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fully stated that
theie 1:3 little love
lost Itetwccn the
neKT4 and the In
dian.. TliO negro looks
npou the Indian n
a savage Incapable
if civilization. The
Indian regards the
negro us a savage
Hpinj; J he ways o the wlilte man, and
despises Iiiirr fir having allowed hlm-i-elf
t be- enslaved. JCaclt may. more or
less MXTotly. look up to the white man.
but eaclj ovnly lfUs dawn upon the
other ns something far beneath him.
. Fortunately for the peace of races,
our Indian -and our negro have come
itilo caitact -but little; and the Indian
the negro has touched lias been almost
exclusively the inoie iwaceably inclined
Southern variety: and oven this was
chiefly, "too, while the negro was in a
stattf of. bondage, unendowed with free
dom and Crarms. The Indian, has al
ways had both. Tile fact that, for these
physical reasons, there lias never been
any trouble between the two races is
sutlicieiit excuse, for the general public
Ignorance if Uicir very candid opinfon3
of each other. Certainly the citizens of
Hartley's. Territory yf Dakota, being
most of them now come front the North
ern K-'ist. where there were neither In
dians rior negroes, could not have been
.' ixpcfcte(t to know of tlio Ingenuous ten
tinionts which each entertained toward
the other..
It was as lrmg ago as Hip summer of
-. -1SS0. Harney's had been settled tjie fall
"lefore. iu the cvjnph-Jjon of the rafl
roa1. It was setlled in a manner Simi
lar to- that adopted by a boy who goes
out in the- middle of the carpet and
builds a card-board town, "and peoples
it With paier citizens. All of the wheat
growing parts of liio lerritory were
'" -colonized in Ibis way. artificially as It
-.were. That is. instead of pioneers nnd
-'frontiersmen penetrating slowly in
wagons-aad with imilc-lrains and build
. Ing" tbefrlioines in the wilderness, mak
J.ing the- divi.-ion letw"s.-n established
-J civilization and nnnlloyert barbarism a
."-broad and undefined belt, the railroad
came first across thp level plain (costing-
- nothing .to -buihO. and then it
brought the settlers nnd dumped them
'.-"down bore and there, occasionally a
:..trainful nt a ptor-e. which was a town,
with other trninfuls peppered about on
.the pRiirte JudicKntMy between the
"- ;ltowns. Winch Were the farmers. These
'. settlers, ivceived by the car-load, and
.-.warranted to c prime eastern lots. lm
.TSiKipJtRlely established the same grade
-" of .civlllitiou they had enjoyed in the
-:j- -East; and the result whs that the line
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another member had an Inspiration.
Why not. he said, get some of the troops
from Fort De Smet, also near at hand,
to take the other side "We'll do it!"
exclaimed Chairman Hutchens. recog
nizing that the evolution of the idea
could go no further. "It'll make Rome
howl, and lay over any other celebra
tion in the territory!" Chairman
Hutchens was an enterprising young
man of the Harvard class of seven ty
soiuething, 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 tbey were the darkest-colored Afri
cans ever got together. They were big.
strong active fellows, and presumably
good soldiers, but their complexions
were undeniably dark.
Chairman Hutchens was cxtremely
friendly with Colonel Poinsette. com
mandant at Fort De Smet, and no
sooner had he recovered from the first
flash of the brilliancy of the mock
battle idea than he hurried away to
consult this oflicer. Colonel Poinsette
hesitated about allowing his men to
tnke part, but when the fact that they
would no doubt look upon It In the lighV
of a lark of the first magnitude, and
that they richly 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
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"TAKE OFF THAT BOOT."
sound them on the subject. Fortu
nately one Yancy. a sort of a leader of
the men when they were off on fur
loughin civil life he would certalnly
Iiave been a politician, and perhaps got
Into the legislature was found In town.
and the chairman approached him. To
his surprise. Private Yancy did not fall1
in with the Idea readily. He gazed
away at the Sleepy Hills, and said:
"No, sah. 1 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.
