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VOLUME II.
The I'iijIit .t 15.ui.
j^njder the liOii?Jii?j* "The I )akota
liil>!e under the l)iin of the Inited
States Government,the Mible Society
Record, published I?y the American
liiblo Society, publishes the following
article:
\T! ? ? ! I . ! II ! I i
. > i y i<* (|:i 111 mi HI ?viciiimn 'i)i iiii11
wo, hecen Johowa wiikun yada kin
mukooo niou kin ho on tehan vuni
kia.
Tin wioavakto kto sni.
Wawicihatiapi ocannon kto sni.
\N ainavannon kto sni.
iNJttakodu on wovaotunin iton snivnn
nAUko kto sni.
Xikatoda ti kin cantiheyayo kto
sni.
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Those are a part of tho Ten Coin- |
mandtnents translated into the lan- i
crnaoo of tlie Sioux Indians, of whom
tlioro aro several thousand under the
care of the Government of the I Hi -1
ted States. They wero translated
into Dakota nearly fifty years iijjo,
ai. 1 have been in print and circula* |
tion since that time. Thousands of
the red men have learned to road
the.n, and have thanked the translators
who conouored their rude langua<
e and made it convoy to them j
the rules of right living, and the j
good news of salvation. ISvery
( hristian fat ilv among them has a
copy. In every missionary school
they are taught. They .'ire incorporated
in the ritual of some of the!
churches, and appointed to bo pub- j
licly read at stated times.
Hut in this year of our Lord 18S7,
it is proposed to make .a radical
change. The commissioner of Indian
affairs at Washington has un- j
dertaken it. Me ventures to jao
nounce an oftieial opinion that "instruction
of Indians in their vernuou!ar
is of no use to them;'' and not
only so, hut is "detrimental to tho |
on use of their education and civilian- j
tion." Ho therefore makes a svmepi
ti ?r rule win oil applied t^4^ery
school on all the reservations, whether
sustained hy public .f.'und or by
private contributions. forbids
that any Indian, Ijfnvo#^ io ao-??s of
0 and It), shall be tau<riit to read in
his own tonouc, or allowed to repeat
in school one word of the Commandments,
or of the Lord's Prayer, or
of the (iospels. "The Indian ollice,"
1 . *11 c j 1 l
ne says, "is responsible ior mo run;,
which will he strictly enforced, that
notlrin&r hut the lnnoaufe of the Republic
will ho allowed to he taught,
either by hooks or otherwise, to any
Indian in school or any Indian reservation."
If, therefore a 1 'resbyterian teacher,
who has gathered a few hoys into
a hoarding school, wishes to teach
them that they must not lie or steal
or swear, he must give them the
Commandment in a. strange tongue,
and not in words which they have
known from their infancy.
in the execution fit the edict, it is
now stated, the Kov. Alfred L. Biggs,
? Congregational missionary at the
Sai loo Agency, Nebraska, has been
required to suspend tho reading of
the Dakota Bible at divine service;
and more than a do/en private schools
have been closed.
A CONSTITUTION A I. KIOUT.
Tho Centennial of tho Constitution
of the United States has just
h^n celebrated with groat success.
IiWthat fundamental law of the land
is* declared that "Congress shall
make no law respecting an establishunont
of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging
tho freedom of speech or of the
press."
But the commissioner of Indian
affai; , prohibits a Christian minister
from reading a certain version of the
Bible at divine service, and forbids
certain Indian teachers, who know
Dakota and do not know Lnglish, to
uf their ['own familiar speech in
tnKohing boys and girls intrusted to
their i.nro.
What becomes of freedom of
speech if a Government officer can
forbid a man's teaching in the only
language he knows? Where is the
fron ovorpisfi nf ndimnn if 11 eivilinn
has authority to say in what tongue
tho Bible shall bo road in public
worship? Surely there are some1
rights which cannot bo questioned;
kind tho only excuse to bo made for
f'Jdjo commissioner's order is, that with
s intentions ho unwittingly adopted
a rule which puts him at variance
wifh tho best friends of tho Indians.
