The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1898 Page: 3 of 4
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AT OLD FOItT CUSTE1L
DEPARTMENT ORDERS
ABANDONMENT.
ITS
Its Troaps II Beat la
alaal lulau la II
Marvaa a Very I m(uI
lu Iff I Over.
Mara Coava-
ljr ll Hm
larposa Mat
(Special letter.)
FKW tlaya ago the
order out Issued
from Washington
for the uli.itidtin-im-ijl
of Kurt Cus-
ter. Muni. Con-
trury to the usual
t-tiMtiMiia on mull
orciilunt llii're
was no vigorous
liruttit by any
large number of
"ludlgnsnt citizen" ua.l tio political
wire of any strength wrre pulled to
prevent UiU a tlou of tho war depart-
ment. The troops will march quietly
way to other posts ami Kurt Custer
will be ofr ho maitjiy -l '
the I'lilti-J State Willi )iit nilae or
ceremony ti.. reason for this Indif-
ference I found In nc f.t t tint Kort
Cuter U located near the miter of the
great Crow In.li.iii r-H-iMtt Ion In Mon-
tana ami n t.r j. benefited
largely by it existence. There has
Uen a well defined policy III the war
department for ever years pant to
ronrrntrale n fit u possible all the
troopi n the wed at mitral railroad
point. The expense to the govern-
ment of keeping Ui one large post I
much smaller In proportion than keep-
ing the n me number of troops at three
or four posts. In timet of trouble
large ImxI ii-a 0f troopa art needed at
once if these are stationed at rail-
road renter they can be moved quick-
ly and easily to the place where need
ed. The credit for Ita orlnln l given
to Hrlgadler Ceneral Roger long com-
mander of the department of Dakota
but aa It meets with the hearty ap-
proval of the entire army and la a pol-
icy dictated by economy and expedien-
cy' It la more likely ..imply an out-
growth of Improved railroad facilities
In the went ami the constant better-
ment of the service.
The real moth for th" abandon-
ment of Port Custer Is this gradual
''..m-entraUon of troops through the
public sms nothlug of this In the rea-
sons assigned t Is now said to be
poorly located difficult of acres with
bad sanitary condition and. In f.ut
more alni-e nil been heaped ion poor
old Kurt J"ter than It founder lien.
Hill Sliendau. ever thought po-!!i!e
when lie stinted the site and pro-
nounced It ldal the finest he rsd ever
seen. Well lie Might say so. tor It Is
undoubtedly one of the most i;h!ly
locations for many hundreds of m i '
In that section of the roun'ry. The
Mg Horn rivir a Urge I dangerous
stream here flow lii a northeasterly
1 direction. The Little Illg Horn a
mailer rlvrr of kindlier disposition
come fruru the south sn I empties Into
D
OKrlCClW gCAMTKUS. KullT Cf3-
TKll. the Illg Horn. Where the two come
together and on the point of laud thus
formed a high hi ml rie from the
banks of either stream and the upland
plateau rol! li k In great and broad-
ening waves up to the foothills of the
mountains to the south. On this point
aver looking the country for many
miles around alts Kort Custer and the
gleam of the white building along tile
edges of these bluffs has been a wel-
come sight for many a straining eye
and brought hope to many an anilous
heart traveling across a country whose
people were not always friendly to the
Whites. Kort Custer was a ten-corn-any
post. That I to say. Us full
complement of men was a thousand or
thereaUxita. This constitutes whst
has been considered a large post A
little ferry when the water waa high
carried the freight teams and the
stage across the river to the beach St
the foot of the bluff. A steep road was
cut through a gully up the face of the
blnT The guard stood at the top of
t.ils hill and the n i.'tarv reservation
commenced at the waler'a edge below.
To the right far out along the edge
of the Mil alaive the Illg Horn stood
the oflV-cr' quarters To the lift the
soldiers' barracks 'and along the south
line the post oftVes. commissaries and
cither general building. Iteyond this
line was the motley little village which
alwsvs hangs along the outskirts of a
post. The poet was always full of
lilankeled Indiana for It was In the
center of the great Crow reservation
and they lent a frontier sir to the set-
tlement long after they had abandoned
the war path for the plough furrow
and the trail to the agents' store on
ration day. Twelve miles up the val-
ley of the Little Illg Horn can be seen
the Crow agency which Is like a lit-
tle village with Ita stores schools and
churches. Two miles further and far
up on top of a high hill acros the
river ran be seen the ("inter monu-
ment marking the place where (ien.
