Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1890 — Page 13

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1890. 13

THE LAYA-BEDS MASSACBE

Congress Votes a Tension to the Dusky Heroine Who Saved Mcacham's Life. The Storj of the Treacherous Killing-of General Canbj and Dr. Thomas Tol d Asaic ileaciiain'i Blcodj and Thrilling Exjerience. TTaahiaicton letter In fit. LooJa Globe-Democrat. It bas been eeventeen yeare since the Modoc massacre horrified the conatry. Confess has just performed a tardy act of justice to the heroine of that awfnl tragedy. Among the ICS bills which passed tho House on Friday night was one to give Winemah Hidden a peusion of $25 a month for the rest of her life InlS73 General Canby and a force of United States troops were engaged in a campaign to snbduo the .Modocs. These Indians, led by their chief. Captain Jack, had taken np an almost impregnable position in the lava beds. A commission was sent ont by the government to negotiate peace. At the henii. of the commission was A. 13. Meacham. Reaching the lava beds, xne commissioners sioppeu at ucucjoi i by'a headquarters and opened negotiations. I The interpreter for the commission was a man named Hiddelh His wife was a Modoc woman, whoso name was Winemah Rid doll, bat who was commonly known as 'Toby." Messengers made half a dozen trips between the Indians' eironghold and General Canby's headquarters The commissioners offered amnesty. Tho Modocs sent back fair promises. At length they asked that wacons be sent in to take them out. Winemah had repeatedly said that tho Modocs meant treachery, and had warned both the commission and General Canby to take care. When the suggestion about tho wagons came from the Modocs Winemah said: "So Modocs come; maybe ;onie to steal teams; they no give up." The wagons were sent. They returned empty. The commissioners notuied tho Indian Department of the warnings of Winemah. Secretary Delano telegraphed back: "I do not believe the Modocs mean treachery. The mission should not bo a failure. I think I understand their unwillingness to contide in you. Continue negotiations. Will consult the President, and have tho War Department confer .with General Canby to-morrow." Thus spurred on, the. commissioners proposed a council. A storm interfered with the first appointment. Tho next day some of the Modocs camo to the conncil tent midway between their stronghold and the array headquarters. The talk was not satisfactory. Again Winemah told tho commissioners that treachery was intended. Later there came a proposition from the Modocs for a council, at which half a dozen on each side should appear nn armed. It was refused. The siznnl officer from his hiirh tk-tcH TAnnrtpA thnthn ronltl see armed Indians in hiding behind those who ap peared unarmed. Tho Modocs repeated thov request for a council the next nay, and said that if the talk was satisfactory they would all come into camp and surrender. Hiddell went before tho commissioners and told again of Winemah's warning. He said to the com missioners that if the xncetiug must be held he wanted to L free from responsibility. He haa lived with "Toby" for twelve years and sho had novcr deceived him. He bolie Vfd treachery was intended. If tho commissioners went to tho council they should go armed. But General Canby and Dr. Thomas, of the commission, refused to beiiev there was any danger. They insisted on keeping the appointment and going nnar:r.od. Canby said the signal officer woultl keep a close lookont. and at the least intimation of hostility the soldiers would advance on the council tent. .COLONEL MKACIIAM'S STOKY. The rest of the story is in Commissioner Meacham's own language. He told what happened as follows: ,The preparations for keeping the appointment were btdng marie when Winemah KIddell and her bustbaud made a last . protest against tho fulfillment of the unwis compact. Dr. Thomas was unwilling to abandon the effort. Commissioner Dyar agreed with mu (Colonel .Meacham) that tho meeting should not tako place. General Canby maintained his views, and gave order for a watch to be kept at the signal station; then, giving some private instructions to bis secretary.he dressed in full uniform, without arms, and called for Dr. Thomas. Together they walked off, side by side, toward the peace-tent, one mile away. Slaving failed to dissuade them from going, 1 had no honorable altornative but to follow. I prepared to go. and caught the halter of ray horse, intending to mount, when Winemah, nnablo to nap press her fearn, snatched the halter, and winding it around her wai.tt. threw herself upon the ground and critd most earnestly: Do not go; you will bo kill. Tho Modocs mad now. Meaehanj. yon no go.' Her entreaty moved me. and' I relaxed my graBp of the halter, and calling to General Cauby and Dr. Tlinmas, went to them and renewed my protest ag iinst going unarmed. ' "They were immovable. I then for the tirst and only timo in ray life mado use of my fraternal relations to induce them to tkssent to a promise on my part as chairman of the commission, to withdraw the army if we fonnd satisfactory evidences of premeditated treachery. This proposition was emphatically rejected also. "Seeing no alternative I returned to the commissioners' tent, handed my valuables to Mr. Fairchilds, and securing a promise from him that if my body should be badly mntilated it Alinnla hft buried in thamnl-a of the lava beds and not sent to my family, I sought again to mount my horse, when Winemah caught me by tho coat and endeavored to detain me. "Firmly refusing to remain in camp, I Lade Winemah and her husband follow, and rodo offto tho council-tent in the lava