Whether or not it bo desirable for
the English language to supersede
tho Dakota; whether or not tho funds
of tho United Slates should bo expended
in imparting instruction by
'means of Indian words and phrases:
whether or not bilingual text-books
aro helpful in Government schools:
are qucscions with which tho American
Bible Society has 110 concern.
But it is appropriate to call tho attention
of tho friends of the Society
throughout the land to the interests
at stako when the attempt is made
to enforce a rule by which tho Word
of God becomes bound; tho Scriptures
in Dakota, Muskokoo, Ojibwa,
and Choctaw are thrust aside as "detrimental
to the civilization of the Indityis:"
and missionary translators
^^^BPMuand teachers are forbidden to use
^^^^^^^^eir discretion in deciding how thoy
" BE TBIJZ
may best fulfill the ?rreat commission,
and ipve elementary instruction in
the principles of morality T'and religion.
It is ?rreat to he desired that (his
rule, if it he not ot 01100 withdrawn,
ho countermanded hy the President,
to whom the Dakota Indian Confer
enee makes its appeal.
DAKOTA INDIANS ON TIIK DAKOTA
HI 111.1''.
A correspondent of the Chica?ro
. t'h'itncr attended last month a Conferonce
of Sioux Christians, who represented
thirteen churches and eleven
hundred members, on a Hold especially
cared for bv the Presbyterian
board of foreicm missions and the
#o
American Missionary Association, i
The meetiiiLT lasted frois Wednesday
to Sunday ni?rht, with three sessions |
a day. The people came from lone
distances, and the correspondent
counted sixty-six touts. About three
hundred persons were in attendance.;
Besides devotional services the Con
foreneo discussed these questions:
Arc the Dakota oh irclus making
progress? llow shall the children
be trained in the fainilv to have understanding?
llow will the Indianr
faro under the new land laws? Is il
right to forbid leaching in the 1 akota
language)?
()n the last question free oppression
fvas given, as appears from the
i remarks made in their own language
and hero translated:
James Clarvev: "Which is host?
To learn l?oth is best. Many can
soon learn in read t e, Dakota Dible;
then they have a standard of morals
and of interpretation, for to get the
real meaning o? tho Knglish Bible
r> ^
we go to tho Dakota. They do not
want our children to learn Dakota. I
have traveled some orer tin4 luited
I States, and have found the people :
speaking all languages. Wh\ may
we not have ours? To make the j
best citizens you mu.it Christianize
the people, and to make them Christians
you must give them the , Bibl<in
their own toutnie. All of us ha\
n
become 'white people' through the
(Gospel M
Spotted Hear, of Cahe: "Wo have,
learned all we know,' of the Dakota
Bible. Teach our children hlnidish,
but don't take from them and us the
means of reading our own Bible ;
If policemen are to be sent to throw
out learning of the native native Bible,
let them be set to watch the
| teachers of^the Covernmcnt schools]
and keep them moral."
V\ alking Ilawe, Santee: "Will
English'alone^nmke hotter people? |
Does it make a civilized man to wear
civilized clothes and walk around
like a white man and have a yoke of
oxen?. If you forhid all Dakota in
schooling, the people will go hack j
where they were fifty years ago. Wo '<
have a right to choose what language
to learn to read in. It is the missionariosjjand
the Dakota Bible that
have brought us out of our heathen- j
ism and up to this conference. Wo j
want both languages. We don't, want
1 Dakota forbidden."
John Eastman, of Elandreau: "Wo
need both languages, but must have
the DakotaUaught. It is tin; good
scholars in Dakota who learn English.
Ninety of us here can teach to
make men better, when not ton can
teach in English."
David Gray Cloud, of Sissoton,
who had been five years in the United
States army, one of the best nu- |
tive speakers: "Wo have only a few ;
books in Dakota, and all of them are I
good, winnowed, and lead in the '
right way. Why are we here? By i
the English? No, by the Dakota'
Bible. All this wisdom has come!
through our language. If the learn- I
ing of it. is forbidden, wo shall be ;
like one with his rigrot hand tied up
and bidden to work with 11is left
hand. 1 never yet saw a Dakota fill- I
ing a responsible position, who had
not first been educated in his own
language, and Christianized, and so
made reliable."
