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Show la a e 'J! WlrJr It I vl ' O-Jf- i recent onservation the about gradual w eed- in ou ot ,0 m B c,erka from tbe r al Fed- - depart- - n t s at m Washington, a veteran chief of an inport-an- t ' depart- mental dtvs alon, vrho had nearly twoscore men had and ' three-quarte- -- A women under clerka h 1 direction for more than a quarter of a century, aald: The women have many virtue a departmental employee Yet, apeak inj from long experience and at the eame time from a purely personal standpoint, 1 believe I would almoat rather Steve one male clerk than two female elerka. Thla sort of preference Is felt. If not actually exhiblted.by moat of the division chiefs in the departments today. However, it would be a mistake lb auppoee that there is any concerted movement looking to the eradication of women from the departments. Such thing as that wouldnt be possible It would be in controversion with, the which makes no elvil service-law- , aa to sex. "Many of the women clerka fritter -away a great deal of time In primping dhring office hours. They are not only incessantly parading up and down tbe lahs, on their way to and from the dressing rooms for this purpose, but most of them have complete toilet improving outfits in the drawers Of their desks, and some ot them spend about a much time gazing at themaelv in 'hlta of hand mirrors as they do in performing their office duties, t don't say all of thsm, mind hut plenty of them. It takes fully half an hour, and often more, for the most of the women clerks to get down to their work after reaching the office in the morning. Then the majority of them knock oft from a of an hour behalf to fore quitting time tor the purpose of tanking ready for their appearance on the street This la not so unimportant a matter as ft would appear, when you feoualder the shortness of the office hours from 9 t 4. T have found that it is an unwise proceeding to place a woman elerk evsr other men and women clerka. A wnmen eVerk, imbued with such powerq almost Ln variably deveWpr lyttMHiftil tendencies. She is inclined to take tt out on the male species by rubbing It ln pretty hard on men clerks placed under her Jurisdiction, and she Is absolutely merciless tto the women under her- She ie even more severe with the au with tbe men Again 1 am speaking generally, for know that there air a few women in v charge of leions ln the departments whjse conduct in this respect i all that tould be desired. But the ateiage woman clerk intested with a Utile brief authority over a bunch of her fellow clerks usually betomes Imperious indeed It hen the thief leaves his office at 1 oiloik he Is as liable as not to see her on K street with an armful of bundles and healthily flushed with happiness oxer her purchases. I have bad th.s experience time and again Oddly enough the woman clerk caught under such circumstances dosn't often appear to be chagrined She bowB pleasantly to the chief whose division rs t a- -' tba' I ub-dl- pretty liable to hand a small boutonniere of violets, or a sprig of hyacinth, to the chief of division her hen w she hands in the c e r t i fl cate, thinking thus td switch the current of his ideas aa to her efficiency as a clerk. I n Burma pnd other paits east of tbe elephants are largely employed in the stacking of lumber Their skill and endurance are almost beyond belief, and if their mahouts, or drivers, treat them kindly they will do almost anything and drop from sheer exhaustion rather than give in They pile teak in pairs The two creatures drag the wood to the place wnere it Is to be stacked, then one rapes the end Of the beam with ms trunk and reeta the timer on the top of the pile while its mate hitches the other part into is position When the stack grows too high they lay down logs to stand on and are thus enabled to add a few more stories to the heap Bellini Skin white people, too. The ride among the camps showed active preparation. The Indians were brushing their black, as the report came to Chi-ag- o glossy hair, tielng it with ribbon or that the entire Pottawattamie twisting It with long strips of fur; of Michigan were preparing to $1t dressing up In their buckskins, strings land reclaim the on and the city garth of beads And feathers The dancers of the lake front for which they claim fastened bands of bell below their (jliey have never been paid by the govknees. Their toilet would have been ceremonious was visit the ernment it far from complete if they had not furf the Tonkawaa to the Kiowas. Years ther beautified themselves with plenty Tonka-ya- s Igo no one ever Imagined that of green, yellow and red paint. In rings Kiowas and their eye, stripes and spots upon about would ever meet, the cheeks, forehead, legs, arms and as enemies, ixcept bodies but here they were The chief of th Tonkawaa, while in this Oklahoma cathe in walking about in great pomp, believyalley, and himself to be the person of moat Imhoeta of ing pacity and trying to appear perfectwith portance guests, vleing one another in corly unconcerned, euddenly discovered a kodak aiming at him, and before be diality. The meetcould be shot became highly indighow shows ing nant H could speak English fairly, much civilisation The white peo well, and he aald: has done to tame take my plcturs no business natures. ple got their wild Father WashingTomorrow I writ The origin of the He thought he had ton about it feud between the white people. When the scared" heap Kiowas and the however, he had "tomorrow-camia of Tonkawaa