The Eugene weekly guard., August 30, 1902, Image 3

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fHE BIGGEST SAILING VESSEL AFL0A1.
kimls of people on earth
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i^dTand the poor, for to count
im tafra.n', wealth
‘„“first know the state of his con-
T«* “Kien«v and health.
for in life’»
the bnnible am. d proud,
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I ’tit*
Lfis put’ oa vain airs is not couuted a
L t^hapi’-v "ud ,ad’ for the swift-
his laughter and each
people on earth I
jTrc.. ' *h0 lift’ and
ever built, the first
sad the biggest sailing vessel afloat.
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months. She
be used first
she may be
the people
I
who lean.
will find the
Lkwrer you «■’•
world'» masses
L always divided in just these two
classes.
LjJ eldly enough, you will find, too, I
|Thfrt Is only one lifter to twenty who
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indeed, she
She is not
„Jrou a leaner, who lets others bear
fjr I-rti'1“ of labor and WOrry a“d
care?
,B!a Wheeler Wilcox.
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equipped with steam as a means of
meeting the competition of steam freight c,
carriers. 1 he crew expense has beeu
cut practically in half by the introduction ~f
of engines to manage all the sails, to
Handle the enormous anchors and to do the stored ire «« rk. She is l-ebted hr
'‘'"«"xte’e’n and
men'T
rr,t by
by ------- and
" "h ' «‘••«•I’hotae system’'
'
electricity,
steered
seven
,h* r'1I',*in' the ‘’“«ineers and the cook, will be the
-tl e I »«
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«'T"? nl‘‘nf’ Whil* a *l“«re-t‘gg<-r of even les, cargo capacity
forty 1 mnds ’
‘“«-«»«M "ot J*t along with fewer tbV tbirty-fiv. or
snri?iaeiW r^’ln " I'aW,’on
4™ feet over all. but her steel spike bow-
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600 f£t On th ’’
r'’mui,a ,"P ,0 the Pnd of
boom I. nearly
i. ‘J71, K ? uao7 l"“‘.her li n«t>» i’ 3tw feet, while her beam measurement
is od feet, her depth 34 feet 5 inches, and her loaded draft
feet.
wbra’daaa are you? Are you easing
o aeertaxed1 lifters who toil down the
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» A Rummage Romance
HEX energetic Mrs. John An­
drews. who had been unani­
mously elected general man
r of the rummage sale, came in the
\r^of her canvassing to Miss Hunt-
house, she hesitated at the gate,
13J flnailv walked slowly on. But she
rr^ouly a few steps, then turned ab-
,upt'y round, walked quickly back,
.'.praed the gate with a decided hand.
ia4 without giving herself time to
«»age ber mind, stepped tlrmly up the
Mthaud knocked sharply on the door.
-Almira Hunter has been let alone
llooger than is good for anybody.” she
Mld to herself. "She used to be real
active in church affairs, and there’s
bo reason why she shouldn’t be now.
It'» unchrlstianllke to let her ostracize
herself as she has done of late years.”
Miss Almira looked not a little sur­
prised to see Mrs. Andrew«, who had
Kr.LICS OF HAPPIER DAYS.
been one of her intimate friends in
former years, standing once more on
| ber doorstep, but »lie said quite sim­
ply »nil cordially:
I "Why, Mary, how do you do? It's
i long time since you've been to see
me."
“So longer than since you’ve been to
»ee me," chided Mrs. Andrews gently,
when she was seated In the cozy din­
ing room "But we simply can’t get
»lung without you any longer, Almira.
I've come to get you to help us."
When the explanation of the rum
M|e sale was finished. Miss Hunter
Mt »¡’.ent in her chair, gazing reflect­
ively out across the meadows which
roiled away to the south.
“I do not think I can come to help
| you »ell the things, but I will 'rum­
mage' and send or bring you the
•Poll». Will that do?"
And Mrs. Andrews was well content
»Itii her partial victory.
