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Odds and Ends From Far and Near

Spectacles were invented just 500 years
ago. The Use Of glass 10 aid the sight Of
defective eyes IS. however. much older.
Nero looked through concave glass in
watching the gladiatorisl games, and
mary otaeI historical men OF his day were
dependent on similar devices for length
ening their sight
TIL the latter part Of the thirteenth cen
tury only the single glass was in use In
the fourteenth century spectacles were
used quite frequently by the very wealthy
and high born, although they were still so
scarce that they were bequea thed in wills
with all the elaborate care that marked
the disposition OF feudal estate The
INST spectacles were made in Italy
Somewhat later the manufacture of
cheaper spectacles sprang up in Holland.
and il spread late, IN the fourteenth cen
rury 70 Germany. Nuremberg and Rattle
now acquired fame for their glasses be-
tween 1890 and 1900
For many years glasses were used only
as a means Of aiding bad eyes until the
fashion OF wearing them sprang up in
Spain II spread rapidly to the rest of the
Continent and brought about the trans
formation OF the old thirteenth century
spectscles into eyeglasses and eventually
into the monocle.
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S7he Embdrussment Of Progress q

Zoos ye' herei Here's collection Of en-.
Ea-th, or or water-lts all one. Only say
you are Down in belif There you are. Do
sou want ~ put ire North Star In pair OF
scales ard weigh its All. it's a fine thing 70
understand en-. And vet its a fne thing not
% understand on. I hardly know which Is
best lt's 50 comfortable TO sit here and feel
rfar yoC m ght be Geighed. measured. mag
-n'f~I o'ectrtfed polarized played the very
devil with and never know how Captain
Cutie BIZ Dombey snd Son
The old days may have been stupid.
but they were superlatively safe The
nquillity OF sta gnation bred gout
rather than nerve diseases Slow loco
motion is undesira Bile. but the automo-
biles are not only destroying our hens.
but our millionaires. They are being
killed OF with such alarming fire.
quency that anarchists will soon have
no need to manufacture bembs.
The complexities Of science have en-
tered into modern life TO such an ex-
tent that at present we positively
t-emble on the verge OF artificial prop
agation OF the human species.
Incubstors viii in all likelihood be
as popular as. refrigerators in the next
century, and IL viii only be necessary
10 press q pink or a blue button and
turn crank TO decide whether il shall
be q girl OF a boy.
No doubt by that time Oslerism IN
Ger some more imposing name will be
n vogue, and Il viii be possible for
US 10 etherize our poor relations and
our wicked uncles in time TO a musical
attachment
OF course, IT viii all be extremely
convenient but mechanical to an en-
barrassing point At present our affec-
tions, our good manners and our NOR
ality arc founded to q great extent on
hypocrisy, put forth with all the
shrewdness and amazing insolence of
trust legislation. We can quote Scrip-
ture TO prove that we are right and
cite the survival OF the f1ttest when we
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70 our grandmpS1Er3
AS our civilization has grown more
effete our manners have become worse
Accomplishments used to be called
vices. In times past il was considered
quite sporty 10 know how to play GRO
quet. Sunday school picnics were
among life's joys and we went out to
row and gathered pond lilies
Now we must play bridge and gam
Bile on our game. The feminine cigar
ette is served at afternoon teas where
the finger of scorn would never dare to
point Smart folks arrange for little
whirls in balloons. There are tele-
phones at the dinner tables and at
tached to the beds.
There is no such thing as safety any
where If one wants to go off on a little
toot Cabinets particular have their
graphophones. and society papers dis
close our guilty secrets in a new form
of Esperanto. Refecting mirrors are
attached to hotel fan lights so that our
suicides may be discovered before we
have finished breathing.
Yes, there are even thought machines
that declare ones intentions to the
world whether we viii or no. Hypno-
tism not only cures us. but. if wrongly
directed. kills us and sends us esculat-
ing gently to the heaven that, so far
as we know, is lacking in modern i'm
provements. The motor hearse takes
our bones to a crematory.' and-biff,-
we are a part of yesterdays 1000 years.
In the matter OF speed we are prom
ised steamboats, that will whiz across
the ocean in three days. The day after
tomorrow and you may be in Liverpool.
The wealthy will have their air yachts,
and there should be racing such as
never was on land or sea.
The question IS If it will not prove
an embarrassment of riches to many of
us? Is it not likely to be too much of
q good fhinR2
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Nietzsche, we think is the author OF
the theory that man must be surpassed.
but how If the superman turns out to
be machine made monster who will
crush us with his third rail claws?
In our efforts TO exceed ourselves
are we not to a vast extent mlStaking
machinery for civilization and cyclonic
turbulence for advance2 Utility, haste.
money are our gods rather than beauty.
leisure to enjoy il and love of our
kind.
The things that constitute real life
and real enjoyment are all thrust aside
that we may acquire by fair means or
foul wealth that the pursuit leaves us
no time to use The game itself is all
that interests us and the goal is moth
ing.
We seem absurdly blind to the incon-
gruities and horrors of the money grub
bing existence and the fact that as a
free nation we have elected TO make
those OF us who win In what the world
calls success veritable slaves.
We are surrounded by the vulgarities
and there is a trademark on every
thing. Our magazines are made of ad-
vertising pages and we become far
more accustomed to such things as
Scru5emalps soap. Toughem's Break
fast Food and Hard-as-s- Rock Mat
tresses than with the beautiful things
of life.
Soap is practical and a part OF our
daily lives So are mattresses and
breakfast food. Who would wish to
know anything of rose gardens or star
paths The feminine altar Is piled
with bargains and the masculine one
has quick lunch.
In a religious discussion that should
have never been begun, en- an ocean
liner, recently a Hebrew. an inffdel and
a Catholic crossed swords. The unbe-
liever ridiculed prayer as a means to
an end. the Christian proclaimed it TO
he lie only WAY and the Hehreru *,
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wood PuIp DRAIN on Forests.

