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The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
THE MOHAMMEOAN WOMEN.
Condo to a Life of slavery in tho
 Harens of Iich Men.

Tho Mohammedan women must at tract the attention of a christian stranger by their almost ghoStikc ap- pearauee. moving about noiselessly. enshrouded in garb from crown to sole. which entirely conceals contour of form and expression of face, the eyes alone being free to gaze around at pleasure, writes a Constantinople cor respondent. l hear this fashion has been recently inaugurated. perhaps by those who have sparkling black eyes and are not mortified at exposing them to the gaze and admiration of the in- lidel. The old style. still adhered to by the most deyout believers, is differ ent. .he robe being fastened under the chin and the face concealed by a thin, gauze-like veil; this is much more be- coming, and allows the curious a par tal view of the Turkish female count enance. It certainly shows the lady off to more advantage. She can and generally does tint her cheeks with rouge, pencil her eyebrows and appear bewitching from behind her lowered veil. without so much danger of being detected in the fraud as are our Ameri- can ladies. Mohammedan women cer- tainly deserve the sympathy of their christian sisters, confined as they are from year to year Utlt only, in some cases. the privilege sf once a month taking short walk on the streets or to the bazaars; always denied social inter- course with peu other than their hus- bands. who perhaps have obtained them in ordinary business transactions or purchased them in the slave market.
 Turkish, Gircassian and Georgian women are no longer publicly inspect ed admired criticised and sold at auction to the highest bidder, but sales are still privately effected.
 A few days since several Georgian women, wives of wealthy pasha, passed me on the street, attended by their Ethiopian servants. The thin. tinted yeils enabled me to distinguish their handsome features and excited an inquiry of my guide as to their history, and was informed that they were recent cargo from Georgia. where they had been purchased by the pasha's agent. How distressing it must be for the poor mountain peasant in order to keep the wolf. starvation, from the door, to be compelled to sacrifice his beauti. ful daughter. just blooming into young womanhood, and to be ever afterward haunted with the consciousness that she may be tho debauched slave of some sensual master. A Moslem may furnish his harem with as many wives as he is financially able to support and no more. thus accounting for the faci that some have 800 and some more.
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but we were all present when the dinner hour arrived.
 Where is tho next point of interest,"" 1 inquired of Air I.ollard.
 "Manitou,n said he. That is the Sara toga of the mountains, and one of the finest places in the world for a summer resort"
 "5o your guide book says" said Mrs. Lollard with a Inischieyous glance at her husband
 For moment Nr IOilard was tempted to be veyed hut cbonging his mind he re. piled:
 'I have studied this guido book faith fully to find the most interesting and pict- uresque places for our excursions that have nearly learned 1t by heart. By the time reach London shall excel the i'm mortal Ferguson who showed Mark Twain tho wonders of the Orient, when hs was abroad '"
 'That Mark is a cute one, I wish we might meet him. said Melvorne
 Where ars we going to stopp asked Melvorne, as we came in sight of Manitou "It seems built in careless ease along the hidden and bushy valleys among the mountains"
 "Yes, it has changing air of Individual fly about it." said Lollard. "We will go to the Beebee."
 Very soon we were domiciled in the spac- ious rooms of that elegant and comforts- ble hotel. It is really wonderful to sec such wealth of taste and comfort as we found nestled down in the valley at the foot of the everlasting hills, surrounded by the most beautiful scenery in A nerica; amid the grandeur of the mountains and so near the gently rolling plains.
 After most delicious supper which was supplemented with Strawberries smoth cred in cream" we started out from the rear of the hotel on what is called the Lovers Lane" It ia most romantic rlmble Very naturally we separated into
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These moulds, whc6 perfectly hard. are ready fo! the mannikin maker. A woman does this work.
 The first operation is the fitting of pieces of cardboard in each half mould To this is ciued a layer of coarse bag ging and nf;er that alternate layers of cardboard Rud bagging until the struc- ture is nearly quarter of an inch thick. IL is then coated on the inside with Q thin layer of plaster.
 When all these parts are taken from the moulds snd put together the result is very graceful reppduction of nude human agure. minus the arms. head and neck in most cases. though the arm is very often made ill this way.
 Numbers of these figures stand about in the msunikin room awaiting the tims when the wax portions are to be attached and the whole figure made ready for ex- hibition. To insure that the final cloih- ing of the mnnnikins shall hang proper ly the mannikins are invested with com. plete suits of knit underclothing.
 We will now follow the head and the other portions of the figure which are to be finished in wax These particular moulds are now carried down to the wax room. This room is sort of hot box. the temperature being at 120 degrees at all times.
 The most dclIcate operation of all is now made. h long. wooden tank nt one end of the room tho mould is placed in water Connected with thls bath is steampipe When the mould is ready the steam Is turned on. and. the water becoming heated the mould Is soon ready for the WAX.
 The wax used for the figures is the best obtainable quality of American bleached beeswax. which comes ill thin disks. It is perfectly white when bought. and in this state it is melted down until il has reached the consistency of oil
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FIGURES OUT OF WAX.
DETAILS OF AN ART THAT HAS REACHED 4 HIGH STAGE OF MIGHTY.
ObstRcles Overcome by tho "waxer" - How tho Prescntment of Historic Strength Gentle Grace Ia Made.

