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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-16
81 BECAME CONSCIOUS THAT I-THE

81 BECAME CONSCIOUS THAT 1.-THE
REAL I-HAD LEFT THE MORTAL.
BODY"
Impelled by some unknown and unseen
power, | left the house and soon felt
myself rising in the air. After awhile
we stopped. 1t was place something
like this world of ours, only much
more beautiful. But there was no sun
there.
I'VE moved on and finally reached
the most beautiful spot that eyes have
ever seen There were flowers and long
yistas of beautiful trees. heard music
and sweet voices. II seemed as II all
the grand music | had ever heard was
joined into one. Away in the distance
saw a great crowd. And there |
saw Lizzie
Prom that time my brother became
more morbid than ever on the subject
He was sure that the vision was real
and tina: he had been taken 10 an
other life. Finally, from his vision, he
became convinced that a person can
live forever in this world, provided
only ne can renew his body, and that
1t was possible 10 leave IL temporarily
and wander 10 the next world, He de,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-16

Omaha. -The late Carl Schurz is best
remembered in Omaha as the cause Of
the American Indians being admitted
to full citizenship in this country--not
through his taking the side OF the red
men in the long struggle. but because
he. as secretary OF the Interior issued
an order which so aroused the west to
the wrongs of the Indian that a cru
sade was started In Omaha which
reached to all portions of the United
States, lasted seven years, and ended
by supreme court decisions and legisla-
tive enactments making the Indian as
free as a white man IL he choose to be
so, and to accept the conditions OF
civilization.
Schurz had the order issued to Gen.
Crook, then stationed at Omaha and
commanding this department Of the
army, and Immediately the cause of
the Indian was taken up by Thomas
II. Tibbles, late vice presidential can
didate on the popui.st ticket, Gen.
Crook, John l.. Webster, Judge Dundy,
ard a score OF other men prominent In
the west.
Previous TO the fight spoken OF here
every Indian in the United States was
subject to the orders Of the secretary
of the interior. The government was
an absolute autocrat over the destiny
OF the red man in the entire country.
Pitiful Funeral Procession.
Back in 1879 pitiful procession
wended it's slow way northward from
Indian territory, bound for the prairies
Of Nebraska. There were 30 Indians
on loot and one old wagon, drawn by
two WORKOUT horses. In the wagon
WIS the dead body OF a Child-an In
dian boy. The leader Of the little par
ty was the father of the dead child.
the famous Ponca Indian chief. Stand
ing Bear, a few years later to be the
bcst-known Indian in the entire world
and to speak In every city In the
country in behalf of his people.
Standing Bears party was en- route
20 the Nobrara country. In northern
Nebraska, to bury the child in the an
Gent burying grounds OF the tribe
They had started on the long trip, al
though permission to leave the reser-
walton in Indian Territory, on which
they had been settled against their
will, mad been refused
Formerly the Poncas lived in north
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-16

