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Marriage Licenses.

Conrad Erben and Anna Jaucb.
Ben M. Wotford and Lucy Gym.
etskl.
Louis w Gillett and Josie Meyer.
w. >. Dent and Bessie l.. Bradley.
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FIRE INSURANCE PoLIcIes,

Deeds and Valuable Papers, should
be kept in a safe place. The Lockwood
National Bank Safe Deposit vault is
absolutely Fire and Burglar Proof. lot
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DIR 3. 2. KINGSLEY

DR. 9. 2. KINGSLEY
Has removed his Office to Tips & Sill
verthorne's drug store, where calls
may be left. ga tt
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CHANCE Foa sUILpERS.
For Sale: Thirty tour shares paid
up stock in the international Build.
ing and Loan Association.
9-4-tt T. b. JOHNSON.
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ALARM CLOCKS.
Best quality, 500 at Hecht's. l6 1y
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he has now one of the finest houses in Ber-
lin, and ] doubt whether there are any pri-
vate residences here which compare with it in
size. Instead of tramping to the third floor
before you get to the door of his home you
enter now from the street and you come
into big vestibule or ante-room. It was
formerly a store, but it now forms the en-
trance hall. Each room is furnished in a
different color, and in place Of the dark,
somber hues affected by the Germans, Mrs
Phelps has lightened up everything, and
home-like rather than stiff Every room
has its individuality, and even the stoves
have been made to harmonic with the fur
niture and the walls.
The Stoves Are Special Feature.
The stoves of house like this are one of
its prettiest features. They are of the
massive Dutch order, made of porcelain.
and as beautifully colored and shaped as
though they were ornaments for dinner
table rather than heating machines. These
stoves take the place of our mantels and
many of them have shelves on which are
set pictures and bric-a-brac. The stove in
the parlor must be IL feet high. 1t is of a
rich dark polished green, while that in the
yellow room, at the corner, is of a cream
and sky blue, touched up with gold. Mr.
Phelps tells me that these stoves keep the
house very comfortable and that they do
very we'll in place of a furnace. The floors
of the house are waxed and they are of fine
woods, and upon them lie rare old rugs,
which Mr.. Phelps bought at Conttantinople
some years ago. From the floor of the
paTlor dado. about five feet high, runs
around the room, and this, with a shelf at
the top, forms a resting place for photo
graphs and placuues and the thousand and
one curios which Mr. Phelps has gathered
from different parts of the world. Upon
the walls are many fine pictures.
The American legation in Berlin is quite
as we'll appointed as Minister Phelps
home. Its Offices are on Kronen strasse,
just off Freidrichs strasse in the business
center of the city. Most of the foreign
countries own their own legation buildings
here, but the United States rents its quar-
terA Nh. Phelps landlord, however, is an
American institution, and the building in
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BIRDS IN INDIAN LEGENDS.

