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Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

1HE business man has been receiv-
ing now and then in his mail for
the last few months circulars,
catalogues and other printed mat
- ter with no stamp on the en-
velope, In the place where the stamp
usually goes there IS o little enclosed
square OF printed matter stating I cent.
or cents paid, Brooklyn. Chicago or some
other city, and beneath that permit No s
or 50, or some other number. That shows
one Of Uncle SANS new business methods.
The commercial house sending out thou
sands of circulars or catalogues no longer
has 10 stamp each Of those individual
pieces. II gets from the postmaster the
amount Of postage necessary for each piece
of matter Il wishes 10 send out has the
printer put the necessary form In type on
the corner or the envelope, and then when
the matter is presented AZ tho postofHce
pays the postage I'm a lump sum. saving
all the labor OF stamping and possible
loss resulting from the falling on Of stamps.
The right 10 mail matter I'm his way
was given BY an act passed in the spring
OF 1901, but it is only within ,hc last year
that the act has been put into practice,
and within six months that the custom OF
sending matter without stamps affixed has
come into general use among the large busi-
ness concerns throughout the country.
Each post0fiice issues to the commercial
house that malls matter i'm this way a per-
NIT with It's own number. ana that permit
IS permanent and unchanging No other
firm viii ever receive that number.
Under the law not less than 200 Identical
third or fourth-class pieces Of matter can
be mailed en- this way. Each mailing Is
accomDanied with statement from thu
business house showing the permit num-
Der, the class Of matter. the total number
Of pieces in the mailing ana the weight Of
a single piece. In turn the postmaster
ISSUES 10 the sender receipt showing the
class Of matter, the total number Of pieces
the weight Of a single piece and the amount
Of postage paid on 1t, the total amount
paid and the number OF the permit
Through the new method the business
house keeps check on the number or
pieces the printer turns out. saves the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

cost to date is s2O,SS2. which IS greater than
the expense incurred in the celebrated Gil
hooley smuggling case by more than 5000,
and is the greatest expense incurred in
any case which ever came up for trial in
the courts Of Cook county.
In the Gllhooley trial, Gilhooley's lawyers
examined $50 talesmen before they secured
the desired twelve Jurors and they asked
21 90 questions For long drawn out trials
and senseless questiOnings that trial broke
the record up to that time, but the figures
in the Shea trial pale the Gilhooley case
into insignifcance In comparison
Shea's attorneys have exhausted hftv-
three venires. an average of six veuires a
week, and they have asked the veniremen
up 60 Saturday night p, 800 questions since
the trial began on September Is. Tho GIL
hooley trial began on the same date one
year previously and the work Of securing
a jury in that case continued until the
early part of December
securing a jury to try Shea is as follows.
trial looks I'm hgucs.
Ncnircmen examined ............ ann
JuTYmCu selected ............ '' ' IN
Questions asked by Shea's ATTORNEYS % l50
Estimated number Of words oi3' an
questions asked by Mr. rake and Mr..
Holt ........... sl-
Estimated number OF words. ........... f72, 955
Total number of question sq' 5f7
Estimated total number of words Eos. 615
In table form the cost TO Cook county OF
securing a jury to try Shea is as follows:
Cost in salary OF Judge three months $50
Cosl OF stenogla phcrs' scrvice........ l.s0O
COST ot prosecuting attorneys serv-
'''9 LEO
Cost Of talesmen s. a day.......... T4ne
Cost Of hotel aCcOmmoda tions........ L50
Cost Of bailin and guards.............. 40
lncidentials, services of States At
torney Healey, detectives, special
employees etc....................... 500
Total cost TO date................ $50
Tho first plryman was accepted by both
sides on September g. fourteen days after
the opening OF the case, The next two
were selected on the two following days
and then there was lapse OF ten days
before another was chosen. +. ]. Bauman,
the irst juror accepted. has been living
at the expense Of the county for nearly
three months.-Chieago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

