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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
KO WORTHLESS LAKD.
T Is rather Into In tho
opponents of tbe colonial policy to raise the
cry that the lirqicrlul colonics arc worthless.
There is no such thing n.s worthless land.
Neither history nor science gives us nny war
rant for declant::,' th.it the liunuui race shall
not some day turn every acre of the liiinl
surface to good account. The new Agricultural science of
dry fanning Is to-day supplementing irrigation In the
recluniatkin of tens of thousands of acres In the "Great
American Desert" of the old maps. At the German set
tlements on Victoria Nyunza. under the equatorial sun,
they have found a way to raise every month In the year
practically nil the vegethables of Europe In the highest
perfection. The French have found that n well yielding
a thousand quarts of, water a minute assures the Irri
gation of five thousand date palms. They are tapping un
derground sources In the Sahara. Of the wells they
drilled In 1905, only one fulled to bring water, more than
one-third are yielding from 1.C0O to Z5,.oo quarts n min
ute, the others are yielding substantial' quantities, and
they are creating new and fruitful oa'es In the desert.
Twenty years ago tbe.first explorer of Mashonnhind wrote
that he could nee nothing there to attract European en
terprise. To-day railways cross the country, hundreds of
white farmers and miners are thriving, schools have been
opened for young hopefuls of British parentage, and apple
and grain harvests are garnered every year. We may
trust our race, In the long run, to find a use for every
neglected corner of the world. When these regions are
needed In the scheme of human progress, human skill
and perseverance will turn the waste places Into utilities.
New York Sun.
CORPORATIONS AND THE
ITIIIN recent veurs. almost within recent
A T I months, the attitude of
ff I corporations toward the
A no uieu in euurprc wuu came. 111 contact
with tlie people uued to give the Impression
that they did not care what any one thought
of the way tlidr Liii.Iiiosd wua done. Iu
ffect they said, "The money Is ours, the property is ours,
and we can do what we wish with It
It Is needless to remind ourselves that this Is n mis
taken view, not only for managers of corporations, hut
for men who have only their wages and families to man
age. Every man and every corporation, which Is but an
aggregation of men, have obligations to the community.
The man must respect the rights of his neighbors. If he
does not he Is punished In some way.
Many of the corporations have acted as 1f those with
whom they dealt had no rights which they were bound
to respect. Events are making It clear to them that they
are part of the complex social organization, and amenable
to the laws that demand fair play.
This Is a wholesome change. It Is needless to speculate
how much of It Is due to the decisions of the courts that
on officer of a corioration may not refuse to disclose
WAS A REAL HERO.
fiat
Ban Franclaco'a Mayor Plan-
dered City lie Had Aided.
Eugene F. Schmltz, Mayor of San
Francisco. In nrlson for hhicknuilllncr
dives In the city of which he was the
chosen ruler and
with other Indict
ments hanjrtyc
Jis .Vend, which
may keep him In
Jail the better part
of his life, was a
real hero In the
fearful period fol
lowing the earth
quake and confla
gration of April IS,
1000. Men who
had execrated
Schmltz for the
vile rottenness Into
which the govern-
EIGENE SCHM1TZ. ment of lQe cUy
had been allowed to sink uuder
Lis corrupt rule were tempted to
forgive him because of his un
selfish, tireless, efficient and wonderful
labors in the days following the dread
ful catastrophe. More to him than uny
one else was given the credit, even by
his enemies, of Infusing Into the people
of the prostrated city the determination
to build out of the ruins a finer and
greater San Francisco than the one de
stroyed. In that period of stress Schmltz dis
played qualities of mind and heart
which converted enemies Into friends.
For a time It looked as If Sebmltz had
reformed genuinely and for all time,
lie seemingly cut loose from the vi
cious ring of associates which had made
the old San Francisco a stench In the
nostrils of the respectable residents.
In that period of hope the best men"
of San Francisco, who had long avoid
ed Senmltz, became his associates and
advisers. He was even tendered a ban
quet as a mark of the new esteem in
, which he was held.
But the reform of Schmlta proved
transitory. Out of the ruins of the
city emerged the "Municipal Crib."
Before the earthquake the "Municipal
Crib' was one of the ulcers of the
vice-Infested city. It was tho most no
torious den and the most profitable of
Its kind in the town. It yielded a rev
enue estimated at $800 a day. It was
practically a corporation the stockhold
ers being the men who controlled the
government of San Frauclsco. Schmltz
was said to lie a considerable stock
holder, being represented In the wretch
ed undertaking by his brother.
