MAYFLOWER TEAPOTS.
A Warning TIT 'v P--ove of Value
to Ktli. i I .irtt ; ; .
It may betruul ! . ' : ; it ; r > hural descendent -
scendent of the pilgri r. r-ouH and
no other person foolishly should ever
claim to have or to have seen a teapot
that had come over on the Mayflower.
Whatever other articles in whatever
number may be treasured as parts of
the sacred cargo that was lauded at
Plymouth rock In 1020. relic hunters
may rest In the assurance that no rival
owns a teapot of Mayflower descent.
The explanation is simple. When the
Mayflower sailed for America an ounce
of tea was rare enough to have made
up a lilting gift for royalty. Yet forty
years later the wealthy and fashion
able people of England wore fairly fa
miliar with tea which the Erst India
company had first brought into the
country , and four years later it was
on sale in the coffee houses , at which
time a pound might be purchased for
the moderate sum of CO shillings.
Only twenty-five years later tea was
I on sale in Boston , and soon after there
$ were two tea houses besides those kept
! by Daniel Yernon and Benjamin llur-
l ris. In the first decade of the eiglit-
' ju eeuth century It could be bought from
, Zabdiil Boltou at his apothecary shop.
' 'I ' Today the coffee houses of a hundred
l ! years ago in London are in reality tea
' houses. In England were made the
'f first teapots of pottery. Later the
1 i most delicate creations In porcelain ap
peared , but as tea became popular the
art of the teapot maker was less ex
clusively refined. Boston Globe.
DARING BELL RINGERS.
Pranks of the Athletic Young Span
iards of Seville.
There is a curious custom among the
young Spaniards of the city of Seville.
On certain fete days , related a tourist ,
the young men of the place have per
mission to ring the bells in the clock
towers of the cathedral. They have an
Ingenious and original way of ringing
them. While the regular bell ringers
repose these amateurs climb up on to
the bells , throw them forward with ail
i , their force and ride upon the bells in
Stjj ; their furious swinging to and fro. We
may Imagine what an uproar is pro
duced , when all the bells of a cathedral
are being treated in this mar.ner. Any
man who is able may exercise his skill ,
and the duration of the ringing de
pends upon the caprice or the strength
and patience of the ringers. '
The spectacle is very strange of the
great bells swinging , with one , two or
i j more bold ringers hanging from them
In any attitude which seems to them
best adapted to pushing out the most
noise. In the Giralda , at Seville , the
first time I witnessed this , the clamor
was frightful. When I looked up I
thought at first sonic unfortunate was
entangled in the bell rope , but I soon
found it was a matter of sport. An
other ringer appeared suspended in the
air , holding the bell by the ears or the
rim or the wooden framework and fol
lowing it in all Its movements , some
times feet , sometimes head , downward.
Such are the daring bell ringers of Se
ville.
The Egyptian Mummy.
Egyptologists have discovered that
Iji , among the ancient Egyptians the inviolate
elate preservation of the body was
deemed absolutely essential to the cor
poreal resurrection of the dead. Ac
cording to the teaching of the Egyptian
priests , the living man consisted of : i
body , a soul , an intelligence and an ap
pearance called "Ka. " Death separat
ed these four parts , which must ulti
mately be reunited for ail eternity.
Between death on earth and life ever
lasting there intervened a period of
several thousand years , during which
season the soul performed a painful
probationary pilgrimage through the
underworld.rThe bodjin order that it
should await intact the return of the
soul must meanwhile be guarded from
all corruption ; hence the custom of
embalming.
Man and His Tailor.
A man can be measured to the best
advantage , tailors say , away from a
glass. Standing before a mirror lie is
almost certain to throw out his chest ,
If he does not habitually carry it so.
and take an attitude that he would
like to have rather than the one he
commonly holds , whereas the tailor
wants him , as the portrait painter
wants Ids subject , in his natural pose
and manner. With the man in that at
titude the tailor can bring his art to
bear , if that is required. In the over
coming of any physical defect and pro
duce clothes that will give the best at
tainable effect upon the figure as they
will be actually worn. New York Sun.
Buckingham's Pranks.
After the defeat and flight of Charles
I. the daredevil Duke of Buckingham
disguised himself as a mountcbanl : ,
set up a stage in the heart of London
and for days laughed in the faces of
the stern Puritans , who were thirsting
for his life. One day when his own
sister , the beautiful Duchess of Richmond
mend , was passing the jocular duke
set the mob on to drag her from her
carriage. They forced her to witness
the pranks of her brother , whom she
recognized , but could not betray.
9f
f More Important.
