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PLENTY HEAP BIG INDIAN CHIEFS

THE Smithsonian institution steps
i out and affirms that there prob
ably never was a real Indian chief"
in all America from the Arctic cir
Gle TO the Rio Grande.
The Indians that its ethnologists
have found, says the institution,
were anarchists and conferred on
no man the legal right to rule them
as chief"
Shades of Tecumseh, Pontiac,
Massasoit. Philip and Tuscaloosa,
to say nothing of Kooweskowee
(John Ross, half breed), who ruled
the Cherokee nation for almost 40
years, says the Detroit Free Press.
Spirits of Tamanend and the or
ganizers and lords of the Six Ma
tionSi
Suppose II is true that "even
sQuaw could talk back" to an In
dian tribal leader. Women doubtless
talked back to Napoleon Bonaparte,
and he still was emperor Of the
French.
This thing the Smithsonian has
sprung got Us all ratified when we
first read II. II had TO be disproved
and we started scrambling about
among the old books.
The Manitou was kind For there,
right In front. stood a big report
by the bureau Of ethnology of the
self-same Smithsonian institution
for the year 1905-06. containing an
exhaustive paper on the Omaha In
dams by Alice C. Fletcher ana
Francis LaFleche, q tribal member.
And on page 135 appeared the
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eral in the Mexican war and twelfth
President of the United States.
Sylvanus Thayer Q7S5-1S72), "Fa-
Their of the United States Military
Academy" at West Point.
John Quincy Adams Ward 1880
1910, sculptor Of many famous
American statues.
Lewis Edison Waterman (1S37-
1901), inventor of the fountain pen.
James Wilson (1742-179S), signer
of the Declaration of independence
and associate justice of the United
States Supreme court.
Previous elections to the Hall of
Fame have been as follows:
Chosen in 1900.
George Washington, Abraham Lin
coin Daniel webster. Benjamin
Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, John
Marshall, Thomas Jefferson, Ralph
W. Emerson. 81. W. Longfellow, Rob-
ert Fulton, Horace Mann, Henry w.
Beecher, James Kent, Joseph Story,
John Adams, Washington Irving,
Jonathan Edwards. Samuel F. B.
Morse. David G. Farragut, Henry
Clay, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George
Peabody, Robert E. Lee, Peter
Cooper, Eli Whitney, John ]. Audi
bon, William E. Claiming, Gilbert
Stuart, Asa Gray.
Chosen in 1905.
John Quincy Adams, James Rus
sell Lowell, William T. Sherman,
James Madison, John G. Whittier,
Alexander Hamilton, Louis Agassiz,
Mary Lyon, Emma Willard. Maria
Mitchell.
Chosen in 1910.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Edgar Allan Poe,
James Fenimore Cooper, Phillips
Brooks. William Cullen Bryant,
Frances E. Willard, Andrew Jack
son, George Bancroft, John Lothrop
Motley.
Chosen in 1915.
Francis Parkman, Mark Hopkins,
Elias Howe, Joseph Henry. Rufus
Choate, Daniel Boone, Charlotte
Cushman.
Chosen In 1920.
Samuel L. Clemens mark Twain) /,
Augustus Saint Gaudens, James Blu
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and experimental before they were
successful In extracting pure nickel
from the ore.
According to legend, the invinci-
bility Of the tabled warriors Of
China and Persia was due to their
dependable swords which were
forged from meteoric iron with high
nickel content. These ancients con-
sidered the meteors that fell to
earth as heaven-sent for the ex-
press purpose of forging superior
weapons with which to conquer their
enemies.
That nickel was not unknown to
the ancients Is evidenced BY the
paktong of white copper which was
first brought out of China in the
caravans of Bactria, two centuries
before the Christian era.
These ancient experimenters with
metallurgy had found a copper
nickel ore in Yunnan province
While they had not been able TO
separate the nickel from the cop
per, they had learned that The addi-
ton of zinc produced an alloy which
was workable, useful and attractive
in appearance.
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Slavery society and a worker for
woman suffrage.
Simon Newcomb (1S35- 1909,
astronomer who supervised con-
struction of the 26-inch telescope
in the United States Naval observa-
tory at Washington.
Frederick Law Olmstead (1S22-
1909, landscape architect and plan
ner of Central park in New York
city, the Capitol grounds in Wash
ington and the Worlds Columbian
exposition in Chicago in 1893.
