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The Portland daily press., 1893-02-11

lot OF COrsets, long wasted,
i'm drab and white. i'm all sizes,
Friday and Saturday, 10 cents.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-Eigg-s'You evidently think am a
fool" Fogg-''I am grateful to find
that what I think is evident even to
you. Transcript.
-Briggs-''Doesn't your wife object
TO YOU smoking cigarettes about the
house?" Braggs-''No. She uses me
as horrible example to our boy. In
dianapolis Journal
-Smith-'I don't believe Thomson
spends much money as he did before
he married." Brown-'No, he
dOeSn t: his wife spends it for him.
Demorcst's Magazine
What He Took. used to
belong to Il theatrical company my
SELF Futlite-''What part did you
take?'' Bizz-''Oh. took it all; I was
treasurer '-Detroit Free Press
lie (thought fully)-''Wh a man
marrics twice which wife does he take
when he gets to Heaven?" She (who
loves him, dreamily) - Neither.
man who lnarries twice doesn't go to
Heaven.'-Nogue.
SAMMY Squildig-"Pop said if I
went fishing without permission, he'd
thrash me till couldn't rest Dickey
McSwilligen---'Did you go?'' Yes
"Well?' Il cat my meals off the man
tel now. Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Husband (aftcr IA quarreD You
may buy the dress if you wish, but I
shant pay for it, Wifc-''Thcn they'll
sue you 1Or the amount.
$50 much the better: in that case I'll
pawn the piano for the money.''-Hu-
moristiche Blatter.
Josiah (reading bill of fare at the
roof garden cafe)-'''Taint no wonde-
they're maxim money out of these here
sky-scraper buildin's.'' Mandy-'Why,
Josiah?'' Josiah-"WeI, besides the
reg'lar victuals for folks they furnish
angels food, too."-Inter Ocean.
You have a lively set of clerks,
i.e said to the proprietor of the estab-
lishmcnt. 1T must be pleasant and
profit BILE to have employees so full of
energy and enthusiasm" YES" re-
sponded the proprietor, I'VE close early
to-day and they are getting ready to go
home.-Tid Bits.
-Gussie Enthusiastically, cawn't
imagine anything more howwible than
being goahed to death by howwiu
COW, Gavin you, Miss Blum tley?" Bells
Bluntley-"No, Mr.. Softleigh, unless
it is to meet the same fate by a calf. !"
Then she drove the remark into hic
head with yawn and he faded away
Buffalo Courier.
-s'Raggsy." said Tired Thomas the
Tramp to his companion. ode papers
says there's finanshul convulsion in
our midst" That's only a newspaper
sensation, 7 guess, Tummy. amt felt
no uneasiness in the money market my
! self, Coir's as plenty with ne new as
| ever. VIII You join me in a glarss OF
this we'll acknowledgements BazaT.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21
A KINGS HARDSHIP.

The Privstion to whlcl, lie Was Subjected
by the Former Queen or Burnaf'.
The queen would not allow the king
to take any other wives. 1t is true that
there was the lesser queen, but Meby;i
did not mind her, for she was of no ac-
count: but the queen was afraid of any
one coming between her and the king.
f the king loved one of the queens
1naidens, the queen was obliged to give
her to the king, but after six months
a year the girl would disappear.
Yes! 1 suppose she was killed. Tho
queen was afraid of any rival between
herself and the throne she had given
her husband The ThaLin looks upon
it with different eyes from ours.
He is shocked; but would it be better
that the king should have seventy chill
drcn, as Minton his father had, to
raise up trouble in future? Have En-
glish queens never killed their rivals,
or English kings allowed their wives
to be executed? No, Thal<fn, I do not
think these things right: they are very
terrible; but does the Thak'n ever con-
slider the reason? There was no pun
ishment the queen could give save
death. Imprisonment was only death
made little longer and IA great deal
harder. There were no jails with high
brick walls, such the English gcv-
eminent has raised all over the land.
The Jail was but a wooden hut, and
the prisoners were kept in wooden
stocks, and the heat was deadly in the
low hut crowded with prisoners.
Death were much preferable, Thakin,
to such imprisonment, especially for u
woman.-B lackwood's Magazine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21
"A MOUNTAIN LESSON.

