A COWBOY'S ROMANCE
TdE huge Arizona man here to ob
serve the drift of statehood cur
rent events In the Congress
gazed reflectively nt the large
and promising looking slab of straw
berry shortcake on the plate before
lilm.
"I never see a piece of that," he
said, aiming with tils immense fore
finger at the bunk of strawberry short
cake as if he meditated shooting it up
some, "that I don't think of Chuck
O'Mnllon. A strawberry contraption
of that snuio general kind, only better
a benp better was sure one of the
factors that helped to get Chuck hap
pily hobbled.
"Chuck was foreman of the old Trl-angle-T,
and before It happened the
rest of us used to fritter away a lot of
the boss,' good time in trying to shame
or kid Chuck into annexing unto him
self a long-haired sldo partner to take
charge of the nentost foreman's wlck
leup that I ever saw on a ranch. All
of us In the bunk house regarded It as
a sin and a shame that that tidy fore
man's shack should go to waste, with
nobody but Chuck to hold it down and
no woman to train the honeysuckle and
the wistaria over the front and rear
trellises and show herself once in a
whilo sweeping down the back steps
With a nice, clean towel wrapped
around her hnir. and nil that.
"The foreman's house had been built
for Chuck's predecessor, a man with a
wife and a herd of young 'una. When
Chuck was made foreman he had the
whole foreman's wlcklonp to himself,
rassllng his own hash and doing his
own holisecleaiiing after the round-ups.
" 'I hain't much of n brldle-wlse, corral-bred
cnynse,' Chuck rounded upon
us once when we got nfter hliu on the
matrimony game, 'and I sure need a
hull lot o' stanmpln' ground the length
and breadth of tlio range hain't none
too spacious for me when I want t'
roll and buck and hang my heels up In
the air. And 1 hain't moiitiotiiu' noth
lu' about the het-up periods when I git
the hunch f hop th reservation when
I feel like I Jcs' nachnlly got t' pull
down a few honka tonka In the adjoluln
settlements after gltttn' lit up with the
purlin' loco Juice. Which hain't reck
ouln' up, neither, what a plzen Tni-ho
I am when the grub hain't skated t'
the centre prompt on the nilnuit when
the chimes is pealin' the hour and 1
hain't never ylt seen the female lndi
Vldjool that w-as prompt in the matter
o' foddcrln' her two-legged stock, wlni
men bavin' no Idee whatever o' the
meanln' o' time or the value o' the
same. Then: is ou'y some o' the rea
sons why your'u truly hain't a-Jogglln'
along t' pole.',
"In private, though, Chuck told me
I was assistant foreman that he
iwouldn't mind snagging a wife, 'cf I
ony.knowed how t' git th' same,' he
.was accustomed to add.
"That's the way It was set with
Chuck on the day the boss notified hlra
to prepare to take a tralnload of steers
to Kansas City, as Chuck had never
convoyed any cattle farther cast than
Omaha, and I hnd been to Kansas
City, the boss told mo that I'd better
hike along, too, to see ihut Chuck didn't
stop into any ground owl holes or get
ditched or sidetracked in the more or
less perpendicularly hustle burg on tho
Wyandotte.
"The night before Chuck and I were
scheduled to slope toward the railroad
the boss seat for Chuck. After the talk
with the boss Chuck nudged me Into a
corner of thu bunk house.
'"What-all kind of a stunt d'ye
reckon the old man's got framed up
f'r your'u affectionately now?' Chuck
asked me, nervously mopping his brow
With his bandana. ,
"'Wants you to keep sober till after
you've delivered tho steers, eh?' I sug
gested. ,
" "Worse'n that a good sight worse,'
replied Chuck, gloomily. 'The boss has
given me the job o' ropln' a pot-wnl-lower
in Kansas City for his wife.
The Dutch kitchen mechanic they got
now is slopln' back East nex' week,
and the old man hereby delegates me
f rope, tie and brand a housemaid and
general hnsh-mrxer down yonder In
Kansas City, .and fetch her back on
.our "return. What d'ye s'pose what
does the old man s'pose I know 'lout
lassoln' a all-'round ranch maiden,
.when I hain't had the nerve or tho Bit
up t' lariat a presidio' skirt for my
own layout ylt? And the boss' wife
has give me a list as long as a Moqul's
ride for water o' the things this yere
hash-Bllnger's got t' be able t' git by
with cook and wash and Iron and dust
and sweep and do plain sewlu' and put
up preserves say, podner, bow am I
goln' t' git the loop around a female
able f do all o'thom things?1
"I told Chuck that I had many pass
ing troubles of my own when I saw
that he was trying to cook up a Job to
shift the responsibility for 'ropln' a
pot-wallower' onto my shoulders. .
"Well, Chuck looked a lot worried
over that end of his mission nil the
way to Kansas City. I didn't have any
consolation to offer him. Didn't know
much about any kind of women myself
at that time. Since then I've met up
with several thousand of 'em and
now I know less.