"hen her visitor had gone. Miss Al­
mira »lowly climbed the stairs to her
•ttic and reluctantly opened a trunk
which had long been closed. It cost
her a pang to look again on these rei-
h1» of happier days.
With reverent
Unger» »he took out one garment after
»nuther. examined and laid It aside.
Here was a dress of her mother’s-no,
•be could not give them that Here
coat her father had worn In
the war—every thread of it was dear
to the patriotism within ber.
Here
a dress of her own youth, a dell­
rote sprigged muslin; how well she re-
meuitHTcd the first time she had worn
'■ Caleb had admired It and that
•tight as she stood a moment at the
r»te with him he had touched it tim-
“lly. caressingly, and said:
Too are prettier than ever to night.
Mira."
bat had come between them? Why
, he never answered ber last let
How happy she had been when '
* •rrnte asking her to be hla wife!
* had the letter atlll. laid away
®nng her most cherished possessions
»t »he never looked at it now; there
** no need; every word, even tbe
P* of every letter, was engraved
’Pon ber heart
Dear Mira.” (so the letter rani, "you
°»t know what I tried to find words
»
U1* 'aa* ,lm* we met- I couldn't
it as I wanted to then, and I can’t j
’ * ' mU,t I®“1
T“® ,h)l* 1 1OTF
w
'lira, darling. I love you and !
•« you to be my wife. Will you?
.— '."H thing thia a abort, abrupt let- |
,, ' ut when the heart would be most
“l’ent tbe tongue Is silent and the
w
,o b* fluent. Thus It is
’ my pen to-nlgbt It will write
J1** Dut what has rung Io my
Hu Zt ,S * lon’- l"t>g time; Mira. I love
lore you. 1 love you. over and
,,,* ’*’•■. Write to me. dear and
if you can ftntj oh | nope you
’¡link
* hare not been deceived in
-
ng yog not qUjte indifferent to
Tours. for life death and for
2
Thomas. ’
*• bad answered bis letter. Yes.
she bad answered It with words that
came straight from her heart, and told
him of the love she bore him. and that
she would be proud and happy to be
his wife. And—that was all. He bad
never written to her again, and when
became back to Brentley they had met
as though h'.s letter had never been
written and answered.
She raised her head wearily and con­
tinued her search. At last she found
a coat tiiat had belonged to her brother
George (married now and living In a
distant state). and several other gar­
ments with which she could part, and
making them into a parcel sent them
with one or two articles of furniture
and various other things to the hall
where the rummage sale was to be
held.
It was on the evening of this bright
October day that the sale was to com­
mence. The town had been ransacked
from end to end, a little judicious ad­
vertising done, all the articles collected
anil arranged, and now, w ith a sigh of
relief and anticipation, the maids and
matrons of Brentley stood and looked
a moment on the work of their hands
ere they went home to snatch a hasty
supper before returning for the open­
ing of the sale in tlie evening.
Among those who dropped in that
evening to "see how the women folks
were getting along,” was Caleb Thom
as. He passed down the hall, exchang­
ing a pleasant word with an acquaint-
ancy here and there and amusedly In
spectlng the heterogeneous conglom­
eration of donations, until lie came to
a counter presided over by the daugh­
ter of an old friend, who laughingly
challenged him to pick from her stock
in trade the style which suited him
best She had charge of a part of the
clothing and merrily exhibited ber as­
sortment, commenting gaily on each.
At 1 ist she in Id up a coat in the style
of twenty years ago. "See,” she said
gleefully, "Miss Almira Hunter sent
this in; bow o!d fashioned it is! One
would think It came over In the May­
flower and hadn't seen the light of
day since; and. Indeed. It must have
been laid away for ever so long, for
she—”
"I'll take It." Interrupted Caleb short­
ly. “How much Is it?"
