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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06

sun is also ushered in by Janus, or Janarius
(January), and the sign of January is the
waterman. Christ had IL apostles; the
sun passes through the IL signs Of the
zodiac. One of the apostles was doubter;
his name was Thomas, also called Didemus,
which being interpreted means a twin; the
doubling stars in the zodiac are called tho
twins Regarding the miracles of Moses,
some of them now take place every year.
The changing the waters Of the Nile into
blood occurs every season; when the waters
rise they turn to blood red, caused by the
flood washing down the red mud from the
upper countries.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06

L 4hAfEJ Just OougnI
some more real estate.
It occurred in Oak
land, Cal. I had the
assistance of a prophet.
I hope the loss will
not overbalance the
prophet. 1t occurred
in this way: A prophet
on a bicycle, who was
hard up, came to Oak
land suddenly a few
weeks ago and began
to ride up and down
on a two wheeler and
warn the people to flee
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
A Recommendation.

In regard to Chamberlain's Pain Balm, I
am pleased to say that can recommend it
with confidence, and that it has done more
for me than any other medicine for rheuma-
Iowa. weu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06

to the high grounds and also the wrath to
come, for, he said, the waters of the great
deep would arise at about the middle of the
month and smite the people of Oakland
and slay them, and float the pork barrels
out of their cellars, and fill their cisterns
with people who sneered at the prophecy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06

heart broken and neglected nose. He makes
no especial change in his great life work,
because spring has come. He still looks
serious and like a man who is laborine
under the impression that he is about to be-
come the parent of thought. These chill
dren of the Piute brave never mature. They
do not take their places in the history or the
school readers of our common country.
HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
The Piute wears bright red lap robe
over his person, and generally stiff Quaker
hat with a leather band. His hair is very
thick, black and coarse, and is mostly cut
off square in the neck by means of
an adj, I judge, or possibly it is eaten
off bv moths. The Piute is never bald DUR
ing life. After he is dead ne becomes bald
and beloved. johnson Sides is a welI-known
Piute who had the pleasure of meeting me
at Reno. He said he was great admirer
of mine and had all my writings in scrap
book at home. He also said that he wished
would come and lecture tor his tribe. L
afterward learned that be was an earnest
and hopeful liar from Truckee. He had no
scrap book at all. Also no home.
Mr. Sides at one time became quite
civilized. He now established a hotel
up the valley in the Sierras and
decided to live life o. industry.
He built hostelry called the Shack
e-Poker-Hunt-us, and advertised in the
Carson appeal, paper even the editor OF
which, Mr.. Sam Davis, says fills him with
wonder and amazement when he knows that
people actually subscribe for it. Very soon
Piutes began to come to the Shack to spend
the heated term. Every Piute saw the ad-
vertisement, which went on to state that
hot and cold water could be got into every
room in the house and that electric bells,
baths, silver-voiced chambermaids, over
charges and everything else connected with
a first-class hotel could be fonnd at this
place. So the Piute people locked up their
own homes, and, ejecting the cat, they spat
on the fire and moved to the new summer
hotel. They took their friends with them
They had no money, but they knew John
son Sides and they visited him all summer.
soLACE IN THE BOWL.
In the fall Mr.. Sides closed the house, and
taking rubber cuspidor, with a capacity of
two gallons, he resumed his blanket and
went back to live with his tribe. When the
butcher wagon came the next day the driver
found a notice of sale, and in the language
of Sol Smith Russell, "Good reasons given
for selling" Mr.. Sides had been a temper
ance man now for n year, at least externally,
but with the humiliation of this great fnan-
cial wreck came a wild desire to flee to the
maddening bowl, having been monkeying
with the madding crowd all summer.
So silently he concealed bottle OF Reno
embalming fluid and secreled himself be-
hind tree, where he was asked to join him
self in a social nip. He had hardly wiped
away an idle tear with the corner of his
blanket and replaced the stopper in his tear
ing when the local representative of the II
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
MASONS FOE EIGHT HOURS,
The Fraternity Bound to Give Moral Sup.
port TO the Movement.

