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Passaic City record., 1897-11-27

sent me word that they were ready for
the conference. / replied that / was
at my "tepee" and would be verypleased
to receive them. Grow insisted that
should come to him and it was only
after an hour or two's parleying that
he consented for his band to come to
me. T was not afflicted with Crows
spirit of dignity, sbut 1 knew that if
the game was opened by my going to
him, I would never get one OF his
band to take an allotment without go
ing for him with horse and buggy
and giving him his dinner to come.
Most of these "Hoshkis" are hun
ters, fishers, warriors, sports. They
are great jumpers, runners, boxers,
wrestlers. They have supreme and
lofty contempt for an Indian who will
spend his time working ''just like q
white man." They believe in the SOW
ereignity of leisure. Wherever crowd
Of them meet, they test their strength
in manly exercise. Whenever their
horses come together their mettle is
tested in a race. They are brave,
bright, strong. They have their ten
der qualities, however, and the two
little girls that they brought out from
their tepee homes to show me as the
pride of the camp'-the only two chill
dren in the band that had been sent
off to school-were as gentle and pretty
as Indian girls should be.
I induced them to decide to be ''good
Indians" and there is hope in their
future.
They had heretofore refused to take
allotments. They signifed their will
ingness to me, but they were very slow
to put it into execution. When one
came for his allotment, frequently, he
talked about this way: "What can I
get?" He was given great variety OF
land to select from 81 want none of
that" said he. SIS there any special
piece that I can't have?' He was told
of the PORTIONS already allotted or re-
served "Then," he would cry trium-
phantly, 81 want that or nothingl"
aud the allotting agent had real nice
time changing this notion.
The average Indians god is his din
u0I. LII luuuoaC0 WILL AiIl oAO M cav
Spirit does not play even poor sec
ond. You may fail to get him to agree
to anything else, but if you will invite
him to q meal he will foresake all
things and come with you. Then you
have at least fair opportunity to rea
son with him and drill your persuasive
powers.
When an Indian who means bust
ness-and there are many such-is to
select au allotment, he gets his pony,
rides over the land, decides upon the
in which he desires to
live aud then picks out the special
tract that he wants with view to it's
water supply, it's nearness to wood or
coal mines, it's meadows, its pillow
ground and all of it's conveniences.
His decision once made stands, and it
is usually good. Too frequently. how
ever, he selects piece of land that
isn't good for thing in the wide,
wide world. After the allotting agent
tried in vain to induce him to select a
better, he always comes to Mark
Twain's conclusion that. "if he wants
that kind of thing, that's just the
kind Of a thing he wants. Claude n.
Bennett, in Atlanta Journal.
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27

When I was allotting lands to In
dams in North Dakota lived in tents
out on the Fort Barthold reservation
about hundred miles from railroad
or civilized settlement.
With me was surveying corps in
Guiding several. Indians and an Irish
man, q German, Spaniard and mem
Der of one of the first families of Vir-
ginia. We joyously entertained any
body who chanced to come by our way
without regard to his present or pre-
vious condition.
One day boastful stranger hauled
up, with hungry look, in front OF our
dining tent and without so much as
s'good morning" for preface, sprang
off his horse and remarked
ga big syndicate is paying me S. a
day and expenses to sell land-no diff
ference what I get for it or whether [
sell it at all or not. !"
He seemed about to follow this an
nouncement of his Importance by ask
ing the price of q bite when re-
piled:
"Picket your bronco and sit down
to FEAST This surveying crowd con-
trolls all the country. I am working
for bigger syndicate than you are and
it pays me bigger wages than you get
just to give land away"
The invitation needed norepetition,
but the statement that I was being
paid to give land away required con-
siderable explanation to the visitor.
And the explanation may not be with
out interest to you.
The Indians, you know, were long
accustomed to have everything in COM
mon: to Craze their ponies on the
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27

Government shall keep the Indians
allotment in trust for him for twenty
five years. Then he is allowed to do
as he pleases with it. It is supposed
that by this time he will be able to
hold his own against all settlers in the
competition for homes. Just after
getting an allotment, the average In
dian would be strongly tempted to
give hundred and sixty acres of land
for weeks rations.
The next step after dividing out the
lands and placing each Indian under
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27

