THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1905.
OUR HISTORY IS MASCULINE
Hard nud Uncoloied Is the Chronicle
of the Events Connected.
With America.
Our history is bnril and masculine -
line ; colored with few purple
lights jtoolittlo related to our ten
derer sentiments and deeper pas
sions. When older peoples have
paused , as we did then , they have
looked upon far different scenes ,
says William Uarrott Brown , in
the Atlantic. Fairer companies
f have stood about more stately
figures of triumph or of tragedy [
than that America and the world I
now gazed upon. The common
I chamber" , the gaunt , pale presi
dent , the strong , bearded counsel
ors at his bedside this was un
like the scenes which European
peoples have lixed in their mem
ories. Charles I. and Mary Stuart
on their scaffolds , the barons and
the king at Kunnymede , Maria
Theresa appealing to the nobles
of Hungary to take up their
swords for her child , Marie Antoi
nette and Mirabeau , and many an
other pageant of human love and
sacrifice are treasured up by other
people as we have treasured up
this crude , unlackeyed martyr
dom. *
Even the great personality of
Lincoln , now potent in so many in
dividual lives , intimate and fninil
iar of so many of our hidden
moods , was not yet fully revealed
to his fellows. It was the eman
cipator only that had fallen , the
leader and shepherd of men. Out-
wardl ) ' at least his experience was
limited as theirs \va . Dying in
the midst of mult Kudos , master of
armies and of navies , he was still
of the frontier ; as , indeed , all our
American life was still , in a sense ,
only the frontier and western
fringe of European life.
True , Lincoln also leads us back
to the princes whose jwcr he was.
but we can pass from his death
bed with no irreverence , no sense
of shock or change , to look out , in
the plain light of day , upon the
whole wide field of work and strife
and progress which was always in
his thought , and glimpse the atti
tude and state of the republic
when his summons passed , like ar
angelus , across the continent.
LACE-BARK TREES ARE FEW
Half a Dozen of This Species Now
Exist Keason for So
Naming.
There are in all about half s
dozen lace-bark trees in the world
HO called because the inner bark
yields a natural lace in a ready
made sheet form , which can b <
made up in serviceable articles of
apparel. Only four of these euri
ous species of trees are of inncl
practical value. Tourists win
have stopped at Hawaii or Same :
may recall the lace-bark clothing
of the natives clothing of a neat
brown color when new , of remark
able strength and of a fragrant
odor , like freshly cured tobacco
leaf. The native tapa cloth , as it
is called , is made from the bark
of the brusonetia papirifera , but
itis not usually included among
the real lace-bark trees.
In its natural state the real lace
bark is of a delicate cream-white'
tint. It is probably a kind oi '
fibrous pith. When the outer bark
is removed it can be unfolded and
unwound in one seamless piece i
having a surface of a little more '
than a square yard. Washing and
sun bleaching give it a dazzling
white appearance. The fabric ie
airily light. It is used in the West
Indies for mantHlas , cravats , col I
lars , cuffs , window curtains in a
A word , for every purjK > se that or
dinary lace is used. In making up '
shawls , veils and the like it is ens
ternary to piece two sheets of lace
bark together. Delicate and ap ;
parently weak as it is in single
mesh , a bit of lace-bark , if rolled
into a thin string , will all but re
ist human strength to break it
Despite its practical use there !
is no essential demand for lace
bark. It has been used by the ua
tives for hundreds of years and ye ; *
is comparatively little known to
this day. A few specimens of lace
bark articles exist in different
countries of Euroi > e. These were
made hundreds of years ago , yet
although their age is considera (
ble , they are said to be in a good l ]
state of preservation.
Nothing Left.
A political reformer is a politi
cian who has managed to get
himself disliked by the machine.
-Chicago Daily New § .
INDIANS KILLING OFF GAME
Right to Hunt on Reservations Oftou
Abused by the Red War-
rlois.
Sportsmen returning from
huntiugjn the vicinity of northern
Minnesota Indian reservations
tell in the Duluth lleraUl of the
scarcity of game in certain sec
lions which can be accounted for
only on the theory that the Indi
'
ans' have been killing the animal *
during the fall and early summer ,
both on and off their reserves. The
city men are indignant that this
should be so. They claim to have
positive proof from the settlers to
the effect that the rcdmcn have
overstepped their hound * in the
hunting of deer and moose.
This Indian proposition is one
that occasions a great deal of
worry where reservations aie lo
cated. La\\s governing the In
dians in this respect are little mi
derstood by the whites in general ,
but they are such that the con
viction'of any of those wards of the
overnmcnt for breaking them is
made extremely diilicult , if not im
possible.