King Alfred the Great, who was an emil
nent Mason. says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, first formulated the declaration
that man should devote eight hours to work,
eight hours to sleep, and eight hours to
recreation. This declaration to-day is part
of the Masonic teachings, and the working
classes look to that fraternity for moral and
active support when the time arrives for an
open and general declaration in behalf of
the eight-hour wage day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
GENIUS UNDER PRESSURE.
One Of Carlcton's Best Poems Was Forced
From Him by the Printers.

"Apple Blossoms" is one of Will Carle-
toms best poems, and he tells how it was
written as follows: CAS- l was sitting in my
editorial chair in a Detroit newspaper
Office one day there came an imperative
call for little more copy to fill up the
forms. had to find or create something.
I cannot tell how the idea came to me. I
simply know that dashed off the verses in
q very few minutes, thinking more about
space than anything else"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
A Flock of New Parties,

New York World.I
The Bellamyites nominated State ticket
in Rhode Island, which was voted on last
week. The Ibsenites think of organizing 9
political party in Massachusetts,, while the
Laura Jean Libbeyites may decide to
nominate Presidential candidate in 1892.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
The Old Proverb ExempIified.

Philadelphia Press.1
The Western Union is rapidly extending
its business Of selling standard time in all
parts of the country. The success of this
enterprise is another striking proof of the
adsge that "time Is money"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
WORKING THE LEGISLATURE.

On a certain day Mr.. Davis told him that
the bill would come up for final passage and
no doubt pass without opposition, but sack
would have to be raised to deiray the e1-
penses. The tribe began to collect what
money they had and to sell their grasshop-
pers in order to raise more.
johnson Sides and his tribe gathered on
the day named and seated themselves in the
galleries. Slim OLD warriors with firm faces
and beetling Drows, to say nothing of hav-
ing their hair reached, but yet with no flies
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
NYE BUYS MORE LAND.
Persuaded to Invest by the Bicycle
Prophet and Virgins.
SURE IT'S 4 PROPHETABLE DEAL.
The Vicissitudes of Winter Travelling
Across the Continent.
STORIES ABOUT THE pIUTB INDIANS

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-06
MAN LIKES TO BE BOSS.

Copyright. 1890. by Meta de We're.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19
ITO be Continued
Mark Twain's Crustiness.

Mark Twain's success in life seems
to have made him crusty and sour
Years ago. when he was struggling for
Game and fortune on the Pacific coast,
those who knew him said he was warm
hearted and cordial. But he certainly
is far from that now. | saw him on
the street awhile ago, dressed in dark
business suit. He has an attractive
face, a splendid head. set upon n pair
of strong shoulders. His ewes are
clear and his mouth denotes grea.
tirmness. His hair is silvering gradu-
ally, although there is an abundance
of it. His mustache is reddish, and
his eyebrows are heavy. Mr.. Clemens
lives in style in Hartford. Conn. His
home is on Pennington avenue. 1t is
II house luXuriously furnished and
filled with rare pictures and books.
The occupant of the house adjoining is
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe, and not
far away is the home of Charles Dud-
ley Warner. Mr.. Clemens never
talks about his books except to those
whom he knows intimately. But there
Is one topic that he is willingto discuss
at any time, and that is international
copyright. In fact. it may be said that
he is crank on the subject. His
'Innocents Abroad" the most sue
cessful of all his literary ventures, has
II steady sale, and his fortune is est.
mated 10y those who know him to be
considerably over S2000,00O. Some
time funS DAYS.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19
Brazilian Fashions.

