Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1889, Page 6

THE OMAHA BEE, COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFICE, NO, 12 PEARL STREET, carrler in any part of the City, MANAGER Delivered H.W. 110N TE| Breixpsa Orrice Niour Eniton, PHON 58 MINOIR MENTION, NY.P.G Gleason coal Council Bluffs Lumber Co,, coal. Thatcher coal, sce advertisoment, The Hoston store for holiday goods, Hest coal and woou at C. 13, Fuel Co. Carbon Coal Co.wholesale, retail, 10Pearl, The work of driving piles on which the foundation of the new hojel will rest was commenced yesterday. The German Catholic ladios will, on New Year's eve, give a grand quadrille party in the Masonic temple hall A marriage licenso was fssued y to William H. Lester and Anna Bla of Douylas county, Nobraska. The loss sustained by A. Tuesday night's fire will amount to §2,500, on which there is §1,500 insurancs The case of the state agains. Sylvester for an assault and battery committed an young Clavterbuck, wrs argued in Justico Hen dricks’ court yesterday worning. A motion to set aside default and judgment in the case of Vicu va Roseman was argucd and submittea before Judge Aylesworth in the superior court yestorday afternoon. Tonight Harmon) 5, 0. B, hold their regular eting. Ali members are reques present, s thero is business of importance. By order of W, M. A party of students from Minneapolis passod through the city yestorday. They me in over the Sioux City & P road, left for the west to pass the holidays ut ir Nebraska homes, ‘The fire acpartment was called out about 10 0'zlock yesterday moroing by'n fire in John Son Kee's buile ain Btroct, It was extinguisheic with chemicals and the damage was very slight. all will be given at Armour duesday even- December 25, Music will be furnished ilenn’s orchesta of this city. Supper and dr will be among the featurcs of thy evening's entertainment. The extra water pressure turned on Thes- day cvening during the fire bursted pipes and plumbing fixtures in various parts of the city. Several rooms were partly fooded, but tho loss is not reported as ‘severe. The plumbers will reap a fair sized harvest rom it. Justice A, L. Hendricks met with a severe fall yesterday noon. As he was going down stairs after aajonrnment of court he shpped upon an apple that some one hud careiessly thrown on one of the lower steps, and was hurled violently to the brick pavement. Ho received several baa bruises and a severe shaking up generally. In the district court yesterday a motion for more specitic statement 1n plaintiff ’s po- tition in the case of David Gray vs U, H. ‘White was filed, alsou demurrer to answer in the case of Webster vs Jennings. Koss Heaston filed a petition to recovor a horso by replevin, alleging that the animal 18 unlay fully held by Albert Heaston, administratos Miles Vegole, the iould-be suicide, has been removed to St, Bernard's hospital. He umped out of bed Tuesday afternoon, und nsisted that the attendants were trying to kill lim. Yesterday morning he told the physician he had not been able to sleen, ay they had kept him dancing on the floor all night. His condition ia very critical, as the knife penetrated tne lung tissue, butitis stated that he may possibly reco! ‘The real estate exchange is not alone for real estate men. It is the purpose of the or- anization to work in all ways for the up- uilding of Council Bluffs, " Hence it con- cerns overy man and woman in the city. Baturday evening 1t has its opening in the opera house. All are invited to attend, ladies and goatlemen. The purposes of the organi- zation will De fully explained at that time, There should be o empty scats, for every- body is welcome and all is free. ‘The executive committee of the real estate exchange held a meeting at the office of George Metcalf at 11 o’clock yusterday morn- ing. Tho committee on quarters was in- structed to seenro the room 10w occupied by the Pullman restaurant on Broadway, near Bcott street, as the headquarters for the exchange. The room will be open for busi mess ac 11 a. m, Monday. The committee having in charge the opening next Saturdny evening was aathorized to have printed 1,000 fA grammes of the exercises and distribute hem over the city and i the opera house. P. . Miller, best paper hanging and des- orating. ‘The bést is the cheavest. S - Chapman's art display w during the holidays. LU 1l be kept intact Go and see it. Lol Now is the time to buy your furnitare, C. A. Becbo & Company have too many goods for their storage capacity und_are cutting prices to make goods go. Berkey & Gay chamber suits, sidoboards und dining tablos, ‘Windsor, Welch and Berkey folding b parlor suites, lounges and all kinds of fanoy chairs at unheard of figures. These goods are all of the finest desiens and finish, Don’t buy until ygn learn theiv prices. A~ clean sweep to b8 made. Come