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Smithsonian Institution, giving the facts in
full, and. asking that competent men be
sent on to collect the folklore. 1 have re-
cefved a reply, saying that Just as soon as
one OF their men finishes some important
work he is now on he Will come at once.
The folklore exceeds in interest anything
[ ever read.
when [ first went among the Indians
they had their war chiefs as well as their
civil chiefs-the same as the Greeks. All
l saw in every way convinced me, and
have during the ensuing years been.yery
fully confirmed in my conviction that these
Indians are Syrians."
The distinguished investigator who has
SO long fabored among the Indians will be
here for some weeks. His. health has be-
come somewhat impaired byhis long and
unceasing labors, and he will now rest up
in a milder climate.
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worse now than it ever was. Yet it is
1 - j e. L : ~.

worse now than it ever was. Y ct it is a
rich lind for the philologist. -
''.My opinion is that the Syrians came
over to this country when the land and
water were differently arranged 1t was
no odd storm-driven cause that landed by
chance few people here, who thus in:
creased to tribes. I gave up that
view, which was for long time. held by
eminent men. When 1 became a close
student of the Indians there and their
language, l simply laughed at the pre-
posterousness. of it.
"E had occasion to thus express myself
to some noted German biologists who were
recently sent out to the Indians to make
Investigations concerning them. They told
me that | was evidently right; that at least
the lone canoe theory could not account
for the characteristic Indian population OF.
that region. They informed me that the
ideas OF European scientists were undergo
ing good deal of a change.
There are ten different tongues spoken
by the Indians OF British Columbia as Il
whole. The Blackfoot Indians, who prac-
ticallv include the coast Indiaus are quite
different from the Thompson River In
dians, of whom l speak.
THE interesting folklore of these In
dians, Tam afraid, will soon be lost. 1t is
a wonderful folklore-tiner, think, than
any other with which l am acquainted.
We are so influencing the rising genera
ton of Indians that in a few years it Will
be gone.
"For this reason lately wrote the
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passes ana abruptly shot down by the

passes ana abruptly shot down by the
Indians
"During all the years that have lived
among the Navajos, and back to the earli-
est times, the tribes have held possession
OF these ledges and guarded them with the
greatest strictness from all intruders.
Repeated efforts have been made from
time to time to gain access to them, but till
now every effort has failed. Major Con-
slant Williams, the agent of the Navajos,
has, however, finally gained their consent
for the white miners to go in. 1t is sig
nal triumph, ana could not have been ac-
complished but for Agent Williams long
dence they placein him.
'Just before !. left for San Francisco
twelve or fifteen OF the head men of the
nation, including Chiefs Black Horse, Chez
and Manuelito, met United States Agent
Williams at Fort Defiance and. made AN
agreement with him in writing permitting
the whites to go in.
"They stipulated that the agreement
should be good for one year, and that the
miners should work a rich portion of the
Corisos one mile square. AS. soon as the
snow is off, therefore, there will be rush
there.
'The gold is found in lodges. There is
believed to be an enormous amount of it,
Judging by the humps and bars brought
out from time to time by the Nayajos and
exchanged for tobacco, ammunition, sugar
and other things.
THE Coriso Lodges are 10 miles north
west of Fort Defiance. The agreement,
being solemnly made. as it was, is matter
OF great consequence as for the first time,
strange as It may appear, after all the
murders, men may now safely go to these
fabulous mines, which through so many
generations have been so carefully guarded
from the world. 1t is the most important
concession, probably, that has ever oc-
Cured in the Southwest.
t:As for the Navajo Indians, they are
progressing steadily. There are about
27000 Indians composing the Navajo ma
tion. OF these between 5000 and 1000 are
of school age, ranking between 4 and Is
years.
''The children learn rapidly and study
everything taught in the ordinary com
mon schools. We have kindergartens,
and teach the very small children in the
same way as children are taught in the
cities,
The older children learn to sew and
cook, play the organ and do everything
that white children do anywhere. They
are very bright and are making rapid
progress.
There are many rich men among the
Nayaios. They own vast bands of cattle,
sheep and horses. Their women spin and
weave and altogether the nation is very
prosperous. They farm good deal by aid
of irrigation, and are as a whole the most
industrious and independent OF any In
dians on the continent.
"Their concession in allowing white men
to penetrate the=Coriso Mountains, despite
the iniunctions of their fathers Is a matter
of wonder. Nobody has ever been able in
all the:past years to persuade them to per-
NIT this"
-. Mrs: Bowman will probably remain here
a couple of weeks before returning to the
Navajo nation. The lady showed the
strange souvenirs of the Southwest to
many visitors last night, who had called
to pay their RESPECTS.
They heard her story Of the Navajos and
the. opening of the Coriso mines with the
greatest interest.
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IN A CLUSTER,
Requirements for the Fine New.
Buildings Soon to Be
Constructed. :.
Schools of Medicine, Law, Pharmacy,
Dentistry and Veterinary Sur. :.
gerry in Prospect. :.

