty thonsand bushels of corn from | ntly sold 1t to the whites yurchased more them. They were always A CORN PLANTING PEOPLE, as far back as they ean remember, while the Sioux on the other hand lived ‘exclu sively on meat until they came in contact with the whites, The Pawnees claim that the it Spirit tirst gave them their seec corn, Their corn differed somewhat from that raised by the wh In starting out on A BUFFALO (AUNT the whole tribe moved in_a body—men women _and childre The old Indians who had no horses trudged Z on foot with the aid of sticks. Thoe tribe generally remain out about three months.” Upon_ reaching the buffalo country each of the four bands, into which the Pawnees were divided, saved a buflalo from the foro tot qui of whom hes cut I I the ver, white man or Ind nes: ing left o were thrown into the fire, and the he: of the sacred buffaloes were s first surround, and of: d the four animals as burnt offert he Great Spirit, This sacritic te an vvent among the Pawnee ined 1n the coremony rts and tongues of the buffaloes we out and carcfully handled, and th horns and hair ris and tongue I, the I ds w This and flames y solemn ceremony was n impressive, and no n was allowed to wit s itif he were inclined in any way to make sport of it. was particmarly for the squ forr of which was tied a TH CORN DAN benefit of the aws who alone took part in it. They med aeirele around a pole, on the top bunch of ears of sod-corn, the husks being stripped_down and danced ly braided The squaw: in a cirele from left to right, single file, fac teri dres of skir sely tha int muny years ago by the tribe 0 buck. They were dressed in ma- als entirely of * their own getting ses and moceasins and other articles slothing all being made of furs or ns which the had obtained them- 3. They wore no material whatever t was made by man. 'Lhe squaws held heir hands the old style of hoes used made out of buflalo shoulder tened to wooden handles with ngs of sinew. The corn dance was the most beautiful dance that was ever known among the Indians of any tribe. The step was_entirely diflerent from any othor, and the sjuaws while dancini went through the motions of hocing corn, in perfect time with the music. It was danced almost exclusively by the Paw nee early days were not c. tribes, who at times visited the pronouncea i entertaining of hoe of their relics, and were guas great them handed down from gen story goes. s, a8 nearly all other Indian tribes in rn-planters. Other ’nwhees, the most beautiful and 1 dances, The old bone s were regarded as the most sacred :d with , having nad generation to eration for hundreds of years, as the The corn dance alw ook and reveren place in May, just before corn-planting tim . The most wonderful and mysterious dance of the Pawne he more ignorant cl ieved that the Indian doctors or medi- S Was THE MEDICINE 1 NCE. of Indians be- cie men, as they were more generally called, could perform miracles and in fact do anything, and certainly some of their performances would lead even some white men to incline to the 1f ¢l hand in the myst, the same belicf. here was any deception or sleight-of- ous decds of the med- icine men, they took great care never to divulge the sect oen the and s During its per in their peculi; the ) of their man- vres equalled, and perhaps excellod, best prestigiatory acts of Houdin Herman, the great illusionists. This ce partook of a religious character. formance they worshipped, way, by representation, otter, the bufialo, the bea the horse, the decr, the elk, and in_fact all the; the animals v These Indian the of tl > bear wi one out who deel the E for wsals were b ore the day. were builtout of evergreeny for princi animals which brought 0 in arevenue or were of material ance to them. The dance took place arge open space in the center of the and the preparations and re- an three or four wecks mall arbors or houses Indians who represented the v were the objects of wo s were dressed to repres animals. The one who took the | he elk, for instance, was covered with skin, and wore horns made from imbs of a tree. The one who played sKin; the s rigged the one whoappear with a horse t o acted the role of the deer wore a r's hoad and hide, and so on through whole cast of characters. verything having been made ready the grand religious play, it might appropriately be called, the whole tribe and the exp ben took part in this festival. tions were geners sisting of clothing, hor; invited guests assembled to witne wonderful spectacle, everybody being ccted to donate something for the elit of the medicine men, who alone The contribu- lly very Dhberal, con- or ts, furs, almg ything, fact 'S St eve , andin excepting articles of food. The Indians representing animals came out of their retr roats by turns into the center of the arena, and after going throngh perfor- mances m imitation of the anima 18, th: Dy returned to their hous The represen- tative of the elk, for then ran into the open s his head proudly around, and Jeoked wild and timid. ~ So with the representative of the dees r. The representative of the horse trotted out and charged around the ring, and him with lari did pro; tion, and an ide; th s ran after or four young Indi ts tiying to cateh him, but this bei 1 part of the