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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-14

paddock she was fidgety and nervous.
In order to sooth her Captain Hayes
stroked her gently with a long rod.
She stood quite still during this pro-
ceeding, seeming not to resent it in
the least. But when a man approach
ed her with n halter she plunged and
reared, raced madly round and round
the paddock. Presently she quieted
down and the trainer got near enough
to slip a moose around her right leg.
She tried to kick it loose, but in doing
so got her left leg entangled in it. She
was thrown forward on her front legs
in a kneeling position, and then with
a gentle push sent rolling on her side.
Her four legs were then bound with
ropes until she was utterly helpless.
For an hour she was left in this plight,
then the ropes were removed from her
feet and she got up a meek and s'ln-
missive creature
She stood still while a bit was
placed in her mouth and saddle
strapped to her back. Captain Hayes
climbed into the saddle and Jennie
consented to be ridden. She makes an
excellent saddle horse, intelligent, fast
and thoroughly to be relied upon.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-14

another appointed. The Winnebagoes
live Oh the same reservation, but the
Sacs and Foxes, now numbering only
400, the remnant of a dying race, OBJ
ject to their presence.
The Winnebagoes are progressive.
The Sacs and Foxes are retrogressiye.
The former are attending the govern
ment schools-the Sacs and Foxes
think it is waste of time and energy
to listen to the foolish talk of the pale
face teachers.
The Sacs and Foxes will not work.
They hate the white man, hate every
mark of civilization, hate all that the
government does-all but the blankets
and the rations which are supplied so
regularly. They object to the filling
of the land and want the school abol-
ished.
For twenty-fiv years has the gov
eminent been trying to maintain
school for the Sacs and Foxes. The
school was maintained, but no Indian
would attend. The few boys and girls
who did dare to learn the ways of civ
ilization were ostracised by the re-
naming tribesmen. The Presbyterian
Board Of Missions has erected a mis-
sion on the Indian lands. No one at
tends the meetings. A few of the
women condescend to learn to sew,
but they never make use of the SAM
tary instruction they have received.
A few years ago also Congress ap-
propriated $50, 900 for an industrial
school. The buildings were erected or
the most modern plans and the schoo
was fully equipped. For two years il
has been in operation. No boy viii
attend. He does not want to learn t.
work. Education to the Iowa IndiaI
is a sin. He does not want to learn.
The morals of the Indians are above
the average of the white men except
ing for two gambling ant
, drinking. They are expert card play
< ers and after pay day they keep VI
> the game of poker until money, blan
) kets and even horses have gone tn
rounds of the card circle. The Sac
and Foxes do not swear. They hav
' no words of profanity in their ow
!, language, and when a drunken India
d goes on a rampage he must borroy
from the vocabulary of his whit
> brother.
!, In thirty years there has been n
. crime among the Indians of the trib,
= They are not petty larcenists. Th
chastity Of their women is remarl
able.
; Sanitary conditions among the Sac
and Foxes are execrable. They TAX
!, absolutely no care of themselves an
u it is for this reason that the extinctio
Of the race is not far off. They es
dead hogs thrown from freight car
and cattle which die by the waysid
y are particularly appetizing. Anoth'
/, decade will see their almost total e
IL tincton.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-14
GOOD RESULT FROM HAzINo.
Boy Benefited by Franks of School
mates-Gen. Dick,s Notice.

