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in THE EVERGLADES

perfect labyrinth of winding oys|
channels and dotted with shaIut
lakes and ponds. Fancy few clunI
of bushes here and there, and at ri
intervals small island covered wi
beautiful tropical verdure.: Imagl1
this region inhabited by innumeraS
birds of all kinds, and its crystalea
waters swarming with fish, includr
bass, of startling size, and you have
picture of the Everglades true to u
This is the home, fortress and hunuil
ground of the Seminole Indian, VI
builds his palmetto huts and ceil
his cornfields on the islands or
suitable fertile points on the n'
land adjoining the Glades,
THE Seminoles owe their freeca
from molestation mainly to the
that up to the present time hs
country has not been attractive 10
tiers.
In character the SeminoleS are
cording to the few traders who
their otter and alligator skins, scrip
lously honest, as a rule, and, WIN
few exceptions, can be trusted 70
their debts when they are able.
can be called industrious also, iOl
are working most of the time en
hunting or laboring in thelr
fields. Although generally sobef
ly all will indulge in an occas0'
spree.
That slavery still persists Wv
among the Florida Seminoles ms
prising and almost incrediole
But both whites and Indians as'
me 1t is true. The slaves are nes'
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wilderness which are included In the
Everglades, and which are held in the
undisputed possession of the Seminole
indians, who alone among the tribes
OF our country to-day live the wild
Tree life OF their forefathess, uncon.
quered, acknowledging no government
but their own.
An expedition for the purpose of ex.
plorlng this little known re-ion and nj
studying the Indians has Just returned
10 New York, after sojourn of nearly
three months, bringing a large collec.
.loh OF Indian specimens, which will
oe auded to the private chronological
museum OF George G. Heye of New
iorK city. The work was in charge
Vi an ethnologist, M. Raymond Har.
rlhgton whose finds OF relics in the
ancient Indian village sites and cave
dwellings, near New York city. made
uu'lns the course of his work for the
american Museum of Natural u,s,
Tory attracted considerable attention
few years ago
1t Is generally thought" said NJ
harrington, that the Everglades are
sort OF tropical jungle-a reekIne
swamp whose black waters ara friI
VI a''isators, crocodiles and venomous
Ierpeh's, nt" thought so myself until
l went there and saw with NV own
e'es ,,a Tue true state of affairs. Imagine
Vast vast treeless plain more than 1oO
Wis wits lohg by IS miles wide, covered
,u ,.n waving grass growing in one or
TWO feet of water; intersectad me h VI u
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BANDITS BATTLE WITH POLICE.
Mexican Town Captured by Marauders
and Much Loot Secured.

City of Mexico.-Advices received
here from the northern part of Mex.
leo tell of one of the boldest bandit
raids ever attempted in the republic
of Mexico, which was successfully car.
ried out when the town of Viesca was
assaulted and looted on Friday.
The bandits, numbering fifty, all of
whom were armed and mounted,
swept down upon the town without
warning. A feeble resistance was
made by the police of the place, but
after three of them were killed and
three more wounded, the marauders
practically had things their own way
Then they proceeded to loot the town.
robbing all the banks, express offices
and the government stamp office.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-07-02
Congressman Littlefield Attacks Anti
Trust Law and President.

acknowledgements Charles e.
Littlefeld of Maine. addressing law
yers and jurists at the closing session
here on Friday of the annual meeting
Of the Illinois Bar association. deliv-
cred caustic criticism OF the appli.
cation of the Sherman antitrust law.
He declared that the law itself is in
definite and branded proposed amend
ments to the act as an attempt to In.
fuse life In something lifeless. His
peroration contained a veiled attack
upon President Roosevelt.
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Private
Bank Owned by Italian
Closes Its Doors.

Clevoland.-A private bank owned
by Antonio Bonetti, at the corner of
Woodland avenue and East Ninth
street, was closed on Thursday. The
concern was patronized exclusively by
Italians. 1t is said the deposits
amount to about 100000. Bonetti
according to report, left the city sew.
eral days ago, saying he would return
next Saturday. A large crowd of Ital.
ians gathered around the bank on
Thursday and became so demonetra.
tive that the police were called to pro
tect the building.
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Wants johnson on rloket.

