The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, April 30, 1884, Image 1
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' WINJsSBOKO, S. C., WEteESDAY, APRIL 30, 1884.
Lon^s For Spring.
De spring o' de year am a slippin' erlonjr
An" looks wid a peep through, de coP chilly
air.
An' de bird am er lookin' crroun' fur his
sone
As he hops on de 13m* an' de half frozen
br'or.
rDc fire feels gocd, fur dar's ice in de crock.
But spring: it am comin' erlong jes de same.
Fur I^seed a jailer hammer wid a straw in his
UVilA,
An' he knows whut he's doln', ef he doan
I'll be blame.
KkI I'll be mighty glad when de warm win' b'ows
mmm. An* de cows stan's aroun' enjoyin' o' dc
cood.
Fur, ter tell de Lord's truth, I'se sorter rca'ee
o' cloze.
Aa' haster hussle might'ly fur ter git er llt?
tie wood.
Dc hogs am awful touchy when de wcader it
ia col'
K An' da hollers like de debil when ycr climbs
B in de pen?
Doan want ermanto eat "em; ob, no, bless
- yersoul;
So I hastcr compromise on de dominickcr
hen.
?Arkansas Traveler.
I "FAINT HEART NE'ER WON
W- FAIR LADY."
"A hat of last year's fashion!"
"But her eyes were like gray stars."
"And her manner dreadfully qu.'ck
^ and decided."
"My dear jsicnara, you are rea.uy
absurd I The girl is a hospital nurse,
I and what woman with any refinement
or delicacy would take, up any such a
profession as that? It shows she can't
ky?- - nice."
> - "Ladies do such things nowadays1'
?less defiantly.
"Now you know you are only saying
so because she is pretty. Of course ladies
do queer things nowadays, but
that doesn't excuse an unwomanly feeling.
Besides she is only a solicitor's
daughter. I shan't ask mamma to
11 Si *
UB1J.
Ifc. "But don't you think common civr
ility "
"No, I don't. She is only staying at
the Rectory, and we are not forced to
call on every one's friends. Besides,
k Captain Hardwicke is expected home,
and it would make it awkward. What
would one of Lord Belmont's people
say if we asked them to meet a girl like
Miss Travers?"
"All the same, she's as pretty and
ladylike as anyone I ever met in these
^ parts."
"Very likely, but she- is not in our
, set. Now, Richard, if you say any
V more, T shall begin to think that you
are falling in love with her, if the idea
is not too absurd."
But Richard had closed the drawing
room door upon his six sisters' languid
voices and was half way across the
wide lawn with its brilliant parterres
. ^ Of summer flowers. Poor Richard Al
""lerdyce! only son of the richest banker
in Chellowdean, people of good family,
but with just that uncertainty of social
position which made them afraid of
overstepping any boundaries, rather
gratified at being on intimate terms
T TJ/\nf o r*
>V 1 bll XU\Si. Wi U 4.4i_tV4. WV idkUiUHiX/ttV^)
he was of divided mind this summer
afternoon. He had been greatly
^ taken by that sweet face and slight figure
in the Rectoiy pew last Sunday;
was sensible of a thrill of more than
^ cfcdLinterest when he met their owner
walking home with the good old rector
after service, and was introduced to
9^ "Miss Travers,"'while the eyes "like
grey stars" were su^renly raised to
his; and he had ever since spent alaret
er portion of his time than was strictly
^ needful in walking past the Rectory's
rose-covered garden gate. But on the
other side, his sisters words had certainly
struck home.
Brought up, as all the Allerdyces
were, like hot-house plants, sheltered
from every breath of frosty air, it was
? not strange that Richard at five-andtwenty,
though a big, burly enough
Jroung Englishman to look at, was but
ittle of a man in heart or mind. Knowledge
of the world had been carefully
kept from him, as from his sisters, lest
they should learn evil; but their very
ignorance had cost them the loss of
k power to choose between evil and good
? and had given them weak prejucieeg
and conceited opinionativeness, instead
of a mind able to discern and prefer
the ri^ht
Richard's handsome face was overcast
as he swung out of the lodge gate
. and down the road. Miss Travers a
L hospital nurse! certainly it was a shock.
Not only did it seem to him unwomanly
for a woman to work at all, but infinitely
more so to do menial work.' And
then the awful thought of what his mother
and sisters would say, were they
asked to receive a hospital nurse as his
future wife! For it had gone as far as
^ 7 that in Richard's susceptible mind,
evsn in these three short days. All at
once his thoughts broke off as Miss
Travers herself, sweet and bright as
^ Via** Woait ^ t?ftco " .-?q rr> Ct rtlit "fVATO
W?Cij xu uvt i/iava vu? **v^u
the Rectory gate, the great Rectory
mastiff pacing behind her.
Now Richard's own collie was at. his
heels and there was a bitter feud of
long standing between those two faithB*
ful followers. There was one angry
^ growl, a heavy rush, a thud, and then
a brown body" and a Hack rolled together
in the dust in a manner suggestive
of a do<r s funeral on one side or
the other. Richard, who'was actually
staggered by the snddenness of it all,
pf* coula not for a moment regain his
W senses; and when he did it was to find
Miss Travers, both hands locked in the
hair of Rollo's shaggy neck, pulling
him from his foe with all her strength,
and calling to "Mr. Allerdyce"' to
"take hold of his dog and null him
She was being whirled round in a
cloud of dust by the frantic waltzsrs
before Richard could hardly settle on
where to "take hold," but the task was
performed for him by a gentleman in
tweed knickerbockers, who started out
Kggk of the "WTiite Hart," a few yards
away, and ran to the rcscue. Between
, Miss Travers and himself the combattants
were separated, each carrying
' ** #Am ^i*Q/>rnonfc r\f thr> AtK^r^C
SaL person; and Miss Travers, flushed,
panting, covered" with dust, but looker
mg lovelier than Richard had ever
jjP@y seen woman look before, sank back
against the Rectory wall and tried to
At laugh. The stranger lifted his hat,
r looking straight at her with a pair of
piercing brown eyes.
"Excuse me, Miss Travers," he said,
in a rather off hand manner, "but that
was about as rash a thing as any one
could possibly do. The dogs might
both have turned on you and bitten
you badly."
"Thank you, Captain Hardwickc, I
had not the least fear," was her only
response,given with a little haughtiness;
fcud the gentleman, with a nod to Richarw
turned and strode away as rapidly
? as he had come.
fe "Miss Travers! are you hurt?" Richf
ard was able to articulate at last. "You
never should have done a thins: like
that; Hardwicke was right; it was awfully
rash! By the way, you know
Hardwicke?"
