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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-10

PED STAR LINE.
IA FOR ANTWERP AND PARIS. -
Sailing from New.York ani Antwerp weekly
PFNNLAN "Wednesday, Aucust -. , a. N
BELGENLAND -.--..... "Wednesday. Angus Fl, = D.. IN
Cabin rates: First Cabin $50 and ward Excursion
800 and pyard Second Cabi1. $40 Excursion. 90
mi $50 Storage at very low rates. -,
PETER WRIGHT & SONS Cent Agts. Bowling Green.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-10
RAILROAD INFLUENCES.
HEALTHY TONE OF STOCKS.
AN ACTIVE MARKET CLOSING STRONG AT
REACTIONS.
SALES AT THE STOCK ACKNOWLEDGMENT
BONDS AND BANK STOCKS.

Louisiana cOBsol -
10000. ..S sos
Tenn Settlement IS
5000. 1891
Fourth Nat Bank
BIZ. l6l
Atlantic d Pacific
Incomes
b.OOu.....l6'I
5,OOO......l67s
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FANCY LAMP SHADES.
How to Make Them and What Waterfall
Should He EmnlaYed.


should He Employed.
Exceedingly beautiful lamp shades
are made of various decorative ma
which are used over a plain
white shade or over brass frame that
comes fer this purpose Apretty lace
shade for small partor lamp is made
of yard Of Oriental lace in. some
effective pattepn, about three and a
half inches wide; abeut4a=gaarte of a
yard -of surah silk in some bright,
pretty color, like pale yellow rose
color or turquoise blue, and heavy
saddler's silk enough to make a thick
knotted fringe the color OF the surah.
Sew the ends of the lace together; unite
it at the top TO strip OF surah about
two and a half inches wide when
finished Hem the top of this strip,
and about an inch and half below
tho edge put in a fold underneath
shirring strings composed OF narrow,
picot-edged ribbon or fine silk cord
and tassels to match the surah. Finish
the scalloped edge of the lace with a
knotted fringe OF silk, about three
inches wide. Draw the shade into
shape over the lamp shade of porcelain
by means OF the shirring strings, which
should fasten around the top, leaving.
about an inch and a half of frill above.
This shade should fit smoothly over
the porcelain shade. or it will Oh
struct instead of softening the light.
Very beautiful shades FOR large lamps
are made in umbrella=shape of-hlae.
and white Japanese Grape, -colored
surahs and other decorative materials.
Sometimes red or pale green point
d esprit is utilized for this purpose
These shades are always used over
frame OF brass or nickel which sup
ports them, and measure frequently
half a yard in depth. The favorite
method is to lay them in accordion,
pleats, gathering them to the frame
with stirring string OF cord or rib
bon. The prettiest umbrella shades
are left plain on the edge, though some
are finished with plain row OF lace.
IN " Tribune
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WHY EVERY BODY SMILED.
A Notice which Shouldn't Have Boen
Read Under tho Circumstan

A Notice Which Shouldn't Have Boon
Read Under the Circumstances.
According to the Boston Transcript, a
story that goes back to the meetin' house in
Wrentham is one Of worthy man named
Habbakuk P, a resident OF the town,
and a faithful attendant upon worship, who
had been blessed with four wives, one after
another. Habbakuk was rigidly orthodox,
as his name seemed to demand, and was al
ways in his pew on the Sabbath He sat
there in his conspicuous pew, with No. 4 by
his side, and on the first Sunday morning
after their marriage. 1t was d balmy June
day, and the zephyrs from the open window
toyed playfully with the brides white satin
bonnet ribbons and the groom's silken locks.
There was q stranger in the pulpit who had
exchanged for the day with the venerable
Mr.. F, the pastor Of the church. After
reading few Scripture passages the
stranger proceeded to read notice which
he had found in the Bible, and which was
as follows:
.'Mr. Habbakuk p desires the prayers
of the congregation that the death of his
wife may be sanctified to him for his spirit
ual good.''
TFhen, -when~ the congregation was be-
tween stupefaction and explosion, the
clergyman went on with the services at a
rapid rate. He was at a loss to know why
the congregation seemed to be throughout
the remainder of the services on the point
of laughter, but at dinner Mrs. F., the
pastor wife, explained to him that Hab-
sbakuk P-e-ssatt three roMs froHz the front
in the broad aisle with his brand new wife,
and he had read an old notice that Mr..
F-had probably been using for a book
mark ever since the death of wife No.
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FESTIVE LITTLE SEALS.
Two Hundred Thousand of Them Recon
ly Caught on Newfoundland.

