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flitriral COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEH 10, 1894. WIIOLE NUMBER 1,271. VOLUME XXV. NUMBER 26. (Sjilumlra 8 l-t h MPEV3 TUB- EMPE had a scheme in her mind. It seemed to her a very brilliant scheme and one that could he worked us easily as fall ing off a log. She put on her very finest to make a call upon her young- mistress. She was gay indeed In a very broadly striped homespun gown, short and scant in the skirt, displa3inr a pair of large flat feet, encased in a pair of red and white striped stockings and a pair of un inatcd brogan shoes. A red bandana bound about her snowy wool and a large white apron laundered with ex quisite skill completed her outfit. She came in at the side gate and seated herself with affectionate familiarity upon the topmost step of the piazza, waiting for the young lady to appear. Miss Etta saw her through the open door and came out, smiling kindly. "Well, Aunty Tempe, how are you to-day?" "I'oo'lv, chile, poo'ly, an" I done walked all dissher way ter gityuh to do soniefin' fur de ol' ooinan. Will yer, honey?" "Surely, Aunty Tempe, if I can. "Well, yuh kin, honey. Isea hones' ooman, an I'll pay yer back." Miss Ktta thought of many baskets of provisions conveyed by Tempe to "de ehillun" from her pantry when "de white folks" were supposed to be unaware of the fact, but she said nothing. "Yuh know, honey, ne' week is co'te week, an dey'II be heaps er folks 'hour de co'te houe, an' dem folks is alius hongry, 'n 1 'low ef Miss Ltta'd Icmmc have de Hour an' "stuff I gwine look plenty bread, an ef yuh could spare a ham, I'd cook hit, too. an' sell de vittles to de hongry country folks. Yus gwine he'u inch, aiut yer, chile?" "Hut suppose the country folks don't buy the tilings. Aunty Tempe?" Miss Etta asked. "Well, hit's iiuthiu but a little bit er vittles if dee dosii't. De ehillun kin eat cm, I reckon. The next day was a big one for for Tempe. who spent it turning out such loaves, pies and cakes as were good to see. Miss Etta added the ham and when ihe cost of the material was counted it reached several dollars, a great deal more than the old woman had thought possible for a few "vit tles." "You know, honey, I gwyne sell de bread an ham in slices an' de cakes an all by de dozen, so's yuh see. dey'll be right smart." Tempe packed her basket and early morning found her ensconced behind a neat white covered table, her wares spread temptingly about her and a pot of hissing coffee close at hand. It was some hours before a custo mer appeared. Little Elihu Walsing ham Lnuikin. more familiarly known us "Smut.." Miss Etta's own "yard boy," noting the innovation, came up to reconnoitre the situation, but was promptly warned off by the vigilant Tempe. Time wore on until noon, and still the supply of t'lnpting food was un diminished. Tempe was yetting tire 1 and a little discouraged, when a prob able customer came in sight. The old woman waved the crowd of rag ged, little darkies aside, standing at attention before the probible pur chaser. "Here some mighty nic brade meat sah. wid cakes ter top off an on. llab some, still?" "How yer sell em?" "I done sole yer a do.eu fer ten cents." IIuh!" His eyes wandered over the supply of food and he hesitated a moment. "What yer goin ter ax fer what I kin eat, brade. meat an all?" This sort of proposition had not en tered into Tempo's calculations of profit and loss, and for a moment she gazed at the prospective customer with dropped jaw anil round, twink ling eyes. viia" dat yuh 'low?" she asked doubtfully, and IVte repeated his or iginal question. 'Wlia' yer gviyne a fer all de bread, meat an' cake 1 kin ea.'" How much yuh gwyne c.it, any how".'" "Twel 1 a"nt humrry no nn Tempo considered a moment, taking in Pete's points with a calculating eye. He was a big. burly negro, and it was his boast that he wore more 24 - ..' & "N fee :lteffl i rcnikBtHiKi ;-i : "LOOK-A-HEBE, NIGOEB. YUH JESs QflT DAT!" leather, that is, cowhide in the shape of brogans, and could get outside more barbecue than any other man in the county. Tempe was ignorant of this fact, however, so she agreed to appease Pete's "honger"' for what seemed to her a fancy price. "I gwyne let yer eat twel yer got plenty fer half a dollar cash," she said. An expansive smile dawned and spread itself slowly over Peter s sooty countenance, and reaching1 somewhere into the depths of his ragged trousers he pulled therefrom a small tobacco pouch, from the grimy depths of which he fished five small silver nieces and laid them on the table. vm ci5S2SS w.:sr i .r tc .:" ia$5&r-v . 