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KWAKIUTLS OF NORTH AMERICA

Tie Smithsonian has done much to
preserve for the science OF the future
a great deal that relates to tue ap-
pearance. language. habits and Gus
TOMS and mythology of the North
American aborigines, but there are
private persons who are helping most
effica ciouSly in this useful work.
Among them there is scarcely one who
deserves more consideration for what
he has accomplished and is in process
of effecting than Morris Il. .Iesup.
The tribes on the northwest coast
studied by Boas and Hunt are apt to
be thickset, broad-faced people, rather
long bodied, and sometimes bearded.
They are divided up into (D Tlingits of
Southern Alaska, (2l Haidas of Queen
Charlotte Islands, (3) Tsimshian of the
Mass and Skoena Rivers, az Wakashan
of Vancouvers Island and the main
land near by, and 90 Salishan Of South
ern Vancouvcrs Island and the coast
down to Washington and eastward into
Idaho and Montana, The NWatlutls
fall under group 4, or Wakashan, and
belong chiefly between Rivers Inlet
and Cape Nudge. B. G.
The Kwa1iutls are tribe Of light
coored Indians whose faces and eX-
preston readily recall those of the
lower class Japanese and Koreans
across the Pacific. They differ from
other coast Indians by having very
high-bridged. often hooked, noses, and
very long faces. The shape of their
heads is artificial Like our own Flat
heads and some tribes in Mexico and
South America, they deform the head
in infancy, so that the upper forhead,
which we consider sign Of intellect.
is depressed perhaps in order to OBJ
tain an approach to the skull OF
beast or bird.
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Remarkable Printing Press.

The University Press at Oxford is
tho most remarkable printing estab-
lishment in the world, as we'll as
one Of the oldest. It is what you
might call self-contained. and it
everything else pertaining to print
ing were blotted Off the face of the
earth tomorrow the University Press
would so right ahead as if nothing
had happened. 1t makes its own
type and its own ink; burns its own
charcoal for making the ink, makes
it's own paper, and so on. The work
men in the Press are as interesting
as the establishment itself. In many
instances son has succeeded father
down the centuries in it's employ, as
naturally as if the son was his lord
position an entailed estate.-London
ship and the fatIe- an earl and the
Tit-BitS.
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of the professional and the
power of his or her guardian spirits
to protect the shaman or medicine man
from what would be injurious to the
ordinary person.
In former times the Indians of the
Northwest coast lived in underground
houses called kickulie houses, which
emerged only like a mound from the
surface of the ground, following
fashion that existed in Great Britain
and Ireland down to the tenth century,
and is known to have obtained in
Northern Europe and Siberia. Such
dwellings are described by Herodotus
and were found in the early part Of
the present century within what is now
Russian territory. The illustration
shows one Of these old kickulies near
Spence's Bridge, British Columbia.
The bough, bark and turf covering Of
the roof has fallen away in places.
showing the rafters with cross pieces
tied 10 them. Another picture shows
one of the main posts Of house be-
longing to Bella Coola Indians at Bella
Bella, B. c., with demon or totem
masks carved on it, and one end of a
native boat. Sometimes all the posts
within a house are decorated in this
substantial fashion. 1t can hardly be
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CaEdied Cherries.

The large cherry crop Of Italy finds
a paying outlet in various forms of
preserves. According to informa-
ton furnished By Consul J. E. Dun
ming, preserved or candied cherries
take the sulphur bath, are then
stoned, cooked in sugared water, to
which sweentening is gradually add
ed. and are then left for two or three
days in the basins until the sugar
slightly ferments. They are then
boiled again in water in which the
proportion of sugar is increased, and
on finishing are either sold for can
died cherries or are bottled in a
heavy syrup. Women do the clean
ing and pick the stones, men the
rest. Such cherries invoice at about
thirty-five cents per pound. The
best cherries are raised in Salerno,
in the consular districts of Naples.
The second quality are produced in
great numbers in the provinces of
Brescia and Bergamo, in the consul
lar district of Milan.
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'0GoodeT things
6IEb Eat 9
&C. i ..HND nov 70
VS X RRERAREA I27EA

