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The Red Cloud chief., 1889-12-27
MIRIAM.
The Romance Of HGathGrligl Hall.
By MANDA L. CROKER.
COPYRIGHT, lsSo
CHAPTER XXvL-CoS-ISrED.

No. the squire was not coming: doubtless
ne would not, as Allan had announced his
intention Of o~vernaulngthe dozens of dusty
volumes, some of them ancient and curious
IL bound and others Of later date. What a
place for az old book worm OF a fellow, :"
CALCULATED Allan. elbowirg the ancient tome
al MS right. as ne thrust his Laud into the
recess IL the wal. after having satisfied
himself that Bancroft was not coming.
The first thing MS hand touched he drew
forth Il proved 10 be the loug-hlddcn
caske: containing Lady Percivals jewels.
Brushing the dust from the elegant cover
ne opened II for d moment III oTder that ne
might know what ne really did have. DIa-
monCs: diamonds sclnt...atIug even II the
dim light told him he had the required
Jewels. Shutting the casket he discovered
the letters L. =. engraven in the center Of
the cover.
Aunt Perc.va..- he nlurmure6. .'Oh, /
feel SO strange il this awful place. where
sweet Lazy PercIvaI died: from where my
father fec. and from whose doors my Gar-
ing was driven in her widows weeds! God
be merc.fuI. ! wish ! was out OF this"
Once more he put MS hand into the recess
anc renewed the search Three small boxes
and silver drinking cups next rewarded his
endeavors. These he deposited II various
ccke,s without examining them anc again
, ,he searched the recess.
The faEily plate, bv Jove." And out II
came from the remote corner Of the CUP
board Silver, silver. silver, And here was
. riddle he could not solve. How could this
little place nod all this; lie tried the other
side Of the aperture. and TO hIs assonIsh-
ment a panel moved easily back. revealing
60 ..l shA .,oOra.r ha
thought he had reached was not a corner"
only a sort OF division.
ITS deuced lucky ! brought my travel
Ing case. or else now should ] smuggie all
this away from Heatherleighi Egadi i feel
ike q thief"
Having slowed all the valuaOles away in
tis large va-se, he snu; up the recess and
replaced the books he had removed.
Il believe ! VIII go upstairs now and see
what has become Of the squire" unused
Allan, looking about him.
But the Squire was coming down. Allan
heard hiu on the stairs. and forthwith ne
began 10 DC deeply interested IL q yellow
PACED volume. for whose contents ne didn't
ARE Z hall penny.
The books are cutie undressing, ]
should think." said Bancroft, peepy-g in
apI seeing the young Darrister deeply en-
Msec. as ne thought. IN re30Inc-
Oh YES" Alan made answe. with a
vawn, Interesting enough. but I'm deuced
tired OF them. and. as 1 have taken the titles
IF some and selected others for winch they
sent me. ICuess we may as well GO. that
5. if you hare no further business in this
horrid p!acer
"'Orrid place, Why. this his the wery
place 10 crear hof romances Dy the our,
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ostentatiously deposit it in the bowl.
Then you take the dolly, wipe your
mouth, put the glass back into the bowl,
wipe -Four fingers and the task is done.
As l said, this and an unlimited number
of other Injuries you can enjoy, pro-
vided you are willing to pay two or
three dollars for . thirty-fve-cent meal.
If you do not care to pay a weeks sal
airy for a days board you can 60 to any
one of the two hundred or more restau-
rants where q good meal can be obtained
for thirty-fve or fifty cents. In these
places you will not find many of the ap-
pointments Of fashionable life, but you
will be thrown with the representatives
of the great middle class Of Chicago.
men and women who prefer a good roast
or a choice chop to costly bricUC brac in
the way of cut glass and solid silver.
Instead of being waited on by gentle
men in full dress. guests are served by
clean-looking Africans armed with nap
kin and towel. which implements Of
their profession, l Am sorry to say, as
sumo a hue resembling hat of their
manipulators before the dinner rush is
half over. As restaurants 60, these es-
Establishments are very satisfactory, how
ever. and entitled to the custom Of
sensible people.
Natives OF visitors fond of German
cooking have tho choice Of half q dozen
or more places where ''buck wu-st NIT
sauer-kraut" is served with the same
regularity as are pork and beans in the
Yankee clearinghouse. Swiss cheese
and even the aromatic Limburger can
be washed down with a delicious cup Of
coffee or chocolate, for, strange as it
may seem. in none Of the German restau-
rants Of the better class can beer or other
intoxicating liquors be obtained. The
cooking is Teutonic from the soup down
to the Kaiser pudding, and buxom Ger
man lassies with An amplitude Of bus1e
carry your order from the dining-roon to
the kitchen.
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tial eatables, the hurry and worry OF
business life make a brisk demand for
drinkables, and the subsequent over
loaded condition of the stomach com
pels q visit to the nearest pill shop.
The great Chicago trinity-saloon.
drug store and restaurant" a wise mar
from the East once upon a time called
the combination, and, to tell the truth.
he was not far from summing the whole
thing up correctly.
Saloons and drug stores are very
much alike wherever n may GO. and
it would be a waste Of words to speak
about them, but description of what
Chicago offers in the way of eating
houses will throw some light on a mat
ter in which every body is Interested
First Of all, then, Chicago has restau-
rants for all classes and conditions Of
human beings. Restaurants for the
rich, restaurants for the poor, restsu-
rants for women, restaurants for ne
groes. restaurants for Germans, restau-
rants for Frenchmen. restaurants for
rat-and-rice- eating heathens, lunch
counters for busy clerks and eating
halls for tramps and other ~impecunious
individuals.
There are, for instance, gorgeous
dining halls for the representatives OF
the four hundred who may desire to
dine outside of their clubs, where a
piece Of sirloin steak costs a dollar and
a look at the head waiter adds a quar-
ter to the bill, where gorcons in full
dress fit hither and thither with noise
less tread, where fnger-bowls are in
everyday use and where even the
fashionable mouth-bowl is not .
stranger.
What on earth is a mouth-bowl, you
ask. Why. the m~outh-bowl is a Russian
institution: a square or round glass
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rants and eating
houses " b o s e
prosperity seems
s o inexplicable
to strangers who
visit the Garden
City for the first
tim @ Each
street c IN e r
here. they o
serve, has its sa-
loon, with q drug
store : o the
way and a restau-
rant in the mid
die Of the block.
This is natural.
The pure ozone
from IN lake
creates An appe-
>;>n far SuhSean.
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THE HUMAN APPETITE.
How It Can Be Satisfied in the
City Of Chicago.
Restaurants Where Mouth-BOwh Are In
Daily Cse-Fifteen-Cent Hash-Houses
A Study of Walters and Their
Peculiar Ways.
Especial Chicago Correspondence.l

