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L etters Of a
Modern Maid

BY Alma Woodward.

casner loi.b By Ts rs PubhMns Co che NV Yt woAN.
61 ELL. DARLING:
It's the wee INK hours n TIN sitting up In m nsAue VIII .
III nj score of pillows behind me-, srbbhng this to GU. I got home vsr
- Yes. SIR. oe hour to prepare me for bed oh It's . wondrous ~
earaome job, nut II II were neglected. tomorrow tire might b less u a
glow to IN skin. less of n sheen to my hair. And uVmpuy m stock in In
matrimonial mart would go down ten points
Such brushing and massagng and bathing you've never witnessed. lust at
this moment T. m a study In chin straps. cold cream and beauty pasters II
tho four "engfbes' h arc dangling could catch q glimpse Of me I'm sure
they'd have cold feet
This society whrl imt all it's cracked u to bs-Nut thank y@r uky
stars that youre nut on a ranch where you ian be natural Why. III only
three months since hey dragged mo from my schooroom chrysahs Of blue
an Louis Quinze heels If a debuant-and already I feel like a candidate fol
an old ladys home!
And oh. Nell. the m OF meet-thsyrs jokes' They're moi really. truly msn.
you know, they lust call themselves that Oh. the dreams I've dreamed owe
I've always pictured myself at thu altar in shinmering satin, beside a
Paris or an ardentcye meo-a 20 I'VE walked nj to nd that. In world
IL peopld with lavender ghoved males n wear a thirteen conar nd pase
mo macaroons on Seyres chinal
Tho four "ehgtbes' l spoke al are two American mnnonares mi .
English lord shd a Italian prince I'll bet not n of them could even nj
me comfortably; and I've always IA an insane desire to MARI a man who
could carry me for miles IL necessary
or course I realize MS perfectly absurd to refuse a mn Just because his
hceps happen to be anaemic ut I'm not going to lie, g OF all my dreams
just yet
OF hem has gotten terribly escned Of sammered or anyhing-snd that's
such n disappointment to m TO-
Proposals are abo due and tomorrow night mother is giving a dance
for me ad I've brbed the footman to cave only me light in the onservator
I'm lot a bit excited about it-but I'm Just curous to see hw the pop tn
question.
III manage 10 hav a soft u at m y feet so they ian kneel II the ~
rclneI-but they won't. becaus. kneeHnR bags he trousers
Isn't II a funny world. Nell? Why are Spanish cavaliers with guitars AM
things only n "reminiscences II u. came under my window right this minute,
I'd be tempted to fly with him.. II he hadn't a GU marau@-but. hen It's . A. \
80 no wonde l feel romantic!
III write you all about the latest styles In proposals In a lay OF two
sleepny yours. CIcELY
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Just a Glimpse Into
the New York Shops

In such a manner as to allow the fringe
and strings OF beads to fall over the
arm.
The comfortable japanese silk quilted
dressing sacques are IS and the full
length own In the same material are
$50.
Kindergarten cloth. which Is an UNI
usually durable wash material, Is an ex-
cellent fabric for chlldren's dresses, and
since snail patterns are the vogue II is
meeting with a ready sale for all tut
dresses. II Is being shown in exception.
ally pretty checks and stripes and SELL
at y cents a yard.
An electric plant makes an attractive
centreplece for the table. They are sold
in jardlnieres or other fancy rece ptacles
one consisting of a low bush OF foliage
has eight pink roses that look wonder.
fully pretty when the current is on. II
sells at $1,000.
Novel felt tea cosies are in the sha DC
OF a hen or rooster in natural colorings
and sell at $3.50.
The little Dutch aprons viii save ths
dresses of the tots playing about the
nursery. They can be had in blue OF
white linen and are piped In red. TIL,
bright figures Of children In printed
color a these aprons attractive
They n In prize from & cents tc
el.bo. -'s.,t e.
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IN the white sales of his month the
beautiful %petticoats are noticeable
4 In the high grade lines they are elab-
orately trimmed. which is due to the
fact that drop-skirts are no longer fash
,onable and so milady must needs have
dainty underskirts.
In line with fashions demands the
pettiooat must be narrow and so they
aeasure from "a 70 la yards at the
bottom. The fiounces are very scant. a
practical model fits closely about the
alps and falls In a straight line to the
knees, where u ilounce is attached. These
aounces are more or less deliberately
.or.posed OF lace. Insertion, embroidery
and tuckins.
Hand embroidery Is largely used 10
produce dainty eGcs;s. n pretty
-,.Se, has the embroidered panels ex-
tending the full length OF the skirt.
These are stitched to about the knee and
hon fail loosely over IA handsome lace
ruffle.
Wolfe Is one Of the fayordte sprinS ma
,er1ak. French vOile in narrow stripes.
checks and snail dots has the fashion
able border md sells at co cents a yard.
The newest evening dresses have no
s,s>yes. Some models HAYS velvet rib
Inn crossed or bands OF delicate lace.
nrstty arraagement a beaded or
aansnt fastened to the shoulder strap
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By Leblanc

