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IMPATIENT CREDITORS.
Somo or tlii Scheme Adopted to Secure
Iho Payment of llud Debts.
The problem of colluding "bail
debts" is one of ever-increasing per
plexity; and numerous nro the devices,
suggested ami tried to that cud. As
socintlons iu almost every branch oi
trade and business havo been formed
for the purposo of circumventing the
"beat" who buys without intending to
paj ami of reaching him when by any
chance he has succeeded in his dosign.
But the "beat" still nourishes at tho
cost of tho butcher, the baker and candlestick-maker,
to say nothing of tho
grocer, the tailor and tho hotel-keep
er. "Mack list" and "con fid
circular are uliko futile; and whon
tho nrmy of "beats" is supplemented
by the army of unfortunates who would
pay if they could, but can not, tho ar-
ray of bad dobts roaches colossal pro-
portion.
One of tho newest doviccs of forcing
collections is the attacking of the do -
Jmqueut through tho post-office. Tho
patience of creditors and collector
having failed, the dobtor receives some
morning through tho mail his bill in
closed in an envelop whereon is in
scribed in largo letters tho legend;
"Bad Dob's." At tho same time he is
apprised that unless his particular bad
debt is liquidated his bill will con
tinue to s.'ok him out with just such
an envelope until it is paid.
In certain cases, no doubt, this
mothoi! is as effect ivo as its inventors
and users claim. Some bad debtors
can unquestionably be shamed by such
a proceeding into paying a debt which
they would otherwi-o perpiit to out
law. We doubt very much,
however, if the method if ef
licacious enough in tho long run
or with the ma-s of bad debtors
to justify the report to it. The true
beat can not bo shamed iu suivsiieh
fashion. On the contrary he will re
gard himself upon (lie reception of a
"Bad Debt." missive as a martyr, nnd
hold himself jnstilicd thereafter in r. -fusing
payment if lie has never before
attempted justification. With the
"slow" man or tho unfortunate the
process will bo equnllv barren of re
sults. Tho former, if in passable'
credit, will be angored and abandon,
if he ever entertained it, the intent, to
pay. The latter will be hurl, perhaps
but he will not bo made any more
capab'c of payment.
There is risk. too. in tho resort to
this method of attempting to collect
"bad debts." The sending of .Midi an
envelope in we have described Is a di
rect attack on the credit of the person
to whom it is aitdic-ised, and unques
tionably libelous, li the recipient- has
any credit at all and u injurod there
in, he can secure damages from the
sender if not from the creditor who au
thorizes collection in such fashion.
There would he no risk, of course, if
all bad debtors wore "beats;" but
such, as we have already pointed out,
is not the fact It very often happens
that the non-payment of a bill is due
to a dispute as to the amount or as to
t ho fact of indebtedness. A "bad
debt" envelope, out of which it is in
timated a law-suit may grow, was
brought in yesterday in which there is
a difference of two dollars between
creditor and debtor. The former claims
tlioro is four dollars due. The latter
admits that thro is two which ho
honestly moans to pay or did mean
to pa1 before his credit was attacked
in tho manner described. The sum is
too small for litigation, but it is easy
to see that in such a case and there
are many of them the creditor or his
collector could not well d a more un
wise thing than to inclose his bill in a
libelous envelope.
Creditors will, nevertheless, run tho
risk of this scheme or any other which
gives the faintest promise of securing
bad debts. B.it by and by, perhaps,
they will learn that tho truo method of
dealing with bad debts is not to havo
any. If our credit system wero not
grossly abused in tho frantic rush to do
business and make sales, there would
bo no bad debts worth scheming to col
lect. Detroit Free Press.
A Clear Definition.
Omalm Boy (in
nro all these men
place for?
Now York B&y-
Now York) What
riishinsr into that
-That's a buekot-
shop.
"What's that?"
"They Duy and sell stocks tlioro on
margins, samo as they do in tho ex
change." "Oh! It's another exchange, oh?"
