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Prove IA.

Many and varied have been the claims made
for tho two DalEotas, Minnesota Nebraska and
other portions Of the great West and North.
west. Tons of printed matter containing de-
EcrIptiye and statistical information Of these
regions have been scattered broadcast through
out the land, aud while these have attracted
attention TO the location named, yet there is
one way of settling the question for yourself ut
once and for all time, and that is by ocular de-
monstration--prove ii, by taking trip through
tho West and examining for yourself It's vast
storchouscs Of agricultural and mineral wealth;
visit its growing young towns, already far In
advance of the staid old villages Of the East,
and SOC If here is not the best avenue for the
safe and profitable Investment of your money
brains, muscle or enterprise
To encourage intelligent investigation of the
wonderful regions penetrated by its lines, the
Chicago & North Western Railway has arrang.
ed for series of Harvest Excursions to points in
Minnesota, Iowa. North and South Dakota, Ne
braska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah. Idaho and
Montana, TO be run during the months of Au-
gust, September and October, for which tickets
will be sold at one fare for the round trip or
one-half the usual rates. The conditions are
extremely liberal, allowing thirty days for re-
turn and permitting stop.over at different
points. These excursions will afford rare op.
portunities TO investigate the claims made
for these wonderfully productive regions TO
locate claim on l60 acres Of Government free
land, TO buy quarter section or moro Of the
cheap railroad lands to invest In town pron-
erty, TO "spy outD tho mnltifarious mineral
deposits of the Black Hills or to make q trip
for health and pleasure. For detailed informa-
ton, apply TO any ticket agent or write to e.
7. WILSON, General Passenger Agent Chicago
q North Western Hallway, Chicago, Ill.
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Backing Against Luck.
TNew York Heellyl


Mr.. lilnck - Say, Mariah, now that your
uncle has left you little money, you jnst so
and buy ali the property you can get hold of ia
Frogtown. The people there are selling out for
almost nothing, and moving back 10 the city.
Mira Illuck-Nhat Hre they selling cut fUr7
"Cause they're nearly eaten mp every sum
ner with ilies The nies there is perfectly awful
no standin' 'em at all; they just depopulate
the town."
Huhl Then why do you want me TO buy
there. I'd like 10 know"
III tell you, Mnriah. You know I'm the un-
lHckiest felIer that ever lived. don't you?"
should say SO. IL you dug for water you
wouldn't fud anything but dry rock I'LL ye
struck ire, er came cut on snmo Chinese desert
do believe II you'd buy stocks that WAS bound
to rise ia month, tho world nd come to an end
before the month Was onL"
:" Jesse; that's me. Woll. you go buy property
in Frogtown. You'll be buyia', / won't see.'
But the Gics7"
lll go there Rn' settle down On mn agent for
hypapcr. an there won't be fy there this
SuIn4ahr."
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SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

Electricity Is the coming power. Scranton pro-
pels all her street by it. and proposes TO take
the mule out of her coal mines and electricity
IA the motive power of the coal ears. Moreover,
the mines are to be illuminated with the electric
light.
Paris" where the professors offer to smooth out
wrinkles by "Electrolys The electricity re-
yiviies the skin and makes n young again.
The objection against making lead pencils out
OF paper, instead of wood, has been overcome
One of the difficulties has been the toughness of
the paper covering aud its consequent resistance
to the action of knife. BY process the mo-
lecular cohesion of the paper is modified In such
manner that it can be cut as easily as cedar wood.
"A Rochester scientist advocates drowning as
the most humane form of capital punishment TO
which criminals can be subjected.
Since 1900 the population af Europe has just
doubled itself. Then the population was l7S, ,0O0-
900; ia 1890 2l6 600; in 1862 $50 900; In 1850
3SI ,0O0, ,000i In 1883, S5o.00000o.
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Delicate Sarcasm.