Much intere st is rife in scholastic circles
regarding the proposed new buildings for
the affiliated colleges of the State Uni
versity soon to be erected on the Sutro
site. The Board Of Regents has sent out
a circular containing a list OF requirements
for the projected edifices, from which
architects desiring to submit planswilI be
able to learn, in a general way; what is
wanted.
The College of Medicine is to be exten-.
siye and provided with all requisites of
such institutions. This building is ex-.
pected to contain. among other apart
ments, two lecture-rooms, each capable of
accommodating $50 students; from four to
SIX recitation halls, each to contain 100
pupils, and seven labora tories of the same
capacity. There is also to be a dissectinq
room with forty tables beside a spacious
museum, six clinIc.rooms, from six to nine
apartments for the professors, administra
ton headquarters, students meeting and
recreation hall, and storage.rooms, iani-
tors quarters. etc.
Another fine building will be the Coll
lege of Dentistry, to contain an operatinp-
room with space Tor eiEhty chairs, a library
and reading-room, lecture hall capable Of
seating 800 students; the seats in wbich
- III
for hundred students, besides seven or
eight laboratories, working-rooms. for pIas-.
ter and plate work, and other departments
proper for an institution of the kind.
The College OF Pharmacy will cover an
area of %, ,S04 square feet, distributed over
four floors. On the first will be the Offices
two laboratories, cloak and hat rooms
meeting and recreation halls for male and
female students and the administration
headquarters. Above will be the library
and museum, two Classrooms with anart-
ments for. two professors. two rooms for
apparatus a laboratory, lecture-room and
conference hall. A similar arrangement
will prevail on the other two aoSrs. the
top floor being occupied for the most part
by microscopic; chemical, polar1sGopic and
spectroscopic laboratories, with two class
rooms, professors quarters and two stock
rooms.
The Veterinary College promises to be
very complete in its way if the present
conception is to be realized. The ground
floor IS to be hospital with a large CEN
trai space TOR operations and examination
or cases brought in for treatment, to be
surrounded by stalls, offices, pharmacies
and small room for the faculty. The
second noor IS to comprise ecture-room,
bacteriologlcal laboratory and two class
rooms, while on the third floor the dis
seetlng-room, Chemical laboratory and
library and reading-room will be placed.
NO information has been given as.yet re-
garding the Hastings Law College, but it
IS anticipated that no effort will be spared
10 make IL IN every sense the peer of the
other colleges.
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THE FERRY BUILDING.
Contractor Gorri1ps Arguments in Favor
of the Use of Granite in Its
Construction,

r. w. Gorrill, fhe contractor interested
in the new ferry depot, was asked last
night about the substitution of granite for
Oregon stone on the State building to be
erected at the foot of Market street.
81 ought not to speak about the matter"
said Mr.. Gorrill, "but cannot help hear
ing what people. say. have heard over a
hundred leading business men. of San
Francisco discuss the matter and l have
yet to hear of one who does not consider
that granite would be much better than
Oregon or any other stone.
s"For my own part, l think there is no
comparison. Granite will be more durable,
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Mrs. Bowman's Story of a Treaty
Just Completed With
Navajo Chiefs.
WHITE MEN MAY NOW MINE.
Remarkable Triumph Over the Super.
stitions of Centuries - The
Indian Schools.


