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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-07-26

Secretary Shaw has set big wind
blowing through the Treasury Depart
ment by his widely quoted remark that
he was opposed to keeping persons in Of
fee there longer than five years. Not
since Logan Carlisle gave it out that he
had loaded his dismissal gun and started
on hunt for Indispensable" has so
much nervousness been visible among
the old-timers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-17

sighed Mrs. Ward: ST have only given
you Mr.. Wards reason. He feels
quite strongly about it. AS to the
church. Do you think ought to in
vite my servant to go with me?"
81 would if you were working for
me-" replied Barbara, boldly, for she
was on sure ground now, to her own
mind.
care you sure?"
"I know 1 would Barbara replied,
with conviction.
Mrs. Ward did not answer, but sat
looking at Barbara thoughtfully. Bar
bara rose and looked into the oven,
changed damper, and then went
over to the table and stood leaning
against it.
'Your other reasons for leaving?"
Mrs. Ward suddenly asked. AS she
asked it, Carl came into the kitchen,
and went up to Barbara.
ST want pie. Make me a pie, Bar
bara, won't your" he asked, climbing
up into chair at the end of the table
and rubbing his hands into the -four
still on the kneading-board.
Barbara smiled at him, for they
were good friends, and she had
grown very fond of the child.
"Yes, if your mother thinks best
and you will sit down there like a
good boy and wait a little" Carl at
once sat down, only begging that he
might have the dish that Barbara had
used to mix eggs and sugar in.
81 have told nearly all the reasons,
I Think Barbara answered slowly,
and she turned toward Mrs. Ward.
"Of course, there is always the rea-
son of the social loss. I don't know
any of the young women in Craw-
ford; but, if I did, I do not think
that any of those who have money
or move in social circles would speak
to me or recognize me for myself if
they ever knew 1 was a servant"
Mrs. Ward did not answer. Barbara
silently confronted her for moment,
and it was very still in the kitchen
except for the heating of Carts spoon
on the inside of the cake-dish.
"And then, of course, see no op-
portunity ever to be anything but a
hired girl. How long would you want
me to work for you, Mrs. Ward, as I
have been doing for the last four
weeks ?''
Indefinitely, I suppose" answered
Mrs. Ward, frankly.
ITO Be Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-17
BORN TO SERVE
By Charles NJ. Sheldon.
Anthor of s.IN HIS STEPS. - s.JoHN KINGS
QUESTION CLASS, ,, edward
BLAKE Etc.
CHAPTER I.-CoNrINUED.
Copyright, 1900, by Charles n. sheldon-)


