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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-15

like the vine to the elm: they lean on them,
they hang on them, they drag on them.
The tourist looks in vain for self-respecting
girls who swing along beside their escorts
with the Independent air of the man who
broke the hank at Monte Carlo.
Why does that bouncing girl just passing
by with the old man press his palsied nit
tened hand against her waist with her
plump arm? She is round, upright and
solid. with many bewitching curve: her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-15

child is couTted, bribed, battered by each.
Each has a secret hoard of savings laid
up against the boys future needs apart
from the common fund laid by for him re-
ligiously, year in and year out They
are careful of him, they treat him like a
girl, they give him much, and they require
much from him. He may not legally
marry without the consent of both until
he is twenty-five years old, and until he is
thirty he must bring a formal lawsuit
against each ii he persists in marrying
without their sanction. They assure his
future for hinn-but future of their mark
ing out. III France children are the prop
erty of their parents until the end.
This makes the position OF the mother
in-law one Of great actuality in France.
Your mother-in-law is your belle-mere,
your beautiful mother but despite the
compliment she is much deprecated. In
France your wife's mother expects to take
times week and to see her daughter every
day. The burden Of her conversation with
your wife is how to manage you, whether
you are loVing-and to what extent-your
management of her daughters dot. and
your own efforts to improve your condi-
tior. In the comic romance of the day
the wife's mother is the trouble machine,
the discoverer of inf1delities, the Fighter
of her daughters wrongs, the household
scourge. The husbands mother, on the
other hand. is the screen of his frauds and
lnf!deiities, the censor of the young wife S
health and beauty. the constant table
guest without an invitation, the beneficent
yet terrible goddess of the hearth, yet
partial.
In the same way popular romance has it
that the French husband is wonderful
chap at smashing other ladies' hearts.
The people themselves believe 1T, so that
to make a statement of the fact is not q
mere foreigners calumny. In The prom
enade, as they so arm-in-arrI, it is no
trouble TO discern the married couples.
Lcok for the man who still makes eyes
at other gtrls-yes. turns and stares We
toriously over his left shoulder. Look
for the proud, half-pleased, half-angry
lady, not averse herself 10 giving a kind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-15
THE ELECTRICIANS ALARM.
The Result Of the juniors Obedience
to Instructions.

The Result of the JaDIfOr'S ObeOIcnCc
to Instructions.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
He has rooms in big apartment build
ing, and he has devised an elaborate
scheme to avoid sleeping too long in the
morning. He hasn't much faith in alarm
clocks, because he forgets to wind them
up, and he has discovered that pounding on
the floor has very little effect. He engaged
the janitor to pound the door at GER
tain hour every morning, but it failed to
have the desired effect after the first two or
three mornings. Then he decided to try
electricity. He was an amateur electrician
himself 1t was easy for him to put a
bell over the head of his bed and run a wire
to the door But no ordinary button would
do him. He was afraid he would turn over
and SO to sleep again as soon as the bell
stopped ringing. Consequently, he put
switch on the outside of the door and
ranged with the janitor to come up and
turn the switch at a certain hour every
morning. That would start the bell ring
ing, and it would not stop until he got up
and turned off the current.
He was naturally proud of his device. He
felt that he had solved a great problem.
Ard he had. There sleeping in that
room after the janitor had turned the
switch, for it was necessary to get Up and
cross the room in order to stop the noise.
But he overlooked ore thing. He made no
arrangement for notifying the janitor when
he failed to come home there was trouble.
| The janitor went to the door at the usual
hour in the morning, turned the switch
| and then went back to his quarters in the
| basement, leaving the bell in active opera
| ton.
| Occupants of adjoining apartments were
unanimous in the assertion afterward that
| the bell did not shrk its work that MORN
irg. They did not think much of the bell,
anyway, but ordinary occasions it was
| shut off after few minutes of active ser
| vice; they had refrained from making
| any complaint This time, however, it con-
| tinued its business at the old stand for
| about half an hour, and they rebelled. One
by one they came to their doors to see
| what the trouble might be, and later en-
| joyed themselves by pounding the door
| OF tae amateur electricians room and yell
| ing ID the supposed occupant to shut it Off
| Finding that that did no good, they talked
| of breaking down the door, but finally de-
cidad to send for the janitor and let him
do it.
The jantor came and listened to their in
dignant protests. He hcarkened to them
patiently while they advised him to knock
| q panel out of the door with an az. Then
| he quietly reached up and turned the
| switch, while half a dozen sheepish look
| ing men crept back into their rooms. How
| ever. one of them evidently came out again,
| for when the amateur electrician returned
he found that the switch had been smashed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-15

