DEATH FEAST FOR YA-I-E-NOH. MRS. COXYERSK. THE "OK K-WHO WAT<,UES-OVKR-L T S," MOl RNEI). ndians Commemmorate the Woman Whom They Made a Chief and Who Devoted Her Life and Fortune to Them. —Joseph Keppler Describes the Ceremonies. Joseph Keppler, ol Puck, returned le ently ti> his Stateu Island home from a ip to Western New York, where he at ended one of the most memorable gath • intr S of New York reservation Indians «r held in the State. It was the "Adia-* ,vow- Ha," or Death Feast, of Mrs. Hax iet Maxwell Converse, who died sudden ■ in her apartments in New \ork just a aar ago. Mrs. Converse had devoted her tortune nd the l>est years of her life to promot ing the welfare of Indians, particularly ♦.he Indians of the New York reserva tions, In heading oil legislation adverse to their interests, in promoting legisla ion calculated to l>e of benefit to then, in protecting them from injustice and il legal encroachments, in extricating lliein from difficulties, in advising them, teaching them and influencing them to right ways of living Mrs. Converse "rom very early girlhood was indefatiga le. Her father and her grandfather had neen notable for their friendly interest in the Indians. Roth wens adopted, ac >rding to the Indian patriarchial eere ionies, into the Seneca tribe. Ihe grand father, Thomas Maxwell, was adopted by Red Jacket and was a uiciiil>cr of the Wolf elan. The father, Thomas Max well, Jr., was adopted into the Deer clan. Mrs. Converse herself was adopted into 'ie Snipe elan, and was made a chief. The Indians of the New York reserva 'ion fairly idolized her. Her lightest or<l was law to them. They called her a-i-e-noli, which means "--lie who .vatches over us." When the ews of lie; -widen death spread among them, a yeir igo last month, it came to e,ery Indian like a personal disaster. At Mrs. Con verse's funeral in New York the grief of the [ndians present and the solemn ritual if their funeral services performed by row, the "preacher, n as they call him of the Indian*, were particularly impres sive and all'eiting. Rut the great Indian ceremony, the Death Feast, given when anj < ne of pe culiar eminence among them dies, w.i-> not given in memory of Mrs. Converse last year. The Indian custom is that this solemnity shall take place on the tenth day after the death of the person who is mourned. But the custom also provides that in case the tenth day falls upon any regular feast day or reunion, then the "Adia-Kow-Ha" shall be post poned until one year from tiie date of tiie death. So the death feast of Mrs. Converse was postponed until Nov. 18, 1004. the first anniversary of her death, For many years Joseph Keppler has been a student of Indian customs and traditions. His interest in the welfare of the New York Indians is second only tc that which distinguished Mrs. Converse and now that their "Ya-i-e-noh" is gone they in a large measure turn to Mr. Kep pler to take her place. lie has 1 eei adopted into the Wolf tribe. He can un derstaml and speak with some proficien cy the Seneca language. When seen al 'lis home at Stapleton, Staten Island Mr Keppler talked freely of the peeuliai ceremony which lie had just attended. "It certainly was a very impressivi ■vent."' he said, "to one who has sunn knowledge of Indian customs and Indiai aith. They are devout believers in th< ... \m ■ll/ carefully—preserving that \jflH fresh and delicate palata- \wa H/ bllity that always reminds order the package Ontario Jersey Butters li ■HI V Ontario Soda Biscuit Y M jJA.■ Ontario Oatmeal Crackers V y gn Ontario (iraham Crackers | \ §' Employment Department | Male or female, to operate any make of machine. t i V, c carefully examine all applicants, and save vou lime and trouble. 112 j Let us know machine is used, character of work to he done, \ | and the salary you want to pay. We will meet your require- [ : i| ments promptly. | No charge to cither party for this service. Telephone or write i... 't , | c% ® Smith Premier 1 Typewriter Co. ' immortality of 1 lio ~• ul. as you know, i ho time lived by custom am aig then toil (lays nfter the deicase- .