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m SLEEPY HOLLOW.
T MAT BE AB
ruptly but truth
fully stated that
there is little love
lost between the
negro and the In
dian.
The negro looks
upon the Indian as
a savage incapable
of civilization. The
Indian regards the
negro as a savage
Ing the ways of the white man, and
“6 ure waja ui ure —i wuw
-'pises him for having allowed him
If to be enslaved. Each may, more or
is secretly, look up to the white man,
It each openly looks down upon the
her as something far beneath him.
Fortunately for the peace of races,
ir Indian and our negro have come
to contact hut little; and the Indian
e negro has touched has been almost
clusively the more peaceably Inclined
luthern variety; and even this was
liefly. too, while the negro was In a
ate of bondage, unendowed with free
'tn and fire-arms. The Indian has al
ays had both. The fact that, for these
lysical reasons, there has never been
iy trouble between the two races Is
ifficiont excuse for the general public
norance of their very candid opinions
each other. Certainly the citizens of
arnoy'B, Territory of Dakota, being
Of them new come from the North
n hast, where there were neither In
ans nor negroes, could not have been
lected to know of the ingenuous sen
raents which each entertained toward
s other.
It was as long ago as the summer of
' Harney's had been settled the fall
ore on the completion of the rail
r tn ?aB**tled tn a manner simi
it vn -♦? a<3opte<i a l3oy who goes
the namdle at the carpet and
t with cara~board town, and peoples
•r0winJ,aper.CitlzenB' AH °r the wheat
' . ^ parts of the territory were
ZThS ihif Way’ artlflcla»y *8 it
frontwroJ^L18, lnsteaa °f pioneers and
rontieremen penetrating slowly In
lag^theirb^ WHh mu,e-trah>s and'build
1H ,h* h.°,m™ ln the wilderness, male
rivilia^io^, between established
broafa*. f unalloyed barbarism a
“ ima undefined belt, the railroad
\ l It
- c*
AU RIGHT- ^ SHAM FIGHT
NIGGERS.
^-othlnr0^ Vh,e„!fVel (cost
b°urtU the settle. bu ld)l and then It
?°*n here and the*”*1 dum*>ed them
With fUl at a PUeewhi ?°caBlona'ly a
theh other trainfui',^h ch wa* ft town,
i Prairie juritoi ^e^ere^ about on
'£**■ ^ betwe*» the
*1'?!*' ^reived b‘htVarmer«- These
granted to be Brimthe car-'®a<l. and
« civm'y estahll»h™de thf»tern l0t8* ,m
Ea«f Zat on they hflih .8ame SXade
W’ and the result enJoyed in the
Z'T" cl',mZaU0n‘Waa tha‘ the line
of tvarply marked a”d barbarism was
a«*s h,Whlte June of *^e edge °* one
>4 Br“e of the ,ky U'1" a*aln«t the
downing Clu:y- *ou attended
Ub> a“d helped to j
throw light Into the dark corners of this
ingenious poet as a matter of course;
and then you rode out across the ridge
a little way and admired a Slqux Ghost
Dance.
The Fourth of July was approaching.
It was decided hy the patriotic citizens
of Harney’s that there must be a cele
bration. In casting about for attrac
tions the chairman of the duly ap
pointed committee hit upon the bright
idea of a sham battle in the Sleepy
Hills, just outside of town. This chair
man was Mr. Waldon Hutchens. Then
another member asked why not have
the Indians from the Rolling Fork
Agency, which was near by, take one
side and the citizens the other? Then
another member had an Inspiration.
Why not, he said, get some of the troops
from Fort De Smet, also near at hand.
"TAKE OFF THAT BOOT.” .
to take the other side “We'll do It!”
exclaimed Chairman Hutchens, recog
nizing that the evolution of the Idea
could go no further. “It’ll make Rome
howl, and lay over any other celebra
tion In the territory!” Chairman
Hutchens was an enterprising young
man of the Harvard class of seventy
something, and knew a good idea when
he saw It.