"No, it's a bucket-shop."
"Well, how do they tell tho differ
ence?" "Why, ono is in a groat big buijding
and tho other in a little bit of a ono."
Omaha Workl .
No Cause for Worry.
"JIow is my boy getting on?" (in
quired an anxious father of tho princi
pal of a boarding-school.
"Wonderfully, wonderful! v." roplled
tho pompous pedagogue. "Ho is mak
ing rapid strides iu every thing but
penmanship. I'm sorry to say bo's
tho worst writer iu tho school."
"Pshaw!" roturned tho father, "don't
trouble yourself on that account. I
intend to make a doctor of him."
Judge.
A plant has been discovered in
India which is said to destroy the
lower of tasting sugar. It will bo
Iiseful in counteracting a morbid
appetite for sweetmeats, which is an
active promoter of indigestion. An
other plant found in Madras dostroys
tho relish for cigars and tobacco.
Thus two important curatives aro
added to the materia medico. Boston
JJudyet.
THE DYING JUGGERNAUT.
Coi'Pto IUril to l)riir the Cur Ontie Ilmwn
by I'muitie Devotees.
Tho announcement that tho once
fnnuiu festival of Juggernaut has so
declined in popularity as to render it
necessary for the priosts to hiru coolies
to drag the car is a measure of the ex
tent to which tho destructive solvent
of Western thought is being applied
to Western creeds. Tho car of the
great god of I'ooreo was one of thu
iiiostsaerodofBrahmanic "properties"
and tho rath jattra, a festival which,
in importance, yielded to that of no
other duty in the Hindoo Pan boon.
From every part of the vast empiro of
. it, and when tho car of Juggernaut
! was dragged onco a year from tho
I temple in order to bathe the gods in
j the cool water of tho tank a mile and
a half distant tho wildest enthusiasm
seized tho vast multitude of d( ,'VOtoeS.
Thousands rushed to seize the cable.
1 nnd so caircr wore the volunteers fin-
nnd so eager were
this holy service that the best and
greatest men of Orissa struggled with
each other to obtain a hold upon tho
ropes. To uo the language of an old
writer who witnessed the rath jattra
in its palmy days, "they are .'o greedy
and eager to draw it that whosoever,
by shouldering, crowding, Gloving,
heaving, thrusting, or in any insolent
way. can but lay a hand upon the rope,
they think themselves blessed and
happy. And when it is going along
the city there are many that will offer
' themselv
.i'S as a sacrifice to tho idol,
and desperately lie down on the groun I
that the chariot wheels may run over
them, whereby they are killed out
right. S.uuo got broken arms, some
broken legs, so that many are de
stroyed, and think to merit Heaven."
At even a later date niartvrs to Jur-
i gernatit, or Jaggauna'tii. as he is more
onvetlv termed, were not infrequent.
Whon F rnucis Buchanan was iu Pooree
carl' iu this century, he describes tho
harsh grating of tho gigantic ear as it
moved along, the obscene songs of tho
priests in lienor of tho god, and the
li -rce glances which tho fanatics be
stowed on the boef-eatingKiiglishmon,
as a pilgrim announced himself ready
to become a sacrilice to the idol. No
one daring or caring to prevent the
self-immolation, tho man prostrated
himself in the road before the lower as
it moved along, lying on his face with
Ids arms stretched forward. The mul
titude passed around him, leaving tho
space ele: ', until he win crushed to
death by '.no wheels of the ponderous
structure. Then a wild cry of praise
was rai)-c I, and as the god was seen to
"smile" at tho libation of spouting
blood, the devotees threw cowries and
piec.-s of money on the body of tho
victim in approbation of th h dy deed.
