SEOUOU Origin of the Title Given to Cali fornia's Big Trees. HONOR TO A FAMOUS INDIAN. The Wonderful Work of Joseph Guess, Half Breed Cherokee, Whose Lat inized Name, Thanks to a Generous Scientist, the Giant Trees Bear. In California's wonderland nothing Is more Interesting or wonderful tliun the Sequoia glgnntpa, which (trows along Sierra Nevada's slopes, n ml Its lessor .cousin Sequoia sompervliviw. Inhabit ing the lands near the coast around Sautn Cruz. "What Is the meaning of Sequoia?" 1 asked a Judge, "it Is nn Uonhtodly of Latin derivation, lint I foil to remember Us slgnlllcaiioe," was the Judicial reply. The physician de clared It "well chosen scienlllle nomen clature" and stopped. A man on the street said lie "guessed It was the name of the fellow that discovered the trees," so I came to the conclusion that but few know, and yet tho story Is In teresting. A long time ago, ns the story hooks say, there lived near famous old Fort London, In east Tennessee, not far from the Georgia line, a very great man of whom not one American In a hundred has ever heard. Joseph Guess, or Sequoia, a half Ix-oed Cherokee In dian, was horn In 17lK) and possessed qualities which would have made him great nt any period or among any peo ple In the world's history. Combined with a powerful creative Intellect were Indomitable energy, application, per sistence, that uo discouragement could affect, nnd a firm confidence In his own ability to overcome obstacles. In his youth he. acquired distinction In his tribe as a craftsman In silver, his handiwork showing not only technical skill in execution, but unusual ingenu ity and originality of design. It was not, however, until 180!) that ho began the work that was to entitle him to a place among tho earth's truly great. In that year Sequoia's ambition was fired by the knowledge that the whites had a method of communication by moans of writing nnd books nnd set out to devise a written language for his own people. When it Is realized thnt Sequoia wns Illiterate, knew not a slnglo letter of the English nphnbet, had no harts in his own Inngunge to build upon, tho stupendous dlfllcultles of tho task he set for himself may well be Imagined, lie began his great work without a doubt of his ultimate success, with the superb faith that be longs only to- tho great. From nu old English spelling book he copied all the letters, giving to each n sound, modi fled some of the letters lie found, In vented others uulll he had eighty-five characters, by means of which might bo expressed every sound In the Chero kee language. Not only would this have been Impossible with our alpha 4w)t, but so simple was the system thnt any one speaking Cherokee might with in a week or two learn to rend nnd write It. There are not lacking learned and distinguished philologists who un hesitatingly declare that Sequoia's al phabet Is tho most perfect ever devis ed for any language. Tie had nt first the usual experience of Inventors. Shafts of ridicule were aimed at him, and he even received violent abuse from many of his tribes men for his attempts to Introduce this remarknblo innovation, but his triumph came In 1821 in California. He was then sixty-one years of age, when a council of Cherokee chiefs formally adopted his Invention. Soon a printing press was established, and quito a large and varied literature was its fruit, while even a newspaper was printed In Cherokee by the aid of Se quoia's alphabet. The desire for learning among the Cherokes was remarkable, so much so that In a very few months after the Invention was given to the nation thou sands of Its members could rend and write. Considering the diflicaltlcs of his undertaking, 1 think we are safe In writing the old chief who died full of honors far from home In Mexico one of the greatest of Americans. Tennessee has given to the world many great men, rresldents Jackson. Polk and Johnson standing In the fore front The nation they served has be come one of the tirst of the earth, and so their names are known of all men. The people toward whose uplifting Se quoia spent his life are scattered to the four winds of heaven. Only a rem nant remains, and In a few more gen erations they will be but a memory, and his achievement will be known only to the curious. The old chiefs life work was not In vain. No life of unselfish devotion ever is. A great American scientist with a soul attuned to the fitness of things Latinized the Indian name to Sequoia and gave It to California's great trees. And what name for the greatest of American growths could be more appropriate than that of one of the greatest of America's early race? Scientists tell us some of these trees are thousands of years old. Everything that lived In all the earth when they were young has long since passed away. But there are young ones com ing on under the shadow of their