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A 8EARCH FOR NATIONS.
The nation politicians would like to
Jltaln Nomination.
The ono that a king is certain to
tain Coronation.
Tho nation for those who rise to re
belInsubordination. Tho ono to avoid if you wish to keop
wellContamination.
ffho nation for him who laughs loud
and long Cachlnntlon.
The one for those men who plot to
do wrong Machination.
The nation for those with hearts
full of sorrow Resignation.
The ono for the man who delays till
to-morrow Procrastination.
The nation for those who are weak
111 the head Hallucination.
The ono that all pupils most cer
talnly dread Examination.
tThe nation for pests of all kinds
extermination.
The ono tho Irresolute should seek
till ho finds Determination.
The nation to which tho fanciful go
Imagination.
The one where an actor may mnke
good show Impersonation.
Tho one that for teacherB Is cer
tainly meant Explanation.
' A nation for thoso who darkness
ihun Illumination.
Tho one wo shall reach when our
'ourney is done Destination.
The nation for him who tho highest
point gains Culmination.
The one for the man who the Sab
bath profanes Profanation.
The ono whero amazement and
(right may be seen Consternation.
The nation to which I now have
come Termination.
"I've found a nice apple,"
Bald Polly to Paul.
"Ami you'd better have som
IScforn I eat It all.
Set your mouth open wide.
Push the ripple In tight,
And bite a tre-men-dous,
K-nor-mous blif bite."
The apple wn smalt
And Ufa opening wide,
And the mouth or youtiK Paul
Most clastic Inside,
Styeet Polly declared
The result was all right
Hut ho got tho apple
' And alio got the bite!
TWO VERY NOVEL ILLUSIONS
Difficult to Believe That Two Figures
Are Same Size and that Lines
Are Parallel.
I. Thliigs are not what they seem.
. It is dllllcult, oven after mcaurement
INSTRUCTIVE GAME OF CARDS
Qreat Deal of Useful Information May
Be Absorbed In Pleasant Form
of Entertainment.
A, game which is both entertaining
md Instructive is that devised by a
Florida man. Tho rules of tho gamo
may vary and nro of minor Impor
tance, the featuro of the novelty lying
la the character of tho curds. These
nro numbered from 1 to 100, tho one
with tho highest number bearing tho
likeness of a military lender of a na
tion and tho others bearing tho Ira
iges of officers of tho army of such
leader, graduated according to tho nu
merical values of tho cards. Certain
high-numbered cards aro also lettered
to further complicate tho game. Be
files tho high cards aro lower ones
with pictures of prlrato soldiers on
Ihem. In playing tho game, which
may be one of several popular games
In which ordinary playing enrds nro
usually omployed, the higher values
Same Size.
to believe tbnt these figures are of the
samo slzo. But they will stand the
test or mo ruier.
2. A Parallel Freak.
Hero is another curious Illusion:
The four strulght lines nro parallel,
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i Each Card Has Different Value.
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M"o represented by the higher officers,
. Instead of by meaningless kings,
queen and jacks. Iu this way a grqat
deal of useful intormaiiou can ue
nbsorbed in an easy and pleasant form
pf entertainment.
COMPASS PLANT AIDS MANY
I'eaetable Growing on Pralrlen of
North America la of Qreat Value
to Wanderer.
The compass plant grows In tho
arnirles of western north America,
uid, as Its name Indicates, Is of great
ralue to tho wanderer. It is a dwarf
rarletv of tho osier, is perennial, nt
mlnp usually a height of throe foot six
Inches and has a head of yellow flow
rs.
The help it renders tho traveler
irises from tho fact that the long
leaves at the base of, the stem, which,
ire nlaced. not flat, as in plants gen
srally, but in a vertical position, prr
lent their edges north and soutn,
The necullnr propensity of tho foil
igo of this plant is attributed to tho
'net thot both surfaces of its leaves
llsplay an equal rocoptivlty for light.
Ml tho other known varieties of Its
tlass aro characterized by tho. pres
ence, on tho lowor surface of tlelr
'eaves, of from twlco to tnrlce as many
founlratorv vessels ns are contained
n tho upper surface;,, which Is thoro
!ore the most sensitive of the two to
:he Influence of light.