Stuffed summer SQuash-Boil in
lightly salted water until tender
Cut off the top and scoop out the in
side. nix with we'll seasoned and
!buttered crumbs. chopped onion ana
!gratal cheese. Fill the she'll, sprln-
,kle the top with buttered crumbs a1u
bake until brown.
. Suowballs-BCil rice IN salIed
water till very tender. Wet small
cups, and while the rice is still moi
pack it in cups till half filled. Set
in a cold place for about three hours
Just before dinner scoop out the
centre of each and fill with bright
colored jelly or a piece OF any hlnu
of preserves. Turn out the molos
on a dish and pour soft custard
around the base, taking care to let
none of the custard fall on the top
of the snowballs, or serve simply WIN
cream and sugar.
Plank Chops-Have the chops cut
very thick; broil on one side and ar
range crosswise. overlapping each
other on the board. Heat a can OF
macedoine, season with salt, pepper
and butter. arrange these in the
form of butterfly wings each side OF
the chops. Place around a border OF
mashed potatoes pressed through a
star tube. Send at once to the table.
Roulettes of Beef-Cut a round
steak very thin; then into strips OF
two inches long and one inch wide;
dust with salt and pepper and put
over a little chopped tongue or par
sley. Roll, fasten with a small skew
er. Brown quickly in suet or oil, and
put them in u hot oven for ten min.
utes. Serve two on 4 square of toast
with a little melted butter. Garnish
with italian potato balls. These are
made from potato croquette mixture,
seasoned with a little bologna sau-
sage.
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Steaning.

I When foods are to be cooked by the
aid of boiling water, yet not in direct
contact with the liquids. we call the
process steaming. A steamer has two
sections; the lower pan or, kettle holds
the water, while the bottom Of ths
upper portion is perforated, the steam
passing through these perforations anu
cooking the food. Some patented
steamers have one large outer case, the
interior being suitably divided to ac-
icommodate several kinds of food at
once.
The advantages gained by steamins
are: Tough meats are made tenoer
without losing their substance or be-
coming dry; watery vegetables, 50
cooked. are less apt to be soggy; hour
mixtures become light and are OF
different flavor than when baked or
fried; porridges and gruels can De
cooked for any length Of time without
danger of burning.
| The one necessity in steamlng is 10
keep the water in the lower portion OF
the steamer at rapid and continuous
boil. This is especially necessary when
cooking puddings or other batters or
doughs, and if neglected the result IS a
soggy dish which is unfit for consump-
tion.-New York Globe.
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DOMESTIC.

District Attorney John B. Moran
was nominated for Governor by the
Massachusetts Prohibitionists. /
Mrs. Caroline Archer, a rich widow
of Jamaica, l.. l., caused surprise by
announcing that Ter son was no
longer to be recognized as her agent.
Henry Alfred Short, member OF
clubs and received in society, was ar,
rested in New York, young girls ac-
cusing him.
District Attorney Jerome arrived
in New York and took charge of the
Thaw case. ~
The final report of the Truesdale
housecleaning committee shows that
Elihu Root, Ricnard A. McCurdy and
Robert H. McCurdy were the only
three Mutual Life trustees who re-
fused to answer questions. The re-
port reveals colossal waste Of the
policy-holders' money.
In New York Mrs. Harry Thav
gave to her husbands lawyers an ac-
count of her relations with White.
A new Vice Squad, organized by,
Commissioner Bingham. raided sew
eral gambling houses in New York,
finding evidence overlooked by In
spector Schmittberger in the Tender
loin... ,,sA :. '.......
William Graves, Vice-President
and general manager Of the Diamond
Match. Company, died at Portland,
Ore, while enroute to Chico. Cal. His
wife expected him to arrive that
night. When the sad news was bro
ken to her by friends fire started in
the rear of her residence, and It
was necessary to hurry her to hotel
while her home was in flames.
The battleship New Hampshire was
launched at the yards of the New
York Shipbuilding Company. in Cam
den, N. j.. Miss Hazel E. McLane.
daughter of Governor McLane, OF
New Hampshire, named the battle
ship.
At Port Jervis, N. Y. Mrs Phoebe
Gainford, daughter Of Jabez Rock
well, a soldier of the Revolutionary
War, celebrated her 101st birthday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Emma "rine. .
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FOURTH at HOME AND ABROAD
Roosevelt Appeals For FiTmncss
and Fairness With Evildoers.

