MOQUI INDIANS.
TIIK OMKHT FAMIMES" ON
AMKKK'AN MOIL.
The f Truce Their Ancestry 400 Years
Strange Snake Dances, Tor
tores. Religions itml
Curious Customs.
T" WORK of nuiqno interest in
Thomas Donaldson's illus-trnti-il
report just issued by
(T the Government on the Moqui
Vttelilo Indians of the Month went. It
is it large, pietn resqne volume sent out
as mi "F.xtrn Census Bulletin." Mr.
PonnlilKon, expert special agent in
charge of the iiivcHtiization, a gentle
man of wide experience in Indian
nltitrs dud the author of this graphic
tepnrt, has Riven the subject careful
ntti!i:.ioii, and presented a eompre
lieni've nnd authoritative statement
of th.? special civilisation of those
preniinr tribes, noon to lie obscured or
lost in tin- fide of modern occupation
of tin-it- vicinity. The volume also
cout i;m the report of Mm. E. H ('lark,
note liy Mr. A. M. Stephen, nnd bIho
report of Special A (rents Julian Scott,
Henry P.. 1'oore and Peter Moran, who
me artists of repuUtion. Note from
the work of Charles F. Lumtuis nnd
ilhtstr-itive from his photographs are
iiUo aiveii. This work will not only
lie rj:id ith interest in this country,
Imt it will undoubtedly command wide
reading in Europe.
To white visitors the land of the
Mou ii I'mdilos of the Southwest is a
dese rt of desolation a wilderness of
ml ritss plain, mount litis, cliffs and
cativoiis. In the glare of the ghastly
wliitv- and yellow clay, gleaming under
n lltsrrinjr ami, the avenifja American
im! 1 not give 3;D and a mule for tho
cntiiv country. But for their f.inat
ieimi nnd lust for gold it is doubtful if
tho early Spanish discoverers would
Imve explored th.- region. Mr. Don
aldson says the desert w.s a terror to
the Spaniards, and to cross it was
called the journey of death. The Miniui
rOOMTCtE, TUB BELLE
l'uublos of Arizona and the Pueblos of
New Mexico mark the northern line of
the actual Spanish advance from 1540
to 1821, in the haain between the
Hierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains,
and they were a buffer in the struggle
for control of this portion of the
American Continent, After a struggle
f 280 yeara the Spaniard, with his
sword, church and missions, withdrew,
dofeated. To-day the Moqni Indians
ami Pueblos are almost as the Span
iards left them.
Surrounded by hostile savages and
living amidst scorpions, rattlesnakes
and w ild beasts, they went above their
peaceful villages, scaled dizzy heights
and tunneled into canyon walls and
made their homes for times of war
high above the surrounding country.
FOUR OEVT5RATIONS.
Their homes are practioally forts. In
many respects both their cave-like
dwellings and the wild Titauio land
scape around are suggestive of Ciroas
aia and Armenia, where the wilder
tribes live "in dugouts."
From the blistering terraoes of the
cliff houses, as Mr. Donaldson says,
the vast oolorless plains of Arizona re
aemble the ocean. Heat waves pass
over them and shadows of clouds give
impression of distant water.- There is
no life. All nature seems dead. At
midday the sun floods the desert with
tire. The heat amouuta to terror.
Here is the land of the mirage. Lakes,
rivers; forests, cities and even visions
of ships sailing iu faraway seas, allure
ud mock the blinded traveler. But
when evening comes all is changed.
The wilderuen become! a heaven-
Cool breeges steal down from the pur
ple mountains. The sky flame with
the glory of the sotting sun. It Is an
aurora, an ocean a world of inde-
Mogrt mor,.
scribalile splendor, shifting every mo
ment until twilight falls and a thou
sand failing views deepen into en
chantment of a spectral, resplendent
moon. The world seems Arcadia, but
it is a desert still. Only for the moun
tains and the water flowing from them
human life in that weird land would
be impossible.
When a pueblo becomes filthy or too
small for habitation, or the water sup
lily gives out, the Indians build a new
town the women and Moipii Pueblos
doing the work. The pueblo of San
Domingo, New Mexico, has been de
stroyed by w ater and rebuilt on differ
ent sites four times within 200 years.
The Moijuis differ from civilized
Americans their women nre looked
on as owners of all the houses. With
water tho Indians raise ulentr of corn.
with cotton, grapes, peaches nnd
melons, in commerce they traffic in
fruit, pottery, the skins of animals,
garments, rare and curious stones, the
rlesh of wild auittml.s, arrowheads and
weapons of war.
