The Jerome Chronicle, 1895-05-04

Because of her long and varied ex experience - perience experience in foreign lands, where she accompanied her husband on his official missions, Mrs. Foster has added many accomplishments to her natural gifts and previous cultivation. In Mexico, Spain, Russia and other realms she mastered the language of the country, went among the people to study their life and habits, and wrote many valu valuable - able valuable papers on the results of her re research. - search. research. Everywhere she received, with her husband, marked attention from royalty and nobility alike. In Spain she entered the court circles of the young Alphonse XII., while at St. Petersburg the czar and czarina treated her with especial favor. During her stay in that city occurred the czar's as assassination. - sassination. assassination. She spent part of her time in translating Russian fiction into her own tongue. In her recent pleas pleasure - ure pleasure trip around the world, in company with Mr. Foster, India was the spot which most charmed her, filled as it is with ancient and historical mosques, tombs and temples. Mrs. Foster is possessed of a charm charming - ing charming personality, and though domestic in tastes, and not overmuch given to public life, yet she takes pleasure in entertaining her friends, and every December, with Mr. Foster, she gives a series of elaborate functions, for which their palatial residence on I street is well fitted. Surrounded by luxury, the gentle hatelaine is yet as simple and kindly her humblest worker, though she - + he stamp of birth and breeding. ? earnest laborer in the church, to a degree, an advocate of education of women, and all movements that may ter's opportunities for use use;h - ;h use;h she smilingly declares elf has always had all the mid wish for. a beauty of character and .1 environment, the new presi presi. - . presi. of the society is sure to enlarge its Swope and influence, and under her just and wise rule even a greater future opens before it. Grows Sixteen Feet n Year. The eucalyptus tree, which is being planted extensively in California for windbreaks and other purposes, grows to a height of fifty feet, in three years after the seed is planted. When raised for cordwood and cut once every filth Tear, it about aa acre.

OLD CHIEE KAHSUAKEa A Costly Monument to Be Erected to His Memory. It I* the Old Indlaa'H Own idea and Will Cost a Thousand Dollan _t o u e o f Unique Design. Cut from Vermont Marble. The erection of a costly monument in memory of an American Indian is an odd thing, but when the particular Indian to be thus remembered is still alive, it make the matter all the more unique. A marble monument will soon adorn the last resting place of Indian Chief Kahshakes at Cape Fox, in Alaska, typifying the tribe and its chief. Chief Kahshakes is still alive, and though a very old man is not likely, by reason of good health, to be memorialized by the creation of his own fancies. The chief has had this object in view for many years, and saved forthat purpose. He designed the monument, had one of his own men carve out a two-foot model covering his allegorical creation, and then sent the model to a well-known sculptor, Mr. A. C. Thompson, who has completed the. work. The monument, which cost Chief Kahshakes over fl.ooo, is of pure white Vermont marble, and although the sculptor was constrained to follow the de. ign as regards an uncouth figure of a lieaver, he succeeded in giving to the shaft, the eyrie and the eagle, an artistic touch that reflects great credit on his ability as a sculptor, and which will no doubt greatly please the old chief when he sees it. The chief's idea of his monu monument - ment monument was a pillar resting on the back of a beaver, with an eagle on its nest, surmounting the column. Kahshakes' monument is an allegori allegorical - cal allegorical representation of himself and his tribe. The beaver symbolizes indus industry, - try, industry, the characteristic of the tribe; the shaft the tribe itself, planted firmly on the rock of industry; the eyrie is the chief's home, supported and protected by the tribe, and the eagle about to take his last flight represents Kahsha Kahshakes - kes Kahshakes at his death winging his way to toward - ward toward the setting sun to join his fore forefathers - fathers forefathers in the happy hunting-grounds of the spirit land. This allegory, still further carried out by the rude poetic mind of the untutored Indian, is to the effect that though the nest shall be-

