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THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE,
CRAWFORDVILLE, OA.
Sixty fhous-.iid acres of Florida Iambi
eri t > b< eiiltii aied bv Kindi s.
Although , have t i wavs
we H po. i
wit 0 U-. a 1 wo cent British <niiiuia,
ls -,0 i s «n.. stamp, wa- -old at
allot ion in th ■it V the other week.
mu ses ile N- u Y«»k Jnd* p. nd. nt, 4"i
sitno.
Th- Nett York Sun shows that while
in tic country at iar^e tic proportion
uf foreign-born inhabitant-, i- about
fourteen per cent., it r- only 2.<*'< per
cent of the total m the fourteen .South¬
ern Stilt - s.
Spinning wheels ur not altogether
tilings of the pa t. Go min Cornwall
or Wales, or to lie Scotch Highlands,
declares the Chicago Herald, and
you nil! tin-1 plenty of eottii-.-e*
alien- the spuming wheel i as much a
piece of hole h-'ld furniture a^ ar. tin*
scrubbing brush and the kitchen
broom
The new railroad from Jaffa to Jer¬
usalem is only fifty three miles long.
Passenger trams make s veiite- n miles
an hour. The rails cam*- from Eng
land, the ties from France, the etigun s
from Philadelphia, the cars from
France and the heavy work was done
bv Arabs and Egyptians. Tin-road ih
not likely to yield a profit for a lung
time to come.
li is a fanciful but pretty conceit,
exclaims the New York News, that ot
casting a Columbian Liberty Bill
weighing Iff,nilii poiindH, emu posed
partly of jewels, silver, rare mins and
all sorts of pi-eeioiiH contributions from
women ««d children m ail part- -d the
United Slides. The value of all tlieso
contributions will greatly exceed the
value of the jewels which Isabella is
said to have sufiTlieed for this outfit uf
Col ii in him,
The dialication of the Morman Tern
pi*" al Salt iotke City took place iilid*-r
fur different conditions than were ever
imagined by those wito laid the fotuida
tlolls, soliloquizes the Han Francisco
Ghroiticle. Polygamy is now prescribed
by rigid laws, and though th*' spirit of
the laws is violated by many More-nuts,
will G.-pjjfrii- g AMfn.nolm^Wri ->Milolie
n.nch t<» check one of the worst fea¬
tures of the system. The younger nji-n
among the Morinsim claim that they
have di -eftrded polygamy and that it no
longer play ,* an iiuportaut part m their
r *-l igiou._
Many Milages in all parts of the
United Hlates have taken ihe names of
|||<- roadside inns uhitil! which they
have grown up, but u in perhaps only
in conservative South* i n Virginia, re¬
marks tho New 4on. Hun, that the
“ordinaries" for «-m. rtaiuiueiit of man
nmi beast have given iiam* s to villages.
There is Jeiiumg - Ordinary in Noil *
way t’-oonty. .Smoky Ordinary ui
Brunswick County, ami doubtless iiuiuy
otlu-rs in tin- Nam*- r* uni. It is in le,
t.H*. Hint hs'nl niapi* mimortwli.* the
shopkeepers, the millers anil thehiaek
smiths **t an earlier g(*neiat«*li. Oddly
enough, one looks almost it* van* for
names growing <oil of the bbtaly
struggle from 'fit to '65.
A sort of mythology lias grown up
about the American Indian in region*
whence he vanished l'W year-* ago.
Tho popular names of many plants ,u
clnde the adjective Indian. Few per
Miiis in America say Indian corn now,
but Indian cakes i- a lerm still strongly j 1
intrenched south of Mason and Dixon'
liue. children and there is Indian even a t*>iiacc*i. plant known The j
te a
iinliiaut eantia i' called imhnii shot l»* - j
sevels black, bullet-like ;
fans' its are
pellets. , Indian , tradition* , are pn
Se-rvcd with a sort ot ri VeTe'UeN' ill the
South. Twenty-five* year- ago !i*»*«l
tr.*»< fi rs **n a <•« ruun r* ■ad ifc Wore* s
tor t ., eiuutv. Maryland, , , commonly ,
stopped at :* point in iln remote eoun
trv. r*Tiched nmle-r a imsl* :.i th. ron
Kide. elre-w forth a stoti* ’in-rtav md
ji,iis.il by til*' Indians I'M >*:..-»
la-fore, she*we-el tin* r*'iK*- to anv
strau-re r in the- company anel e-are fully
put them back, 4 whole niu'Ub.i
hood knew the* whereabemt* of tht-s*c in
struuie nU*. but they sev.ue-d .____ as oau a.
au u museum.
