hands and going through a thousand genuflexions, until we left at eleven o'clock, and they kept up the perform- ance until mideight. . What an emo- tional people! : I revelled In the most exquisite roses during all of our stay in Bustis, our hostess keeping our room filled with #he choleemt varleties, so marvelous in solor, se rich in perfume, as to almost mtoxicate us with their beauty, Where Winter Strawberries Grow. March 156th we took the train for Qoala, the mext day reached Lawtie, a guiet little town settled by northern- emg devoted to strawberry culture, Here we speat a week driving, walking, sit- vag en the broad plazza of the hotel im the sum, getting tanned and fat Nething here is cultivated but acres and acres of strawberries, little tiny plants; but raise the leaves and you san pick nearly a quart from one vine, Te number of quarts shipped morth during the season is fabulous, but oe casional freezes do damage. + The mornings and evenings were al- ways cold, so we had a wood fire in he big fireplace in our room, of fat pitch pine wood, and it was very fas- sinating to watch the fire light, as it flickered here and there, lighting the oom 50 that we needed no lamp. All rough the South the mocking birds were singing, calling and answering tach other day and night. Returning t¢ Jacksomville we devoted the few hours we had to visiting the shops and whe Exposition building. Here in the Klligator Pool we saw a number of the uncanny looking beasts, the largest of which was ten feet long, so utterly dideous and ugly that he was most fas- sinating to me. Our mext stop was at Savannah, where we drove all over the eity and out on the beautiful road te the old cemetery, called “Bon. aventure” (Beautiful Way), where the wees, great live oaks, covered with gray mess, are a hundred years old. Great Natural Arches, Roads have been cut through the woods and the effect is indescribable; it ig like driving through great cathe- ral arches, go sombre and solemn, and GREAT CHIEF JOSEPH. A NOBLE AND BELOVED AMERI- CAN INDIAN WHO DIED OF 4 WOUNDED HEART. Pathetic Tale of Government's Bro- k n Promises.—~His Ancestors Wel comed Lewis and Clark in Their Western Explorations. C. J. BLANCHARD, The most picturesque character of the western frontier passed away last year when Chief Joseph of the Nez Peorces, or, as they knew him, In-mut- too-yah-lat-lat (Thunder traveling oven the mountains), about him and passed beyond the Great Divide The members of his tribe, all of whom were singularly devoted to him, and the privileged few of the white race who knew him intimately, believe that this great leader, perhaps the greatest Indian leader of the period, died of homesickness and heart- ache, To know Chief Joseph was to have revealed to you a glimpse into a van. ished past. There was a loftiness and dignity mingled with a charming naiveté in his manner, and a tender pathos in his speech, that made you forget the Indian and recall the old Hebrew prophets of the +=g of the Captivity. shell ! so grand withal, a fitting place for 1 the dead. Savannah is a beautiful old eity, with maay parks and squares planted with palms and palmettos, || [8 right im its heart. The magnolias | seem the favorite tree, and they grow to a great heizht. The houses are large and broad, with verandas all eround the two stories, and they must be seeded in the hot summer. We had a very full day, and at seven o'clock took the sleeper for Richmond. We rode all the next day, reaching our destina- tion in the evening, and dreve to Ford's Hotel, where we had stopped thirty-five years ago on our wedding trip. Dut the hotel had changed, the «ity has grown, and nothing looked natural exeept Sunset Park and the old Capitol Park. The grass was turmn- Jong greea and the numerous gray squirrels were so tame they came and ate from my hand, We drove all the ‘morning, visiting the beautiful statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee—a bronze eques- wian on an tmmenee granite pedestal Ia the afternoon we drove to the park and hunted wp Mr Pollard, the Vir giniaa who eaptured my hushand dur ing the war, It wag their first meet. ing eines that memorial time when they were mere boys, one wearing the bine and the other the gray, and they had A most interesting “war talk.” The next morning we took our train for Wackinghon exactly five weeks from the day wi It has been truly a delightful trip, beneficial in health and eduneation, perfectly charming in every way, whose memory will go with me through