Ne rad written our names on the mountain
top,
/. When VIC saw to our great surprise
sOur Iii tie Marian standing alone,
With u happy look in her eyes.
'Dont You wish your name written here."
ASKED her papa, with a smile.
II carve 1t there on that highest rock
1t Will take but q little while"
We tried to leave O tiny mark'
said Marian. wise and slows
i've planted a noun tain cranberry vine,
And God will help 1t TO grow.
"a nd when the folk from the cities far
Hero on the mountain stand
hope they'll sec how He kceps wee thfncs
In the hollow Of E1js hand
-! forget His loving care sometimes
VIA otnors y may be SO;
AND the vine Win help them to sec Gods hand
am sure y1e will make it. grow.'
Oear, trU,ting girl, we shall not forget
inc Icv son that to camc-
HOW shS cared so little about herself
uA|n but read Gods nasne-<s---a. -
Charles N. Sinnett. in S. 8. Times.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21

have taken several min utes to undo this
fastening from the outside.
When this plan was hit upon and car
ried out. the Blackfeet not only
breathed easier, but they laughed to
themselves. IF anybody wants to
steal our black beauty they thought,
1--WE would like to see him try it. 81
They fancied some dog of eros Ven
tre or coward of a Stony crawling in
the grass among the com mon horses OF
the tribe, and expecting to find the
champion of the plains among the lot.
Let the thieves GOMEZ they thought.
They will never dream that the great
racer is kept like a warrior. in a tent
the size of q chiefs tepee, guarded by
young men. armed and brave as lions -
But it. is the unexpected that always
huppens, and as the old adage puts il
no one is in such danger as he who
thinks himself secure. While the Black
feet were fiattcring themselves that no
one could rob them of their priceless
horse, 4 young Crow Indian was plan
ming to cover himself with savage glory
by stealing tho animal. He had. at the
risk of his life, crawled close to the
blacktoot camp on more than one night
to watch what was done with the won
derful beast. Flat on the ground among
the tufts of bunch-grass he had wrig-
gled nearer and nearer to the outer cir
Gle of tents, only to stop when it
seemed to him that She light of some
campfire must shine on his face if he
crawled further. On one night he
watched from one side of the Blaclxfoot
village; on another he came at the vii
lage from another side. At last he dis
covered the secret. He saw the famous
horse led in or out of the tepce.
That was glory half won for this
ARCHITECT of the Crows. Now that he
knew where the horse was, all that he
had to do was to steal him. He was all
courage and cunning, and he wanted
all the other Crows to know it. They
would know it, and they would honor
him if he succeeded in his dangerous
experiment. On the next nigh. this
thief q wish ! had asked for his na1ne)
rode boldly across the plains in the
very dead of the night until he was
close to the Blackfoot camp. Then he
dropped off his horse and wriggled like
a snake over the grass and into the en-
emy's village. He crawled past the
outer tcpecs, and past the next inner
circle of tepees, and past the next
circle. My! but that was dangerous
work to be at. Dogs are as plentiful in
an Indian village as branches in an or
chard, and if one dog saw or heard or
slnelled the young Crow thief it would
have been lucky if he got away alive.
lie came to the stablc-tcpec-the
great tent where the beautiful horse
was tied and guarded. BY means of a
travels, sort of frame that indiana:
drag loads upon in place of wagons. he
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21

elm bed noiSclcssly up the side of the
tepcc. Such caution and such STEALTH
ness as he must have used to climb up
the side of a ricl<ety tent Of skins and
poles can better be imagined than de-
scribed. His nerves and his muscles
were of steel, and he managed to ac-
complish this task. Reaching the top
of the tepee, where all the poles branch
out in a circle like the sides of Il will
low basket, he steadied himself and
peered down into tho tent He could
not see the sleeping braves, each with
q gun at hand and knife in belt, but he
could family distinguish the bulky out
line of the swift horse that he was
after. Lifting his body over the open
ing that serves as Il chimney Tor a
:epee. and steadying himself and meas
uring the distance, he let himself fall.
He landed a-straddlc on the horses
back. 90
All the rest that he did was like
lightning. With his skinninzy-knifc
bare in his hand he swept the blade
past the horses nose till he felt the hal
ter and severed it. Then he urged the
animal forward, and with a mighty
thrust and sweep he gashed an. opening
in the side Of the tepec from top to bot
tom. Still prOddlng the racer with his
heels he rode him through the opening
and into the outer air. The feat was
done Indianlike he yelled the war
cry of the Crows, and Numbered away
from the Blackfeet village out on the
plains faster than any other India be-
tween Mexico and Canada could ride
And as he rode he heard the pandemo-
mum in the startled camp behind him.
Then he laughed. He had proved him
self the cleverest red thief on the
plains.
Such a whooping and bowling and
hubbub, such barking of dogs and
screaming of sGuaws. such a yelling
and firing of guns, and, in short, such
a riot of noises as was aroused by the
Crow thief's warhoop only those who
have lived in an Indian camp can
imagine. But all the noise was use
less. From that minute the crows
owned the fastest Indian horse on the
plains. and the Blackfeet plotted re-
venge.-Julian Ralph, in Harper's
Young People.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21

