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The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-10
STRANGE WEDDING PRESENTS.
Anything from Lizard to an Elephant
 Serves in Sumatra.


 Among Kubus of Sumatra the tender passion is most prosaicaNy dealt with It would seem that delicate susceptibil- ities have but slight chance of develop ment among so untidy, so thriftless a people. Their lives are seldom marked by progress; they seem content to go On their ways exactly as their forefathers and foremothers have travelled.
 Very simple indeed is the marriage ceremony. A Kubu youth, having set tied in his own mind his choice inter- views the parents Of the maiden, men tioning what he can offer in return. If late bargains with the itinerant vender have been gratifying, he may have in hand knife, spear, or some strips of gay cloth-possibly money, if he has acted as guide or burden-bcarer to travellers, There may also be dammar and beeswax, rare fruits and favorite animals for food Ia dainty snake or nimble lizard), all most acceptable in the eyes of the father and house-moth- CT. Should this queer endowment fund be satisfactorily large, neighbors are called together, who are seated with due formality under tree. The father of the maiden then publicly announces his consent to the betrothal, shows tho presents received from the young man, and expresses his pleasure.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-10
WITNESSES OF THE PAST.
Many Statues of Bonaparte Erected ir
 Corsica.

Corsica.
 One cannot fail to be struck by the fact that the influence, I might almost say the presence, of the Bonaparte fam fly is everywhere apparent in the ''Grcen Island," says a writer in the New York Sun. At Ajaccio on the market place the woman curtsy before the statue of the first consul, on an- other square he towers amid his broth CTS in the garb of Roman emperor
 Behind the citadel in the cathedral they show the basin that held the water for his baptism, and in the old house the hard sofa on which he was born, and the trap door leading to the sub terranean passage by which he escaped to the harbor one night when he dis covered that he was tracked by spies.
 Where he himself is not the members of his family are. Their portraits are in the museums, their works in the libraries. His mother is buried in the Bonaparte chapel with the simple cpl taph, Mater Rcgum. His father stands erect at the Hotel de Vile in a red, gold-laced coat.
 There also are his brothers-Joseph in royal mantle, Louis in gray uni form, Jerome on ship, Lucien ab- stractly dreaming under tree. By q tragical antithcsis the bust of the king of Rome faces the mask of Napoleon dead, and the contrast between these silent witnesses of distant past is painfully accented by the busy, cheer ful hum of the bright adjoining thor OuUhfara
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-10
: COLONIAL TITLES.
Only the Ministers and a Few Other
 Called Mister.

Only the Ministers and a Few Other
 Called Mister.
 The founders of Boston were thor oughly English in their social tradi tions, says the Youths Companion They believed in distinctions of rank Only few persons of unquestioneC eminence, including ministers and thei wives, received the title of mister anC mistress. The higher magistrates als> took the title, but deputies to the gen eral court were not honored with it They, along with the great body of citi zens, were dubbed goodmen and theil wives goodwife.
 If mister lost his reputation--i1 il those days that followed immediately upon his loss of characterize was de graded to the rank of goodman. Off cers of the church and of the militia re ceived the titles of their rank or office Servants were not hOnOred by any pre- fix to their names. They were plair John or James.
 The distinctions of rank were also preserved by differences in the style and material of dress. But a demo cratic leaven and desire for fine clothes were both at work. They soon told upon the manners of the settlers
 Within fifteen years of the settlement of the town men in humble station be- gan to dress as their betters. Doubtless they felt as Pat did, who gave it as his opinion that ''every man was as good as any other man, and a great deal bet ter"
 The statute books show that the magistrates were sorely troubled, both to preserve the traditional distinction in dress and to keep the fashion within the bounds of decorum.
 A man not worth two hundred pounds was forbidden to wear gold or silver lace or buttons or points at the knees. Women whose property did not reach two hundred pounds in value were ordered not to wear silk, or tiffany hoods, or scarfs, or any apparel with any lace on it, gold, silver or thread.
 The general court was plain spoken in giving it's reasons for enacting this law. It records tits utter detestation and dislike that men x x of mean condition should take upon them the garb of gentlemen"
 The courts ''detestation and dislike also extends to ''women of the same rank," who wear the garments ''allow. able to persons of greater estates o1 more liberal education" Such practices lin persons of such condition, the court judges ''intolerable. |"
 One cannot help but ask what would the general court have done with the servants of these days, who not only initiate their mistresscs' dresses, but sometimes wear them.
 But though ''intolerable," the court had to endure not only the leveling spirit, but the desire for display. They passed laws against ''slashed clothes, ' which showed the line underneath, and against short sleeves, whereby the nakedness of the arm may be discovered.
 But the democratic spirit, aided by the women's fcndness for dress, was too strong for the legislators to master it.
 They reluctantly acknowledged that the colony had outgrown it's minority and was not to be retained in leading strings by abolishing these sumptuary laws. The fops and coquettes thence forth were allowed to dress as theiir want of taste should dictate.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-10
English Justice,