"Bui," went on the chairman, in an
insinuating tone, "it will be a regular
picnic for you fellows. The Colonel. 1
thinfc, 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
dating 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 thought
ful expression came into .his ..consplcu-
nila t)iitk Aroc anil Via fAAAA asT3 T
s'posel sah. .that a shatn battle might tar
bettjf n no battleWtt all. I will tfHk
wi,th the men abojit it, sah." J
The upshot bf the matter was that
the private soJE came' to the cJrairxnan
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"I reckojaV sah, thai we wgrfld like jine
sham Battle, sahif the. Jtunnelrfon't
objectyan the folks henjfwantXus to.V
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.edge -of- pne.-roysterlous- light -Mr the-other's ex-
.pan'se of eye as -helmed itaVay alon
lue iu mps oi yie eieepjr miiiis. JtSBt
" uivmui iiuliuiik vj. n, ana numewou.
to 'consult oldSrad' olf. chief, dr tlie
Indians.. Map Wolf 'had a leadlifg part
In the 'Minnesota massacre infS62. and
ws reputed eUlldhavejIrescaJps tie
took-" then. fajdd$a away,4ome of them
covered ywTth long fine hair woman's
hatr ojrshorter.-'but rfUH soft and silky
rchildfen's hair-r-baSies' hair. BuUlfe
had Jong "since laM by "the scaplng-
KniiK ana arew- vunoui complaint the
neat but.not gapMy rations dealt out bv.
a.paternalfovernment: He was sitting
xm the "-ground, smoking apaleitaoe
! cigarette., wheri approached by the
chairman, who -duly set forth thesham
Dattle idea: He wascarefultp elucl-
tlate the sham- pojnt of the proposed, af
fair, ao'as hot to raise any hopes, not
justified by the facts In the bosom of
the ancient warrior. But the Indinn
seemed to understand only too clearly.
He snorted a cloud of cigarette smoke
from his nostrils, grunted in a strong
negative tone, and said,
"Xo want to play with Niggers."
Then the chairman launched forth bis
most persuasive eloquence, using all the
arguments which had availed with
Private Yancy. and such others as he
conceived would appeal to a more rav
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 tha the idea of guns
might move the chief more easily, now
told him that they might use their re
peating rifles, the citizens to furnish
them the same number of blank car
tridges that they did the negroes. The
chairman paused. The chief grunted
less negatively, and looked at the hori
zon. The chairman clutched at his ap
parent advantage.
"Big time!" he exclaimed, throwing
his arms about as If attempting to pic
ture writing on the air. "One hundred
blank cartridges! Heap noise! Shoot all
day! Make believe you kill soldiers!
Make soldiers heap run! Whoop!"
The Tudian remained unmoved, but
he gazed off at the hazy, far-away hor
izon, and seemed lost in thought. The
blue smoke of his cigarette curled away
and it went out between his fingers.
Then he grunted affirmatively 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 itarting his lips:
"All right. We sham fight Niggers.
end up cartridges."
Thp elated chairman rushed back to
Harney's and rcrorted his success. At
a public meeting that evening to con
sider further the celebration project a
special vote of thanks was given him
for his good work.
Long before the sun peeped over the
Sleepy Hills on the morning of the
Fourth, Harney's was astir: It was to
be the greatest day of the young town's
existence. Crowds of people were ex
pected from the surrounding country
and the neighboring towns. It had been
decided to hold the races and other
minor amusements for the populace in
the forenoon, with the great sham battle
at 2 p.. m. The morning program passed
off acceptably. The most important
"event" was the three-minute trotting
Rl(p. frt fVi. -.11 l.Af. t.AA fn fln
Mvhich was won by the county treas
urer's bay mare. Mrs. Lang try. in 3.07.
although the judges pronounced the
track fully two seconds low. But the
people merely endured these thlng3. and
held back their enthusiasm for the m-jck
fight.
