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BLACK HAWK WAR SURVIVOR.
He is Now in His Ninetieth Year and
Rasides in an Illinois Town.
G Moines Register and Leader.

From the Des Moines Register ana Leader
William H. Lee of SCHOONER, ILL.,, claims
the distinction of being the sole survivor
of the Black Hawk Indian war OF 1852.
With the difficulty which Iowa is expert
encing to find traces of its Mexican war
survivors, it is hardly probable that any
survivor of the Indian war, fourteen
years earlier, will be found in this state.
Mr. Lee is now in his ninetieth year.
The story of his life shows many hard
ships. but the pioneers on the frontier
half or three-quarters OF century ago
wore Injured to hardships. Mr.. Lee was
brought west from New York when ne
was three years old. The party made It's
way on two RATS and natpoat con,
structed of logs The emlgrants TOOK al
of their live stock with them In their
massage down the Allegheny and ONO
riyers landing at Shawneetown, from
there going to Salem, and hnally 10 van
dalia, at that time only small village:
At this place Lee grew to young MANHOOD
under the hard lessons of frontier n1e
assisting his father in his gram treao-
mill and in saving lumber.
The story of his participation IN the
BLACK Hawk war and subsequent life Is
told by a correspondent thus: when the
Sac and Fox or, as 1t was known the
Black Hawk, war broke out IN iSoL ~ III
ri Lee was only sixteen years old, put ne
possessed courage equal TO tne naruy
trainine. he had received in his illnols
nioneer life. After the close of the war
he made three successful trips to New
Orleans by boat. which in those days was
considered feat of unusual importance
each time taking large loads OF grain IN
1870 he succumbed to the California goo
fever making an overland trip TO that
nort Of the country. This trip was fol-
ioued NV two others On each of the trips
10 roe numbers of cattle were taken along
&C an Investment The party was at.
taolxed nv Indians on the first trip, put
WAS suecessful in defeating the red men
On the second journey the party lost all
their live stock The third trip was thor
oughIv successful. Returning to his farm
in IIlinois. Mr. Lee has remained there In
active charge until within the last Few
wears when he turned the active man
arement over to other hands. None OF MS
children are living.
The Black Hawk war was closely asso.
ciated with the early history OF Iowa. IL
was near Fort Madison that Black
Hawks followers rendezvoused to take
nm the war trail and to cross the Mlssis-
sippi: it was across the river from the
very northeastern point of Iowa that the
massacre, hardly to be dignifed by the
name of battle of Bad Axe occurred and
ended the short lived war; it was to Iowa
that Black Hawk and the few survivors
returned when the war was ended. The
Black Hawk war figured more promi-
nently in Illinois history than In that OF
Iowa. but it is an important chapter In
the annals of this state.
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3 Reliable Shoe Houses,

most any length in the seams of quarry,
yet in well-sodded and watered lawns it is
the first to give way at the root. 1t should
be less missed than any other sort Among
the indigenous trees the elms hold an inter-
mediate position, furnishing not much more
resistance to the winds than the sorts men
toned. This is pity, they being such uni
versal favorites for shade trees. ConiferOus
trees and the larches seem to hold up we'll
against winds, as do the ashes and white
walnuts, although so few of the latter are
used for shade that one cannot speak with
confidence of their performance. Coming
to trees Of slower growth and harder wood,
the hard naples in the track of the storm
seemed to suffer much more than their num-
bers would warrant, but the oaks preserved
their reputation for sturdiness, while the
humble blackberry held its own as well as
any.
By the way, oaks Of some varieties are by
no means so slow Of growth as imagined by
some, nor are they SO averse to the ways of
civilization as has been taught.
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WOOD ALCOHOL.
Is Dangerous as Drink and in Medi'
cal Preparations.

