Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12
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the honor to represent just such a people
There are no poor Choctaws. Every man
has land. and. il he has not money, he at
least has the United States government as
a creditor. and those debts will be paid.
Even better scheme Of paternal govern
ment than that Of Bellamy, n It was
adorned with modern art and refinement.
can be found in that of the Choctaws
While there are no destitute there are
some criminals, most of whom are .ena-
gaze whites, but 1t Is a remarkable fnct
that when Choctaw violates the law and
Is sentenced to death. such is his honor and
reverence Tor authority that he can be re-
leased upon his own recognizance with ner
rect SAFETY. He Will return at the time an
pointed for execution. There are MANY
Things about the tribal government that
would be valuable IL properly studied and
understood" Mr. jackson who Is a fuIl
biooded Choctaw. is a graduate of Roanoke
college. and represents his nation as to
their Important interests at Washington.
stands high In Indian councils, and In
wnom they have an able as well as Jealous
advocate in Washington.
There will be very lively tim, q, III.
next legislature of California" said c. r.
walters Of San Francisco at the ArlInp
ton. The Southern Pacific railroad crowd
intend to defeat Senator Perkins They
never did have much use for him. AT The
time Senator Perkins, Estee and Sargent
divided the Legislature about evenly Presi
dent Stanford succeeded in coming forward
ana wrestling the prize from them all SEN
ator PERKINS has fought the Pacific rail-
ROAD consistently ever since he succeeded
the late Senator Stanford and now he will
DE Fought as never before. One of The in
I feature OF the matter is that NJ
III ha=
fdiIroad measures strongly, IL being gem
orally supposed that in return he would
nave Huntington's influence In the direc- -
uoh OF the senatorship; but IL now Jewel
ops mat huntington and John ID. Spreck-
els nave formed combination, and the lat
Ter Is to be pitted against Senator Perkins
VINO VIII not surrender without a royal po-
litical battle"
Epigrammatic sentences ar. Interesting
but there is such a thing AZ being
TOO strongly epigrammatic" said r. F.
barnett OF Louisville at the Shore
nam. was going into Louisville
from Memphis. On the train was A
"hite-haired old lady, with whom chance
drew me into conversation. We be-
came quite friendly. and she told me that
she was going to visit her son. whom she
mad not seen for two or three years He
mad written few weeks before. asking
her to visit him at Louisville naming /,
certain hotel She arranged her affairs as
quickly as possible and went. At the depot
she was greatly disappointed not to meet
her SON. and 1 accompanied her to the no.
Tel, IL berg the one i was IN the habit of
patronizng. i took her to the parlor ana
volunteered to find her son. The clerk hal
not seen him. but gave me letter for IN.
lady. AS soon as she read the first lin.
she tainted. and L hurriedly sent for a
physician. picking up the letter. The frs,
paragraph was: MY Dear Mother: I am
now In the penitentiary." | was shocked.
but read further. The next paragraph
said: Il have a good position with tn.
contractors. and II is impossible to get
away. Come on to Frankfort. / have al
ready rented house for us to live In" In
took US three hours to bring the mother to
conscious ness
Il used TO believe people made their own
Giro umstances and there was no such thing
as luck" said T. f. Prescott of Helena.
Mont, one of the wealthiest men in the
northwest. at the Norma ndie, but L am
now firm believer in luck | was in husi-
ness for good many years, carefully ex-
ercising my judgment upon every transac-
ton made, but / never accumulated much
money. About ten years ago ] was con-
PEELED TO take a piece Of property GA A
debt. / tried to sell il. almost TO give II
away, Dul no one wanted II. The minerals
on IL cleared more for me in SIX months
than 4 had ever hoped to amaSs. l tried
speculation in other directions. Wherever
l exercised my judgment l lost; wherever
L went blind i gained. Hence for the past
ten years l have done business entirely on
impulse. No matter how contrary to judg-
ment matter seemed, if impulse prompted
favorably 1 will go into it. Luck has mad.
me better off than l ever expeC ted TO be-
and 1 now believe in it.
Il went to Winchester, Va on decoration
day said Col II. G. Otis of Los Angeles.
the well-known newspaper man, at the
Shoreham. Just thirty-two years ago in
an engagement just above the town. I was
shot. and 1 wanted. If possible TO locate
the spot where / was when wounded. 1t
seemed almost impossible after the lapse of
so many years and the changing character
of natural monuments in a rapidly grow
ing country like the United States But a
party of US started from Winchester The
ground seemed familiar to me: i'm fact hut
little change had occurred. However 4
could not exactly place the battlefield 1
knew L was standing in front Of ciump
of trees when the bullet struck me, and /
knew where fence and "A ridge were To-
Gated from there. We met a Blacksmith
and as soon asked htll nc pointed
directly to the place. II being wh""e / had
already thought il was. anl when We
reached there we found that the trees were
standing precisely as they wer. thir;I Two
years ago.
There is a beautiful Indian legend con-
nected with rock in the Nocoochee valley.
Ga, called Lovers Leap said G. r
orion of Chicago at the Iialci sh. II sup
pose you are well acquainted with the
legend of which | speak. The daughter Of
an old chief falling in love with a young
chief of hostile tribe, he being cart;ired
and thrown from the rock she leGping
where his dead body has fallen.
Il have often wondered What the actual
event was that is thus COMMUNICATED i'm
legend. / do not believe there IS a state
where there is not from one to n dozen
lovers leap rocks, and The same legend
is told with but slight Variations to ac-
of them and listened TO the legends, 1 took
a peculiar interest I'm them. ana have now
seen over forty, hearing the same story
concerning each. These rocks ara I'm wide
ly separated sections. ard tho legend mus;
have been universal among all Iibcs Of
In dams, which would seem TO indicate that
they had a common origin AMI that some
such event occurred before the tribes
and the legend was passed down
through successive generations
Caves are going out IF fashion, said
c. T. Grisoom of BOWLING Gr2an. Ny.. at