"No, I am not hurt a bit'1 The wonHF
derful;grey eye3 were dancing with fun
* now. "Don't scold me please: I know
| it was a silly thing to do, but I didn't
i stop to think. Pray don't look so hor!
rilled."
"But if you had been bitten!"
"Well, I wasn't" And her face
! dimpled with a friendly sruile at his
i shocked look.
j "But you know Hardwicke?" he pcrI
sisted, unable to get over his surprise
j in that quarter.
"Oh, yes." Her f:ure grew cold in!
stantly. "Captain Hardwicke was in
j hospital with an accident some months
i ago?my hospital. I had chargo of
i 1." Uoi'i. oil " A..,I c-t.rt ,\?llft,l
j UiiJjL tUUiC, kllvtl, O uu. iiuvt ou ^ |/uixvvt
; a rose so sharply from the hedge, that
it fell to pieces in her hand.
i "Look hero!'' she laughed, showeri
ing the petals on the ground before
; i her, "let us cover over the battlefield
j with flowers," and she laughed again.
Richard went home more thoughtful
i i than ever. Surely ill's woman was a
, \ novel thing in his experience of men
: and manners. She acted with the
! skill and daring of a man; and yet he
' would rather not think waathis sisters'
i faces would be like had they but seen
it! Was it actually ladylike? or should
she not rather have fled from the scene
| of conflict, or screamed and fainted?
; To be sure, she looked as beautiful as
: an avenging Amazon; but was it quite
{ correct conduct for a girl? And Captain
Hardwicke's manner, so ^ abrupt
i and dictatorial; he seemed to show her
j the difference in social position between
j a nobleman's nephew and a hospital
I nurse. It must have been an awkward
meeting, as his sisters had said. And
j then a cold shiver came over him as he
| thought of Miss Travers introduced as
| Mrs. Richard AUerdyce at Belmont
Castle, and Captain Hardwicke's stony
; stare of surprise. And yet?and yet? j
: she was so beautiful. i j
| Nearly three weeks had passed since
! the dog episode, and Richard's courage
' still wavered in the balance. He had
I grown to know Miss Travers well in
j those three weeks, and to know her !
. well was but to love her better. There ;
never was a woman so sweet, so clever, :
! so symparneuc, so oeauuiui?ne was :
| certain of that?no woman he more ar- j
; dently longed to have for his own; and j
! yet?"and yet! That terrible strength i
! of character, that profession, that lack i
| of pedigree! Only last night, in the !
! moonlit Rectory garden, he had almost1
I flung all prudence to the winds, she !
j had been so dangerously, fatally sweet J
| (she was always especially kind to him) j
I but he "eeled back from the gulf just in
i time when, she mentioned casually, |
j without a change of voice or counte- ;
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nance, mas sue nau. au uhujc wuv
a chemist in Rochester. "A chemist!
Shades of my ancestors protect me!"
Richard recoiled again as he thought of
it, and fancied Hardwicke's looklf he
could have" heard her. For Captain
'Hardwicke was still at the "White
Hart," and perhaps his presence, and
the atmosphere of exalted society about
him, had been one of Richard's restraining
though unconscious influences.
Now as he slowly worked his
way up the steepest hill in the neighborhood,
on his new tricycle, he was
pondering the old question in his
mind. Could he take the fatal plunge,
or was it too costly?
A trim, graceful figure on the road
before him, as at last he gained the
summit, dx*ove all else to the four
winds; $nd in a moment he had overtaken
the object of his cogitations, and
enmrny tn thfi o-rnnnd besidii her.
^ ~ r>
"Mr. Allerdyce!" she said, turning
with her own bright look to shake
hands; "how like a ghost you stole upon
me! Oh, I see, it was a tricycle,
and what a beauty! Do let me look at
it." And Richard, nothing loth, began
to display his new toy?a perfect thing
in build and finish?the Ailerdyces' possessions
always were the most perfect
of their kind.
He began to explain it to her, forgetting
all about the chemist uncle, but.
she interrupted him.
"Yes, I know all about them,thanks.-'
I see it is a regular bit of perfectionI
should so like to try it. May I?"
Once more Richard was dumb with
? A
surprise. ?cl laujr vu a ??aa as
yet ail unheard of tiling in rustic Chellowdean,
and it seemed an outrageous
idea to him.
"I really don't think you could," he
faltered. "My sisters never have done
such a thing."
"Your sisters? oh, perhaps not,"
with a little smile at the idea. "But I
am quite used to tricycles. I ride one
whenever ! can get a chance."
Further blow tor Richard; but there
was no knowing how to refuse her, and
so he stood aside. She took her place
like one who was thoroughly used to
tricycles, and he could not but admit
that she aciomea her position.
"What a delicious hill to run down,"
she said with a happy little laugh, as
she placed her dainty feet on the treadles.
"I really must try it."
"Pray, pray don't attempt it!" was
Richard's horrified remonstrance, for j
the hill stretched down even more ab- [
ruptly than on the side he had ascend- ;
ed, and near the bottom there was a
sudden sharp turn, with the railway |
lino running just below?the nastiest j
bit of road !or mij.es around. Perhaps
even Agatha Travers would have hesitated
to hazard it, had it not been for
the consternation in Richard's face.
"Mr. Allerdyce, jou are faint-hearted,"
she said gaily as she started on
her downward course?a little more
rapidly than she at first had intended,
but Richard's new tricycle worked
smoothly. His heart stood in his |
mouth, as the country folk say, as she I
began to glide rapidly off. She turned j
her head and flashed back a merry de- |
fiance. "My uncle, the chemist at j
Rochester, used to say" -Then the J
wicked sparkle faded suddenly, and \
she called quick and clear, "Can you !
not stop me, please? The break is I
stiff; I can't make it work; it's running j
away."
Poor Richard of the faint heart! it
seemed to die within him. The next
second he had darted forward, but it
was just one second too late. The
check she had been able to put on the
heavy machine with the treadles ceased
to keep it back, and faster and faster it
tore down the perilous road.
In all his life to come, Richard will
never know any minute so long as that
next, while the straight slight figure
flying through space seemed to swim
before his eyes, and his knees knocked
together as he stood.