life. . Tad, IW * 3 ! oA il RULER Th ¥ - $ PE ———— A i PRINCE WHO LIKES HORSES. | Brother of Heir to German Crown a Rough Rider. Eitel Frederick, prince of Prussia, and younger brother of the crown] rince of Germany, is considered one of the fimest hor<amen of Europe, The German peeple ove him greatly for this, along with his kindness to his animals, a quality sometimes wWauling when great daring is possessed by boys, When the prince was sixteen he was given the freedom of the royal stables sad told that he could select one of the fine Arablan ponies for his own usa. He asked If he could look after im Just as boys in lesser stations in Hfe do with their pomnies, and his father's reply was: - “l want my boys to know how to work and care for everything that belongs to them.” . Eitel did ears for his pony and spent many moments learning all about the needs and mature of horses. He dis sovered that hig Arabian could jump and, riding him one day, he cleared a feur-barred fence, which greatly de Yrhted the emperor, who was riding with him, A A shert Sime aftor this his father gave him a powerful hunting horse. The boy looked 11ke a midget on him, | put would not ride him for three er four days “A horse needs to kmow you,” he gravely sald, “before he makes up his mind whether you will be kind and peasonable with him, or harsh” After boy and horse had become ac quainted he invited his father to take a ride Ia his company. The two set out for a gallop through the forests Emperor William Is regarded as a splendid horseman, but he told a circle of friends after this ride, that Ritel had given him a ride for his life. He jeaped ditches and hedges, took the roughest roads, held his horse under perfect control and won the greatest ralae, 4 It i» told of thig boy that he eanne! #0 into the royal stables without every horse in the stalls turning his head and whinnying a glad welcome, . Beaweeds do not obtain nourishment from the soll at the bottom of the sea, but from the seawater itself Be — Ameriean chewing gum has been fae froduced im Thibet and the habit I» nid be rapidly growing. — Several new bridges are In course of construction over the Nile at various points along the historic river. Cs » The $0,000. population of Koren 1s population of Korea is ) folded his blanket] ain sheep abound. It is a game pare dise, with rich pastures for ponies. It was in this valley that the grand- father of Chief Joseph welcomed the daring explorers, Lewis and Clark. Speaking of them, Joseph said: “They talked straight, and our people made them a great feast. All the Nez Perces made friends with Lewis and Clark, and agreed to let them pass through the country, and never to make war on white men. And this promise the Nez Perces have never broken. No white man can accuse them of bad faith, and speak with a straight tongne, It has always been the pride of the Nez Perces that they were the friends of the white men.” Enc-oachments of the White Men. It was not to be expected that the Indian would be allowed to remain for: ever unmolested In the possession of this beautiful valled, When the western fever broke out, settlers came at first in small numbers, and the valley being large, all lived in peace. But it could not last. There came a day when by means of presents and fair promises a portion of the band signed a treaty dividing their lands. Joseph's father { refused to sign away his birth.-right, (and withdrew his band from the coun- cil, In 1863, another council was held. A chief, named Lawyer, with authority of a part of the tribe, sold nearly all of the Nez Perces country, including the Wallowa Valley, The latter was the particular property of Joseph's own people; its boundaries, for years, had been marked by poles; had never been disputed. The old chief sald: “Inside Remarkable Effect of Vibrations. From time to time sclentists advance new theories of the cause of some of the miracles mentioned In the Bible, and now the miraculous fall gf the walls of Jericho is sald by men of learning to have been caused by the fact that the tone pitch of the trum. phets of the followers of Joshua was exactly in harmony with the sensitive tone of the walls, When the trum. pets were blown they set the walls of the biblical town to vibrating and fn a short time their foundations were so weakened that the entire mass fell to the ground. This statement was brought ont at a private social guthering the other evening in Philadelphia where muslie was the fedture. During the course of the