It happened that the 114th Cavalry,
which was stationed at Fort De Smet,
was a negro regiment. It seemed as
if they were the darkest-colored Afri
cans ever got together. They were big,
strong active fellows, and presumably
good soldiers, but their complexions
were undeniably dark.
Chairman Hutchens was extremely
friendly with Colonel Poinsette, com
mandant at Fort De Smet, and no
sooner had he recovered from the first
flash of the brilliancy of the mock
battle idea than he hurried away to
consult this officer. Colonel Poinsette
hesitated about allowing hie men to
take part, but when the fact that they
would no doubt look upon it in the light
of a lark of the first magnitude, and
that they richly deserved a little play
spell, he relented, and s^ld that if the
men desired to engage in it he wooltti
give his eoBS&rt.- "So the chairman went
in search at some of the soldier* to
sound them on the subject. Fortu
nately one Taney, a sort of a leader of
the men when they were off on fur
lough—in dKf life he would certainly
have beea a politician, and perhaps got
into the legislature—was found In town,
and the chairman approached him. To
his surprise. Private Taney did not fall
ftn with the idea readily. He gazed
asway at the Sleepy Hills, and said:'
"No, sah. I reckon us soldiers
wouldn’t keer shout having no sham
battle with them things.” The private
put a marked emphasis on the word
sham, and by things he of course meant
the proud-spirited red man.
“But,” went on the chairman, in an
insinuating tone, “it will be a regular
picnic for you fellows. The Colonel, 1
think, will leave the command in the
hands of the non-coomlssloaed officers,
and you can have more fun than a bale
of monkeys. We ll furnish each one of
you with one hundred blank cartridges
and you can bang away ail the after
noon."
The private again gazed away at th<
Sleepy Hills. “X dun’no’, Bah.” he said
“Us soldiers don’t keer much ’bout 'so
dating with Injuns in sham battles.’
There vai still a considerable empha
.. .. v
s!b on the sham. Then, as he still
looked off at the blue hills, a thought
ful expression came into his conspicu
ous white eyes, and he added: "But I
s'pose, sah, that a sham battle might be
better’n no battle at all. I will talk
with the men about it, sah."
The upshot of the matter was that
the private soon came to the chairman
and Bald,
"I reckon, sah, that we would like the
sham battle, sah, if the Kunnel don't
object, and the folks here wants us to.”
The chairman caught the reflection of
a mysterious light in the other's ex
panse of eye as he rolled it away along
the low tops of the Sleepy Hills. But
he thought nothing of it, and hurried off
to consult old Mad Wolf, chief of the
Indians. Mad Wolf had a leading part
in the Minnesota massacre in 1S62, and
was reputed still to have the scalps he
took then hidden away, some of them
covered with long fine hair—woman's
hair—or shorter, but still soft and silky
—children’s hair—babies’ hair. But he
had long since laid by the scalping
knife, and drew without complaint the
neat but not gaudy rations dealt out by
a paternal government. He was sitting
on the ground, smoking a pale-face
cigarette, when approached by tbs'
chairman, who duly set forth the sham
battle idea. He. was careful to eluci
date the sham point of the proposed af
fair, so as not to raise any hopes not
justified by the fact^Jn the bosom of
the ancient warrior. But the Indian
seemed to understand only too clearly.
He snorted a cloud of cigarette smoke
from his nostrils, grunted in a strong
negative tone, and said,
"No want to play with Niggers.”
Then the chairman launched forth his
most persuasive eloquence, using all the
arguments which had availed with
Private Taney, and such others as ho
conceived would appeal to a more sav
age breast. . He had at first proposed
that the Indians fight with bows and
arrows, to give the affair an early day
tone, but thinking that the idea of guns
might move the chief more easily, now
told him that they might use their re
peating rifles, the citizens to furnish
them the same number of blank car
tridges that they did the negroes. The
chairman paused. The chief grunted
less negatively, and looked at the hori
zon. The chairman clutched at his ap
parent advantage.