On, on?faster, faster! she managed
somehow to cling to the steering han
U1C, SUU fk.ecu lilC UliWUlUC 1U j
die. of the road; but the mad pace grew j
more-desperate. She could never turn j
that fatal corner by the railway em- ;
bankment; over it she must go. And j
it was just then- thai Richard and she
both together saw the puff of snowwhite
smoke from the lull-side, that ;
told them the evening express was out i
of the tunnel, and thundering down
that very bit of line.
It all flashed over Agatha in one
rush; would the fall kill her, or !
would it be the train? it must be one or j
the other: the next second or two
would settle that; and a swift prayer i
was on her lips, but what she never
quite knew; for even as she breathed it,
some one or something in brown tweed
knickerbockers hurled itself over the
: road-side stile before her, a stout stick
' darted into the flying wheel, and with
! one quick swerve the tricycle crashed
j into the ditch, and lay there, a confused
mass of spinning spokes and muti;
lated tires, while Agatha flew out from
! its midst like a ball, and alighted on a
| grassy bank a yard or two away; and
i the express rushed past with a wild
! yell on the line just below, and vanishj
ed round a sharp curve that matched
i the curve above it.
Then, and then alone, did Richard's
j legs regain their power of motion; and
j he set off as fast as they could carry
i him to where the little black figure
lay. Somehow it took longer to run
down that hill than the last, descent
would have led one to think; for when
Richard, panting and breathless,
i reached the scone of the accident, the
little black figure, very much out of its
usual trim neatness, was seated on the
grassy tangle that broke her fall, bus--,
lly binding up with her own small;
handkerchief a deep gash in the hand'
: of the knickerbockered person who
! knelt at her side. It was a very pale
i face that looked up at Richard's, with 1
! the sort of awe that any human crca!
turc must wear who has just been lace |
! to face with death; but her great groy
i eyes had a wonderful shining light in j
them.
"The poor tricycle!" she said; "I
I am so sorry. Is it very badly hurt?'' ;
; And, in the fervor of his relief and
j gladness, Richard could find words for
nothing but?
"Bother the tricycle!"
He was ready enough to say something,
however, presently, when he
found himself obliged to stop and see
its remains decently cared for, while 1
Captain Hardwicke took charge of Miss
Travers' return to the Rector}-. She
said she was none the worse for her
fall, but perhaps she was a little shaken;
but Captain Hardwicke kindly offered
her his arm. and she took it.
Richard hurried alter tnem oeiore
Ions:, his whole heart aglow. That awful
minute this afternoon had taught
him that life without Agatha Travers
would seem a poor and worthless thing,
were she a factory-girl. He hurried after
them, therefore, and camc in sight
of the Rectory gate as two hands, one
very neatly bandaged, unclasped over
it, and a small dark head raised itself
swiftly from a brown tweed shoulder, i
where it seemed to have been resting. I
"Good gracious!" was ail Richard
could utter, as Agatha vanished, and i
r!ar>tft?n Hardwiftke. lookino- odiouslv i
radiant, sauntered toward lnm.
"Ah, Alierdyce, old fellow, caught
us, have you? Then I may as well tell
you all my tremendous good luck at
once, and take your congratulations.
Perhaps you've heard how Miss Travers'
nursing saved my life last year,
and when of course I fell in lovo with ,
her, as who wouldn't? She would
have it, it was only gratitude, and refused
to let mc make what she called
a misalliance, just because there's that
brute of a title coming to me some day.'
I told her I thought all that rubbish
was obsolete, and offered to drop the
title altogether if she liked; but nothing
would do, and we parted rather out of
temper. I heard she was down here,
and ran down to see my uncle, hoping
ne would taiK ner over, out jl uegau lw
think it was no use. And, do you
know, I was frantically jealous of you,
old fellow! I saw she liked you, and X
almost believe you could have cut mo
out, early in the day, if you'd had the
pluck to try, she was so set against me.
JBut to-day has roads it 'all right, and
she thinks I've saved her life this time,
so werre quits.- Well, old man, am I
not the luckiest.man. alive?" .
"But?but?:' stammered*fhe wretched
Richard,v" 'sdrely her family'-"
"She's an .orphan, Oh, J see what
you mean; she told mo -she had been
shocking you with an uncle who's a
a chemist, or a butcher, or. goodness
knows what. ,.Bah! I should think the |
mere fact of being a hospital nurse was
a patent of nobility to any woman.
But if my little girl were a beggar-maiden
she would still be a real princess.
God bless her!"
And Richard's groan may have been
an assent?Lilian Campbell Davidson
in CasseWs Magazine.
Bill Arp on "Women.
There is no record anywhere in any
history of a happy married state where
a man bad more than one wife. Lamech
had two, but the scriptures say
nothing more about him. Adam didn't
have but one and Noah one, and they
started the bi^iness of peopling the
world. Old Father Abraham had one,
and when he took another on the sly,
old Aunt Sarah got after him and sha j
frailed out the second one with a thrash
pole and run her off. Jacob had two,
and if ever a man deserved two he did;
but they didn't get along well, even
though they were sisters. Moses didn't
have but one. King David had several,
but he was curst with 'em, and actual
ly committed murder to get one of 'em, |
and lived in anguish ever after, for he
said "My sin is ever before me." Old
Solomon must have had an awful time
of it, for he had a thousand, and they
kept him so harassed and bedeviled
that he flew to his inkstand and wrote
that he had found one good man, but a
good woman in a thousand he had not
found. Of course not How could a
woman bs good when she was only a
thousandth part of a wife? But Solomon
repented of his folly and said it
was all vanity, and advised all men to
"live joyfully with the wife whom thou
lovest," and to "beware of strange
women." I never think of these surplus
wives who are sealed to the Mormons
withouta feeling of sadness and
pity, for every new one causes the
others a pang of shame. They are all
in prison ana their dependence is like
that of the caged bird that Namely I
loots to its Keeper tor iooa, xnere is
no escape, for woman is a prond creature
and will suffer in silence rather
than parade her folly to the world.
Did you ever noticc how a woman will
suffer and be strong, especially if she
has a child or children to keep her
company.?''Bill -l/p," in Atlanta Constitution.
? "Cy A
iml^inient.
A highly respected citizen was ar-1
raigned before court for shooting and
killing a friend. The evidence was direct,
and after exhaustive arguments
had been made, the judge said:
"It is cieariy proven that you are
guilty, as charged by the indictment."
"But I protest my innocence," replied
the prisoner.. "The indictment
reads that I did shoot and kill the
gentleman with powder and a leaden i
bullet. This is a mistake. I had no;
bullets at the time, so I loaded my gun
with powder and a horse-shoe naii."