Washington.-A letter was received
here Friday from Lincoln, Neb., stat.
ing that w. ], Bryan has passed the
word among his supporters that John.
son must be named for his running
mate, Notwithstanding Johnsons dec.
laration that he will not accept the
vice-presidential nomination. Bryan
is quoted as saying that Johnson is
too good a Democrat to jeopardize the
success of the Democratic party by
rejecting the nomination. Bryan's
friends have expressed the opinion
that Johnson is strong enough to car
ry Minnesota.
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Sheriff Shot Soldier.

Helena, Mont.-Rolla Duncan, dep.
uty sheriff. shot and probably fatally
wounded Thomas Sahey, member OF
the Sixth infantry stationed at Fort
William Henry Harrison, Sunday
night. The shooting happened just
as the last people were going home
from the Eagles picnic, which was
held at Central park. A number OF
the soldiers and citizens got into a
fight and the deputy sheriff tried to
separate them, with the result that
Sahey was shot. Four other soldiers
were taken to the county jail.
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TORNADO KILLS SEVEN.
Deadly Twister Strikes Minnesota
Town, unaccompanied by Rain.

Clinton, Minn.--A tornado struck
this town at 5;35 o'clock Saturday aft
ernoon, killed seven people and in
jured twenty-five. some seriously.
Twenty houses, printing office and
two churches we're blown down.
The tornado, which was unaccom-
panied by rain, started three miles
north of town, destroyed two farm
houses that were in its path and
swept over Clinton, which has about
400 people.
A Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
mixed train was just pulling into the
station as the storm struck that town,
fifteen freight cars were blown off the
track, as was also passenger coach
containing seventeen people. All
we're injured, among them Father Kea
vey of Fraceville, MINI.
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Bryan viii Win on First sallo,

Denver.-ThoPlas Taggart, chairman
OF the national Democratic commit.
tee, came to town Thursday, bringing
along a vice-presidential boom. wbIrb
ne put forth with much enthusiasm
Bryan will be nominated on the fytt
ballot. withoIt doubt. and his MIN.
nins mate will be John w. Kern o,
Indiana, Mr.. Kern will be placed q,
nomination by John w. Lamb or r. ~
schively, both of tnat state and VI e
domination ought to follow" TV
was the greeting Mr., Taggsrt CAV, I,
newspaper men.
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Ferry Proves to be Losing PROPOSE
ton

New York.-The property, franchise
and entire rights of the Brooklyn
Ferry company, said to be worth So.
100000, were sold at public auction
here on Thursday for $4,000 to the
New York Terminal company, a cor.
poration specially organized for the
purchase. 1t was the sole bidder. II
is predicted that all but two of the
company's several ferry lines will be
shut down because they are operating
at loss, unless the city takes them
over or makes some agreement with
the new owner
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Young Couple Drowned.

Peoria, Ill.-The bodies of William
Patterson Of Virginia Beach ana
Dorothy M. Flagg, who rented boat
late Tuesday evening, which was
found later bottom-side up and oar
less, were found Friday and turned
over to the coroner All doubt that
the young couple met their death by
drowning through the overturning of
the boat is removed by the finding of
the bodies. Miss Flagg was % years
of age. No one at the beach appears
to know much of Patterson, who had
an amusement concession here.
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Says United States Has Handsomest
Women

New York-Among those who sailed
on the Mauretania for Liverpool was
a member of the Japanese royalty,
Marquis Nakahiro Ikeda, who can
boast of an ancestry running back
more than 1000 years. He is the son
of Prince Keiki Tokugama, the last
of the Shoguns under whom Japan en-.
joyed uninterrupted peace for three
centuries up until forty years ago,
when the present emperor ascended
the throne. Commenting on this coun-
try, Marquis Ikeda said: Your coun.
try has the handsomest women. the
tallest buildings and the greatest ac-
tivity of any country ever visited"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-07-02
Crown Prince Mixed Up In Conspir
acy Against Montenegro.

Cettinje. trial OF thirty-six
prisoners charged with revolutionary
activity in connection with the dis
covery of score of bombs here last
year, and during which sensational
testimony was adduced involving
Crown Prince George of Servia, in .
conspiracy against Montenegro, re
suited in six of the accused beins
condemned to death, three to life i'm
prisonment, and twenty-seven, includ
ing five former cabinet ministers, to
terms of Imprisonment ranging from
six to twenty years.
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Boarding House Wrecked by Explo-
sion.