beds, accompanied by Commissioner Dyar. Wineinah parted with her boy, and with steady nerve mounted her horse and joined Mr. Dyar and myself. Mr. Hiddell hastily arranged his business affairs, and also joined us on his dangerfranght ride. ''General Canby and Dr. Thomas were the first of our party to arrive. They were greeted by the Indians with extreme cordiality. General Canby giving to each a cigar. Instead of five unarmed men, including Scarfaced Charley, as promised by Boston Charley in negotiating for tho council, we found eight well-armed desperadoes, including the notorious cut-throats. Hooker Jim and lilack Jim. Captain Jack seemed anxions and ill at ease, and did hot exhibit the friendship tho others of his party pretended. THE FATAL COUNCIL. General Canby was calm and thoroughly self-possessed. Dr. Thomas did not appear to note any suspicions circumstances, but was endeavoring to impress tho Indians with his good intentions. I made my election to abide by the consequences. I knew that the horse beneath mo was one of the fleetest in the Modoc country, and notwithstanding the rocky trail, could carry me out of danger with a few bounds, which he 6eined more than willing to make at tho slightest invitation. I made up my mind that Canby and Thomas should not bo endangered by cowardly llight on my part. "Withdrawing ray overcoat and hanging it upon the horn of the saddle, I dismounted, dropping the rope halter to the ground, leaving his horse free. Mr. Hiddell secured Winemah's horse and we all gathered round the council-tire. "Before the talk began I 6a t down facing the chief and opened the council by referring to the proposition mado the day before by Boston Charley, and continued by saying that wo were ready to complete the arrangements for peace. Captain Jack asked if we wero willing to remove tho soldiers from the lava beds and eive his people a Lome in tho country. 1 felt that if his demand was met we could escape, and, although General Canby bad refused toallow me to make this promise. I thought that, convinced aa he must be of ioteudea treachery, he would feel justified in assenting to the request. Cautiously turning to him I aked him to talk. "After u moment's waiting ho roso and stood erect. Kvery eye was on him. All eeenud to feel thut if he assented to tho withdrawal of tb army tho trouble would Le p:iBBed over. Whether General Canby realized the situation with all its fearful possibilities and would not swerve even then from his purpose, or if hestill thought the Modocs had not the desperate coiirago

to execute this plan, can never bo known. If ho said the soldiers can be removed tho phantom would pass as a dream. . If he said they should not be withdrawn the phantom must soon becoxao a terrible reality. "With dignity that was peculiar to that brave soldier, he lirmly pronounced hi3 own death sentence, as well as that of Dr. Thomas, by saying that the 'soldiers could not be withdrawn.' "Again and again the chief repeated tho demand for the removal of tho soldiers. General Canby, having once refused, was mute. Turning to Dr. Thomas, who was sitting at my left, I asked him if ho wished to talk. The Doctor dropped forward on his knees, and made the last proclamation of peace. He assured the Modocs that bo was a friend to them; that God had sent us to them as messenger! of peace. "The Modoo chief leaned forward and touched me on the arm. He once more declared that no peace could bo made until the soldiers were taken away, as he rose and turned his back to General Canby. I believe that to this time Captain Jack had hoped it would bo granted, and thereby bloodshed avoided. Schonchin sprang to tho seat vacated by Captain Jack, and, in loud, angry tones, repeated tho ultimatum. Wineinah had thrown herself on tho ground in front of Dr. Thomas, and was interpret

ing bchonchm's speech at the moment when Captain Jack gave the signal, KauTux (all ready). Almost at tho same in

stant the Modoo yell broke from the rocks, and two braves sprang forward bearing rifles. "Captain Jack drew a pistol and shot General Canby, the ball striking him in tho face. 'Ellen's man join Dd him in the attack. General Canby did not fall until he had run forty or fifty yards, when a shot struck him in the back of the head. His assailants came upon him, and. shooting him again, stripped him oi his clothing, turned his face downward, and then left him. "Dr. Thomas received a shot lrom the hand of Boston Charley. He sank slowly, catching by his right hand.- Ho was permitted to get upon his feet and stagger away a few rods, his murderers taunting him with not believing Winemah, jeering him, and ridiculing his religion and the failuro of his prayers. Finally, pushing him down, they shot him through the head, stripped him, and, turning him also upon his face, gathered up the dripping garments, and joined the other murderers at the council fire. "Dr. Dyar, having his horse for a cover when tho attack was begun, made good his escape, although pursued by Hooker Jim. Mr. Kiddell escaped by running, covered by Scar-face Charley's ride, who declared that it 'was unworthy of a Modoo to kill unarmed men.1 Simultaneously with the attack on Gen. Canby and Dr. Thomas, Schonchin sprang to his feet, and drawing both a knife and a pistol, shouted 'Chock-e-in' (blood), pointed at my bead and discharged tho pistol, the bullet tearing through the collar of my coat and vest. Before thenext shot Winemah was between him and his victim, grasping his arms and pleading for my life. ' SAVED BY WINEMAH. "I walked backwards forty yards while my hcroio defender struggled to save me. Sbacknasty J im joined Schonchin in the attack, while