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men and women, and the like. I have
baskets on which all these initiative
patterns are shown.
But some baskets have many and
strange ideas woven into them.
Ideas of mythology, of his
tory, off, religion, of social life, etc.
The old man in the engraving holds
d basket in his hands, into which his
aged wife wove the following, which
she told me when 4 secured the bas-
ket last year. The couple are the
oldest members of the small remnant
that still fingers at Saboba, made
memorable by III. H." in her fascin-
ating novel ramona" This is the
story:
ia When the world was young the sa-
boba people led by their great captain,
Uuyot, crossed the ocean of the sum
set and came to the Pacific shore of
what is =, now southern California.
j~aThose Above" directed them to come
to this place, but they could not settle
upon any location to establish their
homes, owing to the darkness which
covered the earth. Suddenly fright
full earthquake shook them, loud thun.
ders were heard and vivid and threat.
sning lightning descended from the
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to live there and some to live every
where. Each was given his own
tongue and he was told not to mix
with people of another tongue. Then
he scattered them abroad in their own
villages and the world was peopled.
But he linked them together with the
chain Of common blood and warm
friendship. They were all powerful
and encircled the earth. Nothing
could harm them, for they were sur
rounded by mountains, which pro-
tected them from onslaughts by any
enemies. These were the days OF
their greatness and power. "Those
Above" smiled upon them. The sun,
each day rose above the mountains,
and at nj ght the moon and the even.
ing star together with all the Other
planets and stars shone upon them,
and in the morning the morning
star's"bright beams cheered their
hearts before the new rising of the
glorious sun.
Then, pointing to the basket, my
Indian friend reminded me that the
connected series of circles represent.
ed the time Of her peoples power and
explained that the upper portion OF
the design was to represent the noun.
tains and valleys, and the peculiar
U-shaped figures are the sun, moon,
and stars rising above them.
A common symbolic design is that
used by the Hopi (Moki) woman when
she wishes to propitiate the spider
woman who weaves the clouds. When
rain is to be prayed for in the barren
desolate country where she lives, the
pious Hopi woman knows the rain cam
not come unless there are clouds in the
heavens. All clouds are woven by the
mythical spider woman, so she weaves
the spider web into her basket. This
is symbolic of the clouds she desires,
Then she goes to the shrine of the
spider woman and sprinkles the sacred
meal and offers her prayers. Now the
men may begin the snake dance (which
is Hopi prayer for rain), as the spider
woman has been propitiated and the
clouds will be woven.
once bought basket from a Ha-
vasupai woman in which the funnel
shaped death-dealing cyclone or tor
nado was symbolized. This basket was
supposed to have great power in divert
ing the tornado from the hawas, o.
homes, of her people, and she used it
in her prayers to the spirit Of the tor
nado that she and all who belonged to
her might be saved from injury.
q. WHARTON JAMES.
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CHINESE WOMEN SPINNING.

tions. And century is trifling pc
riod of time in the orient.
Their tools are, of course, of the
most primitive and cheapest kind.
The spindle is simply a wheel of bam-
boo spokes about two feet in diam
eter, turned by the right hand. A
string belt turns the little spindle.
and the roll of cotton held in the left
hand is drawn out and twisted into a
rather coarse and uneven yarn. /
/ When one watches this process Of
spinning one thread 4at a. time and
thinks Of the countless mass Of hu-
manity, that is being clothed in this
way, it gives hm q vivid conception Of
the accumulative power Of little
things. -
The loom is Of wood, clumsy and
heavy; but they use it with such
skill and: industry, and labor is so
cheap, that they can successfully com
pete with machinery in weaving. and
at the same time make a living wage.
A good weaver will make IA yards Of
cloths day, when the yarn is in the
loom, but it is not possible to average
that, fort takes one-third, of the
weaver's time to place the yarn in the
loom. 49,. >= ri s..5. zIs "A
ii The dyeing is mostly with indigo,
which :is raised in large quantities in
South China. The mems clothes are
plain blue or blacks. The black is
istmPlyl indigo in larger. quantities.
This plain blue: or. black thomespqn
cotton cloth Is the universal -slothihR
Of TIN; 3Ghinese speasanfr,y during tie
cool .ayaethsx Thqqss sl,e 4 I san al ~ shotd
i weaF White in s4lninsr tine. They
also weave whifts sand blue together.
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H1SC'ELLANE ' JUS ITEMS.