"Fifty cents.” was the wondering
answer. The girl watched him with
perplexed, musing eyes as he threw the
coat over his arm and made Ills way
straight to the door. She wondered
If there was any truth In the gossip
she bad beard but hardly heeded,
which called him an old lover of Miss
Hunter’«.
,
Meanwhile Caieb Thomas took hla
way homeward, the coat pressed tight­
ly to bis side, (luce In a while lie
stroked It tenderly, almost timidly—It
was something Mira had touched.
Arrived at ills bachelor borne, he
spread bis purchase on a chair and sat
down facing It. Somehow, the sight of
something connected with her brought
thronging back the old pain, the old
question. "Why?" Why had she never
broken her proud silence?
With the question still echoing In h s
heart he took the coat and slowly put
It on It fitted well. He remembered
that her brother George had been about
bls size. He rau his hand over it in
an awkward masculine way, patting
it abstractedly. Suddenly, near one of
the pockets, something rustled. He
felt In the pocket, but there was noth­
ing there. Still the rustling continued
when he touched that part of the coat.
It occurred to him that there must be
something betwee« the cloth and
the lining and searching carefully lie
found a rip and drew out—a letter,
sealed, stamped, but not postmarked,
and addressed to himself in a hand
that sent a thrill along every nerve.
Slowly and wonderlngly be l»roke tlie
seal and glanced at the date. It was
1882. He rubbed his eyes as If in a
dream. What did It mean?
Suddenly, like a flash of light It was
all clear to him. Here “ aS the answer
to the why. the long-delayed answer to
his letter. She bad given It to George
to poet and George die was always a
It Into his
careless boyi had
I— slipped
,.
pocket and forgotten It, and it bad
worked Its way through tbe rip and
Iain for twenty long years between the
cloth and lining
And. miracle of
miracles! It bad at last been deliv-
ered to It« rightful owner
He finished the letter, folded It care-
fully, and replacing It In It« envelope
put It back In bis pocket 1 . ........
that he still wore the old
hla only thought was to
be strode out into tbe nl
rie<l. almost ran. down
street.
There was a light In A
sitting room, where she
rat*
read But she could no
her thoughts upon ber
would turning again and
leb Thomas.
Suddenly there was a step at the
outer door, tbe 1st» b elw ked sbarpij.
and someone stepped toward tbs inner
room. Then Caleb Thomas stood be­
fore her.
''Mira!” he said simply, ' Mira!"
Miss Hunter started to her feet, pale,
trembling speechless. Caleb fumbled
iu the iMM-ket of tbe old coat and drew
out the letter, ber letter, so old and
yet so new.
"See, dear.” he said, “I found It In
the coat you sent to the rummage sale
and which I bought because you bud
touched It. Oh. Mira, say that you
mean It still. Say that you will—"
He stopped suddenly, for with a
great cry of joy she swayed forward
and would have fallen but for the hun­
gry arms which caught her and drew
her home to bls breast at last.—Farm
and Home.
A NOTED EDUCATOR.
Dr. Charles Kendall Adams, Who Died
Recently in California.
Tbe recent death In California of Dr.
Charles Kendall Adams, formerly pres­
ident of the University of Wisconsin,
removed one of tbe most gifted and
progressive educators In tbe United
States. Dr. Adams bad been 111 for
several months and death came as a
r< lief. His death was due to Bright's
disease.
Cliarles Kendall Adams was born In
Vermont in .836, aud w as reared lu a
family where intellectual strength was
more conspicuous tliau worldly wealth
He entered the public schools at Derby.
Vt.. but at the age of 20. w hen his par­
ents removed to Iowa, be was still un­
decided whether bis life work would be
as a student or a factor In tbe commer­
cial world At 21 be definitely deter­
mined to tit himself for college, and in
the summer of 1850 began to study
l.ntln and Greek at Denmark Academy
under the Instruction of Bev. II K Ed­
son. In September. 1857. he was admit­
ted to the University of Michigan, and
literally, so far ns finances were con­
cerned. worked bls way through that
college.