They then held a consulta- truck one of them. He not suct Zriamm procured at, to which he fastened an arrow, and taking his bow he coiled the lariat in his hand and weed the arro w in position on the bow, after the *horse” which he ¢l several times, finally shooting him $in the just below the shoulders, the ‘arrow pencirating the skin and going through from side to side out the had been tr until the point stuck ‘horse” instantly drovped to 1d one of the Indians who ing to catch him, nup . The ground, and taking hold of the protudibg point of the arrow pulled it and the lariat through until about the middle voint of the to one end of the lariat, Ind “horss turning life and cndeavored to foot, and after a few appa at He then held on while another ian took hold of the other soon began to show sig ariut was reached. ently desper- attempts, he succeeded. His captors had him foul with the lariat, with which not| br y led him around the circle, giving a good opportunity to see no deception about the passed through and under y captive “‘horse” had on hing but the mane and tail and a cch clout. No one discovered the least sign of frand about the wonderful pe pai trayed no signs of p; wit stre forman I must have heen very nful to the vietim, who, however, he- nd bore it all h heroic endurance. ‘I'he blood samed down his sides, and everything went to show that the whole thing was genuine a charact ini - fr s finally led The performance was of such r as to require the utmost skill ts successful execution, The *‘horse’ back to his quarters, m which he did not again emerge. he “bear” next ecame out and was pursued by a number of Indians who shot atl be di wit be heceed hin th bows aud arrows, but did not | in capturing him. The ferocious oa1’’ finally avtacked one of the In- us, who was armed with @ big knite, h which he actuslly stabbed the 1" in the stomach, The entrails pro- e work of eaching was alway done at | trwded from the wound, and were viewed In 1561 and | 1! by the astonished multitude. After this exhibition the wounded “‘bear' was led back to his pen, and that was the last seen of him. How ali this was done is a mystery that has never been solved, but that it ‘was actually performed as de scribed wo have the assurance of several reliable white men who have witnessed this dance, asitiscalled, and among them was Major N pr g naked bo; The noest act on the still more mysterions, A not more than six or "m orth years of age, was brought out to be sac ticed. He was laid down on_a buflulo robe, in the center of the circle, and the medicine men gathored around him and making a few passes and motions over him with their hands threw him into o trance. They then deliberately CUT OPEN HIS STOMACH m the presence of everybody, so that the least decoption could have been detected One of the medicine men then ran his fingors into the opening and brought out something to the surface which looked very much like the liver, from which a small piece was cut and given to one of the |||\\I.\Y\~ who ate it. The blood spurted from the opening and apparently the whole performance was genuine, but it looked too enson- able for any intelligent person to believe that it wasan actual occurrence. The so- culled liver wasreplaced in its proper po- sition and the opening was elosed again, The boy was then covercd with arobe and conveyed to the arbor from which he had been taken. It was not supposed by the Indians that tho boy had been killed, although he showed no signs of life after the surgrical operation, and during its per- formance he did not even seream or give any evidence of pain. What became of him was never known, to the white spec- tators at least, and perhaps he was act- nally Killed, but the more reasonable sup- position in this case isthat the boy was a Sdummy,” skillfuily prepared for the oe- casion, and with regard to the *‘horse” and “‘bear” it is reasonable also to sup- )ose that these performances were skill- ul feats of legerdemuin or illusion. Even if such wer ally the e the feats o celled in skill and mystery anything cv done by the most wonderful illusiomsts that have ever hived. The sacrilice of ti boy was the closing act of this apparently bloody drama. At intervals, or between ts, several experts entertained the an- dience by sw arrows, which the ran down their s until the feathere ends were reached. They also swallowed smooth sticks of wood, about the length of an sword, and porformod othe ts. The d now followed, during which the participants sang their religious song ich t re offered to the Gires for his nssistance in success- tully c ng out their programme. This of a solemn character, the plaintilf and gutteral, animals did but were kept out of into which no one copt the medicine tep in this dance did not ma- vary from that of the other music wits songs were lov The representatives of - th not appear again sight in their retre 18 allow men. ally dances, although the movements or fig- moved ures were different, as they in couples facing cach other, through and intermingled. began between 9 and 10 o'elock the morning and continued until late in s evening. There were about forty or men who participated. L MEDICINE MEN were i pe ne, according to their notions, had been handed down from generatigh