If each coast town has its character.
istic colony, says a Brazil letter to the
n. Y. Tribune, so also each has its own
fashions of dress for the swarming
black population. have noticed a
process of evolution in costume as j
have come down from the equator.
The negro children at Para and Maran.
hao were stark naked. At Pernambuco
and Bahia they have calico dresses.
The men began with pair of trunks
OF short trousers. without hat, shoes,
shirt, or coat; at Maranhao they added
a loose-ftting shirt, tapping over the
trousers; at Pernambuco ragged coat
went over the shirt, and q torn straw
hat covered the head; and ut Bahia
shoes and stockings almost complete
the costume of negro laborer. Only
the walst-coat remains to be provided.
and perhaps may find that at Rio.
The costume OF women has been devel-
oped in the same progressive way. At
the start there was a tunic or chemise,
with head and feet bare. Further
down the coast a calico skirt and waist
were thrown over the tunic. and shoes
were worn. At Bahia a light shawl or
wrap is thrown over calico suits of the
gayest colors and patterns. and there
is "a lavish display of cheap bracelets,
brass earrings and amulets. At Rio
l am prepared to see handkerchiefs and
fans. These are the costumes of the
lowest class of blacks. With educa>
ton, respectable employment, and S.
cal equality, the dress of the negroes
and mslattoes changes, until it is hard
" Gistinguishable from that of the ma
tive Brazilians and Portuguese. A
black who has risen above the level of
his race is scrupul0lsly careful to imi-
tate - detail the costume of has equal,
the Portuguese white. He wears ordi-
narily Il silk or black felt hat. broad
cloth cutaway coat of black. and pant
aloons and waistcoat of white duck.
Even the lowest classes of blacks in
Bahia are superior to any other ne
grocs whom have yet seen in Brazil.
The women who hawk fish or pineap-
pies in the streets are marvels OF physi-
cal development aud grace, and they
walk like Greek goddesses. With pur-
pie. pink, or blue waists, cut low in
the neck, they display arms of the fin
est modelling, and Il development of
muscle and sinew aud an erect and
queenly carriage which must be the
envy and despair of Brazilian ladies Of
the highest rank
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19
,orgottcn Thought Of her childhood.

forgotten thought Of her childhood.
Back, down the winding stairs we went,
feeling the solemnity Of the sacred place
in spite of our mirth. No one spoke until
we stood beneath tho old yew tree. through
whose foliage the golden sunshine was
dancing in merry glee upon the broken
walls.
"There, can breathe again" exclaimed
Johnny O'Rork. Pm glad the sunshine
can be merry in that ghostly old place.
We passed out through the avenues,
winding among the evergreens end hedges,
to see the Turks waterfall AS we scram-
bled out and in, around the trees and
rocks, we became separated. was busy
keeping Stella and Myrtle from slipping
from the fallen logs and rolling stones,
but just as we were gaining firm footing
at the head of the falls, we heard scream
of terror. Looking down we saw the Co
lionel just catching Annie as she slipped
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19

causes the disturbance by actions which
she honestly believes are for the best
interests of her daughter and because
she thinks that she is making her child
happy by her conduct. Not only that,
but she would consider herself derelict
in her duty TO her offspring if she did
not do as she often does when she
causes lhe disturbance.
This misrepresentation of her duty
very often causes serious trouble, if not
a divorce suit. When my first daughter
was married she and her husband came
to my house to live, and they had not
been married n month before they
were quarreing. / saw how things
were going and bought them small
house in Brooklyn and sent them over
there to live. Since that time they
have lived happily together. and they
have never had a serious quarrel since
that time. When my other daughters
were married insisted upon their 60
ing away from home Immediately, and
they are now all living happily with
their husbands. tell you what. the
less mother-in-law has to do with her
daughter during the first few years OF
tic uiuHulcl . bhO ONllOi
that daughter will get along with her
husband. It's all right for Il mother to
visit her daughter for short periods, of
course. but she must let the young peo-
pie run their own affairs TO suit them
selves. From the many cases which
have come under my observation i
know that there is nothing young
man with any spirit resents so quickly
as the interference by his mother-in-
law in his domestic arrangements. A
young couple will make great many
mistakes of course, during the first few
years of their married life, but they
will learn by experience quickly enough
to be practical. and they will be all the
more closely bound together in con.
sequence of the experience. Whereas,
if the mother-in-law thinks it is heI
duty to teach them there will be no end
of trouble and their married life is
likely to end in n divorce suit before
they have really become acquainted
with each other"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19
London's New Tower.