But both surfaces of -tho compass
ilnnt aro clothed nuke, wltn an opi
lerrhus excontlonnlly rccoptlvo of
Arht nml tho samo Instinct of Its
O f - -
leaves that prompts them to require
in equal distribution of light upon
tthnr Hiirfnco onuses them to assume
i vertical position, and to point tholr
id pes duo north and south.
Travelers, on dark nights, are said
'jo feel tho edges of tho krnves to as
jertaln the points of tho compass,
when no means are available for nelp
Kf them on their way.
Parallel Freak.
but the divergent "herring bono" lines
distract the eye.
PARTIAL LIST EXHIBITS.
General Exhibits 290 $
Corn Exhibit 185
Wheat Exhibits 73
Oats Exhibits 47
Melon Exhibit 90
Squash Exhibits 72
Pumpkin Exhibits 31
Potato Exhibits 30
Alfalfa Exhibits 24
Alfalfa Seed Exhibit &
Bean Exhibit 203 H
Teams of Work Horses.. 60
8addle Horses 45
Pretty Babies 60
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ucrmaniown tsianxets .. za
COLLEGE A TEACHING MACHINE
President Wilson of Princeton Says
Modern Institution Is No. Longer
a Boarding School.
Tho collego having determined,
wisely enough, some generation or two
ago, not to bo any longer a boarding
school, has resolved itself, writes
President Wilson of Princeton, into a
mero teaching machlue, with tho nee-
essary lecture rooms and laboratories
attached, and sometimes a few dorml
torles, which It regards as desirable
but not Indispensable, nnd has re
signed Into tho hands of the undor-
eraduates themselves tho wholo man
agement of their life outside tho
classroom; and not only Its manage
ment, but also the sotting up of all its
machinery of overy kind as much as
they please and tho constitution of
its wholo environment, so that teach'
ers and pupils aro not members of one
university body, but constitute two
bodies sharply distinguished and tho
undergraduate body tho more highly
organized and independent of tho two.
They parley with ono another, but
they do not live ylth ono another, and
It is much easlor for tho Influence of
tho highly organized and very self
conscious undergraduate body to pono-
trato thQ faculty than It Is for tho In-
fluonco of tho faculty to pcrmeato the
undergraduates.
It was Inevitable It should turn out
so In tho circumstances. I do not won
der that tho consequences were not
foreseen and that the whole develop'
mcnt has crept upon us almost una
wares. But tho consequences have
been very Important and very far-
reaching. It Is easy now to see that
If you leavo undergraduates entirely
to themselves, to organize their own
lives whllo In college as tliey please
and organize it in somo way they must
if thus cast adrift that life, and not
tho deeper interests of tho university,
will presently dominate their thoughts,
their imaginations, their favorite pur
poses. And not only that, Tho work
of administering this complex Hfo,
with all Its organizations nnd lndo
pendent Interests, successfully absorbs
tho energies, tho Initiative, tho plan'
nlng and originating powers of the
best mon among tho undergraduates.
It is no small task. It would tax and
absorb older men; nnd only tho finer,
more spirited, raoro attractive, more
original and effoctlvo men aro fitted
for itr equal to It, whllo loadershlp
goes by gifts of personality as well as
by ability.
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Names of Dutch Homes.
A recent travoler In that land of
dikes nnd wludmlllB has been at pains
to make notes of the names bestowed
by the Dutch merehnnts upon their
country houses. Hero are a few ex
omples translated; . "Our, Content
raent," "Joy und Peace," "Lelsuro and
Happiness," "..My DoBlro 1b Satisfied,"
"t'Tienus ana timet," "My who ana
I," "Not So Bad."
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J ML yiN EVENT of so much lm-
JiUI ktllltu 111(11 111 UIU 1U
turo it may bo looked
back upon as a mile
stone marking tho be
ginning of a now era in
the progress of tho southwest was tho
first Navajo fair, which was held at Shlprnck
Agency, New Mexico, recently.