carefully prepared, and consumed 10
attention of the court for two days. On
the third day Mr.. Webster spoke for
six hours. And during all the pro-
ccedings the courtroom was packed
with the beauty and culture Of the
city.
Towards the close OF the trial the
situation became tense. AS the wrongs
inflicted on the Indians were described
by the attorneys indignation was often
n; a white heat, and the JUL Sc made no
attempt at suppressing the applause
which broke out from time to time.
For the department Mr. Lambert
son made short address, but was lis
tened to in silence.
'lt was late in the afternoon when
the trial drew to close. The excite
inent had been increasing. but it
reached a height not before felt when
Judge Dundy announced that Chief
Standing Bear would be allowed to
make a speech in his own behalf,
Not one in that audience besides
the army officers and Mr., Tibbes had
ever heard an Grafton by an Indian
chief All of them had read OF the elo-
Quence of Red Jacket and Logan, and
they sat there wondering whether the
mild-looklug old man, with the lines of
suffering and sorrow on his furrowed
brow and cheek dressed in the full
robeg OF an Indian chief, could make
a speech at all.
1T happened that there was good
interpreter present-the son o. Father
Hamilton, a well-known missionary.
Standing Bears Address.
Standing Bear arose. Half-facing
/ the audience he held out his right hand
| ard stood motionleSs so long that the
| stiffness of death which had settled
! down on the audience became almost
unbearable. At last, looking up at the
Judge, he said:
That hand is not the color OF
yours, but IL prick 1t, the blood will
tlow and shall feel pain, The blood
T. OF the same color as yours. God
made me. and | am n man. never
committed a crime. If had, | would
not stand here TO make defense.
would suffer the punishment and make
no complaint
"Sull standing. half-facing the audi.
encc, he looked past the Judge out OF {
wuoow as II gazing upon something
tar In the distance, and continued,
- seem TO be standing on the higl
/ bank OF a great river, with my wifi,
I and little girl by my side | canno
cross the river, and impossible elm.
T. arise behind ME, hear the noise o
I great waters, | look and see foo,
= coming The waters rise 10 our fee
and then 10 our knees, My little cir
stretches her hands toward me an,
, says. Save me"
, II stand where no member of m,
5 race ever stood before There is n,
I tradition 70 guide me. The chiefs VIII,
: preceded me knew nothing OF the cir
cumstanees that surround me. hea
! only my little girl say, Save me-"
. Reached Heights Of Eloquence.
In despair | look toward the cliff
4 behind me. and seem TO see dir
Q trail that may lead 10 way OF lifs
But no Indian ever passed over tina
J. trail. II looks 10 be impossible
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-16

Lawyers, every ono in Nebraska and
many from the big eastern cities: bust
ness men, Gen. Crook and his full stan,
In their dress uniforms (this was one
Ut the few times In his life that Crook
wore his full dress in public. and the
Indians themselves, In their gaudy COL
ors. The courtroom was galaxy of
brilliancy.
"On one side stood the army officers,
the brilliantly dressed women, and the
white people; on the other was Stand
ing Bear, in his Official robes as chief
OF the Poncas, and with him were his
leading men.
Far back in the audience, shrink
ing from observation, was an Indian
girl who afterward became famous as
a lecturer in England and America.
She was later known on both CONT
nents by Translation OF her Indian
name, In-sta- the-am-ba, Bright Eyes.
Long and Able Arguments.
Attorney Poppleton's argument was
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-16

make the attempt. take my child BY
the hand and my wife follows after me.
Our hands and our feet are torn by
sharp rocks and our trail is marked by
ou- blood. At last / see a rift in the
rocks. A little way beyond there are
greer prairies. The swift running wa
ter, the Niobrara, pours down between
the green hills. There are the graves
of my fathers. There again We will
pitch our tepee and build our fires.
see the light of the world and OF lib
erty just ahead
The old chief became silent again,
and, after an appreciable pause, he
turned toward the judge with such a
look OF pathos and suffering on his
face that none who saw it will forget
and said:
But in the center Of the path there
stands a man. Behind him see sol.
diers in number like the leaves Of the
trees, II that man gives me permits
sion may pass on to life and liberty.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-16
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER
WITH SAVAGE BRUTES
Hunter Enters Wolves Den and Stays
Six Beasts with Six
Bullets.

Embar, woo. e. Blonde. of this
place, is under doctors care Tor
wounds which he received in an en-
counter which is unique in the annals
of the daring exploits of the hunters
of the Big Horn country.
Blonde is a ranchman who has sur
fered severely from the ravages OF
wolves among his cattle, and few
weeks ago he set about Systematically
to clear his ranges of the wolves. Re-
Gently he discovered den on rocky
hillside in which were six half-growa
wolves. Armed only with his si.~
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-16

crn Nebraska, along the Niobr3ra riv-
err. They had fought the Sioux, in be-
half OF the white men, for years, and
had lost ZOO braves in the white mans
behalf For this n previous secretary
of the interior had given them, in fee
simple full tide 10 their reservation
and lands.
Lands Taken from poncas.
THEN Mr. Sehurz was made secre-
tary. and at the point of the bayohet
had driven the Poucas down into In
dian Territory, depriyiDg them of the
lands for which they hold government
ateds The Poncas We're left months
without rations in the hew country.
aui more than one-third of them died
wSile .iere.
And among those who died VAS the
Goa of the old chief. Standing Bear.
The chief refused 10 have the little
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-16

