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II » HIIM CmMlc * • Telit of a Book That Belongs to David Black. ■ AST INCIDENTS ARE RECALLED. Some of the ItoriHThat Are Told of BMku aud Rom tad Their Tro* v : ?r ■—«■ Now here ia a book that is worth hav ing. A t ook that ia 24x18 iuohea and weigh# twenty-live pounds. It la sixty-cm# years old and has 190 large size plates of the most notable Indian chiefs, each plate covering a page and being accurate and graphic likenesses sad all done in colors, with the fnaa and feathers and tribal ornaments and aa finely executed in face and features as oil paintings. I did not know that there was snob a book or that such work could be dune in those days. Each plate has a biographical memoir accompanying, which is in large type —so large that I can read it offhand without glasses. This work seams to hare been oompiled from the records in the Indian gallery of the war department at Washington by Thomas M. McKennsy. The book I autre is the property of Mr. David Black, of Atlsata, and an it came down to him is the family 1 did not suppose there was another in the State, but my friend Joe M. Brown tells me that his • brother Elijah has it and also another volume, which I wish to see, for this one has neither Boas nor Osceola. It has Ridge and Melntosh *nd other Greek and Cherokee chiefs, and Paddy Carr, the famous interpreter, whose fsther was Scotch-Irish and his mother •a Indian. For many years he wse in Geoeral Jackson’s service end in gov ernment service, and got rich and in vested his money in lands and negroes, and owned eighty slaves when he died. A verm friend of his had a beautiful daughter named Ariadne, end when Paddy's wife gave birth’to twins girls he named one Ary end the other Aday. This book has a charming biography es Major Ridge, and makes him a very strong-minded and noble man. Hu likeness shows as mnoh force and de cision of character as does that of Web ster or Calhoun. Indeed, some of the speeches made by the Indian chiefs in their long protracted discussions with the government are aa pathetic, elo quent and unanswerable as if they same from FOtriok Henry or any other greet orator. It is touching and tear ful to read the pleading, poetical elo qneooe of Black Hawk ana Keokuk end Tnstenaggee and Major Ridge aud Bis Warrior. Mr. MoKenaey was the gov eminent’a agent in all these treaties, and declares their oratory to be a nat ural gift, and no raoe of people oould excel them. They speak without art or effort, and most of them hada lour, soft, sweet and musical voice that gave fit expression to their earnest pleadings. The aooonnt given of Major Ridge’s greatest embarrassment in contending with John Rosa is very amusing. Boss was bitterly hostile to Bidgeandhit policy, ana in order to alarm the In dJaas he got e half-breed named Charles to pretend to come down from come tor-off mountain with a message to them from the Great Hpirit, Charles said, "The Gcsat Spirit is angry with yon. He tolls me that you are follow ing the easterns of the white people.' that you have already gotten mills sne clothes and feather beds and books and csts- yes, cits—end therefore, the buffalo and other game are feat disap pearing. The Great Hpirit is angry, end says you must cot short your frocks end kill your cats and give np your mills and quit living in noosed, and then year game will come back.” This excited the Indians very modi and they cried out that the talk m good. Ridge arose with anger in his face and voice and said: "The talk is not good. It is false. It did not come from the Great Spirit” The Indians rasbed upon him with fnry and a wild fight earned, and some of hie friends were stabbed, bat Ridge vu a very powerful sun and defended himself with great courage. The tumult was quitoa after a time, and Jesse Vann and John Harris ana some eld men broaght about a reconciliation. There was mads trouble all along those years. I have a long letter from Mr. K. M. Edwards, a veuarable lawyer of Cleveland, Ison. He says: In my Sithl spent many happy dayrin fish , banting and playing with the In- B boys of tbs Ooosedfstriot in East Tonn—ioo and imomr tba Hid hoaiim oi an aneveatfnl life cue of the saddest was to see my little pley fellow# start on their long and weary journey to the Week They left the most beautiful country I ever beheld. It resembled more e magnificent park than a forest owing to tfiefr tribalrastom of horning the woods to keep down the under growth. • * • It is singular that so great a eoneovrse of people -fourteen to sixteen thousand-could be gathered up by force as it were and removed, go to* through Tennessee Kentucky In-; diesa end Missouri. They crossed the SESSs esenteTtheu 1 raM MUsImW uMrij ttegrfrandfroran overhand hte the State of Georgia and carried to j Milledgeville and his boose was robbed j of ten thousand dollar# when he waa j gone. The speakers .vary severely | criticized President Jackson for his in gratitude to Boss, who served him ■o faithfully at the battle of the Horse shoe." This old gentleman ia fall of mam ortes of thorn Indian times, and says that there is yet Living at Charleston, Tenn., Mr. H. B. Henniger, who ac companied the great cavaioado all the way to their home in the West. And here is e characteristic letter from an old Indy living in Myrtle, Tex. ■ ■■■■■■■' She says: “Hesse excuse an old wo man for trying to write to yon about fftona Indians that yon have been tell ing us of in The Constitution, and as I was born and rained in the Cherokee Ration. I will venture to tell you some things that may interest you, My father, Wen Thompson, settled at the mission station on the Etowah (or Hightower river, as we oallsd it). My eldest i brother. Perry Thompson, wae the in terjveterfor the nations longtime. My tether's sister, Nancy, joined the mis sion when she was only fifteen years old. She followed them to the terri tory and kept up her mission work there, and spent a lons and useful life and died in her eighty-fourth year. When Bonding! was killed aha waa standing on the porch very early in the morning and saw a man running as if for his life, and two men pursuing him. ISiey soon caught him and killed him and ran away ae fait as they oould go. HHc , *nrried to the man and found it was Boudenok *'. mu e were several families who had Indian blood in their veins who did not go west with the tribe. The Lynch family waa pert Cherokee. Bar el la Lynch married Lowry Williams. I ex p"*; rou knew him. They bad bat one child and she was named Cherokee. She married Robert Wylie, a son es Clark Wylie. I remember a good many Cherokee chiefs and braves, but cant spell their names for yon. John Roes wae not an Indian. His mother was a white woman and he left her up North when he came to the nation and married an Indian wife. John Ridge was part Indian. I expect your friend George is of Indian blood, for wehad two Adair families there. Black Wat and Bed Wat They were cousin*. When John How ard Payne was staying* in the nation ws saw him diten. ’He named my little aieter Ann Payne. One of my aiators went to school with an Indian girl named Lixzy Shoe boot and she taught my sister to swim. The Cherokee# called my father Connehana Thompson. My husband wishes ms to prove my rights in the nation as one of them, but I nave never done so. His name is JEL D. Ivie and ha was born in Lawrence villa, (La. We often see names in The Constitution that we remember away back. Old Georgia is our dear mother, and though we have been separated far sixty yoars, we love her stilL "Out of the fullness of (he heart the month apeaketh,' and this is my ex ouse for writnur to you. Mrs. R. D. Ivnt” Well, now, that is a good letter. How the chicken* would come home if they could. Next comes the advance sheets of "The Young People's history of Ar kansas,” written by my friend £. Por ter Thompson, now st Frankfort, Ky., bat long a resident and. editor in Arkansas. The chapter on Colonel Elies C. Bondinot is fall of interest end makes him a very remarkable man. Bis tether’s name was Kelle-kee-nah, but being adopted by Elias Bondinot, of New Jersey. took his name. Bondinot sided with Ridge in regard to the treaty and Ross became his bitter enemy. Boss was a powerful vindictive ana unscrupulous man. He bad Bondinot and Major Ridge and John Ridge all assassi nated. Colonel EliaaO. Bondinot waa born near Borne, Ga., August 1, 1835. Ha was educated at Manchester, Vi In 1850 he came to Fayette, Ark*., and studied law with Hon. A. M. Wilson, waa admitted to the bar ia 185# sad soon rose to the front rank as an able lawyer and gifted speaker. In 1800 he became editor of the Democrat at Lit tle Rock. In 1801, after the State se ceded, he and his cousin, “Stans Watie,” raisad a regiment and fonght tiie battle of Elkhorn. He wae chosen as e member of the Confederate Con gress in 1808. After the battle of Elk horn Bom deserted the Confaderaey end a* sailed the southern Cherokem for helping the South. Bondinot de fended them with signal ability and delivered such a philupio against his treachery