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MASOFS OLD STAND
Twm aot her oaaet. It it tnie,
Twm aot her bcsnet, ale Bad new;
That ftxed ray idly roTtag eye , ,
That summer day, as she passed by. v
I caa not tell yo how 'twas made,
I caaaot tell the rtbboa's shade,
Nor Jat the ealor of the wreath
1 ealy saw the (ace beaeath.
I netlced not her droit the while.
Kit were made la latest style.
With Grecian (olds, and closest II
Or furbelows adorning it
It may bare been or flimsy wear;
I do not know, I do not care;
For all my thoughts that wandered wlda
Were centered on the girl inside.
O, she was sweet from head to feetl
The prettiest Rlrl upon the street I
Depending not on outward dress
To emphasise her loveliness.
Though many another maiden owes
Her chief attraction to her clothes.
This one, tboagb well supplied with pelf.
Would have no rival to herself.
If yoa should meettbts maid by chance
You'd give her more than passing glance
And Bote, perhaps, with some surprise,
Her perfect mouth, her lovely eyes;
But oh I I wars you not to let
Your heart escape its bounds as yet;
She's spoken for the charming elf I
I'm going to marry her myself 1
Jaiephhu Pollard, U.V. Y. leiqtr.
A DAKOTA HIRAGK
(Terrible Experience on toe ttiusk-
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Ssaall Party of Ilaaters Lose Thetr
Way aad Almost ierlsh Deceptive
Visions of Cities a4
Lakes.
Has the reader ever beorso fortunate
for unfortunate as to witneas a Dakota
mirage an eye-witticss, in fact? No,
and if you have been enticed far
away towards its mystic, shores by
the alluring and apparently close proxr
faulty of cool, inviting waters, you wiM
doubtlees look back upon that day with
!a shudder of awful dread. It must he
.first understood that Dakota is not the
'only clime whero this, strange prairie
phenomenon is seen. Its appearance
is sometimes noted in tho States and in
ftsHHNW-huMiia,. XsWsaAatkStft
.mirage is the grandest and most mag
'nificent in tho world. Bastorn tourists,
new settlors and tho unsophisticated
element of this Territory are tho ones
who lis a rulo fall victims to iU bane
ful influence, and many talcs of suffer
ing and distress could bo related. Of
i course tho older residents are cognizant
of this prairie freak of nature, but
they too aro oftentimes deluded into
following it for many days with parched
lips and lolling tongue. Ah, it is a
grand but tcrriblo sight!
The recollection of an autumn week
last year will last till my dying hours,
and even now as I write the cold shiv
ers course up and down through my
veins; the blood seems to entirely de
sert the body for a painful second and
then rushes back into its countless in
tricate channels, mounting to tho bead
aad stopping there as if clamoring for
'egress into tho outside world. It was
one of those calm, sunshiny days, and
I was numbered in company with a
quartet ol sport-loving young fellows
eager to scour the grand, boundless
prairies in search of tho toothsome
duck or hen, antelope, or perhaps a
stray buffalo, which aro now very
scarce. Tho antelope, however, still
plentifully abounds, and tho local
markets in winter aro overstocked
with its palatable carcass. We started
out without taking the precaution of
preparing for any emergencies what
ever, as we placed explicit confidence
in our ability as good sportsmen to sup
ply tho needs of tho body. We sorely
regretted not doing so tho next day.
That whole day wo wandered aimless
ly about over the endless prairies, and
not so much as an insignificant, gopher
made its appearance to fall before our
shot-guns. The cravings of hunger
and thirst now began to assert
themselves, and in our frenzied
wanderings tho truth dawned upon.
us that wo worn lost Lost! Lost,
indeed, upon a scorching prairie that
seemed to have no outlet, no trees, no
water no green grass, and not a fowl
or animal in sight' The situation
was horrible to contemplate. Our
faithful horses tongues were lolling
from their mouths, and we were so
weak from hunger that it was with,
great difficulty we remained in the
saddles. Two days without water is
harder on a human being, than going:
without food for a week, and we saw
starvation and death gauntly staring
ua in the face. How we managed to
drag through the hours of that awful
night I can never relate, but we
awoke next morning hoping to find
the grass ladened with the welcome
sew. Jtatno. The blades were dry
as ever, aad a groan of abject distress
issasdfrom our parched throats. It
was well onto noon before we con
sidered ourselves sufficiently rested to
resumse the hunt for a sign of dviliza
tioa." The sun's burning rays seemed
to be hotter and more relentless than
ever. We soon stopped, as we were
too fatigued to proceed any farther.