"That, indeed, alters the case," said
the judge. Hie indictment saia ouiiet,
when it should have said nail You
are discharged, sir."?Arkunsaw Trav;
cllcr.
Stand-And-Deliver Stories"Talking
about brave men," stage- j
! robber Marshall said one night in jail, i
j "the idea that it takes a man of great
: nerve and daring to rob a stajje is a
j great mistake. The trouble with the
( 4-U?-. Jo -fl*ATT T?of"Tl^T*
| ui una wuuujr xoj wavj |
i like to bo robbed, I s:u ss. It's easier'n !
falling oft' a log. Why, a year ago last j
winter my pard and I was walking j
along the mountain road, not thinking !
| of anything in particular, when along
came a couple of tenderfeet in a car-'
i riage. Before we could catch our breath
I one of them threw up both hands,
i knocking the other's hat off, and hol
lered, 'For God's sake, don't shoot.'
i Well, now, we hadn't any idea of
j shooting at all, and didn't know these
! fftlIftrs werr> in those Darts, but when
1 they sort of reminded us of our busi- I
| ness by. commencing to unbuckle their <
I watches and weasels, .why, we just
(took them in charge-of course, and told i
/ the teriderfeet never,-to -Jet us catch ;
them-on that road'again, for it was
'our'n. Th<iy thanked us so warmly
-for sparingiheir lives that I felt a little
uneasy about it. In fuct, I was half
tempted after we'd let them go to fol!
ler them up and kill . one or both of
j them, for somehow, they gave me the
i impression that!hadn't aone my full
! duty." He smiled grimly for a mo
ment, and added: "JNow, . "What on
earth could I do under such circumstances?
I didn't rob those fellers.
They made us presents of what they j
had. Yet, when they got to Wadsworth,
they told the people that* they
had an all-day fight with road - agents.
"I and my pard have robbed the
Sierra Valley stage three times now at
the same place. Til tell you how it
was done. Pard had a Winchester and
i I.had a pair of Colts in my belt; but
the job was done every time with an
old powder-and-ball pistol that had
no load in it. and wouldn't-' have 2rone
oil if there had been one, for ! didn't
have any caps. Pard would fire his
Winchester as close to the ears of the
horses as he could without dropping
them and I would swing the old blunderbus
in the' air and holler. Every
time it happened just the same. There
was only just my pard and I, but the
pajssengcrs would think they could see
Some of our men behind every tree.
"One feller fainted dead away once.
We'd just got them in a row good when
thi? fellow's knees commenced to
knock .together, and he kept getting
out of line. I finally thought I'd "Scare
him and the rest of them a little, so 1
hollered, pretending to give orders to
the boys hidden behind the rocks and
trees:
"'Boys, bore a hole in this gentleman
with the light overcoat on if he ;
moves ;an inch, or any of the rest of
them.'I
"Just then a big' ;fellcr, the second
one from the limber-legged chap, had
a chill like, and his teeth came togeth- ;
er with such a noise that the .other fel- 1
ler thought somebody was cocking a <
rifle, and with a wild whoop he dropped j
in a dead faint The rest of them j
thought he had been shot dead. They j
were too scared to notice that there had 1
been no report of a gun. I
"Speaking about weapons, why, I ]
have robbed stages up in California <
and nvor m Utak ?ny ,,
at alL You don't need any. I'll bet
a tenner that I can take an old-fashioned
tin candlestick and hold up the
best stage load that ever came over the
mountains."?Reno Letter in the San
Francisco Chronicle.
Paid in His Own Coin.
"I was in Marion county the other
day," said a lawyer to a reporter,-"and
heard of the death of an old man I had
known there, and it recalled a peculiar
case of retributive justice in that family
"Years ago the old man owned one
of the best farms in the country,' and
his son assisted him in working it. The
son married and had a son. When the
grandson was about fifteen years of
age his father suggested to the grandfather
that as he was growing old and
had worked hard all his life, he take things
easy and rest the remainder of r
his (lays. He asked the old man to
deed the farm to him and let him take
sole charge of it, with the aid of the
grandson. He promised the old farmer
a good home and an easy life as long
as he lived. The old man finally deeded
the property to his son.
"No sooner had he obtained the title
to the property than the" son began a
system of the most heartless treatment
of' his father. He compelled him to
work harder than he had ever done for.
himself, vc-nnld not lot him eat at the
family table, and subjected him to all
kinds of persecutions. The grandson
protested in vain against this treatment
of his grandfather and finally the
old man left the home that he had
made and found an asylum in the
county poor house.
"After awhile the son got badly in
debt, and so anxious was ne to escape
payment of his obligations that he
made a deed of the farm to his son.
Everything moved smoothly'for a time,
until one day the farmer gave some in
structions that did not agree with his
son's ideas and the latter refused to
consent to them. The father declared
that his wishes should be carried out,
and ordered his son to leave the place.
?* - _ j v:
IHO SOU, nowever, reminaeu mm buai>
he held the title to the farm himself,
and that as they could not get along
together, the father would have to go,
and he did.
"After the departure of the father,
the son re-established his grandfather
in possession of the farm, deeding back
everything. The-"old man, however,
gave "the farm absolutely to his grandson,
who provided^amply for the old
man until fie died. The boy's father
rrrnr, r\fPnyaA a rtll r>1 ^ T>1 fl /">A
>yao vuvivu. t* ju.\si * -VM V*?.
but refused to accept anything but the
title to it all, and the last heard of him
he was working as a farm hand in Wabash
township, this county."?Lafayette
(hid.) Courier.
The Boy Was All Right.
A clothing dealer down on Jefferson
avenue was dancing around the door of
his store in a great rage the other
day when an acquaintance halted and
asked him the cause of his excitement.
"Vhy, dot new poy of mime sells a
man a "hat for a dollar dot vhas marked
twelve shillings!"
"And you lost fifty cents?"
"Feefty ccnts! I discharge dot poy
so qucek his head doan' haf time to
shwim!"
In the course of an hour the pedes
trian was repassing tne store, ana seeing
the man at the door with a smile
on his face he asked:
"Well, did you discharge- the boy?"
"Dot poy vhas all right, ijij! Vhen
I comes to inquire into it I (loan' let
him go if I haf to pay him more wages.
He makes a mistake on price, but
when he gifts back der change for a
ten dollar bill he gets me rid of all my
trade dollars und pieces mit holes in
| Tem.' '-<=Detro it Free Press.