The well-known freaks of English justice are illustrated by the case of a man at Arundel, charged with having injured some turnip tops. The foreman of the prosecutor testified that some turnip tops found in the pocket of the prisoner fitted the turnips in his mas ter's field, and on this evidence the ac- cused was sentenced to pay a fine of seven dollars and fifty cents, or go to prison for fourteen days. -.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-10
Early TSa Of RaIJa

The use of bells in places devoted tc religious purposes is very ancient, dat ing many centuries before the Christian era. In China, long before the time of Christ, bells were hung at the temple gate and the worshiper on entering rung them to attract the attention ot the deity he was about to honor. Bells were common in India at the time of Pliny, and it is believed that they came into Europe in the first or second cen. tury. They were first used on Chris tian churches A. D. 400. in Nola, Italy, not so much to give notice of the time of worship as from an idea that their music drove away evil spirits and pro- tected the people of the parish from thunder and lightning.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-10
A PopulouS Country.

The population of British India, ac- cording to the census that was taken in February last, now runs up to 22O,- 5OO,OOO, or an increase within ten years of 26,000,000. There is an additional population of G5,OO0,OO0 in those East Indian states that are under feudatory rule subject to British influence, with British protection. The peasants in some of the congested districts arc seeking new homes in regions where the population is less dense than it is in the provinces of Bengal and Oudt. Mir. Gibson says that in the single province of Bengal. which has an area only one-twenty-third as large as that of the United States. the population is 0,O0o, eco more than that of the Amer jean republic, though Bengal is almost wholly agricultural and has scarcely any large manufacturing centers. In that province there are 715 persons to every square mile of cultivatable land.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-10
The Result of Indecis:on,

"He that will not when he may" is likely to repent his indecision for many a long day afterwards. 4 lady who had spent a weary hour in beating down. a salesman at Turkish shop in Paris, returned the next day prepared to purchase. II believe you said twenty francs, she began taking out her purse
 Ninety, madan!' answered the smil- ing Turk. But you came down to twenty!" "Ah. that was yesterday, madam. Everything goes up again in the nirht,' - -
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-10
\ Cold Cave.

A great uncXplored cave was recently found near Clarion, Pa, which cmits g sort of blue fog. chill as from Q power ful refrigerator. 4 pail of water sus- pended at depth of ten feet was drawn up after four hours and found to be almost solid cake of ice. As fir as known no livinT animal could remain in the openlng for more than few min ;lteS,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-12-10

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left ear, upperlit in right ear Wattle (varuga) on jaw, under mouth. c on left jaw (cheek) bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock c on leEt cheek and c on left ribs.
 HENRY HUNlNG Post office: Show Low. Arizona Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek Laguna Ortega and Laguna Salada.
 HoIse brand c C left shOulder.l
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
BRIGHT BITS.

