Tu PA IT SIRE'S DEBT.
PRETTY INDIAN GIRL SELLS HER
SELF AT AUCTION.
Touching Story of Filial Deration on
the Part of "Singing Bwaa," a Kiowa
Maiden The Purchase Price Wu
525,000.
CASTLE TO BE THESPIANS' HOME.
A daughter's unselfish love for a
Tatber baa been proven by toe strangest
of all strange transactions which could
possibly 'take place In civilized Amer
ica.
The other day In a Kiowa village In
Indian Territory, an educated and un
usually attractive girl of Indian birth
offered herself at auction to the high
est bidder, thus gaining, by the only
means which ber loyalty and affection
could devise, money to cancel a debt of
honor which her father bad died with
out paying "Singing Swan" Is the
girl's name, and the sum for which she
bartered her liberty was $25,000.
Not one In the village suspected that
"Singing Swan" contemplated taking
so radical a step, although It was no
ecret among the settlers and her tribal
folk for many miles around that she
had held ber father In an Idolatrous
regard, had mourned his loss keenly
and had grieved over the fact that a
debt which she could nof wipe out
lived after him, and a debtor whose
claim she could not pacify continually
harassed ber. ,
"Iron Talk," the father of this re
markable girl,' was a great chief, and
at one period of bis career was regard'
ed as one of the most prosperous In
dlans in the Territory. In his old age
when the country became easy of ac
cess through the building of numer
ous railroads, shrewd white traders
crowded upon the reservations and
Into the villages. "Iron Talk" was dis
; tingulshed for his hospitality and
friendly disposition toward all enter
prises calculated to Improve the coun
trv and elevate his people. In conse
quence he was easily Induced to em
imimiiimM""""MHMMtMM!
MIRAMOUXT CASTLE. '
MIramount Castle at Manton. Ore., Is to be turned into a free sanitarium
for consumptive actors and actresses If present plans are carried out The
wide and increasing prevalence of tuberculosis among members of the the
atrical profession has led to the promotion of this scheme, in which leading
thespians are Interested. The site selected for the proposed sanitarium Is all
that could be auked, as far as climatic conditions go, and the breezes that
blow from the nearby pine forests are said to be highly beneficial In treat
ing the dread disease.
Every theatrical organization In the country Is aiding the promoters of
this worthy movement, and many prominent actors, actresses and managers
have Individually pledged themselves for substantial sums. Already nearly
$100,000 has been subscribed, and the success of the undertaking Is assured.
The name of Anna Kathertne Green
Is known wherever the lover of detec
tive stories reads his favorite literature
Her latest novel, bearing the mysterious
tide of "The Filigree Ball." Is published
by the Bobbs-Merrlll Company.
Mn. Hornlband Mrs. Scrogglns tells
me that since that llt'ry son of tbetrn
was thro wed over by that Goldsby girl
he's been all broke up. Farmer Hornl
band Yes, I ben seein' his pieces in th'
paper. Baltimore American.
George Ade has entered the short
story field. His first book of stories
will be published by McClure. Phil
lips & Co. The title Is "In Babel."
By "Babel" Is meant Chicago, all of
these stories dealing with some aspect
of life In this city.
Books may come and books may go,
but "Ben Hur" apparently bids fair
Little Stories and t
Incidents that Wilt f
Interest and Enter- X
tain foung Readers t
MMMM M
Girl with a Company Face.
Once on a time, in a far-away place.
Lived a queer little girl with a company
face.
And no one oatslde of the family knew
Of her everyday face, or supposed she
bad two.
The change aha could make with won-
drons celerity,
la ber band, when she stopped In front
of a barber shop and entering handed
the violets to the man and said, simply:
"Thews are for Whisker's coffin."
"Whiskers r said the man, "and who
Is Whiskers?"
"Why. I don't know," said Alice,
For practice had lent her surprising del- only It said on the window, 'Whlskera
teritv.
Bat at last It chanced on an unlucky day
(Or lucky, perhaps, 1 would much better
IT).
To her dismal dismay and complete con
sternation.