Boy Benefited by Franks or School-
mates-Geu. Dicks Notice.
There is one Akron boy who believes
in hazing in spite of the many things
which have been said against it. The
boy In question is Lansing Odell. son
of W. H. Odell, a member Gf the City
Council and manager of the Great
Falls Paper Company, of this city,
Young Odell has reason to believe in
hazlng, as through hazing experience
he has secured the appointment Of
cadet at the West Point Military Acad-
envy. The appointment was made
short time ago by Senator Dick al
though it came while the latter was
still Il Representative.
Last spring, while General Dick was
at home resting from the cares of a
! strenuous political campaign, he was
startled one night by hearing sounds Of
a scufile in front Of his house. Run
ming to the door, he saw a crowd of
high school students carrying off lad
despite the fight he was putting up
against heavy odds. Remembering his
Investigation of the and abuses
of hazing at West Point, General Dick
started after the struggling students,
but before he could get to them they
had bundled their victim into a wagon
and were driving away at breakneck
speed. General Dick pursued them on
/. foot for about a quarter of mile
, when he met a man IN a buggy, and
, pressing the rig into service, continued
the pursuit But the high school stu
: dents evaded him and carried theil
victim to a swamp outside of the city
blindfolded him, and turned him loose
, The boy found his way back to thu
2 city, little the worse for his experience
! but his father was not satisfied to lie
3 the matter drop there. He had idea
= of his own about haZing, and brough
= the matter to the attention of the Pc
n lice, with the result that a number o
/ young men were hailed into court. l
+ was then that General Dick learne'
q that the victim of the escapade wa
,. Lansing Odell. The trial of the cas-
i developed little, as Odell refused to ties
tify against his classmates, and thi
y fact pleased General Dick immensely
II The manly bearing of the lad and hi
n determination not to peach" on hi
Il classmates made a hit with the gel
il eral, and he kept him in mind. Ode
II wanted to go to the Annapolis Nav;
% Academy, and his father asked Gel
n eral Dick to recommend him for al
pointment. The newly elected Senate
e did not secure an appointment to tt
f. naval school for his protege, but foun
n q berth for him at West Point.
" This is the reason young Odell b
IN neves in hazing, and his experien'
n with the hazers in the high school he
1e is likely to prove of benefit to hi
cs when he reaches West Point-AkrC
ve Special Cleveland Leader.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-14
WATER IN DESERT CACTUS.
Natives Are Accustomed to Tap Plant
When They Are Thirsty.

When They Are Thirsty.
The marvellous strength of desert |
plants is well known, but we are at |
a loss to explain the source or rea-
sons of their uxuriance in regions
where only a few inches of water fall
during the year. and that little is i'm
mediately drunk up by the torrid sun.
What enables the yucca to thrust its
head through thirty feet of gypsum
and sand or the barrel cactus to store
enormous quantities of water and to
hold the water for months. perhaps
years, or the sumach to cling so ten
aciously to its ground when every
thing else is swept away, are ques-
tons which none can satisfactorily an
swer. No less arvelous and mex
plicable is the mesquite shrub, which
sometimes has roots over fifty feet
long, and other desert plants whose
! hairy coverings and resinous coatings
prevent the evapora ton of moisture.
| These secrets may soon be discovered,
| however, as the Carnegie institution
! has established a desert botanical lab
oratory at Tucson to study them.
1t was among the desert hills west
of Torres, Mex. The Indian cut the
top from a plant about five feet high
and with a blunt stake of palo verde
pounded to a pulp the upper six or
eight inches of white flesh In the
standing trunk. From this, handful
by handful, he squeezed the water into
the bowl he had made in the top of
the trunk, throwing the discarded pulp
on the ground. By this process he
secured two or three quarts of clear
water, slightly salty and slightly bitter
to the taste, but of far better quality
, than some of the water a desert trav-
eler is occasionally compelled to use
: The Papago, dipping this water up in
his hands, drank it with evident pleas
ure and said that his people were &C
customed, not only to secure theil
I drinking water in this way in time.
1 of extreme drouth, but that they uset
5 1t also to mix their meal preparation,
to cooking it into bread.-Nadona
: Geographical Magazine.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-14

Foxes have appeal
ed to Governor
G u N m / n G S, of
Iowa, to select a
chief for them.
The present chief,
Poosh-e-to-nek, the
Sacs and Foxes
claim is not their
own chieftain, but
a Winnebago, one
Of their ancient
foes. They want
him removed and
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-14
Nor sure of His Job.

