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A Fourth With the Sioux.
HV SANDY G. V , GKISWOLD.
Full of truth , Indeed , Is the old saying
that "one-half of the world docs not know
how the other half lives. " How many people
ple nro there In this beautiful and thrifty
city who have the faintest conception of life
ns It Is lived on the northwestern borders of
the state ? How many of them are familiar
with the problematical existence within
the sterile harriers of the sandhills ?
How mnny of them are acquainted with the
wild scenes of weird superstition and bar
baric Indulgence vet enacted within their
confines almost dally ? How many ot them
know of the enchanting scenery and strange
but beautiful birds and animals to be en
countered , I might saj , at their very door-
jard , yet outside of the pale of civilization
nnd still within the boundaries of this pro
gressive and flourishing stale ? I'll 'warrant
you that not one In one thousand has the
faintest Idea of all these things , and In
credulous , If not startled , must they be to
read of them
In company with Judge S Dundy ,
United States District Attorney Sawjer ,
United Staid Marshal Kinnk White nnd
IMwnrd Katon of Papllllon , I spent the
roiirth of July nt Pine Itldgo ngcncy. Just
over the South Dakota border \\'o were the
guests of Deputy United States Marshal
1)111 ) Llddlnrd , better known among the rough
characters of the northwest border as "llat-
tlcsnako Pete" He hail Invited us up to
witness the Indian celebration of Independ
ence Day , and an adequate and glorious host
ho proved to be What Hill neglects In the
way of comforts or necessities about a camp
are not worth thinking of. It matters little
what jour requirements may be , ho fur
nishes evcrj thing on demand , from a safety-
pin to a stomach pump
Hut to begin nt the beginning ; We reached
Kushvlllo , which Is today to the northwest
border what Independence , Mo. , used to be
to the whole unexplored west , a sort of n
common center from which everything and
everybody started And more , too , It Is the
homo of Sol Pitcher of political renown , nml
"Hear Tracks" Hoblnson , one ot Uncle Sam's
most clllclcnt hired hands They met us at
the depot , of course , and piloted us up street
to the hotel , only stopping twice enroute to
buy once nt Tommy Doud's nnd the other
time nt Tommy Uoud s
llushvlllel Well , Uushvllle Is nil right In
a wny , but It Is n long way from Paris or
Copenhagen ; still they seem to like It out
there nnd they ought to , for , on near
Tracks asserts , they never die there unless
somebody makes them.
It is a very chipper little western city
with Its churches , business houses , hotels ,
booze foundcrlcs inonte games , newspapers
and other lndustil.il Institutions It Is ad-
vnntngoously located some .1,000 feet hlghei
than we nre heic , and on n level elevation
commanding n view of one of the grandest
grazing and cattle countries In the world.
IlATTLKSNAKi : JACK.
It Is also the home of "Itnttlesnake Jack , "
n mysterious nnd repulsive character who
inhabits n suite of tumble-down rooms on
the main street of the town We called on
him. He was in the back yard , toying
with n big she gray wolf which he had
trapped this spring and which ho had
chained to a stout post , dilven In the
ground On one bide of him sat his little
daughter , Maltha with a huge bull snake
eolled mound hei bh.ipely but dlrtj neck ,
and on the other , his son Albert , who was
fondling n couple of youthful skunks which
they had pulled from a den on the Stinking
Water the Sunday before The girl was 9
years old and the boy 10 , and these three
together with the wolf , the skunks , n coupli
of badgers and n trunk full of rattle and
bull snakes constituted the family circle
Little is known about "llattlesnake Jack '
He floated Into the village about a year an
il ml 1ms remained there ever since trapping
wolves skunks and wildcats and caUhlng
and chaimitig snakes While Jack luoVs
und acts moic like a wild beast than a
man , he Is as gentle and affectionate where
his children arc concerned as parent eould
be Ills clothes wciu an assemblage of
rags and Ills nutted and dirty hair fell on
his shoulders In heavy masses Ills form
Is that of an old man , but he Is yet In the
very prime of life A beard , shaggy and
rust-colored , covers almost his entire face ,
while his elaw-llkc hands arc scaly with
lichen Ills eyes gleam like a wolf's fiom
the midst of a pest house of brows ; a
couple of tusks are visible between IIH !
flabby lips and his nails are long and
curved , like the claws of n turkey buzzard
Ills gait Is a bhambllng stride and his
feet make a clicking sound , like an Intel-
fcilng horse We went Into his miserable
den to look at his snakes He hauled out
of a dark cornel an old , dilapidated trunk ,
unlocked and threw It opm In nil Instant
the Blbulant warning from a score of huge
rattlesnakes filled the room The trunk was
half full of them , a hideous mass of gray
mottles nnd slimy folds and whhrlng rattles
The spectacle was too much for the ve'ner1
nblo Judge nnd with an "excuse me" he
made his way hastily from the place.
"Now , don't tech er speak ter me , " ad
monished the grlzilcd nondcsei Ipt , "I can't
take my eyes oft'n these 'cr rattlers whei
I'm ierformln' with them"
Wo held our breath as he slowly thrusi
his bared arm and hand Into the mass oi
working monsteis rirst , up came n big
Jour-foot bull snake , which he carelessly
handed to Martha , and which with the one
she * olicady had she colic- ' about her neck
Another nml another ho handed to the
child , until blio was ] almost completely
hidden within their ehllly folds , then he
turned to Albert , carefully and softly
caressing an ugly big rattlesnake , and bald
" ' '
'Ei' , sonny , git a good holt of Daisy's
neck , 'er' , an' I'll show the gcntlcmens her
fangs "
Albert did as dliccted , grasping the ser
pent Mi ml } Jubt back of Its diamond-shaped
head , while his father , with the broad
blade of his hunting knife , which dangled
from n chain attached to his belt , he pried
open Its mouth , nnd getting thu bludu
under the hook-shaped fangs , pulled them
forth so nil could plainly bee the greenlsh-
polson exuding from their iieedlc-IIko points
upon the steel blade , to piove that Ills pets
had not been doctored Then Jack lifted
up the tall of the reptile and Invited us
to feel of the articulated homy buttons
vith which it vibrates the air and produces
that rattling sound of warning It dldii 11
take us long to get n sulllclcn < y of Itnttle
Eiiake Jack , and after dropping u coin In
bis shriveled palm we broke pell-mull for
the open ulr like a lot of victims of the
Jlin-J.una. Of course , a lot more coufd bo
written of this strange and icpulslve chai-
nctcr , but there . igs
are. more pleasing things
( in which to dwell. He told me that his
name was Alexamlci Melntyre nnd that
ho cnmo to this
country thirty
jears ago
from Scotland He settled nnd mniried
In Michigan und has spent hla whole life
trapping. Snakes ho catches for pastime
I.nit winter he caught and killed 300 wolves
north of Sheildau , Wo , nnd this spring
( our big gray ftllovvs , twenty-two coyotes
nnd a number of wildcats , In the country
roundabout Hushvlllc.
