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RELEASED BY GRANT.
After President Johnson's
Had Been Ignored.
Order
U. Characteristic Story Illimtrattn
the GcntlcnvfiN of the Geucral
and UruAiiucucaa of Sccre-
ary Stnntoii.
Special Washington Letter.
0
I1IE autocrat of the gardens is
Col. William It. Smith, and he is
a hero-worshiper. Nobody can
get any choice flowers from the Botnn
ical gardens except with the approval
of Col. Smith, who is the veteran su
perintendent of those bowers; and
nobody can get close to the heart of
the genial Scot without knowledge of
Uobcrt Burns, all that he wrote and
all that he was. Col. Smith worships
4it the shrine of Bobbie Burns.
Not long ago a. new member of con
gress was told that admiration of
Burns, properly expressed in the pres
ence of the superintendent of the gar
dens would win him friendship of
value; for this superintendent of the
gardens directs the floral supplies for
all of the statesmen and their lnmiiics.
The new member induced an old mem
ber to call with him and introduce him.
After the exchange of a few common
places, the new member noticed the
splendid collection of Burns' works,
and said: "You deserve congratula
tions for having such an excellent col
lection of the works of Jimmy Burns."
Like n raging, roaring lion the an
gry old man shouted: "Jimmy Burns,
ignoramus; talk to me of Jake Wash
ington, Jimmy Grant, Billy Lincoln, or
hou" your ignorance in any other
way, but don't insult me in 1113 own
den by talking of Jimmy Burns."
The new member went out of the
presence of the autocrat of the gar
dens, and what flowers he gets during
his term of service here will not give
him any foundation for bragging
when he gets home.
During the civil war, when Early's
raiders came near capturing the na
tional capital, Col. Smith was a volun
teer soldier and came near being cap
tured by his old friend, Gen. Brecken
ridge. He tells an interesting story of
his experiences in the field, and what
a masterly retreat he made at double
quick for a couple of miles down Sev
enth street road, back to his botanical
gardens. He has a scrap book replete
with reminiscences of those days, and
one of them gives an insight into the
character of Secretary Stanton and
the character of Gen. Grant which will
interest every reader. It is a story told
by the late Attorney 'General Garland,
who had formerly been a member of
the confederate senate.
At his hotel in this city, shortly after
Andrew Johnson had been advanced to
the presidency, Gen. Garland received
a visit from the wife of Hon. Clement
C. Clay, who had been captured and
confined at Fort Warren. She was ad
vised to call upon President Johnson
in behalf of her husband, who was not
only in prison, but in delicate health.
She shrank from such an ordeal, be
cause Andrew Johnson was regarded
ns an ogre by all southern people of
the upper classes. They could not
comprehend how any southern man
could conduct himself as Johnson had
done. Gen. Garland assured her that
President Johnson would receive her
with courtesy, and that he would
treat her with kindness. Having great
confidence in the wisdom of Gen. Gar
land, she finally concluded that she
"TAKE THIS TO MR STANTON."
must make the effort In behalf of her
husband, and promised- to do so the
following morning.
The next evening she called upon
Gen. Garland, in tears, and with a
woe-begone, almost broken hearted
expression, and sobbed forth her story.
After much difficulty she was accord
ed an interview with President John
son, who received her with kindness
and sympathy. He was polite and
kind-hearted, listened to her with en
couragement and patience, and sent
for the papers in the case. He then
wrote an order for the release other
husband, ire said: "Take this to the
secretary of war, who will endorse it,
and then yon enn go to Tort Warren
and have your husband released."
'She had gone to the war department
to see the secretary of war. and had
more difficulty In securing an audi
ence with him than she had had in
getting into the presence of the pres
ident. When she was at last in his
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presence, he remained in his chair, did
not ask her to sit. down, did not show a
Bign of regard for her, but handily in
quired $icr business. She told her
story as gracefully as possible, stated
that she had just come from the pres
ident, who had taken great interest in
the case, and presented the order of
the president for the release of her
husband.
Secretary Stanton snatched the or
der from her hand, read it, grunted an
grily, tore the order into two pieces,
and dropped it into the waste basket
beside him. lie sneered, made no re
mark, turned to his desk, paid no more
attention to her, and &he was shown to
the door.
