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AN INDIAN LEGEND.
The Traditions Concerning Sleeping Beal
Point aud the Manitou Islands.

The Traditions Concerning sleeping Bear
Point aud the Manitou Islands.
The folk lore of the Indians of Mich
igan is almost thing of the past, but
few of their legends being preserved
at the present time. To be sure, there
are a few of the old natives whose locks
have been whitened by the recurring
frosts of many winters, who preserve a
few of the traditions of their tribes.
Such la one is Interchangeable, an aged
brave, whose huge proportions gave
him the name mentioned, which, trans
lated into English, means giant Being
sin a communicative mood a few days
ago he related one of his tribal tradi-
tions, concerning the Manitou Islands
and Sleeping Bear Point. He said that
many years ago, before the primeval
woods of Michigan and Wisconsin had
been invaded by the ruthless white
man, the wild animals of the forest
were possessed of spirits, and that the
medicine men of the tribes were able
to talk with them.
Once upon time huge she-bear was
compelled to desert the shores of Wis
consin and with her two cubs take to
the waters of Michi-game, the great lake,
on account of fires that were raging in
the wilderness. The heat was so in,
tense that the mother bear concluded
not to return to the Wisconsin shore,
but struck boldly out for the banks
of Michigan. When nearly across
the lake the two cubs sank from ex-
haustion -and were drowned. The old
bear swan about the spot for hours,
but her cubs rose not again. Finally
WEAKNESS compelled her TO seek the
shore, reaching which she climbed
huge bluff and lay down to sleep. That
bluff was Sleeping Bear Point, and
from that day to this, the spirit Of the
old bear has remained on that bluff,
and from the spot where sank the two
cubs there gradually arose two beauti-
full islands. the North and South Mani
tou, or. as it means in the vernacular of
the 0ttawas, Spirit Islands The spirits
of the cubs are supposed to abide on the
islands, and that of the mother bear
keeps a constant and loving watch over
the homes of her loved ones, where
they are bound to remain until terres-
trial time shall be no more, when they
will be transported to the Indian
heaven. or happy hunting grounds, not
as victims of the huntsmen, but as
guardians of the Indians who love
them
On stormy nights, the Indians say the
spirit of the mother bear means and
cries from her post on the great sand
bluff, in anxiety for the fate Of her
young, the shores of whose home are
being assailed by the treacherous waves
which caused their death. Detroit Free
Press
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LOCALIZED ROBBERY.
S,heme to Benefit the Few at the Ex-
pense of the Many.

A s'heme to Benefit the Few at the Elk
pense Oh 'he "ans.
ana now the nuctua.,he organ "iicn
hankers ior 1ree .raoe anu - con,
strained by It's partisansnip 70 uelenu
protection exuits IN tne vihdica1lon :.
Blaine by the aaoption OF treaty OF
reciprocity win brazil byasinuch as
there are those VINO wlsn 70 % ae-
ceived' nysomucn WIN inns vinolc ,
be accepted py , .,t as sneru a,1
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CURRENT OPINION.