From the Medical Record.
Up to within comparatively recent pc
Rod cases of poisoning by wood alcohol
were among the rarties of medical prac-
tce, for so long as the substance was man
ufactured by the old processes its offensive
smell and taste sufficient to deter
even the most hardened drinker from using
it to satisfy his craving for alcoholic slim
ulants Since the time however, that "deo-
dorized' wood alcohol has been placed on
the market, under various names, the ia
talities from it's use have gone up by leaps
and bounds.
Not only may it be used in place of grain
alcohol in the marufacture and adlltera-
ton of sprituous liquors, but 1t is also
largely and widely used as a menstruum in
many toilet preparations and remedies for
internal and external use. The reasons for
this practice are twofo1d First, and that
which appeals most foneibly to human ma
ture, is the comparative%cheapness of wood
alcohol, it being uptaxed, and costing but
80 cents gallon, while grain alcohol, taxed,
costs at retail $3.50 a gallon. The second
reason is the ignorance of many manufac-
turers as to the deadly nature of methyl
alcohol. Indeed, even among members of
the medical profession views with regard
to the poisonous nature of methyl alcohol
are widely divergent, and some who have
had experience in cases of wood alcohol
poisoning are openly skeptical concerning
its reputed toxic properties. In order,
therefore, to decide the question. DIR. Frank
Butler of Montreal and Dr. Casey, Mood of
Chicago undertook in the beginning of 1904
an investigation of the subject under the
auspices of the section on ophthaImology of
the American Medical Associa ton The in
vestigators found that about 115 cases of
blindness and about 100 deaths during the
last seven or eight-years could be directly
imputed to wood alcohol in the various
forms in Which it. is manufactured This
estimate is conservative one, and only
treats of nlGlic Of
blindness.
Drs. Butler and Wood consider that the
Investigations undertaken by them confirm
the suspicious entertained by many phvs-
clans that the fumes of wood alcohol under
certain favorable conditions. are a danger
Gus menace to eyesight, and they moreover
peleVe 1hat the consensus of opinion is on
posed to the statement of the makers of
the various forms of "deodorozed" wood al
cohol that its external use in liniments al
cohol 'rubs in baths, in cosmetics. hair
tones, perfumes, etc, is always devoid of
danger to the eyesight.
The practice of substituting wood for
gram alcohol in the manufacture of medici-
mai preparations would appear to be a most
insldlous and perniciods means of poison
ing, and the sale. not only of methyl
whisky. but also of internal remedies and
toliet Pfeparauons, manufactured or adul-
terated with wood alcohol, should he re-
stricted by law. In fact, there is every
reason why the proposition of Drs. RulIer
ana wood should be adopted that methvl
alcohol in any of its forms should be ted
as poison, and subject to the laws of the
various states restricting and repuIatine
the sale of poisons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
WRONG IDEA.

Don't get the wrong idea into Your head rhas
starvation Is good for Dyspepsia.
It's not.
Those who have not studied the subject very
deeply, or with trained, scientific minds m,gbt
think 30.
But facts prove otherwise
All specialists I'm stomach and digestive disor.
ders know that 1t Is best for dyspepsia 70 he vel,
fed. $50
Why, dyspepsia 10 really a starvation diseassI
Your food doesn't feed you.
BY starvation. you may give your bowels and
Kidneys less to do. but that does not cure youf
digestive troubie-simpiy makes you weaker and
sicker; less likely to be perma nently cured than
ever.
No. the only right way to permanently cure yours
self Of any form OF dyspepsia or indigestive trous
bic is to eat heartily Of all the food that yoeF
nnd best agrees with you. and help your digestion
to work with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
This IL safe. certain. scientific, reliable method
Of treatment. which will never fail TO cure the
most obstinate cases II persevered In.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets have q gentle, tonaA /
refreshing effect the secretory glands OF the -
tire digestive tract.
Juices.
They contain. themselves, many of the chemical
constituents Of these Juices. thus when dissolved
they help to dissolve the food around them IN
stomach or bowels.
They therefore quickly relieve all the symptoms
of indigestion, and the glands to take 6
proper pleasure In doing their proper work.
They coax you hack to health.
No other medical treatment Of any sort nor AMI
fad system OF Culture or Cure will give yo(
the solid, permanent curative results that viii
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
write for a free Book Of Symptoms. y. n
Stuart Co.. Marshall. Mich.
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Woman Lives u 1Is Years, Surviving
All Of He1 A. descendants.