The other day contractor, who is grading
new streets in n borough near PittsbHFg. sent
one Of his men, big fellow named Murphy, 10
the railroad station Bear By 10 fetch ssrns sup
plies. The journey both ways ought to have
been accomplished in half mn hour, but Dir.
Murphy did not show mp again for over two
hours. When he bad brought his load close up
20 the mound OF earth on which tue contractor
was standing he called 10 him by name. The
contractor looked up At Murphy, bat did not
appear 10 recoguizs him. aud merely said:
a. Well, what is itfn "Pm back" said Muir
ply. ''That's good for ycz." said his employ
or; "bnt, me man, what's that TO mot" why,
I'm Mr.. Murphy; don't veg know me7" "oh.
Mr. Murphy. Is itf Fax. / wouldn't
known ye but for tho harses" And Ia this
delicate fashion WAS the lash Of sarcasm brought
down upon the back Of Mr. Murphy.
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Two Theories.

Fond Mother lin passenger car with her chill
dren) n)-It just scared ma when rcRdJ0hnny |!
Stop pulling the flowers off that lady's bonnet
when ] read in the papors-Riehard You
just keep your head in-the paper tho other
day that--Georgel III you put your stichy
hands on that lady's dress again I'll thrash you
tho other day that "A woman went crazy
Richard Don't you dare slap that little girl--
when / read that a woman went crazy just from
tho discomforts Of the--Johnny Stop punch!
Ing that gentleman-of the journey in q rail-
road train. / wonder If she had children with
her?
Lady tly)-Porhaps some other woman
had
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PERSONS AND THINGs.

- Mr. Samuel Jones, the revivalist, !" was recent
ly offered s. 600 year and tine church TO preach
In nj Minneapolis. He replied: Do yen take me
- Hcroic-sized monumental statues OF Grant
Sheridan aud FarTagut 10 be put up In Boston.
The latest development OF the automatic ma
chine is DIR. CnreaN in Holland. II is a wooden
figure of q man, with compartments al over it. la
beled with the names OF various ailments. II you
figure drop coin into the SLOT and the proper pill
or powder will come out.
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The Smallest Town In the CoHntry.

Baltimore. VT, is said TO be the smallest town
In the United States. IL is perched on the side
OF Hawks Nest, and years ago was part of Cav
endish. on tho other side Of tho mountain; bat
voters had 10 90 fifteen miles to cast their bal
lots so petition was circulated and the town
of Baltimore was Set off In 1850 the population
was ~, and Of these about dozen were voters
not enough 10 ill the town Offices, for there
are twenty offices 10 gil.
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REECE is no longer
ono of the 0ut-of- the
way countries of the
world. IL is only FIVE
days by steamer and
rail from here to Lon
don, and ono can go
from Athens to New
York in less than two
weeks. The Grecian
Government is plan
ming the construction
of a railway from
Athens to Salonika,
and this will give
Athens a direct rail-
road connection with
Europe, and it will, in
all probability, make it
the great port for Eu-
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Wanted Revenge.

IJUdge.I
Anxious Passenger-Is this Phillydelphys
Conductor-It is.
Passenger-Ain'ts seen nothin' Of Sam ElsOn,
have yer?
Conductor-Don't know him.
Passenger-Sho! Ihoped yer did. Hemoved
over here from our town about 20 year ago an
owed me 81. l wanted t git chance to- swat
him once with this umbril'as the train went
through.
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So Deg.

dog owned by Peter Flynn, Of Red Bank,
recently chewed up and swallowed 81 bill.
As the dog had no commercial value he was
killed, and the fragments of the bill, including
the piece which bore the number, wore recoy-
cred. The remains of the dog were buried,
and the remains of the bill were forwarded to
the Treasury Department at Washington. A
new bill was duly returned to Flynn.
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FOR THE LADIES.