s. Mrs. S. G. Bowman, for many years past
matron at the schools of the Navajo In
dian nation in Arizona, thirty miles from
Gallup, whose husband was long agent OF
the Navaios, arrived here yesterday and is
at the Lick. ::
!: The lady, who is now well along in years;
has had many remarkable experiences on
that part Of the frontier and has had
many narrow escapes for her life when the
Indians threatened to go on the warpath.
Her health is not very good and she has
come to San Francisco for change OF sur
roundings.
She has brought with her many
interesting souvenirs OF !. the strange
peoples throughout the country gener-
ally known as, the Great Southwest.
Among these are one:or two magnificent
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Strange Discoveries of Canon
-. j. D. Good in British
Columbia.
ARE A MARVELLOUS PEOPLE.
They Have the Syrian Language, the
Same Burial Customs, Seer
,,.:...: and Dual Chiefs. -.

= Among the arrivals at the Occidental is
the.widely known pioneer missionary and
preacher, Canon J. D. Good, of British
'Celum bia. 3: -.
Canon Good says his long residence
among the Indians there warrants him in
saving that the latter are of Syrian origin
ana are in fact Syrians now, having the
customs and language. He is a very able
phllologist as we'll as a daring explorer
and IN issionary. -
-. He has had many thrilling experiences
among the Shuswap and Lilooet Indians,
on.the Fraser and Thompson rivers. For
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OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS.
The Society of American Socialists to
Discuss the Subject.


Discuss the Subject;
The Society of American Socialists will
devote the present month to the consid-
Grafton of the much-discussed subject of
public ownership of railroads. Lectures
will be delivered:in Mozart Hall, 1860 Mar
ket.street, on the evenings OF the Sd, 10th,
18th and 24th On the first evening Alfred
Cridge and Emil Liess will discuss "The
immediate naturalization of the Central
and Union PACIFIC railroads. and all mat
ters pertaining to. the history of these
roads and the results if the Government
should own and operate them.
On the second evening Edward B. Payne
Charles Sumner and Anna F. Smith will
discuss The general problem of public
ownership of railways" The third lee
ture will be delivered by James II. Barry
and Morrison L. Swift, who will devote
their entire attention to the Southern Pa
cifc. .The coming great railway trust,
will be discussed by Taylor Rogers, A A.
Denison and Joseph E. Scott on Janu-
ary a.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
AFTERTHOUGHTS.

I'm gittin old n feel lonesome ct night,
N my eyes ain t any tho strongest,
n I'm allus thinkin the room amt light,
y every new night seems the longest
n then | cant help thinkin o her,
y all she done for me.
N somehow the room kinda blur.
n tears won't let me STE
We'd lived together fer forty year,
y gin ally agreed.
Though I'd KIT cross when Twin was dear
y crops was mostly weed.
But now know that we'd agree
Because she Wouldn I fight,
n right or wrong give inter me
TIL seemed allus right.
N was tight es bark to tree,
A savin might en- main;
Though she Wa n t dressed she should be
I'd no thought O her pain.
n / knuwed she wanted a poplin dress
by wishful look on her face
At the neighbor' Is clothes, whose means wal
less
But I'd jest turn my face.
But now these thoughts es come too late
To bring Us either cheer,
EFT stay fer me the hand o fate,
Er make my end less drear
Fer though I'm Rivin ib'ral now,
1t ain I no comfort when
l think o Mandy en- jest how
She loved en- suffered then.
tell ye, boys, love amt no thing
To kinda fool away,
N them that does II allus bring
Up short alone some day.
Fer loveless folks Is mostly cross
y cynic like n cold,
N folks AIM both rim bout the loss
o. cranky folks thet's old.
s. when ye gifts "a wife thets right
'T'won't hurt ye to be kind
N when she's gone yen sleep ct night
More easy in the mind.
Detroit Free Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
The Early Packet Service.

