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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
INDIAN POL
E2orts TO he Made TO Stop tho Practice In the
Indian Territory.

PERRY. Oklahoma, May os.-The officials OF
this Territory, together with those OF the Indian
Territory. will mako an earnest effort to stop
polygamy among the Indians. Polygamy is
practised among nearly all OF the tribes, and
especially among the Cheyennes and Arapahoes.
Major A. Il. Woodson. agent for these tribes.
says there are Indians among them who
have from two to half a dozen wives. Major
Woodson says the Indians refuse to give UP
their extra wives. and say they will not obey
the Territorial laws in this respect.
The Major says there are only about forty
cases OF polyganiy among his Indians. They are
opposed TO a change, They come TO him saying
that they have heard nothing from WASHINGTON
about IL and are inclined 10 question the Terri
torial law, They imagine everything must
come from Washington.
Most Indians who were living in villages six
years ago are now on their allotments. The
only unruly ones are 800 Cheyennes at Red
Moon and Cantonement. They are practically
as unCiv!lized as they were years ago, ana refuse
TO take their allOtments OF land. They are hope
full that they will again be placed under civilian
instead OF military agents, Their refusal to
adopt civilized ways Is due mostly TO the chiefs.
who know that their power will be- gone the
moment the Indians are separated on their
allotments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
HER FIRST APPEARANCE.
The wiid-vaves Test OF Fitness for the Re-
auIrements or the stage

From the ChieuGo Post.
He looked at her thoughtfully. Being the head
OF a dramatic school. he had acquired the knack
Of looking thoughtful without any serious effort.
You are determined to go on tho stage r. he
asked at last.
II am, returned the young woman.
You are satisfied that you were made to be
an actress and set the world aire with your
genius or do some other equally startling thing r.
he persisted.
We'll, I won't exactly say that" she replied,
with the air o. one conscious of her power. but
too modest 10 exploit il herself. / am satisfied
that l will make a success in the theatrical bus
say more than that
What line do you favor r. inquired the man
whose business II was TO teach stars TO shine.
suddenly impressed with the idea that she was
not SO aggressive in calling attention to her
merits as most young women who have acquired
stage fever. Would you want to start, in as
.fuifet, or do you consider Lady Macbeth moro
Really" she returned. in surprise, IT had ex-
pected that you would settle that
"Sou-you were willing to leave the selection
OF play and character to me =
Tie dramatic man found 1t difficult to believe
his ears, bur she repeated the assertion.
You have had experience she said, land
you ought to be able to tell in what 1 would
make the greatest success
come here think they already know just where
and how they can do the best. Now, If you are
am, she interrupted.
81 Will send you down to the seashore for a
few weeks
"YeSl"
And if you make any kind OF q sensation I'll
put you on in bur!eSque or comic opera at once,
thus starting you at the very pinnacle OF sue
cess. while II you attract no great amount OF at.
long course OF study for tragedy or drama, and
it may be years before you reach distinction"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
WAS JOHN ALDEN AN FRESHMAN,
Tho Rev. Mr.. Grims Says That the WoOer or
Priscilla Mullins Was Not English.

The Rev. Mr.. Grims Says That the Wooer OF
Priscilla Mullins Was Not English.
BOSTON. May 29.-The coming of ex-Ambassa-
dor Thomas +. Bayard to Boston with the "loR"
of the Mayhower lends additional interest to
some recent researches Of the Rev. William Eliot
Grifis. a Congregational clergyman OF Ithaca,
n. Y, who maintains that John Alden, he who
welded Priscilla Mullins, was an Irishman born
and bred.
The Rev. Mr.. Grifis was formerly pastor of
the South Congregational Church, Boston. Re-
Gently he was elected q member of the Ameri-
c~an-Irish Historical Society, at whose head was
the late Rear Admiral Meade, United States
Navy. Mr.. Grifis has Just written a letter to
the Secretary OF the society, Thomas Hamilton
Murray, OF Lawrence, Mass, in which he says
that the Aldens, at first a Norman family, went
over and settled in Ireland. After considerable
search Mr.. Grifis has been unable to find the
name OF Alden In the English towns and cities
before the early part of the seventeenth CEN
fury. Therefore, he says that he thinks he is
justified In saying that John Alden was an Irish
man, and he adds that he is strengthened in his
belief by the fact that although a great many
Englishmen would like to disproye his belief. yet
with all their resources they have never been
There are many names" says Mr.. Grifis. in
his communication to Secretary Murray, "or
over, not only in the Mayfower, but in the sue
ceeding ships to Plymouth, which show almost
certainly either Irish birth. or extraction. OF
course you know that in the large body Of Eng
lish auXiliaries who stood with the Dutch in the
light for their cons itutional liberty, and in the
great cause OF human freedom every from
1868 to 1910, there were many thousands Of
Irishmen."
In conclusion. Mr.. Grifiis argues in keeping
with his ideas set forth in his book, Brave Lit
tie Holland" that nearly one-thlrd of those who
started In the Mayiower were natives OF lIol-
land, having been born there after the time the
Pilgrims hrst left England, and he in.
Inmates that at a future time he will set forth
the part taken by Irishmen IN Holland.
Irish Historical Society will start an investiga-
ton of its own to establish the truth about the
distinctly Irish names which appear among the
forty-one passengers on the historical voyage OF
the Mayfower. Names like Mullins, Martin,
Robinson, IL is claimed, are among the Oldest
names of the best families OF the Emerald Isle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
Perilous Ridinr by = bicycle Girl.
From The 81. Louis GLOBE. Democrat.