Different Ways in Which Primitive People
Regard Feathered Creatures.
Minneapolis Tribune.1
All primitive people regard the bird as
specially wise and favored. Living in the
air, he is regarded as exercising control over
atmospheric phenomena. and, knowing so
well his own migratory seasons, the Indians
observe his flights as foreboding ill or good
to themselves.
The Hurons believe that the dove carries
the souls of the departed hence. The Da-
kotas say the stormbird dweIls so high as to
be out of human vision, and carries fresh
water lake on his back, so that when he
plumes himself it rains, when he winks his
bright eyes it lightens, when he flaps his
wing thunder rolls. The Alaskans hold
much the same idea about the thunder
Bird
Among them all the eagle is mighty,
brave, aspiring, the symbol of their warriors
for apparent reasons. The king fisher is
anxious to serve his brother man. In the
Alaskan gallery in the exposition art de-
partment you will see him often carved,
presenting upon his bill frog to the medi-
cine man that the latter may absorb the
frogs power over enemies In the Navajo
gallery a sacred headdress or turban of
kingfshers' scalp is to be seen. The raven
is mischievous, and many curious myths are
told of his misconduct in diving into the
sea, running fish from the brooks and all
that. In all these curio rooms you will note
how much is made of birds, but among the
Alaskan curios bird lore is very prominent
in their carving and feathers in their sacred
ornaments.
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Il two families frequently met around the
dinner table. Mr. Phelps tells me that
bismarck is a delightful conversationalist
and tn It his home life is charming. He is
entirely free from ostentation and he is in
reality a man of very tender feeling.
Bismar, ,I's Love for His Dogs.
He is especially fond of his bigdogs, and
Minister Phelps described an incident
which occurred at one of Bismarck's din
ners. where he and Mrs. Phelps were enter
tanned bv the Prince in his palace on Will
helm strasse. At just about the time that
dinner as called the news was brought in
that one of Bismarck's favorite dogs had
beeu hurt in an accident and that this
would necessitate the amputation of his
iep. The old Prince was very much af-
fected. The best surgeon in Berlin was
called in to perform the operation and the
moor beast was put into the best part of tie
nalsce. During the dinner Prince Bis
marck referred frequently to the dog and
he was very much affected by his sufferings.
He told MI. Phelps that the dog had an al
most human intelligence and that he sat
everv night at his bedside and watched
him. never giving any sign Of his presence
if he was asleep, but always on the watch
and ready TO respond to his slightest wish
when be was awake.
Tpon BismarcG's departure from Berlin
Mr.. Phelps was among those who bade him
poodby, and during my visit to Bismarck's
home at Friedrichsruhe learned that the
most influential American in Germany with
the old Prince was William Walter Phelps
Mr. Phelps house in Berlin has several fine
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strange. President Harrison had intended
so the story goes-to have appointed
John A. Kasson, of Iowa, but the sentiment
in favor of Phelps on account of his able
conduct of the Samoan treaty was SO marked
that it was thought better to give the posi-
tion to him instead. Mr.. Phelps knew that
he was going to get it, and while he was
stopping in Washington one day he went
over to call upon Mr.. Blaine and the two
walked over to the White House and paid q
visit to the President
A Queer Story About Blaine. ~,
As they were about leaving President
Harrison took a paper from his desk and
said: "By the way, Nh. Phelps, how would
you like the position of Minister to Ger
many?"
'T would like it very much," was Mr.
PHELPS reply, "and think could 90 some
good there"
81 think so toe" rejoined Harrison, "and
have made out your commission to that
place, and if your friend, Mr.. Blaine, will
sign it with me you can have it.
Secretary Blaine Of course agreed to this,
and Phelps got the commission. The nat
ural course would have been for the ap-
pointment to have come through Blaine,
but Harrison evidently did not want to
please Blaine bv letting him make the ap-
pointment, and it rather looks as though he
did it in this way as q snub direct
The consulate to Berlin is almost as i'm
portant as the legation. We do an immense
business with Germany, and the greater
part of that which comes through Berlin
must pass through the American consulate.
Some of the busiest Offices of this city are
those of our Consul General, and corps of
clerks is kept at work here making out in
voices and attending to the matters which
come before our consular officers. The Con-
sui General, William Hayden Edwards, is
one of the old officials Of the consular serv-
ice and practical business American. He
is man of means and of social position,
his vile being the daughter of a Dutch
noble. FRANK G. CARPENTER
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KEEPS UP HIS END.
Minister Phelps at the Top of the
Diplomatic Heap at Berlin.
HOW HE MADE A MODEL HOME.
Bis Friendship for Bismarck and Relations
With the Emperor.
ODD STORY AS TO HIS APPOINTMENT
rcoRREsPoxDExcE OF THE D1sPATcH.l


BERLIN, Now So find William Wal
ter Phelps very popular here in Berlin. He
has raised the American Legation to the
first rank in diplomatic circles, and he is
one of the most influential of the foreign
Ministers in Germany. His work here
shows that it pays to send good men to our
foreign missions 1t was through him that
the Samoan treaty was made, and he has
been very largely instrumental in getting
our beef, corn and pork into Germany. He
has 8 standing with the Emperor which no
Minister from America has ever had before,
and he is as close to-day to Caprivi as he was
70 Bismarck when he was Chancellor.
The friendship of Prince Bismarck and
Mr. Phelps was very marked and the two
were actually chummy during Bismarck s
residence in Berlin, and they often dined
together. Young Herbert Bismarck was as
fond of Phelps as was the old Prince, and
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! Minister Has to Do.