Custer made his final stand and fell
surrounded by but a few of the three
hundred who had fot ght by his side
Up the long ridge from the river bot-
tom below. This happened In ISTfl
and waa one of the reasons for the
establishment a short time later of
the fort which hears his name. The
military history of Kort Custer la not
sensational hut It played an Import-
ant part In the subsequent Indian cam-
paigns aa a point of concentration and
a basis of supplies and operations.
Troops have been sent from Custer to
take part In every Indian campaign In
he northwest ;lnce that of Gen.
frook In 18H. In 1.n It witnessed
the gathering of thousands of Indians
soldiers and whites to observe the
tenth anniversary f Custer's death.
Ilk' i I
za-4 J
l
In 1S.7 It waa the scene of the Medl-
clna Man campaign the greatest gath-
cilng of soldiers since the two thou-
sand cavalry. Infantry and artillery
faced a like number of Indiana for over
two weeks In a game of bluff and the
soldiers won. for they were confident
and the Imlinrs were nut. This wai
but the overture to the great Slou
campaign to follow. The sceno of the
action of this war. In which Sitting
Dull met death and the battle of
Wounded Knee was fought was a few
hundred miles to the east but Kort
Custer witnessed its Inception nd fur-
nished many of the active soldiers
and acauts.
I'ort CtiHter bore a distinguished
name. It has been Useful and neces-
sary In It .4 day. Its downfall la simply
due to (Illuming conditions In the west.
I la a sacrlllre to wa.-e. It has been
wiped out as tlaa the frontier It was
built to guard. Nevertheless when
the building hae been condemned
sold and lorn down the traveler serosa
those tin .id valleys who wss wont to
look for th white wall of the gar-
rison as a guide for the last thirty
miles or more of his Journey will look
In vain ami at night he will mis the
hntulr. d lights which tnltikled from
the top of the hlKh bluff and cheered
hi slow journey.
HALL CAINE'S MODELS.
When Hall Calne was writing "The
Chiltla:r be wauled a bloodhound to
figure In the tory but he knew abso-
lutely nothing about tlogi. so he wrote
to hi friend Mr. Kim who referred
him to Mr. Croxton Smith who knows
more about canines than any man In
Kiiglisii I Mr. SmUh very kindly took
his hounds Wan. lie Ijelle and What's
WanttJ up to London and drove to
Mr. ('allie s where a pleaant day ws
spent the men romping with the good-
natured dogs and their master pointing
out their peculiarities and character!-
WANW.n imi.T-R. PrAnK and
WIIT'S WANTKn.
l.cs to the Interested novelist. Ml.
Smith alo gsve Mr. Calne all the
point he wanted for the lfcrby day
scene In the !xk which Is so realistic.
The result of the visit was that Mr.
('.line bcani enamored of blood
hounds nnd Mr. !mlth presented him
with a (aippy of good bl.xid. The two
hounds were photographed with
smart ttl" terrier who seeni In ni
Wiv dlamayel at his large company
In fact he Is so foud of the hound)
that he trots j.fter them all day. IN
was not Intended to be In the picture
but af'e the big dogs were posed h
lipped in sa mu.-h ss a matter ol
coure that no one had the heart tt
take him away. 11 .t la the hounds art
prlie winners
MOTHER AND CHILD IN ECYP1
There la a wonderful and bcautlfa'
s.inetier about mothirs the work'
over. W iinan suf ragis's may stora
and ar.ue and siTot.g niinded d.imo
may hai th'ir "niii-Hcti " and ridt
their In Miles to their hearts' content
I'erhap they will never rcalue what
w lll-o' tbe-w lps they ure pursuing
Manwhlle the motln rs have to be con-
tent wl'h Jo' loving and workir.g.
And. stiatigcly enough this simple
humdrum t -k seems to satufy her.
A woman of the Orient but not a
woman of the harem. Is the one nc-
tur. 'I here She is an Kgyprun moth-
er and bald working. Mke any poor
Amcrlian woman. She It tender like
any American mother too.
She winks long an I hard
ments sre poor; her f'et
she draws the water she
wood she l.ilxira In touu
Ilcr gar-
are bare;
hews the
and field.
She r.irries her child with her and on
her fire Is a look of pride In his sturdl-
ness look of protection for his weak-
me
V "J 1 .
mi.
IS PHK IIAPI'Y?
ness a look of love for hl:netf. How
easily some women are made happy!