She failed to effect the desired transfor
mation!
dyed h re and I am Tery sorry about
H."
the Jewels to a wealthy white lady in DESCENDED FROM JUNGLE FOWLIt0 g0 on forever. Harper & Bros, are
St. Louis for $1,500. The money will
be divided among my people, who are
at this time In great poverty. The man
who buys me takes me as I am, but I
can make my own clothing. I need a
sum of money to discharge a debt
which my father, 'Iron Talk,' owed to
a white man named John McRae when
be died. McRae Is barred from bid
ding. I promise to make the man who
knir, mA trmA wifo TimvldfWl he
treats me well. Who bids for Singing y were able to fly as easily as birds.
Swan?"
rleties. If our fowls were permitted to
run .wild for a number of generations
there Is no reason why they would not
return to their first state, In which
The young warriors could hardly
credit their eyes and ears. Finally a
young Kiowa brave spurred his pony
nearer. Few heard the words of the
bidder, but the next Instant the girl
exclaimed: "One thousand dollars I
am offered! Who bids more?"
"Six Killer," a rich Cherokee, In
stantly shouted. "I will give $5,000 in
gold for Singing Swan."
How Ponltry Still Retain Anceatr.l bringing out a new edition of their
Characteristics. I payers tamon, xne Biory is Deing
Common poultry are all descended Included In school libraries throughout
from the jungle fowl of India and , the country as supplementary reading,
years of domestication and cross breed-: and now we hear of an association
lng have given rise to the different va-j Inspired by the story and known as
the Order of Ben Hur.
Following upon the large success of
"The Woman That Toils," by Marie
Van Vorst and Mrs. John D. Van
Vorst, Doubleday, Page & Co. are soon
to issue another book, "Tollers of the
Home," by Lillian Pettlnglll, which is
a frank and genuine account of the
things that really happened to ber
while In domestic service as an ex
periment similar to that of the authors
of the other book
Mrs. Rose Hartwlck Thorpe, whose
beautiful poem, "Curfew Shall Not
Ring To-Night," will live for all time,
makes her home in California. In
talking about her famous poem, some
curious facts were made known. It
was written when she was but a school
girl, and she derived the Inspiration
from study of that historic period of
England, which moved her so deeply
This quality Is always noticeable when
man attempts to carry on a private evo
lution of his own. Nature has no use
for the long feathered, crested and
gaudy colored monstrosities produced
by man, and when they are returned to
her she at once begins their reconstruc
tion. Observe the common rooster, the
overgrown, weak-lunged Inmate of the
barnyard. He wakes In the early
morning and some Impulse still remain
ing In him causes him to look for the
branches overhead, but which are not
there. A similar Impulse makes him
flap his wings, as if he were trying
to soar up Into the tops of tbe high
est trees, and then he sends out his
challenge to the world. ' Hundreds and that on returning from Bchool she hast
hundreds of years ago, long . before I ened to her room, and proceeded to
the Chinese or Hindoos had captured paint In rhymed words the vivid pic-
their first jungle fowl, this rooster's ture In her mind. It wns not publish-great-great-great-grandfatber
with ed till two or three years later, when
several hundred more greats added it was accepted by a Detroit paper to
was accustomed as the first rays of the which Miss Hartwlck had for some
sun touched the distant Himalayas, to 1 time been contributing, gratuitously,
fly up and up to the topmost branches short poems.
of some mighty tree, and there sound his j -winslow Plain." by Sarah P. Mc-
deflance to all the Jungle cocks within Lean Greene, is not a book to read for
nearing. some morning, when we are Bt0rv. The persons who read it
awakened at the break of day by the wlli do 80 because it Is , good and
Importunate tones of the rooster, let : wholesome and written by a woman
up forgive our poor domestic bird who ! wno know8 U0v to combine pathos and
Is helplessly carrying out the demands humor and who knows well how to
of, hereditary impulse, which, pitifully : reiigion attractive. - Mrs. Greene'
'ii Stork' Doorway.