Winemah. running from one to the other, continued to turn aside the pistols aimed at mo until I went down. - After I fell I raised my hep.d above the rock over which I had fallen, and at the instant Schonchin aimed at me so correctly that this shot struck me between the eyes and glanced out over the left eye, which was blinded. A shot from Sbacknasty Jim struck me on the right side of tho head; over the ear, which stunned me and 1 became unconscious. "From Winomah and Scar-faco Charley I learned that Shacknasty Jim robbed me of my clothing in part, nothwithstanding Winemah's expostulations; that while Jim was unbuttouing my shirt collar one of the other murderers came up with a gun and, pointing at my head, was just in the act of touching the trigger when Jim pushed the min up and naid, 'Don't shoot any more. Him dead; he not get up: I hit him high up: save the powder.' Having taken my coat, pants and vest, they left me, saying to Winemah, Take care of your white brother.' Winemah wiped the blood from my face and straightened my limbs, believing me dead. "Boston Charley drew a knife, which, however, was a dull one, and began tho ditlicult task of scalping a bald-headed man, and what added to the difficulty was the strong arms of Winemah, grasping him and hurling him, as tbougn ho was but a boy, to the rocks beside me. . But Boston had Modoc persistency, and, springing to his feetwith his pistol ho struck her a blow upon the head, at the samo timo threatening to shoot her should she again interfere, and resumed the delicate task. "Winemah. dazed by the blow for a moment, in half bewilderment, saw the dull blade cutting down to the bone, while Boston, enraged and impatient, set one foot upon the back of my neck, and muttering curses in broken English, succeeded in cutting a circle almost around the upper part o my head, and had already so far lifted my Hcalp that ho had inserted the fingers of his left hand beneath -it, preparatory to tearing it oil, when Winemah, recovering her presence of mind, resorted to strategy, shouting exnltingly, 'Kap-ko Bostee-na-sol-dier' (poldiers coming), and Boston left his work unfinished." The committee, in recommending the grant of the pension at the session Friday evening, said: "It is evident that had tho Modoc I'eace Commissioners listened to the persistent Persuasions of Winemah Kiddell. reiterated by her over and over again, the families and friends of tho lamented Dr. Thomas and General Canby would not have been called upon to mourn their atrocious death; and in view of tho fact that Winemah Riddell saved tho lifo of such a useful and noble man as Col. A. B. Meacham, and proved herself to be the friend of tho white man at the risk of her own life, your committee feel constrained to report these facts for the consideration of the House." About Gold-Fisb. Harper's Young I eople. Authorities differ greatly in regard to the gold-fish. There are those who maintain that it can stand almost any change of temperature, and instances have been recorded in wljicb a gold-fish found frozen in a solid piece of ice has so far recovered on being gradually thawed as to swim about a pond again as though nothing had happened. But hardy as, in its natural state, ono of these little creatures may be, experience has proved that once transplanted to aquarium or globe, much of this vigor is lost. It then becomes sensitive to almost any change. Too much sun or heat of any kind will kill it. and during -a thunderstorm a globe must bo removed from tho window and the water changed alnost immediately. Not only after a storm, but every day as well, the water in the globo should be changed. While doing this tho lish should be carefully removed with the hand and placed in a basin of water, a net being apt toinjure the scales and so destroy their brilliancy of color. While in the basinand the fish should remain there for half an honr in order that the globe may be thoroughly cleansed they may be fed with bread crumbs, or biscuit. In this way the danger of having the water in the globe made impure by the bread becoming sour is avoided. It is altogether wrong to suppose that the water in the globe supplies all the nourishment necessary to goldtish. It must have something to eat once every day. It is quite satisfied with bits of bread and biscuit, though it is wise occasionally to vary this with duck-weed, lemma, aquatic plants and small fry. Italian's Idea. Boston Transcript Raskin's illogical and unpractical idea of interest and rent is this: If you build a house costing you &5. 000. you have a right ' to get back that sum either by tho sale of the house, or by the gradual increments of rent. But if you tako a farthing more, you are a usurer. He instances the case of an old hair-dresser of Camberwell. as showing well the mischievous nature of rent. The old fellow, when Mr. Knskin discovered his case, had paid during his life up to that date about $7,500 for rent. Now 2.500 of this would have purchased him a house; $J,500 more wonld have kept it m repair for forty years, and he would have had $2,500 left in tho bank as a help in his old age. Tho fallacy lies in the assumption that because renting is sometimes poor policy, therefore all interest is wrong. ' m m A Bold, Bad Man. Boston Transcript. A sharper down in Pennsylvania made a good thing selling bottles of "cold tea" to the unsophisticated grangers. When the bottles were opened they were fouud to contain iust what the seller said they contained; but the purchasers felt aggrieved, and called tho peddler a swindler. Howover, bo has the satisfaction of knowing that he told tho truth also that he has the grangers' money.