1 2 V.J L- ""V ii . r - Then, drawing on empty fruit box to the curb, he sat astride of it and began to cat Tempo proffered a knife and fork, but the implements were calmly Ig nored and a huge jackknife taken from a handy pocket was brought in to pla3. Slice after slice of bread and ham disappeared, but Pete showed no sign of quitting, and Tompc began to feel that she had not made such a satis factory bargain as she at first sup posed. The ham was lessening fear fully under Pete's well-applied jack knife, and Tempe remarked, "Look-a-ycrc. nigger, a'nt yer gwyne quit?" "When I gits done." "Yuh done cat fo' dozen biskit an now all dat ham. Hat's too much cat:n' for on'y half a dollah." "Dat what yuh axed," indifferently. Another onslaught on the shattered remains of the ham which left a lleshlcss bone exposed to the aston ished eyes of Tempe. and Pete care fully wiped the jackknife, replacing it in his pocket. Then the real fun began. 1 teaching for the pile of tempting cakes, they began to disappear with astonishing rapidity. Six, a dozen, two dozen, and still Pete gave no sign of being done. Tempe now asserted herself. Spreading her hands over her wares she exclaimed, tierce determination on her shriveled, black countenance. "Look-a-hcre, nigger, yuh jess quit dat" "A'nt yer gwyne lemme git done?" "No, I a'nt gwyne let yer eat no mo' dem vittles." - "Yuh done "low, lady, dat I could cat twel I warn't a-hnngry no mo' fer dat half dollah." "Hit makes no differ. Yuh done eat out de half dollan on dat li.nn an' braid. Now. you quit." Hut Pete insisted on the terms of the contract, and was beginning to exterminate Tempo's stock anew, when old .Judge Tice appeared around th corner. Tempe waddled out from behind her table, hailiug the magis trate in excited accents: ".ledge Tice, sah, oh. .ledge Tice! Speak yerc ter dis yere nigger! He 'bout ter eat all I'se got.' The judge sauntered to the curb, surveying the scene with amused eyes and Pete explained the situation. "Dis leddy 'low I cud eat twel I warn't hungry no mo' fer ha'f a dol lah. sah.au I done gee her de money, but I a'nt eat "null" yiL"' "Fore liaw.l.jcdgchc done eat inch ham an' all de biskits, an mos' all dem cakes. Dat much truck cos' meh tree dollahs. sah, an he out done gib meh but one Icelle ol" ha'f."' "Dat what yuh "low a ha'f." "Gawd, man, I 'low you was folks." "Huh!" "Yas. sah, an" now yuh is got ter pay meh fer dem vittles er I gwyne carry yuh right befo' dis yer magis trit." "I carry yuh ilar, ooman. I a'nt lone." "Who, me?" Tempo's voice rose .shrilly in indignant protest, and a few idlers attracted by the raised voices gathered about, and the old woman, encouraged by the attention she at tracted, began to explain her griev ance to the crowd. She stood on the curb, her back to the table, one arm akimbo her huge hip, the other point in? at the object of her wrath, sitting coolly on the bow Little Elihu Wnlsingliain Eamkin. slipping through the crowd, toolc in the situation at a glance, and dodging behind the portly form of Tempi, filled every available pocket in his looped and windowed raggodness with the remainder of the cakes, stealing away unobserved to enjoy the feast. Tempe, turning about at the end of her harangue, the empty plates met her eyes. " "Fore ('awd!' she exclaimed sol emnly, "ef he a'nt dene conjured de balance er dem cakes offen de plates! I'se gwine quit, kase I done knowed hit warn't no ev'y day man what could git outside all dem vittles. Ef he an't de debbil he kin to him, an black mill to be hesef ennyhow."' Of cours1 the venture, having struck such a cyclone of an appetite as Pet-.' had. was a failure, but Tempe always talks about the money she would have made if she hadn't "met de debbil in store does." SWITZERLAND'S SYSTEM. VesttMl Not in Our Man, lint in a ( aliint t of v(ii K-)rr4i-ntHtlv l"iti7iMii. Under tho Swiss system the execu tive power- is vested, not in a presi dent, but in a council or cabinet of seven, which holds ollice for three years. The council apportions the department of state among its own members, and the member.- of the council have the right to spak and make proposals in either house of the federal legislature, but not to vote." When the measures proposed by the Swiss ministers are defeated in the legislature, they simply re turn to their desks and go on with the business oT their departments, a form of procedure which has stood the test of experience. We have therefore a most satisfactory prece dent u, on the one vital point at which we must ilepart from tlie Fnirli-h model. The Mvi-s consti tution, like our own is federal: and its federal legislature consists of two chambers The "Swiss executive council or cabinet hold for three years instead of four; the Swiss ministers possess the right to sit in either house, to initiate legislation and to debate, without the right to vote: and when tho vote upon meas ures proposed by them is adverse, they remain in o'lice until the end of their terms. Hannis Taylor in North American Review. Itiglit in 11U Line. A man from the country this morn