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CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE
Building Style Depends on Climate,
Soil and People.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Foreign critics who visit this city find the
domestic architecture censurable because
1t contains suggestions derived from other
ages and countries.
These censors lack the philosophical stand
ara. Fundamental principles of ARCHITECT
lure were formulated and exemplified by
greece and Rome Greece laid down the
law that form should follow function Creek
NE was chiefly composed of three AS agri-
culture. athletics and art. The climate and
SOIL OF every country dictate its architecture
as well as its mode of and means of living
Because her soil was liable to sudden con-
Vulsions. Greece built dwellings of a single
story. having also plenty of ground room.
10 her pressure of population upon space
was unconceived. Her athletics and her re-
hgfon were blended in her art which was
naturstic.
give the greatest support In proportion to
weight and her edifices accordingly at
tanned higher proportions than those of
Greece. From the pine forest of the north
me pointed arch was borrowed. and Gothic,
with its sloping roofs. assisted in carrying
on the heavy snow falls. The inert sta
nillty of the Romanesque was also drawn
from nature-the palm tree-and applied TO
conoltlOns requiring a maximum of resist
ance The creative epochs of architecture
nave adapted Its principles to every soil and
to every cline.
In the United States there is to be found
every soil and every cline of which classic
architecture took efficient cognizance. The
situation of the city of Chicago is In fact a
compendium of the collective situations for
which the Greeks and Romans planned con-
structive science. We have the winters OF
the north and the summers of the south.
We have a sapphire sea for our eastern
vista, 1ustifying transference Of Venetian
facades to our lake margin. We have a
armament which, in the glory of color line
and movement. is matched only by that of
the shores of the Mediterranean. Our soil.
ike that of extensive areas of Italy. Is
spongy in places requiring subterranean
plllng and the Roman arch.
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nival, and if that amt big enough jolly,
we can make Wheaton king. That's what
Ia call giving the Clarkson National run
for it's money. If Porter don't double his
subscription on the strength of that"
He looked al Norton and they both
laughed.
A few days later Margrave called on
Wheaton at the bank. He was a little proud
of having discovered Wheaton. Since his
quondam messenger had become a bank
cashier he had begun to take notice of him.
II guess were going to need you to take
a star part in the carnival this year. he
said leading him into the empty directors
room and looking carefully about to make
sure that they were alone. You see, we've
been casting about to find n good represent
tative from among the younger business
men to take part of king in the carnival.
The board of control are unanimous that
you're the man"
But I've just gone into the knights-there
are plenty of older members
That's the point we want new men and
you're just the fellow we're after"
He had been holding his hat in his hand
and wiping his brow with his handkerchief,
and he now backed toward the door, saying,
without leaving Wheaton time for further
bubble:
Keep it mum You understand about
that; we always want to jar the public.
Wen put you on to the curves all right"
I'm sure I'm very much surprised said
Wheaton, but
"Oh, it's all fixed" said Margrave, NOV
ing off. You're the only one and we never
let anybody decline. 1t would knock all
the compliment out of it, if we let two or
three fellows refuse before we caught one
that would accept"
Wheaton went back to his desk, surprised
and fattered. Margrave's good will was
worth having. Wheaton had never out
grown the impression he formed of Mar
grave when, as a boy, he had indexed letter
books and received callers in the general
managers outer office. He knew that Mr.
Porter was more respectable and stood
higher in the community, but there was
something that took hold of even Whea-
tons dull imagination in the holder achieve
ments of Timothy Margrave, who rolled
over the country in private car, debating
when need arose, to the legislatures of a
chain of states, and looming large In the
press discussions of those combinations and
contests of transportation companies which
marked the last years of the nineteenth
century. Wheaton had acquired a bankers
habitual dstrust of men who offer favors;
but as this came on the personal invitation
of one who had no dealings with his bank
he could see no harm in accepting.
Margrave winked at him few days later
when they met at the club
THE boys are all glad you're going to
lead the show, JIM" said the general man
ager; and Wheaton experienced a feeling of
having fallen into the larger currents of
Clarkson life. Margrave was the man who
more than any other, made things happen
in Clarkson.