ON Till : HOAD TO Till ? AGENCY.
Jy } 9 o'clock wo were cnrouto for the
agency , with Katllesiiakc Pete handling the
ribbons In our wngon , und "Hear Tracks" In
the Judgo'n A drlvo
of twenty-five miles
lay before' us And what a glorious ve
It was , nciciEs the rolling pialrln , nd
and picturesque In Itu very monotony and
homogineouRiiouB , down tlio White Clay
Creek valley , unsurpassed In Its matchless '
loveliness and varied attractions , from the
tllvcry sinuosities of the dashing sticnm ,
mulling from out oak and rim bovver here ,
and shimmering across a sandy stretch
there , to the EUn-bathed summits of the
distant luiUcsnnd the far art shadows of
the Dlnck Hills , The- whole country Is one
measureless pasture-laud , and ran never
be anything eUi > . Plouxhaie should never
bn allowed to bleak that vlrfclu boll , for
agriculture , tave only In favored spots , U
out of the question , but glazing In a bun
danre perennial , Cattlemen Kay the coun
try never lookid better and that their pros
poets are brighter than they havr been ISlu
luU
many a year. No lean or scraggy clock 1s
to be encountered ; all nre fat ami ElIcK , ai
If corn-fed In the heart of HIP bent a
rlch st grain country lu the vvoilJ , i
The sccno. was Indeed a supclh one. Tim j
plains , with their muttr * of timber , stretchj j
Ing awny to the limit of vision like oceans
ot emerald , all singing In the sweet and
soothing melody of undulating blade and
quivering leaf
Prom the level plain , \vlth Its prairie dog
metropolis , Its ground owls end cattle , we
enter the winding vnlley of the White Clay ,
and gallop down the romatlc stream spark
ling before us like n track of diamonds
The speckled trout leaped Into the yellow
light like n Hying thing , the klngflshei
rose with n cackle and started before us , and
the red-tailed hawk spread his wide sails
from gray crag Sprinkles of red-winged
black birds were filtering through the
straggling sumachs ; the magpie scolded from
the tall elms , Hob Whlto sounded his mel
low whistle' from every clump of hazel and
the scream ot the slcklcd billed
curlew came qunverlngly from the
, uplands All was exhilarating life
and animation Once n gray eagle
swept lessening over the rolling surface of
the valley , alighting at length on n distant
peak , like n mosquito on your finger , then
we were attracted by n slinking coyote on
a bunch of whirring grouse
Presently wo cnmo to a beautiful head
land of open trees nnd luxuriant grass
scattered with low firs and cedars Near
It was a broad , wild meadow , softened and
smoothed over with such a rural home-like
look that I almost bent my held to hearkeu
to the tinkle of the sheep-bell and searched
for the barefoot boy , riding the farm horbo
In rattling harness , to water. It was n
beautiful spot , yet unpolluted by the hand
of man The wild poppcy reared Its speckled
face In the openings along the tortuous road
side , while the lobelia and the Iron weed
tinged the green with vivid blue ; the snake
root with Its pink and terra-cotta disk , and
the scarlet sumach and waving Indian
plume made a picture of fioinl beauty beyond
the power of pencil or paint to portray.
I thought then of the vast expanse of this
sea-like wilderness of exuberant plain ,
luxuriant valley and shimmering peak and
crag , almost unchanged since their creation
and of the wild ficcdom of that savage life
known here before the all-destroying white
man Arrived I asked myself whether man
has gained greater happiness with his
boasted civilization Do all the tiophlcs
won by this higher foim of life , Its treasures
j of ! science , Its enchanted realms of paint
i Ing , poetry , sculpture , music , eloquence ,
Its sufferings , cares and crimes , the dally
anxieties and tolls and battles for Its mis
called pilzes ; Its galling conventionalities ,
Its scourging necessities , Its malignant
rivalries , Its treacherous smiles real ability
falling where grinning trickery succeeds ,
poverty despised and gold adored , genius
trampled beneath the boors of pompous
dullness , frank honesty , supplanted by
wary villainy ; right tlnottled by power ; nil
thebo the rank weeds thai choke the hot
Such a scene ns
wo there ga/ed on could not help but moke
one sick of the griefs and strifes and follies
of the world Thy walling winds , oh earth ,
are hut the echoes of human sighs , thy very
throes the emblems of our agonies Why
did we not stay there In that fresh free
w llderness , that tranquil realm of content
whole honor Is not measured by success ,
where pretension does not trample on merit ,
where genius Is not a jest , goodness not a
seeming , and devotion not a sham There
the light of day Is undarkencd by wrong ,
whore solitude Is UIP parent of pure medlta
tlon and that meditation eloquent of the
Creator. There would I fain live , listening
to the soft prnlrles call to self-communing
nnd profiting by all those teachings that
guide the Insight , soften the heart , and
puilfy , while they expand the soul
But the miles gilded by. and Bill's Ognlalla
shout brought me. back from sad but pleas
Ing reverie to the fact
that I wns only a
common sporting editor , made out of dust
and other cheap mnteilnls , and had no right
to think , only to plod and work nnd drudge
for my dally bread nnd wntcrmelon , pie
ind , strawberry shortcake.
"There's old Nick's , " was Bill's nnnounce-
nent , "and right here , Sandy , " ho went on ,
Is the best trout fishing this side of the
mountains '
That settled It. It mattered not to me
Just then whether The Bee got Us Indian
story on time or not Speckled trout , the
king of the stream , and tiout fishing ! It
would have lequlrcd an ox team nnd n log-
chnln to hnvo dragged me away from Unit
spot with those
Intoxicating delights
un-
tasted.