KANSAS CITY, May 25.-Eyer since Joe Henley
made his perilous sprint across the ties of the
Milwaukee bridge on the bare rims OF his bicy-
Gle a number OF ambitious cyclists have pro-
fessod a willingness to equal the performance.
But until to-day none of them had gone further
than to ride out and view the bridge.
To-day, however, q woman. Dora Dewitt,
equalied Henley's feat and went him one better.
for she rode along on the outside OF the rail In a
space only eighteen inches wide. II was a hair
raising performance. and one that is not likely
to be equalled soon. Miss Dewitt rode a light
racer. The tires had been removed. leaving only
the bare rims to ride on. She started at a fast
clip, knowing that in no other way could she get
across; A single nishap would have hurled, her
into the Missouri River, ninety feet below.
Once, near the centre OF the bridge.
the wheel rushed along within an inch OF the
edge of the ties, but the girl was cool, and in u
moment she was ip control Of her wheel and fin
greatest peril was in the depressions two feet
wide which exist at regular intervals from one
end OF the bridge To Fhe other. But she crossed
all OF these firmly. though the shock each time
seemed as II II would throw her from the wheel.
Al the close Miss Dewitt arms were SO numb
that she could not lit them. Several well.
known wheelmen witnessed the feat.
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From the Boston Herald.

A new European COLONY has effected a settle
ment at Somcrvl.lc, Just opposite the tItChbugS
Railroad depot. The undesirable Immigrants
are known AS brown'tail moths. The Drown.tail
moth will eat up several times its own weight
every day OF its life. This is the first season that
the brown tail moth has made Itself voraciously
known, although some nearby residents say they
think they saw "a few some two or three years
ago. But now their feeding grounds have
been extended over an area half u mile in width
and a mile In length. Their numbers ON "A single
tree are estimated 10 be- between j,UnO md
10000. There is no denying their vorac!ty, and
any one who will make the short journey 10
Somerville by way OF the tftchbuvg Railroad.
Some of the trees there are as denuded OF leaves,
and look as bare and dreary AS one expects TO SOD
them in winter. Not content with eating up the
leaves of the trees. these brown.tail moths have
taken possession uf the fences, along which they
crawl. in search OF something to deyour.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
"eRASDDADDr OF CAN FLOATS"
Another Peculiar Graft being Coustructea nj
the Crescent Nhipynrd.