He became Interested In historical
studies and took a post graduate cour-e
in that line. At the same time be be-
census 30 S psr cent of sll tbe opera- '
i tlve» of silk mills tn th!« couutry were
I children, w hile lu USX) the unuitter of
youthful workers bad diminished to
1- s per cent. The decrease took pla<-e
between 1870 and 1800. Since the lat­
ter year there has been a alight lu-
, crease. New Jersey shows the greatest
The I.lvlug Church quotes this ex­ falling off of child employes, having
tract from a Connecticut weniau's dropped from 32.1 per cent to 5 per
diary, date«! 179<i: “We bad roast t* rk cent In contrast to this, the propor­
for dinner, and Dr. 8.. who carved, tion of child operatives In Pennsyl-
held up a rib on hla fork, and said: van's has grown greater during the
Here, ladles. Is what Mother Eve was entire period, reports tbe New \ork
made of ' 'Yes,' raid Sister Patty, Tribune.
and it's from very much tbe same kind
America 1» second to France In the
of critter.’"
annual value of Its silk production. In
General Horace Porter, the American HMM» 70 per cent of the silk used In this
minister to Frauee, says that when tie country was manufacture«! here an
departed for his post five years ago. bis increase of 57 per cent since 18tkt «mt
parting words to Mark Twain, as he of 15 per cent since 181k'. America
was ul-out to board the steamer for tbe now produces 86 per cent of the silk
otbi r ».de. were; 'Mark, may the Lord ribbons annually «old here. The goods
be with you ” "Yes." the humorist re­ :i w principally Imported from Eurqpe
plied. wltbat slight cough, "and 1 hope are htgh-claM novelties, hand made silk
lie may occasionally find a leisure mo­ : velvets and hand-made silk laces.
ment to pay some attention to yo« : which are not products! here to any ap­
preciable extent, but which will, wltli-
also.”
| out doubt. l»e made lu «lu<> time.
An unlettered Irishman applied to the Habutai and Kaika silks, which, by
Philadelphia Court of Xaturallza u reason of their extreme lightness In
the other day, when he was asked: weight, are so popular for summer
"Have you read the Declaration of In­ wear, come from Japan. In 1000 the
dependence?" "No. sir." was tbe re­ value of th«» Imports of stlk manufac­
ply. "Have you read the Constitution tures was $2«i.808.M9: of the domes­
of the United States?" “No. sir.” tic product. J107.2Csl.27Ji.
"Ha\e you read tbe history of tbe
There Is very little competition from
United States?” “No. sir." he repeated. abroad with domestic manufactures of
"No.” exclaimed the judge iu disgust; sewing silk and machine twist. In
"Well, what have you read?“ “O| have fact, the Unltial States prialuct Is uni­
red hair on me head, your honor," was versally aeknowledgial as su|>erlor In
the innocent reply.
finnsh of purity and dye to that of any
In a series of sketches, entitled I other country, because only the best
“Lights ami Shadows In a Hospital." Japan and China filatures, dyed un­
Mr«. Terton tells of a melancholy man. weighted. are usam I. It Is noteworthy
depresses! with rheumatism, in her cot­ that at the Parts exposition of 1000
tage hospital, whom «lie wanted to the grand prix d'honueur. tin- highest
cheer by reading. Ordinary hospital award given, was aw arded to an Amer-
literature was no good. At last, «aid l«-an exhibitor of tills class of silks.
More raw silk Is sold annually In
the nurse: "1 shall read him ‘Three
Men in a Boat,' and If that doesn't New York than Is «'onsumed In France,
amuse him, 1 shall give him up as hop«* ' which Is the largest raw-silk consum­
less." So sln> read, till finally "a re­ ing country of Europe. As to the s«-II-
luctant smile came over his face, and Ing value of the pnsluet, the I'nlttsl
lie sahl, with slow satisfaction: '1 do States ranks aecond, being surpassed
think they be three rum ’uns.' ” That by France, whk-li still dominates,
serious
competition,
the
was tlie turning point In bls lllm-ss. without
He recoverod completely, and left the world's market« in church ornaments
ami ehasubl<-s and Parisian apeelaltle«
hospital a bright and cheerful man.