The Democrats in the Senate re-
ceive the admiration and thanks of tho
country for their splendid leadership.
perfect discipline and tireless endurance
in the fight for free speech and fres
elections.-N. Y. World. Z.
Who would have thought that the
Republican leaders would have had to
resort to >trickery in so Republican a
State as Illinois? Evidently, intelligent
Northern people are very weary of then,
louisville Courier-J ournal.
The kind of reciprocity" we are
to have with Brazil under Presidential
proclamation will not lower Republic
an taxes or Mckinley prices on a. single
one of the 5000 articles which are
taxed to increase their prices. st. Louis
Republic.
There is great hope for free gov
eminent. Public opinion has wrought
mighty work here. From the earliest
proposition of this force bill it encoun-
tered the steady opposition of all the
elements of fair play, getting its only
support from the desperation Of party
prejudice, that after tremendous re-
buke like that of the November cleo
tions always comes out strong. INDIAN
apolis News.
An admirer of the Maine states
man AYERS that Blaine IS in the field as
presidential candidate with the rally
ing cry of Business. IL will be adj
mitted that Mr.. Blaine always has an
eye to business, but the difficulty with
his shihboleth is that it suggests vari-
Gus crooked business methods which
have characterized the career of the
man of many tattoo marks and few
scruples. Chicago Times.
The abandonment of the force
bill by the Republicans, in the Senate
leaves the way clear for the dispatch
of business, and it is not probable that
there will be any necessity for an extra
session of Congress. Work is away be-
hind, but Congress can dispose of
great deal of it in short time when
there is no partisan legislation to inter
fere with it. Quorum counting and ar
bitrary rulings are not needed to secure
the transaction of legitimate work
Detroit Free Press.
Now that Ingalls, has been beaten,s
Republican newspapers are very frank
in declaring that he is an arrant dema-
gogue who ought to have been beaten.
But he is~no worse demagogue to-day
than he had shown himself to be over:
aud over again during the last few
y fars; and yet during these years the Re-
publican Senators repeatedly conferred
r3on him the highest honor in their
gift by making him president Of the
Sc nate, and Republican organs had NO
word Of protest TO inter. IN. <. Post
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save remnant d protection from the
onslaughts OF . people awakened 70 the
evils Of the system Il may be 10 line
with the ethics Of the ssdemoralizing
system TO divide the benefits OF
bounds Of twenty-five per cent;
it may be in accord with that
political conscience which feigns
insulation as q shield from meritAd pun
ishment, but 1t falls short of satisfying
those who believe that equal and exact
justice can be SO apportioned.
It Is claimed by the Chicago organ,
which no longer repeats its Just charges
against the great letter-writer and
manipulation Of railway bonds, that the
proposed condition is preferable to that
now existing by favor Of McKinleyism.
The people, says the organ, are to re-
ceive meiety of free trade and should
raise p@ans to Blaine because the has
broken the chains Of protection-run-
wild 1t may be conceded that a half
loaf is better than no bread to a hungry
man, but it is also true that the taking
of the haif-loaf by fraud under cover Of
law is still robbery. 1t will not satisfy
the western producer who is to be
mulcted in twenty-five per cent. to be
told that New Englanders are to have
free trade in fish and that the twenty
five per cent. fine against the rest of the
world is less of a robbery than has been
sustained by the party of morality
Not even the fervid oratory which APP
pealed for the election of Quay's copaY-
cener Delamater will serve to humbug
the people on this question when once
they determine to find the truth.
But there remains no consideration
which may lead to thanks for Mr..
Blaine. BY this proposition he has
added an unanswerable argument to
those by which men have sustained
their right to freely exchange their. sur
plus products. The first step in the
defense of this scheme of limited reci-
procity is over the corpse of protection.
If it be true that the people are to be
benefited by removal of part Of the
restrictions which have been hitherto
placed upon their intercourse with their
fellows of every nation, then it is also,
true that those restrictions have not
tended to their welfare In this respect
does reciprocity for the benefit of the
few fall within the category of direct
instead of indirect bounties for the use
of the few at the expense of the many.
What the sugar bounties were limited
reciprocity is. Both stand as confessions
of Judgment before the bar of public
opinion. The, popular verdict Of last
November indicates what will be the
fate of the criminal when the power of
punishment finally rests in the hands of
the peoples representatives Blaine
will need better lightning-rod than
reciprocity to shield himself from this
attack. 1t will be in vain for HIM to
look again for the adjournment of
Democratic Congress to make his re-
covery prudent Chicago Times.
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SOME BIG FAILURES
Reported During the Past Twentt. II

