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Plausible. But

1T is plausible. but it is not con-
vincing."
The speaker was Champ Clark, the
Democratic leader. The scene was q
dinner party In Bowling Green. The
subject was bill of which Mr.. Clark
disapproved:.
YES" he resumed, the argument
for this bill Is plausible and uncon.
vincing-just like the argument of the
intoxicated tramp.
"A tramp, you know, rose from his
shady seat under a tree one hot June
afternoon, and hailed an old lady
driving a white horse.
"'Please, ma'am,' he said. will you.
for the love of heaven, give me few
coppers to buy food?'
"'No, won't the old lady snapped.
You've been drinking. G'lang, George.
We'll, and suppose l have been
drinking?' the tramp shouted after the
receding team. is that any reason why
l shouldn't eat occasionally?
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the SOutn. AlmOct everywhere MS
fierce eloquence drew the Indians to
his standard. In alarm, the govern.
ment tried to check this uprising.
Hawkins was sent to urge the Creeks
to stand firm in their allegiance to
Uncle Sam. But Tecumseh was too
clever for him. BY marching into the
council square and by tAe use Of GER
tain sacred Indian rites he quite
spoiled the effect Of Hawkins speech.
Then Tecumseh made a fervent ap.
peal to the Greeks to cast OF the,
white men. to give up farming and to
turn back to their old wild life Of
hunting and fighting. He said he
bore that message from the Great
Spirit, who also ordered them to side
with the British. One Creek Chief
big Warrior" by name. doubted this:
and demanded proof
Il will give you proof" shouted Te-
cumseh. when the hour for the up
rising comes you shall see my arm
stretched like pale fire across the
heavens. 90 now to Detroit. When
arrive there I shall stamp my foot.
ALL every house in your village shall
fal, to foreground" This was in the
autumn of 1912. In December of that
year comet stretched across the
skies. and an earthquake overturned
the Creek village. This was proof
enough for the Creeks that Tecumseh
was inspired.
A Mysterious Disappearance.
Meantime Tecumseh took the field
with the British in the War of 1912.
He was made brigadier-general.a and
at the head of thousands of native
warriors along the Canadian border
did mighty deeds against the United
States. Says one British historian:
But for the red men led by the
brave Tecumseh it is probable we
should not now have Canada"
At the siege of Fort Meigs Tecum-
sch was foremost in the attack. He
saved all the American prisoners
there from torture. For. although he
hated every white man, ne would
never permit a captive to be tortured
or burned. Just before the famous
battle of the Thames Tecumseh laid
aside his gorgeous uniform and sword
and donned his simple hunting dress.
When he was asked why he did this
he answered simply and fearlessly:
This day shall die"
Nor after the battle could any trace
of him be found. 1t was claimed
but not proven-that Col. Richard
Johnson killed him. But his body was
not discoyered on the field. Superstj-
tious natives believed he was miracu-
lousy spirited away to the happy
hunting grounds. His exact fate is
still a mystery. General Harrison
wrote praising Tecumseh's genius for
war and statecraft.
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How Birth Was Established

the calf! The old farm book. careful
ly preserved in the family strong box.
sustained the judges theory; all the
circumstances of the calfs birth were
fully recorded. And thus the birthday
of the human being was at length es.
tablished.
TALK about the registration of
births in the United States!" exclaims
Dr. Wilbur, why, for not much more
than one-half Of the total population is
there fairly accurate registration Of
deaths, to say nothing of births, Of
which we have nowhere in the country
reliable or complete Information, and
many of the states are so little con-
cerned about human life that they
make no more account of the deaths
of their citizens than of the trees they
burn to make clearings."
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.TECUMSEH

