''? fi fWPi '' -""V & 'wufcrsr ,;r9 TTK32 &?& A ysw,' :;' i, ft" i-v' ' '2' fc v,i" J " " '' r i. . n k ssfte Rrrt NaMvio IKePted Meiixy Lwe oi Content iiv the '' wnmnt a Kar ite feivr iwue aoo I riK-i:: !.: : w&mffi vm 'rjk J k" 58. 9 LJHLil Jt&'Z'J'o fAtc-jcrtKav&jpzAYA 4 SX3 I PARTIAL LIST EXHIBITS. Kg) General ExhibiU 290 Corn Exhibits 185 Wheat Exhibits 73 Oats Exhibits 47 Melon Exhibits 90 Squash Exhibits 72 Pumpkin ExhibiU 31 Potato ExhibiU 30 Alfalfa ExhibiU 24 Alfalfa Seed ExhibiU 5 Bean Exhibits ...203 Teams of Work Horses.. 60 Saddle Horses 45 Pretty Babies 60 Native Blankets 230 Germantown Blankets .. 25 & m i tz.t- V . Br3W3sVl3tMa3B&eBHHBBBBBBti& which arrived at the office of the sur veyor of customs for appraisement. It was a dainty silken thing, lave der in color, which lay oa the tahle of Cashier Thomas for two hours. The garment was sent to the custom house by the postmaster at Somerset, Ky., who received it a few days ago through the mail from Japan. He did not send in the address ofthe owner. This was aggravating to the young women experts called in. I know ev ery woman in Somerset," .one said, "and I'd just Jike to know who is go ing to wear that." - For half an hour it puzzled Sur 1 veyor Taylor and two of three of his men assistants to discover Just what the garment was." "It looks to me like the court gown of' the queen of Zanzibar." said Clay Miller, who measures steamboaU and superintends the loading of merchan dise at the custom house depot "Don't you men know anything at all?" exclaimed one of the 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 down in Bath county, where I came from." Finally, when the officials decided that there was nothing dangerous about the garment, they suited in fixing the value. It was estimated to be worth all the way from $1.50 to $150. The kimono was finally carried to a department store. Tvhere the silk Sii cloth and re-weaving it into a very fine, close, tight blanket There were also many fine chief's blankets, the famous blanket with the black-and-white cross stripes which were used by those Navajos who could afford them long before a white man ever saw them. But best and greatest of all was the fine col lection of soft gray and black rugs made from the natural col- N EVENT of so much Im portance that in the fu ture it may be looked back upon as a mile stone marking the be ginning of a new era in the progress of the southwest was the first Navajo fair, which was held at Shiprock Agency, New Mexico, recently. At Shiprock the past six years has been a period of preparation, a struggle for a position of advantage from which the ignorance and super stition of a barbarous people might be attacked and the influences which have fettered them might be obliterated, so that, freed from its bond age, the Navajo race might take its place among the useful and beneficial elements of the nation, contributing its share toward the industry and enjoying its proportion of the advantages em braced in the common stock. How successful this preparation for and be ginning of their civilization has been is soon apparent to the observer who visits Shiprock, be comes acquainted with the superintendent and his assistants and realizes what they are achiev ing. - How Important the civilization of the Navajo is to that section of the country is also apparent when it is considered that there are some 30.000 of them scattered over a reservation in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, which contains a larger area than all the New England states and includes thousands of acres of fine agricultural, mineral and timber lands, and is almost com pletely underlaid with coal. The increase of their productiveness means an increase in the out put of the southwest Their education and per manent settlement upon small homesteads will leave a large surplus of land to be sold to white settlers. Thus the work being carried on at Shiprock has many points which commend it to the people who are interested in the development of that section. The holding of a fair this fall was not decid ed upon until about two weeks before it was held, and when the decision was reached it was' so late in the season that it was necessary to arrange for it at once, thus less than two weeks' notice was given the Navajos by means of Indian police and messengers barely time to gather up .what they had on hand and bring it in without any preparation or opportunity to gather or make anything especially for exhibition. Under these circumstances the amount and quality of the exhibits displayed was no less than remarkable. The extent to which they responded to the call