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decay. Nothing was done TO take care of
it and the result is that now it is a scene
OF desoatiOn.
A person viewing it now who had seen
it in the days of its glory would not
recognize it. The irrigation system
washed out with the first freshet in the
Relito and vegetation commenced to die.
BY the end of the first year. after the
abandonment, the annual plants we're all
dead as well as most of the trees. In an
other year not green thing could be seen
except the sOmber-looking cactus.
But even in its ruin and desolatiOn the
old fort is interesting to Wis sit. 1t is true 1t
will cause people who knew it in the old
days to sigh with regret and long for a re-
turn of many happy hours.
The fort is entered from the west
through a crumblng adobe wall. and the
first glance around will produce a feeling
OF lonesomeness and melancholy. II hardly
seems possible that all th"se substantial
buildings around the quadrangle can be
tenantless. and one looks about instinct
lively in the hope of seeing human being
walking across the parade ground. But
that seldom happens unless it be some
hunter coming through the fort for water
which can be still obtained from the deep
wells near the ice factory. There is no
sound except the everlasting wind from the
desert.
When the fort was occupied its great
pride was the row of cottonwood trees in
front If the officers quarters on the eastern
side of the parade ground. With plenty of
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BARBARIC BABIES.
A Queer Lot to Be Found
at the Fair.
MANY RACES REPRESENTED.
Chance to Have an Interesting
Cosmopolitan Tea
Party.

