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Nr MvAGAZINE SECTION. Winnsboro, S. C., Wed nesday, Established 1844. LIFE OF BABY SAVAGE, THE TREATMENT WHICH INDIAN PAPOOSES RECEIVE FROM SOUAI MOTHERS. Indian Redskin Very Seldom Cries-Is Strapped to a Plank, Washed in the Creek and Hung on a Tree to Dry Out. In tie Indian papoose child nature is essentiaily the same as in the Cat ca ion babe, though there is a strik ing contrast in their manners, due to maternal treatment, or as a student of child nature might say, to environ ment. The chief differences, really, between the little Indian and the little white is that the former is less a cry baby than the latter. The reason for this is that the white baby usually gets what he cries for if it be within moth ers' power to procure it.,Learning .his from experience, for every mother knows how wise and shrewd the baby is, whenever he feels that a certain ar ticle would conduce to his content ment, he forthwith howls. Now,- the Pi'poose,-so far from being encouraged in this vocal exercise, is repressed. His mother is unresponsive and the baby not achieving what he weeps for, soon learns that tears and wails profit.n(,t. Perhaps if the white mother dwelt n tLie deserts or the mountains so that Lal'ys eryItIg would not disturb the ne bors even she might let him cry - ti l weariness brought sleep. and per -haps if the redskin mother lived an- : sensitive neighbors she might e :o pac:fy; the cryin bab. with K' .4AW NAVAHiOE P'AP~,O Tb - Rednzin Not Ashia-nz V and Wa I.that the neighbors might not e her . itu neglect of maternal s.y, or her iaby with an evil disposi t.ion. lci eta ther reason for the calm and ~aci ha-it and orderliness of the pa>'ose as ompared with his fair broiter is th' t the darker little say 3Zg has no ci adle. crib or go-cart to oiort and gar bol in. but is either packe-d tightly in a basket or strapped to a board. Ir~ this position he finds kicking ana sO, uirming uncomfortable exeriseand i senforced repose de velops imto nab t1 So. the stoici mn and the tacitulrnity of the inuian ' re nurtured in early y.outh. though 0f course one reason for the Ind1ian's lacl of fluency in speech is that i l if~ an thought he has not tn (l CG mavny words. The primit wh e an vx as not voluble. Bath Day ox Ppoose The py~m h~ s o nurs'ory luxu iS as ttl a fc babes under *im that phrase., He has no soft and t Wp i war prep red for him by a~ faith''l maid or fond mamma. He is never :athered . ;;a perfumed soap nor dusted 'jvith svweet-seented powders. A\t intI eri. sualy two or three time a we t h mothers of the tribe or han ti ke teir babies to the nearest cree. ioo or spring. ttn strap the little onsand tumble them into shallow water. .where they hare a splashing time w'hile the mothers swap the gossip o4 the tribe, for squaws are very fem nin interlv of personal news an ciit-heir lnolve ing other squaws, bht'' ad braves. When the bath is ended a cloth is tied round the baby and he is hung up on the branch of a tree or a sapling till sun and wind have dried him. Then he is packed in his basket and trundled on his mother's back home-! ward to the family tepee. Death for Weakling Babies. Nearly all Indian children that one sees are hardy and well formed. This is because only those of robust consti tution survive the trials and. exposure of their- babyhood. It is desired that only .the naturally strong should sur ive, for it is a custom in most of the tribes to wilfully expose, suffoca-e or drown born weaklings or deformed babies. Death is the lot of the un-, happy little baby whose health and physique are below the tribal standard. The Albino child, and these are more. common among the Indians than might be supposed, is certain to perish soon after birth, because the coming of such a child is regarded as evidenct' of dis pldasire of the Gre'at. 