evening a ‘cello performer was called on for 80 many encores of weird pleces with mivor chords running War, State and Navy Building at Washington is the home of my people—the white man may take the land outside, side the boundary, all our people were born. It circles around the graves of our fathers, and we never give up their graves to any man." In spite of the treaty, the Indians re mained in unmolested possession for eight years, when the white men began to encroach upon the boundiries. The conditions threatened to rious, and the Government asked for a treaty council. Joseph, owing to his father's age and blindness, represented his people. the Lapwal agency in Idaho and give up the valley, so the council came to naught, ) From that time on, the white settlers gave constant offense to the Indians They stole their horses, drove off thelr cattle and branded the calves, and | then claimed them. It speaks well for the strong hand Joseph held over his people, and for his desire for peace, that the Indians were patient so long. Finally, Joseph was notified by General LE LETT Be fal. | ] i 7 Pe > : As the chief and historian of his tribe, Joseph's plea for the Nez Perces | has often been heard in Washington. | In its deep sense of eternal righteous ness and of the deadly wrong sulle red at the hands of the white man; in its smothered flie and in its hopeful Jonging for the coming of justice and better times for the tribe, it was the most powerful and pathetic appeal ever made by an Indian. From the viewpoint of close asso elation with the red man, his faults are magnified and his virtues forgot ten. From the viewpoint of the reader of Cooper and other romantic writers on Indian topics, his viees are obscured, and his virtues unduly exaggerated Judged from the impartial standpoint of a rather long acquaintance, which contains meetings in eamp and city, in the writer's opinion, Chief Joseph was the finest type of the red man this country will ever know, He died of homesickness, and that | statement will provoke no sceptical smile from one who knows the Indian | character. The earth that contains the ashes of an Indian's dead Is sacred and hallowed. The longing in an In dian's heart for the land of his birth fs as strong as that which turns our wandering footsteps back to the old home. When Fate in the shape of an unkind Government forcibly wrests from him the land of his fathers, his grief, though repressed and concealed, is as poignant as our ewa would be, if we were 50 treated, Loved Home of the Tribe. 1 recall one expression of Joseph's in this connection, “My father 1» buried In Wallowa Valley. I love that land more than all the rest of the world A man whe would not love his father's grave is worse thas a wild animal” Have you ever been in Wallowa, that beautiful valley of Winding Waters? It is Ameriea’s Switzerland. [Its lofty mountains rear their heads so hirh that a snow mantle rests there all the year round. Their feet are in lakes which rival Luzerne. Down the steep slopes, through narrow walled canyons which the sunlight never en. ters, the streams come rushing like eataracts. In their cold ripples the gamey tromt lurks expectant eager to give battle for hin life when the angler tempts him to the hook. In the autumn the salmon, In countless numbers, leap Ils, and are eanght and dried by the Indians for winter food. the forested slopes, in whadowy the rolling hills, the grizzly — ravines, and over and elk, the earibon, the 4,000,000. hy CHIEF JOSEPH AND MONUMENT UNVEILED BY WARRIORS QF 1H 5 TRIBE. Howard, that it was the purpose of the Government to remove the Nez Perces to the reservation, as they had seid their land to the Government Incontrovertible Indian Logic. Joseph always denied such a sale He sald: “Suppose a man should come to me and say: ‘Joseph, I like In-! become ge | He refused to remove to! through them, that he had to stop to tune up several times, Just previous to one of these a picture which was suspended at the far end of the room leame tumbling down without warn. ing. Many of the superstitious turn. ed white with fear, but a sclentifie man in the room went to some length to explain that the fall of the pleture had been caused by a vibration of the wire set up by a note of a particular pitch made by the cello. He stated {that every stretched string has some particular musical pitch which will set it vibrating. To emphasize his ar gument he asked the performer Ww strike different tones and in a short time other pictures