& The bells Of Peking, seven n num-
Der, weigh 100000 pounds.
b a Chicago Arm has set up line Of
automobiles to transport passengers
between its store and one Of the rail-
road stations for five cents. II
In China the coinage Is pierced with
square hole in the center, and in
place Of . purse John Chinaman car.
ries q piece Of string on which tho
coins are slung. *s5 .s5ts.@ 3 '35
The average whale Is from 80 to IS
feet in length and IS feet in ciroum-
ference. 1he jawbones are 20 TO Is
feet long, and tongue has been
known to yield almost q ton Of oil.
When the settlement of the Trans
vaal colonies is completed Bloemfon.
tein will become the federal capital Of
South Africa and the residence of the
governor general. Other governors
will reside at Cape Town, Pietermar.
itzburg and Johannesburg. ~ - -
Six German states are now, gov
erned by regents:. The kingdom Of
Bavaria and the principality Of Lippe
Detmold on account Of the insanity OF
their rulers; the principality of
Reuss, of the younger line, where the
| prince has turned the government
over to his son; the duchy of Bruns-
wick, which is held by Prussia, pend
ing settlement with the house of
hanover, and the duchies of Neck
lenburg-Schwerin and Sake -Coburg-
Gotha, whost rulers are not yet of
age.
A religious ceremony, Incompetent
sible to temperance people, took place
recently at Fecamp, in: Normandy,
when the archbishop of Rouen blessed
the new distillery buildings of the
monastery where the Benedictine
liquor is made. The cordial had been
manufactured for two centuries when
the French revolution broke out and
the Benedictine monastery was de-
stroyed. The recipe was saved by a
family named LIE Grand, and restored
to the monks in 1863. A bronze statue
to the lie Grand who revived the in
dustry was unveiled before the bene.
diction Of the buildings.
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overworked lines of production. Con-
meet the cotton producing states with
the far east by an isthmian canal and
open the interior with its vast popula-
tions under an enlightened govern
ment, and it will be scarcely possible
ever again to Elut the cotton market
of America.
Where do they get it now? 1t is
grown chiefly in the Yangtse valley.
Compared with the American article,
the best is poor. The fiber is short. It
grows low and stunted, and the card
ing is done by hand. A bow with q
string, held up by stick tied to the
workman's back running from his
waist to foot or more above his head,
and a wooden mallet, are his tools. BY
working hard he can beat ten pounds q
day.
The beaten cotton is made into little
rolls about ,1S inches long. The cost
of this carding process is about one
cent pound. The shops retail the
carded cotton. It is safe to"say that at
least three-fourths of the cotton cloth-
ing worn by the Chinese is homespun.
These little rolls are spun into yarn
one thread at time by the women and
girls in their homes. A woman can
spin from three to five ounces day,
and earn about one cent. That is what
would be called sweating" by certain
social reformers in America. But in
China it is nothing of the kind. These
women are making their own Clothes,
and those of their family. They have
plenty of time and no money. They
use their large leisure in that way. The
woman operatives in the cotton mills in
Shanghai are paid ten times that and
can. live. e.eomfortably on their wages.
1t seems like ages ago, but it is not
30 very long, since our greatAgrand-
mothers spun and wove the clothes
for their husbands and brothers. The
century that is about to die has seen
the birth of this and nearly all the
great industrial enterprises that have
SO revolutionized our social condi-
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COSTLY LIVING I'm MANILA.
Doubled Since the American
Occupation.

