THE POCAHONTAS TALE.
TRUE VERSION OF THE AMERICAN
HISTORICAL LEGEND.
Focabontai Die Not Save Jtvlm Smith's
Life, bnt Interceded In llelialf of One
. of Her Lovers. Who Mas Ungmei! to
Die and Whom Shu Did Xnt Marry.
"It is strange and incomprehensible,
nevertheless a fact, that raconteurs, from
the time of the first liar down to the
present age of Mulhattons and Mnn
hansens, with a wonderful unanimity
persist in , falsifying and twisting the
truth Into an unrecognizable quantity."
aid"Colonel G-eorge as he gazed at the
wondrous landscape panoramically coTn
ing into view.
We were speeding oveV the beautiful
ea green waters of the Chesapeake bay
tin the steamer Ariel from Norfolk to
Richmond. 'I made the acquaintance on
board of the gentleman who gave utter
ance to the above sage remark. When
the colonel spoke the boat was on the
eve of passing historical Jamestown, and
the passengers had grouped themselves
together on vhe lee side to catch a fleet
ing glimpse of the ivy clad front wall of
. the old church, standing sentinel-like on
, a peninsula formed point of land.
As we rounded the wide bend of the
river, and the church, the sole remain
ing Telic standing on the . scene of the
romance of Captain Smith and Pocahon
tas, hove into view, the colonel resumed
his conversation, or rather monologue:
"You must have noticed in your life
time how a story will grow as it is re
peated from lip to lip how the truth
becomes distorted and subjected to in-
Tinmerable alterations of fact. : In illus
tration of this," said the colonel thought
fully, "! will relate you an Indian legend
recalled to my mind by that old ruin,"
pointing to the church wall which the
boat was just then gliding by. "The
iory as 1 heard it, was told me by an
ld farmer, well known in the neighbor
hood, on my last trip up the James
river, just before the war."
POCXHONTAS' -REAL 'NAME.
Jamestown vanishing from sight, the
-colonel and I returned to the cabin,
sought seats away from the crowd of
passengers and I settled myself comfort
ably to listen to the tale.
"When Captain John Smith made the
"Krst settlement' in Virginia, the white
and red man lived on terms of amity
and confidence." began Colonel George.
"Caucasian and Indian mingled with
acb other and were held in mutual es
teem. Until the 'outcropping of the
greediness" and avariciousness of the
Englishmen, became apparent, peace and
prosperity smiled on the hardy settlers.
"In the village ruled by Powhatan
there dwelt a lovely Indian maiden. Her
skin was the color of polished copper,
her hair of. raven's hue and her eyes
sparkled as the morning star veiled be
hind a gathering storm cloud. Warriors
from far and near sought her hand in
marriage, but her heart remained invul-
nerable to all vows of love and devotion.
However, when the white man invaded
the habitations of the Indians, among
their number was a youth comely to
look upon, famed for his courage and
manly qualities. Tetehee. in the course
of her many visits to the newly founded
village on the James river, cast her eyes
on handsome Homer Castalwain, and,
lo! the little India god of . love pierced
her heart with his arrow, and she loved
him with all an. Indian maiden's fierce
ness. Now..Chief Opechaucanpugh, one of
Powhatan's tributary rulers, had a son
who was madly in love with Tetehee;
the Morning Star. Bankee (Black Bear)
was cruel and vindictive Indian," and
when he learned that Tetehee's heart be
longed to a despised white man he swore
vengeance upon his tomahawk against
Homer Castalwain.
. THE TRCK VERSIOX.
ln the soft Indian summer, with
nature aglow with variegated colors,'
Tetehw, in ompauy with the other
maidens und (tnnnwa nf r h.i ;n.,,.A
- 1 - . v. ,.UW ItlldgCt 0
gathering the golden ripe maize for win
' ter use- from the Gelds of the king.
While the maidens were at work Bankee
raided the cornfields of the powerful
Powhatan, carrying off to his own vil
lage the object of his savage affections.
He meant to coerce Tetehee into mar
riage while in his power, raise a war
party, attack the settlement of the white
."Castalwain. upon- hearing of the
threatened danger of his lovely Indian
bride-to-be. accomnauied bv -Cantain
John Smith, supplicated King Powhatan
for aid to rescue her, - This was granted.