New York kCity.-President Roose-
velt, in q stirring speech to his Oys-
ter Bay neighbors. made a strong
plea for common sense and the
avoidance of hysteria in dealing
with wrong and wrongdoers, and
making individual excellence OF
home life the basis of good citizen
ship. He was drenched by a heavy
shower, but did not permit it to in
terupt his address. In the evening
there was the usual fireworks party
at Sycamore Hill.
The American Society gave its an
nual independence Day dinner in
London, at which Ambassador Reid
and w. J. Bryan exchanged some
good humored raillsry relating to
politics. Mr.. Bryan read speech
on 1.-The White Mans Burden"
At Tammany Halls Fourth OF
July celebration the assembled
braves, headed by Charles F. Muir
ply, cheered the name OF William
Jennings Bryan when Congressman
Robert L. Henry of Texas, predict
ed he would be the next President
Of the United States
An unusually small number OF IA
talities and injuries was caused by
the celebration in this city. Parks
and amusement resorts were crowd
ed, and the sale Of fireworks broke
all records.
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The heads Of man and woman or
this tribe exhibit the results of early
training of the bones of the head.
Whether it occasions pain to the child
or not, there is general agreement
that It has no effect upon the intelli-
gence Of the people to whom it is ap-
plied. They are much more intelligent
than the passing traveller would i'm
agine. The investigator who comes
among them with some knowledge OF
their beliefs and rites obtains their
confidence and finds them. If not re-
markable specimens Of Intelligence,
still by no means lacking in wits. In
his publications for the Smithsonian
and the Museum of Natural History
DR.. Boas opens up very eXtraordin-
ary glimpse into their manners and
customs. Among these are the pot
latch feasts given by chiefs to uphold
their authority, in which they dis
tribute largeSS in very mediaeVal
fashion, consisting Of blankets and big
copper tokens which have fictitious
but relatively enormous value. the OBJ
ject of the largess being to prove by
their princely generosity that they are
both richer and more lavish than some
rival chief.
Another and often very disgusting
ceremony is the initiation Of new
member into a cannibal society. The
novice returns emaciated and in state
of frantic ecstasy from the woods,
bringing pieces of old corpses. skulls,
or bones, which lie chews in order to
strike awe into the hearts Of the spec
tators. He enters the lodge by the
hole in the top or some other uneXpect-
ed way, after the whistles Of his fel-
low-cannibals and his own shrill cries
have been heard without for some
time, and he INDUCES in the pleasant
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ROOT SAILS FOR BRAZIL.
The Cruiser Charleston, Bearing
His Party, Gets Under Way.

New York City.-After some Sim
pie ceremonies, including the boom
ing OF a few guns, the interchange
of polite compliments between the
representatives OF the Republic OF
Brazil Secretary of State Elihu
Root sailed away on the U. S. cruis-
er Charleston for the Pan-American
conference at Rio de Janeiro and
his unique round of visits to the re-
publics of South America. The Sec
retary was accompanied by Mrs.
Root, Miss Root, his youngest son,
Edward Root, q secretary and two
maids.
The Charleston's itinerary is as
follows: Arrive San Juan, p. R.,
Sunday, July s; leave San Juan,
Tuesday. July 10; arrive Rio, We'd
nesday, July 25; leave Rio, Monday,
August 6; arrive Montevideo, Fri
day, August 10; leave Montevideo,
Monday, August 13; arrive Buenos
Ayres, Sunday, August IA; leave
Buenos Ayres, Sunday, August 10;
arrive Valparaiso. via Straits OF Ma
sellan, Thursday, August so; leave
VALPARAISO, Tuesday, September 4;
arrive Callao, Sunday, September 8;
leave Callao, Saturday, September
IS; arrive Panama, Saturday, Sep
tember %; leave Panama, Tuesday,
September 25; the Secretary and
party arriving in New York Monday,
October /.
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FOREIGN.