The first institution of packet services
across the two channels and the North
sea probably dates back TO very ancient
times. In the days when England was
u province of France, and during the
later period when France was province
of England, the need of channel for
regular correspondence must have made
itself irresistibly felt; and even after
the loss of Calais the long presence of
English troops and English agents in
the Low Countries called for almost as
constant means of communication with
Holland.
The service probably made great
stride i'll the days of the protectorate !;
for Secretary Thurloe, who hung the
secrets of all Europe at the protectors
girdle, could do SO only by means of
uninterrupted correspondence with his
agents abroad, and, being postmaster
himself, could regulate the packets to
suit his wishes. Still the system was
not extended outside the narrow seas
either during Cromwell's reign or that
of his successor. The need for such ex-
tension became pressing only through
the growth of our colonial possessions.
Macmillan Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
Witnesses Who See Through Glass.

ut is curious, says Maine lawyer,
"how prevalent the notion is that per-
son cannot testify as witness in court
to anything seen through glass. What
would you do with all the folks that
wear spectacles and see everything
through glass; asked Maine judge
not long ago, referring to this notion.
If the glass through which an action or
event was seen was wavy, so as to dis
tort the appearance of objects, that fact
might nowadays raise "A doubt AS to the
reliability of the evidence, but could not
exclude it. The prevailing notion doubt
less had its rise in very ancient days,
when all the glass in use for windows
was very much warped and blurred,
Such glass may be seen--a single pane
of tin the office of the little hotel in
Cambridge village, framed and kept as
relic. Where such material was in
use 1t is little wonder that witness
was prevented from testifying as to
what he saw through it. 1t was in com
mon use in England at the time of the
settlement of New England, and natu-
rally in the early homes of this continent
it was the best that could be had. But
such rule where modern glass is in
common use would be nonsense. -
Lewiston Journal
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
In Time of Drought.

Under our present modes of cultiva-
ton the farmer can do little for the
crop during the time Of actual drought
Ordinary cultivation is of comparatively
little benefit during prolonged dry sea
son. Its most effective work is before
the dry spell sets in. No matter what
the value of the crop and no matter
how much this value is concentrated on
small areas of land there is practically
but little to be done to save the crop.
Irrigation should be used as an insur-
ance against the loss of crops. A small
pond fed by IA windmill would often
save garden or a small area of valu-
able crop from destruction or great in
jury during IL dry season. A small port
able farm engine, which would be avail
able at other times for cutting feed,
thrashing grain and other farm purposes,
could be used TO drive an irrigating
pump during the dry seasons. This
would be particularly valuable for to-
bacco, truck and other crops which are
grown under very intensive system of
cultivation.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20

Professor Smith, entomologist of the
New Jersey state station, has found that
the elm tree beetles are vulnerable to
stomach poisons, and be makes his ex-
terminator on the following formula:
A pound of paris green or london pur-
pie mixed with $50 gallons Of water ;
add sufficient quantity Of stone or
shell lime, pound for each pound of
the poison. In order to give better adj
hesiye qualities, add 2quarts of glucose
or thick molasses to every 100 gallons
of mixture. When the water and lime
have come to the boiling point, put in
the poisons. This formula will have no
bad effect upon the trees, for the solub
arsenic is neutralized by the lime.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
SELECTING A VOCATION.
DIR. Parkhurst's Wise Counsel to Young
Men In Choosing "a Career.

DIR. Parkhurst's Wise Counsel to Young
Men In Choosing a Career.
1.-The young man who says, / have
given my heart to the Lord, and, there
fore, am going to study for the minis
try misses the entire point, says Dr.
Parkhurst IN an article on Selecting
Career" in Ladies' Home Journal.
There is no therefore about it. That
is a pettifogging way of meeting great
situation. I.quote from letter that |
received recently from young lawyer
i'll OHIO In my daily life about the
criminal courts | have seen many a sad
scene, and at last it has come to that
point that am almost decided to cast
aside my bright future in law and en-
ter the service of the Lord. | answered
him that he was writing nonsense.
What he meant by the service of the
Lord was the Christian ministry, and
that Is no more a service of the Lord
than any other reputable calling 1t is
not what man does that makes his
service Christian 1t is putting his career
under contribution to the public veal,
instead Of mortgaging it to his own
prefcrment, that makes his service
Christian. There Is "a great lot of small
thinking about these matters and we'll
meaning imbecility that works dam
agingly all around. My correspondent
furthermore wrote that he had learned
to distrust the law. All the more rea-
son, then, why he should stay in the
law. We cannot improve "a thing by
standing off and distressing it, but by
jumping in and converting it. If all the
conservation is put into the ministry
and all the brains into the other profcs-
sions, neither the pulpit nor the world
will profit. The sum and substance of
all of which is that when young man
has come out on to the distinct Chris
tian ground of putting himself under
contribution to the public veal, the Sc
lection of "a career best suited to him
self and to the needs of humanity is
simply matter of studying adaptations,
and deciding by what art, trade, bust
ness on profession he can subserve that
veal the best. -
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20

