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The Tomahawk., 1903-11-20
TO TEACH INDIANS--There

TO TEACH INDlANS--Ihere
will be a civil service examination
at st. Paul Dec. Is for candidates
for the position of teacher in
Haskell Institute for Indians, Has
kell, Kan. The salary is 81, 900
per annum and blanks can be
obtained from the secretary of the
civil service board at the st. Paul
postofice.
The Tomahawk., 1903-11-20
HON. c. j. .b0NApART
ON CIVIL SERVICE
REFORM.

conference Of the Friends OF the
! Indian at Lake Mohonk. n. y,
the Hon. G. j. Bonaparte, Presi-
! dent Roosevet's special represent
alive in the recent Investigation of
/. Indian officials in the Territories
] gave his views on civils service as
/ follows:
"All that l propose to say on
this subject is to call to the at
/ tentinn of this conference what is
meant by the application of civil
service reform in the Indian
Service, 1t means this, and
t nothing more, that the people and
government of the United States
Shall free our country from one of
| che gravest reproaches that rests
upon it's history. l. have heard,
land l suppose you all have heard,
in connection with Indian affairs
Eof "a century of dishonor.' l fear
| there is a considerable element of
/ truth in the reproach implied in
that term; hut the dishonor does
mot lie in some of the supposed
! otfenses usually imputed to the
/ American Indian. Our national
purpose toward the Indians has
:.been uniformly just and humane;
but we have intrusted the carry
ing out of intentions, in them
selves good and worthy of a great
nation, to most discreditable in
! struments.
| II know OF no greater crime
against humanity than to select
for the care of a people in the con
Htlition of one OF our Indian tribes,
! q man unfit for his Office; or even,
Ia man whose unftness not being
ascertained is rendered probable
by the fact that he is selected from
unworthy motives. Too often, as
you we'll know, a man is chosen
because he has done questionable
work for men who have attained
political eminence and influence
by questionable means: and to
choose man such as this to take
charge of an Indian reservation,
is as great an ofense against the
plain dictates Of conscience and
honor as it would be to put the
like man in charge OF an insane
asylum, or an institution for the
education of youth.
1.-THE application of civil SER
vice reform principles to the
Indian service means that. having
chosen, by the best means we can
devise, so as to exclude favoritism
and unworthy motives, so far as
it can be excluded in the choice,-
having, as / say, selected by the
best means at our command men
fit for their position. they shall be
retained in those positions as long
as they worthily discharge their
duties toward the Indians placed
in their care and the nation that
employs them: and they shall be
:. promptly. surely, and with an
absolute disregard of all consid-
erations Of personal advantage or
political profit. removed from
those positions the very moment
their unworthiness is ascertained,
or even gravely suspected.
II say suspected for the
nation has no right to experiment
upon the Indians by leaving in
charge of any of these,-the true
and undoubted wards of the nation
Ia man whose fitness for his
charge is doubtful, or at least
whose unfitness is probable.
| II know of nothing more dis
heartening to those who wish to
think as we'll as we all wish to
i think of our country. as the
difficulty which is experienced in
securing the removal of men
whose absolute unfitness for their
positions; nay, whose disgraceful
eopduct; utterly unworthy char.
The Tomahawk., 1903-11-20
RESERVATION LANDS
TO LEASE

100000 acres Of first class farm
lands on White Earth Reservation, in
tracts of 80 acres and more, by
ALLOTTEES,
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nishone.t Cronpiers.

Each roulette table in Monte Carlo
has a chief, an underchief and seven
croupiers. The roulette croupiers are
ordered to keep their hands spread
out open upon the table between the
turns. This is designed not only to
give confidence to the players, but to
protect the bank against its own en-
ployees. Once 1t was found that a
croupier who seemed inordinately fond
OF snuff had a spring bottom snuffbox.
Every now and then he would set 1t
down on gold piece, and when he took
II up the gold piece was inside. An
other croupier was discovered TO have
a sort OF funnel under his collar,
which ran down TO a money belt. Ev-
cry now and then he would scratch his
neck, and every time he did so the
bank lost 20 francs.-Argonaut.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16
The untamable Tiger.

