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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

cause of his strongly emphasized type or lndlah
physique and grace, but for his mental ana
moral qualities. He ideal Indian tall
1.-the and commanding; as quick a squirrel
and light of foot as cat, with a low pitched
musical voice, but man of few words 1t Is
rather remarkable, but nevertheless fact that
he never INDUCED in fire water l have known
him to walk forty miles and do days work
inside of twenty-four hours more than
stephen died about twenty-five years ago.
and l supposed that the last 1 should ever
have to do with him, but learning a few years
ago that there was in existence photograph
of 'Steve,S taken in his last years, 1 procured
it, and it from this photograph that had
the portrait of this typical specimen of the pure
blood of the once great Montauks made. The
artist has clothed Steve in the costume Of the
Montauks, worn hundreds of years ago. and
thus have in the picture not only a striking
portrait, but a romance.
The subject is lineal descendant of the
great Wyandanch of 1850 through his royal
daughter Askickotautup. who was the wife of
Poniute."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
BRIDGING THE TUGELA.
ENGLAND HOPING TO EQUAL THE AMERICAN
RECORD FOR PROMPTNEss.

ENGLAND HOPING TO EQUAL THE AMERICAN
RECORD FOR PROMPTNEsS.
Ever since an American firm secured the con-
tract for constructing a bridge across the At
bara, in Egypt, English manufacturers have
been a trfhe sensitive Now however. their self
respect shows signs OF reviving. They are hop
ing in the near future to beat Brother Jouathan's
not yet been reached, and jubiIation is at pres
ent rather premature. These are the facts;
Contracts given to the Patent Axle. Shaft and
Axletree Company, of Wednesday,. England.
called for two bridges for South Africa one Of
was to cross the TugeIa at CoIenso. and the
other al F'rere. Each of the seven spans was to
be 1O5 feet long and Is feet wide. The total
weight of the metal required is 735 tons where
as that of the Atbara bridge was about 400
tons. The latter was constructed in six weeks
And the English papers assume that If the two
structures for South Africa can be finished in
eight weeks. as the contract provides the Amer
lean record for speed will be broken. The first
span was completed in twenty-three days after
work was begun it, but after throwing out
Sundays and holidays. only sixteen days were
needed. The other six spans well under way,
but they have not been finished. II is not likely
that each will require as much time as the first
one did, but. even If they took one week each.
this would make total of six weeks to be added
to the three in which the first span built
Perhaps it will be we'll to await the completion
OF the two bridges before rendering Judgment
The time for the performance OF the task eI-
pires on February Is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
ART TALKS FOR Statesmen
A DEPARTMENT STORES NEW WAY on
IMPROVING ITS SERVICE.

One of the regular features Of life in a zrea,
department store Of which the outside pubpc
knows little is the regular morning lecture to the
employees In general these lectures are sivan
by one Of the managers or other leading official,
OF the establishment and the subject mora o-
less well defined and closely followed is soma
detail in the art Of good craftsmanship the oh
ject being to increase the efficiency OF the forca
AS attendance could hardly be made compulsory
upon the whole force Of the store during hour.
when the store is not supposed TO be open. tia
time fixed for the lectures is usually soon after
the opening in the morning. when little Is going
on in the way Of sales. The difficulty Of leaving
the various departments stripped OF attendants
10 wait on possible customers is obvated by let
ting, say, one-third Of the force attend each
lecture. and substantially repeating the Iectur.
on subsequent mornings for the benefit Of the
other two-thirds in succession.
One great department store has recently be-
gun what appears TO be an advance upon this
custom. II has been brought home to the minds
or the management that the statesmen in several
Observation-Disclosures. carpets. wallpaper. brio
a-brac. china and upRolstery-may often be
placed at a great disadvantage in dealing with
customers by ignorance Of the technicalities and
history of decorative art This firm has there
fore. engaged the services of an architect to de-
IlEer a series OF evening lectures this subject
/ to the ployes of these departments These
special lectures are to be given after business
hours. that all the employees whom they con-
Germ may attend without interfering with thu
routine of the house.
| The manager, when asked what had led "a
] This apparently new departure in the economy Of
a business house. said: 1T is for the good Of
the house itself as much as for the improve
ment of the employees. Take. for example our
furniture department Suppose man OF woman
comes in here with some knowledge Of the dit-
| ferent styles of cabinetmaking, and has to deal
with a salesman who cannot tell the differenc.
between a Louis XIV drawing room chair and
an Assyrian bedstead the result is much more
damaging to than you have any idea Of A
woman Of cultivation in such matters either
goes away Disguised with that department az
/ least, or if she buys what she wants. goes out
afterward and ridicules US. On the contrary a
customer of that kind IN any of those art lines Is
sure to be attracted and pleased by the talk Of
/ a salesman who can tell her something she did
not know before.
/ And I may tell you that these well informed
| customers are much more numerous now than
they used to be. The knowledge Of all these art
matters has spread considerably OF late and
this move of ours is only effort. dictated by
sound policy to keep up with our times There
you have the whole thing in a nutshell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
A STORY or LORD LYTTON.
From The London Chronicle,