! Yet she had herself said many times
turing herscollege course in the study
@sf social communicating service was a
mobile thing. AID, as she went up to
sher room that night after a long and
slender conference with her mother, in
(which the two had grown nearer to-
agether chan ever before, she seemed
10 call to mind the many passages of
Ahe New Testament which speak of
Jesus not only as household servant
bnt evensas a ''bond servant" And it
came to her with heaven-born courage
tHbat if the Son of God became ''full
grown through His sufferings en-.
Sanred in ministering to others, why
amight it not be the way in which she
sand all other of Gods children should
u eveiop their real lives and grow into
power as ldngs and queens in the King
DONG 1t is doubtful if ever before
that evening Barbara had caught a
fzen1 glimpse of the meaning of serv-
ice She did catch something of it
now. sShe. opened her New Testament,
sand il was not by chance. that she
stnrnsd to the passage in Luke, twenty
qseco1d chapter:
land there arose also a contention
RmoHg them which of them is account-
I'D to- be the greatest. And He said
Mnfo them, The kings of the Gentiles
have Sordship over them; and they that
have authority over them are called
sbenef hctors, But We shall not be so;
but he that is greater among you, let
him become as the younger, and he
-4hat Is chief as he that doth serve. For
which is greater, he that stitch at
inaeat or he that serveth? Is not he
that stitch at meat? But am in the
midst of you as he thateserveth.s But
ye are they which have continued with
me in my temptations. And appoint
ssntO you a kingdom even as my Father
appointed unto me, that We may eat
and drink at my table in my kingdom
ELuke 2:24-29.)
Then she kneeled and prayed:
@NDear Lord, make me fit to serve,
ease me to the glory of Thy kingdom in
NsRe new life before me. Make me
~Uorthy to be a servant, to be like my
master. Amen"
Sc Barbara Clark began her new ex-
Perience. which profoundly affected
Aaot only herzown life for all time to
come, but the lives of very many other
ssouls in the world. And that night she
slept the sleep which belongs to all
the children of the kingdom, whose
earthly peace is. as the peace of God. .
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stead Of a water spring, and when
seemed mixed up enough he began TO
dip his face deep into it while the men
and women around continued their
singing and worship.
Then ne came forth, and now be-
gan a most beautiful professional
the weird playing of the priests above.
After three times circling around. the
group stood facing the west, and at
certain signals sprink.ed large. hand
fuls of sacred meal in the direction Of
the water. This was followed by almost
profuse scattering of bahos in the
same manner. Literally hundreds Of
them were thus thrown, land Igathered
(after the celebrants were. gomez
scores of them for my collection. The
bahos used on this occasion were
mere downy feathers to which cotton
strings were attached. The effect as
the meal and the feathers were thrown
was remarkably beautiful, and the
scene was most impressive; none the
less so for its strangeness and peculiar
ity.
These concluded the ceremonies at
this spring. In the meantime the chief
priest had gone to his house over the
hill, and from there had started out
"a group of young men who were to
race to the spring near the mesa-tour
miles away. 1t was a scorching hot
day-as had found out in my own walk
and yet these young men bounded
over the sandy trail like hunted deer.
1t was a glorious sight to witness them.
Ten or a dozen athletic youths, clad
scantily, their bronzed figures in per-
feet proportion, revealing their
strength and power, their long black
hair waving out behind them, dartng
off like strings from a bow across the
desert.
Slowly we followed them, and when
we arrived at the other spring found
they had long ago passed it, and the
victor received his reward. Racing
constitutes a large part of the. sacred
ceremonies, for it is religion to them
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-17
SULPHUR MATCH WON BATTLE
Between the Germans and French
at GravclOtte.

1t is said that at the battle of
Gravelotte, during the Franco-Prus
sian war, there was for some hours at
a critical point of the field an appear
ance of greater success on the part of
the French than of the Germans. Won
Moltke had been made aware of the
perilous position of his forces in that
quarter, and he hurried to the spot.
For some time it was observed by those
around him that he appeared much
more anxious than usual. He gained
prominent position, where he was
greatly exposed to the enemy's fire.
He held his cigar between two fingers
of his left hand, from time to time
striking fusee and applying it to the
weed, but always neglecting to put the
cigar between his lips. When the
preaching the last fusee had been
burnt, and nothing but the cold ashes
of Moltke's cigar remained. At length
Bismarck'S attention was directed to
the great general, upon whose sagacity
the fortune of the fight so largely de-
pended. Moving up to him, Bismarck
quietly struck a fusee, applied it to
Moltke's cigar, and the welcome sight
of the blue tobacco smoke curling up
from the commanders lips rewarded
the attention of the chancellor. Bis
marck, drawing back in his solid way,
said, with eXultation in his voice: Gail
must now be well, Moltke smokes
again" The battle was won.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-17
A MOTHERS SONG.

while you sleep, I-watching-hear,
Little hearts. how strong you beat
With the pure young life-blood, sweet,
Unpolluted yet by fear;
Till my own proud pulses leap,
While you sleep.
Kid behind the fast-c1osed eyes
What entranced dreams must lie!
Many lovely fantasy
yelled from us who are grown wise
We. who sometimes watch and weep
While you sleep
E4ttle hands, that closely hold -
fFavorite toys which soothed your rest:
Here doll clasped TO the breast,
There book with tale oft told
All your treasure safe to keep,
While you sleep.
While you sleep, the calm dark night
Passes by SO cruelty fast.
Little heartsl Time seems so vast,
Love is fain to hold xcutight-
One more kiss; away creep
While you sleep.
constance Farmar, insChambers' Jour
nal.
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way as a room at the close of hard
days work"
''It is the room my girls have al
ways had" Mrs. Ward spoke quickly
and angrily.
had so many" said Barbara, grimly.
The memory of the hot nights spent
in the little back room framed Bar
bara's answer.
Mrs. Ward started to her feet.
''This is impertinence," she said,
while her cheeks grew red with an
ger.
cit is the TRUTH You asked me to
give my reasons for leaving. That is
one of them," replied Barbara, calm
ly.. cit is true of a good many other
houses in Crawford, too. The small
est, least attractive, poorest room in
the house is considered good enough
for the girl. I know it isn't true OF
great many houses that furnish as
comfortable a room for the servant
as for any other member of the fam
lily. But it is true of this house.
am not blaming you for it. but who
ever made the house for the express
purpose of planning to give the hired
girl of the house that particular
room, which in this case happens ts
be the hottest, most uncomfortable
room in the building"
Mrs. Ward sat down, and again
looked at Barbara keenly. Her anger
| vanished suddenly, and she said, with
faint smile: 81 don't know but yor
are right about that. VIII you 60
on?'
| I'm the second place. Barbarz
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-17
CHAPTER II.
1T IS SWEET TO TOLL.