It is, therefore, suggestive of a
ttrniigo revolution iu Hindoo opinion
to hear that not only aro victims lack
ing, but that instead of thousands
struggling for the honor of a place at
tho dra-'ropey, laboring men, at so
many annas per diem, have to be hired
i to perform the sacred function. The
I awe of the Indian people for "I1 e.Lord
, of tho world" has been declining. For
i many years past the fame of tho great
1 eod of Orissa has been on the wane,
and the time when a human sacrilice
was deliberately offered Up to tho
hideous idol is fast getiing beyond tho
power of the very oldest of old Indians
(o recall. Admitting that the number
of devotees this year is smaller, owning
to the Ios of two pilgrim ships and
tho prophecy that a third will bo
wrecked before the year is out it is
undeniable that Jaggauna'tii is doom
ed, and tho wealth which it brought
t" the priests and tho townspeople of
I 'force is likely to vanish before many
years elapse, bometiinos a poor
decrepit wretch, weary of life, or
drugged by tho priests witli Indian
hemp or opium, will wildly throw
himself in front of tho wlieols, though
ho is usually dragged out by tho
police, who havo orders to prevent
any attempts at suieido. Saddest
abasement of all, froni the standpoint
of Brah maoism, it happened a few
years ago, for the lirst time iu history,
that to'tho horror and chargin of the
priests, tho car of Jaggauna'tii stood
btill in the streets of Pooree, whilo tho
pilgrims looked on iu impious apathy.
Yet no harm befell them, although a
subsequent famine lias been attributed
to their sacrilegious carelessness.
However, tho result has been, that
though worshipers still come to
Pooree, they just as frequently prefer
to save themselves the troublo of haul
ing the gods, and, as happened on tho
present occasion, tho priosts afraid of
tho idols never reaching tiio tank, havo
contracts with irreverential colios to
perform tho job for a stipulated num
ber of rupees. Mortality there is, of
course, still. The poor dio for want
of food, ofdisoaso, and of lack of prop
er accommodations. But tlioro is no
longer nny need for interfering, for
tho wrong will soon right itself by
Jagganna'th ceasing to "draw." Tho
East, wo fear, is already grown lax in
its religious observances. Tho pil
grim takes a third-class circular ticket
to tho holy places. In (idol ship-owners
issuo passages to Djeddah, and a
tourist contractor escorts tho faithful
over tho forty miles between Mecca
and tho son. Tin Egyptaln dorvishos
are becoming extremely chary about
making a payment of their persons for
tho Saadeeyeh Shoik to ride over, and
now that tho Indian exchequer is be
moaning tho reduced roturns from the
"Jagganna'th trade." and coolies
have to bo hirod to drag the car, wo
seem n long way 'from tho tlmo when
Job Charnock, factor at Fort William,
was converted to Uludooism, or whon
General Stewurt onagod a Brahman
to perform daily worship among tho
idols iu his bungalow. London Stind
ard.
THE BRUSH TURKEY
Tho Unique I'rocess of Hutching Adopted
by This Intelligent Illrd.
"All birds hatch their eggs." Zool
ogy knows very fow exceptions to this
rule, nnd although old works on nat
ural history states that tho sun relioves
tho ostrich of tills duty, it is now
known thnt sho attends to tho work
most conscientiously. Only the cuckoo
succeeds in shirking this business en
tirely, leaving her little ones to tho
mercy of kind-hearted littlo singers.
Besides this bird, wo may mention tho
brush turkey as ono which does not
hatch its eggsbut it is more conscien
tious about the matter than tho cuckoo.
Tho brush turkey (Talcgallus lathami)
is a powerful bird, attaining a size of
about thirty-ouo inches, and can bo
recognized by its powerful build,
rather long neck, lnrge head,
sharp bent beak, strong feet,
nnd short, rounded wings. Tho scar
let of tho foatliorloss neck
and tho yellow pouch de
pendent therefrom stand out
iu doeided contrast to the brown
plumage. The homo of the brush tur
key' is iu the thick forests of Australia.
