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JffiCOOP the outside--Heali. ob do biggos' „turk< i e£ dey ain' stro .Vi.-* •--~--: -- POSTAL BANKS BEST, 60T THREE TURKEYS STRIKE IS ON RENEWED OLD TREES. MOWTOLLIVER WON HISTHANKS- GIVING DINNER. jRis Five Rbots in the Gallery Result In Only Two Misses -Proprietor Gives Mini Oric liird and Pays Good Money for the Others. Boze a Good Shot. Shooting for turkeys on Thanksgiving Is not confined entirely to the country. Those people who recall the times in the roral districts when they furbished up the •M squirrel rfle or the family shotgun and attended an old-fashioned turkey shoot •will b'eglsd to know that there is a chance to accumulate a bird by prowess in marks- nanship right here in town. It came, this knowledge, like a bright ray of sunshine to "Boze" To!liver, "poxe" hailed from Missouri and he had been in Chicago a ,fear. Times were tough and he and "the old woman" had hardly earned enough to keep themselves and the family. "Boze" fend done teaming and odd jobs with his Jtorses. but the fact was that right before Thanksgiving "Pete had the cupboard," to use a Missouri phrase. ; - To be sure, "Boze" had half a dollar, but that wouldn't provide a Thanksgiv­ ing dinner for six hungry people, tie went out on the street and wandered aitmg about six blocks,, trying to think what he would get the most of for 50 CMirte, Presently he heard a sound some­ thing like a bell ringing and a sound also *? Shots. He looked across the street and saw a shooting gallery, with qujte a crowd collected in and aroinnd the doorway, and he crossed the street rather aimlessly to watch the sport for a minute. When he grot over there he saw that the crowd were shooting for turkeys. He pushed his way in and inquired the price of shots and the roles of the contest. Now, "Boze" was a famous shot "back jon in Missouri," and could bark a squir- TPl with his rifle, or even kill a prairie ehicken when flying from him straight­ away, and his mouth watered at the pros­ it of gaining a turkey by an exhibition of skill with a rifle. He was told that the price of shots Was 10 cents apiece; that he must ring the bell fairly on the smallest target to win a turkey. The hole oa the smallest target was about as big as a 22-caliber cartridge and was exceed­ ingly difficult for even a practiced marks­ man to find. f Only one man Won a turkey while "Boze" watched the snooting and ^nearly forty shots were fired. It was evident ifeat the proprietor was not losing money on the scheme. •*B©ze" stood and watched. He did not Hke the new-fangled looks of "them ar MR. GARY ADVOCATES THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. a . - The Annual Report of the Postmaster General Goes Into the Subject Ex­ haustively and Recommends the System Without Reserve. Strong Argument Made. The first annual report of Postmaster General James A. Gary to the President has been made public. Its feature is the strong advocacy of postal savings deposi­ tories, a scheme over which Postmaster ^General Gary has worked for - many onths in the formulation of plans to pre- sent to the President and Congress. He 1 says the time is ripe for their establish­ ment, and that the adoption of a well- ! organized system would confer a" great boon upon a large number of people, and ultimately be of inestimable benefit to the whole country. The estimates of the revenue and ex­ penditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, are: Total postal revenue for 1897, $82,685,402.73; add 5 per cent, $4,- 133,273.13; estimated revenue for 1899, So "Boze" returned home triumphant with turkey and money and the Tollivers had as b|g" a feed as anyone.' And all be­ cause "B^ze" had cultivated a knack for rifle shooting. As he said to himself at the dinner, with his utterance somewhat choked with "stuffin': "What.a "feller kin do hain't allays goin' to do him good, but what a feller jjsin do kin be depended on to come in sometimes. It looks to me thataway."