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Women in Persia.

Frank LeStte's Popular MOnfhiY
But life is sad in Persia, especially the
woman's life. The law of Islam allows
each man to have four wives, and as many
concubines and slave girls as his hand can
hold. His wives, also, he may divorce al
will Our word "bosh" is the Turkish word
by which a Moslem divorces his wife. II
doesn't count if he says it only once or twice.
but if said the third time the woman must
go, and there is no recourse. Down along
the Caspian the men often marry their
wives III the Spring, so as 10 have the hene-
fit of theirlabor in the rice fields, and divorce
them in the Fall so, as to escape supporting
them during the Winter.
At Meshed, where the pilgrims come, is a
large population OF temporary wives who
are married TO the pilgrims, far from home
and families, for az long Il time as the pil
month. The Mohometan Priests draw UP
the contracts for these temporary alliances.
Lord Curzon, who has been there. SAYS
Meshed, though the ho!iest city in Persia,
is the wickede5t in Asia. There are no
words for wife and home in Persian. There
are no homes and few wives.
1t is curious 10 hear Il handsome woman
say: 81 have told my husband if he marries
another wife ! shall poison him, and | in
tend to do it," Or TO ask u woman about
her home life, and get the answer. Love
my husband? Oh, yes, ! love him.
lOkE al sieve 1lDltlS wafer.
In the cities the Mo5lem womeii--and all
but about 10000 or so of the 1000, 900
women OF the land are Moslems-ncver ap-
pear in public save dressed in black and
heavily vailed, the eyes looking out through
a small meshed space of the vail. Custom,
fear of men, and not modeSty. impose this
dress. The poorer women or the women in
the villages wear no walls, or throw the
walls back and leave their faces uncovered,
unless now and then in coquettsh way
they draw fold of the dress across the
mouth. The Jewish women often dress
for the street as the Moslem women do.
The Armenian, HISTORIAN and E'ire-wOr-
shipper city women give somewhat less
heed to concealment, and the village women
are quite free.
All Of these III the country, and the city
ladies in their houses, dress in bright colors,
red and green and yellow; and the village
streets and highways get their little bright
ness from them, or from the equally gay
dress Of the men. The Jewesh girls are
adorned also with trinkets and ieWelry.
especially with the little silver cases con-
tanning portions Of the Old Testament law
The Fire Worshippers, or Guebres, are
but few in Persia now, though il is the land
of their origin; but their women can be
picked out at once in Iiheran, OF in the few
cities where they are found, by their dress.
Outside of Teheran is the Tower of Silence
where, believing neither in cremation nor
in burial, the Fire Worshipers expose their
dead. From the hillside it looks out in
solemn stiffness over the broad, dead plain
even as the dead Of this dying peoplelook
up III solemn stiffness from their ghastly
burial place TO the unanswering sky.
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do anything to avoid It that would
not degrade him in the estimation of him.
self and Of his friends; but il a fight were
the only alternative of such degradation,
he would fight" Mr. Lincoln's second.
Merryman, advised him to select broad
swords rs the weapons, and Merryman.
being n splendid SwordSman, trained Lin
coin himself, so that it was almost certain
that Shields would get the worst OF it.
They decided on neck of land near the
confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri
Rivers at Alton, Ill. ,as the dueiling grounds.
They had arrived at Alton, and the prepa-
rations were all made, when, says, Gen.
Linder, John j. Hardin, hearing of the
contemplated duel, determined to prevent
it, and hastened to Alton with all imagina-
BILE celerity, where he fell in with the bellig-
erent parties, and, aided by some other
friends of both Lincoln and Shields. sue
ceeded in effecting reconciliation. After
this affair between Lincoln and Shields, |
met Lincoln at the Danville Court, and in n
walk we took together, seeing him make
passes with stick, such as are made
in the broadSword exercise, j was induced
to ask him why he had selected that weapon
with which to fight Shields. He promptly
answered, in that sharp. ear-splitting
voice of his: TO tell you the truth, Linder,
did not want to kill Shields, and felt sure
/ could disarm him, having had about n
month to learn the broadsword exercise;
and, furthermore, / didn't want the darned
fellow to kill me, which l rather think
he would have done if we had selected
pistols"
AN EYE-wrrNEsS'S ACCOUNT OF LIN
coins DUEL.
Maj. j. NJ. Lucas, late United States
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EVERYDAY LIFE OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
CONTINUED frnn fret page.