“Big time!” he exclaimed, throwing
his arms about as if attempting to pic
ture writing on the air. "One hundred
■"6TOP THOSE INDIANS!”
Manic cartridge*! Heap noise! Shoot all
day! Stake believe you kill soldiers!
Make eoldiers heap run! Whoop!”
The Indian remained unmoved, but
he gazed oft at the hazy, far-away hor
izon, and seemed lost in thought. The
blue smoke of his cigarette curled away
and it went out between his Angers.
Then he grunted—affirmatively—and
rose to hhi feet gracefully, and as if it
cost not the slightest exertion. He
drew himself up to his full height, and
said, scarcely parting his lips:
"All right. We sham Aght Niggers.
Send up cartridges.”
The elated chairman rushed back to
Harney's and reported nis success. At
a public meeting that evening to con
sider further the celebration project a
special vote of thanks was given him
for his good work.
Long before the sun peeped over the
Sleepy Hills on the morning of the
. ■*. - . .. ■ i &
Fourth, Harney's was astir: It was to
be the greatest day of the young town's
existence. Crowds of people were ex
pected from the surrounding country
and the neighboring towns. It had been
decided to hold the races and other
minor amusements for the populace In
the forenoon, with the great sham battle
at 2 p. m. The morning progrnm passed
off acceptably. The most Important
"event" was the three-minute trotting
race, free for all, best three In live,
which was won by the county treas
urer's bay more. Mrs. Langtry, in 3.07,
although the Judges pronounced the
track fully two seconds low. But the
people merely endured these things, and
held back their enthusiasm for the mook
fight.
It had been arranged that the troops
should mass themselves In the square
In front of the Massachusetts hotel,
there to await the attack of the Indians.
They were to dash up from across the
prairie, and shout madly and fire their
gunR as they circled around the town.
At the second turn the soldiers were to
dash out, and In a quick, sharp, engage
ment put the Indians to flight, who
would retreat to the near-by Sleepy
Hills, followed by the others, where
all would dismount, and a general am
buscade and bushwhacking fight would
follow as long as the blank cartridges
lasted, the citizens In the meantime to
have gathered In the grand stand of
the race track to witness the mimic
slaughter.
At 2 o’clock everything was ready.
The troops, three hundred strong, were
In the square, looking firm (and dark)
and determined. The non-commissioned
officers were bursting with martial
pride. Bach man carried his carbine,
and the belts stuffed with blank cart
ridges looked formidable enough. Sud
denly the first far-off whoop of the
coming savages smote the ear of the
spectator and soldier. At this precise
second Colonel Polnsette, who had been
observing his men from the balcony,
was seen striding across the square as
nearly on a run as was consistent with
commanding officer dignity.
"Dismount!’' he thundered, pointing
a rattan cane at the first man In the
line.
iv uttpjjfiieu 10 ue rrivtut; xuuvj.
With a movement like some sort of an
lngenloua factory machine the private
obeyed, and stood gazing Into space
with a rigidity which gave the sym
pathetic beholder a crick In his back.
"Take off that boot!" and the rattan
cane, after a vicious swing, pointed at
the private’s left leg. Taney gave a
sudden start, drew a quick breath, but
obeyed, balancing himself on his other
foot and drawing the boot off slowly
and with much care, keeping his leg up
right.
"Turn It over!” roared the colonel.
The poor private did so. Out on the
(lusty ground, with a dull rattle, rolled
fifty regulation ball cartridges, long,
heavy, villainous cylinders, with seven
ty grains of deadly powder packed back
of nobody knows how much murderous
lead. A glance showed the startled spec
tator that the leg of every cavalry boot
in the line was of abnormal bigness.
"Stop those Indians!” shouted Colonel
Poinsette, turning to Chairman Hutch
ens. The chairman rushed away, fol
lowed by half the crowd.
