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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-25

Corbett did not hear the call of time
and Second Tim McGrath of Sharkey's
side jumped into the ring and called to
Corbett that the round was over. Jim
looked at him and then dropping Shark
ey's head from under his arm went to
his corner.
Both men seemed tired in the rest fol-
lowing the second round, but Sharkey's
chest was heaving in a distressed way.
Corbett leaned back with his mouth
open and took all the air that his seconds
could watt to him with fan and towel
Round three-Corbett started hostili-
ties by landing in the region of Shark
ey's stomach and followed it up with
left uppercut. Corbett was trying hard
for Knockout blow, and after series
of feints swung his right on Sharkey's
body. Several clinches followed, the
referee having a hard time to get the
men apart. Sharkey led with his left
and missed, and soon after got an upper
cut in the mouth, which had tendency
to make him groggy. He clinched when
Corbett rushed after him and soon re-
covered. Sharkey got in gancing blow
on Corbetts cheek, and the latter retail
lated with left upper cut on Sharkey'S
face and the latter appeared to be dis
tressed. But despite the fact that Cor
bett was fighting fast and furiously he
was unable to floor Sharkey. Corbett
did his most effective work in this round,
but did not have steam enough to drop
Sharkey.
Round four-Sharkey opened up with
a bull-like rush and then follower Sc
ries of clinches, which made the round
the most uninteresting of all. Both men
were tired and Sharkey pushed Corbett
to the floor. Corbett sprang to his feet,
but Sharkey went right at him. More
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very good. What is the matter with the
FLOWER MAID AT THE SIDE"

very good. What is the matter with the
hide?"
There are plenty Of bear in parts Of the
Navajo country, but they are never killed
for food by the Indians. In fact, a large
sum Of money would not tempt the aver
age Navajo to touch the dead bear, nor, for
that matter a live one. He will not skin
1t nor touch the hide after some one else
has skinned 1t. He feels the same way
about a coyote, and coyote pelt Is an eff
fective tent guard, If so disposed about the
doorway that no one can enter without
touching it.
Quite recently practical joke, involving
this feeling, came very near resulting in q
big fight in a camp on the reservation. A
young Navajo, who was celebrated for his
perpetual good nature, gave his silver
bracelet to one OF the men TO keep for him,
and the latter slowed IL away in one Of the
tents and threw a coyote skin over the box
When the Indian applied for his property
he was told in what part OF the tent 1t
was, and eventually he found It; but he
came out Of that tent with q face like a
thunder-cloud, and ready to whip any two
men In camp, but the author Of the Joke
had taken the precaution to have four or
FIVE men about at the denouement; other
wise he would have been roughly used.
Late that evening saw the Navajo scour-
ing his bracelet with sand and water to
remove the contamination Of the coyote
skin, which had only been near It, not
against It, and It was several days before
he recovered his usual good humor
The Navajos have the same aversion to
snakes that we have, but he never kills
one Intentionally. The deadly RATHER en-
joys the same immunity as the harmless
varieties, and all OF them have the right
of way on all the trails and road through
out the country.
Snakes are often killed by white men,
and the NavaJos will witness the opera
ton, but they will never take a hand IN
II. They believe that harm will befall the
man who kills a snake, and that, within
one or two years afterward, he will siclen
and die; unless in the meantime the case
is taken in hand by a shaman, or medicine
man, and the malign influence Is coun-
teracted or expelled.
l have been informed by several Navajos
who have seen me killing snakes that l
should make arrangements at once TO
have good medicine man Sing over"
me, but the operation Is somewhat costly,
the usual fee being four or five sheep, or
horse. In this ceremony, which Is an
elaborate one, a small wooden image OF
snake is prepared, and through the pray
ers and powerful lncantations OF the med-
cine man the spirit OF the snake. which
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spirit, with very large red eyes and enor-
nous claws. He is not necessarily an
evil spirit; he becomes such only when he
Is offended by encroachments on his par
ticular locality, which is the site of some
chindi house, or when some OF his partic-
ular property Is taken away or handled
by men. Then he becomes terrible He
is active only at might, and the life Of the
man who has come under his dlspleasure
is made miserable.