--Chicago Chronicle. ;1j$; ENTITLED TO THREE TURKEYS. brich-loaders." Finally, as the crowd thinned out some the proprietor said to "Boze," "Want to try your luck?" "Well," replied "Boze," "I hain't never tried nary brich-loader, but ef you'll let me shoot my own rifle I'll try you a few." "What caliber is your rifleV" said the shooting gallery man. "It's a Hawkens rifle," said "Boze." "Oh! I mean how big a bullet does she throw," said the proprietor. "Oh!" said "Boze," "she kerries about a hundred and twenty to the pound. It's s powerful little bullet." "How many shots do you want to take?" asked the gallery man. "Well, I reckon about five," was the seply. "Go ahead and get your gun," was the proprietor's answer, and "Boze" walked home and got out his artillery. It was a typical squirrel rifle, with the "buck horn" hind-sight, knife-blade front sight, cap bii and patch box in the stock and car­ rying a bullet scarcely larger than a pea. "Boze" returned leisurely to the gal­ lery after assuring his wife that he "didn't aim to shoot ary feller." The shooting gallery began to fill up to see the muzzle-loader perform. "Boze" had meas­ ured out the powder, carefully greased the patch and pushed the ball home with the hickory ramrod. Efe braced himself, took oarefill aim and fired. The ball barely missed the center, and the hell hummed •lightly. The Missourian loaded his rifle A THANKSGIVING DINNER IN 1621. • -- ' Pilgriuis'Banqxiet to Indian Chiefs Was Fit to Set Before a King. "The state dinner of the occasion--the real Thanksgiving dinner--took place on Saturday, the last day of the celebration," writes Clifford Howard of "The First Thanksgiving Dinner" in America, in the Ladies' 'Home Journal. "Notwithstand­ ing that-the kitchens of these wilderness homes were sadly wanting in many of the most common essentials ofcookery, there was no lack of good tilings' nor of appetiz­ ing dishes at this great feast. The earth, the air and the 'water hadyielded of their bountiful supplies, and the good dames had done honor to their skill and ingenuity by setting before their hungry guests and companions a repast, as sumptuous and tempting as it was varied and delightful. Foremost of all there was roast turkey, dressed with beechnuts; then came rare venison pasties, savory meat stews with dumplings of barley flour, delicious oys­ ters (the gift of the Indians, and the first ever tasted by the white men), great bowls of clam chowder with sea biscuit floating on the steaming brpth, roasts of all kinds, broiled fish, salads} cakes and plum por­ ridge; while the center of each <w the long tables was adorned with a large basket overflowing with!?w5ld grapes and plums and nuts of every variety. "It was the time of the Indian summer. The soft, mellow sunlight shone warmly through the drowsy haze, .illumining the somber woodland with a rich golden light, while the gentle winds of the south, laden with the sweet perfumes of the forest, came as a lingering dream of summer to add to the joy and brightness of this Thanksgiving feast. Upon the balmy air rose the hum of many voices and the merry music of la lighted as the Pilgrims with their Indian guests partook of the feast that the Provider of all things had given them." Should Be Thankful. Yes. there are gloomy days of dark repining, That sadly flit along on leaden wing. And yet. somewhere, the sun Is always, shin- *ing, ' And every winter surely ends in spring. Yes, there is pain and suffering heart-rend­ ing. And pitiful old age. grown faint and gray: But young lives some to crown the old lives' ending- Think of the children in the world to-day! Yes, there is war. God waits a little longer Ere he will ail this jarring strife subdue; But human life to-day was never stronger, And human hearts were never half so true. Yes, in each life there will be bitter sorrow. But 'tis not long--this space of mortal breath; There waits for each of us a grand to-mor­ row. There waits for each the kindly night of death. , A world where sunbeams dance and birds are singing. Where violets never fait to come in May, Where little children's voices sweet are ring­ ing. Where love shines steadfast on the darkest way! A world where dear life meets us, full of gladness. And guides our steps o'er easy paths and steep; And where her sinile has faded into sadness, GIVING THANKS. A quaint," brown house, just out of town-- We young folks know the way; * •' 'Tis there, each year, with Grandma Dow, Wo'keep Thanksgiving day. A host or uncles, cousins,, aunts, Gathered froni far and near, The wanderer from home returns -t> To greet his kindred dear. So great the crowd, so small the house, 'Tis full to bursting, quite; But grandma says, "There's room for all Who.may with us unite." And 'round the cheerful hearth where we, As children, loved to p!ay. With many a merry song and jest We keep Thanksgiving day. .