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St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

I tion of the great commercial center
of to-day. Mrs. John Harris Kinzie,
wife of the son of the original John,
wrote number of books about the
early days of Fort Dearborn. The
elder Kinzie was trader who had
been in the Lake Michigan region for
many years and had visited Chicago
previous to the building of the fort.
Mr.. Kinzie was living at Bertrand,
Mich, then called Pare aux Vaches,
at the time of the fort construction.
He, with other traders, conceived the
idea of making Chicago their head
quarters; but, as it afterward, ap-
peared, he was the only one to estab-
lish his home near the fort. He came
with his entire family early in the
year 1904 and bought the cabin of
LIE Mai, located at point which ii
now the foot of Kinzie street.
The LIE Mai place seems to have
been the oldest establishment in the
region. LIE Mai did not build the
cabin himself, but had purchased it
from one Jean Baptiste Point-au-
Sable, a San Domingo negro, who
had wandered north into the Indian
country, and finding congenial COM
radeship among the redskins made it
his home. It is believed that he cams
to Chicago in 1896, and that the cabin
was built in that year. The picture
of the Kinzie house which has 50
often appeared in print, shows the
ro1o of xxno 4
been enlarged, beautified and paint
ed. 1t was nothing more than a shell
ter when the soldiers arrived in 1903.
John Kinzie and the other settlers
who followed him led an exciting
life, but they persisted in establish
ing their ascendancy over the semi
barbarous half-breeds and Indian
savages who surrounded them. After
the massacre of 1912 the little town
grew steadily in Importance as
trading post; and when, on August
10, 1888, the town of Chicago was
organized by the election OF five
trustees it had within its limits %
voters. On September 26, 1888,
treaty was signed with the chief Of
the Pottawatamies, 1000 of the tribe
being present at the council. and on
October 1 they were removed west Of
the Mississippi river. The first char.
ter of the city was passed by the
legislature and approved March II.
1897; and the first election under the
charter was held May I, 1887.
To-day the population of Chicago
is 100000 in round numbers-the
second city in the United States in
point of inhabitants, the most inn
portant as a trade center, and the
iveliest municipal centenarian in the
history of the world.
WILLIAM WALTER WELLA
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
CHARMS CARRIED BY RoGUES.
Odd Articles Kept in Their Pockets
to Ss.ye Them from Arrest and
Punish ment.

A Vienna professor of criminal law,
DR.. Hans Gross, has published a yalu-
able book, THE Research of the Real
Facts in Criminal Offenses," one of
the most interesting chapters in which
| is devoted to the part superstition
plays in the lives of criminals and in
the course of justice, says London Tit
Bits.
DR.. Gross proves his assertions by
facts. He saw maid almost SEN
fenced to several years imprisonment
because her account of the way in
which she came to possess valua BILE
opal ring that she tried to sell was
not believed. She said that lady
| whom she did not know and had never
seen before in her life gave her the
ring in the street. One of her judges
chanced to remember that opals were
considered unlucky by women, and
the affair was well looked into, with
the result that the girls story was
proved true.
The woman had inherited the ring
and was told she could get rid of the
to the first person she met on going
out.
A very frequent proceeding il Aus
tria is for those who have been robbed
to accuse innocent persons on the un-
substantiated testimony of fortune
tellers, who claim to be able to tell
from the cards where to seek thief.
the old magicians' books are believed
in. The idea that to drink warm hui
man blood, obtained by crime, cures
epilepsy is still very general. Other
fits, according to superstition, are
cured by chewing wood from an old
coffin.
Not quite two years ago two Ger
man soldiers found an old book which
gave the magic form by which it was
asserted that a mans head could be
cut off and put on again without hurt
ing him. The promise was made that
a man thus treated could find treas
ures wherever he sought them. One
of the soldiers actually had his head
cut off.
The things which criminals carry on
their person are often clew to their
pursuits and character. Thus poach-
ers carry the roots of a fern which re-
semble small hands and are called the
hands Of ST. John.
The mandragorl root is supposed
to help one to open locks. besides be-
ing an aid to lovers and gamblers.
The latter, who hope to use false cards
without being detected, carry the
dried heart of bat in their waistcoat
pockets There are innumerable su-
perstitions according to which man
NAV swear a false oath and not be
the worse for it.
Some criminals put the left hand
in their pockets and make fist, or
thew twist a button off their trousers,
or spit three times, or put small
stones under their tongue. Some al,
ways have the leaves of mistletoe in
their shoes to, be prepared for false
oath at any time. But the most fire.
uuent way is called ''conducting it
through the body" While the right
hand is raised the left is held down,
and the fingers of the left are held in
the same position as those of the right
hand. In this way the oath passes
1hrourh'' and does not signify
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
FORT DEARBORN. AS IT APPEARED IN 1872