in the room were st vibrating so violently as to make the movement perceptible to the eye. The 'cellolst also succeeded In set tng up vibrations on a plece of glass ware on the mantel, which caused it 10 give out a musical note, Affected Building Foundations. A couple of days after President Roosevelt's inauguration, last March, the whole bedy of Rough Riders from Minnesota called on Secretary Taft ia the magnificent State, War, and Navy Bullding. Accompanied by thelr brass hand of some fifty or sixty pleces they lined up before ¢ Becretary's office and with ragtime mosie serenaded the Qecretary. Upon | aring the music the superintendent of the bhuflding at once asked the leader te refrain from playing any more in the bullding =a» there was a tendency to weaken the building's foundations. Im fact, in this netance, the vibrations set forth were plainly perceptible, not only to those in the vicinity ef the band but b clerks on other floors of the bulld £ a MARKET GARDEN TYPE. New Style of Auto Sultable for Carrying Farm Produce. , & One of the first cable pictorial de scriptions of the useful war automobile, as shown in the illustration, has just came to hand. This is a special farm: er's type. It can be constructed in any small power, for jogging along pur poses, from 30 to 120 horse. A special feature of interest 10 market gardners is the ability of the wagon to run tor twenty minutes after having the tires riddled with bullets, which makes it thoroughly practical. It is entirely bomb-proof when beyond the range of the enamy’'s guns. A “starti is fitted in front, but “the machine be started automatically from rivers seal,” where the principal erank is supposed to be located. "On the tog of the rear portion of the box" the specifications read, “is a turret from which projects a Hotchkiss gun wh an be trained in any direction”--upon ompeting market gardners™ A special quality of steel has been employed for armor.” At 500 yards Lebel bullets ng crank ’ Lhe your horses and want to buy them.’ | Say to him: ‘No my horses sult me, | will not sell them." Then he goes to] my neighbor, and says to him: ‘Joseph has some good horses. | want to buy | them, but he refuses to sell.’ My neigh. | answers: “Pay me the money, and I will sell you Joseph's horses’ The] white man returns to me and says: | ‘Joseph 1 have bought your horses and | you must let me have them." If we sold our land to the Government, this is the way It was bought” (Continued on Column 5, this page) LJ {becomes frightened fail to plerce, but glance off, thus in suring adequats protection to loads of | sggn, live shoats and other tender vege tables, “The machine carries two steel rails, which ean be quickly unshipped and placed across a ditch,” This feature is of great import to the average tiller of soil, as it means that if the machine or unmanagable fue to the sudden appearance of horse men or the flight of birds, and jumps ditches or fences, it ean be quickly got. ten back Into the road, and sped along rs cm ——— Nr 'B Rl ————— i i A railroad is being bullt between Damascus and Meecon, — Willing to be Sheol. Sehott and Willing 414 snpage In duel Beree and hot, Behott shot Whitag, And WwW hot The shot Schott shot made quite i —g os _— > of any farmer in if he wate wh 0 willing shot went right Through 's mA lomy. , Great Chief Joseph, In the war which followed, Joseph led his little band, as only a great gen- eral could lead them, but; the Nez Perces never had a chance to win, Joseph surrendered to General Miles, and for years the tribe was moved back and forth over the country regardless of promises made when they sur- rendered. After one of Joseph's visits to Washington, where he met the Pres ident, the Cabinet officers, and num- erous Congressmen, he remarked; “They all say they are my friends, and that I shall have justice, but while their mouths all talk right, I do not understand why nothing is done for my people, I bave heard talk and talk, but nothing 18 done. Words do not pay for my dead people, They do not pay for my country overrun by white men. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words | and all the broken promises. You might | as well expect the river to run back-| ward, as that any man who was born! free should be contented, when penned | up and denied liberty, to go where he | pleases, | Pathetic Plea for Freedom. | “Oh let me be a free man! free to! travel, free to stop, free to work, free | to trade where 1 chose, free to choose | my own teachers, free to follow the! religion of my fathers, free to think | and talk and act for myself-—and I will) obey every law or submit to the pen-| alty.” Gradually as the years passed away, | Joseph grew to understand the hope- lessness of achieving his heart's desire ceased to make his plea for justice, | surrounded by the remnant of his band, who stood beside his deathbed in silent | grief, On the 20th of September last, these same devoted members of the tri listened to the funeral address dell ered by his successor and friend this occasion A monument was unveil --& most unusual Indian ceremony. be | stood around the grave of Joseph and | In Greenland potatoes never grow larger than marbles, lp Ios Angeles has a Chinese millon. Ground-owls are sold alre—Quang Ngoon Quock, in San Fran. , cisco restaurants as quail, ——— Many railroads are setting out tree farms to provide cross ties fifteen or twenty years hence. There are only seventy specimens of A specimen | the extinct great auk known #0 be in | existence, for $2,000. -_d recently sold Rm ——. We lave bought a number of these guns and are giving them away. We guar antee you can esrn one in a day easily. Many have earned one inan hour, Nocheap jetares or ewelr vw soll, r n sall the work. Simply say you want a gun and you | i i Hl a responsible When the end came a year ago, he was | || hovebane {| not delay or someb 1 got ah Yall 3 4 H ton We refer you to an —& return to Wallowa, though he never | || toon i fre Motes. y H pe shell fortory cane BL will be surprised how simple our offer is and how easy it is to get thegun, Do Hy will ad of you lv: Le bank in Des Moines. We are firm and do as Fever will you other chante »0 don't delay. Write at once, DESCRIPTION, Hix owe pal lers | ehoke bored insur r r shooting 4 n allt arden nap setion, re mock, hard rub ft, reis breech, 13guage, 28 or 30 1a. ba Wille shell made, VW incohe { very dotat] perfect hoot we rete. I down instantly ine tw [STEVENS ::SHOTGU FREEBOYS! Write us today sending your pame snd address an will bold one « we wie barrel, tale rs. of; swlessaile 4 Fearne 0g lila lock, walnut toreed rrel, ler, Can be + phtoont Write for book telling what dosens of Welght® {| men and boys say of this gun. Write | a Seccessiul Farming, r. TENTH STRESY, and most Complete Outfit ever ghven FREE! BASEBALL OUTFIT SHIRT is American League pattern. Hande some gray flannel, extra good quality materi. al, perfec'ly made, very full and long, sleeves loose at shoulders, button at wrists, extra button on collar; double neckband and shoulders. All sewing double seamed. Pants very strong, ABSOLUTELY FREE For Selling Only 12 Dozen Places padded or unpadded ju st as you prefer, i hip pocket, legs and seat full sha pel Ty C fly front, elastic garter at knee, ve satisfacto , Pittsburg National wear double visor, made of best first-class in every way. Belt is made of strong webbing with patent clasp, We Also Cive a Catcher's Mitt - With the four-piece Outfit 4 of New Swell Art Jewelry, consisting of Golde Plated Articles (regular 25¢ goods), which you can sell at 10 cents each. Everyone will be g to buy one or more. Send ug your name and address; we will send you the until sold. elry and trust you with it When sold return our $2.90 and we will send the complete outfit without the slightest ay. Address delay. Remember including the glove, «Writs today FRIEND SUPPLY CO. 1 Washington Street, Dept, 747, Boston, Mass, YOUR NEW | [o]V) HEAT Hic odes Mh $49 LEA STEEL FURNACE 1 he tore wing pretend me Vian Tip chur rma ft Poi Pod ont of Omak. Write Solar Tor Free bask Hess Warming & Ventilating Oo, tar swede 784 Tacoma Bidg., Chicago. BASEBALL s OUTFIT Vat ! . ng 38 Toefl Housebo wit Froe. 15 CO., Derr. 772 dd 2] : , BosTon, Mass Two Pairs of Nottingham Lace Cartains Nearly three yards long and ove yard wide, they gather up ni an elegant drapery for windows for parlor or cely and furnish even very broad living rooms, No Money Required. Send us your name and address, and we will mail you 24 pieces of famous jewelry novelties to sell at 10c. each, When sold, ser us the $2.40, and we will send you the curtains atonoe, Write to-day, Address Columbia Novelty Co. 2 SARATOGA ST. East Boston, Mass, PEE LOPER Nonpoisonous and will not stain the fingers, 25 cents for six tubes, sufficient for 24 ounces developer for Velox, Cyke, and other NA 11th Street and Pa. Ave, N. W, PHOTOGRAPHERS Throw Away Your Bottles and Scales and usethe N,V. CC
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