AMUSE JIENTOBTHE PEOPLE

What the TheatcrWill Present for the Entertainment of Their Patrons. Farce-Comedy, Muaicnsatlonal Melodrama and Varieties Return of Blind Tom Gossip About PUjs and Players. The sacred concert" to be given by tho widely-known colored 'pianist, Blind Tom, at English's Opera-house to-night, promises to be an entertainment of musical interest. This noted natural musician has not been prominently before the public for several years until his present tour was commenced, and his appearance here this evening will be his first in a long tirao, but those who saw this peculiar character and heard his wonderful performanco on the piano will remember his concerts a being highly entertaining, and, withal. Very artistic. He has visited nearly all of the large cities in the East and the press has spoken of his work as equal to anything he did iu his earlier days. He has lost none of his oldtime skill and delicate touch, and ia as graceful as ever. His i memory is as bright and active as when he was the wonder of tho day. and his performances still possess the same charm that marked his work in previous years. The programme arranged for to-night is one that will not fail to attract and hold the attention of the audience. It includes seventeen numbers, and comprises selections from the compositions of some of theablest'composers. He will give some of his own pieces, as well as a number of imitations and other pleasing characteristic selections. The concert will open with a rendition of Rossini's transcription "Moses in Egypt." Popular prices will prevail, ranging from 50 to 15 cents. Tho box-office will be open all day, and reserved seats can be secured without extra charge. MUS. TOM THUMB AND COMPANY. "Two Strings to Her Bow" is the name of a musical comedy-drama iii'which the Countess Magri. known to the public as Mrs. General Tom Thumb, will Appear at the Grand Opera-house the last two nights of the week, and at a special children's matinee on Saturday afternoon. The Countess is eurrounded by a 'specialty company, which includes her husband, and also Baron Magri, his brother. The Count and Baron are both midgets, of cours3, but the majority of the people of the company are of the usual size. The performance comprises a number of novelties,' among them beiuga sword combat between the two little men. Specialty features in the way of songs, dances, cornet solos, juggling ar ts and other similar things, will ligureUn tde programme in addition to the play$ The prices will be placed at a reasonable scale, and the performances will pTobably draw good audiences. ; English's hallen and hart. Hallen and Hart, the comedians, iwho have always been strong favorites here, will come to English's Opera-house Thursday night, and remain the balance of the week, presenting the second edition of their comedy-drama, "Later On." The same piece was seen at English's last season, and left a very favorable impression, the performance being one' well calculated to E lease. Since then, however, "Later On" as been rewritten, and the promise is made that it has been vastly improved. and will give bettor satisfaction than over before. New Hongs and specialties havo replaced the old ones, while the company is oth stronger and larger than last season, iight new people have been added to the i st. and the cast now includes John E. Me-. Wade, the baritone; Mark Murphy, for-' merly with Murray and Murphy; Harry Hilton and Samuel Cutler, tenors: George O'Dounell, basso; Kobert Keab. Protessor Thiele, Annie Lewis. Mollio Fuller, Ada Somers, Millie Price, the skirt-dancer from the Albambra, London, and others. The costumes for tho spectacular dauces wero purchased by Manager Hine in Paris, and are said to be gorgeous. GIlAND "THE WORLD'S FAIR." The attraction to be offered at the Grand Opera-house to-morrow evening and for the next two nights and Wednesday afternoon will be a novelty to the local stage, and promises to be a show of more than ordinary interest. The piece to be presented is "The World's Fair," a production that is calculated to illustrate in an extravagant and humorous way that which will constitute the great national event at Chicago. It is tho work cf Paul M. Potter, the author of "The City. Directory." Tho theme, costumes, scenic effects and nurroundings are claimed to be thoroughly original and entirely dissimilar to anything heretofore presented upon the American stgge. The production is illustrated by a eompany that numbers forty vocalists and comedians of metropolitan fame, prominent among whom may be mentioned Joseph V. Herbert, George K. Fortescue, James Tenhrooke, George Lyding, James Bradbury, Sam J. Ryan, the Muses Elaine Eiilson, .Virginia Earl, Eileen Karl. Marion Girouc and others. The main purpose of the play is to amuse, and this purpose is carried out in a 'welldefined and original manner in its entirety constituting a continuous volley oft fun, running over with charming melodies; and staged, and costumed in the most extravagant an picturesque style. -J, An idea of the action of the extravaganza may be gleaned from the following:' The first act