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BILLY B0WLEGS.
The Principal Man OF the Florida seminoles
Visiting His White FRIENDS.
l,InriLn Iimns- / -rinn and Citiznnl

F'lorida Times Union and Citizen.)
Billy Bowlegs, who is loyal Seminole
and Il progressive one, too, is making his
periodical visit to his white friends at ks
simmce New York and Washington and
Chicago have entertained Prince. and
Billy in his aboriginal surroundings is 10
less a Prince of the Everglades" Billy
walked from Indian town to Fort Bas-
singer, 4 distance of 80 miles. At Bas-
singer he boarded the steamer ROseada.
and reached Kissimmee Friday night. In
speaking of the trip, he said: Young
Captain, good man, no charge
All day Saturday and Sunday Billy did
his usual amount of handshaking, both
with old friends and small children, who
wanted to shake hands with an Indian
chief. Billy is not dressed as deliberately
as usual, which is accounted for by visit
of some tourists to his camp two weeks
ago, the tourists paying him good money"
for his full-dress decorations.
As is Billy's custom when at kissim-
mee he attended Sunday School and
church, and then with the patience of a
Sphinx answered questions till dark.
When asked if he were tired, he answered:
Tired, Ojus," although his native polite
ness had not permitted him to show any
restlcssness at the tedious afternoons
questioning. Small trinkets and pictures
plFStulctl ny lIc 'hilii'll- WIZ came "
see him, he carefully placed away to carry
to the toddlers i'll the Everglades.
From time to time pictures from Sun
day School charts on the life Of Christ and
Biblical characters, have been given To the
Indians or mailed TO them, and Billy re-
ports:
"Injuns got 'um," Billy having his in
his trunk. Bluc-back spelling books We're
given to the Indians who visited Kissim
NEE two years ago, and Billy reports that
the books are i'll good order, and Indian
boys spell littly bit"
On this circutOus trip, Billy will go
to Sanford, stopping mt Orlando to buy a
special make Of OK wagon, which he will
have shipped to Fort Pierce. He will,
from Sanford, go across to TitUSyille and
down the east coast, where his brother
will meet him with the oxen to hitch to
the new wagon.
Not one hairbreadth will this Indian
divcrge from the truth. For some time
the Friends Of the Florida Seminole So
cicty has been trying TO show the Indians
the necessity for learning soine industrial
work, such as tanning skins, making belts,
pocket-books. etc. and thus utilize their
raw material. Billy has consented to do
this. and in pressing the question as to
when he will come to kissimmee City and
be taught this industry, he replied six
months; me don't know; maybe ten
months. Six months, me say, and no
come, white man say, Billy Bowlegs lock-
a-doX, O-jus' die too much).'
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the dissemination of American ideas they
would rally to this inspiring thought and
cheerfully follow and support the Amert-
can flag.
Continuing, Gen. Macarthur grew elo-
quent in describing the mission Of the
Americans. Our presence in the islands,
he said, was to his mind a process Of
spontaneous evolution, and added that hs
believed the permanent occupation was Q
necessary consequence, the logical conse-
quence, of our national prosperity, and he
added that to doubt this is TO doubt the
wisdom Of our institutions. We should,
he went on, regard ourselves as a people
as the custOdians of an imperishable ideG
held in trust for mankind, and We should
proclaim this message to the world.
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IN AV .',M IE1zSn ! til If
By CAPT, HARRY L. WELLS, I'd Ore, U. v.
copyright 1902 by the publishers

of establishment on the countenances of
the white audience, then one of intelli-
gence and recognition, and then followed
a roar which caused the music to stop and
an interrogation point to come into the
eyes of the PrcSidente. 1t was difficult
to explain, for our only medium of COM
munication besides signs was Guam
youth who had been a sailor and had
learned a little of the kind of English that
obtains on whaling ships, and this did not
enable him to comprehend the fine point
we were trying to make about the native
music as distinguished from Wagner, and
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Explained.

First nurse girl-''Seems to ne y'r put
tin on a heap q style drivin' in the park
with moneygrammed kerrage, and
coachman and fOotman, too. Does y'r
missus lend ye her private rig?"
Second -girl-"She sends me to
take her pet dog ont fer an sirin'."
But where's the dog?'
Under III seat.
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Concerning Our Parrot.

We once had II bIasphemous parrot
That swOrc till we Just couldn't bear it;
When we tied up his beak
He learned in one week
In the deaf and dumb language to
swear it,
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THE BANEFUL MARKET.