1 Tess Eess doesn't seem so quick to
deny her age as she used to bo. Joss-
No. She's got very stout lately. Tess
What has that to do with it ? Jess-
It takes all her tinio now to deny her
weight. Philadelphia Press.
The Twins.
Chohnondeley You and your sister
are twins , -re you not ? .Marjoribanks
We were wh' : j we "ere children.
Now , howe" ; r , slip Is f > .veal's young
er than I ! London Tit-l'-'S.
FOUGHT UNDER WATER.
Last of the Spanish Fleet at the Eat-
{ tie of Manila Bay.
! "What was It like , that battle of MJI-
: nila Bay. do you ask ? "
/ The thunders of heaven would have
been lost in its din. It was fierce and
, fast. like the roiling of all the drums
1 in the world or like bolts of heavy sail
cloth torn into shreds by the wind.
I What a picture it would make that
battle , the last of the Spanish fleet , the
l Don Antonio de UIlo.-i. She fought ,
sinking a foot a minute ! Gun after
gun wont under , and when the last
onset was made only her bow gun re
mained. Its crew , waist deep in water ,
fought as though victory was crown
ing them. It was theirs to fire the last
g.iri upon that eventful day. and we
d . cored them as they sank.
These are the tilings men will write
about , but memory alone can paint a
picture so terrible that the moon , that
old night watch of the universe , hid
behind friendly vapors that she might
not see the embers of war as they
glared through the portholes and spon-
sons of half sunken ships , while ever
and anon exploding magazines would
tear the waters , and flames of yellow
and red flaunt above all that was left
of Spain's wreckage.
Surely Wellington was a Solomon
when he wrote. "Nothing except a bat
tle lost can be half so melancholy as a
battle won. " St. Nicholas.
AN AFRICAN RESCUE.
Saved From a Great Army of Ravenous
Driver Ants.
In her "West African Studies" Miss
KIngsley tells this Story about the fa
mous "driver" ants : "I was in a little
village , and out of a lint came the
owner and his family and all the
household parasites pellmell , leaving
the drivers in possession , but the
mother and father of the family , when
they recovered from this unwonted
burst of activity , showed such a lively
concern and such unmistakable signs
of anguish at having left something
behind them In the hut that I thought
It must be the baby. 'In him far cor
ner for floor ! ' shrieked the distracted
parents , and into that hut I charged.
"Too true ! There In the corner lay
the poor little thing , a mere inert
black mass , with hundreds of cruel
drivers already swarming upon it. To
seize it and give it to the distracted
mother was , as the reporter would say ,
'the work of an instant. ' She gave a
cry of joy and dropped it instantly
into a water barrel , where her hus
band hold it down with a hoe , chuc
kling contentedly. Shiver not , my friend ,
at the callousness of the Ethiopian.
That there thing wasn't an infant. It
was a ham ! "
Some Epigrams.
Tom Hood cast epigrams at himself
In the face of death. His wife was
preparing a large mustard plaster to
apply to his shrunken chest. "My
dear , " said Hood , "that's a terrible lot
of mustard for a small piece of beef. "
Sir Walter Ilalcigh expressed him
self in a similar mood after he mount
ed the scaffold. Feeling the edge of
the ax , he said to the executioner ,
"This is a sharp medicine , but It Is a
cure for all diseases. "
An Italian nobleman , probably beguiled -
guiled by patent medicine advertise- j
mcnts. left this Inscription for his
gravestone : "I was well , wanted to be }
better , took physic and died. "
Charles Knight suggested'that "Good
Knight" would be sufficient for his
memorial tablet.
A brother Scot who did not sympa
thize with his peccadillos in life , when
asked to suggest an appropriate epitaph -
taph for Scotland's national poet , said ,
"His ain name's enough Robert
Burns. " Boston Post.
V/holescme Advice For Boys.
Now. you lads who want to leave
school , don't be in such a hurry to be
earning something. Think of the fu
ture prospect rather than the present
advantage. The man who can do
something really well , whether it be
the making of a table , the building eCu
u house or the writing of a book , will
very seldom be unemployed. It is the
boys in a hurry who are "little mil
lionaire. ; " on 8 shillings a week at
fourteen and "big loafers" on nothing
fit eighteen , with no trade in their
lingers and no prospect but the life of
i day laborer. ( Jo slowly , boys you'll
so farher. Hurry is a dog that often ,
LTOOS off on a wrong scent. Patience
inrt foresight are two dogs which hunt
together. They arc slow at "finding. " i
tmt they are always "in at the death. "
-London Scholars' Own.
Spoiled Musicians.