Eli Abraham: "Have watche 1 the |
schools for twenty years What has j
made the best men? A good use of
the native along with the English. |
We teach both hero in the Santeo
school, riiat is host. Wo have done |
most in English, and are driving the j
i Dakota hack in the corner. The
missionaries in our own lanouace ,
~ n
navo made us what wo are.
Rev. John I'. Williamson, who has j
lived all his days among the Indians, I
said: "Ninety-nine out of a hundred ;
will never get tjio gospel through i
the English."
A \ APPEAL TO THE PKKSI DKN T.
The Dakota Christian Indians, at j
their annual convention referred to j
above, held at Sante.e, September J(i I
adonted a memorial, addressed to the
President of the United States, ask- j
ing him to revoke the order of the
Indian commissioner, which under- ]
takes to prohibit Indians the freo use
of their own language. This petition
written by one of their own i
i number, and which ought to command
great respoct, is as follows:
To the Honorable President of the j
United States of America, Washing-1
ton, 1). C.: On the Dakota Annual j
Conference, heM at Santeo Agency, j
Neb, we sendAhis petition to the one i
we honor. /
The orde^isent by the lion. J. 1).'
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CONWAY. S.
C\ Atkins, commissioner of the Indian
affairs, i> ;w follows:
"In all schools conducted by missionary
ironni/.ations it'is required
that instruction shall bo oiven in the
Knirlish lan^uariro. Instruction in
thojlMkota laneaeo will not lie i>erinitted.
'The rule applies to all
schools on Indian reservations, whet.li
or tney no i lOvcriuiKMH or mission
schools. Tli?; instruction of tho Indian
in tho vernacular is not only no
use to them, hut is detrimental to the
course of their education and civilization.''
We would humhlv tell \ou, with
our own understanding, as follows:
First. Because (lie whole of the
IIolv Bible is translated into the language
of the Dakotas. by learn int.- it
a good many have been ouietod
down in ('hristian homes and civilized
ways.
Second. Learning in the Dakota
language at the same time with learn
in<r Kurdish does not injure it, but
n o t ( "
keeps ami supports it.
Third. The first ' scholars *>f the
1 Jakota language, with, the help of
a little Knglis'i, have become the
eiost '.rust.worthv tren at the ditTereut
agencies, *n I ice to ho found 0:1
opined in the following occupation,
(a) minister'*, (h) teneher#, (< ) (lov
innient clerks and other < innloy-e
( ) good farmers, (e) eiti/ens and
above all true Caristian:;.
We know tlr4 Kmrlish is mmd an I
benefical, hut, for these realms, we
IcuoVi it is better yet to have instrue.
tion in both the Dakota and the
Knodish.
Therefore, we bog of you to abolish
this order, for it is very grievous
to us.
I'Vmale Conductors.
(-? W~"
The <n /-??. thing to he seen
is the female street ear conductors.
Th'' street ear mana o-ers of t'hili have
n
added another occupation to the list
of those in which women t a\ engage.
'The experiment was. first tried dining
the war with Porn, when all the
able-bodied men wore : ent to thn ar.....
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their employment has heroine permanent
to t lie advantage, it is said,
of both the companies, the women,
and the public. The first impression
of a woman with a bell-punch taking
up fares is not favorable, but the
stranger soon becomes accustomed to
this as to all other novelties, and concludes
it is not such a bad idea after
all.
The ft male conductors are seldom
disturbed in the discharge of their
duties, and when they are, the rule is
to call upon the policemen, who
stand at. every corner, to eject the
obstreperous passenger. The street
cars are double dockers, with seats
upon the roof as well as within, and
the conductor occupies a perch on
the rear platform, taking the fare as
the passongor outers. Street ear riding
is a popular amusement with the
young inen ahout town. Fellows
who make a business of flirting with
the conductors are called "mosqnitoes'''
in local parlance because they
swarm so thickly around the cars and
are so groat a nuisance.
