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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

settlement. Other people now own
the farms, but the Indians have the
big wooded churches. Several small
sums were received from the govern
ment until, IN 1866, the Indians being
in terrible straits accepted under pro-
test the sum 81 $50 QGG ia full payment,
since which time the present claim has
been pending.
The money received by them in 1860
was soon spent in dissipation, and
while there has since been no real suf-
fering they merely eite out a precari.
Gus existence. While some individual
members are considerably advanced in
civilization, the most of them cannot
speak English intelligibly. and in no
household is that the common tongue.
The blanket has entirely disappeared
during the past few years, but some
families may be seen preparing their
bominy by means OF the wooden NOR
tar and pestle Chief Polsagon is about
80 years old and was born in the Cass
County settlement With him ends a
family Of chiefs and he bemoans the
intense ignorance and laziness OF his
remaining people. at isn't natural
for them 10 work and be as other
people" he says sadly. Civilization
kills them off. They live in huts that
they keep red hot, then go out on hunt
ing trips for week and sleep with no
shelter. Consumption takes them and
there are other diseases that rage
among them"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
1 p0TTAwAToMIE VILLAGE.

the Pottawaiomies have been within
the fold Of the church since Father
Marquette established a mission among
them. For the rest, they preserve the
purity 81 their race. and have a socia-
bic habit Of not understanding English
when Il suits them. just now these
erStwhile children Of the forest are in
high glee over the fact that their long.
pending claim against the government
has been allowed, and that the sum
81 sl5d,U00 will soon BE- distributed
among the tribe.
For over score 81 years Chief Polka.
gon has planned. hoped aud schemcd
10 get this money With il he hopes
10 put his followers where they can
get enough 10 eat and wear hardly
possibility now They are as poor as
poverty can he, as shiftless as hunger
and necessity viii allow, and aside
from sympathy because OF their
doomed condition they hardly deserve
any pity. The remnants Of this once
powerful and warlile tribe, who for
over q century dominated Southwest
ern Michigan and around whose camp
fires thousands 81 braves clustered,
now aggregate about e4O souls. This
number Is yearly growing less, so rap
idly In fact that few years will wit.
ness their entire extinction.
Chief Polsagon Is the last OF the Pot.
tawatomie chiefs. When he goes TO
the happy hunting grounds, whittier
have countless numbers of his ancestry,
there ends all that Is left Of old tribal
customs, chiefs, warriors and their sue
cession of authority, The migration OF |
the Pottawatomics from the north |
western to the southeastern shore of |
Lake Michigan took place during the
first decade OF the eighteenth century. |
Twenty years later the Pottawatomies |
were found to have dispossessed the |
Miamis and spread themselves over |
vast area OF additional territory. reach |
ing from the vicinity OF Chicago around |
the lake northward to the Grand River
and eastward TO include the valleys Of |
that stream and the Kalamazoo. This /
region they held in undisputed posses.
sion for a century and a quarter, get
ting themselves mixed up in all the |
trouble that was brewing. They were
the implacable enemies of the English |
and the loyal lovers of the French. In
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

cases were broken open, the astronomi-
cal instruments demolished. the diaries
torn and scattered and 1000 car tridges
spoilt DR.. Holub retook the camp and
saved fourteen out of thirty-five diaries
devoted 70 scientific record.
Then the party faced about south
ward with but 800 cartridges for the
whole journey. This curtailed the
food supplies and the collection OF
specimens
In August, 1885, after three wears in
the interior. clad in rags and consumed
with fever and famine, they reached
Tshobe junction. During all their
torturing experiences the young
European woman bore a soldiers part
She seemed to be the youngest one in
the party. She stood sentry on many
q dreadful night while the weak and
worn explorers crouched down behind
few branches to sleep, acting a s their
guard against both hostile sava and
wild beasts.
1t was five months more Def ire
Shosshong was reached and necessa-
ries became attainable. Further
south friendly native chiefs and coll
onists bestowed every kindness and at
tention on Frau Holub and on her lit-
tie dog; tins little creature had also
done effective work against the hos
tile tribes, and he alone of twenty
three dogs survived the expedition and
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
Mixing Colors.