Few people who look at waxwork group of artistic make have any idea of the manifold operations which have led up to it's completion. Until within few years the wax figures and groups ex- hibited in this country were most crude and unfinished. The light demand for them. except in cheap amusement halls. was responsible for the poor quality of the work, and there was no incentive given to clever wax artists abroad 10 show us just what could be done in the way Of mechanical reproduction of life ,ays a writer in the N. Y. Herald
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
ALLEGED FACTS ABOUT FLIES, How They Walk on the Celling-Tho Baby
 Fly Myth.

"The popular notion that house flies walk on the ceiling by the help of the suckers on their feet is mistaken one, said a man of science to Wash ington Star reporter. ''Notwithstand- ing the testimony on this point of many old and respected authors the fact is that the fly has no suckers on his feet at all, but each of those six members ends in pair of little cushions and a pair of hooks. The cushions are covered with ever so many knobbed hairs which are kept moist by an exuding fluid, Thus fly is able to walk on smooth wall or ceiling or window pane, and apparently defy the law of gravitation by the adhering power of the moist hairy pads. You will understand the theory of it if you will touch the moistened end of your forehnger to the window glass or any smooth surface and observe the per ceptible adhesion. For walking on rough surfaces t.e fy's foot cushions are of no use; but the insect is provided with the twelve strong hooks mentioned to do it's rough travel with, clioging by them tc any such surface as & white washed wall or cloth.
 Another prevalent fallacy is that the smaller flies seen in houses are young ones. As IS tho case with all insects, the fy's growth is accomplished in the larva state; it ends with the issuing from the pupa and the expau- sion of the wings. Individual flies differ in size or maturity just as is the case with man and other animals Every house fly that you see was onee a crawling maggot The eggs laid by the female fly are usually deposited in warm manure or in decomposing vege- tation. Each stable in summer that is not kept remarkably clean is a matching and propagating place for flies. With in twenty-tour hours after the eggs are laid they are matched out into footess maggots. which iuhabt the filth they are born in for week aud then con- tract to little brown objects known as puparia. Within this hardened skin the maggot Is transformed into the per feet fly, which crawls out of the puparium i've days later, already grown to full size and wings it's way to share your luncheon. A fly lives about three weeks. When the cold weather comes the flies nearly all die; but few vigorous females remain torpid in hooks and crannies, thus sur viving the winter and continuing their species.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
Throat-Pouches.

Recent Investigations in Endia4 prisons haze revealed curious phy siological condition induced by thieysf for the parpose of secreting valuablts They allow a heavy lead bullet to slidS down the throat and keep t in positio1 for hals an hour at time In about year a pouch is formed into whick anytaing small may be thrust without interfering with speech or breath. Al present. there are in Calcutta j1p twenty prisoners with these thro&t ncuches,
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
Won Moltkc and Bisrnarck. i.