Chicago.--Five persons are known
to be dead and more than score
were injured, several of them seri.
ously, as the result of an explosion
followed by fire in a. five-story build
ing, the upper floors Of which were
used as boarding house, on Thurs
Gay. The explosion occurred in the
plant of the Pabst Chemical company
on the ground floor. Four of the dead
are members Of the same family and
include the mother and three children.
They were found by firemen in the
rear of the third floor The fifth is
Emil Scholy.
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OUR ISLAND ARM

was the desire to let evor. ~
commander explain by m vOnIa,'
son what he considered tho VOlect
ner ,N OF equipping a company o,' q, q 9
ing a stream under fire, and = s,.s e's
best maniler of getting A sao
across the stream under such SVap''|
tions. There were 10 orqan,' ua c'cA|
infantry. including scout ''On oo
and four organizations of csva,l ,paas|
The cavalry excelled, A tross.
Sixth being especially brillIsssp O't
water. The horses of that -. %
only took the swim proyidss sOp
rules of the meet, but wen, "
water, water az ~ the sound o., of the busls Y
drilled there. The trumpeter SON s"s,.
a charge, The swimming horss. ssa'
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

the cluster OF pins his annoyance began TO show
out through his clothes He wouldn't let 1t show
in his face; but after another fifteen balls he was
not able TO control his face,-he didn't utter a
word but he cxuded mute blasphcmv from every
pore He asked permission to take OFF his coat,
which was granted: then he turned himself loose
ONLY an infantry officer he could have been mis-
taken for i battery he got up such 4 Voiley1ng
thunder with those balls Presently he removed
his cravat; after little he took OF his vest and
still he went bravely
Higgins was suffocatng. My condition was the
same: but It would not he courteous TO laugh; 1t
would be better to burst and We came near II
That officer was good pluck He stood To his work
without u,tcring word, and kept the balls gong
until he had expended the outfit four times, making
four times fortv-onc shots Then he had to give
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

7CIERE are many kinks on the Rv Web
i inside of the negro head aS Ny@
well as on the outside. His humor
itself is a sort of knk curl III the ordinary
straight strand Of normal thought.
OF African humor as illustrated in the negroes
of the South one may say that il has many OF the
qualities that have made Irish humor SO lrreS1St1-
bic to English speaking peoples. There IS GER
tain nimble agility in lodging point or IN making
one like unto the frolics of gleeful kittens In
negro humor, however, there IS wholly lacking the
familiar bull that has been the sire of many
Irish Jokes Close observers have pointed out an
other notable limitation: the typical negro rarely
if ever makes a pun.
1t is the typical negro OF whom this article treats
We are considering the characteristics OF native,
old fashioned darky mentality and such survlvals
thereof as vet remain without reference to modi-
fcations due to fuller assimilation of Caucasian
habits of thought.
Such a negro well understands how to appeal to
the sense of humor in order to escape Censure or
punishment. Thus one occasion, the wife OF a
prominent attorney in Georgia taxed Nose her
butler with having carelessly broken valuable
cut glass pitcher in which iced tea Customarlly
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Caught the Cigar

A SECOND instance came
"A under my own ObSerN@-
ton some twenty-five wears
after the Civil War. y railway
train had stopped at a village
in Northern Alabama WnGIe
was the usual crowd OF ldie;;
happy darkies standing round
hoping to pick up a stray
nickel or dime. One was laHSn-
ING boisterously IN very Joy
of living. when a passenger on
the train carelessly tossed ou'
of the car window a han
smoked cigar BY an odd chant5
the end of the cigar that had
been in the smokers mouth
landed pat between the darky
teeth Just as he closed them
together =.
Did he spit it out with m
dignant disgust? Not a OIL
Confined on page rs
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ut, and ne did for he was no longer able stand
without wabbling He put on his clothes, bade us
a courteous good by, invited to call at the fort
and started away Then he came back, and sa1d:
What is the prize for the ten-strke:
We had confess that had not selected
1t yet.
He said eravelv that he thought there was no
occasion for hurry about it.
7 BELIEVE Bateman's alley was better one than
anv other in America in the matter OF the essen
tiaIs of the game 1t compelled skill 1t provided
opportunity for bets: and If YOU could get stranger
do the bowling for vou there more and whole
somer and delightfucr entertainment to tie gotten
out of his industries than OF the finest game by
the best expert. and played upon the best alley
elsewhere in existence.
To be o7rfras5 Sunday after
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Got His Sweets