* ' Then "ting-a-ling," the dinner bell Summons us, one and ail; To hasten to the laden board. Nor wait the second call. The turkey, roasted to a turn, . The place of honor takes; ; Here, too, such doughnuts, puddings, pies. As only grandma makes. And seated thus, each on£ recounts The blessings of the year:- The dangers "passed, the hearts made glad-- We give attentive ear. Then on the youngest papa calls: "Come, Ned, 'tis your turn now.'1 Cries Ned, "l's thankful as can be That we's got Grandma Dow!" --Good Housekeeping. SOMETHING ABOUTTHE DAY. carefully, aimed and fired again. This time the bell rang clear and true, the eiowd cheered and "Boze" smilingly re­ marked: "By cat, 1 reckon that gits a gob­ bler." He reloaded his rifle for a third shot and, bringing the gun to his shoulder for a third time, be fired and rang the bell clearly again. The crowd by this time was in ecstasies, all but the proprietor. Even "Boze" was affected with a sense of joyful hilarity and on his fourth shot Be tired a trifle high. Refo&ding his old standby for the fifth ami last shot he brought the gun up with the steadiness, of machinery. At the crack of the rifle the bell rang like a gong so clearly had the bullet reached the center. "Boze" was entitled to4hree turkeys. "Tell you what I'll do," said the pro- ... prietor.. "I'll give you a dollar and a . quarter apiece for two of those turkeys. That will put you two dollars ahead, with year Thanksgiving bird free and your shooting costing you nothing." "That's fair," said "B-?«e." "I kain't Sgbt over that." Dear Death soothes, every, weary heart to sleep! f „ * • ' t , * * ***': Beyond oun sight'tlie angels are rejoicing. They stand aro.uiwl the throne in shining ranks; a r • Oh, let us join the song., that saints are voicing, &w»f, r. He Is our Father--let us, too. give thanks; --The Housewife.. - Glad Things Arc No Worse. "Lampton, have you any special cause f o r t h a n k s g i v i r i g - y e a r ? " "Ye^r sir; I'm gia^tjine.jtyjkey is enough for a man and wfce a.TO.jyx children."-- C h i c a g o R e c o r d . * x > i l f - . V Compar.ajtive Joys. "Have you mtib|i tehVthankful for this year, Grumpy ?' "Well, something. I'm thankful that they can't make it any tougher for me than they have during the last twelve months." Herbert--I like Thanksgiving dinner the best of..;an^r,i« feh# Aunt Jane- How is.that?' iierbert--i&ecatise it,is so good that I never H^tWil the-dessert first.-- Truth. . • • - ..TP (••.•". • UirVT jrv-c-i.-l.«•> -- •' The Thanksgiving Festival Was Long of a Peripatetic Nature. •Ifcx.- HANKSGIVING Ifjjxfr- |j till as late as 1680, jfrSlfr M nearly sixty years after its idea was j first suggested, was ^eminently a movable ffcf SH®"* feast, liable to occur at any time from U January to Deeem- Wjl l)er nnd 'n any p!ace throughout the colo- aies, wherever the --various inhabitants felt gratitude to be a becoming emotion. Instead, too, of a general expression of thanks, as is now the custom, they ren­ dered up thanks in detail--on one occa­ sion it would be in return for much-need- ed rain, then for triumph over the Indians and again for the safe lauding of the Eng­ lish supply ships. One time, indeed, in July, 1(521, when rain finally came after a prolonged period of drought and prayer, they appointed a thanksgiving of one •week in duration. Were such a peripatetic Thanksgiving to come in vogue again it would be quite a shock to us of this generation, with our pre-established notions of Thanksgiving as inseparable from roast turkey, cran­ berry sauce and pumpkin pie. Fancy sit­ ting down to our Thanksgiving dinner in April when we might esteem ourselves lucky if we were furnished with aspara­ gus as a delicacy and rhubarb pie as a dessert, for if we had been pilgrims or even Massachusetts Bay colonists we would have been obliged to choose be­ tween taking what the soil produced or going without, these present happy days of a whole Florida garden being landed by express at our doors in midwinter not being yet on the American program. Or imagine the Thanksgiving dinner of July, 1G21, partaken of perhaps to the delight­ ful accompaniment of the patter of the rain for which they bad so fervently pray­ ed and with green corn as the piece de resistance, or that Thanksgiving in June, 1637, after victory over the Pequods, when maybe strawberries garnished with roses formed the menu. On these occasions, though, the colonists had evidently quite lost sight of the part that the autumn harvest plays in the ob­ servance--the prehistoric significance of the festival, the season being with them purely and simply a many-voiced thank- offering in acknowledgment of the better­ ing of their condition. After it became an annual affair it supplanted in a measure jthe English Christmas, whose celebration was too riotous to meet their strict re­ ligious notions--this the puritanic Thanks­ giving, supplying