< >r ho:• li n ( ■(•death feast has t«> <!o with tin i'.ulU of theirs. Thev believe ilia I ten da. ' ti i life i- extinct, the spirit of the oa-; jK-rson h 'vo.s aliout lite •■■•cue <■' ! earthly abode. ''They believe also that '-ometimes. i i the case <>f a liie that i- suddenly cutoff in youth, the -pirit returns and reani mates the body, tor that reason tiiey make a hole in the grave that the spirit may have ready access to the ltody, an 1 they al><> leave fond by the grave that, the reanimated laxly may have suste nance. All these, however, are lather symbolical observances than oUierwise. But the final departure fmm earth, on th<! part of the spirit, is believed to lie on the tenth day after death. "The Indians believe also that the spirit returns to earth on the anniversa ries of death, so in case other customs prevent the celebration of the death feast on the tenth day, it is postponed, as in this case of Mrs. Converse, to the first anniversary. "The scene of the Death Feast 111 this instance was on the Cattaraugus reserva tion in Krie county. It was held in the Snipe Clan's Long House, which is back in the country about a mile and a half from Law ton's Station on the Erie rail road. The Ixing House is a plain frame structure with two doors placed diagon ally opposite each other in corners of the house. Through one door the women en ter an l leave, and through the other the men. There is but one room in the building, aliout 30 feet long by 20 or 25 feet wide. Tn one end of it—the women's end—there is a huge open fireplace, in the other there is a stove. There are fixed benches all around the sides of the room, but (in this occasion extra hem lies were brought in and placed in rows down the center. There are no backs to the bench es. These central seats were for the Snipe ( lan, who were the chief mourn ers." ''l got there on Thursday, the day be for the feast. For several days before mi ners had been <ut Munitioning people to the feast. There are eight tribes, or clans, you know the Wolf, the Deer, the Turtle, the Heir, the Heron, the Beaver, lac Hawk and the Snipe. These clans are each divided into two groups the elders and the young men. To each of tiie-e clans and groups runners had gone out conveying the message of the Snipe clan announcing the "Adia-Kow-Ha.'" ' The runners do not go in the old way mi foot through the forest, of course. They go by any way they can get there - i n foot, in wagons. >r even by railroad. "When I got there, all about the vicin ity of the I.OHL' lloil-o you coul 1 hear the clump, clump, clump of the heavy wood en pestles pounding up the corn in the big tree trunk mortar-. '1 liese mortars are made of a seeth n about three feet long of a tree that may be a foot and a half or two feet in diameter dug out to within a foot or six inches of the bot tom, with a rim left around ihe outside that is two or three inches thick. The pestles are great heavy smashers several feet long with both ends left thick and massive, so that they may be reversed. The middle part is cut and rounded down so that it may be readily grasped by the hands. "It i- tedious and heavy work brayinp corn to meal in this way. Sometime? three Indians, each with a heavy pestle worked at one mortar. This require* quick, alert action. If the striking pes tie is not withdrawn before the othei comes down with a smash, it is hit. ol course, and then the handle dies back and is pretty sure to hurt somebody, the person holding it, most likely. So there is required a certain rhythm in swinging the pestles, and to keep the time beat a sort of droning chant accompanies the work. "This was the sound 1 heard about tin Long House on Thursday aft rnoon and evening. It is the old Indian way of pre paring cornmeal—the way that they have done it for hundreds of ? ears back long before they over saw or heard of n white man. They are intelligent enough to know its inconvenience and imperfec tion-. Don't make any mistake about that. They like mill ground llour and meal and use it on all ordinary occa sions. lint at these ancient ceremonies the old way that they got from ttieil forefathers is the only way that w ill do "The\ bray the corn and the wheat and they make the cakes and the Indian bread for these occasions just as it was made on the day ( apt. John Smith ami .his company invaded Virginia. The bread is peculiar w hen it is done—a dark but by no means doughy mass and very nutritious. They put the brayed con: and whole beans right out of the pod in to a kettle and boil them together foi hours. \\ hen the bread is done tlu beans appear scattered all the way thru it like raisins in a cake. "Well these preparations n;i Thursday went on until after dark. Then they be gan again before daybreak oil the morn ing of the feast day. Great piles of wood had been cut and heaped up, and mi 1 r 11n* I, ii;.' House uric half i dozen kettles with ih-en roaring under them in t' ■ r• ■ • 11;■ ii 1 Indian women wotk • 1 tii.'ill. In t!)c si; kettles ' w .undo ,s i;l <(ii n w. -i ' »i?ed. Son after dnyln ak the Inlians sun.iuonc.l v J omen i t.