A new baby brother had come to
Annie's house and she wanted to know
where he came from. She was told
that ha nam frntn heaven. One dav
Ami a caller, her tescher. Mb. Agatha ghe wag ta th yard pla7lng;. ,d
Surprise Th?r with h.lf of he, eomp.ny w a rift in the clouds. so she ran Into
f.cson. the house and said: ,.
And half of her everyday face peeping "Oh, mamma, come and see the hoi
out, In the sky where little Druver uroppeo.
Rhowinr one grimy tear-track and half through."
of a pout, ... .t
Counting amasingly with th. sweet a whMtl? Australian
That shone on her company side all the rarity. There is a glassy space on the-
while. wings, crossed with riDS. wnen tno
The caller no sooner had hurried away moth wants to whistle it strikes these
Than up to her room the girl flew In dis- rlbs wjth. jtg antennae, which have a
may; fcnoh at the end. The sound Is a love
And after a nlgut spent in solemn reuec- frQm ma,e to tQe female
lion
Of the folly of features that can't bear
Inspection,
She came down to breakfast and walked
to her place.
Calm, sweet and serene, with her com
pany face.
' HOW A DRUMMER GOT EVEN.
Lost Money In the Booth and Sent a
Gambler to Recover It.
"In Meridian," said a visitor, "Is a
Thenceforward she wore it, day out and well situated in the heart of the city
dav in. that is known as the 'Dougherty wen
Till you really might think 'twould be hat isn't Its official title," he contlu-
worn very thin; uedf 'DUt most of the boys about town
But, strange to relate. It grew more ,t that, J()hn Daugb.erty was a
bright and gay, former Cincinnati gambler who came
Ana ner reiaiiYee iuiuk msi icu-icv.
day
When the greatly astonished Mies Ag
atha Mason
South years ago to get even with five
merchants In a town who had won
several thousand dollars In a poker
Surprised her with half of her company game from an Ohio drummer who, re
face on. turning home, got Daugherty to go to
St. Nicholas. " this place and win his money back for
papar Doylies. mm. ine proiessioimi nrriTni u
Just now -when paper novelties are little town ready for business. He had
so much In vogue, readers of this col- laid his plans well. First he had sent
uran may like to know of an easy way a negro there and had all the playing
of making dainty doyleys, the only cards bought
requisites being a few sheets of thin "The negro was followed by a man
white or tinted paper and a pair of selling cards. The stores dealing In
scissors. pasieDOuras were iu uwu ui
The paper when folded Is ready for once. "When could the arummer get
an oraer nuear iu urumuier iuiu u
useless now, is still his badge of de
scent from some royal jungle cock,
holds a position among the story writ
ers of to day which Is her very own
These researches might be carried on Her followers, while they may not be
Indefinitely and so pursued as to show 80 great in numbers as the ones who
reiationsnip Detween ail animais. it follow In the wake of each new "best
Is hard to believe, perhaps, that the ele-1 selling book," are sincere and often
phant was once a fish, but evolution times enthusiastic In the admiration of
says he was. Perhaps man was, also, 'her work. Perhaps It is her beautiful
Such a thing would not be much more
remarkable than the wonders shown in
the foregoing short study.
bark in many ruinous financial ven
tures. Before he died he borrowed a
large sum from a money lender which
he was never able to return, though It
Is said that the relentless creditor
seized upon property belonging to the
estate which ought to have satisfied
him. He has kept his Judgment ror
about $6,000 alive for years, to the
great distress of "Singing Swan" and
her only brother.
At length, In order to liquidate the
Indebtedness, "Singing Swan" decided
to offer herself for sale, reserving the
right to reject or approve the final bid.
More than one sighing suitor had
told her that she was worth her weight
in gold. One aged admirer had offered
. to place a large sum to her credit In
the bank and build a palace for her If
she would consent to preside over his
household, and another who was
younger and better looking had made
fine speeches upon his knees. veii
she would put them to the test. Bbs
chose a feast day when a large crowd
composed of white traders, cattlemen.
Indians, half-breeds, nomads and gam
blers had gathered in the village street.