Reported During the Past TwentA. five
Years.
There have been eighteen great fnan-
cial crises during the last century and a
quarter, viz: In 1868, at Amsterdam
originating with the house of De Neauf-
vile, and involving II failures. The
failures in Holland in 1856 exceeded
f10, 100000. In 1909 in Hamburg there
were 50 failures, involving 1000, 600.
There was panic in Liverpool in the
same year, which was, however, some
what mitigated by Parliament lending
$500, 600 in exchequer bills on goods. In
1914 240 banks suspended payment in
England. In 1925, at Manchester, fail
ures occurred to the amount of 81, D00,-
600. The Calcutta failure of 1881 in
volved 915.0o0. 900 The wildcat"
prices in the States in 1887 caused all
their banks to close. In 1889 the bank
OF England was saved by the Bark Of
France. A panic in France during the
same year caused 93 companies to fail
for the sum Of 100000 900. In 1874 a crisis
in England brought about the reforma-
ton of the Bank of England. The
English failures Of lS47 involved f2O,-
000,0eO. During the great panic OF 1857
in the States ZOO failed for f12, 0c0, 600.
The Overend, Quincy 4 Co. failure near
" q quarter Of q century ago involved
failures costing upward Of a100, 0pO, 600.
Black Friday in Wall street was ON
September "a, 1869. The shoe and
leather trade crisis in Boston, United
States of America, in 1885, caused losses
amounting to over $4,000, 600 Tho
Grant 4 Ward failure in New York City
Ia 1884 involved many financial and bus
mess houses and q loss Of over ~, 900. y
0Uo.- F'nai cial News,
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44
THE TIN PLATE SNAP"
An Instance of the IneTectiveness of Pro.
lection.


lection.
The tin plate ''snap" has been given
away so many times since the Inaugural
ton of the alleged Manufacture OF
american TIM that is really becom-
ing almost monotonous. The stanch
protection organ, the Boston CONNER
eial Bulletin, does however, in SO
fresh and innocent way as to impart
to the, confession all the charm of nov
city.
Indignantly denying certain state
ments of the Boston Herald as to the
character of the '.American TIM" so
called, the Bulletin says: ''The only
particle contained in these plates which
was imported from foreign countries is
the tin coating
The Italics are our own. The thought
full reader will probably recall that the
tariff on tin in the Mckinley act was
increased for the encouragement of the
tin-producing industry in this country.
The text from which the gospel of in
crease was preached was the enormous
quantity of tin in the Black Hills and
elsewhere, which could not be mined at
profit unless the duty on imported tin
was raised. And now we have it ON the
best of protectionist authority that the
only thing unprotected by the increased
duty on tin is the tin which the duty
was put on to protect Detroit Fxsa
Press.
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Chronic Rain.