So, with a warparty composed of Indians
and settlers, under the leadership of
Smith, Opechancanough's village was
surprised in the midst of his son's wed
ding .. festivities. Tetehee rescued and
Bankee captured and carried before King
Powhatan. , . ' , -
"Then it was that his fate was decreed
death by'beheading, do to speak. As
Bankee's head lay on the stone,, a huge
. Indian, standing over him. Pocahontas
f rushed between the upraised club and
prostrate man and begged her father, the
king, for his life not from love, how
ever, 'but simply through pity and weak
' ness of heart. ,
"This ia the true version of the world
wide famous legend of Captain Smith
and . Pocahontas, which poets .-add' his
torians have handed down fur genera
tions. It is a sample of what a truth
undergoes how it is garbled as related
. by one and another in the course of nar
ration. ' The accuracy of the story is xm-
. doubted in my mind, as it is a well au
thenticated fact in the neighborhood in
xpr-irIV htt' rtrl fgrmar" liv-o I. t l.n
the last living descendant of Homer Cas
talwain and Tetehee, the Indian maid
en." Atlanta Constitution.
Tha Ivory Nnt.
The vegetable ivory nnt of commerce
in the albuminons seed . found .in the
drupes of, dwarf palm! From these
nnt European turners fashion the reels
; of spindW.'Hiuall boxes, and many other
little fancy articles, which can be'coloreil
with ("pJpbnrU acid. ChHJnbprs' Jonr
MONKEY ACTORS.
A Trainer Mast Become a Monkey to Be
. Able to Teach Them Trick.
The training of monkeys for stage per
formances .demands peculiar talents and
a curious psychological ability on': the
part of the .instructor. ; Brockmann,
probably the most successful monkey
trainer that the world has seen, once de
scribed thus the necessary method of ap
proaching a monkey pupil:
"To the monkey man is a'strange and
incomprehensible " being; . I therefore
must adopt as far as possible the mon
key's ' way of regarding persons and
things. The monkey must find in me
one of his own kind a monkey like him
self, . only., a much ! stronger monkey,
whom he must obey. Then he has some
thing which he can understand; - he ac
customs himself to it, and he voluntarily
takes more pains to comprehend me
than he would take to comprehend a be
ing who made on him about the same
impression that a monster from another
world would make on us. '.I adapt,
therefore, all to his mode of life. When
he disobeys and rebels against me I do
not strike, because he does not strike;
but I bite because he bites.
The behavior of a troop of monkeys
trained by Brockmann would undoubt
edly strengthen the convictions of the
Russian Duroff, who gave up teaching in
a high school to instruct pigs and geese,
and who holds that, of all pupils, human
pupils are the least docile. A man once
behind the scenes of Brockmann's mon
key theater wrote:
"I have always regretted that Brock
mann did not give his performances on a
perfectly open stage, so that the audience
could see the waiting , performers. ',. The
conduct of the . quadruped' actors while
awaiting their parts was much more
fascinating than their best acting before
the audience. Like a company of gnomes
or lilliputians the little performers sit
there dressed and made up, perfectly
well behaved, each in the proper human
attitude on his tiny chair, each follow
ing with undivided attention and eager
anxiety the progress of the play so as to
be ready at the exact moment for his ap
pearance. No person is "near them, no
servant or attendant to distract them, and
no prompter to whisper at the proper
time:
" 'Fraulein Lehmami, look out! You
come on immediately; or, 'Herr Schulze!
Where is Herr Schulze? Quick! Quick!
You must go on."
"Every one knows his part perfectly.
Every one is acquainted with the
progress of the plot and with the stage
of the development at which he is ex
pected to appear. Without a catchword
or motion he hurries down from his tiny
chair and out on the stage, plays his lit
tle part, and without a bow for the ap
proval of the audience turns back to his
place, not to leave it before duty, calls
him again before the footlights. Here
all alone and unwatched these little fel
lows never forget their roles so far as to
settle down on all fours, cower in mon
key fashion, or indulge in the pranks of
their mercurial natures.": New York
Sun. .
Lively Fly Paper.
Unfortunately we are all familiar with
the sticky fly paper, which, despite its
nastiness and horrible appearance when
covered with its victims, holds its own
purely by its undoubted efficacy in rid
ing a room of these most annoying pests.
One household's experiences with, this
very heroic remedy were most amusing.