to generation. They had the’r medieal schools or classes, where men who wished to study medicine could learn all the di ferent kinds of roots and herbs, their qualities and us Whenever an appli- cation was made by an Indian to study medicine, the medicine men held a coun- cided whether_they would re- [ nd give him instructions. If the applicant was known to be too gidd and wild, or was thought not to possess di; tion or other neeessary quualifica ions, ne was promptly rejected. The sucecessful plicant had to bea man who could keep a seeret and who would not make sport of the art. The price of tuition was very high, hor: gener- ally being given to the medicine men, who also required horses for tl for medical attendance upon s sons. There were among them good an(l poor doctors or quacks. A good doctor would not attend a poor family. Only the wealthy portion of the tribe, who could pay big fees, could avail themselves of th s of first-class, high-toned medicine men, who generally had more horses, obtained from their patients, than were owned by the head chief. They a privileged class, always at home, and never going out upon the war-path It is a well-known fact that in the treat- ment of & gun-shot wound, a broken limb, or a cut, the Indian doctors are very successful, some of their cures being pertectly wonderful, “The Pawnee In- dians never weald allow the amputation of alimb, as they preferred death, and itis claimed that there never was a Paw- nee who had a limb amputated. The Pawnees in preparing for battle alway: :slri)lqmnlllu-msn ves, lirst becaus could handle themselve muc without the encumbrance of clotbes, and, second, if they were wounded no cloth or fur would be shot iuto the wound to 1rri- tate it They could thus dress a wound much easier, and it would heal very quickly. or doctor: of muedic SELERSTITIONS, The Pawnees were yery superstitions If,in hghting a pipe, for instance, a blazo suddenly started out of it, they declared it to be & bad sign or omen, and if any- thing of an unfortunate character oo- 1 in a day ortwo they asserted that s the fullillment of the omen. They i the Great Spivit to be an all- vowerful being, seeing and hearing ev- erything. The thunder and the lightning were his voice, and they we: fraid of it. Itisreinted by Major North that onee upon a time the lightning struck a lodge and killed an Indian, and the other occupants rushed out in torror and set fire to the shattered lodge and burned it up togethe: with the dead Indian. They believed that a great tlood had once covered the rth, and that the large bones of the mastodons, which they oceasionally found on the plains, were the bones of a giant race of men who once existed and who offended and defied the Deity by their haughty bearing and by making sportof the thunder and lightning. The Great Spirit determined to uunixfi them, and accordingly sent a flood upon the earth to drown them, and when the low- Iand was submerged the giants defiantly said, “Come on with your flood; this isn't much of a storm yet.”” The rising water gradually drove them to the mountain tops, which finally become submerged, and the ganis were all drowned. The flood subsided, and the Great Spirit placed upon the earth a man and woman of mueh smaller size than the giants, and from them sprang all the human r now existing, who the Great Spirit ex pected would obey his laws and offer up burat sacrifices to him. [10 BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.] ~ The Retort Courteous. Buffalo Courier: Two ladies arrived in Buffiulo lust Sunday on a visit to some s, and one tells the following amusing incident which occurred while they were en route over the Niagara branch of the Michigan Central, her com- Lr.\niun being the vietim. A dimnutive oy was endeavoring to please the pas- sengers and get a few pennies by singing comic songs in the car. When he hac finished and was passing along the aisle with outstretehed palms, making his col- lectious, the iady in question said to him: “Don't you know it's wicked to sing songs Sunday*” The youngster looked at her for a second and. with a twinkle in his black eye, replied: *‘Don't you think it's wicked to travel Sunday?"” Thespassen- gers &'uued and no more questions were sked. “GOD'S BEST GIFT TO NAN. Wholesome Advice from One of Them on | Making Men Endurable WOMAN'S BRAVEST BATTLE As Babies, Belles and Mothers—Boy cotting Parlor Beaux—How to Make White Hands, Ete., Ete. The Bravest Battlo, Joagquin Miller The brayest battle that was every foug Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you find it not; "T'was tought by the mothers of men Nay, not with eannon or battie shot, With sword or nobler pen: Nav, not with eloquent words,or thought, From the mouths of wonderful men, But deep in the wall-up woman's heart— Of a woman that would not yield But bravely, silently, bore her part— Lo! there'is that battlefield ! No marshalling troop, no bivoaue song; No banner to gleam and wave ! But, oh! these battles they last so long— Fiom babylood to the grave. ©Can't Got Along Withont Womon, Mrs. Roland Lawton, in Webster county (Neb.) Winner: It is said that woman is God’s best_gift to man, Fitly spoken; all the ladies know that, and men do, too, but they don’t like to