"Chuck was a , conscientious fore
man and a rattling good one, and after
we'd seen tho tralnload of steers un
loaded he threw a Jar Into me by sol
emnly announcing that the drunk was
to be postponed until after he'd at
least made some kind of a bluff to ac
compllsh the task given him by the
uoss ami tne boss' wife.
" 'I know it's a hull heap hard on
you all, ombrey,' (man), Chuck said to
me. sympathetically and the rulfiuu's
teeth were leaking a good deal worso
than mine were 'but this yere is blsl-
ness and a big way o' blzuess. at thut.
If you're askin' me. Now, what's the
openin' break and the preliminary
move, as it were, toward achlevln' this
yere quest f'r a skirted spud-peeler?
Do I take a stand on o' them big streets
aim at tiie point of a dirk bold ud every
ribbon wearer that sashays by and ast
her questions 'bout her 'billty t' cook
aud wash and iron and sew and do up
the boss' wife's hair, or do I '
"Well. I could see that Chuck was
some liable to make a rockplle finish
there lu Kansas City if I didn't cet In
to the extent of handing him a tip or
o as to the prevailing methods In civ
ilization of engaging serving women,
and so I steered him to an employment
agency and myself unreeled to the fat
woman In charge of that plant the
qualifications desirable In a ranch
house servant. The fat woman asked
me a lot of shrewd questions about the
ranch and tho ranch people, and I
couldn't do any more than tell hor that
old Trlangle-T was the finest outfit,
with the whitest boss rnd the nicest
boss' wife In Arizona all of which
was on the level.
"That was a lucky fat woman for
Chuck. She bad the goods all ready In
stock, It seemed, which was why she
was asking me so many questions. She
had on her list a widow oh, a woman
about thirty-odd. she said whose man
had been killed in a coal mine accident
about six months before. The widow's
name was Kate McGlone, and she
lived across tho river In the other Kan
sas City tlic one in Kansas. The fat
woman thought Kate McGlone would
not mind going West, because she bad
a brother working In a uiino some
where" in New Mexico.
" 'This,' delightedly remarked Chuck
when he got outside with Kate Me
Glone's address on a slip of paper. 'Is
sure some easy. It's as easy as stam
.podlu' a bunch o' locoed cattle plumb
Into tho corral and then oncollin' a
spool o' barbed wire around that corral
to keep 'cm there it suro is.'
"So Chuck and I charter a caloosh
and spin over to Kansas City, Kan., to
give Chuck a chance to make a lariat
throw for this Kate McGlono and get
that errand off his mind.
"Kate McGlone's address was a rick
ety, tumble-down shanty in a long row
of them, occupied by coal miners and
their families, but, poor and common
ns it was on the outside. It was neat,
though uncommonly bare, Inside the
furniture had been going out piecemeal
for the necessaries of life since Kate's
man's death, we found out afterward.
"But the neatest thing in or within
forty miles of that shanty was Kate
McGlone herself. For Kate was a
staving beauty from the far south of
Ireland a smashing, handsome woman
of buxom sinuosities that were dls-
cornable even arrayed as she was, In
her poor calico dress.
"Chuck took one look at Kate Mc
Glone when she camo to the door In re
sponse to our knock. Then he acted
like he was going to sit down on the
rickety steps and take a rest for him
self. There was no manner of doubt
whatever that Chuck was all in, all
right, so powerful was the immediate
impression created upon him by the
looks of Kato McGlone. Chuck could
not much more tlinn wobble In when
she Invited us Into her poor little old
strippod outfit, and when he thought
Kate wasn't looking Chuck gave mo a
kick on the leg that I can ulinost feel
yet.
"For her part Kate cast qnlte a num
ber of sidelong glances at Chuck when
he seemed to be not paying any atten
tion. Chuck waa something good to
look at, an arrow-straight ombrey, two
Inches above the six foot mark, broad
as a door at the shoulders, and with as
good a head and countenance as you'd
over see on a cow-thumper If you
looked from the Columbia to the Rio
Grande. I'd seen many a smart wom
an in Kansas City wheel in her tracks
to take another view of Chuck after
he'd gone by, although Chuck himself
didn't know that there was much dif
ference between his looks and a Jack
rabbit'a, not being any whatever stuck
on himself, so to speak.
"Yes, Kate would take the ranch Job,
she said after Chuck had nudged me
to the centre and made me tell her all
about It There was nothing to Keep
hor In Kansas City, now that well, she
didn't say what, but we understood all
right, and coughed a-plenty so's to get
her off that. 8he'd like to get within
reasonable dislance of her brothor in
New Mexico, and she had no children
to bobble her movements. We had
come nt an opportune ilme.