Bad dreams will haunt him, his sleep will
be fitful and broken and he will rise in the
morning unrefreshed. These are what may
be termed the preliminary symptoms, and
IL immediate resort Is not had to a medicine
man and certain rites performed TO ap-
pease the irate ghost the victim will be
fortunate II he escapes with his life, for
the chindi will take him by the throat as
he sleeps and try to choke him to death.
There Is another kind of chndi wood
that must not under any circumstances be
used for fire or for other purposes. This Is
the wood from a tree which has been
struck by lightning. The idea Is that when
a tree Is struck some OF the spirit OF the
lightning Is left In II and is transferred to
any one who handles the wood. Thereafter
such person Is particularly liable TO be
himself struck by lightning. This idea
Is not very far removed from the modern
scientific doctrine that force travels along
the lines Of least resistance.
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has taken possession of the man who kill
ed 1t, passes out of him and into the wood
en- Image, after which 1t Is powerless to
do harm.
Perhaps the most curious OF taboos Is
that which forbids a man to look at his
mother-in-law or to hold any communica-
ton with her. This Is common among
many savage tribes, and is found In full
force and effect among the Navajos.
One OF the odd ideas of these people Is
the way they regard their dead. They live
In conical huts constructed OF logs, with
covering Of bark and earth, seldom more
than one or two In place. When a man
dies the structure is pulled down over the
remains and. set on fire. This becomes
and is thereafter known as a chindi house,
the chindi being sort OF ghost or spirit
of the dead
There are many thousands of these old
sites all over the reservation, and some
OF them are very old, but signs well
known to them all Navajos can Identify
the places and they avoid them as we
would a plague. Not for anything would
they touch piece of wood or other ar
ticle that came from a chindi Site II an
lrreverent white man uses a bit Of wood
from such a place for a camp fire, as
sometimes happens, the Indians with him
will withdraw to some distance where they
cannot feel the heat or smell the smoke
and rather than partake of food cooked
on such fire they will do without any
In such cases they will sometimes build
themselves another fire off to one side
but they viii not start 1t from a coal
from the white mans fire after the usual
practice of neighbors in camp
The chindi is human-shaped ghost or
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also. They often appear as taboos, things
which must not be done; and many OF
them take the form OF food prohibitions
There is but little difference between the
taboo OF the savage and our own idiosyn-
cracies in food, except that the former
applies to whole tribe or race and the
latter TO an individual or family. In both
cases most excellent reasons can be and
are given in support Of these taboos.
This fish taboo Is one Of the most Curl
Gus OF all the superstitions which have
troubled mankind. Some of our Indian
tribes, notably the Nayajos of Arizona and
New Mexico, will not eat fish under any
circumstances, although they are ac-
quainted with other tribes whose main
subsistence is fish, and have seen white
men innumerable eat fish and still live. 1t
is doubtful whether any but an inland
tribe could cherish and live up to such an
idea for a long period, but there is no
doubt that such tribes do have fish ia
boo now.
The Navajos believes. and believes with
an earnestness that characterizes all his
ideas, that If he should eat fish the most
direful results will follow. His body will
swell up TO an enormous size and his skin
will break out In sores, while the fish bones,
whether he has eaten them or not, will
come out through these sores. There Is a
suggestion In this that at some time In
the distant past the NavaJos came In con-
tact with some sea coast tribe who we've
afflicted with leprosy or some kindred dis
ease, but very little Is known about these
people prior to the sixteenth century, except
that they probably came into this country
from the far northwest, from some region
beyond the present limits of the United
States.
The fish taboo does not stand alone.
Much the same Idea was formerly held
about pork, and 10 this day some Of the
older men of the tribe will not eat II. But
this feeling was pretty well broken by the
government at the time of the last Nava-
10 war, some thirty years ago. At that
time practically the whole tribe surren-
dered and were deported to San Carlos,
where they literally died by hundreds.
They died from inconsistencies, which TO
an Indian often proves fatal, but as they
were fed on rations consisting principally
of bacon the old men, the wiseacres, at
tributed the deaths to the food.
The younger men, however, who had
eaten bacon without evil results to them
selves, came back to their own country
with the idea that such food was not nee.
essarily fatal, but II they have any choice
IN the matter they prefer not 10 eat Il.