FTOm OHTOHICIt
The demolition of the block of houses at the
junction of the Tottenham Court Road with OK
ford-st reminds us that the little passage on the
west side Of the block, called Boilers Court,
is not without its associations. Here fifty years
ago, Mr.. WeSteIl, who, believe, is now the
oldest bookseller in London, had a shop which
is mentioned in Lord LyttOn's My Novel" In
Book VII, Chapter ". of that work we read:
zone day three persons were standing before an
old bookstall in a passage leading from Ok
ford-St. into Tottenham Court Road.
Look said one of the gentlemen to the other
4 have discovered here what have searched for
in vain the last ten years-the Horace of 1851,
the Horace of the Forty Commentators!
The shopman, lurking within his hole like a
spider for flies, was called out" The shop
man who lurked was Mr.. Westell, who perfectly
remembers seeing the Lyttons, father and son,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
THE LAST OF THE MONTAUKs.
A PORTRAIT OF STEPHEN FARMHOUSE, OR
PHARAOH.

Among the pictures on exhibition at the last
reception of the Montauk Club the one by
Charles D. Hunt, entitled stephen Tankhouse
or Pharaoh, the Last of the Montauks," at
tracted much attention. 1t was loaned by Dr.
A. Huntingdon for whom it painted. 1t is
a life size portrait of an Indian whose dress is
primitive and whose looks would indicate that
he was not of the civilized" class of his race.
In speaking of the picture. Dr. Huntington said
During my boyhOOd at Easthampton Long
Island, I saw much of the Montauk Indians,
considering that there were not many left fifty
years ago, and among them was one Stephen
Pharaoh or farmhouse, to whom 1 became
greatly attached. 1 admired him not only be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
THERE IS ONE.

From The Chicago Times-Herald
81 know one offhand speaker who really
doesn't prepare and rehearse what ne has to
say before he begins to talk
~WhO is he?''
"A deaf and dumb man, who uses the Sign
language"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
4 GREAT ART IN LIFTLB.

From The Indianapolis Journal
'-Is there really a ~ art in cOnversing
.-Of course: always say small things IN 49,
way and big things In small way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

walk into his shop one day, not to buy looo
Horace but to inquire the price of some three
volume novels.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-11-03
PUBLIC ENTERPRISE.
FOUND A WAY OUT OF A DIFFICULTY
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
What the Building of Bridge Did
For Hcmmed In TOwn-Free Fac
tory Sites ns Town BoOmcrs-WhOIc
Community Benefited.