ade, with two blockhouses at opposite
corners, storehouse and quarters for
officers and men. An underground
passage led to the river, so that water
might be had in case of siege.
The name Chicago is of Indian ORR
gin, and is mentioned by the French
Jesuit missionary Marquette, who first
visited the site of the present city in
1873 It was also visited by Perrot in
177O In the winter of 1674-75 Mar
quette camped on the banks of the
Chicago river from December till near
the close of March. When he arrived,
on December 4, he found the river
frozen and the ground covered with
snow. By the French voyagers the
name of the city was spelled in va
riety of ways, the majority rendering
1t Chi-cau-gou. There is mention of it
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
PAS PROPOSITION.
Cav. GLADYS Maude's Admirer Some.
thing to Illuminate On at HIS
-g- Leisure.


II ha-have cuc-cuc-come, Mr.. Bub-bub-
Broadhead," stammeringly said the callow
and perturbed youth, writes Tom :. MOT .!1
gan. in Woman's Home Companion, Il
mum-mean, !. am-er-ah!- as it were.
.Just so!' interrupted old man Broad.
head, surveying the length and breadth ..h Of
the visitor with a speculative gaze. You
have arrived, and Judge you are now en-:
point OF asking me for Gladys Maude. HIM
yes! So far, so good; but permit me to
eay that / am not SO tired Of my twenty
four-year-old daughter that | am hunting for
4 chance to give her away. hardly feel able
to support son-in-law; and presume you
could scarcely maintain me in the style to
which l am accustomed, for you look to me
very much as if you played the guitar fluent
". So, tell you what am nm willing aae to DO; !
won't give her to you, but l don't mand
old, with freckles on his nose. What dye
say to that?" s.s. .s.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

called the Chucaqua river. The name
Chicago, according to some authors
ties, means "great" or STRONG" but
the Indians themselves asserted that 1T
means "shunh." They fortified their
claim by relating that once upon 3
time a Chief named "Shunh' was
drowned in the river and to perpetuate
his memory the red men named tho
stream for their unfortunate compan-
ion. The early trappers and traders
attempted to change the name several
times, but without success.
Capt. Whistler, the first commander
of Fort Dearborn, was q revolution
ary soldier of considerable renown
and had had years of frontier duty.
He was in command until the sum-
mer of 1911, and during his admlnis-
tration managed to maintain COM
paratiyely friendly relations with the
Indians and to attract number OF
settlers to the new town. He was
succeeded by Capt. Head in June,
1911. When the war with Great Bril-
tain broke out in 1912, the govern
ment, apprehensive that a post
among the Indians, SO far from tho
frontiers. could not be successfully
maintained, ordered it abandoned.
On August IL, Capt. Heald marched
out of the fort, and after proceed
ing two miles on the lake shore he
was attacked by the Pottawatamle
Indians. Twelve, the entire number
of the militia garrison, 26 of the reg
ular troops, two women and IL chill
dren, in all SO, were killed and several
wounded. The Indians destroyed the
abandoned fort; but it was rebuilt
in 1916, under Capt. Bradley. The
fort continued to be occupied until
1887, when, the Indians having left
the country, it was abandoned. The
spot where the massacre of 1912 oc-
Cured is now marked by hand
some monument, erected by the late
George NJ. Pullman, near the foot OF
Sixteenth street.
When the soldiers first arrived in
1903 there were but four traders
cabins at Chicago. The traders, who
were either French or half-breeds.
had Indian wives. Their names were
LIE Mai, Ouilmette and Pettell. The
fourth cabin, which was empty that
summer, was owned by a man named
Burnett, who lived in Michigan. The
first bona-fide settler was John Kim
zie, who, with his family, came to
Chicago in 1904 and laid the founda-
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Not in a Sawmill,

"Shut that door!" beloved the irate
merchant. "Where were you brought
up, sir-in a sawmill?"
"Well, I'm not sure as to that" re-
piled the young drummer in honeycd
accents, pressing both hands to his
ears, "but of one thing l can assure you,
sir, and that is that l was not brought
up in boiler factory."-Syracuse
Gtandard
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
An Ontimi.t.

do you think that the world is very
wicked?"
IT assuredly do not" answered Miss
Cayenne. mo on is surprised at any
ones being good. It is the normal state
of affairs. It is only when people do
wrong that any astonishment is pro-
fessed."- shington. Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
The Popular ThinR to Say.