"Chuck didn't say thirty words while
Kate McGlone was telling me that she
could do ell the things a ranch-serving
woman would be called upon to do, but
when, she got to that Chuck crossed
and repressed his legs four or five
times and twirled his sombrero around
on his thumb and cleared his throat
several times, aud then he asked her.
in a hoarse, embarrassed kind of way:
" 'Some few on the cook, I reckon,
Mrs. McGlone?'
"Kate smiled confidently at that, and
replied that she regretted that she had
no means of proving it to him by lay
ing a meal before hltn, her larder not
being exactly overflowing.
" 'A sure-enough hungry camp, this
yere K. C.,' said Chuck then. 'Ain't
never been so hungry nowberes as I
am yere. Could get away with a coy
ote, pelt and all, yere and now. Was
goln' to suggest, Mrs. McGlone, that
maybe you wouldn't mind, s'posln' I'd
bike around and rummage f'r a armful
o' - the eats on the hoof maybe you
wouldn't mind pansizzlln' the same
f'r me and my podner yore, so's wo
wouldn't have t' hike t' none these on
uery grub plants that's all lugs aud
nothln' t' eat on.'
"Kato McGlone's smilo of acquies
cence when Chuck got off that dellcafo
suggestion was worth seeing. Of
course she would bo glad to cook any
thing for us. She hated to be so situ
ated as to have folks bring lu their
own stuff to be cooked, but
"Well, Chuck was already out of the
door aud sailing for the nearest market
bouse at a pony lope. That left me be
hind with Kate McGlone, and I put In
the time plugging for Chuck. Kato sat
with her hands in her lap and looked
a-plenty Interested wbllo I talked of
Chuck's good points.
"In about twenty minutes Chuck
staggered In under a load of eatables
big enough fur a Juniper-country hired
mau's mess about seven potiudii of
rich, thick-cut lamb chops, sack of new
spuds, four coub of the most expensive
French peas he could nail, four boxes
of strawberries, box of uew tomatoes
and a raft of other truck, as much of
it i he could carry, and Chuck was it
powerful strong carrier, at that. Kate
conducted Chuck to the kitchen, where
he sat down the basket for her to go
through aud do what she liked with,
and then Chuck and I sat out on the
little frout porch aud smoked our corn
cobs and Inhaled the fetching aromn.
that presently began to float from the
kitchen. ' Chuck waa pretty taciturn
during that smoke. He seemed to have
a lot on his mind. The only remark
he made was when a particularly ap
pealing whiff of those broiling lamb
chops slipped through on to the front
porch and passed our kostrlls, aud then
Chuck knocked the ashes out of his
pipe and pulled his hat over his eyes
and, looking at me solemnly, observed:
" 'Jes' 'because their names hnppen
t1 be McGlone and such like, they don't
all have t' be kitchen mechanics, pod
ner. I've knowed a heap o' range
bosses t' be disappointed some In little
matters sence I been punchln' cattle,
and no mistake,' with, which myster
ious utterance Chuck again relapsed
Into alienee until Mrs. McGlone ap
peared at the front door and summoned
us to the feed.
"I'm not going to try to describe that
feed or how good it tasted. But, Just
to give a line on how good Kate Mc
Glone waa in fixing up little Impromptu
things of that kind, I'll remark that
those southdown lamb chops were pan
broiled by Kato, and she served 'em
each on a little triangular piece of toast
to sop up the good jiilces of the meat,
with a little sprig of parsley from her
back yard patch garnishing each chop.
And that strawberry shortcake was
one of those things that you could Just
take a bite out of aud then throw your
bead back and listen to the music.
And the rest of it was to match. We
just ato and ate for half an hour or so
without a recess, and then Chuck
pushed his chair back a little to give
himself some breathing space.
" 'Which I'm bound to remark,' said
Chuck, then, looking square at Mrs.
McGlone, 'that they's other Jobs, 'sides
that o' which me and my podner spoke,
out yonder on the old Trlangle-T, a
waltlu' f'r a lady what knows so much
about heavln' th' eats t' the centre as
you all do, Mrs. McGlone. Better Jobs,
too. In a way. One of 'em In particu
lar Is a hull heap better, the on'y draw
back t' the same beln' that It involves
llvin' alongsldo o' tha meanest, sata
mountest, onneryest, no-'comitest om
broys this side o' Yuma or that other
warm place the same ondcsarvlu' In
dlvldjool beln' a ombrey try the name
o' Al (long f'r Chuck) O'Mallon, which.
Is here present t' take whatever pun
ishment Is a-comln' t' him.'
"Kate McGlone blushed very red at
that. As for mo, I always knew when
to duck. I bolted what remained of
my last hunk of strawberry shortcake
and then I grabbed my hat and told
Chuck that I'd meet him at our hotel
later along in the evening. I passed a
hasty thank-you to Mrs. McGlone for
the feed, and then I made my get
away. " 'Yon all want to keep sure sober,
podner,' Chuck called after mo as I
hiked out, 'because if I'm as lucky as
I'm beglnnln' f feel I'll be needin a
pnl as a witness t' some dolus' In these
yere parts d'rectly. I sure hope so.'