ing heard someone talking about the woman's exchange. "Woman's ex change?" he inquired. "What's that for?" "For tho exchange of women," said a wag. Golly." said the countryman look ing as though he was henpecked. I'll go around anu seo " Kingston Freeman. No Trouble About i ield. I think," said the professor to tho father of tho late graduate, that your son will, now need a wider field." -""' "All right,"' said the old man. Come along, John, I've got ten acres!" MEN WITH WINQS. Tb rlunn Bce Orlslnall Came From Mra. PofoPaor E. Stotio Wiggins talked to on Ottawa, Ontario writer, re gardlng the bright projection seen by M. Javello at the Nine obaerra tory on the planet Mars, and the opinion expressed in certain quar ters that it was a signal by tho Marsians to the people of tho earth. "We have had grsat Inventions and discoveries in tho nineteenth oentury." remarked tho professor, but they are as nothing compared with What will be discovered in the twentieth century. There is tho best scientific evidenco to provo that man is a native of Mars, whoro he lived millions of years boforo ho was transplanted to tho earth, leav ing tho greater part of the human family on their native planet, who regard us as their lost brotbren. Tho force that carried us to tho earth may be easily seen by tho astronomer. The Marsians have been searching for us for thousands of years, but have been more per sistent since they saw the electric lights in our cities, and wo will bo ahlo to converse with them by signals before another century passes away. It is much easier for the Marsians to see our signals than for us to see theirs, for tho earth, revolving insido the orbit of that planet, appears to them to wax and vano liko tho moon, so that they could easily soo lights on our dark hemisphere in the same way that wo could seo bright spots on tho dark surface of Venus or tho moon Mars always has his light sido toward us. Tho b2lief of tho ancients is true that we onco changed our bodies without death; and when in our na tive sphere we navigated the Mar sian atmosphero with wings, but when transferred to our heavy planet, where the solar attraction is so great, we became subject to death and disease in tho carbonic atmos phere. Man was so many millions of years developing on that planet our intellectual powers are a thou sand times greater than wo ourselves suspect The mental conception of the earth's fir6t inhabitants that Par adise was on tho Isles of tho West indicates that it was the small Mar sian continents formed all over the planet, and that to avoid tempests and diseaso man will come upon tho earth and build islands in our seas on the same plan." Professor Wiggins also says ho has discovered the cause of tho Noachian deluge, which scientists have been endeavoring to discover for the last century. Speaking with reference to the great number of people who have been killed by lightning this year the professor said that no one could bo struck by the electric fluid if be fore tho storm the- put on their rubbers. Even children should be taught to do this, and not to touch any object until tho storm was over. NORTHERN INDIA. How tho llrltlsh Hold Upon tho I-and Hat Upon Strengthened. On tho last of January, 1892, by a great feat of engineering, England onco raoro strengthened her hold upon Northern India, says Harper's Weekly. Tho Kho,nk tunnel was then completed and opened for pub lic traffic. It has been said that England has her right hand upon tho Hindoo-Kuan and her left hand upon tho Khojak, for by means of tnc tunnel through tho mountains bIio finds herself within sixty level miles of C'andahar. The political significance of tho undertaking is apparent at the first glance; any thing that facilitates the movements of tho troops stationed in Northern India and the quick mobilization of forces upon tho frontier strengthens the grasp of England's two strong hands. The station of Now Chaman is at tho foot of a very steep grade. whoro tho track winds in and out through tho dead, bare hills before it plunges into tho sido of tho moun tain. Within tho railway yards at New Chaman are sixty miles of rail way lines piled up in neat ten-mile packets, with the necessary sleepers and other accessories, ready at a moment's notice to carry the lino into C'andahar itself, which could be filled in a few days with tho red coats and white helmets of the em press of India New Chaman is a brand new army post- A few trees have been planted along the new laid streets, tho barracks and build ings aro freshly painted and the vegetaoles are just beginning to show in the public garden. From tho little station of Shela Bagh. at the eastern entrance of tho tunnel, so steep is the gradient down to tho plain that one of tho in spector's little cars, which holds three or four people can coast the entire distance and swing around