After taking his lands from
him , or most of them , it would ill
become the goveinmeiil if i ( did
not allow the Indian the privilege
of hunting at all seasons when
wild game is eatable. This priv
ilege is accorded him. but only on
the reservations. He is not sup
posed to hunt at all in the out jid <
forests unless such hunting is
done in the open reason for game ,
and some so read ( lie law that he
has not the right to kill game ai
any time unless hunting in the res
ervation.
The Indians know the law and
are careful to see that they are
not caught breaking it , though in
many instances they live so far
from a game warden that they
have become careless and opei
violations are said to be frequent
But even in cases of this kind it is
no easy matter to secure a convic
tion , for , even though the proper
man be arrested , it is difficult to
get proof against him. The red
men are careful to protect one of
their own number and stolidly re
fuse to testify against him , espc
cially in affairs of this kind.
As a general thing the warder
pays little or no attention to sucl
violations and lets the Indian
hunter do as he will. Even whei
the hunter knows a game warden
is in his vicinity he can usually
contrive to bring down his game
and get it into the reservation be
fore being detected.
BIRD BABIES' FEEDING TIME
How Wee Humming Birds Are Given
Food by Fond Mother , Who Is
Only Protection. -
"When I first crawled in among
the bushes close to the nest , th
little mother darted at me am
poised a foot from my nose , as 5
to stare me out of countenance
She looked me all over from hea
to foot twice , then she seemed con
vinced that I was harmless , say
William Lovell Finley , in th
Country Calendar. She whirlcc
and sat on the nest edge. Th
bantlings opened wide their hur
'
gry mouths. She spread her tai
like a flicker , and braced hersel
against the nest side. She crane
her neck and drew her dagger-lik
bill straight up above the nes
She plunged it down the baby'
throat to the hilt , and started
scries of gestures that seeme
fashioned to punctuate him to th
toes. Then she stabbed the othe
baby until it made me shudder. It
looked like the murder of infants.
But they were not mangled and
bloody ; they were getting a
square meal after the usual hum
ming-bird method of regurgita
tion. Then ran out their slender
tongues to lick the honey from
their lips. How they liked it !
Then she settled down and ruffled
up her breast feathers to let hei
babies cuddle close to her naked
bosom. Occasionally she reached
under to caress them with -yln's-
pcrings of mother love. "
Choice of Evila.
"Ethel , I wish you wouldn't go
out and play golf so much with
that young 1'hoozle. "
"Why , mamma , if I didn't dc
that he'd come here and talk it all
the time. " Chicago Tribune.
There's a Distinction.
The difference betwqen a politician -
cian and a statesman is about the
same as the difference between a
"sport" and a sportsman. Chica
go Record-Herald.
SOME RICH ARE SLOW PAY
Notorious Fact Declares Writer That
Mnny In Society Haggle Over
Their Bills
It is notorious ( hut the rich arc
often scandalously slow in pajinii
their bills. I recall one inshmei
where the wife of a multi-million
a ire ( she was aftenvard divorced ) ,
i ook no not ice , month after month ,
of a bill amounting to over $ -0 ,
(1(1(1 ( ( ( for her daughter's wedding
trousseau , and this bill was noi
paid for more than a year after the
ceremony , and only then because
a resourceful collector "held up"
tlieimilUinillionairehiinKelflnth.il
street one day , and finally got hi : *
check , declares Cleveland Moffctt.
in Success.
I have bceii told of several rich
women in the smart set , two of
them very rich , who are wont to
haggle over prie * s in the shops n > -
if they were in genteel poverty ,
one of these ladies , whose showy
"Newport fetes are widely pro
claimed , tried on a certain occa
sion , to "beat down" an estimate
for candle shades , favors , etc. .
that she wanted in a hurr.t for a
dinner dance , and , having failed
inhereffort , she finally exclaimed :
' Why , you oughtn't to charge me
a cent for these things ! Think of
the advertising you can get out of
it ! If you treat me right I'll see
that your place is mentioned by
all the reporters ! "
And another , whose husband is
one of the richest men in the
world , actually wept before a
Fifth avenue diessmakcr in her
pleadings fora reduction of $15on
the price of a certain garment that
she simply had to have but could
not afford , she declared , out of tlu
small allowance made her by her
husband.