magic key that opens the cyclopean
cavern TO whole tribes fleeing before
the enemy! a mysterious key tina
guards the door OF the most inviolable
shelter An enchanted key that gives
power and insures preponderance!
Because he knows this key. Caesar
Is able TO subdue Gaul. Because they
know ~. the Normans force their sway
upon the ountry and from there later,
backed by that support. conquer the
neighboring island, conquer Sicily. oon-
quer the East. conquer tho new world
Masters OF tho secret. the Kings OF
England lord II over France. humble
her. dismember her. have themselves
crowned at Paris. They lose the secret
and the rout begins.
Masters Of the secret. the KINGS Of
France push back and overstep the mar.
row limits OF their dominion. gradually
founding a great nation and radiatini
with glory and power, They forget g.
or know not how to use It. n death.
exile. Tuin follow.
An Invisible kingdom. In midwater
and al ten fathoms from land An un
known fortress, taller than the towers
Of Notre Dame and built upon a gray.
lite foundation larger than a publ,
square, what strength and what occur
i,y! From Paris TO the sea. by the
Seine. There, the Havre. the new town.
the necessary And. sixteen miles
thence, the Hollow Needle. the imprsg.
nable sanctuary!
II Is a sanctuary and also n stupsnd-
Gus hidiug-place. All the treasures o,
the kings, increasing from century to
century, all the gold OF France. III tha,
they extort from the people, all tina,
they snatch from tho Gle gy, all the
booty ssthered or the battle-nelds OF
Europe lie hesped up IN the royal cave.
Old Merovinsian gold sous, g~llttarins
crow pieces, douoloons, dueats. lorlns
guineas; and the precious m and
the diamonds and all the Jewels and
ali the ornaments; everything 10 ehOs.
Go BE CcuSanusd.)
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ARSENE
LUPIN Story

crawling. he crept along one OF tho
points OF the promontory to the eN-
treme edge Of the cllr.
He reached II. Stretching out his
hands. he pushed aside some tufts Of
grass and his head appeared over the
preciplce.
opposite him, almost level with the
Cliff. In the open sea rose an enormous
rock over eighty yards high. a colossal
OJelisk. standing straight on is granite
basN which showed at the surface Of the
water, and tapcring toward the sum
init. like the giant tooth OF a monster
OF the deep. White with the dirty gray
white OF the elm. the awful monOlith
was streaked with horizontal lines
marked by flint and displaying the slow
work Of the centuries which had heapod
alternate layers OF lime and pebble
stone one atop OF the other.
Hero and there a assure, a break,
and wherever these occurred a scrap OF
earth with grass and leaves,
And all this was mighty and solid and
formidable, with the look OF an indie.
structlble thing against whiah the furi-
Gus assault OF the waves u storms
could not prevail. And 1t was definite
and qermaneut and Grand, despite the
I grandeur OF the cluny rampant that COM
maudcd II, despite tuc immoasity OF the
SPACE IN which !. stood.
| Bcautrelcts nl.ls dug INTO the Soil
Ike the claws Of an animal ready to
leap upon its prey. HIs eyes penetrated
the wrinkled texture Of the rock. penc-
trated IT'S skin, 20 Il seemed 10 him. It's
very tlcsh, lie touched H.. felt II. took
cognlzance and possession Of IL, alb
soracd and assimilated II.
The horizon turned crimson with al
the names OF the vanished sun; and
long, red clouds, set mot.onless in the
| sky, formed glorious landscapes, fan
tastlc lagoOns, hery plains. forests ~
gold, lakes OF blood, a whole glowing
IND peaceful phantasmagoria,
The blue OF the sky grew darker.
] Venus shone with a marvellous bright
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CHAPTER NINE
open, me!
THE Etretlt Needle Vas hollow,
was IL a natural phenomena