Japanese steamers are carrying a
large part Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
business each way.
Violent speeches against the Gov
ernment we're made at the session
of the Russian Parliament, and the
belief that a conflict cannot be long
delayed seems to be gaining ground.
1t was reported from Toxic that
the control of railways acquired ny
Japan in Manchuria would be divided
between the Government and the peo-
pic.
The revolutionary forces in South
ern Guatemala are said to have been
victorious in two engagements.
Santo Domingo demands a parti-
tion of the funds accumulated under
the quasiireceivership OF the United
States.
AS a sequel to tie recent CONVEX
sion of Italian rentes reduction IN
the taxes on sugar and salt will short
ly follow.
AS a result of the recent catas-
tronhe at the Courrieres Golfers in
France, it is expected the 1906 out
pu. will be 100000 tons less than
last var, when 2,372,4c9 tons were
produced.
Russian exiles at Rome have re-
ceived information from friends az
home that the moment has come
fc. them to make a desperate effort
TO free Russia. Somo are preparing
to return to their native country.
Commander Eooth-Tucker married
Miss MiI.aie Reid in the Salvation
Army's Citadel, South Tottenham.
London. General Booth officiated
Only relatives and high officers OF the
Salvation Army were present.
AS move to relieve London
pocr the Salvation Army plans to set,
tie 10000 persons in South America
y Karl Robert Eduard Won Hart.
mann, the German philosopher, ole9
at his home in Berlin.
Human remains, which are be-
lieyed by c. H. Read, of'the Brltisn
Museum, to be those of Saxons buried
about the fifth century, nave oeen'
discovered at Hawks HILL surrey
England.
Lord Leigh states that large por-:
ton Of the lofty tower or the oid
nriory of Maxstoke, in Warwickshlre.
| Ensland. fell on April IS at 1.15 p.'
m Allowing for the difference in
| time, this would coincide with the
| first shock Of the earthquake at San
Francisco.
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About Ifat-Wcaring.

More or less of modern habit
is the constant wearing of hats.
Even as late as 1859 Horace Walpole
mentions as a matter Of course that
he never wears a hat. Remember, "
he says, writing 10 friend notorious
ly careless about his dress. who was
expected home from Holland. "every-
body that comes from abroad is sup
posed to come from France. and
whatever they wear at their first re-
appearance Immediately grows the
fashion. Now j.. as IS very likely.
you should, through inadvertence,
change hats with master of a Dutch
smack, in weeks time we shall all
be equipped like Dutch shippers.
You see, speak very disinterestedly,
for, as l never wear a hat myself.
it is Indifferent to me what sort Of
a hat I don't wear "-Chicago News.
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BITS o. NE WS.
WASHINGTON.

John Sharp Williams, minority
leader, declared the important legis-
lation enacted by Congress was DEM
ocratic in policy and enumerated the
Notable failures.
Secretary Root decided to make
part of his South American tour in q
Chilian warship..
President Roosevelt issued an ex-
ecutive order making effective consul
lar reform
Charles w. McWha:ter, assistant
cashier cf the Washington City Post
office, is under arrest on the COM
plant of City Postmaster John A..
Merritt. charged with the embezzle-
ment of $4,000.
Robert G. Proctor, former secre-
tary to Senator Lodge, was found
guilty of larceny of campaign con-
tribution in Boston.
The Senate yielded to the House
on the meat inspection measure, and
the packers escape paying costs and
need not date canned goods.
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OUE ADOPTED ISLANDS.

General H. T. Allen, director of the
constabulary, returned to Manila af-
.e2 eight months leave of absence fn
The United States.
At San Juan, Porto Rico. Arch
bishop Blenk was the guest at fare
we'll dinner given by Governor Win
throp.
Governor Ide, of the Philippines,
became ill after returning from his
recent journey through the provinces.
and was confined TO his house for sew
sral days. He is now improving.
At Saa Juan, Porto Rico, a New
York firm has purchased waterfront
property for $4,000, on which 1t
is intendedGto erect pier and ware,
houses. .s,>.s.s
Preliminary work on &the Philip.
pine islands railroads will begin at
once Forty engineers and physi-
clans, who arrived recently at Ma
Mia. started for Iloilo to begin OPP
erations.
Business interests of the Phil
ippines will make a strong effort to
secure the passage of the agricultural
bank bill.
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Washing Light and Dark Gingham'

A young mother says she gets more
genuine help reading the woman's
page in this excellent paper than
most any other source, and she now
asks me to send "a safe recipe for
washing her little girls gingham
dresses She has three little girls.
She ASKS how to keep dresses from
fading, as she has not been very for
tunate so far.
/ Perhaps you put soap directly
upon the ginghams, and this will not
do at all. If they are much soiled
and it is necessary to wash them put
them in salt. water for an hour or
more; chen wash them out quickly
in a warm suds of rain water,
and rinse in clear warm water,
and then put them through thin
starch and hang out of doors to dry.
Turn them wrong side out and iron
on the wrong side to avoid a shine or
gloss. 1 have had dozen inquiries
or more in regard to laundering pref
:ty ginghams, each one saying tnat
they had faded them in the very first
washing. This method is simple and
safe. For grass stains upon chill
jdren's clothes, wash them in alcohol.
Indiana Farmer.
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ACCIDENT. KILLS FIVE BOYS
Die From Wounds Received When
Gun Burst at WanaInie, Pa.
Sons of Miners. We're Tamping 2
Home-Made Cannon as the
Miners DO.