It Is sahl that Senator Jones, of Ar : r«‘pr«'sentlng th«' aupremacy of Paris
kansas, dropped luto Mr. Hoar's com | fashions for women's wear. Many of
mlttee-room to see what the Maisacbu tiles«* an* made on hand looms, tlie
setts Senator thought of Governor Da­ quantities required in dlffi rent pat­
vis’ act In pardoning a negro on condi­ terns and styles being so limit«*«! that
tion that In- go to Massachusetts "Why, their production In tin* Unlt«*d States
I accept the governor's compliment for by power loom weaving would not la*
State." Hoar is reported to have re profitable.
GOOD
; Jbort Storie$ i
piled; "wlille the negro was looked
A tjuestloii of* <'ons«*i«*nee.
upon as a criminal. It seems that Gov­
"Some folks." «aid the store clerk,
ernor Davis regarded lilm ns a tit sub­ "are too honest. Now I’v«* had some
ject for Arkansas. But when he fouud body come In to me when the boss was
that the negro was Innocent and ca- l standing by, somebody that had Ixmglit
pable of good citizenship, he was di­ something of me the day before, and
rected to go to Massachusetts, where haml over two cents and «ay:
we have only good citizens. Please
"You gave me two cents too much
convey to the governor my thanks for change yesterday, and I’ve brought It
his compliment to Massachusetts."
back.’
"He couldn’t rest, you see, that mini,
Senator Perkins says that once when
he was a sailor, a tremendous storm until he’d got that two cents off Ira
came up. and It looke«l as If the vessel conscience and returned It. But in
were doomed to go under. In the midst getting rid of that load himself In* slm
of the excitement a minister, who was ply shlftiHl It onto me. Here's the laiss
* ne of tin* passengers, asked the tap i standing by when that two cents Is
tnln If he could have prayers. "Oh. returned; ami the h'»ss say« to himself,
never mind alsmt the prayers." said w ith Ida eye on me:
"'Hili! If you make a mistake of
the captain; "(he men are swearing too
hard to stop for prayers, and as long ns two cents, you’d make one of two dot
you hear them swearing," added the lars;’ and so you see, that super hon­
captain, “thero is no danger.” The est man’s return of that tv.’O cents may
minister went back to his cabin. A lit­ do me a lot of harm.
"The meaning of which Is. If I «-an
tle while later, when the storm grew
worse, tbe preacher went on deck to mnke myself clear, that ive don't want
see what tbe sailors were doing. Then to be too blamed honest A man can
lie went back to ills wife. "Thank God!" be too honest ami worry hhnsidf over
he said, fervently, "those men nre still trifles that lie ought not to bother over.
"I ahoulil say that If the honest man
swearing.”
must bring two cents back let him turn
It in some time when the boss wasn’t
M’KINLEY’S DOCTORS
’round.”- New York Sun.
Have Never Rendered Any
Their Services.
HR. < IIAK111 X. ADAMS.
came assistant librarian of the univer­
sity and had charge of one of the lower
classes In history. It was 18U4 before
he began to reap a reward for Ids la­
bors. He then received an appoint­
ment a« Instructor of history and
Latin, and a year later be became an
assistant professor. When Prof. White
resigned in 1867 to take the presidency
of the Cornell Prof. Adams became a
full professor of history of tbe Univer­
sity of Michigan, and found bis repu­
tation for scholarship made.