tho curves at the rato of thirt' miles an ho.ir. It is an exciting coast, now rushing from the cool air of the tun nel, out of the darkness into the dazzling sunshine and down the long grades, creeping in somo places. Hying in others, with the air that roars in one's ears gotting warmer all the time as the valloy is gradually neared. Then about tho lust curve with a rush, and a long slide into the plain, up to the station of New Cha man. If there is to bo a struggle be tween Kussia and EnglanJ at any time iu tho future, Afganistan will be the seat of war. Herat, Cabul, Gbanzi and Candahar will bo object ive points in Russia's possible cam paign. But at prosent England pos sesses tho key to northern India, and tho tunnel through tho Khojak range gives her tho control of the fertile valloy of the Argandab. Can dahar as a base of supplies, and all India behind her. Amor tin:; i l independence. It was only about a quarter past VJ. and she really ought to have opened the door when he rang. "Seo here, ain't you going to lem me in?" he shouted. No, I ain't." she answered. "If yoa have not got sense onough to come home when you ought to you can sleep in the barn." "All right "I'm going right back down town and get fuller than a biled owL The time has corne for me to assert my American manhood by turning this lockout into a strike, and, by gee, I'm going to do it." And away he went before she could recover. PEACEABLE PUEBLOS. OUR OLDEST INHABITANTS AND THEIR TOWNS. Tho Occupants of the Adobe Cities tThtch Date Hack I'ar llcyond the 1'nrliest Glimpsrs of History on Our Continent The Town of Taos. The headquarters of the Pueblo tribe of Indians is about three miles northeast from 1'aos, and about for ty miles from the line of the Denver and Kio Grande railroad. Ihe Pu eblos aro a peaceable tribe, writes U correspondent of the Philadelphia Times, devoting their time to tho care of their reservation and dwell ing together liko one large family, owning everything iu common; and having saved tho moneys derived from tho sale of tl'oir annual crops, aro all comfortably well olT. The earliest explorers of Northern New Mexico, away back in tho first decades of the sixteenth century, told of the existence of the adobe buildings, which stand to day in a state of excellent preservation. Sheltered on the north and east by the Sangre de ("risto range of tho Kockies and command iug a charming view of the oxtremely fertilo but little tilled Taos valley, tho picture is indeed a beautiful one when seen from the summit of either pueblo, as these buildings aro culled. To tho right runs a prehistoric irriga tion ditch with its innumerable arms or canals; to the left on tho mesa aro the ruins of a prehistoric city of somo nine or ten thousand inhabitants, judging from the miles of streets which are still plainly in dicated, while over 100 miles away to tho southwest towers the table like peak of the Ahcquiu mountain, wonderfully clear and distinct. Tliero are no entrances to the main building of cither puohln on the ground level, this being a war measure of defense. The center of each building is hollow and forms a vast storehouse for grain, guarded and protected from foes by tho outer shell of habitation. The only means of access is by a series of rude ladders which tho uninitiated regard with some timidity and tackle with lu dicrous awkwardness, but which tho Puebio Indian of both sexes and all ages mounts with ease and grace. The interior of their homes are ex tremely cluiin and the walls are made white as snow by tho application of terra bianca. or white earth, a mountain of which is near at hand. Furniture there is none Their beds are made of blankets on the clean swept floor wliilo iu somo rooms seats are made of adobe against the walls iu long benches. Doorways arc of various heights connecting Jill the apartments, forming a means of communication throughout the entire biiiiding. The men are. for the most part, undersied, the result, doubtless, of long years of inter-marriage, and yet, in some cases, the features arc rcmarkal ly strong and line. The women are extremely short, with a marked tendency in nca'dy every case to embonpoint. The form of government is unique and singularly free from political corruption. "Ihe rivalry between the two pueblos in matters of physi cal strength and llcetncss of foot is very sharp, and on tho 'JJth of Sep tember each year, that being tho feast of their patronal saint, Gcroni mo. a relay race is run by the bucks of each building over a regularly de lined course, and the winning pueblo has the privilege of electing the gov ernor for the ensuing ear. The preparations for this event aro most elaborate, and as the day approaches tho excitemet and interest or miles around becomes intense. Thousands of Mexicans flock to the sceno. but thus far but few white people have seen