occurs in the Library of Time, and leads up to the discovery of America by Columbus. With the commencement of the second act tho wonders of tha fair begin to be exhibited, showing the fstatuary department, in which a burlesque of Pygmalion and Galatea occurs. This is followed by the Japanese department; then the Spanish department, which introduces the Spanish dancers and tho Carmencita craze, the act closing with the English department, in which a composite British melodrama is done, with ultra-dramatic effects. The third act shows tbb French, Italian and Irish departments, each national fcene introducing a satire of the nationality, and the final department showing America, the inventions and the wonders of 1J;, closing with an elaborate electrical scene, j L' THE PARK "BRAVING TIIE''ORLD." "BraviDg the World," a comedy-drama with numerous sensational features, will be the opening attraction at the Park Theater this week. The piocawas written by the comedian Harry Jackgpn, and was presented at the Park last season. Wrhile the play is classed as one of the sensational dramas, "Braving the World is somewhat above the average and possesses some strong points. It lias a clearly defined and well-sustained plot, and the.comedy element is clean and interesting' Several good specialty, features are introduced into the performance, and it is, taken all in all, a show that will draw a liberal patronage and please those who enjoy' productions of thi. haracter. Miss Lillian Stillman, who plav, the leading part, is an actress well sunken of and has been connected with several good companies. She is a clever singer and is otherwise capable. "Braving the World" is announced to xun until Friday night, when it will be replaced with a new piece called "Doncaste Station." Stage Gossip, - Fay Templeton will dance the "Kreutzer Sonata" in a New York theater in the near future. ' Helen Dauvray Ward starts "The Whirlwind" at the Standard Theater, New Yorlc, next Tuesday night. . Mrs. Langtry intends to act Rosalind in Pans next iebruary. ihe will take her English company with her. During W. J. S c an lan's recent tour of the Pacific coast his receipts were the largest ever taken by any star or combination at regular prices. He broke the record in every city visited by him. James V. Cook, the well-known theatrical agent who wnt East some two months ago to go in advance of. tho "Paul Kauvar" company, has returned, home. The play waa sold to Eugene Kobinson, of New Or loans, a short time ago. Und as Cook failed to make terms with Kobinson he was left out in the reorganization, He will remain here until he gets another engagement. "The ProPgal Son'Ss the name of a pantomime now runningin Paris with great

success. It is founded on tho old Bible story, depicting the life of that well-known wayward youth. Americans who havo seen the piece pronounce it a great novelty. The entire action of the pantomime is set to music, and the character of the Prodigal Son is played by a handsome young woman. Dunlap'a Stage News: Advance agents command from 0 to $150 a week. They must be a week ahead of their companies, be ablo to drink copiously, lie pictuiesquely, bill profusely, wear three diamonds and speak with ungrammatical liuency. Advance agents generally know all about railroad time-tables, owe numerous tailor bills, havo one or two soubrettes or ingenues in the company whom they boom with commendable vigor, and always tell you they will tako out a company of their own next season.. Tho favorite author of the majority of advance agents is Baron Munchausen, the prince of fabricators. Kichard Goldon's "Old Jed Prouty" tavern car. which was designed for him by the Maino Central Railroad Company, has been completed, and goes forward from Portland iu a few days to his advance corps at Buffalo. It is nearly sixty feet in length. With a decided "tavern" exterior, while the interior is fitted up as a country hotel parlor in rag-carpet symphony, as it were. There are also state-rooms, a business oflico for the management, and no end of closets and Yankee comforts. The car is attached to passenger trains en route, and is on general exhibition at all points, with a register-book within for all sorts of guests. Eddy's Squib: For weeks the busy sounds of preparation have been heard in and around the Fourteenth-street Theater, where Manager Kosenqueet will, on Monday evening next, make known an elaborate production of "Blue Jeans," Joseph Arthur's sensational comedy-drama. The new play is described as a story of lifo among the people resident in a certain section of Indiana on the Ohio river, where Mr. Arthur lived ' for over twenty years. An excellent company has been engaged, and rehearsals are going on daily under the direction of Mr. Ben Teak Tho scenery, which has beeu painted b3r Homer Emens from sketches by the author, will bo elaborate and attractive. Edward Peck has prepared the mechanical effects, which are described as unique and daring. Country dances, an old-fashioned picnio aud several sensational scenes will also be introduced in the development of the story. RICH GIRLS AND THEIR WAYS.