The one that has the besIchance of being
President She decided in favor of Lin
coin, and, in the opinion of some of her
husbands friends. aided to no small ex-
tent in the fulfillment of the prophecy
which the bestowal of her hand implied D
Mrs. Edwards, Miss. .Todd's sister, relates
that Mr.. Lincoln was charmed with Mary S
wit, and fascinated with her quick sagacity,
her will, her nature. and culture. l have
happened in the ROOM" she says, where
they were sitting. often and often, and
Mary led the conversation. Lincoln would
listen. and gaze on her as if drawn by some
superior power-irresistibly SO; he lis
tened. but seldom said a word.
A PAINFUL EPISODE.
Preparations were made for the mar
rage between Mr.. Lincoln and Miss Todd;
but they were interrupted by painful oc-
sudden breaking out of fit of
or temporary insanity, such
as had afflicted Mr.. Lincoln on a former
occasion. This event has been made the
subject of no little gossip, into which it is
not now necessary or desirable to go. fur
ther tnan to mention that at about this
time Mr. Lincoln seems to have formed
q strong attachment for Miss Matilda Ed
a sister of Ninian W. Edwards; and
that the engagement with Miss Todd was
for a time broken off. In consequence of
these complications, Mr.. Lincoln's health
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Consul at Tunstall, England, and pioneer
citizen Of Illinois, was perfectly familiar
with all the circumstances of the Lincoln
Shields "unpleasantness," and, in fact,
was an eyewitness Of the duel which took
place-or rather, which did not take place
at Alton; across the Mississippi River. in
1912. The details of that now almost-for-
gotten affair of honor" are still present to
| his mind. The idea Of Abraham Lincoln
going to the field armed with brOadswOrd
to fight duel, seems to those who knew
him in his later days so inconsistent with his
pacific character that many have doubted
the authenticity of the story. But it verify
to the spot, and was there when the affair
was amicably adjusted. The challenge
OF Shields arose out of a q1iZZical news
paper article which was written by Miss
Mary Todd, afterwards Mrs. Lincoln.
This gave such offense to Gen. Shields
that he went to the editor and demanded
to know who the writer was. The editor
OF the paper was in quandary, and meet
ing Lincoln on the street asked him what
he had better do. "O," said Lincoln, "just
tell Shields that it was me-" The editor
did so, and Shields sent n challenge TO Lin
coin, who had just gone to Tazewell COUNTY
to attent law suit. Lincoln accepted the
challenge, and the weapons selected Were
broadswords, which "Uncle Abe knew
well how to handle, having been thoroughly
drilled in their use by Maj. Duncan. broth
er-in-law of Maj Lucas. The field Sc
lected for the combat was near Alton, and
thither the combatants proceeded. But
the affair got wind and reached tie ears OF
Gen. Hardin, who Immediately started
after tie party, reaching the scene just
as the preliminaries We're being arranged
He interpoSed, saying, "This is all nom
sense" and succeeded in putting a stoJ
to the whole proceeding. Mai Lucas
says he saddled Il horse and got to the ffelG
about the same time Lincoln did He had
no doubt Lincoln meant TO fight Said the
Major, Lincoln was no coward, and he
would unquestionably have held his owr
against MS antagonist, for he was a pow
erful man in those days, and was Cuite well
skilled i'll the use of the broadsword He
said TO me after the affair was all over: 4
could have snlit him in two"
TO lie continued
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feet high, steep, and rocky, and along the
top is a perpendicular ledge 60 feet high,
which can not be surmounted. All along
this ledge the rebels are as thick as black
birds, and keep continual volley of shoot
ing at our troops. s.-,r
We did gain the top about five miles
back, and some of the boys came down
the ridge of the mountain, driving the rebels
from rock to rock. The comb of the ridge
is narrow in places, and rises in sugar
loaf knobs. The force on the ridge got
within a mile of the point and got stalled.
obstacles that nature and the enemy had
placed there.
The fighting on the other mountain to
our right ragged fearfully all the after
noon. We saw Gen. Johnson's Division
start in fully 10000 strong in.six lines.
They entered the woods amidst the chat
tering of the enemy'S musketfy. Our
batteries opened out and sent shells crash
ing into the woods wnere the enemy were
who in turn sent their shells at us from the
top of the mountain, and we had the same
old game of Lookout played over again.
BY evening our troops were half way up
and the fighting ceased.
1t don't seem possible for our troops to
ever reach the top, on account of the high
ledge of rocks at the summit We could
have taken three Mission Ridges while
our troops have been at work here. Gen.
sherman and many other officers were near
our position greater part of the day.
Sherman was near us when he received
Halleck'S dispatch, announcing Grants
victory in the Wilderness in Virginia.
He sent a dispatch to Halleck, announcing
that he was fighting for Rocky Face, and
that McPherson's Corps had just occupied
Snake Creek Gap, away off to our right.
Many of us have had narrow escapes
to-day, and one of the men of Co. G was
mortally wounded. The rebel batteries have
ours replying. One little Captain in a bat
terry near us attracted our attention. He
was gay and festive" fellow, dressed in
buckskin breeches. He would send his
shells plump into the rebel fort every time
learned he had been an officer in the Ger
man army, had received a furiough for
three years, and came out to learn our
style of warfare.
Gems. Sherman and Thomas are now
out on the railroad before me, and are giving
directions for positions of batteries. Little
Johnny Glen is stepping around as large
as life. He carries a revolver and talks
about sharpshooting. The rebels have
flooded the bottom by damming up a cul-
vert in the railroad in the gap in our front
and the only way Of advance is along the
track, which is swept by batteries from a
fort in front
We hear that Mcpherson, with the Fiji
teenth Corps, has gone towards Resaca,
through Snake Creek Gap. which movement
may compel the enemy to leave the position
in front. 1t rained all last night, and
having no tents, we sat up all night on
logs, and feel rough for want of sleep.
CTo be continued.)
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Every person who is sufferer from nervous
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no C. o. d. or DEPOSIT scheme. but a liberal
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importer OF specifics for nervous diseases in the
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The Won Mohl Co has the sole American rights
for Prof. Laborde's French preparation of Cal
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specific in the French and German armies, and
since its int oduoton into the United st tes has
cured many thousands of sufferers and the re-
markable success Of the remedy in Europe has been
repeated in this county.
In order T. place this wonderful treatment in
the hands OF every person who suffers from mental
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The paraf1fning of floors in schools and
hospitals is an advance in French santa
ton. The cracks and joints are first put
tied with mixture of $40 parts of Span
ish white, $50 of glue, $50 of sienna,
110 Of umber, and so of calcareous earth
and the paraflln is then applied either in
solution in chloroform or melted. The
latter is preferred, as the hot liquid pene-
trates the wood to the depth of sixth of
an, inch. The putty requires two days for
hardening before application of the paraf-
fin, and, when the latter has soIidified,
the superf1uous material is scraped off,
leaving a smooth, glossy surface. This
resists acids and alkalis. while preventing
the lodgment OF infectious germs.
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Engineering Evolution.