Other universities and colleges sought
him. but he remained with the Univer­
sity of Michigan until called to the
presidency of Cornell, a position which
he held for «even years. At Cornell he
devotcl himself largely to consolidat­
ing and reorganizing many depart­
ments. with such success that tbe
teaching staff rose from M to 135 and
tbe students enrolled from 573 to 1.50ft.
on January 17. 18!<3. Prof. Adams
was Inaugurated president of the Uni­
versity of Wisconsin st Madison, and
held that position until last year, when
falling health compelled bls resigna­
tion. In degrees he received that of
I.L, D from the University of Chicago
In 1878 and from Harvard In 1880
Prof. Adams was the author of De­
mocracy and Monarchy In France,
which attracted much attention and
was translated Into Gormin He was a
capital organizer, strong willed and
pun- «eful. He gave tbe University of
Wisc onsin a national education and In­
creased Its bits news strength manifold.
Besides bls contributions to American
and foreign reviews he wrote Repre­
sentative British Orations snd a num­
ber of historical contributions to cur­
rent literature.
Love's young dream Is all right until
tbs matrimonial alarm clock goes off
and causes a rode awakening
Bills for
Kdison's yuick Itepsriee.
Not one of tbe seven local «lectors who
There Is a sparkling, even dazzling,
performed services in connection with «luallty In Edison's repartee, which is
tlie McKinley tragedy In this city last usually a surprise to strangers. People
year, says a "Buffalo corr«-»pondent of generally approach tlie heavy, self <*on-
the New York Tribune, has receive«! talned looking figure expecting replies
any compensation time far. Neither of ponderous techidcal Importauee.
has any of them any official or direct bene«* their surprise.
knowle«lg«* that he will get any coni
The wizard was approached the other
pensation. Notwithstanding statements day by an enterprising lightning r«sl
to the contrary, none of tlie physicians agent anxious for some word of pro is«*
ever submitted bills for services, and for Ids wnres from the great man. E«li
the entire subject of «»»mpensatlon was son was non committal.
left wholly to the Government. In the
"Well." aalil th«* lightning rod man it
long time that has elapsed no Govern last, "do you approve of lightning rods,
ment official lias ever consulted any of anyway?"
the doctors on the matter. The local
"It depends upon the building." said
physicians who were In personal atten Edison.
«lance upon tlie President, or w ho were
"But Is It nny good In any case?
called Into consultation in the case, Would you advise their use on
were Drs Matthew D. Mann. Henna« church«*, forlnatance?" ventured the
Minter, Uharles G. Btockton, Itoswell r>s! man.
Park an«l Eugene Wa««lln. the latter
"Well." rep!l«*d E«llson, with a twink­
being in file Unite«! States Marine Ho« le "they might b<* of use on churches.
pltal service Dr», llerry II. Gaylord It does look as though Provulence were
ami Herman G. Matsinger perform««! a bit nbsent-nilnd«*«! at times."—Boston
the auto|Miy, nsslsted by some of the Journal.
doctors named.
♦
King of Hals.
“None of the local physician« who at­
Rats proclaim their monarch on ac­
tended President McKinley or who
j»erformed the autopay have received count of bl« gray lialrs he Is always an
any compensation." d«K*lnred Dr. Mann ancitnit and wls« headed warrior. He
this aftern<M»n. "Neltlur has any of fights hla way to the front; but It Is
them been consult««! in any way on the not only that that gives him the throne
it la Ids cunning The rat tribe cele
subject. It was agr«-ed when the que»
tlou of compensation was first agi­ brat «-a hla coronation In an almost hu­
Tbe whole trllie of th«
tated that no bills should l«e submitted, man way
and the ngr«*«*ment was Observed. The house or granary gather«, ami the big
doctors simply permitted tlie Govern monster steps out ami sniffs the air.
ment to follow Its own course. In con- lie grata's hla teeth wickedly, daring
b « m |uence none of us know «»tticially any rival to come and try bls luck;
what has been d««ne or what will l«e and. If none offera. he Is thenceforth
done. All we know 1« that an Item of ' given the lend In all mattera. If a
645.000 was put In tn«- emergency bill i house Is unsafe or a ship unfit for sen,
That Information was derived from the the king It la who leads the trllie away
newspapers; In fact, all that we know 111 time; ami hla aubjecta never molest
about the entire matter from tbe time him when he helps himself to the pl« k
our services were |«erforn>e«l until now of the food or tbe best nesting place,
has been learned through the newspa­ and bls family enjoya the same dis­
per«."
tinction.