the unalloyed devout- ness which wa? the one thing they would willingly have retained in the Christmas of their forefathers. As has been seen Thanksgiving day for the first sixty years of its existence was a hit-and-miss affair as to time and place, and even after it had settled down into an annual autumn festival If the people did not feel particularly encouraged the ob­ servance of it was liable to be omitted, and it did not assume its national charac­ ter till during the revolution, when Con­ gress recommended the yearly appointing of such a day. In spite of this, though, in the years intervening between 1784 and 1789 there were no Thanksgiving days. In 1789 Washington issued Thanksgiving proclamation in view of the adoption of the Constitution and after that to Ihe time of Lincoln, the example of the first President was intermittently followed by his successors. But only since 1858 can Thanksgiving be said to have been a fixed and universal American custom, and in that year the Governors of the different Southern States united with their Eastern brother officials in issuing Thanksgiving proclama­ tions, and the example set by Lincoln in 1863 of issuing a Thanksgiving proclama­ tion suggesting the las(; Thursday in No­ vember as an appropriate day has been followed since without break by every oc­ cupant of the presidential chair. Though long in coming to its fulfillment, like some fair oak tree that requires many years of storm and sun to bring it to its full beauty; Thanksgiving, the Sunday of our national year, is now an imperishable monument of the faith, the benevolence and the softer graces so often averred to have no existence in this practical work-a-day American world. The deposit of ;v single letter makes an electric contact", which Starts a bell go­ ing on the respective floor, which does not cease ringing until the letter is taken out.. /; > , ; \ At the same time it opens the faucet of a tank on the roof of the house, which causes water to flow into the cyl­ inder forming the counterweight of the mail box elevator until the weight is heavier than the box, when the box ascends and the flow of water ceases simultaneoulsj\ As the box passes each story the mail intended for it--letters, papers and small packages--falls into boxes in the corridor on that, floor. This is performed very reliably by a little spring at the bottom of each compart­ ment Id the elevator mail box, which causes t,he bottom of the compartment to catch for a moment, and the release throws ont even a single piece of paper thinner than a postal card into the sta­ tionary box provided for Its reception. By its owa weight the box descends to its place on the ground floor. Should by any mischance a single piece of paper have remained in the elevator, upon striking the bottom it will at once go through the same series of movements as before.--New York Evening Journal. FOSTMASTEK O SERAI, GARY. Boy Veraus Time. An amusing incident took place not long ago in an important lawsuit in a Kansas town. A twelve-year-old boy was on the stand, and testified that he had spent just ten minutes in getting a bucket of water for his mother. The question of time was a vital one, and the opposing attorneys tried to rattle the boy. Finally one of them pulled out his watch, and proposed to test whether or not the boy know when ten minutes had elapsed. The opposing at­ torneys on the boy's side of the case sternuously objected to this test, for it is well known that nothing is hard­ er than to sit still and gauge the pass­ ing of time. The judge ordered the test to be made, however, and after the court-room clock had been stopped, and every chance removed for the boy to play a sneak, the trial commenced. The stillness in the room became ap- pressive. Every watch was drawn, and the youngster, who chewed gum, swung liis foot against the round of his chair and gazed placidly out over the benches, as though the proceed­ ings had mighty little interest for him. Two, four, six minutes passed, and still he made no sign. Then the attor­ neys commenced to worry him. "Isn't time about up?' 'asked one of them. "Nope," sententiously responded the boy, as he changed the cross in his knees. Seven and eight minutes passed. "Haven't you got that water pump­ ed you?" asked the attorney, in a tone which was intended to convey the be­ lief that ten minutes had more than passed. "Reckon not," again replied the boy, and his own attorneys began to chuc­ kle. Nine minutes passed, and tick, tick, tick went the seconds toward the ten- minute mark, and up to exactly three seconds before the limit, Avhen the boy drawled out: "I think I've got the water drawed." The people burst into applause; and after the trial, when the boy was ask­ ed to explain how he hit off the time so correctly, he replied: "Oh, I just sorter knowed, that's all." Her Plan of Campaign. Winkle--Alice expects to bring her young man to the point on Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Winkle--How do you know? Winkle--There's a broken wishbone over every door in the house.