At mating timo (iu tho spring) the
male develops a surprising amount of
activity and industry. He picks out a
sheltered spot for a nest, and then goes
to work to build a moiiii'. With his
strong feet he throws a quantity of
leaves, libers of wood, small twigs, dry
grass, etc., into a heap behind him, and
this forms the center of a largo circle,
the periphery of which soon appears
perfectly clean; and a mound about a
yard and a half high is built. While
other birds go at onee to their newlv
prepared homes and begin to lay their
'ggs, the brush turkey pursues an en
tirely different course. The wise creat
ure waits several weeks until the fer
mentation and d"Composition of the
vegetable matter in the heap hasS
gonerated a heat of about 101 deg.
F., the temperature required foreitliet
natural or artificial hatching of eggs.
It is wonderful to see with what cer
tainty the birds delerniino upon the
proper time. Tho mal i often mounts
the nest to examine it, scrape off a lit
tle here and a little there, and then
covers the places over mraiu carefully.
When lie liuds that the temperature
of tho mass is what it should be, he
digs numerous holes about the axis of j
ttie mound, and in each one of tlieso
holes tho female drops an egg with the '
b nut end up. After tho male has j
closed these holes both birds go away,
the male only returning from time to
time to regulate the heat, covering tho
eggs more or less, according to the
moisture and temperature of tho at
mosphere. After about three weeks
the young are hatched. They are en
tirely coyored with feathers, their
wings aro wed developed, and they
seem as strong as Mir domestic chick
ens. The whole process reminds ono
of tho development of tho butterfly,
which is able to fly soon after leaving
the chrysalis. After about twelve
hours tho young brush turkeys appear
merry and active, wandoring about
with their parents, hut in the after
noon they are buried iu tho nest again
by their careful father. Oi the third
day they are able to fly, and after that
aro perfectly independent. Their pro
cess of hatching has been repeatedly
carried out by brush turkeys in cap
tivity, as, for instance, iu Iho Berlin
Z lological G.mbn, whon they formed
tho center of attraction for friends
and students of zoology. Deutsche
Jlluslriiic Zeilunrj.
Heads to the North.
The superstition that human beings
should sleep with their heads to the
North is believed by the French to have
for its foundation a scientific fact.
I'liey nfnrni that each human system
is iu itself an electric battery, the head
being one of tho ohctrodes, the feet
the other. Their proof yas discovered
f oni ixporinients which the Academy
of .'sciences was allowed to make on
the body of a man who was guillotined.
This was taken the instant it foil and
placed upon a pivot freo to move as it
might. Iho head part, after a little
vacillation, turned to the north and
tho body t lion remained stationary
Jt was turned half way round by one
of the professors, and again the head
end of tho trunk moved slowly to the
cardinal point due North, tho samo
results being repeated until the final
nnestat'.on of organic movement.
Science.
At a recent soaueo In Rochester,
N. Y., by a medium from Brooklyn,
several written communications, pur
porting to come from tho spirit world,
wore handed out from the cabinet.
Six of the notes iu which tho chirogra-
phy seemed to bo tho most dissimilar
were submitted to experts in tho mat
ter of handwriting. Both of the ex
perts agreed that not moro than two
persons wroto tho notes, and ono
of them was inclined to think thnt all
wero written by tho samo hand. A
pencil-drawing, purporting to bo a por
trait of J.-un Ingolow, roprosentod her
ns a man.
Tho Brousou library of Water
bury, G inn., has rjcolvcd a fifty dollar
bank note on the once noted Engln
bank of Now Il ivon. It has no in
trinsic value, but would bring much
moro than itronrosonts from collectors.
Tho '.'olebrated failure of tho Eagle
hank is still remembered by tho older
residents of New Haven.
Brown "How uro
you gotting
lire escape,'
on wltu your patent
Smith?" Smith "I won't bo able to
push it much until my leg gets better.
