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The Washington bee., 1902-07-12

and it was discharged prrmatursf
and the flash from the percussion cap
left him sightless.
Fate kept Jesse Gardner and Char
lotte Loveioy apart till the days
came when they were old enough 70
attend the school department ot he.
state institution for the blind d
Jacksonville. Jesse was iu rae hg-
school and Charlotte in the primary
department.
One day a timid little girl VII
brown hair in long braidS cm5 hss'
tatingIy into the high sch.7. 1a+
where the big boys were -.alHlg
their lessons in geometry an nay's
She had come TO see as t.' DIG
only can see, the human -.s.d.a
kept under lock and key IN ''e ll-
The teacher in charge said T. als %
the boys:
Lew, show Charlotte the sAsT
ton"
.Lew"-for that was the name ii'.
Jesse Gardnerwent by at zcLH .-"t-
TO the closet and took out taa sa5T
ton. He let the little girl handle
In wonder and told her II thr dla
ent bones. Then. in boyiSh -'.ie D.
ratified it grewsomely. Charlotte '-
frightened and ran in terror 70 y
other end Of the hall She "'i'-'
she would never forgive '.-
strange boy who had so trI--.'-
her. But she did.
Jesse Gardner and Charlotte u,
joy were schooImates from -'a
1891. During those two years D
spoke but seldom. Yet when ''
graduated in 1891 ne left school W.
regret at losing the girl be ---
ready learned to know as -'''-
He came TO Chicago and mace
way, while she remained f.E ~
years at school at JacksoH'l-7'
In 1900 Charlotte Lovejoy zf---,
ed. She had grown into sweet -, =,
womanhood. Her school days -
she moved to St. Louis with hsl
ents and last June it so LaFp,, pr.,,,l
that Jesse Gardner and 'l1.'I 81
Lovejoy met again this t'ar ,-,. =, Z.
home. 1t was not a case "I W.. - ii
first sight" but Jesse me" '--. ,5,,l
loved Charlotte, and VIII a
knowledge came the stor! "
betrothal 10 another man. n
But Charlotte had not know ~
heart when the first suit"f L1- n
for her hand. The memory 90 4
school friend was TOO siI'-- La
there came a day when Jess {, Il
knew that his blind s"ee.''.-.5 i
free and that her heart Va !
him. Their betrothal toi-'" -
the wedding took place Ma, ;r
live at 20O5 Eugenia stree, s,.s u
Louis, happy and content u.
! future they can neither
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12
INDIAN CENTENARIAN.
DIonIcio Chico. a DieganO of South
ern California, Has Reached
the Age OF I06.

Could the remnant bands Of the Ca
huilla, Serrano and DieganO Indians
still lingering upon the foothills of the
coast range ten the complete story of
their ancestors origin and expert
ences, it would far surpass in interest
any modern romance, Some have at
tanned a longevity so remarkable that
they distinctly remember the times
of the desperate tribal wars, of over
whelming floods and destructive earth
quakes. OF such Dionicio Chico, be-
longing to the Dieganos, dwelling in
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12
Something New in Tools.

A cricket club of Englishmen in
Valparaiso. Chill. sent TO England for
a large consignment of bats and a
few stumps. On arrival they were
liable to a duty of 30 per cent, but
it occurred to the captain, who had
had a good deal Of experience in GUS
tom house business, that it would
be a good move to enter the goods
as agricultural implements, which
were allowed to enter free of duty.
This was done and it was pointed
out to the custom house official who
examined the goods that with the
end of the stump and the aid of the
fat of the bat a hole was made in
the ground in which seed was placed.
This explanation was considered sat
isfactOTy.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12
wyoming's Vanishing Town

In a short time the town of Car
bon, Wyo., once lively little city of
nearly 1000 population. will disap-
pear from the map. It's davs of
prosperity are over. The Union Pa
cific railroad which owned the land
and operated the coal mines there.
the sole subsistence of the town. has
declared the mines exhausted. The
railroad tracks viii be moved and
Carbon will remain six miles from
the main line Of the road, deserted
village IN desolate country beside
a lot Of abandoned holes.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12
CASE OF BLIND LOyp
The COurtship Of Jesse Gsr5,.
Charlotte Loveiov.
Both Are Blind. Neitt..
the Other, Yet Their NF
United by the strong, '
Ties OF Affection