When 1 was in Newport last
Hummer people were laughing at
the latest petty economy of this
same husband , who is certainl.v
one of the "closest "of our idle mil
lionaires. He had heard of a new
aluminum paint , warranted to
keep shiny without much rubbing
and he had forthwith given orders
that the brasses on his beautiful
yacht be smeared over with this
paint so that it might reduce his
pay roll by the wages of two sail
ors previously needed to cleai
these brasses ! This gentleman's
income must be at least ? -i,0l ( ) ( ,
000 ! r
WASP BECOMES A HUNTER.
Intelligent Insect Proves a Veritable
Octopus in Preying on
Its Fellows.
When summer warmth has
awakened the maternal instincts
of the insect world , the mud
dauber wasp may be seen gather
ing mortar at the margin o
stream , pool or puddle , writes C
II. McCook , in Harper's Magazine
Filling her mandibles , which serve
as both spade and hod , she bears
the load of mud to some rough sur
face , rock or wall , or board or
beam. She spreads and shapes
her mortar , until , after many vis
its to the mud-bed , she has built i
tubular cell about an inch long
and three-eight IIH of an inch wide
Then her huntress instinct awak
ens and her raids upon the spide
realm begin. For within this cyl
inder the mother mason will put ,
single egg. In the course of tim
this will hatch into a ravoiKMi
larva , whose natural food is liv
ing spiders ; and these the mother
proceeds to capture and entomb
within the mud-daub nursery.
On this errand she may be seen
hawking over the near cobwebs of
various sorts , venturing within
the meshed and beaded snares
that prove fatal to most incomers ,
and sometimes even to herself.
If the occupant , expectant of prey ,
sallies forth to seize the intruder ,
it finds itself a captive , not a cap >
tor. The wasp shakes the silken
filament from wings and feet i ,
turns upon the spider , seizes and
stings it , bears it to her cell , and
thrusts it therein.
It's Not Unlikely.
"Some marriages may be made
in Heaven , ' ' observed the Pohick
philosopher , as he kicked the gro
eery cat off the cracker box , "but
ez I glance around the ranks of
aassiety it occurs to me that the
devil manufactures quite a few. "
Chicago Sun.
Her Tender Heart.
"Why do you suppose a woman
usually cries at her we'ddingV"
"Out of sympathy , probably , for
the men she could not marry. " _
Houston Post.
TIPS BEING RECOGNIZED.
The Government Allows Certain
Amounts for the Purpose in
Its Schedule.
The government of the United
States has.just recognised ofll-
cially the hopiMossness of the
struggle against the tip. The sec
retary of the navy has promul
gated recently his order for reg
ulating the expenses of naval of
ficers , for the purpose of curbing
xtravaganec. The order placed
certain limits on the cost of
.transportation , Pullman cars and
lie like , and continues :
"Hotel bills of commissioned of
ficers not to exceed ? f > a day.
' Single meals , $1 each } tip , 10
cents.
"Tips on trainn ( ) cents a day.
"Tips will not be allowed on
nirlor cars except on journey of
live hours or longer.
"Tips at hotels 50 cents a day ,
but not to exceed ? 2 a week at one
hotel. "
An elaborate and particular
ized scale of tips is framed for
ocean travel and travel in foreign
lands. Recognising the greater
rapacity of the foreign hotel para
site and the perfection to which
the system has been reduced , the
commissioned naval officer is per
mitted to expend | U.50 a week on.
tips in foreign hotels , f 1.50 a day
on an ocean steamer during six
days or less , and $ 1 a day for a 15-
day trip or longer.
We fear thi\t thq tip has come
to stay. In old and thickly settled
countries the tip abounds if there
are rich people in the land. Where
chickens inhabit the open fields in
numbers , look for the chicken
hawk ; where the deer abound ,
there do the wolves congregate ;
where the people have money to
spend on luxuries and want to be
waited on bl'forc other people and
to get better service , some money
will stick to the waiter's palm.
DECISIVE VICTORY FOR JAY
Farmer Bests Lord Who Considered
Himself the Best Wrestler in
the Community.
There was a certain lord who
considered himself the best
wrestler in England. He wrestled
everyone of any reputation , and
in these bouts he always won , for
he was , truly , an admirable
wrestler.
Well , one day , after he had con
sidered himself supreme for three
years , he heard of a farmer at
Hacklebrow who could best him.
Everyone said that this farmer
could best him that he would
stand no chaneo at all with th"
huge muscular fellow that it
would be wise for him to leave
tin * farmer alone.
But the young lord , jealous of
his wrestling reputation , threw
himself on his horse , and in an
hour was knocking and hallooing
at the farmer's gate.
The farmer was plowing in a
field. The lord rode up to him , dis
mounted and seized him in a good
grip.