But it's a big thing," Brown
"What's tho matter with your legP
Smith "I broko it whilo testing the
fire escape.". Y. Bun.
FANCIES IN FURNITURE.
Form nnd Stylos .Moot In leinnnd lit His
l'resent Time.
Ono of tho most fanciful as woll as
Hovel designs for tho clectrolcr is in
representations of tho pitcher plant.
Tho domand is continued for hand
some mahogany fiirnlturo in Rjnals
snnco of richly carved decoration.
Butternut is a comparatively now
adaptation for libraries. A very gon
cral fancy is shown for natural wood
of every kind.
Tho most recent fancied form of
toilet table is arranged with oval glass
abovo, tho whole being draped with
English chintz.
A carved band iu pierced design be
tween moldings In either wood or irilt
is a form of picture-frame decoration
specially adapted to architectural sub
ject. An admired oxatnplo of tho Chip
pendale style, which is considerably
in use, is in white mahogany suitably
upholstered in satin damask, for a ru
cc tion-room.
Hardly a better framo Is provided
for water colored pictures than that of
simple molding covered with gold loaf
leaving perfectly visiblo tho grain of
the wood.
The mo't elegant varieties in wall
paper includo ono in silk which is
formed by uniting this material to a
paper background, after which tho de
sign is printed.
Suitnblo frames for pictures in black
and white nro of oak with possibly a
light touch of bronze in the moldings,
and showing a decoration of finely
carved work in the outer border.
A rather newly adopted form of
upholstered couch is modeled from an
East Indian stylo iu cane, being formed
with a downward curve at the center,
witli one end alto more elevated than
the other.
A general weariness from tho want
of variety in French design picturo
frames has led to independent activity
iu this production, and which is be
coming in a largo degree successful in
results, the best oxamplo being of a
high order.
Solid gold pieces nro fancied for
drawiug-roem in forms of cabinets,
tables, easels, pedestals, screens and
fancy chairs. These aro in Renais
sance style and of wondrous splendor.
Other rich pieces iu onyx and gilt are
of elaborate forms.
Orange wood, resoiribling white ma
hogany, is used in elegant forms inlaid
with ivory. The odor of tho wood Is
pleasant, and the stylo becomes more
exquisite with age from increasing
harmony between tho ivory tint and
tliatof tho yellowish wood.
Tho disposition to conibiuo several
styles is illusi rated iu a new set iu satin
wood, inlaid witli amaranth, in which
a French featuro in the form of carved
wreaths is introduced at tho top, whilo
something of tho Adams stylo appears
in the portion beneath.
Some hnndsnmu styles in white ma
hogany are distinguished by inlaid
designs in amaranth, ebony and pearl.
One especially elaborate example in
chamber furniture iu this wood, finish
ed in tlie natural color, is adorned with
wide bands of inlaid work iu amaranth,
ebony, satin, wood, brass and copper.
A fanciful stylo is represented by a
table in white mahogany inlaid with
copper; a border is formed with
squares of tin metal, which is intro
duced in like form of different pro
portions in t lie central design, show
ing also forms of insects, here and
tliere, witli bodies and wings in
mother of pearl tinted iu various
cob rs.
Tho olecticism evorywhero In prnc
tico Is shown with ono of tho recent
styles in white and gold of modilied
colonial design introducing spindles
in reversed arrangement, tho larger
portion uoing uppermost, ana wltu n
band above bearing a form of orna
mont cut in and gilded, which is of
somewhat golhic character.
New patterns in wall paper includo
one for n friozo iu imitation of a
looped curtain. This shows running
borders of vinos and dark green and
yellow foliage, on a ground iu French
gray with a tinge of rod, tho ground
of tho wall papor being in sea groon.
A representation of a rod iu bamboo is
painted to aid tho effect of suspended
drapery. .V. 1. Star.