It was the reappearance of the "Mu
nicipal Crib" and the general suspicion
that Schmltz was one of the chief ben
etlclarleg of the vile institution that
caused his new friends to run from hlin
With horror and institute a campaign
to purge the city of its Mayor and ull
his associates In the wij orgy of mar
keting vhv and crime.
Schmltz was not worth a dollar when
he entered local ixilitlcs in I'.KH and
won out as Mayor. To-day he Is ratel
as a mlllkmalre. So nls.) Is his right
bower, Abe Iinef. The money-making
activities of the two men are said to
huve Included more f a-ms of graft than
ever before disgraced an American city.
It was not until the expiration of
his llrt term ami he ia heeii re-elected
that the pii'.lic Ivm.i t s;i.-p..et that
Schmltz was a liene:ici:;i y of the huge
grafting inuehliie.s v. hi. U spread over
the city ami controlled every dipart
nieiit' of tlie !. in ii. iim; government.
Tlnue were i.vc.-::av.il.ii:e from time tu j
day for t!io German
LI eled by
I Is four
PUBLIC.
some of the great
puhllc has changed.
THE
I ANY
time, but the Investigators, like those
being Investigated, were members of
the Schmltz club nnd no damaging find
ings ever resulted.
The license to practice every variety
of crime and vice was practically .auc
tioned to the highest bidder. A deter
mined effort was made to beat Schmltz
In the election of Novemler, 1005; but
the fJonipr.of.JJxe &mw '.vrfilne, d
rected by Abe Reuf, won the day, and
then the riot of license and graft broke
out with renewed frenzy. The condi
tion of the city was rotten to the core
when the earthquake and Are came on
April 18, 1900, and all but wiped San
Frauclsco out of existence.
Strawberry. Origin.
Where Eperles, the picturesque Hun
garian town, Is now surrounded by
beautiful gardens and fruited fields,
there was at the time of King Bela II
nothing bnt thick wilderuess. Once this
blind and unhappy soverelgu was trav
eling In his realm. It was a warm,
hot, sultry summer day, and while
searching for a shady spot In which
to rest he became lost Deadly tired
lu consequence of his long wandering,
he asked his attendants for a drink of
water. They seated him on the soft,
green grass In the cool shade of big
okl trees, and then the ca.vallers sepa
rated to hunt for a refreshing spring.
Meanwhile, the king wanted to find
out more about his resting place, and
legan to grope atiout him with his
hands. Thus he discovered strawber
ries growing all about him, says tho
New York Herald. He ate them; so,
partly quenching his thirst, he waited
quietly for his gentlemen. After a
short time they returned, some with
empty cups, ran with jsenrly spring
water.
The king then said to his attendants:
"Have the trees cut down n round this
place where my hands found the iv-fn-Khi'ig
strawberries. Here shall arise
a town whose name shall be Mperles
(strawberry) in remembrance of this
day, for ull time'
As the king commatidiv, so It was.
The wilderne.-s was cleared, and lu its
place Is a town whose arms carry the
strawberry even to-d iy.
Miar.fNiir.
"Thought jou said you were u minj
render?'' wild the culler.
"So I i'.ni." replied tho professor.
Wei1., why do jou h-ituteV Why
don't ye read my mini?''
Tin caivh!::s lor U." Toukurs
statikui;.u
I llJ I
(HP
ABE BUEF.
corporation methods on the witness stand and how much
to an awakened sense of public responsibility. It Is also
useless to wonder whether the old "Insolence of corpora
tions" was merely the Insolence of subordinates clothed
with n little brief authority, who felt themselves rcsjwn
sible to their employers and not to the public.
That which Is of Importniicp Is the growth of a proper
and wholesome- respect for the people at large and the
dawning of n realization that every Institution In the
country Is bound with Indissoluble bonds to every other
Institution. Youth's Conmlon.
RISE OF THE TROLLEY.