Especial Chicago Correspondence.l
In Chicago. as elsewhere, man can no,
live without dining, and the only differ
ence between the simon-pure Chicagoan
and other specimens Of American man
kind in this respect is that the Michi-
gan Lake breezes have the effect Of
creating an appetite which would put to
shame the dweller in any other part Of
the country. Take him all in all, the
average Chicago man lives to eat, and
the average Chicago woman keeps him
company.
This will. perhaps. explain the ex-
iStence of the thousands OF restau-
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prices asked by Chinese Bonifaces are
extrsvagant, but the old sdage de gust
bus non est disputandum a be applied to
the Acknowledged Asiatics with the same
propriety as to the civilized bon vivants,
and perhaps We, who consider raw
oysters on the half-shell a rare d~elicacy.
have no business to throw stones at the
poor deluded heather who prefers de-
cayed fish to animated bivalves-
But, as said before, in Chicago E
stranger can have whatever he wants At
prices to suit his purse. The meats
served in the most expensive as we'll as
the cheapest places have passed a rigid
inspection, and while the cuts" in the
htteen-cent restaurants may not be the
choicest, yet they are Is wholesome IS
those served in gorgeous places.
and this fact jewellers in the rural dis
tricts should not forget when visiting
the great metropolis Of the West.
G. W. WEIPPIERr.
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'Ohw he said, half r~apturously. 'when
abe, my darling, was q little, care-free girl"
Enrolling the scarf, he held in his palm .
long silken ringlet tied with q bonnie blue
ribbon. A look Of happy satisfaction
beamed from his dark eyes. my Miriam's
curls," he said, tenderly, 'cut from her
dear head before the shadows gathered
over her path; cut, doubtless, by my aunt's
fingers. now crumbied to dust Lady Per-
cIvalI'
He rolled up the curl carefully and re-
stored it to its case. A kindly emotion
stirred the depths Of his soui, auda dreamy
expression softened his features.
Perhaps" ne unused. perhaps these jew
els are my darling's, also; and, if they are,
NO harm can hover over them"
The sight OF the ringiet had softened and
rendered mild the whole atmosphere. and
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Row to Curl Ostrich Piumes.