Rubinstein disapproved of marriage (
'or musicians. Just before his death
(
jo spoke sadly of his Russian lady puI I
) is. ! "What have I wasted all my time '
HI them forV" he asked irritably. |
'
Every one 'married ! It's too provok- ;
ng ! llro they are , spoiled forever for i
irt life. What did they study for ? " |
The London Musical World remarks !
hat "those who ask why we have no 1
jrcat lady composers may be left to
liink on these things. " I
A Nice , Polite Man. (
There's some good things In town .
IriS week. " said the girl who was hint- !
ng for an invitation to the theater. j
"Well , " responded Mr. Grouch. "I ]
lin't one of 'em. " Kansas City News- ;
took. ,
- - , 1
They Noticed. ' (
" .Maude was afraid the girls wouldn't
lotice her engagement ring. " '
"Did they ? " .
"Did they ! Six of them recognized '
\ at once. " Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Occupation is the necessary basis of
11 enjoyment. Hunt. .
I desire to contract with responsible parties to put up about
1,000 tons or more of hay in the vicinity of Arabia , Nebr.
Ton.
Parties entering into contract must begin to harvest said hay
on or before August 1 , 1908.
I -will also consider propositions for baling and hauling the
above hay , or combined propositions for the harvesting , baling
and hauling for all or portions thereof.
The meadows on which this hay is to be harvested is located
one-half mile to two miles from Arabia station and are consider
ed among the best in Cherry county.
For further particulars call on or write
Arabia , Nebr.
THE THUNDER DANCE.
By a Reservation Teacher.
While many of the old Sious
ceremonies are dying out , still
some bid fair to retain their hold
until the Indians are very much
farther advanced.
Among the latter is the Thunder
dance which is variously perform
ed , according to the whim of the
presiding "Medicine Man. "
Recently a 15-year-old boy wrote
a note to his teacher asking to be
excused Friday afternoon. "I
dreamed of a voice in the cloud
calling me and so did one man.
The medicine man say he will fix
it for me this afternoon. "
The boy thought this a premoni
tion of death. As the medicine
man was his grandfather whom he
loved and revered , it would have
been merely courting dislike to
have ridiculed the proposition ,
The teacher consented , realizing
that it would require another year
or two of explanations to convince
the boy that thunder was not the
voice of a spirit , but the clapping
: ) f air after being separated by a
flash of lightning. His parents
ind elder kinsmen will never be
convinced of the scientific truth ,
for they are as suckling babes in
natters concerning meterology.
The ceremony came off on time
is follows :
First , the medicine man erected
L lodge in which he spent some
> ime invoking the powers of the
iir , especially the spirit that spoke
10 loud and flashed so red and
leadly. ,
Xext , with assistance of two at-
endants , he built a fire , hung a
settle , and , tying a rope aroiod a
log's neck , directed his helpers to
) ull each end of the rope , which ,
> f course , they did , strangling the
> oor cur. The remains were dis-
evered and put in the boiling pot.
[ "hen , the two youths who had
[ reamed of thunder were directed
o march to the lodge , and did so ,
: eeping step , no doubt feeling the
fsolemnty of the rccasion.
There , attired only in the cos
tume affected by their ancestors
fifty years ago , they listened to an
address teeming with savage elo
quence , which , no doubt , was the
same in many essentials to that
given by the leaders of all peoples
in all ages : Be good , be pure , be
brave , be reverent , be steadfast ,
etc. , were the instructions he gave
in his high priestly manner , while
the effect of his thin fllanks , show
ing each rib , instead of exciting a
smile , served rather to give an un
canny , wierd look to the scene.
The candidates for security from
lightning were then directed to
march a few rods from the kettle
to the west where they made a set
bow to a red banner there floating
from a pennon. Thence back tote
to the center , and to each of the
remaining points of the compass
where other banners received the
same attention.
Then , after more oratory and
chanting by the old medicine man ,
they , with two others who had in
the past performed the fore part
of this peremony but who wished
a little more protection , began the
test , as it is considered by the
Indians.
After rubbing some hot water
on the palms of the hands , the
candidate suddenly seizes a boiling
piece , runs with it , deposits it at a
spot some rods away and returns
for another hunk. This part was
quite entertaining.
An element of comedy was here i
introduced. The Indian loves
comedy interlarded with his trag
edy. An old Indian , a cripple with
a shortened leg , burst into view
from a tent. His attire was simi
lar to that af&re suggested as be
ing that of the medicine man. His
body was painted white and his
face coal black. Ordinarily he
never walks without resting every
little ways , but now he ran , with
comical springs ar if possessed by
demon. Seemingly he was pur
sued by a black animal which in
reality was a shawl tied to a rope ,
of which one end was around his
shoulders. He would run some
distance , look back , then dodge off
in another direction , as though in *
mortal terror.