chief cause why Queen Victoria's pro-
life family is SO much in demand.
Protestant princes must marry into
Protestant families, and there is no
more desirable family of that faith than
the ruling house of Great Britain.
Queen Victories descendants. however,
have had no hesitation in marrying in
to the Greek church-one of her grand
daughters, Elizabeth. being wife of
the grand duke Sergius Of Russia and
having espoused his religion, and the
princess Sophia adopted Il similar
course in Greece.
Taken altogether it is Il wonderful
family, and the caution. prudence and
mediocrity which characterize most of
its members may perhaps have no
small influence in postponing for time
the ultimate disappearance of royalty
in the civilized svorid.-N. y. Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21

horses, and blankets, and guns, and
skins, and everything that the other
Indians put up against this astonishing
horse. The neighboring tribes envied
the Blackfeet this splendid horse, and
was made by bold Indians of the other
tribes before the Blaclxfeet took alarm
and resolved to guard him 20 the very
best of their ability. In order to do
this they built an extra large tepee
of buffalo hide in which to shut the
valuable animal up at night. And
every night two or three you"g braves
of the warrior band slept in the tepce
on either side of the race horse, which
was tethered to one of the stout side
poles of the great tent. When these
.watc!,ful, housekeeping braves took
the horse in the tent and secured him
there. they laced up the slitlile door
Of the tepee tight and fast. It would
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21

most all such people have some tradi-
ton or story of very Skilful thieving.
The bcst-kno,vn story of the kind is
among the fairy tales written and col
lected by the brothers Grimm. 1t is a
tale of how a horse was stolen while a
man was on its back, and how the rider
was left in the saddle hanging in the
Air while the horse was led away. Our
North American Indians have many
such tales, and some of them are al
nAost as wonderful as this one in the
Grimm collection
Our Indians have no such prOvcrb as:
ut is sin to steal a pin" .Ifthey had
they would add line to it, and make
it read like this:
"Ir>is q sin to steal q pin,
BUs it ma tiers naught il you don't get caught "
Their whole philosophy with regard
ITO stealing is summed up in the idea
that men may not steal from their own
people, but thatEsthere is harm in
stealing from strangers or enemies pro-
rasaed You are not caught at it. Among
tho fierce fighting and hunting red men
of the plains, which know most about,
the men in one camp village did not
steal from one another, but they did
steal from everybody else whenever
the, got the chance They gloried in
stampeding and running off with the
horses of the other camps and tribes.
and in plundering white men who were
fewer in nunbersthan themselves.
Cunning and courage were required
in successful stealing. and cunning and
courage are much admired by the
Indians as ever they were by the Spar
tans of old.
An interpreter among the Canadian
Blackfeet Indians who arc Of the same
tribe as our BlaclSfeet-told me story
of how that tribe lost the most wonder
full race horse that it ever owned. The
plains Indians are very fond of horses,
and being addicted to gambling and
betting they have always raced their
best horses against one another in OR.
der to have an exciting excuse for bet
ting.
Not very many years ago, in the life
time of Three Bulls, the present chief
of the tribe, the Blackfeet owned
wonderfully fast horse. He was as
black as n rainy night, glossy as a
wild duck, as fiery angry chief
and SO fcet-foot ed that it seemed as if
no horse could beat him in race. No
other horse the Blacl1fect owned could
keep anywhere near him. and when the
Crows, and Bloods and Sarcis. and
Stonies and Gros Ventrcs tried to beat
him with their best horses, this won
derfuf Blacllfoot race horse shot by the
do so.
The Blackfeet were wonderfully
proud of this noble horse. lie brought
them honor, and, better yet, he brought
them riches, because they usedssto
wager all that they had that he would
win every race, and of course they won
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21
The Viking Ships.