to bring in their products was a sur prise to Major Shelton. the Indian agent for this reservation, himself. He knew that they could and would make a very creditable showing. Two hundred and ninety general exhibiU were received and displayed, while several others arrived too late to be accepted. These exhibiU contained from five to 60 articles each. Agricul tural producU formed the chief part of the exhi bition, but by no means all. as the famous Navajo blanket was there in many styles and sizes, beau tiful silver jewelry of various and unique designs, old blankeU of great value, a few buffalo robes, valuable pieces of bead work and dozens of other products and curios, ancient and modern. Be sides these general exhibiU there was the live stock show, in which horses, milch cows, sheep and goaU were numerous. The sports consisted of foot races (the longest one five and one-half miles, in which 12 entered and four finished), horse races, games and amuse ments. Each evening the Navajos provided their own amusement by participatingin several of their ancient sacred dances, which were both interesting and entertaining to the visitors. As an example of how a-list of prize winners at an Indian fair would read, the following ex tracts are given: - General exhibit of. farm" and garden products First prize, double haraessBrlit-cIl-Ty (the latter is the winder's- name) --second; -disk; har row. Happy Jack; third, cultivator. Be-Wnbe-gay; fourth, sboveV Do-be-bit-see. " Native blanket all wool First, cook .stove. Kin-le-cbe-ne; second, 100 pounds. "flour, , Lenna Oliver; third, 50 pounds flour, Be-ka-da-na-be-ga; fourth, 25 pounds flour, Pel-e-can-e-es-kin-e. CleanesUNavajo-baby First 50 pouada-flour.' Lenna Olicer? second. 25 pounds, flour. Jiostou-atr ., The Navajo blanket collection; like; all ?otir . Mhit. was a fine one. It contained' r-w of "- "- "' ;" - ... --.. u" I I MtalZI R ETnKirll 7flhBT'i?ij3 I a vP kAmIHNh- aV) J BEaBuUTSflaa'sa?Si2BHBaSSHRsBafiaW Bf DANIEL W. GALLAGHER HSR the eld earth's outer crust "Mid bed-rock fragments and lava dust; Watching the axis turning slow, The Old Year stood at his dynamo In the power plant whkh time maintains. And numbered losses and figured gains. m s GaxMEhf-cw aoF&- astxMccmrzzrctfi j&xzzjz' ors of wool without any dye whatever and the beautiful outline blankets, in which the Navajo has reached the highest perfection of the art These blankeU were judged by Frank Steplin. a Navajo blanket expert of Farmington. N. M, J. L. Parsons of Durango and Miss Emma Loomis. of the agency, and the first prize was awarded to a beautiful black, white and grey blanket of artistic design and remarkably even and close weave, shown in the center picture. The 'Navajo silver jewelry is hand-hammered from Mexican dollars, which the traders procure for the Navajos, and many of the pieces are very beautiful in design and odd and exquisite as an ornament The jewelry consists of rings, brace lets, neck chains, charms and many other articles. It should be remembered that none of the prod ucts raised at Shiprock under the supervision of the superintendent and employes were permitted to participate for prizes, but every prize went to reservation Navajos for producU purely their own. The vegetables and other agricultural prod ucU of the agency are, however, worthy of spe cial mention, as they formed a fine exhibit in 'themselves and included, besides the ordinary products of the section, many of the new vege tables brought from foreign lands by representa tives of the department of agriculture. Some of the Indian exhibiU were brought no less than 70 miles in wagons and on horseback, by the interested owners, and one lot of 50 gen eral exhibiU. which deserves special mention, came from Sa-Noos-Tee. the vicinity of F. L. Noel's trading post This lot conUined the prize-winning assortment of silver work and other prize winners. The success of the first Navajo fair, which the unappreciative neighboring public had sup posed would consist oi a few pony races and chicken fights, but which turned out to be an exhibit of agricultural producU which probably equaled any other ever made in the county, for quality, and conUined at least five times the quantity, is due entirely to the work' of Major W. T. Shelton. the superintendent at Shiprock. It is true the Navajos were producing most of these articles long bjefore they ever saw or heard of Shelton. but they were not producing as much, as well, nor as fine a quality as they have been since coming into conUct with the influence of the institution which he has founded. Neither could they have been induced to have brought together