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FEAsTING AMONG sAvAGEs.

Description of u Banquet Among the
Indians of British Columbia.
'I had the pleasure of being invited on
one occasion to attend banquet in British
Columbia" said DR.. Franz Boas to Star
writer. 1T was a purely aboriginal enter
tainment. The feast was given by a native
chief, and there was no lack of style about
1t, according to the usages of the natives.
1.-THE piece de resistance was a seal
boiled whole In a great wooden kettle, into
which red-hot stones were put. When it
was judged to be sufficiently done, it was
taken out, and the skin was removed with
the adhering blubber in a spiral strip. The
guests sat in circle, the host taking hold
of one end of the strip, while the latter.
being of considerable length, was extended
completely around the circle, that each
person held part of it. The host then
| made long speech, mainly devoted to
self-glorification, in which he spoke of the
magnificence of the feast he was about to
give, of his own high rank and renown, &c.
| At the conclusion of his address everybody
proceeded to attack with his teeth the part
| of the strip of blubber which he held.
1.-The second course consisted of fiat cakes
made of dried berries. These were put into
kettle, soaked in water and mixed with
rancid fish oil. Every one having been
| helped TO the mixture, the host took a
great ladle of horn, filled it with the soup
from the kettle and directed messenger
10 carry the iduic anu COuleHtS " d CHlSl,
whose name he called out at the same time
| IN loud voice. This compliment was great
| honor and the recipient was expected to
empty the 1adle, which held a couple of
quarts, at draught.
''On such an occasion a compliment of
| the kind may be extended to several of the
guests in succession. A iadle of the sort 1
describe is made of the great horn of the
mountain sheep, which is heated and
| shaped in a mold There are never more
| than two courses, and there. is always
more less singing incidental to the re-
past. These Indians also eat cakes of dried
| seaweeds, which are boiled as to make
a glutinous soup, with an admxture of oil.
| They put fish oil into everything. They
| keep the Oil ip bottles of a remarkable
| kind. which are nothing more nor less than
| the hollow stems of the giant kelp. The
| stems of these ocean plants, forty feet or
| mere, perhaps, in length, are filled with oil
and coiled like SO much rope. They serve
| admirably for the purpose, holding great
quantity.
| These Indians also gather immense
| quantities of clans ard cookies, drying
| the meats and threading them on strings
| of cedar bark. Their forks are made by
| tying together half a dozen seal ribs so as
| to leave spaces between. Thus a curved
| fork about eight inches long and six inches
| wide is made. Their teeth serve the pur-
| poses of knives. Their dishes are of wood.
| A fayorite shape for them is that of
| canoe, the person who receives a canoe
| shaped plate of meat whatnot being con-
| sidered to have received a canoe load of
! fcod-merely in a flgurative and compli-
mentary sense, Of course"
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Q'iedmont Air Line
Schedule in effect March IL, 1895.
AL trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania

All Trains arrive ana leave at pennsylvania
Passenger Station.
8 A.M.-Daily-Local for Danville. Connects at
Manassas for Strasburg. daily. except Sunday: and
at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and Western, daily.
IL O1 A.M.-Daily-The UNITED STATES FAST
MAIL carries Pullman Buffet Sleepers New York
lotte with Pullman Sleeper for Augusta; also Pull
man Sleeper New York to Montgomery, with con-
nection for New Orleans; connects at Atlanta with
Pullman Sleeper for birmingham. Ala. Memphis,
Tenn, and Kansas City.
4:45 P.M.-Daily for Charlottesville and through
1905 P.M.-Daily-NEW YORK AND FLORIDA
SHORT LINE LIMITED. Pullman Seepers New
York and Washington to Augusta and st. Augustine
and Pullman Double Drawing Room Compartment
lotte to st. Augustine. irst-class day coaches
Washington to st. Augustine without change.
10:43 P.M.-Dai!y-WASH1NGT AND SOUTH:
WESTERN VESTIBULED LIMITED, composed OF
Pullman vestibued Sleepers and Dining Cars, Pull.
man sleepAs New York to Asheyille and II, Hot
phis Via Birmingham and New York to New Orleans
via Atlanta and Montgomery. Dining Car from
Greensboro to Montgomery.
TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND OHIO DI:
T. NJ. daily except Sunday. and 6:s3 IN SUNDAYS
only, for Round Hill, and G33 NJ daily for Hern-
don. Returning, arrive at Washington S:S4 M:
and 300 PM. daily from Round Hill, and F:o0
An. daily, except Sunday. from Herndon only;
Through trains from the South arrive at Masnng-
daily. Manassas Division 1852 An daily, except
Sunday, and 1882 AN. daily from Charlottesville.
Tickets, Sleeping Car reservation and Information
furnished at Offices, 511 and 1900 Pennsylvania ave
nue.. and at Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Sta
". II. GREEN. General Manager eastern System).
w. A. TURK. General Passenger Agent.
mills l. S. BROWN. Gen Agt. Pass Dept.
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tenn of living In flats than we Americans
feel. And yet, outside of one or two great
cities, the apartment method has no place
in American life. Outside of Paris We look
on it as stuffy. AS to this, it is question
of where you will have the stuffiness-in
your homes or in your streets. The mag
nificence of Partisan streets is almost en-
tirely due to the fiat system; and the ap-
parent meanness of American cities is due
to our separate houses. There is convent
ence. reasonableness and Architectural grand
eur in the Partisan idea.
One result Is that when moving day ap-
proaches there is not so much to do as If
you lived in your own private house, which
Is a real rubbish accumulator. The floors
are regularly laid in marquetry, good pol
ished oak. There is, it must be said. stone
or cement below, to give you rheumatism
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fesSor on a vacation. His furniture con-
sists of two trunks, a box of books, an iron
camp bed, a washstand. a rug, two tables
and some chairs. l think of buying 1t
when I move in.
l inspected this stock of furniture in the
presence of the professor himself. The
concierge walked me upstairs, calmly I'M
locked the gentleman'S front door and
marched me through the rooms without so
much as by your leave" 1t Is peculiar
Partisan custom. During the last three
months of your lease, whether you be rich
or poor, great or small you may be sure
to have your privacy thus interrupted, If
not daily at least weekly, betEeen the
hours of 10 am. and pm. The impecu-
NOUS American who amused himself in
specting apartments found one OF his great
est delights in deranging afternoon calls
about the hour of pm, and catching gen
tlemen and ladies in their dressing robes
at 10 30 am. He could never decide which
pleased him best. But he was bitter against
the world.
. In plain words, three months before the
expiration of your lease your landlord
puts out the sign saying that he has an
apartment to rent The people begin to
come. The concierge cannot tell serious
people from triflers. She admits them all.
Often, if she have spite against the out
going family, she will take peculiar delight
in showing every room to every one, even
opening closets and showing how well the
rich an apartment you occupy, you cannot
avoid this annoyance. The law is on the
side of the proprietor. You may insist that
visitors shall wipe their feet carefully be-
fore tramping your carpets. That is ALL
And some visitors have such hard nerve
that they will keep their hats on all the
time.
When you speak Of the splendor of Paris
apartment houses, you mean the better
class, on the wider. newer streets There
may be bargains at La Villette, Passy,
Belleville and tie Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
The artists quarters around the Mont
Parnasse railroad station and on the Rue
Vanguard are cheaper, and 500 francs will
go far. But instead of magniticence there
is sQualor. The great mass of American
art students live in dirt, and some pretend
to find it picturesque. That may be Paris,
shop food may be Partisan, just as the
Sainte-Pelagie bean soup is Partisan, but
it is not the glittering Paris of ones
dreams. There are streets in the gay CAPT.
tai almost as sordid as Ridge avenue,
Philadelphia.
of middle-class people. not too rich, is found
in the newly built-up quarter, especially
the streets and avenues around the Troc-
adero. The Avenue Henri Martin, in par
ticular, has rows and rows of brand-new
buildings, which are simply wonderful for
all ia marble. 1t is like the stairway of a
palace. Tapestries hang on the way. The
"ascenseur'' or lift" (elevator) Is of the
American pattern, that moves quickly.
The apartments have every convenience.
| even including bath rooms. ioored with
marble and lined with tiles. Great mirrors
| are everywhere. I know Of such an apart
Martin. 1t comprises an entrance hall that
| is like q room, salon, dining room, three
| bed rooms and a little one, and two serv-
ants rooms in the attic. 1t has five win
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justices, not even the clerk Of the court
or the marshal.
Precautions Adopted.