The forest service of the United States
Department Of Agriculture has furnished
preliminary statement showing there
was used in the past years in the
United States more than 8, 900, 900 cords of
wood in the manufacture of wood pulp
The returns were from $50 firms control
ling 232 mills. The wood used was di-
vided among the various processes as fol-
lows: Sulphte. l,5ss 900 cords; soda, 4l0, 031
cords; ground wood, l,o6S,00o cords The
total pulp production by all processes by
the firms reporting was 1903. 600 tons. Ac-
cording TO the census Of 1860, the con-
sumption of pulp wood was then 1e36, $40
cords. so that there has been an increase
OF over 90 per cent in the last six years
This demonstrates IN striking manner
the drain upon the forests caused by the
pulp industry.
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pressed his creed in a terse epigram.
Roofing is praying he said.
If this be so then by all means let US
have the boiler factories and the high
buildings in place of cathedrals and
synagogues. There is always the fas-
cinating possibility that we may be
wrong Some of the profoundest con-
turned out TO be merely profound mis-
takes
Dead sure things have a way OF
going wrong. Everything is uncertain
but machinery that proves itself each
time the wheels go round. Sometimes
a belt slips and a careless workman
loses finger or maybe goes entirely
into the vat. but he comes out at the
other end as Aunt Jemimas snow fake
lard or Slicem's blue. and nobody ever
knows the difference This is what
comes OF having a system.
So do these wonderful. almost in
spired eogs and levers work unham-
pered by human Ills or accidents. The
greater machine. which is all life Is
getting to be, keeps on, too. relentless
ly hewing us down. throwing US up or
threshing US TO the earth, as the chance
occurs.
Sometimes in the pauses we hnd our
selves longing for a sight OF the sea.
as yet unantiseptic. or glimpse OF the
sky, until now undis1gured with ad-
vertisements. When our airShips sail
through the Milky Way we strap hang
ers will no doubt read that there is
hope and learn all about the fifty seven
varieties OF nerve foods
But before these wonders come to
pass let us IL il may be so. sink into
an old fashioned. unwhOiesome grave
and go up or down to the heaven or
the hell that was our fathers Either
will be restful in contrast to life over
dynamo. with motors honking out the
Dirge OF Progress, that dead march OF
I
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tame But we can at least revel in
the consciousness that we have es-
capped from life before we or it became
hysterical
We shall have slid out of the coil of
electric wires that have enclutehed us
like some huge serpent, seven headed
and with a different gong or a honk
on each neck We have also got
away from the deadly hygiene of
things
Hygiene has become so hateful in
the last few years that we prefer mi
crobes and food adulteration. What is
the sense of calling the corner grocer
a rascal for selling us sand in place
OF sugar when Nature gives us typhoid
germs in our oysters and fills cram
berries with benzoic acid2 Even
though we discovered the veritable
Balm of Gilead. it would doubtless turn
out to be fusel oil. coloring matter and
alcohol.
And to think how our knowledge OF
all these things once slumbered peace
fully and stupidity in that then triumph
of inventive skill the foIding-bed? But
they did slumber. and these days we
are all suffering from locomotor in
somnia, watching through the night in
shc fear that some one else may dis
cover new sod In the machine while
we rest.
Meantime we tear down our churches
and legislative halls before they have
time to rlpen and erect forty-story
office buildings in their place. When
we attempt to explain why we do
these things we become as involved as
our traffic regulations. 1t is all in the
name of progress-that pink-eyed de-
lirium that perfumes our theaters and
puts cooking recipes in the pro-
grammes, while a bad orchestra gives
us Cohen instead Of Chopin. We may
be silk lined. but who can deny that
we love TO rustic, SO that every one
max know it, We certainIy are noisy.
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Hare $40 Nnviea

