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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
OLD MAN AND YOUNG WIFE.
a Washington Jehu who Sees All Sorts Weary
OF the Jay with q bird.
From the Washington Star.


From the Washington Star.
"But Of all married couples the old jay with
the young wife makes mo most tired. The old
duffer tries to put on a dignifed air when many
people are around. but wait until he gets q
chance to smile at his young bride. It's awful.
The smile is that of a 'possum which has been
freed and knows there is no escape. I mean
that it's sicklv. Half OF them may be putting on
with the innocent girl. Three days ago l had
one of these old jays in tow. What do you sup
pose he said to his wife l was taking them
from the White House to, the Treasury and
passed by, the, fountain which contains so many
pretty goldfish: oh, look at the beautiful little
things he said, with a grin at his wife. You
are p]retticr than any fish in that pond She
said, oh! Well. l wanted to throw him in, but
OF course l was looking out for the coin.
Here comes q newly married couple, Any
with an air of contentment that Is enough to
make my blues leave me to sec. noticed that
couple coming Up PennsyoyHnla avenue twenty
lie will. stick to the job until they reach their
hotel this afternoon. He is not afraid she will
escape, but he thinks that is part of a new
the steps, and points out things, TO her. He
tells her that is so'and,so. Nine chances out Of
ten IT is something else. He feels that he is
these young know-alls point out the Corcoran
Art Gallery as the Patent Office. anu pass the
STATE. WaF: and My Nsvy building ! 1S. of as the resi-.
and thinks it's 80. Size believes her darling
Henry knows all about II.
been. married several years. He and his wife
see for themselves. He stops and looks at a
stops n,p to look at somethin ny which, interests inter- Sta herr nei.
They are generally twenty yards apart. II he
tells her that a building is such and such she
disputes the point, and thinks it's something
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LEISURELY
Tho Fair Carried y Government Rzail BaE and
No ono Could Detain Them.

FroHi the Chicago Record.
Somehow this contention of the street-car
employees and'othcrs.who believe that q United
States mail bag does not confer high powers
upon a bobtail horse car or any other uncom-
mon kind Of vehicle serves to revive memories
OF the elopemcnt of Luke Marshall and the
Myers girl.
There never was such an elopemcnS in the
history of the Teton country. 1t was the most
deliberate, tranquil, and leisurely running away
with which record had before or since dwelt.
Tho elopement was two day ;sin Its progress
from ono given point to another, and the given
points, which were Myers's ranch up In Marys-
vile and RcXburg, down on the mesa, were
scarcely more than eighty miles apart. Ana
front and on the flank all that time, trying to
stop the enterprise, but being utterly bafied oy
q hearty observance and regard for law; ,,..,,,
and law, and all that kind of thing. O great
deal, AMI had made speeches ut many q noun
tain meeting against violence and illegal acts
blame IT" he argued, "if you people &C on
Evanston iuf for trial an'', yoS q i'n never iii no Post
bun stay right on, q passel q ignorant es.
Justice actually censed, and eventually a star
route postal delivery was established by an ap:
SG TSyins G sssyfrss Int w "nd b i@ Tssps iSr POST at
master and deputy marshal, both OF. which
ot!i"cs were given 10 him. After that no was
Luke Marshall carried the mail from Rex
burg. riding the pass ON his sorrei mare, and IT
with the girl at the Post Office. Now. Myers.
for all his earnest talk about lawlessncss, had
already famed two mon and shot the ear, of
tried to prove TO him that he'ouSht to let the
tirl marry; Luke Marshall was no such fool
as these. One day when he was ready TO leave
for ~!scxburg he called to the Postmaster's
daughter to fetch her Jacket and come on. tn
Portable seat upon the mail bag behind him,
shall ana Postmaster.
10 Oh we're going oveT the TSnE e to get mar
do %la o MifT Y the 9rH| he sP erica led rife! # want nina" fsir a Gi3
to git that Teller square through the eye"
This was where MnrShalls nerve. came out
he cried. Don't You see you're delaying the
United states mali! A man of your age! A
man holdin' two public offices! Delaying the
cd IA this sorrcl marc nn' this bag. Stand aside
or I'll have you, as deputy marshal, arrest yer
self as a private citizen IA an, call ye Rs as Post
mcan-you-" he mumbled.