The prize offered some time ago by
the Mulhouse Society for red. or rose.
developed on tentile fibre from salt
of gold, has been won, il appears. by
NJ. Ordenheimer. In this case gray
colors form n base in preparing the
purple OF gold for the fibre. ar,d the
latter is impregnated, or the tissues
printed, with dilute solution OF a
salt of gold-the double salts may also
be advantageously employed for this
purpose, as for instance. the well
known chloride Of gold and sodium,
the material is next dried and passed
into n reducing bath, when the gold
forms instantaneously on the fibre in a
precipitate of beautiful gray pearl;
very adherent and Interchangeable under
the influence of acids and allSalies-a
light or dark gray, either blush or
reddish. being thus obtainable as we'll
The fibre itself has sufficient reducing
power TO accomplish the separating
and fixing Of the gold, but its precipi-
tation by reducing agents Is more
complete and more certain. Further.
the reaction will take place in a cold
bath, but heat or exposure to hot
sun hastens the operation, and the
varying of the concentration Of the
auric solution, or of the length of the
time the material is allowed to remain
in the reducing vat, gives range of
most varied color. Another point of
interest is to be noted, namely, that
the extreme hneness OF the divided
metal and its great coloring power al
low the beautiful gray shade 10 be
with very weak solutions of
gold.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

the French and Indian war they fought
bravely for the French and were not
disposed 10 give their territory over to
English rule after peace was declared.
Their hatred OF the English domina-
ton made them willing and eager 60
enter the conspiracy originated by Pom
tiac and the final details OF the plot
were arranged in camp of this tribe.
The slaughter OF the garrison at st.
Joseph, which they performed in the
most thorough and savage manner, was
the principal exploit of the Pottawa-
tomies in this series of hostilities. In
1894 this tribe was represented among
the Indian hordes who opposed "Ma1
Anthony" Wayne, but returned from
the battle on the Maumec humbled
and crestfallen. About the commenco-
ment of the present century the United
States government sought TO negoti-
ate with the Indians for land at the
mouth of the 81, Joseph River to estlb.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
Remodeled Dress skirts.

Dressmakers who are requested to re-
model last years skirts that are made
of textiles too rich and expensive to
cast aside use various methods of trans
forming these skirts into models now
tiounces, which they put upon new
bell skirts or those closely pored;
Others add double breadths in the
back made of similar, matching or
fabrics, and others again
open the skirt down the front in direc.
toirc fashion over u gored undersl1irt
or insert n panel which they frame in
gimp or passementerie,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

met her hrst in Vienna: she was the
daughter Of Inspector Hoff of the In
ternational Exposition buildings. To
further the preparations for his latest
expedition the Austrian Government
gave DIR. Holub a room in the build
ings, where the inspectors family in
terested themselves in his work and
Fraulein Rosa determined TO share his
adventures; Immediately after the
ma, riage they set sail for Africa.
The journey met with great len
tifie success. But otherwise il was
simply terrible Frau Holub under
went all kinds of torture md hard
ship. The journey was made with
cattle, and almost all the oxen per
ished from one cause and another; a
great number starving to death in a
tract of country when long drought
was prevailing.
DR.. Holub stopped and stayed for a
time and practieed as a physician
among the Baharutse sayages, Frau
Holub working with him as nurse, in
order 10 secure a fresh equipment of
oxen. But i'll luck again overlook him.
When the expedition was making its
way through the dense Klamakleniana
forest poisonous plant ki led thirty
out Of sixty head Of cattle. and all the
others became sick and weak. lie and
his men had 10 cut new road through
the virgin forest to Zambesi. for the
sandy traders road was impossible for
the sick animals
At Cape Town the young bride was
urged 10 stay while the explorers went
on into the interior. But she was full
Of the spirit Of the expedition and re-
solved 70 keep on with the party: and
with Or. Holub, six soldiers Of the
Austrian Hungarian army and
Bechuana girl started for the land OF
the North Lambesi.
At Zambesi the exhausted party ex-
pected TO take rest, but civil war was
raging in the Ma-Kutze kingdom and
the explorers had 10 settle down and
wait until the restoration Of peace
uanika-Lebeshe, the victorious
King, gave the necessary con-
sent TO their progress; but bv
this time the entire party, with the
exception OF Frau Holub, lay PROSTATE
with malarial typhoid. unable TO stir
from the 6ank Zambesi riverside,
Eight months they stayed there on the
Eambesi; the men We're all dangerously
III; their medicines We're exhausted;
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

breadstuffs, sugar and tea all gone,
and there was nothing at all to be OBJ
tanned from the subjects OF Luanil5a-
Leboshe.
Frau Holub's services here became
invaluable. The Zambesi malaria at
tacls women less severely than men,
and the plucly wife nursed the sick
and took care of the weak and wretohed
cattle without any help whatever for
five months, and then she, too, was
Frustrated. The account of Frau
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
60 AMp 80 IN.
Peculiar Feline species which Inhabits
the Tale Of Man.