The disaster which has overtaken the
Belgian naval cadets calls to mind the
fact that Belgium is, despite it's forty
two miles@of seaboard, one Of the few
states of the world without a navy.
There are only two other navyless pow
ers in Europe-the Iandlocloed Switzer-
land and Servia. Even Bulgaria can
boast Of a torpedo gunboat and a few
small steamers, while Roumania is proud
in the possession of twelve small yes
sells" Holland. Belgium's neghbor, has
quite an imposing fleet OF eight ironclads
and f1otilla OF a hundred steamers. II
Bulgaria has the smallest navy in the
world. the tiny principality of Monaco
has the smallest army--126 men. ali told
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The universe may profit in the name
of that juggernaut progress, but there
is hardly a chance that it will not do
for us individually. Virtue is easy
nowadays because it is not real, but
when comfortable sin is made impos
sible and we cannot have our hand in
our neighbors pocket while the other
passes the collection plate, what then?
Science is unmesking everything
that used to be mysterious. We are
paralyzed with amazement and admir-
alton, but we are also conscious that
we are getting too much for our
money.
We feel, in a matter. like the gentle
man from out OF town who was being
initiated in the amusements of a popu-
lar seaside resort by a more expert
enced mpanion. He was induced to
try the wild delights of trip on a
polished inclined chute known as Nc
Ginty's Slide.
The out of towner saw his friend
, fash down gracefully and joyously
with CALCULATIONS of rapture and he
started after with a little too much
enthusiasm.
The pace was overswift and instead
of landing on the paddle mat at the
foot of the slide he slid on and on,
and landed on his head. The friend
picked him up, bruised and murmuring
profanely, and deposited him on the
nearest chair. But it happened to be
trick chair, and went to the ground
with awful suddenness, breaking the
injured gentleman's bones in a few
new places.
This sort of thing is what one might
call iting-strenuous even-but no
age except that of extreme youth
would long for it. How much better
a ride on the wooden dromedary in
the merry -go-round. where the worst
thing that could happen is to have
the machinery stop and the music con-
tinue
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they were bitter toward the English
and supported the colonists against
England in the war for independence.
Later they turned against the colonists
and a state of war against the Kicka-
poos w4s continued until 1892.
1t was in 1911 that they fought under
Tecumseh. In 1S15-16 treaties were
made with the Government by which
they gave up their lands in Illinois and
removed to reservation in Kansas on
the Usage River. Remnants of the
tribe were in Illinois as late as the
40s
Following the removal to Kansas
degree of civilization was established
for a few years Then the predatory
and savage instincts of the Kickapoos
resumed the ascendenoy, and their war
riors went out killing and horse steal
ing, making raids on the people of
neighboring States. and at length turn
ing upon the United States Indian
agents, one of whom they murdered in
1854
They were then removed to a reser-
walton in Northern Kansas. near
Atchison Some OF them gradually set
tied down on separate holdings and
became farmers and citizens. The re-
mainder fed 10 Mexico about the time
the civil war began and lived by raids
over the frontier for booty. In 1873
there were only oDO IN hdnSdSs Wnile
the number in Mexico had grown TO
1000
After the majority of the Mexican
Kickapoos were returned 10 the United
States all that were left were removed
from the frontier by Mexico at the re-
quest OF the United States and settled
on good lands in the mountains of the
State of Guerrero. They longed for
their old home around Santa Rosa, 1900
miles to the north, and gradually drift
ed back there.
At the present time very few Kicka-
poos are remaining in Oklahoma. They
have f1ocked TO their. kinsmen in Mex
leo whenever an opportunity has pre-
sented itself. Their removal was op-
posed at first by the Government, but
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Wandering kickapoos ruled by Woman -