Manila officers writing to officers in
the war department tell many inter-
esting things not likely to get into
print, officially or otherwise. One of
them, in recent letter, says: II
shall come in debt. I made a grand
mistake in letting my family come out
here, forit costs just four times as much
to subsist them here as in California.
The Spanish paper, the -Comercio, the
other dsy bewailed the high prices we
have to pay for everything, and I in
close, for the amusement of you staff
boys in Washington, a list showing
what prices were in 1897 and are now
in this unfortunate town:
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the warp Of one color and woof Of
the other. making pepper and salt
cloth that i quite common. Figured
cloth is also worn BY children, but
not much BY adults. It Is stamped
by the dyer. The women Of this
region are fond Of bright red for
dress-up occasions, and bright green
10 also = popular and comparatively
expensive color. "A curious method il
used to dye this color. One days
journey north of Hinghua IL stream
that has some peculiar mineral prop
critics that cause the indigo blue to
turn bright green. Cloth IL carried
there from Annoy overland. four
days journey, to be dyed. As far as
is known this IL the only stream that
has these properties. Doubtless lit
tie knowledge of chemistry applied
to the problem would soon reveal the
secret, and make it possible to do it
artificially, thus avoiding the expense
of long carrying overland and break
ing up the monopoly of this neigh.
borhood.
In cold weather coats and trousers,
double and lined with cotton wadding.
take the place of the heavy woolens
worn by western nations. This il
very much cheaper than wool. It 10
clumsy, of course. but that does not
inconvenience the wearer, for his
clothes hang so loose upon him that
there is ample room. I am assured
that it is no uncommon thing for per-
sons who can afford it to wear al
high as dozen coats in cold weather,
of which two or three are cotton
lined. There are no fires for heating
houses in South China, and the doors
are always open; so the Chinese when
cold simply add q coat. When too
warm they take one off. The loose
cut of the garments makes this a
simple matter. If in a company, and
it is not desirable to remove the outer
garment, by q little dextrous pulling
and shifting of arms the surplus un.
dergarment is pulled out of one of the
ample sleeves.
Astothe FUTURE it is in every degree
probable that in time much less home.
sun will be worn, and machine spun
and woven cloth will take it's place.
There is steady increase of cotton
goods imported from America and
India, especially of the lower grades
of cloth. The literary classes wear
foreign cloth for outside garments al
most entirely now. They prefer
homespun for underclothing, because
it is heavier, and hence warmer.
Yarn is being imported from India
in great quantities. During the past
three years several large mills have
been erected in. Shanghai for spinning
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baskets had long been in use, and
seeds were roasted in them-even as
they are to-day by scores of Indians
by throwing red hot Goals into the
basket and shaking them among the
seeds. Sometimes this would result
in the burning of the bottom of the
basket, and some bright woman hit
upon the idea of lining her basket
with clay. By and by she learned
that sand mixed with the clay pre-
vented it's cracking, and thus the pot
terry idea began. 1t is easy to see
how the clay inside would, after hard
ening, now and again slip loose from
its basket, and there q new and COM
plete utensil was found. ready made,
in the Indian woman's hands.
Now I have seen these processes
actually exemplified with the Hava-
supai Indians of Cataract canyon, in
Arizona. To isaday they .line their
roasting baskets with clay, and much
of their pottery, as well as that of
other Indian people, is formed by
plastering it around wicker work.
But it is to the designs on Indian
baskets that I especially desire to
call attention. These are many and
varied. In book I now have in the
press I have shown that some of these
designs are merely initiative. Others
are topographic, and still others SYM
bolic. Initiative designs are those
that portray the lightning-a zig
tagging of valleys and mountains; a
stream of water; the rainbow; trees;
the calyx of flower; the nets in
which the Indians carry things; the
spider web: the rattlesnake: the
bear; the deer; the antelope; dancing
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heavens. Terrified beyond measure
the people stood still Tor awhile, and
then they began to complain and ask
Of Uuyot what these things meant.
He replied that he was sure something
dreadful was about to happen, but he
could not say what it would be. ''Let us
be silent and humble and reverent, then
when Those Above speak to us We may
hear and know what they desire us
to do."> The ,quivering OF the earth,
the thunder and the lightning still con-
tinued, but during q temporary lull aft
er one particularly .frightful outburst
Of thunder, Uuyot called out with .
loud voice: 'Wit-i-a-ko?" which sig
nifed: ''Who's there? What. do you
want?" There was no reply. All was
silent. The frightened people were 81.
lent. All nature herself was silent.
Then, solemnly, Uuyot said: my chill
dren! My own sons and daughters!
Something is wanted of us, but I do
not know what it is. Let US come near
together in reverence to Those Above.
Let us bring tobacco and make the big
smoke and dance the sacred dances" :"
So all the people brought tobacco and
Uuyot took the large pipe made Of
stone and made the big smoke and blew
it up into the heavens as an Offering to
"Those Above" and then showed the
people how they must dance. They
danced for long time, and then asked
Uuyot to talk more with the Great
Spirits of the Above. But the spirits
made no response. This made the peo-
pie sad and Uuyot sat down utterly
overcome. Then the people were panic-
stricken, but Uuyot marched away and
said never word.
At last, however, light came into
the sky and soon the sun, in his per-
feet brilliancy and completeness,
shone upon them. Then the people
were contented, for Those Above had
removed the darkness and shown the
light to them. But the light revealed
the fact that the earth was bare, so
Those Above bade Uuyot gather all
the people together. he did so. Then
the greatest of the spirits took some
of them and converted them into
locks, trees, animals, birds, fishes,
reptiles, insects, clouds, etc., accord
ing to their value. Then he made
more people, some to live here, some
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POEMS B As,K \ ETs.
Indian Women Put Much Thought
tn ,Thsirs Handiwork. "a
ettfsi
Bvery Design ana Line Ha. a Pee~l-
AaR Meaning - The Art Of Pot.
tery Originally Proceeded
from Dasket Making.