Blind Love" is the storrat.l
romance of Jesse Lewis Gard -' lie
his wife. Both are blind T.sa "a
ever saw the other, and Vet -5.- ...-''
as happy and conteuted "a. +. 80
were blessed with double ,.s- '-'l
Jesse Gardner and Charl.r.-
JOY were introduced TO each .---,, We
a skeleton in the museum of ,r. -
Bois School for the Blind at I..s- -
vile. Then their romance b-r.-
Charlotte had been blind ,.-.-.
was a baby three years oil
lived then with her parars ar >,.
ton, in Madison county. III. o-.I
she stood by and with as..
filed with wonder watched h.. -
ther clean and polish an afs.%
Toned muzzle-loading shotgun ~
the work was done he ngr g. r.--H
sion cap under the gun r.-r-.
Suddenly the weapon slipped s-mI-
hand, struck a stool be,... rltr
baby Charlotte was standlrs a-5u-
discharged. The fame B..uH =
the eyes Of the baby, and .-r.-.,
Lovejoy was blinded for life. ..-r..,
could do nothing for her. ami sd,
grew older she faced The ....-s b,
life with sweet resignation V..
pathway was even ther ---.-,
parallel 10 that Of Jesse O. -r-.- =
though neither of them knew +. rls,
Jesse Gardner has seen more .f-I,
world than his blind wife. t.r ha 5l
not lose his eyesight until f. wrsr,
years old. He was q farmer Ia H.
ing in Union county. Ill., Like p. han,
he loved a gun, and frequent. HINT.
ed for wild duck with an 0lB.ssa.
ioned muzzle-loading shotrnr-s.-.
liar to the one which had DESTROYED
the sight of Charlotte Love-ov
One day while the l4-vear.od b-y
was hunting alone he tried the gD
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12
Calf Ate I'D His savings

A leather wallet, containing $3.50
which Farmer Densmore, of Vestch. y.
T., was about 10 pay on mortgage.
was accidentally dropped in his barn
lot He had reason TO believe that
one of his calves made a meal of the
wallet and its contents, and he killed
and opened the animal. in its stomach
he found the wallet and the money
the latter almost mass of pulp. The
fragments Of Sl10 were in a condition
10 be recognized. and were sent to-rb.
United States treasury for redemp
ton.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12
The Be Would Like to See
ImpostorS exposed.

Impostors exposed.
Bogus editors take a back seat.
False publication as TO circulation
cease.
Men who claim TO be great editors
remain at their homes and edit their
papers.
Less Exodus in this city of bogus
editors.
Booker T. Washington keep his
hat on when he is talking with his
equals.
Tell President Roosevelt how many
southern delegates be can control.
Col Jere Brown the next member OF
the Ohio legislature.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12

paid, about S54,OOO.OOO MareeIlus
Dodge received upward Of 100000 900
under his grandfather's will few
months ago.
His riches have not changed his man
ner Of life. He still lives in one room
at the lower part of Madison avenue.
Just as he has done since he first began
to prepare for college. 1t is too far for
him to walk to Columbia. but wherever
he has TO go within two or three miles
Of his home he walks, simply to save
car fare. -.-- --
He Is economical almost to the point
of penury. He dresses well, as BELTS
an undergraduate, but never showily.
About the only extravagances that he
has are clothes and books.
Not long ago somebody asked young
Dodge what he would do when he left
Columbia. THAT will not be until
19O3,' he said, when I have attained
my majority. l intend, then, to get
right down to the serious problems Of
life. While not so rich as Mr.. Carnegie,
I do not intend to let worthy demands
on my charity 60 unheeded. ! shall go
into business precisely what it will be
I have not determined-but l shall keep
out Of Wall street"
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12
PnrisInns Dote on SnnIIn

Eight hundred tons Of snails we're
consumed by Parisians last year. The
animals are bred in Burgundy and Sa-
voy, where they are kept in Enclosures
formed of tarred palings, which they
cannot climb over, and are fed upon
vine leaves, which give them a delicate
flavor
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12
FIagman Had surnr,..