"Good gracious! what' is the matter
with that paper?" said "Auntie," jump
ing up suddenly from her chair as the
family were seated at luncheon and
pointing to a piece of fly paper that was
circling wildly around iu the middle of '
the room. armarentlv blowinsr this -nrnv
an that in the most lively breeze, there
Deing net a particle of wind stirring.
A dash at the lively sheet on the part
of one of the children , explained ths
mystery underneath it and quite con
cealed by its 6ize was "a tiny Make-
kitten, who was too astonished at in-:-,
predicament even to mew; but her pen
testations were loud and vehement vli:-!i
they tried to pull off the firmly attached
fly paper, and ber situation for a day
or two was most uncomfortable despi te
ller repeated cleanings, as she stuck to
the floor whenever she went to sleep
and had to be "unglued" every time.
New York Tribune.
The Sunday Breakfast. .
Among the many practical methods
devised by kindly -Christian people to
reach and help the poor and criminal
classes, one of the most effective is the
Sunday breakfast in Philadelphia.
At fl. "o'clock every Sunday morning a
room is opened in one of the most, de
graded quarters of the city within easy
reach of sailors, emigrants and that un
numbered class who are homeless and
hungry.
The room is clean and warm, a pleas
ant refuge in stormy weather. The ta
ble is . set, and each man or woman who
enters, no matter how filthy or degraded,
is heartily welcomed. The breakfast
consists of two substantial sandwiches
and a cup of strong hot coffee.
After the meal is' over there is music,
and one or two hymns are sung, while
the hosts men and women of all sects
go quietly about among their guests and
try to find out the special misery in their
lives, and to make them their friends.
Youth's Companion , -.;
How Egyptian Women Paint.
' Loret says the ancient Egyptian wom
en bad blue hair, green eyelashes, paint
ed teeth,and reddened cheeks. ; He says
the modern Egyptian women are much
the same; they tinge their hands with
henna and prolong the eyes ' by means
of kohol; they stain the nails brown and
paint blue stars on the chin and fore
head. "One hesitates a little about put
ting his hand into a' hand -even very
small which extends itself to you paint
ed a brick ' red. One is a little timid
about lookinz too long into eyes even
very tender when . the blue star be
tween them makes yon squint. Loret. i
however, got bravely over his hesitation
and his timidity..' nd thinks the fashion
not altogether bad. Popular Science
Monthly ,; . .
STRAWBERRY FLOWERS.
RULES TO DETERMINE THE PROPER
. MODE -OF TREATMENT.
Seedlings Should Be Pruned and, Eon
nera Looked After to Prevent a Too
Rapid Growth of-yine at the Cost of
Fruit Buds.
Few understand the strawberry in its
peculiar mode of growth and self propa
gation. A 'few points in explanation
may prove of value. Strawberry flowers
as we usually see them are of two very
different kinds. These are pistillate va
rieties, having pistils female organs
only, The other, bi-sexual, or with
stamens the male organs and pistils
in the same flower. Plants of these two
kinds have -very different modes of
growth and if this is not taken into con
sideration in tlys management and cul
ture the result is entire or at least par
tial failure. A variety with perfet pis
tillate flowers can bear no fruit as a
rule unless it is near a staminate to be
pollinated. There are rarely yarieties
with perfect staminate or male, flowers
with no pistils and ' such cannot bear
fruit under any circumstances. ...
( Pistillate varieties are usually much
more fruitful if they are supplied with
pollen than varieties with bi-sexual
flowers.' "They are also more prolific of
young plants, called stolons, off shoots
or runners. As some may not know how
the strawberry propagates . itself natur
ally it maybe explained. They grow
readily from seeds but the seeds and
young plants ' are very, small, . delicate
and. tender. Therefore nature has pro
vided a more hardy and surer method
of self propagation for such .seedlings as
get a start in life. . This is, by stolons, or
runners. .The first effort, of the young
seedling . is growth. Plants started
from seed July first, by September reach
full growth. It then forms -what is
called a "fruiting head, ". which is-.sim-ply
a cluster of .flowers . in. embryo cov
ered with their envelopes. Then if the
Reason continues warm with moisture it
may form one or two ' more fruiting
heads, if it is of the bi-sexual class, and
the plant will show the next spring one,
two or three fruiting steins crowned
with flowers. Usually a bi-sexual seed
ling forms only one fruiting head which
is the same as a flower bud 4 on a fruit
tree and then goes-to rest. ; .