"r How To Be Beautiful.
j/'We are utterly opposed to the delejferious
compounds with which the
Jacket is flooded, composed of acids,
afc^tiic, and white lead, in which "the
remedy is worse than the disease."
W?j?ould remind you that no object is
.attained without some effort, and frequently
considerable self denial, and
wm"now give you a simple, yet admi- i
rtfjje, recipe for a cosmetic withdi- '
Ta^aequal parts of lamb suet and glycemne;
melt thoroughly in a porcelain
receiver; stir rapidly until almost cold,
and? finish by adding a few drops' of
attar of rose.
Now, as "cleanliness is next to god- ,
linQps,'! we advise a thorough bath be
fore retiring each night, and, as the (
process of bathing seems misunderstood,.
we would explain that it is not
necessary to be submerged in a large
tan? ol.water, but that a basin full of i j
this ^juid, with olive oil soap, applied
with spbng?" dr flannel from the crown (
of thejiead to the sole of the feet, will
ans'wt v* ev&y * purpose-. Begulate the. j
temperatu^e^to^suit yoar ~ individual
taste^^membenrig' always" to avoid a <\
shocf^. Tue batii siiouid be followed ,
by brisk bat gentle friction, and now \
that Azores are open and the subject ,
glowifig and cleanly, let ns apply to
the face and visible portion of the neck ,
a modicum of this salve, the same ]
to b$ systematically and thoroughly (
rubbil in, bearing in mind that in }
every? case the friction must suit the 1
skin./ In some subjects this is attained (
by gefetily rubbing up or down with the
palm of the hand, while again the sur- ]
face '^jsorbs more readily from a cir- ]
clingy-movement, the object being always'not
to grease, but simply to molli- ]
fy and soften the cuticle. We give ?
you tiese directions for the face, but j
will add that the entire body, treated f
in th^.same manner, would respond
most :genially and heathfully. It is
well mown that unction was the regular
accompaniment of the bath with
the ancients, and it would be well were
it remed with us, since it adds suppleness
jo the body, removes superfluous
skin Scales, rendering the cuticle soft
and pliable as in'early youth, in place
of the harshness and dryness so frequently
complained of in advancing
yearsi: .
Ne?t in order we would advise careful
handling ofthebair, which should
be colmbed out.with patience and gen- Lc
tlftneas in r>lnc.p. ni tparinrr it out hastilv r
and Violently by the roots, resulting in c
breaTdlge, injury, and unevenness of ^
fibre^f It should be briskly ana.persist- c
ently? Brushed every night before re- f
tiring-then loosely braided and coiled t
softl^inder a silk nightcap. The very T
best preparation, to insure a luxuriant t
rcowth "of flossy hair is to be obtained ?
By going into the woods where the jj
wildrgtape vines grow luxuriantly, j
and, at the season of the year in which c
the sap commences to flow, tap the a
canesa.penknife, collect the pro- c
Euse discharge ia bottles. After bath- ^
ing tiieiair in admixture of ammouia e
and srAm water, this natural invigora- s
tor is to be- thoroughlyrubbed into t*.e v
Rcaln once dailv. I have seen the most
J~. ^ v
luxuriant, thick, glossy, waving hirsute
;rop t "om this simple inocuous appli- f
"Worth a Licking. r
Some years ago, in Georgia, that band l:
of Christians known as Ascensionists
were having a grand revival. One day,
when the meeting-was in full force, a
storm came up, ana a young gentleman
who was out hunting with his servant ,
took refuge in the church door. Being
curious to see the service, the two
hunters crept up into the gallery, and
there hid in a place where they could ^
observe without being observed.
"Come, Lord, come, our robes are
CnmPL Lord, come.1' cried the ,
preacher, while all present gave a loud ?
"Amen."
"Marsa Gabe," whispered Cuffy, ..
lifting his hunting horn to his mouth,
"let me gib dem jist one toot"
"Pat that horn down or I'll break t
your head," replied the master, iu a .
whisper. J
The horn dropped by Cuffy's side,
and again.the minister cried: "Come,
Lord, come; we are all ready for thy ^
coming. Come, Lord, come."
"Do, Marsa Gabe?do jist lemme <rib c
'6m jist one little toot," pleaded Cuffy, P
wetting his lips and raising the horn.
"If you don't drop that horn, Cuffy, j=
nil mkiV Ttrifhin <jn r?f vnni"
All umu jivu luuum j v _
life," whispered the exasperated mas- 13
ter. p
"Blow, Gabriel, blow; we are ready
for his coming. Blow, Gabriel, blow," '
pleaded the minister. 1
Cuffy could no longer resist tho ?
temptation, and sent a wild peal ring- ?
ing from end to end of the church; but ?
long before its last echo died away his ?
master and himself were tho only occupants
of the building. s
Ts ready fnr de licking, Marsa ?
Gabe," said Cully, sliowing every toottf
in his. head, ":>.r I 'clare to gracious ?
it's, .worf two lickings to see de way ?
common farm cattle- kin git ober de
ground wid skeared 'Scensionist be- ?
hind 'em."?Editor's Drawer in Harper's
for March. ?
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Plantation Philosophy. "
Men may dig far months an1 fine dat
de gol1 ain1 dar, but when de woodpecker
digs a hole in de tree, ho alius
takes out a worm. *
It ain' alius de silent man dat's de a
smartes'. Do sheep doan make ez |
much fuss ez de dog, but he ain' got ?
nigh ez much sense:
t- a
It takes one good pint in er man tor s
show up anuder. Widout de aid o' j
good feed de fine blood wouldn't show c
nigh so plain in er horso.
De edycated fool is was den do one K
what ain' edycated, fur de edycated ?
one spiles a good piece o' work, whar- a
as de onedycated one doan often un'er- ?
take a thins what he kain' do. ;
? I
One night er town nigger got me ter f
go wid him to what he called de opera, e
Tole me dat I would heah some mighty t
fine singin' dar. I'se monstrous fon' e
o' good singin1, an1 I looked forward e
ter de 'casion wid de year o' wide open 1
'tention. Wall, arter er while de show y
folks come out on de batform an' gun- 'J
ter make de cuisest noises dat I ever f
heard. "When's da gwinter sing?" I s
axed o' de town nigger? "Day's sino;- c
in' now," says ze. "is aai wnuu u? n
calls er song?" "Yas, hush ur da'll i
putyer outer heah." "I'll sabe de gennenuan
dat trouble," s'l, an' out I
went. Dat mouter been music ter de i:
high edycatcd folks, but ef it wuz, den f
I doan' want none o' yer high edyca- f
tion. Do song whut de nigger sings in v
de fiel', an1 He tune what de 'oiaan s
humes ter de chile is sweet ter me, an'
ef I haster fling dat er side ter enjoy . ^
whut de bis: folks calls music, den I'se '
afraid dat I'll alius be sot down ez er i
man whut doan' wanter know nntfyV. j
?Opie P. Bead
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GEORGE.
