; ; r o 0 ' 11 4 . t ! .4. ' . : D ; ' 4 s rs a J , h E'r \ ' : / s'd " ' 4 r , r" } } : d ' r . f , ' ° .tt 'Lf r d w f l , t I I III I r I - t , , h ' , = , - r . .o , I / I II I t ! I I i j i I J _ , , . ( I i / R rl ' f / / 3 i/i / 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t V Y'eYY ' i ' ITI , : aYVS. . . , , . , . . , \S. ' ta : ' : ! + /J' rtil iw : -.L ! m .ULL.79R . 4 , 1 ! i AT SLEEPY HOLLOW. r I r I T MAY BE ABruptly - ruptly but truthfully - 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 aping the ways of the white man , and despises him for having allowed himself - self to be enslaved. Each may , more or ( less secretly , look up to the white man , but each openly looks down upon the other as something far beneath him. Fortunately for the peace of races , ' our Indian and our negro have come f into contact but little ; and the Indian the negro has touched has been almost exclusively the more peaceably inclined Southern variety ; and even this was ! chiefly , too , while the negro was in a state of bondage , unendowed with freedom - ' dom and fire-arms. The Indian has all - l ways had both. The fact that , for these s physical reasons , there has never been i , any trouble between the two races is F sufficient excuse for the general public ignorance of their very candid opinions l ' of each other. Certainly the citizens of Harney's , Territory of Dakota , being most of them new come from the Northern - ern East , where there were neither Indians - dians nor negroes , could not have been expected to know of the ingenuous sentiments - f timents which each entertained toward the other. It was as long ago as the summer of I 1sso. Harney's'had been settled the fall before , on the completion of the rail- , road. It was settled in a manner simi- ! Jar to that adopted by a boy who goes 1 out in the middle of the carpet and builds a card-board town , and peoples It with paper citizens. All of the wheat i growing parts of the territory were colonized in this way , artificially as it were. That is , instead of pioneers and frontiersmen penetrating slowly in wagons and with mule-trains and building - ' ing their homes in the wilderness , mak- 1 ing the division between established civilization and unalloyed barbarism a i ' broad and undefined belt , the railroad 1t 1 4r - " r r : - / 4 > f ALL RIGHT , WE SHAM FIGHT p- NIGGERS. - came first across the level plain ( costa - . , ing nothing to build ) , and then it a brought the settlers and dumped them down here and there , occasionally a P trainful at a place , which was a town , with other trainfuls peppered about on ' ' between the " the prairie judiciously i / ' towns , which were the farmers. These settlers , received by the car-load , and anted to be prime eastern lots , immediately - mediately established the same grade i . of civilization they had enjoyed in the , East ; and-the result was that the line i t : between civilization and barbarism was 'I . as sharply marked as the edge of one of the white June clouds- against the deep blue of the sky. You attended your Browning Club , and helped to t 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 Sioux Ghost Dance. The Fourth of July was approaching. It was decided by the patriotic citizens of Harney's that there must be a cele- bration. In casting about for attractions - tions the chairman of the duly appointed - pointed committee hit upon the bright idea of a sham battle in the Sleepy Hills , just outside of town. This chairman - man was Mr. Walden 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 , ' 1 1 i' rl p 1 ' . P 1 / ' "TAKE OFF THAT BOOT. " to take the other side "We'll do it ! " exclaimed Chairman Hutchens , recognizing - nizing that the evolution of the idea could -go no further. "It'll make Rome howl , and lay over any other celebration - 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 Africans - 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 , commandant - 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 hi ; men to take part , but when the fact that they would no doubt look upon it in the light of a lark- f the first magnitude , and that they flchly deserved a little play spell , he relented , and said that if the men desired to engage in it he would give his consent So the chairman went in search of some of the soldiers to sound them on the subject. Fortunately - nately one Yancy , a sort of a leader of the men when they were off on fur- lough-in civil life he would certainly have been a politician , and perhaps got Into thelegislature-was found in town , and the chairman approached himTo his surprise , Private , Yancy did not fall in with the Idea readily. He gazed away at the Sleepy Hills , and said : "No , sah , I reckon us soldiers -wouldn't keer about 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 , I think , will leave the command in the hands of the non-commissioned 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 all the after- , , noon. The private again gazed away at the Sleepy Hills. I dun no , sah , he said. "Us soldiers don't keer much 'bout 'so- elating