The braves of the Greek Nation
5000 Indians in all-sat in solemn
council. They were lined up on the
sides of huge square, Colonel Haw.
kins, the Indian commissioner. was
about to harangue them. AS Hawkins
rose to speak. he halted, dumfounded
at strange sight.
Into the hollow square stalked a
tall Indian. His face was painted jet
black, streaked with queer daubs OF
white. His half-naked body was as
black and hideous as his face. Upon
his head waved a forest of eagle
plumes. Behind his back dangled the
tail Of a newly-slain buffalo. Like
some nightmare ghost the weirdly.
arrayed Indian strobe into the square.
At his heels were thirty other saw
ages in like Disguise Around the
open square they marched in utter
silence, their leader halting now and
then to exchange mystic peace
signs" with the more prominent OF
The Creek chiefs.
Then the odd procession vanished
No word had been spoken. Yet the
Creeks. who had come to the confer.
ence prepared to Join forces with the
United States, suddenly changed their
minds. Hawkins most eloquent pleas
fell upon deaf ears. Nor could the
commissioner understand what had
befallen. He asked the name of the
black-painted leader who had thus
boldly broken in upon a solemn coun-
Gil The half-awed reply of the Creeks
was:
"Tecumseh!"
Man Who Hated Progress.
Tecumseh was bravest and wisest
Of the Shawnee chiefs. He was born
near Springfield, O., in 1868. When
he was young man he won fame in
the campaign against General
Wayne's Yankee troops. From boy
hood he hated the United States.
Nor could Gen. w. H. Harrison. the
local Indian agent. soften his hatred.
He repudiated all land treaties made
with the whites. and in 1908 hit upon
a scheme which threatened to check
westward progress. He planned to
combine all the warning western
tribes and to form them into a
mighty federation whose object was
to destroy the white men. Tecumseh
mas helped by his brother, 1.-THE
Prophet" who accomplished a series
of neat. handmade miracles that
made tremendous impression on the
natives
The great plan failed. through the
loss O. the battle of Tippecanoe lat
which Tecumseh was not presently
and the baf1led leader shifted to the
far south There he.'sought to stir
up the tribes against the government
and to make them allies of the Brit.
ish. For the War of 1912 was at hand
Like firebrand, he swept through
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OSCEOLA

