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Show -- '' '' ' fA .f ) 1 w yv v V 'V AM MM V ? 5( , Jiv 5i JC Ji Current Topics I i XShc ! ' & Once FAMILY TIES OF THE FILIPINOS. ? WccKly Panorama . JSeU 7 resident I j of TurdQfT Sterns Dr Wnthiop who has sk ceded "the 11 James H Smart as p emmf of Firdue unih fS40.000.000 fie t Marks the Latsiyer. Davis, one of the heirs of the great Davis estate, dlpd under dis-t- r easing Aircuinstaaces at the county hospital, Chicago, last week. Mis death a as caused by brain fever brought on by yeais of worry over A- - legal complications connected with the will case and fltmly troubles. He (waa only S3 years old and had a very active career ever since his boyhood. Two years ago Mrs Davis applied for and secured a divorce from him. Their two young children wre placed In the hands of a guardiah) .and the parting with his little onee Is said to have contributed more than anything else to hie mental distress and subsequent - . fatal Hint The great Montana estate of hie ancle, the value of whlih hae dwindled from $10 000 000 down to $1,000,-00la still In the courts, and It la 1m- probable that an early settlement will ' 0, - Judge Abraham Marts. the original of Harriet Bieihtr Stoat's iharacter In Uncle Tom a Cabin, ' Is quite ill In St. Peters hosi tal, Buokljn, at tie aged of 87. Marks was hardly the man l.y M a In hei fa- moils booh the n to eleo-t- u tiftl'pree!-d.-ic- y Ta- -t July. Stone is a vourg man, en-t-h i!:i istlc Ln idti lr rational work 3 war friend of Ward Henry Uifc'e Befcher. Toms cieutor bis used only name, and d d so . at thei sugg-v- t oa of her revert ni brother, offeri d la a moment of merriment. But the name struck, and the judge's friends have never Mt.ie calhd him in any fashion of soyecli except Marks, the lawyer. Judge Mrka Is a courteous, learned, gentlemen, w.th.a heart as tender aa that of the fi tlonal Marks was hard. He came from VirIn 1832, was a reNew York to ginia porter on the old Star, and afterward studied law. Ha laid away a compet; ence for hts old age. only-3Although years old he iair" von wide recogni-D- r Stone earn. turn He piogjeb.voiiess. S giad'Kitcd from iJie . Ahil uituial and later roge stuiLcd at Gnttiii,,'!, where ha received a (iixtoi's degree From Bos- -' ton univeiMty he rcieived the degree of bacbtur of silence, an honor earned by his rtaseanheg ln chemistry, After completing bis in Germany Dr Stoue was for a time connected W b the chemical department of the University of Tennessee, ln 1889 he left the Tennessee university to accept the chair of rhemlstry at Purdue university. Dr. Ftene is a great favorite with the students at the Indiana college and the opening of-- thelnstrtutlon will bring him enthusiastic greetings from the members of his old classes. ing was Jn the Tubhe E ye Again. If rumor can oe relied upon, King Leopold II, of Belgium, may abdicate and Ilia Maasa-chafTT- this fall la favor of his monarch of Tata the years had occasion to contradlut such reports that there are comparatively few readers who will stop to give the matter second thought. King Leopold has held .the, reins of government continuously since 1SG5. Prince Albert is the son of the late Count of Flanders, brother to the kng. He succeeded cla.ms of Prince Baldwin, his elder brother, who died In 1891. Leopold has three daughters, but these are disqualified by the 'Belgian constitution, the succession being ed work for more than a few daya at one time. There are now in the neighborhood of 20,000 employee In the tobacco factories of Manila, and the great majority of three are women. They sr expert at making cigars and c'garittes and do their work more rapidly and skilfully than the men. It is the same in the cotton factory, and, la fact, everywhere. The women do a vast amount of the farm work. They aid' tn planting the rice and in harvestYon ac ing It. them everywhere la the fields, thresh- Ihg," planting and harvesting, and you 'seldom pass a country house without finding one or two wo-lin- seams-trffcFe- an.-thn- sn g, 1 iet 6 1 a tyv f&Ufit, s. the market ftr. y tig' and hr n? Btiiinoss wti them Is largely a matter of baigain ng hut the foreigner Is lnde d shrewd if he gets the better of the trade In su h tli'-- mtii h back at night. - ' eases. There Is one stieet in Madia wh ih is largely given up to native wo i en who sell dre-- goods. They li tlv tores not more than six ' squoe These are walled with cu-e- s coats the finest of pins, juai and other native cloths. A counter ((parties the yomao from the treet..