IF you will give me your daughter,
sir. we will always live with YOU
Nope; you marry ner and | Will al.
ways live with YOU Houston Posi-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27

Fort Armstrong, on the island. Com
ing as commissary contractors agent,
to supply the regiment. he remained
resident of the island until July 4.
1S45, when he was murdered by rob-
bors in the house which is now to be
rebuilt. and which has remained un.
occupied since that time.
For many years the old Davenport
home has stood in state of ruin. al
most danger. to the hundreds of Gu
rious people who visit every year the
Oldest structure In the Mississippi val.
ley above st. Louis. Its restoration
has long been urged by historic and
patriotic societies. and has just been
made possible by a gift of $4,000 to-
ward the fund for that purpose by
Colonel Davenport's granddaughters.
Naomi and Catherine Davenport, OF
this city.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
Picnic idea in Conventions.

The picnic idea runs through most
OF the popularity of excursions or
conventions. Much that passes as
enthusiasm for scenery, for science,
or for the propagation of religious or
intellectual doctrines is really pleas
ure in companionship of man and
woman in surroundings out of the
usual. Under changed conditions
traits of character are revealed which
otherwise might remain latent for
years. Two young people may find
themselves congenial or the reverse
who never would have suspected it if
they had continued to meet in the
ordinary way. There is not SO much
dinerence after all, except in name.
between the picnic of the Epaminon-
das Pleasure Club and the scientific
summer expedition Of collegians.
Unless the discomforts of the trip
can be halved by sharing them with
Miss Eva, Mr.. Adam finds them too
great to be endured. Nature may be
expelled by pitchfork, but not by
the contemplation of the remains of
the glacial period.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
Crime of the Modern Novelist

One of the first rules that a nan
VINO sits down to write novel should
force himself 20 observe is the ON.
which urges tie advisabillty of writ
ing in one language. Speaking for orr
selves there is nothing in a mover
which We find more irritating than a
sudden incursion into some language
otner than English. 1t is bad enough
even when the Translation is given in
brackets. Novels of Indian life are
particularly full of this type OF our.
rage. "Ohe!" cried Musruila.. Khan
removing his khutti (pipe) from his
cnota hazree (mouth), the gazeka
tsun) is already high in the bundo-
pustwalla (sky). Ohe. thou lazy rhot.
ia Tit, foolish one), phukupnow fba-
stir thysel).' Mr.. Kipling started
It, The last straw, in our opinion. Is
administered by Welsh novelist
VINO positively sprinkes her pages
WITH pure Welsn.-London Globe.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
TOO MUCH KISSING IN GAME.
Oklahoma Teacher Asks School Board
to Order Playing of "Postoffice"
Stopped.

Lawton, Okla-Kissing has become
so obnoxious to young woman teach
er in a district near this city that she
has called an extra session of the
board of education to provide rule
that will prevent it on the school
ground and about the premises of the
school house. In compliance with her
request special session convened tc
make the necessary order.
The children of this school lave
been playing an outdoor game that
they call "postoffice." The girls con-
gregate in one place and the boys in
another so that each aggregation is
not in sight of the other. Then a
herald from the camp of the girls
comes out upon the common ground
and calls the name of one of the
youngsters, who stands in silent con-
temptation of what is to follow when
he Is called to get his mail"
The boy follows the girl into the
precincts of the quarters of the girls
and is instantly grabbed by two or
three OF their number, who imprint
kiss after kiss upon his lips. He is
sworn not to tell his fellows what has
happened until all the boys have tast-
ed of the sweetness of the lips of the
girls and then the boys establish a
postoffice and invite the girls TO call
for mail"
or course the secret is out after
they have gone around. but the desire
was created so that the game did not
end with the first playing. Pretty
soon kissing became public and was
called to the fair teachers attention.
She then began making strenuous eff
forts to have II stopped. but the mania
had become so rooted and entcing
that the pupils were disobedient to
her orders. Thus the board of educa-
ton was called upon to interfere.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27