it. The buildings arc decked with evergreens, and the braves, clad only in a breech clout, their bodies and faces smeared with paints of all hues, strain every muscle for the honor of reaching tho goal first. ' Merry-making of extraordinary fash ion follows the decision and many days pass before the quiet humdrum of everyday li e is resumed. I The executive chambers or cstufas are underground, and consist simply ' of largo circular chambers whose , whitened walls bear rudely drawn ' pictures ot their deities, for the j Pueblo is still part sun-worshiper I and part Christian. The duties of1 the governor at present consist largely in perfecting tho sanitary arrangements of the tribe. For ' many years small-pox has broken J out at inter-, als and raged with fear ful mortality, but now, under the advice of a nearby American phy sician, vaccination has been adopted as a preventive, and for tho past two years the scourge has been hold in subjection. At least .") per cent of the tribe, however, are pock marked. Their traditions and mythologies are well preserved, and in some cases romantic and poetical. In fact the Pueblo Indian is, taken as a whole, the most peaceable and prosperous, the most accessible and communi cative, and by far the most thrifty of our government's wards. Tli ? intrhir World. llcv. Osmond Fisher, in a very re liable work entitled "Physics of the Earth's Crust," savs that "the rate of increase in temncraturc as the distance beneath the surface is aug mented is, on the whole, an equable one and may be taken to average about one degree for each fifty-one feet' Figuring on this last state ment as tho most reliable we find tha't at a depth of thirty miles below the surface all known metals and rocks arc in a state of white-hot fusion. A I-irRe t hrqur. "What were jour motives in vot ing for that ordinance.' asked the indignant constituent of the aldcr mai. My motives." said the alderman, with tho dignified air of ono repudi ating an insulting innuendo, "were tho highest I ever acted upon. " Chicago Kecord. ! 5 rook ly n. Brooklyn has eight miles of water front, where over &),, 00 J, 000 of goods are stored evety year. It is the fourth American city in manu factures, producing over "flS'J.OJ'', UUJ a year. THE dLP BBAR. Had Burled Her Cdurf rfrit Was Wait ing for Revengfe. While on a hunting expedition In the Rocky mountains soveral years ago. said Colonel K. M. Calcotte, a retired army officer. "I had an en counter with a grizzly bear, tho circumstances of which I have al ready considered remarkable. I was making my way along a rocky path oh the side of the mountain when, on turning a slight bend, I camo directly upon a huge shc-gi'izzly standing in tho trail, apparently awaiting my coming. As soon as she saw mo sho made for mo with an ominous growl. I was so taken by surpriso at first that I seemed to have lost my senses, but when I saw the boar which was then not more than ten feet dis tant, raiso herself on her hind feet, preparatory to seizing me in a fatal embrace, I recovered my presence of mind, and, lifting my rifle, sent a bullet crashing into her bod'. Luck ily, the shot was well directed and knocked tho hear down, and before she could rise again I had gained control of my nerves and sent three or four moro shots into hr in rapid succession, which effectually put ail end to her existence. On examining tho ground round nbout I found iu tho middle of tho trail, right whoro tho bear was standing when 1 first saw her, a patch of bare earth which looked as if It had been dug up and then trampled down again. Stick ing out of one end of this patch I discovered a piece of hioe, partially covered with tho dirt. "Wondering what it could be. I dug down into tho ground and dis covered tho body cf a small gri..ly cub, with its skull crushed and its body partially cater.. After spend ing somo timo in wondering how it camo there. 1 came to the conclusion that tho cub had been attacked and killed by sonic wild boast during the absence of the old bcni. and that upon her return she had come upon the murderer of her offspring while in the act of devouring tho body. The old bear had driven tho mur derer away and, after burying her cub, had lain in wait above the grave to wreak her vengeance on tho first man or beast that passed by." llapiil Transit h Austral! i. I hear that a icspcctabla norih country merchant has invented a means for getting to Australia in twelve hours a means so s mplo that I fan y it must hae oc curred to a good many people al ready. Kvery ono knows that the world spins round on its avis onco in twenty-four hours. Whence il i clear that, if you hang yourself up somewhere and wait, in twelve hours Australia will be under your feet, and you will only have to step down in order to bo comfortably there. Tho good merchant proposes to send passengers up in a