In June, 1800, the seven Moqui
pueiuos oi Arizona had a population
OP THB MOO.T1 TRIPE.
of 1908 ; the nineteen pueblos of New
Mexico a population of 8278 in all a
population of 10,274. All are citizens
of the United States. The allotmeut
of the lands of the Moqui Pueblos
(which, in the case of the Pueblos, can
only be done by themselves), com
pelling the holders to reside upon
them, would abolish the villages and
pueblos, disperse these Indians and
make them dependents.
According to Special Agent Donald
son, the over description of the
Pueblo tillages give one false ideas.
On visiting them after reading books
on the subject one feels disappointed.
The Moqui pueblos of Arizona are
dead looking and dreary, and but for
the bright costumes of the people the
scene would be dis nal. Their meth
ods and institutions, however, never
lose interest.
Many of the stories told of these
people are legends. According to re
ports of special agents, the much
written about sacred tires of the
Moqui Pueblos and Pueblo Indians
have gone out, if they were ever
lighted, and cannot now be found.
The beautiful legend of the Pueblo
looking from the roof of his house for
the coming of Montezuma with the
rising sun fades npon investigation
into the hungry Indian oa the roof
early in the morning, scanning the
horizon for his goats and donkeys. In
some oaess the Indians have been
driven to the roof for fresh air. The
adobe huts have no ventilution, and
they are indescribably filthy. Special
Agent Poors saw neither sacred tires,
Montezuma hunters or watchers in the
sixteen pueblos of New Mexico.
The Indians are famous for games
and danoea and serpent festivals. As
"speotaoles" the dances are generally
failures. The musiq is wretched, the
howling unbearable and the natural
grace of the Indian vanishes when the
danoe begins. The camera destroys
all the ronmnoe of the dances.
The Indians are experts in handling
rattlesnakes. The snake dance is to
propitiate the water god or snake
deity, whose name is Ba-ho-la-con-gue.
The ceremonies prior to the public
exhibition of the danoe oooupy eight
days. The priests prepare a liquor
which is said to be an infallible an
tidote (or make bite. When the danoe
begin and the rattlesnake nip an In
dian on the ear, cheek or breast the
antidote renders him poison proof.
Charles F. Lummis describe how
the captain of the snake band kneel
in front of a booth, thrusts hi arm
behind a curtain, untie a sack of
snake and draw out a big squirming
rattler. Tin he hold in hi teeth,
about six inches back of the snake's
head, and then stands erect. "The
captain of the antelope order steps
forward and put his left arm around
the snake captain' neck, while, with
tho annke whip in hi right hand, hn
smoothes the writhing reptile. Tho
two Indians then began tho hippety
hop dance of tho Indians. The next
snake priest draw forth a snnko from
the booth nnd is joined by the next
atitclopo man as his partner; and so
the ceremony goes on, until each of
tho snake men is dancing with a deadly
snake in his mouth. Tho dancer hop
iu pair from tho booth to tho dance
rock, then north, and circle toward
the booth again. When they reach a
certain point, which completes about
three-quarters of the circle, each
snako man throw his snake, by a
movement of his neck, down to "tho
rock floor of the court, and insido tho
ring of dancers, and again ho dances
on to the booth again for a fresh
snake.
The snakes sometimes run to the
crowd, a ticklish affair for those
jammed updn the very brink of the
precipice. An Indian official snatches
the snakes back again, but if they coil
nnd show light the antelope men tickle
them with the snake whips until they
uncoil and try to glide away. Then
they seize them with tho rapidity of
lightning. Frequently the Iudinns
have five or six snakes in their hands
at once. Tho reptiles are as deadly as
ever ; not one has had its fangs ex
tracted.
At last all tho Indians rush iu a
body to the foot of the dance rock,
nnd throw their snnkes into a horrid
heap of threatening head and buzzing
tails. I have seen a hillock of rattle
snakes a foot high and four feet
across. For a moment the dancers
leap about the writhing pile, while the
sacred corn meal is sprinkled. Then
they thrust an arm into that squirm
ing mass, grasp a number of snakes
and run at top speed to the four points
of the compass. At the bottom of the
great mesa (table land) where the chief
snake dance i held, about H00 feet
above the plain, they release the un
harmed serpents. These astounding
rites Inst from half an hour to an
hour, and end only wheu the aim has
fallen behind the bald western desert.