AST year about ti.OOO.OUMMK) liasseniters trav-
trolley In the United States, which
or live times as many ns used steam
cars. .u ureniKc 01 j i.iasi.uiaj iroucy i a res
are collected dally In the country, and a
third of a million employes are connected
with electric transportation. The business
Is comparatively new, and Is an Illustration of the swift
ness with which fresh adjustments of American Industry
can rise. Though 1HJ0 miles or horse car lines and 210
miles of coble lines are still operated, they are looked
upon as curiosities that have been belated, and will
disappear as soon ns the trallic Is put In the best shape.
The trolley Is developing In traction lines ns well as
In city and suburbnn traffic, and this Is one of Its most
Important phases. It makes Its way quietly, but even
tually combines Its sections, and may be said to have a
future as broad as any State or region, or the continent
Itself. A line recently admitted by St. Louis keeps ex
tending Itself over Illinois, and Is an object of Interest In
adjacent States. When It Is seen that billions are now
accommodated by the trolley, Its utility In the dally bust
ness of the masses can be realized. Forces at work la
the railroad situation are modifying and familiarizing It
more thnn rate or any other form of legislation. St
I on is Globe-Democrat '
HANDICAP OF DRINK.
railroad companies and other large cor
porations refuse to take men Into their ser
vice who drink Intoxicating liquors. They
cannot afford, they say, to have their busi
ness depending on men who are unreliable,
and men who habitually or occasionally
drink too much are properly regarded as un
reliable. The only safe way Is to employ men who are
sober all the time, and to discharge them when they cease
to be so, and this Is the basis upon which the world's
Important business Is now being conducted. The man
who has the alcohol habit may keep sober for weeks or
lHrhaps months, but his employer never knows, and
usually he never knows himself, what day he may fall
to show up at the shop or ofllee on account of being In
an unfit condition to appear there. The victim of such
habits Is deserving of pity or sympathy, perhaps, but he
Is an unsatisfactory employe and few business concerns
nowndiys will tolerate him. Kansas City Journal.
3 It
3 AN UNEXPECTED dUESTION. t
- g.
It Is only the half-instructed who
are not open to conviction. The more
deeply learned the person, the more
ready Is he to receive lnfocjiiatlon, fn)
ZTJlv" mocfest ' the hands that
offer It. The genuine man of science
Is the truly humble man; his watch
word Is "to know," not to Insist on
personal deduction. An Illustration of
thrs truth Is given in a memoir of
Governor Brlggs, of Massachusetts, In
a collection of "Berkshire fistorlcal
Papers."
At a large meeting of the Teachers'
Institute In I'ittsfleld, the Hon. Horace
Mann gave a lecture on astronomy,
which was listened to with great de
light by the audience.
The lecturer sjioke of the apparent
movement of the sun as going west
until it reached the highest point then
stopping for a moment before It began
its descent.
He likened the motion to that of an
apple thrown Into the air, which ex
periences a moment of haltluglwhen
its ascent Is retarded and before Its
return has begun. When the talk was
over, Mr. Maun asked If there were
any questions to be asked.
A young man rose from his seat
a plainly dressed country lad who had
learned to use his own wits. He said
that he would like to ask the lecturer
If the Illustration Just given would not
be more accurate If the comparison had
been to an apple thrown over a house.
In that case the object would experi
ence a moment when It ceased to go
higher, although It would not cease
to go.
A profound silence greeted the young
man's daring remark. Then one of
the board of trustees rose and severely
rebuked the lad for venturing to criti
cize one of the country's best-known
scholars, finishing his rebuff by the
crushing remark:
"I hope be will be wiser when he Is
elder!"
Hero Governor Brlggs stood erect
"I am not sure but the young man
Is right" he announced.
Mr. Mann stepped forward.
"Ills Illustration Is better than
mine." he said, "and I thank him for
It. That young man will make a good
teacher, for he Is apt In Illustration."
The next day Governor Brlggs sought
out the youthful questioner, Inquired
Into his circumstances, and made it
possible for hlui to take the college
course which he desired.
Two ol a Kind.
"Well, Perkins," said the eminent
personage, who was now an Invalid,
"who Is It wishes to see me now, my
biographer?"
"No, sir," replied the butler, "your
physician."
"Ah! Perkins, almost the same thing.
He's nt work uion my life, too." Phil
adelphia Press.
I nuaual.
"I understand she iossesscg a mar
velous memory."
"She certainly does. She can re-mc-mber
what turnips ure every time."
Milwaukee Sentinel.
rittlnff (be aiu tu tbe Art.