EOr u HemmeH In IOwn-Eree Fac
tory Sites ns Town Boomcrs-WhoIe
Community Benefited.
built on narrow plateau or bench on
the side of Il hill, surrounded on the
northwest. north and northeast by
rough and precipitous hills, on the east
southwest and west by a deep and
wide gulch or chaSm extending the full
depth Of its boundary.
Circumscribed in this way, the town
had been literally hemmed in and its
growth retarded by reason of sheer in
ability to secure lands upon which to
erect houses. The hills had been en-
croachcd upon in every direction, and
all available space within these con-
fines was utilized for residence and
building purposes.
When it seemed that the town must
stop growing for lack of room TO grow
in. few of the leading citizen jump
ed into the ring. grabbed the Dull by
the horns and organized the Fairmont
Development company. That was a
turning point in the history of the city.
The land lying across the chasm re-
fcrred to being Immediately contiguous
to the town. had long been looked upon
as the natural outlet for the growth of
the place. 1t was comparatively level
and beautifully adapted as Il site for
town. But for - years that portion Of
the tract directly opposite and extend
ing along the whole front of the chasm
had been in litigation, which could nci-
thcr be compromised nor ended. 1t
was the key to the opening up of a
magnificent addition. without which no
improvements In that direction could
he undertaken. Impressed with the
necessity for enlarged boundaries, if
the town was to take that place among
progressive communities to which her
natural advantages were pushing her,
the litigantS finally agreed to join In a
conveyance of this property and thus
stimulate and advance the growth and
prosperity of the whole community.
The company built a strong and wide
iron bridge across the chaSm directly
Mt the foot of Main street at cost OF
$4,000. continuing that thOrouGhfare
by wide avenue southwest through
the whole of its property. Parallel
and cross streets were laid out in the
addition. thus opening up the entire
800 acres for residence and business
purposes. by the construction of this
bridge the whole of the company's
land was brought within the mme-
diate and natural limits of Fairmont,
the courthouse being less than $50
yards from its boundary.
After making the necessary improve
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-11-03
A BACHELOR
GODDESS.
Q The Story of a Woman Halter and
n How He Was Converted.
s*e#o%e#a%a#S#S#@#s#a#a#a#

"All women are divided into two
claSScS-eilhrr designing adventurcSsps
or simpering dolts. AS for me-" uuoth
IIalbcrt Cynicnlly. give me the first
every time. You can trust to an adj
venturcSS to have little gray matter
at least in her cranium." lie was talk
ing to his secretary. young Allen. Il cal
low youth. almost cffeminate, but new
erthelcsS hrainy, too brainy, as Hal
bert expressed it. for his size and
weight. Allen had got used to these
sinister observations concerning wom-
aniind and rarely ever offered any
comment either to agree or to rcfutc
the others statements. These two i'll
dividualS were a study for one anoth-
or. The hour in which Allen accepted
the position of private secretary. Il
short time before. they found Il pleas
ant communion Of tastes and ideas and
Il peculiar ineXpliCable sympathy of
feeling that seemed to have puzzled
both.
1llll'fll was Il OllllllIltu DutlltloI.
lie boaStcd of never having proposed
to any woman. He was afraid of
them. In his estimation they were all
schcming politicians and ready to mar
ry him or any man at moments no.
tice. Keep the women away from
me-" snarlcd IIalbert at times when
driven by force to a crush. I'D rather
tary. with his strong. boyish ardOr.
kept them far away and comforted
IIalbcrt with his companionable 81
lencc.
The one measure in Aliens make up
which Halbcrt could not understand
was his reluctance to smoke. He could
never get him to indulge even in IL
cigarette. And in the matter of drink
ing. though Allen could mix Il punch or
n cocktail with cOmmendablc art. he
brought them untasted to Halbcrt as
n kind of Offering to that exalted
wretch
you should have been woman, by
CAD" IIalbert said once to him. "a
thousand pardons, Allen. but you
would have made n fine looking girl
You've got grace and tact enough for
ii. you know. Why, believe me. Allen,
if there wore women like you today.
with the brain and all. believe I'd
marry one of them" Allen actually
bluShcd and rctreated In confusion.
IIalbcrt liked this display of apparent
shyncSS, and his affection for the hoy
grew. He liked 10 slap him on the
back and he said he felt lonesome
when the chap was away. 81 tell you
what, Allen, | don't know whether to
adopt You as my son, considering the
fact that | shall never have one of my
own, or whether to let things slide on
as formerly and Just double your sal
ary"
Things slid on as formerly until Hal
bert announced hunting trip to Abys-
sinia. He had actually completed plans
for both aud was sketching out in his
Imagination the delicious camaradrrie
of two in tent in the wilds of Africa
when ALLEN announced his intention TO
resign.
You ungratcful b@ggar, you can't re-
sign" Hnlbert shouted. "Why, my
boy, | can't 90 without You. What's
the matter?"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-11-03
THE RHlNOCEROS BIRD.