The Kickspoo Indians, known the
country over as the most persistent
wanderers on the Western continent.
have taken into their tribal council as
a chieftess one Of their women and on
her advice they have renounceG allie
glance forever 10 the United States and
settled down for all time in the noun
tains OF Old Mexico The woman who
Is TO direct the destinies hereafter OF
the Kickapoos has thrwarted the plans
or this Government TO induce her psO-
PIE 10 return 10 this country ard has
declared her intentions Of ignoring all
future overtures that may be made to
them by Washington. Mexico. recog-
nizing in the KickapoO an industrious
red man, skilled in the art OF fighting
and hunting, and being an exception
ally cieanly Indian, has insured him a
permanent home in the neighboring
republic, guaranteeing him facilities for
furtherinE his agricultural. and stock
raising plans and giving him ample
territory over which he may roam un-
molested.
Only recently the United States off,
cial at Washington sent an agent to
Mexico 10 see II the tribe could be in
duced to abandon its plans for adopting
Mexico as its future home. Designing
the purpose Of the agent, Chieftess Wa
pahoka. who is about IS years old and
a very shrewd woman, appealed to
President Diaz. who ordered that the
Washington representative leave the
reservation at once. For years Chief
tess Wapahoka has been striving to get
the remnants of her once strong tribe
together on the other side Of the border,
and her lifes ambition has been real
lied finally. In bands Of a dozen or so
the Ktcka poos have been quietly cross
ing over into Mexican border. Havin e
got her people together Wapahoka has
determined that the tribe shall remain
intact in the future and TO that end she
has enforced from the men a pledge
that they viii abandon their wander
ings forever and live out their lives
peacefully in Mexico, being in turn rec
OgniZed as their leader.
The Kickapoos fought under Tecum-
sch against General William Henry
Harrison at Tippecanoe and were prom
inent as a lighting tribe until their
final defeat by General Zachary Taylor
At Fort Harrison. following the out
break Of the war with England in 1912
Originally the Kickapoos lived in the
upper Mississippi River country and
belonged 20 the Algonquin family.
Gradually they moved down into MI
nois and roamed over the country be-
tween the Mississippi and Wabash riv-
ers. p the early history Of the country
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twelve titles. He is the Marquis of Butte.
Earl of Butte Earl of Windsor, Earl OF
Dumfries. Viscount Ayr. Viscount Mount
JOY. Viscount Kingarth. Baron Mount
Stuart, Baron Cardif, Lord Crichton of
Sanquhar, Lord Mount Stuart. Cumrae
and Inchmarnock and a baronet of Nova
Scotia. His lordship last year issued an
order that all his workmen at Rothesay
must in future wear kits of the family
tartan. The Marquis is owner of an an
nual income of nearly $1,000, 600.
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povertx OF EncIi.h f.Ierrr

The Bishop of London recently referred
to the poverty of the English clergy. and
especially of those serving in country
places. To say nothing of curates there
We're 1900 clergymen whose livings were
under $3.50 a year. and there were 1000
liyings with less than S775 annual income
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Frances Big Bread Loavc..

The largest loaves of bread baked in
the world are those of France and Italy.
The pipe" bread of Italy is baked in
loaves feet or feet long. while in
France the loaves are made in the shape
of very long rolls, feet or s feet in
length, and, in many cases, even feet
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Grows Hair for DfarLef

Mercedes Lopez. a Mexican woman. IS
said 10 possess the longest hair of any
person in the world Her height is Eve
feet. and when she stands erect her hair
trails on the ground four feet eight
inches. The hair is SO thick that she can
completely hide herself in it, She has II
cut very frequently. as II grows quickly.
enabling her to sell large tresses to hair
dealers every month.
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oar Trnde With ualo-.