The Watkin tower is so far on the way
to become an accomplished fact that a
site of 500 acres has been purchased. OF
this ground one-half will be laid out
as pleasure garden. The promoters
have not been starved in the matter of
designs. They have had plans sent
from the continent aud from America.
rs well as from all parts of the United
Kingdom. Some of the competing
engineers have branched into remark
able designs. One, for example. has
provided for steam tramway from
the base TO the summit of the tower,
and another has given his structure an
initial span in the form of dome
large enough to contain the whole of
the house of parliament. The steam
tramway, however, is not likely to be
constructed. The promoters have de-
cided that the transport within the
tower shall be effected entirely by n.y.
draulic neutrality-suspicious. Court Cri-
cuLar.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19

on the smooth surface of projecting rock
She laughed, rs he helped her to place Of
safety and said:
81 thought had gone to the bottom and
1t seemed terrible" placing her hands
over her eyes to shut out the light.
But you are safe, now" said Stella.
"Thanks to Colonel Haynes strong arms. "
Annie looked up with a bewitchmg
smile, saying:
eyes, Colonel, owe you for the loss of n
thousand bruises, to say nothing of my
neck"
The Colonel did not answer but gave her
a look 50 full of love in return for her saucy
speech that her cheeks flushed and her
bright eyes were shaded by the dropping
lashes. Col. Haynes did not trust Annie
alone after that.
~ am afraid that If 1 were not near to
save you you would break your neck yet"
he said, as we all started to gather gum
from the spruce trees that grew 50 plentt.
fully higher up in the mountains. We
gathered the gum from the trees and weIS
soon initiating the ruminants. We were
busy wagging our jaws in most indus
trious, not TO say ludicrous fashion. We
did not try to descend by the margin of
the cataract but took longer route.
Sir Wren had remained at the chapel,
and as we entered the long avenue, we
saw him going to the yacht ready for n
lunch. We all fastened on TO meet him
there. Our gum did not satisfy our appe.
tites. Johnny O'Rork stalked on alone
without speaking to anyone. lie had been
glum and melancholy ever since the Colo
mel had saved Annie from falling.
Where is Johnny going?" asked Nellie
O'Rork.
~ think he is anxious to appease hii
hunger with something more substantis
than the vegetable secretion of the spruce
tree" said the languid beauty who was
with Nellie O'R0rk; and who had tried
very unsuccessfully to secure Johnhy's at
tention in our rambles.
AS we reached the yacht looked bach
up tho long avenue of trees eEd saw An.
ME and the Colonel coming very le.surely
along. Annie was leaning on the Colonel's
arm, and his head was bent slightly for
ward, as though to give his words greater
force or catch the sound Of Annie's voice
l thought of the Colonel's words in tn,
morning and wondered If he had found
the woman who could make him "happy
as king"
TO be Continued
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19
BE on Hand.

If you are going to do anything, do
it promptly,
The longer you wait and think about
it, and dread it, the worse it will be.
BE on hand. Life is a great deal
pleasanter to the persons who promptly
does what he is required to do,
Don't keep your friends waiting.
You have no right to waste the time of
other people. If you are one-half hour
behind time in fulfilling an engagement,
you may cause dozen other parties to
break engagements, and untold per-
plexities and delays may come out OF
just that little shortcoming of yours
which you look upon rs such tritling
thing.
To IN active. energetic, wide-awake
person there is nothing more trying
and more annoying than to be made
to wait.
Brace up and make an effort, YOU
shiftless. indolent, always behind-hand
folks, and see if you can not come to
time.
If you have agreed to be at a certain
place Mt certain time he there, unless
YOU are sick or dead. In either case
you might be excused, but not otherwise.
If you are man, don't keep your
wife waiting dinner for you unless
there is some good and sufficient cause,
and generally there is not. Waiting
dinner spoils not only the dinner but
the temper of the woman who is man
aging it.
If you arc woman, and your hus-
band SAYS he will be aronnd at 4 o'clock
to take you to drive. be ready for him.
Have your bonnet and gloves on.
Don't keep him dancing on the side
walk for half an hour clinging to
tidgety horse. while you leisurely get
on your wraps aud look at your back
hair in hand-glass and hunt up your
gloves and parasol and wonder wheth-
er you had better take an extra shawl
or not. Have all these things attended
to and decide on before the time he has
fixed.
A little system and a good deal OF
determination will help you to be
prompt; and after you once get in tho
habit of it, you will like it.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19
Round Shoulders.