"Old Nick , " that was Nicholas Lehman
a middle-aged Swiss fnrmc.r , with a hnnd-
some frau and a flock of hearty and good-
looking children around him , who has
wrested , by dint of haid and judicious labor
a paiadlse from out a Jungle of wild cu
cumber and grape vines , rocks nnd sterile
waste He hns a coy , well furnished. , cheer
ful , double log cabin , with the singing White
Clay babbling on before his very door , and
overlooking one of the garden spots of the
world Fields of waving corn and smaller
cereals and acres of melons , vegetables
fiutts and berries with warm nnd substnn-
tlal ' stables endless pasture lands , anil
herds 1 of sleek kino , fat sheep and sturdy
horses 1 That Is what Nick Lehman Is king
of out In the wilds of the northwestern
boi dei land And that Isn't all he has got
Ho has a good fat bank account , a splendid
noodle on his shoulders , and a cellar full
of old wines and n barrel of bock beer , al
least ho had the latter when wo arrived
there , but , alas , alackaday , If It had not
been for that luscious sinearkase , with
chopped shlves sprinkled over It , he might
have had It yet. But wo partook , and of
course the beer had to go , too Nick Is n
lulu-hlrd and no mistake , a staunch rcpuh
llcan and a gold man , a capital fellow nil
round , as genial as ho Is clover , and we will
never foi get the day we spent nt his hosplta
blf > abode' . %
Did wo catch any trout ? A nlco question
when I announced In the outset that Judge
Dundy was In our party , nnd "AJax" Snw
ycr , and Frank White , and "Rattlesnake
Pete , " and "Bear' Tracks , " all heioes ol
plain and mountain , to say nothing of your
humblu servant and the citizen from Papll
lion. We caught trout until you couldn't
rest and Mrs Lehman served them for us
In n style that would make John Chambcr-
Inln look llko u sucker A big plate of home
grown strawberries on the side , a dish of
water cress buttered toast fried potatoes
and onions and delicious hot coffee wasn't
that a banquet pretty nearly fit for the gods'
Another hour of driving and wo were nt
the ngency , where
we were gruclously re
ceived by Mnjor W II Clapp thu post agent
and the moat competent and efficient one
ever known nt Pine Hldge
THI3 CAMP ON WOLF
After n brief icst nnd light refreshments
our party moved on through the straggling
llttlo hamlet out onto the pralrlo and dowi
Into the vnlley of Wolf creek , where wo
pitched our camp Judge Dundy and Mar
shal White , however , did not accompany us
they , with Attorney Sawyer , had been In
vited to remain with Major Clapp at his
quarters , but the United States barrister
was game to the core , and ho preferred to
remain close to the heart of nature , with the
rest of us hardy scouts , so he came along
and went Into camp with us Everything
In ship shape about the bivouac , we left I
In chaige of Sam , the cook , and went ou
upon ( ho broad plateau cast of the agency
where the Indians had struck their tern
porary metropolis
And whnt a panorama greeted our do
lighted senses !
The sun was dropping close down to the
i tin of the distant foothills , hot and fiery
There was not a cloud to mar the clearness
of the great inch of the sky The air was
redolent of tRo almost suffocating scents o
the burnt prairie , but a balmy breeze , like
the perfumed breath of a maiden , purlei
gently over the almost livid plain and made
existence tolerable ,
Pine Hldge agency consists of the govern
ment quarters , residences , barracks and of
flees , with neat boaid walks and well kcp
wire fences , thri-o churches , four post
trader stores , ono hotel and a dozen or so o
private houses the residences of Interpreters
ofllccrs and guides
Kast of this little hamlet Is a plateai
of miles and miles In extent , and upoi
this were pitched the tepees of the Indians
who had assembled fiom all over this am
adjacent reservations to commemorate the
ro'irlh ' It was. a natural stage for the
thrilling action sa soon to take place theie
bordered on the north and west with a low
i nge of hills with conical summits , som
pUri-k cloven Into sharp gray peaks pcculla
to the hypertthcblc formation which begin
\
icrc , while to the south Is a limitless sea
I barren pasture land nnd to the west the
ralrlo rolling In larger and larger folds
ntll the foothills ore developed ,
It was once thought that rich minerals
xlatcd on this plateau , and It Is quite
crlnln that valuable timber and beds of
oal did once thrive In vast quantities ,
lajor Clapp has Investigated Into the sup-
oscd bltiimlnlfcrous sections , but has come
o the conclusion that nil coal to he found
hero now Is but the thin strata left after the
apse of ages hod consumed or swept away
ic real body and substance. The plateau
s ono great pasture land , but the southern
nd western portions generally nro capable ,
1th Irrigation , of supplying nearly all the
grlcultural products native to the stale
orn , rye , buckwheat , oats , peas , beans ,
urnlps nnd potatoes The soil , however. Is
specially adapted to grazing and should
e maintained exclusively for this purpose
'here Is but a small quantity of arable
and and even this cannot be cultivated
Ithout Irrigation , owing to Its elevation
nd consequent low temperature eaily and
ate In the , rar Trees of the soft or ever-
reen kind prevail In the gulches and on
lie hills , while along the water courses nre
inplc , nsh oak , elm and plum. The climate
s nlvvays dry nnd healthful There nrc no
nnchcs on nil this broad table land , but
ere nnd there , nlong the banks of the
lugglsh Wolf creek and oft on the Stinking
Vnter , are ono or two clusters of rough
ahltntlons and an occasional tinpper or
owboy's shanty. The fnll nnd spring tout
f the sportsman alone , In addition , dots the
loundless sweep ot prairie verdure Tor-
ncrly all the wild animals of thu northern
ntltudc , the btlffnlo , elk , blnck nnd white-
nil deer bear wolf , wildcat , musk rat ,
ulnk , otter nnd coyote , were here1 , and
iatiy of them still abound , but scntterlngly
'he buffalo nnd elk me loin ; since gone ,
iiit not n year passes but whnt deer and
volvcs nnd the smaller animals arc killed
ere In considerable numbers
Kaglos , hnwks and owls nre jet to bo
fen dally ; ducks nnd gecso nnd crnno come
nto the vallevs In season , while qunll
warm In the low brush wood In thu valleys
nd speckled trout In one or two of the
oldest and most rapid streams. As else-
hero over the state , the chicken are n
amcntably Fcnrce quantity
AMONG THn WILD BRDOUINS.
