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The times., 1898-03-06
A Grewsome Way to Live.


NfIbnl lit LuhuOH ItttBIdil.J
Vast de KelkoW Belgian of aristo-
cratic descent, has fallen on evil days in
Paris. He has given himself up to the
police so as TO avoid begging in the
streets, and has been accommodated
with a temporary home in the Central
depot. His story is a strange one Af-
ter having spent his patrimony he had
to live by his wits. ~He accordingly set
up as a graveyard orator. His plan
was to follow a funeral and inquire
about the life and career of the dead
person. Then when the interment was
over he stood up at the graveside and
descanted on the virtues of the de-
ceased This caused the mourners to
regard him as an old friend of their
defunct relative. so they thanked him
tearfully and invited him to the ban
quets prepared for them at some res
taurant near the cemetery. The Bel
gian was thus enabled to live on funeral
baked meats, otherwise cold sausages,
charcuterie, and occasionally chicken.
The supply was usually so copious that
Vast de KelkoW put fragments of the
feast in his pockets, so that he could
suhsist until another funeral gave him
chance of obtaining more food, as
well as money, for he was occasionally
tipped by mourners, who relished, or
were moved by, his sepulchral elo-
quence. At last, however, the Belgian
found that his black clothes were be-
coming too seedy, and as he could not
afford a new suit of solemn color he
surrendered to the police charging
himself with having obtained money
under false pretenses. He is now thor
oughly enjoying the shelter of the depot
and looks forward to finishing the win
ter in a snug prison, free from carking
care and from, the necessity of deliver
ing funeral orati0ns over dead persons
whom he had never seen.
The times., 1898-03-06

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for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
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we, the undersigned. have known f. j
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Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halrs Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
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per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testi-
monials free.
The times., 1898-03-06


One evening, as I was quitting the
PalaZZO Aldobrandi, a storm was set
ting in. 1 had no cloak with me. so
Don Ottavio pressed me to accept his.
and gave me a lesson in the difficult
art of wearing a mantle like a Roman
Wrapped up to the eyes [ left the pal
ace. | had made but a few steps
across the Piazza San Marco. when a
man approached and handed me a per-
fumed billet.
For the love of God signor," said
he. read this at once" He disap-
peared in the darkness.
I stopped at a lamp dimly burning
before a Madonna, and opened the note
1t was written in pencil, in a tremu-
lous handwriting, and evidently in
haste. 1t read:
If YOU love me, do not come this evening or we
are lost. All is known, except your name But
OH love, nothing shall separate us!
More mystery" 1 cried. Again Lu-
crezia! What can it mean?" and, as
| pondered over this strange note, l
mechanically took the road leading TO
No 13.
The street was as somber and silent
as ever The noise of my footsteps
was the only sound that could he heard.
lifted my eyes. The shutters were
open!
1 thought I could dimIy distinguish
in the darkness a human form. | call
ed
"Lucrezian
There as no answer.
''Lucreziai' -
l felt a violent blow, which feIIed me
to the ground.
With the compliments of Signora
LucreZia" said a hoarse voice, with a
mOcking laugh. a shadowy form dis
appeared in the darkness.
| was somewhat stunned by the fall,
but when | got my wits about me |
found that instead of having a goodly
cavity in my chest there was only a
slight confusion, the folds of my cloak
having prevented the stiletto from Civ
ing me u dangerous wound. 1t Oc-
Cured to me that if my assailant dis
covered his failure 1 might again be
attacked, so 1 cautiously crept away.
keeping close to the wallis.
l reached my house without any fur
ther incident, and sent for a physician,
who dressed my trifling wound He
made no inquiries-the Roman physi-
clans are discreet
The next morning Don OttaVio call
ed and / informed him of my mishap.
! He appeared much disturbed, and made
minute inquiries as to the place and
! time.
| 1t is terrible mistake he cried,
The times., 1898-03-06
THE DEcADEHT DRAMA
Independent Theaters as Viewed
by Will A. Page.
JET BLACK AND SPOTTED PLAY

The Latest Attempt OF the Imde-
D,.adeuts 10 Educate Theate r-tio-
cr- wiiton Lackaye as the VI-
hahn in east Lynne New York
Theatrical Gossip.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-10
.G0hPOS[S MUSIC, MAKES LANS AND COOKS.
Varied Ca1linQs Of Horace Nicolar, a Penob-
scot Indian. His Home and His People
on Indian Island, Near
Old Town, Ne.