"Why does that lawyer who's asking
the 'questions get so m.id about It?"
"Why, Us'iiuse he's conducting a
cross-examination." Baltimore American.
fcdward tlrol.r Cake a l.lttla
t'nrlv.llcH.lr.l i,l hi.
King Kdwar I. whea at Marirtibad,
taking the cure, was one day having
tea In the Cafe Bellevue Gardens with
a party of friend, says the Youth's
Companion. A mall lr, with baro
brown legs and a lnid covere.l with
curls, was playing about ' charge of
his nur.se. lie was attracted by the
king's smile. whlc!i conies readily for
children, and drew near the ryal ta
ble. Ills majesty smiling offered Iit.it n
piece of cake, whereupon, becoming sud
denly shyl the flttle luy took to his
heels snd V'fliupfred away.
The king laughed softly. Put as he
knows a good deal almut child nature
he 'phi cel the plate with t.e cake on
It Invitingly near the edge of the table-,
and presently; "Curly Head" came
haltingly back. Ills majesty again ex
tended the plate. Tills tlifteithe boy
took It. ' i
"Thank you!" said he.
The king bowed with the utmost
gravity.
Then.' resting the plate on the king's
knees, the boy ate tho cake with apw
tlte. oven stooping scrupulously to pick
up and eat a rather large crumb which
had fallen at his majesty's feet.
When the last crumb had disappear
ed he placed the plnte on the table.
"Thank you!" he said again.
"Most welcome," returned the king,
holding out his hand.
The boy took It, quite unconscious
that he was shaking hands with P.ng
lanft's sovereign, and ran off to his em
barrassed nnd horrified nurse without
a backward glance. But when the king
was leaving tho gardens the boy spied
him, and remembered that he had brok
en bread with hlin. With all his lit
tle might he chased his majesty's re
treating figure.
"Good-by !" hs panted. "The cake was
fine."
His majesty's hand rested for an In
stant on the curly head.
"Good-by!" he said. And those who
witnessed the little scene say that It
was a father's and not a king's smile
that accompanied the words.
"Some one wishes to speak to you
over the telephnone, Doctor Barnard,"
said the call-loy of . the hotel whore
tho new minister nnd his wife were
staying temporarily. "Oh, yes!" said
Doctor Barnard In response to a lady's
voice which announced, "I am Mrs.
Wegg."
Doctor Barnard was not surprised,
for Mr. Wegg had asked hlin to deliver
an address liefore the Y. M. C. A., and
he had promised a reply In a few days.
"Oh, yes," he answered, and waited
for an Inquiry concerning tho address.
The inquiry came, but It was a llttlo
different.
"Will you please tell me," asked the
lady, pleasantly, "where I can have my
. Y""ljp QfiS trained-?"-.
"Well, eh, eh, really, Mrs. Wegg, I
don't think I know," replied the as
tounded clergyman. He was used to
all sorts of demands, but this was the
strangest yet.
"You don't know? Why, Isn't this
Doctor Barnard?"
"Yes." .
"And you' can't tell me where I can
get my dog trained?" the lady persist
ed. "No, I'm very sorry, but I don't reul
ly know," replied tlte minister, apolo
getically, "but If you'll wait a moment
I'll try to find out for you," ho added
reflectlng that this was a new parish,
and of course If he was expected to
know about poodles
He asked tho hotel clerk's assistance,
and presently returned to the tele
phone. He was greeted by tho sound
of a much excited masculine voice de
manding. "Pleuse let ine have the lino
a moment, Mrs. Wegg."
It was the embarrassed Mr. Wegg
who spoke, and who at once began to
offer contrite apologies to tho clergy
man with the explanation that tho
Wegg family had two sets of telephone
Instruments, and that at the preclso
moment when Mr. Wegg. below stairs,
was Vailing Doctor Barnard, the cler
gyman, Mrs. Wegg, up stairs, was fil
ing Doctor Burnard, the veterinary sur
geon. It was a strange coincidence, and
rather an unfortunate one, Mrs. Wegg
thought. Still It might have been
worse If, for example, her husband
had asked the veterinary to address
the Y. M. C. A.
A Pollta Haqaaat.
"One of tbe most polite men that
ever lived In this town was Lon Ho
bart" said a prominent cltlsen of Bush
by to a stranger In tbe village. "We
were always proud of Don's manners
whilst be was here, and by what I
learn, they've got every reason to be
proud of him out In Stony Gulch,
where he now resides.