*..an to i'itivo. I hey came in uts if w.i -. So ne in' them ciinic ill from wagon-4 :iti'! those \vli« wen; m re pi > spcion?, in liugirien. "Many f.inic strnggling in on foot af ter walks in some instances of ten or fif teen miles. They were dressed in all sorts of farm eiwtumes, but only the older women wore any of the old Indian garments and ornaments. A number of these had on the historical red and blue leggings reaching from the feet up aliove the bottoms of their short skirts. There is a head work Iwirder around the bot toms of the leggings and in many eases it is very artistically and neatly done. "It.was 2 o'clock in the nfternoon when the feast began. There were then as sembled in the Ix>ng House, I should think, between 200 and 300 people—men, women and children. The members of the Snipe elan, the chief mourners and the hosts of the occasion, occupied the central benches. The rest were disposed about the room haphazard fashion, save that the women were in one end and the men in the other. "ficorge Chief, the l'.nglish name he has adopted, is the chief or head man of the Sui]m* clan. He is tall, straight as an ar row and bears the burden of nearly 7fl years wonderfully well. He in a veter an of the civil war and a man of decided force. It was he, as chief mourner, who gave the signal for the opening of the ceremonies. He did this by simply bow ing gravely to Chester l-av. Chester Lay is a head man of the Wolf clan, lie is a (iovernment interpreter and census taker, Ilis Indian name is "Ho-Do-.\u-Tchia,' : meaning "Hearer of the hartli." "At this time all the food had been brought in and was arranged cm benches by the fireplace at the women's end of the room 'I lie kettles tilled with soup the Indian bread and cakes and the pres ents t<> Ih' distributed by the Snipe clan among the other mourners—all these were there in wait ing. There was a deej: and very impressive silence in the room when 1 To-Do-Au-Tchia' rose in response to the signal that all was ready. Hf spoke in the Seneca language, which is n very sonorous and musical tongue, by tin way. ' "Wow we have all met together,' IK said, 'and wo, the elder brothers, condole with the younger brothers the great los; they have met in the death of Ya-i-e-noh She was like a great tree in the forest Her strength supported us. Like spread ing branches she sheltered us and pro teeted us. Her kindness and tenderness were like blossoms. And now the tree if cut down. The branches shelter us in more. The leaves and the blossoms arc all withered and dead.' "By this time nearly all the women and even many of the men were in tears Ho-Do-Au-Tchia talked for nearly hall an hour recounting the good deeds .Mrs Converse bad done for the Indians. Tlier Chief William Crow spoke. Ho is a head man and the 'preacher,' *as he is called It was he who performed the Indian burial ritual at Mrs. Converse's ftinera in New York. lie expounds to the Indians the doc trines of "(ia-Xia-Deio," or "Beautiful Lake," as his name would be translated - the great Seneca prophet and teachci of over a hundred years ago who did sr much good by warning the Indian? against the snares and temptations ot the white men's civilization—the drink ing, the fiddle playing and the gambling Chief Crow, as the expounder of this prophet's doctrine, holds high eminence among the Senecas. "'We ouglil all,' Chief Crow said, 'tr thank the Croat Spirit for having sent that good woman among his people a tlie bearer of his love to them. Wc should ever be thankful for her good words -words that were wise, that urged all to abstain from vice and evil ways We should thank her 112. r her work foi us among our white friends, for making us to know that which we did not know, At home or far away she was always oui friend —always our Kver Watehfiii One. "( liief Willi ini Crow's speech made a great impression and the weening broke out afresh a- lie went on. Tlis appear ance was very impressive, with his white hair and -trongly marked features. He is about ,0 years old. Ilis Indian name is So-Xo-(!ah. It means 'Falling Snow.' ".lob King, head man Of the Heaven clan -poke, and then the food was hand ed around. It was brought in great bowls, and each one broke off a bit of the bread. The soup was ladled out in to pails and eaten there or carried away, May Davis, head woman of the Snipe clan, was designated to distribute the presents. "They went to the runners, to all who had assisted in preparing the feast and to those most intimately known to Mrs, Converse. The presents and the food were received in silence. To have said "thank you" would have been a sad breach of etiquette as indicating any kind of thankfulness that there should be oecasion for such a ceremony. The pie-cuts consisted of knit mittens, of cloth tor gowns, caps and other useful articles. It was long after dark when the feist, .'inled and the Indians went as iv. evidently s.jd at heart, to their homes." Anyone Rending a sketch and description mr.y qntckly ascertain our opinion free whetln i an Invention iH probably patentahlo. Coinim: t ions Mtrictly confidential. HANDBOOK on I'ntentu sent free, oldest agency for .