- - Bit Sum gm-i- 1 foom enough ln the store for a te t and is able to reach everything ab mt w th her cusher as she sits and s ul fit i J i e rw ia lb tout of blber a That Has a V arWul Meta iro'ogjr. . Saghalien, oft the eastern coast of Siberia, presents jr very curious wnonH ali of climate. The island is bathed by two cold ocean cunents and ln winter nothing protects it against the icy not th west winds coming from Siberia. At the sea level the snow falls continually and stay on the ground UM Abe end of. Mayv-anth snAtlmre la very cold. Further- - Inland, - however, especially aa we go higher up, the climate Is modified Just the opposite to What is obseived elsewhere It haa often been observed in Siberia and In central Europe that ln winter tpe cold is greater in the plains and the villages and that the highlands have a sensibly milder teirpeiature, it is as if the denser cold air accumulated ln the lowlands. The told air accumulates in the low reg ons of the island and on the coast the higher legions have a .mors elevated temperature. So it happens that the lower parts have an arctic vegetation, while tne intermediate altitudes have the vegetation.. of a template rone, sometimes subtropical. The birch, he sh, the pine, the fir abrund iu the low regions and form open imptnetrab'e firets, but toward the tenter of the island appear bamboos, hydremias axallai and other, plants that one Is greatly surprised to meet and whose present can be explained only by the condialtogether abnormaKcllmutic tions of the island Newcastle Chion-icl- ' more tht freedom and people marry at Acan early age. cording to an ordet-Usueby th mili- tary governor of th Philippine, last December, boys may marry as soon as they reach ths ags of fourteen, and girls may be mar-rted at twelve. Americas people ' who nibble at the brown cones of Edam cheese may be Interested to know that the genuine article of which, by the way, little comes to America is made in Broeck, Holland, a town of 2,700 people, and reputed to be the cleanegt town in the world. vi'.-v- er, klnt oa work fcharf1 tomers. Thera aie women pedlers everywhere in the Philippine islands. You see them sitting on the corners of the ktreeta gelling . tobacco, fruit, vegetables and notion. Many of them peddle the betol nut and some have idee wrapped up ln banana leaves and cakes of various kinds. They do the pashlng of the country. carrying -- thectottif to streams and pounding the dirt outjby A VWJT LADY, slapping the wet garments off the stones. They do all their Wishing n I go sewing machine cost $25 In cold water, using cocoanut oil to loos or about half that amount la go d en the dirt They Iron the clothes if Amerl(ftB etUbllah factories ia with flat iron boxes, which have coali the Philippines they will have to re y Inside of them to keep them hot, never upon the women to do" the work. The heating the irons on stoves as we do men are lazy and cannot be gotten to ANOMALOUS CLIMATE. at women hauling rice for the dally meaL and Courtship marriage ia carried on here ln much the same way aa lt la la the Spanish n-i- A Cain for Gossips. af 1 ss The wonitn do the business of the Many of the women are tillorc r pines Tlty arc, ln fict, the and dicssniftkcis They do be.iutliul and the lnoneyinak ng pat embroidery, and are excellent of tin population They have, if They usually sit on the more brains (ban the mm and ground when they sew and wheie they tl y arc far better lintiticlcrs. have sowing machines they aquvt Nv matter If the Fi ip'no be rich down on the ground and run t em. It la bis wtfe who carriis the sewing machines of the Th pp neg p book and keeps the aiCiunt'. are hand majjtinrs, which have n dues the buying for the fan y, tabs connected with them. The aver nnl if the two have "a store she dce the stl'lng . A 'S In the markets of the Philippine 'a lmds nearly all of the rtals are ie t JvV'O&.iTAf i. hv w imen. They . se! fruits. They also have booths'in which they sell shos. e oths anl all kimln of jnerchand Miny of t'em take their g o Is fioti t elr b n sev to ' ' FAMILY. 1'! - Hero of Dig "Riots . - sociology haa taken such a firm hold unonJnqylring minds that somewhat bedraggled lady1, Dama Gossip, baa .gained a new , dignity. What used to he looked upon as idle chatter about pneg neighbors la now coma to be regarded, la ihe light of EDWARD J. STEELE, scientific Inquiry about social units. and two nights, and nine of the twenty-four Those old themes, the love of dress, members of his company weie the love of ones neighbor,, and the serlous'y wounded. lack of love for one's family, which Defends Her Works. were enpposed to set pivot. tongues Sarah Giand, the novelist, who is to wagging now sot lofty grains to engaged in a sharp controversy with brooding, and to accumulate items of an English clergyman as to the effects news is a pursuit worthy of the jnost ofher storicsiii,onthe. micda of .the It U Inow dlgnifled.of Jayestlgatbrs, young was born ln the business of half the world to find Ireland. She began-wrlti- ng out how the other half