Consul Birch reports that 100000 palm
leaf hats are exported annually from Ma
laga, Spain. to New York He also gavs
that for the first ten months of 1905 there
were S273 barrels of olive oil. valued at
$2l6, ,6S6, exported TO the United States
from the same place.
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Church of Rnlru.hn.

The first place Of worship in Western
Australia was unique in two respects-the
materials OF which II vas built and rlec
the several purposes 10 which II was de.
voted. This remarkable bumoins was
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Worlds Youngest GeucrnI.

Probably the youngest general in the
world is a nephew of the late Shah of
Persia, a boy not yet IA years old. He
holds the rank of full general in the
Persian army
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Irish EauIx First.

OF all the peoples of Europe the French
have the fewest children and the Irish the
most The average French family num-
bers 9.3 persons, and the average Irish
family So. In England the average is as.
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made at Perth by soldiers, shortly after
their arrival in 1899 and was composed
almost entirely Of buIrushes. In addition
TO its use on Sundays for divine worship,
it occasionally served as an amateur the
ater during the week and during the
whole time as a barracAS.
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1t was alleged that the price paid for
these lands by white people has in no
instance approached the real value Of
the land, and the department Officials
believe that, in some Instances at least,
the Kickapoos received nothing for
their lands in this territory, but were
TO get in exchange other lands in Mex
leo, practically without value when
compared with the rich agricultural
lands they held in Oklahoma. Since
then the Government has been investi
eating these charges. and sent an as
sistant United States attorney to Mex
leo to secure, if possible, evidence that
would bear out these charges.
The Kickapoos are pure race. never
having fntermarried with whites or
blacks. This is due TO their rel giOn.
Within few years Chieftess WapahOka
was wOoed by white man. and he had
every reason TO believe that she would
marry him. She persistently refused.
and. pressed for an explanation, she
said
"YOu are fair to look upon and agree
able TO me. but your God is not my God
and our offspring would be neither In
dian nor paleface, and therefore a spir-
itual orphan. to be denied in the un-
ending life the protection OF the Good
Spirit"
Love MIN dS Sue might, YET SNe IONeu
her race more and refused his offer. II
is boast Of the KickapoO that none
of his tribe has ever become Christian.
1t is said that she has done much to
foster this feeling OF her kinswOman
against the whites.
Whenever they have lived any length
of time by the water the KickapOos
have become famous as swimmers This
would not be peculiar il the tribe had
lived on the coast or on an island; they.
however. are an inland tribe. The most
expert of KickapOO swimmers have
been known 70 remain under water for
two minutes
News Of the satisfaction of the Kick
apoos with their new locality has
spread among the fullblOods of other
tribes in Indian Territory. and a plan is
now on foot whereby all fullbloods will
move TO Mexico and cOlOnize there. The
Indians are willing 10 dispose of their
lands in order TO make the transfer
and many of them are so anxious for
the change that unless prevented they
will not remain long enough TO dispose
of their lands.
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at Washington was informed that un-
lawful inducements were being made
to the Kickapoos to part with their
holdings, and that their removal TO
Mexico was part of the scheme 10 do
them out of their lands and cattle.
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finally they were allowed to move when
they desired to do so. No Indian in
moving was allowed to take any live
stock or property of any kind which
had been furnished him by the United
States Government.
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TITLES of the Nfarquis of Bute

The Marquis OF Butte has the unique
distinction Of possessing no fewer than
The Washington times., 1906-12-02
Colonel Won Schrader Coming

Lieut.. Col. Frederick Won Schrader is
rapidly closing up mis- accountability as
depot quartermaster at the ST Louis
depot, and viii probably reach Wash
ingJon during this week 10 assume duty
In the office Of the quartermaster gen
eral. Colonel Won Schrader Is one Of
the most experienced and capable of the
officers OF the department. and his COM
ing VIII greatly strengthen the admin
istrative force that General Humphrey
has gathered around MIN as his per
sonal assistants.
Colonel Won Schrader was an active
heid-Worker during the war with Spain.
and since then mas had many posts of
responsibiEJy and honor. HIS tour of
duty m the Philippines. wnere he was
the depot quartermaster at Manila. was
completed less than a year ago, when
he was transferred 10 St Louis as the
depot quartermaster at that important
supply point