An Indian chief-light of skin, slen.
der. graceful, handsome-stOOd con.
fronting a hundred savages with his
drawn bow. The threatened men were
chiefs and sub-chiefs of the Seminole
nation. Brave they were and fierce
warriors. Yet they shrank before the
leveled arrow of this one leader. For
it was we'll known he never twanged
bowstring nor pulled trigger without
killing. While the Seminoles hesitat-
ed he spoke:
mo treaty shall be signed" said he,
(which robs us of our land. The man
who sets his name to such a paper
dies at my hand"
The speaker was As-se-he-ho-lar
(meaning BLACK Drink.") The name
has been shortened in history to "Os-
ceola." His mother was daughter of
a Creek Indian chief. His father was
William Powell. an Englishman. o.
ceola was born near Chattahoochee,
Ca, in 1904. When he was a mere
child his mother fed from her English
husband, taking her son with her, and
never pausing in her flight until she
reached her fathers tribe in southern
Georgia. Whether because her hus-
band had maltreated her or for some
other cause, she had mortal hatred
for all white men, and she made her
son hate them even more bitterly than
did she. Both she and Osceola spoke
;el hot 10
guage.
The Creek tribe which Osceola and
his mother joined went to war in 1918
with the United States. Osceola was
only fourteen years old, yet SO valiant
was he and already so brilliant com.
mander that he was chosen as one of
the tribes sub-chiefs, He and his
people fought in vain against the gov
eminent troops and were forced to re-
treat southwark into the Everglades"
of Florida There they joined the
Seminoles. Micanopy, the Seminole
sachem, was old and a peaceful ma
ture. So the boy, Osceola, quickly be-
came a real war chief of the Semi
noles. For the next few years he
went from tribe to tribe Of the ma
tion," preaching against the white
men and preparing the savages for
war. Then came the first great clash
with Uncle Sam.
The government decided to ship the
whole Seminole nation west of the
Mississippi and to pay them a nomi.
nal sum for their Florida land. A few
chiefs were induced on March 9, 1892.
to sign q treaty to this effect Osceola.
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peasants. who. sec nothing disaordans
in the hanging Of paper flowers and
gilded glass balls amid the carvings
and ornamentation Of the Holy Sepul'
chre. The simplicity, dignity, wor-
shipfulness and real beauty Of the
Mosque of Omar, which Is in the
keeping of the Moslems, present Z
striking contrast to the famous Chris
tan shrines.
A Nazareth Carpenters Views.
| The changes that are bound to trans
form Jerusalem and Palestine are al
ready to be seen at work. In the ba-
Ears of an older day are exhibited for
eign styles of dress, and goods OF
American and European manufacture.
The stream of tourists from the west
has effected changes In fashions. The
economic conditions Of the land have
altered gravely.
That this has penetrated to the
smaller towns and villages, learned
in Nazareth. Here, seated amid the
fragrant chips of an old fashioned car
penter's shop, l talked with the car
penter, at work on the floor, hewins
out a wooden pillow. He complained
bitterly of the general advance OF
prices of living, so that the 80 cents
day, which used to be good wage fol
a skilled carpenter, is now made
quate. Some of his relatives have
solved the problem by emigrating tt
America, and he inquired concerning
the feasibility of doing likewise.
The world currents Of today an
pouring the warm stream Of transform
ing life against the ancient east. AL
that centuries have failed to do II
Palestine, the present decade seems
destined to accomplish. Periodically
the Holy Land has furnished the awak
ening motive that has made western
civilization; but the land itself has re
NAMED largely untouched. Now Pal
estine's turn seems to have come.
Copyright. 1911, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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imagination OF mere student OF the
! Bible. Some have even been manu-
! featured, so keen is the rivalry of the
old churches to possess the holy places
| that attract the pilgrims. The situa.
ton has come to such pass that Wis.
itors are scarcely shown the real antiq-
uites of Jerusalem. so popular with
the professional guides are the legend
airy ones. There is now afoot a plan
for an American institution of popu-
lar Biblical archaeology, supported and
controlled in the United States, which
will provide visitors from the west
with the information they really de-
sire
The overlay of superstition and COM
mercialism and professional ecclesias-
tical rivalry which one finds in Jeru-
salem is quite as bad as may be seen
at Benares. 1t has become necessary
to station Turkish guards in the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre and in
the Church of the Nativity at Bethle-
hem, in order to keep the rival
| churches from coming to blows The
incongruity of Moslems with guns
standing guard in the birthplace of
| the Prince of Peace strikes an Amer
lean visitor with greater force than
any sanctity the spot may possess.
The vast pilgrimages from Europe
and Asiatic Russia are very profita BILE;
and as they promote national prestige,
they are encouraged by the various
governments which have stake in the
future Of Turkey. Russia maintains a
huge system Of buildings, including a