SHE-Do you believe in love at first sightY
He-Why, of course. So fow people marry
at their first meeting, you know.-Detroit Free
Press.
ADAM Ito Eve)-wen. we've got to leave E len
right away. Come on!
Eve-Wait minute. Is my hat straight
Judge.
CONG, now. don't bite off your nose to spite
your face
do you take me for an elephantT'-In Indian
dpo'ls Journal
LITTLE EDITH-Mamma, what's a poorhouse?
Mammal poorhouse, Edith, is an imagi-
nary place of papa's whore he intends residing
next week.-Pltck
Mr.. MAYHEM with his lawyers bill in hand)-
Sir, this charge is outrageous!
His lawyer (blandly)-But so was the charge
against which defended you!-Pack
HE-Music is the food of love-
She-Possibly, but methinks much of it ought
TO be turned over to the Society for the Proven
zion OF Adulteration.-het1 York Herald.
ARE you acquainted with this?" asked
Banks, as he displayed an unpaid note to its
maker
mo, " responded Kyting. 81 never met IL ~
PUCK.
CALL Boy -Mephistopheles says he won't go
on without glass of grog, sir. He's all of
shake.
Manager-well. give the devil his dew
Judge.
HARDUPPE-Miss Laura, have you considered
my note--my lette--er-my pro Uosal?
Miss LAURA really do not know how to con-
slider it-whether as proposal or a challenge to
fasting match. Journal
Poor dear little Flo
Up the aisle did go,
In her brand new winter suit;
Twas her hearts delight,
For the fit was tight,
And she knew it looked quite cute.
But poor little Flo
OF course didn't know
That quit, plain to every ones view
Was tag of red
"a 49, it said,
And smile was in every pew.
-e = Brooklyn Eagle.
SHARFsoN grinding out verses)-I want o
suitable rhy1fiefor chains"
Phlatz-What's the matter with brains,
Cant use it. I'm writing Ioem entitled
The Cigarette Smoker. Chicago Tribune.
PHYSICIAN with ear to pugilist's chest)-There
is a severe swelling over the region of the heart
which must be reduced at once.
Patient (anxiousiyl- swelling is my
Docketbook, doctor. Please don't reduce it too
much.-ChicGgo Netrs.
EDITOR OF RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT Cpausine a
moment in his work)-How does that quotation
GOA prophet is not without honor except
Railroad Editor (busily scratching away)-
Except among shelves. CHICAGO Tribune.
SIMPKINs-Say, jones' have you heard the
newsg People can't get married any more.
Jones Gin surprise)--Why, what's the trouble
now?
Simpkins-O, Wanamaker and the rest Of 'em
there at Washington have put a stop to the lot
terry business.-DrdkeS Magazine.
He tsavagely)-Yes, you will be my sister
That is the answer 1 had expected from you.
Well, must be going.
She-Ah, but, George!
He (croSsly)-What is it?
She-Aren't you going to kiss your sister
good-byr
HE did not go. Chicago Netrs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
The widow who Was Business. /"


A rickety old wagon, drawn by pair of lean
old mules, says the New York Sun, came
around the corner of the freight house. A
little old woman was holding the lines and
three or four tow headed children were behind
her.
'Hee up, Jerusalemw she called to the off
mule; who SHE'D at a freight car. and with a
witch and yank and cut she wheeled the
team around and backed up to the platform
''Whar's the express feller?'' she asked as
she jumped out and came along cracking her
whip. 70, you are the chap? Wall, the cd
man thar Ia the wagon. want to ship him
up to Erin"
looked into the wagon"
He 'un's in the coffin thar! I'm going m
with it to Erin How much to paw"
They went to the office and arranged mat
ters, and the coffin was taken from the wagon
and placed on truck. Then the won N re-
turned to the wagon aud said to the ,-s. BOY:
Now you. Reube, you drive slow AMI don't
worry them mules and the rest of you all be-
have yourselves. Come down fur me Wednes-
Hee-up, now"
When the wagon had gone she turned us and
explained:
'Old man went off purity sudden, and I've
him"
"Your husbands" asked.
''Sartin. Lived together nigh on to thirty
years. Reckon you ali are amazed that don't
cry and take on, but thar s heaps to see to, and
it all falls on me. Only half an hour afore the
train, and I've got twenty things TO think
about"
We voted her full of business" but rather
hard hearted, but we had to change our mind
about that. She suddenly disappeared and as
we walked along TO the cotton bales piled high
| on the platform we heard a grieving and sob
bling, and then a voice of lamentation cried out:
%, Jim, old man, it's the Lords will, but 1
can't abide it, I'm a holding up and trying to
| be brave, but my old heart is being drownded
| out with tears which my ewes won't shed! I'm
a-waitin Jim-a-waitin' till git back home
| whar kin slop down and hev it out with my
sorrowl"
And two minutes later she was standing at
the ticket window and saying:
Reckon these kivered kyars never'd be on
time but want no fussin' around in this case
or somebody1l git sued. Haint got but two
days to put him through and git back home"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
Personal.