Special Agent Scott says that the
speed of the Indians running with the
snakes is so great that no man can fol
low them. During the ceremony the
celerity of (ho proceedings evidently
kept the snnkes muddled. During the
dance Indians were struck by the rat
tlesnakes and bitten in several places.
They drew back for a moment, Imt
continued the dance, and no ill effects
wore afterward noted. One Indian
struck in the nose had some difficulty
in slinking the snake oft', and he only
did so with his attendants' assistance.
It may iuterost missionaries to say
that the snake order is spreading
among the Moquis.
The Indians aro very tenacious in
holding to their ancient faith. Their
views on witchcraft almost amount to
a religion. The Zuuis, in common
with other Indians, aro very super
stitious, and have a horror of a sup
posed witch. A person found guilty
of witchcraft is promptly executed.
The mode of execution is extremely
cruel. If a victim escapes, his torturers
never allow him to return to the coun
try. In 1800 an old woman was charged
with bringing a grasshopper plague
into the country. She had no defender.
She was ordered to be hung up. Her
PtTFBTjO OtBL, PPEBLQ OV IRT.BTA, H. H.
cries were heartrending. A friend out
her down and she rau away, but was
followed and killed with a stone. The
son was hanged beside his mother. His
arms were bound behind his back with
wet rawhide thongs. The aun con
tracted the rawhide and the lad's suf
ferings were horrible to behold. He
was let down in four hours, and in his
agony he asked for a cigarette. Then
he was hung up again and after eight
hours he died that is, a friend was
allowed to kill him with a stone.
When a victim's hands are bound be
hind him and he is hung to a tree by
his hands, tho torture equals the tor
ture of tho Inquisition.
Sometime this hanging torture is
inflicted npon persons from whom in
formation is hoped to be extorted.
Unless the information is obtained the
victim is left to hang for days blister
ing in tropical sun, uutil he dies.
Water it refused and the torture ex
ceeds the bounds of the imagination.
New York Press.
There are more than two hundred
and fifty native women studying in the
medical colleges of India.
The annual value of the world' eo-
coaouU u estimated at sVUVfwm
I I 11 I
UrMt Morge of the Loalaha.
The western bead sources of the
Congo River were visited for the first
time by white men, and the story they
have told of the great gorge they saw
and of the stream that plunges
through it, almost as swift a an arrow
for many a mile, was entirely out ol
the common in Congo explorations.
Imagine a narrow stream flowing
placidly between its rather low banks.
It ha gradually been gathering volume
from little contribution that a dozen
MTBANCE TO THR GORGE Of THE Lt ALADA.
or fifteen tributaries have supplied.
The channel is quite deep, though not
wide. Nearer and nearer tho watt I
tpproaches a mountain pass to the
north, which at a distance appears to
have no passage through. Suddenly
the water rushes into a rift in these
hills, and for many a mile it tumbles
along, zigzagging between two gigan
tic, perpendicular walls of solid rock.
Sometime it falls headlong as n catar
act, and then again it is merely a
rapid, with a speed nve times as great
as that with which it enters the hill.
This great gorge has a tortuous
:oirse, bending first to the east and
then to the west. It is nowhere over
120 to 150 feet wide, and it rises 1000
to 1200 feet above the level of the
stream. The walls rise nearly per
pendicular in every part, and are
formed of bare crystalline rock. Here
and thore In some little crevice a little
toil has formed, just enough for a tuft
of grass or a puny tree to take root.
At the level of the stream one can
jee only a little ribbon of the sky
above, for at that great height the
top of the wall seem almost to touch
jne another, and the tree at the top
overhang the edge and shut out nearly
very glimpse of daylight. At the
bottom of the narrow gorge the little
river glides swiftly, sometimes almost
with an unbroken surface, and then
again lashed into foam by thousands
of rocks, whose tops rise above tho
inrface; and then again the water
pours tumultuously over the edge of
a declivity, and then lunges on in a
eries of rapids.
Iu a distance of forty-three miles
the river drops 1000 feet, and then it
emerges upon the plain, and, for
getting it mad career, it flow placidly
ilong to join the Liiapula River, and
it the juuetion of the two rivers the
true Congo begins. No other tribu
tary of the Congo or even the great
river itself, where it tumbles along in
rapids for 235 miles, between Leopold
rille and Matadi, presents a spectacle
to savage and so violent. New York
3uu.
Decrease of Fish.