und see for your- self, W Smokers’ presents st Moors & Bowman's, Co. All persons In the city who have tele- phones can call up tolephone 179 for mes- senger boys, cabs ana express wagons, eto. Prompt attention guaranteed, Robin- #son, manager, No. 11 North Main stroct, e The Bechtele has been remodeled and re- fitted and name changed to Hotel Jameson, el C. B, steam dys works, 1018 Broadway. L No Longer on the Mash. Heury Joues is a masher, but he now sin- cerely wishes that be was auything clse. He labguishes in duvance vile and the register &t tho polico station says that he insulted a lady. " Henry, of course, denies this and says he was merely speaking to a girl he knew when he was arrested, Tue girl in question, Who, Ly the way, is the fifteen-year-old duughter of very respectable parents and a most cstumable young lady, says that it is not 80. She avers that she nover saw the fellow before he spoke to her aud followed ber on the street yesterday afternoon, a nd peraistently ran against her, The young lady was passing up Broad way #na Jones followed her from the corner of Maine to Sargent & Eyane’ shoe store, Cap. tain Anderson of the Merchants' police saw ‘What was going on, aud steppiug up to Joues remonstrated with him for his conduct. Jones however, wouldn't bave jt that way, Heob- jected to outside interference aud invited he fly cop to tuke asummer teip. Tho lat- ter refused 10 go and Henry was making all due preparations to “smack bim on the smel- Jer” when Anderson laid him on his back snd proceeded to choke some of the cussed- ness out of him, winding up by landing him inacellat the police station. Jones isa barber and has been employed at Fritz Bern- hardi's shop, but was recently dcharged. A number of complaints huve been made About bis mashing proclivitics, aud several parties have been laying for bhun to play even for ausults to tieir sisters and sweet- hearts. After boing arrested Jones begged and criea like a baby, but lis captor was in- exorable and into the hole the washer went. —— Fancy and ornamental upholstering for Ohlristmas purposes av the Council Biuffs Carpet company. e Lund Brothers, 23 Main street, have the largest collection of fine holiday goods to be found in Council Bluffs, ———— ‘The Boston store is the place to buy your Ohristmas prosents. You cau muke #1 go as far s §1.50, snd in sowe cases as far as §2 wswl.ura else. Call at the Boston store sud be convinced, Council Blufts, B — Making the Arguments. The state concluded the introduction of its evidence in the Hrown murder case about 11 o'clock yestorday, and the defense had the evidence of its three witnesses sub- mitted shortly after court couvened in the Aftornoon. As previously stated the evi- | fag the now dence against the acoused 18 all cireum- atantial, but the state made onta very strong case, snowing that the defendant was not only with tho deccased o the night whon the murder is supposed to have been cota- mitted, but Brown was in his company w 1ast seon alive and was at that time uraing him along toward tho fatal spot, being (ast. secn about two blocks from where Spears’ body was found nearly forty-oight hours afterward. Tho defense attempted to prove an alibi and the accused and his two sisters swore that le ting supper at his home be- taveen 8 and 9 o'clock, the time whon the marder i8 supposed to have been per petrated. County Attorney Organ made the opening argument to the jury and it was a clear, co and powerful effort. He carefully reviewed the evidenco and presented his case in a manner that won him y com- pliments. Ho wis foliowed by Mr. Finley, who od for tho dofense. His position was 1o malice had beon shown and that no existed for the commission of the s on the part of Brown. Ho talked avound the evidence rather than reviewed it, but he worked hard_for his client and niade an earnest appeal for acauittal. ttomans and_footrests th incil Blaffs Carpey company f the finest noveitios in this We have son lLine you evel i For bargains in hooks just visit the Boston store, Council Bluffs, Ihey can savo you 25 0 50 per cent on all books so0ue cases 100 per cent. Boston store, ( il Bluffs, it bdh Gold pens and pencils regardless of cost. Burhorn’s. e nd creamers reet. Onk mugs Lund Broth- ers, 28 Main s S - A vrand holiday displ watcelins, clocks and jew should see the elegant array of Christmas wifts, and as cur long established revutation for honest dealing removes all doubt of high prices we can suit thew all at C. B, Jacque- win & Co., 27 Main street. - & Younkermun do not try to palm oft was goods on_ their customers, hut their stock is strictly f class, and it al- Ways pays to buy the best, Tho Swite The fourth anaual 1 temple Tuesday evenng lodge, No. 83, Sw Mutual Aid asso ciation of North Anierica, was the most suc- cessful affair of tho kind ever given by them. The halt