elders, and so is It beyond the range of probability that a dozen centuries hence some broken and discouraged traveler resting under the gracious shade shall ask the reason for the beautiful name Sequoia and, hearing, become uplifted and stimulated to do noble things through the story of the humble red man who by unselfish de votion became great? John D. Ross la Los Angeles Times. CHINESE WRITING. Every Scrap of Every Kind Is Held to Be 8acred. I The Chinese hold every scrap of ' writing sacred, no matter what the characters express the merest ennt ! inerchil message, advertisement, etc. Since Confucius used these characters to teach his wisdom they are holy. In the average Chinese community all letters lind waste papers nre laid away In a clean receptacle to await the collector, who nppears at regular Inter vals to transfer the waste papers to the sacred furnace. If the papers were burned by the Chinese In their own homes, the aslies of the sacred writ ings would mingle with the ashes of wood and other fuel, and thu ashes of Chinese writing are as smred ns the writing itself. The nshes from the sacred furnace are placed in sacks, lite sacks are con veyed by wagons to the sea nnd there. In a Mon War boat, nre carried out where the tide runs swift and con signed to tlni waves. Tho Mon Wnr boat belongs to tho Mon War Kher, which Is a lodge with brandies everywhere, organized nnd mnlntnlncd for the purpose of paying reverence to the spirit of Confucius. The furnace In tho Chinatown which nearly every large city In the United States harbors Is generally a brick, ovcnllke structure about live feet high. Opposite It on tho wall there will usu ally be nn Inscription of the character of the following: "The spirits of our ancestors are pleased that we keep sacred tho writing of our country." The society of Mon Wnr Slier (Club of the lleautlfiil Writing) Is made up In each caso of the prominent denizens of Chinatown, who support It by vol untary contributions, which pay tho salaries of tho keeper nnd his. assist ant. New York Tribune. A MERCHANT. He Used to Be One Engaged Exclu sively In Foreign Commerce. Originally the term merchant was applied only to ono who traded with foreign countries nnd who owned or chartered ships for Hint purpose Chaucer's "Marchaunt:" He wnltlQ the ere were kepud for eny thlnge Belwlxu Mlddiillmrgli and Orowelle. The inerchnnt of Venice had "on the ocean" his "argosies with portly sail," and so hud nil tho other merchants about whom poets or historians hnve written. So also In the Illhlo there Is no confusion about tho moaning of tho word. One passage nlono will servo ns an Illustration, "She Is llko tho mer chants' ships she ' brlugeth her food from nfar" (Froverbs xxxl, 14). Do Qulncey, writing In tho early port of the nineteenth century ("Autobiograph ic Sketches"), says: "My father was n merchant, not In the sense of Scotland, where It means a retail dealer one, for instance, who sells groceries In tho cellar but in tho English sense, a senso rigorously ex clusive that Is, ho was a man en gaged In foreign cotnino'ree nnd no other, therefore in wholesale com merce and no other." Hut now It Is no longer necessnry to "plow the Spanish main" to give ono this time honored title, for nny ono who soils eggs by tho dozen or llnnucl by the piece is nt once put down as a merchant. London Notes nnd Queries. Webster's Home Squadron. A few days before his death Daniel Webster wished to leave his sickroom once moro to look upon the little para dise which his taste had adorned about bis mansion. Dressing himself with the utmost care, ho went through the house on the arm of a servant and finally reached tho library. The night before there was a terrific storm, and the great statesman expressed solici tude for tho safety of tho fishermen off tho coast As ho looked from the window his eye fell upon a number of pleasure bonts which had been moored to a little mound in the artificial pond In the rear of the house. ."Well," said he, "the homo squadron is safe. I think I will go back." It was his last playful remark. lie never left his room again. -. - 'Mrs. Houlihan (sobbing) I never aw ye till th' day before mo unforch nit marriage! Mr. Houlihan An' I of ten wlslit ye hadn't seen me till th' day aftber! Puck. From little things men go on to great. Dutch Proverb. Bilious Spells i A HABIT. Yeat (tet year you suffer from attacki oi bilious headache, indigestion, constipation al ternating with looseness oi the bowels, dizzi ness, despondency and ill temper, until your trouble becomes habit, or develops into "' Bright disease oi the kidneys. j T ou can breai this cnam oi Donaage oy I the l Dr. A. W. Chase's Kidney and Liver Pais They cure biliousness and constipation by reason of their direct and specific action on the liver, ensuring the filtering of the bile from . the blood, where it is poison and passing h into the intestines where it is necessary to aid di gestion and regulate the bowels. This great medicine is backed by the skill and integrity of the famous Receipt Book author, A. W. Chase, M. D. One pill a dose, 25 cents a box, at all dealers or Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. S. M. Watkins, Lowell St, Ionia, Mich, states! "I had great trouble with my kidneys, torpid ity of the liver and bilioujness, and have found the use of Dr. A. W. Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills most gratifying. They restored the organs to normal and healthful action and made me welL" For Sale by Stoke & Felcht Drug Co. FATE AT THE HELM. A Curious Coincidence of the Cruise of the Amity. ' Itnlpti D. I'alne while delving Into the old sea legs kept by eighteenth cen tury captains and now stored In tho Essex Institute nt Salem brought to light a strange talo that yet wns fact. Ho tells about It In Outing Magazine: "The (I rand Turk, a good ship be longing to Ellas llasket l)orhy of Sa lem, a well known merchant, was ru turning to Salem from the West In dies. "Paring tho voyage Captain I tiger soil rescued tho master and mate of nn English schooner, the Amity, whoso crew had mutinied whllo In the Span ish main. The two olllccrs had been cast ailrlft In n small boat to perish. This was t'.ic 11 i-s t net In a unique drama of maritime coincidence in 1771. "After Hie castaways had reached Salem, Captain Duncaiison. the English master of the Amity, was the guest of Ellas llasket Perhy while lie walled for word from his owners nnd nn op portunity to return to bis home across the Atlantic He spent much of his time on the water front ns a matter of course nnd used to stand at n window of Mr. Derby's counting house Idly staring nt tho hnrhor. "Ono day while sweeping the sea ward horizon with the olilco spyglass the forlorn Itrltlsh skipper let fly nn onth of tho most profound amazement, lie dropped tho glnss, rubbed his eyes, chewed his hoard nnd stared again. A schooner was making across tho bar, and presently she stood clear of tho Island nt tho harbor mouth nnd slipped townrd nn nnchorago well Inside. "There was no mistaking her nt this range. It was the Amity, Ills own schooner which had been taken from him In tlie West Indies, from which ho and his mate had been cast adrift by the piratical seamen. Captain Duncan son hurried Into Mr. Derby's prlvnto odlce as fast as Ills legs could carry him. Hy some Incredible twist of fa to the captors of tho Amity had sailed her straight to her captain. "Mr. Derby was a man of the great est promptitude, and ono of his an chored brigs wns Instantly manned with a heavy crew, two deck guns slung aboard, nnd, with Captain Dun can Ron striding the quarter deck, the brig stood down to take tho Amity. "It was Captain Duncanson who led the boarders, nnd the mutineers were soon overpowered nnd fetched linck to Snlom Jnll In Irons. The grateful skip per and his mate signed n crew In Sa lem nnd took the Amity to sen, a vessel restored to her own by so marvelous an event thnt it would bo laiighcdout of court as material for fiction." ' ' Late at the Play. Wro know from l'epys nnd from passages In the plays of contemporary dramatists that the manners of thea ter audiences in the restoration epoch were not nice, but there Is no reason to believe that even the fops habitual ly arrived at tho theater late. Mr. Sporkish, Mr. Novel nnd their fellows would talk loudly while the play was going on to show the supurlorlly of their wit to tho poet's, but they likely were on hand early to lose none of tho fun. In later epochs of English the atrical history theater going was a serious undertaking, not a lucre pas time. One can tell from the begin nings of old plays that the authors counted on audiences closely attentive from tho first. Lndy Itandolph Is the first speaker In "Douglas," Orestes In "The Distressed Mother," Almelra in "Tho Mourning Bride." The custom of "playing the audience In" with a short piece was of still later origin. Fcrbnps about that time the habit of going late to tho theater became com mon. "Half price" for late comers was a custom of Thnckeray's time. West minster Gazette. A Witch's Weight. "I was weighed this morning at the grocery," announced Uremia, a small, f dainty young woman of trim figure, ! "nnd I weighed Just nlncty-nlno pounds and a half. When I stopped down old Mr. Follnnsbec laughed and said: , That'B a lucky half, miss. Ninety-nine Is witches' weight' I asked what he j meant, and ho said: 'My, my, didn't ever hear of witches' weight? Well, j that is queer. Your gran'ther kin tell ye, though.' ' "And now, grandfather, what is witches weight?" "Ma'am Jones," said grandfather tersely, "was a witch, and her .weight ,was witches' weight." There was a chorus of exclamations. "Yes, a witch In my