or all wild animals trained for men,
agerie and show purposes not one Is al
hard 10 conquer as the tiger. Com
pared TO the training OF lions and eie-
plants the training OF tiger Is as the
breaking In of vicious boarhound TO
the first lessons In etiquette OF chup-
by Newfoundland puppy. Even the
most expert wild animal trainers paik
at an assignment 10 "break" Tiger.
Not more than one In ten professional
lion trainers has the nerve 10 try his
hand at the great, ferocious. striped
cats.
As matter OF fact, there is no such
thing as a tanned tiger" Few ana far
between there are instances where the
animals are shown as trained ana
broken In, but the friendship or the
animal for the trainer who may nave
befriended IL for years hangs at the
end of the mans black snake whip'
From the day the acquaintance Is
made TO the day man and beast are
separated there is stealthy warfare
between them, the catlike slyness OF
the ponderous brute directed toward
the one aim of killing the man and the
vigilance of the master ever alert 10
Illustrate that plan.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

A traveller writes: IL have often been
struck by the ease with which people
In southern Europe are amused. In
Paris 100000 People 60 out to Long
champs for the Grand Prix race, and
half million people 90 out and line
the roads on their return to see them
rome back. In Rome at the feast Of the
'Divino Amore" 5000 people 20 out on
the Campagna to spot where once
stood a temple to Venus and hold a
picnic, while $4,000 90 out and line the
Appian way to see them return. In
Madrid this popularity Is even more
marked. On the Puerta del Sol about a
thousand people stand around and do
nothing outdoors, while crowds Of peo-
pie sit indoors or lean from balconies to
watch them do II. And In Seville the
idle rich ait In clubs and cafes on the
Sierpes to watch the lower classes walk
by, while the lower classes walk by to
watch the idle rich sitting In the clubs
and cafes on the Sierpes."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16
The Harm Slang Does.

The use of slang tends TO limit the
vocabulary OF him who uses 1t. Now,
a limited vocabulary is almost as In
convenient at times as limited purse
and 1t is far more inelegant. III there
was practically limitless wealth within
the reach of him who was minded To
take 1t, it would argue a certain stu,
pidlty in any one who declined to avail
himself of the supply. The same as
sertion holds true with regard to him
who is willing to limit his choice OF
words. There is even more to be said
than that. There is limitless wealth
of words at our disposal, but the most
of us are too stupid 10 make use OF
them.
There are about 100000 words in the
English language. The average edu
Gated person is able in reading to un
derstand perhaps $4,000 words, but
most of us who write and speak limit
ourselves to about 800 or 600. Indeed
there Is a vast number of fairly intelli
gent people, or people who pass as
fairly intelligent, whose working vo
cabularies do not comprise more than
800 or 400 words each.-Household.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

How long will 1t take q person to
read the Old Testament, with its 592,
40 words, or the 181 ,253 words Of the
New Testament? And how long to
read the 773, 1892 words of both?
A man can read understandingly 100
words every minute. BY hurrying a
man can read 100 words, or probably
more. / will assume that a man can
read critically-that is, carefully and
understandingly-at least sixty words
a minute That Is slow reading, being
only 5000 words an hour. Suppose n
man should devote an hour day to
the Bible.
At this rate he would read los, 900
words In thirty days. or In months
time. He would therefore read the
Old Testament in less than six months,
and he would finish the New Tesla
ment in less than two months.
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The Independent Boy.

The nonchalance Of boys who are
sure of a dinner and would disdain as
much as a lord to do or say aught to
conciliate one, is the healthy attitude
Of human nature How is boy the
master Of society! Independent, ire
sponsible, looking out from his corner
on such people and facts as pass by.
he tries and sentences them on their
merits, in the swift summary ways OF
boys, as good, bad, interesting, silly,
eloquent, troublesome. He cumbers
himself never about consequences
about interests; he gives an independ-
ent, genuine verdict. You must court
him; he does not court you.-Emerson.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16
Mankind's Progreaa.