From the Chicago ri une. 81
The most rem kaS& existence of a
human being-on3 whuse surviving par
ent died at her biith, who lived Ill years,
and who has JUST died in Sharon, Mimi.
leaving not a single DESCENDANTS that
of Mrs. Pdrehart Wakeley. BY her death
the oldest woman of Minnesota has been
removed from the scene of her remark
able life.
Mrs. Wakeley WIS II years Of age. De-
spite the fact tha4 she was married three
times and became the mother of fourteen
children, who all liysH to the age of
twenty years or more and many of whom
married and became fathers and moth
ers, yet all of Mrs. Wakeleys husbands
relatives died before she did, and at her
death she left not a relative to survive
her.
Three months before her birth, on July
3. 1893, her father, one of the imperial
guards of the person of the dauphin of
France, was killed by the Jacobin shoe
maker. Antoine Simon, to whom the
young prince was given in charge by the
revolutionists. Her mother, who was En-
glish by birth. died in giving birth to her
only child, and a distant English relative
named her Purehart. Her fathers name
was Isadore Dumoureiz
At the age of sixteen Purehart Dumou-
reiz was married to captain in the En-
glish army, who, two years later, was
killed at the Dattle or waterloo. Inc
young widow shortly after her bereave-
ment, came to the United States with a
party of emigrants and four years later
married man named Edward Gray, who
enlisted in the army and was the first
American soldier killed by the Mexicans,
August 10, 1S47, in the first attack on the
City of Mexico.
She then went to California with party
of gold seekers in 1850 and there, in 1860,
married Oscar Wakeley successful
WHkelpVS e.
moved from California to Johnstown. Pa,
where their numerous descendants lived,
and where fOrty-three members of the
family, all of them except Mrs. Wakeley
and one son. were drowned in the flood
of May, 1889.
With this son Mrs. Wakeley went to
Minnesota and bought large farm near
Luverne. Six years later she and her son
rented the farm and moved to Galveston,
Tex, where the son lost his life in the
tidal wave that overwhelmed that city.
Mrs. Wakeley escaped and went back to
the Minnesota farm, where she resided
until her death.
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Women Slavesiin Palestine.
From the Metropolitan Magazine.

rrolH tHe uetrUpUIItaH HHgdzIne.
In Palestine the mother of men is the
servant of men. Being part of the house.
hold chattles, she is sold for as large sum
as her father can extort from the prospect
i've bridegroom. She is a thing, a piece of
goods. The father of a first-born son
proudly calls himself after the boys name,
but his girl babe is not reckoned among his
children. Her infant shoulders. learn to
bear the burdens. her little feet patter their
way to the fountain even from the moment
their tiny strength can support the weight
of the jar. Her whole life is ore of grind
ing baking, fetching water, waiting upon
others; at twelve she Is sold into marriage
service; growing old In middle life, she may
see herself supplanted by younger wife,
often being robbed of her sons by the mill
tary conscription; and finally she is put
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Placer Sluice Rifles.

From Mines and Minerals.
After washing down the gravel and gold
from the auriferous placer banks. the next
important problem that the surface miner
must solve is how to segregate the metal
from the debris-how to save the values.
The natural course Of placer gold. after
being released from Its parent bed in the
old channel strata, is not to float, but to
find Judgment. and hence the whole matter
reduces itself to the simple contrivance Of
a rifle, or number Of rffiies. While there
are many kinds and forms of rifles in nse
in western placer Mines the methods fol-
lowed are but little different from those In
vogue fifty years ago. All other features
Of placer mining have enjoyed a gradual
advancement, with the Introduction Of mod
ern methods In hydraulic mining, but q
great majority Of the surface gold diggers
insist In holding to the old-time methods
of saving the gold. 1t Is because the old
time methods have not been improved upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Trees in a Wind.

From the Western Architect.
The big wind that passed over the twin
cities recently taught much about what
trees to plant for permanent shade and
other effects. One might easily have ex-
pected the softer varieties of wood to break
first, but would hardly be prepared to see
the ease with which box elders and soft
naples are uprooted. When 1t is let alone
the former likes to branch near the ground,
and it can be seen on the prairie more like
a gigantic bush than like tree. This
habit of growth would not call for any
great spread of roots except in capturing
uourishment. an operation in which the
tree is supposed to excel. We have known
q tree Of the kind to send its roots to al
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terrain home and foreign diplomats army
or navy officers. or even members of royai
Iamiiles: you can see where there is a ne.
cesslty for an assortment of flags.
The hotel may not possess a comnIe.a
outft to begin with, but as time rolls along
ard distinguished men of all lands are en-
tertalned the collection Of bunting is con.
unually added to. Then there are the manv
iraternal organizations which make one
motel or another their headquarters on the
occasion of annual celebrations. They
usually have some flag or device which IL
swung 10 the breeze over the house on thu
days Of the jollifications' >'-~
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Weather. roof Shoes.