As soon as our guard lines were opened
in the morning waiting crowd of these
perambulating market women came i'll and
squattcd on the ground ut the edge of the
parade ground. and We're ready for bust
ness with the soldiers.
Money was none too plentiful. as the
men had come away without being paid,
and no paymaster had come with the cx-
petition. Indeed, il was not until Aug
TO- three and a half months after being
called out, that the first dollar of Uncle
Sans money was seen by the Oregon
regiment.
An effort had been made while in San
Francisco to have the men given months
pay before sailing, or TO have paymaSter
sent along on the transport. but the War
Department had not yet learned that there
was a war on hand that called for the
doing Of things somewhat differently and
with more celebrity than in the cumbersome
and leiSurely way that had been fastened
upon the service by Il long period of peace
and therefore our experience with the in
capacity and unprcparcdness Of the Com
mIsSary. QuartcrmaSter and Medical De
partmcnts, already related. were repeated
in this effort to shake the Pay Department
out of its lethargy, and the granting of the
request did not come till the afternoon we
sailed, too late to be put into effect That
was why the men had no money with which
to buy at the Commissary Sales Depart
ment or of the Filipino vendors of fruit,
chickens and eggs. At the Sales Depart
ment l was enabled to run my credit as an
officer in favor of the men. and had nv
Quartermaster Sergeant make lists of
what the men wanted in the form of to-
bacco, fruit, canned goods, etc, and then
l purchased it on my own responsibility,
and 1t was distributed to the men and
charged TO them.
When payday finally came there were
over $500 of these advances TO collect and
turn into the Commissary, including what
was advanced on the transport
1t was all collected easily enough under
the circumstances, but it led TO complica-
tons which l shall refer to later.
1t was amusing to watch these market
women. They would sit patiently by the
hour behind their little bamboo baskets,
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Obstacles.

"Now. my dear, Marry him. He is old.
it is true, but he has money"
But mamma, the man may live for
months"
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JEWELRy AND WATCHES.

I,RAND ARMY JEWELRY AND WATCHES
" a specially. for dropsy for s..
Comrude w. A Rose, Jewelcr and Druggist, Almond,
n
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PRANG PICTURE.

Battle Between Monitor and Mcrrimac 1OC
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get your name in Agents List, which is now being
made up and sent all leading mail order houses and
business places.
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back next day and fired those words ut
the chattering and giggling market women,
accompanied by ''muy' and ''muchO" be-
fore each word, and dcnted the corn with
my thumb nail to show what | meant.
There were ordinations of intelligence,
and on the basis Of this | made a contract
for six dozen ears TO be delivered the next
day.
At the proper time | arrived at the mar
ket and met the smiling and polite woman
who had taken the contract. She was
sitting by the side Of a heap of green
corn ears in the huSk, to which she pointed
with pride and assured me they were
'mucho bueno." / proceeded to examine,
and out Of the whole lot there was not n
dozen soft enough to eat or boil and
! those she assured me We're no buenO.'
| That was where we differed. | took that
dozen, more to convince her of what ]
really wanted than because they were
/ good, and told her ! would take six dozen
more Just like them next day. When !
! called again the next afternoon she sat
surrounded by four heaps of corn and
watched rae paw them over and test the
/ ears, Selling every one ! rejected and test
ing them herself and insisting that they
were all right. | managed out Of the
whole lot Of several hundred ears to get
I so Passably soft, and paid her for them,
being assured by her that the Americanos
were very queer people.
| This corn was paid for out Of the com
pany fund and went into the mems mess,
and though not equal to the sugar corn
of the homeland it was n pleasing varia-
ton Of the army ration.
| Apparently the entire population lived
by selling things, chiefly fruit and tobacco.
Nearly every house was store. even
along the road leading around the bay
toward Manila. There were II number of
fishermen at work with nets along the
shore or attending bamboo traps set in the
shallow water of the bay, but other evil
dcncCs of industry were absent. except
the caTrOmatas of the cocheros and several
hundred men employed at the navy yard
in various capacities, and finally by the
! Quartermaster's Department
At first Gen. Anderson undertook to
have the unloading Of the transports and
the local transportation of Quartcrmaster
and COmmisSary stores done by fatigue
parties of soldiers, for which our regiment
detailed as many as 20 men a day. While
our inen were thus tOiling in the hot sun
and our sick report was daily getting
longer and longer, these lusty young Fill
pinOs were hanging around, anxious to
work for 30 cents Il day. Finally Gen. An
dersOn recognized the double folly of de
priving his men of needed drill and swell
ing needlessly the sick list, and stopped
making common laborcrs out of his sol
diers.
1t was in this way the only wage-earn-
ing | saw on the part Of the -Filipinos at
. h,t
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DEDICATION.