THE happy humility of the oldtme d2Tky ana ana
his joy over the good things that cane mo
his low1v life constitutional traits no. 10 pe
possessed or even thoroughly understood oy ne
naStcrful Anglu-SaXOn race.
n remnisceuce of the childhood days OF . W.
yer of national fame serves 70 illustrate SOM u
the, comic features of that unqueStlon1nS and ven
grateful endowment of the sweets OF HE come te-
bv Whatsoever route they would. Says VIZ Z.
When | was very young. my father gave me a.
nv special property little negro boy about my
own age The boy GERRY, his name vas and
became devoted chu1ns One day l saw nm
eagerly scrapng the sugar from the bottom .4r' GI
coffee cup which had Just come from the taoe-
SUGAR or short sweet ming 1t was called WIS q
rarity in the plantation kitchen. where fnolSe oi
long sweet ming was the rule shan never ,'i-
get Ierrv's eager enjoyment of that sugar. 'II
immediately suggested 70 me Il scheme "Hi'H - -
once put into effect | began hlIlnG my cup % 'tL1
full of sugar at each meal and then, alter HI-''HI
nv coffee or tea, l would see To 1t th4t jerry -.
the. remaining sugar, and he would dispose Vt Il
with the greatest satisfaction This SmuSsnlns
operation went on for weeks and Jerry was SelliIis
his fill of sugar. when suddenly the scheme was d
covered and stopped, in time. as they thousn', "a y
prevent the complete decentralization OF Jerry anu
his stomach
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primitive simplicity to be found IN the negro nlnd
On the library wall of Southern home there
hung two black silhouettes OF revolutionary ances
tors of the family One dav, Cora the maid, IN
dusting the pictures, turned to her mistress and
asked: ~
Miss Mary. who IS dem folks IN dat picture;
They are nv reat-grandfather and great
grandmother. Cora. He was one OF the sigrers OF
the Declaration OF Independence, and a grea, man
in his day" proudly replied the woman Il,
''Lawd, Miss Mary! responded Cora with "lde
open eyes and in an awestr1ck whisper, was dey
black folks?
Cora had a near neighbor Susan, who was The
author of an original opinion OF Rosa b. .iheur-
Susan's mistress had among her photographs one
of the famous animal painter, taken IN hef 'S''u
working costume of boomers and blouse
Miss Jennie, asked Susan, who IS dar quare
lookin' MANI"
That is not a man, Susan, replied the MS
tress: it is Rosa Bonheur the great painter
Well" replied Susan after a prolonged rSPec-
tion she sho' do favor her pa.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
Jim's Valuable Graveyard

A N instance of sophisticated absurdity cropped
in the of Jim, the elderly valet of several
'young white gem en- whose bachelor apartments
he was supposed to keep in more or less generally
less-orderly condition. i'm always taking up
a collection among his young white friends for the
purpose of burying some member of his family.
First he buried his grandparents; then his par
ents; then several uncles and auntS; until at
length he had laid away enough relatives to fill
quite fair sized private burying ground.
This mortality among Jim's near kin became
matter of serious concern to the young that
helped to defray the funeral expenses. They were
greatly puzzled; but responded like men whenever
Jim levied his sad assessments.
At last inns wife, the washwoman of one of the
young fellows, let the cat out of the bag She and
Jim had fallen OUT and in her anger She told all
about his burial funds. inns deceased relatives
proved to be empty whisky bottles, which he had
named for lamented dear ones, and scrupuously
buried in his back yard he had drained
their life blood.
Jim, be 1t known was a pillar in his church, and
could not bear to tell a lie Thus ngenously, with
the help of a lively fancy while committing patri-
eide, matrcide and various other cides, he deemed
himself safe from the awful fate of Ananas
Needless to say that after Mrs inns revelations,
Jims mortuary collections failed to collect though
to this day Jim's graveyard is a mellow memory
among those young white genie we'll
advanced in years Alas for Jim! Long ago his
sodden self was joined unto his sodded kin.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
His Value Went Up