Institutions may crumble and gov
ernments fall, but 1t is only that they
may renew better youth. The petals
OF the flower wither that the fruit
may form. The desire of perfection.
sprlnging always from moral power,
rules even the sword and escapes un-
harmed from the field Of carnage, Civ
ing to battles all that they can have of
luster and to warriors their only glory,
surviving martyrdoms and safe amid
the wreck of states. On the banks of
the stream of time not monument
has been raised to hero or nation
but tells the tale and renews the hope
Of improvement Each people that has
disappeared, every institution that has
passed away, has been a step in the
ladder by which humanity ascends to-
ward the perfection Of its nature
George Bancroft.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

The earliest reference to shaving Of
the beard II found In Genesis XII. IA
where we read that Joseph on being
summoned before the king shaved
himself There are several references
as to shaving In Leviticus, and the
practice Is alluded to In many other
parts OF the Bible. However, Egypt
Is the only country mentioned In the
Bible where shaving was practiced
In all other countries at that time
such an act would have been consld
cred ignominious. Herodotus men.
tons that the Egyptians allowed their
boards to grow when they were In
mourning. So particular were they as
to shaving at all other times that to
have neglected II was to make one.
self the butt Of coarse and ridiculous
jokes.
Even In this day and age when the
Egyptian wants to convey the idea
Of man Of low condition and sloven-
ly habits he always pictures to you
man with a full beard. This notion
is very ancient, fact attested by
works Of art found I'm burial monu-
ments dating back thousands OF years
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16
Two Definition. Of /. Gentleman.

To be a gentleman sis to be honest,
to be gentle, to be generous, to be
brave, to be wise, and, possessed Of all
these qualities. to exercise them in the
most graceful manner" says the great
novelist Thackeray.
A diner in certain hotel became so
noisy that the proprietor directed his
removal. The waiter who successfully
accomplished this, on returning to the
room, expressed his regret at having
been obliged to put the individual out,
for, said he, with emphasis, hes a
perfect gentleman. adding after a
pause, as If to explain how he arrived
at so decided a conclusion, "He give
me 'alf a crown."-Notes and Queries.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16
The sacreA Plants Of the Dr.ias.

The Druids held many plants sacred,
as, for instance. vervain. selago, mistle-
toe, and among trees the oak and the
rowan. There is, think, no serious
doubt as to the identity Of any Of these
except the second (selago), which Is
generally thought to be the club moss.
Oak mistletoe IL certainly rare. and
that may have been the reason why II
had an especially sacred character. but
It does exist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16
BruialIy Tortured.

A Gaze cane to light that for persist
ent and unmerciful torture has per-
haps never been equaled. Joe Cello
bick OF Colusa, Calf, writes. "For IL
years ! endured insufferable pain from
Rheumatism and nothing relieved me
though / tried everything known. ]
came across Electric Bitters and IT,
the great medicine on earth for that
trouble. A few bottles of IL completely
relieved and cured me" Just as good
Tor Liver and Kidney troubles and gen.
eral debility. Only SOC Satisfaction
guaranteed by Connell Bros. Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16
Huntinx o. Treachero.s Soil

Snipe shooting on an Irish bog Is an
excellent test Of a gunners skill and
enthusiasm. An experienced bog
shooter If he finds himself going down
throws himself fat on his side or back
and at the same time throws his gun
to his attendant, generally an unshod
"gossoon," who rarely fails to catch
1t. The sensation Of being begged IL
very unpleasant but II a man throws
himself on his side or back there is
strength enough in the peat to sup
port his body.-"Forty-fve Years OF
Sport"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16
A scotchman Who smoked In Church

Sir Walter Scott in his Heart of
Midlothian" refers to one Duncan of
Knockdunder an important parsonage,
who smoked during the whole of the
sermon from an iron pipe tobacco Dor
rowed from other worshipers. We are
told that at the end of the discourse
he knocked the ashes out of his pipe,
replaced it in his sporran. returned the
tobacco pouch to its owner and Joined
in the prayer with decency and atten-
ton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