The Capital in Life of a Little Ark ansas
Darkey.
Only one more darkey I will take
the liberty to introduce, says a correspondent
of the Times, and he a small
one, before saying good-bye for the
present to Hot Snrin2s and Panther
Gulch, to continue this little jaunt in
the South and West. The black-antitan
subject now for the first time presented
on any stage, ladies and gentlemen,
is named George. Age, 14; size,
medium; intelligence, above the average.
I met him ono afternoon as I
was walking on tbe railway track, a
mile or two out of Hot Springs. His
color is so light and his features so regular
I knew him for some time before I
even suspected that he was a colored
boy. He asked me how far it was to
Malvern, and I told him 23 miles, and
asked him whether he intended to walk
it.
"Do you think I can do it before
dark?" he replied.
I told him I w^s-sure hfr^eould not,
Fat* if. wsa.tViPTt 1 ?Vln*>b ?
*Tdottft want to be-on the track ai:
ter -dark, you see," said he, "on acP
:ount of the panthers. Do you think
there's any between here and Maipern?"
I told him I had been several miles
iown the track, and had not seen any.
He told me, when I asked him, that he
:ame from Houston, Texas; that Ms
mother (a mulatto) lived there, and
;hat his father (a white man) was :
lead; that he started out more than a '
^ear agu vu ius travels wiui a uuiupaiion
of his own age, who had Been
billed while stealing a ride before they
-vere two days out from home; that be ;
i ad come to Hot Springs looking for ;
something to do, but found nothing; !
;hat he bad eaten nothing that day, j
ind had spent the night out-doors. I i
lappened to be just on the point of <
noving my quarters, and had a num- i
)er of errands to be done, so I offered ]
lim a meal or two and a lodging on 1
be -floor by the stove in consideration i
>f his being my man Friday till the ]
lftYt dav. The following dav was so .s
jitter cold I could not turn him out of 1
he house, and he was with me for two <
lays, in the- course of which I think i
here was- no single minute in which <
ome part of the stove was not red-hot i
le was a prime fireman, and the land- j
ord furnished the wood. At any hour <
if the night I happened to awake, 1
Jc'orge was putting fresh hickory logs i
in the fire. He could sing, whistle, t
lance, and when, he smiled he dis- <
losed a double bank of organ keys
torn ear to ear. He had not a cent in
he world, his clothes, were none too
rarm, and the weather was like Mani- j
oba?but he was happy as a lark, ^
hough he had no notion what minute
e might be invited to "move on." j
le was a fine boot-black, a good 3
lothes-brusher, and did errands well ^
nd promptly, always buying things ?
heaper at the stores than I could and j
'ringing me back more change than I j
xpected. He had been well taught in ^
ome school and answered disdainfully ^
rhen I gave him little conundrums out 5
f the multiplication table. 3
On the third day I had to move, \
hough it was the coldest of the sea- s
on, and in the new place I could not ]
ako Clcnrsrp. along. When all was t
eadytlie glooe" anuSttwaeei- a 6&ueei?t~f"j
amp stood on the table. As I was j
one with them, I told George he j
light take them to the china store, j
rhere I had paid 35 cents for them, (
nd that he could keep whatever he ^
ould get for him. He trotted off in a j
urry and soon came back indignant. j
"What do you think that chap down j
here offered me?'1 said he. "Fifteen t
ents! He must think I'm a fooL He j
rants to sell them over again and j
lake 20 cents more on them. But he .
ouldn't come it. No, sir-ee. I told I
TM ^ 4.^ L
1JH x u cai'rjr cm tu ixxaivuiij i 5
'd sell 'cm for that?and so I will" (
I tried to dissuade him from this no- (
ion, but he was so indignant at the ?
m offer he would have carried them t
: they had weighed a hundred pounds. r
[e wrapped them in a newspaper, ^
ied them up with a string, and sat be
ore the fire looking at th?m. There j
ay behind the stove a shoe brush and ?
box of blacking that had been over- j
Doked; likewise on the washstand a (
ake of toilet soap. These treasures I ^
resented to George rather than un- t
isten a trunk, and he received them
gratefully, putting the shoe brush in c
is inner coat pocket, from which the j
;andle protruded some incnes. mo
xpressman came, and we parted, *
reorge declaring that some day he
rould "beat the railroads" to New
Tork, and would surely come and see
le. 1 see him yet, going whistling
own the street, sometimes stopping 2
5 smile, always shivering. Surely no ?
oy ever started out to make his for- (
une with so odd a capital?a lamp (
hade and chimney, a shoe bhish, and t
cake of soap. If he stumbled before T
e reached Malvern and broke his ,
lassware, I am certain he only smiled f
fresh smile and whistled a new tune. E
lappy George! Happy all the little j
tarvelings of your race! If I owned j
Iadis<^i square I would gladly ex- \
hange it for your cheerful smile, your ?
right brown eyes, and your sunny ]
isposition!?Boston Courier. t
? . ? c
xi a iTim 4.
There is a doctor in this town who is
oo parsimonious to enjoy good health. ?
le eats about one square meal a day, t
.nd tries to make himself believe he <
;ets two more, but he don't, for break- *
ast and supper are merely a sham. I
Not contented with starving himself *
.nd family he has just hit on a new 1
cheme to starve his horse and yet {
aake the poor animal think it is his <
wn fault that he don't get fatter. *
In the back of the part of the mang- 1
r, where the corn is put, he has set a *
quare piece of looking-glass, which he *
:eeps brightly polished. He puts in
,bout four ears of corn and of course
he poor horse sees the reflection and
>races himself for a good square meal,
rvndlv imaorimnc that he is i?ettin# s
Ight. As lie eats theoorn off tlie cobsi <
he fictitious ears also disappear, and 1
ighi cobs appear to his astonished 3
yes. He then wonders how ho can 1
iave gotten away with eight ears and
et feel no more weight in his stomach,
[his conundrum, added to the light
eed, is wearing the poor animal away 1
o fast that if the doctor don't make a 1
hange ere long, he will go around
filing his patients on foot?Evans- HU
Argus.