1t HHs Become IL CarniVoTous Animal
and Mutiia:c' Cattle.
The rhinOccroS birds of Africa have
long enjoyed the reputation of being
friends of man by reason Of the scrv-
ices they render in ridding cattle and
horses Of insect pests. From the days
of lie Valiant down to our own times
travellers have written in their praise,
and the account of these birds and
their habits is one of the brightest bits
of description In Millais' Breath From
the Vcldt." III appreciation of their
good offices they We're awarded special
protection ut the International confer
pncc on the preservation of wild ami
mails in Africa held in London last
May.
For some little time. however, it has
been doubted whether their usefulness
had not been ovcrcstmatcd or at any
rate, whether the good they did was
not more than countprbalanccd by the
injury inflicted by them on domestic
animals in probing and deepening eX-
listing wounds. These misgiyngS were
strengthened when Lord Phillips told
us how the Arabs detCstCd the rhinOCc
roS birds because they worried the
camels, ana IIaWkCr wrote of the So
tried to settle on the baggage ponies.
Now much gravcr charge is brought
against them. backed up by convincing
evidence, at least so far as regards one
part of Africa.
Professor Ray Lancaster has just
published letter from Captain Iinde
of the British East Africa protectorate
in which that officer says that, owing
to the destruction of the native herds
In Ukumbani by the cattle plague and
the eating up of the sheep and goats in
the famine, the birds were deprived of
their accustomed insect food. In con-
sequence of this they have become car
nivOrouS and attack any domestic ami
nal not constantly watched and pro-
tocted. Captain IIindc asserts that
perfectly healthy animals have had
their ears eaten and holes torn in their
backs and fanks by these birds with
their large and powerful bills. This
categorical statement puts the altcra-
tion in their feeding habits beyond all
possible doubt and shows. in the words
of Professor Lancaster, that they are
dangerous and noXlOus creatures" at
least in that part of the protectoratc Of
which Captain Uinde writes.
This change from insect food to the
flesh of living vertebratcs is parallcled
in the case of the kca parrots of New
Zealand. which formerly fed on the
grubS that lived in the Woolly tufts of
composite plant allied TO the cud-
weed. Within recent years, however,
they have frcQucntcd sheep stations
for the sake of the ofal from the
slaughter sheds. Now they will kill
sheep for themselves, digging down
through skin and flesh till they reach
their favOritc morScl. The change of
habits in the rhinocCroS birds seems to
have been brought about by the search
ty of their ordinary food and in the kea
parrots by the opportunity of procur-
ing new and tOOthSOmc food with COM
paratively little trouble. In both cases
human agency plays an important
though indirect part. and the story Of
the rhinOccrOS birds Is one more in
stance of the influence of civilized man
on n fauna strange to the conditions
which he brings in his train.-LOndon
Standard.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-11-03

ments a belt line railroad connecting
the Baltimore and Ohio tracks with
the whole length of the companys
property was constructed. and the en-
courag"ment of industrial enterprises
for the benefit of the whole community
was not lost sight of. Along the line
of the belt road free factory sites were
given to desirable enterprises. Next
the main street, or Farmont avenue,
was paved. Water, gas and sewer
pipes We're previously laid, however.
When the development company be-
gan improvements, the 300 acre pur-
chase was simply pasturage, ornament
ed here and there with a clump Of
bushes and some brier patches. AS
soon as the bridge was built across the
chaSm Coal run Is the right name of
the 100 foot gully the overflow to the
new addition commenced Crowded
old Fairmont found the needed vent.
and it was not long before the new av-
cnucs and streets were busy scenes of
house building. Ten years in a fast
growing town in West Virginia works
wonderful changes in the town. In
this case the last decade transformed
the village into a city. The Fairmont
Development cOmpany's property Is
within the city limits. The old pasture
has been changed into the most mag
nilicent part of Fairmont.
While the Fairmont Development
company has done great thing for the
capital Of Marion county, it is never.
thelcss true that the prosperity of Fair
mont made the development company
and not the development company the
prosperity of FairmOnt Prosperity
was on the ground first, but it was nee
cSSary that tie development company
should be organized to give her a
chance to plume her piniOns for higher
flights
The &C. nd across Coal run was the
natura, alton for a large town or
city. Comparatively level, contiguous
to the old town and with great advan-
tagcs of situation, it only needed to be
opened up to supply the imperative de-
mand for new territory. The develop
ment company was organized to do
this. The plan of operation from the
MS W dlN bfHt'I tpOlI SNludIt bNlSlllNSS
principles. Every dollar of stock was
subscribed and paid in by a few indi-
vidualS. No town lots were offered as
premiums for stock subscriptions. The
general public was never invited to buy
its stock under any prctenSe whatever.
The company has been a close corpo
ration. buying what it needed and sell
ing its lots and property on strict bust
ness principles, It has asked no favors
from any enc and paid the cash for all
its improvements.
The incidental advantages of the
work done by the company in stimulat-
ing business activity. in attracting new
people and in finding employment for
hundreds of hands have augmented the
prosperity of every citizen in FairmOnt
and nave taken the form of great
public benefit The gentlemen whose
unremitting laborS have accomplished
these things were largely influenced In
their work by Il sincere desire to pro-
mote the interests of the city.
Liberality in money spending and in
the treatment of patrons generally had
the result Of rapidly developing the
great estate.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-11-03
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1900.