The average weight Of a horse Is
1000 pounds; his strength Is eQuiva-
lent to that of Ave men. In a horse
mill moving at three feet per second,
track twenty-five feet diameter, he ex-
erts with the machine the power OF
four and a half horses. The greatest
amount horse can pull In horizon
tai line is 800 pounds, but he can only
do this momentarily; In continued ex-
ertion probably half of this IL the
limit
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16


mind. On the contrary, we believe
the farmers, as rule, are glad that
some of the traps and pitfalls have
been removed from the pathway of
their boys. Again we quote
81 then asked, In what respect
were the people of Greenville so
wickedY He replied, They had
saloons and sold liquor asked.
Did the city get nny revenue from
the saloonsF He replied, Yes,
ycal. +"
What is three thousand dollars
compared with the welfare Of the
huod e = Of boys and girls in Green
viz Then, TOO, after the expense
OF prosecution and punishment OF
the crimes and derredations com,
M I'D ne direc, result Of the sale
of Intoxicating liquors from the
opcn saloon. where treating is the
custom, how much of this three
thousand dollars is left? WHY be-
moan even the loss of three thous-
and dollars of revenue derived from
such source and at the same time
say nothing regarding the blessings
resulting to both Young and Old
from the removal of these tempting
pitfalls, obscure dens and curtained
h"ll-holes from their midst? No. no,
better purify your city and start
your BOYS and girls down lifes jour
new IN sober. clear headed manner.
The fathers and mothers of this
country have no moral right to en-
courage the existence of licensed
saloons, which are nothing short OF
secluded chambers where both young
and old are debauched and robbed
of their manhood. And again we
quote:
There is more whisky and beer
sold by four drug stores than there
ever was when we had eight saloons
and the city gets no revenue from
lit"
Readers, do you believe this ab.
surd yarn? The assertion that the
four drug stores in Greenville are
selling more whisky and beer today
than was previously sold by the
eight licened saloons, even with d
large percentage of the farmers in
the surrounding country going to
Harvard, Belding, Grand Rapids
and other distant towns with their
boozing patronage, carries on its
face the appearance of being lie
spun out of whole cloth. What 8
lioel on the citizens of Greenville.
We are glad that the mothers o.
the land are awake and earnestly
fighting this monstrous evil, in
Temperance. God bless them, anC
may they succeed. Evidently the
local option dagger has struck {
stunning blow and penetrated deeI
into the very vitals of the liquor
traffic in Greenville, and we are firm
~ convinced that the people will SEE
and appreciate the benefits thus de
rived, no matter what the liquor
bemuddled brains may write or say
IA MEMBER OF THE BELDING w. G.
T. u.
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BLOW into an empty bottle" says
the oriental proverb, land you shall
get great response swiftly. 1t Is not
so with full bottle, which answeretf
not, being too heavy with wine
Therein is the soul like these, and
from the full soul cometh no echo to
words idly chanted, but the empty soul
repeateth back each noise aloud"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16
No Newfansiea Motion. For Hin.

Adelbert-Grandpa, when little boy
Is bad do you believe In the infection
Of corporal correction?
Grandpa-No, street None o. yer
newfangled notionsl JUS femme get
him In the wood shed with a good old
fashioned hickory switch, that's ALL
Chicago News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

"Ycs." apologized the old citizen.
"our town is pretty dirty. know, but
we have a street cleaning bureau"
Bureau" exclaimed the unsophisti-
Gated stranger. II should think that
would be about the poorest implement
you could use for cleaning streets"
"Well, 1t is."-Chicago Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

mo-" said Maude pensively; neither
Henry nor Charles for me. That's
clear. will not let Henry propose be
cause he hasn't got the dust and
can't get Charles to declare himself be
cause he hasn't got the sand How.
ever, there's old Mr.. Richfellow. III
keep my eye on him. He's got the
rocks >"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

Young Wife, want to buy q hat
for my husband.
Hatter-What size does be wear?
Young Wife, declare forgot to
find out! know the size of the collars
he wears, though. It's 10. He'd want
about size IS or 20 for q hat, wouldn't
he?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

Canon Anger biographer and editor
OF Charles Lamb, once uttered this
pithy saying: you may preach like
an angel, but II you can whistle on q
stick people Ignore your preaching and
speak of you as the man who car
whistle on a stick"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

A little girl aged three asked her
father for more candy. but was told to
wait until tomorrow. Looking out OF
the window for a few moments, she
suddenly called out Papa, II looks
like tomorrow now"
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what He Married On.

tom IIiCginsde married. you say,
on $40 a week? That took nerve any.
how. What was he working atf'
Nothing. It was the girl that was
earning the $40"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

IL II troubles you TO pick up anything
from the floor and you are under sixty
that means you are eating too much.
Atchison Globe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

1tchiness OF the skin, horrible plague
Most everybody afflicted In one way or
another. Only one safe, never failing
cure. Dosn's Ointment. At any drug
store, so cents.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-16

No good health unless the kidr eys
are sound. Foley's Kidney Cure makes
the kidneys rig ht.sold byW. l. Benedict.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-01
THE "TOUCH" ARTISTIC.
4 Delicate Job That the Thief Could
Not Resist Doing.