"Four hours later Chuck turned up
at tho hotel with a face on him like a
full moon.
" 'It's playln It plzen low-down on
the boss and the boss' wife f'r a fac','
said Chuck to me, 'but I come pooty
near a-known' when I'm la right my
self, and you all pup-ombreys o' the
bunk bouse Is mighty nigh on to secin'
Mrs. Al O'Mallon, podner.'
"I stood up with Chuck when they
faced the priest a while before noon
the- next day, Kate In a powerful be
coming suit of ready-made togs that
Chuck staked her to, and looking as
fresh and wholesome as a dew-streaked
morning glory around the hour of
dawn. After the ceremony I ducked
again and executed a mysterious dis
appearance for four days, and when I
showed up again Mr. and Mrs. Al
O'Mallon were all ready aud packed
for tho start for the old Trlangle-T.
"One of the boys had the two-seated
buckboard waiting for us at the sta
tion, and the four of us made tho thir
ty miles to the ranch comfortable
euough. The boss and bis wifo were
on the porch when we drove up.
" 'And this,' said the boss' wife, as
good a woman as ever willingly passed
up a month's sleep to nurse a poor sick
man In a bunk house, 'and this,' pre
paring to greet Kate, 'Is '
"'Mrs. O'Mallon, ma'am,' said
Chuck, stepping forward and looking
sheepish, but pushing his handsome
wife forward, and making a mighty
sweeping sombrero flourish and bow
himself. And then the boss' wife steps
up and kisses Kate like the fine, sweet
souled woman, that sho was, plumb.
"The next day I was sent a-rustling
to Tucson to snag out a Chlnnman to
take the place of the boss' wife'.
Dutch hired girl, who'd already
Jumped the ranch.
"That's how Chuck O'Mallon started
out to 'rope a pot-walloper' and ended
by getting a wife, and they're on their
own Arizona ranch to-day, with as
nifty a bunch of handsome, Irish-eyed
young uns around 'em as you'd meet
up with on a four-day cayuse ramble."
C. L. C. in Washington Star.
Rare Between Motor Uoat aud Deer.
F. S. Teck. of this city, and E. X.
Teck, of East Haddam, had an excit
ing race yesterday with a doe In the
river opposite the Champion House at
East Haddam.
The Peeks were running up the riv
er lns their fast motor boat when they
saw a doe swimming out of the mouth
of the Salmon River and headed across
the Connecticut toward tho west shore.
The river is very wide nt this point
and the occupants of the boat decided
to catch the deer before she reached
the Tylcrvllle Bhore. The dcor saw
their intention and swam with great
speed, but the boat finalljt drew along
side so that the occupants could touch
the animal's head. As soon as tho doe
touched bottom near the Tylervllle
shore she gave a tremendous Jump,
then leaped a fence and sped up acrosi
the railroad and disappeared in th
woods.
Last summer some people who were
cruising near Essex saw a buck swim
ming the river, and on drawing along
side one of the occupants tried to grasp
the animal's horns. Thereupon the
deer lifted a frout boo: from the watet
aud gave the boatman a lunge In the
chest which nearly shoved him Into
the water. Mlddletown Correspond
euce Hartford Couraut
Tax oa HacheloM.
Tax the well-to-do bachelors, and
form a fund for assisting eleglble cou
ples to marry nnd have families.
"Father of Two," In London Eveniug
News.
.Indians Ruled by a Woman..
THE KICKAPOOS HAVE FOUND A HOME
IN MEXICO. :-: :-: ... :.j
Trlb. Noted For Its Wandering: Propensities.. .It Remnants
Hare Prospered in th. Mountain, of Alsxlco, Although
Dylnjr Off on th. Tribal Reservation In Kansas.
a a a a a a a a a a
THE announcement that George
A. Outcelt, Assistant United
Slates District Attorney of Ok
lahoma, writes the Guthrie cor
respondent of the New York Sun, has
been ordered to loytve Mexico, where ho
was investigating the conditions of the
Klckapoo Indians, brings Into the
limelight the most persistent wander
ers among nil Indian tribes.
During tho Civil War the Kickapoos
fled to Mexico. Later much money
was expended by tho United States
to retnrn them to their resurvntlons
in Kansas nnd Oklahoma. All but 170
members of tho tribe did return.
Tho 178 escaped Into tho mountains
of Mexico ami have remained there
ever since, Increasing in the meantime
to more than five hundred In number.
Of the 412 members brought back to
the Oklahoma reservation thero arc
to-day but 184 remaining.