KKl.r Tina i 1 w v
Rich Y.» ith raid •I ■et to
iLo * *rk f < tig if I
bad to. but w uid is
tU :tv ly r»nny of
sup-r hate !*• i«*w
to t ;»• -t a
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PARTY COLUMN.
i jnrront Comment Concerning tbe Great
Crnsaae Against Oppression.
•
If to increase the volume of money
will also increase the g< n< ral level of
|| ri( -, s |{ w jjj tariff beeause the
; tariff is an <ul tnlun ni oil a foreign
valuation.
Now let ail dissension and discord in
th*- order cease. Then is no hope for
the oppressed people of tills Ufitioll
except in the • nui-tliieiit of tin- Alliance
lenialtds into law Let us all work
for that end. — Kx' hnn'je.
The speech made by General Weaver
recently ii. Philadelphia, says mi ex¬
change, set-ms to have Im-cji an *-y*:
>p«-n«-r for ih- city of brotherly love.
He inis r. pr< seiit iug the People’s party
in a ■ lUiidritiiguhir discnssioll of the
ipuslioli, “Which otb rs the best prac¬
tical political means for the Benefit of
the working men of this country, the
h-niocr.itie party, th*- People*# parly,
the republican party, or the church?”
Col. Watt- rsoii talked for the demo¬
crats, St* wart L. Woodford for the
republican-., and Rev. Connell for the
church. I h*- general's speech xvus ouo
of the heat of Ills lit*-.
Till'. MUTATION IN OiU'.OON.
W. A. Spaiigh, chairman Peoples’
Party State F.xecutivc Committee, of
Oregon, says in a recently published
coiiiniuiiicittioii that tin* reform move
un lit is gaining ground in < fregoti every
day. Our legislutiire nppropriat»-d
l.VI i 32,0fM4,0<W» to b* till-hoi out of the
already overburdened taxpayers in the
next two years. Hard times and
sen icitv of money lias just fairly strui-k
< li. gon, and higli tax< s are arousing
the I >*•< (pie as never before. Till- A ni¬
alien ls making good progress, and is
endeavoring t<> keep its demands fair
ly hcfole the people. Brother M. Y.
Both, the best educator b< Volid ilollbt
Oil th*' Paelie Const, ifiiotiutlu-Uniti-d
States, has b* < n employed f*-r a year
lIV the State Executive committee. He
will spend two weeks 111 each county.
II* will lay great stress oil the land,
momy, and transportation planks.
Slid ttlirn till* people to not he
side-tracked by any silver plank or
free silver alone.
OUVF.IIMMKKT TIU.Kl’IIONR IN KRANCE.
The French government acquired
th* 1 telephone three years ago. This
was brought about by a general public
outcry against the rates of the private
monopoly then conducting tho luisi
ness. In Paris, where the rates are
higher on account of all extra cx|H-use
of placing all wires underground, one
can lmvo tho use of n private telephone under¬
f;>v 3<*o a yenr.' In Lyons, with 360.
ground wires, tho price is but
The rates are much lower in cities
where overhead w itch are used. Where
the population is over 25,000, only 340
is charged; iu cities under 25,000 tho
charge is but #50.
M. Cuubiii, chief of tho financial
department says; “Three years ago
I was sent to examine the telephone
system. I would rattier not express
nn ipiniou regarding American rates,
for that was not the subject of my in
M-HtlglltlOll. 1 will say. llowever,
tluit m> fur as France ia ctiiu’t-rni-d,
*-v*-u at «dir rates tin- telephone admin¬
istration is not a drain on the budget,
despite th*- great expense laying new
lines necessary in tin- country where
tin* telephone is now au llistitllt mu.
111 due time, w it it extension, the habit
of Using the telephone will become
general ami th*- receipts will increase,
mill possibly a reduction ofrates might
follow”
In commenting upon th*- matter ed¬
itorially, tin- New \ork II (<*•/*/ says;
“There whs once a monopoly in
Franc** of this necessary adjunct of a
business community'. I*ut the govern¬
ment took the matter iu hand and the
people lire Ho longer robbed. Ill New
York we must ‘stand und deliver for
the benefit of the jaditn-ians and their
owners." ,V« w .Yti/*(»u.