well appointed balloon, where they will wait until Australia comes round. It is an admirable scheme. Pall Mull Budget. Ills I'rido Touched. "Same old story, I suppose. " said the woman of tho house. "You've been thrown out of work by tho strike'-1"' "I was about to ask you for the loan of some cold victuals, ma'am."' replied Rusty I'ufus. placing his hand within tho breast of his coat and turning loftily away, "but you have scc.i fit to insult inc. I have not degraded my hands with work, ma'am, for twenty-seven yoars, m si x months and thirteen days. I have the honor to wish you a very good morning, ma'am." NOTABLE DANCES. The polska is a Swedish dance, somewhat resembling a Scotch reel. The gigue is an Italian dance, and took its name from Giga. the Italian name for a fiddle. The gavotte was a French dam-e of slow motion, so called from the Gavots: the dancers barely lifting their feet from the ground. A hundred years ago the minuet was a favorite dance in good society. General Washington, on at least two occasions, is recorded as having danced a minuet. The lancers was the invention of Joseph Hart in lSl'.t. The title pagj of his original edition of the music says it was danced by the nobility and gentry at Tenby in that year. The polonaise is of Polish origin. In I .".1 Henry III of Anjou was elected king of Poland, and among the cere monies of his coronation was a state ly march past the throne of all the nobility. The word cotillon means petticoat. The dance seems originally to have been a sort of quadrille in which tlu skirts of the ladies were held in both hands an I thrown from side to side as the dance progressed. The schottisehe was so called from a popular idea tiiat it was a Scotch dance. It really origimtad in llohe mia. and was introduced into Eng land in IsIS, where at first it was called the German polka. The fandango is an Audnlusian dance, accompanied by the guitar and castanets. It becanu musically known through its adoption by both Gluck and Mozart, the former using it iu his ballet of Don Juan, the latter in Figaro. The polka is said to be of ISohcmian origin. It was made permanent in Js'50 by a servant girl who lived at KIbeteiniti, the music for it being written down and published by a local musician named Neruda. It soon became popular and spread all over Europe. The waltz is claimed by both the French and Germans. The former de rive it from a Provence dance called "La Volta;' the latter from an old German dance named the "Drchtanz" or turning dance. This was introduced into Franei by Louis XIV after the conquest of Alsace. The contre danse, miscalled country dance, is first mentioned in France, was taken to England, improved and reintroduced to the French in ITI.. where it became popular. As a form of composition it has been a favorite, Beethoven having written no less than twelve, while Mozart has left a large number, and the contre danse form is common in Haydn's symphonies and concert works. BUGLER FOR COSTER. MOW DOrMQ DUTV VTITH THE TROQS ATFQRT MCHENRY, Be TteC t&a Starr f th IHtnoaJ 7n dlan etre Cow ;zr Ufa lspp;at to Re Sand tr 51 i pn;ial Awtsnaianri rtsUtit? tb xrcmarfs Now doing duty as bugler in fat ter D., U. & A., at rort MoUcnry. is John Martin, who was the busier for G'enerrtl Gorgo A. Cutter when that gallant oflie;r and his devoted band were slain by Sluing .Hull's murderous ,cioux, in tho Big Horn valley eighteen years ago. Martin was sent back with a message by General Custer just bcfoio tho light began, and in that way his lifo was saved. Ho joined the command in tho black Hills in 1S7I, says lha Baltimore American, and of his sub sequent experiences says: "in tho spring of JS7tJ, uftcr wintering ut Fort Kice. a large detachment from tho Seventh regiment. U. S. I., was sent word to prepare for an expedi tion aguiust tho Sioux Indians undor Sitting Bull, in Montana. 0.:r troops 6tarted from Fort Abraham Lincoln on May 17, iS7C, and well do I re member tho day. and tho bravo up pcaranco the boys all bora as they departed from headquarters. Tho entire distance, I judge. was between 500 and 600 miles and wo wero from May 17 until the latter part of June on tho march. "Our first bait, that is for any length of time, was ut tho intersec tion of the Powder and Yellowstone rivers, where we rcmainol several days until the government supply boat put in its appearance. When we had been given our rations wo resumed our marVh. and did not stop until we had come to the junction of tho Tongue and Yellowstone", vhoiv wo again awa ted the arrival of tile supply boat. General Terry, with the companies of the Si .th and Sev enteenth infantries, boarded the boat, and our cavalry was left to re sume tho tramp al mo. General Cus ter took command of th troops at General Terry's depa-ture, and tirough his orders wo were directsd to repair at once to