Sheep and goats, horses and even dogs
are all right; In fact, anything is better
than pork: and It Is doubtful whether there
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is single hog on the entire reservation
outside of the agency. Moreover they
have pronounced contempt for the man
who eats such tSod, although II is sell
dom made apparent
A young horse is considered a delicacv.
while prairie dog roasted in ashes is
treat. Horses are killed for food Just as
we kill cattle for the same purpose, aud
often the occasion assumes a semi-social
character, and friends are invited from a
distance to partake Of the feast Nothing
could be more absurd than the statements
put out some two years ago and again last
winter that the Navojos were starving
and were killing their horses for food. 1t
is almost equivalent to saying that the
American people are starving because
they are killing their cattle.
The Navajo cannot unders tand our pref
udioe against horse meat. He claims that
a young horse is very much better to eat
than an old cow, and he extends this
statement to cover burros 1t is quite prob
able that a considerable percentage of the
venison sold to whites is burro under an
other name. The Navajo regards our pref
udices in this matter as senseless, and
takes malicious pleasure in deceIving
white man. just as the latter sometimes
tries to force fish on Navajo by disguise
ing Its appearance and flavor. Not long
ago one of the traders on the reservation
became very angry because an Indian
brought in a burro hide with some other
pelts and offered it for sale as deer skin
He abused the Indian roundly, until the
latter said, quietly, II don't understand
what you are angry about. Two weeks ago
/ sold you the hind quarters of that beast,
and you have since told me that Il was
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of a maid of honor. II little child acts
as maid of honor there are many duties
for her to perform. She must hold the
brides bouquet, help off with the glove,
If gloves are worn, and render such as
sistance with veil and train as may be
desired. This is often too much for lit
tie maid to accomplish and the result is
an awkwardness in the midst of the cere-
mony.
You will scarcely understand the i'm
portance of all these preparations unless
you are present at the establishment
OF French dressmaker when the final
trying on Is in process, and can view the
solemnity with which she regards it all.
"Dieu," she will say, if asked to hurry,
do you think / will have it said that
Madame x. turned out such a wedding
party from her establishment? Non, non.
All must go slowly and exactly"
And slowly it does go. Each has to
try on her gown separately; and then all
together. This is for a final judging of the
effect OF the colors in combination.
AS this dress rehearsal finished, an
other began, also an American bride in
preparation for her nuptials. The last
was to be married before the first, a late
November wedding at home
She, too, chose white, but Il was a gros
grain The back was plain and princess
hitting. The front was gathered to a
point under on applique Of white embroid-
cry. The embroidery was a satin piece
with silk figures traced upon it, and the
outline of the figure was In pearls
The yoke was all of the embroidery
and at the front OF the yoke there fell a
ruffie OF chiffon. Appliques trimmed the
skirt.
This girls wedding is to be a pink one;
and her bridesmaids wore pink silk trim
med with a perpendicular rows Of chif-
fon down each side of the skirt
II is much the style to have the brides
maids dress copy that OF the bride, and
there was an empiecement of white upon
the waist. This was merely a small piece
OF lace fastened upon the pink silk The
yoke was piece or lace set over the pink
silk.
AT each side Of the yoke there were
lapels stitched with silk, and across the
bottom OF the yoke there was puff with
ends outstanding.
The bridesmaid was to wear wrlnkled
gloves reaching almost to the shoulder.
For minute these two brides stood side
by side In the shimmerihg satins, fanked
each by her bridesmaid In pink and green;
and l am free to say the sight was
pretty ona
Upon the chairs. upon the couches and
upon the tables in the room we're laid
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THE BRIDES STOOD sHININTERING SATIN, Fl

49, aiiS they send you cards for every
le-'O call at very smart modiste's
49, Jay 10 see two American brides in
"i , wedding outfits.
0u VIII spend a day with a BRIDE"
"'O'e the modiste, ''for the young wo-
Gowns" 'ou99eAu =
HIst bride was southern girl, who
" De married at her fathers old es-
~ II december. 1t is to be a southern
49, .''''iilas wedding, and you know what
- means, what good cheer. what
'H' what gorgeous attire; for south
''s know when to spend.
s4e was a brunette, and with the sea-
~ taste had chosen. green and scarlet
Ner wedding colors.
'e Wedd ng gown wa. of dead white.