The sermon was exceptionally long,
and the minister had just reached the
seventh division of his subject.
"And now, dear brethren" he ex-
claimed, what shall l say more?'
Amen suggested the thoughtless
man who had just walked up.-Chicago
Post.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Sort Of Bu.ine.. Agent.

"Yes," said the family doctor to the
guest, II have always insisted upon il
that my daughters must learn to make
cake and pie-especially pie"
MAY ask why?" inquired the guest.
ITS great help in my business"
replied the family doctor.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
The Weight of Evidence.

First Monkey-Prof. Baboon deliv-
cred quite an interesting discourse
on the question: 'Do the human
animals think?"
Second Monkey-What is the pro-
fessor's opinion?
First Monkey-Well, he doesn't
know, exactly. He says they GER
tainly do good many things which
indicate that they don't.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
A Sense of Yaluea.

Mother Ito her seyen-year-old son
William, who has been growing free of
speech h)-Billy, dear, will give you ten
cents day for every day you don't say
"darn fool"
Harold Qittle brother of five, with
superior air)-Humph! If ''darn foor'
is worth ten cents, I guess I know
words that are worth quarter!-
Smart Set.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

"Have you ever written anything"
said his cynical friend, ''to make the
world happier or better?'
"Rather," quoth the insurance agent
who sometimes dabbled in verse. Il
have written 100000 worth of life in
surance within the last year.'-Chi-
cagO Tribune. .#z,-h r=
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
numh Ones.

Silas Hayseed, at city hotel-Mandy,
look tibet ere sign, Ring twicet fer
hot warter!"
Mandy Hayseed-Well, what on it.,
81?
Silas-Don't them durn fools down
stairs know when yer ring fer it oncet
thet yer want it?-Harvard Lampoon.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Wouldn't Seem Natura

81 have an idea," he announced sud-
denly,
''Well, you'd better not let anybody
know about it," she answered wearily.
'Why not?"
because if it was found out it would
be considered an evidence of plagiar-
ism.-Chicago Post.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
An Ultra-Modern Mini.ter.

"Our minister is wonder. Every
time he breaches he quotes from all
parts of the Bible in his sermon"
Nothing wonderful about that. Our
minister breaches sermon after sermon
without taking even a text from the
Rible.''-Brooklyn Life.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Yerl6 led.

Myrtilla in her evening gown
Is proud indeed to show
A pair of shoulders most superb
And white as driven snow.
know the smile is true,
For when I grew so bold
AS to confess my love. l found
The shoulder icy cold.
IN. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
a Chanre of Texture,

"Her cheek was velvet" thus declared
His sweet 1ove-note: but when, in court
These notes were read aloud, he thought
Her cheek was of different sort.
Town Topics
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Patience Rewarde d.

SMITH hear Short. the coal man,
has come into a large fortune.
Jones-Well, he's entitled to it.
Smith-Oh, he is, eh?
Jones-Yes. He's been lying in
weight for it a good many years.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
EXDenaiYe,

Clarence-What's the matter, old
chap? You look all cut up.
Reginald-My sister is going to mar
ry duke.
Clarence-That's nothing to feel
downhearted oyer-you ought to be
proud.
Reginald-Yes; but I can't afford to
be proud. It's going to cost the old
man such lot of money that I'll have
togo to work.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
w WhY4

The day 1t breaks though 1t never falls
The reason I'm sure can't see;
The night it falls but it does not break
It's very perplexing to me!
st Nicholas
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

Opera Night In Eden.
Eve had just arrayed herself in q
girdle of fig leaves.
"Oh, ADAM" she cried ecstatically,
"Isn't this just lovely?"
"Beautiful!" assented her spouse,
with sardonic grin. Il suppose you
are attired for the opera?"
Hastily linking his arm in hers, he
led the way to grove where the ptero-
dactyls were singing.-N. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Great Cure.

