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Show LIFE OF JOHN BURNS. RISES BY F'OlRCE OF HIS GREAT ABILITY. Ill Upward Progress Bw Blnee 1880 and Hn Una Aifced to F1U a Cabinet Fearless Speaker. B-e- Rapid n Tvlct Bm Posllloa v bogies of fhe past with which to be menaced. Ills life has been and ia thoroughly consistent in the main. He has, to be sure, as one 6tep his in fame toward progress as an emancipator followed another, improved such occudons by of organized labor in London, and John Burns was the head of 1L The police saluted Burns and the people of the greatest city on the globe were easy in mind-ispite of the fact that the public demonstration was in connection with algigaatic strike still id" progress at the consciousness that over the councils of the unemployed such a man as John Burns presided. Since this demonstration of 1889 the upward progress jof Jba .engineer, uk and statesman has been constant. Not only has he been honored with a place in the British parliament, but he has twice been asked td till a cabinet position. Gladstone recognized his genius and power for good, and taking him by the hand on one occasion aaid: We have both been hard workers, Mr. Burns, and I hope you may live many years to put your principals into as a municipal reIt practice. former" that Mr. Burns is best known in London, but what he and those associated with him have accomplished in that direction would scarcely be, if described in detail, appreciated by the people of New York, for entirely different are the conditions obtaining here and tlier. It is with the broader and more general views of the man that public opinion in this country will have to do. lie has been characterized as representing all stages, from the mildest form of socialism to the most rampant species of anarchy. That hia public utterances will have great and unusual weight with the workingmen of this country is inevitable. It is assuring, therefore, to be able to announce that with such movements as were represented by the Coxey crusade of last spring Mr. Burns is not in sympathy. He has declared himself as not professing to believe in any imme- - AVI! ERE WOMEN SWEET RULE. ! and Prosperity Rd(M and Ik Men Take the Name of Their Wire at M a rrU g e Interesting Tale of Wanderer. Fm lUno n F JOHN - BURNS, the English socialist, who is visiting America at present, the York New World says: It was Burns referred to American workmen as boasters and because bluffers, they did not rewith cash to help sus spond tain the great strike of the London dockmen of that year. This characterization created some feeling at the time among the American leaders, but it has obviously been forgotten. The growth of John Burns toward prominence in the ranks of labor reformers, or, as many are pleased to term them, human emancipators, has been so phenomenal, and he is y so universally accepted as the champion of all labor chumpions, that there will be little disposition to look backward for criticism of his past conduct or utterances No longer ago than the early spring of the present year Mr. Burns at that time, and now member of parliament, agitated in the house of commons the adoption of a bill to put a gag upon what he called stateslie manship by prosecuting agency. had found at that time nothing is more inconvenient to an statesman than to be confronted with the immature and violent statements of his earlier years. It must be admitted. to-da- te AR OFF IN THE Orients! atfci there '!he island where women have Is o-lit- tle someth! n g like If their rights. Lavs fairly sharp eyes ybu may' find it on the map, a tiny speck lying midway betw e e n the Maidive and Lacacdive groups off the southeast coast of India. It is called Minieoy. Tourists do not go there, for 250 miles separate it from the main land, and there is no A correregular communication. writes island the visited who spondent a follows: Minieoy, as we viewed it from our steamer, presents the appearance of a small low island, the tallest palm of which rises scarcely more than 100 feet above the sea level. It ia about five miles long by four across its widest part, and stands soliwithout a speck of tary in land to be seen on the north, east or west Turning otlr eyes shoreward we see congregated about the landing, groups ot women and girls. Surely enough they are all clad in silken gowns, striped silk most of them, denoting that their wearers are the comThese gowns reach mon people. and are made to the ankles, nearly with a hole through which to pass the short sleeves are head. The and in many cases very beautiof A couple embroidered. fully white of undergarinches beneath the bottom ment show f these gowns, and