MOKK BEVRNTK VI ST IU* KA1SEU.
t’ol. Win. R. Morrison is quoted as
sayilig: ”Au income tax 1 hold as im
probable and still believe ns 1 have
l*oen recently quoted; “Hint the
tariff' scheme tir budget, or whatever
it nwy j H . ,h>ci«l*-*l on t*y the Demo¬
erntic party, if it provid*-s sufficient
reventu s to me* t the <1* mauds *>f the
Government, will result in the resto
ration of s*»me tax on sugar, and, if it
Ia ,i„ m% that the achenie. or plan
of reduction, or system of taxation
which is ad»>pte‘d will fall short e»f lueM-t
ing the requirme-nts %*f Uovcrunient
and result m increasing tln< national
< tthu . h w ,. tu |if th< |W1WM , ot
, lsi McKinlev Bill.
“1 inn ine’lincd to lv d»>ubtfui
whethe r «*n a fair issue*»f this ejnestiem
the- the -ngur Wunty will !**■ reme>\e*l
and »tax laid instead. I'in* e'aplta;
of the country find- its b* -t int* re-t
nrv<d bv a ee»utinnane‘**. e-r even an in
e-r***-* >*t tin- liatfixnai .u ks
In regard t - th* qsn^tion of r< v« nu<
in ,-a-t «*t tariff re-elnetiftn the views
^ ^ M , , . t ,„ ttr ,!v u>
accord, and the b. -t jioliey to pursue,
und* r th. e ir*-uiustaiie-« i- a tuattet
of ewruest *i:se-;ii*s|.»n l*e’lw..n ni*m
l*e rs *>f the w'liAti finance cemm*tte-e,
and the treasury d«p»rtnumt It i»
g, n* rally allow* d tri-:n m D« nn*crat»c
sta»*l|H«nt that, i n n w ith th* * X
pvtoi uirt<w»* • ot importation aruitig
tr rt. • *w« r tariff and tint car* fni
I runittit of . XJa #* g**v. rn
net nt M«nv if item . r- arc
.11» tun • i.t* tax
** ng th*
' t 14 A i * V* th*' Vest
\ J . - »*, i Hrnm m, m
flit' lUsMlxH * flliUe.tt* * , I
mv.- fun inf^rn*- tnx nneler certain
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VHIHN4L W\KI.vi«iS. (■OTIO.V (.BOWII6.
'I l»e par value of capital stock in the
national banks of this country in 1872
a aa 3 P!.",b7fi,02ii; net < a mint's that
vi ar. #58,075,430. Keduce this to 45*1
ib. ball - of cotton at th- av. rage pric
in S< .t York that war and von have:
Capital stock, bales, 5,71 <>,444; net
ea rning s, bales, 721,521. The par
tain. of til. capital stock in the na
to. mil banks was, iu 1892, «679,076,650 ;
net earningH, 06,658,015.27. Redue.i
8. 450 lb. hales of cotton at the aver
pri,...... cotton in N* w York in 1892,
Hfitl jou liavo: fct<»ck, hale*-,
20.120,705; n.t earnings, bales, 1,
'.175,052. Tin- net earnings for the 21
years trorn 187” to 1802 inclusive,were
31,152,557,112.25. Reduced to cot
ton in 1802, hales, :$4,149,844.
VV. find tin-in. rage cotton crop J
that time, reduced to 150 lb. bales, wa
Imlt-H. it HpptarKtliut
starting in with the business after it
hud gotten up a full head of steam ai. 1
was running ..t full p- e.I in 1872, wit.,
a capital stuck less in value than ah
uicrag. cotton crop they have m 21
y.-ars ii.cr.HMd that stock to an e<|Uiv
aleiit of 20,12(1,70.> bales, or d.4b UV—
bales of ,s, tton, „r over 5.87 annus 1
erop- and m t annual earnings of 1 -
!<75,«< .2 tiali-s, or more than one-third
,,f Thew'Vlgim-H H ”n* ft il.^
, ,1 up for buncombe, but the .nnounts
are take, from official reports, and II,
cniciilationK are correct, ami you are
ii-ked to think over these things and
deride if you cun “wh-re are we at, ’
and “whither an* w- drifting.” If a
business engaged nccuiiniiute in by so few com
parativi !y can such enor
moils wealth in so short a time at the
. xp. i.se of th. manv producers radically of that
wealth, is not something
urongy R what is it and how
i-hull m- right it?-/Voi/,*< xniri Furm< .
Si:NATOI! Jii.VEN ns SII.VER.