II little Miss Koklchi. at the Japanese
garden, should take it into her dainty
head to give cosmopolitan tea party she
could fnd within the gates of the exposi-
ton such choice Of guests as was never
offered before on sea or land.
Safe 1t is to say. too, that such an assert.
ment OF barbaric babies will never be seen
again, for race characteristics are disap-
bearing rapidly and the customs of many
strange tribes will be broken by innova-
tions learned at Chicago and San Fran
cisco.
Mleka Moki's mother already says
proudly. Hawaiian babies just like yours.
no difference at al"
Still a close inquiry develops the fact
that a little Kanaka is brought up "by
hand" on raw sweet potato and cane juice /;
that it has bag of grated potato bound
on the top of its head to help nourish it {;
that it takes very early TO poi, and that it
will surely learn to swim before it can talk.
MIleka herself has had the ends of her
fingers pinchpd from birth to make them
taper. and has learned to dance a very
fair hula-hula, though she is but a two
year-Old.
Like all her people she is natural mu-
sician, and In little while she is to learn
to twang guitar while she sings.
The Kanakas are Sc tlmental people.
and they love their children dearly and
are never harsh with them. Mothers will
give their babes away. though. with never
a thought of tragedy. You love nv
child, love yours-we trade. we adopt"
said Mileka's mother with jolly laugh.
Mlleka is a bright little tot, and she
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their time. They keep the baby from cry
ing by tying 1t to piece Of Jerked beef
perennialiy, aud 1t husband does not be-
have to please them they turn him off and
hunt for netter one.
The half dozen little Esquimaux from
Labrador must no: be left out of Kokichps
tea party. though what they will do with
the ch0psticks nobody knows.
Six little EsquimauX born in this country
have gone to Labrador, their mothers say.
They say, too, that an abundant sacrifice
of dogs would have kept them here.
When they say these things they forget
that they are Christians and must not be
ruled any more by the supersttous be-
liefs of older days.
They forget the missionaries very often,
it seems, Tor they danced and screamed
and shouted in a most un-Chrstian man
ner while the babes were dying.
The Esqumaux bad no idea OF morality
before the Hudson Bay Company brought
them Bibles and prayeT-boOks and many
other things in exchange for furs.
Still the women were very domestic.
They do not COOK, finding raw meat and
fish very good, indeed.
They do sew, and the women are tailors,
hetters, shoemakerS and many other things
besides seamstresses.
The babies are carried In the hoods of
the mothers fur coats while they are little.
As soon as they can walk they are put into
skin jackets and trousers. just like those
grown people wear.
Boys and girls dress just alike until the
girl wishes to give signal that she is old
en- Ough to be married. Then she dons a
tail coat. This is the only change in fashion
that an Esquimau girl experiences in a
lifetime.
Besides his sealskin snit a Labrador
baby has fine warm skin sleeping-bag.
and one OF the beers or Pelasteers will
assure you that with these comforts an
Esquimau in his native land never has a
cold.
This climate is quite different matter.
and in fact the whole village has been
coughing ever since it landed in Chicago
The little EsqUimau boys are brought up
with the dogs, and even before they can
manage kyak they learn to break the
dogs and drive them.
Except from the missionaries they learn
little else. Like the ancient Persiaus, il.
Is enough for them bend the bow, to row
the boat, to speak the truth"
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married privates had their quarters. They
were all comfortable adobe houses. and at
one time were surrounded by flowers and
trees, but now nothing can be seen except
sand and cactus. These houses were not
as well built as some of the others and are
rapidly going to decay.
The three buildings used as barracks eX-
tend along the western side of the parade
ground and contain one room each. The
three rooms could accommodate over 400
men. They are Of enormous size and have
fireplaces along the walls.
The southwest corner of the fort Is filled
with small buildings of different kinds,
such as the black smith bishop. carpenter
shOp. tailor and baud-practice room. Many
of these buildings are constructed in a
most artistic and picturesque STYLE, and it
seems pitiable to see them going TO decay.
One of the wells. which is near these
buildings, has ton made of iron by the
fort blacksmith. Ii is a most artistic piece
of bIacksmithing, but is now little more
than mass of rust. The old chain and
bucket still hang in their place ready to
draw cool wafer from The depths for all
who are thirsty. In summer this is the
only water to be found for miles.
The parade ground is in the center of the
fort and is as level as floor. but has no
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more sign of vegetation than marble-top
table. The old flagstaff from which the
stars used TO float still stands, but the uD-
per portion shows strong inclination to
topple to the ground.
The whole fort is surrounded by high
adobe wall. with rife holes through it every
few feet. This wall has saved the inmates
of the fort from massacre on several ocea-
siOns, but is now crumbing to pieces. In
several places 1t has already fallen to the
ground.
Outside of this wall a short distance is
the graveyard, and it is well filled with
mounds marking the resting places OF the
brave fellows who had fallen in contests
with the Apaches. 1t is melancholy
looking place, and in the center of 1T a
broken gun carriage remains, the only i'm
plement of war left behind when the fort
was abandoned.
What will be the future of Fort Lowell
it is hard to conjecture, but most likely it
will be allowed 10 60 10 complete decay,
which will not take long at the present
rate 1t seems strange that the Govern
ment will allow such a valuable piece OF
property to become worthless. 1t has de-
tOriated now to such an extent that new
fort could be established almost as cheaply
as to repair the old one. However. it is
hoped that IL will never be needed again.
Should the buildings ever be any use
where they are they can be looked upon as
valuable property, but to remove the ma
terial they are not worth $500, accordln
to an assessment made a year ago. In
two years more they will be worth nothing.
At present the fort is used only once a
year, and that is on Decoration day, when
the people of Tucson place flowers on the
graves of the dead heroes. The other ex-
ercises of the day are celebrated at the
fort, and when the strains of music float
across the desert the air seems filled with
echoes of the past.
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property They own many sheep; they
make splendid blankets They make line
baskets and blankets for the children, too,
and if baby dies its blankets and dolls
are buried with 1t just as a chiefs treas
ures are buried with him.
Little Kanatias Will learn to do fancy
work, to embroider and to make grass
dolls and baskets.
Her brothers will cut strips of rawhide
and make lassos with which they will
capture game.
But all this they will learn when they
please and BY imitation rather than in
struction.
Though their parents are the cruelest
people on earth it has not occurred to them
to punish their own children.
The children grow up without discipline
regarding their conduct or morals, and they
attain the tribe standard in those thirgs
none the less surely because unconsciously.
Only of late years Apache mothers
have one lesson that they try TO instil in
the children's minds.
II is that they must lie. Learn to lie,"
they say. like white men. The whites
are successful.
chow do they do it? By lying. Imi-
tate them and you will succeed"
Apache mothers are wise beyond
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bears a great deal of attention without

bears a great deal of attention without
seeming self-conscious.
Ii In Honolulu children are as scarce as
in Paris. in Japan it is quite another
thing. Kokichi herself has plenty of little
brothers and sisters, and if she had not
learned to be an actress she might now
be playing about the streets of Toxic with
one or two of them strapped on her small
back.
Japanese children are notmuch coddled.
but tumble about out of doors aud are all
the better for it.
They eat rice and fish, and even If they
are rich enough 10 wear gay silks and en-
broidered crepes, instead of cottons, their
little yellow feet are bare like their heads
while they are carried on their sisters
backs.
Girls are hardly so fine as boys in Japan
yet, and though Kokichi's mother loved
her so much she used to powder her face
ever yday and keep her lips and cheeks
painted the most beautiful cherry color
ever seen, she yet gave her up to come to
America with theater troupe.
A very good thing it was for KOkichi.
too, for though she can do all sorts OF
wonderful aerobatic tricks, she is only
asked to amuse herself by adding her
decorative presence to the pretty tea gar
den.
She is not a lonely little maid, even
without tea party; for she has Sekichi.
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Kofuku and Sorakichi from her own land
for playfellows, and they. though they are
such clever little chaps, are subject TO her
caprices, and let her domineer over them
like the born coquptte she is.
Another arrant little fiiTt frcm the effete
East is little Adele Nassau from Turkey.
She has Ian gushing black eyes, with al
ready rim of black naint about them to
heghten their deadly effect. and she is as
gorgeously costumed as a painted odalisque.
La spite of all, though, she is healthy,
happy little romper, and win ming as everv
daughter Of Eve has right to beat 2
years old.
Quite another sort of girl is "Kanatias, 4"
which means Dove-eye, a sweet little
Apache Indian from Arizona.
Kanatias belongs to the tribe which is
nroud of such brave men as Geronimo and
Matches for chiefs. If she was a boy she
would be nearly big enough to learn to
take a living ca tive 10 pieces, one Joint at
a time, while his feet were toasting at a
slow fire.
Being girl she is a person of great
deal more importance and must learn
do useful thugs. The women of her tribe
besides doing all the work own all the
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