Especial Correspondence
The feline race which inhabits the
lAlc u Man Is without tail. Darwin,
- hia works. was the FIRST 10 call at
tention ~ them. and he has also de-
Ncribcd them AS being different from
tho ordinary cat, IN that their fore
legs are longer, the head much larger
aud their mode OF living somewhat
peculiar. Tnilless cats abound in
Japan. and Il Is very likely that those
which inhabit the Isle OF Man come
from that race. They are the de-
scendants Of breed % cats brought
from the far Orient by sailors Atthe
close of the ninth century cats were
introduced for the first time In the
British I-'"s. Leon Motchnikoff IN
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
one from I,o.ton.

A Boston lady earns her living by
''brcaking i'm boots for stylish patrons.
She wears them few days. until they
are easy TO their owners. Fifty cents
a pair is the charge, In three days
they are usually broken In" and she
only wears pair two hours of each
day Sometimes she wears six differ.
ont pairs in one day.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

Several students OF bethany, w. Va,
saw that Buffalo Creek was covered
with oil, which had issued from a well
several miles above, in Pennsylvania
They set fire TO the oil, and soon the
creek was sheet Of flame When tho
fire hadigone out, the water was almost
boiling. Abaut n hundred students
waited for the creek to cool, and then
went in bathing.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

A burglar entered dwelling in In :
dianapolis, aud was proceeding noise
lessly to gather some valuables. when
he was paralyzed by sudden burst of
II came from parrot, and
rs noisy calculations awoke its mas
ter, just as the burglar fed, without
any hnoty
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
WOLVERINE RED MEN.
LAST OF THE WARNING TRIBE
OF POTTAWATOMIES.
They Inhabit the Countries Of Southern
Michigan and IKE Out a Miserable
and Lazy ExIstence--G Good Indians as
a Result of circumstances.

HE COUNTIES OF
Southern Michigan
have now only a
few families Of the
once powerful tribe
Of Pottawatomie
Indians. These are
the descendants of
the band who were
ever at war with
the less civilized
tribes of the West
and who drove the
eighty Illinois In
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

dams on Starved Rock" sat down
about its base and calmly waited until
the last Of their victims had persisted.
They are pretty good Indians now
from force Of circumstances They
work as much as they must, wear the
clothes Of civilization, drink firewater.
cling TO their old language and con
Tess their sins 70 the good priests, for
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

Holub's heroism and her astonish.
ing deeds of prowess in the Zambesi
Valley, with the journey through the
MaSheelSeelumbe territories, contains
such terrible and interesting details
that Doctor Holub has been Obliged to
repeat his lecture upon this part of
the expedition no less than $40 times.
The journey was at last resumed
toward the Francis Joseph mountains.
Rich scientific collections were made
during this three months travel. The
party traverSed up and down GOO
English miles; but the return trip was
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

1ramps rarely visit Edmore, Mich,
more THAI once, When they are caught
in that town, the marshal puts them
In the jail reception room, builds a
roaring fire for their comfort, and then
sprinSles pepper on the stove.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

Among the modish new capes for
spring is one In Polish fashion made of
Persian red pilot cloth, with yoke and
quaint, standing arched collar of black
velvet Superb Jet bands and orna.
msnts are used for trimming.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

"Whecsers" Is the name applied to
the squealsing street organs which play
only mournful tunes. They are usu-
ally operated by apparently decrepit
old women, and are made purposrly to
touch the sensibilities Of the sympa.
thetic.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

Several people in Eastman, Ga. who
are ambitious TO achieve fame MS noted
liars, have combined ms the "Society
of the Amalgamated prevaricators
The chief liar wears the belt until
some other member outdous him with
d more absurd falschood.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
Rgtigs AND picruREs PROM San 10.
MtSGn.