was handsomely and appropriately decorated, the national colors being hung at one end, and a lighted heudlight, on which appeared the monogram of the order, at the othier, Deligntful music was furnished oy Dalbey’s orchestra. The ladics served a bountiful supper at Woodmen's hall. ‘I'he tables were arranged very twstefully, and presented a most inviting appearance, T'he ladies in charge were Mesdame: D. Denny, George Gates, E. J. Roarty, C. C. Cockran, Amos Wilson and W. A. High- smith, and to their untiring efforts is due much of the success of the occasion. A large delegation of railroad men was present from Omaha and enjoyed the festivities. E. P. Roe's completo works, 20 volumes, for §13, at the Boston store, Council Biuffs. Yo K Lund Brothers give the largest dinner ser- vice for §12 ever £old in the west. - Blank books, all kinds, ledgers and jour- s, 110 12 quires, atless than cost. Send for prices. Masonic book store, Council Blufts, in _damonds, sy body nnual, given at Masonic by Council Blufs e Mixed candy 10¢ pe: 1 hand-made creams, put up in 1 to 5-pound boxes, cheap. Palmer’s, 12 South Main, Neumeyer hotel, fivst cluss, reasonable rates ——— Fine stock of watches and jewetry for the holidays at Wollman’s, 533 Brosaway. 2 P The Koss Investment and Trust company —_—— Personal Paragraphs. P. McAdam of the Chicago paving firm of McAdam & Amberg arvived in the city yes terday to look after finuncial business con- nected with the paving doue in the Bluffs by this firm last year, J. H. Brown of Wayne, Neb., a former resident of Glenwood, Ia., was in the city yesterday looking for some one with capital aod faith enough to start a weekly demo- cratic paper at the county seat of Wayne county. He was unsuccessful. Miss Mary E. Gray left Tuesday evening for her home at Waukegan, I, aftera visit with her brothers, J, L. and L. A, Gray, in this city. Louis Henderson of Colorado s visiting his mother, Mrs. Issac Wooley of this eity. ‘The condition of Flon. Joseph Lyman was very much improved yesterday. - Ll il See the 75 candle power calcium Lund Brothers, perfect light, lamp at It is a perfoct lamp and a e his marble is stainless—can't be mjured by spotting,” is the legend tacked to a fine monument in front of Kelly’s marble yard, on Upper Broadway. Some vandals have defiled it by spitting tobacco juice upon it. The filth has been washed off, showing the beauty of the splendid Georgis marble, from which it 18 cut. The marble cannot be de- filed, but is imparishable in its beauty. o e b A bandsome lamp makes u beautiful Christmas present. You can find just what you want at Lund Brothers, 23 Main street. The New Union Depot, The matter of all ubsorbing interest to the citizens of the Bluffs at the present time is the union depot project, and it transpires that there are scveral mwatters that hinge upon it, either directly or indircctly. At the meeting of the union depot committee with the railway managers in Chicago two weeks 2o the question was fully discussed, pro ana con, and it then developed thau the Burling- ton, Wabash, Northwestern and Union Pa- cific were i favor of it, while the Milwau- kee and Rock Island held aloof, fearing that they were 10 get the worst of the deal, and refused to make a definite answer. The Milwaukeo is to cross the river on the new Nebraska Central bridge, and could not say just what action it would take regarding the union depot uptil certain other matte were considered, and avother meeting was accordingly arranged, to be held in this city on the last day of this month, The Rock Island is also figuriog on getting across the river on a new bridge that may be built below the present Union Pacific bridge, and they wantod time to cousider the matter. This is what is to be nm\lfi' settled at the meeting to be held iv the Bluffs two weeks nence, Ivis claimed that four of the roads are ready toeuter into the scheme, and that it will be decided at the coming meeting whether the railroads will purchase the grounds already secured by the depot com- mittee, or whether they will allow the sub- scribers to hold stock in the new depot. The matter of condemniog approaches to the union depot site will also be considered, The allogation of the depot committee is that the Union Paciiic compauy, which has been for a long time understood as being the only draw- :mcklw the scheme, is ot last willing to enter o it. 1t now develops that the Union Pacific is willing to come in—on certain conditions, It bas already been stated in thess columns thut the company was preparing to abaudon its dummy service between this city aud Omaha, and it has been a matter of conject- ure what would becowe of their right of ‘vay on Union avenuo which their charter allows them to hold as long as they maiutain \he dummy service. The compauy now steps iato the ring to solve ths question and mukes & proposition to the effect that if their charter is so amended as to allow them to retain this right of way and cortain other concessions are granted, they will go 1 for a new union depot. A comuitiee meeting of the whole of the city council was held last evening for the Purpose of consideriug the company’s propo- sition. Representutives of Lhe company were present, aud stated the terms desired by that corporation, Just what war demanded was not ascertaiued, but it is understood that the company is wlulnr to sacrifico the §25,000 anuual rental that it is receiving from the castern roads now runniog into the trans- fer, aud do its shure toward build- THE union denot, provided the eity will allow them to retain a right-of-way on Union Avenue. It is stated that the company has by o means abandoned its intention of extending its linc eastward, and wants this street and aright of way up Indian croek to get out of the eity. The matter was fully presentod to the committee andthe council will act on the matter Iater. Tt was rumored yesterday that the Union Pacific desired to transfer 1ts franchise on Uniou avenue to the Northwestern company but the report lacks confirmation as ye Several of the aldermen have exprossed themselves as favoring the d onipany, provided they are deer ably, a8 it is & well settled of union depot is needed, and ncedea very vadly. - Christmas tree decorations, costume tos, ete., at Palmer's, 12 South Main. ol ok The finest display of handkerchisfs ever seen in Towa 18 at the Boston store, Council Bluffs, Handkerchiefs from Ic to & from 25 to 50 per cout bolow regular pr Boston store, Council Bluffs. e TFountain cigar, a strictly 10c cigar for be at the Fountain, Try one. e Drs. Woodbury nave romoved their dental oftice to 101 Pear] stroet. up stairs, mot- onera house blankets. bstla's harness shop, 532 headquarters for robes and - Fino eandy, fruits, nuts, Cnristmas baskets, ., av Paliner's, 12 South Main, e tatery WHERENICKEL COMES FROM Four Thonsand Tons Per Year the Product of a Singlo Mine, In the Copper Cliff mine near Sud- v, Cenada, it is snid more nickel is being produced than the entire market of the world ealls for at current prices, s the Youth's Companion. A little anch railway off the main hine of the adian Pacific railway, four miles in length, leads out to the mine, which opens into tho face of the erag of tho brown. oxidized Laurentian rock ¢ acteristic of this region. The mine are now at work at a depth of about 800 t below the surface, As fast as the L and copper bearing rock is isted out 1t is broken up and piled upon long beds or ricks of pine wood to cined, or ronsted, for tho purpose ng out the sulphur which it con- tains. The roasting process is of the nature of lime-kifning or charconl- burning. Fach great bed of ore re- quires from one o two months to ronst. When roasted the rock goes to the prin- cipal smelter, a powerful blast furnace, “jacketed”—n - mining phrase—with running water to enable it to sustain the great heat requisite to reduce the crude, obdurate mineral to fluidity. The dross of the moulten mass is first allowed to flow off, and afterward the nearly pure nickel and copper, blended together in an alloy called the *‘mat,” ornatte is drawn off at the base of the furna t into barrow pots and wheel- ed away, still liquid and fievy hot, to cool in the yard of the swelter. matt containsabout 70 per cent of nic the remaining 50 per cent being mainly of copper. When cool the conical pos- loaves of mat can easily be cracked in pieces by means of heavy hammel The fragments are then packed in _bar vels and shipped to Swansen in Wales and Germany, where the two constitueng metals are separated and refined by secret processes which are very jealous- ly guarded by the manufacturers. So jealously is the secret:kept that no one in America has yet been able to learn the process, although one young t spent three years at Swan- sea, working as a common laborer in cs, in order to procure it. At present there are produced daily at the Copper Clifft mine about ninety pot- loaves of mat, each weighing near 450 an output which yields an aggregate of more than 4,000 tons per vear. ————— Money loaned at L. B, Craft & Co.’s loan office on furniture, pianos, horses, \agons, personal proverty of all kinds, and all other articles of value, without removal. ~ All bus- iness strictly confidential, —_ The Manhattan sporting headq'rs 415 B-way. et A D Saddle Rock restaurant, 402 Broadway, open day and night. First class. J. K. Yancy, prop, . Miss Mary Gleason has romoved her dress- waking parlors to the rooms lately used by the puolic library, Nos 14 Pearl street, where she will be glad o see her old friends. - risky Girls With Tied-Up Petticots. Wo pass a threshing floor wheve the cattle are treading out the grain. says a St. Michael’s, Azores, lotter. On