At SrAproclc tho paBt six yoars has been a
period of preparation, a strugglo for a position of
ndvnntnge from which tho Ignorance and super
stition of a barbarous pcoplo might bo nttackod
and tho Influences which have fettered them
might bo obliterated, so that, freed from its bond
age, the Navajo raco might tako Its place among
tho useful and beneficial olomcnts of the nation,
contributing its sharo toward tho Industry and
enjoying Ue proportion of tho advantages em
braced In tho common stock.
How successful this preparation for and be
ginning of their civilization has been Is soon
apparent to tho observer who visits Shlprock, be
comes acquainted with tho superintendent nnd
his asslstunts and realizes what they are achieving.
How important tho civilization of tho Navajo
Is to that section of tho country is also apparent
when it is considered that there aro some 30,000
of them scattered over a reservation In New
Mexico, Arizona and Utah, which contains a
larger area than all the Now England states and
Includes thousands of acres of flue agricultural,
mineral and timber lands, and is almost com
pletely underlaid with coal. Tho increase of
their productiveness means an lncreaso in tho out
put of tho southwest. Their education and per
manent settlement upon small homesteads will
leave a large surplus of land to bo sold to whlto
settlers. Thus tho work being carried on at
Shlprock has many points which commend it to
the people who are interested in tho development
of that sect'on.
Tho holding of a fair this fall wus not decid
ed upon until about two weeks beforo it was held,
and when the decision was reached it was so into
in tho season that it was necessary to arrange
for It at once, thus less than two weeks' notice
was given tho Navajos by means of Indian police
nnd mcssengors barely tlmo to gather up what
they had on hand nnd bring it in without any
preparation or opportunity to gather or mako
anything especially for exhibition.
Under theso circumstances the amount and
quality of tho exhibits displayed wns no less that)
remarkable. Tho extent to which they responded
to the call to bring In their products was a sur
prise to Major Shelton, tho Indlnn agent for this
reservation, himself. He Knew that they could
nnd would make a very credltablo showing.
Two hundred and ninety gcnerul exhibits
were received and displayed, whllo several others
arrived too lato to bo accepted. Theso exhibits
contained from live to CO articles each. Agricul
tural products formed tho chlof part of tho exhi
bition, but by no mentis nil, as the funious Navajo
blanket was there In many styles ana sizes, ooau-
tlful silver Jewelry of various and unique designs,
old blankets of great value, a fow buffalo robes,
valuable pieces of bead worlt and dozens oi other
products and curios, nnclent and modern. Bo-
sides theso general oxuiuus mere was uio nve
stock show, In which horses, milch cows, sheep
and goats wore numerous.
Tho sportB consisted of foot rnces (tho longest
one five and one-half miles, in which 12 entered
and four llnlshed), horso races, games and nnuK
ments. Each evening tho Navajos prov'dvd
their own amusement by participating in sovtral
of their ancient sacred dances, which wero rath
Interesting and entertaining to tho visitors.
As nn examplo of how a list of prize wlnnera
at an Indlnn fair would rend, tho following ex
tracts aro given:
General exhibit of farm and garden products
First prize, double harness, Bnrber-blt-cil-ly (tho
latter Is tho winner's name); second, disk har
row, Happy Jack; third, cultivator, Be-kln-e-bo-gay;
fourth, shovel, Do-bo-blt-see.
Native blankot, nil wool First, cook stove,
Kln-le-che-ne; second, 100 poundB flour, Leuna
Oliver; third, 50 pounds flour, Bo-ka-da-na-be-ga;
fourth, 25 pounds flour, Pel-o-can-o-es-kln-o.
Cleanest Navajo baby First, 50 pounds flour,
Lenna Oliver; Becond, 25 pounda flour, Hoston-at-
so-so.
Tho Navajo blanket collection, mho nil otner
exhibits, was a lino ono. It contained a fow of
tho old-tlrao bnyetas, for which tho NavaJoB first
became famous. These wero originally made
from tho yarn obtained by unraveling woolen
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which arrived at tho omce of the sur
Teyor of customs for apprnlBoraeat.
it wns n dainty silken thing, laven
der In color, which lay on tho table
of Cashier Thomas for two bourn.