YJNHE 18TH IND.-Survivors of the 10Th Ind viii
L meet in Room 81, State House, Indianapolis, Ind,
ut m, May Ii, TO receive regmenial flags at tho
dedication of state soldiers Monument. l. l. Patter.
son, Secretary, Munce, Ind. 1851
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American Ideals aG0 pages cloth .......... 500
Administ ration civil Service 500 pages clOh..... 100
WILDERNESS Hunter g7y pages clOtl............ LOO
Hunting the CrisIy aI7 pages cloth 100
Hunting Trims of 4 RanchnaII 2g6 pages CLOTH. LOO
cloth ... LOO
War of 1872 Part l. rs pages clOth .......... LOO
War of Isl1 Part / 335 pages cloth .... &c. 100
Winning of the West Par J. .ss pagcS cloth. 100
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Winning of the West Part II l. SO pages cloth LEO
Winning of The West Part V 253 pages cloth. 100
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SIy ANTED.-Stephen Snyder, Co. A. 18th n. Y.
w NOls left his home in June 1899: nothing reli-
able heard from him since by his family; pensiOner
very deaf Any information in regard 10 him, alive
dead, is wanted and Will be paid for. Address Mrs
CathaTine snyder New Philadelphia, Ohio.
w of the 9th Ind. Survivors Association; by The
National Tribune, Washington, ID. G.
WTANTED-The name and address of the Secretary
w of the 10th Ind. Survivors Association; by The
National Tribune, Washington, d. G.
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w of the 9th Ind. Survivors Association; by The
National Tribune, Washington, ID. C..
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ADDRESSES WANTED.

Wy ANTED-rO correspond with comrades of Co. III,
w Sd n. Y. Inf, who knew Comrade John McC'ul-
lough or any one who eau give any information of him
Address COmnde Thomas NJ. Holden, Adiutant Me
Gregor Post, II, Department of Rhode Island q a r.
River Point, r. L.; or f, r. Watson, Box 80, Washing
ton II. ].
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ROSTER.
REUNIONS.

GOD " Y.-Annual Reunion and Dinner of veter-
90 of the 9th y. y. = VI. SD y. Y. Vols.) at
Hotel St Dennis. broadway and llth st. New York
City, May y. Dabney ". Digs, Commandment, I41
Centre St, Manhatian Jacob Iitschy, Adutant, 156
Greene St, Brooklyn. f. ID.
I 9TH IIL.-At Derthicks Opera House, Belvidere,
i - H., May II Geo O. Allen, Secretary, sos Estes
Ave, Chicago, Ill.
18th AND 3IST OHIO.- During the Annual En-
i 4 campment of the Department of Ohio, GAR,
ut Lancaster o. May to the headquarters of the 18th
and 3Ist Ohio will he in Attorney ]. = Sites office,
second teOr of the Mctracken Building Main st. 5.
A Mcneil, Secretary, 3lst ONO FLEETWOOD o.; ]. W.
Buchanan, Secretary, Eth Ohio Basil, o.
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PATENTS.

pATESTS without fee unless successful. Send de-
Il scriptiOn; free opinion. Established 1861. Mile
h. Stevens IL Co.. Div 18th and q II W. Washing.
ton, ID. c.
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COLUMNS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

DUTTONS.-wE PAY 50 PER 1000 FOR OLD
ID Buttons. Send 10 cents for particulars and Nc
Kinley Poem and how 10 get gold watch free. Con-
sumers Supply Emporium, Clearfeld, Pa. -
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"ANTED-Agents west of the Mississippi, to taxa
sion; exclusive territory Address Box 49, Parklsnd,
Okla
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POULTRY, BIRDS, ETC.
FOR SALE AND EXCHANGE.

NOR SALE OR TRADE-LARCiE GENERAL
Il Store. Marshall, Pirke Co.. Ind. Largest in the
Comfy: doing good business goods. fine country
close Summer resorts. Sell reasonable for cash.
half cash. half trade. About $1,000 stock. r. c.
LaVerty, Marshall Ind.
I 90 PER CENT. PROFIT IN RED RIVER
l. Lands. Immense crops Wheat Oats, Barley,
Flax and Potatoes; Fine Clover, Timothy, and Blue
stem Grasses. Rich black lOam nice level land. Ad-
dress G. w. BTicker, LadoTa, Iowa.
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DON'T FORGET TO SEND FOR OUR NATION.
IL al Needle Case, postpaid, 20 cents. advertised
in former edition of this paper Also, Rubber Aend-
ing Tissue for mending kid gloves, clothing &C.,
for Is cents; both postpaid 80 cents. Agents wanted
National Supply Co., Jamestown, Pa.
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GET MONEY, COMRADES AND OTHERS.
VI Make favOrings and sell 10 consumers. Ten for.
mulas, 50; 20, s.. Honorable employment large prof
its. ]. Z. Stever, Newark, New York.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-01
Women Ride in Box Car.