MRS. JOHN W. J OSTER. The New President of the Daugh Daughters - ters Daughters of the Revolution. A Direct Descendant of a tine of Revolu Revolutionary - tionary Revolutionary Heroei on Both Sides of the Mouse - Honored by All Who Know Her. The National Society of the Daugh Daughters - ters Daughters of the American Revolution, in its choice of a new president general at the recent Continental congress, has continued to follow the precedent es established - tablished established in the case of its first lead leader, - er, leader, the late Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, and adhered to with its second, Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson, for in electing to chief office Mrs. Mary Parke Foster, wife of John W. Foster, ex-secretary of sjate, and a present peace commission commissioner - er commissioner for China, the revolutionary society has chosen a woman allied to the na nation's - tion's nation's official center. Neither has it swerved from its former requirements is regards the personnel of its chief ofii ofiicer. - cer. ofiicer. Mrs. Foster combines the same womanly virtues and force of intellect possessed by her predecessors, and, as in their case, the honor came to her un unsought - sought unsought and uncoveted. She is a char charter - ter charter member of the society, and was an active member of its national board of management during the presidency of her near and dear friend, Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison. Mrs. Foster was born in Salem, Ind., and is a direct descendant of a line of revolutionary heroes on both sides of the house. One great-grandfather, Daniel Read, was a commissioned offi officer, - cer, officer, and served Gen. Washington. An Another - other Another ancestor with a noted revolution revolutionary - ary revolutionary record was Col. John Brown, a of the Massacnusetts provincial igress, who fell at the head of his ns. A third was Capt. Silas Clark, eceived wounds at the battle of 'tn from which he soon died. ster, says Harper's Bazar, is > ter of the late Rev. Alexan Alexanlerson, - lerson, Alexanlerson, her mother being Eliza hose nine brothers all became iished in the army or navy, in .ne or at the bar. Graduated a class honors at Glendale college, .ear Cincinnati, Mrs. Foster soon after-

f CHIEF KAHSHAKEB. come temporarily vacant, a new chief will occupy it and the tribe with its foundation of industry shall go on for forever. - ever. forever. This unique monument, complete, with a stone base under the beaver when set up, will have a total height of nine feet. The beaver on which the shaft rests is three and one-half feet long; the shaft of the eyrie is five feet in height. The eagle in the crouching attitude of flying away from the nest is fifty-two inches from tip to tip, and thirty-six inches from bill to tail. The general effect of the whole monument, though considerably modernized by the skill of Mr. Thompson, yet possesses many of the characteristics peculiar to the Alaska Indians. The Indian tribe, of which old Kah Kahshakes - shakes Kahshakes is the chief, is at Cape Fox, near New Metlakahtla, and comprises about 1,000 of the best and the most intelli intelligent - gent intelligent of all the Indians that make up Duncan's missionary post in Alaska. The Indians at Cape Fox are remnants of the ancient Chilkats. In character these Indians are a strange composition - unemotional, mo morose, - rose, morose, unsympathetic, superstitions, without the slightest idea of gratitude, and having an astonishing respect for the property of others. When on a trading journey, or out hunting, they will leave their belongings hanging on bushes all along the trail; and snow snowshoes, - shoes, snowshoes, sometimes a musket, blankets, a leg of smoked bear, a dried salmon, are frequently noticed along an Indian path. These Indians in the old days dressed in skins, and had garments pictur picturesquely - esquely picturesquely fringed and tasseled, and beaded and woven in with stained swanquills. They wore bracelets of copper and carried copper spears, knives and arrows. In those days no ceremony was complete unless attended by human sacrifice; execution of slaves was of frequent occurrence, for super superstitious - stitious superstitious belief deemed disaster and ill illness - ness illness the doing of angry spirits, only t o be appeased by the shedding of human blood. To-day they remain a single re reminder - minder reminder of their past greatness and power.