Offer Herself for Eale.
When "Singing Swan" appeared
among them, clad gayly In the rich
royal robes of her tribe, all eyes were
turned upon her in admiration. It was
tbe moment for her to act Suddenly
mounting a box she stood, a dramatic
figure amid most picturesque surround
ings. She began to chant In a sweet
clear voice a favorite Kiowa melody.
At once she was surrounded by a
cheering throng. With a graceful ges
ture of one bronze, rounded arm she
commanded silence, and spoke.
' "Who wants a wife?" she asked of
the astonished crowd. There was an
earnestness In her voice and face that
forbode a jesting reply.
"Who wants a wife?" repeated the
trembling glrL "I am for sale. To the
highest bidder I will execute a bill of
sale of myself. I am about 18 years
old. I can read and write, and am
considered a good housekeeper. I can
make good bread and the sweetest
kind of cakes and pies. I can ride a
mustang, milk cows and throw a rope.
The robe and the Jewels that I wear
will not be Included In the sale.' They
are the property of the royal family of
the Klowas. They have belonged to
successive generations of ruling fe
males In the family of our chiefs for
many generations. Since there are no
longer chiefs possessing tbe tribal dig
nities I have sold the royal robes and
"It is not enougn to pay my father's
debts of honor," said the maiden.
At that moment old "Jim Crow," a
famous, wealthy "white Indian, shout
ed, "I need a housekeeper, and If Sing
ing Swan will take kindly to old Jim
I will put a check for $10,000 In one
of her little hands."
"You can't get her," roared the Cher
okee; "$11,000."
"Can't IT retorted Jim, throwing his
Winchester across his left arm and
drawing a long piece of glittering steel
from his belt. "We will see about that,
Joke Was on the Whites.
A Wichita boy serving In the Phil
Ipplne army writes to his 'mother In J
tbe greatest indignation over a gigan
tic Joke played by a colored regiment
in the far-away Islands. This regi
ment Is the Forty-ninth Infantry. They (
were stationed at Slpa, one of the In-1
faith which is her chief clinrm, for In
every word that she writes one recog
nlzes her belief In the goodness of
human nature. Nowhere has she shown
this belief more strongly than In
"Winslow Plain."
fi 'win
Willi,. .W) H
I
WITHOUT PHRASES.
cutting as shown in Figure 1. Figure
shows the dotted lines for folding.
First fold the paper in half, and then
In half again, thus forming a square
one-fourth In size of tbe original sheet.
Some Expressions That Are Contln1
nonaly Overworked.
It is really time to compile a black-
terlor provinces. They told the natives iut of words and phrases that have
that the colored race predominated In appeared In court so often as to sug'
America; that the whites had been but gest their Immediate expulsion. Those
recently released from slavery; that that appear on the blacklist should be
the colored people ran the 'United unable for three years at least to ob
,,. , n..-,m.i,f. that PnuMnnf fn I lt I ..I. .1. m-
Mr. Injln. Shout $15,000. Miss Singing olal" - ; - im pnuir.o nm m i....L..,e
blooded African chief; that the white monotony have some excuse. We
folk in America were low down, lazy, should blacklist the "well-earned rest"
pilfering trash, much given to stealing and the "scene of her former trl
chickens; that the white were not per- umphs," the "young lady of prepossess'
mined to own property, ana that the
negroes wouldn't associate with them
on terms of equality at all.
By and by the colored regiment was
moved elsewhere and tbe regiment to
which the Wichita boy belonged took
Its place. The white soldiers found
Swan, and tell 'em to come again."
The two men glared at each other, to
the great delight of tbe crowd, and no
doubt to the Intense satisfaction of the
Indian girl.. They continued bidding
until Jim shouted $25,000. As the an
gry Cherokee turned his horse and
galloped away the crowd roared with
laughter, and when they saw the smil
ing beauty holding her hands toward
the successful bidder and heard her
say, "Here, ,Mr. Crow; come and take
lng appearance," the "ample Justice"
that it done to the viands beneath
which the "tables literally, groaned,
and tbe wedding presents that are "nu
merous and costly;" but we admit their
use in a world where time Is money
and lines are a penny; these habitual
your property." they filled the air with that ,ooked "Pn - offenders might, after some years' ab
cheers.