Especial Los Angeles (cal.) Letter.] -"
NURINd' the last ten years the
~ craze for Indian baskets has
grown into an epidemic. Twen-
ty years ago there were not more
than half n dozen respectable collec-
tions In the country-now there are
scores. And there is more reason in
. craze of this kind than in many that
the fashionable world indulges} in.
Indian baskets, far more than any
other one thing; reveal the life and
thought Of the Indian women who
make and use them. Most people in
picking up an Indian basket, win see
nothing more in it than q crude or
fine piece of work (as the case may
be), with . design worked more or
less skillfully into the woof. But the
expert can read great deal more
than that. He can see the love and
affection put into it; tho care of
months. expended in its manufacture;
the objects upon which the woman's
eyes rested willie she was making it;
or, mayhap, the thoughts and prayers
she indulged in while it was in her
hands. In some baskets one can read
the social condition of the maker,
whether she was maiden, q married
woman or widow. And, indeed,
there are so many things connected
with Indian baskets that, to wise
collector, they become q humanizing
education.
How many people are there who
are aware that from basketry sprang
the art of making pottery? And yet
1t is pretty generally accepted by
those who have given the matter the
closest study that the making of pot
terry was an accidental discovery made
somewhat as follows: Saucer-shaped
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CLOTHING IN CHINA.
Four -Fifths Of the Garments Worn
Are Made Of Cotton.
They Card, spia ana Weave Il 1t
Hone-Where They Get the Raw
Material - waste Economic !,
Changes Predicted. 4

l.. Especial Hinshua (china) letter.
TT is safe to say that four-fitths
of the clothing worn by the
Chinese is cotton. The Mon
golian wears it literally "frQm the
cradle to the grave" Rich and poor,
high and low, dress in cotton clothes.
The rich man may have silk robe on,
but his underclothing is of cotton. OF
wool, he will have none of it. He says
sit blisters" him.
The importance of this fact in its
bearing upon Americas great cotton
growing and cotton manufacturing in
dustries can scarcely be over-estimated.
Here are over 3oo,ooo,0oo people, our
next-6oor neighbors, furnishing an in
satiable market for one of our most
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THE MISTAKE OF HIS LIFE.
He Was Successful All Along Till
One Day He Was Chosen
Umpire.

81 was sort of crowded out of poll
TICS" said man whose friends at
one time quoted his stock as good for
the presidency of the United States,
relates the Washington Star. II had
the theory of the game all right
enough, but it was the effort to prac-
tice that gradually brought about my
downfall. I lived in a community
where there was good oeal of wealth
and progressive culture. This means
social pretensions and an adoption Of
the popular fads as they appeared.
II believed and stin believe that the
successful politician must be all things
to all men. For this reason I pro-
fessed the most profound interest in
golf, craftsmanship, yachting, diplo.
macy, baseball, music, bicycling, busi-
ness, church matters, social functions,
football, good horses, bellies, beaus,
bores and everything else than any
portion of the people might favor by
adoption.
'eThe plain, truth is that I knew
something less than nothing about
many of these subjects. couldn't
clearly define the difference between
q homo run and a catboat or tell
whether allegro was term used in
music or happened to be the name of
some new sewing machine attach
ment. BY looking wise and saying
little I, however, managed to gain IA.
vor AZ good fellow and the patron
of everything worth patronizing.
While I was at this high tide Of pop
ularity there was q match game of
baseball arranged between two of the
schools, and just to add to the eclat
of the occasion I was chosen umpire.
Instead Of pleading illness or an i'm.
perative engagement for the day ]
was darned fool enough to accept. !
wore a mask, danced around like q
harlequin and proved about as anus
ing as one to every ybody but the play.
ers. The boys became dangerously
mad at my. meaningless mixing OF
links, courts, wickets, wides, hard
sports, time allowances and handicaps.
I was ignominiously fred at the end
of the first inning, and when the boys
make their kick, you have no place
in politics, you know"
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Dinerent.