that ha waa consigned to infamy. Horn) years ago Bondinot, by invita tion of senator* end representative*, delivered a lecture in Washington on the Indian race that mads a profound impression. Judge Hallnm says of him: "Home years ago be married a beautiful and accomplished lady of Washington. Hals an able lawer, a polished and re fined gentian an and is possessed of the most toscinatuig conversation el powers. He has e most wonderful musical talent end one of the most charming voices ever given to men.” Ian 7 t that splendid? I wouldn't mind being that sort of an Indian. •I hare many more historic letters, but this will suffice for this time. I have great reverence fortheae memorise; they make up history that will soon peas Into oblivion unless somebody records ik There.la n house on the beak of the CMrienenla river two miles above Borne that I have revenues fog. It Was built by Major Ridge nearly seventy yean ago and ia still a good old-toahtoned two-story hones, It was built es hewn logs, bat wee long afterwards ceiled inside end weather- A It. Verdery lived there. He wae U>e tether of MrV Wanes Akin, and •he wee marrtyd tiara to that eminent IsMaais mMeem A Lia*a •asMAaa! Weatkae IlwjCr* Sell ABIS m JwuDCWI DrOeDPT was born in that boeae. This goof lady kthe mother of Judge John W. Akin and she still livsein our toWu and Is | tell of many sweet and many sad mem-! ; ories. My observation is that women | l have better memories than meu, eefie oially concerning marriage*, deaths, ' births and the social statistics of their youthful dsya.-r-Bill Arp, La the At lanta, (Ga. jConatitntion. NEW BICYCLE INVENTIONS. ! lhalnlee* Ball-Bearing, Congest * Creak end Carrier Vheels. Two Inventors, an Eaglliriimiia null , in American, have recently applied for patents on bicycle Improvements wiilch refer directly to the gearing. The Eng lishman furnishes a compound crank, retaining the chain. The American In- i COMPOUND CTI.VNK WHEEL. ventlon is one of the forms of a chain- - less wheel which is a forerunner of • the kind to be placed on the market . next season. The Englishman claims that bis In vention will enable n rides to attain a j remarkable rate of speed, for the rca- ! son that almost double the propelling • power can be obtained without any in- , crease of exertion. With ft be predlcta that a racing man can easily ride a j mile a minute. j The American machine chows the sprocket-wheel connected with the j smaller one on the hub of the rear wheel by a cog-wheel. The middle or connecting wheel, which acta as a sub stitute tor a chain, la held In place by a circular support fastened to the frame. The entire gear works are ball bearing and are Inclosed within an aluminum case. The New York Herald reports that a syndicate, composed of four New-York ers, has decided to use the bicycle as a carrier for men and supplies from "civilisation to Klondike.” The bicy cle will be used to transport supplies CHAMLXSS BAH.-BKA.riXO CEAIt. from Juneau to the gold fields byway of the Cbtikoot pass, a distance of 700 miles. The present method of carrying in this district is for one man to take a load of 200 pounds, bis limß, carry it five miles and go back for more. The klondyke bicycle Is a four-wheel ma chine and designed to carry freight It la built Strongly and weighs about fifty pounds. It Is diamor.ct frame and steel tubing. The frame Is wound with rawhide, shrunk on. so that the miners can handle the machine in cold weath er with comfort From each side of the top bar two arm* of steel project, each arm carry ing a smaller wheel, about fourteen Inches In diameter, which, when not in use, can be folded up inside the dia mond frame. Device# for pocking large quantities of material arc attached to TUB ELOSDYRR HICYUI.K. the handle bam and rear forks, and the machine, It is estimated, will carry 500 pounds. The plan to to load It with half the miner's equipment, drag It on four wheels ten miles or hA Then the rider will fold up the side wheels, ride it back aa a bicycle and bring on the rest of the load. A sample machine has already been mode and patents have been applied for. Another device for arctic comfort, which the syndicate will control ia a portable house of thin boards and felt, which can be folded up In email com pose, and which, when erected, will be perfectly airtight Among the benefits expected to be derived from the great railroad lino which the Russians are constructing across Siberia la the opening np of rich sources of gold, now practically tin utilised, In that remote