Singing Swan had fallen Into the
hands of a strange but trustworthy
character. His wife, who was a half
blood Chickasaw, had been dead for
several years, but he has a large fam
tempt and that everything told by the stentlon from Ink, be considered to
colored troops had been
Kansas City Journal.
A New Ureaklast Food.
"Do you know the 'Autocrat of th
Breakfast Table,' Mr. Tinkham?" ask-
believed. have purged their offense. Much more
annoying Is the attempt at absurd or
namentatlou. the struggle against taut
ology and preposterous pinnacles of
language. Why should It be necessary
' I... . ... ... rVi an Y irth noAti him K.an fiiunfinnan
lly of boys and girls and Is reputed to ed a laay or ner nost at a rural dinner ""c" " r" " ' "
be worth a quarter of a million of dol- party. twice, to call him at the third allusion
i. "Well, really, now. I don't know" he "the great lexicographer?' It has no
Jim Crow led the girl to the house of replied . " We've tried so many o' them h"
j i .i- tkA i nrtiiK i H.HT locHiH i caii l kpbd TrflPir nr DVM -
!Jn.e"Ua"".8"7 UZ,"Z: T. 'em. Maria." he called to' hi. wire the careful chatter of Boswell. With
aiuouui prumiocu. cn.uB uCi ma... " tho loTlMMrrnnher must nfl Into
across iw tame, uurv wo ever tneu v
the water-cracker of the breakfast obscurity the "Swan of Avon," the
taller' . "Wizard of the North," and the "Sage
of Chelsea." The phrases ring through
the papers with tbe maddening ltera
tlon of the latest popular tune that tbe
would call for ber In a few moments,
he hunted for John McRae and asked
for the note that he held against Iron
Talk. Old Jim read it carefully, and
then, taking his revolver from his
shirt, he thrust he paper Into the muz
zle of the gut and drove it down on
the ball witb a lead pencIL
"Now, Mr. McRae," he remarked, "I
aappen to know that you get more
than Iron Talk's property to pay this
debt Yon have annoyed the heirs of
my dead friend long enough, and If I
Why Bis Debts Worried Him.
Ned I'm dreadfully worried about
my debts.
Jack-It mnst be very annoying to 1K whi.h r
.ill jlunnosl luc v
lJ vuuuuuui.j "
Ned Oh, bang the duns! What wor
ries me is the fact that I can't get any
more credit. Kansas City Journal
Natural One.
The origin of natural gas Is the action
ever hear that you mention this matter 0f vater upon aluminum carbide by
again I will send this note Into your which methane Is evolved.
hide with a bullet"
Jim Introduced the Indian girl to his think that wlreles. telegra-
sons and daughter, as an orphan ft. ,wiu 8aye t,me2 , Yc"' lf tb
had adopted, and told them to treat can Invent some sort of a messenger-
her as a sister. Since the old rsncher boyless device for delivering the tele-
has several fine-looking sons it will be STam-
a matter of wonder lf the pretty maid- If you have never tried to make any
en does not soon find a lover and so one happy you have no Idea of what
keep the $23,000 for a wedding "dot" you have missed.
heaven knows where. To tbe list, too,
must be added that Infuriating begin
ntng of a paragraph, "It Is Interesting
to note." If It were not Interesting
there would be no excuse for noting lc
London Academy
A boy's Idea of a funny thing on the
stage Is for one man to hit another with
a stuffed club.
Is It possible for one woman to be too
good-looking for other women to con
elder her respectable?
There Is very little sympathy for any
man who gets injured In a "friendly
scuffle,"
CtTT-PAPEB DOII-T.
that he had a hundred packs In hla
trunk samples that he would dispose
of at less than cost and again the
stores had a supply. That night
Daugherty was there and in about
three days he had about all the ready 1
money that could be scraped together .