We have cat society too much on the
square. Perpendicular and horizontal
lines do not make the only intelligent
divisions. The relationship Of Raphael
with 4 pickpocllet I talked to once is
more intimate essentially than it IS
with some makers Of pictures and
molders of "statuary." The thief had
been arrested because, having obtained
permission to live in New York Pro
vided he did not work there, he was
caught stealing a watch.
"Why did you do it?' asked him.
"Well, III tell YOU" he said. II sim
ply couldn't help it. I'm no kleptoma-
Mac. It isn't the stealing I like, but the
fun Of doing hard job prettily. This
is the second turn I've made. The FIRST
was like this: saw a rich, fat man in
a crowd, ard I noticed that his watch
was IL: lg in a new way, hard to break.
My fingers itchcd, not for the watch,
but to break it Off I moved up, lifted
the watch, walked away with it and
then went back and hung the thing on
the chain again. This second time
something like that. saw delicate
job, tried it, got the watch, and Just
then the fellow happened to look for
the time. He 'hollered.' and detective
near by pinched ME. don't think I'm
what you'd call q natural thief, but
like to work with my fingers, and I ike
the excitement of stealing" ."-McClure's
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-01
Frederick the Great.

In the course of some military evoiu-
tons Frederick the Great Of Prussia,
irritated by some mistake Of a captain,
ran after him with his stick in order to
strike him. The captain ran away.
The next morning the commanding Of
Gcer reported to the king that the OFF,
Ger in question, one of the most eff
cient in the regiment, had seat in his
papers. "Tell him to come to me"
said the king. The officer, in great
perturbation, came. Good morning,
major" he apostrophized the officer,
who was speeches. with surprise. 4
wanted to tell you of your promotion,
but you ran so fast could not catch
you up. Good morning"
Another time an officer attempted to
get a comrade into bad odor with the
king by telling his majesty that he
was a drunkard. In q subsequent bat
tie the latter's fitness was conspicuous,
whereas his slanderer played very
pocr part. When afterward he defiled
past the king at the head of his reg
iment, his majesty called out to him in
a voice of thunder, ''The sooner you
take to drink the better.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-01
The EARLY Circus.

Leaving out Of count the great cir
cuses Of Rome and Antioch and coming
down to something Of modern times,
the first circus In England was on a
footpath known as Halfpenny Hatch,
in the Waterloo road, London. There,
in ITO, Astley's first performance was
given, with the aid Of drum, two tifes
and one clown. A charge Of sixpence
was made for the front standing places.
There was no building and not even
tent, but merely a ring Of ropes and
stakes. Primitive as were the arrange
ments Ashley soon attracted good au-
diences and was able to add to his
programme conjuring, transparencies,
vaulting and tumbling, with displays
Of fireworks In course Of time he was
able to hire an inclosed ground and
erected seats under substantial roof.
He called the place Astley's Amphi-
theater Riding house.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-01
M ALA RIA
An Invisible Enemy to Health.

Malaria an invisible atmospheric poison The air becomes nec
ted with the gases microbes arising from the marshes and low lands
bic matter and unconscsl nhae them into the lungs wher
they by the blood and circulated throughout the system
gives warning Of its corning Immediate effects arr
seen violent SYMPTOMS appear Until the sufferer
completely the this hidden foe This Invisible enemy gn may
its presence chilly creepy sensation running over the body
sometimes followed BY slight fever and an always tired d0ws an:
depressed feeling The blood becomes deeply poisoned thnee
and weakened the eng millions Of microbes and germs and al
Irregular is the result. This condition Of the
blood gives nnunerable and troubles: liver
enlargement of the Spleen loss appetite and feeble Digestion
pad yellow skin bos crbuncles assesses indoent ulcers