have ready some corn cobs and common
salt. and let the fire in the cook stove burn
down TILL you have q good bed OF Goals, lay
the cobs on and sprinkle them with salt, and
shake the feather in the smoke. Add cobs
and salt from time to time, and be sure &c
shake the plume well, turning every psrt
to the smoke. The harder you shake the
feather the better it will look. Be carefrl
to hold 1t far enough from the fire to keep
it from burning. The livelier the Goals
without blaze the better. / have tried to
make this plain. Thought my piumes com
plete!y spoiled till l tried this recipe. Isaw
. milliner wash white plume once, and n.
curl it this way, and it looked ~ nice -
new. She washed it in suds and rinsed Il
IN clear water, and shock it viRoroUsiy -
I'll about dry, and then saepk y ovR IL
oD0k-
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bowl with a pref
" little glass in
side; the whole
being served on
q glass dish to-
Eether with a
fine linen dolly
of diminutive
size. After the
finger bowl has
been passed. the
gGrcon makes his
appearance with
the mouth bowl.
With as much
grace as you can
command you ~
move the glass
from the bowl.
pass t h per
fumed .
through your
mouth and un-
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French soup on the menu French
and German noblemen in reduced
circumstances seem TO take to wait
ing on a table as naturally as q
duck does to water, and as most OF
them are decidedly in reduced circum-
stances after they have been in this
glorious country for FIVE or six months
without catching a shallow-pated Amer
lean heiress, the supply OF titled meniaIs
far exceeds the demand. The resulthas
been a reduction Of wages for this class
of labor, and a union composed Of col
ored gentlemen has under consideration
the passage of a memorial to Congress
praying for the exclusion from their ma
tive land OF Counts and Barons who can
not make An honest living in the ehete
~monarchies of the Old World. In this
they have the sympathy of their white
fellow-citizens, who will cheerfUlly Sec
ond their patriotic land disin;erested
efforts.
The king of Chicago walters. how
ever, is not the titled foreigner, but
the hash-slinger in the five and ten
cent lighthouses located on South Clark
and West Madison reets He is a char
acter that battles descriptions: hall
tramp. half gentleman. Rugged out in
a shirt that may. perchance, have once
been white. and an apron reaching from
the neck to the feet so as to a
patchwork pair of trousers. be intimi-
dates his stom by scOwling at them
in q way which instinctively makes
them put their hands over those poch-
cts in which they may have a stray
dime or two. The order given. it is
bawled out in a stentOrian voice and the
unhappy guest, toe frightened to leave
his seat, is kept waiting fifteen or
twenty minutes before his order is filed
One Of these queer establishments has
a sign on the window with the inScrip-
ton:
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HE THRUST HIS HAND INTO TIE EECE>S
sir. Our tastes differ. 10 be sure Now, ii
could stay ere for Ia week
Lord" CALCULATED Allan, IN horror. II
shouli De . raysng maniac N bali thai
timer
.CmDh,' and the jolly squire looked at
him IL amaze. Then he said: Books packed,
hi suppose:" and at the same time eyeing
the travelling case keenly.
.syos-- auswereo Al.au prevar.cat,ug.
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walters, who
view with con-
tempt, begotten
by a feeling
of racial sv-
%perioriry. upon
German waiting
maids and hum
BILE SeneSambian
menials. In nine
5 out Of ten
{ = q ; II q d Dy
French waiter Is
a man of family.
that is. the de-
Scendant OF .
family with a
title as long as
Of b e
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-12-27
CHAPTER XVII

Squire Bancroft had not been SO long N
the gallery for nothing. He had almost
wept over the fine portrait Of the Youngest
.ou IN the reversed row, Allan Perciva!-
last child Of Leon Percivai, the a~us.ere, as
ne was known
And now, on coming out into the ball.
this Young sprig Of a Loudoner put him SO
much in mind Of the picture Of the high
spirited youth he used TO know that he
stopped snort to think:
Hi feel some'ow has hif-." he unused.
ano then taxing his gaze from the travel
ms BAG he acted on the impulse OF the mo
HsIook ere. Young friend" said he. touch
s,p Allan or the shoulder as they stepped
ou. int, the sunshine. ''Rayd0n me, but n
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In the same place . small beefsteak,
potatoes. bread and butter, and three
doughnuts can be obtained for q dime,
and a sirloin steak with the same extras
for fifteen cents. Pork and beans is
worth eight cents; mutton chops, ten
cents; roast chicken, fifteen cents, and
other articles in proportion. OF course,
eating houses of this description are
~patronized emily by the lowest class Of
working-people, tramps and other prob
lematical characters The fact that, &C
cording to . police officials statement,
there are in existence in the business
districts Of Chicago over one hundred of
this class of restaurants, each Of which
feeds from one to five hundred persons
per day, proves perhaps more conclusive
~ than any thing else that a large city
like Chicago harbors at all times ten
thousand men who are either out Of
work or belong 70 the criminal class
The hash-slingers employed by the pro-
prietors Of these resorts are recruited
from their customers. and hence the
casual observer need not be surprised
when ne receives . somewhat noisy re-
ception.
Chinese restaurants are something Of
a novelty in Chicago, and no Caucasian
would care to visit one Of them for the
purpose Of obtaining a meal more than
once. The v~ictuals and d~elicacies served
by the pig-tailed p%roprieto-s of these
South Clark street dens are prepared in
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genuine Oriental
style and sea-
soned with an
I'M bable
combination of
vile herbs and
spices. Rice
forms the princi-
pal substance of
every feast, but
on high holidays
the b leather
basement revel-
ers indulge in
birds nest soup,
imported yams
and dried fish.
b ell of
" b would
make . full
gro " S X u n K
hide its head in
{ H. a m q Tn
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Jones'" said Smythe, IS he watched
a couple strolling near. ''that is q first
love affair."
How do you know?"
81 just heard her make him promise
not 70 smoke or drick."-Time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-12-27