Two Hundred Thousand OF Them Recent
ly Caught on Newfoundland.
The recent heavy capture OF seals
Off Newfoundland will not, despite re-
ports to the contrary, make sealskin
sacques any the less expensive next
season. 1t is indeed difficult to disas
sociate the seal from the sacque con.
structed from his outer covering, but
only seals from certain localities may
be used for this purpose. and seals
caught off Newfoundland are not of
that kind 1t is the Alaskan seal and
the Japanese seal whose fur is avail
able for a feminine wrap.
Yet the catch is one Of moment.
For there are most important uses to
which these seals area4to@b put
Though the Arctic seal, as these arc
called, is covered with hair, long and
coarse, and thick and bristly, yet
scraping this off the skinJitself becomes.
valuable for tanning purposes. For
that it goes principally to Great
Britain. Here it is used for the most
part in the manufacture of pocket
books and tennis shoes
Just below the skin lies a layer of
fat known as the pelt This might al
most be called the seal itself, for all
that lies beneath this is thin mem
brane, and then the animals bone
framework and digestive apparatus.
These form but small part OF him.
An excellent quality of what is known
as seal oil is extracted from the pelt,
and the taIlow-like substance that re-
mains has value commercially.
The catch has been made early this
year. These Arctic seals whelp in the
north in the latter part OF February
and drift down on the ice in the early
spring AS the ice melts in more tenn
perate regions the young seals drop
off into the water. and are then sufii (
GENTLY grown to take care OF them.
selves 1t. is the object Of the sealers
to capture the little animals known as
white coats" while still on the float
ing ice. This is on their first trip.
Later on the larger animals, up to the
$50 pounds male, known as the hooded
seal, are hunted. The white coats,
not over four feet long and Of 40 to 80
pounds weight, make little resistance.
and are easily killed by blow over
the head.
The seal fishery will be most profit
able this yaar,~,.. One Of the vessels just
returned to port has cargo of $1,000
seals. The market value Of these is
something over 81 apiece. Allowing
fer.the running expresses of the yes
SELL the proportional share of the catch
to the vessels officers and crew, yet
the profit of the owners will be an ex-
eeedingiy neat one. IN. Y. Mail and
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How She Played John.

Mrs. sStebbins--I don't see why Chi
cago shouldn't have a beauty show for
men as well as Vienna II 1t should
have one, John, you could easily take
FIRST prize.
Mr. & No; reallyf
ITO be sure you could.
Mr.. s. (stroking his beard, and smil-
Ing conceitedly) Well. dear, l don't
know but you're. right y.
.sOf course am. BY the way. John
| want fifty dollars for a little shopping
this morning
&c ,'tainly, MY darling. There ii is
Is that enough2 Chicago Herald
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and God laid on. making mound four
Or i've feet high. The surroundings
Fare carefully cleared Of rubbish and
dried Rfaes, - that tbe graye mngS ~
~ & B ~ ! sS!4, g
For four successive lights following
the burial the loving mother. or il the
deceased was an orphan, then q near
female relative patiently carries
wood upon her back. and near the
mound kindles IRE, keeping II burn
ing throdghout the night to light the
departed one 70 the land 81 hAppiness.
4 ssssssss
that the spirit may not be arrested or
distressed as 1t traveis hence.
There are a variety Of beliefs con-
corning the immediate action Of the
spirit upon its withdrawal from the
body. Some think that the soul at
once starts upon its journey 10 the
spirit land; others, that it hovers about
the grave as II reluctant TO depart.
Because of tfris latter belief food and
water are placed at the head Of the
grave for several days after the burial.
The spirit Is supposed to partake Of
this food No Indian would touch any
article OF food thus exposed; The did,
the ghost would snatch away the food
and s.paralyze the mouth OF the thief.
and twist his face out of shape for the
rest Of his life; or else he would be pur-
sued by the ghost, and food would lose
It's taste, and hunger ever after haunt
the offender.
There is belief in the tribethat be-
fore the spirits finally depart from men
who died OF wounds or their results,
they-foat toward cliff overhanging
the Missouri. not far from the present
Santee Agency in Nebraska, and cut
upon the rocks "a picture showing
forth their manner OF death. A line
in the picture indicates the spot where
the disease or wound was located
which caused the death. After this
record is complete. the spirit flies off
to the land OF the hereafter. 1t is said
that these pictures are easily recog-
nized by the relatives and friends of
tile deceased. This place is known
as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
where the spirits make pictures Of
themselves
A suicide ceases to exist; for him
there is no hereafter. A man struck
by lightning is buried where he fell
and in the position in which he died
His grave is filed with earth, and no
mound is raised over one who is thus
taken from life. journal of American
Eolk.Lnre.
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BURYING THEIR DEAD.
Strange Funeral Customs of the
North American Indians
Francis La F1esche. Member Of the
Omaha Tribe, Writes Interestingly Of
tho Queer Superstitious Beliefs sS
His and Other Tribes.