Tho garmcnl was Bent to tho custom
houso by tho postmaster nt Somerset,
Ky., who rccolvcd It a fow dayB ago
through tho mall from Japan. Ho did
not send in tho address of tho ownor.
This wns aggravating to tho young.'
women experts called In. "I know ov-'
cry womnn In Somerset," ono said,
"nnd I'd Just llko to know who Is go
ing to wenr that."
For half an hour It puzzlod Sur
veyor Taylor nnd two or thrco of his
men nsslstnnts to discover Just what
tho garment was.
"It looks to mo llko tho court gown
of tho queen of Zanzibar," said Clay
Miller, who measures steamboats and
superintends tho loading of merchan
dise nt tho custom house dopoL
"Don't you men know nnythlng at
nil?" exclaimed ono of tho women
clerks, pushing her way through the
puzzled group. "Why, It's a kimono."
"What in thunder Is a kimono!" In
quired Deputy Sam Barber. "They
don't have that kind of thing doire in
Bath county, whero 1 enmo from."
Finally, when tho ofllclnls decided
that thcro was nothing dangerous
about the garment, they started In
fixing tho vnluo. It wns- estimated to
bo worth nil tho way from $1.50 to
$150. Tho kimono wns Anally carried
to n department store, tvhoro the silk
cloth and ro-wenvlng
It Into a very lino,
close, tight blanket.
Thcro wero also many
lino chief's blankets,
tho famous blnnket
with tho blnck-nnd-whlto
cross stripes
which wero used by
thoso Navajos who
could afford them
long beforo a whlto
man ever saw thom.
But best nnd greatest
of all was tho flue col
lection of soft gray
and black rugs made
from tho naturnl col-
orB of wool without any dyo whntover and tho
beautiful outllno blunkcts, In which tho Navajo
has reached tho highest perfection of tho nrt.
Theso blankots wero Judged by Frank Stnplin, a
Nnvajo blanket expert of Farmlngton, N. M., J. U
Parsons of Durnngo nnd Miss Emma Loomls, of
tho agency, nnd tho Hrst prize was nwurded to
a beautiful black, whlto and grey blankot of
nrtlstlo doslgn nnd romnrknbly oven and close
weave, shown in tho center picture.
Tho Navajo silver Jewelry Is hand-hammered
from Mexican dollars, which tho traders procuro
for tho Nnvajos, and many of tho pieces aro very
beautiful in design and odd and exqulslto as an
ornament. Tho jewelry consists of rings, brace
lets, neck chains, charms and many other nrtlcles.
It should bo remembered thntnonoof tho prod
ucts raised nt Shlprock under tho supervision of
tho superintendent und employes wero permitted
to particlpato for prizes, but every prlzo went to
reservation Navajos for products purely their
own. Tho vegetables and other agricultural prod
ucts of tho agency nro, however, worthy of spe
cial mention, ns they formed a flno exhibit In
themselves nnd Included, besides the ordinary
products of tho section, many of tho now vege
tables brought from foreign lnnds by representa
tives of tho department of ngrlpulturo.
Somo of the Indian exhibits woro brought no
less than 70 mllcH iu wagons und on horseback,
by tho Interested owners, nnd ono lot of 50 gen
eral exhibits, which deserves special mention,
came from Sa-Noos-Tec, the vicinity of F. L. Noel's
trading post. This lot contained tho prlzo-win-nlng
assortment of sliver work nnd other prlzo
winners.
Tho success of tho first Navnjo fnlr, which
tho unapprcclntlvo neighboring public hnd sup
posed would consist of n few pony races nnd
chicken lights, but which turned out to bo an
exhibit of agricultural products which probably
equaled any other ever made In tho county, for
quality, nnd contained at least ilvo times tho
quantity, 1b duo entirely to tho work of Mnjor
W. T. Shelton. tho superintendent nt Shlprock.
It Is truo the Navajos were producing mast of
theso articles long beforo they over saw or heard
of Shelton, but they wero not producing as much,
as well, nor ns flno n quality as they havo been
since coming Into contact with tho lnlluenco of
the institution which ho has founded. Neither
could they havo been Induced to hnvo brought
together their most vnlunblo and cherished per
sonal effects for public Inspection but for the con
fidence which this agency has awakened within
them.