Eva Beck, aged Is, made the trip of 600 miles from Van Buren to Kansas City in a box car. All went we'll until within a hundred miles of Kansas City, when Mise Beck and girl who accompanied her on the box car tour found the car so warm that they removed their clothing and lay down to sleep. When Miss Beck awoke she found her friend gone and also her own clothing. When the freight train came to a standstill in the Kan sas City yards railroad men were amazed to see a bare feminine arm protruding from the car door and to hear woman's voice calling them. Concealed behind the door she related her story and the rail- road men hastily collected as many feminine garments as they could rescuing the girl from her embar. rassing plight.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-01
Infant Deserted.

An unknown infant, about week old, was found in basket on a Cotton Belt train at Bearden. It was discovered that the basket con- tained all articles necessary for an infants use, all of a fine quality. There was also a milk bottle, hot pads and other accessories to an in- fant's toilet, all going to indicate that the mother of the little one was not poor in this worlds goods. The child was taken to Pine Bluff, and has been adopted by wealthy but childless couple.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-01
Chinaman May Be Deported.

Frank Lee Duey, Chinaman of Hot Springs, has run against the United States exclusion act, and is now in the Pulaski jail to await a hearing before Judge Trieber, of the federal court, who is in Michigan on his vacation. Duey may have to re- main in jail until the judge returns in October. He was arrested in Hot Springs by Deputy Marshal John son. If the judges decision is ad- verse, Duey will be transported at the governments expense back to his fatherland.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-01
Fruit Train Wrecked.

A fast fruit train on the Iron Mountain railroad, consisting of fourteen cars of fruit from Texas points, was wrecked at Sprudel, about twenty miles north of Texarkana. The train was made up entirely of re- train was made up entirely of re- frigerator cars and was running on passenger time when the wreck oe- cured. The entire fourteen cars left the track and were piled up across and beside the right of way in an indiscriminate heap. Forum ately no lives were lost, but large quantity of good fruit was ruined, which will probably cost the railroad quite sum.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-01
Dr. I. P. Webb.

Dr. J. P. Webb, for years prom inent business man of Little Rock, but for the last few years a citizen of Springdale, shielded by shooting himself through the temple. Dr.. Webb had been in poor health for some time, which is supposed to have been the cause of his suicide. Dr. Webb was born in Caldwell county, Kentucky, in 1882. In 1869 he located at Little Rock and en- gagged in the wholesale shoe busi- ness, but was forced to sell out some time later on account of his wife's failing health and return to Ken lucky, where Mrs. Webb died. On his return to Little Rock Dr. Webb formed a partnership with T. w. Wilson in the book and stationary business under the firm name of Wilson & Webb and continued at that with success for eighteen years, selling out in May, 1888. He left a valuable estate.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-01
BRIEF MENTION.

Four negro prisoners escaped from jail at Tcxarkana by tunnel ing under the wall.
 > Will Curtis, white, shot and killed a negro named Rudolph, at Haynes, in Lee county.
 Fred Mock. aged 15, was drowned Tn Current river, near Corr tug, while in bathing.
 Admiral Schley will be the guest of Fort Smith October 13 and 14, during fair week.
 A young man named Harrison Crawford accidentally shot and kill ed himself while hunting, near Har- rison.
 Citizens of Hot Springs propose to raise the sum of $1,500 to defray the expenses of Col. Milan, state manager of the Arkansas exhibit at the St. Louis exposition.
 Dan Johnson, a farmer, near Harrison, was assassinated by some unknown party. Johnson was at work on his place when the assassin ired on him from behind tree.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-01
Heir to a Fortune.

Mrs. Hal Henley has been noti- fled that she is heir to a large for tune, left by Mrs. Augusta Rogers, who died recently at Plainfeld, N. J. Mrs. Rogers was a miser and died in supposed poverty, but pa- pers found among her effects show that she possessed d large fortune. About six years ago Mrs. Rogers went to Hot Springs to get Mrs. Henley, who, she claimed, was her daughter, and who was then ldalia Rogers, girl 15 years of age. She stated the girl had run away from her home several years before, which was then Butterfeld, Ark. Mrs. Henley says she never believed Mrs. Rogers was her mother. When a young child she was placed in an orphans home in New York City. One day while separated from her nurse she was seized by Mrs. Rogers, who said she was her mother, placed in carriage and driven rapidly away. She lived with her in vari- ous parts of the country until she was about 12 years old, when Mrs. Rogers moved to her farm at But terfield, Ark.
Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-01
Killed Over Debt.

Joe Kidd, colored, was shot and killed by Frank Brewer, white, at Camden. The shooting occurred in the courthouse yard. Kidd owed Brewer for some groceries and re- fused to pay. The men met in front of the courthouse and passed some words, when Brewer fired four shots into Kidd's body, death being instantaneous.