I have spent some time at the American
legation here during my stay at Berlin, and
the odd duties which an American minister
has to perform I find very interesting.
There are Thousand and one things out
side of diplomatic negotiations to be at
tended to, and Mr.. Phelps has his hands
full. Every now and then he has to marry
an American couple, and during his stay he
performed the marriage service of Miss
Bowler, of Cincinnati, to Mr.. John Livings-
ton, of New York. He acted not long ago
as godfather to the baby of the Countess
Pappenheim, and every now and then he
has to settle the cases of American citizens
who were born in Germany, but who left
for America without taking proper leave of
the army. He has to go TO all sorts of ex-.
hlbitions and charity fairs, and he has en-
tertained to greater or less extent every
prominent American who comes to Berlin.
He watches the interests of American COM
panies in Germany and, the insurance COM
panies and the Standard Oil Company get
considerable attention from him.
Speaking of Mr., Phelps appointment, I
heard queer story about it not long ago
which in view of the trouble between the
President and Mr.. Blaine is not ct all
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why Turtles Cannot Bite.

Very few people know that neither'a
turtle nor tortoise nor toad is provided
with teeth. There is a general supersti-
tion that turtle can bite off mans fnger,
but the turtle can do nothing OF the kind.
membrane that runs around the Jaw where,
in other animals teeth are found, is so hard
and tough that the turtle can crush the
bones of the hand to pulp, but as for biting
of even finger, the feat is, to the turtle,
an imposslbilitY.
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Lunacy in Ireland.

There is said to be distressing amount
of lunacy in ireland, the number Of cases
per 100000 of population having increased
from 249 in 1880 to 355 in 1891 Some time
ago traveller noted that song had almost
entirely departed from the Emerald Isle,
and chat the pick of the young people had
emigrated, leaving chiefly the old and in
fantile behind. Perhaps these facts furnish
an explanation of the spread Of insanity.
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Two Coincident Accidents.

Jefferson Miller, of Jacksonville, Ind, I,
has good reasons for the strong dislike Of
both rats and threshing machines In 1872
he was feeding machine doing work in q
large barn, when rat ran across the floor.
Turning to watch the rodent Miller had his
left hand pulled off by the machine.
Again in 1887, while feeding the same ma
chine in the identical barn above mentioned
q rat ran between his feet. He kicked at it,
slipped and had his only remaining hand
ground to pulp.
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What persons were called "The Pearl of
the East "The Divine Pagan" and "Petro-
leum V. Nasby?" NJ. B. d.
The Pearl Of the East was Siddhartha
Gautama, the founder of the Buddhist re-
lgion. He was the son of Suddhodana
an Indian raiah or prince, and was born
during the fifth century B. G. He gave up
his position as Prince to assume religious
life, and lived poor and humble, teaching
self-abnegation, love, and contemplation,
for many years, dying when near
the age of 100. His name Bud
dha means Enlightened One. The
Divine Pagan was Socrates, q Greek phi
losopher, who was born about 47O B. G.,
and was put to death on being convicted
Of ''denying the gods" 399 B. G. Petro-
leum V. Nasby was David Ross Locke,
born in New York State 1888 A. D., who
was editor of the Toledo Blade for many
years, and died in Toledo in 1888 The
name was his pen-name
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Is Muscovy town, city, county, province
or countryf Where is it? GORDON.
Muscovy is q name. ard name only. 1t
is the country around Moscow, the old cap
ital of Russia, over which the Cars ruled
before st. Petersburg was built. In 1862
Ivan III. was Prince of Moscow; he an
nexed Novgorod and other republics and
built up such a power that in 1882 he
assumed the title of Gar of Muscovy Peter
the Great IN 1921 assumed the title of EN-
peror of Russia; before that time the Cars
had been Cars of Muscovv and Grand
Dukes of Russia, etc. Now the name Mus
covy is but name; it is not applied even
to the district of which Moscow is the
center; and about the only thing to bear the
title is the so-called Muscovy duck.
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What was the silver production, in coin,
of the United States, Great Britain. France,
Germany and Russia, in 1890? X. r. BIBB.
The United States produced in 1890 sill
yer to the value of $40, ,464, 900; Great Brit
ain produced S2S2,375 worth; France.
50, 1863, $50 worth; Germany, s1,50O, 900
worth, and Russia, S568, 900 worth. The
United States produced nearly half of all
the silver mined in 1890; and next to us
came Mexico, with a production of $780,
900, 900.
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portraits of Bismarck, and at one of the
dinners which Bismarck gave to Phelps the
old Chancellor brought out some American
whisky and drank the health of the Presi-
dent of the United States with great gusto.
Count Herbert Won Bismarck paid an espe-
cial compliment to America by attending
one of Mr.. Phelps Thanksgiving dinners
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1 arrived in this country April 95. 1851;
enlisted the same day and served through
the war; obtaining an honorable discharge;
do these facts make me q citizen, or must
take out papers? ERIN.
You are not ipso facto citizen; but you
may obtain final papers by applying at any
court authorized to grant naturalization.
You will have to prove residence in the
United States of one year, to prove your
good character, and toproye your service in
the army. These things should be easy for
YOU to do.
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have held army or navy rank may wear
their uniformA