--New York Journal. The Ileal Reason. "Jimmie," asked the Sunday school teacher, "why is it that so many people are grateful on Thanksgiving?" " 'Cause that's the time they alius gets turkey."--Detroit Free Press. Although you are this time of the year The theme of many a loast From Hps of those who love you dear, You also got a roast. Judge. The Wires Crossed. An Eleetriual Letter Carrier. A very clever mail delivery box lias been placed in a number of the larger buildings at Geneva. Switzerland, by an enterprising electrician. This mail box has a compartment for "each of the stories of the building, and when the letters are deposited on the ground noor vhe Carrier delivers them as required Voice from. hold ob two ob coop, but dog Hi. I'se got in de ain' stronger den $86,798,735.86; add 7 per cent, $6,075,- 911.51; total estimated revenue for 1899, $92,874,647.37; estimated expenditures for 1898, $98,922,760; deficiency for 1899 es-. timated $6,048,112.63. The increase of the postal deficit for 1897, Mr. Gary says, is largely a reflec­ tion of the depressed business conditions which prevailed all over the United States during the first three quarters of that period. There has been no extravagance of expenditure save that obligated by law. Reiterating the injustice inflicted both upon the postal revenues and the people by second-class mail matter carriage reg­ ulations, the enactment by Congress of some measure to remedy the wrong, sim­ ilarly ^pointed out by past Postmasters General, is urged. As to this the Post­ master General says: . „ .' „ ... "If this were done, there would be an end to postal deficits, and the service could be enlarged and popularized by a broad extension of free delivery, without infringement upon the general resources of the Government, and eventually result in the much-desired reduction of letter postage to 1 cent per ounce." No method of perfecting the organiza­ tion of the postal service has proved more effective than the consolidation of post- offices. Legislative restrictions on its de­ velopment are to be regretted and a re­ peal of the five-mile limit consolidation measure in the 1896 postal appropriation bill is recommended. The experimental rural free delivery has been generously appreciated; few ex­ penditures have conferred greater ben­ efits in proportion, and it has unquestion­ ably proved a potent factor in attaining hat should be a chief aim of government, the granting of the best possible facilities to the farming class. The report reviews in detail the opera­ tions of the various branches of the de­ partment. The portion on the subject of postal savings in brief follows: . "Many millions of dollars is undoubted­ ly secreted by people who have little or no confidence in ordinary securities and monetary institutions organized by pri- ate citizens. It is dead capital, but if its owners could be inspired with abso­ lute confidence in the security of an in­ vestment it is altogether probable that the bulk of this fund would find its way into the channels of trade and commerce. If the Government undertook this task the service would undoubtedly be gladly accepted by the people. Their faith in the Government is unbounded. Their little savings, which separately could hardly be put out at interest, would amount, in the aggregate, to a sum that could be invested to their advantage. It would tend to cultivate thrift in a large lass, realizing the advantage of depos­ iting with the Government instead of wastefully and uselessly expending; it would tend to better relationship: bring into closer relationship the Govern­ ment and its citizens, and develop practi­ cal and enduring patriotism. This growth of patriotic sentiment and good citizen­ ship constitutes a powerful appeal to tatesmanship to make a way for these beneficent consequences. "The proposition is an accomplished fact in nearly every country in Europe, in the British dependencies of both hemi­ spheres, and even in Hawaii. In Great Britain 7,000,000 depositors have upward of $550,000,000 in savings accumulated during thirty-five years, and in ten years