Precautions Adopted.
When the justice to whom the decision
has been assigned has written out the
views of the court, as he conceives them.
he sends the manuscript to the court
printer to be put in type. This copy Is
given out to a special force of men, who
are under oath to divulge nothing which
passes through their hands officially. The
r after is set up, and proofs are sent under
seal to the members Of the court. Only
nine proofs are taken-one for each justice.
Each justice takes his proof and examines
1t critically. He revises 1t. striking out
what displeases him, perhaps writing
something to take its place. The eight re-
vised proofs are sent by the eight justices
to their colleague who prepared the opinion
He takes these papers and revises his
decision in accordance with the suggestions
of the other members of the court. Then
he brings the revised proof to another con-
sultation of the court and reads it aloud.
1t is still open to objections, for two MEM
bers Of the court may have made dia-
metrically opposite suggestions concerning
the wording of q particular paragraph. An
agreement is reached in the consultation
room, If necessary, by vote. Then the
proof Is returned to the court printer and
the necessary changes are made. The
turned to the Justice Very important de-
cisions are preserved in the court records
sometimes as historical curiosities. Some
years ago an effort was made to collect
decisions by all of the justices, and that
collection is complete in all but one par
ticular. No manuscript of Chief Justice
Marshall could be found.
Originally the manuscripts of the opinions
we're handed to the court reporter, and the
decisions were not filed until he published
his notes. Later the decisions were copied
into huge volumes. which are still part
OF the court records. Now the printed
copies of the decisions are placed on file.
Officially the employees of the court are
not supposed to know anything about the
&c cisions until they are rendered. Probably
they know less than a good many other
people, and it is not at all likely that the
lesk lies there. 1t is much more probable
that some one of the justices takes
friend into his confidence, or that some
che in the household of one Of the justices
is not faithful. One of the greatest scan
GALS Washington has known was the sale
of a decision of the court good many
years ago by a man who had married the
DAT ghter Of one of the justices. The specu-
lators who bought the decision made
great deal of money, but they forgot to
pay the dishonest son-in-law, and he never
received the price of his perfidy.
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.
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The Tall MOuntaineer.
m the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
A hanging was once averted in Hall
county, this state, in a thrilling and unex-
pected manner. A man was murdered for
his money, it was thought. He disappeared,
and after a long search only skeleton was
found. There were circumstances pointing
to another man as the perpetrator of the
awful deed. The clue was taken up and
one by enc the links in the chain of con-
victing evidence were discovered. He was
placed on trial, convicted and sentenced.
The day for the hanging came. People by
thousands came to see a human being
swung off into eternity The black cap
was placed over the victims face and in
five minutes the tragedy would have been
over. Just then tall mountaineer, who
had been attracted to the hanging along
with the crowd stepped upon the scaffold
and brief colloquy between him and the
sheriff ensued.
The tall mountaipeer was the man who
had disappeared and whose death was
about to be avenged by the law.
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PEACH TREE DISEASES.
A Simple Expedfent Which is Said to
BE Effective.

From Meehan's Monthly.
Some wears ago q gentleman residing
near Cincinnati created sensation by
what he regarded q new method of keeping
peach trees healthy. AL that he did was
to pile UP earth about the trees, the mound
reaching UT to the branches. 1t took sew
eral cart loads of earth to make these
mounds, and the little orchard had the ap-
peararce of bushes growing out of the top
of the cone of earth. Every one used to
look on ard laugh at the thought of bury
ing up the trunk of a tree in order to make
it healthy: but there were the trees and
undoubtedly models Of health. Those who
saw simply stated their belief that it was
only coincidence, and that the trees
would probably have been as healthy with
out the mound of earth as with it.
that many of the diseases Of plants. not
merely of the peach tree, but of other
trees, are caused Dy the mycelium of a
minute fungus attacking the roots, it is
not at all unlikely that this mound OF
earth operated benefcially, by preventing
the growth OF the fungus which preys on
the roots of trees. 1t IS now well under.
stood that all plants CT low order Of
vegetation, which We know as fungi. will
only grow under a peculiar combination OF
circumstances. Among ether things they
must he very near tn surface Of the earth
and If buried to the depth they would be
under mound. it is unlikely that flung
would find satisfactory home.
Some will say right here that they
thought burying up the trunks of trees
and covering the surface roots with earth
was destructive to health; but the buryine
by itself Is not the reason trees die wher
earth is piled over them to a considerable
depth, but from the fact that the young
growing roots do not get air. These young
growing roots are almost all at the ex.
tremities, and the mound Of earth around
the trunk would not in the slightest de-
gree iniure these outer roots. Whenever 6
valued tree is somewhat buried, 1t is cus
tomary to leave a space around the trunk
perhaps building a dry wall, in order tt
keep the earth from getting near the trunk
but this is not that the earth is injurious
but to give a chance for water to flow
freely down into the soil, and the flow Of
water always leads to flow of air follow
ing the water. These remarks are suggest
ed by an article in an agricultural paper
stating that the apple borer and the peici
borer have been kept out of the trunks o.
trees by making a mound Of earth around
the trunks.
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ments ct Transports, Of course. For mod
est apartment Of one salon, three bed
rooms, one dining room, one kitchen and
an ante-salon, it will be about twenty dol
lars. everything included, to any part of
Paris. This comprises all the cost. except
that there will be eight workmen to do the
lifting. and the company stipulates that you
must pay each six francs drink money,
which makes about ten dollars more. When
people do their own moving 1t is with a
push-cart.
The great thing is to find an apartment
to move into. All are so dear. Partisan land
lords are just beginning to learn that the
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.
Schedule in effect March 4, 1885.