But let us go back to the Indians. Again
say It was a thrilling sight which greeted
nirlslon as wo got up onto the plateau
'hero were Indian tepees everywhere long
lues of them gleamed along the edge of
ho southern highlands , while unmethodical
lusters specked the plain here , there and
verywhcre , and the high embankment of
V'olf creek was fairly alive with them
There were over DOO of them by actual
ount and nearly or quite 5,000 Indians ,
Irulo and Ogalalla , Sioux , Cheycnnes nnd
in occnslonal renegade Crow or Blackfoot
The bucks were nil n-horscback , dashing nnd
\hooping aimlessly hither and to , racing
ir engaged In other sports known only to
ho untutored minds The squnws were nt
heir usual drudgery , chopping wood strip
ling beef and dog meat , arranging jerking
poles or occupied with the evening 5 culinary
duties. Any direction you gazed It was
quaws l , old and young , papooses , Indian
ponies nnd snapping nnd snarling curs ,
, ndlnns of nil kinds colors and calibers fioai
, ho , tall and stately Cheyenne to the dumpy
mt good looking Brule , old women and young
cables ; boys and girls , In painted and bc-
llzcned dress or no dress at all ; old men ,
latrlarchs of the long obliterated war trail ,
n slouch hats and army blouses , or naked
: o crow's wing and breech clout ,
oungcd In the shadows nnd with lazy
eyes watched the ceaseless movements of
the women It Is the old women who toll ,
not the young squaws. They are as Inde
pendent as the youthful bucks and an
3\tiaordlnary feature of the grand specta
cle Is theti remarkable comeliness their
trim and symmetrical forms , tidy little feet
mil hands. An ugly Sioux woman Is a
rarity , Indeed. They are evidently much
addicted to the foibles of their white sis
ters , and spend much time In oiling their
shiny tiesses , p.ilntlng their rotund faces
and shapily necks , and nuanglng gaudy
color or bead work But this Is all lost
upon the lordly bucks They pay no more
attention to the women than they would
to so many cigar signs We spent the
time until sundown touring the encamp
ment and were much Impressed with what
wo saw. There wns the tall Cheyenne ,
with lithe and giaccful flguie , In scanty
apparel and w lid accoutrements , splendid
bppclirens of the native waulor. Their
limbs arc clean and well shaped , their waists
.mail . and chests deep and bioad Their
lialr , which Is long , black and wiry , Is worn
hanging down over their shoulders , held
with a single thong , In which Is stuck three
or four variegated quills of the hawk's or
eagle's wing They are austere in counte
nance , keen-eyed , and as quick and furtive
as cats. They are greit hoi semen and were
terrors on the plains In the days of early
emigration. The Brule
Sioux arc also a
majestic lot , big and powerful , but stolid ,
low brewed and naturally bloodthirsty nnd
ciuel They mnde a wild picture , Indeed , as
they galloped by In bands of four or five , in
their barbaric holiday attire of wolf-skins ,
bulls' horns , feathers and scarlet robes
They are sullen and covert In act and
speech , superstitious and suspicious , the
rearcst appioach to the poor Mr Lo In his
original savagery than any of the north
western tribes And they look Just whnt
they are , rancorous nnd bloodthirsty , and
were It not for the overshadowing fear of
Uncle Sam's minions they would go back
to the old game with tomahawk , lance
torch and scalping knife too quick They
1-ato a white man today with all the bitter
Intensity of forty years ago Contact with
the soldiery and the white settler has had
but little ameliorating effect Under the
paint they are the same evil-minded , pfot-
tlng murderous devils , they were In the
years gone by. The whooping and yelping
Ogallala Is but little better than his brother
Brule. He Is not quite so sullen and morose
and a better and more open warrior Still
he hates the Caucasian covertly as enthusi
astically as ever , but he has a better mode of
concealing the sentiments within his red
breast than the myrmidons of Waucouta
and Spotted Tall. The Ogallala Is fond of
fanciful trappings and Is always Interesting
on account of his grotesque paraphernalia
and picturesque bearing , and contrasts
strongly with the dark featured Crow and
crafty Blackfoot , with their malignant
scowls , their painted naked bodies , banded
wrists and ankles , beads , feathers anil
Navajo scarfs
DANCING SQUAWS AND HAIDING
BUCKS.
Major Clapp had Issued peremptory orders
that there should bo no war dancing until
on the Fourth , nnd the evening In question
was given up to the squaws alone anfl their
tcrpslchorcan pleasures. After sdppcr we
were early on the ground , and watched a
squaw dance among the Brules There
were no lights save those furnished by an
hundred camp fires and In their weird ant
flickering Illumination thu suggestive-ness of
the scene can well bp Imagined
A dozen bucks , cowled In either heavy
black or ghostly white robes , enfolded com
pletely from head to foot , gather In a tight
circle around a huge tom-tom or basa drum
In an erect position , plying their doe.
skinned sticks with varied energy the while
and emitting a guttural Jingling Jabber , to
which the squaws time their stiff-legged
maneuvers Wrapped In their gaudy blank
ets , they stand close together In n cli-cle
around the chanting bucks , and sing and
circle with an Indescribable perpendicular
movement , until a signal Is given for mo
mentary rest This Is a short , sharp "yip-
yip" from tome old chief , and when It Is
once Bounded the tom-tom beaters lay down
their sticks , and the half mournful , hall
jubilating blnotonoug cries of the weaving
squaws grow fainter and fainter , finally \
dying out In lingering cadence of chilly .
and lugubrious sound , lllto the . \all of a lost
soul
x
And this Is the sons tuey sang *
"Tokcya lese , tokcya lese , tehanl kte !
"Tahah ilo lece tie wa klcl vval
"On kte ka tehan ICEO , ws kl wa !
"To keya nesa kte II cl tl vval"
Transcribed Into United States it runs :
"Where are you going ?
"Where are you going ?
"You are going far away to leave me.
"Who shall be with me when you leave
me ?
"Shako hands with roe , for you are going
far away "
The next morning we were Jostled out or
our dreams by a thunder of wild shrieks
and exploding Winchesters , and htirrylnt
from the tent witnessed another scene o
thrilling Interest. The bucks were all out
itre
and , on their little rats of ponlci , were
making their sunrise charge In honor of the
dawning of the Fourth , Over bill and
down dale those wild bedouins darted
gesticulating ID fearful frcnty , whooping
yelling and ( creaming like 10 many demou
of the Infernal realm , and turning the quiet
summer morning into a hideous bedlam.
Another hour of ( this exercise , and once
more they went buck to the tepee for their
morning beef and I dog soup , and to make.
preparations for the great sham battle which
was to take plucenUicn the shadow ot the
picket-pin proclaimed the hour of 10 ,
It was n great Right to see these wild
and unsophisticated children of the plain
preparing for the battle , the bucks sullen
and quiet , the sqimws vivacious and noisy ,
plaiting each other's hair and weaving the
same with rlbbonntaad feathers and beads ;
painting faces and bodies , caparisoning po
nies and donning. the fantastic togs of war.
All were busy , from the lusty-lunged , round-
faced Infant peeping form Us comfortless
vtrappcra of wool nnd cow skin , ns , sus
pended by rope or thong from lodge-post
or pole , It swung In the passing breeze , to
ho children of larger growth , who turn-
iled over each other In plies , the boys.