Oliver Hazard Perry (17S5-1S19).
naval officer and victor at the Bat
tie of Lake Erie in 1913.
Henry Hobson Richardson (1S3S-
1850, architect, who designed some
of the most beautiful buildings in
this country"
John Rogers (1s29-19O4), sculptor
of Rogers Groups" illustrative of
American and army life.
James Rumsey (1743-1792). in
ventor of a steamboat.
Sacajawea &c. 17S9-1SS4), Sho-
shone Indian girl who guided Lewis
and Clark.
Edward Austin Sheldon (1S23-
1890, philanthropist, educator,
founder of "unclassifed schools"
Lyman Spalding (1775-1S2D,
physician and originator of the
United States Pharmacopoeia.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1S15-
1902, reformer and author; work
er for woman suffrage.
Lucy Stone (1s1S-1S93), reformer
and editor; worker for woman suf-
frage; founder of Lucy Stoners"
(women who retain their maiden
name after marriage).
John August Suffer (1S03-1SS0).
pioneer, the man responsible for
discovery of gold in California In
1913.
Zachary Taylor t17S5-1S50). gen.
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Edwin Forrest (1s06-1s72), TRACE
dian in Shakespearean plays.
Stephen Collins Foster (1S26-
1864, song-writer; author of my
Old Kentucky Home" "Suwannee
River" and more than 100 other
songs.
John Frazee (1790-1S52), one Of
the first American sculptors.
Charles Edgar Fritts 1S3S-1905).
inventor of device that made talk
ing pictures possible.
Richard Jordan Calling isis
1909. inventor of the revolving bat
terry gun which bears his name.
Richard Watson Glider 1S44-
1909), author, journalist and editor
Of the Century Magazine.
Charles Goodyear (1SO0-1S60), in
ventor of the rubber vulcanizing
process.
Sarah Josepha Buell. Hale Q7SS-
1879. author and editor of Godey's
Lady's Book; originator of Thanks
giving day as a national festival.
Joel Chandler Harris (1S4S-190s),
journalist and story writer; creator
of Uncle Remus"
Walter Hunt (1T96-1S59). inventor
Of sewing machine in 1884.
Elizabeth E. Hutter, philanthro-
pist and reformer.
Robert Green Ingersoll. (1S33-
1S99). lawyer. orator, agnostic. the
man who gave James G. Blaine the
title of "The Plumed Knight In
nominating him for the Presidency.
John Bloomfield Jervis Q795-
1850, engineer. builder Of the Hud-
son River railroad and the Della
ware and Hudson canal
Elisha Kent Kane (1S201S57),
Arctic explorer
Joseph lie Conte (1s23-1e01).
physician and scientist; professor
of geology and natural history at
the University Of California.
John Logan t1T25-17S0). Tah-gah-
jute. a Cayuga Indian chief and
leader of an Indian war after the
massacre OF his family by whites In
1T74.
Edward Alexander Mcdowell
(1S61-1aosl. composer. pianist and
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SAW NO WORTH
IN NICKEL ORE
Valuable Metal Despised by
Early Miners.

Mans quest for precious metals
throughout the ages has led him in
to strange places; into the fever
infested jungles Of the torrid zone
and the frozen lands and wilder
nesses of the North. 1t has carried
him to the lofty peaks of barren
mountains and deep into the bowels
of the earth, says the Chicago Trib-
une.
Sometimes he has been rewarded.
NOT with the treasure he sought, but
with metals he considered worthless.
And yet, the irony of fate decreed
that some of these so-called worth
less metals should eventually prove
of greater value to civilization than
the nuggets he had hoped to find.
1t is in this manner that nickel
came TO benefit mankind. Unearthed
by prospectors in search of silver
and gold, their first experience with
il caused them TO curse il in disap-
pointment and disgust.
From these early miners nickel
first got its name. They were con-
WINGED it had been sent by the devil
10 confound them and lead them
astray.
In the early part of the Eight.
eenth century lodes of nickel ore
were laid open in Saxony, where
from time immemorial silver and
copper mines had been worked.
The new ore was so glittering and
full of promise that the greatest
excitement prevailed among the
miners. At first they thought their
find would bring them fabulous
wealth, for it seemed that great
quantities Of pure silver must be
hidden in the mountain of glittering
ore.