'Spirit. The redskin babe is released from his lacings and swaddlings as soon as he is old enough to walk, and then his real child life begins. He has great freedom. When it is warm enough to go without clothes, and the Indian child is inured to cold, he tum bles and romps naked. His pets are dogs and ponies and is as fond of these as are his blond cousins. As he grows old enough to run he takes an interest in the athletic sports of the tribe and the usual young Indian games are deer and hounds, hide and seek, foot racing, pony racing, bow ar d arrow shooting, spear throwing, wrestling, and follow the leader. Developing the Brave. The child is given every possible en couragement to play and is - never whipped by his parents, because it isI the Indian's philosophy that whipping breaks the spirit of the child a'nd the Indian ambition is to be brave and self-reliant. It is a fact that though tie Indian child is not subject to cor poral yierment .iAd the ruder forms of di:s'iplin'e which white children are often made to endure, they are rever c.t, obedient, docile and extraordina rily respectful toward their parents and seniors. It is the Spartan quality which the mother and father strive to deN elop in their boys. School of the Indian. The Indian lad of the wilds is not o )ppressed with book studies. He is ;.-:ght his nature lessons in the for est, among the rocks or on the plains. e learns by hunting, and camping his elders, and every Indian lad .i.s to win the prize of comnitadation :v proficiency in those nature studies whi the Indian holds is the highst 'rn of knowledge. It is around the c fire, or the fire in the lodge, that the youth learns the traditions of his IN THFI11 LITTLE CRIBS. hat H~e W.eeps For Soon Learns That~ Tears Is Profit Not. race. His mental food is composed of stories of warfare, and the chase. The education of the Indian maiden is conducted by her mother, who teach es all the domestic arts which the [dian maid should know.. A New Planet Discovered. The sure to readn '1 1 h w"e'ohs story. N'eula,. a recentllly-disoveed Orb withjin a hudred iles o f th earth. The story is told1 by thel istoriain of the expiloring -party whiichi ma~de tileI most remairka bl.* air-ship voyage on record. Had Grea. P. iwers. A just ire of the peace for the Mlaine wods addressing the judge as "'Mest Hih." was reprimanded and told that there was but one "MIost High." He who had created the whole world out of nothing. "Well. judge." U' answered. "you cre ated Si Sewell justice of the peace, and if that isn't making something out o othmg,. what is?''of Song of' a Dakota Blizzard. Ye that have steers, prepare to shed them now. On the election of Henry Addington to the chair of the House of Commons in 1789 the salary of the speaker was fixed at 6,000 pounds ($30,000) per annum. JAPANESE YELLOW PERIL, HIOKI CALLS iT A MYTH. ISLAND NATION'S EYES NOT 0N PHILIPPINES Japan Stands for Open Door and a Square Deal to All-American Aid Welcomed. Japan is inclined to resent the re curreice of allegations in the news papers of this country that she has designs upon the Philippines. In an a.ddress before the memibers of . the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, lon. Eki IIloki. First Secretary of the Japanese Legation, expressed in no uncertain terms what is believed to he a detinite staTe-ent of the policy of the Mikado with reference to the PON. EN! 1110KI Secretary of the Japanese Embassy. attitude (of that nation. in her future imdAistrial and colilercial life. 'Ir. Jliiki l-s special emiiphasis upon the frank aid authoritItive disavowals of ilie frequently-reported ambition of Japan to absorb the Philippine Islands for her own people. "For the sake of argument." said Mr. llioki, ":iying aside entirely ior the moment consideration of the nio live of Japan reg:'ding the present subject, let me ask you a question. Can you believe that this great Amer icn 'pjeo'jie who glory in their national spirit in their gigantic strength, in their boundless wealth, in their mar velous development, and look forward with proud and conlident anticipation to the time when they shall be the first inl the race civilization has set for man to run. would allow her flag to be lowered. be it in the Philippines or anywhere else which legitimately belongzs to her. by any hands but hers' No, most emphatically no. That is the spirit with which you c'ling to your etW possession.; in the Pacific aind t1hat ouglt to lbe the spirit of thme people wlho respect honor and justice. Would Mean Gigantic War. "\nd who (.n le t i undersulmnd that spirit of the Amevricanms than tIe Japamiese? Therefore. if .lapan iiar bored such a sinister design as is at triblited to her, she must h)(. preparod to phliige in a war far more gigai; than the one just ended aga inst a u tion to which she owes much 