II mean that this sorrel mare represents an
actually is the Comment Of the United states
an, YOU. delay her on her travels at you
."But, hold on, Luke. That's my girl"
Anarchist. an. outlaw, an attacker Of Gov
ment,. an a fanaticl" he inquired. ITS i
o'clock" And ms Myers sullenly stepped asid
Old Myers followed them all the way to Rex
burg, end triod to catch Luke off his govern
mentally endowed sorrcl mare, but withou
avail, for the mail carrier knew his limitation
and did not dismount until he reached the jus
tice shop in the town. And, of course. afte
that the law;abiding Myers couldn't be expect
ed to shoot HIS own son-in.law, mail route o
no mail route.
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HOW A NEGRO COOKS 4 'PoSsUM.
Told by One OF tho AEoat sLilruI Opossum
Chefs In the World.
From the ~pnuaderphfa Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
A negro's juicy appreciation of 'possum meat
was we'll illustrated upon a recent occasion
when a lady. with whom the narrator is nc
quainted. paid q visit to New Orleans. She told
him the story. She W 8 walking down Charities
street early one morning, intending to visit tho
celebrated French market of the Crescent City.
and on her way she met a very old colored man
coming from the opposite direction. evidently
from the market, as he was carrying in one hand
a 'possum and in the other a small, split wooden
basket OF sweet potatoes. The old mans
face was beaming with good nature and
wreathed in smiles of anticipatory pleasure. He
looked so joyously into the face OF the lady
that she, too, could not help but smile at him.
whereupon he held the 'possum up nloft and
said. Good %eatin'. missey. good %eatin';" She
stopped for q moment, looked at the child-1ike,
happy face Of the old negro, and said: 80 you
like 'possum. do you'll"
Dare amt no eatin' ike 'possum. De possum
am good; but de gravey with sweet potatoes is
Ps.ae You 2 didn yo Hno osv What sn good 0 sstin'' w mssS sut
mebbe YOU all wouldn't know how to cook Mr..
Postum, fur dars ebbyting in de know how"
We'll. then. tell me how you cook it," she
The old man sat tho 'possum and potatoes
Orleans, the banquet" and with a look of
earnest concentration began with: Now, don't
You You a neoSt how to cook de- postum ss R%'" We'll. de de
fust ting you does is to get you 'possum. Dat
may be easy fur you'ins. but faint for me-; dat
is. always. We'll, den. when you's dun
Den you puts him into de pot with
cold water, and put de pot over a hot
fire an den you parbiles him-not too much
fur you don't want to lose any Of his nice sweet
fat. Den you takes him out OF de pot an you
dries him In a clean towel. Den you puts him
into a big frying. pm; den You scrapes de skin
off you sweet potatoes an, you puts dem into
you stove red, and den you puts de pan an
'possum and potatoes into de oven and den go
away for IL little while, but not too long. Den
when you comes back you puts in a little
hot water, an den you begins and bastes de
'possum an do sweet potatoes an you keeps
on a;bastine and a;basting till de 'p3ssum is a
| good h-own-jest like my color-an' de sweet
potatoes Is soft and juicy an de gravy is almost
black an plenty OF It. Den you takes It out OBJ
well, den you bars dc doors. TO- the smell of
cooked 'possum goes a long ways. an when you
have only one 'possum you doesn't want much
company besides yourself"
Now, there is your REGIME for cooking pos
for that dish in the world.
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THE MAJORS TOUGHEST WALK.
He Happened to Get on y sprintinE Glacier ana
That's why He Didn't Get Along.

From the San Francisco Call.
We started out in tho early morning from
the hotel, the Major carrying q pair of field
glasses, q light overcoat, an umbrella. and .
book describing the glories Of California. I
contcntod myself with carrying q small hamper,
and more than once found myself wondering
how my companion dared attempt the trip.
Pooh, pooh!' he said in answer to one of my
questions concerning his ability to get through
the performance creditably. Pooh, loohe
sir! l have scaled the Himalayas and tho
Mountains of the Moon. assembled Popocata-
petl. and have crossed the Sahara on foot.
Why. sir, I could run up a little hill like Tamal.
pals bllndtoided, and not even pause to wipe my
We said no more on the subject, and finally
reached Larkspur, where we began to make the
At the station the thermometer registered TO,
but by tie time we had finished the first quarter
of the ascent. ii seemed about a thousand.
Presently we arrived at a point about half
way up the mountain, and the Major suddenly
came to n halt. He again waved his r abous
at is too great for speech. he said, hopping
The incline !" I ventured.
No. sir. the scenery." he Numbered, with
little walk like this occasionally is what a man
needs to keep him healthy. sir. came Of 9
from England to India had there been no water
between the two places. Fork over scme grub.