80 - " - .
an excavation produced by inter.
nal cataclysms or by the imperceptible
action OF the rushing sea ana the soak
Ing rain Or was II a s~uperhuman
Vur. c>ecuted py human beings. Gauis.
Dclts. prehistoric men2
These, no doubt, were insoluble ques-
'lols, and what al t matter? The
essence u the thing was contained in
this fact The Neelle was hollow. At
forty or MY yards from that imposing
arch Wh.'u % called the Porte d'Aval,
and which shoots 0lt from the top Of
the Gin Ike the colossal branch OF a
tree, - take root In the submerged
rocks, stands an immense limestone
cone; and this cone Is no more thar tho
shell Of a pointed cap poised upon the
empty watcrs'
\ prod giDus revelation After
LuDin, here was Bcautrelet discover
ing the key 20 IA, great riddle that
had doomed over more Than twenty
centuries, \ KEY OF supreme i'm
portauce 10 whoever possessed II in the
days OF old, In those distant times
when hordes OF ~barbarians rode
through pnd oyerran the old world! A
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1.-THE Hollow Needle"

At last Isidore repeated:
Yes. that c~ave-over thereto the
right Of the fort. Has IT n name?'
Yes. should thlnk SO. All the
Etretat folk like to call it the Demoi-
s~elles."
What? - what? What's tina you
say?"
why, OF course-it's the Chambre des
Demolselles."
Isldore felt like nying at his throat.
as though all the truth lived In that
man and he hoped to get It from him at
one swoop. TO tear II from him.
The Delnoiselles one of the words,
one of the only three known words OF
the document
4 whirlwind OF madness shook Beau
trelct where he stood. And II rose all
around him. blew upon him Ike n tenn
p%estuous squat that came from the
sea. that came from the land. that
came from every direction and waipped
him with great lashes Of truth.
He understood, The document APP
peared TO him in it's real sense, The
Chambre des Demoiselles-Etretat-
That's IT," he thought, his brain
filed with light, at must be that. But
way didn't | guess enrl'Cr"'
lie said 10 the shepherd, In a low
voice:
"That will do-go away-you can
go-thank you"
The man, not knowing what TO th.nk
whistled 20 his dog and went,
Left alone, Beautreelt returned 10 the
fort. He had almost passed II when
suddenly. he dropped to the ground and
lay covering against a piece OF wall
And, wringing his hands, he thought:
Z must be mad! II he were 20 sec
me. or his ~accompllces, I've been NOV,
ing about for an hour"'-
lie did not stir another limb.
The sun went down. Little by little
the night mingled with the day. blur
| ring the outline OF things,
Then, with little imperceptible move
uents, fiat on his stomach. gliding
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Bcautrelet threw OF his knapsack and
sat down. He had had a hard and tirinS
day. He fell asleep for a little. Then
the cool win that blew inside the cave
woke him UP. He sat for a fe" min
utes without moving, absent-minded'
vague-eyed. lie tried 10 reflect. TO re-
capture his still torpid thoughts. And.
as he recovered his consciousness, he
was on the point of rising, when he re-
celved the Impression that his eyes,
suddenly fixed. suddenly w~ide-open,
Jaw
A thrill shook him from head to
and he felt the beads Of perspiration
forming at the roots OF his hair.
mo. no. he Stammcrcd. TITS a
dream. an hallucination. Let's look;
it's no possible"'
lie plunged down on his knees and
stopped over. Tive huge letters, each
perhaps "A foot long. appeared cut In
relief in the granite of the floor. Those
two letters, clumsily. hut plainly
carved, with their corners rounded and
their surface smoothed by the wear
and tear of centuries, were a ID and
an f..
d and f. Oh, b|cwilderlng miracle,
ID and +: Just two letters OF the docu-
ment, Oh. Beautrele. had no need to
consult II to bring before his min that
group Of letters in the fourth line, the
line of the measurements and indica-
tons. lie knew them Well They were
inscribed for all time at the Jack OF
his pupils, encrusted for good and all
in the very substance of his brain!
lie rose TO his feet, went down the
stecp road, climbed Jack along the old
fort. hung on TO the spikes OF the rail
again, In order to pass, and wake
briskly toward a shepherd whose nocL
/ was grazing some way Off on a dip In
the tabieland
That ave, over there-that cave"---
His lips trembled and he tried to nnd
the words that would not come, The
shepherd looked at him In amazement
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Copyright, 1910. by Maurice Lebianc.>
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