even at this early nge. making themselves
llfttlngulshcd for that peculiar domination
vhlch marks the vast distinction between
ho adults and their squaws Young bucks
vcro curbing and bedecking the fractious
steeds of their fathers while here and there
a truant young squaw could be seen looking
on In admiration at their scorning fierce
nnd Impatient daring Cverv thing forbode
boino coming unusual event , and It re
tired but n little stretch ot the Imnglnn-
tlon to fnncy oneself facing stern rcnllt }
The old , withered and savage crones , with
cndnverottslsaget , bent terms nnd flying
witch-like hnlr , clustered together In rcadl-
less to lend their discordant tongues to
ncltlng their descendants to an exhibition
of mimic rapine and murder , which theli
,
lepravcd tastes forever covet
A IJATTLi : ON THE niSUUT
Soon nil was ready and a general movc-
nent mnde for tjie open plateau , where they
were < quickly drawn up In battle's stern
array , the Urules and Cheyennes under Big
Clk nnd the Ogalallas under Standing Hear
The men were lined up ° n their ponies ac-
cording to their respective deeds and r"pu-
tatlons The old bucks who had heard the
war cry when It meant life or death In earn
est formed the first rank , while those of
equivocal nge nnd doubtlul discretion cnmc
next. Big Ulk s bnnd was deployed nlong
.he west side of the plain nnd Standing
dear's nlong the enst , nnd as the naked
scouts crept out from the respective lines of
lorscmen and began to crawl and creep
along over the shriveled glass toward each
other , the old crones and younger squnws
from their distant erics set up a chilly
clamor that turned the place as Into some
inholy arena
lied Cloud , the noted old saehcm.and ciuel
ind goo warrior of old , now the white
man's apparently unswerving friend , was
n the responsible position of Judge Ills
once penetrating whoop has long been
hushed Into a senile lament , and his strong
arms and agile legs robbed of their clas
Iclty nnd power , nnd he no longer takes
part In the frivolities of his children save
is n looker-on From the elevation on
which he stood , backed by n number of old
lags chanting In dolorous tones , he com
manded n perfect view of the movements
and evolutions of both parties A grim
smile played over his wrinkled fcatuics
and his little beadllke eyes glittered with
much of the nre with which th-y used to
burn when treacherously creeping upon
wagon train or ranchman's cabin You could
see by his look that his old eyes were glnne
Ing over n body of warriors upon whom he
liad more than once relied , and who had
never deceived him ; fiends of the Custei
massacre and the heroes ot a hundred other
midnight scenes of terror and bloodshed
Now Big Elk with berlbboned shield held
on high , and long lance shaken defiantly , on
his favoilte pony , breaks fiom out his band
nnd gnllojis recklessly nnd cxultniitly toward
Standing Bear's forces
Theio was no hesitation In accepting the
challenge on the part of the tall Ogalalla
but with a shaip , quivering whoop he sinks
bis heels Into the ribs of his horse and like
a jvhlrlwlnd dishes out to meat the trueu
lent Urule. As they approach , each man
ages his fractious animal with a grace that
no artificial accoutrements could ever sup
ply , at times flinging themselves beneath
their very bellies nt otheiH erect and shak
ing their tasEClcd lances In savage nnd
haughty defiance , and ever and anon emit
ting the thrilling war cry of their respective
tribes.
The squaws were now In an ecstasy ot e\
cltement and theii uhiill waitings and other
solemn rites Increased In fcrvoi as they
sought to stimulate their husbands , brothers
and sons to deeds of valor With them the
unreal vas real so far ns appearances went
while there was little less deception on the
part of the warriors.
Suddenly Sunkihlto , or Blue Horse , an old
and ferocious warrior , whom tradition says
ran down a full-grow n gray wolf on the
Laramlo plains twenty years ago , and who
can yet today follow a man's track across
the naked plain at a full gallop with the un
erring precision of a bloodhound , broke from
out the line of Impatient Brules with a
shriek of rage which meant that actual busi
ness must commence. And It did As Sun-
klhlto's little buoksUln nuirrled away
straight for the black barrier of Ogalallas
llko a big , rapacious vulture , which , having
wheeled on poised wings for the time neces
sary to insure its victim , makes the final
swoop upon its prey , the whole wild mob
followed like a feathered and painted ava
lanche screaming in their uncontrollable
iieed for blood as If fearful of being too
late to reap their measure of the sanguinary
pleasure
A responsive yell of savage anger nrosc
from the now moving Ognlallas , and In a
moment more the two bands were together
and lighting foi seeming extermination In a
blinding maelstrom of smoke nnd dust.
Notwithstanding the knowledge of the
mimic character of the whole affair It was
sufficient to make one's blood run like Ice
water through lite veins. BO real did the
whole thing appear. As I aptly said In my
telegram on the day , It was a llteial
cataclasm of painted and shrieking warriors
and bedaubed and snorting ponies ; writh
ing , struggling , twisting and convolutlng In
and out. around and among one another , like
snakes In deadly cell entwined. The sharp
report of the Winchester , the twang of the
bow and fierce , horrid cries of exultation
and pain , make a din as terrible as It was
deafening The squaws , too , were now all
circling 'round nnd 'round among them
selves In a perfect delirium of Insane
fcioclty , Bhrle-klng In that wild way that
makes It Impossible to detciinlno which
sentiment Is swaying them , exultation or
lamentation It seemed for u brief moment
as If the mighty shock had evoked all the
devils of the lower legion upon that fair
plain A thousand wild voices were raised
In that awful chorus , the hoofs of a thousand
ponies thundered upon the quaking e-arth , of
the savage armies were now wrapped In
an embrace that could mean little short of
extermination for one or the other. So it In
seemed There cntno a grand conjunction of
frightful sounds ShoutH and screams of
fearful Import , with that continual lionise n
murmur that results from the commingling [
of many voices In loud and confused clamor.
B
Now It was Big Hlk's ringing cry , now
Standing Dear's , or the counterfeit scream
of death from somui helpless follower , that
rose above the general roar nnd carried far
over the sunny pi * ' " "s story of triumph ,
revenge or despair. '
But the scene of' ' carnage was at last over ,
In a heavy cloud the smoke and dust rolled it
off to the east , leaving a clear view of the . .
battlefield And well those dusky Eoldlcia tn
had played theirtpart ; It was a nhani of Ju
riot and murder the white man could not . . .
Imitate The deailiand dying were scattered
wi
In all directions and riderless ponies were
galloping aimlessly about or standing faith- , w
fully by the side of' their fallen masters Of „ .
course we had no- way of telling who had „
won the day and had I been refercclng the
affair I would have been eminently justified In
In calling It a draw Not so with old Iltd . .
Cloud It was with proud mien and Jealous eye "
ho had watched the work of his kith and
kin , the Ogalallns and whim something like wo
order had settled once more over the sur
roundings , he strode forth and presented
the haughty but sadly disheveled Standing
Bear with a beaded sack of gold
nno ci-oui > AND UTTLB WOUND.