The beautiful and accomplished
woman who had been born and reared
to society leadership felt the snub and
insult more keenly than would one
unaccustomed to courtesies, and it
was difficult to console her. Gen. Gar
land thought rapidly, as he endeav
ored to remember where he had last
seen Gen. Cloy, feeling that there was
something he ought to remember. At
last he arose rapidly and said: "Mad
ame, I have found the solution of your
difficulty. Be of good cheer, for I know
how to secure the release of your hus
band. Secretary Stanton may be n
bigger man than the president; but
there is n man in this city who is a
bigger man than Stanton, and he is a
gentleman, too. That man Is Gen.
Grant. Under the terms of the sur-
STANTON TORE UP THE ORDER.
render of Gen. Lee your husband is-entitled
to release anyway, for he was
one of Lee's brigadier generals."
Mrs. Clay thought not, and was sure
that she would have heard of it if her
husband had been a brigadier. But
Gen. Garland said: "I remember very
distinctly that in the last days of the
confederacy 1 voted in the senate for
the confirmation of Clement C. Clay
to be a brigadier general. You must
go and see Gen. Grant, and see him
to-night, nsi 1 understand he is going
away to-morrow, or very soon. Go to
Grant and tell him your husband was
one of Lee's brigadier generals, and
ask for his release from prison."
In a few minutes she was seated in
the carriage which Gen. Garland had
ordered for her and speeding to the
residence of the great federal geneial.
Ife had just finished his supper, but
greeted Mrs. Clay in his parlor, heard
her story in silence, then struck a bell
and told the attendant who answered
it to send Gen. Badeau to him. Grant
introduced Mrs. Clay, and said: "Ba
deau, please look and see whethei
Clement C. Clay is a brigadier general
in the confederate army."
In a very few minutes Badeaturc
turned with the, statement that Mr.
Clay's name appeared on the roster
as a confederate brigadier, and at
once Gen. Grant wrote an order for
l lie 1 dense of the prisoner Hand
ing it io the grateful woman, he
said: "Take that paper to the secre
tary of war. I don't think he will
throw it into the waste basket." The
general then politely excused him
belf as he had barely time to reach
a train which was to take him on:
west that ery night.
On the following morning Mrs.
Claj called upon the secretary of
war, and was rudely received even
by the messengers v ho had seen
how curtly she had bet 11 received the
day before. She was told that it
would be useless for 1 er to send in
her card, as the secretary would not
see her. Xo farther Ihan the mes
sengers could she get until an army
officer came into the room. She
did not know him, but told him that
she had a note from Gen. Grant,
(showing him the well known signa
lure) and that thu messengers re
fused to take in her card. The of
ficer said that ho wou'd do so, and
she gave him her card. In u few
minutes the bell rang, and a mes
senger was told to admit Mrs. Clay
When she entered, Secretary Stanton
did not even look up, but grimly
said: "1 suppose you want to tell me
that story all over again, but it will
be useless, as I am too busy to listen
to it. That is all; good morning."
But Mrs. Clay did not tremble af
frighted tills time. On the contrary,
she placed the order before him, say
ing: "That is all. Good morning."
She did not stpp to even glance at
him. She knew, that he would not
tear up that order. On the contrary,
he approved it, and Mrs. Clay left for
Boston that afternoon, where sho
secured the release of her husband,
SMITH D. FRY.
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THE PIMAS AT HOME.
Thrifty Tribe of Comparatively Un
known Indians.
Titer Are Not Only Indnntrloua, Hat
AnxlonM to Make Vmtr at the
"White Mnn'a l.nbor-Sav-lnr
Device.
Special Arizona Letter.
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SHE Piinu Indians are not the
only people who have gained a
name by a mistake. The name
Pima is simply nonsense, and if thu
old Spanish writers who first used
it had sense enough to investigate
a little farther it would never have
been written. A wise old Pima, thus
explained how it occurred. Said he:
"When the white men first came and
asked my people who they were, they
did not fully understand what the
question meant, and so they replied:
M'lmnj.' (I do not understand!') And
as they invariably give this reply to
the same question, the Spaniards
wrote the answer that way', and so it
has remained ever since."
The Yokuts, of California, gained
their American name, so I am re
cently informed, in much the same
manner. When the people who lhed
above them were asked: "And who
lives below here?" the answer was
given "My-net Yokut," which means
"many people," signifying that peo
ple of many different tongues and
speech lived there. The answer was
taken as a name, and it has ever
since been applied to the people who
live on the Tule Biver reservation
and thereabouts. The real name of
the I'imns, by which they designate
themselves, is Au-au-tem, which
means "the men" or "the people."