The conductors, or eonduotro. ses,
aro^usually young, and sometimes
quite prottv, being usually of the
mixed race of Spanish and indian
blood. They wear a neat ".inform of
blue flannel, with a jaunty 1'anama
hat and a many pocketed white pinafore,
reaching from the] breast to the
ankles, and trimmed with i.iinty
frills. In those pockets they carry
small change and tickets, which
hanging over their 'shoulders is a little
shopping bag, in which is a lunch,
a pocket, handkerchief and surplus
money ainbtielo-ls. Knoli passenger
when paying his faro receives a yellow
paper ticket, numbered, which
ho is expected to destroy. The girls
are charged with 10 many tickets,
and when they report at headquarter:
are expected to return money for ali
that uro missing, any deficit bonodeducted
from their wa^os, which arc
$20) |>or month.
Paulo That Will Keep.
I'usto is so ant to sour that one
has to be insilvin<r it fresh every day
or two. The following recipe for
paste which will not spoil is from the
tfoui'iidl <>j' . ( '/a ,///'.it/')/;
"Dissolve ft toaspoonful of alum in a
(piart of water. When .old, stir in
as mucli flour as will ^ive it th?? e-oiisistoncy
of thick cream, hein^ partic
ular to heat up all the lumps; stir in
as much powdered resin as will lie
on a dime, and throw in half a dozen
cloves to ^ivo it a pleasant odor.
Have on the firo (a vessel of suitable
size containing about) a teacup of
boiling water, pour the flour mixture
into it, stirring well all the time.
In a very few minutes it will he of
the consistency of mush; let it cool;
lay on a cover, and put in a cool
place. When needed for use, take
out a portion and soften it with warm
wfttor.<Bj3&8|^|^ thus mado will last
twelvdsv ' It is better than
gum, as not gloss the paper,
and can\ written on.
The sparkle of repentant tears
reaches heaven.
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.^DSTID "STOXTIR. -\A7-03R
THURSDAY, NOV
Trials of I'IijhIcIiiii.s.
"Tho first live yours am the darkest
in a yout.o doetorV life," said
a well known physician. 41 It
does not matter how nicely
lie is oottino on, lie is sure to
have built his expectations too liioh.
A medical man always thinks he is
doinir better than hots. Leaving
tin.' si turn pure charity eases out of
the ouestion altogether, 1 have always
thought myself lucky if I colleetetl
one-half .if my accounts.
While a reputable doctor looks upon
advertising in a general way as
something tabooed, many of us, 1
doubt not, i.i our \oune days have
resorted to driving rapidly through
various streets in the middle of the
dav. I never know this little scheme,
to han?r lire, and by the time I <n>t
back to the ottice 1 frequently found
two or three calls on the slate.
"An (libelous friend of mine,"
continued the doctor, "once advised
me to settle in the country, where
the competition wasn't so orenl. In
six months I came near starving to
death. The place was so sparsely |
j>o?>j?1? *? ;;11< 1 tin* patients so Far apart |
i Kit t i 11 \ lime Mini e lot lies wore worth
I more than iny fees. By selling my
library I managed to buy horse
and buggy, ami go to work on the
; cooperative plan. I divided tho I
countv ofV into four districts, each of
which I visited once u week. ^ I y I
method was to In p a family in thorough
rcpuii for a stipulated sum | or
in >uth. Nearly all the inhabitants
became subscribers, and I might, I
have thrived well on my livtle monopoly
if another smart doctor hadn't
stepped in and reduced the rate, i (
returned to the city, there settled
down and mairied, and after having]
had a couple of well known men die
on mv hand, 1 found myself famous
and in possession of a lucrative pracI
ticc.
"No, I don't think tliero is as
much 1 deeding patients as is commonly
supposes. ()f course human
uaiure i> the same in a doctor as in
any one else, lb* is always number
one, and tlio patient number two.
There are some people whom you
have got to keep on the sick list all
the time. They would not be hapHV
unless limy n >i 1l< 1 11-11 llmir frioiuls
all about tin* torpidity of their liver
and the unsoundness of their lungs.