*• curing patent . Patents taken throuuh Munu & Co. receive 8f f-iul notice , without charges in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. largest cir culation of any H' lentlUc Journal. Terms, a year: four months, ft. Sold by all newsdealer?. SVSUNN & Co, 36,Broadwa > New York nriuicli OllSco. (35 F St., Washington, J>. c. WOMEN SPECULATORS. ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT SIGHiS CF NEW YORK WHICH ONLY THE INITIATED SEE. WHERE TIIEY L.Vi THEIR MKTS <>N STOCK-MARKET FLUCTUAI IONS. Broker Says They Are Bad Losers. Between 10 a. m.and 3 p. 111. a contin uous procession of women may be seen streaming into the offices of New York brokers who make a specialty of catering to the feminine love for speculation. A private room is set apart for their use. an<l as it is equipped with rocking chairs, ornamental tallies, growing plants, and in some instances divans heaped high with pillows, they feel very much at home there. The only business-like fea tures of these rooms are the bulletin board covered with stock quotations, and tiie tickers. in the office of a downtown broker there is a particularly luxurious room for the use of women patrons. As a rule 25 to 50 women may be found there, and the hum of gossip never ceases. The ma jority of them are hard-featured, elderly females, but here and tnere is seen youthful face on which no lines have as yet been drawn by anxiety and nerve tension. They cluster round the tickers, taking turns in reading, the quotations aloud. When a woman drops the endless strip of paper another grabs it eagerly; sometimes her voice grows shrill with excitement, and again it fines away into an almost inaudible whisper. Sobs and hysterical laughter are of frequent oc currence, and excitement runs high whenever the ticker proclaims a decline in stocks in which one of the speculators is vitally interested. If she has lost heavily fans and smelling salts are brought into requisition, and in the lan guage of the cynical youth who attends to Ihe bulletin board, "Dere's de devil to pay!" During the recent fluctuation? in stocks the brokers were bosciged by panicy wo men who wished to sell out. N'o amount of argument could convince fhoui it would be wiser to hang oil like grim death, and their weak-kneed condition demoralized (heir sister speculators mi til the broker found himself surrounded by half a hundred women, imploring, clamoring, and making life hideous for him. ''l like the ladies, 1 less *emi" he con fided to a reporter who had wandered in to the room, "but they're 'ad losers, d I mean very hnd. and I've decided to give up this branch of the business al together. I'll only deal with men in the future. They are philosophical, 'atient and don't scare on the slightest provoca tion!" Leaning against the window in a far corner of the room and staring vacantly into space was a fragile little woman who paid no heed to those around her, Occasionally she roused herself for a sec ond and glanced at the ticker, but soon subsided into her attitude of hopelessness, A Tit ian-tressed actor whispered the dis consolate one's story to a friend. The poor little thing had been a swell mod iste, and had managed to save $5,000. In an evil moment she listened to the glow ing accounts of gains told to her by a wealthy customer who knew as little about stocks and bonds as she did about needlework. The microbe of speculation got into her blood, and she dabbled in the stock market with all the abandon of a financial infant. Iler savings melted like snow before the sun; her neglected busi ness dwindled to nothing, but even when the money had all been swallowed up she returned day after day to the office, watching the ticker as th uph her life depended on it. She will never again be content to cut, drape and fit, for the fas cination of speculating has unfitted her for prosaic work. .Mingling with the hysterical novices are many cool speculators who possess a store of knowledge about the intricacies, or inside mysteries of the stock market. I hey are apparently unmoved by losses or gains, and