Wilkesbarre. Pa.-Five boys were
killed and two fatally injured ct
Wanamie. a mining town ten miles
south of this city. by the explosion of
dynamite and giant powder which
they had stuffed into pipe which
they had made into cannon. The
dead are: Evan Long, aged fifteen;
John Rachulis. aged fourteen; Thos.
Rachulis. aged sixteen; John Saba.
aged fifteen: John Sabinsky, aged
fourteen. The fatally injured are:
Alexander Shukitiz and his brother,
Frank Shukitiz, aged thirteen and
sixteen.
All the boys worked in the mines.
and they had procured quantity of
dynamite and giant powder with
which they had planned to give the
town proper celebration of the
Fourth by causing a terrific eXplo-
sion which should startle everyone.
They were preparing the charge on
hill close to the town when the
accident occurred.
L u0 pipO, lOui iuSASo III oidnlSISi
and about three feet long, had been
filled with the explosive and they
we're .tamping it with stones as they
had seen miners tamp holes bored in
the mines previous to lighting the
fuse. A club and round stick for
a ramrod were being used in the
tamping and one was hammering
the stones on top Of the powder when
it was ignited and the explosion oc.
Cured.
1t was terrific. The town was
shaken and all the residents alarmed,
while the seven boys gathered about
the pipe we're blown in all directions
and the fragments of the iron pipo
like 80 many bullets were blown into
their bodies. Some of the dead had
their legs and arms shattered, their
heads crushed and their bodies
frightfully torn Three were killed
outright and two others died a few
minutes after the people who rushed
to the scene reached the mangled
group. Alexander Shukitiz had q
leg blown off, while his brother was
horribly torn and injured internally.
A large hole was blown in the
ground by the explosion, and all
around it the injured and the dead
lay, while there was not vestige OF
the pipe left. The boys are all sons
of Polish and Lithuanian mine work
erS.
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Cream CaramclS.

Moisten two cups of granulated
sugar with enough milk to dissolve
it; add a quarter of teaspoonful OF
cream of tartar, and put into sauce
Dan. Set where sthe contents will
simmer gently. Stir all the time. un-
til a little dropped into cold water
is about as stiff as putty. Pour into
shallow pan, and set aside until
so stiff that the pressure Of the fin
ger makes dent on the candy, and
the dent remains. Work to a soft
mass, kneading it upon a powdered
sugar strewn board. Roll out into a
sheet and cut into squares. You may
add vanilla, if you wish, just before
taking from the fire.
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To Clean Brass.

Rub the surface of the metal with
rotten-stone and sweet oil, then rub
this off with a piece of cotton flannel,
and polish with a soft leather. A So
luton of oxalic acid rubbed over tar
nisned brass soon removes the tar
nish, rendering the metal bright. The
acid must be washed off with water,
and the brass rubbed with whiting
and a soft leather. A mixture OF mu-
riatic acid and alum, dissolved in
water, imparts a golden color to brass
articles that are stepped in it for
few minutes.
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pastime of biting people. Such prac'
tices readily recall the loathsome
messes which have always formed part
Of tlle witch and wizard outfit In
Europe down to the present century,
like the objects that go to make the
hell-broth Of the witches in Macbeth
The purpose seems to he the same.
namely, to frighten the unsophisticated
by showing a daring in the handling
of disgusting objects which proves the
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Sporting Brcvities.

Athletics are said to cost $106,00O
yearly at Yale.
1t begins to look as If America
will SON be the I.7d of no prize
fights.
Foxhall Reene admits the posi-
bility of a polo match between British
and American players.
Go Between. for years a selling
Mater. won tn, Suburban at the
Sheepshead Bay track.
Emperor William sailed his yacht,
the Meteor, to victory in the race for
large schooners at Kiel.