the whole attire hts snugly and displays the wearer s charms to perfection. The women are bare headed and bare footed, and al unthough Mohammedans they go veiled, which facts lends color to the belief that these people were at one time Christians. It appears that the ladies are organized separately from tho men, and each organization is termed a varangL There are ten of these, each of which is presided over by a headwoman. The male organizations are called attiris, and are in number only nine. In other words, the township is divided into nineteen parts, the women holding the controll ing balance add running things generally. The relations of the sexes in Minieoy are peculiar, to say the least In the first place they are monogamous, which for a people of their religion is strange to begin with. Then the woman is at the head of the house and not the man; indeed, that individual counts for very, little. The horn belongs, to tne woman aid all that Is in it Practically the men belong to the women, and so satisfactory proves the result of the arrangement that he is quite content in his secondary position. The product of his labor goes into the family stock and increases the family- - substance. But our most startling discovery was that when a man marries, instead of giving his name to his wife as with us, he takes her name, and drops his Thus, if Benjamin Smith marries Angelina Brown, he becomes Benjamin Brown, or, if we may nnsex him Mrs. for a moment for illustration. Angelina Brown, and all his property So passes into the Brown family. that a family's hopes for the perpetuation of their name and fortunes are centered in the daughters, not the sons, snd the dowry business ia also quite reversed. Here is a hint for women righters, which, if they can carry out, will emancipate them at a The great marrying single blow. month of the Minkovites is May, shortly after the return of the fleet with their cargoes of rice, their silks and their silver ornaments, which they bring from Bengal and other trading ports, as presents for wives already made, or wedding gifts for brides to-b- e. mid-ocea- n, . y. JOHN his temporal condition He has and physical surroundings. not felt that it was necessary to live immediately among the toilers In a cheap tenement to be of them, but the pregnant question may be asked. What successful reformer ever did consider it necessary? In 1885 he became prominent as socialistic candidate for the representation of West Nottingham iq the London county council. He was at that time 27 years old and was an engineer by trade. He had been born in the populous and typically labor district of Battersea, and had only been absent from old Lunnon" for a couple of years, during which he sought to better hia worldly condition by serving hs foreman engineer in a mechanical enterprise on the coast of Africa. He returned to London full of atrength and vigor, together with some pronounced idess on socialism, which he had gathered by contact with French and German socialist. He was always a fluent speaker and a man of commanding appearance, with a strong personality, lie was also, fortunately, addicted to no bad habits. The following description of John Bums, printed reluctantly by an organ of the tory press after tbs conspicuous part he played in the London riots of 1880, He Is a holds good of him muscular man of burly, square-faceHe has coal black middle height. hair, mustache and beard, keen black eyes, high cheek bones, and an Intelligent forehead. He looks every Inch what he Is a man of stem and resolute stuff, strong in will snd physique. He has a voice of enormous power and, standing on Nelson column, can make it ring through Trafalgar square. , He is a vigorous and fearless speaker, and unquestionably conscientious and sincere." For the parti he tqok in those riots of 1888 he yU buffeted by the police and arrested. Just three years later all London saw lOO.OuO dock laborers marching, imposingly but peacefully, frbm the east end to the city and back, with the police clearing been a a way for them as though it bad lord mayors procession. It was a strength pageant designed to show the the wonhowever, that, considering Bums derfully rapid rise whichheJohn' has bnt few .has made In the world,- bettering to-da- yi d, BURNS. diate general revolution or overturning of the existing order of things. In this he differs essentially from the socialists of France or Germany, whatever may have been his earlier views on the subject He places his faith solely upon trades unions, and advocates gradual steps toward ascendancy by the laboring classes in the privilege of governmental rule. WAS A BRAVE WOMAN. Herole Girl Rewarded