Trains leave daily from Union Station (B ana
P. 9Th and SITS.
=, Through the grandest scenery in America. with
the landsomest aud most complete solid train sery-
ice west from Washington.
2:25 p. NJ. DAILY.-.Cncinnah and St. Louis
Special'-Solid Vestbuled, newly Equipped, Elec-
tTiclighted. Stsam-heated Train. Pullman's finest
sleeping cars Washington to Cincinnati lndtanaPo-
lis and st. Louis without change. Dining Car
from Washington. Arrive Cincinnati, 500 am. !;
Indianapolis, lao am. and Chicago. $50 PIN. |;
11:1O PM. DAILY.-The famous 'F. r. Y. Linn
tied" solid vestbuled train. with dining car
and Pullman Slecpers for Cincinnati. Lexington and
Louisville. without change. Pullman Sleeper Wash
instSn TO Virginia Hot Springs. without change
Cincinnati, $50 pm; Lexington, 600 m Louis
VILE 9:35 Pm; Indianapolis II: 20 pm; Chicago
1:30 am, and st. Louis, $3.50 am; connects In
Union depot for all points
1887 AM, EXCEPT SUNDAY.-For Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk. Only rail line. go
c:25 p NJ. DAILY.-Express for Gordonsyille.
Charlottesville. Waynesboro. Staunton and prncl-
pal Virginia points, daily; for Richmond. daily. ex-
cept Sunday.
Pullman locations and tickets at company's Of
fees. 513 and 1921 Pennsylvania avenue.
H. W. FULLER,
mh4 General Passenger Agent.
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N PARIS A p r l l.
18th Is the "terme."
Those who continue
on in t h e ir apart
ments pay their rent.
The others move. In
Paris April 18th is
the moving day.
You move, not from
one house to another,
but from one apart
m e mt to another.
Perhaps the English
have a greater preju-
dice against this SyS-
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In Regard to Supreme Court Deci-
sions Eagerly Sought.
OPINIONS ARE GENERALLY ANTICIPATED
Precautions Adopted to Protect the
Secresy Of the Court.
EFFECT ON THE MARKET
Written for The Evening Star.
GREAT DEAL OF
comment has passed


comment has passed
in the last two weeks
on the publication, a
long time in advance,
of the announcement
of the decision of the
Supreme Court of the
United States in the
income tax case of
positive statements
purporting to contain
the substance of
what the decision of
49, --A .,,~,,II 1o
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Moving Day Robbed Of Its Terrors in
the Gay Capital.
TEE SIMPLICITY OF HOUSEKEEPING
The Scale of Rents and the Au-
thority Of Landlords.
SOME PECULIAR CUSTOMS

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
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FREE DENTAL NFIRMARY,
TOT l ct. NV. Open daily from 10 to II am.
and 2 TO pm. No charge except for materials
used. Extracting free. n27-tf
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STEAM CARPET CLEANING

ANNOTATED STEAM CARPET CLEANING
Works-Cafpets cleaned in the best manner.
Mattresses made to order. Once, 1720 Pa ave.
Works. 170S and ITO NV. Telephone S0i.
mE2-tf n. NEWMYER, Manager.
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DENTISTRY.
Nothing Experimental

