The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-02
MISCELLANY
OLD style Indians.

OLD Style Indians.
The original Indian as he existed if
ty years ago is getting scarce. There
is hardly a blanket Indian in the In
dian Territory. There are some ON the
reservations in Oklahoma. There is a
small band of Creeks in the Creek Ma
ton, however, that approach closely
the original American in habits and In
tellect. They occupy a nook between
the Canadian river and surrounding
hills, where their forefathers were bred
hundreds of years ago. Theirs is a dia-
lect distinct from the improved Greek
language. They are ignorant Of adj
vancing civilization and stand upon the
street with an air Of indiffer-
ence to all that is passing by, absolute
ly unable to comprehend the new world
outside their Owl hunting grounds.
Among this small band is preserved
the art Of pottery making. They live
in their chosen circumscrihed domain
in laziness and content. They cultivate
small patches Of corn and sofky and
live on the simplest food and deny
themselves any connection with the
outside world. They live in the typical
pole huts, daubed with mud, relics
that have been handed down for more
than 100 years. They consult no doc
tor, need no lawyer and still believe
in n Great Spirit.-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
The Passing of the Pen.
"The typewriter has destroyed the
golden future that we foresaw for our
business" said a manufacturer of
pens. IF the typewriter's field of
usefulness keeps on charging there
will scarcely be any need for pens
fifty years hence"
The man sighed.
"When l entered the pen trade in
my boyhood it seemed" he said, shat
this, above all trades, was the one
destined to spread. In my dreams l
saw the whole world, educated at last.
writing with pens of my make. Then
the typewriter came. l sneered at it
in the beginning. l called it a toy.
But today it will do everything a pen
will do. 1t will make out bills and
checks, address envelopes of every
shape, make entries in all sorts of
books. We penmakers are beginning
to suffer from the typewriter's advent.
Our business, instead of enlarging
healthily, is shrinking a little like a
man whom consumption has attacked.
We are shutting down. We are laying
off hands. 1t is easy to see that the
day will come when pens will only be
used for polite correspondence and for
the Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Campnnari and the Banana Man.
Campanari, the singer, is thoroughly
democratic. He tells with great amuse
ment of one of the ~severest tests his
democracy ever got.
II had just arrived in a New England
town." said he, "'and was going to sing
at a concert to be given that very
evening when word from a fellow
countryman was brought me at my
AOtCAs IL oA AAN1ldtiOA W ul1NC
that afternoon. l sent down a pleased
acceptance.
Eat 4:3O o'clock my host was an
nounced, and when I went to him I
found him or his banana cart. which
was nicely stacked with a load of the
fruit, each banana looking as though
1t had been scrubbed and polished.
at was a staggerer, but l did. it and
had a delightful time too. To be sure,
I had a tussle trying to understand the
patois hurled at me by my new friend,
but for all that I learned a lot about
bananas.
ooh. one can always learn" added
the singer, laughing, 1T is we'll not to
be too exclusive"
Courage Of the Csars.