When one Is in the dying agony the
relatives give vent to their grief in
loud walls. The crying continues at
intervals until death takes place, and
also up to the time Of burial. This
cry has been by some white persons
mistaken for a song or chant, but 1t in
no way partakes okthat character; it
is genuine expression of anguish and
grief. The wall or cry is interspersed
with terms which express the relation
ship between the deceased and the
person grieving. The writer has
many times heard the cry of Indian
men and women. and~-has seen the
tears flow down their cheeks. There
is something truly awful in the sound
when men and women together lift up
their voices in the wall Of grief. 1t is
far from being like song or chant
When the breath has left the body Of
the one dying. the nearest relatives
such as parent or child, brothers or
sisters, husband or wife, begin with a
mad zeal to stripIthemselves of every
ornament and cut their hair. scattering
the shorn locks about the Fireplace.
The older married women who ha We
borne children clip the hair short to
the ear. while the young women part
with but an inch or two. Young men
do not sacrifice their locks, but the
older men shear theirs short The
older women pull off their leggings
and moccasins, and cash the. flesh OF
their legs below the knee. lengthwise
and crosswisc, till the blood flows
freely. All the while they wall and
call upon the dead. The young men
who are near RELATIONSHIP the deceased
remove their leggings and, moccasins,
and pierce their legs with sharp
knife until the blood flows fast from
the wounds. The old men do not scar
ify themselves. =
With every new arrival, whether the
person be of near kin or not. the wall
ing starts afresh. By this long-con
tinued crying, the excitement OF grie
and the pain OF wounds, the relatives
become exhausted before the time o
burial arrives, and unable to speal
above o whisper. Soon after death tn
corpse Is placed in sitting position
facing the east and dressed in gala cos
tume, ornaments are 1put upon tn
hair and person, and sometimes tn
face is painted in the same manner a
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A. kxksrtastor-Whess Truth snd J1st5cs
n ST. ytds7tS 8 4. Al :
Q41Ah8 l
dGs fhf6H II fhG Merchant TfaTe1eF ~
follows; It i with deep regret that see
the habit Of card playing getting : firm
hold on the travelling men. and this habit l.
often INDUCED In 1t . sacrifice Of time
which should be devoted TO business. l
will give one instance and who Of NJ but
have seen this repeated many times overt
A few days ago the writer was sitting In
the hotel Of 4 Nebraska TOWN. angaged tn
writing when 3 number Of travelling men
entered. Having just arrived in the town,
they had hardly had time to register when
one Of the number proposed they have .
game Of high i've, and four-handed game
was at once made up. This was three
o'clock in the afternoon. left there at
eleven O'Clock that night and the game was
still on they having stopped only long
enough to eat supper, and not one Of them
had been out to call on his customers. Now,
boys, l will leave it to your impartial judg-
-ment. Is fright 70 thus spend the time
that should be devoted to business. Is that
what we draw our salaries fort The firms
we represent expect that we will spend our
time in trying to make sales, and not In
card playing, and just in the proportion that
we made our services valuable to our FIRMS
can.we expect to receive higher salaries.
This can be accomplished only BY giving our
time and study to our business. So, from q
financial standpoint, we can not afford to
play cards, and while we may not all have
the same religious views, let us have re-
spect for the Sabbath, and not spend the
1ay in card playing. It is needless to say
we could give the names OF q good many
statesmen who have taken their own lives
after losing their own and some of the
firms money at the card table, and this
was not done in gambling den, but in
game with othertraveling men who should
have been their friends. There is also
another view to take of this matter, which
IS 81 far greater Importance than the loss Of
time and money. Card playing is but another
of the many traps which the devil has set
to catch the souls Of men, and can we afford
to sacrifice our immortal souls through this
indulgence of habiti Fellow travellers, is
it not time to call haiti Brace upl At
tend to business and be honest and true to
oil -
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our rs.dsrs WIN doubelsss can 70 mind The
EsEkfso siasy aaye- sprs pat s ~.
, - !, y VIZ = 3 csss 81 ia ga
Lo9 Cabin Remedies, that they would PAP
5000 TO any person who would prove 70 an
impartial referee that they had ever pub
lished . testimonial that was not genuine 20
far a. they knew.
This offer had the ring Of honesty about
4. and Is the matter has m especial inter
est just now We give . copy Of the offer - Il
sppeay1 IL the ,Messrs. x sMerner e
Cos pamphlet
EHAH Orrxn or A0o0 90 III
Eperv Testimonial pubstshsd bu ~ 4 Bona
Fsde, and, % far az ne ksop, y absolutely traA
10 any one sclo scia prouc the contrary 20 an
Impartial referee we piu giye 5000.
II. H. WARNER d co.
Rochester, N. r, Janwdvy 2, 1888.
We ask the readers careful attention to
the following testimonials, as bearing ON the
offer, and their unbiased opinion Of the
same with reference to the 5000.
-IewA- Girl, Iass June 3d. 1SSS.-lSonie'
weeks since my daughter had severe at
tack Of Rheumatism. She was persuaded
TO take one bottle of Warmers Safe Cure,
and one OF Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure,
and has entirely recovered. We think it
wonderful, as twice before she had been
confined to her bed for months with it,
MIS-. SfLvAEus JOHNSON.
=CAMPA VERDE, -izona, Oct. 81, 1SSS.-For
nearly q year suffered from Gravel, and
was under,sthe treatment OF q doctor
took Q great deal of medicine, but it all
seemed to fail i then began with Warmers
Safe Cure, and after using one bottle of 1t
began to get better; got another bottle, and
took half of It. The gravel stone left me,
and began to mend. am now feeling IS
well as l ever did In my life Mus. DOLLY
MASON.
231 Myrtle Ave, BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov.
f66o.-in 1850 was attacked with kidney
disease, and suffered for twenty years, ap-
plying often for advice TO medicaf men Of
high standing, without any apparent relief.
In 1885 was advised. to try Warmers Safe
Cure, and after having used fifteen bottles
of it was completely cured, and am happy
to state that have never felt the disease
sincein any form.-P. B. McMuLLEN.
NEWARK, N. Y, June 20, 1883. Last win
ter was attacked with severe kidney DIM
Guilty, which incapacitated me for work. Sc
we're pains in the small Of my back, attended
with almost constant aching on the least
exertion. I suffered much pain, the passage
of water was severe trial, accompanied
with much scalding and redness of the
urine. / felt was suffering from pre-
monitory symptoms Of Bright's Disease.
procured bottle OF Warner'a Safe Cure,
and after taking the first bottle felt SO
much improved that / continued to take it
to the extent Of four, bottles. i am now a
new man, able to do a good hard day. work,
with no recurrence of any trouble with the
kidneys W. PLAss.
There is no getting away from such testi-
mopy as tho above. The offer Is genuine.
In fact Mcssrs. Fl. II. Warner & Co. have
always requested that doubters- should
write direct to persons giving testimonials,
enclosing stamp, and who are of necessity,
in the great majority Of cases, totally unac-
quainted with the firm.
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