probably 200 pounds, but his outlines
suggested nobody / knew.
Il handed over my purse, and he
opened it. A quarter was all there
was in it, and he asked me if | had
any more. / said No.
"At that he burst out laughing, say
ing: Well, then, l don't want it., and
handed back the purse. Then he asked
me if had any rings. told him No,
and he laughed boisterously, as If 1t
was a good joke. Then he took hold
of me and turned the side of my
head to the light to see If / had ear
rings.
Il was almost ready to faint, and
thought of screaming, but was afraid
he would kill me. When he satisfied
himself that l had no more valuables
he threw one arm about my neck and
bent me backward. / thought he was
going to throw me down, and / COM
menced to fight back, but he Rugged
me tightly about the head and neck,
and pressed his lips against mine.
Then he laughed again, and with
Good night, grille walked off In
the direction of three men who had
crossed Seventeenth street on Broad
way. Then / ran all the way home"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
TITLED AUTO DRIVER
NON. c. 9. ROLLS, NOTED EMO
LlsHMAN, TO VISIT AMERICA.
Regarded as Premier Motorist of Hls
ceuntry-some Of His Expert
encss-ls Also an Ardent
Halloonist.

London.-England's premier motor
list is undoubtedly the Hon. Charles
Stewart Rolls; as an aeronaut he Is
hardly less distinguished. Having
toured in all parts of Europe, ne 10
now turning his attention to America,
and has left England for three weeks
visit to the United States. 1t win be
Mr.. Rolls first trip across the Allan
tic, though on several occasions when
ballooning he has nearly been in 1t.
Mr.. Rolls is the third son of Lord
LIangattock-hen his title Of Hon.
orable. Like many of the younger
sons of the nobility, he was intended
for the diplomatic service, but he
showed such a strong bent for me
chanics and science, and such an
aversion to other studies that it soon
became evident the results of Insist
ence on parental wishes would be to
sacrifice a good engineer to make
poor diplomat. So he was allowed to
have his own way. After going
through Elton he went up to Cam
bridge, where he specialized in practi-
Gal oiSClTlSiIy, anu "ds II GU uatCu III
engineering In 1898.
Rather tall and thin, he walks with
a slight SLOUGH; and no one judging
from appearances would take him for
one of the keenest and most intrepid
motorists of the day. 1t is only when
you get him talking on his favorite
subject that his eyes light up and you
see the spirit of the enthusiast shin
ing In them.
He began his "wheelings" early, for
when quite little boy he used to
come down hill near his home in
Monmouthshire in an improvised
sleigh on wheels. 1t is his proud
boast that In one of these spins he
"bagged" Q curate. a butchers boy
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27

tile Kiowas and Comanches. u did
not take the troops long to discover
that before any outbreak or raid down
the valley there was always a signal
FIRE on the top of the bare brown
mountain to the west of the fort.
The Indians had scooped hole on
the top and when they we're on the
war path the chief with the keenest
vision sat on watch scanning the
surrounding plain for some luckless
wagon train that he could signal his
followers to swoop down upon. The
iookous from the mountain could also
get an unhindered view of the fort
and could send out warning when a
troop OF soldiers was sent out on a
raid.
The government decided to build a
stone house on the mountain for the
use OF sentinel. IL is the remains
u that house this is the speck on
the summit to-day, A storm few
years ago took Off the roof and crun.
bled the sides Enough of II is still
standing TO show the loopholes for the
rifles. The mountain is so staep that
the loophoies of the riDes run nsalte
at an angle of 40 degrees. so the fire
would catch the Indians as they
crawled up the slopes. The angle is
different in the holes on every side
of the building, because the slope of
the mountain is not the same.
When the old house was In use sig.
nails were made to the fort by fires
at night, and a sort Of wig wagging In
daylight, Now the old house is in
ruins and is never visited only by
tourists from the east. In the foot.
hills around Mount SEQ. Geronimo
and his Apache braves are kept the
prisoners OF Uncle Sam. signal noun.
tain and Its history is known only to
the old timers who sit at the fort
and tell of the days when the Kiowas
and Comanches were not the quiet,
peaceful people that attend the In.
dian school or live on their allot.
ments.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
Winners From the Middle West.