SENATOR INGAILs win take himself and family
to Europe after March next
A NEw NOVEL by Edgar saltus is in the
printers hands II win bear the title Of MARY
Magdaien-"
Miss KATE GREExAwAY is to have an exhibit
ton Of her drawings al the London Fine Art
Society this month.
Mas JOIN ELLIOTT oetter known TO the 1t
eTary world as Maud Hover is understood to BE-
writing play for Richard Mansfield.
Ex-SEcRETARY BAYARD. although in fair
health, is aging so rapidly that it is feared he
VIII soon have to retire from public life.
KossUrH always finishes the day with a game
Of billiards, and. though he is SO years old, he
plays with steady hand, and usually wins.
A LARGE AMOUNT Of real estate in Wisconsin,
mostly about Green Bay, has stood for many
years in the name of Algernon Sartoris, Nellie
Grants husband.
PROF. RUDoLPH virchow will celebrate his
10th birthday on Oct 81. The medical societies
Of Germany have begun preparations already
Tor proper celebration Of the event.
DU MAURIER. the artist. whose society pict-
ures have long been the charm of the London
Punch, is gallant enough to make his own wife
and her sister the charming models of his
studies.
physician, will start on an ocean voyage next
week for recreation. He will sail on the Teu-
tonic TO Liverpool, and return on the same
steamer.
VERA SAssULrTcH, the nihlist, has been sup
porting herself in Switzerland by translating.
Her health is now failing and her physician
has ordered her TO stop and proceed to a warmer
climate.
STANLEY says that Edison has the most won
derful pair of eyes that he has ever seen In a
human head. When the great explorer went to
MEMO PARK the other day, he said little but OBJ
served much
estate filed his first account with the register Of
wills in Philadelphia few days ago. 1t shows
mat the testator's property. with accumula
lions since death, amounts to 500, 377 GO.
ARcHpukE Franz FERDINAND. heir prssumpt-
i've to the throne of Austria, has started for
Warsaw, where the Russian imperial train
awaits him. From Warsaw the royal traveller
will be conveyed to St. Petersburg, where he
Will be received by the car.
w. K. VANDERBILT has developed considera-
BILE amount Of athletic agility quite late in life.
Until he was IS years Of age he did not go in for
athletics,s but last summer he made remarka-
BILE showing at Newport as q polo player despite
his weight, which is close to les pounds
RoPEET BUcHAEAs, the poet novelist and re-
viewer, was poor Scotch village boy a score
of years ago, without fame or fortune. or pros
poets of either The success he has bad in lit
erature has been won by hard work aud merit,
but to-day he Is one Of the foremost men in
London literature life.
SIeNoR ZANARDELII, who declined King Hum
bert's invitation to form cabinet until after
Signor Crispi should have been thus honored
again, is widely known writer on political
economy. and commands general respect
q
nervous and excitaole manner and incisive style
in debate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
A Pretty Girls Kindly Act,