IVaplnrwhla
Ceorge Kllot. the great novelist llv'd
for some of her later years In that pop-
ulous land f artUta which lie be-
twivn Wit ley and llaslemere. In Sur-
rey. I'er resldeiice was on tha
"llelghls" oveilookltig that Vait
woodland scene which lllrket Kostr
has reproduced In so many rharmlng
Illustrations. With the rural Surrey
folk that novelist Was greatly pleased
and their dialect seemed to her si rich
snd racy as that of the Mldlandshlra
rustics of her early years. She would
repeat with glee one quaint Surrey
villager's remark; "Oh. ma'am what
I have gone through w Ith my huahan I.
He Is so lined U atcd: he never had a
tailcoat In f a llfc!"-Houchol t
Words. .
She entered ths csr and threw her-
self down Into a seat. "Diabler ah
exclaimed presently. She had doubt-
less forgotten herself. A woman Is
almost stir to forget anything sha
throws dnwn Into a seat In a car. Dr
troll Journal
a.
V SINKING ISLAND.
1Y8TERIOU3 PIECE OP
SN MICHIGAN.
LAND
a Winter II Disappear llelow the
Water Huff sea Whea Spring (ease
ll HUM Again east llerolues lb Ka-
sari of lleasure Meeker
ICHIOAN has a
mysterious Island.
During the winter
It lies at the bot-
tom of Lake Orion.
When summer ar
rives It rises to the
surface becomes a
resort for picnic
parties fishermen
or whoever chooses
ITAKNSHnl)Lf
to visit It.
There are stumps of trees upon It
ind vegetation flourishes. The soil Is
lo different from that along the bor-
lers of the l-ke. It Is a full sere In
ires and the topography shows ths
iurface to lie of a rolling nature.
lr. ll. C lyonard. of Detroit whose
oinimer home is on the borders of
Lake Orion has studied this Island
problem and believes lie has found a
probable solution. This is the riMUlt
jf his olwervatlons:
"In the centre of the Island." he says
"a half dmen or more large stump
are growing a clump of three b.lng In
the centre of the mass. I ihlnk these
stump are In a great me.isilre respon-
sible for the phenomena attending Its
annual sinking and rising. That I. I
am of the opinion that a collection of
these originally formed the nucleus for
the growth of this strange freak
among the Islands of our fresh w iter
lakes.
"The flora of the lake Is something
marvelous In Its richness and vsrlety.
These stumps have drifted out to the
centre of this portion of the lake and
taken with them some of the strands
of the long snake like plants that
grow there to a length of nearly ten
feet with the li'.y. fronds mosses and
various others of the aquatic planta.
"These floating growths have form-
ed there with the earth attached to
the stump root an Uland garden all
lo thems-lves. They grow luxuriantly
and the underbrush len d away from
the shore and otlor Inlands there-
MICHIC. N"S (JL'KKH
Shouts gradually drifted Into them
snd so Increased the site of the mass;
then a the wood of the brush and of
the stump delayed the niaes became
water-logged and the whole gradually
sunk beneath the surface.
"Ilirt how comes It to rise again as
It does each auece.!ng year? This
Is the point thst has pimled wiser
heads than mine but I have a theory
for It. which seems to answer all the
requirements. A the flora ripen dur-
ing the hot months of summer for the
Island Is a thltk mass f vegetation
the stems enlarge Iwcome buoyant
and ss the season advance towsrd
Septemtier. undergo the first stages of
decay; that is. the stems become filled
with the gases attendant upon fuller
ripeness and commcn- lug decay.
' This large mass of g.is-endoslng
vegetation overcomes the natural
weight of the mass the specific gravity
being only a little heavier than the
water and so the whole mass grad-
ually rises above Ihe water's surface;
It stavs In this tondlMnn above the
surface till the heavy fro.ua of the :
fall occur when the plains having I
been destroyed and decay measurably I
completed the whole mass lelng heav-
ier than the water again. It gradually
sinks to the bottom of the lake which
Is alsmt thirty feet deep at this point
to arise again the following year when
spring and summer have brought the
lake's flora Into life and full vigor once
more."
The venerated Karon Munchausen l
the reputed discoverer of the first float-
ing Island. The stories that sailors
have told of these moving cases of
verdure In Ihe ocean have always been
Incredulously received. Hut here In the
I'nlted Slates Is Die fact. Seeing Is be-
lieving. Welling tllrls el Aartlna.