their most valuable and cherished per sonal effects for public inspection but for the con fidence which this agency has awakened within them. We have therefore seen the first beneficial effecU of education and proper example upottthte neglected people. The changes which have been wrought upon those coming in conUct with this institution have been so rapid. and sweeping that it challenges credulity. The difference between them and'the Navajos on-some other parts of the .reservation- is -so marked tthat .they would not be taken for the same people., and it is these differ ences that commend the policies and practices initiated by Mr. Shelton at this institution and places it in favorable contrast with other govern ment and private Indian 'schools. buyer said it was worth $14. Later the kimono was bundled Into m a box and started back to the Somerset postmaster, with in structions to charge the owner $8.20 duty.1 Louis ville Times. CHAINED TO WHEELBARROW In writing of the Schlusselburg prison in Mc Clure's. David Soskice tells of a prisoner who waa chained to a wheelbarrow: "Schedrln bad been condemned to hard labor in the convict mines of Siberia and for an atmmept to escape from there bad been sentenced to be chained to a heavy wheelbarrow. When the order came for his transfer from Siberia to St Peters burg, no conveyance could be found large enough to contain him. the wheelbarrow and the convoy of gendarmes. Tet, as the wheelbarrow had be come a part ef the prisoner, the gendarmes were afraid to leave it behind. It was therefore ' de cided to place Schedrln with his convoy in one cart and the wheelbarrow behind in another. For sev eral months, day and night Schedrln and the gen darmes galloped through Siberia on a troika (a three-horsed cart or sledge), while another sped behind them, upon which the wheelbarrow reposed causing the deepest amazement among the peas anU in the villages through which they passed. Upon the arrival of the prisoner in SS. Peter and Paul be was once again chained to the barrow, and only after he bad been six weeks In the Schluesselburg was be finally deUched from it and given freedom of movement within the narrow confines of his cell. "'When they unchained me.' said Schedrln sub sequently. 'I could not get enough movement I wanted to run and run. and it seemed to me that I could never stop. How strange it la that men who can enjoy perfect freedom of movement never realize the wonderful happiness that is theirs!" brations, is called Hooly, and Is a feast in honor of Krishna. Caste tem porarily loses caste and the prevailing hue is red. Every one who can afford it wears red garmenU. They throw red powder at one another, and mix It with water and squirt it from syr inges on passers-by. This is taken in as good part as snow-balling is in northern climes. Complimentary visiU between the merest acquaintances are exchanged in Germany, and New Year's gifU are made to the servanU. The eve of the New Year is ' called "der Sylvester Abend," and while it is deemed not un becoming for the young and thoughtless to while away the evening by dancing, the day in more serious households takes on a semi-religious aspect. Dur ing the evening there is prayer at the family altar, and at midnight the watchman on the church tower blows his horn to announce the birth of the New Year. The "Jour de l'An" is a great period almost all over France, and many of the customs common with us at Christmastide are transferred to New Year. In many parU of that country masquerading by children continues for three days, the youngsters going Trom house to house, singing and beg ging for small' presents. DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR. A SLAP AT OUR SENATE One of the friends of Representative Martin of South Dakota was making a strenuous complaint to Mr. Martin about the manner In which commit tee assignmenu were given in the senate. "A new senator, however able he may be, has no chance," said Mr. Martin's friend, "but if .he's a thousand years old he can get the best commit tee Job." "That reminds me," said the South Dakota member,, "of what Seth Bullock remarked to me when I took him over to the senate one time. After looking them over, Seth said: 'Gee. Martin! That looks like a soldiers' home in there.'" Rochester Herald. CHINESE GIRL IN AMERICA :jfy$iX)Ms MEN PUZZLED y v z , -T" the old-time bayetas. for which the NavajU-'init-r- o- It took nve aenand three women at the cus becarae famous. These were originalK made torn house and the silk buyer of a Louisville de lro th yam obtain! by unravelina oolen partment store to fix the valnue-of a kimono A snap-shot