"Yes, he went out there In tbe Inter
ests ef a mine," continued the Bushby
man, 1 glad to have a new listener.
"Some of our folks went out there last
year, and Lon showed 'em round. They
said that lu one place, where It was
kind o' dangerous and oien. there was
a big placard stuck up, und on it Lou
had printed. 'Please do not tumble down
the shaft'
"They suld It made 'em feel at home
Tight off."
Sura tu Mla lllm.
A man runs n truck-farm In Virginia
tells of the Nad predicament In which
a colored man named Sc. in Moore, who
Is lu his employ, found himself. Sam
had had couslilcrahlo diihVulty In evad
ing the onslaughts of a dog from u
neighboring farm. Finally the dog got
him, us Sum kicked ut him.
Sum's wife, hearing a tremendous
yell, rushed to the rescue of her hus
band. When she came up the dog had
fastened his tttii lu the cslf of Sam's
leg and was holihng on for dear life.
Seizing a stone in the road, Sam's wife
was about to hurl It when Sam, with
wonderful jiresence of mind, shouted:
"Mandy! Mandy! Don't flow dat
stone at de dawg ! Prow it st me, Mua
dy r
V
My name was Captain Kidd, as I sailed,
as I sailed;
My name s Captain Kidd, as I sailed.
I murdered William Moore,
And I left him on the shore.
And I left him l.t his gore,
As I sailed.
. While out hunting ii?nr a little -Mas-sachusetts
town more tu ui fifty years
ago two brothers came across n time
stained and weather worn letter. A
glaih'e allowed that tbe signature was
Itobcrt Kid, that there were references
to a hoard of burled treasure on a
Boston harbor Island, nnd that there
were some dlrevtlons, more or less
mystic, as to how that treasure might
be obtained.
When they looked over the whole
letter carefully they had no reason to
doubt that It was a work of Captain
Kidd, even though tho signature was
Robert Kid, Instead of Wllllntn Kidd,
tlie proper name of the man who kill
ed William Moore aboard a vessel by
hitting him on the head with a bucket.
There was much talk In the air at the
time of the doings of Captain Kidd In
New England Just before he was taken
to England and executed for killing
Moore. The document seemed so valu
able that each wanted It
Finally, they took the matter to
court, each man setting up ownership
by virtue of priority of discovery. The
whole State was interested in the liti
gation. There was no end of specula
tion as to which Island In the harbor
was referred to. Then the bottom drop
ped out of the whole case. The garish
light of the Massachusetts court show
ed that the whole letter was a clever
On Mr. nazelton's return from a
week's visit In bis native village hs told
bis wife that everything there was
changed, and not for the better. They
bav dinner at night now," be said,
sadly, "luncheon at one, and the Con
tinental breakfast of rolls and coffee
or no breakfast at all Is tha rule In
every house.
"I told Louisa that I'd like to see
some of tho fried plea that mother and
Aunt Anne used to make for breakfast,
but my hint fell on stony ground.
Louisa said fried pies were horribly In
digestible; besides, nobody knew how
to make them.
"'Cook would leave If I asked ber
to try,' Louisa said, so fearsomely that
I said no more."
"I don't wo why you cried for fried
pies In Elmdalo; you dou't have them
for breakfast at home, said Mrs. Ha
zelton, pointedly.
"It was absurd." Mr. Hazelton admit
ted, "but my mouth watered for them,
ull the same. And for sausage cakes,
and a salt-fish dinner, and apple turn
overs, and sugar gingerbread, to.tueu
tlon a few of the dainties of my lsy.
hood. But It was clear soup and
sweetbreads and salmis everywhere,
Just us It Is here.
"And tho worst Is not yet," said Mr.
Hazelton, feelingly. "And the old-fash-loned
woman who took the tuhle-cloth
to the door after a meal and shook It
has departed for good and all."
Youth's Companion.
Where the Telephone Failed.
The Baileys owned a huiitlng-lodgn
In the wilderness, a day's Journey from
their own home. For many months at
a time the cabin remained untenant
ed, but Just before the hunting season
each year It was Mr. Bailey' habit to
lv--
; A VANISHED TYPE. j
ilNEfCLEW
forgery. There was nothing on whlcL
to base n suit or anything else but a
personal quarrel. A copy of the letter
1st llftvl 1 lI'I.UMl't.'nil lit tl.A Vft1iin1,1.l WltlO
nor pajiers. In the archives of tho.