Wo havo thcreforo Been tho first bonoflclnl
effects of education nnd propor example upon this
neglected pcoplo. The changes which havo boon
wrought upon thoso coming In contact with this
institution havo been so rapid and sweeping that
It challenges credulity. The dlfferonco between
them nnd tho Navajos on somo other purts of tho
reservation is so marked that they would not be
taken for tho samo peoplo, and It is these differ
ences that commend tho policies nnd practices
initiated, by Mr. Shelton. nt this Institution and
places it In fnvorable contrast with othor govern
ment and private Indian schools.
buyer said Jt wub worth $14.
Later tho kimono wns bundled Into a box and
started back to tho Somerset postmaster, with In
structions to cbargo tho owner $8.20 duty. Louis
vlllo Times.
CHAINED TO WHEELBARROW
In writing of the Schlussolburg prison In Mc
Cluro's, David Sosklco tells of a prisoner who was
chained to a wheolbnrrow:
"Schcdrlu had been condemned to hard labor In
the convict mines of Siberia and for an ntmmopt
to cscupo from thoro hnd boon sentenced to be
chained to a heavy whcolbarrow. When tho order
came for his transfer from Slberln to St Peters
burg, no conveyance could bo found large enough
to contain him, tho wheelbarrow and tho convoy
of gendarmes. Yet, ns tho wheelbarrow had be
come n part of tho prisoner, tho gendarmes woro
nfrntd to leavo It behind. It was thoreforo de
cided to placo Schcdrln with his convoy in ono cart
nnd tho wheelbarrow behind In another. For sev
eral mant !ib, day and night, Schcdrln nnd tho gen
darmes galloped through Siberia on n troika (a
three-horsed cart or slcdgo), whllo another sped
bohlnd them, upon which tho whcolbarrow roposed
causing tho deepest amazement among tho peas
ants In the. villages through which thoy passed.
Upon tho arrival of tho prlsonor In SS. Poter and
Paul ho. was onco again chained to tho barrow,
nnd only after ho had been six weeks in tho
Schlucsselburg wns he Anally detached from It and
given freedom of movement within tho narrow
confines of his cell.
'"When they unchained mo,' said Schcdrln sub
sequently, 'I could" not get enough movement. I
wanted to run nnd run, and It soemod to mo that
I could never stop. How strange It is that men
who can enjoy perfect freedom of movement never
realize tho wonderful happiness tbnt Is theirs!'"
A SLAP AT OUR SENATE
Ono of tho friends of Representative Martin of
South Dakota was making n strenuous complaint
to Mr. Mnrtln about the manner In which commit
ted assignments wero given In tho sonnto.
"A now sonator, however ablo ho may be, has
no chance," said Mr. Martin's friend, "but if he's
n thousand years old ho can got tho best commit
tee Job."
"That reminds me," Bald tho South Dakota
mombor, "of what Soth Bullock remarked to mq
when I took him over to tho sennto ono tlmo,. After
looking thom over, Seth Bald; 'doe, Martini That
looks llko n soldiers' homo In thoro.' "Rochester
Herald.
CHINESE GIRL IN AMERICA
CUSTOMS MEN PUZZLED
It took flvo mon nnd thrco women nt tho cus
tom houso and tho silk buyer of a Loulsvlllo de
partment store to llx the valuuo of a klmouo
A snap-shot of Miss Wu Ting Fang, tnkon whllo
sho wus autolng recently, shows tho young lady
dressed qulto In tho stylo of tho American girl,
ami apparently tho samo nauto interest in tho
plcnsunt sport that her girl frlonds in Washington
might feel. After nil, it will bo tho women who
will Anally break down all barriers and make tho
whole world moro nearly akin.