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The British Museum.
From Harper's Weekly.

FROM Harper's Weekly.
An observer recalls the interesting cir
cumstances of the establishment of the
British Museum. The funds for the insti-
tuition were ra sed by lottery which was
authorized in 1853 by an act of parliament,
the archbishop of Canterbury. the lord
chancellor and the speaker being the man.
ayers and trustees, each to receive f1OO as
an honorarium. The amount of the lottery
Is said to have been q m lion and half
dollars f3OO.O0O), which was raised by II
tickets, to provide f20OOOO for prizes, vary
ing in value from 10000 to f1O and 600.
OGO for the purchase of the museums nu-
cleus-the Sloane collections and the Har-
leian Library; also to provide cases for the
acquisitions and to meet other expenses. 1t
Will be remembered that the lottery became
notorious through the activities of GER
tain Peter Leheup, who shrewdly cornered
the tickets and had them sold at pre-
MUM. Leheup was afterward prosecuted
for breach of trust and fined fl 100, which
could not have troubled him much, as his
profits from the deal were 10000
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country agreed to give up most of their
lands and go on reservations" said the
major, AL of the tribes were opposed to
the treaty except the Nez Perces. Old Ka-
mi-a-kin. the leader of the war of SO, got
the Yakimas. the Cayuses-all the tribes, in
fact, but the Nez Perces-to agree to mas
sacre the governors party. Joseph's father
here and the other chiefs of the Nez Perces
pitched their tepees near to Stevens, and
thus saved the whites from being killed.
For this act of friendship the governor
gave the Nez Perces larger share of land
than to the other tribes"
Yes" said Joseph, taking up the CONVEX
sation. Il was there that time. My people
nearly have battle with all other tribe. We
Walla Walla pow-wow. Yakima, Cayuse,
Umatilla, Wallula tribe have two thousand
five hundred. Nez Perces people keep Ste
vens from kill Stevens give Nez Perces
people Lapwai, Grande Ronde, Wallowa.
Tribe my father get Wallowa. My people
believe white man keep his word.
"Bimeby my father get sick. He call me,
he call my brother Ollicut his tepee. He
say me and my brother Olicut My time
die come. You keep Wallowa. Heap white
man come now this country. Maybe some
people live here this valley long time; white
man want take Wallowa you fight
MY father die. l chief White man
come take Grande Ronde country; 1 no
fight. Heap white man come in Wallowa,
build fence, pillow ground. One summer 1
go hunt, buffalo country. While l away
buffalo country one chief man sign paper,
give white man Wallowa. 1 come back;
say: Joseph, chief Nez Perces people.
Long time ago Walla Walla pow-wow Gov.
Stevens say Nez Perces keep Wallowa all
time My father die he say Keep Wall
Iowa" I keep Wallowa.'
"One day, two year before war come,
white man kill one 1njun-Nez Perces. My
people heap mad. They want kill one white
man. l say, No
Gen. Towards Coming.
Next year. General Howard come Lap
wal. We make big powwow. Howard say
he want Nez Perces give White-man Wal
Iowa. I say: No, my father die Wallowa,
my grandfather die Wallowa, Joseph die
Wallowa But Howard say Nez Perces
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haven't lost my chance" he persisted. He
sat down dejecteuly. Then he laughed
DO you know why I'm like the Juniata
river?" he demanded.
I'm not good At guessing" she answered,
wondering whether he was laying trap
for her.
why, Capt. Wheelock told somebody
that it was because L am very beautiful and
very shallow He did not laugh with her.
Those things aren't funny to me any
more" he declared, scowling.
But to be called beautiful"
mo man is beautiful" he returned saw
agely. mo man wants to be called thai
It's my eyeglasses, l suppose" He took
them off and played with them. Maybe
they do make me look dudish. I'd wear
spectacles if they didn't cut my ears. Or
l might go without and come to sudden
end by walking over some lonely precipice.
He expected her to demonstrate, but she
said:
well, I'll promise not to tell the new
visitors about you" AS il, of course. this
was what he had been leading up to.