Yes. sir" resumed the Major. this is easy
walking to what l have done in my day. The
hardest climb i ever had was on one OF those
Swiss glaciers. ! was alone. for ! always pre-
fer TO travel without guides. As far as tho eye
could see there extended !. mighty he'd OF ice,
as fiat MS a mirror and without. n single object
on 1t to relieve the nonotony. After walking
for three hours i dawntd over me that ] was
making absolutely no progress. though nj first
l was at loss to understand the reason.
Happening. however. to stand still for ono
moment ] found that the glacier was slowly
slipping from beneath my feet, and that.
although l had been going through the motions
of Wa King, in reality | had made no progress
whatever. I therefore commenced walking in y
direction at a right angle 10 the one had been
taking, and after a short while succeeded in get
ting, not on terra hrma, but on glacier trma
again. But that was the toughest walk / ever
had"
Tho Major hid no sooner finished his story
than he gently dropped oil TO sleep, apparently
with u clear conscience.
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THINGS DONE FOR LUCK.
Some Old superstitions. Net All OF which Have
Entireiy Disappeared.
From the Chicago Tmes-Herald.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
We are content to-day to throw rio . at a
newly married couple or an old shoe or two,
and the bride losses her bouquet among the
girls to inform her who is lucky enough to catch
1t that she will be the next o7o married. But
wheat Is really the thing to throw, because tho
evil spirits ha.o the color yellow above all
things-if white grain likesice Is used II attracts
them, and. to become eificacious. should be col
ored yellow with turmeric or some similar dye.
Ghosts and tho things that bring I'll luck hate
leather, so old shoes arc proper, except In those
instances when 1t was suggested that the guests
away in the shoe. But n shoe under your pill
low is a radical cure for nightmare, and
E Eer Upside IL do down yn" ri II the foot OF the couch. TIE
use OF trunk straps, slippers, leather whips,
and tho like on small boys also prevents the ap;
the old ones. II is well !ur the bridegroom 20
sew garlic. cloves, and rosemary in his waist
coat before tho no spirit, gets de-
PRAYED enough 70 stand that combination. The
route at a wedding must be arranged 80 that
everything is done as the sun tTayels or as the
hands Of a watch go round; 2nciently there used
to be u, sacred fire about which the bride and
groom danced in this manner.
It Is all right enough to ma a four ieayGd
sured fact that the finding is a thing
Of, pure chance; then as the object Is
up this horscshoe Tor -f0ur-Ieaved clover
az the case may be,. h4t ] pick mp good luck.
faI for more moro tiiinsss than one, a crooked nah
from one Is "a sure cure for hts, or II placed in
the nest of'a string hen will keep her from he.
ing frightened oil by thunder. Made into n
ring ana worn on the third finger of the left
insisted q%pon;too strongly mat al these things
main whole. II Is always wise to have 8 little
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From the Washington Stur.

II have it on tho authority OF William Dean
Howrlls and other eminent BostOnians that
there is in III" capitu nf Nassa'huse'is II cer'
tain clergyman Of widespread fame, who, I'M.
known TO the world at largo, > Il Romany.
resist joining some gypsy band and roaming
from place TO place as his kindred have done
since within the memory of m0n: Little do Tho
good mans congregation dream that, while they
picture him ds scdHtclY journeying abroad, ho
is sitting beside gypsy camp Tres and chattcring
the wild Itomany tongue, to all intents and pur.
poses IA vagrHnt. Hut, as Mr.. HOwells pointed
nut, none ever heard II said that this preachcr
preached any the worse for his wild, free hfd
over road and prairie. Indeed, the increased
yigcr and eloqucnCc OF his Serlnons Immediately
after each successive annual vacation hAV0
long been matters ot comment in BostoA--
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one got in a ring, brooch or bracelet. You
know evil things are unable to withstand q
sight OF themselves. II they catch tho slightest
glance of their ugly visagcs they fee for thei1
very existence. This makes n barber shop Q
lucky place to have your hair cut In, but the
barber must DO particular to go to tho top of
hill with all his clippings and lot them be
blown away. eleo something undesirable may
find the hair and.work you q mischief. Thoro
are some BARRIERS In Chicago who are known to
he careless about climbing hills for this purs
pose. Holding II mirror in front of n man when
no Ia sleeping will put q stop to any hailstorn1
II persisted in. And, by the way, the unluckiesN
thing In tho world Ia to steal from n black-
smith. Many a man has been known to DO de-
tcatcd on election day because In his boyhood
he took things from tho smithy without per-
mission. And IL Is also unfortunate to make
any disposition. OF the. parings OF your finger
nails except to bury them.