1that she is to-day and to whose people_ she OWeS tha t mmioral 1ad inancial support so unreservedly given at thme most ritical period inl her hi.story. No. the l'hilippines are nt worbi the sac riice of such a valumabIle friendshiip as that of America antd thme enormous losses ini men( and~ motney which such a war would necessailyi enitaili. Nor is Jm a ii ini a positio to111 carry on an ither costly wvar, but for self-defense. For Open Door in China. "Thie ju-rentsed pretstige of- Jiraan ture(d the. eves oif the wo-rldl towaird the prlem of ii i whatit itiuence Japane I will wield over China. Some people rro so far as to aissert that .Iiiiin vill control Chinta. p)roclaimi the 31on ro do-trinme for .Asia. and drive out fron lhe East :all the white devilus m md -x tvamintate the Western in tin ene(es w.iitii its horders. "Wmitot qjuestioninig either the value of lie pirinciples contained in the so-c n1lled Mlonroe dloctrine or its tppieahiity to the Easterni situation it presenit. 1 can simply say that such in idea has not entered into the JIapa ese mtind1 anmd sucht a policy has not ~eeni even the symptonms of formation. or the mmaintentance of the integrity md independence of China. Japan oined hands with Great Britain. For mauring eqiual opportunities in China. Iapirient hler- n~ger efforts to the 'nited 8iT'fs to muak' "r - door >oicy effectively operative. Cjmpetition with America. "It is atbsurd." cnuttiued Mfr. ITioki. to sayv thuit in the course of a few rears .\m-ricn goods will lie crowded tt of the Chinese market byv Japa mse comnpetit ion. Thme ma in grounrd tlpOn w\vbich rests this a~ ptrehetnsioti is hat Jlapana has chI eap ihotr at i-om and. But linhtir in .Japani does ntot emain chteap. The (fftect of the Chii -apamn w ra s tio doulei te ice oif laboer. :tnd t he war t with Rus in moust raise it ain-h h inher. Tn itie of thiis- dlisadv iainiges .Japana moust d.-v-li her e onnnmertc' andi itnduts ry, atnd she will hav 10 t compete vit 1 th worlid-h. fri-tiu or fle. lier -otnereini war w ill be fotughtr jtust is faitly and' siquarily as thme rieal warmi :i ks no fauvor front Chinam that is m-:nted toi the enttire' worlid. She tundst- fitr thei op-ti door anmd, tn the larite deal." Amer-ican Capital Welcomed. "JaT~pan wi h-omew- (e!pital1 iol mte r al ft-om any- -onumryv. The- Itmit' i tat--s is sutpplyitiz mater-iails for iim ortatt Japa nose industrie: whym i-a o shte sttpply thme capitnl ~'Why eann here ntot 1he a -ommrein i allitne ht'li wectn Jtpan t anmd the I'nited Staites' rVc .a i-inliner to dlividle .a faii- slatre tif tih profits wherever gained with an.y wopk-. The l'nited States; has lwoen. is. an1d vill be Jaipau's best cus tomer. Future of the Orient. "'The future of tho Orient is great. and the greater it is the better for the world. With peace guaranteed by the Anglo-Japancse alliatnce. anu equal op portunities in Korea and China se cured by that treaty, as well as by the agreement of the policies of the three great Pacilie powers-Japan, the United States and Great Britaia-an important era has dawned upon the Orient. During the last quarter of a century all the great events of the world have transpired in the East. For years to come the East will still be the center of the world's great happenings." BLACK WALNUT NUTMEGS. Bishop Potter Was Sure That He Was Tasting the R.,al Article. The power of suggestion is not merely a phrase; it really is a power. It has the strength to deceive men in the matter of cigars, wines, whiskeys and what not. It is a force in medicine as every doctor knows. It is an agent .n therapeutics. The power of sug gestion and the force of example are intimately related. But to illustrate the pranks which suggestion may play with one's palate the following story is told on Bishop Potter, a reverend gen tleman of ecclc.astic note and recent Subway Taverr fame: In the course of his diocesan ram bles he called on an old friend from the South. It was evening, and the bishop was invited to supper, not din ner, for as people of the South know, the appropriate time fo:: dinner is mid day and the meal after candle-light is supper. One of the dishes served was cottage-cheese or as it is more often called in the ]anguage of the olden time "smear-case." This is often eaten under a plentiful dressing of cream and sugar. The bishop elected