of Miss Wu Ting Fang, taken while she ' waa autoing recently, shows the young lady dressed quite in the style of the American girl, and apparently the same acute interest in the pleasant sport that her girl friends in Washington might feel. After all, It will be the women who will finally break down all barriers and make the whole world nvx-., nearly akin. By CHARLOTT2 BEAUMONT JARV1S. Miserere! toll the bell. Lei the earth send forth a knell. For a great soul takes his flight. None knows whither, in the night Miserere! Stretched upon his snowy bier. Dying lies the good Old Year; And upon the midnight gale All may hear .his parting wail Miserere! In the old king's chequered reign There were mingled joy and pain; Friends proved false, while foes were true. Sinners many, saints a few Miserere! There were hearts that suffered wrong. Bore it bravely, and were strong; Hearts there were, so black within, Satan wondered at their sin- Miserere! Garners full of fruitful store. Measures pressed, and running o'er; " Famine in the streets at night. Doing deeds too dark for light Miserere! Rang the church bells for the wed. Tolled they also for the dead; In one home a joy was born. From another Joy was torn Miserere! Such earth's sorrow, such its sin. All must end where they begin; Snow which wraps the New Year's feet Is the Old Year's winding sheet Miserere! Now his spirit goeth fast. Midnight hour will be his last; To your knees, earth's worn and weary Miserere! Miserere! The Boar's Head. The boar's head function at con vivial Christmas feasU is a survival of paganism. The ceremony has always been performed with great pomp and the utmost seriousness. In 1711 King Henry II. did not scruple himself to fol low the trumpeters into the banquet -oom, himself bearing the boar's head, it a feast arranged in honor of his on when he .was crowned as heir app arent The ceremony is still the osts characteristic feature of life at iueen's college, Oxford, where it has een practiced ever since the founda ion of the college in- 1340. At the iroper time a large, boar's head, rowned .and wreathed with laurel, ay, mistletoe and rosemary, is car ted into the hall, trumpeters announ cing iU arrival. At the head of the procession of fellows is the provost, and with the three bearers is the pre centor, who chanU the famous mar caronic carol.' "The Boar's Head in Hand Bear I," the Latin refrain of which is sung by the entire company. WORRIED THE YOUNG MOTHER Lack of "Progress" Might Have Proved a Serious Thing. "When people in our part of the country .select a family physician they stick to him, says an Illinois physi cian. "'If ne goes away they won't call in "some one else if they can possibly heli? -t " They have faith in nobody but their own man, so long as he man ages 'to be fairly successful.' Last spring I went up to Chicago for a few days, much to the distress of a young mother In our town, ' who expecU me to Inspect her only baby every other dsy at least The second day of my sUyshe telegraphed me to come home at once. Baby 'was sick she told me the trouble she didn't know what to do. It wasn't an urgent case. I knew. Bo I wired back a reassuring message, told her to give the baby a dose of some medicine she had at hand, and to fill out the ten words I put in 'Prog nosis admirable. I always like to use , arge words when I'm telegraphing makes me feel that I'm getting the worth of my money, -you know. When I got home two days later I went to see the baby. "She's all right now," the mother told me, 'but we were awfully worried. We had to rely on the medicine yon left, though. The boy at the drug store didn't have a bit of prognosis in the place." Man Owns Wife's Dresses. The question of who owns the dress es of a wife came up in the Brompton county court of Maryland recently and the jtadge decided that the husband is the owner. The man held that he had given the wife the money to buy the dresses in dispute and although they were not paid for it was decided that they belonged to hiin, The Mistletoe Sprig. v The mistletoe sprig was supposeo o give power to perceive witches and nil-doers, and insured prosperity; to those whom the Druids disliked or .vlshed harm, they refused the mistle 'oe sprig. No one could poison the nolder of a piece of mistletoe, for the ;prig would, discover poison no matter aow cunningly administered, and save the owner from all harm. 