Some American Heiresses Who Have a Turn for Work and Economy The Newly Rich. New York Press. Florence Blythe, the young California heiress, whose name has come into such prominence during the past year in connection with the contest over her gypsy father's will, has not outgrown her days of usefulness since sho has become possessed of something like half a dozen millions. In tho suburbs of San Francisco, where she lives with her foster mother, she was discovered the other day scrubbing up the back steps. But she had an incentive for this particular piece of manual labor in the aftection and sympathy she bears her foster mother. Then what is to be said of the heiress to millions of dollars who habitually washes' her handkerchiefs herself iu her room at a' hotel? ?. That is what Florence Pullman does. She is the oldest daughter of the sleeping-car autocrat, and she has now all the money spent upon her und given her to spend that sho can think out ways of using, and she can look forward to being some day one of the very richest young women in the United States. When she comes into her inheritance she will have millions upon millions of money, a fortune so big that little Florence Bly the's will be but a handful beside it. Just think of it, young women with a ten-dollar-a-week salary, who rebel to the bottom of your souls against tho necessity of washing your handkerchiefs and fitockiugB in a hand-basin. But, then, it is very likely that Florence Pullman wouldn't like it any better than you do if she bad to do it. All last winter the Pullmans lived at the WTindsor Hotel in New York, and whenever any of Florence's intimate girl friends wero admitted to her room the3r wero pretty sure to seo, tha. mirror co voted with handkerchiefs spread out to dry. - For she knew that trick of tho economical, whereby the handkerchief peels off when it is dry as smooth as if it had been ironed. And they frequently found her working initials ia her sister s stockings or darning her own. But, aside from being au amateur laundress, Mis Pullman can lay claim to being a real professional working woman. She ia on the pay rolls of the Pullman company, with a salary of 25 a week. It is her duty to name all the cars that the company turns out. She earns more in a week at this arduous toil than any of the company's porters ispaid foramontn. But, then, thecompany probably considered, in fixing her salary, that her position would not be available for tips. If her canny-headed father had only known how much she could savo every week by washing her handkerchiefs he might havo saved something for the company by cutting her wages that much. It must havo been either iguorauce or oversight on his part. Miss Pullman is a very quiet and selfpossessed young woman, with but little oftho gay spirit and lijzht moods of youth. "She is the personification of repose," said 'one of her friends, who both admires and wonders at her. "She will sit through a luncheon party and never speak a word unless she is particularly addressed. She is the quietest, and most demure, and most old-fashioned, as the country people say, girl 1 ever saw." Another friend of Miss Pullman announced this judgmont upon her: "It is a pity that a girl who likes to work and has some abilities is so rich that she has no incentive to accomplish anything worth while." And, on the whole, it must be conceded that for a very, very rich girl who does not like society, is not severely intellectual, does not care for the small activities of womankind, and who has a practical turn of mind, life is not all it might be. It is not much wonder, after all, that Florence Pullman washes her handkerchief s to escape from ennui. Mi&3 Pullman wa chaperoned, with her sister, on a long trip through Europe by Mrs John A. Logan, who also perforins that pleasant duty in Washington for the daughter of another very rich Westerner, t Miss Fay Alger, the eldest unmarried daughter of that rich Michigander whose forests, and coal mines, and iron mines, and various other possessions are scattered all over the United States. General Alger has been a presidential possibility for some years, and as his ambition iu that line is still active, it is possible that his pretty daughter may some day grace the White House. Fay Alger is not at all like Florence Pullman. She has all the gay spirits, and pretty activities, and the vivacious ways that belong to youth. She is slender and dainty and feminine, not exactly beautiful, but very pretty and very charming, with a certain personal magnetism which she has inherited from her father, and which insures popularity for her. She rides and drives with vim and grace. She is ouly nineteen, and lite means nothing at all to her. As Yum Yum would say, "It is a joke1 that's just begun." It is so sweet and pleasant and full of things to enjoy that she should bo very glad she is alive. It isn't very long since the Leiters, of Chicago, began to attract attention in the fashionable world. But already well, it is