to have a "mess" of "smear-case" but his ap petite craved a little grated nutmeg as a flavor. This was eabarrassing to the host's wife at the foot of the sup per table, but she said to Aunt Dinah, who waited on table, "Aunt Dinah, bring the bishop some nutmeg." "Dar ain't no nutmegs in de pantry," whispered Aunt Dinah. "Well, ask Mrs. Tomlinson, next door, to lend me one." "She ain't got none. She done use de las' she hayde in makin' egg-nog," reported Aunt Dinah. "Well, then, run down to Miss Bet sy's and see if she's got a nutmeg." said the troubled hostess. who talked with augmented vivacity and anima tion to make the time pass quickly till that nutmeg should be broug-ht. Soon Aunt Dinah came in. her black face wreathed with triumphant smiles, and placed before the bishop the mess of "smear-case" generously sprinkled with grated nutmeg. "Ah," said the bishop. speaking with that tone of complacent assurance. coming from a consciou1sness of a per feet familiarity v.iih his subject, smacki.ng his lips and beaming with Flood Damnage to. Railroad Bridgc on Aoliceku ' Rizcr, East T, innCsscc. IA Fallen Appalachiianz a muost he~a tifie exNpreossion. "what a grateful flavor nmtmeg does add to smear-ease. This is the paragon of the sea son." The supper dishes cleared up and ranr bishop gone. the hostess said to A nat Dinah. "DBe sure and get Miss P' sy' another nutmeg at the store in the morning." I or'. Miss. Miss Betsy dildn't had no nt-"eg. I jes' took a piece of black wal wvi ''rm de ole wind(ow sill what dat anikee carpenter was repairin' to-day, an don. grated it over de cheese. PRESERVING Ti DESTRI CRUSADE HEADED BY PRESID FOREST FAMINE A RICHARD HAI Reserving forests in the west from monopolizatioi for private gain is a goverliielt policy with which the peo pie have become somewhat familiar, our nationa-l forest reserves amounting now to nearly sixty million acres; but the idea of ap)lying this principle to the older forests in the eastern states may be new to sone people and yet is becoming a )roIniIeIIL one. Noth ing is giving it popularity and import ance so muen as tie great interest manifested by the President in ie subject. Ther'e are proposed great national reservations in the Southern Appala chian forests. in the White Mountains, in Minnesota, and in other eastern states, entirely separ:te and ar .rt from the great reservations in the west. President Roosevelt is an arch disci ple of forestry and the great promi ience into which the subject has juiped may Lhe indicated by the growth of the Bureau of Forestry froil a snill oflice. a few years ago, emnployingo half a dozen people-. to :in institultionl w'ith annual1,1 appropriations of half a niilon doll:irs. eiploying hundreds of trained foresters in the field, and having the supervisioli. : tual and tentat live of niarly a hundred million acres of forest. If there ever was a national ques tion it is forestr.. ant the People of the country are wvise in waking up. or fortilnate in being wvakened up. to its overshlaiowvi: I lilportance before i revocable :a1mage hll have boen dolne. The largest of the proposed eastern forest reserves is that in the Soutlheri Appalai:an ii\ountains anid that its establijmeit is a matter of national concern was dvelt upon with empha sis by President Itoosevelt in his :id dress at Ralleigli, N. C.. on October 20. IIo pointed out how vitally souther'i forests affect southern indus tries an d thus the entire coun try. The entire south-the territory east of the Mississippi anli south of the Ohio rivers-is affected by this proposed reservation of some four million mountain acres in which rise all the rivers which water this area. The President said: "I walt to say a word to yOU on a special su bect in which a tle eonn I*vN is concerned. but in which North! Carolina has a special concern. The preservatioi of the forests is vital to the welfare ,f every country. China and the MIediterranean countries offer examples of the terribeect of d( f orestationl uponl the Physical geogra phy, and therefore ultinately uion the national wellebeing of the nt One of the 1miost obvious duties w - cur generation owes to the generations that are to come after us is to pre serve the e(xistingz forests. The pri'e liiffrt"r.'e betveel ci vilZed :1ad tin eivilzed peoples is that in civilized \LA'l.