nc- knowledge. We'd like to know how in ereation the men could getalong without the aid of the “wimmin folks.” Why, just look at yon forlorn subject who de: olaras that the women aro of o partio lar good and he wouldn’t give a cigar for the whole clan, and see if his dilapi- dated waistcoat isn’t minus the buttons, and the seams distended like the mouth of a hungry wolf, and his pantaloons require some patch work; it is sheer nonsense for them "to talk about getting along without us, for that is out of the question. Faney, if you can, the average man with his soiled palms compounding flour, water and lard into pastry; a tascinating speetaclo we imagine; just arouse your imagina- tion and you can him holding aloft the grimy mixture wondermng how he is ricate it or keep it on the table, it in_ eclinging to his fingers. Now he is mad, inexorably mad, and the next thing you know the “pie,” table and ¢ hurled into the back yard m ove cribable mass. Just cast your op- tics over the domicile of the man who prides himself in being ealted “a havpy old bach,” and the is where you will find sweet confusion in all its glory. But nevertheless, men are, genenally speak- ing, good hearted, whole souled sort of beings, and all that is required is a little teaining at the hands of some good fo- to make them quite endurable, o very much like spoiled require considerable pet- olding, a littie coaxing and a hittle pure, good-natured persuading in order to v e them, for we “know whereof we aflirm.” Not for Smokers, Some lady who has more reverence for the inspiration she draws from Helicon than for that imported from Havana, comss dow n in the tfollowing manner uoon the patronsiof the weed: May never lml{ press his lips, His proffered love returning, ‘Who makes a furnace of his mouth And keeps his chimmey burning. May each true woman shun his sight, For fear his fumes might choke her, And none but those who smoke themselves Have kisses for a smoker. Women and Money. By the author of **John Halifax, Gentle- man:’ Every girl who is not entirely de- pendent on hier male relatives—sa position which, consideringall the ups and downs of life, the sooner she gets out of the bet- ter—ought, by the time she is old enough to possess any 'money, to know exactly how much she has, where it is invested, and what it oughtiyearly to bring in. By this time also she should have acquire some knowledgp of business— busi- ness, referring to checks, dividends, and 50 on—and as much of ordinary business as she can. T'o her information of & pr tical kind never comes amiss, especially the three golden rules, which have very rare exceptions: No investment of ov 5 per cent is really safe;trust no one with your money without security, which ought to be as strict: between the nearest a.u\h dearest friends s betweoen strangers; and lastly, keep all your affairs from day to day in as accurate order as if you had to dié to-morrow. The mention of dying suggests another necessity—as soon as you are 21 years of age make your will. You will not die a day the sooner; you can alter it whenever you like; while the ease of mind it will be to you and the trouble it may save to those that come after you, arc beyond telling. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon every girl who has or expeets that not undesirable thing, “‘a little income of what a fortunate responsibility this i and how useful she may make it to other; Happier thun the lot ‘of many marrie women is that of the ‘“‘anappropri blessin, as I have heard an old maid called, who has her money, less or mor in her own hands, and ean use it as chooses, generonsly as wisely, without asking anybody's leave, and’ being ac- count rit to no one. But then she must have learned from her youth up- ward how to use it, she must not sps any amount of trouble in the using of it, anil she must console herself for many a lonely regret—we are but human all of us!—with the thought that she has 1 trusted to be a steward of the ( Maste Sueh an oid maid often does as much good in her ation as twenty married woman, her_own, gene Baby. Millions of mothers all over the United States gather their hittle ones around them, never dreaming that by the law they nave no right to these children, They do not know the sole legal right to these children mains with the futher, in all except thr of the states. Most men do not know it. A majority of the fathers, they did know it, would not assert their right as against a mother. But now and then a father who is as bad as the law knows his legal rights and assumes them. Not long ago, within a short ride of Boston by rail, lived a young man and his wife and their seven-months-old baby. Apparently they were at peace and prosperous. One day. the husband told his wile at noon that a certain family had sent her an carnest invitation to svend the afternoon. The wife said *'she had too many things to do that day to goto visit.” But the husband said, *You ought to go when they send for you. I will take care of the baby." Thus urged, the wife le ready and went. At 6 o'clock she cume homo. The house was locked, husband and baby gone. here was no letter to explain this sudden and unexpectod abs sence. The neighbors knew nothing. Overwhelmed with grief and heartache for her nursing