'Did you ever enjoy straw ride In
the country?"
"No."
"By George, old man, you ought to
60 on once!'
II have. I said never enjoyed one"
Puck.
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He Il q GeniQa.

"You ought not to be so hard on Ru-
dolph, papa," said Miss Kittish. He
really is very smart young man."
what is smart about him?" asked
papa.
HE says that he thoroughly under.
stands the, currency question."-Chi-
cago Daily News.
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He Made Her Tired

Henry" she said, you don't know
what , soothing influence you have
on me-" 10. s...S-s,- n. ~, .,..,.. -. !, !,
my darling" he whispered. softly;
while glad light came into his eyesn
''can it be so?" !
i, u Yes, she said, when you are hero
7 always feel inclined to sleep"
'Bitk = H.. sN=.: %={ 1--- ]
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In Campairn Times.

They sang long ago in dull accents Of woe
A delicate dirge Of 1.-The Man with the
Hoe"
But now when political strife stirs the
throng
IT'S the man with the barrel who most
moves the throng.
-Washington Star.
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A. Exp,e.rasaeeIa .Axent.

House Agent-Rush around to 126
Bank street quick and get last.
months rent. ,
Bookkeeper-What's up3
Agent-As I passed there this morn.
ing I heard a baby. There won't be
any spare cash around that house for
six weeks at least. I've had 'em my
self.-N. Y. Weekly.
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Inai:nilnate Inaniitfa..

'They tell me-" said the Hammer,
shat you think yourself clever aero
bat"
20, I amt 10 many" said the Tack,
,'but when stand on my head some
ione is apt to get stuck on me."-In-
;dianapolia Press.
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=
0l0n0anI In Dia9uloo.

''Good morning!'' said tho proud
mother Of the girl Who 1ozzled the
piano wretchsdiy. II hope my daugh-.
:terisI playing didn't disturb you last
night" ...5. !. E. ::5 q S-1.,, Z
70, raid Mrs.. Nexdore; : '.it pleased
.us immensely. Some most uninterest-
ing people came to call on 10 early
in the evening, but they didn't stay
Ions. delphis Post. J.;
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An Ungentle Reminder.

Husband-I shall never forget tho
biscuits my mother used to make.
Wife (crossly)-I suppose not!
,Husband-No. Whenever have an
attack of indigestion I think of those
biscuits.-N. Y. Journal.
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"They aay the young man Melissa
Perkins is goin' to marry is reg-lar
paragon"
"Land sakes! Do tell! I thought
he was clerk in grocery.''-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
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Plenty Of Shocks 1. That.

F1e3ty o. Bk0ckS. IN That.
doctor" said the patient, thought
fully, 'instead of relying upon an elec-
tric battery to give me occasional
shocks, why couldn't I go into poli>
tics?".
!: ;"oh, you mustn't have such violent
Shocks" said the cautious physician.
Chicago Post.
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Quoted.

Returned Delegate-I made two
speeches at the convention. Did you
see me quoted. +.-A.!,
Constituencies. saw by one OF
the papers that a lot of you were SELL
ing at 5000 apiece.-N. Y. Weekly. :.
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IN Demand,

"Do you expect to be as much in de-
mand among your constituents a.
usual?" asked. the friend.
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
"I'm in Ill kinds Of demand Some of
my constituents want to reelect me
and some of them want to have me in
dicted by the grand jury."-Washing-
ton Star
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His Philos0phy.

She-I wish I could be al contented
a. you! . j
;. He-Oh! I amt contented-onlyI !
don't think it's wuth while to worry
about it!-Puck. f@E
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,',. M DsuDt o1 IT..
Teacher-1n the sentence: '.Patricl
best JOHN with his fsts,' . what Il Pat.
rick? s. .:8:ss e.3 6. ...S ..5 s;#
Il, Bright Bloy-He's Irish. Philadel.
pms fksSe. $ss 5.5 s.
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CarryIne Il 4 1dort4i;al9ie

varying q Moftgage.
Bi1kins-Jimson must have built
that fine house of his under . mort
gage, didn't he?
Wilkins-I notice his shoulders are
beginning to look like Mansard roof.
IN. Y..Weekly.
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Her Wifely EncouFaEenent.
Mrs. Gayye-My husband gave up all
his expensive habits a short time ago.
Miss Bright-And how did his eco
nomical reform work?
''First rate, dear, while it lasted. He
saved up money enough the first week
to buy me q new hat."-The Smart
Set.