It had been arranged that the troops
should mass themselves In the square
in front of the Massachusetts hotel,
there to await the attack of the Indians.
They were to dash up from across the
prairie, and shout madly and fire their
guns as they circled around the town.
At the second turn the soldiers were to
dash out, and in a quick, sharp, engage-
"STOP THOSE INDIANS!"
ment put the Indians to .flight, who.
would retreat to the near-by Sleepy
'Hills, followed "by the others, where
all would dismount, and a general am
buscade and bushwhacking fight would
follow as. Jong as the blantc cartridges
lasted, the citizens in the-meantime to
have gathered in the grand .stand of
the race track to witness -the -mimic
slaughter. . ;
At 2 o'clock everything was ready."
.The.troops, three hundred strong, were
In the square, looking firm (and dark)
and determined. The non-commissioned
o'fllcers" were bursting with . 'martial
pride.' Each. man carried his carbine,
-and the belts, stuffed with blank cart
ridges' looked formidable enough. Sud
denly .the first far.-off whoop of the
coming savages smote the ear of the
spectator and soldier,' At this precise
seexj-nd 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 r he thundered, .pointing
:a rattan cane at the first tnan id the
illne. . . "
It Happened to be Private Taney;
With a movement like some sort, of art
ingenious" factory machine" the private
obeyed; and stood Razing -into' space
with a rigidity which gave the syni
pathctic beholder a crick in his back'.
"Take on! 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 oil his other
foot and drawing the boot oh slowly
and with much care, keeping his leg up
right. "Turti It over!" roared the colonel.
The poor private did sd. Oiit 6ri the"
dusty ground., with a dull rattle; roiled
fifty regulation ball cartridges, long,
heavy, villainous cylinders, with seven
ty grains o'f .deadly powder packed back
bt nobody knows how much murderous,
iead: A. glance Showed the startled spec
tator that the leg. of every cavalry bofrt
In the line was of abnormal bigness.
"S'top those Indians!" shouted Colonel
Poinsette, turning to Chairman Hutch-
ens. The chairman rusnea away, roi
lowed by half ihe crowd.
lie reached the edge of the town just
as the Indians were' beginning to circle
about it. whooping arid shooting pro
miscuously into the" air. "Haiti" he
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"GET OFF." SAID HUTCHENS.
yelled to Chief Mad Wolf, In a tone
which made even that hardened savage
think that It was best to obey. Around a
loose blouse he wore the belt of blank
cartridges, with the wooden scalping
knife stuck in it.
"Get off!" said Hutchens. The chief
slid to the ground, too astonished too
remonstrate. The chairman strode for
ward and pulled open the blouse. Un
der it was another belt, bursting with
hall cartridges, big. thick. bott!c-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 nave tiicm in case anything
should happen." Itut nobody doubted
that if they had got out in the hills
something would have happened. Hay
den Carruthers'in Harper's Weekly.
The Sentiment of 1'atrlolUm.
P the season comes
around the spirit of
'76 lakes possession
of the youngsters,
and fire crackers
and tn-vvdnes are
the delight of the
childish heart. It is
a wise parent nnd
teacher who im
proves the opp-r-tunity
to impress
upon the minds of
children the importance of cultivating
a spirit of patriotism and love of coun
try. Many youngsters burn powder for
years without having the remotest Idea
of the true meaning of the annual cele
bration. The day is to ihem one of un
alloyed delight, because it means a holi
day, a good time. plnty of noise, in
which the average child seems to revel,
and an abundance of good things to eat
and drink. But the sentiment of patriot
ism means a great "deal more t!ian t"-Is,
and there should be no onportun'ty ls
to impress this upon the mind of c' lid
hood. It is just as eas-.y to r.'rn i.-.te
Fourth of July and lire vrw' ers with
pur and unadulterated pTtr"':i-m as
with picnics and lemonr-.-'e. The Co Ju
ration of independence H by no r.i.aus
beyond the comprehension of t!-e aver
age child, and this, with patriotic musl
in great variety. i-houM I e -;rl vf the
program for children as well as adults.