the gallery. the vault of which had been
painted by Perrier At one end OF the
gallery was monumental fireplace orna-
mented with statutes and bas-reliefs In
fact this gallery is one of the most COM
plete specimens of art in the eighteenth
century. aud this the bank corporation has
entirely restored. The frescoes are ex-
actly reproduced, and the paintings by
Veronese. Guido and Poussin which emf
grated from their panels are perfectly
copied.
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR.
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SILENT, BUT NOT BLIND.
An Old Man Who Was Wide Awake
i'm the interests of His Daughter.
New York World

'tBe seated, sir"
AS the speaker man slightly over two
score, his hair tinged with gray, addressed
these words to the young ian who ste cd
before him, his face assumed a slightly
satirical expression, and, brushing aside
The papers that Uttered his desk, he said:
"Young man, 1t is possible that you
may think me entirely ignorant OF the
errand which has brought you to my Office
today, but allow me to say at the start
that because l have been silent have by
no means been blind TO your actions.
Your attentions to my daughter, sir, dur
ing the past few weeks have not escaped
me, and it has been the subject of much
concern on my part. How You obtained
an introduction to her / know not, but that
il came wholly unsolicited on her part
am most certain. Suffice 1t to say that the
mischief has been done. Now. sir. that
we understand each other. what have you
to say for yourself?"
While the elder man had been speaking,
the face of his youthful visitor had as
,sumed an expression Of intense earnest
ness, which now relaxed somewhat, and a
light smile played over his placid features.
Leaning slightly forward, he observed:
"As | understand 1t, sir, you are slightly
under As Habits regular. lungs sound,
no heart trouble, no Inherited disease,
nothing" he added, earnestly, looking
anxiously into the face of the other, that
is likely to carry you off suddenly, is
tbere?"
mo, sirw Numbered his companion.
"What do you mean? All. | see." he
muttered. sudden CLEAN of intelligence
coming into his eyes. $50 you ara already
specializing upon the possibility of my
death? You are already counting my
wealth in your minds eye, and gloating
over the fortune that one day may be
puppy, that there is the slightest possible
chance of your marrying my daughter?"
As he spoke the young man had risen,
and drawing himself up 10 his full height
and looking the enraged parent full in the
face, he replied: Nothing is further from
my thoughts. Your daughter, sir, is most
charming and accomplished young woman.
and as 1 have sat on the sofa beside her or
occasionally heard the sweet tones of her
wonderful voice as it vibrated through the
innermoSt recesses of my soul, or as have
looked into her limpid ewes while her
little hand lay in mine, l may say, siI,
that l have experienced feelings and emo
lions which 1t would be unmanly in me to
disavow. But much as | esteem her, the
subject of love has never been discussed
between us. have taken this opportunity
of gaining an introduction to you to dis
cuss another and far more important mat
ter"
And what may that be? ?" gasped the
other man.
at is this" replied his youthful visitor,
RAPIDLY drawing printed schedule from
mis- side pocket. Il want to talk with you.
sir. about getting your life Insured"
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Well Guarded Treasure,

The Emperor Duc-Tu of Cochin China
protects his treasures by placing them in
followed trunks of trees, which float
about a huge tank situated in the center
of the royal palace. There are twenty
crocodiles in the tank as we'll. When he
wishes to draw upon this bank all the
reptiles are killed, but this cannot take
nlace without the joint consent Of the
Emperor and his Minister of Fin ance.
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A Very Curious Custom.

A curious custom among the daughters
of the house of Hapsburg is to bestow
their bridal trains after the ceremony on
the church whose sacred floor they have
swept A few days ago. during the Gen.
teDary celebration at Rennweg, the altar
floor was covered with a sheen OF satin
that had once formed part of Marie An
tpinette's wedding garment.
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One of the Only Two.