Young men who ape English man
ners and customs are reviled daily by
newspaper wits. One of them is even
represented as carrying an umbrella on
fair day, because it's raining in LON
don, doncher know!" An equally logical
reason is ascribed to the artist, Fuseli.
One of his peculiarities was that of
carrying large gingham umbrella of a
conspicuous color, generally red,
whether the weather were finc or not.
One day friend met him bearing his
usual burden. and called to him:
"Haltoa,. Fuseli! What do you want
that old umbrellas for, this fine day?a
: sWhats do l want it for?'' answered
he. "oh, I'm going to see Constable"
: What has that got to do with it?a
: "Why, whenever go to see him, he's
always painting rainv'- Youths Com.
paniOn. IA
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.velopcs under his other papcts xvh.~e
the clerks might not see them, and
planned more for the future. The day
following he refused three invitations
to dine with distinguished people
ordered an architect to call and see him
about building country house at New.
port and wrote 10 order a diamond
necklace.
The typewriter girl began to take
little more interest, and said Eyes, sir, =
instead OF simply "Yes,'' which was
something He felt that he was get
ting on.
But on the fourth day she appeared
with even colder and more haf,phtv
air and laid three letters down tlpon his
desk. She always opened his mail for
him and divided the private. notes from
the business letters. Here" she said.
are three notes which did not know
whether to hand to You or to the clerk. y
Bulles glanced at the bottom OF one Of
them and read the name Charles Bur
CESS" The note ran:
HENRY BULLEs-Dear Sir: am In receipt OF
- note signed BY you and hsnr1ng,she number OF
your ONCE, which refers to yacht and to an
imaginary correspondence which has passed
between us on the subject Of such yacht. As
do not know you or any thing OF any such
yacht can only imagine that some one is i'm.
posing upon you, and return you your letter.
Yours truly, CHARLES BURGESS"
Mr.. Bulles grew exceedingly red and
dared not look up; he wondered how far
the girl had read. The second note said:
The private dining room and supper ordered
Tor you for Tuesday evening were prepared and
in readiness for you as directed; but no one APP.
peared Are we to understand that there has
been o mistake, or is your letter, which we
have retained. tosbe considered In the nature
OF hoax or has some one forged your name
Awaiting your reply, etc. DELMoNIco's."
Mr.. Bulles sank still further into his
chair. He opened the last letter with a
trembling hand. The girl still lowered
above him like an ayenging spirit.
The letter was from friend and con-
tanned q clipping from a newspaper
1.-THE note RAM. Have you seen
this Associated Press clipping and what In
Heavens name does it meany Some one has
evidently been playing practical joke on you,
and one that must strike YOU as o most IN.
pleasant one."
The clipping read as follows:
IS HENRY DULLES INSANEf
THE wELIeKNoMN NEW YORK BROKER GIVES
HIS FRIENDS GREAT CONCERN.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 5.-The Secretary
OF State is In receipt of a most remarkable
communication from Henry Bufies, the New
York broker, in which that gentleman refuses
to act as Minister to ST. Petersburg with much
haughtiness He is quite unknown to either
the President or Mr. Blaine, and 1t is supposed
here that his mind is unsettled or that he is the
victim OF practical joke.
Mr.. Bulles laid the clipping down and
gazed desperately at the typewriter
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the MAN or THE FAR WEST.
On Him Rests TIE Hope 81 the Great Re


There was once time, happy long
past, when the United States held only
men Of the North and men of the south
Now, Is the country has developed on
broader lines, we have learned to think
Of the men Of the East, of the Missis-
sippi Valley, Of the Rocky Mountains.
and OF the Pacific Coast as four great
and characteristic groups East Of tho
Alleghanies are tho oldest Of the CONF
monwealths: west Of the Sierras arc o
chain of young States presenting re-
markablc contrast to the rest of tho
Union. California. Oregon. and WASH
ington occupy the mountain slopes and
plain-like valleys Of a more extensive
region than the whole Atlantic sea-
board States, and here, no less than in
the Mississippi Valley, the American
pioneer is establishing immensely pros
porous and powerful communities,
bound closely together by innnmerabIc
bonds of sympathy and interest
Some one must rule, aud in the end
It is the man. Since in the United
States a process of union In great
groups is steadily at work, producing
types, all American and yet all charac-
teristically different from each other,
The underlying problem is, what sort of
man is the typical man Of tho
larger group? In the long run,
numbers count, OF course, and
the man of the mighty West
Of broad, descending levels, from
Minnesota to Louisiana, is coming by
swift steps to his dominion. But there
is man of the foothills, of the up-
lands, of the champaign country, Of the
mountain valley and tfeHhigh wilders
ness, whose power on this continent,
more slowly recognized, may some day
come to mean far more to civilization
than that of any other. Under certain
conditions of national life, the hope of
the Republic might rest upon the men
of the Alleghanies, the Rockies, the
Sierras and the Cascades. Out of their
Businesses they might carry a new Cos
pei to the cities and the dead levels Of a
worn-out, over-cultivated social order.
The miners camp, the settlers cabin,
the hillside orchard, the planted
acre. the horticultural colony III some
hidden semi-tropie valley Of California,
each and all strengthen the power Of
the great group of States whose people
are essentially men Of the uplands, and
add UNNECESSARILY to the breadth and
dignity of American life. California
leads in the list of mountain States, be-
cause it is the oldest such State west Of
the Mississippi, and, like Washington
and Oregon, it borders on the Pacific
rAlL 4
will when the wealth of the Orient
comes to America instead of going to
Europe, but the possession of sea-coast
always means much, and the man of the
land west of the Sierras knows tn t he
holds one of the gateways into America.
-Eippincott's Magazine.
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ibid YoU POST THOSE LETTERs?"