Rhode Dlaiid Historical Society, and
the origin::! Is In a bank safe In Ware,
Mass.
Bnt the whole inatter came up
again last spring. Workmen who were
digging at Doer Island last year un
covered a number of old rains. It wasi
Immediately surmised by many that
the money was part of the burled
treasure of Captain Kidd. To be sure,'
the dates on the coins ran to the nine-:
teenth century, and Captain Kidd was
executed In P.ngland In 1701 for the
murder of William .Moore. Neverthe
less, the belief still exists In the minds
of some that at last the hiding place,
of the tainted Kidd money has been dls-;
covered.
When the letter was published In a(
Providence paper n few years ago the
belief that there was booty of the pir
ate captain In the vicinity of Boston
sprang up again, full armed, and per
sons all over tbe country wrote to the'
author of the story asking for Informa
tion, telling what they knew of tha
matter and theorising In many differ
ent directions. One man told of u
mysterious party that had made a mys
terious treasure digging trip to an un
named Island In tbe harbor. Tbe hi
torlan author of the story said that
there were many Indications that the
letter was authentic, not knowing, ap
parently, of tho decision of the law
suit In Massachusetts.
send a certain thrifty French-Indian
guide to the woods to see If It were
uninjured and to set the place In ors
der.
One fall Jacques, despatched on this
annual errand, managed with much
help from the station agent at the point
nearest the property to telephone tbe
news that the cabin was burned to
the ground.
It happened that business canted
Mr. Bailey the next morning to a city
sixteen miles distant Regardless of
Inclement westher, Jacques, who had
returned to town to And his employer
gone, followed hlin on foot
Some hours later Mr. Bailey, seated
In tbe hotel office, arose to greet his
weather-beaten but faithful servitor.
"M'sleu'," breathed Jacques, brush
ing strings of wet black hair from his
eyes, "dose cabeon she ees hall burn
heemaelf up way down hon top hof
dose groun'. Nosslug left All, all
ees burn up, all burn down!"
"But you told me that over tho tele
phone, Jacques. That was all that was
necessary."
"Vralmeut." returned faithful
Jacques, with digulty and a certain Hlr
of triumph. Tt ees truly old, dose
bud news zut ze caheen eei gone; but,
m'sleu', here -es ze key."
A Vaat Supyly.
"Solomon wus the wisest man," re-,
marked the student.
"Yes," unswensl Mr. Meekton. "he
couldn't help being wise with so many
wives to give hlin r.d vice." Washing
ton Star.
The Old Order Cbuutce.
The old S its Parliament decreed
thut "golf Hil l football h:ill he utterly
crylt dune," and to-day the Scots Par
liament does not exist, while football
and golf have Inherited the earth.
Edinburgh Dispatch.
Au old-fashioned woman wli never,
stop Ironing so long a.i her Irons ar
hot
LOST INDIA2I TP.IBE FOUND.
Dl.eoe-e,l ,H(U ,r Surreylo.
ary.
James M. Cornish, head cf n survey.
Ing party working In the wilderness of
the Yellowhead pass In the Canadian
Rockies which 'the Grand Trunk Pa
clflc Railroad Company scks to pone
itrate with Its transcontinental line
brings to SiKjknno n story of thft dis
covery or more thnn Vm fnmilles of
Indians hidden miles from civilization
In the northern wilds, sn.vs the New
York World. They apitear to bo pros
perous and contented, passing most of
their time In the chase of big gama
and breeding horses. .
"Their story of settling In Yellow
head puss is romantic," Mr. Cornish
said, "reading more like a chapter re
corded by I'culmore Coojmt than an
historical fact Tho Indians claim to
be dewvndants from the once power
ful Iroquois natlou, which wrought so
much havoc In the eighteenth century.
Generations ago, they say, they lived
Jn Illinois, but In tho Blackhawk up
rising they were driven from the
States and for safety were forced t
flee to the northwest.
"They traveled many months through'
strange lands nnd territories ruled by
savage Indian trilies. They sought
shelter with the Blood. Blackfeet, Creo
and Beaver Indians, but were treated
like outcasts and finally driven farther
westward.