Aycung woman requested Moltke and Bismarck to write in her albnnSs The Marshal wrote: s'Falsehood pas1p eth away, truth remains. von M0ltkA Field Marshal. Bismarck took the p6N and added: II know very woll thN truth will prevail iu the next world but in the meantime a Fisld Aarebo, himself would bs powsrleee sgalnsl lalsshood In this word. -4Dlopeyu1 OhaaeelloE q the Enplrh...
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
Quee< Pigs.

William Hoffman of Scbewaing. Pa.., has four pigs that beat anything evar seen in that localsty. One.has no trace of hind legs ano5her has no, hoofs. hue claws take the Elace of the generally thought necessary poreine appendix and the two others have claws ansaa tOeA and pretty nearly everything else thae pigs can very handily get along. withA
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 BURNING IRON ?. TIE sPAruLA;
 3 THg HAIR NEEDLES.
 coating IS partially hardened aud the work of cutting the mold into pieces i, begun, A sharp knife will cut through this dough-like substance, now too soft 10 chip and too hard to run.
 When the mold is cut in five or six pieces tue lowest end. al the base of the neck. is cut away in the centre. leaving an opening about five inches iu diameter. if the head Is life sze On one of the eul sides of each piece the artist makes two or three holes st intervals of three inches On inc piece which tits against it he faces little dahs of soft plaster. The holes are now oiled and tho whole mold Is put together sgaln. The soft plaster dahs are now allowed to harden in the oiled holes. and when the mold is taken apart again IL is provided with llttle locks, which prevent the pieces from slipping apart at an inoppeFtune moment
 While those operations on the head are under way the bodies which are to complete tbe figures are being made n a somewhat different manner. As ex- plsined above only those portions of the upper part of the body as are 10 be ex- posed are made in clay. The hands. arms and sx,remitles are made In most cases from living models.
 When | group has been designed tho different positions of tho hands and Arms are made from male and female models. and a plaster cast is made from them In tho ssms way a described above. In a great many osaes where certain poses arc needed casu are also made from the lower limbs ot both sexes Even the trunk is sometimes reproduced in this WAY.
 As none but the exposed portions oi . ngure art made Of wax. on account ol the great cost partly. the bodisa ars made of papisr nsachs. The m ouAds fol thess porlions of the figure are made ir two pieces for each lower lir0b. uppsi 0lh lpSearR.- upper arm or uuAk
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03

MOULDS. at the eyelid is very thin, as tbe edge has been trimmed to sharpen the lid and do away with any appearance of clumsi- ness. Along both hds little holes very close to one another are punched. and every hair has to be carefully pushed in and poised so as to give the whole TOW natural regularity.
 Putting the hair In It's place is one oi the most interesting operations of the cured in this country and is of all colors and degrees of fineness and coarseuess imaginable. Tradition having credited some olden time ruler with 6 peculiar kind of hair. the right sort of thing. if not in stock. must be procured or imitat ed
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03

the left hand over the string. giving tho finger twist. or, rather, bringing tho palm upward. Then roll the finger over backward until it is aght against tho bundle. drawing tight the cord. which is held 'n the right hand all the time. Press the thumb hard against she loopi then jerk the cord suddenly with tha right hand. and the string cuts itself.
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cOmmemoratee tho failure Of the priests to convert Skowps people to their faith and was erected in ridicule and deriaion of the religion of tho white man. Be- meath the group is 6 magnificent carving of a, spread eagle. and at the bottom of the column figure intended to picture one of tho early traders on the coast.
 Tho mouse is the judge by which the Haidas detect persons who work bad magic and cause sickness and death When any one is taken i'll or dies a wood m0use is caught and put in lit. tie cage, which is set upon raised plat. form in front of three judges chosen for the purpose. The little mouse. frighten- ed. reiires to corner of it's cage and eyes the judges. They thea begin to name over suspected persons. and pres eutly the little mouse mods it's hsad. The victim has to pay money or blsnkets tet get clear.
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columns arc almost wholly legendary. In the illustration the top group repre-. sents the head of European with whit. ened face and long black whiskers, hanked by two children in sitting pos ture. It represents legend. which may have sprung from an actual occurrence, of the Kidnapping of two children of tho owners clan by white traders long ago. The figure next to the top with the in- strument in It's claws is the crane, which was formerly au expert with tools, but they were stolen from him. and evet since he has been bewailing his fate. T want my tools.' Is the cry which tho crane now utters.
 The next figure below Is Uoots, tho bear. holding between his paws the but. terdy. At the creation, when Yeti was looking for fair land for man to occupy. the butterfly fluttered over his head as he flew When they came to the coun. try now occupied by the Haidas the but terfiy pointed with his proboscis to the good lauds and said: Where the bear is there are salmon, herbs. and good living" 80 that is why Haida came to Queen Charloties Islands and why bears are 80 abundant there.
 Another totem column. shown in tho illustration, sAands in front of the feast house of the famous chief, Skowl. who was the most blister opponent whom tho
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
WORK OF SALVAGE scUlrroH4 The Wondx1Su1 CarsJnIs h srnse by tAa
 Hnliln In1fAux