The rest of the day was occupied with
horse and foot racing and kindred games ,
but In the evening came the crownlnti
feature , at least to me , of the whole wild
celebration , and that was Iled Cloud's speech Ing
and the war dance , . . . . , , , "
Days before the I ourth the Indians had pc
built an arena on the plain by dragglnK pine pli
trees from the distant canyons and planting Tl
them In a circle , encloalnu an era of possibly ing
a nuune-r of an acre Here the senile and su
patriot dial old chieftain made his oration ui
and here wo beheld the famous war dance. ali
After the sun had sunk hU burning disk he
beneath the hazy bluffs the warriors , o\
bcjuawu and children begat ] to etsemble , and as
o the beating of the tom-tom nnd the low
chant of a couple of musical bucks they
squatted within the environing pines until
ho arena was filled to Its limit. Then old
led Cloud arose , nnd advancing within the
bright radius of the big log fire , ho threw
jack his red blanket , lifted ono naked
> racclcted arm , with finger pointing to
itnrry dome , and began to address his tribe
In his own tongue , which was translated to
mo In broken fragments The old chief beI
; un by thanking the Great father for the
ilesslngs bestowed upon his people , for
.heir health and generally favorable condl(1
Ion. Then he spoke of the rather at Wash-
Ington nnd was guilty of giving Qrovcr n
senile ripping up the back His young men
iv ore not getting enough ponies , or good
snough beef , and were too closely restricted
In their limiting prerogatives Then ho re
verted to the part over dear to the savage
jrenst , and this Is Hod Cloud's stork In
rado as nn eloquent elocutionist Ho
called out the names of his old , tried and
faithful men To ono he recalled his
nighty service In their conflict with the
[ 'awnoes , to another he cnumernted his own
< cnrs , his triumphs and defeats , with n third
: io dwelt upon his prowess ns a runner , the
jic-rfoctlon of his horsemanship and his
oyalty to his people1 , and a fourth was re
minded of his vnloiotis part In some lla-
; innt adventure which happened before the
Iron trail marked Its way across the moun-
: alns By these means the oily tommy-
lidwkcr so far exeltcd the assembly as to
nnko thorn In fit humor for the wnr dnnce
that followed And It cnmo Immediately
An Inner space was reserved for the older
chiefs and a cluster of the oldest squnws
vv Ithcrcd cs ngo. exposure and the hardships
of pavngn passions could make them , thriin.t
themselves Into the- Inner circle back of the
tom-tom beaters. Impelled by that Imntlable
desire to participate In all the orgies of
their people that would carry them back to
the halcyon days when they lalscd hair
nnd biolled white men nt the stake with
a temerity that feared no check nt the
hands ] ] of the blue-conted hordes of Uncle
Bam
Shortly nil were In their places , the
cowled bucks about the big tom-toms , the
old and the young In reserved seats , the
dolorous , chnntlug squaws and the wild
bucks , stripped to breech clout and eagle's
plumewho were to execute the evolutions
of the war dnnce They nil seated them
selves about the bln/lng log heap , with
sullen looks and clou led brows , as If It was
In earnest nnd not piny
At last Tnoplclgula , or Llttlo Wound , nn
old wairlor who wns In at the Custer mas
sacre , lighted a big red stone pipe and blew
the smoke to the foui qtinrteis of the
heavens As soon as this piopltlntoiy
offering was made he tendered It to
Oouomotoo , who took a whiff and passed It
on to the dusky brother next in Hue After
the Influence of this soothing weed had
been courted by nil those panoplied for the
dance Taoplclgala arose nnd said
"What my eyes have seen my tongue
speaks no more. These are days the red
men knows not of. In dreams he lives his
only life The hills hnve been standing no
longer than he , the rivers have been empty
and filled again since he first came. But
what Little Wound says , the young men
will hear It was once another day. Then
as the wolf loves the black-tail's fawn , so
thu Sioux loved the pale face Then the
SIuu\ was as the buffaloes on the plain , nnd
the white man as the Sioux Is now. Now
the white man Is as the Sioux , and the
Sioux as the white man then Let my
children ope their cars and listen My words
pro good The Great Spirit hns changed the
world , and It Is-good , or the wet Id would be
ns It was The Indian must take
it now for what It wns
The past is a misty cloud , the day to come ,
a glory Dance the old dance , foi our
brothers and ouisclvcs slug the songs of the
washing waters and the singing pines In
the hills "
While this talk of the old scarlet hero wns
of a somewhat problematical and ambigu
ous nature , a deep gutteral exclamation of
assent broke fiom the encircling warriors
While wo were considerably mystified by his
metaphorical allt slons , the Indians v ere all
appaicntly gratified. Oonomotoo too , also
spoke and though past the prime ot life
was much younger then Little Wound , and
he paid his picdecessor the homage of
making his remarks brief. As n flnulo ho
gave a quick , gurgling whoop , and the tom
tom beaters be-grn to ply their chamois-
covered sticks and In Inw but musical tones ,
began the war songs of their nation
AHOUND THC WAIt POLE
"Ip pole , ola , ola , ay ga ay yah , aye yah
ay yah.
Ip pore , ola , ola , ola , ola ay ynh , ay yih
Oh , aha , oh hl-yl , hl-yl , y Ip-ylp-yip , he !
Ho-ho-ho , nh ma , no , , nn , ho-lio , ha , yl ,
ylp-ylp !
Ill , hi , oh wa , ho wa , ho ho , awa , he , fo
mol no , hi , yl , hl-yl he !
' "
Ylp-ylp-ylp-ylp'
There you are The perfect thing. The
war song of the Sioux as I took It with
mental camera on the spot
As the last ylp-yip-yip rang out upon the
evening air the whole crowd of bucks sprang
to their feet as one man In a delirium of
excitement and the dance was on The
squaws set up their discordant whine the
dancers their gutteral songs , and with the
Jingling of bells and clang of brnss , and the
mullled roar of the tom-toms , the scene was
a thrllllngly spectacular one Buck after
buck , bedecked and bedaubed , with horne-
tnils and coyote skins for scalp locks , with
bulls' horns piojectlng from theli heads , and
big bone rings In their noses , fell Into the
whirling and tangled multitude , until the
entire male portion of the assemblage was
numbered In Its dly and IndeBcrlbable
mazes In the weird firelight the sight was
creepy and gruesome enough , but a remove
from the genuine article , n scene of wild
terror the fiendish nnd glenmlng coun-
tennnces of those seemingly maddened be
ings receiving additional ferocity from the
appalling discord in which they mingled
their unearthly voices Hnsy was It to
imagine the terrors of the hostile days , as
the fagots grew brighter nnd fiercer , and
throw shadowB of those half naked brutes
In fantastic and hideous shapes. , far over the
black prairie , and It wasn't just exactly a
sense of perfect security that took pos-
scsfiion of the lookers-on.
All night long , or until nay after mid
night , was this unseemly revelry maintained ,
and not until thu small hours In the mornIng -
Ing , did the doleful chant of the squaws , and
the mufllid trummlng of the tom-toms give
way to the lonely bark of cur , the whlnney
of pony and the distant cry of the amazed
coyote , as the tlngo of the opal began to
creep Into the eastern sky
THi : IJBATH OP , JUMOMIR.