Mems Shoes.
GUARANTEED P A T E n r
LEATHER Dress Shoes, over
30 up-to-date sorts. .$1.93 to s.
The "FOREST-OAK" hand
welt Shoes will save you $1.$2.O
"TRI-WEAR," the King of
Mems $3.50 Shoes. Actual s.
values at. $3.50
Our "BEND-EESY" Patented
heavy-soled Shoes that bend as
Slippers. Worth 4 times their
cost in comfort. .................S
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Many Flags Required by Big Hotels.

From the Philadelphia Record.
mo first-cIass metropolitan hotel is thor
oughly equipped until it possesses an as
sortment of flags almost as complete as
that of an admiraPs flagship" remarked
the manager Of prominent caravansary.
1.-THE leading hotels in the great cities
have use for flags of all nations some time
or other Hotels are pretty nearly as
punctinous In observing certain little cere-
monies when distinguished visitors arrive as
are naval fleets II some high official of a
foreign country is staying in the house, 1t
is the proper thing to display his nations
colors. As all big hotels. are likely to en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Old Ladies Comfort.

Shoes, in soft dull or bright
Kid or Beaver, cotton or wool
lined; Lace or Congress,
zoe. to S195
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Warm Leggins.

custer BROWN" Cordu-
roy S1.J0 Leggins. ......... .95c.
s1.25 Velvet and Astrakhan
I,eCpins. q colors SIC.
Black Jersey and Cloth Leg
gins. :,9c. to 1Jc.
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Rubber Footwear.

Fleece-lined Buckle Arctics or
Storm Alaskas. ........... 95c.
3-buckle High Arctic Over
shoes ................. .SISI
Best-quality Rubber
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Boys and Girls Slippers.

Babies White Fur-trimmed
15c. Felt Juliets reduced TO. 40c.
Girls Felt Slippers and Ju-
lets, leather or felt soles,
Soc. to 15c.
Boys Tan, Red and Black
Kid Romeo and Low-cut, Man
nish Slippers. ... .69c. to S1.25
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-14
Won HAMM-YOUNG CO., ]
iay waned, and the electric bulbs were

day waned, and the electric bulbs were
fllumined, but no myrmidon of the law
in that court moved to separate them.
[ suggested that an appeal might be
taken from the decision and that, pend
ing the appeal, the judge, who was
really a kind hearted man, and who
was conscientious in his decision
nigh grant stay of the order of de-
portation.
And then the husband, for the first
time gave utterance to his view of the
case. NO" said he, II no take ap-
peal 1 faid American law: I faid
ANGLICAN justice. I live here many
years I build great many houses. 1
buy plenty Mclean goods pay
evely blody; 1 pay taxes. no harm
anybody. My wife spleetable woman.
She no laborer. She TO take away
Il:shwoman's job. She harm nobody.
She Tub me. Same steamer bling her
in cabin bling FIVE japanese bad
women in steelage. United States let
them land. United States make no
Hubble about them. But they take my
wife and lock her up all same one
thief. Now they send her away and
blake her heart. All Iightee, I leave
my business with my fiends to sell it
out. I go back to-molIer on steamer
with my wife to China. Damn such a
judge, damn such Law. damn such a
country"
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A A A