II don't care any thing about them"
Pm sorry. 1 had rather counted on you,
as the only person here who had met them.
and an old friend of the family"
He stood up again.
But / don't want to be your friend"
"Oh!" She seized and fortified all the
strategic positions This Is certainly sur
prising in you Warrick Raridan, after all
the years I've known you. l didn't expect
to be renowned so early" He stood look
ing at her quiZzically and too fxedly for
her comfort.
Tragedy doesn't become the Juniata type
of beauty You'd better sit down" He
had been pacing the floor, but now threw
himself into chair.
sThat chair" she continued, us a relic
OF the inquistion. If you'll move those
cushions about little on the divan you'll
be a lot more comfortable"
He mumbled that he didn't want to be
comfortable, but obeyed
Now, II you'll be good" she went on
Tranquility, folding ker arms and looking
at him benignantly, "I'll tell you secret"
He had thrust his hands into his pockets
and sat watching her sulkily.
'Well?"
I'm to be queen of the ball. sir-Im to
be queen of the ball"
said, grimly. you have no business mix
ing up with their Internal idiocy. I've
been expecting to hear that you'd re-
fused" He grew hot as he went on.
your father oughtn't to make you do
such a thing"
'Warry!" She sat up straight and bent
toward him in an attitude of remon-
STRANGE: you really mustn't! Why, I'm
amazed at you'll"
The enormity of the thing as Raridan
saw 1t had grown on him since his talk
with Saxton, and he did not relent; but he
relaxed his severity for the moment to
assume an aggrieved air.
Maybe I'm presuming too far on old
acquaintance" he said, gloomily.
II still have that copy of Aldrich you
gave me once-you remember that they
Met as acquaintance meet,
Smiling. tranquil-eyed-
Not even the least little beat
OF the heart, upon either side!'
But-should old acquaintance be forgot? '
she hummed. He was still a spoilt boy
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CHIEF JOSEPH'S
Famous Fight Against the
Whole United States Army.
INDIAN STRATEGIST
HOW HE WAS FINALLY CAPTUR-
ED BY GEN. MILES.
trouble Caused by What He Considered
White Mans Breach of
Faith.
INDIAN STRATEGIST

Copyright, 1908, by Charles n. Crewdson)
Written for The Evening star by Chas N Crevdson
General Miles once told me that he
considered Chief Joseph the shrewdest and
most daring Indian general the United
States has even known" remarked Major
Lee Moorhouse to me in the hotel at PEN
dleton, Oregon. one evening.
How does that Gomez" I asked
We'll, ii took all the soldiers of the
whole United States army to catch him
He led them a lively chase all the wav
from Idaho across the Rockies into the
Yellowstone Park, and through Montana
nearly to the British line, carrying with
him his tepees, his ponies and his women
and children. This was Il distance of over
HOO miles"
Think of it, said ].
All, but he was sharp and brave"
said the major.
Where is he now?" I asked
Why. he's living up here on the Col
Vile reservation out from Spokane"
Suppose we go to see him
We'll. that's just what I've been intend
ing to do fur a long time" said the major.
Joseph has often invited me to come
to see him. I've known him a great many
years. We are old friends
We found the old chieftain in his tepee
Although he could read and write he
chose to live in the wigwarm rather than
in n house. His clothing was half white
mans, half Indian. He wore breeches, yet
over his shoulders he wore Il blanket His
hat, broad brimmed black one. was made
by Boston man. but Il squaw had
shaped his moccasins. On his face l read:
Resignation. Hope. The whites had forced
Joseph to give up his charming Oregon
valley and to come and live on a cheer
less reservation. Yet he felt that some
day his people would again live within the
pale of the Wallowa. Joseph was an
exile
The Old Chiefs Story.
Joseph" said the major, as we all rest
ed upon the skins in the tepee, my friend
here is a newspaper man. He wants you
to tell him about your war with the
whites in IL"
Will he believe what I say?" spoke
back Joseph. Most people believe 1 lie"
You look to me like an honest man."
said to the NeZ Perce's CHER.