3
MtAGn.
ings has not been forgotten. II Is re-.
produced az jackson Park and Is
une pf thc most interesting
sights on the exposition grounds
Mhea Columbus sought refuge n the
real eonTeal, after b-ing' rcpnised in
the Portuguese court. the walls were
almost bare ~ ornament Tho model
in his honor Is deelsed ont with memoir.
ais ~ the d.st0yefeT's glory. cnllrd
from every corner ~ the earth 10 which
his fans travelled iu the fifteenth cen.
tury Most 81 the gems destined for
tho Eair have brrn placed ia the quaint
LITTLE chapel ~ the convent Here the
famous picture ~ the prior 81 Ia In.
bida q hung in a place ~ honor The
portrait Is full lrugth one. aud dis.
closes i gray bearded, bcnryoicni.lu0lt.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

L. EMIL HOLEB
is well known In
Europe as an Afri-
can explorer, but
his work is espe-
cially marked by
the fact that his
wife accompanied
him on his last
trip four years ago
"a young woman
I b e "A. o My rs.
scarcely more than
a girl. DR.. Holub
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
CONVENT LA RABIDA.
IN WHICH COLUMBUS HALTED
ON HIS JOURNEY.
IT Is Accurately Produced at the worlds
Fair and Contains Many Interesting
Rslies--Portraits and Paintings with
out Number.
[Worla.s Falr corres nonaence. !

r 10 X Il o HIS
visit 10 the Court Of
Ferdinand and Is
abella, Christopher
Columbus was a
guest al the con
vent of La Rabida
in the suburbs OF
the Spanish capital.
To the friars Of the
institution he told
the story Of his
life's ambition. lie
DraRed with them
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
Az rsrE or NAN car.

his Empire OF Japan" states that cats
brought to the Isle Of Java lost their
tails in the third and fourth genera.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

that the Creator might grant his request
And il came To pass soon afterwards
that the prior Of the convent arranged
the meeting at the spanish Court,
which has became famous IA history.
but the converts part Ia the proceed.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

coLCMnrs' ANCHOR AND bills FnoM
sAAr0 rEnRu. SAX poMfSan.
iaR friar who Is gazing through a
window % the cell, presumably toward
the west
Alongside this picture "a singular
looking anchor. said 70 have been the
one cast Ia the sands ON the shores 81
America hy Columbus II IL n worn,
rusty object. about nine feet long,
with Is iiuisCs gone. and huge iron
ring az the top ~ the anchor shaft
Some curious exhibits from san Do.
mingo include an old bell from the
church ~ Santo Ccrro. the spot where
Columbus fought his first battle with
the Indians Specimens ~ pctrified
wood from the sacred hill of Santo
tnrrp and several other unnamed OBJ
d "a lay IN the chanccl - the chapel.
Ranged on the wall OF tho chapel arc
full-lcngth portraits OF Ferdinand and
Isabella. and the splendid picture Of
The Recall OF Columbus, by A. !.
Heaton The famous picture Of Go.
lumbgs In Chains" Il hung In
niche ia the chapel This picture
has hccn brought from the Petit Sem.
inaire, Port au Prince, Hayti. By the
side Of flHe canvas Of columbus and
His Sons" lay o plaster cast OF the
bust Of the dlscoverer from HIS tomb In
San Domingo. Columbus Is repre-.
scntod with Shahespearcan mustache
aud chin beard. Pope Leo gift otthe
Ribero map Of the new world printed
IN 1899, Is also hung In tho chapel. W.
z, Curtis has promised photographs OF
the chapel Of St. Mary Of the Azores,
the place where Columbus offered
thanks for his rescue from the fierce
storm which overlook him on his re-
turn from America.
In little cell adjoining the chapel
isexhibited the celebrated Gabrini pict.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
A WOMAN ENCOURAGE
IS FRAU ROSA. BAvARIAS FE-
MALE EXPLORER.
How She Has Journoyed in Africa with
Her Husband--some of the Hardships
and Trials Experienced on the Dark
Continent.