Under the present management of tho Cres-
cent shipyard in Elizabeth a small feet OF queer
craft has been built such as was never produced
In any other shlpyard. One of tho boats was
taken apart after being launched and shipped
10 Central America in sections. Another boat
was launched in halves. A feet OF steel canal
boats was built. The Delehunty dumping scow
was another peculiar vessel built there. The
Holland submarine boat Is another, and in a
few weeks still another will be finished. 1t is
known in the shipyard as the "Granddaddy OF
all car floats"
1t Is simply q floating platform for the trans
portation OF freight cars on the water. The
boag is being constructed for the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad. n branch Of
tho Pennsylvania system, and IL will run across
the mouth OF Chesapeake Bay between Cape
Charles and Norfolk. The company already has
four floats In operation on this line, but they are
OF wood and much smaller than the one under
construction at Elizabeth. This Is OF steel and
is $40 feet long, 45 feet wide, and IL feet o
inches deep. 1t will draw six feet three inches
when loaded and three feet three inches when
light. II will have four tracks on 1t and II will
carry twenty;:eight loaded Jumbo freight cars, or
300 tons in all.
The float will be towed. The deck will be fat,
and the only structure above the deck will be q
deckhouse containing a steering room and
standards seventeen feet above the deck. This
gives plenty OF room for the four tracks on the
eighteen water-tight transverse compartments,
with a six.inch flooding and drain pipe running
into all OF them. A small boiler in the centre of the
hold generates steam for the use OF two steer
ing engines which are operated from the deck
house. There, will be a rudder at each end of
the boat, and in case the steam steering gear
should break down. the boat could be steered by
hand. The boiler also furnishes steam for the
pumps and for heating the deckhouse.
The reason for having a pumping system
throughout the hull Is to trim the craft by water
when, heavily loaded cars cause the boat to dip
or to lean to one side. The boat Is built of steel
plates three-eighths of an inch thick and Is
stronger at the ends. where the strain comes as
the car leaves the boat, than at the middle. The
cars are to leave the float on gauntleted tracks,
from which they are switched to o double or q
single track as Is desired.
This float, 1T will be seen, is entirely unlike
the Maryland and other boats that carry cars In
and about New York waters. Its size Is so great
that there was not room enough to build 1t in
the Crescent shipyard, and permission had to be
obtained from the Common Council OF Elizabeth
to extend the ways on which II is being con-
structed out over the street on which the ship
yard faces.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
MRS. M,KISLEY ON MARRIAGE.
she Says That It Is Woman's Highest Mission
Her Husband . Model for Young Married Hen.
From the Pitsburs Di.patch.

WARRINGTON, May 26.-At an informal re.
ception at the White House yesterday the ques-
Mrs. Mckinley talked so brightly and enthusi-
astically upon the subject that Miss Gary,
daughter OF the Postmaster-General. who Is
soon to enter the welded estate, laughingly re-
marked that Mrs. Mckinley might open a
select school for the instruction OF future hus-
eral favor. and the discussion was kept up at a
lively rate during the remainder OF the hour.
II there Is one topic more than another upon
which Mrs. Mckinley wakes eloquent, it is mar
riage. Above everything she extols the devotion
OF her husband as an example to young men.
She unhesitatingly asserts that marriage Is
woman's highest mission when coupled with the
mutual respect which beRets perfect confidence.
In the discharge OF her domestic, duties she be-
lieves that a wife and mother finds her truest
happiness and reward.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
One Chance OF Erecting = Care.

A nervous young lady called . physician for 4 slight
ailment, but one which she mAgnihed, in her own
estimation. into q serious one.
Run" said the doctor TO a servant. giving him a
prescription. 10 the nearest drug store and bring
bacE the medicine as quickly as you can"
"Is there much danger ?" replied the young lady,
In alarm.
yea" said the doctor. "if your servant is not
quick IL will be useless"
"oh. doctor. shall ! die p gASped tho patient,
"Thsre 70 no danger Of that" said tho doctor. e but
you may Et well before John returnA."
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From me CkreIand Leader.

WOOSTER. O., May 25.-The Century Club. the ciry's
swell literary club. held its annual banquet tonight
In the parlors Of the First Presbyterian Church. Tho
guests and members Of the club were given u big
surprise when IL came to the speaking, - all OF the
addresses were made by prominent women. Mrs.
Jacob Fnek responded TO the toaAt. :" The Inhoy atom
Mrs.. C. L. Thons. 1.-THE QIintsrnATy Ase;" Mas
Minerva crley. "Prospeet and RstTospseti' Ms.
Charles HAupsn. The Club Membership"
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Ten Pnubsarer. for = iso-Pound Corpse.


ROCKVILLE, May "5.-Nancy Rockwell, who
died Monday, welghed 100 pounds. The under.
the remains, and "a caskct was made 10 order. 1t
is - inches high aud ~ inches wide, the aver.
will be Impossible 10 put the coffin In a hearse,
and "A wagon will be used to convey the corpse
on rollers, andtcn men, who have been named as
pallbearers, will try 10 lift IL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
Cured tue CopDerhead Bits.

Porn JERvIs, May 20. Nathan Amole OF
Chestnut Hills. Pa. was bitten by a copperhcad
last week. He ran for a chicken coop and
quickly cut the throat OF a chicken and stuck
the finger which had been bitten into the in
cision. folding IL there some time. The flesh Of
the thicker turned black from the poison drawn
from the wound, and MIR. Amole suffered no
further inoonyenience 0Sm the bite.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
Maybe an Altogether Photograph BY Lightning.