Tin-report of the international Molt- _
etarv Bru'-els, ('onference, recently held «t
has appeared ns a senate
............ This report, in many re
spe.^.. if not altogetlier international in the most
valuable of tin- Co#
fen-nee reports. It is ehiefiy mad.
SO, however, by the able discussion
of the subject by certain of the dole
\\ hen the conference met, an effort
was nmiie toeoiituie the discussion to
what was called practicalI remedies,
and to keep away from principles and
theories, Imt this was found to be as
absurd as it would be for a board of
health to discuss cholera remedies w hile
ignoring the existence of cholera u.i
erolM-B.
The discussion, however, soon arose
a Hear emnprehem iot. of tlw
ditnat ion, sud brought faee to face «
theories >.f Mmetallism and monomet
allism were never more ably, lucidly
and logically pr.meiited than in these
discussions, and it iH far within bounds
|„ JKh. Ita n.on,.n„’t«ll»t, ....
Mr (Si Cnrrv, ......... th-Kn>
lisli delegates, at the outset declared
for a gold standard, “even without a
gold currency," and denied that tl •
scarcity of gold had anything to do
with the fall of prices. This was sit -
stantially the position held by all t e
gold monmuetallists. Their arguments
appear a century old, and are based
liminlv on tin* “intrinsicvalue" theory
„f
til, the ether side able arguments
were made bv such delegatesas Allard,
Of Belgium; Van .Ion Jh-rg, of tho
N. tlit-rlamls; T.rard, of France; 8.
W'iiiiiini lli.nidswort li, of Hnghind ;
Sir Guildford Moles worth, of British
India, and others, but first amougtheia
all is the speech of Senator Jones
delegate from the l nited States.
Senator Jones ha- made several great
speeches in the Senate of tlie United
States, lmt in this conference he hao
the world for an audience, and he row
to the full height of the great oeea
siiti), and delivered the most conipre
hi iisiv*', powerful and logical plea for
bi-metallism ever delivered anywher*
He took courage, after what had be*
Mii*l about going into the discussion
monctary principles, to launch fort:
into sneii au array of facts and urge,
nieut** as is presented iu this masterful
address. He began his speech by s»v
• treated A! Ml «*riy l!i»’. *(»ae with of the- our view ^oevedings of then toning it was
*-n*i niight avoid '*8*1 b*s fwen
on ialvn, w, and confine
termed » adraiical dnrwimi onr
eWUocratiow to gne-ste-ti* e»f jireetseal of detail
Fittisv *■»» i'*!:. I cannot e iuvivc any
Anal**:** system that in any true sense, can lw
ikenmf practical wtiiek » not bunt on camel
I'tbiciple-*. A system of money founded on
, rior is ii*X'uii”migl»t in ‘lr |xattiou *-f s hous. w.KtVtfcXVm eixctad upeizi
sand. 1 with
out it .urine the -afetv of th* -inu-rure.
Nor Ji-I he shrink from supportovt telling the
puuti irutii, mho no nn»
claims with such eloquence and log)*
a* could not but carry conviction to
all who hoard it. and must carry con
vutie*u to all who reiiel it; uud it will
b< read on W-th ex»ntinents. fe*r it is a
spc.vli for the* w. rid. a speech in
w hud. the iiatit.ns sere- taught. It is
this speech, uior* than anything e lse,
that rawed the e**»:if* r*-iwe from the
3. w plane upon which it was st first
pitched, and lifts 1 to a t-.ill coiupre
he-iist* n of the vH-tn.ss e f the quew
- - >•
b r eel the eiuti* s t .airr an of the
Ann nean del.-gati. n, with.-ut the pres
ei.c* and the sp.A*eh of Kaateur Je new.