FERTILITY. good sod. thorough csrl-
ktivasion. That ID the way 70 produce
k he ytslA N seEa z q $Is'
go The manure from the poultry yard
can always be used TO . good advan-
tage As top dressing IN the garden.
In preparing your garden, make
the cabbage patch a. rich as possible.
The cabbage Is as greedy an eater as a
red hog-zit.. will eat and grow, and
grow and cat
snff 3 sf,Urnn pe IaKen 70 remove
the sprouts from the young bulbs
which spring UP at the base of callas.
This Is especially necessary II your
large plant is about to bloom. - House
wife.
When a man Is frightened or
angry his digestive organs do not
work; this is also true of an animal
hence the profit OF keeping IL in
peaceful ana fearless state BY Kind
treatment
One 1.-The best=ways OF getting rid
of the old bones that are too often
allowed to lie scattered around Is to
bury them near the roots of the grape
vines. They supplyia needed element
OF plant food
Asparagus is avery early vegeta-
BILE, and any work to be done to the
bed must be done early. 1t is a
gross feeder, and can appropriate any
amount of manure. which should be
broadcasted on the beds now. to be
forked in as soon as the ground per-
mits
For cold setting, milk should have
E temperature Of SO degrees, which is
normal. and then be cooled down to d
temperature 81 IS degrees in summer
and 40 degrees in winter. Cream should
be kept at temperature of As degrees
to AS degrees, until there is enough for
churningss@s sesrvqsqsqe
Some crops require an early start
in order to get ahead of the weeds. and
also to have more time for growth.
Among such are carrots. parsnips and
beets. Get the seed in the ground as
early as possible, and keep the plants
free from weeds in order to have them
well under way before summer.
I'm order to secure strong, vigorous
plants, care should be taken, in sowing
the seed, not to SOW too thick, and then
TO air the hot-bed thoroughly when
ever the condition of the soil will adj
nit IF kept too warm the plants will,
grow up weak and spindling, and will
make a very unsatisfactory growth
when set out.
/ Cheese Pudding Mix a scant
pint and half of -four into a smooth
batter with pint and half of milk,
teaspoonful Of salt and a teaspoon
full OF sugar and six well-beaten eggs
(no baking powder). Crate into this
large cup OF strong. rich cheese; stir
well and bake one hour in good
oven. This will rise very high and
must be eaten at once.-Housewife.
A simple way to preserve smoked
hams Is 70 Slice the hams as~desired
for the table, trim off the rind and all
the smoky edges, cover the bottom OF
stone jar with the .uncooked slices,
pour over enough melted lard to just
cover, not float, them, then another
layer OF ham and the fat, continuing
thus until the jar Is nearly full; cover
all with more of the melted fat; over
this lay plate with weight on it,
and set away to stiffen. The weight
and plate can then besremoved, land q
paper tied over the top of the jar.
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HABITS OF INDUSTRY.
The Importance of Teaching Children to
Perform Light Tasks.