The mystery of the viking ships is
now passing away, owing to the dis
covery of their remains during this Ger.
fury. In 1867 Sood-sized ship was
discovered near Sarpsborg, while in
1882 there was dug out of IA MURAL
mound at Gokstad, near Christian MIA,
the entire remains of viking ship
with most of her equipments in a good
state of preservation. The ship was
evidently the burial-tomb of its great
captain, for the bones of his horses and
dogs lay beside it; and. strangest thing
of all to relate, the bones of the
viking himself, a man of giant size, six
feet three and a half inches tall, were
found in a covered place amid ships
St. Nicholas.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21
AN INDIAN THIEF.
He Succeeded in Stealing the Fast
est Horse on the Plains.

HAT h on e S t v
which we know
to be the best
p o &c y a n d
which makes us
loathc a thief is
o n c Of t h e
marks of our
civilization and
into l Ii g e n &c.
II II d e, unciv-
ilized people do
not love homes
A. l. A.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21
q Mean Fellow.

Clara-Of all mean, selfish, worldly,
despicablc creatures, I think Mr.. Hug
gem is the worst.
Dora-Why, what has he done?
Clara-Wen 1 refused him, he did not
commit suicide, or go to mountain
cave. or anything. He's engaged to q
girl hate. Y. Weekly.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21
RIBBONS AND LAcES.
II Judiciou%lv Applied Will Make Old
EsOdkces n Good as New.

II Judiciou%lv Applied Will Make Old
Bodfces Good New.
EOCliceS which are not quite up to
date the foundation now for the
dainty blouse or bertha of lace, which
is SO convenient in dressing up summer
gowns.
of tulle is pretty fancy. 1t is sim
ply fashioned that it can easily be made
at home. One recently seen was of
white tulle, embroidered with blue
silk. The low neck and armholes were
outlined with Il fine ruching of black
velvet baby ribbon. \ black velvet
sash encircled the waist. 1t was worn
over an old-fashioned blue silk BODICE.
An effective way of draping a bodice
with lace is also shown. The bows
should harmonize in color with the
skirt worn. This arrangement is cs-
pecially effective in black Chantilly
lace over a white bodice.
Then there are large capc-1i1e col
lars of lace that are for sale in most of
the best stores. OF their infinite vari-
ETY. only two are shown, which are fair
samples of all the Others They can
be bought either for an open neck or
with standing collar. OF course they
are rather expensive, but they are very
effective, and most effective things arc
expensive.
Another way of hiding from view the
deficiencies of silk waist is to adorn
IL with a deep bertha OF embroidered
chiffon and ribbon. This fails over the
corsage back and front and is sf1irred
into a graceful epaulettc over each
shoulder. There is stock collar of
the filmy chiffon circled by a band of
ribbon, which hangs down in front
with long ends. In order to complete
ly cover the bodice a deep belt of the
same shade of1ibbon is worn about the
waist This ties in jaunty knot at
the side
These are not really cheap ways of
getting new dresses for old. Lace and
ribbon are never cheap. But they are
cheaper than buying the material for a
new dress, with the ribbons and laces
which you must have now to be fash
ionable, and then paying a dressmaker
to make it up. The effect is good, and
you can do it yourself.-Chicago Times
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21

A gentleman having noticed that his
wife instead of wearing her wedding
ring on her finger kept it concealed in
her purse, took her to task about it,
The lady replied:
what would you have? That is its
proper place. You didn't marry me.
but my Observation-Disclosures Batter.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21

Briggs-Smallacre is the most eco.
nomical man 1 ever saw.
Griggs-What has he done now?
Isriggs-lIe wouldn't propose to his
present fiancee until the day before she
sailed for Europe.-JNdge.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21

-''Hullo, old man; where are you liv.
ing noyv?' Observation-Disclosures
schenectady" 'sWhere is your brother
living?" MISUNDERSTANDING it!
why didn't you ask me where we both
livea7"-Brooklyn Life.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-21

Some authority has discovered that it
is not good taste to dress much at a
wedding, and a simple style of toilet is
adopted for such an occasion. This
may be out of compliment TO the bride
and her attenda nts, who arc expected
to outshine invited guests 1t is in
tended to make the marriage ceremony
more an affair of the heart and not so
much one of ceremony. Day dress,
with the addition OF laces and light
gloves, will be the standard, it is said,
during the season, II the reform should
become popular.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-08
TEXAS SETTINGS.