One morning, at Versailles, in Janu-
airy, 1871, the letters from home were
being looked through while Moltke was
present In one of them was long
poem in his honor, full of all magma
bic eulogies, such phrases as 1.-THE sage
orderer of battles, " 'the great silent
man, ETC., constantly occurring. He
sat quiet while this great composition
was being read out, and when it was
over he smiled calmly to himself and
remarked to us, well, you know, if
we had not conquered, the poem would
have begun with the words, Thou old
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20

Sorghum is an excellent food for hogs
in that ii is cheap and that they thrive
well on it, but it ought not to be fed ex-
clusively or in large quantities to brood
sows The chief nutrient III sorghum
canes is the sugar, and while it has
been proved to be a fattening food foi
hogs 1T does not furnish the element of
growth that SOW carrying pigs should
have and if fed to her she should, in
addition, have some shorts or other
concentrated food rich in muscle form
ing elements
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
NOTICE.

All persons indebted to the
late firm OF Bartlett & Cairns
are hereby notified that the
books OF said firm have been
placed in my hands for collec-
ton. No other party has au-
thority to settle the same.
To avoid their being placed
in the hands of an attorney
for collection settlement must
be made without delay with
,,.t ID. II. BARTLETT.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
This il Your Chance.

On receipt OF ten cents. cash or stamps. a
generous sample will be mailed Of the most
popular Catarrh and Hay Fever cure lEly's
Cream Balm) sufficient to demonstrate its
great merit. Full size soc.
ELY BROTHERS..
So Warren st, New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., OF Great Falls, Mont,
recomme nded Ely's Cream Bal to me. l can
emphasize his statement, 1t is positive cure
for catarrh il used as directed Rev. Francis
W Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena,
Mont.
She ipassionately) -"Will you ever love
another, dearest?" He t~earilyJ mo, never,
if / get out OF this affair alive."-St. Louis
Globe. DemoCr rat.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20

"What helped you over great obstacles
of life?' they asked successful man.
"The other obstacles, " he answered. -
e. S. O'Conno1.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
d, Portland. lewiston. Augusta,
lie Skowhegan and Bangor.

RS-'Flag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
MIXED between Bingham and No. Anson.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer and Electric
Cars to and from Skowhegan.) At Arson. for
Sawyer's Mills, (Starks);
No. Anson for North and West New Portlsno
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis At Bingham
for Forks, Moose River, May6eld, Kingsoury
and Abbott.
W. M. AVER SUPT.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20

The Pisan era. commonly used in
France during the twelfth century,
was originated by monk of Pisa. 1t
Antedated the Christian era by one year.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
Notice of Second Meeting.

STATE OF MAINE.
Somerset SIS. Court Of Insolvency,
In the case OF Morrill, c. Rowe of No. l.
R. in said County, lnsolvent Debtor.
This is to give notice that pursuant to an or
der OF Court therefor, a second meeting of the
Creditors of said Insolvent Debtor will be held
at the Probate Court Room, Skowhegan, in
said County, on Tuesday the 9Th day OF sept
A. d, 1886 at one O'Clock in the afternoon.
ATTEST: NATHAN FOWLER
2wA Register OF said Court
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20

The first purchase Of copper to be used
in the Omitted States coinage was in
1899, Sept. i, six pounds.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20

Shade trees in the pasture are objected
to by farmers, as inviting the COWS to idle
ness, but observation seems to show that
cattle will Craze as long as they are hungry
trees or no trees.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20
For Over Fifty Years

MRS. WIEsLow's SooTH1HG SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions OF moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all paiu, cures wind collie
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by Druggists in every part of the world
Twenty five cents bottle. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslows soothing syrup" and
take no other kind. ly3S
The Somerset reporter., 1896-08-20

Why not give the boy an acre of land in
his own right Nothing will do so much
to attach him to the farm. Let him set it
to fruit trees or nut trees and grow vege
tables and small fruit on the same land.
He will take much more interest in farm
ing when he has little farm of his own.
He will earn his own clothes and spending
money, and when he feels like leaving
home the bearing trees will send out their
fruitful arms to hold him back.