Lord Forester, who has just restored at
his own expense the historic church of
Much Wenlock, Shropshire. whose founda-
ton dates so far back as $50. is one Of the
two peers who have the privilege of wear
ing their hats in the presence OF the sover-
eign. His lordship is rector OF quiet lit
tie parish in Nottinghams hire and is chan
cellor and canon residentiary of York
Minstar
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A man under the hands of maniac bar
Der in London became SO iright ened that
ne lost his reason. jumped from the chair
and ran shriekirg from the shop. Had he
remained sane he would probably have
been murdered.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-22

According 10 the last census the white
races OF the nine South Atlant States,
who pay nearly all Of the taxes, had 20 per
cent enrolled in the public schools. while
the negroes had IS per cent of their popu-
la,ion enrolled. La the south central
States the proportions were % and 10
respectively.
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Dion, France, has poplar tree with a
record thai Can be traced 10 722 A. ID. 1t
is 125 feet high and 10 feet in eircumfer-
epce at the base.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-05-31
Middle Valley.

There are a good many of our peo-
pie at the county seat this week at
tending court. Your correspondent
was down few days and therefore
has not been able to find many items.
There was a, gentleman here the
first of the week wanting to buy a
small band of sheep.
The doctor was called to see Thos.
lowell again Tuesday evening. Tom
is having hard time with rheuma.
tism.
The crops are looking fine and the
farmers are busy irrigating them.
There is no quarrelling about water
this spring as there is more than the
people know what to do with.
Roads good and travel increasing.
Grandpa Monroe is very poorly
yet Mr.. Joe Monroe and wife. of
Boise, were visiting his father here
last week.
The sheepmen are sending out
their wool as fast as it is taken off
the sheep.
Mr.. Sam Woodland, of Crane.
was seen in these parts Tuesday.
Chris, the peddler, is still in Middle
valley.
Our people made a general turn
out and went to Salubria last Friday
to hear Captain Gum but were dis
appointed.
AS hard as times are, the mosoui-
toes are beginning to put in their
bills.
1t is going to be little difficult to
fill the offices this fall as there is not
more than sixteen men for each Of
flee.
Very warm and fine.
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good authority, stated emphatically
that he knew the Weiser SIGNAL was
not under railroad control; that the
editor never accepted railroad passes
or got down and licked the boots of a
railroad superintendent to obtain cor
poration favors, as editors have been
known to do further up the line"
The Badger resumes: 81 am pleased
to learn of one paper not controlled
by the railroad. The control and
opposition comes from the money
power-from Wall street. Princi-
pally Wall street controls the govern
ment, and trickery arrangements are
made so that all the main lines are in
receivers hands. We all we'll know
the administration does not want the
'Wealers at Washington.
A Whelp (Tennesseean) speaks:
"Mr. President, of all men | despise.
it is those bathrooms who lay around
waiting for the U. s. marshal to sum-
mon them to deter from action and
do all kinds of injury to the Com
monwealers. If any good is brought
about by the action and efforts of the
Wealers, those very men-not men,
but the scurf of humanity-would be
some of the first to step in and claim
the benefits. "A voice, what would
you do if the marshal summoned
youY] | would tell him [ had a
bug in my ear and it was singing very
loud, that l could not hear orders"
The President sang:
1--WE are coming. Grover Cleveland, five
hundred thousand men,
The army of the free, our freedom to
maintain.
We cannot stand tyrant to rule us by
his will
Wen down such usurpation if some blood
we have TO spill.
We cannot stand your insults or in silence
let them pass
Your confining men in Jail just for step
ping on the grass
MEMORABILIA.
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s. A. Wiley has been pushing his
lower tunnel on the Alice mine to
the schultz in the upper tunnel, from
which few years ago he took some
very rich rock. AS yet, objective
point not reached
Vim Mallory is building an arrastre,
by which he will crush enough rock
to keep up the work of developing
his mine until such time as will JUS
tify a stamp mill.
While work has been going on in
all the above named mines this win
ter, it is known that other work on a
large scale will be under way as soon
as supplies can be got in. Hon. E.
b. True has secured the Old Rescue
mine, on which he will begin work at
once, cleaning up and getting ready
for putting up hoist engine as soon as
it can be got over the road from
Salmon Meadows. The Rescue has
been very good property and pro-
duced considerable money, and when
opened again and in full running
order will no doubt beat its former
output.
There is hardly doubt but what
the Lucky Ben, Delaware and Hornet
will be started up this summer, as
well as the numerous other properties
usually worked in the summer.
Mr.. Ed. Brooks took some very
rich rock from his Cornucopia claim
this winter. 1t is hoped he has at
last located the long looked for pay
schultz.
The outlook for the summer is
fiattering and the camp will be pretty
well tested. The fact of its being a
gold camp exclusively turns capital
this way. All that is wanted in the
camp is capital to take hold of our
prospects to make it one of the best
gold producing camps in the state.
1t is no place for men looking for
work at present. A man without
plenty of means had better stay away
for awhile, as living is high and work
limited. Res IpENT.
May 20, 1894.