A negro fiagman named George Lee
vas sent to flag a train some miles
south of Jackson, Miss. He sat down
% wait for the train, with his feet
IN the rails, and fell asleep. When
le awoke he was much SURPRISED a.
md that both of his feet had been
cut off.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12

A1Bts NA44ttNl.ANA.tJ
the most primitive human habitation
in the valley il probably its oldest in
habitant.
Twenty-siX years ago, says n. H
Chittenden, in-the Los Angeles Herald,
when 1 first rode into the old Mexican
village of Aqua Mansa, about four
miles from Cotton, on the banks of the
Santa Ana. he was nearly so years of
age.
Possessing extraordinary strength
in his younger days, and personal cour-
age TO match, he was the victor in many
cUmbats of war and with love rivals.
In one of these furious encounters Of
more than 20 years ago his antagonist,
also an Indian Of great power, bit off
one of Dionicio's thumbs.
For many years during the exclusive
occupation Of southern California by
the herds and focks of the mission
fathers and of the Spanish grantees of
extensive domains, Dionicio was the
principal vaquero on the extensive
ranch Of Paso TrajiIla. But the oldest
American settlers Of so years ago re
member him as then too far advanced
in years for such service. and when
compelled to retire therefrom he built
of poles, reeds and mud the rude little
hut in which he has lived ever since
Once or twice week. carrying his ia
tion sack, he visits his white friends
in Cotton, who furnish him with pro-
visions, For nearly ten years a kind
hearted Portuguese woman. Maria
Cunlia. has fed him at her home when
ever he comes to town.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12
Horseshoe Made of Straw.

In Japan the horses wear shoes
made of rice straw. and they are
fastened 10 the hoofs with ropes
made Of the same material.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12

Oldest Living Indian and His Friend,
Capt. Chitt6Eden)
The Washington bee., 1902-07-12

Entered at the Post Office at Washington. D. c
as second-class mail matter.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-10
A CWKa0WM TrMm.

A curious labyrinth In which ele-
plants are captured alive Is to be seen
uear Ayuthia, formerly the capital OF
Siam. The labyrinth Is formed OF q
double row of immense tree trunks set
Hrmly in the ground. the space between
them gradually narrowing.
Where 1t hegins, at the edge Of the
forest, the opening OF the labyrinth is
more than a mile wide. but as 1t ap.
proaches Ayuthia 1t becomes so mar
row :hat the elephants cannot turn
around.
Suspecting no danger the wild ele.
phant enters the broad opening at the
forest end. lured on by Ia me elephant.
The gradual narrowing OF the bound
aries Is not observed until the ele-
phant finds himself In close quarters.
Having reached the end OF the Iaby-
rinth. the tame elephant is allowed to
pass through gate. while men lying
in wait slip shackles over the feet Of
the captives. The sport is dangerous
one. for the euraged elephants some.
times crush the hunters uEder theiE
feet.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-10
The Stalker ssalked.

The hunter In pursuit Of big game
must be prepared for the unexpected
Mr.. Horace A. vaehell In Life and
Sport on the Pacific Slope" relates the
experience Of friend of his. a mar
for whose veracity he vouches:
My friend was after bear and was
accompanied by an Indian guide whom
he always took with him on such trips
One morning they sighted large wa
pitt, which they wounded.
The indian took the trail. but the
hunter. knowing the habits Of wounded
deer, took short cut across some hills
hoping to get another shot at the wapit
rs It crossed certain divide. He reach.
ed the divide and climbed a tree for O
wider outlook.
Presently the wsplti came slowly UP
the steep slope; the Indian followed
knife In hand. and then behind the In
dian, not forty yards intervening. wad-
died n huge bear So intent was the In.
dian upon his quarry that he was una
ware that he, In his turn. was being
tracked till a bullet whistled past his
head from the hunters rife and laid
the bear low.
That was a surprised Indian.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-10
MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES.

Virginia's new Constitution con-
tains a requirement that all municipal
franchises, save only those for trunk
line railroads shall be sold to the
highest bidder. Franchises are Amited
to 80 years, and thereafter the plan:
and property of the grantee is to be-
come the property of the city, "if so
provided in the lease or grant"
This tardy recognition by the Ola
franchises will scarcely prevent
syndicate exploitation under modern
political methods; but it at least points
the way to a sensible and permanent
public policy In this regard.
This is an era of indiscriminate
franchise grabbing, when vast
individual fortunes are created in
American municipalities by simple
and audacfous methods OF corrupt
collusion. Blu, the saturnalia will end
sooner or later, and thereafter the ef-
feet of Virginia new constitutional
provision may perchance be studied
with edification and profit.
To the people of Arizona, who will
be called upon to formulate a state
constitution one of these days, the
action OF Virginia should be a guiding
light
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-10
THE STATEHOOD SITUATION.