Finally reaching the kettle he
helped fish out hot dog , laying it
carefully in the shawl. Then ,
while he feigned sleep , his wife
ran at full speed , gathered up the
meat and returned to her tent.
The clown awoke , discovered his
loss and left the ring dejectedly.
The medicine man , however ,
continued grave and austere in his
routine. The candidates were dis
missed with the assurance that the
thunder would not harm them.
In concluding , let each reader
remind himself that our forefath
ers were doing something similar
not so very , very long ago.
Government Liaml Opening ,
Tripp County , S. I > .
The Government opening of Tripp
Co. lands will probably occur about
October 1st , when a million acres
will be thrown open to settlement ,
including some of the finest agri
cultural lands in the West. The
Eosehud extension of the Chicago
& Northwestern Ey. is tue only rail
way line to these lands. See that
your tickets read to Dallas , the ter
minus of the Northwestern , a half-
mile from the reservation border.
United States Land office will prob
ably be located here. Send for free
pamphlets giving all details about
the land and how to secure a quar
ter section of it ; free on application
to any C. & N. W. ticket agent. 263
"COLON EL , "
Black Percheron stallion , will
make the season as follows :
Thursdays at Louis Taylor's.
Fridays and Saturdays at Hen
ry Becker's.
Kemainder of the week at Yank
O'Bryan's.
S (
Terms : § 12 for standing colt. bi
01
U. O'BRYAX , Mgr. , si
01
19 Valentine , Neb.
Woodlake Neb
Rnnpe on Lone
Lakaud Crook
ed Lake.
Metzger Bros. ,
Rolfe Nebr
Cattle branded
anywhere on left1' '
side.
Earmark , square
crop right ear.
Horses have
same brand on
eft thigh.
Range on Gordon and Snake Creeks.
A Reward of $250 will be paid to any person for
inlormatlon leading to the arrest and final
conviction of any person or persons stealing
cattle with above brand.
Jos. Bristol
Valentine , Nebr.
Range on Nio-
brara river four
miles east of Ft.
Niobrara.
Horses and
cattle branded
is B connected on
left hip or side as
shown In cat
J. A. YARYAN
Pullman , Nebr
Cattle branded JY
on right side
Horses branded JY
on right shoulder
Reasonable reward
for any Information
leading to the re
covery of cattle
strayed from my
range.
D. M. Sears.
Kennedy , Nebr.
Cattle branded
as on cut.left side
Some on left hip.
Horses same on
left shoulder.
Range Square
Lake.
Sawyer Bros.
Oasis , Nebr.
Q. K. Sawyer has
charge of these
cattle Horses
I ) Sonlett shoul
der , o
left side
Horses
same Kange left on thigh. Snake < i
river.
Nebraska Land and Feeding Co.
Sartlett Richards -Pres Will G Comstock , V. P.
Chas G Jamison Sec&Treas
Cattle branded on
any part of animal ;
also the following
brands :
orses
same
Range betweea
Gordon on the FJS.
&M. V.R. R. and
3yannis on M. R. R. in Northwestern
Nebraska. BABTI.JSTT RIGHABDS.
P. H. Young.
Simeon. Nebr.
Cattle branded
as cut on left side
Some Qyon left
side.
- on left Jaw of
V horses.
Sange on Gordon Creek north of Simeon ,
Albert Whipple & Sons
Rosebud , S , D.
Cattle branded
SOS on left side
OSO on rtehtside
Some cattle also
have a 4on neck
Some with A. on
left shoulder and
some branded
with two bars
across hind quar-
_ Jters. Soma Texas
attle branded S O on lef t.side and some j
n left side. _ _ _
lorses branded SOS on left hip. Some cattle
randed AW bar connected on both sides and
* ft hio of horses.
N. S. Rowley
Kennedy , - Nebraska.
Same as cut on left
de and lilp , and on
ift shoulder of hor-
js. AlsoBSBil on
lit side
ip.
' -f on left side.
nme cat-
B brand- , _
1 husk-iOQMH ng peg"either side up ) on
ft side or hip. p on left ] aw and left shoulder
' horses , QJ
QJQ on left hip ot horses.
J on left jaw of horses
a
C. P. Jordan.
Rosebud , 3D
Horses and cattle
SRBft/S
Range on Oak and
Butte creeks.
A liberal reward
for information
leading to detection
' u l II .1 - S- - " = MI 5 i of rustlers of stock
iaring any of these brands.
R M Faddis & Co.
Postofflce address Valentine or Kennedy.
Some branded
on.left
thigh.
Horses branded
-on left
shoulder
or thigh ,
me Some branded
andedj ° n right thigh
left or shoulderf
oulder ]
thigh I