Knutsen's nugget weighs fraction
over thirty-four ounces Troy, and
came into his possession two days be-
fore he got out of tho land where
famine stalks.
This nugget is somewhat irregular
in shape, but very solid. 1t is light
yellow in color, and nearly four inches
in length in its largest part and about
three inches in width. 1t was
weighed and found to be worth ex-
actly $5S3.2 25.
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27

and earning for themselves the COM
forts of life. A healthful rivalry IS
thus established and ambition pre-
viously unfelt is fostered.
The Dawes bill, under which allot-
ments are made, provides that the In
dian shall become citizen with all
the rights thereunto appertainlng
within six months after he has taken
his allotment and severed his tribal
relations. 1t provides also that the
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Among the noteworthy announce
ments made at the recent medical con-
gress at Moscow was that the lungs
had recently been operated on sue
cessfully.
Electricity is used to ignite the wick
of an oil lamp recently placed on the
market, the battery and push button
to turn on the current being mounted
in the base'of the lamp.
Fountain brushes for painting are
made with socket in place of a
handle, and screw over the neck of a
paint can, from which paint feeds
through an orifce to the bristles.
Schoolboys should beware of licking
pens or blots with their tongues.
According to Mr.. Marpmann of Leip-
sic there are microbes in ink, and it
may be dangerous to prick the skin
with pen.
The insect which is destroying cab
bage in Howard county, Maryland.
has been identified as the harlequin
cabbage bug. It came originally from
Central America and first appeared in
this country in Texas in 1866.
The lightning specialist connected
with the government weather bureau
maintains that rods are no protection.
and that most precautions taken by
people to keep out of the path of
possible electrical discharge are USE
less.
A scientific expedition has gone from
Australia to the Ellice islands, 700
miles north of FIJI, to test Darwin's
theory that coral reefs are constructed
on gradually sinking islands. The
expedition will make deep borings
into the reefs.
Sir William Thompson calculates
that the number of molecules in a.
cubic inch of any gas is 100000, ,000,-
900, 900, 900, 600, 900, and in each of
these molecules there are several atoms
moving among themselves at the rate
of 70 miles a minute.
There has recently been cast by the
Bethlehem Iron foundry nickel-steel
ingot weighing 222, 800 pounds, said
to be the largest ingot ever cast in
y u
long, IA inches in diameter, and from
it will be made 16inch gun for coast
defense.
To facilitate the transportation and
preservation OF hay an apparatus has
been devised at Buenos Ayres for COM
pressing it to one-tenth its normal
bulk. In this form, as hay biscuits,
it can be preserved dry and sound for
an indefinite period, without losing it's
flavor or value as food.
A citizen just returned from Paris
describes a very ingenious device that
has been adopted there for use in cabs.
It is register that indicates the exact
distance, automatically, the cab travels
on trip, and at the end displays the
amount of the legal fare for that dis
tance for the information of the pas
senger.
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27
Sugar From Potatoes.

An extensive economical revolution
is in sight, if the claims Of DIR. Prinzen
Geerlings turn out to be what the doc
tor asserts they are. DR.. Geerlings, a
Government official Of Java and form
erly Professor of chemistry at the Uni
versity of Amsterdam announces the
discovery Of simple method Of con-
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27

verting potato starch into sugar. He
has lodged his description Of the
method with the French Academy Of
Science, SO as to secure priority for
his invention, although he is not quite
ready to make the details public.
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27

everybody and nobody, he finds
distinctive tract all his own. He is
thereby taught the law of inheritance.
The desire at onces comes to him to
leave to his children an Inheritance at
least as good as that which was left to
him. He sees other Indians all
around him cult rating their farms
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27

chief distinction among the miners
rests in his being the possessor OF the
largest nugget yet found in that dis
trict-a solid chunk of gold that
weighs, according to Dawson City
quotations, nearly $500.
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27
GOLD NUGGET WORTH $3.50.

1t Weighs Thirty-Four Ounces and Was
Found in the Klondilke Gold Fields,
Michael Knutsen is one of the few
miners who have come out of the
Klondike region with o sack. His
Passaic City record., 1897-11-27
"THE IRISH JOAN OF ARC"

Interesting Young Woman With a Mis-
sion Now in This Country.
Miss Maud Come, who has come
to America in the interest of the Irish
cause, is one of the most interesting
young women that ever came to these
shores. Her life has been one OF love
of country, the poor people of her
country and romance. She now lives
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-17
10

months. The teachers of Richmond who decided to
give their services to the city grautousy for the
mainder of this year deserve the greatest praise 1t
shows that they instruct for other than mercenary
considerations Such unselfshntss is worthy of COM
northumberland Comment, Baltimore.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-17
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