baby, the poor mother consulted a lawyer. By his advice, sho forced an entrance to the aouse. How empty and desolate it seemed! It was ev- ident that the husband had exercised h legal it and had taken the child where he ple All the neighbors sympath- izuni with his wite, Men said that “if the wretch returned, he would deserye to be tarred and feathered.” K tion was loud, deep and abundant, but one quie woman who knew the law, said, llJv is only as bad as the law which allows him the'child.” But every man said there was no such law, I was only after refer- ence to the statutes, they "could admit that here i Massachusctts & mar- 1t Is Fathe Woman’s Journal al - right er chil so crucl, ried father has & lo to rob his wife of dren, and that men who w. mean, and dastal the Jaw. There was but the law and of the man not restore the tende its mother. If others one opinion of But that could . helpless babe to suld sleep or rest, | there was neither sleep nor rest for her. The parents of this hushand lived in Can- ada, It was most likely he had taken the child tothem, She had been to their home und knew how to find it, Making such arrangements as_were possible, she started for Canada. _The same night the husband returr Vot findin f his wif he surmised that she had gone for the chila. He had earried it to his parents. He tolegraphed them to take the child away and hide it This they did. When the young mother appeared at the doox of the parents of her hushand with this measureless grief in her heart, his mother et her at the door, One would suppose that the heart of the old mother would have melted in sympathy for this grief stricken young one. -~ But not so. Sho sympathized with her son It eannot now betold how it was managed, but the wife found the little one in a hot attie, evidently not having been washed sinco it left home, and she father’s house, whe diead of what may h The Girls Are Right. Milwankee Seatinel: A war h in Atlanta nst the parlor young men who like to spend an ble evening with young ladies at their lomes, but never ask the young ladies to £0 to the theatre or uny other place where money is necessary. One young woman says, with disgust, that young men spend evenings in her parlor and tell her all about the performances they ha attended alone. TLis is a timely and wholesomo fare. Any evening numbers of young men can be seen at the Milwaukse theatres alone, although they are known to besoctety young men and indefatigable parlor beatix. They go to the theatre took it to he » she 18 to-d bpen to lier yin it 18 begun beanx— wa whenever there is anything worth sceing, alone, although they "are able to take young ladies. There mever was a time when young men were so the just claims of young ladies. Thereis an understood rule th cung man shall make some recognition of a courtesy at indifferent to the hands of a young lady, but if_he does this he certamly docs no more. There 15 no cseaping the conviction that the n who is constantly e ing of young Iadies s a v n d seltish person if he attends a lone. There are any number of charming women who do not require that a young man shall go to the expense ot a B lhey are willing to go by Any young man with the right sort of feeling is willing to go only half s often and to take a young lady with m. The Atlanta girls resent their treat- ment not because of the loss of the thea- tre, but because of the lack of decent consideration the young men show. It is the indifference to one of the plainest rights of young women. They propose to use the cold shoulder hercafte They donot intend that young men shall pla the role of grand mogul and think 1t i hough if they smilcon the young la- ies of an evening in the parlor. ~The s are right about this, Sweetheart, Farewell. Wiltiam Cowan. l}ml\‘:\llll the whispering trees we lingered ate, Hand (l'li\'lpml in hand my dearest love and I, And he spoke words [ never ean forget, Of tender trust and love until I die; And \\'Illlh his eyes what lips would fail to tel Ile spoke, what time he sald: “Sweetheart, | with an endowment of a round mi'lion, farcwell.” In the same year Gireen's School of With a sweet caress he clasped me to his | Science was opéned at Princeton, N. J breast, | with an_endowment of 500,000, And lookéd upon me as with angel’s ssed my brow, and kissed my lips, and kissod The tex And ever What time he sq well.” Andso he went away, an to rise; would tell, “Sweetheart,fare- nd £ am weary F AT ARG TR LR e e nd, 0., boasts an cndowment of e fpnllee by ieart B Rl ot o o000 Bisailos § v} sathoii aso The l(lm' long aays without him are so }'ull_\’lx‘-«huu- Institute, ofyl‘.