And such was the Indians' celebration of
the fourth of July. 1SU15. nt thu lilstorlc.il
agency on Pine Hldge Its like may never
bo known on earth again. Old residents are
that opinion. They say there will never
bo another commemoration on such an
elaborate and extensive scale The Sioux In
his last days Their glory will BOOH depart -
part forever Only In tradition song and "
story * will they continue to exist They
can never be civilized and made self-fciipport 0
Ing They will always be wards and pen
sioners of the government Llko the buffalo ,
they must go by sheer crowding out The
wild conditions necessary to their existence
are disappearing nnd the last remnants of
this great , aboriginal nation must follow
fast.
fast.Of
Of course I have not told a thousandth
part of what we heard and saw Tlut
would keep my dull bialns taxed and pencil
. .
moving for days to come I have not told of of
the iraglo death of thu young wan lor
Jumomlc . , who was stricken with quick con
sumption Mays before and breathed his last
within the weird arena whire the war dance
was being performed , and the mournful
chaiit and droning of the squaws and the
,
stirring thunder of the tom-toms filled his
ears It was a picture that will live long
the memory of those who beheld It Out
stretched upon an old robe of tattered cow
and wolf skins , with a single speechless
and Immobile squaw standing by hla side
watched with feelings akin to supersti
tion and awe , his waning seconds Ho tp-
pearcd to have closed his accounts with thu
world and to await merely for the final
summons to quit It It had been at hla own
request that he was carried to dlo amidst
these wild scenes he loved so well , and It
was his wife who stood beside him With of
melancholy solicitude she watched the nick
erlng variations of his ewarthy yet pallll nil
countenance , ns If she would read the work-
of his soul In those shrinking lineaments
During the whole of that solemn and anxious
period each Individual of the tribe kept his
place In the most self-restrained patience
The wild dance never wavered The expir of
: Jumoinle occasionally opened his
sunken eyes and seemed to fix hla gaze on Im
unseen : things In the lazy , floating cloud *
above. Suddenly , with a quick movement ,
rose to one elbow. Hla long hair fell
over his shoulders In front ot him
with staring cytt he gazed upon tbo dcvl-
ous marc about the fire. Hut H w s only
for n few fleeting second ) ; , for with a rattling
sound In his throat ho fell forward on his
face , dead. Then there was n walling shriek
! from hla bereft squaw , ns n number of tucks
cnmo forward , and while ono led her away
tin othe's gathered up the stlffci.lnf ; form
I of Jumomlo and carried It out Into the
| l shadows , across the plain and down the little
. narrow street to the agency
I I j might continue on nnd tell yo i of roinc
Of the legends of the poeplo J heaid , of the
| I origin | of the beiutlful flower , the Indian
plume ( , the legend of the dlsnii'iuVi incut
| ' i the , great Sioux nation Into tribal clans , how
To-no-yo-to-nlck held the lightning and eon-
| ' , trolled the thunder , the burning ( f Osso-
non n-co , Glister's fate and a bun Ired nnd
ono other things , their life nt home1 , their
religion , superstition , hunting Incidents nnd
so on nnd so forth , but they will keep and
come good another time.
nii'iiri ins.
Indianapolis Journal "This must be
pretty tellglous town , judging from the
number of churches It hns , " said the trav
eler
"It ain't that , mister , " exclaimed the
town pessimist. "The people Is so diirn
lazy that theie had to bo lots of ihurches
set around handy like to get them to 1,0
Cleveland Lender : The Minister When
you giow up , Johnny , whit would you like
to be ?
Johnny A preacher.
The Minister Ah , I nm glnd to hear vou
say that , my little man Now tell me why
you think you would like to be a picachcr
Johnny Cause then the folks would al
ways git out the best things they hid In
the house to eat when they seen me comln
Chicago Tilbune "I nm n llttlo late this
mornlnr , brcthien , " explained the Itev. Ml
Goodman , ns ho lose to begin the set\lie
"on account of having ovetslept myself
1 wns kept awake all of night bcfoie last
by a toothache , and I slept so soundlv last
night that I could not have been awakened
this morning by a cnll from n city church
with n $10,000 salary attached \Vo will
sing two stanKis of the hymn , btglu'ilng
" 'Awake , my soul , stieteh every nerve ,
And incit with vigoi on' "
There wns nn amusing episode nt the com
mencement exeiclscs of the Georgetown uni
versity on June UJ , wiltcs a Washington
correspondent Archbishop Hynu of
1'hllndclphl.i delivered nn eloquent address
on ' Civil and Religious Liberty. " At Its
conclusion Cnidln.U Gibbous was asked to
say a few words The caidlnnl e\presscti the
pleasure with which he had listened to the
archbishop nnd then recalled the famous
will of Dnnlel Glrard , the Philadelphia phil
anthropist , who , In bequeathing the money
for the Glrnrd Institute , stipulated expressly
that no religious Instruction should be ever
included In the cuirlculuni lie thin passed
on to Daniel Webster's gieat speech on that
will , and added that never since that speech
had he heard the subject treated In so mus-
terly a mnnnci us It had been handled today
by the distinguished ntchbishop of Phila
delphia Indeed , It wns n striking coinci
dence that not only did the two speakeis
agree on many thoughts , but that In many
Instances the reverend speaker today had
made eloquent use of Identical language of
his great predecessor
The audience smiled audibly , and looked at
Archbishop Hyan The latter arose when
Caullnal Gibbons had concluded "I feel that
the woids of Cntdlnnl Gibbons rail foi some
little explanation on my pait , " he said 'I
can only say th.it while I am pioud to have
ngned with Daniel Webster , t did It uuvvlt
tingly foi I have never lead the speech to
which the eaidinul lefers But 1 diew my In-
spliatlon from a most excellent and Interest
ing vvotk wiltten by C.udlnnl Gibbons him
self on the subject and it Is not Impossible
that I was so cairied awny by the force nnd
be-iuty of his language that 1 may have un-
conscloimly repeated his very woids I will
leave it to the audience to diaw theli own
conclusion * ! " Then the audience looked nt
Cardinal Gibbous for a countei explanation
but the prelate stalled good-naturedly and
made no response.
OUCIIAHD JT\1)S OP 10MI A.UO.
James Wliltcomb Illloj
The orchnid lands of long .IKO !
O diowsy winds nvv.ike and blow
The snowy blossoms bark to rnc-
And all the buds that used to be1
Hiow biek ugaln the Brassy w.iy'H
Of tru ut feet and lift the Inzc
Of happy summer from the ties
Th.it ti ill their tresses In the s.eas
Ot gi tin th it float nnd overflow
The orchard binds of long ago !
niow back the melody tlmt slips
In 1 izy laughter fiom the- lips
Th.it marvel much that any kiss
] H sweeter tlrin the apple is
lilow luck the twlttci of the blids ;
The lisp , the thrills and the woidb
Of merilmcnt tint found the tihlno
Of summer time a gloiloiih vvliu- .
That drenched thele IVCH that loved It so
lu orchnid hinds of long ago
O , Memory ' alight and sing
Where rosy-bellied pippins cling- .
And golden iiihsets glint and gkmn
As , In the old Ai.iblan die-am
The fruits of that enchanted tree
The Kind Aladdin loblxd foi me' '
And drowsy winds , awnko nnd fun
My lilood as whin It ovcliuli ,
A heart ripe ns the apples glow ,
In orchard lands of long ngo !
SOMI : oin Titimts.