Joseph lit his pipe and offered US to-
bacco. An old, old squaw whom we had
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who had to be coaxed into good humor. ,
You know what 1 mean. Evelyn. l feel
a particular interest in having you start
right here, now that you've come home to
stay People will be surprised to hear of
your taking a part like that; they want
to take you seriously. You've been to
college"
"Oh. Warryw she cried. appealingly.
And are you to throw this at me? A few
minutes ago you were complaining that
people wouldn't take you seriously but
I'm afraid they want to take me much
too seriously I don't like 1t! In fact, 1
don't intend to have it!'
But you don't mean to get down to a
level with these girls who've been
ground out of boarding schools and who
don't know anything? The kind that play
come home to mix 5th avenue boarding
school with Missouri river every day
life"
I'm really disappointed in you. I
supposed you weren't like the others. A
few days ago some estimable women
called here to get me to become cand1-
date for school commissioner. They talked
beautifully to me. There was one of them,
Miss Norris" Raridan EXTENDED ms
arms to heaven, as if imploring mercy
who told me that was bachelor OF
arts and that all kinds of things were
therefore to be expected of me-"
But I don't mean thati It's just that
sort of thing think you ought to keep
free from-it's this awful publicity; it's
making yourself public property! Women
must keep out Of such things. School
commissioner! His spirits were rising
again and he laughed aloud.
wouldn't you vote for me?"
He stared. You're not going to"
Decidedly not 1 want you to under
stand. and everybody to find out. that
I'm a very ordinary being. I hope IL I've
learned anything in college It's common
sense. 1 don't feel a bit interested in
regulating the universe or in getting
more rights for women, or in politics of
any kind, any more than every sane wom-
an is interested in such things. About
this carnival and the ball, I don't mind
telling you that I dislike 1t par
ticularly. But I'm going to do 1t for two
reasons, to be much franker with you than
you deserve; to please father, for whom
can do very little. and to set at rest this
idea about my being a divinely gifted In
dividual who has come home from college
to rub up the universe with a witch cloth.
And now, Warrick Raridan, we will, II you
please, consider the incident closed; and II
you are very good you may dance with me
at the ball."
ooh, the noble king will have first place
there"
well, IL you're the king you can't OBJ
ject," she said. I'm sure 1 don't know
who the kings to be"
well. / do"
"Then you needn't tell me, please. I want
to be surprised"
But he's likely to be somebody you won't
care to know under any circumstances" he
persisted. His contempt for the carnival
and his rage at the thought of this girl
being publicly identified with Wheaton
rose in him and he grew morose again.
ing and wishing to restore his good humor,
returned to her expected guests and her
plans for entertaining them.
1t must be confessed that in her heart
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people all go on Lapwai reservation, he
build school house and make Nee Perces
heap good
Joseph stopped moment to refill his pipe.
AS the old chief had spoken OF the Wallowa
he showed in every word deep love for
his native valley. Nor can blame HIM. for
of the dream spots of the world, none are
more lovely than the valleys Of Oregon.
Being beyond the Rockies, the climate Is
mild. The soil is dark, and in il wakes a
rich growth of trees. grasses and flowers.
The crests of the surrounding mountains
are always snow-clad.
Striking a match. Joseph continued:
Before powwow finish Nez Perces see
smoke-sign Signals made by the Indians).
Smoke say: One thousand soldiers come
Lapwai. 1 say my people Nez Perces no
whip White-man. My people say fight. I
sign treaty all same. Howard go away.
try make my people no fight.
One month go, we have dance. One till
cum (warrior) say he do heap brave thing"
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wal. He have Spalding for name. I young
boy that time. Spalding show Injun how
pillow ground. raise wheat. raise heap thing.
map. Me and my brother go to school.
Spalding know be chief some day; he heap
teach me. Spalding tell Injun about Jesus
hang on cross. Spalding say Injun all same
My people always good to white man.
You know, Lee said Joseph. addressing
the major. "Nez Perces people never raise
tomahawk and hit white man before my
war in eighteen hundred seven-seven."
Yes. you are right, Joseph" was the
reply.
Then the major told me Of the many
deeds of kindness which the Nez Perces
tribe had done for the early settlers.