Round shoulders are almost unavoid-
eddy accompanied by weak lungs. but
may be cured by the simple and easily
performed exercise OF raising ones self
upon the toes leisurely. in IA perpeu-
dicular position. several times daily.
Take a perfectly upright position. with
the heels together and the toes at an
angle of forty-tive degrees. Drop the
arms lifelessly by the sides. animating
and raising the chest to its full ca
pacity muscularly, the chin well drawn
in. Slowly rise up on the balls of the
feet to the greatest possible height.
thereby exercising all the muscles of
the legs and the body; come again into
standing position without swaying tho
body backward out of the perfect line.
Repeat the exercise first on one foot,
then on the othcr.-Hdifs Journal Of
Hcdth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19
To Nfotilers-in-I.aw.

Here is some good advice for moth
ers-in-law who are honestly anxious to
see their daughters happy after mar
riagc. says the n. Y. Tribune. and it
ZONES from IN expert in sHch matters,
4 any one can he considered an expert
in cases of that kind. 1t is the advice
of the clerk of one of the courts in the
county courthouse. He is now over
20 years old and has been clerk for
almost fifty years. Nearly all of that
time he has been in the part Of the
court where Il large majority of the
divorce cases are tried. Besides this,
he has several daughters who are hap
PLY married. and he is keen observer
of human nature. A suit for limited
divorce was tried in the part in which
he is clerk the other day, in which too
much mother-in law was the principal
cause of complaint. After it was
finished he said to the writer;
iii tell you what it Is. after all that
has been said about mothers-in-law as
disturbers of domestic happiness
among young married couples, but one
quarter has been told that might be
said about the subject. l have watched
the proceedings in not only hundreds.
but presume thousands. of divorce
cases, aud tell YOU scores of those
cases are brought to court in consc-
quenee of mothers-in-law. The trouble
is, toe, that the mother-in-law often
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19
Harrison's Aversion to the Camera.

President Harrison has peculiar
aversion to having his photograph
taken or his portrait drawn. A num-
Der of efforts have been made to per-
suade him to sit for picture amid the
surroundings in which he is daily
found in the White House, but they
have proved of no avail. He sat for
some pictures to the regular Washing
ton photographers when he came here
first, but lately he has refused TO give
arv sttings. Postmaster General
Wsaamaker is equally averse to being
photographed. 1 believe he had a
photograph taken just before he came
to Washington. but it was the first in
many years, and he has refused stead
tasty to sit to the local photographers
since his introduction into office. The
other members of the Cabinet are not
so backward about having greatness
thrust upon them. IN. y. Tribune.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19

he would make in the army do not
wonder now why England is uneasy. If
he holds TO his purpose and can elect his
men to stand by him, he will be power
she may well fear and strive to conciliate. I"
but England will never grant anything
to Ireland that she can avoid" / said.
'No, it is against her principles to admit
that she is in the wrong. If she grants
any request she will try TO put such n
mortgage on coming generations that you
will never dare to ask anything more." he
said
But Parnell will never bind our people
by any iron clad mortgages that will tram
mel the liberty of Ireland" / said, as we
went in to dinner
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19

The people of Tombstone, Ariz., have
become convinced that their name is
"hoodoo," and are agitating for
change 10 that of Richmond.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19

The opossum is said to have practi.
caIly disappeared from Amcnear
game.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-19

Electric omnibases are to be run in
London.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-11-29
THERE lives out in Joe Can

THERE lives out in Joe Cannon's
district in Illinois an old farmer who
is Jealous Republican, one of the
red-hot partisan stripe. When he
heard of Cannon's defeat he said to
his wife, who is one of those women
who obey their lord and master blind
":
Mary, pack up everything. I'm go
ing to move"
"Why?" asked Mary.
t.Because Joe Cannon is beat and
/ won't live in Democratic district y
VERY well" said Mary. with lit
tie resigned sigh.
Then the old man went to town to
sell his farm. There he heard all the
election news. He returned home,
and entering the house, said
''Mary, sou can quit packing up
I amt 9 going to move"
"Why?n inquired Mary.
because" he replied, sadly, "there';
no place to move to-"