11-Ui J A BIT OF NATURE'S STEREOTYPING. trees and marking on them with gauger's tools the range, township and section numbers. The surveyor em employed - ployed employed by the Florida Luid & Lum Lumber - ber Lumber company of Volusia >nnty, Fla., recently, during the coins of an ex examination - amination examination of the lands of the com company, - pany, company, split up a cypress tree m search of such corner marks. The ax sep separated - arated separated the chip, of which the above is a picture, and disclosed on the trunk of the tree the marks for which he searched. The marks, "R. 30, T. 14. S. 33," appear in bas-relief on the concave side of the slab, or chip, and are as dis distinct - tinct distinct as the original marks were when the surveyor made them on the trunk of the tree over sixty years ago. Every feature of the matrix is distinctly re reproduced. - produced. reproduced. The land company's surveyor sent the following explanatory letter with the chip: "This curiosity is a chip cut off a cypress tree standing near the south southwest - west southwest corner of section 33, township 14, range 30. These marks of the section, range and township numbers were cut into the tree by the United States gov government - ernment government surveyor in 1834, and the new growth of the tree covered tip and grew over the marks, taking the re reverse - verse reverse impression of the marks yet re remaining - maining remaining on the tree. The chip was split off by me while examining the lands of the Florida Land & Lumber company. By reference to the map you will see that this corner is in the edge of a cypress swamp. Many such marks were found by me, and this is one of the many proofs of the accuracy of my survey." The specimen will be sent by the owners to the New York Museum of Natural History.

BISMARCK AT EIGHTY. (From bis latest Berlin photograph. 1 had the best, by refusing to talk French any longer. The Frenchmen being un unable - able unable to understand a word of German, understood it was useless to insist, ahd gave their signatures, granting to Ger Germany - many Germany the possession of Alsace and Lor Lorraine, - raine, Lorraine, an indemnity of ?1.000,000,000 and many other advantages. Bismarck pro proposed - posed proposed at once to the landlord of the house to buy his table, offering an enor enormous - mous enormous price for it. That gentleman posi positively - tively positively refused, and for several years exhibited the table to anyone who wished to see it. It was not the gen genuine - uine genuine article, though, because Bismarck had a duplicate made during the night by skillful workmen, and sent the orig original - inal original to Berlin. The imitation was so perfect that the gentleman from Ver Versailles - sailles Versailles never discovered the truth until 1870, at which time the chancellor had the table in the library of his palace in Berlin. The owner made a trip to the German capital and threatened to enter a lawsuit. He was offered money, but refused it. He wanted Bismarck to be arrested for robbery, and for his trouble was taken back to the frontier by the police. On his return to Versailles he forwarded to the chancellor an open letter, in which he stated the case, even accusing the German statesman of having taken his dining-room clock. The Frenchman, who, by the way, is very wealthy, has taken the oath that he will equip, at his expense, a com comnanv - nanv comnanv of sharpshooters to regain ^pos ^possession - session ^possession of the table if the war of re revenge - venge revenge ever takes place.

ww m UM mW GEN. DUCHESNE, Commander ot the French Army In Madagas Madagascar. - car. Madagascar. look very promising. The latest tele telegram - gram telegram from Tamatave says: "No mil military - itary military operations are going on here at present, except that the French con continue - tinue continue to strengthen their position by throwing up earthworks outside the town, and occasionally bombard the native camps in the vicinity. The na-' tives also try to throw shells into Tam Tamatave, - atave, Tamatave, but their guns are out of range, and the shells always fall 500 to 2.000 yards short. At Manangary all the houses formerly occupied by French traders have been sacked and every everything - thing everything movable carried off. One French man-of-war is always stationed here, and at present two British war vessels arc also in the harbor. It is not ex expected - pected expected that any more French ships will be sent here at pre sent, as it is new in the middle of the harricane season." - Lemon will do for the yellow white sailor hat what shoe polish does for the worn black one. Remove the rib ribbon - bon ribbon band, and with a slice of lemon clean the hat thoroughly. - The flowering of civilization is the finished man - the man of sense, of grace, of accomplishment, of social power - the gentleman. Emerson.

A BISMARCK ANECDOTE. The Chancellor I* Accused of Having Stolen a French man's Table. In his private studio at the castle of Friedrichsruhe, Bismarck has a piece of furniture of which he is particularly proud, although he admits that he is not the legitimate owner. It is an or ordinary - dinary ordinary dining-room table, made of com common - mon common cherry wood. The preliminaries of the treaty of Frankfort were signed in February. 1871, in Versailles, in the Rue des Resgrvoirs, at the house where Bismarck had his headquarters. Thiers and Jules Favre were the French dele delegates. - gates. delegates. Around the table referred to were discussed the articles of the treaty, which was finally signed, after several days' heated debate. The chan chancellor, - cellor, chancellor, on that memorable occasion, closed the argument, of which Thiers AsW\ i iii, i wf