Much has been done during t'-o last
few years to impress s-'koo! c" i'dren
with respect for the ff;-g and our .Amer
ican institutions generally, and the line-upon-Iine-nnd
- precept - upon - precept
theory, while execrdinsly useful. Is
much more strongly emphn;-izd by
proper observance of a day that com
memorates the events of which the flag
is the emblem. It is sometimes hard
work and a good-deal of expense, espe
cially in small and not well-to-do com
munities, to get up a Fourth of July
celebration; hut every gathering of this
sort pays the largest' kind of interest
on the investment in the cultivation of
the spirit of patriotism and the proper
education of boys and girls In the
theory and practice of Fourth of July
celebrations and similar observances
that shall mean more than a simple
good time.
The Small ltojr'u Day.
When left to himself the small boy's
notion undoubtedly is that the greatest
enjoyment is to be had by the produc
tion of the greatest amount of noise. In
carrying out this ideal he is controlled
only by the amount of money he has on
hand and by the police. The police, in
deed, enforce such restrictions as seem
necessary to prevent general conflagra
tions, though they do not always effect
even this modest purpose. But in respect
to noise they act, or do not act, as if ev
ery particular small boy had "squared"
the captain of the precelnct, and had an
irregular permit to make as much
noise as he liked. On the other 364 days
the small boy Is trained and brought in
to some sort of subjection, and it is in-
I culcated upon him that' to be noisy is
to be vulgar, and that to annoy one's
neighbors is indecent..
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'-' -ft--very fairly applicable. It is
the day when the world seems to be dis
solved -In pitchy smoke. The coming, of
the national, holiday is the .signal for
those that are upon the 'housetops1 for
protectionf.or .refuge from the early
heat, to flee .into the mountains. Har-
per's W.eekly..
JnlT the r earth. ...
I don't see why the people call
This Independence Day, "at all.
"I wouldn't do that If .were you."
Is. all I've heard the whole day through.
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obscurity, shot for
ward, as from a cat
apult by tbepush
iig crowd, we were
projected through
a harrow portal
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f9jB a'SC t( ea passage more Of
MHWfpfitnlfl Iess obstructed -oy
(jilll ilillji fallen blocks of
' onward, suddenly,
Into the vast interior glaring with 100
trie lamps; and in the abrupt culml
natfdn of light there flashed up before
its the whole' of the auditorium; a
ihouiitaln side of faces rising tier on
tier; a vibrant throng of humanity
which seemed to go on and oii, fof ever
upward, and td be lost at last lit the
star-depths of the clear, dark &ky,
writes Thomas A. Janvier. Not
withstanding the electric lamps
partly, indeed, because of their violent
ly contrasting streams of Btrong light
add fantastic shadow the general ef
fect Of the auditorium Was somber. The
dress of the audience cloaks and wraps
being in general use. because df the
strong mistral that was blowing In
the main was dark. The few light
gowns and the more numerous straw
hats stood oiit as spots of light, and
only emphasized the dullness of the
background. The lines of faces, follow
ing the lofig curving sweep of the
tiers, produced something of the ef-
feet of a gray-yellow haze floating
above the surface of a sable mass; and
in certain df the strange, sharp combi
nations of light and shade gave a weird
suggestion of such a bodiless assem-
blage: as might have come together in
the time of the Terror at midnight id
the Place du Grere. The single note of
strong color all the more effective be
cause it Was a very trumpet-blast above
the drone of bees was a brilliant splash
of red running half-way around tho
mid-height: the crimsofi draperies in
front of the three tiers set apart for the
ministerial party and the Felibfes, And
for a roof over at! was the dark star
set sky, whence looked down upon us
gallantly the belted Orion, and whence
the Great Bear gazed wonderfully upon
us with his golden eyes. We were in
close touch With the highest regions of
the universe. At the very moment
when the play was beginning there
gleamed across the upper firmament,
and thence went radiantly downward
across the southern reaches of the
heavens, a shooting star. Not until we
Were in our seats at the side of the
building, a dozen tiers above the ground
did we fairly see the stage. In Itself,
this was almost mean in its simplicity;
a bare wooden platform, a trifle over
four feet high, and about forty or sixty
feetsqtiare, on which, in the rear, was
another platform, about twenty feet
square, and reached from the lower
stage by five steps. The upper level,
the stage proper, was for the actors: the
lower, for the chorus which should
have been in the orchestra. The whole
occupied iess than a quarter of the
space primitively given to the stage
proper alone. Of ordinary theatrical
properties there was absolutely noth
ingunless in that category could be
placed the plain curtain which hung
loosely across the lower half of the
ragged gap In the masonry where once
the splendid royal portal had been.