watch the rise and fall of pet stocks with a calmness which is en vied by fhose to whom self-control is an unknown virtue. These women do not like newcomers in their field of action. They refuse to give lips to the unenlightened and in many ways discourage other women from entering the market. "Ko, i can't give you any advice," said one of them coldly to a nervous girl who had been fluttering near the ticker for an hour. '"The broker can't help you either. He'll sell you any shares yon ask for, but ho won't express an opinion as to whether the deal is apt to prove, a good one for you. There is no primer nor code of rules to guide you to success. You must have a natural aptitude for the business, sound judgment, and a certain amount of daring, and even then it's (en to one you'll lose!" The habitues arc on cordial terms with each other at least while herded togeth er in the broker's room. Mutual hopes and fears make a bond between them as they stand shoulder to shoulder beside the ticker, and confidences are freely v\- cha n« r ed. It is not an unusual -iglit to behold a ■ ale matron, wife of a reput ible m r j chant bei'iy soothed and cheered 1 . a j young woman with peroxide hair, wh" | speculates with money given to her by the husband of some coiifidin f!ri/.elda; and the newly rich woman. \ hose head has been turned by the unwonted posses sion of hard cash calls her arist'-T Hie neighl r, who lias always had money, "My dear" aad "M \ love." | Judging from the scraps o convert j lion that float around the room, the male I relatives and protectoi - of feminine spec lul >toi-s disapprove heartily of their ! mania for dabbling in stocks. "Would you believe it. dear." gm •. led !one woman, "S\\ husband has threat' led to -ue for a separation unless I promise I never to put my foot inside Ibis place again! He calls it a bucket -hop. v n,.], a low - rt f • name, isn't it r And lie 1 - iy« In »ill st. [i in\ allowance it' I don't -tit rambling. Men are «n unreason- i blc! lifi 1* i (it using tli ■ '■ .<1 'gain liii«r' in t!. i- connect ion. I llr'tk that's «!<> ri _• 111 .1 torance. Of rotir-8, I've (II piled .1 pile of 111 oil ' I'C.c. ! 11 fliesi j J'v< .ii;i<U- (|iiiic a little, too, at . it'» t'n iit in-,'. I simph cant give it np!" | "it I had a husband like tiiat I'd soon settle him!" commented a grim-visaged spinster, "My brother took a similar stand some months ago, although he's on 'change himself, lint lie was In artily sor ry when I pot through with him!" "I lost SaOO on Western Securities yes- ] terday!" wailed a sad-eyed brunette, "M,v father was so angry. lie advised me to sell out a few days ago, and 1 could have done so at a profit, but now tlio price is oil' three points, r.iul I'm out about $300." "Tough luck!" cooed a sympathizing blonde, "But time, tide an<l the ticket wait for no woman. After all. the great secret, of this business is to know when to quit. For my part, I never plunge.no matter how tempting a deal may appear. I am content to put up a moderate amount, wisely invested, in gilt-edged bonds, and let it go at that." The other women listened attentively to the words of the oracle. She always had phenomenal luck, and the broker himself treated her with extra deference. When she won he praised her unerring discernment, and when she lost, soothed her by dwelling on the fact that her oc casional losses were trifling compared with her winnings. lint, it is when a realty bad slump oc curs that pandemonium reigns supreme in the ranks of the women speculators. They stand before- the quotation board, white-lipped and wide-eyed, watching the quick-witted boy chalk up the price changes; then, when the worst is learned, gasping sol,, ii|| the room, and weeping, wailing ami gnashing of teeth is the or der of the day. The cooler and more ex perienced bands glance contemptuously at their suffering sisters, and gathering around one of the tables proceed to fig ure out how much they would have saved if tliey had sold short before the calamity, at the very top prices and had covere I their stock at the bottom. W hen ever a "rally" brings a ray of light into I the darkness the weeping women arc on I their feet in a second, laiighin : hysteric ally, and looking once more a> though lift* to them was full of joy; the verj ticker sounds mirthful to them, and their lips move us though they were c>>llllllllll - happily with themselves. Another phase of the -peculating mania is the eagerness with which the feminine victims seek tips. Their own broker is not willing to drop them a hint, as a rule, l>ut they read the market