the level, sun baked floor three or four yoke of oxen were dragging flat boards, on which stood groups of merry bave- footed girls, who guided the tle round and about the floor by touching their horns witha pole, whilst others turned over the straw to expose fresh portions to the weight. The floor was placed on high ground, so as to catch the breeze for the subsequent operation of winuowing, which is here done as in the east, by throwing up the grain into the air. Half the village scomed to be engaged in the work orin contributing to the censeless k and merriment which accom panied 1t, The frisking girls with their tied-up petticoats and mauny colored handker- chiefs; the swarthy lads in tatteved linen 'garments and in all manner of wonderful bead gear; the fussy farmer, who seemed to be everywhere, and gave twenty ovders at onee; the impur- turbable oxen; old women and naked lit- tle urchins and nursing mothers—con- coive all this bathed in bright sunshine, and backed by black cliffs with never- failing white fringe at their base, and beyond the great ocean stretching into the far distance until it seemed to lose itself in the blue unclouded sky, ard you have a picture worthy of the peneil of Rosa Bonheur., e Shors. Perry. Shoes. Will sell gents’ fine shoes at less than cost until Janvary 1. Corner Broadway and Main, under the bank. i £olid goldrings at Wollman's, 538 B'way, e L J. G. Tipton, real estate, 527 Broadway. ——— Bush & Gert's pianos, 538 Broadway, e Hereafter the dining room of the New cific will be run on sewi-European plav, Al meals served at 25 cents each, o L Fine perfumes, sachet powders ana toilet bottles for the holidays at Dell G. Morgan & Co.'s, 742 Broadway. P A Fresno, Cal., woman threw a cellus loid culf into the stove. Her husband will bave to pay $150 to repair the damage to the kitchen and geta new stove, ee— Alway i on Tin», If you wish to purchase a good and reliable watch 25 per cent less than club rates, and on easy terms, then call at once and make your own selection at C. 3. Jacquemin & Co., 27 Main street. s Holiday #oods and books lowest at Dell G. Morgan ——— Proposals for Schoot House Site. The undersigned will receive proposals for lots 1n the western part of the city of Coun- cil Bluffs, near the Cochran tract, on which to ercet school buildings. Said grounds sball consist of not less than one-half block. To receive attention proposals should be filed at once, . M, HuNTER, Gro. BraxsiM, Committee ou grounds and buildings of the board of education, low as the 3 Broadway. OMAHA DAILY BEE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, MAURER'S 1889, CHINAS HOP. 340 Broadway Council Bluffs. Visitors and purchasers equally wolcome. Our stock is tha 1 Rich Cut Glass in choicest patterns, Latest in Bronzes, Sterlir China Dainty Pieces forshe table Choice in of every description, rost and finest in the west, comprising some of the ehoisost in the following goods: Gems in Royal Worcester and Doulton, Hungarian, Carsbad, Beedapesht. Medium priced goods in all lines that can not be duplicated in price. W.A. MATRER, 340 Broad~xrayr . COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. Take Electric Motor at Millard or Paxton, It will and you at our store in twenty minutes, g Silver, Onyx, Tabbs, Piano, Banquetand Table Lamps. Woodard’s and other makes of Game sets, Fish sets, Desert sets, Soup sets, Dinner and Tea Ware and an elegant assortment of NATIVE BELLES OF AFRICA. All of Their Costumes are Cut Very Dacollete. ALL LOADED DOWN WITH BEADS. ) (RO Some of the Sozioty Ladies Carry Half' a Hundred Weight of the Ornas ments, But Don't Wear Much Else, The Maidens of M'Toita. As we had supplied our mon liberally with cloth to teade for fond, and were remaining a day for purposes of traflic, the Wa-Teita celebrated the occasion by turuing oulin their most gorgeous costumes. Gorgeous is hardly the word to apply to the get-up of the ordinary African savage, but it may well be al- lowed to stand in regard to the gala costumes of the plump and oily-skinned Wa-Teita belles, who fuirly took pos- session of our camp on this occasion, ites Thomas Sterns to the New York World. Thoe ladies of the tribe believe in the time-honored idea of enhancing theiv charms instead of concealing them. To cavrry out this happy femi- nine conceit they array themselves al- most exclusively in a costume of beads, of which ornaments they manage to wear a most astonishing quantity. Young women e strutting proudly into our camp with certaiuly not less than thirty o forty pounds of beads of various bright colovs disposed about their persons. As the ladies of western Asia carey about 1n the form of jewels and gold coins their husband’s sweplus wealth, so the belles of Teita burden and at the same time decorate them- selves with their little all in beads, The weight of beads they