majority of the engineers en-
gagged on the Panama canal have peer.
taken from the middle west. The
president of an eastern technical
school recently called the attention
OF his students to this choice of west.
erners and told them that it was be-
cause the westarners are not SO mucn
concerned as the fasteners about
their health and other matters OF
personal conveni9n ce. The young
man who declines to undertake work
that offers because, perchance, it may
be little unpleasant will always DC
outstrippad by ne man who over
looks unpleasantness in his eager
ness to accomplish results.-Youth's
Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
HOUSE ON AMOUNTA|N
oUllT WARS AGO AZ LOOKOUT
FOR HOSTILE iNDlANs.
oltuatsd On q Peak Of the WIohita
Range Near Lawton, okia.-
Place New In Ruins and Vie
tied Only by Tourists.

Lawton, 0kla-To the northwest of
this city, softened 4 outline by the
haze of 20 miles, h the Wichita
mountains. From the foothills of the
Rockies in Northern New Mexico to
the Ozarks In Arkansas, they are the
only break in the monotony of the
level plain. They took their name
from a tribe of Indians that once
lived at the base, hunted in the cedar
thickets that cluster on the sides like
huge spiders, and fished in the clear
streams that rush over limestone and
gravely beds.
From Fort Sill five miles north of
Lawton the two highest peaks of the
range, Signal mountain and Mount
Scott stand in bold relief from the
rest of the range. Mount Scott is
rugged and covered with scrubby oaks
and cedars. The mountain was given
its name by a regiment of soldiers
who were returning through the coun-
xry after serving with Gen. Scott in
the Mexican war. Both mountains are
nearly of the same height. Signal
mountain is smooth and covered with
q growth of buffalo grass that green's
with the spring rains and late in the
season becomes a dull brown. 1t could
not be distinguished from the other
brown foothills If 1t were not for a
speck that stands on its very highest
point. Without glass no shape or
outline to the speck can be marked,
but the field glass of an officer brings
1t close through the clear atmosphere
of the southwest, and shows it to be
an old stone house,
II was that old stone house that
gave the name of Signal mountain to
1t. When Fort Sill was first occu-
pied the country was filled with hos
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27

Ireland in 1912 and was rdained to
the priesthood In the Italian capital
In 1870. Fourteen years later he was
honored by being made chamberlain
to the pope and received the title Of
monsignore, and in 1898 he was
chosen auxiliary bisilop of New York,
succeeding to his present position
upon the death of Archbishop Corri-
gan. Archbishop Farley is a man
Of scholarly attachments. He first at
tained ecclesiastical distinction when
In 1873 he was chosen as secretary to
the late Archbishop McCloskey.
In 1891 he was vicar general Of the
archdiocese of New York. The follow
ing year he was domestic prelate of
the pope. December 81, 1895, he was
consecrated citular bishop of Zeugma
After the death of Archbishop Corri-
gan, in 1902, he was appointed arch
bishop on September Is. He is the
author OF number of works, notably
the Life Of Cardinal McCloskey."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
Daft, but cmny.

Speaking of prudence and care
fulness," said a congressman; re
calls the story OF the weak-minded
put prudent Scot of PEBBLES. This
Scot, silly look on his face was
skating near the famous iron bridge
OF PEBBLES on winter day. Some
young ladies wished to skate under
the bridge, but they did not know
whether the ice was safe or not. So
approaching the Scot, the youngest
and prettiest of them said:
Sanders, would you mind lust
gliding under the bridge and back.
SO as to test the ice?
The half-witted Sanders took off
MS cap, and, with a low bow and a
mile, he replied:
NO. no. | am daft, | ken man.
ners. Leddies first Philadelphia
Bulletin.