B the Roral Homans Society. j Few people recognize how frequently both physical and moral courage are found in the so called weaker sex. The committee of Great Britains Royal Humane society, for Instance, have rarely bestowed a medal for a more distinguished act of saving life than in the case of Miss M. Shrewsbury, whose portrait is given herewith. Miss Shrewsbury, who is s governess and daughter of Rev. ,G. Shrewsbury of Greenhlthe, England, was walking through Northfleet m Seph IQ nn her way homa from Gravesend, when ahe saw some men making, or rather abandoning, fruitless efforts to save a child who had fallen into a broad pond of stagnant water from six to sixteen feet deep, known by the uninviting and significant name of Miss Shrewsbury took in the situation at a glance, placed her books on the ground, climbed over the fenoe, and, plunging Intojhe water fully dressed, not even waiting to take off her boots or gloves, swam to the child and rescued iL Mias Shrewsburys splendid plnck and almost equally admirable presence of mind were typical, many like to think, rather than exceptional, and all women should be proud of the Honor so lastly conferred upon her by the - Royal Humane society. Took Up the Offer. ; A generous farmer near Monmouth, I1L, announced that anybody in need of provisions for the winter could go to his turnip patch and help himself. His patch, containing about 3,000 bushels, was stripped within twenty-fou- r hours thereafter, many of those who helped themselves being well-to-d- o citizens. English -- 'T -- . al andf n s,?, -- w-g- naval SiSSLtrt "ft ' riffC Ma-Ruts- e. Na-M'b- n' Eitel-Frederi- c, by-Ge- -- Mod-hole- from nt LAND OF MIN1COY IN ORIENTAL SEAS. dariu Africa. rat-huin the oocoanat orchard beShupia wizard the prophecy . hind the town. It is nut gathering dance." There dancing are also pictures of the time, and the varangi ladies will be Koja Warriors, the fineAlookhaff along presently with their baskets, DR. EMIL JtOLUB'S VISIT TO ges, physically, the doctor had first but the professional tree climbers AMERICA. encountered, and the only tribe that Bust get rid of these little ereaturee X never uses aa assegai or spear. Their ao terrifying to women the world over. is the bow and arrew. Traveler This orchard is a veritable rat's para- Th Great Atr-Htnri- a WM of the curious dise. Plenty to eat and drink, and save Brings Carlos and Picture fi black man called iiuje v?plct"r' for the regular harvest attack of man, ar th Buck Continent ni th, four-foo- t R dearth of Se HotUntot this Eden of rats is without a serpent tribe. One Wife. a dusky beawty represented It hasnt even a rat snake. These critkneeling Wore the king at meal time. -ters live in the tops of the palms, in e tt an African princess, and trusted oozy Cyrnvcs. here.the branobeeaWot important duty ,! tasting the the Austro-lhout from the trunk. A dozen strong, food- - before It 1 Touched garian Afrjeai kng By 1X1 sinewy tree climbers swarm np and Slie was com hia- - Shupia girl has traveler, begin to poke among the branches to America at th na fche Kerned one King Sepopo, whose with their short sticks. The result ia a invitation of th name means in English a dream. In ' perfect shower of rats, which have taken Smithsonian instl the doctors collection is a queer, owlheader u Id elude their pursuers. ish looking bird, which tutkm and Nations was the doctor said But they are not to escape, for the one ot the rarest of the feathered o Geographical oompany below are ready for them, inhabitants of Africa. It lean eagle, and ha known and the slaughter begins. They are eiety, with to. scientists him the name brought in midair as you would catch caught belotausus eeaudatua by The Dutch number a baseball and hurled with bone break large nto the more expressive of tlx If the specimens of the fauna and flora ing foroe to the ground. dark continent, together with photc flakier (an acrobat), because of ita ng able to turn a hundred or more graphs and drawings of natives of th somersault while descending a thou-o- f ln.his Journe with different tribes met Mn1 or so of 3,000 miles through the northern: atmosphere. The central and south-centrportions e efc'uated money value of Dr. Holube the continent During hia most ardi 00 ction of African curiosities and ous and dangerous expedition the do specimens Is 600,009 Austrian florins, tor was accompanied by his wife, the inething over 9300,000. II, has con-- a bride of 18, and for her daring eh rbufei to many museums of Europe. was decorated by the emperor of Aut beverai books have been written by a tria. She says ahe expects to go alonhim oa the subject w hen the doctor starts out again fo: , Cl P1 Cstrk.r. Mata be la land or Beehuanaland. Dr. j M. Wright of Holub said he went to Africa et the Glaatonbury, Conn., the prize rat killer of Connecticut, age of 25 and located first at Kimberly, occupies a large There0 house in the great diamond region. he practiced medicine while he studied jhe 1ilrm house style on the main electrlo car line. For year, the English and Dutch languages his gained a smattering of native dialects. es hus has been infested more-Thewith r8t. hut not until recently ho began to track into the" in- troublesome ..extent Several terior. During the period from 1S72 to I however, the house bo-1879 he penetrated the kingdoms of p fll,d wif them. .They made the Bechuana tribes and explored the la many W,T mysterious caves of the wonder fount-.l- r V.7 Hi' UrT ghtthey scampered with aims." He discovered that the 0 house between th ruins of Monapatopa. about which flooring, not ex making such a. did .,JK been much has written, atet that It was almost A RAT linsTKR. impossible ta farm in the soutl wep. lie on the Ilallwater acoordimrlv aeur4Jium-mor- e catcher should miss, the rats fate is western and were nothin,, t Transvaal, no better, for an outer circle of men than amort remarkable of ?he house. The first and boys await him, and he is brained day ha l&ught twenty-fiv- e with a stick. Tho mote sagacious of rat and during a them leap into another tree, and if it dtf h capture mounted to over should be without a climber they f ; continued the fight either escape altogether or postpone preU cleaned out now- - In all he killedweU their fate until that tree is reached by about 30ft their pursuers. After the boys had younqest collected the slaiq. and taken them officer. , Thim Son mt ,h. Gorman way the varangis appear, or at least Emporor a detachment from each of them, and h-- W at Kiel. collect the nuts into baskets as they of Hohenzollero nafumeTh0! 5 h,0M are thrown down by the climber. For In life very thisservice the women get four nuts early bl?hdajr each and 4 per cent of all they gather. The nuts are stripped of their husks, h'rd a0n 0f ,h German which are worked up Into yarns, and Pr, Adalbert 1.e,npreM' FeJdlA stored then they are until opportunity Bcrengar Victor, arrives to send them to the mainland '8"lly honors. But TTtwo to be sold on behalf of the governln,1hl.? d0r,b,rlhcr th crown prince ment revenues r At the northern end of the Island is a collection of small ill ,V,nco Adilblrt deal huts, wherein dwell those afflicted with th .T.W ?n leprosy. On the appearance of this i a few weeksktp 'rriee, the later the cm- disease the sufferer ia at ouce sent to peror took his small son downttj Kiel the leper colony. A hut is built for toformaHy enter him as a a!or. PR. EXIU IIOI bftnC and be is supplied with food aad drink by his relatives, who leave it on of nature. During tlwF be !; also traversed the khif the the ground at a safe distance. Is certainly the most mischievous. He went I then and SOME FAMOUS NICKNAMES. falls !7am as the In he besL all his trips Sobriquets bp Which Notd General ot tested very seldom. Thl.ou'bed the Union Were Culled. Gen. Grant was first called United to hia policy of conclllat king States from his initials; after the epi- and tribe before enterlnierrb sode at Fort Done Ison he was termed tory. In 1880 Dr. IloluXedtoto Unconditional ' Surrender." When hi native country and wed made lieutenant general it was Old Vienna and received by peror. Three Stars, "to indicate his rank;when Tbe African question wasJnK en" in the throes of his last long death the greatest interest arf V Pr lecture. cou to raged struggle he was known the world over f as the JMiilent Sufferer." ne is often ceeds, about $25,000, and larger contributed amount byfovern alluded to as the Silent Man on Horseand back. Gen. William T. Sherman was tnent, he returned to Afr37 Old Tecumseh," and to his men Un- made a wider range W wife, black cle Billy. Gen. George B. McClellan six Austrian officers, tf was Little Moo. Gen. George G. servants and 120 carriipubed OOP0 anl Meade was Four-eye- d Gen. north, from the Cape of George. be after-two yeavel nearly Burnside, from having been colonel of of the oerm an natv. the First Rhode Island, was Khody" reached the far northet youngest orrtcKB is the kingdoiePor after being made generaL The genprank wltlx toome coloniup -eral with his whiskers was also an ation wa to prepare the vf rn er lie is always the two being regular allusion to the side bums which he zation by England of the thesedste unlike very in fun, comrades wore. Gen. Hooker was Fighting ritory belonging to tPrRutsez, crown prince, who too often ah'Tokas Joe, and all the Cook family