with Injuns in sham battles. " There was still a considerable empha- { , { _ , . / , sis on the sham. Then , as he still looked off at the blue hills , a thoughtful - ful expression came into his conspicuous - ous white eyes , and he added : "But I s'pose , sah , that a shambattle , 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 said , "I reckon , sah , that we would like the sham battle , sah , if the Runnel don't object , and the folks here wants us to. " The chairman caught the reflection of a mysterious light in the other's expanse - 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 1862 , 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 the chairman , who duly set forth the sham- battle idea. He was careful to elucidate - date the sham point of the proposed affair - fair , so as not to raise any hopes not justified by the facts in 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 Fancy , and such others as he conceived would appeal to a more savage - 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 repeating - peating rifles , the citizens to furnish them the same number of blank cartridges - tridges that they did the negroes. The chairman paused. The chief grunted less negatively , and looked at the hoei- zon. The chairman clutched at his apparent - parent advantage. "Big time' " he exclaimed , throwing his arms about as if attempting to picture - ture writing on the air. "One hundred a.---- . . - ' 1'1 1 , t t t 1r . . I ' ) Ir , It { ! In f r- "STOP THOSE INDIANS' " blank cartridges ! Heap noise ! Shoot all day ! Make believe you kill soldiers ! Make soldiers heap run ! Whoop ! " The Indian remained unmoved , but he gazed off at the hazy , far-away horizon - izon , and seemed lost in thought. The blue smoke of his cigarette curled away and it went out between his fingers. Then he grunted-affumattvely-and rose to his 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 fight Niggers. Send up cartridges. " The elated chairman rushed back to Harney's and reported is success. At a public meeting that evening to consider - 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 r' - t Fourth , Harney's was astir : It was to be the greatest day of the young town's existence. Crowds of people were expected - 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 program passed off acceptably. The most important event was the three-minute trotting race , free for all , best three in five , which was won by the county treas- urer's bay mare , 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 mock filth t. 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 guns as they circled around the town. At the second turn the soldiers were to dash out , and in a quick , sharp , engagement - ment put the Indians to flight , who would retreat to the tiear-by Sleepy Hills , followed by the others , where all would dismount , and a general ambuscade - 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 read } . The troops , three hundred strong , were in the square , looking firm ( and dark ) and determined. The non-commissioned officers were bursting with martial pride. leach man carried his carbine , and the belts stuffed with blank cartridges - ridges looked formidable enough. Suddenly - denly the first far-off whoop of the coming savages smote the ear of the spectator and soldier. At this precise second Colonel Poinsette , 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. It nappened to be Private Yancy. With a movement like some sort of an ingenious factory machine the private obeyed , and stood gazing into space with a rigidity which gave the sympathetic - 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. Yancy 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. " " the colonel. "Turn it over ! roared The poor private did so. Out on the dusty ground , with a dull rattle , rolled fifty regulation ball cartridges , long , heavy , villainous cylinders , with seventy - ty grains of deadly powder packed back of nobody knows how much murderous lead. A glance showed the startled spectator - tater 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 , followed - 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 promiscuously - miscuously into the air. "Halt ! " he a / , s 4rI j/ ' , t 1 t 1 { ' V y IP Ii L I t hl 1 , 'f , , r , S , „ IIi I ! n-o. 41I ! 11 1 "A t , . S t . "GET OFF , " SAID HU T CHEN S. 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 offl" said Hutchens. The chief slid to the ground , too astonished too remonstrate. The chairman strode forward - ward and pulled open the blouse. Un- dei 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 Smal1 Boys. It would be a great gain to the rising and the unrisen generations if we could lead the small boy to believe that there are better ways than day-long detonations - tions in which to celebrate the Fourth of July , and that beautiful and attractive - ive things are as eligible for purposes of , celebration as things that annoy and disgust the' neighbors and that frighten adults to flight. It is true that the refinement - finement of the American small boy is a tedious and thankless process ; but at the same time It would be good for him , and a : : inestimable blessing to his seniors - iors , if it were gently but firmly explained - plained to him that his methods of celebration - 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 dissolved - 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- per's Weekly. 