facture line the outer circle Of the floor,
pillows in such variety of hue and material
as even college girls scarcely dream Of,
woven of grass and feathers, beaded and
fancifully decorated.
Strung around the sides Of the tepees are
Indian garments handed down from father
to son for generations, many not to be
valued, for they could never be replaced
If destroyed; head dresses of eagle feathers
with their long tails extending fully six
feet, war shirts Of tanned elk skin, beauti-
fully beaded in colors and covered with
white weazel tails, each black tipped at the
end; headgear of porcupine skins with the
quilts removed and beautiful moccasins of
every size and style, dainty papoose dresses
of soft buckskin and peculiar necklaces of
numerous loops, fashioned from the thigh
bones of birds of prey.
But most interesting Of all are the ia
nous elk teeth dresses of the women,
whose value runs up into the thousands OF
dollars and which nothing but direst neces-
sity will induce the Indian to part with;
fashioned of the finest buckskin, they are
literally covered with handsome elks
teeth, firmly sewed on in such profusion
that single dress will bear as many as
500 of the beautiful trophies. Their intrin-
sic value can be imagined when it is stated
that a perfect elks tooth easily brings 5;
on the market. Envied, indeed, is the head
of the household when he can dress his
squaw and the little papooses in these
uniquely Indian garments.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Relic of the Custer Day.


Another interesting character to be seen
present at the fair is "Curley," popularity
supposed to be the sole survivor of Gus
ter's band on that memorable occasion
years ago. The story is told that Curley,
who was one of the friendly Crow scouts
accompanying the doomed column, when
he saw the overwhelming force Of the
enemy, killed his Sioux opponent in a
hdnd-tO-hand conflict and wrapped in his
enemys blanket evaded capture. Such was
his story at the time. though it is not be-
heved by all. Nevertheless his expression
less face hides well his secret, IL secret he
have, and he displays a great deal moro
interest in rounding up band OF his rae
ing horses than in the pale-faced visitors
who gaze at him so intently when he is
pointed out.
Children are greatly in evidence, in the
encampment, playing their strange Indian
games and bashfully hiding at the APP
proaoh of strangers, Hundreds Of comedy
copper-colored maidens draped in gaily col
ored blankets like their elders, with their
jet black hair plastered down either side
of their heads, glide noiselessly around or
enjoy hide and seek among the tepees.
The boys, disdaining such play, gallop
wildly about on their Indian ponies in
groups and squads, showing horsemanship
that would shame many an older pale-face
equestrian. But, cutest OF all, youngsters
of and years. two and three 70 a pony,
bareback and without bride, seek to emu
late their older brothers.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Gathering Of the Clans.

The site of the Indian camp, Identical
with that other camping place thirty years
ago, seems specially adapted to their pur-
poses The Little Big Horn river, which.
despite its well known name, is scarcely
fifty feet in width and easily fordable at
all points, swings in almost a complete cir
Gle 70 form a peninsula with neck but
100 feet wide and diameter Of over a half
mile. Here, amid brush and willow tree,
hundreds Of Indian tepees are planted on
the sandy soil. with water supply easily
accessible from aany part,
Between 5000 and 1000 Indians gather for
the fair and its attendant festivities. or
the 1900 souls among the Crows, scattered
for fifty miles in all directions, there is
not a family but what can be found at the
fair. Even the young maldens and lads
at the government, Catholic and Protestant
mission schools are not to be found missing
and enter enthusiastically into the enjoy
ment Of the occasion. The 700 visitors have
come from afar. most OF them travelling
long distances with their horses, tsepees
and other belongings.
The camp presents a picture never to he
forgotten, each tribe occupying a location
separate from the others, and the wig
wan Of its chief decorated with elab-
crate symbols and emblems, all carrying
Specification to the Indian mind, IS
easily to be distinguished. Many tepees
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

Prominent among the habitations OF the
Crows stands out the wigwam of Chief
Lone Bear, the renowned warrior, and an
immense eagle, twenty feet in height, is de-
picted on it's side, the pinions encircllng
the entire tepee. Old Chief Lone Bear him
self departed this life three years ago, but
his son still upholds the family prestige
and supports his widowed mother His
wife, Lottie Lone Bear, is one of the most
intelligent and comely of the Indian
women. and speaks excellent English. hav-
ing been well educated at several Indian
schools. Yet. in customs, dress and man
ners, she is now no different from the hun
dreds of Indian squaws to be seen on every
side. Is she the happier for the interven-
ton of the paleface and the learning of his
wisdom? They say not. The apple of the
tree of knowledge has always been bitter
to mortal taste.
Second TO that only of the chief stands
the wigwam of Harry Wolf, famous medi-
cine man of the Gro :, with the pipe from
whence comes all wisdom depicted on its
side; a large green moon, pictured above,
also carries some mysterious sgnification
to the Indian mind VOLTS faithful aged
squaw, in a dress deliberately decorated
with elk teeth, may be seen on guard over
thhe lords holy. Of holes.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25