But If the stage were mean in itself, it
was heroic in Its surroundings, being
flanked by the two castle-like wings
abutting upon huge half-ruined arch
ways, and having in its rear the scarred
and broken mighty wall, that once was
so gloriously magnificent, and that now.
perhaps, is still more exalted by its
tragic granduer of divine decay. And
yet another touch of pathos, in which
also was a tender beauty, was supplied
by the growth of trees and shrubs along
the base of the great wall. Over to
ward the "garden" exit was a minia
ture forest of figs and pomegranates,
while on the "court" side the drooping
beneath the fig tree's widespreading
very edge of the stage a gracious ac
cessory which was improved by ar
ranging a broad portiere of growing
flowers and tall green plants upon the
stage itself so as to make a very gar
den there; while, quite a master-stroke,
beneath the fig tree's widespearding
branches were hidden the exquisitely
anachronistic musicians, whose dress
and whose instruments alike were at
odds with the theater and with the
play. Two ill-advised electric lamps,
shaded 'from the audience, were set at
the outer corners of the stage; but the
main illumination was from a row of
screened footlights which not only
made the whole stage brilliant, but
cast high upward on the wall in the
rear above the gaping ruined niche
where once had stood the statue of a
god a flood of strong yellow light that
was reflected strongly from the yellow
stone, so making a glowing golden
background whence was projected Into
the upper darkness of the night a
golden haze.
Balld the Roof First.
In the winter the Japanese will not
wear half as much clothing as a for
eigner. But then the natural Japan
ese do everything by contraries, viewed
through an American's eyes. For in
stance, the roof is the first part of the
bouse they build.' This is constructed
on the ground and then the house is
built under it, the roof being .raised
as the construction goes on. '.This is
done. In 'the construction of houses with
several stories as well as those with
one.
The Soaree af Powder Faffs.
Probably not many women know
where the powder-puffs -with which ala
baster brows and blushing, cheeks are
produced come .from, says the Chicago
Record.. .There Is a place fn Chicago
where some nimble-fingered girls' are
engaged all the year round -fn making
them.: The material used is the -soft,,
luffy down from cygnets 'or young
swahs, and It comes largely 'from
the Islands of the. Baltic Sea . and
from .Scandinavia; About- twen
ty thousand of these birds . are
r
killed I every' .year, besides torgu
Bombers of elder ducks from the north
ern seas. ' The down from one' cygnet
.will make about a dozen of. the aver-aged-sized
puffs. ThB.traie is .very
profitable, because' young birds - are
often plucked alive. so' that they will
grow ft. second tuft of feathers," and.-
while one "tuft" costs only 25 cents, the
puffs are' sold for Treats, each and up
wards. AH the work -that' is done Is
to clean put the .down and dress H up
with MBS dainty ribbons and with 'a
bone or ivdry haadle. The business is
not so good 'In Chicago, as It once was,
because women are using less powder
every year. .