'I've done quite well," said the agedf "My record s good as an engineer, I've kept things humming, above below. Folks can't complain that I've been slow, And now I'm off when midnight calls " Then he started doffing his overalls. He washed his lace and brushed his hair Then leaned far back in bis arm-chair In pensive mood till a sturdy chap Clambered up to the old man's lap. And said: "Old Year they tell me you Are sorter thinking of getting through. "Right you are," cried the aged man. "Your task awaits you, little Jan. Get into your duds and start right in, I will wait right "here until you begin, For I wish to see if I rightly guess, Whkh ofthe levers you first will press.' Then Jan marched up to the dynamo. He passed the levers of "Want" and - "Woe" Nor touched the levers of "War" or -Fame" Stopping the while to read each name: Then a handle grasped as be turned to go. The Old Year's face seemed all aglow. So when the dawn of that day began Man thought of his stricken brother man. With ready help and an honest tear. For them that knew no glad New Year. Twas the lever of Love in the midst of gloom That Jan had gripped in the engine-room. Thoughts for the New Year We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when k comes up in the morn ing. H. W. Backer. We are not in this world to do what we wish, but to be willing to do that which k is our duty to do. Gounod. It b the every days that count They must be made to tell, or the years have (ailed. IV. C. Gannett. Soberly and with dear eyes believe m your own' time and place. There is not, there never has been, a better tine or a better place to hve in. Only with this belief can you believe in hope. Phillips Brooks. We may make the best of life, or we may make the worst of it, and k depends very much upon ourselves whether we ex tract joy or misery trom it Smiles. The darkest shadows of life are those whkh a man himself makes when he stands in his own fight Lord Avebury. Our life is short, but to ex pand that span to vast eternity is virtue s work. Shakespeare. The hour that is gone I cannot recal, but to-morrow I will do better than yesterday; and.all to-morrows shall be bet ter than the yesterdays. Let us "leave behind our low-vaulted past Dyer. Life is fruitful in the ratio a which k is laid out m noble action or patient perseverance. Liddon. i b ii i ! Vi Vi B THE NEW YEAR'S .CHOICE It is Well to Choose Wisely for the Time That is to Come. Once, long ago, the Lord appeared in a vision of the night to a young man with the offer. "Ask what I shall give thee." And a decisive moment was that in, which the young king weighed against all others the thing which he most desired. Centuries lie between us and the young king, Solomon, but still and especially on each recurring New Year's God appears to each of us with practically the same offer, "Ask what I shall give thee." And, as with Solomon, so with every heart, there lies the choice of the gift Were the question an audible one, what would your answer be? Each recurring New Year's, in ef fect, says: "Ask what I shall give thee." And the choice for the coming year may be our choice for all the years of life. It is by choice that men seek wealth and learning and by influ ence. And it is not a question of thia and that, but of this or that To choose is to decide between, to leave as well as to take. Therefore, what will be our choice for the year before us? God Himself asks the question, makes the offer. ' What Shall We Do with It? We are entering into the New Year. What shall we do with it? God has opened wide the door, and we cross the threshold into a new palace of many beautiful chambers. How are we going to use his hospitality? He has brought us to a new harvest field of opportunities, and, with words of cheerful exhortation, he has placed us face to face with, our Usks. In this harvest field there are few who really labor, although there is much to do. Are we going to be faithful to the Lord of the harvest and to our selves, or indifferent, indolent and incompetent? Ask Yourself. We ring the bells and we raise the strain, 7e hang up garlands everywhere, nd bid the tapers twinkle fair, nd least and frolic and then we go Back to the same old lives again. -So. Years Ago. Wrote Susan Coolidge. Christmas Fairies. An old English tradition has it that ?.t Christmas-tide, elves and fairies may mingle with humankind in the festivities, and the holly, bay and ivy are hung that the fays may find hid ing places. They are also hung to af ford a refuge to the woodland sprites who. at this season, are half-frozen in the forests. t BAKING ECONOMY By the use ef perfect bakiag powder the housewife can derive as much economy as from any other article used in baking and cooking. In selecting a baking powder, therefore, care should be exercised to pur chase one that retains its original strength and always remains the same, thus