-rru Hauto, dreary, nd, foinded in 1883, with an_endow: {\utl.’l]lli}e bright has faded out of life. ment approaching §750,000. We need “Loma,fi-ck. my love, the old sweet tale 10 | yo( Imu,\nliml institutions so well kno! C S S as the Cooper Institute, of New Yol B“""‘“‘ ,ore to say: “Sweetheart fare- | 4, Institute of Technology, in Boston, well. How to Have White Hands, A little ammonia or borax in the water you wash your hands with, and that water just lukewarm, says the Popular Science News, will cp the skin clean and soft. A little oatmeal mixed with the water vill whiten the hunds. Many people use glycerine on their hands wh they go to bed, wearing gloves to ke the” bedding clean; but glycerme does not agree with every one, It mukes some skins harsh and red. These people should rub their hands with dry oatmeal and wear gloves in bed. A good preparation for the hands at night is white of eggo, witha grain of alum dissolved in it, The “Roman toilet paste’ is merely whit; ege, barley flour and honey. They it was used by the Romansin old 4 It is a ficst vate thing, but it do do the work any better than oatm The roughest and hardest hands can be made soft and white in a month's time & toring them a little at bed-time the tools you need are a nail-brush, a bottle of ammonia, a box of powdered borax, and a little tine, white sand to rnh the stans of, or a cut of lemon, which will do better, for the acid of the lemon will clean anything. I} Woman' sources, Good Housckeeping: Women necd to cultivate their own resource more, There are some who carly recognize the difference of value betwéen the per ble and imperishable things of this earth, Every valuable possession. s 1ts added re and expense. People who were once in moderate CuIStANCes, OF POOT, even, who grew w life yet, if the, Ithy, look back at the oid from cares, and havpie ¥ re to go back to their early and simple style of living the world would severely thent, Every woman needs to keep up her list of old friend and to make new ones, too; the fumily and children cannot meet all th that middle-nged people must friendship. Not any woman is so busy but that she can find time to write an oc- casional letter. If the friend to whom she owe tter would eome to soe hor she could 1ay aside work and talk to he: and urge her to stay longer. One can stop on the street at the risk of ukm;i neumonia in winter to talk to a friend e Y T why cannot fricnds be civil when they do not meet? Pure air every day, which housckeepers need 50 much, would freshen them up till twice the amount of work could be complished that there is, without daily d i tion which one who stays so closely indoors. There are many mothers aad children who do not goout fur & week of snowy or stormy weather and all grow irriable or cross, becaunse they have failed to provide them- selves with proper protection against storms—overshoes, leggings, rain or umbrellas. T English fann] tire, goes out rain or shine. Healthr: first with them, as it should, the A8 Women of the World. Jennie Jun credit for the syndicate correspondence ides. Parisian journals speak of Sarah Bern- harat as a female Jacques Sullivan, Miss Clai ‘oltz, the San Francisco lawyer, is preparing to lecture on ““The Private Soldier.” Mary Hewitt, the well known Engiish religious writer, has entered the Roman Catholie church, Miss Braddon, the novelist, says that & own | ar, or better yet, to walk, to the | eyes, | y doe- | a- | | 1arge 1 ing t andwriting 1s much more fatign n nsmall one. | The entering class at Colby university 1y were only as bad as | contains eight young women, the larges number ever belonging to one class The , one of Washington s bright est and nowsiest papers, is edited an yublished by & woman, Miss Alice R Neal The opal is fashionable “ictoria has bostowed s stones upon her friends year A report comes from Italy that Harric wor, the senlptross, has investoc i of her property in Keely m \ain, Quoor Al of “these during the pas Mrs woman of a tronblesos Belva Lockwood, the lawyer, 1 liversified talents, She thre ne client out of the of her oflice the other day Mrs kett, wife of the confoderate general who made the famons charge Gettysburg, has been appointed to clerkship in the interior department Mmo. Anderson, of Stockholm, Swoden i3 weanted by th railways of that country as an missionary labors for ‘the promotion o temperance and social purity Miss Lotta has “always had the repu tion of possessing . woll balanced head Sho announces that she will retire fron the stage before old age forees her to dg so, and it is be that she means it. Women who asplre fo academical hon ors in the German ompire are looked upon with disdaim and derision by men as woll as by those of their own sex Washington territory Woman's;Christis Temperance Union, is a member of the republican central committee. It is the | only cash upon record of a woman occu pying such a position. Mrs. Paran Stevens has become | are recalling the day thirt when she went out a bride long row of New Engl yes rom one 0 1 manufactur Ztown. | lmlsx ind 1806, at which four oun | gold, o | I 05, was charged ce of | wdmission. Thus 1t appe | terms made by moder without preccdent. s the pi that urges upon parents to daughters as they do th dutics of life and that they may by their example excrt as great an influence on the present and fu- prepare volution, women | men of the r In Towa and direct | own mediate institutions of learning, physicians, 49 are registered pharmacists, 5 attorneys-at-law, 10 min- 15t 110 professional nurses, and 1 s eivil engineer. e Industrial Schools. s Young People: The United as the last of the industrial nations to found industrial on a liberal seale, but now that we entered upon the work we are ing init with our usual activity. s founded cessful operation. In 1871 the Stevens Institute of Hohoken, N. J., at an expenditu $650,000, In 1872 the