fewer than 10,000 Hawaiian depositors saved nearly $1,000,000. Deposits in Can­ ada in twenty years exceeded $22,000,000. These vast accumulations have been made with the least possible loss to the Gov­ ernments, which guarantee their repay­ ment, and with a minimum of cost to the millions of depositors. More than a thou­ sand postal savings accounts in Eu?opean offices are held by minors and over two- thirds by the most humble callings. It is essentially the bank of this class. Postal savingsjwould not conflict with those sav­ ings banks, but would encourage savings rather than accumulations. The conver­ sion of money order offices into savings depositories would soon afford indefinitely more facility for receiving interest-bear­ ing deposits than the ir.vorest-paying banks do now. The most aggressive op­ ponents are among the private institu­ tions engaged in somewhat similar enter­ prises, though associations of the larger cities recognize in it a valuable feeder to the financial currents of the country. "Security, and not the rate of interest, is the primary and essential condition of such a system, and bonds of States, coun­ ties and municipalities, and real estate, furnish an illimitable field." The Postmaster General says that near­ ly every country permits its most popular coin as the minimum amount of deposit, varying from 5 cents in India to $1 in Canada, Maximum deposits vary from $285 in France to $2,435 in New Zealand. Deposits over the amount are non-inter­ est bearing, and in several countries the surplus is by law invested in national bonds. Both deposits and accounts are usually small. France made a profit in 1895 of $170,000 in handling 2,500,000 accounts, aggregating $143,000,000, af­ ter paying 3 per cent interest. Great Britain earned a surplus of $83,000, after paying 2% per cent interest on $480,000,- 000, made up of 6,500,000 accounts. The average commission paid to postmasters is 1 cent per deposit. Any account may be settled and withdrawn from any de­ positors' in the country. The telegraph is coming into use as a means of with­ drawal. How Beloved Old Landmarks May Be Preserved to Uu. Old tfees are. among the most cher­ ished treasures of rural and suburban homes. They are the most costly, too, as every finished product is costly into which has entered tlio^e transforming' and creative processes which only long reaches of time can furnish.. An old holse may fall dqwn or be destroyed by fire, and while we mourn the loss of the visible sign of old associations, a belter and more beautiful structure can be made to take its place. But when an old tree that has been the guardian of the home for generations, and stood there before the home was founded, surrenders to' the blast, the loss is beyond repair, l'or a long time, at least. As there is no immediate remedy possible, the need of precau­ tion becomes all the greater. When one of these old sentinels be­ gins to show signs of disease and de­ cay, and year by year grows more at­ tenuated in its branches and weaker iii leaf growth and power, we watch it iis we watch a friend attacked.', by a slow but incurable ..malady. But rem ­ edies are now being discovered for al­ most every ill of the body, and suc­ cessful tree surgery is or may be as common as the higher form of that science. A recent number of Garden and Forest discusses the rejuvenes­ cence of old trees, and gives practical directions for effecting it. Directly to the point are two illustrations of the same tree, a venerable oak in the Ar­ nold Arboretum. The first is of a tree wilh far-reaching branches, but mark­ ed by infallible signs of decrepitude, the leafage scanty and the general prospect of life discouraging. The second illustration shows the same tree twelve years later, shorter of limb, it is true, but displaying every eliaracteristic/of youth and 'strength and hopeful promise of longevtiy. No miracle, even one of nature's has been performed. The result is simply one of skillful tree surgery, of intelli­ gent pruning according to the De Car systemr which, instead of sending the tree blood long distances through col­ lapsed and withered arteries, contracts the area and applies the nourishing forces in such a way that they can be assimilated and made to promote the growth of all the members. The process is one which almost any intelligent farmer or.