."'H and blue white are going out, and
M @A Or dead white is taking their place.
uress was cut princess, with no seams
as"nere to be seen. The seam in the
~. 0'e oil the back was covered by tiny
r' ''' Oh chiffon, and the side seams were
=, Ou' Oh sight in the same way.
'front.' Of the dress was a little too
heId - tor walking length. but its stiffening
,ent - - out. The skirt was untrimmed, ex-
near VI shlrred fan of chiffon introduced
,nt we hem. The waist had the chiffon
mon i N perpendicular ruffies, as though
d ~ iold in something the same style
lpe =. onlu-fashioned kerchief. At the waist
on 'rere We're two large rosettes of chff-
md ..eep ruffles OF it fell over the hands
,ne, e W up at the throat. A shower bon-
arried 'N'''es anu Files "aS 10 DO
bere bridesmaids dress, and she was
oupoooo Try 1t on, for she was the brides
pada sister, was of pale green silk
vie, win full skirt. relieved only by a
Tbo VI nousseline de sole around the foot.
m waist was round one Of the green
! sd, Co"''rely yelled with green mousseline
~ Sra Ihis gave very fairylike look to
rorrsls silken sash of green was wound
1tb me waist and tied at the side
hros+' small loops and long ends. Tine
sbed which was cut square, was IN
M q, with twist of the same silk
rera eve puffs were of green silk and
lok iygulte full They were put on TO
ilnss me small balloons or the mythical
{ M, OF goddess. The floating ends
sasn, the sleeve puffs and the
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HIT THE WRONG idiot,
The Elders wife Attacked the Do
mimic Instead OF Her Husband.
From the New York Sun.

Port Jervis. NJ Y, Nov. i5.-on Friday
afternoon the Rev. Jacob schoonmaker Of
susquehanna. Pa, went by invitation TO
attend a special service in an adjoining
hamlet. He was invited to tea by one OF
the elders. 10 was nearly dark when they
arrived at the home Of the elder and as It
was raining hard and the minister's cloth
ing was wet the elder took his guest I'D
stairs and provided him with dressing
gown to wear down to. tea. The minister
having put on the gown, went down the
stairs into the hail and was met by the
elders wife. who had Bible in her hand.
Raising 1t aioft she hit the preacher a re-
sounding whack on the side OF his head.
exclaiming:
There take that, you old idiot, for ask
ing that preacher to stay here"
When the lady Of the house discovered
who was inside of that dressing gown It ia
said that she collapsed.
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NO DEATH THEIR CREED.
How the Propaganda of the Jexree-
Iites Received n Crushing Blow.
From the san Franelsco examined.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
Religions are born or dies every twelve
months. The latest addition to the al
ready large number of extinct faiths Is
that of the Jezreelites, or the New and
Latter House of Isreal. The sect was
founded at Chatham, England, not many
years ago by man named White, who
managed to induce some wealthy and
foolish old women to believe that IL they
trusted In him they would never die.
This religion possessed other alluring
and curious features which led It's bellcv-
ers to fill full the Golfers of James Jcr-
shom Jezreel, as White called himself
The church, which was built near Chat
ham, had a fiat roof. There was a pur-
pose In this arrangement. The Jezreelites,
though they were immortal were to have
an opportunity of visiting the celestial re-
gions, and the fiat roof offered a com
Portable and pleasant point of departure.
For some time the adherents of this
faith grew rapidly in numbers. There
was money a-plenty and White planned
the erection OF a great temple at Chat
ham, which should rival Solomon's, ana
work on il was actually begun. A tram.
ing college and school formed likewise
part of the scheme in which youths might
be reared in the tenets OF the millien-
mum.
What caused the disruption OF the So
ciety was something which might natural
ly have been expected Waite, or James
Jershom Jezreef," fell I'll a few months
ago. and at his request was carried up on
the fiat roof. and there left alone. He
said he would wing his way into the far
regions of space and return with new
life. 1t was a sad blow to his believers
when they found his body the next day
lying as peacefully on the square roof
and as devoid Of flight AS any mortals re-
mains His wife went the same way soon
afterward, and several other leaders join
ed them In the manner usual to humanity
after the allotted span.