Written for The Evening Star
My Guardian Angel.
BY my side at night and day,
When l am at work play.
My Guardian Angel stards Away.
When I'm tempted to do wrong.
My Guardian Ar;.ei seems strong,
Aud l., though weak, TO him belong.
When / say my evening prayer.
always feel his presence there,
For am not l his God given care:
GERTRUDE HAMILTON mine years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-15
Matter Of Life or Death.

From tn Philadelphia Item.
Johnny Srnart-'fWhat does bier spell?''
Old Smart-"That depends, my son, on
who is spelling 1t. If it is German 1t is
about the first thing that he wants; IL it's
an Englishman it's the last thing he
wants"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-15
WALK ARM In
One of the Customs Observed on
the Streets of Paris.
WHAT IT MEANS In THE GAY CITY
Some Curious Usages From the
American Standpoint.
HU S B DIS AND WIVES
WHAT IT MEANS In THE GAY CITY
HU S ANDS AND WI YES
PARIS, February 4, 1896.

49, @ $500 NcOs
T FIRST 1T SEEMS
as If all the Parisians
walk always arm-in-
arm. The Intelligent
tourist is alternately
delighted and shock
ed at the outward
and visible proofs of
tenderness w h i C h
meet his eye upon the
promenade. In the
full flood of daylight
as in the evening
shades, the ladies are
clinging to the men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-15

Richard L. Merrick of the District of
Columbia was always a brief taIker. His
remarks were pointed with persp,cu:ty
and fcathered with brevity, SO that they
never flew wide OF the mark, but always
scored: Colonel p. Phillips Of Alabama
was another able lawyer, who knew when
to call a halt He was a brilliant taIker
Ike many of those southern iurists, and
yet there were no flowers on his argu-
ments He always showed his thorough
acquaintance with his case and his main
object seemed to be to acouaint the Judges
with it in the fewest words possible
MANY Of the old Wash:ngtonans will
recall Matt Carpenter. In fact he has not
been dead SO very lclg. remember him
long before he entered the Senate, when
he used to coma before The Supreme Court.
The Washington bee., 1896-10-17

Capital $4,000
HON.JNO. R LYNCH. PRESIDENT
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DIRECTORS:
Jno. r. Lynch, L. c. Bailey,
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j. r. Wilder, James Storum'
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T. A. Lewis, A. w. Tancil
H +. Baker, J. H. MeriwetheI
w. s. Montgomery. j. A. JOhnson
James T. Bradford.
Deposits received from 10 cents
aIward Interest allowed on $500
and above. Tleasurers OF
churches, associations, and Other
or gam ations can deposit funds
with this Bank and Receive Inter
est. The money IL subject to
check Without Not Ue. We
shall be glad to have you open al
account. BANK OPEN FROM 9 A.
n. to P M.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
A Ring Island.

Many coral reef islands in the Pacific
are in the form of more or less perfect
rings, or ovals, enclosing lagoons.
Recently a description was presented
to the Royal Geographical Society of
the ring island of Ninafou, halfway
between Fiji and Samoa, which is not
a coral reef but a volcanic ring enclos-
ing a crater containing a lake two
miles in diameter. Toward the sea the
ring is bordered with walls of black
lava, and on the inner side these break
down in cliffs 200 to 300 feet in height
An eruption in 1856 formed a peninsula
on the eastern side of the lake While
the ocean outside is trembling and
laundering under a heavy wind, the
lake remains smooth, or is simply
wrinkled with ripples-Youth's Com
panion.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
INDIGESTION.
AS a Result of It, There Were
Many Disorders.
The Disease VIII Create tho Symptoms
of Heart Disease, Kidney Dis
ease, Etc.