The eviI. eye is an ancient institution and ore
worthy of regard. The animus behind the
something he wants and looks askance at 10.
and after that the thing never has any luck.
Then, when the evil.cyed ono sees that, she cans
not wish for 1t and her power is gone. In
somo places this is done by putting a little
piece OF black court plaster or something simis
lar on the face. Lampblack on the eyelids 10
famous, though. pains should he taken not to
make 1t look like long eyclashcs. In Chicago
the favoritc cosmetic for this purpose Is SCOT
what tho British call blacks" These are
generally worn: and IL has been erudltcly sur
missed that this IL one reason why tho city and
its inhabitants have such good luCk-no envious
visitor has over been able TO make the evil eye
work through the smoke nuisance.
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VICTORIA TO VISIT WILLIAM III.
Grandson and GRANDMOTHER to FIK Things in
Africa and Europe.

from L'Echusr.
NJ. JulessHansen, whose recently published
book on the rance Russian alliance has Great
cd such widespread interest, was interviewed
the other day by a reporter of the Ecldfr. Ho
seems Il -put the present situation :of Europe
in a nutshell.
"The dual alliance" he says, 'is accepted
everywhere as a powerful factor in European
politics. Everybody recognizes its pacific ten
denotes, and the horizon would be without q
single cloud II it had not been for the greed of
Great Britain. Tho latter came near setting
the East in a blazo during the Gr~eco-Turkish
war, and, indeed, 1t may be said that Britain
will not let any occasion pass to create dis
turbancos, SO that she may be able to fish In
troubled waters"
"Do you really believe" asked the reporter,
shat the power of England Is redoubtable and
that her policy may give rise to dangers for
other States, especially for Francel"
Certainly, said NJ. Hansen, ~ believe that
the Unsuitable ambition Of England may be-
come dangerous for everybody. BY consolida-
| ting her occupation OF Egypt she endcavors to
make the Mediterranean an English lake. She
ia working to create from Alexandria to tho
detriment Of other nations she labors to got
new outlets for her ommerc wherever she can
lind rich territories to annex or TO exploit, Tho
,reinely selfish policy may bring powerful enc.
| mics in line against them.
$40 say nothing of France and Russia, tho
English arc beginning to feel that Germany Is
every day becoming more and more hostile to
them on account Of the commercial opposition
which IL carried on between The two nations.
But the English, like the practical people they
arc, are preparing for the Storm Not content
With having built an immense feet, they have
decided to increase their land forces by form.
heir Held artillery, Sotwiihstanding tho sen:
Germany toward his country, Lord Salisbury
would be giad, ~ the present lime to win Tho
influence that Queen Victoria has always exer-
cised over her grandson. and he hopes to CON
tnrnlng TO William III. at Potsdam the VISIT
that he made to her several times at Osborne:
rnd as he knows that the Emperor would be
very glad to meet his grandmother-on German
soil Lord Salisbury Will surely insist that the
Queen must consent 10 this trip 10 Potsdam
next spring.
will be able to come to an understanding In re,
gard 10 their African policy. As ] have just
said. very great difficulties are IN the way o.
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NEARLY 4 CONTINUOUS SLEEPER.
Minnesota Farmer Wasting Under . stupeY
which Has Lasted Twenty Years.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
WINoNA, Mimi, Nov. 1.-Near the city Of ST
Charles resides n sleeping wonder In tho person
OF Herman Harms, who has spent nearly every
hour during the past eighteen or twenty years
in unconscious slumber. Mr.. Harms has q FAM
lily of adult children, and, although much money
has been spent for tho best Of medical treatment
and advice. no doctor has yet been found who
has been able to break the spcll under which
tho sleeper rests. He is given food by tender
hands, but seems only partially aroused when
being fed. and on being left alone at once again
drops OF. TO sleep. In fact. so hard Is 1t to
arouse, him, a great part of his food has to DO
administered in liquid form.
When Harms FIRST came West nearly twenty
years ago he took up farming. Gradually the
able to attend TO his farm, and for a while, until
his sons became Old enough, the place waS
greatly diminished.
This summer. for q few days, the sleeper thor.
oughly awqke, and his family, were in hopes HE
awakening was for II short time; a few days and
Harms was again in sound sleep.