From the Chicago ChTonicie.
At certain hours Of tho day, especially at o
o'clock in the morning or Just before shutdown,
me exact reproduction OF a nude woman upon n
pane OF glass in an unpretentious dwelling Of
AAnkakee is plainly visible. How 1t came there
nAquestion scientists may be able to answer.
As lac woman bears a close resemblance TO a
rornleT occupant OF the dwelling. neighbors and
numerous other Kankakeeans who have become
sun interested in tho phenomenon have an
explanation OF their own. They believe IL to DO
ARhotosraph taken by a fash OF lightning.
~ 10 thought that some time, probably during
= storm, a woman In O state OF nature had be-
eoMs frightened, come from her sleeping room
- ara" the blinds. and a flash OF lightning
Photographed her form upon the glass.
me picture was discovered u week aKo. when
S!pIhs man sitting in q house nearly opposite
yySoeerSed what he thought was the reflection on
~ window pano of q woman bathing In the
us 70 question. Supposing that a mirror re-
nvClel The form through the door OF an adjoin-
1 ~ room he called TO his sister. and, pointing
out The singular sight, requested her to run
Gown the blinds. The young woman ran across
~ street, raped upon the door, and was sur.
pHsed 70 see the only woman in the house APP
pear, fully dressed.
Being informed OF the figure in the window,
tIhs woman was surprised and said no one had
laken a bath that day.
a Investigation followed. Sure enough,
xhere In the glass was the figure OF q naked
Woman, aud 1t could not be washed out. Soon Il
pegan 10 be talked about by the nearest neigh
oors and now 1t 10 the talk OF the town.
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From the Chicago Daily Tribune.
:" may have bitten of more than | can chew, ="
remarked the boa constructor. as the young "a.
Eelle disappeared within its capaei0us JAWS,
but. thank fortune. l don't have to chew!'
And II curled Itself up for u six Heeks' nap.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-01

And none to early, for it is but
is world of getting ready to do. we
Raleigh's holiday thoughts centre mere:
thor store that makes so much Of Chris
fling ready for it. We would not like
,nlnre of selling goods--though that or
tell the story of the store without uan
as though selling were the last thins we
wore the business at hand. Not bit OF
and that makes the pleasure giving and
tbo sailing Ii is n better store because
vour Christmas store--Welcome!
THE BEAUTIFUL DANCING DO
are-with her grace and beauty. She
dren. ON exhibition in the Annex.
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The "Horse Shoe. /"

The regular one dollar kind-made OF
selected lamb skins-our own lmporta-
ton :. -. ''1c
Cord-edge, Double faced Satin Ribbon
at prices wonderfully low-and these
ribbons are most wanted OF all. Iney
are for wear and for fancy work
heavy all-silk ribbons-satin, both sides,
corded edges. and the coloring are nlckle,
castor, brown, white and black-the
widths are-4O, 60, and S0-prices 4oc..
90 and -. .................. .oQc
Extra fine quality of Satin Ribbon
all colorsNos. . to 40-prices Be. to. Zoe
Fancy Ribbons in Roman, Plaid and
Strpes-all widths AL colors, from to
G0-prices from lac. to ......... .Sl.OU
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When Once Down
Down They Stay.

All the special prices made for last
weeks sacrifice sale, will be continued
this week until every lot is closed out
some of the quantities not quite large
enough to advertise, but still there are
many bargains left.
The last lot of millinery samples at
so cents on the dollar that we VIII nave
this season. Just received from La
Wake. Brett & Co, Broadway, n. ",
the leading importers of Partisan novel
ties in this country-their entire sample
line-half the usual wholesale prices,
and will be retained at the same rldlcu-
lousy low prices.
LaVake, Brett & Co.'s felt shapes
that they wholesale at Doc, to Sl.oo,
grand sample sale price ......... zoe
LaVake, Brett & Co.'s Wings that
they Wholesale from zoe. to Toe, grand
sample sale price .oc
IaVake. Brett & Co.'S baby caps that
they wholesaled from IS to $1.OO, grand
sample sale price ................ 39c
Layake. Brett & Co.'s Amazon
Plumes in greys, browns, blacks and
natural. that they wholesaled at $500
to $5.00-grand sample sale price 81 90
to-. >. :. ................ ...'. .9S.Oo
LaVake, Brett & Co.'S Coque Feath-
ers that they wholesaled from SOC to
$500, grand sample sale price zoe
to-. :. :. ................. Sou
This is the last week of cut prices in
millinery, and all the pattern Hats, are
being closed out at half the usual prices.
Special sales of Tides, Shams, Table
Covers and Centre Pieces.
TIDIES-25c. kind 19c.; soc. kind
r0a O0n TEa lind E0p
SHAMS-$2.0 kind a pair S1.50;
$500 kind a pair $500; $500 kind a
pair $3.50: $500 kind pair $500.
CENTER PIECES-20c. kind 15c.;
&c. kind 19c.; SOC. kind 25c.
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v. {. Stronach & Sons
GF0CerS.