He reached the edge of the town Just
as the Indians were beginning to circle
about It, whooping and shooting pro
miscuously into the air. “Halt!” he
‘‘GET OFF,” SAID HUTCHENS,
yelled to Chief Mad Wolf, In a tone
which made even that hardened savage
think that it was best to obey. Around a
loose blouse he wore the belt of blank
cartridges, with the wooden scalping
knife stuck in it.
"Get off!" said Hutchens. The chief
slid to the ground, too astonished too
remonstrate. The chairman strode for
ward and pulled open the blouse. Un
der it was another belt, bursting with
ball cartridges, big, thick, bottle-necked
Winchesters; and at the side was an
old Hudson Bay company scalping
knife, with deer horn handle, the long
blade newly ground and polished. Every
Indian was similarly provided. The
great sham battle of the Sleepy Hills
was declared off.
The most that either the Indians or
the negroes would ever admit was that
they took along the ball cartridges
so as to have them "in case anything
should happen.” But nobody doubted
that If they had got out in the hills
something would have happened.—Hay
den Carruthers in Harper's Weekly.
A Hint to Small Boys.
It would be a great gain to the rising
and the unrlsen generations if we could
lead the small boy to believe that there
are better ways than day-long detona
tions in which to celebrate the Fourth
of July, and that beautiful and attract
ive things are as eligible for purposes
of oelebration as things that annoy and
disgust the neighbors and that frighten
adnlts to flight. It is true that the re
finement of the American small boy is a
tedious and thankless process; but at
the same time It would be good for him,
and an inestimable blessing to his sen
iors, If it were gently but firmly ex
plained to him that his methods of cele
bration are obsolete and barbarous.
Firecrackers.
It Is rather odd that the Fourth of
July should have become such a day of
terror, as it undoubtedly Is, to the adult
inhabitants of American cities. Indeed,
the medieval description of the "day of
wrath” Is very fairly applicable. It is
the day when the world seems to be dis
solved in pitchy smoke. The coming of
the national holiday is the signal for
those that are upon the housetops for
protection or refuge from the early
heat, to flee Into the mountains.-<-Har- !
per1* Weekly.
■ '■ .. ■
i!' 'a,;. St- ■ .
I'll* Quality of Tart.
Tact is not dishonesty, writes
Frances E. tampan in the July Ladies'
Home Journal. It docs not mean the
suppression of the truth nor the e.\
pression of an untruth, but it does
mean tho withholding of gratuitous
disagreements from arguments in
which they are quite superfluous; it
also means the effort to induce an
agreement kindly when possible, and
if an agreement is impossible It de
mands a gracious acceptance of oppos
ing views. Tact cannot be said to be
synonymous with policy; tact isalways
honest and policy cannot invariably be
said to have that distinguishing mark.
The Trust After No-To-Bae.
Chicago Special.—Reported here lodsy that s
large sum of money bud teen offered for the
famous tobacco habit curt' culled No Tollac by
u syndicate who want to lake It off the market.
Inquiry ut the general offices revealed the fact
that No-To Tluc was not for sale to the trust ut
any price. No-To-Huc's success Is marvelous.
Almost every Druggist <n America sells No-To
Hac under guuruutje to cure tobacco hubll or
refund money.
Old Virginia Ketchup
Take one peck of green tomatoes,
half a peck of white onions, three
ounces of white mustard seed, one
each of allspice and cloves, half a pint
of mixed mustard, an ounce of black
pepper and celery seed each, and one
pound of brown sugar. Chop the to
matoes and onions, sprinkle with salt
and let stand three hours; drain the
water off; put in a preserve kettle with
the other ingredients. Cover with
vinegar, and set on the lire to boil
slowly for one hour.^_
Don't Uet Scared
If you should hear that, In some place to
which you are going malaria Is prevented.
To the air poison which produces chills and
fever, bullous remittent, and dumb ague
there Is a safe and thorough antidote and
preventive, vis., Hostetler's Stomach Hit
ters. The great anil-mnlurlnl spec I lie Is
also a remedy for bllllousncss,constipation,
dyspepsia, rheumatic und kidney trouble,
nervousness and debility.