Juan Panndoro gives a very funny
account of the performances of the
Mexican Indians In Guadalajara on tho
1st of September, tho day on which
tho law competing them to wear pan
taloons wont into effect. Tho balco
nics wero full of pretty girls, watching
and laughing at the antics of tho
aguadores, cargadores, carbonoros,
etc., ns they wont about thoir respect
ive duties. Some of tho men got their
pantaloons on wrong sido before, oth
ers did not know how to uso tho pock
ets, and others walked vory awkward
ly. Tho Indians have finally accepted
tho new order of things with great
good humor, nfter tho usual prelimi
nary grumbling.
Tho California Pioneer Socioty has
a section of timber takon from tho side
of tho Powhatan, including a portion
of the skin, which is four Indies thick,
nnd a picco of tho abutting knee,
which is nine inches thick. Trans
versely through tho whole a sword fish
had dashed his sword, and tho portion
broken off is still omboddod in tlie tim
ber. The sword plorcod through four
toon inches of solid oak, and 'tho lish
was going Iu the samo direction as tho
vcssol, which was under a good Jioad
of steam. An idea of tho strength
which must havo been exerted can be
obtained from tho fact that a rifled six
pounder could not havo done moro
than pierce that thickness of wood.
1
PEDDLERS OF COREA.
Some of the StiiRtiliir IVnrcs AVIitnli They
OHer for Sale.
The peddlers of Corea sometimes
bring their things in packs on coolies'
backs, and sometimes the produco a
bushel of bundles from the depths of
their looso sleeves. After a boy had
shown his choice lot of copper bowls
ono day ho went up his sleeve and
brought out a trained sparrow that ho
put through several tricks and slipped
up his slcevo ngain whim we refused to
buy. Several brought quantities of
hair for sale, and insisted upon unroll
ing the bundles of coarse, black
queuos that had been clipped from tho
heads of Coroan boys. There Is a groat
trade with China in these Corean
locks that are used to piece-out queues.
A largo black bowl. Inlaid with mother-of-pearl,
was brought ono day
and gave occasion for many re
marks about this wonderful wash
bowl being tho only proof that any
Corenn had ever Intended to wash
himself; but it turned out that thu
bowl was used to hold the back hair
of tho palace ladies and singing girls
who wear tremendous chignons
weighing fourteen and twenty' pounds.
Of the really good things that are
brought for sale tho best aro small
iron boxes padlocks and small weap
ons inlaid with silver in somo really
fine designs many of tlieni so hourly
Persian as to astonish connoisseurs,
and others in a fine 'diaper and key
pattern quite as foreign to this end of
the world. As inlaid metal work it is
crude and coarso compared to what
other and very near nations can do.
Disks of open-work bronze and iron
are often brought hung full of coins
strung on strings of colored silk. Tho
coins and meda's are curious iu them
selves, anil they aro regarded not
only as charms anil ornaments but as
a proper way for a coln-collec or to
display his treasures. Of embroidery,
either new or old, very littlo is scon
that is good or curious, considering
the near neighborhood of China ami
Japan. The peddlers often bring tho
square bits of onibroidery worn on tho
front and back of the mandarin's
palaco clothes, but they aro generally
too frayed, faded and stained to bo of
any use. The plastron of a civil man
darin lias two Coroan stalks flying to
ward each other. Distinction as a
Chinese scholar allows others to wear
the storks, while a Gouoral sports a
brace of mostdaiigerous-looking whilo
tigers embroidered on black silk, with
a finish f conventional clouds and
waves iu brilliant colors. At wedding!
the bridegroom, however lowly in
station may ride in an ollieial chair,
sit on an ollieial leopard-skin near tho
royal red, and also embroider cranes
on his gown. The bridegroom pushes
the privilege to its limit then, and tho
plastron of eranes becomes a veritable
apron i f red satin covered with four
six and eight cranes of different colors.
St. Louix Globe-Deuwcrut.
EMPLOYER AND CLERK.