Tho Kickapoos fought under Te
eumsoh against General William Henry
Harrison at Tippecanoe, and were
prominent as a fighting tribe until their
final defeat by General Znchnry Tay
lor at Fort Harrison, following the
outbreak of the war with England In
1812. Originally tho Kickapoos lived
In tho upper Mississippi River country
and belonged to the Algonquin fam
ily. Gradually they moved down into Ill
inois and roamed over the country .be
tween tho Mississippi and Wabash rlv
erg. In the earty history of the coun
try they were bitter toward the Eng
lish and supported the colonists
against England in tho wnr for Inde
pendence. Later they turned against
the colonists and a state of war
against the Kickapoos continued until
1792.
It was In 1S11 that they fought un
der Tecumseh. In 1813-13 treaties
were mnilo with tin finvernmpnt hv
J which they gave up theL lan.is In Ill
inois and removed to a reservation In
Kansas on the Osage River. Remnants
of the tribe were in Illinois as late as
tho '40s.
Following tho removal to Kansas a
degree of civilization was established
for a few years. Then tho predatory
and 6avage instincts of tho Kickapoos
resumed the ascendency and their war
riors went out killing and horso steal
ing, making raids on the people of
neighboring States, nnd at length turn
ing upon the United States Indian
agents, ono of whom they murdered
in 1854.
They were then removed to a reser
vation in northern Kansas, near Atchi
son. Some of them gradually settled
down on sepnrate holdings and beenmo
farmers nnd citizens. The remainder
fled to Mexico nbout the time the Civil
War began and lived by raids over
the frontier for booty. In 1873 there
were only 300 In Kansas, while tho
number in Mexico had grown to 1000.
After the majority of tho Mexican
Kickapoos were returned to the United
States all that was left were removed
from the frontier by Mexico at the re
quest of tho United States, and set
tled on good lands in the mountains of
the State of Guerrero. They longed
for their old home around Santa Ilosa,
1200 miles to the north, aud gradually
drifted back there.
Tho Mexicans sp?ak highly of the
Kickapoos as industrious, skillful hunt
ers, given to cleanliness. While some
of them, have become farmers and ex
perts In stock raising, the great major
ity adhere, to the old custom of bunt
ing nnd fishing. Their dress, as a rule,
id '.ln TirtmlHvp costume, nil their
clothing being made of buckskin and j
trimmed with beads, the squaws be
ing adept with the needle.
At the present time very few Kick-
npoos are remaining in Oklahoma.
They have flocked to their kinsmen in ,
Mexico whenever an opportunity hns j
presented itself. Their removal was '
first opjir.sed b.v tho Government, but ,
finally they were allowed to move .
"Dradhra J" Originated In Delaware.
Tho term "deadheads" Is In various
coimer-Hons very much to tho fore at
tho present time. How did it arise?
Its origin Is purely transatlantic.
Sixty years ago all the principal ave
nues of tho elty of Delaware led in
one direction, to a tollgatii close to the
Klmwood Cemetery road. This ceme
tery having been laid out long before
the construction of the plunk road be
yond tho tollgate, funeral processions
were allowed to pass along It toll free.
One day as Dr. Price, a well-known
physician, Btopped to pry his toll, ho
observed to the gatekeeper.
"Considering the benevolent charac
ter of tho profession tj which I have
the honor to belong, you ought tj let
us pass loll free.'"
"No, no, doctor," the man replied,
"we enn't afford that. You seud too
many deadheads through here as it Is."
This story foon traveled far and wide
until tho term camo ta be applied to
nuy one who claims tho privilege of
traveling on a railway sys.e:ii or pass
ing Into a place of amusement freo of
coat. Loudon Tribuno.
Ma liecoTcr.d Bit Artut.
It was at an afternoon party. The
hostess, anxious for a eenatiun, and
desiring something other than the or
thodox thought reader and the fraudu
lent palmist, engaged a troupe of per
forming fleas for tho ontertaiuiueut of
her guests. The purty wus a great
success. When it broke up a loud wall
rent the air. It was the voice of the
Impresario frantic with excitement.
"What Is it? Tell me, I Implore
you," said the hostess.
"Ach, madam, 1 has lost run of my
fleas. Yore has It gone?"
At that moment A lady wearing a
gray gown brushed past hi m.
"Ach, madu, pardon," said the
manager, greatly relieved, lightly pick
lug something from her shoulder; "vun
of my artiste." Loudon Taller.
Malaga exports 4,000,000 palm leaf
bats to New York aunuully.
a aaaaaaaaa
when they des.rcd to do so. No In
dian was allowed to take any live
stock or property of any kind which
had been furnished him by the United
States Government.
Their lnnds In Oklahoma, six mile,
south of Shawnee City, are leased out.