TT Ut VI 7 'TFV''FfT' |FFF 49,
Aresene Iupiu, the thief genius OF France,
rohs the chateau of the Count de tesvre., lsldote
BeautTslet, a yelf-Olu schOOlDoS,. soltes
I'M mystery of Inc theft. In revenge Lupin. Md
maps Beautreiet's father. Apsne also, kidnap'
Harmonic 1.-THE beautiful nlelc OF DE iresNre-'i
With whom he has fallen In love. iNdore, aided
Is young Louis NalmoTas, rcscucs the two, puN
oncrs. Nalmeras mal,les Raymonde. AZ a llnhes
given IN Isidute's honor a newspaper aliclt bS
Nrscne Lnpin is handel to the lad. who reads II
aloud. The article p%iloris to tell me htslI1,s
Hollow Neeiic," where the olieu kings OF France
sccreted their treasure, "a cipher cue 70 w,
sHes In search Of the pamphlet that tells OF TIE
places whercilouts. As he is about 10 leaIh tne
ues his search for the 'iiolIos Needle hiding
Ma e. The quest carries him to the NORMAN Sc
coast. There he finds. on a prumonloH, a niue
castle Of odd anchitertue,
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Lo, hoo shall q uoman that spcndeth her Days foiing ~ "bruin child
rcn" spend the evenings thereof amusing a HUMAN baby like unto an
husband. and still surutue.
Go to-! Though thou mayest. escape from thy household dbors, from thy
sneepin1 and thy busting and thy patching and thy seuUno. yet vhich one
among pc shall escape from the LAUNDRYMAN!
For, phether ne fee unto IN hotel, or hide in a boarding. house, or dpeI
in a bachelor fiat, he shall pursue thee and seek thee out,
Yea, behold, every Monday morning shah he audken thee uHh his knock
in1s and thou shalt arSe and FACE him.
And every Saturday evening, thine husband shan return home, crying:
"wHERE is that PARTICULAR shirt I most admire' Where ar those
particular o for phch I yedrnr'
Ana thou shalt be covered 10Th confusion; for thou shalt seek, but never
fd them!
Thus shalt thine Inspiration become DESPERATION, and TIM dreams a
nightmare.
For. u thou sendest ALL a mans linen to DC pashed and manghd. he
rd0eth at the BILLS; yet il thou sendest only a PORTION Of il, he rageh
because he hath nothing to ucdr!"
II thou darnest not his sou, he wareth proth at thy neglect: yet II thou
ddnest them, he ualeth proh because they make him to suffer in his
AchtHedn heels
II thou oTereSt him a starched mdiacodt he gro1nch because it is too
sn6; yet " thou oGerest him a starchless me-, ne groaneth because It is too
limp
Yea. verify perlp lore may come and lore may 90, but the ROWS over
the laundry 90 o n torerer! r ~.
Then be not astonished, uhem a CLEVER uooman diporceth her husband
for "desertion; :" for, peradventure, she mag hare packed his trunk and led
hn to the door. .'"' ' o.. '
Neither t0hen a man diuorceH a talented ,oUe for abandonment" for.
perodvemture, he may hare purchased her ticket to Reno, and led her to the
station.
For, behold, it is not one another, but DOMESTTCITY from phch they
heei
II 10 not one another, but MA TRIMONY. phch they seek to escape.
It 10 not one another, but the LAUNDRY. which hath shattered their
happiness.
Go tot A uomdn that is pedded unto a n art and unto a man at one and
tho same time is a BIGAMIST.
And have / not said unto thee that BlGAMY is its nc repard' serah'
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ness; then other stars III W. timid as