then wa* nothing t.* distinguish the
pr. - nee i f !h l t.:t*u Htat- < .t th*
cor,ft reins.i ut th* luast nrly diseuasse n
. • tl.* .pi.-t:- uby >.; at.-r J.-n.-s pea-N.i
the Vuled staU* in the f«r*ni'>*1 rank
at ti.c e'e-af* r*‘Ue‘* . viut >Vi it » .li*
t • .til*.! .tL.rmis. ! . ul.l have
’ ' ’
t» t f thin bj X I |i . f ita
« I f» ft
r* mm * * !«*«« «' Ml
#i L*4i*L * - • i*. U i Wftm*
s.t. r.:.« • i:*« fiv-r-.l ihmk a «p«.-h: it i* *
«r> a;ih- 1 .; t! -ul.j- It ;-n*.t <*nl» » mom
tarv fji-ntj-f*, it > i «-?wl of pocial €wnomy.~
Ttlh>- r-un to r. assemble,
wheth* r an y of the *di« r d* legates
return or not, Senator Jones should
be sent bal k. The sum and substance
ot the conclusion of th< discussions of
th.- conference i - this : Quid has risen
l'* r «**»* hillC ' :
A87.1; it is st;li rising, and, under
present conditions, Must continue to
rise at an accelerated rate. As a con¬
»*<l<»cue. , or as a counterpart of this
! ,n< ’ < ri lmv ‘- f “ lkn '• tl,e . v H n '
* ,llJ fu,!l ""- i r present condi- l
tioitp, mutt continue to fall inuen
TmTe ifc no rf-mtMijr but more ^olu,
or silvtr do again the work of
“ N before More gold we
c *" I, '' t have; it cannot be produced;
* do. s not ex.st, but, on the contrary
is grow mg scarcer. A larger use of
w1 '' r «w wcondary money to be made
redeemable in gold, no more than an
1 T ' 11 ' J’ us< l' r, '. “ v '. 11 *" * * ,l!1 '
’
1 J'!' h ’.7 11 '” P' 1 '
gold, whlb gold it-i d grow . scarcer,
J ^ - ,1,‘m ,y : ^
., with amt not
^ ...hemed in
. ( jjj lu ,. t ulism w: is tin- onlv remedy.
' j »” «*
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AROI NT) THE IIOLSB.
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a.vi» Mirr—The
^ , Imm tt to mak^hem
thor ,mgl,lv tired of the h-calitv and so in
ducc them to leave. They arc generally
too smart to cat poi-on, even when it is
prepared for their benefit in the most sc
ductive fashion, but they arc not so pur
tieular about tartur emetic. When a
little of this is mixed with any favorite
food they will eat as greedily as though
the physic hours were there not will there, but in two dis- or
three he the most
couraged lot of rats about the place that
*”^£'7/ kiJ« tiitui, it only makes them LVlUll! <Iea<Uy
sick. If you put your carlo their holes
you fan hear them trying to vomit;
sometimes they will crawl out and w alk
about like a seasick man, so ill that they
do not seem to care what becomes of
them. But it disgusts them with
".o',, ti'UolUu-v'm uvh’otl'urolvou see
'
(I am -i no no in„re moi .
* ,0 w 10 V,!K , oa icTiuiKs. Ill
. f
liieu'ins 1 ' {r’istoo often
Iirerlooked or left to the care of the ser
vanti W ) I0Q t fi ( , nimtress should give it
her ,,,-rsoual ntti ution. Each picture as
j t ^ taken down should l>e carefully
Auated and the cord or wire the wiped,
Theu lay it on a table, wash glass
, M j pofigh it until it is perfectly clear,
Wipe the frame with a soft cloth wet in
warm water and mb the off all llyspeeks framed and
other dirt. If picture is
with a glass paste paper smoothly all
.vephe back cracks. to keep dust from «fting
through the walnut, 1 rnrnes of auything poinhed
wood, oak, or in fact
hut gilt, will be greatly improved three by
rubbing d them uJ with a solution parts
lin *«» ?' “ ® nu P arl T'u" '-‘.'i;
”rv
S B '"rer‘'7i.rLXl“" “|“E
broom und w j lu . tb ,. W alls all over. If
^bc walls defaced, are papered, ami such the places paper with is
toru or cover
scraps of the paper, If matchingif pieces possible, of
to the figures. you have no
the paper, a Japanese scroll or a cheap
plaeque, or even a hunch of dry grasses
tied with n nice bow of ribbon, will
eo*< r the place and add beauty to the
room. One lady covered pieces and fastened of paste
b '*rd with colored satin
**.>■ bunches of grass to them ana they
were very ornamental Pictures should
never be hung too high. Youi often ree
‘
t hn t vou would have to mouutM chair to
^ ;., mt „ |e subject is . Alway g hang
ii, en , jotbat thev can l>e easily seen bv a
person of medium height. It is consul
ered to be in better taste to use two
noils instead of one, it gives a more sym
metrical effect, and indeed, it is worth
considering as a matter of safety. Bo
very careful to hung pictures in the
proper light. If they are to be seen in a
-treng light do not put them iu an
sbecure corner, and if where painted the in sunshine bright
colors, do not place
wili fall ou them.