other to speak. You are woman"
he repeated.
"Yps. I am a woman" The words
came at last. firmly. almost dcfiantly,
like thunder in IIalbert's ears, stun
ming him.
"My Cod was all that came from
between the parted, eager lips Of the
other. but this costume-why this?
l don't understand"
"Recause everybody has n prejudice
against petticoatS in the professions" ="
the girl answered, "and | was bound
would not let that interfere with my
progress. Why should l be bound
down. tied like slave. because of
mere selfish. unrca sonable preiudiceT'
The color burned in her cheeks bril-
liantly, and Halbert stepped toward
her with sudden. quick movement,
his arms OutStretched. love on his
tongue, in his eyes, in his gestures.
Th" girl stepped away from him as he
would have touched her arm.
"Mr. IIalbCrt." she said. with dig
nifty. II am your secretary and in your
rooms. and you have discovered that
l am n woman. Please respect my IN
happy position. for l want you to be-
lieve that | am neither designing adj
vcnturcSs nor simpering dolt. There
is another class that you seem to he
unacquaintcd with-that you do not
seem to take into consideration" She
looked at him steadily, her eyes burn
ing with determination.
IIalbcrt's head sank under the siege
of her look. Her speech hurt him; it
crushed him. Yes, he loved this girl;
he understood it now. He had been IA
blind. self absorbed fool
Girl. don't crush me under your
heel" He had not thought that there
could be lack of respect where love
dwelt
while am your secretary You must
not speak of love. 1t is an unfair adj
vantage"
"Then | discharge you this moment"
cried llalbert, aroused. The girl could
scarcely suppress a smile. though she
struggled to be adamant. She turned
and walked quickly toward the door.
"Comc back. grille. Don't go and
ltuNt me llht llllS. lou We MpUIlu your
self all around my heart with a million
tendrilS. l can't let you go now-I
want you to be my wife. Don't you
love me? You won't go away now
when I want you most"
She turned and smiled at him. He
was pleading in abiect humility.
Don't you love me-" he cried out to
hcr-hc. IIalbcrt. the cynic-conqucred.
"Wcll. ycs.' she called back. Il think
! do" She was laughing. but her kiss
was there on his hand still. He knew.
"Thcn you will 30 to Abyssina after
all, won't you. dcar?"
Her laughter still greeted him from a
distance, and he flung himself back on
the diVHn and gave himself up to love
dreams such as never before thawed
the chilly exterior of the man who had
fed from pctticoats and hid from them
in smoking rooms for the last - years.
IIalbcrt was overcome. in love like IL
schoolhoy. his heart huttering. buoy
ant. ecstatic. And the kiss was there
on his hand. He carried it to his lips
and drank the honey of the spot where
her own lips had been.-Chicago Trib-
UnC
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-11-03

The first church at PoSCn. on the
eastern border Of Prussia. was built by
Frederick the Great For centuries it
has done duty as n place of worship.
and vet had it not been for a war
horse it would never have been built
Close by Il bloody conflict occurred be-
tween the king and the Russians. and
the former. always in the thick of the
fight. had his charger killed under
him-a sturdy animal that had borne
him throughout many battles. He felt
the joy of victory to he modified by
the loss of the horse ana put up to its
memory the famous church in ques-
tion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-11-03
The Future Woman.

Mamma-Thesc groceries only came
to 90 cents. Mr.. Sands should have
given you 10 cents change.
ElSie-YcS, a'am. lie did.
Mamma-Wcll, where is it?
ElSie-Why, mamma, they were sell
ing peanut molasses candy, and it
seemed such a bargain ut 10 cents a
pound l just couldn't help taking a
pound.-Philadelph Press.