reports feverishly, listen thrillingly to ru mors regarding stock, no matter whether they emanate from an office boy or the director of a company, and even when they have 110 money to invest they haunt the broker's rooms, in which there is such an atmosphere of excitement. The strain begins to tell on them: they be come as responsive to the fluctuations of stock as a good barometer is to weather changes. When the market is reported .is "wildly nervous," their condition be comes an exact match for it.and the poor broker often has occasion to curse his fate when unreasonable demands are made upon him, and a croud of women gabbling like magpies, surround him with feverish cries, "Sell! Unload! Oh, hur ry. or I'm ruined! I will goto law with you unless vou do something—anything —at once!" Automobiles, hansoms and four-wheel ers wait outside the brokers' offices to whirl away the enterprising women, but it often happens that the exigencies of stocks make it necessary for them to descend to the level of a street car. If they have done well they emerge wreath ed in smiles, and visit some swell res taurant. where they indulge in a dainty bite, with an equally fortunate compan ion. But if the fates have not been pro pitious. tbe.v hide their sorrows from the public gaze as quickh as may lie, only to reappear again the following day, buoyant and full of confidence that they are about to reap the fruits of "a good spec." Students of human-nature find much to interest them in these private rooms. Xot long ago a well-known actor called every day for a month at the office of the largest broker in this special line of business, and sat quietly in a corner watching everything that went on. Her identity was not guessed at until the oc casion of her last visit, when she said gushingly to the high-priestess of the ticker; "1 thank you so much! I was not a bit good on facial expression, so my manager suggested that I study from life. Because of having watched you women so closely, 1 can now simulate fear, horror, despair and every other emo tion!" Then she quickly vanished, and therein showed her wisdom, as otherwise her face might have been disfigured, for the average woman speculator does not care to be studied, even in the interests ot art. Stanley Scott in linfTulo Sunday Express. h- ■- >"•-'■■■ • - r.r >' ■ ■ ■"•■-■*--■■. ( iv;A>3a >r- r tlm is /* ''' t' i j i it §' rIMWI •. Am , mlS»\ J III! IIIIMMIIII IHJIII—IHi 1- ■ is Take-Blown iSefieat&ftg Shotguns | | The notion thut one must pay from fifty dollars upwards in order to pel I i a good shotgun has been pretty effectively dispelled since the advent o< 1 the Winchester Repeating Shotgun. 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And not oven Dr. Darwin in his great woik oil the "Descent of Man. under takes t<> toll us at what stage of the de velopment. the ape developed his tail and stood on his I.eels. But the evolution in speed of the American trotter, or more properly the United States trotter, is the marvel of all the modern prophets of evo lution. Look at the startling figures: l"p to IBS 4, or only 20 years 'igo, there was not one 2.10 trotter. Now we have over 220. and during the season that end ed in Memphis 32 trotters made now records of 2.10 or hotter. And there is another remarkable con dition. Of the 32 new 2.10 performers, 30 sires and 32 dams, all of different blood lines, are represented. There is no longer a monopoly of a few trotting families in our extreme speed list. Nineteen of the 2.10 trotter.! of 1001 are by sires never before represented in the 2.10 list. This is over one-half, and includes Tiverton. 2.04% (who trotted the fa.stest lieat of the season), by Gali leo Rex. The other 2.10 trotters by sires not heretofore represented in the 2.10 class are: George G.. 2.00'/,, by Honiewood; Snyder McGregor, 2.07%, bv Gilman McGregor; Angiola, 2.08',4, by Gregory the Great; Aristo, 2.08'/,. by Xu shagak; John Taylor, 2.08'/,, by Dispute; Tuna, 2.08%, by James Madison; Torn Axworthy, 2.OS'/,, by Axworthy; Aero lite. 2.091,4, by The Bondsman; Hal Prey, 2.0!)'/,. by Woodsprite; Van Zant, 2.0!!",. by Chime Bell; Alexander, 2.00%, by Star Duroe; Altro L., 2.00%. by Al cant irns; John Mac, 2,09 . by l!ex Americus, 2.11'/|; Kent. 2.09 : ;J, by Wilks . aid; -I i 111 Kerry, 2.10, by Orange Wilkes; Kirk wood. Jr.. 2.10. by Silver thorne; Norimin I!.. 2.10, by Phallas, 2.1:5 ~ the one-time champion. It i- gratifying to note the luge ntun- I or <n breeding farms represented in the lew 2.10 list. located in some I.") states. 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