n respect ,v art the most highly developed of au known savage, arc the Haida lndians of the Northwest coast regarding whom the Smithsonian Institu. tion recently com. p,eted q most interest. ing investigation, the results of which ars about to be published.
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03

color is rubbed ail over the cheeks and the chin. and tien the surface of t5e face is wiped off Fiih q dry cloth. Tle paint that has gone into inc little ho.es
 in the face remains, and the effect. eser
 when you stand close to tho figure, i, very fine.
 Putting in the eyelashesi is q very diff ficult and slow piece of work The war
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The Blissfeld. Mich. postmaster-hns issued formal notice that he won't lick stamps for anybody. and that here alter letters dropped in the mail box with 2 cents don't go. He says the lst- ters will be held for postage even t . 6 hiu Is pinned to every 6pe
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03
How to Break . String.

IL Is easy to break a string if you know how. Women need no. hunt fol a knife or a pair of scissors after tying bundle. nor saw the string over the edgs of the counter. The grocer's loop dse, the business. Hook the drst finger St
The Forrest City times., 1891-01-03

uAsBA RATTLE. There Is now to be seen ct the National Museum colec. tion well worth studying of carvings executed in black slate by these people which are simply admirable jn their OK. caution. % ss
 Among tfese carvings the raven is conspicuous as a subject. Tbis is s0 because. according to Haida belief. the creator of all things and the bcpefactor of man was great raven chief called Yeti. which had many human attrSbutes and also the power of Transforming him self into any shape that he chose. He existed before lis own Birth, never grows old. and will never die Numer- ous are the stories of his adventures in peopling the world snd giving to man the earth. fire, flesh water. fisa, game, etc
 The so-called "tctem columns' of wood. which are often ignoraAtly mis. taken for idols. are in reality the an- cestral columns of the Haidaes None but rich men can afford to crest these
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m. .ssionarles fro m Russia encountered on the northwest coast. Skowl's crest, the eagle, tops the column. Just below it is the carved figure of a man. with right hand uplifted and in. dex finger pointing to the sky. It signi. fies that in the heav-, ems the God of tho white man dwells.
 Below this is tho, representation of an angel. as conceived by the Indians from tho W h tes, and t b e n comes the figure of . Russian priest with bands piously folded across b 8 reast. This whole group of the missionary, the angel. and the figure with uplifted hand
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this effect is something enormous With . little sharp needle point tho artist punctures the face in many thousand places. While the holes are not as close together as the hairs in . mans beard are the head when finished has the proper appearance. After tho tedious operation q puucturing ls dQna llask
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columns, owing to the xpc ns e of [ Il e i r elaborate carving, and the possessor of one is thereby invest cd with the author ity of q pretty chief in his village. The ambition of Il Haidas s life is 10 set up q fam fly column in front of his house. Usually the column is sur mounted by the totem or heraldic bearing of tbe man. Ii may be q bear or 8 beaver or what not. each clan having its own totem.
 Below may be repre- sentcd the totem of the wife s clan. while the other q esigns may Illustrate some legend c ecte Il with the totem of the owner. Many of the
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CHArrHn xlx.-srgII.A,s sroRY.

For once, since our party had gathered from the opposite sides of the world. there usrs vacant places at the breakfast table,
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THE MAKERS FINISHING rooLs-l. rHE BURNING IRON; .. THE sPArULA;
 8 THg HAIR NEEDLEs
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-22
DOWN TO PITTSBURG.
A Distinguished Party Selects Rail.
road Route.