Deborah Powers. the senior partner In the
bank OF d. Powers & Sons. Lansingburg, ~ Y, il
the oldest banker in the country. This venera-
BILE but active woman Is % years old She is In full
possession of her faculties and her business shrewd-
ness is as remarkable AS IL WAS generation back.
She established and maintains The Deborah
Powers Home for Old Ladies' In Lansingburg.
She has been engaged in the banking business
over dozen yenrs. Mrs. Powers Is native Of
New Hampshire, and seemed TO have gained some
of the strength and vigor Of the granite hills amid
which she was born.
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AMONG TIE GREEKS.
How the NOblest Nation Of the Past Is
Springing into New, Life and Power.

Athens and It's Wonderful hGrouth-Pretty Greek
Girls or the Country and Their DowrIes-Court-
ship and Marriage among the Modern Greeks
lovers In Petticoats and Swesthearts whose
Breasts are Covered With Money-The King and
His ChIldran-Sunday In t'reeee-The Classics in
1889 and Newspapers and sign-boards in the
Letters OF Homer.
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woman has is after her marriage. She may
then go where she pleases and when she pleasss,
aud she is as much and more, her own mistress
than married woman in America.
As To the size Of her portion ut marriage.
this varies. of course, with her condition. If
she is a servant girl or a laborcr's daughter, q
few hundred francs will be enough; but such
girls begin 10 work for their dowry as soon as
they are old enough 10 sew They embroider
dresses. and nearly every girl upon marriage
has n nightgown-like linen dress, which is em-
hr0idered in silk for two feet above the edge and
upon which is often the labor Of years Brothers
are expected TO give something towards their
sisters d0wries, aud when q mother has not
enough for daughter 1t is considered legiti-
matc Tor her to 90 about aud asl, charity for he
purpose. Ladies' in Athens tell me that they
often receive such solicitation from poor
women, and they generally give. because il is
absolutely certain that the girl will not other
wise Ect married. One OF these ladies said TO
me yesterday: =" had servant who was try
ing to raise 1000 francs. or 500 She said to
me. II ] can only get this much am sure to
marry. and marry WE'LL Girls In good staud-
Ing Of cpurse need larger dowries, and 80, 600 is
a good dot"
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In the evening there were torchlight process
siOns. and there was speaking in front Of one
OF the hotels. where the people eheered again
and again. The speaking was done in modern
Greek, and this Is the language Of the country.
The letters used are tbs same as those which
our college boys find in their Homers and
Xenophons and it seems strange to see these
characters oR the signs of the stores and to
pick up a newspaper which is printed in them.
There are book here filed with modern
histories, works Of science and French novels
all in Greek text, and. as the Euglishman said
of the little ones of Paris talking French, it
Is strange here to see that even the children
lisp Crock" The old classics which our boys
work hard over &C 20 are here read In the
secondary schools, and the modern Greek Ian
guage is SO near old Greek that anyone who
has ever studied the classics can make cut the
gist of the telegraphic dispatches. The news
papers OF Athens are quite as lively and as
numerous Us those Of any city Of its sire in
America, and the Athens of to-day. though il
is surrounded by ruins, is one of the liyeliest
little corpses in the worlds civilization. As
TO how the corpse kicks and acts, as 20 its busi-
ness traits, and as TO the peculiarities of some
of its people viii tell you in my next letter.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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well-formed, and their breasts, unfettered by
corscts, rise and fall as they gracefully glide
through tho sacred steps of the dance. How
gorgeous their costume!
Some of them have great breast-plates of gold
coins hung in rows from their necks to their
waists and covering the whole of their bosoms
They have jackets of royal red velvet embroi-
dered with masses of gold, and their petteoat-
like skirts are of silk and fine linen. Their
heads are draped around with long walls, 80
that the pure features shine out framed in
white silk, and the ends of these walls, which
hang down the back, are embroidered with
gold stripes and finished in heavy gold fringe.
Under the purple vest each wears q sleeveless
coat of fine white wool, trimmed with black
borders, and from the waist to almost the hem
of the skirt on the front of each maiden hangs
an apron Of the brightest of different-colored
silks. These aprons are of red, blue and green,
and some of them are made of cloth .of.gold
and of silver. In the bright, clear sunshine of
Greece this costume becomes dazzling, and /
have never seen q prettier sight than this
Greek dance rs 1t occurred on this Sunday the
Saint Day of the King
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among tho poorer embroidered In silk. Upon
their heads they wear red skull caps with long
tasscls, and the modern Greek on a fete day is
gandy and gay. His shoes are as bright as his
cap. aud they are made Of red leather. They
turn up at the toes and on the end of each toe
there is sewn knob.liko tassel Of black wool,
which stands at least thumb length above his
toes. This same dress is that OF some regi-
ments of the Grecian army, and man so
dressed, waving big sword over his head and
with whole armament Of reyolvers and pis-
tolls in his belt, strikes one with terror. The
guns used are of the old match-lock variety, and
the soldiers put on more airs than the Drum
Major of q country band. In some districts
the men wear half.TurkIsh costume, and
have seen In Athens on Sunday these men with
their short, dark-colored Jackets their red
vests and their baggy trousers of dark-blue cot
ton, walking about with women who were
quite as strangely dressed as themselves.
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As looked wondered at the costliness of
the costumes and the display of gold coin. and
at the great gold aud silver buckles, which, as
large as coffee-saucers, bound their vests to-
gcther at the waists. and / asked my inter-
prefer how peasant girls could wear such
clothes. He replied
All That these girls possess you sec upon
their persons, and this represents largely what
they will bring their husbands when married
The gold coins on their breasts and on their
foreheads are Of the purest of metal, and their
fathers and themselves have saved to procure
them. No man would think of marrying in
Greece without his sweetheart could bring
good amount into the family, and every bride
must have her dowry."
have sinre made inquiries as to this, and
find that marriages are here arranged alto
gether by the parents. There is no courting
done, and the girl after her engagement, even
among the better clusses Is not left alone with
her lover A we'll. bred Grecian girl does not
go ont alone in the streets of Athens. She
must have Il chspercne with her even In going
to school. and it makes no difference whether
this chaperone is large or small. Girls Of 16
among the middle classes sometimes go about
accompanied by servant maids of seven or eight
as chsperones. and the only freedom that q
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Smoke the best Tansill's Punch Cigar.
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IooryRromrrD ny FRANK a. oAHrKrrER. 1891

Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
ATHEHa GREECE 1899
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The women OF Greece! How shall I describe
them2 j mean the pretty girls Of the country
aud not the society bellies, who go about in the
same costumes that our American girls wear of
Sunday. lt is In the country that you fnd
the fine Greek faces OF the statues, and have
stumbled upon Venuses in many of tho villages
around Athens. j saw at Eleusis a sacred dance
which Greek scholars tell mo Is the same as
that which was in use whan Cicero travelling
in Greece was initiated into tho myateres of
the Great Temple, the ruins OF which still stand
above this village. El6usiHi is one of the Oldest
towns Of Greece. 1t was here that Rschylus,
the first OF the great Greek tragedians, was
born, and IL was here chat some of the greatest
religious celebrations Of the Atheniana were
held. Imagine If youcan the ruins of q great
temple, of broken marble columns and statues
scattered over severals acres of ground. Let
these ruins lie at the base of hill, and In
front Of them put great heart-shaped bay of
the bluest of blue seawater. Surround this
heart with low mountains the sides of which
are gray, busted with silver, and over which
stretches sky 30 clear that you will find its
like nowhere else in the world. Put green
sward along the margin of the water, and
through the grass by tho thousands let the
richest and largest of blood red poppies show
out, so that the whole looks like a new Oriental
carpet OF the greenest aud reddest of hues.
Upon this carpet is great crowd of Crock
peasants surrounding q large triangle, about
which in solemn step long lines of Greek maid
ems with hands clasped, are dancing. They
have the Greek features OF the old Eculptors
and their brown hair comes down low over
marblewhite foreheads, while their cheeks are
as red as those of The poppies through which
their slippered feet move. They are tall and
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This restraint which is placed upon unmar-
ried girls and tho freedom which comes i'm
mediately after marriage is not productive of
marital felicity. A great deal of love is made
after marriage, and this Is especially so among
the highest Glasses. The higher classes of So
eiety in Greece have morality much the same
as that Of the French, and the Athenian society
will compare very favorably with the Partisan
society. Unhappy marriages are common and
divorces are frequent. A divorce here however.
does not carry with ID the disgrace that it does
in America. and grass widow has q very good
chance of becoming n green bride. Divorces
among the country people are few, and chill
drea are plenty. j met woman in a village
about IL miles away from Athens. who did not
look 10 be more than 80. who told me she was
the mother of nine children. and she was proud,
u doubt not, of having to so largo an exteat
helped TO huild mp her country. Marriages
take place among the peasant girls at Is. II and
Is years of age. and Ia Athens many girls are
brides before they reach their 18th year. The
daughter Of the King, who Is TO be married in
June to one Of the royal family of Russia. is
just IL. and the girl who is TO come from Ger
many to marry the Crown Prince is of about
the same age.
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All groeers haHaze Pearline.