THEKE is but one safe way to milk .
kicking COW, and that Is to get youl
milk Of the dealer in that beJeE1ao.
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The Restaurants francalse, on III
other hand, employ dne-looking male
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29
ORDER.

State of Michigan County Of st. Clar-Ss
At session OF the Probate Court Tor said
county of St Clair held at the Probate office in
the city of Port Huron on the fifth day of Au-
gust, 1889.
Present. John l.. Black, Judge of Probate.
In the matter the estate of Robert RiN de-
ceased inteStatc.
On reading and filing the petition of Mary Riy,
administrators and one of the administrators
of said estate of said deceased prayingfor license
The south east quarter CD OF The south east
quarter Cd, section nine t9l. IN the township OF
brOckWaN, 81. CLAIR county, ana state OF Mlchl-
gan. subject 10 widow dover estate IN same,
as per order and decree of this court, and the
northwest quarter CD OF the northwest quarter
3D.. section ten ,l0l, i'm the township of BrOckway
st. Clair county, and state Of Michigan, subject
To homestead estate of widow and minor chill
dren of deceased described in said petition, and
the southwest quarter Cd OF the northwest quar-
ter G), OF section ten GO) IN the township OF
BrOckwaV, st. Clair county, and state OF Michi-
gan, subject To q mortgage on same and the
other descriptions of twelve hundred dollars,
and part of one years interest ON same, to pay
the debts of deceased, and the charges and cX-
penscs of administration including future pro-
babe charges.
1t is ordered that Monday, the 9th day of
September, 1889 at ten o'clock in the forenoon
at said probate office, be appointed for hearing
of said Petition and that the said Mary XIX
administrator aforesaid and all persons Inter
ested i'm said estate appear before said court at
should not he granted to said Mary RiX admins
tratrX aforesaid to sell said real estate ~ prayed
for In said petition, and II Is further ordered
that "a copy Of this order he published three sue
cessve weeks previous to said day of hearing In
the WEEKLY EXPOsITOR u newspaper printed
and circulating in said county Of st. Clair.
"a true cOpyD JOHN l.. BLACK,
Judge VI Probate.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29
CHANCERY ORDER.

State of Michigan, the Circuit Court for the
County of st. Clair, In Chancery.
Bridget Flanagan and Mary Gahen, vs.. Pat
rick Flanagan. John Flanagan, Mary Hastings,
and Kittie Hollywood.
1t satisfactorily appearing to this court by the
affidavit on file, that the defendants, Patrick
Flanagan, John Flanagan, Mary Hastings, and
kittie Hollywood, are residents Of the city Of Chi
cago in the state of Illinois, and that said defend
ants are not residents of this state
ON motion of Atkinson, Vance x Wolcott,
solicitors for the compliments, II is ordered That
the said defendants, Patrick Flanagan, John
Flanagan, Mary Hastings, and Kttie llOgwood,
cause their appearance To be entered herein,
within four months from the date of this order,
and in ease of their appearance, that they cause
their answers To the compliments bill of com
plant, to he filed and a copy thereof served on
said cOmpanants solicitors within twenty days
after service on them OF "a copy of said bill, and
notice of this order, and that In default thereof,
said bill be taken as confessed by said nOn-resl-
dent defendants.
And il is further ordered, that within twenty
DAYS after the date hereof, said compliments
cause Il notice OF this order to be published I'm
the WEEKLY ENPOStTOE, % newspaper printed,
published and circulated in said county, and that
such publication be continued therein, at least
once In each week for SIX successive weeks, or
that he cause copy of this order TO be personal
IN served ON said nonresident defendants nc
least twenty days before the above time pres
cribed for their appearance
ARTHUR l.. CANFIELD,
ATKINSON, VANCE q woLCOTT, Circuit Judge.
COmpanants' Solicitors.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about it. You may
yourself be one of the many who know
from personal eXperienceiust how good
a thing it is. If you have ever tried it..
you are one Of its staunch friends, be-
cause the wonderful thing about it is,
that when once given trial. Dr. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds a place
in the house. If you have never used
it and should be afflicted with a cough,
cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest
trouble, secure bottle at once and
give it a fair trial. 1t is guaranteed
every time, or money refunded. Trial
bottles free at G. y. Wells drug store.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29
GENERAL NEWS.