A certain Georgia town which
claim to Im sn educational renter re-
cently hit upon a novel way of raising
funds for a free llbrsry. This was by
holding a mock auction. In which the
girl student of the local college were
put up for sale to the highest bidder.
tnaaeest the f swag Ma.
Amelia lllerman. It St. laiuls. had a
beau. This sngered papa and be lit
on the young fellow with both feet. All
of which waa chalked up agalnft dady
to ths tune of UH) when he was hauled
up In court
X
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P&'H.
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THE MOTfcL WUMAN.
She Mads a Loaaly Alualns Wretch
r.iuiear. r
A writer who knows nions hout thl
ways of women apparent than Hal-
tae slid de Maupassant I mblned has
been giving theru aome advice on thf
subject of borne life says the New
York Comsnerclul Advertiser. He l
nothing If not sympathetic and grows
quite pathetic over the misguided fe-
male who prefers to live In a hotel
where "no duties call her" and where
there Is noiblng "to exercise her Inge-
nuity or develop her womanly talents."
to keeping house In "some corner In
this big world which they can call
their own. their very own." This Is
heartrending but nothing compared to
the state of mind of the hotel wife
when her husband leaves her In the
morning. According to this same writ-
er "she turns back Into tht room aud
wonders what she can do during the
day. how she will employ herself
where she w ill g ). There Is nothing In
her room to appeal to her to stay
there. No home duties confront her.
There Is nothing In her life'; two-
thirds of hcrsilf lies dormant." In
fact so desperate Is her loneliness that
ah" Is actually "glad when the time
comes for her husband to come home;
glad to f.-el that she has some one to
whom she can talk." What a remark-
able young womanl Hut the young
husband Is as badly off almost a bis
wife. To him material considerations
appeal. He grieves because "the fur-
niture around them Is not their own;
nothing around him Is his; everything
I by lease his for a time for so much
money; and after he Is through pay
ing for It he leaves It beh'.ii I "-whlcli
Is at least comforting news for the ho-
tel proprietor. When the writer speak!
of "the g'rm of evolution which
springs from the hearthstone" we take
I' as a direct aspersion upon the hotel
radiator but when he declare that
"people who stop snd stagnate are
never happy." we would like to ask
what about the persons who stagnate
and go on. There are more epigrams
but the following should be framed
and flaunted by flat owners snd sule
urban cottage builders the world over
"The humblest cottage Is a million
times better than the most luxurious
hotel ever planned by the hands of
man''' Think of that little Mrs. lame
s'imehurst. and never agun envy yout
LiISAri'KAR IN(5 ISLAND.
millionaire friend
Waldorf Astoria.
who lives at lit
A llays4 la Washlaalaa.
Charlie Miller was In Wsshlngto
last Sunday and like a good boy should
decided to go to church. He Inquired
what church the president attended
snd then bent his steps In that direc-
tion. He told the usher he was from
Kansas snd desired a seat close U
President McKltiley. The Usher slxed
him up. noted the contented wheat-
field look and then marched him l
I the pew behind the McKlnley bouse-
J hold and sested him directly behind
j the President. At the rloss? of the
.service Mr. MtKlnby srose and bc-
! (.an to tussle with his overcoat. And
right here Mr. Miller grasped the op-
portunity of his life. With a gentle-
manly. "Allow me." he held the presi-
dent's coat and helped him put It on.
The cobl. Icy. w hat-do-) ou-w ant stare
melted the moment It struck Mr. Mil-
ler's face and with a cordial "Thank
ou" the President and his family
passed out.- WlnnVld (Kaa I Courier
I'olar I splwrwilwa I'asa
Prom a merely financial point of
view polar exploration seems to pay
about as well as any pursuit within
the na h of most of us. Dr. Nansen a
w limine are said by the Dally News
to work out something like this: One
telegram to a lamdon paper (1 Oofl;
one article In a London paper (I.OO0;
amounts paid for Hrltlsh and Amer-
ican copyright of book (lo.ooo;
amounts paid for German Norwegian.
Swedish Dutch Austrian and Krench
copyrights ' Ihe hook (estimated)
fbl.oiHi. result of lectures In Great llrlt-
aln (istimateill (T.OOO; result of les--tures
In America (estimated) flS.OOA;
total. ns.Ooo. This la at the rate of
lla.ooo a ): for three years of un
paralleled hardship and labor.
Ilaag ty h Toaa.
Ilobber entered the cabin of John
M'wi at west rTankiin ind. and
hung him up by the toes until he was
unconscious. In an endeavor to extort
money. They did not eucces-d.