From the earliest years that they
have been known to and by the
white man, they have always been
kindly disposed and friendly. When
Znkis, Seris, Apaches, Mohaves, Wnl-
lapais and "Navahoes all around them
were warring with the hated whit'i
intruder, they were attending peace
ably to their own avocations as farm
ers, basket and pottery makers, etc.,
and never joined 111 the general cru
sade against the white man.
Though there is but one agency,
the Pimns are located in two sec
tions, viz., the Saeaton and the Gila
Crossing. The latter is the smaller
portion of the reservation, and Is
near to Phoenix, the capital city of
the territory of Arizona. It is a
pleasant drive from Phoenix, over
the ridge into the Gila valley, to the
reservation, and anyone interested in
Indian life will enjoy a day spent
there.
According to recent statistics, there
are a little over 4,000 Pimas. On the
A PIMA KI. OR
same reservation there are also some
Papagoes and Maricopas, nearly TOO
of the former and over 1100 of the
latter. Of this r.,000 people, there arc
about 1,000 who have learned enough
English to manage to get along in
an ordinary bii&iness conversation
The government reports that 270 of
them have houses in which they live.
These are generally of adobe and are
quite comfortable, though they look
not much more so than the ki pro
nounced key or old-fashioned oval
house of their ancestors. The pho
tograph gives a good idea of the ki.
and it is so well eoered wilh earth
that with but very little stuffing up
of small holes, I have used it in tlm
middle of thu biilliant day as a dark
room for the changing of over a hun
dred plates.
An industrious people; no one
could honestly class them with the
so-called lay Indians. When I told
them that many whites said they
were lazy, the chief of the village at
Gila. Crossing nsked me to come and
see him and his people at work,
building a dam for irrigation pur
poses. T went nnd spent the morn
ing with them, and found a large
gang of men, old and young, hard at
work, driving in stakes to help hold
the dirt, digging, plowing, set aping
and the like.
This chief, whose photograph I
hero present, is known to the whiles
ns John Thomas. To his own people,
however, ho rejoicesiuthenamu"Waii-Kot-o-bai-y,"
which means "Got
Something in the Stomach." This is
n clear enough indication of prosper
ity, one might think, tor the man
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whose name implies that ho always
has something in his stomach sug
gests thnt he never knows what it
is to go hungry. Though in thin enso
such a supposition would be correct,
that, however, is not the meaning of
the name. Like many a white per
Bon, John Thomas has a vivid imagi
nation as to his "insides," and hav
ing felt some queer movement thero
at sonic time, one of the old mediciuo
men made him believe lie was suffer
ing from something which had
grown within him a lizard, a frog,
n horned toad, or something 01 simi
lar nature. Hence the name.
He and his assistants had con
structed an irrigation canal two op
three miles in length, which was la
CHIEF JOHN THOMAS.
take out water from the Gila river
and convey it to their lands. The
work l saw them do was thu con
struction of the dam, and right heart
ily they worked at it. It was a very
picturesque sight, for there was va
ricty in the workers. Some were old
men, who wore their hair long, way
down almost to their waists, and
fixed in loose strands like black rope.
One old man came in in a top hat
that might have belonged to some
member of an old-time Cleveland
club. He was evidently very proud
of it, and insisted on wearing it when
1 made his photograph.
Photographers generally have
found it rather hard to get the PinuiH
to allow them to make their pictures
and it 111113' prove interesting to re
late liow I got my fine and extensive
set of negatives. It was Saturday
when 1 arrived at Gila Crossing, and
my friend at once took me to the
ANCIENT HOUSE.
home of tl.e Presbyterian mission
ary, Kev. D. M. Wynkoop. Mere we
talked oer tl.e situation. Mr. Wyn
koop said it was impossible for him
to help me in securing photographs
and he did not even wish me to ask
him to let his interpreter go with
nit1, as the people were so opposed
to the camera that any attempt
would materially interfere with his
missionary work. Knowing that
what he said was true 1 saw that f
must seek some other method. When
Mr. Wynkoop asked me to preach to
his Indians the following eening
(Sunday) 1 g!.iuly consented, and
there taw what I hoped would be a
successful solution to the problem.
