and "Taimenko" the same day towards evening; at "Kiurykujiko," July 28; "Dojoshi," July 30, and here came his last and fatal engagement before Port Arthur. The funeral procession took place at Yokohama, on the 4th of November. There have been many similar funerals. Now, the dead soldiers are buried or cremated in the places where they have fallen, but some relic is sent to the friends of the dead warrior-a lock of hair, a finger, perhaps some article of clothing, something that has been his or a part of the deceased, and these relics are borne along in the procession to the deceased's temple, Shinto or Buddist, and a funeral held over the same, often followed by orations. When the soldier has held rank the procession would be large. A lieutenant who fell at Liaoyang, had some thirty bandsfife and drum, brass, tin whistles, etc.the procession numbering at least 2500 people.

Noted Alaska Indian Guide

Twenty-two years ago there were evidences of unrest among certain of the Indian tribes of Alaska, and, at the direction of the President, the War Department dispatched Lieutenant Schwatka of the army to the district, with instruc

1883 for Southeast Alaska, spent several weeks visiting the native towns along the coast, then crossed the mountains to the head-waters of the Yukon, and followed down that stream to its mouth.

On this trip he was served in the capacity of guide by a big, brawny native, who, upon his return home in the fall, appropriated the name of the officer, and has since been known among his own people as "Schwatka." He was one of the first Indians of Southeastern Alaska to make the trip to the far northern part of the district, and thereafter his services as a guide to parties desiring to go over the "long trail" (as the route down the Yukon was then called), were in great demand. He has served in this capacity on so many occasions, and to so many parties, that he is recognized as easily the most widelyknown and reliable native guide in Alaska.

It is apparent from Schwatka's appearance that there is a trace of Russian blood in his veins, since he has some of the Russian cast of feature, while two of his immediate relatives have red hair, a freak which is seldom known among natives of

unmixed blood. This origin is denied by the guide himself, however, who claims that his peculiar features, and the red hair of his immediate relatives, are proofs that the family is of divine origin, and that from it should be selected the chieftains of the tribe. On several occasions he has endeavored to assume the official leadership of his people, but this has been successfully resisted by other claimants

to that honor.

An army officer once suggested to Schwatka that he was deserving of a medal from congress for his distinguished services, and thereafter, for several years, he made it a practice to importune insistently all prominent Americans he met to petition congress to extend him that honor. On two occasions the matter has been brought up in congress on these petitions, but the much-coveted medal has never been voted.

A Sunken Forest

At the "Lower Cascades," the Columbia River, at extreme low water exhibits a rise and fall of about six inches, du to the tidal effect of the ocean, and shows

the great depth to which the mountain gorge has been cut down. There is striking evidence to lead to the belief that this rapid has not always existed, but has been formed by the debris of enormous slides and falling pieces of rock from the adjacent mountain. In support of this view, the character of the forty miles of river between the Cascades and The Dalles may be considered. Below the rapids, for a distance of six or eight miles, the current runs swiftly, and for many boats is difficult to stem; whereas above the rapids, it is gentle and moderate. At one or more places may be seen the standing trunks of large trees covered with twenty or thirty feet of water, and to all appearance they were submerged standing where they grew.

In far-away lands through the darkened skies? In accustomed ways each traveler hies

Till some morn, like a birth, he is seen to arise

Of wakening Spring a part.

-Belle W. Cooke.

San Francisco, March 17, 1905.

"Bicycle Cedar," Snohomish, Wash.