-
How t-Tovvera I’nxluoe PcrfUmc.
-
The rose would no doubt ” smell a»
sweet by any other name.” but how does
it contrive to “ smell sweet ” at all f In
pro*luce other words, their P by pi . rfume what t mode This eio . is flower* oue of
things *“ whieli, although they Uie may realm seem of
to hcloug -- esjM-cially . . to .
jioetry, cannot escape the pursuit ot
science,
>1 .... Mesnard. , French chemist, , has
a
been subjecting flowers to auaivsis in
order to find out how they become frag
rant. Ik ing out into sections and having
^ p:re htdrochloric acid poured over them,
j, wonder that the leader flowe rs
-v U p portion of their secret. Yet
they <iiU not give it up entirely. M.
Mesnard was on.y able to ascertain that
y, e fine oil which gives the perfume is
apparently derived in every case from
cnhirophyll. and is usually located at the
upper surfaces of the petals or sepals in
delicate cellules.
Ui* re seems to be some inxer-e rt ia
tienbetween the .mount e>f pigment, or
voionng matter, in the dowel ami the
D’ttnuie. liStejas;, c m* ot uc izmza more s ib;. -
^‘jv «»1L
fact that the perfume oils arc dc
(r, ml chloroph* .; is interesting be
t4U *,. os will be teuie inhered, dorophTlI
»-ub-tanc* ia plant* which, when
i.-tnl up-ii fix -'i: ’ turns a leaf into
% „>rt of eiieiahal Gfior»n>nr But it
ruRBot a* t witheott the- Minis tin*.
know how niu- h wv owe to the
tun vs a source of aU life and energy
upon the earth,^»4 yet it » great not a tubo! little*
day »« dir.-efly m-tr nuenu. in the pro
ZT dueto*3 Z. of the ex -.tv :wrf jmc wgh
wm i a *-__________- iHni ju* »* *.e* - . .-r . t ... »•••* , _
J V> U* t 4 mim ui
IdAOl I txlT (|C "r A A UUBglJ. fjRP 1 I ll/lUJa. RACE
THE ONCE MIGHTY POTTAWATOMIE
TEEBE ALMOST CONE.
Reduced to a Remnant of 250 Souls —
Tne Government Oranti i tlein a
Claim of 8150,000.
T l .., K:*X ,
a dead one,” will hardly apply
truthfully to the remnant of
the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians who
are now domiciled on their early hunt
ing ground a in southwestern Michigan.
They are the descendants of the band
that drove the eighty Illinois Indians
on “Starved Rock,” sat down about its
base and calmly waited until the last of
their victims had perished. They are
j dianB now f rom f orc e of
T hev work as much as
, ev mUKt wear the clothes of civiliza
^ drink firtWflt( . r> d in< , to their old
^ and confess their sins to the
priests, for tbo Pottawatomies
have been within the fold of the church
since Futher Marquette established a
^ ^ thenj For the rc . st ,
they preserve the purity of their race.
and have a sociable habit ot not under
t ' tau,lm « L “f hsh wL< ‘“ * ^ them
Jllht “ ow tin sc erstwhile children of
zxzzs&srizzz allowed, and
,h--Government has t.een
>f f^the'tril^ 11 S ° 011 **
distnouted among the tnl>e.
BI J warlike teilw, who for over a con
'"*? ' k »»-tcd southwestern Michigan
«>«»‘•round *»«•» campfires thousands
°t braves clustered, now aggregate
about 240 souls, rhia number is yearly
growing less, so rapidly in fact that a
few years will witness their entire ex
ti net ion.