Along the island shore, drawn up,
were scores Of canoes OF birch and
wood. Down one side OF the stream
hoated on the tide-helped current
thousands upon thousands OF feet Of
logs manned by workmen agile Of foot
and keen Of eye, who leaped from one
log to the other, pole in hand, direct
ing their progress to the boom at the
head Of the bay, miles below. II a
narrow channel between the island and
the mainland, kept open by the log
polers with great difficulty and no little
aid from strong language, there piled
a rowboot ferry, pulled to and fro by
a broad should ered old man, whose son
IS Sockalexis, the professional baseball
player. On the far side Of the river is
Q great wooden mill employing hun
dreds Of hands, and past its doors run:
the steam cars to the sea and the troll
ley cars to Bangor. . III.
Two more Of the March Kings COM
positions followed the one from ."The
Bride Elect" and this led. the CONVEX
.sation naturally to music. .@ $ (
THE Indians" said Nicolar, "are
naturally musical. I am the leader Of
our brass band and I have opportuni-
ties for Judging. I find as many In
dams out Of hundred, say, can learn
to play upon musical instrument as
similar number of white men. Native
music? I never heard any We play
the white mems compositions or some
times our own. I have composed a
number Of pieces for my band which
have been fairly successful. T hope to
have them published some day. They
are dance music. War dances? Well,
hardly. Waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and
the like. We play at Oldtown and ,ev-
en- in Bangor. AS a rule we are kept
reasonably busy during the season.
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hopes would have been dashed to the
ground just as it was by their over.
Whelmlng defeat. The powers would
not have allowed such a powerful lit
tie people, as victory would have prov
ed them to be, further to aggrandize
II themselves n They agreed-to the hor-
TOR Of Emperor William, then no lon
ger one Of the concert that the sultan
should not annex any portion Of Thes-
sally except such as should allow re-
arrangement of the frontier. me-
But Crete remained as an elephant
on the hands of the powers. They
could agree to nothing, except to hold
It tentatively among themselves. me
Christians and the Musselmans con-
tinued to fight whenever they got q
chance. Over the towns, which are
the headquarters of the zones Of influ-
ence allotted each Of the Ave powers,
England, France, Russia, Austria and
Italy, they exercise military law from
the headquarters of consuls office
and the men-of-war in the harbor.
The Christians are not satisfied. II
they can not be Greeks they prefer to
indulge in their natural gift Of irregu-
lar lighting, which is the heritage Of
centuries OF instructions. Much less
are the Moslems satisfied. The shoe
IS on the other foot, now. They have
Deen called upon to pay taxes instead
OF helping to massacre Christians who
did not pay. This infraction Of their
rights, as they understand them, they
nave resented in manner character
lstlc of the scum which hangs about
the seaport towns of Crete.
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receive farming appropriation from
the state. tried to have this appro-
spriation increased at the last session
of the legislature. =
You ??''---th he query slipped from my
lips accidentally.
Mr.. Nicolar is the representative Of
the tribe in the legislature r answered
Mrs. yNicolar the elder, gravely, my
husband, his uncle, represented the
tribe at Augusta for eighteen seasons.
That was thirty six years 51
But, 4 continued the composer, legis-
lator and cook, "I am afraid that it
cannot be done. The tribe is fairly
well off. We get the rental from shore
privileges on our forty-fve miles Of is.
land in addition to these other moneys,
and we are q self-supp orting people,"
81 All Indians? No whites %
"All the residents Of the island are
of Indian blood. There are few If any
pure blooded Indians among us. "a
good many have Irish or French blood,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-10
GERMAN LABOR TROUBLES.
An Alarming Increase In Strikes, and
for Significant Cause