Awnther tillly Imtif Fair.
Panmcl Oakman. aged Ti. and Mrs.
Angelli.e Dyer aged '2. have been mar-
ried In Somervllle. Mass. This Is Oak-
man's second and Mrs. Oak man's thlrtf.
RELIGIOUS HEADING.
RELIGION AND REFORM
ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
The simplicity ol CkrMtUalty Romil
aa the Missionary Mereaaent '
Itaalllng I'laee The first Thlags
first.
The ttrl.llaa's baath.
IrT not thou tha
silins vol-
Wep not. "Us a
Christian d.eih.
lp. where hlase J
as In la re jot -e.
mJ l'.im.m'-l now ths
s.oril Hlth;
II. 1. tn heaven's
o.i I'Kht. shs
dwrlleth
ri ll ttie n of trl-
ur.ith swslleth:
I'te..l fr m iar h
' I earthly fail-
les S5V
Lift for her no voire of wa.loif '
I'our not ihrni th htfer tar:
Hesvri it iHeik '.' c.nf .rt nfetV
Itl'ls thee sorrow not. r.or f-af
Hill s one who .Iv.nis holi-!h.
H'imtilr her in faith r-tying.
! a. efolly J.j dltik-
llesvetilv ). her if Is fiishlng-
Why sliliuid t!ii with tri hs aushlrs
They who du In Chris- s-e tdess'd.
iurs then no th'ioaht nf srievins:
Bweetly wnh their il thev rest.
All Ihelr toils and tr.iu' les lav:n.
he ours Die fnh ) ssv.ih
Ho that vry trial htsveih.
l-ova that lo e n en tureth.
And. throui t'hrist. the crown securattv
The Slaspllelly ol I hrl.llaalty.
To be satisfied witl. the Christian
faith may be chil Hike hut is not child
ish; for though the child may find In
It all be needs yet many of the wlset
of this world have rnnfess-d that ths
longer they hare pondered It the clos
er they have studied It. the more cause
they have found for wonder for wor-
ship snd for love. It Is true that ours
Is the simplest of all faith. It must
needs be so since It sppeala alike to
rich and to poor to the young and to
the old to the sick and to the strong;
and not less to the seamstress In her
garret who. when she lays down ths
work at which she baa been tolling
early and late is too weary-eyed and
worn to take up a book or even to
think than tn any woman of fashion.
or to the man of leisure who has de
voted bia life to the search of knowl
edge. Were It not so. and vere the
strength of its appeal only proportion
ate to the Intellectual capacity of the
Individual then half humanity the)
half which read Him most -.r oild be
left without the hlp and ho.ie walch
are given fieely to all by the Great
Consoler. And yet. for all It aim
pllclty. I believe that nuild we s'and
with Him at the center of all things
we should see that the one s.ipreaie
and controlling la-ur pivot ufin
which the laws of this and all other
universities turn Is the law of vlcarb
ous Sacrifli-e the law which tad or
dalned. ere the foundations of the
world were lail. that the sins of the
world should be laid upon ( I s Son.
the sinless Christ Coulsun Kernahan.
sTosaea eaa tha Mlsalnaary Vooatit
"At Rangoon I attended a service
at the rhspel of the American mission
Over one thousand adults were pres
ent and the preacher twenty-two
years of age. who had arrived at Han
g on the day be? ire. prejraed with
marvellous ll .cniy. He was a rUs
ilnnary's son. As a rtii'.J he lived with
bis fa'her and mother In Ilirmih.
where It was the business of the fata
er to loiiow tn Karens wno were
nomads on their wand-rings. Cho!
era ranis and the m.i.inary died
It
seemed the plain duty of the wllo
to return to AnierUa with her only
rhlld. Ihat he might 1 educated. Hut
the thought rame. 'If I leave these
Karens who Is going to look after
them?' She saw It to be her duty to
let her son go home by hlmtelf while
she remained In the Jungle to carry
on the work. For seven years and
halt she tolled doing herself the full
work of missionary H alone. She
preached baptised burled the mem-
bers when tbey died administered ths
sarrsment and saw a great hsrvest
All the time she prayed 'God save my
boy.' One dsy a letter rame. He waa
ronverted and wrote. '1 thins: I will
be a missionary.' She rep'iad. That
Is what I want; come and take up your
father's work.' The dsy before she
hsd welcomed her boy and Bow sat
hearing him preach. I said to myself
'If ever Christ bad a heroine this is
oner" Rev. Henry Hstga.
rtrst Thlag I lest.