Towne hool, of Philadelph was organized, ardee Department of Laf at Easton, Pa., was openéd in n endowment of $300,000. r Industrial School ot ce, founded in 351 at and many others, most of them founded daring the past fifteen years, Euch ot these establishments seculiarities of plan and discipline. ‘llm remarks, however, apply to them all: An industrial school is not suited (o little be Until ed 14 he is entitled to a boy | much play 1th and cirenmstances will .allow. His best exe ¢ is hearty, honest pla, | in the open air, and he does not take naturally to study industry in a shop. Accordingly, most of our industrial schools very properly e that the it shall have comy 15 years | entering. At 16 properly constituted desi nd needs labor.” His health requires it, and the interests of his mind requires it. We may further observe that an indy | rial college is of necessity an_ expensive | institution. It requires a”great amount | of inclosed space, much expensive ma- | chinery and apparatus, two sets or kinds of instructors, and a gr deal of mater- inl more or less costly. At Worcester, example, although benevolent and riotic men have bestowed upon it lib- 1ts. few students will be able to get along with 1 and during the school year of forty-two weeks ents cannot earn money without shind in their el 8. Itis troe : in number of pupils in consid- tion of a state t, reccive tuition 15 but the mere N, A8 every one knows, is but a small fraction of the stu- dent’s expenses. | Nor s an industrial er £ coll a place for students without a natural aptitude for science and the mechanic arts, At a | hiterary college it is often the case that a ‘e number of students are found who we no inclination to learning., They are t ¢ hecause it is the custon of the country for young of liberal civeum to graduate from a colloge. can mizuse much of their time, just avoid bemg dropped. An college offers no such tompt tion to idleness, and 1o such opportuni- tios for obtaimng ill-carned honors. Stu- dents go to them to obtain a knowledge of and n mastery over mater things arule they go beeause they want to and beciuse they must specdily squite some shill or knowied Al suosist, 68 in by which n industrial or technies 2 gon y four in number, and the course usually uires three yeurs, The graduates find little difliculty in obtaming employment, beeanse, if ! nothing else offers, t have two at’ their fingers’ ends trade or Commonly they obtusin engugements as draughts men, assistant enginecrs, assayers, de signers, chemsts, assistant superintend. ents of works, and msiructors in the arts sclences they have learned at the ) who built the first SUSHEn sion bridge in the United over the Schuylkill at Phiiadeiphia, and | built the first bridge over the | was the graduate of a French to ; school. L'?\l Roebling, the elder, who | planned the wondert | was a graduate of the Berlin Polytechnie | sehool l Qur own industrial colle cent to have given the world : | did proofs of utility as these men aftord. | ertheless, a very long list conld be | given of professors, ‘civil engiv \ors, man- inventors who we ‘Irulu: in the industrial snd techuical | colleges of the United State s, Brooklyn bridge, & agers of works and window aid to her They are excluded from colleges and | universities, Miss Carrie White, president of the S0 frightfully aristocratic of lute that people ) nds’ cottages in a [~ Mma lini, the most famous singer | of hier time, gave concorts in Madrid 0s ot the \ warblers are not Mrs. Mary A Livermore, in her lecture their r sons for the itizenship, in order | ture as was excrted iu the past by the wo- farms, 18 direct stock farms,5own green- houses, 90 manage m s, 13 county superintendents man institutions proceed- We have now an Industrial College at Wor- cester, Mass., which an endowment of about §590,000. This was founded i 1863, and it is now in the full tide of sue- The Batesville, an endowment ot §1,000,000, 1in 1838, The Case’ School its a place s 1 \ 1 0 t king the frocdom of the f SIGHTS IN ITALIAN “CITIES. Oclebrating tho Fete of the Nativity of the Virgin in the Milan Cathedral, HUNGRY Succl, THE MAN. The Fasting Freaks of a Disciple of Tan t to the Studios ra- Sculptor gani and Bro of in ope, to celebrate the birthday of the birthday you bear. If one happens to have more than one bap- tismal name, of course, only the first is od. Wednesday the fete of ivity of the Virgin, and from cly morning until night, men und boys were to be seen on the streots bearing beautiful floral designs, or baskets of fruit to the fortunate Marias of Milan. High mass, at 11 o’clock in tha morning, drew crowds of people to the cathedral. The sight of sev thousands kneeling in the vast chureh, whilo the long pro- cossion of archbishops, priests and pro- lates wound slowly ‘round through the transepts and massive villars, and the splendid organ peals and rich voices of the choir boys echoing from every corner and archway rendered the sorvice very improssive. The two royal boxes, one under each organ near the high altar, were occunied by the court ladies at vresont in Milan, IN THE the: were sev corts, as there always here, and a new Miray, Sept. 12.