Great Cure.
The Doctor-Yes; l understsnd what
ails you. You can't sleep. Take this
prescription to the druggist. (Next
day>-Good morning; you look better
to-day. Have you slept we'll?
Petersen-Like top. I feel like
new man.
Doctor-How many sleeping pow
ders did you take?
Petersen (surprised)-I didn't take
any. I gave couple of them to the
baby.-Dagblade
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Classifyinx Pussy

"Would you call cat herbivorous q
carnivorous asked man who 10
learned but tedious.
''Neither," answered the man who
Yawus; merely vocifereus."--lit-BitA
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

N7OMEN should beware of contract
w ing catarrh. The cold wind and
rain, slush and mud of winter are espe-
cially conducive to catarrhal derange-
ments. Few women escape.
Upon the first symptoms of catching
cold Peruna should be taken. It forti-
fes the system against colds and ca
tarrh.
The following letter gives one young
woman's experience with Peruna:
Miss Rose Gerbing is a popular society
woman of Crown Point, Ind, and she
writes the following:
Recently took long drive in the
country, and being too thinly clad l
caught bad cold which settled on my
lungs, and which could not seem to
shake off. I had heard great deal Of
Peruna for colds and catarrh ard /
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Sure N Fate.

"There is one thing certain" re-
marked the Observer of Events and
Things. "a man may have long face
without having long head. d."-Yonkers
Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
For His Comfort.

"Now, you mustn't try to tall" said
the surgeon, who was setting and ban
daging the mans broken jaw. Tho
least said the soonest mended. Chic
cago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
How He Won Her.

Ice cream he bought his darling,
And she ate, and ate, and ate:
Till at last her heart she gave him,
To make room for one more plate.
Harvard LampOon.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

bought a bottle to try. I am pleased
that 1 did, for it brought speedy rellef:
It only took about two bottles, and
considered this money we'll spent.
"You have firm friend in me, and
not only advise its use to my friends, but
have purchased several bottles to give
to those without the means to buy, and
have noticed without exception that it
has brought about speedy cure where
ever it has been used" Miss Rose
Gerbing. -.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF Peruna.
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,O
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Not Worth 1t.

Wibbleton-Well, there's one thing
-you can't henpeck my soul.
Mrs. Wibblet6n-Umph. wouldn't
bother about little thing like that
n. Y. Herald.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
4 A2 * 2BkI7M!LE$Z86S ! !! "a :
Her Trump Card Won.

They had looked soulfully into each
others eyes for some time, but some
how he didn't seem to come to the
point. Then suddenly he made a dis
covery.
"You have your mothers beautiful
eyes, DEAR" he said.
She felt that the time had come to
play her trump card. Il have also,
she said, my fathers lovely check
book"
Within 30 minutes the engagement
was announced.-Tit Bits.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
just why.

II don't believe he and his wife care
much for each other"
"Why, they always act loving"
"That's why."-Philadelphia Bulle.
tn.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
cop.tder.te Of Hi. Friends.

Church-He's an awfulIy close lei
low.
Gotham--Do you really think so?
"Certainly I do; why, even when he
is musically inclined he only huns to
himself"
.'Well, think that shows he is kind
+o his friends. Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
American Inventions In Syria.

Last summer, for the first time, the
whirr of reaping machines was heard
in the grain fields of the ancient land
of SYRIA. The machines came from
Chicago, and when, little later, a
steam thrashing machine, made in In
diana, was set to work in Coele-Syria,
there was some excitement among the
native farmers. Before the reapers
appeared on the plain of Esdraelon
American windmills had been intro
duced, and later in the year -four mill,
with machinery and an oil motor en-
CINE from Indianapolis, began grinding
wheat in Lebanon. So the year 1902
is a notable one in the advance Of prac-
teal science over the old Bible lands
Youths Companion.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
An In.uperable Obstacle.