It Is not enough that lift be self
controlled. It must be Christ-controlled.
"Self-reverence s. U-knowi-edge
self control" ws need them sll;
not una ally van be spared la the
deadly war of sen with soul; hut
our life will never reach that "sov-
ereign power" of which the poet sir. us.
till in the midst of the throne Christ
sits as King.
la the Tower of London are kept the
standard weights snd measures by
which the pound-weigh; and the yard
stt k of every village sliop'aerH-r must
le tested. That Is what Christ is for
us In the world of moral lite
What is it to 1 a Chrisiiau? To
lie a Christian is to be living lu faith
n personal linon with Jesus Christ.
The Christian life Is a life of whuh
Christ Is "motive pattern and iicr "
This Is vital. "Trying to be g md"
may do something essential and all
else Is secondary. . . . much In-
deed; certainly no goodness is to be
got without our trying Hut we shall
never become Christians that way.
That I beginning at the wrong end
The starting point of the Christian
life la. snd must be. Chrl-t He Is vt
once Its Alpha snd P'lirt.v to
you feel your need of what Christ of-
fers? IXi you believe that he Is able
and willing to give It to you? Then
begin there wait for nothing more.
. . . "Son of God." and yet "He
loved me and gave Himself for me !"
Geo. Jackson
Oar tieeltlag I'laee.
What beauty lingers In that word
dwell! One shade of meaning and one
bout which I love to think. Is to
bide as permanent resident Not
imply to tarry for tha inighL fcoi
lone lo tabernacle for sesaoa but
to put away the staff and fie saaJala
snd sit down In pears st boms.
ft e- t I f.-. t.-.-.i u:--.a
this life ss a wry s"rirnln? !a a
world full of things to truubl and
make us afraid. Think a inomect of
the words of lbs p'ophet king: "Thou
hast been our u Jelling place In all
generations. " Not simply yesterday
nor last year but now and always.
Do we believe this? Thcu why not
take to ourselves the peace It should
bring? Ws are secure In our place
of abode. No rude hand may dislodge
us. Why should we spend our time as
ores living In a bouse from which bo
might be sent away to-morrow?
Again to dwsll means to cling with
fund affection. Are we thus clinging
to our dwelling place? Around what
srs ths tendrils cf our hearts twining?
Around the poor thing of this world
or around Him who Is our sure abid-
ing place? Lord help thou me to go
about my dally round of work for
Thee calmly trusting In Him who Is
my sure rtrcal ready whenever thou
e willing to pas on to that other
hinse not made with hands eternal In
the heavens. Kdgtr U Vincent
The Itasrlnt of Trials.
We never know what we can do or
b-ar until the test is applied. Happy
is he who when the fiery trial comes
with its strange severity Is sble to
turn to one who has known all the
trials which ran come uiHin mortal
spirits. He gives encouragement and
strength with the assurance that this
Is not a new and strange dupt-nsatlon.
but only one factor In a plan of Infi
nite wisdom and love. "Thrlre." sai l
tha apostle. "I besought the Lord for
this thing thst It might depart from
me. And He said unto me. My grace
Is sufficient for thee for my strength
Is made perfect In weakness." Kslth
accepted the promise and all the signs
of an apostle were wrought by Paul
In the Corinthian church. In kll pa
Hence. In signs and wonders and
mighty deeds. And so It always win
be if with meekness and humility and
Ith supplication and unwsverlc(
faith we look to our Hesvecly Father
The Observer.
fells Holt's rhlloaopar.
The world Is not a very fins place
for a good many of the people In IL
Hut l'vs made up my mlcd It shan't
be the worse for me. if I ran help It.
"They tell me that I can't alter the
world that there must be a certain
number of sneaks and robbers In It
and U I don't He and filch somebody
else will. Well then somebody else
hall for I won'L I will never be on
of the sleek dugs I would never
choose to withdrew myself from ths
labor and common burden cf ths
world; but I choose to withdraw my-
self from the push and s ramble tor
money and position.
"Any man Is at liberty to rail me a
fool and aay that mankind are bene
flted by the push and scramble In ths
long run: but I rare for the people
who are alive now and will not be
living when the long run comes. I pre-
fer to go shares with the unlucky."
Krom "Kelii Holt. lUdlcal."
Maggie Oss Rlaaalag.