carry and the mannev in which they are worn must be exccedingly uucomfortable. But they care no more for comfort where fashion 1s concerned than do the ladies of Paris or New York. The suv- age belle is, in fact,always a greater votary of fashion than her civilized sister. If - Miss Fashionplate of America converts hersell into a wasp and tho Golen Lily of China discards her feet at the dictates of fashion, rest assured that the dark daughters of the savage continent act well up to their lights in the same direction. Buv the M’Teita belle does nothing very abe surd. There are no holes bored in her lips. nor is her well-oiled body disfig- ured by tattooing asare the women of many savage peoples. She files her front teeth to a sharp noint,which leads you to draw irreverent comparisons b tween her knowing smile and the jaws ofa rat-trap. Her chin is elevated like the British soldier’s by the enormous collar of beads she wears, and various other little peculiarities rev them- selves to our eyes or our nostrils as she poses before our tent to be admired; but. with ali this, I say, she is neither a human wasp nor a person who has to be carried pick-uback from having de- y stroyed her feot. But let us endeavor to draw a picture of her,as near as one may in mere words, and for the rest n photograph, snapped off before she bocomes nware of our intentions by means of the World office detective cameran. In the first place,you see nothing of a fashionable M'Tcita woman’s neck. The whole contour from chin to collar- bone is filled out with a bulky roll of hundreds of strings of many-colored beads that elevates the chin and im- pedes the movements of the head. Yorty ov fifty other and longer strings, suspended from-cach shoulder, eross be- tween the breusts, forming a bandolier that seems to us as much of a burden as an ornament. Another huge coil en- circles the waist, or in some instances, instead of innumerable strings, n bead belt of curious pattern and neat design. One would think this were beads onough to satisfly even the most bead- loving Afvican damsel, But even these massive accumulations fall short of per- fection in vhe eye of the M'Teita belle. Wherever there is room about her per- son to bestow a bemd, there, vest as- sured, will the bead be found, if she has enough to go round. The head is shaved 8o as to leaye a cireular patch of wool on the crown, ahont three inches indiameter. A broyd band, or coronet, of beads encircles.and covers this shaven part, and the hair of the crown is gathered and twisted into hundreds of tiny strings, ou ‘each sido of which is threaded a red, white, blue or green bead, Hoops of beads threaded on wire adorn the ears; neat cuff-like bands of the same bright articles encircle arms and legs; and, indéed, the very fig-leaf, with which her simhple soul satisfies the requirements of deecency, isa tiny apron of beads, fringed and embollished by o border of tiny iron” chaivs of Chaga workmanship. o But the most curibits object about the Mount Teita ladies’ costume, and which was seen by us on the women of no other tribe, is observed from a back view. Susponded from the beads around her waist is a piece of goatskin, pat- terned after an exaggerated swallow- tail, the pointed extremeties of whi descond to the caives and flup jaunt about her legs as she walks, It'is nees less to add that this strange garment also is adorned with beads. Picture to yoursef o hundred or so chocolate-hued women of all sizes and ages, one-half of their persons glisten- ing like patent-loather' in the bright sun., with every motion of the sup ple bodies, by reason of the liberal dressing of castor oil they have plastered on, an the other half broght and barbarous of color—masses of beads; and you have with us seen a truly East African spee- tacle. But tuke my advice and clap your handkerchief to your nose in defercnce to that particularly dashing young lady who is approachind the tent. She has been making her toilet afresh for the conquosts of the afternoon among the porters. In other words, she has just como from her hut, after annointing from head to foov with apint or so of ex- tremely odoriferous oil. How she shines and glistens—and what a boud quet! And how proud and self-conseious she is of these added charms! She can- not help smiling as she notes our look: of admiration and approval. Or ver likely she smiles to let us sce to what fine points hor teoth vo been filed. We note the teoth and also a curious sharp and lively twinkling of the bright, beady bl ich betrays the fact that every lash, which in other lands are coveted by the tair sex for the softened expression they impart, has been removed. Having seen all thisand been pro- foundly impressed theveby, [ issued forth with the Hawkeyo camera to ob- tain, if possible, correct representations of the same for the benefit of eyes