Spme women who are always yearn- 1
Dg for an "enlarged sphere" are in a 1
air way to have their yearning grati- '
ied. Paris intelligence states that J
Fomen will wear expansive hoops next :
pringr.?Norristoum Herald
A arn-mnn core cvirTT fow msn VlOTTA ^
;he slightest idea how to hold a baby. ,
rhis, however, is a mistake. Men ?
inow well enough how to hold a baby, j
nut they shrewdly pretend they cannot ;
earn.?Philadelphia CaU.
Music Among the Aztecs.
The ancient Mexicans attributed a
knowledge of music upon earth to the
sorcerer Tezcatlipcca, who brought it
from the sun; this myth of origin would
indicate that a high degree of importance
was attached to the art which solemnized
their sacred chants and ceremonies.
A desire to produce musical
sounds, although harsh to the educated
ear of our day, seems to have been natural
with the Aztecs. We are told by
old historians who have lived among
them that in their time "Many of these
-- 1 J-Jl 1 r
simpiu uiiiiucu uaiuanau9 s^cub wuvrxv
days in practicing music and song."
Among many of the existing tribes of
Mexico and Central America it is their
custom when upon a journey to carry
flagolets and play at times melodies
thereon.
Numerous relics exhumed from the
burial places of the ancient Mexicans
show that they endeavored to make objects
by which they were s irrounded
emit musical sounds, these may be
broadly classified into percussive and ,
wind instruments. A fine example of
this last .named class is a yase 'somer/Lat
Horn an in form, and made^ of
black 'clay highly polished- It was
found near the City of Mexico, and is
now exhibited with' the William S.
Vanx collection of antiquities in the
museum of the Academy of Natural
Sciences at Philadelphia. The body is
ornamented by grotesque masks, and
supported by four gracefully curved
feet resembling the tails of serpents.
The exterior edge or rim is perforated
by small openings, between which and
the interior of the vessel there is a
broad plane. When covered* by the
lips and blown into, these perforations
jdeld musical sounds. By olosing one
of the eyes in the masks, which are hoiLow
and connect by means of air pas-,
sages with the interior of the vase and
openings upon the plane surface, some
approach to a half tone lower than that
produced by leaving the hole open can
be obtained. The discovery of the musical
powers of this vase is interesting,
[t had been purchased by an archaeologist.
who was attracted by its artistic
form and decoration; while enieavoring
to clean the eyes and holes
in the mask, Which were filled with
lirt, he applied his lips to blow there:rom
particles of dust which remained,
md found to his surprise that they
jmitted musical sounds. It is probable
that it may have been used by the
Sjztecs as a ceremonial vase in the great
;emple at the ancient Pueblo of Mexi;o.?The
Continent.
The Kinkcad Hills.
What are known as the Kinkead
Sills, in Jackson County, are being
Drought into notico in account of their
peculiarities. Their tops form the
lighest land in the State. Some six
mies from the Mississippi river, near
;heir southern slope, a break occurs
:? *-u~
snowing nn appcuraucu as ji uiu uma
lad been suddenly forccd apart, forming
an outlet for the waters behind
;hem. The only rocks found in this
ricinity for miles around are marble,
red sandstone, and conglomerate, with
i single exception. Near the fissure in
;ho hills, a few reds from a country
school house on the farm of Mr, Henry
lustin, lies a great slab of gray sandrtnne.
The Morplfftftoro Era, of a late
late deggrft6y^a^?f?p^ whiflii it Hops
lot doubt "i?fa esHMdnd.reuGiQl jpryfiW*1
:oric times." No other rock_of a simi
ar description is found Wfflyn a radiusd
)f fifty miles. It has a slight pink7
inge, is a level slab in shape of an ob- I
ong square, with a surface about 180jj
eet square and four feet thick. It lie^
n a dense forest, with old oaks, busff:s,
and other hard woods growing near
t. The children from the school near
>y had played in its neighborhood for
' ears, when they one day found that
mder the soil of their play ground lay
i huge rock. "Upon removing the
ravering of soil, composed wholly of
lecayed. leaves which must, have been
iges, in accumulating, the face of the
ock was found to be covered with hu
nan footprints, turkey and coon tracks,
vhile in the center and at the north
snd are carvings and tracings, evidenty
the work of a man. The footprints
ire twenty-seven in number, comprisng
those of men, women, and chilIren;
all are well developed, perfect in
orm, and from half to one inch deep,
he steps being made in true Indian
tyle?straight without the least turn
>f the foot, toes open, the big toe showng
plainly aside from the others as
>erfect as if the work of but yesterlay."?Galesburg
Republican.
Monster Men.
Messrs. Spencer and Ridenomr, who
ecently returned from . .icir rich copter
discoveries, have told us of a dis>overy
Aey made when in the Grand
3anon, which is almost too marvelous
o believe. In the basin of the canon,
vhich was once on a sand bed, and
irobably thousands of years ago a
jroad, level plain (but the narrow pasiage
way is now hemmed in by walls
1.18 feet high), they came upon an
mprint in the rock, denoting a bare
'not with toes, insten and heel as Dlain
md unmistakable as the orb of 'day.
:t measured twenty-six in length and
welve in width. The average depth
>f the imprint is four inches, while at
;he ball of the foot it is six inches.
The men had only three pack mules
ihd prospecting tools with them,- or
hey would have taken out the rock
:ontaining the foot print, but it is
heir intention to return in a few days
prepared to perform the work and
)ring these evidences of a monster hunan
race to the public gaze. An Inlian
with the party, when he came up>n
the tracks, remarked: "Big Father
lere heap years gone." The gentlenen
making the discovery are well
mown as renable and truthfuL? Peach
? / i -v syi.
Springs {Arizona,) {jnampwu.
Spelling Reform.
"Margery," said Ethelbert, as they
sat on opposite ends of the Turkish
iivan, why am I like the letter Q?"
md a silence fell, broken only by the
nelodious cough of Margery's warranted
New England throat.
"Because, dear," added Ethelbert,
"I feel that 1 am useless without U."
"I thought." said Margery, "It was
aecause ? Q? never ? begins ? kiss^'hey
spell it "quiss," now.?Boston
Bulletin.
An enterprising-looking countryman,
rrrlfVl O 4 r\ 11 A? finA KrA/NV
nriw a> vi*uu vi uuu ?-??\j\sj*. uvu?y
was standing in the doorway of a railway
station. A passenger accosted
lira, and after admiring the fish remarked?''Going
to tale them home
for supper, I suppose?" "Not if I can
belp it, said the rustic, with a grin.