The Armada fair will be held Oct. 3
and t.
Monday, Aug. 2G, was Sarnia's civic
holiday.
The Caro- stave mill ships one car
load of slaves day.
Dayton is reported to have had a big
blackberry cropthis year.
The soldiers reunion at Iapeer will
be attended by Gov. Luce.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29

The oyster is now OH it's way from
the sea shore. He is due to arrive here
in ten days.
APPLE BARRELs-I will deliver APP
pie barrels by the load 05O) anywhere
near Yale for 2Scts. per barrel. David
Burt, Dryden, Mich. 1875
A learned writer in one of the maya
zines of the month informs us that
the mosquito feeds chiefly on vegetable
substances. Thanks. We have labored
under the delusion all along that the
favorite pasture ground of the genus
mosquito was the human epidermis.
The Michigan crop report puts the
average yield of wheat in this county
at 1885 bushels per acre and oats 81
bushels per acre. The state averages
are put at 1870 bushels and 30 bushels
per acre respectively for the same crops.
The report asserts that the states
wheat will grade low this year.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29
The Weekly ExpOSitOr.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 20. 1889.
COUNTY COLUMN.


Last Friday there were 81 prisoners
in the county Jail.
Mt. Salemsnew postmaster is III. &.
Cope, vice John Lothian.
III. ID. Smith is now postmaster at
East Greenwood, vice j. Il. Knox.
The Murray trial comes off Septem-
Der 7th in the Lapeer circuit court.
Editor Sutton, of the Marine City
Reporter, has been taking trip around
the lakes.
Jonathan Peterson. of st. Clair,
would like a position as Port Huron
policeman.
The Union hotel at Marine City has
been sold to John Lyons, of Ashland,
Wisconsin,.
Judge Bunce is reported as failing
rapidly. If he lives until November IA
he will be 1902 years old.
\ mammoth picnic was INDUCED in
yesterday by the Wales, Memphis and
Richmond Sunday schools.
Thos IL. Murphy, young ut. Huron
lawyer, left Tuesday for Germany,
where he will attend school for two
years.
Capt. James Moffat, of Port Huron,
was stricken with paralysis one day
last week. The stroke is said to be a
light one.
y concert is being gotten up by the
NJ. +. Sunday school of Fort Gratiot.
the program including fan drill by 16
young ladies.
Geo. Perkins, of Port Huron, is now
in the county Jail on the charge of
stealing lot of silverware belonging
to Mr. Slmons.
At the recent meeting of the
Woman's Relief Union, of the United
States, Mrs. Adkins, of Smiths Creek,
was elected inside guard.
III. II. Hall, of Fort Gratiot township
and James McCutcheon, an old resi-
dent of Clyde, have become insane and
will be sent to the Eastern Michigan
Asylum.
A ii year old boy named Charles
Phillips was shot in the leg while out
in boat on Black river at Port Huron.
A small boy on shore did the work un-
Intentionally.
A sailor named John Thoms was
drowned off the steam barge Farsell,
lying at Port Huron, while engaged in
scrubbing down the deck. His home is
near Marine City.
In a row which occurred in Port
Huron Saturday, Chris. STEIN was
struck on the head with hammer by
Chas. Schlicht and received such inju-
ries that he may die.
Wednesday, Aug. 81, the barn OF
Fred Kersten. of Bervllle. was con-
sumed by fire, with all its contents
including all of this years crops. A
steam threshing machine was the
cause Of the disaster
n separator to be called the new Port
Huron Separator, is being built at the
Upton Works. The principal change
consists in doing away with the coun.
ter balance now used on the combina.
ton, by dividing the boot.
The reports of the supervisors OH the
births and deaths in st. Clair county
show several interesting facts. -Four.
teen par of twins were born in the
county during the year. Thirteen ILL.
Ultimate children were born and SO were
still born.