The Importance of Teaching Children to
Perform Light Tasks.
!. Don't think the children too young
AS soon as they can understand and
perform some slight tasks insist upon
their doing them. Have some daily
tasks suitable to the age Of the child.
and sec that they are performed. 1t
sometimes becomes monotonous and
requires time and patience, but it be-
gets habits of industry and self-re-
lance / once heard Christian min
lister state that he owed his success in
life to his mother, who taught him
when "a child to be Industrious.
Among other things he was required
every night to pick up basket OF
chips. His mother reminded him Of
it for several nights, when she left it
for him TO recollect himself, which he
did for some time. One night, getting
very much interested in play. he for
got it until after dark. Beginning to
prepare for bed, his mother remarked:
willie, you will have to pick your
chips "But it's dark, MOTHER he
replied. You must pick up your
chips. my son." was the reioinder, in
such tone that he knew resistance
| to be useless He went out and picked
the chips, and never after that, ;"
said he, sdid- Willie forget his chips. "
To carry out the rules as this mother
| didesmade y self-rellant, industrious
man. Many Of us are too indulgent
and our children suffer thereby. |
have in mind a mother WHO thought
her boy too young to work until al
most in his teens, when she found. to
her .astonishment that it was impos-
sible to sct him at any thing and keep
him at it. He hadn't the habit Of
working, and hasn't to this day ac-
quired it, though he has arrived. at
manhood: An idle boy will make a
shiftless man. Western Rural.
4
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To Oklahoma.

Farmers, merchants, mechanics, capital
lists, laborers, intending settlers and ALL
OTHERS who are going to the Oklahoma
Country, should take the GREAT Rock ISL
AND ROUTE from Chicago via Kansas City
and Caldwell, the nearest QUILTING point
on the Southern Kansas border, to Pond
Pond Creek, the route to KINGFIsHER,
where the Government Land Office is
ocated, IS by stage, going through by day
light, over the stOLD ABILENE CATTLE
FRAlL AND STAGE ROAM the best in the
Territory. FAST LIMITED VEsTIBuIE Ex-
PRESS TRAINS fno extra charge) Chicago to
Kansas City, and FREE RECLINING CHAIR
CARS through to Caldwell, arriving at Pond:
Greek daily at 10:15 P. M. For tickets or
further information apply to your nearest
Coupon Ticket Agent, or address Geo. II.
Smith, Assistant General Ticket and Pas
senger Agent, at Chicago
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No Chemicals.

In THESE DAYS when food authorization is
socommon, it is q comfort to find an article
for the table that is thoroughly reliable.
Walter Baker & Co.'s breakfast cocoa is
eminent In this limited class No chemicals
are used IN its manufacture and it is abso-
lutely pure. 1t forms moreoxer-a delicious
and healthful drink, as refreshing, and more
nutritious, than tea or coffee, and free from
the injurious effects that those beverages
sometimes produce. And it is very cheap
withal. The house Of Walter Baker & Co.
has maintained for more than 100 years
great and honored repute by the excellence
and purity Of its manufactures.