"There be a party of city gents as
went fishing from here this mornin'.
rhey're 'spected back soon, and I'm
sorter lynv round waitin' to save theix
feelinV ^...
GLEAN ES" GS.
| Of 1,012 convicts in North Carolina,
; 894 are negroes.
Some of the mummies in the British
Museum have false teeth on gold plates.
The man in' the'San Francisco Mint
who hires the girls rojccts all homely
applicants.
Fifteen widows of soldiers of the war
foi a ~? i:?:
ua 101^ living i:uvv iu xui& wuuij,
South Carolina.
Edward. P. Whaitcs, of Sprin^dale,
Conn., aged 84, has married barah Ann *
Treadwell, aged 19.
A white rainbow, an exceedingly
rare phenomenon, was recently witnessed
at Conrtenay, France.
George and William Elam, brothers,
of Morgan county, Kentucky, are covered
with scales like alligators.
A New York paper says: "Mr. Vanuerbilt's
mouth looks like a gash in a
TinmnVin n-nA "Rnecoll Qq^o V??ia ? mrvnt.V)
like the Mississippi river."
It is stated on competent French
authority that Irish women have the
most beautiful -hands in the world.
The. neaEt- 'pettiest eome from r^land.
Of 1,500" nflterbetfrof the New York
Stock Exchange it is estimated 500 are
not worth $500 and have mortgaged
their memberships, which are worth
$25,000.
When a teacher at the Carlisle, Pa.,
school for Indian youths asked a pupil:
"What is the axis of the earth?" he
was answered: "A think line on which
xi wneeis arounu."
A New Haven man received a check
for $4 25 from Adam Goodsell to settle
a disputed bill- He has found the paper
worthless, and now divides the signature
into four words.
Commenting on the admission of a
batch of thirty-five lawyers to the Boston
bar, the "Journal of that city remarks:
4'In its present condition law
nrocontc afield nnlxr fr-ir s. <rri>ri cl rncrerlp
rvuv"~ " ??? -?V ? a too?
for the survival of the fittest.
In the part of Africa known as Nubia
there grojvs a species of acacia that
whistles so loudly as to make itself
heard for miles away. The stem is
hollow, and the action of the wind produces
a sound similar to that emitted
by a flute.
Ten thousand pounds is the daily
consumption of tobacco in a Government
cigar factory in Spain. Five "
thousand women and girls work in the ~ n-r\A
rn/*fl>Tto fi"ftrr /^owfQ frsr fl
AurVbVl J j A WV* ? V VVM W *V* ?
day's work, from8 o'clock in the morning
until 7, 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening.
A physician in Vienna operated for
amaurosis several months ago on a
man in his 102d year, and restored his
sight, the operation* being the first of
the kind on record. More recently the
same physician repeated this operation
on a man 96 years of age, and with the ^
6ame success. , ,
The classes in carpentering which
were recently established in a Cleveland
public school have proved not to
interfere with the regular studies, and
the boys have not only developed a
taste for hard work, but by their standing
show that training the hands is an
? IOAIM V? AM* AVI /\A1
&CLU&1 lldjj ill VUUvi dUUVVi TT VIA.
Mr. Beecher says that when hejJutd
of the Chinese question in C^flpfua, _/?*^ia
some of the newspapers ia^Bed at
PHfcer ^fen^e."* ^They said "'it "was a
t thing for them that they could
get cheap labor.
? or making pets of the brute creation,
the English people beat the world.
Horses are idolized by both sexes, and
next in popular esteem comes the canine
race! Everv man of the world t
has his sporting dog, and every fashionable
woman her favorite pug As for
cats, these are so much likea, particularly
in London.?London Correspondmce.
By the will of the late Stephen Wil?
liams, of the Boxbnir division of Boston,
tho Hampton Normal School, of
Hampton, Va., will receive $20,000; the
Eome for Little Wanderers, Boston,
$20,000; the Home for Aged Men, $5,- *
000, and the Home for Aged Women,
$5,000, the remainder of the estate to
be equally divided. between the Boxbury
Charitable Society.
Congressman Cox, says a printer in
the Government office at Washington,
prepares the worst copy of any member
of the House. He writes on a
piece of paper torn from envelopes,
newspaper wrappers and other scraps,
and then pins the lot together and
sends them to the printer. He interwrites
and corrects, and sometimes
alters his speech entirely before it is
printed.
The bronze statue of General R. E.
Lee, recently cast in New York, is the
largest bronze statue ever made in this
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country, io cusi* ^^*o, v/w, 10 uitwu ??uu
a half feet high, and will be dedicated
at New Orleans on Washington's Birthday.
It represents the General in
regulation uniform of the Southern
army during the late war, wearing a
slouch hat and top boots, and is pronounced
an excellent likeness.
The Chinese have a peculiar way of
determining the future occupation of a
male infant. On the first birthday he
is seated in a large sieve, with money
scales, a foot-measure, a pair of shears,
a brass mirror, a pencil, ink and books,
an abacus, and similar articles ranged
in a circle around him. The article
which he handles first is a sure prophecy
of the direction in. which his future
activities will lie. *
An application, purporting to be
signed by Cotonel Maurice Pinchover,
has been sent to the United States patent
office for a patent for an adjustable
dog's tail The application claims
that all dogs, who, either by nature or
accident, are minus a tail, encounter
great difficulties in turning sharp corners,
as their center gravity is thrown
too near the forelegs, and they consequently
have to go slow or lose their
balance. The proposed tail can be
fastened to the stump, and, as the dog
turns to the right,.the tail will tend to
vie to thpleft. thus enabling
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him to turn easily and rapidly without
losing his equilibrium.?Washington
StarT
Standing Bear, a Sioux Indian from
the Rosebud agency, called on tho
Secretary of the Interior a few days
ago to inquire whether or not an In- ?^
dian had the right to keep a store. He
had opened a shop at the agency, but
designing white men had tola him that
he had violated the law in doing so.
He was much pleased when assured of
his right to engage in trade. Secretary
Teller^ at his request, had the interview
reduced to writing, - so that he ?>.
could convince the Indians who might
be incredulous in regard to its authenticity.
Standing Bear wears a large
silver medal given to his grandfather
manv vears a?o bv a President. His
sod, a pupil of Carlisle, acted as interpreter
during the interview.
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