The ocean ferry" gives a striking Illus.
tration Of mechanical progress in 60 years
Speed, says Sir William White, has in,
creased from one-half to 22Ta knots: tho
time on the voyage has been reduced to abou-
SO per cent of that in 1870 Ships have
been more than trebled in length, about
doubled IN breadth. and increased tenfold in
displacement. The passenger list has beer
increased from about 100 TO =, ,OOQ on a single
steamship. The engine, power has beer
made 40 times as great. The ratio OF
horsepower to weight driven has increased
fourfold; the rate of coal consumption pc,
horsepower has been reGTlced to one-third
To drive 1000 tons across the Atlantic al
S1a knots, about $50 tons of coal were
burned in 1910; now to drive 10000 tons
across at % knots, about 5000 tons are
burned. Each ton Of propelling apparatus
with steam pressure of only II pounds,
then gave only two horsepower for con.
tinuous working; each ton now produces
from six to seven horsepower
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A prayerb Calendar for 1900.

Each year when we receive the Hoods
Sarsaparilla Calendar we wonder how it is
possible to originate such clever designs.
The "Proverb Calendar" itself is suspended
in front OF two little tots, one robed in deli.
cate pink and the other in blue. On the
reverse side there are the usual astronomi.
cal calculations and other facts. The
Calendar is made 10 stand alone on desk
or table, or it may lie suspended on tine wall
You should be sure 10 get one Of these
Calendars from your druggist, or one will
be mailed to you by sending 6 cents in
stamps TO G. /. Hood &; Co., Lowell, Mass.
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An Eycellert Tiren,oco

SOUTH GREENSBURG, PA, Dec. "a, 1899.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / re-
ceived my watch and it is very nice 1t is
an excellent timepiece. l thank you very
much. will work for you in the future.
MYRTLE GILLESPIE.
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Sanitary Floors.

The source of all health is rich blood Hood
Sarsaparilla makes puce. strong II irving blood
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DO YOU SCRATCH?