From Che Standard Union, Brooklyn, " p.
Few women have had a more miserable
existence and lived to tell the tale than Mrs
Anna l.. Smith of 3ll Pulaski Avenue,
Brooklyn. With all the comforts that money
affords, with all the happiness that many
loving friends can give, the joy of Mrs.
Smiths lie was blasted for years by the
terrible rayages of sickness. The story is
most interesting as told TO 4 reporter:
Il was an invalid for years, suffering first
with one complaint and then with another.
My case was truly that of a complication of
diseases, due to an accident which l received
some years ago. The thing which caused me
the most discomfort and made me offensive
to my family was the worst case of indiges-
ton imaginable. / made all around me
miserable by my sufferings, and was most
miserable myself. l had the best physician
we could find, and occasionally his pre-
scriptions relieved me temporarily. But
the rains and misery would all soon return
again. became desperate, and started in
to try remedies of which l read. Among
them were the Pink Pills. Their appear
ance captvated me instantly, for am
great believer in the beautiful. i took the
pills and followed out the directions TO the
letter, and before many days / began TO feel
like a different woman. For six weeks /
took the pills regularly, and can truthfully
add after that was as well as any one in
the family This change for the better in nv
friends to take the pills. We buy them all
from the drug store of John Duryea, at the
corner of De kalb aud Summer Avenues.
81 assure YOU il was impossible for me to
oversee my household for three years. Now
! visit my kitchen every day, do nv own
marketing and shopping; in word, look
after everything connected with my home
and family.
"Oh, YES, still keep taking the pills. /
take one daily after dinner. Prevention.
YOU know, Is better ard cheaper than cure.
/ verify believe one half of the women
who are suffering from the ills which our
sex are heir 10 would be up and well if they
could he induced to give the Pink Pills
fair trial / certainly recommend them
heartily and feel grateful 10 the physician
who put them on the market"
Mrs. Smith is n woman of some means
and standing in the community and, there
fore, her testimony will be accepted with
out ques ion by all thoughtful people.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain all the clements necessary to give
new life and richness to he blood and re-
store shattered nerves. They may be had
of all druggists or direct by mail from the
DIR. Williams Medicine Company, Schenec-
tady, ". Y, at soc. per box, or six boxes for
$50, and are never sold in bulk or by the
dozen or hundred.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
RUSSELL SAYS NAY.
He Requests Democrats Not to Use Hi
Name for the Presidency.

He Requests Democrats Not to Use His
Name for the Presidency.
New YORK, April 27.-The World
prints the following signed statement
of ex-Gov. Russell, of Massachusetts,
in response to question from one of
its staff correspondents:
am greatly surprised to hear that the action
Of the Massachusetts convention has at
tracted any special attention outside the state
While greatly appreciate the compliment Of
an Endorsement by my state. ! am not seeking
the nomination. nor am desirous Of being the
candidate. nor do 1 wish any movement made
in any state in my interest.
On the contrary, have already earnestly re-
quested that no such movement be made in
any other state by friends of mine NV belief
Is that it is all important that when the Chi
cago convention meets its delegates should be
absolutely free to deliberate and act clear Of
all instructions or pledges of even expressed
preferences-at least SO far as / am concerned.
don't know that any movement personal to
me is contemplated II it is. I request and in
sist that It should not be made
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30