“Ha« any arrangement been made to
How He Celebrated.
divide tbe gompenaatlo« if It Is al­
As an Instance of the overpowering
lowed?"
.
“None whatever We assume that. strength of the human desire to make
If tbe Government allows any money, 1 a noise somehow during tlm«*s of r*e
the Government will arrange the ap­ ' jolclng a story la told In Ixmdon of a
portionment among the physicians. As lonnm nly sane and sol«er citizen who.
I understand It. Dr Wasdln. because upon bearing of tbe re<-ent declaration
he 1» In tbe «lovernment service, will of peace In Houth Africa, went outside
not be Included In this division
We his house and violently rang tils own
are leaving everything to the Govern­ d«x>r bell until be felt calmer.
i
- -
■ ,
ment."
Perfnnic« K«i««*n «>r<il«t.
Tlie records left by the Pbo-*nlclans.
t»H_K MANUFACTURE.
Assyrians am! ancient Persians show
Frsnrs First, United '•••»» »tecond in that among all those nations the use
Vain« of t'rodnet.
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THE FORT HALL
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INDIAN RESERVATION |
Notable Ground In the Annals
ot the West First Christian
Religious Service Conducted
in What Is Now Idaho..........
CrjQllE Fort Hall reset«utloii U not-'
II
si-ie gimi«! i ■ :i «.«.- :« «11;« ««r tl««*
Weal
Wlthla what ar« its
present tmundari«*«. Natb.iulel J Wyeth
In is. I built the original Fort Hail,
an ludhin trading post, amt oti August
5 of that year, at sunrise, raised the
Unltist States flag over bis fort
and stiH'kade. Prior to this time Fort
1.«avenworth, on the Missouri river,
had been the frontier post of the
United States, ami the building of a
substantial fort, midway between that
place am' tbe mouth ot the Columbia
river, was a most Important event. It
s!gnttl«*d occupation. All that region
was still debataiil«* ground ami this
rulaiug of tbe flag had an Im­
portant Influence in ultimately fix­
ing tbe «11» idlug line betweeu the d«y-
tr ■■ ps were withdrawn from the West
ami during the live years between 1863
and |8«'x the Shoshones inslntalued a
constaut warfare against miners, set­
tlers ami Immigrants. They were bold
ami Insolent savages. tier«*e fighters
and [«erststeut thieves. They were fi­
nally completely subdue«l by General
Cr«H«k lu 18ii8. Then tin- Bannocks, ami
the Boise and Rruneau Shoshones were
gnthered slid all sett!«*d at tbe same
reservation. The same year, by the
treaty of Fort Bridger, the Fort Hall
reservation was set aside for the use
of the tribes l«x*ated on It. It origi­
nally conslsteil of 1.5<*(.<k«> acres. Souie
years ago fltk'.OOO acies on the south­
ern part of the reservation were sold
to th«* government. In isuo the town­
site of Pocatello, then practically In
RAISING I lli: FLAG ON OLD FOR I' H ALL.
minions of Great Britain ami of tlie
I’t'lleil States In th«* Northwest.
The winter prior to the building of
Fort Hall. Captain Bonneville anti his
eompany of trappers aud hunters had
cuniped oil the Portneuf plains, near
wheie Pocatello now stands, ami hunt
e«l over n w id«* expanse of territory.
I I k * bold captain, how ever, was In
truth < nly a bou vlvant ami voluptuary
In n coarse w ay mid preferred to lor<!
It tn tlie wilderuess with a troop ot
will'-* am! re«! savages nt bls heels nml
n nrw squaw to wife every fortnight,
to submitting to the restraints of
lllzatlon.