The marshal was a sensible and kind
| hearted man. He deputized a wealthy
Chinaman to care for the lady at his
| home This gentleman did not deem it
his duty to separate their guest from the
gentleman to whom, under Chinese
mony. The next morning the couple,
attended by their friends, came to me
for further consultation. They were
advised to go to the proper office and
obtain marriage license, and on their
return the Presbyterian minister was
telephoned for. On his arrival the
situation was explained. He was re-
luctant until his attention was called
to the fact that every necessary con-
stiuent element of marriage already
existed, except the sanction of the
church, and that in the interest OF pub
lie morality the ceremony should take
place. rs a law office a proper place
for this sort of thing?" said he. Sire
said T. in the language of RicheIieu,
'for Justice all place a temple" He
T:elGe3 and joined those who were
fairly well Joined before, but he COM
pleted the job.
N41 NhOIIOciy NneI the case
was called the license to marry and
the certificate of marriage were offered
in evidence and the petition rested
And then there was circus. His
honor roasted the marshal for permit
ting the marriage, and then he went /
for me- He said in substance, though
not in words, that out of consideration
for my family and my gray
hairs he would not imprison
me, and out of consideration for
my empty pockets he would not
fine me, but that I had been guilty of
a grave contempt of court. deserving of
the severest condemnation; that my
conduct was reprehensible and dis
graceful and a lot of other things, and
he ended by declaring that the evil
dence offered of marriage in Homo
lulu would not be received and that the
ceremony amounted to nothing 1t
was suggested to his honor that if the
ceremony amounted to nothing, then
no harm had been done: and that the
parties had as good a right to amuse
themselves ad interim by a marriage
ict as by playing solitaire or golf. The
Judge paid no attention to this reply
Then he decided that, as the husband
occasionally directed his worknen how
10 drive nails or hold paint brushes,
lie was therefore a laborer within the
meaning of the Act of Congress; that
he exclusion act only suffered Chinese
merchants to come to this country; that
very Chinaman who was not a mer-
liant was laborer and must be ex- !
luded.
AAA Y
Under his decision a merchant J
With a fifteen dollar stock of cheap
fgars in the front room. and a red
ot game of fan tan in the rear. might G
ring his wife here and otherwise
ravel the primrose path Of daIliance," t
mt a building contractor. with fifty
thousand dollars capital. who employed /
hundred men, not being a merchant, Z
vas therefore a 1aborer, and must
read the steep and thorny road of I
and consequently the bride /
must go back TO China by the next Q
teamer.
AAA
On hearing this decision translated to
er. the poor little woman gave
hriek. and ffinging her arms around
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band had been married in China by
proxy, according to Chinese law, and
that as the husband had right to re-
main in the United States, his wife had
right to be here also. The District
Attorney demanded the deportation of
the woman on the ground that the
Chinese marriage was not legal mar
riage, because the bridegroom was at
the time doing the grand in a distant
land, six thousand miles away He
claimed that the necessary pro verba
was lacking. and that the marriage
had never been consummated any
how, because the bride, since her ar
rival had cried all the enamel off her
pretty little face in the seclusion of
the cell in which the United States
had incarcerated her, and the bride
groom had not been permitted to see
her, except in the custody of three stall
wart deputy United States marshals.
It was insisted in reply that a mar
riage good in the place where it was
contracted is good anywhere; that the
husband being lawfully here, had a
right to have his wife with him. and
that she could not be classed as a Ia
borer, because she was a little-footed
woman, and therefore incapable of
work OF any kind.
A A A
His honor was usually a kind heart
ed and just man, but he naturally
hated Chinese, and he glanced at the
couple and continued the further hear
ing of the case until Monday The
marshal informed the court that the
government had neglected to provide
him with facilities for caring for la
dies. That the limited jail accommo-
dation was occupied by sailors. sleep
ing two in a bed and two beds in a
room, and he asked the court what he
should do with the woman. DO the
best you cam said his honor, in reply
Probably you can obtain her quar-
tiers with some of her countrymen.
See that you produce her here on Mon
day morning
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a beggar once asked for five cts.
He got this smile was intts-
He said with q roar.
ooh, I've got fifteen more
A Scotch highball I'll buy-they' re
immts,''
Life.
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Still with Us.-Rip Van Wrinkle look
ed about in a dazed manner
And are they all gomez he faltered,
tearfully.
no" replied the villagers. consoling-
~, Patti is stin giving her farewell
performances"
Shouting with joy at the discovery
that one thing at least was unchanged
by the lapse of years, he fastened 10
don his opera clothes.-Harper's Bazaar.
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On hearing this decision translated to
her, the poor little woman gave
shrek. and finging her arms around
her husbands neck chung to him, sob
hing and crying. Court adjourned. the