In England mosaic is an exotic craft
The antique pavements scattered
through the length and breadth of the
country are essentially Roman, al
though in many instances constructed
entirely of local materials; and the
18th century mosaic-work in the shrine
of Edward, the Confessor, and in the
tomb of Henry Ill, at Westminster
abbey, was executed by Italians, pu-
pills, probably, of members of the
Cosmati family. 1t is only
in recent years that English
glassmakers have produce an
opaque glass suitable for mosaic,
and that English craftsmen have used
it for the decoration of structure. The
naturalization of the craft depends
upon the competence of English master
craftsmen to adapt mosaic to our at
mosphere, to our buildings, and to our
sense of fitness That Opaque glass
will stand uninjured for a great
number of years is proved by mosaics
in Rome and RavenDa, erected as early
as the fourth and fifth centuries of our
era. 1t is true that the atmosphere of
Rome and Eavenna has not the corro.
sive properties possessed by that Of
London and of our other great centers
of smoke and population. but glass, il
made with due regard to the combin-
ing proportions of its ingredients, is
impervious to the action of all ordi-
nary acids-Contempor Review.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
ONE WAS A TRAMP.
Pathetic Little Scene at n Dying Mans

Pathetic Little Scene at n Dying Mans
The way-train ahead of us had
struck an open switch and been
ditched, and two passengers were
killed outright and five or six others
more or less injured. The killed and
injured were lying on the depot plat
form as our train came up, aud anon ?
the latter was n professional tramp
who had been stealing a ride. After
the doctor had looked him over the
vaga bond, who had not lost conscious.
ness for a moment, smiled family and
asked:
"Wall, pard, what's the verdict oi
the jury?"
you are badly hurt" was the reply.
81 know that / was right in the
squeeze when the two cars cum to.
gether. I'm rs fiat as a pancake.
VIII ever tramp agin?'
Pm afraid not"
"Ar' my legs off?'
mo; you are fatally injured, how.
ever"
That meals I'm a goner?"
"Yes"
"Wall, I'd hev liked to got over
this and had sumthin' to talk about
and brag over. but l amt doin' no
kickin' My pard was on the car
ahead. Was he hurt?'
mo; here he is"
AT that moment ragged, unkcmpt
and typical vagabond came forward
and bent over the victim and asked:
"Wall, Jim, they say you hev to go?''
"Yes"
"Iiow We feelin' over it?'
"Sorter. No use to kick, Tom"
That's right; you never was no
kicker. nohow. Got any friends2"
mo"
Want word taken to anybody9'
ssNo."
"Kin do anythin' fu, YEP"
The dying man gazed at him for a
moment in silence and then whispered:
Tom, We ar the only pardner ever
had as knowed the Lords prayer.
Jest say il over to me-"
The old tramp pulled off his cap and
knelt down, and as the score of us un-
covered and bowed our heads he re-
peated the prayer word for word aud
with such feeling as astonished every
body. When he had finished he rose
up and said:
That's it, Jim, and kin DO any
thin more?"
Nothing more for himr' answered
the doctor, as he looked down upon the
pale face. Your partner is deadr'-
Detroit Free Press
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
GRANTS STATUE UNVEILED.


onion cague Club OF brooklyn Has Erect
cd Beauty.
BROOKLYN, April 27.-The fine'eques-
trian statue of Gen. Ulysses 5. Grant,
which the Union League club, OF
Brooklyn, bought for presentation to
this city, was unveiled here with inn
posing ceremonies The veil was lift
ed from the statue by the hand of lit
tie Ulysses Grant. grandchild of the
general and third son of Col. Fred
Grant, of New York. The statue, re-
puted judges say, is a beauty of its
kind. 1t is of heroic size, 16
feet high, made CT bronze and
weighs ll0 tons. William 0rdway
Partridge was tho sculptor. Its
base is square granite block
% tons in weight, supporting three
similar blocks The general is repre-
sented in soldier dress, his slouch hat
drawn well on his head and overcoat
On. The horse stands with his four
feet firmly planted on the pedestal.
head up, ears alert Aside from the
unve;ling the great feature of the cele-
bration was the military parade, about
G. 600 men being in line.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30

The readers of this paper will be pleased
TO learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrf
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrl
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials
Address F. j. CHENEY a. Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
WILL INCLUDE DEMOCRATS.