A Cheaper Grade.
Jerome K. Jerome tells in his paper,
To-Day, of giving a little dinner once,
and discussing the matter of wine with
the head waiter before the guests ar
rived. “Well,” said the waiter, "if
you take my advice you will give them
a very good champagne to start with,
let's say Mousseux Sec 187H, and let
that go round twice. After that sir,—
well—here's a very good wine that I
always recommend at 5 shillings a bot
tle; and then, if 1 were you, sir, I would
finish up with this,” and he pointed to
a modest little brand at three and six.
“And don't you think,” Jerome said,
“that they will notice the difference?”
“Lor’ bless you, no, sir,” said the man;
“we generally do it that way. I
wouldn't undertake to tell the differ
ence myself between champagne at It)
shillings and champagne at 5 after the
first two glasses.”
_,FIT» -A I mt« utonped free hy nr. K line's a rent
perve Restorer. No Kltnarter tlie firM(lay'» life,
narv'-lomtcure*.. TreatiseamlSSlnul boHletreet.
yituuva, Scud to hr. Kltuc.UU ArcUbt-.fldio., ?a»
■' Woman's Greatest Charm.
I am quite sure that men regard
“sweet simplicity” as the greatest
charm in women, and especially in
girls, writes Klhel Ingalls in a delight
ful little dissertation on “The Uirl in
Society,” in the July Ladies’ Home
Journal. This does not mean simplic
ity in the simpering sense, but an ab
sence of that affected air of boldness
and mannishness which has lately been
assumed by too many really lovable
girls. Then, too, sincerity of expres
sion is one of the characteristics that
charm men. To be sincere and candid
the girl in society need never be ab
rupt nor self-assertive.
HALL'S CATARRH CURE is a liquid and la
taken internally. Sold by Druggists, 76o.
Mrs. Burton Harrison describes
“American Rural Festivals” in the
July Century. These include such
fetes ns “Wash-Day” od the Jersey
coast, the Ice Glen parade at Stock
bridge, and the Harvest Home at Onte
ora. It makes quite an imposing list,
and Mrs. Harrison thinks that it serves
as a complete vindication against the
charge, so often made, that Americans
are an artificial and city-loving people.
Noah llullt the Ark.
The story is told of a congressman
that he once declared in an address to
the house: “As Daniel Webster says
in his great dictionary.” “It was
Noah who wrote the dictionary,”
whispered a coleague, who sat at tiie
next desk. “Noah, nothing,” replied
the speaker; “Noah built the ark.”
liegeman’s Camphor Ice with Glycerine.
The original and only genuine. Cures Chopped Hands
aud Face, Cold Bores, kc. C. U. Clark Cu.,N.H»ven.Ct.
No man's reiglon ever appears a success
to those to whom he owes money.
Billiard table, second-hand, for sale
cheap. Apply to or address, H. C. Axis,
fill 8. Kith St., Omaha, Neb.
All men look in their photographs as If
they would make good husbands.
Dr. PIERCE’S
Golden nodical
DISCOVERY
Cum Nluety-ilght per cent, at mil
cases of Consumption, In mil Its
Esrllcr Singes.
Although by many believed to be incura
ble, there is the evidence of hundreds of
living witnesses to the fact that, in all its
earlier stages, consumption is a curable
disease. Not every case, but a large per
centage of cases, and we believe, fully 98
ter cent, are cured by Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery, even after the disease
has progressed so far as to induce repeated
bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering
cough with copious expectoration (includ
ing tubercular matter), great loss of flesh
and extreme emaciation and weakness.
, ’ . -A . - J. /V. .
A Baft Answer.
Mrs. Newcomer—Good Morning! It
thin Mr*. Teachem’s private school?
Mrs. lllitikM (hotly)—Indeed it isn't
This is a private bouse and these ara
iny own children.
Mrs. Newcomer (hastily)—I thought
it must be a school house, the children
looked so cultivated and educated and
scholarly, and—and refined, you know.