The pulse OF the sleeper Is regular, though
stronger than that. OF The healthy adult. Tho
pulse oyer the temple is strong and the head ads IL
blink, as II annoyed by, the iirht. The usual
now IS years old. Whenltho first symptoms Of
n nn,I tr0nG @s, Gssp i isS'T r6 %iRdisrq nS% in he i lses tGS
weigh more than half OF that-atout 80 pounds.
He is, in fact, almost a living skeleton.
His beard and hair are long, his features
drawn, white and thin; the cheek bones look as
covering of kin. Harms has fvc children, mono
of whom show any signs of the terrible malady
which holds their father to his bed.
Many different opinions have been expressed
by the numerous physicians who have attended
the case unnecessarily, Powerful electric bat
teries have been applied TO the body, the only
effect Of which was to cause q slight contrac-
tion Of the muscles Of the body. The disease
has been variously denominated as heart
trouble. ~softening OF the brain. Brights disease
of the kidneys, complication of troubles. and
the use of too much Quinine.
Harms is fed about once in twenty four hours
sometimes only once in forty-eight hours. In
the partaking of food he is very frugal, refusing
any dainties that sympathetic friends ind ncighs
bors may offer him. saying that q slice of butt
tered bread is enough for him.
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HoEoAKE AND coRNDoDGERs.
Arc They 10 DlsA ppeAr because or Modern
Cooks and Cook Stoves
Erom the Richmond Dispatch.

From the Richmond Dispatch.
While our Government Is industriously at
work trying to introduce Indian corn into the
domestic economy of European families. 1t
seems to take no note OF the lamentable fact
that in this country corn is less used for bread
than formerly.
Most middle.aged persons remember well
when corn bread was served upon nearly all
tables In the South and West at least twice a
day. Sometimes it appeared In the form of
'hoccake.'' or dodgers" at other times as egg
or batter bread, - and again in ''pones.' 1t was
par excellence 'the" bread Of the negro, and
every man who served in the Confederate army
was also a full graduate in the use of 1t. Now
tho darkies eschew 1t where wheat bread is to
be obtained, and upon the tables OF thousands
OF Southern and Western whites 1t never ap.
pears at all, while others continue to use 1t
only for dinner.
Now, why ia thisl Surely cornmeal is as
good as it ever was. Those who sincerely, but
probably mistakenly, believe that water.
! ground' meal IL better than the product of mills
turned by steam CON always hnd . supply Of
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she Smoked with tho Driver.
From the Eennebeo Journal

"When I came out on my regular trip the
other morning." relates the Leo stage driver.
"the only passenger I had was an old lady Of
very demure manners. I was most dead for a
smoke. but l had sort of got IL into my head that
the old lady was a fussy party. When we got
along a piece, however. / got to lingering my
tobacker, and by shum. I iu couldn't resist the
temptation. SO l turned round to the old lady
and asked her II she had any objection to my
taking "a Whit or two. She Strengthened up like
a monkey on a stick.
"'By gosh, young man. she shouted, you've
hit me Just where I live. I've been hankering
for n smoke all morning. Gimme n match.
She pulled out n black T.. D.. and l tell you.
mister, men that old lady made the stage look
like a steam engine going up a grade"
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OF tho river, and Mrs. Emma Hunsecker
and her two daughters. Alice and Kate, stepped
N. Foreman Gaines also got into the g car
Engineer Hunscckor pulled open tho throttle
ana the cables stretched tightly, lifting high
INTO the air n cargo very precious to him. The
cables ana pullcys wound mp and the car was
soon swinging directly from the cable. Then
the travelling cable drum was thrown into gear
and INC car" containing the four people
started north at lively ratio OF speed. Tho SON
but to many Would have been terrifying. Bnt
the ladies enjoyed the ride, and after riding to
the north tower.and returning to the south bank
OF the river they glightcd from tho concrete box
much pleased with their ride and not In tho
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moh an agreement; nevertheless II must not he
oonaidered an absolute impossibihty, and II the
thing should be accomplished il Win then be
very likely that England will throw on the
mask and continue, 70 pursue In Egypt as well
ana Russia. This is why ! consider thcfuture
attitude OF Germany as the real knot in tho
nrcaent European question:
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wedding varictle. In Kentucky.
From the Pdduoah Sun.

The marriage Of q young lady we'll known in
Paducah, in upper Kentucky. q few days ago.
had some very unique features. Tho brides
maids were al or as dinerent size. age typo
The groom IL 4 Presbyterian and the bride au
Episcopnlian. They were married. however. in
a Methodist church by a Baptist minister. The
bride kissed all the and the groom
all the bridesmaids, and the groomsmen and
bridesmaids all kissed each other.