A doctor must humor such patients
and assure them they are really ill
whenever they take a fancy to being
so. This is a kind of bleeding that
will never stop so lone ns there are
such people in the world. The old
doctor I studied under used to tell a
oood story at his own expense. In
his oarly days of strugglo a friend
twitted hint upon taking so lone- to
cure a patient. 'Why, man,' replied
the old doctor, 'I have so few patients
that I can't afford to cure any
of them.'
"Speaking of quacks," continued
the doctor after a pause, "you would
be surprised what a strong hold the
empirical fraternity has upon nervous
people. They are easily convinced
that there is soinethinir awful
n
the matter with them. An unarm
f , -rr>-- j
vatod case of this kind recently ciipio
under my notice. A man, whose
hnsiness often called him from home
for months at a time, rushed wildly
into my office ono day and hedged
me to visit his wife. He said that if
I couldu it her out of her megrimes
he would either have to procure
a divorce or commit suicide.
It seemed that the woman, during
ono of her husband's periodical absences,
fell into the clutches of a
female lecturer, who bled her for all
sin* was worth. W hen the husband
returned tie found her the shadow
of iier former-self. She was melancholy
and peevish, and was slowly
wearing herself away. The whole
house was tinned into an apothecary
shoo, and the woman horsolf war a
walking advertisement of tlio empirics'
wares At night she made
i horself hideous by wearing a complexion
mask and medicated gloves
that made her hands look like sugar
cured hams. There was searcly an
inch of her whole body that was as
nature made it.. When I examined
her she had on a liver pad, two lung
pads, a porous plaster for a weak
back, another for a wci.k r tomache
(for the anke cf symmetry, I suppose)
bolts ami hands on aims and logs to
provont, varicoso veins, night boots
to koop the foot warm, nnd magnetic
clothing wherever tlioro was room
for it. Tlio bod itsolf was foarfully
land wonderfully inado, with all patent
appliances. I felt very sorry
for the husband, who seemed to
think a groat deal of his wife. lie
, was very jjatient with her, although
more than once ho confessed it was
hard for a man to love, cherish and
protect a woman who toggod herself
1 out in such a fashion. It was a hard
case to treat, but we finally concjurocd."
New York Kvewiny Sun..
DihIch of ICusterii Muropo.
The Unitarian or Koumelian dude
i incases the lower portion of his body
in pantaloons of a gray, blanketylooking
material, tight-fitting about
[ tim knees and calves, but with bell
bottom profusely adorned with black
ao ^a.3>tx3 otoco? cot:
EMBER 21. 1887.
braid and which almost hides his
feet. The seat of tlio pantaloons1
lianas down to his knees and wobbles
from side to side as ho walks
along. The front of the logs is also
adorned with black braid lieaires
ami artistic curves. Around liis
waist is a voluminous rod kamiuerInind
or sash, many yarils in loimth
onoirclino him in its fold a do/on
times. To nut this garment on
properly requires tin* aid of an assis
taut, w ho stands ofT and holds one
end while the dude turns round and
round; as ho lakes up the length
like a human bobbin the assistant
advances and pays it out. A short
jacket of the same material as his
trousers ami ornamented with the
same style of braid and a Turkish
fez or Russian brim loss hat completes
a make-up that is irresistible to the
belles of the Halkan peninsula.
The genuine Maoyar dude is picturesque
in the extreme. A billycock
hat adorned with peacock feather
is cocked jauntily on one side of
his head, a'silk'handkerehief einbrarini*
vvoriil I>njr|i( colors r;icircl< s
^ o
I II I I
ii's lie v, nun !i wears a lti>nt color
imI j:u ket einbroi dered all over wit 11
quaint (lesijrns in c dered silk, white
pantaloons with embroidered buttons,
c.omino a little below the knees and
so full as to reseribh a skirt, and
lastly, shiny top-boots.
The Albanians residing in Constantinople
are the biiroest dandies
in the Turkish capital; their costumes
are f^old braided briineles:- hats, faneifu!
liort j mket wi'.li false hutiL'intJ"
sleeves, white fri I led fslsirt with embroidered
sleeves and front, a flounced
whiti kilt that protrudes !i! > a
coryphee's float, white stockings
bound with blue ribbon, and low
dainty shoes. A jrny colored savh,
I with Oriental pistols riehl\ chased
therein, oompleti the costume.