Mrs. Ulinks (genially)—Oh, yea, of
course. Come in and sit down. I.ucy,
call In your six brothers and five aia*
ters, and introduce them to the lady,
while 1 get ready to go around with her
and show her whore Mrs. Tcachem’B
school la — New York Weekly.
■fake Yonr Own Bitters!
On receipt of 80 rents in U. 8. stamps, 1
will send to any address one package Bte
ketee's Dry Bitters. One package make#
one gallon be* tonic known. Cures stoat*
nch, kidney diseases, and is a great appe
tiser and bfooil purifier. Just the medicine
needed for spring and summer. USo. at
your drug store. Address Uio. Q. Btb*
KXTCi, Grand Katdda. Mich.
Stand Wlutrn You Ar«
In Philadelphia the other day, nn old
lady from tho country took her stand
directly in the center of a trolley track.
!She Boon spied a messenger boy, who,
with his hat perched on oue side, waa
coming along whistling a popular air.
“Say, little boy," she inquired, “would
you tell me where I could get a trolley
car?” "Yes, ma’am,” was tho prompt
reply, “stand where you are, an’ you'll
get one right in the neck.”
There la pleasure end profit
and no small aatlatactlou In abating truublmoBh .
and palnlul Ilia by using I'arker'a Ulniier Tonlo.
Romance ia half cotton, and very aoon
becomes threadbare.
It la ao eeay to remove t'orna with Hlndereorna
tnat no wonder ao many will endure them, (lot
lllndorourna and aee how olouly It takea Ihem off.
Every friend ia a disappointment * in
trouble.
Bo few women know bow to uaa dry
goods after they get them.
It the Dally Is Catting Teeth.
Be sure ead uaa that old and wall-tried remedy, Hast
Wixanow'a Soomina Sreer for Chlldreo Teething
The man who would lead others moat
first learn bow to stand alone.
"■aaaoa’e Slagle Core Calve.**
Warranted to ume or money refunded. Aak year
druggist fur It. Pries It cenla.
Borne girls who are a dream at 16, are a
nightmare as married women at 30.
Fiso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medi
cine Mns. W. Pickkiit, Van Blcfclen and
Blake A vet., Brooklyn, N. V., Out. 20, *04.
A Fast Train for Yellowstone Perk
leaves Omaha via the Burlington (B. ft X.
K. R.) at 4:35 P. U. dally.
Land! passengers at the Park Inilde of 40
hours.
Pull information about the Park tour,
what it costs, what's to be seen, how to gei
there, etc., is contained in oar Yellowstone
l ark book. Bend for a copy.
J. Fiuncis,
g. P- A T. A., Burlington Route, Omaha,
It tires an eagle lest to fly than it does •
goose to walk.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly usea. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world’s best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Svrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fever*
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly fsee from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale 4>y all druj- ,r
gists in 60c ana 91 bottles, but it is man- r .
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on Crery '"j
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed,"you will not
accept any substitute if one red.
DR. W1NCHELL*S
TEETHING STRIP
Is tbs best medicine tor all diseases Incident to
children. It regiUstestbe bowels; assists dentft.
Uon; cures diarrhea and dysentery In the worst
forms ;«ures canker (ore throat: Is a certain pre-.
venture of diphtheria; quiets and soothes all pain
Invigorates the stomach and bowels; corrects all
•ckflly; wUlcure griping In the bowels and wind
•pile. l)o not fatigue yourself and child with
sleepless nights when It Is within your reach to
cure your child and save your own strength.
■Dr. Jaque’a German"Worm Cake*
destroy worms ft remove them from the system
Prepared by Earner! Proprietary Co., CMcsfe,*
■old n all Dnuaaisra.
WANTED—LADY A6ENTS
la every town to nil oar Safety Medicine; need
years la physicians’ private practice. Address, i
Inc experience, Bex 1S4, A. SPlSDSIsA
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_JLTj
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