1T IS SWEET TO TOLL;
1T was four| weeks after Barbara
Clark had been at work as a SHRED
girl in the Ward family. She was
sitting in her little. room at the ack
of the house, writing letter to one
OF her classmates in Mt. Holyoke.
She wrote slowly, with many grave
Esauses and with aneanxious look on
Sker face.
The fact is, JESSIE the letter went on,
after several pages describing a part of the
Gour weeks experience, 81 have come to
Sic conclusion that I am not born to be
sreferrner. 1t was all very we'll when we
studied social economics to have our hero
&c Ideals about putting certain theories int o
spractice, but it is quite another thing to
do 1t. 1 thought when I came here that
might do some great things; but there are
no great things about 1t, just nothing but
dFudgery, and thankless drudgery at that.
And yet Mrs. WarG-but I must not say
any more about her. 1 have stayed out
say month as I agreed to do, and to-mor-
Row am going to let her know that can
IEot stay any longer. 1 think shall try a
sslace in Bondman's after all. 1t seems like
q poor sort of position, after all the dreams
EEe had at Mount Holyoke; bur anything
Is better tlan what / have been doing I
would not have mother know this, and
&2ve not said much to her yet Poor
Enother! She must be disappointed in me.
Il am in myself. am gladayou are so well
suited with your school. There is a good
zeal of the blues in this letter; and to tell
Ikhe truth, 1t is just as feel. "A Hired Girl
EDr Four Weeksr How would it read as
Sdffe to a magazine article? / might get a
few dollars for my experiences if 1 chose to
exploit them. Instead of that, have given
Ehem to you gratis. Shed a tear for me-
experiment in practical economics. Your
.Gzassmate. BARBARA CLARK
barbara weariiy folded the letter,
put it in the envelope, directed it,
stamped it; and then, being hardly
nnore than a girl, and a very tired
agirl. and at the moment one disap-
&0inted with herself and all the
nEorld, she laid her head down on the
aittle table and cried hard. To tell
4he truth, it was not the first time
4hat the little table in the little room
at the back of the house had seen
Barbara-s tears since she had come
TO work at Mrs. Richard Wards as q
hired girl"
So this was the end of all her he
Eoic enthusiasm for service. 1t had
all turned out in disappointment. TIC
begin with, the weather had been in
fensely hot all the time. The wori
<was harder in many ways than Bar
sz5ara had anticipated. Her mother
lad not been we'll One week Mrs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-17
HOPI FLUTE DANCE.
Beautiful Ceremony of a Purely
Religious Character.
hore Attractive Than the Better
Known Snake Dance-MeaninE
of the Sacred Rites Is quite
POetica1
Especial Arizona letter.

IT. HE wonderful Snake dance of the
Hopi Indians of Arizona has often
been described, and such is it's
thrilling attraction that hundreds of
people from al parts of the world have
witnessed it. But many of those even
who have been present at the Snake
dance ceremonials are not aware that
at other villages of the Hopi (there are
seven of them altogether), another
series of ceremonies occur. equally i'm
posing, far more beautiful and attract
i've, and, to the religious Hopi, equal in
Importance to the better known and
more exciting dance with the snakes.
It must not be forgotten that to the
indian in his normal condition dance
s never anything less than religious
ceremony. He may get pleasure and
enjoyment from its exercise, but, pri-
marily and chiefly, it is purely a re-
ligious act, and is always associated
with worship in one or another of its
aspects. The Snake dance, for in
stance, is a prayer for rain and all the
consequent fertility of crops, etc., that
come from the benefcent showers that
water thirsty desert land. The Flute
dance is closely allied to the Snake
dance. 1t is performed every alternate
year with it. This year the Snake
dance ceremonies were performed at
the two villages of Walpi and Wash
at Oraibi, Shipauhwi and Shongopavi.
Next year the Snake dance will be per-
formed at the three latter villages,
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Kimberley After the Siege.