Gussie-You may spurn me now,
Miss Jhones, but remember that l may
not always be stock brokers' clerk.
Miss Jhones-No, that's just it. You
may lose your job at any time.-Pick-
Me-Up.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-14

Blessed is the baldheaded man; he
never gets his hair cut on q Saturday
night
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-14
A DYING RACE

Sac and Fox Indians Will Soon Be To.
tally Extinct.
Fighting among themselves over the
chieftainship of an almost extinct
tribe, the once powerful Sacs and
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-14

Never speak Ill Of the dead; there
are enough who are living to keep you
busy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29

1t has been stated as the result OF
postoffice figures aud estimates that
about six million dollars in compare
lively small money orders have been
sent during this month of December
to relatives and friends at thier old
homes across the sea by the men and
women and boys and girls who left the
lands beyond TO make new homes in
America. There are those who have
lived all their lives in this favored
country who are persistently urging that
the method and policies of other ma
tions should be substituted for our own.
Ii all other protests against such
backward changes should be silenced
these millions of dollars in money
orders, provided out of the surplus of
earnings here to meet necessities there,
would appeal too eloquently to be
d enied.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
EdiFori0I Comment.
Ferris VS.. Warner:

A seemingly concerted effort is being
made by the democratic press to induce
Mr.. Ferris to enter the race for governor
the next campaign, and it is said that
4'Barkis is willing" We believe that
Governor Warner will be the unanimous
choice of the republican party the next
year. If Mr.. Ferris should be the choice
of the opposition, this will be campaign
on state issues, where, to certain extent,
each candidate will stand on his own
merits, and his party's record in the ad-
ministration of state affairs.
The republicans will welcome the con-
test with either phase of the question
If the contest is to be waged on party
administration of affairs, while we shall
have to go back many years for illustra-
ton, the utter inability and extreme
partisanship that was displayed by the
democratic party IN administering state
affairs has not been forgotten, and the
people will hesitate long before giving
control to those who seemingly are still
imbued with the same ideas. Should the
contest be personal one between Gov.
Warner and Mr. Ferris, he will be beaten
fully as badly. Two years ago Mr.. War.
ner was unknown to the greater part of
the state; his modesty had prevented
him from coming out in the lime light of
publicity, and because of that fact many
were led to believe that he was weak and
Vacillating. Very few candidates ever
were ever subjected to a fiercer attack
upon their personal character, and none
ever came out with a cleaner record
That attack will not again be made upon
Mr.. Warner by any party, and assaults
that are made will be upon his admins,
tration ofpublic affairs This biz friends
will welcome, believing him to be stronger
than they realize
MIR. Warner has given the state a bust
ness like administration and proven
himself in every way capable of the
position He has largely overcome the
handicap of urfamiliarity with the
platform. He has gained many new
friends and lost none Of his old ones.
He has gained a we'll deserved popularity
that will safely put him through the next
campaign.
We welcome Mr.. Ferris to the contest
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
Extensive Umbrellas

Fewer persons may carry umbrel-
las now than formerly" said J. T. Luz
cas- of Baltimore, at the Hotel Balti-
more, "but they are certainly carry.
ing more expensive ones. Mr. Lucas
is a travelling salesman for an UNI.
brella factory.
1T is hard to believe that a person
would pay $1,000 for an umbrella, but
/ have had several orders Of that
amount. We had one for Tiffany last
year. 1t seems difficult to figure
where the cost comes in, but it is all
in the handle, which is rich in jewels.
First we take an ivory tusk which
is brought direct from India. it may
be two feet long in its crude state,
and it is polished and worked over,
this feature sometimes taking a
month. Then it is studded with dia.
monds or some other jewel | took
orders in Kansas City today for UNI
brellas costing 5000.
81 will concede, however that the
raincoat is cutting down the number
Of mems umbrellas used. Kansas
City Star.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29

WEBSTER DAVIS, former assistant sec
rotary of the interior, whose departure
fron the republican party in 1896 was
accompanied with some bombast and
acclaim, has announced his desire to
be again considered republican Mr.
Davis gave as his reason for leaving the
republicans the fact that President Nc
Kinley did not approve a declaration Of
favor for the Beers in their war with
England. The action that Davis urged
might have led to more blood shed and
no permanent good The door OF en-
trance and return to the republican
household swings inward and every man
is welcomed there who believes that the
party and the principles of Lincoln and
Mckinley and Roosevelt best express
for him the principles aud policies that
should lead and guide the American re-
public.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
TRUE BEAUTY OF HOSPITALITY
Best Appreciated When II Calls for
Self-Sacrifice