burglars are operating at Brenham.
A cciored normal Is in session at Beau
mont.
The new steamer Dura was launched at
Orange Saturdy.
Work has commenced on new bapus'
church at Berclnlr.
Hampstead Is shipping carload OF wa
termelons daily.
There will be grand Peoples party pie
mic at Fowler Aug. u,
The recent hard rains In Falls county
have saved the cotton crop
The Texas Tram and Lumber company
shipped 40 cars OF lumber last month
=. L. Angle while running sawnlli
near Linden. fell across one Of the saws
cutting of his right arm.
The certainty of getting two new rail-
roads in the near future Is causing boom
In real estate at Jasper.
Mrs. Belt OF Yoakum was thrown from
her buggy by runaway horse, and Is In
precarious condition from injuries re-
ceiyed.
At his home in East Denlson man
named Dennis was Dlllfh W 81 "''N' 49,
cnsin. which he drew up In bucket OF
water from we'll.
Lemmie Merritt. son Of j. II. Merritt OF
DcLeon. was accidentally shot with gun
in the hands OF companion named Cen
try. His recovery Is doubtful.
The skeleton OF man which was found
| at Eagle Lake In the extreme eastern part
| OF the Chicinsaw nation, Is believed TO De
| that Of Bill Ralues, young man VINO
worked on the farm OF respectable far
mer Of the Nation who disappeared my'ter'
iously several months ago. His name Is
not known.
A negro woman Is circulating among The
colored people OF Lyons exhibiting at 50
much per exhibit bottle OF the "wntei
Of ufe," which she claims to have dis
covered by divine revelation. BY mean
tatons aud prayers she causes all kind'
Of Bible scenes TO appear on the wotei
which can be seen through the bottle.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-08
MlDWAY'S MUSS.

War has at last been begun on the dis
reputable dives in Midway Plaisance,
Incorporating under the names Of dane
in theaters," says Saturdays issue of
the Chicago Herald. Last evening Di-
rector-General DAYS. sent word to Dl-
rector of Works Burnham to immedi-
ately put stop to the alleged dancing
in the Persian palace. Mr.. Burnham was
also directed to take from the women
their passes TO the fGir, and TO see TO 1t
that they were employed by no conces-
sionaire in the street.
Manager Debbas had not been served
with the order at O'Clock last night
In fact he had not heard of 1t until
Informed by a reporter. He was a very
angry man when he learned that he was
singled out to be made an example Of.
He was also defiant.
II would like to see this man Davis
oloJe my theater. / would like to see
Bnrnham drive my girls ont They can't
do II. No, sir; they can not / will
fight them. | will teach them what a
contract means. Why should they single
me out? Ha! l viii tell you!
1T is these women--these petticoats,
| who swell around as members of the
board of lady managers. If my place
Ia indecent why do they come here In
| parties one, two, three-yes, six times
| and AT from one. two and sontimes
three hours to see my girls--iny pretty
| giNs-dancel These ladies, they come
and say to me. Mr. Debbas we are the
lady managers and we will see your show
and drink your coffee. We do not pay.
| We are the lady managers
II give them the cOurtesies of my
concession. | give them, by their de,
mnnd, the seats near the stage They sit
there q very long time They drdnl
much coffee. They stand on tiptoe Il
\ see every motion Of my lovely dancers
| They clap their hands They laugh ana
look sly at one another. They dol Then
they go out, and when the get to Inc
, entrance Of my theater they put into
their looks disgust and outraged modesty
They do! They go 10 the park and say
my entertainment is vulgar. They say
no good woman should countenance the
dancing Of my lovely girls.
but they come again next day, and
ST for hours In the hest seats In the
theater, drink my coffee aud applaud
my, danecrs; They pny for nothing.
give them the courtesy They demand fer
nothing. l do am a fool They "a
away and speak harsh thlnes n nv
lovely girls. They viii come no r,ars
] unless they pay. II my place is indecen,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-08
SHORT STORIES.
MoRroNs ONLY WEAKNESS.

,u, AMI n model stock farm
Sue'l'sey v W.. President Levi p, Nor
wers TO eSTn ,'.,St,sa,ling yacht is to Pier
W" HYs.',,r and successful stable to
poht Norsn" NJ, Marion knew that
James H. heehs' - H. stool, farm
he was putting money mo ms s'o'N ~ :"
ia, ,,.au,d never be returned to MN,
and whom his friends gently reproached
nv 49, o,nenditures he was accus-
toned 10 reply In his manner OF charin-
.Wel. | enjoy 1t, and it
ing dignity o,,ie" II his herd was
doesn't hurt the ca'ue e. sa5 ono ha
insured. as Is reported, ior $780, ~ noid
will receive when the insurance - pu'"
good deal nv ,l,, tbev would
cnplcr M .s.,,1 To him in any other