After innumerable trials and end
less labor to extract the metal from
the ore, all that could be obtained
was worthless Stag instead Of metal
In disgust, the superstitious miners
named the ore "kupfernickel," aft
er "Old Nick and his mischievous
gnomes, who were charged with
plaguing the miners and bewitching
| the ore.
The name coined by the disap
pointed miners stuck. Nickel il Is in
virtually every language.
Two centuries have passed since
then, and for more than 80 years
after the first discovery the sci.
entists and metallurgists labored
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Find Overturns Idea
of Antiquity of Pump

The town Of Aquincum, once the
capital of the Roman province of
Pannonnia, now a village In the sub
urbs of Budapest, Hungary, had a
fire brigade just like the Eternal City
itself. All traces of the latter's fire
brigade have long since disappeared.
but a relic of AQuincum's recently
came TO light, says the New York
Times.
1t is pump used to throw water
on fires, and it is the oldest fire pump
in existence. Not only this, but be-
cause it is a suction, or displacement
pump, it shows that the history of
pumps is all wrong by placing the
first use of the displacement pump
in the Sixteenth century, for the
Aquincum pump has a bronze plate
attached which states the apparatus
was the gift of 6. Jul. Viatorinus, pre-
feet of the Collegium Centonarium
that is, head of the fire brigade, il
DDS A. D.
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BY GRANDMOTHER CLARK

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requires quilting, and design
should be selected that harmoniZes
with the design used in the patches.
Space for quilting also varies, and
the women who do this work should
have quite an assortment of quilting
designs on hand from which to make
a selection. We have pictured three
different sets of perforated quilting
patterns in past issues.
The above twelve patterns are not
perforated. They are, however, print
ed in dots on perforating bond paper
and must be perforated with a pin
which can be done in about ten min.
utes for each pattern. The patterns
are eight times as large as the Illus.
trations above.
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structions how to perforate and
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ence; physician-geEeral of the Con-
tinental army; founder of the Phil
adelphia diSpensary, first in the
United States.
Theodore Thomas (1S35-1905),
musician and conductor of sympho-
ny orchestras.
Henry D. Thoreau (1S17-1S62), au-
thor and naturalist, friend and dis
ciple of Emerson.
Noah Webster (175S-1S43), jour-
nalist and photographer; compiler
Of the first American dictionary.
The SO new names which viii be
balloted upon by the electors dur
ing the coming months are those of:
Louisa May Alcott (1S32-1SSs), au-
thor of Little Women" Little
Men" and other books for children.
Susan B. Anthony (1S20-1906), re-
former and leader in the woman
suffrage movement.
Helen Petrovna Blavatsky (1S31-
1S91), founder of the Theosophical
society.
Alice Mcclellan Birney, reformer.
Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1S3S),
astronomer, mathematician and au-
thor of the standard work on navi-
cation.
Borden Parker Browne (1s47-
1910, American philosopher.
Matthew 3. Brady &c. 1S23-1S96),
Civil war photographer.
Peter Buckley (15S3-1659). coloni-
al clergyman and founder of Con-
cord. Mass.
George Catlin (1796-1S72), author
and painter of the American Indian.
Grover Cleveland (1S37-190S),
statesman, twice President of the
United States.
Stephen Crane (1S70-19O0), au-
thor, Journalist and war correspond
ent in the Spanish-American war.
Jefferson Davis (1S0S-1SS9), states
man, senator, secretary of war and
president of the Confederacy.
Frederick Douglass QS17-1S95),
negro journalist and lecturer for the
Anti-Slavery society; minister TO
Haiti.
John Fitch (1743-179s). inventor
and builder Of a steamboat in 17S6.
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statement that the duality in the
tribal organization was represented
by "two principal chiefs"
Later, on page POI. it told about
the formation of a governing body
Of the Omahas devised by the lead
ers Of the tribe "for the purpose Of
holding the people together"
The earliest tradition among the
Omahas as to the establishment Of
chiefs is contained in the story /. i.
concerning the formation Of the
Ninebato (pipe bearers) and gov
erning council which was to be
composed Of hereditary Chiefs" the
account continued. How long the
hereditary character was main
tanned" the writer's said is not
known. nor how the change from
the hereditary system 10 a competi-
tive council was accomplished, but
they were positive in affirming that
IL was accomplished.