and came askmind hla changed quite long standing. The ing to have hla photograph token.' latter have an aw-fu- ll .Thoe who had brought gifts then record behind chose one of th Tonkawas aa the rethem. They were "Thank the dreaded enecipient of hla present. Th deal a great waa impressive, mies of all the very you REUNION. SCENE AT of talking nd motions snd raising tribes ln the south-we- st of the hands a though invoking heavAs their (A Tonkawa Squaw and Child and Apache Chief.). - . better new and caul ens last blessing. name passing away and implies, they yrere led up to th were manifested ia are More t han that The year things place ball. taking ponies thirty were gaily Kioto tbe mistresses tbe visit Kiowa and a papoose, by paid friendly pew masters ago they seised and and killed and ate it at one of their was by tbe Tonkawaa recently. painted In designs ot red, green were Tbe Tonkawa tribe, now numbering yellow. The manes and talto horrible feasts It proved a fatal act someThe Kiowas brooded over the outrage, about forty, surprised tbe Kiowas by painted some bright color and and quietly awaited their opportunity asking to visit them. They came pre- times tied with bright ribbons and to avenge it They were determined pared for a long stay,' bringing their handkerchiefs and often an additional and alert but they made no sign until tents, tepees, wagons ponies and all gift of a nice blanket would be on the th chance should come to take their their Indian paraphernalia, including pony's back. of Th dancing and presentation The time their buckskin suits, feathers, paint, enemy at a disadvantage. 4 came at last The Tonkawaa were en- etc. gifts lasted from about oclock until To show tbelp good friendly feeling sunset the parting scene was very valley, to camped to the Tonkawa Tonkawaa announced they would affecting. Bows the which a small Oklahoma, through stream. The Kiowas stealthily an " give a dance tor the entertainment of Prof. Herbert W. Conn., Pb. D. ot rounded the camp, And attacked them the Klowaa, and Indian etiquette deso suddenly that there was no tim manded that the Klowaa, in return, Wesleyan university, is to give the go iam tAair war-pain-t, and barely tlm should give gifts to the visitors In-- a principal address at th university nr at Aee( Qhewls eosvqcaOu ta snatch thetir weapons."1 fan firm commencement day, June 5.w'liiS sun- Terrible bloodshed resulted, and th blankets, but principally ponies Tonkawaa were almost exterminated. Th great day of th dance at last iject Is "The Biology of ths Higher -. Twelve of their tribe of four hundred arrived,-an- d everybody went; th Education. - One of the most significant events g recent Indian history was just of Sacrificed Shoop. Indians happened to be away froi camp, and they were the only onee to escape being massacred. Thla event occurred nearly thirty year ago. Indians are full of superstitious fears, and it is only very recently they will pass through this valley, "because they say that the groans and crying of the dead Kiowas and Tonkawaa can still be beard Evidence that former thing! are e, When the Sultan of Turkey gets an Idea Into his head he leavea nothing undone to carry It out At present his one object Is the building of the Hed-ja- z railway from Damascus to Mecca. As the government has no funds available, every Mussulman has been forced to make voluntary contributions and a very large sum of money has been collected But It is not sufficient, and a new Idea has been evolved to help on the pious work which the railway is thought to be, owing to the fact that OAZ1NQ AT THEMSELVES IN BITS it will lessen the troubles of the pilOF HAND MIRRORS" grims. The 31st of March was Kour-xa- n Bsiram, the day on which every may at the time be cluttered with pious Mussulman sacrifices one or dlsoouraging accumulation of work and never by any chance makes any more sheep, according to his means. allusion to her fib as to the illnesa The Sultan's project was that all skins which unfitted hei; fof work, but which ot such sheep should be handed over is of not so serious a character aa to to a special commission, to be sold, keep her from shopping expeditions, and the proceeds given to the railway. or visits to her dressmaker, or even The council of ministers approved and facial notices were Issued to that afternoon at the matinee. A man colChicago Journal. lared that way' would look and feel On the morning following hang-dosuch an abseflce the woman clerk turn fipersaoa's Itrama a apply up radiant at her desk, and turns In to Mr. and Spurgeon ha been dead mon regular the chief an all right nine certificate yean, but the weekly publisolemnly setting jan physician hla sermons proceeds, ant of too had been cation she that fact forth tbe sick to perform her duties on the after- will go on for many years before tht noon before. Tbe graceful creature Is supply Is exhausted. g. KIOWA-TONKAW- A -- eW , V rir V i'M te & c i lakM McciiAffixy vr ami bwn meftOMW ed I NATURAL BRIDGE KENTUCKYS THAT SUPPORTS BIG TREES, represents the upper part of the lower oal measure of this section. .The 17 feet, opening haa a span of about and tha height, from spring to crown, the arch jla 10 feet; the thlcknees of At the crown is about 9 inchea Aa la town In the Illustration, several tree are growing upon the srch ' A Happy R, B. Cunninghame Graham, the of those traveling experience la ,v n ; f r V i ,H POTT A WATT A MIES ON THE . MARCH. thz wj.. KENTUCKY NATURAL BRIDQE THAT SUPPORTS. BIG TREES. The accompanying picture from a