Simultaneously it dawned upon us all
that this was. to be our last day upon
earth, and, with a brotherly shake of
the hand, we lay prone upon the
avsitinc "the
ef death.-
the muzzle to his brain, and would
have pulled the trigger and ended his
earthly troubles but for ray timely in
terference. There was a wild, demo
niacal glow in his eye, and I saw at
once that his reason was quickly flee
ing. My feeblo strength was nothing
compared with his almost superhuman
power, and in a twinklo ho wrested
the gun from my hand?. Me then
rushed to one of the horstsi and shot it
dead. Hardly hud the animal fallen
before Hale, with childish glee,
pounced upon tho prostrate body,
slashed its throat with his' hunting
knife, and applied his mouth to the
hot gushing blood, drinking it down
with a gluttonous appetite. Hale had
accomplished a deed which wo also
contemplated doing, but it was left as
a last resort for we knew that if de
prived of one of our horses wc would
be left in a more sorry plight than
ever. The sight of flowing blood
nerved us to almost desperation, and
we crowded to the yet dying horse,
roughly pushed Hale aside, and
eagerly sucked tho obbing llfo's
blood. J&bellove to this day that noth
ing hsVever tasted better in my
life. '.Ow oxistenco was prolonged
now for at least a short period, and
our lipr moved in grateful prayer.
A wildimthracal shout from Halo at
tracted my attention. Groat heavens!
The madman was mounted on ono of
tho horses and tearing away. He was
glancing back and pointing ahead and
screaming at the top of his lungs:
"Water! Water!" One of us must
bo left behind. One horso was dead
and three persons could not ride upon
tho two animals, who were now very
jweak. I looked in the direction of
Hale, and, sure enough, what appeared
to be water was seen in tho distance. I
hastened to acquaint my companions
of the joyful discovery. Halo kept
galloping madly on. looking neither
way, but furiously lashing his horse.
A steep precipice loomed beforo tho
Tider, but he heeded it not and
swiiiis?"1'-hlM flhMti animal
to still greater 'speed
horse attempted to swerve from
its course and avoid tho yawning
.chasm, but Halo noticed nothing but
tho fascinating' dance of water on the
horizon. They were now but a few
rods from tho precipice. Still tho
horse was spurred on. Ho neighed
piteously. plunged forward, and just
at its brink stopped stock-still and tho
rider flew over his head into tho bot
itoralcss pit To say that wo were
horrified would be putting it rather
'mild. Wo hastened to the seene of tho
catastrophe. Tho horse stood on tho
'edge, trembling in terror from head to
(foOt. I carefully approached the brink
Jand peered into the black pit Noth
ing could be discerned; all wa pitchy
(darkness. 1 seized a largu roek and
hurled it to the bottom. Presently I
'heard a faint sound deep, deep, down
into the very bowels of tho earth.
Poor Hale's death came very easy,
though terribly unexpected, and no
human being could make that descent
without death ensuing half-way down.
With heavv hearts wo or.eo moro
addled our tired horses and followed
the alluring lake. An hour passed,
but it seemed as if wc were just as far
aavuy as on the start. Another hour.
smother and another, and still the
ssaters kopt dancing and glistening in
the sunlight an apparently short dis
tance ahead. We continued the tedious
trip, and happening to look up we dis
covered to our dfcmuy that tho sup
posed lake had entirely vanished. But
a more welcome sight greeted us. Not
many roiled to the east the city from
which we started loomed up Ah,
something strange about this. We
could see tho streets, familiar build
ings, and even recognize men walking
up and down literally photographed
before our startled vision. We traveled
and traveled, but it was impossible to
approach' the town. Then, as if by
magic, tho whole scono disappeared
from view. We were mystified beyond
comprehension and unable to solve the
problem. The tired, faithful steeds
refused to budge an inch and lay down,
and we rolled off and sank by their
sides exhausted.
The pangs of hunger knew no bounds,
so I resolved to slay another horse. I got
up and to my horror the animals had
strayed away, probably in search of
fodder. My companions groaned
ieebly, but we were, all too weak to
.follow them. Death's awful presence
wm now almost.felt aad with a prayer
upon oar lips we reeled to the ground
aad hoped that the grim destroyer
wonld soon coats aad reliere us.
Well, he did not coatc, or I would
never hare written this sketch. While
in a comatose condition I was shaken
gently and friendly hands applied a
eeoliwp flask to my heated lips. This
saw office was also administered ts
saw suffering companions. Our goad
Samaritan, who, proved to he a tester,
took as in hi waoa and bundled at
off to his house, where we werecleaelj
oafiaed lor two long weeks.
As I write I caa, not help thinkdaf
f peer Hale's . ataafled
the depths of
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Hints About Butchering.