NfsAa4D thirsty hordes Of Indians fresh
from pillage and slaughter. who we're flee
ing from the white mans vengeance. Their
wlgwams in countless numbers dotted the
low lying banks of the stream for mile
in either direction and, mingling together,
were to be seen the numerous braves OF
the Mississippi Sioux, the Wyoming
Cheyennes and tribes from many chimes,
fresh from their murderous orgies.
A few hours later. on that eventful 25th
of June, was enacted the bloody scene
that has gone down in history as Clusters
Last Fight" when that gallant leader ami
his little band of less than 200 men rode
into view and fell fighting bravely as, one
by one, they were overpowered by the
resistless savagery hurled against them.
In twenty minutes they were wiped out
of existence and the silence that prevailed
was the silence of death.
Today. the banks of the Little Big Horn
are again crowded with Indian tepees, the
smoke of a hundred campflres disentangles
Itself from the tops Of the tent poles and
floats away INTO a sky as blue as Of yore.
Blanketed forms again glide hither and
thither and the grim, stoical images of the
Sioux, Cheyenne and the Cree are to be
seen on every side. But the mission is
peace and their welcome to the white man
a friendly ugh" and not the fendish
war whoop. The occasion is the third an
nual fair Of the Crow Indians the old-time
allies of the whites, and the former foes
are guests to the festivities given at Crow
station in the Grow agency on the line Of
the Burlington, about seventy miles south
east of the hustling city Of Billings where,
during the, last summer, was held the reg
istration and drawing of the lands in
cluded in the ceded portion Of the Crow
Indian reservation.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Labor Saving Mail Service.

labor OF many hands usually busted with
stamping mailing matter at the time when
catalogues and circulars are issued. and in
sures itself against the return and neces-
sity Of remailing matter on account OF the
loss Of stamps. In sending out a great
number of circulars It is nothing for a firm
To have as many as 1900 returned on ac-
count of the falling off Of stamps and the
consequent loss OF SaO $40 $50 or more when
the matter is heavier and costs more post
age.-BrOoklyn Eagle
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Racing the ReaI Feature.

But while the raising of agricultural
products may be INDUCED in by the Indians
as a side occupation, the raising of horses
is a religious duty, neglected by none.
Money cannot buy the speediest of the
ponies, so dear to the Indian heart, and
there is no bride large enough to induce
an Indian lad TO pull his mount and lose
a race when he is showing set OF nimble
heels to the rest of the field. Here at
last, We faded track enthusiasts, you have
your simon-pure races, free from chilean
cry and joclIeying.
No fixed results ia Indian races; it is
a contest of speed from the drop Of the
flag to the cross of the wire, with quirt
and spur numerically applied from start
to finish. The best horse always wins ana
wins by as many lengths as his driver
can possibly induce him to forge ahead;
and a successful horse IS entered I'm race
after race as long as IT shown that there
IS any chance TO come I'm ahead. At this
years fair one speedy little bay was the
victor in three successive contests, taking
the last race by O. mere nose amid the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

the darkness, advancing with slow and
monotonous step to the rhythm of their
chanting summoning all to the big war
tents for the ceremonies. Eerie and weird
is their coming and going.
In the immense canvas structures the In
dams gather for the dances, which con-
tinue without cessation until the break Of
day. The squaws, young and old, seat
themselves around the outer edge Of the
enclosures, while the musicians and medi-
cine men, apparaled in all the regalia Of
their profession occupy the center with
their tom-toms, curious drums of buckskn
tightly stretched on frames and beaten with
willow withes. Between the braves and
young boys arrayed in the varied undress
Of the savage custom whirl and writhe in
the abandon of the ceremonial dances Of
past generations.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

day marked the sixty-sixth day spent in an
attempt to secure a jury. Up to Saturday
night the total number of veniremen ex-
amined since the trial began was $500
breaking all previous records. Out of this
number only ten jurors have been secured.
The Shea case has broken the record also
in point Of cost TO Cook county. The total
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