Males, 6O,O25 females CT, 754 Total, 1871
Jews embracing Christianity, 991 males, SIG females.
Christians embracing Judaism, 1876 males, 2S3 fe-
males Jewish students at the Vienna University in
1896 COG, against ,997 in the year 1890 In the
High School for Technology and Industry there
1853 Jewish students In the High School for Agri-
culture there were I students. In the Academy of
Fine Arts, % and in the Rabbincal Seminary 81
students; 3 of the latter hail from Lower Austria,
4 from Moravla, from Gallca, from Hungary,
and foreigner The rest in the preparatory depart
inent all from Galica. In the normal schools
there were in 1895 2 4s2 pupils and 466 Jewish stu
dents in the various trade schools.
| doubt whether there is any community in the
world of the size Of the Jewish population of Vienna
that boast of such vast represen tation at the
universities and high schools in all departments Of
science as this community can Yet it is jus in this
metropolis of Jewish intellect that the bat tie of anti
semitism is raging furiousv. Four hundred doctors
excluded from the medical fraternity Lawyers
have chance to plead cases before the tribunal OF
justice! Councmen rejected from the council
chamber, and eleven newly appointed judges
condemned unworthy to administer justice to
Christians because they happen , be Jews!
But the punishment of history is approaching.
The government that looked with indifference at the
growth of anti Semitisn is reapine it's own har
vest.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-17
Che Uuorlo's ueIeerapbtc Spstem.

Barely more than forty years have elapsed since
America gave to the world the unique invention of
biography and yet to-day, according to the latest
figures which can beobtained the world stelegraphic
embraces in its wide and compiled ted area not
less than 4, 9OS 1913 miles of wire T."
This enormous aggregate is distributed among the
great divisions of the earth as follows Europe
lot 100 miles; Asia 31O, 6S5 miles Africa, 99,419
miles; Australia 217 ,479 miles, and America 2,516,
54S miles. From these figures it appears that more
than fifty per cent of the worlds mileage of telegraph
wire is on this side Of the Atlantic but in view of the
fact that the invention itself is of American origin
this is just it should be- But the fact that America
outstrps the balance of the world in the extent of
telegraph mileages not SO much tribute to it's own
invention is to the extraordinary ate OF progress
which has taken place in the Western Hemisphere
during the past fifty years Taking the figures as
they apply to the entire world what higher tribute
could be offered to the genius of Professor Samuel F.
B. Morse, the renowned inventor of the telegraph?
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-17

Ifone can only suppose Captain Dreytus to have
been innocent of the odious offence imputed to him,
letter of his to his little boy which is published in the
Paris papers is full of pathos. 1t runs thus:
Dear Little Pierre: Papa sends you plenty of
kisses and to little Jeanne also. Papa often thinks
Of YOU both. You will teach little Jeanne to make
pretty towers with wooden bricks very high, like
those | used to make for you, and which tumbed
delightfully."-. Be very good. Give plenty OF
nice earesses to your mother when she is sad Be
very nice, too, With grandfather and grandmother;
have some good 'larks' with your aunts. In the
orig inal the word is "nches which means harmless
lit practical jokes When papa comes back from
his journey YOU will come and meet him at the sta
ton with little Jeanne, with mamma, with every
body. Once more many kisses for you and little
Jeanne. Your PAPA
-LOndoH DiHt News.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-17
3ewisb population Of uiema.

The annual statistical book Of Vienna contains
the following account Of our brethren i'll the Austrian
metropolis
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-12-17

NoTE The Hebrew day begins with the sunset Of t
preceding the corresponding common date.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Value of Silos

The following from the New York
Tribune is equally true of California, and
will be still more so as the value of corn
ensilage becomes more widely known
here:
Use of silos is rapidly on the increase,
and their utility has been fully demon
strated in many localities throughout
the country in the last few years, owing
to the extreme drouth, light hay crops,
etc. The silos which seem to have the
preference today are built of slaves,
round, the same diameter at the top or
at both ends, and with the practice in
vogue with some manufacturers they
can be built any depth. Many stave silos
have been built without regard to max
ing them alright, and it has been ad-
vocated in some agricultural papers that
it was not necessary to bevel the edges
of the slaves to conform to the circun-
ference of the silo. This is a great mis-
take, and it would be much better if the
edges of the slaves We're tongued and
grooved, thereby insuring a silo that
will preserve every bit of the ensilage
The point about its being alright and
Watertight is equally true in regard to
openings"
The herald., 1897-12-24
MASS MEETING.
Called by Temple Street
Property Owners
ALL COUNClLMEN ARE INVITED
WILL DEMAND CONTINUED
STREET CAR SERVICE
Downey Avenue Protest to Be Heard
Today-Change in Street
Names-City Hall

A mass meeting of the people residing
and owning property along the line of
Temple street cable road west of the
end of the double track has been called
tomorrow night at the West End Con-
gregational church, for the purpose of
taking action in regard to the attempt
by the receiver Of the road to forfeit the
charter of the western end of the line.
Invitations to attend this meeting have
been sent to all of the councilmen, ana
their presence is especially requested,
as the petition for the surrender of the
franchise was sent to that body.
A large attendance is expected. and
protest will be sent to the council, urg-
ing that the petition be denied. 1t is
understood that number of the stock
holders of the company are opposed to
the action of the receiver, and some of
them assert that he is acting without
the authority of court In the event of
the granting of the petition by the coun-
ell, which is not at all probable. the per-
sons residing along the line of the road
threaten to appeal to the courts, and. by
means of injunction proceedings, pre-
vent the suspension of traffic along the
line
The herald., 1897-12-24
TO HEAR PROTESTANTS
Board of Public Works to Consider
the Downey Avenue Matter