Eczernss Itching. Piles and all Skin Dis.
eases Cured made the discovery Ofa method that
permanently cureI of eczema. 10 what physi-
can can do. send cents for tria treatment
w. A. BCLLAl;D, 3iS Theodore Street. Detroit Mich.
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WANTED L want to know the address of VIM NJ.
w S!a'; fill name William Morn nSstar. Address
Henry MOrninSsIar, Cedar Springs, kent Co, Mich.
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TUNNEL HILL, GA, SUNDAY MORN
ING, MAY 8, 1864.
j am lying here on my gum blanket
musing in the morning sunshine, and until
our regiment receives orders TO move ! will
try and put down some of my thoughts for
your information. II is beautiful Sun
day morning, and l can't help but think
In what different ways you and will spend
IT. You are all doubtless getting ready for
church. where can be spent peaceful hour;
we are among scenes of war, and may be-
fore night see some of its terrible results.
While church bells are sounding in your
ears the bugles of the vast army are sound
ing the calls for the advance.
When | last wrote we were a few miles
from Ringgoid, where we lay all day Fri
Gay resting and visiting friends in the
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BY THE LATE ]. Nj. BRANUM.

Lieut.. Branum's letters to his family ir
Bridgeport. o., narrate his almost daily ex
perience with the 9Sth, from its departure
from Camp Mingo, o., in August, 1862; tc
March 10, 1865, when he fell at Bentonville
n c., in the last battle in which Sherman's
army was engaged. The letters are printed
by special arrangement.
New Ulm review., 1900-12-26

Ehas naArIiAge Os w 81 slas2 e lizneY spfs
Courtland and stDit of Nicoliet.
Both veil snovvn ins this city ~,
nounced for the New 3 ear. .sssssssz
50. e. ellie French, now employed az. +
stenog ographers IA q g. y Mlnnsap oils businessI
house, 2 spending the holidays IN this,
city with her ~ mother Mrs. Bfey..
dr. and Mrs. Chriist III zen and flanch-
ter Mary comp panied By Miss Gustie
huehnel, will leave Jan. ! q Tor iermany
where they will spend the winter.
The Blizzard holiday packages at The
Burg Cigar Factory are all sold. Inquire
!, :. 8 80 .s~e s.s =. s.o' q =
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MISS l'lrdle nluiien retnrneu FRIDAY
ol Irom No're Dame, IND, where sue y at AZ
1endlag tpc.g school, to spend the hoiiday
4 - s = 90 S:
nlsle roepPel'$ the e year old aaagn- 1
vt = Ml. ana nrs. herman 's roePpel'
Wno MS oeen very s'ck WIN pneumnnla
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lug 81 E Ale4andef. nos nospitai 10 tms clty
sunerlng Win 2 spralned arm occasl onsd
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MISS " Angela Altmann OF West Newton,
""o mas oeon ''t staying ~ 'nls CITY loI ols ]
'one 1l ''n'e eneaeeo ~ Tue STUDY VI ~ nv u
'i'' was c"ui u Peileo 10 return home 'ast
week '''S Q owing 10 sickness.
The Misses Erickson, Ramsdell and
''l ouni''.ei"ei ' VI hl'lng,oh s'uuehts 81
'ne nialAa'o Sor'nal' were III t'''s Guy
= oa'uluay Oh t'e'l way nome lI LOT tne '.
onils'lllas >'ll'.l 'ac"''on' q:
/. Mrs. Joseph kOthler and sister Louisa
Schroeck' arrived Saturday from Minne-
apOlis and will spend the holidays In
'il's Guy WIN '"elr Parents' H1r' ~ ano
WIS o"li s'c'l'oecA' ss.~.. -. ~ Xii. 5.$.
While loading hay at the home OF his
father IN the town of Cottonwood Fri
day afternoon Henry Schelbel had his his
left hand severely injured by being
caught IN pully or the loader being
u'e"' --4. @4~... e.
+ Says the St: Peter Tribune: "one of
our young business men, 1t Is rumored,
will marry New Ulm young lady
about Jan. o.: The question agitatingg
society Sclrcies mt IN TINS city is as TO the
identity OF tue yeung lady.
A petition has been circulated during
the past week asking Gov. Van SAINT to
appoint point =. A. f1rgau, OF tins city, to q
position either IN the states prison or
the reform school. The petition was
quite generally signed by leading reDub-
New Ulm review., 1900-12-26
Andrew j ECksteiin.
Christmas | | ! ! / / !:

Not as we used to-
have, but a very much
larger assortment of
articles very suitable
for Christmas gifts;
useful, not money
thrown away. 3.
And as all prices
have a downward ten
detncy, everything is
cheaper than it used
to be. Vow know:
we make q special.
price for the Holiday
trade. Call at once
and make selections.
Here is. n small list Of.
articles that may be
OF assistance to you.
in making your selec..
tions.
Secretarys, Library
Cases, Office Chairs,
Center Tables, Couch
es, Davenports, Di