-tree owner should be able to apply. "Vigor can be restor­ ed to a tree in this condition by short­ ening all its branches by one-tliird or one-half their entire length. The only care needed in this operation is to cut back each main branch to a healthy lateral branch, which will serve to at­ tract and elaborate by means of its leaves a sufficient (low of sap to in­ sure the growth of the branch." These directions must be carefully observed to prevent further decay, and care must also lie taken to leave the lowest limbs the longest, so that the greatest possible leaf surface shall be exposed to the light. So if some old tree, near roadside, or dwelling, that has been the landmark of a century, shows alarming symptoms, the owner should not despair before he has treated It ac­ cording to the general plan here laid down.--Boston Transcript. A GOOD INDIAN. Grave of a Chief Who Signed th Treaty of William Penn. A short time ago near Sunbury, Pa., the remains of one of the Indian chiefs, who participated in the signing of the treaty, through which William Penn came into possession of Pennsylvania, were unearthed. The remains are those of Chief Shikellimy, grand sachem of the Lenni-Lenapes and the deputy gov­ ernor appointed by the Iroquois, upon their conquest of the Susquehanna In­ dians. He lived in the Indian village of Sliomoko, on the present site of Sun- bury and Northumberland, and went thence to sign the treaty under the elm tree. Chief Shikellimy was a good Indian, a true representative of everything that, was grand in the Indian character; who never proved untrue to his word, be­ trayed a white man nor condoned a crime. On account of his ability to govern and his nobleness of character, he was selected by the cftief of the Six Nations to rule the Indians along the Ot-zin-aeh-son, as the beautiful Sus­ q u e h a n n a R i v e r w a s c a l l e d . W h e n t h e Iroquois, the so-called Six Nations, made war upon the original owners of the Susquehanna Valley, the Lenni- Lenapes, they succeeded in subduing them after a bitter struggle and sent a deputy governor, Chier Shikellimy. to rule over them. Under his leadership the Lenni- Lenapes never tried to throw off the burden of their conquerors. Up to this time very little is known of the chief. He was an Oneida Indian and was born in Canada or in tin* northern part of New York State, near the border. After he settled in Slio­ moko the Moravian missionaries found him there and converted him. They also established a mission under his protection. At the signing of the Penn treaty Chief Shikellimy representedN.lu> Oneida Indians and the Lenni-Lenapes. In 1748 Shikellimy died and/ivas, buried by the missionaries who had converted him. In his grave were placed many trinkets which thad been his share of the purchase of the price of Pennsylvania and many of these were found intact when his remains were recently discovered. Female Oesperado: Cora Hubbard, the Pineville (Ark.) bank robber, is 25, and was born in Ohio. She inherits from her father a slight admixture of Indian blood. She Is fairly well educated, and her favor­ ite lx>ok"1n childhood was the "Life of the James Boys." Cora doesn't drink, but is an inveterate smoker, and swears like a trooper. Her chief complaint against her captors is that they didn't allow her to put on her best togs, but carried her off in a Mother Hubbard. Paris Detectives Strujj'k. One hundred Paris detectives went on strike recently. They objected to one of the inspectors, and to being obliged to keep the run of travelers when they leave hotels and boarding houses, as they had all they could do to watch them on their arrival. •«-. An insurance policy often makes a man more valuable after death tliau during his, life." j Don't, think because a man is always harping on one idea that he is a.born musician. COAL MINES OF NORTHERN IL­ LINOIS TIED UP. • V Diggers Gather Under Ratchford'a Banner and Demand the Kpringfield Schedule--Operators Are Angry and Say a Crisis Is at Hand. Miners Vote to Quit. The miners' mass meeting at Coal City, 111., voted unanimously to resume the strike throughout the Wilmington-Braid- wood district. The decision affects the mines at Carbon Hill, Kiamond and Coal City, and postpones pending settiemenMn other towns except where the full scale is paid. The miners will contend for the gross-weight scale as adopted at Spring­ field., They will ignore the propositions offered by the operators based on a screen scale. It is the purpose to abolish the whole system as speedily as possible, even at a .sacrifice in the price per ton if nec- essarj-. - The miners at Braceville; who were the first to return to work at the 77%-cent rate, were all busy in the mine when Pres­ ident Ratcliford . and a small army of strike leaders! reached the town. After some delay 150 