The regular session of the board of
public works today will be largely devot-
ed to the hearing of the petitioners for
and protestantS against the proposed
Improvement of Downey avenue. The
matter was referred to the board and
city engineer, and it was announced at
the time that the board would hear the
interested property owners today. 1t is
expected that the residents of that thor
oughfare will be present in force and
counsel Some of the persons who first
signed the petition, and afterward the
protest, are actively working against
the improvement, saying that their sig
natures to the petition We're secured by
the representation that Downey avenue
was to be made the main stem of the
boulevard system between this city and
Pasadena. The route selected for this
boulevard only touches one end of the
avenue, and if the improvement is made,
the street will be only a spur. When
the present protestants discovered this
they at once began circulating pro-
test, and to it they secured signatures of
the owners of a majority of the frontage.
Under the rule established by the coun-
ell, that a person once signing petition
is always considered to be in favor of
the measure, and his signature to pro-
test against the same matter is not to be
considered, the frontage on the prdotest
was so reduced that there is some doubt
as to its representing a majority. This
the city engineer will determine, and his
report will be made part of the report
Of the board of public works on the mat
ter.
The herald., 1897-12-24
MAY NOT GRANT 1T
City Appropriation for the Gold Cele.
bration in Doubt

As tomorrow is legal holiday, the
regular meeting of the finance commit
tee will be held this morning. One of the
most important matters to be considered
is the request from the Merchants and
Manufacturers association for financial
assistance in the proposed observance
of the fiftieth anniversary of the discov-
cry of gold in California. The associa-
tion, through Mr.. Max Meyberg re-
quested the council to appropriate $500
to make the celebration a success. There
will be some difference of opinion in the
committee as to whether the city can
afford to make a contribution for any,
thing. One of the members is in favor
of allowing 5000, but the others will op-
pose this on the grounds that the present
financial condition of the city will pre-
vent the expenditure of that amount
for such a purpose.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Street Names Changed

Mayor Snyder yesterday signed the
ordinance passed at the last meeting of
the city council, changing the names of
a number of the streets in the city The
changes are as follows: Ward street,
from Hoover to Bautista, changed to
Sixth street; Santee street changed to
EiWood street; Jewell street. from Sap
phlre to its northern termination,
changed to Bixell street; Sixth street,
from Hoover to the west city boundary,
changed to Wiltshire boulevard; Glowner
street, between Twenty-second and
TWenty-fifth, charged to Wall street;
Juarez street changed to Jasmine street:
Killarney street changed to King street; ;
Bidwell street changed to Sixteenth
The herald., 1897-12-24
Signed BY the Mayor

With the publication of the final ordi-
nance for the resurfacing of Spring street
today, that measure will go into effect
Mayor Snyder signed 1t yesterday. The
similar ordinance for the proposed resur-
facing of Main street will be passed by
the council on January Sd and will be
signed at once. Although the Spring
street matter is about two weeks ahead
Of the Main-street project, the work on
the two streets will be completed about
the same time.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Band Copcert

The regular weekly concert by the
Seventh Regiment band will be given
this evening, instead of Saturday The
concert will be in the usual place, in
front of the city hall on Broadway, and
the program will be: March, Pride Of
the Regiment II. Bellstedt, jr.; "Souve-
mir de Cadiz,' (Bolero), Bosisio; selec-
ton from Faust" Gounod; "Polish
Patrol" De Koutski; overture, "a Hunt
in the Ardennes," Marie Crooked in the
Cradle of the Deep j. p. Knight; In
vitation la Valse," Weber; "Serenata
Mexicano," Chambers; potpouri, "Mu-
sical Review" Riviere concert polka,
"Trilby," Seidl Under The Double
Eagle" (march), j. f. Wagner; galop
THE Amethyst" d. ID. Parten.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Among the insects that swarmed

Among the insects that swarmed in
Jamaica because Of the ravages of the
mongoose in destroying insectivorous
animals came tick. This preys upon the
mongoose and is destroying the Indian
mammal in extenso, and the people of
Jamaica are wild with joy at the pros
pective riddance of this once friend but
present pest. This example shows how
complex nature is and why scientific
acumen should attend all such enter
prises. We have learned that the first
two chapters of this experience in
have been suffered in Hawaii.
1t only remains for the Hawaiians to
import the tick