day," he reiterat ed, "as much a witch as any witch, and as much believed Is, if not as widely. "As for her weight, I believe ninety nine pounds Is Indeed the traditional limit of weight for a witch. Perhaps It Is the utmost a broomstick will car ry." Youth's Companion. How Caterpillars Build. Many clever caterpillars which dwell habitually In company build a common Best for the common benefit Of these is the famous American tent caterpil lar. The tents are really nests of silk spun among leaves and twigs. In them the caterpillars dwell when young, and to them they resort for shelter in rainy weather even when larger grown. Al lied species which pass through the winter In the caterpillar state con struct winter sleeping places which the bookish folk call hibernaculums. These are often conspicuous among the branches during the cold months of tho year. If torn open they reveal a sur prising thickness of spun silk, forming a dense nonconductlve wall. At the center of the mass lie from thirty to, fifty tightly packed caterpillars waiting! for the return of the warm weather, when they will resume their feeding. . SEEING AT DTfiD EOPLES 1 JJ I wish to minounci that, having just returned from the eastern market, I have bought an immense stock of wonderful bargains such as are not to be' found everywhere, as tho market is still very high. Hut to you I am giving this opportunity of saving your dimes, quarters ami half dollars, inasmuch a limes are hard now. We give you here a few items of our large stock which you can look over for yourself and be convinced. 50c Curtains for 21) cents. f cent Ioweling at i cents. (. cent Jowelingat 4 cents. HMBUOIDIOKY AND LACKS In any width you wish from 4o up to 50o per yard. DllV GOODS Best quality prints worth 8c and 7c, now Co per yard. MUSLIN 8 cent Muslins at 7 cents. 7 cent Muslin at 5 cents. Large assortment of Lawns, Batistes, etc., at very low prices. LA 1)1 K!' WHITE 811 HIT WAISTS. Worth 8.r) cents, now ('.fio. Worth $1.75, now $1.2.r. Worth $1.45, now $1.15. Ladies' Summer Gauzes from 5 cents up to 25 cents each. Also do not forget our line of Table Oil Cloth at only 15c per yard. M ION'S AND BOYS' DEPARTMENT. Large variety of up-to-date Suits for Men, Boys and Children which will go at cut prices and are first class quality. SHOES For the whole family. We have shoes from 25 cents up to $'5.25 per pair. 1 1 ( S I KIIY We also have a large assortment of Hosiery for the family. SHIRTS Men's Dress Shirts from 38 cents to $1.10 each. OV ERALLS Best quality for men and boys from 25c up to 75c per pair. As it is impossible to name every article which we handle, wo therefore want you tcf all and examine for yourself, as we assure you that you will find everything as repre sented. The right goods for the right prices. Don't forget the place and come early. A. Katzen THE ARTICHOKl ...rtSS. Where Clara Barton Spelled on Her First Day In School. On tho morning of her first day in "regular school" Clara Itnrton was taken on the strong shoulders of her eldest brother, Stephen, a mile through tho deep drifts to tho school house. It was tho winter term, nnd Iho pupils, as was usual at thnt time, included not only tho largo boys nnd girls, but In. reality the young men and young wom en of the neighborhood.. I.ltllo Clara, then about live, was tho baby of the school. She confesses In her book, "The Sto ry of My Childhood," that sho recalls no Introduction to tho teacher, but was set down among tho many pupils in the by no means spacious room, with her spelling book and tho traditional slate, from which no one could sep arate her. "I was seated on ono of tho low benches nnd snt very still," Miss Bar ton remembers. "At length the majes tic schoolmaster seated himself and, taking a primer, called the class of little ones to him. "lie pointed the letters to enqh. I nnmcd them all and was asked to spell somo little words, 'dog,' 'cat, etc., whereupon I hesitatingly informed him that 'I did not spell there.' " 'Where do you spell?' ho asked. " 'I spell in "artichoke," that being the leading word in the three syllablo column in my speller." , Tho schoolmaster good naturedly conformed to the little girl's sugges tion, nnd she was put Into tho "arti choke" class to bear her part for the winter and read and "spell for the head." OFFICE DROWSINESS. It May Be the Beginning of Serious Mental Trouble. "Some men are quite martyrs to of fice drowsiness," said a physician to a patient who was complaining of that feeling. "Any monotonous sound near them, the hum of traffic outside- or even the scratching of a clerk's pen is sufficient to Induce a feeling of sleepi ness which it is almost Impossible to resist The worst of It is that this symptom seldom Is regarded as .any thing serious, though I have known It to be the beginning of critical mental trouble. Far more often, however, It Is merely the effect of constitutional eccentricity, though in either case a few simple remedies might be tried with advantage. "For example, I always advise the old indigestion cure a glass ' of hot water when tho feeling comes on. To keen the eves tightly closed for two FTrt f We are so certain that II III I At? Itchinsr. Bleeding and I Jr I I Ira Protrudinrr Piles can aJ 1 1 aFssaaSF ways be relieved and ab- aolutely cured by this ointment that we positively guarantee nalis- factinn or money refunded. KSM Dr. A.W. Chase's dealers or Dr. A. W.Chase lt.