[Munieh. Bavarla correspondenee.l
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29

RELICS FROM SAN DOMINGO AND TuE
vATtCAN.a
~, nre Of "The Landing Of Columbus"
Tho canvas is an immense one, and
covers the side OF the cell entirely.
;, columbus is represented i'm n pecu-
lar ia manner In portrait by Juan de la
Sosa, drawn on chart OF the West In-
ules IN 1900. The discover Ia depicted
"ading through the shallow water on
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-02
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Adlai Stevenson is comparatively a
happy man.. He has only a couple OF
door-keepers and a spittoon-washer and
a scrubwoman or two to appoint, and
he has no occasion TO dodge here and
there, or make the United States mails
groan with letters asking for place.
Adlai is in great luck.
On awakening the other morning q
farmer who lives near Shelby, North
Carolina, was much surprised on seeing
seventeen rabbits huddled together in
a corner of the room. They had en-
tered the house to escape the cold.
Damascus, the commercial centre OF
Syria, has a population OF 100000. "
conducts business by caravan with all
the chief cities OF the Orient. A mar
guage railway is soon to be constructed
from Beyrut to Damascus.
Men cutting ice at Buxton, Me-,
found a half-blo@n water lily Undecided
in ono Of the cakes, 1t was thawed
out, put in a sunny window, and soon
bloomed out US handsomely as any
lily Of July.
In 1891 the output Of coal I'M Alabama
was 4,300,000 tons. In 1899 it was
500 900 tons. This IL an increase OF
970, 900 tons, nearly 100000, or % per
cent.-Birminghdm Age-H Herald.
Henry Morgan, of China Grove
township, North Carolina, Is Is years
old, and he makes the proud boast
that he has never needed the services
OF q physician.
There are moro than $4,000 persons in
Paris who can earn a living by picking
up and making use OF what other peo-
Pile throw away-rags, bones, metal and
such refuse.
Sea gulls have boon very numerous in
Boston harbor during tho cold wave,
and have also been bold in their pur-
suit OF food.
A charitable Raleigh North Carolina)
liquor dealer recently distributed 250t
pounds Of flour among tho poor.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-02
LIGHT AND AIRY.

Observation-Disclosures is Mile. Kickup
to-night?h Mile. souriante-"She is
unable to appear" Dudeleigh-"Why?'
Mile. souriante-"She attended a little
private party last night, and unfortu-
nately stubbed her toe on the chande-
lier. "-BrOokiyn Life
Merchant to his son, whom he is
sending on a mission to an influential
friend:-This gentleman will treat you
very kindly. You may tell him that /
am your father and, if you find 1T nee,
essary, you may add that you are my
sonia Lanterne de Cocorico.
Mr.. Slimpurae-''People say that a
young couple can get along very nicely
nowadays on u small income, ii the-er
wife is Of a practical turn OF mind"
Sweet Girl-"0h, Pm real practical.
My fayorite piano piece is an imitation
OF a spinning wheel."-Mw York Weekly.
lie ran for for q moving trolley car,
This man whom nAught could scare,
lIO made q jump to reach tile stop.
co,ao, SlalF'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-02
.Gh9 g3teQi@mNE
wnElLINo, FEHRUAHY ., 1893.
The peadIoel BROKEN.

After a tiresome deadlock, lasting
twenty.sjx and a half hours, during
which nothing occurred Of moment to
vary tho mohotony OF the roll call, the
Republicans and Democrats Of the Sec
ond Branch Of Council were able last
night to elect a president. 1t was the
result Of q compromise wisely concluded
after both sides had had demonstrated
to thcm that any other solution OF the
difficulty, at least in the near future,
would be impossible. Each party was
determined and the only amicable man
ner Of adjustment was the one chosen.
In the aettlement both parties were
satisfied. The Republicans have every
reason to feel especially gratified at the
outcome. While yielding tho claim to
the presidency, they were able to name
the Democrat who will fill the Office,
defeating the Democratic caucus nom.
inee, secure The Craftsmanship OF several
Of the most important committees, and,
most important Of all, equal representa-
ton on all committees. In making
these concessions the Democrats rec
ognized the fact that in q house equally
divided there thould be an even deal in
tile organization, and acted with a fair.
ness consistent with the circumstances.
The manner Of organizing being set
tied to eyerybody's satisfaction, it is
now in order for Council to organize
and get down to business. Partisan
feeling should be set aside and the
city's interests be given a front place in
future proceedings.