large hospice for visitors. There are
also Austrian, German, French and 1tal-
ian hospices
Many Of these pilgrims are ignorant
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mains, and all the residents have been
it will mean revolution in the hab-
it's and the life of the people, and. it
Is hoped, revolution also in the mat.
ter of personal cleanliness.
Where Foreign Governments Interfere.
III order to meet the expenses of
the installation Of the water system,
the government decided to take, as a
special tax, the hides of the animals
slaughtered within the city. A COM
mon sight is sheep tethered on the
sidewalk outside the butcher shop,
awaiting its turn. AS this bore hard
ly upon the butchers, many of whom
are registered at the various CONSUL
ates as citizens of foreign countries,
these representatives of the powers
objected, so some other means Of
financing the new water system will
have to be found, Men seeking the
concession are on the ground. and
the government seems determined to
carry the project to an early settle
ment
Allied to the water question Is that
of sewage. Jerusalem has something
in the way Of an antiquated system of
sewage, but the visitor would never
suspect it. Travellers talk of the
filthiness Of the streets Of Jerusalem
and the listeners understand them
in the terms of the west, which gives
no inkling Of the real situation. The
prOprieties of western life do not per-
nit one to speak freely on this point
But the streets Of Jerusalem are as
bad as those of the Chinese cities. if
not worse. The marvel Is that pesti-
lence has not swept away the popula-
ton. If. along with the proposed new
system Of sewage, there go vigorous
police regulations. most welcome
change will be effected In the sights
and smells Of Jerusalem.
Down David Street by Trolley.
Until recently it was impossible to
travel anywhere in Jerusalem by wheel
ed vehicle, but various streets have
been widened. thanks largely to the
visit CT various royal personages. But
on the whole. the streets of the city
are narrow and unfit for vehicle traf-
fc. Many of them are vaulted. so
that they are really tunnels. and while
picturesque to the last degree, they
do not lend themselves to the purposes
of modern streets.
Now the reform government pro-
poses to install four or five lines of
electric trolley cars all OF them GEN.
tcring at the Jaffa gate. They will
connect the neighboring villages with
the city, so that one may go to Beth
lehem for nickel, and in less than
half an hour One line will invade the
old bazars. widening the Street Of
David. carrying passengers past the
Mosque of Omar, which is the site OF
the ancient Temple Of the Jews. 1mag-
inc the worshipers of the Temple dis
turbed by the clang Of the bell Of the
electric car!
At present most of the streets are
as narrow as footpaths. When the
soft-stepping camel comes along, as he
does every few minutes, all pedes-
TRANS must stand aside in the re-
cesses of the bazars, or against the
walls, to make way for his passage.
Even the Flooding donkey, who, still
- Of yora II the favored beast Of bur.
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den, takes nearly tho whole street
when he passes.
These electric lines will vastly On.
nance the comfort Of the city. but they
will ~ havoc with its historical as
pect. Can sentiment survive the con.
ductor's call. "All out for the Holy
Sepulcher!" ''This way for the Jews
"Wailing Place." Next stop the Tenn
pie Area" THE Damascus Gate" and
Via Dolorosa!"?
New Lights for Old Streets.
Jerusalem is not so dark as some
Oriental cities, for the municipality
placed q thousand kerosene lamps
along the principal highways. Now 1t
is on the program of the government
to install an electric lighting plant for
the streets, and for the stores and
houses.
A telephone system also is on the
docket. At present practically all the
modern business of Jerusalem is done
outside of the city walls. Messages
can be carried from one part to an
other only, as in the time of David
by foot messenger. Soon the tinkle
of the telephone bell will rival the
more musical notes of the camols
bells.
A Pauperized City.
Religion has blighted Jerusalem
The Apostle Paul could repeat here
his famous words: Il perceive that in
all things you are too religious" One
looks in vain for the smokestacks OF
modern industry, and for great
warehouses, or temples of business
He sees scores of expensive modern
buildings, but all in the name Of sec
tartan religion.
Old Jerusalem, as viewed from the
hills, presented one outstanding build
ing, the Temple of the Jews. Today
the approaching traveller Is confused
by the multitude of the spires and tow
ers and noble ediflces. Missions Of
all kinds, and hospices and converts
and monasteries and asylums abound
Practically all of these are supported
from abroad Concerning the Jewish
organizations and Jewish problems
here I shall write In another article
At present l deal only with various
Christian churches: The Greek, the
Armenian, the Roman Catholic, the
Syriac. the Coptic, and the Protestant
There are literally hundreds Of relig
ious institutions in Jerusalem. One
sect alone spends 100000 franc:
every year for the upkeep Of Its mon
asteries and other Institutions
The Rivalry for Sacred Sites.
Every holy sight imaginable ha!
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Classifying Automatons.