at home. With pardonable deception, [ summon what we consider the flower of the flock, on the plausible protext of inspecting the bunch of bananas she has brought to sell, and as she ap- hes, all unconseious of our wiles, goes the camera, and—Have I got her? Most likely, and yot, possibly not to any great exient, for it isa day of sunshine and shadow, und a trouble- some cloud went scudding across the sun at the very moment I checked, threw our interesting “‘subject” in the shade. Moreover, she flinched awfully from fear as I leveled the mysterious nduky” at her and touched the spring. I shall have to try again, But suspicious ns to my intentions had in a very short time circulated through the camp. Already my first victim had told with superstitions awe of the bright and baleful gleam of the lens that had for an instant glared upon her from the white wan’s sanduay and of the ominous “elick” she heard. Word went around these superstitious dames and damsels that the mzunga was, by meansof a mysterious little box, with eyes in it, bev.itching them, and the ladies be- came keenly alert to avoid coming any- where near me, or letting me come anywhere near them. Meany of the more timid fled tho camp entirely, others hovering warily on the outskirts, fluctuated between a desire to sell their produce to the porters and their fear of the dark designs of . your humble servant. Seeing the chief I was creating I secretly retived into the camp to abide my time. The contest between their commercial designs and their super- stitious awe of ry fell intentions was an amusing spectacle. But, seeing that I remained in the tent, the ladies gradually returned into camp. I then tried it with'the Kodack, as their su picions were rticularly directed toward the larger camera. I wished particularly to obtain the queer, swal- ow tailed appendage above described, in addition to a full portrait. Lo, bring ing a critical eye 1o boar on our s roundings, I observed one of the choice buds of the assombly, standing with her hack beautifully presented to the sun, Sauntering cars lessly towards her, priming the Kodaci as I 'went—O! now; splendid!—but no, it is not to be; just at the supreme mo- ment_the damsel is warned of my ap- proach, turns round, aud in a twinkling the coveted swallow tails ave flagging against her shapely limbs as she di- rectly flees the field, Growing desperate T resolved to ob- tain o picture of this uniqne garment or perish in the attempt. But [ didn’t perish, nor do I know at this present moment whether any of those covetea designs will *‘come out” properly as a result of my patient maneuverings. Not the least amusing of the scenes in our camp at Matate were the flirtations between tho caravan porters and the native women. Flirtation advances in Africa are not to be judged by the American standard. The Teita ladies often had occasion to show their tempoer by way of rebuke. Curious enough, their mode of expressing anger was to bite their thumbs, The Wa-Teita men are not entitled to the same awount of space as their more interesting wives and sisters, Like them they file the teeth, but they are, on the whole, a rather inferior tribe of men for Eust Africa, where fine types prevail, As before stated, they incline to be spindle-shanked und ill-favored in comparison. They are a thoroughly bad lot, us may be supposed from their stubborn resistance to the good inten- tions of the Rev. My, Wray for the space of seven years. They are armed with bows and arrows, and long simes, or swords, which they obtain in trade with the blacksmiths of Chago or the coast tribes. They poison their arrows with poison obtained from some tree in Girima, The warriers are not defi ient in courage of the African sor Like all other tribes round about, how ever, they fear the Masai, though they have sometimes had the luck to best them in battle. Whenever they kill a Masai they mince his heart and sprinkle it about their mountain to give them couvage. They ave full of absurd su- perstitions. The only thing they seem to regar with venaration is that venerable mon- strosity of the African wilderness, the boabab. Why they venerate it the Rov. Mr. Wray couldn’t tell, But one day a lion invaded their wountain and killed several cows, The sages of the tribe assembled, us usual, to talk the matter over and try and discover why the lion visited them rather than their neigh- bor’s, Mr. Wray’s flock, They decided after much expenditure of wisdom, that it was bocause they had, a week or so before, cut down a boabab, and so, by way of propitiation, they with much ceremony, set matters right by plant- ing several young trees of the same va- riety, ’l‘i{a Wa-Teita ave not governed by chiefs, but in every village are elders, whose authority is, in some degree, recognized and respected by the young { PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. ~Hydrs Specifi H. BIRKINBINE ilic and Sanit ations, . — ey nginder. Plans, 08 ion of Public Work. Brown Supery Building, Coucil Blulfs, lowa. N. SCHURZ —Attorne, —Justice of the Peace. Broadway, Council Blufls, lowa. at Law STONE & SIM eral Courts. Council Bluffs, Iowa. P. ). MONTGOMERY" Surgeon and Homoepath., building. 