One of the bio-oest surprises in
nether oarnient the whoh world
round is worn by the (Irecian dudes
ono sees on the streets of Constantij
nople. imagine a sky-blue silken
ill! 1 i ? f *
Dilution, i ouoin-sute uj iitnl last'iieo
round tin wearer's wni?1, two neallittilio
le?f-ho'es insole in lho . l?ul<?e
r> f*> f i
the whole 1111iI collapsed "and swaddlino
;diont the leirs wln-n walking,
and yon can imagine tho lower story
of a (J reek dndo. His trunk is enveloped
in a ti<rht-littin?r jacket of
some other shade of Idue, with loose
flowiiiK sleeves iind white furbo
i
lows show in ir underneath, llis head
is adorned with a'tireek fe/., front
which tin enormous black or blue
tr de hantrs down his b.ick. The i
o\ .anionta! appendage looks as if
ever on tho eve of pulling the* fey. off
the wearer's head by its jrreat
weight. He wears the ordinary
brogues and socks and sometimes
leaves thoValf of his lees bear.
The Persian dude wears si tall
cylindrical hat of black lamb's wool, >
which assumes a decidedly knowing I
cock or au^le on tho buck of his]
head. llis lonir black hair is trained
to curl i111y upward just below tho I
j base of tlio nut. 11o wears a sort of
roundabout eoat, fitting fairly tijdit |
about tne body, but which at the
waist develops into a plaited skirt i
roachintf half-way down to the knees. |
j When he walks he endeavors to have
> this skirt flop rhythmically up and
j down in accord with his steps. Ilisi
pantaloons are of Kuropean pattern,
w.th very looso hurs and which are
left suflieiently short to display the
embroidered tops of his socks, six
inches above his shoes. Tne ma-1
torial of his trousers is generally
Kuropean broadcloth and that of
his coal cashmere-shiiwl material of
some flowery pattern >r silk {roods of
some bright, jray color.
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Ziiibor*s Political Col lapse.
()ne of the most significant feu
tares of Tuesday's elections, outside
of the relations of tlio two <_pvat parties,
is the lailure of the i nited
: Labor ticket in Ohio and New Verk.
i I
j White tho new party scarcely anticipated
success in either State, it certainly
expected to make its mark in
the jrroat cities of Now York and
Cincinnati, in mis it has been utterly
disappointed. The labor vote
in neither city had any appreciable
effect on tho result.
The Democratic party is the real
j worKiiij/mun s party, aiul only willnn
its ranks can I lit) laborer work effectuallv
for the sunelioration of. his condition.
? If their present defeat shall
cure the workingmen of running after
the will (>' I he-o!. |? of separate I
political organizations, it will prove
a Idissi in disf/uiso.- Arcn\t un<l\
(Unifier.
\ Touching Letter From President
Cleveland.
It will l>e remembered that on tho
occasion of President Cleveland's recent
visit to Memphis Tenn., .Incite
101 lott dropped dead at his feet on
the stand where he had introduced
the President to the people. The
President has sent a letter to the
widow of Judge Kllett, dated Washington,
October 25, in which he
says: "1 cannot resist the impulse
to express my deep and sincere sym!
pathy with you in the terrible nttlic'
tion you have sustained in the sudL
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j'asrx'iR'^rv*
<Ion death of your lovod ami honored
husband. I know I can write nothing
that will comfort you in this try
ino hour, since consolation at such a
timo can only coino from the heavenly
source which permitted the grievous
blow. M v immediate relation to
vour deceased husband at the moment
of his fatal stroke seems to connect
me so nearly with his death that
the sad scene is indelibly fixed upon
my mind. The death of so irood
and useful a man is an affliction to
the entire community in which he
dwelt, and if there is any solace in
the knowledge that in:/:y shato
your orief, or if there is consolation
in the fact that the last words of the
lamented dead, spoken in (ho presence
of his neighbors and fellow citizens,
were full of noble patriotism
and love for all his countrymen, this
solace and this consolation you have
in full moasure. In this hour of
Yolir beri'ii Yemeni in:tv (lod <ro.? i-??n
11 is support a 11< I the peace of mind
which pnsseth all understanding.