The United States Fish Commission
has issued a report on the decrease of
food fishes on the Atlantic coast dur
ing the past ten years. In Spanish
mackerel, which spawn chiefly in Chesa
peake Day, there has been a notable
and steady decline, which is most con
spicuous in Virginia, In 1880 Vir
ginia had a greater yield of Spanish
mackeral than all tho other Statet
combined. The decline here can be
surely and indisputably traced to the
great catches at the mouth of Chesa
peake Bay by the menhaden men by
the following figures: In 1887 and
1888 the production dropped to 108,
000 pounds and 188,230 pounds, re
spectively, over a yield of 1,600,663
pounds in 1880. Since then a small
increase has taken place, due, the
Commissioners say, to the somewhat
prohibited operations of tho Usher
men. New Orleans Picayune.
"Hellnlroplsm."
Heliotropism is the peculiar prop
erty shown by many plants, notably
the sunflower, of always turning to
ward the sun. In the case of seed
lings, the phenomenon is especially
marked. The cells on the light side
are apparently retarded in growth,
thus causing a curvature toward that
side. Professor Romanes has experi
mented with an intermittent light,
such as that of an electric spark dis
charge upon mustard seedlings, and
has found that the heliotropio effect
produced in this way is far greater
than light caused by the sun or any
other form of light. Strange to say,
however, this abnormal iufluenoe is
unaooompanied by the generation of
phlorophyll, the green ooloring mat
ter in plants which requires sunshine
for its proper production. Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Lite-Preservers' Tiff.
The Rubber One "You're such a
light-weight, youkow." .
The Cork One "Oo soak yourself I
Your full of wind." Judge,
SOLDIERS' COLUMN
OWTHBHATCHIB.
Experience of X Comrade In the Latter
Fart of the Engagement
ON the morning
of Oct. 5, IHSJ. ih
listtlsnf Mis llslch
Ic rommenred. Tht
S'M III. held a peti
tion on the right ot
the roil hi(l:iig
down to llstvhlc
l!ier llrldge. shout
half s mile distant;
this wa the last
line formed In ths
morning of which
our cnmra le sppnki
on the right and
& left of this M I
l, were our Daiieriii.
kX&Vl VJi- brides, in lh.h,..,
iinioer. wns poteu
,tli Kiirmv's giuiv
supported on ritlter
ui'le liv tlisir IiiFhii-
tfy. Thernare Hint
,... 7 inirrT'-iini wm an
open field. The rosd lesiling to our position
in the bridise ma illrect line with a il
Inplilnted fence on either side.
flies were ths positions of the onpoflng
forces when our charge ws nisde. (Jur
halterlt-s having uncovered the position of
the enemy, we were ordered forward double
quick down that lane, the Confederate ur
tillcry raking our lines at every step.
We aoonviiined nnd took pnsesion of the
position of the enemy on the west side or
the river, together with the most of hi)
artillery and about H'lQ prisoners.
Tho enemy scin formed their lines on
the high bltitts on the east side of the river,
and trained their guns upon ths bridge.
Across this bridge we went at a double-quick
although it was rsked ateverv discharge of
theenemy's guns from the bluff 3 above. We
were soon in a tangled n-ssson Iherightand
left, tullering severely from tbe eueuiv's
fire.
One poor fellow of our company had hit
right Irg torn snd mangled into shreds liv a
shell and roll trembling and bleeding at the
feet of t'apt. McL'leiinan, who reached down
UiJatiQ9k (he dying soldier by the hand
and ordered .Mint. Smith and Serg't Patter
son to carry him across the bridge. Placing
the dying ioldier astride his musket, they
bore him across that bridge, which was still
being rnked by the enemy's guns on the
bluffs, liut they reached the west slds of
Ibe bridge In safety nnd after placing their
comrade In charge of the burgeons hastened
to loin their command.
The enemv now appeared to put f irth
their lant effort to hold their position and
the shot and shell fell thick am! fast. (The
writer has In his possession some of the
grapeshot which stuck in ths heavy timber
over bia head nnd fell nt hia feet as ihey
were crossing the bridge for the third time).
About this time On. Ord was wounded,
and tbe command fell upon lien. Uurlbut,
who, understanding the situation of the
ground, soon deplored our forces and mov
ed upon the enemy a last position east of
tbe Hatchie.
After crossing the brl dge tho writer and
his companion assisted one of our batteries
In placing some of their guns In position on
the high ground on the east aide of ths
river.
Here, for first time, whs Sum, the color
ed man, in active service, a large, musculat
fellow; with his shoulders to the wheel ol
one of the gun carriages, with the writer
and his companion at the other the artil
leryman In front we soon placed the gun in
pc-dtion on the hlghta or the Hatchie.