ibid YOU POST THOSE LETTERs?"
girl. "Did you post those letters?n he
asked.
YES" said the Duchess, severely, II
found them on your desk after you lad
left and supposed you had forgotten
them, SO posted them myself. Wasn't
that right?"
81 guess" said Mr.. Bulles, ''that
won't need you any longer. You know
too much"
'sThat," said the typewriter girl
calmly "strikes me as the very reason
why ! should remain. Don't you think
so?. You can say you have been made
the victim of practical joke, but if l
lost my position / might say you had
not Don't You think you had better
raise my salary little and let ma
stay?"
Mr.. Bulles gazed gloomily at the
newspaper clipping on the desk before
him. "Yes," he said, grimly, ''you had
better stay."-N. Y. Evening Sun.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-She-''Do you call me your angel
because you think am fiy?" He--''No;
because You harp SON. Y. Herald. "A
II Mr. Bullion Ito his collector)--
"How was You received at Neyerpay's?"
Sticker-'.Very cordially; was asked
to call again. - Boston Times.
%-"You should marry Henrietta Rob-
insop, Porper. She has $40, 900 year.
Eyes, ! know; but need that much for
myself. What the deuce would she live
on2'- IIarper's Bazaar.
eityaus = shooting good around
here?n Rusticus--s''Nall, ye-es. Ircckon
it's as good here as anywhere else il
you've brought your target along with
You. - Weeks Sport
-.You must not lift your hat now to
lady" said Qnoter, but must put
your hand on your heart and bow"
Cant, said Snubber, ''she always has
my heart herself. III stick to the hat
lifting Boston Transcript.
v-Ethels Excuse. --'sYou told me a
falsehoodlast night, Ethel, . said Ethel's
father. asked you II Charlie Hicks
had gone and you said yes.v s.No, you
didn't. You asked, is that young man
gone yet?' He was-awfully gone. -
N. Y. Sun.
--Woeful Waste. -She--'You won't
love me any less, now you have discov-
cred that l have glass eye?" He
"N-no. ! guess not; but 1t Is a little
annoying to think of the love have
wasted on that eye in the past three
months. indianapolis journal.
Amateur farmers do not know q
great deal, perhaps. but when they do
know, they are sure. Old Farmer
What do you feed your pigs2'' Anna
teur Farmer. Corn Z Old Farmer---@In
the carp Amateur Farmer Tin disgust)
NO; in the mouth. Roller Mil.
Man is never quite satisfied with
his condition. There is something with
in him that spurs him TO renewed exer-
ton whenever the goal Of one hope ii
gained and another looms up in view;
but when he beats sharper in a horse
trade the bird Of content Is fiuttcrin0
near him. Rams Horn.
"A Syndicate Poem. --Gwendolin--
s'IIorace Fassett sent me to-day i love
" compliment in the shape Of q poem. =
Alice Does he rhyme love with
dove and heart and .art'?'' Gwen
dolin-sYesl Why do you speak?,
Alice" oh, he sent me the same poem
last week. American Stationer.
II Was Treat Snifiies 1--WE had
a fine musical treat 1T our church Last
sunday morning" SnsfIIes-s'Is that
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How to detect Counterfe,ts.

In examining the most skillfully
made counterfeit notes there is but one
defect found in them, and that is in
their size. Counterfeit bills are neces-
sarily little smaller than the genuine.
Government plates, which it is impossi-
BILE to steal, are somewhat larger than
the bills made therefrom, on account OF
allowing for the shrinkage Of the pa
per. In making counterfeit money
new note Is pasted on polished steel
plate and transfer paper Is placed over
it The work. is then traced with fine
pencil and afterward marked through
on the steel plate with sharp engraver.
The plate thus made is, of course, just
the size Of the note, and the bills made
from it when dampened shrink, making
them somewhat smaller than genuine
currency. N. Y. Ledger
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0ne Experience of Digging For Gold In th
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