Saved the Whites.
when Gov. l. I. Stevens called the great
Walla Walla council in '55. the result of
which was that all of the Indians in this
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were alone, and he began propounding in
quiries about them with the Jealous in
terest, half hooking and half earnest.
which he always manifested in girls that
crossed his horizon.
And Miss Warren-is she the one from
Dedham Crossing, Connecticut? Yes,
suppose they Will want to go right out to
see the Indians. I'll see if the War De-
partment won't lend us a few from a res
ervation to show off with. It's too bad for
our guests to be disappointed. And Miss
really be rather amusing to bring the types
together on our rude frontier"
But you're not to play tricks with these
friends of mine, Warrick Raridan. You
are to be very nice to them but you are
not TO make too much of an impression
| unless"
I'm afraid Miss Warren's a trifle too
serious for human natures daily food" he
| said, complainingly.
Yes? I remember that she was strong
! in entomology. She surely knows a moth
| from a bumblebee when she sees it,"
| Tut! TUT One shouldn't be spiteful Miss
| Warren Is nice girl. She knows where
| the pussy willows purr first in the harsh
| Connecticut spring. She is strong on gold
en- rod and ah-tum leaves; she reads Sc
| ning's symphony hangs in her room In
| blue and gold. She's very sweet with her
Sunday school class. She shall be saluted
| with the Chautauqua salute-thus!' He
IL
the wall.
How brutal Deliver me from the cyni-
cal man! BY the way, Wary saw Minnie
Metchen in New York this spring. and she
asked me all the questions about you she
dared. That really wasn't good of YOU
She hadn't been an army girl long-her
father was a new paymaster or some
thing like that; she wasn't fair game You
were her first, and she Thought you meant
1t all-the poems and the flowers and all
that kind of thing. She thought you were
very good, too. You remember, 1 hope,
that you dragged her across town to that
colored mission where you were lay-reading
at the time. Now. you mustn't do that any
more
Raridan buried his face in his hands and
groaned.
MY sims are more than can bear But
I'm really disappointed in you. It isn't
good form In this town to remember from
one winter to another what my enthusi-
asms have been. But. Evelyn"
His manner changed suddenly and
he rose and walked the floor. He
was so full of mockery, and his fun
took so many unexpected turns, that
Evelyn, who had known him from his
willful. spoiled childhood, was never sure
of his moods. He seemed very serious as
he stood before her with his arms folded
anG looked at her. His voice broke lit
tie as he said:
Evelyn, 1 don't want you to remember
this kind of thing of me. Nobody takes me
seriously; I'm getting tired of it. I'm all
kirds of a failure. 1 ought to be doing
tEirgs. like all the other men here. Maybe
it's too Late
mo, it's never too late to do what we
want to do, Wary" she said very kindly.
But / don't know that you're such g
foilure." Size was still on guard for some
fash of the joke that he was always play
ing.
"But it's question with me whether
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There was a tradition that no one had
ever been blacl-balled in the knights of
Midas, so when Timothy Margrave got
Wheatons signature to an application for
membership the cashier was beset by no
fear of rejection. The citizens OF Clarkson
were indebted 60 MargraVo for many
schemes for booming their town. He lee
about their lack OF enterprise.
Look ut Kansas city" he would say at
the club, bending forward ponderou5ly on
his fat knees. they aln't got half the ter
fninal facilities that we have, and there
amt any better country around EN-. but
They're bigger than VIC are and ahead of
us because they've got moro hustle than we
have: and hustle's what makes town
look at Chicago! But we've got lot of salt
mackerel business men here. so picked in
their prime Of conservatism that they won't
DO anything There's Billy Porter; when
we want to raise money to help boom the
town. I'm always dead sure that Billy will
cough up. but you've got to show INTEL
sim all about It. and he likes to play with
you and guy you and rub it In before he
puts his name down. Now he may be a safe
banker and all that, but I say that there's
such Il thing as pushing conservatism too
ID far. We're going to DE long time
strong pull and alr pull together If we
get IN the procession" His voice rose as
he proceeded. Look at little Sioux Cityi