The Views of 11 1' roiiilnent New Yoik
Wholesale Mt-rehiiut.
"I'm looking bad? Well, I ought
to; I've lost, fully twenty-five pounds
within the last nine months through
Mini thing not usually put under tho
head of buslnoss cares. Want to
know what it is, eh! Well. I don't
mind tolling you, although my statei
mont will pr diibly rouse a storm of
indignation, but I assure you that, m y
loss of llesh arisos from nothing more
or loss than worrying over my clerks.
"I heartily appreciate all editorial
comments on the question of dish inesty
among clerks. Every yonr it becomes
more and moro dillloult apparently
for some young men to keop within tint
paths of righteousness. At one timo I
thought that human nature was con
stantly growing moro dopraved, and
now I am firmly convinced that the
opportunities offered to tho young men
of tho present day for going wrong
infinitely more numerous than formerly
and seem to bo almost forced upon
them.
"Take n special case, which recently
camo under my Immediate obsorva
fon. Tho young man in question
began to associate with a rather fast
set, who considered gambling a legiti
mate pleasure. II. s refusal to join
tho game was taken as a tantamount
confession of weakness, and ho soon
found himself ns lonely ns a ship
wrecked sailor upon a desert isle. H o
stood it ns long as he could and then
returned to tho socioty of his reckless
companions What was tho result?
In three months botwoon poker and
ruco pools, ho had lost a largo amount
of his employer's monoy, which ho
found himself unable to replaco at the
moment, and his previously promising
business career has been liopolossly
ruined.
"I agreo with you that it is an em
ployer's duty to keep himself informed
ns to his clork's niodo of lifo outside of
business hours, and havo firmly re-
solved that no young ninn in my em
ploy will go wrong for lack of 'the fow
words of kindly warning which would
havo saved to the world many n man
who is now a criminal." Jewelers'
Weekly.
A Disappointment. '
Bobby (to young Mr. F.mthorly)
I hoard Clara tell mu that she was
disappointed becauso you didn't call
last Sunday night.
loung I-athorly (In a tremulous
whisper) I say. Bobby, did your sis
ter say how disappointed she was?
Uobby (thoughtfully) I'm tryiir to
think Yes, she said sho was agree
ably disappointed, V. Y. Sun.
Washington Is tho best shaded
city in the wor d. At present tlioro
are 03,000 shado troos In the stroeta.
THE CROW INDIANS,
How
They Obtain the Onndy 1'ngtef
leathers tor Their Crests.
Writing of tho Crow Indians of Mon
tana a correspondent says: In ono
of those lodges I saw a most beautiful
head-dress of cnglo feathers, perhaps
tho handsomest it has over been my
good fortune to behold and this
brings mo to the conclusion that an
Indinn always tries to accomplish ono
of two things either to excite the ad
miration of the women or thofonr of
tho men. This particular head-dress
was nindu principally of tho feathers
of the bald and black onglos, who soar
very high among tho peaks of tho
Rocky mountains, and it is a vory diffi
cult matter, cvon with a fine-sighted
rifle, tokill these high-flying American
birds, yet the Crows have capturod
them with arrows whoro tho white man
would have f.iiled. although armed
with the best of modern breech-loaders.
1 asked a Crow buck how he got so
many feathers when his bow was un
equal to sending tho light-feathered
shafts to such a distanco in the nir. I
was much surprised to hear tho two
methods adopted by tho Xbsaraka
tribe to capture tho much-prized birds.