Wholesale IL we can. Retail il we
must.
Amongst other epistles of like nature
we publish one note which shows That
bread cast upon the waters, will some
times float to your neighbors-it reads
II was very much touched by your
pathetic story of the little Grace boy
does he attend our Graded Schools? if
you will give me his address, will send
him, some Paper collars.
We are sorry we can not hereafter
undertake to reply to other letters than
those, which relate to the purchase of
Smithfield, Southampton, and some
Extra Fancy old North Carolina-West-
phalia, Ferris, and other choicest brands
of Hams, Breakfast Strips, and Tongues
dengate-Premier and other
brands of Finest Fruits, and Vegetables,
Picked MangOes two years old as
fine as silk Preserves and Jellies, in all
sizes, and shapes-Condiments, Sauces,
and Catsups, Salmon, Lobster, Shrimp,
Anchovies, French Sardines-Kippered
Herring. Potted Turkey-Game, etc.
Plum Puddings, Mince Meat, Fat Turkeys
-Muscovy and Middle Ducks-Chickens,
Geese, and Tooth Picks-and hundreds
of other Pantry, and Table Supplies.
The Grocery Business is a peculiar one,
we find we have wasted, our advertising
space, in sentiment, and we may have
been called another Smart Ellick."
During this Holiday Season. we shall
adopt as our own, the popular Motto,
Catch as Catch cam" and try to come
in very near Touch with our customers.
This policy must be strictly adhered to,
or we shall all spend next summer hoe
ing the Fragrant Onion, in the Crimson
Environment of Geranium Valley.
A lady on Blount Street asks why
The Senior allows the Juniors to
write such Scandalous advertisements.
An old gentleman asks, Why some peO-
pie are born in Scotland and some in
Ireland and some Righteous. AS neither
of them trade with us, we cannot afford
a post card in answer.
w. G. STRONACH & SONS.
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The Prince IS Glove at 81.

Beautiful and perfectly dyed-they are
guaranteed in every respect, and II not
as advertised your dollar back ON de-
mand.
THE PRINCESS STYLE GLOVE IN
r>rIECE
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Synopsis of the Weather.-A moderate
s+orm is central over the Lake region
which is causing southerly winds, and
warmer. cloudy weather in the ONO
end central Mississippi valley. Very
little rain has occurred with the storm.
lint on the west side it is again turning
colder with snow at st. Paul and
Brunswick.
The weather is generally fine and
clear throughout the South and East,
with temperature below freezing as far
south us Atlanta.
Increasing condncss is probable We'd
nesday afternoon, but the weather viii
get warmer only slowly.
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step from holiday to holiday. There
are all at it with will now. Or course
In all North Carolina there is not an
.mas-so much of the pleasure OF get
to contemplate this store as merely
course is its business. 1t is hard to
yer of being misread. We often talk
thought of-as though pleasure-making
it. This store does things with will,
the exhibition features as thorough as
so much more than store besides
1.-THE greatest mechanical toy of the
has been admired by hundreds of chill
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For Swift Clearing.

Ladies' fine kid top button boots
Wells toe-reduced from 1925 to $l.oo
60 pairs ladies' up-to-date button
boots-reduced from $500 to ....$2.OO
pairs George E. Keith needle toe
calf balls: reduced from $500 to $3.50
Same make Of shoe reduced from
$500 to-. ........ .S%.oo
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Southern Express Company
Oh Sale at Raleigh.

Unless previously called for &Hs
charges paid or otherwise disposed Of
the Southern Express COMPANY will sci
to the highest bidder for cash, at publk
suStian Mt the &uctien house OF Franz
strosAeA, s21 South Wilmington strssa
by Frank Stronaek, asetioneer, Or Mon
day. Dec. Q, 1897, commencing at sst
q. M, all waiter that las beeR on A&BS
SIX months or ever, an itemixed stats
ment of which can be seen ut the Cen
psHy's office, 1OS Fayetteville strss4
and In q pubie place ut the eeurs Assss
OF Wake eounty.
w. q. UROsSwELn,
Superintendent
n, r.. BRYAN. Agent.