After the acciden MT the woman's mind
was made up.
Il cannot 60 to the hospital" she
said.
"But," urged her husband, sit is the
only thing to do. Modern surgery will
then have its full swing and your life
be saved"
Nevertheless she was firm.
1T cannot be-" she said, family.
Why, in my whole wardrobe there
isn't night gown worth over SiO!"-
Town Topics.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
AsrON1SHED THE LANDLORD.
He knew a Few Tricks Himself, But
Was Shown One That Beat
Him Out,

A few months since a man who
called himself a conjurer entered
tavern in country town and asked
the assembled company if they would
like to witness one OF his tricks. The
fellow looked cold and hungry, says
London Tit-Bits, SO the landlord gave
assent, and stated that he knew a
few, tricks himself and had seen
many wonderful ones.
The conjurer then requested the
company to place three hats upon
the table, after which he desired the
landlord to bring a loaf of bread,
and the stranger cut three pieces
(nearly half pound each) and
placed one upon each hat. He then
stated that he could do the trick so
much more comfortably to himself
if he had three pieces of cheese. The
cheese being brought, he cut three
good-sized pieces and placed one by
each piece of bread.
Now was the grand trick. The con-
jurer turned up the cuffs of his coat,
took out his handkerchief, unbut-
toned his shirt-collar, and stated
that he would eat the three pieces Of
bread and cheese and afterwards
bring all under one hat. He COM
menced eating, and after demolish-
ing two pieces declared that he could
not proceed with the third and finish
the trick unless he had something
to drink.
The landlord, anxious that the
wonderful trick should be proceeded
with, for the amusement of his Gus
toners, Immediately gave the fellow
a quart of ale; and the third piece
of bread and cheese soon followed
the first two pieces. Now the grand
trick was to disclosed, and the land
lord and his companions anxiously
waited to see it.
The conjurer said: ''Now, gentle
men, which hat shall / bring the
bread and cheese under?'
The landlord pointed out his own
hat, wishing it to take part in the
trick as well as the bread and cheese.
It being so arranged, the conjurer
again said:
Gentlemen, l have eaten the
bread and cheese and l will bring it
under the landlords hat" and i'm
mdiately placed the hat upon his
head and walked out, getting clean
away before the company could re-
cover from their surprise.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

ga months caught cold which sefeo on ny
became alarmed
without benefit my digestive organs became
ache severely and
try although had little fann
anything brought me D!eseo
had the right medicine at Las
have enjoyed pef1ec
health
now have greatest Reruna" F. E. kENAH
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Pulling

Pulling.
He is a fool who in the cup
His sorrow tries to drown.
You cannot keep your spirits up
BY putting spirits down.
-Philadelphia Record.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

Mrs. Hewitt-How did you manage
to break your husband of the habit OF
walking in his sleep?
Mrs. Dewitt-Every time he got up
to walk put the baby in his arms
Chicago Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
W. Im.r,nation,

ssThat young. lady must have very
vivid imagination" said Willie Wish
1ngton.
"What makes you think sop
''Every time I tell her story she
says she imagines she has heard it BE-
6are."-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04
Probably Not.

Miss Loved-Father, when you re-
fused him consent to marry me, did
he oct on his hands and knees and
plead?
Irate Father-How do I know? l
couldn't see where he ht.-Pennsyl-
yania Punch Bowl.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

Landlord-I've called to collect the
rent.
Little Boy-Please, sir, mammals out
and forgot to leave it.
Landlord-How do you know she
forgot it?
Little Boy-Because she said So
Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

Father-Once, long ago, the watersof
the lake rolled over these vast spaces
and fish swan here.
Lemuel-Yes, pa. found sardine
can here yesterday.-Chicago Daily
News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1903-04-04

A DirEe.
The flight of time invites despair,
Yet bids us strive anew;
1t scatters silver through our hair
And brings the mortgage due.
Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-04-04
Habit Of Swapping the Fingers
Argument Advanced That Shows Close Intimacy Between
The Mind and the Body-Physical Movement
Seems to Aid Mental Process

"Did you ever notice the peculiar
habit some men have of swapping
their fingers while trying to recall
something which has escaped their
mind for the moment?" asked a man
who keeps keen lookout for the
curious in human nature. Now, here
is a curious study, and one, which, if
pursued may throw much light on a
very interesting subject. Anything
relating to memory, the retentiveness
Of the human mind is always Of inter-
est to me, and l have noted with
much concern these curious physical
manifestations when the mind picture
becomes so obscure that its lines are
lost Why should a man snap his
fingers when he temporarily forgets
a thing? Does this physical move
ment aid the mental processes? Does
the fact prove the material basis of
the mind? 1t must show a very init
mate connection between the two.
After all, the intimacy existing be-
tween the mind and the body is very
close, and personally, | have always
believed in the theory which teaches
us that psychology has physiolog-
cal basis and can have no other basis.
The simple habit Of swapping the fin