ness; then other stars III up. timid as
yet.
And Beautrelet suddenly closed his
eyes and cOnvulsively pressed his fold
ed arms TO his forehead. over there
Oh, ne felt as though he would die for
JOY so great was the cruel emotion hat
wrung his heart'-over there. almost at
the top OF the Neeile OF Etretat, a lit
tie below The extreme point round
which the sea news uttered. a thread
Of smoke came altering through a crew
Ice. as though from an Invisible chimney.
a thread Of smoke rose In slow spirals In
the calm air Of the twilight
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ELL. DARLING:
It's the wee snA' hours and Tn sitting up In my nigh
score OF pillows behind me. scribblnE this To you. I got
an hour ago from Sue Pemberton's ball-And my maid has il
Yes, sir. one hour to prepare me for bedi oh. It's . wo
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Sayings of
80 Mrs. Solomon
Being the Confessions of the Sepen
Hundredt6 Wife.
zslgs!ssee BY Helen Rouland.

Copyright 1911. by rh rr, ruhishdns o. 'rb' >es yors VOL
BEWARE. M Daughter, hoD thou nin0icst LATRl
NON and AMBITION.
For these arc as oil and sodter uhich uiu NO
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MORE EXCELLENT
REPORTS FROM
WESTERN CANADA
Grains Are Heading Out
Rapidly and Harvest Is
Now Approaching With
a Great Demand for
Harvest Help.

Last week it was pointed out In
these columns that there would be a
yield of about 200,000,000 bushels of
wheat throughout Western Canada, an
increase Of about 100,000,000 over the
previous year, and that the demand
for farm help was very great. Con-
firmation of this news is to hand and
the cry still is for more help. The
Canadian authorities are hopeful that
the friends of the 100000 or 100000
Americans who have gone to Canada
during the last few years will come to
the help of these people and induce
as many able-bodied men as they pos
sibly can to take advantage of the
low rate which is being offered from
all points on the Canadian Boundary,
and particulars of which can be had
from any of the following Agents Of
lines, 176 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit,
Mich; G. A. Laurier, Marquette.
Mich; j. S. Crawford, Syracuse, N.
Y; Thos. Hetherington, Room 202, 70
fremont Street, Boston, Mass; H. M.
Williams, 413 Gardner Bldg, Toledo,
Ohio; Geo. Arid, ZIG Traction-Termin-
al Bldg, Indianapolis, Indiana; G. J..
Broughton, Room 412, M. L. & T. Bldg,
Chicago, ILL.,; Geo. A. Hall, End Floor,
125 Second Street, Milwaukee, Wis;
e. T. Holmes, 315 Jackson Street, St.
Paul, Mimi; Chas. Pilling, Clifford
Cor.
bonneau, Jr., PIT Main Street, Bidde-
ford, Me-; ]. M. MacLachlan, Box
1877, Watertown, 8. D.; w. v. Bennett,
Room 4, Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.;
w. H. Rogers, 125 West 9th Street,
Kansas City, Mo-; Benz. Davies, Room
6, Dunn Block, Great Falls, Montana;
J. N. Grieve, Auditorium Building,
Spokane, Wash.
Every facility will be afforded men
of the right stamp to secure advantage
of these low rates. To those who pro-
pose to go, it may be said that they
will have this splendid opportunity Of
securing first hand information as to
the excellent producing character Of
the lands i'll Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta. They will have the OPP
portunity of seeing some of the great
est wheat fields in the world and prob
ably the largest yield of wheat, oats
and barley that has ever been grown
on The Continent. And all this on
land some of which cost the settler
only the $1,000 necessary to enter for
his homestead, or, If he purchased,
in some cases, costing him from $500
to $1,000 per acre, but which is now
worth from $500 to $4,000 per acre.
Even at these prices the land is re-
markedly cheap as will be realized
when the statement is made that from
20 to % bushels per acre and over
of wheat are grown, netting the farm
er from $500 to $1,000 per acre; and
this on land that he got for nothing
or paid merely a nominal price. In
fact the production shows that $500
to $4,000 per acre would be a nominal
price for land that would produce as
these lands produce.
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FUN BY BAR0NET AND WIFE
Disguise Themselves as "Poor Must.
clans" and Go on Tour-Frlends
Drive Them Away.