lives, and that KING LEOPOLD, at the age Id statement of Pope's that the proper shifted when the monarch hs no male of 11 and at 16 aca la man-lof mankind today atudy issue to the eldest brother and his was married to an cepted in a bro'a'Ii'soclQlpgical spirit. heirs. army officer with whom she traveled ' Work, Sep Winner A gain ln Ceylon, Ctrl Tramps fiumtrous. China, The venerable'Sep' Winner, despfte Kew Jersey haa come to the front Japan and Egypt. camof a 73 la author the his years, with, a product entirely its own. It Her contributions paign song, which is nothing less than the female tramp, to peri ud I c a 1 a be- - eipectft to score - 4'fd j a tilt as hie dressed in boys clothing and stealing were at first rebe' fconpositions turned with unfailing regularity, bat of rides on freight trains.- She is common. The other morning she refused to be discouraged and coming that years ago, James Robinson of Philadelphia kept on sending manuscripts tq the have brought was released Ifrom tLe- - eouuty corr-'c- publishers "until they were compelled if not lUw on payment of a to give her a hearing. farm tion Trenton at Ideala, her fortune. For some sent been the $3 was fine, first money having published work, important time hts pen has from Philadelphia. ather own cost, while The Heavenly telegraph been idle, but the by James Is a girl about 16 years old. Twins, perhaps her most succe-sfhis in melody was arrested by a railroad detect effort, had to wait three year fjr a Shs heart could never In Sep. W Inner. ai6( ,nd lt r, tive and sent to the farm chained to publisher. Sarah Grand's position six tramps. When captured she had contemporary English ''literature" lui little to atlmulua reawaken into qulred song all the chords 'and' harmonies a largei'blver' strapped to a belt been the subject for much controverthat rang through ,hls soul and found around' her waist, and upon being sy. She has many friends and many Her real name Is Mr. the Mockjnrfkrd,.rid ather popular questioned promptly admitted her sex. enemies. airs. Wtmt Success myja wait him She refused to give her name, but Chambers McFall. with hi new iong one can not say, said he was trying to reach the home Bryarir Home "Run Hit'. but there will be hundreds of old ad- of her uncle in New Brunswick. The Back ln the 80 a when Will'am J. to atooe committed her the mirers of his compositions who will justice Bryan, the standard bearer of the Ie- welcome It on account of As author. quarry for thirty days in default of mocracy, was a lawyer at Jacksonville, If for to othpr reason. These will be the $3 fine imposed. This is the third III., he was a hi e- arrestdetectives the have Interested to lyjrn .something, of its girl tramp esthui.la.-- t ball ed at the coal chutes there within a writer, if only to reaw'akeaold memand belonged to a few days. . ories. , club . r there., t ths s baseball club of Dr. Miiier's Misfortune. Death' of Ttthce Henry. Dr. George L. Miller, the veteran Morgan cqunty Tbs death of Prince Henry, who tor and political writer bar. Recently was the uncle of the Grand Duke of physician, vf I was f f L .s been suffering from a fact. of Omaha, this ' mental ailment for brought"' to light some by the finding of time, and John W. S1. Inge". his disease took a one of the leu ,1 5 violent form last wae He week. citizens of Ihnve., taken to Bt. Berof, fc fddel t'.uiOnard's hospital In graph, showing Mi. Council Bluffs, .Bryan In th ri form of a Lall where he will be kept until lt shall plajer. - S', eaVlng Bryan in Base Bail of ,le Dialtsr Mr, be , ascertained costume, 1884. whether or not Spr,Dger The picture of Mr. Bryan was taken there is any hope Dr. Miller club after the ultimate had recovery. his of participated in a has been conspicuous in all movements I vigorously contested game, one of a for public good in Nebraska ever since ' series of charity games plajel at he established the Omaha Herald in Jacksonville, in the summer of, DSt. 1865. For four years he served as ! The day the picture was taken. Mr. ' surveyor of the port of - Omaha. Springer recalia that the club of beenaewhich Bryan was pitcher and h,nse!f Dr. Miller has Intimately 'Ll qualnted with many eminent states-- 1 catcher had been victorious over a PRINCE HENRY. j Hesse, removes the only mala relative men, among Whom the late HoraJo ' teatnuiafie up of the beet phiiecs in direct succession to the Hessian Seymour and the late Samuel J. Tildes among the towrn store clerks. He &Lo of throne. He was married morganatic-all- y, were conspicuous. He la a'natlve of recalls that vlory wa pull d out and in this way hts children are Oneida county. New York, and is 73 defeat in the ninth Inning by BDa11,1 home run hit" j year old. precluded from succession. Since A F1UIUNO Police Lieutenant Edward J. Steele of