THE 'BICYCLE A MIRACLE.
Merer Bafara' Has So Light a Stractara
tilfnfNl Sack Welghta.
It seems absdllltely impossible that a
wheel thirty inches in dlafBtrr with a
wood rim and wire spokes, ad .lignt
that the whole structure weighs only
twenty ounces, should sustain without
permanent .distortion the weight of
four man standing oil Its side, with
supports at four points onfy under the
rim, and no hub support whatever.
It also seems Incredible that a cycle
capable of carrying a man of ICO or 175
pounds in weight ran be made so light
that the whole structure weighs less
than nine pounds. Tet this has been
done; eveti at the roadster weight of
22 or 24 pounds, the Cycle carries a
greater load with safety than has ever
been put on any other vehicle. The in
fluence of the cycle on social life, is
already great, and will probably con
stantly extend, as it provides an out
door sport and amusement for women
which did not previously exist in any
form in America. American women
are not walkers, but the cycle is per
haps even better suited to woman's
use than man's, and seems destined to
add an outdoor element to the life of
woman the world over -which was not
possible without the "winged wheel."
The miracle df tho bicycle lies in its
birth, death and resurrection; in its in
credible load-bearing power In propor
tion to weight; in its displacement of
the horse as a means of pleasure, and
In the selection of its mechanical de
tails of compressed air support, tubu
lar framing and chain driving. All of
these are details often before intro
duced in machines, but never before
permanently retained. That these cast
offs are undeniably power savers is con
vincingly proved by their continued
Use under human muscle driving
power. Finally, the one great achieve
ment of tho bicycle is to increase the
human powers of locomotion so that
the slow-footed man is made one of the
swiftest of all running creature-.
A SKELETON AND SWORD.
Foand
la Allan. III. Are Thar
Relies
af Pere Marqaetta?
Some boys were playing on the site
of the McNnlty homestead in Alton, III.,
which, has lately been graded off to con
form to a new grade of Beacon street,
They found a skeleton and a sword.
The skeleton was found first, and it
was presumed to be that of an Indian,
as it is quite common to unearth such
remains In this vicinity. However,
when the sword was found a new phase
was put on the matter. The latter is
of the rapier type, and the blade is a
half inch wide and of the very finest
steel. The handle was inlaid with n
metal which proved to be copper. The
copper was inlaid to form letters, which
are in Roman. On one side of the
eword handle are the letters "I I. N.
B. U. R. G. O.. 17," all in capitals. On
the reverse side appear these letters
and figures: "1 (or I.), S. S.," and a lit
tle to the right the following: "C. H.
V. I. Z., I. N." No explanation can be
made regarding the inscriptions or
their meaning. The most reasonable
presumption is that the sword belonged
to some member of Father Marquette's
party, when they were here several
hundred years ago; that this person
died and was buried with his sword at
the place where both skeleton and
sword were found.
A Onestlon of Woodsheds.
Bashful bachelor, nervous and fid
gety, trying to remember a speech he
had been rehearsing for an hour previ
ously. Helpful maid, anxious and ex
pectant. B. B. My dearest. I I have long
wished to tell you that I am full I
mean my heart was full my palpitat
ing heart I I mean ypur your
smiles, dearest would shed would
shed
H. M. Perhaps, clear, we could live
in a flat at first, then wc should not need
a woodshed.
The ail important date was fixed
within five minutes. Minneapolis Jour
nal. Pnaamatle. Shoe nte Nov,
The pneumatic principle has been
applied to boots. The air tubes lie
between the upper and lower soles, and
give a springy movement to the foot
calculated to reduce friction with the
ground and to alleviate fatigue.
ABOUT INDIANS AND MOUNDS.
E-ery Indian tribe has a collective
name, generally that of the animal or
object which served as the token or
idol.
Among the Indians, as among most
savage and barbarous peoples, all the
ornament Is monopolized by men.