are painted in cOlors with STRIPES and other
decorations Conical in shape, true TO In
dian architecture, each wgwam carried
two smoke flaps. canvas wings adjustable
TO the wind; the Joining OF the canvas in
front is done with tent pins of twigs orna-
mentcd by a partial peeling off Of the bark.
The tepees of the Crows are all very large,
being thirty feet at least in height and
heated by the inevitable fire in the center.
only the poverty-stricken Cheyennes de-
scend to the white mans wall tent and
the ignominy Of a stove by which TO keep
warm.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

shrill whoops of his supporters.
The races are all running contests, with
1.-THE Indian lads. barefoot and bare
headed, stripped down to lightest possible
weight, as riders, and the way they stick
to their mounts, sans saddle and stirrup, is
little short Of marvellous. the result Of
being born and bred on horseback, for the
prairie Indians are all horsemen.
\ number OF relay races were on the
program, in some of which a change OF
horses, merely, was made at the end Of
each half mile. while in others saddles
were used, and these We're changed from
horse to horse, amid the excitement Of the
riders and the hoarse encouragement OF
the crowds assembled. One relay race of
two miles was run in the extremely good
time Of four minutes which included three
changes of ponies
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

down from father to son through an un-
civilized past, that are enacted by the In
dams in huge tents where, amid savage
pageantry, monotonous chants and shrill
warwhoops, the memories and legends Of
bygone days crowd out of mind the white
mans teachings.
Grows Leaders Among Indians.
The fair of the Crow Indians may well
be called a national event for the red skin
people. Invitations are sent to every res
erVation in the western United States and
the descendants of savage tribes whose
names were long synonymous with cruelty
and the sons and daughters Of noted In
dian chiefs familiar to every school child
in Uncle Sans domains, gather at the call
Most of the old-time warriors have an
gwered the call TO the happy hunting
grounds but here and there among the
thousands assembled may be distinguished
the yet erect forms and scanned faces Of
some of those who formerly with bow and
gun resisted the encroachment Of the hated
pale-faces on their fair pOssessiOns-a mere
remnant who drink the dregs of LIES wine.
The Crows, as one of the most progress
sve and wealthiest of Indian tribes. are
well fitted to act as the hosts of this ia
nous Indian gathering. Their herds Of
horses and fiocks of sheep are large and
numerous, their wigwams stand pre-eml-
nent for size and comfort; as guests come
the war noted Sioux, famed in song and
story; the renegade Crees from lower Can
ada, a full Thousand of Wyoming Chey-
ennes, poorest of the government proteges;
the well known Flatheads of northwest
Montana hundreds Of the Gros Ventre
branch from South Dakota and other visit
ing tribes too numerous to mention.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

Y A cloudless Sunday morning,
thirty years ago, lay encamped
on the banks OF the Little Big
Horn river in Montana. blood
thirsty hordes of Indians, fresh
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Making Jury Trial a Farce

HE examination Of veniremen for
the trial OF Cornelius p. Shea,
president Of the International
Brotherhood Of Transfers, in
Judge Balls court, Chicago, Mon
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Pride in Their Housekeeping.

To view the inside of the tepee of the
wealthiest of the Crow Indians is a treat
indeed and a revelation as to the comfort
that may be derived in the seemingly frail
and insufficient protection against the cold
and the elements. Some Of the largest
prizes of the fair are reserved for the
squaws having the best kept wigwams and
the competition is keen indeed among the
women of the FIVE subtribes into which the
Crow nation is divided, by name the Reno,
Lodge Grass, Black Lodge, Big Horn and
Pryor branches. First OF all is the rivalry
among the dusky housewives in each sec
ton for the privilege of representing the
district to which she belongs and when
this has been decided upon by Ave judges,
the selections are moved to a nearby spot
by themselves TO remain until the last
day of the fair, when before the entire en-
campment, the final winner is announced
to her own intense pride and the strongly
expressed admiration of her tribeswomen.
A vision Of beauty greets the visitor after
stopping to gain admission through the
low-lying flaps of the doorway opening, fol
the high canvas walls Of the wigwam are
completely lined to a height of about six
feet with beautifully figured specimens OF
Navajo blankets, showing all colors Of the
rainbow, and scores Of odd-shaped and eK
Quisitely wrought pillows Of Indian manu-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Red Man in His Glory.