Mrs. ( 'lowland desires me also to
convoy to yon lior lie irtfelt sympathy
and condolence.
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W ay ol 1 tie Solfisli Old World.
Onco upon a time a lion cot a
thorn in his foot. lie win heUowiiur
lustily, when a poor posy-ant, attracted
by tin animnrR cries, canio alnup
and extracted the thorn. The lion
was unite iiveivm:" with pratitnde.
Said he, u(_Jood friend, you have d ? ?e
mo a service which I eanno' forpct.i
i e in never consent to part with such a
friend.11 And ho devoured thepea-a it
iin the spot. Nioral: There are some
folks w ho will use their friends for all
they are worth. Hotter let such folks
howl till they burst. They're used to it. !
llolnthem once ai d they've pot a
toot loape on you for all th o tini".
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Courtship mid V nrrinpe.
Kvery you tip ladv has a rievht to j
know why a younp- mm solicits her j
company. I lor life is toe valuable ;
to be trilled with tor mere pleasure. '
But viiniie ladies like company.
They can make it a pleasure or a
curse. Courtship, if properly engaged
in, is only a.i inlroduetion to
the happiness that will f >llow. Bind |
one that will love you, not only
through courtship, but through joys;
and sorrows, success and adversity
one that will ho a helpmeet through
life. Ae<]naintauco is one of the important
elements of courtship.
Too many young ladies ha\e committed
suicide and died brokenhearted
because they did not gain a
knowledge of their lover's character
before bestowing their affections on
liiin. I lave both eyes open, t'ourt
in the daytime and not in the dark.
Young man, go around in the daytime
and see what vour sweet heart is
doing when she does not expect you.
(iota knowledge of her traits of
character and domestic life. Votnia
lady, be careful of your choice. See
to it that a polishod address does not
cover many vices. Don't >-o blindfolded
on this voyage of married
life, but intelligently and wisely on
both sides. With such a choice true
happiness is sure to follow. -C/cl'c
hmd Pldimlctth /'.
The I'aioily Supplied.
"You love my daughter?" said the
old man.
"Love her?" ho exclaimed, passionately,
"why, sir, I would die for
her! Lor one soft glance from those
sweet eyes I would hurl myself from
yonder clitf ami perish, a bleeding,
bruised mass, upon the roeks two
hundred feet oelow!"
The old man shook Ins head.
"I'm something of a liar myself,"
ho said, "and nun is enough in small
family like mine."
A young lady of Missouri has a
collection of 17,(158 spools. The
hobby is far ahead of the crazy <piilt
mania, and moro mefu' than decora-|
ting china with Mowers unknown to
botanicnl'scioncc. The young man
who links his destiny with this girl
will have a soft si.up on kindling !
i wood.
Hired Man "(Josh! I've l)06n
stung by a v asp/' Fanner -'Why
don't you sworn'?" Hired man?
"Hocauso the feu.ah' wasp is the only
one that stints, and you don't catch
iiki swearing In the presence of a
female."
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Not an editor has been mangled
by a railroad smashup this year.
Trains may go through weak bridges,
into open switches and over embankments
but so long as the interstate
commerce law remains intact
the editors will also. -(Mikosk Tim?. <.
"You are looking so badly, my
daughter," said an Austin mother to
her seven-year-old daughter, "that 1
shall send for Dr. Smith."
"Don't send for him. lie is already
engaged to be married."
The Florida crop of oranges this
year is estimated at 1,000,(XX) boxes,
, or 2(X),0OO less than last year; but a
large proportion will be of excellent
' quality.
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fon.iry.
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.Joii"s's S:i\liiifH.
You can't umko friends until you
are sorry ?nought of your sins to
quit them.
1 f u man repents ho don't have to
tr\ to liolievio it piiiiii>< of it^i>lf
(lod can't give yon faith; you'vo
got to do that v"*rs< If. < Jod givos
you sight, hut seeing is your jobA
man once said to mo: "Mr.