The Washington correspondent OF
the Los Angeles Times, tells the truth
bluntly regarding the Statehood situa-
ton. He makes no attempt to gloss
over conditions or to spare the feelings
of the Republicans of the Territories.
Here is what he says:
Politics anu the desire of the he
publicans to prevent the Democrats
from gaining in membership OF the
House are what is keeping Statehood
from Arizona, Oklahoma and New
Mexico. 1t is no, expected that favor
able action for the admission to State
hood Of these Territories can be had
at this session OF Congress. Already
the Republicans are claiming that the
complexion of the next House may be
changed, and they do not care to add
to the Democratic strength by admit
ting Arizona and New Mexico, both
of which are Democrauc. and Okla
homa. which mas strong leanings to-
ward the Democratic party. The Re-
publcans of the Senate are opposed to
the admission Of new States because
of the probabilities that Democratic
Senator'S might be returned.
This is candid. to say the least. it is
probably correct, too There is no rea-
son why the Times correspondent
should not have accurate information.
The people of the 4 lerritories are to
be deprived of the right of self govern
ment because majority OF them
refuse to subscribe to the prin-
ciples of the Republican party. This
policy has never been adopted before
when Territories were candidates for
Statehood. 1t will not change the poli.
tical complexion of the people of
Arizona. lney decline to be bull
dozed
The people Of Arizona cannot reach
the Roosevelt administration or the
Republican majority in Congress. They
can reach the Republican party In
Arizona, however. and il the Arizona
Republicans are not properly punished
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-10

vaders. But the plan failed. Although
a cold reception was given the new
comers and they We're assured. with
characteristic Boston haughtiness,
that they were allowed to live in New
England merely as an act of gracious
condescension. they were not abashed.
1ney located there and stuck. The re-
suit is shown in the Boston Trans
cript's figures. They are multiplying
much more rapidly than the native
stock, and it Is only a question or
time when they will dominate New
England and make laws for their
superiors in "culchaw" and morality.
On the whole, this is not as great
calamity as 1t appears. 1t has been
painfully apparent for many years that
New England needed an infusion OF
new blood-the blood of the old
stock being too thin and vinegary to
is now getting that infusion with a
vengeance From Ireland. from Italy,
from Russia, from Germany, from the
French provinces of Canada and from
Norway and Sweden come new Pill
grim Fathers who are utterly indif-
ferent to the Anglo Saxon myth
indeed most of them never heard of
it. In time they will become good
American citizens-just as good as the
native stock" no doubt-but they will
not worship New England idols. They
will not give a snap of their fingers for
Anglo-SaXon TRADITIONS, and they and
their descendants will make clviliza-
ton to suit their own ideals, utterly
regardless of the last New Englander
previous to his emigration to Arizona
or Montana.
No wonder Boston is sad-at least,
that portion OF 1t which is welded to
the old traditions. But it cannot pre-
vent the inevitable. In hundred
years the Bostonian will trace his
ancestry back to the landing of the
Second Detachment of Pilgrim Fathers
the Pilgrims from Sunny Italy. from
Arctic Russia from the Emerald Isle,
and from Canada. The Anglo-Saxon
will then be only a memory. This is
to be the fate of the Hub of the Uni
verse. Who Will say, in the light of the
past. that it is not a fate to be con-
templated with composure?
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-10
THE MARShALSHIP.

The news from Washington would
seem to indicate that the sober second
thought has caught up with the Presi-
dent and that he INTENDS to cancel the
appointment OF Daniels and undo the
wrong he has done Arizona as much as
possible.
The appointment of the present
Marshal Col. NJ. H. McCord will. in the
main, be satisfactory to the people OF
the Territory. There will be no gen.
eral objection to him. He can dis
charge the duties of the Office salts
factorly, as he has dcne tor several
months past, and his administration
will not be reflection on the char
acter of the people OF Arizona
Colonel .McCord is a rugged partisan
but a square fighter. If he is an angel,
he has successfully manage to con-
ceal his wings But he has the attri-
butes and the qualities to make All ac-
ceptable official, and he would not be
unfit in Boston or New York. We
are not ASSERTING by any meaD3 that
the appointment of McCord would be
ideal, but it would compare tavorably
with appointments elsewhere, and this
is all the people of Arizona are rea-
sonably entitled to.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-10
C0w r0dem.