ditlicult to say whether they have achieved distinction or havohad it thrust upon them. At any rate, they have made an entrance into the innermost fashionable sets of Washington, Newport and London, and Mrs. Leiter has proved herself a public benefactor. A woman who can say such delioious things, and furnish so many funny stories by her sayings and doings, deserves to be received wherever sho wishes to go. Since tho days of Mrs. Malaprop there has been no other woman of such delightfulpossibilities. It is but fair to Mrs. Leiter to suppose that her sudden elevation has mado her a bit dizzy, and, her achievements having far outrun her acquirements, she seldom speaks without furnishing a story rich, rare and sparkling for the gossips. Miss Leiter is a very pretty girl, rather modest and retiring, and is fairly well educated and quite thoroughly accomplished. The way in which her mother complacently blunders along, making a laughing stock of herself, causes tie daughter many tears and much mortification. But she has the tact and the affection which many a girl with less money lacks to refrain from correcting her mother in public. Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts has taken in hand the social management of the young girl, and it was sho who piloted both Mrs. and Miss Letter over to London this summer and opened for them tho most exclusive doors of aristocratic English society. She even exerted for them tho open besame to the Prince of Wales's garden party a few

weeks aco. And now, of course, Miss. Leiter's social future is assured, notwithstanding her mothex's ignorance of the idiomatic uses of French. She, however, is generally agreed to be quite a charmins girl, although like Mrs. Hodgson Burnett's "Fair Barbarian," she has an inability, which sho shares with the rest of her family, to thoroughly enjoy the good thines her money boys until she has told her friends how much they cost. All hor friends ; are eagerly expecting that her engagement-will be announced before she returns from the other side. The basis of their expectations is that ft certain very titled and very prominent person has been treating her with distinguished consideration; that lie does not repeat her mothers sayings to his friend, and that she and her mother lately started on a yachting cruiao with him down about the Isle of Wittht. Should she be transplanted to English soil her little peculiarity will have at least one advantage for gossiping society. It will know exactly how much the title cosu But then she cannot long be a member of exclusive English society without having trimmed off by the irresistible Mrs. Grundy all such little peculiarities as that, and many others much moro desirable. Even her unique, and naive, and exuberant mamma would soon be pressed, and trimmed, and molded down into regulation manners and speech to the great loss of hercontemporaries. They do say, indeed, that Flora Sharon, since she has been Lady Hasketb for so many years, has become as prim and precise as 'any English woman ever thinks it necessary to be. But, for all that, it isn't such a great many years since she gay ly approached Buck urant the hist time she lad ever seen him at a garden party at ielmont, near San Fraucisco, and, with a iearty, good fellowship slap on the shoulders, exclaimed, "What do you soy t" Of course it was ouly the harmless, exuberant spirits of a girl so full of life and gayety that it would have been almost impossible for her to hold herself down to conventional usages. But the Lady Hesketh of thepiesent time'would probably consider it a very improper thing for a girl to do. THE CLUMSY RATTLESNAKE.

He Misses Much Oftener Than He Hits His f Bite Not Necessarily Fatal. Kansas City Star." ' Rattlesnakes are more poisonous in print than in their native wilds. The Southwestern plains abound in these dingy reptiles, and I had ample opportunity to judge of Hheir character and performances, both of which fall below report. The rattlesnake has a short. Hat. wide head. Besides the red and forked tongue, of which he makes display when bullied, his mouth is upholstered with two fangs which are in the upper jaw and correspond in position to the eye-teeth of mankind. These fangs in a serpent of common size are about three-fifths of an inch long and have a slight curve like a scimitar and hook in.ward. They are white in color, of the diameter of a needle, and hollow from root to point. Their root or seat ie in a sac containing the poison, which is loosened and flows through tho tube-liko fang as a result of the muscular exertion of striking. It does not llow, but spurts, and two tiny jets of poison intended for the victim distill into the aft every time the rattlesnake strikes and misses. This last he does about four times out of five, for his snakeship is as clumsy and inaccurate as a woman with a rock. I have een one miss a full grown merino sheep three times in succession. In serpents, as in alligators, tho upper, not the lower, jaw is the ono that