115 Pearl Office over American Ixpross, No, 41 B S S — Practice in the State and Fed- Rooms 7 and 8§ Shugart-Beno Block, Room 6, Brown Office hours, 9 to 12, 2. m., 2to6and 7w8 . m. men, The only hold these worthy an- cients have over the rising generation, however. are the reigns of supevstition. The young people are brought up to believe their elders pable of working magice, producing rain, ete., and they fear and respect them accordingly. The efforts of the eldersin these matters always fail, but they manage to hoodwink the rising gen- cration until the latter arrive at a certain age, when they in turn begin to pose as medicine men and eld- ers and so the strange cyclo of youthful credulity on the one hand and crafty old uge on the other goes round and vound among these strange people and some semblance of government is main- tained. Marrying among the Wo-Teita, as with most_ African tribes, is simply a question of purchasing the bride from her parents. The price of one of those oleaginous and bead-bejeweled damsels (presumably beads and all) is three to four cows. Bovines are scarce in Teita, however, thanks to their evil genii, the belicose El-Moran (Masai wavrior), and 50, because he cannot atford to pay for a bride, the M-Teita warrior sometimes marries his near relativ If he gets an unrelated bride, the coy damsel, in accordance with an an- cient custom of the tribe, affecting to fice from the consummation of her own happiness, runs away and hides in the hut of some distant relative. Collecting his friends and armed with the search warrant of time-honored custom, the groom then enters and searches house after house where he fancies his bride may be concealed. At length the shrinking maiden is discov- ered amid much boisterous merriment and is huuled triumphantly from her hiding place. Four of the groom’s as- sistants, seizing them each an arm or g, now carry her off to her new home. e e Fan With Seagulls. Sea birds are always an interesting object to voyagers, siys the maritime magazine, Occan. They follow a ves- sel sumetimes all tho way across, ever rostless and untiring. The gulis par- ticularly, with their long, swilt wing reulize the highest powers of endur- ance, and fly with ense against the severe orms, Some say that theso birds never visit the earth oxcept to deposit their eggs; otherwise they live constantly between the sea and the sky In fine weathor they fly high the air, descending with great rapidity to seize the fithes on the surface of the water. The symmetry and strengtn of the gulls are remarka- ble, showing how nature has adapted them in every particular for the pur- pose of long fiight. Theiv pectoral, or breast muscles, are one solid massof firm, hard muscle, and their bones are hollow, having no marrow in them. Sleep is not necessury to them, or rather, they rest upon their wings und allow 'themselves to be cradled by the breezes, whose violence neither worries nor frightens them. On the other hand, they seem to take a fierce delight in the fury of the storm which. convuls- ing the waves, brings up the dead fishes and mollusks. Sailors are very fond of playing off a joke upon the gulls, which are always fmvm-ing about the ships. They take three or four pieces of sail-twine, about six feet in length, these are tied to- gether in the middle, and to the end of each asmall piece of blubber or fat is uttached tightly and then thrown into the sen. A guil comes along and swal- lows one piece; another then sees there is plenty to spare, and swallows the erhaps a third bird takes posses- sion of another; but as they are all at- tached to the sail-yarns, whenever thoy try to fly away one or the other is com- velled to disgorge his shave, and this s continued to the tantalizing suspense of the poor gulls and the great fun of the passengers and sailors, e Madison, Ga., claims to havea horse that took part in the Indinn wars in 1830, e Britain's Convic A notable aecrease has taken place in the British convict population, In July last the total number in custody under santence of penal servitude had dropped 10 6,405, as compared with 11,660 twenty years ago, 'The number of women sentenced to penal servitude has fallen very much below even recent years, the number in 1888 being 47, and in 1883, 186, The whole number of women in England and Wales now under sentence of penal servitude is only 402, or less than, a third of the daily avernge female conviet population of ten years ago. 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