There have been several automaton
chess players, but 1t should not be
necessary to say that they were all
worked by the man behind the ma.
chine, or rather. within or under the
machine. At the great fair held in
the Crystal Palace. In London, in
1851, an automaton played the game
beautifully: and so early a. 1853
Baron Won Kempelen Of Hungary In
vented IN audroid that was the mar
vel. and wonder OF the time. Won
Kempelen went Ill over Europe VIII
his Turk"
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The Spirit Of Change Has Reached the
Holy Land and It's Famous Capital
Religious Sectarianism Has Crowded
Holy City With Rival Establishment
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

.Jerusalem.-Of three holy cities that
are popular places of pilgrimage, Jeru'
salem, Mecca and Benares, the Turk
lsh empire has two within her borders.
The Holy Land, as Christendom calls
the little strip of territory along the
Mediterranean coast north of Egypt
Is an integral part Of Turkey. 1t has
always been famous for the persist
ence of its ancient customs, SO that
hundreds of clergymen travel over 1t
every year, to get light on the Bible.
A generation hence, that search will
not be- so successful, for 1t is patent
that Palestine is sharing the awak'
Ing Of the ancient east.
Not only is there railway from Bel
rut to Damascus, and from Damascus
to HaSfa, and from Damascus to Me-
dina, and from Jaffa to Jerusalem, but
there is also projected at the present
time a new railway that will go down
the coast from Beirut through Sidon,
Tyre, Acre, Haifa and Jaffa, clear ia
the Suez canal.
Improving on Solomon.
The ancient City of David has come
under the new influences Of modern
times. Negotiations are at presen,
pending for several radical and trans
forming innovations. The first of
these to be pushed to early completion
will probably be the water system
Jerusalem still depends on the collect
ed rain supply In cisterns for its wa
ter. The very pools built by Solomon
are still in use. although the munich
pal system has greatly deteriorateG
since his day.
Now 1t is proposed to bring water
from two sources, in Fara, north Of
the Mount of Olives, and Fawar. an
other spring in the same valley. II
has been found that this water Is
pure and sufficient for the city's needs
When this has been put into water
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in fury, denounced such an act and
lashed bis people to rebellion Then
1t was that he called the council and
threatened to shoot dead the first man
VINO should agree to leave Florida.
Mlcanopy was as wax in the hands of
the local Indian agent. But he feared
to disobey Osceola more than he
dreaded the power Of the white men.
The agent saw that Osceola was the
real power in Florida, so he spread be-
fore the young savage a copy of the
treaty. begging him to sign it. BY way
OF answer, Osceola drove his knife
through the paper. The agent threat.
ened him with the wrath Of President
Jackson. former conqueror of Florida
Osceola retorted:
II fear Jackson no more than fear
you"
The conference broke up in disor-
der. Osceola's hatred Of the whites
was increased tenfold when they CAP
tured his young wife and sold her as
slave. He himself wns captured, but
escaped from Jail inciNe of two DAYS.
After that, it was war to the death.
Osceola looked on the Indian agent as
his worst enemy. Soon afterward the
agents dead body was found, pierced
by fourteen bullets. Major Dade. with
Ito soldiers, was marching inland
from Tampa when O,sceola and a band
of braves flung themselves on the
troops and slaughtered all but three
of them. Then with an inferior force
he marched agains: General CIinch
and 1000 soldiers. He martialed his
little army like an expert t&,ctician.
The Indians held off the troops until
all their ammunition: was gore. then
retreated in safety. Osceola himself
is said to have slain 40 white men In
that fight.
An Act Of T-eacherv.
Battle followed battle, with VARYING
results. At times Osceola used all tho
willy tricks Of his race, pretending to
agree to the governments wishes:
then, as soon as he was strong enough.
breaking out in some new section.
When hard pressed he and his men
would take refuge in the "Everelades."
At last. in 1887, temporary peace
was patched up with the government.
Under flag of truce and a promise
of safety Osceola went by invitation
to conference in General Jesup's
camp. There he was treacherously
seized, carried to st. Augustine and
thrown into prison. Thence he was
moved to Fort Moultrie, at Charleston.
8. G.
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"'Oh. that said he. There are not
many of them left in this district
That is warning that Girls must
not be drowned in this lake,
Somehow l could never admire my
beautiful lake so much after that, al.
though maybe ought to have. ad-
.nired 1t mofe''
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Too Pretty a Lake for That.

China gave me many a shock
said the returned traveller, but the
one that nearly carried me of with
administered in the Fuchau district.
Out In the country came across a
beautiful little lake drained by a
beautiful little river. The scenery
was marred somewhat, however, by
signs stuck up every few yards at
the edge Of the lake. / wondered
what their import was and CT one of
my trips to the lake took 4, mis-
stonary fried along to translate
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Not All Smoked.

Not All Smoked.
l.. White Busbey, secretary to for
mer Speaker Cannon, was explaining
that the speaker did not smoke so
much as people thought he did.
my understanding" suggested one
of the party, lis that he gets away
with about 20 cigars a day."
"Oh, WE'LL" said Busbey. but he
eats half of ."-Sunday Magazine.
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TOMMY MURPHY,

The great horseman who is winning
most of the big. races for fast trotters
with that farm horse, ''R. T. c." record
t:OSK says: 'SPOHN'S DISTEMPER
CURE is the best remedy for all forms Of
Distemper and coughs I have ever known:
have used 1t a number Of years." All
and 81 q bottle. Spohn Medical Co., Chem
ists. Goshen. Ind, u. s. A.
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Sian Of Popular Affection.

Sign Of Popular Affection. :
weren't you indignant when peo-
pie you didn't know called you by
your first name?"
NO." replied Senator Sorghum;
"but I've worried a great deal since
they've shown a disposition to stop
II