1 Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov't Report ftoyj : i i 1 ABSOLUTELY PURE , The Quality of Tact. Tact is not dishonesty , writes Frances E. Lanigan in the July Ladies' Ifome Journal. It does not mean the suppression of the truth nor the expression - pression of an untruth , but it does mean the 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 demands - mands a gracious acceptance of opposing - ing views. Tact cannot be said to be synonymous with policy ; tact is always honest and policy cannot invariably be said to have that distinguishing mark. The Trust After No-To-Bac. Chicago Speclal.--Reported here today that a large sum of money had been offered for the famous tobacco habit cure called No-ro Bae by a syndicate who want to take it oti the market. Inquiry at the general oalces revealed the fact that No-To-Bac was not for sale to the trust at any price. No-To Bac's success is marvelous. Almost every Druggist in America sells No-To- Bac under guaraut e to cure tobacco habit 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- Inatoes 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 fire to boil slowly for one hour. 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After that sir- well-here's a very good wine that I always recommend at 5 shillings a bottle - tle ; and then , if I wereyou , sir , I would finish up with this , " and he pointed tea a modest little brand at three and six. "And ( lon'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 difference - ence myself between champagne at 16 shillings and champagne at 5 after the first two glasses. " FITS -All Fits stopped treeby Ir.IC tine's Great ervelfestorer. No Fitsaaerthetimtday'sme. biarvetruscures. Treatise and8 _ tralbottle freet , Fit ca es. Send tomr.Sline,9d1Arch St.Ykda.Pa. I Woman's Greatest Charm. I am quite sure that men regard "sweet simplicity" as the greatest charm in women , and especially in girls , writes Ethel Ingalls in a delightful - ful little dissertation on "The Girl in Society , " in the July Ladies' home Journal. This does not mean simplicity - ity in the simpering sense , but an absence - sence of that affected air of boldness and mannishness which has lately been assumed by too many really lovable girls. Then , too , sincerity of expression - sion is one of the characteristics that charm men. To be sincere and candid the girl in society need never be abrupt - rupt nor self-assertive. HALL'S CATARRH CURE is a liquid and is taken internally. Sold by Druggists , 75c. -Mrs. Burton Ilarrison describes "American Rural Festivals" in the July Century. These include such fetes as "Wash-Day" on the Jersey coast , the Ice Glen parade at Stock- bridge , and the harvest home at Onte orn. It makes quite an imposing list , and Mrs. Ifarrison thinks that it serves as a complete vindication against -the charge , so often made , that Americans' are an artificial and city-loving people. Noah Built the Ark. The story is told of a croiigressman 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 , vvho sat at the ' next desk. "Noah , nothing , " replied the speaker ; "Noah built time.ark. " Iliegeman'.Camphor Ieewith Glycerine. The original and only genuine. Cures ChappwtHands and Face , Cult ! sores&c. C. U. Clark Co.I.Haven.Ct _ No man's re.igion ever aprears a success to those to whom he owes money. Billiard table , second-hand , for sale cheap. Apply to or address , H. C. Ants , 511 S. 12th St. , Omaha , Neb. All men look in their photographs as if they would make good husbands. Dr. PIERCE'S Golden Medical , DISCOVERY Cures Ninetyelght per cent of all cases of Consumption , in all its Earlier Stages. 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" "Yes , ma'am , " was time prompt reply , "stand where you are , an' you'll get one right in the neck. " 't'here it pleasure unit great and no small buthdactiori In ubatiug troubtesomt and pulutul llis by using 1'urker's tlingerTonic. Romance is half cotton , and very soon becomes threadbare. 1 t Is so easy to remove ern with IIludotcorni tnnt s e wonder so many will endure them. that llindercurus and Sue how Mealy it takes thcur ott. Every friend is n disappointment in trouble. So few women know how to use dry goods after they get theta. It the Baby ! s Cutting Teeth. aesure and me that old and xeli Mcd remedy , MM. wii + stow's SooTIuNG Srner for Children Tcethi n , ' [ lie man vvito would load others must first learn how to stand alone. . "Hantson'a Magic Cora Salve. " Warranted to cure or money refunded. Ask yo.tr druggist for lt. 1'rice 15 ceuta Some girls who are a dream at Iii , are a nightmare as married women at 30. Piso's Cure is a wonderful Cough nmedl- ciuc-hits. 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