I'nsebud Valley, with strict instructions to eieh man to be supplied with rations for fif teen days andlO) rounds of a in muni tion. This was a signal of future trouble to all of us, but I know that every man was p-eparoa f:r the worst, and went out of camp on the meinorab'o twenty-second day o June, determined to fight to tiio last. The regimental band which hud accoiiipaniod us thus far was left at t!i) Tongue rivor to return to the fort, and the sceno was indeed an affecting 01:0 when Generals Terry and Custer held their final inter view, and when, after General Terry had issued his instructions to General Custer, tho band playeJ tho favorite t me of General Custer, "Garryowon," and returned to Fort Lincoln. Tho Seventh set out for tho valloy. and on the evening of tho 2-1 th, uftcr a long march of thirty miles we pitched camp and had just settled down to rot, when we were ordered to break camp and march till daybreak, and then we halted again. That danger was imminent could bo easily understood by the commander's order that cverj man sho lid stand by his horse, and eat a light breakfast and drink a cup ot coffee. Tho men scarcely had timo to swallow their meal when "For ward" rang out, and once more wo were on the trail of tho wild and wily Sioiix About live miles out from the morning camp. Juno '2o, the officer's call was sounded and General Custer gave orders for the day. The regi ment was to bo divided into three columns, in which order they were to proceed. Tho Indians were now about ten miles ahead, and wo wero to uiuleavor to overtake them, ihe division of the regiment was ar ranged in this order. Five companies under General Custer to take the ri'ht flank: three ojmpanios under Major Marcus A. Bono to take the left flank; three companios under Colonel Benteen to assume tho cen ter, with orders to sweep everything before them, and the Tweftli corn pan . under Captain McDougal. was to bring up the rear in the center. I was in General Custer's detachment, and acted as bugler of the guard. "The first attack by tho soidiers was by Major Bono's forces, who reached the upper end of Sitting Bull s village about 1 ) a in Juno 2.", and were driven hack. losing two officers, several scouts, and about thirty men. General Custer was en tirely in ignorance of the mishap to Major Bono, and the lower end of the village I eing not far distant from General Custer's stand, he sent out a dispatch fur help to both Colonel Beutoeu an i Ma or Beno. anticipating a warm struggle be twee.i iiis jmii an 1 Mtting Bull's warrior-. I wa- chosen to deliver the me-stge. a'ld hail to ride about h U or ( ) ) yard- back to Colonel Bcntecn's trojp-. and from there I proceeded to Major Beno. The message! to the officers were identi cal, and were signe 1 by General C lister's aJjutaut. Cook. They read as follows Come on Big village. I'e quick. Bring packs. Cook." '. S. -Bring pack-." "It was tii is as-ig'iment that saved my life. ' continued Bugler Martin, tor. as all know, no one who took .att in the fight survived it As to the ride to Major i'eno I remember that I met him n the retreat, and I remained with Lis forces, not daring to iia.ard a tri.) ac-oss the country aloe. In the rreanwhile General Custer was making hi.- way to the upper end of tiio Imiian viilage Benteen"- men were also going in that dirtio:i. wh'-n 'hev came upon the retreating Uno- of Major Bono's troop., and tJie two bo-lies of soldiers remained together. Gen eral Custer ha I jone to tho village and the Indians v.'-io ha-j defeated Major Bono'- detachment, hastened to th upnet end of the village, and the combined lorces of the upper and lower p.trts of the village wero much stronger than those ol General Custer, and they hcmine I in the United States soldie s on all sides, anu had them completely at their mercy. Of trie battle I know noth ing, being away from the company with Adjutant Cook messages, and remalainir wita tho companies at Major Kcao audi Colonel Penteea unlU General Ttory cam to our camp, wben we xnovoil toward tho village, ami ntter tsororal days1 search found tho bodies ot most Of tho slaughtered soldiora. I rocall tho 6oeno very eloarly. when several others ant! myself found tho romalns of General Ouster, whoso clothing had nearly all heon torn from hia body. Hd had two ugly bullet wounds, one Ijirough his chest and tho other Iu tb$ left leroplo. We dbcovorod him lying betwoea two dead gray horses, the head of the gonoral resting on tho stomach 0 ono ot tho animals." HIS INSECTS. 