"Teacher said In mission school we'd
oughter be thankful to-day 'cause It's
Thanksglvln'; but I dunno what to be
thankful for. I ran t be thankful tor
this cellar to live In. for It's most al-
ways wet as sop; not for breakfast for
there wasn't any; not for a father and
mother for they're dead; nor for 'Lisa
for she's mos' generally off. and bea'.s
me when she's here; nor for cloth
for taere alu't enough of 'em to keep
me warm; nor for feelln' well for my
b!p aches so hard it "most always
aches baid now; nor for lire 'cause
there alnt a bit; but I'm glad the sua
shines to-day. It's so much nicer wna
the sun there! the sunshine! thst Is
a blessln' sn' 1 mos' forgot It. Oh.
I am thankful for the sunshine to-
day!" Selected.
The Taaaiag af a Iserrat Order.
Fitting. Indeed waa the passing of
the American Protective Association
a brutal and cowardly Canadian Im-
portation ths existence of which dur-
ing the past ten years has disgraced
not only this country but modern
civilisation. Its "supreme headquar-
ters." a rather high-flown and mislead-
ing title for what was properly speak-
ing the central Joint of national roa-
fldenre game wss closed at Washing-
ton the other day and the little prop-
erty contained therein office furniture
obscene literature etc.. was Mid under
the hammer to met. In part the claims
of an army of creditors. This Is the
last of the biggest organization ol hollow-eyed
fanatics snd professional
blackmailers that has ever secured a
foothold In the I'nlted States. Ths
"ex-supreme president." a rsrty named
J ihn W. Kchols says that onst reason
for the failure of the order Is thst a
large numter of the niemliers wanted
office under McKlnley and when they
were disappointed held the national
officers responsible. Another reason
advanced by the same person Is that
at least "one-third of the members of
the or.ler were trying to make a living
out of It." If the "ex-supreme presi
dent" had said two-thirds he wi-uid
j he been nearer the mark
There never was a hungrier crowd of
dead beats In any country than those
who composed for the most part the
subordinate councils of the A. P. A. In
Chicago political managers to get rll
of these vultures who swarmed around
the party le-adquarters In every cam-
palgn. bought thi-m up at prices rang-
ing all the way down from 11 a head to
six hes.is for a quarter. They were
j nit only the most corrupt but ths
cheapest skates the political parties
h ive ever Wit compelled to deal with.
A raise of dime by the opposition
woulal Impair the fealty of the average
A. P. A. man toward his original pur-
chaser. True there were many hon-
est men In th order but upon close
examination It would be discovered
that these honest men had skulls c
narrow "that they could look with
both eyes at once through small
kejhole" as has been remarked by a
tery close observer of ths type. But
let thst go. Ths A. P. A. Is a thing ot
the past In this country fly ths lib-
eral use of chloride ot lime ths land-
lords who have rented rooms to ths
subordinate councils hers and else-
where may destroy the bad smell they
have left behind theru In tlmsv. and
render the apartments fit for th n
of respectable tecaa's. Ttt OtWM
WHEN THE P 1 1 rTPrHCAflSEt.
Koaasarrlat Coitnsne aa 'ihe rrstty
SUmpla fauns dirts
I learned that ballet dutceri. wliei
they rehearsed wear a nondescript
costume th t Is most smuslng. roi-.si.ir.
lng of white trousers gathered In at
the knee over which are their flurry
tarlatan skirts snd on top tha ordin-
ary waists of their drces. says Har
per's Ilaiar. The effect la something
like ths of those Nuremberg pap""
dolls In three parts over which wo
used to scream so with laughter aa
children In putting Incongruous heads
snd skirts on the same body. A seri
ous looking plaid blouse finished in
what ir.liiht have been a powder puff
of tarlatan. A tailor-made Jacket of
light cloth worn with blue sU k.lor.ked
oddly enough sbovs the fluffy whlia
petticoats. Half the girls wore rheap
little shirt wslsts ss plain as those of
an American school girl. They all
looked young and simple had pretty
figures and seemed to be hsvlng a
thoroughly good time. Those who
were not on the stage sat seriously In
the boxes snd knitted or crocheted. The
premiere danseuse had a cold and
wore her ordinary street dress. Fh
was a slim Italian girl of 17. w.llx
great Italian eyes and soft brown
hair who partly supports her mother
on her somewhat meager salary and
lives whst la rr questioned ss A
perfectly hones" and virtuous life. Ouo
reads the details of It In her slmpH
black dree evidently made at home
without slightest thought of coquet-
ry and a last year's green velvet bat.