Chicago, who died suddenly ths other morning, took a prominent part In suppressing the Haymarket riot, his company being at the head oths column that advanced to disperse the anarchists. His clothing was riddled with bullets and he injuredhia wrist in clubbing one of the rloteys senseless with his empty revolver. Lleu- tenant Steele was out for two daya nephew, Prince Albert, who will be married soon to Duchess Elisabeth, of Bavaria. Were lt not for the fact that the retirement of King Leopold has been the subject. of repeated rumors heretofore, some credence might be attached to the report whh h now comeg from Belgium, hut so frequently has E. A. DAVIS, as from leverse good-natur- e I'd' 2 until his fact, for he his.jtbron hid, served the ud'i-- ge old-sty- le glng along for over ten .years,, nnd though the claimants came to an amicable arrangement among themselves three years ago, the Montana courts still hold the property Intact, that la, what la left of it.". Hundreds of lawyers have grown rich upon the fees necessitated by keeping It in the courts, Ljia)eU versity, wears wide while tre users and A gal!y almost .wholly wita the breeding -- of embroideted coat, with a flowing cattle and horses and la likely to dosk of slik or satin of billliant hue. draw almost all lta foodstuffs from The wedding feast is a superb affair, Siberia in. the future. Another matter with a cuisine reserved for brldal of similar. . interest la the growing As the Malay is permuted wheat area of Argentina. In competito have four wives, weddings are not tion with the United States the Argenof rare occurrence. From wedding tine Republic Is at an advantage ia feasts to' cemetery Is a far cry, but some ways and at a disadvantage la the Malay cemetery is really as in- others. Her wheat fields are close to teresting ln Its way."At the head of the seaboard, making a great saving the newly-mad- e grave are seen the j in land freight, an& she has cheap meat th aprrit of the-- fe0c, hut the" Ocean freight rates are cVd to eat, and also for the ghootSexcesblve. that visit him when night falls. fr i To Novlgoto bnt of Foreign Nat ton- - Western grain men are Interested In the' report th,it within the next fear years an eiioimous gram trade la certain to be developed between Mongolia and Siteria- - The population of the vast Mongdian concerns Itsftf H -- I IEA IN (BIB A - New. 4. 1 T,'NCr,VrEoS THOUSANDS WOMEN QP which foims one of most Important industries, give employment to thousands of women. This useful plant Is not cultivated in tea g.ndene, as In India, hut In patches on sliplna ground, where it wl.l reecMve plenty of moisture. Tea gruWa in Ch'na to a hrtyht of about three feet, and the first picking Is the most imp ji taut, tt room its mainly of young lei.MS, eovoni with a whitish down, tailed in Chinese pefcos, while The Malay of Capa Town. means small or rare variety; ' In Cape Town, South Africa, tire souchong worked from being well workrotgoo, 'Malays own a great deal of real es- ed iu the alfer preparation, and Bohea, tate and have a piactlcal monopoly from the locality of the cab and latimTry Business A Gieat care must he taken nob to InMalay wedding la exceedingly picjure tue plant, an! thus spoil the next turesque, and the Europeans oft.n crops. Women strip the seek an invitation. The brile invari- tw ga and can p rlt about fifteen pounds ably wears white, eitln, profusely a day. The leaves are.rprea.l on shaltrimmed with silver, UnseL and the low trays tadrveff the tnok-iue- . they, on to the hot pans for guests appear In goig'ou t attire of a;e then tbio-crichtH satin and si k. The priest five mlno'es and rolled on rattan ta- China Irad Motor boats will shortly ply between Jerusalem pind Kermak, a Greek mon- -. astery having ordered a number of these vessels from Germany. This la the first time for thousands of years that the Dead sea has been utilized tor navigation. , s hies before being exposed out of doors for a few hours, during which they ar carvlully watched, turned and opened out T be process is repeated a second time and the leaves are then dry and dark Different kinds of flowets, such as orange blossom. Jasmine and girdcu'jg, are used to scent the tea. Like the French, the Chinese have but two regular meals in the day, one at 8 or 10 In the morning, the other at 5 or There are numerous dainties on the tables, which are eaten with the chop sticks, and tea Is the beverage The Chinese sometimes make theti tea ln teapots, much as we do, but they also frequently make It separately, directly In each cup, throwing in a few leaves and pouring on them the boiling water. The cups, which are aa large as our breakfast cups, are provided with lids, which are left on while the tea Is brewing. Pipes are smoked si ) intervals during ths meal ru, e. t I a - I |