1t was crowded Detroit street car, says the
Cleveland Star. At the corner of Duane street
an infirm old lady signaled the driver to stop.
Reluctantly he put on his brake, and would
have passed by had he half an excuse for so
doing. The conductor rather roughly and hur-
rledly helped the octogenarian into the car.
When the knight of the punch called for her
fare she felt in the corner of her mitten for a
nickel. BY the expression on her face every
body In the car knew the money was gone
Men immediately became intensely interested
In newspapers and women were looking every
way but at the embarrassed old lady whose kind
and good face evinced pain The conductor
was about to speak when a bright schoolgirl
probably ID years old. walked from the end of
the car and, laying 5-csnt piece in the con-
ductor's dirty hand, said: "If my mother should
ever be placed in the same position as this old
lady hope some one will be just enough to do
what am doing" The remark was a womanly
one, aad Joan of Arc couldn't have said
Drawer words. The blush of shame mantled the
cheeks of every male in the car, and the most
OF them lived or had occasion to get off at the
next crossing. The old lady did not thank the
little woman verbally for her kindness, as her
heart and eyes were too full TO speak She
simply pressed the girls hand and gave her a
look of gratitude that spoke more forcibly than
words ever could
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
The Mayor Got Out and walked

Mayor Joseph B. Sargent of New Haven.
Conn, says the New York Continent. whose
Selamyitish inaugural address attracted SO
much attention, is man of wealth and dis.
tinctiop, but dsscends to the level of the un-
titled throng when he encounters, as a patron.
the Fairhaven and WestyiIle Railroad Com
pauy.
Late yesterday afternoon the mayor boarded
a car at the corner of Chapel aud Wallace
streets to ride from his factory to the city hall
Before two blocks were traversed the con-
ductor approached him to secure his fare
Slowly New Ravens Mayor plunged his hands
into one pocket after another, and an express
sion OF blank despair overspread his dignified
With look of panied preoccupation his
honor rose to bis feet, moved alphabetically
toward the rear platform and muttering some
thing like Awkward, don't you know: not a
nickel in my Clothes" dropped gracefully off
into the driving rain.
As the vision of the city's ruler ''hoofing it,
through the slush began to fade in the gloam-
ing, the driver of the car remarked to the con
ductor:
Say. Gully, dye know who dat VAST"
Nav, who?'
Mayor Sargent"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-14
The Indian Bureau schem @.

Since the recent Indian outbreak there has
been growing sentiment in favor of Civ
ing to the army control of the Indians There
is pretty well founded belief that the In
dian agents are responsible for the Indian
troubles, and it is not improbable that con-
gress will regard with favor the proposition
to put the Indians under the care of the war
department.
or course the Secretary of the Interior,
the commissioner of Indian affairs and the
whole lot OF Indian agents are opposed to
the proposed change. They don't want to
give up control of the Indians and they
don't intend to II they can help it.
A number of Indian chiefs have been
brought to Washington to tell the story of
their wrongs, to state the cause OF their out
break, to give their version of the battle Of
Wounded Knee aud to express their views
on the question whether it would be ad-
visable to turn the management of Indian
affairs over to the army
No army officers are present during the
examination of the Indians, whose testi-
that the Indian agents have told them
Whab Vney must say. lney are certainly
making out very bad case for the army
SO bad indeed that it can barely be possible
that all they say is true.
Since the army is attacked 1t ought to be
represented at the examinations. The In
dian agents ought not be permitted to have
everything their own way. II what the
Indians say about the battle of Wounded
Knee is true the officers and soldiers who
took part in that affair are guilty of having
committed great outrage. But it is
probable that Gen. Miles will be able to show
that the stories Of the Indian chiefs are not
TO be relied upon, and the chiefs are wholly
under the influence of the Indian agents.
| All the chiefs in Washington, except one,
have said that they would prefer civilians
to army officers for agents. They cannot
give satisfactory reason, however, foI
this opinion. The inference, therefore, i,
that the Indian agents have complete con-
troll of them. Does not congress see the
necessity for getting at the truth in this
| Indian businessa
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