Jones, when you have converted the
hypocrites come and tall-; religion to
me. Those hypocrites are in my
way/' I said: "They wouldn't be
in your way if they hadn't got nhea '
of you. Ain't vou ashamed to let
hypocrites get ahead of you''"'
I've got inoro confidenc in bread
pills administrated by a praying doctor
than the finest science gi\en by
an agnostic.
1 understand why old Hob Ingersol!
y* 'i inlidel; it pays him *500 a
night'To deny (.Jod, while he would
not got 400 a night lecturing that
(hero is a (i nd.
I wouldn't give ton conts a cloven
for < 'hristians wh ? wouldn't pr.v, in
public.
There are th< u. uids of differences
lietw "i. 11 tint \in uulnninMiiirl v
>
alike.
When an ? 11 inenr gets down
n or #
from his cab 1 > oil his nviehinevy 1
notice that he pours oil out of ilio
same can upon nil the parts, great
and small alike. And >o tin; ( roat
ICngineer of t>, tniveise j ours the
oil of grace from the p "at henvonjv
storehouse upon tho throat ami small
alike, ami makes i. ea \ for one person
as another to do .right. If there
is any one here who it nut what (iod
intended vou to !?? , it*.-- because you
won't gi\ o iiiin a chain e.
! am getting .sick and tired of this
cant: 'It's so hur l for too to do
right.' \ on r<' tu.od for nothing,
that's whut.'s the matter with vou.
I know it is a heap easier to bo*a
gentleman than a vagabond. I've
tried both.
I'dossed be those who pd ve, and
blessed are those who do not give,
for if they are blessed they will give.
The last stop, the last thought on
earth, means good-bv to tho last opport
unity.
(iod speed t ho (In v when the
church will kick out over* man within
its borders who deals in futures.
The church and the preaelu r who depends
upon such iort of people belongs
to the devil from hat to heels.
(iod does not care for present
events; he looks out for final results.
I'll make iny bones ache dancing
the pigeon-wing if it will me help
to heaven.
The curse of the churches in this
Country is that they have cot thousands
of members who have never
been convicted of sin, much les converted
to t iod.
Whenever anything is wrong tpsit
it short otT. A good many want to
taper oiT in sin. TliOv taper oil generally
to the big end.
The sooner von die, the sooner
vou'll get to heaven if you've been
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a good man. No man is going to
growl on getting into heaven ahead
of t itne.
Don't consider {yourself safe until
you get there.
I leaven is just on tho other side
where a follow has done his loved
best. Tho man who think's he's
sofe, and lies back on his oars, loses
heavon right there.
If I over fall I'll get up and run
right on; and if I can't run I'll do
some tall crawling.
Von take I'aptist water, Meth?>dist
lire, and Presbyterian "hold on to
what von have got," and you've got
a sight.
Probably there isn'f an older
phrase in tho Knglish language than
the words, '1 lovo you" and yet tho
most flippant young man doesn't
even think of saying "Chestnuts!"
when some some sweet girl whispers
it Hoftly into iiis coat collar. Jour
no/ of I'ohicfttioti.
? ? >Teacher
?Now, Absalom, your
father i* ft grocer. Suppose that he
had ton pounds of sugar, which ho
|s?dls to me at twelve cents a pound
how much would he have Absalom
He'd have a dollar and twenty
cents and four pounds of sugar loft.
fjinroln Journal.
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Mrs. (Jurmoy See mv new win|
tor wrap! Isn't it lovely? A boy
I brought it up; but ho didn't bring
tho bill. Mr. Curmey- t )f course
not. A boy couldn't carry tho bill.
They will send it up to-morrow on a
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j in it v / rcru
There is ft striking resemblance
between pugilist. J/crc/umi Traveler.
About tho first '.tiling lost at sen
was tin; sight of land.- Carl PrctA
I.
Politics begun when Joseph was
| sold out by his bretheron.- Picayune,
Some of the best blood in the
land runs through the mosquito's
veins. (iooda/Pi San.
As u rule, the longest hotel bill
of faro is the one that gives fewest J&p
wholesome and palatable disliOb. 'T