—(Corrospondence the Bek] It is the custom here, many other parts of 1 the namesday instead of a porson that is, to honor of the saint whose name was AFTERNOON good o nir con- are on fote days opera, entitled “Don Cesare di Bazan,' was presented at the Manzoni theater in the evening. The work is chiefly remarkable for being one of the few attempts made by any singor r‘nmlyln ition. Sparapini, the author, is a well known baritone, whose praises are sung from one end of Italy to the other, and though his undertaking has not been erowned with complote suceess, 1t has been treated with rospeet and good will by public and pre. svecr T N, as he is ealled, isat present monopohzing the attention, not alone of Italy, but of all I-:uqun,, He was born in the little town of Forli, in Romagna, and at the age of twenty he became n sen capt: Later on he was red in business in Zanzibar and central Afriea for eight years, and about six months ago ap- peared again in Italy with a bottle of some dark tluid, which he declared would enable him to fast longer than any one had ever been able to before, and ™ with- out uflering any weakne: He commeneed Cwith o trinl of ten days, following it un immedi- ately with one of fifteen and another of By that time he was well adver- ifty of the most prominent men of Milan, including many physicians and several of the nobility agreed to wateh him closely during “a fast of a month. Soat6a.m 1gust 10th., ho went into o room entirely alone and pre- pared his bev oe, which, betore drink- ing, he permittedthe doctors to look at but not examin en he swallowed the entire contents of the bottle, and HAS TAKEN NOTHING SINCE, except about four hundred and fifty grains of Viehy water on an average every day. He declared he would weigh thirty pounds less at. the end of the month than when he commeneed, and in twenty seven days has - lost ex twenty-seven pounds. He sleeps usu 9 hours out of the twent , swims an hour, rides horseback daily, goes through the severest gymnasti Tses,and sces about eight hundred v during the atternoon and evening, His physical strength is most remarkable, for he Shows no sizns of fatigue after the greatest ex- rtion. Yesterday the docto ked o m ot different dishes, for which lie was Known to have f without be- ing able tu ¢ T t interest in them. turday at 6 a. m. he breaks his t by taking a bowl of broth. Then at noon he will take his first hearty meal, for wnich he has already made out his bill of fare. From here he goes to Paris, after a rest of a fortnight, and proposes to fast for forty days in the same manuer. VISITING THE STUDIOS. Last week we visited the studios of the sealptors, Pagani and Brogi. ni, after finishing the monument to Victor smanuel (now in the “Gardens” at Genon) had anorder for_another from the mumeipality of Brescia, for which he will receive $16,000, He is, at present, at work upon a'statue of Donizetti,which represents the comp reclining in an arm- holding in his hands his last work. Pagani's studio consists of four ooms, one of which he works The others contain many beautiful th ive of all being un exquisite fij the spirit made good sized . of so famous by Moore). ‘The graceful, sh form seems resting on n cloud, the head bent, and the right nand ex tended, while the left attempts to hide itself among the soft ferthers of her lovely wings, which the little ereature has drawn 50 daintily around her lithe body. The expression and gesture do- not sorrow and dismay th nnot but touch one, and the finesse shown in tie handling of the subject 15 decidedly snrostive of Cano THOUGH A COMPARATIVELY TioN 1y sold two copies of it, NEW CREA= | | 80 attractive as the e | & wire - | valving cylinder for his amusement one 1o ¢ shlord and the other to o, { o much younger i, heing but thirty years ind very mueh praised and talked present, He pluced in the exhibi- on, this year, a half-length marble fig 2 of Cleo, 4 of 1mmense pronc tions. It immediatc ted a fu and was given the plice of honor. magnihieent head of the Eeypt is slightly inelined, while shi: w ntly the venomoas. littl ¥ on left arm. Ounly the 15 in the temples, and the almost impereeptible tightening of the chords of the left urm show any signs of agitation, Lhe power of the statue 15 wonderful, and a most brlliant future is predicted for the young sculptor, Miiam Crase, e he ) e Mprs, Clevela Washington | d's Canary tter to the St a Mouse, Louis X publican : Mrs. Cleveland shows a de 1 fondness for pets, and has in her room two upon whieh she be- stows much of her atsention. The one | oceupying a place of prominence is a saucy looking little canury, who swings from a tiny trapeze or lops ahont his gilt eago, trilling in a most charming manii This nittle fellow, who was hatehed out on the day upon which Pr dent Cley for that r 8- wnd was nominated, and was sason preseuted to him by a friend. was established in the White liouse a year or more prior to the advent of his young mistress, for whom he shows a decided preferenc other pet, a little white mouse, is sleck and pretiy, but is by no means ary. Confined ge, 1 one end of which is a re- nd for his comfort, he id spends st of the q arious contri ignoved then time snugiy curled upon one side of the sloping tin roof, to which he clings in & my s manner, while e passed tho bouss i slumber profound, - . 4 y 1 1 [ I | 1