photograph forwarded to the Seles- -' rifle American by Cabell Breckinridge, C. E., of Danville, Ky., show an innaturteresting example ot a al bridge. This "bridge is situated la Whitley county. Kentucky, about four mile weet of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. Geographically, it '1 J jji the tropics which he calls Thirteen Stories, says that in his South American Journeying he one day rode to see a village where, report hinted, son valuable old books had been preserved. He adds: I got loet and passed the 'night ln a small clearing fiat a fat and handsome roan horse vns tied. On seeing me the animal broke hia picket rope, ran furiously round me fof or five times ln circles, and then advancing put hia nostrils close to the nostrils of my hors and seemed to talk to hla. His owner, an old Paraguayan, told me that the creature had been with him far Into the Interior and for a year had never seen mother horse.' But, said he, God has given every animal speech after its kind, and he la glad to see yonr horse. No doubt he la asking him the news During the night I cannot say exactly what the two horses talked about; but In the morning my host rode with me n league upon the way, and when we parted, hla horse reared once or twice and plunged. It was a faruwelL with iiMthd rMtfnyks A enrioua tort ef Lenten diversion, that haa been tried up town consists of n gam played with anoeetrel photographs Instead of cards The players bring with them all the old photo graph they can get, and then decide which of the collection aro the ugliest These are the trump cards and take the tricks. Each of the other photo- - 7nited States Supreme Court graphs has a card value, and the play proceeds At ito conclusion the sand of the originals of the ugly cards art announced. These games are regarded as evidences of humility and reaction against ancestor worship. Philadelphia Record. way They War Mwt& It haa been recorded that Gen. Henry Knox, in 1783, was the "greatest ef eleven distinguished officers of ths army, weighing two hundred ands eighty pounds.- - Noah Brooks la hll book entitled "Henry Knox, give the following Incident relating to tbe general full habit: With a Captain be was selected to present the hard case of the starving and naked man at Valley Forge to the attentlos of a committee of Congress. On of the Congressmen, wishing to show hie wit and sarcasm, said that h had never seen a fatter man than General Knox nor a better dressed man the hla associate. Knox managed to ksef his tamper and remained silent, but hla subordinate retorted: "The eon out of respect to Congress and themselves have aent aa their representatives the only man who had an ounce of superfluous flesh on his body end the only other who possessed s of clothes." Sar-gea- coo-plets- ' A M Ware Soteatls'. Dr. John W. Hoffman, professor of agriculture la tbe Florida State Agriculture college, is one of th most noted scientists In the world. Ht hs jnst been elected a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural society, and he also belongs to the Royal Agn cultural adciety of England and msn similar organizations. did not decide the Philippine case. Involving the importation of diamond rings, and it is tot clear, when this case is decided, that it will be free from complications. In ths Downes case it waa held that the treaty-makin- g power had not the power to Incorporate territory into the United States, that power rearing with congress. This was the opinion of four of the majority of th court, while tbe fifth, Justice Brown, reached his conclusion that the Foraker act waa valid because the constitution did not Whit. apply to Porto Rico at all, -- and the The dissenting minority opinion, question of incorporation was. immableb holds that th Foraker act is terial Tbe four judges who disagreed with unconstitutional, was given by Justices Brewer, Harlan, Fuller and Peck-hathe majority declared that Porto Rico had been incorporated into the United The decision of th court was an- States, snd that therefore no duty nounced in the Downes case, which to could be levied on goods coming from the fundamental test case. The fcourt the island. Eight of the justices decided that the constitution of the United States applies wherever the United States haa sovereignty. Justice Brown dissented from this opinion, holding that oon-grcan govern territory, whether it ia Incorporated into the United States or not, outside ot the constitution. The court, by a majority of one, sustains the Foraker, set (which levies a temporary tariff aduty on goods from Forte Rico) as constitutional and valid- This Judgment was given by McKenna, Brown, Gray, Shirts and ee ' m. i- In dealing with the collection ot duties, to either case, such as the D Lima case, ths court decided that after th ratification of ths treaty . with. Spain ths president had no power to impose a tariff on goods coming from Porto Rico or going into Porto Rico. The court also held that duties collected on good going Into Porto Rico before the ratification of the treaty with Spain were valid, because thoee duties were Imposed by tha military branch of the government to meet a military emergency. The court holds in reserve a case th Dooley case which involves th exportation of goods from the United States Into Porto Rico after the Foraker set. This to the case to which the appellant claims that the government haa levied an export duty upon goods exported from New York in violation of th constitutional provisions as to exportations from a state. |