And they said later on: Chiefs
were respected. not only because Of
their authority, but as having been
favored by the unseen powers who
had granted them help and had
strengthened their ability TO be
steadfast in purpose during the
years wherein they struggled to
perform the acts required 70 enter
the rank of chief"
wouldn't IL be good thing If the
gentlemen who rule at the Smith
sonian were TO check back on the
reports and findings of their own
research experts before issunng dis
maying and iconoclastic statements
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in 1873, and chief justice of the Su-
preme court
Sidney Lanier (1s42-1SSD. south
ern poet and musician.
Cyrus Mccormick Qs09-1sS4), in
ventor of a reaper in 1881.
Thomas Paine (173T-1S09), politi-
cal writer OF the Revolution and
author of Common Sense"
William Penn (1644171s). founder
of the state of Pennsylvania.
Walter Reed (1S51-1e02l. bacteri-
ologist. pathologist and discoyerer
OF the method of transmission of
yellow fever.
Benjamin Rush (1745-1S13), sign
Or of the Declaration Of Independ-
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signer of the Declaration Of hide
pendence.
Henry Barnard C1S11-19O0), edu-
cational reformer and first United
States commissioner of education.
Charles Bulfnch (1763-1S44).
architect of the rotunda. the west
approaches and the portico Of the
Capitol in Washington.
George Rogers Clark (1752-1S1S),
pioneer, Revolutionary leader and
the conqueror of the Old Northwest.
John Singleton Copley (1737-1s15),
artist and member of the Royal
academy.
John Ericsson (1SO3-1SS9), inven-
tor of the screw propeller which
revolutionized navigation and de-
signer of the ironclad Monitor which
revolutionized warship construction.
Albert Gallatin (1761-1S49), sec
rotary Of the treasury, 1S01-13; a
signer of the Treaty of Client in
1914 and one of the founders and
first president of the chronological
Society of America.
Cyrus W. Field (1S19-1S92), the
man who laid the first Atlantic
cable in 1866.
Henry George QS39-1S97), politi-
cal economist, reformer and single
tax advocate.
Nathaniel Greene (1742-17S6),
Revolutionary war general and hero
Of the famous campaign in the
South in 17S0-S1.
]. Willard Gibbs (1S39-1903). edu-
Gator and physicist, noted for inves-
LEGATIONS in thermodynamics.
John Hay (1S3S-1905), statesman
and writer: ambassador and secre-
tary of state.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1S24-
1869, Confederate general, the IA
NOUS "Stonewalr' Jackson.
John Jay 1745-1S29), statesman,
president of the Continental con-
gress, signer of the Treaty of Paris
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AAle NA4SAA GANNCAALCA 1S
great Americans" For this year
the eighth quinquennial election to
the Hall of Fame for Great Ameri-
cans is being held and the names
of the men and women chosen by
the 10S electors will be inscribed
upon bronze tablets in the Hall Of
Fame building ar New York uni
versity. Later they will be further
honored when portrait busts OF
them are unveiled with special cere-
monies in that patriotic shrine.
For election 10 the Hall of Fame
a candidate must receive a three
fifths majority of the electors or 50
votes. Of the 20 who will be con-
sidered for election this year, %
are automatically on the ballot be-
cause they received 20 or more
votes In the election Of 1880. The
remaining 80, 10 of whom are wom-
en-. have been designated by the
public, in the last FIVE years. Each
of those named, 10 be eligible for
election, must have been dead for
at least % years.
The % automatically eligible this
year are the following:
Samuel Adams (1722-1S03), states
man, Revolutionary patriot and q
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chanan Eads, Patrick Henry, Will
liam T. G. Morton, Roger Williams,
Alice Freeman Palmer.
Chosen in 1925.
Edwin Booth, John Paul Jones.
Chosen in 1890.
Walt Whitman, James A. Mac
Neil Whistler, Matthew Fontaine
Maury, James Monroe.
G. Western Newspaper Union
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professor of music at Columbia uni
yersity.
Robert Mccormick (17S0-1S46),
Inventor Of grain cutter in 1909.
William Holmes McGuffey (1S00-
1879, educator and compiler of Nc
Guffey's Eclectic Readers and spell
ing books.