If the hogs to be slaughtered are
fed within twelve hours of their kill
ing, the food is wasted, the meat will
be more disposed to sour, and it will
be moro difficult to remove the dis
tended intestine and take from them
tho lard. Nor is it well to allow tho
swino to drink on tho morning of tho
day they are killed. Hog can not bo
killed too quickly. Tho more rapid
ly thoy are killed and tho blood got
out of them, tho better. A woll
dlrectod blow on tho head, between
andjust in front of the cars, will
make tho animal unconscious; but tho
chances for a mis-stroke aro so many,
and as tho stroke makes unfit for use
considerable meat this method of kill
ing can not be recommended. Tho
use of tho shot-gun is no better. The
rifio is the weaion to use a ball on a
lino from tho base of tho car to the
opposite eye produces inntant death,
and docs not cause the waste of any
meat American Agriculturist.
INCH AND OUNCE.
CHICAGO
The Derivation of Tkee Two
of Mraeuresaeat.
As tho Jews had a mystical rever
ence for seven, and the ancient Welsh
and Celts for three, and tho Greeks a
perfect philosophy constructed out of
the harmonics of all sorts of numbers,
so the Romans fell back upon a seals
of or. moro properly, upon a scale
with a baso of six. Accordingly, as
they divided tho pound into twelve
ounces, so they also divided tho foot,
which was tho standard of lineal
measure, into twelve sections, sad
they called these sections unche, too
But how did they get tho inch orig
inally? it may be asked. Rather, how
did they get the pound? for that and
not tho inch, is tho unit There seams
to be no precise information on this
ted animal j point I hey would divide any unit
!TWcfrtMowift siwvalHasj notion
was at ono timo the linear uncia was
really the original, and was then
transferred a.- a nnmo to a weight
This, though plausible, is hardly the
case. Somolimes. especially in old
books, written when philology was not
what it is now. it was the fashion to
derivo uncim from tho samo word in
the (Jreek, because, after tho revival
of letters in Europe, the admiration of
tho Greek became so great that when
ever bimilar words were found in it
and some other language it was al
ways said that the other languago bor
rowed them from tho Greek. This Is
very far from being always so, and in
the present instinco tho very reverse
appears to have occurred. The ounce
is literally tho twelfth, and thus we
see at onco the senso of speaking of an
ounce of land and an inch of milk, just
as of an inch of a man's will or an
inch of interest for money on a loan..
It was always the twelfth of a unit;
twelfth of an hour; twelfth of a
jugcrum, that half-acre which the two
oxen plowed in a day; twelfth of a
6cxtarius, or equivalent to our pint;
twelfth of the entire hcrcditis;
twelfth of the principal lent on time
when it was money at usury that is,
over eight per cent
It is. accordingly, as much of a mis
tike to say that the primary meaning
of tho word is a linear, which is to say
that it comes straight from the Greek
into the Latin and thonre on to us. The
riddle is plain enough when wc get to
the true origin of the word a twelfth.
Once, indeed, it used to be said that
the true origin was that the word
meant a thumb breadth, because Its
equivalent poilcx. in linear meararo,
was often used in its place But this
is not the c&sc. Some of the old Lstia
themselves, moreover, thought it
meant literally the unit; but eves fhla
will not hold beside the proper sifalfi
cation of the twelfth.
The pound weight really never di
vided by inches or ounces, it was di
vided by twelfths, by halvos, by thirds.
by fourths and by sixths. And
again, we see what a convenient
a system of twelfths is for
compared with a system of
which could only he divided evenly Is
two ways by two aad fire. Far
ounces they use the utsral
twelfths; for eight ounces they
two parts that is, two thirst; forsass.
waatiflg a fourth, which with at
like a roundabout way of
three-quarters; for ten, waaeJsff, a
sixth; for eleven, waatsaga twelflh.
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RED CLOUD. NEB.
Boots, Shoes, Arties
Fancy Slippers and 'fall good
Reduced 16 per cent For 30 Day
In order to reduce the stock, 1 also will i
you Dress Goods, Notions, and Fancy
Goods at prices
That YOU all will BUY.
Jackets and Cloaks at
Will sell all goods less than any house Sn
county, who sell first-class goods, conn
and see me. I will pay Joe for
eggs. Butter 10 to 20c a lb.
I will notTrttHifcrsoldr Trade 825 insi
60 days and I will present you with a$l(
oil painting.
R. M. MARTIN.!
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We have just received a fine line of Gents
Ladies Silk Mufflers Silk, Linen an!
Toy Handkerchiefs,
All shades and qualities of Yaj
Home-made Hoods and Toboggan. We have a nica
Hair Oniamente, Tina, Kuching, Mitten, Hoi
Dress Good urith Velvet and Gimp I muming 1
match. Great bargains In Toyn. Al to be
wold at the very Ioreat Trice.
Hacker & Parke!
GROCERS.
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Keep the finest 1mc of
Teas and Coffee!
In the City.
GUMP & WARNER,
RML ESTATE&LOAN BROi
Call and examine our bargains. Com
ente solicited,
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