When the Indian earthworks do not
comprise a spring within their limits
there is generally an artificial reser
voir. Disease, misfortune, -and death were
generally, according to Indian theology,
attributed-to the influence of evil splrr
its.. I
The Indians -of the gulf coast made a
sort of beer. whlle.In-Mexico, the pulque,
or fermented, sap of the maguey, was
r used.
Several Indian tribe's were named
from the locality'.ln which they resided.
as the Delawares.-Moun(ain. and -River"
Indians'. - mm ' . .
The average volume of tha -Indian
braln.Jas shown from the-measurcments.
of nearly "1,008 -skull, is seventy-seven
cubic Inches;
Indian mounds In the shape-' of. men
of bears, alligators, and serpents have
been found In Various parts of the
United States.'- ".
. .
In the course xf two or three genera
tions the survivors of the Indian -territory
tribes will- be among-- tfie richest
people In the country.
There is an Indian mound on the
banks. of- Brush creek. Adams county,
Ohio, which repfesents'a serpent in the
act of swallowing an egg.
The Gunmafcer of ITion.
r . - . : N . .
JEPr-ERSON ' -M. CLOUGH RB-
. PUSES' A 'TEMPTING OPPEK .
PROM .THE CHINESE .' '
GOVERNMENT.
laalta. Waa Taa
At-
-. taatlaa
(From the Ssrfagfleld. Mass.. Uatott.)
- .There' isn't a, gun manufacturer ia'tha?
United States, who does not know Jef
ferson Jf. Clough. He has-been Intimate
ly ftssodated all his Ufa with the de
velopment . of - the Remington aad
Winchester rttes. For years ha was su-r
perlntendenf.of the E. Rendagtoa
Boas' great, factory ai Hipn. "N.-Y.-After
leaving there he refused a tempt,
lag offer of the .Chinese- government to
go to China to superintend, thels gov
ernment factories, and accepted in
stead the supariatendency of .the Win
chester Arms Co., at New Haveav at a
salary of 17.500 a year. '
It was after this long tern of active
labor as a business man 'that he found
himself incapacitated for further service
by the embargo which rheuaasttsra had
lata upon him and resigned his position
SBore than .two years ago. and returned
to Sekhertown. Mass;, where he. bow
lives and. owns the Phelps farm.
Being a man ofmeans he did not
spare the cost and, was treated by lead
ing physicians and by oaths of cele
brated springs without recelvlag any
beaeflt worth notice. During the sum
mer.of IMS and the winter of ISM Mr.
Clough was ,conflned to his house la
"Belchertown, being unable to rise from
his bed without assistance, and suffer
ing continually with acute pains and
with no taste or desire for food, nor was
he able to 'obtain sufficient sleep.
Early' In the year 1894 Mr. Clough
heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pill for
Pale .People. He began taking these
pins about the first of March, 1894. and
continued to do bo until the first part of
Septembei following. The first effect
noticed was a better appetite and he
began to note more ability to help him
self off the bed and to be better gen
erally. Last August 0894) he was able
to go alone to his summer residence and
farm of 163 acres on Grenadier island,
among the Thousand islands, in the
River St. Lawrence, where from Ihe
highest land of his farm he commands a
view for thirteen miles down -the river,
and sixty of the Thousand islands can
be seen.
Instead of being confined to his bed
Mr. Clough Is now and has been for
some time able to be about the farm to
direct the men employed there and he Is
thankful for what Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills have done for him.
These pills are' manufactured by tha
Dr. Williams' Medicine company, Sche
nectady. N. Y., and are sold only la
boxes bearing the firm's trade mark and
wrapper, at SO cents a box or six boxes
for $2.50 and are never sold- in bulk.
They may be had of all druggists or
direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medi
cine company.
Ba4 the Flgaree RenoTed.
The mother of Julia Kavanagh was a
woman of great intellectual power and
unusual force of character, but even
when she was 60 years old she was
ashamed of her age. One day sho went
with her French maid to the cemetery
at Nice, to visit the tomb she had erect
ed to her daughter. The two were
standing beside the stone when the
maid innocently read the inscription.