Wyeth, however, came Into tin*
dcrue*. with serious purposes
picked the site for Ida trading
tilth care. Th«* p«>sltlon for defenae
wna ndndrablc. tbe stream preventing
approach practically on two «hies, nml
th*' otb<*. sl«b*s being free from that
cover »o nec«*snary to th«* Indian w hen
pitted with hl« how nml arrow ngalnst
tin* wlilti mail.
In U.veth's party were tlve mission­
aries. nu <mg them Jnson Lee, Inter a
giant figure lu the early history of
Oregon, and just prior to the complc
tlon of For« Hall, on Sunday. July 27.
he print ti«*«l In tin* forest adjacent to
tlie foil Tills was th«* first Christian
religions service performed within the
limit' o' wliat Is now the Ktnte of
lilnho. Th« service seems to have bnd
little practical result nt tlint time, how­
ever. fcr the joiirnnls of Its founder
describes the «b-ll'-ntlon of Fort llnll
ns n dny of debnm-hery, w hen red mon
and white got gloriously drunk togeth-
er am! c!o«ed the day In drunken
braw ling
Th«* remain« of this old fort arc still
to be «eel- They nre locally known an
"The I'cbles,"
The only piece of
Wyeth's work reuinlnlng to «lay In a
chimney of ndolfes nml. while It plnln-
lv s!io«vn ll«<* ravnges of time, bids
fnlr to rear its head for ninny year«
y«*t n« a monument to tbe mnn who
planted tlie United States flag in the
heart ot tlie continent nml on tlie Pa­
cific const, nml who, more directly
than any other man. marked the way
for tbe ox teams which so shortly nft-
erwards brought the restless tide of
clr'llzatlon across the roadleM contl-
ner.t. Fort Hall soon became a cele­
brated station In the overland trail.
In the meantime the Indiana tie-
came hostiie ami many outrages com-
mltteil finally led to the establishment
of a mirtary p«>»t by tlie United States
near the site of the trading post In
18411 This, too. wns known as Fort
Hall am! Is the site of the present Fort
Hall Indian achool. For a time the
Imltnns were easily overawed, but
with the outbreak of the Civil war the
the center of the reservation, was sob!
and now there have lieeu sold 418,000
acres more tbe southern part ngaln —
all of that part from a line six miles
mirth of Pocatello to the southern lim­
it« of the reservation. The Indians
still retain the balance of the reserva-
nitroglycerin ami 1 am afraid I might
Interfere wllli your dlgestlou."—Chi­
cago Amerlcnn.
An Ex-King's Unbending.
Julian Ralph, author ami war corre-
spomli'iit, tells a story of the late King
Katakana, w ho on one m-< a»lun held a
reception at tlie WludKor Hotel In New
York. He stood In the parlor with the
aldcrmanl«* committee "doing the hon­
ors” as the prople |>as««*«l by to shake
the swarihy monarch's band. All at
once a maii reached the King's sl«le In
Ida regular turn, shot out of the line,
gripped the King's hand wltp a hearty
grasp, ami fairly shouted. “Why. Dave,
old man. Imw are you?” "Why, Billy.”
»al«l the King, "I'm very glad to M*e
you!” "Put II there again!" said the
man. "it'« a g<xxl many years, Dave,
since you »ml I ran to fires together
iu Honolulu. Isn't It?" A fid tbe King
shook Ids haml agulu. smiling with de­
light at in«*etlug a familiar face among
such a multitude of strangers.
The troubles that beset your path
are largely due to lack of fairness, lack
of sense. The world Is only half hon­
est; the pwiple cheat and d«*celve them-
< m *I v «* s .
About every so often a womnn re-
metnbers what tbe Ixvoka say, and de­
cides to call "pride” to her rescue.
True love is seldom able to express
Itself In words.
TO CRAWL THROUGH A PLAYING CARD