What was the first steamer to sail on the
Pacific Ocean? When did she make her first
voyage7 W. A. s.
The steamer Beaver, built in England in
1885 by the Hudson Bay Company for SER
vice in the North Pacific; she made the trip
to Astoria in 1853 days, and in 1886 began
her career at the mouth of the Columbia
river. She served for nearly so years; but
few years ago she went aground in the
harbor of Vancouver, and broke up after
lying on the rocks until late in June last.
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Slow Work on the Siberian Railway,

The Russian Government. says the Vienna
correspondent of the London Times, has de-
clined the offer of French syndicate to fin
ish the construction of the Siberian Rail-
way. No foreign capital or engineers will
be employed in furthering the enterprise.
The work, owing to lack of capital, is badly
managed and is making very slow progress.
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South Dakota, which chooses two Con-
gressmen at Large In national con-
ventions each State is represented by two
delegates for eactr Representative and two
for each Senator. The former are generally
chosen by districts, while the latter are sup
posed to emulate the Senators, and to repre-
sent the State at large, as those do; so they
are delegates at large. Not so long ago
some States chose one or two Represents
tives at large and all the others by districts;
but this method has been given up, except
as indicated above in respect to South Da-
kota
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NOTES AND QUERIES.
Interest in Murder Mysteries and
the Maxwell-Preller Case.
KILTs IN THE BRITISH ARMY
Dress Of American Ministers to the Courts
of Foreign Lands.
CURIOUS BITS OF INFORMATION