: With the, pistillate plant it is differ
ent and ignorance of this- difference
leads to mistakes in culture. If the seed
ling is a pistillate it usually forms one
fruit bud and then starts out from its
base a slender straw like growth which
grows to a length of several inches and
forms a plant at its outer end which, if
the ground is moist, takes root, and soon
forms a strong independent plant. ; If
the season is late this will send out an
other "straw" or straws and form other
plants and the : original ' mother ' plant
may grow other straws and. plants and
expend her force "in, growth , of plants.
Here is the point I , wish to- make. If
these straws are pulled of& ..from the
mother plant as fast ; as they start, her
force.will be expended in forming fruit
buds and so . many of these .- will be
formed, clustered "closely together, ; in
many instances all throwing up: flower
steins in the spring, that none will have
room or nutrition to give any good fruit.
I once planted in May a lot of. seeds of
the first fruits to ripen. ". They came up
at once and the season being, fine they
grew wonderfully and soon . began to
make runners.; These I kept , carefully
pulled off. "' By autumn I had a grand
looking lot of plants. Some of them had
crowns of fruit buds as large as a saucer
and by actual count the number of buds
ranged from five to twenty-seven.' When
they bloomed all those with numerous
fruit buds wtere pistillate and from this
f act'it is demonstrated that pistillate va
rieties are not well adapted to culture in
hills. If the runners are kept off clean
so many fruit buds are formed that but
little fruit is matured and that of small
size. This is owing to the crowded con
dition of the stalks. Second, many bi
sexual varieties with pollen enough to
pollinate its own pistils have these char
acteristics of strictly pistillate . plants,
of niakinir vprv nnmflrnni vnn n rr nionf-o
rj J . jV..Uq AWllVO,
and are likewise not adapted to culture
in hills." Third, the strong staminate or
bi-eexual plants make a less number of
new plants and fruit buds and are far
less productive than pistillate varieties.
Such varieties are the old Wilsons, Al
bany, Longfellow Prolific, etc., and all
the fine English and. European strawber
ries. In the East but few" experts grow the
strawbery in hills i. e. with the runners
kept off but grow them in matted
rows. - The rows.' three and a., half feet
apart, are carefully cultivated and when
the runners begin to form they are
trained along the rows and there rooted
thinly. ' By autumn half the ground is
covered with young plante. -Each one
has room to developl They form from
one to three fruit buds each and give an
enormous yield the next season. The
usual practice is to plow . them under as
soon as the: fruit is gathered. Others
cross' harrow the patch with a sharp har
row several times, break up the, ground
between the rows deeply and finely with
a "bull tongue shovel plow, cross harrow
again and let . the young plante spread
over the new ground. Then in the aut
umn plow up the old matted row. ; This
last was my favorite plan. I had a bed
thirteen. years;old and the last crop was
as good as the' first. .: 7" .77"
' The first plan is best where" land is
high and. insects and diseases are preva
lent. On this Coast a modification of
this plan gives the best results. . Start
the iilants, as is usnaHy done, in hills
three;feet apart each way". " Keep-the
runners . off the first season. The second
season, root four runners in the row from
each plant, giving each as much room
as possible. Young plants must
layered where there are no summer rains .
i. e. scrape off the dry soil and press the
root of, the young plant in firmly, but not
too deep when it will soon root. Keep
any other runners off clean.. ; The next
season, run four plants out. in the other
direction and when , they are firmly es
tablished plow the old plants up.
D..B. Wieb. i
RABBITS AND HARES.'
Australia's Pests Not Likely to Flourish
on This Coast. . - , -
7 What trouble the rabbits cause in
Australia. The rabbit that; is - commit
ting such devastation in that island con
tinent, is the common tamo rabbit of
England and Europe. , It is there bred
in vast numbers in warrens, under con
trol and is a source of a large amount of
fresh meat It was taken to Australia
for the same purpose. That climate
suited it finely and having there no nat
ural enemies and being a prolific breeder
It increased to such numbers as to be
come a pest. Millions of acres of pastur
age have been ruined by them. Herds
of cattle, horses and sheep have starved
in consequence and many stock growers
ruined. There are now so many rabbits
in that country that man with all 'his
engines of destruction can make no ap
preciable progress exterminating them."