1Uo rcallar DUappsaraaco of a Col Icctofj Fe:. A young nian with a passion for collecting insocts- and bugs rather carolossly placed a fine assortmont of his captives in a package of un used cnvolopos which ho placed in his deal- His sister had a remarka blo yearning for writing letters, and one day when she had finishod an opistlotoa friond ho found that she had no envelopes. Sho went to her brother's desk and helped her3olf to ono of his. Tho next day sho did tho same thing and tho following day also, until all were used up Then sho went out emd bought a new iot just liko thoso sho used and put them in tho desk. "There, he'll never know tho dif ference." said she- A few days lator her brother camo tearing in tho room. Have you seen anything of my insects,' ho said o, indeed." repliod sho. inno contly. "1 havon't seen thorn." Ho walkod out of tho room to search hbj desk again. Why on earth." said ho to him self as ho examined tho onvclopes. should any human being carefully take all those insocts out of envel opes3 That's more than I can see." John! John!" camo his sistor's voice, "come hero a minute." Ho went and found his sister read ing a letter with a look of aismay on her face. "Whero did you kcop thoso wretched insects:"' gasped she. -Why, I carefully put them away in soiviratn mivelODCS ill mV desk." Yes. and I've been sending them . in mv letter-; to Mr. Blank Hero thev are. Ho returned them, saying ho didn't sec the poms of somo big bii!.' or becle being carefully enclosed in my epistles." Now the brother is wondering why she blamed him for it- F.ttn f tlin Font. The boot and shoo exhibit at a ro ccnt international industrial exhibi tion leads ono to view with alarm the prospective fato of tho human pedals. Tho wide variety of ingen ious shapes shown in hoots disclbsos tho fact that the human foot in mod ern times has ceasod to have a shape of its own. Tho ono principal which stands out most prominently in all tho schools of shoemaking art is this: That thcro is but ono recog nized too on tho human foot Tho other excrescences aro not to bo countenanced o- toleratod. Tho definition approved by all tho best modistes is that tho human foot is 11 variable aggregation, consist'ng of four parts tho heel, the instep, the ball and the great too. A genei.ttion or two more of culture and heredity under tho Draconian law imposed by the foot artists will, doubtless seo the human foot simplified and im proved by the gradual elimination of four superfluous, useless and inartis tic frontal projections. . An I'nrn'.iubte Slau. "Look out for him." said Hostotter lleOinnis. referring to a prominent Texas gentleman, "ho is a hypo crite, ami will play you a bad trick some day, just like ho did me." "What did he do to you?" "What did ho do? I borrowed ten dollars of him, and tho double dyed scoundrel tried to mulco mo pay it back. Look out for him, I tell you: you can't rely on him." Texas Sittings. A ItesjlnnlnK. "Bromley, I hear you arc going to start housekeeping?" Yes, Darlinggor." What have you got toward it?" A wife." London Tit-Bit9. TRIVIAL TOPICS. He Is Taddles going to marry the young lady he is with to-night? She "o; he's still devoted to his first love. He Who's tnat? She Himself. .Jollicus Hallo, old hoy! Why, you're looking splendid. lieen away on a vacation, I suppose? Henpjck I liava stayed at homo, but my wife is away on hers. Clerk I would like to hava my salary raised. Boggs gets S'i more than me, and he don't do any mora work. It's unjust. Employer Yes: it is unjust. I'll reduce Tlogga salary S. Sarcastic Barnstormer, after the bombardment from tho gallery I have egg1 enough now, thank you. Will no one send up an accompanying ham! Gall-ry, with mphasls It's on the stage now! Gentleman If you don't clear out this minute, I'll call a street porter and get him to pitch yoa out neck and crop. Hawker Give me half of what you'll have to pay the porter and I'll go myself. Jasper Girls always want to marry for love but when they grow older they look after the money. Jumpuppe You e.tpra6s yourself very ungal lautly. Women never grow older. They simply grow wiser. Fond Mother Do you think my daughter will become a fine pianist? Prof, von Thump I am afrait nod, madame, but aftr another year's bractice her fingers vill be limbered up so dot she can make a brilliant success mit a typewriter." ' Our hero sat in the corner of the railway compartment devouring his newspapers," read Miss Myrtle Dolan from the latest acquisition to her paper-cover library. "He wor de vourin' what?" asked her father, with sudden interest. '"His newspaper, the book says,'' replied Myrtle. "Go an wid yez. Oi fought 'twor a mou ve wor readin' about an' i?ow, be the powers, he turns out to be a goat!"' THE OLD RELIABLE Columbus - State Bank J (Oltat Buk la tte Iteta) Pays Interest on Time Detects ' A!CD lata Loais on Real Estate, BIQHT DBAtn CI Ottaaa, CUugt, Hw Tark aad all M TrJc OammtrlM. Mill : STUMSWa : TI0IET3. BUYS GOOD NOTES Aftd Hbj IU Cutoatn vfcta tan NmJ Hal OFFICERS AND niKECTOKS: LiEANDEIi GERRARI), Pres't, B. H. Henry, Vice 1'rest, M. JlRt'fltiEK, Cashier. Jons Stauffer. 0. W. 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