English-speaking miners; met in Malcolm's Hall, where Mr. Ratch ford addressed them. He told them they had lost 2% cents, a toil by .returning to work before the Streator Convention. He said the operators at St relator had offered practically to settle at a figure equivalent to 80 cents in the Wilmington Mid, He NOKTHEKX ILLINOIS MIXING DISTRICT, told the miners they, too, could secure the advance if they would but insist on it and suspend work until the union officials and operators could get together and set­ tle on a uniform Scale. Before Mr. Ratch- ford had finished the men were wildly en­ thusiastic, and when the vote was taken every man voted to resume the strike. From Braceville Mr. Ratch ford and his brother officials drove across country to Coal City, where 400 miners were gath-. ered. Speeehmaking took up the entire afternoon. There was 110 dissenting voice on the vote to resume the strike for ten days or until the operators wtmid agree to arbitrate. President Ratcliford and several miners' officials held a. conference at streator with several operators Saturday morning. A. L. Sweet of Chicago talked for the operators. He declared he for one would never arbitrate. He said he did not know a man in the State whom he would trust to arbitrate a difference between work­ men and employers. He believed the men always got the best of it. The indications are <hat the entire northern Illinois mining district, will be' tied up again. A letter from tke.district chairman at Springfield contained the in­ formation that a committee of miners had had a conference with Gov. Tanner on the Chinese proposition, arid that the Governor had not only said tliat he would not permit the importation of Chinamen, but that there should be no Gatling guns to coerce the men back into the mimes. The Governor said that if he found that the operators were building stockades about the mines he would see that they were torn down. The Governor referred to the Chicago ex-policemen, who, it was said, were to be sent there to protect non­ union men, and said that he would promptly send them back to their homes. To all outward appearance the importa­ tion of Chinamen has ceased to be a bug­ aboo with the miners, and there is scarce­ ly one who cam be found now who be­ lieves that the companies will ever make such an attempt. They rest their cause on public opinion and say the operators will not dare to do that which they know would precipitate riot and bloodshed. Tfe NcW! A Colorado husband has sued for di­ vorce because his wire has cold feet. Why not compromise oil a hot brick V When the hands were played out in New York it was discovered that the Tammany tiger had captured high, Low and the gaiiKV Dr. Parkhurst cables over from Paris to say that New lork is lost Why not give it up, then, and try to save the un- regenerate French capital? A cheerful imbecile in Oshkosh tried to drink three pints of whisky at one sit­ ting to win a-bet, and died within a few minutes; Loss, 75 cents; no insurance. A few years ago Grover Cleveland wrote to a friend that "married life is one glad, sweet song." Since then, however, Mr. Cleveland has changed it to a chorus. It is announced authoritatively that Spain doesn't want Uncle Sana's good of­ fices. That is all right; most of thegjood - offices already have been disposed of any- way. It is reported that the Ule Indians have recently violated the Colorado game laws by shooting settlers out of season. Per­ foration is the only sure cure for that trouble. A St. Louis grocer advertises "ana sch­ istic cider," and now the public wonders* whether that means eider which will make a man an anarchist or merely cider which hasn't worked. Nothing which Miss Cisneros has ob­ served in this country probably has 6truck her more forcibly than the celerity with which a dime museum attraction is drop­ ped by the common people. That Detroit girl who has sired for ?2t)S> damages for breach of promise to marry evidently has been critically examining her affections and decided to order a bar­ gain sale marked down from ?300. Telegraphic Brevities. . The First National Bank of Seguin, Tex., has been authored to begin busi­ ness; capital, $50,000. Mi's. Rudolph Wessels and her 5-year- old son Rudolph lost their lives by the explosion of a lamp at their hoaie in San Francisco. The criminal court of appeals of Texas lias declared that the cold storage law passed by the last Legislature is uncon­ stitutional. * . The negro colony at Cedar Lake. Ala., founded by a. Wealthy English woman! Mrs. Lillian Iv,...Ray, has been' formally inaugurated.