A city relieved after siege is
queer place. Julian Ralph, in can
American with Lord Roberts," SAYS
that there never were so few horses
in the streets of any modern town as
were to be seen in Kimberley, when
It's four tragi IN were over. Of
course there were no horses; the peo-
pie had eaten them. The dogs con-
sisted of bones, with tongue hang
ing out. They looked like frames of
dogs in process of construction.
The shops were open but the clerks
had grown to be as automatic as
cuckoo-clocks. Instead of saying:
.Cuckoo! cuckoo!" they kept on re-
marking: "All out, ma'ami All out,
sir!" in reference to the necessaries
of life.
milk for my Coffee" ordered the
newcomer.
'sThe regulars has the only milk
there H." replied the restaurant
keeper. Likewise the jam, and they
won't give it up"
"Give me a MATCH" was the next
request, and the host replied:
There's the candle. The matches
run out in November"
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while the Flute dance viii be given at
Walpi and Washonganavi.
Now, while at Walpi, this year, there
were, perhaps, 200 to 800 spectators at
the Snake dance, but five persons saw
the chief portions of the Lelentu or
Flute dance at Oraibi. Of these, three
were of the family of that Mormonite
missionary, Rev. II. r. Voth. who has
already made himself famous by his
wonderful reproduction of Hopi affairs
and groups in the Fled Columbian
museum at Chicago. The other was
Denver gentleman, and the fifth the
writer. To see the ceremonies cost me
13 miles of weary, hot walking over the
Painted desert, carrying heavy cam
era and my provisions. But its beauty,
grace and charm far more than repaid
me for the WEAKNESS of body.
After the secret Kiva ceremonies
(rites in the underground chambers of
the fraternity Of the Flute) the first
public rites of the day took place at
spring near the home of Lololami.
the chief of the Oraibi pueblo, and
about five miles west of the town.
Here is one of the pitiful springs up
on which the people depend for their
meager supply of water. Just before
noon men, women and girls might
have been seen vending their way from
the village on the mesa height, down
the steep trails, over the sandy way
trodden for centuries by their fore
fathers, towards the location of the
spring.
Every face was as serious and wore
Ct
that of novice about to be confirmed
in her hottest vows. Arrived at the
spring, an eminence just above it to the
southwest was the chosen site for the
pre,iminaries. Here an hour or more
was spent in prayers, sprinkling of
meal before and upon the altar and the
painting of the symbols of the clan
upon the participants.
Other priests during the whole time
were on their knees or in other pos
lures of reverence, praying, singing or
chanting, and sprinkling the sacred
meal on or before the altar. A large
number of bahos or prayer sticks and
planes were used. These are fea-
ture of all Hopi and cognate peoples
ritual.
At this time the chief priest left the
hillside and solemnly marched down to
the spring. 1t is circular in shape, and
with a rude wall built around it. At
the opening in the circle three small
goard vessels were placed, two of
which held sacred water from some far
away spring, and the other was full
of honey. A singular thing occurred
about the filing of this honey jar. A
nest of bees had located in the wall of
the spring, and the chief priest, taking
it for granted that this was good sign,
had the nest dug out and the honey ex-
tracted from the comb, for his sacred
purposes After he had prayed for
awhile the priests and women from
above all marched down, except the
flute players. AS they stood around
the spring they sang and prayed, while
the chief priest stepped into the water,
bewing his face down ever it, and way
ing his tiponi the sacred palladium of
these eeremonies) In and through it.
Soon it was filthy. muddy mess. In
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Ward had gone to bed with success
sion of nervous headaches. And Sc
on with ceaseless recurrence of the
drudgery that grew more and more
tiresome. At the end of the month
Barbara had summed up everything
and resolutely concluded to leave.
She had not yet gathered courage
to tell Mrs. Ward. The woman had
been very kind to her in many ways.
But she was not well, and there were
days when things had occurred that
almost sickened Barbara when she
recalled them. When she went down
stairs the next morning after writ