About our method Of painless treatment for
ailing teeth. 1t is entirely scientifc-per.
. fectly harmless and has proved eminently
successful whenever used. The advice and
attention of skilled practician assured
every patron. Extracting without pain, 80
cents.
,R. GRAHAM, 3O7 7th st. mhll-14d
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There is A Point

On the Gown grade Of quality and price where
cheapness ceases to be economy. Our claims OF
superiority rest superlative service and not on
price-but the association system enables to
adopt fees which private practitioners cannot At
ford for the best grade Of work.
Read our ad. on local page.
Extracting. 25c.; with Zono or gas. &c.: clean
ing 75c.; Filings 75c. up; gold crowns $3.50:
best teeth $500.
u. S. Dental Association,
1asO-tf COR. 7TH AND STS NV.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-19
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1895

Parkhurst has put his foot in it
one more time, in charging certain
deacons and clergymen vaguely
with betrayal OF trust and declar-
ing that in their corporate capacity
they had no conscience, but he Ere
fu sed positively to tell what he re-
ferred to. The sensational parson
overdid himself this time, for he
will have to tell or labor under the
imputation Of false accusation. In
either case he has some fun ahead
for himself. A man with his loose
mouth will get caught sooner or
later.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-19

Senator Hill is.nOt earning any
laurels. for himself in his late as
sumed role as defender of the
financial policy of the administra-
ton at Washington. He had it
rubbed in on him last week by
Teller and WOlcott until the man
from Gotham did not know that
he was either on foot or on horse
back. The motion under which
the music was evoked comes up
this week and there will be another
concert. Hill evidently has some
thing on his stomach that the
doctors of the party should re-
move.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-19

John Bull is not the only arbi-
traitor Of the financial and COM
mercial destinies of the world. The
United States and Germany SShave
a little pretension in that matter,
and both Of their peoples incline to
bimetalism. This is the only sOlu-
ton of the case now presented in
the monetary world and there are
more reasons than blackberries on
a bush why the United States
should make common cause with
Germany in bringing in the day of
a combined gold and silver stand
ard that all the world in time
would be forced to accept. The in
terests and industries of this cOun-
try are married to this.
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SHERIFFS SALE.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF BEXAR.

'oINl1 UT bhAAh
BY virtue of an execution issued
out OF the Honorable District Court
OF Bexar County, 37th Judicial Dis
trict of Texas, on the 2Sth day of
December, 1894, by the Clerk there
Of, i'm the case Of G. Griesenbeck
versus ii. Nicholson, No. 65SI, and
to me, as Sheriff, directed and de-
livered, | will proceed to sell, with
in the hours prescribed by law for
Sheritf's Sales, on the First Tues
day in March, A. D., 1895, it being
the fifth day of said month, before
the Court House door of said BeXar
County, in the City of San An
tonic, the following described
property, tO-wit:
Lots I, and 6, in Block II, of O.
G. Lot 1865, bounded on the north
by Buena Vista street, on the west
by Chupederas street, south by an
alley II 37-lO0 feet wide, and east
by Lot No. Three in said Block
the same lots havinga front on
Buena Vista street of 80 feet, each
running back between parallel
lines to said alley and being part
of same property bought by H.
Nicholson from Geo. Maverick by
deed dated November LIST, 1888,
recorded in Records of BeXar cOun-
ty, Vol. 30, Page 1872; said lots
being situated on what is known as
Prospect Hill in the city Of San An
tonic, Bexar county, Texas, levied
on as the property Of H. Nicholson
to satisfy a judgment amounting
to $37335 and interest, in favor of
G. Griesenbeck, and cost Of suit.
Given under my hand, this 18th
day Of February, 1895.
j. p. CAMPBELL,
Sheriff Of Bexar County.
By w. G. II. SAMUEL, Deputy,
2 II Tu.
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Dissolution Notice.

On January lst, 1895, the firm Of
Tips & Haarmann is dissolved, by
mutual consent. Mr.. Tips as sue
cessor will liquidate the firms
business at their office on Casino
street. Respectfully.
TIPS & Hartmann
Referring to above notice, l
solicit a continuance of the patron
age for myself heretofore extended
70 the firm, and ask all friends and
customers to call at store 2l3
Alamo Plaza, or at warehouse
corner Casino and Market street,
where attentive employees will
wait on them. Respectfully,
2 l tt J. G. TIPS.