We leftjour colored friend nnd tbe battery
and Joined our command. on the left, formed
line and moved upon the enemy a last
position. After making a slight resistance
the enemy fell back without any loss. Out
lines were hailed for the tirst time ilnce
early morning
A detail wua called for, and f'o. It., with
Lieut. Smith In command volunteered and
formed a akirmish line for the3d 111., and
wj soon pressing the enemy s rear guard.
A few stragglers fell into our hands and a
number of stray shots informed ua that the
enemy was In full retreat with a strong
force guarding well their rear. After we
had advanced about a mile in the heavy
timber we were ordt red to halt and form a
picket line for thenight. After placing our
pickets on their outposts, a detail was made
lo go to tbe rear and bring up the bnva'
haversacks aa we had had nothing to cat
since early morning. 1'i.on the return ot
tills detail we learned for the first time the
loss in killed and wounded of our com
mand. From onr position during the early part
of the night we ci uld see above the tree
tops the signal rockets of the enemy aa they
moved away to the right. We wera relieved
next morning, and Joined our regiment, to
find that aome of our boya were killed on
the Held and that others were mortally
wounded and many alightly injured.
Hut our companion whom we had helped
lo the rear never rallied the terrible shock,
and died In the tiurgeona hands So ends our
experience in the Hatchie T. A. Smith, iu
National Tribnne.
ANDERSON VILLE.
The Place Bo Famous In History is Now
Only a Way-Bide Railroad Station.
Andersonville is the name of a station on
the buiiiiiweaierii ltailroad, ahoultiJ mile
from Macon. It is nothing but a railroad
station and the only thing that character
lies the spot Is Hie Immense Union ceme
tery of aome 20 acrea. over which floa'stbi
fllar Kpangled Fanner. The cemetery la
constructed on the spot where the prisoner!
were buried and the trenchea wera dug
Willi auch precialon and regularity that tin
aoldiera were not disturbed, but allowed to
remain as their comrades Interred them,
working under the watchful eyea and tiled
bayonets of the Georgia Home (iuarda.
The cemetery Is aurrounded by a stool
wall with an Iron gate, and is under the an
perviaion of a superintendent, who Uvea on
ths ground. It la a plain axt. declares tht
Cincinnati Journal. There is not much
attempt to ornament this city of our mar
tyred dead, ft would take a good deal of
bven auch Influences as plants and flowers
possess to disel the melancholy memories
that haunt this hill in the pine woods ol
southern Georgia,
(Southerners shun the snot but the ceme
terv la much visited by Northern travelera,
and the register In the superintendence
lodge coniaina many atranga Inscriptions
besides tbe names of the visitors. Una lady
asks forgivaneaa of God for tho murderer of
her brother, who alee a in the cemetery.
Occasionally a man wbo waa In the stock
ade turna up among the visitors. These
men. whatever their natural temper, the
(Superintendent says, can almost be distin
guished by the effects of fear, dread and
vivid recollection which come hack like a
shock into Iheir places aa they again aland
on Ilia now quiet and sunlit scenes of their
war experience.
In the cemetery the ground la of a gener
al level and thegravea or the known and un
known, properly aeparated, range in rows,
closely laid, as far aa tbe eye can reach.
There are actually buried on thia elevation
13,715 men. The aoldier whose identity waa
K reserved by hia comrades is marked in
la reeling place by a whit marble atone
rising 18 Indies above the ground. A square
marble block with ths word ' unknown "on
tt la repeated about 1,000 times In the cem
etery. Part of ths stockade is still atanding.
There ar two rowa of trees one Inside the
other. The outer row haa fallen down, savs
a few posts bare and there, but a large part
of the Inner wall atill stands. Trees
have grown up around the old pen and a
thick growth of underbrush now ouvera the
sits of ths prison. No traoes of the famous
brook that ran through tbe stockade re
main, nor of the wouderful well dug by Ibe
fJTrAl
m . s xrui
1
prisoners. It Is now a mild snd peaceful
section of country. Many of the soldiers
In the cemetery have handsome headstones
lifted to their memory by friends In the
North snd efforts are frequently made to
have certain graves 'kept green" With
flowers and a shower Dot.
YOUNQ LAWYER'S 8TRATAQEM.
It Might Have Worked hnt for an t'nef
peeted Incident.