Chief Pokagon is thc^ last of the
Pottawatomie chiefs. Wlu-n he goes
to the happy hunting grounds, whither
have countless numbers of ins ances
try, there ends nil that is left ot old
t f ihal ‘■ ,lstou,s ’ * hu “ 1 ^ wiirrmrs and
their suceeBMiou of nuthoritv. flu* mi
,, rat ion of the Pottawatomies from the
northwestern to the southeastern shore
,,f Lake Michigan took place during
the tint decade of the Eighteenth Cen
Twenty vears later the Potta
wt . r ;. f, mm \ t„ have dispos
"eased the Mamis and spread them
selves over a vast area of additional
territory, reaching from the northward* vicinity of
chieamo around the lake to
the Grand River and eastward to in
elude tho valleys of that stream and the
Kulnmazoo. Thu region they held in
undisputed possession for themselves a century
and a quarter, getting
mixed up in all the trouble that was
brewing. They were the implacable
enemies of the English and the loyal
lovers of the French. In the French
and Indian war they fought bravely for
the French and were not disposed to
^ve their territory over to English
r ., u aP,-peace w»- declared. Their
hatred of tb „ English domination made
them willing and eager to enter the
cons „j rftcv originated bv Pontiac, and
‘
the flQa , d( , tai j K „ f the plot were ar
ranged in a camp of this tribe. The
uusliMd'*.!”-“ •'<S*. J* ™"!ht
cipal exploit of the Pottawatomies in
this series of hostilities. iu 1794
this tribe was represented among “Mad
the Indian hordes who opposed
Anthony” Wayne, but returued from
the battle on the Maumee humbled and
erestfulleu. About the commencement
„f the present century the United
Stnteu Government sought to negotiate
wlth th< . i nd j ana f or land at the mouth
of ................. the St. Joseph River to establish ........... a
fort, but the red proprietors refused,
^ the i ocatioI1 at Chicago was seleet
^ upou whk . h Fort Dearborn was
‘ ‘ u lH, ' 4 ‘ They united with the
<«»*« « nA ‘ r Teeumseh. ami a
meat of warriors participated in the
massacre of the garrison at Fort Dear
born which was marching eastward
ufter evacuating the fort. in several
other engagements during this the war of
1812 the warriors from tribe took
au active part, of which the principal
and last was the battle of the Thames.
This was the last buttle ground of the
J’ottaw atomies. They sued for peaee,
r ,-tired to their villages and never
raised the-tomahawk again. The spirit
of warfare in them was broken forever.
and they hud only the strength to re
sist an attempt to remove them beyond
the Mississippi iu 1^*3. These Imlians
were* induced, as they claim, fraudu
lently to sell their reserves on Lake
Michigan, which were gooei hunting
„ , _
grounds and convenient to mis-sions.
X j lt . trifn' then settled in Van Bnren
ftnd Counties, where they are now,
some of them buying small farms and
others building ° eabins awav from the
.
' ^.J^^jv^lvanced^'civilization t!-?' , . , . _,________ 0
c ‘ rdcral lv ad aneed in cmliz twn,
the most of tht-m e’onnot speak tug
lmh intelligibly, and in no household
is that the common tongue. The
blanket has entirely disappeared *lur
ing the past few years, but some fami
lies may In* se'en preparing their h*»mi
ny by means of the wooden mortar
and pestle. Chie f IVckagou is about
S j s ty vt-ars old and wa- iiorn iu the
U*ss County settlement. With him
t , u d a family of ohi*-fs and he* bemewns
intense ignorance and laziness of
remaining people. “It isn't natn
rjd f or t j,em to work and be as other
b" <*.- "cwtea**.
kill.tb.c.I .»h»..th.t
they kevp red hot. then go out on hunt
.ng trips for a week, and deep with no
‘belter. Conmmpti.m takes there and
there nr* oth. r elt<> ase« that rage
eiuong theiu. Th* \ iet-1 t*» have
wagons and property, but must of
icm drank them up. They own earn ,
rty to fifty ew nts a <L«y cutting
I ” Tb*-d«-ath-annually e.ntnnm
• th birth* and an Indian of fifty
»»»-anty i geu*l will
a *>nly remain t t,-U th* tal* «d
, r r ' ,». H .p, |>,juvii. wiii am
^ known u* NLvkifcan hv luvin.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Vails were made by hand previous to
1810.
N» hearses are used in the City of
Mexieo.
A Philadelphia taxidermist is appro
riateiy named Stuffer.
The first idea of a pneumatic tube
~ *■* »- <v*<*
An English corset firm made w HdS
corsets on orders for men last year,
A Washington druggist has a sign
out announcing ‘‘Bargains in Pills,
Since 1840 thirty-seven vessels, of
wl|ic i 1 H , )Rrt , ( f the'name wasthe “City
of,” have been wrecked or lost.
A cow at Gainesville, Texas, has an
appetite for colored lithographs and
post bills which she seems to enjoy.
A calf with a wing growing from its
shoulder-blade may be seen on the farm
of A. M. Chisholm, near Hccla, South
Dakota.
People who own elliekens in Hutch
iiison, Kan., are comiielled bv law to
inclose them in coops from March to
U( . t ober.
A society at Eastman, Ga„ is called
o The S<K .i„ ty ' „ f Amalgamated Pre
VBricators .« The word “Ananias” is
engraved on the budge of honor.