The rentals average $100 a year for
an average farm of eighty acres. This
fund will support tho Indian nnd fur
nish all the luxuries he desires. For
years the Government hns made an
annual appropriation of $8000 for the
Kickapoos, this fund being disbursed
by the Indian ngent for agricultural
implements, stock aud wearing np
parel. The prlncipnl object of the Investi
gation which Is being made by tho
United States Government in connec
tion with the removal of the Kicka
poos to Mevico Is to dotermlno wheth
er any Improper met ho '.s wero em
ployed In obtaining tho removal of the
restrictions whereby tho Kickapoos
parted with '.heir Oklahoma lands. It
Is alleged that tho price paid tor these
lands by white people has la no In
stance approached the real value of
the land, and the department ofllcinls
believe that in somo instances, at
least, the Kickapoos received nothing
for their lands in this territory, but
were to get in exchange other lands
In Mexico, practically without valuo
when compared with the rich agricul
tural lands they held in Oklahoma.
Difrlng the last year an Inspector
for the Indian Department was thwart
ed while attempting to secure evidence
In Mexico, although ho went there
after assurances had been given by the
Mexican Government to Minister Con
ger that ho would be allowed to pro
ceed with the work. The investiga
tion has been in progress ever since,
and it was on this business that As
sistant United States Attorney Out
celt was receutly Instructed to go to
Mexico.
The Kickapoos are a pure race, nev
er having Intermarried with whites or
blacks. This is due to their religion.
Within a few years a Klckapoo girl
was wooed by a white man and he
had every reason to believe that sho
would marry him. She persistently re
fused and, pressed for an explana
tion, she said:
"You nre fair to look upon and
agreeable to me, but your God Is not
my, God and our offspring would be
neither Indian nor paleface, aud there
fere a spiritual orphan, to bo denied
In tho unending life the protection of
the Good Spirit."
Love him ns she might, yet ho
loved her race more and refused his
offer. It is a boast of the Klckapoo
that none or his trlbo has ever be
come a Christian.
The Kickapoos In Mexico nre ruled
at tiie present time by a woman chief,
known as Wapaliokn. Sho is about
forty-iive years old and her title is In
herited. She has had much to do in
getting tho remnants of the tribe iu
Oklahoma to como to Mexico, as her
advice to them has ever been to leave
the United Stutos for that country.
Whenever they have lived any
length of time by the water the Kick
apoos have become famous cs swim-
.cers. This would not be peculiar if
tho tribe had lived on the coust or on
on island; they, however, are an in
laud tribe. The most expert of Klcka
poo swimmers have been known to re
main under water for two minutes.
News of tho satisfaction of the Kick
apuos with their now locality has
spread among tho fullbloods of other
tribes fci Indian Territory, nnd a plan
Is now on foot whereby all fullbloods
will move to Mexico and colonize there.
Tho Indians are willing to dispose of
their lands In order to make the trans
fer, and many of them aru so ntixlous
for the change that unless prevented
they will not remain long euough to
dispose of their lauds.
I Tha Flight of Seed..
Most persons probably think that
wiuged seed from trees travel to great
distances on the wind. Rut the studies
of Doctor Ridley, of the Botanic Gar
dens at Singapore, indicate that winged
seeds have a far narrower range of 1
flight than do "powder" seeds and j
plumed seeds. The greatest distance
traveled by the winged fruit of n for
est tree, observed by Doctor Ridley, J
was 100 yards. Under the most favor
able circumstances, he calculates, it
would take this plant 100 years to
spread SIX) yards, and 1.300.000 roars
j to spread from the Malay Peninsula ro
j tiie Philippines, if a land connection
1 existed.
A Venerable Aatrouomer.
Germany boasts au astronomer, who
rrobablv iinm-OHpheK m-nvui- tn li
ct'iiteimrian tlian nuy other seu'i.thst o
ptjual pmii.eiiL'i tov many years, Hen j
thin vmk .'(Mivnrfta ! lu nlmtv
firth liirthflnv Mtlifni-h lia i;,-,JO ,,,,i,ir
- S i, ii.lj
( ly at Poadam, and is seldom heard of
in puuuc, i.une s (iiscnvti'ies created a
great sensation throughout the civilized
worm in me inuiuie nineteenth cen
tury: J" 1840 he discovered three new '
minor planets, und six years later nc- .
luut-u u iuiub wuien win enuure so
long as the scleuce of asnouotny sur
vives by revealing to the world the
pluuet Neptune.
Why the Hear Can't Take O IT 111. rn.t
Tlia Inana,! nulr.i.1 I. ... I
school ho was examining: "Can. you
take your wurin overcoats off?"
"Yes, sir," was the response. "Can
the bear take his warm overcoat off?"
"No, sir." "Why uotV"
There was n silence for a while, aud
then a little boy gpf,ke up. "please,
sir, because God alone knows where
the buttons are." Loudon Eveulug
Standard.
The Angora goat furnishes most or
the hair which adorns ordinary dolls.
This product Is valued at $40,000,000 a
year.
Asphalt For Country Highway..