ing the letter to her former class
mate, Barbara had fully made up her
mind, not only to give notice of her
intention to leave, but to give Mrs.
Ward all her reasons why she could
not work as "hired girl any longer.
About ten o'clock in the forenoon
Mrs. Ward came into the kitchen for
something, and Barbara, with a feel
ing that was almost fear, spoke to
her as she was turning to go back
into the dining-room. n
81 ought to tell you, Mrs. Ward,
that have decided to leave you. My
month is up to-day, and Il
Mrs. Ward looked at her in amaze
ment.
what! You are going to leave?
Why, we are more than satisfied with
you'll"
"But I am not with you or the
place!" replied Barbara, so spiritedly
that it was the nearest to an exhibi-
ton of anger that Mrs. Ward had
month.
Mrs. Ward sunk down in a chair,
and look of despair came over her
face as she looked at Barbara. Bar
bara,. with a white face and trembling
hands, went on with her work at the
table. She was preparing some dish
for baking.
''Why-what-ha we been kind
to you? Haven't the wages-Mr.
Ward was saying to me this morning
that we ought to give you more. I
am sure" Mrs. Ward continued eager
ly, noting Barbara's set expression,
81 am sure we would be glad to make
it four and half a week, or possibly
FIVE"
"It's not that" answered Barbara,
in low voice. She took up the dish
and put it in the oven, and then, after
a moment of hesitation, she sat down
and looked at Mrs. Ward very
gravely.
"What is it, then?" Mrs. Ward
asked hopelessly.
"Do you want me to tell you all
the reasons I have for leaving?''
Barbara asked the question with a
touch of the feeling she had already
shown.
"Have you made out a list?" Mrs.
Ward asked carelessly. It was that
characteristic of the woman that had
| oftenest tried Barbara.
eyes, have" replied Barbara; and
she added, with different tone, as if
she had suddenly put check on her
temper: "Mrs. Ward, don't want
to leave you without giving you good
reasons. That would not be fair,
either to you or to me-"
81 ought to know" replied Mrs.
Ward, slowly. She still looked at Bar
bara sharply, and Barbara could not
tell exactly what the woman was
really thinking.
"Then, in the first place." began
Barbara, "my room is the hottest
room in the house. It is right over
the kitchen, it has no good ventila-
ton, and it is not attractive in any
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that each man shall develop his physi.
cal powers to the utmost.
Similar ceremonies were gons
through at the nearby spring as at
the one further away, and when they
were completed the whole party
formed in procession, and as solemn
ly as if it were a funeral march, pro
ceeded up the steep trail to the village
and there repeated some of the cere,
monies already described.
The purport of all this it is compare
lively easy to understand. The Snake
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dance is a prayer for rain, which, ae-
cording to the Hopis ideas, is stored
in vast reservoirs in the heavens. &He
also believes that there are vast water
supplies under the earth, and so, every
other year, he petitions the powers
that govern and control these subter-
ranean reservoirs to loosen the waters
and let them flow forth into the
springs In one of the dances thew
symbolic the water from above and
the water from below by linking the
first fingers together. This gives m
the Greek fret, and when this symbol
Is copied in their basketry, we see this
classic design. purely the result of imi-
tation. and having as clear meaning
to the Hopi mind.as the GROSS has ~,
the Christian. This is an interestine
fact that writers ON the origin Of this
symbol have not yet noticed.
q. WHARTON JAMES
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-17
He Wanted Too Much.

'sYou say you think your boy has
too great an appetite" said the physi-
clan to an anxious mother. do you
realize how much a growing boy can
eat?"
81 should think I ought to, if any
body does" returned the boys par
emit. "Pl just put the case to you.
doctor.
ssWhere we were, up in the noun
tains, this summer, the waitress would
come in and say to my boy: we have
fried fish, steak, liver and bacon, baked
and fried potatoes, rye biscuit, mullins
and dry toast
ssAnd that boy Ned would say: til
take it all, please-and some eggs ~
Youths Companion
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The weather M.n.

The weather man is unquestien-
ably a Chicago Daily
News.