"I'll show you how to wrestle , "
ho said.
Hut the farmer , with the great
est ease , took the young man up
in his arms and threw him over the
high fence. Then this wonderful
agriculturist resumed his work.
After plowing in silence a little
while , he called mildly to the
young man , who sat , not yet quite
himself , on the grass by the road-
Hide.
"Well , sir , is there anything I
can do for you ? "
"Nothing , " said the young man.
"unless you'll be good enough to
throw me my horse. "
Largest Newspaper Office.
"Which is the largest newspa
per office in the world ? " asks the
Printer's Engineer. America
naturally claims that the New
York Times building , with its 31
stories and an area of 11(1,340
square feet , holds the record.
This , however , is no longer the
| case. The magnificent edifice re-
icently built for the production of
i' the Scotsman ( Edinburgh ) puts
the former building completely in
the shade , for although it can
only boast 13 stories , yet it pos
Besses an area of 201,787 square
feet. This building is more than
twice the size of that of the New
York Times.
I Counterfeits of Truth.
Truth is prf ; < : ioun ; too precious
for rash distribution. There nrc
a number of things that look just
like it and are much less expen
Bive. N. Y. Times.
EMPLOYER I , LOOK PLEASANT |
Show ! Yourself Master of Situation In-
stcnd of Slave by Wearing "Sinllo
, That Won't Come Off. "
If you are an employer do not
go about your place of business as.
though you thought life" Avere u
wretched , miserable grind , says O.
S. Mardon , in Success. Show
yourself mater of the situation ,
not \H \ ( alave4 Rise a.boVc the pct ty
annoyances which destroy juiaco
tmd harmony. Makeupyourniind
that yon are too large to be over
come by trifles , Resolve that you
will be larger than your business ,
that you will ovcrfopit with your
manlincHH and cheerfulness. *
To say nothing of ilrflteJngyour
duty to nake | tlc | lives of
who nrc helping vou to ci ry on
your business as pleasant as pos
sible and as full of sunshine an pos
sible , it is the bosl , policy for you
to pursue. You know very well
that a horse that iri 'prodded and
froHod and utfgod all theUitnc by
means of whip and , spur and rein ,
will not travel nearly so far with
out becoming exhausted as out ?
that is urged forward by gentle
ness and kind treatment. In their
susceptibility to kindness men and
women are in nowise ( lifferdnt
from the lower animals. You can
not expect your employes to. re
main buoyant , cheerful , alert , and
unwearied under the goad of
scowls and the lash of a bitter
tongue. Energy is only another
name for enthusiasm , and how
can yon expect those who work for
yon to be enhu iaHtieorencrgethj
in your service when surrounded
by an atmosphere of despondency
and gloom , when they expect a vol
ley of curses and criticism every
time yon pass.
Many a man who could have
been a success sleeps in a failure's
grave to-day because of liin
gloomy , mean , contemptible dis
position and manner. He poisoned
the atmosphere about him by
venting his spleen , dyspepsia and
bile on everyone in his vicinity.
Hi * not only minimized the value
of his own efforts , but he also par
alyzed the powers , the initiative ,
the helpful faculties and suggest
ive ideas of all those who worked
for him.
OLD TOURAJNE JS HISTORIC
Marvels of Nature and Beauty Drew
Many of Noble Family to
the District.
Tourainc'fr an rich in historic
interest as i't is in its natural beau-
tics , declares Frederic. Lees , in
Architectural Record. The house
of ValoiH had a special liking for
the banks of the Loire , and the
great nobles of their court built
near the royal residences their
own chateaux marvels of archi
tectural grace , strength and
beauty , but of which there is not
a stone that is not cemented with
blood. For the Valois lived in an
atmosphere of intrigue , fraud and
violence. They were always being
conspired against , and they met
plot with counter plot ; if treason
could not be met with force , a sud
den surprise or stab in the dark ,
orihemalignant skill of some Ital
ian chemist , laid to rest forever
suspicions which might have been
unfounded. It is but fair to state ,
however , that this was not often
the case , for the nobles were tur
bulent and ambitious , and when
nof engaged in waging war openly
or covertly with their soverign ,
quarreled among themselves , and
led forth their retainers to surprise
or besiege a neighboring castle.
On the battlement of every don
jon there was a watchman , day
and night , ever on the lookout for
the glint of arms in the valley be
low ; and ready to his hand was a
huge horn , one blast of which
would alarm the garrison and
bring them to the walls. A few
feet below the watchman there
dangled from a jutting beam the
corpse of some poor wretch , and
in the loathsome dungeons be
neath the moat others were
chained to the recking walls , for
every castellan had the right of
'
administering "greater and lesser
; justice , " and could dispose of the
lives and liberties of his vassals as
he deemed ( It. He had other priv
ileges also , some of which make
us wonder why the revolution did
not come earlier ,
And Slant Right.