REPORTS from various county
engineers regarding the cost of
maintenance of Improved high
ways have drawn considerable
attention to that highly important
phase of the road question nnd ore
bringing to the front many hitherto
nnconsidered or not carefully consid
ered features. According to these re
ports, New York's $oO,(X K,000, if used
directly for building roads according to
present methods, will Involve nn enor
mous annual expense for repairs, nnd
not only road builders but the peoplo
who pay the bills are beginning to nsk
If, nfter all, the macadam system is the
best, when first cost, expense of annual
maintenance and durability are con
sidered. Simple arithmetic shows flint a sub
stitute for macadam which might cost
more in the llrt Instance and show it
great saving In cost of maintenance
would In a period of ten yenrs prove a
profitable Investment. County En
gineer MeCllntock, of Monroe, Is au
thority for the statement that the es
timated cost of n mile for the main
tenance of New York State roads for
the current yenr is $:;i, nnd that the
68.77 miles of mncadni road in his
county have cost $7i:i,10!).!m, or $8114
a mile. In 1003 Uicy cost $173 n mile
for repnlrs, nnd nn Inspection last April
showed that $00,000 would be needed
to put them in first class condition, li
nearly $700 a mile.
New York has followed the lead cf
Massachusetts, Connecticut nnd New
Jersey in "the matter of road building,
aud It might be wisdom to follow tho
last named State in its experiments
with asphalt as n cheap aud lasting
surface for country highways. Of
course, it would be necessary to give
the subject careful study in order to
avoid the errors which have made
many of our city streets anything but
a Joy to ride upon, but the fact that a
high grade natural asphalt, which docs
not contain the soluble salts so detri
mental to the waterproof qualities es
sential to a good pavement, can bo
mixed with trap rock particles of tho
size now used In ordinary nineadam
nnd laid nt a rate sulliclcntly low to
warrant consideration is regarded by
many as culling for nn open minded
discussion of its possibilities.
Professor A. W. Dow, Government
Inspector of asphalts and cements at
Wushliigton, is quoted ns saying" that
no pavement laid In tho District of
Columbia with natural asphalt has
ever rotted. John C. Trautwlne, for
merly engineer of the Philadelphia
Water Department, says that the same
material used eight years ago for res
ervoir lining has shown no signs of
deterioration, nnd In Rochester It has
cost less than two cents a square yard
to maintain an asphalt pavement for
seventeen years after the expiration of
the guarantee term.
As water Is the chief enemy of tho
country roads and the cry of the road
builders is "drainage, drainage, and
then more drainage," to insure keep
ing them in good condition, it would
seem that even if the first cost is tho
same the lessened expense of main
tenance might be n sufficient reason
for "considering the claims of some
other material than the present costly
and shortlived macadam for building
the State's highways. New York Trib
une. rropo.ed Fine DrWeway.
The movement looking ti the con
struction t.f a through turnpike from
Augusta, (la., to Savannah, Is meet
ing the same enthusiastic reception in
Augusta that it received at the other
end of the line. Dr. W. C, I.yle, Presi
dent cf the Augusta Automobile Club,
says the local organization is and hns
been for some time past heartily in
favor of the construction of such a
thoroughfare, nnd nt present stands
ready to aid the project in every possi
ble way. Dr. I.yle states that tho
movement, ns ho understands It, will
provide that the roadway building and
repairing In each respective county
along tho lino is to be done by the
people of that county. lie states that
the roads Iu Richmond County are now
in such a state that little or no change
will have to be made; that they nre
"all to tho good" just ns they stand.
Dr. Lylo expresses the hope that
members of the Savannah club will
decide shortly to make au Inspection
tour straight through to Augusta, and
he extends to them on behalf of the
Augusta Automobile Club the promise
of a right royal welcome aud the best
of eutertainmeut.
Aux Armes.
First Position: Nobody wishes
war.
Second Position: Certain politi
cians, in order to provide the occa
sion for diplomatic negotiation, since
they are nothing if not in the public
eye, cast a quantity of dust In the atr,
join with the politicians of some
other nation who are in a like fix,
and arrange a conference of a,ll the
powers.
Third Position: The conference
wraps Itself in mystery and throws
out dark hints about national honor;
the newspapers emit hot air; the un
feathered geese who abound In all
walks of life get to cackling; who
ever ventures to . ask what It is all
about gets himself denounced as a
copperhead; and a war sentiment U
engendered.
fourth Position: The world is on
fire, until there Is glory enough for
all.
Fifth Position: Taxes; more
taxes; peace with honor, and still
taxes. Life.
A Question,
It a plald-ciad caddy laddie's daddy
had a fad for adding, would the
plaid-clad caddy laddie's daddy be an
adder? And If the plald-clad caddy
Uddle addled daddy In his adding,
would the plald-clad caddy laddie's
daddy maki the pluld-clad caddy
laddie sadder? Harper's Magazine.
is nice the Suet canal was .opened
Its annual revenue has increased
Iiom $1,8.00,000 to $20,000,000.