Charles Follen McKim (1S47-
1909, architect who, in partnership
with William r. Mead and Stanford
White, created a veritable renais-
sance in American architecture"
Herman Melville 1S19-1S9D, au-
thor of Type" "Omoo," and ''Moby
Dick"
Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1SS0),
reformer, founder of the Anti
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Nominees for the Hall Of Fame
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

JUNE l a group Of
los eminent citizens
of the United States
will begin scanning a
list of 76 names and
between that date and
October Is they viii
decide which of the
76 are worthy Of be
I'M nhnrnntnrirnd DC
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Boys! Girls! Get Valuable Prizes Free!

name and address, to Grape Nuts, Battle
Creek. Mich, for membership pin and copy
of club manual containing list of 81 nifty free
prizes And to have lots of energy. start eat
ing Grape-Nuts right away. 1t has winning
favor all it, own Economical, too, for two
tablespoons, with milk or cream, provide more
varied nourishment than many hearty meal.
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for the Republican Presidential nomi-
nation.
Mr.. Lowden, breaking a political 81.
lence Of seven years, vigorously de-
nounced President Roosevelt's proposal
to change the Constitution to fit the
New Deal and argued at length for
maintenance Of the bill Of rights un-
impaired.
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Right to Choose
Ones Life Work
Seldom Can Parents De-
eide Wisely as to
Sons Future.

''If there Is any more bitter disap-
pointment in the world than that of
parents who do their best to start
off their children In life and find
those children refusing to take bene-
fits offered them, I want to know it.
sWe have a son and daughter.
My husband is a dentist, successful
after years of hard work. He has
built up a fine practice, always with
the thought of handing 1t on to our
son. From the day Of his gradu-
alton the boy would find himself In
a position of security with his ia
Their, and assured independence. An
enviable position, in this day.
"When he used to say he did not
want to be a dentist, we laughed.
1t seemed the natural contrariness
Of boy and not to be taken serl-
ously.
I'm his last year at preparatory
school he wrote home, my English
teacher says l have a talent for writ
ing. Maybe now won't have to be
a dentist, after all And, now, in
his second year at college, it is Sc
rious. He has made up his mind to
be a newspaper man. A struggle,
starting at nothing, ending, nobody
knows where, instead of assured sue
cess and security for life! What do
you say to it?"
This query, addressed to a deep
thinking, gifted woman of the world,
drew the following reply:
81 say to you, my dear reader,
that you are fortunate the boy
knows so definitely what he wants
to do. If he is not interested in
dentistry, his fathers practice would
hardly assure him of success or Sc
curity. If, in that case, he had no
interest in its stead, you might be
justified to be concerned. But there
Is something the boy wants to do!
And that is half Of success, and as
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young men eager for the battle, but
with them were many white-haired
leaders of former trays whose enthu.
siasm and patriotism have survived
the years.
After a pilgrimage to the New Salem
State park where the scenes Of Lin
coins youth have been reconstructed.
the delegates assembled In the fair
grounds Coliseum and were welcomed
by George W. Bum of Springfield, gen.
eral chairman OF the local committee.
Harrison E. Spangler of Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, was installed as temporary
chairman and made speech in which
President Roosevelt was pilloried for
all manner of political and govern
mental sins. from killing six million
pigs and breaking campaign pledges
ito violating the Constitution and at
tempting to set up dictatorship. Mr..
Spangler then introduced the orator Of
the day. Frank o. Lowden, former gov
ernor Of Illinois and former aspirant
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WHOSE WORD WILL YOU TAKE
FOR BLOWOUT PROTECTION?

Are you accepting the judgment of
men who risk their lives ON their tires and
know from experience the tire that gives
them the greatest blowout protection?
Thirty-three race drivers and their
mechanics lined up for the dangerous,
gruelling grind of the 5OO-MiIe Race at
the Indianapolis Speedway May 3Oth.
FirestOne Tires were purchased and used
ON every one of the thirty-three cars.
Kelly Petillo won the race at an average
speed of lO6 miles per hour. Wilbur Shaw
was second, flashing across the finish line
just behind the winner. Both drivers broke
the track record without tire trouble. I'm
fact, not one of the thirty-three drivers had
tire trouble of any kind.
Cum-Dipping is one of the outstanding
reasons why Firestone Tires give such
amazing performance. 1t is a patented extra
process not used in any other make of tire.
When you realize that last year 700
accidents were caused by blowouts, pune
lures, and skidding, you will understand
how important it is for you to protect your
life and the lives of others by equipping