The interest in the Borden murder case
has had few equals in recent years, though
murder mysteries have been quite numer-
Gus. A number of queries have been sent
The DISPATCH relative to the Maxwell
Preller murder in st. Louis. In answer,
the following information is given:
On April IA, 1885, dead body was found
in trunk in room of the Southern Hotel,
ST. Louis. At first it was thought to be
that of w. H. Lenox Maxwell; but it was
soon proved to be that of Carl A. Preller,
an acquaintance of Maxwell's; and Max
we'll was Immediately suspected of the
crime. The men were Englishmen, Preller
q a"drummer" on q business trip around the
world, Maxwell medical student, thinking
of settling in this country. Maxwell was
pursued easily to San Francisco; there he
had sold some of Preller's clothing and
effects, and had taken steamer for Australia.
authorities, and he was arrested at Auck-
land, when the steamer touched there,
and was brought back, August IS, 1885.
Then Maxwell confessed to the reporters
that he had killed Preller accidentally on
April 8; and had been so terribly fright
ened that he tried to conceal the accident
and then had fed. His trial began May
18, 1887. A detective testified that he
had had himself indicted for forgery and
confined next to Maxwell's cell, and that
the latter had confessed to HIM that he
killed Preller because Preller had refused
to lend him any more money. The trial
ended June 8, 1887; but the execution hav-
ing been postponed four times for one rea-
son or another, Maxwell was not hanged
until August 10, 1888 His real name was
Hugh M. Brooks; he assumed the name of
Maxwell shortly after coming to this
country.
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at which the American residents of Berlin
were present, and when Bismarck left Mr.
! Phelps gave a farewell dinner to Count
Herbert
Yankee Money Back ed by Yankee Brains.
The social features of the American mis-
sion here are very important ones. Nearly
all of the Ministers who represent the Euro
pean countries have large sums allowed
them for entertaining, and the Ministers
from England and Russia spend more than
our Presidents salary here every year in
this way. Heretofore we have had no Min
lister who has been rich enough to keep pace
with these men, even though he had the
ability and inclination to do so. Mu. Phelps
is one of the very wealthy men of the
United States. No one knows Just what he
is worth and his fortune is estimated all the
way from S. 000, 600 to S15, 000, 900. He was
born rich and his wife has a fortune in her
own right, and both she and he have the
social instincts in a large degree. Mrs.
Phelps was the daughter of Sheffield of New
Haven, who had an estate of something like
s., 600 900, but who left the bulk of his for.
tune to establish the Sheffield School of
Yale College. Mrs. Phelps has an inds-
pendent income of perhaps $15, 900 year,
and have heard it estimated that the in
come of her husband is more than $500, 900
every year..
Mrs. Phelps is a very accomplished and
very handsome woman. She Is thoroughly
at home in society here, and she has made
the home of the American Minister one of
the most popular in Berlin. 1t was her
taste that decided all matters as to the fur
nishing of the home, and the American
Minister'S house in Berlin is one of the
curioslties of the city, It has been so
much written about in the German papers
that almost as many people came to look at
it as go to see the palace of the Kaiser, and
it is an evidence of what American money
backed by American brains and good taste
can do.
How Mr.. Phelps Made His Home.
The Germans do not know what the
American home il The people here live
almost altogether in flats, and butcher, a
baker and candlestick maker often live in
the same house with a count or diplomat,
and the only difference is in the floor or in
the furnishing of the rooms. 1t is only the
wealthiest who can afford independent es-
adjustments, and you find few whole
houses for rent Mr.. Phelps wanted a house
to himself and he wanted it in a fashion
able part of the city. He looked high and
low, but could find none. He then con-
cluded TO make one, and he selected his
corner without regard to the people that
were in it. He then sent man to buy out
the tenants There were several stores on
the ground floor. He got the storekeepers
to give up their leases for a consideration
He did the same with the fashionable peo-
pie who had fats above these, and thus
went on until he had cleaned out every ten
ant of the building
He then leased the building for himself
and turned in the carpenters and the ma
sons He remodeled 1t in such way that
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tainly bringing out the latent talent of
young women. Quite a number of clever
speakers have been developed in local so.
cieties, one of the highest OF whom is Miss
Jean Eggers, who delivered an address at
at the Shady Avenue Baptist Church.
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A lady of IS years and a gentleman of q
wish to be married. The lady's mother is
dead and the ather cannot be found, though
he is thought to be in England. Can they
get married in Pennsylvania. II not, where?
Y.
A guardian might be appointed after
proof that the father cannot be reached,
and with the. guardians consent the mar
riagc could take place in this State. If the
lady can prove residence in Ohio the
couple can be married there, as both are of
legal age in that State.
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Whom did Miss Harriet Lane marry9

Miss Lane, who was President Buchanan
niece, and had kept house for him while he
was Minister to Great Britain and while he
was President, was married to Henry
Elliott Johnston, of Baltimore, at Wheat
lands, Mr.. Buchanan's estate, near Lam
caster, Pennsylvania, on January II, 1866.
Mrs Johnston has outlived her uncle, her
husband and her children; her home has
been for the most part at Wheatlands.
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For what purposes is mica used'

It is used principally in filling the "win-
dows'' of stoves; it is used also to glaze the
windows of men-of-war, where glass would
be broken by the conclusion produced by
firing the heavy guns. Chemists use it to
some extent in handling acids, and in max
ing masks to cover the faces of persons e1-
posed to the fumes of acids