balls Of the King are held on Sunday and his
Majesty gives many OF his State dinners on
Sunday. Sunday political meetings are CON-
mon, and the elections are always held on Sum
day, and the polling places are in the churches
themselves. The Kings name is George, and
] happened to be in Athens on ST. Georges
Day, which occurred on Sunday, and which
formed great National festival. Twenty-one
guns were fired at sunrise. Greek flags fl0ated
from every building, and on the hotels were
hags OF all nations. and among them the Stars
and Stripes Of America. The army was out in
full dress, and men in pettieeats paraded the
streets with swords by their sides and guns in
their arms. Many of the middie-aged women
OF Greece, who cling to the old costume appear
ed on the streets with soft fez caps on their
heads and wearing velvet vests with long
sleeves with a piece of lace at the throat.
Their skirts wcre of silk. and they were made
full at the waist. A few years ago the ladies
OF the Court wore this costume, aud / am told
that an attempt viii be made to revive it.
The great church of Athens Is q rose-colored
cathedral which stands in the heart OF the
city, and gt which the King appears on fete
days There are two chairs Of gold, cushioned
with satin under its great dome. where his
Majesty and the Queen SIT, and there is a rail-
ing near this which shuts Off tine mass OF the
congregation from them. Inside this railing
the leading officers OF the army. decked out in
gold lace. the Cabinet Ministers in swallowtail
coats, and other distinguished guests in full
dress have standing places, and the King and
Queen are the only ones who sit down. The
women stand behind an iron fence at one side
aad in the galleries. and the bishops go through
their services standing. Upon this Sunday
there was a regiment of soldiers in front of the
church, and the audience room was crowded.
happened to be standing near the entrance
ia the railing, and by the invitation OF one of
the Cabinet Ministers / stepped inside and
watched the proceedings with the chief digni-
taries OF Athens. There was boy choir, and
tho reading of the Scriptures and chanting
were in Greek. The dresses Of the bishops
were gorgeous beyond description, and the Cere-
monies were very imposing.
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The Church of Greece Is the Greek Christian
Church, aud you see these black -robed, stove
pipe capped Greek priests everywhere. They
appear in robes of gold cloth on Sundays, and
they mix with the people moro than even our
preachers at homo The priests have the right
to marry, and / was shown u church yesterday
by one who introduced me to his wife, and his
boy accompanied me over the cathedral. There
arc 81 bshoprics in Greece. and the bishops at
the head of these must be celibates. If q priest
becomes bishop he has to renounes his wife
aud children, and these often go into nunne-
ries. There are Greek converts all over the
country, and the priests who enter thom usu-
ally give all their money to them. Some of
the poorer clergy work in tho fields between
their services. and not n few of the parish
priests keep taverns. You often see priest in
his robe sitting in u cafe or saloon and drink
ing beer or coffee and chatting gossip, aud it is
said that the country priests are not at all
ayerse TO taking hand at cards.
Sunday is a great day in Greece. II 10 the
day of feasting rather than fasting. The Court