With the Funny
lip
Pike' Peak Po.trr.'
When Jiin di.iurrped with his ttmw,
I'hey would never smile and say, "I'shsw."
Instead, in each raw,
They'd gland face to face
And jaw simply jaw with the jaw.
Denver Poet.
Feminine Amenltiee,
Grnyce "My dressmaker sns I
aught not to wear white with my
klii."
Mayme "Don't believe her. denr.
White and yellow make, quite a pret'y
;omblna lion." Baltimore A tr.oricau.
HI Pnur Flnnnelerlnr.
"Maria, we'll have to give up thet
itinimer trip. My account nt the bank
s already overdrawn."
"Oh. John, you are such n wretched
Innncler! Why didn't you put your nc
rount !u a bank that had plcuiy vt
noncy?" Chicago Tribune.
tint Bothering lilm.
The Catcher (of the Harlem Yonnn
Yankees; "Cheer up. Do fans is only
fit llin' ycr fifty-seven varieties uv rob
ber." The Umpire (smilingly) "P.lgeer men
den me have tried ter suppress dls
niuck-raUIn' fad an' failed." Puck.
'olil lllnnded.
"I hate the man who thinks he knows
It all nnd wants to run everything."
"Well." answered the placid person,
"there Is usually one way to got even
with him."
"What Is thnt?"
"Put him next to a sailboat." Wash
ington Star.
Hie Snnrl.
"When Congress Is composed ex
clusively of women, do you think
they'll ever be a unit on any one ques
tion?" "They will when there's a call for
the contrary-minded," replied tho
soured citizen, in acrid tones. Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
Olit the .lor of It.
"I tell you," said the struggling au
thor, "if I could only assume the name
I want I'd write something gTeat."
"How do you mean? What uame do
you want to assume?"
"John. D. Rockefeller's. I'd write
myself n check for a couple of million."
Philadelphia Press.
ltRrgalnH.
"Gwendolyn Forkpneker certainly
got her title cheap. She made that
Italian Count take only $100,000 for
marrying her."
"Angelina Ollguslier did better eveu
than that. She got an Austrian Trince
to mnrk down his coronet to $38,
000.H8." Baltimore American,.
The Point of View.
"I admit," began the traveling sales
man, apologetically, "that my report
for last month didn't amount to "
"I was Just about to remark," inter
rupted the head of the Arm, "that there
was one big thing nbout it."
"Really? Ilr what was that?"
"Your expeuse bill." Philadelphia
Tress.
Iletp Com in 7.
"What did you tell father about your
prospects?" sho asked.
"I told him I expected in the near
future to be helped by a rich relative."
"Why, Charles! You told me you
had no rich relatives!"
"I know It; but I'll have one after
the wedding, won't I';" Chicago Record-Herald.
An Optlml.t.
"You're looking particularly pleased
with yourself to-day."
"Yep. Been out hunting for a new
flat all day."
"And you found one that Just suited
you ?"
"No. But I'm tickled to death that I
don't have to live in the ones 1 saw."
Cleveland Leader.
A Waeta i f Wnrrti.
John "What sort of a girl is that
bosom friend of yours?"
Sua "She's perfectly charniln?.
Sho is bright, witty. Intellectual, and
accomplished. And she's Jolly, and thu
best hearted girl you ever saw. She's
a good fellow, too, and "
John "Say, why don't you say she's
ugly nnd be done with it?" Cleveland
Leader.
Sum Inilnnntlon..
"Mr. Upp," said the merchant, stern
ly, to Adam Upp, his bookkeeper, "I
saw you at the baseball game yester
day. When you asked me to let you
off for tho afternoon, you Bald you were
going to a funeral."
"That's go," replied the bookkeeper,
"and I'm pretty near a prophet, ain't
I? Did you ever see a slower game In
your life?" Catholic SLamlard and
Times.
The Stinger tliany.
The fair little mosquito who aspired
to become a debutante, rose gracefully
to the top of the iron-bound water bar
rel. She put forth her delicate hand
but discovered that the water was
roofed over with a layer of thick and
unyielding oil.
"Alas," she cried woefully, sinking
back to the depths of the given-! sli
water, "and I did so want to coma oat
this season, too!" ruck.
In Vain.
"It Is useless to urge me. Gern'.d,"
the maideu said. "It Is Impossible. 1
shall never marry."
"There Is some other man, perhaps,'
he suggested, with bitterness.
"No. I have a higher regard for joil
than I have for atiy other iiimii,"'
"Why do you ieU me that?"
"To save your face, If yon Ir.s'M
upon knowing," proudly aiuuvrfci tiie
high spirited girl.
Yet, as she spoke, sho saw it was tot
late.
Hli countenance had fl!ta. Clil
rugo Tribune.