trimmed with rw k's feathers that tlms
had caused to droop somewhat mourn-
fully. She smiled and dimpled as she.
caught sight of Mme. Laoour and a
little later aa the band of coryphees
rehearsed ovt and over again the In-
tricacies of tne "chain dance." and alt
the other dancew In response to a sign
from the autW. she and Don Juan. In
the person of a ssstncUr lYeseh. gtrl
with short.curly blond hair ranr-
j.oi.u us in our joge. me "star tol I
us thst she loved to rlsnre better thin
to do anything else In the world. She
wss born loving It; but unlike littles
Morleena Kenwlgs. or any of tho In
fant pheromena of whom ws read who
execute the most astonishing pas whc
their feet have scarcely learned t.
walk Ione she only began her rtlv-
tlr training at the age of 11. At 15 she
made her debut ss premiere In a grand
ballet In Florence. She was rot at all
sfrsld. The more people there were
snd the more she had to do the hap-
pier she wss n dancing. They said
she was successful because he always
mlled. 8kf smiled berause she lov. l
ABSORBS WATglUFfjOM tfLOW
sstl la Ihe Saa Ja.i. .n htt..
hy aahtarraaaaa airaaaM.
From the Philadelphia Record: In-
vestigation made by Professor Milton
Whitney who la In chsrge of the di-
vision of soils In the department of
agriculture hare rsvea'ed the curious
phenomenon thst the soils of the San
Joaquin valley and of the great Pa-
louse district (comprising the fertlls
wheat-growing regions) eontsln a con-
siderable quantity of moisture In ex-
cess of the amount received fron. rain-
fall or surface Irrigation. A similar
phenomenon has been observed :ffjV
Yellowstone valley and In parts of ti.""
Red River valley and this would seem
to explain the myatery why theae re-
gions which arc seoilsrld rarely suffer
from drouth. Hut this explanation
solves one mystery only to present an-
other which la even more Inexplicable.
In the M ijave desert for Instance
where the annual average rainfall is
only Bve inches the soil beneath the
alkaline crust Is always moist la
southern California whers the sum-
mer rainfall Is less than an Inch tobac-
co and sugar beets which require much
water grow luxuriantly without Irri-
gation. This phenomenon has been
ascribed tentatively to the peculiar
quality of the soil to absorb moisture
and retain It. notwithstanding the
low humidity of the atmosphere. Hut
whence does this excess of niolstnrw
come? Artesisn wells In all the re-
gions under consideration show wster
at depths vsrylng between forty and
200 feet and tt Is conjectured by the
department Investigators that them
may be a slow and ronttnuous upward
movement of moisture from subterra-
nesn sources. Since water however
never percolates upwsrd It must be ss-
sunied thst the soils of a large part of
the arid and semlsrld regions of ths
country consist of a vast sheet of ab-
sorbent material which draws up
moisture from below like bitting pa-
per by capillary attraction. The In-
vestigations of the division of soil In
these arid regions will make one of
the moat remarkable chapters in I'i
hlaiory o sgrlcuUure
Tha "Waits Waasao."
In some parts of Germany par leu-
tar'y In Ilohemla some most extraor-
dinary tales are reported of the "whlis
woman." This celebrates! ghost la
ltiposed to represent a woman of Very
modest appearance excessively tall
snd her dtesa entirely white. She la
never seen without a very long veil
reaching nearly to her ankles and
whb h Is ot such sn Impervious nature
that no prison has ever been sble to
obtain a glimpse of her features. On
one single occasion howrver ll Is re-
ported that she condescended to lift li
her veil when such a blate of beauty
burst upon the astonished beholder
that he was actually rooted to tins
Sxt for rcwsldcral" time. The l.i ly
never leave her subterranean or h 'f
celestial alxitl but for the charlt;i!iln
purpose of Informing an Individual of
her approaching death. Thus it la very
common to say In some parts of Ger-
many "the white tuti.in" has visited
htm meaning thereby that all hopes
are vanished of recovery and th r
are not a tow In that w:-" whi
pay little or tw attention . d.-c-In
rat Ion of the physician respecting;
the Immediate dissolution of the pa-
tient until It has been ascertnlnr.l
whether the white woman baa paid
her foreboding visit
A Vrssal Kalsa Ma.
There I a great . well at
Fork ra.. whose nr Is d t
udlhls distance ut six c.Ns
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