G@E@F0Oe@s
A touching story Of two friends 10
told by William Beatty Kingston 10
his Journalists Jottings." They were
two officers In the English army who
uuarreled about some trifie and, al
though they had been the closest Of
comrades, became in consequence en-
tirely estranged. The fact of their sep
aration was extremely bitter to both OF
them, and one Christmas day one of
them received from the other card
bearing dove with an olive branch.
The recipient kept the message by
him for IA twelvemonth and on the fol-
lowing Christmas sent 1t back to his
fellow officer, who in turn laid 1t aside
for year and then dispatched 1t on
the next anniversary.
Through three successive decades, at
each Christmastide. the mute messen,
ger was regularly sent In token of con.
tinued friendship until a year came
when 1t was forgotten because the
present possessor was too harassed by
financial losses to remember 1t. In the
EuuTse Vi tue 1uilsthhS 6SVhs INV
ever. his wife came upon the card and
sent it off to her husbands friend with
a newspaper cutting referring to her
husbands bankruptcy. Tie returning
post brought her a letter. inclosing tl.-
600. and explaining that the sender had
just come into fortune and that In
return for this trifiing sum, intended
for his old friends rescue, he should
keep the Christmas card as his most
precious possession.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-10
TARIFF BARONS YIELD.

President Roosevelt has had the first
real contest with the wild horses or
his party. and If the latest reports
are to be credited. he. strongly Sup
ported by the sentiment of the coun-
try. has conquered them.
Payne, Grosvenor and Dalzell finding
that their conspiracy with the sugar
and tobacco trusts had been discover
ed and that their opposition to the
country moral obligations to Cuba
was doing them ana their party ir-
repara ole injury, have taken the pains
70 disavow any black designs, and
have even been compelled to go to the
White House in person to explain that
they had no intention of running
counter to the Judgment of the Presi-
dent.
They are now doing what the coon
did when confronted by Captain Scott
and his trusty rife. Don't shoot; III
come down these Protectionist
guardsmen three cry out from their
high tree. and it remains to be seen
now whether, to change the hgure,
they have been disciplined sufficiently
and will work in the Roosevelt team.
or whether they must be given an
other trouncing before they will be-
have tractably.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-10
FATE or the BOSTON BRAnMlN.

1t is a reasonable deduction from the
statistics of marriages and births In
Boston in recent years that the Bos-
tonian OF purely Anglo-Saxon descent
is fast becoming an insignificant fac
tor in the Hub ot the Universe. From
the last annual report of the Registry
and analyzed in the Boston Transcript.
/ it appears that while the birth rate
in the Massachusetts metropolis ex-
ceeds that of any other large city in
the country, it denotes merely an in
crease of foreign stock. 4 ne foreigner
is carrying out to the letter the Bibli
cal injunction. increase and multi
ply" The New Englanaer seems 10 be
Indifferent about posterity. There can
be no mistake about this, tor figures
do not lie and the Boston transcripts
figures show the following" appalling
facts from the Boston point of view.
or the whole number o. fathers in
the Hub who had children born to
them in the past year only II per cent
were Boston born and 81 per cent
American born dnclusive of Boston),
while 62 per cent were foreign born.
The whole number of mothers SHOWS
similar percent kages. The percentage
of Russian and Italian fathers equals
the fathers who claim Boston as their
native place. The Sixth ward contains
the greatest number of foreign born
parents. In this ward there was one
birth for every % of population. In
the Eleventh ward there Is the great
est number of American born parents.
In this ward there was but one birth
in every 81 of population. Among cnil-
dren OF American-born parentage,
both as to father and mother, the ex-
cess of males was but SO, while among
children Of foreign parentage the ex-
cess OF male children was 1853. tlural-
ity births occur almost. exclusively
among those of foreign birth and ex-
traction. ln"the opinion OF the Trans
cript, most conservative newspaper,
these facts indicate "the relative dis
appearance of the old American
stock"
1t is sad to think of Boston ceasing
to be an Anglo-Saxon city and be-
iDO ad it,ka
metropolis. The people up there were
so proud of their lineage, so satisfied
with their ancestry, SO sure that blood
would tell and the transplaated
Angles and Saxons would maintain
their supremacy that the statistics
collected by til Boston Registry De-
partment ill t them beyond ex-
preston.
Generations will be born In this coun-
try-aye in Boston-to whom the New
England shibboleths will be meaning
less. who will feel no reverence for
the Pilgrim Fathers, If, indeed they
ever hear of them, and who will speak
English with fine scorn of the Bos-
ton accent. From the New England
this will be dreadful. But
the foreign invasion cannot be check
ed. Half a century ago the natives
were eager to build a wall around
their possessions -" shut ont the In