making the food sweet and wholesoiae and produc ing sufficient leavening gas to mass the baking light. Very httle of this leavening gas is pro duced by the cheap baking powders, mak ing it necessary to use doable the quantity ordinarily required to secure good results. In using Calumet BaktBg Powder you are bouna to have uniform oread, cake or biscuits, as Calumet does not contain any cheap, useless or adulterating ingredients bo commonly used to increase the weight. Further, it produces pure, wholesome food and is a baking powder of rare merit; therefore, is recommended by leading phy sicians and chemists. It complies with all pure food laws, both Si'ATE and NA TIONAL. The goods are moderate in price, and. any lady purchasing Calumet from her grocer, if not satisfied with it can return it and have her mosey refunded. THE EARRINGS. He Lydia, I saw a lovely pair of earrings to-day. She O, where? I'm all ears. To' Sparc His Neighbors. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont discussing In New York her book on the rearing of children, said: "Children must be trained to be un selfish and tactful. Without this train ing the average child is as inconsid erate as a Dark Harbor fisherman the Maine folks tell about "This fisherman, walking along the road one day, saw a very ugly. man sitting on a fence whittling a stick. He stopped and looked at the man for some time in disgusted silence. Then he said: " 'Well, you're ugly for fair.' "T can't, help it, can IV theTugly man asked, In a hurt tone. "The fisherman thought a moment Then he said, indignantly: "You could stay In. the house, couldn't you?" " Compasses in Sleeping Rooms. It is a curious fact that no Japanese ever sleeps with his head to the north. The reason Is that the dead in Japan are always burled with their heads in that direction. Consequently, in tho sleeping rooms of many of the private houses of Japan, not to speak of hotels In larger cities, a diagram of the points of the compass Is conspicuously posted on the ceiling for the informa tion of guests. The Sunday Magazine. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, M mutmt wO njeir destroy tbe tense ot aaMB aad completely denmm the whole system wbea entering It throtmti the nucoua xirtaen. Sues articles sboold nerer be used except on prncrtp. Joss &om reputable physician, as the damace thty will do Is ten fold to the good you can possibly da rtre from them. Ball's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co. Toledo. O.. contains no mer cury, and Is taken Internally, acting directly upoa the blood and mucous surfaces ot the system. la traytng Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you set tfca engine. It Is taken Internally and made In ToMk Ohio, by F. J. Cheney 4c Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c per bottle. Xato muia Faarifar Plus log eonstlas Una, Eve's New Costume. "Oh, dear!" said Eve, after she had secured all the best fig leaves there were to be had, "I'm so unhappy." "Come, dear, cheer up," replied Adam. "Things might be worse than they are. We still have each other." "Yes, but now that I've got to wear ing clothes there's no other woman with whom I can talk about them." Chicago Record-Herald. Doing Her Best "Kipling says that a woman Is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke." "Well, woman is traveling in the right direction. Haven't you noticed her present panatella shape?" Getting Wearisome. "Going up to hear that lecture on appendicitis to-day?" "Naw; I'm tired of these organ recitals." FERRY DAVIS PAIXKIIXZK has aa enviable reputationof oyer seventy years as a reliable remedy for lumbago, sciatica, pleurisy sUtcbea,etc.,2Sc.a6carid60c. At all druggists. Once In a while you encounter one of those cheerful individuals who never borrow, trouble, in spite of the fact that they borrow everything else. There's a rich, satisfying quality in Lewis' Single Binder that is found in no other 5c cigar. When doctors disagree they are apt to make sarcastic remarks about each other that savor of the truth. Dr. Pierce's pleasant Pellets) car coBStlpaUoa. Obastipatiun Is the cause of maay diseases. Cum the cause and you care the disease. Easy to take. One man's hobby may he another i's nightmare. kRiXbMam&BM PMgHTSn 'Moa,P.C- gootafr W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 1-1910, QUICKEST WITH SAFETY tJ V cupe VJ VOL UST mUKMl TQI KK I For the baby often means rest for E I both mother and child. Little ones I I like it too it's so palatable to take. I I Free from opiates. I jl, AM Dcwggists. 23 cesds. ' J .gg- - --TJtai .-.. xm: f j-i . -.-ft -'r? lz. MA..tK. . -J- V . A i .