Reference is made in our local col
umns to the presence of Hon. Henry
G. Davis in town few days ago and
the significance of his visit to our rail
road interests. In addition to that
the Wheeling Ne,cs has the follow
ing relating to his trip:
"Hon. Henry G. Davis, r. C.
Kerens, of St. Louis, and Frank Lee,
a Baltimore attorney, accompanied
by Prof |. C. White, of the State
University, formed a distinguished
party that has just gone over the
route of the proposed extension of
the Davis Elkins system of railroads,
from Rowlesburg, w. Va, to Nor
gantown, and thence down the Mon
ongahela 10 Pittsburg. A Ne,cs re-
porter had an interesting interview
yesterday with gentleman intimate
ly connected with the members of
the party, and who just returned
from a consultation with them in
Pittsburg. He said: There is not
the slightest doubt that the railroads
will be built, you know it has always
been the idea of the West Virginia
Central people to reach Pittsburg,
and the arrangements that have been
made with the b. IL O. will enable
them to do So They will connect
with the B.. a. 0. at Rowlesburg, and
there use the B. d 0. tracks to Nor
gantown, from that point line will
be built along the east side of the
Monongahela to Pittsburg which will
complete the system"
When will all this be done?
"Well, / think that it will be fin
ished before 1894. See if it isn't.
We shall See
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-22
Deaths.

Ross-Col. Geo. T. Ross, a promi-
nent citizen of Harrison county, died
at his home near Bridgeport, in that
county, on Tuesday morning, Aug.
18th, 1891, aged about so years. De
ceased was well known here, his wife
being Miss Ellen Cooper. The re-
mains will be brought to Morgan
town to-day for interment.
SHUMAN-Died, July Both, 1891,
of dropsy of the heart, at her home
in Clay district, Minerva, wife of
Emery Shuman, aged about 80 years.
Deceased was consistent member of
the Christian church and leaves six
little children and husband to
mourn her loss.
EDDY-Died, July 31st, 81, at her
home in Clay district, Mary E., wife
of Oakley Eddy, aged % years. Mrs.
Eddy was highly esteemed christian
lady and her husband has the SYM
patty OF the community in his doub-
lie bereavement for on Aug. 18th, the
little one in giving life to whom the
young mother offered up her own
followed her to that home where
parting never comes. The remains
of mother and babe were laid to rest
in Moore's cemetery.
HoLLAND-Died at her home near
Smithtown August 13, 1891, Mrs.
Joseph Holland. Mrs. Holland was
an estimable Christian lady, kind
and leaves many relatives
and friends to mourn her loss. The
remains were inferred at the Pisgah
Cemetery.
SATTERFIELD- Mrs. Lindsey Sat
terrified died at her home at Smith
town on Thursday August 18th
after brief illness, aged about 35
years, Deceased leaves a husband
and five children.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-22
ABANDONED IRIS PRINCIPLES.



p. Fifty Thousand Boilers In Ohio.
COLUMBUS, O., August 15.-Miller
Purvis, formerly State lecturer for
the Farmers Alliance, and now edi-
tor of the Alliance Herald, of Card
ington. Ohio, speaking tonight of
the Third party movement in this
State, said: Il am a Repub
lican, as were all my ancestors, and
l believe in the old principles of the
party still, but the party has aban-
doned its principles and ! can't
stand by it. There are hundred
thousand Republicans in Ohio in
the same boat with me and know
that at least fifty thousand will have
back bone enough to vote against
Mckinley The majority against
Mckinley will be the largest ever
placed against candidate in Ohio.
1t will exceed the memorable 1922
900 against Vallandigham just after
the war. The Peoples party will
poll at least 100000 votes. doubt
that the head of the ticket will have
so large vote. but the aggregate in
the counties will probably exceed
100000.
Mr.. Purvis declined to say wheth-
err he regarded NJ. Seitz as strong
candidate or not, but said he thought
Alva Agee, president of the Farmers
Union, would have polled 20,00C
more votes if he had been given the
nomination for Governor.