^ 'h,k
<hssect,ng , a monstrous shark, e|annsto
ton,'which ’ bore PresidentJClevelund’s *
.
A rent or cut in an oilcloth may be
^ ek * ,’^Sh fj*” 1 sU^ide ut l*
up, and hi inging the edges of the cloth c t h
toget ur.
A brief attack of neuralgia caused a
remarkable change in Miss Fairy
Musetter, a nineteen-year-old belle of
Fostoria, Ohio. Her hair has hecoma
as white as snow.
street bands arc not permitted in
Germany unless they accompany pro
t . esfli( , ns _ I u Vienna the organ grind
ers are llllowed t o plav olilv between
• 11 ‘ i Hllll ‘ c^t
‘
< diamond , is not among tha
earliest , gems known to man. It has not
been found in the ruins of Nineveh, in
the Etruscan sepulchers nor iu the
tombs of the Phumicinns.
The bronze cents of the year 1877
have become ho scarce that coin dealers
pay a premhun on them. They are the
only ones of the cents issued since tha
war that have any thing more than their
face value.
Cinderella’s real name, it seems, was
Rhodope, and she whs a beautiful
Egyptian maiden, who lived 670 years
1 m.- fore the common era and during tho
reign of I’samnietieus, one of the twelve
kings of Egypt.
Aeeonli..» to >i, n _»n KinsTmt.
«a?t • i eonteininw
^ of his nrivate hilt oaoers fweutv-flve was onened
Jtei recent dav J chlts vears
lua d u i SD twentv-tiv^ o h. mSe aro
tolteomned ' nn ,1
,
t
* ‘
Most vegetarian* believe that it is
cr « el to kill animals for the sake of
^
<»"> *“ »"»» '“ ,hCT ’ h '' “•
reason, and have their teet covering
made of felt
Many of the houses in Madrid,
Spain, have a long palm branch twisted
along the railings of one of the upper
balconies. This was blessed iu one of
the churches at Palm Sunday, and is
kept until another is substituted iu the
following year.
Home of the “walking leaves,” those
which are natives of India, China and
Tapan in particular, are large, gro¬
tesque-looking creatures, their resem¬
blance being strikingly like a bundle
of yellow twigs joined together with
faded, macerated leaves. The limbs of
this species of insect are h,jig, slender
and twiglike, the eoloriug F.<?iug suited
to that particular species of vegetation
upon which the deceptive luimicke?
subsists.
l ost of Discovering America.
Professor Rug*one of those Ger
mans who are all the while finding
something out. has learned from the
archives of Palos that the actual expenses
of the first Columbus voyage of di6
covery amounted to 1.140.000 mara
vedis. Professor Rnge has found no
record of the cost of the caravels, and
he therefore offers no estimate of in¬
terest of the capital invested in those
vessels or the expense due to natural
deterioration, repairs, etc.
It is only very nioderativelv interest
ing to know that the expense* amounted
to a certain number of rnaravedis, be¬
eause the average reader may not kuow
the present value *>f a maravedi, much
less the value of that coin 400 years
ago. Many people do not oven know
tnat . of given . denomination
a coin a
changes in value—in purchasing jxiwer
with the lapse of time, and many more
_____
have only a vague-notion of the extent
of the change. It is, in fact, a matter
of great difficulty to translate the money
of past times nit*, monev of the pres¬
ent time s*> as to get a clear idea of the
relative cost of commodities and ser
vices.
In the present instance Professor
Rnge attemnts to tran-late marav>dis
of the time of Columbus mt*. German
marks, and we have te. translate marks £
..... Mb. ...h „,cb
,«i»-.~« .B... ,,...MhT k gold
and silver will to-day buy more e.f
nn-t thing- iu Germany than ui the
United Stales. As the result ofthe
d.nlde transaction we have- the ewti
mate that the cost **f the- first ro»ago
of Cednmi.u* wa- about #7300. That
looks like a very small wun, lent wcget
a m*s!ificd idra of it when «c are told
that the v^arlv jstv *>f Colnuibn* him
-if w.-g.',2.». ..f th-epum. #!92«airh.
- • piU>t» fr-.n. #Ui2.3o to *15:130
and ttf a aurgeem * 71 e>nlv * 3*.23 whil* tbs
«ad< .1 r» ^ reevivW . ivd Uuo, • ffpj ytmi
•
kk*ea^o ttvrai-i.