Julia Kavanagh had then been dead
seven years, and her age, 54, was of
course, recorded. "Madam must be
rery old," remarked the maid. "Oldr
exclaimed Mrs. Kavanagh; "why
should I be old? What do-yon know
about my age?" "Mademoiselle was
54 when she died," continued the girl,
nf1 mihm kn Mn ffaafl CiUllA ftifn-
Therefore, madam must be very old'
Mrs. Cavanagh said nothing, but next
day she sent a mason to the cemetery,
and had the tell-tale figures removed.
A Heath Aaseeg tha Moaatalas.
Teachers, and their friends, too, for t'lat
matter, who want information about the
best, absolutely the best, way to reach Dea
rer at the time of tbe National Educational
Association meeting aext July should write
to J. Francis, Omaha, Neb., for a copy
of a little book recently issned by the Pas
senger Derartment of the Burlingtoa
Route (B.&M.R.R.)
It is entitled "To Denver via the Burlington
Route' and contains 33 pages oi interesting
information about the meeting, the city of
Denver, the state of Colorado, special
trains, tickets, rates, hotels, side trips,
train service, etc
The book is free. Bend for it.
A number of extracts from an amus
ing Japanese "Life of General Grant"
will be printed in the July Century.
The book waa written and circulated
soon after General Grant's tour around
the world, but has become very rare.
The author has tho admiration for the
soldier and statesman this Heaven
bestowed wise man" and he expresses
it with true Oriental impressiveness.
He pictures General Grant at the head
of his troops, "shooting a glittering
light from the midst of his eyeball,
lifting up his sword, raising hia great
Toioe like a peal of thunder." The
illustrations are characteristic. The
"Assassination of Lincoln" represents
the martyred president struggling in
the grasp of five men with up-raised
daggers.
N.K. A. at Heaver, Jul Sth'to 12th, 189S
The quickest time and test train service
Is offered by the Union Pacific System.
Low rates and liberal arrangements for a
charming variety of Excursions to Western
Resorts, comprising a tour through the
famous Yellowstone National Park; trips
to San Francisco, Portland and Salt Lake
City; the famous monntaln retreats of
Colorado; the Black Hills and renowned
Hot Springs, South Dakota; the Sammer
School at Colorado Springs, nnd other at
tractions. See your nearest Union Pacific
agent or address.
E. L. LOMAX,
Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent,
Omaha, Neb.
The Atlantic Monthly for Jniy eon
tains the first of Dr. John Fiske's prom
ised historical papers. The subject
treated in this issue is the Elizabethan
Sea Kings. Such picturesque histor
ical characters as Raleigh, Drake, and
others of their time become doubly at
tractive when, described by so charm
ing a writer as Mr. Fiske.
Another scries which promises de
lightful reading describes An Archi
tect's Vacation. Mr. Robert S. Pea
body, the well-known Boston architect;
is author, .and the first paper treats of
Rural England. .
Percival Lowell's papers on Mars are
continued, the subject of the third be
ing Canals.
Sammer Tears.
You can get more for your moaey in the
are return of health and enjovment at
any of the many resorts on the . Union Pa
cific System than, an v where else oh this
continent. See your nearest Union Pacific
ageat. .'Sammer Tour tickets on sale to
.Bepcaoth.
E. L. LOMAX,
Gen'l Fass. and Ticket Agent,
Omaha, Neb.
What kind of string makes good fael? A,
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rCaeap Ksearsloa Rates' VU tha Barlteg-
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oneriaga in the way of reduced rates, vo
they interest von?'
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for the round trip, good to return until.
Aagast6th.".
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for the round trip; good to return' astir
September 1st. . . "-- . ".-
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taa cost r tickets, retara limits, train
vice, etc, or write to . J. Fatsos,
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