-. j , i i i 1 1 I Medicine Co..Buflak).N. Y. J 1 nilTa 6il t For sale by Stoke & FelohtDrus Co. OPENING A. KATZEN'S BARGAIN STOKf LACK CURTAINS Mo Curtains for 4(5 cents. TOWHLINU r uit'i'i.- minutes anil then liuthe tiicm lit very wurm water often gives relief at once. And another good Idea Is to lower tho head for u few seconds to n level with tho knees. Abovo all, one should never give In to tho feeling of drowsiness by taking a short nap In tho liopo of waking up brighter after It At the sanio tlmo tho condition of tho olilco might bo looked to. The slightest defect in ventilation will often cause ono mnn to be affected by office drowsiness even If other persons in tho same room feel nothing of It whatever." New York Press. The Dignified Course. An army examiner once had a can didate before him who apparently was unable to answer the simplest ques tion. At last the examiner lost his temper and, with sarcastic emphasis, quite lost on the youth before him, said: "Suppose, sir, that you were a cap tain In command of a company of ln funtry; that in your rear was an im passable abyss; that on either side of you towered perpendicular rocks of un traversable height; that before you stood the enemy, a hundred men to each one of yours. What, sir, would you do In this emergency?" "Sir," said the aspirant to military honors, "I should resign." Pearson's Weekly. Similar Result. There are certain delicate shades of expression of which a Frenchman Is, as a rule, past master. One member of that fluent nation, stranded in Mew York,-was setting forth his troubles to a lawyer. , "I understand from what yon say that you are convinced your friend Lecomte has stolen your purse," said the lawyer. "No, no, monsieur! Not so fast!" cried his client "I only say that If Lecomte had. not assisted me to hunt for it I should have found it again." The Reform He Advocated. The editor of a British weekly Jour nal, wishing to know what reforms well known men desired to see effected during the year, once applied to Sir W. S. Gilbert anjong others. The au thor of "The Mikado" answered: "Dear Sir A reform which I am particularly anxious to see carried into effect Is that editors would cease - to trouble busy people for gratuitous contribu tions." Sure to Be Converted. When the south sea Islander said to the missionary, "I will call and dine upon you tomorrow," the missionary realized that be was bound to be con verted. Brooklyn Eagle. In the Laundries. Troy Is the greatest of collar, cuff and shirt towns. Therefore it Is well equipped with laundries. In these In stitutions the Methodists provide the. fire, the Baptists the water, the Pres byterians the bluing and the Episco palians the starch. New York Press. USc Curtains for 78 cents. Reynoldsville Her Game Blocked. The timid looking little woman en tho Euclid car noticed that her purse wns not In her bag where she had placed it. Instead, It was hanging from her arm on a chain banging In fall, view where It would tempt the nimble fingers of tho pickpockets assigned to thnt beat. With great forethought sho picked up the purse and started to put It in tho bag. But the purse didn't go In, because It was attached to the arm of tho perslmmony faced woman stand ing next to her. Of course the woman with tho bag stopped right there) and dropped the stranger's purse. "You'd better let that alone," spoke up the perslmmony faced woman. I've been watching you over since yon got on, and you needn't think I didn't see what you were trying- to do." Cleve land Plain Dealer. Extravagance. There is a clerk In tho employ of a Philadelphia business man who, whllo a fair worker. Is yet an individ ual of pronounced eccentricity. One.! day a wire basket fell off the top or' the clerk's desk and scratched cheek. Not having any court plaster at hand, be slapped on three two-cent stamps and continued his work. A few minutes later he had occasion to take some paper to his employer's private office. When he entered, the "old man," observing the postage stamps on his cheek, fixed him with an astonished stare. "Look here, Jenkins," he ex claimed, "you are carrying too much postage for second class matter!" The Fun of It. "Dear, I only play poker for fun." "But you bet, don't you?" 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