IN the same category a piOus old negroS
thusiastic Endorsement of a New York man who
had established chain of five and ten-cent stores
i'll Southern cities This attending
vice at a negro church, and when the collection
taken up he put Il substantial bill into the basket.
Whereupon. the old dary spoke up in open meeting:
Bress dis young mani L knows him, and L
knows his business. He may be a five and ten
cent eve'y day in de week; but, bress de
Lawd he's Il fve-dollar man
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
OLD TIME DARKY HUMOR
By Webster Davis

D of good humor. In the days of
vi DdNIS slavery ne had no care for the NOR
row. because he looked 10 his mas
ter for all that he ate and wore; and IN days of
freedom as a rule the future troubles him but little
He is possessed of that delightfully."- irresponsible
spirit with which children look on the world winch
makes the intangible and unruled realm of Bohemia
wonderfully charming
OF this simplicity. which approaches the uncon-
scous funmakng of childhood the following story
Is illustrative:
Before the open fireplace in the sitting room OF
a we'll known Virginia woman there lay a rug on
which was woven the figure OF large dog 1t
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

served. By way of reply, Nose
shufiled round and round the din
ing table, mumbling to himself,
until finally turning to his mis-
tress with an air of grieved
indulgence he said:
"Lawd, Miss Annie! | didn't
bre'k dat pitcher Use done been
tellin' you befo' dis you oughtn't
put dat strong tea in dat fine
pitcher Now, you see, dat tea
was so strong 1t Jest natcherly
drawed dat pitcher up an cracked
il. And Nose went out of the
room shufiling and mumbling,
Use done told ev'ybody bout
putin dat strong tea in dat
pitcher. | knowed it was gwine
to bre k it" while the Missus" sa
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was the owner :
custom to place
the rug SO that
the feet of the
dog would be to-
ward the door of
the room. III or
der that visitors
might get at first
view the noble
proportions of
the animal. She
noticed, however.
that when her
man of all work
shook out the rug
he invariably re-
versed its posi-
ton, so that the
dogs back was
To the door.
" sam" said
she, don't you
know that / al
ways put that
dogs feet To the
door? Why do
you always turn
him round?
YesSum,miss,"
replied Sam, Il
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

know you does but dogs always lays wild dey feet
to de fire. an jest hatchery put him like he
to put hsself. Now cats dey backs to de fire;
an ef dis rug had cat it, stead of Il dog Id
turn it round dc uddcr way"
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
What the Dog Wanted

THE negros hunor seems born of happiness, or
at least of contentment with his lot in life 1t
is simple homely, spontaneous, and above all full
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
A Hot Day

A S a bit of homely drollery.
L \ it would be hard to find
a better example than the
following story related by a
prominent Connecticut peach
grower who also has large or
chards in Georgia.
Well Joe" said he to his
driver, this is a very hot day
Yessir, boss replied Joe.
q" Eff | owed a man a hot day,
an he wouldn't tex dis 'un,
l dun no whar I'd ever git one
to pay him wild.
In the Home Portrait Gallery
THE two following stories
L are sufficient aptly to- illus
trate the homely frankness and
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

Which was a pretty good
advertisement for the liberal
giver.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

to bre kit" while the Missus sat down and roared
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-02-20
Great Water Power In Brazil.

Consul George A. Chamberlain OF
Pernambuco sends a comprehensive
description Of the Paulo Alfonso fails
and the San Francisco river. situated
in that part Of Brazil. The falls are
230 miles from either Pernambuco,
which has a population OF 200, 900, or
Bahia, with 100000 people. The aver
age volume Of the river is 1000 cubic
meters lone cubic meter-35.316 cubic
feet) per second. and between Jatoba
and Piranhas, a distance Of about So
miles, the fall is 756 feet, 400 Of which
takes place in the rapids, extending
about Is miles. This vast undeveloped
water power will become in time the
nucleus Of a great industrial circle. A
new cotton mill is being erected near
Penedo, and there are a few other
small factories using this power. but
these little establishments are almost
nothing compared to the industries
which the great river should foster.