simerly the with the prospects -. Lems overpowered The aeas the fighting Cooks. Gen. Pope The doctor speak mosU8a8,c' responsibilities. con future his of was Saddle hag John, from his fre- ally of his second snip58 a from is photo companying portraitCasseL ot quent orders with headquarters in the tinuous expedition from J graph by Kegel saddle. Gea. Irving McDowell was Pope," and he issued many bulls." Dlseeversd Taloahle Paintings. If Popes headquarters were In the dust accumulated InInyears Under the saddle McDowell's head was in a th of a corridor woodwork the oa basket, because of his extreme M. Pierre d Versailles of palace Gen. caution. Franz Sigel was fortune to Nolhac has had the good Gen. snd exWinfield Dutchy,"f of beauty, great discover paintings Marie Antoinette. Hancock the Superb," a Hancock, of time the In ecuted n. Meade after title given him back-- , cream-tinte- d They are Off the magnificent repulse of Longstreet flower. ladsCa.1 ground, basket of framed In blue - borat Gettysburg. Gen. Andrew A. Humscenes, rustic and Old waa Mathematics, being a Around the phrey ders. Louis XV in style. distinguished engineer, snd Gen. Crawasenbed to the are garlanda panels ford Old Physics," having began bis F'on'8 taste. Austrian Dauphins and white military career aa --a surgeon. Gen. liked only Philippe, who Logan waa Black Jack, an allusion was tbe bourgeois decorations, to his tawny complexion" End long gilt these wqriu to be recking who caused black hair. He was also called Old snd yet whitewash, with overed War Eagle" and the "Black Eagle of had. in 1848, they thought Romanticlts IllinoU. Gen. Philip Sheridan was of complaint aU subjects exhausted Little Phil," snd Gen. A. Sykes, him. against Old Brains," Sykesey, for short: was Gen. Henry W. Halleck and Gen. Coaaterfott CempHiwnt. so pleM-aRosecrana Rosy," of course. Gen. telling people arenot Truth with an hour Lew Wallace was Louisa," for enof a quarter to spend to . MRS. HOB beUer wcar in to sot allusion dearment, but they any suprSr ? ggfiatterenT, writes twenty-fouthe posed effeminacy. Gen. Phil Kearny After leaving the 0f waa One Armed Phil," having been were deserted by th native guides. Mott 1. lb. had been mucWkness among a woman who wounded in Mexico. Gen. Benjamin There them7 snd for five mo8 Frau Holub Home Journal. I know F. Butler' was Old Cock Eye," so say Ing Via accidentally of art assistthe medical has things called because of hia peculiar drooping waa his only intelhgJ entirely nleest things, the conversation, want to put yoap a eyelids.1 Gen. Judaon C. Kilpatrick ant. She escaped slit make that you that says in was Kill," and Gen. Custer was deadly fever. The aOor about her. or kiss her handone suffer very life that openly say Ringlets, because of his Jong yellow women en ched You hear her jay y curls. Gen. George II. Thomas, before most northern point of mnntal" Bhels fond enough of are he'bccame the "Rock of Chickamauga," the Franz Joseph rafe Before hi things not to, care whether they named by Dr, Hiub. was Pap Thomas" folly and your not. or radert genuine none but Arb lTey can so superlative that you ever been In the reg on. Tobaccos Origin. Unknown. after that favor her in comfort 85 Tobacco has not been found growing no Toa kings aid counterfeit, the know to come You wild in any part of the world, and its Shuknlurobe bids bad to be is. it matter how bright t! s timing point original abode is therefore, unknown. -It is believed to be a native of tropical made. this , ,1 The first savings bank in this Fund America. Jt Is sometimes found grow- watered, somewhat i'dly 80 Savings Philadelphia stfil Dr. Holub try was the in 18U. It ing as a weed, but in sllsueh cases the the purposes df wttlers. society, organized ' plants have been traced to an Indian brings .? ,p.hsr.i inexistence. Acid or settlement. - fvpf nht.- - Amntlff the ." nt A won AX or THK UPPER CLASS. The Minicovlte women having a firm hand on the domestic! strings use every effort to keep the family together. This they believe to be the fpundatlon stone of true economy. You may see grandmothers, mothers and daughters with their three generations of male counterparts all living peacefully together under the same roof and eating from the common dish. Should the members cf the Brown household grow rather too numerous for tlielr quarters, the males of the Brown family are set to work to put up a new house near by, in which the eldest daughter, say the married Angelina, Is duly installed and the new branch , becomes distinguished from the old by being In the called the Brown-Smithafternoon we got a considerable amount ofamusement . in watchings Zai r, .Utw J pro-befo- re |