An Alarming Increase In Strikes, ana
for Significant Cause.
European papers are devoting space
to the troubles which are continually
agitating labor circles In Germany.
It is freely admitted the incessant agf-
tation is Of national Importance, hay
ing a political bearing or significance
far beyond that usually attributable to
such phenomena, Violence has accom-
panied so many of the strikes OF the.
past few months that the emperor
himself found it expedient to speak
strongly of the matter In a public
speech. His words have been con-
strued variously, according to the par
ty color Of those who discuss them.
The social democrats declare that they
foreshadowed strict laws which would
make striking a misdemeanor. The
suit is that the feeling among the
Workmen, already bitter, has been ag-
grayated, and the semiofhcial assur
ances that the emperor's speech was in
tended merely to assert his desire to
protect the laborer in all legitimate
efforts to better his condition do not
seem to have much effect Statistics
which have been published recently in
the empire show an alarming increase
Of strikes. In 1892 there were seven
ty-three strikes, involving 1922 labor
ers; in 1898 the record was 116, with
1856 participants; 1894 showed 131,
with 1928 men; in 1895 204 strikes
threw 1902 men out of work; l2S.S0S
men participated in 483 strikes in 1896.
The immense number of strikers in
that year is due to the great strike of
the Hamburg longshoremen and dock
laborers. In 1897 there were 578
strikes, in which 62.119 persons were
involved. The social democrats have
called attention to the fact that there
is steady growth in the number Of
strikes that are instituted, not for in
creased wages or other similar pur-
poses, but purely for the purpose Of
attacking employers who have pro-
voked the enmity Of the social demo-
Gratis. These "offense' strikes, as the
party calls them, have increased from
20 in 1892 to $50 in 1897.
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BEFORE THE CAMERA.

Anna Held's strong point is her eyes
She wants them to be just as large as
they are, and larger if possible. Miss
Held, before the camera, is sugges-
tor.
Adele Richie is a fayorite with pho
tographers. Miss Richie, besides be-
ing a capital poser, is prolific in health
full suggestion. The result is always
satisfactory to the man who makes the
pictures, who, after all, is the best
critic.
Maxine Elliott, Nat Goodwin's wife,
is a splendid sitter" Miss Elliott,
like Lillian Russell, adapts herself to
the suggestions Of the photographer.
Is it for this reason that her pictures
have been such success? Photogra-
piers say yes.
Marie Dressler, in the photogra-
piers estimation, is one Of the dearest
things ever. 'She is SO submissive"
said one professional in speaking Of the.
athletic Coincidence. Miss Dressler
has the happy faculty Of acting ter
rible," but is good before the camera.
Jessie Bartlett Davis is renowned for,
her pleasant conduct in the studio.
Many actresses talk great deal, but
Miss Davis is remarkable for the rea-
son that she says something. Her
are always unaffected and
charming, perhaps, for that very rea-
son.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-10
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

An action by a divorced wife against
her former husband for the mainten-
ance Of a minor child is upheld in Gib-
son VS.. Gibson (Wash.), 40 L. R. "A. 587,
when the father is found unfit to have
the custody of the child, and it has
been awarded to her.
Recovery for injuries occasioned by
fright, as to which the authorities are
conflicting. was recently allowed in
Mack VS. South Bound Railroad Com
pany Is. C.), 4oL. r. A. 679, although
there was no physical injury sustained
except that caused by the fright
Liability of shipper of lumber for
injury to a railroad brakemen by neg
ligent loading Of the lumber on car
is denied in Fowles VS.. Briggs (Mich.),
40 Z. r. A. 528, where the accident
happened after it had become the duty
Of the carrier to have the car inspected.
Il A contract between equal owners Of
all but two shares of the stock of q
corporation, each Of whom controls
one Of those shares, by which they
assume to divide and dispose Of the
property of the corporation, is held,
in Sellers VS.. Greer (nL), 40 =. R. a.
$50, to be ineffectual to bind the corr
poration.
The failure OF sheriff to resist
mob that takes prisoner from the
jail, If due to his belief that he could
not cope with the mob, is held In State,
Cooking vs.. Wade md, 40 =. r. A.
62S, insufficient to make him liable in
a civil action, and the sheriff's malici-
Gus act IN aiding the mob is held to
create no liability on his bond.
y For personal injury caused BY the
explosion Of a cannon cracker on
city street on the Fourth Of July, in
violation Of an ordinance. when per-
sons assembled there are exploding
hrecrackers without any common pur-
pose to injure any one, It Is held, in
Aron vs. Wausau (Wis.]. 40 =. II. A.
1873, that no recovery can be had from
the city under a statute creating iia-
sbility for injury done by mob or
riot.
a The rule which makes a public Off
Ger an insurer OF the safety Of the
public funds under his control is held,
in State vs.. Gramm 6Wyo.), 40 Z. r.
sA. $50, to be based, not on the mere
fact that he is 8 public officer Entrusted
with such funds, but upon the princi-
pal that his bond, either alone or In
connection with the statutes, has made
him an insurer. and he cannot be so
held unless It is by virtue Of such
contract.
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INDIAN ISLAND.