The races are run on a half mile track
built especially for that purpose and noth-
ing has been neglected by the Indians for
the prophecies of the occasion. A judges
stand holds a dozen of the proudest red
men in the country round, and not all the
wealth OF a Monte Cristo could tempt the
starter with his flag to yield his position.
Self-important horsemen trot about the
inner enclosure, the synosure of all eyes,
while the plumed Indian crier rides up and
down the track announcing, in stentorian
tones, the names OF the horses entered,
their owners and riders; it is the event Of
his lie. But as it IS done in the Indian
language the whites must disconsolately
hunt up their Indian acquaintance who
speak English for the Interpretation; for
once the superior race must take a back
scat.
If any dark-skinned member of the as
sembled tribes misses the races, there is
little need to send for the doctor; it is the
undertaken who is needed most. Each
father of a family with his wife and nu-
merous progeny fails not to attend each
day of the entire week and sight indeed
1t is to witness the gathering A sea of
saddle horses on all sides rigs of every
conceivable description lined up and down
the track for hundreds Of feet and the ca
pacious grandstands crowded with the
women and children in all the savage
splondor of Indian trappings, together with
the numerous white spectators who have
come from 100 miles in every direction to
witness the rare spectacle, form a scene
that one does not soon forget and which
cannot be elsewhere duplicated.
Contrary to the general supposition, gam
bling and drinking, the twin curses of the
redslin race, are absolutely prohibited and
to the credit of those in charge, it must
be said that, during the entire week OF
the fair, not dollar could be seen to
change hands on the results of the races
nor was there any evidence Of the presence
Of hrewater visible, a record that might
be emulated at any white mans fairs.
Smyrna times., 1906-09-12
Letter to ]. E. Deford,
Smyrna, Del.

Dear Sir:-Now. may be, you can't
get the goods; if you can, your fortune
is made.
Cotton cloth-they call it muslin in
some parts-at about the usual price
per yard, but wider, twice as wide as
some, and better, wears better, keeps
white and whole a surprising time in
all sorts of wear.
You could sell that cloth for hun
dreds of miles; there'd be no limit.
A yard goes further; one buys les s
yards. Wears longer; one buys less
often. 1t always looks right till we'll
worn out. No one customer buys so
much of it, but think of the number of
customers!
May be you can't get it in cloth: but
you can in paint: Devoe. Devoe is as
if it were wider; a gallon goes further
you buy less gallons; you pay for less
gallons; you pay for painting less gal
lons--as if one paid less for making a
garment of that wide cloth-and il
keeps its fresh look and sheds water
till you have forgotten how old it is.
1t isn't true in cloth, but it is in
paint: the less you pay the better it
is; for the goodness of paint is reck-
oned by gallons; less gallons, more
goodness. Goodness in paint is
strength. The stronger a paint, the
less gallons it takes for job and the
longer it wears.
Yours truly,
F.>W. DEvoE & Co.,
New York.
Smyrna times., 1906-09-12
TOWNSEND.
Ladies' Aid Society Entertsiued-LocaIF Han.
penlngs and Personal Mention.
Special Correspondence to the TINES.

Special Correspondence to the TINES.
TOWNSEND, Sept. 11:-The Ladies'
Aid of Townsend was entertained on
Tuesday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mr.. Edward Phillips, near st.
Georges.
Personals: Miss Kennedy, of Cam
den, n. j., is the guest of Mrs. W. A..
Scott.-Mr. Gale McCabe, Jr., of Sell
byville, is visiting Kemp Donovan.
Miss Elsie Carey, of near Smyrna, lis
visiting Miss Lillian West. Misses
May and Hilda Hubbard, of Lewes,
sre visiting friends in town.-Leonard
Dickson spent several days with his
father, James L. Dickson, the past
week.-Mrs.. Sallie Taylor has returned
home after spending sometime with
friends in Easton, Md.-Miss Anna
Jones left Sunday for West Chester.
Pa, where she will attend the Normal
School.-Miss Beulah Hodgson re.
turned home Friday after very pleas
ant visit with Millington friends.