London.-An escapade in which fig
ure well-known baronet, his wife, a
cavalry officer, the heir of another bar
onet and street organ Is reported
from Warwickshire.
The incident, which took place
few miles from Nuneaton, has caused
much amusement among those con-
nected with the Atherstone hunt
Having hired piano-organ from
some travelling foreigners, the baronet
and his wife disguised themselves as
Italian musicians. The former wore
SLOUGH hat and old clothes which had
done duty in amateur theatrical per-
formances; the latter wore old gar
ments and bound her head with col
ored silk handkerchief
Accompanied by kinsman of the
baronet, they set out to the neighbor-
ing mansion occupied by the son OF
baronet well known in London.
No sooner had they begun to reel of
popular music hall airs than the gen.
tleman appeared upon the scene and,
In peremptory manner, ordered their
instant withdrawal under threat OF
calling in the police.
When, after time, they made
themselves known, he joined them In
a Reorganization of the village, and
eventually the adventures" reached
the seat of country magnate, lead
ing justice of the peace.
Here the butler was sent to tell
them to leave the grounds Immediate
ly, and 1t was not until the irate squire
himself appeared on the scene that
the quartet retired.
The climax was reached when the
party arrived at another country resi-
dence. The family were away from
home, but the servants in body de-
scended uuon tho poor musicians"
But the party reached home with
their disguise unpenetrated, and few
days later details of the Joke" leaked
out. and were discussed and greatly
enjoyed by the field that met the
Atherstone hounds near the village
where the escapade was planned.
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BLACK HAWK STATUE
dorado Taft's Monument to
Vanishing Race.
Red Man, Towering Over Valley Long
Indians Sole Property, Seems
Leaving the Site Reluctantly
Made of Concrete.

Oregon, Ill.-With impressive cere-
monies the statue of the famous Indian
chief Black Hawk was dedicated az
Eagle Nest camp, the summer colony
Of Chicago artists and writer's, near
mere. The statue of the great ch1ef-
tain is the work of dorado Taft and
stands on a 200-foot bluff across the
river from the town and just outside
the limits of the camp. Among the
members of the party at the dedica-
ton were some of the best known or
Chicago's artists, sculptors and writer's.
Edgar A. Bancroft was the principal
speaker and presented the statue to
the people of Illinois. Responses We're
made by DR.. Charles c. Eastman and
Miss Laura NJ. Cornelius.
The statue of Black Hawk occupies
a position on the highest point In
Rock river valley. 1t is mammoth in
size-being AZ feet Highland repre-
sents the work of four years. 1t is
built of concrete and Is expected TO be
a permanent monument to the red men
who once roamed this section. The
facial lineaments are Of Black Hawk,
but the sculptor's idea was to make
the statue typical of the vanishing
North American Indians.
The figure of Black Hawk is repre-
scented girt In blanket, reluctantly
leaving the valley which served his
tribe Is council grounds long before
the white man came to this continent.
This remarkable statue, which is
made of REINFORCED concrete by new
process, is itself imposing, and has
been placed upon a rock 200 feet above
the water, the highest point in the pic
turesque Rock river valley. The statue