moves to open the mouth. The fangs working on a 6ortof hinge are closed like the blade of a knife when the mouth is closed and are presented for business by. the action of throwing back tho upper jaw. The mere act of opening tho jaw always discloses tho fangs without any separate effort on tho part of the 6erpent, and when the mouth is closed again two fleshy envelopes or scabbards cover them from doing or receiving harm. This is necessary, as a rattlesnake's poison is just as bad medicine for himself as for any one else. These fangs have all tho limber pliability of tho finest steel, and can be bent or put in any posture by a little force, but will at once spring into shape on being relieved. As to tho deadly character of his reptileship, I can only Bay that I have seen numberless horses, steers and sheep which were bitten by rattlers, always in the nose and head, and never ono died. They were sick from o.day to a month, and their heads would become swollen, and the candidates would mope about the prairie in a dejected way, but they came around all right as a finale. . I never knew a man to die, although I have known some few to get stung.. Whisky in a copious way as an internal. and a poultice of pounded onions and salt as an outward, application were all that was needed. I have known some topers who knew there was whisky in the wagons to iro about looking for the bite of a rattlesnake as eagerly as some anglers seek bass, just for the glorious drunk that was sequential to it. Such persons, howover, are not common. Some few people like snakes as pets. They will remove a rattler's fangs by breaking them off with a silk handkerchief, and so make the gentleman harmless. To those who may hereafter perform this feat as a primary step towards becoming intimate with the rattlesnake, I wish to say a word of warning. These fangs are of a similar growth to the finger-nails of humanity, and, when torn oat, readily replace themselves with a new growth. Your pet will be ready to do business on the old lines iu six weeks after you have pulled his teeth; so beware. Love and Economy. ' The Epoch. Husband (going away on a business trip) I would that I might have the daily assurance of your love! Wife Very well, I'll telegraph it every day. . Husband (aghast) No, don't do that; save it up and send it all in a lump Saturday nrght by mail. Kemember that, my dear. Now good-bye, and don't put on any more stamps than are necessary. r Green-Haired Men in Nevada. Virginia City Chronicle. There is a curious effect wrought on the hair and beard of men engaged in the Martin White mine at Ward. The ore is roasted, but no disagreeable perfumes arise from the heating process, yet there is some unknown substance that changes the hair, beard and eyebrows as green as grass. The hairis not injured, but retains its softness and gloss. It is probable that fumes of the green tiut of copper contained in the ore change the hair to that color. RAILWAY T131E-TA11UCS. From Indians polls Unioa SUtlon. enn.sulyaniajnes. t Weil- South North. Trains nm bv Central Standard Tim. Leave for Pittsburg, Baltimore (d 5:15 a m. Washington, Philadelphia and Nev d 3:00 p in. York. 1 (do:30pm, Arrive from the East, d 11:40 am., d 12:30 pm. andd 10:00 pm. Leave for Columbus, 9:00 am.; arrive from Oolumbua. 3:15 pm.; leave for Richmond, 4:00 pm.: arrive from Richmond. 10:00 am. Leave for Chioago, d 11:05 am., d 11:30 pnx; arrive from Ohloajro. d 3:30 pm.; d 3:40 am. Leave for Louiavlllo, d 3:55 am., 8:15 am., d 3:55 pm. Arrive from Louisville, d 11:00 am,, 6:25 pin., d 10:50 pm. Leave for Col umbos, 6:30 pm. Arrive from Columbun,' 10:05 am. Leave for Vlnoennes and Cairo, 7:20 am 3:50 pm.; arrive from Vlnoennes and Cairo; 11:10 aim, 3: 10 pin, d dally; overtrains exoept Sunday. T7ANDALIA LINE SHORTEST ROUTE TO T ST. IX) CIS AKD THK WK3T. Trains arrive and leave Indianapolis as follqws: Leave tor St. Louia, 7:30 am, 11:50 am, liOO p ni, li;00 nra. Gieencastte and Terre Haute Accom'dation, 4:00 pm. Arrive from Loula, 3il5 am. 4:15 am, 2:50pm, 5:20 pra. 7:45 pm.. Terr Haute and OreencasUe Accom'daUon. 10.0C am. Sleeping and. Parlor Cars are run on through train. For rates and Information apply to ticket agent of the company, or 1L R. DERLN'O. Asaistaut General Paason r Aen ft THE VESTIBULED PULLMAN CAR LINE. ULXXX IXDUKXrOUS. No. US Monon aoo, ex. nudar 5:15 pm No. 3i Chicago Lmu Pullmau Vestlbuled coach ea. parlor and dining car. dally. ...... 11:20 am Arrive iu Chicago 5:10 pm. lCo.34-ChloaKd3Til' E-. Pnllmau Vestl. tuled coach and sleeper, dally ...12:40 am Arrive in Ohicaxo 7:35 am. AhKtVK AT LNPlANAPOUi. No. 31Vetitmra, daily 3:00 pm No. 33 Veatibule, daily 3:45 am Ho. 3H Monon Acc. ex. Sunday 10:40 am No. AH Local fxeifiht leavoa ALabama-t. yard at 7;05 am. Pullman Vtlfialed Sleepers for Chicago stand at wmt end of Union btation, and oan ba taken at 8:30 1. m., dally. 4 ' Ticket ortice Xo. 20 South Illinois street andal Union Station.

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