\.M--r1RGS hat we ad vr oor-hlde pooh" a (i eneatin wr0 cnt ovey lv fo itSown ell-eing bin Lior and H horn a a ifwe hrmitIale natric.lit r soucesof hi lad liadsoed snrakb - POStTIVEL.Y 1 ui' dmdr cam~ * HEWES & P i .4 - S7 LINCOL FORESTS FROM JUTION. ENT ROOSEVELT TO PREVENT 'D FLOOD RAVAGE. IILTON BYRD. herita:ge diminished in value we there by prove our uiitiless to stand in the forefront of civilized peoples. . orest Wealth a Great Heritage. *One of the greatest of these heri tages is our forest wealth. It is the upper altitudes of the forested moun taills that are most valuable to the nation us a whole. especially because of their effects upon the water supply. Neitber state or untion can afford to turn tlese mountains over to the un restrained greed of those who would exploit thei at the expense of the future. We cannot afford to wait lon ger before assuming control. in the interest of the pulic. of these forests: for if we do wait. the vested interosts of private parties inl them i may become so strongly imn ed that it may h,. a mo14st eesive task to oust them. If the Ensiern tamTvs are wie. then from Ithe J:ay of Fuily to the Gulf we will see, w ihLi tihe next few years a policy Copyrighted. R. L. Ihunn. ICHARACTERISTIC ATTITi DE OF TBE PRESIDENT IN NORtTH CARO LINA ADDRESS. set on foot similar to That so fortu nately carried out in the high Sierras of the west by the national gover: ment. All the higher Applachiam i should be reserved. either by the 1 states or by the namtion. I much pry hor that theyhshou:d he pt under m: onal control. but it is a mere truisi.; to say that they viii iot be reservei. * Ither by tie sates or by the natio:. uness you people of t1he South sho-.: a sZrong1 interest therein. Woulu Prevent F1 ods a: d Create Water Power. "Such rest *-ns would he a payin investilleilt. :t only1 il lrotection t iiany interests. iut in dolars iln d ents TO tne governmient. The im portanlce to th~e soinoeirni peopl e:o protecting the sout heriniomountainl for ests is obvious. These forests are the best diefense against the nloods which, in the recent past. have. durhrg a single twel fthi-iunth, destroyed property Otticilly valuead at nearly twice whai~t it would cost to buy theC Southlern -\ppalahiaimn reserve. "The miniteniance of your southern water p~ower's is not less important than the prevetion of floods, because if they are injured your manufactur ing interests will suffer with thlem. Tile perp~etuation of your forests. ~ whlich have done so nmuchl for the South. should be one of the first oh jects of your publie men. The two senators from North Carolina have taken an honorable part in this move ment. But I do not think that the people of Northl Carolina, oar of any other southern state. have quite grasp ed the imiportalnce of this mnovemen~t to the c-omm~ercial development and prosperity of the southl. - The President's Message to Congress. The special mless::;:e s- 0 gress b~y the Presi onl the Sotuth ernAc lcupy~ev ed like a story. It-touches upon tile interest in tile sflbject of the scientists anld the -terrbermnan. of the geologist and1 the farnmer, tihe meteorologist and the fruit grower, the business man11 and the engineer, and the steamiship pilot an;d the homneseeker. .The Presidenta transmits with his messalge ai report of tile Secretary of Agriculture. pre pa red in collab.oration with the IDe partument of the Interior. tupon the forests. ivmers and mnounltains of the S*ouithlern Appahichlian r-egion. and upl onl Its aigricultturl 1situation as5 affitet ed by Ttem, and says ini palrt: The report of the Secretary pre senlts thle linial results5 of an investiga tion auhorized byv thle last Congress. Its conluis:i ms po'int unisitaka~:bly. in tihe judgmenc~t of the Secretary and in myI ownI. to. 1helC creattioni of ai nait ional lorest reserve in certa in pa rts of the Southern States. Thie facts set forth all econlomie need of p~rinmi imnportalnce to the w-elfare of the South. alfd bene to that of the nation as a whlole, and 3CSUSPENDERS. ee. Will Outwey Three Ordinary Kmnds. ~av We.:ih. for .aon and u'th. Lotra lenths, iatc warranited nonl-ai metl parts, and "ft. pialie nunl iio: lcather ad. :h.-' are "E BEST GUSPENDER MADE. or .pdyyu. we' a'm. p tpa. 101 ia ien. )T TE R, I reaa1 Sa'ic-a al ila 31:e iST.. BOSTON. MASS. TDre m..A Surlennda= Stylesa "E rcoR Teqtest