Government aid has been invoked, com
missions appointed and' millions' of dol
lars spent in trying kill them off .
The rabbit is a gregarious, burrowing
animal and. honeycombs the land in
every 'direction in immense natural wor
rens and it is almost impossible to dis
lodge them," They now spread, over vast
tracts of grazing country . where their
only enemy is man. . They breed five to
seven times a year. . : .
There areno rabbits proper natives of
this continent. Ours are all hares. The
main points distinguishing the two fam
ilies are: Rabbits invariably bring forth
their young in burrows in the' ground.
The young are naked and their eyes are
closed. The mother suckles her young
for quite a long period, v. Hares are not
gregarious. . They bring . forth their
young in nests above ground or in more
or less sheltered depressions,. Few of
them burrow at all. , Some seek protec
tion in the burrows . of other animals.
Their young are born clothed in a full
coat of fur with eyes fully developed.
The mother suckles them only a few
days. The young are able to forage and
to protect themselves almost from birth.
They are not as prolific breeders as rab
bits. . ; ''..-;
' There is some danger of the domestic
rabbit gaining a foothold on some parts
of this Coast. ' A' great portion" seems
adapted to it. Nearly allhe valleys of
Nevada, " Arizona, Southern- California
and Eastern "- Oregon and Washington
are adapted to its subsistence; -There
are enough here in a domesticated state
for" a ' start and . they are carelessly
guarded. , Yet it may find too many en
emies here to gain much of a foothold.
The latest news from -the rabbit in.
Australia is that it has .evoluted." The
regular old fashioned . rabbit was never
known to climb. - He considered his
place was on or in the ground and staid
there. -The Australians put up .wire
nettings to keep him out of their gardens
and orchards.' v The rabbit:- accepted the
situation for a time until he got hungry.
Then he climbed over and now no nefc
tmgof any reasonable height deprived
him of his dinner. We will next hear
that' the' rabbit climbs trees for food.
CLKVsi.Axb. Wash., - - ..".
. ; ' June 19th, 1891. J .
S. B. .Medicine .Co., r-.
' Gentlemen Your kind favor received,
and in reply would say that I am more
than pleased with the terms' offered me
on the last shipment of your medicines.
There is nothing like them ever intro
duced in this country, especially tor La
grippe and kindred 'complaints. : I have
had no complaints ,so- far, and everyone
is ready with a word of praise for their
virtues. Yours, etc., - .' -' f-: ; ' ' .
M. F. Hack lb t. . 1
A Revelation.
. Few people know that the
bright bluish-green color of
, jthe ordinary teas exposed In
the windows is not the nat-
ural color.' Unpleasant as the
fact may be, it is nevertheless
artificial; mineral coloring
matter beiag. used ' for this
parpoee.- The effect is two
fold. ; It not only makes the
. tea a bright, shiny green, but. also permits the
Bse of " off-color " and worthless teas, which,
once under the. green cloak, are readily
worked off as a good qnality of tea. '
An eminent authority writes on this sub
ject: "The manipulation of poor teas, to give
them a'sner appearance, is carried on exteu-
. sively. Green, teas, being, in this country
especially popular, are produced to meet the .
demand by coloring cheaper black kinds by
glazing or facing with Prussian blue, tan. eric,
gypsum, and indigo. . ThU method it so gen-
f eral thai very Utile genuine uneolored green tea
i offered for mile."
. It was the knowledge of this condition of
affairs that prompted the placing of Beech's
: Tea before the public. It is absolutely pure .
. and without color. Did you ever o any
genuine uneolored Japan tea T JLsk.your
grocer to open a package of Beech's, and you
'. win' see it, and probably for the very first
, time.. It will be found in color to be just be- '
. tween the artificial green lea that you have
. been accustomed to and the black teas."
'. It draws a delightful canary color, and is so
, fragrant that it will .be a revelation to tea
drinkers. Its purity makes it also more
economical than the artificial tecs, for le.i
of It is required per cup. Sold only ia pound
packages bearing this trade-in ark: ' r:- , . . . . '
beII
II your grocer does not have it, he will get
- It for you. Frlce60o per pound. For sal al
Xieslle tdiitlor's,
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