'..What do the Indians do for aliv-
ing?" I asked.
Different things. The same sort of
things that white men do on the main
land and elsewhere, except that we
have no stores or mills on our reservai
ton. We make baskets and fancy
work in deerskin and CLOTH All kinds
of grass weaving IS done here, and
some Of it is the best Of it's kind in the
world. Every summer whole families
go to Bar Harbor and the summer re-
sorts along the Atlantic coast, where
they gather grass, weave their wares,
rent stores and sell their goods. Some
OF them have been going to the same
places for fifteen and twenty seasons in
succession. In the fall many Of the
men go out into the woods with west
ern sportsmen as guides and cooks. A:
few of the men do some hunting IN
their own account. but very few"
E. .tsAs to your government" sus
gested.
I'VE have our own governor and
lieutenant governor who look after our
local matters on the island, such as
the laying out of roads, the improve
ment Of public buildings, taking the
census and maintaining order. There
are 1913 Indians on the reservation, and
the interest upon fund of SIS. 900
which the tribe obtained by selling the
land where Oldtown now stands is dis
tributed in part among the tribe pro
rata. What is left Of this fund goes
for medical attendance, educational
purposes and the relief of the sick and
aged. All the doctors bills Of the In
dams are paid and all medicines are
furnished free by the agent. The
agent also buys most Of the work done
by the Indians and not sold. direct
to the whites. In addition to this we
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MAUD LORING

( 3 - = al E
monty, a Yankee The Indians have
reasons. SO twas explained to me, for
believing that they are the original
Americans, and did not argue the
matter with them.
AS Nicolar explained, the Indians
make their living much as white men
would In similar circumstances, and
their home lives are not unlike that Of
their neighbors on the mainland. The
chief industry is the manufacture Of
Indian goods, such as grass baskets.
sweet smelling and PRETTY woven. for
center table and par1or ornamentation.
The grass 10 gathered by the seashore
by the little colonies who display their
wares IN the summer resorts. and Is
woven during the fall. winter and
spring months. The agency at Old
town Is the tribal clearing house. where
their handiwork is exchanged for
money OF goods from the agency gen-=
eral store next door. In addition to
these baskets the Indians are expert
carvers OF fantastic war clubs. canoe
paddles, bows and arrows and nine.
bowls. Artist cally these articles com
pare favorably with the collected ef-
forts of the Alaskan tribes shown ii
the museum Of natural history ups
town. They are odd, IL not beautiful,
and readily command good prices from
curio seekers.
Some Of the women have achieved
national fame by their skill in this
kind of work. Sylvia Stanislane, Mrs
Joseph Nicolar, Louisa Fransway, Mrs.
Nicholas soca basin and her sister-in-
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IN PERIL OF THEIR LIVES.