First they hold an eaglo danco. Thou
the braves go to the Hig Horn mount
ains, proceed upward toward tho sum
mit until they arrive iu tho.porpolunl
suow district and far abovo timber
line, when each selects a spot and digs
a pit, which he covers lightly with
reeds and grass. A piece of rough
moat usually bear or mountain goat
is done up in a piece of rawhido and
laid on the pit. Just nt tho dawn of
day, as tho sun is peering over the dis
tant peaks, the eaglets, who have all
night long smelled the savory bait,
swoop down upon the hides, which
they pruciod to tear with their
talons and beaks. Meanwhilo
an Indian has concealed himself
iu each pit, and ivnchiug up with Ids
hand lie seizes tho bird of liberty nnd
drags him down. Hero the latter is
quickly dispatched, whon tho bravo
warrior returns to his lodge, proud of
his possessions and rej. doing in his
skill. Tho other method is to go high
enough up among tho mountains abovo
the aories of tho eagles, then it is an
easy matter witli bow and arrow to
shoot downward, and usually with
skillful results. Thu head-dress I saw
must have contained over two hundred
feathers all told. Thoy wero sewed or
fastened with sinew threads to a Ions:
piece of elk skin which reached from
the crown of the head to tho feet and
then (railed for eighteen or twenty'
inches, and at tho cud of this trail
was fastened a buffalo bull's tall, I
which completed tho full war-dross
e istunie of this poculiar warrior
when in a barbarous or half
savage inood. Ho looked harm
less enough with his h o in his hand,
but there is no telling what ho
would bo capable of doing wore a fow
Sioux to como around, or a raid bo
made from tho north by his old
lime enemies, tho Blnokfoct, Bloods
nnd Piegans.
Inside the lodgo adjoining tho cabin
was a very Interesting, poacoful-look-Ing,
yet warliki instrument, boing
nothing olso than a toinnhawk-pipo,
Ihe two combined in one. With this
trilling little affair a buck could eithor
brain an enemy orsmoko with a friend.
It did not havo a desperate look tonic,
yet theso small weapons aro capablo
of doing a deal of mischief, for in tho
Fort Phil Koarnoy mis more on Pow
der river not less than ninety
six soldiers and citizens had thoir
tkulls broken by one tomahawk In tho
In the hands of Sioux Indians. Cor.
riiludelphiu Times,
Tlioro is a linn iu Philadelphia
which paints pieturos by the yard.
Tlio work is simple. A pioco of "can
vas nearly one hundred foot long is
Btrotchod in a gallery shaped llko a
corridor. On each p.cturn. which, by
tho way, costs $1.60, livo men aro em
ployed. Each man has his particular
line. Ono pit's in tho foreground, an
other the background, nnd still an
other does tho clouds and cows thnt
you soo browsing iu tho pasture. A
fourth man doos tho trees and shrub
bery. In this way thoy aro onnblod
to work fast. In oxactly thrco hours
live of theso landscapes wero linishod,
which is thirty minutos' timo given to
each. Tho fifth man doos tho finish
ing touches, and perhaps performs
moro and bottor work than any of
tho others Public Opinion.
Somo excavations proceeding in
Piccadilly on tho sito of tho now prom
ises of tho Junior Travolors' Club
havo brought to light many interest'
ing objects. A series of subtorrnnean
passages, apparently connected, wero
discovered. Thoso wero full of foul
gases and contained n vast quantity of
rubbish, among which havo boon dis
closed numerous nrticlos of interest.
Not the loast interesting is a rod gran
ito tomb dnted 1509, some brouzo
armor, several fowling-pieces, a richly
embossed lamp, and a largo quantity
of vellum mnuuscrlpts. Tho vaults
havo been only partly explored and
further discoveries nro anticipated.
A man dug a woll twonty-fivo foot
from a eucalyptus treo, lined it with
content, and plncod ovor it a substan
tial cover. Tho wator was cariiod to
the houso from tho well in a wooden
pipe. In that woodon pipo was
knot-hole. Iu timo the well began to
givo out. Tito wator, too, was ac
quiring a strango tnste. Explorations
dovclopod tho fuet thnt tho woll had
bson tilled up with masses of eucalyp
tus roots Tho tree hud run a root
straight for tho knot-hol, twenty-five
foot off, nnd by thnt 'method galnsd
the well lueltSoiton Budget.