In that vicinity. Then he took a train
for the North, but was captured at
Meridian.
"While his trial was going on he
got acquainted with some of the local
sports and concluded to make Merid
ian his home. The' police attempted
to make it so warm for him that b
would leave, but they didn't succeed.
About this time the city concluded to .
dig a well. Workmen would shqyeL
away dirt for a week or so and then,
stop. After a while, however, they
would resume. Daugherty at about
this time was being tyned. regularly on
the first of each month $100 and costs.
The remaining four folds must be Tben, by the 8d, the men wouW tackle
T' - iL it? the well once more. This thing ran
taken from the center outwards, and . . ... . T,.llrf.
not folded over all In one piece. Care moK, a.kaA w '
TV CUl IV IUO UiHt nUHl iv,v U1U
must be taken that the folding Is per
fectly .even or the doyley will not be
success. Next mark with pencil as
shown In Figure 8, and cut carefully
to tbe outlined pattern with sharply-
$7
V
v
how much money it would take to com
plete the hole In the ground; that he
would pay It then and let the well b
finished. But of course the marshal
wouldn't listen to any such proposition.
The end of the month came along and
Daugherty, standing In front of the St
Charles Hotel and seeing tbe Idle tools,"
remarked: "Well, next Thursday wtlL
be the 1st and I'll bet a hundred work
will commence next Monday.' Sure
enough his prediction came true and
by Wednesday water had been found."
-New Orleans Times-Democrat
HOW TO FOLD AND CUT.
Idle Converaatien.
When will women ia business realise
that nothing Is more disturbing to
a busy man than tbe Idle conversa
tion many women Indulge In during
pointed scissors. Unfold your paper, business noursi ucn conversation
and if the directions have been care- wastes botn time ana money ana
fully followed you will be charmed makes ber an unmitigated nuisance
with the result With a very little skill more than anytning eise.
In designing, many other patterns may As a matter of fact it is not easy
be cut in the same way. to nna a taciturn woman, according to.
tbe Baltimore isews. it is almost lm-
Hlvee of the World. possible to discover one who, given
The largest bee farm in the world is -fflpient Drovocatlon. will not tell the
said to be near Becton, Canada. It ,tory of ner nfe to a sympathetic per
covers four acres, and the owner In a g0lli wnen gne ,hould be writing let-
favorable year secures not less tnan terg or adding figures. Sometimes a
75,000 pound, of honey from 19,000,000 solitary woman will put a whole ef-
worklng Dees, ureece na. ou.uuu flce t0 confusion by an untimely word
hives; Denmark, 00,000; the Nether- nere an(i a flve-mlnute conversation
lands, 240,0000; France, 050,000; Ger- there. The women who have been sue
many. 1,450,000; Austria, 568,000. The cessful in the business world have-
United States ha. 2,800,000, which pro- been the few who knew when to hold
duce 61,000,000 pound, of honey an- their tongues, and where.
nually. The largest weight of honey Thore are women who avow tbem-
tbat has ever been taken In a single
season from one hive was 1,000
pounds, In Texas.
selves able to talk while they work,
and to do a task a. well to an accom
paniment of chatter as they do In sr
nrnfrninil nllnnw hilt thpv urllt l.a.
W-t, T I V ." 1 J
Little Ruth was spending her first lu(y " t,hey e.ft.n. ,nd"" thel.r ?p'
Vi a I.M lciic v vj iuio. a uu iiiuccu, i l lr
not true, for no one can do two things
at the same time and do them well. .
The woman who wants to succeed In
business, then, must take a lesson In
keeping quiet before she will be re
garded a. an acquisition to an office
In which men are employed. .
night away from home. She was some
what restless, and In the morning she
was asked bow she had slept
"I don't think I slept very much."
"Then you couldn't have had any
bad dreams, surely," said mamma.
"No, ma'm, I didn't; but i ad two
terrible thinks."
To Be Mourned Over.
One day little Alice was talking
Acquire self-control, or one of these
day. you will be one of those Idiot
down the street with a bunch ol violets who yell "Fire" In a crowded bona.