The following story is told ol
Timothy Coffin, who was for a long
time Judge of the New Itcdford Dis
trict: When a very young man he
was retained In a ense of sufficient
Importance to bring out almost every
resident of tho town, no that the lit
tle New Bedford Court House wag
packed when court was opened that
tnornlnjr. Collin had been secured as
counsel by the defendant Although
It was hia flrst attempt in open court,
he hitd made Uttlo or no preparation,
thinking that ho could get through
fomchow or other when the time
came. Thus, when the counsel for
the defendant came Into court that
morning ho was Rreatly surprised,
and no less agitated, to see tho big
crowd and realize the wltlo public In
terest In the trial at hand. Ho saw
that ho looked upon tho case too
lightly. The prosecution was strong,
and he had made not even u slight
preparation. To lose the case meant
the loss of a hoped-for reputation.
Could he afford to commit this blun
der by displaying his Ignorance of
tho case? How could he get out of
'It? These were a few of tho ques
tions that are known to have flashed
through the young lawyer's head, for
afterward ho hltusejt told of the aw
ful perplexity of the hour, lleing a
shrewd Inventor, he devised & plan?
As soon as the court had been called
to order and tho crlcr bad said his
little say, he arose and asked for a
postponement of the trial, on the
ground that he had Just received a
telegram announcing the sudden and
fatal Illness of his mother, who resid
ed at Nantucket
Scarcely had the words of this ap
peal proceeded from the Hps of young
Coffin when an elderly woman quietly
arose in tho balcony of tho court
room and gave utterance to thcs
words:
"Timothy, Timothy, how tnanj
times have I chastised thee for ly
ing?" Timothy recognized the sound ol
that voice only too well. It was that
of his mother. This being Timothy'e
flrst public case, the old lady had se
cretly come up to New Bedford to
see how well her son would do. Ilei
presence was, of course, totally un
known to him. The further develop
ments need not be recorded here.
Suffice It to say that Timothy Coffin
In after years made sure that his ex
cuses would not be thrown back at
him by any member of his own fam
ily. Boston Herald.
SHE BROUGHT HIM TO TERMS.
Hosr Mrs. Amelia E. Iiarr, the Novelist,
Managed Her I'ulillsher.
Mrs. Amelia E. Burr, who Is at
present busy with a historical ro
mance with tho scene In Kngland in
the time of .lames II., Is now til), and
declares- herself able for more and
better work tliaa at any tlmo In her
life. Mrs. Burnett's distinction of
being the best paid of women writers
in America has passed, it is said, to
Mrs. Jlarr, who can write two novelf
a year, and often receives 9.",000 for
the serial rights of a romance. She
Is reported to be as well able to pro
tect ber business interests 'as Mr.
Howells to guard his, and a late inci
dent seems to prove it. Within the
year a London publisher, without
asking her permission, published
there a novel just issued in America.
Some time later Mrs. Iiarr called
upon him.
"Mr. Smith," she said, "you owe,
mo $:i,ooo."
"What Tor?"
"For the novel of mine you pub
lished a little while ago."
But, Mrs. Barr, you know wa
don't pay for that tort of thing. You
Americans steal from us, and we En
glish think it is only tit for tat to
now and then steal from you."
"I beg your pardon, Mr. Smith, but
I am a subject ot the Queen and your
code of morals does not apply in this
case. "
The check for $3,000 waa banded
her, whereupon tho lady remarked:
"I have charged you, Mr. Smith,
$1,000 for your want of forethought
Had you asked me for the story you
could have bad it in welcome for
liooo."
A Question of Location.
As a train drew Into the Waldobo.
ro depot a lady with an armful of
bundles stepped into the car aisle.
Just then tbe door at one end ol
the car opened and the brakemao
aid:
Waldoboro! Waldoboro!"
The lady Immediately started dowo
the aisle In that direction. When she
was fairly a-golog the door at the
other end of the car opened and ths
conductor eald,
Waldoboro! Waldoboro!"
The lady stopped, bewildered, and
looking helplessly from one end ol
the car to the other, cried out:
"Which euU! Which end!"
"MTiafls a CreoleT
Strictly speaking, a Creole Is a per
na born in this country of foreign
parents. The word comes from the
Spanish Crlollo, meaning offspring,
child, and because ot its Spanish ori
gin the word Creole has been re
stricted In use; first, to children born
in Louisiana to ft relgo parents; and
second, to such children born to
Spanish or French parents. So we
ipvak ot Spanish Creoles and French!
Creoles. In the North the Ideals
prevalent that a Creole baa negro
Dlood, but It is entirely wrong.