country. Re cent surveyc of the gold placers of Si beria have shown that there la a good •apply of the precious metal, but that partly oa account of the severity of the climate, add partly through lack of the meabs of transportation, these stores have hitherto remained undeveloped. Unlike those of California, the Siber ian placers are found below, Instead of above, the level of the streams in the gold-bearing valleys. , i . •• ■ fr.FTj--- -*• :>’--wi«MHraaf Potato OS ill*bins RiumuM. In some sections where mulching of potatoes is usually a great success, re sults this Reason have not been wholly satisfactory liecanse of an unusual rainfall, which caused tho semi to rot in many coses where the muloh was applied a little too soon.—The Epi tornist. Stock Making. The time of year for nuking stacks is at hand. As a rule there ore few good stock maker* in the United Htatoc, as tho nbundant building ma terial makes it easy to put np barns capable of holding all the grain and hay. But wherever grain growing in creases largely, the grain in the straw, being only left in that condition for a few weeks, does not absolutely need barn room. A well-built stack an swers every pnrposo, and, except la bor nsed in making it, oosts nothing. We do not advise thatching the staok, as is often dons in the old country. The only neoessary rule is to always keep the middle of the stack tell and to tramp it down well. If the sides are not trampled at all it will be bet ter. The staok will settle with the grain in the best possible shape. flood Homsnaado Potato Sorter. I made and used last season, writes Dwight Herriok, of Illinois, a potato no. 1. cuunan potato so urea. sorter, Pig. 1, which gave first-class satisfaction. It is cheap and service able and urnaed when hauling potatoes from the fiold to the cellar or bins in barns aud sheds. One end must rest upon something solid, like the side of a bin, while the other may be snpend ed by a rope, eo the whole will be on on incline. My method of operation was-to have two bins, one for the sort ed stock aud one for the small pota toes. The lower eud of the sorter is suspended over the bin for largo pota toes. Tho other end’ extends two or three feet outside the small potato bin. This gives the dirt a chance to settle through be ore reaching either bin. Fig. 2 shows the inside slat frame, which is made of hard pine slats 10} feet long, two inches wide aud three fourths of an inch thick. They are set on edges and bolted with quarter inch bolts to slotted sticks near each end. This arrangement admits of ad justment. I have the upper end of the slats three-fourths of an inch apart and tbe lower end 1} inches. This prevents wedging of potatoes between the slat 6. The upper ends being olose together allow the dirt to drop through in advance of the small potatoes. This end also has a hopper, four inches high and reaching 2) feet from the end. Thie whole frame is suspended to the outside frame by iron hangers. These are made of {-inch rod iron and are six inches long. Notches are cut to receive these on the upper edge of the ontside frame and the lower edge of the ontside slat of the inner frame A piece of tin may be tacked over to prevent their getting out ‘ To operate, pour into the hopper a box or basketful of potatoes, then give a vigorous shake or two by taking bold of. the npper end of the hopper. Thie will send the potatoes rolling down the incline, where they will be separ ated. Two men ean unload and sort 1000 bushels a day aa they come from the field. The material for making tbe sorter wilt not coat over $1.50 at the ontside. If it is desirable to sort the seed from among the small pota toes, the slate may be eet closer, and doth may be lacked around the aide FIS. 2. * INSIDR SLA? FRAME OV SOBTBB. 1 «s 4- ——— to prevent their dropping through tbe larger spaces at the sides thus mads, or additional data may.be used.