1t is well TO recognize the fact that
two young people having begun mar
ried life on the basis of a deliberate
antagonism to its ordinary meaning
are likely TO drift into an ideal of life
which Is utterly and supremacy selfish.
fashionable woman, having been
asked what furniture she thought suit.
able for a spare room, exclaimed
"But why have a spare room? At best,
you cannot hope to compete with
good hotel. Don't attempt it, This
charming creature who doubtless
thought herself very clever, never
Creamed that she was hinging out of
the window one Of the highest privi-
leges OF human life, She never had
discovered.she never could discover
that the only way to know much
that is best and finest in really rare.
and noble, and lovable people, is to
have them under your own roof and a
your own table She had never come
To- realize that the sacrifices that one
makes for an honored guest are among
the chiefest joys Of life Above all
she had, apparently, never discovered
that the best Of us easily becomes
cushioned in the ingIorious ease" of
selfshly ordered home and that the
lest service of hospitality, often. is
that which forces us out of it!-Bish
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29

IN LOVE WITH GRAND CANYON
Artists Wife and Her First Glimpse
of Wonderful Formations.

"An artist who loved the wilderness
brought his bride to the head of the
Bright Angel trail" writes William
Allen White in McClure's. 1T was
night when they came to their jour
ney's end, and the man persuaded the
woman not TO look upon the grand
canyon until morning. When the sun
was high, he blindfolded her and led
her out of the log hotel that stood up
on the brink of the precipice to a point
OF rock that overhangs the abyss. For
two days and nights they had been rid
ing through the desert. fiat and gray,
with blue mountains Ticking in and
out of the horizon, with a few Earring
crevasses and buttes and bluffs to EN-.
phasize the tranquility oS the scene.
The desert, with its somber serenity,
had charmed her soul and left il in a
flne repose. AS she stood blindfolded,
she could think of sand and sage and
cactus. The man had told the woman
little OF the canyon, and when he took
the bandage from her eyes he held her
very tightly as she looked out across
the miles and miles of tumult of form
and riot of color that seemed to swirl
thousands of feet below her and
around her. AS from the clouds she
looked down into an illimitabIe. red.
unged ash-colored hell, abandoned and
turned to stone, cons and cons ago
She stared amazed at the awful thing
Tor a long minute. and then, as the
tears of inexplicable emotion dimmed
her eyes, she turned and cried vehem.
emily at her artist husband:
II you ever try to paint that III
leave you"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29

"'rHE railroads now own the govern
ment." That statement was made with
reference to the government of the
United States, and made by Michigan
democrat, former State Senator Hemet
in the course of political harangue be-
fore the delegates to the recent state
Grange meeting at Grand Rapids The
man who made the declaration knew he
was giving utterance to a slanderous lie,
but he made it for political effect. Ii is
just that sort of detestible willingness to
besmirch country and state for personal
and partisan purposes that has led this
man Helme to a condition of mind which
caused him to recently proclaim himself
ashamed of his party and to give utter
ance to a cheap denunciation of the COY
erDment of his country. That such a
would-be leader has few followers is a
condition to be expected and to be thank
full for.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
WITTY Answer Won Release.

A young man who bedaubs his face
with grease paints and goes about
town handing out circulars advertising
some particular firm. or brand of goods
was arrested the other night. He had
created a disturbance, and a shop
keeper had complained to policeman,
who took the burlesque man to a sta
ton house.
Trying to make an honest living?"
asked the sergeant at the desk, who
was inclined to be lenient with the
chap.
eyes, sir, and I've a wife to sup
port" came the reply.
"Work by the day."
81 do"
What do you get?"
ARRESTED and ten days-some.
times" replied the diplomat, with a
smile. And he gained his liberty, de-
spite the protest of the officer who
had made the arrest-Brooklyn Eagle
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
NOT THE INFORMATION WANTED,
Seeker Made His Query Just Little
Too Simple.