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lightness of the mousseline de sole gave
tnlS dress particularly airy appearance
There was a baby flower girl. for never
mas the flower girl been as popular as
she Is this fall She was a miss of six
summers, but in her exaggerated little
long dress she appeared but three. Her
solemn eye and her demure demeanor
alone told the story Of discretionary years.
her little gown was of white crepe de
cnlne' over which there was belted a sash
of heavy green satin ribbons warrant ed
to stand out in a stiff bow. Upon her 1T
tie hands she wore gloves, but she carried
a big white basket, from the sides of
winch fell red roses and green leaves.
Her mission was to walk before the bride
and scatter the posies. On the return trip
she would fall in line after the bride,
walking alone.
This task is considered easier than that
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FOOD PREJUDlCES.
PRIMITIVE AND CIVILIZED PEOPLE
HAVE QUEER NOTIONS ABOUT
DIET.
Indians Who Won't Eat Fish or
POrk-But They Love to Feast on
Dog and HOrses--SOme SuperstI-
lions.
From the washIhgton Star.

lions.
From the Washington Star.
1t is probable that at heart we are all
more or less superstitious-it is only natu-
raj that we should be; but while most men
are little ashamed Of this feeling and
will attempt to conceal a disinclination 10
sit down to dinner in party of thirteen,
or to commence journey on Friday, still
there is lingering idea in the average
mind that somehow or other coming
events may cast their Shadows before,
and that certain things might perhaps be
better left undone II certain premonitions
are experienced. Also we have likes and
dislikes which would be difficult to e&-
plain otherwise than as survivals of old
superstitions. But curlously enough sim
liar ideas when cherished by other people
and especially by other races seem to us
very odd and even ridiculous.
Among primitive people these ideas are
more strongly developed, more real as 1t
were, than with us. and more abundant
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FAMOUS YACHTS FATE.
Commodore Colts Dauntless Is Now
a Floating Memorial.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Full many q large and handsome yacht
has lost her owner because he has tired
Of her; or, again, because reduced in
come forced him to abandon the extrava-
CANT Iuxury--but here is one that, losing
her master by his untimely death, has
been specially provided for In her declin-
ing years. Steadfast unto the end, she
was not sold off for half price 10 get
rid Of her, but, like a faithful dog or
horse that has outiived its days Of USE
fulness. has been allowed to finish out
her life IN quiet repose.
1t IL only a few years ago that the
schooner yacht Dauntless was one Of the
very staunchest boats afoat. In q race
across the Atlantic with the Coronet she
did herself proud. Her commander was
a commodore, and her graceful form was
familiar figure in the great yachting
world. Now, with sails forever furled,
with pennants hauled down for the last
time and housing canvassed over, she
tugs at an anchor that seems destined
never to rise again.
The master whom she thus serves i'm
spirit was In life Commodore Caldwell
H. Colt, the only child of the late SAM
uel Colt, the arms manufacturer. He
died at Punta Gorda, Fla, about six years
ago, while off on a cruise. This circum-
stance, together with his fondness for
the boat, led his wealthy mother to p-y-
serve It., though no longer Of use, just
as others lay away In drawer the toys
Of dead children. SO II Is that the yacht
idles her life away--a silent memorial. In
further remembrance Of the dead mans
yachting career the new Colt memorial
house in Hartford, costing several hum
bred thousand dollars bears on its facad,.
q beautiful reproduction OF the Dauntless
in sculptured stone and many other sug-
gestions Of the sea.
Anchored off Essex, a few miles up
from the mouth Of the Connecticut river,
the good old yacht Is now living out her
life Of ease. 1t is said that she win never
again go into commission-certainly not
so long as the mother lives. The spot ia
quiet. secluded and all that a retired IA
pug :sSR Pho leu uI IoJ HsB pInoo salles
the same waters that Jap her side flow.
forty miles UP stream, within a stones
throw OF the celebrated factory whose
machinery produced the wealth that pur-
chased and maintained the boat.
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Copyright. 1895.

Paris, Nov. III wish there were a
thousand worlds. and 1 a thousand girls,
that might live once in each world and
he bride-ln November
This is what I heard a bright faced
sirl an American, you may be sure, say
&c we stood looking in the windows of
|. Rue de la Paix shop. Partisan shop
|raeners understand their business, and
he season. They know that Americans
ved in November, and how sorely they
are tempted by Partisan novelties. I am
not going to say that these are any love-
Her than those at home. My mission is
to describe things as see them.
We, the chatty girl and I, had cards