Mrs Mary Cnssell the oldest pcruon In
Jacksonville , KM. , died last Monday , aged
98 years She left children to the fifth
genciatlon
Mrs Mary Dean Chlckerlng of Norwood ,
Mass , near Boston , hns Just celebrated her
99th birthday She was mairied seventy-
five years ago , and has been n member of
the Congregational church for eighty yenis
Mr Blnckmore , the English novelist has
Just celebrated his 71st blithday George
Macdonald is bin senloi , being 72. Mr
Meredith and Mis Ollphant are each C8
Miss Braddon Is 5' ) , Sir Walter Besant 58 ,
Oulda 60 nnd Mr William Black G5
Dr Thomas Hunof , Albany , N Y , who
died lecently , was born In ISO.1. He. was foi
many years dean of the Albany Medical
college , and was president of the Albany
County Medical society In 1814-45 In 1861 ,
In company with Dr Mason Cogswell , he
visited the western hospitals for the chari
ties commissioners. Ho also attended the.
University of Pennsylvania , and completed
his medical studlcB by n long Btny In
Paris
Miss runny Crosby , the hymn wilier , Is
now more than 70 ycaia of age Though
she bus been blind almost fiom birth she
is always happy and chc'eiful Tor thirty-
two years she has been In the employ of a
firm In New York. Among the hymns
which she has written are : "Safe In the
AIIUH of Jesus , " "Idsnio the Peilshlng"
"Jrsus , Keep Mo Neni the Cross" "Come
to the Savior" and "Keep Thou My Way ,
Lord "
The most lemaiknblc Instance uf longevity
In HID hlutoiy of the Nutmeg slntu , per
haps. Is noted In the Klniliall family of the
town of Preston , one member of It , MIB
Abby S Cook , who Is passing the cloning
years of 1'cr life In the homo of her daugh
ter , Mrs William II f'ouk ut Norwhh
Conn having cclebiated the ninetieth nnnl-
vcrBHiy of her blilhday last month Mr
Cook Is the widow eif thu late Isaac II Cook
PrcBton A laigo numbei of liei icl-
ntlves , friends and mlghhoi celled nt her
home on her anniversary day and congratu
lated her. and the veneiablo lady , who Is
Ktlll hale and actlvo and of n checiful
spirit entertained them Mrs C'ook is n
inembPi of a family of eight children , eons
nnd daughters of Klielia nnd Lucy Lathi op
Klniliall , all of whom are alive and In vlg-
oroiiH health with the exception of Mrs.
Sybil A Branch , the cldiBt , who dlid two
years ago at Hoxbury , Masw , aged 10 years
H months
A HERO OF THE WflR ,
During the nttuck upon Kprt fiumter , In
the early dnyu of the rtlu Illon , while the
battle WIIH raging nt 1U Hciccst , u Ijom > -
Hliell with ( IIHO dangc-touMly Hliurt and Htlll
sputtering , fell within ten feet of a Bijuud
mm
Hpcllbound with honor not n man moved ,
ixpcc'tlnt' Instant death One llttlo
Irishman however , junipxl ijulcklj from I In *
group , Kiuhpcd the fuse In hli liundH and
rubbed It out
And then went b.uk to work
That which might havelnhl a hundred
men tolel In death V.UH now u luirnil'us bit
iron
Dlsuise. liken bputterlng fuse , may often
nlppfd In the nli k of time.hint to Ur
Hobbs HpurugiiR Kidney I'llla have huved
thoUH.mdB of lives by their timely nrllcm ,
und they stand today aa great u hero In
thu fight ugnlnnt illsruxe and dint ! ) UH vIH
the llttlo IrUlunun within tb wulls of Kort i
Bumter.
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of Endorsed by Press and Public
- - Convincing SUtenunls from 1'crsons ' who
Declare They Have lltcn Com-
pUely Cured.
YOUR NEIGHBORS TESTIFY
If Ion \rr < < I < > U \xl < Viinr
n DruuulM ( or a Urio-Ont A Inl of
Mmi.i OM'H Itcim-illon mill
DOCTOR YOURSELF.
Mr.V 11 Copc-rley. Now Hnrtfonl Iowa ,
" says' " 1 was attacked by rheumatism
nrnrlr n ycnr ngo. ntul. In tiplto of alt that
doctors con hi do , I grew woiso until finally
1 wns obliged In go on crutches About
August 1 , 1 began using MunyoiiH Hheumn-
tlsin Cure , mid nftcr the flist three doses the
imlns left niu completely 1 Improvi'il stead
ily nml soon wns ublo to throw n\\ay my
crulehos Now I can walk as will as ever
nml feel Hint Mutton's Rheumatism Cure
made a complete cure "
. Miinyun's Hlii iinmtlsiil Cure seldom falls
to relle\e In one to three hours , nnd cures
In a few dins I'rlce 2Sc.
Muiiy oil's Dyspepsia Cure positively cures
, nil fonns of Indigestion and stonmcli trouble.
Price 25c.
Mum on's Cold Cure prc\cnts pneumonia
nnd brenks up a cold In n. few hours Price ,
25e.
MIIIIJ oil's Cough Cure stops coughs , night
sweats , nllnys soreness , and speedily heals
the lungs I'rlce , 2Cc.
Munyou's Kidney Cure speedily cures paint
In the bnek , loins or groins and all forms ot
kidney disease I'rlce , 25c.
Munyon's llindacho Cure stops headache In
three minutes Price , 25c
Mtinj on's 1'lle Ointment positively cure *
all forms of piles Price , 2Sc.
Mun > on'a Illood Cure eiadlcntcs all Im
purities of the blood. Price , 25c.
Munyona Female llemedles nrc a boon to
all women
Munjon's Asthma licmcilloi relieve In 3
minutes and euro permanently. Price , $1.
Munyon's Catanh Hemedles never fall.
The Catarrh Cure price 2oc eradicates the
disease from the system , and the Cnturrh
Tablets pi Ice 2Gc cleanse and heal the
parts
Mum oil's Nerve Cure Is n wonderful nerve
tonic I'rlce , 25c
Million's Vltnllzer restores lost vigor.
I'rlce. $1.
A bcpniate cnio for each disease. At nil
druggists mostly 25c n vial.
Personal letUrs to Prof. Munyon , 1G05
Arch street , Philadelphia , Pa , nnsvvereil
with free medical advice for any disease.
dearies &
Ben/rlea
( SPECIALISTS l.Y
Keivous , Chronic
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Piivalc Diseisis.
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AH 1'rliutu
pnU Disorder * uf aian
rreutmmit by mull
couhullnllun fr u-
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ir u u the pulsrxi Uiorouhblr
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UI.CKItS IITDIIOCCI.ES AND
„ permanently and uccssstullr
cured MetfiKl ni-w qnd imfnlllnn.
STRICTURE AND GLEET.SoS
new melliod without p ! n or cuttlnir.
Tall on or nddrc wltn turun.
lll > 8. 1-UliSt ,
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NEW
COLLAR
Break Away
Sensible men are fast discovering
covering- the Inct that Nicoll
makes as good garments as
the high-priced credit tailor.
Only Nicoll makes them
at from 20 to 30 per cent
less.
We can do no more than
urge you to examine the
fabrics.
We'll take chances on get
ting your order then.
I'nutH fo order $4 tot 12
bulls to or.lcr $15 to $30
Samples Mailed.
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