Too Simple.
A female friend of the household
was i'll and the masculine head OF the
house had been assigned TO call up
over the telephone, when he reached
the office, and find out how the woman
was.
IL wish to inquire as 10 the condi-
tion of the elder Mrs. Jennings" he
murmured over the telephone, for she
lived with her daughter-in-law, and he
wished to make no mistake as to iden-
tity A feminine voice informed him
that his question was not understood.
Again and again he repeated II. but
without avail. until finally an inspira-
ton struck him. He decided that he
would simplify his question and he
shouted over the wire: Il want to
know how old Mrs. Jennings is?"
"Ill see" was the encouraging re-
Spouse, and after long wait another
voice, thin. quavering voice, took up
the conversation at the other end OF
the wire with:
II don't know who you are, and l
don't think it's any of your business,
but | was born on Dec. 3, 1880" And
then the receiver was hung on the
hook with a vicious slam.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
How Harry Vardon Started in Golf.

Harry VardOn, the English golf eX-
pert and one of the best players ever
known, began to play golf when but
a mere boy His fondness for the
game did not meet with parental APP
proval. and no money was forthcOm-
ing for clubs or balls, Sc the boy in
terested his fellows in the game, and
they laid out four-hole links on
some waste land and manufactured
their own clubs.
White marbles had to serve as
balls. and. as few of them had Oppor-
tunity to play in the daytime, most OF
the games were played when the
moon favored One Of the players
was sent ahead to mark the place
where the balls fell and then would
return to the tee for his own stroke,
while the others watched for him.
1t was several years before they
came into the possession of real clubs
and balls. given them by older golf
ers. for whom they caddied, but the
training on the miniature tee with
marbles for balls had given Vardon a
start which at twenty-five made him
the champion professional player.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
SPIRAL" RAILROADS IN AFRICA.
Engineers Have Successfully Over
come Unusual Difficulties


In the construction or the Amabele-
Butterworth railway, in Cape Colony,
unusual difficulties had to be sur
mounted and the result is, from an
engineering point of view, one of the
most remarkable railways in exist.
ence. After passing through the Kei
hills the line winds round another
hill, and then, at the lower level,
goes under its own track. This por.
ton of the railway is known as the
spiral" At another point the line
travels along the bank of the Mangulu
river for two miles and then doubles
back for a mile and a half, so that
after covering three and a half miles
the train is really only half mile to
the good. This section is called the
"zigzag," and with the spiral is
unique in South Africa. All along the
Bei heights the route is through cut
tings or on entertainments. Some idea
OF its extraordinary character may be
formed from the statement that in
eighteen miles the line falls, or rises.
to the extent of 1850 feet.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
Young Captains at Trafalgar.

The Nelson centennial called atten.
ton to the age Of Nelson's captains
at Trafalgar. It averaged not quite
forty. Nelson's flag captain was thirty.
six. One of the commanders was only
twenty. The commander of one Of
the finest battleships was thirty-one.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
Sounds THROUGH a Microphone.

A scientist who has listened to the
voice of a househy through the micro
phone says that it sounds much like
the neighing of a horse. We would
not care to listen to baby through
the microphone, but he would prob
ably sound like the trumpetings Of a
distressed elephant with half ton
of stomach ache aboard.-Minneapolis
Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29

Clear thinking, decisive action, vim
and vigor of body and mind, the sparkle
of life comes to all who use HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea - cents tea or
tablets at Martin a. Shower,nan's. m
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
Flowers From Fish Scales.

In a small shop i'm New York city,
managed by woman. flowers of won
derful coloring are made from the
scales Of various fish
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29
Hioh Prices for Onions.

Onions are S. scarce fl New Zea-
land that recently they were selling
ct SIS TO sos a ton at Wellington.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-12-29

Faith is the color-bearer in the army
of the Lord.-United Presbyterian.
Where faith goes out soul famine
comes in.
The faith that believes in things un-
seen soon sees the things unknown.
The strength of mans faith is in
inverse proportion to its singularity.
The least prayer that reaches Gods
throne shakes His footstool.- Rams
Horn.
"I would rather walk in the dark
with God than so alone in the light;
would rather walk with Him by faith
than walk alone by sight"