gines, Escaped with Life.
On one of the roads leading west
from Chicago there is gray-bearded
engineer who has a grist of experi-
ences, more varied and exciting than
falls to the lot of the average man of
his trade. For years he stood at the
throttle on southern roads, and two of
his stories are Of these days: ..When
| was on the old hayburner No. on
the Memphis and Little Rock road
years ago, as we were approaching
Forest City one trip, a man riding a
mule was seen just ahead A call for
brakes was made, but before the effect
was felt we had struck them. The
mule was killed, but the rider was
snugly 'scrootched' up on the front
end. When asked if he was much hurt
he replied: Not a. d--n bit. Have
drink?' and he pulled a quart bottle
from his pocket and passed it around.
Before the consolidation OF the Ten
nessee Midland and p, F. & A., com
ing out of Memphis one day when
passing Elmwood cemetery, where no
whistles or bells are allowed to be
sounded, saw a man walking the
track ahead and sounded the whistle
anyway, but he paid no attention to
the signal. l. slowed up, but before
I could stop the pilot beam knocked
him off the track. By the time we
got to him he was up, and we asked
if he was hurt. He said NO. and
with that walked away, remarking
that we might go about our business
and he would attend to his.''
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law, Mrs. Joseph. Mrs Horace Nicolar.
Maud Loring, Lucy Nicolar and Ada
Socialism, The latter three beautiful
young women are known to the visit
ors Of most Of the mechanics, indus
trial and sportsmen's shows through
out the country from California to-
their native state. Indeed, In this line.
Of industry the Penobscot reservation
may be said to lead the Indian world.
New York Press.
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Opportunity.

They were speeding along on a tan
dem. Now" said he, every time
you look around this way I am going
to kiss you" About forty-five seconds
of silence followed this proclamation,
then the maiden spoke. "Jack," she
said, II think it would be much more
comfortable for me to ride backward"
New York World. -.s..
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Nautical.

~ NAUTICAL. =. .-If' : :.
IT thought" said the Queen Regent,
"that you told me you had the throne
all ship-shape in its affairs at last"
II believe I did say something like
THAT" answered Sagasta. &
well, so far as am able to see, it's
a great deal more canoe-shape. There's
no way Of telling how it'll go next"
Exchange.
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Always Able and willing.

In April every good American was
a naval expert. In June he was max
ing military campaigns. In August he
was diplomatist In October he will
be pronouncing on the government Of
colonies. The American citizen is
hard pressed, but he shrinks from no
duty in running his government.-St.
Louis Republic.
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Not All Alike
.anayunk

ttSome men, ! said the Manayunk
philosopher, won't drink a drop
and, on the other hand. there are
many who won't drop drink. ''-Phila-
delphia Record.
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It VIII Be Needed.

Wallace-"I dunno whether I like
this expansion trend or not" Ferry
ct is all right. The land will be need
ed for Chicago some day, anyhow -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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81 .rLsrsl -ASAsAS1lS ANAOOAAI.
but all OF us must have Indian ances-
tors or we cannot stay here
Tell him about the squaw man, y
suggested Mrs. Nicolar the younker,
smilingly.
Yes, that is funny thing said
Nicolar. "she is a half-breed, and her
first husband was an Indian. They
lived here for many years and brought
up a large family OF children. One
day the husband died, and the widow
married a white man. She brought
him over here to live. but we took her
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All For One Price.

What lovely new couture Miss
Oldtimer has. Where did she get the
style" THAT comes with the hair.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-10

The theatrical deadhead is both
passed and present.
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individuals. Col. Vassos landed in
Crete with a regiment of soldiers:
Prince George, second son of the king
of Greece, made demonstration with
a fotilla Of torpedo boats, and the
Greek government formally announc
ed the annexation. Of the island to the
kingdom of Greece. s.a..
BY this bold diplomatic move Greece
hoped to cause a disagreement of the
powers on the question of coercing
him. Then a European war would re-
suit or they would have to stand fdly
by to avoid European war and allow
him to gain his ends
4 The powers, however, at once few
to their old cover. The balance Of
power must be maintained. They
agreed SO far as to blockade Crete: but
the public opinion Of England would
not submit to the blockade Of the PR
aeus, which was the desire OF Emperor
William. who, little later, Withdrew
altogether from the concert SO far as
the Greco Turkish question was con-
cerned.
The Cretans continued to massacre
the Turks whenever they could, and
the Turks were not slow to return the
compliment, except in the seaport
towns, where the marines Of the diff
ferent powers acted as police.
Immediately after the departure of
Vassos for Crete the sultan and the
Greek government began massing
troops on the Thessalian frontier The
Greco-T Turkish war was the inevitable
result. Had the Greeks won, Crete's