When evening came the little church
was full. It had been announced that
I would tell about the religious be
liefs of other Indians, and I had as
interested a lot of hearers as J ever
had in my life. 1 told them of the
snake dance, the bafckct nnd fiute
dances of the Hopis, the Wapala or
peach dar.ee of the TIavasupais, the
origin myths and legends of Nava
hoes, Wallapais and others. In the
cour?e of my remarks 1 explained
that it was my custom among all
these people to make "sun pictures"
photographs of them, which I then
showed to their white brother?, in
the "land of the sun rise sea" the
east in my lectures, etc.
And, sure enough, it worked like
n charm. John Thomas and fully a
score of lending men and women
came and asked me to visit them the
next day nnd the result was that I
eecurcd over COO very fine negatives.
GEORGE WHARTON JAMI7S.
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CAUSES GREAT LOSS.
Instructive Iiiforiunitlon Concrrnlttfc
Apltoua Fever, or Kun nnd
Mouth Dlactmc.
The outbreak of npthous fever,
commonly known nR foot-and-mouth
disease, among cattle in severnl New
England states, carries with It. a fear
of widespread human infection, says,
the Ittirnl New Yorker, as the dis
ease is highly contagious among
warm-blooded animals, and is known
to be transmissible to humans under
certain conditions of exposure, but
such infection is really so rare an
not to be worth consideration.' Liko
many other plagues and pests it enmo
to this country originally from
northern Europe. Though seldom fa
tal, apthous fever causes great loss
in reducing the tlesh and vitality of
the animals attacked, but particu
larly through the Interference of
commerce by the rigid quarantine
needed to limit u.n epidemic of this
serious affect ion. The arngc loss
of Ilesh in horned cattle attacked by
npthous fever 1h estimated at nearly
$10 each, and in dairy cows much
more. The disease is primarily .1
skin affection, and is especially se
vere about the mouth, udder nnd
feet, developing severe and extensive
blisters about these parts. The
hoofs, ns appendages of the skin, suf
fer great damage in neglected cases,
especially among hogs and sheep
The most efficient treatment consists
mainly in the local application of an
tiseptics and should always be given
by a competent veterinarian. The in
fection of upthous fever appears to
be entirely transmitted by direct con
tact, with disease products and chief
ly affects humans through milk from
sick animals, when it may produce
dangerous irritation of the intestines.
It is plain the most radical menus
should be taken to stamp out the dis
ease on its first appearance and lim
it outbreaks to the smallest possible
territory, and it is in every ease a
fit subject for control by local health
boards. Apthous fever Is one of n
small group of diseases communi
cated to man by domestic animals,
among which rabies or dog madness
is the most, common and distressing.
Glanders and carbuncle, or malig
nant pustule, both fortunately quite
rare, are examples of this class, whilo
able authorities still deny the possi
bility of consumption or bovine tu
berculosis being transmitted from
cattle to mai
SANITARY COW TIE.
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It In Made of Chain anil Thprontthlr
CI en 11, nnd for the I.mtiter It (minimi
Highly Ilecniiiiueiuleil.
The cleanest possible way to fasten
a cow in the stall is by the chain tie.
Dirt and microbes do not adhere read
ily to a chain that is in motion. An
other very important advantage is- the
freedom of motion allowed the cow.
The uprights., (b b) are V2 '" tfas pip?.
EXCELLENT COW TIE.
Kings? (n a a) permit the cow to raise or
lower her head or to move sideways
the width of the stall, while she can
not nunc ahead or back more than a
step. The snap (c) hooks into the other
end of the collar chain, rendering it
impossible for the cow to get loose
A cement rail (f) forms the back part,
of the manger, Into which the gas pipe
uprights (a) are set. The uprights (e
c) are shown four feet apart, but this
distance should be governed by the
size of the cow. The lloor is shown nt
e, sloping to the gutter in the usual
way. h A. Converse, in Farm and
Home.
Sterlll.lupr Garden Soil.
The practice of sterilizing the soil
for greenhousu or cold-frame work
is coming more and more in vogue
with large market gardeners. Ex
posure to steam heat, which raises
the temjruturo to above l.'.O or IG0,
or even LS0, degrees will kill the
germs if dnmpiug-off, blights, rots,
etc. W. W. Uawson says he can now
grow better crops on sterilized soil
under glass than outdoors A writer
in Farm and Fireside snys: "We who
have not the facilities for sterilizing
the soil in this manner must content
ourselves with changing the soil on
the greenhouse benches every year,
getting a new supply wh.pre we be
lieve it to be uninfected trom such
diaetue germs."
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