"From camp to camp they Journeyed
until they struck the Xex Perce coun
try In Northern Idaho, going then to
Spokane and Yakima settlements, but
they were not allowed to remain. From
the Yakima valley they went Into the
Colvllle district, where half their num
ber were killed In combat with the
Colvllles and Coeur d'Alencs.
"Finally, one of their chiefs told
me, they settled In the Rocky Moun
tains at the mbuth of Yellowhead pass
and as no one apcarcd to molest them
they remained. For a time they trad
ed with the Hudson Bay people, but
for more than 100 years they have not
been In communication with either fac
tors or traders, whether this Is be
cause of some real or fancied wrong
I was not ablo to learn, but I did
note a peculiar turn of the lip when
the chief talked about his forebears'
dealings with the company."
Mr. Cornish Bays many of the horses
found In tho pass are high bred and
fleet of foot The men devote much
of their time to tribal sports, such as
games between boys, foot racing and
ball playing, the last-named pastime
.being a cross between lacrosse and
baseball, the bat being similar to that
used by cricketers, with a net on the
end. The Indians appeared to bs
friendly to Mr. Cornish and his party
and entertained them at a potlatch dur
ing their stay.
Her Uatlmate Waa Short.
Aunt Thlrza Tammerley Is universal
ly admitted to be "difficult" She Is,
In particular, one of those people for
whom nobody can ever do anything :
which she enn be brought to admit waa
done exactly right So when her fav
orite niece, Marjorle, saw her face
cloud slowly after tho first smile with
which she received the package brought
her from Paris, she was scarcely sur
prised. She only wondered what would
turn out to he Aunt Thlrza's grievance
this time. The next day she learned
It from Cousin Jane, to whom Aunt
Thlrza had confided her disappoint
ment "Jano," Aunt Thlrza had said, serl
ously, "I am disappointed In Marjorle.
She Is not considerate; she is not tact
ful. To be sure, she has brought me
a present, when I only asked her to
do a commission, and I am trying to
be grateful, but No, Jane, Marjorla
Is not considerate.
. -I wanted gloves; I particularly like
nice gloves. That Is why I asked her
to get them for me to get as many
as I was likely to need. Those were
my words; I remember them distinct-,
ly. And she has brought me six pair
six!
"I wanted, of course, to lay In a
stock that would lust me my lifetime.
Wearing only one pair a year, as I '
do, It wouldn't have been so many.
But six!
"Does the child think that I am
dropping Into my grave? With out
long-lived family behind me, eighteen
wouldn't have been unreasonable, and
a dozen no more than decent Six t
"I wouldn't breathe it outside of the
family, Jaue, but I almost fear that
Marjorle Is destitute of natural feel
ing. Six Is positively callous t"
Vaethleal Bat Lucrative.
A Seattle doctor, who bad an over
abundance of muscle and an under
abundance of cash, created a lot of
excitement In that lively town by
challenging the champion of tbe world
to a wrestling match. Everybody paid
bis dollar and saw the doctor wrest It
the champion to a draw. Tbe doctor
then made a sjieech all wrestlers and
prize-fighters are born orators--ln
which he announced that be would
at once abandon the rlug and "taks
up the practice of medicine In tha
Alaska building." References, every
healthy sport In Seattle; office hours,
all the time. Portland (Ore.) Tele
gram. Probably a Cooulrywomaa.
The "Seeing London" automobile roll
ed out Piccadilly In tho direction of
Hyde Park.
"That, ladles and gents," shouted tbe
guide, us they passed an ancient edifice
surrouuded by u hlsh brick wall, "that
Is the town house of the Duke of Dea,
one of. our largest landed proprietors."
The eyes of the bountiful American
on the Lack seat were Illumined with
suddcu interest.
"Who lauded l:lm?" she cried. Ex
change. uri-rul cf- Aiearaucea.
"VU nia'uiu," Kald Bridget, "I'll b
ravin' ye. I don't like thot snip ot
a iliulo thot does be callin' on MI si
Mabel."
"The Ideu!" exclaimed her mistress.
"lie duetn't c-.'.U to see jou, sj what
,
"I know he d ju't, ma'am, but I'm
afraid some o' the neighbors migh'
think he does," Philadelphia Press.
Every uiuu has a promising future,
but few succeed lu catching up with l-