—New England Homestead. Vwitiuttna the Stahls. ▲ low stable cannot be so ventilated as to give pore air and' an even tem perature; were is ia not room enough for free circulation. The ventilation chntee commonly nsed are about one foot square inside. In these the Mo tion is eo great end they are so liable to be obstructed by spiders’ webs, ete., that but a poor current ia oreoted. In stead of being twelve Inohes they •tumid be not lees than three feat As the tfea of these chutes is as the squares of their sides, the one has nine times the area of the other, with only three times the ride surteee for frie tion, and the danger of obetaruotion is red deed to tho utteliw*- Bat the cupola or projection above the build ing is the most important part of all ventilators. As an almost general rale, this is bnjlj with slatted aides like theshnttera to abtind. The build ers have only thought of keeping the rain nut by no arranging that the water would ran to the ,’oatside, and never lore moment thought that twiee ae mnoh air wonld be forced, in on the windward side as coaid escape on the lee side. Any one who has such a top a to bis. barn or stable mast have noticed * every time it rains or snown, w ith any wind, even a moderate one, that tbe floor under tbe onpola has a pile of snow or is wet. This shows that in stead of taking air oat of the stable or barn it is forcing it in, and if he will stand under the ventilator when the wind ia blowing he will find a strong downward draught. The cowl used on hop kilns works well on smell build ings, bat it is too small for large stables, and oosts too much money if mode large enough for large barns or •tables. On one other point much discussion has taken place. Shall the ventilat ing trunks go to the bottom of the stable, or simply through the oeilugf I have given mnoh thought and obser vation to this subject, and while it is theoretically just right to have the trunk go to the floor, practically I would not lose the room to have it done. If this devioe be pat on its top the least breeze will, by flowing around tbe cupola, cause a strong upward draught in the ohute and will take all the fonl air ont; if we get that out, purejair will find its way in. No stable was ever so tight that millions of feet of air could not get in if we made a place for it by taking the fonl air out. Any dairyman or stock keeper who will keep his stables dean, nse plenty of absorbents and bedding to take np urine and smell of the manure and take the fool air ont, will have no trouble, and need* to be to no expense to get pare air in.—J. S. Woodward, iu Bnral New Yorker. FORGERY BIBLES. Boff«* Handwriting o t Martin Lather Palmed OA Upon the Orsdnlou*. Barham was right when he made a certain statement about a fool being born every minute. This was exem plified in. Europe the other day, and now scientific and antiquarian circles in the Old World are wondering how they happened to be bnnooed. All Europe is discussing, and per haps eaeidng, tbe trial of Hermann Kyrieleie and his wife* Anno, who ore accused of having forged the hand writings of Martin Luther on an ex tensive scale. Tbe man did the forg ing and tiie woman sold the alleged specimens of the great reformer’s handwriting to antiquarians, muse ums, and even to the German Govern ment. Tbe soene of the forgery extends over sixteen of the largest cities of Germany, Austria and Italy. Kyriel eis had a remarkable teealty for forg ing and put it to a unique use. His method wee to buy old Bibles of the time of Luther and then to write a dedication to some imaginary friend and to sign Luther’s name to tbe screed. These Bibles were taken by the wife, who invariably spun a woful yarn of poverty to the prospective buyer. In this way the oouple man aged to dispose of hundreds of forged documents. ’ Everything went as smoothly as the proverbial wedding hells, until Ky rieleie made a fatal error. He bought a Bible and forged the nsnal inscrip tion. Then he sold it. The buyer happening to look at the date of the book discovered that it had been printed in 1770, some 250 years after Lather’s time. Kvrialeis was arrested, and then a flood of hie forgeries come to Hght. From every part of the Continent come Bibles with Luthsr’s inscrip tions, and things looked very blade for the accused couple. It waa then that the man’s ingenuity took another turn. He shammed iu sanity so well that be was acquitted of the crime on that ground.—New York Journal. * Tm-Booriil In*. In Betibar, Silesia, Germanv, there is a frqe which has been trained to form two rooms. It grows upon the beaks of theßiver Oder. It ia a maple over 100 yean old. The trank rises from the ground much like that of any other maple, but a flight of steps leads to the first level, where the branches have been gradually woven together until a firm floor .hue been made. Above this is a second floor, smaller in diameter and formed in the same mta. Around each floor the’ branohea have been woven into solid walla, making two circular rooms. Each oi tiuea rooms is lighted by eight windows, which era rat through the wflllfl of brinoheii and foliam#
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