Tho A. p. A. Investigation of Presidential
Candidates VIII Not stop with Repub-
Hcars-
WASHINGTON, April 27.-It is stated
on excellent authority that the ma
tional advisory board of the A. p. A.
will soon meet again to pass upon the
religious records of the men whose
names have been mentioned for the
democratic nomination. The records
of Cleveland, Carlisle, Russell, Patti
son, Olney, Bland, Boies, Tillman,
Matthews. Campbell and others will
be gone over and the order will be no.
titled which of these men. are objec-
tionable and which can pass over. 1t is
probable, however, that the democratic
national convention will adopt plank
condemning the order and, if it does,
the order will have the whole party to
GDht
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
BIG FIRE AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
The olorado Mining Town Visited by n
sl.OOp,oOO Blaze.

The olorado Mining Town Visited by y
sl.OOp,oOO Blaze.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Col, April 27-The
greater part of this town was burned
on Saturday. All the theaters, dance
halls and sporting resorts, were de-
stroyed, together with the post Office,
the First national bank, the Midland
railroad depot and trestles, the Times
newspaper office and many stores. An
angry woman in dance hall threw a
lamp at her lover and started the fire.
The loss was roughly estimated at over
81, 600. .Oo0
With 1900 people rem dered homeless
in a day, of course lodging houses are
in greatest demand, and many of these
are rapidly progressing. Fortunately,
the weather is remarkably fine, so that
the sleeping in open air does not en-
tail suffering and few have been COM
PEELED to do this Already the work
of rebuilding the burned district has
begun, and last night, by the light of
the full moon, nails were being driven
in many houses
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
GOLD WILL TRIUMPH.

Prediction That the Republican National
Convention VIII Declare Against Silver.
WASHINGTON. April 27.-The repub-
lican national convention at St Louis
will declare against the free coinage
of silver at sixteen to one and for gold
as the monetary standard of the United
States according to the platforms
adopted by the state republican con-
ventions which have been held. The
delegates from states VIII. have
adopted the gold standard as de basis
of our currency system number 466, or
majority of II over all possible oppo-
sition. Conventions have now been
held in 2s states, and in all but five OF
these some expression on the currency
question was made by resolution.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
Elf'S
CREAM BALM

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion TO single purpose is
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For o5 years they have simply been
building grain and graSs-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, ii is
safe TO say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders, reapers and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-04-30
ADAPTAsILITY OF ANIMALS.
How They Vary Their Food to Suit
Changed Conditions.


Changed Conditions.
An impression prevails that insects
and other creatures are so correlated
with their food that they can scarcely
exist unless special food seemingly es-
sential to them is ready to hand. This
is believed true not only of food. bnt
of their habits in general The yucca
and the yucca moth are SO closely con-
nected that il does seem as if each is
absolutely dependent on the other
and one might as well ask what would
the chimney swallow do without
chimneys in which to build its nest
or cherry or peach tree gum with
which to build them
But just as the vegetarian would
have to abandon his principles where
there was nothing in the icy region
but musk oxen and walrus to feed on
so animal nature generally has the in
stinct of preservation to take to that
which first comes to hand when favor
its resources fail The chimney swal-
low built its nest somewhere before
the white man constructed chimneys.
The potato beetle had its home on the
plains long before il ever knew a po-
tato, and the writer has seen the COM
mon elm-leaf beetle feeding voraciously
in the mountains of North Carolina on
q species of skull-cap-scutellaria
touching apparently no other plant, in
localities where elms were absent.
In Germantown gardens half-starved
bees take to grapes and raspberries.
In the same locality the common robin
has had harj times. There had been
no rain from the 4th of July to octo-
Der IL, and, everything having become
parched long since, insects that live
on green food had not increased The
robins took TO green seeds and fruits
The apples on the orchard trees were
dug out as if by mice. An American
golden pippin, with a heavy crop. pre-
sented a remarkable appearance with
what should be apples hanging on the
trees like empty walnut shells. In
brief, no creature will ignore the
promptings of nature. 1t will change
its habits when necessity demands
Mechan's Monthly.