One great trouble in life
' is that the paths for going wrong
are planted so prettily with flo\\-
nors at the beginning. N. Y.
1 Times.
QUEER WAYS OF AN ESKIMO
Northerner Lacks Imagination , But
Hii Powers of Observation Are
Exceedingly Acuto.
Prof. Myllns Eriksen , writing of
the , heathen Eskimo ill northern
0-ro6ilimdi { saysf ' 'Ho lacks Im
agination , but his ( lowers ot oh
Hcrvation arc very acute. In spite
of the fact that his life is an unin
terrupted HtHi glo for existence ,
the OroenlamTc ; ' always in a
good hmnoiY nn ( ' ' ! 'H ' boisterous
laugh can be hoard sounding far
over ice and snow fields. His way
of telling stories is short and ab
rupt , but comical features are
strongly ciriphaBir.od. His rttorie *
conpint , generally pf his own nd
vtjnture.Hf'old/lep uds-'about fights
with noigh'lforfl and wild animals ,
about flCVei-o winders and great
famines , about the creation of the
world and about supernatural be *
ings. It Is co'iitfuftrod ' highly cred
itable to be abli * t\i tell stories BO
long that fho audience in lulled to
sleep , A" ° MlfP ? < wno achieves
this font is solemnly welcomed
on the next morning , and every
one thankn him profusely for the
pleasure , which he accorded the
night before. '
"Ideas of bounty arc peculiarly
developed fhi t J.hg heathen Es
kimo. Ho regards beauty sole
ly from the standpoint of utility.
For instance , ft 'rock ' projecting
out of water only appearw beau
( iful to him when it is visited in
Hummer by water birds which
brood thoi'ei ' A foaming torrent
in only beaut if iil Jt it contain ? ,
many fmjmon. Clothes arc not
put together witlt aiiy idea of rcg
ularlty of color , only their prao
tical utility being considered
Huts areade of snow * ind.
stones , with domed tops , but wiMi\
out any architectural dosign. \ zy
"Only the spirit conjurors ( an-/
gukokH. ) occupy an exalted posl
tion , being regarded as priests
and doctors. Their task is to es
tnblish a connection between tin
visible world and the hidden snir
its , and in this way they obtain n
certain influence over their neiglN
hors. Thi > angnkok asks hia spirit
for advice , and then informs the
invalid that his illness has been
sent by the Rpiritn as punishment
for certain deeds. "
HUMAN POWER VITAL.
Physique IB a Matter of Great Impor
tance in the > Ru8so-Japan
ese Conflict.
The physical endurance of the
Japanese Holdiev in the present
wonderful campaign in Manchuria
impresses "Americijn Medicine'
as the one great revelation thai
has come out of the orient. There
have been no authentic roportt
upon which wo can bane esti
mates as to hin immunity from
disease or the protection from in
fection , so ( hat it is entirely toe
soon to form any opinion as to thr
organization and work of the medical
ical department of the army. Wf
do not know definitely , indeed
whether it is true that the Jap
anese have escaped diseases ir
markedly greater proportion
than the Russians or than otliei
soldiers in similar campaigns
and if they lmv so escaped
whether it is duo to racial im
muiiity or watchful caie of then *
officers. Of this much we are cer
tain the man carrying the gin
on his shoulder has accomplished
feats of physical endurance whicl
were not thought possible 03
physiologists.
The Russians could not esli
mate where the Japanese wonk
IM > , and were , therefore , constant
ly surprised by tremendous
forces at places UO to 50 miles beyond
yond the point , where good strut
cgy should have placed them
When Napoleon began to defea'
the well tried generals of Europ
they complained that he was al
ways far in advance of where hi
should have been by the rules , bu
it was all due to his better knowl
edge of how to get work from hii
soldiers. In the orient there is (
new art of war depending upon i
new style of physique of a rac
which has never before been pu
to this work. Repeatedly the Rus
sians have reported the Japuncsi
to be so exhausted that thej
could not pursue , yet the pursui1
kept up with no change of vigor.
Very Clever.
O'Grady Ye can't tell me th <
toime whin the O'Gradys was no'
gintlenien.
O'Flynn Sure , me bhoy , Oi kii
do thot ; some o' thim was ladies
Tit-Bits.
